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A charismatic straight talker, Japan's Takaichi is poised to expand her power in Sunday's vote 02/06/2026 07:18pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� Japan's prime minister is a heavy metal music fan. She loves motorcycles and playing the drums, including with visiting dignitaries. She thrilled a nation that often fetishizes company loyalty by declaring that her secret for success as leader would be ��� work, work, work, work, work The Latest: Trump���s racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash 02/06/2026 07:13pm • President Donald Trump���s social media post featuring a video about election conspiracy theories and a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle has been deleted. The Republican president���s Thursday night post was deleted Friday and bl Reds' Graham Ashcraft and Rays' Edwin Uceta win arbitration cases as players improve to 5-0 02/06/2026 07:10pm • SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) ��� Pitchers Graham Ashcraft and Edwin Uceta won their salary arbitration cases Friday, improving players to 5-0 this year. Ashcraft was awarded $1.75 million rather than the Cincinnati Reds' $1.25 million offer in a case heard Thursday by Keith Greenberg, Howard Edelman and R Japan's first female prime minister counts on her popularity to help her party win Sunday's election 02/06/2026 07:03pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is leveraging her popularity to help her party win Sunday's snap election as she pushes her right-wing agenda to boost her country's economy and military capabilities in the face of growing tensions with China and an unpredictable Washington. The Seahawks rookie safety Nick Emmanwori fully participates in practice ahead of Super Bowl 02/06/2026 07:03pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Seattle Seahawks rookie safety Nick Emmanwori was a full participant in Friday's practice, according to a pool report. Emmanwori, who injured his ankle during Wednesday���s practice at San Jose State University ahead of Seattle facing New England in the Super Bowl, joined the Patriots will win their 7th Super Bowl because of Mike Vrabel's leadership and an underrated offense 02/06/2026 07:02pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) ��� As the New England Patriots continued to rack up wins late in the regular season, coach Mike Vrabel shied away from mentioning the idea of a Super Bowl run when he spoke to his team after games. But there were hints of where he felt this team could go. ���We���ve got t ESPN BET Promo Code WTOP Now Gets $1,000 Bonus for NBA, SB 60, Any Game 02/06/2026 07:02pm • New theScore Bet customers can secure a massive safety net for tonight's showdown at the Golden 1 Center. By registering today with ESPN Bet promo code WTOP, you can claim up to $1,000 in bonus bets if your initial wager on the LA Clippers or Sacramento Kings, other NBA games and Super Bowl 60 with Government must reach agreement on right to counsel for people at Minnesota ICE facility, judge says 02/06/2026 06:57pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Attorneys for the federal government have until next Thursday to reach an agreement with human rights lawyers who are seeking to ensure the right to counsel for people detained at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Minnesota, a judge said Friday. Advocates said p Justice Department will allow lawmakers to see unredacted versions of released Epstein files 02/06/2026 06:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Department of Justice will allow members of Congress to review unredacted files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein starting on Monday, according to a letter that was sent to lawmakers. The letter obtained by The Associated Press says that lawmakers will be able to Trooper and pilot mourned after being killed in an Arizona law enforcement helicopter crash 02/06/2026 06:56pm • Arizona law enforcement officers mourned a veteran U.S. Marine pilot and a trooper paramedic Friday while the cause of a helicopter crash that killed them during a police shootout with a domestic violence suspect in Flagstaff remained under investigation. Police alleged the suspect, identified Frida As US block of oil supply deepens energy crisis, Cubans ask: What more can we sacrifice? 02/06/2026 06:51pm • HAVANA (AP) ��� After a day spent selling books, Solanda O��a typically boards a bus from a wealthy seaside district in Havana to her home in the city���s working-class center. But on Thursday night, the bus never came. The 64-year-old bookseller spent the night sleeping in a nearby restaurant inste Photos of retro '70s-themed orchids show in Chicago 02/06/2026 06:48pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Thousands of orchids fill the greenhouse of the the Chicago Botanic Garden for its 12th annual Orchid Show, themed ���Feelin��� Groovy,��� where installations inspired by the 1970s ��� including a yellow Volkswagen Beetle overflowing with blooms. Organizers say the event offers visi Annual orchids show brings vivid color to Chicago winter 02/06/2026 06:47pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� A soft layer of white snow blankets the grounds of the Chicago Botanic Garden. The air is chilly, the sky gray. Inside, however, the air is warm and lights illuminate more than 10,000 vividly colored orchids. Staff members move in and out of greenhouses, preparing to open the garden Mississippians near two weeks without power after winter storm 02/06/2026 06:41pm • OXFORD, Miss. (AP) ��� Nearly two weeks after an ice storm knocked out power to her home, Barbara Bishop still finds herself trying to flip the lights on and looking in her fridge for food that has since spoiled. Bishop, 79, and her 85-year-old husband, George Bishop, live in a rural area near Oxfor Alabama's Charles Bediako preparing to play again while judge mulls decision in eligibility case 02/06/2026 06:38pm • TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) ��� An Alabama circuit judge didn't rule immediately following Charles Bediako's lawsuit hearing against the NCAA on Friday, clearing a path for the 7-footer to continue to play. The Crimson Tide travel to rival Auburn on Saturday. County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Pruet said h