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Apple AirPods Pro's new hearing aid feature could help people face a problem they'd rather ignore 10/28/2024 05:38pm • Some Apple AirPods wireless headphones can be used as hearing aids with a new software update available Monday. It's a high-profile move that experts applaud, even if they only reach a small portion of the millions of Americans with hearing loss. An estimated 30 million people — 1 in 8 Americans QB Jameis Winston's start gives Browns belief in a season that was going nowhere with Deshaun Watson 10/28/2024 05:33pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Say this for the never-a-dull-moment Cleveland Browns: They sure know how to pick backup quarterbacks. Their search for a franchise QB continues. Just like last season, when Joe Flacco rescued the Browns and led a playoff run after Deshaun Watson suffered a season-ending shoulder Stock market today: Wall Street climbs ahead of a big week for Big Tech as oil drops 6% 10/28/2024 05:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks closed broadly higher Monday as gains by some Big Tech companies helped offset a skid in oil-and-gas stocks after the price of crude had its biggest drop in more than a year. The S&P 500 rose 0.3%. The main measure of the U.S. stock market was coming off its first l DC starts taking leaves away from homes and businesses 10/28/2024 05:30pm • We're in the middle of fall and trees are shedding their leaves, prompting D.C. to launch its annual leaf collection program. The program, which began Monday, is set to run through early February, with teams from the city's Department of Public Works moving piles of leaves away from homes and Cousins delivers another 4-TD game against the Bucs as Falcons take first place in the NFC South 10/28/2024 05:29pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Kirk Cousins and the Atlanta Falcons are ruling the NFC South — especially when playing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Cousins threw four touchdown passes with no interceptions while completing a season-best 79.3% of his passes — 23 of 29 — for 276 yards in Sunday's 31-26 win at Ta No. 3 Penn State could be without QB Drew Allar for showdown with No. 4 Ohio State 10/28/2024 05:26pm • Penn State coach James Franklin isn’t sure if starting quarterback Drew Allar will be ready to play when the third-ranked Nittany Lions host No. 4 Ohio State on Saturday. Allar suffered an apparent left knee injury late in the first half of Penn State’s 28-13 win over Wisconsin last weekend. He Georgia launches state-run Affordable Care Act website 10/28/2024 05:01pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Starting Monday, 1.3 million Georgians who bought health care through the Affordable Care Act can begin looking at plans through Georgia Access, the state's new marketplace exchange. Open enrollment for Georgia Access begins Friday. For the first time since the ACA launched, Georgia Marc-Andre Fleury bracing for a final bow against old friends Crosby and Malkin as Wild visit Pens 10/28/2024 05:00pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury is ready for one last skate around the place he helped build. The veteran goalie will make the final start of his career at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday night when the Minnesota Wild face the reeling Pittsburgh Penguins. Fleury spent the first 13 seasons of his c 'Bob's Burgers' actor sentenced to 1 year in prison for role in Capitol riot 10/28/2024 04:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — An actor known for his roles in the television comedies “Bob's Burgers” and “Arrested Development” was sentenced on Monday to one year in prison for his part in a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol nearly four years ago. Jay Johnston, 56, of Los Angeles, joined other rioter Panthers have no answers at QB, while other teams thrive with youngsters or former Carolina players 10/28/2024 04:26pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bo Nix has already won more games in his rookie season than any quarterback in Denver Broncos history. Hail Mary-throwing Jayden Daniels has the Washington Commanders alone atop the NFC East. And Caleb Williams is showing promise with the Chicago Bears. C.J. Stroud is, well Polish radio station abandons use of AI 'presenters' following outcry 10/28/2024 04:10pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish radio station said Monday that it has ended an “experiment” that involved using AI-generated "presenters" instead of real journalists after the move sparked an outcry. Weeks after dismissing its journalists, OFF Radio Krakow relaunched last week using virtual cha Bears cornerback Stevenson apologizes to team for lapse on Hail Mary in loss at Washington 10/28/2024 03:53pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Bears cornerback Tyrique Stevenson apologized to his teammates for motioning to the crowd and having his back turned when the Washington Commanders snapped the ball on their winning Hail Mary touchdown pass as time expired and vowed not to do it again. “I let the moment ge PepsiCo to close Chicago bottling plant, impacting 150 workers 10/28/2024 03:21pm • PepsiCo said Monday it’s closing a Chicago bottling plant, a move the Teamsters union says will impact 150 workers. PepsiCo said the decision was difficult but it described the 60-year-old building as a facility with “physical limitations.” The company said it would pay workers for the next 60 Jury begins deliberating in trial of Alabama man accused of murdering 11-year-old girl in 1988 10/28/2024 03:20pm • LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — A jury on Monday begun deliberating in the case of an Alabama man accused of the beating and stabbing death of an 11-year-old New Hampshire girl more than 35 years ago. Prosecutors and the defense attorney for Marvin “Skip” McClendon Jr. made their closing arguments Mon US presses ahead with modest Mideast plans despite election uncertainty 10/28/2024 02:54pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — With the U.S. presidential election just a week away, the Biden administration is not giving up hope for short-term deals for cease-fires between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. But U.S. officials are mindful that political uncertainty in the United