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Armed group kidnaps 39 people during negotiations in northwestern Nigeria 06/09/2026 04:54am • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen abducted 39 people in northwestern Nigeria as they were meeting with the parents of a suspected bandit leader and kingpin for abductions in the region, the police said Monday. The abductions took place on Sunday as some 47 people were at the meeting, hoping to negotiat Arlington high school nurse named Virginia's 'Nurse of the Year' 06/09/2026 04:39am • As Heather Williams takes nursing students on tours through the halls of Wakefield High School, she makes a point of showing them red boxes mounted on the walls. They contain naloxone, which has increasingly become available in D.C.-area schools. She also explains the Arlington school distric 'Great American State Fair' to take over National Mall with Trump as headliner 06/09/2026 04:36am • A massive, state fair-style celebration is coming to the National Mall in D.C. this summer. The headliner? President Donald Trump. The change of plans comes after musicians that had originally been scheduled dropped out. Those artists include Morris Day of Morris Day and The Time, Young MC, T America 250: Theodore Roosevelt's 14,000-mile journey changed the future of public lands 06/09/2026 04:31am • In the spring of 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first sitting president to tour what would later become some of America's most celebrated natural wonders. The trip came the same year the Wright brothers achieved their first powered flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and four dec America 250: Why federal workers first got healthcare 06/09/2026 04:26am • In the 1950s, lawmakers in Washington, D.C. realized the federal government was in trouble. They were losing the best and the brightest to the private sector. The reason was simple: private companies were offering health insurance to engineers, scientists and skilled workers and the governmen DC Council member Trayon White censured, fined for missing financial disclosures 06/09/2026 04:18am • D.C.'s government ethics board censured Ward 8 Council member Trayon White on Monday, ordering him to pay $900 in fines over a failure to file personal financial disclosures in 2024 and 2025. White missed three of the twice-yearly disclosure deadlines, the D.C. Board of Ethics and Government Acco County executive candidates field questions about Montgomery Co. issues ahead of June 23 primary 06/09/2026 04:14am • The five Democrats and one of the two Republicans vying to be the next Montgomery County executive fielded a variety of questions at a forum in Rockville on Sunday. Topics ranged from the local economy to data centers to safety in schools. Will Jawando, one of the three Democrats on the County Brewers outlast A's 15-14 in 12 innings as teams combine for 11 homers and 34 hits in Las Vegas 06/09/2026 04:08am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Andrew Vaughn had four hits and four RBIs, including a two-run double that tied the score in the ninth inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers outlasted the Athletics 15-14 in 12 innings Monday night at Las Vegas Ballpark in a wild game that featured 11 homers. Automatic runner Christia Reds aim to break losing streak in game against the Padres 06/09/2026 04:01am • Cincinnati Reds (31-34, fifth in the NL Central) vs. San Diego Padres (34-31, third in the NL West) San Diego; Tuesday, 9:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Reds: Chase Burns (7-1, 2.05 ERA, 0.95 WHIP, 81 strikeouts); Padres: Lucas Giolito (2-1, 4.86 ERA, 1.74 WHIP, 11 strikeouts) LINE: Reds -117, Padr Dodgers play the Pirates after Rushing's 4-hit game 06/09/2026 04:01am • Los Angeles Dodgers (42-24, first in the NL West) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (34-32, third in the NL Central) Pittsburgh; Tuesday, 6:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Dodgers: Eric Lauer (2-5, 5.74 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 31 strikeouts); Pirates: Paul Skenes (6-5, 3.09 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, 82 strikeouts) LINE: Pirates Mets play the Cardinals after Benge's 5-hit game 06/09/2026 04:01am • St. Louis Cardinals (35-28, second in the NL Central) vs. New York Mets (29-36, fifth in the NL East) New York; Tuesday, 7:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Dustin May (3-6, 4.59 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 60 strikeouts); Mets: Freddy Peralta (4-4, 3.63 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 74 strikeouts) LINE: Mets -131, Diamondbacks aim to break road skid, take on the Marlins 06/09/2026 04:01am • Arizona Diamondbacks (34-31, second in the NL West) vs. Miami Marlins (31-35, fourth in the NL East) Miami; Tuesday, 6:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Zac Gallen (3-5, 5.32 ERA, 1.52 WHIP, 43 strikeouts); Marlins: Max Meyer (6-0, 2.81 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, 81 strikeouts) LINE: Marlins -128, Rockies bring home losing streak into matchup against the Cubs 06/09/2026 04:01am • Chicago Cubs (34-32, fourth in the NL Central) vs. Colorado Rockies (24-42, fifth in the NL West) Denver; Tuesday, 8:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Colin Rea (5-3, 4.59 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 52 strikeouts); Rockies: Tomoyuki Sugano (5-4, 3.98 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 36 strikeouts) LINE: Cubs -151, Rockies Lee leads Giants against the Nationals after 4-hit game 06/09/2026 04:01am • Washington Nationals (34-33, third in the NL East) vs. San Francisco Giants (27-40, fourth in the NL West) San Francisco; Tuesday, 9:45 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Nationals: Andrew Alvarez (1-0, 3.54 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 22 strikeouts); Giants: Adrian Houser (2-5, 5.49 ERA, 1.58 WHIP, 40 strikeouts) LI Highly effective prevention drug arrives in South Africa, which has world's highest HIV burden 06/09/2026 03:02am • SECUNDA, South Africa (AP) — Growing up witnessing the devastating effects of HIV in her family and community in South Africa pushed Olwam Plaatjie to start using preventive HIV medications three years ago. “Sometimes they’d lose weight, they would get sick and have to go to the clinic, and I