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Adam Scott builds a 3-shot lead in hopes of getting to FedEx Cup finale 08/23/2024 07:19pm • CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — Adam Scott kept making birdies and changing his outlook on the season until he finished with his lowest score of the year, a 9-under 63 on Friday in the BMW Championship that gave him a three-shot lead going into the weekend. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley did his best Kamala Harris' racial and cultural firsts were onstage throughout the Democratic convention 08/23/2024 02:32pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris, on the night she became the first woman of Black and South Asian heritage to be a major party’s presidential nominee, didn't explicitly mention the history she would make if elected to the White House. Instead, she opted for direct mentions of her mul The Latest: Kamala Harris accepts the Democratic presidential nomination 08/23/2024 12:04am • The Democratic National Convention's fourth and final night Thursday is crescendoing with a speech from Vice President Kamala Harris. After a week of Democrats’ most prominent figures rallying the party faithful, Harris has accepted her party’s nomination for president during a speech where she Man accused of faking death and fleeing US to avoid rape charges will stand trial, Utah judge rules 08/22/2024 09:43pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man accused of faking his own death and fleeing the U.S. to avoid rape charges will stand trial, a judge in Utah ruled Thursday. District Judge Barry Lawrence ruled during Nicholas Rossi's preliminary hearing that prosecutors had presented enough evidence to warrant a jury Pakistani man to remain in officers' custody over misinformation that sparked rioting in the U.K 08/22/2024 08:08am • LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A court in Pakistan on Thursday allowed investigators to question a man in their custody for four more days about his role in spreading misinformation that sparked widespread rioting in the U.K. earlier this month, officials said. The court's decision came a day after autho Mexico to bring charges against capo, not for drugs, but for turning over another drug lord to US 08/21/2024 11:16pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — The strange saga of how two Mexican drug lords were detained after landing in a plane in the United States in July just got stranger. The Mexican government now says it is bringing charges against Joaquín Guzmán López, but not because he was a leader of the Sinaloa drug carte Brazil will restrict entry to some Asian nationals, aiming to curb migration to the US and Canada 08/21/2024 09:55pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil will begin imposing restrictions on the entry of some foreigners from Asia who use the country as a launching point to migrate to the United States and Canada, the justice ministry’s press office said Wednesday. The move, which starts on Monday, will affect migrants from Military veteran pleads guilty to illegal possession of ricin 08/21/2024 07:36pm • A Marine Corps veteran who authorities said tried to fake his own death after a falling out with a Virginia-based militia group pleaded guilty Wednesday to illegal possession of ricin, a biological toxin. Russell Richardson Vane IV, 42, of Vienna, Virginia, had been in jail since his arrest in Ap Raiders hope defensive lapses in first 2 preseason games aren't a sign of what's to come 08/21/2024 07:24pm • HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Raiders put a top-10 scoring defense on the field last season, added star tackle Christian Wilkins to the lineup and then dominated the Las Vegas offense in the early days of training camp. Then the Raiders played two preseason games and their defense was, well, not top- Nebraska man accepts plea deal in case of an active shooter drill that prosecutors say went too far 08/21/2024 07:22pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska man has pleaded no contest to four counts of making a terroristic threat during a 2022 active shooter drill that prosecutors say went too far. Omaha resident John Channels, 29, made the plea Tuesday as part of a deal with prosecutors, the Omaha World-Herald reported. Montgomery Co. first grade teacher charged with selling fentanyl after fatal overdose 08/21/2024 06:25pm • A Montgomery County Public Schools first grade teacher has been arrested and charged with selling fentanyl. Police began looking into Sarah Katherine Magid, who teaches at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary School in Silver Spring, Maryland, after a man fatally overdosed on fentanyl in March at a dru Wyatt Langford's single with 2 out in 9th inning lifts Rangers past Pirates 1-0 08/21/2024 06:24pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Rookie Wyatt Langford’s single scored pinch-runner Ezequiel Duran with two out in the ninth inning, giving the Texas Rangers a 1-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday. Jonah Heim and Adolis García singled off David Bednar (3-6) to open Texas’ half of the ninth Hacker tried to dodge child support by breaking into registry to fake his death, prosecutors say 08/21/2024 05:37pm • LONDON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man attempted to fake his death to avoid paying child support obligations by hacking into state registries and falsifying official records, federal prosecutors said. Jesse Kipf, 39, of Somerset, was sentenced Monday to nine years in federal prison after reaching a ple Pakistan authorities charge man with cyber terrorism over misinformation that sparked riots in UK 08/21/2024 01:36pm • LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities in Pakistan on Wednesday arrested and charged a man with cyber terrorism for his alleged role in spreading misinformation that led to widespread rioting in the U.K. earlier this month. The suspect was identified as freelance web developer Farhan Asif, 32, said I The Latest: Day 2 of the DNC features the Obamas and second gentleman Doug Emhoff 08/20/2024 11:36pm • Day two of the Democratic National Convention has begun. Former President Barack Obama, former first lady Michelle Obama and second gentleman Doug Emhoff spoke at the DNC, a day after the unofficial farewell for President Joe Biden, who served eight years as Obama’s vice president. Biden won’t b