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January 10, 2026.

Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur reacts during the first half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Chicago Bears Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Matt LaFleur and the Packers face uncertain future after blowing big lead in wild-card loss

January 10, 2026

At the end of his seventh season as Green Bay’s coach, Matt LaFleur saw a team that lacked composure at big moments in a playoff game. Green Bay blew a 21-6 lead in the fourth quarter of a wild 31-27 loss to the Chicago Bears in the wild-card round of the NFL playoffs on Saturday night. The collapse included two big misses for Brandon McManus on an extra point and a 44-yard field goal, to go along with a delay-of-game penalty coming out of a timeout and a fumbled snap on the final play of the game. LaFleur says he felt his team “got a little bit disheveled in the second half.”

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Chicago Bears' DJ Moore catches a touchdown pass during the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Green Bay Packers Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Huh)

Caleb Williams rallies Bears from 18 points down for 31-27 playoff win over rival Packers

January 10, 2026

Caleb Williams came through in his playoff debut, throwing a go-ahead, 25-yard touchdown pass to DJ Moore with 1:43 remaining, and the Chicago Bears rallied from an 18-point deficit to beat the rival Green Bay Packers 31-27 in a wild-card playoff game. The NFC North champion Bears extended their resurgent first season under coach Ben Johnson with their seventh fourth-quarter comeback victory. Chicago trailed 21-3 at halftime and 21-6 through three quarters, only to outscore Green Bay 25-6 in the fourth on the way to its first playoff win in 15 years.

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FILE - Boston Red Sox third baseman Alex Bregman fields a groundout hit by Baltimore Orioles' Jordan Westburg during the first inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, on Aug. 18, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

All-Star 3B Alex Bregman agrees to a $175 million, 5-year contract with the Cubs, AP sources say

January 10, 2026

All-Star third baseman Alex Bregman has agreed to a $175 million, five-year contract with the Chicago Cubs, according to two people familiar with the deal. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the agreement was pending a physical. ESPN was the first to report on the move. Bregman, who turns 32 in March, was back on the market for a second straight offseason. He was pursued by the Cubs before he signed a $120 million, three-year contract with Boston last February, with opt-outs after each of the first two seasons. He decided to test free agency again after hitting .273 with 18 homers and 62 RBIs in 114 games for the Red Sox.

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Madison Chock and Evan Bates skate during the free dance competition at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Olympic favorites Chock and Bates win record-setting seventh U.S. Figure Skating ice dance title

January 10, 2026

Madison Chock and Evan Bates danced their way to a record-setting seventh U.S. Figure Skating title. They showcased their creativity and athleticism in their final competition before the Milan Cortina Olympics. The three-time reigning world champions performed a flamenco-style dance to “Paint It Black” from “Westworld,” earning a season-best free skate and 228.87 points. Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik finished second, while Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko were third. U.S. Figure Skating will announce its Olympic selections on Sunday. Chock and Bates are favorites to win gold next month in Italy.

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Los Angeles Rams tight end Colby Parkinson, center left, celebrates his touchdown catch with wide receiver Puka Nacua (12) during the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Carolina Panthers, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco)

Stafford’s late TD pass to Parkinson lifts the Rams past the Panthers 34-31 in the wild-card round

January 10, 2026

Matthew Stafford threw a 19-yard go-ahead touchdown pass to Colby Parkinson with 38 seconds to lift the Los Angeles Rams to a dramatic 34-31 wild-card round win over the Carolina Panthers in the opening game of the NFL playoffs. Stafford finished 24 of 42 for 304 yards with three touchdown passes, while Puka Nacua had 10 receptions for 111 yards and two total touchdowns as the Rams, who were 10 1/2-point favorites, advanced to the divisional playoffs. Bryce Young threw for 264 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score for Carolina, which finished the season losing four of its final five games.

