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53-year-old baseball player to make history with Hagerstown Flying Boxcars 04/24/2026 11:27am • Don't tell Vincent Towns professional sports is a young person's game. The Maryland man will do something on the diamond Sunday that he's been working toward for more than 30 years. The San Francisco Giants drafted then 18-year-old Vincent Towns right out of Suitland High School, during ML Countries to gather in Colombia for summit aimed at breaking fossil fuel reliance 04/24/2026 11:18am • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) ��� Against a backdrop of rising global tensions and energy market instability, governments from around 50 countries will gather Friday in Colombia���s Caribbean city of Santa Marta for a summit aimed at accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels. The April 24���29 conferenc Brazil star Estevao's World Cup hopes in doubt after injury rules him out for rest of season 04/24/2026 11:15am • MANCHESTER, England (AP) ��� Brazil forward Estevao's World Cup hopes are in doubt after it was confirmed Friday he would miss the rest of the season with a hamstring injury. It is not clear if the Chelsea player will recover in time for the tournament that runs through June and July. Chelsea inter FDA plans ultra-fast review of three psychedelic drugs following Trump directive 04/24/2026 11:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Food and Drug Administration said Friday it will offer ultra-fast review to three psychedelic drugs being developed to treat mental health conditions, including depression, the latest step by the Trump administration toward possible approval of the experimental treatments. Pr Top 20 Global Concert Tours from Pollstar 04/24/2026 11:09am • The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers. For free upcoming tour information, go to www.po Georgia blaze shows how climate change has led to more wildfires in the East 04/24/2026 11:06am • Often considered more a problem for Western North America, wildfires are becoming more intense, frequent and damaging in the East, such as this week's blaze that destroyed dozens of homes in Georgia, fire scientists said. Researchers blame a number of factors including climate change causing fuel to Kosovo court sentences 3 ethnic Serbs to life, 30 years in prison over 2023 clash 04/24/2026 11:06am • PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) ��� A court in Kosovo on Friday sentenced two ethnic Serbs to life in prison and another to a 30-year jail term over a clash in 2023 between police and a group of Serb gunmen that left four people dead and sent tensions soaring in the volatile Balkan region. The Basic Court in PHOTO ESSAY: Chernobyl liquidators return to where they faced an invisible enemy 04/24/2026 11:01am • CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) ��� Their mission was to clean up the worst nuclear accident in history. Following the April 26, 1986, explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, soldiers, firefighters, engineers, miners and medics were summoned from across the USSR. They were known as ���liqui Inoue-Nakatani fight highlights boxing's surging popularity in Japan 04/24/2026 11:00am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Billed as ���The Day,��� May 2 is turning out to be the biggest-ever occasion for Japanese boxing. It���s when Naoya Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs), the undisputed super-bantamweight world champion, fights Junto ���Big Bang��� Nakatani (32-0, 24 KOs), the up-and-coming boxer some think might fi Lebanon resident recognizes family crucifix smashed by Israeli soldier in viral image 04/24/2026 10:59am • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Houssam Naddaf said no words could capture the shock of seeing an Israeli soldier smash a crucifix in his family���s private garden in the southern Lebanese village of Debel ��� an image he recognized instantly as it spread online. ���I saw it on the internet like everyone else,��� Norfolk Southern's profit fell 27% as it didn't collect big insurance payments for Ohio derailment 04/24/2026 10:49am • Norfolk Southern railroad's first-quarter profit fell 27% because it didn't collect big insurance payments related to the East Palestine, Ohio, derailment and its planned merger with Union Pacific added to its costs. The Atlanta-based railroad said Friday that it earned $547 million, or $2.43 per sh North Dallas Bank & Trust: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 04/24/2026 10:33am • DALLAS (AP) ��� DALLAS (AP) ��� North Dallas Bank & Trust Co. (NODB) on Friday reported net income of $1.8 million in its first quarter. The bank, based in Dallas, said it had earnings of 70 cents per share. The financial services company posted revenue of $22.4 million in the period. Its revenu Q&A: Apollo astronaut Schmitt talks about getting back to the moon and life in the universe 04/24/2026 10:33am • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) ��� It was 1972 and Apollo astronauts Harrison ���Jack��� Schmitt and Eugene Cernan had just stepped onto the moon's surface to begin collecting rock and soil samples. The mission would mark the end of an era for the American space program, but Schmitt already was looking to t Medical tech indicted for 1st-degree murder in death of philanthropist at Potomac assisted living facility 04/24/2026 10:30am • Maurquise James has been indicted for first degree murder in the death of 87-year-old millionaire philanthropist Robert Fuller, Jr., who was found dead in his assisted living facility apartment with a gunshot wound to the head, on Valentine's Day. Court records show a Montgomery County, Maryland Justice Department drops criminal probe of Federal Reserve chair Powell, likely clearing way for successor confirmation 04/24/2026 10:24am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Justice Department drops criminal probe of Federal Reserve chair Powell, likely clearing way for successor confirmation.