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Cubs stave off elimination, beat Nationals 3-1 behind Taillon and Swanson 09/20/2024 10:52pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Jameson Taillon allowed two hits over six innings, Dansby Swanson hit his 16th home run and the Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 3-1 on Friday to stave off elimination from postseason contention. Pinch-hitter Mike Tauchman had a two-run single in the seventh for the Cubs ( AP PHOTOS: Cascading disasters push residents of a Nepalese valley to the brink 09/20/2024 10:29pm • MELAMCHI, Nepal (AP) — In between the Himalayas' towering mountains, the town of Melamchi is no stranger to extreme weather, and its landscape bears the scars of years of floods and landslides. Located just 50 kilometers (31 miles) outside Kathmandu, lush green mountainsides are dotted with lands Rare Israeli airstrike in Beirut kills Hezbollah commander and more than a dozen others 09/20/2024 10:28pm • BEIRUT (AP) — Israel launched a rare airstrike that killed a senior Hezbollah military official in a densely populated southern Beirut neighborhood on Friday. It was the deadliest such strike on Lebanon’s capital in decades, with Lebanese authorities reporting at least 14 people killed and dozen Thousands of exploding devices in Lebanon trigger a nation that has been on edge for years 09/20/2024 09:26pm • BEIRUT (AP) — Chris Knayzeh was in a town overlooking Lebanon's capital when he heard the rumbling aftershock of the 2020 Beirut port blast. Hundreds of tons of haphazardly stored ammonium nitrates had exploded, killing more than 200 people and injuring thousands. Already struggling with the count Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli airstrike was top military official on US wanted list 09/20/2024 08:21pm • BEIRUT (AP) — The Hezbollah commander killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs Friday was one of the Lebanese militant group’s top military officials, in charge of its elite forces, and had been on Washington’s wanted list for years. Ibrahim Akil, 61, was the second top co Footage shows NYPD officers firing at man with knife in subway shooting that wounded 4 09/20/2024 07:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Footage of two New York City police officers opening fire at a subway station as they confronted a man holding a knife shows they shot at him as he was standing still, his arms by his side and his back to a train. In the days since Sunday’s shooting, police officials have repeate Wojnarowski one of the first significant sports 'insiders' to step away from the spotlight 09/20/2024 07:37pm • Adam Schefter was surprised the first time he heard his friend Adrian Wojnarowski was considering retiring from his job as ESPN’s NBA reporter. When Wojnarowski announced his decision Wednesday, though, he wasn’t. That’s because Schefter is part of a small circle in sports media that knows wha Election 2024 Latest: Trump and Harris campaign for undecided voters with just 6 weeks left 09/20/2024 07:36pm • Vice President Kamala Harris gave a speech Friday focused squarely on abortion rights to voters in Georgia, where news reports have documented women’s deaths in the face of the state’s six-week ban. Meanwhile, lawmakers are scrambling to ensure that the U.S. Secret Service has enough money and r Brewers designate Enoli Paredes for assignment, promote Kevin Herget to add fresh arm to bullpen 09/20/2024 07:22pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers designated right-handed reliever Enoli Paredes for assignment on Friday and called up right-hander Kevin Herget from Triple-A Nashville to add a fresh arm to their bullpen. Paredes, who turns 29 on Sept. 28, owned a 1-0 record and 1.74 ERA with 14 strikeouts Better than Babe Ruth? Ohtani's feats make the superstar a legend even among MLB peers 09/20/2024 07:14pm • If baseball fans are lucky, Shohei Ohtani's greatness in the batter's box and maybe even on the pitching mound could be on display for at least another decade. But in the minds of many, the 30-year-old is already on the shortlist of the sport's all-time legends. The Japanese superstar added to his a Browns star DE Myles Garrett dealing with injuries to feet, plans to keep playing despite pain 09/20/2024 07:00pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Browns star defensive end Myles Garrett revealed he's dealing with injuries in both feet, but he intends to keep playing while acknowledging he may need a surgical procedure following the season. The NFL's reigning Defensive Player of the Year returned to practice Friday 6 Southern California firefighters remain hospitalized after truck overturns 09/20/2024 06:34pm • SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Six firefighters remained hospitalized Friday after their truck rolled over on a highway on their way back from working a 12-hour shift battling one of three massive blazes burning in Southern California. Two others were released after the crash, officials said. Orange Co Hotter summers are making high school football a fatal game for some players 09/20/2024 05:51pm • BRANDON, Mississippi (AP) — Soon after Ashanta Laster reached the hospital, she was ushered into the emergency room where she saw doctors performing CPR on her teenage son. Laster had gotten a call that 17-year-old Phillip Laster Jr., a lineman who played for a top Mississippi high school, had col A dozen Tufts lacrosse players were diagnosed with a rare muscle injury 09/20/2024 05:21pm • BOSTON (AP) — A dozen Tufts University men's lacrosse players have been diagnosed with a rare muscle injury after participating in a voluntary, supervised 45-minute workout that the team conducted, a university spokesperson said Friday. Five of the players who have been diagnosed with rhabdomyolys A century later, Black soldiers get the recognition they never got after World War I 09/20/2024 05:00pm • When Black soldiers like those who were part of what became known as the Harlem Hellfighters returned home from World War I, their efforts were dismissed and the honors that were due to them never came. However, that would eventually change over time, though in most cases it all came far too lat