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Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democrats' ICE demands 02/05/2026 06:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are ���unrealistic��� and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the Whit US cuts ties with Polish speaker of parliament over 'insults' against Trump 02/05/2026 06:07pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) ��� The U.S. ambassador to Poland announced on Thursday that the United States will have ���no further dealings, contacts, or communications��� with W��odzimierz Czarzasty, the speaker of the lower house of the Polish parliament, over what Rose called ���outrageous and unprovoked There is Olympic gold in the air up there, but many of these daredevils aren't huge fans 02/05/2026 05:21pm • LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) ��� Ask freestyle skier Colby Stevenson if he likes big air, the most high-flying event in a sport full of them, and his answer is short and to the point. ���No,' he said. ���I have no real use for it." Which makes him pretty much like a lot of his action-sports brethren ��� all 7 Toronto police officers arrested over suspected ties to organized crime 02/05/2026 05:19pm • TORONTO (AP) ��� Seven Toronto police officers and one retired officer have been arrested and charged in an organized crime investigation involving bribery, conspiracy to commit murder and drug trafficking, authorities said Thursday. Police officials at a news conference said the officers had colle Cubans rendered powerless as outages persist and tensions with US escalate 02/05/2026 05:07pm • SANTA CRUZ DEL NORTE, Cuba (AP) ��� The smell of sulfur hits hard in this coastal town that produces petroleum and is home to one of Cuba���s largest thermoelectric plants. Yet, even as the plant cranks back to life, residents remain in the dark, surrounded by energy sources they cannot use. As tens Beltway Basketball Beat: GW, AU and Mason end up on wrong side of close games 02/05/2026 04:52pm • Dave Preston is an AP Top 25 voter. Read his ballots here. College basketball's cruelest word is "close." It starts on the recruiting trail when a school is oh-so-close to landing a program-changing player and continues when a team is close to negating an Achilles' heel (bad defense, poor free th Panama will not be threatened by China over canal court ruling, leader says 02/05/2026 04:41pm • PANAMA CITY (AP) ��� Panamanian President Jos�� Ra��l Mulino on Thursday said he hoped an ongoing legal battle with a Hong Kong firm over operations of Panama Canal ports would ���not escalate,��� but that Panama's government would remain firm in its ruling against the company. ���Panama is a dignif Pitcher Jos�� Urquidy and Pittsburgh Pirates agree to $1.5 million, 1-year contract 02/05/2026 04:04pm • Pitcher Jos�� Urquidy and the Pittsburgh Pirates agreed Thursday to a $1.5 million, one-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement was subject to a successful physical. A 30-year-old right-hander, Spire Motorsports extends Carson Hocevar's contract into the next decade 02/05/2026 04:02pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� Spire Motorsports said Thursday it has signed Carson Hocevar to a long-term extension that will keep him in the No. 77 Chevrolet ���into the next decade.��� Exact terms were not released regarding the deal that apparently will keep the 2024 Cup Series rookie of the year with Sleeper Promo Code WTOP: Get $100 Bonus for NBA, SB XL Picks (Feb. 5) 02/05/2026 03:28pm • Scoring the latest Sleeper promo code WTOP gives new users the ability to unlock a comprehensive welcome offer tailored for Thursday night's NBA slate along with picks on Super Bowl 60 between the Seahawks and Patriots. This exclusive deal rewards new sign-ups with a $20 bonus���requiri Tarik Skubal wins salary arbitration case, will be paid record $32 million 02/05/2026 03:26pm • Tarik Skubal won his salary arbitration hearing with the Detroit Tigers on Thursday, and the two-time Cy Young Award winner will be paid a record $32 million this year instead of the team's $19 million offer. Jeanne Charles, Walt De Treux and Allen Ponak made the decision one day after listening to Iran seizes 2 foreign oil tankers in Persian Gulf, state media says 02/05/2026 03:20pm • MUSCAT, Oman (AP) ��� Iran seized two foreign oil tankers in the Persian Gulf on Thursday, state television reported, claiming the vessels had been smuggling fuel. The report did not provide a nationality of the tankers or say what flag they were flying under. Gen. Heidar Honarian Mojarrad, a regio Scamurra scores 2, and U.S. opens women's Olympic hockey tournament with 5-1 win over Czechia 02/05/2026 03:19pm • MILAN (AP) ��� Of all the elite players making up the U.S. women���s national team���s roster, coach John Wroblewski insisted the one he couldn���t do without at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games was Hayley Scamurra. It���s a decision Wroblewski made upon taking over the team four years ago. and one imme Russia says it regrets expiration of last nuclear arms treaty, but Trump says he wants a new pact 02/05/2026 03:17pm • MOSCOW (AP) ��� The Kremlin said Thursday it regretted the expiration of the last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the United States, while U.S. President Donald Trump declared he was against keeping its limits and wants a better deal. The pact's termination left no caps on the two lar What to know as Iran and US prepare for nuclear talks in Oman 02/05/2026 03:15pm • MUSCAT, Oman (AP) ��� Iran and the United States will hold talks Friday in Oman, their latest over Tehran's nuclear program after Israel launched a 12-day war on the country in June and the Islamic Republic launched a bloody crackdown on nationwide protests. U.S. President Donald Trump has kept up