Tuesday, Sept. 30: Detroit 2, Cleveland 1 Wednesday, Oct. 1: Cleveland 6, Detroit 1 Thursday, Oct. 2: Detroit 6, Cleveland 3 Tuesday, Sept. 30: Boston 3, New York 1 Wednesday, Oct. 1: New York 4, Boston 3 Thursday, Oct. 2: New York 4, Boston 0 Tuesday, Sept. 30: Chicago 3, San Diego 1 Wednesday, Oct. 1: San Diego 3, Chicago 0 Thurs...

Mallie McKenzie knocked the ball into her own net in stoppage time while trying to defend a corner kick and the Orlando Pride defeated the Portland Thorns 1-0 on Friday night in the National Women’s Soccer League. Elsewhere in the NWSL, the Seattle Reign were held to a 1-1 tie by Bay FC; and Racing Louisville tied the Chicago Stars...

WILLEMSTAD, Curacao (AP) — Goals from Livano Comenencia and Kenji Gorre led Curacao to a 2-0 win over Jamaica on Friday to take the home side another step closer to its first World Cup appearance. Comenencia opened the scoring in the 11th minute, and Gorre added a goal in the 68th for the “Blue Stars” that moved them into first pla...

PHOENIX (AP) — Satou Sabally was out with a concussion and Alyssa Thomas was basically playing with one arm. Even so, the feisty Phoenix Mercury had one more run left in these WNBA Finals. Kahleah Copper helped whittle a 14-point deficit down to six in the fourth quarter before the Las Vegas Aces turned back the rally, but the Merc...

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington quarterback Demond Williams Jr. threw for 402 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 136 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Huskies to a 38-19 win against Rutgers on Friday night. Williams completed 21 of 27 passes and rushed 13 times as he set career highs for passing yards, rushing yards and rushing touc...

DENTON, Texas (AP) — Byrum Brown threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more scores, Jhalyn Shuler returned a fumble 34 yards for South Florida’s fourth TD in span of 4 1/2 minutes and the No. 24 Bulls beat North Texas 63-36 on Friday night, handing the Mean Green their first loss this season. The Bulls (5-1, 2-0 American) ti...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Folarin Balogun scored in the 71st minute, offsetting Enner Valencia’s first-half goal, and the United States tied Ecuador 1-1 in a friendly on Friday night. Balogun scored for the second straight game, his seventh goal in 20 international appearances, after Tim Weah intercepted a clearance and passed to Tanner...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Albert Pujols has met with the Los Angeles Angels about returning to their dugout as their next manager, a person with knowledge of the meeting told The Associated Press on Friday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Angels aren’t publicly discussing their search for a successor to Ron Wash...

PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix Mercury coach Nate Tibbetts was ejected from Game 4 of the WNBA Finals after receiving two quick technical fouls in the third quarter against the Las Vegas Aces on Friday night. Tibbetts — a second-year coach — was arguing a foul call against Mercury guard Monique Akoa Makani when he got in the face of refere...

PHOENIX (AP) — A’ja Wilson put in work in the paint, getting bucket after bucket despite multiple defenders draped all over her. She got plenty of help from Chelsea Gray, Jewell Loyd and Dana Evans. The trio started raining 3s early in the second quarter. The Las Vegas Aces — once again — were an offensive force in the WNBA Finals,...

A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces are in rarified air. The franchise won its third WNBA championship in four seasons, completing a sweep of Phoenix in the best-of-seven Finals on Friday night. Only Houston has done better over a four-season span, winning the first four titles in WNBA history from 1997-2000. Wilson was a huge reaso...

SEATTLE (AP) — Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal turned in a dominant performance Friday night in the first six innings of Game 5 of the AL Division Series in a game that ended hours later with the Seattle Mariners winning 3-2 in 15 innings. Skubal stepped up with Detroit trying for the franchise’s first appearance in the AL Champion...

SEATTLE (AP) — Jorge Polanco hit a game-ending single in the 15th inning, and the Seattle Mariners advanced to the AL Championship Series by outlasting the Detroit Tigers for a 3-2 victory Friday night in the longest winner-take-all postseason game in baseball history. With one out and the bases loaded, Polanco drove in J.P. Crawfo...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A judge in Mexico ruled on Friday that former soccer player Omar Bravo will stand trial for allegedly abusing a teenage girl. The 45-year-old Bravo, who played for Mexico in the 2006 World Cup and competed in the 2004 Olympics, was arrested last Sunday in Zapopan, a suburban area next to Guadalajara, one of the t...

McEWEN, Tenn. (AP) — Officials were investigating a blast that leveled an explosives plant in rural Tennessee, as families of the 18 people missing and feared dead waited anxiously Saturday for answers. The explosion Friday morning at Accurate Energetic Systems, which supplies and researches explosives for the military, scattered d...

DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Venezuelans in “Little Venezuela” — the largest home for the country’s natives in the United States — are welcoming the news that opposition leader Maria Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize with bittersweetness as deportation threats loom. The Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status and hum...

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys running back Miles Sanders, who was out last week due to knee and ankle injuries, will miss the rest of the season, executive vice president of personnel Stephen Jones said Friday. Jones said on his radio show that Sanders was headed for season-ending injured reserve. Jones didn’t specify what le...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — At a massive military parade attended by foreign leaders, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rolled out his nuclear-armed military’s most powerful weapons, including a new intercontinental ballistic missile he may be preparing to test in coming weeks. The parade, which began Friday night in the rain and marke...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Quarterback Brock Purdy will miss his fourth game this season for San Francisco because of a toe injury, and backup Mac Jones is listed as questionable but expected to start on Sunday against Tampa Bay despite being hampered by injuries to his knee and oblique. Jones was able to make some throws at practi...

