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Striking Boeing factory workers say they are ready to hold out for a better contract 09/14/2024 03:10pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Blue-collar workers from Boeing walked picket lines in the Pacific Northwest instead of building airplanes on Friday after they overwhelmingly rejected a proposed contract that would have raised their wages by 25% over four years. The strike by 33,000 machinists will not disrupt Juan Pablo Montoya unsure what to expect in 1st NASCAR start since 2014 at Watkins Glen 09/14/2024 02:40pm • WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) — He was trailed by a documentary crew, answered several questions in Spanish in his media blitz, and was called a racing hero by drivers still in their teens the last time Juan Pablo Montoya ran a NASCAR race. Ten years after his last Cup start, it was indeed “Juan’s W Indianapolis man gets 60 years for a road rage shooting that killed a man 09/14/2024 11:45am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for a road rage highway shooting that killed a central Indiana man who was returning home after a long shift at work. A Marion County judge sentenced Dion Kimbrough, 24, on Friday after a jury convicted him in August ESPN and other channels return to DirecTV with a new Disney deal after a nearly 2-week blackout 09/14/2024 11:29am • DirecTV announced Saturday it had reached a deal with Walt Disney Co. that will restore ESPN and ABC-owned stations to its service after a nearly 2-week dispute that blacked out those networks for millions of viewers across the U.S. The end of the impasse came in time for sports fans to watch ESPN's Ballerina Michaela DePrince, whose career inspired many after she was born into war, dies at 29 09/14/2024 11:24am • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who came to the United States from an orphanage in war-torn Sierra Leone and performed on some of the world's biggest stages, has died, her family said in a statement. She was 29. “Michaela touched so many lives across the Giants visit Commanders for a matchup of 0-1 NFC East rivals 09/14/2024 11:18am • N.Y. Giants (0-1) at Washington (0-1) Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, Fox BetMGM NFL Odds: Commanders by 1 1/2 Against the spread: New York 0-1; Washington 0-1 Series record: Giants lead 108-71-5. Last meeting: Giants beat Commanders 31-19 on Nov. 19, 2023, at Washington. Last week: Giants lost to Vikings 28-6; Prince Harry's 40th birthday marks the moment the royal scamp moves to middle age 09/14/2024 10:41am • LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry was always something different. From the moment he first appeared in public, snuggled in Princess Diana’s arms outside the London hospital where he was born in 1984, Harry was the ginger-haired scamp who stuck his tongue out at photographers. He grew to be a boisterou Comoros president is 'slightly injured' in knife attack. The suspect is found dead in police cell 09/14/2024 09:42am • MORONI, Comoros (AP) — The president of the Indian Ocean island nation of Comoros was "slightly injured" in a knife attack while attending the funeral of a religious leader on Friday, his office said. The suspect, who was identified as a 24-year-old male soldier, was then found dead in a police ce Dick Cheney was once vilified by Democrats. Now he's backing Harris. Will it matter? 09/14/2024 08:22am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney is a career Republican still vilified by Democrats for his bullish defense of the Iraq War as vice president. But his partisan loyalties were cast aside in extraordinary fashion last week when he endorsed Democrat Kamala Harris for the White House. Alberto Gonzales' s US historian leads charity run in Kyiv to highlight the plight of Ukrainian POWs 09/14/2024 07:57am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. historian and author Timothy Snyder on Saturday led a charity run in Kyiv to raise awareness of the conditions under which Ukrainian prisoners of war are held in Russia as the conflict approaches a third winter. The race came following a recent escalation in Russian missi Former No. 1 Naomi Osaka announces split from coach Wim Fissette 09/14/2024 07:53am • LONDON (AP) — Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka has announced that she's no longer working with coach Wim Fissette. Osaka had expressed frustration with her recent results after a second-round exit at the U.S. Open just over two weeks ago. The 26-year-old Osaka won two of her four Grand Slam titles w Rodríguez hits 3-run homer in 8th, Mariners beat Rangers 5-4 to spoil deGrom's return 09/14/2024 02:12am • SEATTLE (AP) — Julio Rodríguez hit a three-run home run in the eighth inning to help spoil Jacob deGrom’s return to the mound and send the Seattle Mariners to a 5-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday night. Back after undergoing Tommy John surgery in April 2023, DeGrom left after 3 2/3 in Rangers starter deGrom pitches 3 2/3 scoreless innings in his return from elbow surgery 09/14/2024 01:44am • SEATTLE (AP) — Texas Rangers right-hander Jacob deGrom struck out four in 3 2/3 scoreless innings at Seattle on Friday night in his return from Tommy John surgery. “I told (a teammate) I'm like a baby deer out here: ‘I don’t know what I’m doing,’" deGrom said. “I almost fell over. I ha Women in Iran are going without hijabs as the 2nd anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death approaches 09/14/2024 01:25am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — On the streets of Iranian cities, it's becoming more common to see a woman passing by without a mandatory headscarf, or hijab, as the second anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the mass protests it sparked approaches. There's no government official or st Yusei Kikuchi, Yordan Alvarez lead Astros past Angels 5-3 for Houston's 5,000th victory 09/14/2024 12:46am • ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Yusei Kikuchi pitched seven innings of three-hit ball in another sharp start, and Yordan Alvarez homered and drove in two runs in the Houston Astros ' 5,000th victory, 5-3 over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. Kikuchi (9-9) overcame early trouble and struck out six An