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Maryland native Helen Maroulis becomes first US female wrestler to qualify for 3 Olympic teams 04/20/2024 09:46pm • STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Helen Maroulis, the first American woman to win a wrestling gold medal, became the first U.S. female wrestler to qualify for three Summer Games as she earned a spot Saturday night on the American team for Paris. Maroulis, competing at 57 kilograms, dominated former Oly Trump cancels rally because of weather, proving the difficulty of balancing a trial and campaign 04/20/2024 08:56pm • WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Donald Trump had to cancel his first planned rally since the start of his criminal hush money trial because of a storm Saturday evening in North Carolina, an added complication that highlights the difficulty the former president faces in juggling his legal troubles with his Ober throws 6 solid innings as Twins stop 5-game slide by edging Tigers 4-3 04/20/2024 05:44pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bailey Ober pitched six solid innings, and the Minnesota Twins stopped a five-game slide by edging the Detroit Tigers 4-3 on Saturday. Byron Buxton and Austin Martin each had two hits for Minnesota, which scored three runs on sacrifice flies. Wenceel Pérez, Javier Báez and Ker Sports on TV for Sunday, April 21 04/20/2024 04:40pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, April 21 AUTO RACING 3 p.m. FOX — NASCAR Cup Series: The GEICO 500, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Ala. 3:30 p.m. USA — NTT IndyCar Series: The Acura Grand Prix Of Long Beach, Long Beach, Calif. 1 a.m. (Monday) CNBC — Former Auburn point guard Aden Holloway plans transfer to rival Alabama 04/20/2024 04:20pm • TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Former Auburn point guard Aden Holloway plans to transfer to rival Alabama. The former five-star recruit, who played for the Tigers as a freshman, told On3.com of his plans on Saturday. Holloway started 26 games for the Tigers, averaging 7.3 points and 2.7 assists, includin David Pryor, former governor and senator of Arkansas, dies at age 89 04/20/2024 02:35pm • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former Arkansas governor and U.S. Sen. David Pryor, a Democrat who was one of the state’s most beloved political figures and remained active in public service in the state long after he left office, has died. He was 89. Pryor, who went undercover to investigate nursing h Biden avoids a further Mideast spiral as Israel and Iran show restraint. But for how long? 04/20/2024 02:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden can breathe a bit easier, at least for the moment, now that Israel and Iran appear to have stepped back from the brink of tipping the Middle East into all-out war. Israel's retaliatory strikes on Iran and Syria caused limited damage. The restrained action came North Carolina's Harrison Ingram opts to enter the NBA draft 04/20/2024 12:57pm • CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina starting wing Harrison Ingram is entering the NBA draft. The 6-foot-7, 225-pound Ingram announced his plans with a statement and video posted on social media Saturday. Ingram arrived after averaging 10.5 points in two seasons at Stanford. He was the No. 3 s The drug war devastated Black and other minority communities. Is marijuana legalization helping? 04/20/2024 12:21am • ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — When Washington state opened some of the nation's first legal marijuana stores in 2014, Sam Ward Jr. was on electronic home detention in Spokane, where he had been indicted on federal drug charges. He would soon be off to prison to serve the lion's share of a four-year sent Two-time world champ J’den Cox retires at US Olympic wrestling trials; 44-year-old reaches finals 04/19/2024 10:44pm • STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — J’den Cox walked off the mat after dropping a 2-2 decision to Kollin Moore at the U.S. Olympic wrestling trials on Friday night, leaving his shoes behind to a standing ovation. The bronze medal winner at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016 was beaten by the fourth-seede USC cancels graduation keynote by filmmaker amid controversy over decision to drop student's speech 04/19/2024 10:43pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of Southern California further shook up its commencement plans Friday, announcing the cancelation of a keynote speech by filmmaker Jon M. Chu just days after making the controversial choice to disallow the student valedictorian from speaking. The private universit Judge tentatively sides with California AG in fight over ballot measure on students' gender ID 04/19/2024 08:27pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California judge has tentatively sided with state Attorney General Rob Bonta in a dispute over the title of a proposed ballot measure that would require school staff to notify parents if their child asks to change gender identification at schools. A group backing the me 4/20 grew from humble roots to marijuana's high holiday 04/19/2024 07:58pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Saturday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather — at 4:20 p.m. — in clouds of smoke on campus quads and pot shops in legal-weed states thank their customers with discounts. This year’s edition provides an occasion for activists to reflect Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department' is here. Is it poetry? This is what experts say 04/19/2024 06:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift has released her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” But just how poetic is it? Is it even possible to close read lyrics like poems, divorced from their source material? The Associated Press spoke to four experts to assess how Swift's latest album s Nebraska's governor says he'll call lawmakers back to address tax relief 04/19/2024 05:47pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen threatened from the beginning of this year's legislative session that he would call lawmakers back for a special session if they failed to pass a bill to significantly ease soaring property taxes. On the last day of the 60-day session Thursday, some lawm