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World Cup stadiums earn prestigious certifications as green buildings before matches begin 06/06/2026 11:00am • Most of the stadiums for this year's FIFA World Cup have achieved green building status after a push for certification in the run-up to the tournament. As the tournament opens, 13 of the 16 stadiums have earned LEED certification, the world's most widely used green building rating system, the U.S. G Iran's soccer team leaves for World Cup as some officials still await US visas 06/06/2026 10:57am • ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — Iran’s World Cup soccer team set off from Turkey for their training base in Mexico on Saturday, with some members of their entourage reportedly still without U.S. visas, before three group matches in the United States later this month. The Iranian Football Federation's sec French Open Results 06/06/2026 10:51am • Saturday At Stade Roland Garros Paris Purse: €61,723,000 Surface: Red clay PARIS (AP) _ Results Saturday from French Open at Stade Roland Garros (seedings in parentheses): Women's Singles Championship Mirra Andreeva (8), Russia, def. Maja Chwalinska, Poland, 6-3, 6-2. Men's Doubles Championship Ma Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva wins French Open and claims first Grand Slam tennis title 06/06/2026 10:49am • PARIS (AP) — Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva wins French Open and claims first Grand Slam tennis title. The World Cup poses an unprecedented security challenge at a fraught moment. Is the US ready? 06/06/2026 10:36am • NEW YORK (AP) — The World Cup, a 48-team, 104-match behemoth kicking off next week across 16 cities in the United States, Mexico and Canada, presents an unprecedented security challenge, with more countries, games and a larger footprint than ever before. It also comes against the backdrop of the U Jamaica scrambles to restore power after rare islandwide blackout 06/06/2026 10:34am • PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Jamaica's national electricity provider said it was racing to restore service early Saturday, after an outage left the entire island without power overnight. The sole energy supplier in the country, Jamaica ​Public Service Company, confirmed the outage that began j Today in Sports - Washington Capitals win the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history 06/06/2026 10:10am • June 7 1930 — Gallant Fox, ridden by Earle Sande, wins the Belmont Stakes by three lengths over Whichone, becoming the second horse to capture the Triple Crown. 1941 — Whirlaway, ridden by Eddie Arcaro, becomes the fifth horse to win the Triple Crown by capturing the Belmont Stakes by 2½ length Sports on TV for Sunday, June 7 06/06/2026 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, June 7 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 1 a.m. (Monday) FS2 — AFL: Melbourne at Collingwood AUTO RACING 7:30 a.m. FS2 — FIM MotoGP: Hungary Grand Prix, Balaton Park Circuit, BalatonfÅ‘kajár, Hungary 9 a.m. APPLE TV — F America In Focus: US job market is rebounding, but economic frustration persists 06/06/2026 10:10am • The economy, inflation and how those forces could impact the lives of Americans were front and center over the past week. Trips to the grocery store or gas station are more painful than they were last year, and rising costs are impacting the decisions of both households and businesses. Here’s a sn Fuel prices are shaping summer plans as US boaters get ready to hit the water 06/06/2026 09:45am • DEXTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — On the kind of warm, bright afternoon that Michigan boaters wait all year for, Malik Amine and his brother readied their family’s pontoon boat for the summer. The cover was off and Portage Lake sparkled in the sun. But before the brothers could leave a narrow wooden Ukraine targets St. Petersburg again after Putin rejects Zelenskyy's offer for direct talks 06/06/2026 09:37am • Residents of St. Petersburg were told not to leave their homes after a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack targeted Russia’s second-largest city Saturday morning, underscoring Kyiv’s growing ability to hit deep inside Russia. The attack came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin refused a Lebanon inaugurates René Mouawad Airport as its second international airport 06/06/2026 09:35am • BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s government on Saturday inaugurated the country’s second international airport, which is expected to open to the public within weeks. A jet carrying Prime Minister Nawaf Salam landed at René Mouawad Airport, where he led the ceremony at the facility in Lebanon’s north UK police charge 6 more with violent disorder at protest over teen's stabbing death 06/06/2026 09:21am • LONDON (AP) — British police said Saturday that six more people have been charged with violent disorder at a protest over the stabbing death of a university student who was handcuffed by officers as he lay dying. Police were pelted with chairs, cans, rocks and flares on Tuesday by some of the hund Wonderkid Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 15, gets maiden India call-up 06/06/2026 09:19am • MUMBAI, India (AP) — Wonderkid Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was called up by India for the first time on Saturday as he was named in the T20 squad for the tours of Ireland and England, as well as the Asian Games. The 15-year-old opening batter is the youngest cricketer to get an India call-up. If he plays Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit placed on a lung transplant list 06/06/2026 09:17am • OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been placed on a lung transplant list, Norway’s Royal Court said in a statement. Mette-Marit, 52, was diagnosed in 2018 with pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive disease that damages and scars lung tissue. It can cause serious breathing