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USA Today Men's Top 25 Poll 01/12/2026 12:57pm • Dropped out: No. 22 Tennessee (11-5); No. 24 Villanova (13-3); No. 25 SMU (12-4). Others receiving votes: Tennessee (11-5) 45; Saint Louis (15-1) 39; Saint Mary’s (16-2) 34; Villanova (13-3) 34; Seton Hall (14-2) 29; St. John’s (11-5) 21; SMU (12-4) 15; Miami (Fla.) (14-2) 14; Texas A&M (13- How a slippery court led to a grueling stretch for the Bulls and Heat: 4 games in 5 days await 01/12/2026 12:56pm • MIAMI (AP) — Chicago and Miami will both start a stretch of playing four games in five days later this month to make up for the slippery court issue that forced a postponement of a scheduled matchup between the clubs last week. 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Stafford injured his finger in the first half of the Rams’ 34-31 victory over the Panthers last Saturday whe Meta names former Trump adviser Dina Powell McCormick as president and vice chairman 01/12/2026 12:31pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook owner Meta has named Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump administration adviser and longtime finance executive, as president and vice chairman of the tech giant. 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The scale of the casualties, combined with mass arrests and an increasingly visible security crackdown, indicates What to know about the state gerrymandering battle kick-started by Trump 01/12/2026 12:26pm • After a frenetic few months of congressional redistricting efforts, President Donald Trump’s plan to reshape voting districts for partisan advantage ahead of this year’s midterm elections stands at an important juncture. Will Republican- and Democratic-led states ramp up their remapping of U.S. Young Americans are increasingly rejecting the Democratic and Republican parties, a new poll shows 01/12/2026 12:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are increasingly rejecting the two major political parties, according to new polling. Just under half, 45%, of U.S. adults now identify as independents, a new Gallup survey found. That’s a substantial shift from 20 years ago, when closer to one-third of Americans said Real Madrid says Xabi Alonso is no longer the club coach 01/12/2026 12:18pm • MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid says Xabi Alonso is no longer the club coach. USA Luge gets 11 athletes into Milan Cortina Olympics, 1 shy of maximum. Russia will get 2 spots 01/12/2026 12:07pm • A pair of Russian luge athletes were confirmed Monday as qualifiers for next month's Milan Cortina Olympics, meaning they will compete against Ukrainian sliders on the sport's biggest stage. The International Luge Federation — which announced the 78 singles and doubles sleds that have qualified fo UConn unanimous No. 1 as South Carolina climbs to No. 2 in AP Top 25 women's basketball poll 01/12/2026 12:02pm • South Carolina climbed to No. 2, LSU and TCU jumped into the top 10 and The Associated Press women's basketball Top 25 got a big shuffle Monday after another week that saw four of the top 10 teams lose. UConn was the unanimous No. 1 choice for the first time this season, receiving all 32 first-place Women's College Basketball Scores 01/12/2026 12:00pm • Monday, Jan. 12 South Carolina up to No. 2, LSU to No. 6 as women's AP Top 25 gets reshuffled; UConn a unanimous No. 1 01/12/2026 11:58am • NEW YORK (AP) — South Carolina up to No. 2, LSU to No. 6 as women's AP Top 25 gets reshuffled; UConn a unanimous No. 1. Protests continue in DC as calls to end ICE violence intensify 01/12/2026 11:48am • Hundreds of demonstrators gathered on Constitution Avenue in front of the Capitol Building in D.C. on Sunday demanding a stop to federal immigration enforcement operations. The protests, which occurred nationwide over the weekend, come in the wake of last week’s deadly shooting of Renee Goo