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Battered Louisiana coast braces for 1 more: Hurricane Delta
ABBEVILLE, La. — Boarded windows and empty sidewalks made parts of Louisiana’s Acadiana region look like empty movie sets as major Hurricane Delta roared ever closer to the U.S. Gulf coast, apparently on track to smash into the same southwestern part of the state where Hurricane Laura blasted ashore six...
MLB-best Dodgers to 14th NLCS after 12-3 win to sweep Padres
ARLINGTON, Texas — Justin Turner and the Los Angeles Dodgers have completed the first step of what they hope is a long stay in the Lone Star State. Turner put the Dodgers ahead with a record-breaking hit in a big inning fueled by a nice stop-gone-bad by Fernando Tatis Jr.,...
Judge denies motion to extend Florida’s voter registration
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal judge has denied a motion to extend voter registration in Florida even though a computer meltdown on the final day of registration might have prevented thousands of potential voters from taking part in November’s presidential election. In a 29-page ruling on Friday morning, U.S. District...
Korean group must remove Berlin tribute meant to ‘comfort women’
BERLIN — A Berlin district has ordered a local Korean group to remove a statue commemorating women used as sex slaves by Japan during World War II, saying Friday it goes beyond what had been approved. The issue of sex slaves, euphemistically called “comfort women,” has been a major source...
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to UN World Food Program
ROME — The United Nations’ World Food Program won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to fight hunger in regions of conflict and hardship around the globe. From air-dropping food in South Sudan to creating an emergency delivery service to keep aid flowing despite coronavirus travel restrictions,...
This date in sports history: Oct. 9Video
1943 — Bob Hoernschemeyer throws six touchdown passes, an NCAA record for a freshman, as Indiana beats Nebraska, 54-13. 1965 — The United States wins the Ryder Cup, 19½-12½, at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Arnold Palmer clinches the title, beating Peter Butler 2-up. It’s the 13th...
This day in sports history: Oct. 8Video
1933 — Cliff Battles of the Boston Redskins becomes the first NFL player to gain more than 200 yards rushing with 215 yards in a 21-20 win over the New York Giants. 1949 — Walt Pastuszak has five of Brown’s 11 interceptions in a 46-0 rout of Rhode Island. 1950...
Browns look to further validate start against tough Colts
CLEVELAND — Baker Mayfield knows all about the Browns’ tortured history over the past two decades. It’s been jammed down his throat. Almost from the moment he was drafted with the No. 1 overall pick in 2018, Mayfield’s been told about the expansion-era horror stories of botched drafts, devastating injuries,...
Tom Brady loses to Nick Foles again, loses track of downs as Bears beat Bucs
CHICAGO — Tom Brady fell to Nick Foles again and appeared to lose count of downs on his final play, and the Chicago Bears beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20-19 on Thursday night after Cairo Santos kicked a 38-yard field goal with 1:17 remaining. DeAndre Houston-Carson broke up Brady’s fourth-down...
Yankees beat Rays, force Game 5 in ALDSVideo
SAN DIEGO — Luke Voit and Gleyber Torres hit impressive home runs, Jordan Montgomery and three relievers combined on a three-hitter and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays, 5-1, Thursday night to force a deciding fifth game in their AL Division Series. The Yankees bounced back from...
Next Trump-Biden debates uncertain, though Oct. 22 is likelyVideo
WASHINGTON — The campaign’s final debates between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden were thrown into uncertainty Thursday as the rival camps offered dueling proposals for the remaining faceoffs that have been upended by the president’s coronavirus infection. The chair of the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates told The...
LeBron James, Lakers win away from closing out Heat in NBA FinalsVideo
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The trophy ceremony plans are getting finalized. Boxes are being shipped out of the NBA bubble in advance of the looming shutdown. Hotel rooms, sometime in the next few days, will be filled again by regular people looking for their long-awaited Disney fix. For LeBron...
Carlos Correa powers Astros past A’s to clinch spot in ALCSVideo
LOS ANGELES — Carlos Correa hit a go-ahead, three-run homer after Michael Brantley’s two-run shot in the fourth inning, helping the Houston Astros beat the Oakland Athletics, 11-6, on Thursday to clinch their home-run heavy AL Division Series in four games. Correa drove in five as the Astros — October...
