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Suspect who took 10 people hostage in California standoff has been shot and killed, police say 06/03/2026 10:47pm • A man was shot and killed by the FBI early Wednesday after taking 10 school employees hostage inside a Southern California office building and warning that he had strapped explosives to himself and some of the hostages, police said. Authorities stormed the building in downtown Bakersfield overnight, Liberty surge past the Tempo as Jonquel Jones powers New York’s third straight win 06/03/2026 10:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Jonquel Jones had 22 points and 17 rebounds to help the New York Liberty beat the Toronto Tempo 97-82 on Wednesday night. Breanna Stewart added 19 points, including 17 in the second half, for the Liberty (6-4), who have won three straight games. New York was still missing guard Sab Phillies ace Sánchez's scoreless streak ends at 50 2/3 innings, 3rd-longest in more than a century 06/03/2026 10:45pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cristopher Sánchez finally allowed a run after 663 pitches, 190 batters faced and 50 2/3 scoreless innings — a feat that placed the Phillies' ace among Hall of Fame company. After a run scored against the left-hander for the first time since late April, more than 40,000 fans Sandy Brondello gets a roaring ovation in her Liberty return with Toronto Tempo 06/03/2026 10:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Sandy Brondello waved to the fans as they gave her a loud ovation before her Toronto Tempo lost to the New York Liberty on Wednesday night. Brondello, the coach who led New York to its first WNBA championship in 2024, now is in charge of the Tempo after she was let go by the Liber Blue Jays acquire right-hander Simeon Woods Richardson from Twins for cash 06/03/2026 10:27pm • ATLANTA (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays acquired right-hander Simeon Woods Richardson from the Minnesota Twins for cash considerations on Wednesday night. Woods Richardson was designated for assignment by the Twins on Saturday. He was 0-7 with a 7.74 ERA in 12 games, including 10 starts. His seven lo Massey hits tiebreaking RBI single in 9th inning, Royals beat Reds 5-2 06/03/2026 10:15pm • CINCINNATI (AP) — Michael Massey hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the ninth inning, Vinnie Pasquantino and Nick Loftin homered and the Kansas City Royals beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-2 on Wednesday night to win the three-game series. Massey’s line drive to right field off Tony Santillan (1-3) scor A Hong Kong artist trying to mark the Tiananmen crackdown is quickly stopped by police 06/03/2026 10:15pm • HONG KONG (AP) — A performance artist in Hong Kong tried on Wednesday to honor the victims of Beijing’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown but was quickly stopped by police, the latest sign of the city's shrinking freedom of expression. Sanmu Chen tried to tie a symbolic red thread to a street sig Ohio State trustees OK $100M settlement with hundreds of former students abused by doctor 06/03/2026 10:03pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University agreed Wednesday to pay approximately $100 million to settle legal claims from hundreds of former student athletes who said they were sexually abused decades ago by a doctor at the university. The school has fought lawsuits in federal court since 2018 br Steve Hilton, top Republican hopeful for California governor, says the state has lost its way 06/03/2026 09:54pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Steve Hilton has painted California as a state bursting with potential that has lost its way under Democratic leadership in his bid to be the state's first Republican governor in more than 15 years. “We have a responsibility to revive California so it is once again tha Abreu has a two-run homer and 3 RBIs, Tolle pitches 6 scoreless innings and Red Sox beat Orioles 8-1 06/03/2026 09:54pm • BOSTON (AP) — Wilyer Abreu hit a two-run homer and drove in three runs, Payton Tolle pitched six scoreless innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-1 on Wednesday. Mickey Gasper had a two-run triple in Boston's five-run fifth inning and Ceddanne Rafaela had three hits for the Nigerian court sentences 4 men to death for killing worshippers in 2022 Catholic church attack 06/03/2026 09:51pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A federal court in Nigeria on Wednesday sentenced four gunmen to death in the killing of at least 50 people during a 2022 attack on a church in a southwestern part of the country. Children were among those killed in the assault just as Mass was ending at the St. Francis Cath US strike on an alleged drug boat kills 2 in the eastern Pacific Ocean 06/03/2026 09:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, killing two men, as the Trump administration wages a monthslong campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America. The latest attack brings the number of people who have b Dubón and Albies hit 3-run homers as Braves beat Blue Jays 7-3 for 12th straight win against Corbin 06/03/2026 09:42pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Mauricio Dubón hit a go-ahead, three-run home run in the third inning and the Atlanta Braves beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-3 on Wednesday night to continue their mastery of left-hander Patrick Corbin. A homer by Nathan Lukes off Grant Holmes (4-2) in the third inning gave Toronto a NCAA men's golf championship results 06/03/2026 09:41pm • CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Results Wednesday from the NCAA Men's Golf Championship Wednesday at La Costa Resort (seeds in parentheses): Auburn (1) def. UCLA (7), 4-1 Logan Reilly, Auburn, def. Alex Papayoanou, UCLA, 1 up Jake Albert, Auburn, def. Tyler Loree, UCLA, 5 and 3. Jackson Koivun, Auburn, d MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred worries cap proposal could lead to repeat of 1994-95 strike 06/03/2026 09:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred worries the owners' salary cap proposal could lead to a work stoppage like the one that caused the cancellation of the 1994 World Series and says the plan is needed because management concluded that the luxury tax system in place since 2003 no long