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Werro holds off Hodgkinson to win 800m gold at the European championships 08/14/2026 09:34pm • BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) ��� Audrey Werro stormed to the 800-meter title by holding off Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson down the home straight at the European championships on Friday. The Swiss star, who was given a spot in the final after falling in the semifinal a day earlier, finished in 1 minu Appeals court sides with Trump in fight over subpoena of gender-affirming care provider 08/14/2026 09:20pm • President Donald Trump's goal of ending gender-affirming care is not improper and cannot be the basis for quashing a subpoena issued by the Justice Department against a provider of medical treatment for transgender youth, a divided federal appeals court ruled Friday. The Justice Department announced Pirates 3B Nick Gonzales forced from game after being hit by pitch on helmet 08/14/2026 09:18pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Pirates third baseman Nick Gonzales was struck on the helmet by a pitch from Jovani Moran in the fifth inning and left Pittsburgh's game against the Boston Red Sox. Gonzales, who entered the day third in the NL in hitting, sustained a facial contusion and was replaced by pinch-ru US civil rights agency denies issuing order halting all federal class discrimination complaints 08/14/2026 09:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A civil rights agency accused of halting a sexual harassment case filed on behalf of female prison guards is now blaming an administrative judge for doing so in error. A labor union and two female prison guards sued the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which enforces employ Dr. Anthony Fauci declines request to appear before a second Senate panel after GOP contempt vote 08/14/2026 08:55pm • Dr. Anthony Fauci on Friday declined a request to appear voluntarily before a second Senate panel after majority Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee voted along partisan lines last week to hold the longtime infectious disease expert in contempt. In a pointed letter to Sen. Ron Johnson, a Mark Rydell, the Oscar-nominated director of 'On Golden Pond,' dies at 97 08/14/2026 08:52pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Mark Rydell, the Oscar-nominated director of the sentimental blockbuster ���On Golden Pond��� who worked with such Hollywood heavyweights as Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Steve McQueen and John Wayne, has died. He was 97. His daughter, Amy Rydell, told The Hollywood Reporte Brewers place RHP Abner Uribe (forearm) on 15-day IL 08/14/2026 08:49pm • LOS ANGLEES (AP) ��� The Milwaukee Brewers placed right-hander Abner Uribe on the 15-day injured list Friday due to a forearm flexor strain and recalled right-hander Grant Anderson from Triple-A Nashville. Uribe, 26, had an MRI that did not show a serious injury and he was able to play catch. There Chase Burns strikes out 8 in 7 innings, outduels Sandy Alcantara in Reds' 1-0 win over Marlins 08/14/2026 08:48pm • CINCINNATI (AP) ��� Chase Burns gave up four hits and struck out eight in seven innings, Eugenio Su��rez hit an RBI double in the sixth, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Miami Marlins 1-0 on Friday night. Burns (14-2) did not give up a walk and allowed just one runner to reach second base. He has no Rangers bring up minor league INF/OF Cody Freeman and LHP Marco Gonzales 08/14/2026 08:45pm • WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� The Texas Rangers recalled infielder/outfielder Cody Freeman and selected the contract of left-hander Marco Gonzales from Triple-A Round Rock on Friday. Right-hander Ben Peoples and infielder/outfielder Cam Cauley were optioned to Round Rock, and right-hander Luis C IndyCar calls off opening day in Markham after promoter fails to complete track 08/14/2026 08:36pm • MARKHAM, Ontario (AP) ��� IndyCar officials called off the first day of practice and qualifying Friday at the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham after the race promoter failed to complete the track. The event is in its first year in Markham after leaving Toronto���s Exhibition Place, the race sit Scottie Scheffler shoots 61 to take 3-shot lead in Memphis in playoff opener 08/14/2026 08:27pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� Scottie Scheffler birdied the first five holes and shot a 9-under 61 on Friday to take a three-stroke lead in the FedEx St. Jude Championship. ���Really just a dream start,��� Scheffler said. ���Probably one of the best starts I���ve had on tour, to be honest with you. I coul Lions and tigers begin a long-awaited rescue from a notorious Argentine zoo 08/14/2026 08:23pm • LUJAN, Argentina (AP) ��� Thirty lions and tigers that were kept alive ��� barely ��� for years in cramped concrete cages at a shuttered Argentine zoo began entering jumbo-size transport crates Friday as they embarked on ambitious journeys to wildlife sanctuaries halfway across the world in South Af National Code Talker Day brings 101-year-old veteran to Phoenix 08/14/2026 08:22pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� All eyes were on Navajo Code Talker Thomas H. Begay. The 101-year-old veteran saluted while the national anthem played on Friday, kicking off a day of recognition honoring him and the other Navajo recruits who famously used their native language to keep military secrets during World Cade Klubnik starts, leads Jets to 2 scores in debut. Geno Smith sits with sore foot, AP source says 08/14/2026 08:14pm • EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) ��� New York Jets rookie quarterback Cade Klubnik started in his NFL debut in place of Geno Smith and led scoring drives on each of his two series in the preseason opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Friday night. Smith was expected to start, but sat out because of Youngest Black professor at Cambridge who faced plagiarism claims is found dead 08/14/2026 07:58pm • LONDON (AP) ��� A British sociologist who resigned last week from the University of Cambridge following weeks of public accusations of plagiarism and media scrutiny was found dead Friday. Jason Arday, who was 37 when he became Cambridge's youngest Black professor in 2023, resigned after he came unde