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Fears of massive battery fires spark local opposition to energy storage projects 10/04/2025 06:04am • More and more, big arrays of lithium-ion batteries are being hooked up to electrical grids around the U.S. to store power that can be discharged in times of high demand. But as more energy storage is added, residents in some places are pushing back due to fears that the systems will go up in flames, Tow truck operator killed on BW Parkway after being struck by passing vehicle 10/04/2025 05:24am • A tow truck operator is dead after being struck by a moving vehicle early Saturday in Laurel, Maryland. U.S. Park Police told WTOP that it happened on the southbound Baltimore-Washington Parkway, near Route 197 at 12:47 a.m. At the time, the operator was assisting a stranded driver, loading th Three years after stadium disaster, Indonesia is two wins away from qualifying for the World Cup 10/04/2025 03:47am • Almost 90 years after its first and only appearance at the World Cup, Indonesia is just two victories away from returning to the tournament. It would mark a major turnaround in fortunes in just over three years since 135 spectators died at the Kanjuruhan stadium disaste r in East Java as tear gas f Bear Bachmeier throws for career-high 351 yards to lead No. 23 BYU past West Virginia, 38-24 10/04/2025 03:17am • PROVO, Utah (AP) — Bear Bachmeier threw for a career-high 351 yards and a touchdown to lead No. 23 BYU to a 38-24 victory over West Virginia on Friday night. BYU (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) rolled up 517 total yards and had two takeaways. Chase Roberts had a career-high 161 yards on four catches, and Parker Hungary clings to Russian oil and gas as EU and NATO push to cut supplies 10/04/2025 01:26am • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — As the European Union pushes to fully sever its reliance on Russian energy and the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump urges NATO members to abandon Russian oil, one country's populist government stands firm. Hungary and its leader, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Matmo strengthens into a typhoon again as it moves toward southern China 10/04/2025 12:28am • BANGKOK (AP) — Matmo regained strength on Saturday morning, becoming a typhoon again as it left the Philippines and moved toward southern China's Hainan province, after it had earlier weakened into a storm. The typhoon had sustained wind speeds of 118 kph (73 mph) on Saturday, according to China� The GOP says it's winning the shutdown. Some fear Trump's cuts may change that 10/04/2025 12:03am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has embraced the federal shutdown as an “unprecedented opportunity” to slash spending and shrink government, but new rounds of targeted spending cuts from the White House aimed at Democratic states and priorities are raising concerns among Republicans t Trump's 'paper tiger' jab at Russia echoes Mao's propaganda against the US 10/04/2025 12:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 80 years after Mao Zedong called the United States a “paper tiger” to boost morale at home, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are exchanging barbs who is the paper tiger of today. In a Sept. 23 post on Truth Social, Trump mocked Russia's Trump orders Israel to stop bombing Gaza after Hamas partially accepts his peace plan 10/03/2025 10:49pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered Israel to stop bombing the Gaza Strip after Hamas said it had accepted some elements of his plan to end the nearly two-year war and return all the remaining hostages taken in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Hamas said it was Charley scores to pull Pride into 1-1 draw with Dash 10/03/2025 10:19pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Simone Charley scored in the 85th minute to pull the Orlando Pride into a 1-1 draw with the Houston Dash on Friday night in the National Women's Soccer League. It was the first goal in three years for Charley, who has been plagued by injuries, including a right Achilles tendon inju Texas Rangers hire Skip Schumaker as manager, signing former Marlins skipper to 4-year deal 10/03/2025 10:05pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers hired Skip Schumaker as their manager Friday night, agreeing on a four-year contract with the former NL Manager of the Year, who had been in their organization for the past year. Schumaker's deal was announced after Chris Young, the president of baseball o The Latest: Hamas accepts some elements of Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, others require negotiation 10/03/2025 09:44pm • Hamas responded Friday to President Donald Trump ’s proposed plan to end the war in the Gaza Strip, agreeing to give up power and release all remaining hostages, but the group said that other elements require further consultations among Palestinians. Trump’s peace plan has been accepted by Israe Spanish-language journalist arrested while covering protest near Atlanta deported to El Salvador 10/03/2025 08:54pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A Spanish-language journalist who had been in immigration detention in Georgia since June was deported Friday to El Salvador. Mario Guevara, 48, was covering a protest just outside Atlanta on June 14 when local police arrested him and then turned him over to U.S. Immigration and Cus Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs gets 4 years in prison for case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’ 10/03/2025 08:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced Friday to four years and two months in prison for transporting people across state lines for sexual encounters, capping a sordid federal case that featured harrowing testimony and ended in a forceful reckoning for one of the most influential fig Judge sets 14-day deadline for appointment of new prosecutor in Georgia election case against Trump 10/03/2025 07:52pm • ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others says he will dismiss the case in 14 days if a new prosecutor hasn't been appointed to take it over. Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee set the deadline in a one-paragraph ord