KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian delegation was heading to Geneva on Monday for another round of U.S.-brokered talks with Russian officials, ahead of next week’s fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor.
There was no anticipation of any significant progress on ending the war at the Tuesday-Wednesday meeting in Switzerland as both sides appear to be sticking to their negotiating positions on key issues, despite the United States setting a June deadline to reach a
(AP) — Emerald Fennell’s bold reimagining of “Wuthering Heights” brought crowds of women to movie theaters this weekend. The Warner Bros. release topped the box office charts and nabbed the title for the year’s biggest opening with $34.8 million in ticket sales in its first three days in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. According to PostTrak polling, an estimated 76% of those ticket buyers were women. By the end of Monday’s Presidents Day holiday, the total could
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia baseball had high expectations coming into the 2026 season. The Mountaineers had a strong 2025, finishing with the best record in the Big 12 and a super regional appearance. On Feb. 13, WVU started its pursuit to surpass the super regional benchmark with a three-game series with Georgia Southern, and it wasn’t perfect, but the season is off to a great start.
WVU swept the Eagles with a lot of offensive fireworks and two close games. Aside from Game 1, which was close
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Michael Jordan, six-time NBA champion, is now a Daytona 500 winner, too.
Tyler Reddick won “The Great American Race” on Sunday with a last-lap pass at Daytona International Speedway that sent Jordan into a frantic celebration. The NBA Hall of Famer bear-hugged Reddick in victory lane and then jointly hoisted the Harley J. Earl trophy with the 23XI Racing driver.
Jordan, who turns 63 on Tuesday, will get a Daytona 500 ring for his birthday and made it known in victory
GENEVA (AP) — Iran and the United States will hold a second round of talks over Tehran’s nuclear program next week, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
Oman, which welcomed the first round of indirect talks on Feb. 6, will host the talks in Geneva, the Swiss ministry said, without specifying which days.
After the first discussions, U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tehran that failure to reach an agreement with his administration would be “very traumatic.”
Similar talks last year broke
(AP) — If you daydream about getting a break from work, you might picture two weeks of vacation or a long weekend getaway. But some people dare to imagine something bigger and find ways to get a substantial breather from stress or their day-to-day routines.
Mini-sabbaticals. Adult gap years. Micro-retirement. Extended career breaks go by many names and take many forms, from using the time between jobs to explore or taking an employer-approved leave to becoming a digital nomad or saving up for a
BUCKHANNON — A registered sex offender on the run from charges in Upshur County was captured near the small community of Helvetia in Randolph County this week.
James Anderson Roy, 59, was located and arrested by Sheriff Mike Coffman and members of the Upshur County Sheriff’s Office, who used multiple technology platforms to obtain Roy’s general location.
While searching for Roy in the area of Helvetia, Coffman located a vehicle matching the description of Roy’s. After locating Roy, Sheriff
When we read about the declining global birth rate, the idea of romantic love comes into question. Do “love and marriage” really “go together like a horse and carriage now?” Is the concept of “courtly love” out of date like the antique carriages that we only see in old movies? Now more people are single, or couples live together without being married. Do young people dream of the same happy ending that was the goal of those beautiful people acting in Hollywood before 1975?
According to an
Judith “Judy” Marion Goss Gottschall, 87, a resident of Norton, passed from this life Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, at home following a brief illness.
Judy was born Friday, Oct. 28, 1938, in Colwyn, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Henry Richard Goss and Dorothy Margaret Boone Goss.
On June 25, 1955, in Pennsylvania, she married Robert “Bob” Frederick Gottschall, who preceded her in death March 22, 2023.
Also left to cherish his memory are five children, Robert Gottschall Jr. and wife, Judy,
Mary Lou Childs Bishoff, 94, a resident of Elkins, West Virginia, departed this life early Friday morning, Feb. 13, 2026, at the Elkins Rehabilitation & Care Center at Elkins, West Virginia.
She was born Tuesday, March 17, 1931, at Albright, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Oakey Albert Childs and Edna Maxine Jefferys Childs.
On Dec. 18, 1948, she was married to Junior Ray Bishoff Sr., who survives.
Also surviving are one son, Junior Ray “JR” Bishoff Jr. and wife, Lynn, of Spencer; one
