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Cubs bring road win streak into game against the Pirates 07/25/2026 04:01am • Chicago Cubs (58-45, second in the NL Central) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (53-51, third in the NL Central) Pittsburgh; Saturday, 6:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Shota Imanaga (6-8, 3.91 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 109 strikeouts); Pirates: Paul Skenes (9-8, 3.43 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, 138 strikeouts) LINE: Pirates Rockies face the Brewers with 1-0 series lead 07/25/2026 04:01am • Colorado Rockies (42-63, fifth in the NL West) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (64-39, first in the NL Central) Milwaukee; Saturday, 7:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Ryan Feltner (3-4, 5.48 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 50 strikeouts); Brewers: Robert Gasser (2-4, 4.91 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 48 strikeouts) LINE: Brewers Nationals host the Diamondbacks on 4-game home slide 07/25/2026 04:01am • Arizona Diamondbacks (55-49, second in the NL West) vs. Washington Nationals (52-52, fourth in the NL East) Washington; Saturday, 4:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Mitch Bratt (0-0, 5.06 ERA, 1.78 WHIP, seven strikeouts); Nationals: Foster Griffin (11-2, 2.68 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 111 strike Marlins host the Padres on 4-game home skid 07/25/2026 04:01am • San Diego Padres (51-53, third in the NL West) vs. Miami Marlins (52-52, third in the NL East) Miami; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Padres: JP Sears (2-3, 4.38 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 20 strikeouts); Marlins: Eury Perez (5-7, 3.53 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 104 strikeouts) LINE: Marlins -141, Padres +115 Mets bring home losing streak into matchup with the Dodgers 07/25/2026 04:01am • Los Angeles Dodgers (66-38, first in the NL West) vs. New York Mets (43-61, fifth in the NL East) New York; Saturday, 7:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Dodgers: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6, 2.78 ERA, 0.88 WHIP, 113 strikeouts); Mets: Nolan McLean (7-6, 3.34 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 135 strikeouts) LINE: Dodgers Reds try to prolong win streak, play the Cardinals 07/25/2026 04:01am • Cincinnati Reds (48-54, fifth in the NL Central) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (52-51, fourth in the NL Central) St. Louis; Saturday, 7:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Reds: Hunter Greene (2-1, 6.06 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 26 strikeouts); Cardinals: Andre Pallante (10-6, 4.02 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 75 strikeouts) LINE: With swords, axes and shields, fighters go head-to-head in medieval combat world championship 07/25/2026 03:51am • SPØTTRUP, Denmark (AP) — With swords, axes and shields, competitors from 30 countries are going head-to-head in the grounds of a Danish fortress in a modern version of old-fashioned battle. The International Medieval Combat Federation's annual world championship roared into gear in northern Denma Authorities order immediate evacuation of some Bordeaux suburbs because of shifting wildfire 07/25/2026 03:05am • ARCACHON, France (AP) — Authorities order immediate evacuation of some Bordeaux suburbs because of shifting wildfire. India's 'Cockroach' protests take on Modi with unlikely weapons: Sharp, irreverent humor and memes 07/25/2026 02:00am • NEW DELHI (AP) — India's young protesters are mocking their government. And the jokes are landing. As thousands of demonstrators take to the streets in the Indian capital, they are waging a parallel campaign online, flooding social media with memes, parody videos and self-deprecating jokes. In do Devers homers early then walks it off in 10th as Giants beat Angels 7-6 07/25/2026 01:55am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rafael Devers homered in his first at-bat and hit a walk-off, two-run single in the 10th inning to give the San Francisco Giants a 7-6 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. Casey Schmitt also homered and Luis Arraez had two hits to help the Giants end a five-gam Baseball Glance 07/25/2026 01:39am • All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Tampa B Pompeii archaeologists reconstruct frescoed ceiling of a banquet hall, with more fragments to come 07/25/2026 01:29am • ROME (AP) — Archaeologists in Pompeii, the ancient city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, have unveiled the partially reconstructed frescoed ceiling vault of a banquet hall featuring detailed images of Greek mythology. The curved vault was presented late Thursday at the end of an Berlin’s first drag march brings protest, pride and flamboyant celebration to the streets 07/25/2026 01:19am • BERLIN (AP) — Drag queen Sister Daphne OSPI pushed aside her pink veil, fluttered her long purple eyelashes and raised her hands to bless the crowd at Berlin’s first drag march. She was among the organizers of Friday afternoon's event, which served as the opening act for one of Europe’s larges US says it will begin lifting a suspension of Mexican cattle imports starting in August 07/25/2026 01:09am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States announced Friday it will begin reopening the border to Mexican cattle imports on Aug. 24, more than a year after it imposed the measure due to the spread of the New World screwworm in Mexico. In a statement, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the reopening Sam Kerr scores for Gotham FC in 2-2 draw with the Portland Thorns 07/25/2026 01:04am • Sam Kerr scored her first goal since returning to the National Women's Soccer League to pull Gotham FC into a 2-2 draw with the Portland Thorns on Friday night. In other NWSL action, the Orlando Pride beat the Chicago Stars 1-0; and the Houston Dash topped Bay FC 1-0. Guro Reiten found an unmarked