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Music Review: Electro-pop duo Sofi Tukker dances to own beat on new energetic album 'BREAD' 08/21/2024 01:26pm • Electro-poppers Sofi Tukker's third studio album, “BREAD,” is an acronym for “Be Really Energetic and Dance,” a mantra that the Grammy-nominated American duo of Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern have long embraced. But before it was an abbreviation, “BREAD” was a literal reference. T Zooming past a stopped DC school bus comes with $500 fine this school year 08/21/2024 01:11pm • Ahead of Monday’s first day of classes, D.C.’s Department of Transportation is reminding drivers that zipping around stopped school buses will come with a hefty fine this school year. The program, which launched in the final weeks of the last school year, added cameras to 25 school bus stop a PGA Tour's return to Castle Pines stirs memories of milkshakes, mountains and missing Tiger Woods 08/21/2024 12:54pm • CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — Start with those hand-spun milkshakes, that crazy scoring system and the seal of approval from Jack Nicklaus himself. Throw in some great mountain views and a chance to escape the same ol’-same ol’, and Castle Pines had the makings of one of those can't-miss stops on Nebraska turns to star QB recruit Dylan Raiola to pull program out of its worst stretch since 1940s 08/21/2024 12:44pm • LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska football program posted a picture of Dylan Raiola moving into his dormitory on one of its social media platforms and it was viewed nearly 14 million times in a week. His hairstyle and sunglasses prompted a flood of comments about how much he resembled Patrick Maho Tim Walz is still introducing himself to voters. Here are things to know about Harris' VP pick 08/21/2024 12:24pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kamala Harris' running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, will face a national audience that's still getting to know him when he headlines the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday night. Walz wasn't widely known outside of Minnesota before Harris chose him to join Democrats turn their roll call into a dance party with celebrities, state-specific songs and Lil Jon 08/21/2024 12:18pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Convention roll call votes can be staid and cheesy, but Democrats turned theirs into the ultimate dance party on Tuesday. DJ Cassidy stood onstage in what appeared to be a double-breasted satin suit of royal blue, spinning a special song for each state and territory awarding thei A tale of two retailers: Target reverses sales slump while Macy's reports another quarterly decline 08/21/2024 12:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Grocery aisle deals and an emphasis on affordable but stylish clothes helped Target reverse a year-long sales slump, while Macy’s on Wednesday reported another quarterly decline and said sales for the fiscal year will be weaker than expected due to a “more discriminating consum Conor Gallagher joins Atletico Madrid from Chelsea as Joao Felix moves in opposite direction 08/21/2024 12:05pm • England midfielder Conor Gallagher finally completed his move to Atletico Madrid on Wednesday, ending a weeks-long saga that required a move by Joao Felix in the opposite direction to facilitate the deal. Gallagher joined Atletico for a reported 36 million pounds ($47 million) on a five-year deal. H It's not your imagination: There are players in their mid-20s all over college football, here's why 08/21/2024 11:58am • Each time he sees his freshman teammates, Oklahoma State quarterback Alan Bowman gets a reality check about the length of his college career. “When I was playing as a true freshman at Texas Tech, they were probably in seventh grade,” Bowman said. Bowman is entering his seventh year of college fo Predicting the first 12-team playoff from Ohio State to Memphis with 4 SEC teams -- but no Alabama 08/21/2024 11:14am • Not everything is changing in college football this season. Texas and Oklahoma will still descend on the Texas State Fair in early October and split the Cotton Bowl in half for the Red River Rivalry. There will just be a Southeastern Conference logo on the field when the Longhorns and Sooners square Ilkay Gundogan set for Man City return after reportedly agreeing to leave Barcelona 08/21/2024 11:12am • Manchester City and Ilkay Gundogan look set to be reunited. The former Germany midfielder was pictured at the airport on Wednesday and was reportedly catching a flight from Barcelona to Manchester to wrap up his return to City on a one-year deal, with the option of another 12 months. Neither City no Jennifer Lopez files for divorce from Ben Affleck after 2 years of marriage 08/21/2024 10:51am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a relationship that spanned two decades, two engagements, two weddings and headlines too numerous to count, Jennifer Lopez has filed for divorce from Ben Affleck. The filing Tuesday in Los Angeles brought to an apparent end a celebrity coupling — or at least the second i Russia's former deputy defense minister detained on corruption charges loses an appeal 08/21/2024 09:42am • MOSCOW (AP) — A former Russian defense official was ordered held in pretrial detention on corruption charges after a court rejected an appeal against his arrest, state media reported Wednesday. Former Deputy Defense Minister Gen. Dmitry Bulgakov was detained in Moscow last month pending an investi Sen. Rick Scott wins Florida GOP primary as he seeks a second term 08/21/2024 09:29am • WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rick Scott has handily won Florida's Republican primary against two other opponents, moving on to face Democratic former U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in November. Mucarsel-Powell also won her election comfortably against three other candidates. This Novem India's top court creates task force on workplace safety after doctor was raped and killed 08/21/2024 08:32am • NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court on Tuesday set up a national task force of doctors who will make recommendations on safety of health care workers at their workplace, days after the rape and killing of a trainee doctor that sparked outrage and nationwide protests. The Supreme Court said the do