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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 Guthrie wins second Dakar Rally stage after Roma penalty and Sanders regains bike lead 01/08/2026 09:49am • HAIL, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Mitch Guthrie became the first driver to win a second stage in the Dakar Rally after Nani Roma was penalized for speeding in the Saudi desert on Thursday. Guthrie won his first major stage on Tuesday and the American prevailed again on the 371-kilometer second half of the Upgraded FanDuel Promo Code: Claim $300 Bonus for Miami-Ole Miss CFP Playoff 01/08/2026 09:45am • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services With national attention on Hurricanes-Rebels this evening, the latest FanDuel promo code offer Thursday can score bettors one of the la Grains mostly lower, livestock mixed 01/08/2026 09:45am • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mostly lower in early trading Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Mar. corn was down 0.75 cent at $4.46 a bushel. Mar. wheat was up 0.75 cent at $5.19 a bushel. Mar. oats was down 1.75 cents at $3.07 a bushel. Jan. soybeans was off 2.5 cents at $10.50 a bushel. New pipe organ signals rebirth for Episcopal parish after fire, flood and ‘plague’ 01/08/2026 09:39am • NEW YORK (RNS) — The organ arrived from Utah on a warm August morning. Greeted by holy water, incense and slide whistles, it came in a 53-foot-long truck that was double-parked on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The Church of the Epiphany’s priests clambered up on the truck’s loading dock, toss How Americans feel about crowdfunding websites like GoFundMe, according to an AP-NORC poll 01/08/2026 09:37am • NEW YORK (AP) — Quintin Sharpe considers it a duty to support those without means. Whether collecting food pantry goods through local service groups or helping out his parents' nonprofit music school, he regularly gives back to his small-town waterside community in southeast Wisconsin. But the 27- Bank of South Carolina: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 01/08/2026 09:36am • CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Bank of South Carolina Corp. (BKSC) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $2 million. The bank, based in Charleston, South Carolina, said it had earnings of 36 cents per share. The bank holding company posted revenue of $7.6 million in th 2 killed in shooting outside Mormon church in Salt Lake City 01/08/2026 09:32am • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two people were killed and six others injured in a shooting outside a Salt Lake City church Wednesday night while mourners were attending a memorial service inside, police said. The shooting took place in the back parking lot of a house of worship for The Church of Jesus Chri New York Sirens head across the Hudson to host Seattle in PWHL's 1st game at Madison Square Garden 01/08/2026 09:15am • The New York Sirens are getting the opportunity to showcase professional women’s hockey under the bright lights in the big city, with a home game at Madison Square Garden against Hilary Knight and the Seattle Torrent scheduled for April 4. The Sirens made it official on Thursday, announcing the hi Russian security agency says a French political scholar jailed in Russia, Laurent Vinatier, freed in a prisoner swap 01/08/2026 09:10am • MOSCOW (AP) — Russian security agency says a French political scholar jailed in Russia, Laurent Vinatier, freed in a prisoner swap. Apple Card switches hands but no immediate changes for users 01/08/2026 09:09am • The Apple Card, known for its intuitive features and other perks for consumers, will now be issued by JPMorgan but Apple says nothing will change for users. The handover to JP Morgan brings together companies that play an increasingly large role in the way people pay for everything from utility bil Eco-friendly toilet papers are trendy, but their actual environmental impacts vary 01/08/2026 09:08am • Toilet paper, a product that is used for a few seconds before being disposed of forever, is typically made with trees, energy-intensive manufacturing processes and chemicals that can pollute the environment. Experts say more consumers are seeking toilet paper made from recycled content or sustainabl Dortmund and Frankfurt under pressure as they kick off Bundesliga return 01/08/2026 09:06am • DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — The Bundesliga is back. And so is the pressure for Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt. As they meet on Friday to kick off the league’s return from its two-and-a-half-week break, host Frankfurt needs to sort out the leaky defense sinking its Bundesliga and Cham Google adds new AI features to Gmail, turning it into a personal assistant 01/08/2026 09:00am • More artificial intelligence is being implanted into Gmail as Google tries to turn the world's most popular email service into a personal assistant that can improve writing, summarize far-flung information buried in inboxes and deliver daily to-do lists. The new AI features announced Thursday cou Slightly more Americans file for jobless benefits in the last week of 2025, but layoffs remain low 01/08/2026 08:50am • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. filings for jobless benefits rose in the last week of 2025 but remain historically low, despite signs that the labor market is weakening. The number of Americans filing for jobless claims for the week ending Jan. 3 rose by 8,000 to 208,000, up from 200,000 the previous week,