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London, meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Mayor Sadiq Khan wins historic third term 05/04/2024 03:27pm • LONDON (AP) — London Mayor Sadiq Khan has a lot of cleaning up to do. Khan, who made history Saturday by becoming the city's first mayor elected to a third term, has pledged to make the River Thames swimmable. It wasn't a top campaign issue but it's an audacious goal considering the waterway was 2023 NFL Team-by-Team Draft 05/04/2024 03:04pm • April 25-April 227Arizona 1 (27) Darius Robinson, de, Missouri. 2 (43) Max Melton, cb, Rutgers. 3 (66) Trey Benson, rb, Florida State. 3 (71) Isaiah Adams, g, Illinois. 3 (82) Tip Reiman, te, Illinois. 3 (90) Elijah Jones, cb, Boston College. 4 (104) Dadrion Taylor-Demerson, s, Texas Tech. 5 (138) X 2024 NFL Draft Selections 05/04/2024 03:03pm • Thursday, April 25FIRST ROUND 1. Chicago (from Carolina), Caleb Williams, qb, Southern Cal. 2. Washington, Jayden Daniels, qb, LSU. 3. New England, Drake Maye, qb, North Carolina. 4. Arizona, Marvin Harrison Jr., wr, Ohio State. 5. L.A. Chargers, Joe Alt, ot, Notre Dame. 6. N.Y. Giants, Malik Nabers Senate races are roiled by campus protests over the war in Gaza as campaign rhetoric sharpens 05/04/2024 11:26am • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The student protest movement disrupting university campuses, classes and graduation ceremonies over the war in Gaza is also roiling Senate contests across the nation as Democrats tread cautiously over an internal divide and Republicans play up their rivals' disagreements. Th Sports on TV for Sunday, May 5 05/04/2024 10:00am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, May 5 AUTO RACING 3 p.m. FS1 — NASCAR Cup Series: The AdventHealth 400, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kan. 3:55 p.m. ABC — Formula 1: The Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix, Miami International Autodrome, Miami 4 p.m. NBC — AMA S After Roe, the network of people who help others get abortions see themselves as 'the underground' 05/04/2024 08:48am • NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Waiting in a long post office line with the latest shipment of “abortion aftercare kits,” Kimra Luna got a text. A woman who’d taken abortion pills three weeks earlier was worried about bleeding — and disclosing the cause to a doctor. “Bleeding doesn’t mean you need After Roe, the network of people who help others get abortions see themselves as 'the underground' 05/04/2024 08:47am • NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Waiting in a long post office line with the latest shipment of “abortion aftercare kits,” Kimra Luna got a text. A woman who’d taken abortion pills three weeks earlier was worried about bleeding — and disclosing the cause to a doctor. “Bleeding doesn’t mean you need A sellout for a WNBA preseason game? Welcome to the league's Caitlin Clark era 05/04/2024 08:08am • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — More than three hours before Caitlin Clark made her WNBA debut with the Indiana Fever in a preseason game against the Dallas Wings on Friday night, some fans among the sellout crowd were lined up outside the arena dressed in No. 22 University of Iowa jerseys. And Clark put GOP lawmaker: University presidents 'are just wimps' 05/04/2024 07:50am • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at Today on the Hill. Congressional Republicans have been unified in their criticism of university administrators, charging that many have been weak and inconsistent in their response to prote Congressman praises heckling of war protesters, including 1 who made monkey gestures at Black woman 05/03/2024 10:43pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Israel-Hamas war demonstrations at the University of Mississippi turned ugly this week when one counter-protester appeared to make monkey noises and gestures at a Black student in a raucous gathering that was endorsed by a far-right congressman from Georgia. “Ole Miss takin Striking deals to end campus protests, some colleges invite discussion of their investments 05/03/2024 10:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Anti-war demonstrations ceased this week at a small number of U.S. universities after school leaders struck deals with pro-Palestinian protesters, fending off possible disruptions of final exams and graduation ceremonies. The agreements at schools including Brown, Northwestern and The Latest | Israel's planned invasion of Rafah risks killing hundreds of thousands, UN says 05/03/2024 07:30pm • The United Nations humanitarian aid agency says hundreds of thousands of people would be “at imminent risk of death” if Israel carries out a military assault in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The border city is a critical entry point for humanitarian aid and is filled with displaced Palestinia Settlement could cost NCAA nearly $3 billion; plan to pay athletes would need federal protection 05/03/2024 07:21pm • SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The NCAA and major college conferences are considering a possible settlement of an antitrust lawsuit that could cost them billions in damages and force schools to share athletics-related revenue with their athletes. But even if college sports leaders create a new, more pr Slain Charlotte officer remembered as hard-charging cop with soft heart for his family 05/03/2024 07:05pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Friends, colleagues and the wife of fallen Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Joshua Eyer remembered him Friday as a hard-charging outwardly stern cop who also peppered friends with “how's things” texts and showered love on his wife and young son. Thousands packed the South Carolina court orders ACC to provide Clemson with ESPN agreements 05/03/2024 06:29pm • CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina court has ordered the Atlantic Coast Conference to turn over documents about its agreements with ESPN that Clemson has requested in its lawsuit against the conference. The interim confidentiality order was released on Friday. It said the ACC has seven days to