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Sports Betting Line 04/17/2026 11:41am • MLB Friday American League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE at CLEVELAND Macron and Starmer welcome Hormuz reopening and push for permanent navigation security 04/17/2026 11:38am • PARIS (AP) ��� The leaders of France and the U.K. on Friday welcomed the announcement by Iran and the U.S. that the Strait of Hormuz is open, but said freedom of navigation must be permanently restored to the key oil route choked by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. President Emmanuel Macron and Prime M Top 20 Global Concert Tours from Pollstar 04/17/2026 11:30am • The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers. For free upcoming tour information, go to www.po Don Schlitz, storied country songwriter behind such hits as 'The Gambler,' dies at 73 04/17/2026 11:16am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Don Schlitz, the storied country music songwriter known for such hits as ���The Gambler,��� ���On the Other Hand��� and ���Forever and Ever, Amen,��� died Thursday at a Nashville hospital. He was 73. The cause of death was not immediately known. A press release from the Grand Ole America 250: Nixon���s other legacy ��� the safeguards we take for granted 04/17/2026 11:14am • As the��United States��marks its 250th anniversary, WTOP presents ���250��Years of America,��� a multipart series examining the innovations, breakthroughs and pivotal moments that have shaped the nation since 1776. HII��is proud to partner with WTOP to bring you this series. As we look toward Gunmen in Nigeria attack a passenger bus and abduct students 04/17/2026 11:12am • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ��� Gunmen attacked a passenger bus in Nigeria 's Benue state, abducting some students on their way to university examinations, officials said. The students and other passengers were abducted Thursday along the Otukpo-Makurdi highway, Benue Gov. Hyacinth Alia said in a statement. Canadiens' Demidov, Flyers' Michkov-Martone duo headline young stars to watch in the NHL playoffs 04/17/2026 11:08am • It looked like this would be the spring of the past two No. 1 draft picks, Matthew Schaefer and Macklin Celebrini, making the NHL playoffs at 18 and 19 years old. Then Schaefer's New York Islanders and Celebrini's San Jose Sharks fell short. There is plenty of youthful talent in the NHL postseason a India Parliament blocks Modi���s bid to redraw voting boundaries alongside seat quota for women 04/17/2026 11:06am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� A bill to reserve a third of seats for women lawmakers failed to pass in the lower house of India's Parliament on Friday, along with a separate, linked proposal to expand the national legislature by redrawing voting boundaries. The measure was seen as one of the most significant Senate extends surveillance powers until April 30 after collapse of longer renewal in the House 04/17/2026 11:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Senate extends surveillance powers until April 30 after collapse of longer renewal in the House. Alcaraz and Djokovic pull out of the Madrid Open as injuries take toll 04/17/2026 10:58am • MADRID (AP) ��� The Madrid Open is losing some star power with Carlos Alcaraz joining Novak Djokovic in pulling out of the upcoming clay-court tournament Friday. Alcaraz, ranked No. 2, withdrew from the Barcelona Open in midweek after undergoing a test on his right wrist, and the fourth-ranked Djoko A fragile calm in Lebanon as a US-brokered truce holds and families head home 04/17/2026 10:52am • BEIRUT (AP) ��� A fragile calm settled over parts of Lebanon on Friday as a 10-day ceasefire brokered by the United States took hold between Israel and Hezbollah, prompting thousands of displaced families to begin the journey home ��� even as uncertainty, destruction and Israeli warnings against goi Trump draws Marie Antoinette comparisons as he leans into the gilded trappings of the presidency 04/17/2026 10:47am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump had something urgent to address while flying back to Washington from his Mar-a-Lago estate on a recent Sunday. It wasn���t the Iran war, nor the partial government shutdown over Department of Homeland Security funding. He was focused on a monumental issue o Dow rallies 1,000 as oil prices tumble more than 10% after Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz and allows crude to flow 04/17/2026 10:41am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Dow rallies 1,000 as oil prices tumble more than 10% after Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz and allows crude to flow. Lula and S��nchez to 'work for peace' at gathering of progressive leaders in Barcelona 04/17/2026 10:38am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� Brazilian President Luiz In��cio Lula da Silva started a two-day visit to Spain on Friday when he and his Spanish counterpart Pedro S��nchez met a day before they will gather with other leaders, mostly of small to mid-sized countries, who are concerned with the fate of the German Chancellor Merz seeks US involvement in a mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz 04/17/2026 10:33am • PARIS (AP) ��� German Chancellor Merz seeks US involvement in a mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz.