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Venezuela���s new leader calls for opening oil industry to foreign investment and warmer US ties 01/15/2026 10:50pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ��� Venezuela���s acting President Delcy Rodr��guez used her first state of the union message Thursday to advocate for opening the crucial state-run oil industry to more foreign investment following the Trump administration's pledge to seize control of Venezuelan crude sales. Wembanyama returns from injury scare to fuel Spurs past Bucks, 119-101 01/15/2026 10:39pm • SAN ANTONIO (AP) ��� Victor Wembanyama returned from a first-quarter injury scare to score 22 points and grab 10 rebounds and lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 119-101 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night. Stephon Castle added 19 points and 10 assists and Julian Champagnie had 13 points Adin Hill returns to Golden Knights after nearly 3 months, Carter Hart goes on IR 01/15/2026 09:32pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Vegas Golden Knights goalie Adin Hill started his first game in nearly three months, returning to the ice Thursday night to face Toronto after being on injured reserve with a lower-body injury. Fellow goalie Carter Hart, who suffered a lower-body injury last week, was placed on IR The Latest: UN Security Council discusses Iran's deadly protests after US request 01/15/2026 09:20pm • The U.N. Security Council in an emergency meeting Thursday discussed Iran's deadly protests at the request of the United States, even as President Donald Trump left unclear what actions he would take against the Islamic Republic. Tehran appeared to make conciliatory statements in the lead up to the Sarah Strong leads top-ranked UConn to 34th straight win, 99-50 over Villanova 01/15/2026 09:12pm • STORRS, Conn. (AP) ��� Sarah Strong had 24 points, nine rebounds and five blocks, and top-ranked UConn extended its winning streak to 34 games with a 99-50 blowout of Villanova on Thursday night. Azzi Fudd had 14 points, KK Arnold tied her season high with 13 points to go seven assists and four stea Athletes Unlimited announces star-studded roster for 5th season of women's basketball 01/15/2026 09:07pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Athletes Unlimited announced a final roster Thursday featuring 20 returning players and 20 newcomers for its fifth season of women's basketball starting Feb. 4 in Nashville. The roster includes Tina Charles, the WNBA's career leader in rebounds and field goals, who played o Proposals on immigration enforcement flood into state legislatures, heightened by Minnesota action 01/15/2026 08:45pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� As Democrats across the country propose state law changes to restrict federal immigration officers after the shooting death of a protester in Minneapolis, Tennessee Republicans introduced a package of bills Thursday backed by the White House that would enlist the full force Defense Department says military newspaper Stars and Stripes must eliminate 'woke distractions' 01/15/2026 08:36pm • The Pentagon said Thursday that it is changing the independent military newspaper Stars and Stripes so it concentrates on ���reporting for our warfighters��� and no longer includes ���woke distractions.��� That message, in a social media post from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's spokesman, is short Inside the botched launch of ex-NYC Mayor Eric Adams' new crypto token 01/15/2026 08:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� For a moment, Eric Adams was riding high. Fresh off trips to Dubai and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the now jobless ex-mayor of New York City was back in Times Square on Monday to announce his first initiative as a private citizen: a new cryptocurrency coin that would also ser Ailing astronaut returns to Earth early in NASA's first medical evacuation 01/15/2026 08:29pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ��� An ailing astronaut returned to Earth with three others on Thursday, ending their space station mission more than a month early in NASA���s first medical evacuation. SpaceX guided the capsule to a middle-of-the-night splashdown in the Pacific near San Diego, less than 1 Seahawks don't expect many surprises when they host 49ers in playoffs, 2 weeks after last meeting 01/15/2026 08:22pm • RENTON, Wash. (AP) ��� For the Seattle Seahawks to host another playoff game and move closer to the fourth Super Bowl appearance in franchise history, they will have to dispose of a familiar foe. Very familiar. The top-seeded Seahawks (14-3) host the San Francisco 49ers (13-5) in the NFC���s divisio Federal judge denies injunction for college football players seeking to play a 5th year 01/15/2026 08:18pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� A federal judge denied a request Thursday for a preliminary injunction by five college football players seeking to play a fifth season this fall. U.S. District Judge William L. Campbell wrote that the players did not make the case that they likely would succeed on their cla Senators worry that US Postal Service changes could disenfranchise voters who cast ballots by mail 01/15/2026 07:58pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� A group of mostly Democratic U.S. senators sent a letter Thursday to the U.S. Postal Service, voicing concern that mail processing changes could affect postmark dates for mail-in ballots during an election year that will determine control of Congress. Updated agency policy sa Broncos host first playoff game in a decade, face banged-up Bills in divisional round Saturday 01/15/2026 07:42pm • DENVER (AP) ��� After the Buffalo Bills ended the Broncos' season with a 31-7 thrashing in the playoffs last year, Sean Payton resolved to return the postseason party to Denver with its mile-high air and thunderous, stadium-rattling crowd. ���We talk about earning seeds and trying to get all edges. Digital and DNA evidence take center stage on day 3 of au pair affair murder trial 01/15/2026 07:32pm • During the third day of the murder trial of Brendan Banfield, who's accused of carrying out an elaborate plot to kill his wife and another man so he could be with his au pair, jurors in the Fairfax County courtroom saw photos showing major changes inside the Banfield home in the months after the kil