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Woman charged in brazen plot to extort Elvis Presley's family and auction off Graceland 08/16/2024 04:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A Missouri woman has been arrested on charges she orchestrated a brazen scheme to defraud Elvis Presley's family by trying to auction off his Graceland mansion and property before a judge halted the mysterious foreclosure sale, the Justice Department said Friday. Lisa Jeanine Fi Round 2 of US Rep. Gaetz vs. former Speaker McCarthy plays out in Florida GOP primary 08/16/2024 03:51pm • PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) ��� The Republican primary for Florida���s 1st Congressional district is like a rematch between Rep. Matt Gaetz and the man he toppled, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. No, McCarthy isn't on the ballot. But a political committee he controls has spent about $3 million attacki Michael Brown���s death transformed a nation and sparked a decade of American reckoning on race 08/16/2024 03:48pm • Kayla Reed was born in a predominantly African American section of St. Louis where, like her own kin, many Black families had been transplanted out of the Deep South. After the death of her grandmother, Reed moved with her father from the city to a St. Louis County town located within one mile of F US calls on Sudan's military to join talks to calm the country's grinding conflict 08/16/2024 03:16pm • CAIRO (AP) ��� The United States on Friday called on Sudan's military to join talks aimed at calming the country's grinding conflict as the African country faces a worsening humanitarian crisis. The military has boycotted the negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland, now in their third day, despite inte Lawmakers in Turkey draw blood in brawl during debate on jailed colleague 08/16/2024 02:27pm • ISTANBUL (AP) ��� A brawl broke out among Turkish lawmakers Friday during a heated debate over an opposition delegate currently jailed on what are widely considered to be politically motivated charges. Televised footage showed Ahmet Sik, a representative from the same party as the imprisoned deputy, Matthew Perry's death leads to sweeping indictment of 5, including doctors and a reputed dealer 08/16/2024 01:55pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Nearly 10 months after the death of Matthew Perry, the long-simmering investigation into the ketamine that killed him came dramatically into public view with the announcement that five people had been charged with having roles in the overdose of the beloved ���Friends��� star. Harvard and graduate students settle sexual harassment lawsuit 08/16/2024 01:43pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� Harvard University and three graduate students have settled a federal lawsuit accusing the Ivy League school of ignoring complaints of sexual harassment by a renowned professor and allowing him to intimidate students by threatening to hinder their careers. The suit filed in Boston i Federal court strikes down Missouri investment rule targeted at `woke politics' 08/16/2024 01:27pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� A federal judge has struck down Missouri investment regulations that Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft had touted as way to expose financial institutions that ���put woke politics ahead of investment returns.��� The Missouri regulations, issued by Ashcroft's off Netflix documentary 'Daughters' chronicles inspirational daddy-daughter dance at DC Jail 08/16/2024 01:24pm • It won the Audience Award for U.S. Documentary at this year's Sundance Film Festival. This week, "Daughters" premieres on Netflix chronicling an emotional daddy-daughter dance at the D.C. Jail. WTOP caught up with the film's co-directors Natalie Rae and Angela Patton, who created the dance Bibles, cryptocurrency, Truth Social and gold bars: A look at Trump's reported sources of income 08/16/2024 12:59pm • Former President Donald Trump owns more than $1 million worth of cryptocurrency and up to $250,000 in gold bars along with the portfolio of golf courses and real estate properties that have made him a billionaire, according to newly released financial disclosures. The details come from documents fil Tennessee family's lawsuit says video long kept from them shows police force, not drugs, killed son 08/16/2024 12:50pm • A mother whose son was having a seizure in his Tennessee apartment said in a federal lawsuit that police and paramedics subjected the 23-year-old to ���inhumane acts of violence��� instead of treating him, then covered up their use of deadly force. The death of Austin Hunter Turner was one of more t Swiss playmaker Xherdan Shaqiri returns to Basel 12 years after leaving childhood club 08/16/2024 12:26pm • BASEL, Switzerland (AP) ��� Swiss playmaker Xherdan Shaqiri returned to Basel on Friday, 12 years after leaving the club where he began his career. Basel announced in a statement titled ���Welcome home, Shaq��� that Shaqiri had penned a three-year deal. The Swiss club also posted a video on social m How Ferguson elevated the profile of the Justice Department's civil rights enforcers 08/16/2024 11:51am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� As the first images out of Ferguson, Missouri surfaced 10 years ago ��� the bloodied body of a man left for hours in the street beneath white sheets, protesters smashing car windows and looting stores ��� it didn���t take long for the federal government to see a role for itself. USWNT follows Olympic gold by reclaiming top spot in rankings after 12-month absence 08/16/2024 10:56am • ZURICH (AP) ��� The U.S. women���s soccer team returned to the top of the FIFA world rankings Friday after winning gold last weekend at the Paris Olympics. Mallory Swanson���s goal helped secure the team its fifth Olympic gold medal ��� and the first since the 2012 London Games ��� by beating Brazil Peter Sellars' staging of Prokofiev���s `The Gambler' is Salzburg Festival's latest offbeat success 08/16/2024 09:47am • SALZBURG, Austria (AP) ��� Offbeat operas have been some of the Salzburg Festival���s best in recent years, the latest a colorful, outlandish and entertaining staging of Sergei Prokofiev���s ���The Gambler��� by director Peter Sellars. Starring soprano Asmik Grigorian as Polina and tenor Sean Panikk