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A dog stranded on an island in South Carolina's Waccamaw River was successfully rescued by first responders Tuesday afternoon, and has since been reunited with its owner.

Horry County Fire Rescue (HCFR) crews were dispatched to the Chris Anderson Landing off East Highway 9 in the Longs community after receiving reports of a dog in distress, alone on a river island.

The rescue operation involved boat crews from HCFR Station 40 (Hickory Grove) working alongside environmental officers from the Horry County Police Department. The team successfully reached the island, secured the dog with a leash, and transported the animal safely back to shore.

"The very agreeable dog was happy to be saved," HCFR officials reported on social media.

Russian authorities said Friday that the death toll from a Ukrainian drone strike they said struck a café in a Russian-occupied village in Ukraine's Kherson region rose to 27 people. Kyiv denied attacking civilian targets.

Svetlana Petrenko, spokeswoman of Russia's main criminal investigation agency, the Investigative Committee, said in a statement that a Ukrainian drone strike on a café and hotel in the village of Khorly, where at least 100 civilians were celebrating New Year's Eve overnight into Thursday, killed 27 people, including two minors. A total of 31, including five minors, were hospitalized with injuries.

A criminal probe on the charges of carrying out an act of terrorism has been opened, Petrenko said.

Kyiv denied attacking civilians. Spokesman of Ukraine's General Staff, Dmytro Lykhovii, told Ukraine's public broadcaster Suspilne on Thursday that Ukrainian forces "adhere to the norms of international humanitarian law" and "carry out strikes exclusively against Russian military targets, facilities of the Russian fuel and energy sector, and other lawful targets."

Lykhovii said that General Staff has published an explicit list of targets that the Ukrainian army struck on the night of New Year's Eve. The list did not include strikes on occupied parts of the Kherson region.

Lykhovii noted that Russia has repeatedly used disinformation and false statements to disrupt the ongoing peace negotiations.

The Associated Press could not independently verify claims made about the attack.

Russia's accusations against Ukraine come amid a U.S.-led diplomatic push to end the nearly four-year war in Ukraine. Earlier this week, Moscow alleged that Kyiv launched a long-range drone attack against a residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin in northwestern Russia overnight from Sunday to Monday.

Kyiv has called the allegations of an attack on Putin's residence a ruse to derail ongoing peace negotiations, which have ramped up in recent weeks on both sides of the Atlantic.

In his New Year's 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."

Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff said Wednesday that he, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump's son-in-law andadviser Jared Kushnerhad a "productive call" with the national security advisers of Britain, France, Germany and Ukraine "to discussadvancing the next stepsin the European peace process."

Elsewhere in Ukraine, Russia conducted what local authorities called "one of the most massive" drone attacks at Zaporizhzhia overnight.

At least nine Russian drones struck the city, damaging dozens of residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure, head of the regional administration, Ivan Fedorov, wrote on Telegram on Friday. There were no casualties, the official said.

Overall, Russia fired 116 long-range drones at Ukraine last night, according to Ukraine's Air Force, which said that 86 drones were intercepted, while 27 more have reached their targets.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported Friday that its air defenses intercepted 64 Ukrainian drones overnight over multiple Russian regions.

Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of Russia's Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine, on Friday also accused Ukrainian forces of carrying out a missile strike on the city of Belgorod. Two women were hospitalized with injuries, Gladkov said. The strike shattered windows in multiple residential buildings and damaged an unspecified "commercial" facility and a number of cars, according to the official.

A major snowstorm isn't in the cards to welcome 2026.

But on Jan. 2, 1999, 27 years ago today, parts of the upper Midwest and eastern Canada were in the throes of a blizzard that would dump up to 28 inches of snow in Lower Michigan.

In Chicago, what was already a disruptive snowstorm was boosted by winds flowing off Lake Michigan, enhancing snowfall and gusting up to 50 mph, producing blizzard conditions along the lakeshore.

