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Colin Hynek's 3-run HR secures North Carolina's 6-2 College World Series win over Mississippi 06/12/2026 10:56pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Colin Hynek's three-run homer broke open a close game in the eighth inning and sent North Carolina to a 6-2 win over Mississippi in the College World Series on Friday night. The Tar Heels prevailed in what began as a pitcher's duel between Jason DeCaro and the Rebels' Taylor Rab Dunn's error leads to 3-run 9th, Diamondbacks beat Reds 5-2 06/12/2026 10:56pm • CINCINNATI (AP) — Blake Dunn dropped a fly ball in the ninth inning to allow the go-ahead run to score in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 5-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night. With runners on first and second and two outs, Geraldo Perdomo's fly ball to left went off Dunn's glove for an Citron hits winning jumper at the buzzer, Betts scores career-high 18 as Mystics beat Tempo 86-85 06/12/2026 10:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Sonia Citron scored 17 points and made the winning jumper as time expired, rookie Lauren Betts scored a season-high 18 points on 8-of-9 shooting and the Washington Mystics beat the Toronto Tempo 86-85 on Friday night. Betts, the No. 4 overall pick in the draft, played a career-hi Turkey captain Hakan Calhanoglu says his 'more talented' team will 'dominate' Australia in World Cup 06/12/2026 10:40pm • VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Turkey is back in the World Cup for the first time since 2002 and, despite the long absence, captain Hakan Calhanoglu has made some bulletin-board worthy comments about his team’s first opponent. “I think we will dominate (Saturday), the game, because we have Anthropic says it has taken its latest AI models offline to comply with new export controls 06/12/2026 10:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — AI giant Anthropic said Friday it has taken its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with a directive from the Trump administration to prevent their use by foreign nationals. The export controls mark the U.S. government’s most Anthropic says it has taken its latest AI models offline to comply with new export controls from the Trump administration (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert left out the word 'it') 06/12/2026 10:35pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Anthropic says it has taken its latest AI models offline to comply with new export controls from the Trump administration (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert left out the word 'it'). Okamoto and Springer homer to help the Blue Jays beat the Yankees 8-5 06/12/2026 10:35pm • TORONTO (AP) — Kazuma Okamoto and George Springer homered, Alejandro Kirk had three hits and two RBIs in his return from injury and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 8-5 on Friday night. Kirk went 3 for 3 with a walk after missing 62 games because of a fractured left thumb. He scored NCAA Div I Baseball World Series Glance 06/12/2026 10:35pm • At Charles Schwab Field Omaha, Neb. All Times EDT Double Elimination x-if necessary Friday, June 12 Game 1 - West Virginia 7, Troy 5 Game 2 - North Carolina 6, Mississippi 2 Saturday, June 13 Game 3 - Alabama vs. Oklahoma, 3 p.m. Game 4 - Georgia vs. Texas, 8 p.m. Sunday, June 14 Game 5 - Troy vs. Chase Meidroth stars as the White Sox beat the Dodgers 8-2 in matchup of division leaders 06/12/2026 10:29pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Chase Meidroth had three hits and two RBIs, and the Chicago White Sox beat the depleted Los Angeles Dodgers 8-2 on Friday night in a matchup of division leaders. Andrew Benintendi homered as Chicago improved to 19-3 in its last 22 home games. Miguel Vargas hit a tiebreaking RBI doub West Virginia beats Troy 7-5 in meeting of teams making their first College World Series appearances 06/12/2026 10:20pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tyrus Hall hit the tiebreaking single in the eighth inning, Ian Korn held Troy to one run in his longest relief appearance of the season, and West Virginia beat the Trojans 7-5 Friday in a meeting of teams making their first appearances in the College World Series. Hall hit a tw Tigers' pitcher Jack Flaherty leaves after 3 innings because of left leg discomfort 06/12/2026 10:16pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Detroit Tigers pitcher Jack Flaherty left after three innings of Friday night's game against Cleveland because of left leg discomfort. Flaherty slipped on the mound during the first inning after delivering a fastball to Chase Delauter. Manager A.J. Hinch said after Detroit's 3-2 l Rafaela powers Red Sox to 10-1 rout of Rangers as Gray shines on mound 06/12/2026 10:13pm • BOSTON (AP) — Ceddanne Rafaela homered and had three RBIs, Sonny Gray allowed one run in six innings and the Boston Red Sox rolled to a 10-1 win over the Texas Rangers on Friday night. Willson Contreras and Wilyer Abreu also homered for the Red Sox, who came in with an MLB-worst 10-21 record at ho Alabama seeks to execute man by lethal injection after court ruled against nitrogen method 06/12/2026 10:12pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama on Friday asked permission to execute a man by lethal injection after court rulings blocked the use of nitrogen gas and cast doubt on the future of the state’s gas method. The Alabama Attorney General’s office filed a motion asking the Alabama Supreme Court to Henderson hits 100th career homer to help the Orioles beat the Padres 06/12/2026 10:07pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Gunnar Henderson hit his 100th career home run in a three-hit night, Samuel Basallo also homered and the Baltimore Orioles beat the San Diego Padres 7-3 on Friday for their fifth straight victory. Henderson's 386-foot solo shot in the fourth inning moved him into a tie with Cal A coalition sues to block Kentucky’s new 14.25% prediction markets tax 06/12/2026 10:05pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A coalition that includes Kalshi, Crypto.com and Polymarket filed a lawsuit Friday challenging Kentucky's first-in-the-nation excise tax on prediction markets. The Kentucky General Assembly in April enacted a 14.25% tax on prediction market operators' transaction fees, a lev