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Marcus Freeman believes Notre Dame must 'be better' to make next year's CFP 01/14/2026 04:14pm • Sure, Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman was disappointed with being left out of this season's College Football Playoff. He also believes the Fighting Irish must ensure they don't suffer the same fate in future years. A little more than a month after Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua repeatedl Hundreds of laid-off researchers at US workplace safety center are being reinstated 01/14/2026 04:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Federal officials are reinstating hundreds of U.S. health workers who were laid off last year from a small health agency that aims to protect workers. In April, President Donald Trump's administration gutted the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, where scientist Oregon QB Dante Moore says he'll return to the Ducks rather than declare for the NFL draft 01/14/2026 03:56pm • Oregon quarterback Dante Moore has decided to return to the Ducks next season rather than declare for the NFL draft. Moore, 20, announced his decision on Wednesday on ESPN. “When it comes to me just making my decision, of course I want to feel most prepared and do what’s best for my situation, e Georgia seeks to spend $1.8 billion to unclog Interstate 75 01/14/2026 03:49pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's governor said Wednesday that he wants to spend $1.8 billion to unclog one of traffic-choked Atlanta's notorious chokepoints on the most important highway between the Midwest and Florida. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, serving his last year in office, says he wants to spend $1 Defending champion Thunder back on track at midpoint after beating Spurs for 1st time in 4 meetings 01/14/2026 03:44pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The defending NBA champion Thunder look like themselves again. Oklahoma City started the season with a 24-1 record, matching the best 25-game start in league history. The Thunder followed that with a 6-6 stretch that included three losses to the San Antonio Spurs in a two-week Hoiberg family business brings lots of joy as No. 8 Nebraska has a season for the ages 01/14/2026 03:35pm • LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — It's too early to tell where the Nebraska men's basketball team will end up, but Fred Hoiberg and two of his sons sure are enjoying the ride. The Cornhuskers are 17-0, have the nation's longest winning streak at 21 games and, at No. 8, the program's highest ranking in 60 years NASCAR driver Greg Biffle's North Carolina home burglarized weeks after plane crash, officials say 01/14/2026 03:26pm • MOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Sheriff's deputies are investigating an alleged break-in and theft last week at the North Carolina home of retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, one of seven people who died in a plane crash last month. The alleged burglary and forcible entry into the Biffle home in Mooresvi Florida deputy captures runaway emu and returns the large, flightless bird home unharmed 01/14/2026 03:23pm • ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida deputy has captured a runaway emu and safely returned the large flightless bird to its home. A St. Johns County deputy responded last Friday to a rural area west of St. Augustine following reports of the bird's escape, the sheriff's office said in a Facebook po Gaza is entering the second phase of the ceasefire plan Trump helped broker, US says 01/14/2026 03:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States said Wednesday that it is moving into the next phase of a Gaza ceasefire plan that involves disarming Hamas, rebuilding the war-ravaged territory and establishing the group of Palestinian experts that will administer daily affairs in Gaza under American supervis Tottenham signs Conor Gallagher from Atletico for $46M as Paratici announces departure 01/14/2026 03:01pm • LONDON (AP) — Conor Gallagher returned to English soccer by signing for Tottenham from Atletico Madrid on Wednesday for a reported 40 million euros ($46.5 million), in a move that could ignite his hopes of playing at the World Cup. The 25-year-old midfielder left Chelsea for Atletico in the summer Surprised but not shocked, the Steelers prepare for life after Mike Tomlin 01/14/2026 02:44pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Art Rooney II sensed Mike Tomlin might be ready for a change. Nineteen years doing any job is a long time, let alone in the white-hot spotlight that comes with coaching the Pittsburgh Steelers. So when Tomlin walked into Rooney's office on Tuesday and told his longtime boss he wa Oregon's Kenyon Sadiq and Dillon Thieneman have declared for the NFL draft 01/14/2026 02:31pm • Oregon tight end Kenyon Sadiq and safety Dillon Thieneman have declared for the NFL draft. Sadiq, a 6-foot-3, 245-pound junior, had a team-high 51 receptions for 560 yards and eight touchdowns this past season, his first as a starter. He was expected to be a first-round draft pick. “I can't begi Bet365 Bonus Code WTOP365: Claim $200 Bonus for NBA (Jan. 14) 01/14/2026 01:56pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services All new users can claim the bet365 bonus code WTOP365 to redeem bonus bets on the NBA slate of games Wednesday, and look forward Casa Ruby founder sentenced to 33 months, told to pay nearly $1M for 'diversion of COVID-relief funds' 01/14/2026 12:52pm • The founder of Casa Ruby, a D.C.-based nonprofit, has been sentenced to 33 months behind bars and ordered to pay almost $1 million to the Small Business Administration. A judge ordered Ruby Jade Corado, 56, of D.C., to pay $956,215 in restitution after she funneled at least $150,000 in COVID-19 r Devils GM is 'working the phones daily' as Dougie Hamilton and Ondrej Palat trade rumors swirl 01/14/2026 12:48pm • NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — With trade rumors swirling around the underachieving New Jersey Devils, general manager Tom Fitzgerald said Wednesday he is making regular phone calls to improve the team. Defenseman Dougie Hamilton and winger Ondrej Palat are two of the established players most mentioned in th