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Montgomery County boosts funding for hate crime prevention 04/20/2026 06:06pm • Half a million more dollars in Montgomery County, Maryland, are going toward grants aimed at preventing hate crimes, bringing the total funding for fiscal 2026 to $1.7 million. "We hear from our residents and faith groups that the world feels less safe," County Executive Marc Elrich said Monday w Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is grounded after launching satellite into the wrong orbit 04/20/2026 06:04pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin, blamed a bad engine Monday for a failed weekend launch that left a satellite in the wrong orbit, dooming it. Launches of the huge New Glenn rocket are grounded until Blue Origin and the Federal Aviation Administration complete The PGA Tour won't play a Hawaii event in 2027, ending a 56-year run in the Aloha State 04/20/2026 06:02pm • PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The PGA Tour won't play a Hawaii event in 2027, ending a 56-year run in the Aloha State. Amtrak cancels Florida auto train service as a wildfire disrupts routes 04/20/2026 06:00pm • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Amtrak train service in Florida was disrupted Monday because of a wildfire in the northeast part of the state, officials said. The auto train service between Sanford, Florida, near Orlando, and Lorton, Virginia, outside Washington, was canceled for Monday, Amtrak said in Small plane crashes in parking lot of Los Angeles auto store 04/20/2026 05:57pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pilot of a small plane was injured Monday after crashing his aircraft in the parking lot of an auto parts store in Southern California, authorities said. The crash was reported shortly after 11 a.m. by an O'Reilly Auto Parts store in the neighborhood of Pacoima in north Los Photos show scene of deadly Louisiana domestic attack that killed eight children 04/20/2026 05:52pm • SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A gunman in Louisiana killed eight children, including seven of his own, and shot two other people Sunday in an early morning attack of domestic violence carried out across two homes, authorities said, rocking a Shreveport neighborhood in one of the nation’s deadliest mass Man shot by ICE in California will remain in custody over concerns he's a flight risk, lawyer says 04/20/2026 05:51pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A judge Monday ordered a man who was shot multiple times during an arrest by immigration officers in central California to remain in custody over concerns he could be a flight risk, a lawyer said. Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, who has dual citizenship from El Salvador an Capitals say they'll have a contingency plan for whatever Ovechkin decides on his future 04/20/2026 05:47pm • ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Right now the Washington Capitals' offseason feels like a big flow chart, with arrows at the top pointing in two very different directions. The front office is just waiting to be told which direction to take. Alex Ovechkin's decision on whether to return for a 22nd seas Tuesday's NBA matchups: 76ers-Celtics, Trail Blazers-Spurs and Rockets-Lakers are set for Game 2s 04/20/2026 05:45pm • Joel Embiid won't be back on the court on Tuesday night to help the Philadelphia 76ers when they attempt to bounce back from a 123-91 loss to the Boston Celtics in their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series. And it's becoming increasingly less likely that the 7-footer will be available at a US Justice Department demands 2024 Detroit-area ballots in latest move for local election records 04/20/2026 05:43pm • The U.S. Department of Justice has demanded that Michigan's Wayne County turn over all its ballots from the 2024 election just weeks after it made similar requests in Georgia and Arizona. The earlier requests were for ballots and other records from 2020, the presidential election President Donald T UConn's Solo Ball will take a medical redshirt and miss next season after undergoing wrist surgery 04/20/2026 05:42pm • STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn guard Solo Ball will undergo wrist surgery and won't return to the Huskies until 2027-28, the school announced Monday. Ball, who will take a medical redshirt next season, averaged 12.8 points per game and earned All-Big East second-team honors as the Huskies advanced to Paul Revere’s midnight ride unfolds in broad daylight — with a police escort 04/20/2026 05:33pm • BOSTON (AP) — The clip-clop of horse hooves echoed as Paul Revere rode through the streets of Boston’s North End on Monday — a reenactment of his historic midnight ride, but with some modern-day tweaks: This time, the revolutionary hero set out under bright daylight and a police escort. Reside Oil prices rise and US stocks give back a bit of their record-breaking rally 04/20/2026 05:33pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices climbed Monday following the latest rise of tensions between the United States and Iran, but the moves were more modest than they were earlier in the war. U.S. stocks, meanwhile, gave back a bit of their record-breaking rally. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2% from its all- Wolves are relegated after Crystal Palace and West Ham draw 04/20/2026 05:30pm • LONDON (AP) — West Ham drew at Crystal Palace 0-0 on Monday, gaining an important point in its fight to avoid relegation and ensuring the demise of the Premier League’s bottom club Wolverhampton Wanderers. Wolves cannot amass enough points in its last five games to avoid the drop and will return Singer D4vd pleads not guilty to murder charge in death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez 04/20/2026 05:24pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer D4vd pleads not guilty to murder charge in death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.