Veterans mark the 65th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs Invasion with a new museum in Miami

Manuel Portuondo was still a teenager in 1960 when his family, like thousands of others, fled Cuba for Miami, following the culmination of the Cuban Revolution a year earlier. Soon ...

Dramatic video shows Oklahoma high school principal tackle, disarm gunman as students flee

Newly released video shows a high school principal in Oklahoma tackling and disarming a former student who entered the lobby of the school and began firing a pistol.

MacKinnon’s all-business season means leading NHL in goals, Hart Trophy chase and occasional smile

There are plenty of reasons for Nathan MacKinnon to smile over one of the finest seasons for him and for the Colorado Avalanche. Actually getting the all-business center to break into ...

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy pursues more arms deals with allies to help check Russia’s invasion

Ukraine’s top diplomatic priority is securing its allies’ help to buy and build more air defense systems, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday between meetings ...

Ballot proposal for income tax cut sparks debate in Massachusetts

This November, Massachusetts voters may be asked to approve a state income tax cut from 5% to 4%. Supporters say the tax cut would give the state a competitive edge, boost the economy and ...

Trail Blazers beat Suns 114-110 in play-in after clawing back from an 11-point 4th-quarter deficit

Deni Avdija scored 41 points — including a go-ahead 3-point play with 16.1 seconds left — and the Portland Trail Blazers clawed back from an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter ...

A resurgent Georgia and a resilient Arkansas are back at the NCAA gymnastics championships

When Cecile Landi made the somewhat surprising move two years ago to step away from coaching elite gymnastics — the list of athletes she and husband Laurent guided at World Champions Centre ...

In one week, you can meet a 460-pound bundle of joy at the National Zoo

One of the newest additions to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo is about to make her public debut next week. WTOP got a sneak peak of the cutest 464 pounds you’ve ever seen. Linh Mai, the latest Asian ...

Sweden blames pro-Russian group for cyberattack last year on its energy infrastructure

Sweden said Wednesday that a pro-Russian group with links to Russia’s security and intelligence services was behind a cyberattack on a heating plant last year. The announcement followed warnings ...

Carlos Alcaraz withdraws from the Barcelona Open with right wrist issue

Carlos Alcaraz withdrew from the Barcelona Open after undergoing a test on his right wrist, the tournament announced Wednesday. The withdrawal means the second-ranked ...

Billy Crystal eyes return to Broadway in one-man show about the house he lost to LA wildfires

Billy Crystal will return to Broadway this fall in a very intimate one-man show that will take the audience into his family's ...

Dodgers hand Mets a seventh straight loss, 2-1, as Tucker delivers the go-ahead hit with 2 strikes

World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto and rookie Nolan McLean dueled through seven innings, Kyle Tucker singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth and the Los Angeles Dodgers edged ...