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Hoiberg family business brings lots of joy as No. 8 Nebraska has a season for the ages 01/14/2026 03:35pm • LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) ��� It's too early to tell where the Nebraska men's basketball team will end up, but Fred Hoiberg and two of his sons sure are enjoying the ride. The Cornhuskers are 17-0, have the nation's longest winning streak at 21 games and, at No. 8, the program's highest ranking in 60 years Left-hander Ranger Su��rez and Boston Red Sox agree to $130 million, 5-year contract, AP source says 01/14/2026 03:33pm • Left-hander Ranger Su��rez and the Boston Red Sox agreed Wednesday to a $130 million, five-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not been announced. An All-Star in 2024, Su��rez NASCAR driver Greg Biffle's North Carolina home burglarized weeks after plane crash, officials say 01/14/2026 03:26pm • MOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) ��� Sheriff's deputies are investigating an alleged break-in and theft last week at the North Carolina home of retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, one of seven people who died in a plane crash last month. The alleged burglary and forcible entry into the Biffle home in Mooresvi A part that broke on a UPS plane that crashed in Kentucky failed 4 times on different aircraft years ago, NTSB says 01/14/2026 03:24pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A part that broke on a UPS plane that crashed in Kentucky failed 4 times on different aircraft years ago, NTSB says. Florida deputy captures runaway emu and returns the large, flightless bird home unharmed 01/14/2026 03:23pm • ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) ��� A Florida deputy has captured a runaway emu and safely returned the large flightless bird to its home. A St. Johns County deputy responded last Friday to a rural area west of St. Augustine following reports of the bird's escape, the sheriff's office said in a Facebook po Retail sales rose a better-than-expected 0.6% in November as the holiday season kicked into gear 01/14/2026 03:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Shoppers increased their spending in November from October as holiday shopping kicked into full gear. Retail sales rose a better-than-expected 0.6% in November, following a revised 0.1% decline October, according to the Commerce Department. The report on Wednesday was delayed more Trump claims the killing of Iran protesters 'has stopped' even as Tehran has signaled fast trials and executions ahead 01/14/2026 03:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Trump claims the killing of Iran protesters 'has stopped' even as Tehran has signaled fast trials and executions ahead. Gaza is entering the second phase of the ceasefire plan Trump helped broker, US says 01/14/2026 03:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The United States said Wednesday that it is moving into the next phase of a Gaza ceasefire plan that involves disarming Hamas, rebuilding the war-ravaged territory and establishing the group of Palestinian experts that will administer daily affairs in Gaza under American supervis Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney begins landmark 4-day visit to China to mend ties 01/14/2026 03:05pm • BEIJING (AP) ��� Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Beijing on Wednesday night, beginning a four-day visit designed to repair foundering relations between the two nations as Canada looks to develop ties with countries other than the United States. It���s the first visit of a Canadian le With Potomac View Elementary's looming closure, Prince William schools proposes new redistricting plan 01/14/2026 03:02pm • Prince William County Public Schools officials have presented the division���s recommended redistricting scenario, paving the way for the possible reassignment of over 2,600 students to new schools. Within the recommended proposal ��� ���Scenario 6��� ��� the aging Potomac View Elementary will cl Tottenham signs Conor Gallagher from Atletico for $46M as Paratici announces departure 01/14/2026 03:01pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Conor Gallagher returned to English soccer by signing for Tottenham from Atletico Madrid on Wednesday for a reported 40 million euros ($46.5 million), in a move that could ignite his hopes of playing at the World Cup. The 25-year-old midfielder left Chelsea for Atletico in the summer Movie Review: Jodie Foster shines as a psychoanalyst on the edge in ���A Private Life��� 01/14/2026 03:00pm • Jodie Foster plays a self-assured psychoanalyst whose composure unravels after a patient unexpectedly dies in the genre-bending French film ���A Private Life.��� Rebecca Zlotowski���s latest, in theaters Friday, is part noir, part comedy of remarriage, and part Freudian fever dream about past lives. Ex-lawmaker who advocated protecting kids gets 17 years in prison for sharing child sex abuse videos 01/14/2026 02:59pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� A former Republican lawmaker in South Carolina was sentenced Wednesday to 17 1/2 years in prison for sending hundreds of videos of children being sexually abused to people across the country on social media around the same time he was advocating for laws meant to protect kids Thousands protest in Bulgaria to call for fair vote as the country seems headed to an early election 01/14/2026 02:59pm • SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) ��� Thousands of people braved freezing weather to protest in Bulgaria���s capital on Wednesday, calling for a fair election as the Balkan country appears to be headed to its eighth vote in the last five years. The demonstration in Sofia came after last month���s protests, which What Americans think about Trump's military intervention abroad, according to a new AP-NORC poll 01/14/2026 02:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� More than half of U.S. adults believe President Donald Trump has ���gone too far��� in using the U.S. military to intervene in other countries, according to a new AP-NORC poll. The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research was conducted Jan. 8-11, aft