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Nigerian army said it killed a Boko Haram commander and 10 militants 02/01/2026 09:10am • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ��� The Nigerian army said Sunday it killed a top commander of Boko Haram and 10 members of the Islamic extremist group in a night raid in the northeastern part of the country. Abu Khalid, a commander of Boko Haram in the Sambisa Forest in Borno state, was a key figure within "th A week after the snowstorm, neighbors help neighbors in DC 02/01/2026 09:09am • There were many in the D.C.'s Brookland neighborhood who not only lent a helping hand to their neighbors, they also brought tools. Mike Chaney, a native of Cleveland, said he's no stranger to snow. ���This has been the worst. It's just the thickness, the hardness,��� Chaney said. ���We got to India's budget boosts infrastructure spending while vowing fiscal discipline 02/01/2026 09:08am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� Prime Minister Narendra Modi���s government presented its annual budget to Parliament on Sunday, focusing on sustaining the country���s economic growth despite volatile financial markets and trade uncertainty. In a speech introducing the budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Trump says US is 'starting to talk to Cuba' as he moves to cut its oil supplies 02/01/2026 08:56am • ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) ��� President Donald Trump said the United States was beginning to talk with Cuban leaders as his administration puts greater pressure on the communist-run island and cuts off key oil supplies. He made the comment to reporters on Saturday night as he was flying to Florida. Stefan Ortega leaves Man City to join Nottingham Forest until end of season 02/01/2026 08:53am • NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) ��� Stefan Ortega's 3 1/2-year spell at Manchester City came to an end on Sunday when the German goalkeeper joined Nottingham Forest on a permanent deal until the end of the season. The 33-year-old Ortega made 56 appearances for City, where he was a back-up goalkeeper, after Swiss Alpine bar fire claims 41st victim, an 18-year-old Swiss national 02/01/2026 08:37am • ZURICH (AP) ��� An 18-year-old Swiss national has died in a Zurich hospital from injuries sustained in a Swiss Alpine bar fire, bringing the death toll to 41 a month after the tragedy. The victim died on Saturday, according to the Swiss public prosecutor. The prosecutor said in a statement Sunday it Demond Wilson, who played Lamont on 'Sanford and Son,' dies at 79 02/01/2026 08:30am • Demond Wilson, who found fame in the 1970s playing Lamont on ���Sanford and Son��� and went on to become a minister, has died. He was 79. Mark Goldman, a publicist for Wilson, confirmed to The Associated Press that he died following complications from cancer on Friday. ���A devoted father, act Supplies running out at Syria's al-Hol camp as instability blocks aid deliveries 02/01/2026 08:25am • AL-HASSAKEH, Syria (AP) ��� An international humanitarian organization has warned that supplies are running out at a camp in northeast Syria housing thousands of people linked to the Islamic State group, as the government struggles to establish control over an area formerly controlled by Kurdish fig An 18-year-old fire victim from Crans Montana has died in a hospital, raising fatalities to 41, Swiss prosecutor says 02/01/2026 08:15am • ZURICH (AP) ��� An 18-year-old fire victim from Crans Montana has died in a hospital, raising fatalities to 41, Swiss prosecutor says. Trump's failed bid to elevate an Arab American ally shows cracks in his political coalition 02/01/2026 07:57am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� When Donald Trump won his comeback campaign, he credited the mayor of a small Detroit suburb with helping him make inroads with Michigan's Arab American community. As a reward, Trump nominated Amer Ghalib to serve as U.S. ambassador to Kuwait. But Ghalib is not on his way to the What a swing House district in Colorado shows about Republicans' immigration fallout in the midterms 02/01/2026 07:53am • GREELEY, Colo (AP) ��� Like many Donald Trump voters, Miranda Niedermeier is not opposed to immigration enforcement. She was heartened by initial moves from the Republican president in his second term that she saw as targeting immigrants who were in the United States illegally and had committed crim The ranks of US rabbis grow more diverse, with rising numbers of women and LGBTQ people 02/01/2026 07:45am • Rabbi Laura Geller recalls how of the 30 people in her class at Hebrew Union College, she was the only woman. Ordained in 1976, she would go on to become one of the first women rabbis in the Jewish Reform Movement. Fifty years later, she's proud to have helped break that glass ceiling and pave the w Bus crashes in wet conditions in southern Turkey, killing 9 02/01/2026 07:41am • ISTANBUL (AP) ��� A intercity bus rolled off a road in southern Turkey���s Antalya province on Sunday, killing nine people, a senior official said. Images on state broadcaster TRT showed the vehicle lying on its side on an embankment on a highway slip road in Dosemealti, a district to the northwest Eyes to the Skies for February: Rocket launch, winter constellations, eclipse and more 02/01/2026 07:30am • Welcome to WTOP���s space feature "Eyes to the Skies." Each month it features the best the sky has to offer stargazers regarding the moon, planets and stars. Space-related events that might interest you taking place in the D.C. region are included too. Let���s get to the very busy sky for Feb Bone���chilling winds rip through DC area Sunday 02/01/2026 06:52am • Count on strong winds across the D.C. area Sunday as a nor���easter moves along the East Coast. 7News First Alert Meteorologist Jordan Evans said northerly wind gusts could top 40 mph, creating dangerously low wind chills. There's a cold weather advisory for the D.C. area until 8 a.m. Monday m