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Drone footage shows Ukrainian village battered to ruins as residents flee Russian advance 05/04/2024 05:09am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� The Ukrainian village of Ocheretyne has been battered by fighting, drone footage obtained by The Associated Press shows. The village has been a target for Russian forces in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. Russian troops have been advancing in the area, pounding Kyiv���s Houston braces for flooding to worsen in wake of storms 05/04/2024 01:03am • HOUSTON (AP) ��� The Houston area was under threat of worsening flood conditions Saturday, a day after heavy storms slammed the region and authorities warned those in low-lying areas to evacuate ahead of an expected ���catastrophic��� surge of water. A flood watch remained in effect through Sunday a A sellout for a WNBA exhibition game? Welcome to the league's Caitlin Clark era 05/03/2024 11:36pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ��� More than three hours before Caitlin Clark made her WNBA debut with the Indiana Fever in an exhibition game against the Dallas Wings on Friday night, some fans among the sellout crowd were lined up outside the arena dressed in No. 22 University of Iowa jerseys. And Clark pu An AI-controlled fighter jet took the Air Force leader for a historic ride. What that means for war 05/03/2024 08:40pm • EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) ��� With the midday sun blazing, an experimental orange and white F-16 fighter jet launched with a familiar roar that is a hallmark of U.S. airpower. But the aerial combat that followed was unlike any other: This F-16 was controlled by artificial intelligence, not Filly Thorpedo Anna goes wire to wire to dominate soggy 150th Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs 05/03/2024 08:22pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) ��� Thorpedo Anna capped her biggest victory with one impressive burst. The filly went wire to wire in the 150th Kentucky Oaks on Friday, pulling away from a charging Just F Y I to win by 4 3/4 lengths in the slop at Churchill Downs. Thorpedo Anna's quick splits in her lon 2024 Kentucky Derby Odds 05/03/2024 08:04pm • Field for Saturday's 150th Kentucky Derby, with post position, horse's name, jockey's name and current odds: PP HorseJockeyOdds1. DornochLuisSaez21/12. Sierra LeoneTylerGaffalione9/23. Mystik DanBrianHernandezJr.16/14. Catching FreedomFlavienPrat8/15. CatalyticJoseOrtiz34/16. Just SteelKeithAsmusse Southern Brazil has been hit by the worst floods in more than 80 years. At least 39 people have died 05/03/2024 07:44pm • SAO PAULO (AP) ��� Heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul killed 39 people, with another 68 still missing, the state civil defense agency said Friday, as record-breaking floods devastated cities and forced thousands to leave their homes. It was the fourth such environmenta Boeing threatens to lock out its private firefighters around Seattle in a dispute over pay 05/03/2024 07:00pm • Boeing is threatening to lock out its private force of firefighters who protect its aircraft-manufacturing plants in the Seattle area and bring in replacements beginning Friday night unless the workers accept the company's last offer on wages. The company said the two sides were far apart in negotia Damaged in war, a vibrant church in Ukraine rises as a symbol of the country's faith and culture 05/03/2024 06:54pm • LYPIVKA, Ukraine (AP) ��� This Orthodox Easter season, an extraordinary new church is bringing spiritual comfort to war-weary residents of the Ukrainian village of Lypivka. Two years ago, it also provided physical refuge from the horrors outside. Almost 100 residents sheltered in a basement chapel a Heavy rains over Texas have led to water rescues, school cancellations and evacuation orders 05/03/2024 06:27pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Heavy storms slammed the Houston area again Friday, widening already dangerous flooding in Texas and leading to numerous high-water rescues, including some from the rooftops of flooded homes. Officials redoubled urgent instructions for residents in low-lying areas to evacuate, warni Zebra remains on the loose in Washington state as officials close trailheads to keep people away 05/03/2024 06:21pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� A zebra that escaped from a trailer east of Seattle last weekend remained on the lam Friday, as authorities closed off trailheads at a nature area in hopes of keeping people away and easing her capture. The zebra was one of four that escaped as they were being transported from Washi Traffic snarled as workers begin removing I-95 overpass scorched in Connecticut fuel truck inferno 05/03/2024 06:20pm • Work crews began demolishing a bridge damaged in a fiery crash that kept Interstate 95 in Connecticut closed for a second day Friday, as motorists' nerves continued to fray in hours of traffic jams on and around the main artery linking New England and New York. ���It���s crazy,��� said Marco Ortiz, 2024 Kentucky Derby Odds 05/03/2024 06:12pm • Field for Saturday's 150th Kentucky Derby, with post position, horse's name, jockey's name and current odds: PP HorseJockeyOdds1. DornochLuisSaez21/12. Sierra LeoneTylerGaffalione9/23. Mystik DanBrianHernandezJr.16/14. Catching FreedomFlavienPrat8/15. CatalyticJoseOrtiz36/16. Just SteelKeithAsmusse F1 now makes 3 stops a season in the United States. Could Miami become a victim of oversaturation? 05/03/2024 05:12pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) ��� Formula 1 is back in the United States for the first time in six months and the first stop is the Miami Grand Prix, the race that was supposed to be the American showpiece. But the sparkling debut of Las Vegas last November was rated as one of the best races of the 2023 Personas comen ���pasto y c��scaras de man����� en Darfur, advierte la ONU, mientras la crisis de hambre envuelve a Sud��n devastado por la guerra 05/03/2024 04:36pm • (CNN) -- Se est�� acabando el tiempo para evitar la hambruna en Darfur, en el oeste de Sud��n, advirti�� una agencia de la ONU, mientras la escalada de violencia devasta la naci��n africana.La gente se ha visto obligada a comer "pasto y c��scaras de man��", dijo el viernes el director regional para