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Man who admits setting cross on fire in Chicago park is charged with a hate crime 06/18/2026 06:00pm • A 21-year-old man has been charged with a hate crime, arson and other offenses for a cross that was set on fire in a Chicago park, police said. Merlin Lu admitted to a TV station this week that he was responsible for the recent cross burning in Grant Park. But he insisted that he was protesting Pres Lionel Messi's family pleads for 'humanity' as the Argentina captain's father undergoes treatment 06/18/2026 06:00pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� Lionel Messi's father is undergoing medical treatment for an undisclosed illness and his family asked the media for ���humanity��� on Thursday amid rumors about Jorge Messi's health while his son competes at the World Cup. The family did not specify the illness that the 68-year-old J Olympian Jenny Simpson shows 'encouraging improvement' after collapsing at a Raleigh track event 06/18/2026 05:57pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� Olympic 1,500-meter bronze medalist and world champion Jenny Simpson remains under medical care Thursday but shows ���encouraging improvement" after collapsing while pacing a mile group at an event in Raleigh earlier this week. In a post on Instagram, Fleet Feet, the company w West Indies beats Scotland by 7 runs to stay unbeaten at the Women���s T20 World Cup 06/18/2026 05:55pm • LEEDS, England (AP) ��� The West Indies overcame Scotland by seven runs and stayed unbeaten at the Women���s Twenty20 World Cup after a madcap match at Headingley on Thursday. Scotland needed 154 to win, a record chase, and was in it at 132-5 with two overs left. Then medium-pacer Aaliyah Alleyne ca Luigi Mangione's lawyers tell court he won't be pursuing a psychiatric defense, day after telling judge he would 06/18/2026 05:54pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Luigi Mangione's lawyers tell court he won't be pursuing a psychiatric defense, day after telling judge he would. MLB owners propose banning high school signings, adding an international draft 06/18/2026 05:53pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Baseball owners proposed banning high school players from signing with major league teams, raising the age for international amateurs and slashing the money spent on signing bonuses in negotiations Thursday for a new collective bargaining agreement. The amateur draft for players re Trump administration can replace Washington slavery exhibit in Philadelphia, appeals court says 06/18/2026 05:53pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� The Trump administration can replace a slavery exhibit at George Washington���s home in Philadelphia, a federal appeals court panel said Thursday, striking down a lower court's injunction that required the National Park Service to reinstall the interpretive panels. The unanimou Soccer supporters from near and far gather in Atlanta to experience the World Cup 06/18/2026 05:52pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Some of the most passionate soccer fans at the Czech Republic-South Africa match didn't really care who won. This wasn't a battle between favorites to win the World Cup. There were no megastars to fawn over. Some in the crowd of 67,442 were there, well, just because it's the World C Pierre-Edouard Bellemare says he's retiring from hockey at age 41 06/18/2026 05:51pm • Pierre-Edouard Bellemare almost retired two years ago when he left the NHL, not because he lost his love of playing hockey, but to provide some stability for his family. The opportunity to play in the Olympics for the first time kept him going, and he was France's captain for the tournament in Febru Trump from 'hunted' to 'hunter': New book details Trump's push to test the limits of executive power 06/18/2026 05:47pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Showing off towering new flagpoles he had erected on the White House North and South Lawns last summer, President Donald Trump suggested that he wanted to make similar renovations in his first term but was worried about the negative press. ���You guys were after me,��� he told r Times Square gunfire sends bystanders scrambling to safety 06/18/2026 05:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Tourists and bystanders scrambled for cover in New York's Times Square on Thursday after several gunshots were fired, sending people running in all directions. Police said a suspect was quickly chased down. The Fire Department reported that one person was taken to a hospital, alth Twins have another crooked-number 1st inning to complete 3-game sweep at Texas with 9-3 win 06/18/2026 05:42pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ��� Brooks Lee hit a three-run homer as Minnesota scored multiple runs in the first inning for the third consecutive game, and the Twins went on to complete a series sweep of the Texas Rangers with a 9-3 win Thursday. Lee's 12th homer capped a four-run first off Jack Leiter (3 Senator urges FAA to reject any pressure from Trump to approve triumphal arch over aviation safety 06/18/2026 05:39pm • Sen. Tammy Duckworth sent a letter Thursday urging the head of the Federal Aviation Administration to resist any pressure from President Donald Trump to prioritize construction of his planned triumphal arch over aviation safety. The letter from the Illinois senator, the top Democrat on the Senate Bazzana���s 7th-inning homer helps lift Guardians past Brewers 4-2 06/18/2026 05:33pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� Travis Bazzana hit a go-ahead solo homer in the seventh inning, Parker Messick pitched six effective innings and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 on Thursday. David Fry and Kyle Manzardo also homered for the Guardians, who lost the first two games of the seri BetMGM Promo Code TOP1500: Get $1,500 Safety For Mexico-South Korea, World Cup, MLB Games 06/18/2026 05:32pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services Start up your new account using the BetMGM promo code TOP1500 here, then lock in a $1,500 safety net or $150 bonus offer for today's