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What to know about TikTok, its algorithm, and the US-China deal to keep it running 09/16/2025 03:30pm • A central question to TikTok's potential shutdown saga has been whether the popular social video platform would keep its algorithm ��� the secret sauce that powers its addictive video feed ��� after it's divested from Chinese parent company ByteDance. Now, it appears that it can. Wang Jingtao, depu American Cordell Tinch goes from the 'couch' to gold medalist in the track and field worlds 09/16/2025 12:00pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� From ���the couch��� to a world champion. That's how American Cordell Tinch summed up his victory Tuesday in the 110-meter hurdles at the track and field world championships in Tokyo. The ���champion��� part was easy to grasp, in plain view at Japan's National Stadium. The "couch" par Tina Charles to play in Athletes Unlimited league this winter 09/16/2025 12:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Tina Charles is excited to have a chance to play in the U.S. after competing overseas during the WNBA offseason for the past decade. She has decided to join Athletes Unlimited, the 5-on-5 basketball league that will play its games in Nashville, Tennessee, again this winter. ���It w Private school for Native Hawaiians vows to defend admissions policy from conservative strategist 09/16/2025 11:40am • HONOLULU (AP) ��� After water polo practice at her school atop a hill overlooking Honolulu Harbor, Kapua Ong marvels at the sunset. ���I do feel proud of myself for getting in because not everyone gets accepted,��� said Kapua, 14, a freshman at Kamehameha Schools, a competitive private school with a Judge clears way for execution of South Carolina inmate who thinks most laws are unconstitutional 09/16/2025 08:47am • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� A judge in South Carolina has ruled a death row inmate's beliefs that most laws are unconstitutional and citizens have an absolute right to defend their property to the death are not proof he is mentally incompetent and should be executed. The ruling clears the way for now fo Finding happiness in amber: On Germany's Baltic coast, people go hunting for the precious pieces 09/16/2025 08:16am • DAHME, Germany (AP) ��� Axel Kramer knows exactly where to find amber. He walks down the boardwalk of the village of Dahme on the German Baltic coast, checks the wind and the surf, looks at the different kinds of mussels and algae that have been washed up, and points to a small bulge on the beach. E US and China reach a framework deal for the ownership of TikTok 09/16/2025 05:10am • MADRID (AP) ��� A framework deal has been reached between China and the U.S. for the ownership of popular social video platform TikTok, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said after weekend trade talks in Spain. Bessent said in a press conference after the latest round of trade talks between the E-bike and scooter crashes, injuries are way up in one area of Northern Virginia 09/16/2025 04:20am • An alarming number of accidents involving e-bikes and scooters are happening in one area of Northern Virginia. Loudoun County Sheriff's Office Master Deputy Terry Rudolph said that in the first five months of 2025, compared to 2024, there���s been a big spike in accidents. ���We���ve had a Duplantis gives Japanese fans what they came for ��� another world record in pole vault 09/15/2025 10:26pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� Armand ���Mondo��� Duplantis traded handshakes and hugs with the pole vaulters he'd just beaten to capture his third world championship. He took a leisurely walk toward the stands to talk to his parents, his brother, his fiancee. Then, like any great performer in a jam-packed stadium, The Latest: Rubio will head to Qatar after meeting with Netanyahu in Israel 09/15/2025 08:57pm • The U.S. State Department says Secretary of State Marco Rubio will head to Qatar after meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel. The visit announced Monday comes as the region is still reeling from Israel���s strike targeting Hamas leaders in the Qatari capital, Doha. The U.S. has so Long-wrought WTO agreement aimed at reducing overfishing takes effect 09/15/2025 08:43pm • GENEVA (AP) ��� A World Trade Organization agreement aimed at reducing overfishing took effect Monday, requiring countries to reduce subsidies doled out to fishing fleets and aiming to ensure sustainability of wildlife in the world's seas and oceans. Following a string of national approvals more th Kennedy's vaccine committee plans to vote on COVID-19, hepatitis B and chickenpox shots 09/15/2025 08:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new vaccine advisory committee meets this week, with votes expected on whether to change recommendations on shots against COVID-19, hepatitis B and chickenpox. The exact questions to be voted on Thursday and Friday in Atlanta are unclear. Of Should You Use Artificial Intelligence (AI) as Your Therapist? 09/15/2025 08:00pm • As the demand for therapists increases and artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more sophisticated, people are turning to large language models (LLMs) as therapeutic tools. But should you? Experts warn to proceed with caution. People who may benefit from therapy and mental health care often face bar Lawsuit dismissed in funding dispute over kinship caregiver law in Kentucky 09/15/2025 07:57pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) ��� A judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit against Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's administration in a funding dispute that has delayed a kinship caregiver law, which aims to support adults willing to care for young relatives who endured suspected abuse or neglect at home. The Democr Shipping companies support a first-ever global fee on greenhouse gases, opposed by Trump officials 09/15/2025 07:48pm • Nearly 200 shipping companies said Monday they want the world���s largest maritime nations to adopt regulations that include the first-ever global fee on greenhouse gases to reduce their sector���s emissions. The Getting to Zero Coalition, an alliance of companies, governments and intergovernmental