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U.S. draws down troops on NATO’s eastern flank as Europe frets about security vacuum
BRUSSELS — The United States has informed its NATO allies that it will scale back its troop presence along Europe’s eastern border with Ukraine as it focuses on security priorities elsewhere in the world, Romania’s defense ministry said on Wednesday. The U.S. Army later confirmed the move, but denied it...
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homers, Blue Jays even World Series with win over Dodgers
LOS ANGELES — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a two-run homer off Shohei Ohtani, Shane Bieber pitched four-hit ball into the sixth inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays shook off their epic 18-inning loss to even the World Series with a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4...
South Korea trade deal appears elusive as Trump seeks $350B investment
GYEONGJU, South Korea — After a charm offensive in Japan that culminated in $490 billion in investment commitments, President Donald Trump is set to meet with South Korea’s leader on Wednesday as a trade deal with that country appears more elusive. Top officials in Washington and Seoul say the sticking...
What to know as federal food help and preschool aid will run dry Saturday if shutdown persists
A new lawsuit by Democratic state officials Tuesday seeks to uncork emergency money to help tens of millions of Americans keep buying food for their families after federal SNAP funding is expected to run dry Saturday due to the U.S. government shutdown. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, helps...
Elon Musk launches Grokipedia to compete with online encyclopedia Wikipedia
Elon Musk has launched Grokipedia, a crowdsourced online encyclopedia that the billionaire seeks to position as a rival to Wikipedia. Writing on social media, Musk said that Grokipedia.com is “now live” and its goal is the “truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.” Musk has previously criticized Wikipedia...
Ex-wife of Angels employee says team failed her drug-addicted husband at trial over pitcher’s death
SANTA ANA, Calif. — The ex-wife of a Los Angeles Angels employee on Tuesday said the MLB team failed her drug-addicted husband during a trial over the fatal overdose of one of its star pitchers. Camela Kay testified that she previously had seen Angels players partying, drinking and passing around...
Slow release of hostage bodies threatens Gaza ceasefire and deepens families’ heartbreak
TEL AVIV, Israel — The announcement Monday that Hamas had released the body of another hostage offered hope to 13 families and an Israeli public desperately waiting for the remains of loved ones to come back from Gaza. Then came word from Israeli officials that the militant group had returned...
Trump administration shakes up ICE leadership across the country in major overhaul, AP sources say
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is reassigning at least half the top leadership at Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices around the country in a major shake-up of the agency responsible for carrying out the president’s vision for mass deportations, according to one current and one former U.S. government official. The...
Netanyahu orders Israeli army to carry out ‘powerful’ strikes in Gaza
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he has ordered the army to immediately carry out “powerful strikes” in Gaza, a new test for the tenuous U.S.-brokered ceasefire. The order from Netanyahu follows heightened tensions, as Israel reported Hamas firing on its forces in southern Gaza...
Huge Brazilian raid on Rio gang leaves at least 60 people dead, 81 arrested
RIO DE JANEIRO — About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, arresting 81 suspects and sparking shootouts that left at least 60 suspects dead, officials said. The operation included officers in helicopters and armored vehicles and targeted...
Freddie Freeman ends World Series marathon with 18th-inning homer as Dodgers top Blue Jays
LOS ANGELES — Freddie Freeman homered leading off the bottom of the 18th inning, Shohei Ohtani went deep twice in another record-setting performance and the Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-5, in Game 3 on Monday night to win a World Series classic. The defending champion Dodgers...
Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes finding their stride, dominate Washington
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs coach Andy Reid called the first half of Monday night’s game against Washington downright weird, full of turnovers and failed fourth-down conversions and so much lousy execution by both teams that he was left scratching his head. “There wasn’t a lot of punting, but there...
Dodgers’ Mookie Betts wins Roberto Clemente Award for humanitarian work
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts has won the Roberto Clemente Award for his humanitarian work. Betts received the award before Game 3 of the World Series on Monday, joined by Commissioner Rob Manfred and Clemente’s sons, Luis and Roberto Jr. “Life is about more than kind...
