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Chemical smoke spewing from a Georgia factory is projected to spread toward Atlanta as winds shift 10/02/2024 02:46pm • MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Heavy smoke was causing low visibility Wednesday along Interstate 20 east of Atlanta as chemicals continued spewing from a beleaguered chlorine facility, and emergency officials warn that smoke from the disaster scene is projected to move toward Georgia's capital city after su Blue Jays move Mattingly out of offensive coordinator role and back to full-time bench coach 10/02/2024 01:44pm • TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays are moving Don Mattingly back to the position of full-time bench coach after the six-time All-Star also spent the 2024 season as the team’s offensive coordinator. “He’s excited about that opportunity to impact us and (manager John Schneider) in a differen People are panic-buying toilet paper because of the port strike. There is no need for that 10/02/2024 01:39pm • New York (CNN) — Toilet paper shortages in stores across America are giving folks nightmarish reminders of the pandemic era. But the lack of toilet paper isn’t a direct result of a major port strike Tuesday. It’s because of panic buying. Reports of shortages filled social media Tuesday, sho Are LGBTQ Jews welcome in Orthodox communities? This is how they are building spaces of their own 10/02/2024 12:37pm • It was a heart-wrenching choice. But when Daniel Gammerman decided to never set foot back in an Orthodox synagogue, he thought of it as an act of love. Not toward the Jewish community he was born into, but to himself. “A synagogue is a spiritual place, but it’s also a community place,” said Ga SMU gets quick ACC validation as Cal, Stanford also try to find their way in new league 10/02/2024 11:53am • DALLAS (AP) — A giddy Eric Dickerson visited the SMU locker room after the Mustangs made their Atlantic Coast Conference debut with a thumping of defending league champion Florida State. Never mind that the Seminoles are in a shocking freefall since getting left out of the last four-team College F Thief employs classic move to nab $255K ring from Tiffany, authorities say 10/02/2024 11:29am • NEW YORK (AP) — A jewel thief who is wanted in connection with crimes committed from Florida to South Korea stole a diamond ring worth $255,000 from a Tiffany store in New York by switching it with a cubic zirconia replica, authorities said. The theft took place on March 4 at a Tiffany store in Ma Lebanon’s rescuers struggle to respond to Israeli offensive while under fire and using old equipment 10/02/2024 10:44am • BEIRUT (AP) — When Israel bombed buildings outside the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, Mohamed Arkadan and his team rushed to an emergency unlike anything they had ever seen. About a dozen apartments had collapsed onto the hillside they once overlooked, burying more than 100 people. Even after 17 Britannia beats Luna Rossa twice and is one win away from America's Cup final 10/02/2024 10:36am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Britain's INEOS Britannia twice defeated Italy's Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli on Wednesday to move one win away from taking on defending America’s Cup champion Team Emirates New Zealand. The pair of victories in the Louis Vuitton Cup final gave Britannia a 6-4 lead over Luna Overlooked by the No. 3 Buckeyes, Iowa's Kaleb Johnson packs some extra motivation for his trip home 10/02/2024 10:32am • IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's Kaleb Johnson is returning to his home state this week motivated to show the third-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes what they missed out on. The junior didn't receive a scholarship offer from the Buckeyes when he was coming out of Hamiltion High School. He'll head into Satu Early reaction to Utah Hockey Club is strong as it enters crowded Salt Lake market 10/02/2024 10:17am • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Jazz did more than carve out a place in this city. They became a Salt Lake City institution, continuing to draw sellout crowds long after Stockton-to-Malone eventually turned into a rebuilding team that very well could be going on year three of missing the playoffs. Pennsylvania town grapples with Trump assassination attempt ahead of his return 10/02/2024 09:30am • BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump is going back to Butler, where the world last saw him pump his fist and beseech followers to “fight,” even as blood streaked his face from a would-be assassin's bullet. In announcing his return, the former president and current Republican nominee said he planned Two predawn explosions rock the area around the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen but no one is injured 10/02/2024 09:11am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Three young Swedes were arrested Wednesday in connection with two predawn explosions that occurred in the vicinity of the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen, prompting a nearby Jewish school to close for the day. Police said no one was injured. “Our investigation shows that Virginia school board to pay $575K to a teacher fired for refusing to use trans student's pronouns 10/02/2024 09:00am • WEST POINT, Va. (AP) — A Virginia school board has agreed to pay $575,000 in a settlement to a former high school teacher who was fired after he refused to use a transgender student’s pronouns, according to the advocacy group that filed the suit. Conservative Christian legal advocacy group Al 4 candidates to lead Britain's defeated Conservatives bash Labour, and each other 10/02/2024 08:42am • BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — The four contenders to lead Britain’s Conservative Party took turns in the spotlight on Wednesday, each claiming to be the one who can lead the right-of-center party back from a catastrophic election defeat. Former Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick, ex-Business Secre Georgia's president refuses to sign an anti-LGBTQ bill and returns it to parliament 10/02/2024 06:30am • TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s president refused to sign into law a bill that severely curtails LGBTQ+ rights in the country and mirrors legislation adopted in neighboring Russia, her office said Wednesday. Salome Zourabichvili returned the bill, introduced by the ruling party Georgian Dream