Today 7:01 am
Venezuela - NPR reporter stunned by Venezuela visit, locals say 'a weight has been lifted' after Maduro's removal !! NPR correspondent Eyder Peralta was amazed during a segment Friday by his recent trip to Venezuela following President Donald Trump's arrest of the country's president Nicolás Maduro."It is absolutely surreal because you land at the airport and the signs are in Spanish, Russian, Arabic and Chinese, which tells you just where this country was facing a few months ago," Peralta told host Steve Inskeep. "And then you go out on the streets and people here tell you that they feel like a weight has been lifted."
Iran - Millions of people in the streets showing relief, but concern... “We’re safe for now. There haven’t been many strong explosions in the west of the city, so we are going to try and stay in Tehran for now,” one Tehran resident told CNN on Sunday, adding: “People are happy that Khamenei was killed.”But that joy is tempered. “I’m happy he is gone, but I almost don’t believe that it has happened. So many of us are in disbelief, I don’t even think I can celebrate yet,” another person told CNN, underscoring fears that a conflict barely a day old could rapidly further spiral.
In America? Drug Overdose Deaths in the US 2026... Drug overdose deaths in the United States have entered an unprecedented period of decline, marking a historic turning point in a crisis that has claimed hundreds of thousands of American lives over the past two decades. Provisional data released by the CDC’s National Vital Statistics System on January 14, 2026, predicts 72,836 drug overdose deaths for the 12-month period ending in August 2025, representing a remarkable 20.6% decline compared to the 91,694 deaths recorded during the same period ending in August 2024. This continues the steepest sustained decline in overdose mortality since comprehensive national tracking began, following the 26.9% decrease observed in 2024 when deaths fell from approximately 110,037 in 2023 to 80,391 in 2024. The trajectory represents more than two consecutive years of declining deaths, the longest sustained reduction in decades and a dramatic reversal from the peak of nearly 110,000 deaths in 2022.
https://theworlddata.com/drug-overdose- ... in-the-us/
Iran - Millions of people in the streets showing relief, but concern... “We’re safe for now. There haven’t been many strong explosions in the west of the city, so we are going to try and stay in Tehran for now,” one Tehran resident told CNN on Sunday, adding: “People are happy that Khamenei was killed.”But that joy is tempered. “I’m happy he is gone, but I almost don’t believe that it has happened. So many of us are in disbelief, I don’t even think I can celebrate yet,” another person told CNN, underscoring fears that a conflict barely a day old could rapidly further spiral.
In America? Drug Overdose Deaths in the US 2026... Drug overdose deaths in the United States have entered an unprecedented period of decline, marking a historic turning point in a crisis that has claimed hundreds of thousands of American lives over the past two decades. Provisional data released by the CDC’s National Vital Statistics System on January 14, 2026, predicts 72,836 drug overdose deaths for the 12-month period ending in August 2025, representing a remarkable 20.6% decline compared to the 91,694 deaths recorded during the same period ending in August 2024. This continues the steepest sustained decline in overdose mortality since comprehensive national tracking began, following the 26.9% decrease observed in 2024 when deaths fell from approximately 110,037 in 2023 to 80,391 in 2024. The trajectory represents more than two consecutive years of declining deaths, the longest sustained reduction in decades and a dramatic reversal from the peak of nearly 110,000 deaths in 2022.
https://theworlddata.com/drug-overdose- ... in-the-us/
AMERICA, and AMERICANS, NEED to WAKE up… There is NOTHING “Democratic” about the CURRENT American “Democrat Party”! THEY are more an amalgamation of Totalitarian Marxists, Socialists, Communists, and Globalists… who are BENT on TAKING, and then KEEPING power... & where ultimately the American PEOPLE will have NO SAY AT ALL in how we are GOVERNED... and our "Democracy" will be DEAD!!