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Iraqi army fully takes over key base following US withdrawal 01/17/2026 02:53pm • BAGHDAD (AP) ��� U.S. forces have fully withdrawn from an air base in western Iraq in implementation of an agreement with the Iraqi government, Iraqi officials said Saturday. Washington and Baghdad agreed in 2024 to wind down a U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq by September Bayern survives early scare to win at Leipzig 5-1 in a show of Bundesliga dominance 01/17/2026 02:48pm • Just when it seemed Leipzig might be the team to inflict Bayern Munich's first Bundesliga loss this season, Bayern found an extra gear. Bayern scored five goals in 38 second-half minutes to rout Leipzig 5-1 after going into halftime behind for the first time in the league this season. Harry Kane sco Lawal with 22, Hansberry with 21, pace Virginia Tech in 89-76 win over Notre Dame 01/17/2026 02:46pm • BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) ��� Tobi Lawal scored a season-high 22 points off the bench, Amani Hansberry added 21, and Virginia Tech defeated Notre Dame 89-76 on Saturday for the Hokies' ninth win in the past 10 matchups with the Fighting Irish. Lawal and Hansberry scored 15 of Virginia Tech's 18 points du Men's coach Joe Scott suspended by Air Force pending investigation into treatment of cadet-athletes 01/17/2026 02:45pm • AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) ��� Air Force men's basketball coach Joe Scott has been indefinitely suspended pending an investigation into the treatment of cadet-athletes, the school said Saturday. No other details were provided. Air Force hosts Nevada later Saturday. Assistant coach Jon Jordan will Malik Thomas' 23 points and Thijs De Ridder's 17 lead No. 16 Virginia past SMU 72-68 01/17/2026 02:38pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� Malik Thomas had a game-high 23 points and a career-best 11 rebounds and Thijs De Ridder added 17 points, including seven of No. 16 Virginia���s eight points in the final 2�� minutes, as the Cavaliers hung on to beat SMU 72-68 in an Atlantic Coast Conference game on Saturday. Virgini Cuthrell's 23 lead Elon past Hofstra 89-85 01/17/2026 02:37pm • HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) ��� Chandler Cuthrell scored 23 points as Elon beat Hofstra 89-85 on Saturday. Cuthrell added five rebounds for the Phoenix (12-7, 4-2 Coastal Athletic Association). Bryson Cokley shot 6 of 10 from the field, including 4 for 5 from 3-point range, and went 3 for 3 from the line t Mount St. Mary's wins 78-68 against Canisius 01/17/2026 02:27pm • BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) ��� Arlandus Keyes' 22 points helped Mount St. Mary's defeat Canisius 78-68 on Saturday. Keyes also added six rebounds for the Mountaineers (7-12, 3-5 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). Trey Deveaux scored 16 points while shooting 5 of 8 from the field and 4 for 4 from the li Guinea's Doumbouya is sworn in as president, cementing transition from junta chief to elected leader 01/17/2026 02:18pm • CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) ��� Junta leader Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya was sworn in Saturday as president of Guinea after he overwhelmingly won last year's presidential election despite an earlier promise not to present himself as a candidate. Doumbouya took power in a 2021 military coup and has run the countr Tear gas floods a Minneapolis family's SUV after they get caught between protesters and officers 01/17/2026 02:16pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� A Minneapolis couple says that after inadvertently getting caught between protesters and immigration officers this week, an officer rolled a tear gas canister under their family���s SUV, flooding the vehicle with toxic fumes that left them and several of their six children, incl Photos show Greenlanders brave near-freezing temperatures to march against Trump���s takeover threats 01/17/2026 02:14pm • NUUK, Greenland (AP) ��� Thousands of Greenlanders marched through snow and ice in the capital, Nuuk, to protest U.S. President Donald Trump���s renewed threats to take control of the island, chanting ���Greenland is not for sale��� and waving national flags as they walked to the U.S. Consulate. The US driver Kaillie Humphries Armbruster wins World Cup monobob race, building Olympic momentum 01/17/2026 02:09pm • Kaillie Humphries Armbruster won Olympic gold when she was in her 20s. She won another Olympic gold in her 30s. And now 40, she seems ready to chase even more gold. Humphries Armbruster ��� who missed some of this Olympic cycle while becoming a mother for the first time ��� heds into next month's Mi PHOTOS: See Spanberger's inauguration as Virginia's 1st female governor 01/17/2026 02:06pm • Hundreds gathered in Richmond on Saturday to view the historic inauguration of Abigail Spanberger as Virginia's first female governor. Spanberger, a Democrat, beat Republican rival Winsome Earle-Sears in the Nov. 2025 election, leading a Democratic sweep of Virginia's statewide elections. Crow Nwabali denies Salah, saves 2 penalties as Nigeria beats Egypt for 3rd place at Africa Cup 01/17/2026 01:52pm • CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) ��� Goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali saved two penalties including the first from Mohamed Salah for Nigeria to beat Egypt 4-2 in a penalty shootout for third place at the Africa Cup Nations on Saturday. Ademola Lookman scored the winning penalty. Salah and Omar Marmoush had their 8-year-old girl who went missing on Navajo Nation found dead Friday 01/17/2026 01:41pm • TUBA CITY, Ariz. (AP) ��� An 8-year-old girl who went missing on tribal lands in northern Arizona was found dead Friday, authorities said. Navajo Nation officials say Maleeka Boone was last seen Thursday evening in the Coalmine Canyon area, located 240 miles (386 kilometers) north of Phoenix. A spo Syrian government forces enter northern towns after Kurdish fighters withdraw 01/17/2026 01:31pm • DEIR HAFER, Syria (AP) ��� Syrian government forces entered two northern towns Saturday morning after the command of Kurdish-led fighters said that it would evacuate from the area, in an apparent move to avoid conflict. Two soldiers were killed and others wounded in a clash as they entered the town