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Libya���s coast guard shoots at a vessel seeking to rescue migrants in distress, group says 08/25/2025 01:33pm • CAIRO (AP) ��� Libya���s coast guard fired upon a vessel belonging to a humanitarian group as it searched for a migrant boat in distress in the Mediterranean Sea, the nonprofit said on Monday. The attack, which took place the day before, appeared to be one of the most violent involving a European r Gaudu takes right line to Vuelta stage win on tough day for overall leader Vingegaard 08/25/2025 12:09pm • CERES, Italy (AP) ��� David Gaudu took a clever inside line at the tight final turn of an uphill sprint to win stage three of the Spanish Vuelta on Monday, and Jonas Vingegaard retained the leader���s red jersey. It was a day of three losses for Vingegaard, who earned the overall lead by taking Sund Russian swimmer missing after cross-Bosphorus race in Turkey 08/25/2025 12:05pm • ISTANBUL (AP) ��� Coast guard and maritime police vessels in Istanbul were searching Monday for a Russian swimmer who went missing during a cross-Bosphorus race a day earlier, Turkish state-run media reported. The swimmer, named by the Anadolu news agency as Nikolai Svechnikov, failed to complete th Ukrainian war veterans swim the Bosphorus strait in a triumph over their war injuries 08/25/2025 11:12am • ISTANBUL (AP) ��� During a pool training session months ago, Ukrainian war veteran Oleh Tserkovnyi was struck by an idea: What if a group of veterans swam across the strait of Bosphorus, between Turkey���s European and Asian shores? And if they did it on Aug. 24, Ukraine���s Independence Day? The sy Vietnam evacuates hundreds of thousands as typhoon Kajiki nears landfall 08/25/2025 06:28am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) ��� Vietnam has evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and closed schools and airports as it braces for Typhoon Kajiki, its strongest storm of the year so far. Forecasters said the typhoon had winds of up to 166 kilometers (103 miles) per hour at 10 a.m. Monday but is expected Today in History: August 25, National Park Service created 08/25/2025 04:10am • Today is Monday, Aug. 25, the 237th day of 2025. There are 128 days left in the year. Today in history: On August 25, 1916, Woodrow Wilson signed the National Park Service Organic Act, establishing the National Park Service as an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior to maintain the countr Maps show Tropical Storm Fernand's path and forecast in Atlantic 08/25/2025 12:03am • Tropical Storm Fernand has slowly gained strength over the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to continue on its path north-northeast for a day or two, the National Hurricane Center said late Sunday. The Miami-based hurricane center's 11 p.m. ET updates said Fernand was located about 320 miles east o Tropical Storm Fernand passing well east of Bermuda, no threat to land 08/24/2025 11:20pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� Tropical Storm Fernand strengthened Sunday over the open Atlantic Ocean well east of Bermuda. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center reported Fernand was located some 320 miles (515 kilometers) east of Bermuda by late Sunday. It had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph) and w Typhoon Kajiki drenches southern China's Hainan island and heads toward Vietnam 08/24/2025 09:55pm • BEIJING (AP) ��� Strong winds and heavy rain whipped southern China's Hainan island and nearby parts of Guangdong province on Sunday, as Typhoon Kajiki passed over open waters to the south and headed toward Vietnam's central coast. About 20,000 people were evacuated from potentially hazardous areas Wildfires threaten homes in Oregon and California, prompting hundreds of evacuations 08/24/2025 09:43pm • Thousands of homes in Northern California wine country and central Oregon were under evacuation orders and warnings Sunday as firefighting crews battled wildfires in dry, hot weather. The Pickett Fire, which had charred about 10 square miles (26 square kilometers) of Napa County, was just 11% contai IndyCar Snap-on Milwaukee Mile 250 Results 08/24/2025 08:10pm • Sunday At Wisconsin State Fair Park Milwaukee Lap length: 1.015 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (9) Christian Rasmussen, Dallara-Chevrolet, 250 laps, Running. 2. (1) Alex Palou, Dallara-Honda, 250, Running. 3. (4) Scott McLaughlin, Dallara-Chevrolet, 250, Running. 4. (12) Alexander Rossi, D US heat wave smothers Pacific Northwest, poses extreme risk in California and Arizona 08/24/2025 07:57pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Residents of the Western U.S. sweltered in a heat wave Saturday that hospitalized some people, with temperatures forecast to hit dangerous levels throughout the weekend in Washington, Oregon, Southern California, Nevada and Arizona. About 1.2 million people were under extreme heat r Fire at Louisiana auto plant is 90% contained while evacuation order remains 08/24/2025 03:35pm • ROSELAND, La. (AP) ��� A fire at an automotive supply plant in Louisiana was 90% contained Sunday, but a mandatory evacuation order remained in place as crews tried to address remaining flames, law enforcement officials said. The fire at Smitty���s Supply just north of the town of Roseland ignited F Vingegaard wins Spanish Vuelta's 2nd stage with bloodied elbow from crash 08/24/2025 12:49pm • LIMONE PIEMONTE, Italy (AP) ��� Jonas Vingegaard finished strongly to win the second stage of the Spanish Vuelta in Italy on Sunday, justifying his status as the favorite in Tadej Poga��ar���s absence. Vingegaard was involved in a big crash involving many riders ��� including his Visma-Lease a Bike Today in Sports - Tiger Woods wins 3rd straight U.S. Amateur Championship, only player to do so 08/24/2025 10:10am • Aug. 25 1804 ��� Alice Meynell becomes the first woman jockey as she rides in a four-mile race in York, England. 1888 ��� Henry Slocum becomes the first man to win the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association singles title besides Richard Sears. 1904 ��� Jim Jeffries knocks out Jack Munroe in the second round i