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Japan marks end of WWII as survivors remember wartime emperor's surrender speech 80 years ago 08/14/2025 06:04pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito's announcement of Japan's World War II surrender, but as living witnesses die and memories fade, questions remain in Japan about how the war should be taught to younger generations. A national ceremony will begin at Tokyo���s Bud Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homers as Max Scherzer and the Blue Jays beat the Cubs 2-1 08/14/2025 05:27pm • TORONTO (AP) ��� Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning, helping Max Scherzer and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 on Thursday. Guerrero���s big hit off Matthew Boyd lifted AL East-leading Toronto to the series victory. It was the 20th homer of the season for Caribbean officials warn of heavy rains and big waves as Tropical Storm Erin nears 08/14/2025 05:22pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� Officials in the northern Caribbean warned Thursday of heavy rains and dangerous swells as Tropical Storm Erin approached the region. The storm is expected to remain over open waters and move north-northeast of islands including Antigua and Barbuda, the U.S. and Britis DeSantis announces plans for second immigration detention facility dubbed 'Deportation Depot' 08/14/2025 04:11pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) ��� Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is preparing to open a second immigration detention facility dubbed ���Deportation Depot��� at a state prison as a federal judge decides the fate of the state's holding center for immigrants at an isolated airstrip in th Judge dismisses 2 counts against US Rep. Cuellar of Texas, moves bribery trial to next year 08/14/2025 02:44pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� A judge on Thursday granted a request by federal prosecutors to dismiss two of the 14 counts against U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife, as part of a federal bribery and conspiracy indictment. The judge also ordered that their trial, which had been set for September, be r 3 people charged with helping suspected killer of 4 are accused of giving him shelter, phones 08/14/2025 01:49pm • TIPTONVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Three people charged with helping a Tennessee man accused of fatally shooting four people are suspected of providing him with shelter, phones and rides as he evaded authorities after the killings, a prosecutor said Thursday. Austin Robert Drummond made a brief court appea South Carolina celebrates another interstate expansion after influx of money to crumbling system 08/14/2025 11:26am • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� The leader of South Carolina 's roads agency has been to so many groundbreaking ceremonies for highway projects that he has the whole routine down. Signs were printed, fancy shovels were readied and, since it's the middle of August, an air-conditioned spot ��� the welcome cen As Canada wildfires choke US with smoke, Republicans demand action. But not on climate change 08/14/2025 11:24am • The sternly worded statements and letters are filled with indignation and outrage: Republican U.S. lawmakers say Canada has done too little to contain wildfires and smoke that have fouled the air in several states this summer. ���Instead of enjoying family vacations at Michigan���s beautiful lakes a Teacher charged with killing of hikers at Arkansas park pleads not guilty to murder 08/14/2025 11:12am • FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) ��� The teacher who authorities say admitted to fatally stabbing two hikers at Devil's Den State Park in Arkansas last month pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder charges. Andrew James McGann entered the plea during a brief hearing before a state judge at Washington County's Today in Sports - Week Ahead, August 15 - 21 08/14/2025 10:00am • 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 3 Virginia sheriff's deputies who were injured in gunfire while executing a search warrant are OK 08/14/2025 05:52am • GRETNA, Virginia (AP) ��� Three sheriff's deputies injured in gunfire while executing warrants in southern Virginia on Wednesday were "shaken up��� but doing well, officials said. The warrants were for brandishing a firearm and trespassing, said Pittsylvania County Sheriff Michael W. Taylor. They we Jakob Marsee is off to an impressive start in 1st major league action with the Miami Marlins 08/13/2025 10:59pm • CLEVELAND (AP) ��� Jakob Marsee is making quite the impression in his first major league action with the Miami Marlins. Marsee homered twice and matched a franchise record with seven RBIs in Miami's 13-4 victory at Cleveland on Wednesday night. He hit a three-run drive in the first inning, a tiebrea New river barriers prevented severe flood damage from a glacial outburst in Alaska, officials say 08/13/2025 08:44pm • New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska's capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented widespread damage after an ice dam at the nearby Mendenhall Glacier released a massive amount of rainwater and snowmelt downstream, officials said Wednesday. Water pooled on New Mexico governor declares state of emergency in rural county afflicted by crime, drug use 08/13/2025 08:39pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) ��� The governor of New Mexico declared a state of emergency Wednesday in response to violent crime and drug trafficking across a swath of northern New Mexico, including two Native American pueblo communities. The emergency declaration by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham makes $750,00 Judge weighs whether Trump violated federal law by deploying National Guard to Los Angeles 08/13/2025 07:24pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� A federal judge in San Francisco is weighing whether the Trump administration violated federal law by sending National Guard troops to accompany immigration agents on raids in Southern California. A three-day trial on the matter concluded Wednesday. California has argued the