O'Hare Airport totaled 21.6 inches of snow from Jan. 1-3, its second heaviest snowstorm on record behind only the historic Jan. 26-27, 1967, blizzard's 23-inch total. The 18.6 inches that fell on Jan. 2, alone, remains the city's heaviest calendar-day snowfall on record.

While this storm was spread out over several days of a holiday weekend, its impacts were disruptive. For the first time, Chicago's Lake Shore Drive was shut down by the storm. Hundreds of flights were canceled throughout the region, including 300 flights at both Midway and O'Hare Airports.

The storm was immediately followed by an Arctic cold outbreak that set the all-time cold record for the state of Illinois (minus 36 degrees in Congerville) on Jan. 5, according to the University of Wisconsin. Incidentally, thatstate record was topped 20 years laterduring the late January 2019 outbreak.

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Ole Miss authored anincredible 39-34 Sugar Bowl victorythanks to a 47-yard a game-winning field goal by Lucas Carneiro with six seconds left.

lucas carneiro 47 yarder; ole miss vs georgiapic.twitter.com/V0sdEXPBK3

— ◇ (@F0RGIAT0)January 2, 2026

Carneiro's kick came after No. 3 Georgia tied the game with less than a minute remaining on a short field goal by Peyton Woodring. And the Rebels got into field goal position when QB Trinidad Chambliss found WR De'Zhaun Stribling in man coverage on third down with under 30 seconds to go after Georgia sent a blitz hoping to force a punt and try for a game-winning kick of its own.

The win means No. 6 Ole Miss will play No. 10 Miami in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 8 for a spot in the national championship game on Jan. 19. And it also means that Ole Miss has now won two College Football Playoff games under coach Pete Golding after Lane Kiffin left the team at the end of the regular season to be the new coach at LSU.

Though Carneiro's field goal broke a 34-34 tie, the margin of victory ended up being five points after a lateral by Georgia on the ensuing kickoff hit an end zone pylon to result in a safety.

That safety necessitated a replay review to establish that there was still a second on the clock. The review took place as Ole Miss celebrated and the Sugar Bowl trophy presentation stage had been wheeled out onto the field.

After the stage was wheeled back off the field — and the celebrations stopped — Georgia tried an onside kick and recovered it. But the Bulldogs' last-ditch multi-lateral play included a penalty and didn't go anywhere in the first place.

The best quarterfinal of the season … by far

The final quarterfinal of this season's College Football Playoff provided the most drama. Chambliss and Georgia QB Gunner Stockton each played incredibly well as the Rebels somehow scored 27 points in the second half on their way to the win.

Chambliss took over in the second half with his improvisation skills. The Rebels took a 27-24 lead on a TD run by Kewan Lacy after Chambliss saved multiple plays that assuredly looked like they'd result in a no gain at best.

trinidad chambliss to harrison wallace; ole miss vs georgiapic.twitter.com/LcPUwESpEX

— ◇ (@F0RGIAT0)January 2, 2026

Carneiro's kick came after No. 3 Georgia tied the game with less than a minute remaining on a short field goal by Peyton Woodring. And the Rebels got into field goal position when QB Trinidad Chambliss found WR De'Zhaun Stribling in man coverage on third down with under 30 seconds to go after Georgia sent a blitz hoping to force a punt and try for a game-winning kick of its own.

The win means No. 6 Ole Miss will play No. 10 Miami in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 8 for a spot in the national championship game on Jan. 19. And it also means that Ole Miss has now won two College Football Playoff games under coach Pete Golding after Lane Kiffin left the team at the end of the regular season to be the new coach at LSU.

Though Carneiro's field goal broke a 34-34 tie, the margin of victory ended up being five points after a lateral by Georgia on the ensuing kickoff hit an end zone pylon to result in a safety.

That safety necessitated a replay review to establish that there was still a second on the clock. The review took place as Ole Miss celebrated and the Sugar Bowl trophy presentation stage had been wheeled out onto the field.

