BOSTON -- The Houston Astros made sure there would be no full-on celebration in the home clubhouse Thursday night after pounding out 17 hits in a 12-2 rout of the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. A single genetic mutation just a few years back gave the Zika virus the ability to cause severe neurological birth defects like microcephaly, a new study says. NEW YORK -- Wilson Ramos highlighted a seven-run top of the fifth inning Thursday with a go-ahead two-run homer, lifting the Tampa Bay Rays to a 9-6 victory over the New York Yankees, who are on the verge of elimination from the American League East title race. One day after a rockfall on Yosemite National Park's El Capitan killed one park visitor, a new rock slide Thursday injured someone else. The pairings of Justin Thomas and Rickie Fowler, and Patrick Reed and Jordan Spieth set the table with dominating victories Thursday as Team USA rolled to a 3 1/2-1 1/2 lead in foursomes (alternate shot) on Day 1 of competition at the 12th Presidents Cup in Jersey City, NJ, Carolina Panthers wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin practiced fully Thursday and is expected to play in Sunday's game at the New England Patriots. For the second straight week, there will be no mystery about the starting quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings. Oklahoma State dismissed associate head coach Lamont Evans, who was one of 10 people arrested this week as part of the FBI's investigation into college basketball bribery and corruption. GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Thursday's national anthem before the Green Bay Packers' game against the Chicago Bears was filled with patriotism rather than protest. GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Green Bay Packers started the game with no healthy offensive tackles. By early in the second quarter, they were down two of their three running backs. MIAMI -- Giancarlo Stanton hit his major-league-leading 58th and 59th homers of the season, leading the Miami Marlins to a 7-1 win over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night at Marlins Park. MILWAUKEE -- Brett Phillips drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI single and Brent Suter struck out four as the Milwaukee Brewers stayed alive in their quest for the National League wild-card spot with a 4-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday afternoon in their final game of the season at Miller Park. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, several NFL owners and a few players met in New York on Tuesday night to discuss kneeling during the national anthem and related issues, multiple media outlets reported Thursday. Citing a league regulation, NBA commissioner Adam Silver anticipates no protests or demonstrations during the national anthem before games in his league. A car bomb killed at least seven people Thursday in Somalia's capital city of Mogadishu. A federal judge in Louisiana has ruled against an anonymous police officer trying to sue the Black Lives Matter movement. The NBA Board of Governors approved draft lottery reform on Thursday, reducing the chances of teams tanking to land one of the top three picks. The CMS said it is opening a special enrollment periods for Medicare and the healthcare exchange for people affected by the recent hurricane season. Expensive new medicines offer hope to patients with uncontrolled "bad" cholesterol, but the high cost keeps many patients from getting them, a new study says. The government of Vanuatu has called for what one local journalist called a "Dunkirk-style evacuation" of Ambae. Whole Foods announced that hackers were able to gain access to credit cards used at certain locations of the grocery retailer recently purchased by Amazon. In a four-day nationwide operation that targeted so-called sanctuary cities, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested almost 500 people. A toddler at a Dearborn, Mich., in-home day care shot two other children, hospitalizing them, local police said. |
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