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Iowa State announces addition of women's wrestling program after dropping gymnastics last month 04/16/2026 12:09pm • AMES, Iowa (AP) ��� Iowa State, which dropped its women's gymnastics program last month, will start a women's wrestling team that will begin competing in 2027-28, the school announced Thursday. The Cyclones are the second power-conference school to add women's wrestling. Iowa just completed its thir Senate Republicans send Trump resolution to lift mining ban near Boundary Waters Canoe Area 04/16/2026 12:08pm • Congressional Republicans have sent President Donald Trump a resolution that would lift a federal ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, hoping to clear the way for a South American company to extract precious metals from the region's pristine forests, lakes and bogs. Without a first-round draft pick, Broncos counting on receiver Jaylen Waddle to enhance offense 04/16/2026 12:08pm • DENVER (AP) ��� The Denver Broncos have a long wait ahead of them before their first pick in the NFL draft. Simply the price of upgrading their offense for quarterback Bo Nix. After a rather quiet free agency, the Broncos orchestrated a major deal with Miami to acquire receiver Jaylen Waddle as pa Younger adult colon cancer deaths are concentrated in people with less education, study says 04/16/2026 12:07pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The worrisome rise in colorectal cancer deaths in younger adults is concentrated in people with less education, suggesting socioeconomic factors could be driving the escalation, according to a new study. Celebrity deaths ��� including Chadwick Boseman in 2020 and James Van Der Beek Judge who halted White House ballroom construction allows national security work to proceed at site 04/16/2026 12:05pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Judge who halted White House ballroom construction allows national security work to proceed at site. Luka Don��i�� and Cade Cunningham are eligible for awards despite the 65-game rule, NBA and players' association decide 04/16/2026 12:05pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Luka Don��i�� and Cade Cunningham are eligible for awards despite the 65-game rule, NBA and players' association decide. Chiefs have a rare top-10 pick among two first-round selections in the upcoming NFL draft 04/16/2026 12:02pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� The Kansas City Chiefs are accustomed to picking near the end of the first round of the NFL draft every year. They'll be picking there again this year. Only this time, they also have a top-10 selection. The Chiefs earned the ninth overall selection because of their 6-11 sea Trump invites the leaders of Israel and Lebanon to the White House for the countries' first high-level talks since 1983 04/16/2026 12:02pm • CAIRO (AP) ��� Trump invites the leaders of Israel and Lebanon to the White House for the countries' first high-level talks since 1983. Messi purchases lower-division soccer club in Barcelona 04/16/2026 12:00pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� Lionel Messi is the owner of a fifth-division soccer club in Spain after the Argentine superstar acquired Barcelona-based UE Cornell��. Messi was the best player of his generation during his two decades at FC Barcelona, where he won multiple titles and Ballon d���Or awards Average US long-term mortgage rate eases to 6.3%, according to Freddie Mac, its second consecutive weekly decline 04/16/2026 12:00pm • MCLEAN, Va. (AP) ��� Average US long-term mortgage rate eases to 6.3%, according to Freddie Mac, its second consecutive weekly decline. Jaguars will be first-round bystanders a year after trading up to land Travis Hunter 04/16/2026 11:55am • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) ��� The Jacksonville Jaguars are facing their longest wait ever in the NFL draft. The Jaguars don���t have a first-round pick for the first time in franchise history after trading up three spots to select two-way star Travis Hunter second overall last year. It means general A look at the South African politician sentenced to jail on gun charge who described Trump as Hitler 04/16/2026 11:51am • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) ��� A leftist South African politician who described U.S. President Donald Trump as a modern-day dictator was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday for firing a rifle at a political rally in 2018. Julius Malema, who leads a populist opposition party, has been a d Texans keep draft plans murky as GM Nick Caserio weighs trading out of the first round 04/16/2026 11:51am • HOUSTON (AP) ��� The Houston Texans haven���t drafted a player in the first round since taking quarterback C.J. Stroud and defensive end Will Anderson Jr. with the second and third overall picks in the 2023 draft. Their drought of first-round selections could end this year with the team holding the Israel and Lebanon agree to a 10-day ceasefire starting at 5 p.m. ET Thursday, Trump says 04/16/2026 11:45am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Israel and Lebanon agree to a 10-day ceasefire starting at 5 p.m. ET Thursday, Trump says. Sports Betting Line 04/16/2026 11:41am • MLB Thursday American League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE Kansas City