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'Many' Fed officials think higher rates will be needed if inflation stays high 08/19/2026 03:20pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Many Federal Reserve officials think the central bank will have to lift its key short-term interest rate in the coming months if inflation doesn't subside, minutes of the Fed's meeting last month showed. The minutes of the July 28-29 meeting, released Wednesday, don't provide sp Texans receiver Jayden Higgins is out for the season with a torn ACL, AP source says 08/19/2026 03:19pm • Houston Texans receiver Jayden Higgins is expected to miss the season with a torn ACL, according to a person with knowledge of his injury The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the Texans haven���t announced the severity of his injury. Higgins fell awkwa Pirates acquire veteran catcher Christian Bethancourt from Yankees in exchange for cash 08/19/2026 03:15pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired veteran catcher Christian Bethancourt from the New York Yankees on Wednesday in exchange for cash considerations. The 34-year-old Bethancourt had been playing for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, New York's Triple-A affiliate. Pittsburgh assigned Bethancourt Movie Review: Gen Z gets a moody, existential horror in ���It Ends��� 08/19/2026 03:12pm • Every generation deserves its own postgrad malaise movie. Not every attempt is going to be ���The Graduate��� or ���Frances Ha,��� but even when they���re mediocre, they���re also often a pure expression from a young filmmaker about what their contemporaries are feeling at that exact moment. Though Deputy tried to serve civil papers to Deion Sanders at Colorado practice, but coach was unavailable 08/19/2026 03:12pm • A deputy with the Boulder County Sheriff���s Office showed up at the University of Colorado campus last week to serve civil papers to Deion Sanders while the coach was at an open practice and inaccessible. The officer was informed that the Buffaloes coach was ���unavailable at the time to receive re Kalshi Promo Code WTOP: Spend $25, Get $25 Bonus on MLB, NFL Preseason Trades 08/19/2026 03:09pm • 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 By using Kalshi promo code WTOP, new players can unlock a $25 bonus after spending $25 on eligible trades. Click here to get in o Beaver found dead at state park in Montgomery County tests positive for rabies 08/19/2026 03:07pm • A dead beaver found at Seneca Creek State Park in Montgomery County has tested positive for rabies, the third positive finding at a Maryland state park in recent weeks. State Department of Natural Resources officials located a beaver carcass on Monday in the Berryville Area of Seneca Creek State NASA and startup company call off rescue mission to save aging space telescope 08/19/2026 03:02pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ��� NASA and startup company call off rescue mission to save aging space telescope. Man charged with murder offers ���full confession��� in killing of 42-year-old woman in Great Falls 08/19/2026 02:53pm • Following his arrest Wednesday, police say a man confessed to killing a 42-year-old woman who was found stabbed and doused in gasoline in the Great Falls, Virginia, area earlier this week. Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos, 19, was taken into custody in Prince George's County, Maryland, and char Read our big scoop: Ice-cream cones, the ingenious invention of American immigrants 08/19/2026 02:46pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Read this quickly, before it melts. Ice cream was a rare and expensive treat for centuries because of the difficulty of storing ice. In the summer of 1790, President George Washington spent $200 on ice cream, the equivalent of $7,259 today, according to the International Dairy Foods Colombian president asks Trump to suspend tariffs to help earthquake recovery 08/19/2026 02:34pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) ��� Colombia's President Abelardo de la Espriella has asked his ally U.S. President Donald Trump to suspend tariffs to help the South American nation recover from a powerful earthquake that killed at least 289 people. De la Espriella took office earlier this month just days bef Kennedy Center tells court it won't try to restore Trump's name to the building before Sept. 8 08/19/2026 02:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Kennedy Center has told a federal court that it would not attempt to return President Donald Trump's name to the building's facade before at least Sept. 8 as another legal battle over the performing arts venue's future takes shape. In a status report filed late Tuesday, oppo Young QBs Drew Allar and Will Howard to get extended looks when the Steelers host the New York Jets 08/19/2026 02:32pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Will Howard and Drew Allar dazzled at times in their NFL preseason debuts for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The challenge for both young quarterbacks heading into a visit from the New York Jets on Friday? Doing it again. They won't lack for opportunities after coach Mike McCarthy sai An alarmed bond market gets the Trump administration to act again 08/19/2026 02:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Normally quiet, the bond market can occasionally send warning signals loud enough to hit stock markets worldwide and even grab the attention of U.S. presidents and other world leaders. After the bond market���s alarm bells rose in volume through the summer, the Trump administratio Vehicle crash causes gas line to leak in Fairfax County 08/19/2026 02:27pm • A vehicle crash caused a high-pressure gas line to leak in Fairfax County, Virginia, prompting authorities to close Ox Road and to evacuate nearby areas Wednesday. The single-vehicle crash happened in the area of Ox Road and Burke Center Parkway in Fairview just before 11 a.m. Fire department