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Potential first-round draft pick Caleb Banks is at his best with both feet on the ground 04/15/2026 01:15pm • GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) ��� The NFL draft process has been excruciating for Florida defensive tackle Caleb Banks. And it has nothing to do with his broken left foot or his cumbersome mobility scooter. The 6-foot-6, 327-pound Detroit native doesn���t like to fly. Not even a little. Takeoffs, landings, Madonna announces new album, a sequel two decades later, 'Confessions on a Dance Floor: Part II' 04/15/2026 01:13pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� As Madonna sang in her 2005 hit, ���Hung Up,��� time goes by so slowly. But it continues to move. On Wednesday, the pop superstar announced she'll release a new album, ���Confessions on a Dance Floor: Part II,��� on July 3 via Warner Records ��� 21 years after the original. It's e NBA says viewership of regular-season games was up 86% over last season 04/15/2026 01:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The numbers are in, and the NBA says Year 1 of its new television deals were a hit. The league released numbers for the regular season on Wednesday, showing that 170 million people in the U.S. watched NBA games across the league's four primary broadcast platforms this year ��� thos BofA's trading desk avoided a single daily loss in Q1 amid market turmoil 04/15/2026 01:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The market volatility of the last three months, caused partly by the war in Iran, has been a boon to Wall Street, as another set of banks reported strong profits helped by wild swings in markets and companies looking to make deals while the economy remains resilient. Bank of Ameri US faces demand to restore $350 million in federal funding to help power Puerto Rico 04/15/2026 12:58pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� Nearly 200 organizations are urging the Trump administration and Puerto Rico���s governor to restore $350 million in federal funding that was meant to finance the installation of rooftop solar and battery systems for 12,000 low-income families across the U.S. territory Why one Tysons commuter chooses Capital Bikeshare over his car 04/15/2026 12:57pm • This content is sponsored by the Fairfax County Department of Transportation. In a place largely built around commuting by car, Jason Zogg has found another way to get around. Zogg lives in Tysons, Virginia, a suburb that is growing up ��� literally ��� before our eyes. While he does ow Sexual abuse allegations are spurring calls for a broader reckoning in Congress 04/15/2026 12:54pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Resignations came quickly this week from two congressmen accused of sexual misconduct toward staff members. Yet for many of the women of Capitol Hill, the moment of accountability was years in the making ��� and far from enough. Reps. Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat, and To It's Tax Day. Treasury says 53 million filers used new Trump tax breaks before the deadline 04/15/2026 12:49pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� It's Tax Day on Wednesday, the deadline for most Americans to file taxes, and the Trump administration says millions of people have already used new breaks such as no tax on tips and overtime, exemptions for interest on certain car loans, deductions for some seniors, and Trump A Veterans mark the 65th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs Invasion with a new museum in Miami 04/15/2026 12:45pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� Manuel Portuondo was still a teenager in 1960 when his family, like thousands of others, fled Cuba for Miami, following the culmination of the Cuban Revolution a year earlier. Soon after, while still attending school, Portuondo learned of a military force of Cuban refugees being organ MacKinnon���s all-business season means leading NHL in goals, Hart Trophy chase and occasional smile 04/15/2026 12:41pm • DENVER (AP) ��� There are plenty of reasons for Nathan MacKinnon to smile over one of the finest seasons for him and for the Colorado Avalanche. Actually getting the all-business center to break into a grin, well, that can prove challenging ��� even for teammates. ���Yeah, I can,��� Logan O���Connor In one week, you can meet a 460-pound bundle of joy at the National Zoo 04/15/2026 12:39pm • One of the newest additions to the Smithsonian���s National Zoo is about to make her public debut next week. WTOP got a sneak peek of the cutest 464 pounds you���ve ever seen. Linh Mai, the latest Asian elephant calf born at the National Zoo in D.C., is a very punctual young lady, demanding h WHO says vaccinations save millions in Africa, but US aid cuts and Iran war threaten progress 04/15/2026 12:34pm • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) ��� Vaccination programs across Africa have saved tens of millions of lives over the past two decades, but progress is slowing in some countries, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, amid warnings that cuts to United States aid risk leaving millions of children unprote Pope doubles down on peace and unity message as Trump's criticism continues 04/15/2026 12:29pm • ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) ��� Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday doubled down as U.S. President Donald Trump���s criticism showed no sign of letting up, insisting that the message "the world needs to hear today��� is one of peace and dialogue. Leo spoke to journalists en route to Cameroon as he continued h Sweden blames pro-Russian group for cyberattack last year on its energy infrastructure 04/15/2026 12:29pm • Sweden said Wednesday that a pro-Russian group with links to Russia���s security and intelligence services was behind a cyberattack on a heating plant last year. The announcement followed warnings from officials in Poland, Norway, Denmark and Latvia that Russia is attacking critical infrastructure a WrestleMania is back in Las Vegas after a big showing last year 04/15/2026 12:25pm • As WWE gears up for WrestleMania this weekend, the biggest annual event for the professional wrestling organization, data shows that its appearance in Las Vegas last year had an economic impact worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Parent company TKO said Wednesday that recent studies conducted by