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Australian base in Italy gives athletes from Down Under a home edge at the Winter Olympics 01/30/2026 04:56am • MILAN (AP) — Nestled in a lakeside town in northern Italy is Australia's “home away from home” for the Milan Cortina Olympics — right down to the coffee and Vegemite. Nearly 15 years ago, the Australian Institute of Sport opened the European Training Centre in Gavirate, about an hour’s dri Cause of plane crash in Colombia that killed 15, including Congress member, under investigation 01/29/2026 07:02pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian airline company Satena said Thursday it had not received any prior warning of adverse weather conditions that would have prevented the flight of a plane that crashed and killed 15 people, but that it is awaiting the results of a formal investigation. The aircraft, Niger says gunmen attacked air force base in the capital, resulting in heavy gunfire, explosions 01/29/2026 04:52pm • NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Armed men attacked a Nigerien Air Force base in the capital city overnight into Thursday morning, resulting in loud explosions and heavy gunfire, the state broadcaster said late Thursday. The motorcycle-riding gunmen invaded the air base within the premises of the Diori Hamani Trump says Venezuelan airspace will reopen to commercial travel and Americans soon can visit 01/29/2026 02:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday he has informed Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, that he will open up all commercial airspace over Venezuela and Americans will soon be able to visit. Trump said he instructed his transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, and U.S. The biggest surprise at Paris couture? It got wearable 01/29/2026 11:13am • PARIS (AP) — Paris couture this season did something unexpected: It got lighter and down to earth. Not just in fabric, but in attitude. Even with major couture debuts at Chanel, Dior and Armani Privé — and a week shadowed by Valentino Garavani’s death in Rome — the strongest message on th Responders recall a mission of recovery and grief a year after the midair collision near DC 01/29/2026 08:49am • WASHINGTON (AP) — For some, it was the children’s luggage and small ice skates that became indelible memories of the night a passenger plane and a helicopter collided over the murky Potomac River. Others remember boats navigating debris and shallow water to bring victims’ bodies ashore. And th Clarity is an act of resistance: Why I wrote 'The Noise War Handbook' 01/29/2026 08:11am • I woke up startled, at about 3 a.m. on Oct. 25, 2025. The room was dark and still, but my mind was not. It was the kind of wake-up you don’t drift into —you snap into it. As if someone has shaken your shoulder and said, "Pay attention. This matters." In 24 hours, I would be on a plane to B What to know about the FAA's multibillion dollar air traffic control system upgrade 01/29/2026 04:55am • Even before Jan. 29, 2025, when an Army Black Hawk helicopter on a training mission near Reagan National Airport struck the side of an American Airlines regional jet, killing 67 people, aviation experts realized the nation’s aging air traffic control system desperately needed an upgrade. “We Small plane crashes in rural area of Colombia, killing 15 people including congressman 01/28/2026 10:07pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A small plane crashed Wednesday in a rural area of Norte de Santander province in northeast Colombia, killing all 15 people on board including a member of congress, authorities said. Satena, the state-owned airline that operated the flight, said local officials in the commu How to Help Someone With PTSD: Supportive Tips for Loved Ones 01/28/2026 07:00pm • Living with post-traumatic stress disorder can be isolating and unpredictable. Around 13 million adults in the United States -- 5% of the population -- experience PTSD each year, according to the National Center for PTSD. With PTSD, a traumatic event in the recent or distant past can cause a prolong Maine plane crash victims include event planner and corporate pilot 01/28/2026 11:16am • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — As snow from a massive storm began to fall in Bangor, Maine, on Sunday night, six people who had stopped to refuel a Paris-bound luxury jet prepared for takeoff. None would survive the crash that followed, the cause of which remains unknown. A departing plane ahead of them Six people died when a business jet trying to take off in Maine crashed in a snowstorm 01/28/2026 11:15am • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Six people died when a business jet crashed during takeoff as a snowstorm moved in and visibility diminished in Maine Sunday night. The Bombardier Challenger 600 flipped over and burned on takeoff at Bangor International Airport around 7:45 p.m. Sunday night as the nation’ Maxim Naumov heads to Olympics, hoping to honor his parents and the others killed in airline crash 01/28/2026 10:43am • ST. LOUIS (AP) — Maxim Naumov sat silently on a chair deep inside the Enterprise Center, away from the packed crowd in the arena, the prying eyes of the TV cameras, the friends, family and strangers who had been showering him well-wishes for the better part of a year. Naumov stared at a photogr Disaster on the Potomac, 1 Year Later: First responders to the crash recall 'devastating' recovery efforts 01/28/2026 10:27am • Nearly one year ago, on Jan. 29, 2025, the capital region and the nation watched with shock and confusion as an American Airlines regional jet collided midair with an Army Black Hawk helicopter that was on a training exercise. While most watched the tragedy in the aftermath from phone screens and 'I was lucky' says Djokovic after setting up Australian Open semifinal against Sinner 01/28/2026 07:31am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — After a walkover and an in-match retirement, 10-time Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic will meet two-time defending champion Jannik Sinner in the semifinals. Djokovic dropped the first two sets of his quarterfinal 6-4, 6-3 Wednesday to fifth-seeded Lorenzo Musetti b