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Death toll from bridge collapse in China's Shaanxi province raised to 38. Two dozen still missing 08/03/2024 05:04am • BEIJING (AP) ��� The death toll has risen to 38 from the partial collapse of a highway bridge that plunged two dozen vehicles into a rushing river two weeks ago, China's state broadcaster CCTV reported Friday evening, while a separate tunnel collapse and landslides in southwestern Sichuan province i Gen Z players, mountain air and return to his roots have given Colorado's Pat Shurmur a new outlook 08/02/2024 06:51pm • BOULDER, Colo. (AP) ��� Maybe it's the mountain air. Maybe it's being around all Gen Zs. Or being away from the NFL meatgrinder. Pat Shurmur said he feels rejuvenated as he prepares for his first season as Colorado's offensive coordinator, where he's in charge of building an offense around star QB UAW leader says Trump would send the labor movement into reverse if he's elected again 08/02/2024 05:48pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Putting Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the Democratic ticket increases the Democrats��� chance of winning Michigan and keeping the White House in November, the head of the United Auto Workers union says. In an interview Friday with The Associated Press, Shawn Fain said f Indianapolis man sentenced to 145 years in prison for shooting ex-girlfriend, killings of 4 others 08/02/2024 05:44pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� An Indianapolis man has been ordered to spend 145 years in prison in the fatal shootings of three adults and a 7-year-old girl following an argument with his former girlfriend over her federal COVID-19 relief money. Malik Halfacre, 28, was sentenced Friday, the Marion County pr Florida flooding emergency declared as tropical threat draws near 08/02/2024 05:04pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) ��� A storm system brewing over Cuba on Friday will likely dump torrential rains over the Florida peninsula this weekend, a forecast that���s especially concerning for low-lying coastal and urban areas that were inundated by dangerous floods this year. The National Hurricane C US hiring fell sharply in July, an unexpected setback for the economy stoking recession fears 08/02/2024 04:52pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. economy suffered an unexpected setback in July as hiring fell sharply and the unemployment rate rose for the fourth straight month with raised interest rates taking a toll on businesses and households. Employers added just 114,000 jobs in July ��� 35% fewer than expected Flavor Flav helps Olympic discus thrower Veronica Fraley who said she struggles to pay the rent 08/02/2024 04:24pm • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) ��� Vanderbilt's discus thrower and Olympian Veronica Fraley lamented on social media that she needed help paying the rent. Hip-hop artist Flavor Flav and entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian decided to help. Soon after Fraley posted on the social media platform, X, that she was in n Venezuela's opposition secured over 80% of crucial vote tally sheets. Here's how they did it. 08/02/2024 03:39pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ��� The statement that upended Venezuela came 24 hours after polls closed in the presidential election. With the reassuring tone of someone who has consistently been considered an underdog, opposition powerhouse Maria Corina Machado announced that her coalition had gathered m Chasing Olympic gold in the shot put becomes a family mission for Joe and Ashley Kovacs 08/02/2024 03:34pm • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) ��� Nap time has turned into prime shot-put time around the Kovacs household. Joe and Ashley Kovacs built a ring on the side of their house in Dublin, Ohio, and take full advantage of their young twins' sleep schedule. Joe, a two-time Olympic silver medalist, and Ashley, his Florida attorney pleads guilty to trying to detonate explosives near Chinese embassy in Washington 08/02/2024 03:19pm • A Florida attorney pleaded guilty on Friday to using a rifle to try to detonate explosives outside the Chinese embassy last year in Washington, D.C. Christopher Rodriguez also bombed a sculpture of communist leaders Vladimir Lenin and Mao Zedong in a courtyard outside the Texas Public Radio building UK police brace for more far-right protests as government warns of tough response 08/02/2024 02:57pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Several suspects arrested in violent protests that erupted after the fatal stabbing of three children in northwest England made court appearances Friday as officials braced for more clashes that Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned and blamed on ���far-right hatred.��� Starmer vowe Memphis, Tennessee, officer, motorist killed in car crash; 2nd officer critical 08/02/2024 02:22pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� A Memphis police officer and a motorist who was driving with a gunshot wound were killed in a car crash early Friday, authorities said. Officers were called to the location of a crash involving a Nissan and a Memphis Police Department squad car at about 3 a.m., police said o Mexican army acknowledges some of its soldiers have been killed by cartel bomb-dropping drones 08/02/2024 01:26pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� The Mexican army acknowledged for the first time Friday that some of its soldiers have been killed by bomb-dropping drones operated by drug cartels. Defense Secretary Gen. Luis Cresencio Sandoval did not provide exact figures on the number of casualties suffered in the attacks, Federal government awards $150 million to reduce emissions in Virginia 08/02/2024 01:03pm • Virginia is the recipient of two federal grants to capture climate changing emissions, one focused on methane and another on promoting natural solutions to capture carbon. The funds, about $150 million, are from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency���s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant progra Are you cooling your car off the wrong way? Probably, according to AAA 08/02/2024 01:02pm • On scorching hot days, we're all thankful to have cars with air condition. The problem is, if your car has been outside all day, it's even hotter on the inside. And with our penchant for bigger cars these days, if you think the inside feels hotter than you remember it in your older, smaller v