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Former world champion Alaphilippe wins the hilly 12th stage of the Giro. Pogacar still leads 05/16/2024 11:33am • FANO, Italy (AP) ��� Two-time world champion Julian Alaphilippe won the hilly 12th stage of the Giro d���Italia on Thursday with a solo breakaway, while Tadej Pogacar finished safely in the main pack to retain the pink jersey. It was Alaphilippe���s first victory in the Giro, to go with his six stag Webb telescope uncovers merger of two massive black holes from early universe 05/16/2024 11:15am • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ��� The Webb Space Telescope has discovered the earliest known merger of black holes. These two gigantic black holes and their galaxies consolidated just 740 million years after the universe-forming Big Bang. It's the most distant detection ever made of merging black holes Greek defense team says 9 Egyptians accused of causing deadly shipwreck were misidentified as crew 05/16/2024 10:59am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� The legal defense team for nine Egyptian men due to go on trial in southern Greece next week accused of causing one of the Mediterranean's deadliest shipwrecks said Thursday they will argue that Greece has no jurisdiction in the case, and insisted their clients were innocent Today in Sports - Week Ahead, May 17 - May 23 05/16/2024 10:05am • May 17 1875 ��� Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby by one-quarter length over Volcano. The day marks the opening of Churchill Downs with an estimated 10,000 spectators witnessing the first Derby. Aristides is ridden and trained by African Americans Oliver Lewis and Ansel Williamson, respectivel Today in Sports - Week Ahead, May 17 - May 23 05/16/2024 10:00am • May 21 1881 ��� A small group of tennis club members meets at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City to form the world���s first national governing body for tennis: the United States National Lawn Tennis Association. The new organization is created to standardize tennis rules and regulations and to All eyes are on Coppola in Cannes. Sound familiar? 05/16/2024 08:10am • CANNES, France (AP) ��� Francis Ford Coppola on Thursday will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival a film on which he has risked everything, one that's arriving clouded by rumors of production turmoil. Sound familiar? On Thursday, Coppola's self-financed opus ���Megalopolis��� will make its much-awa Indonesia raises alert for Mount Ibu volcano to highest level following a series of eruptions 05/16/2024 07:00am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ��� Indonesian authorities on Thursday raised the alert level for Mount Ibu, a volcano in North Maluku province, to the highest level following a series of eruptions since last week. The 1,325-meter (4,347-foot) volcano on the northwest coast of the remote island of Halmahera The NFL schedule-makers have the Chiefs playing on every day but Tuesday next season 05/16/2024 06:00am • With their record-setting quarterback and pop-star dating tight end, the Kansas City Chiefs were the NFL's version of the Beatles last season. This season Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Chiefs will be as close to matching the Beatles' ���Eight Days a Week��� as any NFL team in nearly 100 year Matt About Town: Doughnuts with a side of history ��� explore the District���s Underground Donut Tour 05/16/2024 05:47am • .in-article-vertical-video {float: right; padding-left: 10px;width:300px !important;}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.in-article-vertical-video {float: none; padding-left: 20px;}}.in-article-vertical-video connatix_video_caption {width: 300px !important;}#tnvbNcaMHUrl {margin-bottom: 1 China and Cambodia begin 15-day military exercises as questions grow about Beijing's influence 05/16/2024 05:04am • SVAY CHOK, Cambodia (AP) ��� Cambodia and China began 15-day military exercises on Thursday as questions grow about Beijing's increasing influence in the Southeast Asian nation. About 1,315 Cambodian military personnel and 760 Chinese are participating in the regular ���Golden Dragon��� ground and s Slovakia���s prime minister is expected to survive assassination attempt, deputy says 05/16/2024 01:56am • BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (AP) ��� Slovakia���s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times and gravely wounded Wednesday, but his deputy prime minister said he believed Fico would survive. The prime minister had been greeting supporters at an event when the attempted assassination t Filipino activists decide not to sail closer to disputed shoal, avoiding clash with Chinese ships 05/16/2024 01:43am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) ��� About 100 Filipino activists on wooden boats have decided not to sail closer to a fiercely disputed shoal in the South China Sea on Thursday to avoid a confrontation with dozens of Chinese coast guard and suspected militia ships guarding the area. Accompanied by journali Makar scores 2 goals and Avalanche beat Stars 5-3 in Game 5 to stay alive in playoffs 05/16/2024 12:53am • DALLAS (AP) ��� Colorado finally got to play with the lead against the Dallas Stars, though the Avalanche are still behind in the series. Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar scored two goals, the second after Casey Mittelstadt���s go-ahead tally in the third period, and they beat top-seeded Dallas 5-3 Today in History: May 16, Nazis crush Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 05/16/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Thursday, May 16, the 137th day of 2024. There are 229 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On May 16, 1943, the nearly month-long Warsaw Ghetto Uprising came to an end as German forces crushed the Jewish resistance and blew up the Great Synagogue. On Fire threat eases near Canada's oil sands hub, but a long, hot summer looms 05/15/2024 11:22pm • The threat from a wildfire near Canada's oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, appeared to be easing on Wednesday, a day after it forced thousands of residents to evacuate and stirred memories of a damaging blaze nearly a decade earlier. Favorable winds were expected to push the fire away from th