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Fencer disqualified from tournament after refusing to face an opponent she says is transgender 04/03/2025 09:15pm • COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) ��� USA Fencing disqualified a fencer from a women���s tournament in Maryland after she refused to face an opponent whom she says is transgender. Stephanie Turner was competing on March 30 in a USA Fencing-sanctioned regional tournament at the University of Maryland. It was Justice Department declined to prosecute Texas AG Paxton in final weeks of Biden's term: AP sources 04/03/2025 08:44pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Justice Department quietly decided in the final weeks of the Biden administration not to prosecute Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, effectively ending the corruption investigation that cast a long shadow over the political career of a close ally of President Donald Trump, T How does South Korea's society treat celebrities in crisis? A new case raises questions 04/03/2025 08:38pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� A young actor���s suicide in South Korea. Allegations of an underage relationship. They are part of a growing drama in the Asian entertainment world that raises questions about society���s treatment of celebrities in crisis, with harsh media and online commentary amplifyi Once called the world's most popular politician, Brazil���s Lula faces plummeting approval 04/03/2025 08:23pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� Brazil���s President Luiz In��cio Lula da Silva was once called the most popular politician on Earth by then-U.S. President Barack Obama. Those times are long gone. Halfway through his latest four-year term, Lula's approval rating has plunged down to levels never before seen Jon Scheyer followed a legend in Duke's Coach K. It took him just 3 seasons to reach the Final Four 04/03/2025 07:56pm • SAN ANTONIO (AP) ��� The camera sneaked up behind Jon Scheyer as he started the long walk into the Alamodome's cavernous center, a route that crossed a sea of black carpet and eventually required stairs onto college basketball's grand stage. ���It's the best,��� the Duke coach said as looked back ov Red Sox benefit the most from the new dimensions in Baltimore in Camden Yards' first series of 2025 04/03/2025 07:37pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� So far, it's the opposition taking advantage of the latest change in dimensions at Camden Yards. The Boston Red Sox hit three two-run home runs Thursday in an 8-4 win over Baltimore, and all of them went to left field, where the Orioles moved the wall in a bit during the offsea The Latest: Trump���s new tariffs lead to the biggest Dow wipeout since 2020 04/03/2025 07:35pm • Financial markets around the world were reeling Thursday following President Donald Trump���s latest and most severe volley of tariffs, and the U.S. stock market may be taking the worst of it. Little was spared as fear flared globally about the potentially higher inflation and weakening economic gro 'It's threatening livelihood': Digital system transition leaves Howard Uni. students without access to official transcripts 04/03/2025 07:25pm • As her December graduation date approached, Kailee Morgan and some of her classmates didn���t know Howard University was in the process of switching the digital system used for filing student transcripts. They had been expecting to receive their transcripts by Dec. 16, but hadn���t received any u Transgender student's arrest for violating Florida bathroom law is thought to be a first 04/03/2025 05:46pm • A transgender college student declared ���I am here to break the law��� before entering a women���s restroom at the Florida State Capitol and being led out in handcuffs by police. Civil rights attorneys say the arrest of Marcy Rheintgen last month is the first they know of for violating transgender More discussions but no vote on potential changes to how 12-team CFP field will be set in 2025 04/03/2025 05:38pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� Conference commissioners who manage the College Football Playoff had more discussions Thursday about potential changes to how the 12-team field will be set next season, again without taking a vote on the issue. Among the changes being considered is straight seeding based on the fina Once pariahs, now winners, Final Four coaches Pearl, Sampson a reflection of a changing game 04/03/2025 05:19pm • SAN ANTONIO (AP) ��� A decade ago, Bruce Pearl of Auburn and Kelvin Sampson of Houston were emerging from exile ��� two coaches who had been handed the harshest sanction imaginable by the NCAA and were looking to resurrect their once-successful careers. This week, they're both coaching at the Final Tom Cruise opens CinemaCon speech with moment of silence for Val Kilmer 04/03/2025 04:53pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Tom Cruise opened his highly anticipated CinemaCon appearance on Thursday with a moving tribute to his ���Top Gun��� co-star, Val Kilmer, who died Tuesday in Los Angeles. ���He loved movies and he gave a lot to all of us with his performances and his films,��� Cruise said to a roo Sports on TV for Friday, April 4 04/03/2025 04:25pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, April 4 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN���S) 4:35 a.m. FS2 ��� AFL: Melbourne at Geelong AUTO RACING 10:25 p.m. ESPNEWS ��� Formula 1: Practice, Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan 1:55 a.m. (Saturday) ESPN2 ��� Formula 1: Qualifying, Pence will get the Profile in Courage Award from JFK Library Foundation for his actions on Jan. 6 04/03/2025 03:43pm • Former Vice President Mike Pence will receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for his refusal to go along with President Donald Trump's efforts to remain in office after losing the 2020 election, Kennedy's family announced Thursday. The award recognizes Pence ���for putting his life an Liberal to take over as chief justice on Wisconsin Supreme Court 04/03/2025 03:01pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� The next chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will come from the liberal majority of justices, as the court announced Thursday that the conservative who currently holds the mostly honorary position will be replaced. The change in leadership comes two days after voters