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1. New Epstein files fail to quell outrage as advocates claim documents are being withheld  The Guardian
2. Trump and Vance differ in their responses to latest Epstein files  Axios
3. There are many famous names in the Epstein files  CNN
4. The Government Published Dozens of Nude Photos in the Epstein Files  The New York Times
5. Powerful people, random redactions: 4 things to know about the latest Epstein files  NPR

1. 7 dogs competing for Westminster’s show big prize Tuesday night  AP News
2. Westminster Dog Show 2026: Behind-the-Scenes Photos  The New York Times
3. 2026 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show: Group Winners, Results From Day 1  FOX Sports
4. FOX Sports' Jamie Little talks about covering the 150th edition of the Westminster Dog Show: 'Such an honor'  Fox News
5. How to watch the 2026 Westminster dog show  The Seattle Times

1. X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok  BBC
2. X offices raided in France as prosecutors investigate child abuse images and deepfakes  AP News
3. Paris prosecutors summon Elon Musk after raid on X's French offices  NBC News
4. French headquarters of Elon Musk’s X raided by Paris cybercrime unit  The Guardian
5. Police Search X’s Premises in France as Prosecutors Summon Elon Musk  The New York Times

1. Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Game Boy Library With Two More Titles  Nintendo Life
2. More games flutter and float to Nintendo Classics - News - Nintendo Official Site  nintendo.com
3. Game Boy Nintendo Classics Library Adds Balloon Fight Sequel, Game Freak Developed Puzzle Game  Nintendo World Report
4. Balloon Kid and Yoshi added to the Game Boy Nintendo Classics lineup  vooks.net
5. Game Boy's Balloon Kid and Yoshi Added to Nintendo Switch Online  VGChartz

1. Evacuation order issued in area of Canby for 'hazardous materials emergency'  KATU
2. Measles cases climb to 7 in Clark County, linked to earlier infection  OregonLive.com
3. Measles patient who visited Ridgefield HS linked to second exposure site, county says  KPTV
4. Possible measles exposure at Ridgefield Vancouver Clinic  KATU
5. New measles exposure site identified in Clark County  Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB

1. Judge limits feds’ use of weapons against anti-ICE protesters in Portland  Politico
2. Judge restricts use of pepper balls, tear gas by federal agents at Portland ICE building  KPTV
3. Judge issues restraining order limiting DHS chemical munitions outside Portland ICE site  KATU
4. ‘Joyful’ bike ride turned terrible as Trump thugs tear-gassed innocent marchers  BikePortland
5. Mayor of Portland, Oregon, Calls for ICE to Leave After Protesters Are Tear-Gassed  The New York Times

1. Iran’s killing of protesters reached level rarely seen, emergent count shows  The Washington Post
2. Leaked documents expose Khamenei's secret deadly blueprint for crushing Iran protests  Fox News
3. Iran: Witnesses describe violence, chaos during protests  dw.com
4. What Are the Global Options for Defending Iranians’ Rights?  Council on Foreign Relations
5. The violence in Iran could lead to civil war  The Economist

1. ‘Law & Order: SVU’: David Zayas Replaces Timothy Busfield In Guest Role Recasting  Deadline
2. ‘Law & Order: SVU’: David Zayas Takes Over Guest Role From Timothy Busfield in Recasting  The Hollywood Reporter
3. 'Dexter' star replaces Timothy Busfield on 'Law & Order: SVU' after child sexual abuse charges  Entertainment Weekly
4. Timothy Busfield Recasting: ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Taps David Zayas for February Guest Spot  TheWrap
5. 'Law & Order: SVU' Confirms Character Recast Following Child Abuse Allegations  Collider

Meet Meridian, the newest Dripyard theme. We’re really excited about this release, as many hours went into Meridian along with updates to our other themes.

My favorite “feature” of Dripyard themes is flexibility. We market each theme toward a specific vertical, but in practice they are highly versatile. You can easily change the look and feel of an entire site by adjusting color schemes, border radiuses, and imagery.

