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New York Yankees amateur scouting director Damon Oppenheimer, left, presents New York Yankees rookie Aaron Judge with a crystal gavel before a baseball game in New York, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. Judge has hit 53 home runs in his rookie season for the Yankees. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

A capsule look at the Twins-Yankees playoff game

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Aug. 8, 2017, still frame from dashboard camera video released by the Vermont State Police, Trooper Justin Thompson, left, detains driver Rabbi Berl Fink, while a second officer, right, detains passenger Rabbi Eli Fink, both of of Brooklyn, N.Y., during a traffic stop in Thetford, Vt. An internal investigation of the nighttime traffic stop of the rabbi, who was ordered at gunpoint to the ground and his family handcuffed after he failed to stop, has cleared the trooper of wrongdoing. State police officials said Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, that Thompson clocked the vehicle at 83 miles per hour on Interstate 91, and he tried to stop the vehicle with lights and siren but it failed to stop for 4.5 miles. (Vermont State Police via AP)

Son: Rabbi and family traumatized by Vermont traffic stop

By LISA RATHKE - Associated Press

Jacksonville Jaguars' Jalen Ramsey, left, celebrates with teammates during the overtime period of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Jaguars’ mistakes cost them in 23-20 OT loss to Jets

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. - Associated Press

NY officials promote wine trials as harvest is underway

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FILE - This undated photo shows billionaire media mogul Samuel I. Newhouse Jr., who died at his New York home on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. He was 89. (AP Photo, File)

Media titan Samuel ‘Si’ Newhouse is dead at 89

By DEEPTI HAJELA - Associated Press

Springfield mayor: Wonders of Wildlife a ‘game-changer’

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New York Yankees' Aaron Judge rounds the bases with a home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Saturday, Sept.30, 2017, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

Yankees get AL wild card; Judge hits 52nd HR, top Jays 2-1

By SCOTT ORGERA - Associated Press

US citizen convicted in 2009 suicide attack in Afghanistan

By TOM HAYS - Associated Press

Boston Red Sox's Rafael Devers sits in the dugout after grounding out to end a baseball game against the Houston Astros at Fenway Park in Boston, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. The Astros won 3-2. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Baseball Capsules

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

This 1957 photo provided by the Estate of Vivian Maier and John Maloof Collection a woman in a party dress walking towards a car in Miami. New research about Maier shows the enigmatic Chicago nanny was obsessive about honing her skills as a photographer starting in 1950. (Vivian Maier/Estate of Vivian Maier and John Maloof Collection via AP)

AP Exclusive: Chicago nanny no accidental photographer

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka delivers against the Toronto Blue Jays during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017 in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Tanaka strikes out 15 as Yanks beat Toronto 4-0

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

FILE – In this Aug. 5, 2017, file photo, a vehicle drives past polyvinyl chloride piping attached to a utility pole, signifying an outdoor area known as an eruv where Jewish residents observing certain restrictions during the Sabbath are permitted to carry items from home, along Airmount Road in Mahwah, N.J. The New Jersey state attorney general's office issued a subpoena to Mahwah township in August 2017 after the township adopted a rule limiting a public park to state residents, which opponents say targets the Jewish community from a nearby New York town. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

State investigating park rules that some say target Jews

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This 1957 photo provided by the Estate of Vivian Maier and John Maloof Collection a woman in a party dress walking towards a car in Miami. New research about Maier shows the enigmatic Chicago nanny was obsessive about honing her skills as a photographer starting in 1950. (Vivian Maier/Estate of Vivian Maier and John Maloof Collection via AP)

AP Exclusive: Chicago nanny no accidental photographer

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

Editorials from around New York

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People arrive in West Palm Beach, Fla., from Puerto Rico on Tuesday, Sep. 26, 2017. The Eagles Wings Foundation led a mission that transported elderly nursing home patients and some family members to safety after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico. With power out across nearly the entire island, families were anxious in particular to get out elderly and other vulnerable relatives amid concerns about access to food and fresh water. (Calla Kessler/Palm Beach Post via AP)

As Puerto Rico reels, lucky few get flights to the mainland

By REBECCA GIBIAN - Associated Press

New York Yankees center fielder Aaron Hicks, in his first game back off the disabled list, makes a leaping catch of a sacrifice fly by Tampa Bay Rays' Wilson Ramos during the first inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Hicks prevents slam in return, Yankees home if AL wild card

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 15, 2012, file photo, San Diego State assistant coach Tony Bland, left, talks during NCAA college basketball practice in Columbus, Ohio. Bland, who is currently an assistant at Southern California, was identified in court papers, and is among 10 people, facing federal charges in Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in a wide probe of fraud and corruption in the NCAA, authorities said. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

The Latest: Pitino says he’s shocked by corruption claims

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New York Mets' Travis Taijeron watches his single that drove in the winning run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in New York. The Mets won 4-3. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Mets rally past Braves 4-3 on Taijeron’s single in 9th

By ADRY TORRES - Associated Press

Key events in ex-US Rep. Anthony Weiner’s career, downfall

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Former Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) arrives at federal court for his sentencing hearing in a sexting scandal, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Anthony Weiner’s star sinks with sexting jail sentence

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times