WASHINGTON (AP) — AstraZeneca on Friday became the second major pharmaceutical manufacturer to announce it had agreed to lower the cost of prescription drugs for Medicaid under a deal struck with the Trump administration that avoided its threats of steep tariffs. President Donald Trump made the announcement in the Oval Office with...

WASHINGTON (AP) — AstraZeneca on Friday became the second major pharmaceutical manufacturer to announce it had agreed to lower the cost of prescription drugs for Medicaid under a deal struck with the Trump administration that avoided its threats of steep tariffs. President Donald Trump made the announcement in the Oval Office with...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Flooding caused by heavy rains in central and southeastern Mexico has set off landslides, damaged homes and highways, and left at least 22 people dead, authorities said Friday. One of the hardest hit areas was the central state of Hidalgo, where 16 deaths have been reported, according to state Interior Secretary...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In the contest for best scrapple sculpture in Philadelphia on Friday it was the “Mush Push” fashioned from the regionally popular pork breakfast meat that got Patrick Moser’s entry over the goal line. The Norristown tattoo artist’s tribute to the Philadelphia Eagles’ trademark short yardage play, known as the “t...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A U.S. citizen in Portland, Oregon, was detained by plainclothes officers and held at the city’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building for hours before being released, according to his attorney. Francisco Miranda was outside his place of work early on Oct. 2 when multiple agents wearing masks, who...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina inmate who spent 42 years on death row has died of natural causes at a prison hospital, according to the state Department of Corrections. Fred Singleton, 81, was sentenced to die in 1983 for raping and strangling a woman in Newberry County and stealing her jewelry, according to court records....

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina state legislator accused this week of sex-related crimes involving a 15-year-old appeared in court remotely from a hospital bed while still in custody Friday, and a judge set his bond at just over $1 million. Democratic state Rep. Cecil Brockman of High Point, who was arrested Wednesday, had...

A monthslong calm on Wall Street shattered, and U.S. stocks tumbled after President Donald Trump threatened to crank tariffs higher on China. The S&P 500 sank 2.7% Friday in its worst day since April. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.9%, and the Nasdaq composite lost 3.6%. Stocks had been on track for a slight gain in the...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Ivory Coast and Senegal moved closer to qualifying for next year’s World Cup after resounding victories in the latest round of African qualifiers on Friday. Ivory Coast beat Seychelles 7-0 to remain top of Group F ahead of Gabon, which defeated Gambia 4-3 away thanks to four goals from captain Pierre-Emerick Aub...

MADRID (AP) — Jon Rahm made seven birdies to get back into contention for a fourth title at the Spanish Open on Friday, but fellow Ryder Cup winner Shane Lowry couldn’t fully recover from a poor opening day as he missed the cut. Rahm’s 5-under 66 but him five shots behind leader Marco Penge of England (67) after the Spaniard had op...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of bills to help the ongoing recovery and rebuilding of the communities in the Los Angeles area impacted by two deadly wildfires earlier this year, his office announced Friday. The bills, signed this week, streamline the process for rebuilding homes lost to wil...

Kylian Mbappé showed little sign of a recent ankle injury as he scored with a slaloming run to help France beat Azerbaijan 3-0 in World Cup qualifying on Friday. He added an assist for France’s second goal but did have to limp off late after he had tussled for a ball with an opponent. France maintained a perfect record after three...

Jordi Alba thought he wanted to play another couple of years, which likely would have meant more time sharing the field with Lionel Messi. And then, he simply changed his mind. Alba spoke in advance of an Inter Miami training session Friday about his decision to retire, one that was announced earlier this week but was made a few we...

MONACO (AP) — French league club Monaco parted ways with coach Adi Hütter on Friday after a run of one win in five games in all competitions. Monaco did not immediately announce a replacement, although French media reports in recent days have heavily linked Monaco with a move for Sébastien Pocognoli. The 38-year-old Belgian coach g...

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York Islanders winger Jonathan Drouin has been suspended one game for cross-checking Pittsburgh’s Connor Dewar in the head late in the teams’ game. The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced the ban Friday after holding a disciplinary hearing to review the play. The 30-year-old Drouin was given a 5-minute m...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans will be without kicker Joey Slye when they visit the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday because of an injured right calf. Slye made the game-winning 29-yard field goal last week, lifting the Titans to their first victory of the season 22-21 over the Arizona Cardinals. Slye, who missed an extra...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers right-hander Nathan Eovaldi is recovering from surgery for a sports hernia. Eovaldi is expected to be ready for the start of the season after having the surgery this week in Phoenix. The Rangers had revealed the potential hernia issue for the 35-year-old Eovaldi in their season-ending news conf...

LONDON (AP) — Broncos coach Sean Payton’s “culture of high expectations” has changed the trajectory of the team since the last time Denver played in London, owner and CEO Greg Penner said Friday. In a state-of-the-Broncos media session, Penner praised Payton’s impact, addressed his willingness to reward young standout players and c...

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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said there was a good chance the league in 2028 would celebrate the 20th anniversary of its annual Winter Classic in the place where the outdoor event first launched — Orchard Park, New York. “I’m not making an announcement or committing to it, but we’re kind of focused on whether...

CINCINNATI (AP) — New Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco said he wouldn’t still be playing at 40 years old if he wasn’t confident he could play at the level of a starter. After the Bengals traded for him on Tuesday and immediately tabbed him as their starter, they’re counting on Flacco being correct. “I think the best way fo...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres infielder Jose Iglesias was suspended Friday for one game and fined for unprofessional conduct toward the umpires during the final game of the club’s wild-card playoff series against the Chicago Cubs, MLB announced. Infielder Xander Bogaerts was also fined an undisclosed amount for his conduct duri...

