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5:19 PM on Thursday, October 2

Pete Crow-Armstrong hit an RBI single off a shaky Yu Darvish, and the Chicago Cubs shut down Fernando Tatis Jr. and the San Diego Padres for a clinching 3-1 victory in Game 3 of their NL Wild Card Series on Thursday

5:18 PM on Thursday, October 2

Former Atlanta catcher and Chicago Cubs manager David Ross says he’s ready to manage again and said returning to the dugout with the Braves “would be amazing.”

5:09 PM on Thursday, October 2

Chicago Cubs beat the San Diego Padres in Wild Card Series, advance to NL Division Series against the Milwaukee Brewers

4:54 PM on Thursday, October 2

At the Central Military Hospital in Bogota, a unique team of emotional support dogs is helping wounded soldiers

4:48 PM on Thursday, October 2

Las Vegas and Phoenix have both reached the WNBA Finals after overcoming significant challenges

4:26 PM on Thursday, October 2

New Mexico legislators moved quickly to prop up funding for food assistance and rural health care services in response to President Donald Trump’s cuts in federal spending on Medicaid and nutrition programs

4:06 PM on Thursday, October 2

Scientists are presenting new evidence that the worst effects of climate change can’t be avoided without a major transformation of food systems

3:34 PM on Thursday, October 2

Americans' routine interactions with the federal government this week are increasingly being met with partisan messaging

3:27 PM on Thursday, October 2

One of Mississippi’s most-visited cultural attractions has reopened in the midst of the government shutdown, thanks to funding from a nonprofit group

3:24 PM on Thursday, October 2

In the wake of Jane Goodall's death, the many scientists and others influenced by her are promising to do their best to carry on her legacy

3:07 PM on Thursday, October 2

On the eve of his sentencing, Sean “Diddy” Combs says he is a new man after realizing he was “broken to my core."

2:54 PM on Thursday, October 2

The PGA of America president has finally apologized for the unruly crowd behavior at Bethpage Black during the Ryder Cup

1:46 PM on Thursday, October 2

A fundraiser for the family members of the man who opened fire in a Michigan church and set it ablaze has raised over $275,000

1:34 PM on Thursday, October 2

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the United States that supplies of long-range missiles to Ukraine will seriously damage relations between Moscow and Washington but will not change the situation on the battlefield

12:48 PM on Thursday, October 2

Federal health officials have approved another generic version of the abortion pill, prompting outrage from some abortion opponents aligned with President Donald Trump

10:19 AM on Thursday, October 2

President Donald Trump has declared drug cartels to be unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in an “armed conflict."

10:08 AM on Thursday, October 2

The Trump administration has announced the cancellation of $7.6 billion intended for clean energy projects across 16 states

5:45 AM on Thursday, October 2

President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, by threatening mass firings of workers and suggesting “irreversible” cuts to programs important to Democrats

12:54 AM on Thursday, October 2

Hundreds of Israeli police officers have been deployed to the port of Ashdod to process some 450 international activists detained by Israeli naval forces hours earlier

9:46 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Two Delta Air Lines regional jets collided on the ground at LaGuardia Airport in New York, injuring a flight attendant, damaging a cockpit and tearing off part of a wing