After the stage was wheeled back off the field — and the celebrations stopped — Georgia tried an onside kick and recovered it. But the Bulldogs' last-ditch multi-lateral play included a penalty and didn't go anywhere in the first place.

The best quarterfinal of the season … by far

The final quarterfinal of this season's College Football Playoff provided the most drama. Chambliss and Georgia QB Gunner Stockton each played incredibly well as the Rebels somehow scored 27 points in the second half on their way to the win.

Chambliss took over in the second half with his improvisation skills. The Rebels took a 27-24 lead on a TD run by Kewan Lacy after Chambliss saved multiple plays that assuredly looked like they'd result in a no gain at best.

— ◇ (@F0RGIAT0)January 2, 2026trinidad chambliss to harrison wallace; ole miss vs georgiapic.twitter.com/LcPUwESpEX

Chambliss finished 30-of-46 passing for 362 yards and two touchdowns. It's not a stretch to say it was the best performance of his career.

The former Ferris State QB transferred to Ole Miss ahead of the 2025 season and began the year backing up Austin Simmons. After Simmons injured his ankle in Week 2, Chambliss became the team's starter and didn't relinquish the job after Simmons got healthy.

Chambliss finished eighth in the Heisman Trophy voting — one place behind Stockton — as he threw for nearly 3,300 yards and 19 TDs during the regular season while also rushing for 506 yards and eight scores.

Ole Miss trailed 21-12 at halftime after the Rebels botched the final offensive play before halftime. Instead of potentially kicking a field goal to cut Georgia's lead to six, Ole Miss TE Dae'Quan Wright didn't get out of bounds after catching a pass in Georgia territory with less than 10 seconds to go.

It was easy to see how the end to the second quarter could be demoralizing for the Rebels. Instead, Ole Miss responded with 20 points in the fourth quarter to seize control of the game.

Georgia almost benefited from a massive missed call

Ole Miss fans would gladly point out that Georgia shouldn't have had the opportunity to tie the game with less than a minute to go.

The Bulldogs' game-tying field goal came after officials inexplicably missed a blatant facemask on Lacy. The missed call came on second down and would have resulted in an automatic first down with approximately six minutes to go.

How do you possibly miss this facemask?pic.twitter.com/3BDtYdLrU4

— CFB Kings (@CFBKings)January 2, 2026

Instead, Chambliss' third-down pass was batted down at the line of scrimmage, and Georgia converted a huge fourth down itself to get into position for a game-tying field goal.

Stockton finished the game 18-of-31 passing for 204 yards and a TD while also rushing for two scores. In any other game — especially in November — that would have been plenty for Georgia to win.

It wasn't on Thursday night.

Georgia entered the Sugar Bowl allowing just 29 points over its last four games combined. The Bulldogs' defense had emerged at the end of the regular season and held Alabama to just 209 total yards in the SEC title game. The 12 points Ole Miss had at halftime was the most anyone had scored on Georgia since Mississippi State put up 21 on Nov. 8.

The Rebels kept scoring in the second half. Lacy finished with 22 carries for 98 yards and two scores while Harrison Wallace III had nine catches for 156 yards and a TD and Stribling had seven catches for 122 yards.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored 45 points, James Harden added 20 and the Los Angeles Clippers recovered from blowing a 21-point lead to beat the Utah Jazz 118-101 on Thursday night, extending their winning streak to a season-best six games.

Leonard was the only Clippers starter on the floor for much of the fourth quarter. He singlehandedly matched Utah's points in the period (20), with blood on his nose from what appeared to be a scratch.

Los Angeles hit seven straight 3-pointers, with Leonard making four, to pull away. Nicolas Batum finished with 14 points and went 4 of 6 from 3-point range.

