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Firefighters to tackle scaffolding dangling outside ruins of fire-ravaged Danish landmark 04/19/2024 05:03am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Firefighters in Copenhagen plan to start taking down scaffolding that is left dangling dangerously Friday outside the ruins of the Danish capital's historic Old Stock Exchange building after a fire tore through it and collapsed much of its structure. A large blaze broke AP Explains: 4/20 grew from humble roots to marijuana's high holiday 04/19/2024 01:23am • 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 Reality TV's Chrisleys are appealing their bank fraud and tax evasion convictions in federal court 04/19/2024 12:04am • ATLANTA (AP) — Reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who are in prison after being convicted on federal charges of bank fraud and tax evasion, are challenging aspects of their convictions and sentences in a federal appeals court. The Chrisleys rose to fame with their show “Chrisley Knows Bes Bitcoin's next 'halving' is right around the corner. Here's what you need to know 04/19/2024 12:01am • NEW YORK (AP) — Sometime in the next few days or even hours, the “miners” who chisel bitcoins out of complex mathematics are going to take a 50% pay cut — effectively slicing new production of the world’s largest cryptocurrency in half. That could have a lot of implications, from the pric Music Review: Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' is great sad pop, meditative theater 04/19/2024 12:01am • Who knew what Taylor Swift's latest era would bring? Or even what it would sound like? Would it build off the moodiness of “Midnights” or the folk of “evermore”? The country or the '80s pop of her latest re-records? Or its two predecessors in black-and-white covers: the revenge-pop of “Rep Today in History: April 19, 80 killed in Waco Siege, 168 killed in Oklahoma City bombing 04/19/2024 12:00am • Today is Friday, April 19, the 110th day of 2024. There are 256 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 19, 1993, the 51-day siege at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, ended as fire destroyed the structure after federal agents began smashing their way in; about A former Maldives president is freed after a high court throws out his 11-year sentence 04/18/2024 09:27pm • MALE, Maldives (AP) — A court in the Maldives on Thursday threw out former President Abdulla Yameen's 11-year prison sentence on money laundering and bribery charges and ordered a retrial. The development comes two days ahead of parliamentary elections in this Indian Ocean archipelago nation, kno US deports about 50 Haitians to nation hit with gang violence, ending monthslong pause in flights 04/18/2024 09:13pm • MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration sent about 50 Haitians back to their country on Thursday, authorities said, marking the first deportation flight in several months to the Caribbean nation struggling with surging gang violence. The Homeland Security Department said in a statement that it “wi More human remains believed those of missing woman wash up on beach 04/18/2024 08:44pm • SOUTH MILWAUKEE (AP) — More human remains, including a torso, that are believed to belong to a missing woman have washed up on a beach along Lake Michigan, authorities said Thursday. The torso and an arm believed to belong to 19-year-old Sade Robinson were found Thursday morning along a remote str Brazil's president creates two new Indigenous territories, bringing total in his term to 10 04/18/2024 08:30pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Thursday announced the creation of two new Indigenous territories for Brazil, bringing the total number of new reserves during this term to 10. The Cacique Fontoura reserve will be in Mato Grosso state and the Aldeia Velha territory will be Choctaw artist Jeffrey Gibson confronts history at US pavilion as its first solo Indigenous artist 04/18/2024 08:29pm • VENICE, Italy (AP) — Jeffrey Gibson’s takeover of the U.S. pavilion for this year’s Venice Biennale contemporary art show is a celebration of color, pattern and craft, which is immediately evident on approaching the bright red facade decorated by a colorful clash of geometry and a foreground d Legislation that could force a TikTok ban revived as part of House foreign aid package 04/18/2024 06:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S. if its China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake won a major boost late Wednesday when House Republican leaders included it in a package of bills that would send aid to Ukraine and Israel. The bill could be law as soon as next week i Social media searches play central role at jury selection for Trump's first criminal trial 04/18/2024 06:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — When the first batch of potential jurors was brought in for Donald Trump's criminal trial this week, all the lawyers had to go on to size them up at first were their names and the answers they gave in court to a set of screening questions. Then the lawyers went to work, scouring so Scheffler wiped out from Masters and opens with a 69 at Hilton Head. He trails Poston by 6 shots 04/18/2024 06:36pm • HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler is running on fumes after an exhausting Masters victory just four days ago. He hit a shank from a bunker. He nearly lost his mind from mud on his golf ball. And he still managed a 2-under 69 at the RBC Heritage on Thursday. J.T. Poston set the pace Loudoun Co. judge sets new jury trial for fired superintendent Ziegler, challenge possible 04/18/2024 05:48pm • A Loudoun County, Virginia, judge set a new trial date for fired school superintendent Scott Ziegler and made no reference to Ziegler's attorneys claim that the judge erred in ordering a new trial after setting aside a previous misdemeanor conviction. Thursday morning, Circuit Court Judge Douglas