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A Myanmar rights group urges FIFA to drop Mytel���s World Cup rights over connections to military 06/12/2026 06:54am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� A Myanmar rights group is urging FIFA to reverse its decision to grant exclusive World Cup broadcast rights to a U.S.-sanctioned company linked to the country's military government that seized power of the five years ago. The group, Justice For Myanmar, told The Associated Press on Timmy, Germany's humpback whale, likely lived for only 5 days after controversial rescue effort 06/12/2026 06:47am • BERLIN (AP) ��� The humpback whale that kept Germany spellbound for months likely lived for roughly five days after the final controversial rescue attempt failed to guide it back to its natural habitat in the Atlantic Ocean, officials said Friday. The whale, nicknamed ���Timmy��� and ���Hope��� by G How you can sail the Potomac on a Revolutionary War tall ship this weekend 06/12/2026 06:45am • It's one of the most unique and interactive America 250 festivals you'll find anywhere in the country this summer ��� right on the waterfront in historic Old Town Alexandria. And did we mention it's free?!? "Sails on the Potomac" is the first gathering of fully operational, Revolutionary W Head of Palestinian soccer says he wasn't granted US visa to attend World Cup 06/12/2026 06:32am • RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) ��� The head of the Palestinian Football Association is waiting in Mexico City for permission to enter the United States with other federation heads attending the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Jibril Rajoub went to the opening match between Mexico and South Africa on Thursday. But he Pentagon reviews are blocking wind farms, putting jobs at risk, lawsuit says 06/12/2026 06:01am • Renewable energy groups are suing the U.S. military because they say national security reviews for new wind farms on private land have been effectively frozen for months. The groups say this logjam jeopardizes $47 billion in investments and thousands of jobs in 21 states. President Donald Trump has Sacramento hopes to make its pitch for expansion after the Athletics leave for Las Vegas 06/12/2026 06:00am • WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty pointed to the fans filling up Sutter Health Park before the Athletics took on the New York Yankees in a recent series, including several wearing jerseys with Sacramento on the front. A region that has often been considered minor league Hurricanes' top-line performers come through as Carolina moves within a win of claiming Stanley Cup 06/12/2026 06:00am • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour spent weeks answering the same question about needing more goal-scoring pop from top-line forwards Andrei Svechnikov and Sebastian Aho. ���We need them to get going,��� Brind'Amour said early in the Stanley Cup Final. Maybe now, with a Tarik Skubal, the Cleveland Browns and other athletes credit a tiny new scope for faster recoveries 06/12/2026 06:00am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Several top pro athletes and their surgeons say a modern version of an old tool is shaving weeks off the recovery time for certain injuries. And some top doctors think this is only the beginning. Cy Young Award winners Tarik Skubal and Blake Snell let doctors use the instrument on t US OPEN '26: Player capsules of 10 contenders for Shinnecock Hills 06/12/2026 06:00am • A capsule look at 10 players expected to contend at the U.S. Open, to be played June 18-21 at Shinnecock Hills in Southampton, New York: Scottie Scheffler Age: 29. Country: United States. World ranking: 1. Worldwide wins: 23. Majors: Masters (2022, 2024), PGA Championship (2025), British Open (2025) Knicks fever is colliding with World Cup buzz, and New York soccer bars are trying to juggle both 06/12/2026 06:00am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Sitting among a pint-raising crowd at a Manhattan soccer bar on the first day of the World Cup, George Carson described himself as a huge soccer fan who hopes to catch all 104 games of the global tournament. But on Saturday? ���We got to watch the Knicks,��� he said. In most natio This DC election could reshape political landscape and leadership 06/12/2026 05:56am • D.C. is in the middle of a major political shift as voters get set to choose a new mayor, multiple council members and a new delegate to Congress. It���s a rare moment of turnover that could reshape how the city is led and how its leaders work together. It���s also the first time the city is David Hockney, an icon of 20th-century art, has died at age 88, his publicist says 06/12/2026 05:45am • LONDON (AP) ��� David Hockney, an icon of 20th-century art, has died at age 88, his publicist says. 2 collisions on a Hungarian highway kill 8 people 06/12/2026 05:42am • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ��� Two collisions one after another on a highway in western Hungary early Friday killed eight people, police said. A truck caught fire after colliding with a construction vehicle near the city of Gy��r around 4.30 a.m., killing one person and snarling traffic, police said. ���A festival of all nations���: DC fans celebrate Mexico���s World Cup opening win 06/12/2026 05:32am • Hundreds of fans swarmed into a viewing party at La Cosecha in Union Market in Northeast D.C. to watch Mexico���s 2-0 shutout of South Africa in the opening match of the FIFA World Cup. Nine minutes into the game, Mexico scored its first goal, which caused the soccer fans to jump to their World Tour Libema Open Results 06/12/2026 05:30am • Friday At Autotron Convention Center Den Bosch, Netherlands Purse: ���723,535 Surface: Grass DEN BOSCH, NETHERLANDS (AP) _ Results Friday from Libema Open at Autotron Convention Center (seedings in parentheses): Men's Doubles Quarterfinals Botic Van de Zandschulp and Tallon Griekspoor, Netherlands,