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Michael Cheika to return as Waratahs head coach in Super Rugby 08/19/2026 05:29am • SYDNEY (AP) ��� Michael Cheika is set to return as head coach of the New South Wales Waratahs a dozen years after guiding the Sydney-based franchise to its only Super Rugby title. The 59-year-old Cheika, who was Australia's head coach when the Wallabies reached the 2015 World Cup final in England, w Liberty's Chadwell eyes a Conference USA rebound after surgery and a 4-8 stumble 08/19/2026 05:10am • Liberty coach Jamey Chadwell has been looking forward to this season perhaps more than any other. The Flames went into 2025 as heavy favorites to win the Conference USA title only to stumble to a 4-8 record. Four of the losses came by double digits with four others decided by a touchdown or less. The Group of Five is now the Group of Six. Here are the likely top CFP contenders from those leagues 08/19/2026 05:10am • After posting double-digit wins each of the last two seasons, Navy wants to take the next step. That would mean playing meaningful games even after its Dec. 12 showdown with Army. ���We���re not interested in maintaining or sustaining the success we���ve had,��� Navy coach Brian Newberry told Erin Patterson appeals 3 murder convictions in Australia over death cap mushroom lunch 08/19/2026 05:09am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Triple-murderer Erin Patterson appealed her convictions Wednesday for poisoning four of her estranged husband���s relatives with death cap mushrooms. Three judges of the Victoria state Court of Appeal are hearing her appeal over two days against her convictions on three Mobile gold miners in eastern Congo complicate health workers' efforts to contain Ebola 08/19/2026 05:00am • IGA-BARRI��RE, Congo (AP) ��� Isaac Batisa is only a child but he spends his days digging for gold at a mining site in eastern Congo, hoping to earn enough money to support his family. The 11-year-old is among hundreds of people, many of them children, working at the artisanal gold mine in eastern India seal a 165-run win in Galle as Manav Suthar���s 10-wicket haul sinks Sri Lanka 08/19/2026 04:55am • GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP) ��� India won the first test in Galle by 165 runs just minutes before a heavy downpour might have saved Sri Lanka on the fifth day Wednesday. Left-arm spinner Manav Suthar took three wickets in the 76th over of Sri Lanka's second innings and cleaned up the last wicket in the 78 Federal funding cuts to pose challenge for Frederick Co. schools, superintendent says 08/19/2026 04:30am • This story is part of WTOP���s 2026��Back to School coverage. Heading into the new school year, Frederick County Public Schools Chief of Staff Sarah Sirgo answered questions about what lies ahead for the Maryland school system on behalf of Superintendent Cheryl Dyson. What are you most loo Fire in a building housing several hotels in eastern India kills 9 and injures 6 08/19/2026 04:18am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� A fire broke out in a five-story building that houses several hotels in Kolkata in the early hours Wednesday, killing at least nine people and injuring six others in the capital of India���s West Bengal state, police said. The blaze erupted around 1:45 a.m. in the building close t Maryland schools chief calls dip in kindergarten vaccination rates ���cause for concern��� 08/19/2026 04:17am • As this school year begins, a drop in Kindergarten measles vaccination rates is raising red flags, Maryland's State Superintendent of Schools Carey Wright said. Nationally, data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that during the 2025-2026 school year, vaccination c DC's Carter Barron Amphitheater welcomes back crowds after decade-long closure 08/19/2026 04:03am • In 2016, the music died at D.C.'s iconic Carter Barron Amphitheater in Rock Creek Park when the venue's stage was deemed unsafe. Now, music is returning to the historic venue, as organizers bring it back to life for three nights starting Thursday with the help of a temporary stage and some famili Afghan farmers turn their grapes into raisins after border closures slash fruit exports to Pakistan 08/19/2026 04:02am • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ��� It���s grape season in Afghanistan���s southern province of Kandahar, and the harvest this year is plentiful. But that���s small comfort for the region���s grape producers and workers, who say fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan has left them unable to access their Yankees play the Orioles with 1-0 series lead 08/19/2026 04:01am • New York Yankees (70-55, second in the AL East) vs. Baltimore Orioles (61-65, fifth in the AL East) Baltimore; Wednesday, 6:35 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Will Warren (8-6, 4.42 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 117 strikeouts); Orioles: Chris Bassitt (4-4, 5.11 ERA, 1.62 WHIP, 40 strikeouts) LINE: Mets and Padres meet, winner secures 3-game series 08/19/2026 04:01am • San Diego Padres (68-59, second in the NL West) vs. New York Mets (57-70, fifth in the NL East) New York; Wednesday, 1:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Padres: Michael King (8-8, 3.41 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 124 strikeouts); Mets: Robert Stock (0-2, 6.57 ERA, 1.86 WHIP, 13 strikeouts) LINE: Padres -132, Mets Rockies take home losing streak into matchup against the Dodgers 08/19/2026 04:01am • Los Angeles Dodgers (76-51, first in the NL West) vs. Colorado Rockies (50-76, fifth in the NL West) Denver; Wednesday, 8:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Dodgers: Roki Sasaki (5-5, 4.46 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 108 strikeouts); Rockies: Kyle Freeland (4-10, 6.27 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 98 strikeouts) LINE: Dodgers - Phillies try to keep home win streak alive, host the Marlins 08/19/2026 04:01am • Miami Marlins (64-63, third in the NL East) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (69-58, second in the NL East) Philadelphia; Wednesday, 6:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Marlins: Sandy Alcantara (13-7, 3.43 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 130 strikeouts); Phillies: Aaron Nola (4-9, 5.33 ERA, 1.45 WHIP, 138 strikeouts) LINE: