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Zion Williamson says new Pelicans exec Joe Dumars is demanding -- and he likes it 09/23/2025 04:27pm • METAIRIE, La. (AP) ��� Zion Williamson expects Joe Dumars to be tough on him. He wants that. And perhaps, he needs that. ���I like Joe; what you see is what you get," Williamson said Tuesday, on the eve of his seventh training camp with the New Orleans Pelicans. ���He���s going to hold me accountab Victim's son asks Alabama to stop execution of man who killed his mother in a gas station holdup 09/23/2025 03:47pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) ��� Will Berry was 11 when his mother was killed. Thirty-three-year-old Margaret Parrish Berry was shot in the back of the head during a robbery at the gas station where she worked. Geoffrey Todd West was 21 when he pulled the trigger, a decision he says he wishes each day that Atlanta Dream's Dan Padover wins record third WNBA Executive of the Year award 09/23/2025 03:25pm • Atlanta Dream general manager Dan Padover is in a class by himself, winning the WNBA Executive of the Year for a record third time Tuesday. Padover broke a tie with Minnesota's Cheryl Reeve, who has won the award twice. The 37-year-old Padover also won in 2020 and 2021 when he was with the Las Vegas Underdog Promo Code WTOP: Get Fantasy Bonus for MLB, NFL Picks This Week 09/23/2025 02:56pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services New daily fantasy players can take advantage of Underdog promo code WTOP and start winning bonuses. This is an opportunity to score a $ Ryder Cup money for the American players is about good charity and bad optics 09/23/2025 02:27pm • FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) ��� The Americans have become an easy target for Europe at this Ryder Cup, and it has nothing to do with how they have been outplayed over the last 30 years. It's about how much they're getting paid. Never mind that no American player has indicated plans to stuff their pockets GOP districts take early lead in Virginia���s first week of early voting 09/23/2025 12:44pm • Early voting in Virginia began just last week, but the first wave of ballots already shows Republican-leaning House of Delegates districts pulling ahead of their Democratic counterparts. Of the 20 districts with the highest number of ballots cast so far, 11 are strongly Republican or lean Republi Buzz builds in Atlanta as the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets surge to No. 16 in AP Top 25 09/23/2025 12:04pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Long-time Georgia Tech fan Luke Cowart can���t remember the last time the football program entered an ACC matchup as a two-touchdown favorite. Need proof? His name on X is Georgia Tech pain account. He���s been let down by this team a time or two. But this week, BetMGM Sportsbook li Maryland Democratic leaders tout electricity refund, keep grid operator in the hot seat 09/23/2025 10:59am • A roughly $40 rebate on electricity bills, approved by the General Assembly in April, finally started heading out to customers in August, with a second round expected in early 2026. Legislators took $200 million from a state fund for energy efficiency and renewable energy programs to send the ref ���It���s Zeek. I���ve been shot���: DC firefighter recounts harrowing struggle with armed robber 09/23/2025 04:44am • An off-duty D.C. firefighter, who was shot and seriously wounded Saturday night during an armed robbery on Capitol Hill, tells WTOP that his instinct was to "fight back." Gary ���Zeek��� Dziekan was walking home from a party at around 10:30 p.m. Saturday near the 200 block of 8th Street in Northe Editorial Roundup: United States 09/22/2025 10:53pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Sept. 19 The New York Times says the Trump Administration is trying to punish free speech A founding principle of the United States, enshrined in the Constitution���s opening amendment, is that our republic depends on citizens��� f Kamala Harris says she 'had a certain responsibility' to argue against Biden running again 09/22/2025 10:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Former Vice President Kamala Harris said Monday evening that she regrets not expressing her concerns about then-President Joe Biden running for a second term when a majority of Americans felt he was too old for the job. "I have and had a certain responsibility that I should have Bruce Pearl, winningest men's basketball coach in Auburn history, announces retirement 09/22/2025 09:19pm • AUBURN, Ala. (AP) ��� Auburn coach Bruce Pearl announced his retirement Monday less than six months after finishing the Tigers' best season in program history with another trip to the Final Four. Pearl's 38-year-old son Steven Pearl, who has been on his father's coaching staff for all 11 seasons at Block it out: Rams know they must shake off their gut-punch loss to Eagles with big challenges ahead 09/22/2025 07:04pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� The Los Angeles Rams are facing the conundrum of the comeback loss. They must decide whether to feel good about the first-half effort Sunday that allowed them to take a 19-point lead on the defending Super Bowl champions early in the third quarter ��� or to feel bad about the mi Charges dropped against ex-NBA guard Ben Gordon, arrested after juice shop disturbance 09/22/2025 06:54pm • STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) ��� Multiple criminal charges were dropped Monday against former NBA guard Ben Gordon, who was arrested in 2023 after authorities say he began behaving erratically in a Connecticut juice shop. Gordon, who also helped lead the University of Connecticut to the NCAA national champi Trump to meet with Democratic leaders over government shutdown 09/22/2025 06:34pm • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at Today on the Hill. Congressional Republicans and Democrats are in a government shutdown showdown that has shown no sign of compromise ahead of a deadline next week. But President Donald Trump