This fall, another awaits. Only this one takes place on the football field.

The longtime coach known for tries to lead Colorado State back to the top in his first season in charge and as the Rams join the reimagined .

鈥淚f we work hard, if we stay healthy, if we maintain the standard, we can be successful,鈥� Mora recently said from his office inside Canvas Stadium with a view overlooking the field. 鈥淲e will be successful.鈥�

Mora is no stranger to reclamation projects. He took over a 1-11 and led the Huskies to a bowl game in three of his four seasons.

But his heart was lured out West. He spent a chunk of his childhood down the road in Boulder when his dad, 91-year-old coaching great Jim Mora, was an assistant for the Buffaloes.

The 64-year-old Mora knows the history of this conference well. His father was a longtime assistant when it was the Pac-8. He played in it as a defensive back for Washington when the league was the Pac-10. He coached in it at UCLA as part of the Pac-12.

Now, he’s a member of this reassembled version that followed a . The 鈥淐onference of Champions鈥� features the likes of Boise State, Fresno State, San Diego State, Texas State and Utah State, along with holdovers Washington State and Oregon State.

鈥淚t gives you a chance to play for a conference championship,” Mora said. 鈥淎 chance to potentially get into the college football playoff. … This was really exciting to me.鈥�

The wisdom of dad

It was his dad’s advice that’s stayed with him through every stop at every level.

Firmly set the groundwork early, his father instructed.

It worked out well for his dad, who was a head coach in the USFL (Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars) and later in the NFL with the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts, where his 鈥淧layoffs?!鈥� rant remains iconic even 25 years later.

鈥淏ecause you can鈥檛 go in easy and then come down with higher standards,鈥� said Mora, who kicks off his Rams tenure on Sept. 5 against Wyoming. 鈥淵ou have to walk in the building with the highest of standards and hold people accountable.鈥�

Another piece of advice from dad: Praise everyone. Because a word of encouragement goes a long way.

鈥淭he players don鈥檛 care how much you know until they know how much you care,鈥� said Hugh Millen, a longtime friend who was roommates with Mora at Washington before embarking on an NFL career and later seeing his son play for Mora at UConn. 鈥淧layers sense there鈥檚 something genuine about how he cares. You can feel that.”

That’s simply from lessons he learned along the way 鈥� from the late Don James at Washington to, of course, his father. Mora chats with his dad all the time.

鈥淚 know that everything he tells me is genuine,” Mora said, “and from the heart.鈥�

The history of the Rams

Mora’s new office is already well decorated. There are numerous pictures 鈥� him as a player, as a coach, with former players, with his father 鈥� adorning the walls.

On the coffee table, a thick book titled 鈥淎ggies to Rams: The History of Football at Colorado State University.鈥� Certainly, he will be a chapter in an updated version.

Mora takes over the program from Jay Norvell, who was fired last October after a 2-5 start. It was a feat just to get Mora from UConn, where he guided the Huskies to back-to-back nine-win seasons in 2024 and ’25.

The Rams haven’t won that many games since 2014, when they had 10 under Jim McElwain while in the Mountain West. They haven’t won a conference title since 2002 with Sonny Lubick 鈥� the coaching great the field is named after 鈥� running the show.

鈥淲e went to look for a program builder and we found that in Coach Mora,鈥� athletic director John Weber said. 鈥淗is level of detail, his level of preciseness, teaches everyone in the department what it really takes to compete at a championship caliber.鈥�

The school has revamped the program and features an on-campus stadium that opened in 2017. The Rams also just signed a new partnership deal with Adidas.

鈥淭his,” Weber said, “is what a power school looks like.鈥�

Mora is a sum of all his parts

Mora used to constantly vacuum when he was roommates with Millen while a graduate assistant at Washington.

It’s the way the detail-oriented Mora is wired. It’s why taking a timeout from coaching for a few seasons after being was a challenge. He missed the grind.

So he climbed.

鈥淗e would run up the mountain at such a pace to bring on the physical pain so that it could finally mask and drown out the internal pain that he wasn鈥檛 coaching,鈥� Millen recounted. 鈥淗e needed to coach as much as he needed to draw his next breath.鈥�

Which led him to UConn, where he revitalized a program known more for basketball. He accomplished a similar turnaround with the Bruins (going 46-30 from 2012-17) and hopes to rejuvenate the Rams.

