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Trump says Iran ceasefire is on 'life support' and proposes gas tax pause as strait stays closed 05/11/2026 01:51pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said the Iran ceasefire is on ���life support��� after rejecting Tehran���s latest proposal, which officials said included some nuclear concessions. Trump also proposed suspending the federal gas tax to help with higher fuel EU diplomats agree to sanction Hamas leaders and Israeli settlers but fail to pressure Israel 05/11/2026 01:46pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� The European Union unanimously agreed on Monday to impose new sanctions on the leaders of the Palestinian militant Hamas group and the Israeli settler movement, diplomats said, a decision sparked by growing outrage over the devastation in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas war. However, Bangor public health director reflects on conditions that escalated Maine HIV outbreak 05/11/2026 01:44pm • Penobscot County is grappling with Maine���s largest HIV outbreak in its history. Looking back, the top public health official for the county seat of Bangor described how the conditions existed for such an outbreak and how it is now difficult to know the full scope. In a recent interview, Jennifer G Businesses are facing rising costs during the Iran war, and economists expect more strains ahead 05/11/2026 01:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Costs are piling up for businesses during the U.S. and Israel's war against Iran ��� and many economists see a bleak outlook, with some bracing for a downturn in hiring and investment in the coming months. Nearly half of American business economists who responded to a survey by the Treasury Department tells US banks to flag suspected Iranian money-laundering networks 05/11/2026 01:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Treasury Department wants U.S. banks and other financial institutions to monitor for suspected Iranian money laundering networks that use their funds to smuggle sanctioned oil through shell companies and crypto networks. The move, which effectively deputizes the global finan Aid group says Libyan-linked vessels fired on a migrant rescue ship in the Mediterranean 05/11/2026 01:35pm • ROME (AP) ��� Armed vessels linked to the Libyan coast guard opened fire Monday on a humanitarian rescue ship shortly after it saved about 90 migrants from an overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean, the group operating the vessel said. Sea-Watch, a German nongovernmental organization, said its UK sanctions 9 people for alleged Iran-linked 'hostile activity' 05/11/2026 01:31pm • LONDON (AP) ��� The British government sanctioned nine people and three organizations on Monday that it accused of engaging in ���hostile activity��� on behalf of Iran that threatens U.K. and global security. The Foreign Office said it froze assets and banned travel to counter the Islamic Republic's Ren�� C��rdenas, pioneer in Spanish-language broadcasts of MLB games, dies at 96 05/11/2026 01:27pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Ren�� C��rdenas, the first Spanish-language broadcaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros and Texas Rangers during a 60-year career, has died. He was 96. The Astros said Monday that C��rdenas died Sunday at his home in Houston. C��rdenas joined the Dodgers when they moved BetMGM Bonus Code TOP1500: Get $1,500 Bonus for Pistons-Cavs, MLB Games 05/11/2026 01:07pm • 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 Jumpstart your new account by inputting the BetMGM bonus code TOP1500 before tonight's NBA postseason action. Utilize a $1,50 Spurs' Victor Wembanyama won't face further sanction for throwing an elbow, AP source says 05/11/2026 01:03pm • San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama will not face further discipline from the NBA for elbowing Minnesota's Naz Reid in Game 4 of the teams' Western Conference semifinal series, a person with knowledge of the league's decision said Monday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of USA Today Baseball Coaches Poll 05/11/2026 01:00pm • Dropped out: No. 21 Oklahoma (31-18); No. 25 Virginia (33-18). Others receiving votes: Oklahoma (31-18) 45; Cincinnati (35-18) 41; Wake Forest (35-17) 16; Tennessee (34-18) 10; UC Santa Barbara (34-15) 9; Virginia (33-18) 8; Mercer (39-13) 7; California Baptist (39-13) 6; Miami (35-15) 5; Missouri S Retiring players Wawrinka and Monfils given wild cards for the French Open 05/11/2026 12:56pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka and fellow retiring player Gael Monfils were given wild cards for the French Open on Monday. The 41-year-old Wawrinka won Roland Garros in 2015 and is now ranked No. 125. The 39-year-old Monfils reached the semifinals in Paris in 2008 and i US home sales flat in April as lackluster spring homebuying season lurches forward 05/11/2026 12:48pm • Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes were essentially flat in April, another lackluster showing for the housing market during what���s traditionally its busiest time of the year. Existing home sales edged up 0.2% last month from March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.02 million units, th Nationals Notebook: Looking for glove in all the wrong places? 05/11/2026 12:36pm • "To err is human, to forgive divine." It's easy to say and hear but not necessarily easy to stomach seeing it while watching baseball. The Washington Nationals lead the MLB with 39 errors and 33 unearned runs. The left side of the infield has been the culprit this year, with shortstop CJ Abrams m New Smithsonian exhibit traces bison���s rise, near extinction and comeback 05/11/2026 12:21pm • Move over bald eagle ��� another American symbol is taking center stage at the Smithsonian���s National Museum of Natural History in D.C. A new exhibit, ���Bison: Standing Strong,��� explores the origins of the American bison, their near extinction and their comeback. A large taxidermized bi