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Moore says he made an 'honest mistake' failing to correct application claiming Bronze Star 08/30/2024 03:19pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ��� Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Thursday he made ���an honest mistake��� in failing to correct a White House fellowship application 18 years ago when he wrote he had received a Bronze Star for his military service in Afghanistan though he never ended up receiving it, after the N Ethiopia is worried over a defense deal between Egypt and Somalia as tensions rise in Horn of Africa 08/30/2024 03:00pm • MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) ��� Ethiopia is increasingly concerned over a recent defense deal between Egypt and Somalia, two countries that Addis Ababa is embroiled in disputes with amid rising tensions in the Horn of Africa region. Cairo and Mogadishu earlier this month signed a security agreement dur Alabama's Jalen Milroe not resting on last year's rise from benching to stardom 08/30/2024 02:54pm • TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) ��� Jalen Milroe isn't resting on his success, not even a little bit. The Alabama quarterback typically rose before 5 a.m. during the offseason to head to the football building, striving for daily improvement as if he's battling for the starting job. But that battle ended last Tonali returns to Italy squad after serving 10-month gambling ban 08/30/2024 02:13pm • ROME (AP) ��� Sandro Tonali was called back to Italy���s squad on Friday after serving a 10-month gambling ban. Coach Luciano Spalletti also handed Leicester defender Caleb Okoli and Atalanta midfielder Marco Brescianini their first call-ups for Nations League matches against France and Israel. Key Oklahoma rodeo company blames tainted feed for killing as many as 70 horses 08/30/2024 02:12pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ��� A nearly century-old Oklahoma company that supplies stock for rodeos had as many as 70 horses die a week ago after receiving what an owner believes was tainted feed. Rhett Beutler, co-owner of Beutler and Son Rodeo Co. near Elk City, told KFOR-TV that the horses died shortly a An Israeli boy who broke an ancient jar learns how the museum is piecing it back together 08/30/2024 01:54pm • HAIFA, Israel (AP) ��� As her 4-year-old son perused the Israeli museum���s ancient artifacts, Anna Geller looked away for just a moment. Then a crash sounded, a rare 3,500-year-old jar was broken on the ground, and her son stood over it, aghast. ���It was just a distraction of a second,��� said Ge Nicole Kidman returns to Venice Film Festival with erotic drama ���Babygirl��� 08/30/2024 01:33pm • VENICE, Italy (AP) ��� ���Babygirl,��� an erotic thriller about a female CEO who begins an affair with a younger, male intern, is about sex, certainly. But that���s just part of the story. It���s also about desire, secrets, marriage, truth, power and consent, star Nicole Kidman said Friday at the Ve East Timor celebrates 25th anniversary of UN-backed vote for independence 08/30/2024 01:13pm • DILI, East Timor (AP) ��� East Timor on Friday celebrated the 25th anniversary of a U.N.-backed referendum that secured its independence from its major neighbor Indonesia, which invaded the former Portuguese colony in 1975. Crowds cheered as their leaders and state guests, including U.N. Secretary-G Governor appoints ex-school board member recalled over book ban push to Nebraska���s library board 08/30/2024 01:01pm • LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) ��� Republican Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has appointed a new member to the Nebraska Library Commission ��� a former local school board member removed from office after trying to ban more than 50 books. Terri Cunningham-Swanson will serve on the board responsible for promoting, deve 2 women charged in Lululemon shoplifting scheme in Minneapolis 08/30/2024 12:36pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Two Minnesota women are charged with organizing thefts of several thousand dollars' worth of merchandise from a Lululemon store in Minneapolis and then funneling the stolen goods through a suburban nail salon. My Hoang Thi Van, 56, and Kathy Nguyen, 24, are each charged with one NASA cuts 2 from next SpaceX flight to make room for astronauts stuck at space station 08/30/2024 12:28pm • NASA on Friday cut two astronauts from the next crew to make room on the return trip for the two stuck at the International Space Station. NASA's Nick Hague and Russian Aleksandr Gorbunov will launch in September aboard a SpaceX rocket for the orbiting laboratory. The duo will return with Suni Willi Pro Picks: Eagles will beat the Chiefs in Super Bowl 59, preventing a 3-peat 08/30/2024 12:12pm • The Chiefs are going for a three-peat. Aaron Rodgers is trying to propel the Jets to prominence. The Ravens have unfinished business. That���s just three of the contending teams in a stacked AFC. The Bills, Bengals, Texans and Dolphins each have a legitimate chance to go deep in the postseason. The Germany deports 28 Afghan nationals to their homeland, the first since the Taliban takeover in 2021 08/30/2024 10:58am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Germany deported Afghan nationals to their homeland on Friday for the first time since August 2021 when the Taliban returned to power. Government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit described the 28 Afghan nationals as convicted criminals but did not clarify their offenses. ���The secur When the US left Kabul, these Americans tried to help Afghans left behind. It still haunts them 08/30/2024 09:49am • The United States' longest war is over. But not for everyone. Outside of San Francisco, surgeon Doug Chin has helped provide medical assistance to people in Afghanistan via video calls. He has helped Afghan families with their day-to-day living expenses. Yet he remains haunted by the people he could Prominent German leftist politician sprayed with a red liquid, likely paint, during campaign event 08/30/2024 05:41am • BERLIN (AP) ��� A prominent German leftist politician was sprayed with a red liquid, likely paint, during a campaign event Thursday in the eastern city of Erfurt, ahead of closely watched state elections on Sunday. Sara Wagenknecht, founder of the new Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, was only lightly sp