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January 20, 2026

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NBA All-Star Game starters 2026: Luka Dončić, Giannis Antetokounmpo lead vote-getters, LeBron James misses cut

The starting lineups for the 2026 NBA All-Star Game were announced Monday. Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Dončić and Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo were the top vote-getters from fans. Dončić and Antetokounmpo also headlined the first and second fan voting returns the league released. Advertisement Fans are responsible for 50% of the vote that selects each conference’s five starters. NBA players (25%) and a media panel (25%) account for the other slices of the vote. This year’s All-Star Game will be played in Inglewood, California, at the Los Angeles Clippers’ Intuit Dome on Feb. 15. For the first time

January 19, 2026

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Breaking Down What Every Georgia Bulldogs Transfer Portal Addition Will Bring in 2026

Breaking down what every Georgia Bulldogs transfer addition will bring to the Dawgs’ roster during the 2026 college football season. The college football transfer portal window is officially closed as teams begin to wind down on their portal acquisitions and focus on development of their 2026 rosters. The Georgia Bulldogs were one of the many programs that made a splash in this year’s cycle, as they have already made nine portal additions with the possibility of even more. With the offseason in full swing, here is what each (current) portal addition will bring to Georgia’s roster in 2026. 1. Khalil

January 19, 2026

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Europe Warns of Risk of Breaking Relations with the USA

Europe Warns of Risk of Breaking Relations with the USA The actions of the USA regarding Greenland could undermine transatlantic ties. This was warned by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berse, in his article for The New York Times (NYT). “When Europe insists on sovereignty and accountability, it is not posturing. It is defending what makes America and Europe strong. Ignoring this creates a dangerous precedent that could undermine transatlantic ties and weaken the foundations on which we stand,” the text states. Berse emphasized the Council of Europe’s readiness to support Denmark and Greenland “through specific

January 19, 2026

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PWHL BREAKS U.S. WOMEN’S HOCKEY ATTENDANCE RECORD AT CAPITAL ONE ARENA IN WASHINGTON, D.C. | PWHL

Record-setting crowd of 17,228 marks highest-attended in-arena game in U.S. women’s hockey history Washington, D.C. (January 18, 2026) — The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) set a new benchmark for women’s hockey in the United States on Sunday, as a record-setting crowd of 17,228 fans filled Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. for a PWHL Takeover Tour™ matchup between the Montréal Victoire and the New York Sirens. The game was presented by BJ’s Wholesale Club. The attendance marks the highest-attended in-arena game in U.S. women’s hockey history, surpassing the previous record of 16,014 fans set on November 28, 2025, when

January 19, 2026

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Trump says the U.S. will ‘run’ Venezuela and sell its oil for now : NPR

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listen as President Trump addresses the media during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago club on Saturday in Palm Beach, Fla. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images President Trump said the U.S. will run Venezuela until a “proper transition can take place,” said he wasn’t “afraid of boots on the ground,” and defended Saturday’s military strikes that resulted in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. “We’re there now, but we’re going to stay until such time as the proper transition can take place,”

January 19, 2026

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PWHL game in Washington ends in fight, has record women’s hockey crowd

Jan. 18, 2026, 9:58 p.m. ET “D.C, say hello to the PWHL!“ Tempers flared. Hands were thrown. The words of commentator Jamie Hirsch echoed over the broadcast in a way that was somehow both tongue-in-cheek and poignant at the same time. A record-breaking crowd of 17,228 cheered on the brawl between the New York Sirens and Montréal Victoire, with chants of “We want a team! We want a team!” raining down onto the ice in the final seconds of the Sirens’ 2-1 win in the latest stop on the PWHL Takeover Tour at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. Trailing

January 19, 2026

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‘Unsustainable Strain’: New Navy Supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford Is Being Pushed to the Breaking Point

USS Gerald R. Ford Has a Message for the Navy: No More Deployment Extensions Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle warned in recent days that extending the historic deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and its associated carrier strike group would impose unsustainable strain on both sailors and the strike group’s readiness. Ford-class Aircraft Carrier. Image Credit: US Navy. The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) underway under her own power for the first time while leaving Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia (USA), on 8 April 2017. The first-of-class ship – the first

January 19, 2026

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Trump says U.S. will ‘run’ Venezuela after it ousts Maduro, jails him in New York

Latest The United States says it captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Plane carrying the couple has now landed in New York City. The news of their capture follows a “large-scale strike” by the U.S. in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. U.S. officials say the pair has been indicted in New York. They’ve accused Maduro of running a “narco-state” and rigging Venezuela’s 2024 election. This is Washington’s most direct intervention in Latin America in decades. Venezuela’s government condemns “imperialist attack,” calls for Maduro’s release. Hundreds of flights cancelled throughout the region. The United States will run

January 19, 2026

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Piers Morgan hospitalized after fall, talk show host speaks out

Updated Jan. 18, 2026, 2:35 p.m. ET Piers Morgan is sharing an update from the hospital as he recovers from a recent injury. The British talk show host, 60, took to social media on Sunday, Jan. 18, to post a selfie showing himself lying in a hospital bed. Morgan told his followers that he “tripped on small step” in a hotel restaurant in London and wound up fracturing his femur “so badly I needed new hip.” The former “America’s Got Talent” judge shared that he is recovering in the hospital and will need to use crutches for six weeks. He

January 18, 2026

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Starmer won’t be drawn on whether US strikes on Venezuela broke international law

Laura KuenssbergPresenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Sir Keir Starmer has refused to be drawn on whether or not US President Donald Trump’s military action against Venezuela may have broken international law. In an interview with the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme on Saturday morning, the prime minister did not condemn the US strikes. He said he was waiting to establish all the facts but would not “shy away from this”, adding he was a “lifelong advocate of international law”. Sir Keir earlier said the UK had not been involved in Saturday’s large-scale strikes on Venezuela and he had not