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FILE - Singer Andrea Bocelli performs during the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Andrea Bocelli will headline the Milan Cortina Winter Olympic opening ceremony

Colleen Barry, The Associated Press 3 minute read Yesterday at 7:01 AM CST

MILAN (AP) — Crossover tenor Andrea Bocelli will be among the headline performers for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Feb. 6, joining the previously announced pop diva Mariah Carey, organizers said Sunday.

The opening ceremony will be centered in Milan’s landmark San Siro soccer stadium, featuring the Parade of Athletes and entertainment over the course of the three-hour spectacle that is expected to be the most widely viewed moment of the Games.

Reflecting the Milan Cortina Games' status as the most spread-out Olympics in history, elements of the opening ceremony will also be conducted in three other locations, allowing athletes from all far-flung disciplines to participate. Moments will be beamed to the televised audience from Cortina in the heart of the Dolomite mountains, Livigno in the Italian Alps as well as Predazzo in the autonomous province of Trento.

The ceremony will also include a tribute to the late Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani, who died in September at the age of 91. Armani has long designed the Italian team’s Olympic uniforms, and his legacy as one of the founders of Italian ready-to-wear is tightly tied to Milan, where he left his mark with the Armani theater, Silos museum and sponsorship of the EA7 Emporio Armani Milano basketball team.

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With Cuban ally Maduro ousted, Trump warns Havana to make a ‘deal’ before it’s too late

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With Cuban ally Maduro ousted, Trump warns Havana to make a ‘deal’ before it’s too late

Seung Min Kim, The Associated Press 3 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 11:17 AM CST

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday fired off another warning to the government of Cuba as the close ally of Venezuela braces for potential widespread unrest after Nicolás Maduro was deposed as Venezuela's leader.

Cuba, a major beneficiary of Venezuelan oil, has now been cut off from those shipments as U.S. forces continue to seize tankers in an effort to control the production, refining and global distribution of the country's oil products.

Trump said on social media that Cuba long lived off Venezuelan oil and money and had offered security in return, “BUT NOT ANYMORE!”

“THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA - ZERO!” Trump said in the post as he spent the weekend at his home in southern Florida. “I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.” He did not explain what kind of deal.

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Updated: Yesterday at 11:17 AM CST

President Donald Trump attends a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Africa’s megacity of Lagos reshapes its coast by dredging and puts environment at risk

Grace Ekpu, The Associated Press 6 minute read Preview

Africa’s megacity of Lagos reshapes its coast by dredging and puts environment at risk

Grace Ekpu, The Associated Press 6 minute read 2:08 AM CST

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Beneath an eight-lane expressway, Nigerian men stand waist-deep in the Lagos Lagoon, lowering buckets into murky water. Each load brings up sand, reshaping the coastline of Africa’s largest city and driving away fish and livelihoods for some of its poorest people.

Not far from the bridge, wooden boats are loaded with sand. One of thousands of local dredgers, Akeem Sossu, 34, has been diving for sand for at least three years. He slips beneath the surface for about 15 seconds at a time, hauling up bucketloads bound for construction sites.

Akeem said he and his partner earn about 12,000 naira ($8) each per boatload, selling to a middleman who supplies larger buyers. Filling a boat takes about three hours. Formerly a tailor, he said dredging now supports his household.

“I come out early, sometimes 5 a.m. or 6 a.m., depending on the tide,” he said.

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Worker shovels up freshly extracted sharp sand from a dredging transporter in Ibeshe, Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)

Trump’s motorcade in Florida rerouted due to ‘suspicious object’

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Trump’s motorcade in Florida rerouted due to ‘suspicious object’

The Associated Press 2 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 8:22 PM CST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s motorcade took a different route than usual to the airport as he was departing Florida on Sunday due to a “suspicious object,” according to the White House.

The object, which the White House did not describe, was discovered during security sweeps in advance of Trump’s arrival at Palm Beach International Airport.

