U.S. overdose deaths fell through most of 2025, federal data reveals
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. overdose deaths fell through most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that had been worsening for decades.
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Some personnel at key US base in Qatar advised to evacuate as Iran official brings up earlier attack
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some personnel at a key U.S. military base in Qatar were advised to evacuate by Wednesday evening, according to a U.S. official and the Gulf country, as President Donald Trump has warned of possible action after a deadly crackdown on protesters in Iran. The
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Trump administration restores federal funding for family planning after ACLU lawsuit
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press Reproductive rights advocates say they have dropped a legal challenge against the Trump administration for withholding millions of dollars of federal funding for family planning, contraception and other services after officials agreed to restore the money. Last year, the American Civil Liberties Union sued the U.S. Department of Health and
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Ukrainians endure freezing temperatures at home as emergency crews rush to restore power
By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press BORYSPIL, Ukraine (AP) — Emergency repair crews are working flat out to restore power in the Kyiv region of Ukraine, officials said Wednesday, after relentless Russian barrages on energy infrastructure left Ukrainians at the mercy of the coldest winter in years. At Boryspil, a town in the Kyiv region with
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Venezuela’s acting president vows to continue releasing prisoners detained under Maduro
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Wednesday vowed to continue releasing prisoners detained under former President Nicolás Maduro during her first press conference since Maduro was ousted by the United States earlier this month. Rodríguez served as Maduro’s vice president since 2018, running Venezuela’s feared intelligence service and managing its crucial
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Gaza is entering the second phase of the ceasefire plan Trump helped broker, envoy Witkoff says
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States said Wednesday that it is moving into the next phase of a Gaza ceasefire plan that involves disarming Hamas, rebuilding the war-ravaged territory and establishing the group of Palestinian experts that will administer daily affairs in Gaza under American supervision. President Donald Trump’s
Continue ReadingUS to suspend immigrant visa processing from 75 countries over public assistance concerns
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Wednesday it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Somalia, whose nationals the Trump administration has deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States. The State Department, led
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Wednesday, Jan. 14 FAR WEST Chaminade 78, Vanguard 77, OT ___
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Royal Opera sees generation change as Jakub Hrůša and Speranza Scappucci come in
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press LONDON (AP) — There’s a new generation this season at the Royal Opera in London, where Jakub Hrůša took over after Antonio Pappano’s 22-year reign as music director, and Speranza Scappucci became the first principal guest conductor in three decades. Hrůša led the company’s first new staging of Puccini’s “Tosca”
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Supreme Court revives GOP congressman’s challenge to late-arriving mail ballot law
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday revived a Republican challenge to a law that allows the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump. The high court ruled 7-2 that candidates like Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill. have the legal right to such challenges, even if
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DeSantis picks new Florida Supreme Court justice who is his sixth appointee to 7-member court
SEMINOLE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday named to the Florida Supreme Court a state appellate court judge who pledged his allegiance to a legal theory that a law’s meaning doesn’t change over time, giving the Republican governor his sixth conservative appointee to the seven-member court. Adam Tanenbaum, a judge on the First
Continue ReadingItalian influencer Chiara Ferragni cleared of aggravated fraud charges in Pandorogate trial
By GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian influencer Chiara Ferragni, once the unrivalled social media star, was cleared of aggravated fraud charges on Wednesday in the so-called Pandorogate trial, centered on allegedly misleading charitable deals. Milan prosecutors accused Ferragni — who faced a potential jail term in the trial —- of misleading consumers
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Ukraine’s new defense minister reveals scale of desertions as millions avoid the draft
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Wide-scale desertions and 2 million draft-dodgers are among a raft of challenges facing Ukraine’s military as Russia presses on with its invasion of its neighbor after almost four years of fighting, the new defense minister said Wednesday. Mykhailo Fedorov told Ukraine’s parliament that other problems facing
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By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Thursday, Jan. 15 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 6 p.m. CBSSN — New Mexico St. at Liberty 7 p.m. ESPNU — Oakland at Milwaukee 8 p.m. CBSSN — Coll. of Charleston at Towson 9 p.m. ESPN2 — Wichita St. at FAU ESPNU — Lindenwood
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All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Tampa Bay 45 29 13 3 61 160 116 12-9-0 17-4-3 6-3-1 Detroit 48 28 16 4 60 149 148 16-8-1 12-8-3 8-4-2 Montreal 47 26 14 7 59 159 154 13-10-1 13-4-6 8-5-1 Boston 47 26 19
