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Madonna's biggest-ever concert transforms Rio's Copacabana beach into a massive dance floor 05/05/2024 11:37am • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Madonna put on a free concert on Copacabana beach Saturday night, turning Rio de Janeiro's vast stretch of sand into an enormous dance floor teeming with a multitude of her fans. It was the last show of The Celebration Tour, her first retrospective, which kicked off in Octob Biden has rebuilt the refugee system after Trump-era cuts. What comes next in an election year? 05/05/2024 09:30am • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A church volunteer stood at an apartment door, beckoning inside a Congolese family for their first look at where they would live in America. “Your new house!” volunteer Dan Davidson exclaimed as the couple and the woman's brother stepped into the two-bedroom apartment in Hush money, catch and kill and more: A guide to unique terms used at Trump’s New York criminal trial 05/05/2024 08:13am • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial is full of terms you don’t typically hear in a courtroom. Centering on allegations Trump falsified his company’s records to conceal the nature of hush money reimbursements, it's the first ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president a Aaron Judge tossed for 1st time, Rizzo hits 3-run homer as Yankees top Tigers 5-3 05/04/2024 05:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge was ejected for the first time in his career in the seventh inning, Anthony Rizzo hit a three-run homer to cap a four-run third and the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 5-3 on Saturday. Judge had two hits, including an RBI double to start New York’s rally in t Labour's Sadiq Khan reelected as London mayor as UK's ruling Conservatives face more electoral pain 05/04/2024 04:55pm • LONDON (AP) — Sadiq Khan, the Labour Party's mayor of London, romped to victory Saturday, securing a record third straight term at City Hall, on another hugely disappointing day for the U.K.'s governing Conservatives ahead of a looming general election. Khan won a little over a million votes, or n Japan and India reject Biden's comments describing them as xenophobic countries 05/04/2024 04:41pm • TOKYO (AP) — Japan and India on Saturday decried remarks by U.S. President Joe Biden describing them as “xenophobic” countries that do not welcome immigrants, which the president said during a campaign fundraising event earlier in the week. Japan said Biden's judgment was not based on an accu Bourbonnais, Shelton propel New York to 5-2 victory over Minnesota in regular-season finale 05/04/2024 03:58pm • ELMONT, N.Y. (AP) — Jaime Bourbonnais scored two goals, Ella Shelton had a goal and two assists and New York handed postseason hopeful Minnesota its fifth straight loss with a 5-2 victory in a Professional Women's Hockey League regular-season finale at UBS Arena on Saturday. The skid for Minnesota Arsenal keeps up Premier League title push with 3-0 win over Bournemouth 05/04/2024 02:54pm • LONDON (AP) — Arsenal maintained its pursuit of the Premier League title with a 3-0 win over Bournemouth that briefly lifted Mikel Arteta’s team four points clear of second-place Manchester City on Saturday. City reduced the gap back to one point by beating Wolverhampton 5-1 later in the day and Boeing is on the verge of launching astronauts aboard new capsule, the latest entry to space travel 05/04/2024 02:39pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — After years of delays and stumbles, Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA. It’s the first flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule with a crew on board, a pair of NASA pilots who will check out the spacecraft during th May the cash be with you: Julien's putting massive trove of 'Star Wars' stuff on the auction block 05/04/2024 01:08pm • CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE: Pedro Pascal's helmet from the Disney+ series The Mandalorian and the head of droid K-2S0 from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. (Julien's Auctions) Timed in anticipation of May 4's Star Wars Day, Julien's Auctions and Turner Classic Movies have announced a cargo hold' DC Veg Restaurant Week showcases flavorful, plant-based specials, discounts … and more 05/04/2024 08:28am • For Bershan Shaw, her healthy, happy life is all to thanks her vegan diet. The TV personality, CEO, tech founder and business coach told WTOP that she became a vegan after she was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer 16 years ago. " doctor said I had three months to live, and it was a rude awaken A Chinese driver is praised for helping reduce casualties in a highway collapse that killed 48 05/04/2024 08:19am • BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese truck driver was praised in local media Saturday for parking his vehicle across a highway and preventing more cars from tumbling down a slope after a section of the road in the country’s mountainous south collapsed and killed at least 48 people. Wang Xiangnan was driving Hulk Hogan, hurricanes and a blockbuster recording: A week in review of the Trump hush money trial 05/04/2024 07:59am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Crucial witnesses took the stand in the second week of testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial, including a California lawyer who negotiated deals at the center of the case and a longtime adviser to the former president. Jurors heard a potentially pivotal piece of evidence � Canucks eliminate the Predators with 1-0 win in Game 6 05/04/2024 01:00am • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Pius Suter scored with 1:39 left and the Vancouver Canucks advanced to the second round of the NHL playoffs with a 1-0 victory over the Nashville Predators on Friday night in Game 6. Nashville had a final chance to force overtime with a power play with 33.9 seconds left aft Canucks advance to 2nd round, beating Predators 1-0 in Game 6 on Pius Suter's late goal 05/03/2024 11:22pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vancouver coach Rick Tocchet told Pius Suter to keep shooting. Suter did just that, and it paid off. Suter scored with 1:39 left and the Canucks advanced to the second round of the NHL playoffs with a 1-0 victory over the Nashville Predators on Friday night in Game 6. “If