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Tropical Storm Ileana forms in Pacific off Mexico, heads toward Los Cabos resorts 09/12/2024 05:20pm • MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Ileana formed Thursday off the Pacific coast of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said, and was heading on a forecast path that would take it over or near the resort-studded area of Los Cabos, on the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. Ileana was centered An ER nurse says it was 'second nature' to rescue a man trapped in hurricane floodwaters 09/12/2024 04:56pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Perhaps it was fate that a man's pickup truck got trapped in rising floodwaters unleashed by Hurricane Francine not far from where Miles Crawford lives. The 39-year-old off-duty emergency room nurse is professionally trained in saving lives — quickly — and that's exactly wh 'You are my forever hero': Community mourns fallen DC officer killed in accidental shooting 09/12/2024 04:12pm • Friends, family and hundreds of police officers gathered Thursday to remember D.C. police officer Wayne David, who died last month while trying to retrieve a gun that accidentally fired. On Aug. 28, David, a 25-year veteran of D.C.'s police force, was trying to recover a gun that a man officers Schools reopen with bolstered security in Kentucky county near the site of weekend I-75 shooting 09/12/2024 04:01pm • Carol Hasty's grandchildren are back in school a few days after a gunman opened fire on a nearby highway in Kentucky but she's not happy about it — even with the increased police protection. Hasty said schools in Rockcastle County should have stayed closed, with students shifting to virtual learni Idaho's high court moves the trial for the killing of 4 university students to Boise 09/12/2024 04:00pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The trial of a man charged in the fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students will be held in Boise, roughly 300 miles (483 kilometers) from where the crimes occurred, the Idaho Supreme Court announced Thursday. The Idaho Supreme Court's order appointing a new judge a Fight to restore Black voters' strength could dismantle Florida's Fair Districts Amendment 09/12/2024 03:46pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A coalition of voting rights groups is pointing to a voter-approved amendment to argue Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis violated the state constitution when he dismantled a Black congressional district, but if they lose the case, the Fair Districts Amendment itself cou Panthers rally to support second-year QB Bryce Young after disappointing 37-point loss to the Saints 09/12/2024 03:13pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bryce Young was standing on the sideline in the closing moments of Carolina's 47-10 season-opening loss at New Orleans when teammate Miles Sanders came over to stand next him, dabbed him up and tapped the second-year quarterback on the helmet. A disappointed Young managed a David Beckham arrives in Sweden for funeral of former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson 09/12/2024 03:00pm • KARLSTAD, Sweden (AP) — England soccer great David Beckham arrived in Sweden on Thursday ahead of the funeral of Sven-Goran Eriksson, his former national-team coach. Eriksson died on Aug. 26 at the age of 76, eight months after he revealed he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and had at mo Ukraine says Russia has started a counteroffensive in its Kursk border region 09/12/2024 02:58pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has launched a counteroffensive in its Kursk region to dislodge Ukraine's forces who stormed across the border five weeks ago and put Russian territory under foreign occupation for the first time since World War II, Ukraine's president said Thursday. Russia’s Defense Panthers look to slow down Chargers RB J.K. Dobbins, avoid third straight 0-2 start to season 09/12/2024 02:11pm • Los Angeles Chargers (1-0) at Carolina Panthers (0-1) Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, CBS BetMGM NFL odds: Chargers by 6 1/2 Series record: Panthers lead Chargers 6-1. Against the spread: Chargers 1-0, Panthers 0-1. Last meeting: Panthers beat Chargers 21-16 in Los Angeles on Sept. 27, 2020. Last week: Chargers Tech billionaire pulls off first private spacewalk high above Earth 09/12/2024 02:09pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A tech billionaire popped out from a SpaceX capsule hundreds of miles above Earth and performed the first private spacewalk Thursday, a high-risk endeavor once reserved for professional astronauts. Tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman teamed up with SpaceX to test the compa Wreck of French steamship that sunk in 1856 discovered off New England coast 09/12/2024 01:43pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The French steamship Le Lyonnais, a marvel for its time, was feared lost forever when a maritime disaster in 1856 sent her to the bottom of the ocean off Massachusetts. Generations later, a marine salvage crew is ready to write the next chapter in the history of the passenge Man serving life for teen girl's killing dies in Michigan prison 09/12/2024 01:38pm • A man sentenced to life for killing a 13-year-old girl while being a suspect in the deaths of about a half-dozen others has died in a Michigan prison. Arthur Ream, 75, died Aug. 15 of cancer at a prison hospital in Jackson, Michigan, the state Corrections Department said Thursday. The Detroit News f Trader Joe's opens larger Springfield store 09/12/2024 01:16pm • The region’s newest Trader Joe’s has debuted, just down the road from one of its longest-standing Greater Washington stores. The shop at Federal Realty Investment Trust’s Old Keene Mill Center in West Springfield opened Thursday morning, with all the traditional hoopla — music, balloons, sh No. 13 Oklahoma State looks to avoid stumble against Tulsa with showdown vs. Utah on the horizon 09/12/2024 12:25pm • Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy knows his team was fortunate to beat visiting Arkansas after trailing 21-7 at halftime. The 13th-ranked Cowboys turned things around after that and won 39-31 in two overtimes. “They did a better job of preparing during the week which allowed them to have free access