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DOGE in review: Did the agency create opportunities for new government efficiencies in 2026? 12/29/2025 03:58am • President Donald Trump greenlighted the "Department of Government Efficiency" as a means to modernize information technology and slash federal spending while improving productivity, but now that the agency has since been quietly disbanded, how successful was it? To find out, WTOP turned to Terry Fire at Indonesian retirement home kills 16 residents 12/29/2025 03:13am • MANADO, Indonesia (AP) — A fire at an Indonesian retirement home killed 16 residents on Sunday evening, police said. The fire in the single-story house in Manado in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi Province started while the residents were asleep, police said Monday. Several people living near the nur South Korea’s climate pledge to cut coal, lower emissions clash with US push for LNG purchases 12/29/2025 12:09am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is promising to shrink its reliance on coal power as part of its pledge to reduce carbon emissions that contribute to climate change, but that ambition is at odds with the Trump administration’s push for more U.S. natural gas exports. At recent United Nation 49ers' George Kittle misses key game against Bears with ankle injury 12/28/2025 07:09pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco star tight end George Kittle will miss the 49ers' key game in playoff positioning on Sunday night against the Chicago Bears with an ankle injury. Kittle missed the full week of practice after getting hurt Monday night in a win against Indianapolis and was u 7 Best High-Yield Dividend Stocks to Buy Now 12/28/2025 07:00pm • Buying and holding high-quality stocks is an excellent way to build wealth over the long term. 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Lundell was fined $5,000 Brigitte Bardot, 1960s French sex symbol turned militant animal rights activist, dies at 91 12/28/2025 01:29pm • PARIS (AP) — Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant animal rights activist and far-right supporter, has died. She was 91. Bardot died Sunday at her home in southern France, according to Bruno Jacquelin, of NFL bet365 Bonus Code WTOP365: Claim $150 Bonus for Week 17 Games 12/28/2025 11:18am • New customers looking to wager on the exciting Eagles vs. Bills matchup can take advantage of a premier welcome offer with the bet365 bonus code WTOP365. This promotion gives you a choice between two fantastic deals for the big game or any other NFL action this week. 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Bardot, who died A building collapse in South Africa kills three people, including a 1-year-old 12/28/2025 06:15am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Three people, including a one-year-old child, died when a two-story building collapsed in South Africa's Soweto township, west of Johannesburg, in the early hours of Sunday morning, authorities said. Three others sustained injuries during the incident and were receiving treatme Winter storm snarls holiday travel across US Northeast, Great Lakes 12/27/2025 06:56pm • BOSTON (AP) — More than a thousand flights were canceled or delayed across the Northeast and Great Lakes regions due to snow as thousands took to roads and airports during the busy travel period between Christmas and New Year’s. New York City received about 4 inches (10.2 centimeters) of snow F Russia strikes Ukraine's capital and kills at least 1 person a day before Zelenskyy-Trump meeting 12/27/2025 06:26pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked Ukraine's capital with ballistic missiles and drones on Saturday, killing at least one person and wounding 27, a day before talks between the leaders of Ukraine and the United States, authorities said. Explosions boomed across Kyiv as the attack began in ear Chilly Gaza braces for more winter rain and word of any progress in ceasefire talks 12/27/2025 05:00pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Barefoot children played on chilly sand as Gaza ’s thousands of displaced people prepared threadbare tents on Saturday for another round of winter rain. Some families in the central town of Deir al-Balah said they had been living in tents for about two years, or