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From the HERE City National DeskCINCINNATI — Todd Benzinger, the first baseman whose catch in foul territory ended the Cincinnati Reds' four-game sweep of Oakland in the 1990 World Series, has died at age 63, the Reds announced Thursday. The club said Benzinger died Wednesday. No cause of death was…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The Philadelphia 76ers fell behind by 29 points in their home opener Thursday night and still walked off the floor winners, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 114-106. Cleveland owned the first half, scoring 35 points in the opening quarter and 34 more in…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO, Ill. — Caleb Williams outdueled Drake Maye on Thursday night, throwing for 308 yards and two touchdowns as the Chicago Bears beat the New England Patriots 30-24 at Soldier Field. Williams hit on 22 of 33 throws, his second start since returning from a…
From the HERE City National DeskMILWAUKEE — Three players who will not be in uniform for the Brewers-Rays World Series will still be part of it: Major League Baseball said Thursday that Boston pitcher Payton Tolle, veteran infielder Miguel Rojas and Toronto's Ernie Clement will work as player correspondents. Tolle…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — Sarah Strong of UConn and Southern California guard Watkins, the last two national players of the year, top the preseason All-America women's basketball team released Thursday by the national media panel. Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo, Texas forward Madison Booker and Vanderbilt…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — LeBron James brushed aside President Donald Trump's latest attack Thursday night, laughing off the criticism after the Philadelphia 76ers rallied past Cleveland and suggesting it must have been a slow day for news. Earlier Thursday, Trump posted a video on social media…
From the HERE City National DeskMILWAUKEE — The Brewers and Rays open the World Series on Friday night with a labor fight hanging over the sport: if owners and players cannot agree on a new contract, these could be the final big league games for months. The current five-year collective…
From the HERE City National DeskBATON ROUGE, La. — Pro Football Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk, in his first season as head football coach at Southern University, has disclosed that he is living with Parkinson's disease. Faulk, 53, revealed the diagnosis as a guest on The Caring Neurologist, a podcast…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — JJ Watt is staying in the top chair. The former Houston Texans star signed a multiyear agreement Thursday that makes him the permanent lead analyst on his network's No. 1 NFL broadcast team, next to play-by-play voice Jim Nantz and sideline reporter…
From the HERE City National DeskCLEVELAND — Two right-handed relievers who spent part of 2026 in the Cleveland Guardians bullpen are heading to the open market. Minor league transaction records show Connor Brogdon and Carlos Hernández both opted for free agency this week, shortly after Tampa Bay eliminated Cleveland in…
From the HERE City National DeskKANSAS CITY, Mo. — Arizona men's basketball coach Tommy Lloyd believes the NCAA is content to let the fight over player eligibility stay messy, arguing the disorder helps the governing body lobby for a federal law. Speaking at Big 12 media days this week, Lloyd…
From the HERE City National DeskINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — As a new college basketball season tips off, teams across the country are chasing a bigger prize: the NCAA's men's and women's tournaments will each grow from 68 teams to 76 in 2027, and nobody yet knows exactly which schools the extra…
From the HERE City State Desk
MACON, Ga. — Middle Georgia State University has crossed 10,000 students for the first time, a milestone the school reached in its 142nd year. Fall 2026 enrollment climbed 14% to 10,070, the university said Thursday. The old high-water mark was 8,828 students. Students are also sticking around longer. The share…
From the HERE City State Desk
ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia Tech will keep leading two national artificial intelligence research centers after the National Science Foundation renewed them with a combined $38.4 million. NSF awarded $20 million to extend the AI Institute for Advances in Optimization, known as AI4OPT, through 2031, and $18.4 million for another five…
From the HERE City State Desk
ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia farmers, ranchers and landowners are in line for roughly $413 million in federal farm safety net and conservation payments, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency said Thursday. Most of the money flows through two commodity programs, Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage, for…
Crime
FORT GORDON, Ga. — Natravien Reshawn Landry, a 25-year-old former Army National Guard soldier from Louisiana, will spend 25 years in federal prison for a deadly shooting inside family housing on Fort Gordon in December 2024. Federal prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office announced the 300-month term on Wednesday. After…
Politics
AUGUSTA, Ga. — A fight over what Augusta's proposed zoning rewrite would mean for families who lease their houses to visitors for Masters Week grew sharper this week, with a local attorney saying the written draft would shut those rentals down and city leaders insisting it will not. The Oct.…
Politics
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Close to 70 men from across Augusta stood together downtown on Thursday to endorse Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms for governor, a public show of support that organizers said was meant to answer national claims that Black men will not stand behind Black women seeking office. The gathering…
From the HERE City State Desk
PERRY, Ga. — City and county leaders are warning state lawmakers that a Georgia Supreme Court decision on a single county's fire fee could ripple through local budgets across the state. The issue came up Wednesday when a House blue-ribbon panel studying how local governments raise and spend money held…
Health
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Augusta firefighters will soon have access to screenings that look for early signs of cancer and to yearly confidential mental health visits, paid for largely by a federal grant of just over $305,000 awarded to the Augusta Fire Department. The department landed $305,405.45 from the Assistance to…
From the HERE City National Desk
LYON, France — Health officials in France have confirmed the first known human infection with Shamonda, a virus that until this year had only been documented in animals, mainly cattle. The patient had a badly weakened immune system and was being treated for a serious illness at the Hospices Civils…
From the HERE City National Desk
KINSHASA, Congo — The Ebola outbreak centered in Congo keeps widening, with confirmed cases now above 9,600 and the disease reaching an eighth Congolese province as well as a new country, Nigeria. World Health Organization figures through Oct. 19 count 9,637 confirmed cases and 4,646 confirmed deaths since the outbreak…
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