All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Chicago 5 0 1.000 — 5-0 W-5 4-0 1-0 4-0 Philadelphia 4 1 .800 1 4-1 L-1 2-1 2-0 4-1 Milwaukee 4 1 .800 1 4-1 W-2 3-0 1-1 3-1 Miami 3 2 .600 2 3-2 L-1 2-0 1-2 2-1 Detroit
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Philadelphia 4 1 .800 — 4-1 L-1 2-1 2-0 4-1 Boston 3 3 .500 1½ 3-3 W-3 1-1 2-2 2-3 New York 2 3 .400 2 2-3 L-3 2-0 0-3 2-3 Toronto 2 4 .333 2½ 2-4 W-1 0-2
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 4 1 .800 — Boston 3 3 .500 1½ New York 2 3 .400 2 Toronto 2 4 .333 2½ Brooklyn 0 5 .000 4 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 3 2 .600 — Atlanta 3 3 .500 ½ Charlotte 2
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 11 8 3 0 16 40 33 Detroit 12 8 4 0 16 41 39 Ottawa 12 6 5 1 13 45 47 Tampa Bay 11 5 4 2 12 31 31 Boston 13 6 7 0 12 43 47
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Montreal 11 8 3 0 16 40 33 3-1-0 5-2-0 2-1-0 Detroit 12 8 4 0 16 41 39 5-1-0 3-3-0 4-2-0 Ottawa 12 6 5 1 13 45 47 4-2-1 2-3-0 2-2-0 Tampa Bay 11 5 4
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Pittsburgh 12 8 2 2 18 44 31 3-1-1 5-1-1 2-1-2 New Jersey 11 8 3 0 16 41 35 5-0-0 3-3-0 1-1-0 Montreal 11 8 3 0 16 40 33 3-1-0 5-2-0 2-1-0 Detroit 12 8 4 0 16
Continue Reading All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div New England 6 2 0 .750 213 146 2-2-0 4-0-0 4-2-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 Buffalo 5 2 0 .714 207 146 3-1-0 2-1-0 3-1-0 2-1-0 2-1-0 Miami 2 7 0 .222 180 243 1-3-0 1-4-0 1-6-0 1-1-0 1-2-0 N.Y.
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By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Back from a week abroad, President Donald Trump threw himself into the shutdown debate, calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster and reopen the government, an idea swiftly rejected Friday by Republican leaders who have long opposed such a move. Trump pushed
Continue ReadingBy AMANDA SWINHART and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press EAST CORINTH, Vt. (AP) — For nearly 40 years, a tiny town in Vermont has attracted hordes of “Beetlejuice” fans eager to visit where the whimsical horror movie’s most famous scenes were filmed. With a population hovering just around 1,500, “Beetlejuice” mania has helped put East Corinth
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using contingency funds during the government shutdown. The rulings came a day before the U.S. Department of Agriculture planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
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By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A new inquest into the 1967 death of South African Nobel Peace Prize winner and anti-apartheid leader Albert Luthuli has found that he was beaten to death, and it rejected a previous finding that he died as a result of being hit by a
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Harry S. Truman is remembered for his role in ending World War II and charting the postwar course of containing Communism. But the 33rd president has another, increasingly rare distinction.
Continue ReadingNORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) — NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) — Heartland Express Inc. (HTLD) on Friday reported a loss of $8.3 million in its third quarter. The North Liberty, Iowa-based company said it had a loss of 11 cents per share. The trucking and logistics company posted revenue of $196.5 million in the period. _____
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By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court on Friday sentenced the owner of a ski resort hotel and 10 others to life in prison after convicting them of severe negligence in connection with a deadly fire that swept through the property, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. The blaze hit the
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By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An appeals court ruled in favor of the Trump administration Friday and stopped a judge from trying to get daily updates from a Border Patrol official about the government’s immigration crackdown in the Chicago area. The court said the order from U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis put
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“It’s OK not to be OK.”
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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — For sale: The world’s most valuable toilet, a lavatory literally worth its weight in gold. Sotheby’s announced Friday that it will auction off the solid gold cistern, a sculpture by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan entitled “America.” The auction house calls it an “incisive commentary on the collision
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By OLIVIA DIAZ and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — If there’s agreement on anything in the two states with governor’s races this year, it’s that utility bills are a growing concern among voters. One Virginia voter, Kim Wilson, lamented at a town hall recently that her electricity bill seems to go up
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By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen has said that his refusal to sign a $35 billion gas agreement with Egypt has prompted his U.S. counterpart to cancel a planned trip to Israel. A statement from Cohen’s office on Thursday night said that U.S. officials had been “exerting a
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By R.J. RICO and JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press The day after the jewelry heist at the Louvre in Paris, officials from across Washington’s world-famous museums were already talking, assessing and planning how to bolster their own security. “We went over a review of the incident,” said Doug Beaver, security specialist at the National Museum of
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Two decades after resigning as New Jersey’s governor and stunning the political world as he declared “I am a gay American,” Jim McGreevey is back on the campaign trail, running for mayor of the state’s second-largest city. McGreevey, a Democrat, is one of seven
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By WAFAA SHURAFA and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Red Cross said it transferred the unidentified remains of three people to Israel late Friday but they were still being examined and may not be those of missing hostages, an Israeli military official said. The source, who spoke on condition
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief said Friday that U.S. military strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean allegedly carrying illegal drugs from South America are “unacceptable” and must stop. The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, called for an investigation into the strikes, in what appeared
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By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The U.S. Secretary of Defense said Friday he told his Chinese counterpart during talks in Malaysia that Washington would “stoutly defend” its interests in the Indo-Pacific. He also signed a new agreement aimed at strengthening security ties with India. Pete Hegseth described as “good and
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By JILL LAWLESS and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British politicians, the public and the family of Virginia Roberts Giuffre on Friday praised King Charles III’s decision to strip his brother Andrew of his princely title and spacious home, a banishment that has left the disgraced royal increasingly exposed to political and legal
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By JILL LAWLESS and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British politicians, the public and the family of Virginia Roberts Giuffre on Friday praised King Charles III’s decision to strip his brother Andrew of his princely title and spacious home, a banishment that has left the disgraced royal increasingly exposed to political and legal
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By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Friday that he would try to persuade U.S. President Donald Trump to grant Hungary exemptions from Washington’s newly announced sanctions targeting Russian oil when he meets with the president next week. The Trump administration unveiled sanctions against Russia’s major state-affiliated
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Continue Reading TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS Final L.A. Dodgers 3 Toronto 1 ___ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final Atlanta 128 Indiana 108 Final Boston 109 Philadelphia 108 Final Toronto 112 Cleveland 101 Final Chicago 135 New York 125 Final L.A. Lakers 117 Memphis 112 Final Phoenix 118 Utah 96 Final Portland 109 Denver 107
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nebraska Daybook for Friday, Oct. 31. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see
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