John Keim covers the Washington Commanders for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2013 after a stint with the Washington Post. He started covering the team in 1994 for the Journal Newspapers and later for the Washington Examiner. He has authored/co-authored four books. You can also listen to him on ‘The John Keim Report’, which airs on ESPN Richmond radio.
The Washington Commanders are finalizing a deal to hire Daronte Jones of the Minnesota Vikings as their next defensive coordinator, a source told ESPN on Monday.
Jones will take over for Joe Whitt, who was fired earlier this month after two seasons with Washington. The Commanders will have two inexperienced coordinators in 2026 after replacing Kliff Kingsbury with David Blough on offense shortly after the season ended.
The Commanders finished 5-12, one year after going 12-5 en route to a spot in the NFC Championship Game.
Jones had interviewed with five teams during this hiring cycle, and a source with one team called his interview “impressive.” One person who has coached with Jones said last week that it was “just a matter of time” before he landed a defensive coordinator’s job.
Jones has coached in the NFL since 2016, except for one year as LSU’s defensive coordinator in 2021. He joined the Vikings’ coaching staff in 2022, working with the defensive backs. He was named Minnesota’s pass game coordinator a year later and remained in that role through this season.
Washington coach Dan Quinn had sought an experienced coordinator and interviewed several who fit that description: Jonathan Gannon, Teryl Austin, Brian Flores, Joe Cullen, Dennard Wilson and Patrick Graham.
Jones called plays while with LSU. He also worked under Flores as well as notable defensive coaches such as Mike Zimmer, Vance Joseph and Marvin Lewis.
Jones was born in suburban Washington, D.C., and played his college ball at nearby Morgan State. He coached in college from 2001 to 2016 — with a two-year stop as a high school coach and one year in the Canadian Football League.
Washington’s defense needed an overhaul. The Commanders ranked 27th in scoring and last in yards this past season. Quinn took over the playcalling duties from Whitt entering the Week 11 game against Miami. Washington had surrendered 34 or more points in four of its previous seven games before that move.
The Commanders are expected to emphasize finding young defensive talent this offseason, whether in free agency or the draft, where they own the seventh pick.
PROVO, Utah — Brayden Burries scored 29 points and made a game-saving block in the final seconds as top-ranked Arizona remained unbeaten by holding off a furious rally from No. 13 BYU for an 86-83 victory Monday night.
Jaden Bradley added 26 points for the Wildcats (21-0, 8-0 Big 12), who matched the best start in school history.
BYU trailed by 19 midway through the second half before trimming the deficit to one with a 12-2 run that began with just more than a minute left. Keba Keita‘s putback dunk pulled the Cougars to 84-83 with 16 seconds to go, and they forced a turnover on the ensuing inbounds play.
Robert Wright III drove toward the rim and wriggled free for a good look near the basket, but Burries came flying over from the weak side to block the shot from behind. The freshman guard grabbed the loose ball and converted two free throws before BYU missed a long heave at the buzzer.
Burries finished 13-of-14 at the foul line. He added 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals.
Fellow freshman AJ Dybantsa led the Cougars (17-3, 5-2) with 24 points but shot 6-of-24 from the field, including 1-of-8 from 3-point range. Richie Saunders scored 18 and Kennard Davis Jr. added 17 while making five 3s.
BYU was handed its first home loss despite going 10-of-20 from long distance after halftime.
Three of Burries’ six first-half baskets came off BYU turnovers. The third one, a layup after Burries stole an inbounds pass, helped spark an 18-5 surge that put the Wildcats up 44-31 going into halftime.
Arizona made seven straight buckets during the go-ahead run. Bradley knocked down four jumpers in that stretch.
Jeff Borzello is a basketball recruiting insider. He has joined ESPN in 2014.
The hearing on Alabama center Charles Bediako‘s request for a preliminary injunction has been delayed because of weather issues, according to a court filing, resulting in his temporary restraining order (TRO) being extended another 10 days.
Meanwhile, the NCAA has filed a motion asking the judge overseeing the case to recuse himself, AL.com reported.
Bediako was granted a 10-day temporary restraining order last week that allowed him to play immediately for Alabama and that barred the NCAA from punishing the university in any way, with a full hearing scheduled for Tuesday. But the parties held a virtual status conference Monday because Taylor Askew, one of the NCAA’s attorneys, was unable to attend Tuesday’s hearing because of weather issues.
Judge James H. Roberts extended the temporary restraining order for 10 days after the NCAA agreed “that there exists good cause” to extend it. The initial temporary restraining order, which was granted Wednesday, was expected to remain in effect for 10 days or until a hearing could take place.
