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New Medicaid rule worries patients 06/11/2026 10:39am • NEW YORK (AP) — On hot afternoons, DeAnna Brandon’s three dogs zag around while she splashes in a backyard kiddie pool with her grandkids. These are the moments the 48-year-old blood cancer survivor cherishes — and wonders if she will get to have in the years to come. Brandon, who lives in Ro Police in Toronto say an officer has been shot and killed by a suspect linked to a March attack on the U.S. Consulate 06/11/2026 10:39am • TORONTO (AP) — Police in Toronto say an officer has been shot and killed by a suspect linked to a March attack on the U.S. Consulate. House fails to extend US surveillance tool, risking lapse ahead of Friday deadline 06/11/2026 10:35am • WASHINGTON (AP) — House fails to extend US surveillance tool, risking lapse ahead of Friday deadline. 2 students injured in collision involving school bus in Anne Arundel Co. 06/11/2026 10:32am • Officials say a vehicle struck a school bus in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Thursday morning, leaving at least two students with minor injuries and closing the roadway to traffic. The bus was about a quarter mile from Davidsonville Elementary when the crash happened near Cottage Farm Way and Ma Haiti's World Cup jersey deemed too political, echoing censure of its Winter Olympic uniform 06/11/2026 10:15am • MILAN (AP) — Haiti has been forced to change the design of its World Cup jersey after it was deemed too political by FIFA just months after the Caribbean nation had to amend its Winter Olympic uniforms. The jersey, by Colombian sportswear manufacturer Saeta, originally included a depiction of the Here's how to avoid heat-related illnesses and stay cool this summer 06/11/2026 10:13am • BERLIN (AP) — More than 200,000 people across Europe died from heat-related causes over the last four years, and most of the fatalities were preventable, the World Health Organization's Europe office said Thursday. More above-average temperatures could be on the books this summer, and they are mor 'The most important games the Nationals have played in a long time' are at the park where they can't win 06/11/2026 10:10am • The numbers shouldn't be able to share a stat sheet. The Washington Nationals have won five straight road series — a stretch that includes a 14-1 demolition in Arizona — yet they return to Nationals Park on Friday carrying a 12-20 home record, punctuated by Miami's three-game sweep the last time Today in Sports - Chicago Bulls win their first NBA championship, Michael Jordan named series MVP 06/11/2026 10:10am • June 12 1920 — Man o’ War wins the Belmont Stakes, which was run at 1 3/8-miles, in 2:14 1/5. He shatters the world record by 3 1/5 seconds and sets the American dirt-course record for that distance. 1930 — Max Schmeling beats Jack Sharkey on a fourth-round foul for the vacant heavyweight titl Sports on TV for Friday, June 12 06/11/2026 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, June 12 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:25 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Gold Coast at Geelong AUTO RACING 7:30 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 11 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Ci Sudanese paramilitary drone strikes kill at least 15 people in central region, officials say 06/11/2026 10:00am • CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese paramilitary forces carried out drone strikes overnight in central Sudan, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens, health officials said Thursday, as the use of unmanned aircraft becomes increasingly common in the more than three-year war in the African country. The at Courthouse glimpse of prominent Gaza doctor renews calls for his release from Israeli detention 06/11/2026 09:55am • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court was weighing whether to extend the detention of a prominent Palestinian doctor who was seized by Israeli forces 17 months ago in Gaza and appeared via video conference before the judges to challenge his imprisonment. By Thursday afternoon, the court had no