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Mets advance in playoffs with 4-2 win over Brewers as Alonso homers to spark 9th-inning rally
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Pete Alonso hit a go-ahead, three-run homer off All-Star closer Devin Williams in the ninth inning and the New York Mets beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 on Thursday night to win their NL Wild Card Series.With their latest thrilling comeback in the decisive Game 3 against Milwaukee, the Mets advanced in the…
Dockworkers’ union to suspend strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract
DETROIT (AP) — The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports reached a deal Thursday to suspend a three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract.The union, the International Longshoremen’s Association, is to resume working immediately. The temporary end to the strike came after the…
Biden’s student loan cancellation free to move forward as court order expires
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s latest attempt at student loan cancellation is free to move ahead — at least temporarily — after a judge in Georgia decided that a legal challenge should be handled by a court in Missouri.Biden’s plan has been on hold since September after seven Republican-led states challenged it in federal…
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike, a standoff risking new shortages
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks.The contract between the ports and about 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association expired…
Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, has died at age 83
NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has died. He was 83.Stephanie Wheatley, a spokesperson for Clark County in Nevada, confirmed on behalf of the medical examiner that Rose…
Dikembe Mutombo, a Hall of Fame player and tireless advocate, dies at 58 from brain cancer
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball WriterDikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday from brain cancer, the league announced. He was 58.His family revealed two years ago that he was undergoing treatment in Atlanta for…
What to watch as JD Vance and Tim Walz meet for a vice presidential debate
ATLANTA (AP) — Republican JD Vance and Democrat Tim Walz will meet Tuesday in the lone vice presidential debate of the 2024 election, bringing together undercards who have spent two months going after each other and the opposing nominees who top the major-party tickets.The matchup, hosted by CBS News in New York, might not carry…
Jimmy Carter at 100: A century of changes for a president, the US and the world since 1924
AP By BILL BARROW ATLANTAAlready the longest-lived of the 45 men to serve as U.S. president, Jimmy Carter is about to reach the century mark.The 39th president, who remains under home hospice care, will turn 100 on Tuesday, Oct. 1, celebrating in the same south Georgia town where he was born in 1924.Here are some…
Mets reach playoffs!
ATLANTA (AP) — Four months after dropping 11 games under .500, the New York Mets earned a playoff berth a day after the regular season was supposed to end.With an 8-7 win at Atlanta in the opener of a makeup doubleheader on Monday behind Francisco Lindor’s ninth-inning homer, the Mets advanced to a best-of-three NL…
Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor, dies at 88
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and A-list Hollywood actor, has died.Kristofferson died at his home on Maui, Hawaii on Saturday, family spokeswoman Ebie McFarland said in an email. He was 88.McFarland said Kristofferson died peacefully, surrounded by…
Crash victim saves three lives through organ donation
Statement from LiveOnNY President & CEO Leonard Achan, RN, MA, ANP on 17-Year-Old Bella Trezza, Who Saved Three Lives Through Organ Donation NEW YORK, NY – “LiveOnNY can now confirm that following an honor walk at Good Samaritan University Hospital for Bella Trezza, where she was surrounded by family and friends, Bella’s gifts of life…
State Police vehicle stolen by Copiague man after crash on the Southern State Parkway
New York State Police Press ReleaseOn September 27, 2024, at about 5:25 a.m., State Police responded to a property damage crash on the Southern State Parkway near Exit 39 in the town of Babylon. Troopers interviewed the driver, John Gibson, age 37, of Copiague, NY, and suspected he may be under the influence of alcohol…