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Police shift focus from woods to road patrols in search for Kentucky interstate shooter 09/17/2024 03:36pm • Authorities shifted their strategy Tuesday while trying to track down an interstate highway shooter in Kentucky, pulling searchers from the woods to bolster patrols in communities near where the gunman opened fire, hitting a dozen vehicles and wounding five people. After searching 28,000 acres (11,3 Rutgers president plans to leave top job at New Jersey's flagship university 09/17/2024 03:24pm • The embattled president of Rutgers University announced Tuesday that he will step down next year after a tenure that has included contending with the COVID-19 pandemic, overseeing the university���s first-ever strike and surviving a no-confidence vote by the faculty senate. Jonathan Holloway, 57, wh Puerto Rico officials reject request to extend voter registration deadline 09/17/2024 02:57pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� Officials in Puerto Rico have rejected a petition to extend a voter registration deadline following an outcry over long lines formed by those seeking to participate in this year���s general election. The island���s two main parties, the Popular Democratic Party and the UN considers resolution demanding Israel end its occupation of Palestinian territories 09/17/2024 02:50pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� The U.N. General Assembly is considering a Palestinian resolution Tuesday demanding that Israel end its ���unlawful presence��� in Gaza and the occupied West Bank within a year and calling for sanctions and an arms embargo against the country. It will be put to a vote in the A man accused of stalking UConn star Paige Bueckers is found with an engagement ring near airport 09/17/2024 02:50pm • A man accused of stalking and harassing UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers said on social media that he intended to marry her and had an engagement ring and lingerie in his possession when he was arrested near a Connecticut airport, according to police reports. Robert Cole Parmalee, 40, posted sta Mark O'Meara to retire after PGA Tour Champions event at Pebble Beach 09/17/2024 02:16pm • Mark O���Meara is ready to retire, and he has picked the ideal spot in Pebble Beach. O���Meara won the California State Amateur in 1979, the first of his six titles over three decades at Pebble Beach. Five of those were the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the last one in 1997 when at age 40 he held of Cyprus approves electricity cable to link its power grid with Greece's 09/17/2024 02:10pm • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) ��� Cyprus has given the green light for construction of a 1.9 billion euro ($2.1 billion) undersea electricity cable linking its grid with Greece's, aiming to sharply reduce electricity bills and end its energy isolation, the country's energy minister said Tuesday. Minister Geo The latest Big 12 newcomers are adding some heft to the conference 09/17/2024 02:05pm • The Big 12 Conference added four schools last season with mixed results. Central Florida, BYU, Houston and Cincinnati all finished with losing records in their first year in the league, though the Knights did manage to qualify for a bowl game. This year's four-team addition seems to have added some 20 people die in a militia attack in restive northeastern Congo 09/17/2024 01:23pm • KINSHASA, Congo (AP) ��� A militia attack killed over a dozen villagers in northeastern Congo, local authorities said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of violent assaults targeting civilians. Eastern Congo has been torn by decadelong fighting between government forces and more than 120 armed grou Stanley Cup champion Panthers agree to extend arena deal with Broward County through at least 2033 09/17/2024 01:17pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� The Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers are extending their operating agreement with Broward County for five more years, ensuring that the team remains in the market through 2033 and likely well beyond. County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved the revised Steelers sticking with Justin Fields at QB while Russell Wilson rehabs calf injury 09/17/2024 01:16pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Justin Fields will likely make his third straight start at quarterback when the Pittsburgh Steelers host the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. Coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday that Fields will practice with the starters during the early portion of the week while Russell Wilson contin FAA wants to fine SpaceX $633,000 for alleged safety violations during 2 Florida launches 09/17/2024 01:08pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, FLa. (AP) ��� SpaceX faces $633,000 in fines for alleged safety violations during two Florida launches last year. The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it���s proposing the civil penalties because of the company's alleged failure to follow licensing requirements. During Sean Payton bypasses opportunity to go for onside kick under new rules after Colts, Niners try 09/17/2024 01:06pm • DENVER (AP) ��� Sean Payton made the gutsiest call in Super Bowl history, ambushing Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts with a stunning onside kick coming out of halftime at Super Bowl 44 to nab the New Orleans Saints' only Lombardi Trophy. Payton also ushered in the second chapter of his coa Husband charged in double homicide inside Fairfax Co. home in alleged plot with au pair 09/17/2024 12:40pm • Inside a Fairfax County, Virginia, house, a woman was stabbed to death and a man fatally shot in February 2023 in a complicated double homicide involving an alleged affair and a fetish website. Now, her husband is being charged with murder in both of their killings, nearly a year after the couple's College football guarantee games pay millions to small-budget schools but opportunities could shrink 09/17/2024 12:26pm • Ohio State and Kent State, separated by 135 miles in the same state, occupy extreme ends of the spectrum of major college football. Buckeyes football pulled in $127 million in revenue in 2023. Golden Flashes football has a budget of about $9 million. Still, Ohio State athletic director Ross Bjork an