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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 Video shows officers fall as a second-story deck collapses while they try to make an arrest 08/19/2026 02:26pm • Dramatic body camera footage shows nine members of a U.S. Marshals Service task force falling to the ground as a second-story wooden deck they were standing on suddenly collapses. The video shows the deck collapsing on July 21 as the officers, several holding firearms, stand in a line just outside a What beats seeing eclipses from space? Try the northern and southern lights 08/19/2026 02:14pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ��� Eclipses may be wondrous, but nothing beats seeing the northern and southern lights from space. That���s the word Wednesday from a pair of NASA astronauts living aboard the International Space Station for the past six months. Astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway t A triple crisis: Earthquake takes a heavy toll on Colombia's impoverished and neglected region 08/19/2026 01:49pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) ��� Ismael Arias was headed to the market when the devastating 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit western Colombia last week, sowing death and destruction. His home region of Choco was the epicenter. Leaving home early that day likely saved his life, he says ��� the two-story home he 2016 WNBA MVP Nneka Ogwumike announces she's retiring after this season, her 15th in league 08/19/2026 01:40pm • Nneka Ogwumike has been a vital part of the WNBA's growth on and off the court the past 15 seasons, from her decorated playing career to her tenure as president of the players' union. The 36-year-old eight-time All-WNBA forward announced Wednesday in an interview with Boardroom Talks that she���ll r Americans have elected only 3 Black governors. This year, 8 major party candidates are on the ballot 08/19/2026 01:37pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� Across 250 years, only three elected governors out of thousands have been Black ���- all Democrats and all men, including current Maryland Gov. Wes Moore. But Moore could soon have company. With Florida Republicans nominating U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds on Tuesday, there are seve Mets' Polanco headed for ankle surgery after forgettable season 08/19/2026 01:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Jorge Polanco���s challenging first season with the New York Mets likely ended Wednesday when he was placed on the 10-day injured list with left ankle bursitis. Interim manager Andy Green said Polanco is slated to undergo surgery shortly. ���It���s gotten to the point where he just SCC commissioner, former NextEra attorney declines to recuse herself from merger case 08/19/2026 01:30pm • On Tuesday, Virginia lawmakers heard from utility regulation experts on the potential impact of the proposed merger between Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy. If approved, the merger would create the largest electric utility in the country. In the days preceding this week���s��Energy Commission Inside Tennessee���s NIL 'carwash' day, a multimedia smorgasbord to help athletes cash in 08/19/2026 01:27pm • KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� The cost of getting a spot on a Vol Network radio broadcast back in 2000 was pretty simple for a business: Tee up two 30-second commercials, pay for an ad in the souvenir program and a set of season tickets was yours. ���Our world does not resemble that at all,��� said Bran Jason Arday's death sparks UK debate over academic rigor, racism after media 'frenzy' 08/19/2026 01:27pm • LONDON (AP) ��� In 2012, a smiling Jason Arday was photographed by the British press carrying the Olympic flame in the torch relay preceding the London Games. He was back in the news in 2023 when Cambridge University hailed him as the youngest Black professor in the institution���s history. Three ye