October 12, 2014

Mike Moustakas hit a home run in the fourth inning and had a perfect sacrifice bunt in the ninth as the Royals took a commanding 2-0 lead in the American League Championship Series.

Officials were trying to figure out how a nurse who had treated Thomas Eric Duncan became infected despite wearing protective gear, as news of the new infection stoked the fears of health care workers across the country.

A burst of moviegoing, led by “Gone Girl,” follows a spring-summer season that saw domestic sales drop 15 percent from a year ago.

The BomPlenazo Artists Collective performed Afro-Puerto Rican roots music with plenty of dancing at Hostos Community College.

Fall for Dance’s second program had thrilling elements but was lacking depth.

CSX has been cool to the idea of a transaction, which would create a company worth more than $60 billion, people briefed on the matter said.

“The series ain’t over,” Baltimore center fielder Adam Jones vowed after a loss to Kansas City in the American League Championship Series.

Madison Bumgarner held the Cardinals scoreless for seven and two-thirds innings as the Giants won the National League Championship Series opener.

The South African acts Simphiwe Dana, Tumi and the Soil performed in a show that mixed an Apollo Theater festival with one from Carnegie Hall.

Quotation of the Day for Sunday, October 12, 2014.

Corrections appearing in print on October 12, 2014.

The actor and filmmaker Robert Redford is to be honored at a gala in April.