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Speed skater Brandon Kim takes 'different path' from Fairfax to 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan 01/29/2026 11:29am • When 24-year old Brandon Kim was growing up in Fairfax, Virginia, he first saw short-track speedskating on television, during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. "At the time the speed the athletes were going looked really exciting and fun, so I wanted to give it a shot," Kim told WTOP, during Africa has the worst road safety record in the world. Here's what to know 01/29/2026 11:14am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A deadly car crash in Nigeria involving former heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua and two minibus accidents in South Africa days apart that killed at least 25 people have underlined Africa's poor road safety record. The continent has the highest road fatality rate in th The biggest surprise at Paris couture? It got wearable 01/29/2026 11:13am • PARIS (AP) — Paris couture this season did something unexpected: It got lighter and down to earth. Not just in fabric, but in attitude. Even with major couture debuts at Chanel, Dior and Armani Privé — and a week shadowed by Valentino Garavani’s death in Rome — the strongest message on th A former Illinois deputy has been sentenced to 20 years for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, who called 911 for help 01/29/2026 11:10am • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A former Illinois deputy has been sentenced to 20 years for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, who called 911 for help. 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This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. NCAA Men's Basketball Top 25 Schedule 01/29/2026 11:03am • All Times EST Thursday's Games No. 8 Iowa State (18-2) vs. Colorado (12-8), 7 p.m. No. 9 Illinois (17-3) vs. Washington (11-9), 9 p.m. Friday's Games No. 3 Michigan (19-1) at No. 7 Michigan State (19-2), 8 p.m. No. 21 Saint Louis (20-1) vs. Dayton (14-7), 8 p.m. Saturday's Games No. 1 Arizona (21-0) Patrick Reed opens with 71 to trail by 6 in Bahrain. He adds Qatar to his European tour schedule 01/29/2026 10:57am • AL MAZROWIAH, Bahrain (AP) — Patrick Reed decided to extend his Middle East stay and then salvaged a 1-under 71 in the Bahrain Championship, where Alejandro Del Rey and Freddy Schott shared the lead at 65 when the first round was halted by darkness on Thursday. Reed, who won the Dubai Desert Class 2 dead in First Nation reserve shooting in northern Quebec 01/29/2026 10:57am • MISTISSINI, Quebec (AP) — A shooting on a First Nation reserve in northern Quebec left two people dead, authorities said Thursday. Quebec Provincial Police Sgt. Hugues Beaulieu said that the killings on Wednesday night appear to be linked to organized crime and there is no active shooter in the co French energy giant TotalEnergies resumes Mozambique $20 billion project as insurgency slows 01/29/2026 10:53am • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — French energy giant TotalEnergies announced on Thursday the resumption of its $20 billion gas project in northern Mozambique that was halted in 2021 because of an insurgency in the area that killed thousands and displaced more than 1 million people. The liquefied natural ga Kennedy Center's head of artistic programming steps down 2 weeks after taking the job 01/29/2026 10:50am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of artistic programming at the Kennedy Center abruptly stepped away from his post less than two weeks after he was named to the job in the latest sign of turmoil at the iconic performing arts venue. The Kennedy Center announced in a Jan. 16 press release that Kevin Couch Brookfield Infrastructure: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 01/29/2026 10:41am • HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP (BIP) on Thursday reported a key measure of profitability in its fourth quarter. The Hamilton, Bermuda-based real estate investment trust said it had funds from operations of $689 million, or 87 cents per sha