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Sunday's collision killed at least 42 people and injured dozens more, according to officials on Tuesday. “It is undoubtably a hard blow, and I have to work so it doesn� Supreme Court takes up politically charged case with independence of the Federal Reserve at stake 01/20/2026 02:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's unprecedented bid to reshape the Federal Reserve board is putting the Supreme Court in a familiar position, weighing an emergency appeal from the president’s lawyers in a politically charged case. The court is hearing arguments Wednesday over Trump's ef Islamic State group claims blast on Chinese restaurant in Kabul that killed 7 01/20/2026 10:55am • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a bombing at a Chinese restaurant in Afghanistan’s capital that killed at least seven people, including a Chinese national, and wounded more than a dozen others. The group said in a statement posted on its Aamaq ne QB Diana Flores hypes flag football ahead of its 2028 LA Olympics debut, now an open book on subject 01/20/2026 09:41am • Quarterback Diana Flores has won world titles and MVPs on the flag football field. She's starred in Super Bowl commercials to promote her sport, too. This, though, confirmed just how far-reaching women's flag football has become — Kansas City Chiefs standout Patrick Mahomes once referred to her by Marine Le Pen faces crucial Paris appeals trial over misuse of EU funds 01/20/2026 09:35am • PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s political future hangs in the balance at an appeals trial in Paris which may damage her party’s ambitions of radically changing France’s direction through anti-immigration and nationalist policies. Le Pen started answering the judges' ques Analysis: China's birth-rate struggles underscore its millennia-long effort to manage 'the masses' 01/20/2026 08:29am • BEIJING (AP) — From ancient times until today, an enormous population has been a foundational way for China to project its strength. But anxiety about managing so many mouths has always loomed. “China has a population of 600 million people, and we must never forget this fact,” Mao Zedong said How Trump reshaped DC’s relationship with the federal government 01/20/2026 05:24am • Only one year into President Donald Trump’s second term, the relationship between Washington, D.C. and the federal government has been tested in new ways, as a series of legal challenges have put fresh attention on the limits of home rule and who ultimately controls policing, public safety and gov Trump threats and Bukele model on crime back Latin American progressives into corner 01/20/2026 12:40am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Latin American progressive leaders are increasingly being backed into a corner on organized crime by pressure from the Trump administration and from their own voters, who point to the results from El Salvador president’s war on gangs. The hunger for a more heavy-handed respons Death toll rises to 10 in gangsters' attacks on Guatemalan police as state of emergency is declared 01/20/2026 12:14am • GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The death toll from suspected gangsters’ attacks on Guatemalan police rose to 10 on Monday, as Guatemalans saw heavier security in the streets and curtailed rights after Congress approved President Bernardo Arévalo's emergency declaration. The violence started Saturday whe These Four States Will Help Pay Your Private Student Loans 01/19/2026 07:00pm • Many Americans are trying to juggle student loan payments with their other monthly expenses. The median student loan balance is between $20,000 and $25,000, according to the Federal Reserve's Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2024. Naturally, borrowers are often looking for way Caleb Williams and the Bears see bigger things in store after making strides under Ben Johnson 01/19/2026 05:48pm • LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — There were all sorts of thoughts running through Caleb Williams' mind as he drove home after the Chicago Bears' gut-wrenching playoff exit. One thing that jarred him was the realization that instead of reviewing video on Monday, he and his teammates would be clearing out t Chile fights wildfires that killed 19 and forced massive evacuations 01/19/2026 04:04pm • SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Firefighters in Chile are battling forest fires Monday that have killed at least 19 people and forced 50,000 to evacuate their homes as they swept through thousands of acres in the center and south of the country. Fifteen wildfires were still active Monday after fires starte Explosion in a restaurant in Afghan capital kills at least 7 and injures a dozen more 01/19/2026 03:57pm • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An explosion at a restaurant in downtown Kabul on Monday killed at least seven people and wounded about a dozen more, according to police and an Italian charity running a surgical unit in the city. Afghan authorities did not officially say what caused the blast, noting it Florida's Rueben Chinyelu is emerging as the most complete big man in the SEC 01/19/2026 03:06pm • GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Rueben Chinyelu opened this season as a third — and fairly distant — option in Florida’s stacked frontcourt. Thomas Haugh was the team’s most versatile player, a 6-foot-9 glue guy who outhustles opponents, makes 3-pointers and rarely needs a break. Alex Condon was