Bobby Witt Jr. homered and scored three runs, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Athletics 6-2 on Thursday for their first four-game sweep of the season.
Omaha police agreed this week to stop carrying gloves that can deliver electric shocks to students in the halls of Nebraska's largest public school district.
Nathan Cofnas, the postdoctoral researcher whose plagiarism allegations preceded the resignation and death of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday, has himself been suspended by Ghent University in Belgium pending a disciplinary investigation.
A longtime sports columnist for the Seattle Times abruptly quit after editors killed a column he wrote positing that those who don't want biological men playing in women's sports aren't transphobic.
A fake L.A. mayoral poll raises market-manipulation questions, Alexander Vindman's premature "victory" fundraiser becomes an awkward punchline after his primary loss, and a Florida congressional district picks the hometown candidate over a crowded ...
Former NYC mayor BILL DE BLASIO on Democratic socialists: "There are specific leaders who have emerged out of DSA who are providing a vision that actually a lot of people in this country are hungry for."
A woman planned to attack New York's state capitol in Albany on behalf of the Islamic State before federal agents thwarted the plot, officials said Thursday.
Kazuma Okamoto, Nathan Lukes and Daz Cameron homered, George Springer drove in two runs and Shane Bieber pitched seven strong innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 Thursday.
President Trump's stunning success in quelling the southwestern border has had a significant silver lining -- he's managed to starve the smuggling cartels of a source of income, according to a new Treasury Department analysis.