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Brittney Griner becomes WNBA's career blocks leader, and the Sun beat the Sky 92-63 06/22/2026 09:42pm • UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Brittney Griner scored 14 points and became the WNBA's career blocks leader, Olivia Nelson-Ododa had 11 points and 15 rebounds, and the Connecticut Sun beat the Chicago Sky 92-63 on Monday night for their third win of the season. Griner recorded her 878th career block, and Riley Greene and Framber Valdez lead Tigers past Gerrit Cole, Yankees 5-3 for 4th straight win 06/22/2026 09:35pm • DETROIT (AP) — Riley Greene homered and Kevin McGonigle drove in two runs as the Detroit Tigers beat Gerrit Cole for the first time in 10 years, winning 5-3 against the New York Yankees on Monday night. Framber Valdez (4-5) outpitched Cole, giving up one run on four hits and two walks in six innin Belgium forward Jérémy Doku celebrates the birth of his son after commentator's criticism 06/22/2026 09:33pm • RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Belgian soccer federation congratulated Jérémy Doku on the birth of his son, Praise, on Monday, one day after a French media organization's apology following a commentator criticizing the player's intention to leave the World Cup to welcome his first child. Doku missed t Patrols and nanobubbles on display at the Reflecting Pool as Trump looks for a renovation do-over 06/22/2026 09:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — National Guard members and U.S. Park Police patrolled the deck around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday as President Donald Trump's administration faces a self-imposed deadline to fix a botched renovation before the nation's 250th anniversary celebration. The patr Michael Wacha fires 7 quality innings to spur Royals to 2-1 victory in Tampa Bay 06/22/2026 09:19pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Michael Wacha allowed one run over seven strong innings while Lane Thomas and Carter Jensen had RBIs to push the Kansas City Royals past the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 on Monday night. Wacha (5-5) allowed six hits, walked one and struck out five. The former Rays pitcher held Ta Goals are being scored at a record pace at the World Cup. The ball is one reason for the surge 06/22/2026 09:17pm • GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — It’s been goals galore so far at the World Cup. The tournament has been one of the highest-scoring in history so far and produced nearly 25% more scoring than the same span of games in the previous World Cup. One reason for the increase in scoring might be the ball tha Firefighters deliver conflicting testimony over fireworks in Palisades Fire arson trial 06/22/2026 09:05pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters delivered conflicting testimony Monday during the federal arson trial for the man accused of sparking the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles last year, with one saying he heard fireworks before the blaze started and the other saying he did not. The government has France 3, Iraq 0 06/22/2026 08:54pm • Iraq 0 0 — 0 France 1 2 — 3 Coast Guard helicopter crashes on a training mission in Alaska and four crew members are injured 06/22/2026 08:53pm • Four crew members sustained minor injuries Monday when a Coast Guard helicopter crashed during a routine training flight in southeast Alaska, officials said. The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crashed several miles outside Sitka in a sparsely populated area near Harbor Mountain. The coastal town sits on B 10 songs to memorialize Clive Davis, the larger-than-life music executive 06/22/2026 08:53pm • NEW YORK (AP) — No music executive has ever been so powerful as to become synonymous with the whole of the music industry itself. But if anyone came close, it was Clive Davis. The record company lawyer who became one of the music industry’s most powerful figures, launching or resurrecting the c Nancy Guthrie ransom note, believed to be from abductor, said she died, sources say 06/22/2026 08:44pm • â–¶ Watch Video: Ransom note saying Nancy Guthrie died was likely sent by abductor, investigators believe Authorities believe two ransom notes addressed to Nancy Guthrie's family days after her disappearance — including a note that said she had died — were likely sent by the person or gro Cubs-Mets game postponed by rain; teams will play split doubleheader on Wednesday 06/22/2026 08:38pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The series opener between the Chicago Cubs and New York Mets was postponed because of rain Monday night and rescheduled as part of a day-night doubleheader Wednesday at Citi Field. It was the second consecutive rainout for the Cubs, who were also washed out back home at Wrigley Fi What to know about a cold storage warehouse fire in Los Angeles 06/22/2026 08:38pm • Six days into a firefight at a massive frozen-food storage facility near downtown Los Angeles, firefighters have yet to enter the building and have begun moving parts of the exterior walls to try to gain access. Smoke is billowing from the warehouse, which is roughly 500,000-square-foot (46,451-squa Authorities arrest 2 more suspects in planned attack on Trump's UFC show 06/22/2026 08:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Two more people in Missouri and Washington state have been arrested in connection with what authorities say was a planned attack targeting President Donald Trump's UFC cage-fighting show at the White House earlier this month. Law enforcement officials disrupted the plan a few da Pentagon seeks $80 billion from Congress for Iran war 06/22/2026 08:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has told senators it needs roughly $80 billion, mostly to cover the cost of the U.S. war against Iran, adding to what is already a sizable military spending boost being sought by President Donald Trump. The White House Office of Management and Budget has yet to make