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NHL Playoff Glance

All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Florida 4, Tampa Bay 1 Tuesday, April 22: Florida 6, Tampa Bay 2 Thursday, April 24: Florida 2, Tampa Bay 0 Saturday, April 26: Tampa Bay 5, Florida 1 Monday, April 28: Florida 4, Tampa Bay 2 Wednesday, April 30: Florida 6, Tampa Bay 3

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NHL Daily Playoff Glance

All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) Saturday, April 19 Winnipeg 5, St. Louis 3 Colorado 5, Dallas 1 Sunday, April 20 Carolina 4, New Jersey 1 Toronto 6, Ottawa 2 Vegas 4, Minnesota 2 Monday, April 21 Washington 3, Montreal 2, OT Winnipeg 2, St. Louis 1 Dallas 4, Colorado 3, OT Los

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Baseball Glance

All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 19 14 .576 — Boston 18 17 .514 2 Toronto 16 17 .485 3 Tampa Bay 15 18 .455 4 Baltimore 13 19 .406 5½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 21 13 .618 — Cleveland 19 14 .576 1½ Kansas City 18

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Trump brands his opponents as ‘communists,’ a label loaded with the baggage of American history

By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press For years, President Donald Trump blamed “communists” for his legal and political troubles. Now, the second Trump administration is deploying that same historically loaded label to cast his opponents — from judges to educators — as threats to American identity, culture and values. Why? Trump himself explained the strategy last

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Justice Department will switch its focus on voting and prioritize Trump’s elections order, memo says

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press The Justice Department unit that ensures compliance with voting rights laws will switch its focus to investigating voter fraud and ensuring elections are not marred by “suspicion,” according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press. The new mission statement for the voting section makes a passing reference to

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Justice Department will switch its focus on voting and prioritize Trump’s elections order, memo says

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press The Justice Department unit that ensures compliance with voting rights laws will switch its focus to investigating voter fraud and ensuring elections are not marred by “suspicion,” according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press. The new mission statement for the voting section makes a passing reference to

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Vatican workers install Sistine Chapel stove where ballots are burned during conclave to elect pope

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Vatican workers installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the conclave to elect a new pope and began taking measures to block any electronic interference with their deliberations, as jockeying continued Saturday outside over who among the cardinals was

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South Korea’s main conservative party nominates Kim Moon Soo as its presidential candidate

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former Labor Minister and staunch conservative Kim Moon Soo won the presidential nomination of South Korea’s main conservative party, facing an uphill battle against liberal front-runner Lee Jae-myung for the June 3 election. Observers say Kim will likely try to align with other conservative forces,

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AP-Scorecard

TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Miami 9 Athletics 6 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Tampa Bay 3 N.Y. Yankees 2 Final Houston 8 Chicago White Sox 3 Final Cleveland 5 Toronto 3 Final Minnesota 4 Boston 3 Final Kansas City 4 Baltimore 0 Final Seattle 2 Texas 1 Final L.A. Angels 5 Detroit 2 ___

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Nebraska Daybook

Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Saturday, May. 03. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see

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Missouri Daybook

Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Saturday, May. 03. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see

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Kansas Daybook

Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Saturday, May. 03. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To

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Iowa Daybook

Associated Press Iowa Daybook for Saturday, May. 03. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Des Moines bureau is reachable at 515-243-3281. Send daybook items to iowa@applanner.com. To

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Russia and Ukraine clash over ceasefire proposals as fighting rages

By HANNA ARHIROVA and ELISE MORTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine and Russia are at odds over competing ceasefire proposals, as Moscow accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of threatening the safety of dignitaries attending Victory Day celebrations after he dismissed Russia’s unilateral 72-hour ceasefire. Zelenskyy instead renewed calls for a more substantial 30-day

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Europe will mark V-E Day’s 80th anniversary as once-unbreakable bonds with the US are under pressure

By RAF CASERT Associated Press THIMISTER-CLERMONT, Belgium (AP) — The memory of blood dripping from trucks loaded with the mangled bodies of U.S. soldiers arriving at a nearby war cemetery straight from the battlefield in 1945 still gives 91-year-old Marcel Schmetz nightmares. It also instilled a lifelong sense of gratitude for the young soldiers from

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