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Recent champs Michigan and Florida headline fields in Players Era as its splits into 2 tournaments 05/07/2026 01:31pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� The Players Era will expand from 18 to 24 teams this year and split into two tournaments, with the two most recent national champions headlining a pair of loaded fields. Michigan, which won the national title in April, will be in the Players Era Sixteen on Thanksgiving week in Wind projects are stalled because the Pentagon isn't completing its reviews, industry group says 05/07/2026 01:28pm • The Pentagon is holding up the development of more than 250 new onshore wind farms on private lands by failing to complete its national security reviews, according to an industry group. The Pentagon evaluates wind energy projects during the Federal Aviation Administration review process. But in rece Chicago Cubs pitcher Matthew Boyd has surgery on knee that he injured playing with his kids 05/07/2026 01:21pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Chicago Cubs pitcher Matthew Boyd had surgery Thursday to repair a partial meniscus tear that he suffered in his left knee while playing with his children. Cubs manager Craig Counsell said he expected Boyd to miss about six weeks. ���It's kind of the minor meniscus surgery so we kno The fight for an Afghanistan women's team isn't only about soccer to its advocates 05/07/2026 01:18pm • VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) ��� For former player and activist Khalida Popal, the formal recognition of an Afghanistan women's refugee team on the international stage isn't just about soccer. The FIFA Council agreed last week during a meeting in Vancouver to amend its rules to recognize the te Hamas says a son of its chief negotiator was killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza 05/07/2026 01:16pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� The son of Hamas' lead negotiator died after being wounded by an Israeli strike on Gaza, the militant group said Thursday, as another Israeli strike killed three Hamas security forces, according to local officials. Israel meanwhile said it killed three Hezbollah mi Nigerian army rescues 7 children and 2 women abducted from an orphanage last month 05/07/2026 01:12pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ��� Nigerian troops rescued seven children and two women abducted by gunmen at an orphanage last month in a north-central region, the army said in a statement released Thursday. Authorities in Nigeria's Kogi state said that gunmen attacked an Islamic orphanage that was operating Bowie State University to lay off employees amid $18 million deficit 05/07/2026 01:11pm • Bowie State University will eliminate 79 jobs through reorganization, vacancies and layoffs as the university deals with its second multimillion-dollar deficit in two years. Maryland���s oldest historically Black university is facing an $18 million deficit, President Aminta Breaux announced i Agency will move forward with plans to propose weakening some Biden-era PFAS limits, official says 05/07/2026 01:09pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Trump administration will soon propose softening Biden-era limits on ���forever chemicals��� in drinking water, delaying but keeping tough standards for two common types and rescinding limits on some rarer forms of the substance, according to an EPA official. The proposal wil Clarence Thomas becomes the second longest-serving Supreme Court justice in American history 05/07/2026 01:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The first baby boomer on the Supreme Court hit a milestone on Thursday, becoming the second-longest serving justice in history at a time when his influence has never seemed greater. Once an outlier on the nation���s highest court, Justice Clarence Thomas has become a towering fi An outsider artist takes the world's biggest stage with the US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 05/07/2026 01:05pm • VENICE, Italy (AP) ��� U.S. artist Alma Allen had just months to prepare his exhibition for the Venice Biennale after a fraught selection process came down to the wire. The self-taught sculptor from Utah who works in Mexico is keenly aware of his place as an outsider within the cliquey art world, an IOC urges sports to let Belarus athletes compete again without vetting as neutrals 05/07/2026 12:58pm • GENEVA (AP) ��� In a political shift Thursday, the International Olympic Committee said athletes from Belarus should once again compete with their full national identity and not be vetted for neutral status, even as the war in Ukraine continues. Though the non-binding advice to sports governing bodi US long-term mortgage rate bounce back to levels seen 4 weeks ago 05/07/2026 12:53pm • The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose again this week, reflecting ongoing bond market volatility as surging oil prices due to the war with Iran heighten inflation worries. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate rose to 6.37% from 6.3% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursd US-Best-Sellers-Books-PW 05/07/2026 12:50pm • HARDCOVER FICTION 1. ���Yesteryear��� by Caro Claire Burke (Knopf) 2. ���The Correspondent��� by Virginia Evans (Crown) 3. ���The Throne of Broken Gods (deluxe ed.)" by Amber V. Nicole (Kensington) 4. ���Purple State��� by Dana Perino (Harper) 5. ���Hope Rises��� by David Baldacci (Grand Central) 6 Russia is ramping up its attempts to kill opponents in Europe, intelligence officials say 05/07/2026 12:49pm • When Vladimir Osechkin wants to take his children to school or go to the supermarket, he calls the police. The Russian activist has lived under protection since 2022 because French officials believe Russia is trying to kill him. In April 2025, a crew of Russian men staked out Osechkin's home and t Tigers' Framber Valdez suspended 5 games by MLB for intentionally throwing at Boston's Trevor Story 05/07/2026 12:40pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Detroit Tigers pitcher Framber Valdez was suspended for five games and fined on Wednesday, one day after he was ejected for hitting Boston's Trevor Story with a pitch during a 10-2 loss in which he allowed a career-high 10 runs. Valdez was at first banned for six games by MLB, which