Raiders legend George Atkinson, known for fierce hits, dies at 78
George Atkinson, a hard-hitting former Raiders safety who struck fear in the opposition, has died. He was 78. The Raiders said Atkinson’s family informed the team of his death Monday. The team said he died in Georgia without revealing a cause of death. The Raiders called Atkinson the anchor of...
Purdue’s Matt Painter regrets not talking about an NCAA title last year. This season, it’s different
Most college basketball coaches choose to focus only on the present, whether that’s the next practice or game. If you ask them in October about playing for a national championship come April, they will steer the conversation right back to the here and now. Matt Painter believes one of his...
Shootings at a party in North Carolina kill 2 and injure several others
MAXTON, N.C. — Shootings at a large outdoor Halloween party in southeastern North Carolina early Saturday killed two people — one of them 16 years old — and wounded several others, a sheriff said. Robeson County Sheriff Burnis Wilkins’ office said that 13 people were shot at the party held...
The food you toss costs you plenty and emits tons of pollution. We’ve got tips on how to cut down
Wasted food is a financial and environmental bummer. It costs U.S. consumers $728 every year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, and emits the annual equivalent planet-warming greenhouse gases of 42 coal-fired power plants. Carleigh Bodrug, a cookbook author who emphasizes cooking with plants and low-waste recipes, said she was...
Russia tested a new nuclear-capable missile, Putin and top general sayVideo
MOSCOW — Russia tested a new nuclear-capable and powered cruise missile fit to confound existing defenses, inching closer to deploying it to its military, President Vladimir Putin said in remarks released on Sunday. The announcement, which followed years of tests of the Burevestnik missile, comes as part of nuclear messaging...
NFL Week 8: James Cook runs for 216 yards, 2 TDs, Allen accounts for 3 TDs as Bills rout Panthers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — James Cook ran for a career-high 216 yards and two touchdowns, Josh Allen accounted for three scores and the Buffalo Bills returned from their bye with a resounding 40-9 win over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. Allen improved to 8-0 following the idle week and established an...
Transportation secretary says he’ll pull $160M from California over noncitizen truck licenses
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Sunday that he’s about make good on a threat to revoke millions in federal funds for California because he says the state is illegally issuing commercial driver’s licenses to noncitizens. In an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures” Duffy said California Gov....
Melissa strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane, threatening catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, HaitiVideo
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a major Category 4 hurricane, with the possibility of intensifying to a Category 5 storm Sunday night, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The weather agency...
Memphis returns to AP Top 25-based College Football Playoff bracket, top 4 seeds remain the same
The top four seeds remain unchanged on the College Football Playoff bracket based on The Associated Press Top 25 released Sunday, but three of the four first-round matchups would change and Memphis returned as the Group of Five representative. Only slight alterations were required on the mock bracket because the...
Former Jets center Nick Mangold dies at 41, less than 2 weeks after announcing he had kidney diseaseVideo
Nick Mangold’s long, blond hair and bushy beard made him instantly recognizable. His gritty, outstanding performance on the field for the New York Jets made him one of the franchise’s greatest players. Mangold, a two-time All-Pro center who helped lead the Jets to the AFC championship game twice, has died,...
Giants’ Cam Skattebo carted off field with right ankle injury
PHILADELPHIA — New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo left Sunday’s game against Philadelphia with a significant right ankle injury that could cost him the rest of his rookie season. Skattebo needed to be carted off the field after he took a hard hit over the middle on a pass...
Wagner hands 1st NEC loss to Duquesne
NEW YORK — Jack Stevens threw for one touchdown and ran for another, Andre Hines scored a key touchdown late in the fourth quarter, and Wagner defeated Duquesne, 24-13, on Saturday. Hines rushed for 90 yards. His 24-yard touchdown run with 1:55 remaining sealed the win as last beat first...
