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Phil Donahue, who ruled daytime talk for years until Oprah overtook him, left a lasting imprint 08/20/2024 05:46pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — For nearly two decades, Phil Donahue was virtually the only TV talk show host to roam his audience with microphone and make them an essential part of his show. His huge cultural influence — especially with the women who tended to watch television during the day in his era — Braves sign IF Gio Urshela after Austin Riley goes on IL with broken hand 08/20/2024 05:40pm • ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves found themselves plugging another massive hole in their lineup Tuesday, signing infielder Gio Urshela after third baseman Austin Riley went on the injured list with a broken hand. The 32-year-old Urshela batted .243 with five homers and 37 RBIs for the Detroit Tig Stock market today: Wall Street slips and breaks an 8-day winning streak 08/20/2024 05:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks ticked lower Tuesday and snapped an eight-day winning streak, the longest of the year. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2%, but it’s still just 1.2% below its all-time high set last month. It has roared back from its scary summer drop, where the index briefly dropped nearly Witness recalls man struggling to breathe before dying at guards' hands in Michigan mall 08/20/2024 05:21pm • PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A man held on the ground by security guards at a Detroit-area shopping mall repeatedly said, “I can’t breathe,” before the confrontation ended with his death, a witness testified Tuesday, more than 10 years later. McKenzie Cochran, 25, was crying out at Northland Center Rapper NBA Youngboy to plead guilty to Louisiana gun charge 08/20/2024 05:00pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Rapper NBA YoungBoy has agreed to plead guilty to a federal weapons charge once the case is transferred from Louisiana to Utah, where he faces unrelated charges accusing him of running a prescription drug fraud ring. In court documents filed last week, the rapper, whose rea Steelers place veteran center Nate Herbig on IR, clearing the way for rookie Zach Frazier to start 08/20/2024 04:57pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Zach Frazier arrived at his first NFL training camp intent on leaving it as the starting center. The Pittsburgh Steelers rookie will do just that, even if it didn't happen quite the way he wanted. Frazier, a second-round pick out of West Virginia, replaced veteran Nate Herbig ato Mike Greenberg takes over as host of ESPN's 'Sunday NFL Countdown' 08/20/2024 04:46pm • BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Mike Greenberg will be the host of ESPN's “Sunday NFL Countdown” when the show begins its 40th season on Sept. 8. Greenberg becomes the fourth host in the show's history. Bob Ley hosted the first year in 1985, when it was called “NFL GameDay,” followed by Chris Berman Michigan doctor charged with taking photos and videos of naked children and adults 08/20/2024 04:41pm • A Michigan doctor has been arrested after authorities said they found scores of nude photos and videos of children and adults taken while the victims were changing at a swim school, in hospital beds and elsewhere in the Detroit area. Dr. Oumair Aejaz, 40, was arrested Aug. 8 at his home in Rochester A new setback hits a Boeing jet: US will require inspection of pilot seats on 787s 08/20/2024 04:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal safety officials are requiring inspections of cockpit seats on Boeing 787 Dreamliners after one of the jets went into a dive when the captain’s seat lurched forward without warning and disconnected the plane's autopilot system. Boeing also has stopped test flights of a Crossing between a government and opposition-held area in Syria closes after violence 08/20/2024 04:37pm • IDLIB, Syria (AP) — A key crossing inside Syria between an area held by the government and one held by the opposition was closed again on Tuesday after violence followed its brief reopening this week. A local activist and a war monitor said that opposition groups protested the reopening of the Ab Trinidad is redrawing its coat of arms to remove Columbus' three famous ships 08/20/2024 03:33pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Officials in Trinidad and Tobago are redrawing the island’s coat of arms for the first time since its creation in 1962 to remove references to European colonization in a move that many are celebrating. Christopher Columbus’ three ships — the Pinta, the Niña and It's the final week to qualify for the Presidents Cup and Solheim Cup 08/20/2024 03:32pm • CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — The BMW Championship is the last stop before the leading six players get automatic spots in the Presidents Cup next month at Royal Montreal. Turns out the first FedEx Cup playoff event had a strong effect, too. Jordan Spieth might have been a long shot to make the U.S. te Woman who faced eviction over 3 emotional support parrots wins $165,000 in federal case 08/20/2024 03:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who faced eviction from her Manhattan apartment over her three emotional support parrots will be paid $165,000 in damages plus $585,000 for her apartment under a consent decree announced by federal prosecutors. The consent decree announced Monday resolves a dispute between Mother arrested on murder charge days after baby's hot car death 08/20/2024 03:08pm • JENNINGS, La. (AP) — A Louisiana woman whose baby died after being left in a hot car last week has been arrested on a charge of second-degree murder. Hannah Faith Cormier, 32, of Jennings, was being held Tuesday with bond set at $1 million following her arrest, Jefferson Davish Parish court record NASCAR close to regular-season finish with playoffs on the line, F1 back in action after a month off 08/20/2024 02:59pm • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Coke Zero Sugar 400 Site: Daytona Beach, Florida. Schedule: Friday, qualifying, 5:05 p.m.; Saturday, race, 7:30 p.m. (NBC). Track: Daytona International Speedway. Race distance: 160 laps, 400 miles. Last year: Chris Buescher continued his hot run, winning for a th