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Oscar nominations snubs and surprises: Paul Mescal and Ariana Grande among biggest oversights 01/22/2026 10:35am • After such a strong year for movies, the brutal limitations of Oscar nominations were bound to have some big omissions. But there were several genuine shockers Thursday morning, including widely expected nominees like Ariana Grande and Paul Mescal missing out on nods in their respective acting categ Kindness at work can mean giving honest feedback, limiting meetings and bending rules 01/22/2026 10:31am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Beth Brown was assigned to a major project at work when hardship struck. First, her 6-month-old daughter fell ill with COVID-19. A few days later, her mother passed away. Brown, director of health and well-being at a company that provides employee mental health programs and absenc 'We were outraged': Parents, students weigh in on Fairfax Co. proposed school boundary changes 01/22/2026 03:55am • This is the third story in Pushing Boundaries ��� WTOP���s three-part series on Fairfax County Public Schools��� vote on new school boundaries for the first time in 40 years.�� As Fairfax County's school board prepares to vote on new boundaries as part of the division's first comprehensive bounda Former Uvalde officer acquitted in trial over police response to Robb Elementary attack 01/21/2026 10:48pm • CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) ��� A former Uvalde schools police officer was acquitted Wednesday of charges that he failed in his duties to confront the gunman at Robb Elementary during the critical first minutes of one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. Jurors deliberated for more than ICE activity increases in Maine as anxiety grows in immigrant communities 01/21/2026 07:41pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) ��� The Trump administration is now targeting its mass deportation campaign on Maine, a state with relatively few residents in the United States illegally but notable African refugee communities in its largest cities. The Department of Homeland Security named the operation ���Ca This Is How the Federal Student Loan Repayment Plans Are Changing 01/21/2026 07:00pm • It would be hard to blame student loan borrowers for stumbling into 2026 like dazed freshmen on their first day on campus. A dizzying parade of changes has upended the federal student loan landscape over the past half-decade, beginning with the pandemic and perhaps reaching peak perplexity last year Conservative group says Los Angeles school policy hurts white students in federal lawsuit 01/21/2026 06:20pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� A conservative group filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging a Los Angeles schools policy meant to address the harms of segregation, alleging that it discriminates against white students. The 1776 Project Foundation, created by the 1776 Project PAC, targeted in its lawsuit a Everything you need to know about the 2026 Sundance Film Festival 01/21/2026 11:29am • PARK CITY, Utah (AP) ��� The 42nd Sundance Film Festival kicks off this week in Park City, Utah. It will be the last edition in its longtime home and the first without its founder Robert Redford, who died in September at age 89. But even in this time of transition and change, the festival���s main f Ilia Malinin: The 20-year-old American figure skater redefining the sport 01/21/2026 05:45am • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� The best figure skater of his generation may just go down as the best of any generation. He's capable of landing jumps nobody else can, with creativity that is nearly unmatched and plenty of artistry to go with all of his otherworldly execution. All that Ilia Malinin must do now i Pushing Boundaries: What changes could come as Fairfax Co. reviews school boundaries? 01/21/2026 05:07am • Fairfax County has been working on its first comprehensive boundary review in decades, with changes expected to impact fewer than 2,000 students. The Northern Virginia district has made smaller-scale boundary changes in the past. But division leaders expect the proposed shifts to address overcrow 'Miracle' 6-year-old girl is the only member of her family to survive Spanish train wreck 01/21/2026 01:04am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� The roar was deafening inside the train car as it hurtled off the tracks, then slid down a steep slope, ripping open its frame. And then, amid the twisted metal of the wreckage, the cries of the injured and the silence of the dead. Surrounded by bodies after the train acci 'West Wing' actor Timothy Busfield released from New Mexico jail pending trial 01/20/2026 11:21pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) ��� Actor Timothy Busfield was released from jail Tuesday night in New Mexico, where he is facing counts of child sexual abuse. Hours earlier, Busfield's attorneys successfully argued that the actor best known for appearances in ���The West Wing,��� ���Field of Dreams��� and 'Everyone's living in fear': Students at Bethesda high school walk out to protest ICE 01/20/2026 09:42pm • Hundreds of��students streamed out of Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland, when the bell rang for fifth period. Organizers Evan Schwartz and Dalia Rees, both juniors at the school, said the act of protest was in response to recent actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement age Brooklyn Beckham accuses David and Victoria of putting branding before family and sabotaging wedding 01/20/2026 08:41pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� A Beckham family falling-out has spilled further into public view in a series of social media posts from Brooklyn Beckham alleging that his parents David and Victoria Beckham have tried to sabotage his marriage and have always prioritized public branding over their family relati Barcelona commuter train crashes, killing 1, days after deadly train collision in Spain 01/20/2026 07:44pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� A Barcelona commuter train crashed Tuesday after a retaining wall fell onto the tracks, Spanish regional authorities said, killing at least one person and injuring 37 others. The crash in Catalonia in northeastern Spain came just two days after a separate deadly train coll