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Photos show climbers attempting to scale Mount Everest despite increasing challenges 05/11/2026 08:40pm • Hundreds of climbers are attempting to scale Mount Everest despite an unstable ice block dangerously hanging over the key trail, high travel costs and increased permit fees. Around 492 climbers and an equal number of Nepali climbing guides are gearing up for the ascent to the 8,849-meter (29,032-foo Virginia governor signs paid leave law, first in the South 05/11/2026 08:35pm • Virginia’s governor signed the state’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Law last month, making the commonwealth one of more than a dozen states offering similar benefits and the first in the South to do so. Gov. Abigail Spanberger made it official, saying the law is designed to help smaller busi Turkish Airlines jet safely evacuated after landing gear smoke at Nepal airport 05/11/2026 08:30pm • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Passengers and crew members were safely evacuated from a Turkish Airlines jet that landed at a Nepal airport Monday with smoke coming out of the landing gear, the airline said. An official at the Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport had said earlier that the plane' A nonprofit sues to halt Trump’s 'American flag blue' repaint of the Reflecting Pool 05/11/2026 08:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A Washington-based nonprofit is asking a judge to force the Trump administration to stop work on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and restore historic elements at one of the most iconic spots on the National Mall. In a lawsuit filed Monday, The Cultural Landscape Foundation s Trump says he'll move to suspend federal gasoline tax. He can't do it on his own 05/11/2026 08:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he will move to suspend the federal tax on gasoline to help Americans shoulder surging fuel prices caused by the Iran war. The president cannot suspend the federal tax on his own. Congress would have to approve the move. Lawmakers from both par Winning numbers drawn in Monday’s Maryland Cash Pop 05/11/2026 08:20pm • The winning numbers in Monday's drawing of the "Maryland Cash Pop" game were: 2 (two) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets Supreme Court halts order for Alabama to use US House map with 2 largely Black districts 05/11/2026 08:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday set the stage for Alabama to eliminate one of two largely Black congressional districts before this year’s midterm elections, creating an opening for Republicans to gain an additional U.S. House seat in a partisan battle for control of the close Bears undrafted rookie receiver Squirrel White retires 05/11/2026 08:17pm • LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Bears undrafted rookie receiver Squirrel White retired on Monday. The move comes after White participated in rookie minicamp over the weekend. He caught 136 passes for 1,717 yards and six touchdowns over three seasons at Tennessee and one at Florida State. He had f DC and Amazon work to test smaller delivery vehicles — much smaller 05/11/2026 08:04pm • Amazon's familiar blue trucks could be replaced with something much smaller to make deliveries in some parts of D.C. Director of D.C.'s Department of Transportation Sharon Kershbaum said the company and DDOT are engaged in testing electric cargo bikes to carry out deliveries of small packages. Th Tony Award for educators won by a Georgia teacher who stresses self-empowerment and storytelling 05/11/2026 08:03pm • NEW YORK (AP) — At this year's Tony Awards, sound designer Justin Ellington has gotten a nomination to theater's biggest prize. Someone who helped him get there is also being highlighted. Freddie Hendricks, a middle school theater teacher at Utopian Academy for the Arts in Ellenwood, Georgia, and Trump administration cancels rule that made conservation a 'use' of public lands 05/11/2026 08:02pm • BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Interior Department is canceling a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as President Donald Trump's administration eases restrictions on industries and seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land. The 2024 rule ado Trump and Xi dialed down the trade war, but challenges lurk at their China summit 05/11/2026 08:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump claims that America has increasingly profited from trade with China, largely playing down the tensions over rare earth minerals, tariffs and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence that could rupture relations between the world's two largest e Household Debt at New High, According to Latest Fed Report 05/11/2026 08:00pm • Consumers' household debts continue to rise, according to the latest Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The report shows total household debt increased by $191 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025, totaling a new high of $18.8 trillion. Credit c Hopes for an $8 Late Fee Max Are Dashed. Here Are Some Cards That Charge No Late Fees 05/11/2026 08:00pm • Being late on a credit card payment can have a number of consequences, the first of which is a hefty fee. In most cases, cardholders are charged somewhere in the ballpark of $40 for missing a due date, even by one day. That's why when the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a plan last ye 10 of the Best Stocks to Buy for 2026 05/11/2026 08:00pm • The stock market has been on fire the last few years as investors have piled into artificial intelligence technology stocks. However, the big rally has some market experts worried about bloated valuations. The S&P 500's Shiller price-to-earnings ratio is above 41, its highest level since the 199