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World Cup what to know: Stakes ratchet up as World Cup teams play their second group-stage games 06/17/2026 07:27pm • Every team has played a game in this oversized World Cup filled with big surprises. The stakes rise quickly as the 48 teams begin playing their second group-stage matches. Cape Verde, Qatar and Congo have earned points for the first time in the World Cup, raising hope for an improbable run to the kn Oklahoma pastor who was backed by Trump exits GOP House runoff after reports of inappropriate texts 06/17/2026 07:20pm • Jackson Lahmeyer, an Oklahoma megachurch minister who founded Pastors for Trump, has withdrawn from a runoff for a U.S. House seat from Oklahoma, following reports that he had sent romantic text messages to a woman who is not his wife. A day after advancing to the August runoff, Lahmeyer issued a st Tigers' Wenceel Perez injured in freak accident in training room, team puts Gleyber Torres on IL 06/17/2026 07:20pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� The Detroit Tigers were without two players in a 4-2 loss to the Houston Astros on Wednesday, missing outfielder Wenceel Perez due to a freak accident and second baseman Gleyber Torres with an oblique strain. Tigers manager A.J. Hinch told reporters Perez was hit in the the face by Archaeology team unearths 'prototype' of world-famous Stonehenge monument just a few miles away 06/17/2026 07:14pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Archaeologists revealed Thursday that they have discovered a structure near the prehistoric stone circle of Stonehenge in southern England that may have served as a ���prototype��� for the 5,000-year-old Neolithic monument. A team from the British firm Wessex Archaeology said the str Stowers homers twice, drives in 5 runs to power the Marlins past the Phillies 12-4 06/17/2026 07:13pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Kyle Stowers homered twice and drove in five runs and the Miami Marlins avoided a series sweep with a 12-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday. Stowers hit a two-run homer in the first inning off Phillies starter Andrew Painter, then a solo homer in the sixth for hi College football leaders weigh 16- or 24-team playoff, but need time to sort out revenue details 06/17/2026 07:06pm • DENVER (AP) ��� College football leaders gathered Wednesday to debate the merits of expanding to 24 or 16 playoff teams. They need more time, though, to sort out the details of what could be the most important number ��� money. Rich Clark, the executive director of the College Football Playoff, said UN food agencies warn acute hunger will worsen in 13 hot spots as famine risks rise 06/17/2026 06:55pm • ROME (AP) ��� The United Nations��� food agencies warned Wednesday that acute hunger is set to worsen across 13 global hot spots in the coming months, with conflict, funding shortages and climate shocks pushing millions closer to famine. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Man who died in Texas plane crash was a key figure in seeding Austin's technology boom 06/17/2026 06:54pm • The man who died when a small jet crashed on a Texas highway was an entrepreneur well-known in the state for being at the center of Austin���s turbocharged evolution as a technology hub. Joshua Baer, 50, described himself as an ���Austinpreneur,��� a reference to the state capital and his enthusiasm Tiago Splitter takes over as Bulls coach and promises team will compete every night 06/17/2026 06:48pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Growing up in Brazil, Tiago Splitter used to watch Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in the middle of the night. ���Hidden from my parents and at 1 a.m., watching M.J. games and rooting for the Bulls,��� Splitter said with a wry grin. That was the most successful period in franch Trump administration to buy back another energy company's offshore wind leases for 4 more projects 06/17/2026 06:46pm • The Trump administration said Wednesday it's buying back another energy company's U.S. offshore wind leases for four more wind projects, as it seeks to discourage the expansion of wind energy in favor of fossil fuels. The latest deal brings the total amount spent on these agreements to nearly $2.6 b Takeaways from the G7: Trump's new attitude toward allies buoyed by their praise for Iran deal 06/17/2026 06:43pm • EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) ��� President Donald Trump is not known to be a fan of international gatherings of world leaders, but he changed his tune at this year's G7 summit at a French Alpine resort, where he was buoyed by support from his counterparts for his tentative agreement with Iran to end Fairfax Co. 6th grader honored as AAA Safety Patroller of the Year 06/17/2026 06:41pm • William Kinne���s mom was a safety patrol while she was a student in Fairfax County, and he admired his older sister, who served as a safety patrol at Canterbury Woods Elementary School where he attends. He described her efforts as ���cool,��� and noticed she emerged as a leader on the An Investigators seek clues in small jet crash that killed 1 in Texas, where bystanders rushed to help 06/17/2026 06:40pm • Investigators combed through wreckage Wednesday for clues to why a business jet crashed on a Texas highway, killing one person on board after its pilots reported mechanical problems while requesting an emergency landing at a nearby airport. The fiery crash late Tuesday in Laredo near the Mexican bor All detainees from immigration facility 'Alligator Alcatraz' have been transferred, DHS says 06/17/2026 06:32pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� All detainees at an immigration detention center in an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades, known as ���Alligator Alcatraz,��� have been transferred to other facilities, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said, citing concerns related to the hurricane season. The South F Guardians place Chase DeLauter on injured list and recall Kahlil Watson 06/17/2026 06:27pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� Cleveland outfielder Chase DeLauter has become the latest Guardians position player to go on the injured list. The team announced the move before Wednesday night's game against the Milwaukee Brewers. The rookie fractured a rib on his right side Saturday when he collided with the o