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Saturday at the Marriott Center, No. 13 BYU returned to the win column with a 91-78 victory over rival Utah, improving to 17-2 overall and 5-1 in Big 12 play. Freshman AJ Dybantsa supplied a career night, scoring a school freshman record 43 points on 15-of-24 shooting while adding six rebounds, three assists and a … Read more

William H. Foege, the epidemiologist credited with devising the targeted vaccination approach that helped end smallpox and a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, died at his home in Atlanta on Saturday night. He was 89. Dr. Mark Rosenberg, a longtime colleague, said the cause was congestive heart failure. Foege’s work … Read more

Lead Snow began moving into the Richmond, Virginia region this afternoon and will continue into the overnight hours before a band of sleet arrives early Sunday. Forecast models and local meteorologists indicate sleet will develop roughly between 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. Sunday, then changeover to freezing rain between about 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. … Read more

Lead The 64th Rolex 24 at Daytona — the traditional season opener for endurance sports-car racing — ran across Jan. 24–25, 2026 at Daytona International Speedway. The 24-hour race drew roughly 200 drivers across 60 entries, including IndyCar winners, former F1 drivers and NASCAR regulars, and NBC/Peacock provided round-the-clock coverage. Through the opening nine hours … Read more

Lead: This week, Tennessee men’s basketball adjusted operations after winter-weather forecasts prompted changes to Alabama’s travel plans for the scheduled matchup. Team and university officials said the moves were made to reduce risk to players, staff and support personnel while preserving the game’s integrity. The coordination between athletic departments, conference offices and local authorities reshaped … Read more

Lead Weight-loss injections that mimic the hormone GLP-1 are reshaping how people in the UK spend money across groceries, dining, alcohol, fashion and wellness. New University College London research estimates about 1.6 million people used these jabs in 2024, and many more have said they would consider them. For private users the treatments can cost … Read more

Melanoma is widely known as a skin cancer, but it can originate inside the eye as well, often without any link to sun exposure. Eye-based forms — chiefly uveal and conjunctival melanoma — together account for roughly 2,000 new U.S. cases annually and present different risk patterns than cutaneous melanoma. Patients and doctors report that … Read more

Lead On Jan. 24, 2026, the killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti—a Minneapolis man shot during a protest while carrying a pistol—sparked an immediate backlash from gun rights advocates after federal officials suggested agents may have been legally justified in using deadly force. A Los Angeles federal prosecutor, Bill Essayli, drew sharp criticism for a social-media … Read more

Lead On Saturday, 24 January 2026, large demonstrations spread across multiple US cities after 37-year-old Alex Pretti, a registered nurse from Minneapolis, was fatally shot by federal agents. Protests took place in Minneapolis, New York City, San Francisco, Boston, Providence and Washington, D.C., as crowds rallied against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and federal enforcement … Read more

American climber Alex Honnold on Sunday completed a ropeless ascent of Taipei 101, the 508-meter (1,667-foot) tower in Taiwan’s capital, reaching the spire roughly 90 minutes after he began. The climb, broadcast live on Netflix with a 10-second delay, drew cheers from street-level onlookers as Honnold, wearing a red short-sleeve shirt, waved upon reaching the … Read more

Lead Insider reporter Tom Henderson told the Insider Gaming podcast on a recent episode that Ubisoft has effectively shelved the Watch Dogs intellectual property. The claim came amid discussion of fallout from Watch Dogs: Legion and internal shifts at Ubisoft following the 2020 release. Henderson said a multi‑year project that followed Legion was canceled and … Read more

Amber Heard appears in Silenced, a new documentary that premiered in the World Cinema program at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, examining how high-value defamation lawsuits can be used to silence women who speak about abuse. Directed by Selina Miles and produced with international human-rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson, the film follows several women—including a … Read more

Lead: Governor Kathy Hochul on Friday declared a State of Emergency and briefed New Yorkers on preparations as a large winter storm moves into the state beginning early Sunday. The state has activated 100 members of the New York National Guard and implemented commercial-vehicle restrictions starting 12 a.m. Sunday, with an LCV ban on the … Read more

On Jan. 24, 2026 at Montreal’s Bell Centre, a scheduled singles bout between Cody Rhodes and Jacob Fatu for WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event never officially began — and the crowd loved it. Before a bell could signal the opening, Fatu struck, sparking a chaotic brawl that spilled through the arena. WWE personnel and security … Read more

US President Donald Trump warned on social media that he would impose a 100% tariff on Canadian goods if Ottawa concludes a trade arrangement with China, heightening tensions after Canada announced a stepped-up economic partnership with Beijing last week. The post, published on Truth Social, followed remarks by Canadian Prime Minister Carney at Davos and … Read more