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Federal funding shifts cloud Virginia’s transportation plans for 2026 12/26/2025 07:07am • Virginia’s transportation system is massive, with about 129,000 lane miles of roads and roughly 5,900 miles of rail criss-crossing the commonwealth, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation and a 2022 Virginia Statewide Rail Plan. There’s always some kind of improvement or expan Left fielder Tyler Soderstrom reaches $86M, 7-year agreement with Athletics, AP source says 12/26/2025 12:00am • Left fielder Tyler Soderstrom and the Athletics have agreed to an $86 million, seven-year contract, according to a person with knowledge of the negotiations. The deal includes a club option for an eighth season, the person told The Associated Press on Thursday, speaking on condition of anonymity bec New storm hitting waterlogged Southern California could bring mudslides and high surf 12/25/2025 09:46pm • WRIGHTWOOD, Calif. (AP) — California, soaked from days of relentless rain and recovering from mudslides in mountain towns, was hit with another powerful storm Christmas Day that led to evacuation warnings and high surf advisories. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department in Southern Califo Montgomery County Executive Elrich says federal downsizing, cuts had profound impact in 2025 12/25/2025 07:30pm • Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich spoke to WTOP about the issues that affected the county the most in 2025, and what's ahead for 2026. By far, actions taken by the Trump administration, through federal downsizing and program cuts, had the most profound impact on Montgomery County, according Chiefs' injury woes continue as top return man Nikko Remigio lands on IR 12/25/2025 06:57pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs placed top return man Nikko Remigio on injured reserve before their game against the Denver Broncos on Thursday night, their third wide receiver to land on the IR list in a matter of two days. Remigio was a full participant in practice Monday but had Broncos place center Luke Wattenberg on IR in surprising blow to offensive line 12/25/2025 06:51pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos placed center Luke Wattenberg on injured reserve before their game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday night, a surprising and significant blow to their offensive line as they take aim at a postseason berth. Wattenberg had started the first 15 game A Venezuelan family's Christmas: From the American dream to poverty 12/25/2025 05:57pm • MARACAY, Venezuela (AP) — This was not the Christmas that Mariela Gómez would have imagined a year ago. Or the one that thousands of other Venezuelan immigrants would have thought. But Donald Trump returned to the White House in January and quickly ended their American dream. So Gómez found hers How many is 96,000? Key housing number cited by Md. Gov. Moore is hard to explain 12/25/2025 04:58pm • Since he took office in 2023, Gov. Wes Moore (D) has made housing a focus of his administration, and nearly every speech, proclamation and press release since then has featured the state’s 96,000-unit housing shortage. Does that mean there are 96,000 unhoused people in the state? Hardly. The nu Saudi Arabia urges Yemen's separatists to leave 2 governorates as the anti-rebel coalition strains 12/25/2025 02:21pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Thursday called on Emirati-backed separatists in southern Yemen to withdraw from two governorates they now control, a move that has threatened to spark a confrontation within a fragile coalition that has been battling the Iran-backed Houthi rebels Photos show Venezuelan migrants spending Christmas at home after abandoning hope of reaching the US 12/25/2025 12:43pm • MARACAY, Venezuela (AP) — After months on the move through jungles, seas and borders, Venezuelan migrants Mariela Gómez, her partner Abraham Castro and her two children, abandoned their attempt to reach the United States. They returned to spend Christmas back home, part of a growing wave of rever King Charles III calls for kindness and unity in Christmas message amid global conflicts 12/25/2025 12:20pm • LONDON (AP) — On a Christmas Day when the war in Ukraine casts a shadow over Europe, concerns over immigration divide societies, and some politicians fan anger and resentment, Britain’s King Charles III called on people to focus on kindness instead of conflict. Delivering his annual holiday addr Novig Promo Code WTOP: Apply $100 Bonus Xmas NFL, NBA Predictions 12/25/2025 11:47am • 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 Make your first prediction on Christmas Day with the Novig promo code WTOP. Sign up here to unlock this welcome bonus for an NBA or NFL Somalis vote in the first one-person, one-vote local election in decades 12/25/2025 10:36am • MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Residents of Somalia’s capital are set to vote Thursday in a controversial local election that marks the country’s first-ever one-person, one-vote poll since 1969. Analysts say it is a major departure from clan-based power-sharing negotiations. The election of local c Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Dec. 26 - Jan. 1 12/25/2025 10:05am • Dec. 26 1908 — Jack Johnson becomes the first black man to win the world heavyweight boxing title, with a 14th-round knockout of Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia. 1917 — Toronto’s Harry Cameron becomes the first defenseman to score four goals in a game as the Maple Leafs beat the Montreal Cana Christmas Day offers up mild conditions but a wintry mix is on the horizon for Friday 12/25/2025 09:50am • The D.C. region is getting a nice holiday gift: The weather will be mild on Christmas Day. Although some light drizzle made an appearance in the early morning as it moved through parts of Virginia, residents across the D.C. region can anticipate some above-average temperatures as the sun begins t