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Tong pitches 5 memorable innings in anticipated Mets debut, earns another start 08/30/2025 12:07am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Jonah Tong walked in from the bullpen to a loud ovation and took the mound to another boisterous reaction from the sellout crowd. Tong threw six pitches in three minutes and then sat for about 25 minutes. The 22-year-old Canadian threw 20 more in the second inning and his break las The Latest: Trump blocks $4.9 billion in foreign aid approved by Congress 08/29/2025 09:34pm • In a letter sent Thursday to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, President Donald Trump said he would not be spending $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid ��� effectively cutting the budget without going through the legislative branch. The letter was posted Friday morning on the X Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, Vietnam War hero convicted of accepting bribes as a congressman, dies at 83 08/29/2025 09:26pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Randy ���Duke��� Cunningham, whose feats as a U.S. Navy flying ace during the Vietnam War catapulted him to a U.S House of Representatives career that ended in disgrace when he was convicted of accepting $2.4 million in bribes, has died. He was 83. Cunningham died Wednesday at a Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy again but vows to keep flying 08/29/2025 07:12pm • Budget carrier Spirit Airlines said Friday that it has filed for fresh bankruptcy protection months after emerging from a Chapter 11 reorganization. The ultra low-cost airline said it plans to keep flying as usual during the restructuring process, meaning passengers can still book trips and use thei Trump administration plans to remove nearly 700 unaccompanied migrant children, senator says 08/29/2025 06:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Trump administration is planning to remove nearly 700 Guatemalan children who had come to the U.S. without their parents, according to a letter sent Friday by Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, and the Central American country said it was ready to take them in. The removals would viol Burcar earning national respect while pushing Northern Arizona on an upward trajectory 08/29/2025 05:07pm • FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) ��� Shane Burcar has remained steadfast in his approach, believing accountability and integrity hold the keys to success, on and off the court. Validation has come not just in winning, but also in the lives he has shaped in six seasons as Northern Arizona's coach. And if Burcar What started with a friend group volunteering at Ronald McDonald House of Md. has grown to include a dozen schools 08/29/2025 04:29pm • In elementary school, a group of friends in Montgomery County, Maryland, decided they wanted to volunteer to help kids with childhood cancer. Now, they're seniors in high school and they've recruited a large group across many schools. "I just think that like volunteering gives so much growth," Bill Belichick won big in the NFL. Can he do it as a rookie college coach at North Carolina? 08/29/2025 03:23pm • CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) ��� North Carolina bet big on Bill Belichick to elevate its football program beyond decades of also-ran status and mid-tier bowl appearances. More simply, though, it was a bet Belichick could do something he never has before. The 73-year-old with six Super Bowl titles as an NF New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is working to woo Black voters away from Adams and Cuomo 08/29/2025 01:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� New York City mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani seemed at ease as he made his way from a high-rise apartment building to a street festival in the historic Black neighborhood of Harlem on a recent Sunday. His reason for being there was clear: While he won the Democratic primary in June Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein dreams are alive 08/29/2025 01:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� On the first day of shooting ���Frankenstein,��� Guillermo del Toro held up a drawing of the creature he had made when he was a teenager. ���He said, ���This is like Jesus to me,������ recalls Oscar Isaac. For the Mexican-born filmmaker, Mary Shelley���s 1818 gothic novel and the 1 Gym owner says she reported grooming concerns about coach years before arrest in sex abuse case 08/29/2025 01:04pm • IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) ��� Long before his banishment from gymnastics and arrest after accusations he abused girls he coached, warning signs about Sean Gardner were coming from several directions ��� his former boss, his gymnasts and their parents. The former boss says she brought her concerns about G Tensions soar in Indonesia as protests over police brutality and lawmakers' allowances continue 08/29/2025 01:02pm • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ��� Protests erupted for a fifth day Friday in multiple cities and tensions soared across Indonesia, a day after a delivery rider was allegedly run over by a police armored vehicle during clashes between riot police and students protesting lawmakers' allowances. Protesters m Want to work for National Weather Service? Be ready to explain how you agree with Trump 08/29/2025 11:58am • As the National Weather Service scrambles to hire up to 450 people to restore deep cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency, potential applicants are being asked to explain how they would advance President Donald Trump's agenda if hired. A posting from the weather service's parent agency s Takeaways from AP's reporting on concerns about gymnastics coach before arrest in sex abuse case 08/29/2025 11:35am • IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) ��� Years before his banishment from gymnastics and arrest after allegations he abused girls he coached, warning signs about Sean Gardner were coming from several sources -- yet authorities didn't stop him from coaching. A former boss said she brought concerns about Gardner���s Tuchel sorry for saying Jude Bellingham ���can be a bit repulsive��� 08/29/2025 10:06am • LONDON (AP) ��� England coach Thomas Tuchel has apologized to Jude Bellingham for saying the Real Madrid midfielder's behavior ���can be a bit repulsive.��� Tuchel said there was ���no message, no hidden agenda��� behind his comment, which was made in a radio interview the day after a 3-1 loss to Se