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Chase DeLauter's bases-loaded triple helps Guardians rally for 8-5 victory over Astros 04/21/2026 09:19pm • CLEVELAND (AP) ��� Chase DeLauter hit a bases-loaded triple down the left-field line in the eighth inning as the Cleveland Guardians rallied for a 8-5 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night. The Guardians' rally spoiled a milestone night for Houston's Jose Altuve, who became the third play Virginia voters approve Democrats' redistricting plan amid nationwide battle over gerrymandering 04/21/2026 09:17pm • See the full results and follow WTOP���s team coverage of the 2026 Virginia redistricting referendum online, on air at 103.5 FM or on the��WTOP News app. Virginians have approved an amendment to allow for mid-decade redistricting, clearing a major hurdle for Democrats hoping to redraw the state' Gov. Beshear questions University of Kentucky decision-making after Barnhart���s $950,000 job 04/21/2026 09:10pm • LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) ��� Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear released a statement Tuesday questioning the decision-making at the University of Kentucky amid a fraught period for the school's athletics department. Beshear said he is ���losing confidence and growing increasingly concerned��� after the universit Spain making major investment in public housing and subsidies so people can afford homes 04/21/2026 09:03pm • MADRD (AP) ��� Spain's government on Tuesday approved a sweeping plan to alleviate the country's housing problem, one of Prime Minister Pedro S��nchez ���s main political vulnerabilities ahead of elections next year. Rising rental and housing costs are pricing many Spaniards out of the market, despi Teenager pleads guilty to arson that caused smoke damage at London synagogue 04/21/2026 08:52pm • LONDON (AP) ��� A teenager pleaded guilty Tuesday to arson in northwest London but said he was unaware that the targeted building was a synagogue and said he bore no ill will toward Jewish people. The attack was among several separate assaults against Britain���s Jewish community in recent weeks. T Virginia voters approve new US House districts that could aid Democrats in midterm elections 04/21/2026 08:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Virginia voters approve new US House districts that could aid Democrats in midterm elections. Her kidnapped son was killed in a Gaza tunnel. A new memoir gives a searing account of her grief 04/21/2026 08:46pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� When Hersh Goldberg-Polin was in the tunnels in Gaza, fellow hostages say he often quoted a line from Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl: ���Those who have a ���why��� to live can bear with almost any ���how.������ Through his long months in captivity, family and friends hoped that, Trump picks a University of Minnesota professor to lead his economic council 04/21/2026 08:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated University of Minnesota economist Christopher Phelan to be the next chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, a key position for conducting analyses of the economy and the administration's policies. If confirmed by the S Apple's new CEO John Ternus steps into the spotlight after flying under the radar for years 04/21/2026 08:36pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Apple's next CEO John Ternus is a company veteran who rose through the iPhone maker's hardware engineering ranks but until now has maintained a low profile. Ternus will take over as chief executive in September for Tim Cook, who turned Apple into a $4 trillion tech colossus during h Man who set neighbor on fire after she found him burglarizing her home is executed in Florida 04/21/2026 08:36pm • STARKE, Fla. (AP) ��� A Florida man who set his neighbor on fire after she returned from work to find him burglarizing her home was executed Tuesday evening. Chadwick Scott Willacy, 58, received a three-drug injection and was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. at Florida State Prison near Starke for the 1 Gunman who fired on tourists at Mexican pyramid carried materials related to 1999 Columbine massacre 04/21/2026 08:31pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� The gunman who opened fire on tourists at Mexico���s iconic Teotihuacan pyramids carried materials that were apparently related to the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School, authorities said Tuesday, a day after the attack that killed a Canadian woman and left at least 13 peopl Fired former UK official says he felt political pressure to approve Mandelson as US ambassador 04/21/2026 08:31pm • LONDON (AP) ��� The former head of Britain's foreign service said Tuesday he was pressured by Prime Minister Keir Starmer's office to rush through the confirmation of Peter Mandelson as British ambassador to Washington, and claimed Downing Street brushed aside security concerns about the choice. The Mexico's Sheinbaum demands explanation after US officials die after operation in Chihuahua 04/21/2026 08:29pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday she would demand explanations over what U.S. and Mexican officials were doing in northern Chihuahua when they died in an accident over the weekend, noting that any joint collaborations between the local government and the U.S. with Gun used to kill 8 children was stolen from truck, Louisiana man tells investigators 04/21/2026 08:26pm • A man who previously had the assault-style gun used to kill eight children in Louisiana told investigators he believes Shamar Elkins stole it from his truck in the weeks before the rampage in a Shreveport neighborhood, according to court documents released Tuesday. Charles Ford told investigators h Mideast crises divide Europe as it grapples with rising fuel costs and policy toward Israel 04/21/2026 08:24pm • LUXEMBOURG (AP) ��� Buoyed by the election of a new leader in Hungary, Europe's top diplomats are meeting in Luxembourg to forge plans of action on multiple crises from the ongoing war in Ukraine, Russian hybrid attacks, and economic instability as the war in Iran drives up energy prices worldwide.