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A former flight attendant is accused of fooling airlines into giving him free flights. But how? 01/21/2026 09:40pm • HONOLULU (AP) — A former flight attendant accused of posing as a pilot and working airline employee fooled three U.S. carriers into giving him hundreds of free tickets over a span of four years, federal authorities say. But precisely how he is alleged to have done it — and why the airlines would Astronauts say space station's ultrasound machine was critical during medical crisis 01/21/2026 08:20pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The astronauts evacuated last week from the International Space Station say a portable ultrasound machine came in “super handy” during the medical crisis. During their first public appearance since returning to Earth, the four astronauts refused Wednesday to say whi Liverpool, Newcastle and Chelsea make Champions League charge, Bayern advances and Barcelona wins 01/21/2026 06:43pm • MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Premier League teams are powering ahead in the Champions League with five of England's top flight clubs in position to advance to the round of 16. Arsenal tops the standings and has already secured its place in the next round, while wins for Liverpool, Newcastle and Chel Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky died of abnormal heartbeat from accidental overdose, report says 01/21/2026 06:37pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Daniel Naroditsky, an influential American chess grandmaster who was found dead at his North Carolina home in October at age 29, had multiple drugs in his system at the time and was killed by an abnormal heartbeat caused by an accidental overdose, according to a toxicology rep Ryanair CEO dismisses Elon Musk's idea of buying the airline as verbal feud escalates 01/21/2026 05:02pm • LONDON (AP) — Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary on Wednesday dismissed Elon Musk's idea of buying the budget airline and shrugged off insults from the billionaire, in a war of words that erupted over installing Starlink systems on aircraft. The spat between one of the world's richest individuals and on WNBA season would begin May 8 if new CBA is reached, league will take 17-day FIBA World Cup break 01/21/2026 04:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA will begin its season on May 8, assuming the league and the players' union can come to an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement. Teams will play 44 games over a five-month period with a 17-day break for the FIBA World Cup in early September. The league said la Trump to meet with Zelenskyy as Ukraine endures a bitter winter after Russian attacks 01/21/2026 04:17pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — About 4,000 buildings in Kyiv lacked heat Wednesday and nearly 60% of the Ukrainian capital was without power, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, after days of Russian bombardment of Ukraine’s power grid and as U.S. President Donald Trump prepared to hold talks wi Rescuers spot wreckage possibly from a helicopter that went missing near a volcano in Japan 01/21/2026 11:58am • TOKYO (AP) — Rescuers spotted wreckage believed to be from a sightseeing helicopter carrying three people that went missing near one of Japan’s most active volcanoes, authorities said Wednesday. The helicopter lost contact during what should have been a scenic 10-minute flight over Mount Aso in Marine Le Pen admits 'mistake' in EU embezzlement trial as she fights to save political career 01/21/2026 09:08am • PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen acknowledged “a mistake” on Wednesday at an appeals trial hearing in Paris that could derail her presidential ambitions, but firmly denied accusations she was at the center of a fraudulent system to siphon off European Union funds. Le Pen, 57, Today in History: January 21, first US case of COVID-19 confirmed 01/21/2026 04:10am • Today is Wednesday, Jan. 21, the 21st day of 2026. There are 344 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 21, 2020, the U.S. reported its first known case of the 2019 novel coronavirus circulating in China, saying a Washington state resident who had returned the previous week from the outbre Air Force One returns to Washington area due to minor electrical issue, White House says 01/21/2026 01:10am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plane, Air Force One, returned to Joint Base Andrews about an hour after departing for Switzerland on Tuesday evening. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the decision to return was made after takeoff when the crew aboard Air Force One Air Force One is returning to Washington area after flight experienced minor electrical issue, White House says 01/20/2026 10:47pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Air Force One is returning to Washington area after flight experienced minor electrical issue, White House says. The Latest: Trump meanders through foreign policy ahead of Davos speech to global leaders 01/20/2026 10:03pm • President Donald Trump meandered through a list of his administration’s accomplishments before taking shots at the United Nations and doubling down on what he sees as a need for the U.S. to control Greenland while speaking at a White House press briefing Tuesday. The rare, nearly two-hour appearan Barcelona commuter train crashes, killing 1, days after deadly train collision in Spain 01/20/2026 07:44pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A Barcelona commuter train crashed Tuesday after a retaining wall fell onto the tracks, Spanish regional authorities said, killing at least one person and injuring 37 others. The crash in Catalonia in northeastern Spain came just two days after a separate deadly train coll NASA astronaut who was stuck at the space station for months retires within a year of returning 01/20/2026 07:36pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Suni Williams — one of two astronauts stuck for months at the International Space Station — has retired. The space agency announced the news Tuesday, saying her retirement took effect at the end of December. Williams' crewmate on Boeing’s ill-fated capsu