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How Credit Card Refunds Work 01/21/2026 07:00pm • When you get a refund on a credit card purchase, you usually see the refund in your account within a few days. However, you'll likely lose any rewards you earned on the purchase. It's good to understand the timelines, how rewards are affected and what happens with sign-up bonuses when you get a cred Federal prosecutors in Georgia announce guilty plea in Ponzi scheme that bilked investors of $380M 01/21/2026 06:50pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A financial adviser in Georgia pleaded guilty Wednesday to wire fraud in a Ponzi scheme that bilked more than 2,000 people out of $380 million, federal authorities announced. Prosecutors accused Todd Burkhalter, the founder and CEO of Drive Planning LLC, of marketing several fraudul Defense attempts to have case thrown out in Banfield double murder trial 01/21/2026 06:50pm • On the first day of the defense's arguments in Fairfax County Circuit Court on Wednesday, the attorneys of Brendan Banfield started by attempting to have the entire case thrown out, arguing the prosecution knowingly presented false testimony against his client. Banfield is charged with aggravate DC man indicted in Bladensburg birthday party hit-and-run that killed 1, injured 8 kids 01/21/2026 06:44pm • A D.C. man was indicted Wednesday on 36 charges related to an October incident in which a vehicle plowed into a child's birthday party, killing a woman and injuring more than a dozen people. Sunday Joseph, 66, is accused of reversing his vehicle into the front yard of a home in Bladensburg, Maryl Republicans and some Democrats back contempt for the Clintons in House Epstein probe 01/21/2026 06:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee advanced resolutions Wednesday to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, opening the prospect of the House using one of its most powerful punishments agains Former Iowa superintendent expected to plead guilty to falsely claiming US citizenship 01/21/2026 05:59pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The former superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district is expected to plead guilty Thursday in federal court to charges that he falsely claimed to be a U.S. citizen and illegally possessed firearms, a plea agreement shows. Ian Roberts had a two-decade long career as Salah back in starting lineup and Slot's Liverpool is winning again in the Champions League 01/21/2026 05:53pm • MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Mohamed Salah restored to the Liverpool starting lineup. Arne Slot's team winning with ease again in the Champions League, 3-0 at Marseille on Wednesday. It was something like business as usual for the English champions in a strangely up-and-down season amid turmoil with i Trump backs down on Greenland and cancels tariff threat after NATO agrees to future Arctic deal 01/21/2026 05:49pm • DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday scrapped the tariffs that he threatened to impose on eight European nations to press for U.S. control over Greenland, pulling a dramatic reversal shortly after insisting he wanted to get the island "including right, title and ownership. Supreme Court seems inclined to keep Lisa Cook on Fed board despite Trump attempt to fire her 01/21/2026 05:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed inclined to keep Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook in her job, casting doubt on President Donald Trump’s bid to wrest control of the nation's central bank. The justices heard arguments over Trump’s effort to fire Cook based on allegation Bet365 Bonus Code WTOP365: Get $200 Bonus for Bucks-Thunder, NBA Games 01/21/2026 05:44pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services Use the bet365 bonus code WTOP365 to choose a welcome offer for NBA action on Wednesday night. Register here to lock-in a bonus or plac Stanford's Chisom Okpara to miss rest of season with injury 01/21/2026 05:31pm • STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford's second-leading scorer Chisom Okpara will miss the remainder of the season with a lower extremity injury. The team announced on Wednesday that Okpara will not be able to return this season after getting hurt in a loss to Virginia on Jan. 10. Okpara was second on t Israeli fire strikes journalists and children on one of Gaza's deadliest days since ceasefire 01/21/2026 05:13pm • CAIRO (AP) — Israeli forces on Wednesday killed at least 11 Palestinians in Gaza, including two 13-year-old boys, three journalists and a woman, hospitals said, on one of the war-battered enclave 's deadliest days since the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect in October. 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