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Car bomb in Yemen kills 3 and is said to target a leader with Saudi-backed group 01/21/2026 02:29pm • ADEN, Yemen (AP) ��� Three people were killed on Wednesday when a car bomb exploded in an attack that appeared to target a leader of a Saudi-backed armed group in southern Yemen, according to witnesses and security officials. Witnesses Thabet al-Azab and Khaled al-Sebeihy described the incident nort Cody Bellinger stays with the Yankees, agrees to $162.5 million, 5-year contract, AP source says 01/21/2026 02:24pm • Cody Bellinger became the last of the top free-agent hitters to reach a deal, agreeing Wednesday to stay with the New York Yankees for a $162.5 million, five-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the agree Here are the DC-area chefs and restaurants honored as James Beard semifinalists 01/21/2026 02:17pm • The James Beard Foundation has announced its list of semifinalists for its prestigious awards recognizing excellence in the culinary arts, and the D.C. region is getting some love. Finalists will be determined at the end of March, ahead of the awards ceremony in Chicago on June 15. Here are th An expected major winter storm already has some leagues reshuffling games this week 01/21/2026 02:12pm • One year after a winter storm forced postponements across U.S. sports, another major weather system is prompting a reshuffling of games this week and threatened to wreak havoc on the weekend schedule. A storm that meteorologists say could rival the damage of a major hurricane is expected to bring sn Spinner Mujeeb's hat trick earns Afghanistan T20 series win over West Indies 01/21/2026 02:09pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Mystery spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman grabbed a hat trick as Afghanistan warmed up for next month���s T20 World Cup with a series-clinching 39-run win over the West Indies on Wednesday. West Indies, which lost the first game by 38 runs, got bowled out for 150 in 18.5 Mo Salah back in Liverpool starting lineup to face Marseille in first game after Africa Cup 01/21/2026 02:04pm • MARSEILLE, France (AP) ��� Mohamed Salah is starting again for Liverpool in the Champions League at Marseille on Wednesday in his return from the Africa Cup of Nations. The Egypt star had a turbulent month at Liverpool before going to AFCON in Morocco, and did not start a game for Liverpool after a Second fatal train crash shocks Spain as death toll in the first collision rises to 43 01/21/2026 02:00pm • GELIDA, Spain (AP) ��� Commuter rail service in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region was suspended Wednesday after a Barcelona commuter train crashed the night before, killing one person and injuring 37 others, authorities said. The crash came two days after Spain���s worst railway disaster since 2 Iranian state TV issues first official death toll from recent protests, saying 3,117 were killed 01/21/2026 01:48pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Iranian state TV on Wednesday issued the first official death toll from recent protests, saying 3,117 people were killed, while the foreign minister issued the most direct threat yet against the United States after Tehran���s bloody crackdown, warning the Islamic Canadian man posed as a pilot and flight attendant to get hundreds of free flights, authorities say 01/21/2026 01:47pm • HONOLULU (AP) ��� A Canadian man posed as a commercial pilot and as a working flight attendant to obtain hundreds of free flights from U.S. airlines, authorities said. Dallas Pokornik, 33, of Toronto, was arrested in Panama after being indicted on wire fraud charges in federal court in Hawaii last Trump's threats challenge Europe's security and prosperity, EU chief says ahead of summit 01/21/2026 01:43pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� U.S. President Donald Trump���s threats to annex Greenland and impose tariffs on its backers pose a challenge to Europe���s security, principles and prosperity, European Council President Ant��nio Costa said on Wednesday. ���All these three dimensions are being tested in the curren Richard Ledezma switches soccer allegiance from US to Mexico, joins national team 01/21/2026 01:35pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Right wingback Richard Ledezma has switched allegiance from the United States and will play for Mexico's national soccer team. The 25-year-old Ledezma, who was born in Phoenix to Mexican parents, played for the United States at the U-20 World Cup in Poland and had one appearance Iconic Coney Island hot dog hawker Nathan's Famous is sold for $450 million 01/21/2026 01:25pm • Nathan���s Famous, which opened as a 5-cent hot dog stand in Coney Island more than a century ago, has been sold to packaged meat giant Smithfield Foods in an all-cash $450 million deal, the companies announced Wednesday. Smithfield, which has held rights to produce and sell Nathan���s products in t 'Dior is back:' Menswear turns a corner in Paris as Jonathan Anderson hones his vision 01/21/2026 01:24pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Dior ���s menswear show arrived with a stripped-back set and a loud signal of confidence: neon-yellow wigs that read like a flag of authority planted in the Paris runway, after a couple of runway wobbles from their new designer. In an annex of the Rodin Museum lined with curtain fabri Historic love letters from royals, rogues and romantics go on show at Britain's National Archives 01/21/2026 01:24pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Love is, famously, a many-splendored thing. It can encompass longing, loneliness, pain, jealousy, grief ��� and, sometimes, joy. As Valentine���s Day approaches, the many facets of passion are going on display in ���Love Letters,��� a public exhibition at Britain���s National Archive Algeria's Luca Zidane banned 2 games for Africa Cup clashes but clear to face Messi at World Cup 01/21/2026 01:23pm • ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) ��� Algeria goalkeeper Luca Zidane was banned for two games Wednesday for on-field clashes after his team���s exit from the Africa Cup of Nations, but he should not miss facing Lionel Messi and Argentina at the World Cup. The Algerian soccer federation said it will appeal again