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Prison guard who missed killer's escape is fired, as hunt for fugitive focuses on botanic garden 09/08/2023 09:36pm • WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — A prison tower guard has been fired after a murderer slipped away on his watch in a brazen daytime escape, officials said Friday, as the nine-day-old search pressed on amid southeastern Philadelphia suburbs, farmland and a vast botanical garden. News of the firing came as Magic Johnson, Josh Harris and other new Commanders owners introduce themselves to Washington fans 09/08/2023 08:44pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Magic Johnson handed Kanga Gwanyama $5,000 in cash, telling the 13-year-old he could only hold on to the money for five minutes and that most of it would go into savings. Johnson brought cheers and a few tears to Gwanyama and hundreds of kids and parents at the Boys & Girl Poland battles surge in Kremlin spies and hybrid warfare 09/08/2023 07:08pm • WARSAW — The sun-splashed streets of Warsaw in late August, periodically pelted with surprise rain showers looked, sounded, smelled and felt like any other modern, international city. Men and women in business suits rushed along to their appointments, dodging puddles, talking on their mobile ph Ohio state Rep. Bob Young says he'll resign following arrests in domestic violence case 09/08/2023 05:06pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A state lawmaker in Ohio announced Friday that he will step down next month following a pair of arrests in less than two months in an ongoing domestic violence case. Republican Rep. Bob Young notified GOP House Speaker Jason Stephens that his resignation would take effect Oct India seeks a greater voice for the developing world at G20 but the Ukraine war may overshadow talks 09/08/2023 07:41am • NEW DELHI (AP) — It’s never been easy for the leaders of the world’s largest economies to find common ground, but Russia’s war on Ukraine has made it even harder for the Group of 20 meeting to reach meaningful agreements this year. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, this year’s host, has Coco Gauff wins a US Open semifinal delayed by a climate protest. Will face Sabalenka in the final 09/08/2023 01:43am • NEW YORK (AP) — Coco Gauff never wavered one bit Thursday night. Not when match point after match point went by the wayside. Not during a 40-shot exchange that ultimately helped decide the outcome. And not, most distracting of all, when her U.S. Open semifinal against Karolina Muchova was interrup Investigators say a blocked radio transmission led to a June close call between planes in San Diego 09/07/2023 07:24pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigators said Thursday that a failed radio transmission and a distracted air traffic controller led to a close call between a Southwest Airlines jet and a smaller plane waiting to take off from San Diego in June. Both planes had been cleared to use the same runway. The Natio Steelers' Pickett began his rookie season avoiding spotlight. Entering Year 2, it's shining on him. 09/07/2023 05:00pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — A year ago, Kenny Pickett was a backup quarterback desperately trying to stay out of the way. Learn in the shadows. Absorb what he could from his new Pittsburgh Steelers teammates without being a distraction. So as his rookie season began, he did what he could to hide in plain s Washington State gets rare nonconference visit from Power Five opponent hosting No. 19 Wisconsin 09/07/2023 02:35pm • Opportunities to host big-name teams in nonconference games don’t come around often for Washington State. In fact, it’s been a quarter-century since it last happened. Tucked away among the wheat fields and rolling hills of eastern Washington, Washington State has rarely been a destination for co Fighting between rival US-backed groups in Syria could undermine war against the Islamic State group 09/06/2023 10:41pm • BEIRUT (AP) — The weeklong clashes between rival U.S.-backed militias in eastern Syria, where hundreds of American troops are deployed, point to dangerous seams in the coalition that has kept a lid on the defeated Islamic State group for years. That could be an opportunity for the radical group to Schools dismiss early, teach online as blast of heat hits northeastern US 09/06/2023 05:29pm • A blast of late summer heat caused disruptions Wednesday for schools from Michigan to Virginia, with some districts dismissing students early and others holding classes online just days into the new academic year. While temperatures weren’t as high as last month’s triple-digit deadly heat wave, Unruly fans singing Nazi songs and interrupting play with shouts cause problems at US Open 09/06/2023 05:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Alexander Zverev felt he had to react when he heard a fan use language from Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime during his U.S. Open match. This wasn’t the type of heckling that players are prepared to face and trained to ignore. It highlighted a challenge faced by players and the U.S. Op Chiefs begin NFL title defense against Lions on Thursday night at Arrowhead Stadium 09/06/2023 02:58pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Just about everyone in the Kansas City Chiefs locker room has moved past their latest Super Bowl triumph by this point, turning their focus toward the Detroit Lions in Thursday night's NFL opener and the prospect of becoming the first repeat NFL champions in nearly two deca Review: 'The Afterparty' reveals killer in Season 2 finale on Apple TV+ 09/06/2023 12:56pm • If Kenneth Branagh's remake of "Murder on the Orient Express" (2017) failed to galvanize a new generation, Rian Johnson's "Knives Out" (2019) undoubtedly revived the comedic whodunnit for a "Glass Onion" sequel. Streaming platforms followed suit, including Hulu's "Only Murders in the Building More wild Atlantic salmon found in U.S. rivers than any time in the past decade, officials say 09/06/2023 12:52pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The last wild Atlantic salmon that return to U.S. rivers have had their most productive year in more than a decade, raising hopes they may be weathering myriad ecological threats. Officials counted more than 1,500 of the salmon in the Penobscot River, which is home to the co