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North Korea's Kim says upcoming party congress will unveil plans to bolster nuclear deterrent 01/27/2026 09:11pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will unveil plans to further bolster its nuclear program at the upcoming ruling party congress, as he observed the North's latest weapons launch, state media reported Wednesday. The Korean Central News Agency said North Kor Mexican president says her country has paused oil shipments to Cuba 01/27/2026 09:10pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday her government has at least temporarily stopped oil shipments to Cuba, but struck an ambiguous tone, saying the pause was part of general fluctuations in oil supplies and that it was a ���sovereign decision��� not made under press Mariners acquire catcher Jhonny Pereda from Twins for cash 01/27/2026 09:05pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� The Seattle Mariners have acquired catcher Jhonny Pereda from the Minnesota Twins for cash. The Mariners announced Tuesday they had acquired Pereda and designated right-handed pitcher Jackson Kowar for assignment. Minnesota designated Pereda for assignment on Friday. The 29-year-old Omari Witherspoon makes go-ahead shot in OT and Pittsburgh tops Wake Forest 80-76 to end 3-game skid 01/27/2026 08:58pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Barry Dunning Jr. and Roman Siulepa each scored 15 points, Omari Witherspoon made a step-back jumper with 15 seconds left in overtime, and Pittsburgh beat Wake Forest 80-76 on Tuesday night to end a three-game losing streak. Siulepa stole an inbounds pass along the sideline and r Judge finds Virginia Democrats' redistricting resolution illegal; new Maryland map advances 01/27/2026 08:56pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� Democrats ran into a setback on Tuesday in Virginia to fight back against President Donald Trump's congressional redistricting efforts, but they took a step forward in Maryland, though obstacles remain for enacting a new congressional map there. A Virginia judge ruled that a p India and the European Union reach a free trade deal representing a third of global trade 01/27/2026 08:51pm • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� India and the European Union reached a free trade agreement Tuesday that could affect as many as 2 billion people after nearly two decades of negotiations. The accord, which the head of the EU's executive branch described as the ���mother of all deals," will see free trade on almo Republican candidate challenges Tuberville residency, says he appears to live Florida, not Alabama 01/27/2026 08:49pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) ��� A Republican opponent is challenging U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville���s eligibility to run for governor of Alabama, accusing the football coach-turned-politician of not meeting the legal requirement to have lived in the state for seven years. Ken McFeeters, who is running again The Latest: Trump wants ���honest��� investigation into ���very sad��� killing of Minneapolis protester 01/27/2026 08:27pm • President Donald Trump said Tuesday a ���big investigation��� was underway into the killing of protester and ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis. ���I want to see the investigation. I���m going to be watching over it, and I want a very honorable and honest investigation. I have to Trump-backed businessman Nasry Asfura sworn in as president of Honduras 01/27/2026 08:23pm • TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) ��� Trump-backed businessman Nasry Asfura was sworn in Tuesday as president of Honduras, and pledged to create jobs, crack down on crime and improve key social services like education and health care. The 67-year-old president said he would lead the country "with the full Trump visits Iowa trying to focus on affordability during fallout over shooting in Minneapolis 01/27/2026 08:18pm • CLIVE, Iowa (AP) ��� President Donald Trump on Tuesday made his first big pitch ahead of this year's midterm elections on his administration's economic performance, even as his White House remains mired in the fallout in Minneapolis over a second fatal shooting by federal immigration officers this m Man tackled to ground after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at town hall in Minneapolis 01/27/2026 08:17pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Man tackled to ground after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at town hall in Minneapolis. Weather issues push Vandy-Ole Miss women's basketball game to Friday at Birmingham 01/27/2026 08:09pm • BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) ��� No. 5 Vanderbilt and No. 17 Mississippi have pushed back their women���s basketball game to Friday and relocated it to Birmingham, Alabama. This game originally had been set for Thursday at Oxford, Mississippi. It's being moved because of icy conditions in Mississippi from Activists say Iran's crackdown has killed at least 6,221 people, as the country's currency plunges 01/27/2026 08:08pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Iran's bloody crackdown on nationwide protests has killed at least 6,221 people while many others still are feared dead, activists said Wednesday, as a U.S. aircraft carrier group arrived in the Middle East to lead any American military response to the crisis. Ir 'They were just screaming.' Mom unable to save 3 sons who fell through icy pond in Texas 01/27/2026 08:06pm • BONHAM, Texas (AP) ��� Three brothers ��� ages 6, 8 and 9 ��� died in Texas during the massive winter storm gripping the U.S. after falling through an icy pond across the street from a house where they were staying, authorities said Tuesday. Their mother said she jumped into the freezing water but w MLB sets this year's trade deadline for Monday, Aug. 3 01/27/2026 07:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Teams will have a few extra days this summer to acquire players for playoff runs and to shed payroll. Major League Baseball set Aug 3. at 6 p.m. EDT as the trade deadline on Tuesday. MLB avoided having the trade deadline on weekends in recent years, and this year's falls on a Mond