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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 Australian Open Results 02/01/2026 06:50am • Sunday At Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia Purse: AUD111,500,000 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (AP) _ Results Sunday from Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses): Men's Singles Championship Carlos Alcaraz (1), Spain, def. Novak Djokovic (4), Serbia, 2-6, 6-2, Carlos Alcaraz completes career Grand Slam with victory over Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open 02/01/2026 06:49am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Carlos Alcaraz completes career Grand Slam with victory over Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open. Besieged by gang violence, Palestinian citizens in Israel demand more security 02/01/2026 06:09am • KAFR YASIF, Israel (AP) ��� Nabil Safiya had taken a break from studying for a biology exam to meet a cousin at a pizza parlor when a gunman on a motorcycle rode past and fired, killing the 15-year-old as he sat in a black Renault. The shooting ��� which police later said was a case of mistaken iden Former Prince Andrew can't escape Epstein's shadow as new documents reveal details about friendship 02/01/2026 05:29am • LONDON (AP) ��� Britain���s royal family is facing a fresh round of embarrassment after the latest release of documents from the U.S. investigation into Jeffrey Epstein revealed unsavory details about the relationship between the convicted sex offender and a correspondent who appears to be the man f Major global news moments of January, in AP photos 02/01/2026 05:19am • From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery features compelling images from around the world published by The Associated Press in January. Freeskier Eileen Gu takes another wild ride to the Olympics, invites the world to tag along 02/01/2026 05:10am • Whether she is walking a fashion runway, amping herself up at the top of a mountain or digging into one of those physics lessons she takes ���for fun,��� Olympic champion Eileen Gu can probably boil down her main goals to these: Do her best. And bring as many people along for the ride as possible. T