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IOC praises warm Olympic diplomacy with Vance in Milan after fans boo at opening ceremony 02/07/2026 07:53am • MILAN (AP) ��� Though U.S. Vice President JD Vance was booed by some spectators at the Winter Games opening ceremony, there was warmth with Olympic leaders at a key point in diplomatic relations ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games. Vance and International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Co Maryland House caps amount of utility employee salaries that can come out of ratepayers��� pockets 02/07/2026 07:44am • The Maryland House of Delegates voted Friday to set new limits on the use of ratepayer dollars to pay salaries for employees of investor-owned utilities. House Bill 1, the first piece of energy legislation approved in the 2026 General Assembly, comes as legislative leaders aim to address high ele Olympics opening ceremony in Milan was lacking snow, but tiny winter wonderland was on its sidelines 02/07/2026 07:35am • MILAN (AP) ��� The Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Milan on Friday offered a bonanza of highlights: the lighting of a Leonardo da Vinci-inspired cauldron, athletes in eye-popping attire from top designers, Mariah Carey belting out high notes in Italian and much more. One key thing it didn't prov Can Maryland Gov. Wes Moore keep up his hot streak picking football games? 02/07/2026 07:22am • In gambling parlance, when someone wins a lot, they are said to be on a heater. For Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, he's been on an extended heater picking NFL and College Football Playoff games for WTOP the last several weeks. Moore has missed only two games total, an achievement for anyone, much less Takeaways from AP report on immigrant who says ICE officers beat him during Minnesota arrest 02/07/2026 07:17am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Alberto Casta��eda Mondrag��n's memory was jumbled after he says he was badly beaten last month while being taken into custody by immigration officers. He did not remember much of his past, but the violence of the Jan. 8 arrest in Minnesota was seared into his battered brain. Th Franjo von Allmen of Switzerland wins men's downhill, first gold medal of Milan Cortina Games 02/07/2026 07:04am • BORMIO, Italy (AP) ��� Franjo von Allmen of Switzerland wins men's downhill, first gold medal of Milan Cortina Games. Spiritual ties of ousted Venezuelan President Maduro and successor include guru Sathya Sai Baba 02/07/2026 07:00am • Venezuela���s former President Nicol��s Maduro and current acting President Delcy Rodr��guez ��� both raised Catholic in an overwhelmingly Christian country ��� have a deep reverence for an Indian spiritual leader who died in 2011. Religious identity is complex in Venezuela, where it is common for p Reporting on itself: 'Today' keeps it low-key in covering search for Savannah Guthrie's mother 02/07/2026 06:43am • Savannah Guthrie gets top billing every weekday morning when the ���Today��� show introduces its cast. In an anguishing twist, the disappearance of her 84-year-old mother has made Guthrie herself the top story, too. NBC's morning show is reporting news that it is part of, a journalistic challenge ma India and the US move closer to reducing Trump tariffs 02/07/2026 06:43am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� India and the United States released a framework for an interim trade agreement to lower tariffs on Indian goods, which Indian opposition accused of favoring Washington. The joint statement, released Friday, came after U.S. President Donald Trump announced his plan last week to Ex-MLB player Yasiel Puig found guilty of obstruction and lying to federal officials 02/07/2026 06:37am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� A jury has found former major league outfielder Yasiel Puig guilty of obstruction of justice and lying to federal officials investigating an illegal gambling operation, the U.S. Attorney���s Office said Friday. The verdict came after a multiweek trial that featured testimony fro Flag football's growth only increases NFL's popularity globally 02/07/2026 06:00am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Dak Prescott snapping the ball to Jalen Hurts is a play that can only be witnessed at the Pro Bowl Games, the centerpiece for the NFL���s push to grow flag football on the biggest stage this week at the Super Bowl. Prescott wasn���t just filling in at center, though. He quickl By The Numbers: A look at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics 02/07/2026 05:56am • MILAN (AP) ��� The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics officially started on Friday, with the opening ceremony and the lighting of the cauldrons. And these Games are particularly supersized. These are the first Olympics to fully embrace cost-cutting reforms installed by the International Olympic Committee Yemen's ruling council names new cabinet after deadly clashes in the south 02/07/2026 05:53am • CAIRO (AP) ��� The head of Yemen���s ruling leadership council has named a new cabinet, weeks after deadly clashes in the country's south and the dissolution of a separatist group. The escalation has exposed cracks in a Saudi-led coalition fighting Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. Rashad al-Alimi, hea Prince George���s Co. seeks new owner to redevelop abandoned Glenn Dale Hospital site 02/07/2026 05:23am • Officials in Prince George's County, Maryland, are seeking a new owner for the former Glenn Dale Hospital site to help turn the property into a senior living community. Sonja Ewing, division chief for park planning and environmental stewardship for the Prince George's County Department of Parks a New watch brings University of Maryland basketball fans back to the glory days 02/07/2026 04:45am • These days, the basketball program at the University of Maryland is pretty far removed from the glory days of sellout crowds and regular victories. For fans of a certain age, those glory days bring back memories of basketball games played at the old Cole Field House. While those fans wait for a r