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Tracking the retirement announcements of members of Congress 01/08/2026 11:00am • A number of member of Congress from both major parties have announced they are heading for the exits, either because they are seeking higher office, are not running again or are leaving early before the 2026 elections. Midterms are historically tough on the party of the sitting president. With Repub Farmers drive tractors through Paris and block highways in Greece to protest free trade deal 01/08/2026 10:24am • PARIS (AP) — Dozens of angry farmers demonstrated in France and Greece Thursday, halting traffic and blocking key roads with tractors to protest European Union plans to move forward with a free trade deal with five South American nations. Farmers drove about a hundred tractors into Paris and gathe How Americans feel about crowdfunding websites like GoFundMe, according to an AP-NORC poll 01/08/2026 09:37am • NEW YORK (AP) — Quintin Sharpe considers it a duty to support those without means. Whether collecting food pantry goods through local service groups or helping out his parents' nonprofit music school, he regularly gives back to his small-town waterside community in southeast Wisconsin. But the 27- Eco-friendly toilet papers are trendy, but their actual environmental impacts vary 01/08/2026 09:08am • Toilet paper, a product that is used for a few seconds before being disposed of forever, is typically made with trees, energy-intensive manufacturing processes and chemicals that can pollute the environment. Experts say more consumers are seeking toilet paper made from recycled content or sustainabl Farmers block highways across Greece in protest over rising costs and EU trade deal 01/08/2026 06:16am • KASTRO, Greece (AP) — Farmers in Greece escalated nationwide protests Thursday, launching a 48-hour blockade of major highways, junctions and toll stations over soaring production costs and a contentious European Union trade deal with South American nations. Tractors lined key routes across the co Terry Yorath, former Leeds and Wales midfielder, dies at age 75 01/08/2026 05:11am • Terry Yorath, the former title-winning midfield enforcer for Leeds who captained Wales and came agonizingly close to qualifying his national team for the 1994 World Cup as its coach, has died following a short illness. He was 75. Yorath's death was announced on Thursday in a statement by his family At CES 2026, iMogul AI pitches a smarter path into Hollywood 01/08/2026 04:09am • Breaking into Hollywood has never been easy. For decades, aspiring screenwriters have faced a familiar cycle: write a script, submit it, wait, follow up, wait some more — and often never hear back. In an industry where who you know is invariably more valuable than what you know, even strong mat President Petro's clash with Trump over Venezuela backs Colombia into a corner 01/08/2026 12:22am • BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — An “abhorrent” violation of Latin American sovereignty. An attack committed by “enslavers.” A “spectacle of death” comparable to Nazi Germany’s 1937 carpet bombing of Guernica, Spain. There is perhaps no world leader criticizing the Trump administration’s a At CES, auto and tech companies transform cars into proactive companions 01/07/2026 11:11pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a vision of the near future shared at CES, a girl slides into the back seat of her parents' car and the cabin instantly comes alive. The vehicle recognizes her, knows it’s her birthday and cues up her favorite song without a word spoken. “Think of the car as having a soul a Driver shot in Minneapolis is at least the fifth person killed in US immigration crackdown 01/07/2026 10:15pm • The fatal shooting Wednesday of a woman by an immigration officer in Minneapolis was at least the fifth death to result from the aggressive U.S. immigration crackdown the Trump administration launched last year. The Department of Homeland Security said the officer fired in self-defense as 37-year-ol Minneapolis shooting by ICE agent brings debate over police force and moving vehicles back in focus 01/07/2026 09:17pm • The fatal shooting of a woman by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday has thrust a long-running and deeply contested question back into the national spotlight: When is a law enforcement officer justified in using lethal force against someone in a moving vehicle? The killing, cap Entertainment leaders amp up discussions about AI, creators and innovative tech at CES 2026 01/07/2026 08:46pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — The world’s largest tech showcase does not come without theatrics. Innovations and gadgets like a lollipop that sings to you as you consume it, a laundry-folding robot and a “smart” LEGO brick have stolen the spotlight so far at CES 2026. But underscoring this year’s progr Gen Z activists who toppled Nepal's government are frustrated with the leaders they brought to power 01/07/2026 08:45pm • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Mukesh Awasti was all set to leave for Australia to pursue a degree in civil engineering on a sunny day in September, but instead he joined a youth revolt against corruption in Nepal and lost his leg after being shot by security forces. Lying on a hospital bed at the Nation NFL playoff odds: Multiple road teams favored in unusual wild-card round 01/07/2026 08:20pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — This could be an unprecedented weekend for road favorites in the NFL playoffs, which open Saturday with the wild-card round. Four road teams were favored at BetMGM Sportsbook as of Wednesday afternoon. Two of those games had 1-point spreads — Green Bay at Chicago and Buffalo at The Latest: ICE officer shoots and kills a woman during Minneapolis immigration crackdown 01/07/2026 08:14pm • An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist on Wednesday during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown in a major U.S. city — a shooting that federal officials claimed was an act of self-defense but that the city’s mayor described as �