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Georgia's child welfare system remains shaken after projected $85.7 million budget shortfall 02/27/2026 01:43pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's child welfare system spiraled into crisis as the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services faced a whopping $85.7 million projected shortfall. With Candice Broce, commissioner of the Department of Human Services and director of the child welfare agency it oversees, Biden flies commercial from Reagan National Airport and winds up stuck in delays like everyone else 02/27/2026 01:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A crowd gathered at a commuter gate at Reagan National Airport on Friday as fog-laden Washington skies caused an hourlong ground stop that backed up passengers hoping to head out from American Airlines' Terminal D. But soon the already densely packed area swelled even more, as Attorney general announces 30 more people indicted in anti-immigration enforcement protest at Minnesota church 02/27/2026 01:28pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Attorney general announces 30 more people indicted in anti-immigration enforcement protest at Minnesota church. Sheinbaum says FIFA will visit Mexico to assess World Cup security and mobility 02/27/2026 01:24pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — FIFA representatives will visit Mexico soon to assess security and mobility issues for the World Cup, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday. The country’s ability to co-host the World Cup has been under scrutiny this week following the violence that erupted after Billy Gillispie won't return as Tarleton State coach after being out for health reasons 02/27/2026 01:23pm • STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) — Tarleton State coach Billy Gillispie, who has been away from the bench for more than a month because of medical issues, won't return next season, the school announced Friday. Glenn Cyprien was named acting head coach on Jan. 30, about two weeks after Gillispie stepped aw NASA revamps Artemis moon landing program by modeling it after speedy Apollo 02/27/2026 01:13pm • NASA said Friday it's revamping its Artemis moon exploration program to make it more like the fast-paced Apollo program half a century ago, adding an extra practice flight before attempting a high-risk lunar landing with a crew in two years. The overhaul in the flight lineup came just two days after Trump says he's 'not happy' with the way Iran is negotiating but says 'we'll see what happens' with additional talks 02/27/2026 01:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says he's 'not happy' with the way Iran is negotiating but says 'we'll see what happens' with additional talks. Cambodia takes back looted historic artifacts handled by British art dealer 02/27/2026 12:50pm • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian officials on Friday received more than six dozen historic artifacts described as part of the country’s cultural heritage that had been looted during decades of war and instability. At a ceremony attended by Deputy Prime Minister Hun Many, the 74 items were 2 journalists in Belarus imprisoned as part of a crackdown on free speech, media groups say 02/27/2026 12:44pm • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarus has convicted two independent journalists on charges of high treason and handed them long prison sentences, the latest move in the government's crackdown on dissent and free speech, a media rights group said Friday. Uladzimir Yanukevich, 65, who founded a Maryland man who worked at embassy in Burkina Faso sentenced for rape of 2 girls 02/27/2026 12:44pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland man who was an employee at the U.S. Embassy in Burkina Faso has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting two girls while working in the African nation, federal prosecutors said. Fode Sitafa Mara, 41, was convicted last year by a federal jury of four c Neymar scores milestone 2 for Santos and boosts case to be in Brazil World Cup squad 02/27/2026 12:39pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — Neymar broke into the top 10 of Santos club's all-time leading goalscorers this week after scoring twice in a 2-1 win against Vasco da Gama in the Brazilian league. He also gathered more fans on his side in a bid to make Brazil's squad for the World Cup. The match on Thursday was A nearly blind refugee is found dead after Border Patrol agents drop him at Buffalo doughnut shop 02/27/2026 12:36pm • A nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who disappeared after U.S. Border Patrol agents dropped him off at a Buffalo doughnut shop was found dead on the street five days later, prompting a police investigation and complaints from city officials that he'd been abandoned without care for his safety. Nurul Lacrosse tournament brings the best of the best to Springfield 02/27/2026 12:35pm • Many of the world’s best lacrosse players are in town for the kickoff of the Lexus Championship Series on Friday night at the St. James in Springfield, Virginia. The tournament for the Premier Lacrosse League and the Women’s Lacrosse League will feature Olympic-style 6-on-6 play instead of th Laken Riley's father accuses Georgia university system of negligence in wrongful death lawsuit 02/27/2026 12:31pm • ATLANTA (AP) — The father of Laken Riley, who was killed on the campus of the University of Georgia by a Venezuelan man who lived nearby, is accusing the state university system of negligence that he says led to his daughter's death. Jason Riley filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the Board of A new Gallup poll shows how Americans' sympathies have shifted in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 02/27/2026 12:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — American sympathies in the Middle East have shifted dramatically toward the Palestinians, according to new Gallup polling, after decades of overwhelming support for the Israelis. That shift accelerated during the war in Gaza. Three years ago, 54% of Americans sympathized more wi