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Kenyan McDuffie announces run for DC mayor in sit-down interview with WTOP 01/14/2026 05:00am • Saying his city is ���at a crossroads,��� former D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie announced his run for mayor. During a sit-down interview with WTOP, McDuffie promised to work for an economy, with a touch of populism, that will lift residents citywide and to be a fighter for Home Rule and the Abortion, redistricting, data centers: What Va. lawmakers will prioritize during 2026 GA session 01/14/2026 04:15am • Virginia lawmakers will reconvene in Richmond on Wednesday for the start of the 2026 General Assembly Session, which is expected to be marked by conversations about abortion, same-sex marriage, budgets gaps, data centers and gun control. After November���s election, Democrats have the majority in Ugandan voters face soldiers in the street and an internet shutdown before presidential election 01/14/2026 03:07am • KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) ��� Ugandans are set to vote Thursday in an election that is likely to extend the rule of the long-term president while raising concerns about transparency, hereditary rule, military interference and an opposition strategy to prevent vote tampering at polling stations. President Hong Kong officials want to expand oversight of building maintenance after deadly fire 01/14/2026 02:42am • HONG KONG (AP) ��� Hong Kong officials on Wednesday proposed expanding oversight of building maintenance projects and stronger fire safety steps after a blaze in November killed at least 161 people and displaced thousands. The blaze that spread across seven towers in an apartment complex raised que LeBron just misses historic triple-double, but still defies his age with prolific efforts for Lakers 01/14/2026 02:41am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� LeBron James needed only one more rebound late in the Los Angeles Lakers' win over Atlanta to become the oldest NBA player to record a triple-double. But when the Lakers finally pushed their lead into insurmountable territory, the 41-year-old James gladly stopped just short of h At the NBR Awards, emotional speeches by Jafar Panahi and Ryan Coogler stir the room 01/14/2026 01:45am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� An emotional plea by Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi and moving words from Ryan Coogler on the violence in Minneapolis stirred a National Board of Review Awards ceremony Tuesday in which Paul Thomas Anderson���s ���One Battle After Another��� was again crowned the best film of the y Marsh hits 4 3s, scores 20 -- both season highs -- to help USC beat Maryland 88-71 01/14/2026 01:07am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Jordan Marsh hit four 3-pointers and finished with 20 points, both season highs, to help USC beat Maryland 88-71 on Tuesday night. Ezra Ausar and Jacob Cofie each scored 12 points for USC (14-3, 3-3 Big Ten). Gabe Dynes and Jerry Easter II added 10 points apiece. Chad Baker-M Adelaide Writers Week canceled as 180 speakers withdraw after the exclusion of a Palestinian writer 01/14/2026 12:22am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) ��� Organizers of Australia���s largest free literary festival canceled the event Tuesday after more than 180 writers and speakers withdrew over the scrapping of an appearance by an Australian-Palestinian writer and academic. The uproar began when the board of the Adela Marine Le Pen's appeal trial opens in Paris, with far-right leader's 2027 presidential bid at stake 01/14/2026 12:12am • PARIS (AP) ��� France���s far-right leader Marine Le Pen denied any wrongdoing as she appeared in court Tuesday to appeal an embezzlement conviction, with her 2027 presidential ambitions hanging on the outcome. Le Pen, 57, is seeking to overturn a March ruling that found her guilty of misusing Europ Adebayo scores 29, Heat waste 20-point lead before rallying to top Suns 127-121 01/13/2026 11:08pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� Bam Adebayo scored 29 points, including three long jumpers in the final minutes, and Norman Powell added 27 as the Miami Heat squandered a 20-point lead before recovering to beat the Phoenix Suns 127-121 on Tuesday night. Powell hit a 3-pointer with 48 seconds left to put Miami ahead Healthy and rested Rick Bowness ready for next challenge as Blue Jackets head coach 01/13/2026 11:00pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� It didn't take much time for Rick Bowness to show that he was rested and ready to return behind an NHL bench. Bowness completed a whirlwind 36 hours by leading the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 5-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night. He accepted the job Monday afternoo The Latest: Iran eases some communications restrictions as activists say death toll surpasses 2,500 01/13/2026 10:37pm • Iran eased some restrictions on its people and, for the first time in days, allowed them to make phone calls abroad via their mobile phones on Tuesday. It did not ease restrictions on the internet or permit texting services to be restored as the death toll from days of bloody protests against the st Durant's 28 points, Sengun's double-double lead Rockets past Bulls in 119-113 01/13/2026 10:37pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Kevin Durant had 28 points and Alperen Sengun added 23 with 11 assists to lead the Houston Rockets to a 119-113 win over the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday night. There were 35 lead changes in the game with neither team able to build a cushion until the Rockets did in the final minutes. The Latest: Trump lashes out at Federal Reserve in speech to Detroit Economic Club 01/13/2026 10:27pm • President Donald Trump was in Michigan Tuesday to promote his efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing, as he tries to counter fears about a weakening job market and worries that still-rising prices are hurting Americans��� pocketbooks. The day trip included a tour of a Ford factory in Dearborn that make Russia attacks Ukraine's power grid again in freezing temperatures 01/13/2026 09:55pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Russia launched a second major drone and missile bombardment of Ukraine in four days, officials said Tuesday, aiming again at the power grid amid freezing temperatures in an apparent snub to U.S.-led peace efforts as Moscow's invasion of its neighbor approaches the four-year m