By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, Aug. 23 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:30 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Sydney at West Coast 10 p.m. FS2 — AFL: St. Kilda at Greater Western Sydney 1 a.m. (Sunday) FS2 — AFL: Fremantle at Western AUTO RACING 9 a.m. FS1 —
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge has put a stop to further expansion of the immigration detention center built in the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz, ordering that its operations wind down within two months. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams in Miami wrote in her
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By DARANEE BALACHANDAR, LIZZY ALSPACH, CAT MURPHY and AIDAN HUGHES / Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland When a BNSF freight train carrying six cars of liquefied petroleum gas derailed near Manuelito, New Mexico, in 2024, the resulting fire shut down more than 100 miles of
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Karyn Morrow, owner of Clean Alchemy, has created a detailed miniature replica of the “Folklore Cabin” featured in Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour.
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By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–TWINS-BLUE JAYS DESCRIPTION: Minnesota plays Toronto at Rogers Centre. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By 08/25/2025
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–TWINS-BLUE JAYS DESCRIPTION: Minnesota plays Toronto at Rogers Centre. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By 08/25/2025
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–TWINS-BLUE JAYS DESCRIPTION: Minnesota plays Toronto at Rogers Centre. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By 08/25/2025
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–TWINS-BLUE JAYS DESCRIPTION: Minnesota plays Toronto at Rogers Centre. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By 08/25/2025
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday opened the door ever so slightly to lowering a key interest rate in the coming months but gave no hint on the timing of a move and suggested the central bank will proceed cautiously as it continues
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The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is calling national security and privacy concerns related to TikTok and its Chinese parent company “highly overrated” and said Friday he’ll keep extending the deadline for the popular video-sharing platform until there’s a buyer. Congress approved a U.S. ban on TikTok unless its parent company, ByteDance,
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By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — The Republican National Committee elected Florida State Sen. Joe Gruters as its new chair Friday, confirming President Donald Trump’s pick to replace outgoing chairman Michael Whatley, who is running for US Senate in North Carolina. “Thank you all so much, now the party’s in great hands moving forward –
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By Chilekasi Adele Click here for updates on this story Pennsylvania (KDKA) — As kids in our area head back to school, there’s one student at South Fayette High School who has been putting in a lot of work and hours before that. It’s all for a new monument that honors the school’s alumni who
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By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A blast of fall-like weather is coming for much of the United States, and unlike the last brief break from summer heat, this cooldown will have some staying power. It will feel more like late September or early October as crisp air expands in the coming days,
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By Rebecca Wright, Ben Wedeman, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Dan Hodge, CNN Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine (CNN) — Three meters underground, a network of tunnels and trenches fortified with timber provides a safer spot for frontline fighters to rest and recuperate – and a deeper position to defend against a potential Russian advance into Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine. Down
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By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Modern humans are evolutionary survivors, thriving generation after generation while our ancient relatives died out. Now, new research into our brain chemistry suggests that an enzyme unique to Homo sapiens may have made us more efficient water seekers than our closest extinct relatives. About 600,000 years ago, modern humans
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By Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered National Guard members patrolling the streets of Washington, DC, to begin carrying their service weapons as they fulfill President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown in the nation’s capital, according to a US defense official. The directive from Hegseth represents a notable shift in guidance
Continue Reading By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The manager of a leisure park in southern France has been detained for alleged religious discrimination after a group of Israeli children was refused access to the facility, a French prosecutor’s office said in a statement Friday. The Israeli children, aged 8 to 16, were on holiday
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CNN By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Jason Isaacs isn’t ready to spill the beans on “The White Lotus” just yet, but he’s definitely in the know. The English actor – whose character in Season 3 of the acclaimed HBO series went from entitled finance guy to slurring pill-popper to… enlightened ascetic – teased a
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KYW By Madeleine Wright, Sean Tallant Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Rodney Harris runs a barbershop at the intersection of 52nd and Arch streets, a place he said was once plagued by violence. “It was too much — the drugs, the rape, the robbery, murders,” Harris said. “This is where
Continue Reading By Madeleine Wright, Sean Tallant Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Rodney Harris runs a barbershop at the intersection of 52nd and Arch streets, a place he said was once plagued by violence. “It was too much — the drugs, the rape, the robbery, murders,” Harris said. “This is where I
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By Ted Scouten Click here for updates on this story Florida (WFOR) — New dramatic video shows the rush-hour shootout between police and two armed robbery suspects at Flamingo and Miramar Parkway that happened nearly six years ago. On Thursday, CBS News Miami spent hours poring over 48 minutes of video and 1,100 pictures requested
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By Caroline Foreback Click here for updates on this story TOWSON, Maryland (WJZ) — Residents in a Towson community say a growing rat problem has gotten so severe that it’s now a health risk. Towson Manor Village residents told WJZ that two dogs in the neighborhood recently contracted leptospirosis, a bacterial disease carried by rodents.
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By Gina Park, CNN (CNN) — The moon goes by many names. August saw the full sturgeon moon while in March sky-gazers may have witnessed the blood moon, which occurs when the satellite appears to turn red during a lunar eclipse. You may have also heard of a blue moon, the second full moon to
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press The Associated Press used an “efficiency gap” analysis to examine congressional elections in 2024 and other recent presidential election years. The test — designed by Eric McGhee, a researcher at the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California, and Harvard Law School professor Nick Stephanopoulos — identifies states where one
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The job market is on such shaky ground that the Federal Reserve may soon need to cut interest rates to support the economy, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Friday at a key central banking forum. In one of his most consequential speeches, Powell suggested the labor market could
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 75 54 .581 — Boston 70 59 .543 5 New York 69 59 .539 5½ Tampa Bay 62 67 .481 13 Baltimore 59 69 .461 15½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 77 53 .592 — Kansas City 66 63 .512 10½ Cleveland 64
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