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Hezbollah is hit by a wave of exploding pagers that killed at least 9 people and injured thousands 09/18/2024 12:21am • BEIRUT (AP) — Pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near-simultaneously Tuesday in Lebanon and Syria, killing at least nine people, including an 8-year-old girl, and wounding several thousand, officials said. Hezbollah and the Lebanese government blamed Israel Israel-Hamas war latest: Pagers explode across Lebanon and parts of Syria 09/18/2024 12:09am • Hundreds of handheld pagers exploded almost simultaneously across Lebanon and in parts of Syria on Tuesday, killing at least nine people, government and Hezbollah officials said. Officials pointed the finger at Israel in what appeared to be a sophisticated, remote attack. The Israeli military declin Today in History: September 18, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies 09/18/2024 12:00am • Today is Wednesday, Sept. 18, the 262nd day of 2024. There are 104 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 18, 2020, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a towering champion of women’s rights who became the court’s second female justice, died at her home in Washington at age 87 Alonso and Acuña power Mets past Nationals 10-1 to increase wild card lead 09/17/2024 11:55pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso homered and drove in five runs, Luisangel Acuña added his first major league longball to cap a huge night at the plate, and the New York Mets routed the Washington Nationals 10-1 on Tuesday to boost their chances in a close National League playoff race. Tylor Megill (4 Hundreds of homes near Houston still under evacuation orders as pipeline fire burns for second day 09/17/2024 11:15pm • DEER PARK, Texas (AP) — A pipeline fire that erupted in a suburban Houston neighborhood burned throughout a second day and into the night Tuesday with still no definitive word on when the blaze would finally go out, when nearby residents may be able to return home or why a car drove through a fenc Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. becomes first shortstop with multiple seasons of 30 homers and 30 steals 09/17/2024 11:14pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. became the first shortstop in major league history with multiple seasons of at least 30 homers and 30 steals when the All-Star swiped second base in the first inning of Tuesday night's game against the Detroit Tigers. Witt finished with three walk Meadows gives Detroit lead with broken-bat single in the 10th, Tigers hold on to beat Royals 3-1 09/17/2024 11:07pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Parker Meadows hit a broken-bat single in the 10th inning to give Detroit the lead, moments after Trey Sweeney had been given third base because of a balk, and the Tigers went on to beat the Kansas City Royals 3-1 on Tuesday night. Tyler Holton (7-1) retired all six Royals Guardians place All-Star OF Steven Kwan on injured list 09/17/2024 11:07pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Guardians All-Star left fielder Steven Kwan was placed on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with mid-back inflammation, an injury that may have contributed to the leadoff hitter's second-half slump. The team also brought up outfielder Myles Straw from Triple-A Columbus before its 4- Willi Castro hits a 2-run homer, Twins down Guardians 4-1 to stay locked into AL wild-card spot 09/17/2024 10:30pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Willi Castro hit a two-run homer, Matt Wallner had two RBIs and the Minnesota Twins bounced back from a crushing loss in the series opener to beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-1 on Tuesday night and stay locked into the final AL wild card. Castro connected in the eighth inning, and b Small plane lands safely at Boston's Logan airport with just one wheel deployed 09/17/2024 10:23pm • BOSTON (AP) — A small airplane landed safely at Logan International Airport in Boston on Tuesday afternoon despite having just one of its landing wheels deployed. The Cape Air Cessna 402 had two passengers and one crew member. It had taken off from Logan and then returned, according to an official California-born Brian Goorjian leaves as head coach of Australian men's basketball team 09/17/2024 09:14pm • SYDNEY (AP) — California-born Brian Goorjian is leaving as head coach of the Australian men's basketball team after four Olympics and two stints in charge of the Boomers. Basketball Australia said in a statement Wednesday that Goorjian would continue his coaching career with the Sydney Kings in th Bowden Francis rolling along nicely for the Toronto Blue Jays 09/17/2024 08:50pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — When the Toronto Blue Jays traded Yusei Kikuchi to Houston, it created an opening for Bowden Francis. The right-hander certainly has made the most of the opportunity. Francis is 4-1 with a 1.50 ERA in his last seven starts. He has allowed just 16 hits in 48 innings in the d Ghana's main opposition party stages nationwide protests over alleged voter roll irregularities 09/17/2024 08:05pm • ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana’s biggest opposition party held nationwide protests in regional capitals across the country Tuesday demanding an audit of the voter roll for the general election set for December. Millions of supporters of the National Democratic Congress party, the country’s main opp 7 Best Cryptocurrency ETFs to Buy 09/17/2024 08:00pm • Throughout 2024, the cryptocurrency ETF landscape saw significant advancements with the launch of the first spot Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) exchange-traded funds, introduced on Jan. 11 and July 23, respectively. "Looking back at 2016, there was only one option to directly hold Bitcoin within your How to Invest During Rate Cuts 09/17/2024 08:00pm • The Federal Reserve made a highly anticipated cut to the benchmark interest rate on Sept. 18, its first rate reduction in over four years. After weeks of head-scratching as to whether the Fed would go with a half-point or quarter-point cut, it went with a more aggressive 50-basis-point reduction, ta