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California ski resort extends its season after a major spring snowstorm 04/13/2026 02:05pm • MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. (AP) ��� A spring storm dumped more than than 3.5 feet (1 meter) of snow in California's eastern Sierra Nevada, briefly closing a key interstate and extending the ski season at Mammoth Mountain. The weekend storm came just weeks after a March heat wave melted much of California UK report lays bare 'catastrophic' missed chances before stabbings at girls' dance class 04/13/2026 02:02pm • LONDON (AP) ��� A mass killing by a British teenager who fatally stabbed three girls and seriously wounded 10 other people at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in 2024 ���could and should have been prevented��� if his parents and state agencies had acted as his well-known fixation on violence escala NASCAR Craftsman Truck Winners 04/13/2026 02:00pm • Through April 12 1. Chandler Smith, 208 (1). 2. Kaden Honeycutt, 207 (0). 3. Corey Heim, 204 (2). 4. Layne Riggs, 204 (1). 5. Christian Eckes, 191 (0). 6. Giovanni Ruggiero, 187 (0). 7. Ty Majeski, 182 (0). 8. Ben Rhodes, 181 (0). NASCAR O'Reilly Winners 04/13/2026 02:00pm • Through April 12 1. Justin Allgaier, 3. 2. Sheldon Creed, 1. 2. Austin Hill, 1. 2. Kyle Larson, 1. 2. William Sawalich, 1. 2. Shane Van Gisbergen, 1. 2. Connor Zilisch, 1. NASCAR Cup Series Winners 04/13/2026 02:00pm • Through April 12 1. Tyler Reddick, 4. 2. Ryan Blaney, 1. 2. Chase Elliott, 1. 2. Ty Gibbs, 1. 2. Denny Hamlin, 1. Natalie Sago becomes 3rd woman ever picked to referee NBA playoff games 04/13/2026 02:00pm • NBA referee Natalie Sago thought a bad call was about to take place. A bad phone call, that is. She was wrong. The NBA on Monday announced the list of 36 officials selected to work this season's play-in tournament and first round of the playoffs. Sago is on the list, making her the third woman in le Waiting for kidney and pancreas transplants, Heat equipment manager remains focused on work 04/13/2026 01:57pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� Rob Pimental is standing at his desk inside his office, getting through what'll be another 12-hour day. The Miami Heat director of team operations is staring at an oversized computer screen, typing away on a flight plan, a half-eaten bowl of salad to the left of his keyboard. An IV st House Ethics panel launches investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell 04/13/2026 01:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� House Ethics panel launches investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell. Suspect arrested after North Carolina woman reports she was set on fire at home 04/13/2026 01:52pm • ROSEBORO, N.C. (AP) ��� A suspect was arrested Monday after a North Carolina woman with serious burns told authorities a man had doused her with gasoline at her home and set her on fire, authorities said. The suspect was located in a wooded area behind a residence and was taken into custody without College Baseball Notebook: UCLA coach says when it comes to 27-game winning streak, mum's the word 04/13/2026 01:48pm • UCLA is on the cusp of entering all-time territory with the 27-game winning streak it carried into the week. With their sweep at Rutgers, the Bruins matched 2015 Illinois for most consecutive wins in Big Ten history. A nonconference win against UC Santa Barbara on Tuesday would give UCLA the longest Judge dismisses Trump���s $10B lawsuit against WSJ, Murdoch over reporting on ties to Epstein 04/13/2026 01:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A federal judge dismissed President Donald Trump���s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch on Monday over a story on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles in Florida wrote in the order that Trump had failed t Minnesota county investigates ICE arrest of Hmong American man as a potential case of kidnapping and false imprisonment 04/13/2026 01:38pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ��� Minnesota county investigates ICE arrest of Hmong American man as a potential case of kidnapping and false imprisonment. Project 2025 author Paul Dans drops primary challenge to Lindsey Graham in South Carolina 04/13/2026 01:35pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� Paul Dans, a chief architect of Project 2025, has shuttered his Republican primary challenge to Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina, in a contest set to test the loyalties of President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement in this year���s midterm election. Dans pulled out Fri Sleeper Promo Code WTOP: Get $100 Bonus for Mets-Dodgers, MLB Picks This Week 04/13/2026 01:21pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services New users can take advantage of an exclusive welcome offer ahead of tonight's MLB slate with the Sleeper promo code WTOP. All new users Iran war's global energy crisis sharpens China���s advantage in clean tech 04/13/2026 01:18pm • HONG KONG (AP) ��� China is poised to benefit from the Iran war as global energy disruptions accelerate a shift away from fossil fuels and toward clean technologies and renewable power, industries that China dominates, experts say. Most of the oil and gas from the now mostly shut Strait of Hormuz wa