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Randy Arozarena and Mariners agree to $15.65 million, 1-year contract, avoid arbitration 01/08/2026 02:50pm • SEATTLE (AP) â 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) â 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 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' 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) â 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 Judge blocks Trump administration from purging DEI-related terms from Head Start grant applications 01/08/2026 02:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) â 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. âœThe Correspondentâ by Virginia Evans (Crown) 2. âœAlchemisedâ by SenLinYu (Del Rey) 3. âœThe Widowâ by John Grisham (Doubleday) 4. âœThe Secret of Secretsâ by Dan Brown (Doubleday) 5. âœThe Intruderâ by Freida McFadden (Poisoned Pen) 6. âœBrimstone (deluxe ed.) What to know about the rules for officers firing at a moving vehicle 01/08/2026 02:02pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) â 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 Trinity Rodman is back with the USWNT for the first time since April Trinity Rodman is back with the USWNT for the first time since April 01/08/2026 02:01pm • Trinity Rodman has returned to the U.S. women's team for its annual January training camp and a pair of matches against Paraguay and Chile. Rodman has not been named to a U.S. roster since last April because of injuries. She joins a group of 26 made up of National Women's Soccer League players be As a shooting unfolded at Brown, students turned to anonymous app for answers before official alerts As a shooting unfolded at Brown, students turned to anonymous app for answers before official alerts 01/08/2026 01:58pm • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) â When a gunman began firing inside an academic building on the Brown University campus, students didn't wait for official alerts warning of trouble. They got information almost instantly, in bits and bursts â through phones vibrating in pockets, messages from strangers, ru Anthony Joshua pays tribute to his friends killed in Nigeria car crash Anthony Joshua pays tribute to his friends killed in Nigeria car crash 01/08/2026 01:53pm • LONDON (AP) â Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has paid tribute to his two close friends who were killed in a car accident in Nigeria. Joshua sustained minor injuries in the late-December crash that killed Sina Ghami and Latif âœLatzâ Ayodele. The vehicle they were traveling in Gang violence forces medical nonprofit Doctors Without Borders to suspend services at Haiti clinic 01/08/2026 01:33pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) â Humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders said Thursday that it was suspending services at a clinic in a violent neighborhood of Haitiâs capital given ongoing clashes between police and armed groups. The announcement is a blow to the Bel-Air slum where the nonprofit Women's College Basketball Scores 01/08/2026 01:30pm • Thursday, Jan. 8 EAST Iona 77, Niagara 49 Manhattan 69, Canisius 43 Quinnipiac 70, Mount St Marys 44 Rider 61, Siena 59 Villanova 67, Xavier 50 ___ M23 rebel group holds a symbolic funeral for victims of drone strike in eastern Congo 01/08/2026 01:26pm • GOMA, Congo (AP) â The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group on Thursday held a symbolic burial for 22 people killed in a drone strike earlier this month in the North Kivu province in eastern Congo. M23 claimed that the attack, which targeted their military positions in the Masisi territory on Jan. 2, was Cell service could soon improve on National Mall and Tidal Basin Cell service could soon improve on National Mall and Tidal Basin 01/08/2026 01:25pm • If you've ever been on the National Mall and tried to post a picture on social media, send a text or make a phone call â you may have struggled to get through because of poor cell reception. The National Park Service and Department of the Interior are making plans to improve the cellular networ
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