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An ancient forest in Ecuador is the last stand for a tiny hummingbird facing extinction 01/23/2026 09:02am • YANACOCHA RESERVE, Ecuador (AP) — Deep in the Ecuadorian Andes, an ancient forest stands as a final sanctuary against the encroachment of human activity. This is the Yanacocha Reserve, the last refuge for the Black-breasted puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis), a tiny hummingbird teetering on the edge Kawhi Leonard's 24 points help Clippers hold off Lakers in tight fourth quarter 01/23/2026 12:50am • INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored 24 points — his career-high 23rd consecutive game with at least 20 — and the Los Angeles Clippers survived a tight fourth quarter to beat Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers 112-104 on Thursday night. The Clippers have won seven of eight and 14 Police fight gangs in Haiti and Guatemala, and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean 01/23/2026 12:11am • Jan. 16-22, 2026 Police patrolled a gang-controlled area of ​​Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where violence has displaced 1.4 million. Guatemalan police and soldiers used new powers under a state of emergency. And police in Venezuela watched the relatives of prisoners kneel before them in Caracas, as so In Scotland, fishing trawlers scrape the seabed despite protection promises 01/22/2026 10:46pm • KYLEAKIN, Scotland (AP) — Bally Philp hauls up his baited traps from the waters off Scotland’s Isle of Skye, checking each one methodically. Unlike most of Scotland’s coastline, these waters are protected from industrial fishing methods that have devastated seabeds elsewhere. But Philp, who’ People in Gaza dig through garbage for things to burn to keep warm — a far cry from Trump's vision 01/22/2026 09:02pm • CAIRO (AP) — Desperate Palestinians at a garbage dump in a Gaza neighborhood dug with their bare hands for plastic items to burn to fend off the cold and damp winter in the enclave, battered by two years of the Israel-Hamas war. The scene in the Muwasi area of the city of Khan Younis contrasted s Ukraine's Zelenskyy says his repeated warnings to Europe feel like 'Groundhog Day' 01/22/2026 07:16pm • DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blasted his European allies Thursday for what he portrayed as the continent’s slow, fragmented and inadequate response to Russia’s invasion nearly four years ago and its continued international aggression. Addressing the World E Florida's Black lawmakers denounce attorney general's opinion as damaging political stunt 01/22/2026 03:07pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — An opinion by Florida's Republican attorney general calling into question the constitutionality of dozens of state laws which support minority contracting and promote diverse appointments ignores that racial discrimination still exists and could harm the state's Black resident Death toll in South Africa school bus crash rises to 14 as the driver is charged with murder 01/22/2026 11:16am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Two teenage girls died Thursday of their injuries in this week’s school bus crash in South Africa ’s Gauteng province, raising the death toll to 14, authorities said, as the bus driver was charged with murder. The private minibus was transporting 16 students to various pri Study shows how earthquake monitors can track space junk through sonic booms 01/22/2026 11:01am • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — As more and more space junk comes crashing down, a new study shows how earthquake monitors can better track incoming objects by tuning into their sonic booms. Scientists reported Thursday that seismic readings from sonic booms that were generated when a discarded module NATO chief Mark Rutte shows he's a 'Trump whisperer' with Greenland diplomacy 01/22/2026 10:55am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — For days it seemed there was no way out of the latest standoff between Europe and the United States: U.S. President Donald Trump insisted he must have Greenland — and would settle for nothing short of total ownership. Even after he dropped the threat of force in a s Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Jan. 23 - Jan. 29 01/22/2026 10:05am • Jan. 23 1944 — The Detroit Red Wings defeat the New York Rangers 15-0 to set an NHL record for consecutive goals. 1959 — In the NBA All-Star game in Detroit, St. Louis’ Bob Pettit and Elgin Baylor of Minneapolis become the first co-winners of the MVP award, leading the West to a 124-108 victor Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Jan. 23 - Jan. 29 01/22/2026 10:00am • Jan. 27 1937 — Tris Speaker and Cy Young are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. 1973 — UCLA, led by Bill Walton, sets an NCAA record for consecutive victories with its 61st win, an 82-63 victory over Notre Dame. UCLA breaks the record of 60 set by San Francisco in 1956. Walton scores 16 point Auction marking the United States' 250th birthday features some of its most iconic documents 01/22/2026 06:02am • As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, an auction in New York will feature rare items that trace the nation’s history. The event Friday at Christie’s, dubbed “We the People: America at 250,” will bring together foundational political texts, iconic American art and rar Fire at Cox's Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh destroyed homes and displaced thousands of Rohingya 01/22/2026 05:41am • BANGKOK (AP) — A massive fire this week destroyed hundreds of makeshift homes and displaced more than 2,000 people in a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, prompting calls Thursday from relief agencies for more funding to build safer housing and help provide emergency aid. The fire Former Uvalde officer acquitted in trial over police response to Robb Elementary attack 01/21/2026 10:48pm • CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A former Uvalde schools police officer was acquitted Wednesday of charges that he failed in his duties to confront the gunman at Robb Elementary during the critical first minutes of one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. Jurors deliberated for more than