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[ad_1] An election worker walks near voting machines at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center on Nov. 5, 2024. John Bazemore/AP hide caption toggle caption John Bazemore/AP The FBI on Wednesday was conducting a search of the Fulton County election office outside of Atlanta. The county said the search warrant served by the FBI was for records related to the 2020 election. The FBI would only say it was executing a “court authorized law enforcement action,” but last month the Department of Justice announced it’s suing Fulton County for records related to the 2020 election. President Trump narrowly…

[ad_1] LIV Golf have confirmed tweaks for 2026 that appear aimed at supporting the competition’s application to receive Official World Golf Ranking points.LIV already had announced it was expanding to 72 holes after four years of 54-hole tournaments that led to the name – LIV is the Roman number for 54 – of the Saudi-funded league. On Wednesday, they confirmed more players will be relegated from an enlarged field, with an increase to 11 from the six that were relegated in 2025. The announcement came as the Official World Golf Ranking board was meeting with topics on the agenda, including…

[ad_1] Mark Zuckerberg says there’s an end in sight to Reality Labs’ years of multibillion-dollar losses following the company’s layoffs to the metaverse division earlier this year. The CEO said he expects to “gradually reduce” how much money the company is losing as it doubles down on AI glasses and shifts away from virtual reality.Speaking during Meta’s fourth-quarter earnings call, Zuckerberg was clear that the changes won’t happen soon, but sounded optimistic about the division that lost more than $19 billion in 2025 alone. “For Reality Labs, we are directing most of our investment towards glasses and wearables going forward,…

[ad_1] The US Federal Reserve has defied pressure from President Donald Trump, by holding interest rates steady. The policy announcement was partly overshadowed by ongoing tensions with the administration. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell – who is facing a criminal probe he describes as politically motivated – insisted the central bank would maintain its independence. Also in the show – the US dollar slides to its lowest level in four years, and Paris Fashion Week deals with the rise of ultra fast fashion.  [ad_2]

[ad_1] FollowQ4: 2026-01-28 Earnings SummaryEPS of $4.45 misses by $0.27  | Revenue of $1.20B (-11.15% Y/Y) misses by $72.70M Lennox International Inc. (LII) Q4 2025 Earnings Call January 28, 2026 9:30 AM EST Company Participants Chelsey Pulcheon – Director of Investor RelationsAlok Maskara – CEO, President & DirectorMichael Quenzer – Executive VP & CFO Conference Call Participants Ryan Merkel – William Blair & Company L.L.C., Research DivisionAmit Mehrotra – UBS Investment Bank, Research DivisionJoseph Ritchie – Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research DivisionThomas Moll – Stephens Inc., Research DivisionJeffrey Hammond – KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Research DivisionNoah Kaye – Oppenheimer & Co.…

[ad_1] Meta shares jumped 10% in post-market trading on Wednesday after the company reported stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings and outlined plans to sharply increase spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure. Meta reported fourth quarter revenue of $59.89 billion up 24% year over year and net income of $22.77 billion up 9%. Earnings came in at $8.88 per diluted share for the quarter. Both revenue and profit marked quarterly records for the company. Meta said it plans to increase capital expenditures in 2026 to between $115 billion and $135 billion, compared with $72.2 billion in 2025. Chief Financial Officer Susan Li said the…

[ad_1] Marvel fans have spent the last few weeks dissecting every frame of the mysterious footage tied to Avengers: Doomsday, but according to the filmmakers behind the project, viewers may be approaching it all wrong. “What you’ve been watching for the last four weeks… are not teasers. Or trailers. They are stories. They are clues… Pay attention.” In recent comments, Russo Brothers made it clear that what fans are calling trailers are not trailers at all. Instead, they described the footage as intentional clues designed to spark speculation, reward close viewing, and quietly set the stage for what is shaping…

[ad_1] Japan and the U.S. are negotiating investments by Japanese companies in America under Tokyo’s $550 billion pledge in a 2025 tariff deal. (Nikkei montage)JUN YAMAZAKI and YUKA FURUBAYASHIJanuary 29, 2026 02:55 JSTTOKYO — Synthetic diamond production and power infrastructure projects by Hitachi are among the candidates for the first investments by Japanese companies in the U.S. under Tokyo’s $550 billion investment commitment in last year’s tariff deal, according to a source with knowledge of the negotiations. [ad_2]

[ad_1] An Oklahoma state senator has introduced legislation to strengthen regulations on how oilfield wastewater is injected underground following an investigation by The Frontier and ProPublica. For the legislative session beginning Monday, Sen. Mary Boren, a Democrat and a member of the chamber’s Energy Committee, filed four oil and gas bills to curb industrial pollution or create more transparency for landowners. Laws to increase oversight of oil and gas production, one of the largest industries in the state, often face long odds in Oklahoma, though a few have passed in recent years. The bills would have to win support from…

[ad_1] LORIENT, France — The French Ligue 1 club Lorient announced Wednesday that the Black Knight Football Club group had become its sole shareholder. The Black Knight consortium fronted by American businessman Bill Foley, which owns the Vegas Golden Knights in the NHL, acquired a minority ownership interest in Lorient in January 2023 as part of its multi-club ownership strategy. BKFC also owns Premier League side Bournemouth, Moreirense FC in Portugal and Auckland FC in New Zealand. Lorient said in a statement that Wednesday’s move follows “a strategic agreement aimed at strengthening the long-term development of FC Lorient in an increasingly competitive football environment.”…