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South African rowers of color become first to compete at Charles, part of larger trend toward access 10/19/2025 03:31pm • BOSTON (AP) — Four South African rowers are making history over the weekend at the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston as the first crew of color from the country to compete internationally. Their participation marks a multinational effort to expand access to one of the most elite an F1 extends US Grand Prix at COTA with 8-year deal through 2034 10/19/2025 12:04pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Formula 1 on Sunday announced an eight-year extension with the Circuit of the Americas to continue hosting the United States Grand Prix through 2034. The central Texas track has been a key U.S. footprint for the global motorsports series since it opened in 2012. The race has b Miami's possible College Football Playoff schedule may clash with La Liga match at Hard Rock Stadium 10/19/2025 10:41am • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — A potential stadium conflict could exist if the Miami Hurricanes host a first-round game in this year's College Football Playoff, with a Spanish league soccer game set to be played at Hard Rock Stadium in that same window. La Liga is sending Barcelona and Villarreal to p 'No Kings' protests against Trump bring a street party vibe to cities nationwide 10/18/2025 09:58pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Large crowds of protesters marched and rallied in cities across the U.S. Saturday for “ No Kings ” demonstrations decrying what participants see as the government's swift drift into authoritarianism under President Donald Trump. People carrying signs with slogans such as “N Gen Z protests against corruption and inequality are shaking Morocco. Here's what to know 10/18/2025 02:34am • RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Demonstrations in more than a dozen cities have jolted Morocco for weeks, with the young people behind them showing they can translate digital discontent into a real-world movement that authorities can’t ignore. The North African nation is the latest to be rocked by “Gen Indiana University fires student newspaper adviser who refused to block news stories 10/17/2025 04:09pm • Tension between Indiana University and its student newspaper flared this week with the elimination of the outlet's print editions and the firing of a faculty adviser, who refused an order to keep news stories out of a homecoming edition. Administrators may have been hoping to minimize distractions t Democrats say Trump needs to be involved in shutdown talks. He's shown little interest in doing so 10/17/2025 12:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is showing little urgency to broker a compromise that would end the government shutdown, even as Democrats insist no breakthrough is possible without his direct involvement. Three weeks in, Congress is at a standstill. The House hasn’t been in session for 'We want to recover that spirit': DC reverend recalls the Million Man March 30 years later 10/17/2025 05:06am • Thirty years ago, hundreds of thousands of Black men attended the Million Man March in D.C. This weekend, celebrations marking the anniversary of the demonstration are being held around the region. Ahead of the celebrations set for Saturday, the Rev. Willie Wilson of the Union Temple Church in So Sei Young Kim maintains her lead after two rounds of the LPGA tournament in South Korea 10/17/2025 05:05am • HAENAM, South Korea (AP) — Sei Young Kim followed up her opening 10-under 62 with a 66 Friday to take a one-stroke lead into the weekend at the BMW Ladies Championship. Kim had a two-round total of 16-under 128 on the Pine Beach Golf Links. She had a bogey and seven birdies, including three in a What we know about the devastating Alaska storm and the evacuation effort 10/17/2025 02:54am • Hundreds of residents from remote Alaska Native villages are being airlifted after a storm battered their low-lying communities over the weekend, wiping away homes and killing at least one person. Two others are missing. In one of the most significant airlifts in Alaska history, hundreds were being Trump plans to leave his mark on Washington by building a Paris-like arch near the Lincoln Memorial 10/16/2025 06:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump wants to leave his mark on the nation’s capital by building a Paris-style arch just west of the Lincoln Memorial. Trump unveiled the plan at a White House dinner on Wednesday for the wealthy businesspeople who have pledged money toward the $250 million Norris held accountable for McLaren's scrap in Singapore that tightened up F1 title chase 10/16/2025 06:35pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — McLaren's scrap in Singapore has been settled. It's time to get the drivers back to chasing a Formula 1 championship. Lando Norris said Thursday that the team determined he bore responsibility and the consequences for bumping into teammate Oscar Piastri at the start of the las 9 people have now been arrested in connection with the mass shooting in Mississippi, FBI says 10/16/2025 05:48pm • LELAND, Miss. (AP) — Nine people have now been arrested in connection with a mass shooting in the Mississippi Delta town of Leland that left six people dead, an FBI special agent said Thursday. Robert Eikhoff, special agent in charge of the FBI's Jackson Field Office, appeared at briefing but gave Alaska airlifting hundreds from storm-devastated coastal villages 10/15/2025 11:52pm • JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — One of the most significant airlifts in Alaska history was underway Wednesday to move hundreds of people from coastal villages ravaged by high surf and strong winds from the remnants of Typhoon Halong last weekend, officials said. The storm brought record water levels to two Federal workers endure financial strain and fear layoffs as the government shutdown drags on 10/15/2025 03:33pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — With every passing day of the government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed or working without pay face mounting financial strain. And now they are confronting new uncertainty with the Trump administration's promised layoffs. Little progress has been