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Trump is raising expectations heading into the Iowa caucuses. Now he has to meet them 01/08/2024 08:41am • NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) — When Donald Trump launched his 2024 presidential campaign after a disappointing midterm election for Republicans, his trajectory was something of a mystery. But seven days before Iowa's kick-off caucuses, his standing among the GOP faithful is hardly in doubt. Voters, Trump is raising expectations heading into the Iowa caucuses. Now he has to meet them 01/08/2024 12:05am • NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) — When Donald Trump launched his 2024 presidential campaign after a disappointing midterm election for Republicans, his trajectory was something of a mystery. But seven days before Iowa’s kick-off caucuses, his standing among the GOP faithful is hardly in doubt. Voters, Winter weather batters both US coasts; Sierra snow shuts down I-80; East Coast storm into Monday 01/06/2024 07:44pm • BOSTON (AP) — Winter weather battered both U.S. coasts Saturday as New Englanders braced for an even more potent mix of snow and freezing rain through the weekend and a Sierra Nevada storm packing heavy snow shut down a stretch of interstate and briefly knocked out power to tens of thousands in Re After suffering 6 heart attacks before 18, can this DC resident still become Miss America? 01/05/2024 10:26pm • It's probably not all that often that you can say "Miss America is just like you." But, if 28-year-old D.C. resident Jude Mabone wins the crown next weekend, about 125 million other Americans will be able to say they're just like her. You see, Mabone suffers from heart disease. In fact, Mabone New year, same Scottie Scheffler. He has 64 to build a 1-shot lead at The Sentry 01/05/2024 10:10pm • KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — A new year, the same old Scottie Scheffler. The world's No. 1 player had eight birdies and an eagle Friday for a 9-under 64 at The Sentry, giving him a one-shot lead going into the weekend at the PGA Tour's season opener. Low scoring on the Plantation course at Kapalua has c The US northeast is preparing for a weekend storm that threatens to dump snow, rain, and ice 01/05/2024 09:04pm • Millions of people across the eastern U.S. are preparing for a wintry mix of precipitation as a potent storm system looks to bring snow, freezing rain and ice to the region. The system is expected to reach North Carolina by Saturday morning and then track along the northeastern coastline throughout Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 01/05/2024 01:29pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Blinken heads to the Mideast again as fears of regional conflict surge 01/05/2024 12:39am • WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Biden administration grapples with an increasingly tense and unstable situation in the Middle East, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to the region this weekend for the fourth time in three months on a tour expected to focus largely on easing resurgent fears tha The DC-area wine that isn't made from grapes — it's made from honey 01/04/2024 10:00pm • Vineyards can be found all over the region, and all of them grow grapes and other fruits to make their wines. But it’s not the only way to make wine. An Ethiopian recipe dating back thousands of years for a wine called "tej" uses just three ingredients — water, yeast and honey. One of the few Sidney Crosby named an NHL All-Star for the 10th time as league unveils the initial rosters 01/04/2024 08:10pm • Sidney Crosby has been named an NHL All-Star for the 10th time, as the league unveiled its initial rosters Thursday night for the event next month in Toronto. The Pittsburgh Penguins captain was one of the first 32 All-Stars chosen by the league's hockey operations department. One player from eac Former journalist whose daughter was murdered to share grief tips from memoir at DC book talk 01/04/2024 05:02pm • An author talk in D.C. this weekend will feature a former journalist sharing tips on how to navigate grief after she went through an unimaginable tragedy. "I did not write the book for myself. I wrote the book for other people," said Michelle Hord, a former journalist who started her career as a Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 01/04/2024 01:46pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Things to do in the DC area: Unique trivia nights, a 2000s dance party … and more! 01/04/2024 04:52am • There’s much to do in the D.C. area in the coming days, and WTOP has you covered with our weekly roundup of area events worth anticipating. Check back every Thursday for a roundup of Things to do in the D.C. area. Get your thinking caps ready because this Thursday is National Trivia Day. To c Judge raises mental health concern about man held in New Year's Eve weekend gunfire near Vegas Strip 01/03/2024 03:34pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — A California man accused of firing dozens of gunshots from upper floors of a condominium-hotel near the Las Vegas Strip the morning before New Year’s Eve had his bail set at $500,000 on Wednesday. Jon Roger Letzkus appears to be mentally unstable and "what he is alleged to have Burning Man survived a muddy quagmire. Will the experiment last 30 more years? 01/02/2024 06:25pm • RENO, Nev. (AP) — The blank canvas of desert wilderness in northern Nevada seemed the perfect place in 1992 for artistic anarchists to relocate their annual burning of a towering, anonymous effigy. It was goodbye to San Francisco’s Baker Beach, hello to the Nevada playa, the long-ago floor of an