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Today in History: August 31, Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in Paris crash 08/31/2025 04:10am • Today is Sunday, Aug. 31, the 243rd day of 2025. There are 122 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 31, 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed after the car she was riding in crashed in Paris; her partner Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul (who was found to have been intoxicated at t Formula 1: How to watch the Dutch Grand Prix on TV and what to know 08/31/2025 01:07am • ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) ��� Here's a guide that tells you what you need to know about the Dutch Grand Prix. It's the 15th round of the 2025 Formula 1 season. How to watch the Dutch Grand Prix on TV ��� In the U.S., on ESPN. ��� Other countries are listed here. Remainder of the Dutch Grand Prix s What to know in the case against former Memphis police officers in the death of Tyre Nichols 08/30/2025 10:03pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� The federal criminal case against former Memphis police officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols has taken a shocking, unusual twist: Three of them are getting a new trial because a judge made comments after their convictions that raised questions of bias. On Thu Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA Nationals Qualifying 08/30/2025 06:29pm • Saturday At Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Indianapolis, Ind. Qualifying after the first three of five rounds Top Fuel 1. Brittany Force, 3.666 seconds, 339.79 mph; 2. Jordan Vandergriff, 3.683, 333.33; 3. T.J. Zizzo, 3.695, 333.08; 4. Doug Kalitta, 3.697, 329.99; 5. Antron Brown, 3.702, 33 Josef Newgarden faces first winless season since 2014 if he doesn't win at Nashville 08/30/2025 05:07pm • LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) ��� Josef Newgarden, two-time IndyCar champion and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner, wrote a children's book about his first Indy victory titled ���Josef's Big Dream.��� Midway through this miserable year he proposed a sequel: ���Josef's Bad Season.��� Gallows humor, sure, but he Eli Holstein throws a career-high 4 touchdown passes as Pittsburgh eases by Duquesne 61-9 08/30/2025 04:45pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Eli Holstein threw a career-high four touchdown passes, including two to sophomore wide receiver Cataurus ���Blue��� Hicks, and Pittsburgh eased past crosstown rival Duquesne 61-9 on Saturday. Desmond Reid returned a punt 88 yards for a score less than 3 minutes in and added anot Trump taps federal agents to tackle local policing. That's not always helpful, critics say 08/30/2025 02:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� It���s a scene that has played out on the streets of Washington and Los Angeles since President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation's capital and ramped up deportations nationwide: Federal agents, some in masks, grabbing someone off the street, bundling the pers A walk through a Smithsonian museum reveals American genius and cruelty as Trump presses for change 08/30/2025 02:35pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� In an afternoon's walk through ground zero of Americana ��� the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History ��� objects around every corner invite one question: What could possibly be more American than this? There's the enormous Star-Spangled Banner in all its timeworn At least 3 dead after mob sets fire to Indonesian regional parliament building 08/30/2025 02:32pm • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ��� An angry mob set fire to a local parliament building in an Indonesian provincial capital, leaving at least three people dead and five others hospitalized, officials said. The blaze in Makassar, the capital city of South Sulawesi province, began late Friday. Television rep Isack Hadjar lays down a marker for Red Bull promotion with pace in Dutch GP qualifying 08/30/2025 01:10pm • ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) ��� Isack Hadjar said he was ���super happy��� with a career-best fourth place in qualifying for Racing Bulls at the Dutch Grand Prix on Saturday which underlined his status as a candidate to partner Max Verstappen at the main Red Bull team next year. The French rookie de Sports on TV for Sunday, Aug. 31 08/30/2025 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, Aug. 31 AUTO RACING 8:55 a.m. ESPN ��� Formula 1: The Heineken Dutch Grand Prix, Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands ESPNU ��� Formula 1: The Heineken Dutch Grand Prix, Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands (F1 Kids) 1 Why you can't drive your car to Formula 1's Dutch Grand Prix 08/30/2025 07:08am • ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) ��� It's the Formula 1 race where cars are banned, at least for spectators. Organizers of the Dutch Grand Prix pride themselves on requiring almost all of the 110,000 fans expected each day of this race weekend to arrive by public transport or bicycle. Where other F1 race Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA Nationals Qualifying 08/29/2025 10:01pm • Friday At Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Indianapolis, Ind. Qualifying after the first one of five rounds Top Fuel 1. Brittany Force, 3.666 seconds, 339.79 mph; 2. Jordan Vandergriff, 3.683, 333.33; 3.T.J. Zizzo, 3.695, 333.08; 4. Doug Kalitta, 3.697, 329.99; 5. Antron Brown, 3.702, 332.75; Oregon could join Hawaii in mandating pay-per-mile fees for EV owners as gas tax projections fall 08/29/2025 09:44pm • Oregon could become the second U.S. state to require electric vehicle owners to enroll in a pay-per-mile program as lawmakers began a special session Friday to fill a $300 million transportation budget hole that threatens basic services like snowplowing and road repairs. However, the special session New Trump executive order relaxes chase policies for US Park Police 08/29/2025 09:31pm • The U.S. Park Police now has a less restrictive policy when it comes to police pursuits. Officials in President Donald Trump's administration are framing the change as part of its stepped-up crime effort in D.C. The new police pursuit rules are part of an Aug. 25 White House executive order, whi