2026 is here and its not too late for you to pick your New Years resolution. WTOP asked several people what changes they were bringing into the new year.

Yosemite, Upper San Joaquin River, Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge and Kings Canyon NP were placed under a winter weather advisory by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 12:35 a.m. The advisory is valid from Saturday 1 a.m. until Sunday Jan. 4, at 1 p.m.

A massive fire has ripped through a bar in the Alpine ski resort of Crans-Montana which has left many people dead and injured during New Years celebrations

Affordable Care Act subsidies expired overnight as the calendar turned to 2026, causing concerns for millions of Americans. The subsidies helped lower out-of-pocket expenses for...

A new mayor took charge in New York City just after the ball dropped to mark the beginning of the new year. Zohran Mamdani, 34,...

Dozens of international humanitarian organisations will be banned from operating in the devastated Gaza Strip after Israel said the groups had not complied with a deadline to meet "security and transparency standards". A number of aid groups have refused to submit a list of their Palestinian staff over fears they will be targeted by Israel.

It's probably a good thing that Nick Boyd came into Greg Gard's life now rather than, say, five years ago.

I'm on a mission to see all my music heroes live before they depart the stage for good and to urge you to do the same. My message is: Hurry up, because the curtains are closing.

For anyone aiming to cut back drinking, January's arrival times perfectly. Some may have simply overdone it through the long holiday stretch, when alcohol seemed piped into any vaguely celebratory event. Some may worry that they're beginning to forget the…

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WASHINGTON The U.S. military said Wednesday it struck three more boats that were allegedly smuggling drugs, killing three people while others jumped overboard and may have survived.

WASHINGTON The Department of Justice expanded its review of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to 5.2 million as it also increased the number of attorneys trying to comply with a law mandating release of…

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BEIJING China's People's Liberation Army said Wednesday it "successfully completed" two days of military exercises in the waters off Taiwan, concluding high-powered maneuvers aimed at asserting its sovereignty over the island actions that ratcheted up tension in East…

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MADISON A fence was damaged by gunfire on the Far East Side early Wednesday morning, Madison police reported.

KYIV, Ukraine Russian drones blasted apartment buildings and the power grid in the southern Ukraine city of Odesa in an overnight attack that injured six people, including a toddler and two other children, officials said Wednesday.

MILWAUKEE Two wheelchair-repair experts have launched a new program to make sure those who rely on wheelchairs have what they need, when they need it.

TOWN OF DANE A Madison man faces an OWI after crashing into a house northwest of Waunakee on Tuesday afternoon, the Dane County Sheriff's Office reported.

JANESVILLE A crash Wednesday morning closed a stretch of Highway 51 in both directions in Janesville for about 4 hours, Janesville police reported.

There were five homicides in Madison in 2025, all firearm-related deaths concentrated on the city's North and East sides, according to Madison police.

Oneida Nation officials are coming under fire by tribal members after it was discovered one of the tribe's subsidiaries entered into contracts with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.

Happy New Year, Madison. The last refrains of "Auld Lang Syne" have faded to silence, the champagne bottles are sticky around the rims and the celebratory sequins have migrated from clothing to sidewalks. As you emerge from the New Year…

MELBOURNE, Australia Drummers pounded in the New Year and a stampede of computer-generated horses was shown over a section of the Great Wall as China and the rest of East Asia marked the start of 2026.