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Hammerin' Braves rout Astros to win 1st WS crown since 1995

Hammerin' Braves rout Astros to win 1st WS crown since 1995

HOUSTON (AP) — Most of the season, it just seemed this wasn’t their year. They dropped their first four games, and soon injuries piled up. They lost their most dynamic player before the All-Star break. They were stuck below .500 in August.
Adams wins NYC mayor; Wu makes history winning Boston mayor

Adams wins NYC mayor; Wu makes history winning Boston mayor

NEW YORK (AP) — Former police captain Eric Adams easily won the race for New York mayor Tuesday, and Boston elected its first woman and Asian American to the city’s top job as voters across the U.S.
Close races for governor unfolding in Virginia, New Jersey

Close races for governor unfolding in Virginia, New Jersey

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Tight races for governor unfolded in Virginia and New Jersey late Tuesday with the Democratic candidates narrowly trailing their Republican rivals in states that President Joe Biden easily captured a year ago.
Minneapolis voters reject replacing police with new agency

Minneapolis voters reject replacing police with new agency

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety , an idea that supporters had hoped would bring radical change to policing in the city where George Fl
Arizona high court upholds ruling blocking school mask bans

Arizona high court upholds ruling blocking school mask bans

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously upheld a lower court judgment that found the Republican-controlled Legislature violated the state constitution by including new laws banning school mask mandates and a series of other me
New Ronald Greene autopsy dumps crash theory in fatal arrest

New Ronald Greene autopsy dumps crash theory in fatal arrest

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A reexamined autopsy ordered by the FBI in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene has rejected the Louisiana State Police claim that a car crash caused his fatal injuries, narrowing prosecutors’ focus on the troopers seen on body
Instigator or victim? Rittenhouse on trial in Kenosha

Instigator or victim? Rittenhouse on trial in Kenosha

KENOSHA, Wis.
LA County to pay $2.5M to settle Kobe crash photo lawsuits

LA County to pay $2.5M to settle Kobe crash photo lawsuits

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County agreed Tuesday to pay $2.5 million to two families who lost relatives in last year's helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven other people.
Inspection finds DC jail conditions OK for Jan. 6 defendants

Inspection finds DC jail conditions OK for Jan. 6 defendants

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Marshals Service said Tuesday that suspects being held in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection do not need to be removed from the District of Columbia jail complex despite their complaints about conditions there.
Bahrain urges its citizens to leave Lebanon as crisis grows

Bahrain urges its citizens to leave Lebanon as crisis grows

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The island kingdom of Bahrain on Tuesday urged all its citizens in Lebanon to leave immediately as a diplomatic crisis escalates between Gulf Arab states and cash-strapped Lebanon.