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Bolivian Indigenous women carry history and pride in the traditional 'pollera' skirt 12/23/2025 08:32am • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) ��� Before setting out for the wide, white mountain, Ana Lia Gonz��lez Magui��a took stock of her gear: A chunky sweater to guard against the chill. A harness and climbing rope to scale the 6,000-meter summit of one of Bolivia���s tallest mountains. Aviator glasses to protect fr A look at the experts racing to decode Trump���s tariff rules 12/23/2025 07:36am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� After a half-century immersed in the world of trade, customs broker Amy Magnus thought she���d seen it all, navigating mountains of regulations and all sorts of logistical hurdles to import everything from lumber and bananas to circus animals and Egyptian mummies. Then came 2025. T How Seuk Kim's tragic plane crash built a volunteer army of pet rescuers 12/23/2025 06:05am • BRANDY STATION, Va. (AP) ��� On a sparkling late-fall Sunday at a rural Virginia airfield, 16 careworn passengers were getting off a flight that changed, even saved, their lives. Some looked bemused, some wary, some enthusiastic as they were carried off a small private plane onto the tarmac at Culp Should you worry about overfunding your 529 plan? 12/23/2025 06:00am • 529 education savings plans are powerful tools to help pay for the mounting costs of an education. Yet some people hesitate to use them. One common concern is oversaving. You can only use 529 funds can only cover qualified education expenses without incurring a tax penalty, but it can be hard to pin How the 2025 passenger jet, chopper crash near Reagan National has changed DC's airspace 12/23/2025 03:55am • This story is part of WTOP���s series�����Five stories that defined the DC-area in 2025.�����You can hear it on air all this week and read it online. Almost a year after the midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter, the congested airspace a Betty Reid Soskin, oldest National Park Service ranger, dies at 104 12/22/2025 11:39pm • RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) ��� Betty Reid Soskin, who rose to national fame as the oldest National Park Service ranger and used the spotlight to talk about the African American experience during World War II, has died. She was 104. Her family and the park service announced her death through social media, Jones scores 24, UTEP takes down North Dakota State 76-66 12/22/2025 10:12pm • EL PASO, Texas (AP) ��� Elijah Jones scored 24 points as UTEP beat North Dakota State 76-66 on Monday night. Jones shot 10 for 15 (2 for 5 from 3-point range) and 2 of 3 from the free-throw line for the Miners (4-7). Jamal West scored 15 points and added six rebounds. Caleb Blackwell shot 5 for 8, i Mitchell scores 30 points as the Cavaliers beat the Hornets 139-132 to end a 3-game losing streak 12/22/2025 09:54pm • CLEVELAND (AP) ��� Donovan Mitchell scored 30 points and De���Andre Hunter had 15 of his 27 in the second half, powering the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 139-132 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Monday night. Darius Garland added 27 points and 10 assists for Cleveland, which pulled away in the seco An American Dream at risk: What happens to a small Nebraska town when 3,200 workers lose their jobs 12/22/2025 09:17pm • LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) ��� On a frigid day after Mass at St. Ann���s Catholic Church in rural Nebraska, worshippers shuffled into the basement and sat on folding chairs, their faces barely masking the fear gripping their town. A pall hung over the room just as it hung over the holiday season in Lexing Trump announces plans for new Navy 'battleship' as part of a 'Golden Fleet' 12/22/2025 09:12pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump has announced a bold plan for the Navy to build a new, large warship that he is calling a ���battleship��� as part of a larger vision to create a "Golden Fleet." ���They���ll be the fastest, the biggest, and by far 100 times more powerful than any battle Judge accepts plea deals from Colorado funeral home owners who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses 12/22/2025 08:09pm • DENVER (AP) ��� A state judge on Monday accepted plea agreements for the owners of a Colorado funeral home for the abuse of 191 corpses, many of which languished in a room-temperature building for years, over the objections of relatives of the victims. Authorities say Carie and Jon Hallford, who own Ryan Day takes over offensive play-calling duties for Ohio State in College Football Playoff 12/22/2025 07:52pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� Ryan Day will call the offensive plays for Ohio State during the College Football Playoff, beginning with the Dec. 31 quarterfinal game at the Cotton Bowl against Miami. Brian Hartline was the offensive play caller during the Buckeyes regular season, but accepted the head coa Carlisle to step down, Bickerstaff to become National Basketball Coaches Association president 12/22/2025 07:33pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle will be stepping down as president of the National Basketball Coaches Association at the end of the month and Detroit coach J.B. Bickerstaff will replace him. ���I guess now might be a good time to announce, I decided about a year ago that this woul Trump's appointment of envoy to Greenland sparks new tension with Denmark 12/22/2025 07:23pm • The leaders of Denmark and Greenland insisted Monday that the United States won't take over Greenland and demanded respect for their territorial integrity after President Donald Trump ������announced ���the appointment of a ���special envoy to the semi-autonomous territory. Trump's announcement on S Kansas City Chiefs announce they will leave Arrowhead and relocate across the Kansas-Missouri border 12/22/2025 07:18pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) ��� The Kansas City Chiefs announced Monday they will leave their longtime home at Arrowhead Stadium for a new, domed stadium that will be built across the Kansas-Missouri state line and be ready for the start of the 2031 season. The announcement came shortly after a council of top