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The State Fair of Texas opens with a new gun ban after courts reject challenge 09/27/2024 05:29pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� The State Fair of Texas opened Friday under a new firearms ban, having withstood weeks of pressure from Republicans who had charged into a public rift with one of the state's most beloved institutions and have spent years championing looser gun laws. Organizers put the ban in place f Fairfax Co. school celebrates small attendance victories to combat chronic absenteeism 09/27/2024 05:20pm • Last spring, the parent of a Dranesville Elementary second grader walked into the Virginia school���s office to share what administrators viewed as an attendance success story. The student had an appointment, and the mom told her that she could stay home the whole day. But, the student pushed New York City Mayor Eric Adams pleads not guilty to taking bribes and illegal campaign contributions 09/27/2024 05:15pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� New York City Mayor Eric Adams pleaded not guilty Friday to federal bribery charges, firmly rejecting allegations that he accepted overseas travel, campaign cash and other perks from foreign interests seeking to harness his influence. Adams, a former police captain, entered the ple Cowboys could be without injured Parsons, Lawrence for multiple games, AP sources say 09/27/2024 05:03pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� Two-time All-Pro Micah Parsons and fellow pass rusher DeMarcus Lawrence could miss multiple games for the Dallas Cowboys after getting hurt in a victory over the New York Giants, two people with knowledge of the injuries said Friday. Parsons has a high ankle sprain and Lawrence a foo At NY���s beloved Fall for Dance, highlights come from as far as Ukraine and as close as a few blocks 09/27/2024 04:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The eclectic annual Fall for Dance festival is a beloved tradition among dance fans, not least for its $30 tickets ��� still quite a deal in New York, even if they began at $10 two decades ago. But the best thing about it is still the variety it brings to the stage, with 15 acts o Packers host undefeated Vikings in key early NFC North showdown 09/27/2024 04:29pm • Minnesota (3-0) at Green Bay (2-1) Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, CBS BetMGM NFL Odds: Packers by 2 1/2. Against the spread: Vikings 3-0, Packers 2-1 Series record: Packers lead 66-58-3 Last meeting: Packers won 33-10 in Minnesota on Dec. 31. Last week: Vikings beat Houston Texans 34-7 at home; Packers won 30 Browns LT Wills Jr. out, but team catches lucky break as Raiders missing Crosby, Adams with injuries 09/27/2024 04:06pm • CLEVELAND (AP) ��� The Browns got a little lucky before getting to Las Vegas. On Friday, the Raiders ruled out wide receiver Davante Adams and defensive end Maxx Crosby ��� the team's two best players ��� with injuries ahead of Sunday's game against Cleveland, a development that caused a massive swi Tough, tight win keeps Cowboys out of crisis mode, but Micah Parsons' health is a question 09/27/2024 03:45pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� A tough and tight victory for the Dallas Cowboys over the New York Giants kept Dak Prescott and company out of crisis mode for now. The Cowboys did the same thing twice last season on the way to a third consecutive 12-win season and trip to the playoffs. It remains to be seen how the Sean 'Diddy' Combs faces new sex assault allegations in woman's lawsuit 09/27/2024 03:38pm • Sean ���Diddy��� Combs was hit with new sexual assault allegations Friday as a woman filed a lawsuit in New York saying she was repeatedly raped and drugged at the music mogul's homes and became pregnant after one of the encounters. It's the latest of several similar lawsuits by women against Combs, Wisconsin city's mailing of duplicate absentee ballots raises confusion, questions over elections 09/27/2024 03:36pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� When the elections clerk in Wisconsin's heavily Democratic capital city of Madison announced on Monday that duplicate absentee ballots had mistakenly been sent to around 2,000 voters, it ignited concerns about election integrity from a Republican congressman and others on the Steelers vet Cordarrelle Patterson hasn't let pride get in the way during a record-setting career 09/27/2024 03:32pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Cordarrelle Patterson doesn't fit into a specific box. And to be honest, that's the way he prefers it. If the Pittsburgh Steelers veteran has learned anything during his 12-year career it's that too much pride can be a dangerous thing. Yes, he's a former first-round pick. Yes, he New York Giants have concerns about their 1-3 record and rookie sensation Malik Nabers 09/27/2024 03:28pm • EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) ��� The New York Giants' 1-3 record roughly a quarter of the way through the season isn't the only concern for coach Brian Daboll, and it might not even be the biggest. The stress is probably higher when it comes to sensational rookie receiver Malik Nabers. The No. 6 overa Van Gogh paintings vandalized at a London gallery after 2 activists were sentenced in similar attack 09/27/2024 03:25pm • LONDON (AP) ��� A pair of paintings by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh at London���s National Gallery were vandalized Friday when a group of climate activists splattered what appeared to be tomato soup on them, shortly after two other activists were sentenced over a similar attack two years ago. The Crew Dragon set for first Cape Canaveral launch to space station 09/27/2024 02:36pm • ▶ Watch Video: Boeing Starliner crew speaks out on space stay into 2025 NASA's 10th Crew Dragon flight to the International Space Station is ready for launch Saturday with two long-duration crew members on board along with two empty seats that will be used next Alabama police officer shot and killed a 68-year-old knife wielding man with dementia 09/27/2024 02:14pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) ��� An Alabama police officer is being investigated for allegedly shooting and killing a 68-year-old man with dementia after his family called for help on Sunday, according to authorities and the family's lawyer. A Muscle Shoals police officer fatally shot Ronald Parrish at aro