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State quarterback Sam Leavitt is expected to miss the Sun Devils’ road game against Utah on Saturday with an undisclosed injury. The No. 21 Sun Devils (4-1, 2-0 Big 12) have won three straight games while Utah (4-1, 1-1) had a lopsided win over West Virginia last weekend. “Sam’s been battling something g...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Lamar Jackson will miss a second straight game for the Baltimore Ravens because of his hamstring injury. The Ravens officially ruled Jackson out Friday, which was no surprise after he did not practice this week. Jackson was hurt in a loss at Kansas City two weekends ago. Cooper Rush started in Jackson’s place in la...

CLEVELAND (AP) — A critically endangered rhino made its public debut Friday at a Cleveland zoo, dashing about its enclosure and giving a boost to the endangered species. The 120-pound (55-kilogram) eastern black rhino was born earlier this month to 22-year-old mother Kibibbi and 25-year-old father Forrest at the Cleveland Metropark...

Even though the U.S. has a stark shortage of air traffic controllers, ones who call in sick instead of working without a paycheck during the federal government shutdown risk being fired, the U.S. transportation secretary warned. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said this week that he understands the controllers’ frustrations and...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A juvenile male was arrested Friday for his part in a shooting that killed two people and injured 12 others in a crowded downtown nightlife district in Alabama’s capital city this past weekend, police said. Montgomery police announced that the boy has been charged with capital murder and 12 counts of assault...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s government pledged Friday a quick response to growing hunger in the troubled Caribbean country as a new report warned that more than half the population is experiencing crisis levels of hunger or worse. At least 5.7 million Haitians are at the crisis level, with 1.9 million of those facing emerg...

Postal traffic is to the U.S. is still down about 70% five weeks after the end of the “de minimis” exemption that spared low-value packages from duties and packages, the United Nations postal agency said Friday. Confusion has reigned since the U.S. ended the tariff exemption for packages worth less than $800 on Aug. 29. In Septembe...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Orion Kerkering airmailed a throw into the Los Angeles night that not only unimaginably ended the Phillies’ season — it all but ended the run of the core of a roster that suffered through four straight postseasons without a World Series title. NL home run and RBI champion Kyle Schwarber, veteran catcher J.T. Rea...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Before Bill Pulte started targeting President Donald Trump’s political enemies, he practiced on his own family. He accused his grandfather’s widow of insider trading. He was allegedly the driving force behind a website trashing an aunt as a “fake Christian.” And he publicly blasted another relative as “a fat slob,...

Vice President JD Vance visited Republican state lawmakers in Indianapolis on Friday as the White House continues to press the state on redistricting to give the GOP an advantage in next year’s elections. Indiana Republican Gov. Mike Braun confirmed he met with Vance, marking at least the second in-person discussion on the push to...

Vice President JD Vance visited Republican state lawmakers in Indianapolis on Friday as the White House continues to press the state on redistricting to give the GOP an advantage in next year’s elections. Indiana Republican Gov. Mike Braun confirmed he met with Vance, marking at least the second in-person discussion on the push to...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Skip Schumaker is taking over as manager of the Texas Rangers after nearly a year in an advisory role that allowed him to watch, be around and learn everything about the team. “The unique opportunity to really learn an organization for a full year just doesn’t happen,” Schumaker said Friday. “I’m very gratef...

After nearly two weeks of picketing, unionized workers at the Dairy Farmers of America plant in St. Albans City came to a new contract agreement with their employer this week. The length of their strike, and difficulties with negotiations, shed light on how federal cuts may result in drawn out labor negotiations. Members of the Tea...

After nearly two weeks of picketing, unionized workers at the Dairy Farmers of America plant in St. Albans City came to a new contract agreement with their employer this week. The length of their strike, and difficulties with negotiations, shed light on how federal cuts may result in drawn out labor negotiations. Members of the Tea...

The manufacturing plant in rural Tennessee rocked by a deadly explosion Friday is owned by a company that manufactures, stores and researches explosives for the military, aerospace and commercial demolition industries, according to the company’s website. Multiple people were killed and an untold number were missing, authorities sai...

BEIRUT (AP) — Fighting in and around a displaced persons camp in western Sudan killed at least 53 civilians and wounded more than 60 others over a three-day period this week, the U.N. human rights chief said, and the death toll is rising. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said Thursday that drone and art...

BEIRUT (AP) — Fighting in and around a displaced persons camp in western Sudan killed at least 53 civilians and wounded more than 60 others over a three-day period this week, the U.N. human rights chief said, and the death toll is rising. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said Thursday that drone and art...

BAXLEY, Ga. (AP) — Authorities arrested a woman in southeast Georgia on Friday in connection with the death of an 86-year-old woman who was mauled by two dogs. Misty Ann Branch, 53, was taken into custody by the Appling County Sheriff’s Office two days after Maria D. Nunez was found dead outside her home in Baxley, 200 miles (320 k...

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Shedeur Sanders will back up Dillon Gabriel on Sunday in Pittsburgh, meaning the Browns will face the rival Steelers with two rookie quarterbacks. Sanders has been inactive for Cleveland’s first five games as the Browns, who drafted the high-profile QB in the fifth round, develop him. But they think he’s ready to...

DENVER (AP) — Brent Burns carries a lot of weight on his shoulders these days. Not pressure-related or anything, just from his heavy, military-style backpack that’s crammed with all the necessities to keep the 40-year-old Colorado defenseman humming along. The precise contents remain a mystery, but whatever’s stuffed inside sure is...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Game in the balance, a decisive play to be made, only for a wildly off-target throw to happen that helped cost Philadelphia the game. Don’t worry, Orion Kerkering. Nearly 2,800 miles to the east, the embattled Phillies reliever had some company in the errant throw department in one of the roughest nights in Phil...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvians woke up to their seventh president in less than a decade Friday, as 38-year-old José Jerí took the reins of the shaken nation after Congress ousted widely loathed President Dina Boluarte in a lightening overnight impeachment. The young lawyer with scarce political experience, who just became president of...

EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (AP) — Images from the New York Islanders’ annual charity golf outing last month on social media went viral because something was very different about some of the familiar faces fans have seen for years. Facial hair is back in style on Long Island in the post-Lou Lamoriello era. The old-school hockey executive dur...

WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip (AP) — Tens of thousands of Palestinians displaced by the war in Gaza started walking north Friday toward homes they were forced to flee — or what remains of them — after the Israeli military announced a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas had gone into effect. Eager for the killings, displacement and destructi...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Gymnastics’ governing body gave a muted reaction Friday to Indonesia’s announcement that it would block Israeli athletes from competing at the upcoming world championships in Jakarta. “The FIG takes note of the Indonesian government’s decision not to issue visas to the Israeli delegation registered for the...

GENEVA (AP) — FIFA opened a disciplinary case against Equatorial Guinea on Friday after the team didn’t travel to a World Cup qualifying game, the latest incident in an increasingly chaotic campaign. FIFA said its disciplinary committee will investigate why the Equatorial Guinea men’s team did not go to Malawi for a game scheduled...

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Scottish soccer club Rangers on Friday condemned a fire attack on the statue of former coach Walter Smith outside its Ibrox stadium, calling the incident “shameful.” The statue of Smith, who died at the age of 73 in 2021, was unveiled last year. He led the team to 10 of its 55 Scottish league titles in two...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers running back Chuba Hubbard will miss his second straight game on Sunday with a calf injury. Hubbard was ruled out on Friday for the game against Dallas after not practicing all week. Rico Dowdle, who ran for a career-high 206 yards in last Sunday’s win over the Miami Dolphins, will start aga...

LONDON (AP) — A professional tennis player who said a kiss caused a positive methamphetamine drug test was suspended for four years by the International Tennis Integrity Agency on Friday. Goncalo Oliveira, who represents Venezuela, was provisionally suspended in January following a positive test in November 2024 while competing at...

LONDON (AP) — A professional tennis player who said a kiss caused a positive methamphetamine drug test was suspended for four years by the International Tennis Integrity Agency on Friday. Goncalo Oliveira, who represents Venezuela, was provisionally suspended in January following a positive test in November 2024 while competing at...

A search is underway after a powerful explosion ripped through an explosives manufacturing plant in rural Tennessee on Friday. The blast sent plumes of smoke into the air and shook homes miles away. Here is what to know as first responders search the rubble for missing people and try to determine what caused the explosion. There ar...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues. Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said on the social media site X that the “RIFs have begun,...

The NFL has initiated a review of the concussion protocol used in the evaluation of New York Giants rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart in the second half of the team’s game against Philadelphia. The league announced Friday the review will be conducted jointly with the NFL Players Association. Cameras caught coach Brian Daboll poking hi...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two young Republican groups have challenged statistical methods used to produce the results of the 2020 census, four years after the numbers were released, as the GOP continues its growing attack on the numbers from the last U.S. head count. The legal challenge, filed in a Florida federal court, targets the U.S...

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., sent a letter to Big Ten presidents Friday, warning that a move into private equity could have negative consequences, including impacting the schools’ tax-exempt status. “The primary goal of these companies is to make money for the firm, which is unlikely to align with the academic goals of your univer...

National Guard troops started patrolling in Memphis, Tennessee, on Friday, even after judges stalled President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy troops to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in other states. The troops, dressed in Guard fatigues and protective vests, with guns in their holsters, patrolled at a Bass Pro Sh...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year, two people familiar with Mills’ plans said on Friday. The development sets up a potential showdown between the parties’ best-known figures in a state where Democrats see a ch...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s defense minister has defended her country’s commitment to NATO after U.S President Donald Trump floated the idea that the southern European country should be expelled from the military alliance for not spending enough on its armed forces. In comments made Thursday while meeting with Finnish President...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Don’t speak — scream, because No Doubt has announced the band’s first run of shows in 14 years. After surprising fans with a brief reunion at the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the ska-punks have set their sights on Las Vegas. The band will embark on a six-show residency at the Sphere: May 6, 8, 9, 1...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A retired Army officer who worked as a civilian for the Air Force has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for conspiring to transmit classified information about Russia’s war with Ukraine on a foreign online dating platform. David Slater was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Lincoln to 70 m...

McEWEN, Tenn. (AP) — An explosion at a Tennessee military munitions plant left multiple people dead and missing on Friday, a county sheriff said, as first responders said secondary blasts forced rescuers to keep their distance from the burning site. The blast occurred Friday at Accurate Energetic Systems, a company that makes and t...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban’s restrictions on the internet and social media are violating the rights of Afghans, United Nations experts said Friday, following severe disruption to telecom services during the past few weeks. Afghanistan experienced a 48-hour internet blackout from Sept. 29 that coincided with a morality drive impos...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban’s restrictions on the internet and social media are violating the rights of Afghans, United Nations experts said Friday, following severe disruption to telecom services during the past few weeks. Afghanistan experienced a 48-hour internet blackout from Sept. 29 that coincided with a morality drive impos...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Friday she “cannot support” a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt President Donald Trump’s political agenda in exchange for favorable access to federal funding. MIT is among the first to express forceful views eith...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace efforts, despite not winning a Nobel, and voiced hope for securing an agreement to extend a pivotal nuclear arms pact with Washington for another year. Asked by reporters whether he thinks Trump was unjustly passed over for the Nobe...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders said Friday that he’s “going nowhere” until reports are investigated that he was a possible target of a suspected plot in Belgium to kill politicians using a drone carrying explosives. Three men were taken into custody on Thursday after searches of their homes in the port cit...

Here’s a question about the shutdown submitted by an Associated Press reader, Eli B.: What happens if essential federal workers don’t show up for work? Here is where we need to get to know the Antideficiency Act, the federal law that lays out which government duties must continue even if Congress hasn’t appropriated funding for the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that “there seems to be no reason” to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as part of an upcoming trip to South Korea after China restricted exports of rare earths needed for American industry. The Republican president suggested that he was looking at a “massive increase” of impor...

WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Melania Trump says eight Ukrainian children have been reunited with their families after ongoing talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Melania Trump in August wrote a letter to Putin and had her husband hand-deliver it during his meeting with the Russian president in Alaska. Putin’s invasion of U...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nick Herbig doesn’t look the part of a menace. At least not by NFL standards anyway. The undersized Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker plays like one anyway. Yes, Herbig knows he doesn’t fit the prototypical body type of an elite edge rusher. Generously listed at 6-foot-2 and 240 pounds, Herbig doesn’t need to...

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Hunter Renfrow snagged the game-winning touchdown in the College Football Playoff national championship game, was selected in the fifth round of the NFL draft and even made the Pro Bowl. But he said few things in his football career will ever compare to the chills he got from touching Howard’s Rock and running...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Myles Turner says coming so close to a championship last year made him that much hungrier to win it all. In that regard, Turner made an interesting decision when he left the Indiana Pacers in free agency to sign a four-year, $108.9 million contract with the Milwaukee Bucks. His former team beat his new team in the...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — María Corina Machado has long been the face of resistance to Venezuela’s 26-year ruling party. Now, she may become a symbol of peace, too. Machado, the Venezuelan opposition powerhouse who commandeered millions of Venezuelans to reject President Nicolás Maduro in last year’s election, on Friday was awarded...

WATFORD, England (AP) — The New York Jets’ struggling defense will get a boost with the return of edge rusher Jermaine Johnson II, who has missed the last three games with an ankle injury. Jets coach Aaron Glenn pronounced Johnson “ready to go” against the Denver Broncos in Sunday’s game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as New York (0-...

SHANGHAI (AP) — The semifinals of the Shanghai Masters will be a family affair. The 30-year-old Arthur Rinderknech eased past Felix Auger-Aliassime on Friday for the biggest win of the Frenchman’s career and followed his cousin Valentin Vacherot into the final four of the tournament. It will be a first Masters 1000 semifinal for ei...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Two goals each from Estevao and Rodrygo powered Brazil to a 5-0 win over South Korea in Seoul on Friday in an early warm-up for next year’s World Cup. Brazil, which beat South Korea 4-1 at the 2022 World Cup, again proved too strong for the hosts in the friendly match watched by 66,000 fans at a wet Seoul...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Two goals each from Estevao and Rodrygo powered Brazil to a 5-0 win over South Korea in Seoul on Friday in an early warm-up for next year’s World Cup. Brazil, which beat South Korea 4-1 at the 2022 World Cup, again proved too strong for the hosts in the friendly match watched by 66,000 fans at a wet Seoul...

LONDON (AP) — John Lodge, the singer and bassist of British rock band The Moody Blues for more than 50 years, has died. He was 82. In a statement Friday, his family said “with the deepest sadness” that Lodge died “suddenly and unexpectedly.” It added that Lodge “peacefully slipped away surrounded by his loved ones and the sounds of...

Every week hundreds of millions of people around the world gather to worship in peace. But for some, there comes a day when deadly violence invades their sacred spaces and shatters that sense of sanctuary and safety. It happened recently at a synagogue in England and two churches in the U.S. Before that, there were high-profile att...

Every week hundreds of millions of people around the world gather to worship in peace. But for some, there comes a day when deadly violence invades their sacred spaces and shatters that sense of sanctuary and safety. It happened recently at a synagogue in England and two churches in the U.S. Before that, there were high-profile att...

Statistically, attending a weekly worship service is a remarkably safe thing to do. Global annual attendance totals many billions; the number of people killed in attacks on individual houses of worship in any given year is generally less than a few hundred. Yet high-profile deadly attacks in recent years — with targets including sy...

Statistically, attending a weekly worship service is a remarkably safe thing to do. Global annual attendance totals many billions; the number of people killed in attacks on individual houses of worship in any given year is generally less than a few hundred. Yet high-profile deadly attacks in recent years — with targets including sy...

ROME (AP) — When Zlatan Ibrahimovic walked into a Serie A locker room for the first time at age 22 and saw the likes of Alessandro Del Piero, David Trezeguet and Gianluigi Buffon staring at him, he acknowledges that it felt like a “fantasy world.” The retired Sweden superstar, now an advisor at AC Milan after also playing for the R...

CAIRO (AP) — Bombardment stopped and Israeli troops pulled back in Gaza on Friday under a breakthrough ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. But will the agreement lead, as U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed, to “a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace”? It took pressure on both Israel and Hamas from the United States, Arab...

CAIRO (AP) — Bombardment stopped and Israeli troops pulled back in Gaza on Friday under a breakthrough ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. But will the agreement lead, as U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed, to “a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace”? It took pressure on both Israel and Hamas from the United States, Arab...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Johnson is the speaker of a House that is no longer in session. The Republican leader sent lawmakers home three weeks ago after the House approved a bill to fund the federal government. And they haven’t been back in working session since. In the intervening weeks, the government has shut down. President Donal...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Judges at the International Criminal Court on Friday rejected a request from former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to be released from detention, finding he was likely to refuse to return for trial and could use his freedom to intimidate witnesses. Prosecutors at the ICC accuse Duterte of crimes...

TRENTO, Italy (AP) — Next year’s Giro d’Italia will start in Bulgaria. The tourism minister for the Balkan country had announced the news in August but it was confirmed on Friday by Urbano Cairo, president of RCS MediaGroup — the parent company of race organizer RCS Sport. “Next year we will set off from Bulgaria,” Cairo said durin...

OSLO, Norway (AP) — The award Friday of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has brought this week’s Nobel announcements to a conclusion. Only, the economics prize on Monday remains. The peace prize is the only Nobel awarded in Oslo, Norway. The others are awarded in Stockholm. The award ceremo...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban government on Friday blamed Pakistan for striking the Afghan capital and bombing a market in the country’s east, accusing its neighbor of violating national airspace. A blast struck before 10 p.m. local time on Thursday in the Abdul Haq Square area of Kabul, close to several ministries and the national...

