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WTOP News’ partnership with Make-A-Wish is personal

Wtop 22 Apr 2025
WTOP has teamed up with Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic to spotlight the amazing kids and volunteers that are part of this organization ... WTOP’s ... WTOP Vice President and General Manager Joel Oxley agreed.
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FTC sues Uber, alleging it signed up Uber One subscribers without their permission

Wtop 22 Apr 2025
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against Uber on Monday, alleging that it enrolled consumers in its Uber One subscription program without their consent and made it too difficult for them to cancel the service ... Source .
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Puerto Rico government demands answers from Luma after island-wide blackout

Wtop 22 Apr 2025
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor on Monday urged people to moderate their energy consumption as she warned that the island has no additional generation to fall back on days after a massive blackout hit the U.S. territory. Gov ... ____.
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Harvard sues Trump administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants

Wtop 22 Apr 2025
It also demanded the university audit views of diversity on campus, and stop recognizing some student clubs ... Source .
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Advanced cancers returned to prepandemic levels, according to a reassuring report

Wtop 22 Apr 2025
Many Americans were forced to postpone cancer screenings — colonoscopies, mammograms and lung scans — for several months in 2020 as COVID-19 overwhelmed doctors and hospitals ... It’s the broadest-yet analysis of the pandemic’s effect on U.S ... ___.
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AP PHOTOS: Cardinals seen as contenders to be the next pope

Wtop 22 Apr 2025
Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the next pope ... Source .
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A jury found Nebraska’s Republican Party defamed one of its own candidates in 2020

Wtop 22 Apr 2025
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A jury has found that the Nebraska Republican Party defamed one of its own candidates during an ugly legislative race five years ago and ordered it to pay her $500,000 ... Pete Ricketts ... The company paid a $500 fine for the oversight.
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Ex-Minnesota state senator pleads not guilty to attempted enticement of a minor

Wtop 22 Apr 2025
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A former Minnesota state senator who was caught in a police sting operation pleaded not guilty Monday to a federal charge of attempted enticement of a minor for prostitution ... Federal prosecutors then took over the case.
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signs off on sweeping new limits on lawsuits

Wtop 22 Apr 2025
ATLANTA (AP) — Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s political organization took to social media to tout his success in limiting lawsuits in a way Georgians could understand ... Kemp’s political future ... Senate or presidential run ... Too far or just right?.
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Haiti could face ‘total chaos’ without more international support, UN envoy warns

Wtop 22 Apr 2025
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top U.N. official in Haiti sounded an alarm to the U.N. Security Council on Monday that escalating gang violence is liable to lead the Caribbean nation to “a point of no return.” ... special representative said. ... In February, U.N.
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Braves pitcher Spencer Strider strains hamstring, goes on 15-day injured list

Wtop 22 Apr 2025
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Braves ace Spencer Strider strained his right hamstring on Monday while playing catch and was placed on the 15-day injured list ... Louis ... Atlanta recalled right-hander Michael Petersen from Triple-A Gwinnett ... ___. AP MLB ... Source .
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Padres put Luis Arraez on 7-day concussion injured list following scary collision

Wtop 22 Apr 2025
DETROIT (AP) — Luis Arraez was placed on the seven-day concussion injured list by the San Diego Padres on Monday ... Arraez was put on a backboard and carted out of the stadium ... ___. AP MLB ... Source .
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Students from 2 Florida shootings demand the governor reject a law to lower the gun ...

Wtop 22 Apr 2025
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Days after a deadly shooting, Florida State University students who also survived a deadly mass shooting in Parkland from 2018 sent a letter Monday to Republican Gov ... “It ignores the trauma we carry ... Source .
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Mavs GM Nico Harrison says fans’ love for Luka Doncic was deeper than he knew, ...

Wtop 22 Apr 2025
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison says he miscalculated the depth of love his club’s fans had for Luka Doncic before the trade that sent the young superstar to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis ... 10 ... ___. AP NBA.
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