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UEFA cites fall in US dollar last year for $55 million loss in accounts 01/15/2026 12:00pm • GENEVA (AP) ��� The fall in the U.S. dollar value last year cost UEFA about $55 million. The dollar value dropped about 9% against a range of foreign currencies in the first months of 2025, which economists linked to investors��� waning confidence in the U.S. under President Donald Trump, who return Brian Kemp survived Trump���s anger. Now he wants to shape Georgia���s future 01/15/2026 12:00pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp delivered his final State of the State speech on Thursday ��� but it may not have been a farewell. As the rare Republican who has defied President Donald Trump and thrived, Kemp is still trying to mold politics in the battleground state in ways that could lin Largest indoor waterpark in Virginia to open this year 01/15/2026 11:14am • If you drive Interstate 95, you've probably seen the colorful waterslides on the Kalahari resort being built in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Kalahari is now accepting bookings for stays beginning Dec. 18, 2026, at the resort, which is built on 135 acres, just off I-95���s Thornburg exit 118 Olympic great Shaun White's next chapter: Shaping snowboarding from outside the halfpipe 01/15/2026 10:41am • In some ways, Shaun White���s next trip to the Winter Olympics might be the toughest. Retired for four years and now trying to shape his sport from outside of the halfpipe he once commanded, White says he fully expects his upcoming trip to Italy ��� the country where he won the first of his three go Canadian prime minister hails renewed relations with China during his Beijing visit 01/15/2026 10:19am • BEIJING (AP) ��� On the first trip by a Canadian leader to China in eight years, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that the two countries are entering a new era of relations. Carney, who became prime minister 10 months ago, is attempting to repair ties with China following several years of ac Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore pushes the case for redrawing the state's congressional map 01/15/2026 10:16am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ��� Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday he wants to move forward with redrawing the state's congressional map and have the Democratic-controlled legislature vote on it, despite opposition from a key fellow Democrat concerned that mid-decade redistricting could backfire and cos Control of the House is at the center of midterms. These charts help explain the fight 01/15/2026 10:12am • Donald Trump is determined to maintain Republicans' threadbare House majority this fall and avoid a repeat of his first presidency, when Democrats won control of the chamber in midterm elections and went on to impeach him twice. This time, Trump is involved in candidate recruiting, dispensing strat What's next for Greenland and Denmark after difficult meeting with Trump administration 01/15/2026 09:07am • U.S., Danish and Greenlandic officials have met face to face to discuss President Donald Trump's ambitions to take control of Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark. At the same time, Denmark and several European allies are sending troops to Greenland in a pointed signal of intent to boost In a warming world, freshwater production is moving deep beneath the sea 01/15/2026 09:07am • CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) ��� Some four miles off the Southern California coast, a company is betting it can solve one of desalination���s biggest problems by moving the technology deep below the ocean���s surface. OceanWell���s planned Water Farm 1 would use natural ocean pressure to power reverse osmo Mattel and Alex Aster team up for Barbie young adult novel, 'Barbie: Dreamscape' 01/15/2026 09:02am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The publishing arm of Mattel Inc. is teaming with million-selling novelist Alex Aster on a Barbie young adult novel in which the iconic doll embarks on a journey across ���treacherous, magical lands.��� ���Barbie: Dreamscape,��� scheduled for July 28, is the first novel for young Arbeloa already under immense pressure after nightmare debut at Real Madrid 01/15/2026 07:04am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� ��lvaro Arbeloa tried to leave his mark on Real Madrid in his first game in charge. He got burned. A Madrid with youngsters who played for Arbeloa on Madrid���s reserve team crashed out of the Copa del Rey round of 16 to second-division Albacete 3-2 on Wednesday. Arbeloa wa 89 days to go, but on day 1 of the Maryland legislative session, it���s all back slaps and applause lines 01/15/2026 06:14am • The first day of the General Assembly is traditionally a time for more back slaps than broadsides, more applause lines than arguments, and opening day 2026 was no exception. The actual business of the day took about an hour in the Senate, about and hour and a half in the House, as each chambe Vance Joseph focuses on stopping Josh Allen, not head coaching opportunities 01/15/2026 06:00am • ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) ��� Vance Joseph interviewed with five teams during the Denver Broncos��� bye week in his quest for a second crack at an NFL head coaching job. What���s really on the defensive coordinator's mind, though, is getting another shot at Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills this Saturda Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek head into 2026 in search of a career Grand Slam 01/15/2026 06:00am • Carlos Alcaraz knows what matters the most to him in 2026 and isn't shy about telling the world: He wants to win the Australian Open to complete a career Grand Slam. That would make him the ninth man in tennis history with at least one singles championship from each of the sport's four most prestigi Gov. Youngkin touts economic, education gains in final address to Virginia General Assembly 01/15/2026 05:42am • In his final State of the Commonwealth address Wednesday evening, outgoing Gov. Glenn Youngkin offered a sweeping defense of his four-year tenure, arguing that Virginia is stronger economically, fiscally and educationally than when he took office in January 2022, as he prepares to hand power to Abig