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Casey Mize matches career high with 10 strikeouts as Tigers beat sloppy Yankees 7-3 06/29/2026 10:28pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Casey Mize matched a career high with 10 strikeouts over seven innings and the Detroit Tigers capitalized on shoddy defense by the slumping New York Yankees in a 7-3 victory Monday night. The only baserunner Mize (3-5) allowed came on rookie Spencer Jones' leadoff double in the thi Virginia lawmakers approve 2-year spending plan, avoiding partial government shutdown 06/29/2026 10:23pm • Virginia lawmakers have approved a new two-year spending plan, avoiding the commonwealth’s first ever partial government shutdown. The funding package includes a new tax on data centers and a plan to launch retail marijuana stores. On Monday, both chambers put the final touches on it, approvin Contreras and Durbin homer as Red Sox extend win streak to 5 games with 6-3 win over Nationals 06/29/2026 10:14pm • BOSTON (AP) — Wilson Contreras hit a three-run homer, Caleb Durbin added a home run of his own, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Washington Nationals 6-3 on Monday to extend their winning streak to a season-high five games. Contreras opened the scoring for Boston with his 18th homer of the year Blue Jays OF Addison Barger shut down because of back injury, further delaying return 06/29/2026 10:06pm • TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Addison Barger will be shut down for several more weeks because of a stress reaction in his back, further delaying his return in an injury-plagued season. Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Monday that Barger experienced back pain while hitting at the Valdez, Triolo and Rodriguez homer for Pirates in 11-7 win over Phillies 06/29/2026 10:05pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Esmerlyn Valdez and Jared Triolo both hit home runs to help the Pittsburgh Pirates escape an early five-run deficit, and Endy Rodriguez closed the deal with a three-run homer in the ninth for an 11-7 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night. The Pirates posted a six-r George Springer and Blue Jays capitalize on Mets' mistakes in 2-1 win to snap 6-game skid 06/29/2026 10:01pm • TORONTO (AP) — George Springer capitalized on two miscues to circle the bases with a Little League homer, Trey Yesavage pitched into the seventh inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the bumbling New York Mets 2-1 on Monday night, snapping a six-game losing streak. Francisco Lindor homered but th An early heat wave hits Europe, in photos 06/29/2026 09:57pm • People across Europe are sweltering under an early-season heat wave as temperatures climb to unusually high levels. Montgomery hits the go-ahead double and Gonzalez has 3 RBIs as the White Sox down the Orioles 8-2 06/29/2026 09:53pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Colson Montgomery hit a go-ahead double in the eighth inning, Jacob Gonzalez drove in three runs and the Chicago White Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-2 on Monday night in the opener of their series. With the game tied at 2, Sam Antonacci was hit by a pitch before Montgomery d Paraguay goalkeeper Orlando Gill bests German 'idol' Manuel Neuer in World Cup shootout stunner 06/29/2026 09:52pm • FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Orlando Gill knew Paraguay was a big underdog against Germany in their World Cup knockout-round opener. Heck, he was even a little starstruck himself. But the 26-year-old goalkeeper, appearing in his first World Cup, bested German great Manuel Neuer in a penalty shootout t Jury finds alleged MS-13 members guilty of murder and racketeering in Nevada 06/29/2026 09:41pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — A jury convicted three men who prosecutors say were members of the violent MS-13 gang in a federal racketeering case involving nine killings in Las Vegas and Los Angeles between 2017 and 2018. Jose Luis Reynaldo Reyes-Castillo, David Arturo Perez-Manchame and Joel Vargas-Escobar w Ja Morant is headed to Portland after the Memphis Grizzlies trade the 2-time All-Star 06/29/2026 09:40pm • Ja Morant is headed to Portland, after the Trail Blazers and Memphis completed a trade Monday night that sees the Grizzlies starting anew and gives the two-time All-Star a chance to revive his career. Portland sent forwards Jerami Grant and Kris Murray to the Grizzlies as part of the deal. It’s a World Cup what to know: France, Norway, Mexico among teams in action as knockout rounds continue 06/29/2026 09:34pm • Formidable France is back on the field for the World Cup round of 32, welcoming its coach back to the sideline after a one-game absence. So is Norway, which rowed into North Texas for its first knockout match in 28 years. Meanwhile, host Mexico hopes a raucous home crowd and playing at altitude can Paraguay stuns Germany in a penalty shootout for the biggest upset of the 2026 World Cup 06/29/2026 09:33pm • FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — José Canale wasn’t in the starting lineup in either of his previous two appearances for Paraguay in this World Cup. He made his first start a memorable one. Canale scored on the first sudden-death penalty kick, Orlando Gill made two key saves in the shootout, and Paragu Alaska Supreme Court says a man with the same name as US Sen. Dan Sullivan can be on primary ballot 06/29/2026 09:18pm • JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Monday that a man with the same name and party affiliation as Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan is qualified to run for the seat and ordered elections officials to place him on the August primary ballot. The ruling came hours after the co 3 firefighters killed in Western wildfire were trying to shield themselves from flames 06/29/2026 09:17pm • GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Three firefighters killed over the weekend in a wildfire along the Colorado-Utah border were trying to shield themselves from flames by deploying tent-like shelters when they were overcome, authorities said. The firefighters were part of a specialized crew that goes i