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Analysis: Unrest in Iran crosses a grim threshold as external pressure intensifies 01/12/2026 12:27pm • Iran���s internal crisis has entered a far more dangerous phase, with Reuters reporting that protest-linked deaths now exceed 500, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency. 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 Swiss court orders 3 months of pretrial detention for bar manager over fatal fire 01/12/2026 11:46am • GENEVA (AP) ��� A Swiss court on Monday ordered three months of pretrial detention for a manager of a bar that burst into flames during a New Year's Eve celebration, killing 40 people ��� mostly young revelers ��� and injuring 116 others, many seriously. The court of compulsory measures in the south Paramount's next target in hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. is a board of its own making 01/12/2026 11:40am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Paramount Skydance is taking another step in its hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. Discovery, saying Monday that it will name its own slate of directors before the next shareholder meeting of the Hollywood studio. Paramount also filed a suit in Delaware Chancery Court seeking to A casino in your pocket? Bill hopes to bring online gambling to Virginia 01/12/2026 11:39am • A casino could be coming to your pocket if you live in Virginia or just drive into the commonwealth. Lawmakers are looking at the possibility of legalizing online casinos. House Bill 161 would allow the five approved retail casinos to open up to three online platforms that would let you play blac Mattel adds an autistic Barbie to doll line devoted to showcasing diversity and inclusion 01/12/2026 11:32am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Mattel Inc. is introducing an autistic Barbie on Monday as the newest member of its line intended to celebrate diversity, joining a collection that already includes Barbies with Down syndrome, a blind Barbie, a Barbie and a Ken with vitiligo, and other models the toymaker added to Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 18-24 includes Mariska Hargitay and Dolly Parton 01/12/2026 11:29am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 18-24: Jan. 18: Singer-songwriter Bobby Goldsboro is 85. Comedian-singer Brett Hudson of the Hudson Brothers is 73. Actor-director Kevin Costner is 71. Country singer-actor Mark Collie (���Nashville���) is 70. Actor Mark Rylance (���Bridge of Spies,��� ���The Variawa's incredible comeback snatches stage in Dakar Rally and Benavides rides to another win 01/12/2026 11:16am • WADI AD-DAWASIR, Saudi Arabia (AP) ��� Saood Variawa snatched stage eight from South African compatriot Henk Lategan by three seconds after an impressive comeback drive in the Dakar Rally on Monday. Variawa, only 20 and driving in his third Dakar, started 26th and was in sixth place with 100 kilomet