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Travelers bothered by their flight's pollution can pay to reduce it elsewhere. Do offsets work? 09/29/2025 09:43am • So you're booking your flight, and just when you're about to check out, the airline asks if you'd like to pay a little something to offset your share of the flight's pollution. Or, maybe you're an environmentally minded person, and you've heard you can buy these things called carbon offsets. Are the Starting school can be hard for young kids. Here’s how to help with separation anxiety 09/28/2025 11:51pm • On her first full day of preschool, Alexander Lane's 3-year-old daughter stayed in the car for an hour at drop-off because she didn't want to go inside. On the second day, she entered class in tears. But by the third day, she eagerly ran into the classroom. Starting preschool or kindergarten is a Elliott steals Kansas Speedway race in wild overtime finish, secures spot in 3rd round of playoffs 09/28/2025 08:14pm • KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The odds were stacked against Chase Elliott as he lined up eighth in overtime at Kansas Speedway in a pivotal NASCAR playoff race. He had five Toyota drivers ahead of him including Denny Hamlin, who had dominated all of Sunday until a slew of late cautions turned the race Things to know about federal law enforcement activity in Chicago, Portland, Memphis 09/28/2025 08:10pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Armed federal agents patrolled Chicago’s downtown streets on Sunday and President Donald Trump called up 200 National Guard troops for deployment in Portland, Oregon, a move strongly opposed by the governor that immediately prompted a lawsuit saying Trump overstepped his au How to Get a Small Personal Loan 09/28/2025 08:00pm • Personal finance advisors often recommend that you avoid borrowing amounts that exceed what you need. Small personal loans can provide funding for car repairs, medical bills, replacement appliances and other unexpected expenses. However, many lenders set their minimum loan amounts at $2,000 or highe Your Guide to Hip Replacement Surgery 09/28/2025 08:00pm • Hip replacement surgery, or hip arthroplasty, is a common procedure that can improve mobility and decrease pain in a hip joint that's no longer functioning properly. The American College of Rheumatology reports that about 544,000 hip replacement surgeries are performed in the United States each year NHRA Midwest Nationals Results 09/28/2025 06:31pm • Sunday At World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Ill. Results Final finish order TOP FUEL: 1. Doug Kalitta; 2. Ida Zetterstrom; 3. Justin Ashley; 4. Antron Brown; 5. Shawn Langdon; 6. Kyle Wurtzel; 7. Tony Schumacher; 8. Steve Torrence; 9. Shawn Reed; 10. T.J. Zizzo; 11. Josh Hart; 12. Clay Millica Viktor Hovland out of Ryder Cup singles with injury. Harris English has to sit 09/28/2025 12:58pm • FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Viktor Hovland withdrew from his singles match Sunday in the Ryder Cup with a neck injury, which also meant Harris English had an early end to his week. Hovland and English were scheduled to meet in the final match. Hovland had an MRI late Saturday that revealed a disc bul NHRA Midwest Nationals Pairings 09/27/2025 06:22pm • Saturday At World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Ill.Pairings Top Fuel 1. Doug Kalitta, 3.675 seconds, 335.73 mph vs. 16. Will Smith, 4.046, 249.90; 2. Antron Brown, 3.688, 337.41 vs. 15. Cameron Ferre, 3.912, 298.93; 3. Tony Stewart, 3.690, 335.15 vs. 14. Ida Zetterstrom, 3.788, 328.78; 4. Shaw Popular Egyptian 'strong man' goes for another jaw-dropping challenge: Pulling a ship with his teeth 09/27/2025 05:33pm • HURGHADA, Egypt (AP) — With nothing but grit, muscle and an iron jaw, a hugely popular Egyptian wrestler geared up for an extraordinary challenge Saturday: pulling a 700-ton ship across the water with a rope held only by his teeth. “Today, I have come to break the world record,” Ashraf Mahrous Denny Hamlin admits he 'got too hot under the collar' after wrecking Ty Gibbs 09/27/2025 03:38pm • KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Cooler heads have prevailed inside Joe Gibbs Racing following last week's run-in between teammates Denny Hamlin and Ty Gibbs, who Hamlin wrecked when Gibbs wouldn't get out of his way at New Hampshire. Hamlin is in the playoffs and racing for his elusive first Cup Series c NHRA Midwest Nationals Qualifying 09/26/2025 10:21pm • Friday At World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Ill. Qualifying after two rounds Top Fuel 1. Doug Kalitta, 3.675 seconds, 335.73 mph; 2. Antron Brown, 3.688, 337.41; 3. Tony Stewart, 3.690, 335.15; 4. Shawn Reed, 3.703, 332.10; 5. Brittany Force, 3.709, 340.47; 6. Kyle Wurtzel, 3.711, 329.10; 7. C The Latest: Supreme Court keeps Trump’s $5 billion foreign aid funding freeze in place 09/26/2025 09:54pm • The Supreme Court on Friday extended an order that allows President Donald Trump ’s administration to keep frozen nearly $5 billion in foreign aid, handing him another victory in a dispute over presidential power. With the three liberal justices in dissent, the court’s conservative majority gran Assata Shakur, a fugitive Black militant sought by the US since 1979, dies in Cuba 09/26/2025 09:26pm • Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has died, her daughter and the Cuban government said. Shakur, who went by Joanne Deborah Chesimard befor What to know about the stricter rules coming to noncitizen truck drivers after fatal Florida crash 09/26/2025 09:08pm • It is now significantly harder for non-U.S. citizens to obtain a commercial driver's license under new rules the Transportation Department imposed Friday. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said an audit that was done after a deadly crash in Florida last month that was caused by a truck driver atte