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Exiled crown prince���s plan for Iran is mostly aimed at Trump, experts say 01/15/2026 12:59pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ��� No pursuit of nuclear weapons. Confronting drug trafficking. An immediate recognition of the state of Israel. Exporting copious amounts of oil and gas. Exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi laid out his aspirations Thursday for Iran if its theocracy is toppled ��� and experts sa Press freedom advocates worry that raid on Washington Post journalist's home will chill reporting 01/15/2026 12:55pm • If the byproduct of a raid on a Washington Post journalist's home is to deter probing reporting of government action, the Trump administration could hardly have chosen a more compelling target. Hannah Natanson, nicknamed the ���federal government whisperer��� at the Post for her reporting on Preside Harry Styles announces first album in 4 years, 'Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally' 01/15/2026 12:53pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� In this world, it's just him: Harry Styles has announced that his long-awaited, fourth studio album will arrive this spring. Titled ���Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally��� and out March 6, the album is Styles' first full-length project in four years. It follows the 2022, cr Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer warns of worsening auto industry under Trump's tariff strategy 01/15/2026 12:50pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer offered a contrasting view of manufacturing in Detroit Thursday, two days after President Donald Trump defended his tariff strategy in the Motor City. Whitmer, a term-limited Democrat who is in her last year as governor, said in a speech at the Detroi Final day to select ACA health plans arrives in most states, with no subsidy deal yet 01/15/2026 12:43pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Thursday was the final day to select an Affordable Care Act health insurance plan across much of the country, as the expiration of federal subsidies drives up health costs and lawmakers remain locked in a debate over how to address the issue. That's when the open enrollment window Right-hander Michael Lorenzen and the Colorado Rockies finalize $8 million, 1-year contract 01/15/2026 12:43pm • DENVER (AP) ��� Right-hander Michael Lorenzen and the Colorado Rockies finalized their $8 million, one-year contract on Thursday. Lorenzen gets a $7.75 million million salary this year, and the deal includes a $9 million club option for 2027 with a $250,000 buyout plus award bonuses. Right-hander Br Floods force evacuations from South Africa's Kruger National Park and leave 19 dead in other regions 01/15/2026 12:29pm • JOHANNESBURG (AP) ��� Flooding caused by weeks of torrential rains in northern South Africa forced the famed Kruger National Park to suspend visits and evacuate some guests and staff members by helicopter on Thursday. At least 19 people have died in other parts of the region since the rains began l Grok blocked from undressing images in places where it's illegal, X says 01/15/2026 12:26pm • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Elon Musk���s AI chatbot Grok won���t be able to edit photos to portray real people in revealing clothing in places where that is illegal, according to a statement posted on X. The announcement late Wednesday followed a global backlash over sexualized images of women and children, The debate that never ends: Washington's constant health care fight 01/15/2026 12:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The president was barely a year into his administration when a health care debate began to consume Washington. On Capitol Hill, partisan divides formed as many Democrats pressed for guaranteed insurance coverage for a broader swath of Americans while Republicans, buttressed by m Average long-term U.S. mortgage rate falls to lowest level in more than three years at 6.06% 01/15/2026 12:01pm • MCLEAN, Va. (AP) ��� Average long-term U.S. mortgage rate falls to lowest level in more than three years at 6.06%. UEFA cites fall in US dollar last year for $55 million loss in accounts 01/15/2026 12:00pm • GENEVA (AP) ��� The fall in the U.S. dollar value last year cost UEFA about $55 million. The dollar value dropped about 9% against a range of foreign currencies in the first months of 2025, which economists linked to investors��� waning confidence in the U.S. under President Donald Trump, who return Brian Kemp survived Trump���s anger. Now he wants to shape Georgia���s future 01/15/2026 12:00pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp delivered his final State of the State speech on Thursday ��� but it may not have been a farewell. As the rare Republican who has defied President Donald Trump and thrived, Kemp is still trying to mold politics in the battleground state in ways that could lin Players boycott forces Bangladesh cricket to remove official for disparaging remarks 01/15/2026 11:50am • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ��� A players boycott which postponed matches in the Bangladesh Premier League on Thursday prompted the Bangladesh Cricket Board to force out an official after his disparaging remarks about players started the disruption. The board removed Nazmul Islam as chairman of the finan Judge hands offshore wind industry another victory against Trump in clearing the way for a New York project 01/15/2026 11:46am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Judge hands offshore wind industry another victory against Trump in clearing the way for a New York project. What���s going to happen to the ���big white elephant��� in Clarksburg? 01/15/2026 11:43am • Clarksburg has been the fastest-growing area in Montgomery County during the last two decades. But the county���s decades-old vision for employment centers and public transit improvements in the area, which sits a few miles north of Germantown, hasn���t materialized. Notably, the former headqu