Informing, engaging & connecting the people of the world. JANUARY 6, 2020

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VIDEO: A U.S. start-up has reverse-engineered the coffee bean, producing imitation coffee with the same flavor but without the time, expense and environmental impact of using beans. The company hopes to have its cold press product commercially available early this year.

ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY On January 6, 1838, Samuel Morse demonstrates his telegraph system for the first time in Morristown, New Jersey. The telegraph, which uses electric impulses to transmit encoded messages over a wire, eventually revolutionized long-distance communication, reaching the height of its popularity in the 1920s and 1930s.

A requirement that U.S. citizens get visas for travel in the Philippines could hobble the Southeast Asian country’s tourism industry, all to ease a pair of high-level political spats, analysts say.

VIDEO: Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren looks back on the biggest stories of 2019 and examines how those stories could impact what happens in 2020.

VIDEO: K-9 units are fairly common in most police departments. These dogs usually help solve crimes, take down criminals and find drugs. But a Virginia police department uses dogs to help crime fighters deal with the stress of the job.

VIDEO: Thousands of Indonesians were unable to return to their flooded or water-logged homes on Sunday as the government struggled help those affected in the capital, Jakarta. At least 60 people have lost their lives so far in the floods that began on Christmas Eve.