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Mobile bathroom brings hygiene to people who are homeless in DC area 01/22/2026 12:04pm • Taking a hot shower after a rough day is a game changer but for many people without housing they could have long stretches without them. One local nonprofit is attempting to change that with new mobile showers that will travel across Northern Virginia and D.C. ���We talk to individuals who haven' Senegal coach Pape Thiaw defends his team���s walkoff during the Africa Cup final 01/22/2026 12:00pm • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ��� Senegal coach Pape Thiaw has defended his team���s walkoff during the Africa Cup of Nations final, saying it was an emotional decision taken in the chaos of the moment. Last Sunday, Senegal left the field in stoppage time when Morocco was awarded a penalty, just moments after The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 6.09% this week, still close to its lowest level in more than three years 01/22/2026 12:00pm • MCLEAN, Va. (AP) ��� The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 6.09% this week, still close to its lowest level in more than three years. Medalist among 7 athletes caught doping in fresh tests from 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics 01/22/2026 12:00pm • LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) ��� Seven athletes from the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, including one bronze medalist, tested positive for doping in fresh analysis of their samples, the International Testing Agency said on Thursday. The athletes caught include weightlifting medalist Aurimas Didzbalis o Springboks and All Blacks taking rivalry to the US for the first time 01/22/2026 11:48am • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� South Africa and New Zealand are taking international rugby's greatest rivalry to the United States for the first time. They revealed on Thursday they will play their fourth and final test this year in Baltimore, Maryland, on Sept. 12. It's at M&T Bank Stadium, the 71,000-seat A breakdown of how Oscar best picture nominees fared at the box office and which studios dominated 01/22/2026 11:47am • Warner Bros. had a big morning when the 98th annual Academy Award nominations were announced Thursday. The studio behind films like ���Sinners��� and ���One Battle After Another��� received 30 nominations for this year's Oscars, which will be presented March 15 in Los Angeles. Combined, this year's In operatic dispute, Met Opera director and designers order names stripped from 'Carmen' 01/22/2026 11:41am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� In a dispute of operatic proportions, the production team of Bizet���s ���Carmen��� at the Metropolitan Opera ordered their names stripped from programs over a restaging decision, and the company intends to bring back sets of a retired 2009 version. Director Carrie Cracknell���s pr Death toll from Karachi shopping plaza fire rises to 67 after more bodies are found, police and hospital officials say. 01/22/2026 11:29am • KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) ��� Death toll from Karachi shopping plaza fire rises to 67 after more bodies are found, police and hospital officials say. Paramount extends its deadline for its Warner Bros. tender offer, again 01/22/2026 11:25am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Skydance-owned Paramount is again extending the tender offer window in its $77.9 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, while doubling down on a coming proxy fight. Warner stockholders now have until Feb. 20 to sell their shares to Paramount for $30 apiece in cash How daily commutes are changing in DC region 01/22/2026 11:21am • While it may seem like the same grind, day after day, a new report says daily commutes continue to change in the D.C. region. In its once-every-three-years study of commuter behaviors, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Government's "2025 State of the Commute Survey Report," shows a retur Google offers users option to plug AI mode into their photos, email for more personalized answers 01/22/2026 11:17am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Google is leveraging its artificial intelligence technology to open a new peephole for its dominant search engine to tailor answers that draw upon people's interests, habits, travel itineraries and photo libraries. The new option rolling out Thursday will give millions of peop Death toll in South Africa school bus crash rises to 14 as the driver is charged with murder 01/22/2026 11:16am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) ��� Two teenage girls died Thursday of their injuries in this week���s school bus crash in South Africa ���s Gauteng province, raising the death toll to 14, authorities said, as the bus driver was charged with murder. The private minibus was transporting 16 students to various pri Guinea-Bissau suspends Trump-backed hepatitis B vaccine study for ethical review 01/22/2026 11:15am • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ��� Guinea-Bissau is suspending a Trump administration-backed hepatitis B vaccine study on newborns in the West African country, pending an ethical review, the health minister said Thursday. 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