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Man arrested for WNBA sex-toy throwing at Liberty game, the 3rd arrest in string of disturbances 08/21/2025 02:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� An Ohio man was arrested for the throwing of a sex toy at a WNBA game in New York, police said Thursday. It's the latest development in a string of disturbances where similar toys were tossed at WNBA games across the country, resulting in at least three arrests. Charles Burgess, 32 Texas House approves redrawn maps sought by Trump ahead of 2026 elections 08/21/2025 01:46pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� The Texas House on Wednesday approved redrawn congressional maps that would give Republicans a bigger edge in 2026, muscling through a partisan gerrymander that launched weeks of protests by Democrats and a widening national battle over redistricting. The approval came at the Lawyers ask judge to order ICE to free Spanish-language journalist from immigration detention 08/21/2025 01:37pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Lawyers for a Spanish-language journalist who has been held in federal immigration detention since June argue in a court filing that the government is retaliating against him for his news coverage and is holding him in violation of his constitutional rights. Local police in DeKalb C Volunteers suspend Ruby Whitehorn indefinitely nearly 2 weeks after arrest 08/21/2025 01:15pm • KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� The Tennessee Volunteers have suspended fourth-year guard Ruby Whitehorn indefinitely following her recent arrest on felony charges of domestic assault and aggravated burglary. Last week, Whitehorn's attorney, Gregory P. Isaacs, said Whitehorn will plead not guilty at her p Expanded curfew issued for teens on U Street in DC 08/21/2025 12:19pm • The D.C. police department has established a curfew zone for kids and teens in the District's U Street corridor, effective from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. from Thursday to Sunday. Chief of Police Pamela Smith announced the expanded curfew Wednesday. Anyone 17 years old and under within the zone is not all Ukrainian man arrested in Italy over Nord Stream pipeline blasts 08/21/2025 10:33am • BERLIN (AP) ��� A Ukrainian man suspected to be one of the coordinators of undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany in 2022 was arrested in Italy on Thursday, authorities said. The 49-year-old was detained in the early hours in San Clemente, a village 750 HHS employees send signed letter to RFK Jr. asking him to stop spreading misinformation 08/21/2025 09:55am • (WASHINGTON) -- More than 750 employees across the Department of Health and Human Services sent a signed letter to members of Congress and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday morning, calling on the secretary to stop spreading misinformation. The letter states the deadly shooting th Premier League: A new era begins at Everton while Eze and Isak in transfer sagas 08/21/2025 05:37am • Everton will be showing off its new stadium this weekend. Might Arsenal be showing off a bold new signing? The second round of the Premier League will see Everton finally begin life away from its long-time home of Goodison Park when the team plays the first competitive game at its waterfront, 53,000 At least 600 CDC employees are getting final termination notices, union says 08/21/2025 05:05am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� At least 600 employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are receiving permanent termination notices in the wake of a recent court decision that protected some CDC employees from layoffs but not others. The notices went out this week and many people have not yet Cheetah cubs destined for the illegal trade in exotic wildlife rescued in Somaliland 08/21/2025 04:15am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� Ten cheetah cubs held in captivity since birth and destined for international wildlife trade markets have been rescued in Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia Laurie Marker, the founder of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF). which is caring for the cubs, said Wednesday Today in History: August 21, Nat Turner launches rebellion 08/21/2025 04:10am • Today is Thursday, Aug. 21, the 233rd day of 2025. There are 132 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 21, 1831, Nat Turner launched a violent slave rebellion in Virginia, resulting in the deaths of at least 55 white people; scores of Black people were killed in retribution in the afterma Grand ceremony and parade mark 60 years of Chinese Communist Party rule in Tibet 08/21/2025 04:08am • BEIJING (AP) ��� With leader Xi Jinping looking on, China marked 60 years of Communist Party rule in Tibet on Thursday with speeches and a parade in front of the 17th-century Potala Palace, the home of the Dalai Lama until he fled to India in 1959. Speakers hailed economic development in the remote 'South Park' targets federal takeover of DC police in latest episode 08/21/2025 01:46am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� ���South Park��� continued its cartoon assault on the Trump administration Wednesday, with an episode that addressed the federal takeover of Washington, D.C.'s police department. The latest installment on Comedy Central depicted the recurring character ���Towelie��� ��� a walking, A wartime mass grave in Sri Lanka yields a baby bottle, children's clothes and 141 skeletons 08/21/2025 01:27am • CHEMMANI, Sri Lanka (AP) ��� A baby bottle, a squeaky toy and a schoolbag are among items that have surfaced from a mass grave site in Sri Lanka���s formerly war-torn northern region, along with 141 human skeletons including some that appear to be of children of different ages. The findings were mad A soldier in New Zealand is sentenced to two years in military prison for attempted espionage 08/21/2025 12:58am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) ��� A New Zealand soldier, who admitted trying to spy for a foreign power, was sentenced to two years in military prison followed by discharge from the army. The sentencing by a judge and a panel of three senior military officers Wednesday came two days after the man pl