Pictures are worth a thousand words, so we built our site to showcase multiple demos.

1. William Stevenson, Jill Biden’s Ex-Husband, Is Accused of Killing His Current Wife  The New York Times
2. Jill Biden’s ex-husband faces murder charge in death of his current wife  CNN
3. Jill Biden’s ex-husband charged with murder of his wife  The Guardian
4. Jill Biden's ex-husband charged with murdering his wife  ABC News
5. Jill Biden's ex-husband Bill Stevenson charged with murder after 2nd wife Linda found dead  CBS News

Drupal CMS 2.0 launched January 28. We asked Pam Barone—CTO of Technocrat and Product Owner of Drupal CMS—to talk about what's new and what she's most excited for people to try.

Drupal CMS 1.0 was really a proof of concept, to show that we could create a version of Drupal that bundled all of the best practices that many sites were using, and that the community would come together to make it happen in a short amount of time. We did prove the concept, but the 1.0 release did not represent any major innovations, because we were mostly just packaging functionality and tools that we already had and were familiar with. That is not to downplay the accomplishment at all, because it was a huge leap forward for the project, and it provided the foundation for the next steps.

With 2.0, we are introducing two big new concepts: Drupal Canvas and site templates. These represent another huge leap for the project, each in different ways, as we continue with the strategy to empower marketers to create exceptional digital experiences without relying on developers.

Drupal Canvas! I am so excited about Canvas and can’t wait to get it into the hands of our end users. There were times during the development of 2.0 when I was working in the Canvas editor and I thought, ‘Wow, I’m actually having fun!’ I can’t say I remember thinking that with previous Drupal page building tools.

And it’s not just about end users; one of the goals of 2.0 is to introduce Canvas within the community and showcase its potential. It’s a paradigm shift, and this level of change is always challenging, but after trying it out and getting familiar with the concepts, I think it’ll be clear that it’s worth it.

Site templates are near-feature-complete starting points for Drupal sites based on specific use cases. They provide a content model, some example content, a polished look and feel, as well as the functionality you would expect based on the use case. The first site template – Byte, which is included in Drupal CMS 2.0 – is for a SaaS-based product marketing site. It includes all of the baseline functionality from 1.0, plus Canvas-powered landing pages, a blog, a newsletter signup and contact form, and a new theme with a dark style. 

During the development of 1.0, we realized that we couldn’t build something that was both generic and useful. Either we would have to build something simple that would be widely applicable, or we would be making a lot of assumptions about the site’s content model and functionality, and providing things that many users wouldn't want.

We decided that in order to really make it easy to launch sites, we had to provide many different starting points, across many use cases. By identifying the use case and being opinionated about how to solve it, site templates can start you off with 95 percent of what you need to launch.

Of course, that assumes there is a site template for your use case – which means we’re going to need a lot of them. We’re currently working with a group of Drupal agencies who have signed up for a pilot to develop new site templates for the launch of the site template Marketplace.

The most obvious thing is just that it provides marketers with a modern, intuitive visual page builder of the kind that any competitive platform needs to have. Up until now, adopting Drupal meant getting its many benefits but compromising on the user experience, because the page building tools were clunky. With Canvas, that compromise is gone. We can provide the experience that marketers have come to expect.

In some ways it feels like we are playing catch-up, especially since it’s still early (the first release was in December) and there are some big gaps. But it also feels like a new era for Drupal, and the enthusiasm and pace of adoption so far is really encouraging. So I think we don’t really even know yet what changes will come, because when the community is presented with a new way to build cool things, the possibilities are endless.

One of the benefits of using Drupal is that it can be integrated with pretty much anything, and all of the common integrations have modules to make it easier. But they always require some configuration, and it can be tricky to figure out. With recipes, we can add default configuration, and we can prompt for the necessary details, so you don’t have to go hunting around for where to add them.

