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FIFA offers peace talks to player unions, leagues on legal threats about congested game schedules 05/10/2024 11:14am • GENEVA (AP) ��� FIFA offered peace talks to the global networks of player unions and domestic leagues on Friday after they threatened legal action about soccer���s congested international calendar. FIFPRO and the World Leagues Association aired long-held frustrations at FIFA adding new and bigger ev Lithuania holds a presidential vote as anxieties rise in the Baltics over Russia and war in Ukraine 05/10/2024 11:04am • VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) ��� Lithuania is holding a presidential election on Sunday at a time when Russian gains on the battlefield in Ukraine are fueling greater fears across all of Europe about Moscow's intentions, but particularly in the strategically important Baltic region. The popular incumbent 'FLiRT' COVID variants are spreading. Scientists share what we know so far. 05/10/2024 10:31am • ▶ Watch Video: Marking 4 years since the start of the COVID pandemic More than a third of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are now estimated to be from a new, fast-growing member of a group of so-called "FLiRT" variants, nicknamed for their small but distinctive changes relative to the JN.1 One man was a Capitol Police officer. The other rioted on Jan. 6. They're both running for Congress 05/10/2024 10:10am • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ��� For Derrick Evans, being part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol wasn���t enough. The former West Virginia lawmaker wants to make his path to the halls of Congress permanent. On the other side of the metal barricades that day, Police Officer Harry Dunn couldn't stand Sports on TV for May 11 - 12 05/10/2024 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, May 11 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL 5:30 a.m. FS2 ��� AFL: Western at Richmond 2 a.m. (Sunday) FS2 ��� AFL: Brisbane at Adelaide AUTO RACING 8:30 a.m. TRUTV ��� FIM MotoGP: The Michelin Grand Prix de France (Sprint), Le Mans, Fra Environmentalists attack a case holding a copy of the Magna Carta in London but document unscathed 05/10/2024 10:09am • LONDON (AP) ��� Two environmental activists attacked a glass case containing an original copy of the Magna Carta at the British Library on Friday, causing minor damage to the reinforced box but leaving the historic document unscathed. The pair of protesters from Just Stop Oil, a group that has cause Sports on TV for May 13 - 19 05/10/2024 10:00am • Adv11 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, May 13 NBA BASKETBALL 7 p.m. TNT ��� Eastern Conference Semifinal: Boston at Cleveland, Game 4 TRUTV ��� Eastern Conference Semifinal: Boston at Cleveland, Game 4 (BetCast) 10 p.m. TNT ��� Western Conference Semifinal: Okl Putin reappoints his prime minister, a technocrat who has kept a low political profile 05/10/2024 09:35am • MOSCOW (AP) ��� Russian President Vladimir Putin reappointed Mikhail Mishustin as the country���s prime minister on Friday, a widely anticipated move to keep on a technocrat who has maintained a low political profile. Mishustin and other technocrats in the Cabinet have been credited with maintaining Polish farmers march in Warsaw against EU climate policies and the country's pro-EU leader 05/10/2024 08:55am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) ��� Tens of thousands of disgruntled Polish farmers marched through downtown Warsaw on Friday to protest the European Union���s climate policies and oppose the pro-EU government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk. The march under the slogan ���Down with the Green Deal��� was organized Family petitions to rename Fairfax Co. road after daughter's fatal crash helped spur safety changes 05/10/2024 08:50am • In January 2023, 16-year-old Ariana Haftsavar was killed when the 2019 Lexus IS350 she was riding in left the road and rolled over. Her father tells WTOP Lee Chapel Road has been the site of many crashes. (Courtesy Bahman Haftsavar) A year-and-a-half after his daughter died in a crash on a treac Judge to decide whether to delay construction of Dominion���s offshore wind project 05/10/2024 08:44am • A federal judge will soon decide whether Dominion Energy obtained necessary federal approvals for its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, a 176-turbine wind farm environmental groups are backing as a critical source of renewable energy needed to combat climate change. Judge Loren L. AliKhan i AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Nebraska's presidential and state primaries 05/10/2024 07:44am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Nebraskans will cast presidential primary ballots Tuesday in a reliably Republican state that could nonetheless be a decisive one in the race for the White House. Voters will also decide several contested state primaries, including the U.S. Senate, where both Republican incumbent Raucous crowd roars its approval for Caitlin Clark in her home debut with Fever, an 83-80 win 05/10/2024 07:37am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Caitlin Clark walked into her new home arena Thursday night with No. 22 shirts and jerseys peppered from floor to ceiling. She left as a first-time WNBA winner. A late-arriving but louder-than-usual crowd roared during her official introduction to Fever fans and again when Clar Unusual floods in eastern Congo causing hardship to almost half a million people, WFP says 05/10/2024 07:18am • GOMA, Congo (AP) ��� Floods caused by unusually heavy rains in eastern Congo caused hardship for more than 470,000 people, the World Food Program said Wednesday. Heavy rains late last year caused rivers and lakes in the South Kivu and Tanganyika provinces to overflow, destroying crops, blocking road AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Maryland's presidential and state primaries 05/10/2024 07:07am • ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) ��� President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump look to add to their string of victories and pad their delegate totals in Maryland on Tuesday as the presidential primary campaign enters its final weeks. Voters will also decide contested primaries in a U.S. Senate race t