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Today in History: August 31, Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in Paris crash 09/01/2024 07:11pm • Today is Saturday, Aug. 31, the 244th day of 2024. There are 122 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 31, 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed after the car she was riding in crashed in the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris; her partner Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul (who was fo Jordan Walker's 5 hits, Lars Nootbaar's 5 RBIs lead Cardinals to 14-7 win over Yankees 09/01/2024 06:55pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Jordan Walker went 5 for 5, Lars Nootbaar hit a bases-clearing two-strike double in the seventh and added a two-run homer in the ninth, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Yankees 14-7 on Sunday. New York's lead in the American League East over Baltimore was trimmed to a New Green Bay kicker Brayden Narveson already had family ties to Wisconsin before joining Packers 09/01/2024 06:41pm • GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Brayden Narveson might not have been the happiest person in his own family when the Green Bay Packers claimed him off waivers to make him their kicker. The move represented a homecoming for Narveson’s wife. Shelby Narveson grew up with a family full of Packers fans in Pres Alex Palou survives early electrical issue to take IndyCar points lead into season finale 09/01/2024 06:39pm • WEST ALLIS, Wis. (AP) — Alex Palou was helpless as he sat in the cockpit of his disabled car watching his hold on the IndyCar championship slip away. The second of two races at the Milwaukee Mile was about to begin and the Spaniard's car suddenly lost power. He was stuck. The car wouldn't start. Pablo Castrillo wins his 2nd Spanish Vuelta stage as Ben O'Connor loses more ground to Primoz Roglic 09/01/2024 05:12pm • CUITU NEGRU, Spain (AP) — Pablo Castrillo claimed his second stage win in the Spanish Vuelta on Sunday, while Primoz Roglic moved closer to overall leader Ben O'Connor despite a 20-second penalty for sheltering behind a team car. Race officials handed the penalty to Roglic, a three-time Vuelta cha Cause probed in partial collapse of bleachers that injured 12 at a Texas rodeo arena 09/01/2024 04:13pm • Authorities are investigating the weekend collapse of a portion of bleachers at a rodeo arena in Texas, injuring 12 people near San Antonio. Emergency responders arrived at the rodeo arena shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday in Boerne, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of San Antonio, said Boerne assi San Francisco 49ers player Ricky Pearsall out of hospital after shooting during attempted robbery 09/01/2024 03:53pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A juvenile suspect is in custody after allegedly shooting San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall in the chest Saturday afternoon during an attempted robbery in central San Francisco, officials said. Pearsall, 23, was released Sunday from San Francisco General Hospit Gregg Berhalter assistant Mikey Varas will coach US in exhibitions against Canada and New Zealand 09/01/2024 03:39pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Assistant Mikey Varas will be interim U.S. coach for exhibitions against Canada and New Zealand while a deal hasn't been announced for Mauricio Pochettino to succeed Gregg Berhalter. Varas on Sunday picked a 24-man roster that includes Barcelona youth system goalkeeper Diego Kochen Pope embarks on longest, farthest and most challenging trip to Asia, with China in the background 09/01/2024 01:37pm • VATICAN CITY (AP) — If any evidence were needed to underscore that Pope Francis’ upcoming trip to Asia and Oceania is the longest, farthest and most challenging of his pontificate, it’s that he’s bringing along his secretaries to help him navigate the four-country program while keeping up wi Ukrainian front-line students celebrate back-to-school despite ever-present air raid alarms 09/01/2024 10:31am • ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Just hours after a dawn air raid alarm rang through the city, Zaporizhzhia schoolchildren celebrated the traditional first day of school on Sunday. With the front just 40 kilometers (25 miles) away, the war is never far from the minds of teachers and families at one sc Today in Sports - Michael Schumacher becomes the winningest driver in Formula One history 09/01/2024 10:10am • Sept. 2 1901 — Seven-year-old Ogden wins two races in a single day at Sheepshead Bay race track in Coney Island, New York. Ogden edges Cameron by a head in the second race on the card, a six furlong sprint on the main track. In the sixth race, a 1 1-16 mile distance on the turf, Ogden beats Monark Police say 1 teen dead, another injured in shooting at outside Michigan State Fair 09/01/2024 09:13am • NOVI, Mich. (AP) — Two teenagers were shot, one fatally, just outside the Michigan State Fair in what police described late Saturday as an isolated incident. Police in the Detroit suburb of Novi, where the fair is held, said gunshots were reported just before 10 p.m. Saturday. The shooting took p A deadly storm sweeps through Japan and heavy rainfall could last for days 09/01/2024 08:15am • TOKYO (AP) — Tropical Storm Shanshan brought torrential rain Sunday to Japan ’s Shizuoka area southwest of Tokyo, as weather officials warned it would linger for several more days. Shanshan had packed maximum winds of 65 kph (40 mph) when it made landfall Thursday, leaving six dead and landslide Sam Leavitt shines at QB, Arizona State grabs big lead early and beats Wyoming 48-7 09/01/2024 02:47am • TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Sam Leavitt threw for 258 yards and two touchdowns, Cam Skattebo and DeCarlos Brooks both ran for a touchdown and Arizona State won its first football game as a member of the Big 12, beating Wyoming 48-7 on Saturday night. The Sun Devils scored a defensive touchdown just 41 sec FBC Glance 09/01/2024 02:33am • All Times EDT AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Conference All Games W