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A two-judge Ninth Circuit panel turned down an emergency appeal by the Environmental Defense Center and Center for Biological Diversity seeking to block the federal restart permit granted to Sable Offshore's Santa Ynez Unit pipelines, sending the company's stock surging. The terse December 31 order is not the end: the court put the case on an expedited schedule, with its first deadline on January 26.

Co-chefs Sachi Statz and Victor Santos, from the family's Tinta y Café, open a Cuban-French bistro in Miami's Little Havana.

There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless… ~Next Shine~ premieres on Japanese television, continuing studio MOTHER's light-novel adaptation about a reinvented high schooler juggling confessions from two of her school's most popular students.

Senator Bernie Sanders administered the public oath on the steps of City Hall, hours after Attorney General Letitia James swore Mamdani in at 12:01 a.m. in the disused City Hall subway station. He is the city's first Muslim mayor and the first of South Asian descent.

The base subway, local bus and Access-A-Ride fare rose 10 cents to $3 and the express bus fare to $7.25, while OMNY's weekly fare cap of $35 became permanent in place of MetroCard unlimited passes.

After tracing the toxin cereulide to arachidonic acid (ARA) oil from a global supplier, Nestlé began recalling SMA, BEBA, NAN, Alfamino and Guigoz batches country by country from 5 January 2026, in more than 60 countries.