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Minions music leads to nightmare for Olympic skater while putting a spotlight on a yearslong problem 02/03/2026 10:57am • Of course it would take those mischievous Minions to thrust what has become a yearslong musical nightmare for figure skaters into the global spotlight just days before they step onto the ice for the Milano Cortina Olympics. Spanish skater Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate revealed this week that the musi Dominion Energy, NOVA Parks reach agreement on tree cutting along W&OD Trail 02/03/2026 10:52am • Almost a year after Dominion Energy paused tree cutting along the Washington and Old Dominion Trail after complaints from counties and towns along the popular walking and biking path, Dominion Energy and NOVA Parks have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) about future vegetation managemen 3 Alberta junior hockey players killed in crash heading to practice 02/03/2026 10:51am • STAVELY, Alberta (AP) ��� Three Southern Alberta Mustangs junior hockey players were killed Monday in a vehicle crash while heading to practice. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said it responded to the crash at an intersection with Highway 2 in Stavely ��� about an hour���s drive south of Calgary. 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After a recent inspection and l Brayden Burries of top-ranked Arizona chosen AP men���s college basketball player of the week 02/03/2026 10:38am • The Associated Press national player of the week in men���s college basketball for Week 13 of the season: Brayden Burries, No. 1 Arizona The freshman guard from San Bernardino, California, had a career-high 29 points with five rebounds, four assists, three steals and two blocks in an 86-83 win over 2 arrested in investigation of attempted sabotage against ships built for German navy 02/03/2026 10:35am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Two men were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of attempted sabotage against ships being built for the German navy in Hamburg, authorities said. The suspects were detained in the German port city and in an unidentified village in Greece, Hamburg prosecutors said in a statement. They didn Chuck Negron, lead singer on 'Joy to the World' and other Three Dog Night hits, dies at 83 02/03/2026 10:34am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Chuck Negron, a founding member of the soul-rock sensations Three Dog Night who sang lead on such hits as ���One��� and ���Just an Old Fashioned Love Song��� and hollered the immortal opening line ���Jeremiah was a bullfrog!��� on the chart-topping ���Joy to the World,��� died Mond Lens winger Saint-Maximin racially abused after he says his children were targeted 02/03/2026 10:34am • LENS, France (AP) ��� French club Lens is outraged by the racist abuse aimed at recruit Allan Saint-Maximin after a previous racist incident involving his children ended his career in Mexico���s top flight. Saint-Maximin, who is Black, joined Lens on a six-month deal during the winter transfer windo Denny Hamlin's rollercoaster offseason: Lawsuit win, father's death, and a return to racing 02/03/2026 10:23am • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) ��� There's no telling what version of Denny Hamlin will race this upcoming NASCAR season, which unofficially begins Wednesday night with The Clash, an exhibition race held at grassroots Bowman Gray Stadium in North Carolina. Like most of the NASCAR community, Hamlin has had Sudanese military claims to have broken RSF siege of Kordofan's regional capital 02/03/2026 10:15am • CAIRO (AP) ��� Sudanese troops on Tuesday broke a siege by Rapid Support Forces in the capital of the central region of Kordofan which was imposed by the paramilitary group on Kadugli early in the country���s nearly three-year of war, the miliary said. The breakthrough in the largest town in South K Today in Sports - Gregg Popovich becomes the winningest coach with a single franchise in NBA history 02/03/2026 10:10am • Feb. 4 1861 ��� The Philadelphia Athletics beat Charter Oak 36-27 in a baseball game played on frozen Litchfield Pond in Brooklyn, N.Y., with the players wearing ice skates. 1924 ��� The first Winter Olympics close in Chamonix, France. Sixteen countries competed in 17 events from seven sports. 1932 Olympic Sports on TV for Wednesday, Feb. 4 02/03/2026 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Wednesday, Feb. 4 ALPINE SKIING 11:30 p.m. Streaming only ��� Men���s Downhill: Training Streaming only ��� Women���s Downhill: Training CURLING 7:05 a.m. Streaming only ��� Canada vs. Czechia (Mixed doubles Round-Robin) Streaming only SPHL Glance 02/03/2026 10:09am • All Times EST GP W L OL SOL Pts GF GA Willis Towers Watson: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 02/03/2026 10:06am • LONDON (AP) ��� LONDON (AP) ��� Willis Towers Watson PLC (WTW) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $735 million. The London-based company said it had net income of $7.62 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $8.12 per share. The results surpassed Wall Street