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WTOP���s new app keeps you in the know, on the go 01/24/2026 04:22am • Here at WTOP, we are always working on new ways to better inform you, help you navigate your day and empower you to make decisions affecting your daily life. WTOP's new app home screen on iOS. With the newly relaunched WTOP News app, we hope to accomplish just that. Whether you are a new u Scale of Iran's nationwide protests and bloody crackdown come into focus even as internet is out 01/24/2026 02:09am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� The bloodiest crackdown on dissent since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution is slowly coming into focus, despite authorities cutting off the Islamic Republic from the internet and much of the wider world. Cities and towns smell of smoke as fire-damaged mosques and go Car crashes into Detroit-area airport entrance, injuring 6 01/24/2026 12:46am • DETROIT (AP) ��� A car crashed through the entrance of the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on Friday evening, striking a ticket counter and injuring six people, airport officials said. The driver was taken into custody, the Wayne County Airport Authority said in a statement. The cause of t Kurt Busch, Harry Gant and Ray Hendrick inducted into NASCAR Hall of Fame 01/23/2026 10:01pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� For most of his career, Kurt Busch had a tough-guy persona on and off the racetrack. But the 47-year-old Busch showed a softer side during his NASCAR Hall of Fame acceptance speech on Friday night as he paused to honor his former Roush Racing teammate Greg Biffle, who died i More than half the US threatened with ice, snow and cold in massive winter storm 01/23/2026 09:42pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� Freezing rain fell in parts of Texas on Friday as a huge, dayslong winter storm began a trek that threatened to bring snow, sleet, ice, bone-chilling temperatures and extensive power outages to about half the U.S. population. Forecasters warned that catastrophic damage, especially in DC police, community members say final goodbye to officer struck while helping stranded driver 01/23/2026 06:13pm • Law enforcement officers and community members packed a Maryland church Friday morning for the funeral of D.C. police officer Terry Bennett, who was hit while helping a stuck driver in December. At City of Praise Family Ministries in Landover, D.C. Interim Police Chief Jeffery Carroll said Bennet State of emergency: DC region prepares for massive snowfall this weekend 01/23/2026 04:15pm • Local leaders are bracing for a winter storm that's slated to pick up steam Saturday night, possibly��dropping��a foot of snow and sleet��across the D.C. region. A state of emergency is in place in D.C., Maryland and Virginia ahead of what the District's mayor called ���the largest snowfall��� th Alex Palou ordered to pay McLaren Racing $12M in breach of contract suit 01/23/2026 01:29pm • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) ��� Four-time IndyCar champion Alex Palou on Friday was ordered to pay McLaren Racing more than $12 million in the breach of contract suit the team filed when the Spaniard backed out of two different deals with the racing team. The Friday ruling from London's High Court came An avalanche in Pakistan and snowstorms in neighboring Afghanistan kill at least 20 people 01/23/2026 12:54pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� An avalanche killed nine members of a single family in northwestern Pakistan on Friday while a heavy snowstorm the day before in neighboring Afghanistan left 11 people dead, officials said. Winter storms also stranded thousands of tourists and blocked roads near Islamabad, the Pak Williams to miss opening F1 preseason test after 'delays' getting new car ready 01/23/2026 11:23am • GROVE, England (AP) ��� Williams will miss next week's first Formula 1 preseason testing in Barcelona after reporting ���delays��� in getting its car ready for the season. Williams said Friday it still has ���a lot to look forward to��� despite the setback ahead of next week's five-day test. It's th NASCAR chairman Jim France's car wins Rolex 24 pole, then gets disqualified 01/23/2026 10:52am • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) ��� The Cadillac sports car owned by NASCAR chairman Jim France won the pole for the Rolex 24 at Daytona but was later disqualified in inspection, moving one of the favorites to the back of the class for the start of the most prestigious endurance race in the United States. Snowmageddon 2026? How the DC region is preparing for the incoming snowstorm 01/23/2026 10:25am • In Montgomery County, Maryland, road crews are getting ready for what could be one of the region���s biggest snowfall in years, with officials warning totals could reach double digits and possibly be record���breaking. The latest advisory issued by the National Weather Service includes a winter s Ferrari 'more united than ever' as Hamilton drives new F1 car after troubled 2025 01/23/2026 09:12am • FIORANO MODENESE, Italy (AP) ��� Team principal Fred Vasseur says Ferrari is ���more united than ever��� as Lewis Hamilton test drove the car designed to bring the Italian giant back to the front of the Formula 1 field following a troubled 2025. Hamilton was at the wheel as the SF-26 took to Ferrari To clear ice and snow, there are rock salt alternatives that are safer for your pets and yard 01/23/2026 08:54am • Winter has its fans, but even those who enjoy playing in the snow probably dislike the chore of clearing up after a big storm that dumps several inches or even feet of snow and ice. It's easy to dash to the closest hardware store to grab a bag of salt, but experts say there are a lot of environmenta What to know about Greenland's role in nuclear defense and Trump's 'Golden Dome' 01/23/2026 05:44am • PARIS (AP) ��� In a hypothetical nuclear war involving Russia, China and the United States, the island of Greenland would be in the middle of Armageddon. The strategic importance of the Arctic territory ��� under the flight paths that nuclear-armed missiles from China and Russia could take on their