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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 Medvedev fined $7,000 for smashing his racket 7 times at the Monte Carlo Masters 04/13/2026 01:10pm • Former No. 1 Daniil Medvedev was fined 6,000 euros ($7,000) for unsportsmanlike conduct after he smashed his racket seven times during a 6-0, 6-0 loss to Matteo Berrettini at the Monte Carlo Masters last week, the ATP Tour confirmed to The Associated Press on Monday. Medvedev, who is currently ranke BetMGM Bonus Code TOP1500: Claim $1,500 Bonus for MLB, NBA Play-In Games 04/13/2026 01:09pm • 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 Get in on one of two no-brainer welcome offers for a huge week in sports by signing up with the BetMGM bonus code TOP1500. Most new use Swimming becomes first major Olympic sport to lift restrictions on Russian athletes 04/13/2026 01:04pm • Russian swimmers, divers and water polo players will be allowed to compete without restrictions and with their national flag and anthem. The decision by governing body World Aquatics marks a major shift in how a key sport treats Russia ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and prompted condemnation A 16-year-old from Florida has been charged with sexually assaulting and killing his teenage stepsister on a cruise ship 04/13/2026 12:53pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� A 16-year-old from Florida has been charged with sexually assaulting and killing his teenage stepsister on a cruise ship. Hollywood heavyweights voice 'unequivocal opposition' to Paramount-Warner merger in open letter 04/13/2026 12:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� More than a thousand movie stars, writers, directors and other Hollywood professionals announced their ���unequivocal opposition��� to the proposed Paramount merger with Warner Bros. Discovery in an open letter published Monday. A large swath of the movie industry, including Denis Trump administration agrees to keep flying a rainbow Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument in New York 04/13/2026 12:44pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Trump administration agrees to keep flying a rainbow Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument in New York. As Michigan falls further behind, some ask: Time to overhaul high school? 04/13/2026 12:35pm • Michigan���s high-school graduation rate reached a new high last year, but test scores indicate only 27% of students left prepared for college. Pointing to that seemingly contradictory data and other concerning metrics, education groups ��� and a former Michigan governor ��� are proposing to reimagi USA Today Baseball Coaches Poll 04/13/2026 12:30pm • Dropped out: No. 16 UCF (20-12); No. 23 NC State (24-12). Others receiving votes: NC State (24-12) 74; UCF (20-12) 49; Jacksonville St. (29-8) 33; Miami (27-9) 15; Tennessee (24-12) 14; California Baptist (29-7) 13; Missouri St. (24-10) 6; Wake Forest (24-13) 5; Kentucky (25-10) 4; UC Santa Barbara Senegal has first conviction under law toughening punishment for homosexual acts 04/13/2026 12:21pm • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ��� A court in Senegal has issued the first conviction under a new law increasing the punishment for homosexuality. A court in Dakar suburb Pikine-Gu��diawaye sentenced a 24-year-old laborer on Friday to six years in prison and fined him 2 million CFA ($3,300) for ���acts against Hungarian election victor Magyar says he���d speak with Putin and ask him to end the war in Ukraine 04/13/2026 12:14pm • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ��� Hungarian election winner P��ter Magyar said on Monday that if Russian President Vladimir Putin were to initiate a call with him, he would speak with him and tell him to end the war in Ukraine. ���If Vladimir Putin calls, I���ll pick up the phone,��� he said at his first