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Corey Seager earns second World Series MVP, joining Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson and Reggie Jackson

PHOENIX (AP) — Corey Seager etched his name alongside three Hall of Famers, hitting 1,270 feet of home runs and getting a breakthrough single that lifted the Texas Rangers to their first World Series title .

Nov 2, 2023 12:35 AM Read more >

Bob Knight, Indiana’s combustible coaching giant, dies at age 83

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Bob Knight, the brilliant and combustible coach who won three NCAA titles at Indiana and for years was the scowling face of college basketball, has died. He was 83.

Nov 2, 2023 12:32 AM Read more >

D-backs' Zac Gallen loses World Series no-hit bid on Corey Seager's leadoff single in 7th inning

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona ace Zac Gallen lost his World Series no-hit bid when Texas' Corey Seager singled through a hole in the shifted infield leading off the seventh inning in Game 5 on Wednesday night.

Nov 1, 2023 8:36 PM Read more >

House rejects effort to expel Rep. George Santos of New York

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. George Santos easily survived a vote Wednesday to expel him from the House as most Republicans opted to withhold punishment as both his criminal trial and a House Ethics Committee investigation proceed.

Nov 1, 2023 4:56 PM Read more >

Collapse of Kentucky plant being demolished at abandoned mine leaves 1 worker dead, another trapped

INEZ, Ky. (AP) — One man has died after he and a coworker were trapped beneath tons of concrete and steel when an 11-story building being demolished collapsed at an abandoned eastern Kentucky mine's coal preparation plant.

Nov 1, 2023 2:06 PM Read more >

Connecticut judge orders new mayoral primary after surveillance videos show possible ballot stuffing

A state judge has taken the unusual step of ordering a new Democratic mayoral primary in Connecticut’s largest city to be held after the Nov. 7 general election is completed.

Nov 1, 2023 1:14 PM Read more >

Semien's 5 RBIs, Seager's home run lead Rangers over Diamondbacks 11-7 for 3-1 World Series lead

PHOENIX (AP) — Marcus Semien's two-run triple and three-run homer powered Texas to a 10-run lead by the third inning, Corey Seager hit another long home run and the Rangers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-7 on Tuesday night to move ahead three games

Oct 31, 2023 11:13 PM Read more >

Natalee Holloway’s confessed killer returns to Peru to serve out sentence in another murder

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Dutchman who recently confessed to killing American high school student Natalee Holloway in 2005 in Aruba was returned to Peru on Tuesday to serve the remainder of his prison sentence for murdering a Peruvian woman.

Oct 31, 2023 4:24 PM Read more >

Maine gunman may have targeted businesses over delusions they were disparaging him online

Maine State Police documents released Tuesday shed light on why a delusional U.S. Army reservist who killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston may have targeted those locations.

Oct 31, 2023 4:12 PM Read more >

Natalee Holloway’s confessed killer returns to Peru to serve out sentence in another murder

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Dutchman who recently confessed to killing American high school student Natalee Holloway in 2005 in Aruba was returned to Peru on Tuesday to serve the remainder of his prison sentence for murdering a Peruvian woman.

Oct 31, 2023 4:05 PM Read more >