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Lynx race past Aces 98-87 08/22/2024 12:05am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Napheesa Collier scored 23 points, Courtney Williams added a season-high 22 and the Minnesota Lynx raced past the Las Vegas Aces 98-87 on Wednesday night. Minnesota scorched the two-time defending champions at home for the second time this season, winning its June game in Las Vega The Latest: Walz accepts the party’s nomination for vice president at DNC Day 3 08/21/2024 11:56pm • Vice presidential nominee Tim Walz and former President Bill Clinton headlined the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, the third day of the party’s choreographed rollout of a new candidate, Kamala Harris, and her pitch to voters. Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and Transportation Secretary P Michael Lorenzen's strong start leads Royals over Angels 3-0 08/21/2024 11:31pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Michael Lorenzen pitched seven shutout innings, MJ Melendez homered and the Kansas City Royals beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-0 on Wednesday for their sixth win in seven games. The Royals spoiled the season debut of Johnny Cueto (0-1), a 17-year veteran who helped Kansas Cit Gurriel drives in four runs, leads Diamondbacks to 10-8 win over Marlins 08/21/2024 11:13pm • MIAMI (AP) — Lourdes Gurriel Jr. drove in four runs, including a go-ahead, pinch-hit three-run double in the seventh inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied to beat the Miami Marlins 10-8 on Wednesday night. Jake McCarthy and Geraldo Perdomo homered for the Diamondbacks, who swept the three-g Brandon Marsh's 8th-inning RBI lifts Phillies to comeback 3-2 win over Braves 08/21/2024 10:58pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Brandon Marsh's tie-breaking, pinch-hit sacrifice fly in the eighth inning lifted the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 win over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night. The win pushed the Phillies' lead in the National League East to seven games over the Braves, with five games remainin Police raid Andrew Tate's home in Romania as new allegations emerge involving minors 08/21/2024 10:56pm • BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Masked police officers in Romania carried out fresh raids early Wednesday at the home of divisive internet influencer Andrew Tate, who is awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. Romania’s anti-organized Matt Wallner’s 3-run homer highlights 7-run 4th inning as the Twins top Padres 11-4 08/21/2024 10:35pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — Matt Wallner’s three-run homer highlighted a seven-run fourth inning as the Minnesota Twins beat the San Diego Padres 11-4 on Wednesday. With the win, Minnesota snapped a three-game skid and avoided a sweep in San Diego. The Twins completed a seven-game trip at 4-3. The Padres l Charles moves into 2nd on WNBA scoring list while leading Dream past Mercury 72-63 08/21/2024 10:28pm • COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Tina Charles became the second all-time leading scorer in WNBA history while posting 12 points and 17 rebounds, and the Atlanta Dream defeated the Phoenix Mercury 72-63 on Wednesday night. Allisha Gray had 21 points and Rhyne Howard 19 to lead the Dream (10-17), who won Nancy Pelosi thanked Biden for his wins, as she said Harris will take US to new heights 08/21/2024 10:14pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Nancy Pelosi opened her convention speech with a sense of gratitude for President Joe Biden, even after her doubts about his campaign fed into the pressures that led him to end his reelection effort. “Thank you, Joe,” Pelosi said after going through Biden's legislative achieveme Kennedy campaign's future in question as Trump allies lobby for endorsement 08/21/2024 10:03pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Close allies to Donald Trump are quietly urging independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to endorse the Republican nominee if he withdraws from the campaign for the White House as soon as this week. Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., along with former Fox News host Tu Brazil will restrict entry to some Asian nationals, aiming to curb migration to the US and Canada 08/21/2024 09:55pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil will begin imposing restrictions on the entry of some foreigners from Asia who use the country as a launching point to migrate to the United States and Canada, the justice ministry’s press office said Wednesday. The move, which starts on Monday, will affect migrants from Miles from her collapsed home, flood victim's sonograms of son found on Connecticut beach 08/21/2024 09:34pm • Devastated after her home collapsed in the aftermath of Sunday's deadly flooding in Connecticut, Randi Marcucio got some good news this week that warmed her heart and eased her despair. Sonograms of the single mom's now-3-year-old son that washed away in the swollen brook next to her home in Oxford Fannie Lou Hamer rattled the Democratic convention with her 'Is this America?' speech 60 years ago 08/21/2024 08:59pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is accepting the Democrats' presidential nomination Thursday, exactly 60 years after another Black woman mesmerized the nation with a televised speech that challenged the seating of Mississippi's all-white delegation to the 1964 Democratic Nationa Babysitter pleads guilty to manslaughter for death of man she injured when he was a baby in 1984 08/21/2024 08:14pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A former babysitter pleaded guilty to manslaughter Wednesday for the 2019 death of a man she was accused of disabling as an infant 40 years ago and was sentenced to three years in prison, finally admitting that she hit him numerous times. Terry McKirchy, 62, accepted a The 10 Most Valuable Car Companies in the World By Market Capitalization 08/21/2024 08:00pm • Electric vehicle (EV) momentum generated automaker growth in 2023 and EV sales globally jumped 35% over 2022, according to the IEA. Companies made deep investments, retooled production lines and incorporated new battery technology. Social messaging supported the endeavor to combat climate change. It