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Sports on TV for Friday, Oct. 24

By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, Oct. 24 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN’S) 4:30 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Port Adelaide at Adelaide Midnight FS2 — AFL: Hawthorn at Essendon 2 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 — AFL: Richmond at Fremantle 4 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 — Melbourne at Brisbane AUTO RACING

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NBA Glance

All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 1 0 1.000 — Toronto 1 0 1.000 — New York 1 0 1.000 — Boston 0 1 .000 1 Brooklyn 0 1 .000 1 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 1 0 1.000 — Charlotte 1 0 1.000 — Miami 0

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4 family members of Illinois governor candidate killed in Montana helicopter crash, campaign says

By JOHN SEEWER and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Four family members of a Republican running for governor in Illinois were killed in a Montana helicopter crash, his campaign said Thursday. The son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren of former state lawmaker Darren Bailey, who lost the 2022 gubernatorial election in Illinois and is

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Takeaways from AP’s report on the growing dangers of heat on pregnant agriculture workers

By DORANY PINEDA, MELINA WALLING and ANNIKA HAMMERSCHLAG Associated Press Agricultural workers are already among the most vulnerable to extreme heat. For pregnant workers, those risks are higher because the body must work harder to cool down and requires more liquids, making it more easily dehydrated. While protections exist, experts say they need better enforcement

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Trump allies, undeterred by setbacks in courts and Congress, push anew for citizenship proof to vote

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A documentary proof-of-citizenship requirement for voting in U.S. elections hasn’t been able to pass Congress and has been blocked by the courts, so allies of President Donald Trump’s administration are pursuing another avenue to try to impose the idea — asking a little-known federal agency

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Cass: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

ST. LOUIS (AP) — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cass Information Systems Inc. (CASS) on Thursday reported profit of $9.1 million in its third quarter. On a per-share basis, the St. Louis-based company said it had net income of 68 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 69 cents per share. The invoice and

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Broadway musicians reach tentative labor deal, averting a strike

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The union representing Broadway’s musicians reached a tentative labor agreement with commercial producers on Thursday, averting a potentially crippling strike that would have silenced nearly two dozen musicals. The American Federation of Musicians Local 802 — which represents 1,200 musicians — had threatened to strike

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Union Pacific: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific Corp. (UNP) on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings of $1.79 billion. On a per-share basis, the Omaha, Nebraska-based company said it had profit of $3.01. Earnings, adjusted for costs related to mergers and acquisitions, were $3.08 per share. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average

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Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians attend rival rallies in Budapest as Orbán faces election test

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians filled the streets of Budapest on Thursday in competing demonstrations as supporters of the country’s two main political movements staged mutual shows of strength before next spring’s national election. The rival rallies were a standoff between nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán

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Putin deplores US sanctions as ‘unfriendly’ while EU joins in heaping restrictions on Russia

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Thursday heaped more economic sanctions on Russia, adding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new punitive measures the previous day against the Russian oil industry. Russian President Vladimir Putin called Washington’s move an “unfriendly act” that could backfire by spiking global oil prices. The

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China to focus on speeding up self-reliance in science and tech in new economic plan

By KEN MORITSUGU, HUIZHONG WU and CHAN HO-HIM Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party said Thursday it will focus on speeding up self-reliance in science and technology, a long-running push that has become more pronounced as the U.S. has imposed increasingly tight controls on access to semiconductors and other high-tech items. The

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Vance calls Israel’s parliament vote on West Bank annexation an ‘insult’

By RENATA BRITO and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Thursday criticized a symbolic vote in Israel’s parliament the previous day about annexing the occupied West Bank, saying that it amounted to an “insult” and went against the Trump administration policies. Hard-liners in the Israeli parliament had narrowly

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