Search

Onyx Odds Promo Code WTOP: Get $50 Bonus for Yankees-Blue Jays, NFL Preseason Picks 08/14/2026 03:39pm • 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 Starting up a new profile using the Onyx Odds promo code WTOP here gives you a chance to lock in $50 in bonus picks when you spen Four more belugas arrive at Chicago aquarium from shuttered Canadian theme park 08/14/2026 03:39pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Four more belugas have arrived at a Chicago aquarium as part of a plan to move Canada's last remaining captive whales from a shuttered theme park to aquariums in the United States and Spain. The four whales, named Caspian, Peekachu, Rain and Secord, were the second group of belugas PrimeEnergy: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 08/14/2026 03:38pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� HOUSTON (AP) ��� PrimeEnergy Corp. (PNRG) on Friday reported earnings of $6.5 million in its second quarter. On a per-share basis, the Houston-based company said it had profit of $2.75. The investor in the oil and gas industry posted revenue of $42.5 million in the period. _____ Thi 2 UAE tankers attacked while transiting Strait of Hormuz, and other news from the Middle East 08/14/2026 03:35pm • The United Arab Emirates blamed Iran for firing drones at two tankers operated by a state-owned oil company as they sailed through the Strait of Hormuz, saying Friday that the attacks were acts of piracy. The attacks caused no casualties but underlined the dangers faced by vessels moving cargo thro San Diego man pleads guilty to kicking protected sea lion in an attack caught on video 08/14/2026 03:30pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� A San Diego man pleaded guilty to a federal charge after he was caught on video kicking and chasing a protected sea lion at a local beach. Tyler Muehl, an 18-year-old from the upscale neighborhood of La Jolla, pleaded guilty Thursday to violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act The top photos of the week by AP photojournalists 08/14/2026 03:23pm • Aug. 7-13, 2026 This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Leslie Mazoch, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week. One woman's struggle to survive, 5 years after the Taliban took Kabul, in photos 08/14/2026 03:21pm • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ��� In the hills above Kabul, Sima searches for things that others have left behind. She walks through cemeteries looking for plastic, scrap and anything else that might have value. What can be sold is gathered and carried away; some of what cannot is brought home and saved a Persistent Etna ash shuts Sicily's busiest airport during peak holiday week 08/14/2026 03:18pm • MILAN (AP) ��� Ash spewing from Sicily's Mount Etna has forced the closure of the Italian island���s largest airport for the fifth consecutive day, stranding hundreds of summer holiday travelers during the busiest travel week of the year. Catania���s airport will remain closed until Saturday afterno Judge moves Alex Murdaugh retrial from small county, but motion to toss out case will wait 08/14/2026 03:10pm • LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) ��� The judge in Alex Murdaugh's murder retrial decided Friday to move the case out of the rural South Carolina county where it consumed life for six weeks in 2023. But left undecided is a defense request to throw out the whole case because Murdaugh's lawyers said the chief stat Kentucky woman charged in connection to DC���s World War II Memorial vandalism 08/14/2026 03:08pm • A woman from Kentucky is in custody Friday morning and charged in relation to the vandalism at The World War II Memorial on the National Mall in D.C. U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro said on social media Melissa Farris, 41, was charged with two felonies: depredation against property of the Un California lawmakers kill grizzly bear reintroduction bill 08/14/2026 02:59pm • Lawmakers on Thursday killed a controversial plan that could have allowed grizzly bears to one day return to California. The Assembly Appropriations Committee spiked Inglewood Democratic Sen. Laura Richardson���s Senate Bill 1305. The measure would have tasked the California Department of Fish and W All Blacks injury toll worsens as Caleb Clarke heads home before Springboks tests 08/14/2026 02:58pm • PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) ��� New Zealand's injury toll has worsened on its historic rugby tour of South Africa ��� and the test series was still a week away. Winger Caleb Clarke was the third player to be going home after rupturing a shoulder tendon on Tuesday in the 54-0 win against the Sharks i Massachusetts mayor accused of using a pandemic loan to fund election campaign and pay his taxes 08/14/2026 02:58pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� A Massachusetts mayor was arrested Friday and charged with fraudulently obtaining a pandemic loan and using the money to fund his election campaign as well as pay off high-interest mortgages on several of his properties and personal taxes. Lawrence Mayor Brian DePena was charged Frid An 'influencer' degree? Colleges bet on content creator major as critics question its value 08/14/2026 02:56pm • Ask a teen what they want to be when they grow up, and there���s a fair chance being an influencer is on their list. Digital media and the people who star in it have been cultural mainstays for teens��� entire lives, so creating social media, video or podcast content seems a natural, albeit nontrad Saleh sees a Titans team that 'won���t back down' after preseason-opening win 08/14/2026 02:45pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Coach Robert Saleh believes he's learned something very important about his Tennessee Titans even with plenty to work on after their first preseason game. ���One thing that we will take away is that I do think we have a team that won���t back down,��� Saleh said Friday. "A