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National Vision: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 08/12/2026 06:07am • DULUTH, Ga. (AP) ��� DULUTH, Ga. (AP) ��� National Vision Holdings Inc. (EYE) on Wednesday reported second-quarter net income of $12.4 million. The Duluth, Georgia-based company said it had profit of 15 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 25 cents per share. The Will Poulter and the 'Union County' team take their addiction recovery film on an Ohio tour 08/12/2026 06:00am • CLEVELAND (AP) ��� A movie star, a filmmaker and a chemical dependency counselor are halfway through a multiday road trip around Ohio and things are starting to get a little goofy. British actor Will Poulter, Ohio-born and Brooklyn-based writer-director Adam Meeks and Annette Deao, the program direc Penner pushes for a 2031 Broncos stadium, not a bigger stake in the Rockies 08/12/2026 06:00am • ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) ��� Broncos owner and CEO Greg Penner said he���s zeroed in on getting shovels in the ground so the team can open its new Denver stadium in 2031 and not in becoming majority owner of Major League Baseball���s Colorado Rockies. Penner and his wife, Carrie Walton Penner, bought a Joey Crawford knew as a kid he wanted to be a referee, and it led him to the Basketball Hall of Fame 08/12/2026 06:00am • Joey Crawford had no backup plan. He would watch Philadelphia 76ers games in the 1960s, and probably unlike most kids growing up in that area around that time he had no aspirations of becoming the next Wilt Chamberlain or Billy Cunningham. Crawford was the son of a baseball umpire ��� Shag Crawford Tuesday's takeaways: No clear direction for Wisconsin Democrats 08/12/2026 05:51am • In a race that showcased Democrats��� struggle between the ideological left and center, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley managed a razor-thin victory over his democratic socialist challenger. The race was so close that neither side could claim a decisive victory. In other contests, experi Car Review: The Subaru Crosstrek Sport Hybrid is desert ready and Beltway friendly 08/12/2026 05:09am • It’s not a mirage ��� this Subaru Crosstrek Sport Hybrid just blends in perfectly with the desert. With tons of body cladding, of course, this tan, two-row, five-seat compact SUV (some would say subcompact) looks rugged and ready to tackle sand dunes, provided you can find them. Friendship Hei Trump says Secret Service and the military wanted him off Air Force One in Turkey due to threat 08/12/2026 04:52am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he slipped away from Air Force One after a trip last month in Turkey because the Secret Service and military wanted him on a ���different plane��� due to a threat that he insisted didn't scare him. Trump downplayed the extraordinary natur Iranian-backed Houthis kill 6 in attack on vessel, and other developments in the Mideast 08/12/2026 04:46am • Yemeni authorities said six people were killed by Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacking a vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait, while U.S. forces fired on a ship they said was trying to break a blockade of Iran's ports. Here���s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war and the wider Middle East Chelsea signs Chavarria as replacement left back for Cucurella 08/12/2026 04:36am • LONDON (AP) ��� Chelsea signed Pep Chavarria from Rayo Vallecano on Wednesday as a replacement for left back Marc Cucurella. Cucurella joined Real Madrid at the start of the offseason. Chelsea now has another Spaniard at left back, with Chavarria signing a deal until 2031. He helped Rayo reach the C Back to school: Hear from Stafford County Public Schools superintendent 08/12/2026 04:35am • This story is part of WTOP���s 2026��Back to School coverage. Heading into the new school year, Stafford County Public Schools Superintendent Daniel Smith spoke with WTOP about challenges and triumphs for the Virginia school system. What are you most looking forward to during the upcoming Why is enrollment across DC-area school districts falling? 08/12/2026 04:34am • This story is part of WTOP���s 2026��Back to School coverage. Prince William County School Board members in Virginia faced an uncomfortable reality during a meeting in February. With enrollment trends declining, and projections expecting that to continue, the board decided to nix plans for Kosovo begins excavations at newly found mass graves tied to 1998-99 war missing 08/12/2026 04:23am • KALLUDER E VOGEL, Kosovo (AP) ��� Erblin Ademi watched from afar as workers excavated recently discovered mass graves from the 1998-99 war in Kosovo. Nearly 30 years after his father went missing, Ademi both feared and wished that his remains will finally be found. Ademi was just 9 when he last saw Historic Pendleton Rooming House in Alexandria undergoing much-needed renovation 08/12/2026 04:15am • One family has kept the same home for decades in Alexandria ��� and now the historic site, which serves as a rooming house for low-income residents, is getting a much-needed makeover. Janice Lee Howard, 80, is the current owner of the home in the 1000 block of Pendleton Street known as the Pe In Taiwan, Chinese-born spouses face questions of loyalty and, some say, discrimination 08/12/2026 04:12am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ��� The day after Li Chen-hsiu was sworn in as a member of Taiwan���s Legislature, she was questioned about whether she belonged ��� about her nationality, about her identity and ultimately about her loyalty to Taiwan. That's because Li is a ���mainland spouse��� ��� born in Chin Today in History: August 12, Charlottesville car attack 08/12/2026 04:10am • Today is Wednesday, Aug. 12, the 224th day of 2026. There are 141 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 12, 2017, a driver sped into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally in the Virginia college town of Charlottesville, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer and in