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FILE - Kennedy Center Honors recipients from left; filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, the legendary American rock band the Grateful Dead band members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann Bob Weir and blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Bonnie Raitt, applaud at at the 2024 Kennedy Center Honors reception in the East Room of the White House, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta,File)

Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir dies at 78

January 10, 2026

Bob Weir, guitarist, singer and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at age 78. Weir’s death was announced Saturday in a statement on his Instagram page. The statement says said Weir had beaten cancer but succumbed to underlying lung issues. Weir joined the Grateful Dead in 1965 at just 17 years old. He’d spend the next 30 years playing on endless tours alongside fellow singer and guitarist Jerry Garcia, who died in 1995. Weir wrote or co-wrote and sang lead vocals on Dead classics including “Sugar Magnolia” and “Mexicali Blues.” In the decades since he kept playing with other projects including Dead and Company.

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Spencer and Monique Tepe's home in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos)

Ex-husband charged in murders of Ohio couple

January 10, 2026

Michael McKee was charged in connection with the murders of his ex-wife and her husband, according to court and county records. He is alleged to have shot and killed the couple, Spencer and Monique Tepe, who police discovered with gunshot wounds in their Columbus home on Dec. 30. McKee was booked on Saturday by the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois after police released security footage earlier this week of a person of interest walking in an alley near the couple’s home between the window of time in which investigators believed they were attacked. McKee’s next court date is set for Monday.

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National Guard patrol the Washington Mall, with the U.S. Capitol in the background, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Virginia man pleads not guilty to charges in DC pipe bomb case

January 10, 2026

A Virginia man has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of planting two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican national parties on the eve of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. Brian J. Cole Jr. entered the plea at a brief hearing on Friday. He is facing two counts of transporting and attempting to use explosives. Justice Department prosecutors have said that Cole confessed to placing pipe bombs outside the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee headquarters only hours before a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol.

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Nobel Institute says Venezuelan leader Machado can’t give Peace Prize to Trump

January 10, 2026

The organization that oversees the Nobel Peace Prize is throwing cold water on talk of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado giving her recent award to President Donald Trump. The Norwegian Nobel Institute said in a short statement on Friday that once the Nobel Peace Prize is announced, it can’t be revoked, transferred or shared with others. The statement comes after Machado said she’d like the prize to be given to or shared with Trump, who oversaw the successful U.S. operation to capture authoritarian Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. Trump has so far backed Maduro’s vice president to govern Venezuela rather than Machado but said the opposition leader will visit soon.

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Vanderbilt guard Duke Miles (2) and forward Tyler Nickel, right, celebrate, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against LSU, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Vanderbilt lone program in nation with both men, women still perfect at 16-0 apiece

January 10, 2026

Memorial Magic is back in a very big way for Vanderbilt with the Southeastern Conference’s only private university as the nation’s only program with both its men’s and women’s teams still undefeated. And both are playing some of the best ball in the long history of this program. The men matched the best start in program history Saturday, beating LSU for Vanderbilt’s 16th win and matching the start by the 2007-08 squad. The women already are 16-0 and visit Texas on Sunday needing a win to match the school-record 17-game streak by the 1992-93 Final Four team to open that season. Add in football? Vanderbilt’s top three programs are a combined 42-3.

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This photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows a U.S. Airman preparing an A-10 Thunderbolt II for flight from a base in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in support of Operation Hawkeye Strike. (U.S. Air Force/DVIDS via AP)

US launches new retaliatory strikes against ISIS in Syria after deadly ambush

January 10, 2026

The U.S. has launched another round of strikes against the Islamic State in Syria. This follows last month’s ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and an American civilian interpreter. The strikes, conducted with partner forces, targeted multiple Islamic State locations across Syria. U.S. Central Command confirmed the strikes occurred around 12:30 p.m. ET. Saturday’s action is part of a broader operation in response to the deadly ISIS attack in Palmyra. The operation, called Operation Hawkeye Strike, began on Dec. 19 with a large-scale strike hitting 70 targets in central Syria.

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Wisconsin guard Braeden Carrington (0) celebrates with his teammates after they beat Michigan after an NCAA college basketball game in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, January 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Lon Horwedel)

Wisconsin beats No. 2 Michigan 91-88 to give Wolverines their 1st loss of the season

January 10, 2026

John Blackwell had 26 points, Nick Boyd scored 22 and Aleksas Bieliauskas set a career high with 17 points to lead Wisconsin to a 91-88 win over previously unbeaten, second-ranked Michigan on Saturday. The Badgers beat their highest-ranked regular-season opponent since a win over No. 2 Michigan in 2019. They beat the AP poll’s No. 2 team on the opponent’s court for the second time since winning at Maryland on Feb. 13, 2016. The Wolverines led by as much as 14 in the first half and lost because they gave up 54 points in the second half.

