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The top photos of the day by AP photojournalists 04/23/2026 10:06pm • From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today���s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors. Suns guard Devin Booker fined $35,000 for public criticism of officials after Thunder game 04/23/2026 10:04pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� Phoenix Suns All-Star guard Devin Booker was fined $35,000 for public criticism of officiating following the team's Game 2 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night. James Jones, the NBA's Head of Basketball Operations, made the announcement on Thursday. The league said i Bob Baffert names record $10.5M colt Zedan after it joins his Santa Anita stable 04/23/2026 10:01pm • ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) ��� A colt that sold for a record $10.5 million has been named Zedan by Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert. The colt joined Baffert's stable at Santa Anita this week after arriving from Florida, where he was purchased at a sale for 2-year-olds in training last weekend by Amr Ze Inside the NFL draft suits: Family photos, sponsor art and a comic book reveal 04/23/2026 10:00pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Preparing for any big show means dressing up and bringing style. The red carpet for the NFL draft under the bright sunshine of Pittsburgh means sunglasses are a must. So too tailored suits spanning a gamut of color. Embroidery featuring names of loved ones. And don't forget the Built in Greenbelt, NASA���s Roman Space Telescope prepares to map the universe 04/23/2026 09:52pm • Inside a clean room at NASA���s Goddard Space Flight Center, engineers have finished building and testing a massive new space telescope designed to study the universe on an unprecedented scale. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, named after NASA���s first chief astronomer, is now complete a Bucks are finalizing a deal with Taylor Jenkins to take over as coach, AP source says 04/23/2026 09:52pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� The Milwaukee Bucks are finalizing a deal with Taylor Jenkins to fill their head-coaching position that became vacant after Doc Rivers��� departure, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Thursday. The person spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity Pope urges US and Iran to return to peace talks and condemns capital punishment 04/23/2026 09:47pm • ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) ��� Pope Leo XIV urged the United States and Iran to return to talks to end the war Thursday and condemned capital punishment, in a wide-ranging press conference en route home from his trip to Africa. Leo also asserted that countries have the right to control their border Exchange of gunfire inside Mall of Louisiana leaves 1 person dead and 5 wounded 04/23/2026 09:43pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) ��� An exchange of gunfire at a food court inside a Louisiana mall on Thursday killed one person and wounded five others and sent workers and shoppers scrambling for safety, police and witnesses said. Authorities described the shooting inside the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Roug Why the European Union's wartime loan is a vital lifeline for cash-strapped Ukraine 04/23/2026 09:42pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Cash-strapped Ukraine has secured a crucial European Union loan that will provide a vital lifeline to sustain its wartime efforts this year. The 90 billion-euro ($106 billion) package was formally approved on Thursday, days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announc Nuggets rule Aaron Gordon out of Game 3 against the Timberwolves with tightness in his calf 04/23/2026 09:37pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon was ruled out of Game 3 of the first-round NBA playoff series at Minnesota on Thursday because of tightness in his left calf muscle. After initially listing Gordon as questionable to face the Timberwolves, the Nuggets downgraded the 12th-year Police to parents: Pay attention to laws on dirt bike licensing and operation 04/23/2026 09:36pm • A 13-year-old boy faces a raft of charges ��� including reckless and negligent driving ��� after driving a dirt bike up and down a busy stretch of road in downtown Bethesda Wednesday evening. Montgomery County Police say they got multiple calls about a group of teenagers on e-bikes and dirt bikes From beauty to transportation, a lack of water and power forces Cubans to change their routines 04/23/2026 09:34pm • HAVANA (AP) ��� Eduvirgen Zamora hides her hands out of embarrassment these days. Her nails are down to the quick, except for her thumbs, which feature inch-long talons covered in fancy silver swirls. Unable to afford a new set of nails as Cuba���s economic crises grind on, the 56-year-old cafeteria 'Two ways of calculating': Trump defends his mathematically impossible calculations on drug prices 04/23/2026 09:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump, who helped push the term ��� fake news ��� into the mainstream, now seems to have a new favorite subject: fake math. During a Thursday event announcing a deal with drugmaker Regeneron to lower the cost of its pharmaceutical products, Trump defended his pas Winning numbers drawn in Thursday���s Maryland Pick 4 Evening 04/23/2026 09:20pm • The winning numbers in Thursday evening���s drawing of the "Maryland Pick 4 Evening" game were: 4, 5, 8, 9 (four, five, eight, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets Winning numbers drawn in Thursday���s Maryland Pick 5 Evening 04/23/2026 09:20pm • The winning numbers in Thursday evening���s drawing of the "Maryland Pick 5 Evening" game were: 0, 1, 2, 4, 6 (zero, one, two, four, six) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets