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7 new to Prime Video movies in January with 85% or higher on Rotten Tomatoes

Here's a round-up of seven critically acclaimed movies that are new to Prime Video in January 2026.

Tom’s Guide

Drake and Adin Ross accused of fraud in alleged attempt to inflate rapper’s streams

Pair have been accused of promoting sweepstakes casino Stake.us and using the proceeds to ‘fabricate’ Drake’s popularity among listeners

The Independent UK

Virginia mom comes in with her 2 kids and orders 3 kids’ meals. Then the server steps in: ‘I’ve been coming here for years’

Working as a server means dealing with a lot more than just food and drinks. Shifts come with small negotiations, awkward moments, and customers who don’t always take “store policy” well.

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These states may decide on abortion laws in 2026

Abortion laws in many states have been in limbo since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Axios

NASA chief Jared Isaacman says Texas may get a moonship, not space shuttle Discovery

NASA's new chief Jared Isaacman said controversial proposal to move the space shuttle Discovery to Texas from its current home in a Smithsonian Air and Space Museum hangar in Virginia, may end with a different spacecraft entirely landing in Houston.

Space

Why This Top 100 Stock to Buy Is Getting Cheaper Even as It Soars Higher

Virginia-based Indivior, a developer of opioid addiction treatments, continues to hold down a place in Barchart’s Top 100 Stocks to Buy. Up 192% in 2025, its P/E is declining despite the stock’s gains over the past year. Here’s why.

Barchart

‘We wanted the matcha’: Virginia woman orders Vietnamese coffee from D.C. area shop. Then it almost costs her life

A Virginia woman meets up with her friend to try Vietnamese espresso bar DRiP Cà Phê right outside of D.C. However, she starts to feel a strange sensation minutes after drinking a Vietnamese coffee.

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Virginia offshore wind developer sues over Trump administration order halting projects

The developers of a Virginia offshore wind project are asking a federal judge to block a Trump administration order that halted construction of their project, along with four others, over national security concerns

The Independent UK

Freedom for Christmas: the extraordinary journey of an enslaved woman to Britain

A newly unveiled statue in North Shields is casting fresh light on the extraordinary life of Mary Ann Macham – a woman whose courage carried her from the brutality of slavery in the US state of Virginia to freedom on the banks of the River Tyne on Christmas Day, 1831.

The Conversation

Trump Freezes $10bn Wind Farms in Security Row, Jeopardising Power for 600,000 Homes

Trump paused five major offshore wind projects worth billions, including Virginia's largest renewable energy scheme, citing Pentagon radar concerns.

International Business Times UK

Paul Freeman: The Consultant Who Brings Order to Complexity

Over the years, Freeman has advised C-suite executives and boards, supported nonprofit governance and board development, and held public office himself. His experience includes serving on a school board in Virginia and twice as mayor of Laguna Beach, California.

International Business Times

‘Unrelenting itchy feeling’: Family ambushed by bed bugs aboard transatlantic flight sues over ruined trip

Exclusive: Ophthalmologist Romulo Albuquerque, his wife and their two kids say the bites across their necks, torsos, legs, lower backs and legs turned their vacation into a nightmare

The Independent UK

UK’s largest proposed datacentre ‘understating planned water use’

Analysis suggests consumption at Northumberland site could be 50 times higher than US operator QTS estimates

The Guardian - UK

America's data center growth hot spots, mapped

Virginia and Texas lead the way, but they're becoming a major political fight.

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Roll Call

Capitol Lens | Johns in bronze - Roll Call

A statue of Barbara Rose Johns, who led a protest against segregation at her Virginia school in 1951, is unveiled in the Capitol on Tuesday.

International Business Times UK

Barbara Rose Johns: The Teen Protester Turned Civil Rights Icon Honoured With a US Capitol Statue

Barbara Rose Johns, who led a student strike at 16 that challenged school segregation, is honoured with a statue in the US Capitol building history.

The Independent UK

‘One of America’s true trailblazers’: Capitol unveils statue replacing Robert E Lee

Johns is known for protesting poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school

Roll Call

National Statuary Hall collection trades a Confederate general for a teen activist

A statue of Barbara Rose Johns, who fought segregation at her high school in 1951, takes the place once held by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

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Merch commemorating drunk Virginia raccoon raises over $250,000 for animal shelter

Staff at the Ashland animal shelter sold merch of raccoon they cared for after he was found passed out in a liquor store

Fortune

A grassroots NIMBY revolt is turning voters in Republican strongholds against the AI data-center boom

“It’s like the Gilded Age, part two,” Kerwin Olson, a leader of an anti-data center activist group, said. “Only bigger.”

Roll Call

Democrats close year emboldened by 2025 electoral successes - Roll Call

Here’s a look back at the big campaign moments of 2025 including mid-decade redistricting and Democrats overperforming in off-year elections.

The Independent UK

US Capitol statue of teen civil rights leader Barbara Rose Johns to fill Robert E. Lee’s place

The U.S. Capitol will soon display a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school

The Independent UK

Drunk raccoon that went on boozy rampage in Virginia liquor store is repeat offender, officials say

‘Supposedly this is like the third break-in he's had,’ a local animal control officer said

The Guardian - US

‘He’s living his best life’: drunk raccoon hit DMV for snacks before liquor store

Officials say raccoon that broke into Virginia liquor store on 29 November had previously hit DMV and karate studio

The Independent UK

White House quietly moves to get Senate confirmation for Lindsey Halligan after Trump’s embarrassing legal loss

President’s former personal attorney fumbled major cases against James Comey and Letitia James

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