AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Instead of pitching his hometown team into the World Series, Jack Flaherty sent the National League Championship Series back to California. Dominant in the opener, Flaherty flopped in Game 5. Pete Alonso hit a three-run homer in the first and the Mets beat up Flaherty for five runs
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Taylor Pendrith was spared wind so strong it caused a four-hour delay and battered the field Friday in the Shriners Hospital Open. The Canadian only had to play six holes and stayed in the lead before the second round was halted by darkness. Pendrith, who had a 10-under 61 on Thursday
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Republican challenger Eric Hovde have repeatedly accused each other of lying during an often testy and confrontational debate. They are facing off in the general election in a closely watched Senate race. Hovde called on Baldwin to disclose more information about the investments
Continue ReadingHONOLULU (AP) — A teenager in Hawaii was recovering after spending more than 11 hours clinging to a kayak before being rescued during an overnight ocean search. In a statement, the parents of 17-year-old Kahiau Kawai thanked rescue teams and Honolulu lifeguard Noland Keaulana for searching for the teen through the night and finding him
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A man that was killed in a Palm Springs motorcycle crash earlier this week has been identified by his family. Nineteen-year-old Nathen Wilson was riding his motorcycle Monday night in the area of E Palm Canyon Drive and Golf Club Drive when he collided with a car. News Channel 3’s Athena Jreij spoke with Nathen’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it found the remains of a South Korean drone during a search in capital Pyongyang. The North said Saturday that the drone proves that the South’s military was behind the alleged drone infiltrations over the city’s skies earlier in October. North Korean state media released
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) — Donald Trump paced his rally stage in silence for nearly 20 minutes Friday night in Detroit after his microphone cut out. The Republican nominee and former president was about to wax on about one of his favorite subjects, tariffs, working up to naming it by first teasing “the most beautiful
Continue ReadingAP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Not easy to knock out these New York Mets. Pete Alonso golfed an early three-run homer and the Mets hammered an ineffective Jack Flaherty, extending the National League Championship Series with a 12-6 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 on Friday. “We understood that this
Continue ReadingAP Soccer Writer While teams are fighting to improve their playoff position on Decision Day, Inter Miami will be attempting to make Major League Soccer history. The Lionel Messi -led squad has the opportunity to secure the league’s all-time points record on Saturday against the New England Revolution. The Revolution set the record in 2021
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo police say a man was arrested after he threw several firebombs into the headquarters of Japan’s governing part. He then crashed his car into the fencing of the prime minister’s residence on Saturday. There were no reports of injuries. Police identified the man as 49-year-old Atsunobu Usuda. Japanese media
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Three large tobacco companies would pay nearly $24 billion to settle a long-running legal battle in Canada. That’s according to a proposed deal. Philip Morris International said Friday that a court-appointed mediator had filed the proposed settlement with its Canadian affiliate, Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, over tobacco product-related claims and litigation in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A former Park Service ranger says U.S. Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy of Montana has been lying about a bullet wound that the candidate said came from fighting in Afghanistan. The claim that Sheehy in fact shot himself on a family trip in Montana was dismissed by Sheehy and his
Continue ReadingASSOCIATED PRESS/REPORT FOR AMERICA TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A decision by a Florida jury is paving the way for the surviving members of 2 Live Crew to retake control of much of their iconic discography, following a yearslong copyright dispute. The group’s provocative work — and the court challenges around it — helped redraw the
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Spelman College announces Dr. Helene D. Gayle is taking a personal leave of absence as president of the nation’s top-rated historically Black college. The school did not provide a reason for Gayle’s leave. Roz Brewer has assumed day-to-day duties as interim president. Brewer is a former chair of Spelman’s board of trustees
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hundreds of Oakland residents ordered to evacuate their homes as a brush fire threatens neighborhood, fire official says.
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart says it has reached a proposed settlement pact related to three lawsuits filed by shareholders on behalf of the company over the handling of prescription opioids. According to the terms of the settlement that were disclosed in a regulatory filing Friday, insurance carriers would pay Walmart $123
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Govs. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich., Josh Shapiro, D-Pa., Tony Evers, D-Wis., and Chris Sununu, R-N.H. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Shapiro; Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga.; Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y.; Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger; Michigan Secretary of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to expand the arms embargo in Haiti to all types of weapons and ammunition, expressing grave concern at the extremely high levels of gang violence and criminal activities in the impoverished Caribbean nation. The resolution adopted Friday authorizes the 193 U.N. member
Continue ReadingSOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Police say an off-duty dispatcher for a Long Island police department accidentally shot himself in the hand while he was unloading his gun as he drove a moving car. They say the bullet lodged in the wallet of a passenger in the vehicle. The dispatcher for the Southampton Village Police was
Continue ReadingAP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall will be activated and make his NFL debut Sunday against Kansas City 50 days after he was shot in the chest. Pearsall made it through his first week back at practice with no issues and will officially be taken
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