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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 Rifts emerge among top Israeli officials over how to handle the war against Hamas in Gaza 01/19/2024 08:01pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — A member of Israel's War Cabinet cast doubt on the country's strategy for releasing hostages held by Hamas, saying only a cease-fire can free them, as the prime minister rejected the United States' calls to scale back its offensive. The comments by Gadi Eisenkot, a former army chi An experienced hiker dies in a solo trek in blinding, waist-deep snow in New Hampshire mountains 01/19/2024 07:26pm • THORNTON, N.H. (AP) — An experienced hiker who had accomplished the “Triple Crown” of challenging cross-country trails died in New Hampshire's White Mountains during a solo hike in brutal conditions, including single-digit temperatures, harsh winds and waist-deep snow. Christopher Roma, 37, w 2 weeks of winter storms kill dozens and cause cold chaos in parts of the US, but a thaw is coming 01/19/2024 06:03pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two weeks of storms that have turned roads into icy death traps, frozen people to death from Oregon to Tennessee and caused power outages that could take weeks to fix continued to sock both coasts with another round of weather chaos on Friday. The rain, snow, wind and bitterl Man on trial for killing young woman whose friends pulled into wrong driveway says 'my soul is dead' 01/19/2024 05:59pm • FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) — A man who fatally shot a 20-year-old woman after the car she was riding in mistakenly drove up his backcountry driveway in upstate New York testified at his trial Friday that he believed he was under siege that night and now feels “like my soul is dead.” But he maintai Plane makes emergency landing on a northern Virginia highway after taking off from Dulles airport 01/19/2024 05:43pm • DULLES, Va. (AP) — A small passenger plane made an emergency landing on a northern Virginia highway after taking off from nearby Washington Dulles International Airport on Friday afternoon, but no injuries were reported, authorities said. Police responded to a call just before 1 p.m. about a small How much snow has fallen during DC-area's 2nd winter wallop? 01/19/2024 05:41pm • Listen live to WTOP for the latest traffic and weather on the 8s. The D.C. region's second snowfall of the week kicked off early Friday morning, dumping nearly 5.5 inches of snow in some parts of the area, far exceeding forecasted totals. Here's what you need to know. By midafternoon Friday, 5 US government rejects complaint that woman was improperly denied an emergency abortion in Oklahoma 01/19/2024 05:30pm • The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says an Oklahoma hospital did not violate federal law when doctors told a woman with a nonviable pregnancy to wait in the parking lot until her condition worsened enough to qualify for an abortion under the state's strict ban. Jaci Statton, 26, was a Small plane makes emergency landing on Loudoun Co. Parkway near Dulles Airport 01/19/2024 03:40pm • A small commuter airplane that had just taken off from Dulles International Airport made an emergency landing on the Loudoun County Parkway near the airport Friday afternoon, authorities say. Virginia State Police said it happened at about 12:50 p.m. The airplane skidded into a guardrail, but avo Avión de carga aterriza de emergencia en Miami luego de que un motor se prendiera en llamas y lanzara chispas por el aire 01/19/2024 03:39pm • (CNN) –– Un vuelo de carga de Atlas Air, que iba de Miami a Puerto Rico, realizó un aterrizaje de emergencia la noche de este jueves después de una aparente falla en el motor, informó la Administración Federal de Aviación (FAA, por sus siglas en inglés).Según FlightAware, el avión estuvo North Korea says it tested a nuclear-capable underwater drone in response to rivals' naval drills 01/19/2024 01:40pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday it has tested a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone in response to a combined naval exercise by South Korea, the United States and Japan this week, as it continues to blame its rivals for raising tensions in the region. The test of the drone, p Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 01/19/2024 01:25pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov How to stay warm in layered clothing and avoid frostbite this winter 01/19/2024 01:25pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As a bout of bitter and deadly cold sweeps the U.S., millions of Americans are being told to dress in layers if they must go outside. In places that rarely experience bone-chilling temperatures, that advice can be confounding. What does it mean to layer up? Is it different from Police charge man with killing suburban Philly neighbor after feuding over defendant's loud snoring 01/19/2024 01:22pm • HATBORO, Pa. (AP) — A suburban Philadelphia man is accused of stabbing to death a neighbor with whom he had long feuded over the accused man's loud snoring that could be heard through a wall connecting their homes, authorities said Friday. Christopher James Casey, 55, was charged Thursday with cau Returning players, key transfers, O'Brien hiring kick-start offseason for Ohio State's Ryan Day 01/19/2024 01:21pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The weeks after the end of the 2023 season looked potentially disastrous for Ohio State coach Ryan Day. Instead, before the end of January, Day has got a new offensive coordinator in the experienced Bill O'Brien and a roster that may put the Buckeyes in better competitive sha