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FILE - This aerial file photo provided by the National Park Service shows a flooded out North Entrance Road of Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Mont., June 13, 2022. The northeast entrance to the park is opening on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022.
FILE - This aerial file photo provided by the National Park Service shows a flooded out North Entrance Road of Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Mont., June 13, 2022. The northeast entrance to the park is opening on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022.
FILE - This aerial file photo provided by the National Park Service shows a flooded out North Entrance Road of Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Mont., June 13, 2022. The northeast entrance to the park is opening on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022.
FILE - This aerial file photo provided by the National Park Service shows a flooded out North Entrance Road of Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Mont., June 13, 2022. The northeast entrance to the park is opening on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022.
MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) — The northeast entrance to Yellowstone National Park will open to all traffic Saturday, even as work continues to repair roads damaged by historic flooding in June, the park service said Thursday.
The Northeast Entrance Road, which runs from Cooke City and Silver Gate to Tower Junction, will open at 8 a.m. Saturday.
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Three climate activists appeared in a London court on charges of criminal damage after protests including throwing soup over Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting in the National Gallery. Two women were charged in relation to the soup-throwing protest on Friday, while a third was charged over paint sprayed on a rotating sign at the Metropolitan Police’s headquarters in central London. The three women pleaded not guilty to criminal damage Saturday. Demonstrators from climate change protest groups Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil, which wants the British government to halt new oil and gas projects, staged a series of protests in London on Friday. Prosecutor Ola Oyedepo said the activists did not damage the oil painting but damage was caused to the frame.
A Philippine rights group says at least 133 lawyers have been killed in the country since the 1980s, nearly half of them in the last six years under former President Rodrigo Duterte. The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers said Saturday that the harassment of lawyers and judges in the Philippines has continued under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who took office in June. Last year, the Supreme Court condemned in a rare public expression the rising number of killings and threats against lawyers and judges and asked lower courts, law enforcers and lawyers’ groups to provide information about such assaults in the last 10 years so it can take preemptive steps. Most of the killings are unsolved although activists blame state forces for dozens of the attacks.
The news that 70 million people will see an 8.7% boost in their Social Security checks next year came just weeks before Election Day, but it's unlikely to give Democrats the edge they're desperately seeking at the polls. In fact, the promise of bigger payments in 2023 could call even more attention to the surging prices that have been inflicting pain on households. And inflation was the reason behind Thursday’s announcement of the the program’s largest cost-of-living increase in four decades. One analyst says the boost is going “to bring more money to people’s pockets, but it primes people to think about high inflation.”
It's been an especially violent week for police across the U.S., including the deaths of two Connecticut police officers and the wounding of a third. Even as the number of officers has dropped in the past two years, the number being targeted and killed has risen. Organizations that track violence against police say 56 officers have been killed by gunfire so far this year — a number that is up 14% from this time last year and about 45% from this time in 2020. The country is on track to approach or surpass other top annual totals of recent years, including 73 officers killed in 2011 and 67 in 2016.
The thousands of oranges scattered on the ground by Hurricane Ian’s fierce winds are only the start of the disaster for citrus growers. Citrus is a $6 billion business in Florida, with more than 375,000 acres in the state devoted to oranges, grapefruit, tangerines. Hurricane Ian also hit the state’s large cattle industry, dairy operations, vegetables like tomatoes and peppers, and even hundreds of thousands of bees. The orange forecast for 2022-2023 was released Wednesday. It production at 32% below the year before and does not account for damage from the hurricane. Most Florida oranges are used to make juice.
President Joe Biden's decision to pardon thousands of people convicted of simple possession of marijuana under federal law could give a boost to Election Day ballot proposals in five states that would legalize the drug. Voters in Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota will take up proposals to legalize recreational marijuana. Experts say Biden's pardon decision could win over some voters on the fence about the idea. Recreational marijuana is legal in 19 states and opposition to legalization has softened despite federal resistance. Opponents of the measures say they see Biden's pardons having little impact on the campaigns.
Sri Lankan authorities have stepped up a search for a navy boat that went missing a month ago along with six sailors while patrolling in the Indian Ocean off the island nation. A navy spokesman says the sailors ventured out from Sri Lanka’s southern coast on Sept. 16 on a regular patrol and a day later, the navy had lost communication with the boat. He says they suspect the boat might have developed an engine trouble and drifted to the open sea after getting caught in a heavy current. Sri Lanka’s navy conducts regular patrols to crack down on smuggling. In recent months, the navy has successfully carried out several missions targeting narcotic and human traffickers, arresting dozens.
