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Members of US Congress make a rare visit to opposition-held northwest Syria 08/27/2023 03:24pm • BEIRUT (AP) — Three Republican members of the U.S. Congress made a quick trip Sunday into opposition-held northwest Syria in the first known visit to the war-torn country by American lawmakers in six years. They urged the Biden administration and regional partners to keep up the pressure on Syrian Former 2-term Republican Tennessee Gov. Don Sundquist dies at 87 08/27/2023 02:59pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Don Sundquist, a Republican who was twice elected governor of Tennessee and also served 12 years in Congress, died Sunday. He was 87. Sundquist died at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis on Sunday morning, according to a family spokeswoman. He died peacefully, surrounded by f Verstappen wins rainy Dutch GP to equal Vettel's F1 record with 9th straight victory 08/27/2023 01:22pm • ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) — Runaway Formula One leader Max Verstappen won a rain-marred Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday to equal Sebastian Vettel's F1 record of nine straight victories, and increased his huge championship lead to 138 points as he races toward a third straight world title. The Red Bul More than 600 firefighters backed by water-dropping aircraft struggle to control wildfires in Greece 08/27/2023 12:02pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — More than 600 firefighters, including reinforcements from several European countries and backed by a fleet of water-dropping planes and helicopters, were tackling the remnants of three major wildfires in Greece Sunday, two of which have been raging for days. Greece has been p NASCAR driver Ryan Preece gets medical clearance to return home after terrifying crash at Daytona 08/27/2023 11:17am • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR driver Ryan Preece, whose car rolled about a dozen times during a terrifying crash at Daytona International Speedway, was on his way home about 12 hours later after being discharged from a hospital Sunday. Stewart-Haas Racing said Preece was headed back to North C After a Vermont playhouse flooded, the show went on 08/27/2023 10:29am • WESTON, Vt. (AP) — Members of a beloved Vermont acting company were sleeping in theater housing when torrential rains and flooding forced them to flee, with water inundating the playhouse’s vast basement of dressing rooms, costumes and props and reaching into the first floor. The July storms lef A US Marine Osprey crashes during drills in Australia, killing 3 and injuring 20, some critically 08/27/2023 10:16am • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A United States Marine Corps aircraft with 23 Marines aboard crashed on a north Australian island Sunday, killing at least three and critically injuring at least five during a multinational training exercise, officials said. Three had been confirmed dead on Melville Isla Prigozhin's final months were overshadowed by questions about what the Kremlin had in store for him 08/27/2023 07:20am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Yevgeny Prigozhin smiled as a crowd of adoring fans surrounded his black SUV on June 24 in Russia’s southern city of Rostov-on-Don and cheered him on. “You rock!” fans shouted while taking selfies with the chief of the Wagner mercenary group, who was sitting in the ve Okwuegbunam, McLaughlin help the Broncos rout the mistake-prone Rams 41-0 in preseason finale 08/27/2023 01:39am • DENVER (AP) — His teammates serenaded tight end Albert Okwuegbunam after he played the starring role in the Denver Broncos' 41-0 blowout of the Los Angeles Rams in the teams' preseason closer Saturday night. “Albert O! Albert O!” they hollered as he emerged from the showers wearing but a towel Evacuation order lifted after firefighters douse Maui brush fire near site of deadly Lahaina blaze 08/27/2023 12:59am • LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — An evacuation order following a brush fire that burned 10 acres (4 hectares) on Maui was lifted by emergency officials Saturday. The fire prompted Maui authorities to temporarily evacuate residents Saturday from a neighborhood of Lahaina, just a few miles from the site re Buescher wins at Daytona, eliminating Elliott and helping Wallace land final NASCAR playoff berth 08/27/2023 12:38am • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Chris Buescher has become a NASCAR title contender in less than a month. Buescher won the Cup Series regular-season finale at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday night, eliminating fan favorite Chase Elliott from playoff contention and sending Bubba Wallace into t North Korea to allow its citizens abroad to return home, a sign of further easing of pandemic curbs 08/27/2023 12:17am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Sunday it will allow its citizens staying abroad to return home in line with easing pandemic situations worldwide, as the country slowly eases its draconian coronavirus restrictions. In a brief statement carried by state media, the State Emergency Epidem FIFA suspends Spain soccer federation president Luis Rubiales for 90 days after World Cup win kiss 08/26/2023 07:51pm • GENEVA (AP) — FIFA suspended Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales on Saturday while its disciplinary committee investigates his conduct at the Women’s World Cup final, which included kissing player Jenni Hermoso on the lips after Spain's victory. The provisional suspension comes les Much of Florida under state of emergency as possible tropical storm forms in Gulf of Mexico 08/26/2023 06:33pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Forecasters are warning of possible flash flooding and landslides across the eastern Yucatan peninsula and western Cuba, and Florida braced for a possible hurricane by midweek, as a weather system off the coast of Mexico was expected to become a tropical storm by Sunda A fire at a fueling station in Romania causes 2 explosions, killing at least 1 and injuring dozens 08/26/2023 04:18pm • BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A fire at a fueling station in Romania caused an explosion that killed at least one person and injured at least eight others Saturday, prompting an evacuation of the immediate area, authorities said. A second explosion at the station injured at least 26 firefighters, eme