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Rafael Nadal shows he's not quite ready for retirement in a comeback win at the Italian Open 05/09/2024 05:12pm • ROME (AP) — For a brief stretch on Thursday, Rafael Nadal looked every bit of a weary 37-year-old player nearing retirement. Struggling to produce pace off both sides with his groundstrokes, committing an uncharacteristically high number of unforced errors and unable to stay in rallies, Nadal drop Biden administration will seek partial end to special court oversight of child migrants 05/09/2024 03:48pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration will seek to partially end the 27-year-old court supervision of how the federal government cares for child migrants traveling alone, shortly after producing its own list of safeguards against mistreatment, an attorney involved in the case says. The Justice "We are the GW Hospital Neurosurgery family" 05/09/2024 03:43pm • This content is provided by George Washington Hospital. Your neurological health affects your life and well-being in very important ways. The Neurosciences Institute at GW Hospital understands. That’s why we offer comprehensive neurology and neurosurgery services to help patients enjoy better l Militants bomb a girls school in northwestern Pakistan, once a Taliban stronghold. No one was harmed 05/09/2024 03:24pm • DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Militants detonated a bomb at a girls school in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the country's volatile northwest, badly damaging the structure, police said Thursday. No one was harmed in the overnight attack. There was no immediate claim of respon Fight over foreign money in politics stymies deal to assure President Joe Biden is on Ohio's ballot 05/09/2024 02:59pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The question of whether Democratic President Joe Biden will appear on Ohio's fall ballot has become entangled in a partisan legislative fight to keep foreign money out of state ballot campaigns, a year after cash tied to a Swiss billionaire boosted a successful effort to ensh Florida's major power company prepares for this year's hurricanes by dealing with a fake one 05/09/2024 02:51pm • WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Under blue skies, officials at Florida's largest power company dealt Thursday with the aftermath of a major hurricane that slammed into Miami and Fort Lauderdale — or a pretend one, anyway. Florida Power & Light is conducting its annual mock hurricane drill this 'Big Bear' on the prowl. Braves' Marcell Ozuna heading for another big year 05/09/2024 02:18pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Marcell Ozuna shrugged off the chants of “MVP! MVP! MVP!” The Atlanta Braves slugger knows, better than most, how fleeting the good times can be. “You have to be at the same level," Ozuna said, “so you don't get comfortable.” Only a year ago, his career was hanging by a th In new memoir, Tom Selleck looks back at the hard years that made him a star in 'Magnum, P.I.' 05/09/2024 11:35am • NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Selleck starts his memoir in the middle of a car crash. He is 17 and in the passenger seat when he and two friends go airborne in his mom's red Chevy Corvair, tumbling off Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles. Everyone would be eventually fine, but it's a harrowing moment and a uniq Polish defense minister fends off criticism after he says he keeps an emergency backpack ready 05/09/2024 10:37am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's defense minister said Thursday that since early in Russia's war against Ukraine he has kept an emergency backpack ready, drawing detractors who said his comments did not send a reassuring message about the country's safety. The comment from a high government officia Puerto Rico declares state of emergency as persistent rains unleash heavy flooding and landslides 05/09/2024 10:17am • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor has declared a state of emergency following heavy rains, widespread flooding and landslides in the U.S. territory. One person has been reported missing. Gov. Pedro Pierluisi also activated the National Guard on Wednesday to help 22 of the islan Winner of North Macedonia's parliamentary election to seek governing coalition partner 05/09/2024 09:53am • SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The head of a center-right 22-party coalition that emerged victorious in North Macedonia’s parliamentary election has fallen just short of gaining a parliamentary majority, leaving it reliant on entering a partnership with another party to form a government. The � Virginia health officials launch ‘surveillance system’ for kids sickened by cannabis 05/09/2024 08:48am • Virginia officials are instructing health care providers to start keeping track of “adverse events” involving children and teens being exposed to cannabis products. In an April 24 letter to clinicians, State Health Commissioner Karen Shelton said her agency had received enough reports of mi Jokic wins NBA's MVP award, his 3rd in 4 seasons. Gilgeous-Alexander and Doncic round out top 3 05/09/2024 08:06am • Nikola Jokic did it all again. And the MVP trophy is his again. Jokic, the Denver Nuggets star from Serbia, was announced Wednesday night as the NBA's Most Valuable Player — his third time winning the award in the past four seasons, a feat that just six other players in league history have accompl Passengers and crew safely evacuated after Boeing 737 plane's tire burst during landing in Turkey 05/09/2024 07:46am • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A total of 190 people were safely evacuated from a plane in Turkey on Thursday after one of its tires burst during landing at a southern airport, Turkey's transportation ministry said. No one was hurt. The Boeing 737-800, belonging to Turkey-based Corendon Airlines, stopped Japanese defense aircraft makes emergency landing after window glitch. No injuries were reported 05/09/2024 07:24am • TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese defense aircraft carrying eight people made an emergency landing at a commercial airport in central Japan Thursday after a cockpit window inadvertently slid open during its training flight, officials said. No damage or injuries were reported. The Japan Air Self-Defense Forc