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WNBA to expand to 50-game schedule for teams next season 06/17/2026 11:02am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The WNBA is expanding its schedule to 50 games per team next season ��� the most in the league's 30-year history. The new collective bargaining agreement that was ratified earlier this year allows the league to play up to 50 games for the next two seasons. There can be up to 52 Tropical Storm Arthur forms as this year's first in the Atlantic, packing major rainfall for the US Gulf Coast 06/17/2026 10:58am • MIAMI (AP) ��� Tropical Storm Arthur forms as this year's first in the Atlantic, packing major rainfall for the US Gulf Coast. China Shock 2.0: Surging Chinese exports threaten Europe's economy, raising concern at G7 summit 06/17/2026 10:54am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� For eight years, the United States has waged economic war on China, slapping big taxes on Chinese products before they enter America. But the campaign hasn���t dented China���s industrial prowess. The world���s second biggest economy is exporting more products than ever. It���s j FACT FOCUS: Trump says illegal immigration increased car insurance premiums. Experts say otherwise 06/17/2026 10:52am • President Donald Trump this week credited his tough immigration policies for a drop in car insurance premiums, falsely blaming illegal immigration during his predecessor's time in the White House for a prior increase. In a Monday post on Truth Social, Trump shared a graphic showing the year-over-yea British TV personality Jeremy Clarkson reveals prostate cancer in final 'Clarkson���s Farm' episodes 06/17/2026 10:49am • LONDON (AP) ��� British television personality Jeremy Clarkson revealed on his farm reality show that he has prostate cancer. Clarkson, 66, said that the disease is ���aggressive,��� but was detected early. He gave advance warning on social media Tuesday that he would share somber news on the final How parents can talk to their kids about vaping as FDA authorizes some flavored e-cigarettes 06/17/2026 10:41am • Ricky Resendez first tried e-cigarettes in eighth grade. By the time he got to high school, he was vaping daily. ���It was just kind of normal,��� said Ricky, a 17-year-old recent graduate in Superior, Wisconsin. ���Kids were vaping in class, in the bathrooms, wherever.��� Nationally, nearly 6% of m More than 1,000 people have been killed by Israeli fire in Gaza since an October ceasefire, local health officials say 06/17/2026 10:39am • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� More than 1,000 people have been killed by Israeli fire in Gaza since an October ceasefire, local health officials say. Former DC reporter, now trans comedian, proud of selfless love of people 'who have seen the best in me' 06/17/2026 10:38am • Journalists and comedians are both storytellers ��� an award-winning former reporter who quit drinking, came out as trans, and began a career as a nightclub comedian is giving thanks "for the selflessness and love of so many people who have seen the best in me." Jamie Mack came to the D.C. area t Body of missing swimmer identified after body recovered in Potomac near Great Falls 06/17/2026 10:31am • Search crews have identified the person who was found in the Potomac River near Great Falls Tuesday afternoon as a man who had been missing since Sunday after going swimming in the water. Nazir Bell, 20, a Towson University student who graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, was recovere PHOTOS: DC voters select mayoral, delegate and council nominees 06/17/2026 10:30am • Follow WTOP���s team coverage of the��D.C. primary and Election 2026��online, on air at 103.5 FM or on the��WTOP News app. WTOP will have live election results as they come in.�� D.C. voters cast their ballots Tuesday in a primary that will result in the election of a new mayor and new D.C. delegate FIFA hydration breaks spark backlash and blamed for killing momentum at World Cup 06/17/2026 10:12am • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Cura��ao fans went wild. The Germans were in shock. Livano Comenencia had scored a goal for the smallest nation by population to ever qualify for the World Cup against four-time champion Germany. At 1-1 in Houston a famous upset looked possible. Then came the hydration break. Cura Sports on TV for Thursday, June 18 06/17/2026 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Thursday, June 18 AHL HOCKEY 7 p.m. NHLN ��� Calder Cup Finals: Chicago at Toronto, Game 4 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN���S) 5:55 a.m. FS2 ��� AFL: Geelong at Fremantle 5:25 a.m. (Friday) FS2 ��� AFL: Hawthorn at Gold Coast COLLEGE BA Killing of Russian artist in Poland has hallmarks of political assassination, prime minister says 06/17/2026 10:09am • Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk Wednesday said the killing of a Russian artist who was critical of President Vladimir Putin has the hallmarks of a political assassination. Robert Kuzovkov, known by the pseudonym Semyon Skrepetsky, was shot and killed at close range near his home in the eastern Pol A 16-month-old and his mother recover from Ebola in rare good news from outbreak in Congo 06/17/2026 10:05am • BUNIA, Congo (AP) ��� A 16-month-old baby and his mother have recovered from Ebola in eastern Congo, a rare positive development as Africa's top health body warned the outbreak of the deadly virus could become the worst on record if it continues to spread. The two left the Rwampara Treatment Center Key senator says he'll push forward with hearing on intelligence director nominee despite Trump's demands to delay it 06/17/2026 10:01am • EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) ��� Key senator says he'll push forward with hearing on intelligence director nominee despite Trump's demands to delay it.