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'Dean' of DC crime beat on importance of local coverage: 'People want to know what's going on in their community' 02/05/2026 02:18pm • For 27 years, Tom Jackman of the Washington Post broke crime and courts stories ranging from the 2002 D.C. Sniper case to the 2007 Virginia Tech mass shooting to the 2017 shooting of unarmed motorist Bijan Ghaisar. With Wednesday's announcement that the Post laid off one-third of its staff, incl The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics get underway: Action in photos 02/05/2026 02:18pm • Training and practice sessions were underway a day ahead of the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics as mixed doubles curling round robin play and preliminary round women's ice hockey matches began. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. With US-Russia nuclear treaty set to expire, Trump calls for new stronger pact instead of extending current agreement 02/05/2026 02:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — With US-Russia nuclear treaty set to expire, Trump calls for new stronger pact instead of extending current agreement. Can apes play pretend? Scientists use an imaginary tea party to find out 02/05/2026 02:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) — By age 2, most kids know how to play pretend. They turn their bedrooms into faraway castles and hold make-believe tea parties. The ability to make something out of nothing may seem uniquely human — a bedrock of creativity that's led to new kinds of art, music and more. Now, for t Chairman of prominent law firm Paul Weiss resigns after release of emails linking him to Epstein 02/05/2026 01:58pm • Brad Karp, chairman of one of the country’s most prestigious law firms, has resigned from his position after the release of emails revealing his exchanges with Jeffrey Epstein, a high-profile departure in the fallout among those with ties to the late convicted sex offender. A statement Wednesday f Pizza Hut closing 250 US stores as parent company considers selling the brand 02/05/2026 01:58pm • Pizza Hut plans to close 250 U.S. restaurants in the first half of this year as its parent company considers a sale of the chain. Yum Brands said Wednesday it’s targeting underperforming Pizza Hut restaurants in its system. Pizza Hut has more than 6,000 locations in the U.S. Louisville, Kentucky-b Union Bankshares: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 02/05/2026 01:48pm • MORRISVILLE, Vt. (AP) — MORRISVILLE, Vt. (AP) — Union Bankshares Inc. (UNB) on Thursday reported net income of $2.7 million in its fourth quarter. The Morrisville, Vermont-based bank said it had earnings of 60 cents per share. The bank holding company posted revenue of $22.2 million in the perio Snow-verwhelmed: How Prince George's Co. schools are adjusting calendar after snow days 02/05/2026 01:45pm • The Prince George’s County public school system has already used more snow days than it planned for, and winter isn’t over yet. That’s why the county has made adjustments to the school calendar — five days where students originally had off are now going to be spent in the classroom — a An American skier is fighting to open up the last Winter Olympic sport off limits to women 02/05/2026 01:40pm • MILAN, Italy (AP) — Annika Malacinski remembers the moment the door to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics was slammed shut. On a flight from Munich to Denver, she bought airplane Wi-Fi to join a conference call with the International Olympic Committee, certain that Nordic combined competition would Investigators believe missing mother of 'Today' show host Savannah Guthrie is 'still out there' but no suspects 02/05/2026 01:33pm • TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Investigators believe missing mother of 'Today' show host Savannah Guthrie is 'still out there' but no suspects. Renée Fleming, Béla Fleck to perform together at Carnegie Hall after dropping out of Kennedy Center 02/05/2026 01:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck, who both dropped out of Kennedy Center appearances after President Donald Trump took over the venue, will give a joint concert at Carnegie Hall as part of a 2026-27 season that also will include a Philip Glass symphony he withdrew from the National S Women's College Basketball Scores 02/05/2026 01:30pm • Thursday, Feb. 5 EAST Bryant 50, Albany 44 Green Bay 61, Robert Morris 58 Maine 55, Vermont 46 ___ What to know after scores were killed in Nigeria while abducted Christians came home 02/05/2026 01:24pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria is battling militants and it’s causing a terrible security situation. Gunmen believed to be Islamic extremists killed scores of people in a western Nigerian state that is becoming a new hot spot for the violence that affects large parts of Africa's most populous cou Anthropic, OpenAI rivalry spills into new Super Bowl ads as both fight to win over AI users 02/05/2026 01:23pm • The two artificial intelligence startups behind rival chatbots ChatGPT and Claude are bracing for an existential showdown this year as both need to prove they can grow a business that will make more money than they're losing. The fiercest competition between the two AI developers, along with bigger Republic of Congo's president says he will run for reelection, possibly extending decades-long rule 02/05/2026 01:23pm • BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — Republic of Congo's President Denis Sassou N'guesso announced Thursday that he will run in the March 15 presidential election, possibly extending his decades-long hold on power in the Central African country. The 82-year-old Sassou N'guesso made the announceme