A prep wrestling coach has accused Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman of battery following an incident at a high school meet on Jan. 3. The South Bend Tribune, part of the USA TODAY Network, reported on Sunday, Jan. 11, that New Prairie (Indiana) High School assistant wrestling coach Chris Fleeger filed a police report last week alleging Freeman made ...
SACRAMENTO ― The Sacramento Kings ended their seven-game losing streak for their first win, and first lit beam, of 2026 in a 111-98 victory against the Houston Rockets at Golden 1 Center on Sunday, Jan. 11. Sacramento fans walked away with free pizza and a sighting of their purple beam that shoots into the air from Golden 1 Center with ...
The setup for the second weekend of the NFL playoffs is coming into focus. Before the divisional round can be fully set, however, more pieces of wild-card weekend will have to fall into place. The NFC configuration is now in place, with the the Los Angeles Rams, who outlasted the Carolina Panthers, set to face the Chicago Bears, who pushed ...
San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jauan Jennings periodically shows off his quarterback skills. He did so again Jan. 11, tossing a critical touchdown in the 49ers’ 23-19 win over the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan dialed up a double reverse to Jennings in the fourth quarter. Jennings retrieved the football and threw a perfect pass ...
United States bobsled driver Kris Horn went for a frightening solo ride down a track in St. Moritz, Switzerland, during a World Cup event on Sunday, Jan. 11. Horn was the only passenger in the bobsled after his three American teammates, who make up the four-man sled team, did not make it into the bobsled after the initial push at ...
A federal judge in Washington state on Friday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing key parts of an executive order that sought to change how states administer federal elections, ruling the president lacked authority to apply those provisions to Washington and Oregon. U.S. District Judge John Chun held that several provisions of Executive Order 14248 violated the separation of powers ...
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Sunday spoke out against President Donald Trump’s threats to bomb Iran, warning that such an attack may backfire as the U.S. government monitors the Middle Eastern country’s response to widespread protests. During an appearance on ABC’s ‘This Week,’ Paul said he is unsure that striking Iran ‘will have the effect that is intended.’ ‘I don’t ...
Iran is not merely experiencing another wave of street protests. It is facing a crisis that strikes at the core of the Islamic Republic—and, for the first time in years, places the regime’s survival in real doubt. Across Iran, demonstrations sparked by economic collapse and corruption have rapidly transformed into direct challenges to clerical rule. Security forces have responded with ...
The Trump administration’s renewed interest in tapping Venezuela’s mineral reserves could carry with it ‘serious risk,’ an expert on illicit economies has warned in the wake of the capture of Nicolás Maduro. A day after the U.S. military captured Maduro in Caracas, Trump administration officials highlighted their interest in the country’s critical mineral potential. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told reporters ...
A viral story from a man claiming to have witnessed the U.S. operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro states that the U.S. used sonic weapons during the mission to incapacitate opposing forces. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt shared the eyewitness interview on X, encouraging her followers to read the statement. The witness in the interview claims to be ...