The Los Angeles Dodgers took a 2-0 game lead in World Series Saturday night at Dodger Stadium in California, topping the New York Yankees 4-2 on strong pitching by Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Singer-actress Demi Lovato is mourning the death of her baby niece. Singer-songwriter Jelly Roll's "Beautifully Broken" is No. 1 on the U.S. album chart this week. Presidential nominees Kamala Harris and Donald Trump turned their attention to the hotly contested battleground state of Michigan Saturday as they remained neck-and-neck heading into the campaign's final 10 days. A New Orleans judge has issued a restraining order barring methods used by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry to clear homeless camps located near the site of this weekend's trio of sold-out Taylor Swift concerts. SpaceX on Saturday successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of 22 Starlink Internet communications satellite from Cape Canaveral in Florida, marking a state record 73rd orbital rocket launch this year. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson says reported secret conversations held between SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Russian President Vladimir Putin are "concerning" and, if true, should be investigated. Israel on Saturday morning said it concluded retaliatory strikes on Iran that lasted four hours and were focused on military targets. An unnamed astronaut was released from Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola in Florida and returned to Johnson Space Center in Houston in good health Saturday, NASA reported. Chip-maker Nvidia on Friday briefly became the world's most valuable company after surpassing Apple in total market value, but Apple regained its top position by the close of trading. A Florida jury found Sarah Boone, 47, guilty of leaving boyfriend Jorge Torres Jr., 42, trapped inside a suitcase until he suffocated and died on Feb. 23, 2020. Three people are dead in Australia after a mid-air collision between two small aircraft over Sydney Saturday morning. More than 120 people were killed and 200 more wounded after a paramilitary group in Sudan attacked a rural village, the deadliest in the 18-month conflict. Tropical Storm Trami has killed at least 126 and displaced 500,000 due to flooding and landslides in the northern Philippines Thursday and Friday. Two international mining corporations have finalized a $30 billion settlement with the Brazilian government over a deadly dam collapse in 2015 that remains the worst environmental disaster in the country's history. Alexander McCartney is sentenced to life in prison for the manslaughter death of a West Virginia girl he "catfished" on a mobile messaging app and other offenses, including blackmail. Ten Iranian border guards were killed Saturday in the southeast part of the country by unknown attackers, state media reported. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump took their campaigns to Texas on Friday, with recording stars stumping for Harris while Trump promised "liberation day." A man wearing a pro-Trump hat allegedly punched a poll worker who asked him to remove a political hat while at an early voting location in San Antonio Thursday evening. In the lead-up to his election, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba floated the idea of an "Asian NATO" to deter the increasing aggressiveness of China in the Asia-Pacific region. Actor Fọláké Olówófôyekù turns 41 and actor Cary Elwes turns 62, among the famous birthdays for Oct. 26. On Oct. 26, 1944, after four days of furious fighting, the World War II battle of Leyte Gulf, largest air-naval clash in history, ended with a decisive U.S. victory over the Japanese. "Here," in theaters Nov. 1, reunites the cast and filmmakers of "Forrest Gump" in another history-spanning epic, but this one lacks the resonance of the 1994 classic. Freddie Freeman hit a first-pitch fastball for a historic walk-off grand slam, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers past the New York Yankees in extra innings in Game 1 of the 2024 World Series on Friday in Los Angeles. |
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