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DC area gets some failing grades in newest 'State of Tobacco Control' report 01/28/2026 06:48pm • When it comes to efforts to reduce tobacco use in the D.C. area, there is still some work to be done, according to a new report from the American Lung Association that gave failing grades to parts of the region. "We still continue to fail across the DMV with regards to funding for state tobacco p Yamal's goal and assist propel Barcelona to Champions League round of 16 01/28/2026 06:45pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� Lamine Yamal came through for Barcelona again. With an assist and a goal, Yamal led Barcelona's comeback against Copenhagen and helped the Catalan club secure a top-eight finish in the league phase of the Champions League on Wednesday. With a 4-1 victory at home, Barcelona US player Tillman scores unusual 1st goal and impressive 2nd in Champions League for Leverkusen 01/28/2026 06:43pm • LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP) ��� United States midfielder Malik Tillman scored twice Wednesday to ensure Bayer Leverkusen will be in the Champions League knockout phase and seeded in the playoffs draw. Tillman's unusual though smart goal gave Leverkusen an early lead against Villarreal then he added a s Kolo Muani scores for Tottenham in Champions League a day after being involved in car crash 01/28/2026 06:40pm • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ��� Tottenham striker Randal Kolo Muani started ��� and scored ��� against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League on Wednesday, a day after being involved in what manager Thomas Frank described as a ���minor��� car crash. Pictures circulated on social media Tuesday showi Man City winger Doku injured after 2 first-half assists in Champions League game 01/28/2026 06:32pm • MANCHESTER, England (AP) ��� Jeremy Doku was injured and forced off before halftime as Manchester City advanced to the last 16 of the Champions League with a 2-0 win over Galatasaray on Wednesday. The Belgium international went down under a challenge from Davinson Sanchez and was unable to continue Goalkeeper's stoppage-time header sends Benfica to Champions League last 16 01/28/2026 06:30pm • LISBON, Portugal (AP) ��� When Benfica was awarded a foul near the area deep into stoppage time, coach Jos�� Mourinho looked at goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin and told him to go into the penalty box for the set piece. Moments later, Trubin was at the bottom of a pile of Benfica players celebrating his g Floods push crocodiles into Mozambican towns as health concerns rise 01/28/2026 06:24pm • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) ��� As floods ravage Mozambique, crocodiles are appearing in submerged towns and responsible for at least three deaths. In the town of Xai-Xai, the provincial capital of Gaza province and one of the worst-affected areas in the country���s south, authorities have warned resident Belichick would join other prominent coaches not elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame on 1st try 01/28/2026 06:23pm • Bill Belichick, winner of six Super Bowls as a head coach and second all time in NFL coaching wins, will apparently have to wait a little longer for his call to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Citing unidentified sources, ESPN reported Tuesday that Belichick didn���t receive the necessary 40 votes fr Latin American leaders call for unity against growing political polarization 01/28/2026 06:19pm • PANAMA CITY (AP) ��� Latin American leaders, who gathered for a development forum Wednesday, called for regional unity in the face of increasing political polarization and the recent U.S. intervention in Venezuela. Brazilian President Luiz In��cio Lula da Silva did not name the United States, but al Actor Rose Byrne named Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year 01/28/2026 06:17pm • CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) ��� Rose Byrne, fresh off her Golden Globe Award win and Oscar nomination for the leading role in ���If I Had Legs I���d Kick You," was named as the 2026 Woman of the Year by Harvard University���s Hasty Pudding Theatricals on Wednesday. Byrne, who also has starred in ���Bride EPA plan would begin rolling back 'good neighbor' rule on downwind pollution from smokestacks 01/28/2026 06:16pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Trump administration on Wednesday took a step toward rolling back a rule that limits smokestack emissions that burden downwind areas in neighboring states. The so-called ���good neighbor��� rule is one of dozens of regulations that Environmental Protection Agency Administrato Salah scores his first Liverpool goal since November to continue rehabilitation after spat with club 01/28/2026 06:15pm • LIVERPOOL, England (AP) ��� Mohamed Salah continued his rehabilitation at Liverpool by scoring for the team for the first time since the start of November in a 6-0 thrashing of Qarabag in the Champions League on Wednesday. The Egypt winger curled home a shot at a free kick in the 50th minute to put Police deploy chemical irritants at protesters gathered outside Texas detention center, in photos 01/28/2026 06:15pm • DILLEY, Texas (AP) ��� Texas state police deployed pepper balls to disperse protesters outside the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, where 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, are being held. Demonstrators against the Trump adminis Bruce Springsteen sings out against Trump in 'Streets of Minneapolis' 01/28/2026 06:13pm • Bruce Springsteen is dedicating his new song to the people of Minneapolis, criticizing President Donald Trump's ongoing immigration enforcement operations in the city. The lyrics of ���Streets of Minneapolis,��� released Wednesday, describe how ���a city aflame fought fire and ice ���neath an occ Alabama inmate activists from an Oscar-nominated film are moved to solitary, attorneys say 01/28/2026 06:07pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) ��� The Alabama prison system has moved three well-known inmate activists who supported a 2022 prison strike and were featured in an Oscar-nominated documentary about the troubled system to isolated cells with little contact with others, family members and attorneys said. Famil