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Fiji taking 'home' rugby matches 16,000km away and turning UK venues into island festivals 02/23/2026 03:33pm • CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Fiji will be based 16,000 kilometers (10,000 miles) from home for the inaugural rugby Nations Championship in July. Fiji is staging matches outside of its own country during the tournament but will be considered the home team when it faces Wales, England and Scotland on their Maryland sues to block planned Washington County ICE detention center 02/23/2026 03:32pm • Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown is suing the Department of Homeland Security to stop the transformation of a Williamsport warehouse into an immigration detention facility, citing environmental and public health concerns. The Department of Homeland Security purchased an 825,000-square- The Latest: Armed man shot, killed after entering perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, Secret Service says 02/23/2026 03:17pm • An armed man was shot and killed after entering the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s resort in Palm Beach, Florida. Although Trump often spends weekends at his resort, he was at the White House during this incident. The incident took place at 1:30 a.m. Sunday. First lady Lindsey Vonn says surgery saved her from having her left leg amputated following Olympic crash 02/23/2026 03:08pm • VAIL, Colo. (AP) — American skier Lindsey Vonn says she nearly lost her left leg following a frightening crash in the women’s downhill at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Vonn shared in an Instagram post on Monday that her injuries went far beyond the complex tibia fracture in the leg she initially r LPGA Tour Schedule 02/23/2026 03:03pm • Jan. 29-Feb. 1 _ Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions (Nelly Korda) Feb. 19-22 _ Honda LPGA Thailand (Jeeno Thitikul) Feb. 26-March 1 _ HSBC Women's World Championship, Sentosa Island, Singapore March 5-8 _ Blue Bay LPGA, Hainan, China March 19-22 _ Fortinet Founders Cup, Menlo Park, Calif PGA Tour Schedule 02/23/2026 03:03pm • Jan. 8-11 _ The Sentry, Kapalua, Hawaii (canceled) Jan. 15-18 _ Sony Open in Hawaii (Chris Gotterup) Jan. 22-25 _ The American Express (Scottie Scheffler) Jan. 29-Feb. 1 _ Farmers Insurance Open (Justin Rose) Feb. 5-8 _ WM Phoenix Open (Chris Gotterup) Feb. 12-15 _ AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Coll Champions Tour Schedule 02/23/2026 03:01pm • Jan. 22-24 _ Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai (Stewart Cink) Feb. 13-15 _ Chubb Classic (David Toms) March 6-8 _ James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational, Boca Raton, Fla. March 20-22 _ Cologuard Classic, Tuscon, Ariz. March 27-29 _ Hoag Classic, Newport Beach, Calif. April 16 DP World Tour Schedule 02/23/2026 03:01pm • Nov. 27-30 _ BMW Australian PGA Championship (David Puig) Dec. 4-7 _ Crown Australian Open (Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen) Dec. 4-7 _ Nedbank Golf Challenge in honour of Gary Player (Kristoffer Reitan) Dec. 11-14 _ Alfred Dunhill Championship (Jayden Trey Schaper) Dec. 18-21 _ AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Ope Students in Iran hold anti-government protests as US forces gather for possible strikes 02/23/2026 02:59pm • CAIRO (AP) — Students held anti-government protests at universities across Iran's capital on Monday, according to witnesses and videos circulating online, in a new sign of unrest as U.S. forces gather in the region for possible strikes. The protests, in which many students expressed support for th Md. officials, chicken industry say annual bird flu activity is a ‘new normal’ for Eastern Shore 02/23/2026 02:59pm • The poultry industry can anticipate yearly outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza, known as bird flu, as pockets of the highly contagious respiratory virus keep showing up on chicken farms on the Eastern Shore and in other states each year. “I find myself talking about this every yea Colombia's ELN rebels declare a unilateral ceasefire ahead of key congressional elections 02/23/2026 02:56pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s largest remaining rebel group declared a unilateral ceasefire Monday ahead of next month's high-stakes congressional elections, which have already been marred by acts of violence against candidates in rural areas. The National Liberation Army, or ELN, said in a Armed man shot and killed after entering secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, Secret Service says 02/23/2026 02:54pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — An armed man entered the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's resort in Palm Beach, Florida, before being shot and killed early Sunday morning, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Secret Service. Although Trump often spends weekends at his resort, he was at Slovakia halts emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine amid oil delivery dispute 02/23/2026 02:49pm • BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia on Monday escalated a dispute with Ukraine over oil deliveries by halting emergency electricity supplies to the country suffering from daily blackouts caused by Russia’s bombardment of power plants and transmission lines. Russian oil shipments to Slovakia and College baseball notebook: It's early, but UCLA showing lots of pop to go with pitching and defense 02/23/2026 02:48pm • When UCLA baseball has been at its best under John Savage, pitching and defense have been the Bruins' calling cards. All is well in those areas through two weeks. UCLA pitchers struck out 35 in a three-game weekend sweep of Big 12 preseason favorite TCU and the Bruins are one of two teams in the nat BAFTA apologizes to 'Sinners' stars for racial slur used during British Academy Film Awards (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously reported a Tourette syndrome advocate apologized; he said he was 'mortified' by involuntary tic) 02/23/2026 02:43pm • LONDON (AP) — BAFTA apologizes to 'Sinners' stars for racial slur used during British Academy Film Awards (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously reported a Tourette syndrome advocate apologized; he said he was 'mortified' by involuntary tic).