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Devastating wildfire and homelessness loom over Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' bid for second term 05/29/2026 05:00am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� As Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass seeks a second term, she isn't sidestepping the obvious: her tenure at city hall has been difficult. ���I haven���t always got it right,��� she says plainly. But the first Black woman to hold the post insists she should keep leading the struggling Free grocery store opens inside Prince George���s Co. library 05/29/2026 04:57am • A free grocery store has opened inside the Fairmount Heights Branch Library in Prince George's County. The Fairmount Five Market is a partnership between Prince George's County and Goodr, an Atlanta-based company that has opened 34 similar stores across the country since 2021. It is the first G A 185���year���old diary is the center of the Anacostia Community Museum's new exhibit 05/29/2026 04:42am • After being closed since January, the Smithsonian���s Anacostia Community Museum will reopen on Saturday with a new exhibition, ���We Make History,��� which highlights the many ways people have documented and preserved the stories of their neighborhoods and the District. The exhibit opens on Guatemala's president denies report of US deal on anti-drug trafficking strikes 05/29/2026 04:41am • GUATEMALA CITY (AP) ��� Guatemalan President Bernardo Ar��valo on Thursday denied the existence of an agreement with the United States to conduct anti-drug trafficking operations on Guatemalan soil. The comments come after The New York Times reported that the Central American nation agreed to carry Photos of students competing for the Scripps National Spelling Bee trophy 05/29/2026 04:27am • photos-of-students-competing-for-the-scripps-national-spelling-bee-trophy DC Water proposed rate hike met with collective shrug 05/29/2026 04:16am • D.C. Water was prepared to be peppered with questions about a proposal to raise monthly rates over the next two years. The agency scheduled a two-hour town hall Thursday night, but the meeting ended after less than an hour, with few people showing up in person or online. Those who did show up Today in History: May 29, Hillary and Norgay summit Mount Everest 05/29/2026 04:10am • Today is Friday, May 29, the 149th day of 2026. There are 216 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Also on this date: In 1790, Rhode Island became the 13t Giants look to stop 3-game road skid, play the Rockies 05/29/2026 04:01am • San Francisco Giants (22-34, fourth in the NL West) vs. Colorado Rockies (20-37, fifth in the NL West) Denver; Friday, 8:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Giants: Logan Webb (0-0); Rockies: Michael Lorenzen (2-7, 7.21 ERA, 1.90 WHIP, 41 strikeouts) LINE: Giants -168, Rockies +140; over/under is 10 1/2 Padres take 3-game road win streak into game against the Nationals 05/29/2026 04:01am • San Diego Padres (31-24, third in the NL West) vs. Washington Nationals (29-28, third in the NL East) Washington; Friday, 6:45 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Padres: Lucas Giolito (2-0, 2.70 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, five strikeouts); Nationals: Paxton Schultz (0-2, 5.30 ERA, 1.45 WHIP, 21 strikeouts) LINE: Pad Cardinals host the Cubs to start 3-game series 05/29/2026 04:01am • Chicago Cubs (31-26, second in the NL Central) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (29-25, third in the NL Central) St. Louis; Friday, 7:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Shota Imanaga (4-5, 4.04 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 67 strikeouts); Cardinals: Kyle Leahy (5-3, 4.44 ERA, 1.58 WHIP, 42 strikeouts) LINE: Cubs -140, Reds host the Braves in first of 3-game series 05/29/2026 04:01am • Atlanta Braves (38-19, first in the NL East) vs. Cincinnati Reds (29-26, fourth in the NL Central) Cincinnati; Friday, 6:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Grant Holmes (3-2, 3.78 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 48 strikeouts); Reds: Chris Paddack (0-6, 6.86 ERA, 1.67 WHIP, 35 strikeouts) LINE: Braves -152, Re Dodgers host the Phillies on 5-game home win streak 05/29/2026 04:01am • Philadelphia Phillies (29-27, second in the NL East) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (36-20, first in the NL West) Los Angeles; Friday, 10:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Phillies: Zack Wheeler (4-0, 1.67 ERA, 0.82 WHIP, 36 strikeouts); Dodgers: Justin Wrobleski (6-2, 3.07 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 31 strikeouts) LIN Lopez leads Marlins against the Mets after 4-hit game 05/29/2026 04:01am • Miami Marlins (26-31, fourth in the NL East) vs. New York Mets (23-33, fifth in the NL East) New York; Friday, 7:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Marlins: Max Meyer (5-0, 2.52 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 68 strikeouts); Mets: Freddy Peralta (3-4, 3.52 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 63 strikeouts) LINE: Mets -125, Marlins +105; Humanoids dance and thread needles as Japanese robotics developers look to outdo Chinese 05/29/2026 03:50am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Mechanical hands dexterous enough to thread a needle, childlike dancing robots and adult-sized ones to help with deliveries were on display Thursday as the Humanoids Summit Tokyo opened. Among the dozens of companies taking part, including well-known players like Boston Dynamics and T Pigeons may be navigating with their liver, study suggests 05/29/2026 03:28am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A surprising gut feeling may help pigeons find their way home. Animals use various techniques to navigate including following the stars and remembering key landmarks. Birds, fish and turtles orient themselves using Earth's magnetic field as a compass. But it's not yet clear how ex