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 …

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson vows to ‘drastically’ slash the size of government as Republicans take power in Congress.

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 …

FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — 2 people died and 18 were injured when a small plane crashed into a Southern California building, police say.

By GUERRY SMITH Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Locked in a defensive struggle in which neither team gained 300 yards, Georgia coach Kirby Smart made an aggressive but ill-fated decision late in the first half of the Sugar Bowl.Right after Notre Dame took a 6-3 lead on a 48-yard …