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Power outages bring frustration to New Orleans residents post-Francine 09/13/2024 10:17pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two days after Hurricane Francine knocked out power for nearly half a million people in Louisiana, Alexandra Canary was still waiting for the electricity in her area to come back online. As her fridge continued to thaw out, the New Orleans resident began to clean out condiments Firefighters gain ground on 3 huge Southern California blazes 09/13/2024 09:34pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Helped by cooler temperatures, firefighters gained ground Friday against three blazes in Southern California and authorities began scaling back evacuation orders that displaced thousands of people. The largest is the Bridge Fire east of Los Angeles, which has burned 81 square m Solheim Cup begins with half-empty grandstands and fans stuck waiting for buses to course 09/13/2024 09:26pm • GAINESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The opening matches of the Solheim Cup began in front of half-empty grandstands surrounding the first tee at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club on Friday morning, with transportation issues preventing fans from getting to the golf course. Fans posted on social media that they wer The Biden administration is taking steps to eliminate protections for gray wolves 09/13/2024 09:12pm • BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday asked an appeals court to revive a Trump-era rule that lifted remaining Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the U.S. If successful, the move would put the predators under state oversight nationwide and open the door for hu Chargers running back J.K. Dobbins looking to continue strong start against Panthers 09/13/2024 08:23pm • EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — J.K. Dobbins made a successful return one year after an Achilles injury. He is looking for more. Dobbins rushed for 135 yards on 10 carries last weekend, helping the Los Angeles Chargers to a 22-10 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders. He became the first Chargers running b Tropical Storm Ileana heads toward Los Cabos resorts bringing heavy rains 09/13/2024 08:04pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico's resort-studded Los Cabos area warned tourists and residents alike to stay inside Friday as Tropical Storm Ileana began to pound the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula with rain. Ileana formed Thursday off the Pacific coast of Mexico and was lum Committee hopes to elevate Sacramento State to FBS level of football 09/13/2024 07:46pm • Local officials have launched a committee aimed at helping Sacramento State move to the highest level of college football with hopes of getting an invitation down the road to either the Pac-12 or Mountain West conferences. The committee, named SAC 12 and independent from the school, includes state a The teen accused in Georgia's high school shooting enrolled 2 weeks late and was often absent 09/13/2024 07:33pm • ATLANTA (AP) — The 14-year-old who is accused of killing four people in a Sept. 4 shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia started school two weeks late and then was absent for nine more days before the shooting, investigators said Friday. Colt Gray was first enrolled at the high school northe Biden meets with British leader and brushes off Putin's threats about weapons for Ukraine 09/13/2024 07:12pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden brushed off a threat from Russian leader Vladimir Putin about war against the West if Ukraine’s allies allow it to use weapons deeper inside Russia. It's a shift that Kyiv has pleaded for, but no decision was immediately announced following a meeting Friday Patriots, Seahawks look to move on from old coaches when they meet in New England 09/13/2024 07:08pm • Seattle (1-0) at New England (1-0) Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, FOX BetMGM NFL Odds: Seahawks by 3. Series Record: Seahawks lead 10-9. Against the spread: Seahawks 0-1, Patriots 1-0 Last Meeting: Seahawks beat Patriots 35-30 on Sept. 20, 2020, in Seattle. Last week: Seahawks beat the Broncos 26-20; Patriots FACT FOCUS: A look at false claims made by Trump in California 09/13/2024 06:46pm • In a press conference from his Los Angeles-area golf club, former President Donald Trump revisited several topics from Tuesday night's debate, repeating several false and misleading claims on issues including crime, the economy and immigration. Here's are the facts: Trump again falsely claims crime Tunisian authorities escalate pre-election crackdown and arrest Islamists en masse 09/13/2024 06:45pm • TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Dozens of members of Tunisia’s largest opposition party were arrested this week ahead of the formal start of campaign season for the country’s presidential election, attorneys and officials from the party said Friday. Ennahda, the Islamist party that rose to power in the AP PHOTOS: A visit to Gaza reveals rubble, tunnels and new asphalt along Egypt's border 09/13/2024 06:37pm • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military gave journalists a tour of the barren strip of land on Gaza’s southern border that has become a major obstacle in talks over a cease-fire — and to a nearby, devastated district where troops have been battling militants for months. The escorted tour Jill Biden and Lloyd Austin visit an Alabama base to tout expanded military benefits 09/13/2024 06:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin traveled Friday to Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama to highlight programs that the Pentagon and White House are rolling out to improve service members' quality of life as well as early childhood education in the military. Workers who assemble Boeing planes are on strike. Will that affect flights? 09/13/2024 06:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A strike by some 33,000 Boeing machinists has halted production of the American aerospace giant's best-selling airplanes. The workers began picketing at Boeing factories and plants in Washington, Oregon and California on Friday after rejecting a contract offer their union negotiate