Americans feel more politically connected by generation than they do by race or gender, CNN polling data finds. By contrast, fewer than half of Americans, 43%, say they feel politically connected to others of their gender, and 39% to others of the same race. About 1 in 5 Americans said they felt politically connected across all three sets of demographics tested in the survey – generation, gender and race – with nearly half (46%) saying they felt politically connected to others across more than one demographic. A 64% majority of Black Americans and 55% of Latino Americans say they share political concerns with others of the same race, falling to 28% among White adults. Some Americans, meanwhile, may not feel that any aspect of their own background matters much politically at all: About one-quarter said they didn’t feel politically connected to others along any of the three factors we asked about in the poll.

Police search for suspect after dentist and wife found deadPolice in Columbus, Ohio, are searching for a suspect after a dentist and his wife were found dead inside their home with gunshot wounds. Police say the couple’s two small children were also inside the home but were not harmed.

articleA North Carolina truck driver, who is a repeat offender, has been federally charged following a bank robbery and a shootout with law enforcement, authorities said. Willie Edward McGee Jr. is charged with bank robbery and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, according to a complaint. Authorities said that McGee entered a First Citizens Bank in Zebulon, North Carolina, on Dec. 26, and demanded money from a teller while claiming to have C-4 explosives. No law enforcement officers or civilians were injured. Thanks to the extraordinary courage and professionalism of our law enforcement partners, he is alive, in custody, and facing decades in federal prison."

Curly_photo via Getty Images An overhead view of a woman curled up in bed, her smartphone resting next to her pillow. With uniquely bad breakups top of mind, we recently asked readers to share the most unforgettable breakup they’ve ever experienced. We then met up two weeks later ‘as friends,’ got drunk and she asked to go back to my place. The worst part was that right after this happened the song ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ came out and played everywhere for a year. I was so confused why he wanted me at his show if he knew he was going to break up with me.

Victoria Jones, the daughter of Academy Award-winning actor Tommy Lee Jones, was reportedly found dead at a hotel in San Francisco on New Year’s Day. According to TMZ, the San Francisco Fire Department responded to a medical emergency call at the Fairmont San Francisco early Thursday morning. The paramedics pronounced Victoria dead at the scene before turning it over to the San Francisco Police Department for further investigation, the outlet said. Dispatch audio obtained by TMZ and People indicated that the 911 emergency call was for a suspected drug overdose. Jones was the daughter of Tommy Lee and ex-wife Kimberlea Cloughley.

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Academy Award-winning actor Tommy Lee Jones’ daughter, 34-year-old Victoria Jones, is believed to have been found dead in a San Francisco hotel room on New Year’s Day, multiple outlets reported. Sources familiar with the investigation confirmed to The San Francisco Chronicle and NBC Bay Area that the body, found at the city’s ritzy Fairmont Hotel, is believed to be that of Victoria Jones. The San Francisco Fire Department confirmed that it had declared one person deceased after first responders received a medical emergency call to the Fairmont at 2:52 a.m. on New Year’s Day. Actor Tommy Lee Jones and his daughter Victoria Jones attend the premiere of "Just Getting Started" in Hollywood on Dec. 7, 2017. Victoria Jones, who has appeared in a handful of films as well, was arrested at least twice in the past year, People found.

Iran’s leadership lashed out Friday after US President Donald Trump threatened intervention amid deadly protests, with Iranian officials warning that American troops in the region could be targeted if Washington interferes. “If Iran shots (sic) and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue. Dozens of protesters took to the streets across several of Iran’s provinces this week, with some demonstrations turning deadly Wednesday after clashes with police. Trump’s threats against Iran create a “stark strategic dilemma” for Washington, Ali Vaez, the director of the Iran Project at the International Crisis Group, said. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementTwenty people were arrested in the protests, the prosecutor of Kuhdasht said Thursday, according to state-affiliated news agency Tasnim.

Swiss officials rush to identify ski resort fire victimsAbout 40 people were killed and around 115 others injured in a fire at a New Year’s party in a ski resort bar in Switzerland. CNN's Nic Robertson reports that officials are still working to identify the people who were killed.

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Walz’s boondoggle underlines the need for serious reforms across America,” the Post argued. The Washington Post editorial board wants the Trump administration to put out “meaningful reform” for the nation’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). AP“The truth is that SNAP doesn’t just help the hungry,” the Post asserted. “It had the fourth highest rate of documented fraud across all federal programs from 2018 to 2022, coming in at $10.5 billion.”As noted by the Post, Democratic Massachusetts Gov. It is to make sure the truly vulnerable get the help they need without becoming dependent on government handouts.

He also denied falling asleep at recent White House events and said he has always gotten by on little sleep. When asked about the procedure by the Journal, Trump and his doctor said he got a different form of imaging: a CT scan. The White House declined to make Barbabella available for an interview. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the White House had often referred to the procedure as “advanced imaging” and didn’t address why the president hadn’t corrected the record sooner. He has grown upset with his own White House staff for not promoting him as more vigorous.

Four Arkansas hospitals have been named to Forbes‘ inaugural Top Hospitals list for 2026. According to Forbes, its rating system evaluated “general acute care hospitals throughout the United States to offer consumers unbiased information on which hospitals can offer top-notch, high-value medical services, no matter where they are in the country — as well as a benchmark against which hospitals can compare their performance to that of their peers.”Making the list from Arkansas were Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas in Rogers, Mercy Hospital Fort Smith and White River Medical Center in Batesville. Forbes used data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services provider data catalog to assess hospital best practices, value and patient experience, according to the release. Patient outcomes, such as rates of survival, mortality, infection and readmission, carried the most weight while outcomes were adjusted for social drivers of health, including socioeconomics and access to medical services, to account for differences among hospitals’ locations and patient populations. The full list is available here.

The National Park Service is spending at least $54.2 million to repair fountains and water features at seven locations throughout the city over the next few months, according to procurement records reviewed by The Washington Post. Records show a $10.68 million project is underway at Meridian Hill Park, where the Italianate cascading fountain has been dry. Although residents there are proactive in reporting the problems, the fountain has sat empty for years as Park Service crews wrestle with century-old plumbing, algae, gravity and a mammoth maintenance backlog. “Many of these fountains have been affected by outdated mechanical systems and decades of weathering and heavy use, resulting in reduced functionality or extended closures,” Litterst, the National Park Service spokesman, said in an email. And Rawlins Park — in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood, two blocks west of the White House — is set to undergo an $11 million revamping.

Later, as Scherer recounts: “A friend of [Kennedy’s] connects him with Tucker Carlson who connects him with Donald Trump. Remember when Biden basically ghosted Elon Musk for that big 2021 White House electric vehicle summit ? Not just the famous humiliation of Trump at the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner . Otherwise, Donald Trump will. But if you think you’re too good to perform the basic glad-handing and ego-stroking, even for the nuttiest eccentrics, bad things will happen.