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Top Workplaces 06/16/2026 01:13pm • Check back at 7pm for the full list of the DC region's top workplaces! Trump administration is moving Education Department oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies 06/16/2026 01:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Trump administration is moving Education Department oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies. The US infant mortality rate fell to an all-time low, though it still trails other similar nations 06/16/2026 01:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Infant mortality in the U.S. dropped to a new all-time low in 2025, according to preliminary government data. There were slightly fewer than 5.4 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2025, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While that appears to be a sma McIlroy says PGA Tour pre-LIV was 'actually pretty good' and worries about future of 2nd-tier events 06/16/2026 12:54pm • SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) ��� Now that LIV Golf is flailing and the sport has pulled itself out of what once felt like a day-to-day crisis cycle, Rory McIlroy sees the future ��� and the past ��� a little differently. ���You start to realize that the way the tour was before LIV came along was actually Sean Penn to direct Warner Bros. movie about a police officer at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot 06/16/2026 12:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Sean Penn will direct a movie about a police officer who was at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in 2021, Warner Bros. announced Tuesday. Following his Oscar-winning performance in ���One Battle After Another,��� Penn will direct the as-yet untitled film from his own script. Bradley Cooper Paris Hilton returns to Utah 'troubled teen' facility to support others who allege mistreatment 06/16/2026 12:44pm • SPRINGVILLE, Utah (AP) ��� Paris Hilton returned Monday to the Utah boarding school where she said she was abused as a teenager, the latest stop in her yearslong campaign calling for reforms to what is commonly known as the troubled teen industry. This time Hilton was speaking in support of two fami Trump administration charges 15 people it says impeded agents during Minnesota immigration enforcement surge 06/16/2026 12:34pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Trump administration charges 15 people it says impeded agents during Minnesota immigration enforcement surge. US Open returns to Shinnecock Hills for the 6th time. LPGA stays in Michigan 06/16/2026 12:20pm • United States Golf Association U.S. OPEN Site: Southampton, N.Y. Course: Shinnecock Hills GC. Yardage: 7,440. Par: 70. Prize money: TBA ($21.5 million in 2025). Winner's share: TBA ($4.3 million in 2025). 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(AP) ��� Alongside their flags, jerseys and songs, fans at World Cup matches are bringing along their cups and straws to share a sip of yerba mate as they root on their national teams. The caffeinated beverage that is ubiquitous in some South American countries has spread alongside Aldon Smith's brain donated to CTE Center as family's attorneys investigate his death at age 36 06/16/2026 12:14pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� The family of former NFL star Aldon Smith is donating his brain to the Boston University CTE Center to research the long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries following his sudden death at age 36. Smith died Saturday hours after delivering pizzas to a homeless charity in t Indiana becomes the latest state to receive flexibility from Trump on federal education spending 06/16/2026 12:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Trump administration is giving Indiana more flexibility over how it decides to spend its federal grant money, the third state to receive such exemptions from the Education Department as it seeks to ���return education to the states.��� Indiana's plan will consolidate $50 mil John Tortorella won't return as coach of Vegas Golden Knights after taking them to Stanley Cup Final on interim basis 06/16/2026 12:09pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� John Tortorella won't return as coach of Vegas Golden Knights after taking them to Stanley Cup Final on interim basis. Skill games are slot machines, must adhere to Pa.���s gambling law, state Supreme Court rules 06/16/2026 12:09pm • Skill games are slot machines under Pennsylvania law and must adhere to the commonwealth���s crime and gambling statutes, the state���s highest court ruled Monday. However, the ruling says that law enforcement can���t take any action for 120 days. That gives the legislature a four-month window to de