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Minnesota prison reaches resolution with inmates who refused to return to their cells in heat wave 09/03/2023 06:20pm • STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota prison has “resolved without incident” a situation involving about 100 inmates in one housing unit who would not return to their cells Sunday in what one former inmate there called an act of “self-preservation" amid dangerously high temperatures in the re Spencer Torkelson and Tarik Skubal lead the Tigers to a series sweep of the White Sox 09/03/2023 06:20pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Spencer Torkelson hit a tiebreaking solo home run in the seventh inning, Tarik Skubal worked seven solid innings and the Detroit Tigers ran their winning streak to four games with a 3-2 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday. Torkelson turned on a full-count sidearm sweeper from A Bodies of two adults and two children found in Seattle house after fire and reported shooting 09/03/2023 04:51pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Detectives in Seattle were investigating the deaths of two adults and two children whose bodies were found following a reported shooting and house fire. Officers responding to a report of a shooting in a residential area of the city Saturday morning found the house engulfed in flame Fantasy plays: Falcons' Robinson, Lions' Gibbs among top NFL rookie options 09/03/2023 04:08pm • Every year, the NFL draft supplies the league with new and exciting players to watch. For fantasy football, sometimes those rookies can help take your teams to the top. Rookies often have an acclimation period while they adjust to the pro level, but these stars-in-the-making should be able to hit th Florida fishing village Horseshoe Beach hopes to maintain its charm after being walloped by Idalia 09/03/2023 03:55pm • HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — This remote seaside enclave known as “Florida's Last Frontier” took much of the pounding from Hurricane Idalia when it struck the state's west coast as a Category 3 storm last week. The damage left behind in the fishing village of Horseshoe Beach is exposing a gul Phoenix man let 10-year-old son drive pickup truck on freeway, police say 09/03/2023 03:22pm • PHOENIX (AP) — A man has been arrested after allowing his 10-year-old son to drive a pickup truck on a Phoenix-area freeway, authorities said Sunday. Arizona Department of Public Safety officials said the boy led troopers on a brief pursuit Saturday afternoon — weaving and speeding on State Rout Jimmy Buffett died after a four-year fight with a rare form of skin cancer, his website says 09/03/2023 01:14pm • SAG HARBOR, N.Y. (AP) — Jimmy Buffett, whose sun-drenched songs celebrated life by the shore, died of a rare, aggressive skin cancer, according to a statement on his website. Buffett, 76, had Merkel cell cancer, according to the statement, which was posted after initial news of his death emerge Americans have long wanted the perfect endless summer. Jimmy Buffett offered them one 09/03/2023 12:18pm • It seemed wistfully appropriate, somehow, that news of Jimmy Buffett’s death emerged at the beginning of the Labor Day weekend, the demarcation point of every American summer’s symbolic end. Because for so many, the 76-year-old Buffett embodied something they held onto ever so tightly as the wor Madrid prepares for heavy rain, cancels trains and soccer game 09/03/2023 11:10am • MADRID (AP) — Forecasts of heavy rain in central Spain on Sunday led authorities to shut down train lines, cancel a Spanish league soccer game and order citizens to stay indoors. Spain’s weather service issued warnings for intense rainstorms in Madrid and surrounding areas. Spain’s state rail DC-based nonprofit raises awareness of meat packing injuries ahead of Labor Day 09/03/2023 05:25am • About 26,600 nonfatal injuries in the meat and poultry industry alone were reported in 2021, according to a D.C.-based nonprofit. Sustainable Earth Eating is spreading awareness of these injuries as Americans buy food produced by agricultural workers to celebrate Labor Day. "Your dinner might Colorado beats No. 17 TCU 45-42 in back-and-forth shootout, coach Deion Sanders' debut 09/03/2023 02:30am • FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — After nine months of hype, Deion Sanders had Colorado ready for prime time in his much-anticipated debut as Buffaloes coach. Shedeur Sanders, the coach’s son, threw for a school-record 510 yards with four touchdowns — the winner a 46-yard catch-and-run by true freshman Students criticize the University of North Carolina's response to an active shooter emergency 09/03/2023 12:05am • CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — As sirens blared across the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and cell phones lit up with alerts of an active shooter, Micah Baldonado cried quietly at his desk while his teacher proceeded with the lecture. “I know there's no right way to react, but I just lost Milroe has 5 TDs -- 3 passing, 2 rushing -- to lead No. 4 Alabama past Middle Tennessee, 56-7 09/03/2023 12:04am • TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Jalen Milroe turned a bad snap into an improbable touchdown run. He launched three on-target deep balls for scores, too. Milroe threw three long touchdown passes and ran for a pair of scores, including one where he turned a potentially huge loss into a dash to the end zone, Crawford's tiebreaking homer in 9th lifts 1st-place Mariners to 8-7 win over Mets 09/03/2023 12:04am • NEW YORK (AP) — J.P. Crawford had three hits, including a tiebreaking homer leading off the ninth inning, and the Seattle Mariners beat the New York Mets 8-7 on Saturday night to extend their slim lead in the AL West. Crawford hit the second pitch from Adam Ottavino (1-5) into the right-field seat Still reeling from flooding, some in Vermont say something better must come out of losing everything 09/03/2023 12:03am • BERLIN, Vt. (AP) — Seven weeks after catastrophic flooding in Vermont destroyed their mobile home, Sara Morris and her family don't yet know what they will do for housing long-term. She and her husband, their three kids and his mother have been staying with Morris' mother since the flooding mangle