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Today in History: September 5, first Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia

Today in History Today is Tuesday, Sept. 5, the 248th day of 2023. There are 117 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 5, 1774, the first Continental Congress … more

By The Associated Press | 9/5/23

This image provided by the Rosenberg Police Department shows police tape in front of a Denny's restaurant after a vehicle crashed into it in Rosenberg, Texas, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (Rosenberg Police Department via AP)

A driver crashed into a Denny's near Houston, injuring 23 people

A driver slammed into a a busy Denny's restaurant in a suburb of Houston, injuring twenty-three people. Police in the Rosenberg say the victims suffered injuries ranging from cuts to more severe … more

9/4/23

This photo provided by researchers shows a royal flycatcher bird in Las Cruces Biological Station in Coto Brus, Costa Rica in March 2018. Small farms with natural landscape features such as shade trees, hedgerows and tracts of intact forest provide a refuge for some tropical bird populations, according to an 18-year study in Costa Rica, published on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (J. Nicholas Hendershot via AP)

Farms with natural landscape features provide sanctuary for some Costa Rica rainforest birds

A study conducted over 18 years in Costa Rica shows that small farms with natural landscape features such as shade trees, hedgerows and tracts of intact forest can provide a refuge for some tropical … more

By CHRISTINA LARSON | 9/4/23

FILE - Mick Jagger, left, Ronnie Wood, center, and Keith Richards, right, of the band "The Rolling Stones," perform onstage during the last concert of their "Sixty" European tour in Berlin, Germany, Aug. 3, 2022. On Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, the Rolling Stones announced they will release their first album of original material in 18 years. Titled “Hackney Diamonds,” the legendary rock band will reveal the full details on Wednesday, Sept. 6, at an event in Hackney in East London. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

The Rolling Stones will release their first studio album in 18 years, 'Hackney Diamonds'

On Monday, the Rolling Stones announced they will release their first album of original material in 18 years. Titled “Hackney Diamonds,” the legendary rock band will reveal the full details on … more

By MARIA SHERMAN | 9/4/23

Pope Francis attends a meeting with charity workers and the inauguration of the House of Mercy in Ulaanbaatar, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Francis toured the House of Mercy in the final event of an historic four-day visit to a region where the Holy See has long sought to make inroads. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope wants to keep big Vatican meeting on the church's future behind closed doors, ideology-free

Pope Francis has defended the decision to keep the discussions of a big Vatican meeting on the future of the Catholic Church behind closed doors. He said Monday the three-week conference is a … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 9/4/23

FILE - Students gather during a walkout in protest of an administration proposal to cut 9% of majors and amid a $45 million budget shortfall at West Virginia University in Morgantown, W.Va., Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. West Virginia University is recommending slashing its language department and dozens of other programs amid a $45 million budget shortfall. (Ron Rittenhouse /The Dominion-Post via AP, File)

West Virginia University crisis looms as GOP leaders focus on economic development, jobs

West Virginia University is recommending slashing its language department and dozens of other programs amid a $45 million budget shortfall. The crisis comes as the GOP leadership is pushing economic … more

By LEAH WILLINGHAM and JOHN RABY | 9/4/23

This 2012 photo provided by Delbridge Museum shows an exhibit at the Delbridge Museum of Natural History in Sioux Falls, S.D. The Great Plains Zoo in South Dakota said Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, that it has pulled its taxidermy collection off display after almost 40 years over concerns about the impact of strong chemicals used to preserve the animals. (Delbridge Museum of Natural History via AP)

Lions, tigers, taxidermy, arsenic, political squabbling and the Endangered Species Act. Oh my.

The fate of the mounted lion, bears, gorilla and other animals that have long greeted visitors entering a Sioux Falls zoo looks grim. After finding arsenic in nearly 80 percent of the more than 150 … more

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH | 9/4/23

This handout photo provided by the German government press office, Bundespresseamt, shows German Chancellor Olaf Scholz with a black eye-pad at the chancellery in Berlin, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has tweeted a pirate-style picture of himself with a black eye patch and dark-red bruises on the right side of his face — the result of a jogging accident on the weekend. The chancellor wrote Monday in the caption of the photo that he was “excited to see the memes.” (Steffen Kugler/Bundesregierung via AP)

German Chancellor Scholz tweets picture of himself with black eye patch after jogging accident

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has tweeted a pirate-style picture of himself with a black eye patch and dark-red bruises on the right side of his face — the result of a jogging accident on the … more

9/4/23

Jelena Ostapenko, of Latvia, left, shakes hands with Iga Swiatek, of Poland, at the end of the match, won by Ostapenko, in the fourth round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Iga Swiatek's US Open title defense and stay at No. 1 end with a loss to Jelena Ostapenko

Iga Swiatek’s U.S. Open title defense has ended with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 loss to Jelena Ostapenko in the fourth round. The loss Sunday night also means Swiatek’s stay at No. 1 in the WTA rankings … more

By HOWARD FENDRICH | 9/4/23

In this image from video made available by NASA, a SpaceX capsule, slowed by parachutes, splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, as it returns to Earth with NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen, United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan al-Neyadi, NASA astronaut Warren (Woody) Hoburg and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev after a six-month stay at the International Space Station. (NASA via AP)

Four astronauts return to Earth in SpaceX capsule to wrap up six-month station mission

