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A father awaits Rafah crossing reopening after 2-year separation from family in Gaza 01/28/2026 01:36pm • BADRASHIN, Egypt (AP) ��� Stranded in Egypt for the past two years, Raed Belal has had to watch helplessly as his wife and children in the Gaza Strip endured bombardment, displacement and hunger. Now he finally has hope he might return to them. With Israel preparing to reopen the vital Rafah crossi Top aide to former NYC Mayor Eric Adams took a bribe of diamond earrings, prosecutors say 01/28/2026 12:53pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Prosecutors have accused a top aide to former New York City Mayor Eric Adams of accepting diamond earrings from two real estate developers, then pressuring city regulators to expedite their construction projects, despite safety concerns. In court papers filed Tuesday, prosecutors Patrick Reed is leaving LIV Golf and plans to return to the PGA Tour in September 01/28/2026 11:56am • SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� Patrick Reed is leaving LIV Golf and plans to return to the PGA Tour in September. Al-Maliki is defiant after Trump threatens to withdraw US support for Iraq 01/28/2026 11:48am • BAGHDAD (AP) ��� Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki expressed defiance Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw Washington���s support for Iraq if he returns to power. Al-Maliki, who was nominated last week by the country���s dominant political bloc to return to th South Korea's former first lady sentenced to 20 months in prison for corruption 01/28/2026 11:40am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� The wife of South Korea���s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced on Wednesday to 20 months in prison for corruption, as her husband awaits a verdict on a high-stakes rebellion charge that could result in the death penalty or life imprisonment. Seoul Central Distri WTOP Mystery Newsmaker Contest February 7 & 8 01/28/2026 11:36am • Listen to WTOP this Saturday and Sunday morning during the 8am hour for the WTOP Mystery Newsmaker Contest. We���ll play the voice of someone you���ve heard in the news this week on WTOP.�� Be the first caller at��855-885-1035��to correctly identify the mystery newsmaker and win��a four pack of tic Paxton sues another provider accused of illegally sending abortion-inducing pills to Texans 01/28/2026 11:34am • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has accused a Delaware nurse practitioner of prescribing abortion-inducing drugs to Texas residents in what is now the second lawsuit the state has filed against an out-of-state provider over such medications. ���The day of reckoning for this radical out-of-state ab Four big questions ahead of the 2026 Grammy Awards show 01/28/2026 11:22am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� The 68th annual Grammy Awards are Sunday, airing live from Los Angeles��� Crypto.com Arena on CBS and Paramount+. What can viewers expect? According to the Recording Academy: some new, some old and a lot of excitement. Executive producers Raj Kapoor, Ben Winston and Jesse Collin Maxim Naumov heads to Olympics, hoping to honor his parents and the others killed in airline crash 01/28/2026 10:43am • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� Maxim Naumov sat silently on a chair deep inside the Enterprise Center, away from the packed crowd in the arena, the prying eyes of the TV cameras, the friends, family and strangers who had been showering him well-wishes for the better part of a year. Naumov stared at a photogr Germany trims this year's growth forecast to 1% as its economy is slow to gather pace 01/28/2026 09:10am • BERLIN (AP) ��� The German government on Wednesday trimmed its 2026 forecast for the country's economy, Europe's biggest, as growth picks up more slowly than previously hoped. Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government now expects gross domestic product to expand by about 1% this year and 1.3% in 2027, No. 5 Nebraska's run of 24 wins in a row is over after narrow loss to No. 3 Michigan 01/28/2026 05:39am • Major college basketball's longest winning streak ended at 24 games Tuesday night with No. 5 Nebraska's 75-72 loss at No. 3 Michigan. ���To beat Michigan, you have to play almost perfect and we had a lapse at the end,��� Cornhuskers guard Sam Hoiberg said. Nebraska did not score over the final 3:20, With history already made, Jessie Diggins opens her final Olympic chapter with momentum 01/28/2026 04:59am • Win or lose, Jessie Diggins plans to celebrate her last Olympics. More than 40 friends and family are traveling to the Milan Cortina Winter Games to watch America���s most decorated cross-country skier chase Olympic glory one last time. The 34-year-old Minnesota native is retiring at the end of the Israel marks the return of the final hostage's remains after more than 2 years of war and grief 01/28/2026 04:45am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� For more than two years, Israelis wore yellow ribbons to remember the hostages abducted during the deadliest day in the country���s history. On Tuesday, they finally could remove those ribbons and shut down a haunting clock in Tel Aviv���s Hostages Square, marking the end of a pai What to know about South Sudan's major offensive against opposition forces 01/28/2026 01:49am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� South Sudan���s army, following territorial losses in recent weeks, has announced a major military operation against opposition forces, raising fears for civilian safety. In a statement on Sunday, army spokesman Lul Ruai Koang said Operation Enduring Peace would commence and Bitter cold grips the eastern US as winter storm deaths rise and power outages linger 01/28/2026 01:37am • Three Texas siblings who perished in an icy pond were among several dozen deaths in U.S. states gripped by frigid cold as crews scrambled Tuesday to repair hundreds of thousands of power outages in the shivering South and forecasters warned the winter weather is expected to get worse. Brutal cold l