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Israel's recognition of breakaway Somaliland brings uproar and threats to a volatile region 01/13/2026 12:50pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Israel���s recognition of Somaliland has thrust the breakaway territory into the international spotlight, causing an uproar in the Horn of Africa and the Middle East as a surprise new factor in regional power struggles. For Israel, the decision reignites questions about the conten Scott Adams, whose comic strip 'Dilbert' ridiculed white-collar office life, dies at 68 01/13/2026 11:34am • Scott Adams, whose popular comic strip ���Dilbert��� captured the frustration of beleaguered, white-collar cubicle workers and satirized the ridiculousness of modern office culture until he was abruptly dropped from syndication in 2023 for racist remarks, has died. He was 68. His first ex-wife, Shel The mysteries of Mother Nature come to life at this hidden Md. Smithsonian campus 01/13/2026 05:37am • It���s a branch of the Smithsonian you may have never heard of ��� located about an hour outside of D.C. in Edgewater, Maryland. Though it's off-the-beaten path, the work they���re doing has an impact that extends all around the globe. Comprised of nearly 3,000 acres and 15 miles of shoreline Green leads Tulsa against Charlotte after 34-point showing 01/13/2026 04:43am • Tulsa Golden Hurricane (13-3, 1-2 AAC) at Charlotte 49ers (9-8, 3-1 AAC) Charlotte, North Carolina; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Tulsa plays Charlotte after David Green scored 34 points in Tulsa's 93-78 loss to the South Florida Bulls. The 49ers have gone 7-3 in home games. Charlotte is eighth Wyoming hosts San Diego State after Meyer's 27-point performance 01/13/2026 04:43am • San Diego State Aztecs (11-4, 5-0 MWC) at Wyoming Cowboys (11-5, 2-3 MWC) Laramie, Wyoming; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Wyoming hosts San Diego State after Nasir Meyer scored 27 points in Wyoming's 92-83 loss to the Nevada Wolf Pack. The Cowboys have gone 9-1 at home. Wyoming is second in the West Virginia hosts No. 10 TCU after Miles' 22-point outing 01/13/2026 04:43am • TCU Horned Frogs (16-1, 4-1 Big 12) at West Virginia Mountaineers (14-3, 4-1 Big 12) Morgantown, West Virginia; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 10 TCU plays West Virginia after Olivia Miles scored 22 points in TCU's 77-46 victory against the Arizona State Sun Devils. The Mountaineers have gon Okojie, Bryson score 16 each to help Howard beat Delaware State 84-58 01/13/2026 04:26am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Ose Okokie and Travelle Bryson scored 16 points apiece to help Howard defeat Delaware State 84-58 on Monday night. Okojie also had five rebounds for the Bison (10-8, 1-2 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference). Bryson added six assists. Cedric Taylor III pitched in with 15 points and Leonard scores 35, Harden moves to 9th place on NBA's scoring list as Clippers beat Hornets 117-109 01/13/2026 01:14am • INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) ��� Kawhi Leonard scored 35 points and James Harden had 32 to move into ninth place on the NBA's career scoring list, and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Charlotte Hornets 117-109 on Monday night for their fourth win in five games. Jordan Miller added 14 points and Ivica Zub Thomas, Miles rally Northwestern State to 64-63 victory over UT Rio Grande Valley 01/12/2026 10:27pm • NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) ��� Micah Thomas had 17 points and Izzy Miles made the first of two free throws with one second left to rally Northwestern State to a 64-63 victory over UT Rio Grande Valley on Monday night. Thomas also had five assists for the Demons (6-11, 4-4 Southland Conference). Willie W Minnesota and the Twin Cities sue the federal government to stop the immigration crackdown 01/12/2026 08:58pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Minnesota and its two largest cities sued the Trump administration Monday to try to stop an immigration enforcement surge that led to the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by a federal officer and evoked outrage and protests across the country. The state, joined by Minnea Mississippi man accused of killing 6 people, including a 7-year-old, pleads not guilty 01/12/2026 08:15pm • WEST POINT, Miss. (AP) ��� A Mississippi man pleaded not guilty Monday to killing six people ��� including a 7-year-old girl ��� during a rampage through a rural area in the northeastern part of the state. At a court hearing in Clay County, Daricka M. Moore entered not guilty pleas to 11 charges inc Doctor charged in killings of his ex-wife and her Ohio husband waives right to extradition hearing 01/12/2026 08:09pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� The ex-husband of an Ohio woman charged this weekend in the killings of her and her husband waived his right to an extradition hearing Monday in Illinois. Michael David McKee, 39, a doctor from Chicago, has been charged with premeditated aggravated murder in the shooting d What to know about the Chicago doctor charged with murdering his ex-wife and her husband 01/12/2026 08:07pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� The arrest of a Chicago doctor in the killings of his ex-wife and her husband in Ohio caps off nearly two weeks of unanswered questions surrounding the mysterious killings. Police found Dr. Spencer Tepe, a 37-year-old dentist, and Monique Tepe, 39, with gunshot wounds on the $182M settlement reached in 2015 commuter train crossing crash that killed 6 in New York 01/12/2026 07:45pm • VALHALLA, N.Y. (AP) ��� A more than $182 million settlement has been reached with victims of a deadly 2015 collision between a train and an SUV at a suburban New York crossing. The majority of the settlement with Metro-North Railroad goes to the families of five passengers killed when an SUV got stu FBI says arson suspect targeted Mississippi synagogue because it's a Jewish house of worship 01/12/2026 06:42pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) ��� A suspect in an arson fire at a synagogue that was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan decades ago admitted to targeting the historic institution because it���s a Jewish house of worship and confessed what he had done to his father, who turned him in to authorities after observing bur