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Dangerously cold winds remain overnight as DC area recovers from 2nd winter blast 01/20/2024 10:05pm • Listen live to WTOP for the latest traffic and weather on the 8s. Ice and strong winds gusting to 30 miles per hour remained a hazard in the capital area on Saturday, following Friday's brutal winter storm that left some parts under nearly 5.5 inches of snow. But the dangers still remain headi Cornerback Jaire Alexander activated by Packers for playoff game vs. 49ers 01/20/2024 07:00pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander was active for Green Bay's divisional-round playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday. Alexander had been listed as questionable after injuring his ankle last week against Dallas. Punter Daniel Whelan and linebacker Isaia Loewe explores social media and masculinity in Paris fashion show 01/20/2024 06:18pm • PARIS (AP) — In a dazzling universe where high-art, fashion and celebrity collide, Jonathan Anderson’s latest collection for Loewe explored modern masculinity, set against the backdrop of our social media-saturated world. The show space, transformed by artist Richard Hawkins’ vibrant pop art, Burkina Faso rues Bounedjah's late goal as Algeria draws 2-2 in Africa Cup. Angola beats Mauritania 01/20/2024 05:58pm • ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Baghdad Bounedjah scored very late to lessen the danger of Algeria’s second straight Africa Cup of Nations group-stage exit by salvaging a 2-2 draw against Burkina Faso on Saturday. Burkina Faso fans were already celebrating what they thought was their team’s progre Kansas couple charged with collecting man's retirement while keeping his body in their home 6 years 01/20/2024 02:45pm • OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas couple has been charged with fraudulently collecting more than $215,000 in retirement benefits on behalf of a dead relative while they concealed his body inside their home for six years. Authorities say Mike Carroll's pacemaker showed that he died in 2016 at age Yum! Cold weather extends DC Restaurant Week for 1 more week 01/20/2024 01:56pm • Due to the wintry weather affecting the region, D.C.'s Restaurant Week will be extended one more week. The winter event — originally scheduled to end Sunday — will now run until Jan. 28. The semiannual event features over 140 D.C.-area restaurants and bars offering specially-priced meals with South Korea benefits from late own-goal to salvage 2-2 draw with Jordan in Asian Cup 01/20/2024 01:26pm • DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Despite going ahead on an early strike by Son Heung-min, South Korea needed a last-minute own-goal to secure a 2-2 draw with Jordan at the Asian Cup on Saturday. Yazan Al-Arab’s late intervention at the Al Thumama Stadium prevented a second surprise result in the space of 24 h Roxanna Asgarian's 'We Were Once a Family' and Amanda Peters' 'The Berry Pickers' win library medals 01/20/2024 11:09am • NEW YORK (AP) — In the childhood home of author Roxanna Asgarian, there were restrictions on how often the television could be on and which programs could be watched. Books were placed under a much looser set of rules. “Mom would take us to the library and gave us totally free reign,” says Asg An explosive case of police violence in the Paris suburbs ends with the conviction of 3 officers 01/20/2024 10:04am • PARIS (AP) — A French court convicted three police officers of “voluntary violence” towards a youth worker in a Paris suburb who suffered serious injuries to his rectum after being assaulted with a police baton during an identity check seven years ago. All three officers received suspended pr Early voting has begun in Virginia's presidential primaries 01/20/2024 09:46am • Just a few weeks into the new year, it’s already election season again in Virginia. The 45-day early voting period for Virginia’s March 5 presidential primaries begins today, even though it’s far from clear which candidates will still be in the running come Super Tuesday.  President Joe Bi Seth Jones scores in overtime as the Blackhawks beat the struggling Islanders 4-3 01/20/2024 12:26am • CHICAGO (AP) — When it was over, right after his shot ended the game, Seth Jones celebrated with a small grin. “I was in shock. I was like 'Wow, one actually went in,” the defenseman said. Jones scored his first goal of the season 22 seconds into overtime, lifting the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4 Japan becomes the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the moon 01/19/2024 11:57pm • TOKYO (AP) — Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when one of its spacecrafts without astronauts successfully made a soft landing on the lunar surface early Saturday. However, space officials said they needed more time to analyze whether the Smart Lander for Investigating M Devils score 4 in 2nd period, beat Blue Jackets 4-1 01/19/2024 10:17pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Alexander Holtz, Nico Hischier and Nathan Bastian scored 6:03 apart during New Jersey's four-goal second period, and the Devils beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Friday night to snap a two-game skid. John Marino also scored and Vitek Vanecek stopped 28 shots to help the D When a deep freeze puts your heating system on ice: What you need to know 01/19/2024 08:28pm • Frigid temperatures put a lot of strain on home heating systems, and homeowners need to know what to do if their system — whether a furnace or heat pump — stops working in the cold. Kevin Brasler, the executive editor with Washington Consumer’s Checkbook, told WTOP that with air conditionin Police reports and video released of campus officer kneeling on teen near Las Vegas high school 01/19/2024 08:19pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — School officials in Las Vegas have released police reports and body camera footage under court order showing a campus officer kneeling on a Black student last year — an incident that drew accusations of police brutality after bystander video of it circulated widely on social med