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Judge rejects Brendan Banfield's motion to toss 'au pair affair' convictions ahead of Friday sentencing 06/04/2026 04:05pm • Brendan Banfield is set to be sentenced Friday as the Fairfax County chief judge denied a motion to set aside his convictions in the so-called 'au pair affair' murders. Banfield faces life in prison with no chance of parole after being convicted in February of two counts of aggravated murder in t EU invests in ocean monitoring as US cuts funding 06/04/2026 04:02pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� With underwater drones and ocean-focused satellites, the EU is expanding its monitoring network of Earth���s seas as climate change fuels heat waves and stronger storms and the Trump administration plans severe cuts to a similar system in the United States. With an investment packa New Jersey police sergeant charged with stealing journalist's camera bag at immigration protest 06/04/2026 04:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A New Jersey police sergeant has been charged with stealing $10,000 worth of cameras and other equipment from a photojournalist who had been injured covering tense protests outside a Newark immigration jail. Darryl Brown, a sergeant in the Essex County Prosecutor���s Office, was ca Braves add depth at catcher by acquiring veteran Austin Wynns from Angels, DFA Chadwick Tromp 06/04/2026 03:51pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� The Atlanta Braves have bolstered their depth at catcher by acquiring veteran Austin Wynns from the Los Angeles Angels. The Braves added the 35-year-old Wynns to the major league roster on Thursday, a day after acquiring him from the Angels for cash. They designated catcher Chadwick What it's like to go inside New York City's dank, dangerous, bug-filled sewers 06/04/2026 03:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� It wasn���t the rats. Or the smells. Or the germs. No, the most unpleasant part of descending into New York City's vast sewer system, according to former urban explorer Steve Duncan, was the cockroaches. ���They���re all over the place, crawling on walls, dropping down on you,��� D Homicide convictions reversed for paramedics who injected ketamine into Elijah McClain after police pinned the Black man 06/04/2026 03:38pm • DENVER (AP) ��� Homicide convictions reversed for paramedics who injected ketamine into Elijah McClain after police pinned the Black man. Brazil says Neymar, sidelined by a calf injury, isn't traveling for an exhibition game vs. Egypt 06/04/2026 03:36pm • MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) ��� Neymar is not traveling to Cleveland with Brazil���s World Cup team for its exhibition tuneup against Egypt on Saturday, according to the country���s soccer association. The Brazilian Football Confederation said Thursday the 34-year-old forward would remain in New Jersey to A Superhero Summer comes to Gaylord National Resort 06/04/2026 03:34pm • Families looking for a little fun and adventure this summer may find it with the likes of Superman and Wonder Woman at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Prince George's County, Maryland. Super Hero Summer featuring DC, will run through Labor Day and feature a variety of act Pakistan beats Australia by four wickets to clinch ODI series 2-1 06/04/2026 03:30pm • LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) ��� Pakistan overcame Australian spin challenge on a tricky wicket to win the third and final one-day international by four wickets and clinch the series 2-1 on Thursday. Pakistan had to fight hard on a turning wicket to reach 161-6 in 41.5 overs after Australia had crashed to England���s Robinson takes 4-10 as New Zealand slumps to 61-6 at Lord���s 06/04/2026 03:25pm • LONDON (AP) ��� New Zealand was reeling at 61-6 after bowling out England for 140 during a chaotic first day of fast bowling in the Lord's test on Thursday. England's Ollie Robinson had head-shaking figures of 4-10 from six overs at stumps, including three wickets in his first over in a test since F Lebanese Americans open their wallets and hearts as war rages back home 06/04/2026 03:22pm • CANTON, Mich. (AP) ��� Every week, Mirvet Makki sets aside earnings from her catering business to help people in Lebanon displaced by the war between Israel and Hezbollah militants. Makki, 47, who cooks Lebanese dishes like couscous stews and traditional kibbeh balls in the Detroit suburb of Dearbor How long should college athletes play? NCAA is about to give a new answer to that age-old question 06/04/2026 03:16pm • The NCAA is on the cusp of extending Division I athlete eligibility from four years of competition to five and essentially setting an age limit, just the latest development on a topic that has been a point of contention in college athletics for decades. None other than Walter Camp, the ���Father of Cherie DeVaux returns to familiar Saratoga for the Belmont after her historic Kentucky Derby 06/04/2026 03:00pm • SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) ��� Cherie DeVaux knows Saratoga well. She was born in the upstate New York town, and after growing up in Florida, she returned to study at the University of Albany, just a 30-minute drive away. 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