鈥淚鈥檓 getting up every day with the mindset to do the very best I can,鈥� said Mora, who also has been an NFL head coach with Seattle and Atlanta. 鈥淚f you do that, you鈥檙e always at least moving toward success.鈥�

His influence already is contagious. The players frequently practiced on their own this summer to build cohesion.

鈥淲e try to be a player-led team,” said receiver Jackson Harper, who followed Mora from UConn. “Because player-led teams are successful.鈥�

Going uphill is his way to unwind

Before camp, Mora hiked and mountain biked in Oregon, Idaho, and Colorado. In all, he logged 75,000 vertical feet.

Anything he reflected on during those ascents?

鈥淚 think about everything,鈥� Mora said. “But I just really try to observe nature and how lucky I am.”

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Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 1.6% in early trading to 68,609.92. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.6% to 9,155.80. South Korea’s Kospi surged 3.9% to 6,835.55. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng edged up nearly 0.1% to 25,453.45, while the Shanghai Composite gained 0.4% to 3,961.82.

Asian regional sentiments received a boost from the overnight performance of Wall Street, which finished just shy of a record Wednesday. Several AI stocks reported better growth for the spring than analysts expected, while a report showed last month.

The S&P 500 rose 0.3% for its first gain since setting on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 21 points, or less than 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.5%.

Stocks in the technology business helped lead the way after strong profit reports bolstered hopes they can continue to deliver big-enough growth to justify the huge gains their prices have made.

It鈥檚 a return to strength for AI stocks, which have been veering on a . After surging to records, AI stocks came under pressure on worries that they shot too high. Investors wanted to see big spenders on AI prove their investments are yielding enough in profits and productivity to make them worth it. That in turn could lead to continued demand for chips and other AI infrastructure.

Treasury yields fell after a report showed that U.S. consumers paid prices for gasoline, and other costs of living last month that were 3.4% higher than a year earlier. That鈥檚 higher than anyone would like, but it鈥檚 not as bad as June鈥檚 3.5% inflation rate.

The deceleration could give the Federal Reserve more leeway to hold off on hikes to interest rates. The Fed鈥檚 members are about whether they should have already begun hiking interest rates. But Wednesday鈥檚 update on inflation pushed traders to pull back on bets the Fed will hike its main interest rate at its next meeting in September.

That helped pull the yield on the 10-year Treasury down to 4.68% from 4.70% late Tuesday. It, though, still remains well above its 3.97% level from before the war with Iran, which sent oil prices and worries about inflation spiking.

In energy trading, benchmark U.S. crude dipped $1.07 to $82.20 a barrel. Brent crude, the international standard fell $1.01 to $87.97 a barrel. That swung between modest gains and losses Wednesday.

All told, the S&P 500 rose 20.30 points to 7,748.50. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 21.58 to 53,770.27, and the Nasdaq composite gained 143.04 to 26,588.49.

In currency trading, the U.S. dollar inched up to 159.43 Japanese yen from 159.41 yen. The euro cost $1.1525, down slightly from $1.1527.

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Bregman hit three homers in a game or the first time in of the Washington Nationals, continuing a torrid stretch in recent weeks.

The 32-year-old, who signed a five-year, $175 million deal in January, is hitting .388 (26 for 67) with six homers and 17 RBIs in 16 games since July 27, and he has the most hits in the majors in that span. He鈥檚 homered four times in the first two games of the series at Washington, and six of his 16 homers this season have come against the Nationals.

鈥淔eel like the last month or so has been a step in the right direction, but really the last two days have been a real step in the right direction,鈥� said Bregman, whose seven RBIs were also a career high.

The Cubs scored in only three innings, but Bregman was a significant part of each rally.

After walking in his first two plate appearances Wednesday, Bregman lofted a sweeper from Jake Bird into the visitors’ bullpen in left for a three-run blast to cap a four-run fifth.

In his next trip, he pulled a two-run shot to left off Yovanny Cruz as the final blow in a five-run sixth that made it 9-4.

In the eighth, Bregman homered in his third consecutive at-bat, sending a fastball from Trevor Williams into the Cubs bullpen to drive in Seiya Suzuki.

