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Central African Republic opposition leader denounces seizure of his passport 05/06/2026 01:55pm • BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Central African Republic's former prime minister and major opposition figure, Anicet Georges Dologuélé, criticized the confiscation of his diplomatic passport as an abuse of power on Wednesday. Dologuélé, who served as prime minister between 1999 and 200 In a battle like McGwire and Sosa's '98 home run chase, Oklahoma, UCLA softball sluggers near record 05/06/2026 01:52pm • College softball is putting on a home run chase reminiscent of the epic showdown between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa nearly 30 years ago. Back in 1998, McGwire hit 70 homers to edge out Sosa's 66 as both players blew past Roger Maris’ single-season major league record of 61. The duel between the S Local elections could hasten the exit of Britain's embattled prime minister 05/06/2026 01:40pm • LONDON (AP) — British voters will cast ballots Thursday in elections that could hasten the end of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s troubled term and confirm that an increasingly fractured United Kingdom has entered an era of messy multiparty politics. Starmer’s center-left Labour Party is expecte Israel strikes Beirut suburbs for the first time since ceasefire, Israeli officials and Lebanese state media say 05/06/2026 01:33pm • BEIRUT (AP) — Israel strikes Beirut suburbs for the first time since ceasefire, Israeli officials and Lebanese state media say. Ship at center of deadly hantavirus outbreak has departed Cape Verde and is heading to Spain's Canary Islands 05/06/2026 01:26pm • PRAIA, Cape Verde (AP) — Ship at center of deadly hantavirus outbreak has departed Cape Verde and is heading to Spain's Canary Islands. Joel Embiid is ruled out with ankle, hip injuries for the 76ers in Game 2 of their playoff series against the Knicks 05/06/2026 01:25pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Joel Embiid is ruled out with ankle, hip injuries for the 76ers in Game 2 of their playoff series against the Knicks. US military says it fired on Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman after it tried to breach blockade 05/06/2026 01:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — US military says it fired on Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman after it tried to breach blockade. A 600-person search continues for missing US soldiers off Morocco’s coast 05/06/2026 01:20pm • CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Over 600 military personnel from multiple countries are searching for two U.S. soldiers who went missing in Morocco during U.S.-African military exercises, scouring underwater caves and the Atlantic coast, authorities said Wednesday. As the search entered its fifth day, Carlos Rodón allows 6 runs in rehab start with return to Yankees' roster expected soon 05/06/2026 01:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón allowed six runs, five of them earned, and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings during his third and likely final minor league rehabilitation start for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday. Rodón will likely make his major league season debut ove Busch hits RBI single in 10th as Cubs beat Reds 3-2 for seventh straight win 05/06/2026 01:05pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Michael Busch singled in the winning run in the 10th inning after hitting a tying homer in the eighth and the Chicago Cubs won their seventh straight by rallying again to beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 on Tuesday night. Busch won it when his grounder up the middle leading off the 10th Male coyote swam 2 miles to Alcatraz Island, twice as far as biologists had expected 05/06/2026 12:59pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A lone coyote stunned biologists and others when it paddled its way to remote Alcatraz Island earlier this year, a former federal prison in the San Francisco Bay surrounded by swift, choppy waters notorious for thwarting prisoners' escapes. At the time, biologists guessed the ProphetX Promo Code WTOP: Claim Up to $100 Bonus for NBA Playoffs, MLB Games 05/06/2026 12:59pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services There is nothing better than finding a real chance at a nice pay day during the NBA playoffs, and we've got exactly that on today's sla EU auditors sound alarm over billions in COVID recovery funds that can’t be clearly traced 05/06/2026 12:58pm • BRUSSELS (AP) — European auditors said Wednesday that they’re unable to clearly trace the way that billions of euros are being spent out of a massive fund helping European Union countries rebuild their economies from damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Recovery and Resilience Facility (R Manassas' Vásquez Luna exploring a run for Del. Maldonado's seat 05/06/2026 12:56pm • Manassas City Councilmember Sonia Vásquez Luna told InsideNoVa Tuesday she is exploring a run for Del. Michelle Maldonado’s soon-to-be vacant 20th District seat in the Virginia House of Delegates. Maldonado announced Tuesday morning she is stepping down, effective May 31. She did not give a Protester comes down from atop Washington bridge ending 5-day stand against AI and Iran war 05/06/2026 12:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A protester who camped out atop one of Washington’s bridges for five days came down Wednesday morning, ending his stand against AI and the war in Iran. Guido Reichstadter, a Florida-based activist, was seen coming down from one of the arches of the Frederick Douglass Memorial B