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Each January, millions of Americans vow to improve something about themselves, but many struggle with the commitments they make. Here are tips for sticking to your New Years resolutions.Hire a hitman to shoot you in between the eyes if you even so much as look at a cigarette.Tell your coworkers about your plan so they can inevitably mock you when you fail to live up to your resolution.If you resolved to give up junk food for a month, petition the U.S. government to make January three days long.Choose an attainable resolution that youve already completed prior to starting.Be realistic about how many coconuts you can crack open with your head in under 10 minutes.Remember that if you and the rebel forces dont succeed, Selassies iron grip on Ethiopia may never loosen.Convince yourself your New Years resolution was always to fall into the deep, dark hole of day in the life of an age-gap couple vlogs.Make small, daily progress on your resolution to help ensure that you recoup the cost of Megalopolis to investors by 2026.If youre having trouble sticking with a goal as simple as eat more protein, were not quite sure how we can help you.The post How To Stick To Your New Years Resolutions appeared first on The Onion.

The interior building where a fire broke out leaving people dead and injured, during New Years celebration, in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (Police Cantonale Valaisanne via AP)2026-01-01T14:21:43Z CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) Swiss investigators are probing what caused a fire in a bar at an Alpine ski resort that left dozens of people presumed dead and another 100 injured during a New Years celebration.Most injuries, many of them serious, occurred when the blaze swept through the crowded bar less than two hours after midnight Thursday in southwestern Switzerland.The Crans-Montana resort is best known as an international ski and golf venue. Overnight, its crowded Le Constellation bar morphed from a scene of revelry into the site of potentially one of Switzerlands worst tragedies.Crans-Montana is less than 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Sierre, Switzerland, where 28 people, including many children, were killed when a bus from Belgium crashed inside a Swiss tunnel in 2012.Heres what we know about the deadly fire: A frantic attempt to escapeThe blaze broke out around 1:30 a.m. Thursday inside the Le Constellation bar amid the holiday celebration.Two women told French broadcaster BFMTV they were inside when they saw a male bartender lifting a female bartender on his shoulders as she held a lit candle in a bottle. The flames spread, collapsing the wooden ceiling, they told the broadcaster.People frantically tried to escape from the basement nightclub up a narrow flight of stairs and through a narrow door, causing a crowd surge, one of the women said.A young man at the scene said people smashed windows to escape the fire, some gravely injured, reported BFMTV. He said he saw about 20 people scrambling to get out of the smoke and flames, likening what happened to a horror movie.The injured were so numerous that the intensive care unit and operating theater at the regional hospital quickly hit full capacity, said Mathias Reynard, head of the regional government of the Valais Canton. Officials rule out possible attackWhile officials said Thursday it was too early to determine the fires cause, investigators have already ruled out that it could have been an attack. Experts have not yet been able to go inside the wreckage, said Beatrice Pilloud, Valais Canton attorney general, at a news conference.Work is underway to identify the victims and inform their families.Several tens of people are feared dead, Gisler added.The blaze triggered a flashover or backdraftThe Swiss officials called the blaze an embrasement gnralis, a French firefighting term describing how a blaze can trigger the release of combustible gases that can then ignite violently and cause what English-speaking firefighters would call a flashover or a backdraft.Victims suffered from serious burns and smoke inhalation. Some were flown to specialist hospitals across the country.Authorities urged people to show caution in the coming days to avoid any accidents that could require the already overwhelmed medical resources. A top venue for the worlds best athletesWith high-altitude ski runs rising around 3,000 meters (nearly 9,850 feet) in the heart of the Valais regions snowy peaks and pine forests, Crans-Montana is one of the top venues on the World Cup circuit. The resort will host the best mens and womens downhill racers, including Lindsey Vonn, for their final events before the Milan Cortina Olympics in February.The towns Crans-sur-Sierre golf club, down the street from the bar, stages the European Masters each August on a picturesque course.__Dazio reported from Berlin and Leicester reported from Paris. Geir Moulson in Berlin and Graham Dunbar in Geneva contributed to this report. JAMEY KEATEN Keaten is the chief Associated Press reporter in Geneva. He previously was posted in Paris and has reported from Afghanistan, the Middle East, North Africa and across Europe. twitter STEFANIE DAZIO Dazio covers Northern Europe from Berlin for The Associated Press. She previously covered crime and criminal justice from Los Angeles.

