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Fears of looser standards as the FBI and Justice Department scramble to fill a depleted workforce 04/19/2026 02:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The FBI and Justice Department are scrambling to rebuild a depleted workforce after a wave of departures over the past year, with leaders easing hiring requirements and accelerating recruitment in ways that some current and former officials see as a lowering of long-accepted stan Man City star Rodri to undergo tests on groin injury sustained against Arsenal 04/19/2026 02:40pm • MANCHESTER, England (AP) ��� Manchester City midfielder Rodri sustained a groin injury in the 2-1 win over Arsenal in the Premier League, manager Pep Guardiola said. The Spain international came off in the 88th minute. ���We���ll make a test tonight,��� Guardiola said Sunday. Rodri has returned to h Donnarumma mistake gifts Arsenal goal but doesn't cost Man City in Premier League title showdown 04/19/2026 02:35pm • MANCHESTER, England (AP) ��� Manchester City knew it was getting possibly the world���s best shot-stopper in signing Gianluigi Donnarumma as the team���s first-choice goalkeeper for this season. The problem with the Italy international, however, was his frailties with the ball at his feet. Unfortuna Trump wants to stop states from regulating AI. This Utah Republican isn't listening 04/19/2026 02:31pm • RIVERTON, Utah (AP) ��� When a dozen Republican activists gathered on a back deck in the Salt Lake City suburbs to talk about this year's elections, the conversation cycled through all the staples of conservative chatter in Utah such as dwindling water supplies, illegal immigrant fraud and chemtrail Dodgers place 1B Freeman on paternity list, recall Ward from Triple-A 04/19/2026 02:28pm • DENVER (AP) ��� The Los Angeles Dodgers placed first baseman Freddie Freeman on the paternity list Sunday and recalled longtime minor league prospect Ryan Ward from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ward, 28, will make his major league debut after seven years in organization���s farm system. He will start at 8 children between the ages of 1 and 14 are dead after a mass shooting in Louisiana, police say 04/19/2026 02:14pm • SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) ��� A gunman in Louisiana killed eight children in shootings at two different homes early Sunday in the nation's deadliest mass shooting in more than two years, police in Shreveport said. The victims ranged in age from one to about 14 years old, said Shreveport police spokesp NCAA tourney star Braylon Mullins decides to chase national title at UConn instead of heading to NBA 04/19/2026 02:13pm • STORRS, Conn. (AP) ��� NCAA Tournament star Braylon Mullins will stick around one more season at UConn in hopes of winning a national championship instead of heading straight to the NBA. The 6-foot-6 shooting guard made his announcement Saturday on his Instagram account with highlight clips of his b Colombian President Petro vows a lawsuit after Ecuador's Noboa alleges ties to gang boss 'Fito' 04/19/2026 02:10pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) ��� Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Sunday he will sue his Ecuadorian counterpart, Daniel Noboa, who accused him of having ties to the leader of a ruthless criminal organization, deepening the diplomatic and trade crisis between the two South American nations. Petro anno Bayern Munich clinches another Bundesliga title with 4-2 win over Stuttgart 04/19/2026 02:10pm • Bayern Munich clinched another Bundesliga title on Sunday by easing to a 4-2 win over Stuttgart. Harry Kane scored his league-leading 32nd goal of the season after going on as a second-half substitute, and Bayern should have scored more against the overwhelmed Stuttgart defense. 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Perez was the designated hitter Sunday and said things between him and manager Matt Quatraro are fine. ���No frustra The US backs a South Africa project to extract rare earths despite a diplomatic clash 04/19/2026 01:37pm • PHALABORWA, South Africa (AP) ��� Two enormous sandlike dunes at an old chemical processing plant in South Africa are at the center of an exploratory U.S.-backed project to extract highly sought-after rare earth elements from industrial mining waste. The Phalaborwa Rare Earths Project has U.S. suppo ���Lee Cronin���s The Mummy��� is no match for ���Super Mario��� or ���Hail Mary��� at the box office 04/19/2026 01:35pm • ���The Super Mario Galaxy Movie��� and ���Project Hail Mary��� dominated the North American box office again this weekend, leaving ���Lee Cronin���s The Mummy��� in third place for its debut. The Mario sequel has spent all of its first three weekends in the first place spot, this time adding $35 mi