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Leaders of South Korea and Japan agree to improve cooperation 01/13/2026 08:54pm • NARA, Japan (AP) — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi agreed Tuesday to step up cooperation in areas including economic security, defense and searching for the remains of Korean forced laborers. The two neighbors are both longtime U.S. allies, but thei Marine experts to bury stranded 10-ton humpback whale on Delaware beach 01/13/2026 08:46pm • A dead 2-year-old humpback whale washed ashore in Bethany Beach, Delaware, on Thursday. When it came ashore, Suzanne Thurman, with the Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute, a group that responds to marine life in need, went to the beach. “The whale was actually on our rada Multiple Americans detained in Venezuela have been released, Trump administration says 01/13/2026 08:44pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Multiple Americans detained in Venezuela have been released, Trump administration says. Yankees acquire left-hander Ryan Weathers from Marlins for 4 prospects 01/13/2026 08:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees acquired left-hander Ryan Weathers from the Miami Marlins on Tuesday for four prospects, a move to bolster a rotation that will be missing Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodón when the season starts. Miami received outfielders Brendan Jones and Dillon Lewis and infiel Oglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detention 01/13/2026 08:30pm • The president of Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota on Tuesday called for the immediate release of tribal members who were detained at a homeless encampment by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota last week. Three of the four Oglala Sioux Tribe members who were arrested in Minneap The death toll from a crackdown on protests in Iran jumps to at least 2,571 people killed, activists say 01/13/2026 08:28pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The death toll from a crackdown on protests in Iran jumps to at least 2,571 people killed, activists say. David Stearns says he's not blind to frustration of Mets fans but is certain overhaul is best 01/13/2026 08:13pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Make no mistake, New York Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns has heard all the harsh criticism this offseason. There's no way to duck that much heat — especially when some of it's coming from your own kitchen. But after saying goodbye to popular slugger Pete Alo 'West Wing' actor Timothy Busfield turns himself in to face child sex abuse charges in New Mexico 01/13/2026 08:04pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield turned himself in to authorities Tuesday and vowed to fight charges of child sex abuse stemming from allegations that he inappropriately touched a minor on the set of a TV series he was directing in New Mexico. His apprehension co Justice Department sees no basis for civil rights probe in Minnesota ICE shooting, official says 01/13/2026 07:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department does not believe there is currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, a top department official said Tuesday. The decision to keep the Project B women's basketball league to play in Tokyo in April 2027 01/13/2026 07:54pm • Project B, the new women's and men's basketball league, will make a stop in Tokyo in April 2027. Tokyo is the first city the organization has officially announced. Its tournament will be one of seven stops on Project B’s global circuit season format that begins in November and runs through April. China urges Canada to break from US influence as Carney visits Beijing 01/13/2026 07:50pm • BEIJING (AP) — As Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives in China on Wednesday, his hosts see an opportunity to peel the longtime U.S. ally away from their rival, at least a bit. China's state media is calling on the Canadian government to set a foreign policy path independent of the United S Gaza's living conditions worsen as strong winds and hypothermia kill 5 01/13/2026 07:43pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Strong winter winds collapsed walls onto flimsy tents for Palestinians displaced by war in Gaza, killing at least four people, hospital authorities said Tuesday. 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He has Miami on the cusp of a CFP title 01/13/2026 07:23pm • CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Luis Cristobal Sr. was always juggling at least two jobs. Clara Cristobal worked at an auto dealership well into her 70s. They were Cuban-Americans, didn't know English when they came to the U.S, were extremely proud of their heritage, the sort of people who embraced hard