A full hearing will be set at a later date.
The NCAA’s motion for Roberts to recuse himself, filed later Monday, asks the judge to step down amid questions about his objectivity, AL.com reported. Roberts and his wife are listed as active donors on the website for Alabama’s Crimson Tide Foundation, which supports the university’s athletics.
“The NCAA has faith in the judicial process and does not currently contend the Court has an actual bias, partiality, or prejudice,” the NCAA wrote in its motion, according to AL.com. “Similarly, the NCAA does not allege that any actual bias motivated the Court’s granting of a temporary restraining order. Instead, the NCAA contends that proceeding in this Court has created an impermissible appearance of impropriety because of the intense media scrutiny and public speculation surrounding the Court’s relationship with the University of Alabama and its athletics programs and student-athletes.”
Bediako played in his first college game in almost three years on Saturday against Tennessee, scoring 13 points in a 79-73 loss. Alabama hosts Missouri on Tuesday before heading to Florida on Sunday.
The 6-foot-11 center played two seasons at Alabama in 2021-22 and 2022-23 before leaving early for the NBA draft. He went undrafted and never played in an NBA game, spending the past three seasons playing for three different G League teams, suiting up as recently as last weekend for the Motor City Cruise.
He sued the NCAA for immediate reinstatement after the organization denied Alabama’s appeal for his return.
Unlike the former pros who were granted eligibility by the NCAA — including Baylor’s James Nnaji, the first drafted player to be given eligibility in men’s college basketball — Bediako signed a two-way deal with multiple NBA teams, and the NCAA has previously given that as its line in the sand when it comes to eligibility.
Dan Gavitt, the NCAA’s senior vice president of basketball, issued a statement Friday reiterating that anyone who remains in the NBA draft past the withdrawal deadline, which Bediako did, forfeits his remaining college eligibility.
“[If those rules] cannot be enforced, it would create an unstable environment for the student-athletes, schools building a roster for the following season and the NBA,” Gavitt said in the statement.
Bediako averaged 6.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in his two previous seasons at Alabama.
Pakistan’s first female MMA fighter Anita Karim seen in this undated image. — X@karimanitamma
Pakistan’s first female mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, Anita Karim, has been forced to miss her scheduled bout in Abu Dhabi after being denied a visa.
Anita was set to compete at UAE Warriors 67 in Abu Dhabi on January 31 and had been preparing for the fight for several months. The bout was fully organised, and the athlete had completed an intense training camp in anticipation of what would have been her second fight within a span of three weeks.
However, despite her extensive training and commitment, she was unable to travel due to unresolved visa issues.
The MMA fighter shared the development on her X account, terming it a sad moment.
“I was scheduled to fight on 31st (January) in UAE Warriors 67 in Abu Dhabi. Despite months of preparation and a fully organised bout, I am currently unable to participate due to visa issues,” Anita said in a statement.
She also pointed out that administrative delays at such a critical stage have consequences beyond a single event. “They impact an athlete’s career, momentum, and the opportunity to represent the country on an international platform,” the MMA fighter added.
She maintained that the demanding schedule required her to go the extra mile in training, recovery, and preparation.
“For professional athletes, especially female athletes, preparation involves months of disciplined work, physical sacrifice, and mental focus.”
Anita’s manager, Yasir Mushtaq, while speaking to Geo News, said that the event management had set a deadline for the visa process and waited for nearly a week, but the visa was not issued within the given time.
He said that management has replaced Anita with another fighter, adding that she is deeply disappointed, though her next fight is currently scheduled for April.
Mushtaq also urged authorities to take notice of the situation, calling on Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi to intervene and help resolve visa-related challenges so that the career of Pakistan’s first female MMA fighter can be protected and allowed to flourish on the international stage.
Gold prices fell in both international and local markets, while silver continued its upward trend, according to market sources on Tuesday.
A correction in global gold rates caused the decline, while silver prices recorded a steady increase. In the international bullion market, the price of gold per ounce fell by $15 to $5,082 after a three-day interval.
Consequently, the price of 24-carat gold per tola in local markets dropped by Rs1,500 to Rs530,562. Similarly, the price per 10 grams declined by Rs1,286 to Rs454,871.
Meanwhile, global silver prices rose by $2.12 to $111.65 per ounce, pushing local rates to new highs. The price of silver per tola increased by Rs212 to Rs11,640, while the 10-gram rate rose by Rs182 to Rs9,979.
