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How a mix of natural and human-caused factors cooked up Tropical Storm Hilary's soggy mess 08/24/2023 11:33am • A natural El Nino, human-caused climate change, a stubborn heat dome over the nation’s midsection and other factors cooked up Tropical Storm Hilary’s record-breaking slosh into California and Nevada, scientists figure. Cooked up is the key phrase, since hot water and hot air were crucial in rapi India lands a spacecraft near the moon's south pole, a first for the world as it joins elite club 08/23/2023 05:45pm • NEW DELHI (AP) — India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole on Wednesday — a historic voyage to uncharted territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water, and a technological triumph for the world’s most populous nation. After Donald Trump seems inescapable but many Republicans embrace a campaign discussion without him 08/23/2023 12:30pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump's decision to skip the first Republican debate may hurt television ratings and put more pressure on the eight contenders who will be on stage. But plenty of rank-and-file conservatives said they were eager to see their options without the former president dominating the American sprinter Gabby Thomas well-researched in power of sleep, even writing paper on rest 08/23/2023 06:28am • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Rest assured, Gabby Thomas is a big believer in the power of a good night’s sleep. Because to dream big, the American sprinter must first dream well. Thomas wrote a paper on the subject of rest as part of her recently completed master's degree from the University of Texa 1-year-old dies in hot day care van as scorching weather hits central US 08/22/2023 09:42pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Scorching weather hitting nearly 100 million people across a huge swath of the U.S. forced schools and outdoor workers to scramble to adjust Tuesday — and claimed the life of a 1-year-old girl left in a Nebraska day care center’s van on one of the hottest days of the year. O Faith Kipyegon pushes pace and pulls away to defend 1,500-meter title at world championships 08/22/2023 06:11pm • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Faith Kipyegon's race strategy isn't all that complicated. What works is that she's among the few who can execute it. "Get to the front and go faster," the Kenyan runner explained. Her pace, the one that she's used to set three different world records at three different di Why are so many pet owners surrendering them? Loudoun Co. shelter sees 'huge increase' 08/22/2023 05:53pm • The number of pets surrendered to the animal shelter has soared this year in Loudoun County, Virginia, as officials prepare for a big push to encourage more people to adopt. The number of pets surrendered to the shelter run by Loudoun County Animals Services is up by 42% so far this year. "Tha Horses gallop in Versailles Palace gardens to test the track for the Paris Olympics 08/22/2023 02:59pm • VERSAILLES, France (AP) — Horses galloped across the spectacular gardens of the Versailles Palace in a test event for the Paris Olympics on Tuesday. Versailles, once home to Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette, will stage the cross-country part of eventing plus modern pentathlon next year. The point of Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 08/22/2023 02:22pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Can South Carolina’s Haley and Scott woo the GOP’s white evangelical base away from Trump? 08/22/2023 07:59am • CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — In 2015, Nikki Haley and Tim Scott attended the funerals of those slain by a racist gunman at Mother Emanuel AME Church. Scott would later tear up on the Senate floor recounting the faith of the fallen and their families. Haley would go on to write that she leaned on God an Inside KCON LA 2023, an extravagant microcosm of K-pop's macro influence 08/22/2023 12:04am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hours before doors would open, thousands of K-pop fans lined up in downtown Los Angeles, stretching long city blocks in the warm August sun. In pleated skirts and platform shoes, toting the clear bags that have become arena staples, they danced and traded homemade stickers, bann 'T. rexes' race to photo finish at Washington state track 08/21/2023 10:25pm • AUBURN, Wash. (AP) — A track for live horse racing in suburban Seattle turned prehistoric over the weekend as more than 200 people ran down the track cloaked in inflatable Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur costumes. The 2023 T-Rex World Championships at Emerald Downs — an event that started in 2017 as Spanish singer Miguel Bosé robbed, bound along with children at Mexico City house 08/21/2023 06:04pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Spanish pop star Miguel Bosé said Monday that 10 armed assailants burst into his house in Mexico City and tied him up, his two children and household staff for more than two hours while they ransacked the premises. Bosé wrote in his Instagram account that he and his children a Weekend bull-running in Mexico sends 2 men to the hospital with serious injuries 08/21/2023 04:33pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two men remained in the hospital Monday for serious wounds suffered at a weekend bull-running event in central Mexico that saw about 20 people injured, officials reported. The government of the central state of Tlaxcala said in a statement late Sunday that a 31-year-old was gor WWE's WrestleMania 40 ticket sales show strength of the brand months before 2-day event 08/21/2023 09:27am • WWE is flexing its branding muscle, selling more than 90,000 tickets to next year's WrestleMania about eight months before the premium live event is held and before a single match has been announced. Tickets for WrestleMania 40, which will take place in Philadelphia on April 6 and April 7, 2024, wen