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PHOTOS: Primary election day in Maryland 06/23/2026 05:40pm • Follow WTOP’s team coverage of June 23 Maryland primary and Election 2026 online, on air at 103.5 FM or on the WTOP News app. Voters in Maryland braved the rain early Tuesday to cast their ballots in a primary election to decide party nominees in races for governor, congressional seats and lead Goalllll! Messi mania overtakes Argentina as legend breaks scoring record 06/23/2026 05:36pm • BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina’s passion for Lionel Messi has taken monumental form during the 2026 World Cup: A statue stands 26 meters tall in a remote town in Patagonia, and a mural signed by over 1,300 fans celebrates the captain who continues to inspire devotion across the country. A giant t NHL exploring Texas expansion in Houston or Austin with billionaire Dan Friedkin and family 06/23/2026 05:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL is exploring potential expansion in Texas in either Houston or Austin under an agreement with billionaire Dan Friedkin and his family, Commissioner Gary Bettman said Tuesday. Bettman said the Board of Governors executive committee endorsed a term sheet agreed to with the Fr Sharks trade William Eklund and two others to the Senators for the No. 9 pick in the draft 06/23/2026 05:34pm • SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The San Jose Sharks traded William Eklund and two other forwards to the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday for the ninth pick in the draft. San Jose acquired that pick for Eklund and prospects Kasper Halttunen and Brandon Svoboda. The Sharks now have the Nos. 2, 9 and 27 picks in t Scotland and its Tartan Army eye historic World Cup breakthrough against five-time champion Brazil 06/23/2026 05:30pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Andy Robertson and his Scotland teammates have watched their fans march through the streets of Miami and Boston, celebrating baseball games with beers and bagpipes as if they were attending a soccer match. Scotland wants to give the Tartan Army much more to celebrate on Wanted: The Teton Range’s few remaining mountain goats 06/23/2026 05:25pm • Every now and then, a hiker, climber or biologist lays eyes on a mountain goat in the nooks and crannies of the mighty Teton Range. There’s a good likelihood that the unwanted, nonnative animal doesn’t survive long after the authorities pinpoint its presence. That’s because the National Park On primary election day in Maryland, voters are deciding several highly competitive races 06/23/2026 05:20pm • Maryland voters cast ballots in a wide range of primaries Tuesday, including state legislative offices, governor and some of the costliest congressional contests in the country. All the General Assembly seats are up for election this year, though Republicans are not offering GOP candidates i Australia beats Pakistan by 113 runs to stay unbeaten at the Women's T20 World Cup 06/23/2026 05:19pm • LEEDS, England (AP) — Australia swatted aside Pakistan by 113 runs and remained unbeaten in the Women's Twenty20 World Cup at Headingley on Tuesday. Despite being four from four with one group game left, Australia has not secured a semifinals berth. Group rivals South Africa and India could yet wi Federal appeals court allows the Trump administration to resume expanded use of speedy deportations 06/23/2026 05:19pm • A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to resume carrying out speedy deportations of undocumented migrants throughout the United States, not just near the border. A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit threw out a lo Edmonton Oilers hire Mike Babcock after NHL clears veteran coach following an investigation 06/23/2026 05:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Edmonton Oilers hired Mike Babcock on Tuesday, clearing the way for the polarizing taskmaster to coach his first NHL game in more than six years after the NHL cleared him following an investigation into his aborted 2023 stint in Columbus. Babcock is now in charge of trying to g German railway operator says trains halted across the country because of a problem with a radio system 06/23/2026 05:13pm • BERLIN (AP) — German railway operator says trains halted across the country because of a problem with a radio system. 17 states and trade group sue California over plastics packaging law 06/23/2026 05:11pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A coalition of 17 states and a trade association representing U.S. wholesalers and distributors have sued California to block the enforcement of a stringent recycling law that aims to reduce plastic packaging waste. The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court, argues that Calif Hospitals denied miscarriage care despite clarification to abortion ban, federal complaint alleges 06/23/2026 05:09pm • There came a point when the chills, fever and cramps were so intense that Lynn Callaway thought she might die. Callaway was having a miscarriage, and had developed an infection. She wanted abortion-inducing medication or surgery to help empty her uterus and bring her suffering to an end. But, in a f Editorial Roundup: United States 06/23/2026 05:07pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ June 19 The Washington Post says Pete Hegseth's vaccine policy backfired An influenza outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas has sickened almost 160 people in the past few weeks and might have even killed one person going thr Trump heads to battleground Pennsylvania but keep focuses on himself ahead of midterm elections 06/23/2026 05:02pm • MACUNGIE, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump visited a Mack Trucks facility in battleground Pennsylvania on Tuesday, attempting to shift attention to the U.S. economy in his first major public event outside the nation's capital since he signed an interim agreement to end the Iran war. The trip to