The Jazz rallied despite being without three starters. They were led by reserve Kyle Anderson with 22 points — his first 20-point game in nearly three years — and Brice Sensabaugh with 20. Anderson's eight rebounds were a season high. Cody Williams had 18 points, while Isaiah Collier added 16 points and 10 assists.

The game was tied six times in the third period, when Utah took its first lead.

The Clippers outscored Utah 28-7 to start the game. The Jazz missed their first six shots and had one rebound in the first six minutes.

Utah outscored the Clippers 33-22 in the second — when Leonard scored LA's first nine points — to trail 53-50 at halftime.

Utah played without Keyonte George (illness), Lauri Markkanen (knee) and Jusuf Nurkic (toe). The Jazz have dropped six of eight.

The Jazz had 58 points in the paint and their bench outscored the Clippers' reserves 51-40.

Jazz: Visit the Golden State Warriors on Saturday.

Clippers: Host the Boston Celtics on Saturday.

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Ole Misshad to delay the celebration for their 39-34 Sugar Bowl victory over Georgia multiple times on Thursday night.

After kicking a go-ahead field goal with six seconds left, Ole Miss was awarded a safety on its final kickoff when Georgia's return team tried a cross-field lateral that hit the pylon. Players and coaches began to rush the field in celebration, before having to return to the sideline as officialsdemanded Georgiakick off with one second remaining.

Georgia then recovered an onside kick, falling on the ball to preserve the final second. Ole Miss players and coaches again began to celebrate, believing the game had ended there.

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Ole Miss Head coach Pete Golding was even doused in a Gatorade bath. However, officials again demanded the final second be played, and stadium staff even began to push the winner's stage onto the field, before having to push it back to clear space for the final play.

Georgia ran one more play in which they executed numerous laterals before the play fizzled after dozens of seconds, before Ole Miss could finally celebrate their CFP victory.

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The win sent Ole Miss (13-1, CFP No. 6 seed) on to asemifinal against Miamiin the Fiesta Bowl next Thursday.

Kicking off on the heels of two lopsided CFP quarterfinals at the Orange and Rose bowls, the Sugar Bowl provided drama until the end.

Former Espn Star Blasts Ole Miss After Pete Golding Revealed As Lane Kiffin's Chosen Successor

After seeing a 21-12 halftime lead turn into a 34-24 deficit with 9:02 to play,Georgia (12-2, CFP No. 3 seed)rallied to tie it, first driving for Gunner Stockton's 18-yard TD pass to Zachariah Branch before Peyton Woodring's short field goal tied it with 55 seconds left in regulation.

Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss responded by setting up the winning kick with a 40-yard pass to De'Zhaun Stribling on third down from Mississippi's own 30-yard line. A few plays later, kicker Lucas Carneiro, who'd already broken Sugar Bowl records with field goals of 55 and 56 yards, hit from 47 and sprinted triumphantly toward the Ole Miss sideline as the Rebels jubilantly swarmed around him.

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Harrison Wallace III caught nine passed for 156 yards and one TD, Stribling finished with seven catches for 122 yards, Kewan Lacy rushed for 98 yards and two TDs, and the Rebels outgained the Bulldogs 473 yards to 343.

Stockton passed for 203 yards and one touchdown, and also ran for two scores.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Original article source:Ole Miss-Georgia Sugar Bowl thriller ends with delayed celebrations as officials demand last second be played

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) —Indonesiaon Friday began enforcing its newly ratified penal code, replacing a Dutch-era criminal law that had governed the country for more than 80 years and marking a major shift in its legal landscape.

Since proclaiming independence in 1945, the Southeast Asian country had continued to operate under a colonial framework widely criticized as outdated and misaligned with Indonesia's social values. Efforts to revise the code stalled for decades as lawmakers debated how to balance human rights, religious norms and local traditions in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation.

The 345-page Indonesian Penal Code, known as the KUHP,was passed in 2022. At the time, then-U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said the U.S. was "closely monitoring the revised criminal code" of its democratic partner.

