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Jets' Justin Fields says his focus on his faith the past 6 months has helped him shake off criticism 08/12/2025 03:03pm • FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) ��� Justin Fields heard all the criticisms ��� and occasional kudos ��� that came his way from fans and media during his first four NFL seasons. The New York Jets quarterback would let it affect him, too. It would even shape his own opinions about his play and abilities. No m Republican lawmakers vow to keep heat on DC in federal crime crackdown 08/12/2025 03:01pm • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at Today on the Hill. Congressional Republicans are strongly backing President Donald Trump's federal crackdown on crime in D.C. and promising to hold District leaders accountable at an upcomin Sports on TV for Wednesday, August 13 08/12/2025 02:55pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Wednesday, August 13 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN���S) 5:45 a.m. (Thursday) FS1 ��� AFL: Brisbane at Penrith AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN���S) 5 a.m. (Thursday) FS2 ��� AFL: Collingwood at Carlton GOLF 7 p.m. GOLF ��� USGA: The U. Golf is not like team sports. It was never meant to have a finish line to the season 08/12/2025 02:46pm • OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) ��� Instead of outrage and grave concern that Rory McIlroy chose to sit out the first FedEx Cup playoff event ��� without dropping a single spot in the rankings ��� let it be a reminder that golf is not like other sports. These are not the ���playoffs.��� That's for team sp Israel targets and kills Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif in Gaza as journalist toll grows 08/12/2025 02:29pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Israel���s military targeted and killed an Al Jazeera correspondent and others with an airstrike late Sunday in Gaza, after press advocates said an Israeli ���smear campaign��� stepped up when Anas al-Sharif cried on air over starvation in the territory. Both Israel and hospital o From NFL stars to HBCU head coaches: Vick and Jackson on same path as they briefly reunite in Philly 08/12/2025 02:19pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Michael Vick tossed the ball to DeSean Jackson at much shorter distances than, say, the time the former Eagles connected on an 88-yard touchdown pass in 2010. Wearing a green polo shirt and cap, Vick still had some zip on the left arm. Jackson laughed as he made a few short What to know about Trump's potential change in federal marijuana policy 08/12/2025 02:07pm • President Donald Trump is taking a new look at reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in a move that could nudge the federal government closer to an approach already embraced in many states. Trump said Monday that he hopes to decide in the coming weeks about whether to support changes to US designates Baloch separatists as a terror group over role in attacks in Pakistan 08/12/2025 01:54pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� Pakistani officials on Tuesday welcomed a move by the U.S. State Department to designate a Pakistani separatist group as a foreign terrorist organization. The designation of the Balochistan Liberation Army and its fighting wing, the Majeed Brigade, blamed for deadly attacks in Ba Takeaways from AP's reporting on armed groups recruiting children in Colombia 08/12/2025 01:49pm • CALDONO, Colombia (AP) ��� When the armed groups that operate in Colombia's drug trade need new recruits, they are increasingly turning to the children of the regions where they are active. Confronting the problem often falls to Indigenous groups, who blame the government for doing too little to sto Violent guerrillas are taking Colombia's children. Unarmed Indigenous groups are confronting them 08/12/2025 01:46pm • CALDONO, Colombia (AP) ��� When Patricia Elago Zetty's 13-year-old son went missing in Colombia's conflict-ridden southwest, she didn't hesitate. Elago and five fellow members of the Indigenous Guard trekked across mountainous terrain to confront the guerrillas they suspected of taking her son and a Law enforcement experts say DC needs more judges to fight crime 08/12/2025 01:21pm • President Donald Trump is directing the federal government to take over the operations of D.C.'s police department for up to 30 days, under the D.C. Home Rule Act, and sending in hundreds of National Guard Troops. If that means more arrests, is the D.C. court system equipped to handle it? Judici Terry Cole named interim federal administrator for DC police 08/12/2025 01:09pm • Terry Cole has been selected by President Donald Trump to be the interim federal administrator for D.C.'s police department. Cole has a long history in both federal and Virginia law enforcement circles, but it's still not clear how extensive his role as leader will be. His appointment come Bills RB James Cook resumes practicing after weeklong 'hold-in' as part of contract standoff 08/12/2025 12:33pm • ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) ��� Buffalo Bills running back James Cook resumed practicing on Tuesday, ending ��� temporarily, at least ��� his ���hold-in��� as part of a contract standoff that began on Aug. 3. Cook took the field in uniform and participated throughout practice, including team drills, aft Delivery drones may soon take off in the US. Here's why 08/12/2025 12:29pm • Delivery drones are so fast they can zip a pint of ice cream to a customer���s driveway before it melts. Yet the long-promised technology has been slow to take off in the United States. More than six years after the Federal Aviation Administration approved commercial home deliveries with drones, the Parts of Europe burn as millions are facing record heat 08/12/2025 12:20pm • MADRID (AP) ��� Wildfires burned in parts of Europe on Tuesday as millions of people across the continent struggled to adapt to the new reality: record summer heat. Temperatures in some areas soared past 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit). Europe is warming faster than any other continent, at twice