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Jordanian man attacks Florida power facility and private businesses over their support for Israel 08/15/2024 01:17pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� A Jordanian man living in central Florida is accused of causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage at a solar power facility and vandalizing multiple private businesses over their perceived support for the state of Israel, prosecutors said. Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen Mauricio Pochettino negotiating to succeed Gregg Berhalter as U.S. soccer coach, AP source says 08/15/2024 12:48pm • Mauricio Pochettino and the U.S. Soccer Federation are working toward a deal for him to become the men's national team coach, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. Pochettino, the former Tottenham, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain coach, has agreed to take over as the U.S Conte back in Italy with Napoli and one of 14 coaching changes in Serie A 08/15/2024 12:00pm • MILAN (AP) ��� He���s back. Antonio Conte has returned to Serie A with the mission of helping Napoli recover from one of the worst title defences in Italian league history. Napoli ran away with the title in 2023 but had a torrid time last season and finished a woeful 10th. Instead it was one of Cont 39 candidates are approved for Sri Lanka's presidential election, the highest number ever 08/15/2024 11:35am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ��� Sri Lanka���s elections commission on Thursday accepted applications from a record 39 candidates to run in next month���s presidential election, which will decide the course of the country's financial reforms to survive an unprecedented economic crisis. The commission rec Big 12 bigger even after losing two national champs, newcomer Utah is league's highest-ranked team 08/15/2024 10:55am • The Big 12 has gotten bigger even after the departures of two national champions, with a westward expansion and a ���Prime��� addition among the league's four newcomers. Mike Gundy is going into his 20th season as 17th-ranked Oklahoma State coach and has been part of all the Big 12's configurations 16 villagers in eastern Congo killed as fighting continues despite a cease-fire 08/15/2024 10:52am • KINSHASA, Congo (AP) ��� Clashes between local rebels and pro-government militias in eastern Congo killed 16 villagers Thursday, a government official said, the latest violation of a cease-fire announced to help millions displaced in the region. The villagers were killed in the Rutshuru territory in 88-year-old victim in Boar's Head deli meat outbreak underscores risks for those most vulnerable 08/15/2024 10:39am • A lifelong lover of liverwurst, Sue Fleming relished the smoked sausage her husband brought home every few weeks from the grocery store deli. Patrick Fleming always made sure to buy Boar���s Head braunschweiger, the type she liked best, even though it could be costlier than other brands. ���My whol Ruling that bounced Kennedy from New York ballot could challenge him in other states 08/15/2024 10:04am • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) ��� Robert F. Kennedy Jr.���s independent presidential campaign suffered a blow this week when a judge in New York invalidated his petition to put his name on the state ballot, a ruling that could potentially create problems for the candidate as he faces challenges elsewhere. Kenne Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Aug. 16 - Aug. 22 08/15/2024 10:00am • Aug. 20 1921 ��� Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats Mary Browne, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to win the U.S. women���s national tennis title at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia. 1931 ��� Helen Wills Moody beats Eileen Bennett Whitingstall 6-4, 6-1 to capture the women���s title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Assoc Where to find new school zone speed cameras in Arlington County 08/15/2024 09:11am • From vaping, the cost of school supplies to cellphone policies, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow on air and online in our series�����WTOP Goes Back to School�����this August and September. When students return to school in Arlington DC���s famed Jockey Club to make a grand return 08/15/2024 08:53am • The Jockey Club, a see-and-be-seen restaurant for politicians and power brokers for 50 years, will make a grand return to the same place where it started, in the historic Fairfax Hotel in D.C. The Fairfax Hotel, which opened in 1927, has been redeveloped as an ultra-luxury senior living community Students who ousted Hasina are helping lead Bangladesh, from the streets to the ministries 08/15/2024 08:15am • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ��� Within a week of unseating Bangladesh���s longest-serving prime minister, the students who drove out Sheikh Hasina were directing Dhaka���s traffic. Decked out in neon vests, their university IDs slung around their necks, they clutch sticks and umbrellas to wave cars this India's Modi voices concern over unrest in neighboring Bangladesh and attacks on Hindus there 08/15/2024 08:15am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed concern over the unrest that led to a change of government in neighboring Bangladesh and the attacks on Hindus and other minorities there. Modi addressed his nation from New Delhi���s 17th-century Mughal-era Red Fort on its As Gaza death toll passes 40,000, corpses are buried in yards, streets, tiered graves 08/15/2024 07:22am • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� Tiers of graves are stacked deep underground in a bloated Gaza cemetery, where Sa���di Baraka spends his days hacking at the earth, making room for more dead. ���Sometimes we make graves on top of graves,��� he said. Baraka and his solemn corps of volunteer gravedi Boise State, UNLV favored in Mountain West, which has Pac-12's Oregon St, Washington St on schedule 08/15/2024 06:10am • For all that has changed in college athletics, Boise State being favored in the Mountain West remains a remarkable constant. The Broncos were picked for the 17th consecutive year to win a conference or division title, including all 14 years they have been in the Mountain West. Boise State's Spencer