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A year after ending playoff drought, Mariners left frustrated about falling short 10/01/2023 12:36am • SEATTLE (AP) — Through his play on the field and actions in the clubhouse, catcher Cal Raleigh emerged as a voice willing to speak out about what’s happening with the Seattle Mariners. It happened at midseason when he called out his teammates for how the Mariners were playing. And it happened on Verlander leads Astros over D-backs 1-0, and both teams clinch postseason spots 10/01/2023 12:23am • PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks celebrated their return to the postseason with the typical party, a champagne-soaked fun fest in the clubhouse that eventually included a dip in the Chase Field swimming pool behind the right-center field wall. The Houston Astros celebrated their return to t Estime and Hartman help No. 11 Notre Dame push past No. 17 Duke for 21-14 road win 10/01/2023 12:18am • DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — A week after losing on a last-second touchdown, No. 11 Notre Dame came up with a clutch winning moment of its own. Audric Estime slipped through a crowd and broke free for a 30-yard touchdown run with 31 seconds left, capping a 95-yard drive that lifted No. 11 Notre Dame past N Why McCarthy decided to take on his right flank and prevent the shutdown 10/01/2023 12:12am • (CNN) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy didn’t know whether the House could avoid a government shutdown when he met with his divided Republican conference on Saturday morning.But behind closed doors, McCarthy’s unexpected decision to take on his conservative critics quickly came together.After GOP Today in History: October 1, man kills 58 in Las Vegas country concert shooting 10/01/2023 12:01am • Today in History Today is Sunday, Oct. 1, the 274th day of 2023. There are 91 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 1, 2017, a gunman opened fire from a room at the Mandalay Bay casino hotel in Las Vegas on a crowd of 22,000 country music fans at a concert below, leaving A government shutdown is averted for now with a temporary funding bill. What happens in a shutdown? 09/30/2023 11:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has averted for now a threatened government shutdown that would have disrupted many services, squeezed federal employees and roiled politics. The threat was set aside late Saturday after Congress voted to keep agencies open until Nov. 17. Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. Biden says it's 'good news' the shutdown was averted but blames House GOP for 'manufactured crisis' 09/30/2023 11:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Staring down a possible government shutdown, the White House wanted to make sure any blame would fall at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue — specifically on House Republicans. After all, it was the majority party in the House that had been paralyzed until Saturday by an ina Indonesia is set to launch Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway, largely funded by China 09/30/2023 11:17pm • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia is launching Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway, a key project under China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative that will cut travel time between the capital and another major city from the current three hours to about 40 minutes. The project has Jonathon Brooks and No. 3 Texas beats No. 24 Kansas 40-14 with Jayhawks QB Jalon Daniels out 09/30/2023 08:42pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Jonathon Brooks and balance. Texas has been using both to put teams away through the first half of the season. Brooks rushed for 217 yards and two touchdowns as No. 3 Texas piled up more than 600 total yards in a 40-14 win over No. 24 Kansas, which lost standout quarterback Ja New York begins drying out after being stunned and soaked by record-breaking rainfall 09/30/2023 04:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York City began drying out Saturday after being soaked by one of its wettest days in decades, as city dwellers dried out basements and traffic resumed on highways, railways and airports that were temporarily shuttered by Friday's severe rainfall. While the fierce storm has move North Macedonia national park's rising bear population poses a threat to residents 09/30/2023 04:33pm • SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A rising bear population is posing a threat to people in an area in western North Macedonia, where bear break-ins are increasingly common. A dozen cases this year of bears attempting to break into houses in search of food have been reported by fearful villagers livi Bayern Munich rides its luck to draw at Leipzig 2-2 in Bundesliga. Bayer Leverkusen moves top 09/30/2023 03:56pm • BERLIN (AP) — Harry Kane and Leroy Sané scored for Bayern Munich to fight back and draw at Leipzig 2-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday, preserving the 11-time defending champion’s unbeaten start. But Bayern needed goalkeeper Sven Ulreich to deny Benjamin Šeško what looked like was going to be a What you need to know about new DC-area laws taking effect on Oct. 1 09/30/2023 03:16pm • With the new month on Oct. 1 comes a lot of new laws for the D.C. area. Here is what you need to know about what's going into effect and where. Maryland The time that some Marylanders will have to wait to get their criminal records expunged will be cut roughly in half. The Redeem Act goes into eff Judge blocks 2 provisions in North Carolina's new abortion law; 12-week near-ban remains in place 09/30/2023 02:58pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge on Saturday blocked two portions of North Carolina's new abortion law from taking effect while a lawsuit continues. But nearly all of the restrictions approved by the legislature this year, including a near-ban after 12 weeks of pregnancy, aren't being specific South Africa seeks quarterfinal berth at Rugby World Cup. Australia seeks some redemption 09/30/2023 02:18pm • Respect for Australia has sunk so low that people ask the coach of winless Portugal, “Think you can beat them?” Patrice Lagisquet wishes. He smiles at the cheek of the question. He knows that even though the Wallabies are down and almost out of the Rugby World Cup, they still pose a formidable c