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Coach Sean McVay and GM Les Snead agree to multiyear contract extensions with the Rams 02/02/2026 03:01pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Coach Sean McVay and general manager Les Snead agreed to multiyear contract extensions to stay with the Los Angeles Rams on Monday, extending their successful nine-year partnership. And with his long-term future assured, McVay confirmed he also is optimistic about coming back ne Aid agencies in South Sudan decry restricted access as government and opposition troops fight 02/02/2026 02:08pm • JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Humanitarian organizations in South Sudan said Monday that restricted access to the conflict-hit eastern state of Jonglei has left thousands of people in need of lifesaving medical care and food assistance at risk, as the United Nations raises concern over a growing number A chatbot entirely powered by humans, not artificial intelligence? This Chilean community shows why 02/02/2026 01:22pm • About 50 residents of a community outside Chile’s capital spent Saturday trying their best to power an entirely human-operated chatbot that could answer questions and make silly pictures on command, in a message to highlight the environmental toll of artificial intelligence data centers in the reg Bet365 Bonus Code WTOP365: Secure $200 Bonus for NBA, NCAAB, Big Game 02/02/2026 12:55pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services The bet365 bonus code WTOP365 gives new customers a chance to secure a guaranteed bonus or a large first bet offer to use on a EU's foreign policy chief says a Europe-wide army could be 'extremely dangerous' 02/02/2026 12:44pm • BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Monday rejected calls for a Europe-wide army, warning that it could be “extremely dangerous” as the bloc considers ways to provide its own security after the United States warned that its priorities lie elsewhere. Talk of a Eur Punxsutawney Phil is said to have seen his shadow, forecasting 6 more weeks of wintry weather 02/02/2026 12:16pm • PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of wintry weather Monday, a forecast sure to disappoint many after what's already been a long, cold season across large parts of the United States. His annual prediction and announcement that he had seen his shadow was translated US Attorney General Pam Bondi announces 2 more arrests in the St. Paul church protest 02/02/2026 11:55am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Monday announced two more arrests following a protest at a Minnesota church against the immigration crackdown, bringing the number of people arrested to nine. The nine were named in a grand jury indictment unsealed Friday. Independent journalis Nine arraigned for deadly attack in Nigeria that killed over 150 02/02/2026 11:34am • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nine people accused of carrying out a deadly attack in north-central Nigeria were arraigned before a federal court on Monday, charged in connection with the deaths of more than 150 people. The defendants are being charged with 57 counts of terrorism and could be sentenced to The Latest: Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil predicts 6 more weeks of winter 02/02/2026 11:34am • PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil, the legendary groundhog that lives in a tree stump in rural Pennsylvania, has issued the most highly anticipated weather forecast of the season: six more weeks of winter. The groundhog’s forecast was announced Monday by the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club Out with the old? Young Democrats are trying to convince voters to send a new generation to Congress 02/02/2026 11:30am • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Mai Vang wouldn't be born for another seven years when Bob Matsui was first elected to Congress from California in 1978. By the time Matsui died in 2005 and was replaced by his widow, Doris Matsui, Vang was still studying biology and sociology in college. Now a member of Misconduct complaint dismissed against judge who handled El Salvador prison deportation case 02/02/2026 11:02am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court judge has dismissed a misconduct complaint filed by the Justice Department against a judge who clashed with President Donald Trump ’s administration over deportations to a notorious prison in El Salvador. The complaint against U.S. District Judge James E Sleeper Promo Code WTOP: Get $120 Bonus for Sixers-Clippers, NBA Picks 02/02/2026 10:46am • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services A Monday night NBA slate headlined by Sixers-Clippers brings the latest chance to use Sleeper promo code WTOP. With it, users can unlo Some companies tie AI to layoffs, but the reality is more complicated 02/02/2026 10:38am • The one thing N. Lee Plumb knows for sure about being laid off from Amazon last week is that it wasn’t a failure to get on board with the company’s artificial intelligence plans. Plumb, his team’s head of “AI enablement,” says he was so prolific in his use of Amazon’s new AI coding tool A crisis emerges across the US as ‘forever chemicals’ quietly contaminate drinking water wells 02/02/2026 10:36am • STELLA, Wis. (AP) — Kristen Hanneman made a small decision in 2022 that would upend life for her entire town. State scientists were checking private drinking water wells across Wisconsin for a widely used family of harmful chemicals called PFAS. They mailed an offer to test the well outside her ti Takeaways from investigation into the toxic forever chemical legacy of the South’s carpet industry 02/02/2026 10:02am • A major investigative collaboration among five newsrooms shows how chemicals used to make carpets stain-resistant have contaminated swaths of the South. In the mills of northwest Georgia, workers treated carpets with these chemicals starting in the 1970s. Carried in manufacturing wastewater, the che