President Donald Trump speaks at a New Year's Eve celebration at his Mar-a-Lago club, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)2026-01-01T14:07:40Z WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump signed a New Years Eve proclamation delaying increased tariffs on upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets and vanities for a year, citing ongoing trade talks.Trumps order signed Wednesday keeps in place a 25% tariff he imposed in September on those goods, but delays for another year a 30% tariff on upholstered furniture and 50% tariff on kitchen cabinets and vanities.The increases, which were set to take effect Jan. 1, come as the Republican president instituted a broad swath of taxes on imported goods to address trade imbalances and other issues. The president has said the tariffs on furniture are needed to bolster American industry and protect national security.The delay is the latest in the roller coaster of Trumps tariffs wars since he returned to office last year, with the president announcing levies at times without warning and then delaying or pulling back from them just as abruptly. RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

Protesters march in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (Fars News Agency via AP)2026-01-01T05:46:48Z DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) A volunteer member of Irans paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was killed in a western province during widening demonstrations sparked by the Islamic Republics ailing economy, authorities said Thursday, marking the first fatality among security forces during the protests. The death Wednesday night of the 21-year-old volunteer in the Guards Basij force may mark the start of a heavier-handed response by Irans theocracy over the demonstrations, which have slowed in the capital, Tehran, but expanded to other provinces. The state-run IRNA news agency reported on the Guard members death but did not elaborate. An Iranian news agency called the Student News Network, which is believed to be close to the Basij, directly blamed demonstrators for the Guard members death, citing comments from Saeed Pourali, a deputy governor in Irans Lorestan province. The Guard member was martyred ... at the hands of rioters during protests in this city in defense of public order, he reportedly said. Another 13 Basij members and police officers suffered injuries, he added.The protests that have occurred are due to economic pressures, inflation and currency fluctuations, and are an expression of livelihood concerns, Pourali said. The voices of citizens must be heard carefully and tactfully, but people must not allow their demands to be strained by profit-seeking individuals. The protests took place in the city of Kouhdasht, over 400 kilometers (250 miles) southwest of Tehran. Local prosecutor Kazem Nazari said 20 people had been arrested after the protests and that calm had returned to the city, the judiciarys Mizan news agency reported. Irans civilian government under reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian has been trying to signal it wants to negotiate with protesters. However, Pezeshkian has acknowledged there is not much he can do as Irans rial currency has rapidly depreciated, with $1 now costing some 1.4 million rials. Meanwhile, state television separately reported on the arrests of seven people, including five it described as monarchists and two others it said had linked to European-based groups. State TV also said another operation saw security forces confiscate 100 smuggled pistols, without elaborating. The protests have become the biggest in Iran since 2022, when the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody triggered nationwide demonstrations. However, the demonstrations have yet to be countrywide and have not been as intense as those surrounding the death of Amini, who was detained over not wearing her hijab, or headscarf, to the liking of authorities. Irans theocracy had declared Wednesday a public holiday across much of the country, citing cold weather, likely as a bid to get people out of the capital for a long weekend. The Iranian weekend is Thursday and Friday, while Saturday marks Imam Alis birthday, another holiday for many. The protests, taking root in economic issues, have heard demonstrators chant against Irans theocracy as well. The countrys leaders are still reeling after Israel launched a 12-day war against the country in June. The U.S. also bombed Iranian nuclear sites during the war. Iran has said it is no longer enriching uranium at any site in the country, trying to signal to the West that it remains open to potential negotiations over its atomic program to ease sanctions. However, those talks have yet to happen as U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have warned Tehran against reconstituting its atomic program. JON GAMBRELL Gambrell is the news director for the Gulf and Iran for The Associated Press. He has reported from each of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Iran and other locations across the world since joining the AP in 2006. twitter instagram mailto

This image made from undated video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, shows a downed drone at an undisclosed location that it said was one of the Ukrainian drones involved in an alleged attack on a residence of President Vladimir Putin this week a claim Kyiv has denied as a "lie". (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)2026-01-01T11:21:14Z KYIV, Ukraine (AP) A Ukrainian drone strike killed 24 people and wounded at least 50 more as they celebrated the New Year in a Russian-occupied village in Ukraines Kherson region, Russian officials said Thursday, as tensions between the two nations continue to spike despite diplomats hailing productive peace talks.Three drones struck a cafe and hotel in the resort town of Khorly on the Black Sea coast, the regions Moscow-installed leader Vladimir Saldo said in a statement on Telegram. He said that one of the drones carried an incendiary mixture, sparking a blaze. Ukrainian officials did not immediately comment on the claim of a strike. The attack could not be independently verified by The Associated Press.The attack was condemned by a number of Russian officials. Valentina Matviyenko, the chair of Russias upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, said that the strike strengthened Russias resolve to quickly achieve its goals in its almost four-year invasion of Ukraine. The strike once again demonstrates the validity of our initial demands, Matviyenko said.The statement follows claims from Moscow that Ukraine launched a long-range drone attack against one of Russian President Vladimir Putins official residences in northwestern Russia on Tuesday. Kyiv has denounced the claims as a lie. Russias Ministry of Defense said Thursday that its specialists had accessed the navigation system in one of the drones it claimed was used in the attack and used its data to confirm that Putins residence was the drones final destination. The claim could not be verified as the ministry did not share evidence on the findings, but officials said that it would transfer the data to U.S. officials through established channels. On Wednesday, Russias Defense Ministry also released a video on Wednesday of a downed drone it said was involved in the attack. The nighttime clip showed a man in camouflage, a helmet and a Kevlar vest standing near a damaged drone lying in snow. The man, his face covered, talks about the drone. Neither the man nor the Defense Ministry provided any location or date and neither the video nor its claims could be independently verified.Kyiv has called the allegations of an attack on Putins residence a ruse to derail ongoing peace negotiations, which have ramped up in recent weeks on both sides of the Atlantic.In his New Years address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a peace deal was 90% ready but warned that the remaining 10%, believed to include key sticking points such as territory, would determine the fate of peace, the fate of Ukraine and Europe, how people will live. Trumps special envoy Steve Witkoff said Wednesday that he, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trumps son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner had a productive call with the national security advisers of Britain, France, Germany and Ukraine to discuss advancing the next steps in the European peace process.We focused on how to move the discussions forward in a practical way on behalf of (Trumps) peace process, including strengthening security guarantees and developing effective deconfliction mechanisms to help end the war and ensure it does not restart, Witkoff said in a post on X. Lead Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov also reaffirmed that European and Ukrainian officials plan to meet Saturday, while Zelenskyy is due to hold talks next week with European leaders. In the diplomatic sphere, Kyiv has also continued to push the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to take action against Russia for alleged attacks on electricity infrastructure deemed critical for nuclear safety and security at Ukraines nuclear power stations. The IAEA on Tuesday published a Note Verbale sent by Kyiv to the agency, saying that a Russian drone and missile attack on Dec. 23 had caused certain Ukrainian nuclear power plants to lose a significant part of their off-site power connections. Elsewhere in Ukraine, Russia attacked the Odesa region overnight, targeting civilian infrastructure in several waves of drone attacks, according to regional head Oleh Kiper. In a post on Telegram, Kiper said a two-story residential building was damaged and that a drone hit an apartment on the 17th floor of a high-rise building without detonating. There were no casualties reported.In its daily report, Ukraines air force said air defense forces had downed or suppressed 176 of 205 drones targeting the country overnight. It said hits by 24 strike drones were recorded at 15 locations and the attack was still ongoing. ___Follow APs coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine ILLIA NOVIKOV Novikov is an Associated Press reporter covering news in Ukraine since 2022. He is based in Kyiv. instagram mailto

