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Michael Busch hits another leadoff homer for the Cubs in NL Division Series against the Brewers 10/08/2025 10:38pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Michael Busch started leading off for the Chicago Cubs in July. The first baseman adjusted to his new position in the lineup by not adjusting at all. ���From the moment I was placed in that spot, they put me there, and I thought, ���why change what I do?��� ��� Busch said. ���From t Cubs use 4-run 1st inning to top the Brewers 4-3 and avoid NL Division Series sweep 10/08/2025 09:49pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a tiebreaking two-run single and the Chicago Cubs avoided a sweep by holding off the Milwaukee Brewers for a 4-3 victory in Game 3 of their NL Division Series on Wednesday. Crow-Armstrong's two-out swing was part of a four-run first inning for Chicago ��� con These numbers show how 2 years of war have devastated Palestinian lives in Gaza 10/08/2025 09:32pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Numbers alone cannot capture the toll the Israel-Hamas war has taken on the Gaza Strip. But they can help us understand how thoroughly the conflict has upended the lives of 2.1 million Palestinians living in the territory and decimated the territory���s 365 square kilometers (140 New California law aims to improve school nutrition by phasing out some ultraprocessed foods 10/08/2025 09:15pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� California will phase out certain ultraprocessed foods from school meals over the next decade under a first-in-the-nation law signed Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The law seeks to define ultraprocessed foods, the often super-tasty products typically full of sugar, salt Noboa's motorcade attacked with rocks in Ecuador in what government calls an assassination attempt 10/08/2025 08:09pm • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) ��� The Cabinet of Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa on Wednesday denounced protesters who threw rocks at his motorcade, calling it an assassination attempt, as investigators remained silent about Tuesday's attack. Late Wednesday, however, Ecuador's Attorney General's Office anno Top 7 Autonomous Vehicle Stocks to Buy Now 10/08/2025 08:00pm • Autonomous vehicle technology is generally considered a can't-miss long-term investment. Several companies have already launched fully autonomous vehicle services for the public in a handful of cities in the U.S. and around the world. Investors who bet on early AV market leaders could be handsomely Houston-area shootings at different locations leave 4 dead, including suspect 10/08/2025 07:40pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� A man is believed to have fatally shot three people at two different locations in the Houston area before killing himself on Wednesday, said police, who are still trying to determine a motive for the shootings. ���Early indications are that it���s all related,��� Houston Police Depa Dolly Parton responds to concerns about her health: 'I'm not dying' 10/08/2025 07:23pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Dolly Parton ���ain't dead yet,��� the country superstar said on social media Wednesday following public speculation about her health. ���There are just a lot of rumors flying around. But I figured if you heard it from me, you���d know that I was okay,��� the 79-year-old singer sai Ebola outbreak in southern Congo shows signs of containment with no new cases, WHO reports 10/08/2025 06:56pm • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ��� An Ebola outbreak that has plagued southern Congo in recent weeks is starting to be contained, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, with no new cases reported since the U.N. health agency's last update on Oct. 1. ���As of Oct. 5, 2025, 10 days have passed without any Magic Johnson to lead 137th Rose Parade as grand marshal 10/08/2025 02:50pm • PASADENA, Calif. (AP) ��� NBA great Magic Johnson will preside over the 137th Rose Parade as grand marshal next year. The 66-year-old retired Los Angeles Lakers superstar will ride down Colorado Boulevard as part of the 5 1/2-mile route on Jan. 1. ���I���m going to be waving like crazy to all the g Putin is in Tajikistan for meetings with leaders of ex-Soviet leaders 10/08/2025 02:42pm • MOSCOW (AP) ��� Russian President Vladimir Putin began a state visit Wednesday in Tajikistan, a three-day trip that includes a series of meetings with leaders of other nations that once were part of the Soviet Union. Trade and other ties with Tajikistan and other countries in Central Asia are increa Women's long jump takes over Times Square as Athlos brings track to the bright lights 10/08/2025 02:21pm • Make room, Broadway, there���s a different kind of performance opening down the street that���s sure to be a showstopper. For one night only, the women���s long jump will take center stage for a competition held in the heart of a bustling Times Square. It���s all part of the script for Athlos, a wom Myanmar's military strikes village in glider raid, killing at least 24 people including children 10/08/2025 11:48am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Myanmar���s military carried out a paraglider strike on a village that killed at least 24 people including children, and wounded more than 50 others, according to a member of a resistance group, villagers and media reports. The Monday night attack was carried out by a motorized para Women in Mexico step up to protect ancient Aztec farms and save a vanishing ecosystem 10/08/2025 11:12am • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Jasm��n Ord����ez looks out from a wooden boat at the water as she crosses a narrow channel that connects a labyrinth of chinampas, island farms that were built by the Aztecs thousands of years ago. ���Let���s close our eyes and ask our Mother Water for permission to sail in pea The world's driest desert blooms into a rare, fleeting flower show 10/08/2025 10:23am • LLANOS DE CHALLE NATIONAL PARK, Chile (AP) ��� A rare bloom in Chile���s Atacama Desert has briefly transformed one of the world���s driest places into a dazzling carpet of fuchsia-colored wildflowers. The arid region ��� considered the driest nonpolar desert on Earth, averaging around 2 millimeters