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New York Mets' Juan Soto, right, hits a single during the fourth inning of a spring training baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Sunday, March 22, 2026, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

AP study: MLB average salary hits a record $5.34M as the Mets lead spending again

9:01 AM on Thursday, April 9

Major League Baseball’s average salary rose 3.4% on opening day to a record $5.34 million, according to a study by The Associated Press, and the New York Mets topped spending at the season’s start for the fourth straight year

FILE - Carly Jenkins, left, and Alex Thomson, center, pay their respects alongside others during a vigil for Charlie Kirk on Sept. 12, 2025, in Provo, Utah. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Era of political violence means higher costs for candidate security, a new report says

6:37 AM on Thursday, April 9

A new report says security spending for congressional and presidential campaigns has jumped fivefold over the past decade as an increasingly hostile political environment has led to escalating threats against public officials

FILE - A woman checks her phone as she walks through Red Square at sunset, in Moscow, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov, File)

Russia's internet crackdown leads to a spring of growing discontent

1:32 AM on Thursday, April 9

Anger and frustration is growing in Russia over government restrictions on the internet that have disrupted daily life, hurt businesses and brought condemnation from both Kremlin critics and supporters alike

Geologist Tuomas Pere walks down a disposal tunnel inside the Posiva Onkalo nuclear waste repository on the island of Olkiluoto, Finland, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/James Brooks)

A 1.9 billion-year-old bedrock will soon house the world's first permanent nuclear waste site

1:04 AM on Thursday, April 9

The world-first facility for permanently disposing spent nuclear fuel is set to begin operations in Finland after decades of construction

Protesters rally against a planned immigration detention facility outside a Washington County Commission meeting in Hagerstown, Md., Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren)

Protesters rally against planned Maryland immigration detention facility that's now paused

12:10 AM on Thursday, April 9

Protesters are rallying against a planned immigration detention facility in Maryland

Rex A. Heuermann, center, pleads guilty to murdering seven women and admitted he killed an eighth in a string of long-unsolved crimes known as the Gilgo Beach killings, at a court hearing in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y., Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (James Carbone/Newsday via AP, Pool)

Takeaways from the Gilgo Beach case as Rex Heuermann pleads guilty to 7 murders and admits to an 8th

12:09 AM on Thursday, April 9

A Long Island man who carried out a series of murders known as the Gilgo Beach killings has pleaded guilty to murder charges

Solar panels stretch out across the desert floor, Thursday, April 2, 2026, in North Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)

States are struggling to meet their clean energy goals. Data centers are to blame

12:08 AM on Thursday, April 9

Nevada's largest utility company says it may not meet its 2030 clean energy goals due to the demands from data centers

Two figurines canoe down a painted pipe at the Hattiesburg Pocket Museum, in Hattiesburg, Miss., on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Sophie Bates)

Miniature art transforms an alley into a surrealist wonderland at 'Mississippi's Tiniest Museum'

12:04 AM on Thursday, April 9

The miniature art installations at what’s known as “Mississippi’s Tiniest Museum” have transformed an alley into a major community hub and tourist destination

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, shake hands during a Day of Friendship event in Budapest, Hungary Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump's Iran war widens rift with European nationalists once viewed as MAGA allies

12:02 AM on Thursday, April 9

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is the rare European leader seeking President Donald Trump's approval

Visitors gather to take photos of an American woodcock as it pauses along its spring migration route at Bryant Park in New York, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Emily Wang Fujiyama)

New Yorkers flock to Manhattan park for lovable woodcocks' bobbing strut

12:02 AM on Thursday, April 9

American woodcocks continue to attract onlookers in a New York City park

2 killed in plane crash at small airport in Arizona

10:26 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Two people have died after their plane went off the runway and burst into flames at a small airport in Arizona

Gerhardt Konig, left, reacts after the verdict is read while sitting with defense attorney Thomas Otake, right, in court Wednesday, April 8, 2026, in Honolulu. (Jamm Aquino/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP, Pool)

Hawaii doctor accused of trying to kill his wife convicted of attempted manslaughter

9:07 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A Hawaii doctor who was accused of trying to kill his wife on a cliffside hike has been convicted of attempted manslaughter

FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers' Davey Lopes hits a home run during an NL playoff baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Thursday, Oct. 5, 1977, Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy, File)

Dodgers great Davey Lopes, an infield fixture and record-setting base stealer, dies at 80

3:23 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Davey Lopes, a longtime Los Angeles Dodgers infielder and premier base stealer, has died

Patrick Kolasinski, attorney for Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, speaks at a news conference accompanied by his client's girlfriend, Cindy, in Modesto, Calif., Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

Attorney for man shot by ICE in California says his client did not try to run officers over

2:42 PM on Wednesday, April 8

An attorney for a man shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during an arrest in California says his client did not try to run officers over with his car and disputed claims that he has a warrant out for his arrest in El Salvador

FILE - A baseball fan tries to shield from the sun during the fourth inning of a spring training baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Athletics, March 17, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

'Climate change is kicking our butts.' March smashes heat records for continental US

12:58 PM on Wednesday, April 8

March has been the hottest month on record for the continental United States in 132 years, according to federal weather data

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on a building in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

At least 182 killed as Israel strikes central Beirut after saying Iran truce doesn't apply there

8:27 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Lebanon’s health ministry says that Israeli strikes during the day killed 182 people, the highest single-day death toll in the Israel-Hezbollah war

A woman stands at a destroyed apartment on a building that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in central Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

The Latest: Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz in response to Israeli attacks on Lebanon

12:33 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Iran, the United States and Israel have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, an 11th-hour deal that headed off U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to unleash a bombing campaign that would destroy Iranian civilization

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