‘Short corn’ could replace the towering cornfields steamrolled by a changing climate
Taking a late-summer country drive in the Midwest means venturing into the corn zone, snaking between 12-foot-tall green, leafy walls that seem to block out nearly everything ...
IndyCar finalizes charter system that doesn’t guarantee spots in Indianapolis 500
IndyCar on Monday finalized a charter system for 25 entrants that, while it pales in comparison to the contentious deal reached between NASCAR and its teams over their revenue sharing model, does ...
UN expert says prisoners sent by Russia to fight in Ukraine are committing crimes when they return
A U.N.-backed human rights expert monitoring President Vladimir Putin’s Russia decried on Monday increased violence in the country caused by former prisoners who have their sentences ...
AP Player of the week: James Madison’s Alonza Barnett III accounts for 7 TDs in win over Tar Heels
The Associated Press national player of the week in college football for Week 4 of the season: Alonza Barnett III, James Madison The Dukes’ quarterback had a hand in a program-record seven ...
A vandal’s rampage at a Maine car dealership causes thousands in damage to 75 vehicles
A Maine man damaged 75 vehicles at an automobile dealership, smashing windows and denting hoods of vehicles before he was arrested, police said. The 25-year-old man from ...
Banned Books Week starts with mixed messages as reports show challenges both up and down
Two reports released Monday provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual Banned Books Week begins for schools, stores and ...
Johnson’s government funding plan B disappoints conservatives
Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) move to bring a clean, short-term government funding stopgap — his plan B after his first gambit failed — is upsetting conservative House Republicans, who will be ...
AP Top 25 Reality Check: Boise State returns to rankings 3 years after 19-season streak was snapped
Boise State has been the most reliably sucessful program outside major college football’s power conferences. The Broncos made at least one appearance in The Associated Press ...
An improbable late-season surge from the Detroit Tigers has them fighting for a playoff spot
The Detroit Tigers were a seller at MLB’s trade deadline on July 30, and at the time, the pessimism was entirely understandable. They had a 52-57 record, were dealing with various injuries ...
Ukraine accuses Russia of seeking to illegally control strategic sea as arbitration hearings open
Ukraine on Monday accused Russia of seeking to illegally seize control of the strategically important Sea of Azov and Kerch Strait, as hearings opened in a ...
Christine Bumstead once took Panthers coach Paul Maurice hunting. And her coaching career took off
Christine Bumstead’s path toward being an assistant coach in a preseason game for the reigning Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers started in a most unusual way. She went ...
Man shot on Bertie Drive in Southeast Raleigh, police say
Officers located one male with a gunshot wound around 3:20 a.m. on the 200 block of Bertie Drive in southeast Raleigh, police say.