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Catching stingrays and treating their victims on Southern California beaches, in photos 08/13/2026 12:32am • HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Researchers catch stingrays in nets and clip their sharp barbs as more rays gather along Southern California beaches. Nearby, lifeguards help beachgoers struck by stingrays as a marine heat wave warms coastal waters. Tiffany Hayes comes off the bench to score a season-best 22 points as Valkyries beat Sky 91-71 08/13/2026 12:28am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tiffany Hayes scored a season-best 22 points off the bench to go with six rebounds and five assists, Veronica Burton had 13 points and six rebounds, and the Golden State Valkyries overcame a slow start to beat the Chicago Sky 91-71 on Wednesday night for their fifth straight w Lynx nearly squander a 29-point lead, hold on for an 85-81 win over the Fire 08/13/2026 12:23am • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Napheesa Collier had 20 points and nine rebounds, Kayla McBride scored 19 points, and the WNBA-leading Minnesota Lynx nearly squandered a 29-point lead before holding off the Portland Fire 85-81 on Wednesday night. Minnesota built a big lead by starting the second quarter on Polls have opened in Zambia for an election in which President Hakainde Hichilema is seeking a second term 08/13/2026 12:07am • LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Polls have opened in Zambia for an election in which President Hakainde Hichilema is seeking a second term. Jim Mora takes on another rebuild as Colorado State joins the revamped Pac-12 Conference 08/12/2026 11:42pm • FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Jim Mora spent the summer hiking and mountain biking to the top of whatever summit was in front of him. He finds peace tackling those uphill climbs. This fall, another steep challenge awaits. Only this one takes place on the football field. The longtime coach known for r Cubs' Alex Bregman continues second-half surge with first career 3-homer game 08/12/2026 11:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Bregman wasn’t worried even as he grinded through an unremarkable first half in his opening months with the Chicago Cubs. He validated that attitude Wednesday night. Bregman hit three homers in a game or the first time in Chicago’s 12-6 rout of the Washington Nationals, Earthquake response strains Colombia's new government and rescuers as they race against the clock 08/12/2026 11:21pm • PEREIRA, Colombia (AP) — Tons of aid from regional partners began to roll into Colombia on Wednesday, as the search for survivors in the rubble of a powerful earthquake grew more desperate after the temblor razed buildings, buckled roads and crushed cars. The devastation has tested Colombia’s ne Defending champ Ben Shelton, Brandon Nakashima set up all-American final in Montreal 08/12/2026 11:18pm • MONTREAL (AP) — Defending champion Ben Shelton beat fellow American Learner Tien 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday night to advance to the National Bank Open final. The fifth-seeded Shelton will face Brandon Nakashima in an all-American final. The 28th-seeded Nakashima beat 19-year-old Rafael Jodar of Spain 7 Washington Nationals pitching prospect Jackson Kent debuts against Cubs 08/12/2026 10:54pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Jackson Kent allowed three runs in four-plus innings in his major league debut Wednesday night for Washington against the Chicago Cubs after the Nationals selected the contract of the 23-year-old pitcher from Triple-A Rochester. The left-hander struck out six while allowing three Paige Bueckers scores 22 points, all in 2nd half, as Wings hand Tempo 10th straight loss, 94-88 08/12/2026 10:41pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Paige Bueckers scored all 22 of her points in the second half, and the Dallas Wings beat Toronto 94-88 on Wednesday, handing the expansion Tempo their 10th consecutive loss. Bueckers went 4 of 4 from the field and from the free-throw line in a 13-point third quarter after m Law firm with ties to Trump administration declines offer to represent migrant children 08/12/2026 10:40pm • McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A small law firm with ties to the Trump administration declined a $150 million contract to represent migrant children who traveled alone to the U.S., authorities said Wednesday, while another group whose former chief executive was dogged by allegations of misconduct was award Grisham homers twice and drives in 4 as Yankees rally past struggling Mariners 10-5 08/12/2026 10:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Trent Grisham homered twice and hit a go-ahead double in the seventh inning as the New York Yankees erased an early deficit and pulled away for a 10-5 victory over the skidding Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night. Yankees rookie Spencer Jones had three RBIs in his second start batt California couple's surrogate gives birth in Texas after judge orders life-saving care 08/12/2026 10:21pm • DALLAS (AP) — A California couple’s surrogate who went to Texas in an escalating dispute over treating a congenital heart condition gave birth Wednesday, a day after a judge in Dallas ordered life-sustaining care for the newborn. The child was receiving stabilizing care and scheduled to undergo Luis Castillo strikes out 10 as the Chicago White Sox blank the Cincinnati Reds 5-0 08/12/2026 10:13pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Luis Castillo struck out 10 in seven sparkling innings, helping the Chicago White Sox beat Rhett Lowder and the Cincinnati Reds 5-0 on Wednesday night. Castillo allowed one hit — Sal Stewart's single in the first — and walked two in his first win with Chicago. The right-hander, Ex-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, who drove economic reforms and led China into the WTO, dies at 97 08/12/2026 10:10pm • BEIJING (AP) — Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, the impatient, sharp-tongued reformer who helped ignite China’s explosive economic boom by forcing wrenching change on state industry in the 1990s and leading the country into the World Trade Organization, has died of illness, state media reporte