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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 Former New York Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey now running for Connecticut governor 01/15/2026 05:01pm • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) ��� Betsy McCaughey, a Republican former lieutenant governor of New York who switched parties in an unsuccessful 1998 bid to unseat then-Gov. George Pataki, is now running for governor of Connecticut. McCaughey, 77, currently a conservative host on Newsmax and columnist for the Venezuela's Machado says she presented Trump her Nobel Peace Prize to recognize his commitment to her country 01/15/2026 05:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Venezuela's Machado says she presented Trump her Nobel Peace Prize to recognize his commitment to her country. A scheme to rig college basketball games has been uncovered. Here's what we know 01/15/2026 04:59pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ��� A federal investigation into a sprawling betting scheme to fix basketball games stretched from the Chinese Basketball Association to the NCAA and has ensnared 26 people, including current and former college players, prosecutors revealed Thursday. The charges filed in federal Adrien Rabiot helps AC Milan close Serie A gap with 3-1 comeback win over Como 01/15/2026 04:58pm • MILAN (AP) ��� AC Milan didn���t let city rival Inter Milan open up too big a gap at the top of Serie A as it fought back to win 3-1 at in-form Como on Thursday, with Adrien Rabiot winning a penalty and then scoring two goals. Inter had moved six points clear of Milan and Napoli with a 1-0 win over Top ICE official resigns to seek battleground congressional seat in Ohio 01/15/2026 04:56pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� A top ICE official resigned her job on Thursday in hopes of ousting the longest-serving woman in Congress, Democrat Marcy Kaptur, this fall. In a video launching her campaign for Ohio's 9th Congressional District, former ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan said she had stoppe