NEW YORK—An ex-FTX executive who testified against the cryptocurrency firm’s founder at his trial last year was spared a prison sentence Wednesday by a federal judge who credited his substantial cooperation and late arrival in the multibillion-dollar fraud. Nishad Singh, the company’s former engineering director, was sentenced in Manhattan by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, who […]

NEW YORK—When the World Series started, it was hard to figure what Freddie Freeman would be able to provide for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He left no doubt about the MVP winner. Freeman broke records by homering in the first four games and matched a Fall Classic mark with 12 RBIs to power the Dodgers […]

LOS ANGELES—Rowdy crowds took to the streets in Los Angeles after the Dodgers won the World Series, setting a bus on fire, breaking into stores, and setting off firecrackers. A dozen arrests were reported by police early Thursday. Video showed some people throwing objects at police in Los Angeles as sirens blared and officers told […]

BILLINGS, Mont.—A Washington state man who pleaded guilty to killing at least 118 eagles as part of a wildlife trafficking ring that operated on a Native American Reservation in Montana faces sentencing Thursday before a federal judge. The trafficking ring sold eagle feathers and parts on a black market that exploits high demand among tribal […]

BARRIO DE LA TORRE, Spain—Crews searched for bodies in stranded cars and sodden buildings Thursday as residents salvaged what they could from their ruined homes following monstrous flash floods in Spain that claimed at least 158 lives, with 155 deaths confirmed in the eastern Valencia region alone. More horrors emerged Thursday from the debris and […]

TAIPEI, Taiwan—A powerful typhoon made landfall in Taiwan on Thursday, killing one person and bringing high winds and floods to much of the island’s east coast and northern areas, after barreling past the northern Philippines. Flights and train service were suspended in Taiwan and 8,600 people moved to shelters. Typhoon Kong-rey was blowing at 114 […]

CLEVELAND—The shot was familiar. So was the roar. As LeBron James watched from a few feet away, his son, Bronny, triggered another on-court celebration in Cleveland. Bronny’s dad gave him the stage to himself, and he knew just what to do on a floor where he first learned to dribbled. With LeBron on the bench […]

NEW YORK—You gotta hand it to Freddie Freeman, Shohei Ohtani, and the Los Angeles Dodgers. And not just because the Yankees certainly did. When New York let LA back into World Series Game 5, the Dodgers did what they’ve done all year—kept on going. After taking advantage of three miscues to erase a five-run, fifth-inning […]

BERLIN—Volkswagen said significant cost cuts are urgently needed as it reported a steep decline in third-quarter earnings on Wednesday and faced employee representatives angry at the possibility of the automaker’s first plant closures in Germany. The company reported net profit of 1.58 billion euros ($1.7 billion) for the July-September period, a 64 percent decline from […]

MEXICO CITY—A fire at a steel plant in central Mexico killed 12 people and left one injured on Wednesday, local authorities said. Tlaxcala state Civil Protection said the fire call in Xaloztoc, about 87 miles (140 kilometers) east of Mexico City, came in shortly after 3 a.m. Another person was injured, but that person’s condition […]

BANDON, Ore.—Dozens of people reported feeling an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 that struck off the southern coast of Oregon on Wednesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. No tsunami was expected. More than 75 people reported feeling light shaking from the temblor, which had an epicenter about 170 miles (270 kilometers) […]

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y.—A 33-year-old mother climbed over a safety rail and intentionally went over Niagara Falls with her two children, a 9-year-old and 5-month-old, according to New York state police, who said Wednesday that search and rescue efforts were unsuccessful. Authorities responded to the park around 9 p.m. Monday and determined the family went over […]

PepsiCo said Wednesday it plans to close four U.S. bottling plants and lay off nearly 400 workers as part of its efforts to streamline its operations. The company said the closures will impact 136 workers in Cincinnati; 131 in Chicago; 127 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and fewer than 50 in Atlanta. The Chicago plant is the […]

NEW YORK—Veteran NBC News reporter Andrea Mitchell said Tuesday that she plans to end her weekday MSNBC show after the inauguration of a new president and switch back to a reporting role. Mitchell, 77, has been hosting “Andrea Mitchell Reports” in the daytime lineup since 2008, longer than anyone else on the network. She’s worked […]

SYDNEY—Australian police said on Wednesday they had recovered more than 40,000 stolen limited-edition coins based on the hit children’s animated series “Bluey.” The Bluey coins, with a face value of one Australian dollar (65 U.S. cents) each, were found on Tuesday afternoon in a self-storage business in the Sydney suburb of Wentworthville, a police statement […]

LAS VEGAS—A jury has found a man guilty of breaking into a room at a Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino and robbing and killing two Vietnamese tour leaders in June 2018. Julius Damiano Deangilo Trotter stood with his lawyers, shaking his head and glancing several times at jurors while the unanimous verdicts were read Tuesday in […]

ATLANTA—A man armed with several different weapons fired at least 15 gunshots through the walls and door and off the balcony of his apartment at a Four Seasons Hotel in Atlanta during a standoff Tuesday afternoon and was taken into custody, police said. The 70-year-old suspect used a handgun, shotgun, and rifle to fire shots […]

A recently discovered comet that some stargazers had hoped to see during Halloween week has disintegrated before the day of ghosts and ghouls. NASA confirmed Tuesday its sun-observing spacecraft captured the moment when the comet Atlas broke into chunks this week as it passed close to the sun. Astronomers have been tracking the so-called Halloween […]

NEW YORK—Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine tried unsuccessfully Tuesday to persuade a federal judge not to send him to jail, calling him “bro” and insisting he never meant to violate the terms of his probation from a felony conviction. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer in Manhattan ordered him detained for at least two weeks, citing alleged misconduct such […]

The sun was starting to dip low on the horizon off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, on Oct. 19 when fishing buddies Nicholas Whitbeck and Joe Tormay spotted what they thought was a dead whale on the horizon. Squinting closer, they noticed what appeared to be a man perched on top of the “whale” waving […]