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Photos of New Year's celebrations across the globe 01/02/2026 03:59pm • People across the world celebrate the start of 2026, with New York���s iconic Times Square ball descending 18 hours after the South Pacific greeted the new year. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Steelers LB TJ Watt calls dry needling mishap a 'fluke' and hopes to play against Baltimore 01/02/2026 03:58pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� T.J. Watt is ready to take a break from dry needling and get back to work on the football field. The Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker is hopeful to play on Sunday night when the Baltimore Ravens visit with the AFC North title on the line. 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Register here to unlock this welcome offer and place an ord BTS announces March comeback date, putting an end to a nearly four-year hiatus 01/02/2026 03:34pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� They're going to light up 2026 like dynamite: K-pop group BTS' comeback has an official date. According to a note shared to social media by the entertainment company BigHit Music, the mega popular group will return on March 20. That's after a nearly four-year hiatus, as all s Texans need win over Indy, loss by Jags to win AFC South title 01/02/2026 03:33pm • Indianapolis (8-8) at Houston (11-5) Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, CBS. BetMGM NFL Odds: Texans by 10 ��. Against the spread: Colts 7-7-2; Texans 9-7. Series record: Colts lead 33-14-1. Last meeting: Texans beat Colts 20-16 on Nov. 30 at Indianapolis. Last week: Colts lost to the Jaguars 23-17; Texans beat Ch In his 13th year, Baltimore NT John Jenkins finally receives an in-season contract extension 01/02/2026 03:27pm • OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) ��� At age 36, John Jenkins finally received a contract extension in the NFL. The Ravens announced Friday they were keeping the veteran nose tackle. The 6-foot-3, 360-pound Jenkins is in his 13th pro season, but receiving an extension before the end of the season is a novel A tall building under construction collapses in Nairobi, with 4 believed to be trapped 01/02/2026 03:11pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� A multi-story building under construction in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, collapsed Friday, leaving at least four people believed trapped. Rescue workers are digging through the rubble. The building was in an area of Nairobi known as South C, according to the Kenya Red Cross, Twins acquire first baseman Eric Wagaman in trade with Marlins for minor league pitcher 01/02/2026 03:10pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� The Minnesota Twins acquired first baseman Eric Wagaman from the Miami Marlins on Friday for minor league pitcher Kade Bragg. Wagaman batted .250 with 28 doubles, nine home runs and 53 RBIs in 140 games as a rookie last season for the Marlins, finishing strong with a team-leadin The top selections at DC���s libraries in 2025 01/02/2026 03:00pm • Readers spent a lot of time at D.C.'s public libraries in 2025, and checked out a lot of books, eBooks, audiobooks and streaming videos. In a news release, the library system said people walked trough the library doors 3.2 million times in 2025, and library items were borrowed more than 6.2 milli Man fought off a mountain lion weeks before a suspected fatal Colorado attack 01/02/2026 02:55pm • A solo hiker who authorities believe was killed by a mountain lion on a remote Colorado trail on New Year's Day was not the first person to encounter one of the predators in the area in recent weeks. Gary Messina said he was running along the same trail on a dark November morning when his headlamp c Kotelnicki returns to Kansas as associate head coach after stint as Penn State offensive coordinator 01/02/2026 02:45pm • LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) ��� Andy Kotelnicki will return to Kansas as associate head coach after not being retained as offensive coordinator at Penn State, Jayhawks coach Lance Leipold announced Friday. Kotelnicki and Leipold have worked together a combined 11 years at Kansas, Buffalo and Division III UW Corey Stephenson's 21 points lead Florida International over New Mexico State 89-74 01/02/2026 02:43pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� Corey Stephenson's 21 points helped Florida International defeat New Mexico State 89-74 on Friday. Stephenson added seven rebounds for the Panthers (8-5, 1-1 Conference USA). Eric Dibami scored 16 points and added 10 rebounds and four steals. Hamed Olayinka had 14 points and shot 6 of Panthers, Buccaneers battle for NFC South title in matchup of teams going in opposite directions 01/02/2026 02:41pm • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ��� The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are one game away from finishing off an epic collapse and entering an offseason of uncertainty. The Carolina Panthers are closing in on their first playoff berth in eight years. Two teams heading in opposite directions battle for the NFC South title on S College football's Urban Meyer joins board of Florida college transformed by DeSantis 01/02/2026 02:38pm • SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) ��� College football Hall of Famer Urban Meyer has been appointed to the board of trustees at a small public liberal arts college that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has transformed from a progressive institute into a staging ground for the Republican governor's war on ���woke.��� DeS