鈥淲e watched it in spring, with what he鈥檚 capable of doing, and you鈥檝e seen it his whole career,鈥� said shortstop Dansby Swanson, who also homered in the eighth. 鈥淗e鈥檚 a special player when he鈥檚 going right.鈥�

It was Bregman鈥檚 ninth career multi-homer game and his second against Washington this season. He also is the second Cub to hit three homers in a game, joining Swanson鈥檚 effort against San Diego on July 1.

Bregman has nine homers in 26 games since July 11 after hitting seven in his first 92 games as a Cub.

鈥淚 think that鈥檚 why this is a good team,鈥� manager Craig Counsell said. 鈥淲e have a different guy who can do that any day, maybe. Dansby鈥檚 done it. Pete (Crow-Armstrong)鈥檚 certainly done it. Ian (Happ)鈥檚 done it. Seiya鈥檚 done it. It鈥檚 pretty cool and that鈥檚 a great game. He definitely drove the bus today.鈥�

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The Colombia鈥檚 new president, , and his government as it scrambles to respond to the disaster and civil society as it pushes to provide aid to the most affected communities.

De la Espriella said Wednesday evening that at least 265 people died in the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck the country’s west on Monday. The president said nearly 500 people were reported missing, though civilian-run databases put that number at more than 4,100. In total, more than 25,800 families were impacted, de la Espriella said.

鈥淥ur efforts are focused on the disappeared,鈥� he told journalists in Colombia’s capital.

Teams continued to pick through the rubble in the hardest-hit cities of Cali, Pereira, Manizales and Quibdo, as time ticked away for victims to be found 鈥� and rescued 鈥� alive. Aid agencies consider the first 48 to 72 hours crucial for retrieving survivors, though that threshold can be extended if those trapped have access to food and water.

On Wednesday afternoon, Alejandro Eder, the mayor of Cali, told reporters that rescue teams continue to find signs of people alive under the rubble and are racing to save them.

鈥淭he next 20 hours are the most critical to find and rescue people alive,鈥� he said. 鈥淓very minute is vital.鈥�

Survival takes many forms in hard-hit areas

In Pereira, rescuers pulled Daniela Largo alive from the rubble late Tuesday, capping a complex 12-hour rescue in which crews carved a small opening in the debris to free her pinned arm and a doctor administered IV fluids to stabilize her. Wrapped in a blue blanket, the young woman was carried to an ambulance as firefighters embraced and onlookers cheered.

Another moment was marked by mourning, as a man was pulled from a building in the same city, lifeless and covered in a white blanket.

Across the coffee-growing region, among the areas worst affected by the quake, authorities have converted sports arenas, schools and other public buildings into shelters for thousands of displaced Colombians.

Ebert Jonathan Morales, a Cali resident, said his family lost everything in the earthquake.

鈥淢y house was completely destroyed. We can鈥檛 live there,” Morales said. 鈥淚t collapsed. The floor collapsed, the walls cracked. The roof came down.鈥�

In Pereira and Cali, families have been sleeping in parks 鈥� some fearing aftershocks or the collapse of their damaged homes, others without homes to return to.

Colombia鈥檚 geological service has documented 130 aftershocks since the quake.

鈥淲e have the most important things: a roof over our heads, food, water and, in my case, medical care,鈥� said Edith Penagos, 48, who was staying with her teenage son in one of the white tents set up in a Pereira park.

Rodrigo Le贸n Loya, a seismologist and geosciences professor at the University of the Andes, said the probability of an earthquake of a similar magnitude occurring in the same area is low but he would not rule out more seismic activity.

鈥淟et鈥檚 remember that Colombia is full of active fault lines,鈥� he said. 鈥淭he question isn鈥檛 whether it can happen again. The question is rather when an earthquake of similar magnitude will occur at another of Colombia鈥檚 seismic sources.鈥�

Aid groups provide humanitarian relief

In many areas, including the epicenter of the quake, Choco, has been complicated by the ongoing crises of deep poverty and civil warfare that has created waves of forced displacement for decades. The true impact of the earthquake in the jungled northwest remained largely unknown because cell service has been lost and many of the likely affected communities are remote, accessible only by river.

鈥淭his earthquake compounds an already severe humanitarian situation, and there is a need for increased support for the humanitarian response,鈥� said Giovanni Rizzo, Colombia director for the Norwegian Refugee Council.

Many aid organizations were already on the ground in Choco supporting a 2016 peace accord between the government and leftist rebels, and responding to violence in the region involving other armed groups that has persisted since then.

