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Ben Rice homers twice, Yankees beat Rays 12-4 to split 4-game series 07/09/2026 04:34pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Ben Rice hit two homers and drove in five runs, Austin Wells also went deep and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 12-4 Thursday to split a four-game series between the AL’s top two teams. Junior Caminero connected for the Rays, who have a four-game lead ove Grains mixed, livestock mixed 07/09/2026 04:30pm • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mixed Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Jul. corn was down 4.5 cents at $4.29 a bushel. Jul. wheat gained 5 cents at $6.12 a bushel. Jul. oats was up 3.75 cents at $2.99 a bushel. Jul. soybeans lost 12 cents at $11.81 a bushel. Beef was lower and pork was high Gavin Williams throws seven strong innings, three Guardians homer in 5-2 victory over Twins 07/09/2026 04:29pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gavin Williams pitched seven dominant innings, Gabriel Arias, Chase DeLauter and Patrick Bailey hit home runs and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Minnesota Twins 5-2 on Thursday to avoid a three-game sweep. Williams (10-4) moved into a tie with Boston’s Sonny Gray for the mos Simulations Plus: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot 07/09/2026 04:28pm • RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (AP) — RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (AP) — Simulations Plus Inc. (SLP) on Thursday reported net income of $3.6 million in its fiscal third quarter. On a per-share basis, the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina-based company said it had net income of 18 cents. Earn Jackson's big hit in the 8th helps the Orioles avoid a sweep, 3-2 over the Cubs 07/09/2026 04:27pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Jeremiah Jackson hit a two-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the Baltimore Orioles to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Thursday. Tyler O'Neill homered for the Orioles in the second inning, then Baltimore didn't have another hit until the eighth when Ja England player Jarell Quansah suspended for two games at the World Cup 07/09/2026 04:21pm • ATLANTA (AP) — England defender Jarell Quansah was handed a two-match suspension on Thursday for his red card offense against Mexico in the World Cup round of 16. That means Quansah will miss England's quarterfinal match against Norway in Miami Gardens on Saturday and also the semifinals if Thoma Barnes & Noble Education: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot 07/09/2026 04:20pm • FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Barnes & Noble Education Inc. (BNED) on Thursday reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $3.5 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. On a per-share basis, the Florham Park, New Jersey-based company said it h WD-40: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot 07/09/2026 04:19pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — SAN DIEGO (AP) — WD-40 Co. (WDFC) on Thursday reported profit of $30.2 million in its fiscal third quarter. The San Diego-based company said it had net income of $2.24 per share. Earnings, adjusted for amortization costs, were $2.33 per share. The maintenance and cleaning produc How major US stock indexes fared Thursday 7/9/2026 07/09/2026 04:17pm • Stocks rose, and oil prices eased as financial markets calmed a day after President Donald Trump raised doubts about the temporary truce in the war with Iran. The S&P 500 climbed 0.8% Thursday and more than recovered its loss form the day before. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.3%, and Andreessen, Chetty among leaders of Fed's new task forces evaluating operations 07/09/2026 04:16pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, economist Raj Chetty and former Bank of England governor Mervyn King are among a slate of names released by the Federal Reserve Thursday that will help develop recommended changes to the central bank's operations. They are among the co-leaders Kaulig Companies Championship Tour Scores 07/09/2026 04:15pm • Thursday At Firestone Country Club - South Course Akron, Ohio Purse: $3.5 million Yardage: 7,248; Par: 70 First Round Jerry Kelly 34-31—65 Darren Cla Kaulig Companies Championship Par Scores 07/09/2026 04:15pm • Thursday At Firestone Country Club - South Course Akron, Ohio Purse: $3.5 million Yardage: 7,248; Par: 70 First Round Jerry Kelly 34-31—65 -5 Fire at a shoe factory kills 28 in one of China's deadliest blazes in recent years 07/09/2026 04:11pm • BEIJING (AP) — A fire broke out at a shoe factory in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian on Thursday, killing 28 people, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Chinese President Xi Jinping demanded “an all-out search and rescue effort," urging a swift investigation of the incident and “ India loses another series and T20 crisis deepens after latest heavy defeat to England 07/09/2026 04:07pm • BRISTOL, England (AP) — India lurched deeper into a crisis in cricket's Twenty20 format after slumping to a second straight series loss, with England taking an insurmountable 3-0 lead on the back of destructive half-centuries by Phil Salt and Harry Brook. England won the 4th T20 of the five-match Wichita joins Dayton has host cities for 2027-28 opening-round games in 76-team NCAA Tournament 07/09/2026 04:05pm • The opening round of the expanded men's NCAA Tournament will be split between Dayton, Ohio, where those early games traditionally have been played, and Wichita, Kansas, for at least the next two years. The NCAA said Thursday that both cities would host six games apiece in the enlarged 76-team field.