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Labor Day weekend forecast a mixed bag that includes humidity, storms and some 'fantastic weather' 08/31/2024 07:00pm • Listen live to WTOP for the latest weather conditions on the 8s. Summer weather gets a last hurrah, with humidity returning for Labor Day weekend. Here's what you need to know. Humidity mades a comeback Saturday, with temperatures reaching around 90, though it will feel a few degrees warmers w Serena Williams visits the US Open for the first time since playing her last match there in 2022 08/31/2024 06:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Welcome back to the U.S. Open, Serena Williams. Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, returned to Flushing Meadows on Saturday — but she was watching tennis, not playing it. And she brought back an old look, wearing a denim skirt similar to the one she sported while co Giants re-sign cornerback Adoree' Jackson to add a familiar veteran to their young secondary 08/31/2024 05:53pm • EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants re-signed cornerback Adoree’ Jackson, who spent the last three seasons with the team. The move Saturday adds a proven veteran to the Giants' secondary, which heads into the regular season otherwise mostly young and inexperienced at the cornerback Pato O'Ward blasts IndyCar leadership for not landing race in Mexico ahead of NASCAR 08/31/2024 05:52pm • WEST ALLIS, Wis. (AP) — The line for Pato O'Ward at every IndyCar autograph session snakes around corners, blocks the entrances for other drivers and pretty much shames his rivals. When his Arrow McLaren Racing team tries to debrief at the track, fans of the 25-year-old Mexican gather outside the Marina Mabrey scores 21 as Sun connect on 14 3-pointers in 96-85 win over Mystics 08/31/2024 05:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Marina Mabrey hit five 3-pointers and scored 21 points, DiJonai Carrington scored 11 of her 17 points in the first quarter and the Connecticut Sun beat the Washington Mystics 96-85 on Saturday. DeWanna Bonner and Tyasha Harris each scored 16 points for Connecticut (23-8). Bonner Tale of two programs: Georgia still on top, Clemson still trying to finds its way 08/31/2024 05:47pm • ATLANTA (AP) — One program on top of the college football world. Another trying to recapture its former glory. Nothing much changed Saturday for Georgia or Clemson. The No. 1 Bulldogs began another season of enormous expectations with an overpowering 34-3 victory, while the 14th-ranked Tigers loo Raphinha hits hat trick as Barcelona routs Valladolid 7-0 to make it 4 from 4 under Flick 08/31/2024 05:41pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Brazil forward Raphinha scored a hat trick and set up another goal as Barcelona routed Valladolid 7-0 and remained perfect with four wins in as many games under new coach Hansi Flick on Saturday. The early leader of the Spanish league rolled over newly promoted Valladolid a Andrew, Howard combine for six touchdowns as Butler rolls past Div.-II Upper Iowa, 40-7 08/31/2024 05:09pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Reagan Andrew threw three touchdown passes and ran for one and Butler beat NCAA Division II-member Upper Iowa 40-7 in a season opener on Saturday. The Bulldogs used a quarterback rotation in their first game without graduated starter Brett Bushka, the 2024 Pioneer League offens Shough throws 4 TD passes in Louisville debut, Cardinals defense stifles Austin Peay in 62-0 rout 08/31/2024 05:06pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Tyler Shough passed for four touchdowns in his Louisville debut, freshman Isaac Brown added a 77-yard scoring run and the Cardinals scored on six of their first seven possessions to overwhelm Austin Peay 62-0 in Saturday's season opener for both teams. Louisville flexed its Newcomers Eli Holstein and Desmond Reid star as Pittsburgh opens with 55-24 win over Kent State 08/31/2024 05:02pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi wanted to wait until he saw quarterbacks Eli Holstein and Nate Yarnell play in a game before naming a full-time starter. It took Holstein all of three quarters to make a compelling case that he's the guy, throwing for 336 yards and three touchdowns a Kearney, Cox combine for 4 TDs and big-play Georgetown tops Davidson 46-24 08/31/2024 04:15pm • WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Naieem Kearney and Bryce Cox each ran for two touchdowns, Georgetown turned several big plays into points and the Hoyas rolled past Davidson 46-24 in a season opener on Saturday. The Hoyas broke open a close game with three touchdowns in the third quarter after Mason Gudger Pakistan's military says insurgents have freed an army officer and 3 others abducted on Wednesday 08/31/2024 04:15pm • DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Insurgents on Saturday freed four people, including an army officer who was abducted three days ago from a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, the military said. Lt. Col. Khalid Ameer was seized on Wednesday while he was sitting in a mosque to receive mour Chelsea completes loan signing of Jadon Sancho from Man United with an obligation to buy 08/31/2024 03:15pm • LONDON (AP) — Chelsea has completed the signing of Jadon Sancho from Manchester United to add another attacking weapon to its already bloated squad. The deal for a one-year loan with an obligation to buy Sancho next year was worked out on Friday ahead of the European transfer deadline but not off Team USA keeps Olympic training center, other facilities open for Paralympians for the first time 08/31/2024 01:49pm • PARIS (AP) — As Matt Simpson strolls off the goalball court, balls echo throughout the gymnasium. Simpson is sporting a black eye while his teammates continue practicing. The room is chaotic and the energy is high, but the most notable part of this room is that nobody is in it but Team USA Goalbal Harris and Trump offer starkly different visions on climate change and energy 08/31/2024 11:42am • WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Earth sizzled through a summer with four of the hottest days ever measured, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have starkly different visions on how to address a changing climate while ensuring a reliable energy supply. But neither has provided