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Lithium-ion battery pack ignites Lansdowne house fire 11/17/2025 11:26am • A charging lithium-ion battery pack is to blame for a Saturday fire that left more than $1.2 million damages to a Lansdowne home. Just before noon, Loudoun emergency dispatchers received a 911 call reporting a house fire in the 19000 block of Kipheart Drive. Fire and rescue crews from Lansdown Hard-right former lawmaker Jos�� Antonio Kast leads in Chile's polarizing presidential runoff 11/17/2025 11:20am • SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) ��� A hard-right former lawmaker and admirer of U.S. President Donald Trump held the upper hand as Chile headed to a polarizing presidential runoff against a member of Chile's Communist Party representing the incumbent government. Jos�� Antonio Kast, an ultraconservative lawyer Immigrant student enrollment is dwindling at schools across the US amid immigration crackdowns 11/17/2025 10:44am • From Miami to San Diego, schools around the U.S. are seeing big drops in enrollment of students from immigrant families. In some cases, parents have been deported or voluntarily returned to their home countries, driven out by President Donald Trump���s sweeping immigration crackdown. Others have mo Sports on TV for Tuesday, Nov. 18 11/17/2025 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, Nov. 18 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN���S) 6:30 p.m. BTN ��� American U. at Rutgers ESPN ��� Michigan St. vs. Kentucky, New York 7 p.m. ACCN ��� Navy at North Carolina 8:30 p.m. BTN ��� SE Missouri St. at Iowa 9 p.m. ACCN ��� Monmout Former Chelsea player Oscar discharged from hospital after heart scare 11/17/2025 07:58am • SAO PAULO (AP) ��� Former Chelsea midfielder Oscar has been released from hospital, five days after being admitted with a heart issue. Oscar���s current club, Sao Paulo said in a statement that the player had been discharged on Sunday. It added that extensive tests had revealed Oscar had ���experien A new global rugby competition has been formally launched. Organizers say it can 'redefine' the game 11/17/2025 07:53am • Men���s international rugby was given a refresh Monday with the launch of a new, biennial global competition that overhauls the sport���s long-held schedule to create a battle of the hemispheres away from the World Cup. Starting in 2026, the Nations Championship will unify the international calendar Rugby takeaways: Ford fantastic for England and Carreras inspires Pumas comeback 11/17/2025 07:12am • LONDON (AP) ��� England earned a rare win over New Zealand and Argentina staged an incredible comeback from 21-0 down to beat Scotland 33-24 in autumn rugby at the weekend. George Ford drove England to the 33-19 victory a year after being blamed for a loss to the All Blacks. South Africa survived an Olympic gold-medalist Rowdy Gaines has tips for older swimmers, or if you're returning to the pool 11/17/2025 07:00am • Olympic gold-medalist Rowdy Gaines has swimming tips if you're an older swimmer, or returning to the pool after years away. Gaines won three Olympic gold medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Games and is widely known as the ���voice of swimming��� for his coverage of the Olympics with American network NBC Working Capital: These ambassadors in DC keep the streets clean and offer a friendly face 11/17/2025 04:23am • In the D.C. region, conversations often start with, ���What do you do?��� WTOP���s ���Working Capital��� series profiles the people whose jobs make the D.C. region run. Their jobs center around making downtown D.C. a clean place, all while having a smile on their face and helping any visitor Election campaign in Hungary heats up as Orb��n challenger P��ter Magyar gains rural support 11/17/2025 03:05am • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ��� With Hungary's parliamentary elections still five months away, the country is already immersed in an intense political campaign between Prime Minister Viktor Orb��n and his challenger, P��ter Magyar, that promises to be the biggest challenge of the nationalist leader's car Czech Republic plans $19 billion nuclear expansion to double output and end fossil fuel reliance 11/17/2025 01:27am • DUKOVANY NUCLEAR PLANT, Czech Republic (AP) ��� The eight huge cooling towers of the Dukovany power plant overlook a construction site for two more reactors as the Czech Republic pushes ahead with plans to expand its reliance on nuclear energy. Mobile drilling rigs have been extracting samples 140 m Lions' 4th-down flops, 3rd-down failures doom them in 16-9 loss in Philadelphia 11/17/2025 01:11am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Jared Goff tried to find the positives for the Lions ��� such as, a 40-yard touchdown pass to Jameson Williams ��� that seemingly meant little in a loss when an offense takes an oh-fer on fourth downs. Goff and the Lions fizzled on fourth. Try, 0 for 5. ���The fourth downs were George makes late 3 in 2OT, Markkanen scores 47 as Jazz beat Bulls 150-147 11/17/2025 12:08am • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ��� Keyonte George made 3-pointer with 2 seconds remaining in the second overtime, Lauri Markkanen scored 47 points and the Utah Jazz beat the Chicago Bulls 150-147 on Sunday night in the NBA's highest-scoring game of the season. George finished with 32 points ��� including six i Josh Allen dominates with 6 TDs pushing Bills past Buccaneers 44-32 11/16/2025 11:50pm • ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) ��� Josh Allen threw for three touchdowns and rushed for three more, the last on a rugged 9-yard run with 2:35 left that secured the Buffalo Bills��� 44-32 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. The eighth-year starter and reigning MVP became the first player with two g Rangers coach Mike Sullivan misses game against Red Wings because of personal matter 11/16/2025 10:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� New York Rangers coach Mike Sullivan missed their game Sunday night against Detroit because of personal reasons. New York announced Sullivan���s absence earlier in the day. No other details were provided. In his place, assistants David Quinn and Joe Sacco ran the bench during the R