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Dave Koz and his band were in flight delay hell. So they picked up their instruments 08/20/2025 12:44pm • Passengers on a flight from St. Louis to Seattle got an unexpected pick-me-up when jazz saxophonist Dave Koz and bandmates held an impromptu jam session in the aisle while the plane was stuck on the tarmac hundreds of miles from their final destination. It happened Aug. 11, when Koz and fellow music Myanmar's military retakes a strategic town 2 years after the resistance captured it 08/20/2025 12:28pm • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Myanmar ���s military has regained control of a strategic town in eastern Kayah state from the opposition���s armed forces after nearly two years, state media reported Wednesday. The recapture of Demoso in Kayah state ��� also known as Karenni ��� came as the military has stepped up Officials in Mexico investigate switch failure in tourist train derailment 08/20/2025 12:12pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� A car of the tourist-focused Maya Train that derailed in Mexico���s Yucatan Peninsula appears to have left the track because an automated switch tripped as the train was passing, officials said Wednesday. The accident Tuesday in Izamal caused no injuries, but left one of the tra It's the time of year for Cape Verde hurricanes, the longest and most powerful storms 08/20/2025 11:31am • They are the hurricanes of legend, the bowling balls that cross the entire Atlantic Ocean, menaced ships of yore and make the long, curved lines on the hurricane charts. Cape Verde storms, named for the group of islands about 450 miles (725 kilometers) off the west coast of Africa, typically form fr No. 12 Illinois and star QB Luke Altmyer are ready to enter uncharted territory 08/20/2025 11:26am • CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) ��� The ingredients are there for No. 12 Illinois to emerge from years of mediocrity and make a run into the 12-team College Football Playoff. The Illini flew under the radar on their way to a 10-win season last year ��� their first since 2001 ��� and they return 18 starters inc Today in Sports - U.S. Men's Basketball team wins third straight Olympic Gold Medal 08/20/2025 10:10am • Aug. 21 1901 ��� William Larned wins the first of seven men���s singles titles in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship. 1914 ��� Walter Hagen captures the U.S. Open golf title by edging Chick Evans. 1920 ��� Jock Hutchinson wins the PGA golf tournament with a 1-up victory over J. Douglass E Many towns are unprepared to handle train derailments and hazmat spills 08/20/2025 10:10am • A train derails and spills at least 1,000 gallons of hazardous materials in the U.S. about once every two months. Nearly half of those derailments resulted in evacuations; more than a quarter resulted in a fire or explosion since 2015, an analysis of federal derailment data showed. And many communit As hurricane season collides with immigration agenda, fears increase for those without legal status 08/20/2025 09:57am • If a major hurricane approaches Central Florida this season, Maria knows it's dangerous to stay inside her wooden, trailer-like home. In past storms, she evacuated to her sister's sturdier house. If she couldn't get there, a shelter set up at the local high school served as a refuge if needed. But Everton's new stadium along Liverpool's River Mersey was 11 years in the making 08/20/2025 09:48am • Dan Meis received an intriguing prompt 11 years ago. ���I had a young business development guy that said, ���Hey, if I can give you a meeting with Everton will you go to Liverpool?������ the stadium design expert recalled. ���And I said: 'They���re not going to hire a Los Angeles architect.��� I sor Aubrey Plaza describes grief over husband Jeff Baena's death, likens it to an 'ocean of awfulness' 08/20/2025 06:50am • Aubrey Plaza has described her grief over husband Jeff Baena���s death, likening it to ���a giant ocean of awfulness.��� The actor spoke on the podcast ������Good Hang with Amy Poehler,��� telling her former ���Parks and Recreation��� costar in her most detailed public remarks to date that it's been Villagers offer harrowing accounts of one of the deadliest attacks in Sudan's civil war 08/20/2025 06:00am • CAIRO (AP) ��� When Ahlam Saeed awoke last month to the sound of gunfire and roaring vehicle motors, the 43-year-old widow rushed outside her home in war-torn Sudan to find a line of at least two dozen vehicles, many of them motorcycles carrying armed fighters. ���They were firing at everything and In Kenya's capital, a new Rastafari temple shows the movement's endurance 08/20/2025 01:00am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� At a recent opening of the newest Rastafari place of worship just outside Kenya���s capital, some of the faithful gathered to sing rhythmic songs, read Scripture and exchange teachings on the appropriate way to live. The rare event ��� opening a tabernacle made of wooden pol Hurricane Erin churns up dangerous waves and closes beaches along US East Coast 08/20/2025 12:44am • RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) ��� Hurricane Erin churned slowly toward the eastern U.S. on Tuesday, stirring up treacherous waves that already have led to dozens of water rescues and shut down beaches along the coast in the midst of summer's last hurrah. While forecasters remain confident the center of the mo India's Modi meets China's top diplomat as Asian powers rebuild ties 08/19/2025 10:46pm • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed ���steady progress��� in improving relations with China after meeting its top diplomat Tuesday following a yearslong standoff between the nuclear-armed Asian powers. Modi noted ���respect for each other���s interests and sensitiveness��� Mexico's Maya Train derails in the Yucatan Peninsula, but no injuries reported 08/19/2025 09:05pm • IZAMAL, Mexico (AP) ��� A tourist-focused Maya Train running along Mexico���s Yucatan Peninsula derailed Tuesday as it was slowly pulling into a station, the train line said in a statement. There were no injuries. The train was running from the Caribbean resort of Cancun to the Yucatan capital Merid