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'Ozempig' remains Minnesota baseball team's mascot despite uproar that name is form of fat-shaming 03/29/2024 02:49pm • For a Minnesota minor league baseball team known for a history of outlandish promotions, the idea of naming its longtime live pig mascot after the weight loss drug Ozempic made perfect sense. The St. Paul Saints quickly found out that not everyone was amused by the pig's name, Ozempig, or the tea For years she thought her son had died of an overdose. The police video changed all that 03/29/2024 12:39pm • BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — It was in the den that Karen Goodwin most strongly felt her son’s presence: On the coffee table were his ashes, inside a clock with its hands forever frozen at 12:35 a.m., the moment that a doctor had pronounced him dead. As Goodwin swept and dusted the room, she’d often An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve shows price pressures easing gradually 03/29/2024 11:41am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of inflation that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve slipped last month in a sign that price pressures continue to ease. The government reported Friday that prices rose 0.3% from January to February, decelerating from a 0.4% increase the previous month in a poten Republican panel's selection to be Rep. Buck's likely replacement is a saving grace for Boebert 03/29/2024 02:47am • DENVER (AP) — A Colorado Republican panel made a surprising decision Thursday night, choosing a former mayor, Greg Lopez, to be U.S. Rep. Ken Buck's likely replacement until the November general election, a saving grace for Rep. Lauren Boebert's bid for another term in Congress. Lopez will now Building a new Key Bridge could take years and cost at least $400 million, experts say 03/29/2024 12:10am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Rebuilding Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge could take anywhere from 18 months to several years, experts say, while the cost could be at least $400 million — or more than twice that. It all depends on factors that are still mostly unknown. They range from Key findings from AP's investigation into police force that isn't supposed to be lethal 03/28/2024 11:34pm • Every day, police in the U.S. rely on common use-of-force tactics that, unlike guns, are meant to stop people without killing them. But when misused, these tactics can still end in death. Over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blo What Is the Always Hungry Solution Plan? 03/28/2024 08:00pm • Based on the 2016 book "Always Hungry" written by Dr. David Ludwig, an endocrinologist at Boston Children's Hospital, the Always Hungry Solution plan is an approach to eating that focuses on eating high-quality proteins, healthy fats and fewer processed carbs. Calorie counting isn't part of the Alwa Why did more than 1,000 people die after police subdued them with force that isn't meant to kill? 03/28/2024 11:23am • Carl Grant, a Vietnam veteran with dementia, wandered out of a hospital room to charge a cellphone he imagined he had. When he wouldn’t sit still, the police officer escorting Grant body-slammed him, ricocheting the patient’s head off the floor. Taylor Ware, a former Marine and aspiring college What to know about the cargo ship Dali, a mid-sized ocean monster that took down a Baltimore bridge 03/28/2024 08:48am • Here's what to know about the cargo ship Dali that crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse and leaving six bridge construction workers presumed dead. MONSTERS OF THE OCEAN If stood upright, the Dali would reach almost to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris or abo McBride scores 29, Robinson returns from injury and Knicks rout reeling Raptors 145-101 03/27/2024 10:56pm • TORONTO (AP) — Miles McBride matched a career-high with 29 points, Jalen Brunson had 26 and New York never trailed in a 145-101 win over the slumping Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night, the Knicks' biggest margin of victory this season. Precious Achiuwa had 19 points and 12 rebounds against his fo Monos vs. Away: Luggage Comparison Charts 03/27/2024 08:00pm • When it comes to purchasing new luggage, the final decision for many buyers often comes down to two brands: Monos and Away. Both brands offer similarly designed hard-sided luggage in the same price range. They've both been around for about the same amount of time as well -- Away launched in 2015, an Remains of 2 people recovered after Baltimore Key Bridge collapse 03/27/2024 07:45pm • Listen to WTOP online and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM for our team coverage. Searchers recovered the remains of two people from the Patapsco River after a massive container ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday morning. The discovery came amid a daylo South Carolina House OKs bill they say will keep the lights on. Others worry oversight will be lost 03/27/2024 03:22pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A wide-ranging bill backers say will ensure South Carolina has plenty of electric power passed a key vote Wednesday in the House, but opponents complained it would roll back billions of dollars in lessons learned after a proposed nuclear plant never generated a watt of power. Should college essays touch on race? Some feel the affirmative action ruling leaves them no choice 03/27/2024 02:51pm • CHICAGO (AP) — When she started writing her college essay, Hillary Amofa told the story she thought admissions offices wanted to hear. About being the daughter of immigrants from Ghana and growing up in a small apartment in Chicago. About hardship and struggle. Then she deleted it all. “I would Ahmaud Arbery's killers ask a US appeals court to overturn their hate crime convictions 03/27/2024 01:34pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Attorneys for three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia subdivision asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to throw out their hate crime convictions, arguing that prosecutors relied on their history of racist comments without proving they targeted Arbery beca