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Maryland offers energy assistance as winter costs impact residents 01/31/2026 08:56am • The continued frigid temperatures and increased energy costs are putting added pressure on Maryland residents already struggling to pay their bills. Rigel Moore, the director of Maryland's Office of Home Energy Programs, says there are a variety of programs that can help residents who face energy A Sudanese doctor recounts his harrowing escape from a Darfur city under rebel bombardment 01/31/2026 03:33am • CAIRO (AP) — Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim dashed from building to building, desperate for places to hide. He ran through streets littered with bodies. Around him, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur province lay enveloped in smoke and fire. Explosions, shelling and gunfire thundered from every direction Venezuela announces amnesty bill that could lead to mass release of political prisoners 01/31/2026 12:33am • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Friday announced an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of hundreds of prisoners, including opposition leaders, journalists and human rights activists detained for political reasons. The measure had long been soug Takeaways from AP's report on a Sudanese doctor's escape from a Darfur city under rebel attack 01/31/2026 12:09am • CAIRO (AP) — Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim dashed from building to building, desperate for places to hide. He ran through streets littered with bodies as the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur province lay enveloped in smoke and fire. After 18 months of battling, paramilitary fighters had overrun el-Fasher, The Latest: Justice Department says it’s releasing 3 million pages from its Jeffrey Epstein files 01/30/2026 10:21pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday released many more records from its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein, resuming disclosures under a law intended to reveal what the government knew about the millionaire financier’s sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with the ri Twins executive Derek Falvey departs in mutual agreement as organizational revamp continues 01/30/2026 06:44pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Since assuming control of the Minnesota Twins, Tom Pohlad has taken a bold and decisive approach to reinvigorating the family-run franchise. Deep conversations with his top executive produced another startling move, when the Twins and president of baseball and business operation 'Never thought a meet would not pay:' Grand Slam Track bankruptcy takes a toll on struggling runners 01/30/2026 04:37pm • His name wasn't splashed across any of the headlines when Grand Slam Track — the running league that was supposed to infuse cash into the sport and its athletes' bank accounts — declared bankruptcy, making it official that dozens of runners and even more vendors might not see any of the money th Judge hears testimony from DNA expert as man convicted of killing Laken Riley seeks new trial 01/30/2026 04:13pm • ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A judge considering whether to grant a new trial to the Venezuelan man convicted of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley heard testimony Friday from a DNA expert retained by his attorneys to analyze evidence in his murder case. Jose Ibarra's trial attorneys had asked the Jury deliberates in Fairfax double murder trial connected to au pair affair 01/30/2026 02:38pm • Closing arguments have concluded and a jury is deliberating the case of a Fairfax County husband accused of teaming up with his family's au pair to kill his wife and another man. Prosecutors have argued Brendan Banfield had an affair with the Brazilian au pair, and catfished a man through a fetis ‘I Can’t Tell You’: Attorneys, Relatives Struggle To Find Hospitalized ICE Detainees 01/30/2026 01:26pm • Lydia Romero strained to hear her husband’s feeble voice through the phone. A week earlier, immigration agents had grabbed Julio César Peña from his front yard in Glendale, California. Now, he was in a hospital after suffering a ministroke. He was shackled to the bed by his hand and foot, he tol The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights probe into the killing of Alex Pretti 01/30/2026 01:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the shooting of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed Saturday by Border Patrol officers, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday. “We’re looking at everything that would shed light on A handful of attempts at a ceasefire in Russia's war in Ukraine have proven futile 01/30/2026 10:53am • U.S. President Donald Trump says President Vladimir Putin has agreed to temporarily halt the targeting of the Ukrainian capital and other towns as the region suffers under bitterly cold temperatures. The Kremlin confirmed Friday it agreed to hold off striking Kyiv until Sunday, but refused to revea Judge refuses to release a man charged with planting pipe bombs on the eve of the Capitol riot 01/30/2026 10:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has refused to order the pretrial release of a man charged with placing two pipe bombs near the national headquarters of the Democratic and Republican parties on the eve of a mob's Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. U.S. District Judge Amir Ali ruled on Thu DHS ramps up surveillance in immigration raids, sweeping in citizens 01/30/2026 07:42am • Luis Martinez was on his way to work on a frigid Minneapolis morning when federal agents suddenly boxed him in, forcing the SUV he was driving to a dead stop in the middle of the street. Masked agents rapped on the window, demanding Martinez produce his ID. Then one held his cellphone inches from M Ethiopia's national carrier cancels flights to Tigray region as fears grow of renewed fighting 01/30/2026 05:46am • ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s national carrier canceled flights to and from the troubled northern region of Tigray, as fears grow of renewed fighting between federal troops and regional forces. For a second day, Ethiopian Airlines wasn't flying to Tigray on Friday, with customers rece