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On Monday, federal prosecutors in Manhattan unsealed new sex trafficking charges against Epstein. The indictment states that Epstein paid hundreds of dollars to girls (some as young as 14) to have sex with him at his residences in New York and Florida between 2002 and 2005. Allegations of the abuses have circled around the politically connected financier for years. Following the charges brought against Epstein, UltraViolet’s executive director Shaunna Thomas issued a statement calling on Pelosi to probe the political figures who helped protect Epstein from prosecution....

Pelosi’s positive test came a day after she was with President Joe Biden and several other prominent lawmakers and officials to witness the signing of the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022. The White House said Biden tested negative Wednesday night and, in accordance with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s definition, is not considered a close contact of Pelosi, according to The Wall Street Journal’s Ken Thomas....

In an interview ahead of the WTA Finals last week, Navratilova spoke to the press about the game before discussing Osaka, the four-time Grand Slam champion and former world number one, and saying that perhaps Osaka’s success in the sport came too fast. “Maybe it was too much too soon,” Navratilova said, per Eurosport. “But, you know, that’s when the gut check comes; do you really love the sport? It comes back to that....

The helicopter is scheduled to lift off on May 7 at 3:26 p.m. ET from an area on Mars that the space agency has named Wright Brothers Field, with the first data from the test expected to reach Earth at around 7:31 p.m. ET. Ingenuity’s four previous successful flights have all taken off from and landed at the field. But the fifth flight will be different. Ingenuity will ascend to an altitude of 16 feet and follow the same path as the fourth flight, traveling 423 feet to the south....

The comet’s nucleus—the icy object at the heart of the comet that doesn’t include its tail—is thought to be 80 miles across and may weigh about 500 trillion tons. The cold behemoth is called C/2014 UN271 or comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein. It was discovered in 2010 by astronomers Pedro Bernardinelli and Gary Bernstein. However, only now have researchers been able to determine exactly how big it is. That’s partly because the comet is about 2 billion miles away—further than the planet Uranus....

The eerie 34-second clip has been viewed 12.8 million times on Twitter, receiving more than 334,000 likes. It was posted by NASA Exoplanets, part of the space agency which specializes in the hunt for “planets and life beyond our solar system.” NASA Exoplanets said in the tweet alongside the video: “The misconception that there is no sound in space originates because most space is a ~vacuum, providing no way for sound waves to travel....

Kevin Harvick dominated like he never left, earning the 50th win of his career. In five races this season, Harvick is the only driver to finish in the top 10 every time. MORE: Ryan Newman at Darlington: Reactions to driver’s return three months after huge wreck Alex Bowman, who held an early lead, finished second, followed by Kurt Busch, Chase Elliot and Denny Hamlin. Harvick took the lead from Bowman in Stage 3 and never looked back....

No, unlike the winless top Chevy team of Hendrick Motorsports, the top Toyota teams of Joe Gibbs Racing and Furniture Row Racing are not in desperation mode. JGR has five wins already this season, all from points leader Kyle Busch, and Martin Truex Jr. has posted three victories for FRR. But either team would love to conquer a track at which a Toyota has won just two times in 21 Cup Series points races since the manufacturer joined the sport in 2008....

Qualifying for Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Daytona, the Coke Zero 400, begins at 4:30 p.m. ET on Saturday from Daytona International Speedway. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is favored to capture the Sunday race at Daytona, but because it’s a plate race, the field is wide open. Qualifying and car quality mean less. MORE: NASCAR’s toughest drivers | NASCAR’s eligible bachelors | NASCAR power rankings before Daytona NASCAR is making its return to NBC this weekend after an almost decade-long hiatus....

Elliott, who also won Stage 1 of the competition, carried a lead of 10 or more seconds for much of the final 15 laps. He didn’t let an ill-timed caution caused by Kyle Busch rob him of his advantage, holding off Denny Hamlin following a restart with three laps remaining. Martin Truex Jr. finished third, Jimmie Johnson finished fourth and Chris Buescher finished fifth. Kaz Grala, a late replacement for Austin Dillon (COVID-19 positive test), surprisingly finished seventh in his first Cup Series start....

