Daily Digest: Demonstrators gather outside Troy City Hall for MLK day

Also: DEC urges New Yorkers to Stay Alert for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza • Surrounded by billionaires in Davos, Trump plans to lay out how he’ll make housing more affordable

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Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Happy Tuesday! Hope everyone is having a great week. Before you head out or enjoy that morning cup of coffee or tea, check out some of the top stories on our website. Be safe and enjoy the day. — Ron Rosner, Senior Editor e-edition                            obituaries Demonstrators gather outside Troy City Hall for MLK day TROY, N.Y. — On a frigid, snowy Monday, demonstrators gathered outside Troy City Hall at 433 River St. to commemorate and acknowledge the impact of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in celebra… Read more → DEC urges New Yorkers to Stay Alert for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza continues to infect birds and mammals across the U.S. and Canada, including New York State. With wild bird mortalities from HPAI increasing in late fall and peakin… Read more → Surrounded by billionaires in Davos, Trump plans to lay out how he'll make housing more affordable Trump — who has spent a lot of time surrounded by billionaires during his first year back in the White House — is counting on wealthy business leaders to create economic growth. Read more → US citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search The detention is part of a larger surge of federal agents in Minnesota, leading to backlash over warrantless arrests and aggressive tactics. Read more → Trump slams UK deal to hand over Chagos Islands after he previously backed it Trump called it an act of stupidity, He argued that it weakens national security. Read more → US futures and other world shares sink on worries over Trump's push to claim Greenland U.S. futures have fallen sharply on tensions driven by the Trump administration's new tariff threats over Greenland. Read more → Top EU official questions Trump's trustworthiness over Greenland tariff threat European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen said that Trump's planned new tariffs over Greenland "are a mistake especially between long-standing allies." Read more → Hackers disrupt Iran state TV to support exiled crown prince as deaths from crackdown exceed 4,000 Activists say the bloody crackdown in Iran killed at least 4,029 people. Read more → China's population falls again as births drop to lowest rate since 1949 communist revolution Despite lifting the one-child policy to allow three children, the fertility rate remains low. Read more → Trump's voice in a new Fannie Mae ad is generated by artificial intelligence, with his permission This isn't the first time a Trump family member used AI to replicate their voice. Read more → Parts of the U.S. could see northern lights Monday The aurora could be visible across Canada and much of the northern U.S. Read more → Judge refuses to block new DHS policy limiting Congress members' access to ICE facilities The judge said she wasn't ruling on whether the new policy passes legal muster. Read more →

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