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The afternoon sun illuminates hotels and houses in Vlasic, a ski resort affected by unusual warm weather in Bosnia, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. The exceptional wintertime warmth is affecting ski resorts across Bosnia, prompting tourism authorities in parts of the country to consider declaring a state of natural emergency. (AP Photo/Almir Alic)

Bosnian ski resorts suffer as Europe sees record warm winter

By Sabina Niksic and Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

Illustration on cooperation with communist China by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

It’s time to hold China’s engagers accountable

By Jim Fanell

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 1924, file photo, President Calvin Coolidge throws out the ball for the opening game of the 1924 World Series between the Washington Senators and the New York Giants in Washington. (AP Photo/File)

Looking back 100 years: Human nature never changes

By Cal Thomas

Three vehicles are submerged on Dillard Road west of Highway 99 in south Sacramento County in Wilton, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023, after heavy rains on New Year's Eve produced levee breaks. Saturday's system was warmer and wetter, while storms this week will be colder, said Hannah Chandler-Cooley, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Sacramento. The Sacramento region could receive a total of 4 to 5 inches (10 to 13 centimeters) of rain over the week, Chandler-Cooley said. (Hector Amezcua/The Sacramento Bee via AP)

Evacuation warnings amid flooding after California storm

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$In this photo provided by NYPD, New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell addresses the media during a news conference on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. A man wielding a machete attacked three police officers at the New Year’s Eve celebration in New York City, authorities said, striking two of them in the head before an officer shot the man in the shoulder. The two officers were hospitalized, one with a fractured skull and the other with a bad cut, but expected to recover. (NYPD via AP)$

Police probe motive in machete attack on officers near Times Square

By Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo and Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press

Cheer up! Baseball season is almost here Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

During ‘the Great Ellipsis,’ baseball fans have to make do with politics and other sports

By Robert Knight

Visitor relax during sunset at Ngapali Beach, in Myanmar's western Rakhine State, on New Year's Eve, Saturday, Dec.31, 2022. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Army in strife-torn Myanmar lifts curfew for New Year’s Eve

By Grant Peck - Associated Press

Ukrainian soldier Vasyl Khomko, 42, carries flowers as he waits for his wife and daughter at the train station in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. Khomko's wife and daughter have been living in Slovakia due to the war but returned to Kyiv to spend New Year's Eve together. (AP Photo/Roman Hrytsyna)

Russian strikes intensify as Ukrainians return for holiday

By Renata Brito - Associated Press

People walk at Zaryadye Park decorated for the New Year and Christmas festivities with the Kremlin Wall, the Spasskaya Tower, and the St. Basil's Cathedral in the background in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Revelers throng to New Year’s parties after COVID hiatus

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A pedestrian, who quickly after followed instructions, is given direction to a crosswalk by a traffic agent at W. 96th Street and Broadway in the Upper West Side of New York Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

New in 2023: Looser pot laws, higher minimum wages and no more jaywalking tickets in California

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - Washington Redskins coach George Allen, right, talks to newsmen Jan. 14, 1973, after his team was defeated by the Miami Dolphins in the NFL football Super Bowl in Los Angeles. (AP Photo, File)

LOVERRO: NFC title win 50 years ago still glows amid the darkness

By Thom Loverro

Make a worthwhile resolution

A cartoon tiger is displayed as shoppers wearing face masks to help protect fro the coronavirus ride on escalators at a mall during the Lunar New Year Eve in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. The pandemic is muting Lunar New Year celebrations again this year, though people around Asia are finding ways to mark the traditional holiday despite restrictions on travel, restaurants and large gatherings. The Lunar New Year falls on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Celebrations for Year of the Tiger are muted, but bring hope

By David Rising and Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

A traveler waits outside the Beijing railway station with her suitcase in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. The Beijing Winter Olympics is coinciding with the Chinese Lunar New Year and renewed Covid outbreaks prompting the Chinese authorities to call on the public to stay where they are instead of traveling to their hometowns for the year's most important family holiday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Chinese travel for Lunar New Year despite plea to stay put

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In this May 12, 2020, photo, a pedestrian passes a closed barbershop during the coronavirus pandemic, in the North End neighborhood of Boston. A new survey by the National Federation of Independent Business shows that the percentage of business owners expecting better economic conditions in the next six months decreased one point to a net negative 38% in November, tying a 48-year record low in optimism. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) **FILE**

Small businesses brace for more economic troubles

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Yoon Suk Yeol, center right, the presidential election candidate of South Korea's main opposition People Power Party (PPP), and Lee Jae-myung, center left, the presidential election candidate of the ruling Democratic Party, attend a ceremony for the first trading day of stock market at the Korea Exchange (KRX) in Seoul, South Korea Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. (Kim Hong-ji/Pool Photo via AP)

After a big 2021, Wall Street starts new year edging higher

By Damian J. Troise - Associated Press

President Joe Biden waves as he leaves St. Ann Roman Catholic Church after attending Mass in Wilmington, Del., Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Joe Biden has really sucky poll numbers

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Pope Francis delivers his homily as he celebrates a Mass for the solemnity of St. Mary at the beginning of the new year, in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope on new year: Pandemic is hard, but focus on the good

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as New Year's Eve celebrations begin in Sydney, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. (Dean Lewins/AAP Image via AP)

New Year’s Eve muted by omicron; many hoping for better 2022

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

Indians, some wearing face masks as a precaution against the COVID-19, crowd a weekly market in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. In India, which has been getting back to normal after a devastating COVID-19 outbreak earlier this year, omicron is once again raising fears, with more than 700 cases reported in the country of nearly 1.4 billion people. The capital, New Delhi, banned large gatherings for Christmas and New Year's, and many other states have announced new restrictions, including curfews and vaccination requirements at stores and restaurants. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Census Bureau: World grew by 74 million over past year

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