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US overdose deaths fell through most of 2025, federal data reveals 01/14/2026 05:13pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� U.S. overdose deaths fell through most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that had been worsening for decades. Federal data released Wednesday showed that overdose deaths have been falling for more than two years ��� the longest drop in decades ��� but al What to know as New York City nurses strike for a 3rd day 01/14/2026 05:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� New York City nurses are striking for a third day Wednesday, with both sides seemingly preparing for a protracted walkout. None of the three major hospital systems affected by the strike have met with union negotiators, though one said it plans to sit down with nurses Thursday. Pic Marcus Freeman believes Notre Dame must 'be better' to make next year's CFP 01/14/2026 04:14pm • Sure, Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman was disappointed with being left out of this season's College Football Playoff. He also believes the Fighting Irish must ensure they don't suffer the same fate in future years. A little more than a month after Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua repeatedl Gaza is entering the second phase of the ceasefire plan Trump helped broker, US says 01/14/2026 03:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The United States said Wednesday that it is moving into the next phase of a Gaza ceasefire plan that involves disarming Hamas, rebuilding the war-ravaged territory and establishing the group of Palestinian experts that will administer daily affairs in Gaza under American supervis Ex-lawmaker who advocated protecting kids gets 17 years in prison for sharing child sex abuse videos 01/14/2026 02:59pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� A former Republican lawmaker in South Carolina was sentenced Wednesday to 17 1/2 years in prison for sending hundreds of videos of children being sexually abused to people across the country on social media around the same time he was advocating for laws meant to protect kids Supreme Court sides with Montana police on warrant requirements during emergencies 01/14/2026 02:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Supreme Court sided with Montana police on Wednesday in a case over when officers can enter a home without a warrant if an emergency might be unfolding inside. The unanimous high court found officers acted lawfully when they went into the home of William Case, who was shot an Florida officers wounded in ambush while stopping suspect in fatal shooting, police chief says 01/14/2026 01:08pm • GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) ��� Two police officers were shot Wednesday while responding to shots fired at a business in the city that is home to the University of Florida, but they didn't have life-threatening injuries, officials said. The two responding officers were ambushed as the suspect was trying UK government urges police official to quit over ban of Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer fans 01/14/2026 12:39pm • LONDON (AP) ��� The U.K.'s home secretary on Wednesday urged the head of one of the country's leading police forces to resign following a report on how fans from Israeli soccer team Maccabi Tel Aviv were banned from a match against Premier League side Aston Villa in Birmingham last year. Shabana Mah Kenyan McDuffie announces run for DC mayor in sit-down interview with WTOP 01/14/2026 05:00am • Saying his city is ���at a crossroads,��� former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie announced his run for mayor. During a sit-down interview with WTOP, McDuffie promised to work for an economy, with a touch of populism, that will lift residents citywide and to be a fighter for Home Rule and the South Korean prosecutor seeks death sentence for ex-leader Yoon over martial law decree 01/14/2026 04:57am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� An independent counsel on Tuesday demanded the death sentence for former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion charges in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024. Yoon, who was removed from office last April and is in jail, f New 'American Nightmares' podcast episodes reveal mystery behind Bowie woman���s murder in 1998�� 01/14/2026 04:34am • One day a few years ago, I picked up the newspaper and, as I was thumbing through it, landed on the astrology page. I don't normally look at it, but it happened to be my birthday and my horoscope said, "You'll be doing some sleuthing. There is a mystery you're determined to solve." Well, that Ugandan opposition leader campaigns in flak jacket 01/14/2026 04:12am • MUKONO, Uganda (AP) ��� The Ugandan opposition leader known as Bobi Wine campaigned in the town of Mukono wearing a flak jacket and helmet as soldiers filled the streets of the country's capital Kampala ahead of a presidential vote. The safety gear seen in a photo captured Friday by photojournalist Ugandan voters face soldiers in the street and an internet shutdown before presidential election 01/14/2026 03:07am • KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) ��� Ugandans are set to vote Thursday in an election that is likely to extend the rule of the long-term president while raising concerns about transparency, hereditary rule, military interference and an opposition strategy to prevent vote tampering at polling stations. President Hundreds more in Venezuela say their loved ones are 'political prisoners' 01/14/2026 02:38am • GUANARE, Venezuela (AP) ��� Freedom came too late for Edilson Torres. The police officer was buried Tuesday in his humble, rural hometown following his death in a Venezuelan prison, where he was held incommunicado since being detained in December on what his family said were politically motivated ac At the NBR Awards, emotional speeches by Jafar Panahi and Ryan Coogler stir the room 01/14/2026 01:45am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� An emotional plea by Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi and moving words from Ryan Coogler on the violence in Minneapolis stirred a National Board of Review Awards ceremony Tuesday in which Paul Thomas Anderson���s ���One Battle After Another��� was again crowned the best film of the y