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Minnesota visits Connecticut after Griner's 29-point game 07/07/2026 02:09am • Minnesota Lynx (15-6, 10-1 Western Conference) at Connecticut Sun (5-16, 2-8 Eastern Conference) Uncasville, Connecticut; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Connecticut Sun hosts the Minnesota Lynx after Brittney Griner scored 29 points in the Connecticut Sun's 90-89 win over the Minnesota Lynx. Golden State plays Toronto on 5-game win streak 07/07/2026 02:09am • Golden State Valkyries (15-7, 7-5 Western Conference) at Toronto Tempo (9-11, 4-6 Eastern Conference) Toronto; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Golden State Valkyries will try to keep its five-game win streak alive when the Valkyries take on Toronto Tempo. The Tempo are 5-5 in home games. Toronto Sparks face the Fever on 3-game skid 07/07/2026 02:09am • Indiana Fever (12-8, 5-4 Eastern Conference) at Los Angeles Sparks (8-11, 5-6 Western Conference) Los Angeles; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles Sparks will try to end its three-game skid when the Sparks take on Indiana Fever. The Sparks have gone 3-7 at home. Los Angeles ranks seventh Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong set for September sentencing in second national security case 07/07/2026 02:00am • HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong is scheduled to be sentenced in September in a case brought under a Beijing-imposed national security law that critics say has stifled the city’s pro-democracy movement. Wong, a former student leader in the pro-democracy movement, was ar Royals slug 4 homers, tag Phillies ace Sánchez for career-worst 9 earned runs in victory 07/07/2026 02:00am • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Salvador Perez, Luke Maile, Lane Thomas and Tyler Tolbert homered and the Kansas City Royals tagged Phillies ace Cristopher Sánchez for a career-worst nine earned runs in a 15-1 win over Philadelphia on Monday. The Royals (36-54), who entered the game with the second-worst Baseball Glance 07/07/2026 01:55am • All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Tampa B Anissa Helou’s new book of recipes from Lebanon spotlights villages scarred by war 07/07/2026 01:50am • BALLOUNEH, Lebanon (AP) — Before becoming one of the Middle East’s most acclaimed cooks and food writers, Anissa Helou had no intention of either path. She entered the world of cooking and writing almost by accident when she was in her late 30s. Now 74, Helou has a wide following in the region a US eliminated by Belgium and Spain ends World Cup career of Ronaldo, in photos 07/07/2026 01:43am • The United States had Folarin Balogun in the lineup but had its defensive shortcomings exposed by Belgium in a 4-1 loss in the World Cup round of 16 on Monday. Balogun started the match in Seattle after FIFA lifted his one-game suspension for a red card in the round of 32 against Bosnia-Herzegovina. American fans saw a night of hope turn to World Cup disappointment, in photos 07/07/2026 01:27am • American fans saw a night of hope turn to disappointment Monday as Belgium beat the United States 4-1, ending the home team's World Cup run in the round of 16. ____ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Arizona's Kepler hits 3-run homer, his first since returning from 80-game suspension 07/07/2026 01:26am • SAN DIEGO (AP) — Max Kepler homered to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to an 8-0 win over the San Diego Padres on Monday night, his first home run since returning from an 80-game suspension for testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug. Kepler hit a 94 mph four-seam fastball from Padres star After his suspension was lifted in scrutinized move, Balogun has little impact in US World Cup loss 07/07/2026 01:26am • SEATTLE (AP) — Folarin Balogun's presence on the field for the United States against Belgium had a seismic impact on the world of soccer, but he ultimately played a forgettable role in the Americans' 4-1 loss in the World Cup round of 16 on Monday. The 25-year-old striker, who had three goals in t A disappointing World Cup for Christian Pulisic as US star is scoreless and hobbled by injuries 07/07/2026 01:20am • SEATTLE (AP) — United States forward Christian Pulisic could only watch from the bench as Belgium extinguished his team's World Cup bid, ending a tournament in which the American star was hobbled by injuries and largely ineffective. The most accomplished U.S. striker, Pulisic was held scoreless in Yacht owners and public housing residents once shared Venezuela's coast. Now they share its ruin 07/07/2026 01:05am • CARABALLEDA, Venezuela (AP) — The rich and poor shared paradise in Caraballeda on Venezuela's Caribbean coast. Their apartments, a few with direct marina access and hundreds in public housing towers, stood on the same curving street and offered idyllic views of the white sandy beaches and crystal Clashes in Sri Lankan prison leave at least 25 dead, mostly inmates 07/07/2026 01:02am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Clashes broke out inside a prison in the outskirts of Sri Lanka’s capital, killing at least 25 people, most of them inmates, and injuring more than 100, officials said Monday. The unrest at the prison in Negombo, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) north of the capital, Col Hamas dissolves its government in Gaza to transfer power to a UN-backed committee 07/07/2026 01:01am • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Hamas militant group said Monday it had dissolved its government in Gaza and is preparing to transfer power to a technical committee backed by the United Nations as part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal. Hamas did not say whether it planned to take the crucial