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The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says 01/24/2026 09:41pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Family members say the man killed by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Saturday was an intensive care nurse at a VA hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Donald Trump���s immigration crackdown in his city. Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was an Trump threatens Canada with a 100% tariff over its China trade deal and escalates feud with Carney 01/24/2026 03:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America's northern neighbor went ahead with its China trade deal, intensifying a feud with Prime Minister Mark Carney, a rising voice in the West's pushback to Trump's new world Freezing and in the dark, Kyiv residents are stranded in tower blocks as Russia targets power system 01/24/2026 04:47am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Olena Janchuk spends another day of freezing isolation in her high-rise apartment. The former kindergarten teacher has severe rheumatoid arthritis, and has been trapped for weeks on the 19th floor of her Kyiv tower block, 650 steps from the ground. Long daily blackouts caused More than half the US threatened with ice, snow and cold in massive winter storm 01/23/2026 09:42pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� Freezing rain fell in parts of Texas on Friday as a huge, dayslong winter storm began a trek that threatened to bring snow, sleet, ice, bone-chilling temperatures and extensive power outages to about half the U.S. population. Forecasters warned that catastrophic damage, especially in Massive sewage spill flowing into Potomac River upstream from Washington 01/23/2026 07:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A massive pipe that moves millions of gallons of sewage has ruptured and sent wastewater flowing into the Potomac River northwest of Washington, D.C., polluting it ahead of a major winter storm that has repair crews scrambling. DC Water, which operates the sewer system, is hoo Reed leads in Dubai and McIlroy needs a big weekend to challenge for the title 01/23/2026 10:43am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Patrick Reed moved into the lead at the Dubai Desert Classic on Friday and has a familiar foe trying to chase him down over the weekend. Rory McIlroy sounds up for the fight, too. ���I came from 10 behind a couple years ago to win,��� the No. 2-ranked McIlroy sai Trump steals the show in Davos with a mixed bag of rhetoric and results at elite gathering 01/23/2026 08:53am • DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) ��� U.S. President Donald Trump took center stage in his whirlwind visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, overshadowing the yearly gabfest among national leaders, executives and other elites in the Swiss Alpine snows. While some experts highlighted business lea Why freezing rain has millions at risk of losing power ��� and heat 01/23/2026 12:01am • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Every morning this week, Newberry Electric Cooperative CEO Keith Avery walks into his office and turns on The Weather Channel. Then he starts making calls, lining up crews and equipment to respond to outages if a forecasted ice storm cripples power across South Carolina. Avery has d Stamkos breaks late tie with 3rd goal of game, Predators rally to beat Senators 5-3 01/22/2026 11:05pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Steven Stamkos broke a tie with 2:13 left with his third goal of the game and the Nashville Predators overcame a three-goal deficit to beat the Ottawa Senators 5-3 on Thursday night. After Stamkos tied it at 3 with 9:53 left with his second power-play goal of the game, Ryan CSX railroad profit slips 2% as shipping demand remained weak and severance costs hurt results 01/22/2026 07:33pm • CSX said Thursday that its profit slipped 2% in the fourth quarter as the railroad dealt with weak demand and severance costs from layoffs that new CEO Steve Angel carried out last fall. The Jacksonville, Florida-based railroad said it earned $720 million, or 39 cents per share, in the quarter. That In operatic dispute, Met Opera director and designers order names stripped from 'Carmen' 01/22/2026 11:41am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� In a dispute of operatic proportions, the production team of Bizet���s ���Carmen��� at the Metropolitan Opera ordered their names stripped from programs over a restaging decision, and the company intends to bring back sets of a retired 2009 version. Director Carrie Cracknell���s pr 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 Trump's European threats could cause lasting damage to US standing in the world 01/22/2026 10:31am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Barely a month into his presidency, Joe Biden had a message for Europe. ���America is back,��� Biden told the Munich Security Conference in 2021. ���The transatlantic alliance is back.��� It was a promise Biden delivered often as he sought to cast the disruptions of his predecess A Kentucky cathedral called 'America's Notre Dame' gets a rehab, gargoyles and all 01/22/2026 07:01am • COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) ��� Gargoyles have watched over this small Kentucky city for more than a century from their lofty perches on a cathedral known as ���America���s Notre Dame.��� A new renovation will ensure they keep their posts for years to come on the meticulously restored facade of the towering Alijah Arenas struggles in debut for USC after delays caused by car crash and knee injury 01/22/2026 02:30am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Alijah Arenas struggled in his long-awaited debut for Southern California on Wednesday night against Northwestern after completing his recovery from a knee injury he sustained last summer following his recovery from a car crash last spring. Arenas had eight points in a 74-68 los