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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 Los Angeles homeless services CEO charged with defrauding taxpayers to pay for luxury lifestyle 01/28/2026 10:19am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The CEO of a Los Angeles homeless services charity faces federal and state fraud charges after prosecutors said he lived a luxury lifestyle that included lavish vacations and designer clothes paid for with $23 million in public money meant to keep people off the streets. Alexand Huge landslide leaves Sicilian homes teetering on cliff edge as 1,500 people are evacuated 01/28/2026 09:23am • ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited a southern town in Sicily on Wednesday that has been left teetering on the edge of a cliff after days of heavy rains from a cyclone triggered a huge landslide that brought down properties and forced the evacuation of over 1,500 people. The landsli Germany trims this year's growth forecast to 1% as its economy is slow to gather pace 01/28/2026 09:10am • BERLIN (AP) — The German government on Wednesday trimmed its 2026 forecast for the country's economy, Europe's biggest, as growth picks up more slowly than previously hoped. Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government now expects gross domestic product to expand by about 1% this year and 1.3% in 2027, Pegula beats fellow American Anisimova to finally reach Australian Open semis 01/28/2026 06:49am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — After three previous losses in Australian Open quarterfinals, Jessica Pegula defeated Amanda Anisimova 6-2, 7-6 (1) on Wednesday to advance to the final four at Melbourne Park for the first time. It marked Pegula’s 14th win in her past 15 matches against fellow Americ 3 months after rapidly scheduled arguments, the Supreme Court has yet to decide on Trump's tariffs 01/28/2026 06:19am • WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Supreme Court granted an unusually quick hearing over President Donald Trump's tariffs, a similarly rapid resolution seemed possible. After all, Trump's lawyers told the court that speed was of the essence on an issue central to the Republican president's economic agenda Israel marks the return of the final hostage's remains after more than 2 years of war and grief 01/28/2026 04:45am • JERUSALEM (AP) — For more than two years, Israelis wore yellow ribbons to remember the hostages abducted during the deadliest day in the country’s history. On Tuesday, they finally could remove those ribbons and shut down a haunting clock in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square, marking the end of a pai Maryland Gov. Wes Moore supports mid-decade Congressional redistricting changes 01/28/2026 04:43am • Maryland’s House of Delegates could vote this week on a bill that would add a ballot question this fall asking voters if new congressional district maps should be used in 2028 and 2030. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore testified in support of House Bill 488 Tuesday during a House Rules and Executive Nom Why Prince George's Co. schools announced several days of snow closings at once 01/28/2026 04:22am • Prince George's County schools announced Monday that classes would be canceled until until further notice as a result of the weekend snowstorm — a rare step of announcing several days' worth of closures at once. Typically after winter weather events, school divisions make decisions day by day, Malaysian soccer association executive committee quits amid scandal over naturalized players 01/28/2026 01:46am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The entire executive committee of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) resigned Wednesday after a scandal involving the naturalization of seven foreign-born players led to FIFA sanctions, a court appeal and intensified scrutiny of the country’s soccer governan Kane ties Modano as highest-scoring American-born NHL player in Red Wings loss to Kings 01/28/2026 01:29am • DETROIT (AP) — Anton Forsberg made 26 saves and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Red Wings 3-1 on Tuesday night as Detroit winger Patrick Kane moved into a tie with Dallas’ Mike Modano as the highest-scoring American-born players in NHL history. Kane matched Modano by recording his 1,374th point o A powerful rivalry: Sabalenka and Svitolina set for Australian Open semifinal showdown 01/28/2026 01:21am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Naturally there'll be attention on the backstory when Aryna Sabalenka and Elina Svitolina meet in the Australian Open women's semifinals. Top-ranked Sabalenka, who is seeking a third title in four years in Australia, is a 27-year-old from Belarus. She’s popular on Tik Trump executive order seeks to speed up rebuilding of homes destroyed by Los Angeles wildfires 01/28/2026 12:14am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has signed an executive order to “cut through bureaucratic red tape” and speed up reconstruction of tens of thousands of homes destroyed by the January 2025 Los Angeles area wildfires. Trump's order, signed Friday, seeks to a Tampa Bay Rays' new stadium proposal: What we know so far 01/28/2026 12:08am • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — For many of the nearly 28 years since the Tampa Bay Rays held their inaugural game in St. Petersburg's domed stadium, they have been looking for a bigger, better deal. Tropicana Field's location, across Tampa Bay from the much-larger population base in Tampa, attribute