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Seahawks ace final regular-season test, shut down 49ers and enter playoffs as No.1 seed 01/05/2026 04:14pm • For the Seattle Seahawks to put the finishing touches on a standout season and secure the No. 1 seed in the NFC, they would first have to slow down a red-hot San Francisco 49ers offense. Not only did Seattle keep San Francisco’s offense at bay, the Seahawks throttled the 49ers, limiting them to 1 Editorial Roundup: United State 01/05/2026 03:43pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 1 The Washington Post on Trump's new humanitarian aid package to the U.N. The Trump administration will always couch even its most reasonable decisions in the most dramatic terms possible, and so it was with a State Departmen Abuse, neglect common in Michigan nursing homes -- and no one is coming to help 01/05/2026 03:33pm • The plea was desperate: Help! Lorena Brown gasped for air on Sept. 12, 2022, turning blue, at the SKLD Muskegon nursing home. 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Since her first year 5-year-old and her uncle killed in airstrike in Gaza as Israel says it targeted an imminent threat 01/05/2026 02:09pm • DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike in Gaza on Monday hit a tent housing displaced people, killing a 5-year-old girl and her uncle and wounding two other children, hospital officials said. The strike took place in the Muwasi area northwest of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Jayden Daniels' injuries and the Washington Commanders' poor play led to a big step back 01/05/2026 02:08pm • Late in this disaster of a season for the Washington Commanders, one filled with poor play, lopsided losses and a litany of injuries — none more significant than the series of issues that affected Jayden Daniels — coach Dan Quinn was asked to offer an evaluation of his star quarterback's second Falcons owner Blank reveals plan for management changes following the firings of Morris and Fontenot 01/05/2026 01:58pm • FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank released a letter to fans on Monday to announce Sunday night's firings of coach Raheem Morris and general manager Terry Fontenot are not the only moves planned in an attempt to end the team's streak of eight consecutive losing seasons. Phillies hire Don Mattingly as bench coach, reuniting him with GM son Preston 01/05/2026 01:56pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Don Mattingly made up his mind that 2025 would be his last season in baseball. The 1985 AL MVP and former manager would retire after one final season as a bench coach in Toronto, without or without the World Series ring he's fruitlessly chased since his rookie season with the N US-based multinational companies will be exempt from global tax deal 01/05/2026 01:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. multinational corporations will be exempted from paying more corporate taxes overseas in a deal finalized by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. 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(AP) — The biggest signing for Miami going into this season might not have been quarterback Carson Beck out of Georgia, wide receiver CJ Daniels out of LSU or defensive back Keionte Scott out of Auburn. It might have been the guy they got from Minnesota. Corey Hetherman — Miam