Pinch-hitter Gavin Sheets blasted a two-run homer, five Padres pitchers combined on a five-hitter, and San Diego swept the Chicago Cubs out of the NL Wild Card Series with a 4-1 victory in Game 2 on Wednesday night. Xander Bogaerts drove in the first run for the surging Padres, who followed up th...
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Tennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder on Wednesday, media witnesses said, after the lethal injection was halted for hours as courts considered a last-minute appeal. Authorities appeared to give Pike two doses of pentobar...
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Episode: 2643 P ≠ NP (or is it?): an important problem in complexity theory. Today, an educated guess.
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The Dallas Cowboys are acquiring disgruntled cornerback Joey Porter Jr. from the Pittsburgh Steelers, two people with knowledge of the deal said Wednesday night. Pittsburgh will receive two draft picks from Dallas, a sixth-rounder in 2027 and a second-rounder in 2028, one of the ...
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An Indian airline captain who was at the controls of a FlyDubai flight when a copilot stabbed him in an apparent attempt to crash the plane has been hailed as a hero, with his actions to thwart the disaster drawing praise from world leaders. Capt. Smit Machchhar, who hails from I...
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Pakistan carried out airstrikes in two Afghan provinces overnight, both countries said Thursday, with Afghanistan saying 9 women and children were killed and another 11 civilians were wounded in the bombings. Pakistan’s Ministry of Information said its strikes were against milita...
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Arike Ogunbowale was standing near Paige Bueckers waiting for the star guard to make a move on her dribble with the Dallas Wings trailing by three as the final seconds of regulation — and their season — ticked away. Bueckers waved toward her backcourt mate, but she wasn't telling...
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With the Boston bats ice cold at Yankee Stadium again, a couple of quick hooks by Red Sox rookie manager Chad Tracy led to another early postseason exit. And top starter Sonny Gray wasn't happy about being lifted after only 70 pitches. “I think I’m the best pitcher in the America...
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The family of a 22-year-old man fighting a rare life-threatening illness wants to bless another family with two club-level tickets to Sunday's Houston Texans game....
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Family has identified the 4-year-old girl who was killed in a shooting on Tuesday night as Vivian Savella. Police say Vivian’s mother killed the girl before turning the gun on herself....
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Thousands of vehicles may have received fraudulent passing inspection reports as part of an alleged organized crime operation that investigators say was valued at more than $1 million....
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A heated dispute between Houston Mayor John Whitmire and City Controller Chris Hollins erupted during Wednesday's City Council meeting over a senior mayoral financial adviser's nearly $127,000 salary and the amount of work he performs for the city....
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One year after rallying past the Red Sox to win an AL Wild Card Series, the New York Yankees battered Boston. Max Fried dominated the Red Sox in the playoffs for the second straight year, Cody Bellinger and Luis García Jr. homered, and the Yankees rolled to a 9-2 win Wednesday ni...
