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Budget office expects Federal Reserve to cut rates in 2026 01/08/2026 03:12pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Federal Reserve is expected to cut short-term rates in 2026, with its key interest rate settling at 3.4% towards the end of President Donald Trump 's term in office in 2028, according to a new report released Thursday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Despite th Early birds can begin filing their taxes on Jan. 26 this year 01/08/2026 03:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Jan. 26 marks the official start date of the 2026 tax filing season, when the IRS will begin accepting and processing 2025 tax returns. April 15 is the filing deadline to avoid penalties and interest. Tax season is the annual period when taxpayers prepare and submit their income Davis scores 32 as Hofstra knocks off Towson 78-67 01/08/2026 03:08pm • TOWSON, Md. (AP) ��� Cruz Davis put up 32 points as Hofstra beat Towson 78-67 on Thursday for the Pride's seventh straight win. Davis also contributed six rebounds for the Pride (12-4, 3-0 Coastal Athletic Association). Preston Edmead scored 18 points and added seven rebounds. German Plotnikov ha White Sox claim catcher Drew Romo off waivers from the Mets 01/08/2026 03:05pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� The Chicago White Sox claimed catcher Drew Romo off waivers on Thursday and designated infielder Ben Cowles for assignment. Romo, 24, appeared in three games with Colorado last year. He was claimed off waivers by Baltimore on Dec. 5 and by the New York Mets on Dec. 17. Romo was sele Hoyer laments House 'is not living up to the Founders��� goals' as he tells colleagues he's retiring 01/08/2026 03:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the longest-serving Democrat in Congress and once a rival to become House speaker, announced Thursday that he will retire at the end of his term. Hoyer, who served for years in party leadership and helped steer Democrats through some of their most si PGA Tour to expand equity program to include current FedEx Cup performance 01/08/2026 03:00pm • The PGA Tour is expanding its Player Equity Program to reward current performance, adding the top 50 in the FedEx Cup this year to those receiving recurring grants from a first-of-its-kind program that has topped $1 billion in equity for more than 200 players. Brian Rolapp, the CEO of PGA Tour Enter Directors Guild nominates Anderson, Coogler, del Toro, Safdie and Zhao for its top prize 01/08/2026 02:59pm • Paul Thomas Anderson, Ryan Coogler, Guillermo del Toro, Chlo�� Zhao and Josh Safdie have been nominated for the Directors Guild���s top prize. The organization announced feature film and first-time director nominees Thursday for the 78th annual Directors Guild Awards. The five films singled out for Randy Arozarena and Mariners agree to $15.65 million, 1-year contract, avoid arbitration 01/08/2026 02:50pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Outfielder Randy Arozarena and the Seattle Mariners agreed Thursday to a $15.65 million, one-year contract, a raise from $11.3 million last year. Arozarena, 30, is on track to be eligible for free agency after the World Series. Acquired from Tampa Bay in July 2024, he hit .238 with Democratic Fulton County commissioner announces bid to become Georgia secretary of state 01/08/2026 02:46pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� An elected leader in Georgia's Fulton County, which drew national attention after the 2020 election when President Donald Trump claimed without proof that voter fraud there cost him victory in Georgia, announced that she is running to be the state's top election official. Fulton Cou Hands over their hearts, law enforcement salutes DC police officer who died after being hit while helping stranded driver 01/08/2026 02:42pm • A D.C. police officer has died after being struck by a vehicle while helping a driver whose vehicle broke down on Interstate 695 in December, the police department announced Thursday. Officer Terry Bennett died Wednesday, over two weeks after he was seriously injured while assisting a driver Slow cleanup of deadly fire frustrates Loudoun neighbors facing 'daily reminder of arson' 01/08/2026 02:34pm • The petals have dried up, but bouquets of flowers remain in the chain link fence in front of the Sterling, Virginia, townhouse where 36-year-old Madelaine Akers lived and died in a fire on Oct. 24. However, neighbors on Riptide Square, in the Lowes Island neighborhood, have told WTOP they have gr ESPN's regular-season NBA games averaging 2.6 million viewers through Christmas, 2nd-ever best start 01/08/2026 02:19pm • BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) ��� ESPN has had one of its most-viewed starts to the NBA regular season since it started to carry games in 2002. According to the network and Nielsen, ESPN averaged 2.6 million viewers in its first 21 games through Christmas, a 35% increase from last season and the second most-w Judge blocks Trump administration from purging DEI-related terms from Head Start grant applications 01/08/2026 02:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration's efforts to remake Head Start, ordering it to stop purging words it associates with diversity, equity and inclusion from grant applications and barring it from laying off any more federal employees in the Office of US-Best-Sellers-Books-PW 01/08/2026 02:10pm • HARDCOVER FICTION 1. ���The Correspondent��� by Virginia Evans (Crown) 2. ���Alchemised��� by SenLinYu (Del Rey) 3. ���The Widow��� by John Grisham (Doubleday) 4. ���The Secret of Secrets��� by Dan Brown (Doubleday) 5. ���The Intruder��� by Freida McFadden (Poisoned Pen) 6. ���Brimstone (deluxe ed.) What to know about the rules for officers firing at a moving vehicle 01/08/2026 02:02pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� A federal immigration operation in Minneapolis turned deadly this week when a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good during a confrontation involving her vehicle. Cellphone video captured the shooting, which federal officials cla