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Saudi Arabia loses bid for a seat on UN's premier human rights body 10/09/2024 06:58pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Saudi Arabia was defeated for a seat in the U.N.’s premier human rights body Wednesday after a campaign by rights groups that accused the Saudis of serious rights violations. The 193-member General Assembly elected 18 new members to serve on the 47-nation Human Rights Counc Montana's attorney general defends actions at hearing on 41 counts of professional misconduct 10/09/2024 06:54pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A succession of controversies marks Republican Austin Knudsen's nearly four years as Montana attorney general. His office sided with a man who made an armed threat over a pandemic mask mandate and was accused of pressuring a Helena hospital over its refusal to administer a par Pro Picks: Only 3 home teams are favorites in Week 6 10/09/2024 06:51pm • Pro Picks is a weekly column where AP Pro Football Writer Rob Maaddi shares his picks for upcoming games. For all previous Pro Picks, head here. ___ A whopping 10 road teams are favorites in Week 6. That includes three teams with losing records and two who are winless away from home. Overall, home f Doubs returns to practice as Packers say they're moving past his 1-game suspension 10/09/2024 06:38pm • GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — As Green Bay wide receiver Romeo Doubs returned to practice after serving a one-game suspension handed down by the Packers, his teammates expressed confidence that the issue won't cause any lingering distractions. Doubs was suspended for Sunday's 24-19 victory over the Los A How this Florida aquarium is keeping turtles, penguins safe during Hurricane Milton 10/09/2024 06:30pm • At the Florida Aquarium in Tampa, it was all hands-on deck for days as staff at both its main aquarium and its sea turtle rehabilitation center in Apollo Beach worked to get animals to safer locations. CEO of the aquarium, Roger Germann, said for some animals, like the African penguins, they� State police graduation takes on somber tone as officials remember recruit who died 10/09/2024 06:13pm • WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Holding signs demanding truth and chanting for justice, several dozen people gathered Wednesday outside a graduation ceremony for Massachusetts State Police cadets demanding an explanation of how one of the recruits died during a training exercise. Enrique Delgado-Garcia, 2 South Dakota removes 273 people from voter rolls due to human error by the state 10/09/2024 06:01pm • South Dakota removed hundreds of people from the state’s voter rolls as general election voting was underway because an agency mistakenly marked the residents’ citizenship status on a government form. The state Department of Public Safety on Monday announced the removal of 273 “noncitizens,” Napheesa Collier, the unassuming and unflappable superstar, has led the Lynx back to the WNBA Finals 10/09/2024 05:44pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After the Minnesota Lynx soundly defeated the Connecticut Sun in a winner-take-all game to advance to the WNBA Finals, Napheesa Collier carried her 2-year-old daughter with her to the podium for the postgame interview. The session was only a few seconds old when Mila, who got to Stock market today: Wall Street sets more records after Shanghai's worst drop since early COVID 10/09/2024 05:26pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks set records Wednesday after the latest wild swerves for Chinese stocks left few ripples in markets worldwide. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% to top the all-time high it had set last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 431 points, or 1%, to hit its own record, wh Man City stuns title holder Barcelona in Women's Champions League. Bayern's Harder downs Arsenal 10/09/2024 05:21pm • Title holder Barcelona was beaten 2-0 by Manchester City on Wednesday to start its defense in the Women’s Champions League with a rare loss in the group stage. Man City outplayed the two-time defending champion in the first half, taking a 36th-minute lead when Naomi Layzell was brave at a corner, Officials work to protect IV supplies in Florida after disruptions at North Carolina plant 10/09/2024 05:20pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials are working to move critical hospital supplies out of the path of Hurricane Milton, which is threatening another manufacturer of IV fluids even as hospitals nationwide are still reeling from disruptions caused by flooding at a large factory in North Carolina. Me Language, lack of money and fear are matters of life and death with Milton approaching Florida 10/09/2024 04:29pm • MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Milton is expected to unleash its greatest force over hundreds of thousands of immigrants who don’t speak English, most of them Latin Americans harvesting oranges and tomatoes in the fields along Florida’s I-4 corridor, washing dishes in restaurants, cleaning hotel rooms Sky officials are light on details in discussing their decision to fire Weatherspoon after 1 year 10/09/2024 04:25pm • BEDFORD PARK, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Sky officials were light on specifics Wednesday when discussing their decision to fire former coach Teresa Weatherspoon after one season, saying there was no particular catalyst and that it was simply time to move on from the Naismith Hall of Famer. “First, I wa NFL leading receiver Nico Collins to miss at least 4 games after Texans place him on injured reserve 10/09/2024 04:20pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Nico Collins, the NFL's leading receiver, will miss at least four games after the Houston Texans placed him on injured reserve with a hamstring injury Wednesday. Collins left Houston's 23-20 victory over the Bills on Sunday after scoring on a 67-yard reception late in the first quar CBS News says Trump campaign had 'shifting explanations' for why he snubbed '60 Minutes' 10/09/2024 04:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News said the Trump campaign offered “shifting explanations” for why it backed out of a “60 Minutes” interview special with presidential candidates that aired without him. The network's Scott Pelley appeared on the air Monday night to explain why Republican Donald Trump