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Why an Alaska island is using peanut butter and black lights to find a rat that might not exist 09/22/2024 12:01am • JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — On an island of windswept tundra in the Bering Sea, hundreds of miles from mainland Alaska, a resident sitting outside their home saw — well, did they see it? They were pretty sure they saw it. A rat. The purported sighting would not have gotten attention in many plac Trial in daytime ambush of rapper Young Dolph 3 years ago to begin in Memphis 09/22/2024 12:01am • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Young Dolph grew up riding his bike and playing basketball in a Memphis, Tennessee, neighborhood and later built a rap career that included ownership of an independent music label, Paper Route Empire. He became beloved locally for his charitable works: donations to local high A historic but dilapidated Illinois prison will close while replacement is built, despite objections 09/22/2024 12:01am • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — When film star James Stewart went on location in 1948 at Stateville prison's notorious roundhouse while portraying a Chicago newspaper reporter whose work freed a wrongly convicted killer in “Call Northside 777,” the lockup had already been standing nearly a quarter of Kyle Larson wins at Bristol as 2 former NASCAR champions eliminated from playoffs 09/21/2024 11:56pm • Just minutes after Kyle Larson crossed the finish line on the most dominating victory ever for a Hendrick Motorsports driver, his team rushed his 9-year-old son to the winning Chevrolet. Owen Larson was placed on the window, half in the car, half out, as his dad drove a victory lap around Bristol M Rodríguez has leadoff HR, tiebreaking single as wild card-chasing Mariners beat Rangers 8-4 09/21/2024 11:16pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Julio Rodríguez homered on the first pitch and had a tiebreaking RBI single in the sixth inning of his four-hit game, and the wild card-chasing Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 8-4 on Saturday night. The Mariners (80-75) pulled within 1 1/2 games of Minnesota for th Reed throws two TD passes to help No. 25 Texas A&M outlast Bowling Green 26-20 09/21/2024 11:08pm • COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Marcel Reed threw for 173 yards and two touchdowns, and ran for 91 yards as No. 25 Texas A&M outlasted Bowling Green 26-20 on Saturday night. Reed got his second collegiate start in place of Conner Weigman, who was out with a shoulder injury. Le’Veon Moss fumble Mullings' 2nd TD with 37 seconds left lifts No. 18 Michigan to 27-24 win over No. 11 USC 09/21/2024 10:04pm • ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan welcomed Southern California to the Big Ten with a heavy dose of smashmouth football. Kalel Mullings surged 2 yards for a touchdown on fourth-and-goal with 37 seconds left, lifting the 18th-ranked Wolverines to a 27-24 win over the 11th-ranked Trojans in their conf Bernard runs for 182 yards and No. 12 Utah wins Big 12 debut, beating No. 14 Oklahoma State 22-19 09/21/2024 09:39pm • STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Micah Bernard rushed for a career-high 182 yards, and No. 12 Utah withstood a fourth-quarter comeback to beat No. 14 Oklahoma State 22-19 on Saturday in the Utes' first Big 12 game after leaving the Pac-12. Brant Kuithe scored two touchdowns and Cole Becker kicked three fi Twins vs. Red Sox is postponed by rain and a doubleheader is planned for Sunday 09/21/2024 09:23pm • BOSTON (AP) — The game between the Minnesota Twins and Boston Red Sox scheduled for Saturday was postponed because of rain. A split doubleheader is planned for Sunday at Fenway Park, where the regularly scheduled game was moved from 1:35 p.m. to 12:35 p.m. The rained-out game will be the second ga Seize the Grey wins the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby for 89-year-old trainer D. Wayne Lukas 09/21/2024 09:12pm • BENSALEM, Pa. (AP) — Seize the Grey led all the way in winning the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby by 3 3/4 lengths on Saturday for 89-year-old Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas. Ridden by Jaime Torres, Seize the Grey ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:51.89 at Parx Racing. He paid $10.60 to win as the 4-1 t Brooks, Holloway come up big in second half to help No. 19 Louisville outlast Georgia Tech 31-19 09/21/2024 09:11pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — What pleased Louisville most about a hard-fought victory over Georgia Tech was the collective effort that made it possible. Not to mention, the No. 19 Cardinals' great timing. Ja’Corey Brooks’ 57-yard touchdown reception provided the go-ahead score late in the third qua Morton throws 2 TD passes, Brooks runs for 117 yards, as Texas Tech spoils ASU's Big 12 debut 30-22 09/21/2024 08:41pm • LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Behren Morton passed for two touchdowns and 201 yards and Tahj Brooks rushed for 117 yards against a defense that had allowed an average of just 65.3 per game as Texas Tech beat Arizona State 30-22 on Saturday in the Sun Devils’ Big 12 Conference debut. Tech (3-1, 1-0) got Tigers beat the Orioles 6-4 to inch closer in the AL wild-card race 09/21/2024 08:37pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Beau Brieske pitched out of a jam in the ninth inning, Riley Greene drove in the go-ahead run in the 10th and the Detroit Tigers inched closer in the AL wild-card chase by beating the Baltimore Orioles 6-4 on Saturday. Detroit moved within a half-game of the Twins for the final Holstein helps Pitt thump Youngstown State, 73-17 09/21/2024 08:31pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Eli Holstein threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more as Pittsburgh blasted Youngstown State 73-17 on Saturday. Pitt is 4-0 for the first time since 2000 and it's also the first time the Panthers have put up 70 or more points since scoring 77 against New Hampshire in 2021. Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel claims death of Hezbollah commander as Beirut toll rises 09/21/2024 07:43pm • Israel claimed the death of a senior Hezbollah military official after a rare Israeli airstrike on Beirut as the death toll rose Saturday to at least 37 people, with dozens more wounded, shortly after Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets. The strikes are part of a new cycle of escalati