Police officers inspect the area where a fire broke out at the Le Constellation bar and lounge leaving people dead and injured, during New Years celebration, in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)2026-01-01T06:41:23Z CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) A fire ripped through a bars New Year celebration in a Swiss Alpine resort less than two hours after midnight Thursday, with dozens of people feared dead and about 100 more injured, most seriously, police said.The Crans-Montana resort is best known as an international ski and golf venue, and overnight, its crowded Le Constellation bar morphed from a scene of revelry into the site of potentially one of Switzerlands worst tragedies. The interior building where a fire broke out leaving people dead and injured, during New Years celebration, in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (Police Cantonale Valaisanne via AP) The interior building where a fire broke out leaving people dead and injured, during New Years celebration, in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (Police Cantonale Valaisanne via AP) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Several tens of people were presumed killed at the bar, Valais Canton police commander Frdric Gisler said during a news conference.Work is underway to identify the victims and inform their families, but that will take time and for the time being, it is premature to give you a more precise figure, Gisler said, adding that the community is devastated. Beatrice Pilloud, Valais Canton attorney general, said it was too early to determine the cause of the fire. Experts have not yet been able to go inside the wreckage.At no moment is there a question of any kind of attack, Pilloud said.An evening of celebration turns tragicHelicopters and ambulances rushed to the scene to assist victims, including some from different countries, officials said. Two women told French broadcaster BFMTV that they were inside when they saw a barman carrying a barmaid on his shoulders. The barmaid was holding a lit candle in a bottle that set fire to the wooden ceiling. The flames quickly spread and collapsed the ceiling, they told the broadcaster. Police officers inspect the area where a fire broke out in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Jan. 1, 2026. (Alessandro della Valle/Keystone via AP) Police officers inspect the area where a fire broke out in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Jan. 1, 2026. (Alessandro della Valle/Keystone via AP) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Police officers inspect the area where a fire broke out in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Jan. 1, 2026. (Alessandro della Valle/Keystone via AP) Police officers inspect the area where a fire broke out in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Jan. 1, 2026. (Alessandro della Valle/Keystone via AP) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More One of the women described a crowd surge as people frantically tried to escape from a basement nightclub up a narrow flight of stairs and through a narrow door.Another witness speaking to BFMTV described people smashing windows to escape the blaze, some gravely injured, and panicked parents rushing to the scene in cars to see whether their children were trapped inside. The young man said he saw about 20 people scrambling to get out of the smoke and flames and likened what he saw to a horror movie as he watched from across the street. Officials described how the blaze likely triggered the release of combustible gases that ignited violently and caused what English-speaking firefighters call a flashover or backdraft.This evening should have been a moment of celebration and coming together, but it turned into a nightmare, said Mathias Reynard, head of the regional government of the Valais Canton.The injured were so numerous that the intensive care unit and operating theater at the regional hospital quickly hit full capacity, Reynard said. Crans-Montana is less than 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Sierre, Switzerland, where 28 people, including many children, were killed when a bus from Belgium crashed inside a Swiss tunnel in 2012.Resort town sits in the heart of the Alps Police officers inspect the area where a fire broke out at the Le Constellation bar and lounge leaving people dead and injured, during New Years celebration, in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (Alessandro della Valle/Keystone via AP) Police officers inspect the area where a fire broke out at the Le Constellation bar and lounge leaving people dead and injured, during New Years celebration, in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (Alessandro della Valle/Keystone via AP) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More In a region busy with tourists skiing on the slopes, the authorities have called on the local population to show caution in the coming days to avoid any accidents that could require medical resources that are already overwhelmed.With high-altitude ski runs rising around 3,000 meters (nearly 9,850 feet) in the heart of the Valais regions snowy peaks and pine forests, Crans-Montana is one of the top venues on the World Cup circuit. The resort will host the best mens and womens downhill racers, including Lindsey Vonn, for their final events before the Milan Cortina Olympics in February. The towns Crans-sur-Sierre golf club stages the European Masters each August on a picturesque course. The Swiss blaze on Thursday came 25 years after an inferno in the Dutch fishing town of Volendam on New Years Eve, which killed 14 people and injured more than 200 as they celebrated in a cafe.Swiss President Guy Parmelin said in a social media post that the governments thoughts go to the victims, to the injured and their relatives, to whom it addresses its sincere condolences. Flowers are laid in the area where a fire broke out leaving people dead and injured, during New Years celebration, in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (Police Cantonale Valaisanne via AP) Flowers are laid in the area where a fire broke out leaving people dead and injured, during New Years celebration, in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (Police Cantonale Valaisanne via AP) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Thursday was Parmelins first day in office as the seven members of Switzerlands government take turns holding the presidency for one year. Out of respect for the families of the victims, he delayed a traditional New Years address to the nation meant to be broadcast Thursday afternoon, Swiss broadcasters SRF and RTS reported.___Dazio reported from Berlin and Leicester reported from Paris. Geir Moulson in Berlin and Graham Dunbar in Geneva contributed to this report.__This story has been corrected to fix the spelling of the name of Mathias Reynard, head of the regional government of the Valais Canton. JAMEY KEATEN Keaten is the chief Associated Press reporter in Geneva. He previously was posted in Paris and has reported from Afghanistan, the Middle East, North Africa and across Europe. twitter STEFANIE DAZIO Dazio covers Northern Europe from Berlin for The Associated Press. 