Earlier on Monday, gold prices in Pakistan surged to another historic high above Rs532,000, mirroring a powerful rally in international markets where bullion climbed above $5,100 per ounce, driven by safe-haven demand amid escalating geopolitical tensions and currency volatility.
In the domestic market, the price of gold per tola rose by Rs10,900 to reach a new record of Rs532,062, according to the All-Pakistan Gems and Jewellers Sarafa Association (APGJSA). Similarly, the price of 10-gram gold increased by Rs9,345 to Rs456,157.
The latest surge followed another strong session on Saturday, when gold per tola had gained Rs6,500 to close at Rs521,162, indicating sustained bullish momentum in the local bullion market.
The General Motors global headquarters in Detroit, Jan. 12, 2026.
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DETROIT — General Motors is set to report its fourth-quarter and year-end earnings before the bell Tuesday.
Here’s what Wall Street is expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG:
Earnings per share: $2.20 adjusted expected
Revenue: $45.8 billion expected
Those results would mark a 4% decline in revenue compared with a year earlier and a more than 14% increase in adjusted earnings per share.
GM’s 2024 fourth-quarter results included $47.7 billion in revenue, net loss attributable to stockholders of roughly $3 billion, and adjusted earnings before interest and taxes of $2.5 billion.
GM is expected to record $7.1 billion in special charges for the fourth quarter of 2025 related to its pullback in electric vehicles and restructuring efforts in China.
The charges, which GM announced earlier this month, will impact the automaker’s net income but not adjusted results.
Aside from the company’s results, investors will be watching the company’s guidance for this year. GM CEO Mary Barra earlier this month reconfirmed that the automaker expects 2026 will be better than 2025.
GM’s 2025 guidance included adjusted earnings before interest and taxes of between $12 billion and $13 billion, or $9.75 to $10.50 adjusted EPS, and adjusted automotive free cash flow of $10 billion to $11 billion, up from $7.5 billion to $10 billion.
GM executives will host an earnings conference call at 8:30 a.m. EST.
This is developing news. Please check back for additional updates.
Hundreds of thousands of power outages were reported across the U.S. as a monster, deadly storm hit huge sections of the country, snarling roadways with dangerous ice and forcing mass flight cancellations.
CBS News has confirmed at least 19 storm-related deaths, including in Pennsylvania, Kansas, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee and New York City.
As dangerous conditions persist, many power outages were reported Monday across Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky. The map below shows current data on power outages from PowerOutage.us, by county:
At one point, widespread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain threatened nearly 180 million people — more than half the U.S. population — in a path stretching from the southern Rocky Mountains to New England, the National Weather Service said. It warned people to brace for a string of frigid days.
“The snow and the ice will be very, very slow to melt and won’t be going away anytime soon, and that’s going to hinder any recovery efforts,” said Allison Santorelli, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
CBS News meteorologist Nikki Nolan said the storm “will linger in the New England region through Monday morning before finally exiting the U.S. later in the day,” followed by “frigid cold temperatures well below average for this time of year.”
President Trump approved emergency declarations for a dozen states by Sunday, with more possible. The Federal Emergency Management Agency pre-positioned supplies, staff and search and rescue teams in numerous states, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.
“We just ask that everyone would be smart — stay home if possible,” Noem said.
The Midwest saw windchills as low as minus 40 Fahrenheit, meaning that frostbite could set in within minutes. The minus 36 Fahrenheit reading in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, on Saturday morning was the coldest in almost 30 years.
Heavy snowfall for the Northeast
The storm began dumping heavy snow on the Northeast early Sunday. By Monday morning, parts of Massachusetts had more than 20 inches of snow, and Boston had 18 inches, CBS News Boston reported. Schools across the state were closed Monday because of the snowstorm.
A person walks through Boston Public Garden during heavy snow on Jan. 25, 2026.
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A woman in Norwood, Massachusetts, was hit and killed by a snow plow truck on Sunday while walking with her husband.
In Pittsburgh, more than a third of the city’s plow trucks broke down, forcing Mayor Corey O’Connor to declare a state of emergency on Monday. O’Connor said 37 of the 95 plows were in the repair garage, and the rest of the fleet was struggling to keep up, CBS Pittsburgh reported.
The state of emergency declaration “gives us the power to bring in additional help and support,” O’Connor said at a news conference. “It allows us to bring in private contractors. They’re not only going to help remove snow and plow streets, but also help haul snow out of our neighborhoods.”
