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West Indies 58-1 at stumps. 07/04/2026 05:56pm • NORTH SOUND, Antigua (AP) — Sonal Dinusha and Kusal Mendis put on 143 runs for the sixth wicket Saturday as Sri Lanka ground down the West Indies pacers to declare its first innings at 549-9 on the second day of the second test. 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A pregame show Josh Bell homers twice as Twins go deep six times in 11-4 victory over Yankees 07/04/2026 05:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Bell homered in consecutive at-bats and the Minnesota Twins hit six homers in a game for the first time in nearly three years to pull away for an 11-4 victory over the slumping New York Yankees on Saturday. Kody Clemens, Luke Keaschall and Alex Jackson homered in the first two One Extraordinary Photo: A stadium lit up by smartphones 07/04/2026 05:05pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Reed Hoffmann has been a freelance photographer for The Associated Press for more than a quarter of a century. Before moving to the Kansas City area, he was a newspaper photographer for more than 20 years. 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