Those humanitarian workers were able to quickly pivot to disaster relief, said Mar铆a Jos茅 Torres, the U.N. resident coordinator in Colombia.

鈥淲e have a presence on the ground. Therefore, our ability to be there, present with the people, I think, has increased exponentially,鈥� Torres said in a statement Tuesday.

Regional partners promise to help

At the same time, aid from other countries and nonprofits abroad continued to roll in.

The State Department posted on its website that disaster response teams started to arrive in Colombia on Monday. The U.S. has also offered over $15 million in aid.

Mexico, meanwhile, said it had sent two military aircraft carrying 19.5 tons of nonperishable food and 19 members of Mexican security forces to Pereira, and it plans to send another 39 tons of aid in the coming days. A further 255 military specialists and 20 dogs are on standby to be sent to Colombia if needed.

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele offered to send two planes loaded with 100 tons of aid.

On Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV thanked those contributing to recovery efforts and said he is praying for those killed, injured or otherwise affected by the earthquake.

鈥淚 want to express my solidarity with my Colombian sisters and brothers who have suffered the effects of the recent earthquake,鈥� he said.

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The fifth-seeded Shelton will face Brandon Nakashima in an all-American final. The 28th-seeded Nakashima beat 19-year-old Rafael Jodar of Spain 7-6 (3), 6-4 in the first semifinal to reach his first ATP Masters 1000 final.

Shelton has six career victories, with the 23-year-old player winning this year in Dallas, Munich and Stuttgart.

鈥淪uper happy with the performance,鈥� Shelton said. 鈥淟earner is a guy who presents me with a lot of problems in my game. A tough challenge to overcome. To get a win over him in the fashion that I did, I鈥檓 super pleased with that.鈥�

The 20-year-old Tien was seeded 12th.

Nakashima won his lone tour title in 2022 in San Diego.

鈥淕oing into the tournament, I knew I was playing at a really high level, so I knew that I could get a go on a deep run here,鈥� Nakashima said. 鈥淥bviously, wasn鈥檛 thinking about the final or anything.”

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Mahmud struck in his sixth and seventh overs Thursday after had Australia raced to 45 without loss following skipper Pat Cummins’ decision to bat first.

Darwin-born Jake Weatherald had a partisan crowd behind him but was never really settled on a green-tinged wicket and needlessly swiped at a widish ball from Mahmud ti be out for 23 from 37 deliveries.

His opener partner Travis Head (22) was out in Mahmud’s next over, chopping on a delivery that was bowled from around the wicket as Australia slipped to 52-2.

Ebadot had Marnus Labuschagne caught by Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto and could have had the wicket of Steve Smith but for a dropped chance at third slip.

Allrounder Cameron Green (13) was out immediately before lunch as Bangladesh took a full toll on the opening morning of its first test match in Australia since 2003.

Steve Smith remained not out 7 at the first interval.

Australia skipper , playing just his second test in 13 months, reunited in the pace attack with The frontline quicks will be supported by veteran offspinner and allrounders Green and Beau Webster.

The two-test 鈥淭op End鈥� series will start a heavy 12-month schedule for the Australians that will feature 20 test matches, including tours to , India and England.

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With a book in her hand, Taylor McCoy approached one of the many cats behind glass at Fairfax County Animal Services’ Lorton campus on Tuesday afternoon.

She turned the pages and pointed toward an unnamed orange cat whose paperwork suggested was found as a stray. An orange sign said only volunteers could interact with the animal, so McCoy read through the glass.

A few feet away, Evelyn Currier read to Winston Churchill, a white cat with black spots who nudged the edges of the book as Currier flipped each page. It marked a refreshing departure from time at home or in front of a screen, Currier said.

For a few years, Fairfax County has invited students to read to adoptable pets as part of its Paws & Read initiative. It’s an evolution of a similar program run during evenings throughout the academic year.

So far this summer, hundreds of students have attended the weekly event, which is held on Tuesdays from noon to 5 p.m., according to Reasa Currier, director of Fairfax County’s Animal Services. Aug. 25 is scheduled as the summer’s last session.

“It just helps to really just get a close interaction with an animal and connect with the animal, and just kind of forget about being on your phone and just live in the moment,” Evelyn Currier said.

Signs throughout the facility indicate where students can read to pets. Appointments aren’t necessary to participate in the free event, and the site has books and supplies, including pads for kids to sit on.

