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A weekend of ferocious winter weather could see low-temperature records set in the US heartland 01/14/2024 09:08am • O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Icy winter weather blanketed the U.S. on Saturday as a wave of Arctic storms threatened to break low-temperature records in the heartland, spread cold and snow from coast to coast and cast a chill over everything from football playoffs to presidential campaigns. As the thre Genocide case against Israel: Where does the rest of the world stand on the momentous allegations? 01/14/2024 07:15am • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa says more than 50 countries have expressed support for its case at the United Nations' top court accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in the war in Gaza. Others, including the United States, have strongly rejected South Africa's allegation th Japan's Kishida vows more funds to quake-hit zone as worry over diseases in evacuation centers rises 01/14/2024 06:56am • TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he was “speechless” by the severity and immense destruction of the disaster zone he saw during the helicopter ride on his first visit to the country's north-central region of Noto since the deadly Jan. 1 earthquakes, amid worries about spr A Japanese domestic flight returns to airport with crack on a cockpit window. No injuries reported. 01/14/2024 03:09am • TOKYO (AP) — An All Nippon Airways domestic flight turned back to Japan’s northern airport of Sapporo after a crack was found on the cockpit window, according to the airline and media reports. ANA Flight 1182 was en route to Toyama airport in central Japan on Saturday but had to return to the Ne Wildfire prevention and helping Maui recover from flames top the agenda for Hawaii lawmakers 01/14/2024 12:27am • HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers are due to convene this week for the first time since the burning of historic Lahaina awakened the state to the deadly and costly threat posed by wildfires in an age of climate change. The tragedy refocused the attention of lawmakers. Now, fighting and preventing w Thunder beat short-handed Magic 112-100 to tie Timberwolves for Western Conference lead 01/13/2024 11:36pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Time after time, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander punished the Orlando Magic by making difficult shots while getting fouled. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 37 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the short-handed Magic 112-100 on Saturday night to tie Minnesota for the Western Conferen Steelers-Bills playoff game moved to Monday as Buffalo area hit by potentially dangerous snowstorm 01/13/2024 07:47pm • BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A potentially dangerous snowstorm that hit the Buffalo region on Saturday led the NFL to push back the Bills' wild-card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers from Sunday to Monday. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the NFL cited public safety concerns for the postponement, The avalanche risk is high in much of the western US. Here's what you need to know to stay safe 01/13/2024 04:17pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) — As a massive winter storm dumped snow across much of the western U.S., some hardy winter sport enthusiasts headed to ski resorts and backcountry slopes despite frigid temperatures during the long Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend. But in many areas, the storm brought a high r DC exhausts funding for low-income homebuyer program 9 months early 01/13/2024 03:51pm • The District announced that its homebuyer assistance program is no longer accepting applications as all of its funding has been reserved. The $26.2 million fund was supposed to last from October 2023 through this September. D.C. residents with low and moderate income are eligible to apply for De Bruyne inspires Man City comeback in Premier League return to show he can swing title race 01/13/2024 03:43pm • LONDON (AP) — It took Kevin De Bruyne less than five minutes to show why his return from injury could be so crucial for Manchester City in the second half of the Premier League season. Five months after having surgery on a hamstring injury, De Bruyne came off the bench to score the equalizer and Two easy ways to avoid injuries while walking your dog 01/13/2024 03:39pm • Walking is a great exercise for both dogs and their owners — but serious injuries can occur if pet parents don't take the proper precautions during these strolls. Dr. Christopher Good, CEO and surgeon at the Virginia Spine Institute, said people can get hurt if their dogs lunge at squirrels. Taiwan president-elect Lai Ching-te has steered the island toward democracy and away from China 01/13/2024 03:05pm • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Lai Ching-te, Taiwan’s president-elect, has vowed to safeguard the island’s de-facto independence from China and further align it with other democracies. Lai, 64, emerged victorious in the election Saturday on the island of 23 million people that China claims as its own. Soccer game in English third tier abandoned after Reading fans storm field to protest against owner 01/13/2024 01:54pm • READING, England (AP) — A third-division match between Reading and Port Vale was abandoned just 16 minutes into the first half Saturday after around 1,000 home fans invaded the pitch to protest against the club's ownership, with many of them refusing to leave. Reading made several appeals over the A huge fire engulfs a warehouse in Russia outside the city of St Petersburg 01/13/2024 12:00pm • MOSCOW (AP) — A huge fire tore through a large warehouse used by Russia’s largest online retailer south of St. Petersburg on Saturday morning. The blaze covered an area of 70,000 square meters (more than 750,000 square feet), with 50,000 square meters (around 540,000 square feet) of the Wildberr Slowing inflation suggests that Biden's policies are helping, but American voters are still hurting 01/13/2024 11:15am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden can make an increasingly strong case that he's helped fix inflation — if only he can get voters to believe him. Figures issued this past week reflected a historic level of progress on battling high prices, hinting that inflation could be near the Federal Res