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NFL teams with coach vacancies often seek out young, rising coordinators. Here are some on the radar 01/09/2026 01:14pm • While John Harbaugh quickly became the most sought-after head coach this cycle after he was fired by Baltimore, many NFL teams seek the next Sean McVay or Kyle Shanahan. The young, up-and-coming coordinators usually get most of the attention. With eight openings around the league, there’s plenty o Trump pick for Gaza board Nickolay Mladenov frequently worked to ease Mideast tensions 01/09/2026 01:09pm • SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Nickolay Mladenov, the man chosen to serve as director-general for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in Gaza, is a Bulgarian politician and former U.N. envoy to the Middle East who frequently worked to ease tensions between Israel and Hamas. His appointment — Underdog Promo Code WTOP: Claim $75 Bonus for Oregon-Indiana, NFL Wild Card 01/09/2026 12:37pm • 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 Dive into Oregon vs. Indiana tonight with the Underdog promo code WTOP to redeem a generous DFS bonus to use on the NFL Wild Card As Trump promises Venezuelan renaissance, locals struggle with crumbling economy 01/09/2026 11:58am • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — At the White House, President Donald Trump vows American intervention in Venezuela will pour billions of dollars into the country’s infrastructure, revive its once-thriving oil industry and eventually deliver a new age of prosperity to the Latin American nation. Here at FACT FOCUS: Minneapolis shooting prompts spread of misrepresented and fabricated images online 01/09/2026 11:36am • Misrepresented and fabricated images spread widely on social media in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman, Renee Good, by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Wednesday. Soon after the shooting, photos emerged erroneously identified as showing the victim, a 37-yea Separatist group in southern Yemen announces dissolution after its leader flees to the UAE 01/09/2026 11:19am • CAIRO (AP) — Yemen's main separatist group and its institutions will be dismantled effective Friday, the group's secretary-general said, following weeks of unrest in areas of southern Yemen and a day after its leader fled to the United Arab Emirates. Abdulrahman Jalal al-Sebaihi said the Southern Why boosting production of Venezuela's 'very dense, very sloppy' oil could harm the environment 01/09/2026 10:24am • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Environmental experts are warning that the U.S. push to revamp and boost Venezuela’s vast oil reserves could worsen decades of ecological damage and increase planet-warming pollution in a country already struggling with the legacy of a long-declining petroleum industry. T WNBPA and WNBA will not extend CBA deadline; sides will continue to negotiate 'in good faith' 01/09/2026 09:25am • NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA and its players' union will not agree to another collective bargaining agreement extension after the current deadline passes Friday night, WNBPA vice president Breanna Stewart said. That does not mean players will strike or the league will lock them out. Stewart told repor Hurco: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot 01/09/2026 08:22am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Hurco Cos. (HURC) on Friday reported a loss of $3 million in its fiscal fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Indianapolis-based company said it had a loss of 47 cents. The manufacturer of computerized machine tools for the metal cutting industry poste The pope in a major foreign policy address blasts how countries are using force to assert dominion 01/09/2026 07:28am • VATICAN CITY (AP) — In his most substantial critique of U.S., Russian and other military incursions in sovereign countries, Pope Leo XIV on Friday denounced how nations were using force to assert their dominion worldwide, “completely undermining” peace and the post-World War II international l This Lexus SUV stretches its long legs on an East Coast road trip 01/09/2026 06:29am • "I stomped down on the pedal. I set the cruise control. Five hundred raging horses blew on by the state patrol." So began my road trip from Maryland to Miami in the big, long Lexus TX550h+. OK, well not exactly. I stole those lines from the country singer Robert Earl Keen, and his 1988 song, Virginia voter guide: Special election to fill two open seats in Virginia General Assembly 01/09/2026 04:55am • A special election is taking place on Tuesday to fill two open seats in Virginia’s House of Delegates, vacated by delegates destined for Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger's cabinet. Voters will head to the polls on Jan. 13 in two Northern Virginia districts that include parts of Fairfax, Prince Wi Glitter, grit and the 50-km grind: What to know about cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics 01/09/2026 03:10am • Cross-country skiing, the rugged grandfather of snow competition, will give its brightest stars a defining stage at the Milan Cortina Winter Games. Sporting greats such as Jessie Diggins of the United States and Italy’s own Federico Pellegrino arrive at the Feb. 6–22 Games still in form but near K-pop might win at the Grammys for the first time 01/09/2026 01:55am • NEW YORK (AP) — Two things can be true at once. K-pop is an inextricable force in global pop culture, and it has long been undercelebrated at institutions like the Grammys — where K-pop artists have performed but have never taken home a trophy. That could change at next month's 2026 Grammy Award Federal immigration officers shoot and wound 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say 01/09/2026 01:47am • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal immigration agents shot and wounded two people in a vehicle outside a hospital in Portland on Thursday, a day after an officer fatally shot a woman in Minnesota, authorities said. The shooting drew hundreds of protesters to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement