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BYU's AJ Dybantsa, Duke's Cameron Boozer, UNC's Caleb Wilson headline forwards in NBA draft 06/18/2026 09:27am • AJ Dybantsa's tantalizing skill has long made him the favorite to be the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft. The BYU standout met all expectations in becoming a first-team Associated Press All-American. He's the headliner among a forward group that features fellow freshmen Cameron Boozer of Duke a Creative and colorful hats steal the show at the Royal Ascot horse races in England, in photos 06/18/2026 09:19am • ASCOT, Britain (AP) ��� Extravagant, elaborate and sometimes gravity-defying hats take center stage each summer at Royal Ascot, the five-day horse racing festival held at Ascot Racecourse in southern England, a venue founded by Queen Anne in 1711. U.S. filings for unemployment benefits fall to 226,000 last week as layoffs remain historically low 06/18/2026 08:51am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The number of Americans applying for jobless aid fell modestly last week as layoffs remained in the same historically low range of recent years. U.S. applications for unemployment benefits in the week ending June 13 dropped by 4,000 to 226,000, the Labor Department reported Thurs US filings for unemployment aid fall to 226,000 last week, remaining in healthy range of recent years. 06/18/2026 08:36am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� US filings for unemployment aid fall to 226,000 last week, remaining in healthy range of recent years. Celtic unhappy as title defense start pushed back due to concerts and Commonwealth Games 06/18/2026 08:29am • GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) ��� A combination of Calvin Harris concerts and Commonwealth Games events are forcing Celtic to play the opening game of its Scottish Premiership title defense on a Monday night, a situation the club has described as ���disappointing.��� Instead of being played on the previous US gasoline prices fall below $4 on average for the first time since March 06/18/2026 08:03am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� US gasoline prices fall below $4 on average for the first time since March. A special election in the UK could hasten the rise of Andy Burnham and the end for Keir Starmer 06/18/2026 07:59am • LONDON (AP) ��� Keir Starmer isn���t on the ballot, but the U.K. prime minister���s future is on the line in a special election on Thursday. Voters in the Makerfield district of northwest England are electing a new lawmaker, and the leading contender is Andy Burnham of the governing Labour Party, th Euro champion England's path to 2027 Women's World Cup starts in playoffs against Greece 06/18/2026 07:57am • NYON, Switzerland (AP) ��� European champion England���s path to the 2027 Women���s World Cup will go through Greece and then either Slovakia or Ukraine in the two-leg qualifying playoffs drawn on Thursday. England was the beaten finalist at the 2023 World Cup and again ran into defending champion S Israel seized more land from neighbors since 2023 than it has in decades 06/18/2026 07:49am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Over the past two and a half years, Israel has taken control of swaths of Gaza, Lebanon and Syria that amount to its biggest expansion of militarily occupied lands in decades. It is an area larger than many major cities ��� roughly 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) ��� an Grace: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot 06/18/2026 07:46am • PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) ��� PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) ��� Grace Therapeutics, Inc. (GRCE) on Thursday reported a loss of $1.2 million in its fiscal fourth quarter. The Princeton, New Jersey-based company said it had a loss of 7 cents per share. For the year, the company reported a loss of $7.8 million, or 4 What early DC primary results say about a possible progressive shift 06/18/2026 07:39am • Preliminary primary results in D.C. point to a rise in progressive momentum. If those trends hold, it could signal a broader surge, with D.C. Council member Janeese Lewis George, a Democratic Socialist, leading the Democratic mayoral primary and D.C. Council member Robert White winning the Democrati Bank of England holds main interest rate at 3.75% as Iran war inflation pressures ease 06/18/2026 07:24am • LONDON (AP) ��� The Bank of England has held its main interest rate at 3.7% as the inflation pressures on the British economy have become more benign after the U.S. and Iran signed a deal to sign deal to end their war. Thursday���s decision was widely anticipated after figures showed inflation did n Taiwan needs US weapons for self-defense as threat from China grows, diplomat tells AP 06/18/2026 07:09am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Taiwan needs to purchase American weapons to ensure its self-defense in the face of a growing threat from Beijing, the island's top diplomat in the U.S. said, adding that he has seen no change in Washington's policy toward the self-governing island that China claims as its own. A England coach Tuchel asks FIFA to move photographers obstructing his view during national anthem 06/18/2026 07:04am • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ��� England coach Thomas Tuchel was upset that photographers blocked him from seeing his team during the playing of the national anthem before a victory over Croatia in his World Cup debut. ���I���m begging FIFA to change the position of the photographers, because I could not s Bank of England holds main interest rate at 3.75% as inflation pressures on UK economy become more benign 06/18/2026 07:01am • LONDON (AP) ��� Bank of England holds main interest rate at 3.75% as inflation pressures on UK economy become more benign.