Braves beat Astros, capture 1st World Series title since 1995

Jorge Soler, Freddie Freeman and the Braves breezed to their first World Series championship since 1995, hammering the Houston Astros 7-0 Tuesday night in Game 6.

Man fatally shot in marijuana deal, police say

A fatal shooting in an east Las Vegas parking lot was the result of a “marijuana transaction” gone wrong, according to a recently released arrest report.

 
COVID-19 shots for kids 5 to 11 approved by US

U.S. health officials on Tuesday gave the final signoff to Pfizer’s kid-size COVID-19 shot, a major expansion of the nation’s vaccination campaign.

‘Corpse plant’ attracts crowds in Southern California

The bloom of a giant and stinky Sumatran flower nicknamed the “corpse plant” because it smells like a dead body is drawing huge crowds to a Southern California botanical garden.