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Ukrainian duo heads to the Eurovision Song Contest with a message: We're still here 04/26/2024 12:49am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Even amid war, Ukraine finds time for the glittery, pop-filled Eurovision Song Contest. Perhaps now even more than ever. Ukraine���s entrants in the pan-continental music competition ��� the female duo of rapper alyona alyona and singer Jerry Heil ��� set off from Kyiv for the Journalists critical of their own companies cause headaches for news organizations 04/26/2024 12:47am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� This spring, NBC News, The New York Times and National Public Radio have each dealt with turmoil for essentially the same reason: journalists taking the critical gaze they deploy to cover the world and turning it inward at their own employers. Whistleblowing isn't unique to any Troy Fautanu idolized Troy Polamalu. Now he's following in Polamalu's footsteps in Pittsburgh 04/26/2024 12:31am • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Troy Fautanu grew up idolizing Troy Polamalu. It wasn't just their shared Polynesian heritage. It was everything. The way the Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame safety carried himself. The way he played football with a relentless passion. The way Polamau's No. 43 seemed to be in th Vikings trade up twice in NFL draft. They take Michigan QB J.J. McCarthy, Alabama edge Dallas Turner 04/26/2024 12:24am • EAGAN, Minn. (AP) ��� The Minnesota Vikings traded up twice in the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday night, jumping one spot to No. 10 for Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy to ensure they didn't miss out on their most dire need and making a six-spot leap to No. 17 for Alabama edge rusher Dal Saints take Oregon State offensive tackle Taliese Fuaga 14th overall in the NFL draft 04/26/2024 12:24am • METAIRIE, La. (AP) ��� Oregon State offensive tackle Taliese Fuaga is a fan of comedic actor Adam Sandler and his 1998 film, ���The Waterboy,��� which he's watched numerous times. Perhaps the 6-foot-6, 324-pound blocker was destined to wind up in Louisiana at the dawn of his NFL career, even if the Four decades in, the Pet Shop Boys know the secret to staying cool 04/26/2024 12:16am • LONDON (AP) ��� Chicken Kiev, AI-generated press releases and the annoyance of fan selfies while performing ��� there was a lot on the minds of the Pet Shop Boys as the iconic British duo prepared to release a new album. Their 15th studio album, ���Nonetheless,��� comes Friday ��� 40 years (and 50 m Ukraine pulls US-provided Abrams tanks from the front lines over Russian drone threats 04/26/2024 12:08am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Ukraine has sidelined U.S.-provided Abrams M1A1 battle tanks for now in its fight against Russia, in part because Russian drone warfare has made it too difficult for them to operate without detection or coming under attack, two U.S. military officials told The Associated Press. Stock market today: Asian benchmarks mostly climb despite worries about US economy 04/25/2024 11:50pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� Asian shares mostly rose Friday despite worries about the economic outlook and inflation in the U.S. and the rest of the world. The Bank of Japan ended a policy meeting with no major changes, keeping its benchmark interest rate in a range of 0 to 0.1%. In March, it raised the key rate USC cancels graduation ceremony and dozens are arrested on other campuses as anti-war protests grow 04/25/2024 10:58pm • The University of Southern California canceled its main graduation ceremony and dozens more college students were arrested at other campuses nationwide Thursday as protests against the Israel-Hamas war continued to spread. College officials across the U.S. are worried the ongoing protests could disr JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro Par Scores 04/25/2024 10:35pm • Thursday At Wilshire Country Club Los Angeles Purse: $3 million Yardage: 6,447; Par: 71 First Round Grace Kim 32-32���64 -7 Sei Y JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro Scores 04/25/2024 10:35pm • Thursday At Wilshire Country Club Los Angeles Purse: $3 million Yardage: 6,447; Par: 71 First Round Grace Kim 32-32���64 Sei Young Kim No more 'Mason' or 'GMU': George Mason University reveals new logo, branding 04/25/2024 10:14pm • George Mason University on Thursday unveiled a redesigned logo as the capstone of its three-year-long, comprehensive rebrand. The new look, which will include a single logo for the university and its athletics program, "asserts George Mason���s emerging identity as a national top 50 public univer Brazilian authorities bury deceased migrants who drifted in African boat to the Amazon 04/25/2024 10:03pm • BELEM, Brazil (AP) ��� The bodies of nine migrants found on an African boat off the northern coast of Brazil���s Amazon region were buried Thursday with a solemn ceremony in the Para state capital of Belem. Fishermen off the coast of Para found the boat adrift April 13, carrying the bodies that wer Fellow reservist warned of mass shooting before gunman's attack in Maine 04/25/2024 09:48pm • AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) ��� An Army reservist and friend of the gunman behind Maine���s deadliest mass shooting testified Thursday about his friend's mental decline, describing publicly for the first time the warning he issued a month before the tragedy unfolded. Sean Hodgson texted leaders of his reser Ex-tabloid publisher testifies he scooped up possibly damaging tales to shield his old friend Trump 04/25/2024 09:38pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� As Donald Trump was running for president in 2016, his old friend at the National Enquirer was scooping up potentially damaging stories about the candidate and paying out tens of thousands of dollars to keep them from the public eye. But when it came to the seamy claims by porn per