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Behind the nonprofit helping a diverse new generation of culinary professionals heat up New York 09/05/2024 08:08am • NEW YORK (AP) — A side of beef bigger than a classroom desktop sat before high school students huddled around a kitchen on New York's Lower East Side. “Anyone wanna jump in?” asked the butcher teaching the Tuesday afternoon class. One student dared, grabbing a sawblade about as long as his arm Meta oversight panel says political content cuts could limit dissent in crises including Venezuela's 09/05/2024 06:52am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Meta’s efforts to scale back political content on its platforms could limit the reach of people’s expressions of dissent or awareness during crises, including Venezuela’s post-election situation, the company’s oversight panel said Thursday in a decision on cases involvin A Chiefs' three-peat? Here's the company they keep 09/05/2024 06:27am • As the 2024 NFL season kicks off, Kansas City has a chance to make history. The Chiefs are pursuing a third straight NFL championship, something that has never happened in the Super Bowl era. And yes, we know Green Bay has won three straight NFL titles twice, but there was no championship game wh Cyclones visit No. 21 Hawkeyes for CyHawk game. Ferentz says rivalry 'underappreciated' outside Iowa 09/05/2024 06:10am • From the Missouri River to the Mississippi River and the 310 miles in between in Iowa, Saturday is a red-letter day for college football fans. Iowa State visits No. 21 Iowa for the next iteration of the CyHawk Series, one of the rare rivalry games played early each season. Hawkeyes coach Kirk Ferent Baylor faces new Big 12 member No. 11 Utah in nonconference game this week 09/05/2024 06:10am • Things to watch this week in the Big 12 Conference: Game of the week Baylor at No. 11 Utah, Saturday, 3:30 p.m. EDT (Fox). The Bears and Utes are now members of the same conference with Utah's decision to bolt the Pac-12 for the Big 12. This won't be a conference game. Baylor and Utah signed on to m No. 25 Clemson looks to move past critics, get in win column against tricky foe Appalachian State 09/05/2024 06:10am • CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Amid the upset and angst, the critical voices and demands for change, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said he focuses on one thing — getting the 25th-ranked Tigers to rise to their potential. That starts this week against Appalachian State on Saturday night. It has been an uncom QB Nico Iamaleava, 14th-ranked Vols look to build on momentum entering matchup with No. 24 NC State 09/05/2024 06:10am • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Quarterback Nico Iamaleava’s impressive debut in Tennessee's season opener has the 14th-ranked Volunteers riding high entering a big matchup with No. 24 North Carolina State on Saturday night. That has coach Josh Heupel cautioning against his team getting overconfident ahe Vikings-Giants pits Darnold vs. Jones to open another prove-it season for once-heralded QBs 09/05/2024 06:00am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Sam Darnold and Daniel Jones were swiftly dumped into the deep end of NFL debuts, shouldering heavy pressure as young quarterback in the country's largest media market. As is often the case in this sink-or-swim league for players at the sport's most demanding position, the resul Xi offers African leaders more aid as China challenges US-led global order 09/05/2024 05:57am • BEIJING (AP) — Dozens of African leaders gathered Thursday in Beijing for a summit that signals China's influence in a continent that it hopes will be a key ally in pushing back against a U.S.-led global order. Chinese President Xi Jinping promised the leaders billions of dollars in loans and priv Tatis hits walk-off single in 10th to give the Padres a 6-5 victory over the Tigers 09/05/2024 02:19am • SAN DIEGO (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. hit an RBI single with two outs in the 10th inning to give the San Diego Padres a 6-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night. Playing his second game back after being on the injured list since June 22, Tatis singled to left off Jason Foley (3-5) to Judge, scuffling Yankees focus on where they can go rather than the rut they're in 09/05/2024 01:56am • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Aaron Judge hasn't homered in nine straight games for the first time this season, and the New York Yankees are under .500 over the equivalent of half a season. Never mind that Judge leads the major leagues with 51 home runs or the Yankees are just a half-game behind Baltimo Zac Gallen throws 6 no-hit innings, Diamondbacks hold on to beat Giants 6-4 09/05/2024 01:55am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Zac Gallen pitched six hitless innings for his 50th career victory and the Arizona Diamondbacks held on to beat the San Francisco Giants 6-4 on Wednesday night. Gallen (11-6) had eight strikeouts, threw 63 of 100 pitches for strikes and overcame four walks to win for the secon Luis Urías homers and knocks in 4 as Mariners rout Athletics 16-3 09/05/2024 01:24am • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Mitch Garver and Luis Urías both drove in four runs, George Kirby struck out nine in six innings and the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 16-3 on Wednesday night. Seattle, which entered the day 5 1/2 games back of the last AL wild card spot, recorded a season hig A 14-year-old student fatally shot 4 people in a rampage at a Georgia high school, officials say 09/05/2024 01:09am • WINDER, Ga. (AP) — A 14-year-old student opened fire at a Georgia high school and killed four people on Wednesday, authorities said, sending students scrambling for shelter in their classrooms — and eventually to the football stadium — as officers swarmed the campus and parents raced to find o For many investors and intellectuals leaving China, it's Japan — not the US — that's the bigger draw 09/05/2024 12:54am • TOKYO (AP) — One by one, the students, lawyers and others filed into a classroom in a central Tokyo university for a lecture by a Chinese journalist on Taiwan and democracy — taboo topics that can't be discussed publicly back home in China. “Taiwan’s modern-day democracy took struggle and bl