OSLO, Norway (AP) — The award Friday of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has brought this week’s Nobel announcements to a conclusion. Only, the economics prize on Monday remains. The peace prize is the only Nobel awarded in Oslo, Norway. The others are awarded in Stockholm. The award ceremo...

OSLO, Norway (AP) — The award Friday of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has brought this week’s Nobel announcements to a conclusion. Only, the economics prize on Monday remains. The peace prize is the only Nobel awarded in Oslo, Norway. The others are awarded in Stockholm. The award ceremo...

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s Parliament on Friday ended an eight-month political deadlock by electing its full leadership, including a representative from the ethnic Serb minority, clearing the path for the formation of a new government. Although the Parliament elected the rest of its top team in August, including a speaker fro...

HONG KONG (AP) — China has hit U.S.-owned vessels docking in the country with tit-for-tat port fees, in response to the American government’s planned port fees on Chinese ships, expanding a string of retaliatory measures before trade talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Vessels owned or operated...

HONG KONG (AP) — China has hit U.S.-owned vessels docking in the country with tit-for-tat port fees, in response to the American government’s planned port fees on Chinese ships, expanding a string of retaliatory measures before trade talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Vessels owned or operated...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso says it has refused a proposal from the Trump administration to accept deportees from the United States. The West African country was asked whether it would accept non-citizens expelled by the U.S., in addition to its own nationals, Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré said Thursday on nati...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso says it has refused a proposal from the Trump administration to accept deportees from the United States. The West African country was asked whether it would accept non-citizens expelled by the U.S., in addition to its own nationals, Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré said Thursday on nati...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has lifted its flight ban on an airport in Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region, a restriction originally imposed in 2023 due to concerns over alleged Kurdish militant activity in the area. The decision to resume flights to Sulaymaniyah International Airport was announced by the office of Nechirvan Barz...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has lifted its flight ban on an airport in Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region, a restriction originally imposed in 2023 due to concerns over alleged Kurdish militant activity in the area. The decision to resume flights to Sulaymaniyah International Airport was announced by the office of Nechirvan Barz...

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s antitrust watchdog on Friday labeled Google a “strategic” player in the online search advertising market, paving the way for regulators to force the company to change its business practices to ensure more competition in that market. The Competition and Markets Authority said its investigation found that the...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers are on track to be the first repeat World Series champions in a quarter century, helped along by superb starting pitching, a flame-throwing rookie in the bullpen and strong defense. They were swigging and spraying from bottles with — oops — NLCS on the labels while partying in the team’s b...

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Violent clashes erupted Friday between police and Islamists in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore after security forces tried to stop thousands of demonstrators from leaving the city for the capital, Islamabad, where they planned to stage a pro-Palestinian rally outside the U.S. Embassy, officials said. The c...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers may need another new offensive coordinator if the offense continues its success. From Dave Canales to Liam Coen to Josh Grizzard, Mayfield keeps elevating his play. He turned Canales and Coen into head coaches after one-year stints as OCs. Now, it’s Grizzard’s turn and...

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO will hold its major annual nuclear exercise next week, the alliance’s chief announced Friday, with an important part of the drill to focus on protecting the weapons before they’re ever used. The long-planned “Steadfast Noon” exercise, which starts on Monday, is taking place amid heightened security around milit...

Some call it parity. Others consider it bad football. No matter how it’s viewed, the NFL is providing plenty of close games, thrilling comebacks, big upsets and late-minute heroics. It keeps viewers entertained — or at least tuned in until the end. Five weeks in, 24 games have featured a winning score in the final two minutes of re...

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s foreign minister arrived in Lebanon’s capital on Friday in what observers say could mark a breakthrough in relations between the two neighbors, which have been tense for decades. Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani held talks with his Lebanese counterpart and is expected to meet with President Joseph Aoun and Pr...

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s foreign minister arrived in Lebanon’s capital on Friday in what observers say could mark a breakthrough in relations between the two neighbors, which have been tense for decades. Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani held talks with his Lebanese counterpart and is expected to meet with President Joseph Aoun and Pr...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas for the Gaza Strip came into effect at noon local time, the Israeli military said Friday, adding that troops were withdrawing to agreed-upon deployment lines. The announcement came hours after Israel’s Cabinet approved President Donald Trump’s plan for a ceasefi...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas for the Gaza Strip came into effect at noon local time, the Israeli military said Friday, adding that troops were withdrawing to agreed-upon deployment lines. The announcement came hours after Israel’s Cabinet approved President Donald Trump’s plan for a ceasefi...

GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Sophie Devine won the coin toss and New Zealand chose to bat first against Bangladesh at the Women’s Cricket World Cup. New Zealand is in search of its first win at the tournament, having lost against Australia and South Africa. The White Ferns opted to bat Friday in light of a used pitch, which could help th...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Abu Dhabi carrier Etihad said Friday it is launching flights to Kabul, making it the latest airline to offer direct routes to the Afghan capital. Etihad, which announced a record $476 million profit in 2024, said the new service responded to “growing demand” for travel between the United Arab Emirates and Afghanist...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Abu Dhabi carrier Etihad said Friday it is launching flights to Kabul, making it the latest airline to offer direct routes to the Afghan capital. Etihad, which announced a record $476 million profit in 2024, said the new service responded to “growing demand” for travel between the United Arab Emirates and Afghanist...

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester is saying its last goodbye to boxing icon Ricky Hatton. The former world champion died last month aged 46. His funeral was being held Friday in the city’s cathedral and fans lined up as the cortège made its way through the streets. Former boxing world champions at the funeral included Tyson Fur...

Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the world are declining under pressure from deforestation and agricultural expansion, according to an annual assessment from the International Union for Conservation of Nature. One bright spot is green sea turtles, which h...

