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Chastain passes Truex on late restart to win NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Ross Chastain finally got to smash a watermelon for the first time this season Sunday at Kansas Speedway. He smashed the hopes of a bunch of playoff drivers trying to earn an automatic berth in the next round, too. The seventh-generation watermelon farmer took the lead...

Panthers owner David Tepper, wife Nicole donate $3M to Hurricane Helene relief efforts

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper and his wife, Nicole, have made an initial $3 million commitment to Hurricane Helene relief efforts through their foundation. It’s to support immediate and long-term humanitarian aid and recovery efforts in North and South Carolina in the wake of devastation from the...

Scottie Scheffler and Patrick Cantlay put the Americans back in control at Presidents Cup

MONTREAL — Scottie Scheffler delivered big shots late in two matches, and Patrick Cantlay capped a strong recovery by living up to his “Patty Ice” reputation with a clutch birdie in the dark that gave the Americans an 11-7 lead on a long Saturday at the Presidents Cup. Scheffler finished...

Chase Briscoe is on baby watch as the NASCAR driver tries to stay alive in Cup Series playoffs

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Chase Briscoe headed to the hospital Friday when his wife, Marissa, started to feel contractions, and the driver of the No. 14 car for Stewart-Haas Racing wasn’t quite sure whether the twins they were expecting in October were arriving early. Turned out to be a false...

Former Ravens QB Tyler Huntley to start for Dolphins

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The Miami Dolphins will turn to Tyler “Snoop” Huntley at quarterback when they face the Tennessee Titans on Monday night. With backup Skylar Thompson nursing a rib injury suffered last Sunday at Seattle, Huntley and Tim Boyle were Miami’s options for Week 4. Tua Tagovailoa remains...

Morrissey, Carter lead with 2 TDs apiece to get Eastern Kentucky past Robert Morris 31-7

RICHMOND, Ky. — Matt Morrissey threw two touchdown passes, Joshua Carter ran for two scores and Eastern Kentucky beat Robert Morris, 31-7, on Saturday. Morrissey was 17 of 29 passing for 265 yards and added 53 yards on the ground. His 57-yard touchdown pass to Dequan Stanley stretched the Colonels’...

Biden and Harris call the Israeli strike killing Hezbollah’s Nasrallah a 'measure of justice'

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — The Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah was a “measure of justice” for victims of a four-decade “reign of terror,” President Joe Biden said Saturday. The comments came after Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed earlier Saturday that Nasrallah, one of the group’s founders, was killed in...

Jimmy Carter at 100: A century of changes for a president, the U.S. and the world since 1924

Already the longest-lived of the 45 men to serve as U.S. president, Jimmy Carter is about to reach the century mark. The 39th president, who remains under home hospice care, will turn 100 on Tuesday, Oct. 1, celebrating in the same south Georgia town where he was born in 1924....

After a chaotic Congress, lawmakers head home to ask voters: How about another term?

WASHINGTON — Congress is off for the campaign season, as lawmakers from one of the most chaotic and unproductive legislative sessions in modern times try to persuade voters to keep them on the job. The House Republicans led the tumult — painstakingly electing their speaker in a bitter public feud...

'Saturday Night Live' launches 50th season with Jean Smart, Jelly Roll and maybe Maya as Kamala

NEW YORK — “Saturday Night Live” is set to set off its 50th season with host Jean Smart and musical guest Jelly Roll. Smart, the 73-year-old “Hacks” and “Designing Women” star who just won her sixth Emmy, has never hosted the NBC sketch comedy institution before in her more than...

Hezbollah confirms its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed on Saturday that its leader and one of its founders, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut the previous day. A statement said Nasrallah “has joined his fellow martyrs.” Hezbollah vowed to “continue the holy war against the enemy and in...

A rare condor hatched and raised by foster parents in captivity will soon get to live wild

By all accounts, Milagra the “miracle” California condor shouldn’t be alive today. But now at nearly 17 months old, she is one of four of the giant endangered birds who will get to stretch their wings in the wild as part of a release this weekend near the Grand Canyon....

