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Images show abandoned belongings and mock police stations at a former scam center in Asia 02/03/2026 09:44am • O'SMACH, Cambodia (AP) — In the town of O’Smach, along Cambodia’s northern border with Thailand, stands a compound of abandoned buildings that were battered by shelling during recent weeks of armed clashes. The site, now occupied by Thai troops, had served as one of Cambodia’s notorious scam Galthié says retired prop Atonio will inspire France's Six Nations squad 02/03/2026 06:40am • PARIS (AP) — Uini Atonio will inspire the props who follow him in France colors after his forced retirement from rugby because of serious heart issues, France coach Fabien Galthié said on Tuesday. Atonio would likely have been the tighthead against Ireland on Thursday when France begins its Six N Church and state in Italy are investigating the appearance of a cherub resembling Meloni 02/03/2026 05:59am • ROME (AP) — There is a long tradition of painters depicting real people in their religious art, but the appearance in a Roman church of a cherub that bears a striking resemblance to Premier Giorgia Meloni has sparked a minor scandal for both church and state in Italy. The diocese of Rome and the I Haiti's Winter Olympics team shines a positive light even as IOC removes patriot from uniforms 02/03/2026 05:27am • MILAN (AP) — The troubled Caribbean country, Haiti, has fielded two athletes for the Milan Cortina Winter Games, and they will proudly wear Haitian symbols — although one less than intended after intervention by the International Olympic Committee. The skiers will compete in uniforms designed by Families mourn those killed in a Congo mine landslide as some survivors prepare to return 02/03/2026 03:03am • GOMA, Congo (AP) — After a landslide last week killed at least 200 people in eastern Congo at a rebel-controlled coltan mine, families of the deceased and survivors are mourning their lost loved ones, and some survivors prepared to head back to the reopened mines. On Wednesday, following heavy ra Intelligence director says Trump requested her presence at FBI search of Georgia election center 02/02/2026 10:20pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told lawmakers in a letter Monday that she attended an FBI search of the elections hub in Fulton County, Georgia, last week because President Donald Trump asked for her to be there. She also acknowledged that she “facilitated” w From southern India to Canada's far north: New archbishop serves Indigenous Catholics 02/02/2026 08:11pm • As a teenager in southern India, Susai Jesu led 4:30 a.m. prayer services in his small Catholic village before the farmers went into the fields. He directed the choir, helped at Mass and soon began training for the priesthood. Little did he know that this dedication would take him halfway around the Every Homeland Security officer in Minneapolis is now being issued a body-worn camera, Noem says 02/02/2026 08:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Every Homeland Security officer on the ground in Minneapolis, including those from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will be immediately issued body-worn cameras, Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday, in the latest fallout after the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens at the han The Latest: Trump demands ‘NO CHANGES’ to House funding bill 02/02/2026 07:34pm • As Republican leadership in the House hopes to begin the process of reopening the government by advancing a funding package on Monday that passed the Senate last week, President Donald Trump urged lawmakers not to oppose the deal. “We need to get the Government open, and I hope all Republicans and DC-area school districts respond to parents' criticism of snow days 02/02/2026 07:26pm • Frigid temperatures, slippery sidewalks and impassable roads caused by a winter storm last weekend forced several school systems in the D.C. area to close for a majority of the week, if not the entire week. Now, parents are wondering whether makeup days are coming and what the rest of the school 'They took it all from me': Victims of fraud in Montgomery County share stories to help others 02/02/2026 06:26pm • Two Montgomery County, Maryland, residents are sharing how scammers posing as federal agents wiped out their life savings. Their stories, law enforcement officials say, show the emotional toll these schemes take and the continued danger posed by fraud networks that remain active. Montgomery Count Attorney says Gabbard is holding up a complaint about her actions, which her office denies 02/02/2026 06:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has withheld a complaint made about her conduct from members of Congress for eight months, claiming the delay is needed for a legal review, an attorney for the person making the allegations said Monday. The complaint was reviewed by Bolivia kicks off school year with ban on cellphones 02/02/2026 05:27pm • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia began to implement a ban on cellphones in classrooms Monday, as the school year starts in the landlocked South American nation. Children in Bolivia, and teachers, will be asked to keep their cellphones in lockers or in their bags while they’re in classrooms. The me Trump administration to create a strategic reserve for rare earth elements 02/02/2026 05:17pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration plans to deploy nearly $12 billion to create a strategic reserve of rare earth elements, a stockpile that could counter China's ability to use its dominance of these hard to process metals as leverage in trade talks. President Donald Trump on Monday annou HHS unveils program to address homelessness and addiction, part of a set of new initiatives 02/02/2026 03:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday announced that his department will devote $100 million toward a pilot program addressing homelessness and substance abuse in eight cities, building on an executive order President Donald Trump signed last week related to addiction. T