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Catherine O'Hara, Emmy-winning comic actor of 'Schitt's Creek' and 'Home Alone' fame, dies at 71 01/30/2026 09:29pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Catherine O’Hara, a gifted Canadian-born comic actor and “SCTV” alum who starred as Macaulay Culkin’s harried mother in two “Home Alone” movies and won an Emmy as the dramatically ditzy wealthy matriarch Moira Rose in “Schitt’s Creek,” died Friday. She was 71. Maryland comptroller on taxes, a tax holiday and your unclaimed property 01/30/2026 08:03pm • Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman is excited about tax season, telling WTOP during the first week of tax season that taxpayers can explore her office's website and find resources to help them file on time. As comptroller, Lierman is "the tax collector of Maryland — and also the tax refunder o Judge blocks additional citizenship provisions in latest setback to Trump's election executive order 01/30/2026 07:59pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked certain federal agencies from requesting citizenship status when distributing voter registration forms, the latest blow to a wide-ranging executive order on elections President Donald Trump signed last year. U.S. District Judge Colleen Ko Mariners right-hander Logan Evans undergoes Tommy John surgery, expected to miss 2026 season 01/30/2026 07:38pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mariners right-hander Logan Evans is expected to miss the 2026 season after undergoing right elbow surgery, general manager Justin Hollander said Friday. The 24-year-old Evans underwent Tommy John surgery in his right arm on Jan. 23. The estimated recovery time for Evans is Peoples Financial Services: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 01/30/2026 07:08pm • MOOSIC, Pa. (AP) — MOOSIC, Pa. (AP) — Peoples Financial Services Corp. (PFIS) on Friday reported net income of $12 million in its fourth quarter. The Moosic, Pennsylvania-based bank said it had earnings of $1.19 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $1.36 per share. Th Louisiana authorities launch search after 8 inmates escape from rural jail 01/30/2026 06:49pm • LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. (AP) — Louisiana authorities said Friday that eight inmates escaped from a rural jail, including some facing murder charges, setting off another manhunt in a state where bold jail breakouts over the past year have exposed security breakdowns. Officials have not said how the es Twins executive Derek Falvey departs in mutual agreement as organizational revamp continues 01/30/2026 06:44pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Since assuming control of the Minnesota Twins, Tom Pohlad has taken a bold and decisive approach to reinvigorating the family-run franchise. Deep conversations with his top executive produced another startling move, when the Twins and president of baseball and business operation United Nations faces 'imminent financial collapse' without urgent action, UN chief says 01/30/2026 06:04pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief is warning that the world body faces “imminent financial collapse” unless its financial rules are overhauled or all 193 member nations pay their dues — a message likely directed at the United States and the billions it owes. Secretary-General An WTOP waves goodbye to morning anchor Michelle Basch 01/30/2026 05:22pm • It was a bittersweet morning for WTOP News as our longtime colleague Michelle Basch anchored her last newscast on 103.5 FM. Her warm voice has greeted WTOP's listeners on weekday mornings for three years, running down the morning news alongside her co-anchor John Aaron. "I just wish everyo Florida braces for frost and possible snow flurries as winter storms hit other parts of the US 01/30/2026 05:14pm • MIAMI (AP) — Florida is a winter escape, but for the next few days much of it will have below-freezing nights and the Tampa Bay area might even see snowflakes for the first time in over a decade. The Midwest and South have been getting major winter storms for several days, and a giant cyclone fore Judge bars federal prosecutors from seeking the death penalty against Luigi Mangione 01/30/2026 05:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors can’t seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a federal judge ruled Friday, foiling the Trump administration’s bid to see him executed for what it called a “premeditated, cold-blooded assassinati Israel reopening Gaza’s border crossing with Egypt on Sunday after long closure 01/30/2026 04:56pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Friday that it will reopen the pedestrian border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt over the weekend, marking an important step forward for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan. COGAT, the Israeli military body in charge of coordinating aid to Gaz The Latest: DOJ opens a federal civil rights probe into Alex Pretti’s death in Minneapolis 01/30/2026 04:30pm • The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights probe into the death of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed Saturday by Border Patrol officers, according to federal officials. “We’re looking at everything that would shed light on what happened that day and in the days and weeks IF Bancorp: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot 01/30/2026 04:25pm • WATSEKA, Ill. (AP) — WATSEKA, Ill. (AP) — IF Bancorp Inc. (IROQ) on Friday reported net income of $1.3 million in its fiscal second quarter. The bank, based in Watseka, Illinois, said it had earnings of 41 cents per share. The savings and loan holding company posted revenue of $11.9 million in t Trump's wide ambitions for Board of Peace spark new support for the United Nations 01/30/2026 04:17pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to sidestep the United Nations through his new Board of Peace appears to have inadvertently backfired after major world powers rejected U.S. aspirations for it to have a larger international mandate beyond the Gaza ceasefire and recom