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Rubio plans to meet with Danish officials next week to talk about US interest in Greenland 01/08/2026 03:35am • U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he plans to meet with Danish officials next week after the Trump administration doubled down on its intention to take over Greenland, the strategic Arctic island that is a self-governing territory of Denmark. Since the capture of former Venezuelan leader Nico What to know about figure skating, a cornerstone of the Winter Olympics 01/08/2026 03:10am • Figure skating has long been a cornerstone of the Olympics, pre-dating the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 with appearances at the Summer Games in 1908 and 1920. The program has changed over the years, and now includes men's and women's competitions, the pairs event and ice dance, along with a team c US seeks to assert its control over Venezuelan oil with tanker seizures and sales worldwide 01/08/2026 02:42am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday sought to assert its control over Venezuelan oil, seizing a pair of sanctioned tankers transporting petroleum and announcing plans to relax some sanctions so the U.S. can oversee the sale of Venezuela���s petroleum worldwide. T Australia's leader announces a royal commission into antisemitism after Bondi mass shooting 01/08/2026 02:28am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) ��� Australia���s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a wide-ranging royal commission into antisemitism, weeks after two gunmen opened fire on a Jewish holiday event at Bondi Beach, killing 15 people. The commission will investigate the nature, prevalence and drive Glenn Hall, whose NHL goalie starts streak may never be broken, dies at age 94 01/08/2026 01:19am • Glenn Hall, a Hockey Hall of Famer whose ironman streak of 502 starts as a goaltender remains an NHL record, has died. He was 94. Nicknamed ���Mr. Goalie,��� Hall worked to stop pucks at a time when players at his position were bare-faced, before masks of any kind became commonplace. He did it as we Trump���s 'beautiful' new law means states have big decisions this year on Medicaid, SNAP and taxes 01/08/2026 01:07am • States have major decisions to make in 2026 about the social safety net and taxes in the aftermath of a sweeping law President Donald Trump signed last year. The federal government is shifting more responsibilities to states over the next few years, and states must prepare for greater costs in the President Petro's clash with Trump over Venezuela backs Colombia into a corner 01/08/2026 12:22am • BOGOT��, Colombia (AP) ��� An ���abhorrent��� violation of Latin American sovereignty. An attack committed by ���enslavers.��� A ���spectacle of death��� comparable to Nazi Germany���s 1937 carpet bombing of Guernica, Spain. There is perhaps no world leader criticizing the Trump administration���s a Jaiden Glover-Toscano scores 28 points in Saint Joseph's 97-90 OT win against Duquesne 01/07/2026 10:33pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Jaiden Glover-Toscano scored 28 points and Austin Williford added seven in the overtime as Saint Joseph's defeated Duquesne 97-90 on Wednesday night. Glover-Toscano shot 8 for 16 (5 for 11 from 3-point range) and 7 of 10 from the free-throw line for the Hawks (9-7, 1-2 Atlanti Mental health evaluation ordered for woman accused of stabbing tourist in Manhattan Macy's 01/07/2026 10:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A New York City judge on Wednesday ordered a mental health evaluation for a Massachusetts woman charged in the unprovoked stabbing of a tourist changing her baby's diaper in a bathroom of Macy's flagship store in midtown Manhattan around the holidays. Kerri Aherne, 43, of Tewksbury Donaldson's 21, Reneau's 18 lead Miami over Wake Forest 81-77 01/07/2026 09:27pm • WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) ��� Tre Donaldson scored 21 points, and Malik Reneau added 18 as Miami survived a late-game surge to beat Wake Forest 81-77 on Wednesday. Donaldson shot 7 of 10 from the field, dished out six assists, and went 6 of 6 at the free-throw line, including two free throws with nin Jaloni Cambridge scores career-high 41 points, No. 19 Ohio State tops Illinois 78-69 01/07/2026 09:27pm • CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) ��� Jaloni Cambridge scored a career-high 41 points, 29 in the second half, and No. 19 Ohio State defeated Illinois 78-69 on Wednesday night, snapping the Illini's 10-game home winning streak. Cambridge scored 12 of Ohio State's 16 points in the third quarter and the Buckeyes to Tax hikes coming to some Southeast DC businesses ��� and they welcome what it means 01/07/2026 09:21pm • D.C.'s 13th Business Improvement District has been signed off by the D.C. Council, and once the mayor���s office gives it the go-ahead later this month, tax hikes are coming to businesses and the owners of multifamily housing units in part of Southeast D.C. And there���s excitement about what Sen. Graham says Trump has 'greenlit' sanctions bill aiming to punish Russia for war in Ukraine 01/07/2026 09:14pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump is now on board with a hard-hitting sanctions package meant to economically cripple Moscow as his administration continues to negotiate a deal to end the war that began with Russia���s invasion of Ukraine. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he met with Trump Packers' Jordan Love believes he's learned from previous playoff disappointments 01/07/2026 08:56pm • GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) ��� Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love has done a great job of avoiding interceptions throughout this season. However, he hasn't been nearly as effective in that regard during his playoff career. The Packers��� chances of extending their season beyond this weekend depend The Latest: Trump exits 66 international organizations in latest retreat from global cooperation 01/07/2026 08:51pm • President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order suspending U.S. support for 66 organizations, agencies and commissions, including those affiliated with the United Nations, as the country further retreats from global cooperation. The targets are primarily U.N.-related groups that focus