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Protections sought for prison workers in closing of aging Illinois prison 09/10/2024 05:42pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The union representing state prison workers is seeking a federal court order that the Illinois Department of Corrections ensure the rights and safety of employees as it shutters a century-old maximum-security lockup outside Chicago. U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood, who las NBA expands permissible scope of coach's challenge reviews on some out-of-bounds plays 09/10/2024 05:29pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has expanded the permissible scope of coach's challenge reviews on some out-of-bounds plays, saying Tuesday that if a foul should have been called on the play it now can be assessed shortly after the fact. The league's Board of Governors approved the move on the second day Stock market today: Wall Street drifts as Oracle soars and banks and oil slump 09/10/2024 05:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish on Tuesday following several weeks of sharp swings. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% to pull within 3% of its record set in July. It flipped between small gains and losses through the day, but the moves were nothing like its careens since the summer, Dolphins star Tyreek Hill had an altercation with police. Here's what we know 09/10/2024 04:58pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins star wide receiver Tyreek Hill was pulled from his sports car by Miami-Dade County police officers outside Hard Rock Stadium during a traffic stop before the team's game on Sunday, triggering a national debate on whether the treatment was justified. Hill, Two Delta planes collide on an Atlanta taxiway, knocking the tail off one 09/10/2024 04:55pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Two Delta Air Lines planes collided on a taxiway at Atlanta's airport Tuesday morning, with a larger plane knocking over the tail of a smaller regional jet. No injuries were reported and Delta said passengers were rebooked on other flights that departed Tuesday afternoon. Atla 'It's an investment in our future': New schools being constructed in Prince George's Co. 09/10/2024 04:53pm • Margaret Brent Elementary School is now officially under construction after a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday morning. The state-of-the-art facility on Lamont Terrace in New Carrollton, Maryland, will serve 850 students in pre-K through fifth grade. “This new building isn't just a place for Panthers are signing edge rusher Charles Harris to bolster their pass rush, AP source says 09/10/2024 04:07pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers have agreed to terms on a contract with free agent edge rusher Charles Harris, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the team has not yet announced the move p BMW braking system recall of 1.5M cars contributes to auto maker's decision to cut back 2024 outlook 09/10/2024 03:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) — BMW is lowering sales and earnings targets for the 2024 fiscal year, in a move the luxury German car maker said was partially triggered by hefty expenses of addressing a braking system recall that impacts more than 1.5 million vehicles worldwide. Munich-based BMW Group said Tuesday Wisconsin appeals court says teenager accused of killing 10-year-old girl will stay in adult court 09/10/2024 03:50pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The case against a Wisconsin teenager accused of killing a 10-year-old girl he allegedly lured into the woods will remain in adult court, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday. Prosecutors charged the teenager, identified in court documents only as C.T.P.-B, as an adult with fir Congress bestows its highest honor on the 13 troops killed during Afghanistan withdrawal 09/10/2024 03:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday presented Congress' highest honor — the Congressional Gold Medal — to 13 U.S. service members who were killed during the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, even as the politics of a presidential election swirled around the event. Bot James Earl Jones mourned by 'Star Wars' icons, Denzel Washington and others 09/10/2024 03:23pm • Famous fans and collaborators are paying tribute to James Earl Jones, the award-winning actor and commanding voice of Darth Vader, who died Monday at 93. “James was an incredible actor, a most unique voice both in art and spirit. For nearly half a century he was Darth Vader, but the secret to it a Wisconsin Supreme Court weighs the use of mobile voting vans and who can bring election lawsuits 09/10/2024 01:54pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with whether a Republican had standing to bring a lawsuit that challenges the use of a mobile voting van in 2022 and seeks to ban their use in any future election in the presidential battleground state. Such vans — a single van, a Germany's expansion of border controls is testing European unity 09/10/2024 01:38pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The German government says it is cracking down on irregular migration and crime following recent extremist attacks, and plans to extend temporary border controls to all nine of its frontiers next week. Last month, a deadly knife attack by a Syrian asylum-seeker in Soligen kil Raise a (shot) glass to Wild Turkey’s ‘Buddha of Bourbon’ 09/10/2024 01:32pm • LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. (AP) — As bourbon fans flocked to the Wild Turkey visitors' center, sitting near the entrance was no ordinary greeter. Jimmy Russell, who has lived through so much of the distillery's rich history, was at his post as a goodwill ambassador, signing whiskey bottles, posing for phot Jets struggle in opener, but Saleh says 0-1 with Rodgers feels better than 1-0 last year without him 09/10/2024 01:32pm • Aaron Rodgers being back on the field healthy — albeit a bit rusty — made even a rough loss in front of a national TV audience sting just a little less for the New York Jets. They're 0-1 after falling flat in San Francisco on Monday night, a 32-19 defeat that made all the Super Bowl chatter from