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Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon kills 7 people, Lebanese state media say 08/15/2026 01:55am • BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon kills 7 people, Lebanese state media say. Myanmar says over 300,000 Rohingya refugees verified for repatriation as exodus enters ninth year 08/15/2026 01:47am • BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military-backed government said Saturday that more than 300,000 Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh are former residents of western Rakhine state and that it will accept their return once security conditions improve. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement Exhausted health workers in Congo struggle to keep up as Ebola outpaces contact tracing 08/15/2026 01:31am • NIZI, Congo (AP) — Every day, community health worker Gédéon Banga Ngbape and his team fan out across communities in eastern Congo looking for people who may have crossed paths with the country’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history. The workers investigate dozens of alerts, search for th Pallister beats Ledecky, US sweeps relays over Australia at Pan Pacs 08/15/2026 01:30am • IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Lani Pallister of Australia defeated Katie Ledecky to win the 400-meter freestyle at the Pan Pacific Championships on Friday night in a final that lacked some luster without world record holder Summer McIntosh. Pallister was under world-record pace through 150 meters before t Purce and Kerr score in Gotham's 2-1 comeback over the Kansas City Current 08/15/2026 01:25am • Midge Purce and Sam Kerr scored goals to give Gotham FC a 2-1 comeback win over the Kansas City Current on Friday night. In other action around the National Women's Soccer League, the San Diego Wave and the Denver Summit played to a 1-1 draw; the Utah Royals beat Bay FC 3-2; and the Seattle Reign t Hawaii's Big Island under rare hurricane landfall threat as Tropical Storm Lala strengthens 08/15/2026 01:22am • HONOLULU (AP) — Tropical Storm Lala is expected to strengthen to a hurricane before reaching Hawaii's Big Island this weekend, forecasters said Friday, bringing heavy rains that can cause destructive flooding and strong winds that can fuel wildfires. The National Hurricane Center said Lala should Freeland's 8 strong innings, Veen's home run power Rockies past Giants 5-2 08/15/2026 01:06am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kyle Freeland pitched eight innings of one-run ball, Zac Veen hit his second home run of the year and the Colorado Rockies beat the slumping San Francisco Giants 5-2 on Friday night to take the opener of a three-game series. Freeland (4-10) allowed one run, gave up four hits a Baseball Glance 08/15/2026 01:03am • All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Tampa B Jeff McNeil goes 4 for 5 as the Athletics beat the Rangers 8-3 08/15/2026 01:03am • WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Jeff McNeil was 4 for 5 with three RBIs including the go-ahead home run as the Athletics snapped a three-game slide with an 8-3 win over the Texas Rangers on Friday night. Lawrence Butler also went deep for the Athletics, who have lost 12 of their last 15 games. A hi Wild Card Glance 08/15/2026 01:02am • All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct WCGB New Royals beat the Angels 7-6 to snap 4-game losing streak 08/15/2026 12:50am • ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jac Caglianone homered and drove in five runs on a three-hit night, Michael Massey also homered and had three hits and the Kansas City Royals beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-6 on Friday to snap a four-game losing streak. John Schreiber, Nate Pearson and Steven Cruz threw score Clark scores 29 as Fever beat Wings 98-87 08/15/2026 12:50am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark scored 16 of her 29 points in the third quarter Friday night, and Aliyah Boston scored 10 of her 16 points in the fourth to help the Indiana Fever get past the Dallas Wings 98-87 in a key game for playoff position. Clark also had 10 assists while Boston had 12 reb Holly Winterburn scores season-high 20 and the Fire build early lead before holding off Storm 84-82 08/15/2026 12:44am • SEATTLE (AP) — Holly Winterburn scored 18 of her career-high 20 points in the first half, Bridget Carleton had 14 points and nine rebounds, and the Portland Fire beat the Seattle Storm 84-82 on Friday night to secure a four-game season sweep. Winterburn, who went into the game with 49 career point Photos show the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest in California 08/15/2026 12:40am • SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — The World’s Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa, Calif., on Friday. ____ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. High-A Northwest League Glance 08/15/2026 12:37am • x-first half winner All Times EDT Thursday's Games Everett 7, Spokane 1 Eugene 9, Hillsboro 1 Vancouver 14, Tri-City 4 Friday's Games Tri-City 5, Vancouver 4 Eugene 6, Hillsboro 5 Everett 3, Spokane 2 Saturday's Games Tri-City at Vancouver, 8:05 p.m. Hillsboro at Eugene, 8:05 p.m. Spokane at Evere