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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 47 26 14 7 59 159 154 Boston 47 26 19 2 54 155 146 Toronto 46 23 16 7 53 153 149
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All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Tampa Bay 45 29 13 3 61 160 116 12-9-0 17-4-3 6-3-1 Carolina 47 28 15 4 60 158 142 16-8-1 12-7-3 10-3-0 Detroit 48 28 16 4 60 149 148 16-8-1 12-8-3 8-4-2 Montreal 47 26 14 7 59
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All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Detroit 28 10 .737 — 6-4 L-1 14-4 13-6 20-6 New York 25 14 .641 3½ 5-5 W-1 16-4 8-10 18-11 Boston 24 15 .615 4½ 6-4 L-2 12-7 12-8 17-9 Toronto 24 17 .585 5½ 6-4 L-1 13-9 11-8 21-12
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All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf New York 25 14 .641 — 5-5 W-1 16-4 8-10 18-11 Boston 24 15 .615 1 6-4 L-2 12-7 12-8 17-9 Toronto 24 17 .585 2 6-4 L-1 13-9 11-8 21-12 Philadelphia 22 16 .579 2½ 6-4 W-1 10-9
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All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 25 14 .641 — Boston 24 15 .615 1 Toronto 24 17 .585 2 Philadelphia 22 16 .579 2½ Brooklyn 11 26 .297 13 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 22 18 .550 — Miami 21 19 .525 1 Atlanta 20
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The Latest: Greenland and Denmark officials meet at White House
By The Associated Press Officials from Greenland and Denmark met in Washington on Wednesday with top White House officials as President Donald Trump moved to ratchet up the pressure by suggesting that NATO should help the United States acquire the world’s largest island and saying anything less than it being under American control is unacceptable.
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Sales of a powerful Nvidia AI chip to China gets the greenlight, with conditions
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The Trump administration placed new security requirements on Nividia’s semiconductor sales to China, but essentially greenlighted the export of its powerful H200 artificial intelligence chips to Chinese buyers. Nvidia must ensure that there is an adequate supply in the U.S., and the H200 chips must undergo a third-party review
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Minutes to Memories: John Mellencamp rolling out jukebox of his old hits
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer Not every musician has the pull to announce a concert tour with a trailer that stars Sean Penn. John Mellencamp does. The 74-year-old rocker revealed Wednesday that he’ll embark on a 19-date run of U.S. amphitheaters this summer. The theme of “Dancing Words Tour — The Greatest Hits” is
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Min Jin Lee’s ‘American Hagwon’ to be released in September
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Min Jin Lee’s first novel since her million-selling “Pachinko” is a long book that grew out of a basic question: What do Koreans care most about? “We’re obsessed with education, and it became my obsession over why Koreans care so much,” says Lee, whose “American
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Free Starlink access for Iran seen as game changer for demonstrators getting their message out
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Iranian demonstrators’ ability to get details of bloody nationwide protests out to the world has been given a strong boost, with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service dropping its fees to allow more people to circumvent the Tehran government’s strongest attempt ever to prevent information from spilling outside
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Julio Iglesias accused of sexual assault in Caribbean as Spanish prosecutors study the allegations
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish prosecutors are studying allegations that Grammy-winning singer Julio Iglesias sexually assaulted two former employees at his residences in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas. The Spanish prosecutors’ office told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the allegations were related to media reports from earlier this
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Julio Iglesias accused of sexual assault in Caribbean as Spanish prosecutors study the allegations
By JOSEPH WILSON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish prosecutors are studying allegations that Grammy-winning singer Julio Iglesias sexually assaulted two former employees at his residences in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas. The Spanish prosecutors’ office told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the allegations were related to media reports
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Music streams hit 5 trillion in 2025. Christian, rock and Latin lead growth in the US
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The global music industry hit 5.1 trillion streams in 2025. It’s a new single-year record, up 9.6% from 2024, which held the previous record. That’s according to a 2025 Year-End Report from Luminate, an industry data and analytics company that provides insight into changing behaviors
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EU targets Ukraine’s military needs with massive new loan program plus billions in budget support
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union will dedicate most of a massive new loan program to Ukraine’s military needs over the next two years while also injecting billions into its war-ravaged economy, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday. EU leaders agreed last month to loan Ukraine 90
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Kim Gordon returns with defiant new solo album, ‘Play Me’: ‘It does feel like an evolution’
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ten years ago, Kim Gordon — a revolutionary force in the alternative rock band Sonic Youth, the ’80s New York no wave scene and the space between art and noise — debuted solo music. At the time, she was already decades into a celebrated, mixed-medium
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