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Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought speaks to reporters at the White House, Thursday, July 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)2026-01-01T14:02:36Z WASHINGTON (AP) The Trump administration is facing a new legal complaint from a group of government employees who are affected by a new policy going into effect Thursday that eliminates coverage for gender-affirming care in federal health insurance programs.The complaint, filed Thursday on the employees behalf by the Human Rights Campaign, is in response to an August announcement from the Office of Personnel Management that it would no longer cover chemical and surgical modification of an individuals sex traits through medical interventions in health insurance programs for federal employees and U.S. Postal Service workers.The complaint argues that denying coverage of gender-affirming care is sex-based discrimination and asks the personnel office to rescind the policy.This policy is not about cost or care it is about driving transgender people and people with transgender spouses, children, and dependents out of the federal workforce, Human Rights Campaign Foundation President Kelley Robinson said in a statement announcing the move. The complaint, filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, includes testimonies from four current federal workers at the State Department, Health and Human Services and the Postal Service who would be directly affected by the elimination of coverage. For instance, the Postal Service employee has a daughter whose doctors recommended that she get puberty blockers and potentially hormone replacement therapy for her diagnosed gender dysphoria, which would not be covered under the new OPM policy, according to the complaint. The complaint notes that the workers are making the claim on behalf of themselves and a class of similarly situated federal employees.The Trump administration has taken other steps to restrict care for transgender Americans, particularly minors. In December, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released proposals that would block gender-affirming care to minors, including a policy that would bar Medicare and Medicaid dollars to hospitals that provide such care to children.Senior Trump officials, such as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., call gender-affirming care malpractice for minors. But such restrictions go against recommendations from major medical groups such as the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Pages from the U.S. Affordable Care Act health insurance website healthcare.gov are seen on a computer screen in New York, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)2026-01-01T12:36:10Z NEW YORK (AP) Enhanced tax credits that have helped reduce the cost of health insurance for the vast majority of Affordable Care Act enrollees expired overnight, cementing higher health costs for millions of Americans at the start of the new year.Democrats forced a 43-day government shutdown over the issue. Moderate Republicans called for a solution to save their 2026 political aspirations. President Donald Trump floated a way out, only to back off after conservative backlash.In the end, no ones efforts were enough to save the subsidies before their expiration date. A House vote expected in January could offer another chance, but success is far from guaranteed.The change affects a diverse cross-section of Americans who dont get their health insurance from an employer and dont qualify for Medicaid or Medicare a group that includes many self-employed workers, small business owners, farmers and ranchers. It comes at the start of a high-stakes midterm election year, with affordability including the cost of health care topping the list of voters concerns.It really bothers me that the middle class has moved from a squeeze to a full suffocation, and they continue to just pile on and leave it up to us, said 37-year-old single mom Katelin Provost, whose health care costs are set to jump. Im incredibly disappointed that there hasnt been more action. Some families grapple with insurance costs that are doubling, tripling or moreThe expired subsidies were first given to Affordable Care Act enrollees in 2021 as a temporary measure to help Americans get through the COVID-19 pandemic. Democrats in power at the time extended them, moving the expiration date to the start of 2026.With the expanded subsidies, some lower-income enrollees received health care with no premiums, and high earners paid no more than 8.5% of their income. Eligibility for middle-class earners was also expanded.On average, the more than 20 million subsidized enrollees in the Affordable Care Act program are seeing their premium costs rise by 114% in 2026, according to an analysis by the health care research nonprofit KFF. Those surging prices come alongside an overall increase in health costs in the U.S., which are further driving up out-of-pocket costs in many plans.Some enrollees, like Salt Lake City freelance filmmaker and adjunct professor Stan Clawson, have absorbed the extra expense. Clawson said he was paying just under $350 a month for his premiums last year, a number that will jump to nearly $500 a month this year. Its a strain for the 49-year-old but one hes willing to take on because he needs health insurance as someone who lives with paralysis from a spinal cord injury.Others, like Provost, are dealing with steeper hikes. The social workers monthly premium payment is increasing from $85 a month to nearly $750. Effects on enrollment remain to be seenHealth analysts have predicted the expiration of the subsidies will drive many of the 24 million total Affordable Care Act enrollees especially younger and healthier Americans to forgo health insurance coverage altogether. Over time, that could make the program more expensive for the older, sicker population that remains.An analysis conducted last September by the Urban Institute and Commonwealth Fund projected the higher premiums from expiring subsidies would prompt some 4.8 million Americans to drop coverage in 2026. But with the window to select and change plans still ongoing until Jan. 15 in most states, the final effect on enrollment is yet to be determined.Provost, the single mother, said she is holding out hope that Congress finds a way to revive the subsidies early in the year but if not, shell drop herself off the insurance and keep it only for her four-year-old daughter. She cant afford to pay for both of their coverage at the current price. Months of discussion, but no relief yetLast year, after Republicans cut more than $1 trillion in federal health care and food assistance with Trumps big tax and spending cuts bill, Democrats repeatedly called for the subsidies to be extended. But while some Republicans in power acknowledged the issue needed to be addressed, they refused to put it to a vote until late in the year.In December, the Senate rejected two partisan health care bills a Democratic pitch to extend the subsidies for three more years and a Republican alternative that would instead provide Americans with health savings accounts.In the House, four centrist Republicans broke with GOP leadership and joined forces with Democrats to force a vote that could come as soon as January on a three-year extension of the tax credits. But with the Senate already having rejected such a plan, its unclear whether it could get enough momentum to pass.Meanwhile, Americans whose premiums are skyrocketing say lawmakers dont understand what its really like to struggle to get by as health costs ratchet up with no relief. Many say they want the subsidies restored alongside broader reforms to make health care more affordable for all Americans. Both Republicans and Democrats have been saying for years, oh, we need to fix it. Then do it, said Chad Bruns, a 58-year-old Affordable Care Act enrollee in Wisconsin. They need to get to the root cause, and no political party ever does that. ALI SWENSON Swenson covers politics and the information landscape for The Associated Press. She is based in New York. twitter

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President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)2026-01-01T16:28:33Z WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump defended his energy and health in an interview with The Wall Street Journal and disclosed that he had a CT scan, not an MRI scan, during an October examination about which he and the White House delayed offering details.Trump, in the interview, said he regretted undergoing the advanced imaging on his heart and abdomen during an October visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center because it raised public questions about his health. His physician said in a memo the White House released in December that he had advanced imaging as a preventative screening for men his age.Trump had initially described it as an MRI but said he didnt know what part of his body he had scanned. A CT scan is a quicker form of diagnostic imaging than an MRI but offers less detail about differences in tissue. The presidents doctor, Navy Capt. Sean Barbabella, said in a statement released Thursday by the White House that Trump underwent the exam in October because he planned to be at Walter Reed to meet people working there. Trump had already undergone an annual physical in April. President Trump agreed to meet with the staff and soldiers at Walter Reed Medical Hospital in October. In order to make the most of the Presidents time at the hospital, we recommended he undergo another routine physical evaluation to ensure continued optimal health, Barbabella said. Barbabella said that he asked the president to undergo either a CT scan or MRI to definitively rule out any cardiovascular issues and the results were perfectly normal and revealed absolutely no abnormalities.