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(AP) ��� Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, said Sunday he has spoken with Barack Obama and hopes the former president campaigns with him as the party tries to unite after a bitter primary that exposed deep rifts between its progressive and moderate Sports on TV for Monday, Aug. 10 08/09/2026 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Aug. 10 LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL 9 a.m. ESPN ��� Little League World Series: TBD, New England Region Semifinal, Bristol, Conn. 11 a.m. ESPN ��� Little League World Series: TBD, Southeast Region Semifinal, Warner Robins, Ga. 1 p.m. Today in Sports - Rory McIlroy wins his second straight major championship and fourth overall 08/09/2026 10:10am • Aug. 10 1900 ��� The first Davis Cup is held with the United States beating Britain, 3-0. 1949 ��� Ezzard Charles knocks out Gus Lesnovich in the eighth round at Yankee Stadium in his first world heavyweight title defense. 1975 ��� Jack Nicklaus wins the PGA Championship for the fourth time with a t DraftKings Promo Code: $150 Bonus for MLB Games Continues This Week 08/09/2026 09:56am • 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 Ahead of this AL Central battle between the Cleveland Guardians and Chicago White Sox, you can simply bet $5 on this Sunday MLB mat Watchdog for $46 billion tribal gambling industry can't enforce the law without a chairperson 08/09/2026 09:56am • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) ��� On opening day at the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma's new Harrah���s-branded casino, the tribe's chairman watched customers pack the gambling floor while a queue of cars spilled out of the parking lot. ���We couldn���t let them in because we were so full,��� Chairman Jacob Keyes WTOP Book Report: DC reporter Mimi Montgomery trades headlines for homicide in debut mystery 'Murder Bites' 08/09/2026 08:56am • Axios D.C. reporter Mimi Montgomery has spent years covering hard news in the nation���s capital, where ���just the facts��� is the guiding ethos. Now she's completely making things up instead. Montgomery's debut novel, "Murder Bites" (Bantam Books), follows Margot Cartwright, a D.C. transplant w 2 firefighters hurt, 19 residents displaced in Prince William Co. apartment fire 08/09/2026 08:18am • A three-alarm fire at an apartment building in Woodbridge, Virginia, injured two firefighters and displaced 19 people Saturday afternoon. 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