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In the coliseum of American over-the-topness, WrestleMania stands alone 04/04/2024 10:50am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — He surveyed the Arizona crowd that had paid to catch a wrestling glimpse of the planet's mightiest heavyweight, as measured in both box-office heft and ink-stained muscles. Then The Rock let the abuse fly. And as with so many public outbursts these days, attacking his opponents Things to do in the DC area: Capital Art Book Fair, AdMo Art Walk … and more! 04/04/2024 08:02am • There’s so much to do in the D.C. area in the coming days, and WTOP has you covered with our weekly roundup of area events worth anticipating. Check back every Thursday for a roundup of Things to do in the D.C. area. The 2023 Capital Art Book Fair. (Photo courtesy of East City Art) Over Kim takes 1st-round lead in T-Mobile Match Play, with wind and lower temperatures on the way 04/04/2024 01:49am • NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Sei Young Kim took advantage of ideal playing conditions Wednesday, shooting a 6-under 66 in the opening round of the T-Mobile Match Play. Las Vegas-area residents Danielle Kang and Rose Zhang, making the best use of not having to go on the road, were each just a strok WATCH: Fairfax Co. police 'narrowly escaped line-of-duty death' in chaotic 'street takeover,' chief says 04/03/2024 10:00pm • WATCH: Four ppl facing criminal charges in this chaotic incident over the weekend in Springfield, Virginia. Fairfax County police chief says he thinks they “narrowly escaped a line of duty death.” He says people tried to drag an officer out of her car. @WTOP pic.twitter.com/NXv8Ozmzsz — Nic 'More work to do' to combat crime in downtown Silver Spring, Montgomery Co. officials say 04/03/2024 08:00pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, held a news conference Wednesday on their efforts to cut crime in downtown Silver Spring, emphasizing that progress is being made despite challenges that include police department staffing levels. Noting that crime for the first quarter of the current yea Amid Masters prep, McIlroy and DeChambeau among players agreeing that divided golf isn't ideal 04/03/2024 05:47pm • DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau will be the in the same place next week, when they head to Augusta National for the Masters. They're saying the same things this week, albeit a golf world apart. Sounding an alarm going into the year's first major, McIlroy and DeChambeau were a Caitlin Clark's path to stardom paved by pioneering players who changed trajectory for women's hoops 04/03/2024 12:02pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Long before Caitlin Clark broke records, packed arenas across the country like a Taylor Swift in sneakers and inspired young girls to be like her, women's basketball looked very different than it does today. Until 1997, there was no WNBA. Media coverage was minimal. The madness of Biden and Trump win Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and Wisconsin primaries 04/02/2024 11:51pm • KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Voters in four states weighed in Tuesday on their parties' presidential nominees, a largely symbolic vote now that both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have locked up the Democratic and Republican nominations. Biden and Trump easily won primaries in Rhode Mexico's president mourns local candidate killed shortly after starting her campaign 04/02/2024 09:23pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's president said Tuesday he was saddened by the killing of a mayoral candidate just hours after she requested protection and started campaigning. A city council candidate also went missing in the same attack on Monday, but later turned up, authorities said. President Andr NCAA investment in a second women's basketball tournament emerges as a big hit in Indy 04/02/2024 03:18pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — As the eagerly anticipated LSU-Iowa women's rematch was about to tip off, Washington State coach Kamie Ethridge took a seat in Indianapolis, lamented her team's season-ending loss and celebrated another milestone moment for the sport. Four more women's teams were playing here, Colorado brings in Hall of Fame defensive lineman Warren Sapp as grad assistant to work with Buffs 04/01/2024 11:07pm • Hall of Fame defensive lineman Warren Sapp is headed back to the classroom in order to be more of a hands-on coach for the Colorado Buffaloes. Deion Sanders added the 51-year-old Sapp to the staff as a graduate assistant, which paves the way for him to work on the field with the team. Sapp, who's t NCAA says 3-point line drawn 9 inches short at apex for Portland women's regional by court supplier 04/01/2024 08:58pm • The NCAA said Monday one of the 3-point lines on the court used for the women's basketball regionals in Portland, Oregon, was about 9 inches short of regulation at its apex, a mistake by the contractor that makes the courts used throughout March Madness. The line on the court at Moda Center was corr Nelly Korda rallies to win 3rd straight LPGA Tour start at Ford Championship 03/31/2024 08:07pm • GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) — Nelly Korda won her hometown event in a playoff after closing eagle-birdie. She withstood brutal wind in Southern California to win in another playoff last week. The world No. 1 made it three straight by staying steady through a soggy Sunday in the desert. Korda became the f 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" roars to an $80 million box office opening 03/31/2024 04:24pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Godzilla-King Kong combo stomped on expectations as “ Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire ” roared to an $80 million opening on 3,861 North American screens, according to Sunday studio estimates. The monster merger from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures starring Rebecca Danielle Collins wins Miami Open on her final try, topping Elena Rybakina in straight sets 03/30/2024 07:32pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Danielle Collins had the perfect send-off at her final Miami Open, beating Elena Rybakina 7-5, 6-3 on Saturday to capture the title in her home state before an adoring crowd that included Andre Agassi and Martina Navratilova. The 30-year-old Collins announced at the Aust