Four astronauts are back on Earth after a six-month stay at the International Space Station. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Atlantic early Monday off the Florida coast. Returning were two … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 9/4/23

Today in History: September 4, Mother Teresa is canonized by Pope Francis

Today in History Today is Monday, Sept. 4, the 247th day of 2023. There are 118 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 4, 2016, elevating the “saint of the … more

By The Associated Press | 9/4/23

People walk in the rain in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, in Tokyo. Stocks were higher in Asia on Monday after Wall Street was boosted by a report that signaled the US jobs market, while still healthy, is showing some signs of cooling. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Stock market today: Asian shares surge after Wall St gains on signs the US jobs market is cooling

Stocks are higher in Asia after Wall Street was boosted by a report that signaled the U.S. jobs market, while still healthy, is showing some signs of cooling. That supported investors' hopes that the … more

By ELAINE KURTENBACH | 9/3/23

FILE - Andy Murray, of Britain, wipes sweat from his brow during a break in play against Corentin, Moutet, of France, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, in New York. An Associated Press analysis shows the average high temperatures during the U.S. Open and the three other Grand Slam tennis tournaments steadily have grown hotter and more dangerous in recent decades. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Grand Slam tournaments are getting hotter. US Open players and fans may feel that this week

After a mild start to the U.S. Open, the forecast calls for much higher temperatures in the second week. That is not a surprise: An Associated Press analysis shows the average high temperatures … more

By HOWARD FENDRICH, MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN and BRIAN MAHONEY | 9/3/23

A fleet of emergency vehicles sit parked outside of Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater prison in Bayport, Minn., on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. The prison was placed on emergency lockdown after about 100 inmates in a housing unit facing dangerously high heat would not return to their cells. (David Boehnke via AP)

Minnesota prison reaches resolution with inmates who refused to return to their cells in heat wave

A Minnesota prison has “resolved without incident” a situation involving about 100 inmates in one housing unit who would not return to their cells. One former inmate on Sunday called the move by … more

9/3/23

This image released by Sony Pictures Entertainment shows Denzel Washington in a scene from "The Equalizer 3." (Stefano Montesi/Sony Pictures Entertainment via AP)

‘Equalizer 3’ cleans up, while ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ score new records

According to studio estimates, the third installment in the Denzel Washington-led “Equalizer” franchise has topped the domestic box office this weekend with $34.5 million. By the end of the … more

By LINDSEY BAHR | 9/3/23

FILE - Tina Brotherton, 88, gets a hug from 9-year-old neighbor Lainey Hamelink, as she returns to site of her business, Tina's Dockside Inn, which was completely destroyed in Hurricane Idalia, as was Brotherton's nearby home, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, two days after the storm's passage. A resident of Horseshoe Beach since 1978, she lost her marina and the cafe next door in a 1993 disaster and had to replace the floors and beds at Tina's Dockside Inn. Now the hotel, which she has owned for 52 years, is destroyed in Idalia's wake. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Florida fishing village Horseshoe Beach hopes to maintain its charm after being walloped by Idalia

The remote fishing village of Horseshoe Beach, Florida, took much of the pounding from Hurricane Idalia when it struck as a Category 3 storm last week. The storm flattened some homes and knocked … more

By REBECCA BLACKWELL and JAMES POLLARD | 9/3/23

Today in History: September 3, Treaty of Paris is signed ending Revolutionary War

Today in History Today is Sunday, Sept. 3, the 246th day of 2023. There are 119 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 3, 1783, representatives of the United … more

By The Associated Press | 9/3/23

FILE - State Sen. Kelli Stargel looks through redistricting maps during a Senate Committee on Reapportionment hearing on Jan. 13, 2022, in Tallahassee, Fla. A Florida redistricting plan pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis violates the state constitution and is prohibited from being used for any future U.S. congressional elections since it diminishes the ability of Black voters in north Florida to pick a representative of their choice, a state judge ruled Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

DeSantis' redistricting map in Florida is unconstitutional and must be redrawn, judge says

A judge says that a Florida redistricting plan pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis violates the state constitution. The state judge said Saturday the plan is prohibited from being used for any … more

By MIKE SCHNEIDER | 9/2/23

This photo provided by the Chester County, Pa., District Attorney's Office shows escaped prisoner Danelo Cavalcante. Cavalcante, who was recently convicted of fatally stabbing his girlfriend, escaped Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023, from a suburban Philadelphia prison and prosecutors say he is also wanted in his native Brazil in a separate slaying. (Chester County District Attorney's Office via AP)

Killer who escaped Pennsylvania prison is spotted nearby on surveillance cameras

Authorities say a recently convicted murderer who escaped from a suburban Pennsylvania prison this week was spotted on residential surveillance cameras in an area not far from the prison. According … more

9/2/23

The jagged, broken top of a monument to frontiersman Kit Carson is visible on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, in downtown Santa Fe, N.M. Police are investigating the partial destruction Thursday of the monument to the frontiersman and U.S. soldier who had a leading role in the death of hundreds of Native Americans during the settlement of the American West. The stone monument has been encircled by a plywood barrier for years as a safeguard amid protests. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Vandalism damages monument to frontiersman 'Kit' Carson, who led campaigns against Native Americans

Police in New Mexico’s capital city are investigating the partial destruction of a public monument to 19th century frontiersman Christopher “Kit” Carson. The U.S. soldier had a leading role in … more

By MORGAN LEE | 9/1/23