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Florida adds another long-term deal, giving Niko Mikkola an eight-year, $40 million extension 10/02/2025 10:41am • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Panthers and defenseman Niko Mikkola have agreed on an eight-year, $40 million contract extension that would keep him with the team through the 2033-34 season. The deal begins next season. Mikkola's contract only adds to Florida's pile of long-term deals wi What to know about the international flotilla seeking to break Israel's blockade of Gaza 10/02/2025 09:54am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Israeli forces have intercepted an international flotilla carrying activists seeking to break Israel’s blockade of the Palestinian territory, and have detained dozens of people. The Global Sumud Flotilla, which was carrying a symbolic amount of humanitarian aid, said most o Gatorade and Cheetos are among the Pepsi products getting a natural dye makeover 10/02/2025 09:29am • VALHALLA, New York (AP) — Pepsi has a new challenge: keeping products like Gatorade and Cheetos vivid and colorful without the artificial dyes that U.S. consumers are increasingly rejecting. PepsiCo, which also makes Doritos, Cap'n Crunch cereal, Funyuns and Mountain Dew, announced in April that i Environmentalists, politicians, celebrities recall life and influence of primatologist Jane Goodall 10/02/2025 08:35am • Jane Goodall was a pioneer, a tireless advocate and a deeply compassionate conservationist who inspired others to care about primates — and all animals — during a long life well lived, according to tributes from around the world. Former President Joe Biden, who awarded her the Presidential Medal Earthquake death toll rises to 72 in the Philippines as survivors recall moment when tragedy struck 10/02/2025 07:43am • BOGO, Philippines (AP) — When firefighters brought out the body of his 4-year-old son in a bag from a budget hotel demolished by a 6.9-magnitude earthquake in the central Philippines, Isagani Gelig stooped down and gently stroked the black cadaver bag for several minutes, trying to feel his child' AngioDynamics: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot 10/02/2025 06:07am • LATHAM, N.Y. (AP) — LATHAM, N.Y. (AP) — AngioDynamics Inc. (ANGO) on Thursday reported a loss of $10.9 million in its fiscal first quarter. The Latham, New York-based company said it had a loss of 26 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for costs related to mergers and acquisitions and amortization Virginia US Sens. Kaine, Warner seek to keep Discovery space shuttle in the commonwealth 10/02/2025 05:26am • One of Virginia’s crown jewels of tourist attractions, the Discovery Space Shuttle, could be blasting off somewhere else as U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine seek to prevent the move from its home in Virginia to Texas. The effort to relocate the space shuttle comes as support has increased f Long-struggling Ducks chase their owner's playoff mandate under new coach Joel Quenneville 10/02/2025 05:10am • Anaheim Ducks Last season: 35-37-10, missed playoffs for a team-record seventh straight season. COACH: Joel Quenneville (first season with Anaheim; 1,768-969-572 career). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 9 at Seattle. DEPARTURES: Coach Greg Cronin, G John Gibson, F Trevor Zegras, F Robby Fabbri, F Isac Lundestro Nashville Predators trying to ignore critics after falling short of high expectations last season 10/02/2025 05:10am • Nashville Predators Last season: 30-44-8, missed playoffs. COACH: Andrew Brunette (third season with Nashville; 128-92-19 for career). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 9 vs. Columbus. DEPARTURES: G Scott Wedgewood, F Colton Sissons, D Jeremy Lauzon, assistant coach Todd Richards. ADDITIONS: C Brady Martin, LW E LA Kings return for another shot at playoff success after 4 straight 1st-round losses to Oilers 10/02/2025 05:10am • Los Angeles Kings Last season: 48-25-9, lost to Edmonton in the first round for fourth straight year. COACH: Jim Hiller (third season with Los Angeles; 69-37-10 career). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 7 vs. Colorado. DEPARTURES: General manager Rob Blake, D Vladislav Gavrikov, D Jordan Spence, F Tanner Jeannot St. Louis Blues look to make the playoffs again in coach Jim Montgomery's first full season 10/02/2025 05:10am • St. Louis Blues Last season: 44-30-8, lost to Winnipeg in first round. COACH: Jim Montgomery (first full season with St. Louis; 215-102-0 career). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 9 vs. Minnesota. DEPARTURES: D Ryan Suter, F Radek Faksa, D Nick Leddy, C Zachary Bolduc. ADDITIONS: C Pius Suter, C Nick Bjugstad, D Where to listen to Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ around the DC region 10/02/2025 03:50am • Complete with feather boas and sparkling cocktails, businesses around the D.C. area are embracing a new Taylor Swift era with her album "The Life of a Showgirl" releasing Friday. On fiancé Travis Kelce's "New Heights" podcast, Swift has described her 12th studio album as “infectious." L In the cool of a Portugal night, it’s time to pick the grapes 10/02/2025 02:52am • VIMIEIRO, Portugal (AP) — Under a moonlit sky and the glow of headlamps, workers gingerly pluck grape clusters while much of Portugal sleeps. They harvest in the Alentejo region, sometimes called the “Tuscany of Portugal” for its rolling vineyards, olive groves and forests that supply cork for Activists say Israeli navy has begun intercepting a Gaza-bound aid flotilla 10/02/2025 12:56am • JERUSALEM (AP) — Activists on board a flotilla of vessels sailing toward Gaza said late Wednesday that the Israeli navy had intercepted at least 19 of its boats as they approached the besieged Palestinian territory. Israeli authorities said the activists on board, including Greta Thunberg, were sa Thousands march in Greece against labor law changes, disrupt services nationwide 10/02/2025 12:39am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of Athens Wednesday as part of a general strike that left ferries tied up in port and disrupted services across the country to protest changes to the country's labor laws. Many of the protesters also waved Palestinian fla