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Iowa's Kaden Wetjen is the repeat winner of the Jet Award as the top return specialist in the nation 01/05/2026 11:54am • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ��� Iowa's Kaden Wetjen was named winner of the Jet Award as the top return specialist in college football for the second straight year, the Jet Award Foundation announced Monday. Wetjen, the first repeat winner in the 15-year history of the award, led the nation in total punt and k Oil stocks sharply higher after US action in Venezuela 01/05/2026 11:43am • Shares of major U.S. companies in the energy sector are sharply higher Monday after President Donald Trump announced plans to take control of Venezuela���s oil industry, saying that it would be American companies helping to revitalize it following the capture of President Nicol��s Maduro. While the Today in Sports - Lenny Wilkens becomes the winningest coach in NBA history with his 939th win 01/05/2026 10:10am • Jan. 6 1951 ��� The Indianapolis Olympians beat the Rochester Royals 75-73 in six overtimes, the longest game in NBA history. 1976 ��� Ted Turner, a millionaire communications executive and internationally known yachtsman, buys the Atlanta Braves for a reported $10-to-12 million. 1980 ��� The Los An Trail running legend Kilian Jornet advises beginners to enjoy the view and go easy 01/05/2026 09:50am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� Hikers navigating rugged terrain may have noticed more people speeding along the same trail while leaping over rocks and roots like two-legged mountain goats. Trail running has exploded in popularity in recent years. The sport encompasses everything from off-road jogs on un Mavericks, Rockets headed to China in October to play pair of preseason games 01/05/2026 09:36am • The NBA is going back to China next season, as expected, announcing Monday that the Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets will play a pair of preseason games at the gambling hub of Macao in October. The games, like the preseason ones this season between Brooklyn and Phoenix, will be played at Macao�� Ballots, tax returns and other important mail may not get postmarked the day you turn it in, Postal Service warns 01/05/2026 05:30am • (CNN) ��� If you rely on postmarks when casting your ballot, filing your taxes or paying bills, a new US Postal Service rule makes it clear that you should plan ahead. Postmarks ��� which include a date stamp from the USPS ��� can offer proof that a piece of mail, such as a ballot, was turned in Root and Head's batting mastery highlights Day 2 of 5th Ashes test 01/05/2026 04:40am • SYDNEY (AP) ��� Joe Root posted his second hundred of the series for England and Travis Head closed in on his third for Australia as Day 2 of the final Ashes test closed evenly poised on Monday. England was bowled out just before tea for 364 at the Sydney Cricket Ground, with Root leading with a ma What's ahead for Congress in 2026? 01/05/2026 04:35am • The 119th Congress in 2026 will pick up right where it left off at the end of 2025, addressing the issue of health care costs and trying to make sure federal funds don't run out when an agreement that ended the government shutdown expires Jan. 30. The latest session was tumultuous, including ���Complex situation���: Local Venezuelan community reacts to the US capture of Maduro 01/05/2026 04:18am • A small group of Venezuelans, their loved ones and advocates gathered Sunday at the General Sim��n Bol��var Memorial near the National Mall to celebrate the capture of President Nicol��s Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. President Donald Trump announced over the weekend that U.S. military forces South Korean movie star Ahn Sung-ki, dubbed 'The Nation's Actor,' dies at 74 01/05/2026 04:14am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� Ahn Sung-ki, one of South Korean cinema���s biggest stars whose prolific 60-year career and positive, gentle public image earned him the nickname ���The Nation���s Actor,��� died Monday. He was 74. Ahn, who had blood cancer for years, died at Seoul's Soonchunhyang Univers NASA says historic materials will be preserved as Goddard research library shuts down 01/05/2026 03:56am • The library at NASA���s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, home to thousands of books and documents chronicling America���s space history, is closing in the coming months, raising concerns that rare records could be lost. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said on X that every ite Ravens have a long offseason to think about where to go next after stunning loss to Steelers 01/05/2026 02:11am • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Lamar Jackson thought it was over. That the Baltimore Ravens' unwieldy season would end up in a familiar spot: the playoffs. Then, rookie kicker Tyler Loop's potential game-winning field goal from 44 yards out drifted a little right. And then a little further right. And then a Rodgers and Steelers win AFC North, beating Ravens 26-24 after Loop misses kick at buzzer 01/05/2026 01:35am • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� The way Aaron Rodgers looks at it, part of his job is to be a ���magnetic force." This is, after all, why the Pittsburgh Steelers signed the four-time NFL MVP to a one-year deal last summer. And why Rodgers opted to return for a 21st season after two miserable years with the N Trump's plan to seize and revitalize Venezuela's oil industry faces major hurdles 01/05/2026 12:35am • President Donald Trump's plan to take control of Venezuela's oil industry and ask American companies to revitalize it after capturing President Nicol��s Maduro in a raid isn't likely to have a significant immediate impact on oil prices. Venezuela's oil industry is in disrepair after years of neglec US capture of Maduro divides a changed region, thrilling Trump's allies and threatening his foes 01/05/2026 12:29am • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� In his celebratory news conference on the U.S. capture of Venezuelan strongman leader Nicol��s Maduro, President Donald Trump set out an extraordinarily forthright view of the use of U.S. power in Latin America that exposed political divisions from Mexico to Argentina as Trump-f