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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 Broncos host first playoff game in a decade, face banged-up Bills in divisional round Saturday 01/15/2026 07:42pm • DENVER (AP) ��� After the Buffalo Bills ended the Broncos' season with a 31-7 thrashing in the playoffs last year, Sean Payton resolved to return the postseason party to Denver with its mile-high air and thunderous, stadium-rattling crowd. ���We talk about earning seeds and trying to get all edges. US and Taiwan sign $250B trade deal, cutting tariffs on Taiwanese goods 01/15/2026 05:32pm • HONG KONG (AP) ��� The United States and Taiwan reached a trade deal Thursday that cuts tariffs on Taiwanese goods in exchange for $250 billion in new investments in the U.S. tech industry. The deal is the latest President Donald Trump has struck ��� such as those with the European Union and Japan � Netanyahu says the announced start of Gaza ceasefire's next phase is a 'declarative move' 01/15/2026 04:43pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� Israeli strikes in Gaza on Thursday killed nine people, including three women, a day after the U.S. announced that the fragile ceasefire would advance to its second phase. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the ceasefire announcement largely symbolic Fernando Mendoza hopes to cap an incredible journey with Indiana's 1st national title 01/15/2026 03:35pm • Fernando Mendoza arrived on Indiana's campus last January carrying huge expectations for himself and the program. Outsiders almost immediately dubbed the new, highly touted transfer as the quarterback who could lead Indiana's football program to unprecedented heights. Some even suggested Mendoza cou Pope meets families of young Italian victims of the Swiss Alps bar fire 01/15/2026 10:42am • ROME (AP) ��� Pope Leo XIV sought Thursday to console the families of Italian teenagers who were killed or injured in the New Year's fire in a Swiss ski resort bar, acknowledging their anguish and urging them to try to find hope in ���the darkest and most painful moments��� of their lives. Leo met w Gov. Youngkin touts economic, education gains in final address to Virginia General Assembly 01/15/2026 05:42am • In his final State of the Commonwealth address Wednesday evening, outgoing Gov. Glenn Youngkin offered a sweeping defense of his four-year tenure, arguing that Virginia is stronger economically, fiscally and educationally than when he took office in January 2022, as he prepares to hand power to Abig How a Fairfax Co. dad turned a passion project into a bagel business 01/15/2026 04:00am • Stuart Hoffman and his daughter, Niki, started making bread together a few years ago, and then, they transitioned to bagels. They don���t recall whose idea it was, but they have reflected on the struggles. Some criticized the bagels as deformed and inquired about whether they���re supposed to Renee Good's family hires George Floyd law firm to investigate Minneapolis ICE shooting 01/14/2026 09:06pm • Renee Good ���s family is accusing federal immigration officers of killing the Minneapolis mother of three as she attempted to follow agents' instructions, and said Wednesday they have hired the same law firm that represented George Floyd ���s family to press for answers and accountability. Her love Emotional testimony on immigration enforcement bill under consideration in Montgomery Co. 01/14/2026 08:28pm • Business owners, high school students and civic and religious leaders were among those who packed the Montgomery County Council chambers on Tuesday, telling the 11-member council to pass the TRUST Act. The bill would put into law current county policies designed to limit local cooperation with f Actor Timothy Busfield ordered held without bond in New Mexico child sex abuse case 01/14/2026 07:34pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) ��� Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield was ordered held without bond at his first court appearance Wednesday, a day after turning himself in to face charges of child sex abuse stemming from allegations that he inappropriately touched a minor on the set of a TV series he How to Find LGBTQIA-Friendly Senior Living Communities 01/14/2026 07:00pm • Moving into a senior living community is a big step for anyone. But for older LGBTQIA+ adults, the decision often comes with concerns that go beyond downsizing or parting ways with a longtime home. It raises a more personal and more urgent question: Will I feel safe being myself in this community? A Trump signs a law returning whole milk to school lunches 01/14/2026 06:51pm • Whole milk is heading back to school cafeterias across the country after President Donald Trump signed a bill Wednesday overturning Obama-era limits on higher-fat milk options. Nondairy drinks such as fortified soy milk may also be on the menu in the coming months following adoption of the Whole Mi Greenland biathlete pursues Olympic dream while anxious about 'terrifying' threats to her homeland 01/14/2026 05:23pm • Ukaleq Slettemark is used to the stress of competing on the world stage as she tries to qualify for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. But the 25-year-old biathlete from Greenland is facing an extra level of anxiety as U.S. President Donald Trump keeps saying he wants to take over her country. ���It Hoiberg family business brings lots of joy as No. 8 Nebraska has a season for the ages 01/14/2026 03:35pm • LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) ��� It's too early to tell where the Nebraska men's basketball team will end up, but Fred Hoiberg and two of his sons sure are enjoying the ride. The Cornhuskers are 17-0, have the nation's longest winning streak at 21 games and, at No. 8, the program's highest ranking in 60 years