“A further investigation was warranted and the presidential motorcade route was adjusted accordingly,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Sunday.

The president, when asked about the package by reporters, said, “I know nothing about it.”

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Updated: Yesterday at 8:22 PM CST

President Donald Trump departs Trump International Golf Club in the presidential limousine, known as The Beast, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Mattel adds an autistic Barbie to doll line devoted to showcasing diversity and inclusion

Anne D'innocenzio, The Associated Press 4 minute read Preview

Mattel adds an autistic Barbie to doll line devoted to showcasing diversity and inclusion

Anne D'innocenzio, The Associated Press 4 minute read Yesterday at 11:11 PM CST

NEW YORK (AP) — Mattel Inc. is introducing an autistic Barbie on Monday as the newest member of its line intended to celebrate diversity, joining a collection that already includes Barbies with Down syndrome, a blind Barbie, a Barbie and a Ken with vitiligo, and other models the toymaker added to make its fashion dolls more inclusive.

Mattel said it developed the autistic doll over more than 18 months in partnership with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, a nonprofit organization that advocates for the rights and better media representation of people with autism. The goal: to create a Barbie that reflected some of the ways autistic people may experience and process the world around them, according to a Mattel news release.

That was a challenge because autism encompasses a broad range of behaviors and difficulties that vary widely in degree, and many of the traits associated with the disorder are not immediately visible, according to Noor Pervez, who is the Autistic Self Advocacy Network's community engagement manager and worked closely with Mattel on the Barbie prototype.

Like many disabilities, “autism doesn’t look any one way,” Pervez said. “But we can try and show some of the ways that autism expresses itself.”

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This photo provided by Mattel Inc. shows the new autistic Barbie doll. (Mattel Inc. via AP)

Guard at Winter Olympic construction site dies in nighttime subfreezing temperatures

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Guard at Winter Olympic construction site dies in nighttime subfreezing temperatures

The Associated Press 2 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 12:34 PM CST

MILAN (AP) — A guard at a construction site near a 2026 Winter Olympic venue in the mountain resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo died during a frigid overnight shift, authorities confirmed on Saturday.

Italy’s Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini called for a full investigation into the circumstances of the 55-year-old worker’s death.

Italian media reported that the death occurred on Thursday while the worker was on duty at a construction site near Cortina’s ice arena. Temperatures that night plunged to minus 12 degrees Celsius (10.4 degrees Fahrenheit.)

Milan Cortina organizers said that the worker died of a heart attack.

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Updated: Yesterday at 12:34 PM CST

FILE - People take photos in front of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics rings, in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Video captures Minneapolis immigration arrest in a city on edge after shooting of Renee Good

Rebecca Santana, Mike Householder And Mark Vancleave, The Associated Press 5 minute read Preview

Video captures Minneapolis immigration arrest in a city on edge after shooting of Renee Good

Rebecca Santana, Mike Householder And Mark Vancleave, The Associated Press 5 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 8:50 PM CST

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal agents carrying out immigration arrests in Minnesota's Twin Cities region already shaken by the fatal shooting of a woman rammed the door of one home Sunday and pushed their way inside, part of what the Department of Homeland Security has called its largest enforcement operation ever.

In a dramatic scene similar to those playing out across Minneapolis, agents captured a man in the home just minutes after pepper spraying protesters outside who had confronted the heavily armed federal agents. Along the residential street, protesters honked car horns, banged on drums and blew whistles in attempts to disrupt the operation.

Video of the clash taken by The Associated Press showed some agents pushing back protesters while a distraught woman later emerged from the house with a document that federal agents presented to arrest the man. Signed by an immigration officer, the document — unlike a warrant signed by a judge — does not authorize forced entry into a private residence. A warrant signed by an immigration officer only authorizes arrest in a public area.

Immigrant advocacy groups have conducted extensive “know-your-rights” campaigns urging people not to open their doors unless agents have a court order signed by a judge.

