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Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike, a standoff risking new shortages
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks.The contract between the ports and about 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association expired…
Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, has died at age 83
NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has died. He was 83.Stephanie Wheatley, a spokesperson for Clark County in Nevada, confirmed on behalf of the medical examiner that Rose…
Dikembe Mutombo, a Hall of Fame player and tireless advocate, dies at 58 from brain cancer
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball WriterDikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday from brain cancer, the league announced. He was 58.His family revealed two years ago that he was undergoing treatment in Atlanta for…
What to watch as JD Vance and Tim Walz meet for a vice presidential debate
ATLANTA (AP) — Republican JD Vance and Democrat Tim Walz will meet Tuesday in the lone vice presidential debate of the 2024 election, bringing together undercards who have spent two months going after each other and the opposing nominees who top the major-party tickets.The matchup, hosted by CBS News in New York, might not carry…
Jimmy Carter at 100: A century of changes for a president, the US and the world since 1924
AP By BILL BARROW ATLANTAAlready the longest-lived of the 45 men to serve as U.S. president, Jimmy Carter is about to reach the century mark.The 39th president, who remains under home hospice care, will turn 100 on Tuesday, Oct. 1, celebrating in the same south Georgia town where he was born in 1924.Here are some…
Mets reach playoffs!
ATLANTA (AP) — Four months after dropping 11 games under .500, the New York Mets earned a playoff berth a day after the regular season was supposed to end.With an 8-7 win at Atlanta in the opener of a makeup doubleheader on Monday behind Francisco Lindor’s ninth-inning homer, the Mets advanced to a best-of-three NL…
Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor, dies at 88
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and A-list Hollywood actor, has died.Kristofferson died at his home on Maui, Hawaii on Saturday, family spokeswoman Ebie McFarland said in an email. He was 88.McFarland said Kristofferson died peacefully, surrounded by…
Crash victim saves three lives through organ donation
Statement from LiveOnNY President & CEO Leonard Achan, RN, MA, ANP on 17-Year-Old Bella Trezza, Who Saved Three Lives Through Organ Donation NEW YORK, NY – “LiveOnNY can now confirm that following an honor walk at Good Samaritan University Hospital for Bella Trezza, where she was surrounded by family and friends, Bella’s gifts of life…
State Police vehicle stolen by Copiague man after crash on the Southern State Parkway
New York State Police Press ReleaseOn September 27, 2024, at about 5:25 a.m., State Police responded to a property damage crash on the Southern State Parkway near Exit 39 in the town of Babylon. Troopers interviewed the driver, John Gibson, age 37, of Copiague, NY, and suspected he may be under the influence of alcohol…
2025 Club World Cup final to be at MetLife Stadium, site of 2026 World Cup final
NEW YORK (AP) — Next year’s championship of the expanded Club World Cup will be played on July 13 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, site of the 2026 World Cup final.Twelve stadiums will be used for the 32-team tournament, FIFA said Saturday night, including five of the 11 U.S. venues for the…
Mets blank Brewers 5-0 behind Lindor and Peterson to move 1 win from wild card
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Francisco Lindor homered and drove in two runs, David Peterson pitched seven brilliant innings and the New York Mets moved within one win of a playoff berth Sunday with a 5-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.Francisco Alvarez also had two RBIs for the Mets, who now head to Atlanta needing at least…
John Ashton, ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ actor, dies at 76
NEW YORK (AP) — John Ashton, the veteran character actor who memorably played the gruff but lovable police detective John Taggart in the “Beverly Hills Cop” films, has died. He was 76.Ashton died Thursday in Fort Collins, Colorado, his family announced in a statement released by Ashton’s manager, Alan Somers, on Sunday. No cause of…