New York City got nearly a foot of snow — 11.4 inches in Central Park, a record for the date, CBS New York reported. City schools switched to remote learning for Monday.
Snow buries cars on a street in New York City on Jan. 25, 2026.
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The Philadelphia area got upward of 9 inches of snow, the most the city has seen since 2016, CBS Philadelphia reported.
Three people died while trying to shovel and clear snow during Sunday’s winter storm in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, the coroner’s office said. They ranged in age from 60 to 84 years old.
Forecasters warned the storm damage, especially in areas pounded by ice, could rival that of a hurricane. Weather forecasters also said the winter storm was unusual.
“I think there are two parts of this storm that make it unique. One is just a broad expanse of spatial coverage of this event. … You’ve got 2,000 miles of country that’s being impacted by the storm with snow, sleet, and freezing rain,” said Josh Weiss, a meteorologist at NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center. “The other part of this storm that’s really impressive is what’s going to happen right afterward. We’re looking at extreme cold, record cold.”
Deep freeze grips the South
Before moving northeast, the winter storm brought an unusually fierce deep freeze to a wide expanse of the South.
In Shelby County, Texas, near the Louisiana border, ice weighed down on pine trees and caused branches to snap, downing power lines, leaving thousands without power.
“We have hundreds of trees down and a lot of limbs in the road,” Shelby County Commissioner Stevie Smith said from his pickup truck. “I’ve got my crew out clearing roads as fast as we can. It’s a lot to deal with right now.”
Ice is seen in Texas during a winter storm on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026.
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At least one person died in the Lone Star State: a 16-year-old girl, who was killed in a sledding accident in Frisco, according to local authorities. An elderly man in Colleyville, Texas, northeast of Fort Worth, was hospitalized after being found in a pond in freezing conditions on Sunday morning, CBS Texas reported.
As of Monday, two deaths were reported in Louisiana as a result of the winter weather, three in Tennessee, two in Mississippi and one each in New York and Kansas, where a missing woman was found dead in the snow in Emporia, authorities said.
There were reports of vehicles hitting fallen trees and trees falling onto houses in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, where more than half of all electric customers lost power.
“We got limbs that are dragging the ground,” said Mark Pierce, a spokesperson for the local sheriff’s office. “These trees are just completely saturated with ice.”
Traffic moves west in the snow on I-244 on Jan. 24, 2026 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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In Louisville, Kentucky, emergency services on Saturday handled more than 850 calls regarding collisions, stranded motorists and other emergencies related to exposure to cold, officials said, noting that the actual number could be even higher.
In Rabun County, one of the hardest hit parts of Georgia, officials say they’ve had fallen trees and downed power lines, along with icy and hazardous roadways around the county. Even when the storm moved out of the area, officials warned residents not to get on the roads, as below-freezing temperatures will cause ice to reform, making travel dangerous, CBS Atlanta reported.
A car passes under an ice covered bridge in Atlanta as a winter storm spreads across a large swath of the U.S., on Jan. 25, 2026.
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Churches moved Sunday services online, and the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, decided to hold its Saturday night radio performance without fans. Mardi Gras parades in Louisiana were canceled or rescheduled.
Jami Joe of Nashville, 41, feared her electricity might not last as ice-heavy limbs from oak and pecan trees continued to crash around her house. “It’s only a matter of time if a limb strikes a power line,” she said.
Over 190,000 people in Tennessee were still without power Monday night, according to poweroutage.us. Nashville Electric Service said Sunday afternoon the outages could last days or longer.
School closings were announced for Monday in numerous cities, including Dallas, Houston and Memphis.
Some universities in the South canceled classes for Monday, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Mississippi’s main campus in Oxford.
In Mississippi, some 140,000 had no power as of Monday evening.
Oxford city officials posted photos on social media of slick roads and ice-coated trees sagging or breaking under the added weight.
The city of Oxford, Mississippi, shared photos of ice and snow-covered roads during a winter storm on Jan. 24, 2026.
City of Oxford, Mississippi
“We haven’t seen a storm of this magnitude, in terms of ice, since 1994,” Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Sunday.
After the storm in 1994, some locals remembered being without power for weeks. During the press conference on Sunday, the governor was asked how long it would take for power to be restored, especially in harder hit areas, but said he didn’t want to “begin to try to forecast or estimate when some of the power can or cannot be put back on.”
Reeves said he was requesting help from FEMA to send cots and food to warming shelters, as well as generators to long-term care facilities and hospitals that don’t have adequate backup generators.
On the highways, crews clearing downed trees were feeling overwhelmed.
