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Why home maintenance deserves a spot in the annual health and budget plans 01/04/2026 08:00am • Many people start the new year thinking about ways to improve their health, be more organized and manage their finances. Experts say there is one area that touches on each of those resolutions — home care. Early and routine home maintenance goes beyond fixing visible damage. It helps ensure a heal Root and Brook guide England to 211-3 before bad light stops play in final Ashes test 01/04/2026 02:52am • SYDNEY (AP) — Joe Root and Harry Brook shared a 154-run partnership to guide England to 211-3 before bad light stopped play on Day 1 of the final Ashes test, which featured an emotional on-field tribute for the Bondi terror victims and first responders. Root and Brook joined when the tourists wer Amid wildfire grief, an LA-area resident sowed sunflowers and hope where her home once stood 01/03/2026 11:56pm • ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — Missi Dowd-Figueroa brought life back to the fire-ravaged plot where her home once stood -- one sunflower at a time. The registered nurse and mother of three lost her 1898 farm-style house in the Eaton Fire, one of two deadly wildfires that tore through the Los Angeles area US plans to 'run' Venezuela and tap its oil reserves, Trump says, after operation to oust Maduro 01/03/2026 10:34pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hours after an audacious military operation that plucked leader Nicolás Maduro from power and removed him from the country, President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States would run Venezuela at least temporarily and tap its vast oil reserves to sell to other In their words: Survivors and others talk about fatal Swiss Alpine bar fire 01/03/2026 09:01pm • CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — In the aftermath of a fire inside a Swiss Alpine bar that killed 40 people celebrating the new year, survivors, friends and family members, the region’s top authorities and even Pope Leo have spoken to the public in remarks in French, Italian, German and English The Latest: Trump says US will run Venezuela at least temporarily after military option 01/03/2026 08:48pm • Hours after a dramatic military operation ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from power and removed him from the country Saturday, President Donald Trump said the United States would “run” Venezuela at least temporarily and tap its vast oil reserves to sell to other nations. U.S. operation 49ers' Trent Williams and Ricky Pearsall miss crucial game against Seahawks with injuries 01/03/2026 07:00pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers Pro Bowl left tackle Trent Williams and receiver Ricky Pearsall missed the Week 18 showdown for the division title against the Seattle Seahawks with injuries. Williams got hurt on the first snap from scrimmage in a win last week against Chicago. He wa FACT FOCUS: Trump repeats false claims as he discusses US raid to extract Venezuela's president 01/03/2026 06:45pm • President Donald Trump on Saturday held an extended news conference to explain the U.S. raid on Venezuela to extract President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, at times veering off topic and repeating false claims around his initiatives. In praising the military, Trump highlighted National Guard deploy What we know about a US strike that captured Venezuela's Maduro and what comes next 01/03/2026 06:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — In a lightning military strike, the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and spirited them out of the country to face justice in the United States. Now President Donald Trump says the U.S. is “going to run” Venezuela until a transitio How the US captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro 01/03/2026 04:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, the U.S. military had been amassing a presence off Venezuela's coast and conspicuously blowing up alleged drug trafficking boats and killing the occupants. At the same time, U.S. intelligence agencies were carefully studying the country's authoritarian President Nicol Nate Calmese delivers clutch 3-pointer and Wake Forest edges Virginia Tech 81-78 01/03/2026 03:01pm • WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Nate Calmese buried a step-back 3-pointer with six seconds remaining and added two free throws a few seconds later, helping Wake Forest hang on to defeat Virginia Tech 81-78 on Saturday. Wake Forest (10-5, 1-1 ACC) never trailed in the first half, but Virginia Tech was w ‘Undemocratic behavior’: Nonprofit calls for review on demolition plans on St. Elizabeth West campus 01/03/2026 07:43am • A nonprofit is pushing back on an emergency proposal to demolish historic buildings on the site of the Department of Homeland Security headquarters in Southeast D.C. In mid-December, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem issued an emergency declaration to demolish 17 vacant buildings on the St. ‘2026 difference maker’: How a drone is helping Fairfax Co. police respond to emergencies faster 01/03/2026 06:41am • Fairfax County police responded quickly when a recent 911 caller said they saw a man armed with a bow and arrow standing along a median near the Fair Oaks Mall. While a number of officers were dispatched to the scene, Police Chief Kevin Davis said the department’s drone arrived first. It got to Dozens missing after boat carrying more than 200 migrants capsized off the coast of Gambia 01/03/2026 04:52am • BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Dozens are missing after a boat carrying more than 200 migrants on their way to Europe capsized off the coast of Gambia, the West African nation’s leader said late Friday, setting off a frantic search and rescue operation. At least 102 survivors have been rescued and seven Big Tech's fast-expanding plans for data centers are running into stiff community opposition 01/03/2026 12:12am • SPRING CITY, Pa. (AP) — Tech companies and developers looking to plunge billions of dollars into ever-bigger data centers to power artificial intelligence and cloud computing are increasingly losing fights in communities where people don’t want to live next to them, or even near them. Communitie