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...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Heavy snow and mixed precipitation possible. Widespread snow accumulations between 2 and 4 inches with up to 6 inches possible. Mixture of sleet and freezing rain possible south of I-40 up to the foothills of the Appalachians. …

By BILL BARROW and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to the Washington area for three days of state funeral rites starting Tuesday. The hearse carrying flag-draped casket of former President …

By The Associated Press undefined Facebook and Instagram owner Meta said Tuesday it’s scrapping its third-party fact-checking program and replacing it with Community Notes written by users similar to the model used by Elon Musk’s social media platform X. Starting in the U.S., Meta will end its fact-checking program with …

By PATRICK WHITTLE and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A major winter blast of snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures in the U.S. stirred dangerous travel conditions from central and southern states all the way to the East Coast early Monday, prompting schools and government offices in …

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Two wildly audacious films — Brady Corbet’s 215-minute postwar epic “The Brutalist” and Jacques Audiard’s Spanish language, genre-shifting trans musical “Emilia Perez” — won top honors at the 82nd Golden Globes on Sunday. The Globes, which are still finding their footing after years of …

By The Associated Press undefined CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Bash Wieland had 21 points in Chattanooga’s 81-68 victory over The Citadel on Saturday. Wieland added five rebounds for the Mocs (9-6, 1-1 Southern Conference). Trey Bonham added 12 points and five rebounds. Sean Cusano had 11 points. Brody Fox led …

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A blast of snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures stirred up dangerous travel conditions in parts of the central U.S. on Sunday, as a disruptive winter storm brought the possibility of the “heaviest snowfall in a decade” to …

By BILL BARROW Associated PressATLANTA (AP) — Six days of funeral observances for former President Jimmy Carter begin Saturday in Georgia, where he died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100.The first events reflect Carter’s climb up the political ladder, from the tiny town of Plains, Georgia, to decades …

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press Road conditions were deteriorating Saturday in the central U.S. as a winter storm brought a mix of snow, ice and plunging temperatures, with forecasts calling for the dreaded combo to spread eastward in the coming days. “Winter returned,” declared Bob Oravec, lead …

By TARA COPP, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press Investigators know that a highly decorated Army soldier shot himself in the head inside a Tesla Cybertruck packed with fireworks just before it exploded outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day, but authorities say there …