Louise Schiavone

Baseball's World Series is now tied at one game apiece after the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays last night.

The score was 5-1 as the teams met in Toronto.

Dodger starter Yoshi Yamamoto pitched the first World Series complete game since 2015.

They next play in Los Angeles, Game 3 tomorrow.

I'm Louise Schiavone, NPR News, Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone.

Trade negotiators from the U.S.

and China say they have reached a tentative agreement that would head off some of the most onerous tariffs and export restrictions threatened by both countries.

The progress was reported as leaders gathered for the annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Malaysia.

NPR's Emily Fang reports this sets up a highly anticipated meeting between President Trump and China's leader, Xi Jinping.

Israel has approved teams from the Red Cross and Egypt to enter Gaza to search for the bodies of hostages.

NPR's Rob Schmitz reports from Tel Aviv.

The partisan redistricting effort kicked off by the president continues with the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Lawmakers there will be holding a special session tomorrow.

NPR's Mara Liason has details.

You're listening to NPR News in Washington.

The National Hurricane Center reports Hurricane Melissa is packing maximum sustained winds of more than 130 miles an hour, about 100 miles away from Jamaica.

The forecast is for the hurricane to make landfall in Jamaica Monday night or Tuesday morning and for the hurricane to make landfall in Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic later on in the week.

Americans are expected to spend a record $13 billion on Halloween this year.

Lauren Patterson of Northwest Public Broadcasting has details.