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Chalkboard Promo Code WTOP: Get $100 Bonus for NBA, NFL Picks (Feb. 3) 02/03/2026 01:44pm • 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 Grab a daily fantasy bonus on February 3, 2026 with Chalkboard promo code WTOP. Sign up here to start making picks on the NBA and get r Charity founded by Sarah Ferguson shuts down after release of Epstein emails with former duchess 02/03/2026 01:41pm • LONDON (AP) — The charity founded by Sarah Ferguson, the former Duchess of York, is shutting down following the release of emails showing the depth of her friendship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Sarah’s Trust, which focused on improving the lives of women and children, said it wil French prosecutors request 5-year ban on Marine Le Pen from holding office 02/03/2026 01:38pm • PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors Tuesday requested a five-year ban on holding elected office against far-right leader Marine Le Pen in a crucial appeal trial in Paris, an outcome that may prevent her from running in the 2027 presidential election. Le Pen, 57, is seeking to overturn a March 2025 rul English soccer union wants fewer headers for pros, and none for kids, to protect players' brains 02/03/2026 01:30pm • BOSTON (AP) — The union representing English soccer players has created the first comprehensive protocol for preventing the brain disease CTE, expanding the heightened concern over concussions to include the damage that can be caused by the less forceful blows from heading the ball. The guidelines Olympic officials from Africa quiz 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games leaders on visa concerns 02/03/2026 01:26pm • MILAN (AP) — Olympic officials from Africa took their concerns about a visa program for entering the United States to leaders of the 2028 Los Angeles Games on Tuesday. International Olympic Committee members from Ethiopia and Djibouti quizzed the LA organizing team about how fans and visitors woul Bethell stars as England warms up in style for T20 World Cup by routing Sri Lanka 3-0 in series 02/03/2026 01:19pm • PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka (AP) — England rounded off its T20 World Cup preparations in style by sweeping the series 3-0 against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. Left-arm spinner Jacob Bethell (4-11) was the unlikely hero as he grabbed the last four wickets in eight balls and Sri Lanka crumbled to 116 all out in t Tragedy off America's oldest seaport claims 7 lives as fishing boat sinks in frigid waters 02/03/2026 01:05pm • BOSTON (AP) — The seven victims of a marine disaster that devastated a storied Massachusetts fishing town included a fifth-generation fisherman, a young federal fisheries observer and a father-and-son crew duo. All died when their fishing boat, the Lily Jean, sank in waters off America’s oldest Trump's $45 billion expansion of immigrant detention sites faces pushback from communities 02/03/2026 01:03pm • With tensions high over federal immigration enforcement, some state and local officials are pushing back against the Trump administration's attempts to house thousands of detained immigrants in jails, converted warehouses and privately run facilities in their communities. Federal officials have been Maryland man working at DC school faces child exploitation charge 02/03/2026 01:03pm • A Prince George's County, Maryland, man who worked at Luke C. Moore Opportunity Academy in Northeast D.C. has been charged with distribution of child sexual abuse material. Dandre Eric Davis, 31, of Suitland, exchanged messages beginning last month with someone using a dating app and later contin Clintons reach an agreement with Republicans to testify this month in House Epstein probe, avoiding contempt vote 02/03/2026 12:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Clintons reach an agreement with Republicans to testify this month in House Epstein probe, avoiding contempt vote. French prosecutors request 5-year ban on holding elected office against far-right leader Marine Le Pen 02/03/2026 12:47pm • PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors request 5-year ban on holding elected office against far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Man City boss Pep Guardiola: I don’t understand why the club doesn’t spend more money 02/03/2026 12:43pm • MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Pep Guardiola poked fun at Manchester City's critics on Tuesday, saying he was unhappy with the club's spending despite splashing out a reported $115 million on signings during the January transfer window. City was the biggest spender in the midseason window for the sec Florida's DeSantis and MLB commissioner support new Rays stadium in Tampa 02/03/2026 12:42pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joined Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday in supporting a proposed new stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays, a project that could determine whether the franchise remains in the region long term. The Rays are under lease at Tro US military says it shot down an Iranian drone that approached an aircraft carrier in the region with 'unclear intent' 02/03/2026 12:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — US military says it shot down an Iranian drone that approached an aircraft carrier in the region with 'unclear intent.' AP women's basketball player of the week is No. 1 UConn's Sarah Strong 02/03/2026 12:40pm • The Associated Press national player of the week in women’s basketball for Week 13 of the season: Sarah Strong, UConn The sophomore forward won the award for the second consecutive week after helping the top-ranked Huskies rout Xavier and Tennessee. She averaged 25.5 points, 3.5 assists, 1.5 steal