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Blast of winter weather hits Midwest and East Coast and could bring snow to Florida

HOUSTON (AP) — A blast of winter weather brought snowfall and subfreezing wind chills across the Midwest and East Coast on Saturday as well as near-freezing temperatures in parts of the Sout...

DATE: Jan 17, 2026 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

AP obtains documents showing Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez has been on DEA's radar for years

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump announced the audacious capture of Nicolás Maduro to face drug trafficking charges in the U.S., he portrayed the strongman’s vice president and ...

DATE: Jan 17, 2026 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni secures 7th term as opposition rejects results

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won his seventh term with 71.65% of the vote, according to official results Saturday, in an election marred by a days-long internet s...

DATE: Jan 17, 2026 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Abigail Spanberger sworn in as Virginia's first woman governor

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Amid a cold drizzle, Democrat Abigail Spanberger was sworn into office Saturday at the state Capitol as Virginia’s first female governor after centuries of men holding t...

DATE: Jan 17, 2026 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Board of Peace for Gaza is forming with ambitions for a wider mandate of other conflicts

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” which was initially seen as a mechanism focused on ending the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, is taking shape with ambitions to have a ...

DATE: Jan 17, 2026 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

US launches another retaliatory strike in Syria, killing leader tied to deadly Islamic State ambush

WASHINGTON (AP) — A third round of retaliatory strikes by the U.S. in Syria resulted in the death of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated leader, who officials say had a direct tie to the Islamic State me...

DATE: Jan 17, 2026 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Israel objects to US announcement of leaders who will help oversee next steps in Gaza

NAHARIYA, Israel (AP) — Israel’s government is objecting to the White House announcement of leaders who will play a role in overseeing next steps in Gaza as the ceasefire moves into its chal...

DATE: Jan 17, 2026 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Trump says 8 European countries will face 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he would charge a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition ...

DATE: Jan 17, 2026 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Men's coach Joe Scott suspended by Air Force pending investigation into treatment of cadet-athletes

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — Air Force men's basketball coach Joe Scott has been indefinitely suspended pending an investigation into the treatment of cadet-athletes, the school said Satu...

DATE: Jan 17, 2026 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

US driver Kaillie Humphries Armbruster wins World Cup monobob race, building Olympic momentum

Kaillie Humphries Armbruster won Olympic gold when she was in her 20s. She won another Olympic gold in her 30s. And now 40, she seems ready to chase even more gold. Humphries Armbruster — wh...

DATE: Jan 17, 2026 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Family of Iranian protester searched for her body in a pile of corpses and buried her on a roadside

BEIRUT (AP) — Robina Aminian's family believes the college student was killed by a bullet fired by Iranian security forces straight into the back of her head. But her death in the nationwide...

DATE: Jan 17, 2026 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Ukrainian delegation arrives in US for peace talks as Russia hammers energy sites

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian delegation arrived in the United States for talks Saturday on a U.S.-led diplomatic push to end the nearly 4-year-old war as Russian attacks again took aim a...

DATE: Jan 17, 2026 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

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