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Washington Mystics fire general manager Jamila Wideman, citing strategic differences 04/06/2026 06:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Mystics fired general manager Jamila Wideman, citing strategic differences. The WNBA franchise made the move Monday on the first day of free agency. “We are looking forward to this historic new season for the WNBA and remain focused on building sustainable suc Mullins, Aranda and Caminero homer to lead Rays over Cubs 6-4 in return to Tropicana Field 04/06/2026 06:30pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla (AP) — Cedric Mullins, Jonathan Aranda and Junior Caminero homered and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago Cubs 6-4 on Monday in their first game at Tropicana Field in 561 days. The Rays were back in their domed stadium after playing the 2025 season across the bay in Tampa at S Colombia star James Rodríguez returns to MLS club in Minnesota after hospitalization for dehydration 04/06/2026 06:20pm • GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. (AP) — Colombian star James Rodríguez, who was hospitalized last week for severe dehydration, returned to his MLS club Minnesota United on Monday to continue his ramp-up to game readiness. The team announced that Rodríguez reported to the practice facility for a supervised r Tailors age out of the workforce even as demand for their skills grows 04/06/2026 06:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Hunched over a sewing machine, Kil Bae is hemming a dress inside his Manhattan tailor shop when a new customer stops by with a vintage Tommy Hilfiger jacket he wants taken in. The modeling agent paid $20 at a thrift store for his reversible bomber style that's plaid on one side Cooper Pratt deal with Brewers can escalate by $10 million if he finishes high in MVP vote 04/06/2026 06:09pm • Shortstop prospect Cooper Pratt's $50.75 million, eight-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers includes escalators that could raise the value by $10 million if he repeatedly finishes high in MVP voting and the team exercises its two options. Pratt, who has yet to play in the major leagues, gets a Oklahoma hires Lucas McKay as general manager for men's basketball 04/06/2026 06:07pm • NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma has hired Lucas McKay as its first men's basketball general manager. McKay, whose appointment was announced Monday, leaves Clemson, where he had the same role. He has more than 20 years of experience in college basketball, including 14 years at Clemson under coach Bra Editorial Roundup: United States 04/06/2026 06:06pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ April 4 The Washington Post on the U.S. cutting aid to Africa The Trump administration’s sharp reduction in aid to Africa last year seemed likely to cause a continent-wide crisis of apocalyptic proportions. While there has been p Caesars Sportsbook Promo Code WTOPDYW: Get Double Winnings for Michigan vs. UConn 04/06/2026 06:00pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services Dive into an awesome Championship game between Michigan and UConn after activating the Caesars Sportsbook promo code WTOPDYW. All new u No parole, for now, for woman convicted of murdering Fairfax couple in Ocean City in 2002 04/06/2026 05:55pm • Convicted murderer Erika Sifrit has been refused parole in connection with the killing of a Fairfax, Virginia, couple in Ocean City, Maryland, in 2002, WTOP has learned. After a two-hour hearing in a conference room at the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in Jessup, a two-member panel Video brings new scrutiny to an ICE shooting in Minneapolis after charges against 2 men collapsed 04/06/2026 05:55pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The city of Minneapolis released a video Monday showing a chase and scuffle that ended in a nonfatal shooting in January and the suspensions of two federal officers involved in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Minnesota. The video — from a city-owned securit US striker Patrick Agyemang's World Cup hopes clouded after stretcher exit for Derby 04/06/2026 05:46pm • DERBY, England (AP) — U.S. striker Patrick Agyemang’s World Cup hopes were in doubt after he was carried off on a stretcher while playing for Derby in the English second-tier on Monday. Agyemang landed awkwardly while bringing the ball down on his chest and collapsed to the grass. He was visibly Lefty Matthew Boyd becomes second Cubs starting pitcher to land on injured list 04/06/2026 05:44pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Cubs left-hander Matthew Boyd was placed on the 15-day injured list with a left biceps strain on Monday. Right-handed pitcher Javier Assad was recalled from Triple-A Iowa and will start in Boyd's place against the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night. The 35-year-old Boyd, a Appeals court lets Iowa enforce book ban and restrictions on LGBTQ+ topics in K-6 classes 04/06/2026 05:44pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa can enforce a law that restricts teachers from talking about LGBTQ+ topics with students in kindergarten through the sixth grade and bans some books in libraries and classrooms, an appellate court said Monday. The decision for now vacates a lower court judge's temporar Analysis by avalanche experts questions decisions by guides on deadly California backcountry trip 04/06/2026 05:27pm • Two months after the deadliest avalanche in modern California history, an analysis by leading U.S. experts questions the guides’ decision to lead such a large group through dangerous terrain amid avalanche warnings. The backcountry skiers were traveling in a tightly packed line when the tour leade US stocks drift higher ahead of Trump's deadline to bomb Iranian power plants 04/06/2026 05:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks drifted higher in hesitant trading on Monday, ahead of a deadline that President Donald Trump has set to bomb Iranian power plants. The S&P 500 rose 0.4%, coming off its first winning week in the last six. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 165 points, or 0.4%,