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The Washington Spirit and Gotham FC face off in the National Women's Soccer League finals on Saturday in San Jose. Left: Marge Liguori and Nat Lazo cheer on Gotham FC. Right: The crowd cheers at the Washington Spirit's semifinal match last weekend. Luke Chávez/Hannah Foslien/Getty hide caption toggle caption Luke Chávez/Hannah Foslien/Getty As the National

Kate Hippler adjusts a THOR-5F female crash test dummy in a vehicle at Humanetics in Farmington Hills, Mich., Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption toggle caption Paul Sancya/AP When the Trump administration announced it was giving the green light to the design for a female crash test dummy, it was welcome news to

Rescuers work at a market destroyed by a Russian airstrike on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Friday. Kateryna Klochko/AP hide caption toggle caption Kateryna Klochko/AP KYIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday cautiously welcomed a U.S. proposal to end Moscow's nearly four-year war in Ukraine, saying it "could form the basis of a final peace

Banners of various G20 leaders are displayed along a Johannesburg freeway, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. Themba Hadebe/AP hide caption toggle caption Themba Hadebe/AP JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The world's biggest economy will be conspicuously absent from a meeting of the globe's 20 richest nations this weekend, as the U.S. boycotts the

Miss Mexico Fátima Bosch celebrates winning the 2025 Miss Universe pageant, hosted in Thailand, on Friday. Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images Fátima Bosch of Mexico has won this year's scandal-plagued Miss Universe competition, just days after she walked out of one of its events in protest.

Sales staff demonstrate vaping at a vape expo in Beijing, China. STR/AFP/via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption STR/AFP/via Getty Images To vape or not to vape? That is the question sparking a heated debate this week in Geneva where over 1,400 delegates have gathered to discuss the World Health Organization's tobacco control treaty and

A young mother holds her 10-month-old child, who's suspected of having measles, at a hospital in Piatra Neamt, Romania. Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images As the U.S. continues to face its worst measles outbreak in three decades, another country that has struggled with measles offers a

Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter.  Subscribe  here to get it delivered to your inbox, and  listen  to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today's top stories The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website now says a link between vaccines and autism cannot be

Texas redrew its voting map as part of US President Donald Trump’s plan to win extra Republican seats in the 2026 midterm elections. The United States Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found the Texas 2026 congressional redistricting plan likely discriminates on the basis of race. The order signed on Friday

In this frame from video provided by Catherine Ellis, flames engulf pavilions at the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit on Thursday in Belem, Brazil. Catherine Ellis/AP hide caption toggle caption Catherine Ellis/AP BELEM, Brazil — A fire briefly spread through pavilions being used for U.N. climate talks in Brazil and prompted evacuations Thursday on the next-to-last