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The Latest | Michael Cohen takes the stand as testimony in Trump hush money case enters 4th week 05/13/2024 04:53pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The fourth week of witness testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial could be a doozy: Michael Cohen, the prosecution's star witness, has taken the stand. The long-anticipated testimony on Monday from Trump’s former lawyer and personal fixer follows a breathtaking buildup by College baseball notebook: Sooners' regular-season conference title is their first since 1995 05/13/2024 03:17pm • For a program with such a proud history, it seems almost unfathomable Oklahoma hadn't won a regular-season conference championship in nearly 30 years. The Sooners checked that box over the weekend, sweeping Baylor for their first title since Larry Cochell's 1995 squad won the second of two straight GM's Cruise to start testing robotaxis in Phoenix area with human safety drivers on board 05/13/2024 03:02pm • DETROIT (AP) — General Motors' troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit said Monday it will start testing robotaxis in Arizona this week with human safety drivers on board. Cruise said that during the testing, it will check the vehicles' performance against the company's “rigorous” safety and a US airlines are suing the Biden administration over a new rule to make certain fees easier to spot 05/13/2024 02:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. airlines are suing to block the Biden administration from requiring greater transparency over fees that the carriers charge their passengers, saying that a new rule would confuse consumers by giving them too much information during the ticket-buying process. The U.S. Transpo Mother of three uses early morning routine to become a record-breaking runner and inspiration 05/13/2024 01:35pm • WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Helen Ryvar goes through the same routine every night. She checks the weather forecast, lays out her running clothes, puts her running shoes by the front door, charges her cellphone and flashlight, and sets the alarm for 4 a.m. By 4:15 a.m., she’s out the door — rain or s Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal justices show signs of wanting to overturn ballot drop box ban 05/13/2024 12:32pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Liberal justices who control the Wisconsin Supreme Court showed signs Monday of being willing to overturn a ruling that all but eliminated the use of absentee ballot drop boxes in the swing state. At issue is whether the court should overturn its July 2022 ruling that said not DC 2024 primary election voter guide: Everything you need to know 05/13/2024 11:09am • Visit WTOP’s Election 2024 page for comprehensive coverage. D.C.'s June 4 primary will see voters cast not just their choice for president, but for several seats on the D.C. Council and for the District's representatives in Congress. Here's what you need to know: Dates at a glance Vo A plane with 3 aboard lands without landing gear at an Australian airport after burning off fuel 05/13/2024 10:20am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A light plane with three people aboard landed safely without landing gear Monday after circling an Australian airport for almost three hours to burn off fuel. The pilot, Peter Schott, and his passengers, a 60-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman, walked unaided from the Are US interest rates high enough to beat inflation? The Fed will take its time to find out 05/13/2024 08:19am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The sharp interest rate hikes of the past two years will likely take longer than previously expected to bring down inflation, several Federal Reserve officials have said in recent comments, suggesting there may be few, if any, rate cuts this year. A major concern expressed by bot Suspect in shooting death of an Ohio police officer is found dead after standoff, officials say 05/13/2024 06:36am • EUCLID, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police officer was shot and killed after being “ambushed” while answering a disturbance call over the weekend, and a suspect was later found dead by police, authorities said Sunday. Police in the Cleveland suburb of Euclid said officers were dispatched just before 1 Vatican Museums staff challenge the pope with a legal bid for better terms and treatment 05/13/2024 06:35am • ROME (AP) — Forty-nine employees of the Vatican Museums have filed a class-action complaint with the Vatican administration demanding better seniority, leave and overtime benefits in an unusual, public challenge to Pope Francis’ governance. The complaint, dated April 23 and made public this week Are US interest rates high enough to beat inflation? The Fed will take its time to find out 05/13/2024 05:06am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The sharp interest rate hikes of the past two years will likely take longer than previously expected to bring down inflation, several Federal Reserve officials have said in recent comments, suggesting there may be few, if any, rate cuts this year. A major concern expressed by bot This Week: Producer prices, inflation check, April retail sales 05/13/2024 03:10am • Inflation foresight The Labor Department releases producer price data for April on Tuesday. The producer price index measures inflation at the wholesale level, before businesses pass costs on to consumers. Wholesale inflation jumped in March, the latest sign that inflation pressures in the economy r Nimmo rescues Mets off the bench on Mother's Day. Senga's rehab progressing slowly 05/13/2024 01:23am • NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Nimmo played only 2 1/2 innings off the bench and still made all the difference. Held out of the starting lineup Sunday night because of soreness on his right side, Nimmo entered as a pinch runner in the seventh and hit a two-run homer in the ninth that gave the New York Me Buescher confronts Reddick after another near-miss NASCAR loss at Darlington Raceway 05/12/2024 08:13pm • DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Chris Buescher let his frustrations out over a second close call that cost him a NASCAR victory for a second straight week. Buescher had lost out by 0.001 of a second at Kansas to Kyle Larson a week ago in what was the closest ending in NASCAR history. This time, Buescher