Getting a chance to play in the Coretta Scott King Classic has special meaning for Ohio State senior Chance Gray. Her great grandfather Benjamin Hooks worked with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr and was onetime executive director of the NAACP. Gray remembered when she was young hearing stories from Hooks, who died in 2010. Gray’s team _ the No. 14 Buckeyes _ faces 10th-ranked TCU on Monday in the opener of the women’s basketball doubleheader. Fifth-ranked Vanderbilt plays No. 8 Michigan in the second game. It’s the second year of the tournament.

The Swiss town of Davos hosts the annual meeting of elites from business, government and culture this week. An increasingly assertive U.S. President Donald Trump who has unsettled markets and allies alike with his America First agenda is set to swoop in and dominate talk at the globalist gathering. The World Economic Forum, the think tank that hosts the annual event in the Alpine snows starting Tuesday, has a stated motto of “improving the state of the world” and this year’s theme is “A spirit of dialogue.” One question is whether Trump will speak with attendees — or at them.

China's population continues to shrink. Government statistics released on Monday revealed the population fell for the fourth straight year to 1.4 billion. Births dropped in 2025 by 17% to 7.92 million. Despite lifting the one-child policy to allow three children, the fertility rate remains low. Most families cite the costs and pressure of raising a child in a highly competitive society. The Chinese government published a fertility rate of 1.3 in 2020, but experts have estimated it is now around 1. Officials have offered cash subsidies and started taxing condoms to encourage births. The government also has removed taxes on kindergartens, daycares and matchmaking services.

Third-seeded Coco Gauff defeated Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2, 6-3 on Monday in a first-round match at the Australian Open. Gauff has won two Grand Slam titles but has never gone past the semifinals at Melbourne Park. She was knocked out in the quarterfinals last year. Gauff has struggled with double-faults and had 431 in 2025 on the WTA Tour, by far the most of any player. No one else had more than 300. Gauff had six in the first set in the victory over Rakhimova and one in the second set. Meanwhile, former champion Sofia Kenin’s struggles continue as she lost to Peyton Stearns.

Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams survived an incredible throw by Caleb Williams that forced overtime, beating the Chicago Bears 20-17 to advance to the NFC championship game. Harrison Mevis kicked a 42-yard field goal in OT after Kam Curl intercepted a deep pass by Williams on the Bears’ first possession of the extra period. Stafford completed a 16-yard pass to Puka Nacua to get the Rams into field-goal range and set up Mevis. The Rams will visit NFC West rival Seattle next Sunday in their first trip to the conference championship game since the 2021 team won the Super Bowl.

As communities across the country prepare Monday to host parades, panels and service projects for the 40th anniversary of when the federal government officially began observing Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the current political climate has left some feeling more fraught than festive when it comes to how to honor the slain civil rights icon. In the year since Donald Trump’s second inauguration fell on the MLK holiday, the Republican president has gone after diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and targeted mostly Black-led cities for federal law enforcement takeovers. Some Black advocacy groups, however, are vowing a day of resistance and rallies nationwide against what they see as an administration that governs with fear-based tactics.

“60 Minutes” says it will air a report Sunday on Trump administration deportations, a version of which was abruptly pulled from its broadcast a month ago. The network announced less than two hours before its broadcast that correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi's report about migrants sent to El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison would air, giving no immediate details on how it was changed. CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss pulled the report shortly before its planned Dec. 21 broadcast, saying it needed to better reflect the Trump administration's view. At the time, Alfonsi told her colleagues that she believed that the decision was made for political reasons, not editorial ones.

What sounds like President Donald Trump narrating a new Fannie Mae ad actually is an AI-cloned voice reading text, according to a disclaimer in the video. The ad comes as the Trump administration is making a big push to make housing affordable and the president plans to talk about housing at his appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this week. First Lady Melania Trump recently employed AI technology firm ElevenLabs to help voice the audio version of her memoir. It’s not known who cloned President Trump’s voice for the Fannie Mae ad.

Business owners in a Minneapolis Somali mall are feeling the impact of an immigration crackdown. The usually bustling Karmel Mall is now quiet, with many shops closed. While many immigrants say their businesses have been impacted, the Somali community has been a specific target of the Trump administration. Fears of ICE have turned off both vendors and customers, citizens and noncitizens. Business owners said they've lost almost all of their customers and are now struggling to pay rent.

Authorities in Chile say that wildfires raging across central and southern areas of the country have left at least 18 people dead. The flames have scorched thousands of acres of forest and destroyed scores of homes. The South American country is sweltering under a heat wave. Chilean President Gabriel Boric declared a state of catastrophe on Sunday in the country’s hard-hit central Biobio region and the neighboring Ñuble region around 500 kilometers or 300 miles south of the capital Santiago. More than two dozen wildfires raced across those areas and ravaged 8,500 hectares or 21,000 acres. About 50,000 people were forced to evacuate.

Anthony Edwards doesn't want to be the face of the NBA, but the Minnesota Timberwolves star is becoming a focus of one the league’s marquee matchups when he goes up against San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama. Edwards had a career-high 55 points, but Wembanyama scored 39 points and captured a key offensive rebound in the final seconds as San Antonio held off Minnesota 126-123 on Saturday. Wembanyama and Edwards exchanged highlights and baskets in the final minutes of a showdown between two of the Western Conference’s top teams.

The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to be ready in case of a possible deployment to Minnesota, where federal authorities have been conducting a massive immigration enforcement operation. Two defense officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military plans, said Sunday that two infantry battalions of the Army’s 11th Airborne Division have been given prepare-to-deploy orders if President Donald Trump invokes the 19th century Insurrection Act. The president suggested he might use it but then later walked back the threat.

James Cameron’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” continues to dominate the North American box office, topping charts for the fifth weekend with $13.3 million in sales. Meanwhile, “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” secured second place with $13 million. Despite strong reviews and a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score, it fell short of expectations. Disney celebrated a milestone as “Zootopia 2” became the highest-grossing animated Motion Picture Association release ever. “The Housemaid” and “Marty Supreme” rounded out the top five. “Lord of the Rings” re-releases also performed well, landing in the top 10.

Video obtained by The Associated Press shows the moment that Israeli settlers set fire to a Palestinian village in the West Bank. The Palestinian Authority’s Jerusalem governorate said Sunday that dozens of settlers descended on the small Bedouin hamlet of Khirbet al-Sidra in the Israeli-occupied West Bank overnight. It came as at least five more countries said they had been invited to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace. An Israeli minister also said that he’d given notice to disconnect the water and electricity for facilities for the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA.

At least six more more countries say the United States has invited them to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s new “Board of Peace" overseeing next steps for Gaza. A U.S. official confirms that a $1 billion contribution secures permanent membership, while a three-year appointment requires no contribution. India, Hungary, Jordan, Greece, Cyprus and Pakistan are the latest to say they have received invitations, joining others like Canada and Turkey. The official member list is expected in the coming days. The board of world leaders could rival the United Nations, whose clout has been diminished by funding cuts by the Trump administration and other donors.