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Defense ministry network disruption causes widespread outages in the Netherlands 08/28/2024 06:21am • THE HAGUE (AP) ��� Flights were grounded, civil servants were locked out of their computers and police officers resorted to texting one another in the Netherlands on Wednesday as a network outage at the Ministry of Defense caused major IT failures across the country. The extent and the cause of the Cronenworth gets key hit as Padres rally past Cardinals 7-5 for 3rd straight win 08/27/2024 11:56pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� Jake Cronenworth hit a tiebreaking RBI single in San Diego's two-run seventh inning, and the Padres beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5 on Tuesday night for their third consecutive win. Manny Machado homered for San Diego, and Luis Arraez had three hits. Yuki Matsui (4-2) pitched an Typhoon Shanshan threatens heavy rain and traffic disruption in southwestern Japan 08/27/2024 10:27pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� A powerful typhoon was approaching Japan's southwestern islands Tuesday, with weather officials cautioning residents about heavy rain and violent winds expected in the region over the coming days. The Japan Meteorological Agency said Typhoon Shanshan was about 130 kilometers (80 mile US Postal Service is abandoning a plan to reroute Reno-area mail processing to Sacramento 08/27/2024 08:48pm • RENO, Nev. (AP) ��� The U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday it is abandoning a plan to reroute Reno-area mail processing to Sacramento that had created an uproar among northern Nevadans concerned it could delay local deliveries and jeopardize on-time arrival of mail-in election ballots. USPS said in a Wild week of US weather includes heat wave, tropical storm, landslide, flash flood and snow 08/27/2024 08:00pm • FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) ��� It's been a wild week of weather in many parts of the United States, from heat waves to snowstorms to flash floods. Here's a look at some of the weather events: Midwest sizzles under heat wave Millions of people in the Midwest have been enduring dangerous heat and humi Warren Sapp relishes return to football as he serves as grad assistant at Colorado for Coach Prime 08/27/2024 06:57pm • BOULDER, Colo. (AP) ��� Warren Sapp visited the University of Colorado a year ago after new head coach Deion Sanders invited his fellow Pro Football Hall of Famer to check out the Buffaloes' football facilities and give a pep talk or two. All the walking around Boulder's hilly campus got Sapp's achy Minnesota officials vote to tear down dam and bridge that nearly collapsed 08/27/2024 06:11pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� A southern Minnesota dam and nearby bridge that almost collapsed last month after a bout of heavy rain and prompted a federal emergency declaration will be torn down, officials said Tuesday. The Blue Earth County Board of Commissioners voted to remove the Rapidan Dam near the c 1 killed in interstate crash involving truck carrying 'potentially explosive' military devices 08/27/2024 05:45pm • BRINKLEY, Ark. (AP) ��� A crash on Interstate 40 in Arkansas involving two tractor-trailers and a truck carrying ���potentially explosive��� military devices killed one person and backed up traffic for hours on the busy highway, officials said. The crash Monday afternoon near Brinkley, about 63 mile NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars begins steep climb to rim of a crater 08/27/2024 05:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� NASA���s Perseverance rover is tackling a steep new challenge on Mars. The six-wheeled rover has spent the last 3 1/2 years roaming around the bottom of a crater. On Tuesday, it began climbing to the top. The rover will go up 1,000 feet (305 meters) to the rim of Jezero Crater to d Travis Kelce buys an ownership stake in a racehorse named Swift Delivery 08/27/2024 05:16pm • Three-time Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has bought an ownership stake in a racehorse named Swift Delivery. Team Valor International founder and CEO Barry Irwin announced Tuesday that Kelce and the Zoldan family recently acquired a significant share of the 3-year-old g Editorial Roundup: United States 08/27/2024 04:15pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Aug. 25 The Washington Post says the U.S. is correct to weigh in as Mexico's rule of law is danger This clash was long overdue. Last Thursday, the United States ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, published a statement lamenting Pre PGA Tour postseason could use a little variety in its venues: Analysis 08/27/2024 04:08pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� The PGA Tour postseason could use a change in scenery. One solution that has no logistical possibility would be a new perk for the No. 1 seed. Along with starting the FedEx Cup finale with a two-shot lead, the top player would get to choose where to play the Tour Championship. The o EPA takes charge of Detroit-area cleanup of vaping supplies warehouse destroyed by explosions 08/27/2024 03:38pm • CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) ��� The federal government is leading a cleanup of the hazardous remains of a Detroit-area storage site for vaping supplies, five months after explosions destroyed the building, sent debris flying for miles and killed a man. Goo Smoke Shop in Macomb County's Clinton Town Search is on for up to 10 Doberman puppies after dog breeder is killed 08/27/2024 03:31pm • DENVER (AP) ��� Authorities on Tuesday were investigating the killing of a Colorado dog breeder and trying to find as many as 10 Doberman puppies missing from his business. Investigators have not determined a motive for last week's killing of Paul Peavey, 57, but finding the missing puppies could h NASCAR makes another bold schedule move by adding Mexico City to 2025 Cup Series calendar 08/27/2024 03:30pm • The smoke from the fireworks following NASCAR's first ever race in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum had barely even cleared before Ben Kennedy was being asked what other big ideas he had for a stale and predictable Cup Series schedule. Kennedy, the great-grandson of NASCAR's founder and now the rac