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Cars look like igloos: Winter storm traps Dulles travelers in snowed-in parking lots 01/26/2026 11:03pm • There is one thing nearly as bad as forgetting where you parked your car at the airport, and that���s finding your car buried at the airport after a snowstorm. That's what happened to many people from around the D.C. area at Dulles International Airport on Monday. WTOP spoke to some travelers Carney calls Trump's tariff threats bluster ahead of US-Canada free trade talks 01/26/2026 10:37pm • TORONTO (AP) ��� Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday some of U.S. President Donald Trump���s threats should be viewed as prepositioning ahead of negotiations to renew the free trade pact between the two large trading partners. Carney noted they are entering a review of the United States Mississippi shivers under ice as long recovery looms 01/26/2026 09:38pm • VICKSBURG, Miss (AP) ��� Residents in a iced-over swath of Mississippi began to confront the ugly truth Monday as they shivered in ever-colder and darkened houses: Recovery from the state's worst ice storm in more than 30 years could take a week or more. While the weekend's winter storm impacted ten Paralyzing winter storms put a big chill on the US economy, but how much? 01/26/2026 09:23pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� The deadly and widespread winter storm paralyzing much of the American East with ice, snow and cold is also taking a multi-billion dollar bite out of the U.S. economy, experts figure. But how much? Economists and meteorologists are trying to get a handle on the disruption costs of w Home Care vs. Assisted Living: A Full Cost-Benefit Analysis and 2026 Price Guide 01/26/2026 07:00pm • If you or your parents are discussing and debating the merits of aging in place at home or moving into assisted living, it may be that you have a clear choice. Not everyone ages the same way, and you might be perfectly content to age in place and continue living at home, perhaps by making a few adju Snow protects your garden beds. Trees might need some help 01/26/2026 06:19pm • Shoveling in single-digit temperatures after the colossal winter storm this weekend, I dumped mounds of snow onto my garden beds, knowing it would protect my trees, shrubs and dormant perennials. When the ground repeatedly freezes and thaws, as it does over winter in cold climates, that can squeeze F1's secretive 'Barcelona Shakedown' test kicks off with new cars and no fans 01/26/2026 02:31pm • Ten new cars, five days, no fans. And plenty of security. Formula 1 started a new era with the public and the media excluded from the teams' reliability-focused private testing session in Spain on Monday. In an era when F1 fans have become used to getting all the details on drivers and teams, the m Federal and state officials both claim moral high ground in immigration crackdown after shooting 01/25/2026 07:39pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� In dueling news conferences, federal and state officials offered starkly different messages Sunday about the immigration crackdown that has swept across Minneapolis and surrounding cities, with both claiming the moral high ground after another shooting death by federal agents. � Minneapolis mourns ICU nurse killed by a Border Patrol agent as a warmhearted neighbor and caregiver 01/25/2026 06:26pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� As Minneapolis mourned the intensive care nurse killed by Border Patrol officers in a hail of gunfire, those who knew Alex Pretti came forward Sunday to dispute the narrative of top Trump administration officials that he was a violent ���domestic terrorist��� and would-be assass Roger Penske's team wins third consecutive Rolex 24 at Daytona in thrilling finish 01/25/2026 03:27pm • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) ��� Felipe Nasr's time in Formula 1 had ended after two underwhelming seasons and the Brazilian was left with little to do as an open-wheel racing driver. He migrated to sports cars and spent four seasons driving for the team owned by NASCAR chairman Jim France. Then came an Winter Storm: Snowfall continues, sleet and ice to coat DC region Sunday afternoon 01/25/2026 12:26pm • The heavy snow will change into sleet and freezing rain on Sunday in the D.C. region. Snow accumulation will be a little lower than expected with total amounts from 6 to 10 inches. At noon, temperatures will warm up from the teens to near freezing, which will shift the powdery snow that's fallen How Americans are using AI at work, according to a new Gallup poll 01/25/2026 08:01am • American workers adopted artificial intelligence into their work lives at a remarkable pace over the past few years, according to a new poll. Some 12% of employed adults say they use AI daily in their job, according to a Gallup Workforce survey conducted this fall of more than 22,000 U.S. workers. T Man is shot and killed during Minneapolis immigration crackdown, National Guard activated 01/24/2026 10:18pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� A federal immigration officer shot and killed a man Saturday in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigid streets and ratcheting up tensions in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier. Family members identified the man who was killed as Al A man fatally shot by a federal officer in Minnesota worked as an ICU nurse, his parents say 01/24/2026 08:41pm • A federal immigration officer fatally shot a man in Minneapolis on Saturday, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigidly cold streets in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O���Hara said a 37-year-old man was killed but declined to ident Mali's government moves to impose fuel rationing as al-Qaida-linked attacks cut off supplies 01/24/2026 05:40am • LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) ��� Mali���s government has moved to impose fuel rationing to counter widespread shortages caused by al-Qaida-linked groups operating in the border regions that have in recent months cut off fuel supplies to the landlocked African country. In announcing the rationing on Thursday