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What is horse racing doing to prevent catastrophic injuries? 05/08/2023 04:43pm • The deaths of seven horses at the home of the Kentucky Derby has intensified the debate over the safety of horse racing. Two of the deaths occurred as the result of race injuries on Derby day, when more than 150,000 people jammed Churchill Downs. “While each incident reported has been unique, it Ed Sheeran reacts to court victory, new album and Disney+ documentary 'The Sum of It All' 05/08/2023 04:34pm • Ed Sheeran is breathing a sigh of relief after a jury found last week that he did not steal key components of Marvin Gaye’s classic 1973 tune "Let’s Get It On” to create his own Grammy-winning song “Thinking Out Loud" in 2014. Sheeran joined WTOP's sister station, The Mix in Chicago, to Spain women's race apologizes for food processor gift 05/08/2023 03:50pm • MADRID (AP) — The organizers of a women's running race in Spain apologized on Monday after the winner was offered a food processor to take home, sparking accusations of sexism. The seven-kilometer (more than four-mile) Carrera de la Mujer (Women's Race) issued a statement on Twitter saying it hadn Colts owner warns NFL teams about tampering with Andrew Luck 05/08/2023 02:08pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts want other NFL teams to know they consider contacting former quarterback Andrew Luck or his representatives to be tampering. Team owner Jim Irsay made it clear in a Twitter post late Sunday night following a weekend report from ESPN that the Washington Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 05/08/2023 01:48pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Virginia teen dies from sand hole collapse in North Carolina 05/08/2023 12:47pm • NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Authorities in coastal North Carolina are investigating the death of a teenager who became trapped in a hole that was dug in the sand, the latest fatality from the scourge of sand holes that continues to claim young people's lives. The 17-year-old male died Saturday afternoon Vida Blue, led Oakland to 3 World Series titles, dies at 73 05/07/2023 10:48pm • Vida Blue, a hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball’s biggest draws in the early 1970s and helped lead the brash A’s to three straight World Series titles before his career was derailed by drug problems, died Saturday, according to the team. He was 73. Blue died at a hospital in Sa 7 Dividend ETFs for Retirement Investors 05/07/2023 08:00pm • One of the trickier tasks for retired investors is ensuring a safe perpetual withdrawal rate from their nest eggs. That is, the retiree must be able to not only draw on a steady stream of income that funds their living expenses, but also ensure that the portfolio is not depleted before they die. As Far-right activist Ammon Bundy's latest standoff is in court 05/07/2023 04:16pm • EMMETT, Idaho (AP) — A far-right activist best known for his showdowns with federal and state law enforcement officials in Oregon and Nevada is waging a one-sided standoff of a different kind after refusing to comply with court orders in an Idaho defamation lawsuit. The lawsuit by St. Luke's Regio 150 years later, Dixon bridge tragedy among nation's worst 05/07/2023 12:23pm • DIXON, Ill. (AP) — Gertie Wadsworth was in the arms of her grandmother that bright day when sunshine dissolved distasteful memories of a long, brutal winter. Christan Goble held the 3 1/2-year-old girl in a crowd of more than 200 on the bridge over the Rock River. After a procession down Galena Av Ed Sheeran on changing course with his latest album, 'Subtract' 05/07/2023 09:59am • ▶ Watch Video: Ed Sheeran on "Subtract," songwriting, and lawsuits Pop star Ed Sheeran has been on a stage of a different sort this past week, defending himself in court against a claim of plagiarism. "I'm obviously very happy with the outcome of the case," he said in New York City on Sterling win at UFC 288 may send Cejudo back to retirement 05/07/2023 02:54am • NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Aljamain Sterling landed enough stiff knees and elbows in a split-decision victory against a battered Henry Cejudo that the punishment may push the former UFC two-division champion back into retirement. Moments after winning his ninth straight bout and surviving his latest 135- A's beat Royals 5-4, win back-to-back for 1st time 05/06/2023 11:20pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics won consecutive games for the first time this season as Ryan Noda had a triple and double, reaching base four times in a 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night. Noda was 5 for 7 with three doubles, a triple, four runs and four RBIs in th Virginia fitness studio powered by artificial intelligence 05/06/2023 09:01am • HENRICO, Va. (AP) — Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT are having more of an influence over our lives from shopping and streaming services to education, health care and the way we get information about the world. A newly opened fitness studio is now harnessing that power with the goal of g New Twitter rules expose election offices to spoof accounts 05/06/2023 08:43am • NEW YORK (AP) — Tracking down accurate information about Philadelphia's elections on Twitter used to be easy. The account for the city commissioners who run elections, @phillyvotes, was the only one carrying a blue check mark, a sign of authenticity. But ever since the social media platform overha