NationalNew Yorkers held a funeral service for the MetroCardJanuary 2, 2026 | 6:26 PM GMTNew Yorkers gathered in Washington Square Park on Dec. 30 to mourn the New York City transit system's MetroCard, which is being replaced by OMNY, a contactless system that lets people tap their credit card or phone to pay for rides.
Inside the search for diamonds in Arkansas "GMA" takes you inside Arkansas' famous Crater of Diamonds State Park, one of the state’s top attractions.
But when he gets back to the White House, there’s a military golf course that he’s never played that he’s eyeing for a major construction project. AdvertisementTrump has always preferred the golf courses his family owns — spending about one of every four days of his second term at one of them. But he’s now enlisted golf champion Jack Nicklaus as the architect to overhaul the Courses at Andrews. “President Trump is a champion-level golfer with an extraordinary eye for detail and design,” White House spokesman Davis Ingle said in a statement. He had a White House golf simulator installed after then-first lady Michelle Obama asked Thomas how they might acquire a model that the president had seen advertised on the Golf Channel.
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That's the late and legendary ABC Sports announcer Keith Jackson, who coined that term for the Rose Bowl Game and it stuck. If a bronze Keith Jackson was going to be standing outside the Rose Bowl, he was going to look like Keith Jackson, right down to the penny loafers. And what about UCLA trying to break its Rose Bowl lease? After games at the Rose Bowl, the family would meet at Clancy's Crab Broiler in Glendale, where Keith regularly ordered the fish soup. Melanie said the family would sometimes get seats for the Rose Bowl, but it was never a fancy VIP experience.
WorldSparklers on champagne bottles led to Swiss bar fireJanuary 2, 2026 | 4:37 PM GMTDuring a news conference on Jan. 2, officials said sparklers on bottles of champagne caused the fire that killed at least 40 people at a bar in Switzerland.
FoodHere’s what our food critic thought of D.C.’s IslaJanuary 2, 2026 | 2:53 PM GMTWashington Post food critic Elazar Sontag enjoyed Chef Lonie Murdock's creative small dishes and sides at the new modern Caribbean restaurant.
Vigil held for victims of New Year's bar fire in Swiss Alps resort town Mourners held a vigil Thursday for victims of a fire that ripped through a popular bar in a resort town in the Swiss Alps early on New Year's Day.
Swiss officials rush to identify ski resort fire victimsAbout 40 people were killed and around 115 others injured in a fire at a New Year’s party in a ski resort bar in Switzerland. CNN's Nic Robertson reports that officials are still working to identify the people who were killed.
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Since the summer, Trump officials have been trumpeting the idea that job creation is booming for U.S.-born workers. Here’s what to know about how U.S.-born workers are faring under Trump’s immigration crackdown. Any drop in foreign-born workers artificially boosts the number of native-born workers reported each month. “Their claim is based on looking at the change of the level in employment for native and foreign-born workers,” Kolko said. And that rate climbed for native-born workers last year as job creation slowed, while changing little compared with a year ago for foreign-born workers.
“To keep Scotia alive, basically.”AdvertisementMary Bullwinkel, residential real estate sales coordinator for Town of Scotia Company, LLC, stands in front of the company’s offices. The Pacific Lumber Company was founded in 1863 as the Civil War raged. (The Pacific Lumber Company collection)1 2 1. The historic company town is working to attract new residents and businesses, but progress has been slow. Now he sounds like an urban planner when he describes the process of transforming a company town.
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Public health officials have issued an ocean water quality alert for all Los Angeles County beaches. In a notice issued Thursday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said the advisory will be in effect until at least 4 p.m. Monday because of increased bacteria levels. “Bacteria levels can increase significantly during and after rainstorms, as contaminants within the runoff enters the ocean,” the department said. The storm also triggered slides and major road closures across Los Angeles as well as swift water rescues in San Diego. A mudslide closed Big Tujunga Canyon Road in Angeles National Forest between the Angeles Forest Highway and Vogel Flat Road, marking the latest county road closure due to flooding and slides since Dec. 24.
