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Editorial Roundup: United States 01/19/2026 08:28pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 19 The Washington Post says Congress has dropped the ball regarding oversight of ICE, DHS Geraldo Lunas Campos died at a Texas detention center on Jan. 3 while pleading for air as guards choked him, according to a fellow detai MacKinnon has 2 goals and an assist to reach 1,100 points, Avs beat Capitals 5-2 01/19/2026 07:43pm • DENVER (AP) ��� Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist to reach 1,100 career points and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Monday. Parker Kelly, Victor Olofsson and Artturi Lehkonen also scored to help Colorado bounce back from a 7-3 loss to Nashville on Friday night �� 100 vehicles pile up in Michigan crash as snowstorm moves across the country 01/19/2026 07:20pm • HUDSONVILLE, Mich. (AP) ��� More than 100 vehicles smashed into each other or slid off an interstate in Michigan on Monday as snow fueled by the Great Lakes blanketed the state. The massive pileup prompted the Michigan State Police to close both directions of Interstate 196 Monday morning just south Driver in custody after car crashes into lobby of Massachusetts police station 01/19/2026 05:56pm • SHREWSBURY, Mass. (AP) ��� A car rammed into the front of the police station in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, on Monday afternoon, ending up entirely inside the lobby of the red brick building. Police say the driver of the 2022 BMW SUV was taken into custody and was transported to a nearby hospital to Man faces felony charges after DC nightclub dispute ends with police shooting 01/19/2026 04:20pm • A man is facing felony charges and remains hospitalized Monday after being shot by police outside a D.C. nightclub early Sunday morning and crashing his vehicle just blocks away. In an update on Monday, D.C. police identified Christopher Cherry as the man who allegedly made threats to the nightcl Explosion in a restaurant in Afghan capital kills at least 7 and injures a dozen more 01/19/2026 03:57pm • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ��� An explosion at a restaurant in downtown Kabul on Monday killed at least seven people and wounded about a dozen more, according to police and an Italian charity running a surgical unit in the city. Afghan authorities did not officially say what caused the blast, noting it Death toll in Spanish train collision rises to 40 as authorities fear more bodies could be found 01/19/2026 01:42pm • ADAMUZ, Spain (AP) ��� Regional Spanish officials said Monday that at least 40 people are confirmed dead in a high-speed rail collision the previous night in the country's south when the tail end of a train jumped the track, causing another train speeding past in the opposite direction to derail. Ju Prince Harry says Daily Mail scoops made him 'paranoid beyond belief' 01/19/2026 11:46am • LONDON (AP) ��� The third and final round in Prince Harry 's battle with the British tabloids began Monday with his lawyer alleging that the Daily Mail and its sister Sunday newspaper engaged in a ���clear, systematic and sustained use of unlawful information gathering��� for two decades. Attorney D Diplomacy or retaliation? The EU mulls its options as tensions with U.S. rise over Greenland 01/19/2026 11:23am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Threats from the White House over Greenland have sparked outrage and a flurry of diplomatic activity across Europe, as leaders consider possible countermeasures, including retaliatory tariffs and the first-ever use of the European Union's anti-coercion instrument. U.S. President D A look at some of Europe���s deadliest train accidents in recent years 01/19/2026 05:57am • MADRID (AP) ��� A high-speed train derailment in southern Spain has left at least 39 people dead and injured more than 150, according to authorities. Rail travel in Europe is a common, relatively affordable and convenient way for many Europeans and tourists to travel. Major railway accidents have de Today in History: January 19, Howard Hughes sets coast-to-coast flight record 01/19/2026 04:10am • Today is Monday, Jan. 19, the 19th day of 2026. There are 346 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 19, 1937, Howard Hughes set a new transcontinental speed record in his H-1 Racer aircraft, flying from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, in seven hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds. Also on China's economy grows 5% in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite Trump's tariffs 01/19/2026 02:34am • HONG KONG (AP) ��� China's economy expanded at a 5% annual pace in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. However, growth slowed to a 4.5% rate in the last quarter of the year, the government said Monday. That was the slowest quarterly growth since late 2022, w Wildfires race across Chile, leaving 18 dead and forcing thousands to flee 01/18/2026 10:35pm • PENCO, Chile (AP) ��� Wildfires raging across central and southern Chile on Sunday left at least 18 people dead, scorched thousands of acres of forest and destroyed hundreds of homes, authorities said, as the South American country swelters under a heat wave. Chilean President Gabriel Boric declare 'A great start': Montgomery Co. firefighter helps woman pregnant with twins deliver baby on side of I-270 01/18/2026 03:14pm • A Montgomery County firefighter helped a local woman pregnant with twins deliver a baby girl Friday morning while parked on the side of I-270 in Rockville after she and her husband were unable to get to the hospital in time, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) spokesperson David Pazos Justice Department investigating whether Minnesota's Walz and Frey impeded immigration enforcement 01/18/2026 01:56pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� The Justice Department is investigating whether Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have impeded federal immigration enforcement through public statements they have made, two people familiar with the matter said Friday. The investigation, which both Walz an