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Georgia fires football staffer who survived fatal crash, less than a month after lawsuit 08/08/2023 10:42am • ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia has fired the football recruiting staffer who survived a January crash that killed player Devin Willock and another recruiting staffer, less than a month after she filed a lawsuit against the university's athletic association. The school issued a statement saying Victori William Friedkin, Oscar-winning director of 'The Exorcist' and 'The French Connection,' dead at 87 08/08/2023 10:23am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — William Friedkin, the generation-defining director who brought a visceral realism to 1970s hits “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist" and was quickly anointed one of Hollywood's top directors when he was only in his 30s, has died. He was 87. Friedkin, who won the best South Korea evacuates thousands of Scouts from coastal campsite as tropical storm nears 08/08/2023 10:09am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Carrying huge backpacks and water bottles, tens of thousands of Scouts began arriving at university dormitories, government and corporate training centers, and hotels around Seoul and other inland cities on Tuesday as the South Korean government evacuated the World Scout US inflation has steadily cooled. Getting it down to the Fed's target rate will be the toughest mile 08/08/2023 09:43am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the past year, inflation in the United States has tumbled from 9% all the way to 3%, softening most of the price pressures that have gripped the nation for more than two years. Now comes the hard part. Squeezing out the last bit of excess inflation and reducing it to the Fe Powerful storm kills 2 people and leaves 1.1 million without power in eastern US 08/08/2023 06:18am • WASHINGTON (AP) — At least two people died, thousands of U.S. flights were canceled or delayed, and more than 1.1 million homes and businesses lost power Monday as severe storms, including hail and lightning, moved through the eastern U.S. The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for th Israel demolishes home of alleged Palestinian attacker, fueling West Bank tensions 08/08/2023 05:07am • RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli security forces on Tuesday demolished the West Bank home of a Palestinian man accused of carrying out a deadly shooting attack earlier this year, the military said, the latest incursion to fuel tensions in the occupied territory. Israel's decades-old tactic of l 'American cinema classic': DC's Union Market Drive-In extended for 3 more months 08/08/2023 04:00am • "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" have reignited people's passion for movie theaters after months of pandemic streaming. The founder of D.C.'s Drive-In at Union Market hopes that it will spill over to a classic form of moviegoing. "It's great to see people going back to the movies, this whole 'Ba Georgia kids would need parental permission to join social media if Senate Republicans get their way 08/08/2023 12:07am • ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia could join other states requiring children to have their parents' explicit permission to create social media accounts. Two top Republicans in the Georgia state Senate — Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and Sen. Jason Anavitarte of Dallas — said in a Monday news conference they will s The Mega Millions jackpot has soared to $1.55 billion. Here's how hard it is to win 08/07/2023 11:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) — There’s no shaking it. Your chances of winning the lottery are extremely slim. After no big winner Friday night, the Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.55 billion. If someone wins it all on Tuesday, when the next Mega Millions drawing takes place, the prize would o Rail service in southern Pakistan is partially restored after train crash that killed 30 people 08/07/2023 08:36pm • MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Passenger rail service was partially restored Monday in southern Pakistan, a day after a train derailed in the region, killing at least 30 people and injuring scores, officials said. Families were holding funerals for the victims of the crash. According to Aqeel Ahmed Qures Firearm count added against Indiana man charged in block party shooting that killed 1, injured 17 08/07/2023 07:38pm • MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — A prosecutor Monday filed a felony firearm sentencing enhancement against a Muncie man charged with two counts of aggravated battery in connection with a shooting that left one person dead and 17 others wounded in the central Indiana city. The sentencing enhancement filed again A survivor of the fatal Pennsylvania bus crash describes chaos and heroism after it turned over 08/07/2023 06:19pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A bus carrying up to 50 people traveling from New York to Ohio crashed and hit another vehicle on a Pennsylvania interstate, killing three passengers, state police said. The wreck happened during heavy rain around 11:50 p.m. Sunday on Interstate 81 just north of Harrisburg, Freightcar America: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 08/07/2023 05:58pm • CHICAGO (AP) — CHICAGO (AP) — Freightcar America Inc. (RAIL) on Monday reported a loss of $18.9 million in its second quarter. On a per-share basis, the Chicago-based company said it had a loss of 73 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 2 cents per share. The rail car maker Appeals court upholds Josh Duggar's conviction for downloading child sex abuse images 08/07/2023 04:20pm • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld Josh Duggar's conviction for downloading child sexual abuse images, rejecting the former reality television star's argument that a judge should have suppressed statements he made to investigators during the search that found the ima DP World Tour Schedule 08/07/2023 02:59pm • Nov. 24-27 _ Fortinet Australian PGA Championship (Cameron Smith) Nov. 24-27 _ Joburg Open (Dan Bradbury) Dec. 1-4 _ Investec South African Open Championship (Thriston Lawrence) Dec. 1-4 _ ISPS Handa Australian Open (Adrian Meronk) Dec. 8-11 _ Alfred Dunhill Championship (Ockie Strydom) Dec. 15-18 _