In Venezuela, baseball is in crisis. The game can be a nice diversion from everyday troubles. But most of the eight teams are in financial trouble. Fans can't afford tickets. And homeless people have moved into stadiums.
Game 6 of the World Series is tonight as the Los Angeles Dodgers face the Houston Astros in L.A. It's been a thrilling series so far with both teams having offensive explosions and defensive stops.
The course highlights the zigzagging line separating North Carolina's 10th and 11th congressional districts. One expert says ugly districts are a symptom of a problem, not the problem itself.
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The keeper for Salford City FC apologized after the match, saying he was "in a very uncomfortable position."
After a recent game, a reporter trying to ask Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant a question forgot what he was going to ask. Durant responded, "I forgot a couple of plays the other night."
Houston and Los Angeles kept the score close in a game that lasted more than five hours and in which pitchers threw more than 400 pitches. Ultimately, the Astros were victorious.
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After a mostly scoreless game, the Los Angeles Dodgers blasted ahead of the Houston Astros in the top of the ninth inning with five runs, evening up the best-of-seven series Saturday, now 2-2.
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The Astros' first baseman Yu Gurriel will sit out five games next season without pay, and undergo sensitivity training. But the MLB stopped short of excluding him from the rest of the World Series.
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Pakistan hosts Sri Lanka Sunday in their major first international match at home since a terrorist attack in 2009.
Game Four of the World Series is Saturday night in Houston, where the Astros take on the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Houston Astros beat the Los Angeles Dodgers to take two wins over the Dodgers' one win so far in the World Series.
The best of seven series is tied at one game apiece. Game 3 winners usually emerge the ultimate victors when the World Series is tied 1-1.
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As the tied World Series is about to go into its third game, city police chiefs Charlie Beck of Los Angeles and Art Acevedo of Houston discuss the wager they have over the outcome of the series.
The legislation is one of the first single-use plastic bag bans to be issued in South America.
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Happy Birthday to John Cleese who turns 78 today. While studying law at Cambridge, he joined the theater club because he could “make people laugh.” There, he met his future writing partner Graham Chapman. Within four years they met the other collaborators who formed Monty Python. The sketch comedy
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The World Series moves to Houston for Game 3 between the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers. For Houstonians still dealing with flood damage from Hurricane Harvey, it's a welcome distraction.
Jordan Benedict of Los Angeles saw tickets on StubHub for the World Series for just $9 each. He bought them, but StubHub said there was an error. They gave him different seats — at the same price.
Neighbors help each other out in a number of ways – but this entire community has come together for their 95-year-old neighbor Harvey Djerf. Djerf, who is a retired biology teacher and WWII veteran, loves to walk. He loves walking so much, in fact, he has walked the same 1
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These students are making sure that everyone can enjoy a little Halloween magic – no matter their disabilities. 16-year-old Alex Hayes has trouble dressing up for the spooky holiday because she uses a wheelchair due to her rare chromosomal mutation: GRIN2B. As a means of including Alex in on the
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In an effort to fight America’s opioid epidemic, over 8,000 Walgreens stores are now stocking a nasal spray that reverses the effects of an overdose. The FDA-approved Narcan nasal spray is a form of naloxone that can now be purchased over the counter and used to stop an overdose from prescription
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There may not be literal angels with wings hiding around us, but there are compassionate people who are ready to give and inspire whenever possible. Anna Melissa Olivarez witnessed one such angel in action earlier this month at a Walmart in San Antonio, Texas. Olivarez was waiting in line behind
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“All them guitars and everything are so loud today, you can't hear what they're saying. I like people to hear what I'm saying,” said Fats.
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On this day 40 years ago, the last known natural case of smallpox was uncovered in Somalia. Once it was treated, it marked the final eradication of the disease and the successful end to a spectacular vaccination campaign. The English physician Edward Jenner had discovered the protective elixir 180
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It might be time to rewrite the rulebook.
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Emily Nash was allowed to compete in a Massachusetts boys golf tournament, as part of her team. But she couldn't win individual prizes — despite a four-stroke victory over the next-best player.
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The Houston Astros won one of the wildest World Series games ever Wednesday night — to even the series against the L.A. Dodgers. The game went into extra innings with both teams slugging home runs.
After a Texan dentist gave one of his patients a beautiful new smile, she gave him a reaction that he “will cherish forever.’ 28-year-old Kyleigha Scott had originally gone into Kenny Wilstead’s dental office earlier this month for a wisdom tooth extraction – but upon inspecting her smile, Wilstead asked her
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A noble young soccer fan refused to keep a £5 note he found because “we can't keep what is not ours” – so, he gave it to his soccer hero instead.
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Houston sends its recently acquired ace starter Justin Verlander to the mound and hopes its potent offense can get to LA starter Rich Hill.
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Game 2 of the World Series is tonight in Los Angeles as the Dodgers take on the Houston Astros. The Dodgers won Game 1 on strong pitching and a homerun from Justin Turner, who is enjoying his time in the limelight.
Saudi Arabia has made leaps in recent months to catch up with the modern world – and now, the kingdom’s representatives are pushing away their conservative roots in a dramatic fashion. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced yesterday that he would be taking a direct stance against the kingdom’s puritanical
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From a paraplegic pup toting a pinball machine to Oscar the Grouch in his trash can, the Halloween hounds from this year's NYC parade are sure to delight.
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Here's a basic checklist for traveling and playing safe when the park you visit is bigger than Central Park.
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