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Gates Foundation unveils $9 billion budget and plans to cut staff 01/14/2026 01:39pm • The Gates Foundation announced Wednesday that it will spend a record $9 billion in 2026, maximizing its spending in key areas such as global health. At the same time it will begin reducing the number of staff positions it has by as much as 500 over five years. This announcement comes in the wake of Trump pressures Iran with tariffs that could raise prices in the US 01/14/2026 01:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has once again drawn his go-to diplomatic weapon — tariffs, this time to coerce the Iranian government to end its bloody crackdown on nationwide protests. Trump said in a social media post on Monday he would impose a 25% tax on imports to the United Stat Miami's Columbus High will have some CFP champions on Monday night, no matter what happens 01/14/2026 01:31pm • MIAMI (AP) — Tuesday's classes at Christopher Columbus High School in Miami have been canceled. There wouldn't be much learning going on that day. No matter what happens Monday night in the College Football Playoff title game between Indiana and Miami — a game that will be played in South Florid Women's College Basketball Scores 01/14/2026 01:30pm • Wednesday, Jan. 14 EAST Fairfield 63, Marist 49 Iona 58, Merrimack 51 Loyola (MD) 49, Colgate 47 Manhattan 68, Mount St Marys 59 Sacred Heart 70, Siena 58 Saint Louis 66, La Salle 57 UMass 82, Akron 68 ___ Titans continue coaching search by interviewing former Miami coach Mike McDaniel, AP source says 01/14/2026 01:25pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans met with former Miami coach Mike McDaniel on Wednesday, as the latest candidate evaluated in their search for a new head coach, according to a person familiar with the interview schedule. McDaniel was fired Jan. 8 after going 7-10 with Miami missing th February Charity of the Month 2026 01/14/2026 01:15pm • The WTOP February Charity of the Month is Easterseals Easterseals is removing barriers to well-being for thousands of people in our region. Since 1945, Easterseals has worked tirelessly to enhance quality of life and expand access to healthcare, education, and employment in DC, Maryland, a Florida officers wounded in ambush while stopping suspect in fatal shooting, police chief says 01/14/2026 01:08pm • GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Two police officers were shot Wednesday while responding to shots fired at a business in the city that is home to the University of Florida, but they didn't have life-threatening injuries, officials said. The two responding officers were ambushed as the suspect was trying Venezuela's acting president says the release of prisoners detained during former President Maduro's rule will continue 01/14/2026 01:07pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's acting president says the release of prisoners detained during former President Maduro's rule will continue. Casa Ruby founder sentenced to 33 months, told to pay nearly $1M for 'diversion of COVID-relief funds' 01/14/2026 12:52pm • The founder of Casa Ruby, a D.C.-based nonprofit, has been sentenced to 33 months behind bars and ordered to pay almost $1 million to the Small Business Administration. A judge ordered Ruby Jade Corado, 56, of D.C., to pay $956,215 in restitution after she funneled at least $150,000 in COVID-19 r The Washington Nationals are finally leaving MASN and setting up a local TV deal with MLB 01/14/2026 12:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Nationals finally are setting up their own deal for local television telecasts, announcing Wednesday that games will be produced and distributed by Major League Baseball after years of legal wrangling over a channel in which the Baltimore Orioles held a controlling Devils GM is 'working the phones daily' as Dougie Hamilton and Ondrej Palat trade rumors swirl 01/14/2026 12:48pm • NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — With trade rumors swirling around the underachieving New Jersey Devils, general manager Tom Fitzgerald said Wednesday he is making regular phone calls to improve the team. Defenseman Dougie Hamilton and winger Ondrej Palat are two of the established players most mentioned in th One DC Council member believes the city's school system should prepare in wake of declining birth rates 01/14/2026 12:41pm • For the past decade, birth rates have been declining in the District. One D.C. Council member is raising the alarm, urging D.C. public and charter schools to prepare for the coming changes in enrollment. According to the D.C. Policy Center, births have declined significantly from a high of 9,854 Royal Opera sees generation change as Jakub Hrůša and Speranza Scappucci come in 01/14/2026 12:40pm • LONDON (AP) — There’s a new generation this season at the Royal Opera in London, where Jakub Hrůša took over after Antonio Pappano’s 22-year reign as music director, and Speranza Scappucci became the first principal guest conductor in three decades. Hrůša led the company’s first new stag 2025 home sales stuck at 30-year low with prices high and mortgages onerous 01/14/2026 12:40pm • The U.S. housing market slump dragged into its fourth year in 2025 as sales remained stuck at a 30-year low with rising home prices and elevated mortgage rates keeping many prospective home shoppers out of the market. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes totaled 4.06 million last year, essentiall UK government urges police official to quit over ban of Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer fans 01/14/2026 12:39pm • LONDON (AP) — The U.K.'s home secretary on Wednesday urged the head of one of the country's leading police forces to resign following a report on how fans from Israeli soccer team Maccabi Tel Aviv were banned from a match against Premier League side Aston Villa in Birmingham last year. Shabana Mah