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In rural Virginia, excitement and dread grows over Democrats' redistricting referendum 04/08/2026 10:00am • LOUISA, Va. (AP) ��� Michael Shull never imagined that a Democrat from the wealthy suburbs of Washington would represent his community in Congress. His corner of Virginia, with its sprawling farms and winding country roads, has been electing Republicans for more than three decades. Then came an u Sports on TV for April 13 - 19 04/08/2026 10:00am • Adv11-12 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, April 13 COLLEGE BASEBALL 4 p.m. ESPNU ��� Radford at High Point 8 p.m. ACCN ��� Stanford at Louisville COLLEGE GOLF 7 p.m. GOLF ��� Western Intercollegiate: First Round, Pasatiempo Golf Club, Santa Cruz, Calif. COLLEG NCAA Women's Div. II Basketball Tournament Glance 04/08/2026 10:00am • All Times EDT First Round Friday, March 13 Atlantic Region At campus sites Indiana (Pa.) 79, Charleston (W.Va.) 53 Seton Hill 88, Fayetteville St. 85, 2OT Gannon 76, Edinboro 61 Winston-Salem 88, Glenville St. 71 Central Region Minn. Duluth 72, Minnesota St. 63 Central Mo. 64, Washburn 55 Concordia- NCAA Men's Div. II Basketball Tournament Glance 04/08/2026 10:00am • All Times EDT First Round Friday, March 13 West Region At campus sites Cal St. East Bay 83, Cal Poly Humboldt 64 Cal St. Dom. Hills 69, Alas. Anchorage 58 Saint Martin's 75, Hawaii Pacific 68 Point Loma 76, Northwest Nazarene 61 Saturday, March 14 Atlantic Region Gannon 83, Charleston (W.Va.) 58 Cal NCAA Division I Hockey Glance 04/08/2026 10:00am • All Times EDT ALBANY REGIONAL At MVP Arena Albany, N.Y. First Round Friday, March 27 Michigan 5, Bentley Falcons 1 Minn. Duluth 3, Penn St. 1 Championship Sunday, March 29 Michigan 4, Minn. Duluth 3 LOVELAND REGIONAL At Blue Arena Loveland, Colo. First Round Friday, March 27 W. Michigan 3, Minnesota NCAA Women's Division III Basketball Glance 04/08/2026 10:00am • Times EST (through March 12) Times EDT (March 13) First Round Friday, March 6 NYU 108, Me.-Farmington 44 Messiah 64, Cortland 58 Hardin-Simmons 73, Austin 51 Whitman 70, Claremont-M-S 54 Bowdoin 51, Emmanuel (Mass.) 42 Southern Me. 62, JWU (Providence) 46 Wis.-La Crosse 78, LaGrange 52 Carroll (Wis. NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Glance 04/08/2026 10:00am • Times EST (through March 12) Times EDT (March 13) First Round Friday, March 6 Trinity (Conn.) 74, Keuka 63 Babson 71, St. Joseph's (Maine) 67 Redlands 97, Susquehanna 75 Hood 84, Vassar 71 Catholic 71, WestConn 69 Tufts 65, Penn St. Harrisburg 60 NYU 65, Gettysburg 53 Wesleyan (Conn.) 76, Lehman 66 Grains lower, livestock mixed 04/08/2026 09:45am • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were lower in early trading Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. May. corn lost 2 cents at $4.47 a bushel. May. wheat lost 9 cents at $5.89 a bushel. May. oats was down 1.75 cents at $3.40 a bushel. May. soybeans was off 6.25 cents at $11.52 a bushel. Beef was higher NBC thrilled with Year 1 of NBA deal, touts 'On The Bench' as one of the season's successes 04/08/2026 09:45am • Expect more of NBC's ���On The Bench��� innovation for NBA games going forward. Reflecting on the network's first season back in the NBA business, NBC Sports executive producer Sam Flood touted many highlights Wednesday ��� including bringing the voices of Michael Jordan,Snoop Dogg,Caitlin Clark and Oil prices plunge toward $90 a barrel and US stocks surge 2.7% after US and Iran reach ceasefire 04/08/2026 09:30am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Oil prices plunge toward $90 a barrel and US stocks surge 2.7% after US and Iran reach ceasefire. Indonesia extradites Scottish man sought by Spain as crime boss 04/08/2026 09:28am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ��� Indonesian authorities on Wednesday extradited an alleged Scottish crime boss to Spain, after his removal was delayed multiple times as police pursued an ongoing investigation, officials said. Steven Lyons, 45, described by law enforcement as a senior figure in an interna Takeaways from AP���s story on how oil drilling is fueling a migrant surge in Brazil's Amazon 04/08/2026 09:23am • OIAPOQUE, Brazil (AP) ��� Oiapoque, a remote city in Brazil's northern state of Amapa, is already experiencing several impacts from an anticipated oil-driven economic boom. Since Petrobras, the country's state oil company, began exploratory drilling off the coast of the Amazon rainforest, thousands In an uncertain environment for corporate giving, Liberty Mutual Foundation launches $600M endowment 04/08/2026 09:18am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Corporate foundations' philanthropic commitments were called into question this past year as tariff-driven uncertainty, rising costs and tax law changes prompted many companies to reconsider their charitable strategies. Nonprofits received a reassuring answer this week, however, fr 'I'm going there.' Oil drilling fuels a migrant surge in isolated city in Brazil's Amazon 04/08/2026 09:15am • OIAPOQUE, Brazil (AP) ��� On a recent morning, Reginaldo Nunes Fonseca smoked cigarettes from the porch of his friend's wooden shack, watching the rain come down hard in an area now known as Nova Conquista ��� New Conquest ��� where pristine rainforest in Brazil's Amazon stood a year ago. The rain Here's where things stand after a tentative, 2-week Iran ceasefire took effect 04/08/2026 09:14am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� The ceasefire reached Wednesday has raised hopes of halting hostilities between Iran, Israel and the United States, but many issues remain unresolved. Reaching a permanent deal will be key to ending a war that's shaken the Middle East and global energy markets. B