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How big winter storms create snow, sleet and freezing rain 01/22/2026 03:34pm • When big winter storms move in, they can bring nasty weather that ranges from snow to sleet and freezing rain ��� or maybe extreme and dangerous cold. Here's a look at some weather conditions and how they vary from place to place. How snow might become ice or sleet on the ground To stick, snow needs Enright scores 19 in Austin Peay's 83-62 victory over FGCU 01/22/2026 03:33pm • CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Matt Enright's 19 points helped Austin Peay defeat FGCU 83-62 on Thursday. Enright went 7 of 14 from the field (5 for 12 from 3-point range) for the Governors (12-6, 6-1 Atlantic Sun Conference). Rashaud Marshall scored 14 points and added eight rebounds. Zyree Collins sh Ready for a trip to the park? Snowboarding set for its spotlight at the Winter Olympics 01/22/2026 03:22pm • The origins of snowboarding go back to Christmas Day 1965 when an engineer named Sherman Poppen strapped two skis together to give his daughters something to do. He called it a ���snurfer��� and started selling them the next year. Jake Burton came along, refined the toy and helped turn snowboarding Following spike in hospitalizations, Maryland provides surge of money to overburdened hospitals 01/22/2026 03:20pm • The flu and COVID season has been a tough one for Marylanders. State leaders say about 4,000 residents have been hospitalized with the flu this year, another 1,000 with RSV and hundreds more with COVID. It's put a strain on Maryland's hospitals and led Gov. Wes Moore to announce Thursday the stat Olympic halfpipe champion Hirano named to Japanese team. Prospects uncertain after nasty fall 01/22/2026 03:11pm • Olympic halfpipe champion Ayumu Hirano was named to the Japanese team heading to next month's Milan Cortina Games despite breaking bones in his face in an accident at a contest in Switzerland over the weekend. The Japanese ski and snowboard federation placed the 27-year-old on the roster it revealed After presidential election, Ugandan police detain a key ally of opposition figure Bobi Wine 01/22/2026 03:07pm • KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) ��� Police on Thursday detained a key ally of opposition figure Bobi Wine, accusing him of participating in bouts of violence in a remote part of central Uganda during last week's election. Muwanga Kivumbi, a lawmaker who is a deputy president of Wine's National Unity Platform p Florida's Black lawmakers denounce attorney general's opinion as damaging political stunt 01/22/2026 03:07pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� An opinion by Florida's Republican attorney general calling into question the constitutionality of dozens of state laws which support minority contracting and promote diverse appointments ignores that racial discrimination still exists and could harm the state's Black resident Trump administration halts use of human fetal tissue in NIH-funded research 01/22/2026 03:06pm • The Trump administration announced Thursday that human fetal tissue derived from abortions can no longer be used in research funded by the National Institutes of Health. The policy, long urged by anti-abortion groups, expands restrictions issued during President Donald Trump���s first term. The gov Rhode Island may ditch Mr. Potato Head license plates after Hasbro moves to Boston 01/22/2026 02:54pm • PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) ��� It's been no small potatoes that Rhode Islanders have been able to choose the image of Mr. Potato Head as a specialty license plate for decades. Yet with Hasbro's decision to move its headquarters from the smallest state in the U.S. to Boston, two lawmakers say it's time to Tot scores 21, Appalachian State beats Louisiana 72-58 01/22/2026 02:52pm • BOONE, N.C. (AP) ��� Jalen Tot had 21 points in Appalachian State's 72-58 win over Louisiana on Thursday. Tot had five rebounds for the Mountaineers (12-9, 5-4 Sun Belt Conference). Kasen Jennings scored 17 points, going 6 of 10 (3 for 6 from 3-point range). Michael Marcus Jr. had 13 points and shot 'Heated Rivalry' stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie to be torchbearers for Winter Olympics 01/22/2026 02:51pm • MILAN (AP) ��� The actors co-starring in the hit hockey romance TV series ���Heated Rivalry��� are set to be among the torchbearers carrying the Olympic flame on the way to the Opening Ceremony for the Milan Cortina Games. 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