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Nevada wildfire causes rail and power outages, but crews halt flames' progress 08/20/2024 10:55pm • WINNEMUCCA, Nev. (AP) — A wildfire has forced the suspension of rail service in northern Nevada and left about several thousand rural residents without power. But fire officials said Tuesday that night crews had halted the progress of the flames, which charred more than a square mile (2.6 square k Dozens of former FARC fighters abandon 'reincorporation' village in Colombia after death threats 08/20/2024 09:17pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Dozens of former guerrilla fighters and their families were forced to abandon their village in southern Colombia on Tuesday, after receiving death threats by a rebel group that is still fighting the government, authorities said. The displaced former fighters were members of Ukraine has destroyed or damaged all 3 bridges over Russia's Seym River, Russian sources say 08/20/2024 09:02pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces have either destroyed or damaged all three of the bridges over the Seym River in western Russia, according to Russian sources, as Kyiv's incursion into western Russia entered its third week Tuesday. Kyiv's incursion into Russia's Kursk region is changing the t Suspect in shooting outside a Kentucky courthouse has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound 08/20/2024 07:51pm • ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her mother outside a Kentucky courthouse has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after leading police on a highway pursuit that ended in a church parking lot, authorities said Tuesday. The suspect, Christopher E Western Alaska Yup'ik village floods as river rises from a series of storms 08/20/2024 07:46pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Storm-battered residents in the western Alaska village of Napakiak were preparing for the third storm in a week Tuesday, days after a minister had to use a front loader to free people from flooded homes. Napakiak, a Yup’ik village of about 350 residents in the Yukon-Kus Deep seas and tight spaces impede search for 6 missing after yacht sinks off Sicily 08/20/2024 07:35pm • PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) — Police divers resumed searching Tuesday for six people believed trapped in the hull of a superyacht that sank in deep seas off Sicily, including British tech magnate Mike Lynch, who was celebrating his recent acquittal on fraud charges with the people who had defended him Utah lawsuit seeks state control over vast areas of federal land 08/20/2024 07:32pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Republican leaders made good Tuesday on a decade-old vow to launch a legal challenge aimed at wresting control from the U.S. government over much of the federal lands that dominate the state. The state's attorney general said he asked to file a lawsuit with the U.S. Canadian freight trains could stop moving Thursday. If they do, many businesses will be hurt 08/20/2024 07:12pm • TORONTO (AP) — Businesses across a variety of industries are bracing for freight trains to stop moving Thursday at both major Canadian freight railroads if they can’t resolve a contract dispute with the union that represents engineers, conductors and dispatchers. The impact will be widespread be What is known about the sinking of a luxury yacht off the coast of Sicily and those aboard 08/20/2024 06:59pm • PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) — Specialist cave divers working in 12-minute underwater shifts were searching Tuesday for six missing passengers and crew, including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, believed to be in the submerged wreck of a luxury yacht that was slammed by a powerful storm and swiftly san Final report outlines missed opportunities to stop Maine's deadliest shooting 08/20/2024 06:35pm • LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Both the Army Reserve and police missed opportunities to intervene in a gunman’s psychiatric crisis and initiate steps to seize weapons from the spiraling reservist responsible for the deadliest shootings in Maine history, according to the final report released Tuesday by A Dutch passenger is rescued and 2 people are missing after a small plane crashes into Lake Malawi 08/20/2024 04:01pm • BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — A small plane crashed into Lake Malawi on Tuesday with three people onboard, an official in Malawi said. A Dutch passenger survived and was rescued by fishermen but another passenger and the pilot were missing. Malawi's Information Minister Moses Kumkuyu said in a statement It's the final week to qualify for the Presidents Cup and Solheim Cup 08/20/2024 03:32pm • CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — The BMW Championship is the last stop before the leading six players get automatic spots in the Presidents Cup next month at Royal Montreal. Turns out the first FedEx Cup playoff event had a strong effect, too. Jordan Spieth might have been a long shot to make the U.S. te NASCAR close to regular-season finish with playoffs on the line, F1 back in action after a month off 08/20/2024 02:59pm • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Coke Zero Sugar 400 Site: Daytona Beach, Florida. Schedule: Friday, qualifying, 5:05 p.m.; Saturday, race, 7:30 p.m. (NBC). Track: Daytona International Speedway. Race distance: 160 laps, 400 miles. Last year: Chris Buescher continued his hot run, winning for a th Counting to 11 is one goal for embattled Florida coach Billy Napier. A winning season is another 08/20/2024 01:38pm • GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Billy Napier jokes about it now. The Florida coach routinely makes light of his team’s inability to consistently get 11 men on the field. When asked about potential position battles in training camp last week, Napier quipped: “The reality is you only get to put 11 out Coach Mike Elko looks to get No. 20 Texas A&M back on track after Jimbo Fisher's firing 08/20/2024 01:25pm • COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Mike Elko turned around Duke’s program in his first head coaching job. He is embarking on a much greater challenge at No. 20 Texas A&M, where he will try to take the Aggies to the next level after replacing the underperforming Jimbo Fisher. Elko spent four years