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A top paramilitary commander defects to Sudan���s military as war enters 4th year 04/20/2026 11:24am • CAIRO (AP) ��� A high-profile paramilitary commander in Sudan has changed sides and joined the country���s army in a move welcomed by army chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan shortly after the war entered its fourth year. Burhan on Sunday welcomed Maj. Gen. al-Nour Ahmed Adam, who defected earlier this m Marcel Hug claims his ninth Boston Marathon wheelchair title, Eden Rainbow-Cooper wins women's race 04/20/2026 11:23am • BOSTON (AP) ��� Marcel Hug of Switzerland vaulted to the front of the field and cruised to win his ninth Boston Marathon wheelchair title, claiming the victory Monday in the 130th edition of the race in 1 hour, 16 minutes, 6 seconds. Hug's fourth consecutive win in Boston puts him into second place EU hosts Palestinian peace conference as it seeks greater sway in the Middle East 04/20/2026 11:04am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Europe turned its attention to the Palestinians on Monday as the election defeat of Israel ally Victor Orban in Hungary gives new momentum to efforts addressing Gaza and the occupied West Bank. More than 60 nations sent representatives to Brussels for talks with Palestinian represe Board weighs new US Route 50 and Loudoun County Parkway interchange to reduce crashes, backups 04/20/2026 11:00am • Commuters who drive through the intersection of U.S. Route 50 and Loudoun County Parkway, Virginia State Route 606, are familiar with the stop-and-go traffic and a history of crashes where left turns cross fast-moving traffic. The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors is set to vote Tuesday on a ma Goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann breaks neck playing for second-tier Italian side Cesena 04/20/2026 11:00am • PALERMO, Italy (AP) ��� Goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann, the son of former Germany striker J��rgen Klinsmann, is recovering from a broken neck sustained playing for second-tier Italian side Cesena on Saturday. He was stretchered off the field in a neck brace following a collision with a Palermo player Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 26-May 2 includes Channing Tatum and Jessica Alba 04/20/2026 10:50am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 26-May 2: April 26: Actor-comedian Carol Burnett is 93. Actor Giancarlo Esposito (���Better Call Saul,��� ���Breaking Bad���) is 68. Drummer Roger Taylor of Duran Duran is 66. Actor Joan Chen (���Twin Peaks���) is 65. Drummer Chris Mars of The Replacements i Here's what to know about Timmy, the humpback whale that's sick and stranded in the Baltic Sea 04/20/2026 10:49am • BERLIN (AP) ��� A humpback whale's likely final days in the Baltic Sea have been livestreamed across the globe as multiple rescue efforts failed to coax it back into deeper waters while the marine mammal gets sicker and weaker. Nicknamed Timmy by local media, many fear the whale may soon die in the Women take the lead in whiskey as more female drinkers and distillers change the industry 04/20/2026 10:48am • SHOREHAM, Vt. (AP) ��� Meghan Ireland always loved chemistry, but as a college freshman studying chemical engineering, she didn���t know she could channel her passion for science into the art of making whiskey. It took stumbling across an article about a female chemical engineer who became a master US and allied forces kick off combat drills with Philippines as China objects 04/20/2026 10:47am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) ��� The United States and the Philippines kicked off one of their largest combat exercises Monday in an annual display of allied military might aimed at deterring aggression in Asia, despite Washington���s preoccupation with the war in the Middle East. The large-scale drills Starmer says he wouldn���t have appointed Mandelson as UK ambassador to US if he had known about failed security checks 04/20/2026 10:45am • LONDON (AP) ��� Starmer says he wouldn���t have appointed Mandelson as UK ambassador to US if he had known about failed security checks. Eden Rainbow-Cooper of Britain wins the women's wheelchair race at the Boston Marathon 04/20/2026 10:44am • BOSTON (AP) ��� Eden Rainbow-Cooper of Britain wins the women's wheelchair race at the Boston Marathon. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he made wrong judgment in appointing Peter Mandelson as ambassador 04/20/2026 10:38am • LONDON (AP) ��� British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he made wrong judgment in appointing Peter Mandelson as ambassador. Most fashion mannequins are about a size 2. The Met Gala exhibit is making room for diverse bodies 04/20/2026 10:34am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� On a sultry summer day in Brooklyn last year, artist and couture designer Michaela Stark found herself in a studio surrounded by 175 cameras, for a photo shoot unlike any she���d done before. Clad only in her signature corsetry that binds the flesh, Stark stood in the midst of a ci Brionna Jones' status for the start of the Dream's season is uncertain following knee surgery 04/20/2026 10:28am • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Atlanta Dream center Brionna Jones has had right knee surgery, leaving her status uncertain for the start of the WNBA season. Jones, a four-time All-Star, recently re-signed with Atlanta and was expected to join newly acquired forward Angel Reese to give the Dream an imposing front Marcel Hug of Switzerland wins Boston Marathon wheelchair race for the ninth time 04/20/2026 10:22am • BOSTON (AP) ��� Marcel Hug of Switzerland wins Boston Marathon wheelchair race for the ninth time.