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Discover customers can use this benefit, as the card issuer maintains a cash back calendar with multiple Angels denied a replay challenge when manager Kurt Suzuki waits too long to appeal 04/01/2026 07:58pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� A potential replay challenge by the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday was denied because first-year manager Kurt Suzuki waited too long to make the appeal. The play occurred with the Chicago Cubs batting in the third inning of the Angels' 6-2 loss in the series finale at a chilly Wrig Schlittler, Goldschmidt and Rice lead the Yankees to a 5-3 win over the Mariners 04/01/2026 07:41pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Cam Schlittler pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning and Paul Goldschmidt hit a three-run homer as the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 5-3 on Wednesday. Ben Rice also homered and had an RBI double for the Yankees, who finished 5-1 on their West Coast trip to begin Storms bring hail, strong winds to DC region 04/01/2026 07:40pm • An incoming cold front is ushering in April showers ��� and isolated storms ��� Wednesday in the D.C. region. Scattered thunderstorms and showers swept through parts of the D.C. region Wednesday evening, bringing strong winds and hail. The storms triggered several severe thunderstorm warnings Boyd helps the Cubs beat the Angels 6-2 in rubber game of series 04/01/2026 07:36pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Matthew Boyd struck out 10 while pitching into the sixth inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-2 on Wednesday. Nico Hoerner had three hits for Chicago on a chilly and windy afternoon at Wrigley Field. Matt Shaw had two hits and two RBIs, and Alex Bregman reached Republican leaders in Congress announce plan to end Homeland Security shutdown 04/01/2026 07:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced a plan Wednesday to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security, moving past a split between the two Republican leaders that resulted in Congress leaving Washington last week without a fix to a record-s Baby killed by a stray bullet after drive-by attack in Brooklyn, police say 04/01/2026 07:21pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A 7-month-old baby in a stroller was killed by a stray bullet Wednesday afternoon when a man on a moped shot at a group of people on a Brooklyn sidewalk, authorities said. The shooting was believed to be gang-related and the child an unintended victim, police said. ���There are n Grizzlies��� Brandon Clarke arrested in Arkansas on drug and speeding charges 04/01/2026 07:19pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke was arrested Wednesday in Arkansas on charges including speeding and possession of a controlled substance. Injuries have limited Clarke to only two games this season, and Memphis has ruled him out for the rest of this season. "I���m Bears hope to choose stadium site this spring or summer 04/01/2026 07:19pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� The Chicago Bears hope to choose a site for an enclosed stadium in Illinois or Indiana late this spring or early in the summer, team president Kevin Warren said on Wednesday. Warren told reporters at the NFL meetings in Arizona the Bears are in an ���excellent��� position as they m