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Jets bring losing streak into game against the Sharks 04/16/2026 04:10am • San Jose Sharks (38-35-8, in the Pacific Division) vs. Winnipeg Jets (35-34-12, in the Central Division) Winnipeg, Manitoba; Thursday, 8 p.m. EDT LINE: Jets -164, Sharks +138; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: The Winnipeg Jets look to break their three-game losing streak when they take on the San Jose S Today in History: April 16, the Virginia Tech shooting 04/16/2026 04:10am • Today is Thursday, April 16, the 106th day of 2026. There are 259 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 16, 2007, Seung-hui Cho, a 23-year-old Virginia Tech student, killed 32 people on the Virginia Tech campus before taking his own life. It remains the deadliest school shooting in US h Pirates face the Nationals leading series 2-1 04/16/2026 04:01am • Washington Nationals (8-10, fourth in the NL East) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (11-7, second in the NL Central) Pittsburgh; Thursday, 12:35 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Nationals: Foster Griffin (2-0, 1.76 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 12 strikeouts); Pirates: Braxton Ashcraft (1-1, 2.12 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 20 strikeouts) Giants look to stop 4-game road losing streak, play the Reds 04/16/2026 04:01am • San Francisco Giants (6-12, fifth in the NL West) vs. Cincinnati Reds (11-7, first in the NL Central) Cincinnati; Thursday, 12:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Giants: Landen Roupp (2-1, 3.24 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 18 strikeouts); Reds: Chase Burns (1-1, 3.31 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 18 strikeouts) LINE: Reds -130, Australia boosts military spending as Iran war makes global impact 04/16/2026 03:53am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� The Iran war had greatly complicated the global strategic landscape, Defense Minister Richard Marles said Thursday as he announced a major increase in Australian military spending. Marles released the latest two-year update of Australia���s defense strategy and said an Stephen Curry, Al Horford lead Warriors past Clippers 126-121 with a huge play-in comeback 04/16/2026 03:16am • INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) ��� Stephen Curry scored 27 of his 35 points in the second half, Al Horford hit four 3-pointers during Golden State's electrifying fourth-quarter comeback, and the Warriors advanced in the NBA���s play-in tournament with a 126-121 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wedne Warriors wake up the echoes of their championship past in vintage comeback win over Clippers 04/16/2026 03:13am • INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) ��� Stephen Curry hit seven 3-pointers while scoring 35 points, holding every fan at Intuit Dome in his thrall with another dazzling display of his unmatched shooting skill. In the fourth quarter of an elimination game, Draymond Green bodied up to Kawhi Leonard and utterly shu Floodwaters inundate Wisconsin streets, trapping drivers, as Midwest rebuilds after storms 04/16/2026 02:54am • ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) ��� Floodwaters from record rainfall in Wisconsin inundated streets Wednesday, trapping drivers and forcing officials to close sections of a highway, as other Midwestern states worked to rebuild after storms. Cars were stranded in high floodwater on a highway in Milwaukee and v Lionel Rosenblatt, whose advocacy for refugees began with derring-do in Vietnam, dies at 82 04/16/2026 02:48am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Lionel Rosenblatt, who as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer carried out an unauthorized evacuation of hundreds of Vietnamese citizens before the 1975 fall of Saigon, has died at age 82. The episode set off a career as a high-profile advocate for refugee rights. Rosenblatt was presiden TSMC: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 04/16/2026 02:35am • HSINCHU, Taiwan (AP) ��� HSINCHU, Taiwan (AP) ��� Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSM) on Thursday reported first-quarter profit of $18.12 billion. The Hsinchu, Taiwan-based company said it had net income of $3.49 per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimat 'Spaceballs' sequel, 'Thomas Crown Affair' previewed at CinemaCon, but no Bond updates 04/16/2026 02:20am • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� The cast and filmmakers behind the ���Spaceballs��� sequel including Bill Pullman and Rick Moranis brought a little levity to CinemaCon Wednesday night in Las Vegas, with an irreverent presentation and first look at the satire. ���With Hollywood studios merging willy nilly like m Photos show damage after Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, as residents take shelter 04/16/2026 02:11am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Residents surveyed the damage and took shelter Thursday following a Russian strike on a residential area in Kyiv, Ukraine. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Shohei Ohtani pitches but doesn't bat for first time since 2021. He's still sore from a hit-by-pitch 04/16/2026 02:05am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Shohei Ohtani struck out 10 as the starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night, when he was held out of the lineup as designated hitter after getting hit by a pitch this week. His 22 swing and misses against the New York Mets were a career high with the Dodge Tigres reach CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals despite a 3-1 loss to the Sounders 04/16/2026 01:56am • SEATTLE (AP) ��� UANL Tigres lost the match but won their series on away goals Wednesday. Albert Rusnak scored twice and the Seattle Sounders had a 3-1 victory over the Tigres, but the Tigres advanced to the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals. Rusnak put the home team ahead in the 11th minute and add China's economy grows at 5% in first quarter, shrugging off initial impact of Iran war 04/16/2026 01:46am • HONG KONG (AP) ��� China���s economy accelerated in the first quarter of this year, expanding 5% from a year earlier as it largely shrugged off impacts from the Iran war so far, according to data released Thursday. The January-March data released by the government, covering a period during which the