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What would a government shutdown mean for me? SNAP, student loans and travel impacts, explained 09/29/2023 04:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) — With gridlock persisting in Washington, a government shutdown is looking all but inevitable ahead of this weekend's deadline. While the Senate pushes forward with bipartisan approach aimed at keeping the government open, the Republican-controlled House has made little progress — NATO beefs up its Kosovo force as the US worries about a buildup of Serb troops in the area 09/29/2023 04:38pm • PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — NATO announced Friday that it is beefing up its troop presence in Kosovo after four people were killed in a weekend shootout and as the U.S. expressed concern about a buildup of Serbian forces along the border of its former territory. Kosovo's prime minister welcomed NATO's NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 09/29/2023 11:43am • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ Conspiracy theories about FEMA’s Oct. 4 emergen Boxing's Jim Lampley reflects on his Tyson, Foreman calls ahead of big Canelo-Charlo fight on PPV.com 09/29/2023 05:44am • Hear our full chat on my podcast “Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.” He was the voice of iconic boxing moments that shocked the world, from Buster Douglas knocking out Mike Tyson to George Foreman upsetting Michael Moorer to regain the world heavyweight championship. This weekend, Jim NASCAR's $1 million All-Star Race to run at North Wilkesboro again in 2024 09/28/2023 05:55pm • RALEIGH. N.C. (AP) — The NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race will remain at North Wilkesboro Speedway in 2024 after this year's event — the first race for NASCAR's top series there in 27 years — attracted a capacity crowd thrilled to return to stock car roots. State legislators joined NASCAR and t As the NHL lends an assist, top men's players hope the new women's hockey league thrives 09/28/2023 04:06pm • Sharing the ice during NHL All-Star festivities and informal training skates and crossing paths at various Olympics over the past several years, some of the best men's and women's hockey players in the world got to talking. The state of the women's game often came up. For much of that time, the conv Inspired by llamas, the desert and Mother Earth, these craftswomen weave sacred textiles 09/28/2023 08:18am • COLCHANE, Chile (AP) — In northern Chile, Teófila Challapa learned to weave surrounded by the hills and sandy roads of the Atacama Desert. “Spin the threads, girl,” her grandmother told her a half a century ago. Aymara women like Challapa, now 59, become acquainted with wool threads under blu Miguel Cabrera's career coming to close with Tigers, leaving lasting legacy in MLB and Venezuela 09/28/2023 08:01am • DETROIT (AP) — Miguel Cabrera sat in a gray chair beside his two stalls in the Detroit Tigers' clubhouse early in the final week of his career, sorting through stuff to get shipped. Major League Baseball's only Triple Crown winner since 1967 stuffed dozens of barely used cleats and a bunch of batt The candidates went after Biden — and Trump — at the second GOP debate. Follow live updates 09/27/2023 11:38pm • The seven candidates on stage for Wednesday night's second presidential debate went after President Joe Biden, one another and the absent GOP front-runner. The at-times chaotic event featured staple questions about immigration, economics and abortion but also spawned a new nickname for Donald Trump, Travis Kelce notes Taylor Swift's bold appearance at Chiefs game but is mum about any relationship 09/27/2023 06:14pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Travis Kelce called an appearance by Taylor Swift at the Kansas City Chiefs' victory over the Chicago Bears last weekend pretty bold, but the All-Pro tight end insisted Wednesday that he wants to keep future details about their relationship private. Kelce discussed the pop Jimmy Carter's 99th birthday celebration moved to Saturday to avoid federal shutdown threat 09/27/2023 04:48pm • ATLANTA (AP) — The Jimmy Carter Library & Museum is moving up festivities for the former president’s 99th birthday because of the threat of a partial federal government shutdown. Events originally scheduled for Sunday, Carter’s birthday, will now be held Saturday on the Atlanta campus of t How to Get Airport Wheelchair Assistance 09/26/2023 08:00pm • Traveling is an exciting endeavor -- but if you're in need of wheelchair assistance, the airport process can be overwhelming. With advance planning and the right communication, flying with a wheelchair can go more smoothly. Depending on mobility and specific requirements, getting wheelchair assistan Canada's House speaker resigns over inviting a man who fought for a Nazi unit to Parliament 09/26/2023 04:51pm • TORONTO (AP) — The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons resigned Tuesday for inviting a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II to Parliament to attend a speech by the Ukrainian president. Just after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered an address in the House of Serbia demands that NATO take over policing of northern Kosovo after a deadly shootout 09/26/2023 01:37pm • BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s president demanded Tuesday to have a NATO-led peacekeeping force take over for the national law enforcement agency in northern Kosovo after a daylong shootout between armed Serbs and Kosovar police left one officer and three gunmen dead. In one of the worst confr China goes on charm offensive at Asian Games, but doesn't back down from regional confrontations 09/26/2023 09:11am • HANGZHOU, China (AP) — A month before the Asian Games, China released a new national map, doubling down on its claims to almost the entire South China Sea and disputed border territories with India. A few days before the event, it flew more than 100 warplanes toward Taiwan, stepping up its regula