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China's population falls again as births drop to lowest rate since 1949 communist revolution 01/19/2026 06:03am • BANGKOK (AP) — How do you persuade a population to have more babies after generations of limiting families to just one? A decade after ending China's longtime one-child policy, the country's authorities are pushing a range of ideas and policies to try to encourage more births — tactics that rang Chance Gray's family legacy adds special meaning to Coretta Scott King Classic for Ohio State guard 01/19/2026 06:01am • NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Getting a chance to play in the Coretta Scott King Classic has special meaning for Ohio State senior Chance Gray. Her great grandfather Benjamin Hooks worked with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr and was onetime executive director of the NAACP. Gray remembered when she was young hear Vietnam party meeting opens with leadership and economic growth on the line 01/19/2026 03:13am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam’s most important political conclave began Monday, as the ruling Communist Party convened to decide the country’s leadership and broad policy course for the next five years. A total of 1,586 delegates from across Vietnam gathered in the capital, Hanoi, for the Nati DOJ vows to press charges after activists disrupt church where Minnesota ICE official is a pastor 01/19/2026 01:20am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice said Sunday it is investigating a group of protesters in Minnesota who disrupted services at a church where a local official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apparently serves as a pastor. A livestreamed video posted on the Facebook pa Hard-right populist wins a place in a two-way runoff in Portugal’s presidential election 01/19/2026 12:16am • LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The leader of a hard-right populist party placed second in Portugal’s presidential election Sunday in a stunning outcome and will face a center-left opponent in a runoff vote next month that could bring another political breakthrough for Europe’s growing far-right parti Hawaii's strict gun law faces Supreme Court scrutiny in landmark case 01/19/2026 12:01am • HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s gun laws, long among the strictest in the nation, will be the focus of arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. The court is taking up the state's ban on firearms on private property that is open to the public, such as stores and hotels, unless the owner expli Charge and PWHL expansion Goldeneyes shake up rosters with league-record 6-player trade 01/18/2026 11:55pm • The Ottawa Charge and the PWHL expansion Vancouver Goldeneyes shook up their rosters by completing a six-player trade on Sunday night. The trade set a PWHL record for most players involved in one trade for a league that's a third of the way into its third season. And the trade was completed 10 days Europe warns of 'dangerous downward spiral' after Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland 01/18/2026 11:42pm • BERLIN (AP) — The eight European countries targeted by U.S. President Donald Trump for a 10% tariff for opposing American control of Greenland blasted the move Sunday, warning that his threats “undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral.” The joint statement by some 'Mini-Sphere' planned for National Harbor in Maryland 01/18/2026 10:16pm • Maryland Gov. Wes Moore's office said Sunday that a "mini-Sphere" — a little brother to the famous Sphere in Las Vegas — is planned for National Harbor in Oxon Hill. Sphere Entertainment Co. is working with Maryland, Prince George’s County and Peterson Companies. This venue would be the Blind fans were given touch tech to follow Africa Cup games, but not for the final 01/18/2026 07:55pm • CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Despite the availability of haptic, or touch, devices for visually impaired supporters at the Africa Cup of Nations, none were available when Senegal defeated Morocco 1-0 in front of 66,526 supporters in Sunday's final. Visually impaired fans were accommodated at only th Mortgage Rates Fall Modestly in Mid-January 01/18/2026 07:00pm • Thirty-year mortgage rates fell this week to 6.26%, a small decline from 6.34% the week before, according to U.S. News data. Modest fluctuations in borrowing rates are to be expected at a time when homebuying activity tends to be slow and economic conditions are fairly stable. In December, the Consu Trump's voice in a new Fannie Mae ad is generated by artificial intelligence, with his permission 01/18/2026 06:32pm • NEW YORK wit (AP) — What sounds like President Donald Trump narrating a new Fannie Mae ad actually is an AI-cloned voice reading text, according to a disclaimer in the video. The voice in the ad, created with permission from the Trump administration, promises an “all new Fannie Mae” and calls FanDuel Promo Code: Claim Updated $300 Bonus for Rams-Bears NFL Playoffs 01/18/2026 04:50pm • 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 The remaining two games of the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs take place today, and FanDuel is bringing the heat with an en Thousands of fans celebrate life of legendary Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir in San Francisco 01/18/2026 03:30pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of people gathered Saturday at San Francisco’s Civic Center to celebrate the life of Bob Weir, the legendary guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead who died last week at age 78. Musicians Joan Baez and John Mayer spoke on a makeshift stage in front o Justice Department investigating whether Minnesota's Walz and Frey impeded immigration enforcement 01/18/2026 01:56pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Justice Department is investigating whether Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have impeded federal immigration enforcement through public statements they have made, two people familiar with the matter said Friday. The investigation, which both Walz an