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Senate extends surveillance powers until April 30 after chaotic votes in House 04/17/2026 03:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Senate approved a short-term renewal until April 30 of a controversial surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies, following a chaotic, post-midnight scramble in the House to keep the authority from expiring in a matter of days. The measure cleared the Senate by voice vot Michigan feared Cheboygan Dam danger for years before rains pushed it to brink 04/17/2026 03:04pm • Local, state and federal officials were aware of the dangers posed by the Cheboygan Lock and Dam for years before floodwaters pushed it to the brink of collapse, records show. Yet they failed to compel private owners to repair the nonfunctional hydro plant connected to the publicly-owned dam ��� a c Trump's lawyers are in talks with the IRS to resolve president's $10B lawsuit 04/17/2026 03:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Lawyers for President Donald Trump are engaged in talks with the IRS to resolve a $10 billion lawsuit the president filed against his own tax collection agency over the leak of his tax information to news outlets between 2018 and 2020. In a federal court filing Friday, Trump asks 2026 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs by the numbers 04/17/2026 02:58pm • The NHL playoffs begin Saturday with three series, followed by four more getting underway Sunday and the last opening on Monday night. The only certainty is that there won't be a three-peat, since the back-to-back champion Florida Panthers did not make the 16-team field. Here's a by the numbers loo UPS plane aborts landing in Louisville after small plane crosses its runway in latest close call 04/17/2026 02:54pm • A UPS cargo plane had to abort its landing in Louisville earlier this week when a small plane crossed the runway just as it approached. The air traffic controller yelled ���Skylab 25, stop!��� at the small plane before quickly ordering the UPS plane to pull up and perform a maneuver called a go-arou Judge orders turbine manufacturer to stick with Massachusetts offshore wind farm project 04/17/2026 02:50pm • A Massachusetts judge on Friday temporarily blocked a turbine manufacturer from pulling out of a major offshore wind farm project, saying it would be ���fanciful��� to imagine a new contractor could finish the installation. Vineyard Wind went to court last week after GE Renewables said it would be t Air Canada will suspend flights to JFK for nearly 5 months as jet fuel costs soar 04/17/2026 02:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Air Canada will suspend service to New York's JFK International airport over the summer as the war in Iran creates jet fuel shortages that have sent prices soaring. Canada's flag carrier said Friday that service from Toronto and Montreal to JFK will cease June 1 and resume Oct. 25. The Supreme Court hands a win to oil and gas companies fighting environmental lawsuits in Louisiana 04/17/2026 02:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Supreme Court handed a win Friday to oil and gas companies fighting lawsuits over coastal land loss and environmental degradation in Louisiana. The unanimous procedural decision gives the companies a new day in federal court after a state jury ordered Chevron to pay upward of Cubs expect Cade Horton to miss up to 16 months after elbow surgery and place Daniel Palencia on IL 04/17/2026 02:39pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� The Chicago Cubs expect right-hander Cade Horton to miss 15 to 16 months following season-ending surgery on his pitching elbow, manager Craig Counsell said on Friday. They will also have to get by without reliever Daniel Palencia for the next few weeks after placing him on the 15-da Gujarat breaks into the IPL top four with five-wicket win over winless Kolkata 04/17/2026 02:39pm • AHMEDABAD, India (AP) ��� Shubman Gill prevented Kolkata Knight Riders from their first win in the Indian Premier League and Gujarat Titans broke into the top four with a five-wicket win on Friday. Gill's fluent 86 off 50 balls anchored Gujarat���s chase to 181-5 with two balls remaining. Kolkata��� New oil and gas lease sale set for Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, amid litigation 04/17/2026 02:38pm • JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) ��� The U.S. government plans another oil and gas lease sale for Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ��� following two prior sales that saw no interest from major oil companies and amid ongoing litigation aimed at blocking drilling in a region seen as sacred by the indigenou Infection caused Rangers' Vincent Trocheck to miss time early in the season 04/17/2026 02:35pm • TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) ��� Vincent Trocheck missed a month early in the season with what the New York Rangers called an upper-body injury. Turns out, it wasn't really an injury, per se. Trocheck on Friday said he had an infection in one of his lungs that initially felt like back spasms and spread when Prosecutors say makeup, wigs helped former Alabama tackle impersonate NFL players in $20M fraud 04/17/2026 02:34pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� In early 2024, a former defensive tackle at the University of Alabama put on makeup and a wig and got on a video call from a swanky suburban Atlanta hotel to finalize a $4 million loan. Luther Davis had convinced investors the money was for a player in the NFL, and he used the wig a The Carolina Hurricanes open their 8th straight trip to the NHL playoffs against the Ottawa Senators 04/17/2026 02:33pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� The Carolina Hurricanes battled through the regular season to claim the Eastern Conference's top seed for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Yet the coming weeks will determine whether this season is considered a success, starting with a best-of-7 series against the Ottawa Senators. Th Timberwolves and Nuggets rivalry returns for a third showdown in four postseasons 04/17/2026 02:31pm • DENVER (AP) ��� The main actors remain the same for Minnesota-Denver, Part III. The plot line is similar, too. ���But a totally different movie,��� Nuggets coach David Adelman said. Grab the popcorn and recline back because the headliners always seem to put on a show. The series between the Timberw