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Virginia's former first lady to run for Congress in newly drawn district 03/11/2026 08:16am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — There could be another McAuliffe representing Virginia soon. Dorothy McAuliffe — the former first lady, onetime state department official and wife of then-Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe — said Wednesday that she will run for Congress, putting a prominent name into the mix South Africa deploys troops in Johannesburg to tackle organized crime 03/11/2026 08:14am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Soldiers were deployed on the streets of South Africa’s biggest city on Wednesday after the president announced plans to use the army in several provinces in Africa's leading economy to help police fight gang violence and illegal mining. Soldiers were seen in the Johannesburg Romania’s top defense body approves US request to increase its use of airbases to aid Middle East campaign 03/11/2026 08:12am • BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s top defense body approves US request to increase its use of airbases to aid Middle East campaign. Virginia has a data center boon. Officials debate whether it's time to scrap its tax breaks 03/11/2026 08:12am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Nearly two decades ago, Virginia gave tech companies a tax break on equipment and software, and they began to build. The state became a data center hub, and they kept building. Residents bemoaned the noise while they built some more. Artificial intelligence boomed, and the pow Sonida Senior Living: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 03/11/2026 08:03am • DALLAS (AP) — DALLAS (AP) — Sonida Senior Living, Inc. (SNDA) on Wednesday reported a loss of $29.8 million in its fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Dallas-based company said it had a loss of $1.72. Losses, adjusted for asset impairment costs, came to $1.29 per share. The operator of sen Germany, Austria say they'll release reserve oil as part of effort to temper price spikes 03/11/2026 08:01am • BERLIN (AP) — Germany and Austria say they are releasing parts of their oil reserves following an International Energy Agency request for its members to release 400 million barrels to help temper energy price spikes due to the Iran war. Japan also said it will release some of its reserves starting MLB report settles World Series Game 7 plate drama: IKF was out by feet, not inches 03/11/2026 08:00am • It was the most debated play of the year in Major League Baseball, perhaps the most dissected and discussed sequence in World Series history. Should Isiah Kiner-Falefa have taken a bigger lead? Why did the third base coach draw a line in the dirt right there? What if IKF sprinted to the plate instea The Latest: Iran fires at Gulf states as Australia grants asylum to women on Iranian soccer team 03/11/2026 07:58am • Iran fired missiles and drones at targets across the Gulf including oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and a ship off the coast of the Emirates, while Israeli and the United States struck targets across the Islamic Republic. Saudi Arabia and other states said they intercepted multiple drone attacks. 2 killed and homes damaged after tornadoes tear through Illinois and Indiana, more storms moving in 03/11/2026 07:57am • Major storms whipped up tornadoes in parts of Illinois and Indiana that leveled homes, killing at least two people and injuring others, and another round of rain, hail and strong winds made its way through the region Wednesday, authorities said. “Please do not come here. Do not try to help right n Wall Street ticks up modestly as investors await a major release of oil reserves 03/11/2026 07:57am • Wall Street pointed toward modest gains in premarket trading Wednesday as energy prices stabilized somewhat on optimism that a major release of oil reserves was imminent. Futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq were all up around 0.1% before the opening bell. Oil prices Italy buys Caravaggio painting for about $35 million, one of its largest payouts for a single work 03/11/2026 07:54am • ROME (AP) — Italy has bought a rare portrait by baroque painter Caravaggio for 30 million euros (about $35 million), one of the largest state investments ever for a single artwork, the country’s Culture Ministry said Tuesday. The portrait, painted around 1598 and attributed to Caravaggio in 1963 Oksana Masters wins 3rd gold at Milan Cortina Games to push Paralympics medal total to 22 03/11/2026 07:52am • The medal count is now at 22 for Oksana Masters, the most decorated American Winter Paralympian. Masters won the Para cross-country 10km interval start sitting race on Wednesday for her third gold in four events at the Milan Cortina Games. She had won the cross-country sprint on Tuesday and the Para Germany says it will release oil from its reserves in response to international appeal to release 400 million barrels 03/11/2026 07:43am • NEW YORK (AP) — Germany says it will release oil from its reserves in response to international appeal to release 400 million barrels. Inflation likely to spike in coming months after costs appeared to cool in 2026 03/11/2026 07:34am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation likely was elevated last month even before the spike in oil and gas prices of the past two weeks that is expected to send consumer costs soaring in the months ahead. Consumer prices are forecast to have risen 2.5% in February from a year earlier when the Labor Departme US Sen. Jon Husted set to testify remotely in ex-FirstEnergy executives' corruption trial 03/11/2026 07:31am • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Husted is scheduled to testify remotely Wednesday in Akron in the high-profile corruption trial of two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives. As a defense witness for former CEO Chuck Jones and former lobbyist Michael Dowling, Husted is likely to be as