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A timeline of two towns on the Arizona-Utah border once controlled by a polygamist sect 01/30/2026 07:03am • HILDALE, Utah (AP) — The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints settled in a remote area along the Arizona-Utah border in the 1930s after the polygamist sect broke away from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the mainstream Mormon church that renounced plural marr Venezuela’s acting president signs oil industry overhaul, easing state control to lure investors 01/30/2026 06:58am • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday signed a law that opens the nation’s oil sector to privatization, reversing a tenet of the self-proclaimed socialist movement that has ruled the country for more than two decades. The reform will undoubtedly be The trade deadline is less than a week away. And all NBA eyes are on Giannis and the Bucks 01/30/2026 06:00am • As the NBA trade deadline loomed last year, a star player reacted to the blockbuster trade that sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers and Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks by saying the following: “It’s a business. You have to understand this. Nobody’s safe. Nobody’s safe." The play O'Connor wanted the challenge of coaching baseball in SEC, and he'll get one at Mississippi State 01/30/2026 06:00am • Brian O'Connor landed his first head coaching job at Virginia in 2004 and quickly turned a baseball program that had finished higher than fourth in the ACC just once during the previous 30 years into a perennial national contender. Twenty-two years later, the idea of him in a dugout wearing anything Ethiopia's national carrier cancels flights to Tigray region as fears grow of renewed fighting 01/30/2026 05:46am • ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s national carrier canceled flights to and from the troubled northern region of Tigray, as fears grow of renewed fighting between federal troops and regional forces. For a second day, Ethiopian Airlines wasn't flying to Tigray on Friday, with customers rece Pharrell calls for empathy from US leaders after being honored at Black Music Collective event 01/30/2026 05:14am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — At a pre-Grammy event celebrating Black music’s cultural power, Pharrell Williams used the Recording Academy stage to deliver a prayer — not for himself, but for U.S. leaders. “I want to pray for the leaders of this nation and the powers that be,” Williams said Thursday Foreign women linked to IS group in Syrian camp hope for amnesty after government offensive 01/30/2026 04:38am • ROJ CAMP, Syria (AP) — Foreign women linked to the Islamic State group and living in a Syrian camp housing more than 2,000 people near the border with Iraq are hoping that an amnesty may be on the horizon after a government offensive weakened the Kurdish-led force that guards the camp. The women s Trump threatens tariffs on any country selling oil to Cuba, backing Mexico into a corner 01/30/2026 12:26am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, a move that could further cripple an island plagued by a deepening energy crisis. The order would primarily put pressure on Mexico Through the eyes of Iranian protesters, glimpses of disorder, disarray and death 01/30/2026 12:10am • BEIRUT (AP) — This time felt different. The 25-year-old Iranian fashion designer hoped that mass protests nearly four years ago would improve civil rights in the Islamic Republic. Not much changed, though. Being on those streets, she felt, may have been for nothing. But in early January, she prot As an uncertain 2026 begins, virtual journeys back to 2016 become a trend 01/30/2026 12:07am • LONDON (AP) — The year is 2016. Somehow it feels carefree, driven by internet culture. Everyone is wearing over-the-top makeup. At least, that’s how Maren Nævdal, 27, remembers it — and has seen it on her social feeds in recent days. For Njeri Allen, also 27, the year was defined by the art Melania Trump's documentary premieres at the Kennedy Center ahead of global release 01/29/2026 11:58pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump is capping her first year back as first lady with the global release of a documentary she produced about the 20 days leading up to husband Donald Trump’s return to the White House. A private person, Melania Trump remains a bit of a mystery to the public in her hus Democrats, White House strike spending deal that would avert government shutdown 01/29/2026 11:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats and the White House struck a deal to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security as they consider new restrictions for President Donald Trump’s surge of immigration enforcement. But passage was delayed late Thursday as Icy conditions leading to more injuries, delays and road hazards, Fairfax Co. firefighters say 01/29/2026 11:00pm • Firefighters in Fairfax County, Virginia, say they’ve been servicing more calls since the recent storm as icy sidewalks, hardened layers of snow and sheets of ice blowing off cars have created dangerous conditions. Capt. Frederick "Rick" Luong said one of the biggest hazards involves people los American defender Alex Freeman transfers to Spain's Villarreal from Orlando City of the MLS 01/29/2026 10:57pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Right back Alex Freeman, a hopeful for this year's U.S. World Cup roster, transferred Thursday to Spain's Villarreal from Major League Soccer's Orlando City. A 21-year-old son of former All-Pro wide receiver Antonio Freeman, Alex made his U.S. national team debut in May agains Islanders' Matthew Schaefer passes Bobby Orr for the 2nd-most goals by an 18-year-old defenseman 01/29/2026 10:38pm • NEW YORK (AP) — When Bobby Orr's name came up after passing him in the record books, Matthew Schaefer flashed a big grin. “Who's that?” he asked jokingly. Schaefer knows very well who Bobby Orr, Denis Potvin and Phil Housley are, and the new face of the New York Islanders is producing just lik