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Oklahoma ideology test for teachers from New York and California draws criticism 08/19/2025 05:00pm • Oklahoma will require applicants for teacher jobs coming from California and New York to pass an exam that the Republican-dominated state's top education official says is designed to safeguard against ���radical leftist ideology,��� but which opponents decry as a ���MAGA loyalty test.��� Ryan Walter NASCAR says Michael Jordan antitrust suit is to force permanent charter no other team has 08/19/2025 04:58pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� NASCAR argued in its latest court filing that Michael Jordan is suing the stock car series to earn a permanent charter that no other teams possess, and that neither 23XI Racing nor Front Row Motorsports has suffered any harm by racing as ���open��� entries. NASCAR also indic Trump Doral back on a PGA Tour schedule crowded with big tournaments 08/19/2025 04:54pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Trump National Doral is back on the PGA Tour schedule next year as a signature event that is sure to test how often the top golfers want to play during an extraordinary spring of five big tournaments in a six-week stretch. Doral long was considered the start of the Florida swing, a Judge dismisses part of lawsuit over ���Alligator Alcatraz��� immigration detention center 08/19/2025 04:16pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� A federal judge in Miami dismissed part of a lawsuit that claimed detainees were denied access to the legal system at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as ���Alligator Alcatraz,��� and then moved the remaining counts of the case to another court. Claims Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is on the verge of erupting again 08/19/2025 03:14pm • HONOLULU (AP) ��� Lava shoots high into the sky. Molten rock erupts from two vents simultaneously. The nighttime sky glows red and orange, reflecting the lava oozing across a summit crater. Scientists expect Kilauea volcano to again gush lava in the coming days for the 31st time since December as th This Swedish church is being moved down the road before a mine swallows its town 08/19/2025 02:29pm • KIRUNA, Sweden (AP) ��� How do you move one of Sweden���s most beloved wooden churches down the road? With a little engineering, a lot of prayer ��� and some Eurovision for good luck. The Kiruna Church ��� called Kiruna Kyrka in Swedish ��� is being moved this week along a 5-kilometer (3-mile) route Pakistan restores electricity and reopens roads in areas where floods killed over 300 08/19/2025 02:21pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� Pakistan reopened damaged roads in the north and northwest and restored 70% of the region's electricity after flash floods there killed more than 300 people, officials said Tuesday, as a downpour continued to lash several flood-hit regions. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar tol Sports on TV for Wednesday, Aug. 20 08/19/2025 02:05pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Wednesday, Aug. 20 HORSE RACING 9:30 a.m. FS2 ��� The Juddmonte International: From York Racecourse, York, England 1 p.m. FS2 ��� NYRA: Saratoga Live 5 p.m. FS1 ��� NYRA: Saratoga Live 9 p.m. FS2 ��� NYRA: Saratoga Live LITTLE LEAGUE BA Takeaways from AP's reporting on coach accused of abuse at renowned US gymnastics academy 08/19/2025 02:00pm • IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) ��� More than three years after sexual abuse claims were first reported to authorities by his students, the FBI has arrested a former girls��� coach at an elite U.S. gymnastics academy in Iowa on a child pornography charge. The abuse investigation into Sean Gardner, formerly of Veterans' voices shape a report on the Afghanistan War's lessons and impact 08/19/2025 01:55pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� U.S. veterans of the war in Afghanistan are telling a commission reviewing decisions on the 20-year conflict that their experience was not only hell, but also confounding, demoralizing and at times humiliating. The bipartisan Afghanistan War Commission aims to reflect such ve Former US Attorney Catherine Hanaway appointed as Missouri's next attorney general 08/19/2025 01:43pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� Former U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway was appointed Tuesday as Missouri's next attorney general, vowing a tough-on-crime approach as her predecessor leaves for a job with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe announced Hanaway's appointment ju Kim Jong Un slams South Korea-US drills during an inspection of his most powerful warship 08/19/2025 01:25pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� North Korean leader Kim Jong Un condemned South Korean-U.S. military drills and vowed a rapid expansion of his nuclear forces to counter rivals, state media said Tuesday, as he inspected his most advanced warship being fitted with nuclear-capable systems. Kim���s visit to How Orthodox Jewish families are finding ways to support their trans children 08/19/2025 12:49pm • Ziva Mann remembers how joyful and smiley her daughter was as a child ��� the family even gave her the nickname ���Giggles.��� ���She was just sunshine,��� Mann said. That changed around second grade, when her joy began to fade. ���She got sadder and sadder,��� Mann recalled. ���It was like watching The Boston Celtics have a new owner. The drive to add more NBA championships won't change 08/19/2025 12:23pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� The Boston Celtics have a new owner, and there's one thing that isn't going to change at the NBA's most-decorated franchise. ���Coming in second is not the objective, and it���s not acceptable,��� private equity mogul Bill Chisholm said Tuesday after taking control of the team from W US-Apple-Books-Top-10 08/19/2025 12:00pm • Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List) 1. We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter (William Morrow) 2. For Richer For Poorer by Danielle Steel (Random House Publishing Group) 3. She Didn���t See It Coming by Shari Lapena (Penguin Publishing Group) 4. An Inside Job by Daniel Silva (Harper) 5. My Friend