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Fed chair Warsh sidesteps Senate questions on inflation, AI, contact with Trump 07/15/2026 03:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh on Wednesday navigated a series of thorny questions from senators on issues such as the impact of AI on inflation, what contacts he has had with President Donald Trump, and how the central bank will determine the persistence of inflation, without Lynx beat the Sparks 96-87 behind Kayla McBride's 5th straight 20-point game 07/15/2026 03:17pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kayla McBride scored 24 for her fifth straight 20-point performance, Courtney Williams added 19 points, and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Los Angeles Sparks 96-87 on Wednesday for their fourth straight victory. Minnesota went on a 19-3 run, scoring on 10 straight possessions, to Muslim man in Utah was targeted in stabbing because of his religion, police say 07/15/2026 03:16pm • A Utah man told police he repeatedly stabbed a Muslim man because of the man's faith and intended to kill him, according to court records filed Monday. The Muslim man survived the attack Monday afternoon at a mall southeast of Salt Lake City. But he's expected to face a long recovery after suffering Twin attacks by militants kill 3 police officers, wound 20 in restive northwest Pakistan 07/15/2026 03:15pm • PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Militants ambushed a security convoy and hours later a suicide bomber struck a police station in twin attacks in northwest Pakistan Wednesday that officials said left least three police officers dead and 20 wounded, in the latest sign that violence is escalating in the re Maine protests after ICE fatally shoots a motorist, in photos 07/15/2026 03:11pm • BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) — Maine residents protest the fatal shooting of a Colombian man by an ICE officer in Biddeford on Monday. At least 10 people have died in encounters with immigration agents since President Donald Trump launched his deportation crackdown. From AI cameras to drones, Fairfax Co. uses new technology in policing 07/15/2026 03:06pm • The Fairfax County Police Department said its officers are employing technology that utilizes artificial intelligence to better serve Virginia's most populated county. WTOP was invited inside the department's Real Time Crime Center to learn about these new technologies, notably their response Another round of sweltering heat smacks the DC area 07/15/2026 03:05pm • A heat wave arrived Wednesday in the D.C. region, with highs around 102 and sticky humidity. "When you factor in the humidity, which is very high, we've got feels-like temperatures, the heat index values, anywhere from 102 to 105 degrees," said 7News First Alert Meteorologist Mark Peña. That Jaxon Smith-Njigba voted the NFL’s top wide receiver by AP panel 07/15/2026 03:00pm • Jaxon Smith-Njigba won the AP Offensive Player of the Year award and the Super Bowl last season before the Seattle Seahawks gave him the biggest contract for a wide receiver in NFL history. No surprise he was voted the NFL’s top wideout by The Associated Press in a preseason survey. Smith-Njigba r Stacks and stacks of wax packs, now obsolete, summon the joy of baseball-card childhoods 07/15/2026 02:48pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The anticipation. The chase. The powdery, sugar-coated board of gum! For generations of baseball card fans, there was nothing like scrounging up some change and sprinting to the store to buy a wax pack. Some tore the slightly tacky paper wrapper open and flipped through the cards i British Open is trying to get ahead of fan behavior with a published conduct code 07/15/2026 02:44pm • SOUTHPORT, England (AP) — More than 300,000 fans will attend the British Open at Royal Birkdale this week, making it a record crowd for golf’s oldest major championship. They’ll need to bring sun cream and some manners. For the first time, the R&A has felt it necessary to publish a fan cod Patrick Surtain II is voted the NFL's top cornerback by AP panel for the second straight year 07/15/2026 02:40pm • Patrick Surtain II has built an impressive resume in just five seasons. The Denver Broncos defensive back has made four Pro Bowls, been first-team All-Pro twice, second-team once and was only the seventh cornerback to win AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year, earning the award after the 2024 season. The Latest: Todd Blanche faces US Senate for DOJ confirmation hearing 07/15/2026 02:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is set to confront questions about his brief but turbulent tenure atop the Justice Department during a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday that will test President Donald Trump’s grip on Republican lawmakers whose support the nominee will One Extraordinary Photo: France's Kylian Mbappe shows his frustration against Spain 07/15/2026 02:32pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Julio Cortez s a veteran photojournalist with The Associated Press. He is the AP regional chief photographer and a Pulitzer Prize winner. Cortez is working his third World Cup, has been with the AP 16 years and is based in Dallas. 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