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Boise State again favored to win Mountain West as conference prepares for major changes 08/15/2025 06:10am • Change is coming to the Mountain West, but this season will feel like so many others. No. 25 Boise State was picked to win the conference. For the 15th year in a row. Broncos coach Spencer Danielson pointed out that didn't equate to a conference title every time, but Boise State is the two-time defe Data Doctors: Tips for training your voice assistant 08/15/2025 06:07am • Q: How can I get voice recognition to spell people���s names correctly? A: Voice recognition tools are amazing for quickly sending messages or dictating notes, but they can stumble when it comes to unusual or nonphonetic names. If your phone, smart assistant or dictation software keeps misspellin Isak to miss start of Premier League season for Newcastle amid uncertainty over future 08/15/2025 05:57am • NEWCASTLE, England (AP) ��� Alexander Isak remains unavailable for selection for Newcastle heading into the start of the Premier League season amid ongoing uncertainty over the Sweden striker���s future at the club. Isak was the subject of a bid from Liverpool during the offseason and has been train On India's Independence Day, Modi vows to punish Pakistan for future attacks 08/15/2025 04:02am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Pakistan that India will punish its neighbor if there are future attacks on India as he marked 78 years of independence from British colonial rule. Modi���s remarks Friday come three months after nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan en Ukrainian defenses face a challenge as Russian troops make gains ahead of the Putin-Trump summit 08/15/2025 03:58am • DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) ��� Days before the leaders of Russia and the U.S. hold a summit meeting in Alaska, Moscow's forces breached Ukrainian lines in a series of infiltrations in the country's industrial heartland of Donetsk. This week's advances amount to only a limited success for Russia, a Torrential rains trigger flash floods in Kashmir, killing at least 56 and leaving scores missing 08/15/2025 02:04am • SRINAGAR, India (AP) ��� Flash floods caused by torrential rains in a remote village in India-controlled Kashmir have left at least 56 people dead and scores missing, authorities said Thursday, as rescue teams scouring the devastated Himalayan village brought at least 300 people to safety. Following Afghanistan is starting its fifth year of Taliban rule. Here are 5 things to know 08/15/2025 01:15am • The Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in 2021 for the second time. Since then, the former insurgents have consolidated their grip on power, excluded women and girls from public life, stamped out internal dissent and external challengers, and gained debut recognition as the country���s official g John Daly II, Niall Shiels Donegan advance to US Amateur quarterfinals 08/14/2025 11:03pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� John Daly II and Niall Shiels Donegan each won two matches Thursday at The Olympic Club to advance to the U.S. Amateur quarterfinals as more top-ranked players dropped out. Daly, the son of two-time major champion John Daly, beat Nate Smith 2 and 1 in the morning in the round Social Security has existed for 90 years. Why it may be more threatened than ever 08/14/2025 10:52pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law 90 years ago this week, he said it would provide economic stability to older people while giving the U.S. "an economic structure of vastly greater soundness.��� Today, the program provides benefits to a The Standard Portland Classic Par Scores 08/14/2025 10:14pm • Thursday At Columbia Edgewater Country Club Portland, Ore. Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,497; Par: 72 First Round Adela Cernousek 29-35���64 -8 The Standard Portland Classic Scores 08/14/2025 10:14pm • Thursday At Columbia Edgewater Country Club Portland, Ore. Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,497; Par: 72 First Round Adela Cernousek 29-35���64 Brooke Hend The Latest: Bondi names DEA head ���emergency police commissioner��� amid Trump���s takeover of DC police 08/14/2025 10:05pm • Attorney General Pam Bondi has named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Terry Cole, as Washington���s ���emergency police commissioner,��� saying she is granting him the powers of the police chief amid the federal takeover. The Metropolitan Police Department ���must receive approval fr Putin praises Trump's efforts to end Ukraine war ahead of Friday summit in Alaska 08/14/2025 09:50pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised U.S. President Donald Trump���s efforts to end the war in Ukraine, more than three years after Moscow launched its invasion, as the two leaders prepared for a pivotal U.S.���Russia summit Friday in Alaska. Following a meeting Thurs Robert MacIntyre runs off 6 birdies in a row for 62 to lead BMW Championship 08/14/2025 09:09pm • OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) ��� Robert MacIntyre seized on a softer Caves Valley after a two-hour storm delay and rode the best putting round of his year with six straight birdies to post an 8-under 62 for a three-shot lead over Tommy Fleetwood in the BMW Championship on Thursday. MacIntyre finished it o Upgraded charges filed against Minnesota man accused of killing lawmaker, wounding another 08/14/2025 08:09pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� A Minnesota man accused of killing a top Democratic state lawmaker and wounding another while pretending to be a police officer is now facing new and upgraded state charges under a fresh indictment announced Thursday, just a week after he pleaded not guilty in federal court. Van