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Trump tried to 'corrupt' the 2016 election, prosecutor alleges as hush money trial gets underway 04/22/2024 06:52pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump tried to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election by preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public, a prosecutor told jurors Monday at the start of the former president's historic hush money trial. "This was a planned, coordinated, Key takeaways from the opening statements in Donald Trump's hush money trial 04/22/2024 06:24pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Monday's opening statements in the first criminal trial of a former American president provided a clear roadmap of how prosecutors will try to make the case that Donald Trump broke the law, and how the defense plans to fight the charges on multiple fronts. Lawyers presented duelin Rays place struggling closer Pete Fairbanks on injured list with nerve-related issues 04/22/2024 05:39pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays placed struggling closer Pete Fairbanks on the 15-day injured list with nerve-related issues before Monday night's game against the Detroit Tigers. Fairbanks has experienced numbness in his fingers at times over the past few years, and the problem fla Brewers pitcher Wade Miley placed on 15-day injured list with elbow inflammation 04/22/2024 04:59pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Wade Miley was placed on the 15-day injured list Monday with left elbow inflammation. The 37-year-old left-handed starter allowed four runs on four hits in three innings his last time out, a 6-3 loss to the San Diego Padres last Tuesday. He is 0-1 with a Insider Q&A: Trust and safety exec talks about AI and content moderation 04/22/2024 04:48pm • Alex Popken was a longtime trust and safety executive at Twitter focusing on content moderation before leaving in 2023. She was the first employee there dedicated to moderating Twitter's advertising business when she started in 2013. Now, she's vice president of trust and safety at WebPurify, a cont Lawsuit alleges negligence in hiring of maintenance man accused of torturing resident 04/22/2024 03:18pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — April Hurley’s attacker entered her apartment after identifying himself as the building maintenance man — a job he should never have obtained, according to a lawsuit filed Monday that accuses the property owner and management company of engaging in negligent hiring practices. The Latest | Lawyers in Trump hush money case paint competing portraits of him in opening statements 04/22/2024 03:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) — In opening statements in Donald Trump's historic hush money trial, prosecutors said Monday that the former president “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt” the 2016 presidential election. Defense attorneys countered, calling Trump “innocent” and saying the Manhattan di DC-area residents who are sober-curious are 'interrogating their relationship to alcohol' 04/22/2024 01:43pm • Tired of dealing with hangovers and not knowing exactly what happened the night before, many are becoming "sober curious." Now, a D.C. bar owner and an alcohol addiction expert in Virginia are extolling the benefits of the trend — offering advice on the best way to start during Alcohol Awareness M NASCAR revels in an M.J. moment. His Airness gives a big boost to his posthoops passion 04/22/2024 11:52am • TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Suddenly, Michael Jordan's new life seems just as satisfying as his old one. This felt a whole lot like M.J. knocking down a buzzer beater, winning the big game, celebrating like a champion. Of course, his title-hoarding days in the NBA are long behind him. But Jordan's curr Supreme Court will take up the legal fight over ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers 04/22/2024 10:31am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns that had been struck down by lower courts. The justices by a 5-4 vote had previously intervened to keep the regulation in effect during the legal fight Traffic resumes near Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange after a fire ruined the 400-year-old landmark 04/22/2024 06:53am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Traffic began to flow Monday near Copenhagen’s historic Old Stock Exchange which was half-destroyed by fire last week. A busy bridge reopened and police were allowed to enter the ruins. Firefighters scaled down their presence, with some remaining there protectively in How to hear Virginia’s ‘forgotten’ history along the James River 04/22/2024 05:28am • Their contributions helped establish colonial Virginia, but the stories of enslaved and freedmen who rowed down the James River to move goods aren't well known to most Virginians. Two Virginia men are hoping to change that. Will Smith and Will Cash, or the Wills (as they’re often called), br 'DWTS' champ Derek Hough returns to DC area, invites doctor after wife's medical emergency during last visit 04/22/2024 04:33am • In December, Derek Hough joined WTOP before he and his wife Hayley Erbert performed at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. At the end of the show, his wife became disoriented and was taken to the hospital for an emergency craniotomy, to treat a cranial hematoma that resulted from a b Dakota Joshua scores 2 goals to help lift Canucks past Predators 4-2 in Game 1 of playoff series 04/22/2024 02:49am • VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Pius Suter and Dakota Joshua scored 12 seconds apart in the third period and the Vancouver Canucks stormed back for a 4-2 win over the Nashville Predators in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series Sunday night. Joshua had two goals and an assist, Elias Lindho Scottie Scheffler builds 5-shot lead at Hilton Head. Rain forces a Monday finish 04/21/2024 09:08pm • HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Turns out only the rain can stop Masters champion Scottie Scheffler. Scheffler holed a difficult pitch for eagle on his second hole Sunday to build some separation in the RBC Heritage and looked so flawless that it was only a matter of time. And then he ran out of t