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NC--Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 01/12/2024 01:14pm • 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 Speaker Johnson insists he's sticking to budget deal but announces no plan to stop partial shutdown 01/12/2024 12:52pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted Friday he is sticking with the bipartisan spending deal he struck with the other congressional leaders, but offered no clear path for overcoming hard-right opposition within his own party to prevent a partial government shutdown next week. John Taiwan prepares to elect a president and legislature in what's seen as a test of control with China 01/12/2024 11:06am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — With rallies and concerts attended by thousands of flag-waving supporters, Taiwanese are preparing to elect a new president and legislature on Saturday in what many see as a test of control with China, which claims the self-governing island republic as its own. The race is t Stretch of Metro's Blue, Orange and Silver Line shut down this weekend — here's how to get around 01/12/2024 10:04am • If you're making plans around the District for the holiday weekend, prepare for some local travel delays. There will be Metro closures for track work for the next four days, along with street closures on Monday for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Parade in Southeast D.C. Here's what you need Why does Iowa launch the presidential campaign? 01/12/2024 09:27am • Iowa assumed its position as the state that votes first for a presidential nominee more than 50 years ago. But its 1972 caucuses didn't feel very historic. Two folding tables at state Democratic Party headquarters were enough to accommodate all staff and media present. No TV cameras rolled. Results Food trends to expect in 2024, according to local industry insiders 01/12/2024 06:20am • Mocktails. Girl Dinner. The Grimace Shake. Water recipes. These and other topics topped the list of some of 2023's most talked about food trends, online and in person. WTOP reached out to several insiders in the food and beverage industry, including restaurateurs, chefs and beverage directors to US, British militaries launch massive retaliatory strike against Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen 01/12/2024 06:09am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and British militaries bombed more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen on Thursday, in a massive retaliatory strike using warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets, U.S. officials said. The U.S. Air Force’s Mideast co AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean 01/12/2024 12:07am • Jan. 5-11, 2024 Armed men storm an Ecuador TV studio during a live broadcast. As attacks in the country escalated, the president issued a decree declaring a state of emergency, suspending people’s rights and mobilizing the military. Cloaked in red, faithful Argentines make their annual pilgrimage US investigating if Boeing made sure a part that blew off a jet was made to design standards 01/11/2024 10:29pm • The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating whether Boeing failed to make sure a panel that blew off a jetliner in midflight last week was safe and manufactured to meet the design that regulators approved. Boeing said Thursday it would cooperate with the investigation, which is focusing A non-traditional candidate resonates with Taiwan’s youth ahead of Saturday's presidential election 01/11/2024 09:21pm • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — With Taiwan's high-stakes presidential election just days away, a nonconformist candidate has been resonating with the island's youth, seemingly more concerned with the dearth of good jobs and affordable housing than the looming threat from China. First-time voters are overwh Donald Trump defies judge, gives courtroom speech on tense final day of New York civil fraud trial 01/11/2024 09:15pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Barred from giving a formal closing argument, Donald Trump wrested an opportunity to speak in court at the conclusion of his New York civil fraud trial Thursday, unleashing a barrage of attacks in a six-minute diatribe before being cut off by the judge. In an extraordinary move for Judges overseeing Trump cases in New York and DC are latest targets as bogus 'swatting' calls surge 01/11/2024 07:47pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Bomb threats and false reports of shootings at the homes of public officials, state capitols and courthouses have surged in recent weeks, including some connected to court cases against former President Donald Trump. The judges overseeing the civil fraud case against Trump in New Led by top-seeded 49ers, the NFC playoff field is loaded with reunions and chances for redemption 01/11/2024 07:45pm • Four years ago, the San Francisco 49ers were closing in on their first Super Bowl triumph in a quarter century when Patrick Mahomes led Kansas City to three touchdowns in the final six-plus minutes, rocketing the Chiefs to a 31-20 victory. Each of the past two years the Niners (12-5) came up one ste FCC chair asks automakers about plans to stop abusers from using car electronics to stalk partners 01/11/2024 07:17pm • DETROIT (AP) — The top U.S. telecommunications regulator is asking automakers how they plan to protect people from being stalked or harassed by partners who have access to vehicle location and other data. In a letter sent Thursday to nine large automakers, Federal Communications Commission Chairwo Murder trial begins months after young woman driven into wrong driveway shot in upstate New York 01/11/2024 07:09pm • FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) — An attorney for an upstate New York man accused of fatally shooting a 20-year-old woman who was with a group of friends who mistakenly turned into his backcountry driveway called it a “terrible accident” involving a defective gun as arguments in his murder trial began