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Voters are worried about the cost of housing. But Trump wants home prices to keep climbing 02/08/2026 07:31am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump wants to keep home prices high, bypassing calls to ramp up construction so people can afford what has been a ticket to the middle class. Trump has instead argued for protecting existing owners who have watched the values of their homes climb. It's a positio Breezy Johnson wins women's downhill for first US medal at Winter Olympics after Lindsey Vonn crashes 02/08/2026 07:25am • CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Breezy Johnson wins women's downhill for first US medal at Winter Olympics after Lindsey Vonn crashes. Lindsey Vonn crashes early in Olympic downhill, taken off the mountain in a helicopter 02/08/2026 07:22am • CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lindsey Vonn, racing on a badly injured left knee, crashed early in the Olympic downhill on Sunday and was taken off the course by a helicopter after the 41-year-old American received medical attention on the snow for long, anguished minutes. Vonn lost control ov Arctic cold continues grip on DC area 02/08/2026 07:08am • Bitter cold conditions continue across the D.C. region Sunday, as wind chills drop into the teens and even below zero early on. Mostly cloudy and breezy conditions will keep temperatures locked in the 20s and cold weather alerts remain in effect through the morning. Winds will gradually ease late Baghdad traders protest new customs tariffs as Iraq wrestles with shrinking oil revenues 02/08/2026 06:41am • BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of traders and customs clearance company owners protested in central Baghdad on Sunday, demanding that Iraq's government reverse recently imposed customs tariffs that they say have sharply increased their costs and disrupted trade. The new tariffs that came into effect on J France's former culture minister resigns over Epstein-linked tax fraud probe 02/08/2026 06:36am • PARIS (AP) — France’s former Culture Minister Jack Lang has resigned as head of a Paris cultural center over alleged past financial links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that prompted a tax investigation. He is the highest-profile figure in France impacted by the release of Epstein fil Exit poll shows Japan Premier Takaichi's ruling bloc on path to win a majority in lower house vote 02/08/2026 06:36am • TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing coalition is almost certain to win a single-party majority in a key parliamentary election Sunday, NHK public television and other major networks say, citing their exit poll results. NHK says Takaichi’s ruling coalition led by her Thailand counts votes in early election with 3 main parties vying for power 02/08/2026 06:32am • BANGKOK (AP) — Vote counting was underway in Thailand's early general election on Sunday, seen as a three-way race among competing visions of progressive, populist and old-fashioned patronage politics. The battle for support from 53 million registered voters came against a backdrop of slow economi Exit poll shows Japan Premier Takaichi's ruling bloc on path to win a majority in lower house vote 02/08/2026 06:25am • TOKYO (AP) — Exit poll shows Japan Premier Takaichi's ruling bloc on path to win a majority in lower house vote. The ball bounced Castle's way for a career-high 40 points in triple-double in Spurs' win over Mavs 02/08/2026 06:15am • SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Stephon Castle attacked the rim knowing he needed just one more basket for the first 40-point game of his two-year NBA career. The game came so easily to the San Antonio Spurs guard on Saturday night, it was fitting that a missed shot caromed directly to him for his final two po Styling hair and robbing banks: The life lessons of K.J. Hughes' parents 02/08/2026 06:06am • Entrepreneurship runs through K.J. Hughes' veins.  While Hughes has a MBA from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, he was making good money from an early age. At 15, he started hosting basement parties at his friend's house while his mom was out of town, which wou Lindsey Vonn crashes in women’s downhill at Milan Cortina Olympics 02/08/2026 06:02am • CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lindsey Vonn crashes in women’s downhill at Milan Cortina Olympics. Drake Maye and the Patriots take on Sam Darnold and the Seahawks in Super Bowl 60 02/08/2026 06:00am • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — It’s almost time to crown an NFL champion. After two weeks of hype and anticipation, the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks will face off in Super Bowl 60 at Levi’s Stadium on Sunday. Will Drake Maye and the Patriots (17-3) capture their seventh Lombardi Troph Apps to boycott US goods gained traction in crisis over Greenland 02/08/2026 05:54am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The makers of mobile apps designed to help shoppers identify and boycott American goods say they saw a surge of interest in Denmark and beyond after the recent flare-up in tensions over U.S. President Donald Trump's designs on Greenland. The creator of the “Made O’Me South Africa's thrilling win over Fiji in Perth sevens final ends nine-year drought 02/08/2026 05:51am • PERTH, Australia (AP) — South Africa won the Australian stopover in the sevens world series for the first time in nine years after topping Fiji 21-19 in the Perth final on Sunday. It took a phenomenal second try by Ryan Oosthuizen, who crashed past four Fijians, to tie the score at 19 that was the