The Cleveland Guardians beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-3 on Monday in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series.

The game was played at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, where the Rays opened with a 2-0 lead.

Cleveland had just come back from a two-game deficit to win its previous playoff series against the Chicago White Sox.

The Guardians scored seven of the final eight runs, including home runs by Patrick Bailey and Chase DeLauter.

The Supreme Court will hear DOGE’s bid to avoid turning over internal documents.

DOGE is seeking to keep its internal documents from being handed over.

The dispute is about access to DOGE’s internal records.

The source does not provide details about the documents or the background to the dispute.

An oil and gas eruption began on September 25 at an oil site in eastern Niger, about 1,700 kilometres from the capital, Niamey.

The site is operated by CNPC Niger Petroleum, a local subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation, and the incident occurred at the Goumeri W8 well in the Agadem oil block.

Crude oil and gas have surged more than ten metres into the air, then spread across the surrounding land.

No one has died, but two workers were injured and taken to hospital.

India has postponed merchant fees on UPI payments until after Diwali following concerns from businesses about costs during the festive season.

The National Payments Corporation of India, which oversees UPI, said the fee will apply to payments above 2,000 rupees made to merchants.

One account says the rate will be 0.4 percent, while the other does not give a rate.

Ordinary customers can continue using UPI for free, and the fee will not cover person-to-person transfers or merchant payments of 2,000 rupees or less.

Apple announced a new Apple TV 4K at a smart home-focused event on Oct.

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The streaming box looks much like its predecessor, last updated in 2022, but has an A19 chip and Wi-Fi 7 support.

Built-in microphones let users talk to Siri hands-free, without speaking into the remote or a HomePod.

Patriots running back TreVeyon Henderson has a high-ankle sprain after leaving New England’s win over the Raiders with an ankle injury.

A high-ankle sprain affects the ligaments above the ankle and can take time to heal.

He is expected to miss multiple weeks, but does not need surgery.

Henderson had 42 carries for 163 yards and a touchdown in four appearances this season.

Hundreds queued in Hong Kong to see a long-hidden Van Gogh painting that has not been publicly exhibited for more than 60 years.

The work, “Chestnut Trees in Blossom,” was painted in May 1890, near the end of Van Gogh’s life in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.

It shows a large chestnut tree with a canopy full of blossoms.

Paintings from this final period of the Dutch artist’s life rarely come up for sale.

Researchers say muscle and liver cells can retain signs of past exercise even after someone stops training.

In studies using mice, animals that exercised, took a break and trained again grew larger muscles than mice with no training history.

Their muscle cells also matched energy production to demand more effectively, and this ability remained during inactivity.

The researchers say liver cells also store exercise memories and release enzymes that help supply fuel to working muscles.