AP source: Bills-Titans, Broncos-Patriots rescheduled by NFLVideo
NASHVILLE — The Bills-Titans game has been moved from Sunday to Tuesday night as long as Tennessee has no more positive tests for covid-19 in the interim, a person with direct knowledge of the switch tells The Associated Press. The NFL also is rescheduling Sunday’s Broncos-Patriots game from Sunday to...
Rapper Tory Lanez charged with shooting Megan Thee Stallion
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles prosecutors on Thursday charged rapper Tory Lanez with shooting artist Megan Thee Stallion during an argument earlier this year. Lanez is accused of shooting at Megan Thee Stallion’s feet, hitting her, after she left a SUV during a fight in the Hollywood Hills on July...
Kyle Wright leads Braves to sweep of Marlins, trip to NLCSVideo
HOUSTON — Rookie Kyle Wright dazzled for six innings in his postseason debut, and the Atlanta Braves rode their superb pitching to beat the Miami Marlins, 7-0, on Thursday for a three-game sweep and their first trip to the NL Championship Series since 2001. Atlanta had lost eight straight Division...
Sofia Kenin, 21, will face unseeded Iga Swiatek, 19, in French Open finalVideo
PARIS — Sofia Kenin entered 2020 with an 11-11 record in Grand Slam action. She never had made the quarterfinals at any clay-court tournament until this trip to Roland Garros — and lost her only tuneup match on the surface 6-0, 6-0 last month. Iga Swiatek is just 19. She...
D.C. faults White House over Rose Garden event, urges testingVideo
WASHINGTON — In an extraordinary step, the Washington, D.C., Department of Health has released an open letter appealing to all White House staff and anyone who attended a Sept. 26 event in the Rose Garden to seek medical advice and take a covid-19 test. The letter indicates a lack of...
Tensions rise as coronavirus cases surge in Wisconsin, Dakotas
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A surge of coronavirus cases in Wisconsin and the Dakotas is forcing a scramble for hospital beds and raising political tensions, as the Upper Midwest and Plains emerge as one of the nation’s most troubling hot spots. The three states now lead all others in new...
NHL free agency an unknown given flat salary capVideo
After an easy decision atop the NHL Draft, general manager Jeff Gorton doesn’t know what his New York Rangers or any team will do when free agency opens on Friday. “I don’t think it’ll be like last year. That’s for sure,” Gorton said. It won’t be like any year in...
U.S. hits all of Iran’s financial sector with sanctions
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has blacklisted virtually all of Iran’s financial sector, dealing another blow to an economy that is already reeling under U.S. sanctions. The move will deepen tensions with European nations and others over Iran. Thursday’s move hits 18 Iranian banks that had thus far escaped the...
House leaders call for Lawrence County lawmaker Aaron Bernstine to resign over videos
HARRISBURG — Republican leaders in Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives called Thursday for one of their members to resign after a newspaper disclosed the existence of videos posted to a since-deleted social media account in which he encourages his 5-year-old son to draw from a cigar and use profane language. In...
Bill Cosby appeal set for Dec. 1 in Pennsylvania high court
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will hear Bill Cosby’s appeal of his felony sex assault conviction on Dec. 1. Cosby, 83, is serving a three- to 10-year prison term. A lower appeals court had upheld his conviction, but the state’s high court agreed this year to review two key issues in...
Facebook removes fake accounts linked to conservative group
Facebook has removed 276 accounts that used fake profiles to pose as right-leaning Americans and comment on news articles, often in favor of President Donald Trump, the company announced Thursday. The platform also permanently banned an Arizona-based digital communications firm that it said was behind the fake accounts. The move...
Prominent GOP fundraiser charged in covert lobbying effort
WASHINGTON — Elliott Broidy, a prominent fundraiser for President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, has been charged in an illicit lobbying campaign aimed at getting the Trump administration to drop an investigation into the multibillion-dollar looting of a Malaysian state investment fund. Broidy is the latest person accused by...