It criminalizes sex outside marriage, applies to citizens and foreign visitors, and reintroduces penalties for insulting the president and state institutions. It comes into force following a three-year transition period.

Moving away from a colonial framework

A previously revised code was poised for passage in 2019, but then-President Joko Widodo urged lawmakers todelay a voteamid mounting public criticism that led to nationwide protests involving tens of thousands of people.

Opponents said it contained articles that discriminated against minorities and that the legislative process lacked transparency.

A parliamentary taskforce finalized the bill in November 2022 and lawmakers unanimously approved it a month later in what the government called a "historic step."

Deputy Law Minister Edward Hiariej has defended the reforms as a modernization effort that shifts Indonesia's criminal justice paradigm toward corrective, restorative and rehabilitative justice.

"The new criminal code prioritizes repairing harm and social reintegration, rather than relying solely on punishment," Hiariej said during a briefing on the new penal code on Thursday, adding that these principles reflect values long embedded in Indonesian society.

Alongside the KUHP, Indonesia is also preparing a new criminal procedural law, or KUHAP, aimed at addressing procedural inefficiencies and strengthening human rights protections. Together, the reforms represent a comprehensive overhaul of the justice system, Hiariej said.

Provisions under scrutiny

Under the amended code, sex outside marriage is punishable by up to one year in prison, while cohabitation carries a six-month sentence. However, adultery cases can only proceed following a complaint by a spouse, parents or children — a safeguard the government says prevents arbitrary enforcement, including against tourists.

Rights groups remain skeptical. Human Rights Watch warned the morality-based provisions could lead to invasions of privacy and selective enforcement.

The code also restores a ban on insulting a sitting president or vice president, state institutions and the national ideology. Cases must be reported by the president and carry penalties of up to three years in prison for "attacking the honor or dignity" of state leaders.

Hiariej said the government has issued strict guidelines distinguishing criticism from criminal insult, but rights advocates argue the provisions threaten freedom of expression.

Amnesty International Indonesia executive director Usman Hamid described the KUHP as "a significant blow" to civil liberties.

"This overreaching criminal code will entrench obstacles to freedom of speech while criminalizing legitimate and peaceful dissent," Hamid said, warning it could open the door to abuse of power.

The new code also expands an existing blasphemy law, maintaining prison sentences of up to five years for deviations from the core teachings of Indonesia's six officially recognized religions. It preserves penalties of up to 10 years for associating with Marxist-Leninist organizations and four years for spreading communist ideology.

Mixed reactions

Some advocates welcomed lawmakers' decision to drop a proposed article that would have criminalized gay sex, following opposition from civil society groups. The move was hailed as a rare positive outcome for Indonesia's LGBTQ community.

The revised code retains the death penalty, despite calls from rights groups to abolish capital punishment. However, it introduces a 10-year probationary period, after which death sentences may be commuted to life imprisonment or 20 years if the convict demonstrates good behavior.

It also maintains a ban on abortion while formalizing existing exceptions for life-threatening medical conditions and pregnancies resulting from rape, provided the fetus is less than 12 weeks old.

A shift in sentencing philosophy

Legal experts say the KUHP reflects a fundamental change in how punishment is applied. Hiariej noted that public opinion still often favors harsh penalties, a mindset he described as rooted in outdated notions of retribution.

"This is a legacy of the law of retaliation," he said, contrasting it with modern systems that emphasize harm repair and reintegration.

The Institute for Criminal Justice Reform said the code expands non-custodial sentences, including community service and supervision, and gives judges greater discretion to tailor penalties.

ICJR executive director Erasmus Napitupulu said these measures could help ease prison overcrowding and better serve victims.

He also praised the probationary mechanism for death row inmates as "an initial step toward eventually abolishing the death penalty in Indonesia."

"This is a good mechanism and meaningful progress for criminal justice reform," Napitupulu said.