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War intensifies uncertainty for makers of the ultimate in bling, luxury watches 04/14/2026 12:44pm • GENEVA (AP) ��� The bling is back, but the Iran war has tarnished the outlook for the luxury watch industry ��� the ultimate in opulence. Starting Tuesday, Geneva hosts the annual Watches and Wonders fair, a premiere gathering in an industry eager for a rebound after two years of market contraction Dave McGinnis, former Cardinals head coach and longtime NFL assistant, dies at 74 04/14/2026 12:41pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Former Arizona Cardinals head coach and longtime NFL assistant Dave McGinnis, long known simply as ���Coach Mac,��� died Monday. He was 74. McGinnis, who had been in declining health, died at Ascension St. Thomas Midtown Hospital with his family at his side, according to th The Trump and Leo chronicles: A president and a pope square off over Iran and its aftermath 04/14/2026 12:38pm • Pope Leo XIV, a studious and soft-spoken cleric, and Donald Trump, an unapologetically bellicose and pugilistic politician, have long been on a rhetorical collision course. Now their disagreement over the war in Iran has escalated in spectacular fashion, and their comments show how differently each Plastic garden gear can add microplastics to the soil. Here are some alternatives 04/14/2026 12:38pm • It���s seed-starting and planting season, and that means it���s likely buying season. This year, consider not only the gardening gear and plants you bring home, but also whether they���re made of, contained in or wrapped in plastic. Those plastic products eventually break down into minuscule particl Spain finalizes amnesty measure for potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants 04/14/2026 12:32pm • MADRID (AP) ��� Spain's government on Tuesday finalized a migrant amnesty measure it had announced earlier this year, paving the way for hundreds of thousands of immigrants living and working without authorization in the southern European nation to apply for legal status. The approach sharply differ US-Audiobooks-Top-10 04/14/2026 12:30pm • Audible best-sellers for the week ending April 10: Nonfiction 1. Strangers by Belle Burden, narrated by the author (Random House Audio) 2. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, narrated by the author (Audible Studios) 3. The New Perimenopause by Mary Claire Haver, MD, narrated by Devon Sorvari and th Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel on art, their friendship and 'The Christophers' 04/14/2026 12:29pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel met like their characters in ���The Christophers��� do, with a knock on the door. Coel, taking a break from writing her upcoming BBC-HBO series ���First Day on Earth��� in Ghana, turned up at McKellen���s house in London to go over the script with him Irish government survives confidence vote over how it handled disruptive fuel protests 04/14/2026 12:21pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Irish government survives confidence vote over how it handled disruptive fuel protests. Another spring injury setback for All-Star Joel Embiid, and the 76ers��� playoff plans wobble again 04/14/2026 12:20pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� The Joel Embiid medical malady update itself is no longer surprising. There will be one ��� there always is one, especially around the playoffs ��� and it���s just a matter of guessing the body part involved. It could make for a late-night party game. Throw a dart, hit the part Steve Shaw, national coordinator of college football officials, will retire in September 04/14/2026 12:11pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� The top supervisor of college football officials and lead expert in rules interpretation and implementation will retire Sept. 1, the NCAA announced Tuesday. Steve Shaw has been the NCAA's secretary-rules editor for football since 2017 and coordinator of officials since 2020. �� Vatican visitors slam Trump over attacks on the US-born pope's message of peace 04/14/2026 12:06pm • VATICAN CITY (AP) ��� Inappropriate. Ridiculous. Absurd. Visitors to the Vatican on Tuesday had some choice words for U.S. President Donald Trump after his harsh criticism of Pope Leo XIV for his calls to soften the rhetoric of war. The world has buzzed at the extraordinary clash between the U.S.-bo How unlikely allies helped one nonprofit get results in deep red Alabama 04/14/2026 12:03pm • When Carla Crowder walked into a Jefferson County courtroom in August 2019, she didn���t expect to change the direction of her small nonprofit, the Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice. She was there for one man: 58-year-old Alvin Kennard, who had spent 36 years behind bars for stealing $50. Kalshi Promo Code WTOP: Get $10 NBA Bonus for Heat-Hornets, Blazers-Suns 04/14/2026 11:56am • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services Dive into the NBA play-in games tonight with a bonus in hand after redeeming the Kalshi promo code WTOP. This promo code offer enables Haiti mayor appeals for government help after gang attack leaves 7 dead 04/14/2026 11:53am • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ��� The mayor of a commune in southern Haiti appealed for central government help on Tuesday after a gang attack left seven people dead. A police station in Seguin, in the commune of Marigot, was also set on fire in the incident overnight on Monday as armed men expand thei Rory McIlroy is a repeat Masters champion. The next step might be the toughest of all 04/14/2026 11:45am • AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) ��� The passing comment Fred Couples said to his caddie on the 12th hole of the opening round at the Masters was worth another listen when Rory McIlroy slipped both arms into the green jacket for the second year in a row. ���Rory may never lose this thing again after last year,���