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President Donald Trump chooses a reporter to ask a question with Vice President JD Vance, left, and Sec. of State Marco Rubio, right, during a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump signs executive order meant to protect the money from Venezuelan oil

January 10, 2026

President Donald Trump has issued a new executive order to protect Venezuelan oil revenue from judicial proceedings. The order, made public on Saturday, aims to support U.S. efforts to stabilize Venezuela economically and politically. Top oil executives have warned that Venezuela’s instability makes it unattractive for private investment. During a meeting on Friday, Trump tried to address those concerns, emphasizing the importance of U.S. oil companies investing in Venezuela. The White House is focusing on economic strategies to manage Venezuela, including controlling sales of previously sanctioned oil. Trump expressed his commitment to making Venezuela “rich and safe again.”

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FILE - Actor TK Carter arrives for the premiere of "The LA Riot" at the Tribeca Film Festival, Monday, April 25, 2005, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Veteran actor T.K. Carter, known for ‘The Thing’ and ‘Punky Brewster,’ dies at 69

January 10, 2026

Veteran actor T.K. Carter, known for his roles in “The Thing” and “Punky Brewster,” has died at 69. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported that deputies responded to a call about an unresponsive male in Duarte, California, on Friday evening. Police have not disclosed a cause of death but said no foul play is suspected. Carter gained fame as Nauls the cook in John Carpenter’s 1982 horror classic, “The Thing.” He also appeared in the 1980s sitcom “Punky Brewster” and films like “Runaway Train,” “Ski Patrol,” and “Space Jam.”

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Louisville guard J'vonne Hadley (1) goes in for a dunk against Boston College center Boden Kapke (33) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Louisville, Ky., Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

No. 20 Louisville beats Boston College 75-62 as ex-G League player London Johnson is made available

January 10, 2026

Sananda Fru had 19 points and 13 rebounds and missed just one of his nine field-goal attempts to lead shorthanded Louisville to a 75-62 win over Boston College. The 20th-ranked Cardinals struggled early without their top two scorers. Mikel Brown Jr. missed his sixth straight game with a back injury and leading-scorer Ryan Conwell was scratched before tipoff with a back injury. Fred Payne led Boston College with 22 points. Louisville announced before the game that London Johnson, a 21-year-old guard who played three seasons in the NBA G League, would be available to play, although he did not enter the game.

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Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza (15) kisses the trophy after the Peach Bowl NCAA college football playoff semifinal against Oregon, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

The Hoosiers’ dominant CFP run could put them in the mix for best of all time… pending a title

January 10, 2026

Undefeated Indiana did more than just justify its place as the top seed in the College Football Playoff with its lopsided 56-22 rout of Oregon in the Peach Bowl semifinal. The Hoosiers also made a statement about their bid to be considered as one of the top teams in college football history. Indiana was led by Fernando Mendoza’s five touchdown passes in Friday night’s overwhelming win. The balance shown by the Hoosiers, with championship-level play on offense, defense and special teams, was just as impressive. Indiana will try to complete its undefeated run in the national championship game against Miami.

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FILE - Rioters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Rioter convicted for carrying Pelosi’s podium seeks Florida county office

January 10, 2026

Adam Johnson, known for grabbing Nancy Pelosi’s podium during the Capitol riot, is running for a county office in Florida. He filed to run as a Republican for the Manatee County Commission on the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot. Johnson says the timing was intentional to generate buzz. He pleaded guilty to entering a restricted building during the riot and served 75 days in prison. Johnson claims he regrets the action only because of the sentence. He says he’s running because of high property taxes and overdevelopment, claiming current county administrators are wasteful.

