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Alex Bregman looking to win a World Series with the Chicago Cubs 01/15/2026 05:42pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Alex Bregman was clear and concise. His biggest priorities are his family and winning baseball games. Bregman's wife, Reagan, and sons, Knox and Bennett, watched from the front row on Thursday as he detailed his reasons for signing with the Chicago Cubs in free agency. He displayed First child death reported from flu this season in Virginia 01/15/2026 05:36pm • Flu season has taken a grim turn in Virginia, as the state's health department has reported the first death of a child caused by complications associated with influenza. In order to protect the family's privacy, the only information the Virginia Department of Health is releasing about the child i Raiders have interviewed 7 head coaching candidates since firing Pete Carroll 01/15/2026 05:35pm • HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) ��� The Las Vegas Raiders have interviewed seven candidates for their coaching vacancy in the two weeks since they fired Pete Carroll, including former head coaches Kevin Stefanski, Vance Joseph and Matt Nagy. Their most recent interviews were Wednesday with defensive coordinato CDC studies show value of nationwide wastewater disease surveillance, as potential funding cut looms 01/15/2026 05:35pm • Wastewater testing can alert public health officials to measles infections days to months before cases are confirmed by doctors, researchers said in two studies published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Colorado health officials were able to get ahead of the highly contag Democrats hope a blue wave washes over Wisconsin and gives them total control of battleground state 01/15/2026 05:34pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� Talk to any Wisconsin Democrat about their hopes for 2026 and it's not long before the T-word comes up. No, not Trump. Trifecta. Democrats think new district boundaries in the Senate and Assembly ordered by the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court, an open race for governor US and Taiwan sign $250B trade deal, cutting tariffs on Taiwanese goods 01/15/2026 05:32pm • HONG KONG (AP) ��� The United States and Taiwan reached a trade deal Thursday that cuts tariffs on Taiwanese goods in exchange for $250 billion in new investments in the U.S. tech industry. The deal is the latest President Donald Trump has struck ��� such as those with the European Union and Japan � European troops arrive in Greenland as talks with US highlight 'disagreement' over island's future 01/15/2026 05:30pm • NUUK, Greenland (AP) ��� Troops from several European countries continued to arrive in Greenland on Thursday in a show of support for Denmark as talks among representatives of Denmark, Greenland and the U.S. highlighted ���fundamental disagreement��� over the future of the Arctic island. The disagr Senate passes more spending bills, but Homeland Security dispute looms 01/15/2026 05:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Congress is halfway home in approving government funding for the current budget year that began Oct. 1 after the Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a three-bill package. Now comes the hard part. Lawmakers still must negotiate a spending bill for the Department of Homeland S Barcelona defeats 2nd-division club Racing 2-0 to advance to quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey 01/15/2026 05:27pm • MADRID (AP) ��� Defending champion Barcelona avoided an upset a day after Real Madrid faltered in the Copa del Rey, edging second-division leader Racing Santander 2-0 Thursday to reach the quarterfinals. Madrid, which lost last year's Copa final to Barcelona, was eliminated by second-tier team Albac What you need to know about Grok and the controversies surrounding it 01/15/2026 05:24pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Elon Musk's Grok keeps getting into trouble, and this time, more of the world's governments are trying to intervene. First launched in 2023, Grok is Musk���s attempt to outdo rivals such as OpenAI���s ChatGPT and Google���s Gemini in building an AI assistant powered by a large lan 49ers star Fred Warner ruled out for playoff game against Seattle, could return if team advances 01/15/2026 05:24pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) ��� San Francisco star linebacker Fred Warner was ruled out for the 49ers' divisional round playoff game against Seattle but could return from a serious ankle injury if the team wins this week. Warner returned to practice this week for the first time since breaking and dislo Man accused of shooting at New Hampshire country club indicted on first-degree murder, other charges 01/15/2026 05:22pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ��� A man accused of opening fire at a New Hampshire country club in September has been indicted on murder, attempted murder and assault charges, authorities said Thursday. Hunter Nadeau, 24, of Nashua, is accused of killing one person and wounding two others at the Sky Meadow Cou Georgian figure skaters win pairs and lead men's event at European championships 01/15/2026 05:16pm • SHEFFIELD, England (AP) ��� It was Georgia's day at the European figure skating championships Thursday. Skaters representing the former Soviet nation won the pairs gold medal and took the lead in the men's event at the championships, a key warmup for next month's Winter Olympics. Anastasiia Metelkin Classes canceled, shelter in place lifted at Catholic U. in DC after reports of shots fired near campus 01/15/2026 05:14pm • Officials at the Catholic University of America in Northeast D.C. have given the all clear after earlier reports of shots fired near 7th and Monroe streets. The university's campus was under a shelter-in-place alert until 6 p.m. when officials gave the all clear notice. Evening classes have been Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner lead Magic past Grizzlies 118-111 in Berlin 01/15/2026 05:13pm • BERLIN (AP) ��� Paolo Banchero had 26 points and 13 rebounds, Franz Wagner had 18 points and nine rebounds in his return to the Magic lineup, and Orlando beat the Memphis Grizzlies 118-111 on Thursday in the NBA's first regular-season game in Germany. Wagner had missed more than a month with a high