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Perfect homework, blank stares: Why colleges are turning to oral exams to combat AI 04/22/2026 03:09pm • The assignment involves no laptop, no chatbot and no technology of any kind. In fact, there's no pen or paper, either. Instead, students in Chris Schaffer���s biomedical engineering class at Cornell University are required to speak directly to an instructor in what he calls an ���oral defense.��� It Miami Marlins allow just 3 hits in 4-1 win over St. Louis Cardinals 04/22/2026 03:08pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� Janson Junk and five relievers combined on a three-hitter to lead the Miami Marlins past the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 on Wednesday. Agust��n Ram��rez singled twice and drove in a run, and Javier Sanoja had three hits for the Marlins. Junk (1-2) allowed one hit, walked one and struck ou LPGA is keeping with tradition at the first major. But it's a pool, not a pond in Houston 04/22/2026 03:07pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� From a pond to a pool. From the warmth of the California desert to pop-up thunderstorms in Houston. The LPGA Tour's first major of the year, once laden with tradition and identity, feels as though it's starting over again at The Chevron Championship. What the LPGA was determined to Betr Promo Code WTOP Claims $200 Bonus for Magic-Pistons, NBA, MLB Picks 04/22/2026 03:04pm • 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 Set up your new profile with the Betr promo code WTOP and make use of a $200 no-sweat offer to make your entries for tonight's NB NBA Playoffs Prediction Apps: Get Offers for Magic-Pistons, Suns-Thunder Game 2s 04/22/2026 03:02pm • 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 The NBA Playoffs roll on with a doubleheader tonight, and the leading prediction apps deliver bonuses, deposit matches, discounts and m Photos show Israelis celebrating at a West Bank spring despite heightened tensions 04/22/2026 03:00pm • AUJA, West Bank (AP) ��� Israeli settlers and other Israelis gathered at a spring in the occupied West Bank to celebrate their country���s Independence Day with hours of swimming and picnicking. The afternoon of leisure in the community of Auja contrasted sharply with recent violence and displacemen Mother's shooting death in DC sparks search for child, who was found with her suspected killer 04/22/2026 02:55pm • D.C. police have found a 2-year-old boy who was missing after his mother was fatally shot late Tuesday night. Police said shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday that 2-year-old Royce Hawkins was found and had not been physically injured. An Amber Alert that had been issued earlier Wednesday morning Jadeja's all-round IPL show leads Rajasthan to second spot with 40-run win over Lucknow 04/22/2026 02:54pm • LUCKNOW, India (AP) ��� Ravindra Jadeja���s brilliant all-round performance handed Lucknow Super Giants a fourth straight loss in the Indian Premier League and lifted Rajasthan Royals to second in the standings on Wednesday. The left-handed Jadeja top-scored with an unbeaten 43 off 29 balls on a tri What you need to know when looking at solar in 2026? 04/22/2026 02:48pm • This content is sponsored by Solar Energy World. Solar power ��� it���s a topic that sparks the imagination of what���s possible in our energy future. But the big question for many, is it really a better way to get the energy we all need? In our latest interview on WTOP, meteorologist Wyatt Coman stars as Ronaldo's Al-Nassr reaches Asian Champions League Two final 04/22/2026 02:48pm • Cristiano Ronaldo helped Al-Nassr crush Qatar���s Al-Ahli 5-1 on Wednesday to reach the Asian Champions League Two final and move within touching distance of a first major trophy since joining the Saudi club in December 2022. The 41-year-old Portugal superstar played for 78 minutes and, while he did 988 hotline's launch is linked to thousands of fewer suicide deaths among teens and young adults 04/22/2026 02:47pm • Nearly 4,400 fewer U.S. teens and young adults died by suicide than projected in the first two-and-a-half years of the 988 mental health crisis hotline, a sign the program is working even as it faces long-term funding challenges. Suicide deaths among 15- to 23-year-olds were 11% lower than what rese The US has a long history of changing voting districts for political reasons. Is it legal? 04/22/2026 02:42pm • The gerrymandering of House districts is becoming more rampant across the U.S. The word ���gerrymander��� was coined in America more than 200 years ago as an unflattering way to describe the political manipulation of boundaries for legislative voting districts by those in charge of drawing them. T Authorities say 2 people are dead and 19 more were taken to the hospital after a chemical leak at a West Virginia plant 04/22/2026 02:40pm • INSTITUTE, W.Va. (AP) ��� Authorities say 2 people are dead and 19 more were taken to the hospital after a chemical leak at a West Virginia plant. Air quality improving, but ozone smog still at unhealthy levels in DC region, American Lung Association says 04/22/2026 02:39pm • More than 700,000 children living in D.C. area are breathing unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to the American Lung Association's 27th annual "State of the Air" report. The group's report said children are exposed to air pollution levels that put their developing lungs and long-term he More confusion looms over Strait of Hormuz after Iran attacks three ships near waterway 04/22/2026 02:38pm • Confusion deepened Wednesday in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran attacked three ships near the crucial waterway whose closure has plunged the world into an energy crisis after tankers carrying a fifth of the world���s oil were blocked from using the channel. The attacks unfolded just a day after U.S. Pr