MIAMI (AP) — A storm without a name and unusual king tides were causing some flooding on the Carolina coast early Friday as tropical storms churned in the Atlantic and along Mexico’s Pacific coast. About a dozen streets were already flooded in Charleston, South Carolina, and the city offered free parking in some garages. A high tid...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday despite jockeying from his fellow Republicans, various world leaders and — most vocally — himself. Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela was awarded the prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it was honoring her “for her...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday despite jockeying from his fellow Republicans, various world leaders and — most vocally — himself. Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela was awarded the prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it was honoring her “for her...

SHANGHAI (AP) — Minami Katsu holed a long putt on the 18th to finish with a course record 11-under 61 on Friday and take a two-shot lead at the halfway point of the LPGA’s Shanghai tournament. Katsu had six birdies on the front nine and, after a bogey at the par-4 10th, she finished with six more birdies at the Qizhong Garden Golf...

Columbus Blue Jackets (0-1, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Minnesota Wild (1-0, in the Central Division) Saint Paul, Minnesota; Saturday, 8 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Wild host the Columbus Blue Jackets after Ryan Hartman’s two-goal game against the St. Louis Blues in the Wild’s 5-0 win. Minnesota had a 45-30-7 record o...

Ottawa Senators (1-0, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Florida Panthers (2-0, in the Atlantic Division) Sunrise, Florida; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Ottawa Senators visit the Florida Panthers after Shane Pinto scored two goals in the Senators’ 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Florida went 47-31-4 overall and 20-16-2 in...

CHICAGO (AP) — An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl was executed by injection early Friday in the state’s third execution since resuming capital punishment last year. Roy Lee Ward, 53, was put to death at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. Indiana Department of Correction said in a statemen...

CHICAGO (AP) — An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl was executed by injection early Friday in the state’s third execution since resuming capital punishment last year. Roy Lee Ward, 53, was put to death at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. Indiana Department of Correction said in a statemen...

KILIFI, Kenya (AP) — The daily grind of putting food on the table is stressful for people the world over, especially for women, who still provide the bulk of that work. A changing climate adds to the anxiety. Kaloleni in Kilifi County is one of Kenya ’s poorest areas. Women carry buckets of water for miles through the dusty landsca...

KILIFI, Kenya (AP) — The daily grind of putting food on the table is stressful for people the world over, especially for women, who still provide the bulk of that work. A changing climate adds to the anxiety. Kaloleni in Kilifi County is one of Kenya ’s poorest areas. Women carry buckets of water for miles through the dusty landsca...

KILIFI, Kenya (AP) — The daily grind of putting food on the table is stressful for people the world over, especially for women, who still provide the bulk of that work. A changing climate adds to the anxiety. Kaloleni in Kilifi County is one of Kenya ’s poorest areas. Women carry buckets of water for miles through the dusty landsca...

KILIFI, Kenya (AP) — The daily grind of putting food on the table is stressful for people the world over, especially for women, who still provide the bulk of that work. A changing climate adds to the anxiety. Kaloleni in Kilifi County is one of Kenya ’s poorest areas. Women carry buckets of water for miles through the dusty landsca...

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (AP) — Two Chinese warships arrived Friday on what China called a friendship and training visit to Cambodia, Beijing’s closest ally in Southeast Asia, at a time of some diplomatic disquiet. The visit comes as China is trying to maintain a delicate balance in its relations with Cambodia and neighboring Thaila...

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (AP) — Two Chinese warships arrived Friday on what China called a friendship and training visit to Cambodia, Beijing’s closest ally in Southeast Asia, at a time of some diplomatic disquiet. The visit comes as China is trying to maintain a delicate balance in its relations with Cambodia and neighboring Thaila...

NEW YORK (AP) — With Halloween on the horizon, Chicago Costume is stuffed. Packaged costumes, including superheros and Japanese animation characters in both kid and adult sizes, dangle near colorful wigs and bottles of fake blood. Downstairs, vintage clothes from the 1970s beg for one more boogie night. The frightening possibilitie...

WUHAN, China (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka extended her winning streak at Wuhan to 20 matches with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over eighth-seeded Elena Rybakina on Friday to reach the semifinals of the WTA 1000-level tournament. The U.S. Open champion won the Wuhan Open title in 2018, ’19 and again last year on her return to the Chinese city. Top-...

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Max Greyserman missed winning by one shot a year ago in Japan. This time he’ll try again to break through for his first PGA Tour victory. Greyserman shot an 8-under 63 on Friday — he is 12-under 130 for two rounds — to take a four-shot lead at the Baycurrent Classic. He is four clear of Alex Smalley (65), Xan...

Washington Capitals (0-1, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. New York Islanders (0-1, in the Metropolitan Division) Elmont, New York; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Metropolitan Division foes meet when the New York Islanders play the Washington Capitals. New York went 11-11-4 in Metropolitan Division games and had a 35-35-12 reco...

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Max Greyserman missed winning by one shot a year ago in Japan. This time he’ll try again to break through for his first PGA Tour victory. Greyserman shot an 8-under 63 on Friday — he is 12-under 130 for two rounds — to take a four-shot lead at the Baycurrent Classic. He is four clear of Alex Smalley (65), Xan...

Utah Mammoth (0-1, in the Central Division) vs. Nashville Predators (1-0, in the Central Division) Nashville, Tennessee; Saturday, 8 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Utah Mammoth take on the Nashville Predators in Central Division play on Saturday. Nashville went 12-12-2 in Central Division games and had a 30-44-8 record overall last seas...

New Jersey Devils (0-1, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (0-1, in the Atlantic Division) Tampa, Florida; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Lightning host the New Jersey Devils after Nikita Kucherov scored two goals in the Lightning’s 5-4 loss to the Ottawa Senators. Tampa Bay had a 47-27-8 record...

