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Ryan Blaney is the NASCAR driver to beat after a win at Daytona and a 6th straight top-10 finish 08/24/2025 11:59am • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Ryan Blaney parked his car against the high-banked outside wall at Daytona International Speedway and floored it, spinning his rear tires and sending plumes of smoke into the grandstands as fireworks lit up the sky. It was a unusual celebration for the Team Penske star â More US hospitals are ending gender-affirming care for minors. How this could impact patients 08/24/2025 08:37am • (NEW YORK) -- Two U.S. hospitals are the latest to announce they will be ending some, or all, of their pediatric gender-affirming care services at the end of the month. Kaiser Permanente, a health care company that manages 40 hospitals across several states -- including California, Oregon and Vir India's Pujara retires from all forms of cricket 08/24/2025 02:55am • NEW DELHI (AP) — India star batter Cheteshwar Pujara has retired from all forms of cricket on Sunday after representing his country in 103 test matches. “Wearing the Indian jersey, singing the anthem, and trying my best each time I stepped on the field -- it’s impossible to put into words what War-displaced Sudanese return to shattered Khartoum eager to rebuild lives and homes 08/24/2025 02:10am • KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — All that remains of Afaf al-Tayeb’s home in Sudan’s Khartoum province is a charred, windowless structure with peeling paint — yet in June, she eagerly returned, feeling safe again for the first time since the Sudanese army said it retook the capital from the rival Rapi Block party helps Prince George's Co. students head back to school in style 08/23/2025 07:00pm • About 400 people signed up to attend Saturday's back-to-school block party at the Kentland Community Center in Landover, Maryland. The event co-hosted by The Solid Foundation and District 5 council member Shayla Adams-Stafford not only provided backpacks, and school supplies it's also helping Judge strikes down Minnesota law banning religious tests for college credit program 08/23/2025 03:00pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Religious colleges that require students to sign a statement of faith cannot be excluded from a popular Minnesota program that lets high school students take college courses for credit, a federal judge has ruled, tossing a state law that she called an unconstitutional violation The Menendez brothers were denied parole. They have to wait at least 18 months for their next chance 08/23/2025 02:06pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Erik and Lyle Menendez were denied parole by a California board this week after decades in prison for killing their parents in 1989 at their Beverly Hills mansion. During two days of hearings, the brothers were each questioned by panels of two commissioners and asked to speak wi California bill would require restaurants to disclose food allergens on menus 08/23/2025 11:50am • SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Braxton Kimura dreads eating at restaurants. The California teenager is severely allergic to peanuts, shellfish and most tree nuts. Consuming even a tiny amount could send him to the emergency room. “Eating out is definitely really dangerous. It’s something that I try t 'There's always a chance at your dream': Women in baseball finally have a league of their own 08/23/2025 08:10am • Hundreds of women from around the world are in the nation's capital this weekend to step up to the plate with the dream of earning a spot in the only professional women’s baseball league in the United States. The Women’s Pro Baseball League was the brainchild of Keith Stein. The Toronto busin Female political prisoners in Belarus face abuse, humiliation and threats of losing parental rights 08/23/2025 01:01am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Antanina Kanavalava says her four years in a Belarusian penal colony as a political prisoner were filled with a fear and anguish that still haunts her. She nearly lost parental rights to her two young children when she was initially arrested. Her eyesight deteriorated from First Erik Menendez, then Lyle denied parole by California board that says they pose safety risk 08/22/2025 11:56pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lyle Menendez was denied parole Friday by the same board that a day earlier rejected his brother Erik’s appeal for freedom after serving decades in prison for killing their parents in 1989 at their Beverly Hills mansion. The reason was the same: misbehavior behind bars. A pane Lyle and Erik Menendez have been denied parole. What to know about their case 08/22/2025 11:39pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lyle Menendez was denied parole Friday, a day after his younger brother Erik received the same recommendation by a California state board. Their separate hearings this week come nearly 30 years after the brothers were convicted of first-degree murder for the 1989 killings of the A timeline of the Menendez brothers’ double-murder case 08/22/2025 11:28pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lyle and Erik Menendez have both been denied parole after serving decades in prison for killing their parents in a case that continues to fascinate the public. A panel of two commissioners held hearings for Erik Menendez on Thursday and Lyle Menendez on Friday. Both were denied California parole board says Lyle Menendez should remain in prison with brother Erik for murdering parents in 1989 08/22/2025 11:12pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — California parole board says Lyle Menendez should remain in prison with brother Erik for murdering parents in 1989. Parents of missing California baby arrested in murder investigation 08/22/2025 10:07pm • CABAZON, Calif. (AP) — The parents of a missing 7-month-old boy were arrested Friday as part of a murder investigation, authorities in Southern California said. While the mother reported last week her son Emmanuel was believed to have been kidnapped, sheriff's authorities said they believe the ch