Search

Lawmakers propose $2.5B agency to boost production of rare earths and other critical minerals 01/15/2026 01:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers have proposed creating a new agency with $2.5 billion to spur production of rare earths and the other critical minerals, while the Trump administration has already taken aggressive actions to break China's grip on the market for these materials tha Trump's ceasefire plan faces great uncertainty as it moves into a new phase 01/15/2026 01:48pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — The White House says it is moving into the second phase of President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan – breathing new life into a proposal that aims to rebuild the war-ravaged area and reshape the wider Middle East. Trump’s Mideast envoy, Steve Witkoff, broke the news Wedn VaTech drops meeting with JMU, top nonconference foe in Franklin's 1st season, to fit in 9 ACC games 01/15/2026 01:17pm • BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech canceled its football game against James Madison scheduled for September because of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s move from eight to nine conference games beginning in 2026. The teams had been set to play Sept. 26 in Blacksburg. JMU confirmed Thursday it wo What to know about UK legal changes aiming to regulate AI-generated nude images 01/15/2026 01:14pm • LONDON (AP) — Laws that will make it illegal to create online sexual images of someone without their consent are coming into force soon in the U.K., officials said Thursday, following a global backlash over the use of Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok to make sexualized deepfakes of Press freedom advocates worry that raid on Washington Post journalist's home will chill reporting 01/15/2026 12:55pm • If the byproduct of a raid on a Washington Post journalist's home is to deter probing reporting of government action, the Trump administration could hardly have chosen a more compelling target. Hannah Natanson, nicknamed the “federal government whisperer” at the Post for her reporting on Preside Floods force evacuations from South Africa's Kruger National Park and leave 19 dead in other regions 01/15/2026 12:29pm • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Flooding caused by weeks of torrential rains in northern South Africa forced the famed Kruger National Park to suspend visits and evacuate some guests and staff members by helicopter on Thursday. At least 19 people have died in other parts of the region since the rains began l Brian Kemp survived Trump’s anger. Now he wants to shape Georgia’s future 01/15/2026 12:00pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp delivered his final State of the State speech on Thursday — but it may not have been a farewell. As the rare Republican who has defied President Donald Trump and thrived, Kemp is still trying to mold politics in the battleground state in ways that could lin Players boycott forces Bangladesh cricket to remove official for disparaging remarks 01/15/2026 11:50am • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A players boycott which postponed matches in the Bangladesh Premier League on Thursday prompted the Bangladesh Cricket Board to force out an official after his disparaging remarks about players started the disruption. The board removed Nazmul Islam as chairman of the finan Largest indoor waterpark in Virginia to open this year 01/15/2026 11:14am • If you drive Interstate 95, you've probably seen the colorful waterslides on the Kalahari resort being built in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Kalahari is now accepting bookings for stays beginning Dec. 18, 2026, at the resort, which is built on 135 acres, just off I-95’s Thornburg exit 118 Rachel Goldberg-Polin's memoir recounts her journey after her son's abduction by Hamas 01/15/2026 10:49am • NEW YORK (AP) — Rachel Goldberg-Polin, who has become known worldwide for her advocacy on behalf of her son and others abducted by Hamas-led militants on Oct. 7, 2023, has a memoir coming out this spring. Random House, an imprint of Penguin Random House, announced Thursday that “When We See You Brabec slows down deliberately to concede Dakar Rally bike lead and Al-Attiyah cruises 01/15/2026 10:43am • AL HENAKIYAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Ricky Brabec deliberately gave up his motorbike lead over Luciano Benavides in the Dakar Rally while Nasser Al-Attiyah was happy to cruise through another day closer to his sixth car title on Thursday. Al-Attiyah started 346-kilometer stage 11 between Bisha north Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore pushes the case for redrawing the state's congressional map 01/15/2026 10:16am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday he wants to move forward with redrawing the state's congressional map and have the Democratic-controlled legislature vote on it, despite opposition from a key fellow Democrat concerned that mid-decade redistricting could backfire and cos Control of the House is at the center of midterms. These charts help explain the fight 01/15/2026 10:12am • Donald Trump is determined to maintain Republicans' threadbare House majority this fall and avoid a repeat of his first presidency, when Democrats won control of the chamber in midterm elections and went on to impeach him twice. This time, Trump is involved in candidate recruiting, dispensing strat Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Jan. 16 - Jan. 22 01/15/2026 10:05am • Jan. 16 1962 — Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scores 42 points and grabs 24 rebounds as he won MVP honors even though his East team lost to the West 150-130 in the NBA All-Star game. The West’s Bob Pettit pulls down an All-Star record 27 rebounds. 1972 — The Dallas Cowboys domin Skeleton athlete Katie Uhlaender's Olympic hopes take another hit as complaint dismissed 01/15/2026 10:02am • U.S. skeleton athlete Katie Uhlaender's complaint that she was robbed of a chance to qualify for the Milan Cortina Games was dismissed by the sport's governing body Thursday, another blow to her quest to make what would be her sixth Olympic team. Uhlaender said a decision by Canadian coaches to pull