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USA Today Men's Top 25 Poll 02/09/2026 01:03pm • Dropped out: No. 25 Texas A&M (17-6). Others receiving votes: Kentucky (17-7) 30; Alabama (16-7) 24; North Carolina State (18-6) 13; Villanova (18-5) 13; Tennessee (16-7) 10; Utah State (20-3) 8; Texas A&M (17-6) 7; Georgia (17-6) 3; Santa Clara (21-5) 1. NASCAR emerges from federal antitrust lawsuit bruised but ready for its 78th season 02/09/2026 01:00pm • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) ��� In the days following the 2004 Hendrick Motorsports plane crash that killed all 10 people aboard, Bill France Jr. and Mike Helton showed up at Rick Hendrick���s front door in Charlotte, North Carolina. France, terminally ill at the time, was the chairman of NASCAR, the s Do you really need more protein? Nutrition expert says most Americans already get enough 02/09/2026 01:00pm • Stroll down any grocery store aisle and you will see a variety of products boasting extra protein. But do you really need all the added protein now marketed at supermarkets, restaurants and even coffee shops? Both Starbucks and Dunkin��� offer protein add-ins for certain drinks. Fast-casual r Arizona holds No. 1 in AP men's basketball poll for 9th week; Houston rises to No. 3, Kentucky jumps back in at No. 25 02/09/2026 12:58pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Arizona holds No. 1 in AP men's basketball poll for 9th week; Houston rises to No. 3, Kentucky jumps back in at No. 25. Photos of future dance stars competing at the Youth America Grand Prix 02/09/2026 12:52pm • RIVER FOREST, Ill. (AP) ��� Up-and-coming dancers performed traditional and contemporary styles at the semifinals of the annual Youth America Grand Prix dance competition in River Forest, Illinois, at the Dominican University Performing Arts Center. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo edito 'Young and dumb' at the Olympics before, returning players bring valuable experience to Milan 02/09/2026 12:44pm • MILAN (AP) ��� Sidney Crosby is 16 years removed from his first Olympics, when he scored the golden goal to give Canada a much needed title on home ice at the 2010 Vancouver Games. ���There���s some days that it feels like 12 years and other days where it feels like yesterday,��� Crosby said. Rasmus Serena Williams is eligible to return to tennis later this month. It's not clear if she will 02/09/2026 12:43pm • Serena Williams passed another stage on the path to a possible comeback to professional tennis, being listed Monday by the sport's drug-testing organization as eligible to return to competition on Feb. 22. That is six months after the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion initially registered with the US snowboard star Chloe Kim calls for unity after Trump bashes teammate over immigrant crackdown 02/09/2026 12:39pm • LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) ��� Chloe Kim and Eileen Gu, two Olympic standouts who have faced their share of hate over the years, each weighed in Monday on Donald Trump's bashing of their friend, American freeskier Hunter Hess, for having said he didn't back the U.S. president's heightened crackdown on immi What to know about who could succeed Keir Starmer as UK prime minister 02/09/2026 12:36pm • LONDON (AP) ��� British Prime Minister Keir Starmer���s leadership is on the rocks amid an expanding scandal over his appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the U.S. despite the veteran politician's ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Some believe the recent release of the Epstein files, which suggest Duke surges to No. 11 in AP Top 25 women's poll with 15-game win streak; UConn-UCLA still 1-2 02/09/2026 12:36pm • Duke climbed up to No. 11 in The Associated Press women's basketball Top 25 poll on Monday thanks to a 15-game winning streak. The Blue Devils took over sole possession of first-place in the ACC last week with a one-point victory over then-No. 6 Louisville. Duke, which jumped six places this week, h On Capitol Hill, Treasury Secretary Bessent���s testimony descends into insults and shouting matches 02/09/2026 12:24pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A hearing about oversight of the U.S. financial system devolved into insults several times Wednesday as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent clashed with Democratic lawmakers over fiscal policy, the business dealings of the Trump family and other issues. Appearances by treasury secre Eileen Gu finishes second but her Olympic slopestyle loss to Mathilde Gremaud is hardly a 'disaster' 02/09/2026 12:19pm • LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) ��� The nickname for the trick is ���disaster.��� Freeskiing star Eileen Gu saw it as something other than that. Because Gu landed that trick once at the top of the supersized rails portion of the Olympic slopestyle course Monday, she opened her Milan-Cortina odyssey ��� three ev USA Bobsled's hope of getting Kris Horn into Olympic 2-man race getting support from other countries 02/09/2026 12:19pm • CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) ��� The U.S. may have only one sled in an Olympic two-man bobsled competition for the first time in the nearly century-long history of the event, after the sport's governing body denied an appeal to give American driver Kris Horn a spot in that event at the Milan Cortin Less than 14% of those ICE arrested had violent criminal records, data show 02/09/2026 12:17pm • ▶ Watch Video: Less than 14% of immigrants arrested by ICE last year had violent criminal records, data show Less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in President Trump's first year back in the White House One Extraordinary Photo: Eyes on the puck 02/09/2026 12:07pm • MILAN (AP) ��� Hassan Ammar is a photojournalist with The Associated Press, based in Beirut since 2009. He covers politics, conflicts and breaking news across the Middle East. He has photographed four World Cups and three Summer Olympic Games, and the 2026 Games mark his first Winter Olympics. Why t