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Rookie offensive tackle Joe Alt looking to make more progress when Chargers take on Rams 08/16/2024 07:33pm • EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Joe Alt shouldn't be in awe when he takes the field at SoFi Stadium on Saturday. The Los Angeles Chargers rookie offensive tackle admitted to needing a couple minutes after stepping out of the tunnel to take in his new home field last week during the preseason opener aga Discarded gender and diversity books trigger a new culture clash at a Florida college 08/16/2024 07:30pm • When hundreds of books got hauled away in a dumpster from the library of the New College of Florida on Thursday, the tiny liberal arts college with a governing board dominated by appointees of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis once again found itself at the center of the state's culture wars. “We aboli New California laws aim to reduce smash-and-grab robberies, car thefts and shoplifting 08/16/2024 07:26pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a bipartisan package of 10 bills that aims to crack down on smash-and-grab robberies and property crimes, making it easier to go after repeat shoplifters and auto thieves and increase penalties for those running professional r Matsuyama, McCarthy tied for lead in opening PGA Tour playoff event 08/16/2024 07:21pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Hideki Matsuyama and Denny McCarthy combined to make nearly 300 feet of putts Friday, so it was no surprise to see them sharing the lead going into the steamy weekend of the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Matsuyama recovered from a shaky start — he missed a 4-foot birdie putt Seiya Suzuki hits a game-ending single as the Chicago Cubs top the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 08/16/2024 06:58pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Seiya Suzuki hit a game-ending single in the 10th inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-5, on Friday. Ian Happ began the 10th on second as the automatic runner. Chad Green (3-3) walked Michael Busch before Suzuki lined a 2-2 pitch into left field. Happ scored ea Michael Brown’s death transformed a nation and sparked a decade of American reckoning on race 08/16/2024 06:45pm • Kayla Reed was born in a predominantly African American section of St. Louis where, like her own kin, many Black families had been transplanted out of the Deep South. After the death of her grandmother, Reed moved with her father from the city to a St. Louis County town located within one mile of F Dirt track racer Scott Bloomquist, known for winning and swagger, dies in plane crash 08/16/2024 06:26pm • Scott Bloomquist, a dirt track race car driver who was known for his bravado and for being one of the sport's best, died Friday in a plane crash on his family's farm in Mooresburg, Tennessee, friends and local officials said. Bloomquist, 60, stood out with his long hair and a race car that was embla Alexander Rossi back for Arrow McLaren for St. Louis IndyCar race after broken thumb in Toronto 08/16/2024 05:54pm • MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Alexander Rossi will be making his return to IndyCar this weekend at World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis. He hopes it begins a memorable finish to his time with Arrow McLaren. Rossi has been sidelined since breaking his thumb during a practice crash on the streets of Supreme Court rejects Biden administration’s request to enforce new civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ students 08/16/2024 05:46pm • (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday turned down a request from the Biden administration to enforce parts of a new federal rule meant to protect LGBTQ+ and pregnant students from discrimination in 10 states where the rule was put on hold by federal judges.The court announced its decision in an Israel-Hamas war latest: Mediators strike hopeful note after two-day cease-fire talks 08/16/2024 05:42pm • Mediators to the Gaza War cease-fire talks said Friday the two-day talks wrapped up and they aim to reconvene in Cairo next week to seal a deal to stop the fighting. In a statement Friday, the United States, Egypt and Qatar said talks were constructive and conducted in a positive atmosphere. They pr What to know about the US arrest of a Peruvian gang leader suspected of killing 23 people 08/16/2024 05:22pm • A South American crime boss wanted in the killings of at least 23 people in Peru was captured this week in New York, three months after U.S. immigration authorities arrested and then released him after he illegally entered the country at the Texas-Mexico border. The arrests Wednesday of Gianfranco T FACT FOCUS: A look at Harris' economic agenda 08/16/2024 05:08pm • Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled her economic agenda in a speech Friday in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Democratic presidential nominee laid out plans including a proposal for a federal ban on what she called price gouging on groceries, as well as $25,000 in down payment help for certain first- Ukrainian officials urge civilians to evacuate eastern city of Pokrovsk as Russian troops close in 08/16/2024 04:59pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Military authorities in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk urged civilians to speed up their evacuation Friday because the Russian army was quickly closing in on what has been one of Moscow’s key targets for months. Pokrovsk officials said in a Telegram post that Russian Kosovo's president sets parliament elections for Feb. 9 in a key test for the prime minister 08/16/2024 04:37pm • PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s president on Friday set Feb. 9 as the date for the tiny Balkan country's new parliamentary elections, a vote that is expected to be a key test for Prime Minister Albin Kurti whose governing party won in a landslide in the 2021. In a decree published on her Facebo BeatKing, a Houston rapper known for viral TikTok song 'Then Leave,' dies at 39 08/16/2024 04:30pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Houston rapper BeatKing, whose booming voice and eccentric songs brought him fame in nightclubs and on social media, has died, his manager said Friday. He was 39. The rapper, whose name was Justin Riley, died Thursday after fainting during a recording session, Tasha Felder to