Logano is coming off a win at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the Bank of America last Sunday (race was rained out from the previous night). We’ve had four different winners in the first four rounds of the Chase. Denny Hamlin won at Chicago, Matt Kenseth won at New Hampshire and Kevin Harvick won at Dover to wrap up the Chase’s first round. A total of 12 drivers now remain from the 16-driver field that began things....

Busch survived a trio of late cautions that bunched the field in the final two-dozen laps, pulling away in overtime to win his third-straight NASCAR Cup race in the Toyota Owners 400. It’s his 46th career victory and fifth win at Richmond. This didn’t seem like it would be Busch’s night. After a terrible qualifying run, he started the race 32nd. He’d never won a race qualifying lower than 30th....

AJ Allmendinger spun out Chase Elliott with 20 laps to go, creating a logjam at the Geico 500. Allmendinger’s car went upside-down, but he was able to walk away under his own power. At least 18 cars appeared to be involved in the wreck. MORE: Live updates, highlights from Talladega Danica Patrick, Brad Keselowski, Trevor Bayne, Martin Truex Jr., Corey LaJoie, Michael McDowell, Gray Gaulding, Elliott, David Ragan, Matt Kenseth, Allmendinger, Cole Whitte, Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick, Austin Dillon and Erik Jones were all involved in the wreck....

The engine in Earnhardt’s No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet expired after 22 laps of Sunday’s I Love New York 355 at Watkins Glen International, bringing a merciful end to a weekend in which Earnhardt and his team searched in vain for a semblance of speed in the car. MORE: Truex fights off Kenseth for win at the Glen “We had a problem with the valve train, and we can’t fix it,” Earnhardt said after taking the car to the garage....

The Hendrick Motorsports driver won for the fifth time this year in the NASCAR Cup Series, finishing ahead of second-place Elliott and third-place Truex on Sunday. Larson took the lead from pit road on Lap 65 and never let it go. Credit to Elliott, though; he managed to fight from the rear for his second-place finish after he was hit with an L1 penalty prior to the race. Larson’s win is good news for Kevin Harvick and Tyler Reddick, who finished eighth and 10th, respectively....

At an event in Valdosta, Ga., Trump got the thumbs up from NASCAR CEO Brian France, who has known the billionaire businessman for more than 20 years. “I’m going to tell you one thing: You know about his winning and success,” France said. “He wins with his family. Any of his children, you’d be proud to have in your family. That’s how I judge a winner.” MORE: Athletes who remind us of 2016 presidential candidates...

By fans. By media. By team members. By nearly everyone watching the Sprint Cup race. And the drivers hadn’t even climbed from their cars yet. MORE: Buscher’s car flips | Keselowski wins crash-marred race That’s what happens during almost every race at Talladega, where big crashes send cars flipping and rolling and wrecking, and drivers thank God they are alive or not injured after their cars slide on their roof and slam into the wall....

Haley Dillon made it through final swimsuit and fitness tryouts for one of the 21 roster spots. Not only will Haley work at Hornets home games, she also will make appearances at corporate events, private parties, grand openings, fashion shows and charity functions. MORE: NASCAR drivers’ wives and girlfriends Ty took to Twitter to brag about Haley’s accomplishment, which she was kind enough to document on social media. Ty and Haley were married in December....

This amusement never ends. Wherever NASCAR goes, black clouds follow. So once again, expect interruptions and plenty of track time for drying machines. MORE: Starting lineup | Junior’s smart move, with concerns | Every driver’s plight Sunday’s race, the New Hampshire 301, is scheduled to begin about 1:30 p.m. ET. And that’s about the time the first wave of thunderstorms is expected to arrive at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Another wave is expected about 4, which could disrupt the race’s finish....

Hamlin has six wins at Pocono Raceway. He swept both races in 2006, and he won at the track in back-to-back years in 2009-10 and 2019-20. In 32 races there, he has 21 top-10 finishes. Hamlin is setting himself up well in 2022 after earning the pole position for Sunday’s race. He ran just ahead of teammate and reigning race champion Kyle Busch. Kurt Busch, who reached the final round of qualifying, crashed on the third turn and could not finish his lap, which means he will start 10th in a backup car Sunday....