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Today in History: January 19, Howard Hughes sets coast-to-coast flight record 01/19/2026 04:10am • Today is Monday, Jan. 19, the 19th day of 2026. There are 346 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 19, 1937, Howard Hughes set a new transcontinental speed record in his H-1 Racer aircraft, flying from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, in seven hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds. Also on Alexandra Eala's heart-warming Australian Open debut ends in a loss to Parks 01/19/2026 04:06am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The long queue of fans outside Court 6, the chants of Alex, Alex, Alex and the fluttering Philippines flags all pointed to where Alexandra Eala was making her Australian Open main draw debut. The 20-year-old Eala made the most of the football-style atmosphere in the fir Vietnam party meeting opens with leadership and economic growth on the line 01/19/2026 03:13am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam’s most important political conclave began Monday, as the ruling Communist Party convened to decide the country’s leadership and broad policy course for the next five years. A total of 1,586 delegates from across Vietnam gathered in the capital, Hanoi, for the Nati Zoi Sadowski-Synnott put New Zealand on the snowboard map. The Olympic champ is 'all in' for Milan 01/19/2026 03:10am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — New Zealand snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott won gold and silver medals at the 2022 Winter Games, riding a fighting spirit based on being an underdog from Down Under. Now the three-time Olympic medalist is a favorite to defend her women's slopestyle title next month at the China's economy grows 5% in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite Trump's tariffs 01/19/2026 02:34am • HONG KONG (AP) — China's economy expanded at a 5% annual pace in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. However, growth slowed to a 4.5% rate in the last quarter of the year, the government said Monday. That was the slowest quarterly growth since late 2022, w Canada's Stakusic leaves court in a wheelchair as Australian Open warms up 01/19/2026 02:11am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Helping her opponent Marina Stakusic leave court in a wheelchair wasn't how Priscilla Hon envisioned the scene when she finally returned to the second round of the Australian Open for the first time since 2020. Hon was leading 1-6, 6-4, 5-3 when her Canadian rival neede Los Angeles faces Denver on 3-game road skid 01/19/2026 02:03am • Los Angeles Lakers (25-16, sixth in the Western Conference) vs. Denver Nuggets (29-14, third in the Western Conference) Denver; Tuesday, 10 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles hits the road against Denver looking to stop its three-game road skid. The Nuggets have gone 18-7 against Western Conference o Brooklyn and Phoenix set for out-of-conference game 01/19/2026 02:03am • Phoenix Suns (25-17, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. Brooklyn Nets (12-28, 13th in the Eastern Conference) New York; Monday, 7:30 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Suns -7.5; over/under is 218.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Phoenix Suns take on the Brooklyn Nets in non-conference action. The Nets have gon Spanish police say at least 39 people were killed in Sunday's train collision as rescuers search for more bodies 01/19/2026 01:58am • ADAMUZ, Spain (AP) — Spanish police say at least 39 people were killed in Sunday's train collision as rescuers search for more bodies. Deandre Ayton makes Lakers history while making 10 shots without a miss in win over Toronto 01/19/2026 01:50am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Only two players in the entire luminous history of the Los Angeles Lakers had made at least 10 shots without a miss and grabbed at least 10 rebounds in a game before Sunday night. Deandre Ayton joined the club with a performance that demonstrated everything the Lakers hoped they DOJ vows to press charges after activists disrupt church where Minnesota ICE official is a pastor 01/19/2026 01:20am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice said Sunday it is investigating a group of protesters in Minnesota who disrupted services at a church where a local official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apparently serves as a pastor. A livestreamed video posted on the Facebook pa Hannah Brandt, Aerin Frankel rally Fleet to 2-1 shootout victory over Torrent 01/19/2026 01:18am • SEATTLE (AP) — Hannah Brandt had the only goal in a shootout and Aerin Frankel finished with 36 saves to help the Boston Fleet pull out a 2-1 victory over the Seattle Torrent at Climate Pledge Arena on Sunday night. Brandt beat Seattle goaltender Corinne Schroeder to deal the Torrent the loss in t Professional Women's Hockey League Glance 01/19/2026 01:14am • Teams awarded three (3) points for a regulation win, two (2) points for an overtime or shootout win, one (1) point for an overtime or shootout loss, and zero (0) points for a regulation time loss. All Times EST Saturday's Games Toronto 2, Vancouver 1, OT Sunday's Games New York 2, Montreal 1 Bosto See how players have qualified for the Masters 01/19/2026 01:10am • AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Players expected to compete in the 90th Masters on April 9-12 and how they qualified for their invitations. Players listed only in the first category for which they are eligible (a-amateur): Masters champions (lifetime) Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm, Hideki Matsuyam Caleb Williams' 'ridiculous' TD pass draws raves from his coach and teammates after Bears' loss 01/19/2026 01:07am • CHICAGO (AP) — Caleb Williams' last throw in regulation was a backpedaling, fourth-down rainbow that landed in Cole Kmet's hands in the corner of the end zone for a breathtaking touchdown. His last throw of the game was the beginning of the end for Chicago's surprising season. Williams almost rall