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Carla Leite helps Fire top Phoenix 88-85, spoiling celebration of former Mercury star Diana Taurasi 08/16/2026 09:54pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� Carla Leite scored 23 points and the Portland Fire rallied to beat Phoenix 88-85 on Sunday night, when the Mercury had halftime and postgame ceremonies celebrating franchise icon Diana Taurasi. Leite had the final two baskets in a 6-0 run and the expansion Fire (15-20) moved in fron Avocado pickers in Mexico welcome restart of exports to US, but security fears remain 08/16/2026 09:41pm • SANTA ANA ZIROSTO, Mexico (AP) ��� It didn't take long for Mexican avocado picker Francisco Isidro to get back to work after authorities announced the lifting of a U.S. security alert that temporarily halted avocado exports. Back on the job the morning after the alert was lifted, Isidro threw a rop Firefighters battle wildfires in Belgium and Greece as 2 die on an island near Athens 08/16/2026 09:38pm • BAELEN, Belgium (AP) ��� Firefighters battled a massive wildfire that scorched a nature reserve in eastern Belgium and another on a Greek island near Athens where two people were killed on Sunday as hot and dry conditions fueled fires across parts of Europe. A blaze in eastern Belgium burned about 3 Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea 08/16/2026 09:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Sunday to scale back annual joint military exercises with South Korea, saying the ally declined to help with the war against Iran and citing his good relationship with North Korea's Kim Jong Un. Trump said in a social media post t Corgis run, bark and sniff their way to glory at a growing international race 08/16/2026 09:34pm • VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) ��� It's not all about short-legged speed when 150 corgis gather for an international race celebrating the little dogs. There's a costume parade, the "smartest nose," and ��� of course ��� the loudest bark. The fifth Corgi Race Vilnius drew dogs and their owners to the Lithua Dave Roberts decries Dodgers' inability to play 'clean baseball' after latest costly loss to Brewers 08/16/2026 09:22pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts called out his struggling club after a 6-2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday cost them a significant tiebreaker in the race for home-field advantage. ���I say this because it's just been four or five, six weeks of below average prod Clark praises Fever for being 'super resilient' in their hard-fought overtime win over Dream 08/16/2026 09:02pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� After the Indiana Fever's fourth straight win, Caitlin Clark said coach Stephanie White ���made a great point��� in her postgame talk with the team by saying ���This felt like a playoff game.��� If so, the Fever looked playoff-ready in their 95-91 overtime win over the Atlanta Dream Jeeno Thitikul rallies with a 64 to win the LPGA in Portland 08/16/2026 08:55pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� Jeeno Thitikul ran off five straight birdies early and closed with an 8-under 64 for a one-shot victory Sunday in The Standard Portland Classic, her third LPGA Tour title of the season. Thitikul led an all-Thailand finish, with Arpichaya Yubol (67) and Chanettee Wannasaen (63 Dje D'Avilla shines early to help Fire spoil debut of Timbers coach Mart�� Cifuentes in 2-1 victory 08/16/2026 08:43pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Dje D'Avilla had a goal and an assist in the first 14 minutes and the Chicago Fire spoiled the debut of Portland Timbers coach Mart�� Cifuentes with a 2-1 victory on Sunday night. D���Avilla picked up his second assist on a goal by Robin Lod in the 9th minute and then scored for the Boeing Classic Par Scores 08/16/2026 08:36pm • Sunday At Snoqualmie Ridge Snoqualmie, Wash. Purse: $2.3 million Yardage: 7,234; Par: 72 Final Round (x-won on first playoff hole) x-Stewart Cink, $345,000 68-71-65���204 -12 Boeing Classic Tour Scores 08/16/2026 08:36pm • Sunday At Snoqualmie Ridge Snoqualmie, Wash. Purse: $2.3 million Yardage: 7,234; Par: 72 Final Round (x-won on first playoff hole) x-Stewart Cink, $345,000 68-71-65���204 BBC asks a US court for help in getting testimony from the Trump family in defamation suit 08/16/2026 08:36pm • LONDON (AP) ��� The BBC asked a U.S. court for help in getting documents and testimony from members of U.S. President Donald Trump 's family in connection with his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British broadcaster, a court document showed. Lawyers for the BBC argued that Ivanka Trump, h Thieves steal 4 Renaissance artworks in a Sicilian museum heist during an Italian holiday 08/16/2026 08:26pm • MILAN (AP) ��� Thieves stole four works attributed to Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina worth millions of euros from the regional museum in the city of Messina in Sicily while crowds gathered across town for the traditional Assumption holiday celebrations, cultural officials and Italian media Scheffler wins FedEx Cup playoff opener in a runaway and Jack Whaley claims the U.S. Amateur 08/16/2026 08:25pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� Scottie Scheffler was back to his dominant form Sunday, turning a two-shot lead into a runaway in the FedEx St. Jude Championship. He closed with a 4-under 66 for an eight-shot victory, his first in nearly seven months and the largest margin in the 68-year history at the TPC Bruno Damiani scores twice in second half to rally Union to 3-2 victory over NYCFC 08/16/2026 08:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Bruno Damiani scored his first two goals of the season, 16-year-old Cavan Sullivan had two assists and the Philadelphia Union rallied from two goals down to beat New York City FC 3-2 on Sunday night at Yankee Stadium. B��nie Traor�� scored on a penalty kick in the 4th minute to giv