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Bahrain court sentences long-targeted activist to 6 months in prison over interview in Beirut 01/08/2026 10:33am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A court in Bahrain sentenced a political activist in the island kingdom to six months in prison and a fine Thursday over an interview he gave in Beirut in which he criticized Arab states and called for more support for the Palestinians. The case against Ebrahim Protesters in South Africa condemn US intervention in Venezuela, call for Maduro's release 01/08/2026 10:31am • PRETORIA (AP) — Dozens of people gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in the South African capital Thursday to protest the U.S. intervention in Venezuela and the capture of former president Nicolas Maduro. The protests were led by members of the South African Communist Party, an ally of the African N Farmers drive tractors through Paris and block highways in Greece to protest free trade deal 01/08/2026 10:24am • PARIS (AP) — Dozens of angry farmers demonstrated in France and Greece Thursday, halting traffic and blocking key roads with tractors to protest European Union plans to move forward with a free trade deal with five South American nations. Farmers drove about a hundred tractors into Paris and gathe Lebanese pop star turned militant Fadel Shaker tells court he is innocent 01/08/2026 10:20am • BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese pop star turned Islamic militant told a military court Thursday that he is innocent and did not take part in battles against the Lebanese army or fund a radical cleric, judicial officials said. Fadel Shaker handed himself over to the country’s military intelligence servi Murray scores 22 with 17 assists to help Nuggets win 114-110 and snap Celtics 5-game win streak 01/08/2026 10:11am • BOSTON (AP) — Jamal Murray had 22 points and 17 assists and Peyton Watson scored 30 for the Denver Nuggets, who went on a 14-0 run to rally from a fourth-quarter deficit and pull away to beat the Boston Celtics 114-110 on Wednesday night. In a game missing its two biggest stars — Denver’s thre Today in Sports - Peyton Manning becomes 1st player to win The AP NFL MVP honors four times 01/08/2026 10:10am • Jan. 9 1942 — Joe Louis knocks out Buddy Baer with four seconds left in the first round at Madison Square Garden in New York to retain the world heavyweight title. 1977 — Oakland wins their first NFL Championship and the Minnesota Vikings drop their fourth Super Bowl as the Raiders post a 32-14 Amber Glenn sets record at US Figure Skating Championships, leads over world champ Alysa Liu 01/08/2026 10:09am • ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two-time defending champion Amber Glenn set the record for a women's short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Wednesday night, giving her a narrow lead over world champion Alysa Liu heading into the free skate. Liu had broken the record mere minutes earlier with a Figure skater Alisa Efimova's Olympic dream hinges on last-minute US citizenship approval 01/08/2026 10:07am • ST. LOUIS (AP) — Alisa Efimova stepped off the ice and slipped into a jacket, an American flag patch on her left sleeve impossible to miss, after a brilliant performance with pairs partner Misha Mitrofanov at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Wednesday night. Efimova hopes to be representin China and Japan, uneasy neighbors in East Asia, are at odds again 01/08/2026 10:05am • BEIJING (AP) — They’re at it again. China and Japan — frenemies, trading partners and uneasy neighbors with a tortured, bloody history they still struggle to navigate — are freshly at each other’s rhetorical throats as 2026 begins. And it’s over the same sticking points that have kept t Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Jan. 9 - Jan. 15 01/08/2026 10:05am • Jan. 9 1942 — Joe Louis knocks out Buddy Baer with four seconds left in the first round at Madison Square Garden in New York to retain the world heavyweight title. 1977 — Oakland wins their first NFL Championship and the Minnesota Vikings drop their fourth Super Bowl as the Raiders post a 32-14 AP Top 25 Schedule 01/08/2026 10:05am • All Times EST Thursday, Jan. 8 Fiesta Bowl at Glendale, Ariz.: No. 6 Mississippi (13-1) vs. No. 10 Miami (12-2), 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9 Peach Bowl at Atlanta: No. 1 Indiana (14-0) vs. No. 5 Oregon (13-1), 7:30 p.m. CCHA Glance 01/08/2026 10:00am • All Times EST OVERALL Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Jan. 9 - Jan. 15 01/08/2026 10:00am • Jan. 13 1962 — Wilt Chamberlain scores an NBA regulation-game record 73 points to lead the Philadelphia Warriors to a 135-117 triumph over the Chicago Packers. 1971 — Lenny Wilkens of the Seattle Supersonics, at 33, becomes the oldest All-Star MVP as he scores 21 points to give the West a 108-10 Could that dresser become a kitchen cabinet? The art of upcycling old furniture 01/08/2026 09:58am • Maybe it's a scratched-up old sideboard found at a yard sale and turned into a snazzy media console. Or a couple of well-traveled vintage trunks given a new home as bedside tables. Designers and DIYers are breathing new life into old furniture, not just restoring but reimagining and giving hardworki New franchises Sialkot and Hyderabad bought for $12.75 million at PSL auction 01/08/2026 09:56am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — A real estate consortium and a U.S.-based aviation and healthcare conglomerate won the bids for two new Twenty20 franchises in the Pakistan Super League for $12.75 million on Thursday. OZ Developers named Sialkot as its new franchise which it won at auction for rupees 1.85 billion