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Greece rejects reports of an exemption from biometric checks for British summer travelers 05/14/2026 12:59pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� Greece says a new biometric screening system at airports for non-European Union citizens is fully operational, rejecting reports of a formal summer exemption for British travelers. But busy airports will be allowed to shut off scanners when needed this summer, officials say. Cuba���s power grid collapses and plunges eastern provinces into a major blackout 05/14/2026 12:57pm • HAVANA (AP) ��� Cuba���s national energy grid suffered a major failure early Thursday that severed power to the island���s eastern provinces, authorities said, as residents in the capital Havana faced ongoing blackouts. Cuba's aging power grid has eroded in recent years as it faces a prolonged econ DC Water CEO called to testify on Capitol Hill in investigation of Potomac Interceptor sewage spill 05/14/2026 12:56pm • The head of D.C. Water will testify next week on Capitol Hill about the Potomac Interceptor sewage spill, WTOP has learned. In February, the House Energy and Commerce Committee launched an investigation into the spill, which sent more than 240 million gallons of wastewater into the Potomac River Oklahoma executes a man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her 7-month-old daughter 05/14/2026 12:44pm • McALESTER, Okla. (AP) ��� Oklahoma has executed a man who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her 7-month-old daughter nearly 20 years ago. Raymond Johnson, 52, was pronounced dead at 10:12 a.m. Thursday following a three-drug injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, pri NASA's Psyche spacecraft buzzing Mars on its way to a rare metal asteroid 05/14/2026 12:37pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ��� A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid swings past Mars this week for a gravity boost, snapping thousands of pictures as practice for the main encounter in 2029. Named Psyche like the asteroid it���s after, the robotic explorer will slingshot past the red plane Corey Seager stuck in 0-for-27 slump as the World Series MVP goes 7 games without a hit for Rangers 05/14/2026 12:37pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ��� Corey Seager is going through a slump like none he has ever had to endure in the big leagues. The two-time World Series MVP shortstop is hitless in his last seven games for the Texas Rangers. That is part of a longer 0-for-27 span, also a career long, that includes 11 strik Ballerini dodges a late crash to seize a breakthrough Giro stage win in Naples 05/14/2026 12:37pm • NAPLES, Italy (AP) ��� Italian rider Davide Ballerini avoided a crash in the final 300 meters of Thursday's sixth stage of the Giro d���Italia to claim his first victory in a Grand Tour, while Afonso Eul��lio remained in the overall lead. Ballerini edged out Jasper Stuyven in a bunch sprint on cobbl After the Kendrick Lamar beef, can Drake come back with 'Iceman'? 05/14/2026 12:33pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Drake has returned as the ���Iceman.��� And the stakes couldn't be higher. His ninth studio album ��� and his first since his extravagant loss in a very public feud with Kendrick Lamar ��� arrives Friday. The beef between two of hip-hop���s biggest stars erupted in the spring of 20 Oklahoma's Richard Glossip, who was nearly executed 3 times, granted bond while awaiting retrial 05/14/2026 12:28pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ��� Oklahoma's Richard Glossip, who was nearly executed 3 times, granted bond while awaiting retrial. DC road closures, parking restrictions in effect for America 250 event, graduation 05/14/2026 12:27pm • Special events in the District will cause interruptions when driving downtown this weekend. On Sunday, two events coincide on the National Mall, all the while closing streets and restricting parking. George Washington University's graduation commencement will take place between 15th Street and Grains mixed, livestock mixed 05/14/2026 12:25pm • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mixed in early trading Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. May. corn rose by 3 cents at $4.70 a bushel. May. wheat rose by 3.75 cents at $6.69 a bushel. May. oats fell by 15 cents at $3.35 a bushel. May. soybeans lost 5 cents at $12.10 a bushel. Beef was higher Cemig: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/14/2026 12:21pm • BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) ��� BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) ��� Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais S.A. (CIG) on Thursday reported net income of $185.8 million in its first quarter. The Belo Horizonte, Brazil-based company said it had profit of 6 cents per share. The utility posted revenue of $1.9 Four people are dead in a medical plane crash in New Mexico, authorities say 05/14/2026 12:07pm • RUIDOSO, New Mexico (AP) ��� Four people are dead in a medical plane crash in New Mexico, authorities say. Senators unanimously approve resolution to withhold their own pay during future government shutdowns 05/14/2026 12:05pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Senators unanimously approve resolution to withhold their own pay during future government shutdowns. UN and media rights groups say Afghanistan's Taliban have arrested 3 journalists 05/14/2026 12:01pm • The United Nations and rights groups say Afghanistan���s Taliban authorities have detained at least three journalists on undisclosed charges in recent days. The U.N. mission in Afghanistan expressed ���serious concern��� Thursday over the detentions, as well as over ���reports of assaults against jo