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Connecticut faces Minnesota on 6-game road skid 07/05/2026 02:09am • Connecticut Sun (4-16, 2-8 Eastern Conference) at Minnesota Lynx (15-5, 10-1 Western Conference) Minneapolis; Monday, 8 p.m. EDT LINE: Lynx -16.5; over/under is 167.5 BOTTOM LINE: Connecticut Sun will aim to stop its six-game road losing streak when the Sun take on Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx have gone Cubs fans sing `Take Me Home, Country Roads' during fog delay at Wrigley Field 07/05/2026 01:57am • CHICAGO (AP) — Add the St. Louis Cardinals' 3-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday night to the list of classically weird happenings at Wrigley Field. The game at the iconic North Side ballpark was delayed by fog for 15 minutes after the sixth inning. The Cardinals led 2-0 when play was sto Pastor freed from prison in China weeks after Trump requested his release 07/05/2026 01:55am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A pastor of a prominent underground church who was detained in China in October has been released, less than two months after U.S. President Donald Trump brought up his case when meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, his family and rights advocates said Saturday. Pastor E All-Star snub helps fuel Red Sox pitcher Sonny Gray in 8-1 win over Angels 07/05/2026 01:47am • ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — An All-Star snub provided some extra motivation for Sonny Gray on Saturday night, the Boston Red Sox right-hander using the slight for fuel in an 8-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. The 36-year-old Gray allowed a run and four hits in six innings, striking out seven and Residents in eastern Congo cling to hope as a new Ebola treatment trial begins 07/05/2026 01:11am • BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Residents at the epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak are pinning their hopes on experimental treatments after researchers began a highly anticipated study in early July of two possible Ebola treatments in hopes of fighting the still-growing outbreak. At the Ebola treatment ce Baseball Glance 07/05/2026 01:03am • All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Tampa B High-A Northwest League Glance 07/05/2026 01:03am • x-first half winner All Times EDT Friday's Games Vancouver 5, Eugene 3, 1st game Eugene 9, Vancouver 0, 2nd game Everett 15, Tri-City 2 Spokane 4, Hillsboro 2 Saturday's Games Eugene 8, Vancouver 2 Everett 6, Tri-City 3 Spokane 1, Hillsboro 0 Sunday's Games Eugene at Vancouver, 4:05 p.m. Spokane at Del Castillo hits 3-run homer to lift Diamondbacks past Brewers 4-3 07/05/2026 01:02am • PHOENIX (AP) — Adrian Del Castillo hit a three-run home run in the first inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks held on to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 on Saturday night. Merrill Kelly (6-8) went five innings to win for the first time in seven starts. He allowed eight hits, walked two and struck ou Yamamoto has 10 strikeouts as Dodgers send Padres to 8th straight loss 07/05/2026 12:51am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out 10 in seven innings, Freddie Freeman homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat San Diego 3-0 on Saturday night, handing the Padres their eighth consecutive loss. After wiggling out of a first-inning jam when the Padres had runners on first and third, Alcantara sharp, Lopez homers to pace the Marlins past the A's, 7-2 07/05/2026 12:42am • WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sandy Alcantara allowed one run with a season-high eight strikeouts in eight innings to win his seventh consecutive start, leading the Miami Marlins past the Athletics 7-2 on Saturday night. Otto Lopez homered and had three hits and three RBIs for Miami to celebrate Homers by Contreras, Gonzalez back Gray's strong start in Red Sox's 8-1 win over Angels 07/05/2026 12:35am • ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Willson Contreras and Romy Gonzalez homered to back the superb pitching of Sonny Gray, who allowed one run and four hits in six innings of the Boston Red Sox’s 8-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night. Wilyer Abreu added a two-run double, and relievers Jovani Prayer begins for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people 07/05/2026 12:32am • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Prayer begins for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people. Wetherholt has HR, 3 hits to lead Cards past Cubs 3-0 at foggy Wrigley 07/05/2026 12:25am • CHICAGO (AP) — Rookie JJ Wetherholt homered and doubled, Kyle Leahy threw five crisp innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 3-0 at foggy Wrigley Field on Saturday night for their third straight victory. Ivan Herrera and Alec Burleson each had RBIs to help St. Louis win for the f PHOTOS: Fourth of July fireworks from the Mall and around the DC region 07/05/2026 12:21am • The United States had far more than 250 candles to blow out on its birthday. For the semiquincentennial celebration on the National Mall alone, President Donald Trump promised a world-record fireworks display, and his Freedom 250 organization said its Fourth of July event would include the launch of Robbie Ray throws 6 innings, Willy Adames helps fuel 4-run opening frame as Giants beat Rockies 6-4 07/05/2026 12:09am • DENVER (AP) — Robbie Ray threw six efficient innings after regrouping from a fall while covering first base, Willy Adames hit a two-run double as part of a four-run opening frame and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 6-4 on Saturday night. Ray (8-6) allowed three runs while striki