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Sophie Cunningham owes Sky guard Jacy Sheldon flowers. That’s her mom’s position, anyway. Last season, after Sheldon poked Caitlin Clark in the eye, Cunningham answered with a flagrant foul that got her ejected — and went viral. “‘In fact, you …

Left-hander Hagen Smith earned his first major-league victory in his first major-league appearance in the oddest of ways. The Guardians and White Sox played the first inning of their series finale Sunday at Rate Field before the heavens unexpectedly opened. …

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The FBI is teaming with the NCAA to start a program to combat sexual exploitation of college athletes whose private images are increasingly found and targeted online in an era when they use their name, image and …

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LAURA TURBAY NEW YORK (AP) — The operator of a speedboat that capsized in New York Harbor over the weekend, killing a 27-year-old woman and her infant daughter, is due to appear in federal court …

Two Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education trustee seats are set to appear on the November ballot with a third potentially added if another candidate qualifies later this week. Four trustee districts (1,3,5 and 7) were due to be …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday extended a waiver for 90 days for foreign ships to transport goods, including oil, fertilizers and other fossil fuel products, among U.S. ports. The president first waived the Jones Act on March …

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Todd Blanche, was sworn in Monday as attorney general after a bruising confirmation fight that exposed bipartisan concerns about the Justice Department’s direction under the Republican president. …

A former Concordia University champion swimmer was charged with second-degree murder last week for allegedly beating a security guard in Maui to death with a 5-gallon water bottle while nude, authorities said. Legend Storer, who is listed on the private …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Seven innings is getting to be the norm for Cubs left-hander Matthew Boyd. The front office got aggressive at the trade deadline and added two starters to the top of the rotation. But Boyd, a 2025 …

The Bears are entering scary territory in their secondary. Injuries are piling up, and they’re searching the ends of their roster and free agents for answers. Issues like this aren’t a disaster with the season still more than a month …

By ALI SWENSON NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday will sign an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held belief that shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits, according to …

By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer KENSINGTON, Maryland (AP) — The contiguous United States set a record for its hottest month ever in July, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Last month averaged 76.89 degrees Fahrenheit across the …

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s son was arrested last week on three felony charges related to sexual exploitation of a child, court records show. Tyler Boebert, 21, was arrested in Garfield County and was released from the county’s jail on Sunday, …

The slow rumble toward the 2026 high school football season is omnipresent. Practices each day become more physical. Schemes are being taught, and film study becomes mandatory, with Week 0 games set for Aug. 20 and 21. So who are …

Amirum Begum worked at Portsmouth City Council (Picture: Solent News) A council accountant has avoided prison time after she stole more than £70,000 of taxpayers’ money to pay off Kenyan scammers. Amirum Begum worked in the council’s housing office accountancy department …

The former working men’s club shut down in 2018 (Picture: Shutterstock) Sheffield firefighters battled to save a former working men’s club – made famous by the 2000 film The Full Monty – which was engulfed in flames on Sunday evening. …

SEATTLE — Sky guard DiJonai Carrington’s night ended after just three minutes Saturday. The story it started figures to run considerably longer. Minutes after she was ejected from the game against the Fever for a Flagrant 2 foul on Indiana …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The four innings Cubs right-hander Colin Rea pitched Saturday might not have seemed terribly different from his usual day at the office. For him, however, everything was different. Those innings came in relief. ‘‘When you’re starting …

Rookie left-hander Noah Schultz is still in the White Sox’ big-league plans this season, just not right now. Pitching coach Zach Bove said the Sox expect Schultz, whom they optioned to Triple-A Charlotte on Saturday, to pitch for them later …

It may be just a coincidence, but when California’s public employee pension system touted very high earnings on its investments last month, it was a political windfall for unions seeking to increase retirement benefits. They could argue that the California Public …