Brazilians publish largest-ever study on the after-effects of Zika
By Alana Gandra At the end of last year, researchers from different Brazilian states and institutions published the world’s largest study on the main effects of the Zika virus in children. With data from 12 research centers in the country, the Brazilian Zika Cohort Consortium (ZBC-Consortium) gathered information on 843 Brazilian children with microcephaly born
Operation Salvo launched in New York targets dozens of Trinitarios gang members
By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square A multiagency law enforcement operation, Operation Salvo, was launched in New York after an off-duty Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer was shot in New York City last year by Trinitarios gang members. So far, 54 people have been arrested in New York through Operation Salvo; more than
Zelenskyy Slams ‘Cynical Terror’ As Russian Attacks Cut Heat To Hundreds Of Thousands
By RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia’s latest attacks on Ukraine amount to “conscious, cynical Russian terror,” as the country continues to face deadly strikes and heavy damage to its energy system amid freezing winter temperatures. Zelenskyy said that over the past week alone, Russia had used nearly 1,100 strike drones, more than 890 guided
NASA’s Pandora telescope will study stars in detail to learn about the exoplanets orbiting them
By Daniel Apai On Jan. 11, 2026, I watched anxiously at the tightly controlled Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as an awe-inspiring SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried NASA’s new exoplanet telescope, Pandora, into orbit. Exoplanets are worlds that orbit other stars. They are very difficult to observe because – seen from Earth – they appear as extremely faint dots right next
Hundreds march to ICE office in Pittsburgh amid national outcry over federal immigration-agent shootings
By Quinn Glabicki On Sunday afternoon, hundreds of people marched to ICE’s Pittsburgh field office on the South Side to protest recent shootings involving federal immigration agents. The march followed the killing of an American citizen by a federal agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday and, a day later, the shooting of two Venezuelan nationals in Portland. The shootings spurred
