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New PWHL Minnesota GM Melissa Caruso focuses on the future rather than offseason concerns 09/04/2024 07:30pm • New PWHL Minnesota GM Melissa Caruso focused on addressing the future on Wednesday, rather than the past and the offseason troubles the franchise encountered after winning the women’s hockey league’s inaugural championship. Speaking on a Zoom video call a day after being hired, the former Americ Election 2024 Latest: Trump and Harris zero in on economic policy plans ahead of first debate 09/04/2024 06:57pm • The two presidential nominees are using the week before their debate to sharpen their economic messages about who could do more for the middle class. Vice President Kamala Harris discussed her policy plans on Wednesday in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, while Donald Trump will address the Economic Club o Schwarber matches Soriano's MLB record with 13th leadoff homer, Phillies beat Blue Jays 4-2 09/04/2024 06:48pm • TORONTO (AP) — Kyle Schwarber matched a major league record with his 13th leadoff home run this season, Kody Clemens and J.T. Realmuto also went deep and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 on Wednesday for a two-game series sweep. Cristopher Sánchez (10-9) struck out seven i UN officials hail limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow polio vaccinations 09/04/2024 06:27pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — United Nations officials on Wednesday hailed limited pauses in the fighting between Israel and Hamas to allow children's polio vaccinations as rare moments of hope in the nearly yearlong war in Gaza. Top U.N. officials on peacebuilding and humanitarian affairs spoke at a meet New contract in hand, Tua Tagovailoa is becoming a more vocal leader for the Dolphins 09/04/2024 06:15pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Mike McDaniel has already seen improvement in Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa as the two enter their third year together. What's impressed Miami's coach the most has been Tagovailoa's comfort with stepping into a leadership role. "There’s certain guys that have an Commentators poke fun and educate to help audience in soccer-crazy Brazil embrace American football 09/04/2024 06:09pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — Few sports fans in Brazil may know exactly what a Hail Mary pass is. But even those who don’t follow American football will understand when local commentators describe the desperate, end of game move as “throw it high up and pray.” That is “ JOGA PRO ALTO E REZAAAAAAAA ” The suspect in the Chicago-area L train shooting will be held until trial, a judge rules 09/04/2024 06:06pm • MAYWOOD, Ill. (AP) — The suspect in a mass killing on a Chicago-area transit train systematically shot three sleeping passengers at close range before before moving to a second train car and firing on a man who tried to shield himself, prosecutors said Wednesday. New details about the Labor Day sh Mike Macdonald is drawing praise as Seattle's new coach but the test starts this week vs. Denver 09/04/2024 06:00pm • RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Mike Morris saw the field for all of one game because of an injury in his rookie season. Not a lot of time to make an impression on his teammates. When word leaked out about Mike Macdonald becoming the new coach of the Seattle Seahawks, Morris’ phone erupted making him ma Noel Parmentel Jr., a literary gadfly with some famous friends, dies at 98 09/04/2024 05:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Noel E. Parmentel Jr., an essayist, pundit, filmmaker and man about town who satirized politicians across ideology, dated and helped promote a young Joan Didion and otherwise charmed and infuriated New York’s literary elite, has died at age 98. Parmentel's longtime partner, Vivia Construction crews unearth piece of DC history underneath National Mall — by accident 09/04/2024 05:20pm • There is so much history along the National Mall in D.C. that you wouldn't think to look underground for more of it. But construction crews doing renovation work on the Smithsonian Castle along Jefferson Drive just uncovered an artifact, completely by accident. It dates back to the 1800s. " Trump-backed US Senate candidate faces scrutiny for derogatory comments about Native Americans 09/04/2024 05:19pm • BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Tribal leaders in Montana urged Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy to apologize over remarks he made to supporters about Native Americans being “drunk at 8 a.m.” and throwing beer cans at him on the Crow Reservation Audio recordings of Sheehy's derogatory commen Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 1 09/04/2024 05:17pm • It’s the beginning of another fantasy season, and with it comes the hopes and fears of making all the right moves in your lineups. This season, I’ll be laying out the best starts, and the best fades, going into every week of the season. We’ll start with Week 1: Quarterbacks Start: Baker Mayfi She made ‘very demure’ go viral. Now she wants to trademark its use 09/04/2024 05:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — “Very demure, very mindful” has become the latest vocabulary defining the internet’s summer. And TikTok creator Jools Lebron is working to trademark uses of her now-viral words. Lebron filed to trademark “very demure very mindful” for various entertainment and advertising Welsh rugby star Louis Rees-Zammit welcomes the chance to play a new position with a new NFL team 09/04/2024 05:10pm • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Louis Rees-Zammit always envisioned himself as an NFL receiver. The Welsh rugby star changed teams last week, moving from the Kansas City Chiefs to the Jacksonville Jaguars, and now has changed positions, too. He spent five months working as a running back with the two-ti Ballon d'Or: Lionel Messi is left off list of contenders for soccer's biggest individual prize 09/04/2024 05:08pm • Lionel Messi may be considered by many as the greatest soccer player of all time, but the Argentina star was omitted from the list of nominations to win this year's Ballon d'Or award — the sport's most prized individual honor. The record eight-time winner and holder of the trophy did not feature W