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Six people died when a business jet trying to take off in Maine crashed in a snowstorm 01/28/2026 11:15am • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) ��� Six people died when a business jet crashed during takeoff as a snowstorm moved in and visibility diminished in Maine Sunday night. The Bombardier Challenger 600 flipped over and burned on takeoff at Bangor International Airport around 7:45 p.m. Sunday night as the nation��� Democrats Crockett, Talarico align on much in Texas Senate debate. Trump impeachment is different 01/28/2026 11:12am • Democrats Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico differed more on style than substance in their first debate for U.S. Senate in heavily Republican Texas, though they distinguished themselves somewhat on the future of ICE and impeachment of President Donald Trump. Crockett, an outspoken second-term U.S. NCAA Women's Basketball Top 25 Schedule 01/28/2026 11:04am • All Times EST Wednesday's Games No. 1 UConn (21-0) vs. Xavier (10-10), 8 p.m. No. 2 UCLA (19-1) at Illinois (15-5), 7 p.m. No. 16 Maryland (17-4) vs. No. 25 Washington (16-4), 7 p.m. No. 21 Texas Tech (20-2) vs. Iowa State (16-5), 7 p.m. Thursday's Games No. 3 South Carolina (20-2) at Auburn (13-8), Cleveland Browns are naming Todd Monken as head coach, person with knowledge of decision tells The Associated Press 01/28/2026 11:03am • CLEVELAND (AP) ��� Cleveland Browns are naming Todd Monken as head coach, person with knowledge of decision tells The Associated Press. NCAA Men's Basketball Top 25 Schedule 01/28/2026 11:03am • All Times EST Wednesday's Games No. 10 Houston (17-2) at TCU (13-7), 9 p.m. No. 19 Florida (14-6) at South Carolina (11-9), 9 p.m. No. 25 St. John's (15-5) vs. Butler (13-7), 7 p.m. 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. Robbie Avila hits 3-pointer with 3 seconds left, No. 21 Saint Louis beats George Washington 79-76 01/28/2026 10:59am • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� Robbie Avila scored a season-high 22 points and hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 3 seconds left to lift No. 21 Saint Louis to a 79-76 victory over George Washington on Tuesday night. Trey Green matched career bests with 23 points and six 3-pointers for the Billikens (20-1, 8-0 Even in Caitlin Clark's home state, girls high school basketball in decline. It thrives in this town 01/28/2026 10:52am • NEWELL, Iowa (AP) ��� The streets of Newell and Fonda are quiet. Rural decline has taken a toll on these northwest Iowa towns with main street storefronts shuttered and vacant houses scattered here and there. Yet the heart of these communities separated by 9 miles isn't hard to find. It still beats Captain America vs. Captain Clutch: Knight and Poulin face off for 5th and perhaps last Winter Games 01/28/2026 10:52am • Kelly Pannek has spent the past decade enjoying a front-row view of U.S. teammate Hilary Knight and Canada���s Marie-Philip Poulin one-upping the other in a fierce, friendly rivalry involving two of the most accomplished players in the history of women's hockey. Playful and easygoing as the two are By the numbers: Girls high school basketball participation down at least 21% since 2000 01/28/2026 10:47am • The number of girls high school basketball players in the United States has dropped at least 21% since 2000 based on National Federation of State High School Associations' annual participation surveys. The federation, which relies on individual schools to self-report numbers for each sport, said gir Even in Caitlin Clark's home state, girls high school basketball in decline. It thrives in this town 01/28/2026 10:47am • NEWELL, Iowa (AP) ��� The streets of Newell and Fonda are quiet. Rural decline has taken a toll on these northwest Iowa towns with main street storefronts shuttered and vacant houses scattered here and there. Yet the heart of these communities separated by 9 miles isn't hard to find. It still beats Movie Review: Jason Statham sticks close to the formula as a lethal former spy in 'Shelter' 01/28/2026 10:45am • Jason Statham lives in a Scottish lighthouse when we meet him in ���Shelter��� and that's a pretty good analogy for Statham's usual movie role these days: Tall, cold, alone, tough, quiet and only intermittently illuminating. Statham may appear to be just a grim-faced lighthouse keeper, but he's real Maxim Naumov heads to Olympics, hoping to honor his parents and the others killed in airline crash 01/28/2026 10:43am • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� Maxim Naumov sat silently on a chair deep inside the Enterprise Center, away from the packed crowd in the arena, the prying eyes of the TV cameras, the friends, family and strangers who had been showering him well-wishes for the better part of a year. Naumov stared at a photogr France's finance minister demands tech firm Capgemini explain ICE contract 01/28/2026 10:43am • PARIS (AP) ��� France's finance minister is urging French tech company Capgemini to be fully transparent over a contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as calls grow for scrutiny of the agency's role in enforcing the Trump administration���s immigration crackdown. The company, which Dutch government is ordered to protect residents on Caribbean island of Bonaire from climate change 01/28/2026 10:32am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ��� A court on Wednesday ordered the Dutch government to draw up a plan to protect residents on the tiny Caribbean island of Bonaire from the effects of climate change ��� a sweeping victory for the islanders. The Hague District Court, in a stunning rebuke of Dutch author Disaster on the Potomac, 1 Year Later: First responders to the crash recall 'devastating' recovery efforts 01/28/2026 10:27am • Nearly one year ago, on Jan. 29, 2025, the capital region and the nation watched with shock and confusion as an American Airlines regional jet collided midair with an Army Black Hawk helicopter that was on a training exercise. While most watched the tragedy in the aftermath from phone screens and