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Women in Mexico step up to protect ancient Aztec farms and save a vanishing ecosystem 10/08/2025 11:12am • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Jasm��n Ord����ez looks out from a wooden boat at the water as she crosses a narrow channel that connects a labyrinth of chinampas, island farms that were built by the Aztecs thousands of years ago. ���Let���s close our eyes and ask our Mother Water for permission to sail in pea EU lawmakers vote to ban labels like steak or meat on vegetarian products 10/08/2025 11:08am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Lawmakers in the European Parliament on Wednesday voted to ban the labelling of vegetarian protein with terms such as ���steak��� or ���meat.��� The lawmakers voted 532 to 78 to define meat as ���edible parts of animals��� and to curtail the use of words like steak, escalope, saus Hundreds of kids get a free pair of Nikes at DC elementary school 10/08/2025 11:03am • Hundreds of kids at a Northeast D.C. elementary school couldn���t wipe the smiles off their faces as they had to choose between pairs of Nikes. Each pair was carefully measured and fit for the happy young students. ���They look nice. I never had a pair of these, my first time,��� said Kingston Co Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee threatens rural schools and hospitals reliant on immigrant workers 10/08/2025 11:02am • SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) ��� When Rob Coverdale started his job in 2023 as superintendent of the K-12 Crow Creek Tribal School in South Dakota, there were 15 unfilled teaching positions. Within nine months, he had filled those vacancies with Filipino teachers, the majority of whom arrived on the H-1B, Buildings are turning to 'ice batteries' for sustainable air conditioning 10/08/2025 10:46am • Every night some 74,000 gallons (280,000 liters) of water are frozen at Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. The hospital used to get all of its air conditioning from a conventional system found in most U.S. buildings, but now 27 tanks of ice sustain a network of cold-water pipes keeping EU chief says Russia is waging a 'gray zone campaign' and Europe must meet the challenge 10/08/2025 10:37am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Russia is waging a ���targeted gray zone campaign��� against Europe, including airspace violations, sabotage and cyberattacks that will only escalate if the Kremlin is not challenged, the European Union���s top official warned on Wednesday. European Commission President Ursula von IMF chief warns of economic uncertainty and offers this advice: 'Buckle up' 10/08/2025 10:36am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The global economy is holding up better than expected despite major shocks such as President Donald Trump's tariffs, but the head of the International Monetary Fund says that resilience may not last. ���Buckle up,��� Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in a speech at a th Michigan haunted house teaches actors to ���scare the pee out of��� guests 10/08/2025 10:34am • PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) ��� Grotesque makeup, menacing props and intimidating costumes are just one part of a Michigan haunted house's 25-year-old formula to terrify guests. It starts by educating the actors looking to provide the most horrifying experience to its visitors. At Scare School, they learn a The world's driest desert blooms into a rare, fleeting flower show 10/08/2025 10:23am • LLANOS DE CHALLE NATIONAL PARK, Chile (AP) ��� A rare bloom in Chile���s Atacama Desert has briefly transformed one of the world���s driest places into a dazzling carpet of fuchsia-colored wildflowers. The arid region ��� considered the driest nonpolar desert on Earth, averaging around 2 millimeters ���Roofman' tells a stranger-than-fiction story with rigorous accuracy and a whole lot of toys 10/08/2025 10:23am • TORONTO (AP) ��� The lengths writer-director Derek Cianfrance goes to create immersive environments for his actors has grown into a kind of legend. After making the much-improvised doomed romance of ���Blue Valentine��� (2010), Michelle Williams said she would have to remind herself that she was nev Police in Jamaica impose curfews after recent shootings leave 5 dead and 10 injured 10/08/2025 10:17am • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� Authorities in Jamaica have imposed curfews following two recent shootings in which five people were killed and 10 others injured as suspected gang violence rattles the Caribbean island. The most recent shooting occurred on Tuesday night after unidentified gunmen drove Joan Kennedy, ex-wife of late Sen. Edward Kennedy and mental health advocate who endured tragedy and scandal, dies at 89 10/08/2025 10:16am • BOSTON (AP) ��� Joan Kennedy, ex-wife of late Sen. Edward Kennedy and mental health advocate who endured tragedy and scandal, dies at 89. Verizon teams with AST SpaceMobile on space-based cellular service 10/08/2025 10:14am • Verizon has signed a deal to provide cellular service from space through AST SpaceMobile beginning next year. Shares of AST SpaceMobile, a space-based cellular broadband network, soared more than 10% before the market opened Wednesday. SpaceMobile's network is designed to operate across premium low- Today in Sports - Baltimore Orioles win first World Series in franchise history, Frank Robinson MVP 10/08/2025 10:10am • Oct. 9 1928 ��� Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat St. Louis Cardinals, 7-3 at Sportsman���s Park to become first to sweep consecutive World Series; Babe Ruth hits smashes 3 HRs for Yanks. 1934 ��� Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals rout Detroit Tigers, 11-0 at Navin Field to clinch 4 gam Sports on TV for Thursday, Oct. 9 10/08/2025 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Thursday, Oct. 9 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN���S) 4 a.m. (Friday) FS2 ��� AFL: Essendon at Western COLLEGE FOOTBALL 7 p.m. ESPNU ��� Louisiana Tech at Kennesaw St. 7:30 p.m. ESPN ��� East Carolina at Tulane 8 p.m. CBSSN ��� Jackson