BREAKING: Around 40 people were killed and 115 others were injured early on New Year's Day, when a fire ripped through a popular bar in a resort town in the Swiss Alps, police said. The Swiss president said the fire caused one of the worst tragedies that the country has ever experienced. Investigators are working to determine the cause of the fire. The incident was not being investigated as an attack, officials said. Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/International/dead-fire-bar-switzerland-new-years-day-police/story?id=128825726&CID=WA

President Trump said that teams are "getting a lot closer, maybe very close" to achieving a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia after speaking to Russian President Putin and meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in Florida on Sunday. Read more: https://abcnews.link/2tCKAb0

Nineteen U.S. states are set to raise their minimum wage in 2026, boosting pay for millions of workers spanning from Arizona to New Jersey. Read more: https://abcnews.link/mwtPLL1

Ohio authorities are searching for a suspect after a dentist and his wife were found murdered inside their home earlier this week. Columbus police responded to the home of Spencer Tepe, 37, and Monique Tepe, 39, on Tuesday after a welfare check was requested, according to an incident report viewed by ABC News. When officers arrived, they found the couple suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. Paramedics arrived and the pair were declared dead shortly after, police said. Two small children were also found in the residence unharmed. Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/ohio-police-search-suspect-after-dentist-wife-found/story?id=128829216&CID=WA

Actor Isiah Whitlock Jr., best known for his roles on "The Wire" and "Veep," as well as frequent collaborations with director Spike Lee in films like "Da 5 Bloods" and "BlacKkKlansman," has died at 71, his manager confirmed on social media. Read more: https://abcnews.link/aknNoOG

Tatiana Schlossberg, daughter of Caroline Kennedy and granddaughter of John F. Kennedy, has died following a battle with acute myeloid leukemia. "Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning," the JFK Library Foundation said in a statement on Tuesday. "She will always be in our hearts." Read more: https://abcnews.link/Kl0BHyi

President Trump said that the U.S. "knocked out" a "big facility" in Venezuela last week, in what appears to be a reference to a strike on a drug trafficking site in the country. Trump, in a radio interview, was discussing his administration's effort to stop drug trafficking from the region, including strikes against alleged drug boats, when he made the comment. If Trump’s comments are accurate, then it would mark the first known attack on land in Venezuela since the Trump administration began its campaign against the country. Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-us-knocked-big-facility-venezuela/story?id=128750795&CID=WA

BREAKING: ‘Several’ dozen people presumed dead and about 100 injured in fire at bar in Switzerland on New Year’s Day, police say. Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/International/dead-fire-bar-switzerland-new-years-day-police/story?id=128825726&CID=WA

From all of us at ABC News, happy new year!

A former violinist and crew member for Will Smith is suing the actor and rapper, as well as his touring company, for wrongful termination and sexual harassment – claims Smith's lawyer is denying. Brian King Joseph, who toured with Smith in 2025, alleged in a complaint filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court that he was wrongfully terminated and retaliated against after reporting workplace safety hazards. According to the complaint, Joseph said he reported to Smith and the touring company that someone had "unlawfully" entered his Las Vegas hotel room during the tour and left a number of items. Joseph also accused Smith in the complaint of allegedly "deliberately grooming and priming [him] for further sexual exploitation," suggesting "a pattern of predatory behavior." Read more: https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/smith-sued-former-tour-member-wrongful-termination-sexual-128844691&CID=WA