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Statue honors Boston Marathon pioneer Bobbi Gibb. She's not just the subject���she's the sculptor, too 04/17/2026 06:00am • HOPKINTON, Mass. (AP) ��� There was only one sculptor qualified to capture the combination of pain and satisfaction that Bobbi Gibb felt when she became the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon. Gibb herself. The artist, lawyer and running pioneer unveiled her self-portrait in bronze alongsid Georgia defies the NIL exodus, bringing back the SEC���s most starting talent in 2026 04/17/2026 06:00am • In an era where heads are quickly turned by enticing name, image and likeness and revenue-sharing deals, Georgia managed to retain the most talent of any starting lineup in the Southeastern Conference in 2026. More than half of the Bulldogs' 2025 starting lineup will be suiting up in red and black i Oklahoma produces NFL QBs, Ohio State and LSU thrive at receiver, and Alabama tops at running back 04/17/2026 06:00am • When it comes to producing players for the NFL, it's not surprising that the top-performing colleges are the most prolific. Where it gets more interesting is looking at how different schools excel at producing players at different positions. Oklahoma has thrived with quarterbacks over the past deca The Lakers still have hope for the playoffs, even without Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves for now 04/17/2026 05:59am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� The Lakers spent six months building and working toward the opportunity to make some noise in the playoffs. And then Los Angeles' hopes and plans all collapsed during one quarter in Oklahoma City earlier this month. Luka Doncic made a move toward the Thunder's basket, but stoppe Lawyers for singer D4vd say he didn't kill 14-year-old girl after his arrest 04/17/2026 05:58am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Singer D4vd has been arrested on suspicion of killing a 14-year-old girl whose decomposed body was found seven months ago in his apparently abandoned Tesla, authorities said Thursday, while his lawyers declared his innocence. Los Angeles police said in a brief statement that ho More than half a million people expected at Pope Leo XIV's Mass in Cameroon 04/17/2026 05:54am • DOUALA, Cameroon (AP) ��� Thousands of people turned out Friday to see Pope Leo XIV, who was celebrating a big Mass in Cameroon's port city and then was to visit the country���s Catholic university on a day focused on encouraging young people. Leo travelled to Douala, the commercial and economic cap La dem��crata Analilia Mejia ganar�� las elecciones especiales a la C��mara de Representantes en Nueva Jersey, proyecta CNN 04/17/2026 05:50am • Seg��n las proyecciones del equipo de an��lisis de CNN, Analilia Mejia ganar�� la elecci��n especial en el distrito 11 de Nueva Jersey, lo que permitir�� a los dem��cratas reducir a��n m��s la ya escasa mayor��a de los republicanos en la C��mara de Representantes del Congreso de Estados Unidos.Mejia House extends surveillance powers until April 30 after late-night revolt sinks GOP plan 04/17/2026 05:40am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The House early Friday approved a short-term renewal until April 30 of a controversial surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies in a post-midnight vote after Republicans revolted and refused President Donald Trump���s push for a longer extension. GOP leaders rushed lawmaker A fragile calm in Lebanon as a US-brokered truce holds and families head home 04/17/2026 05:40am • BEIRUT (AP) ��� A fragile calm settled over parts of Lebanon on Friday as a 10-day ceasefire brokered by the United States took hold between Israel and Hezbollah, prompting thousands of displaced families to begin the journey home ��� even as uncertainty, destruction and Israeli warnings against goi The Latest: A 10-day Lebanon ceasefire appears to hold as European leaders set to meet over strait 04/17/2026 05:34am • A 10-day ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed on by Lebanon and Israel appeared to be holding in Lebanon early Friday, potentially boosting efforts to extend a ceasefire between Iran, the United States and Israel. It was unclear whether a lasting deal would be reached betwee Senior British official resigns over Mandelson appointment, but Starmer insists he won't go 04/17/2026 05:28am • LONDON (AP) ��� British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has no plans to resign over revelations that his scandal-tainted pick for U.K. ambassador to Washington was appointed despite failing security checks, officials said Friday. Starmer says he was unaware that the Foreign Office had overruled the reco Brazil's Lula and S��nchez of Spain headline meetings of progressive leaders in Barcelona 04/17/2026 05:23am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� Brazil���s President Luiz In��cio Lula da Silva is starting a two-day visit to Spain on Friday where he and his Spanish counterpart Pedro S��nchez will meet with other leaders, mostly of mid-to-small-sized countries, who are concerned with the fate of the democratic order a Olympic pairs figure skating gold medalists Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara retire 04/17/2026 05:20am • Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara announced their retirement from figure skating on Friday, two months after winning the Olympic gold medal with a record-breaking skate. Miura and Kihara, known to fans as ���RikuRyu,��� leave the skating world at their peak after surging from fifth place to first at the Club boss rules pioneering female soccer coach out of a permanent job with men's team 04/17/2026 05:13am • The president of the German soccer club where a pioneering female coach will take charge of her first top-division men's game Saturday has ruled out giving her the job on a permanent basis. He says he's acting out of respect for women's soccer. Marie-Louise Eta is coaching Union Berlin against Wolfs Bulgaria's pro-Russian former president is seen as strong front-runner in Sunday's election 04/17/2026 05:09am • SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) ��� Bulgarians are heading to a new early election that could bring to power a left-leaning ex-president just days after Hungarian voters rejected the authoritarian policies and global far-right movement of Viktor Orb��n. Rumen Radev 's new coalition is seen as favored to win mo