For McCoy, a rising high school sophomore, the experience “gives me confidence because everyone around is listening, and also the pets in this shelter are listening too,” she said.

When the program started, Reasa Currier said the animals seemed perplexed. But quickly, they become increasingly comfortable and enjoy the interaction.

“Parents have said that they really struggle to get their children out of their house and off technology,” Reasa Currier said. “The children request to come here, and this is something they look forward to every single week.”

But the animals are benefiting too. Research suggests increased interaction with people boosts a pet’s adoptability, Reasa Currier said. In some cases, kids reading to an adoptable pet end up taking it home.

Students, who in some cases are working through summer reading programs, can read to cats, rabbits, guinea pigs and birds.

Max, a rising second grader, read to Sherbet, a yellow parakeet.

“It’s fun to read to pets,” he said. “You get to read and they’re listening to you.”

While the Paws & Read program is scheduled to end this month, the county’s Reading Tails program, which lets kids read to adoptable pets in the evenings, will resume after the start of the school year.

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Los ciudadanos estadounidenses recib铆an pagos de hasta $30,000 para contraer matrimonios falsos con inmigrantes que buscaban el estatus de residente permanente legal, como parte del plan organizado desde , seg煤n documentos judiciales. Los acusados cobraban hasta $100,000 por cada tarjeta de residencia permanente, lo que gener贸 decenas de millones de d贸lares a lo largo del plan, que se extendi贸 durante una d茅cada, de acuerdo con las autoridades.

Las autoridades afirman que creen que el grupo organiz贸 m谩s de 1,000 bodas ficticias, y lo describen como uno de los mayores procesos por fraude matrimonial en la historia de Estados Unidos.

鈥淓ste plan no fue una operaci贸n r谩pida y pasajera, sino una industria clandestina de a帽os, de miles de millones de d贸lares, para ayudar de forma delictiva a personas que, de otro modo, no se convertir铆an, o legalmente no podr铆an convertirse, en ciudadanos de Estados Unidos鈥�, declar贸 el secretario de Justicia a los periodistas.

Los cargos se presentan en el contexto de las restricciones del gobierno del presidente tanto a la inmigraci贸n legal como a la no autorizada, con las que se ha buscado endurecer el control sobre qui茅n puede ingresar al pa铆s o convertirse en ciudadano.

Tras reclutar a ciudadanos de Estados Unidos, los acusados organizaban bodas falsas y, en algunos casos, montaban fotos de familias en lugares como restaurantes despu茅s, para que parecieran leg铆timas, seg煤n las autoridades. Luego, los acusados ayudaban a los inmigrantes a atravesar el proceso de solicitud del estatus de residente permanente legal.

鈥淓stos planes tienen un costo real. Le arrebatan a nuestro pa铆s la capacidad de saber qui茅n debe y qui茅n no debe ser admitido en Estados Unidos鈥�, sostuvo Blanche.

Los 11 acusados, entre ellos personas se帽aladas de oficiar las bodas ficticias, enfrentan cargos en una acusaci贸n formal presentada en Nueva York. De momento se desconoce si contaban con abogados que hablaran en su nombre.

Esta historia fue traducida del ingl茅s por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa. Un editor de Telemundo Digital revis贸 la traducci贸n.

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Jackson Kent allowed three runs in four-plus innings in his major league debut Wednesday night for Washington against the Chicago Cubs after the Nationals selected the contract of the 23-year-old pitcher from Triple-A Rochester.

The left-hander struck out six while allowing three hits and walking five in .

鈥淚 really didn鈥檛 have my best stuff, I think probably had my C stuff,鈥� Kent said. 鈥淪o I really don鈥檛 need to change anything. It鈥檚 just getting better from here.鈥�

Kent was 9-4 with a 3.72 ERA in 20 starts between Double-A Harrisburg and Rochester this season. He had 105 strikeouts in 94 1/3 minor league innings.

鈥淭here will be nerves,鈥� Nationals manager Blake Butera said before the game. 鈥淭here will be excitement, of course. There鈥檚 no way to hide that. I want him to go out there and make the most of it. You only get one debut and you鈥檙e lucky to have it because a lot of people want it. To be able to be in this spot and do it here at home, hopefully he soaks it up and is also he鈥檚 able to calm some of those nerves.鈥�

Washington designated right-hander Miles Mikolas for assignment to make room for Kent on the roster.

