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Dodgers beat Yankees 7-6 in Game 5 to clinch titleDodgers v Yankees: Game 5 – as it happenedThe Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions for an eighth time after roaring back from five runs down to win 7-6 over the New York Yankees in a tightly wound Game 5 clincher on Wednesday night in the Bronx.The Yankees appeared bound to send a series they’d once trailed 3-0 back to Los Angeles when Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm Jr pounced on Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty with back-to-back homers in the first inning, staking a 3-0 lead while igniting the rollicking sellout crowd of 49,263. Alex Verdugo’s RBI single in the second and Giancarlo Stanton’s solo shot to right field in the third extended the margin to 5-0. Continue reading...

Artists including Remi Wolf, Gracie Abrams and Mumford & Sons join VP at rally briefly interrupted by Gaza protestersKamala Harris warned a crowd that time was running out at a get-out-the-vote event in Madison, Wisconsin, on Wednesday, joined by a lineup of folk and pop musicians including Remi Wolf, Gracie Abrams and Mumford & Sons.“We have six days left in one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime,” the vice-president and Democratic nominee told the crowd, denouncing Donald Trump and issuing a dire warning about the consequences of a second Trump presidency.Don’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alerts Continue reading...

District attorney says awards to registered voters from billionaire’s pro-Trump America Pac are an ‘illegal lottery’A judge ordered all parties, including Elon Musk, to attend a court hearing in Philadelphia on Thursday in a lawsuit seeking to stop a political action committee controlled by the billionaire from awarding $1m to registered US voters in battleground states before the 5 November election.The Philadelphia district attorney’s office filed the lawsuit on Monday. It called the giveaway by Musk’s America Pac, which backs Donald Trump, an “illegal lottery” that entices Pennsylvania residents to share personal data. Continue reading...

Star-Ledger’s owner said decision was due to rising costs, decreasing circulation and reduced demand for print copiesThe owner of New Jersey’s largest newspaper says it will stop publishing a daily print version of the paper early next year, but its online version will continue.The Newark Morning Ledger Co said the decision announced Wednesday was due to rising costs, decreasing circulation and reduced demand for print copies of the Star-Ledger. Two other daily New Jersey newspapers are also expected to end their print publications in the coming months, while a fourth daily newspaper, the Jersey Journal, is expected to cease publication altogether. Continue reading...

The Radiohead frontman, in Australia for a solo tour, has previously denounced the pro-Palestine BDS movement and defended his decision to play in IsraelRadiohead frontman Thom Yorke walked off stage during a solo show in Melbourne on Wednesday night after being heckled by a pro-Palestine protester in the crowd.Footage from concert-goers captured a man in the crowd yelling at Yorke. While it was difficult to hear his full comments, he said “the Israeli genocide of Gaza” and then referred to the death toll, saying that “half of them were children”. Continue reading...

Serviceman put classified information about Ukraine war on Discord; US and South Korea call for Kim Jong-un to withdraw troops. What we know on day 981See all our Ukraine war coverage Continue reading...

Eight of the country’s 11 supreme court judges will stand down over reforms supported by President Claudia SheinbaumEight of Mexico’s 11 supreme court judges have submitted their resignations after controversial judicial reforms, the top court has said.In a move that has sparked diplomatic tensions and opposition street protests, Mexico is set to become the world’s only country to allow voters to choose all judges, at every level, starting next year. Continue reading...

Vanessa LeMaistre says Grammy-nominated producer raped her in 2016 and that she became pregnant from attackA Los Angeles woman has filed a lawsuit alleging that Metro Boomin, a Grammy-nominated producer who has worked with some of the biggest names in hip-hop and R&B, raped her in 2016 and she became pregnant from the attack.The producer’s attorney calls the accusations false and said the lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles superior court is “a pure shakedown”. Continue reading...