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Lavelle scores, Gotham beats the Spirit 1-0 at Citi Field with record crowd of 42,175 07/15/2026 11:16pm • Rose Lavelle scored in the first half and Gotham FC beat the Washington Spirit 1-0 on Wednesday night in a match at Citi Field that was dubbed the Queens Classic. The game was a rematch of the last year’s National Women's Soccer League championship game, which Gotham also won 1-0 on a goal from South Korea's central bank hikes rate for 1st time since 2023 to curb inflation, debt 07/15/2026 11:15pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s central bank on Thursday raised its key interest rate for the first time in more than three years, aiming to tighten money supply to combat inflation worsened by the intensifying war in the Middle East and slow the growth of the country’s high household Family of Black teen found dead after boat trip agrees to inspect his cellphone with DA 07/15/2026 11:10pm • Attorneys for the family of a Black teenager who went missing during a July Fourth boat trip to an island off the Mississippi coast said they will work with a local prosecutor's office to inspect the contents of his cellphone as the investigation into his death continues. The family of Nolan Wells h Azura Stevens scores 18 of her 20 points in the 1st half and the Sky beat the Storm 07/15/2026 11:04pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Azura Stevens scored 18 of her 20 points in the first half, Sydney Taylor added 17 points, and the Chicago Sky beat the Seattle Storm 95-90 on Wednesday. The Sky led 86-75 with 6:24 left in the fourth quarter before Seattle went on a 9-0 run, capped by Flau’jae Johnson’s 3-poin Israel's latest strikes kill a dozen people in Gaza, including police officers 07/15/2026 10:54pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes have killed at least a dozen people in Gaza over the past two days, local health officials said Wednesday, as strikes continue almost daily despite a months-old ceasefire with Hamas. On Wednesday, three members of a family were killed in central France’s National Assembly gives final approval to assisted-dying bill after years of debate 07/15/2026 10:50pm • PARIS (AP) — France’s National Assembly gave final approval Wednesday to a bill allowing adults with incurable illnesses to receive lethal medication, the culmination of years of debate over end-of-life care. But the 291-241 vote in the lower house of parliament doesn’t mean the bill immediate Valkyries beat the Fever 88-75 for 8th straight victory 07/15/2026 10:36pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gabby Williams scored 16 points, Kaitlyn Chen had 14 points, all in the second half, and the Golden State Valkyries beat the Indiana Fever 88-75 on Wednesday night for the second-year franchise's record eighth straight victory. Tiffany Hayes added 13 points, Janelle Salaun sco New York Times files motion to quash subpoenas served on journalists over Air Force One coverage 07/15/2026 10:35pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The New York Times on Wednesday filed a motion to quash subpoenas that the Justice Department served on journalists who reported on security concerns involving the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One, teeing up a significant court fight pitting press freedom against the the governme A mass trial of alleged MS-13 gang members wraps up in El Salvador 07/15/2026 10:34pm • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A three-month mass trial of hundreds of alleged gang members of MS-13 wrapped up Wednesday in El Salvador, with prosecutors delivering their closing arguments and asking for maximum sentences. The proceedings against 485 members of the international criminal Mara More than half of House Democrats vote to cut Israel aid in growing split 07/15/2026 10:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half the House Democrats voted Wednesday to strip $3.3 billion in U.S. aid from Israel, the most substantial signal yet that once rock-solid bipartisan support for the country is disintegrating in the aftermath of its war in Gaza that has killed thousands of Palestinian Fiji scrumhalf Kuruvoli banned 4 weeks for physical abuse in rugby Nations Championship match 07/15/2026 10:14pm • SYDNEY (AP) — Fiji scrumhalf Simione Kuruvoli has been suspended for four weeks after being found guilty of physical abuse in his team's 73-8 loss to England last weekend in a Nations Championship match at Liverpool. A rugby disciplinary committee statement issued Thursday said the physical abuse, Tens of thousands of Argentine soccer fans celebrate their team's World Cup semifinal victory 07/15/2026 10:01pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Tens of thousands of soccer fans flooded the streets of Argentina's capital on Wednesday evening in a collective eruption of ecstasy over their national team’s 2-1 victory over England to reach the World Cup final. Some screamed, others cried — and the most fren Lionel Messi delivers again for Argentina as defending champions reach another World Cup final 07/15/2026 09:51pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Lionel Messi delivered for his teammates. With one more win, he'll be delivering another World Cup trophy to Argentina. Messi didn't add to his tournament-leading goal total, but the 39-year-old assisted on two late strikes that carried La Albiceleste to another stunning comeback an US military says it ends a wave of overnight airstrikes that rattled parts of northern Iran for the first time 07/15/2026 09:25pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — US military says it ends a wave of overnight airstrikes that rattled parts of northern Iran for the first time. NYC’s Rikers Island jail hosts World Cup watch party for inmates 07/15/2026 09:24pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s official World Cup guide lists no less than 100 free places to take in soccer’s biggest tournament on big screens. One place that isn’t listed? The city’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex, better known for its overcrowding and violence than for hosting s