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Stone Age humans were picky about which rocks they used for making tools, study finds 08/15/2025 02:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Early human ancestors during the Old Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than previously known, according to research published Friday. Not only did these early people make tools, they had a mental picture of where suitable raw materials were loc Spain, Portugal, and Greece battle wildfires as heat wave is expected to last for days 08/15/2025 01:38pm • MADRID (AP) ��� Firefighters in Spain, Portugal and Greece battled ongoing wildfires Friday, an important religious holiday in all three countries, as persistent hot, dry conditions challenged efforts to contain the blazes. Spain was fighting 14 major fires, according to Virginia Barcones, general d From Red Grange to Travis Hunter, the AP All-America team has been the 'gold standard' for a century 08/15/2025 01:06pm • For 100 years, The Associated Press has honored the best of the best in college football with its annual All-America team. Nearly 2,000 men ��� from Red Grange to Travis Hunter ��� have earned the distinction of AP All-American in a tradition that rivals the longest in the history of the game. ���F Deer hunter discovers rare subtropical wood stork in the wilds of Wisconsin 08/15/2025 12:20pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� A very rare and apparently very confused subtropical wood stork somehow found its way to the wilds of Wisconsin. A hunter scouting for deer first sighted the bird Sunday in a remote section of the Mud Lake Wildlife Area in Columbia County, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) northe Sports on TV for Aug. 18 - 24 08/15/2025 10:00am • Adv16-17 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Aug. 18 AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL 4 p.m. ESPNU ��� TBA 7 p.m. ESPNU ��� TBA LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL 1 p.m. ESPN ��� Little League World Series: TBD, Williamsport, Pa. 3 p.m. ESPN ��� Little League World Series: TBD, Willi Arsenal players back Martin Odegaard as captain, Arteta says 08/15/2025 09:57am • LONDON (AP) ��� Mikel Arteta says he and his players have no doubts about Martin Odegaard's qualities as Arsenal captain. The Norway international has been captain for three years ��� all second-place finishes in the Premier League ��� and that won't change as the Gunners prepare for their season op Car Review: Drive into the future with the Hyundai IONIQ 9 08/15/2025 05:28am • Step into the future, both literally and figuratively, with this 2026 Hyundai IONIQ 9 AWD Performance Calligraphy. Not only is it from the next model year, it���s also futuristic looking. This is a three-row electric SUV with an estimated 311 miles of range, according to the Environmental Protection On India's Independence Day, Modi vows to punish Pakistan for future attacks 08/15/2025 04:02am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Pakistan that India will punish its neighbor if there are future attacks on India as he marked 78 years of independence from British colonial rule. Modi���s remarks Friday come three months after nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan en Ukrainian defenses face a challenge as Russian troops make gains ahead of the Putin-Trump summit 08/15/2025 03:58am • DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) ��� Days before the leaders of Russia and the U.S. hold a summit meeting in Alaska, Moscow's forces breached Ukrainian lines in a series of infiltrations in the country's industrial heartland of Donetsk. This week's advances amount to only a limited success for Russia, a Torrential rains trigger flash floods in Kashmir, killing at least 56 and leaving scores missing 08/15/2025 02:04am • SRINAGAR, India (AP) ��� Flash floods caused by torrential rains in a remote village in India-controlled Kashmir have left at least 56 people dead and scores missing, authorities said Thursday, as rescue teams scouring the devastated Himalayan village brought at least 300 people to safety. Following Firefighters make progress against fast-moving blaze along highway north of Los Angeles 08/15/2025 01:23am • GORMAN, Calif. (AP) ��� Firefighters with air support scrambled to control a wind-driven wildfire that erupted Thursday morning in hills along Interstate 5 in northwestern Los Angeles County, officials said. The King Fire, which broke out around 1 a.m., charred nearly a square mile (2.5 square kilom John Daly II, Niall Shiels Donegan advance to US Amateur quarterfinals 08/14/2025 11:03pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� John Daly II and Niall Shiels Donegan each won two matches Thursday at The Olympic Club to advance to the U.S. Amateur quarterfinals as more top-ranked players dropped out. Daly, the son of two-time major champion John Daly, beat Nate Smith 2 and 1 in the morning in the round A Michigan autoworker's wallet is found under a hood in Minnesota ��� 151,000 miles later 08/14/2025 08:52pm • PETERSBURG, Mich. (AP) ��� A retired Michigan autoworker looked at a Facebook message after midnight from a stranger: Did you lose your wallet years ago? ���If so,��� a Minnesota man wrote, ���it was in the engine bay of a car.��� Richard Guilford couldn't believe what he was reading on his phone �� Israel announces a settlement project that critics say will effectively cut the West Bank in two 08/14/2025 08:37pm • MAALE ADUMIM, West Bank (AP) ��� Israel���s far-right finance minister said Thursday that a contentious new settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is going ahead ��� a project that Palestinians and rights groups worry will scuttle plans for a Palestinian state by effectively cutti Air quality concerns linger in the wake of steel plant explosion in Pennsylvania 08/14/2025 08:26pm • The Pennsylvania county where an explosion at a U.S. Steel plant south of Pittsburgh killed two people and injured more than 10 others announced Thursday that it is stepping up air quality monitoring in the area of the sprawling facility that has a troubled environmental record. 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