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EuroLeague CEO criticizes NBA's ambitious European plan as a 'bit of a broken record' 01/17/2026 09:57am • LONDON (AP) ��� European basketball often is a hot mess of passionate fandom, heated rivalries and financial problems. Holding some powerful fiefdoms together is the EuroLeague. It���s not thrilled about the NBA���s plans to create a new competition on the continent. It���s not concerned, either. "W Letter writing enjoys a revival as fans seek connection and a break from screen time 01/17/2026 09:55am • At a time when productivity means optimizing every second and screens blur the line between work and home, some people are slowing down and disconnecting by looking to communication devices from the past. Tactile activities ranging from writing letters and typewriter clubs to TikTok communities show Horses leap through flames and pets go to church in Spanish animal rituals honoring St Anthony 01/17/2026 09:52am • SAN BARTOLOME DE PINARES, Spain (AP) ��� Hundreds of Spaniards watched horses gallop through towering flames, hours before pet owners in Madrid on Saturday took their dogs and cats to church to be blessed with holy water. The contrasting Spanish traditions take place every January to honor St. Antho Grizzlies coach optimistic Ja Morant will play vs Magic in London game 01/17/2026 09:40am • LONDON (AP) ��� There's a ���good chance��� that Memphis guard Ja Morant will return from a calf injury to play against the Orlando Magic in London, Grizzlies coach Tuomas Iisalo said Saturday. The two-time All-Star missed the first of the two-game NBA Europe series when the Magic beat the Grizzlies Pakistan road crashes kill at least 24 people and injure 45 others 01/17/2026 09:23am • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� A truck plunged into a canal and a passenger bus overturned, in separate road crashes hours apart in Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 24 people and injuring 45 others, officials said. The first crash happened in Sargodha, a city in the eastern Punjab province, where a truck Out-of-state speed camera violators might have to pay up under new bill being considered by Md. 01/17/2026 09:22am • Maryland lawmakers will consider new reciprocity agreements with other states around speed camera violations. Right now, out-of-state drivers might get tickets for speed cameras around the state of Maryland, but it���s often hard to get them to pay up. In fact, hundreds of thousands of people tic Climate activist predicts high electricity prices and Trump's attacks on green energy will hurt GOP 01/17/2026 09:12am • RIPTON, Vermont (AP) ��� At a time when the Trump administration rolled back numerous environmental regulations while global temperatures and U.S. carbon pollution spiked, longtime climate activist Bill McKibben finds hope in something that didn't seem that strong on a recent single-digit-temperatur 'We kicked out the throne, now we are kicking out the turban': DC holds vigil for Iranian protesters 01/17/2026 08:50am • Lafayette Square was packed late Friday afternoon with Iranian Americans�� honoring the more than 3,000 demonstrators killed in the wake of Iran���s crackdown on political protests. People carried flags, pictures of protesters who were killed and signs with messages, all while chanting politi As Trump's deadline for a cap on credit card rates looms, banks have only questions and no answers 01/17/2026 08:49am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� President Donald Trump a week ago told the credit card industry it had until Jan. 20 to comply with his demand for a 10% cap on interest rates. With just days to go, consumer groups, politicians, and bankers alike remain unclear on what the White House has planned and whether Trump Indonesian officials say a regional passenger aircraft carrying 11 people is missing and a search is underway 01/17/2026 08:44am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ��� Indonesian officials say a regional passenger aircraft carrying 11 people is missing and a search is underway. How abortion coverage threatens to prevent a congressional deal on health care subsidies 01/17/2026 08:38am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� There is broad bipartisan support in the House and Senate for reviving federal health care subsidies that expired at the beginning of the year. But long-standing disagreements over abortion coverage are threatening to block any compromise and leave millions of Americans with high Here's where Trump's most jaw-dropping promises stand a year into his second term 01/17/2026 08:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� From toppling Venezuela's leader to ordering mass deportations, from turning once independent government entities into rubber stamps to demolishing the East Wing for a White House ballroom, President Donald Trump spent his first year back in office trampling political norms and t Official election results show Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has won his seventh term with 71.65% of votes 01/17/2026 08:12am • KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) ��� Official election results show Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has won his seventh term with 71.65% of votes. WATCH LIVE: Spanberger becomes Virginia's 1st woman governor during historic inauguration 01/17/2026 08:08am • Abigail Spanberger will be sworn in during a historic inaugural ceremony Saturday at noon, at which point she’ll become Virginia’s first woman to serve as governor. The ceremony will be held outdoors on the South Portico of the Virginia State Capitol Building in Richmond, Virginia. The t ICE says Cuban immigrant died while attempting suicide. A witness says guards pinned and choked him 01/17/2026 07:42am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A Cuban immigrant died in a Texas immigration detention facility earlier this month during an altercation with guards, and the local medical examiner has indicated that his death will likely be classified as a homicide. The federal government has provided a differing account surr