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Ecuador says 57 guards and police officers are released after being held hostage in several prisons 09/01/2023 06:56pm • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorian authorities announced Friday the release of 50 guards and seven police officers who were taken hostage for more than a day, in what the government described as a response by criminal groups to its efforts to regain control of several large correctional facilities i Ta'Kiya Young's family urges officer's arrest after video shows him killing the pregnant Black woman 09/01/2023 06:38pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio authorities on Friday released bodycam video showing a police officer fatally shooting Ta’Kiya Young in her car in what her family denounced as a “gross misuse of power and authority” against the pregnant Black mother. Sean Walton, an attorney representing Young's Attorney: Myon Burrell, locked up for life as teen in killing but later freed, denies new charges 09/01/2023 06:26pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man who was a teenager when he was sent to prison for life in a high-profile murder case — then released 18 years later when his sentence was commuted — was charged Friday with gun and drug felonies after police said they found a handgun and drugs in his SUV duri Sports on TV for September 2 - 3 09/01/2023 06:00pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, September 2 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN’S) 3 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Western at Geelong 5 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Essendon at Hawthorn 11 p.m. FS2 — AFL: St. Kilda at North Melbourne 1 a.m. (Sunday) FS2 — AFL: Richmond at Brisb Mexican president's state of the union address suggests crime is not a problem 09/01/2023 05:47pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president on Friday delivered his second-to-last state of the union, and perhaps what was most striking of his roughly 1 1/2 hour speech was what he didn’t talk about: drugs, crime or drug cartels. Experts and residents agree that wide swaths of Mexico are under the Mohamed Al-Fayed, the former Harrods owner whose son Dodi was killed in a car crash with Princess Diana, has died 09/01/2023 05:11pm • LONDON (AP) — Mohamed Al-Fayed, the former Harrods owner whose son Dodi was killed in a car crash with Princess Diana, has died. A man convicted of murder in Pennsylvania and wanted in Brazil remains at large after jail escape 09/01/2023 04:24pm • WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Hundreds of law enforcement agents searched Friday for a man recently convicted of murder in Pennsylvania for the fatal stabbing of his ex-girlfriend, a day after he escaped from a county jail. Danelo Cavalcante, 34, is also wanted in his native Brazil in a separate slayin Spain opens case against soccer chief for World Cup kiss. Luis Rubiales breaks week-long silence 09/01/2023 04:12pm • MADRID (AP) — Spain's government began a move to oust suspended soccer chief Luis Rubiales, who ended a week of silence on Friday by insisting he was the victim of a smear campaign. Rubiales has come in for a storm of criticism and calls for his resignation for his behavior during and after Spain' 18 gang members suspected of armed heists killed in a shootout with South African police 09/01/2023 02:50pm • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Sixteen men and two women suspected of being part of a gang that robbed armored vans were killed Friday in a shootout with South African police in a rural northern region. Officers approached a building where the gang was operating, and the suspects opened fire, poli Delaware man who police blocked from warning of speed trap wins $50K judgment 09/01/2023 02:37pm • DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware State Police have agreed to pay $50,000 to resolve a federal lawsuit filed by a man who said troopers violated his constitutional rights by preventing him from warning motorists about a speed trap. A judgment was entered Friday in favor of Jonathan Guessford, 54, who sa Ryan Preece cleared to race Darlington after scary Daytona crash last week 09/01/2023 02:23pm • DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Ryan Preece has been cleared to race in the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway after his frightening crash at Daytona a week ago. “I'll see you at Darlington,” Preece said in a social media video posted Friday by his Stewart-Haas Racing team. “I'm sitting right here, Max Verstappen bids for record-breaking 10th straight F1 win at Monza on Sunday 09/01/2023 12:33pm • MONZA, Italy (AP) — For Max Verstappen, it’s not about records. It’s about winning. The Red Bull driver could achieve both at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday as he looks to etch his name further in the Formula One history books. After tying Sebastian Vettel’s F1 record of nine straight vict DC-area fliers ‘knock on wood’ on busy Friday before Labor Day 09/01/2023 10:10am • As passenger lines grew and dissipated at Dulles International Airport, Friday morning, many knew traveling on the Friday before Labor Day would be busy. And for the past few days, they’ve had the weather effects of Idalia, which is now off the east coast, after causing devastation in Florida, Shooting of a brown bear leaves 2 cubs motherless and sparks outrage in Italy 09/01/2023 09:59am • ROME (AP) — The slaying of an endangered brown bear near an Italian national park left her two young cubs motherless and sparked outrage in Italy on Friday. Italy's environment minister and animal rights advocates voiced anger and dismay over the killing of the bear in the mountainous Abruzzo regi What to stream this weekend: Indiana Jones, 'One Piece,' 'The Menu' and tunes from NCT and Icona Pop 09/01/2023 09:57am • ”Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” and the second season debut of the third “Power” spin-off “Power Book IV: Force” are among the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you Among the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainm