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Crystal Palace and Fiorentina will head east after Conference League knockout playoffs draw 01/16/2026 09:33am • NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Teams from former Iron Curtain countries are making their strongest challenge yet to win the Conference League, the competition designed to give them more chances to progress on and off the field. The 24-team knockout phase has 10 from eastern Europe — the most in the c At top UN court, Myanmar denies deadly Rohingya campaign amounts to genocide 01/16/2026 08:45am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Myanmar insisted Friday that its deadly military campaign against the Rohingya ethnic minority was a legitimate counter-terrorism operation and did not amount to genocide, as it defended itself at the top United Nations court against an allegation of breaching the gen In their words: Greenlanders talk about Trump's desire to own their Arctic island 01/16/2026 06:36am • NUUK, Greenland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has turned the Arctic island of Greenland into a geopolitical hotspot with his demands to own it and suggestions that the U.S. could take it by force. The island is a semiautonomous region of Denmark, and Denmark's foreign minister said Wednesday John Harbaugh's mentor, Andy Reid, had a better second act than his first 01/16/2026 06:00am • John Harbaugh is heading to Broadway, aiming to make his second act even better than his first. Harbaugh didn’t have to wait long after the Baltimore Ravens fired him last week following 18 seasons. He had plenty of options and chose the New York Giants. His contract was still being finalized, acc What to know about inauguration-related events in Virginia this weekend 01/16/2026 04:21am • Richmond, Virginia, will make way this weekend for a host of events related to the inauguration of Abigail Spanberger, who will become the first woman to serve as the state's governor. Events are scheduled Friday through Sunday, some of which are open to the public and some of which are ticke New Oceania soccer competition has a 2029 Club World Cup spot as the winner's reward 01/16/2026 04:01am • A new era in international soccer begins Sunday when Vanuatu United meets Bula FC of Fiji in Auckland, New Zealand, in the first game of the Oceania Football Confederation Pro League. Eight teams from seven countries in the region — the others are New Zealand, Tahiti, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Warriors coach Steve Kerr chatted with Jonathan Kuminga about his uncertain situation 01/16/2026 01:46am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Coach Steve Kerr spoke with Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga during the morning shootaround Thursday about the player's situation being out of the rotation for more than a month now with expectations he will be traded before the deadline next month. “We talked this morning Kyle Tucker agrees to a $240 million, 4-year contract with the World Series champion Dodgers 01/15/2026 11:20pm • Kyle Tucker has agreed to a $240 million, four-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to a person familiar with the deal, bolstering the team's chance for a third consecutive World Series championship. Tucker can opt out of the deal after years two and three, according to the person w Thompson scores 26 points, moves up 3-point list, as Flagg-less Mavericks cruise past Jazz, 144-122 01/15/2026 11:06pm • DALLAS (AP) — Klay Thompson matched his season high with six 3-pointers and moved into fourth place on career list, scoring a season-best 26 points to help the Dallas Mavericks beat the Utah Jazz 144-122 on Thursday night. The Mavericks (16-26) played without rookie star Cooper Flagg after he spra An app’s blunt life check adds another layer to the loneliness crisis in China 01/15/2026 10:03pm • BEIJING (AP) — In China, the names of things are often either ornately poetic or jarringly direct. A new, wildly popular app among young Chinese people is definitively the latter. It's called, simply, “Are You Dead?" In a vast country whose young people are increasingly on the move, the new, one Federal immigration agents filmed dragging a woman from her car in Minneapolis 01/15/2026 09:44pm • A U.S. citizen on her way to a medical appointment in Minneapolis was dragged out of her car and detained by immigration officers, according to a statement released by the woman on Thursday, after a video of her arrest drew millions of views on social media. Aliya Rahman said she was brought to a de The Latest: UN Security Council discusses Iran's deadly protests after US request 01/15/2026 09:20pm • The U.N. Security Council in an emergency meeting Thursday discussed Iran's deadly protests at the request of the United States, even as President Donald Trump left unclear what actions he would take against the Islamic Republic. Tehran appeared to make conciliatory statements in the lead up to the Defense Department says military newspaper Stars and Stripes must eliminate 'woke distractions' 01/15/2026 08:36pm • The Pentagon said Thursday that it is changing the independent military newspaper Stars and Stripes so it concentrates on “reporting for our warfighters” and no longer includes “woke distractions.” That message, in a social media post from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's spokesman, is short Inside the botched launch of ex-NYC Mayor Eric Adams' new crypto token 01/15/2026 08:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) — For a moment, Eric Adams was riding high. Fresh off trips to Dubai and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the now jobless ex-mayor of New York City was back in Times Square on Monday to announce his first initiative as a private citizen: a new cryptocurrency coin that would also ser Ailing astronaut returns to Earth early in NASA's first medical evacuation 01/15/2026 08:29pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An ailing astronaut returned to Earth with three others on Thursday, ending their space station mission more than a month early in NASA’s first medical evacuation. SpaceX guided the capsule to a middle-of-the-night splashdown in the Pacific near San Diego, less than 1