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Oklahoma rodeo company blames tainted feed for killing as many as 70 horses 08/30/2024 02:12pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A nearly century-old Oklahoma company that supplies stock for rodeos had as many as 70 horses die a week ago after receiving what an owner believes was tainted feed. Rhett Beutler, co-owner of Beutler and Son Rodeo Co. near Elk City, told KFOR-TV that the horses died shortly a Woods wins 13th Vuelta stage, Roglic takes another bite into O'Connor's lead 08/30/2024 01:17pm • PUERTO DE ANCARES, Spain (AP) — Michael Woods won the mountainous 13th stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Friday, while Primoz Roglic took another bite out of the race lead held by Ben O’Connor. Woods dropped the other breakaway riders and finished the 176-kilometer (109-mile) route from Lugo to a c Illinois man convicted in fatal stabbing of child welfare worker attacked during home visit 08/30/2024 12:03pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man accused of stabbing a state child welfare worker to death as she was making a home visit to check on children has been found guilty but mentally ill in her killing. Sangamon County Circuit Judge John Madonia convicted Benjamin Howard Reed on Thursday of fir Patients will suffer with bankrupt health care firm's closure of Massachusetts hospitals, staff say 08/30/2024 11:06am • AYER, Mass. (AP) — When Christina Hernon was 5, her throat swelled shut from an infection and her mother rushed her to a local Massachusetts hospital in the dead of night. She couldn't breathe, suffered a seizure and was near death when a doctor saved her by inserting a tube down her throat. Herno A centuries-old cemetery for people who were enslaved is reclaimed in New York 08/30/2024 11:02am • KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — On a residential block in upstate New York, college students dig and sift backyard dirt as part of an archaeological project that could provide insights into the lives of African Americans buried there centuries ago. This spot of tightly-packed houses in the city of Kingston One of the F-16s helping Ukraine fight Russia has crashed. Here’s what to know about their role 08/30/2024 10:33am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The F-16 fighter jets that Ukraine has received from its Western partners to help fight Russia’s invasion — one of which crashed this week while countering a Russian barrage — have been the front-line combat planes of choice for the NATO alliance for 50 years. At least s She's a Norwegian princess. He's an American self-professed shaman. Their wedding is this weekend 08/30/2024 09:53am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Norwegian king’s eldest child, Princess Märtha Louise, will marry American self-professed shaman Durek Verret on Saturday in a picturesque corner of southern Norway. The wedding comes amid widespread criticism of the couple's actions and waning support for the Sca Runners are used to toughing it out. A warming climate can make that deadly 08/30/2024 09:44am • Carolyn Baker, clad in a neon pink top and matching sunglasses, smiled as she ran the Falmouth Road Race on the shore of Cape Cod, looking around for friends as she neared the end of a race she’d completed more than a dozen times before. Suddenly, Baker collapsed, as her exertion on a sunny Aug Takeaways from AP report on perils of heatstroke for runners in a warming world 08/30/2024 09:43am • As climate change reshapes the way humans live outdoors, it's affecting the way they play, too. That includes runners, who may find themselves in harm's way on a warming planet. They pursue a sport that esteems grit and suffering in pursuit of improvement. Experts told The Associated Press that can Czech explosive experts safely detonate a rare World War II bomb at a major chemical plant 08/30/2024 08:39am • PRAGUE (AP) — Czech explosive experts detonated a World War II bomb on Friday at a major chemical plant in northwestern Czech Republic where it was found last week, authorities said. Besides a few broken windows, the controlled explosion didn’t immediately seem to cause serious damage, police sa A storm developing in the Arabian Sea prompts Pakistani officials to shut schools in Karachi 08/30/2024 07:23am • KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A tropical storm developing in the Arabian Sea prompted authorities to shut schools in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, on Friday, as weather forecasters warned fishermen not to venture out to sea. The storm was 200 kilometers (120 miles) southeast of Karachi on Friday Searchers recover 3 bodies from Thai rail tunnel that collapsed during construction 08/30/2024 05:58am • BANGKOK (AP) — The bodies of three foreign workers who were trapped for days in a railway tunnel in northeastern Thailand that collapsed during construction have been retrieved after an intensive rescue effort, Thai officials said Friday The tunnel is a part of a Thai-Chinese high-speed railway pr Luke Altmyer's four touchdown passes leads Illinois past Eastern Illinois 45-0 08/30/2024 01:53am • CHAMPAIGN, Ill (AP) — Luke Altmyer threw for 213 yards and a career-high four touchdowns to lead Illinois to a 45-0 victory over Eastern Illinois on Thursday night in the season opener for both teams. Altmyer spread the wealth while completing 19 of 24 passes. Eleven receivers caught passes, three A climate-related mass die-off leaves over 100 tons of dead fish collecting at a Greek port 08/30/2024 01:37am • VOLOS, Greece (AP) — More than 100 tons of dead fish were collected in and around the port of Volos in central Greece after a mass die-off linked to extreme weather fluctuations, authorities said Thursday. The dead freshwater fish filled the bay 320 kilometers (200 miles) north of Athens, and nea Kekoa Visperas throws for 5 TDs to lead Eastern Washington past Monmouth, 42-27 in season opener 08/30/2024 12:40am • CHENEY, Wash. (AP) — Kekoa Visperas threw five touchdown passes, three to Efton Chism III, and Eastern Washington rolled to a 42-27 season-opening win over Monmouth on Thursday night. Visperas, who started 10 games a year ago and was a Big Sky Conference honorable mention honoree, completed 25 of