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Progressive Nithya Raman advances to November runoff against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass 06/09/2026 05:27am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Progressive city council member Nithya Raman has advanced to a November runoff against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, setting up an unexpected matchup between two Democrats and former political allies to run the struggling city of nearly 4 million. The outcome means Spencer Pratt China can build humanoids at scale. The hard part is finding enough buyers 06/09/2026 05:17am • HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese-made humanoid robots are making waves with their ability to do backflips, direct traffic, and even make coffee as the companies developing them seek ways to expand and dominate the market. Robot makers in China say they have thousands of orders from both the government and Big changes coming for student loan system starting July 1 06/09/2026 05:17am • Big changes coming next month will impact how much money people can borrow for college — and how they pay it back. "This is the biggest overhaul of federal student loan lending in decades," said Barry Glassman, president of Glassman Wealth Services, a financial management firm with offices in V Survivors share experiences and lessons from Congo’s 2018 Ebola outbreak 06/09/2026 05:14am • BENI, Congo (AP) — The memories come flooding back whenever Vianney Kambale Kombi hears the word Ebola. He remembers the pain and fear in his community in the eastern Congo city of Beni during the 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak, history's second-biggest with more than 3,400 reported cases and over 2,200 From Trump to Messi, Iran to ICE, politics and sport collide at the biggest World Cup in history 06/09/2026 05:10am • The wait is over for the biggest World Cup ever with 48 teams, 104 matches, three host nations and a slew of questions and controversies swirling around the highly scrutinzed event that will last for nearly six weeks. The tournament kicks off in Mexico City on Thursday amid concerns about soaring ti Democratic group launches ad campaign to help flip control of Congress in midterm elections 06/09/2026 05:01am • A Democratic group that previously focused on presidential races is wading into the midterms by targeting more than a dozen House and Senate contests, many of them on Republican turf, in a new advertising campaign that begins Tuesday. American Bridge 21st Century's $50 million effort adds financial Armed group kidnaps 39 people during negotiations in northwestern Nigeria 06/09/2026 04:54am • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen abducted 39 people in northwestern Nigeria as they were meeting with the parents of a suspected bandit leader and kingpin for abductions in the region, the police said Monday. The abductions took place on Sunday as some 47 people were at the meeting, hoping to negotiat Arlington high school nurse named Virginia's 'Nurse of the Year' 06/09/2026 04:39am • As Heather Williams takes nursing students on tours through the halls of Wakefield High School, she makes a point of showing them red boxes mounted on the walls. They contain naloxone, which has increasingly become available in D.C.-area schools. She also explains the Arlington school distric 'Great American State Fair' to take over National Mall with Trump as headliner 06/09/2026 04:36am • A massive, state fair-style celebration is coming to the National Mall in D.C. this summer. The headliner? President Donald Trump. The change of plans comes after musicians that had originally been scheduled dropped out. Those artists include Morris Day of Morris Day and The Time, Young MC, T America 250: Why federal workers first got healthcare 06/09/2026 04:26am • In the 1950s, lawmakers in Washington, D.C. realized the federal government was in trouble. They were losing the best and the brightest to the private sector. The reason was simple: private companies were offering health insurance to engineers, scientists and skilled workers and the governmen DC Council member Trayon White censured, fined for missing financial disclosures 06/09/2026 04:18am • D.C.'s government ethics board censured Ward 8 Council member Trayon White on Monday, ordering him to pay $900 in fines over a failure to file personal financial disclosures in 2024 and 2025. White missed three of the twice-yearly disclosure deadlines, the D.C. Board of Ethics and Government Acco County executive candidates field questions about Montgomery Co. issues ahead of June 23 primary 06/09/2026 04:14am • The five Democrats and one of the two Republicans vying to be the next Montgomery County executive fielded a variety of questions at a forum in Rockville on Sunday. Topics ranged from the local economy to data centers to safety in schools. Will Jawando, one of the three Democrats on the County Brewers outlast A's 15-14 in 12 innings as teams combine for 11 homers and 34 hits in Las Vegas 06/09/2026 04:08am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Andrew Vaughn had four hits and four RBIs, including a two-run double that tied the score in the ninth inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers outlasted the Athletics 15-14 in 12 innings Monday night at Las Vegas Ballpark in a wild game that featured 11 homers. Automatic runner Christia Reds aim to break losing streak in game against the Padres 06/09/2026 04:01am • Cincinnati Reds (31-34, fifth in the NL Central) vs. San Diego Padres (34-31, third in the NL West) San Diego; Tuesday, 9:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Reds: Chase Burns (7-1, 2.05 ERA, 0.95 WHIP, 81 strikeouts); Padres: Lucas Giolito (2-1, 4.86 ERA, 1.74 WHIP, 11 strikeouts) LINE: Reds -117, Padr Dodgers play the Pirates after Rushing's 4-hit game 06/09/2026 04:01am • Los Angeles Dodgers (42-24, first in the NL West) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (34-32, third in the NL Central) Pittsburgh; Tuesday, 6:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Dodgers: Eric Lauer (2-5, 5.74 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 31 strikeouts); Pirates: Paul Skenes (6-5, 3.09 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, 82 strikeouts) LINE: Pirates