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NHL training camps open with Oilers' Connor McDavid unsigned and Panthers' Matthew Tkachuk out 09/17/2025 02:27pm • Connor McDavid doesn’t have a contract beyond this season, the back-to-back champion Florida Panthers start their Stanley Cup threepeat bid without Matthew Tkachuk and nearly a third of NHL teams have a new head coach. Training camps open around the league this week with questions from Edmonton What the Fed rate cut will mean for your finances 09/17/2025 02:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time in nine months. Since the last cut, progress on inflation has slowed while the labor market has cooled. That means Americans are dealing with both high prices and a challenging job market. The federal Theater award created in honor of Philip Seymour Hoffman and Adam Schlesinger turns 10 09/17/2025 02:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Many times in his life, playwright David Bar Katz didn't know how he was going to pay the bills. These days, he's helping the next generation of artists facing that same dilemma. Katz oversees The Relentless Award, the largest annual cash prize in American theater to a playwright i Eli Lilly to invest $5B on new Virginia manufacturing facility 09/17/2025 02:02pm • Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly confirmed plans to build a $5 billion manufacturing facility just west of Richmond, Virginia, in Goochland County, and create 1,800 construction jobs as well as another 650 high-paying science and engineering positions within the next five years. Democrat Francesca Hong promises to be 'wild card' in Wisconsin governor's race 09/17/2025 01:35pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Democratic state lawmaker who is promising to be a “wild card” joined Wisconsin's open race for governor on Wednesday, saying she will focus on a progressive agenda to benefit the working class. State Rep. Francesca Hong, who lives in the liberal capital city of Madison, Loudoun Co. schools violated Title IX, retaliated by suspending male students, DOE says 09/17/2025 11:29am • The U.S. Department of Education said Loudoun County Public Schools violated Title IX and retaliated against two male students who reported being filmed in a boys' locker room by a transgender student who identified as a male. The ruling, in the form of a press release, came the day after the Republican Brad Raffensperger to run for Georgia governor after defying Trump over 2020 election 09/17/2025 10:44am • ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state who rejected Donald Trump’s call to help overturn the state’s 2020 election results, said Wednesday that he’s running for governor in 2026. The wealthy engineering entrepreneur might appeal most to business-orie House approves bills to reshape DC's criminal justice system 09/17/2025 10:33am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Tuesday that would overhaul how youth who commit crimes are prosecuted in the District of Columbia as congressional Republicans mobilized behind President Donald Trump's efforts to crack down on crime in the nation's capital. One of the bills, called Age isn't everything when deciding if a child is ready to be home alone 09/17/2025 09:56am • School is back in session, bringing new routines — and new milestones for students. For some, this is the year they are allowed to go home to an empty house instead of an after-school program or day care. It’s a decision faced by many parents whose work or other obligations keep them from coming Panthers expect Matthew Tkachuk to be sidelined until December after surgery 09/17/2025 09:53am • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Panthers expect forward Matthew Tkachuk to be sidelined until approximately December while he recovers from offseason surgery to deal with a sports hernia and torn adductor muscle, team hockey operations president and general manager Bill Zito said Wednesda Indonesia's president picks retired general as new security minister after deadly protests 09/17/2025 09:22am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday appointed a former rival as the new security minister following deadly protests that have been viewed as one of the toughest tests for his presidency. Subianto, a wealthy ex-general, designated retired Gen. Djamari Chania Trump's threat to target 'radical left' after Kirk killing raises fears he's trying to silence foes 09/17/2025 09:08am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is escalating threats to crack down on what he describes as the “radical left” following Charlie Kirk’s assassination, stirring fears that his administration is trying to harness outrage over the killing to suppress political opposition. Without estab Trump redistricting push threatens minority representation. Black voters worry about its impact 09/17/2025 08:32am • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Rev. Emanuel Cleaver III wants a second Civil Rights Movement in response to President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans who are redrawing congressional district boundaries to increase their power in Washington. In Missouri, the GOP's effort comes at the expense Cadillac F1 team announces multi-year partnership with Jim Beam 09/17/2025 08:14am • The new Cadillac F1 team on Wednesday announced a multi-year partnership with Jim Beam that makes the American bourbon distiller its official spirits partner. “This partnership brings together two icons of American heritage to create something truly special,” said Dan Towriss, CEO of TWG Motors France’s new prime minister faces a bumpy ride with budget challenges and nationwide strikes ahead 09/17/2025 08:12am • PARIS (AP) — A ballooning deficit. A fractious Parliament. Unrest on the streets. The challenges facing Sébastien Lecornu, France’s fourth prime minister in a year, are daunting and defeated his immediate predecessors. So he’s trying a different tack. To ease tensions, Lecornu has scrapped pr