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Dodgers beat Giants 2-1 in playoff thriller, advance to NLCS

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Cody Bellinger hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning and prized midseason acquisition Max Scherzer came out of the bullpen for a save, sending the Los Angeles Dodgers past ...

Oct 14, 2021

Bill Clinton in hospital for non-COVID-related infection

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton was admitted to a Southern California hospital Tuesday with an infection but he is "on the mend," his spokesman said. Clinton, 75, was admitted to the U...

Oct 14, 2021

'Soul-consuming': Victim's family reflects on Durst case

LOS ANGELES (AP) - New York real estate heir Robert Durst was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without a chance of parole for the murder of his best friend more than two decades ago. Durst, 78, wa...

Oct 14, 2021

Bill Clinton in hospital for non-COVID-related infection

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton is in a hospital in California being treated for a non-COVID-related infection, a spokesman said Thursday night. Spokesman Angel Urea said Clinton was a...

Oct 14, 2021

Court again lets Texas continue banning most abortions

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A federal appeals court is once again allowing Texas to continue banning most abortions. The decision Thursday night keeps the law known as Senate Bill 8 in place as the Justice D...

Oct 14, 2021

US to restore full pension of FBI official fired under Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has won back his full pension as part of a settlement of his lawsuit arising from his firing during the Trump administration more than three ...

Oct 14, 2021

Durst faces day of reckoning in murder of best friend

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The bitterly fought murder trial of Robert Durst stretched over the better part of two years. His sentencing will be comparatively brief and could lack the fireworks that erupted be...

Oct 14, 2021

Coast Guard: California oil spill likely 25,000 gallons

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) - The amount of crude oil spilled in an offshore pipeline leak in Southern California is believed to be close to 25,000 gallons, or only about one-fifth of what officials...

Oct 14, 2021

Jan. 6 panel sets vote on contempt charges against Bannon

WASHINGTON (AP) - A congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has set a vote to recommend criminal contempt charges against former White House aide Steve Bannon after he defied the...

Oct 14, 2021

Murdaugh charged with taking insurance money in maid's death

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A prominent South Carolina lawyer has been charged with stealing insurance settlements meant for the sons of his late housekeeper, state police said Thursday. Alex Murdaugh was a...

Oct 14, 2021