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Heritage Foundation calls on US to prioritize marriage and family in new report 01/09/2026 05:44pm • The Heritage Foundation think tank is urging the federal government ���to save and restore the American family,��� kicking off the midterm election year with a call for conservatives to focus on domestic issues. Among its recommendations? A ���marriage bootcamp,��� designed to prepare cohabitating c The Latest: Minnesota prosecutor asks public to share Renee Good shooting evidence with her office 01/09/2026 04:59pm • Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty on Friday called on members of the public to send any video or other evidence in the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis directly to her office. Moriarty said that although her office has collaborated effectively with the FBI in past cases, the Trump ad Meta lines up massive supply of nuclear power to energize AI data centers 01/09/2026 04:53pm • Meta has cut a trio of deals to power its artificial intelligence data centers, securing enough energy to light up the equivalent of about 5 million homes. The parent company of Facebook on Friday announced agreements with TerraPower, Oklo and Vistra for nuclear power for its Prometheus AI data cen Lyft and Uber drivers protest Waymo robotaxis as California considers further regulations 01/09/2026 04:12pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Drivers for Lyft and Uber protested self-driving Waymo taxis in San Francisco on Friday, urging state regulators to exercise greater oversight of autonomous vehicles, given recent events in which the cars killed pets and blocked traffic. About two dozen drivers and supporters Man charged with murder in death of DC police officer struck by car 01/09/2026 02:56pm • A man has been arrested on a charge of second-degree murder two weeks after authorities say he struck a D.C. police officer who was helping a stranded motorist on Interstate 695. Officer Terry Bennett, 32, died Wednesday of injuries he sustained the night of Dec. 23, according to D.C. police. Some flu measures decline, but it's not clear this severe season has peaked 01/09/2026 02:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� U.S. flu infections showed signs of a slight decline last week, but health officials say it is not clear that this severe flu season has peaked. New government data posted Friday ��� for flu activity through last week ��� showed declines in medical office visits due to flu-like ill As Trump promises Venezuelan renaissance, locals struggle with crumbling economy 01/09/2026 11:58am • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ��� At the White House, President Donald Trump vows American intervention in Venezuela will pour billions of dollars into the country���s infrastructure, revive its once-thriving oil industry and eventually deliver a new age of prosperity to the Latin American nation. Here at Maxim Naumov's emotional return to US Figure Skating Championships after parents' tragic death 01/09/2026 09:57am • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� Maxim Naumov returned to the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Thursday night, the final place that his parents watched him compete, and managed to hold his emotions in check until a standing ovation carried the 24-year-old right off the ice. Once in the kiss-and-cry area, Naum David Bowie's childhood home in London is set to open to the public next year 01/09/2026 08:54am • LONDON (AP) ��� David Bowie���s bedroom could soon be London���s newest tourist attraction. The house where the musician grew from suburban schoolboy to rock ���n��� roll starman has been bought by a charity that plans to open it to the public. The Heritage of London Trust said Thursday that the 19t Wonder opens 10th DC-area location as traditional food halls falter 01/09/2026 06:04am • At a time when several food halls across the D.C. region closed last year ����� The Block in Annandale, Virginia, The Heights in Chevy Chase and Solaire Social in Silver Spring, Maryland ��� one food hall chain keeps expanding in the D.C. region. Wonder is opening a new location in Alexandria Montgomery County schools weighing the fate of its only charter school 01/09/2026 02:16am • The founder of Montgomery County's only charter school appeared before the Board of Education on Thursday to make the case for keeping the school open as it faces revocation of its charter. Montgomery County Superintendent Thomas Taylor recommended revoking the charter of the MECCA Business Learn Stuffed dragons rain after Ilia Malinin's brilliant short program at US Figure Skating Championships 01/08/2026 11:41pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� Ilia Malinin delivered such a flawless short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Thursday night that it seemed to awe even himself, and it set the 21-year-old well on his way to a fourth straight title in his final tune-up for the Milan Cortina Olympics. The two 'Over my dead body': Montgomery Co. education meeting gets tense over Wootton closure proposal 01/08/2026 08:20pm • The public comment portion of the Montgomery County Board of Education meeting Thursday was dominated by parents who oppose the proposal to close Wootton High School and send those students to the future Crown High School instead. It's just one element of the school district's redistricting plan Venezuela helps vault Rubio to quarterback of Trump���s foreign policy team 01/08/2026 07:16pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a football fan ��� he played in college, supports the Miami Dolphins, and his son is a running back for the University of Florida Gators. Now, he is quarterbacking President Donald Trump���s foreign policy team as it navigates particularly turbul Some dogs can expand their vocabulary by eavesdropping on their owners 01/08/2026 06:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Dogs are great at learning action commands like ���sit��� and ���stay.��� They're less good at remembering the names of things, like what their squeaky or stuffed toys are called. Only an elite group of gifted word-learner dogs can retain the names of hundreds of toys. Scientists k