Today is Thursday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2026. There are 336 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On Jan. 29, 2002, in his first State of the Union address, President George W. Bush said terrorists were still threatening America — and warned of “an axis of evil” consisting of North Korea, Iran and Iraq.

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In 1891, following the death of her brother Kalākaua, Lili‘uokalani was sworn in as the first and only queen of the Hawaiian Kingdom. (Her reign would end two years later when the Hawaiian monarchy was abolished following a U.S. military-supported coup d’état.)

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In 1936, the first five inductees of baseball’s Hall of Fame — Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson — were elected in Cooperstown, New York.

In 1979, President Jimmy Carter formally welcomed Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping (dung shah-oh-ping) to the White House, following the establishment of full diplomatic relations.

In 1995, the San Francisco 49ers became the first team in NFL history to win five Super Bowl titles, beating the San Diego Chargers, 49-26, in Super Bowl XXIX.

In 1998, a bomb rocked an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Alabama, killing a security guard and critically injuring a nurse. (The bomber, Eric Rudolph, also admitted to carrying out the deadly bombing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and other attacks and is serving multiple life sentences.)

In 2013, the Justice Department ended its criminal probe of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster and Gulf of Mexico oil spill, with a U.S. judge agreeing to let London-based oil giant BP PLC plead guilty to manslaughter charges for the deaths of 11 rig workers and pay a record $4 billion in penalties.

In 2017, six people were killed in a shooting at a Quebec City mosque during evening prayers. (Alexandre Bissonnette, who was arrested nearby, pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges and drew a life prison sentence.)

In 2025, a midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet killed all 67 people aboard both aircraft as the jet was landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. At least 28 bodies were pulled from the icy Potomac River.

Today’s birthdays:

Feminist author Germaine Greer is 87.
Actor Katharine Ross is 86.
Actor Tom Selleck is 81.
R&B singer Charlie Wilson is 73.
TV host and media mogul Oprah Winfrey is 72.
Olympic diving gold medalist Greg Louganis is 66.
Football Hall of Famer Andre Reed is 62.
Hockey Hall of Famer Dominik Hašek is 61.
Actor-director Edward Burns is 58.
Actor Sara Gilbert is 51.
Pop-rock singer Adam Lambert is 44.
Actor Jakob Davies is 23.

When the Frost score early in games, they typically find themselves in the win column, with a 5-2-1-1 record entering Wednesday night’s matchup against the Vancouver Goldeneyes.

Not only would the Frost be the first to score in this one, but they’d score big in their 4-1 victory over the Goldeneyes, giving themselves a mini winning streak going into the Winter Olympics break.

“We’re going to have a month break now, so it’s huge for us to get the points and finish the first half off the right way,” said Frost head coach Ken Klee. “I think we had a really strong first half but we know there’s a lot of work to be done.”

The Frost scoring kicked off with defender Kendall Cooper’s first career PWHL goal, just under five minutes into the game. Cooper shot the puck right past the hand of Goldeneyes goalie, Kristen Campbell, and was welcomed with a warm embrace from her teammates on the ice to celebrate the first goal in her career.

“You think about it, and as the games go on and I felt like I had a lot of chances in other games and it just wasn’t going in,” Cooper said on the pressure of getting her first goal. “So obviously you feel that internal pressure, but at the same time my teammates are great. They’re just all about growth.”

“She’s been playing really well. She’s had opportunities, hit posts, different things. I think she’s been right there. For her, I think it’s just a weight off her back and I hope she can relax a little bit, have fun and shoot pucks,” Klee said.

The Frost wouldn’t get another goal until closer to the end of the 1st period, with Britta Curl-Salemme getting her sixth goal of the season at with just over two and half minutes left. Then with a second left in the 1st period, Kelly Pannek scored her seventh goal of the year on a power play, to make it 3-0 Frost at the buzzer.

Despite allowing a goal in the second period, Frost goalie Maddie Rooney had an impressive save, after an impressive save in this one, preventing 19 of 20 shots on goal from getting past her. Goals have slipped here and there past Rooney all season, but the help from her lines has helped her state of mind.

“I wasn’t happy where I started in the season, which as goal support I take some of that on my shoulders too,” said Rooney. “But these past few games, like he [Klee] alluded to, it’s a lot easier to play when we get up three goals like today. But I think just having that confidence in myself and knowing there’s going to be ups and downs and just having confidence in my team as they do in me.”

The Frost fans kept cheering her name, ‘Rooney, Rooney,’ after every highlight reel save at the net. Even without any goals from the Frost in the second period, it gave them the momentum they needed to keep the lead and get another goal from Curl-Salemme to cap off the 4-1 win.

“It’s awesome. The chant makes me laugh a little bit, but it’s so fun to play at Grand Casino Arena, and the fans we have are great. The energy is just unmatched,” said Rooney.

With a mini-two game wining streak secured going into the break, the Frost feel good about where things are set going into the second half of the PWHL season. They entered Wednesday night’s game in second place and kept their position with the four goals putting them at 28 on the season.

The Frost only trail the Boston Fleet for the top spot in the league by two points. The Frost also presented three of their 2024-25 teammates now on the Goldeneyes, Sophie Jaques, Claire Thompson, and Mellissa Channell-Watkins, with their Walter Cup Championship rings in a pre-game ceremony.

