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Cherokee Nation integrates culture into new treatment center built with opioid settlement funds 05/19/2026 01:43pm • TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — Culture is vital for recovery. That's a lesson Juli Skinner, a citizen of the Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma, learned during her time in foster care, years later working in child welfare and now, as the senior director of the Cherokee Nation's behavioral health center. Tribal tra Iranian family detained for relative's key role in 1979 US Embassy hostage crisis seeks release 05/19/2026 01:40pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Iranian family that’s been living in the United States for a decade is demanding their release from immigration detention after they were arrested because of their relation to a central figure in the 1979 U.S. Embassy hostage crisis in Tehran. 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That shows how modest gains in the fight to curb climate change have dialed back the most catastrophic of future heating but also confirmed that there's no chance to limit w Heat stroke risk heightened during early-season period of high temps 05/19/2026 01:30pm • With temperatures in the D.C. region topping out in the mid-90s Tuesday and Wednesday, a local emergency room doctor is sharing the warning signs of heat-related illness, which she said poses a greater threat this early in the year. Dr. Miriam Fischer, a senior attending emergency physician with US-Audiobooks-Top-10 05/19/2026 01:25pm • Audible best-sellers for the week ending May 15: Nonfiction 1. Suicidal Empathy by Gad Saad, narrated by the author (Broadside Books) 2. Strangers by Belle Burden, narrated by the author (Random House Audio) 3. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, narrated by the author (Audible Studios 4. Famesick Inside Wemby's night: A dive into Wembanyama's Game 1 numbers against the Thunder 05/19/2026 01:24pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The numbers deserve a deeper look: 41 points, 24 rebounds, three blocked shots. Take a bow, Victor Wembanyama. That's a conference finals debut like none other in the NBA's 80-year history. The San Antonio star did everything — and a whole lot of it — in the Spurs' 122-115 Nigerian military says 175 Islamic State fighters have been killed in recent days in joint strikes with the U.S. 05/19/2026 01:15pm • LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian military says 175 Islamic State fighters have been killed in recent days in joint strikes with the U.S. Putin visits China to reaffirm Russia ties as Xi also seeks stable US relations after Trump summit 05/19/2026 01:08pm • BEIJING (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Tuesday night in China for meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping less than a week after U.S. President Donald Trump wrapped up his own trip to Beijing. Putin's plane landed in Beijing, where he was greeted by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Y Afonso Eulálio defies expectations to keep Giro lead as Filippo Ganna dominates time trial 05/19/2026 01:06pm • MASSA, Italy (AP) — Afonso Eulálio surprisingly remained in the overall lead of the Giro d’Italia after Tuesday's lengthy individual time trial, which was won in dominant fashion by Filippo Ganna of Italy. No one could come close to Ganna, a time trial specialist who completed the flat, 42-kilo Cup Series heads to Charlotte for NASCAR’s longest race and Alex Palou seeks repeat Indy 500 win 05/19/2026 01:05pm • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Coca-Cola 600 Site: Concord, North Carolina. Track: Charlotte Motor Speedway. Race distance: 400 laps, 600 miles. Schedule: Saturday, practice, 1:30 p.m., qualifying, 2:40 p.m.; Sunday, race, 6 p.m. (PRIME VIDEO). 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