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FACT FOCUS: Fabricated and misrepresented images shared widely online after US removal of Maduro 01/05/2026 04:31pm • As deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in a U.S. courtroom Monday, an array of misrepresented and fabricated images that began circulating soon after his capture over the weekend continued to multiply on social media. President Donald Trum Boom Fantasy Promo Code WTOP: Claim $100 Risk-Free Entry for NBA Picks This Week 01/05/2026 04:31pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services Register with the Boom Fantasy promo code WTOP to claim a risk-free entry. 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New cu Details of Tyler Soderstrom's $86 million, 7-year contract with the Athletics 01/05/2026 04:31pm • Details of Tyler Soderstrom’s $86 million, seven-year contract with the Athletics: Signing bonus: $3 million, payable $1 million each upon approval by Major League Baseball and Jan. 25 in 2027 and 2028. 2026 salary: $1 million 2027 salary: $6 million 2028 salary: $10 million 2029 salary: $12 milli Packers ready for new start in playoffs after closing regular season with four straight losses 01/05/2026 04:30pm • The Green Bay Packers believe their lack of momentum heading into the postseason shouldn’t make much of a difference now that they’re in the playoffs. Green Bay’s recent history tells a different story. Two years ago, the Packers won their last three regular-season games to sneak into the play 49ers lose linebacker Tatum Bethune for the season with groin injury 01/05/2026 04:30pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers lost another key player off their banged-up defense with linebacker Tatum Bethune sidelined for the rest of the season with a groin injury. The 49ers (12-5) have a chance to get two star offensive players back for a wild-card game at Philadelphia Grains higher, livestock mixed 01/05/2026 04:30pm • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were higher Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Mar. corn gained 7.25 cents at $4.45 a bushel. Mar. wheat rose by 5.75 cents at $5.13 a bushel. Mar. oats rose by 7 cents at $3.05 a bushel. Jan. soybeans rose by 10.5 cents at $10.47 a bushel. Beef was mixed and pork was Joe Burrow’s Bengals miss playoffs for the 3rd straight year 01/05/2026 04:24pm • CINCINNATI (AP) — While the Cincinnati Bengals looked as if they were on track to being an AFC powerhouse in 2022, they’re now facing their third straight season outside of the playoffs. The Bengals have kept their core of Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins intact. But not much else has Hegseth censures Sen. Kelly after Democrats' video urging troops to resist unlawful orders 01/05/2026 04:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Monday that he censured Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over the former Navy pilot’s participation in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders. Hegseth said the censure — by itself simply a formal letter with littl How major US stock indexes fared Monday, 1/5/2026 01/05/2026 04:21pm • Stocks closed higher on Wall Street, led by a mix of energy companies and banks. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% Monday and the Nasdaq composite added 0.7%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.2%. Crude oil prices rose after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a weekend raid Former Capitol Police officer reflects on 5th anniversary of Jan. 6 riot 01/05/2026 04:18pm • Tuesday will mark five years since hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol and reiterated his false claims that the election was stolen. The riot happened on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress was certifying former President Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election. Mo 4 injured in suburban Philadelphia nursing home explosion file negligence lawsuit 01/05/2026 04:16pm • Four people hurt when an explosion ripped through a Pennsylvania nursing home two weeks ago sued the facility and a natural gas utility on Monday, claiming their negligence was to blame. Two workers at Bristol Health & Rehab Center LLC, a resident of the suburban Philadelphia facility and a cont Michael J. Schumacher, author who chronicled lives of Allen Ginsberg and Eric Clapton, dies at 75 01/05/2026 04:15pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Michael Schumacher, a Wisconsin author who produced a diverse array of works ranging from biographies of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and musician Eric Clapton to accounts of Great Lakes shipwrecks, has died. He was 75. Schumacher's daughter, Emily Joy Schumacher, confirmed Seahawks ace final regular-season test, shut down 49ers and enter playoffs as No.1 seed 01/05/2026 04:14pm • For the Seattle Seahawks to put the finishing touches on a standout season and secure the No. 1 seed in the NFC, they would first have to slow down a red-hot San Francisco 49ers offense. Not only did Seattle keep San Francisco’s offense at bay, the Seahawks throttled the 49ers, limiting them to 1 FAA picks 2 firms to replace 612 outdated radar systems that air traffic controllers rely on 01/05/2026 04:05pm • The federal government has picked two companies to replace 612 radar systems nationwide that date back to the 1980s as part of a multibillion-dollar overhaul of the nation's air traffic control system. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday that contr