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The first day of the 2026 MLB playoffs opened with a late Braves rally and a White Sox win, followed by a lightning-fast start in San Diego and a Cy Young favorite doing Cam Schlittler things in the Bronx. Four Wild Card Series openers, four Game 1 winners. Austin Riley hit the postseason's first home run, a go-ahead three-run shot in the eighth inning that lifted the Braves past the […]

Three days after trouncing Peru in Florida, the U.S. men’s national team overcame a stiffer test against a stout South American foe. World Cup veterans and up-and-coming youngsters combined to lead the USA past Chile in Tuesday's 4-2 win in St. Louis. Chris Richards nodded home a Sebastian Berhalter corner kick with about 20 minutes to help seal a 4-2 win over Chile in Tuesday’s exhibition match in St. Louis. […]

An Oxford, Mississippi vape store clerk told a confidential informant that "people were dying" from the kratom being sold there, according to court records showing that one of the two Ole Miss students found dead had bought products from the same store.Ole Miss students Aidan Hamilton, 18, and Robert Strang, 20, were found dead on Sept. 21, both with similar packages of kratom or synthetic kratom found to be in […]

Playoff baseball is here. Let the games begin. Before all four best-of-three wild-card series start Tuesday, let's look at why each team can win, the X-factors to watch and series predictions. NATIONAL LEAGUE Why the Cubs can win: They have the National League MVP favorite, Pete Crow-Armstrong, leading an offense that had the highest slugging percentage and OPS in the sport and a defense that was, by both standard and advanced […]

A transgender New York Times Games executive allegedly shot and killed by his wife's parents in Dublin, California, had accused them of years of abuse during a bitter custody and divorce battle, according to reports.Jonathan McKinsey, 40, was fatally shot Saturday outside the Dublin Sports Grounds before police quickly arrested his parents-in-law, Shouyong Zhang, 77, and Shili Chen, 77, on suspicion of murder. Investigators have not said what led to […]

An alleged leader of the notorious global hacking syndicate ShinyHunters has been arrested in the Netherlands following a joint operation between the FBI and Dutch authorities, targeting a cybercrime network linked to high-profile attacks across the U.S. and worldwide.Dutch police announced the arrest of a 24-year-old Amsterdam man Sept. 15 for his alleged role in the ShinyHunters hacking group and for attempting to incite two murders, with authorities noting that […]

1. Lindsay Clancy holdout juror breaks silence for first time2. Trump and Vance hold event pushing AI innovation3. Rubio calls suspected UK terror plot ‘very serious threat’  MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN — Minnesota fraud concerns go from bad to worse as audit sounds alarm. Continue reading …‘COWARDLY ACTIONS’ — Kentucky trooper ‘senselessly murdered’ during routine traffic stop, leaving 3 sons. Continue reading …BACK TO COURT — Lindsay Clancy's push to probe holdout […]

Unchecked mass migration, particularly in Western nations where millions have settled after leaving third-world countries, tends to erode national sovereignty, one expert said — an issue President Donald Trump highlighted during his speech last week in front of other world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly.As migrants continue to reach Western shores, those countries are grappling with stretched resources and tensions between newly arrived immigrants, some here illegally, and […]

There are five undefeated teams left in the NFL, but only three are good enough to be in the top 10. One barely made it into the top 20, showing how much they still need to prove. So no, winning isn’t everything, especially this early in the season, and especially considering the number of upsets there were in Week 3. Here’s a look at where my NFL Power Rankings stand heading into […]