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Key federal agency approves the design plan for Trump's Washington arch 05/21/2026 12:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts on Thursday approved the design for the triumphal arch that President Donald Trump wants built at an entrance to the nation's capital, a key step in the project's process. Commissioners, all appointed by Trump, acted despite overwhelming public o People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in Congo as anger over outbreak rises 05/21/2026 12:29pm • BUNIA, Congo (AP) — People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, a witness and a senior police officer said, as fear and anger grow over a health crisis that doctors are The Latest: US indictment of former President Raúl Castro raises pressure on Cuba 05/21/2026 12:28pm • The Trump administration's indictment of former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes flown by Miami-based exiles is escalating pressure on the island’s socialist government. Meanwhile, Senate Republicans are expected to abandon a proposal for $1 billion in security m Trump says he is postponing signing an executive order on AI because he was concerned it would hurt the AI industry 05/21/2026 12:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says he is postponing signing an executive order on AI because he was concerned it would hurt the AI industry. People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in Congo after being stopped from retrieving body of a victim, police say 05/21/2026 12:25pm • BUNIA, Congo (AP) — People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in Congo after being stopped from retrieving body of a victim, police say. Woman at center of sprawling Minnesota fraud case gets nearly 42-year prison sentence 05/21/2026 12:24pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Thursday handed down an extraordinary prison sentence — nearly 42 years — to the former leader of a Minnesota nonprofit who was convicted in a staggering $250 million fraud case that helped ignite an immigration crackdown by the Trump administration. Aimee Bock ra Segaert stuns with late breakaway for his first Grand Tour stage win in Giro 05/21/2026 12:23pm • NOVI LIGURE, Italy (AP) — Alec Segaert claimed his first Grand Tour stage victory and Bahrain Victorious teammate Afonso Eulálio increased his overall lead of the Giro d’Italia on Thursday. The 12th stage was expected to end in a bunch sprint but Segaert jumped from the peloton with just over t Lawmakers warn data protection rules don't protect key sites, including White House and CIA 05/21/2026 12:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration spent almost a year crafting regulations to block U.S. adversaries from buying commercial data gathered from cell phones at the federal government’s most sensitive locations. The resulting rules, however, have a few gaps. Left off the list of 736 sensi League One Volleyball adds a Miami expansion team, growing to 10 clubs for its 3rd season 05/21/2026 12:17pm • MIAMI (AP) — League One Volleyball is bringing an expansion franchise to Miami for its third season, boosting the women's professional volleyball league to 10 teams for its upcoming third season. The league made the announcement on Thursday, adding that it will also introduce an Eastern and Wester Trophy Hassan II Tour Scores 05/21/2026 12:14pm • Thursday At Royal Golf Dar Es Salam - Red Course Rabat, Morocco Purse: $2.5 million Yardage: 7,329; Par: 73 First Round Scott Hend 32-34—66 Tommy Gai Trophy Hassan II Par Scores 05/21/2026 12:14pm • Thursday At Royal Golf Dar Es Salam - Red Course Rabat, Morocco Purse: $2.5 million Yardage: 7,329; Par: 73 First Round Scott Hend 32-34—66 -7 A decade after Standing Rock protests, contentious segment of Dakota Access oil pipeline gets OK 05/21/2026 12:13pm • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Federal officials on Thursday gave final approval for the Dakota Access oil pipeline to continue operating its contentious Missouri River crossing, an outcome that comes nearly a decade after boisterous protests against the project on the North Dakota prairie. The U.S. Army C Average US long-term mortgage rate climbs to 6.51%, highest level in nearly nine months 05/21/2026 12:13pm • The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to its highest level in nearly nine months, driving up borrowing costs for homebuyers during what’s traditionally the housing market’s busiest time of the year. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate rose to 6.51% from 6.36% last What to know the mysterious deaths in New Mexico linked to unknown substance 05/21/2026 12:09pm • MOUNTAINAIR, N.M. (AP) — Investigators in New Mexico are trying to identify a mysterious substance that may have contributed to the deaths of three people and led to more than a dozen first responders being briefly quarantined. Authorities were called to a suspected drug overdose Wednesday and fo New York City residents will get a chance to purchase $50 World Cup tickets 05/21/2026 12:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Some lucky New York City residents will soon get a chance to snag cheap seats to this summer’s high-priced World Cup. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Thursday that 1,000 tickets costing $50 will be made available to residents of the city of more than 8 million for the most watche