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French government seeking release of 85-year-old French widow detained by ICE 04/16/2026 04:15pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� The French government is pressing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to release the 85-year-old French widow of a military veteran from immigration custody after she was detained earlier this month. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Marie-Therese Ros Brewers capitalize on three straight bunts to score go-ahead run in 2-1 win over Blue Jays 04/16/2026 04:14pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� Garrett Mitchell scored the go-ahead run as the Milwaukee Brewers bunted three straight times in the seventh inning to break a tie and beat the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 on Thursday afternoon. Aaron Ashby (5-0) faced only two batters and got the final out in the seventh to take over t China urges travelers to avoid Seattle airport after 20 scholars were denied entry to the US 04/16/2026 04:14pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Chinese government officials are encouraging travelers to be wary and avoid entering the United States through Seattle, citing a pattern of continual harassment by U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel. About 20 Chinese scholars with visas flew through Seattle-Tacoma Internat Wahiaw�� Dam Takeover: Hawaii Agency Signs Off On Acquisition 04/16/2026 04:10pm • Directors of the Hawai��i Agribusiness Development Corp. have approved the $4.9 million purchase of the remaining land to acquire the 120-year-old Wahiaw�� dam and spillway, part of a larger deal by the state to acquire an irrigation system that runs from Wahiaw�� to the North Shore. Once the purcha BancFirst: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 04/16/2026 04:05pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ��� OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ��� BancFirst Corp. (BANF) on Thursday reported first-quarter net income of $63 million. The bank, based in Oklahoma City, said it had earnings of $1.85 per share. BancFirst shares have increased roughly 6% since the beginning of the year. In the final minut Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins have surprised everyone but themselves with playoff return 04/16/2026 04:05pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Sidney Crosby, his face cleanly shaven for now, settled into the bench inside the Pittsburgh Penguins dressing room on Thursday and pulled a black baseball cap over his head. For the first time in what felt like a long time, Crosby didn't have to spend part of a mid-April afterno ChatGPT maker OpenAI shifts its focus to business users amid Anthropic pressure 04/16/2026 04:03pm • The same ChatGPT chatbot that gave OpenAI���s chief financial officer Sarah Friar a tilapia recipe for a recent Sunday night dinner at home is also now doing her most mundane tasks at work like summarizing her emails and Slack messages. Friar and other company executives are banking OpenAI's future Pacific Northwest Sportswatch Daily Listings 04/16/2026 04:01pm • Michigan State at Washington ��� Big Ten Plus Texas at Seattle ��� MLBN The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive TV listings provided by LiveSportsOnTV. Gulf States Sportswatch Daily Listings 04/16/2026 04:01pm • Auburn at Florida ��� SECN Texas A&M at LSU ��� ESPN Mississippi State at South Carolina ��� SECN+ SE Louisiana at UT Rio Grande Valley ��� ESPNU Kentucky at Alabama ��� ESPN2 Auburn at Florida ��� SECN+ Mississippi at LSU ��� SECN+ Mississippi State at Texas A&M ��� SECN+ The Associated Pre Denis Sassou N���Guesso sworn in for another term in Republic of Congo, extending 42-year rule 04/16/2026 03:59pm • BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) ��� Denis Sassou N���Guesso was sworn in Thursday to a new five-year term as the Republic of Congo's president in a ceremony in a packed stadium. The inauguration took place in Kint��l��, a town north of the capital city of Brazzaville. Sassou N���Guesso was reele Dodgers acquire pitcher Chayce McDermott from the Orioles for pitcher Axel Perez 04/16/2026 03:59pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired pitcher Chayce McDermott from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for pitcher Axel Perez on Thursday. McDermott was 1-0 with a 6.75 ERA in five appearances for Triple-A Norfolk this season. He made his Major League debut in 2024, allowing three Zohran Mamdani's wife Rama Duwaji apologizes for the 'harmful' social media posts she made as a teen 04/16/2026 03:58pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Rama Duwaji, the wife of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, has apologized for ���harmful��� social media posts she made as a teenager, responding publicly after a conservative news outlet combed through her online profiles and resurfaced material, including a post in which she us Starmer faces calls to resign as UK government admits ambassador to US failed vetting process 04/16/2026 03:57pm • LONDON (AP) ��� British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced calls Thursday to resign after it emerged that Peter Mandelson was initially denied security clearance for the post of ambassador to the United States, which he was eventually fired from over his close links to the disgraced sex offender Jeff Panthers' Aleksander Barkov, out all season, eyes chance to play for Finland at hockey worlds 04/16/2026 03:56pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� Aleksander Barkov intends to play hockey sooner rather than later. The Florida captain, who missed the entirety of the Panthers' season because of a major knee injury suffered 20 minutes into his first practice of training camp, plans to accept an invitation to play fo Former Va. Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax shot his wife in apparent murder-suicide weeks before court deadline to move out 04/16/2026 03:54pm • Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax shot and killed his wife Dr. Cerina Fairfax before turning the gun on himself in their Annandale home as the couple was in the midst of a "messy" divorce, police said Thursday. Fairfax, 47, and his wife, 49, were found dead inside their home in the 8100