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SportsOKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The Washington Wizards were beaten 114-75 Saturday night in Oklahoma City, Okla., putting up their lowest point total since the 2017-18 season. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 and watched the final period from the bench. Oklahoma City trailed 16-15, then closed the…
SportsWASHINGTON, D.C. — Georgetown defeated Maryland 86-74 at Capital One Arena in Washington on Saturday, with Jaland Lowe supplying 22 points and eight assists as the Hoyas moved to 2-0. Lowe connected on 5 of 8 shots from beyond the arc. Elmarko Jackson scored 17…
SportsWASHINGTON, D.C. — Washington beat the Florida Panthers 4-3 on Saturday night at Capital One Arena, wiping out an early deficit with three goals in a row. Defenseman Jack St. Ivany put the Capitals on the board 2 minutes and 21 seconds after the opening…
SportsATLANTA, Ga. — The Washington Wizards rallied late but could not finish the job Friday night, losing 139-132 to the Hawks at State Farm Arena in an NBA Cup group game. It was the second loss to Atlanta in three days for Washington, which also…
SportsWASHINGTON, D.C. — The Washington Spirit begin another postseason run Sunday at Audi Field in Washington, D.C., where the third-seeded club meets the sixth-seeded Portland Thorns in an NWSL quarterfinal at 3 p.m. Washington locked up the No. 3 seed with a 17-9-4 record despite…
SportsWASHINGTON, D.C. — D.C. United play their last match of the 2026 MLS regular season Saturday at Audi Field in Washington, D.C., where New York City FC visit for a 4:00 p.m. ET kickoff. The Black-and-Red have 33 points from a 7-14-12 record, sitting 12th…
From the HERE City National DeskOXFORD, Miss. — No. 2 Georgia raced to a 28-0 lead by the break and handled Ole Miss 42-7 on Saturday night at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, with quarterback Gunner Stockton responsible for five touchdowns, four through the air and one on the ground. The Bulldogs scored…
From the HERE City National DeskCHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte Hornets expect to know more Monday about forward Brandon Miller, who hurt his right groin in the second quarter Friday night and sat out the rest of a 119-80 home rout by the Boston Celtics. Coach Charles Lee said after…
From the HERE City National DeskWACO, Texas — Texas junior Oliver Ojakaar locked up a place in the NCAA Division I singles championships on Saturday by winning his quarterfinal at the ITA Central Sectional Championships. Ojakaar, the No. 2 seed and No. 43 in the national rankings, beat Oklahoma's Tito…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO, Ill. — The second weekend of the Illinois High School Association football playoffs delivered one of its wildest finishes in Antioch, where ninth-seeded Sycamore knocked off the top seed 32-28 in a Class 5A game Saturday. Antioch appeared to score on a long heave…
From the HERE City National DeskMADRID, Spain — The NFL takes over one of the most famous soccer venues on the planet Sunday when the Cincinnati Bengals and Atlanta Falcons meet at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, and Cincinnati coach Zac Taylor arrived with a bold claim about his quarterback. At his…
From the HERE City National DeskFOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots will again be without wide receiver A.J. Brown when they host the Green Bay Packers at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, but the team is hopeful the 29-year-old can rejoin the lineup once the Week 11 bye is behind…
Events
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Front porches, stoops and parks across Adams Morgan in Northwest Washington, D.C., turn into stages Saturday for the neighborhood's free Fall PorchFest, which runs from noon until 5 p.m. Organizers with the Adams Morgan Partnership expect around 100 acts on more than 20 stages spread over the…
From Merger Monday
The New Orleans City Council approved a 45-year tax arrangement on Thursday for the planned Omni New Orleans, one of the last local steps for a $625 million convention headquarters hotel across from the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Rather than paying a conventional property-tax bill, the Dallas-based developers would make…
From Merger Monday
Fox Corp. borrowed $10.4 billion on Friday as it completed its roughly $22 billion purchase of Roku Inc., drawing $2 billion under an amended term loan and $8.4 billion under a new bridge facility to cover part of the cash it owed Roku holders. An 8-K filed with the Securities and…
Crime
CRANBURY, N.J. — Roughly $26 million in public money set aside for a land purchase was lost to a fraudulent wire transfer in late September, Cranbury Township officials revealed Friday, more than five weeks after the money went out the door. Township leaders said the theft took place on Sept.…
Crime
MIAMI, Fla. — Antonio Brown, the former star NFL receiver, entered a guilty plea to aggravated assault with a firearm on Friday in a Miami-Dade courtroom and received three years of probation, ending a case that started as an attempted murder charge. The case was brought by the state attorney's…
Crime
TAMPA, Fla. — Federal agents on Friday arrested Thomas Markle Sr., 82, whose daughter is Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, on a federal complaint charging him with one count of possessing child pornography, federal prosecutors in Los Angeles said. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles, which brought the case, said…
National
NEW YORK — Four days after winning a U.S. Senate seat in Texas, Democrat James Talarico walked onto the Saturday Night Live stage, appearing unannounced in the show's first cold open since the midterm elections. The sketch opened with cast members playing Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic…
National
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday flatly denied that he is preparing a second campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2028, saying on social media that he has not approached anyone about running for any office. DeSantis called a published report on his plans fabricated and…
National
HOUSTON — Mayor John Whitmire signed an executive order Friday that sharply narrows when Houston police officers may reach out to federal immigration agents, a shift he tied directly to Democratic gains in Tuesday's elections. Under the order, officers may contact U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement about a civil immigration…
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