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Tina Charles has 16 points and 14 rebounds to tie WNBA double-double record, Dream beats Sky 86-70 09/17/2024 10:23pm • COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Jordin Canada scored 18 points, Tina Charles finished with 16 points and 14 rebounds to tie the WNBA record with the 193rd double-double of her career and the Atlanta Dream beat the Chicago Sky 86-70 on Tuesday night to move into the eighth playoff spot with one game left. Florida will launch criminal probe into apparent assassination attempt of Trump, governor says 09/17/2024 10:13pm • WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida law enforcement officials will launch their own criminal investigation into the apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump that will run parallel to the federal probe, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday. The governor said Florida prosecuto Vance touts deportation plan in Wisconsin city where tensions flared over refugee resettlement 09/17/2024 09:49pm • EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — Stephanie Hirsch remembers growing up in the western Wisconsin city of Eau Claire when the community welcomed newly arriving Hmong refugees from Southeast Asia. So Hirsch, now the Eau Claire city manager, said she was surprised at the hostility, fear and anger she saw last Zimbabwe and Namibia will kill scores of elephants to feed people facing drought 09/17/2024 09:17pm • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe and Namibia have announced plans to slaughter hundreds of wild elephants and other animals to feed hunger-stricken residents amid severe drought conditions in the southern African countries. Zimbabwe said Monday it would allow the killing of 200 elephants so that t New York man hit by stray police bullet needed cranial surgery, cousin says 09/17/2024 09:03pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A New Yorker who was hit by a stray police bullet when NYPD officers shot a man at a Brooklyn train station has undergone cranial surgery to reduce swelling from a bullet wound in his head, according to a relative. Gregory Delpeche, 49, was riding the subway to work when the shooti Cities in Central Europe reinforce riverbanks ahead of more flooding 09/17/2024 08:56pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Soldiers and firefighters used sandbags to reinforce river embankments and delivered food and drinking water to cut-off communities as the worst flooding in years moved Tuesday across a broad swath of Central Europe, taking lives and destroying homes. Heavy flooding has affec Bowden Francis rolling along nicely for the Toronto Blue Jays 09/17/2024 08:50pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — When the Toronto Blue Jays traded Yusei Kikuchi to Houston, it created an opening for Bowden Francis. The right-hander certainly has made the most of the opportunity. Francis is 4-1 with a 1.50 ERA in his last seven starts. He has allowed just 16 hits in 48 innings in the d US moves soldiers to Alaska island amid Russian military activity increase in the area 09/17/2024 08:20pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. military has moved about 130 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to a desolate island in the Aleutian chain of western Alaska amid a recent increase in Russian military planes and vessels approaching American territory. Eight Russian military planes and fo Election 2024 Latest: Trump and Harris resume campaigning after apparent assassination attempt 09/17/2024 08:15pm • The presidential campaign is moving forward after a second apparent attempt on Donald Trump ’s life over the weekend. Trump was heading to Michigan on Tuesday for a town hall while Vice President Kamala Harris answered questions at a forum for Black journalists in Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, authori Senate Republicans again block legislation to guarantee women's rights to IVF 09/17/2024 08:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have blocked for a second time this year legislation to establish a nationwide right to in vitro fertilization, arguing that the vote is an election-year stunt after Democrats forced a vote on the issue. The Senate vote was Democrats’ latest attempt to force Republ 7 Best Cryptocurrency ETFs to Buy 09/17/2024 08:00pm • Throughout 2024, the cryptocurrency ETF landscape saw significant advancements with the launch of the first spot Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) exchange-traded funds, introduced on Jan. 11 and July 23, respectively. "Looking back at 2016, there was only one option to directly hold Bitcoin within your 10 Things to Look for When Touring a Senior Living Facility 09/17/2024 08:00pm • You probably wouldn't buy a house sight unseen if you knew you would spend the majority of your golden years there. Similarly, don't commit to a senior living facility until you've researched and toured several options and found the right fit for you or your loved one. To help you narrow down your c How to Prepare Your Savings for Falling Interest Rates 09/17/2024 08:00pm • The Federal Reserve lowered the federal funds rate by half a percentage point at its September meeting, the first time it has lowered rates since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. Banks and credit unions will soon start lowering their own rates in response to the Fed's move. When interest rat How the Federal Reserve Impacts Personal Loans 09/17/2024 08:00pm • The Federal Reserve doesn't directly set personal loan rates. But its monetary policies are designed to have a widespread effect on the U.S. economy. When the central bank makes a policy move -- such as Wednesday's 0.5-percentage-point rate cut -- it creates a chain reaction that trickles down to pe How to Find the Right Mental Health Counselor for You 09/17/2024 08:00pm • I grew up in a family that viewed mental health care as completely normal. My mother was a licensed therapist, so going to therapy never carried the stigma for us that it did for some people. When I got to college and decided to find a mental health counselor for myself, I felt entirely comfortable.