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Beltway Basketball Beat: GW, AU and Mason end up on wrong side of close games 02/05/2026 04:52pm • Dave Preston is an AP Top 25 voter. Read his ballots here. College basketball's cruelest word is "close." It starts on the recruiting trail when a school is oh-so-close to landing a program-changing player and continues when a team is close to negating an Achilles' heel (bad defense, poor free th Nearly 70 people rescued from New York ski mountain gondolas after malfunction 02/05/2026 04:43pm • NORTH CREEK, N.Y. (AP) — Nearly 70 people were rescued from gondola cabins at an upstate New York ski area after a mechanical problem forced a shutdown of the lift system, leaving skiers stranded for hours up to 70 feet (21 meters) in the air, authorities said. Staff at Gore Mountain in North Cree Panama will not be threatened by China over canal court ruling, leader says 02/05/2026 04:41pm • PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Thursday said he hoped an ongoing legal battle with a Hong Kong firm over operations of Panama Canal ports would “not escalate,” but that Panama's government would remain firm in its ruling against the company. “Panama is a dignif Superintendent recommends moving Rockville’s Wootton High to upcoming Crown High in Gaithersburg 02/05/2026 04:11pm • Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Superintendent Thomas Taylor recommended Thursday the county school board adopt new district boundary lines that would permanently move Rockville’s Thomas S. Wootton High School into the upcoming Crown High in Gaithersburg — despite continued push Sleeper Promo Code WTOP: Get $100 Bonus for NBA, SB XL Picks (Feb. 5) 02/05/2026 03:28pm • Scoring the latest Sleeper promo code WTOP gives new users the ability to unlock a comprehensive welcome offer tailored for Thursday night's NBA slate along with picks on Super Bowl 60 between the Seahawks and Patriots. This exclusive deal rewards new sign-ups with a $20 bonus—requiri Bitcoin price falls below pre-Trump second term levels, now hovering below $67,000 02/05/2026 03:27pm • The price of bitcoin continued its monthslong slide Thursday, falling another 11% to $67,000, and is now worth less than it was when President Donald Trump was elected into his second term of office. The original cryptocurrency, pitched as “digital gold,” has lost nearly half of its value since What to know as Iran and US prepare for nuclear talks in Oman 02/05/2026 03:15pm • MUSCAT, Oman (AP) — Iran and the United States will hold talks Friday in Oman, their latest over Tehran's nuclear program after Israel launched a 12-day war on the country in June and the Islamic Republic launched a bloody crackdown on nationwide protests. U.S. President Donald Trump has kept up Teen sensation Connor Zilisch is the most hyped NASCAR rookie since possibly Jeff Gordon 02/05/2026 02:39pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — As sleet pelted Bowman Gray Stadium during NASCAR’s preseason warm-up race, multiple drivers complained about poor visibility and the wet track conditions. One of them — the youngest driver in the field — hit the button on his radio and grumbled it was time to get back Movie Review: In submission romance 'Pillion,' BDSM meets barbershop quartet 02/05/2026 02:28pm • “Do you give?” It can be a pertinent question in any relationship, but it’s a particularly poignant one for the BDSM couple of Harry Lighton’s kink-friendly, disarmingly affecting romance “Pillion.” Like most lovers, Colin (Harry Melling) and Ray (Alexander Skarsgård) have an understand Chairman of prominent law firm Paul Weiss resigns after release of emails linking him to Epstein 02/05/2026 01:58pm • Brad Karp, chairman of one of the country’s most prestigious law firms, has resigned from his position after the release of emails revealing his exchanges with Jeffrey Epstein, a high-profile departure in the fallout among those with ties to the late convicted sex offender. A statement Wednesday f Snow-verwhelmed: How Prince George's Co. schools are adjusting calendar after snow days 02/05/2026 01:45pm • The Prince George’s County public school system has already used more snow days than it planned for, and winter isn’t over yet. That’s why the county has made adjustments to the school calendar — five days where students originally had off are now going to be spent in the classroom — a An American skier is fighting to open up the last Winter Olympic sport off limits to women 02/05/2026 01:40pm • MILAN, Italy (AP) — Annika Malacinski remembers the moment the door to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics was slammed shut. On a flight from Munich to Denver, she bought airplane Wi-Fi to join a conference call with the International Olympic Committee, certain that Nordic combined competition would What to know after scores were killed in Nigeria while abducted Christians came home 02/05/2026 01:24pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria is battling militants and it’s causing a terrible security situation. Gunmen believed to be Islamic extremists killed scores of people in a western Nigerian state that is becoming a new hot spot for the violence that affects large parts of Africa's most populous cou Companies can now claim 'no artificial colors' if they add plant-based color to food 02/05/2026 01:22pm • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is relaxing rules that restrict when food companies can claim their products have no artificial colors. The agency announced Thursday that food labels may claim to have “no artificial colors” when they are free of petroleum-based dyes, even when they contai The Olympics arrive with the US a favorite, rekindling fond memories of 1980's 'Miracle on Ice' 02/05/2026 01:18pm • From the coffee shops and bars to the local grocery stores, the neighbors know all about Mike Eruzione, Buzz Schneider and John Harrington for their roles in one of the greatest upsets in the history of sports. They are long since retired, now more focused on their golf games than their legacies. Bu