Wednesday afternoon had plenty of potential for drama, with all four wild card series offering the potential for teams to advance into the division round of the Major League Baseball playoffs . The first game of the quadruple-header, the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies, delivered in spades. A Bryce Harper misplay in the 7th inning allowed two Braves' runs to score, putting the Phillies on the brink of elimination. But Schwarber and Harper hit back-to-back homers in the 8th to tie it, and a 10th inning homer for Alec Bohm won it for Philadelphia to force a winner-take-all game three on Thursday. Then there's the Houston Astros . The Astros entered game two needing a win to force a game three, sending their ace, Hunter Brown, to the mound against the White Sox' powerful lineup. 36 pitches, five hits, four runs, two errors and just two outs later, the White Sox had a 4-0 lead and Brown was out of the game. YANKEES BULLPEN CATCHER HEAD BUTTS BEN RICE'S GRAND SLAM ...

An Ohio woman is suing after her surgeon allegedly amputated the wrong leg when she underwent a below-the-knee amputation that the lawsuit says was required because of cancer in her right leg. Sharon Jacks, who is now a double amputee, was scheduled to have a below-the-knee amputation of her right leg at Selby General Hospital in Marietta, Ohio, on Sept. 19, 2025, but she woke up to her left leg missing, according to the lawsuit, WBNS reported. "She went into surgery, and when she woke up, the wrong leg had been taken off," Jacks’ attorney Brad Layne told the outlet. "It defies explanation, obviously." The leg that was originally supposed to be amputated was later cut off as well, leaving her without either leg. FLORIDA DOCTOR CHARGED AFTER ALLEGEDLY REMOVING WRONG ORGAN DURING SURGERY Jacks' lawsuit names the hospital, her surgeon and other members of the surgical team, accusing them of "a complete failure of basic safety procedures." Layne said in a...

A Utah man who has spent decades on death row after he was convicted of killing a police chief's aunt has been released after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence excluded him as the source of DNA recovered from key pieces of evidence in the case. Douglas Stewart Carter, 71, was let out on bail late Monday over objections from the victim's family. He must wear a GPS monitor while he awaits a new trial in the killing of Eva Olesen, who was found tied up, stabbed and shot inside her Provo home on Feb. 27, 1985, during what investigators suspected was a robbery. A judge ordered him not to have any contact with Olesen's family. The Utah Supreme Court ordered a new trial last year, pointing to misconduct by investigators. MAN ‘FRAMED’ IN ‘SATANIC’ MURDER FREED AFTER 22 YEARS WINS $24M AS REAL KILLER STILL UNKNOWN Carter has maintained his innocence and argues that he was coerced into a signed confession. No physical evidence linked Carter to the crime scene, but the jur...

While Aaron Judge is on the shelf for the entirety of this best-of-three Wild Card Series against the Boston Red Sox, other New York Yankees homegrown talent stepped up to take Game 1 in the Bronx on Tuesday night. It was two Massachusetts natives, Cam Schlittler and Ben Rice, who played a vital role in setting the tone with a key victory to open the postseason. It’s no secret Schlitter, who hails from Walpole, Mass., has had the Red Sox ’s number ever since his incredible eight-inning Game 3 performance in this same Wild Card bout last year. He came into this contest with an ERA below one, as Boston just hasn’t been able to figure him out. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Schlittler has even leaned into the villain role he plays in the Red Sox fan base’s ecosystem, poking the proverbial bear on social media. He has always been able to back up his talk with his performance on the mound, and Tuesday night was no different. Schlittler, a frontrunner for the AL Cy Young Award,...

The State Department is assessing how it could grant state and local officials access to federal passport records to verify voters' citizenship status ahead of the midterm elections in November. The department is weighing how to share passport information with state and local officials, as well as some nonprofit groups, as part of the initiative that aims to ensure registered voters are U.S. citizens. The objective of the plan is to share the information in a way that "protects Americans' data, deters fraud and supports the integrity of U.S. citizenship," a department spokesperson said in a statement to NewsNation. The Justice Department disclosed the plan in a court filing last week, saying federal officials plan to use passport records to identify potential noncitizens on voter registration rolls. TRUMP SCORES SUPREME COURT WIN IN ELECTION INTEGRITY FIGHT AS STATES GAIN NEW VOTER ROLL TOOL According to the filing, the State Department will publish a notice in the F...

LeBron James took the mic at 76ers Media Day, sounding like classic LeBron. After a summer of endless free agency rumors, opting out of his contract, and leaving his family on the West Coast to chase another ring in the East, he finally landed in Philadelphia. Yet before taking a single shot in a Sixers uniform, he was already laying down excuses and tossing his new teammates under the bus. "If we can do that, then we can be a great team," he said. "If we don't do that, then we'll be like, 'Oh man, it was a great team on paper. We had a lot of great talent, and we lost in the second round.' I don't wanna do that. I didn't leave my family to lose in the second round, I know that for sure. So the work needs to be done, and I'm ready to put the work in." Classic LeBron. If they win, he is the savior. If they lose, the team on paper simply did not put in the work. Then came the best part. LeBron admitted he nearly signed with the New York Kn...

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said on Sunday that living public officials should not have buildings named after them and proposed a rule to prohibit such renaming efforts. This comes as President Donald Trump continues to push to rename the Kennedy Center after himself. The president has also sought to rename other prominent federal buildings in Washington, D.C., after himself since returning to the White House last year. Kennedy said public officials, including Trump, should not "spend public money on private ads for themselves." "The White House sees it differently, but … you can’t spend public money to … promote yourself," Kennedy told host Margaret Brennan during an appearance on CBS News' "Face the Nation." KENNEDY CENTER CEILING PARTIALLY COLLAPSES AS TRUMP-LED BOARD PUSHES FOR 2-YEAR CLOSURE Kennedy's comments came as a new ad promoting Trump appeared on multiple networks, that was funded by the federal government. The senator then suggested p...