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Fascist salutes from the podium: Cortina’s forgotten ‘mini-Olympics’ during World War II 01/27/2026 05:35am • CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — A giant portrait of Benito Mussolini hovered over the “Snow Stadium” — on the exact same grounds where the curling arena for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics now stands. The shooting range for the military patrol event — the precursor to biathlon — was he Goma in eastern Congo is hanging by a thread a year after the city fell to Rwanda-backed rebels 01/27/2026 04:02am • GOMA, Congo (AP) — One year after M23 militants stormed into Goma, the rebel group still controls the main city in eastern Congo and is tightening its grip. The scars from the fighting between the Congolese army and M23 in January 2025 remain visible, but life has gradually returned to normal: Mar A Holocaust survivor born in a concentration camp shares her story 01/27/2026 02:45am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — In the last months of World War II, Lola Kantorowicz tried her best to hide her pregnancy. She succeeded because most of the prisoners at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp had bellies that were distended and bloated from extended starvation. As she went into labor in Ma Jay Duplass returns to Sundance with the tragic comedy ‘See You When I See You’ 01/26/2026 05:54pm • PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Jay Duplass had come to a turning point in his life and career. After years of mining personal stories, add those of his family, he’d decided that he was ready to tell other people’s stories. That’s when Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon approached him with a special The last hostage recovered from Gaza, Ran Gvili, died fighting to save a kibbutz 01/26/2026 04:20pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — The announcement that the remains of the last hostage in Gaza, Ran Gvili, were recovered Monday ended a painful saga that had transfixed Israel for two and a half years and stalled its ceasefire agreement with Hamas. There was an outpouring of emotion in Israel after the recovery What to know about Tom Homan, Trump's border czar, as he heads to Minneapolis 01/26/2026 03:58pm • President Donald Trump announced that his border czar, Tom Homan, will go to Minneapolis this week following the fatal shooting of an ICU nurse Saturday in the Midwestern city that has become the epicenter of opposition to the president’s controversial immigration crackdown. Homan’s arrival com Shoveling snow? Over-exertion and cold temps can raise your heart risks 01/26/2026 03:35pm • Digging out from the weekend’s massive snow and ice storm could be hazardous to your heart. Pennsylvania health officials announced three snow-removal related deaths Sunday. All were between the ages of 60 to 84. The Lehigh County coroner's office cautioned people to take breaks and avoid over-exe Scientists recover the oldest wooden tools from a site in Greece 01/26/2026 03:01pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Two artifacts found at a lake shore in Greece are the oldest wooden tools to be uncovered so far and date back 430,000 years. One is a spindly stick about 2 1/2 feet (80 centimeters) long that could have been used for digging in the mud. The other is a smaller, more mysterious hand Pegula knocks 2025 champion Keys out of Australian Open, faces Anisimova in quarterfinals 01/26/2026 10:17am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Jessica Pegula knocked podcast pal and defending champion Madison Keys out of the Australian Open on Monday to secure a quarterfinal against Amanda Anisimova, another all-American match. Their fourth-round wins on Day 9 means four Americans have reached the women's sing Today in Sports - N. Djokovic becomes 1st man in Open Era to win 3 straight Australian Open titles 01/26/2026 10:10am • Jan. 27 1937 — Tris Speaker and Cy Young are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. 1973 — UCLA, led by Bill Walton, sets an NCAA record for consecutive victories with its 61st win, an 82-63 victory over Notre Dame. UCLA breaks the record of 60 set by San Francisco in 1956. Walton scores 16 point A ferry carrying more than 350 people sinks off the Philippines, killing at least 18 01/26/2026 08:47am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A ferry with more than 350 people on board sank early Monday near an island in the southern Philippines, killing at least 18 people, officials said. Rescuers saved hundreds more, while a fleet of coast guard and naval ships searched for those still missing. Coast guard o Sinner extends winning streak to 18 at Australian Open, advances to quarterfinals 01/26/2026 08:10am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Jannik Sinner wasn't shaky or lucky to survive this time and the only thing really hot on Monday was his streak, which now stands at 18 straight wins at the Australian Open. The two-time defending champion had a 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (2) win over fellow Italian Luciano Darderi A search for 6 presumed dead in a New Zealand landslide is expected to take days 01/26/2026 03:51am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A search for six people presumed killed in a landslide at one of New Zealand ’s most popular beach campsites is expected to take days, authorities said Monday. Heavy rain caused the massive slip at Beachside Holiday Park, nestled at the foot of Mount Maunganui, as Carney says Canada has no plans to pursue free trade agreement with China as Trump threatens tariffs 01/25/2026 07:17pm • TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday his country has no intention of pursuing a free trade deal with China. He was responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America’s northern neighbor went ahead with a The 7 Best Fidelity Mutual Funds to Buy and Hold 01/25/2026 07:00pm • Investors are often obsessed with finding the best mutual fund, but even with thorough research, picking a winner ahead of time is extremely difficult. Survivorship bias means investors only see the funds that survived, not the many that were shut down after poor performance. Past results do not gua