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Va. Gov. Youngkin orders state Board of Health to restrict transgender women athletes from female sports 10/03/2025 06:30am • Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has ordered the state's Board of Health to issue regulations that would prevent biological males from using locker rooms for female athletes, and from participating in organized women's sports. In a statement, Youngkin said the regulations under Executive Directive 14 France's new PM renounces using special powers at parliament to seek compromise instead 10/03/2025 05:32am • PARIS (AP) ��� France���s new prime minister announced Friday he would not use a special constitutional power to force a budget through parliament without a vote and will instead seek a compromise with lawmakers from the left and the right. S��bastien Lecornu, a 39 year-old centrist, was appointed This Virginia man is preparing to run his 40th Marine Corps Marathon 10/03/2025 05:16am • The 50th Marine Corps Marathon is less than a month away, and WTOP is highlighting some of the inspiring people getting ready to take part in what���s known as ���The People���s Marathon.��� On Monday, WTOP spoke to a nurse who's chosen to run the 26.2-mile distance for the first time. But th Springboks set to make history at Twickenham and backed by 70,000 fans 10/03/2025 04:45am • LONDON (AP) ��� South Africa will be 9,000 kilometers (5,600 miles) from home at Twickenham on Saturday and probably won't feel much of a difference. The Springboks were drawn to London by Argentina, which sacrificed staging the match at home for much bigger ticket revenue. The downside for the Puma Will Skelton returns from France (yet again) in bid to help Wallabies at the Rugby Championship 10/03/2025 01:50am • PERTH, Australia (AP) ��� Will Skelton was once again on the France-to-Australia shuttle in an attempt to help the Wallabies in Saturday's final Rugby Championship match against New Zealand. Skelton starred for the Wallabies in tests against the British and Irish Lions and South Africa before return From rooftops to honey jars, Athens is abuzz with urban beekeeping 10/03/2025 01:10am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� Nikos Chatzilias spends his days tending to buzzing bee colonies with a unique view out over the rooftops of Greece���s capital. He is among the dozens of Athenians who have embraced urban beekeeping to support local ecosystems, reconnect with nature and enjoy honey flavored Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges 10/03/2025 12:24am • The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned last year after a woman in Oklahoma accused the pastor of sexually abusing her in the 1980s pleaded guilty Thursday to five counts of lewd and indecent acts with a child, authorities said. Robert Preston Morris, 64, entered the pleas before a judge in Darvish exits early, bats go quiet as Padres get bounced from playoffs with Game 3 loss to Cubs 10/03/2025 12:10am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Yu Darvish made an early exit against his former team, and San Diego's big bats were a bust. It all added up to the Padres getting knocked out of the playoffs yet again, this time courtesy of the Chicago Cubs. ���It just sucks to be doing this, unfortunately," slugger Manny Machado Trump administration taps Army Reserve and National Guard for temporary immigration judges 10/03/2025 12:04am • SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� The Trump administration is tapping National Guard and Army Reserve lawyers to be temporary immigration judges after firing dozens of existing judges, the latest step in a broader plan that experts warn could harm immigration courts and the military justice system. Training for th Luxembourg's grand duke will abdicate, passing the throne to his son 10/02/2025 11:50pm • LUXEMBOURG (AP) ��� A monarchy at the heart of Europe is preparing for a generational change. Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg will abdicate the throne Friday after 25 years as head of state in favor of his eldest son, Guillaume. Henri has filled the largely ceremonial role of grand duke alongside his Trump administration cuts nearly $8B in clean energy projects in states that backed Harris 10/02/2025 10:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Trump administration is cancelling $7.6 billion in grants that supported hundreds of clean energy projects in 16 states, all of which voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in last year���s presidential election. The move comes as President Donald Trump threatens deep cuts in his f New Mexico Legislature approves bills to prop up rural health care, underwrite food assistance 10/02/2025 10:05pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) ��� New Mexico lawmakers moved quickly Thursday at a special legislative session to prop up funding for food assistance and rural health care services in response to President Donald Trump���s cuts to federal spending on Medicaid and nutrition programs. The Democratic-led Legisla Putin praises Trump but warns supplies of US long-range missiles to Ukraine will badly hurt ties 10/02/2025 09:50pm • MOSCOW (AP) ��� Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the United States that supplies of long-range missiles to Ukraine will seriously damage relations between Moscow and Washington but will not change the situation on the battlefield, where the Russian army is making slow but steady advances. The FDA approves another generic abortion pill, prompting outrage from conservatives 10/02/2025 09:35pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Federal officials have approved another generic version of the abortion pill mifepristone, a regulatory formality that quickly triggered pushback from anti-abortion groups and politicians aligned with the Trump administration. Drugmaker Evita Solutions announced on its website th The blame game is on at federal agencies, where political messages fault Democrats for the shutdown 10/02/2025 08:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Army veteran Samuel Port couldn���t believe what he was reading in his latest weekly newsletter emailed from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. It blamed Senate Democrats for the federal shutdown, saying they were blocking a stopgap bill to fund the government ���due to unrel