“We’re spread thin on equipment here, because there’s so many guys in different directions and we’re out here having to mainly do this where usually we would need a backhoe or bulldozer, something to help move this stuff,” said John Sanford, a road worker with the Mississippi Department of Transportation. “One of the guys that worked with us, he couldn’t make it back this morning. He’s got two trees on his house.”
Asked what the biggest challenges were with clearing the roads, Sanford replied, “No sleep, the cold, the rain, you know, just getting exhausted… You just get physically tired and you know, there’s more and more trees falling, people needing help. The minute you get one cleaned up, another one falls.”
In New Albany, Mississippi, resident Eddie Swords said the constant cracking limbs and falling trees “sound like a firecracker popping.”
He added, “The first one fell last night, I thought, ‘Who’s shooting firecrackers this time of night?’ They go ‘pop, pop.'”
Swords said the power was out at his house, but he has a generator at his home, “thank goodness.” One of his friends — who he said helped him chainsaw a path in and out of his neighborhood so they could get fuel — will be staying over to keep warm.
“I told anybody who wants to come down, ‘I got natural gas that’s good and toasted in there right now,'” Swords said.
Megan Fox, MGK continue to fuel rekindled romance rumours
Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly continue to fuel reconciliation rumors as the two were seen on a dinner date on Sunday.
The Transformers actress and the Bad Things rapper were seen with their 9-month-old daughter, Saga Blade, enjoying dinner at a restaurant in Calabasas, California, on January 25.
MGK was photographed holding their baby girl in his arms when they exited the restaurant.
Megan donned a purple sweatsuit and red-and-white Nike sneakers for the family outing while Machine wore a black T-shirt and baggy pants.
For those unversed, Megan and Machine met on the set of the crime thriller Midnight in the Switchgrass in 2020 and announced their engagement two years later.
However, the relationship didn’t last long as the two called it quits in late 2024 when the actress was pregnant with their first child.
Three months after her split with the crooner, Megan gave birth to a baby girl in March.
Sharing insight into her pregnancy at that time, the Subservience actress revealed that it was an “unplanned.”
“Women are eternal light beings,” Megan penned on Instagram Stories on May 21, 2025. “We do not have an expiration date. Don’t let them rob you of your power.”
The veteran actor was best known for his role as Mr. Shamim in the PTV drama ‘Guest House’
Senior Pakistani television actor Khalid Hafeez passed away early on Monday at 1:30 a.m. in Islamabad. He was widely recognised for his portrayal of Mr. Shamim in the PTV drama series Guest House, which remains one of the channel’s most popular productions.
Hafeez also appeared in other television projects, including Silsilay and long plays such as Nishan-e-Haider: Captain Mohammad Sarwar Shaheed. He was based in Islamabad with his family and often appeared in interviews with his Guest House co-actor Afzal Khan.
The news of his passing was shared by Afzal Khan on Instagram, as well as by co-actors Bushra Ansari and Nauman Masood.
Tributes from fans and colleagues highlighted his contributions to television and the impact of his work on audiences who grew up watching him.
A Florida man was sentenced to four months in prison after he jumped through a Taco Bell drive-thru window while shirtless and robbed workers and customers with a “large rock.”
Kewarren Lee Anderson, 40, was arrested in July after he was captured by an Ocala Police Department K9 dog who found him behind a dumpster.
Anderson entered the restaurant through the drive-thru window while clenching a “large rock” in his hand before demanding money from workers and customers and chasing them all out of the building, police said, according to Ocala-News.com.
Kewarren Lee Anderson, 40, was sentenced to four months in prison.(Getty Images:Marion County Jail)
The man then fled the fast food establishment, but he was quickly tracked down by a K9.
According to body camera footage, Anderson was seen behind the dumpster panicking as he held his hands up in surrender when he was approached by the K9.
It is unclear how much cash Anderson was able to take before running away.
Kewarren Lee Anderson entered the restaurant through the drive-thru window while clenching a “large rock” in his hand before demanding money from workers and customers.(Ocala Police Department)
Anderson was homeless during the robbery and told police he needed money, according to an arrest affidavit, News 6 reported.
Just hours after he was taken into custody, Anderson was involved in a physical altercation with another incarcerated person.
Kewarren Lee Anderson was seen panicking as he held his hands up in surrender when he was approached by a K9.(Ocala Police Department)
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Anderson was charged with armed robbery and battery by a person at a detention facility in connection with the two incidents.
He was found guilty on both charges last week and sentenced to four years in prison, excluding the time he had already served in the Marion County Jail.
