Search

Pope gets invitation to visit Peru during a Vatican garden party, then stays for lunch 01/31/2026 11:40am • VATICAN CITY (AP) ��� Peru���s ambassador to the Holy See publicly invited Pope Leo XIV to visit his second homeland on Saturday, as 2026 is shaping up to be an important year for the pontiff's travel with big trips under study for Africa and South America. In recent days, the president of Equatoria NASCAR delays preseason race at Bowman Gray Stadium to Monday 01/31/2026 11:26am • WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) ��� NASCAR has postponed the preseason exhibition race at Bowman Gray Stadium until Monday night because of ice and snow blanketing the Winston-Salem area. The Clash was supposed to be a two-day event beginning Saturday, with the main event held Sunday evening. NASCAR late l Louisiana authorities say they've captured all 8 inmates who escaped from a jail 01/31/2026 11:11am • LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. (AP) ��� Louisiana authorities say all eight inmates who escaped from a rural jail were captured less than 24 hours after they were reported missing. Officials have not said how the escape unfolded from the Riverbend Detention Center in Lake Providence, located in East Carroll P NCAA Women's Basketball Top 25 Schedule 01/31/2026 11:04am • All Times EST Saturday's Games No. 16 Maryland (17-5) vs. Oregon (16-7), 5 p.m. No. 19 Princeton (17-2) vs. Cornell (8-11), 5 p.m. Sunday's Games No. 1 UConn (22-0) vs. No. 15 Tennessee (14-4), Noon No. 2 UCLA (20-1) vs. No. 8 Iowa (18-3), 4 p.m. No. 4 Texas (20-2) vs. No. 10 Oklahoma (17-4), 3 p.m. NCAA Men's Basketball Top 25 Schedule 01/31/2026 11:03am • All Times EST Saturday's Games No. 1 Arizona (21-0) at Arizona State (11-10), 2 p.m. No. 2 UConn (20-1) at Creighton (12-9), 8 p.m. No. 4 Duke (19-1) at Virginia Tech (16-6), Noon No. 6 Gonzaga (21-1) vs. Saint Mary's (19-3), 10:30 p.m. No. 10 Houston (18-2) vs. Cincinnati (11-10), Noon No. 11 Texas Macaulay Culkin, Eugene Levy and more pay tribute to Catherine O'Hara, who died at 71 01/31/2026 11:01am • The death of Catherine O'Hara at 71 prompted an outpouring from the actor's co-stars and friends over the decades. O'Hara, whose legendary comic skills were on display in ���Home Alone,��� ���Schitt's Creek,��� ���Beetlejuice" and much more, died Friday in Los Angeles after a brief illness. Macaula Australian Open Women's Finals Results 01/31/2026 10:55am • 2026 ��� Elena Rybakina def. Aryna Sabalenka, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 2025 ��� Madison Keys def. Aryna Sabalenka, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 2024 ��� Aryna Sabalenka def. Qinwen Zheng, 6-3, 6-2 2023 ��� Aryna Sabalenka def. Elana Rybakina, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. 2022 ��� Ashleigh Barty def. Danielle Collins, 6-3 7-6 (2). 2021 ��� Australian Open Women's Champions 01/31/2026 10:55am • 2026 ��� Elena Rybakina 2025 ��� Madison Keys 2024 ��� Aryna Sabalenka 2023 ��� Aryna Sabalenka 2022 ��� Ashleigh Barty 2021 ��� Naomi Osaka 2020 ��� Sofia Kenin 2019 ��� Naomi Osaka 2018 ��� Caroline Wozniacki 2017 ��� Serena Williams 2016 ��� Angelique Kerber 2015 ��� Serena Williams 2014 ��� Li N Spain offers hundreds of thousands of immigrants a way to stay legally. But who are they? 01/31/2026 10:54am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� More than half a million immigrants are believed to live in Spain without legal permission. They work jobs that few Spaniards want: picking fruits and vegetables in the fields, caring for children and the elderly, cleaning homes and hotel rooms. Some wind up homeless. The � Patrick Reed makes a move in Bahrain. He now is only 4 back of Calum Scott going into final round 01/31/2026 10:53am • AL MAZROWIAH, Bahrain (AP) ��� Calum Hill of Scotland salvaged a rough start with a pair of birdies on the back nine for an even-par 72 on Saturday, giving him a two-shot lead in the Bahrain Championship with Patrick Reed and Sergio Garcia suddenly back in the mix. Reed, coming off a whirlwind week A former Sierra Club Foundation director sues over internal racism that he says hinders its mission 01/31/2026 10:42am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� It seemed like a high-profile opportunity to lead an influential environmental group���s ambitious new push for green energy financing. And so, in May 2023, Pedro da Silva joined the Sierra Club Foundation, the charitable arm for the nonprofit started by naturalist John Muir. A for 'We're gonna beat 'em anyways' becomes a main storyline for Alabama-Florida hoops matchup 01/31/2026 10:25am • GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) ��� Florida coach Todd Golden insists he wasn���t being disrespectful when he said ���we���re gonna beat ���em anyways��� while responding to Alabama center Charles Bediako���s return to college basketball. It was how he felt at the time ��� and it remains his approach with Be How bomb cyclones form and create dangerous conditions 01/31/2026 10:21am • When turbulent weather with whipping winds and heavy snow is in the forecast, meteorologists sometimes warn that a storm could ���bomb out��� or become a bomb cyclone. But what exactly does this mean? According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, certain storms undergo bombo Takeaways from AP report on ICE claims that immigrant shattered his skull running into wall 01/31/2026 10:13am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� A Mexican immigrant was taken to a Minneapolis hospital earlier this month after bones in his face and skull were broken while he was in federal custody. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents initially claimed Alberto Casta��eda Mondrag��n had tried to flee while handcuffed ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital 01/31/2026 10:12am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Intensive care nurses immediately doubted the word of federal immigration officers when they arrived at a Minneapolis hospital with a Mexican immigrant who had broken bones in his face and skull. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents initially claimed Alberto Casta��eda Mon