In Seattle’s first ALCS game there since 2001, the Mariners struck first on a Julio Rodríguez two-run homer, but Toronto’s bats roared awake. Ernie Clement doubled, Andrés Giménez tied it with a two-run shot, then a spiked pitch and Daulton Varsho’s wall-scorching double put the Blue Jays up 5-2. George...
Four decades after three men were wrongfully convicted in the 1984 rape and murder of 16-year-old Theresa Fusco, DNA from a discarded smoothie straw led to the indictment of Richard Bilodeau, 63. Arraigned in Mineola on two counts of murder, he pleaded not guilty and was remanded. Prosecutors say the...
Kevin Federline's Oct. 21 memoir, You Thought You Knew, recounts his rise from Fresno and, chiefly, his turbulent marriage to Britney Spears. He alleges Spears drank while pregnant, used cocaine, engaged in sexual scenarios with staffers, partied with Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton as their sons cried, and once frightened...
Mississippi executed Charles Crawford, 59, by lethal injection at 6:15 p.m. at the state penitentiary in Parchman for the 1993 abduction, rape and killing of 20-year-old Kristy Ray. On death row for over three decades, Crawford lost a last-minute U.S. Supreme Court appeal, despite a pointed dissent from three justices...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford called for economic retaliation against the U.S. after Stellantis decided to move planned Jeep Compass production from Brampton, Ontario, to Illinois as part of a $13 billion U.S. expansion. Blaming U.S. President Donald Trump, Ford urged tariffs if Prime Minister Mark Carney cannot secure a deal....
Days after her death, Diane Keaton, 79, was confirmed by her family to have died of pneumonia on Oct. 11. In a statement, they thanked supporters for the outpouring of love and suggested donations to local food banks or animal shelters, reflecting her devotion to animals and the unhoused community....
Donald Trump said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged in a call to stop buying Russian oil, potentially easing a tariff-driven stalemate in trade talks between the two countries. Washington in August added a 25% levy atop Trump’s 25% “reciprocal” tariff, leaving many Indian exports facing a 50% duty, with...
Oklahoma's new schools superintendent, Lindel Fields, reversed a directive that required Bibles in classrooms and lessons for grades 5-12, a policy issued by former superintendent Ryan Walters. Fields said he won't distribute Bibles or a biblical curriculum and will leave such choices to districts, citing better uses for taxpayer funds....
Dozens of reporters turned in their Pentagon badges Wednesday rather than accept government-imposed limits on coverage, as the U.S. government called the new rules "common sense." The policy, ordered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, would allow expulsion for reporting any information — classified or not — unless approved by him....
Astronomers have spotted another “odd radio circle,” and this one stands out: researchers at the University of Mumbai, aided by citizen scientists and the world’s largest low-frequency radio telescope, report the most distant and most powerful ORC yet. Unlike earlier single-ring examples, it shows two intersecting rings. Published in the...
