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New diet guidelines say to double up on protein, but nutrition experts are wary 01/19/2026 09:16am • Protein just got a big boost from U.S. health officials. The latest federal dietary guidelines tell Americans to ���prioritize protein foods at every meal��� and advise increasing daily intake ��� up to double the amount of previous recommendations. ���We are ending the war on protein,��� Health Sec What to know about Syria's main Kurdish-led force and its deal with Damascus after days of clashes 01/19/2026 09:09am • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Over the past decade, the religiously and ethnically mixed Syrian Democratic Forces had been the most effective force in the battle against the Islamic State group in Syria. The Kurdish-led force is now set to merge into the Syrian army after suffering major setbacks over the past we ��wi��tek overcomes rust to advance in Australian Open. Djokovic racks up more records 01/19/2026 08:51am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Iga ��wi��tek knows she has plenty to work on in her bid for a first Australian Open title and a career Grand Slam. The No. 2-ranked ��wi��tek never got comfortable in a 7-6 (5), 6-3 win over No. 130-ranked Chinese qualifier Yuan Yue in the first-round on Monday nigh Virginia lawmakers send reproductive rights amendment toward November vote 01/19/2026 08:39am • A proposal allowing mid-decade redistricting of Virginia���s congressional maps that cleared the legislature last week may dominate debate heading into a spring special referendum, but a constitutional amendment on reproductive rights is poised to ignite similar fervor as the November election appro School bus crash in South Africa kills at least 13 children, police say 01/19/2026 08:26am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) ��� A truck and a school minibus were in collision in South Africa's Gauteng province Monday, killing at least 13 children, authorities said. Preliminary reports indicated at least 11 schoolchildren died at the scene, with two others succumbing to their injuries in the hospital. Th Chinese steel factory officials detained after explosion that leaves 4 dead, 6 missing 01/19/2026 08:16am • BEIJING (AP) ��� Chinese police have detained those in charge of a steel factory in the Inner Mongolia region after an explosion killed four people and left 84 others hospitalized, state media said. The death toll rose to four during the day Monday as rescuers searched for the missing. State broadca Chaos of Africa Cup final reflects badly on Morocco's prospects as 2030 World Cup co-host 01/19/2026 08:10am • RABAT, Morocco (AP) ��� Morocco���s dry run as a 2030 Would Cup co-host could hardly have gone worse with the chaotic end to the Africa Cup of Nations. The final was marred Sunday by fighting between fans and stewards on the field and a walk-off from the Senegal team which felt a grave injustice had Afghan officials say an explosion at a hotel in downtown Kabul has left a number of people killed and injured 01/19/2026 07:47am • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ��� Afghan officials say an explosion at a hotel in downtown Kabul has left a number of people killed and injured. Man and boy critical after 3 shark attacks off Sydney in just over 24 hours 01/19/2026 07:33am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� A man and boy were critically injured and another boy had his surfboard bitten during three separate shark attacks in Sydney in just over 24 hours, police said on Monday. A surfer in his 20s was bitten on a leg by a shark off North Steyne Beach on the Pacific Ocean coas Philippines discovers new gas deposit near disputed South China Sea 01/19/2026 06:48am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) ��� Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced Monday the discovery of a new natural gas deposit near the disputed South China Sea, which could shield his country from a potential power crisis. The ���significant discovery" northwest off Palawan province, close to a Analysis: How Trump���s tariffs become ultimatums 01/19/2026 06:10am • President Donald Trump���s reported warning to European allies over Greenland has injected a new and unsettling variable into trans-Atlantic relations. The threat is not merely economic. It is strategic, coercive, and aimed inward at the alliance itself. Tariffs have long been used as blun China's population falls again as births drop to lowest rate since 1949 communist revolution 01/19/2026 06:03am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� How do you persuade a population to have more babies after generations of limiting families to just one? A decade after ending China's longtime one-child policy, the country's authorities are pushing a range of ideas and policies to try to encourage more births ��� tactics that rang Police in South Africa say a school bus crash has killed at least 12 children 01/19/2026 06:02am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) ��� Police in South Africa say a school bus crash has killed at least 12 children. Chance Gray's family legacy adds special meaning to Coretta Scott King Classic for Ohio State guard 01/19/2026 06:01am • NEWARK, N.J. (AP) ��� Getting a chance to play in the Coretta Scott King Classic has special meaning for Ohio State senior Chance Gray. Her great grandfather Benjamin Hooks worked with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr and was onetime executive director of the NAACP. Gray remembered when she was young hear Transfer QBs Mendoza, Beck headline college football's biggest game and signify broader trend 01/19/2026 06:00am • MIAMI (AP) ��� For the second straight year, the biggest game in college football will be decided by a quarterback who wasn���t on the roster the year before. Heisman-winning Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza arrived in Bloomington in December 2024 following three years at California. Carson B