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Trial to begin for police officer charged in delayed response to Uvalde school shooting 01/03/2026 12:03am • Families who lost loved ones in the 2022 attack on an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, have sought for nearly four years to hold accountable the police who waited more than an hour to confront the shooter while children and teachers lay dead or wounded in classrooms. Now one of the first officers Rifle-toting police will patrol the 5th Ashes cricket test in Sydney following Bondi shootings 01/02/2026 11:55pm • SYDNEY (AP) — Police with long-armed rifles, a rarity at sporting events in Australia, will patrol the final Ashes cricket test in Sydney starting Sunday as part of heightened security measures following the Bondi Beach terror attack in the city. Uniformed and mounted police along with public orde Firefighters battle major blaze at Denver apartment complex under construction 01/02/2026 11:53pm • DENVER (AP) — More than 100 firefighters battled a large blaze Friday evening as it tore through a three-story apartment complex under construction in southeast Denver, officials said. Firefighters were continuing to work to extinguish the blaze more than two hours after it started, said Robert Mu Swiss investigators believe sparkling candles atop wine bottles ignited fatal bar fire 01/02/2026 07:58pm • CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Investigators said Friday that they believe sparkling candles atop Champagne bottles ignited a fatal fire at a Swiss ski resort when they came too close to the ceiling of a bar crowded with New Year's Eve revelers. Authorities planned to look into whether sound-da Data Doctors: Tips for freeing up Gmail storage space 01/02/2026 07:20pm • Q: What’s the best way to free up space in my Gmail account? A: If your Gmail account is warning you that storage is full — or worse, rejecting new messages — you’re running into a common problem: your Google account only includes 15GB of free space, and that total is shared across Gmail, McDermott, Bills preparing for playoffs as they host Jets in possible last game at Highmark Stadium 01/02/2026 05:49pm • ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Bills coach Sean McDermott finds his focus being pulled in different directions ahead of Buffalo's season finale. He must decide who to play or rest ahead of the playoffs while still giving a proper send-off to Highmark Stadium in what could very well be the last game the Why crime in Fairfax Co. fell across several categories in 2025 01/02/2026 05:03pm • Crime fell across several categories in Fairfax County last year, Police Chief Kevin Davis told WTOP, touting the agency’s use of emerging technology, recruitment, retention efforts and focus on road safety. In an interview with WTOP on Friday, Davis said homicides fell 15% in 2025, compared wi Earthquake with 6.5 magnitude rattles southern and central Mexico killing 2 01/02/2026 04:40pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — A strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico on Friday, interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum ’s first press briefing of the new year as seismic alarms sounded and leaving at least two people dead. The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.5 and its epicenter was near Ole Miss and breakthrough QB Chambliss advance to CFP Fiesta Bowl against Miami and blue chip Beck 01/02/2026 02:16pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mississippi's scintillating breakthrough quarterback Trinidad Chambliss and his Rebels teammates have been saying for weeks that they have the chemistry, talent and confidence to carry on in the College Football Playoff without former coach Lane Kiffin. Unlikely as that may have Rhode Island firefighters rescue a yellow Lab from an icy pond on New Year's Day 01/02/2026 01:16pm • WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — A yellow Labrador out for a walk with his owner in Rhode Island had to be rescued by firefighters on New Year's Day after he wandered onto a thin layer of ice covering a pond and fell through the center. According to the Misquamicut Fire Department, volunteer firefighters an Rams need a playoff tune-up, so their starters will roll in the finale against freefalling Cardinals 01/02/2026 01:13pm • INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams clinched another playoff berth weeks ago, and their regular-season finale can have only a small impact on their seeding. When faced with such a situation in past seasons, coach Sean McVay has rested every starter possible, preserving his players' healt How one Swiss hospital coped with the injured from the Alpine bar fire 01/02/2026 12:35pm • SION, Switzerland (AP) — The hospital that initially took in the majority of injured victims from a fire at a Swiss bar is no stranger to emergencies: In the heart of the Alps, it is used to treating winter sports enthusiasts who have accidents on the slopes. But the flood of young and severely bu The ACC had an improved nonconference showing. That could help its cause for more March Madness bids 01/02/2026 12:24pm • DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — It wasn't long after sixth-ranked Duke finally fought off a pesky Georgia Tech team that coach Jon Scheyer pointed to the lesson emerging from the Blue Devils' Atlantic Coast Conference opener. "I think for our guys ... they're learning very quickly that from this point forward Trump wants to overhaul the 'president's golf course.' He hasn't played there yet 01/02/2026 11:20am • WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump has spent much of his two-week vacation in Florida golfing. But when he gets back to the White House, there's a military golf course that he's never played that he's eyeing for a major construction project. Long a favored getaway for presidents s Must-see booths and products at CES 2026 01/02/2026 04:22am • Innovation at CES never ceases to amaze and surprise, but in this instance, we’re not necessarily talking about the products showcased by the 4,500-plus exhibitors. But rather the booths themselves, the “packaging,” so to speak — those “must-see” venues within the 12 massive CES exhibit