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NYC’s West Indian parade celebrates Caribbean culture with music, merriment and mayoral candidates 09/01/2025 08:34pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s West Indian American Day Parade, one of the world’s largest celebrations of Caribbean culture, kicked off Monday with vibrant costumes, colorful flags and the sounds of soca and reggae music. Along with crowds of hundreds of thousands of people, the parade has l 9 Free Services to Take Advantage of Now 09/01/2025 08:00pm • When you need to be careful with money, taking advantage of what's available at no cost to you is a powerful tool. Reducing expenses this way can help alleviate financial stress brought on by inflation or recession. Higher prices on goods and services have caused most Americans to make major adjustm Protest, parade mark Labor Day in Montgomery County 09/01/2025 06:23pm • One Maryland neighborhood celebrated Labor Day with a small-town parade, while several miles away, demonstrators gathered on an overpass on the Capital Beltway in Silver Spring over what they said are policies that affect laborers. Hundreds of community members gathered at the overpass on Col Red Sox and closer Aroldis Chapman agree to $13.3 million contract for 2026 with a 2027 option 09/01/2025 05:27pm • BOSTON (AP) — All-Star closer Aroldis Chapman showed up for Monday's news conference wearing a T-shirt with a weight lifting dumbbell across the front and a Boston Red Sox logo in the middle. Judging by his size and commitment to working out, it's easy to see why the 37-year-old maintains a 100 mp JJ Bleday and Zack Gelof homers power Athletics to an 11-2 win over the Cardinals 09/01/2025 05:16pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — JJ Bleday homered twice and Zack Gelof had a home run among his three hits as the Athletics snapped a three-game skid with an 11-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday. Luis Morales (3-0) allowed two runs on five hits and struck out a career-best eight batters in 5 2/3 innin Two small planes collide midair at an airport in Colorado, killing 1 person and injuring 3 09/01/2025 03:04pm • FORT MORGAN, Colo. (AP) — One person was killed and three were injured when two small planes collided midair as they tried to land at an airport in northeastern Colorado, authorities said. A Cessna 172 and an Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 collided Sunday morning while trying to land at Fort Morgan Munic Man is found dead at annual Burning Man festival in Nevada, a sheriff's office says 09/01/2025 02:03pm • RENO, Nevada (AP) — A man found dead in a pool of blood is being investigated as a homicide at the annual Burning Man art and music festival in the northwestern Nevada desert, authorities say. Authorities were alerted about the man Saturday at the gathering in the Black Rock Desert about 110 miles Earthquake in eastern Afghanistan destroys villages and kills 800 people, with 2,500 injured 09/01/2025 11:57am • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Desperate Afghans clawed through rubble in search of missing loved ones after a strong earthquake killed some 800 people and injured more than 2,500 in eastern Afghanistan, according to figures provided Monday by the Taliban government. The 6.0 magnitude quake late Sunday A Chinese mining company is accused of covering up the extent of a major toxic spill in Zambia 09/01/2025 10:33am • LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide and arsenic. The spill happened in February when part of a dam that held waste from the Sino-Metals L Today in Sports - Michael Schumacher becomes the winningest driver in Formula One history 09/01/2025 10:10am • Sept. 2 1901 — Seven-year-old Ogden wins two races in a single day at Sheepshead Bay race track in Coney Island, New York. Ogden edges Cameron by a head in the second race on the card, a six furlong sprint on the main track. In the sixth race, a 1 1-16 mile distance on the turf, Ogden beats Monark DC's tourism board prepares for America's 250th birthday 09/01/2025 09:44am • America's 250th birthday is next year and D.C.’s tourism marketing organization is making plans for an influx of visitors coming to the city to celebrate the occasion. “America's 250th has the potential to be really good for Washington next year, simply because it's yet another reason to visi A base deep in the Swedish forest is part of Europe's hope to compete in the space race 09/01/2025 09:10am • KIRUNA, Sweden (AP) — Deep in the Swedish forest, where reindeer roam and scientists ski in winter, lies one of Europe's hopes for a spaceport that can ultimately compete with the United States, China and Russia. For decades, Europe has relied upon the U.S. for its security among the stars. But th Today in History: September 1, Titanic wreckage found 09/01/2025 04:10am • Today in History Today is Monday, Sept. 1, the 244th day of 2025. There are 121 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 1, 1985, a U.S.-French expedition located the wreckage of the Titanic on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean roughly 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland. Also on this San Diego FC spoils Son Heung-min's LAFC home debut with a 2-1 victory 09/01/2025 01:04am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hirving Lozano and Anders Dreyer scored, and San Diego FC spoiled the home debut of Los Angeles FC forward Son Heung-min with a 2-1 victory Sunday night. After Dreyer got the tiebreaking goal in the 66th minute, Western Conference-leading San Diego held on against a barrage of L A 6.0 magnitude earthquake shakes eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border 09/01/2025 12:38am • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A magnitude 6.0 earthquake shook eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border late Sunday, causing some injuries. Information on the scale of damage was not immediately available. The quake at 11:47 p.m. was centered 27 kilometers (17 miles) east-northeast of the city of