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Queen M��xima starts training to become a Dutch army reservist 02/05/2026 11:53am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ��� The Dutch military has got a new high-profile volunteer as it seeks to boost recruitment to counter growing fears about peace and security in Europe. Queen M��xima, the 54-year-old Argentinean-born wife of King Willem-Alexander, started training this week to become a Captain Agha reiterates Pakistan's refusal to play India at the T20 World Cup 02/05/2026 11:43am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ��� Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha has reiterated that his team will abide by his government's ruling not to play India in the much-anticipated Twenty20 World Cup fixture next week. India vs. Pakistan is usually the showpiece match in world tournaments ��� the eyeballs on i Forward Serge Gnabry extends Bayern Munich contract until June 2028 02/05/2026 11:40am • MUNICH, Germany (AP) ��� Bayern Munich forward Serge Gnabry signed a new contract that will keep him at the German powerhouse until June 2028. The Germany international's previous deal was set to expire after this season. The 30-year-old Gnabry has scored 100 goals and contributed 69 assists in his Hawks request waivers on injured center Duop Reath 4 days after trade with Trail Blazers 02/05/2026 11:38am • ATLANTA (AP) ��� The Atlanta Hawks requested waivers on injured center Duop Reath on Thursday, four days after he was acquired in a trade with the Portland Trail Blazers. The Hawks sent forward Vit Krejci to Portland on Sunday in exchange for Reath and second-round draft picks in 2027 and 2030. Reat ESPN BET Promo Code Is Now for theScore Bet, Use 'WTOP' for $1,000 Bonus 02/05/2026 11:25am • The lights at Crypto.com Arena are going to be blinding tonight. You���ve got the Philadelphia 76ers heading West to clash with a Los Angeles Lakers squad that looks drastically different in this 2026 timeline. For sports bettors, this isn't just a primetime showdown; it's a golden ticket. New theSc US applications for jobless benefits jump by 22,000 to 231,000 last week, the most in 2 months. 02/05/2026 11:18am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits jumped last week but remains in the same historically low range of the past few years. Applications for jobless aid for the week ending Jan. 31 rose by 22,000 to 231,000 from the previous week, the Labor Department report Boar's Head reopens Virginia deli meat plant tied to deadly listeria outbreak 02/05/2026 11:07am • The Boar���s Head deli meat plant tied to a deadly food-poisoning outbreak in 2024 is back in business, company officials said. The Jarratt, Virginia, site resumed limited operations on Monday, nearly 17 months after it was shut down following the listeria outbreak that killed 10 people and sicke NCAA Women's Basketball Top 25 Schedule 02/05/2026 11:04am • All Times EST Thursday's Games No. 3 South Carolina (22-2) vs. Mississippi State (16-7), 6:30 p.m. No. 4 Texas (21-2) vs. No. 5 LSU (21-2), 9 p.m. No. 6 Louisville (21-3) vs. No. 17 Duke (16-6), 7 p.m. No. 7 Vanderbilt (21-2) at No. 16 Kentucky (18-5), 7 p.m. No. 9 Ohio State (20-3) at No. 24 Washin WADA president unhappy that controversial Russian figure skating coach is working at Milan Olympics 02/05/2026 11:03am • MILAN (AP) ��� Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's coach from the Beijing Games is back at the Winter Olympics, and World Anti-Doping Agency president Witold Banka isn���t happy about it. Banka said Thursday he's not comfortable with Eteri Tutberidze���s presence at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Sh NCAA Men's Basketball Top 25 Schedule 02/05/2026 11:03am • All Times EST Thursday's Games No. 2 Michigan (20-1) vs. Penn State (10-12), 6:30 p.m. Friday's Games No. 3 UConn (22-1) at No. 22 St. John's (17-5), 8 p.m. Saturday's Games No. 1 Arizona (22-0) vs. Oklahoma State (16-6), 4 p.m. No. 4 Duke (21-1) at No. 14 North Carolina (18-4), 6:30 p.m. No. 5 Illi US job openings fall to 6.5 million, fewest since 2020, as labor market remains sluggish 02/05/2026 11:02am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� U.S. job openings fell to the lowest level in more than five years, another sign that the American labor market remains sluggish. The Labor Department reported Thursday that vacancies fell to 6.5 million in December ��� from 6.9 million in November and the fewest since September Mark McMorris scratched from Olympic big air after accident, says he is good to go for slopestyle 02/05/2026 11:01am • LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) ��� Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris withdrew from Thursday night's big air qualifier at the Milan Cortina Olympics less than 24 hours after a hard crash that resulted in a brief trip to the hospital. The 32-year-old McMorris, one of Canada's biggest Olympic stars, posted on In Mamdani endorses Hochul for reelection as New York governor 02/05/2026 11:00am • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) ��� New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed Gov. Kathy Hochul for reelection on Thursday, offering the moderate governor some progressive heft as she faces a challenge from her political left in her campaign for a second full term in office. In an op-ed in The Nation, Mamdani, US Olympic leaders in Milan set goals to be respectful guests and good team players 02/05/2026 10:58am • MILAN (AP) ��� Show respect. Be humble and a good Olympic partner. Keep Team USA athletes safe. United States Olympic leaders set out goals Thursday for the Milan Cortina Winter Games that arrive during what they acknowledged is ���a period of geopolitical turmoil.��� The days before the opening cer Famine is threatening more of war-torn Sudan���s Darfur region as an attack in the south kills 22 02/05/2026 10:56am • CAIRO (AP) ��� Famine is threatening more areas in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region, a global hunger monitoring group said Thursday as an attack by paramilitary forces on a military hospital in the country's south killed 22 people, including the hospital���s director and three members of its m