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Walker, Church and Burleson hit homers and Cardinals ride 7-run 7th inning to 11-5 win over Braves 07/02/2026 10:21pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Jordan Walker homered and drove in four runs, Nathan Church hit a tying two-run homer in a seven-run seventh inning and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Atlanta Braves 11-5 on Thursday night. The Braves led 5-3 before the Cardinals rallied in the seventh. After Church's homer off Ty Shakira Austin scores 21, Kiki Iriafen gets a double-double and the Mystics beat the Dream 81-76 07/02/2026 10:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Shakira Austin had 21 points and nine rebounds, Kiki Iriafen added 14 points and 10 rebounds for her eighth double-double this season, and the Washington Mystics beat the Atlanta Dream 81-76 on Thursday night. Iriafen made layups on back-to-back possessions to give Washington Mullins' 2-run homer, Seymour's sharp outing lift Rays to 8th straight win, 5-2 over Royals 07/02/2026 10:04pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Cedric Mullins hit a two-run homer, Ian Seymour dominated the Royals for the second time in a week, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Kansas City 5-2 on Thursday night to extend their winning streak to eight games. Taylor Walls, Richie Palacios and Hunter Feduccia also drove in r Democratic governors press US Postal Service to drop plan tied to Trump's election order 07/02/2026 10:00pm • A group of Democratic governors asked the U.S. Postal Service on Thursday to withdraw its proposed rule seeking to implement an executive order from President Donald Trump to create a federal list of eligible voters and potentially limit who can receive a ballot in the mail. The president signed the Last-minute launch problem delays satellite rescue mission for NASA 07/02/2026 09:52pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A rush rescue mission to save a NASA space telescope remains grounded, this time because of a last-minute launch problem. Northrop Grumman ’s rocket-launching plane took off from the Marshall Islands in the Pacific on Thursday, following weather delays all week. But a Canada advances Alberta pipeline to Pacific Coast to expand oil exports beyond the US 07/02/2026 09:52pm • TORONTO (AP) — Canada took a step Thursday toward opening a new route for its vast oil reserves to Asian markets as Prime Minister Mark Carney advanced a Pacific Coast pipeline from Alberta, seeking to reduce the country’s dependence on the U.S. while easing separatist tensions and preserving en Possible super typhoon threatens US Pacific territories still recovering from last storm 07/02/2026 09:47pm • HONOLULU (AP) — Residents of U.S. territories in the western Pacific were bracing Friday for a possible super typhoon, just months after the region was hit by the strongest tropical cyclone on Earth this year. Power still hasn't been fully restored in the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Body of American pilot killed in Indonesian separatist conflict recovered 07/02/2026 09:36pm • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian security forces Friday recovered the body of an American pilot who was killed after armed separatist attacked and burned a small aircraft in the restive Papua region, a military commander said. Nicholas F. Goselin, a pilot for Indonesian aviation company PT AMA The Onion debuts new parody of Alex Jones' Infowars, will send $100,000 to Sandy Hook families 07/02/2026 09:33pm • The satirical news site The Onion isn’t waiting to take possession of Infowars to launch a parody of Alex Jones ’ conspiracy platform. More than a year after first trying to buy Infowars, The Onion on Thursday debuted a send-up under its own website with plans to give some of the revenue to fami Boil water advisory issued for parts of southern Prince George's County 07/02/2026 09:26pm • WSSC Water has issued a boil water advisory for customers in Accokeek and Clinton in southern Prince George's County following a water main break. The utility said that a 16-inch water main broke near Livingston and Piscataway Roads in Clinton around 5 p.m., causing a loss of water pressure. C Portugal 2, Croatia 1 07/02/2026 09:15pm • Croatia 0 1 — 1 Portugal 0 2 — 2 Rare copy of Declaration of Independence found by UK National Archives in papers of captured US ship 07/02/2026 09:13pm • LONDON (AP) — Michael Scurr has been volunteering at Britain’s National Archives for the last 11 years, spending his Thursday mornings painstakingly cataloging documents for the benefit of future researchers. Then one day last May the retired insurance executive made a discovery of his own while Portugal defeats Croatia 2-1 to advance in World Cup after wild final minutes that included disallowed goal 07/02/2026 09:10pm • TORONTO (AP) — Portugal defeats Croatia 2-1 to advance in World Cup after wild final minutes that included disallowed goal. Los Angeles Knight Riders play first game in new stadium as Olympic cricket buzz grows 07/02/2026 09:01pm • POMONA, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Knight Riders played their first home game Wednesday under the lights of their brand-new cricket field in Southern California, marking a milestone event as excitement builds for the 2028 Olympics. Cricket, the second most-watched sport in the world, is set to Carney and Marcos deepen Canada-Philippines ties as Ottawa looks beyond US trade 07/02/2026 08:56pm • VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. pledged Thursday to strengthen trade, energy and security ties as Canada works to diversify its economy beyond the United States and deepen its engagement in the Indo-Pacific. Carn