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Donna Marriott, of Bethesda-based Marriott empire, dies at 90 01/02/2026 12:46pm • Donna Marriott, the wife of former Marriott International CEO J.W. ���Bill��� Marriott Jr., died Tuesday at the couple���s home in Bethesda, the company shared this week. She was 90. The couple had recently celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary, according to a Wednesday press release from Mar How one Swiss hospital coped with the injured from the Alpine bar fire 01/02/2026 12:35pm • SION, Switzerland (AP) ��� The hospital that initially took in the majority of injured victims from a fire at a Swiss bar is no stranger to emergencies: In the heart of the Alps, it is used to treating winter sports enthusiasts who have accidents on the slopes. But the flood of young and severely bu The ACC had an improved nonconference showing. That could help its cause for more March Madness bids 01/02/2026 12:24pm • DURHAM, N.C. (AP) ��� It wasn't long after sixth-ranked Duke finally fought off a pesky Georgia Tech team that coach Jon Scheyer pointed to the lesson emerging from the Blue Devils' Atlantic Coast Conference opener. "I think for our guys ... they're learning very quickly that from this point forward US and Canada have Milan Olympic injury replacements standing by 01/02/2026 12:22pm • While Jason Robertson and Adam Fox did not make the U.S. Olympic hockey roster, and Sam Bennett and Mark Scheifele were not picked to play for Canada, that doesn���t necessarily mean none of those players will be in Milan next month. 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Love says Seattle���s defense has to be ready for ���new wrinkles��� from 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan, and he also discussed the significance of being no Women's College Basketball Scores 01/02/2026 12:00pm • Friday, Jan. 2 FAR WEST UC Riverside 65, Hawai'i 58 ___ College Football Bowl Glance 01/02/2026 11:45am • All Times Eastern Dec. 13 Celebration Bowl Atlanta SC State 40, Prairie View A&M 38, 4 OT LA Bowl Inglewood, Calif. Washington 38, Boise State 10 Dec. 16 Salute to Veterans Bowl Montgomery, Ala. Jacksonville State 17, Troy 13 Dec. 17 Cure Bowl Orlando, Fla. Old Dominion 24, South Florida 10 68 V US hockey picks 4 Nations-heavy roster for the Winter Olympics, adding Keller, Thompson and Jones 01/02/2026 11:42am • Tage Thompson and Clayton Keller helped the U.S. win the world hockey championship for the first time since 1933, while Seth Jones was a key part of the Florida Panthers' second consecutive Stanley Cup run. Those contributions earned them a spot on the U.S. team at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics Rabada to lead strong South Africa pace attack at T20 World Cup 01/02/2026 11:25am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) ��� Kagiso Rabada leads a strong South Africa pace attack for the T20 World Cup in February. Rabada returned to competitive cricket on New Year���s Eve in the SA20 with figures of 2-48 for MI Cape Town after being sidelined for almost 10 weeks due to a rib injury. Anrich Nortje, Co Trump wants to overhaul the 'president's golf course.' He hasn't played there yet 01/02/2026 11:20am • WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) ��� President Donald Trump has spent much of his two-week vacation in Florida golfing. But when he gets back to the White House, there's a military golf course that he's never played that he's eyeing for a major construction project. Long a favored getaway for presidents s Arlington County Board raises vehicle tow fees by $25 01/02/2026 11:14am • Drivers whose vehicles are towed in Arlington County, Virginia, for parking where they shouldn���t have will pay higher tow rates this year, but not as much as the local tow industry would have liked. In December, the county board approved a new rate structure that raises the fee from $135 to $16 NCAA Women's Basketball Top 25 Schedule 01/02/2026 11:04am • All Times EST Saturday's Games No. 1 UConn (14-0) vs. Seton Hall (10-4), Noon No. 4 UCLA (13-1) vs. No. 17 USC (10-3), 8 p.m. No. 8 TCU (14-0) at Utah (10-4), 9 p.m. No. 21 Texas Tech (15-0) vs. Arizona (9-4), 7 p.m. No. 25 Princeton (12-1) at Penn (10-3), 2 p.m. Sunday's Games No. 2 Texas (16-0) vs No. 1 Indiana and Oregon meet for the Peach Bowl 01/02/2026 11:03am • Oregon (13-1) vs. No. 1 Indiana (14-0), Jan. 9 at 7:30 p.m. EST. BetMGM College Football Odds Opening Line: Indiana by 4. Against the spread: Indiana 9-5, Oregon 7-6. How to watch: ESPN Key stats Indiana Offense Overall: 468.1 yards per game (7th in FBS) Passing: 247.