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Car Review: Dodge unleashes the Hornet in a new world without the V8, but it still manages to have fun 01/15/2024 03:58am • The Dodge Hornet R/T Plus still manages to be fun without a big V8. (WTOP/Mike Parris) The first all-new Dodge in some time is a departure from the usual large cars and three-row SUVS we’re used to seeing from the car maker. The next era for Dodge launches with an old name: the Hornet. This ne Presidential hopeful Baswedan says Indonesia's democracy is declining and pledges change 01/15/2024 02:21am • BANDAR LAMPUNG, Indonesia (AP) — A former Jakarta governor seeking Indonesia's presidency said democracy is declining in the country and pledged to make changes to get it back on track. Anies Baswedan said in an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday that concerns about neutrality in the cu White House says 'it's the right time' for Israel to scale back Gaza war as fighting hits 100 days 01/15/2024 12:01am • JERUSALEM (AP) — The White House said Sunday that “it’s the right time” for Israel to scale back its military offensive in the Gaza Strip, as Israeli leaders again vowed to press ahead with their operation against the territory’s ruling Hamas militant group. The comments exposed the growin Snowfall expected in DC region ahead of frigid wintry blast 01/14/2024 10:30pm • Winter weather could make for a slick commute in the D.C. region Monday morning before heavy snowfall arrives in the evening. Here's what you need to know. Temperatures will be below freezing as light snow showers begin after midnight. By the morning of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 7News First Ale GOP candidates make last-minute appeals to Iowa voters a day before caucuses. Follow live updates 01/14/2024 09:12pm • With just one day to go until Iowa's presidential caucuses, the candidates are urging their supporters to brave bone-chilling cold and blustery wind to help carry them through Republicans' leadoff voting contest. The final Des Moines Register/NBC News poll before Monday night's caucuses found for 2 separate armed assaults in Northwest DC stopped by good Samaritans minutes apart, police say 01/14/2024 08:00pm • Two separate armed assaults allegedly occurred just minutes apart and within a mile of each other on Connecticut Avenue in Northwest D.C. last Thursday. In both instances, police said, the violence stopped when the suspects were confronted by good Samaritans. The first incident was a reported att Father of fallen NYPD officer who advocated for 9/11 compensation fund struck and killed by SUV 01/14/2024 06:41pm • GALLOWAY, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man who became a vocal advocate for families of 9/11 first responders following the death of his NYPD officer son was struck and killed by an SUV in a hospital parking lot, police said Sunday. Joseph Zadroga, 76, of Little Egg Harbor, was the father of Detective District attorney defends the qualifications of a prosecutor hired in Trump's Georgia election case 01/14/2024 04:17pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Sunday defended the qualifications of a special prosecutor she hired for her case against Donald Trump and others over efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia after a defense lawyer accused Willis of professional impropriety. I A weekend of ferocious winter weather could see low-temperature records set in the US heartland 01/14/2024 09:08am • O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Icy winter weather blanketed the U.S. on Saturday as a wave of Arctic storms threatened to break low-temperature records in the heartland, spread cold and snow from coast to coast and cast a chill over everything from football playoffs to presidential campaigns. As the thre Virginia legislators introduce bills on animal cruelty offenders, age of marriage and towing fees 01/13/2024 11:34pm • Hundreds of bills are filed for General Assembly consideration each year. In the return of this weekly series, the Mercury takes a look at a few of lawmakers’ 2024 proposals that might not otherwise make headlines during the whirlwind legislative session. House Bill 223 and Senate Bill 11: Restri Woman with car stuck in snow gets help from Packers QB Jordan Love 01/13/2024 06:26pm • DE PERE, Wisc. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman whose car was stuck in snow said she got some sports celebrity muscle from quarterback Jordan Love of the Green Bay Packers. “He gets out of his car and he’s like, ‘Are you OK?’” Lucy Kurowski, 20, told WLUK-TV. “And I was like, ‘Are you Jordan Host nation Ivory Coast starts Africa Cup party with 2-0 win over Guinea-Bissau 01/13/2024 05:31pm • ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Seko Fofana needed only four minutes to score the first goal of the Africa Cup of Nations as host country Ivory Coast started with a 2-0 win over Guinea-Bissau in the tournament opener on Saturday. Jean-Philippe Krasso wrapped up the win in the second half after going c A mudslide in Colombia has killed at least 34 people and injured dozens of others 01/13/2024 04:47pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The death toll of a mudslide in western Colombia rose to 34 on Saturday, authorities said. The mudslide struck a busy municipal road Friday in a mountainous area connecting the cities of Quibdo and Medellin. The National Disaster Risk Management Unit had said initially in The avalanche risk is high in much of the western US. Here's what you need to know to stay safe 01/13/2024 04:17pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) — As a massive winter storm dumped snow across much of the western U.S., some hardy winter sport enthusiasts headed to ski resorts and backcountry slopes despite frigid temperatures during the long Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend. But in many areas, the storm brought a high r Soccer game in English third tier abandoned after Reading fans storm field to protest against owner 01/13/2024 01:54pm • READING, England (AP) — A third-division match between Reading and Port Vale was abandoned just 16 minutes into the first half Saturday after around 1,000 home fans invaded the pitch to protest against the club's ownership, with many of them refusing to leave. Reading made several appeals over the