By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he was ready to restart U.S. mediation efforts between Egypt and Ethiopia with an eye toward resolving long-standing issues of water sharing from the Nile River. Washington-led mediations began during Trump’s first term, but they effectively collapsed in 2020, when Ethiopia
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By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Colman Domingo, Liam Hemsworth and Noah Schnapp were among the celebrities who packed the Ralph Lauren front row during Milan Fashion Week on Friday for the launch of a Milan-centric season that includes dressing Team USA for the upcoming 2026 Winter Olympics. Domingo was fresh off
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By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is delaying its plans to withhold pay from student loan borrowers who default on their payments, backing off a measure that threatened to deliver a financial blow to millions of Americans. The Education Department announced Friday involuntary collections on federal student loans will
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By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear an appeal from global agrochemical manufacturer Bayer to block thousands of state lawsuits alleging it failed to warn people that its popular weedkiller could cause cancer. The justices will consider whether the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of the Roundup
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By KAITLYN HUAMANI AP Technology Reporter YouTube is updating its guidelines for videos containing content that advertisers define as controversial, allowing more creators to earn full ad revenue when they tackle sensitive issues in a nongraphic way. With the update that went into effect Tuesday, YouTube videos that dramatize or cover issues including domestic abuse,
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court will hear appeal by maker of popular Roundup weedkiller to block thousands of lawsuits.
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By MELISSA GOLDIN Associated Press As protests continue in Minneapolis after the fatal shooting of Renee Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, social media users are falsely claiming that Enrique Tarrio, a former Proud Boys leader, is working for the federal agency. President Donald Trump pardoned Tarrio in a sweeping grant of
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By TOQA EZZIDIN and FATMA KHALED Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The Palestinian committee set to govern Gaza under U.S. supervision met for the first time Friday in Cairo, as its leader pledged to get to work quickly to improve conditions there. Ali Shaath, an engineer and former Palestinian Authority official from Gaza, expects reconstruction
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By OLIVIA DIAZ Associated Press/Report for America RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia voters will decide whether to back a redrawn district map that favors Democrats in the tit-for-tat battle for the U.S. House after the left-leaning Senate advanced a proposed constitutional amendment on Friday that supports mid-decade congressional redistricting. Such a congressional map has not
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By OLIVIA DIAZ Associated Press/Report for America RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia voters will decide whether to back a redrawn district map that favors Democrats in the tit-for-tat battle for the U.S. House after the left-leaning Senate advanced a proposed constitutional amendment on Friday that supports mid-decade congressional redistricting. Such a congressional map has not
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Friday, Jan. 16 FAR WEST Chaminade 88, Menlo 85 Dominican (CA) 65, Hawaii Hilo 59 ___
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— HKN–WILD-MAPLE LEAFS DESCRIPTION: The Minnesota Wild visit the Toronto Maple Leafs. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING:
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— HKN–WILD-MAPLE LEAFS DESCRIPTION: The Minnesota Wild visit the Toronto Maple Leafs. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING:
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— HKN–WILD-MAPLE LEAFS DESCRIPTION: The Minnesota Wild visit the Toronto Maple Leafs. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING:
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— HKN–WILD-MAPLE LEAFS DESCRIPTION: The Minnesota Wild visit the Toronto Maple Leafs. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING:
Continue ReadingTo see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— KANSAS ————-——————— US-Election-2026-Redistricting Virginia lawmakers back redrawing congressional maps, paving the way for a voter referendum SUMMARY: Virginia’s Democratic-led General Assembly is advancing a constitutional amendment
Continue ReadingTo see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— KANSAS ————-——————— US-Election-2026-Redistricting Virginia lawmakers back redrawing congressional maps, paving the way for a voter referendum SUMMARY: Virginia’s Democratic-led General Assembly is advancing a constitutional amendment
Continue ReadingTo see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— KANSAS ————-——————— US-Election-2026-Redistricting Virginia lawmakers back redrawing congressional maps, paving the way for a voter referendum SUMMARY: Virginia’s Democratic-led General Assembly is advancing a constitutional amendment
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By JACK BROOK Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) — A Liberian man in Minnesota is back in custody Friday, his lawyer said, a day after a judge ordered him released because federal agents broke down his door to arrest him without a judicial warrant. The dramatic arrest of Garrison Gibson last weekend by armed immigration
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday that efforts to crack down on Mexican cartels and slow migration north were showing “compelling results” in an effort to head off intervention talk by the Trump administration. The comments come after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened that U.S. forces “will now start hitting land”
Continue Reading By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, Jan. 17 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) Noon ACCN — Notre Dame at Virginia Tech BTN — Minnesota at Illinois CBSSN — Elon at Hofstra CW — Georgia Tech at NC State ESPN — Kentucky at Tennessee ESPN2 — Virginia at SMU FOX
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Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 45 29 13 3 61 160 116 Detroit 48 28 16 4 60 149 148 Montreal 48 26 15 7 59 162 159 Buffalo 46 26 16 4 56 153 143 Boston 48 27 19 2 56 159 148
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Boston 25 15 .625 — 6-4 W-1 12-7 13-8 18-9 New York 25 16 .610 ½ 3-7 L-2 16-4 8-12 18-11 Toronto 25 17 .595 1 7-3 W-1 13-9 12-8 22-12 Philadelphia 22 17 .564 2½ 6-4 L-1 10-10
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Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 25 15 .625 — New York 25 16 .610 ½ Toronto 25 17 .595 1 Philadelphia 22 17 .564 2½ Brooklyn 11 27 .289 13 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 23 18 .561 — Miami 21 20 .512 2 Atlanta 20
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By THOMAS BEAUMONT, JOHN HANNA and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Sen. John Cornyn stood in the shadow of the U.S.-Mexico border wall for a campaign event, but the Texas Republican didn’t offer the kind of diatribe about illegal immigration that stokes his party’s core and fueled Donald Trump’s rise to the White
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By JON GAMBRELL and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As Iran returned to uneasy calm after a wave of protests that drew a bloody crackdown, a senior hard-line cleric called Friday for the death penalty for detained demonstrators and directly threatened U.S. President Donald Trump — evidence of the rage
Continue ReadingBy ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Tens of thousands of Cubans crowded Friday into an open-air plaza known as the “Anti-Imperialist Tribune” across from the U.S. Embassy in Havana to decry the killing of 32 Cuban officers in Venezuela and demand that the U.S. government release former president Nicolás Maduro. The crowd clutched
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