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21 children are now known to have died in Kenya school fire 09/07/2024 01:32pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The number of children who were burned to death in a school dormitory in central Kenya has risen to 21, the government spokesperson said Saturday. Officials began removing the bodies of the children as they tried to account for dozens of boys who were still missing. Journali Roglic on brink of fourth Vuelta title after protecting lead on last mountain stage 09/07/2024 12:38pm • PICON BLANCO, Spain (AP) — Primoz Roglic is one stage away from a record-equalling fourth Spanish Vuelta title after the Slovenian rider protected his lead in the northern mountains on Saturday. Roglic padded his lead to 2 minutes, 2 seconds over Ben O’Connor, who led the Grand Tour for two week American and British boats into America's Cup playoffs. Swiss and French battle for last spot 09/07/2024 11:45am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Britain’s INEOS Britannia and NYYC American Magic both locked up spots in the America’s Cup playoffs along with the already qualified Italians after winning races on Saturday. The British booked their spot in the playoffs by beating Switzerland’s Alinghi Red Bull Raci UK and Irish leaders meet in Dublin as they try to reset relations after Brexit tensions 09/07/2024 11:29am • DUBLIN (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with his Irish counterpart, Saturday in what was billed as an attempt to reset relations between the two countries after years of tensions following the U.K.'s departure from the European Union. Starmer's visit to meet Irish premier Simon Harri Recreational marijuana sales begin on North Carolina tribal land, drug illegal in state otherwise 09/07/2024 10:59am • CHEROKEE, N.C. (AP) — The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians began selling marijuana and cannabis products to any adult 21 or over starting Saturday at its tribe-owned dispensary in North Carolina, where possession or use of the drug is otherwise illegal. A post on the Facebook page of Great Smoky Typhoon Yagi leaves at least 4 dead and scores injured in Vietnam 09/07/2024 10:36am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese authorities say Typhoon Yagi has killed at least four people and injured 78 others after making landfall Saturday afternoon in the north of the country. Yagi, described by Vietnamese meteorological officials as “one of the most powerful typhoons in the region ov With father of suspect charged in Georgia shooting, will more parents be held responsible? 09/07/2024 09:03am • Murder charges filed against the father of a 14-year-old boy accused of a Georgia school shooting follow the successful prosecution of two parents in Michigan who were held responsible for a similar tragedy at a school north of Detroit. Is it a sign of a crackdown on parents accused of gross neglige What we know after a 14-year-old boy was charged with killing 4 people at his Georgia high school. 09/07/2024 08:58am • A 14-year-old boy stands charged with four counts of murder, accused of using a semiautomatic assault-style rifle to kill two students and two teachers this week at his high school in Georgia. Colt Gray had his first hearing Friday after being charged as an adult in the latest mass shooting at a sch Sharp divisions persist over Walz's response to the riots that followed the murder of George Floyd 09/07/2024 08:38am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz faced the biggest crisis of his political career when Minnesota’s two largest cities erupted in protests and riots after a white Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd. The Black man's murder in 2020 sparked a nationwide reckoning over racial discriminati Vigil held for DC man fatally shot by police in Southeast 09/07/2024 08:02am • A candlelit vigil was held Friday evening by Black Lives Matter and Harriet's Wildest Dreams, to remember 26-year-old Justin Robinson, who was fatally shot by D.C. police last Sunday. Chants of “Justice for Justin!” were shouted out as hundreds of mourners returned to the scene where the Seth Brown hits walk-off RBI single in 13th inning and Athletics beat Tigers 7-6 09/07/2024 02:26am • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Seth Brown hit a walk-off RBI single in the 13th inning to give the Oakland Athletics a 7-6 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night after tying the game in the 11th with a two-run homer. The teams went back-and-forth in extras. Both scored their automatic runner in the 1 Guardians edge Dodgers 3-1 on Giménez's 2-run shot and Boyd's strong outing 09/07/2024 01:26am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matthew Boyd outdueled Landon Knack over five scoreless innings, Andrés Giménez hit a two-run homer in the sixth and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 on Friday night in a matchup of division leaders. The NL West-leading Dodgers managed just two baserunn Barkley scores 3 TDs as Eagles beat Packers 34-29 in Brazil. Packers' Love injured in final minute 09/07/2024 12:53am • SAO PAULO (AP) — Saquon Barkley has been practicing the art of positive thinking since switching teams for the first time in his career. Yet he probably couldn’t have imagined making such a spectacular debut for the Philadelphia Eagles. Barkley scored three touchdowns Friday night in the first N Two NASA astronauts stuck in space have flown long missions before 09/07/2024 12:29am • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The two NASA astronauts left behind at the International Space Station following the return of Boeing's troubled capsule are Navy test pilots who have ridden out long missions before. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are now full-time station crew members alon Maui's toxic debris could fill 5 football fields 5 stories deep. Where will it end up? 09/07/2024 12:17am • LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Hinano Rodrigues remembers being 4 or 5 years old, carrying a bucket across a highway to the ocean in the Maui community where he still lives. At dawn, he would accompany his grandmother to a reef at low tide, where she plucked black snails, spiny lobsters and spiky sea urch