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The 4 teams left in the NFL playoffs aren't afraid to invest at less-coveted positions 01/25/2024 05:52pm • In a season full of satisfying moments for Detroit Lions fans, an amusing one occurred in mid-December, when coach Dan Campbell had a chance to gloat a bit about the team's most recent draft. The players in question were running back Jahmyr Gibbs and tight end Sam LaPorta, both of whom became key Pennsylvania's governor says he wants to 'get s--- done.' He's made it his slogan, profanity and all 01/25/2024 05:40pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Josh Shapiro has a new slogan for how he wants to run Pennsylvania — and it's not fit for kids' ears. “We’ve got a GSD attitude in the Shapiro administration that means we focus on getting, you know, stuff done,” he told a news conference Monday with local offic Once in the millions, Guinea worm cases numbered 13 in 2023, Carter Center's initial count says 01/25/2024 05:38pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Guinea worm disease remains on the cusp of being eradicated, with the global number of cases in 2023 holding steady at 13, according to a provisional account released by The Carter Center. A final count will be confirmed in the coming months. But the initial count matches the confi Zheng Qinwen gives China an Australian Open finalist a decade after Li Na. Aryna Sabalenka awaits 01/25/2024 05:18pm • Zheng Qinwen earned a spot in her first championship match at any Grand Slam tournament — she'll face Aryna Sabalenka for the Australian Open title on Saturday — by winning a semifinal at Melbourne Park that came 10 years to the day after another Chinese woman, Li Na, claimed the trophy there. L Trump accuses DA Fani Willis of inappropriately injecting race into Georgia election case 01/25/2024 04:43pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump said the district attorney in the Georgia election interference prosecution should be removed from the case, claiming she “inappropriately injected race into the case and stoked racial animus” in response to allegations of misconduct aga Capital One: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 01/25/2024 04:21pm • MCLEAN, Va. (AP) — MCLEAN, Va. (AP) — Capital One Financial Corp. (COF) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $706 million. On a per-share basis, the McLean, Virginia-based company said it had profit of $1.67. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $2.24 per share. The result Just 58 single-team players among 273 in Hall of Fame after addition of Todd Helton and Joe Mauer 01/25/2024 04:19pm • COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Todd Helton and Joe Mauer will become just the sixth pair of players inducted together into the Hall of Fame after spending their big league careers with one organization. “A lot of things had to go right,” Helton said Thursday during a news conference in the Hall’s Biden, eager for a 2020 rematch in November, is quick to anoint Trump as his 2024 rival 01/25/2024 03:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is zeroing in on an expected rematch against Donald Trump after this week’s New Hampshire primaries, eager to sharpen the contrast with his predecessor. Ten months from Election Day, Biden's write-in victory in a New Hampshire race he didn’t formally conte Water service restored to rural Tennessee town a week after winter storm, sub-freezing temperatures 01/25/2024 03:27pm • MASON, Tenn. (AP) — The majority of residents in the rural Tennessee town of Mason had water services restored Wednesday, a week after freezing temperatures broke pipes and caused leaks in the decades-old, neglected water system. Mayor Eddie Noeman told The Associated Press that 75% of the predomi Movie Review: 'Tótem' is a masterful child's-eye view of family and death 01/25/2024 03:10pm • For a film about death, Lila Avilés’ “Tótem” is extraordinarily lived in. Avilés’ camera roams through the festive, cluttered gathering of an extended family as they prepare for a birthday celebration that evening. Watching it all is the 7-year-old Sol (Naíma Sentíes), whose father, Ton Yellen visits Midwest to showcase improving consumer sentiment, take aim at Trump tax cuts 01/25/2024 02:49pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is visiting Illinois and electoral battleground Wisconsin this week to make a case for the Biden administration's economic agenda and offer a reminder about the Trump administration tax cuts, which she says added to the deficit and did little to pr US economy grew at a surprisingly strong 3.3% pace last quarter, pointing to continued resilience 01/25/2024 02:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s economy grew at an unexpectedly brisk 3.3% annual pace from October through December as Americans showed a continued willingness to spend freely despite high interest rates and price levels that have frustrated many households. Thursday’s report from the Commerce Lazio and Napoli: Leaders last season, lagging this season 01/25/2024 11:39am • Last year, Napoli and Lazio finished first and second in Serie A. When they meet on Sunday, they’ll be fighting for fourth place. Both teams had woeful starts to this season but while matters have much improved for Lazio, Napoli’s form remains so poor that rumors are swirling of a potential thir Financial markets are jonesing for interest rate cuts. Not so fast, says the European Central Bank 01/25/2024 11:28am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde pushed back Thursday against market expectations for quick interest rate cuts even as Europe’s economy sputters and financial markets froth in hopes of cheaper credit that would boost business activity and stock prices. Today in Sports - Week Ahead, January 26 - February 1 01/25/2024 10:00am • Jan. 30 1926 — The major league rules committee mandates that pitchers must have access to a rosin bag. 1971 — UCLA starts its 88-game winning streak with a 74-61 win over UC Santa Barbara. 1983 — John Riggins rushes for a Super Bowl-record 166 yards on 38 carries to spark the Washington Redsk