Anaheim Ducks (0-1, in the Pacific Division) vs. San Jose Sharks (0-0-1, in the Pacific Division) San Jose, California; Saturday, 10 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Anaheim Ducks head to the San Jose Sharks in Pacific Division action on Saturday. San Jose went 20-50-12 overall and 4-18-4 in division play a season ago. The Sharks scored 2...

New York Rangers (1-1, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (2-0, in the Metropolitan Division) Pittsburgh; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Penguins play the New York Rangers in a matchup of Metropolitan Division teams. Pittsburgh had a 34-36-12 record overall while going 9-13-4 against opponents f...

PARIS (AP) — After a week of intense political turmoil, French President Emmanuel Macron is set to appoint a new prime minister Friday in his latest bid to break the political deadlock that has gripped the country for more than a year, as France struggles with mounting economic challenges and ballooning debt. The appointment is wid...

Dallas Stars (1-0, in the Central Division) vs. Colorado Avalanche (2-0, in the Central Division) BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Avalanche face the Dallas Stars in a matchup of Central Division teams. Colorado had a 49-29-4 record overall while going 15-14-4 against opponents from the Central Division last season. The Avalanche had a 25...

PARIS (AP) — After a week of intense political turmoil, French President Emmanuel Macron is set to appoint a new prime minister Friday in his latest bid to break the political deadlock that has gripped the country for more than a year, as France struggles with mounting economic challenges and ballooning debt. The appointment is wid...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces acting on intelligence killed 30 militants in multiple raids on Pakistani Taliban hideouts in the country’s northwestern region where insurgents this week ambushed a security convoy, killing 11 soldiers, the military said on Friday. The raids were conducted in Orakzai, a district...

Buffalo Sabres (0-1, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Boston Bruins (2-0, in the Atlantic Division) BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Bruins host the Buffalo Sabres after the Bruins took down the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 in overtime. Boston had a 33-39-10 record overall while going 11-11-4 against opponents from the Atlantic Division last season....

Philadelphia Flyers (0-1, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (1-0, in the Metropolitan Division) Raleigh, North Carolina; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Carolina Hurricanes host the Philadelphia Flyers after K’Andre Miller scored two goals in the Hurricanes’ 6-3 win over the New Jersey Devils. Carolina wen...

Vancouver Canucks (1-0, in the Pacific Division) vs. Edmonton Oilers (0-0-1, in the Pacific Division) Edmonton, Alberta; Saturday, 10 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Vancouver Canucks visit the Edmonton Oilers after Filip Chytil scored two goals in the Canucks’ 5-1 win over the Calgary Flames. Edmonton went 23-13-1 in Pacific Division pl...

Montreal Canadiens (1-1, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Chicago Blackhawks (0-1-1, in the Central Division) BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Blackhawks take on the Montreal Canadiens in a non-conference matchup. Chicago had a 25-46-11 record overall and a 15-20-6 record at home last season. The Blackhawks scored 224 goals while allowing 292...

Toronto Maple Leafs (1-0, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Detroit Red Wings (0-1, in the Atlantic Division) BOTTOM LINE: Atlantic Division opponents meet when the Detroit Red Wings play the Toronto Maple Leafs. Detroit went 39-35-8 overall and 11-13-2 in division games last season. The Red Wings had a -24 goal differential last seaso...

CHICAGO (AP) — With one big swing, Ian Happ sent a charge through an electric crowd of 41,770 at Wrigley Field. After a rough start to the playoffs, it was a pretty sweet moment for the longest-tenured player with the Chicago Cubs. Happ connected for a three-run homer in the first inning on Thursday night, sending Chicago to a 6-0...

Los Angeles Kings (1-1, in the Pacific Division) vs. Winnipeg Jets (0-1, in the Central Division) Winnipeg, Manitoba; Saturday, 1:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Winnipeg Jets host the Los Angeles Kings after Kyle Connor’s hat trick against the Dallas Stars in the Jets’ 5-4 loss. Winnipeg had a 56-22-4 record overall and a 36-8-4 reco...

St. Louis Blues (0-1, in the Central Division) vs. Calgary Flames (1-1, in the Pacific Division) Calgary, Alberta; Saturday, 4 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Calgary Flames and the St. Louis Blues hit the ice in Western Conference action. Calgary had a 41-27-14 record overall and a 23-12-6 record in home games last season. The Flames sc...

Vegas Golden Knights (1-0-1, in the Pacific Division) vs. Seattle Kraken (1-0, in the Pacific Division) Seattle; Saturday, 10 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Seattle Kraken host the Vegas Golden Knights after the Golden Knights defeated the San Jose Sharks 4-3 in overtime. Seattle went 35-41-6 overall and 12-12-2 in division games a seas...

TOKYO (AP) — The head of Japan’s Komeito says it is leaving the ruling coalition headed by the Liberal Democratic Party due to concerns over corruption. The decision announced Friday by Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito deals a serious blow to the Liberal Democrats, who last weekend chose ultra-conservative lawmaker Sanae Takaichi as its...

TAYBEH, West Bank (AP) — Early on Sundays, bells call the faithful to worship at the three churches in this hilltop village that the Gospel narrates Jesus visited. It is now the last entirely Christian one in the occupied West Bank. Proudly Palestinian, Taybeh’s Christians — Catholics of the Roman and Greek Melkite rites, and Greek...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eyes red, Orion Kerkering received words of support from his Philadelphia Phillies teammates. “‘Just keep your head up. It’s an honest mistake. Just, it’s baseball,’” he remembered hearing. “`You’ll be good for a long time to come,’” they added. “It’s not my fault, then. We had opportunities to score,” was the me...

National Guard troops were expected Friday to begin patrolling in Memphis, a day after a federal judge in Illinois blocked the deployment of troops in the Chicago area for at least two weeks. The on-again, off-again deployments are the result of a political and legal battle over President Donald Trump’s push to send the National Gu...