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FILE - Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank, left, talks to former quarterback Matt Ryan before an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Oct. 3, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Former quarterback Matt Ryan to lead search for Falcons’ new coach and GM as president of football

January 10, 2026

The Atlanta Falcons have named former longtime quarterback Matt Ryan to the newly created role of president of football. Ryan, who holds most of the team’s passing records after he spent 14 years as the starter, was announced as the president of football on Saturday after interviewing for the role a day earlier. Ryan will be responsible for leading the search for the Falcons’ new coach and general manager. Each new hire will report directly to Ryan, who will leave his role as NFL analyst with CBS. Falcons owner Arthur Blank interviewed candidates for only two days before hiring Ryan.

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FILE - Visa and Mastercard credit cards are shown in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Trump pushes a 1-year, 10% cap on credit card interest rates and banks balk

January 10, 2026

President Donald Trump says he wants a one-year, 10% cap on credit card interest rates. It’s an idea that revives a campaign pledge and could save Americans tens of billions of dollars. But it’s drawing immediate opposition from an industry that’s been in his corner. Trump wasn’t clear in a social media post Friday night whether a cap might take effect through executive action or legislation. One Republican senator said he had spoken with the president and would work on a bill with Trump’s “full support.” Trump said he hoped it would be in place Jan. 20, one year after he took office. Average interest rates now range from 19.65% to 21.5%.

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The U.S. Capitol is photographed, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Congress is debating the possible consequences for ICE and even Noem after Renee Good’s killing

January 10, 2026

Members of Congress are considering the possible consequences for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and even Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after an ICE officer shot Renee Good to death in Minnesota. Her killing is reverberating across Capitol Hill, where Democrats and some Republicans are vowing an assertive response as President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation operations. Lawmakers are demanding a range of actions. That includes a full investigation of the shooting death and policy changes over law enforcement raids. Some lawmakers want funding cuts to ICE operations and even Noem’s impeachment, though that’s unlikely to happen.

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This Library of Congress provided image shows the title page of founding-father Thomas Paine's book "Common Sense." (Library of Congress via AP)

Supporters press for a DC memorial to Thomas Paine, whose writings helped fuel the Revolutionary War

January 10, 2026

British-born Thomas Paine helped inspire the 13 English colonies to declare independence and form the United States of America. Yet there’s no formal tribute to the author of “Common Sense” from his adopted country. A Washington memorial to Paine was authorized by a 2022 law, and today it awaits approval from the Department of Interior.  If approved, the memorial would have a 2030 deadline for completion. Saturday marks the 250th anniversary of the publication of “Common Sense.” It’s one of the milestones of a yearlong commemoration of America’s founding and the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

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Taste the Room

January 10, 2026

Because every restaurant is more than just what’s on the plate The Gold Bison Grill – Rapid City, SD There’s

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Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Liam Coen speaks during a news conference following an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Down 50 pounds, Liam Coen’s personal transformation mirrors Jacksonville’s dramatic turnaround

January 10, 2026

Liam Coen’s personal transformation mirrors Jacksonville’s evolution. The NFL coach of the year candidate has lost roughly 50 pounds while leading a dramatic turnaround that ranks among the most impressive in league history. Edgy, energetic and extremely competitive, Coen undoubtedly sets the tone for the scrappy and surprising Jaguars. The 40-year-old play-caller is widely praised for his communication skills and is the driving force behind a team that’s averaging 32.8 points during its eight-game winning streak. He’s also considered a master motivator who finds ways to keep his guys feeling overlooked. It’s not hard in Jacksonville, which is a home underdog against Buffalo in their AFC wild-card matchup Sunday.

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Incarcerated men use virtual reality headsets inside Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, Calif., Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

VR headsets are ‘hope machines’ inside California prisons, offering escape and practical experience

January 10, 2026

Prisoners are now taking regular trips to far-flung, exotic locales such as Thailand. No passport required, just a virtual reality headset. A Los Angeles-based nonprofit is bringing the technology to California lockups with the goal of providing inmates a brief escape and, more importantly, exposure to real world scenarios that will prepare them to reenter society. During a weeklong program last month, incarcerated men at Valley State Prison near Fresno strapped on VR goggles. Some saw the sights on the other side of the globe, including Bangkok, while others experienced more practical scenes, such as job interviews.

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