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Taylor Swift becomes the youngest woman inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at age 36 06/12/2026 09:10am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Taylor Swift became the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame Thursday night at age 36. "It was instinctual. No one taught me how to do it," she said of songwriting through a raspy voice she attributed to screaming along to the night's performances and Wedn Music Review: Olivia Rodrigo's 'You seem pretty sad for a girl so in love' is her best work yet 06/12/2026 09:08am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Olivia Rodrigo���s done it again. Her third album, ���You seem pretty sad for a girl so in love,��� is her best yet ��� a giant step forward for the songwriter who emerged a promising young talent before she could even parallel park. Across 13 tracks, Rodrigo telegraphs the story o Niger military junta introduces new penal code criminalizing homosexuality with 5-10 years in prison 06/12/2026 09:00am • NIAMEY, Niger (AP) ��� Niger's military junta announced a new penal code that criminalizes homosexuality, an adviser to the justice minister said Friday. The West African nation is the latest to criminalize homosexuality, following similar measures earlier this year in Senegal. The new penal code pu Here's what to know about Timmy, the humpback whale whose life and death captivated Germany 06/12/2026 08:04am • BERLIN (AP) ��� The remains of Timmy, the humpback whale whose life and death captivated Germany for months, will be turned into biodiesel as some of the mammal's bones are set to go to a Danish museum. A series of failed rescue attempts split the scientific community and a private initiative over 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' seizes the small-story moment in prestige TV with Dunk and Egg 06/12/2026 08:01am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Ser Duncan is tall, but his story is small. And Ira Parker, showrunner of ���A Knight of the Seven Kingdom,��� HBO's latest entry to the ���Game of Thrones��� universe that has charmed and disarmed viewers with its humble story of big, raw, aspiring knight Dunk and his tiny, cue Bosnia-Herzegovina embraces underdog role in World Cup opener against Canada 06/12/2026 08:00am • TORONTO (AP) ��� Bosnia-Herzegovina made it to the World Cup on the last day of European qualifying. Now it���s facing one of the three co-hosts, Canada, in its opener. Doesn���t bother the Balkan side at all. ���Even if we are underrated or underdogs, we did something that everyone knows who we are What to know about the EU's new rules on migration and asylum as they come into effect 06/12/2026 07:58am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� The European Union is set to implement a new set of rules Friday governing how each of its 27 member states will deal with irregular migration and asylum seekers. The European Migration and Asylum Pact is the culmination of years of grueling negotiations that overhauled the previo Disaster drills helped prevent more deaths when powerful quake hit the southern Philippines 06/12/2026 07:38am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) ��� Philippine officials said Friday that years of disaster-preparedness drills helped prevent a larger casualty toll when one of the strongest earthquakes in 50 years struck the south and left 46 people dead with 38 others missing. The 7.8 magnitude offshore quake, which st Canada is ready to become a soccer nation as it hosts World Cup opener against Bosnia-Herzegovina 06/12/2026 07:00am • TORONTO (AP) ��� Luke Reece never played hockey growing up in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga. Instead, he played soccer, like many Canadians who are now adults. The sport is so popular it has surpassed hockey and all other sports in youth participation, according to a recent report by Jumpstart, 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