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Justice Department fires key prosecutor in elite office already beset by turmoil, AP sources say 10/02/2025 03:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Justice Department fired a top national security prosecutor amid criticism from a right-wing commentator over his work during the Biden administration, further roiling the prominent U.S. Attorney���s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia after the ousting of other senio Sports on TV for Friday, Oct. 3 10/02/2025 03:05pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, Oct. 3 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN���S) 5 a.m. FS2 ��� AFL: Essendon at Melbourne 1 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 ��� AFL: Sydney at North Melbourne 3 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 ��� AFL: Brisbane at Gold Coast 5 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 ��� AFL: Beijing's top diplomat in Hong Kong sets out four red lines for new US Consul General 10/02/2025 02:56pm • HONG KONG (AP) ��� Beijing's top diplomat in Hong Kong met with the city���s new U.S. Consul General this week to warn her against interfering in the territory���s internal affairs, his office said in a statement Thursday. Cui Jianchun, commissioner of the Hong Kong office of China's foreign minist LISTEN: Tim Tebow says new QBs are more prepared to play but still need time to develop and grow 10/02/2025 02:53pm • Various NFL Players: Hey, this is Russell Wilson. This is Joe Montana. This is Dak Prescott. Hey, this is Jason Kelce, and you���re listening to Rob Maaddi. Rob Maaddi. Rob Maaddi. Rob Maaddi. Welcome to On Football with me, Rob Maaddi. Week five starts. Some of the byes in the NFL. We���ve only got From bombs to glass: Hanford site can now transform nuclear waste 10/02/2025 02:29pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in the desert of southeastern Washington state turned out most of the plutonium used in the nation���s nuclear arsenal, from the first atomic bomb to the arms race that fueled the Cold War. Now, after decades of planning and billions Study shows the world is far more ablaze now with damaging fires than in the 1980s 10/02/2025 02:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Earth���s nastiest and costliest wildfires are blazing four times more often now than they did in the 1980s because of human-caused climate change and people moving closer to wildlands, a new study found. A study in the journal Science looks at global wildfires, not by acres burn EPA's job is to protect America's air, water and land. Here's how a shutdown affects that effort 10/02/2025 01:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Environmental Protection Agency was already reeling from massive staff cuts and dramatic shifts in priority and policy. A government shutdown raises new questions about how it can carry out its founding mission of protecting America's health and environment with little more t A well-defined leadership hierarchy makes for no surprises in next president of Mormon church 10/02/2025 01:04pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ��� A former Utah Supreme Court justice is expected to be named the next president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after the recent death of President Russell M. Nelson. Announcing his successor ��� Dallin H. Oaks ��� is largely a formality because the church h Republicans are relishing a role reversal in the shutdown fight. Can Trump keep them united? 10/02/2025 12:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Gathered in the unusually quiet halls of the U.S. Capitol, Republican leaders faced the cameras for a second day and implored Democrats to reopen the government. ���We want to protect hardworking federal workers,��� House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday morning, before critici Math in the DMV 10/02/2025 12:24pm • This content is sponsored by the Collaborative for Student Success. In the Washington, D.C. region, nearly 300,000 new jobs are expected by 2030, according to the Greater Washington Partnership. It means there will be demand for workers with the right mix of skills, including math fluency. NHL's Central Division remains a gauntlet through the season and playoffs 10/02/2025 12:20pm • Mikko Rantanen was a staple for Colorado, helping the Avalanche win the Stanley Cup as part of his dominant decade in Denver. Then, all of a sudden last winter he was gone, traded to Carolina and by spring back in the division with bitter rival Dallas. ���Someone was like, ���Yeah, we might be like Zinedine Zidane's son Luca gets first Algeria call-up for crucial World Cup qualifiers 10/02/2025 12:10pm • ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) ��� French soccer great Zinedine Zidane���s son Luca was called up by Algeria for the first time Thursday, with the team close to qualifying for the 2026 World Cup in North America. Luca Zidane, a 27-year-old goalkeeper, represented France at youth level but never for the senio FCS playoffs are a financial drain for most of the 24 teams. Could private equity change that? 10/02/2025 11:43am • Montana State made it all the way to the championship game of the FCS playoffs last season and the school lost tens of thousands of dollars in the process. In fact, officials say, most of the 24 teams that go to the playoffs lose money or break even. That's just wrong, Big Sky Conference Commissione Everybody in Washington hates a shutdown until it becomes a useful tool 10/02/2025 11:42am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. government had shut down, and Donald Trump was calling on Democrats and Republicans to work together to get out of the mess. ���You have to get people in a room, and you have to just make deals for the good of the country,��� Trump remarked. The year was 2013, and Trump PBS 'Masterpiece' series ���The Gold��� explores Britain���s biggest heist in history 10/02/2025 11:17am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� In 1983, six thieves muscled their way into a warehouse near Heathrow Airport, expecting to find a large sum of foreign currency. They got much more than they bargained for ��� 26 million pounds worth of gold bars. What happened in the days and years next is the subject of PBS��� �