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Virginia pushes water safety tips to parents after 12 children drowned last year 05/22/2026 02:46pm • Last year, 12 young children drowned in Virginia — the highest number in six years and four times as many as the previous year, according to health officials. The Virginia Department of Health wants that to change; it's launched the Safe Swimming Pledge to educate parents and caregivers about t Most of Maine’s county commissioners are in their 60s and 70s 05/22/2026 02:45pm • When Lincoln County Commissioner William Blodgett, 89, retires at the end of the year, he is all but guaranteed to be replaced in the role by a younger man. Walter Voskian, the only major party candidate running for Blodgett’s midcoast seat, is 87. Voskian said he’s in excellent health, that hi Nadal, Gauff and Pegula pay tribute to AP Tennis Writer Howard Fendrich 05/22/2026 02:34pm • PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal, Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula were among those paying tribute to Associated Press tennis writer Howard Fendrich as players gathered at Roland Garros for a French Open that’s now missing one of the sport’s most-respected journalists. Fendrich, a regular at Roland Garr Standoff in Turkey’s main opposition party escalates 05/22/2026 02:32pm • ISTANBUL (AP) — A standoff between the chairman of Turkey’s main opposition party and his predecessor, who was reappointed by court order, escalated Friday. An appeals court in the capital of Ankara on Thursday nullified the November 2023 party congress of the Republican Peoples’ Party, or CHP Senators from both parties push Hegseth for action on Ukraine aid 05/22/2026 02:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators is pushing back on delays by the Department of Defense in sending $600 million in security aid to Ukraine and other allies in eastern Europe, dispatching a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday that calls for the funding to be disbursed Cheverie and MacLeod took the spotlight as PWHL featured first all-women-coached Walter Cup Final 05/22/2026 02:13pm • As milestones go, Ottawa’s Carla MacLeod called it important, yet complicated, in taking part in the PWHL’s first Walter Cup Final involving two teams coached by women. The significance, she said, was obvious in a league where she and Montreal's Kori Cheverie are currently the only two female h Bowser creates emergency youth curfew in DC ahead of Memorial Day weekend 05/22/2026 02:00pm • Mayor Muriel Bowser has put a new youth curfew in place, starting Friday, under an emergency order as D.C. continues to wrestle over strategies to respond to so-called teen takeovers. Heading into Memorial Day weekend, young people in D.C. are barred from gathering in large groups after 8 p.m. Th Tulsi Gabbard resigns as Trump’s national intelligence director, citing husband's health, in 4th Cabinet departure 05/22/2026 01:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Tulsi Gabbard resigns as Trump’s national intelligence director, citing husband's health, in 4th Cabinet departure. Warsh is sworn in as the Fed chair after Trump's bid for greater control over the independent bank 05/22/2026 01:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday oversaw the White House swearing-in of the new Federal Reserve chair and said he would like Kevin Warsh's help in stimulating the economy even as he tried to emphasize that the nation's central bank would remain independent. Trump spent months cr Highlights and memorable moments from the red carpet fashion at Cannes 2026 05/22/2026 01:33pm • London (AP) — As the twelve days of non-stop premieres at the Cannes Film Festival come to a close, so does the extravaganza's parade of high fashion. The red carpet at Cannes is one of the most famous fashion showcases in the world. Unlike events such as the Oscars ceremony or Met Gala, the displ Avs defenseman Cale Makar sidelined for Game 2 of Western Conference Final with to upper-body injury 05/22/2026 01:28pm • DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche will be without standout defenseman Cale Makar for Game 2 of the Western Conference Final on Friday night because of an upper-body injury. Makar, who also sat out Game 1, went through different skating and shooting drills Friday morning ahead of the game agains America In Focus: mortgage rate rises while Wall Street looks to continue its winning ways 05/22/2026 01:13pm • The economy, inflation and how those forces could impact the lives of Americans were front and center over the past week. Trips to the grocery store or gas station are more painful than they were last year, and that is impacting the decisions of both households and businesses. Here’s a snapshot of An all-women Senate delegation is heading to the Arctic to reassure US allies 05/22/2026 01:12pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to reassure U.S. allies, a bipartisan group of senators is departing for a tour of Arctic nations. And this time they're leaving the men behind. From the eight senators to their staff and military liaison officers, the group will be entirely women as they pay diplomatic Josh Hart was frustrated by a postseason shooting slump. The Knicks knew his work would pay off 05/22/2026 01:12pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Hart is the closest thing to a comedian on a New York Knicks team that's been all business in these NBA playoffs. There was nothing to laugh about Thursday night early in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals, when Hart missed three 3-pointers to continue a postseason shooti Taiwan's government says US hasn't notified it of any pause in a planned $14B arms sale 05/22/2026 01:06pm • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan hasn't been notified of any pause in a planned $14 billion U.S. arms sale to the self-governing island, a government official said Friday, after the acting U.S. Navy secretary told a Senate committee in Washington that some foreign military sales were being delayed to