A fourth-round draft pick in 2024, Kent is one of Washington鈥檚 top prospects and could receive an extended look in the season鈥檚 final seven weeks. Butera said he thinks Kent has started to develop an identity of a pitcher who can consistently find the zone, amass strikeouts and offer a tough look for hitters.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 not to say he鈥檚 going to come up here today and just have it figured out from the jump, but to be able to do what he did in the minor leagues at such a high level, Double-A, Triple-A, it鈥檚 not easy. I think he鈥檚 earned the opportunity to be up here and make his debut,鈥� Butera said.

Mikolas, who signed a one-year, $2.25 million deal in February, was 3-9 with a 5.82 ERA. Often paired with an opener, the 37-year-old was the oldest player to appear for Washington this season and one of two older than 31. He reached 10 years of major league service time last week.

It is the second time this month the Nationals cut ties with a veteran starter. Washington designated Zack Littell for assignment Aug. 5 and released him two days later. Littell signed Monday with Arizona.

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Bueckers went 4 of 4 from the field and from the free-throw line in a 13-point third quarter after missing all seven of her shots in the first half. The Wings ended a three-game skid, their longest of the season.

Arike Ogunbowale scored 21 with season highs in free throws and attempts, going 13 of 14, and Alanna Smith had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Awak Kuier scored 14 points.

Dallas played without All-Star Jessica Shepard and rookie No. 1 overall draft pick Azzi Fudd. Shepard injured an ankle in the previous game against Minnesota, and Fudd has missed three with a knee injury.

Marina Mabrey scored 14 of her 23 points in the fourth quarter, when the Tempo got within three after trailing by 18 late in the third.

Bueckers had eight assists and three steals, including one that led to a breakaway layup for a 10-point lead with 3:03 remaining, just after Ogunbowale had converted a three-point play.

The Tempo trimmed the deficit to four points in the final minute, but Bueckers hit a jumper to get the lead back to six before Isabelle Harrison was called for a charge.

Bueckers was 7 of 11 from the field after the break and made all seven of her free throws in the second half.

Laura Juskaite scored 18 points and Kia Nurse added 16 for Toronto, which was missing starters Brittney Sykes and Julie Allemand.

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Yankees rookie Spencer Jones had three RBIs in his second start batting third. He hit a two-run double in the third and a tying double in the fifth.

Grisham went deep off starter Bryce Miller in the fifth, when the Yankees evened it at 5 after trailing by three. After his double off reliever Gabe Speier (2-3) scored rookie George Lombard Jr. in New York鈥檚 three-run seventh, Grisham added a two-run homer off Nick Davila in the eighth to finish with four RBIs from the leadoff spot.

Grisham had his ninth career multihomer game and fifth three-hit game this season. He also scored three times as the Yankees reached double digits in runs for the first time since July 9 at Tampa Bay and 11th time overall.

Ben Rice followed Grisham鈥檚 tiebreaking double with a hard RBI single that skipped over shortstop Colt Emerson鈥檚 glove. Jazz Chisholm Jr. drew a bases-loaded walk to make it 8-5 after the Mariners intentionally walked Heliot Ramos.

Ryan McMahon started New York鈥檚 comeback with an RBI double in the second but was thrown out twice on the bases.

Randy Arozarena hit a two-run homer and Julio Rodr铆guez connected for a solo shot off New York starter Will Warren in the first. Dominic Canzone homered in the third and Josh Naylor hit an RBI single in the fifth for a 5-3 lead.

The Mariners (56-65) have lost six straight for the first time since May 2022, and 15 of 20 to fall a season-high nine games under .500.

Paul Blackburn (4-2) picked off Naylor at first base to end the seventh before the Yankees took the lead in the bottom of the seventh for the second consecutive night. Brent Headrick struck out the side in the eighth.

Warren allowed five runs and six hits in four-plus innings. The right-hander tied a career high by allowing three homers.

Miller permitted five runs and seven hits in six innings.

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Seattle RHP Logan Gilbert (8-7, 3.42 ERA) opposes LHP Max Fried (4-3, 2.88) in the series finale Thursday afternoon.

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The rapid-fire developments came amid long-term questions about who will represent children in court amid President Donald Trump’s push for mass deportations.

