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12:50 AM on Friday, January 2

A New Year’s party at a Swiss Alpine bar turned into a tragedy after about 40 people died in a fire and another roughly 115 were injured, many in their teens to mid-20s

12:16 AM on Friday, January 2

The teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made her first known visit to a sacred family mausoleum where the embalmed bodies of her late grandfather and great-grandfather are on display

11:56 PM on Thursday, January 1

Mississippi beats Georgia 39-34 in the Sugar Bowl to advance to the College Football Playoff semifinals

11:39 PM on Thursday, January 1

Asian shares have begun the new year with an upbeat start, led by a 2.4% gain for Hong Kong's Hang Seng index

10:26 PM on Thursday, January 1

A woman was killed in a suspected mountain lion attack while she was hiking alone in the mountains of northern Colorado

9:24 PM on Thursday, January 1

New LSU football coach Lane Kiffin attended the No. 5 Tigers’ women’s basketball game on Thursday night as his former team — Mississippi — was taking on Georgia in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal game at the Sugar Bowl

8:49 PM on Thursday, January 1

Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson says a cracked rib sidelined him in the second half of the Crimson Tide’s 38-3 loss to top-seeded Indiana in the Rose Bowl

8:48 PM on Thursday, January 1

Venezuela is open to reaching an agreement with the United States to combat drug trafficking, according to President Nicolás Maduro

7:48 PM on Thursday, January 1

Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams has received a wild-card entry for the Australian Open beginning Jan. 18 in Melbourne

7:14 PM on Thursday, January 1

Indiana beats Alabama 38-3 in the Rose Bowl to advance to the College Football Playoff semifinals

6:05 PM on Thursday, January 1

The San Antonio Spurs say an MRI showed center Victor Wembanyama sustained no ligament damage in his injured left knee, and their All-Star center will not play Friday in Indiana

4:52 PM on Thursday, January 1

Trinidad Chambliss passed for 362 yards and two touchdowns, and Lucas Carneiro kicked his third field goal of the game with 6 seconds left to put No. 6 Mississippi in front for good in a 39-34 victory over third-ranked Georgia in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal in the Sugar Bowl

4:02 PM on Thursday, January 1

When Indiana met Oregon in October, the game served as the best test yet of whether the Hoosiers were a one-year wonder or a program that was here to stay

2:35 PM on Thursday, January 1

Miami is a win away from a chance to play for a national championship in its home stadium

1:51 PM on Thursday, January 1

Fernando Mendoza threw three touchdown passes, Indiana’s defense thoroughly throttled Alabama, and the top-seeded Hoosiers roared into the College Football Playoff semifinals with a 38-3 victory in the 112th Rose Bowl

1:05 PM on Thursday, January 1

A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that right-hander Tatsuya Imai and the Houston Astros have agreed to a $54 million, three-year contract

10:39 AM on Thursday, January 1

Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier will have surgery on both ankles and is expected to be sidelined four to six months, including the upcoming Unrivaled season

1:00 AM on Thursday, January 1

Oregon dominated Texas Tech with a 23-0 victory in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Orange Bowl

12:46 AM on Thursday, January 1

Demonstrations sparked by Iran's struggling economy have spread into rural provinces, with at least seven people killed

12:05 AM on Thursday, January 1

Zohran Mamdani is reveling in what he calls a “new era” for New York City