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Longshoremen at key US ports threatening to strike over automation and pay 09/18/2024 10:53am • Determined to thwart the automating of their jobs, about 45,000 dockworkers along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are threatening to strike on Oct. 1, a move that would shut down ports that handle about half the nation's cargo from ships. The International Longshoremen's Union is demanding significan Longshoremen at key US ports threatening to strike over automation and pay 09/18/2024 10:53am • Determined to thwart the automating of their jobs, about 45,000 dockworkers along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are threatening to strike on Oct. 1, a move that would shut down ports that handle about half the nation's cargo from ships. The International Longshoremen's Union is demanding significan Ukrainian drones strike a major military depot in a Russian town northwest of Moscow 09/18/2024 10:51am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Ukrainian drones struck a large military depot in a town deep inside Russia overnight, causing a huge fire and forcing some residents to evacuate, a Ukrainian official and Russian news reports said Wednesday. At least 13 people were injured, Russia's Health Ministry added. Mea Lessons from Red Sea and Ukraine's Black Sea fight help prep Navy for possible conflict with China 09/18/2024 10:38am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Navy is taking lessons from its combat in the Red Sea over the past year and what Ukraine has done to hold off the Russians in the Black Sea to help U.S. military leaders prepare the service for a potential future conflict with China. From drones and unmanned surface vessels An ancient African tree is providing a new 'superfood' but local harvesters are barely surviving 09/18/2024 10:04am • Since childhood, Loveness Bhitoni has collected fruit from the gigantic baobab trees surrounding her homestead in Zimbabwe to add variety to the family���s staple corn and millet diet. The 50-year-old Bhitoni never saw them as a source of cash, until now. Climate change-induced droughts have decimat Australian police infiltrate encrypted messaging app Ghost and arrest dozens 09/18/2024 09:48am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Australian police said Wednesday they have infiltrated Ghost, an encrypted global communications app developed for criminals, leading to dozens of arrests. The app's alleged administrator, Jay Je Yoon Jung, 32, appeared in a Sydney court Wednesday on charges including s What will become of Sean 'Diddy' Combs' musical legacy? Experts weigh in following his indictment 09/18/2024 08:50am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Sean ���Diddy��� Combs is widely recognized as one of the most influential figures in hip-hop, but his indictment Tuesday on sex trafficking and racketeering charges further clouds his legacy. For some, it may change their relationship to his music. The indictment, detailing allega Ukraine boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk released after brief detention in Poland 09/18/2024 08:26am • KRAKOW, Poland (AP) ��� Heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk has been released after being briefly detained at Krakow airport in Poland, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday. ���I was disappointed by this attitude towards our citizen and champion,��� said Zelenskyy after he had EU warns deadly flooding and wildfires show climate breakdown is fast becoming the norm 09/18/2024 07:34am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Devastating floods through much of Central Europe and deadly wildfires in Portugal are joint proof of a ���climate breakdown��� that will become the norm unless drastic action is taken, the European Union's head office said Wednesday. ���Make no mistake. This tragedy is not an anom Player of the Week: Unity Reed's Naamon Eller 09/18/2024 07:33am • Naamon Eller makes sure to get in plenty of running during the week at Unity Reed High School football practice. The standout senior, who plays running back and linebacker, has no time to get tired on Friday nights. In addition to shining on offense and defense, Eller is also the team���s lon FIFA teams up with UN health agency for campaign to educate world soccer about concussion 09/18/2024 05:34am • GENEVA (AP) ��� FIFA teamed up with the World Health Organization on Wednesday for a campaign to educate the soccer industry about the risks of concussion injuries. ���Concussion is a public health issue of concern at all levels of football, and many other sports, requiring greater levels of awarene March for Bolivia's ex-President Morales turns violent, as political crisis escalates 09/18/2024 01:19am • CARACOLLO, Bolivia (AP) ��� Thousands of anti-government demonstrators marching in support of Bolivia���s former President Evo Morales clashed on Tuesday with counterprotesters blocking their way, a stark sign of an escalating power struggle in the volatile Andean nation. In his most brazen show of Blake Snell gets 12 Ks as Giants blank skidding Orioles 10-0 09/18/2024 12:54am • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� Blake Snell struck out 12 over six innings and allowed just one hit to carry the San Francisco Giants past the faltering Baltimore Orioles 10-0 on Tuesday night. The Orioles have lost seven of nine to fall four games behind the first-place Yankees in the AL East. Baltimore held a Hunter Goodman, Ezequiel Tovar homer in back-to-back games, Rockies again beat D-backs 8-2 09/18/2024 12:43am • DENVER (AP) ��� Hunter Goodman and Ezequiel Tovar hit home runs, Ryan Feltner pitched into the seventh inning for his first victory at Coors Field in two years, and the Colorado Rockies beat Arizona 8-2 on Tuesday night, dealing a setback to the Diamondbacks' playoff hopes. Tovar, who homered in Mon 'Fake heiress' Anna Sorokin debuts on 'Dancing with the Stars' ��� with a sparkly ankle monitor 09/18/2024 12:30am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Convicted con artist Anna Sorokin has hit the dancefloor on ���Dancing With the Stars��� with a featherweight ��� and very sparkly ��� ankle monitor. The so-called ���fake heiress,' who was convicted of swindling banks, hotels and friends in 2019 after falsely building a repu