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Mechanics Bank: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 01/30/2026 06:06am • WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (AP) ��� WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (AP) ��� Mechanics Bank (MCHB) on Friday reported net income of $124.3 million in its fourth quarter. The bank, based in Walnut Creek, California, said it had earnings of 54 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for amortization costs, were 56 cents p Virginia voter guide: 2 seats in General Assembly up for grabs in special election 01/30/2026 06:05am • An appointment to Gov. Abigail Spanberger's administration has caused a domino effect of special elections to fill two vacancies in Virginia's General Assembly. Special elections will be held in Alexandria, as well as parts of Arlington and Fairfax counties, on Feb. 10. Voters also have the opti The trade deadline is less than a week away. And all NBA eyes are on Giannis and the Bucks 01/30/2026 06:00am • As the NBA trade deadline loomed last year, a star player reacted to the blockbuster trade that sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers and Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks by saying the following: ���It���s a business. You have to understand this. Nobody���s safe. Nobody���s safe." The play O'Connor wanted the challenge of coaching baseball in SEC, and he'll get one at Mississippi State 01/30/2026 06:00am • Brian O'Connor landed his first head coaching job at Virginia in 2004 and quickly turned a baseball program that had finished higher than fourth in the ACC just once during the previous 30 years into a perennial national contender. Twenty-two years later, the idea of him in a dugout wearing anything Ethiopia's national carrier cancels flights to Tigray region as fears grow of renewed fighting 01/30/2026 05:46am • ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) ��� Ethiopia���s national carrier canceled flights to and from the troubled northern region of Tigray, as fears grow of renewed fighting between federal troops and regional forces. For a second day, Ethiopian Airlines wasn't flying to Tigray on Friday, with customers rece Get your retinas ready for this sportier Lexus NX SUV 01/30/2026 05:35am • If you’re searching for a smaller SUV that’s also fancy, this one is hard to overlook. Hop into this compact luxury crossover: the Lexus NX 350h, with the F SPORT Handling package. It certainly looks the sporty part. It’s painted a stunning, bright metallic red color (which looks s Leon Goretzka to leave Bayern Munich at the end of the season after 8 trophy-filled years 01/30/2026 05:22am • MUNICH (AP) ��� Leon Goretzka is set to leave Bayern Munich when his contract expires at the end of the season after turning down the chance for a January transfer. The German midfielder has been with Bayern since 2018, winning the Champions League in 2020, and is chasing a seventh Bundesliga title Pharrell calls for empathy from US leaders after being honored at Black Music Collective event 01/30/2026 05:14am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� At a pre-Grammy event celebrating Black music���s cultural power, Pharrell Williams used the Recording Academy stage to deliver a prayer ��� not for himself, but for U.S. leaders. ���I want to pray for the leaders of this nation and the powers that be,��� Williams said Thursday Liverpool right-back Frimpong to miss 'a few weeks' with muscle injury 01/30/2026 05:09am • LIVERPOOL, England (AP) ��� Liverpool's defensive worries intensified Friday when right-back Jeremie Frimpong was ruled out for several weeks because of a muscle injury. The Netherlands international, who has dealt with several injuries in his first season at Anfield, pulled up early in Liverpool's Olympic organizers invoke an ancient pledge to call for the suspension of all wars 01/30/2026 05:05am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� If the rules of ancient Greece were observed today, drone and missile fire over Ukraine would stop on Friday as guns fall silent in the Olympic tradition. The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics begin in one week, and the United Nations and organizers are calling for a 7-week pause Australian base in Italy gives athletes from Down Under a home edge at the Winter Olympics 01/30/2026 04:56am • MILAN (AP) ��� Nestled in a lakeside town in northern Italy is Australia's ���home away from home��� for the Milan Cortina Olympics ��� right down to the coffee and Vegemite. Nearly 15 years ago, the Australian Institute of Sport opened the European Training Centre in Gavirate, about an hour���s dri 41 militants killed in Pakistan military raids in the country's southwest 01/30/2026 04:53am • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� Pakistan's security forces have raided two militant hideouts in the country���s southwest, killing 41 insurgents in separate gunbattles, the military said Friday. The first raid left 30 insurgents dead in Panjgur district in Balochistan province, according to a military statement. Washington visits Northwestern following Martinelli's 34-point game 01/30/2026 04:43am • Washington Huskies (11-10, 3-7 Big Ten) at Northwestern Wildcats (10-11, 2-8 Big Ten) Evanston, Illinois; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Northwestern hosts Washington after Nick Martinelli scored 34 points in Northwestern's 94-73 victory over the Penn State Nittany Lions. The Wildcats have gone 7 Longwood hosts High Point following Martin's 21-point outing 01/30/2026 04:43am • High Point Panthers (19-4, 7-1 Big South) at Longwood Lancers (12-11, 4-4 Big South) Farmville, Virginia; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: High Point visits Longwood after Rob Martin scored 21 points in High Point's 84-81 win over the Presbyterian Blue Hose. The Lancers are 9-2 on their home court. Mercyhurst Lakers face the Chicago State Cougars, aim for 5th straight win 01/30/2026 04:43am • Mercyhurst Lakers (11-11, 6-3 NEC) at Chicago State Cougars (2-19, 0-8 NEC) Chicago; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Mercyhurst will look to keep its four-game win streak alive when the Lakers take on Chicago State. The Cougars have gone 1-5 in home games. Chicago State ranks sixth in the NEC with