The administration last week announced plans to to the Burke Law Group, a Houston-based firm with little experience in immigration. The contract offer came after the administration let through Acacia Center for Justice.

Unaccompanied migrant children in federal custody are being temporarily represented by another group, but it is unclear how things will shake out after its contract expires in December. A statement from the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement, which oversees the contracts, offered no insight into why Burke declined the offer.

鈥淏urke Law Group has declined to apply and has not been awarded any grant,” the agency, which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services, said in an emailed statement in response to a query about the contract.

Burke Law Group published a short statement on social media Tuesday night saying it had considered applying for a 鈥渟mall portion鈥� of the contract. It did not explain why it decided against it.

Burke Law Group’s founder, Marcella Burke, served in President Donald Trump鈥檚 first administration as a lawyer with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Interior.

Others on its roster include Justin Shubow, a supporter of Trump鈥檚 efforts to require federal buildings to adhere to classical and traditional architectural styles, and a former Trump appointee to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts. Prominent conservative legal scholar Ilya Shapiro is listed as senior counsel.

The administration awarded another contract worth up to $244 million to Our Rescue, an anti-child-trafficking organization based in Sandy, Utah. The group, previously called Operation Underground Railroad, was made famous by the 2023 movie 鈥淪ound of Freedom.鈥�

Founder Tim Ballard resigned in 2023 amid allegations of misconduct. Women accused him in lawsuits of exploiting his position at Operation Underground Railroad and their desire to help combat child trafficking to abuse them.

Derek Benner, Our Rescue’s current CEO, welcomed the new assignment.

鈥淭hese are among the most vulnerable children in the world, and they deserve nothing less than the full weight of our experience,鈥� said Benner, a former senior official at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Migrant children who are detained after entering the U.S. without their parents are usually entrusted to federal government care. Congress created various legal protections for them, including the 杏吧原创king Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, which representation for children put into deportation proceedings.

About 1,800 children were living in shelters and roughly 22,000 facing deportation were living with outside sponsors such as family members, according to the legal service providers whose contract expired.

The Burke Law Group, with fewer than 30 lawyers and only two with relevant immigration experience listed on its website, was one of two groups tapped by the government to fill in the gap.

A temporary contract for $20 million was awarded through the end of the year to the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, a legal aid group whose previous work with the government involved .

Attorneys with USCRI started last week, unannounced, claiming to represent children they had not yet met and sparking confusion among judges and lawyers from the expired contract still providing representation.

Some legal aid providers whose contracts expired sued the administration after they went without payment since last year. On Aug. 6, a California federal judge ordered the federal government to pay the providers.

鈥淭hese half-baked plans are not sufficient to comply with this court鈥檚 order,鈥� Caelin Moriarity Miltko, an attorney representing the providers, told the judge last week, referring to the interim contracts the government is trying to set up.

鈥淧laintiffs have ethical obligations to the children they represent today, to continue providing that representation to the best of their abilities, and that representation cannot transfer instantaneously to a new group simply because defendants have changed the contract,鈥� Miltko said.

Bilal Askaryar, director of communications at Acacia Center for Justice, the organization that handled the expired contract with the government, confirmed on Wednesday that the groups started to receive payments covering six out of nine months owed, with the rest in progress.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Tuesday’s Games

Detroit 6, Cleveland 4

Toronto 5, Boston 3

N.Y. Yankees 4, Seattle 1

Baltimore 5, Minnesota 2

Cincinnati 5, Chicago White Sox 4, 10 innings

L.A. Angels 3, Texas 2

Tampa Bay 12, Athletics 4

San Francisco 4, Houston 1

L.A. Dodgers 5, Kansas City 4, 10 innings

Wednesday’s Games

Minnesota 7, Baltimore 5

Tampa Bay 8, Athletics 4

Houston 2, San Francisco 1

Cleveland 6, Detroit 4

Toronto 6, Boston 4

Chicago White Sox 5, Cincinnati 0

N.Y. Yankees 10, Seattle 5

Kansas City at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Texas at L.A. Angels, 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Cleveland (Messick 9-6) at Detroit (Montero 8-7), 1:10 p.m.

Seattle (Gilbert 8-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Fried 4-3), 1:35 p.m.

Cincinnati (Abbott 6-7) at Chicago White Sox (Martin 9-6), 2:10 p.m.