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Thursday that the presidents doctors and the White House have always maintained the President received advanced imaging but said that additional details on the imaging have been disclosed by the President himself because he has nothing to hide. In retrospect, its too bad I took it because it gave them a little ammunition, Trump said in the interview with The Wall Street Journal published Thursday. I would have been a lot better off if they didnt, because the fact that I took it said, Oh gee, is something wrong? Well, nothings wrong.The 79-year-old became the oldest person to take the oath of office when he was sworn in as president last year and has been sensitive to questions about his health, particularly as he has repeatedly questioned his predecessor Joe Bidens fitness for office. Biden, who turned 82 in the last year of his presidency, was dogged the end of the his tenure and during his abandoned attempt to seek reelection over scrutiny of his age and mental acuity.But questions have also swirled around Trumps health this year as hes been seen with bruising on the back of his right hand that has been conspicuous despite a slathering of makeup on top, along with noticeable swelling at his ankles. The White House this summer said the president had been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a common condition among older adults. The condition happens when veins in the legs cant properly carry blood back to the heart and it pools in the lower legs. In the interview, Trump said he briefly tried wearing compression socks to address the swelling but stopped because he didnt like them.The bruising on Trumps hand, according to Leavitt, is from frequent handshaking and the use of aspirin, which Trump takes regularly to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.He said he takes more aspirin than his doctors recommend but said he has resisted taking less because hes been taking it for 25 years and said he is a little superstitious. Trump takes 325 milligrams of aspirin daily, according to Barbabella.They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I dont want thick blood pouring through my heart, Trump said. I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?Trump, in the interview, denied he has fallen asleep during White House meetings when cameras have caught him with his eyes closed, instead insisting he was resting his eyes or blinking. Ill just close. Its very relaxing to me, he said. Sometimes theyll take a picture of me blinking, blinking, and theyll catch me with the blink.He said that hes never slept much at night, a habit he also described during his first term, and said he starts his day early in the White House residence before moving to the Oval Office around 10 a.m. and working until 7 p.m. or 8 p.m. The president dismissed questions about his hearing, saying he only struggled to hear when theres a lot of people talking, and said he has plenty of energy, which he credited to his genes. Genetics are very important, he said. And I have very good genetics. MICHELLE L. PRICE Price covers the White House. She previously covered the 2024 presidential campaign and politics, government and other news in New York, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. She is based in Washington. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani, left, and his wife Rama Duwaji, arrive for Mamdani's public swearing-in ceremony on the steps of City Hall, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)2026-01-01T05:05:06Z NEW YORK (AP) Zohran Mamdani became mayor of New York City on Thursday, taking over one of the most unrelenting jobs in American politics as one of the countrys most-watched politicians. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani takes the oath of office during a swearing-in ceremony in the Old City Hall subway station, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani takes the oath of office during a swearing-in ceremony in the Old City Hall subway station, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Mamdani, a Democrat, was sworn in at a decommissioned subway station below City Hall just after midnight, placing his hand on a Quran as he took his oath as the citys first Muslim mayor.This is truly the honor and the privilege of a lifetime, Mamdani said following the brief, private ceremony. After working part of the night in his new office, Mamdani then returned to City Hall in a taxi cab around midday Thursday for a grander public inauguration where U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, one of the mayors political heroes, was to administer the oath for a second time.New Yorkers turned out in the frigid cold for an inauguration viewing party just south of City Hall on a stretch of Broadway known as the Canyon of Heroes, famous for its ticker-tape parades. New York Attorney General Letitia James prepares to administer the oath of office to mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, Jan. 1, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) New York Attorney General Letitia James prepares to administer the oath of office to mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, Jan. 1, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More In opening remarks at the ceremony, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Mamdani would be a mayor dedicated to the working class that makes New York City run.It is the people of New York who have chosen historic, ambitious leadership in response to untenable and unprecedented times. New York, we have chosen courage over fear. We have chosen prosperity for the many over spoils for the few, she said.Mamdani was accompanied on the stage by his wife, Rama Duwaji. The previous mayor, Eric Adams, was in attendance, sitting near another former mayor, Bill de Blasio. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on In addition to being the citys first Muslim mayor, Mamdani is also its first of South Asian descent and the first to be born in Africa. At 34, Mamdani is also the citys youngest mayor in generations. In a campaign that helped make affordability a buzzword across the political spectrum, the democratic socialist promised to bring transformative change with policies intended to lower the cost of living in one of the worlds most expensive cities. His platform included free child care, free buses, a rent freeze for about 1 million households, and a pilot of city-run grocery stores. But he will also have to face other responsibilities: handling trash and snow and rats, while getting blamed for subway delays and potholes. Mamdani was born in Kampala, Uganda, the son of filmmaker Mira Nair and Mahmood Mamdani, an academic and author. His family moved to New York City when he was 7, with Mamdani growing up in a post-9/11 city where Muslims didnt always feel welcome. He became an American citizen in 2018. He worked on political campaigns for Democratic candidates in the city before he sought public office himself, winning a state Assembly seat in 2020 to represent a section of Queens. Mamdani and his wife, Rama Duwaji, will depart their one-bedroom, rent stabilized apartment in the outer-borough to take up residence in the stately mayoral residence in Manhattan. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, center, arrives with his wife Rama Duwaji for a swearing-in ceremony, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, center, arrives with his wife Rama Duwaji for a swearing-in ceremony, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Mamdani inherits a city on the upswing, after years of slow recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Violent crime has dropped to pre-pandemic lows. Tourists are back. Unemployment, which soared during the pandemic years, is also back to pre-COVID levels. Yet deep concerns remain about high prices and rising rents in the city. Hell also have to deal with Republican President Donald Trump. During the mayoral race, Trump threatened to withhold federal funding from the city if Mamdani won and mused about sending National Guard troops to the city. But Trump surprised supporters and foes alike by inviting the Democrat to the White House for what ended up being a cordial meeting in November. I want him to do a great job and will help him do a great job, Trump said. New York Attorney General Letitia James, left, administers the oath of office to mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, center, as his wife Rama Duwaji looks on, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) New York Attorney General Letitia James, left, administers the oath of office to mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, center, as his wife Rama Duwaji looks on, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Still, tensions between the two leaders are almost certain to resurface, given their deep policy disagreements, particularly over immigration.Mamdani also faces skepticism and opposition from some members of the citys Jewish community over his criticisms of Israels government.The new mayor and his team have spent the weeks since his election victory preparing for the transition, surrounding Mamdani with seasoned hands who have worked inside or alongside city government. That included persuading the citys police commissioner, Jessica Tisch, to remain in her position a move that helped calm fears in the business community that the administration might be planning radical changes in policing strategy.

