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What you need to know about Grok and the controversies surrounding it 01/15/2026 05:24pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk's Grok keeps getting into trouble, and this time, more of the world's governments are trying to intervene. First launched in 2023, Grok is Musk’s attempt to outdo rivals such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini in building an AI assistant powered by a large lan A scheme to rig college basketball games has been uncovered. Here's what we know 01/15/2026 04:59pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal investigation into a sprawling betting scheme to fix basketball games stretched from the Chinese Basketball Association to the NCAA and has ensnared 26 people, including current and former college players, prosecutors revealed Thursday. The charges filed in federal NCAA basketball players and gamblers are charged for allegedly rigging games 01/15/2026 04:40pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An investigation into a sprawling betting scheme to rig NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games has ensnared 26 people, including more than a dozen college basketball players who tried to fix games as recently as last season, federal prosecutors said Thursday. The scheme JB Hunt: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 01/15/2026 04:25pm • LOWELL, Ark. (AP) — LOWELL, Ark. (AP) — JB Hunt Transport Services Inc. (JBHT) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter profit of $181.1 million. On a per-share basis, the Lowell, Arkansas-based company said it had profit of $1.90. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of ei US seizes sixth sanctioned tanker it says has ties to Venezuela in Trump's effort to control its oil 01/15/2026 03:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker that the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the South American country’s oil. The U.S. Coast Guard boarded the tanker, named Veronica, early At Detroit auto show, spotlight dims for EVs 01/15/2026 03:54pm • DETROIT (AP) — At the North American International Auto Show, tires squeal as gearheads put shiny new vehicles through their paces on a pair of indoor tracks that sprawl across the event space. One of those tracks used to be set aside exclusively for electric vehicles as U.S. automakers sought to Fernando Mendoza hopes to cap an incredible journey with Indiana's 1st national title 01/15/2026 03:35pm • Fernando Mendoza arrived on Indiana's campus last January carrying huge expectations for himself and the program. Outsiders almost immediately dubbed the new, highly touted transfer as the quarterback who could lead Indiana's football program to unprecedented heights. Some even suggested Mendoza cou UK’s Conservative Party leader torpedoes defection of chief rival by firing him first 01/15/2026 03:31pm • LONDON (AP) — Britain's Conservative Party, which governed the country from 2010 until it suffered its worst-ever electoral defeat two years ago, was plunged into fresh turmoil Thursday after its leader sacked the man widely seen as her greatest rival for apparently plotting to defect to a rival r Guatemala's balancing act: Navigating US relations in a chaotic world 01/15/2026 03:24pm • GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo on Thursday said that after the United States' removal of Venezuela’s president, his country, which has also felt the sting of U.S. intervention, is focused on maintaining what he described as a “good” relationship with the U.S., wh General tapped to lead US operations in Latin America grilled over presence in region 01/15/2026 03:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Marine Corps general tapped to lead U.S. military operations in Latin America told lawmakers Thursday that he stands ready to oversee an expanded presence that began ahead of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro's capture — but he doesn't know how long that enhanced focus will Judge hands offshore wind industry another victory against Trump in clearing way for NY project 01/15/2026 03:16pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge Thursday cleared the way for a New York offshore wind project to resume construction, a victory for the developer who said a Trump administration order to pause it would likely kill the project in a matter of days. District Judge Carl J. Nichols, an appointee of P UN chief lashes out at countries violating international law 01/15/2026 03:14pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief lashed out Thursday at countries that violate international law and called the concentration of power and wealth by the world’s richest 1% “morally indefensible.” At the start of his final year at the helm of the United Nations, Secretary-Genera theScore Bet Promo Code WTOP: Get $100 Bonus for Thunder-Rockets, Any NBA Game 01/15/2026 02:49pm • New theScore Bet customers can capitalize on an exciting welcome offer ahead of a packed week of NBA action. With this theScore Bet promo code WTOP, new users who place a winning $10 bet will receive $100 in bonus bets. This promotion provides the perfect opportunity to add even more St. Louis Blues leading scorer Robert Thomas is out 2 weeks with a lower-body injury 01/15/2026 02:32pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Blues put leading scorer Robert Thomas on injured reserve Thursday and said the veteran center will be re-evaluated in two weeks. President of hockey operations and general manager Doug Armstrong said Thomas is out because of a lower-body injury. Coach Jim Montgomery Kaiser affiliates will pay $556M to settle a lawsuit alleging Medicare fraud 01/15/2026 02:13pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kaiser Permanente affiliates will pay $556 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the health care giant committed Medicare fraud and pressured doctors to list incorrect diagnoses on medical records to receive higher reimbursements, federal prosecutors said. The deal announce