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Most major retailers and grocers will be open on Labor Day. Costco and your bank will be closed 09/01/2024 08:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The origins of Labor Day date back to the late 19th century, when activists first sought to establish a day that would pay tribute to workers. The first U.S. Labor Day celebration took place in New York City on Sept. 5, 1882. Some 10,000 workers marched in a parade organized by t Revamped Washington begins life in the Big Ten with 35-3 win over Weber State 09/01/2024 03:19am • SEATTLE (AP) — Jonah Coleman rushed for 127 yards and three touchdowns, Will Rogers threw for 250 yards and one TD, and Washington cruised past Weber State 35-3 on Saturday night in Jedd Fisch’s debut as the Huskies' new coach. With Big Ten Conference logos now stitched onto the field at Husky S Colandrea shines as Virginia cruises past Richmond, 34-13 08/31/2024 11:42pm • CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia quarterback Anthony Colandrea threw for 297 yards and 2 touchdowns in a dominant 34-13 victory Saturday night over the University of Richmond in the season opener for both teams. The Cavaliers learned their lesson from last year’s home-opening loss to James M Serena Williams visits the US Open for the first time since playing her last match there in 2022 08/31/2024 06:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Welcome back to the U.S. Open, Serena Williams. Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, returned to Flushing Meadows on Saturday — but she was watching tennis, not playing it. And she brought back an old look, wearing a denim skirt similar to the one she sported while co Iamaleava passes for 314 yards, 3 TDs in first half as No. 15 Tennessee beats Chattanooga 69-3 08/31/2024 05:19pm • KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nico Iamaleava threw for 314 yards — a school record for one half — and three touchdowns in his first regular-season start to lead the 15th-ranked Volunteers to a 69-3 victory over Chattanooga on Saturday. Dylan Sampson rushed for 124 yards and three scores in the first With men at the front lines, women watch over Ukraine's night sky for Russian drones 08/31/2024 11:38am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — When the air raid siren bellows in the dead of night, the women in arms rush to duty. Barely two months since joining the mobile air-defense unit, 27-year-old Angelina has perfected the drill to a tee: Combat gear fitted, anti-aircraft machine gun in place, she cruised behind For Tara and Hunter, it's one gold medal down, two more at stake as Paralympics get underway 08/31/2024 06:00am • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — The title of the video is “What Happens After You Win The Olympics.” It is nearly 16 minutes of solid-gold footage from a handheld camera showing long jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall’s whirlwind day after she became an Olympic champion. It includes a trip to the Olympi Three blood biomarkers may give women a picture of their heart disease risk decades in advance, study shows 08/31/2024 03:26am • (CNN) — Measuring the levels of three biomarkers in blood in midlife may give women a clearer picture of their risk of major cardiovascular events like heart attacks and strokes decades earlier than current risk calculators do, a new study suggests.When it comes to the worries that women have More Hong Kongers tune out the news as they adapt to Beijing's tightening grip 08/31/2024 12:00am • HONG KONG (AP) — Hannah Wong cried when the Hong Kong government effectively forced Apple Daily and Stand News out of business three years ago. Among the last news outlets in the city willing to criticize the government openly, many saw their end as a sign that the old Hong Kong was gone for good. Israel-Hamas war latest: The Israeli military strikes Jenin on Day 3 of its West Bank raid 08/30/2024 09:56pm • The Israeli military struck the West Bank city of Jenin on Friday, the third day of heavy fighting in the Palestinian territory. The Israeli military said it struck Palestinian militants and killed a senior Hamas commander in the city. Such airstrikes, while common over the months-long Israel-Hamas Dallas officer killed and 2 wounded by man who targeted police, chief says 08/30/2024 08:19pm • DALLAS (AP) — Dallas’ police chief said Friday that a man intentionally set out to shoot police when he killed an officer sitting in his patrol car and wounded two others in a late-night attack that set off a highway chase and ended with officers fatally shooting the suspect. The shooting Thursd Travelers are getting a head start on the long Labor Day weekend 08/30/2024 07:45pm • Airports, highways, beaches and theme parks are expected to be packed across the U.S. this Labor Day weekend as a lot Americans mark the unofficial end of summer the same way they celebrated the season’s unofficial start: by traveling. After what's already been a record-breaking summer for air tr Labor Day 2024: What's open, what's closed around the DC area 08/30/2024 02:03pm • The unofficial end of summer is upon us. Even though some area school districts have only been back in session for a week, all public schools in the D.C. area will be closed for Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 2. Here’s what else you need to know about schools, transportation, trash collection, libr An Israeli boy who broke an ancient jar learns how the museum is piecing it back together 08/30/2024 01:54pm • HAIFA, Israel (AP) — As her 4-year-old son perused the Israeli museum’s ancient artifacts, Anna Geller looked away for just a moment. Then a crash sounded, a rare 3,500-year-old jar was broken on the ground, and her son stood over it, aghast. “It was just a distraction of a second,” said Ge Carlos Alcaraz's surprising US Open loss to Botic van de Zandschulp raises questions 08/30/2024 12:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Everyone kept waiting for Carlos Alcaraz to turn things around at the U.S. Open. Alcaraz figured it would happen at some point. So did his opponent. And surely the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd and folks tuning in on TV did, too. This is, after all, Carlos Alcaraz we're talking about �