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Wildfire risk spikes with high temps as winds whip up in Southern California Wildfire risk spikes with high temps as winds whip up in Southern California 10/28/2025 05:45pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — An autumn heat wave accompanied by gusty winds raised the wildfire risk for Southern California starting Tuesday, with forecasters warning that grass and brush are still dangerously dry despite recent rains. The National Weather Service issued red flag warnings for increased fi Police report omits a federal agent's shooting at a DC driver. The man's lawyers suspect a cover-up Police report omits a federal agent's shooting at a DC driver. The man's lawyers suspect a cover-up 10/28/2025 05:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal agent fired shots at an unarmed Black man during a recent traffic stop while patrolling the nation's capital for President Donald Trump's law-enforcement surge. But a police report on the encounter doesn't mention the shooting, an omission that the man's attorneys point Lawyers suggest cover-up after federal agent shoots at driver during DC traffic stop Lawyers suggest cover-up after federal agent shoots at driver during DC traffic stop 10/28/2025 04:34pm • Lawyers for a driver they say was shot at by a federal agent during a traffic stop are alleging that D.C. police tried to cover up the shooting. Charging documents showed that on Oct. 17 just before 10 p.m., Phillip Brown, 33, was driving a Dodge SUV with dark-tinted windows and missing a front t Natural gas remains the most affordable home heating option as cold winter approaches Natural gas remains the most affordable home heating option as cold winter approaches 10/28/2025 04:16pm • This content was fueled by the American Gas Association. A continuation of last year’s “La Niña” weather pattern means Americans may face another colder-than-average winter heating season this year. Cold weather can mean increased energy consumption for the average American household as fa No. 2 Indiana taking advantage of a strong, steady, evolving defense to chase another playoff bid No. 2 Indiana taking advantage of a strong, steady, evolving defense to chase another playoff bid 10/28/2025 04:00pm • It's easy to get enamored with No. 2 Indiana's glitzy offense. The gritty, increasingly stout defense has been just as impressive — maybe even better. On Saturday, the Hoosiers set the tone with an interception return for a touchdown on the second play of the game and that came two weeks aft Inter goalkeeper Josep Martínez involved in car accident that kills an 81-year-old man 10/28/2025 03:19pm • MILAN (AP) — An 81-year-old man using an electric wheelchair died after being hit by a car driven by Inter Milan goalkeeper Josep Martínez on Tuesday, according to Italian media reports. Police investigating the accident said the man may have suffered a sudden illness and veered from the cycle pa 40 years later, Michael J. Fox looks back on 'Back to the Future' 40 years later, Michael J. Fox looks back on 'Back to the Future' 10/28/2025 03:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Michael J. Fox has been living with “Back to the Future” for a long time. “I’ll be on the street and some kid will go, ‘There’s Marty McFly!’” Fox says. “No, this is an old man.” It’s been 40 years since “Back to the Future” debuted in theaters, but neithe RSF's takeover of Sudan's el-Fasher a 'terrible escalation' that raises new concerns RSF's takeover of Sudan's el-Fasher a 'terrible escalation' that raises new concerns 10/28/2025 02:32pm • CAIRO (AP) — Paramilitary fighters in vehicles, on camels and on foot rampaged through the Sudanese military’s last stronghold in Darfur on Tuesday, killing and detaining hundreds of people in the latest atrocity of a war that has raged in Sudan for over 31 months. The Rapid Support Forces, or R Fan at Penguins game hospitalized after falling from upper concourse Fan at Penguins game hospitalized after falling from upper concourse 10/28/2025 12:08pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — A fan at Monday night's game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and St. Louis Blues was taken to a hospital after falling from the upper concourse at PPG Paints Arena. The incident happened early in the first period after Anthony Mantha's goal gave the Penguins a 2-0 lead. Emergency Cyclone Montha making landfall in India, threatening millions with torrential rains and gusty winds Cyclone Montha making landfall in India, threatening millions with torrential rains and gusty winds 10/28/2025 11:50am • NEW DELHI (AP) — Cyclone Montha started making landfall along India’s eastern coast, the weather office said late Tuesday, with the storm due to bring torrential rains and strong winds. Montha, swirling over the Bay of Bengal, intensified into a severe cyclonic storm that threatens flooding of l Takeaways from AP's report on how US sought to lure Maduro's pilot into betraying Venezuelan leader 10/28/2025 11:23am • MIAMI (AP) — A longtime U.S. law enforcement agent secretly tried to recruit Nicolas Maduro’s pilot to join a plot to capture the Venezuelan leader and deliver him into U.S. custody to face drug trafficking charges. Details of the plot are emerging as the Trump administration exerts increasing p President Trump's granddaughter gets exemption to LPGA tournament President Trump's granddaughter gets exemption to LPGA tournament 10/28/2025 11:13am • BELLEAIR, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump's granddaughter will be taking a detour on her way to playing college golf at the University of Miami — Kai Trump will make her LPGA Tour debut next month. Kai Trump received a sponsor exemption Tuesday to play in The Annika at Pelican Golf Club on No Pressure builds on Prince Andrew to vacate mansion he rents for the nominal sum of a peppercorn Pressure builds on Prince Andrew to vacate mansion he rents for the nominal sum of a peppercorn 10/28/2025 10:48am • LONDON (AP) — The latest chapter in the saga haunting the House of Windsor could be called “The Prince and the Peppercorn.” Prince Andrew, who recently relinquished his formal titles after new revelations about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is under pressure t PHOTO ESSAY: Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns 10/28/2025 10:23am • CHICAGO (AP) — Just before noon on a sunny Friday earlier this month, federal immigration agents threw tear gas canisters onto a busy Chicago street, just outside of an elementary school and a children’s play cafe. Parents, teachers and caregivers rushed to shield children and have been grapplin Food banks are preparing for a surge as federal food aid could be paused in the government shutdown Food banks are preparing for a surge as federal food aid could be paused in the government shutdown 10/28/2025 06:45am • Food banks and pantries were already struggling after federal program cuts this year, but now they're bracing for a tsunami of hungry people if a pause in federal food aid to low-income people kicks in this weekend as the federal government shutdown persists. The rush has already begun. Central Chri
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