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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Joe Biden's first joint address to Congress (all times local): 5:30 p.m. The White House says President Joe Biden's speech to Congress will call on lawmakers to lower prescription drug costs by acting…

Return To Normalcy! That’s not exactly the slogan for the NFL draft being staged Thursday through Saturday in Cleveland. It’s more at the top of the league’s wish list as it allows some prospects and fans to attend the festivities — yes, there are those going on by the shores of Lake Erie. Sure the draft is the NFL’s most popular event other than the Super Bowl and opening day. And it being held virtually in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic was a most emphatic sign that very little would be normal for pro football last year. The league is taking a more optimistic approach this week.

Federal authorities have released videos showing Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick being attacked with a chemical spray as the pro-Trump mob descended on the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection. The videos were released Wednesday after media outlets, including The Associated Press, went to court to demand that they be made available to the press. Sicknick died after defending the Capitol. The Washington medical examiner’s office found that Sicknick suffered a stroke and died from natural causes. The release of the video comes as the two men charged in the assault on Sicknick and other officers are fighting to be released from jail.

A man has used a sledgehammer to smash the face of a Virgin of Guadalupe mural painted on tiles at a Los Angeles church. The man was recorded on security camera video during the attack at St. Elisabeth Catholic Church in the city's Van Nuys neighborhood last week. A church website statement calls the vandalism that happened before dawn on April 21st one of the parish's saddest moments. The Virgin of Guadelupe is considered central to Mexican identity and is widely worshipped as the patron saint of the Americas. The parish is seeking donations to restore the 35-year-old mural and install a plexiglass casing for protection.

Drew Lock now has some serious competition for his starting quarterback job in Denver. The Broncos' new general manager George Paton acquired veteran QB Teddy Bridgewater from the Carolina Panthers in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the upcoming NFL draft. Paton has said since he succeeded John Elway that he wanted to bring in competition for Lock, who is 8-10 in his two years Denver's starter. Paton might also draft a quarterback in the first round Thursday night. The Broncos own the ninth overall pick and have had their eyes on several of the quarterbacks in this draft class.

BERLIN (AP) — More than half of Europe's population should have received the coronavirus vaccine in the next two months, allowing governments to consider easing lockdown rules for those who've been immunized, the head of German pharmaceutical company BioNTech said…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first Senate hearing for President Joe Biden’s judicial nominations featured two African American nominees for appeals court openings, giving Democrats an early chance to promote racial diversity on the bench and provide a contrast to the…

The National Women's Hockey League is doubling its salary cap to $300,000 for each of its six teams. At the same time, Boston Pride chairman Miles Arnone says the league is putting off adding an expansion franchise in Montreal until the 2022-23 season because of continuing uncertainties due to the coronavirus pandemic. Arnone has a stake in the BTM ownership group behind the Montreal expansion bid and operates the Toronto Six. The dramatic increase of the salary cap is based on league projections indicating that the NWHL is making strides in achieving financial stability entering its seventh season. The move comes after a year in which the league was restricted to playing a two-week season, which was disrupted further by an outbreak of COVID-19.

A member of the jury that convicted Derek Chauvin of murder in the death of George Floyd says the deliberations were straightforward but could have been over sooner. Jurors took little more than a day to find the former Minneapolis police officer guilty last week. In a series of TV interviews Wednesday, Brandon Mitchell said there were some “hiccups” with “terminology and understanding” during deliberations but that for the most part there wasn't too much back and forth. Mitchell says he most convinced by the testimony of Dr. Martin Tobin, an expert medical witness, who broke down the science so that everyone could understand.

PARIS (AP) — Seven Italians convicted of left-wing domestic terrorist crimes in the 1970s and 1980s, including several former members of the Red Brigades, were arrested at their homes in France on Wednesday, the French presidency said, a development Italy…

Paul Casey is going for his third straight victory at the Valspar Championship. It's such a difficult feat that only eight times in the last 40 years has a player won the same tournament at least three times in a row. Six of those occasions belong to Tiger Woods. Casey feels like he's a little under the radar because the field at Innisbrook includes Dustin Johnson and Justin Thomas. Those are the top two players in the world ranking. Johnson played in the final group with Casey at Innisbrook two years ago but didn’t make a birdie in the final round.

A Google affiliate is using drones to deliver Girl Scout cookies in a Virginia community. The town of Christiansburg has been a testing ground for commercial delivery drones operated by Wing, a subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet. The company said it began talking to Girl Scout troops because they’ve been having a harder time selling Thin Mints and other iconic cookies because fewer people are out and about during the pandemic. It’s the latest attempt to build public enthusiasm for futuristic drone delivery as Wing competes against Amazon, Walmart, UPS and others to overcome its many technical and regulatory hurdles.

A person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press that receiver Antonio Brown has agreed to return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a one-year contract that could be worth up to $6.5 million, including incentives. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the agreement, which includes a $2 million signing bonus and a little more than $3 million guaranteed, has not been announced by the Super Bowl champions. The Bucs were already assured of returning all 22 starters from their victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL title game. Bringing back Brown ensures Tom Brady will pursue an eighth Super Bowl ring with the entire “band” of offensive playmakers assembled around the 43-year-old quarterback last season.

It’s not the first Confederate monument to go missing in Selma, Alabama, but the story of the stolen Jefferson Davis chair may be the oddest. On March 20, the Selma chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy reported to police that the carved limestone monument honoring Confederate President Jefferson Davis was gone. Someone sent an email signed “White Lies Matter” to news outlets claiming responsibility for the theft and threatening to turn it into a toilet. Then, miles away in New Orleans, the chair was found and three people arrested. The UDC has the chair back, but are unsure what to do with it. In Selma, some people are curious about the theft or annoyed about the attention it brought.

A law enforcement official tells the Associated Press that federal investigators have executed a search warrant at Rudy Giuliani’s Manhattan residence. The former New York City mayor has been under investigation for several years over his business dealings in Ukraine. Details of the reasons for the search were not immediately available. The official who confirmed the execution of the search warrant did not have approval to speak publicly about an ongoing investigation and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. A message left for Giuliani’s lawyer wasn’t immediately returned.

In the new Tom Clancy adaptation, “Without Remorse,” Michael B. Jordan is a Navy SEAL about to trade military life for private security when his pregnant wife (Lauren London) is executed in their Washington D.C. home. It’s part of a…

The Tokyo Olympics open in under three months and there are still more questions than answers despite the rollout of new rule books to explain how the games will take place in the middle of a surging pandemic in Japan. The second version of the “Playbooks” for athletes was released by the International Olympic Committee and the the local organizers. Versions for other non-athlete groups are to be released later. And a third version will come out in June. The Olympics open on July 23. More testing for everyone was the key highlight.

HELSINKI (AP) — A fire in a building housing a hostel that authorities said was operating illegally killed eight people in the center of Latvia's capital early Wednesday, officials said. The Latvian State Fire and Rescue Service said it was…