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Sabalenka dominates Bucsa at Brisbane International and says Battle of the Sexes helped 01/06/2026 07:46am • BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The Battle of the Sexes exhibition was a bit of fun for Aryna Sabalenka and a showdown she regarded as good preparation for the Australian Open. In her first match since playing Nick Kyrgios in Dubai last month, No. 1-ranked Sabalenka overwhelmed No. 50 Cristina Bucsa 6- New report shows a 25% drop in deaths of on-duty law enforcement officers 01/06/2026 07:25am • Deaths of on-duty law enforcement officers in the U.S. decreased by nearly 25% in 2025, according to an annual report. The report from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, shared with The Associated Press ahead of its release Tuesday, shows a drop in all categories of fatalities, fro 3 Big Changes for Retirement Planning this year 01/06/2026 06:00am • For retirement savers and retirees, the new year brings more than the usual inflation adjustments to retirement contributions. The retirement legislation known as Secure 2.0 will also continue to phase in, and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will have impacts too. Here’s a roundup Unrivaled's second season provides key gathering place for WNBA players during CBA negotiations 01/06/2026 05:55am • MEDLEY, Fla. (AP) — Napheesa Collier sat on the bench at Sephora Arena laughing with Unrivaled teammate Skylar Diggins moments before tipoff between the Lunar Owls and Rose BC. It was a tiny glimpse of what Unrivaled provided star WNBA players in Year 1: high-level competition and camaraderie whil Historic moment: SEC dominates AP women's basketball poll with 5 of top 7 teams 01/06/2026 05:50am • Vanderbilt and Kentucky's entrance to the top 10 on Monday was historic as it gave the Southeastern Conference five of the first seven teams in The Associated Press women's basketball poll. It's the first time that's happened in the poll's 50-year history. The seventh-ranked Commodores pulled off th Four Downs with the Commanders: So long to a long season 01/06/2026 05:12am • I don't know if it's the 17-game season, but wasn't this past Sunday rather underwhelming? Instead of seeing teams fight for seeding, we were treated to "Understudy Day" around the NFL, with Philadelphia electing to play its backups against Washington despite a No. 2 seed out there for the taking Trump administration's capture of Maduro raises unease about the international legal framework 01/06/2026 05:08am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — From the smoldering wreckage of two catastrophic world wars in the last century, nations came together to build an edifice of international rules and laws. The goal was to prevent such sprawling conflicts in the future. Now that world order — centered at the United Flash floods in Indonesia kill at least 16 people and sweep away homes 01/06/2026 05:07am • MANADO, Indonesia (AP) — Flash floods triggered by torrential rain killed at least 16 people in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province, officials said Tuesday. Days of monsoon rain burst riverbanks early Monday, triggering fast-moving torrents of water mixed with mud, rocks and debris that swept aw Flu season surged in the US over the holiday and already rivals last winter's harsh epidemic 01/06/2026 04:37am • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. flu infections surged over the holidays, and health officials are calling it a severe season that is likely to get worse. New government data posted Monday — for flu activity through the week of Christmas — showed that by some measures this season is already surpassing Venus Williams loses in Auckland but shows she's still competitive at 45 01/06/2026 02:37am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Venus Williams has lost her first singles match of 2026 to fifth-seeded Magda Linette at the WTA Tour tournament in Auckland, New Zealand. The 45-year-old Williams put up a superb show before losing 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to the No. 52-ranked Linette, who was only two years o Head, Smith centuries put Australia in control after 3 days of the final Ashes test 01/06/2026 02:29am • SYDNEY (AP) — Travis Head's third century of the series and Steve Smith's first guided Australia to a 134-run first-innings lead over England by stumps on the third day of the fifth and final Ashes test. Head resumed Tuesday at 91 and was out for 163 from 166 balls, a masterful innings to follow h QB Rocco Becht following Matt Campbell to Penn State with Grunkemeyer reportedly heading to Va. Tech 01/06/2026 01:56am • Rocco Becht has announced he will follow coach Matt Campbell from Iowa State to Penn State, giving the Nittany Lions a veteran quarterback to replace Ethan Grunkemeyer. Becht stated his decision in a social media post late Sunday. Grunkemeyer posted at about the same time that he would enter the tra Sourdif scores his first hat trick to lead Capitals over Ducks 01/06/2026 01:31am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Justin Sourdif scored his first NHL hat trick and added two assists and the Washington Capitals beat the Anaheim Ducks 7-4 on Monday night. Alex Ovechkin scored twice, Ryan Leonard had a goal and an assist, John Carlson also scored and Connor McMichael had four assists for the Ca Red-hot Grubauer backstops streaking Kraken to 5-1 win over Flames 01/06/2026 01:29am • CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Shane Wright scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and Philipp Grubauer made 41 saves to lead the streaking Seattle Kraken past the Calgary Flames 5-1 on Monday night. Jacob Melanson, Vince Dunn, Frederick Gaudreau and Matty Beniers also scored for the Kraken ( Durant admits game-winner over Suns meant more because he was 'kicked out' 01/06/2026 12:11am • HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s Kevin Durant said hitting the game-winning shot Monday night against the Phoenix Suns meant more because it came against his former team that he felt kicked him out. Durant scored 26 points and his 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds to go lifted the Rockets to the 100-97 vict