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Scheffler's bid for career slam and Koepka's search for new home among golf topics for 2026 01/06/2026 04:34pm • This was always going to be a different year in golf with the PGA Tour trying to blow up a model that has been around longer than the sand wedge. So it only seems fitting that 2026 starts with a soggy piece of coincidence. The Sentry, the season opener on the PGA Tour since 1999, was canceled becaus US nearly triples list of countries whose citizens must post bonds up to $15,000 to apply for visas 01/06/2026 03:54pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is nearly tripling the number of countries whose passport holders will be required to post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply to enter the United States. Less than a week after adding seven countries to the list of nations subject to visa bonds, bringing th College Football Playoff picks: Ole Miss is last hope for SEC to reach first title game in 3 years 01/06/2026 03:45pm • No pressure, Mississippi, but the Southeastern Conference hasn't gone three years without a football national championship since the turn of the century. The sixth-seeded Rebels are the SEC's last hope in the College Football Playoff after Georgia and Alabama lost in the quarterfinals. They will pla Israeli foreign minister visits Somaliland after contentious recognition of breakaway territory 01/06/2026 03:42pm • MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The Israeli foreign minister visited Somaliland in the Horn of Africa on Tuesday and promised Israel would foster flourishing ties as the first country to recognize the breakaway republic's independence from Somalia. On his first official visit to Somaliland, Foreign Mini Kazuma Okamoto's signing is a 'significant step' for the defending AL champion Blue Jays, GM says 01/06/2026 02:58pm • TORONTO (AP) — Before he moved from Japan to the big leagues, Kazuma Okamoto put the logos of all 30 MLB teams in front of his daughter and asked which one she liked most. Her choice, just like his, was the Toronto Blue Jays. The defending AL champion Blue Jays introduced their newest signing at a Kliff Kingsbury and Joe Whitt Jr. are gone from the Commanders after a 5-12 season, AP source says 01/06/2026 02:54pm • Coordinators Kliff Kingsbury and Joe Whitt Jr. are both gone from head coach Dan Quinn’s staff with the Washington Commanders after a 5-12 season, a team official with knowledge of the moves told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the staf Miami Dolphins begin search for new GM, Mike McDaniel to be involved 01/06/2026 02:51pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins knew for months that they'd be searching for a new general manager by the end of the 2025 season. That search began in earnest on Monday, with the organization moving quickly to put together an early list of potential candidates. Interim GM Champ Kelly CFP quarterfinals viewership up 14% from last year, including this season's 3 most-watched games 01/06/2026 02:32pm • The College Football Playoff has some viewer momentum going into this week's semifinals. Last week's quarterfinals had a 14% increase from last season. According to ESPN and Nielsen, the four matchups averaged 19.3 million viewers, including the three most-watched games of the season. The CFP is ave Cowboys fire defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus after one season filled with poor showings 01/06/2026 12:45pm • FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys fired first-year defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus on Tuesday after they allowed the most points and intercepted the fewest passes in franchise history. It’s the second consecutive season in which Eberflus has been fired. He was let go midseason in 2024, Trump Mobile's golden phone remains nowhere to be found 01/06/2026 12:06pm • A golden phone that President Donald Trump's family business promised to release last year remains mysteriously under wraps as the technology industry serves up a glut of new gadgets at CES in Las Vegas this week. When the Trump Organization launched a mobile phone service last June, it was supposed George Washington’s home sees major upgrades in time for US semiquincentennial 01/06/2026 11:08am • It has been years of planning and executing, but the majority of the largest renovation ever at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate is complete just in time for the nation’s 250th birthday. “If you go in the house right now, it looks more like the house that George Washington knew the t Hungarian director Béla Tarr, known for his bleak and beautiful films, dies at 70 01/06/2026 10:46am • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The celebrated Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr, director of such works as “Sátántangó” and “The Turin Horse” and the recipient of numerous awards for his long and often darkly comic films, has died at 70. During a career spanning decades, Tarr wrote and directed Updated Bet365 Bonus Code WTOP365: Claim $200 Bonus for NBA, CBB, CFP 01/06/2026 10:01am • 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 Sign up using the new bet365 bonus code WTOP365 to activate an upgraded offer for NBA, college hoops, CFP and NFL Wild Card weekend gam Last year's odd economy in five charts, and what to watch for in 2026 01/06/2026 09:54am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The economy in 2025 was filled with contradictions, as growth was healthy while hiring slowed, inflation stayed elevated and unemployment rose. Last year's odd outcomes raise a host of questions for the upcoming year: Will a growing economy eventually boost the sluggish job mark Man City and Croatia defender Gvardiol has broken leg and faces months out. Dias injured too 01/06/2026 09:48am • MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City and Croatia defender Joško Gvardiol needs surgery this week for a fracture to his right leg and faces months out ahead of the World Cup. Man City's defense was weakened again on Tuesday when Portugal center back Rúben Dias was confirmed to be out for up