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Tourism in Cuba plummets as tensions with US increase and Venezuela oil shipments drop 01/27/2026 05:29pm • HAVANA (AP) ��� It���s almost noon in Havana when a handful of tourists tumble out of a small yellow bus and rush toward a row of shiny classic cars, cameras in hand. Nearby, under the shade of a beach almond tree, a group of drivers jump to their feet, some hoping for their first customer of the da Father of Nigeria captain Wilfred Ndidi dies in a car crash 01/27/2026 05:23pm • LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) ��� Nigeria captain Wilfred Ndidi���s father was killed in a car crash just over a week after Ndidi helped the Super Eagles to third place at the Africa Cup of Nations. Ademola Olajire, director of communications at the Nigeria Football Federation, told The Associated Press that UK's Starmer heads to China seeking a thaw in relations but risking a rift with Trump 01/27/2026 01:54pm • LONDON (AP) ��� U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is heading to China, seeking a thaw in relations with Beijing at a time of strained ties with the United States. He's hoping for an economic boost to Britain, but risks the wrath of China hawks at home ��� and of U.S. President Donald Trump, who���s a Trump's use of AI images pushes new boundaries, further eroding public trust, experts say 01/27/2026 01:51pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� The Trump administration has not shied away from sharing AI-generated imagery online, embracing cartoonlike visuals and memes and promoting them on official White House channels. But an edited ��� and realistic ��� image of civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong in tears af Not ready for robots in homes? The maker of a friendly new humanoid thinks it might change your mind 01/27/2026 08:36am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� As the new robot called Sprout walks around a Manhattan office, nodding its rectangular head, lifting its windshield wiper-like ���eyebrows��� and offering to shake your hand with its grippers, it looks nothing like the sleek and intimidating humanoids built by companies like Tesla 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