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Lutnick backs away from his Epstein 'blackmail' claim in interview with House committee 05/13/2026 07:09pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, in an interview with House lawmakers, backed away from a previous claim that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had blackmailed people. Lutnick agreed to sit for an interview with the House Oversight Committee last week after the release of NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Glance 05/13/2026 07:05pm • All Times EDT First Round Friday, May 8 No. 5 Stony Brook 19, Stonehill 5 Rutgers 12, Princeton 11 No. 4 Johns Hopkins 21, Albany (NY) 7 No. 6 Navy 17, UMass 16 No. 7 Michigan 18, Mercer 8 Boston College 10, Yale 4 James Madison 13, Notre Dame 12 Clemson 19, Davidson 6 No. 8 Colorado 10, Jacksonvil In Fairfax, Spanberger signs bills aimed at lowering healthcare costs for Virginians 05/13/2026 07:04pm • Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a series of healthcare bills Wednesday, aimed at lowering the cost of insulin and promising that insurance company rules won’t delay necessary medical care. The signing ceremony, which took place at Inova’s Schar Cancer Institute, featured many Canadiens-Sabres Game 5 and Golden Knights-Ducks Game 6 test experience vs. youth 05/13/2026 07:03pm • While John Tortorella has only been coaching the Vegas Golden Knights for a little over six weeks, they are his sixth NHL team and he is coming up on his 22nd anniversary of hoisting the Stanley Cup. Through all that, he still wonders something about playoff hockey. “I’m not sure what’s better Conor Daly, Alex Palou become 1st drivers to top 228 mph on 2nd day of Indianapolis 500 practice 05/13/2026 07:02pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis 500 drivers turned Wednesday's practice into a possible race day preview. They ran in packs, created long, snaking lines through the two long straightaways and mostly avoided trouble over the frantic final 75 minutes on Indianapolis Motor Speedway's 2.5-mile oval. PWHL adding expansion teams in Las Vegas and Hamilton, Ontario, with 1 more coming to reach 12 05/13/2026 06:57pm • The PWHL delivered a double-shot of expansion news on Wednesday, announcing it is bringing women’s pro hockey to the distinctly different markets of Las Vegas and Hamilton, Ontario. And in now growing to 11 teams, there’s one more addition still to come to make it an even dozen for a league prep Inter seals a long-awaited double with a 2-0 Italian Cup win over Lazio 05/13/2026 06:57pm • ROME (AP) — Inter Milan cemented its domination of Italian soccer by securing the league and cup double for the first time in 16 years. Inter beat Lazio 2-0 on Wednesday to win the Italian Cup, adding to the Serie A title it clinched with three rounds to spare. Not since José Mourinho led Inter t Remains of 2nd US soldier who went missing during military exercises in Morocco have been recovered 05/13/2026 06:51pm • CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — The remains of the second U.S. Army soldier who went missing during military exercises in Morocco have been recovered, the Army said Wednesday, ending a multinational search operation that deployed air, naval and artificial intelligence assets. The soldier was identified Copa Holdings: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/13/2026 06:51pm • PANAMA CITY (AP) — PANAMA CITY (AP) — Copa Holdings SA (CPA) on Wednesday reported first-quarter earnings of $212.5 million. The Panama City-based company said it had net income of $5.16 per share. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Za Supporters of bill to aid Ukraine and sanction Russia hit number to force House vote 05/13/2026 06:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Supporters of a bill to aid Ukraine and sanction Russia reached a critical threshold on Wednesday that allows them to bypass Republican leadership and force a vote on the House floor in the coming weeks. The legislation seeks to cement U.S. assistance for Ukraine by approving mor Former private prison executive David Venturella will become ICE's acting leader 05/13/2026 06:50pm • David Venturella, a former executive at a private prison operator, will serve as the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Trump administration says, after the agency's current leader steps down at the end of the month. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security s Israeli drone strikes on vehicles in Lebanon kill 12 people, including 2 children 05/13/2026 06:45pm • BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes Wednesday struck seven vehicles in Lebanon — three of them on the main highway just south of Beirut — killing 12 people including a woman and her two children, the Lebanese Health Ministry said. The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah infrastructure in s Elk Refuge disease discovery calls for talk of reducing nation’s largest herd 05/13/2026 06:44pm • The discovery of chronic wasting disease on the National Elk Refuge adds urgency to a 2021 plan to reexamine the size of the 11,000-strong Jackson Elk Herd, the nation’s largest migratory herd. 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