Maryland will receive 60-million-dollars in Emergency Relief funds from the Biden Administration following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The funds were approved after a request from Governor Wes Moore. The emergency funds provide an initial down payment to help Maryland manage ongoing disruptions to traffic, supply chains, and daily life and is the first step in the joint effort to reconstruct the Key Bridge.    The President of Ukraine is urging Congress to deliver critical critical aid to Kyiv in its war with Russia. Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with House Speaker Mike Johnson on the "battlefield situation" Thursday, warning of Ukraine's dwindling resources and Russia's advances. He said quick passage of aid by Congress is vital.    The funeral for former Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman is being held in his hometown of Stamford today. The giant in Connecticut politics died Wednesday from complications from a fall.    A Texas appeals court is throwing out a Black woman's five-year prison sentence for illegal voting. Crystal Mason was sentenced to prison in 2018 after claiming she didn't know she was ineligible to vote because of a previous tax fraud conviction. On Thursday, a judge in the Second District Appeals Court ruled that "finding Mason to be not credible" does "not suffice as proof of guilt," and tossed out her sentence.    Federal prosecutors say Alex [[ alek ]] Murdaugh [[ mur-doch ]] failed a lie detector test he had to take as part of his plea agreement for his financial crimes. The U.S. Attorney's Office in South Carolina says he's not telling them the whereabouts of over-six-million-dollars he swindled out of his clients. The agreement would have Murdaugh serve his federal sentence at the same time as his 27-year state sentence.    Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton will be appearing together on the "Smartless" podcast. The three U.S. presidents met in New York City Thursday night to raise money for Biden's reelection campaign, and the White House says they decided to record an episode of the popular podcast to air at a later date.