Phillies outfielder Nick Castellanos hit two solo home runs, and Trea Turner added another, as Philadelphia defeated Atlanta 3-1 to reach a second straight National League Championship Series.

Alexander Volkanovski says he’s in a “no pressure headspace” ahead of his unexpectedly early re-match against lightweight champion Islam Makhachev.

Mahomes has not lost to the Broncos in his career.

Israel basketball team Maccabi Ra’Anana is playing its scheduled three-game NBA preseason tour believing the games will provide hope with war raging at home.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hit Donald Trump with some of his harshest criticisms yet over the former president’s criticism of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and calling Hezbollah “smart.” But one top Jewish Republican back in his home state wasn’t going along with it. “When Donald Trump was president, the embassy was […]

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state and city officials on Friday are increasing security around potentially vulnerable sites like schools and houses of worship after a former Hamas leader called for a global day of violence. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams at a joint news conference Thursday evening, however, stressed no credible threats […]

System intended to rectify disproportionate number of abducted and sex-trafficked Black children overlooked as ‘runaways’ California has become the first state to create an alert system specifically geared towards finding missing Black women and girls. Senate bill 673 was signed by Gavin Newsom earlier this week amid a wave of bills that have come across […]

NSW police could ‘lock city down’ for Hyde Park rally but commissioner says force won’t go that far Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast New South Wales police plan to use “extraordinary powers” to search protesters without reason and […]

He was among the Isleys inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.

As Nathanel Young, 20, was buried, the streets of the divided city remained uneasily empty with both sides fearing reprisals Israel and Hamas at war – live updates On a hillside in Jerusalem, hundreds of people stood in near silence at the funeral of a “lone soldier”. Speaking only in whispers or exchanging glances they […]