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Happy Monday! From a tragic celebrity hit-and-run and a baffling 140-year YouTube video to upcoming horror flick news and the passing of fashion legend Valentino, this week’s headlines are wild, weird, and worth your read!

Trump Reacts to Cohen's Pressure Claims

Key Points

• Cohen felt coerced by prosecutors.

• Trump denies pressuring his former lawyer.

• Posted reaction on Truth Social.

What Happened?

Michael Cohen, who used to be Donald Trump's lawyer, said he felt pressured by New York prosecutors to give testimony against Trump. He wrote this in a post on Substack. Cohen claimed the prosecutors only wanted information that helped build cases against Trump. This includes cases from Alvin Bragg and Letitia James. Cohen was a key witness in those trials. Trump won the hush money case but lost the civil fraud case. Cohen now says he was coerced to satisfy the government's goals.

Trump responded on Truth Social. He called the prosecutors radical left people trying to destroy the country. He said the cases were a setup from the start. Trump wants them to pay a big price. A left-wing network dropped Cohen after his claims. Trump said New York courts are embarrassed by what happened.

Source: Newsweek

Man Arrested for Stealing Whittaker Donations

Key Points

• Exploited inbred Whittaker family.

• Pocketed social media donations.

• Charged with multiple felonies.

What Happened?

The Whittaker family lives in Odd, West Virginia. They are known as the world's most inbred family due to generations of inbreeding. This caused disabilities in some members. A man named John Patrick Roark became their agent. He made social media content about them. Followers sent donations to help the family. Roark accepted the money from May to September 2025. But he kept it all for himself. Family members said they only got groceries a few times.

West Virginia State Police investigated starting in September 2025. They arrested Roark on January 16, 2026. He faces five counts of financial exploitation of incapacitated persons. Also five counts of fraudulent schemes and one count of fraudulent use of an access device. These are all felonies. He is held on $150,000 bond. The family includes Larry, Betty, Lorraine, Timmy, and Ray Whittaker. Roark used their vulnerabilities for gain.

Source: WRIC

Musk Sues OpenAI for $134B Damages

Key Points

• Seeks $79B to $134B damages.

• Claims OpenAI defrauded him.

• Trial set for late April.

What Happened?

Elon Musk helped found OpenAI in 2015 as a nonprofit. He gave $38 million in seed money. He left the board in 2018. OpenAI later became for-profit and partnered with Microsoft. Musk sued them for abandoning the nonprofit mission. He says they defrauded him. A judge rejected bids to avoid trial. It is set for late April in Oakland, California. Musk now seeks damages from $79 billion to $134 billion.

His lawyers say OpenAI gained $65.5 billion to $109.4 billion from his help. Microsoft gained $13.3 billion to $25.1 billion. Musk wants those wrongful gains. OpenAI calls it an unserious demand and harassment. Microsoft also challenges the claims. Musk started his own AI company in 2023. The suit accuses OpenAI of making a fool of him as an early investor.

Source: Bloomberg

ICE Arrests Manager After Dining

Key Points

• Agents ate at restaurant.

• Detained manager and staff.

• Happened in Minnesota town.

What Happened?

Four ICE agents went to El Tapatio, a Mexican restaurant in Willmar, Minnesota. This was on January 14, 2026. They ate lunch there. Witnesses saw them and took photos. The staff looked scared. Later that evening, the agents came back. They arrested the manager, Jose Rosario Gomez Gallardo. He is from Mexico and listed as the resident manager. They also detained the owners and a dishwasher.

The restaurant closed early after the arrests. A 20-year-old son of the owners plans to reopen it. ICE said they were targeting Gomez Gallardo, an illegal alien. The town is about 95 miles west of Minneapolis. Witnesses filmed the arrests near a school and church. The agents followed the staff after closing.

Source: Newsweek

Wikipedia Gets AI Company Funding

Key Points

• Signed deals with AI firms.

• Provides data for models.

• Still mostly donor funded.

What Happened?

Wikipedia turned 25 in 2026. It announced deals with AI companies like Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral AI. These firms pay for fast API access to Wikipedia's 65 million articles. They use the data to train AI models like ChatGPT. Google signed a similar deal in 2022. This helps Wikipedia make money from AI traffic. Human visits dropped 8 percent last year. The deals offset costs for the nonprofit.

Wikipedia still gets most money from eight million small donors. The new deals add revenue but are not the main source. The shift is from only donations to some commercial partnerships. AI firms get structured data at high speeds. This is better than scraping. The foundation did not share financial details.

Source: AP News

Swedish Study: Fitness Peaks at 35

Key Points

• 47-year study on adults.

• Decline starts around 35.

• Exercise preserves physical capacity.

What Happened?

Researchers at Karolinska Institute in Sweden ran a study for 47 years. It followed hundreds of men and women from age 16 to 63. They tested aerobic fitness, muscle strength, and endurance. The study is called Swedish Physical Activity and Fitness study or SPAF. It was published in the Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle in late 2025. Results show peak performance is between 26 and 36 years old. After that, it declines 0.3 to 0.6 percent per year. Later, it drops faster to 2 to 2.5 percent per year.

Everyone peaks around 35 no matter how much they train. But exercise helps slow the decline. People who start exercising later improve by up to 10 percent. It is never too late to get active. The study looks for why decline starts at 35. Physical activity preserve’s ability but does not stop loss fully.

Source: ScienceDaily

More Headlines

1. Former Nickelodeon star Kianna Underwood dies in hit-and-run at 33 USA Today

2. YouTuber uploads 140-year-long video baffling viewers UNILAD

3. The Conjuring prequel 'First Communion' set for September 2027 release Bloody Disgusting

4. Fashion icon Valentino Garavani dies at 93 Reuters

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