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Disease of 1,000 faces shows how science is tackling immunity’s dark side 11/06/2025 02:37pm • Doctor after doctor misdiagnosed or shrugged off Ruth Wilson’s rashes, swelling, fevers and severe pain for six years. She saved her life by begging for one more test in an emergency room about to send her home, again, without answers. That last-ditch test found the Massachusetts woman’s kidneys Movie Review: A fierce Sydney Sweeney pulls no punches in harrowing boxing biopic 'Christy' 11/06/2025 02:13pm • At one point deep into “Christy,” the boxer Christy Martin, played with ferocious commitment by Sydney Sweeney, describes how she feels being in the ring. It’s not what you’d expect. It’s where she finds quiet, she says. Such a line at the beginning of this two-hour plus film would have be Ukraine says it has hit a major Russian oil refinery with long-range drones 11/06/2025 10:58am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian drones struck a major oil refinery in Russia’s Volgograd region for the second time in almost three months, Ukraine’s general staff said Thursday. Russian officials did not confirm the attack, although the local governor said drones started a fire at an unspecifi DC National Guard deployment in the nation's capital ordered by Trump is extended to Feb. 28 11/06/2025 09:30am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington D.C. National Guard will be deployed to the nation’s capital through the end of February, according to formal orders reviewed by The Associated Press. The formal order, dated Nov. 4, extends the original order from Aug. 11 and says the Guard members will be in Slime, Battleship and Trivial Pursuit join the Toy Hall of Fame 11/06/2025 09:18am • Slime, that gooey, sticky and often-homemade plaything, was enshrined into the National Toy Hall of Fame on Thursday along with perennial bestselling games Battleship and Trivial Pursuit. Each year, the Hall of Fame recognizes toys that have inspired creative play across generations, culling its fin Dutch court dismisses appeal seeking to halt weapons exports to Israel 11/06/2025 08:22am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch appeals court on Thursday dismissed an appeal by a group of human rights organizations that filed a lawsuit arguing the Netherlands was violating international law by continuing to sell weapons to Israel. The Hague Court of Appeal found that although “there Attackers board a ship off the coast of Somalia after firing rocket-propelled grenades 11/06/2025 07:32am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Attackers firing machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades boarded a tanker carrying gasoline off the coast of Somalia on Thursday, authorities said, likely the latest assault by resurgent Somali pirates operating in the region. A series of recent attacks attrib Man City and Liverpool in danger of losing more ground on leader Arsenal 11/06/2025 06:31am • MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The stage is set for the latest showdown between the Premier League's most dominant teams in recent years when Manchester City hosts Liverpool on Sunday. Both teams have had their problems this season but produced impressive wins in the Champions League midweek. Defendi An American man and his son die after suffering stings from a swarm of wasps while ziplining in Laos 11/06/2025 06:22am • BANGKOK (AP) — An American man and his teenage son died last month after they were swarmed by wasps while ziplining at an adventure camp in Laos and stung many dozens of times, a hospital official said Thursday. Dan Owen, the director of an international school in neighboring Vietnam, and his son 'Restoring faith': Elizabeth Guzmán shares goals after unseating incumbent in Va. House of Delegates race 11/06/2025 05:35am • After finishing her day job as a social worker, Elizabeth Guzmán has spent her nearly two-hour commute back to Prince William County calling potential donors and asking for their support in recent weeks. Guzmán didn't mind the time spent in gridlock, because it created an opportunity to connec Trump has other tariff options if the Supreme Court strikes down his worldwide import taxes 11/06/2025 05:27am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has warned that the United States will be rendered “defenseless’’ and possibly "reduced to almost Third World status" if the Supreme Court strikes down the tariffs he imposed this year on nearly every country on earth. The justices sounded skeptical d Analysis: How missteps and misjudgments are eroding American security 11/06/2025 04:21am • Editor's Note: For the past year, WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green has investigated a growing national security crisis fueled by a combination of escalating foreign intrusions and internal missteps. In his series, "National InSecurity," he examines how America’s digital defenses hav Explosion at Mississippi chemical plant causes ammonia leak, evacuations 11/06/2025 12:44am • YAZOO CITY, Miss. (AP) — An explosion at a hydrogen and nitrogen product manufacturer in Mississippi on Wednesday caused an ammonia leak and forced nearby residents to evacuate, officials said. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said in a post on the social platform X that emergency officials from acros Philippine president declares a state of emergency after Typhoon Kalmaegi left at least 241 people dead and missing 11/05/2025 10:10pm • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine president declares a state of emergency after Typhoon Kalmaegi left at least 241 people dead and missing. Chicago day care worker detained by immigration agents at drop-off time for children 11/05/2025 08:49pm • CHICAGO (AP) — An employee of a Chicago day care center and preschool was detained by immigration agents at work as children were being dropped off Wednesday, according to witnesses, reflecting the Trump administration's increasingly aggressive enforcement tactics. The employee ran from a vehicle