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Things to know about dangerous rip currents and how swimmers caught in one can escape 08/19/2025 11:56am • BOSTON (AP) — Rip currents are one of the coast's greatest dangers and account for the most beach rescues every year. Hurricane Erin is bringing the potentially deadly currents to the East Coast this week. About 100 people drown from rip currents along U.S. beaches each year, according to the Unit South Sudanese exiles face uncertain future after release from prison in Sudan 08/19/2025 01:48am • RENK, South Sudan (AP) — As a young man in the mid-1980s, Daud Mahmoud Abdullah left his home in Aweil in South Sudan and headed north. It was a time of war. South Sudan was still part of Sudan and was fighting for independence, in a conflict that would claim about 2 million lives. He never went Rockies were once in danger of breaking MLB mark for losses. Now, they're piling up wins 08/19/2025 01:11am • DENVER (AP) — This was a cool moment for Warming Bernabel — being doused with an icy bucket of water. Not that long ago, winning moments like this were few and far between for the Colorado Rockies. That winning feeling, though, has returned a little more often in the second half of the season. Hurricane Erin forces evacuations on North Carolina's Outer Banks but expected to stay offshore 08/18/2025 11:05pm • Hurricane Erin forced tourists to cut their vacations short on North Carolina’s Outer Banks even though the monster storm is expected to stay offshore after lashing part of the Caribbean with rain and wind on Monday. Evacuations were ordered on some barrier islands along the Carolina coast as aut The Latest: Trump says he is setting up direct meeting for Zelenskyy and Putin 08/18/2025 10:12pm • U.S. President Donald Trump says he has called Russian President Vladimir Putin and begun to arrange a meeting between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a critical step toward bringing a possible end to Russia’s war on Ukraine. Trump said the meeting’s location will be determine 2 officers killed and a third is wounded in a Utah shooting, authorities say 08/18/2025 07:49pm • Two police officers responding to a domestic disturbance call were shot and killed in Utah, and a man was taken into custody after bystanders persuaded him to drop the gun, authorities said Monday. The officers were identified as Sgt. Lee Sorensen, 56, and Officer Eric Estrada, 31, of the Tremonton- Trump administration says driver in Florida crash was in US illegally, faults California policy 08/18/2025 07:24pm • FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Monday that a truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida was in the country illegally, fueling a verbal tussle with California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office over immigration. Harjinder Sin Temporary barriers spared Alaska's capital from severe flooding. A long-term solution is elusive 08/18/2025 01:26pm • The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska's capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those who live along the picturesque river that winds from the nearby Mendenhall Glacier. This year, a giant wall of reinforced sandbags erected with the help of the U.S. Army Corps Death toll in Russian factory fire rises to 24 08/18/2025 11:37am • MOSCOW (AP) — The death toll from last week's fire at an industrial plant in Russia’s Ryazan region has risen to 24, with at least another 157 people injured, officials said Monday. The fire broke out Friday at the Elastik plant in Shilovsky district, around 250 kilometers (155 miles) southeast Today in Sports - Ty Cobb, 34 years, gets his 3,000th career hit, youngest player to reach milestone 08/18/2025 10:10am • Aug. 19 1909 — The first race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Twelve-thousand spectators watch Austrian engineer Louis Schwitzer win a five-mile race with an average speed of 57.4 miles per hour. The track’s surface of crushed rock and tar breaks up in a number of places and causes t Thinking about a heat pump? Some things to know about choosing what's best for you 08/18/2025 09:17am • Federal incentives for home energy improvements are running out at the end of the year, so it's decision time for anyone who has been thinking about a heat pump. The right decision can depend on where you live, how much you have to spend and how deeply you want to cut emissions. But the payoff can b Man arrested for allegedly racially abusing Semenyo has been given conditional bail 08/18/2025 06:04am • LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — A man arrested on suspicion of racially abusing Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo during a Premier League game has been released on conditional bail, police said Monday. Merseyside Police said the 47-year-man from Liverpool cannot attend a soccer match in Britain or go Kids again! Mets, Mariners cardboard race, pin trade, talk baseball with Little Leaguers 08/17/2025 11:04pm • WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Carlos Mendoza was thrilled to learn the Little League World Series had a team this summer that represented his Venezuelan hometown. The Mets manager struck up a conversation with some kids from Barquisimeto on his trip to the stadium where the traditional youth tournament Hurricane Erin weakens to Category 3 as forecasters warn of storm's rapid growth 08/17/2025 08:17pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Erin weakened to a Category 3 hurricane on Sunday, its outer bands lashing the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, as forecasters warned of a growing risk of life-threatening surf and rip currents along the U.S. Eastern seaboard during the week from what is expected to bec MacIntyre's frustration: Scheffler's long chip the latest epic shot to go against the Scot 08/17/2025 07:34pm • OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Robert MacIntyre could only applaud from the scoring room when J.J. Spaun wrapped up the U.S. Open with his epic putt at Oakmont two months ago. When Scottie Scheffler sank an even longer chip Sunday to take control of the BMW Championship, MacIntyre at least had a chance