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As conflicts rage abroad, a fractured Congress tries to rally support for historic global challenges 12/24/2023 12:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Senate wrapped up its work for the year, Sen. Michael Bennet took to the floor of the nearly empty chamber and made a late-night plea for Congress to redouble support for Ukraine: “Understand the stakes at this moment." It was the third time in recent months the Colorado As starter in the Cotton Bowl, QB Devin Brown gets a chance to show he can be No. 1 for Ohio State 12/24/2023 10:10am • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Devin Brown can thank the transfer portal for his first career start at quarterback for Ohio State, coming up against Missouri in the Cotton Bowl. Brown, the backup this season, was named the starter more or less by attrition when Kyle McCord decided to transfer. Now Brown ha Emergency room doctor unveils the most dangerous toys this season 12/24/2023 06:10am • In less than 24 hours kids everywhere will begin tearing into toys from their wish list. But before that happens, one D.C.-area doctor suggested some ways to play it safe and avoid a Christmas trip to the emergency room. Dr. Sarah Ash Combs, an emergency medicine physician and director of outreac Northern Va. nonprofit looking for Christmas Day volunteers to help pack gifts for soldiers 12/24/2023 03:30am • A Northern Virginia-based nonprofit will be wrapping packages on Christmas Day for U.S. service members deployed around the world during the "America’s Adopt-A-Soldier 13th Annual Christmas Day Give Back." While tens of thousands of service members are away from home, their support groups or lo 10-man Atletico edges Sevilla to end mini-slump in Spanish league before winter break 12/23/2023 12:40pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Ten-man Atletico Madrid edged Sevilla 1-0 at home on Saturday to ensure it entered the Spanish league winter break still in touch with the front-runners. The game in Spain’s capital was originally scheduled for September but was postponed due to a forecast for bad weather Maryland tenant advocates push state leaders for $15M in 2024 housing aid 12/23/2023 08:26am • Two dozen tenant activists were stamping their feet in the cold at People's Park in downtown Annapolis on Wednesday. The weather was an annoyance, but it also illustrated a point: That apartment dwellers are being put out on the street every day in Maryland, and that struggling tenants need help — Oregon State, Washington State affiliate with West Coast Conference for Olympic sports 12/22/2023 06:59pm • SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) — Oregon State and Washington State are joining the West Coast Conference as affiliate members for several Olympic sports for two years starting next season. The league announced the additions on Friday. The Beavers and Cougars will compete in 12 conference sports. FDA says fake Ozempic shots are being sold through some legitimate sources 12/22/2023 02:19pm • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it has seized “thousands of units” of counterfeit Ozempic, the diabetes drug widely used for weight loss, that had been distributed through legitimate drug supply sources. The FDA and the drug’s maker, Novo Nordisk, are testing the shots. They do not Biden signs an executive order aimed at financial facilitators of the Russian defense industry 12/22/2023 09:40am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday giving the U.S. Treasury Department the authority to target financial institutions that facilitate Russia's efforts to bolster its defense industry. The new sanctions authority is meant to gum up the Kremlin's push to restock t Today in History: December 22, Lech Walesa becomes Poland's first popularly elected president 12/22/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Friday, Dec. 22, the 356th day of 2023. There are nine days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 22, 1990, Lech Walesa (lek vah-WEN’-sah) took the oath of office as Poland’s first popularly elected president. On this date: In 1858, opera composer Gi A weekly food distribution event gets a festive touch — and a visit from Santa 12/21/2023 11:13pm • Trucks with hams, vegetables and other groceries rolled up one after the other to the offices of The Upcounty Hub on Thursday morning. The nonprofit provides weekly food distributions to families in need in Germantown, Gaithersburg, and other locations in northern Montgomery County, Maryland, The Lions have reached their end-of-season test against the Vikings. The reward is a division title. 12/21/2023 05:55pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The games have been lurking at the end of Detroit's schedule like a difficult end-of-semester final exam, two games against Minnesota in the last three weeks that ought to show just how far these on-the-rise Lions have progressed. Despite a three-game lead on the Vikings in the Ohio governor visits hospitals, talks to families as decision on gender-affirming care ban looms 12/21/2023 04:02pm • BEXLEY, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has been visiting hospitals and speaking with families helped and harmed by gender-affirming care as he decides what action to take on legislation preventing minors from obtaining such treatments, he told The Associated Press in a year-end inter Can Arsenal, Liverpool or Aston Villa end Man City's Premier League dominance? 12/21/2023 02:33pm • MANCHESTER, England (AP) — While Manchester City is away, its Premier League title rivals have been getting into position to try to end the three-time defending champions' domestic dominance. Pep Guardiola has spent this week in Saudi Arabia, aiming to add the Club World Cup to the treble of troph Saturday night's Bills-Chargers game on Peacock will not have commercials during fourth quarter 12/21/2023 01:35pm • Saturday night's game between the Buffalo Bills and Los Angeles Chargers already carried significance as the first NFL game to be exclusively streamed on Peacock. The matchup will also feature another milestone as NBC and the NFL announced Thursday morning that the fourth quarter will be commercial