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8:25 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Mason Miller’s last two pitches to Seiya Suzuki in the seventh inning were clocked at 102.1 and 102.7 mph

6:45 PM on Wednesday, October 1

A bear surprised shoppers at a southern Arizona grocery store when it walked through the front door and ran around inside for a few minutes before exiting the building

6:32 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Mat Ishbia's investment into the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury has paid off in a hurry

6:21 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Andrew Cuomo is apologizing to New York City’s Jewish community for his response to the COVID-19 pandemic when he was governor

6:11 PM on Wednesday, October 1

The three people killed in a mass shooting at a waterfront bar last weekend in Southport, North Carolina, have been identified

6:08 PM on Wednesday, October 1

The government shutdown has sparked intense political battles, with both parties blaming each other even as major job cuts — and major disruptions to iconic sites like the Liberty Bell and Pearl Harbor — have begun taking hold

6:07 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Rohingya Muslims have pleaded with the international community at the first United Nations high-level meeting on the plight of the ethnic minority to prevent the mass killings taking place in Myanmar and to help those in the persecuted group lead normal lives

6:02 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Senate Democrats kept their promise to reject any Republican spending bill that didn’t extend or restore health care benefits, choosing instead to force a government shutdown

5:04 PM on Wednesday, October 1

A former Democratic member of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board has filed a lawsuit challenging his dismissal by President Donald Trump

4:39 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Brayan Rocchio and Bo Naylor homered during a five-run eighth inning and the Cleveland Guardians evened their AL Wild Card Series against the Detroit Tigers with a 6-1 victory in Game 2

4:26 PM on Wednesday, October 1

A U.S. government shutdown has begun, and it could impact travel plans, with potential airport delays and cancellations

4:20 PM on Wednesday, October 1

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller have converged on Memphis, Tennessee, to meet with federal agents forming a crime fighting task force there

3:00 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Napheesa Collier, a Minnesota Lynx player and vice president of the WNBA players union, is preparing for tense negotiations with WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert

2:30 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died

1:53 PM on Wednesday, October 1

The superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district, who was detained last week by immigration agents, falsely claimed a doctoral degree when applying for the job two years ago but was hired even after the school board learned about the misrepresentation

1:48 PM on Wednesday, October 1

The U.S. military has historically been an engine for cultural and social change in America

12:57 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Crowds of people loaded onto boats to tour the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island with no immediate signs of the government shutdown that is triggering the furlough of about two-thirds of National Park Service employees

12:39 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Confusion surrounds internet connectivity in Afghanistan after some networks were restored on Wednesday following an outage that began Monday

12:10 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Chase DeLauter had an eventful first four innings to his major league career

3:56 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Goncalo Ramos struck a 90th-minute winner as Paris Saint-Germain beat Barcelona 2-1 in the Champions League