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Polymarket Promo Code: Get Upgraded $50 Bonus for Pistons-Cavaliers Game 6
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (311+ words) The NBA playoffs are heating up, and there's nothing quite like a nice payday to make the postseason action even more thrilling. Ahead of tonight's matchup between the Detroit Pistons and the Cleveland Cavaliers at Rocket Arena, I've got exactly…...
Former assistant principal in Virginia set for trial 3 years after 6-year-old student shot teacher
48+ min ago (411+ words) May 18, 2026, 2: 01 AM Ebony Parker's criminal trial is set to start Monday in Newport News, Virginia. Parker is charged with eight counts of felony child neglect, one for each of the eight bullets in the gun that was brought into the…...
Redistricting debate shifts to South Carolina as Republicans seek clean sweep of US House seats
12+ min ago (301+ words) May 18, 2026, 2: 04 AM Tense debates already have played out in Tennessee, Alabama and Louisiana as Republicans push aggressively to leverage a recent U. S. Supreme Court ruling that weakened Voting Rights Act protections for minority districts. The ruling has opened the way for…...
How AI is helping space exploration now " and what the future holds
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (1180+ words) May 18, 2026, 5: 13 AM Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming one of the most important tools in modern space exploration " helping humans make sense of what those missions are finding. As telescopes grow more powerful, the volume of data they collect has exploded....
Nationals Notebook: Progress made in beltways battle
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (528+ words) May 18, 2026, 4: 50 AM The Washington Nationals may have come up short in their bid to sweep their neighbors to the north while also failing to move over. 500, but the weekend was far from boring. Friday night's "Bad Day to be a…...
Trump's policies are unevenly impacting employment in the DC area, study shows
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (385+ words) May 18, 2026, 4: 22 AM Job losses directly and indirectly tied to President Donald Trump's policies have hit Black workers in the D. C. area the hardest, a new study found. The nonprofit, nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute found that as of March of this year,…...
Philippine senate convenes as impeachment court to try vice president as political storm rages
2+ hour, 5+ min ago (432+ words) May 18, 2026, 4: 12 AM The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to impeach Duterte last Monday over alleged unexplained wealth, misuse of state funds and a public threat to have the president assassinated if she herself were killed due to their political disputes....
Hong Kong court hears final arguments in former Tiananmen vigil organizers" national security trial
5+ hour, 11+ min ago (461+ words) May 18, 2026, 1: 06 AM Hong Kong for decades was the only place in China where a large-scale public commemoration of the crackdown was held. The vigils were banned in 2020 and the two former organizers were charged in 2021 with inciting subversion under a…...
Gunnar Henderson hits 10th HR for 1st of 4 hits in Orioles" 7-3 win over Nationals
11+ hour, 39+ min ago (351+ words) May 17, 2026, 6: 36 PM Henderson homered into the third deck in right field off opener Richard Lovelady (2-2) for a 1-0 lead two batters into the game. The 24-year-old shortstop hit his ninth double to drive in an insurance run in the ninth, capping…...