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9:33 AM on Saturday, October 11

The final episode of comic and actor Marc Maron's influential podcast drops Monday

8:37 AM on Saturday, October 11

A doctors' group says that Sudanese paramilitary forces have attacked a shelter in a besieged Darfur city, killing at least 53 people

8:00 AM on Saturday, October 11

Former first lady Michelle Obama is putting new force behind efforts to ensure girls overcome educational barriers in some of the world’s most economically disadvantaged areas

6:36 AM on Saturday, October 11

Before white settlers came to Onondaga Lake and the city of Syracuse grew along its shore, it was a sacred place for the Onondaga Nation

6:24 AM on Saturday, October 11

One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who now feel they have the political will to do so

6:12 AM on Saturday, October 11

Visitors to Athens can now enjoy an unobstructed view of the Parthenon

2:11 AM on Saturday, October 11

Power has been restored to over 800,000 residents in Kyiv, a day after Russia launched major attacks on Ukraine's power grid, causing widespread blackouts

1:12 AM on Saturday, October 11

The most popular and potentially unifying Palestinian leader — Marwan Barghouti — is not among the prisoners Israel intends to free in exchange for hostages held by Hamas under the new Gaza ceasefire deal

12:18 AM on Saturday, October 11

Jorge Polanco hit a game-ending single in the 15th inning, and the Seattle Mariners advanced to the AL Championship Series by outlasting the Detroit Tigers for a 3-2 victory in the longest winner-take-all postseason game in baseball history

12:08 AM on Saturday, October 11

Seattle Mariners advance to American League Championship Series with 3-2 win over Detroit Tigers

11:08 PM on Friday, October 10

Venezuelans in the U.S. are welcoming the news that opposition leader leader Maria Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Price

10:43 PM on Friday, October 10

Byrum Brown accounted for five touchdowns, Jhalyn Shuler returned a fumble 34 yards for South Florida's fourth TD in span of 3 1/2 minutes and the 24th-ranked Bulls beat North Texas 63-36

9:55 PM on Friday, October 10

A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces are in rarified air

9:39 PM on Friday, October 10

Folarin Balogun scores in the 71st minute, helping the United States secure a 1-1 tie against Ecuador in a friendly

9:33 PM on Friday, October 10

Tarik Skubal was terrific

9:31 PM on Friday, October 10

A’ja Wilson scored 31 points, Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young both added 18 and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Phoenix Mercury 97-86 in Game 4 of the WNBA Finals, sweeping their way to a third championship in four seasons

8:51 PM on Friday, October 10

Phoenix Mercury coach Nate Tibbetts was ejected from Game 4 of the WNBA Finals after receiving two quick technical fouls in the third quarter against the Las Vegas Aces

2:31 PM on Friday, October 10

San Diego Padres infielder Jose Iglesias has been suspended for one game and fined for unprofessional conduct toward the umpires during the final game of the club’s Wild Card Series against the Cubs

10:02 AM on Friday, October 10

Officials say an explosion at a Tennessee explosives plant has left 18 people missing and feared dead

9:10 PM on Thursday, October 9

Philippine seismologists say that a new offshore earthquake with a preliminary 6.8 magnitude hit the same southern region struck earlier by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4