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Coach Sean McVay and GM Les Snead agree to multiyear contract extensions with the Rams 02/02/2026 03:01pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Coach Sean McVay and general manager Les Snead agreed to multiyear contract extensions to stay with the Los Angeles Rams on Monday, extending their successful nine-year partnership. And with his long-term future assured, McVay confirmed he also is optimistic about coming back ne Michelangelo's 'The Last Judgment' fresco undergoes 3-month cleaning at Sistine Chapel 02/02/2026 02:34pm • VATICAN CITY (AP) ��� Michelangelo���s ���The Last Judgment,��� the imposing fresco of heaven and hell which dominates the Sistine Chapel, is undergoing its first major restoration in three decades, the Vatican said Monday. The Sistine Chapel will remain open to visitors during the three-month clean Packers add former Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon as defensive coordinator 02/02/2026 01:08pm • GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) ��� Former Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon is joining the Green Bay Packers��� staff as defensive coordinator. Coach Matt LaFleur announced the hire of Gannon on Monday. Gannon will take over for Jeff Hafley, who left after two seasons when the Miami Dolphins hired Arizona remains No. 1 in AP Top 25, Michigan jumps UConn for No. 2 02/02/2026 01:02pm • Arizona remained the unanimous No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll Monday while Michigan jumped over UConn and into second place following wins over previously unbeaten Nebraska and rival Michigan State. 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World Athletics released a statement Monday supporting the position taken last week by an 2-month-olds see the world in a more complex way than scientists thought, study suggests 02/02/2026 12:36pm • A new study suggests that babies are able to distinguish between the different objects they see around them at 2 months old, which is earlier than scientists previously thought. The findings, published Monday in Nature Neuroscience, may help doctors and researchers better understand cognitive develo US Attorney General Pam Bondi announces 2 more arrests in the St. Paul church protest 02/02/2026 11:55am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Monday announced two more arrests following a protest at a Minnesota church against the immigration crackdown, bringing the number of people arrested to nine. The nine were named in a grand jury indictment unsealed Friday. Independent journalis Pakistani forces kill 177 Baloch militants in 48 hours, the highest toll in decades 02/02/2026 11:44am • QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) ��� Pakistani security forces killed about two dozen militants overnight in multiple raids in the insurgency-hit southwest bordering Afghanistan, raising the militant death toll to 177 in the past 48 hours, officials said Monday. The announcement follows a wave of coordinated i The Latest: Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil predicts 6 more weeks of winter 02/02/2026 11:34am • PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) ��� Punxsutawney Phil, the legendary groundhog that lives in a tree stump in rural Pennsylvania, has issued the most highly anticipated weather forecast of the season: six more weeks of winter. The groundhog���s forecast was announced Monday by the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club Out with the old? Young Democrats are trying to convince voters to send a new generation to Congress 02/02/2026 11:30am • SACRAMENTO, Calif. 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