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Northern Virginia partners work to spread strategies in youth suicide prevention 08/14/2026 12:09am • A group of Northern Virginia nonprofits and George Mason University's Center for Community Mental Health are working to expand suicide prevention efforts and a youth mental health program. Dr. Bill Hazel, CEO of Claude Moore Opportunities, told WTOP that his organization works to "match people w Colts backup QB Anthony Richardson runs for a TD in 13-13 preseason tie with Patriots 08/14/2026 12:04am • FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) ��� Anthony Richardson believes he's done a good job turning the page during his NFL career. That was on display when the former first-round pick took the field for his first action since early last season. Richardson ran for a touchdown but had two turnovers as the Indianapo Ellen Greene revisits Audrey from 'Little Shop of Horrors' for the film's 40th anniversary 08/14/2026 12:02am • Ellen Greene can still do a killer Audrey. In conversation, she seamlessly slips in and out of that singular voice ��� a little breathy, a little squeaky, a little lispy, a little New York ��� that made her ���Little Shop of Horrors��� heroine an instant icon. It wasn���t a register she���d planned Lane Kiffin stands by D.J. Pickett wearing the No. 5 of former LSU QB Jayden Daniels 08/13/2026 11:55pm • LSU coach Lane Kiffin said Thursday that he is standing by his initial stance on allowing cornerback D.J. Pickett to wear the No. 5 jersey previously worn by 2023 Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels ��� even in the face of objections and legal threats from the former Tigers quarterback. ���I commen Crew of Yemeni vessel recount their chaotic rescue after Houthis' deadly attack 08/13/2026 11:52pm • MOKHA, Yemen (AP) ��� Crew members of a Yemeni commercial ship who survived a deadly attack by Houthi rebels earlier this week said a second missile struck the vessel just as rescue efforts from the initial strike were underway, causing even more chaos and casualties. In all, three ballistic missile UK firefighters out in force to tackle fires on hottest day of the year 08/13/2026 11:50pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Firefighters were tackling multiple fires in central England on Thursday after the U.K. recorded its hottest day of the year as an intense stretch of hot weather continued to grip Europe. The wildfires across the West Midlands, which saw several houses burned to the ground, have been A British firm starts containment of oil spill from stricken tanker off Oman 08/13/2026 11:50pm • BEIRUT (AP) ��� A British company said Thursday it has been hired to salvage a grounded Russian shadow fleet tanker off Oman's coast and stop an oil spill that is threatening wildlife as it reaches the country's shoreline following its dramatic spread in recent weeks. Satellite images have shown tha Field of Dreams welcomes Hall of Fame, as 26 members come out of the corn for Phillies-Twins game 08/13/2026 11:46pm • DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) ��� Major League Baseball came back to the Field of Dreams carrying a big piece of Cooperstown. The pregame pomp before the Minnesota Twins played the Philadelphia Phillies ��� adjacent to the farmland where the 1989 fantasy was filmed ��� featured 26 members of the Hall of Fam Israeli settlers' siege of Palestinian homes draws a sharp US rebuke 08/13/2026 11:45pm • QUSRA, West Bank (AP) ��� For five nights, Israeli settlers surrounded three Palestinian homes on the outskirts of a town in the occupied West Bank, preventing the families from leaving safely as their food and water supplies dwindled. Qusai Abu Rida was holed up inside with his teenage son when set Joe Burrow starts and backup Joe Flacco throws a TD pass as Bengals beat Lions 16-14 08/13/2026 11:42pm • CINCINNATI (AP) ��� Joe Flacco threw a touchdown pass in relief of Joe Burrow, Evan McPherson kicked three field goals and the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Detroit Lions 16-14 Thursday night in the preseason opener for both teams. Cincinnati coach Zac Taylor got his starters at least three plays. Bur NYPD officer convicted of using chokehold banned after death of George Floyd 08/13/2026 11:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A New York City police officer who was the first prosecuted under a local law banning chokeholds and some other methods of restraint was convicted Thursday. Omar Habib was convicted of the misdemeanor established in the law that was passed after George Floyd 's killing, along with Taiwan briefly slows its mobile internet to text-only speed as part of defense drill 08/13/2026 11:36pm • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ��� For 30 minutes, the internet in parts of Taiwan crawled. The slowdown Thursday for people in the capital, Taipei, and six other cities and localities was part of the last phase of the island's annual Han Kuang exercises, military drills that began last week and aim to model a North Korea slams US-South Korea military drills and threatens strong response 08/13/2026 11:34pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� North Korea on Friday threatened unspecified stern steps against the United States and South Korea ahead of their upcoming military drills, which Pyongyang called a war rehearsal that would be more provocative than last year. The warning is typical of the harsh rhetoric t Nero���s Bridge emerges from Tiber River as Rome faces water crisis 08/13/2026 11:34pm • ROME (AP) ��� The remains of an ancient bridge have emerged in Rome���s Tiber River, near St. Peter���s Basilica, as weeks with virtually no rain caused water levels to plunge. The bridge ��� known as Nero's Bridge, named for the former Roman emperor ��� once connected Rome���s city center with the Rookie Drew Allar has 2 TD passes, 1 TD run as Steelers beat Packers 28-9 in preseason opener 08/13/2026 11:30pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Mike McCarthy loves playing the role of teacher during what he calls ���Quarterback School,��� shorthand for his highly detailed process of teaching young signal callers the finer points of their position. The first-year Pittsburgh Steelers coach's latest pupils are proving to be