This postseason has its own take on Murphy’s law: If something can go right for Daniel Murphy, it will. Murphy won NL Championship Series MVP on Wednesday night after homering for a postseason-record sixth straight game, leading the New York Mets over the Chicago Cubs 8-3 to complete a four-game sweep. A contact hitter known for inconsistent fielding and occasional lapses on base, Murphy has been the driving force in
Buffalo Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor will not play in Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium. Bills coach Rex Ryan said Taylor has not recovered from his left knee injury and did not practice on Thursday. The backup quarterback is 6-9 as a starter, including a 34-21 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals last week.
By Johan Ahlander and Marja Novak STOCKHOLM/LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Sweden said on Thursday it expected up to 190,000 migrants this year, putting unprecedented strain on a country famous for welcoming refugees but planning to house many in tents this winter. On the opposite pole of the angry debate on the migration crisis, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban urged European leaders to change their immigration policies and consult voters, saying they
WASHINGTON/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – One member of a U.S. special operations team was killed during an operation to rescue hostages held by Islamic State militants in northern Iraq, the first American killed in ground combat with the militant group, U.S. officials said on Thursday. No further information was available on the mission, which local residents and a Kurdish military commander said was carried out in the Hawija area in northern
By Arshad Mohammed BERLIN (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday voiced cautious hope there may be a way to defuse Israeli-Palestinian violence that has killed nearly 60 people this month. Speaking to reporters after about four hours of talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Kerry said he thought there were steps that could reduce the violence and said they needed to be discussed with Jordanian
By Michael Georgy and Yara Bayoumy CAIRO (Reuters) – As Egypt cracks down on its Islamist dissidents, many of the country’s lawyers are finding themselves on the wrong side of the law as well. Attorney Mohsen al-Bahnasy says so many fellow lawyers have been arrested or charged in recent months that he now spends much of his time defending them in court. One of the lawyers he represents is accused
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s approval rating has hit a record high of almost 90 percent, primarily as a result of his decision to launch air strikes against Islamist militants in Syria, Russia’s state pollster said on Thursday. VTsIOM, the pollster, said Putin’s rating had reached 89.9 percent in October, up from a previous high of 89.1 percent in June. “Such a high level of approval for the work of the
By Niklas Pollard and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A masked man wielding “knife-like weapons” walked from classroom to classroom to stab students as they opened the door, killing a teacher and a boy and wounding two others at a school in western Sweden before being shot dead by police.
Stocks are moving higher in midday trading after some encouraging results from McDonald’s, eBay and other companies.
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Dozens of same-sex couples in Chile are celebrating civil unions, taking advantage of a new law that’s a sign of change in a country long regarded as one of Latin America’s most socially conservative.