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Caesars Sportsbook Promo Code WTOPDYW: Double Winnings on Mexico-South Korea, World Cup, MLB Games 06/18/2026 05:30pm • 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 Set up a new account with Caesars Sportsbook promo code WTOPDYW and bet $1 to unlock 10 100% profit boosts. New players can click The Latest: Iran to invite watchdog inspection of nuclear sites, Trump envoy tells US lawmakers 06/18/2026 05:30pm • Iran will invite the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog to inspect its nuclear sites and begin identifying the locations of Tehran’s enriched material, President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff told U.S. lawmakers in a private briefing Thursday, according to two people familiar with the call. Earlier MLB eliminating clock for All-Star Home Run Derby as event switches to Netflix from ESPN 06/18/2026 05:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball's Home Run Derby is eliminating the clock. Each hitter will have 20 swings in the first round of this year's contest at Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Park on July 13, Major League Baseball said Thursday. The change coincides with a switch in broadcaster to Netflix from ESPN US gas prices dip below $4 for 1st time since March but remain 25% higher than last year 06/18/2026 05:25pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The average U.S. price for a gallon of gas fell below $4 on Thursday, hitting a level not seen since the first full month of the war with Iran and providing a bit of relief to consumers squeezed by soaring costs. Although the tentative peace deal between the U.S. and Iran and the r Some GOP senators and Trump allies have harsh reviews of his agreement to end Iran war 06/18/2026 05:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders on Capitol Hill, including top national security figures, were voicing strong reservations Thursday —- and some outright condemnation — of the Trump administration's agreement to end the fighting in Iran. The memorandum of understanding signed by President Phillies outfielder Adolis García will undergo season-ending surgery for lat injury 06/18/2026 05:24pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Adolis García is out for the rest of the season with a lat injury. The Phillies announced Thursday that García will undergo latissimus dorsi repair surgery on Wednesday. The Phillies estimated his recovery would take six to eight months, enabl Scott vetoes Vermont Legislature’s latest attempt at healthcare reform 06/18/2026 05:21pm • Gov. Phil Scott has vetoed S.190, a healthcare bill designed to fast-track premium savings for two groups of insurance customers: public school employees and people buying plans on Vermont’s Affordable Care Act marketplace. The bill was one of the few healthcare reform initiatives the Legislature Maryland exercises its right to match an $85 million offer to keep Preakness branding rights 06/18/2026 05:16pm • Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Thursday the state will exercise its right of first refusal to match Churchill Downs Incorporated’s $85 million offer for the intellectual property of the Preakness Stakes and the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes. Churchill Downs Inc., which runs the Kentucky Derby to open t Arizona prosecutors dismissing fake elector case but vow to seek new indictment 06/18/2026 05:14pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is dismissing a sprawling criminal case that alleged President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and others tried to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss in the state. The decision announced Thur Dairy Farmers of America to ‘idle’ its St. Albans plant in Vermont, affecting 80 employees 06/18/2026 05:09pm • Dairy Farmers of America will effectively close its St. Albans milk processing plant and the adjoining St. Albans Creamery & Supply, the group announced Wednesday, putting roughly 80 employees out of work. “Both the plant and store have been foundational parts of the St. Albans community for g West Texas organization sues Trump administration to stop border wall in Big Bend 06/18/2026 05:08pm • An economic development organization for the city of Presidio and Presidio County filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Wednesday, saying the federal government’s plans to install border barriers and other technology along the Rio Grande will cause communities to flood in the Big Ben Switzerland 4, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 06/18/2026 05:03pm • Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 1 — 1 Switzerland 0 4 — An Uber carrying Argentina soccer fans was hit in shootings in Kansas City that left 1 man dead 06/18/2026 05:02pm • An Uber driver taking fans of Argentina’s soccer team to a World Cup match was among four people injured in a series of shootings in Kansas City, Missouri, that also left one man dead, police said. A 22-year-old male suspect, described as armed and dangerous, remained at large Thursday. The five Federal regulators order grid operators to speed power to energy-hungry AI data centers 06/18/2026 04:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators on Thursday ordered regional grid operators to help large energy users connect more quickly to the nation’s inefficient and aging electric transmission system, a step they said is needed to accommodate surging demand from power-hungry artificial intelligence Stocks rise on Wall Street, erasing much of their loss from a day earlier 06/18/2026 04:58pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose on Wall Street Thursday and erased most of their losses from a day earlier to notch weekly gains. The market's reversal was powered by sharp gains for big technology companies. The decline on Wednesday was driven by anticipation that the Federal Reserve will likely rais