A team of researchers at Epoch AI, a non-profit research institute, are using open-source intelligence to map the growth of Americas datacenters. The team pores over satellite imagery, building permits, and other local legal documents to build a map of the massive computer filled buildings springing up across the United States. They take that data and turn it into an interactive map that lists their costs, power output, and owners.Massive datacenter construction projects are a growing and controversial industry in America. Silicon Valley and the Trump administration are betting the entire American economy on the continued growth of AI, a mission thatll require spending billions of dollars on datacenters and new energy infrastructure. Epoch AIs maps act as a central repository of information about the noisy and water hungry buildings growing in our communities.On Epochs map theres a green circle over New Albany, Ohio. Click the circle and itll take you to a satellite view of the business complex where Meta is constructing its "Prometheus" datacenter. According to Epoch, the total cost of construction for the datacenter so far is $18 billion and it uses 691 megawatts of power.A combination of weatherproof tents, colocation facilities and Metas traditional datacenter buildings, this datacenter shows Metas pivot towards AI, Epoch said in the notes for the datacenter. Reflecting that patchwork, our analysis uses a combination of land use maps, natural gas turbine permitting, and satellite/aerial imagery of cooling equipment to estimate compute capacity. Users can even click through a timeline of the construction and watch the satellite imagery change as the datacenter grows.Theres a lot of public discourse and discourse with researchers about the future of AI, Jean-Stanislas Denain, a senior researcher at Epoch AI, told 404 Media. Insiders have access to a lot of proprietary data, but many people do not. So it just seems very good for there to be this online resource.Zoom back out to a wider view of the country and click a circle in Memphis, Tennessee to learn about xAIs Colossus 2. To start powering the data center, xAI made the unusual choice to install natural gas turbines across the border in Mississippi, possibly to get faster approval for their operation, Epoch AI noted. Battery facility looks complete (though more might be added). Turbines look connected up, minimal construction around them. Based on this, and on earlier tweets from Elon Musk, 110,000 NVIDIA GB200 GPUs are operational.Information about the datacenters is incomplete. Its impossible to know exactly how much everything costs and how it will run. State and local laws are variable so not all construction information is public and satellite imagery can only tell a person so much about whats happening on the ground. Epoch AIs map is likely only watching a fraction of the worlds datacenters. As of November 2025, this subset is an estimated 15% of AI compute that has been delivered by chip manufacturers globally, Epoch AI explained on its website. We are expanding our search to find the largest data centers worldwide, using satellite imagery and other data sources.The methodology section of the site explains how Epoch AI does the work and includes timelapse photography of the monstrous datacenters growing. One of the big visual tells it looks for in satellite imagery is cooling equipment. Modern AI data centers generate so much heat that the cooling equipment extends outside the buildings, usually around them or on the roof. Satellite imagery lets us identify the type of cooling, the number of cooling units, and (if applicable) the number of fans on each unit, it said.We focus on cooling because its a very useful clue for figuring out the power consumption, Denain said. We first want to estimate power, but often we dont have much information about thatand then we can relate power to the amount of compute and also the cost of building it. If you want to estimate power, cooling is pretty useful.After counting the fans, the Epoch team plugs the information into a model its designed that can help it figure out how much energy a datacenter uses. This model is based on the type of cooling and physical features like the number of fans, the diameter of the fans, and how much floorspace the full cooling unit takes up, Epoch AI explained on its website. The cooling model still has significant uncertainty. Specification data suggests that the actual cooling capacity can be as much as 2 higher or lower than our model estimates, depending on the chosen fan speed.Charting Americas datacenters with open source intelligence isnt a perfect practice. In the discovery phase, some data centers will be so obscure that we wont find news, rumors, or existing databases mentioning them. While larger data centers are more likely to be reported due to their significance and physical footprint, there are many smaller data centers (<100 MW) that could add up to significant levels of AI compute, Epoch AI said.But Epoch AI continues to expand its toolset and look through more satellite imagery with the goal of mapping Big Techs newest project. The goal is to cast light into the darkness. Even if we have a perfect analysis of a data center, we may still be in the dark about who uses it, and how much they use, Epoch AIs website said. AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic make deals with hyperscalers such as Oracle and Amazon to rent compute, but the arrangement for any given data center is sometimes secret.

