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Texas A&M president steps down but doesn't say if controversial classroom video was a factor 09/19/2025 07:24pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� The president of Texas A&M University, roiled by an online video of a confrontation between a student and professor in a class that discussed gender, said Friday that now is the time to leave, but he did not offer a specific reason. Mark A. Welsh III and the school had faced pol Kennedy's vaccine advisers change COVID shot guidance, calling them an individual choice 09/19/2025 07:10pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.���s new vaccine advisers added confusion Friday to this fall���s COVID-19 vaccinations ��� declining to recommend them for anyone and leaving the choice up to those who want a shot. Until now, the vaccinations had been recommended as a routine Senate rejects competing bills to fund government, increasing risk of shutdown on Oct. 1 09/19/2025 06:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Senate rejected competing measures on Friday to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government shutdown on that date. Leaders of the two parties sought to blame the other side for the standoff. Why Newsom's push for new House maps isn't a sure thing, even in heavily Democratic California 09/19/2025 06:21pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Gov. Gavin Newsom���s proposal on the Nov. 4 ballot to reshape California���s U.S. House districts to add five Democratic seats in advance of the 2026 midterm elections is not a sure sale with voters, even in a state where Democrats outnumber registered Republicans by nearly 2-t Cardinals and 49ers face off in Week 3 matchup of undefeated teams 09/19/2025 05:56pm • Arizona (2-0) at San Francisco (2-0) Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EDT, Fox. BetMGM NFL Odds: 49ers by 2 1/2. Against the spread: Cardinals 1-1; 49ers 2-0. Series record: 49ers lead 36-31. Last week: Cardinals beat Panthers 27-22; 49ers beat Saints 26-21. Last meeting: Cardinals beat 49ers 47-24 at Glendale, A IOC confirms Russians competing as neutrals at Milan-Cortina Games and no talks on Israel 09/19/2025 05:52pm • MILAN (AP) ��� Russians will be allowed to compete at next year���s Milan-Cortina Winter Games but the International Olympic Committee said on Friday it had never discussed banning Israel. The IOC confirmed after an executive board meeting in Milan that it will follow the system it used at the Paris California Gov. Gavin Newsom extends signature program aimed at curbing carbon emissions 09/19/2025 05:49pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday extended a signature state program aimed at reducing planet-warming emissions through 2045, a move Democrats cheered but Republicans warned would raise gas prices. The program known as cap and trade sets a declining limit on total gr Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel meeting on COVID-19 and childhood vaccines 09/19/2025 05:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A vaccine advisory committee handpicked by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met in Atlanta this week to consider whether to revise recommendations on shots against COVID-19, hepatitis B, and a combination shot that protects children against measles, mu Web of business interests shows that Kimmel's future rests on far more than his jokes 09/19/2025 05:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The decision about whether to keep Jimmy Kimmel on his late-night ABC show depends on far more than his jokes. The choice is complicated by a web of business and regulatory considerations involving ABC���s parent company, other media companies and the Trump administration. It's the Raiders and Commanders both have 1 win against a bad team and 1 loss to a good team 09/19/2025 05:05pm • Las Vegas (1-1) at Washington (1-1) Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, Fox. BetMGM NFL Odds: Commanders by 3. Against the spread: Raiders 1-1; Commanders 1-1. Series record: Commanders lead, 8-7. Last week: Raiders lost to Chargers 20-9; Commanders lost to Packers 27-18. Last meeting: Commanders beat Raiders 17-15 Commanders' Jayden Daniels will not play against the Raiders on Sunday because of an injured knee 09/19/2025 05:00pm • ASHBURN, Va. (AP) ��� Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels will sit out Sunday's game against the Las Vegas Raiders because of an injured left knee, the first start he'll miss since entering the NFL last season. ���He was just not all the way there yet,��� Commanders coach Dan Quinn s The big question for the Commanders and Raiders was whether Jayden Daniels would play. He won't 09/19/2025 04:59pm • ASHBURN, Va. (AP) ��� The biggest question for both the Commanders and the Raiders entering their game Sunday was, quite simply: Would Washington quarterback Jayden Daniels play? It turns out, the answer is no. Instead, Marcus Mariota will get his first NFL start since 2022, when he played for Atlan Mexico City remembers the 1985 earthquake that changed everything 09/19/2025 04:47pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Every Sept. 19, residents of Mexico City ask themselves an unsettling question: ���Is the ground shaking?��� On that day 40 years ago, at 7:19 a.m., a 8.1-magnitude earthquake and its aftershocks left the Mexican capital devastated. Official counts put the death toll around 12,0 Trump administration threatens further sanctions in escalating fight with Harvard 09/19/2025 04:28pm • The Trump administration escalated its fight with Harvard University on Friday, placing the Ivy League school under extra financial oversight and threatening sanctions if it does not provide additional data on its admissions practices. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the department was placi Wall Street coasts to the finish of its latest record-setting week 09/19/2025 04:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Wall Street tacked on some more gains Friday as it glided to the finish of its latest record-setting week. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% to close out its sixth winning week in the last seven. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 172 points, or 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0