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01/04/2026

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01/04/2026

If your Gmail account is warning you that storage is full, you’re running into a common problem: your Google account only includes 15GB of free space, and that total is shared across Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos.

Struggling with a full Gmail inbox? Your 15GB of free Google storage is shared across Gmail, Drive, and Photos, so deleting emails alone may not solve the problem.

01/04/2026

"Wicked" composer Stephen Schwartz says he will not appear at the Kennedy Center after its board voted to attach President Donald Trump’s name to the venue.

“Wicked” composer Stephen Schwartz says he will not appear at the Kennedy Center after its board voted to attach President Donald Trump’s name to the venue.

01/04/2026

Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics, expiring U.S. tax breaks for buyers and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row.

Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics.

01/04/2026

Most Montgomery County Public Libraries will be closed Sundays moving forward, with the exception of nine regional branches.

01/04/2026

Young girls in Loudoun County, Virginia, interested in playing flag football will have a chance to do so in their own backyard.

The Loudoun County Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services is organizing its first girls’ flag football league this spring with a middle school and high school division.

01/03/2026

U.S. military forces captured Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, Saturday in an overnight raid that capped months of threats by President Donald Trump against the Maduro government.

Some Democratic U.S. lawmakers criticized the president for taking military action without congressional approval while Republicans hailed the move.

01/03/2026

While Christmas was more than a week ago and we are now in a new year, there is a question a lot of us are asking ourselves: Is it time to take down the holiday decorations?

WTOP polled tourists and locals at the National Christmas Tree at the Ellipse, and other D.C. locations, who gave a range of opinions.

01/03/2026

Nicolás Maduro, who rose from unionized bus driver to Venezuelan president and oversaw his country’s democratic undoing and economic collapse, was captured Saturday during an attack by U.S. forces on his capital.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Nicolás Maduro, who rose from unionized bus driver to Venezuelan president and oversaw his country’s democratic undoing and economic collapse, was captured Saturday during an…

01/03/2026

European national security advisers arrived in Kyiv on Saturday to discuss the latest peace proposals as a U.S.-led diplomatic push to end the nearly 4-year-old war in Ukraine intensifies.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — European national security advisors arrived in Kyiv on Saturday to discuss the latest peace proposals, as a U.S.-led diplomatic push to end the nearly 4-year-old war in Ukraine…

01/03/2026

Swiss authorities have opened a criminal investigation into the managers of the bar where a fire at a New Year’s party left 40 people dead, authorities said Saturday.

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss authorities have opened a criminal investigation into the managers of the bar where a fire at a New Year’s party left 40 people dead, authorities said Saturday.

01/03/2026

Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has reportedly flown back to Britain several days after a fatal car crash that killed two of his friends in Nigeria.

LONDON (AP) — Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has reportedly flown back to Britain several days after a fatal car crash that killed two of his friends in Nigeria. Sina Ghami and Latif…