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Oregon linebacker Matayo Uiagalelei (10) bobbles the ball before coming up with an interception during the second half of the Orange Bowl College Football Playoff quarterfinal game against Texas Tech, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)2026-01-01T11:00:08Z MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) The first thing that Oregon quarterback Dante Moore did after winning the Orange Bowl was salute the thousands of fans who made the cross-country trip to South Florida.If the Ducks defense keeps playing like this, those fans might be back in Miami before long.Matayo Uiagalelei caused a fumble to set up an Oregon touchdown, freshman Brandon Finney Jr. had three takeaways two interceptions and a fumble recovery and the fifth-seeded Ducks silenced No. 4 Texas Techs offense for a 23-0 win in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Orange Bowl on Thursday.Theyve earned this opportunity, Oregon coach Dan Lanning said. I told them go get their pound of flesh today. They did that today.Jordon Davison rushed for two scores, Moore threw for 234 yards and Atticus Sappington kicked three field goals for Oregon (13-1), which will play either No. 1 Indiana or No. 9 Alabama in the Peach Bowl a CFP semifinal on Jan. 9. The Peach Bowl winner will be back in Miami Gardens for the national title game on Jan. 19.I believe we have the best defense in the country, Finney said. Texas Tech probably wouldnt argue with that.Texas Tech which finished at 12-2 came into the day second nationally in points per game (42.5) and fifth nationally in yards per game (480.3) but got absolutely nothing going. The Red Raiders turned the ball over four times, were stopped on fourth downs three other times and had four three-and-outs. Tech quarterback Behren Morton who finished 18 of 32 passing for just 137 yards was stripped by Uiagalelei early in the third quarter in Red Raider territory. Uiagalelei rumbled deep into the red zone and Davison scored one play later to make it 13-0.Morton threw a red-zone interception early in the fourth quarter and a fourth-down stop from their own 30 midway through the fourth quarter doomed whatever comeback chances existed for the Red Raiders. Davison plunged in from the 1 with 16 seconds left to cap the scoring. And once again, a CFP bye meant a team went bye-bye.It was the sixth quarterfinal under this 12-team tournament format that started last year there were two others coming later Thursday and the sixth time that the team coming off an extended break lost to a team that played a first-round game.In 2024, Boise State (against Penn State), Arizona State (against Texas), Georgia (against Notre Dame) and Oregon (against Ohio State) all went out in the quarterfinals after first-round byes. Miami added to that list Wednesday night, beating Ohio State in a quarterfinal at the Cotton Bowl. In those six games, including Thursday, the team with the bye has held the lead for less than five minutes combined of regulation.Texas Tech thought it could avoid that fate. It could not, and Oregon finished off its first shutout of an AP-ranked opponent since 2012. Oregon was playing a top-10 team for the 113th time and for the first time, allowed zero points.Oregon played James Madison in Round 1 this year, winning 51-34, and generally was unhappy afterward with how it played defensively. There wasnt anything to not like from that side of the ball on Thursday.Last week a lot of people talked about our defense, Lanning said. They showed up today.The takeawayOregon: The Ducks are flying home to Eugene, instead of staying in the Eastern time zone to prepare for the Peach Bowl in Atlanta next week. It was a decision the Ducks made not long after seeing how the CFP bracket could shake out.Texas Tech: It simply was an uncharacteristic offensive showing from the Red Raiders, who had scored at least 10 points before halftime in 26 of their last 27 games going back to 2023 and hadnt been shut out in the first two quarters of a game since Nov. 20, 2021.Up nextOregon: The Ducks, who have tied the school record for wins in a season, await the Indiana-Alabama winner.Texas Tech: The Red Raiders are scheduled to open the 2026 season at home against Abilene Christian on Sept. 5. ___Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here and here (AP News mobile app). AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football TIM REYNOLDS Reynolds is an Associated Press sports writer, based in South Florida. twitter mailto

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At least three Israeli soldiers have died in Gaza since the ceasefire came down, killed by militant attacks or explosive detonations. Young boy drowned from floodingUNICEF said Thursday that 7-year-old Ata Mai had drowned Saturday in severe flooding that engulfed his tent camp in Gaza City. Mais was the latest child death reported in Gaza as storms, cold weather and flooding worsen already brutal living conditions. Almost the entire population of more than 2 million people have lost their homes, and most are living in squalid tent camps with little protection from the weather. UNICEF said Mai had been living with his younger siblings and family in a camp of around 40 tents. They lost their mother earlier in the war. Video from Civil Defense teams, shown on Al Jazeera, showed rescue workers trying to get Mais body out of what appeared to be a pit filled with muddy water surrounded by wreckage of bombed buildings. The men waded into the water, pulling at the boys ankle, the only part of his body visible. Later, the body is shown wrapped in a muddy cloth being loaded into an ambulance. Over past weeks, cold winter rains have repeatedly lashed the sprawling tent cities, causing flooding, turning Gazas dirt roads into mud and causing buildings damaged in Israeli bombardment to collapse. UNICEF says at least six children, including Mai, have now died of weather-related causes, including a 4-year-old who died in a building collapse.The Gaza Ministry of Health says three children have died of hypothermia. Teams visiting displacement camps reported appalling conditions that no child should endure, with many tents blown away or collapsing entirely, said Edouard Beigbeder, regional director for UNICEFs Middle East and North Africa division. West Bank arrest raidThe Palestinian Prisoners Society said Israeli troops had arrested at least 50 Palestinians across the West Bank and interrogated many of them overnight. Most of the arrests occurred in the Ramallah area, said the group, which is an official body within the Palestinian Authority. These operations were accompanied by widespread raids, abuse and assault against detainees and their families, in addition to extensive acts of vandalism and destruction inside citizens homes, the group alleged. Israels military did not immediately comment on the raid. The society says that Israel has arrested 7,000 Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem this year, and 21,000 since the war began Oct. 7, 