China is opening a twice-a-decade party conference at which leader Xi Jinping is expected to receive a third five-year term that breaks with recent precedent and establishes himself as possibly the most powerful Chinese politician since Mao Zedong. Xi is expected to issue a lengthy address at an opening session Sunday but little change is foreseen in his formula of strict one-party rule, intolerance of criticism and a hard-line approach toward COVID-19. At a news conference, the congress' spokesperson reaffirmed the commitment to the "zero-COVID" policy despite the economic costs and repeated threats to use force to annex self-governing Taiwan. An observer says Xi faces no open opposition but his concentration of power has rankled the public and party officials.
Republican lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper are fighting in legislative elections next month that will decide who holds sway over North Carolina’s policy agenda during Cooper's final two years in office. Democrats are campaigning to prevent Republicans from holding veto-proof majorities for the first time since 2018. Republican success could mean legislation gets enacted that further restricts abortion in light of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in June. Cooper says reproductive rights will be diminished if the GOP wins the additional three House and two Senate seats needed to reach the threshold. Republican leaders are downplaying abortion in campaigns and focusing on unhappiness with inflation and economy.
Brentford striker Ivan Toney has revealed a racist message that was sent to him after he scored twice in the Premier League club’s 2-0 win over Brighton. Toney, who is Black, shared screenshots Saturday of an Instagram direct message containing racist language. He posted them on his Twitter account. Brentford condemned the “disgusting, racist abuse” and called on law enforcement and Instagram’s parent company Meta to act swiftly. The club called for "the full force of the law for this despicable hate crime.”
Brentford striker Ivan Toney has revealed a racist message that was sent to him after he scored twice in the Premier League club’s 2-0 win over Brighton. Toney, who is Black, shared screenshots Saturday of an Instagram direct message containing racist language. He posted them on his Twitter account. Brentford condemned the “disgusting, racist abuse” and called on law enforcement and Instagram’s parent company Meta to act swiftly. The club called for "the full force of the law for this despicable hate crime.”
A missile strike has seriously damaged a key energy facility in Ukraine’s capital region, The governor of the Kyiv region said Saturday’s strike didn’t kill or wound anyone. The country’s power system operator said repair crews were working to restore power but warned residents about possible outages. The Russian military strove to cut water and electricity in populated areas of Ukraine this week after a truck bomb explosion damaged the bridge that links Russia to the annexed Crimean Peninsula. Regions of southern Ukraine that Russian President Vladimir Putin illegally designated as Russian territory last month remained a focus of fighting on Saturday.
TAMPA, Fla. — Joe Biden was supposed to be standing next to Charlie Crist.
Britain’s new Treasury chief has acknowledged mistakes made by his predecessor and suggested that he may reverse much of Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss’ tax-cutting plans, in order to bring stability to the country after weeks of economic and political turbulence. Jeremy Hunt was brought in Friday to replace Kwasi Kwarteng and restore order in Truss’ administration. He warned of “difficult decisions” to come, saying taxes could rise and public spending budgets would likely be squeezed further in the coming months. Truss had previously insisted that her tax-cutting plans were what Britain needs to boost economic growth. But a “mini-budget” which she and Kwarteng unveiled in September sent the British pound tumbling and left her credibility in tatters.
Assailants have fatally shot a Kashmiri Hindu man in violence police blamed on militants fighting against Indian rule in the disputed region. Police say militants on Saturday fired at a member of the minority community of Kashmiri Hindus at his home. He was taken to a hospital where he died. Police and soldiers cordoned off the area and launched a search for the attackers. In August, a local Hindu man was killed and his brother injured in a shooting that police also blamed on insurgents. Kashmir has witnessed a spate of targeted killings in which several Hindus, including immigrant workers from Indian states, have been killed. Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan and claimed by both in its entirety.
NEW ULM, Minn. — This occupation for beyond a half-century has allowed me to be in an inner sanctum once in a considerable while.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The deficit was 14, soon to be 17, and as Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes shook his head and then jogged to the sideline, he thought of a strategy.
The dust is settling after Draymond Green’s scuffle with Jordan Poole and focus is shifting toward an important deadline for Poole before opening night next Tuesday.