“It’s been awesome being back and just having the fans still support us,” said Jaques. “It was a really nice video and everything they did for us before the game, to be able to get our rings in person is really special.”

The Frost resume game action on March 1, and will open the second half in Montreal.

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MADISON, Wis.  – For the second consecutive game, Minnesota was unable to close out after leading at halftime.

The short-handed Gophers, playing without injured leading scorer Cade Tyson, let a 35-17 halftime lead slip away as Wisconsin rallied for a 67-63 victory in a Big Ten matchup Wednesday night as Minnesota’s losing streak reached six games.

Grayson Grove #2 of the Minnesota Golden Gophers scores past Hayden Jones #13 of the Wisconsin Badgers during the first half of the game at Kohl Center on January 28, 2026 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images)

“Obviously, we came out ready to play tonight. Guys had great spirit, great fight about them. Had the lead at halftime,” said Minnesota coach Nikeo Medved. “Wisconsin’s a terrific team and program. We knew they were going to make a run.”

Tyson, averaging a team-best 20.1 points per game, was out after suffering an ankle injury Sunday in a 76-57 home loss to No. 5 Nebraska, a game the Gophers led 36-30 at the half.

“Every game’s different, but this game was kind of the same story,” said Bobby Durkin, who led the Gophers with 20 points, but had just three in the second half. “Just didn’t find a way to pull it out at the end.

Isaac Asuma added 16 points and Langston Reynolds 12 for Minnesota (10-11, 3-7 Big Ten), which had just seven scholarship players available. Reserve forward Nehemiah Turner also was out.

“This group has been kicked,” Medved said. “I’ve never been through a season with this many injuries with guys. We had two more guys out today. These guys just never quit. They just battle and keep coming back for more.”

John Blackwell had 23 points, including 8 of Wisconsin’s final 11, and Nick Boyd scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half as the Badgers overcame a dismal shooting first half.

Wisconsin, which trailed 35-17 at the half, rallied to take its first lead of the second half at 51-50 on Boyd’s baseline jumper with 6:22 remaining.

The Badgers came back with a 15-2 run after the break, pulling within 37-32 on Blackwell’s 3-pointer.

Blackwell hit another 3-pointer from the left top to cut the lead to 39-37 with 10 ½ minutes remaining.

Asuma hit a jumper and a 3-pointer to put the Gophers up 47-39, but Wisconsin rallied within 47-44 on Boyd’s driving lay-in.

Braeden Carrington, who spent his first two seasons with the Gophers, was fouled on a 3-pointer from the right corner and added the free throw to make it 50-49.

Langston Reynolds #6 of the Minnesota Golden Gophers goes up for a shot past Nolan Winter #31 of the Wisconsin Badgers during the first half of the game at Kohl Center on January 28, 2026 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images)

“I think they came out with some high-level intensity on defense,” Durkin said. “But I don’t think we executed the way that we needed to. There’s definitely some things we’ll look at on film and try to clean up.”

Wisconsin shot 17.9 percent in the first half and 70.0 percent in the second, making 14 of 20, including 9 of 15 from deep. The Badgers also were 13 of 18 from the free-throw line in the second half, after going 3 of 4 in the first half.

Durkin matched the Badgers first-half scoring total with 17 points, but had one more field goal.

Durkin hit 6 of 7 shots, including 4 of 5 from deep, while Wisconsin shot just 17.9 percent in the first half, hitting 5 of 28 shots – 4 of 16 from three-point range and 1 of 12 inside the arc.

In the early going, the Gophers bore little resemblance to the team outscored by 25 points in the second half in the loss to Nebraska.

Reynolds put the Gophers on top 20-6 early as Wisconsin hit just 2 of its first 15 shots.

The lead ballooned to 27-9 when the Gophers turned a Wisconsin turnover into a jumper by Kai Shinholster from the top of the key.

Asuma banked in a 3-pointer from straight on and Durkin added another 3-pointer with 14 seconds left to push the lead to 35-15.

Boyd scored on drive ahead of the buzzer for Wisconsin’s first field goal after eight consecutive misses over a span of more than 5 ½ minutes.

Wisconsin, which has won 11 straight against Minnesota, won the first matchup two weeks ago at Minnesota, 78-75, on Blackwell’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer.

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Ecuador’s minister of foreign affairs has filed a protest with the U.S. Embassy after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents tried to enter the Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis without permission Tuesday.

A video of the attempt on social media shows a consulate staffer running to the door to turn the ICE agents away, telling them, “This is the Ecuadorian consulate. You’re not allowed to enter.” One ICE officer can be heard responding by threatening to “grab” the staffer if he touched the agent before agreeing to leave.

International law generally prohibits law enforcement authorities from entering  foreign consulates or embassies without permission, though sometimes permission may be assumed granted for life-threatening emergencies, like fires.

“Consulate officials immediately prevented the ICE officer from entering the consular building, thus ensuring the protection of the Ecuadorians who were present at the time and activating the emergency protocols issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility,” the ministry wrote on X.

A “note of protest” was filed with the U.S. Embassy in Ecuador so that similar attempts aren’t made at other consulates, the ministry said. The State Department, Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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