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3 Big Changes for Retirement Planning this year 01/06/2026 06:00am • For retirement savers and retirees, the new year brings more than the usual inflation adjustments to retirement contributions. The retirement legislation known as Secure 2.0 will also continue to phase in, and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will have impacts too. Here���s a roundup The NBA season is nearing the midway point. There are some surprises, good and bad 01/06/2026 06:00am • A year ago at this time, the Boston Celtics had a starting lineup of Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Kristaps Porzingis, Al Horford and Jrue Holiday. The Celtics were in second place in the Eastern Conference. Brown is still starting for Boston. Every other name in that first unit has since changed. Tat Historic moment: SEC dominates AP women's basketball poll with 5 of top 7 teams 01/06/2026 05:50am • Vanderbilt and Kentucky's entrance to the top 10 on Monday was historic as it gave the Southeastern Conference five of the first seven teams in The Associated Press women's basketball poll. It's the first time that's happened in the poll's 50-year history. The seventh-ranked Commodores pulled off th Trump is ramping up federal immigration enforcement. How's it impacting trust in Fairfax County police? 01/06/2026 05:42am • As President Donald Trump's administration continues to focus on federal immigration enforcement, there's no evidence it has impacted community trust in Fairfax County, Virginia, Police Chief Kevin Davis said. While trust in police is difficult to quantify, Davis said the department has been mon Trump administration's capture of Maduro raises unease about the international legal framework 01/06/2026 05:08am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ��� From the smoldering wreckage of two catastrophic world wars in the last century, nations came together to build an edifice of international rules and laws. The goal was to prevent such sprawling conflicts in the future. Now that world order ��� centered at the United WTOP reporter recounts the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, five years later 01/06/2026 04:01am • Five years ago, on Jan. 6, I was inside the U.S. Capitol as a large mob started breaking windows and climbing inside the building to try to prevent the certification of the 2020 presidential election results. A fierce battle began raging on the West Front of the Capitol between supporters of QB Rocco Becht following Matt Campbell to Penn State with Grunkemeyer reportedly heading to Va. Tech 01/06/2026 01:56am • Rocco Becht has announced he will follow coach Matt Campbell from Iowa State to Penn State, giving the Nittany Lions a veteran quarterback to replace Ethan Grunkemeyer. Becht stated his decision in a social media post late Sunday. Grunkemeyer posted at about the same time that he would enter the tra Rubio, Hegseth brief congressional leaders as questions mount over next steps in Venezuela 01/05/2026 10:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other top officials briefed leaders in Congress late Monday on the striking military operation in Venezuela amid mounting concerns that President Donald Trump is embarking on a new era of U.S. expansionism without consultation of lawmakers or a Maduro says 'I was captured' as he pleads not guilty to drug trafficking charges 01/05/2026 10:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A defiant Nicol��s Maduro declared himself "the president of my country��� as he protested his capture and pleaded not guilty Monday to federal drug trafficking charges that the Trump administration used to justify removing him from power in Venezuela. ���I was captured,��� Maduro Audit of fired SafeSport investigator leads to reopening of 3 out of 114 cases 01/05/2026 09:30pm • DENVER (AP) ��� An external audit of 114 cases handled by a former U.S. Center for SafeSport investigator accused of sex crimes he allegedly committed at his previous job led to the watchdog agency's reopening of three of those cases. The audit, results of which the center released Monday, also foun Record $9.6 million fine for Third Coast after substantial oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico 01/05/2026 09:30pm • Pipeline safety regulators on Monday assessed their largest fine ever against the company responsible for leaking 1.1 million gallons of oil into the Gulf off the coast of Louisiana in 2023. But the $9.6 million fine isn���t likely to be a major burden for Third Coast to pay. This single fine is cl No. 10 Nebraska holds off Ohio State's late rally to remain unbeaten with 72-69 win 01/05/2026 09:15pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� Braden Frager scored 15 points off the bench and No. 10 Nebraska held off a late rally by Ohio State to win 72-69 on Monday night. Rienk Mast added 12 points while Jamarques Lawrence and Pryce Sandfort each had 11 as the Cornhuskers (15-0, 4-0 Big Ten) extended the best start US allies and adversaries use UN meeting to critique Venezuela intervention as America defends it 01/05/2026 09:07pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� Both allies and adversaries of the United States on Monday used an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to voice opposition to the audacious U.S. military operation in Venezuela that captured leader Nicol��s Maduro. Before the U.N.'s most powerful body, countries cr Venezuelan government seeks to show it is operating free from US control 01/05/2026 09:03pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ��� The Venezuelan government on Monday sought to show its people and the world that the country is being run independently and not controlled by the United States following its stunning weekend arrest of Nicol��s Maduro, the authoritarian leader who had ruled for almost 13 y The Latest: Trump officials give nearly two-hour briefing to top lawmakers on Venezuela 01/05/2026 08:56pm • Top officials from President Donald Trump's administration briefed congressional leaders on the U.S. government���s plans for the future of Venezuela in a Monday evening meeting on Capitol Hill. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials discussed Venezuela wi