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Key events in the life of James “Whitey” Bulger, the mob boss who was killed Tuesday in a federal prison in West Virginia: — Sept. 3, 1929: James Bulger is born the second of six children to Irish immigrant parents in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. His platinum hair earns him the nickname “Whitey.” — 1956: Bulger […]

The idea is that menstrual hygiene products, like prescription drugs and food items, are necessities and therefore should not be taxed. Washington exempts prescription drugs and most food items from the sales tax.

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — A hospital director in northwestern Cameroon says an American missionary has been killed in crossfire of fighting.

BRUCETON MILLS, W. Va. (AP) — Prison union official says the death of Boston gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger is being investigated as a homicide.

LONDON (AP) — A leading credit ratings agency has warned that Britain faces the prospect of recession if it crashes out of the European Union in March without a deal on future relations. In a report published Tuesday, Standard & Poor’s said “no-deal Brexit could push the U.K. economy into a moderate recession and lower […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Dante Fowler is headed to an actual Super Bowl contender. The slumping Jacksonville Jaguars traded the fourth-year pro and 2015 first-round pick to the undefeated Los Angeles Rams just before the NFL trading deadline Tuesday. The move gives the Rams an even more formidable front, which already had Aaron Donald, Ndamukong […]

MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa (AP) — A prosecutor in the trial of an Iowa father whose infant son was found dead and maggot-infested in a baby swing last year has told a jury the child “died of diaper rash.” The Courier reports that assistant Iowa Attorney General Coleman McAllister told jurors Tuesday that 4-month-old Sterling Koehn […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is reporting a slight revenue miss but stronger than expected profit in its third-quarter earnings report. The company had 2.27 billion monthly users at the end of the quarter, below the 2.29 billion analysts were expecting. Facebook says it changed the way it calculates users, leading to a small decline. […]

NEW YORK  — For many Jewish journalists in the U.S., persistent online anti-Semitic harassment has become part of the job. The phenomenon became pervasive during the 2016 presidential campaign, and there’s been a resurgence in recent months ahead of next week’s midterm election, according to the Anti-Defamation League. Targeted journalists have found different ways of […]

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The race for Oregon governor took an unexpected turn when the candidate of the state’s third-largest party withdrew and threw his support behind Democratic Gov. Kate Brown. Patrick Starnes of the Independent Party said in a joint telephone interview Tuesday with Brown that he backs her because she supports campaign finance […]

Susan Orlean writes about our emotional connections to libraries, and a 1986 fire that broke out in the Los Angeles Public Library that destroyed some 400,000 books, in "The Library Book." She speaks at Seattle Public Library's Central Library on Nov. 7.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Senate hopeful Beto O’Rourke is appearing on an MSNBC town hall, the second time in less than two weeks that a candidate seen as a rising Democratic star gets to make a nationally televised case for ousting Republican incumbent Ted Cruz. Tuesday’s event from Houston comes as O’Rourke shattered Senate […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska hunters are helping the state assess the extent of a bacterium in game animals that could cause respiratory problems. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says hunters helped collect laboratory samples from more than 330 Dall sheep. Hunters also provided specimens from 110 mountain goats, 100 caribou and 100 […]

BOSTON (AP) — The Red Sox have exercised the 2019 option on ace left-hander Chris Sale. Sale will earn $15 million in the final season of the five-year contract he signed with the White Sox in 2013. He can become an unrestricted free agent in 2020. The 2017 AL Cy Young runner-up and a seven-time […]

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s highest court has acquitted a camerawoman who was filmed kicking and trying to trip migrants on the border with Serbia in 2015. The decision announced Tuesday revised the rulings of two lower courts that had sentenced Petra Laszlo to three years’ probation for disorderly conduct. The Hungarian supreme court, the […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s elite planet-hunting spacecraft has been declared dead, just a few months shy of its 10th anniversary. Officials announced the Kepler Space Telescope’s demise Tuesday. Already well past its expected lifetime, the 9 1/2-year-old Kepler had been running low on fuel for months. Its ability to point at distant stars […]

Marshall played just two snaps Sunday against the Lions.

The playoff contenders are starting to separate themselves from the pretenders, but there's still plenty of football remaining.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oil and natural gas giant Chesapeake Energy Corp. plans to acquire Houston-based WildHorse Resource Development Corp. in a nearly $4 billion deal. The companies announced the agreement Tuesday. The boards of both companies have approved the sale. WildHorse is an oil and gas company operating in the Eagle Ford Shale and […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oil and natural gas giant Chesapeake Energy Corp. plans to acquire Houston-based WildHorse Research Development Corp. in a nearly $4 billion deal. The companies announced the deal Tuesday . The boards of both companies have approved the sale. WildHorse is an oil and gas company operating in the Eagle Ford Shale […]

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Crews are tearing down a giant waterslide that a 10-year-old Kansas boy was riding when he was decapitated two years ago. KMBC-TV reports that deconstruction of the 17-story Verruckt, which was billed as the world’s tallest waterslide, began Tuesday. Caleb Schwab, the son of a Kansas legislator, was riding the […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles have acquired wide receiver Golden Tate from the Detroit Lions for a third-round draft pick next year. Tate has 44 catches for 517 yards and three touchdowns this season. He joins Alshon Jeffery, Nelson Agholor and Jordan Matthews, giving Carson Wentz another target. Tate wrote on Twitter: “It’s been […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The family of a teen fatally shot at his North Carolina high school is remembering him as a brother with “the biggest heart” who loved sports and dancing. The family of 16-year-old Bobby McKeithen spoke at a news conference Tuesday, a day after the 10th grader was killed before classes started […]

Martinez will step aside from his position as the big league hitting coach and move to into the role of organizational hitting adviser.

Martinez will step aside from his position as the big league hitting coach and move to into the role of organizational hitting advisor.