Drupal CMS 1.0 included two integrations that use the recipe prompt already, for Google Analytics and the AI Assistant. They’re pretty simple in that you are just adding an ID or an API key, but they still are a big improvement over the manual setup. 

For 2.0, with site templates, we have the opportunity to include additional integrations that are relevant to the use case and wanted to tackle something a bit more complicated. Byte ships with a newsletter signup that uses a webform out of the box, and has an optional “Recommended add-on” to integrate with Mailchimp. The Mailchimp module already did most of the heavy lifting, but we worked with the maintainers to develop a recipe that configures the module (and its submodules), and once you authenticate your site with Mailchimp, will automatically create signup blocks for each of your audiences. From there, you can add them to any page via the Canvas editor.

We think that easy integrations are going to be really critical to making site templates attractive as an offering, so we are planning to continue working on that. 

The initial site templates are very intentionally on the “making easy things less hard” side. Not only is it a totally new concept, but they are leveraging Canvas, which is also new. So we thought that the best chance for success would be to keep it simple and try to really nail the use cases. Once we’ve all built a few, and we’ve gotten feedback from real users, we can move into the more complex sites where Drupal thrives.

Try it now: drupal.org/drupal-cms/trial 

Download: drupal.org/download

Learn more: drupal.org/drupal-cms

Twenty-five years in. Still building.

1. AMD spills the beans on possible next-gen Xbox launch in 2027  GamesBeat
2. AMD hints Microsoft could launch its next-gen Xbox in 2027  theverge.com
3. AMD reveals next-gen Xbox could launch in 2027 — CEO says semi-custom SoC ready to 'support launch in 2027'  Tom's Hardware
4. Jez Corden argues next Xbox could inherit Windows’ strengths and its flaws  Windows Central
5. Rumour: New Xbox Console Won't Release Until At Least Late 2027, Could Be Delayed Further  Pure Xbox

1. Mike LaFleur won’t address Arizona’s QB situation but has “a lot of respect” for Kyler Murray  NBC Sports
2. Cards' LaFleur says he'll call plays as QB decision looms  ESPN
3. Mike LaFleur 'Felt Right' In Taking Cardinals' Coaching Job  Arizona Cardinals
4. Mike LaFleur’s introduction was a small win for Cardinals and their fans  Arizona Sports 98.7
5. Former Browns intern hired as Cardinals head coach  Cleveland.com

1. Iran risks Trump's ire with new diplomatic demands, provocations  Axios
2. Iran’s President Backs ‘Fair’ Talks With U.S. as Confrontation Looms  The New York Times
3. Iran conditionally agrees to nuclear talks with US, first since Trump’s military strikes last summer  CNN
4. Iran's president says it is ready to negotiate with the US  BBC
5. Iran demands changes in venue and scope of talks with US, source says  Reuters

1. Disappearance of 'Today' host Savannah Guthrie's mother is being investigated as a possible abduction  Yahoo
2. Sheriff believes Savannah Guthrie’s mother was abducted: ‘She did not leave on her own’  CNN
3. Sheriff says ransom note being investigated in disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, Savannah Guthrie's mother  CBS News
4. Savannah Guthrie’s Mother Remains Missing, Officials Investigating 'Tips and Leads'  TODAY.com
5. Alleged Ransom Note for Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping Demands Millions in Bitcoin  TMZ

1. Opinion | RFK Jr.’s attacks on vaccines just hit a wall of pediatricians  The Washington Post
2. Defying CDC, Pediatricians Recommend All Kids Get Vaccinations Against 18 Diseases  The Wall Street Journal
3. American Academy of Pediatrics releases childhood vaccine recommendations that differ from CDC  CBS News
4. Doctors break with CDC on vaccine guidance for children  NBC News
5. Healthwatch With Dr. Leana Wen: GLP-1s, a rebuke of RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine plan and staying healthy on frigid days  WYPR