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Residents in a Louisiana city devastated by 2020 hurricanes are still far from recovery 09/06/2024 06:33pm • LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Every other day Lois Malvo waits for her son to bring six buckets of water from a spigot in the backyard. He then bathes his 78-year-old mother using water heated on the stove and washes her with a spray pump he bought online. It's been four years since hurricanes Laura an Browns' Myles Garrett relishing chance to face hometown Cowboys in Sunday's season opener 09/06/2024 06:31pm • BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Myles Garrett was raised in Texas, where faith, family and football are intertwined, to revere the Dallas Cowboys. Growing up in Arlington, basically in the shadow cast by their famed five-pointed star, Garrett watched the Cowboys play Sundays and Thanksgivings on TV. He develop Vikings' McCarthy stays optimistic despite the discouragement of a season-ending injury 09/06/2024 06:25pm • EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — J.J. McCarthy knew when he was prepped for knee surgery that the absence or presence of a brace on his right leg when he awoke from the procedure would provide an immediate sign of the state of his rookie season with the Minnesota Vikings. He opened his eyes to a six-to-eight-m Harbaugh's Chargers host Pierce's Raiders as AFC West rivals start new eras 09/06/2024 06:15pm • Las Vegas (8-9) at Los Angeles Chargers (5-12) Sunday, 4:05 p.m. EDT, CBS BetMGM NFL odds: Chargers by 3. Series record: Raiders lead 68-58-2. Last meeting: Raiders beat Chargers 63-21 on Dec. 14, 2023, in Las Vegas. Raiders offense: overall (27), rush (30), pass (23), scoring (23). Raiders defense: Israel-Hamas war latest: An American woman is killed in the West Bank during protest 09/06/2024 06:10pm • Israeli soldiers killed an American woman during an anti-settlement protest in the West Bank on Friday, a witness told The Associated Press, in a shooting that raised calls from Washington for an investigation. U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller confirmed the death of the 26-year-old El Comandante Hernández leads ‘Tree Army’ in defense of Mexico City’s trees 09/06/2024 06:09pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Scooting on his electric skateboard through a southern Mexico City neighborhood, Arturo Hernández spots a likely target for his next action and uploads a photo to social media calling his followers to help. A couple of days later, he and several of them are swinging sledgehamme Phillies place All-Star 3rd baseman Alec Bohm in 10-day injured list with left hand strain 09/06/2024 06:02pm • MIAMI (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies placed All-Star third baseman Alex Bohm on the 10-day injured list Friday because of a left hand strain. Bohm hurt his hand while taking a swing in the Phillies’ game against the Atlanta Braves on Aug. 29. He remained with the club, hoping for a quick recov Police have upped their use of Maine's 'yellow flag' law since the state's deadliest mass shooting 09/06/2024 05:43pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — There has been a huge jump in law enforcement requests for Maine courts to allow guns to be seized from people deemed a danger to themselves or others since the deadliest mass shooting in state history, the governor said Friday. Maine’s extreme risk protection order law wa Karen Read says in interview that murder case left her in 'purgatory' 09/06/2024 05:36pm • BOSTON (AP) — Karen Read's months-long murder case left her in “purgatory" and ”stressed every day,” she said in an interview set to air Friday night. Read, 44, is accused of ramming into her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a January 20 France's new prime minister twice voted against gay rights and critics won't let him forget it 09/06/2024 05:36pm • PARIS (AP) — As soon as Michel Barnier was named France's new prime minister, critics found a skeleton in his closet. Back in 1981, the 30-year-old lawmaker joined more than 150 conservatives in the National Assembly to vote against a law decriminalizing young homosexuals. That history loomed in t Sluggish US jobs report clears the way for Federal Reserve to cut interest rates 09/06/2024 05:20pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Hiring by America’s employers picked up a bit in August from July’s tepid pace, and the unemployment rate dipped for the first time since March in a sign that the job market may be cooling but remains sturdy. Employers added a modest 142,000 jobs, up from a scant 89,000 in J Stock market today: Wall Street falls sharply to close its worst week in nearly 18 months 09/06/2024 05:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Another rout hit Wall Street Friday, with formerly high-flying technology stocks again taking the brunt, after a highly anticipated update on the U.S. job market came in weak enough to add to worries about the economy. The S&P 500 dropped 1.7% to close out its worst week since USA Swimming national team managing director Mintenko resigns a week after parting ways with CEO 09/06/2024 04:58pm • COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Lindsay Mintenko, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, has resigned her position of managing director of the national team with USA Swimming. Mintenko and USA Swimming announced the move Friday. Her nearly two decades with the governing body will end Sept. 20. Mintenko Texas Republican attorney general sues over voter registration efforts in Democrat strongholds 09/06/2024 04:53pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued two of the state's largest counties to block efforts to register voters ahead of the November general election, drawing claims of voter suppression from state Democrats. Paxton announced Friday a lawsuit to block Travis County, which 4 years in prison for driver in crash that killed 2 teen girls walking near Fairfax Co. school 09/06/2024 03:50pm • The Fairfax County, Virginia, man in a speeding BMW who plowed into two teen girls walking home from school in June 2022 has been sentenced to four years in prison following emotionally wrenching victim impact statements in court Friday. Usman Shahid, who was 18 at the time of the crash, was conv