NEW YORK — Broadway vs. Hollywood. Subway vs. Freeway. Judge vs. Ohtani. New York neighbors who became cross-country rivals, the Yankees and Dodgers renew their starry struggle in the World Series for the first time in 43 years. "When you're playing for the Dodgers and playing for the Yankees, it...
Stock Market Today: Wall Street Pulls Back From Its Records Ahead of a Big Week for Profit Reports
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are pulling back from their all-time highs Monday as some of the steam comes out of Wall Street's long, record-breaking rally. The S&P 500 was 0.5% lower in midday trading, coming off its sixth straight winning week, its longest such streak of the year. The...
Ohtani’s World Series Dream Realized as Dodgers Clinch NLCS
LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani got what he came for when he decided to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers: a trip to the World Series. "I really feel like we finally arrived. I finally arrived at this stage," Ohtani said through a translator after Sunday night's 10-5 win over...
The Latest: Israel Apologizes for Strike That Killed 3 Lebanese Soldiers
The Israeli military apologized Monday for a strike that killed three Lebanese soldiers in southern Lebanon, saying it is not battling the country's military and its troops believed they were targeting a vehicle belonging to the Hezbollah militant group. Israeli strikes meanwhile hit nearly a dozen branches of a Hezbollah-run...
What You Need to Know to Become a Teacher in California | Quick Guide
Over the last decade, Gov. Gavin Newsom and California legislators have poured billions of dollars of state money into special grants and programs to recruit, train and retain educators in order to ease the state's persistent teacher shortage. Lawmakers have, since the pandemic, also made permanent changes to teacher credentialing...
Make World Vegan Day a Feast to Remember
Whether you've successfully been vegan for years or are interested in adopting veganism, get ready to celebrate World Vegan Day on Nov. 1. This year, learn more about vegan eating and treat yourself and your friends to a vegan feast. Veganism is the practice of excluding all animal and animal-derived...
Dodgers Head Home After Mets’ Game 5 Win Forces NLCS Game 6
NEW YORK — Not easy to knock out these New York Mets. Pete Alonso golfed an early three-run homer and the Mets hammered an ineffective Jack Flaherty, extending the National League Championship Series with a 12-6 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 on Friday. Starling Marte had...
Hundreds Ordered to Evacuate From Fast-Moving Northern California Fire, Official Says
SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds of Northern California residents have been ordered to evacuate from their homes in an Oakland neighborhood as a fast-moving fire grew along a hillside Friday afternoon, a fire official said. Friday’s fire comes as forecasters have issued red flag warnings for fire danger until Saturday across...
Cuba’s Grid Goes Offline Amid a Massive Blackout and After a Major Power Plant Fails
HAVANA — Cuba's electrical grid went offline Friday after one of the island's major power plants failed, and as a massive blackout that started a day earlier swept across the Caribbean island. Cuba's energy ministry announced that the grid had gone down hours after the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant had...
Fox News Says None of Its Employees Wrote Jokes for Trump to Tell at Traditional Campaign Dinner
NEW YORK — Fox News Channel on Friday denied Donald Trump's assertion that any of its employees wrote jokes for him to deliver this week at a New York appearance. The former president and current candidate said on "Fox & Friends" that "a couple of people from Fox" helped him...