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National Mall becomes World Cup watch party for Team USA fans 06/20/2026 09:43am • The U.S. beat Australia 2-0 Friday in a critical men's FIFA World Cup match in Seattle, but plenty of fans in D.C. found their own way to be part of the celebration. While the United States, Canada and Mexico are jointly hosting the tournament, no matches are being held in the District. Still Iranian state TV says the country's team negotiating with the U.S. over the war is going to Switzerland 06/20/2026 09:31am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Iranian state TV says the country's team negotiating with the U.S. over the war is going to Switzerland. Iran's joint military command says on state TV that the Strait of Hormuz is closed and cites Israeli attacks in Lebanon 06/20/2026 09:19am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirate (AP) ��� Iran's joint military command says on state TV that the Strait of Hormuz is closed and cites Israeli attacks in Lebanon. A year after smashing a locker, Wyndham Clark finds himself leading at another US Open 06/20/2026 09:17am • SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) ��� The smashed-up locker at Oakmont last year is as much a part of Wyndham Clark���s resume as the U.S. Open title he won two years before that. Such is life in a world teeming with cell phone cameras and viral video. Such is life in professional golf, a sport built on manag Young heavyweight Moses Itauma set for 'litmus test' against Filip Hrgovic of Croatia 06/20/2026 09:00am • LONDON (AP) ��� Rising heavyweight star Moses Itauma is set for his toughest challenge when he faces Filip Hrgovic of Croatia on Aug. 29 in London, with a title fight likely for the winner. The 21-year-old southpaw, who has drawn comparisons to a young Mike Tyson, has been eying a title shot in 2026 Warsh's gamble: A quieter Federal Reserve could mean volatile markets, higher rates 06/20/2026 08:44am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Federal Reserve has for decades moved steadily from a remote, opaque government agency that shared little about what it did or why to a more transparent institution willing to explain how it makes decisions and what it thinks about the economy. But in his first press confere India's Cockroach Party supporters bang plates to call for education minister's resignation 06/20/2026 08:26am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� Supporters of India���s viral Cockroach Janta Party banged steel plates with spoons in a protest Saturday to demand the resignation of the education minister over allegations of examination irregularities and repeated paper leaks. The protest near Parliament in New Delhi by hundre Utah marks a year of battling measles, with no clear end in sight 06/20/2026 08:21am • Utah has spent the past year fighting measles outbreaks ��� a grim milestone that could affect whether the United States can keep its measles-free designation. More than 680 people have gotten sick since the state's first outbreak began on June 20, 2025. Unlike measles outbreaks in Texas, South Car Congress wonders as the Iran war draws to a close: Was it worth it? 06/20/2026 08:04am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The question hangs in the halls at the Capitol: Was it worth it? Congress, which never authorized the war against Iran yet never fully objected to it, now must grapple with the consequences of President Donald Trump's nearly four-month conflict: the lives lost, the billions spent Ghana conference urges slave-trade nations to issue apologies and reparations 06/20/2026 07:53am • ACCRA, Ghana (AP) ��� African and Caribbean leaders in Ghana on Friday urged former slave-trading nations to issue apologies and reparations over the trafficking of enslaved Africans after a landmark U.N. resolution in March declaring it ���the gravest crime against humanity.��� The ���Next Steps��� A top banker tried to sway Pope Leo XIV on rare earth mining 06/20/2026 07:51am • ROME (AP) ��� The head of Latin America���s top development bank made a pitch to Pope Leo XIV this week in the face of the Vatican���s call to divest from the mining industry: that the mistakes of the past can be avoided in extracting rare earth minerals to supply a global tech boom. Ilan Goldfajn, Jacob Misiorowski wasn't content being MLB's hardest-throwing starter. Now he also might be the best 06/20/2026 07:03am • MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Jacob Misiorowski isn���t content with merely being the game���s hardest-throwing starting pitcher. He���s intent on becoming the best. He already may be there. The 24-year-old is hitting unprecedented velocities for a starter in MLB's pitch-tracking Meloni slams Trump's claim she 'begged' for a photo with him as Italy's top diplomat cancels US trip 06/20/2026 06:23am • ROME (AP) ��� The Italian government closed ranks on Friday to slam U.S. President Donald Trump over his claim that Premier Giorgia Meloni had ���begged��� for a photo with him during the recent G7 summit, a pushback that suggested America���s longtime European ally had had enough of Trump���s boast An Israeli strike hits a Gaza City apartment, killing 2 children, Palestinian health officials say 06/20/2026 06:20am • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) ��� An Israeli strike early Saturday killed at least two children in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian health officials said. Despite an October ceasefire between Israel and the militant group Hamas, the enclave has seen near-daily Israeli attacks that have killed over 1,007 Pales Michigan's 7-foot-3 Aday Mara headlines the list of top big men in the NBA draft 06/20/2026 06:00am • Aday Mara was a massive presence in Michigan's huge lineup that carried the Wolverines to their first NCAA championship since 1989. He's now a lottery prospect in the NBA draft. The 7-foot-3, 260-pound center is the headliner among the big men, a position group with a shorter line of top prospects c