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Japan retrieves rare earth-rich mud from seabed to lower reliance on China 02/02/2026 10:52am • TOKYO (AP) — Japan said Monday it has successfully drilled and retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth minerals from the seabed near a remote island, as the country seeks to reduce its reliance on China. The deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu successfully gathered the sediment at a depth of How the Super Bowl halftime show evolved from pageantry to pop culture's biggest stage 02/02/2026 10:47am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Once upon a time, the Super Bowl halftime show belonged to marching bands and pageantry. But these days, it belongs to global pop stars, cinematic production and moments that ripple beyond the stadium. Over the years, the league’s brief intermission has transformed into one of Some companies tie AI to layoffs, but the reality is more complicated 02/02/2026 10:38am • The one thing N. Lee Plumb knows for sure about being laid off from Amazon last week is that it wasn’t a failure to get on board with the company’s artificial intelligence plans. Plumb, his team’s head of “AI enablement,” says he was so prolific in his use of Amazon’s new AI coding tool A crisis emerges across the US as ‘forever chemicals’ quietly contaminate drinking water wells 02/02/2026 10:36am • STELLA, Wis. (AP) — Kristen Hanneman made a small decision in 2022 that would upend life for her entire town. State scientists were checking private drinking water wells across Wisconsin for a widely used family of harmful chemicals called PFAS. They mailed an offer to test the well outside her ti The Grammys had lots of Mars, Carpenter soaring and a near-naked Bieber. Here are some key moments 02/02/2026 10:00am • He was the only one sitting when it was over, rubbing his eyes in disbelief. Bad Bunny had made history by winning album of the year for “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” the first time a Spanish-language album took home the Recording Academy’s top prize. Next stop: Super Bowl. While that emo A mix of hope and fear settles over Venezuela after US-imposed government change 02/02/2026 09:57am • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Time in Venezuela feels like it’s moving both too fast and too slow. The pillars of the country’s self-proclaimed socialist government are falling at a dizzying pace or not quickly enough. Economic relief is finally on the horizon or already too late. Thirty days afte Do you need to control your cortisol? Probably not, doctors say 02/02/2026 09:09am • Cortisol, what is known as the stress hormone, is the talk of the internet. Wellness influencers warn about the various symptoms of chronically high cortisol: waking up at 3 a.m., swollen “cortisol face” and accumulating belly fat. And many offer diet and exercise routines that they claim will h Japan sets up '24/7' task force to combat online abuse during Milan Cortina Winter Olympics 02/02/2026 07:56am • MILAN (AP) — The Japanese Olympic Committee has set up a special task force to monitor and deal with online abuse round the clock during the Milan Cortina Winter Games. The move comes after several athletes at the Paris Summer Olympics in 2024 endured a barrage of insults on social media. The situ Balloons from Belarus cross into Polish airspace for a third night 02/02/2026 07:00am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Balloons used to smuggle cigarettes from Belarus have been reported crossing into Polish airspace for a third night in a row. Polish authorities on Monday said the “hybrid incidents” were part of the threat to the country's eastern border posed by Russia's ally Belarus. Justin Rose is 45 and No. 3 in the world of golf. He says he still has 'gas in the tank' 02/02/2026 06:00am • SAN DIEGO (AP) — Justin Rose doesn't pay attention to his age no matter how much he gets reminded. His victory Sunday in the Farmers Insurance Open was historic on a couple of fronts. At age 45, he became the oldest winner of a tournament that dates to 1952. He became the first wire-to-wire winner From Bart Starr, to everyone after, photographer John Biever has shot every Super Bowl 02/02/2026 05:00am • SAN DIEGO (AP) — Photographer John Biever has shot every Super Bowl, yet the only football picture he has prominently displayed in his San Diego home is the one he took of Bart Starr scoring on a quarterback sneak with 13 seconds left in the “Ice Bowl,” the 1967 NFL championship game against t Rookie Will Riley scores season-high 18 as Wizards hand Kings their 9th straight loss, 116-112 02/02/2026 04:28am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Rookie Will Riley scored a season-high 18 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:07 left, and the Washington Wizards beat the Sacramento Kings 116-112 on Sunday night in a matchup of last-place teams. AJ Johnson added 17 points and Bilal Coulibaly and Marvin Bagley III Grammys host Trevor Noah takes aim at Nicki Minaj and Trump, drawing ire from the president 02/02/2026 02:16am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trevor Noah once again roamed through the audience during his monologue to open the Grammy Awards, taking pokes at the stars while standing right next to them, but he saved his most pointed jokes for absentees, and elicited an angry post from the president. “ Nicki Minaj is no Spurs win in return home to San Antonio delayed by snow, mechanical issues 02/02/2026 01:57am • SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The long, strange trip the San Antonio Spurs faced to get home from the East Coast was tiring and, at times, scary, but it turned out to be well worth the journey. San Antonio defeated the Orlando Magic 112-103 on Sunday night in a game that started five hours late after the Spu 'Executions, torture, abductions, rape': Ethiopia’s hidden conflict 02/02/2026 12:51am • Wanted by the Ethiopian government, rebel military leader Jaal Marroo moves constantly to stay ahead of drones hunting him from the skies. The rebel commander leads the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) from a series of remote forest outpost in Oromia, the country’s biggest region with a population of