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DHS launches ‘Operation Catch of the Day’ enforcement action in Maine

ICE Police and Immigration & Deportation (Douglas Rissing/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- The Department of Homeland Security has now picked another state on which to focus its immigration enforcement action: Maine.On Wednesday, DHS launched "Operation Catch of the Day" -- an operation targeting criminal illegal migrants in the state, according to a DHS spokesperson.This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.Copyright © 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

todayJanuary 21, 2026

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Talking Heads to release expanded ‘Tentative Decisions: Demos and Live’

Cover of Talking Heads 'Tentative Decisions: Demos and Live' (Talking Heads/Rhino)In November, Talking Heads released Tentative Decisions: Demos and Live for Record Store Day Black Friday, featuring early band recordings. Now they are expanding the release.The original Tentative Decisions: Demos and Live collection included 11 songs that showed the evolution of the band. The new release, dropping March 6, has been expanded to three CDs with the addition of 15 unreleased demos the band made for CBS in September 1975, along with […]

todayJanuary 21, 2026

Music News

New box set explores The Beach Boys’ mid-’70s era

Cover of The Beach Boys set 'We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years' (Capitol/UMe)The Beach Boys' mid-1970s era is being explored in a new box set.We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years, dropping Feb. 13, is a three-CD, three-LP box set highlighting music recorded between 1976 and 1977. It's made up of 73 tracks, 35 of which are previously unreleased, along with 22 newly mixed tracks. All were recorded at Brother Studio in Santa Monica, California.According to the press release, the set “reframes […]

todayJanuary 21, 2026

Music News

On This Day, Jan. 21, 2025: The Band’s Garth Hudson died at age 87

On This Day, Jan. 21, 2025...Keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist Garth Hudson, who was the last surviving member of Rock & Roll Hall of Famers The Band, died at age 87.He passed away in his sleep in a nursing home near Woodstock, New York.The oldest and only classically trained member of The Band, Hudson was best known for his distinctive Lowrey organ work on songs like "Chest Fever" and its dramatic live improvised intro, which is known as "The Genetic Method." He also […]

todayJanuary 21, 2026

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South braces for potentially major winter storm this weekend: Latest forecast

Weekend Winter Storm - Friday, 6:00 PM CT Map (ABC News)(NEW YORK) -- The South is bracing for a potentially major winter storm this weekend, impacting Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee.The storm is still several days away, so exact timing and locations are not yet clear. But as of now, more than 30 million people are under a winter storm watch, from Dallas to Little Rock, Arkansas, to Huntsville, Alabama, to Nashville, Tennessee.Snow is expected to develop […]

todayJanuary 21, 2026

National News

Judge declines to appoint special master to oversee DOJ’s release of remaining Epstein files

Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, December 19, 2025 (U.S. Justice Department)(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge in New York on Wednesday declined to appoint a special master to oversee the Justice Department's production of the remaining Epstein files, despite "legitimate concerns" about whether the DOJ is faithfully complying with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.The Dec. 19 deadline the law imposed for the release of all files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey […]

todayJanuary 21, 2026

Music News

KISS’ Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons among 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of Kiss pose upon their arrival into Melbourne Airport in Melbourne, Victoria. (Photo by Jake Nowakowski/Newspix via Getty Images)KISS’ Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons are among the artists chosen for induction into the 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame.The pair will be inducted into the 2026 class in the performers category, along with Kenny Loggins, Alanis Morissette and Taylor Swift.Non-performing songwriters set for induction this year include Walter Afanasieff, who wrote Mariah Carey tunes like “All […]

todayJanuary 21, 2026

National News

Exhibition of rarely seen fossils now on display at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History

A huge dinosaur sits outside the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 26, 2016. (Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)(PITTSBURGH) -- The Carnegie Museum of Natural History has made the behind-the-scenes inventory of rare fossils and other ancient artifacts available for public viewing for the first time.The exhibition, dubbed "The Stories We Keep," features items from the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, museum's inventory that are typically not displayed, chosen by the researchers and curators who work to preserve them.Museum curators were […]

todayJanuary 21, 2026

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Closing arguments to begin in Uvalde school shooting trial for former officer

A memorial dedicated to the 19 children and two adults murdered on May 24, 2022 during a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School is seen on January 06, 2026 in Uvalde, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) -- As soon as Wednesday afternoon, a Texas jury will begin deliberating whether a law enforcement officer should be held criminally responsible for failing to act in the face of one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history.After nine days of testimony, […]

todayJanuary 21, 2026

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