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Alex Warren's year has been anything but 'Ordinary.' Now, the Grammys are calling 12/17/2025 10:00am • New York (AP) — It jolted the winter, came alive in the spring, dominated the summer and went three-times platinum in the fall. Alex Warren's bombastic ballad “Ordinary” is, by many measures, a defining song of 2025. It's also an unusual hit: slower than a traditional song of the summer, full Good news: Behind the scenes of some of the most uplifting stories of 2025 12/17/2025 08:19am • It was one of the year’s biggest stories — the selection of the first American pope — and an Associated Press journalist was interviewing the pope's brother at his home in suburban Chicago. Suddenly, they heard a ringing coming from the basement. “That might be the pope,” the new pontiff� Trafficked, exploited, married off: Rohingya children’s lives crushed by foreign aid cuts 12/17/2025 01:38am • UKHIYA, Bangladesh (AP) — In moments when she is alone, when there is a break in the beatings from her husband, the girl cries for the school that was once her place of peace in a world that has otherwise offered her none. Ever since the military in her homeland of Myanmar killed her father in 201 Prosecutors charge Rob Reiner’s son Nick with 2 counts of murder in killing of his parents 12/16/2025 08:18pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rob Reiner’s son Nick Reiner was charged Tuesday with two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents, which stunned their communities in Hollywood and Democratic politics, where both were widely beloved. Nick Reiner, 32, is charged with killing the 78-year-old US Capitol unveils statue of teen civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns, taking Robert E. Lee's spot 12/16/2025 06:44pm • The U.S. Capitol on Tuesday began displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, a pointed replacement for a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was removed several years ago. An unveiling ceremony of the statue Fired federal workers turn to start their own businesses and ventures 12/16/2025 03:57pm • Months after sweeping cuts to the federal workforce, some former government employees are starting their own businesses. With the help of a new nonprofit in the D.C. area, many of these laid off federal workers are taking the skills they learned in government and applying it to the private sector. From grandpa to gridiron: Philip Rivers' inspiring NFL return 12/16/2025 06:15am • The “ Gridiron Grandpa ” thrilled both young and old alike with his return to the NFL 1,800 days after last throwing a touchdown pass. Philip Rivers nearly helped the injury-riddled Colts (8-6) pull off the upset at Seattle, completing 18 of 27 passes for 120 yards and a touchdown with one sack The killings of Rob and Michele Reiner shatter family's gentle legacy 12/15/2025 05:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Until Sunday's shocking double killings, few families seemed more apart from the dark side of life than the Reiners. For decades, Rob Reiner and his father, Carl, had embodied a gentle, hopeful spirit in American culture, whether Dick Van Dyke's lovable antics on the show named for Rob Reiner once made a film with his son Nick, now suspected of killing parents 12/15/2025 01:56pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A decade before 32-year-old Nick Reiner was arrested and booked on suspicion of killing his parents, he and father Rob Reiner appeared to have reset their relationship after years of the son's addiction struggles as a teen. They made a film together, “Being Charlie,” which i Frigid weather stretches on with relief in sight for DC area 12/15/2025 10:45am • It won't warm up much Monday as a stretch of frigid days lingers in the D.C. area, keeping temperatures below-average for weeks. Highs are only expected to reach the low 30s Monday afternoon after the day started out with bone-chilling temperatures in the teens. "Plenty of sunshine to start th Blustery conditions in the DC area could make driving dangerous after snowstorm 12/14/2025 01:47pm • Temperatures dropped rapidly after Sunday's snowstorm, officials are still urging drivers to be cautious due to the possibility of black ice on roadways. WTOP Meteorologist Mike Stinneford said roads became slick due to any slush and standing water turned to ice. Although a Winter Weather Advi Haruki Murakami honored with awards and a jazzy tribute in New York 12/14/2025 08:23am • NEW YORK (AP) — Haruki Murakami was in town last week to hear his words set to music and his praises literally sung. The 76-year-old Tokyo resident and perennial Nobel Prize candidate received a pair of honors in Manhattan for his long career as a storyteller, translator, critic and essayist. On T DC region expected to be hit with snowfall and freezing weather for second time this December 12/13/2025 10:27pm • A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service, as wintery mix of rain and snow moving into the D.C. region. Snow is expected to fall across the D.C. region this weekend for the second time this December, bringing slick roads, gusty winds and low temperatures in the tee How much snow will the DC area get this weekend? 12/13/2025 09:35am • A few inches of snowfall will blanket the D.C. area this weekend right as whipping winds return and temperatures plummet below freezing. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory from 8 p.m. Saturday to 7 a.m. Sunday as most parts of the D.C. region are expected to see 1 From troubled youth to NFL star: Garett Bolles' journey 12/12/2025 04:03pm • ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — His first career Pro Bowl nod is tantalizingly within reach for nine-year NFL veteran Garett Bolles, whose renaissance on the gridiron mirrors his awakening off the field. The Broncos' left tackle has polished the rough edges of his game over the years to go from a raw late