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911 calls from Maui capture pleas for the stranded, the missing and those caught in the fire's chaos 01/21/2024 11:43am • The day after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century destroyed a seaside community on Maui, the barrage of 911 calls didn't stop: Reports of missing people, stranded family members and confused tourists trapped without food or water lit up the emergency lines every few minutes, interspersed with r Party at a short-term rental near Houston turns deadly overnight 01/21/2024 11:09am • Three people were killed overnight Sunday after a gathering in a short-term rental turned deadly near Houston, Texas. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said deputies responded to an emergency call around 2:15 a.m. at a suburban neighborhood in Katy, Texas, just 30 miles (48 kilometers) west of Houst Brutally cold weather reaches deep into lower United States, causing dozens of deaths 01/21/2024 10:31am • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Much of the U.S. remained gripped by deadly Arctic weather Sunday — with subfreezing conditions reaching as far south as Texas and Florida. But the numbing cold is expected to ease up in the coming days. Freezing rain, sleet and high wind gusts later Sunday would make trave North Korea stresses alignment with Russia against US and says Putin could visit at an early date 01/21/2024 10:02am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his willingness to visit the North at an unspecified “early date” as the countries continue to align in the face of their separate, intensifying confrontations with the United States. The North Ko Jadon Sancho wins a penalty and Dortmund wins again in Bundesliga. Leader Leverkusen beats Leipzig 01/20/2024 03:17pm • COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Jadon Sancho is picking up where he left off at Borussia Dortmund. Sancho won a penalty in a 4-0 win over Cologne in the Bundesliga on Saturday, his first start for Dortmund since 2021. He arrived on loan from Manchester United last week, after having not played since Augus Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi is sworn into office following his disputed reelection 01/20/2024 11:19am • KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi was sworn in Saturday following a disputed December election, promising to unite the Central African country during his second five-year term and to protect lives in the conflict-hit eastern region. “I am taking back the baton of comman GOP Speaker Mike Johnson has a House majority in name only. He's left with daunting choices ahead 01/20/2024 09:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) — New Speaker Mike Johnson finds himself leading House Republicans with a majority in name only. Unable to unite his unruly right flank and commanding one of the slimmest House majorities in history, Johnson is being forced to rely on Democrats for the basics of governing, inclu 13 students reported killed in an elementary school dorm fire in China's Henan province 01/20/2024 07:17am • BANGKOK (AP) — A fire broke out in dorms at a boarding school for elementary students in central Henan province, and 13 students died in the blaze, Chinese state media reported Saturday. All of the dead were third grade students, a teacher told Zonglan news, a state-backed media outlet from Hebei The Ravens are ready to give Dalvin Cook a shot, but there's no telling what to expect 01/19/2024 10:52pm • OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Even John Harbaugh isn't sure what to expect from Dalvin Cook this weekend. The Baltimore coach sounds ready to put him on the field and find out. “It’s new. We haven’t seen him out there,” Harbaugh told reporters Thursday. “Just like you guys haven’t seen him, Live updates | US jets strike Yemen a sixth time as Israel's war in Gaza raises regional tensions 01/19/2024 10:25pm • United States fighter jets struck Houthi rebel sites in Yemen for a sixth time Friday, taking out anti-ship missile launchers that were prepared to fire. The Iranian-backed Houthi militants say their attacks on global shipping in the Red Sea corridor are aimed at stopping Israel’s war on Hamas in Women and children are the main victims of the Israel-Hamas war with 16,000 killed, UN says 01/19/2024 10:10pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Women and children are the main victims in the Israel-Hamas war, with some 16,000 killed and an estimated two mothers losing their lives every hour since Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel, the United Nations agency promoting gender equality said Friday. As a result of the mo How DC's 'snow czar' helps keep roads safe during winter weather 01/19/2024 09:47pm • Ahead of Friday's snowstorm, the second of the week across the D.C. region, Warnique West didn't get a lot of sleep. She had a meeting at 1:30 a.m. and at least two more even before noon. Sometimes, residents and workers don't see the work that West and hundreds of others at D.C.'s Department Suspect in professor's shooting at North Carolina university bought gun, went to range, warrants say 01/19/2024 09:33pm • CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A University of North Carolina graduate student charged with fatally shooting his faculty adviser on campus five months ago had visited a gun range the day before the professor was killed and had bought a pistol, according to information from federal search warrants. Ta DC’s GALA Hispanic Theatre hit by cybercrime, robbed of thousands 01/19/2024 08:29pm • D.C.’s GALA Hispanic Theatre, which features productions in Spanish and English, was a victim of cybercrime, according to Rebecca Medrano, co-founder of the theatre. The theatre’s accountant was sending a “standard wire transfer” to a properties designer in New York when she saw it, Medra 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