2023. The number arrested from Gaza is not made public by Israel. Violence in the West Bank has surged during the war in Gaza, with the Israeli military carrying out large-scale operations targeting militants that have killed hundreds of Palestinians and displaced tens of thousands. There has also been a rise in Israeli settler violence and Palestinian attacks on Israelis. Boy in Gaza diesA nine-year-old boy, Youssef Shandaghi, died in Jabaliya in northern Gaza, not far from the so-called Yellow Line, the ceasefire demarcation between the more than half of the Gaza Strip still held by the Israeli military and the rest of the territory, where most of the population lives. Two officials from Gazas Shifa Hospital, Director Mohammed Abu Selmiya and Managing Director Rami Mhanna, said the boy was killed by Israeli gunfire coming from across the Yellow Line. Abu Selmiya cited the report from the doctor who received Shandaghis body. Israels military said it had no knowledge of the incident. But an uncle of the boy said he was killed by unexploded ordnance he had come across while playing. It was not immediately possible to reconcile the conflicting accounts. Israeli troops almost daily open fire on Palestinians who come too close to the Yellow Line, often killing or wounding some, according to medical personnel and witnesses. The Israeli military says it fires warning shots if someone crosses the line and fires at anyone judged to be posing a threat to troops. It has acknowledged some civilians have been killed, including young children. Since the ceasefire began, 416 Palestinians have been killed and 1,142 wounded in Gaza, according to the Health Ministry. The overall Palestinian death toll from the war is at least 71,271. The ministry, which does not distinguish between militants and civilians in its count, is staffed by medical professionals and maintains detailed records viewed as generally reliable by the international community. JULIA FRANKEL Frankel, based in Jerusalem, has reported from across Israel and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Her reporting focuses on war, human rights, displacement and criminal justice. twitter mailto

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Indiana wide receiver Elijah Sarratt (13) makes a touchdown catch past Alabama defensive back Dijon Lee Jr. (5) during the second half of the Rose Bowl College Football Playoff quarterfinal game Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)2026-01-01T18:51:55Z PASADENA, Calif. (AP) Fernando Mendoza threw three touchdown passes, Indianas 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 on Thursday.Mendoza passed for 192 yards in his first game since winning his schools first Heisman Trophy, but the hard-nosed Hoosiers (14-0, No. 1 CFP seed) won the Rose Bowl for the first time in school history by dominating the Crimson Tide (11-4, No. 9 CFP seed) at the line of scrimmage.Indiana scored the games first 24 points before pouring it on with fourth-quarter rushing TDs from Kaelon Black and Roman Hemby, wrapping up a jubilant win in the 112th edition of the Granddaddy of Them All.Charlie Becker, Omar Cooper Jr. and Elijah Sarratt caught TD passes, while Black rushed for 99 yards. Indiana outgained Alabama 407-193, steadily delighting a decidedly pro-Indiana crowd that celebrated its long-struggling teams first Rose Bowl game appearance since 1968 with chants of Hoosier Daddy? in the final minutes. Indiana had not won any bowl game since the Copper Bowl in 1991, but history has been no match for Curt Cignetti and his dominant Hoosiers during the coachs two transcendent seasons. The Hoosiers are headed to the Peach Bowl on Jan. 9 for a CFP semifinal rematch with fifth-seeded Oregon, which routed Texas Tech 23-0 earlier Thursday in the Orange Bowl.Indiana beat the then-No. 3 Ducks 30-20 in Eugene last October in one of Cignettis most impressive Big Ten victories. Indiana is two wins away from the first national championship in school history after becoming the first team to advance following a first-round bye in the current 12-team playoff format. The first six bye teams including the first two this season couldnt come back strong from an extra-long layoff, but the Hoosiers took care of business while improving to 25-2 under Cignetti. The Crimson Tides second season under Kalen DeBoer ended in the same venue as their final season under Nick Saban two years ago. Alabama was outclassed one week after an impressive road win over Oklahoma, managing just 151 yards before the meaningless final minutes of this blowout.Ty Simpson passed for 67 yards before backup Austin Mack replaced him in the third quarter. Mack immediately got the Tide rolling on a 65-yard drive leading to a short field goal, but the Hoosiers responded with two unstoppable TD drives.Indiana dominated the famous Rose Bowl turf, which stayed pristine despite nearly 24 hours of steady rain before kickoff. The storms dissipated while the Hoosiers took their first-half lead, and blue skies appeared in the second half.After the first scoreless first quarter in a Rose Bowl in 26 years, Indianas second drive stretched 84 yards and 16 plays over nearly nine minutes before Nicolas Radicics 31-yard field goal on the first snap of the second quarter.Indianas defense then stopped Alabama on fourth and 1 at the Tide 34, and Mendoza fired a long, high pass to the leaping Becker four plays later for a 21-yard touchdown. Simpson fumbled in Indiana territory after a courageous first-down scramble late in the first half, and the Hoosiers methodically drove for Mendozas 1-yard TD pass with 17 seconds left to Cooper, the hero of Indianas dramatic victory over Penn State.After halftime, Mendoza led a steady 79-yard drive ending in his 24-yard TD pass to the leaping Sarratt.The victory is the latest step in the monumental two-season turnaround of what was the losingest program in college football when Cignetti took charge. After winning 11 games and reaching the CFP last season, the Hoosiers steamrolled through their schedule this fall before beating defending national champion Ohio State for the Big Ten title and ascending to the No. 1 spot in the AP Top 25 for the first time.TakeawaysAlabama: It was remarkable to see the most successful program of the 21st century get dominated up front. The Tides inability to run the ball was a season-long problem, but it was particularly painful in Pasadena. Whether through personnel or scheme, DeBoers offense must take a step forward next year to reach the standard expected at Bama.Indiana: The Hoosiers acted like theyve been here before, even though they havent. Cignettis group has a businesslike demeanor that wasnt remotely altered by Alabamas reputation and history. Up nextAlabama: Host East Carolina on Sept. 5.Indiana: A trip to Atlanta to face the powerhouse Ducks, who lost last seasons Rose Bowl to Ohio State as the No. 1 seed.___AP college football: https://apnews.com/college-football GREG BEACHAM Beacham is a sports writer in California.

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