CHICAGO (AP) � The New England Revolution are the first MLS team to clinch a playoff spot. Carles Gil scored in the 91st minute and New England beat the Chicago Fire 3-2. New England won for the 11th time in 14 games to reach 59 points. Chicago lost at home for the just the second

NEW YORK (AP) � A weakening Henri is now a tropical depression and is churning eastward over New England and back toward the Atlantic Ocean. Its center came ashore in Rhode Island on Sunday. People there and in other parts of the Northeast are mopping up even as rain potential continues in with the slow-moving

Henri is now a hurricane. The National Hurricane Center issued an advisory late Saturday morning upgrading the tropical storm to a hurricane. Storm surge, hurricane conditions and rainfall that could cause flooding began threatening the Northeast region Saturday. Henri is expected to make landfall on Long Island or in southern New England by Sunday afternoon.

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) � New Englanders bracing for their first hurricane in 30 years are hauling boats out of the water and taking other precautions as Tropical Storm Henri barrels toward the Northeast coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Henri is expected to intensify into a hurricane by Saturday. It says impacts could be

BOSTON (AP) � It’s exactly 30 years since a hurricane last made a direct hit on New England � and now the region is bracing for the possibility of another. New Englanders were warily watching on Thursday as Tropical Storm Henri gathered strength in the Atlantic and headed for the northeastern U.S. Forecasters say Henri

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) � Authorities in North Carolina have found two people dead and about 20 remain missing in Haywood County in floods caused by Tropical Storm Fred. Now as a post-tropical cyclone, Fred is drenching New York and New England. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Henri is sending dangerous swells onto East Coast beaches and is