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Rome pays last respects to fashion 'emperor' Valentino in a two-day public viewing 01/21/2026 11:19am • ROME (AP) ��� Rome was paying its last respects to the legendary Valentino on Wednesday at the start of a two-day public viewing for a fashion designer whose high-glamour gowns and trademark shade of red became an iconic symbol of Italian elegance. Valentino Garavani, who died aged 93 at his Rome re IOC president says no contact yet with Trump's White House, will meet Vance at Winter Olympics 01/21/2026 11:12am • GENEVA (AP) ��� Olympic leader Kirsty Coventry said Wednesday she is yet to have formal contact with U.S. President Donald Trump���s administration but is looking forward to meeting Vice President JD Vance in Milan next month at the Winter Games opening ceremony. The International Olympic Committee� This just in from The New York Times: Its first 2-player game, and an evolving business model 01/21/2026 11:11am • For subscribers to The New York Times who are as interested in solving Wordle or filling in the crossword puzzle as in reading the latest political or business news, Wednesday is a big day. The Times' popular Games unit is debuting Crossplay, a Scrabble-like electronic feature that represents its fi 3rd child with measles in Virginia visited health care facilities in Woodbridge, Falls Church 01/21/2026 11:07am • A young child who lives in Northern Virginia has tested positive for measles after traveling internationally, marking the third case in the state this month, according to health officials. All three cases of measles have involved children who are ages 4 or younger; the Virginia Department of NCAA Women's Basketball Top 25 Schedule 01/21/2026 11:04am • All Times EST Wednesday's Games No. 3 UCLA (17-1) vs. Purdue (10-8), 10 p.m. No. 14 Baylor (17-3) vs. UCF (10-8), 8 p.m. No. 19 Texas Tech (19-1) at BYU (14-4), 9 p.m. No. 22 West Virginia (15-4) vs. Arizona State (17-2), 7 p.m. No. 24 Nebraska (14-4) at Wisconsin (12-7), 7:30 p.m. No. 25 Washington NCAA Men's Basketball Top 25 Schedule 01/21/2026 11:03am • All Times EST Wednesday's Games No. 1 Arizona (18-0) vs. Cincinnati (10-8), 9 p.m. No. 7 Nebraska (18-0) vs. Washington (10-8), 9 p.m. No. 8 Gonzaga (19-1) vs. Pepperdine (6-14), 9 p.m. No. 11 Illinois (15-3) vs. Maryland (8-10), 7 p.m. No. 22 North Carolina (14-4) vs. Notre Dame (10-8), 7 p.m. Frid Dozens of body parts are found after Pakistan's shopping plaza fire 01/21/2026 10:58am • KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) ��� The toll from a deadly fire at a shopping plaza in Pakistan's largest city could rise sharply after Wednesday's discovery of body parts thought to belong to over a dozen people, officials said. Searchers for the first time reached a shop in Gul Plaza in Karachi where many Meteorologists blame a stretched polar vortex, moisture, lack of sea ice for dangerous winter blast 01/21/2026 10:23am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Warm Arctic waters and cold continental land are combining to stretch the dreaded polar vortex in a way that will send much of the United States a devastating dose of winter weather later this week with swaths of painful subzero temperatures, heavy snow and powerline-toppling ice France not considering soccer World Cup boycott over Greenland for now 01/21/2026 10:15am • PARIS (AP) ��� France's sports minister says her country is not currently thinking about boycotting the soccer World Cup in the United States amid growing tensions related to Donald Trump's quest to control Greenland. ���At the moment we are speaking, there is no desire from the ministry to boycott 3 authors win $10,000 prizes for blending science and literature 01/21/2026 10:13am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Three authors who demonstrated how scientific research can be wedded to literary grace have been awarded $10,000 prizes. On Wednesday, the National Book Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced the winners of the fifth annual Science + Literature awards. The books in Catholicism shrinks in Latin America while more are religiously unaffiliated, Pew surveys find 01/21/2026 10:10am • Catholicism in Latin American countries has shrunk over the last decade, while a growing percentage of adults identify as religiously unaffiliated, describing themselves as atheist, agnostic or ���nothing in particular.��� Those are among the key findings in a report released Wednesday by the Pew Re Sports on TV for Thursday, Jan. 22 01/21/2026 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Thursday, Jan. 22 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN���S) 7 p.m. CBSSN ��� Monmouth at Hampton ESPN2 ��� South Florida at UAB FS1 ��� Wisconsin at Penn St. 9 p.m. CBSSN ��� Missouri St. at New Mexico St. ESPNU ��� Tennessee St. at SIU-Edwardsville Today in Sports - Kobe Bryant scores a staggering 81 points; second-highest total in NBA history 01/21/2026 10:10am • Jan. 22 1920 ��� The New York Yankees announce they will be the first team to wear uniform numbers, according to the player���s position in batting order. 1960 ��� Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson in a 15-round split decision to capture the world middleweight boxing title. 1962 ��� Bob Feller an ECHL Glance 01/21/2026 10:09am • All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE North Division GP W L OL SOL Pts GF SPHL Glance 01/21/2026 10:09am • All Times EST GP W L OL SOL Pts GF GA