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Dry January is an opportunity to evaluate your relationship to alcohol. The idea is to abstain from alcohol for the entire month, then decide if you want to go back to your regular drinking habits, drink less, or not at all for the remainder of the year. With the recent discussion in the U.

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever made waves in November when he suggested that advancements in AI are slowing down, explaining that simply scaling up AI models was no longer delivering proportional performance gains. Sutskever’s comments came on the heels of reports in The Information and Bloomberg that Google and Anthropic were also experiencing similar slowdowns.

Moon Alert: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Taurus. Happy Birthday for Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2024: You can be successful in many fields. You are hardworking, determined and willing to make sacrifices to achieve your cherished goals. Take inventory of your life this year.

Today is Wednesday, Jan. 8, the eighth day of 2025. There are 357 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 8, 2016, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the world’s most-wanted drug lord, was captured for a third time in a daring raid by Mexican marines, six months after walking through a tunnel to freedom from a maximum security prison. Also on this date: In 1790, President George Washington delivered the first State of the Union address in New York City. Related Articles Today in History: January 7, gunmen kill 12 at Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris Today in History: January 6, Trump supporters storm Capitol to stop certification of Biden victory Today in History: January 5, construction begins on Golden Gate Bridge Today in History: January 4, Nancy Pelosi becomes first female speaker of the House Today in History: January 3, the ‘Curse of the Bambino’ begins In 1815, the last major engagement of the War of 1812 came to an end as U.

Their spirit was willing but the depleted Nuggets couldn’t quite hang with the defending NBA champions Celtics Tuesday night at Ball Arena. Playing without center Nikola Jokic, who was scratched before the game with a non-COVID illness, Denver pushed Boston to the limit. When Christian Braun swished a 3-pointer to tie the game 93-93, he pumped his fist and the crowd went nuts. But the Celtics executed down the stretch and made the big shots while the Nuggets ran out of runs — and maybe out of gas — on their home floor.

LOS ANGELES — California firefighters battled wind-whipped wildfires that tore across the Los Angeles area, destroying homes, clogging roadways as tens of thousands fled and straining resources as officials prepared for the situation to worsen early Wednesday. The flames from a fire that broke out Tuesday evening near a nature preserve in the inland foothills northeast of LA spread so rapidly that staff at a senior living center had to push dozens of residents in wheelchairs and hospital beds down the street to a parking lot.