PITTSBURGH — I will be headed to Acrisure Stadium on Sunday to cover the Bucs against the Steelers for the Post-Gazette, and here is what I plan to bring: A computer, a tablet, my credential ... and a big towel for Steelers fans and even some media members to cry about Tom Brady's cheating past on.
FORT WORTH, Texas — No. 13 TCU’s game against No. 8 Oklahoma State is the future of the Big 12 Conference, but even this future is somehow tied to Notre Dame.
DALLAS — Amid their efforts to quell expectations of dynamic 20-year-old Jaden Hardy, the Mavericks keep dropping hints that pique wonder and anticipation.
BALTIMORE — Is Marcus Peters the most interesting Raven?
It’s becoming clearer that, even in the unlikely event that we somehow, someday manage to eradicate COVID-19 and its many variants, we can’t wipe clean the enormous toll the virus has taken.
While the likes of Lionel Messi could come under pressure to play for European clubs leading into the World Cup, players from Argentina’s opening-game opponent Saudi Arabia will have much more time to focus on the global event. The Saudi league finishes Sunday and a squad of 32 players leaves Monday for Abu Dhabi to begin a World Cup training camp. Soccer’s first mid-winter World Cup has squeezed European league schedules. The English Premier League finishes on Nov. 13 for six weeks. The World Cup in Qatar runs from Nov. 20 to Dec. 18. Qatar and Saudi Arabia may not have superstars but having rosters filled with domestic players does give coaches some benefits. A 35-day training camp is among them.
An escalating public dispute over oil between the Biden administration and Saudi Arabia risks causing irreparable harm to U.S. relations with the crucial Mideast partner, according to current and former government officials briefed on the feud.
MIAMI — While voters all over Miami-Dade County were casting their ballots in the contentious presidential election on Nov. 3, 2020, police say one Donald Trump supporter was dangerously expressing his political opinions out on Biscayne Bay with threats and a handgun.
UNDATED (AP) — No. 7 Southern California faces one of its biggest tests of the season this weekend at No. 20 Utah. Lincoln Riley is the first USC coach to start his first season 6-0 since 1951, but the Utes have won 11 straight home games and have one of the Pac-12's best defenses. Washingto…
Rickie Fowler shot a 4-under 66 to take a one-shot lead after the third round of the Zozo Championship. He is in position for his first PGA Tour win in 3 1/2 years. Fowler last won in 2019 at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Keegan Bradley also had a 66 and was a shot back at the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club on the outskirts of Tokyo. Fellow American Andrew Putnam was a further shot behind after a 68 in the only PGA Tour event in Japan.
A trio of U.S. economists, including the University of Chicago’s Douglas Diamond, has won a Nobel Prize for explaining the causes of bank runs and other financial crises. Their research sheds light on the economic effects of fear.
Here are the numbers drawn Friday in the Pennsylvania lottery:
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Tech has hired Alabama administrator J Batt as its athletic director. Batt is charge of the search for a new football coach. Batt was the executive deputy athletics director at Alabama under Greg Byrne. He replaces Todd Stansbury, who was fired on Sept. 26 along with f…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Casey Legg kicked a 22-yard field goal with 33 seconds left to lift West Virginia to a 43-40 victory over Baylor. West Virginia's Tony Mathis scored on a 34-yard run with 7:05 left and set up the winning field goal with a 37-yard run to the Baylor 8. Mathis finished …
UNDATED (AP) — No. 10 Penn State visits No. 5 Michigan in the Big Ten's featured matchup this weekend. It's the first time the teams have met when both are in the top 10 since 1997. The other big game has Minnesota at No. 24 Illinois. No one would have predicted before the season that this w…
UNDATED (AP) — The top game in the Southeastern Conference this week is No. 3 Alabama at No. 6 Tennessee. It's a classic matchup of Alabama's strong defense against Tennessee's high-powered offense. The Volsare led by quarterback Hendon Hooker. The Crimson Tide and star linebacker Will Ander…
The San Jose Sharks look to break their three-game skid when they take on the Chicago Blackhawks.
The New Jersey Devils take on the Detroit Red Wings in Eastern Conference action.
The Washington Capitals host the Montreal Canadiens in Eastern Conference action.
The St. Louis Blues and the Columbus Blue Jackets square off in a non-conference matchup.
The Tampa Bay Lightning visit the Pittsburgh Penguins after Steven Stamkos scored two goals in the Lightning's 5-2 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers play in Game 4 of the NLDS. The Padres hold a 2-1 lead in the series, and will move on to the NLCS with a victory.