Cedric Grolet’s first-ever chocolate shop, which opened Oct. 18 on Avenue de l’Opéra in Paris, was burglarized overnight from Sunday into Monday, according to Le Parisien. The suspects went straight to the safe which contained cash from the register, including holiday-season

19 States increased their minimum wage on January 1, 2026. The U.S. federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, a rate that has been in place since 2009. #MinimumWage #WageUpdate #USWages #StateMinimumWage

Target will pay $4.6 million to settle a wage-and-hour class-action lawsuit brought by current and former employees at a New Jersey distribution center. The lawsuit alleges the company failed to pay workers for all hours worked, including time spent walking before and after

Donald Trump posted a photo showing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro aboard the USS Iwo Jima after he was captured by the United States. #Venezuela #Caracas #USAirstrikes #DonaldTrump #NicolasMaduro #WorldNews

These images show the U.S. airstrikes in Caracas on Saturday, January 3. President Donald Trump announced via Truth Social that the United States had “carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela,” and that the country’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, had been captured and flown

A fire erupted at Amsterdam’s historic Neo-Gothic Vondelkerk church on New Year’s Day. Built in the 1870s by the architect of Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, the church lost its spire and much of its roof in the fire. #newyearsday #fire #amsterdam #historic

A highly cited 2000 study claiming Roundup is safe for humans has been retracted after revelations that Monsanto employees may have ghostwritten parts of the paper. The retracted study was previously among the top 0.1% of cited research on glyphosate. #Roundup #Glyphosate

Millie Bobby Brown and Noah Schnapp shared their experiences from the final day of filming Season 5 of “Stranger Things” in an interview with our journalist @marionsacuto. The final episodes are now streaming on Netflix. #netflix #strangerthings #milliebobbybrown #noahschnapp

A former South Park writer bought the Trump-Kennedy Center web domains before the official renaming, using them to host satirical content after the Kennedy Center board approved the new name. #TrumpKennedyCenter #KennedyCenter #Satire #Politics #Media

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services froze all child care payments to Minnesota, escalating a federal investigation into alleged fraud. #fraud #minnesota #trump #walz #childcare

Brut. journalist Annabel Mora @annab_eight spoke with Laurence Fishburne at the @marrakechfilmfestival about what cinema might look like in 2050, what could replace the smartphone, and the lasting impact of The Matrix on the film industry. #TheMatrix

The Louvre installs metal security bars on the window used in the theft. #louvre #paris #heist #theft #robbery

San Francisco experienced widespread power outages over the weekend, leaving tens of thousands of homes without electricity. The outages prompted Waymo to suspend service for its driverless vehicles on Saturday. #SanFrancisco #poweroutage #waymo #driverlesscars #electricityoutage

James Cameron on “Avatar 3: Fire and Ash” and AI in cinema. James Cameron sat down with Brut. journalist Fatima D. Fatima D. (@iamfatimadee) to discuss “Avatar 3: Fire and Ash” and the role of AI in filmmaking. Cameron emphasized that AI was not used to create Avatar 3. Instead,

James Cameron spoke with Brut. journalist Fatima D. (@iamfatimadee) about why he believes Netflix movies shouldn’t be eligible for the Oscars. He shared his hopes that audiences continue to be drawn to theaters and emphasized that streaming platforms should embrace the in-person

Paris or Rome? For a date, coffee on a terrace, or a stroll? We asked Lily Collins, Ashley Park, and Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as the new season of “Emily in Paris,” now set in Rome, premieres on Netflix. #emilyinparis #emilycooper #paris #LilyCollins #AshleyPark

Brut. spoke with Mila Kunis & Cailee Spaeny about their favorite fictional detectives. Brut. journalist Fatima D. (@iamfatimadee) sat down with director Rian Johnson and actor Josh O’Connor to discuss the latest installment in the Knives Out film series, “Wake Up Dead Man.” They

President Donald Trump briefly departed from his prepared remarks during a White House Christmas reception on Dec. 14 after noticing a woman in the audience he said resembled his eldest daughter, Ivanka Trump. #donaldtrump #whitehouse #politics #christmasreception #usnews

At least 37 people have died after torrential rains triggered severe flooding in the Moroccan coastal city of Safi, according to the country’s Interior Ministry. #morocco #flooding #weather #breakingnews #northafrica

Strong winds topple a replica of the Statue of Liberty in Brazil. The 79-foot-tall structure could not withstand wind gusts of 56 mph. According to local authorities, the incident did not cause any injuries. #brazil #winds #statue #statueofliberty