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Delta agrees to pay $79M to settle lawsuit after jetliner dumped fuel on schools 08/29/2025 03:04pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Delta Air Lines has agreed to pay $79 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed in 2020 after one of its airplanes that was experiencing engine trouble dumped its fuel over schoolyards and densely populated neighborhoods near Los Angeles. The Delta jet had departed from Lo Trading Micah Parsons doesn't help the Cowboys in 2025 but could end up being a rare win-win deal 08/29/2025 01:04pm • Trading Micah Parsons is a bold move only a general manager who happens to be the team owner can make. Parsons is a generational player, an elite talent in his prime. Quarterbacks fear facing the two-time All-Pro pass rusher. Offensive coordinators have sleepless nights thinking about ways to game-p Expectations remain high for Allen-led Bills, with focus on team finally dethroning Chiefs atop AFC 08/28/2025 12:10pm • ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills (15-5) Expectations They're high as usual for the Josh Allen-led team that's projected to win its sixth straight AFC East title. The biggest question is also a familiar one: Will this finally be the year the Bills get over the playoff hump and displace the K In DC, a heated standoff between police, neighbors shows unease amid Trump's law enforcement surge 08/27/2025 08:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The street, normally quiet, was abuzz. The block lit up with flashing police cruisers and officers in tactical vests. Some had covered their faces. Neighbors came out of homes. Some hurled insults at the police, telling them to leave — or worse. Dozens joined in a chant: “Sha From Heisman to FBS head coach: Eddie George ready for next big challenge at Bowling Green 08/27/2025 06:38pm • BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — Eddie George is a Heisman Trophy winner who rushed for over 10,000 yards in the NFL before becoming a successful businessman and actor. His latest challenge? Seeing if he can parlay all those lessons and successes into putting Bowling Green back on the map. George makes Trump's push to oust Fed's Lisa Cook unites anti-DEI effort, bid to control independent institutions 08/27/2025 06:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's vow to fire Lisa Cook, an economist who is the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve's board of governors, kicked off another tense debate and likely legal battle over a major institution's independence. It also marks another potential high-pr Hamlin's Cup title quest begins as antitrust battle with NASCAR heats up 08/27/2025 03:51pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Denny Hamlin, with three Daytona 500 wins and 58 career victories, is considered the greatest driver to never win a Cup Series championship. His quest to finally win a title begins Sunday at Darlington Raceway, just four days after he stares down NASCAR in federal court over Day keeping simple approach for Sayin as No. 3 Ohio State prepares to host top-ranked Texas 08/26/2025 07:48pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Coach Ryan Day is trying to keep the message simple for Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin before his first college start on Saturday, when the No. 3 and defending College Football Playoff champion Buckeyes host top-ranked Texas. “The message is just to win, find a way to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s love story, from friendship bracelets to engagement rings 08/26/2025 07:34pm • NEW YORK (AP) — It started with a friendship bracelet. It ended with an engagement ring. Taylor Swift, the pop superstar, and Travis Kelce, the football champion, are engaged. The fiances, both 35, announced the news in a joint post on Instagram on Tuesday. It is the latest chapter in the couple's US Open honors Althea Gibson for breaking the color barrier in tennis 75 years ago 08/26/2025 10:29am • NEW YORK (AP) — Images of Althea Gibson are everywhere at the U.S. Open, 75 years since she became the first Black player at a major tennis tournament. The American Grand Slam event's logo is multilayered artwork of her face in profile. Clips of Gibson flash across screens inside Arthur Ashe Stadi Thoughts about the afterlife sparked R.F. Kuang's newest novel, 'Katabasis' 08/26/2025 12:00am • For Rebecca F. Kuang, who has had six bestsellers before the age of 30, an eternal afterlife of leisure scares her more than the idea of going to hell. “As a child, I was told when you die you go to heaven and heaven is where you eat cake all day and just get to hang out with your friends," said t 'Leave our kids alone': Schools reopen in DC with parents on edge over Trump's armed patrols 08/25/2025 06:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Public schools reopened Monday in the nation’s tense capital with parents on edge over the presence in their midst of thousands of National Guard troops — some now armed — and large scatterings of federal law enforcement officers carrying out President Donald Trump's orders 'We're with them': DC students head back to school amid Trump's law enforcement surge 08/25/2025 04:24pm • Thousands of students went back to school Monday in D.C., some carrying first-day jitters. The school year began amid a surge in federal law enforcement that brought thousands of federal law enforcement and National Guard members to the streets of D.C. “What I want to be clear to all of Angela Mortimer Barrett, former Wimbledon champion, has died at 93 08/25/2025 02:06pm • LONDON (AP) — Angela Mortimer Barrett, who overcame partial deafness and an intestinal infection to win three Grand Slam singles titles including 1961 Wimbledon, died on Monday at age 93. The All England Club made the announcement. “We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Angela Mortimer 'Stay out of our city': Chicago officials slam Trump’s threat to target the city 08/25/2025 09:53am • CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday said Chicago will likely be the next target of his efforts to crack down on crime, homelessness and illegal immigration. Trump indicated that the Midwestern city could receive similar treatment to what he's done in Washington, D.C., where he's deploy