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Populist billionaire Andrej Babi�� wins Czech parliamentary election, official results show 10/04/2025 02:20pm • PRAGUE (AP) ��� Billionaire Andrej Babi�� became another populist leader in Central Europe to stage a political comeback by winning big in the Czech Republic���s parliamentary election, according to nearly complete results Saturday. That result could steer the country away from supporting Ukraine an Braves GM Anthopoulos says he has no list of candidates as he begins search to replace Snitker 10/04/2025 01:18pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Atlanta Braves general manager Alex Anthopoulos said Saturday he hopes to move quickly as he begins his search for a successor to Brian Snitker as manager but that he has not conducted any interviews. Snitker, 69, announced Wednesday he won't return after 10 seasons as the Braves��� Trump is reviving large sales of coal from public lands. Will anyone want it? 10/04/2025 12:50pm • BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) ��� U.S. officials in the coming days are set to hold the government's biggest coal sales in more than a decade, offering 600 million tons from publicly owned reserves next to strip mines in Montana and Wyoming. The sales are a signature piece of President Donald Trump's ambitio Springboks retain the Rugby Championship crown after beating Argentina 29-27 10/04/2025 12:46pm • LONDON (AP) ��� South Africa retained the Rugby Championship crown for the first time after beating Argentina 29-27 at Twickenham on Saturday. The title was decided on points difference for the first time, the Springboks' 57-plus margin eclipsing New Zealand's eight-plus. The All Blacks beat Austral Sports on TV for Sunday, Oct. 5 10/04/2025 12:40pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, Oct. 5 AUTO RACING 7:55 a.m. ESPN ��� Formula 1: The Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix, Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore ESPNU ��� Formula 1: The Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix, Marina Bay Street C New goalie Lammens keeps clean sheet in Man United win 10/04/2025 12:29pm • MANCHESTER, England (AP) ��� New Manchester United goalkeeper Senne Lammens was in the starting lineup for the first time for the Premier League game against Sunderland on Saturday, while $84 million forward Matheus Cunha was dropped. Following the loss to Brentford last week, coach Ruben Amorim's c From composting to solar panels, NFL stadiums are working to be more sustainable 10/04/2025 09:03am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� A wall of solar panels towered above a sea of green football jerseys as people filed into Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia for a recent Eagles home game. Inside, some fans snapped photos with an oversized Lombardi Trophy made out of recycled plastic collected from the st Darts riding the Luke Littler wave and his rivals are reaping the rewards 10/04/2025 06:27am • Darts has hit the jackpot with Luke Littler, and so have his rivals. The Littler effect is still coursing through a sport that has been catapulted into the mainstream largely thanks to a teenage phenom who is bringing new audiences to darts. Lots more money, too. The upcoming world championship ��� Many Syrians are unaware of the first parliamentary election since Assad's fall 10/04/2025 04:44am • DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ��� The streets of Damascus barely showed sign Saturday a parliamentary election was set to take place the next day. There were no candidate posters on the main streets and squares, no rallies, or public debates. In the days leading up to the polling, some residents of the Syri Three years after stadium disaster, Indonesia is two wins away from qualifying for the World Cup 10/04/2025 03:47am • Almost 90 years after its first and only appearance at the World Cup, Indonesia is just two victories away from returning to the tournament. It would mark a major turnaround in fortunes in just over three years since 135 spectators died at the Kanjuruhan stadium disaste r in East Java as tear gas f Maldives police arrest 8 demonstrators during opposition party protest 10/04/2025 12:26am • MALE, Maldives (AP) ��� Police in Maldives arrested eight people during an overnight protest Friday accusing the government of corruption and curtailment of basic freedoms. The protesters violated conditions agreed upon before the march, used unauthorized roads and threw rocks and water bottles, the A'ja Wilson and Dana Evans lead Las Vegas Aces past Phoenix Mercury 89-86 in WNBA Finals opener 10/04/2025 12:18am • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� The Aces hadn't spent a lot of time working on zone defense, so what better time than the fourth quarter of a WNBA Finals game? It worked out perfectly for Las Vegas. The zone cooled off hot-shooting Phoenix just enough to allow the Aces, who received 21 points each from A'ja Wils The GOP says it's winning the shutdown. Some fear Trump's cuts may change that 10/04/2025 12:03am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump has embraced the federal shutdown as an ���unprecedented opportunity��� to slash spending and shrink government, but new rounds of targeted spending cuts from the White House aimed at Democratic states and priorities are raising concerns among Republicans t Trump's 'paper tiger' jab at Russia echoes Mao's propaganda against the US 10/04/2025 12:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Nearly 80 years after Mao Zedong called the United States a ���paper tiger��� to boost morale at home, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are exchanging barbs who is the paper tiger of today. In a Sept. 23 post on Truth Social, Trump mocked Russia's Mariners' George Kirby set to face Tigers��� Troy Melton in AL Division Series opener 10/03/2025 11:30pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� In the postseason for the second time since 2001, the Seattle Mariners are turning to a starting pitcher with a little playoff experience for Saturday's AL Division Series opener against the Detroit Tigers. George Kirby, who started the 18-inning, 1-0 loss to Houston that ended the