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THE YANKEES ARE UP THREE GAMES TO TWO IN THE AL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES. THEY SHUTOUT THE ASTROS 5-0 YESTERDAY. IT’S BACK TO HOUSTON FOR GAME SIX TONIGHT.

HOUSE SPEAKER PAUL RYAN DELIVERED JOKES AT THE ALFRED E. SMITH CHARITY DINNER IN NEW YORK CITY LAST NIGHT. THE ANNUAL EVENT BRINGS TOGETHER POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS. RYAN GOT A FEW LAUGHS WITH...

OPENING STATEMENTS WILL BEGIN TODAY IN THE TRIAL OF THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING NYPD OFFICER BRIAN MOORE. DEMETRIUS BLACKWELL PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE MURDER CHARGES. OFFICER MOORE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD...

Gov. Jim Justice announced Thursday that a new whiskey barrel manufacturing company would be developed in White Sulphur Springs. The West Virginia Great Barrel Manufacturing Co. will break ground in early 2018, and its...

A mayor has resigned following his arrest on suspicion of drunken driving. Princeton Mayor Dewey Russell resigned Wednesday but will remain on the city council. Mercer County Sheriff’s Deputy T.A. Lacy says Russell was...

The trial continues today for Anthony Arriaga, who took the stand in his own defense Thursday and tried to put all the blame in coal executive Ben Hatfield’s murder on the man who is...

A venomous caterpillar is on the loose. Austin zoo officials say the “asp caterpillar,” is native to Texas and it has a painful sting. It’s shaped like a tear drop and is covered with...

Williamson County authorities are looking for six people who broke in to the Blackland Hill Gun Works store and stole several shotguns and rifles. Surveillance video show six masked robbers breaking into the Hutto...

The city of Austin is trying to hammer out a contract with the Austin Police Association. Negotiators have asked for a 30-day extension. The major sticking points are increases in pay and benefits, and...

The Cubs are still alive in the National League championship Series. The Cubs beat the Dodgers in game four yesterday 3-2. The Cubs trailing L.A. three-games-to-one in the best of seven series; game five...