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Aces keep title defense alive with 95-81 Game 3 win over Liberty 10/04/2024 11:59pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jackie Young scored 24 points and the Las Vegas Aces took control with a 16-point third-quarter run Friday night to stave off elimination with a 95-81 win over the New York Liberty in Game 3 of the WNBA semifinals. The Liberty, who lead the series 2-1, will get another shot at clo Xaviah Bascon runs for 2 TDs, Harvard beats FCS No. 16 New Hampshire 28-23 10/04/2024 10:26pm • CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Xaviah Bascon had two 1-yard touchdown runs, Scott Woods II had four receptions for 93 yards — including a 65-yard TD catch-and-run — and Harvard beat New Hampshire 28-23 Friday night. Bascon’s second TD run gave Harvard a 21-16 lead with 5:11 left in the third quart Pete Alonso is first big star of the postseason; MLB's playoffs move to the Division Series 10/04/2024 10:05pm • Pete Alonso was one of the stars of Major League Baseball's Wild Card Series round, hitting a three-run homer in the ninth inning on Thursday night to lift his New York Mets over the Milwaukee Brewers for the series win. It was a legacy-defining moment for a slugger scheduled to become a free agent Trump and Georgia Gov. Kemp use hurricane recovery to make first 2024 appearance together 10/04/2024 09:40pm • EVANS, Ga. (AP) — After making up privately, Donald Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp used the aftermath of Hurricane Helene to put their détente on public display, with the former president praising a fellow Republican he blistered just months ago and promising to treat the state well if he retu From Japan to the majors, Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto want to deliver a World Series to LA 10/04/2024 08:50pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto have been friends going back to their days playing in Japan’s top baseball league. Now, they’re making their Major League Baseball playoff debuts together for the Los Angeles Dodgers. They teamed to win a gold medal for Japan in last year The Latest: Harris to visit Michigan while Trump heads to Georgia 10/04/2024 08:17pm • Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the union stronghold of Flint, Michigan, on Friday as she battles with Donald Trump for working-class voters who could tip the scales in this year’s election. Her appearance in the battleground state comes the day after U.S. dockworkers suspended their strik When will the power return? Weary Carolinas residents long for relief after Helene's fury 10/04/2024 07:48pm • ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The weary and worn residents of Julianne Johnson's neighborhood in Asheville have been getting by without electricity since Hurricane Helene tore through the Southeast last week and upended their lives. They've been cooking on propane stoves and using dry erase boards to kee Civil rights groups ask to extend voter registration deadlines in hurricane-ravaged states 10/04/2024 07:12pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — With registration deadlines looming, Democrats and civil rights groups are asking election officials in the states ravaged by Hurricane Helene to give voters more time. A judge in South Carolina on Friday extended that state's deadline to Oct. 14, but prospects are uncertain in t Family plans to honor hurricane victim using logs from fallen tree that killed him 10/04/2024 07:06pm • Charles Dean loved living in his South Carolina neighborhood, with its manicured lawns and towering trees. It reminded him of his childhood growing up in a family that has run a lumber business since the early 1900s. It was one of those giant trees that ended up killing him when Hurricane Helene wh Riley Moss capitalizing on the number of times he's tested playing opposite Pat Surtain II 10/04/2024 06:09pm • ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — First-year starting cornerback Riley Moss goes into every game knowing he'll be targeted early and often by quarterbacks shying away from Denver Broncos superstar Patrick Surtain II on the other side. “It's fun playing opposite of Pat,” Moss said. “I'm getting the bal Supreme Court leaves in place two Biden environmental regulations 10/04/2024 05:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court left in place Friday two Biden administration environmental regulations aimed at reducing industry emissions of planet-warming methane and toxic mercury. The justices did not detail their reasoning in the orders, which came after a flurry of emergency applicati Biden talks election, economy and Middle East in surprise news briefing 10/04/2024 05:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — After 1,080 days as president, Joe Biden on Friday decided to pop in and take questions in the White House briefing room for the first time, striding in with a grin after a strong monthly jobs report and the temporary settlement of a strike by ports workers. The president has bee China could wage economic war on Taiwan to force surrender, report says 10/04/2024 05:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military officials and analysts have for years warned of possible armed attacks or blockades by China on Taiwan, but a report released Friday has raised a red flag about possible non-military tactics that could be used effectively against the self-governed island. Beijing c Biden says he doesn't know whether Israel is holding up peace deal to influence 2024 US election 10/04/2024 05:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden had terse words for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, and said he didn't know whether the Israeli leader was holding up a Mideast peace deal in order to influence the outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election. “No administration has helped I Stock market today: Dow rallies to a record after a blockbuster jobs report 10/04/2024 05:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rallied Friday after a surprisingly strong report on the U.S. job market raised optimism about the economy. The S&P 500 climbed 0.9% and got close to its all-time high set on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 341 points, or 0.8%, to set its own record,