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Petrobras head says Brazil must choose between fossil fuel phaseout and tax revenue 06/24/2026 07:12pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — Magda Chambriand, the head of Brazil’s state-run oil giant Petrobras, said the country must decide between moving away from fossil fuels and preserving tax revenue from the sector. Chambriand’s remarks underscore Brazil’s contradictory climate stance on climate change. The c Federal judge bars Trump from implementing proof of citizenship requirement to vote 06/24/2026 07:11pm • A federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections, part of which sought to require people to show documentary proof of citizenship when they register to vote. The ruling by U.S. District Court Ju Outgoing Montgomery Co. exec and council hopeful on issues faced by county's next leaders 06/24/2026 07:10pm • Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, the outgoing leader of the county's executive branch, is also among the top vote-getters in the Democratic primary for an at-large seat on the county council. So when he was asked about the issues that will face those who win their party's nomination in Ma Court filing reveals President Trump spoke to Live Nation CEO before antitrust case was settled 06/24/2026 07:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump spoke personally with the chief executive of Live Nation in the weeks before the Justice Department abruptly settled its longstanding antitrust lawsuit against the entertainment giant and its Ticketmaster subsidiary, the company revealed in a court filing. La Why Texas? Explaining the ins and outs of the NHL exploring a team for Houston or Austin 06/24/2026 07:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL took the first step toward expansion in Texas earlier this week, agreeing to terms with billionaire Dan Friedkin and his family to explore the feasibility of putting a franchise in Houston or Austin. Far enough from the Dallas Stars, who relocated from Minnesota in 1993, a Switzerland winger Johan Manzambi gets a World Cup start and makes the most of it against Canada 06/24/2026 06:50pm • VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Johan Manzambi started a World Cup match for Switzerland for the first time, and he started the second half of that match by putting his team ahead by two goals. The 20-year-old winger, who came off the bench in Switzerland's opening two matches of this year's to A powerful magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck off northern Japan, the meteorological agency says 06/24/2026 06:50pm • TOKYO (AP) — A powerful magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck off northern Japan, the meteorological agency says. Lionel Messi celebrates his 39th birthday with Argentina teammates during a joyful World Cup 06/24/2026 06:46pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Lionel Messi celebrated his 39th birthday on Wednesday during a World Cup that, at least for now, has brought him nothing but joy: Defending champion Argentina has already qualified for the knockout stage, and its captain has become the tournament's career scoring leader. Messi Mauricio Pochettino says rebuilding US team is tougher than he imagined, but he's making progress 06/24/2026 06:42pm • DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) — Mauricio Pochettino's office during the World Cup has a terracotta-tiled terrace with a spectacular view of an iconic Orange County beach and a vast stretch of the Pacific. Surfers are constantly bobbing at the popular break below the clifftop hotel in which the coach and Ohio lawsuit alleges new NCAA rule unfairly denies high school Class of '22 athletes a 5th season 06/24/2026 06:42pm • Less than 24 hours after the NCAA Division I Cabinet approved a monumental change in eligibility rules, a group of 15 college basketball players filed a lawsuit in an Ohio state court claiming the new age-based model unfairly shuts them out of further competition. The NCAA will now allow athletes fi A magnitude-7.1 earthquake has shaken Venezuela, including its capital, according to the USGS 06/24/2026 06:31pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A magnitude-7.1 earthquake has shaken Venezuela, including its capital, according to the USGS. Freeman's bunt drives in go-ahead run, Carrigg has 3 RBIs as Rockies rally past Red Sox 8-6 06/24/2026 06:29pm • DENVER (AP) — Tyler Freeman's sacrifice bunt in the eighth inning drove in the go-ahead run, Cole Carrigg had three RBIs and the Colorado Rockies rallied past the Boston Red Sox 8-6 on Wednesday. After pinch-hitter Mickey Moniak and Willi Castro singled off Justin Slaten (0-4) and put runners on f NATO's Trump whisperer meets the president in an effort to appease him before next month's summit 06/24/2026 06:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte laid on the flattery with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, pressing the case for a military alliance that the volatile U.S. leader has sharply criticized as the Pentagon reviews the size of the U.S. military footprint in Europe. Trump has rep Trump-endorsed de la Espriella declared winner of Colombia’s presidential runoff election 06/24/2026 06:17pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Conservative outsider Abelardo de la Espriella, a millionaire political neophyte, will be Colombia’s next president after electoral authorities on Wednesday declared him the winner of Sunday’s runoff election. The businessman and lawyer, whose ventures include a clothin Trump refuses to sign bipartisan housing bill into law. What does that mean for homebuyers, renters? 06/24/2026 06:12pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A sprawling legislative package aimed at lowering the cost of housing and spurring more home construction won bipartisan approval from Congress this week, but it's hit a major roadblock in becoming law: President Donald Trump. The White House supported the 21st Century ROAD to H