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Former 49ers quarterback John Brodie, an NFL MVP and a prolific passer, dies at 90 01/23/2026 06:56pm • John Brodie, who won an MVP award and was one of the NFL's most prolific passers during a 17-year career with the San Francisco 49ers, has died. He was 90. The 49ers said Brodie's family said he died Friday. Brodie had a stroke on Oct. 24, 2000. ���The 49ers family is saddened to learn of the passi Texas Black man exonerated nearly 70 years after execution in case marked by racial bias 01/23/2026 06:54pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Nearly 70 years after a Texas Black man was executed in a case that prosecutors now say was based on false evidence and was riddled with racial bias, officials have declared that he was innocent in the killing of a white woman in Dallas. Tommy Lee Walker was executed in the electric Private guard called 911 in ICE detainee homicide, saying man 'kept going' after suicide attempt 01/23/2026 06:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A Cuban immigrant at a Texas detention center tried to hang himself, was restrained by guards in handcuffs, and stopped breathing during a subsequent struggle, according to a 911 call from a private security contractor. A caller identifying himself as Lt. Paul Walden called for e Family of man crushed by a bulldozer in his tent at an Atlanta homeless encampment sues nonprofits 01/23/2026 06:42pm • The family of a homeless man who died after a bulldozer crushed his tent last year during an encampment sweep filed a lawsuit Friday against the nonprofits involved in clearing the encampment, the second lawsuit they filed over his death. The lawsuit says Partners for HOME and SafeHouse Outreach ar Buffalo Bills interview Philip Rivers for head coaching job 01/23/2026 06:39pm • ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) ��� Philip Rivers interviewed with the Buffalo Bills for their head coaching job on Friday, the latest twist in a busy couple of months for one of the most prolific passers in NFL history. The 44-year-old Rivers has no previous NFL coaching experience, having worked since his US carries out first known strike on alleged drug boat since Maduro's capture 01/23/2026 06:35pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. military said Friday that it has carried out a deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the first known attack since the raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicol��s Maduro earlier this month. U.S. Southern Command said on Meta pauses teen access to AI characters 01/23/2026 06:31pm • Meta is halting teens' access to artificial intelligence characters, at least temporarily, the company said in a blog post Friday. Meta Platforms Inc., which own Instagram and WhatsApp, said that starting in the ���coming weeks,��� teens will no longer be able to access AI characters ���until the up Oklahoma hires Roger Denny as athletic director to replace the retiring Joe Castiglione 01/23/2026 06:31pm • Oklahoma hired Roger Denny as athletic director on Friday, tapping the Illinois deputy AD to replace the retiring Joe Castiglione. The Sooners have won 26 national championships under Castiglione, whose tenure began in 1998. He also led the program���s recent move to the Southeastern Conference and Justice Department says Jack Smith report on Trump investigation 'belongs in dustbin of history' 01/23/2026 06:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A report by former special counsel Jack Smith on his investigation into President Donald Trump's hoarding of classified documents belongs in the ���dustbin of history" and should remain sealed, the Justice Department said in a sharply worded court filing Friday. ���The illicit p No. 22 North Carolina is trying to fix mistakes as the ACC schedule gets tougher 01/23/2026 06:21pm • CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) ��� North Carolina had built momentum with a strong start to the season before an abrupt four-game downturn, one notably marked by a complete inability to defend the arc. 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