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France homers, Sears wins season debut as Padres beat Braves 5-2 for 3-game sweep 06/24/2026 11:24pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ty France homered and JP Sears won his season debut for the San Diego Padres, who beat the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves 5-2 on Wednesday night for a three-game sweep. The Padres have won five of seven heading into a home weekend series against the NL-West leading Los Angeles Dod Top developers are pivoting from chatbots to physical AI 06/24/2026 11:22pm • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Computer scientist Louis Castricato was in his eighth year studying large language models — the artificial intelligence technology behind chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude — when he started to feel like he was hitting a dead end. “We basically have passed the point of Dozens of states could face new costs because of high error rates in SNAP food aid 06/24/2026 11:22pm • Several dozen states could have to fork over millions of dollars to provide food aid to lower-income residents, if they don’t cut down on payment errors in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Nine states, meanwhile, won’t have to pay a penny toward SNAP benefits, because their error r NBA draft finishes up in New York, where some second-round picks are revered 06/24/2026 11:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Some of New York's biggest basketball heroes were second-round draft picks. Like Jalen Brunson, the guy marching through Manhattan with the Larry O'Brien Trophy in his arms last week during a joyous championship parade celebration. And Willis Reed, the guy who limped onto the floor Australian woman and daughter to return from Syrian camp for IS families under strict conditions 06/24/2026 11:10pm • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The last Australian woman held in a Syrian camp for families of Islamic State group fighters has been given permission to return to Australia under strict conditions, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said Thursday. The woman and her nine-year-old daughter had planned to 'Our idol is back': Neymar debuts in this World Cup as a sub for Brazil against Scotland 06/24/2026 11:09pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Neymar has finally played in this World Cup, and Brazil has a superstar back in time for the knockout rounds. Neymar checked in during the 76th minute against Scotland on Wednesday, with the team leading 3-0 and well on its way to clinching a spot in the knockout stage t Caitlin Clark leaves Fever's loss with a back injury, doesn't return after 3rd-quarter scare 06/24/2026 11:09pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark left the Indiana Fever's 111-109 loss to Phoenix with a back injury in the third quarter Wednesday night. The All-Star guard has been dealing with a back issue this season and left with 5:15 remaining in the third quarter. She went back to the locker room and didn Trump turns America 250 kickoff into a campaign-style rally on the National Mall 06/24/2026 11:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump formally kicked off celebrations for America’s 250th anniversary on Wednesday night by working to get the country excited again — about himself. The president hosted a rally on Washington's National Mall, including a series of booming flyovers by ste Mexico 3, Czechia 0 06/24/2026 11:04pm • Mexico 0 3 — 3 Czechia 0 0 — 0 Men's World Cup Glance 06/24/2026 11:04pm • GROUP A GP W D L GF GA Pts Men's World Cup Glance 06/24/2026 11:04pm • GROUP A GP W D L GF GA Pts South Africa 1, Korea Republic 0 06/24/2026 11:04pm • Korea Republic 0 0 — 0 South Africa 0 1 — New Mexico governor calls for criminal probe of DEA allowing fentanyl shipments to hit streets 06/24/2026 11:03pm • New Mexico’s governor on Wednesday called for a criminal investigation into the Drug Enforcement Administration after an Associated Press investigation found federal agents allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach the streets over a two-year period while pursuing larger drug-traffi Homophobic chant returns in Mexico's World Cup match against the Czech Republic 06/24/2026 11:02pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Fans at Mexico’s final World Cup group stage match on Wednesday chanted a slur that has previously led to fines and other sanctions against the country’s soccer federation. The slur, which literally means male prostitute in Spanish, could be heard at the Azteca stadium towar New Mexico governor calls for criminal probe after AP report that DEA let staggering number of fentanyl pills hit street 06/24/2026 10:56pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico governor calls for criminal probe after AP report that DEA let staggering number of fentanyl pills hit street.