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DC road closures, parking restrictions in effect for Freedom 250 Grand Prix 08/20/2026 06:00am • If you're planning on driving in the D.C. area, you may run into some street closures and parking restrictions for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix. During the Freedom 250 Grand Prix setup and breakdown, parking lanes, curb lanes and partial travel lanes will be closed along city streets. The roadways PSG moves its opening French league game after heatwave causes damage to pitch at Parc des Princes 08/20/2026 06:00am • PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain's opening game of its title defense in the French league against Rennes has been relocated at short notice because of damage to the champion's pitch following a heatwave this summer. Sunday's match will now take place in Rennes, French soccer's competitions committ Democrats narrow their list of 2028 presidential convention sites to Boston, Denver and Philadelphia 08/20/2026 06:00am • Democrats on Thursday narrowed the list of potential host cities for their 2028 presidential convention to Boston, Denver and Philadelphia as their party looks ahead to a wide-open primary to succeed President Donald Trump. Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin said in a statement the Alibaba: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot 08/20/2026 05:42am • HONG KONG (AP) — HONG KONG (AP) — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (BABA) on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $1.55 billion. The Hong Kong-based company said it had profit of 55 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1.26 per share. The online reta ‘Worse than cherry blossoms’: Drivers react to Freedom 250 Grand Prix road closures 08/20/2026 05:40am • IndyCar drivers will be going close to 200 mph through the streets of D.C. this weekend. D.C.-area drivers near the Freedom 250 Grand Prix route have been going considerably slower. Just how slow was Wednesday afternoon traffic? This reporter walked along 14th Street from Constitution Aven South Korea’s military says North Korea has launched about 10 short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea 08/20/2026 05:26am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea has launched about 10 short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea. Bodies of 2 hikers missing for decades in Swiss Alps turn up as glacier melts 08/20/2026 05:12am • GENEVA (AP) — The bodies of two Belgian mountaineers who went missing in the Swiss Alps more than three decades ago have been found, officials said. Police in the southwestern Valais region, which has a database of people listed as missing over the last century, said the retreat of glaciers has l NetEase: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 08/20/2026 05:11am • KOWLOON, Hong Kong (AP) — KOWLOON, Hong Kong (AP) — NetEase Inc. (NTES) on Thursday reported net income of $1.03 billion in its second quarter. The Kowloon, Hong Kong-based company said it had profit of $1.60 per share. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense, came to $1.77 per share. The in Pac-12 returns to the football field with 8 teams following years of uncertainty 08/20/2026 05:10am • The Pac-12 is back with a new look and a host of schools that might seem unfamiliar to longtime fans of the Conference of Champions. Oregon State and Washington State are the lone holdovers after a max exodus in 2023 that threatened the existence of a conference founded more than a century ago and w Western Michigan hoping continuity leads to a rare 2nd straight Mid-American Conference title run 08/20/2026 05:10am • Western Michigan is a rarity in today's college football universe. The Mid-American Conference champions are chasing a second straight league crown with some familiar names: quarterback Broc Lowry, the 2025 MAC Offensive Player of the Year, running back Jalen Buckley, the championship game MVP, and Belgium winger Diego Moreira joins AC Milan in latest big-money sale by Strasbourg 08/20/2026 04:56am • MILAN (AP) — Belgium winger Diego Moreira joined AC Milan in a reported 50-million-euro ($58.5-million) move from Strasbourg, which is under increased financial scrutiny by UEFA. The 22-year-old Moreira signed a five-year contract, Milan said in a statement late Monday. Moreira was a member of Bel Car Review: Land Rover Defender OCTA is a sinister supercar 08/20/2026 04:41am • If you’re running a covert war or a Russian crime syndicate, boy do I have the ride for you. I present the Land Rover Defender 110 OCTA Black. And black it is. The paint, the wheels and the leather seats are all black. Even the Land Rover grille emblem is blacked out. Team of well-dressed goon Cavs acquiring Peyton Watson and trading Max Strus to Clippers in 4-team deal, AP source says 08/20/2026 04:22am • CLEVELAND (AP) — Peyton Watson is heading from Denver to Cleveland as part of a four-team trade that will also have the Cavaliers sending Max Strus to the Los Angeles Clippers. A person familiar with the trade said Wednesday night that Watson, a restricted free agent who spent his first four NB South Korea's Yonhap news agency says North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile off North’s east coast 08/20/2026 04:21am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's Yonhap news agency says North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile off North’s east coast. With pool- and pod-style classrooms, Fairfax Co.'s newest high school prepares to welcome students 08/20/2026 04:03am • In the weeks leading up to the start of the new school year, leadership at Skyview High School held "come in unity" events. The goal, Principal Dave Jagels said, was to generate ideas from students and their families about traditions they may want to adopt. Because it is Fairfax County, Virgi