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Judge bars federal prosecutors from seeking the death penalty against Luigi Mangione 01/30/2026 05:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors can’t seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a federal judge ruled Friday, foiling the Trump administration’s bid to see him executed for what it called a “premeditated, cold-blooded assassinati Judge hears testimony from DNA expert as man convicted of killing Laken Riley seeks new trial 01/30/2026 04:13pm • ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A judge considering whether to grant a new trial to the Venezuelan man convicted of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley heard testimony Friday from a DNA expert retained by his attorneys to analyze evidence in his murder case. Jose Ibarra's trial attorneys had asked the Newsom files a civil rights complaint against Dr. Oz over allegations of hospice fraud 01/30/2026 03:27pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office is demanding a civil rights investigation of Dr. Mehmet Oz, saying he discriminated against Armenians in a video claiming hospice fraud in Los Angeles, the latest front in the state’s ongoing battle with the Trump administration. The Dem Fearing ICE, Native Americans rush to prove their right to belong in the US 01/30/2026 03:16pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flooded Minneapolis, Shane Mantz dug his Choctaw Nation citizenship card out of a box on his dresser and slid it into his wallet. Some strangers mistake the pest-control company manager for Latino, he said, and he fears getting caug Colorado snowplow crash kills van driver, injures 8 with California girls hockey team 01/30/2026 02:53pm • GEORGETOWN, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado Department of Transportation snowplow collided with a van carrying members of a California girls hockey team, killing the van driver and injuring eight of the van's nine passengers, one of them critically. The crash happened Thursday morning when the plow driver Is your drinking water safe after the Potomac River sewage spill? 01/30/2026 02:08pm • More than 200 million gallons of sewage have spilled into the Potomac River this month, creating an ecological disaster. Bacteria levels near the break, which occurred just south of the American Legion Bridge, have soared, but on Friday morning the leaders of the Washington Aqueduct worked to reassu ‘I Can’t Tell You’: Attorneys, Relatives Struggle To Find Hospitalized ICE Detainees 01/30/2026 01:26pm • Lydia Romero strained to hear her husband’s feeble voice through the phone. A week earlier, immigration agents had grabbed Julio César Peña from his front yard in Glendale, California. Now, he was in a hospital after suffering a ministroke. He was shackled to the bed by his hand and foot, he tol AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Texas' special congressional runoff 01/30/2026 08:36am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Houston voters who have gone almost a year without representation in the U.S. House will finally fill the seat in a special runoff election Saturday. Meanwhile, voters in the Fort Worth area will elect a new state senator. Democrats Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards were the t Get your retinas ready for this sportier Lexus NX SUV 01/30/2026 05:35am • If you’re searching for a smaller SUV that’s also fancy, this one is hard to overlook. Hop into this compact luxury crossover: the Lexus NX 350h, with the F SPORT Handling package. It certainly looks the sporty part. It’s painted a stunning, bright metallic red color (which looks s Utah State hosts San Diego State following King's 20-point outing 01/30/2026 04:43am • San Diego State Aztecs (15-5, 9-1 MWC) at Utah State Aggies (17-3, 8-2 MWC) Logan, Utah; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Utah State hosts San Diego State after Kolby King scored 20 points in Utah State's 94-62 victory against the Wyoming Cowboys. The Aggies have gone 8-1 in home games. Utah State Charlotte takes on San Antonio, looks for 6th straight victory 01/30/2026 02:03am • San Antonio Spurs (32-15, second in the Western Conference) vs. Charlotte Hornets (21-28, 11th in the Eastern Conference) Charlotte, North Carolina; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Charlotte heads into a matchup with San Antonio as winners of five straight games. The Hornets are 9-13 on their home Madison Booker scores 24, and No. 4 Texas beats Florida 88-68 in front of Shaq 01/29/2026 11:02pm • GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Madison Booker scored 24 points, Aaliyah Crump added 14 and No. 4 Texas pounded Florida inside on its way to an 88-68 victory Thursday night in front of Shaquille O’Neal. Playing for the first time in 11 days, the Longhorns outscored the Gators 60-30 in the paint to end Olivia Miles has 20 points and 6 assists, No. 12 TCU women beat Kansas 79-77 01/29/2026 08:31pm • FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Olivia Miles had 20 points and six assists, Donovyn Hunter added 15 points, and No. 12 TCU never trailed Thursday night in a 79-77 win over Kansas. TCU starters Clara Silva and Marta Suarez fouled out 32 seconds apart on back-to-back offensive fouls with a little more tha Trump says he asked Putin not to target Kyiv for 1 week during brutal cold spell 01/29/2026 08:25pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that President Vladimir Putin has agreed not to target the Ukrainian capital and other towns for one week as the region experiences frigid temperatures. There was no immediate confirmation from the Kremlin that Putin has agreed to such A man impersonating an FBI agent tried to get Luigi Mangione out of jail, authorities say 01/29/2026 08:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A man claiming to be an FBI agent showed up to a federal jail in New York City on Wednesday night and told officers he had a court order to release Luigi Mangione, authorities said. He's now locked up there too. Mark Anderson, a 36-year-old Minnesota native who has a history of dru