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Updated: Yesterday at 8:50 PM CST

Protesters react as they visit a makeshift memorial during a rally for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer earlier in the week, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Federal Reserve Chair Powell says DOJ has subpoenaed central bank, threatens criminal indictment

Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press 6 minute read Preview

Federal Reserve Chair Powell says DOJ has subpoenaed central bank, threatens criminal indictment

Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press 6 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 8:58 PM CST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powellsaid Sunday the Department of Justice has served the central bank with subpoenas and threatened it with a criminal indictment over his testimony this summer about the Fed's building renovations.

The move represents an unprecedented escalation in President Donald Trump's battle with the Fed, an independent agency he has repeatedly attacked for not cutting its key interest rate as sharply as he prefers. The renewed fight will likely rattle financial markets Monday and could over time escalate borrowing costs for mortgages and other loans.

The subpoenas relate to Powell's testimony before the Senate Banking Committee in June, the Fed chair said, regarding the Fed's $2.5 billion renovation of two office buildings, a project that Trump has criticized as excessive.

Powell on Sunday cast off what has up to this point been a restrained approach to Trump's criticisms and personal insults, which he has mostly ignored. Instead, Powell issued a video statement in which he bluntly characterized the threat of criminal charges as simple “pretexts” to undermine the Fed’s independence when it comes to setting interest rates.

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Updated: Yesterday at 8:58 PM CST

FILE - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, right, and President Donald Trump look over a document of cost figures during a visit to the Federal Reserve, Thursday, July 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

How to watch the 2026 Australian Open on TV, the schedule, seedings and more

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How to watch the 2026 Australian Open on TV, the schedule, seedings and more

The Associated Press 4 minute read Yesterday at 7:42 PM CST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Get ready for the 2026 Australian Open with a guide that tells you everything you need to know about how to watch the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the season on TV, who the defending champions are, what the schedule is and more:

Opening day

Singles play begins next Sunday at 11 a.m. local time (7 p.m. Saturday EST) around the grounds, with the first match in Rod Laver Arena scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. (7:30 p.m. Saturday EST).

Where to watch the Australian Open on TV

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Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus waves to the crowd after winning the women's final match against Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine 6-4, 6-3, at the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard)

George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased

David Bauder, The Associated Press 6 minute read Preview

George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased

David Bauder, The Associated Press 6 minute read Updated: 12:20 AM CST

Five years ago, video images from a Minneapolis street showing a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd as his life slipped away ignited a social movement.

Now, videos from another Minneapolis street showing the last moments of Renee Good's life are central to another debate about law enforcement in America. They've slipped out day by day since ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot Good last Wednesday in her maroon SUV. Yet compared to 2020, the story these pictures tell is murkier, subject to manipulation both within the image itself and the way it is interpreted.

This time, too, the Trump administration and its supporters went to work establishing their own public view of the event before the inevitable imagery appeared.

But half a decade later, so many things are not the same — from cultural attitudes to rapidly evolving technology around all kinds of imagery.

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Updated: 12:20 AM CST

Bystanders film a federal immigration officer in their car Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Trump says Iran wants to negotiate as the death toll in protests rises to at least 544

Jon Gambrell And Julia Nikhinson, The Associated Press 5 minute read Preview

Trump says Iran wants to negotiate as the death toll in protests rises to at least 544

Jon Gambrell And Julia Nikhinson, The Associated Press 5 minute read Updated: 1:19 AM CST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran wants to negotiate with Washington after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic over its bloody crackdown on protesters, a move coming as activists said Monday the death toll in the nationwide demonstrations rose to at least 544.

Iran had no immediate reaction to the news, which came after the foreign minister of Oman — long an interlocutor between Washington and Tehran — traveled to Iran this weekend. It also remains unclear just what Iran could promise, particularly as Trump has set strict demands over its nuclear program and its ballistic missile arsenal, which Tehran insists is crucial for its national defense.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, speaking to foreign diplomats in Tehran, insisted “the situation has come under total control” in fiery remarks that blamed Israel and the U.S. for the violence, without offering evidence.