Boston (Tolle 7-6) at Toronto (Scherzer 1-4), 3:07 p.m.

Philadelphia (Nola 3-9) at Minnesota (Bradley 9-4), 7:30 p.m.

Texas (deGrom 8-7) at L.A. Angels (Ure帽a 7-8), 10:07 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Boston at Pittsburgh, 6:40 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 6:40 p.m.

Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

San Diego at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 7:15 p.m.

Seattle at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 9:38 p.m.

Texas at Athletics, 9:40 p.m.

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

Tuesday’s Games

Miami 2, Pittsburgh 0

Atlanta 4, N.Y. Mets 0

Chicago Cubs 8, Washington 6

St. Louis 2, Philadelphia 0

Cincinnati 5, Chicago White Sox 4, 10 innings

San Diego 11, Milwaukee 2

Colorado 3, Arizona 2

San Francisco 4, Houston 1

L.A. Dodgers 5, Kansas City 4, 10 innings

Wednesday’s Games

St. Louis 7, Philadelphia 1

Houston 2, San Francisco 1

Colorado 6, Arizona 4

San Diego 4, Milwaukee 3, 11 innings

Miami 8, Pittsburgh 2

Atlanta 6, N.Y. Mets 3

Chicago Cubs 12, Washington 6

Chicago White Sox 5, Cincinnati 0

Kansas City at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Pittsburgh (Ashcraft 11-5) at Miami (Phillips 3-5), 1:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Abbott 6-7) at Chicago White Sox (Martin 9-6), 2:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Gausman 6-10) at Washington (Cavalli 9-5), 4:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Nola 3-9) at Minnesota (Bradley 9-4), 7:30 p.m.

Milwaukee (Drohan 6-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Sasaki 5-5), 10:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games

St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Miami at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m.

Boston at Pittsburgh, 6:40 p.m.

San Diego at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Arizona at Atlanta, 7:15 p.m.

Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Colorado at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

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Tuesday’s Games

Detroit 6, Cleveland 4

Toronto 5, Boston 3

N.Y. Yankees 4, Seattle 1

Baltimore 5, Minnesota 2

Cincinnati 5, Chicago White Sox 4, 10 innings

L.A. Angels 3, Texas 2

Wednesday’s Games

Minnesota 7, Baltimore 5

Cleveland 6, Detroit 4

Toronto 6, Boston 4

Chicago White Sox 5, Cincinnati 0

N.Y. Yankees 10, Seattle 5

Texas at L.A. Angels, 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Cleveland (Messick 9-6) at Detroit (Montero 8-7), 1:10 p.m.

Seattle (Gilbert 8-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Fried 4-3), 1:35 p.m.

Cincinnati (Abbott 6-7) at Chicago White Sox (Martin 9-6), 2:10 p.m.

Boston (Tolle 7-6) at Toronto (Scherzer 1-4), 3:07 p.m.

Philadelphia (Nola 3-9) at Minnesota (Bradley 9-4), 7:30 p.m.

Texas (deGrom 8-7) at L.A. Angels (Ure帽a 7-8), 10:07 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Boston at Pittsburgh, 6:40 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 6:40 p.m.

Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

San Diego at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 7:15 p.m.

Seattle at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

Texas at Athletics, 9:40 p.m.

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

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Tuesday’s Games

Miami 2, Pittsburgh 0

Chicago Cubs 8, Washington 6

St. Louis 2, Philadelphia 0

Cincinnati 5, Chicago White Sox 4, 10 innings

San Diego 11, Milwaukee 2

Colorado 3, Arizona 2

Wednesday’s Games

St. Louis 7, Philadelphia 1

Colorado 6, Arizona 4

San Diego 4, Milwaukee 3, 11 innings

Miami 8, Pittsburgh 2

Chicago Cubs 12, Washington 6

Chicago White Sox 5, Cincinnati 0

Thursday’s Games

Pittsburgh (Ashcraft 11-5) at Miami (Phillips 3-5), 1:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Abbott 6-7) at Chicago White Sox (Martin 9-6), 2:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Gausman 6-10) at Washington (Cavalli 9-5), 4:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Nola 3-9) at Minnesota (Bradley 9-4), 7:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games

St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Miami at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m.

Boston at Pittsburgh, 6:40 p.m.

San Diego at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Arizona at Atlanta, 7:15 p.m.

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