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The Milan Cortina Olympics officially open with a multi-site ceremony for a spread-out Winter Games 02/06/2026 05:59pm • MILAN (AP) — Featuring tributes to da Vinci and Dante, Puccini and Pausini, Armani and Fellini, pasta and vino, and other iconic tastes of Italian culture — plus Mariah Carey hitting all the high notes in “Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu” aka “Volare” — an unprecedented four-site, dual-cauldron FEMA will resume staff reductions that were paused during winter storm, managers say 02/06/2026 04:40pm • The Federal Emergency Management Agency will resume staff cuts that were briefly paused during January's severe winter storm, according to two FEMA managers, stoking concern across the agency over its ability to address disasters with fewer workers. FEMA at the start of January abruptly stopped rene Energy chief Wright says orders empowering coal plants helped keep lights on during winter storm 02/06/2026 04:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Friday that its use of emergency orders to keep aging coal-fired plants operating helped prevent a major blackout from power shortages during the brutally frigid weather that has gripped most of America for the past two weeks. Scattered outages occur Canada and France open consulates in Greenland following tensions over US push for control 02/06/2026 04:14pm • NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Canada and France opened diplomatic consulates on Friday in the capital of Greenland, showing support for NATO ally Denmark and the Arctic island in the wake of U.S. efforts to secure control of the semiautonomous Danish territory. Canada's maple-leaf flag went up and dozens Congressional report: National Guard in DC has cost taxpayers $330 million 02/06/2026 03:40pm • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at Today on the Hill. The Trump administration's deployment of the National Guard to D.C. has cost taxpayers more than $330 million, and that figure could nearly double if personnel remain in t Accused militant is taken into custody in the deadly 2012 Benghazi attack 02/06/2026 03:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — An alleged participant in the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, has been taken into custody to face prosecution for the rampage that killed four Americans and emerged as a divisive political issue, the Justice Department said Friday. Zubayar Al-Bakoush, In a Nigerian village, extremists issued a call to prayer and then slaughtered those who turned up 02/06/2026 10:12am • WORO, Nigeria (AP) — Weeks after residents of two Nigerian villages ignored a letter from militants announcing they would come to spread their extreme form of Islam, gunmen arrived on motorbikes and embarked on a 10-hour frenzy of killing. The attackers went from door to door, shooting and setting Tropical storm leaves 8 dead, thousands displaced in Philippines after flooding and a landslide 02/06/2026 10:09am • CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines (AP) — A tropical storm set off flooding and a landslide in the southern Philippines, leaving at least eight people dead, displacing more than 28,000 and trapping residents in houses in two flooded villages, officials said Friday. Tropical Storm Penha slammed ashore ont The US said a Marine could not adopt an Afghan girl. Records show officials helped him get her 02/06/2026 09:43am • The judge wanted everyone in the courtroom to know that when he’d signed a war orphan over to an American Marine he thought it was an emergency — that the child injured on the battlefield in Afghanistan was on death’s door, with neither a family nor a country to claim her. A lawyer for the fed Some DC-area residents are taking dramatic steps to ‘reserve’ their parking spots 02/06/2026 08:40am • It’s been nearly two weeks since the snow and sleet storm came through the D.C. region, causing traffic problems, school closures and delays that are still lingering. As part of the cleanup process, cities have plowed public roads and families had to clear the “snowcrete” mixture from the a US and Russia agree to reestablish military dialogue after Ukraine talks 02/06/2026 06:30am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.S. and Russia agreed Thursday to reestablish high-level military dialogue for the first time in more than four years in another sign of warming relations between the two countries since President Donald Trump returned to office and sought to end the war in Ukraine. High- A glimmer of hope for democracy in Venezuela as opponents test the limits of free speech 02/05/2026 10:20pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Andrés Velásquez didn’t stick around to become one more government critic jailed after Venezuela’s 2024 presidential election. A former governor who had crisscrossed Venezuela stumping for then-President Nicolás Maduro's opponent in the disputed race, he grew a thi Nancy Guthrie's kidnapping is latest abduction case to capture America's attention 02/05/2026 10:13pm • TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities have not identified any suspects or persons of interest in a desperate, five-day search for the missing mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie. But even without proof, investigators are holding out hope that 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie is alive. Police thin Trump administration launches TrumpRx website for discounted drugs 02/05/2026 08:56pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday launched TrumpRx, a website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs directly at a discounted rate at a time when health care and the cost of living are growing concerns for Americans. “You’re going to save a fortune,” President D 7 Best Long-Term ETFs to Buy and Hold 02/05/2026 07:00pm • Markets have experienced a choppy start to 2026, with continued chatter about a potential artificial intelligence bubble along with significant volatility in precious metals. However, long-term investors know that financial success is measured in years and decades, not over just a few weeks. Low-cos