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How to watch the Daytona 500 and what to watch for in 'The Great American Race' 02/04/2026 12:19pm • William Byron will try to become the first driver in history to win the Daytona 500 three consecutive years when the 68th running of ���The Great American Race��� opens the NASCAR season on Sunday, Feb. 15. Byron won last year���s event in overtime after race leader Denny Hamlin got spun on the fina Child hospitalized after gun goes off in Anne Arundel Co. elementary school 02/04/2026 12:16pm • A 7-year-old boy was taken to the hospital with what officials said were injuries that were not life-threatening after an "accidental discharge" of a firearm inside an Anne Arundel County, Maryland, elementary school. It happened Wednesday morning inside a classroom at Freetown Elementary in WHO announces restart of preventive cholera vaccinations after nearly 4-year halt 02/04/2026 12:16pm • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) ��� Preventive cholera vaccination programs will restart globally after they were halted for nearly four years due to a vaccine shortage, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. In a joint statement, WHO, vaccine alliance GAVI and the United Nations Children's Fund Leon Draisaitl is Germany's flag bearer for opening ceremony before his Olympic debut 02/04/2026 12:11pm • MILAN (AP) ��� Edmonton Oilers center Leon Draisaitl was named Wednesday as one of Germany's flagbearers for the Milan Cortina opening ceremony in a sign of recognition for one of the NHL's biggest stars as the league returns to the Winter Olympics. In a rare honor for a first-time Olympian, Draisai Body found on Cyprus beach identified as missing Russian businessman once detained in Belarus 02/04/2026 12:06pm • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) ��� Authorities in Cyprus said Wednesday a body discovered last month on a beach along the country���s southern coastline has been identified as the former chief executive of Russia���s largest potash company who had been detained in Belarus in 2013 on charges of harming the Bel Finland women's hockey team cancels practice after illness affects players day before Olympic opener 02/04/2026 12:02pm • MILAN (AP) ��� Finland���s national women���s hockey team canceled practice Wednesday due to a stomach illness affecting at least four players, a team spokesman confirmed to The Associated Press. ���We���re reviewing a difficult situation,��� Henna Malmberg said a day before Finland is scheduled to Tennessee QB Joey Aguilar gets a temporary restraining order in his bid to keep playing for the Vols 02/04/2026 12:00pm • KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Tennessee quarterback Joey Aguilar has been granted a temporary restraining order in his lawsuit against the NCAA as he seeks an extra year of eligibility enabling him to continue playing for the Volunteers this fall. The ruling was granted Wednesday after Aguilar filed sui 49ers' Kyle Shanahan and Fred Warner to appear on NBC's Super Bowl pregame show 02/04/2026 12:00pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan and star linebacker Fred Warner will be part of NBC's pregame show for the Super Bowl that will be played at the 49ers' home field of Levi's Stadium. NBC announced Wednesday that Shanahan, Warner, three-time AP Defensive Player of the Year Aar Kalshi Promo Code WTOP: Get $10 Sign Up Bonus for NBA, CBB, Super Bowl Trades 02/04/2026 11:59am • 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 By utilizing the Kalshi promo code WTOP, you can secure a $10 sign-up bonus that is unlocked after making $100 in trades on NBA games ( China will ban hidden door handles on cars starting in 2027 02/04/2026 11:42am • HONG KONG (AP) ��� China will ban hidden door handles on cars, commonly used on Tesla���s electric vehicles and many other EV models, starting next year. All car doors must include a mechanical release function for handles, except for the tailgate, according to details released by China���s Ministry Russia and Ukraine envoys meet in Abu Dhabi for 2 days of US-brokered talks 02/04/2026 11:40am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Envoys from Moscow and Kyiv met in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday for another round of U.S.-brokered talks on ending the almost four-year war, as a Russian attack using cluster munitions killed seven people at a market in Ukraine. The delegations from Moscow and Kyiv were joined in th South Sudan hospital hit by government airstrike, Doctors Without Borders says 02/04/2026 11:34am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� Humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders said one of its hospitals in South Sudan was hit by an airstrike carried out by government forces. The incident, on Tuesday night, marks the 10th attack in 12 months on a medical facility in the country run by the group, which is als The hospitality stop known as 'Ice House' is now the 'Winter House' for US athletes 02/04/2026 11:34am • MILAN (AP) ��� The Winter Olympics are a land of snow and frozen water ��� no ���ice,��� though, at least not at the hospitality house being hosted by U.S. sports teams in Milan for the Games. The Ice House has been officially renamed the Winter House, in a nod to the tension surrounding the U.S. I How Super Bowl halftime moments became flashpoints from the 'wardrobe malfunction' to caged kids 02/04/2026 11:33am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� For a show that lasts roughly 13 minutes, the Super Bowl halftime performance has fueled decades of conversation. Sometimes the spark comes from a single moment ��� as it did when Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake���s infamous ���wardrobe malfunction��� triggered a broadcast r The last US-Russian nuclear pact is about to expire, ending a half-century of arms control 02/04/2026 11:28am • The last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the United States is set to expire Thursday, removing any caps on the two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century. The termination of the New START Treaty would set the stage for what many fear could be an unconst