Urban communities that lack shade sizzle when it's hot. Trees are a climate change solution

DETROIT — Along a busy road in west Detroit, there’s little respite from the sun for residents stopping for gasoline, attending places of worship or bringing children to daycare. But a budding canopy of trees planted this year will change the look and feel of this corridor. Detroit and other...

Tips for shopping for Medicare Advantage plans

Shopping season for Medicare coverage is about to begin. With it comes the annual onslaught of TV ads and choices to consider. People eligible for the federal government’s Medicare program will have from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 to sign up for 2025 Medicare Advantage plans, which are privately run...

Medicare Advantage shopping season arrives with a dose of confusion and some political implications

Thinner benefits and coverage changes await many older Americans shopping for health insurance this fall. That’s if their plan is even still available in 2025. More than a million people will probably have to find new coverage as major insurers cut costs and pull back from markets for Medicare Advantage...

At least 52 dead and millions without power after Helene's deadly march across southeastern U.S.

PERRY, Fla. — Massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue Saturday — as the cleanup began from the tempest that killed at least 52 people, caused widespread destruction across the U.S. Southeast and left millions without power. Helene blew ashore in Florida’s Big...

Jews and Catholics warn against Trump's latest loyalty test for religious voters

Former President Donald Trump recently reissued his loyalty test to religious Americans, declaring that he can best protect their freedoms while preemptively blaming members of certain faiths should he lose the presidential election in November. Jews and Catholics can vote for him and ace the test, but those who don’t,...

MLB's .300 hitters become endangered species in era of dominant pitching

NEW YORK — A .300 hitter has become an endangered species, a victim of increased velocity as 100 mph heaters are no longer rarities. “When I got in the league, I’d still see a lot of guys throwing 89, 91,” Baltimore Orioles All-Star slugger Anthony Santander said. Not anymore. The...

A TV reporter was doing a live hurricane report when he rescued a woman from a submerged car

A weather TV reporter in Atlanta interrupted his live report about Hurricane Helene Friday to rescue a woman from a vehicle stranded by rising floodwaters. Standing in the rain with the submerged vehicle behind him, FOX Weather meteorologist Bob Van Dillen described how the woman drove into a flooded area....

Cowboys' Micah Parsons, DeMarcus Lawrence could be out multiple games

DALLAS — Two-time All-Pro Micah Parsons and fellow pass rusher DeMarcus Lawrence could miss multiple games for the Dallas Cowboys after getting hurt in a victory over the New York Giants, two people with knowledge of the injuries said Friday. Parsons has a high ankle sprain and Lawrence a foot...

Earth will have a temporary 'mini moon' for two months

WASHINGTON — Earth’s moon will soon have some company — a “mini moon.” The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet (10 meters). When it whizzes by Earth on Sunday, it will be temporarily trapped by our planet’s gravity and orbit...

Harris inspects fence at U.S.-Mexico border as she works to project tougher stance on migration

DOUGLAS, Ariz. — Vice President Kamala Harris walked a scrubby stretch of fence line along Arizona’s border with Mexico on Friday, seeking to project an image of strength against illegal migration as she confronts one of her biggest vulnerabilities in the November election. In her first trip to the international...

Internationals return the favor with a sweep of their own in the Presidents Cup

MONTREAL — Hideki Matsuyama and Sungjae Im tied a record for the biggest blowout, and Si Woo Kim polished off a most perfect day as the International team produced a sweep of its own tie the Americans in the Presidents Cup on Friday. “Incredible,” Adam Scott said. “Incredible day for...

Browns LT Wills Jr. out, but team catches lucky break as Raiders missing Crosby, Adams with injuries

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns got a little lucky before getting to Las Vegas. On Friday, the Raiders ruled out wide receiver Davante Adams and defensive end Maxx Crosby — the team’s two best players — with injuries ahead of Sunday’s game against Cleveland. Crosby injured his ankle two weeks...

Alabama and Georgia meet early in season for another Top-5 showdown, minus the make-or-break stakes

It’s still Alabama and Georgia, with all the made-for-TV trappings. Star quarterbacks. Stout defenses. Top-five rankings and NFL prospects galore. All Saturday night’s clash between the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide and second-ranked Bulldogs lacks is the make-or-break, elimination game-style magnitude. It’s also minus the familiar story line of Kirby Smart vs....

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