By ISABEL DEBRE and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel struck targets in the Gaza Strip with stepped-up bombardment and artillery fire overnight into Saturday, knocking out communications and creating a near-blackout of information by largely cutting off the besieged enclave’s 2.3 million people from contact with the outside world. The Israeli military
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Game 1 of this World Series was an instant classic, capped by Adolis García’s game-ending homer for the Texas Rangers in the 11th inning. History could be made in Game 2. The Rangers took the opener 6-5 over the Arizona Diamondbacks after Corey Seager hit a tying, two-run homer in the
Continue ReadingBy JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Drew Doughty scored his second goal of the game with 1:59 remaining and the Los Angeles Kings rallied from three goals down and beat the Arizona Coyotes 5-4 on Friday night. Mikey Anderson, Quinton Byfield and Anze Kopitar also scored for the Kings, who got three
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — In a city without water, electricity or gasoline, where desperate people have been allowed, even encouraged, to take essential goods from damaged stores since Hurricane Otis smashed Acapulco, state police officer Raúl Gallardo stood guard over a mountain of excess. Gallardo explained the
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A sea of hundreds of protesters filled the main concourse of New York City’s famed Grand Central Terminal during the evening rush hour Friday, chanting slogans and unfurling banners demanding a cease-fire as Israel intensified its bombardment of the Gaza Strip. Wearing black T-shirts saying “Jews say cease-fire now” and “Not
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová and Adi Kopelwitz, CNN Israel’s border with Gaza and Ashdod (CNN) — Yanir Ishay has thrown away three boxes of cigarettes in the past two weeks. He said he thought he could smell death on them, having carried the packets in his pockets while collecting human remains from the sites of Hamas’
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adolis García took a few steps while watching the ball before tossing his bat aside after another big swing this postseason. This one won an extended Game 1 of the World Series for the Texas Rangers. Once his drive cleared the right-field wall in the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Already considered a hub for Latin, hip-hop and electronic music, Miami is now going country. Country Bay Music Festival is scheduled for Nov. 11 and Nov. 12 at the historic Miami Marine Stadium, just southeast of downtown on Virginia Key in Biscayne Bay. The headliners scheduled for
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP, PATRICK WHITTLE, HOLLY RAMER and MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — The Army reservist who opened fire in a bowling alley and then at a bar in Lewiston, Maine, killing 18 people, was found dead Friday from a self-inflicted gunshot, ending an intensive two-day search that had the state
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry picked up where he left off in last season’s playoffs against Sacramento, scoring 41 points to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 122-114 win over the Kings on Friday night. “Steph loves every building and every rim,” coach Steve Kerr said. “He’s
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s land board says it will hand over state land on Maui to be used for a wildfire memorial and fire debris disposal. But members of the state Board of Land and Natural Resources urged Maui County to talk further with the community after some raised concerns
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW COLES Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jordan Clarkson made a big shot to put Utah ahead and then came up with a key defensive stop to help the Jazz get a win. Clarkson made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 28 seconds left and then forced Kawhi Leonard into a tough missed shot
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adolis García hit an opposite-field homer in the 11th inning, after Corey Seager’s tying two-run shot in the ninth, and the Texas Rangers opened this surprise World Series of wild-card teams with a 6-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. The Cuban slugger
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Health officials were working today to identify individuals who may have come into contact with a Riverside resident suffering from active tuberculosis in order to advise them to obtain TB screenings. According to the Riverside County Department of Public Health, the patient is affiliated with Cal Baptist University and was confirmed ill in recent weeks.
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER and MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — The first loud noise 10-year-old Toni Asselin heard sounded like the thwack of a ball being hit hard across a pool table. She thought the second might have been someone dropping a bowling ball. “The third one, when I walked over to
Continue ReadingBy MANUEL VALDES Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Peter Bates was dropping his car at the mechanic this month when a notification pinged on his phone: killer whales were approaching his Seattle neighborhood. He hopped on a bus toward the water, then an electric bike. He was pedaling along a shoreline trail when orcas’ black
Continue ReadingBy MANUEL VALDES Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Peter Bates was dropping his car at the mechanic this month when a notification pinged on his phone: killer whales were approaching his Seattle neighborhood. He hopped on a bus toward the water, then an electric bike. He was pedaling along a shoreline trail when orcas’ black
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A timeline released Friday shows that the suspect in the Maine mass shootings stayed one step ahead of police who rushed to the bowling alley and a bar but were too late to stop him from killing 18 people and slipping away into
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is trying to move past questions over a $19,000 lectern that she doesn’t even want to use right now. An audit is underway over the purchase of the lectern that’s prompted claims her office illegally altered records about it. The
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Asa Hutchinson’s presidential campaign manager is leaving the campaign next week due to differences over direction and whether the former Arkansas governor still has a path to the 2024 Republican nomination, according to two sources. Campaign manager Rob Burgess’ last day with the campaign will be October 31, according to one of
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