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Trial set for Northern Virginia man accused of conspiring with au pair to kill his wife and another man 01/11/2026 08:14am • (CNN) — Nearly eight months after Brendan Banfield’s wife and a stranger were killed in the Banfields’ Virginia home in February 2023, police returned to the scene of the killings. They entered the home and went to the bedroom where Christine Banfield was fatally stabbed. There, on the beds Retouched images of Netanyahu's wife, distributed by the state, ignite a fiery ethics debate 01/11/2026 08:03am • JERUSALEM (AP) — The photos seemed destined for posterity in Israel’s state archives. In the snapshots, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is joined by his wife, Sara, as well as U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee and a group of Israeli soldiers, as they light Hannukah candles at Western Wall, the hol Struggling to keep your New Year's resolutions? Here's how to keep yourself on track 01/11/2026 08:03am • (LONDON)-- It is one thing to make a New Year's resolution. It is, however, a very different thing to be able to keep it. Every year they are made with the best of intentions -- with the hope and desire to become a better version of ourselves -- so why is it that millions of people make New Year' Andrea Bocelli will headline the Milan Cortina Winter Olympic opening ceremony 01/11/2026 08:00am • MILAN (AP) — Crossover tenor Andrea Bocelli will be among the headline performers for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Feb. 6, joining the previously announced pop diva Mariah Carey, organizers said Sunday. The opening ceremony will be centered in Milan’s landmark San Siro s Lawsuits by Trump allies could shape how the 2030 census is done and who will be counted 01/11/2026 07:58am • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The next U.S. census is four years away, but two lawsuits playing out this year could affect how it will be done and who will be counted. Allies of President Donald Trump are behind the federal lawsuits challenging various aspects of the once-a-decade count by the U.S. Census Pope Leo baptizes 20 infants in a tradition marking the end of the Christmas season 01/11/2026 07:42am • VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV baptized 20 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday beneath Michelangelo’s frescoed ceiling, continuing an annual tradition that marks the end of the Christmas holiday period at the Vatican. Later, speaking to the crowd gathered in St. Peter's Square, the pontiff Slow-moving prisoner releases in Venezuela enter 3rd day after government announces goodwill effort 01/11/2026 07:17am • SAN FRANCISCO DE YARE, Venezuela (AP) — As Diógenes Angulo was freed Saturday from a Venezuelan prison after a year and five months, he, his mother and his aunt trembled and struggled for words. Nearby, at least a dozen other families hoped for similar reunions. Angulo’s release came on the th Germany sharply rejects RFK Jr.'s claims that it prosecutes doctors for vaccine exemptions 01/11/2026 07:16am • BERLIN (AP) — The German government has sharply rejected accusations by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claiming that it has been sidelining patient autonomy, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. “The statements made by the US Secretary of Health are completely unfounded, factual Iran’s president says officials will listen to protesters, but rioters are trying to ‘destroy the entire society’ 01/11/2026 06:29am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s president says officials will listen to protesters, but rioters are trying to ‘destroy the entire society’. Kenyan women lost their husbands and then their land. But some are fighting back 01/11/2026 06:26am • SIAYA, Kenya (AP) — Rebecca Anyango stood outside the house she has called home for 26 years, wondering how long it will remain hers. As a widow, she’s been threatened with eviction for years by her late husband's family, who claim she has no inheritance rights. This year they filed a lawsuit, a US launches new retaliatory strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria after deadly ambush 01/11/2026 06:14am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has launched another round of retaliatory strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria following last month’s ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter in the country. The large-scale strikes, conducted by the U.S. alongside part Greenland’s harsh environment and lack of infrastructure have prevented rare earth mining 01/11/2026 05:54am • Greenland's harsh environment, lack of key infrastructure and difficult geology have so far prevented anyone from building a mine to extract the sought-after rare earth elements that many high-tech products require. Even if President Donald Trump prevails in his effort to take control of the Arctic Milan’s Catholic archdiocese brings Olympic values into parish life 01/11/2026 05:10am • Milan’s Catholic leaders faced a choice when the city was selected to host the 2026 Winter Olympics. They could passively wait for the event to unfold or immediately bring the Olympic spirit into their pastoral work. They chose the latter. “We believe that the Olympics represent a great educatio Purdue Fort Wayne takes on Robert Morris for conference matchup 01/11/2026 04:43am • Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (10-8, 4-3 Horizon League) at Robert Morris Colonials (11-6, 3-3 Horizon League) Moon Township, Pennsylvania; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Colonials -4.5; over/under is 146.5 BOTTOM LINE: DeSean Goode and Robert Morris host Corey Hadnot II and Purdue Fort Wa East leads Lamar against Houston Christian after 23-point showing 01/11/2026 04:43am • Houston Christian Huskies (5-11, 1-6 Southland) at Lamar Cardinals (8-8, 3-4 Southland) Beaumont, Texas; Monday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Lamar hosts Houston Christian after Braden East scored 23 points in Lamar's 63-51 victory against the Incarnate Word Cardinals. The Cardinals are 4-3 on their home