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US soldier trying to halt wife's deportation after she was detained on Louisiana military base 04/06/2026 06:59pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A U.S. Army staff sergeant is trying to halt his wife's deportation after she was detained inside a Louisiana military base where the couple was planning to live together just days after their wedding. The effort to remove the soldier's wife, who was born in Honduras and remaine T-wolves are 'a million miles away' from the team they think they are, with the playoffs coming fast 04/06/2026 06:55pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Earlier this season, Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch found a precise if unusual way to describe why his deep, experienced and well-rounded team had slipped into another funk: moodiness. The bad vibes are back, and with the NBA playoffs fast approaching, the timing is no Wireless Festival boss stands by Ye headlining concerts as sponsors pull out 04/06/2026 06:46pm • As sponsors pull out from London's Wireless Festival over headliner Ye, its organizer is standing by the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. Melvin Benn, the managing director at Festival Republic, shared a statement on Monday backing his company's decision to book Ye. “Forgiveness and giving pe Bulls fire Arturas Karnisovas and Marc Eversley after six years in a front-office shakeup 04/06/2026 06:45pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bulls gutted their roster prior to the trade deadline. The team's top two basketball executives won't be around for the next phase of the revamp. The Bulls fired executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas and general manager Marc Eversley on Mon Key Fed official sees possible rate hike amid higher gas prices, inflation concerns 04/06/2026 06:44pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Federal Reserve official said Monday that an interest rate hike could be appropriate if inflation remains persistently above the central bank's 2% target, the latest sign that some policymakers are moving away from a bias toward reducing borrowing costs. Beth Hammack, presi Washington Mystics fire general manager Jamila Wideman, citing strategic differences 04/06/2026 06:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Mystics fired general manager Jamila Wideman, citing strategic differences. The WNBA franchise made the move Monday on the first day of free agency. “We are looking forward to this historic new season for the WNBA and remain focused on building sustainable suc Mullins, Aranda and Caminero homer to lead Rays over Cubs 6-4 in return to Tropicana Field 04/06/2026 06:30pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla (AP) — Cedric Mullins, Jonathan Aranda and Junior Caminero homered and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago Cubs 6-4 on Monday in their first game at Tropicana Field in 561 days. The Rays were back in their domed stadium after playing the 2025 season across the bay in Tampa at S Colombia star James Rodríguez returns to MLS club in Minnesota after hospitalization for dehydration 04/06/2026 06:20pm • GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. (AP) — Colombian star James Rodríguez, who was hospitalized last week for severe dehydration, returned to his MLS club Minnesota United on Monday to continue his ramp-up to game readiness. The team announced that Rodríguez reported to the practice facility for a supervised r Tailors age out of the workforce even as demand for their skills grows 04/06/2026 06:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Hunched over a sewing machine, Kil Bae is hemming a dress inside his Manhattan tailor shop when a new customer stops by with a vintage Tommy Hilfiger jacket he wants taken in. The modeling agent paid $20 at a thrift store for his reversible bomber style that's plaid on one side Cooper Pratt deal with Brewers can escalate by $10 million if he finishes high in MVP vote 04/06/2026 06:09pm • Shortstop prospect Cooper Pratt's $50.75 million, eight-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers includes escalators that could raise the value by $10 million if he repeatedly finishes high in MVP voting and the team exercises its two options. Pratt, who has yet to play in the major leagues, gets a Oklahoma hires Lucas McKay as general manager for men's basketball 04/06/2026 06:07pm • NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma has hired Lucas McKay as its first men's basketball general manager. McKay, whose appointment was announced Monday, leaves Clemson, where he had the same role. He has more than 20 years of experience in college basketball, including 14 years at Clemson under coach Bra Editorial Roundup: United States 04/06/2026 06:06pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ April 4 The Washington Post on the U.S. cutting aid to Africa The Trump administration’s sharp reduction in aid to Africa last year seemed likely to cause a continent-wide crisis of apocalyptic proportions. 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After a two-hour hearing in a conference room at the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in Jessup, a two-member panel Video brings new scrutiny to an ICE shooting in Minneapolis after charges against 2 men collapsed 04/06/2026 05:55pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The city of Minneapolis released a video Monday showing a chase and scuffle that ended in a nonfatal shooting in January and the suspensions of two federal officers involved in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Minnesota. The video — from a city-owned securit