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EPA proposes limiting power of states and tribes to block major projects over water concerns 01/13/2026 01:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed limiting states��� and Native American tribes��� power to wield the Clean Water Act to block major projects like natural gas pipelines, advancing the Trump administration's goal of accelerating the construction of new fossil Champions League winner PSG's $168M payment tops UEFA prize money list for last season 01/13/2026 01:36pm • GENEVA (AP) ��� Champions League winner Paris Saint-Germain topped the UEFA prize money table getting 144.4 million euros ($168 million) last season as the competition paid an extra 400 million euros ($466 million) among Europe's elite clubs in the expanded new format. The figures were confirmed in Democrats win in special election to fill open seats in Virginia General Assembly 01/13/2026 01:33pm • Check back with WTOP for live results of Virginia's special elections. Voters who headed to the polls on Tuesday for a special election in parts of Northern Virginia have filled two open seats in the state's General Assembly. In District 11, Democrat Gretchen Bulova won with over 68% of the v Temple assistant and former Cornell coach Bill Courtney dies at 55 01/13/2026 01:26pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Temple assistant and former Cornell coach Bill Courtney has died, the Owls announced Tuesday. He was 55. Temple called Courtney���s death a ���sudden passing��� and did not provide more details. ���I am shocked and heartbroken by the tragic news and passing of my close friend B Musk's AI chatbot faces global backlash over sexualized images of women and children 01/13/2026 01:14pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Just days after a global backlash erupted over Elon Musk���s AI chatbot Grok generating sexualized deepfakes of people, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon will embrace the technology. Hegseth said Monday that Grok will soon be deployed on ���every unclassified and clas Kansas City Royals move walls in at Kauffman Stadium to boost action and scoring 01/13/2026 01:13pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� There ought to be more balls flying out of Kauffman Stadium this season. The Kansas City Royals announced Tuesday they are moving their walls in for the upcoming season, something that has been demanded by fans for years, and that the club hopes will result in the most acti US and Mexico flag football teams will play a game during the Super Bowl week in an Olympic preview 01/13/2026 01:04pm • The week of the Super Bowl next month in San Francisco will feature not one but two marquee flag football games. It���s just another way to gain even more exposure for the game ahead of flag football's Olympic debut at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. First, the NFL's elite take the field on Feb. 3 as pa Tearful Nebraska state Sen. McKeon resigns amid accusations of inappropriate behavior 01/13/2026 12:52pm • State Sen. Dan McKeon tearfully announced his resignation from the Nebraska Legislature on Tuesday ahead of scheduled debate to expel him from the body after accusations that he made a sexually charged comment to a legislative staffer and touched her inappropriately during a session-end party last y Israel's recognition of breakaway Somaliland brings uproar and threats to a volatile region 01/13/2026 12:50pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Israel���s recognition of Somaliland has thrust the breakaway territory into the international spotlight, causing an uproar in the Horn of Africa and the Middle East as a surprise new factor in regional power struggles. For Israel, the decision reignites questions about the conten NFL's wild-card weekend was full of fourth-down fun and folly along with a dearth of punts 01/13/2026 12:47pm • The NFL set a record for fewest punts per game in 2025, and wild-card weekend was filled with fourth-down fun and folly as punters were mostly spectators, especially Chicago's Tory Taylor, who never stepped off the sideline in the Bears' come-from-behind win over the Green Bay Packers. In all, teams Fewer Americans sign up for Affordable Care Act health insurance as costs spike 01/13/2026 12:43pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Fewer Americans are signing up for Affordable Care Act health insurance plans this year, new federal data shows, as expiring subsidies and other factors push health expenses too high for many to manage. Nationally, around 800,000 fewer people have selected plans compared to a simil Photos of a community catch in an Indian fishing village marking the end of the harvest season 01/13/2026 12:41pm • GUWAHATI, India (AP) ��� The Indian fishing community of Jalikhora is celebrating the end of the harvest season, known as the Bhogali Bihu, on the east side of Guwahati. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. AP women's basketball player of the week is No. 14 Ohio State's Jaloni Cambridge 01/13/2026 12:33pm • The Associated Press national player of the week in women���s basketball for Week 10 of the season: Jaloni Cambridge, Ohio State The sophomore guard began the week with a career-high 41 points in the win at Illinois, becoming the first Buckeyes player to score 40 points in a game against a Big Ten o Trevor Noah to host Grammys for the sixth and final time 01/13/2026 12:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Trevor Noah will be hosting the Grammy Awards for the sixth consecutive year, but this time, it's being billed as a farewell gig. The Recording Academy announced Tuesday that the South African comedian is returning ���one final time��� for the Feb. 1 show, for which he will also s Maryland chef hopes to inspire kids to look beyond chicken strips 01/13/2026 12:25pm • Chef Anthony Thomas is never where you'd most suspect him to be. The social media star from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, could be Downtown or on Capitol Hill, cooking food to hand out to anyone passing by. He���ll also do it in parts of the D.C. region that don���t have much in the way of finer dini