“That’s why the demonstrations turned violent and bloody to give an excuse to the American president to intervene,” Araghchi said, in comments carried by the Qatar-funded Al Jazeera satellite news network. Al Jazeera has been allowed to report from inside the country live despite the internet being shut off.

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Updated: 1:19 AM CST

In this frame grab from footage circulating on social media from Iran showed protesters once again taking to the streets of Tehran despite an intensifying crackdown as the Islamic Republic remains cut off from the rest of the world in Tehran, Iran, Saturday Jan. 10, 2026. (UGC via AP)

The Latest: Trump says Iran proposed negotiations as hundreds killed in protests

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The Latest: Trump says Iran proposed negotiations as hundreds killed in protests

The Associated Press 4 minute read Updated: 2:47 AM CST

U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran has proposed negotiations after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic as an ongoing crackdown on demonstrators has led to hundreds of deaths.

Trump said late Sunday that his administration was in talks to set up a meeting with Tehran, but cautioned that he may have to act first as reports mount of increasing deaths and the government continues to arrest protesters.

“The meeting is being set up, but we may have to act because of what’s happening before the meeting. But a meeting is being set up. Iran called, they want to negotiate,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Sunday night.

Iran did not acknowledge Trump’s comments immediately. It has previously warned the U.S. military and Israel would be “legitimate targets” if America uses force to protect demonstrators.

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Updated: 2:47 AM CST

Protesters burn the Iranian national flag during a rally in support of the nationwide mass demonstrations in Iran against the government in Paris, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

UN court to begin hearings on whether Myanmar committed genocide against the Rohingya

Molly Quell, The Associated Press 3 minute read Preview

UN court to begin hearings on whether Myanmar committed genocide against the Rohingya

Molly Quell, The Associated Press 3 minute read Yesterday at 11:46 PM CST

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Myanmar will face accusations Monday it is responsible for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority at the top court of the United Nations, as long-awaited hearings are set to begin.

The West African country of Gambia first filed the case at the International Court of Justice in 2019, arguing a so-called “clearance operation” by Myanmar’s military in 2017 violated the 1948 Genocide Convention.

Myanmar, which has since been taken over by the military, has denied the allegations.

Without the ICJ, the military “will be accountable to no one and there will be no constraints on their persecution and ultimate destruction of the Rohingya,” lawyer Paul S. Reichler argued on behalf of Gambia during a preliminary hearing in 2022.

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Andrea Bocelli will headline the Milan Cortina Winter Olympic opening ceremony

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With Cuban ally Maduro ousted, Trump warns Havana to make a ‘deal’ before it’s too late

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Africa’s megacity of Lagos reshapes its coast by dredging and puts environment at risk

Africa’s megacity of Lagos reshapes its coast by dredging and puts environment at risk

Trump’s motorcade in Florida rerouted due to ‘suspicious object’

Trump’s motorcade in Florida rerouted due to ‘suspicious object’

Mattel adds an autistic Barbie to doll line devoted to showcasing diversity and inclusion

Mattel adds an autistic Barbie to doll line devoted to showcasing diversity and inclusion

Guard at Winter Olympic construction site dies in nighttime subfreezing temperatures

Guard at Winter Olympic construction site dies in nighttime subfreezing temperatures

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Video captures Minneapolis immigration arrest in a city on edge after shooting of Renee Good

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How to watch the 2026 Australian Open on TV, the schedule, seedings and more

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George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased

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Trump says Iran wants to negotiate as the death toll in protests rises to at least 544

Trump says Iran wants to negotiate as the death toll in protests rises to at least 544

The Latest: Trump says Iran proposed negotiations as hundreds killed in protests

The Latest: Trump says Iran proposed negotiations as hundreds killed in protests

UN court to begin hearings on whether Myanmar committed genocide against the Rohingya

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