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Missing New Orleans boy drowned after 'blunt force trauma' by an alligator

Associated Press (AP) — A missing 12-year-old boy with autism, whose body was discovered in a New Orleans canal following a nearly two-week-long search, died from "blunt force due to an alli...

DATE: Aug 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Houston Astros place catcher Victor Caratini on the concussion injured list

HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros placed catcher Victor Caratini on the concussion injured list on Wednesday, putting the AL West leaders in a bind behind the plate. Yainer Diaz, another Hou...

DATE: Aug 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

What to know about the shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school

A shooter opened fire Wednesday morning during Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school, killing two children and injuring 17 other people before dying by suicide, officials said. The shooting ...

DATE: Aug 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

The Latest: All 14 injured kids expected to survive after shooting at Minneapolis Catholic school

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A shooter opened fire Wednesday morning during Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school, killing two children and injuring 17 other people before killing himself, officials s...

DATE: Aug 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Cardi B testifies she didn't touch security guard who's suing her alleging assault

ALHAMBRA, Calif. (AP) — Cardi B testified Wednesday that she didn't touch a security guard who alleges the rapper cut her face with a fingernail and spat on her in an altercation outside an ...

DATE: Aug 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

FDA approves updated COVID-19 shots with limits for some kids and adults

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators approved updated COVID-19 shots Wednesday but limited their use for many Americans — and removed one of the two vaccines available for young children. The n...

DATE: Aug 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Broncos' Marvin Mims Jr. leaves practice because of groin injury, team not overly concerned

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Two-time All-Pro kick returner and rising wide receiver Marvin Mims Jr. left the field midway through the Denver Broncos' practice Wednesday and coach Sean Payton sai...

DATE: Aug 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Wall Street edges higher and pushes S&P 500 to another record

Modest gains on Wall Street lifted the stock market to an all-time high Wednesday ahead of a highly anticipated earnings update from computer chip giant Nvidia. The S&P 500 rose 0.2%, good ...

DATE: Aug 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Kilmar Abrego Garcia requests asylum in the US, hoping to prevent his deportation to Uganda

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has come to encapsulate much of President Donald Trump ’s hard-line immigration agenda, wants to seek asylum in the United States, his lawy...

DATE: Aug 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

The Colorado River is in trouble. Some groups want the government to step up

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Earlier this year, several environmental groups sent a petition to the federal government with a seemingly simple message: Ensure that water from the imperiled Colorado Ri...

DATE: Aug 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Nonalcoholic beer and mocktails can help people stay sober or drink less, but are not for everyone

Several years into her sobriety, Logan Denzer decided to try nonalcoholic beer and mocktails while others around her drank real booze. “A lot of people feel out of place” when everyone else ...

DATE: Aug 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Cracker Barrel had good reasons to rebrand. But after its new logo misfired, here's what's next

Like its namesake barrels that transported soda crackers until boxes replaced them, Cracker Barrel needed to change. The restaurant chain's new CEO, Julie Felss Masino, laid out the argument...

DATE: Aug 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press