{"id":411194,"date":"2026-01-15T15:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T15:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/411194\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T15:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T15:34:13","slug":"5-things-to-know-for-jan-15-minneapolis-protests-nasa-astronauts-verizon-network-outage-iran-unrest-whole-milk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/411194\/","title":{"rendered":"5 things to know for Jan. 15: Minneapolis protests, NASA astronauts, Verizon network outage, Iran unrest, Whole milk"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n The Trump administration is indefinitely suspending visa processing for immigrants from 75 countries, including Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Haiti, Somalia and Russia. Starting next week, the move will block visas<\/a> for many people seeking to work in the US or reunite with their families.\n <\/p>\n

\n Here\u2019s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day.\n <\/p>\n

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\n Clashes erupted in Minneapolis on Wednesday after a federal agent shot a man in the leg<\/a> during an arrest attempt. The Department of Homeland Security said agents were conducting a \u201ctargeted traffic stop\u201d when the man, a Venezuelan national, was shot after he resisted arrest and \u201cviolently assaulted\u201d one of its officers. The man was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the city of Minneapolis said. In the hours that followed, demonstrators gathered near the scene and faced off against federal agents<\/a>, who deployed tear gas, pepper balls and what sounded like flash bangs. The incident comes amid ongoing nationwide protests over last week\u2019s fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE agent.\n <\/p>\n

\n Four NASA astronauts returned to Earth today, concluding a weeklong effort to bring one crew member home to evaluate a medical issue. The crew departed the International Space Station on Wednesday aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and completed a 10-hour journey before reentering Earth\u2019s atmosphere and splashing down off the coast of San Diego<\/a> just after 3:40 a.m. ET. Today marks the crew\u2019s first time breathing fresh air in five months. NASA decided to bring the astronauts home after canceling a planned spacewalk due to a health concern. The space agency has not disclosed which astronaut is affected or provided details about the crewmate\u2019s condition.\n <\/p>\n

\n Verizon says it has resolved an hourslong outage<\/a> that is believed to have affected tens of thousands of people in the US. The disruption cut off access to voice and data services for much of Wednesday, leaving Verizon customers without the ability to make phone calls, send text messages or use data. Verizon has not revealed the cause of the outage but apologized in a statement, saying, \u201cWe let many of our customers down and for that, we are truly sorry.\u201d Customers in New York City, Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston and Dallas seemed to have been most impacted. Verizon said it plans to provide account credits to those affected and will share more details soon.\n <\/p>\n

\n The US and several European countries are urging their citizens to leave Iran as a deadly government crackdown intensifies. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Iran had called off scheduled executions of detained protesters and that he was told \u201cthe killing has stopped\u201d in the country, but added he is still weighing military action<\/a>. Meanwhile, an internet blackout imposed by Iranian authorities has stretched into its second week. Even SpaceX\u2019s Starlink satellite internet terminals \u2014 used by Iranians to circumvent the restrictions \u2014 have been jammed using what experts describe as military-grade technology.\n <\/p>\n

\n Whole milk is now allowed in school lunches after President Trump signed a bill on Wednesday reversing previous limits<\/a>. The new legislation, which passed Congress last year by unanimous consent, rolls back Department of Agriculture rules approved by the Obama administration that required milk served in schools to be fat-free or low-fat, part of efforts to fight the childhood obesity epidemic. Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services also released new US dietary guidelines<\/a> promoting whole-fat dairy products, a recommendation that has drawn mixed reactions from nutritionists and medical experts.\n <\/p>\n

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\n Opting out of childhood vaccines is becoming more common across the US, even as measles spreads at record levels. Read why vaccine hesitancy is on the rise<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n

\n This 9-year-old girl<\/a> escaped war in Ukraine. Now in the US, she\u2019s tipped to be a future tennis superstar.\n <\/p>\n

\n A new generation of men is dressing for success<\/a> \u2014 and the quarter zip was just the beginning.\n <\/p>\n

\n This recalled greens powder<\/a> has been linked to at least 45 salmonella cases, federal health officials say.\n <\/p>\n

\n Amazon executives laid out their vision for Alexa\u2019s future<\/a> in an interview with CNN at the CES tech convention.\n <\/p>\n

\n \ud83c\udf24\ufe0f Check your local forecast<\/a> to see what you can expect.\n <\/p>\n

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Meet the Buddhist monks on a pilgrimage for peace\n <\/p>\n

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\n Meet the Buddhist monks<\/a> on a pilgrimage for peace from Texas to Washington, DC, who are inspiring thousands along their journey.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Trump administration is indefinitely suspending visa processing for immigrants from 75 countries, including Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Haiti,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[49,48,66,306],"class_list":["post-411194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}