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WNBA-leading Lynx beat the Fire 101-93 for 5th straight win 07/18/2026 10:07pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kayla McBride scored 24 points to move into the top 20 on the WNBA career scoring list and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Portland Fire 101-93 on Saturday night for their fifth straight victory. McBride was 9 of 14 from the field, making four 3-pointers to help Minnesota improve to Saka’s hat trick lifts England past Mbappé and France 6-4 in wild World Cup third-place game 07/18/2026 10:02pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — England and France delivered a thriller in a World Cup match that was supposed to be an afterthought. A day before Lionel Messi and Argentina were set to try and defend their title in a highly anticipated final, Bukayo Saka scored three goals to lead England past Kylian Brewers overcome early deficit in 8-6 victory over skidding Marlins 07/18/2026 09:34pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jackson Chourio put Milwaukee ahead with a two-run single in a four-run sixth inning that sent the Brewers past the skidding Miami Marlins 8-6 on Saturday. Garrett Mitchell added a two-run double in the sixth and finished with three hits for the banged-up Brewers, who erased an ea 16-year-old Clairey Lin of Canada wins the US Girls’ Junior 07/18/2026 09:18pm • DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Clairey Lin of Canada won the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship on Saturday, beating Amelie Zalsman of St. Petersburg, Florida, 5 and 4 in the 36-hole final at Old Chatham Golf Club. The 16-year-old Lin, the stroke-play medalist, is the second straight Canadian winner. Aphrodit Kylian Mbappé passes Lionel Messi for career World Cup scoring record with 22 goals 07/18/2026 09:00pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Kylian Mbappé made history at the World Cup on Saturday. He would have preferred a different outcome. The France star moved past Argentina's Lionel Messi for the career World Cup scoring record with 22 goals, scoring twice in a 6-4 loss to England in Saturday's third-pl Orioles outlast Astros 4-2 in 11 innings for 6th consecutive victory 07/18/2026 08:32pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Gunnar Henderson scored the tiebreaking run from second base on Tyler O’Neill’s infield single with two outs in the 11th inning, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Houston Astros 4-2 on Saturday for their sixth straight victory. Baltimore’s winning streak is its longest sin Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested in Miami, US Marshals service tells AP (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert had an extra letter in Tristan's name) 07/18/2026 08:03pm • MIAMI (AP) — Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested in Miami, US Marshals service tells AP (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert had an extra letter in Tristan's name). Make it a dozen: Red Sox rally for 7-6 victory over Rays for 12th straight win 07/18/2026 08:03pm • BOSTON (AP) — Wilyer Abreu hit two home runs – the second a go-ahead, two-run shot in the seventh inning that gave him four homers in two games — and the Boston Red Sox rallied for a 7-6 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday to extend their winning streak to 12 games. Abreu also hit two Climate groups concerned by proposed Maryland building code 07/18/2026 08:00pm • A handful of environmental groups, and at least one legislator, are raising alarm about proposed changes to Maryland’s building code for new large commercial sites, arguing that the state’s amendments would weaken the national energy code that it is supposed to follow. The groups believe that British prosecutors announce they are seeking extradition of Tate brothers from US on rape, sex trafficking charges 07/18/2026 07:47pm • LONDON (AP) — British prosecutors announce they are seeking extradition of Tate brothers from US on rape, sex trafficking charges. NHRA Sonoma Nationals Parings 07/18/2026 07:43pm • Saturday At Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, Calif. Sunday’s Pairings Top Fuel 1. Doug Kalitta, 3.714 seconds, 337.07 mph vs. 14. Clay Millican, 4.203, 206.16; 2. Shawn Langdon, 3.714, 336.49 vs. 13. Will Smith, 3.840, 326.32; 3. Billy Torrence, 3.726, 336.57 vs. 12. Shawn Reed, 3.806, 331.12; 4. Tony Stew Mariners center fielder Julio Rodríguez returns to the lineup for Saturday's game 07/18/2026 07:35pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle center fielder Julio Rodríguez, who was placed on the seven-day injured list July 3 because of a concussion, was activated Saturday and rejoined the Mariners’ lineup against the San Francisco Giants. Rodríguez, a three-time All-Star, will serve as the Mariners' designate England gets hat trick from Saka and beats France 6-4 in wild World Cup third-place game, in photos 07/18/2026 07:34pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Bukayo Saka scored three goals as England beat Kylian Mbappé and France 6-4 in a wild World Cup third-place match on Saturday. Mbappé scored twice to set a new World Cup career goals record with 22, one more than Argentina's Lionel Messi. The France star also moved two Salvador Perez and Lane Thomas hit 2-run HRs, Royals beat Padres 6-1 07/18/2026 07:32pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Salvador Perez and Lane Thomas homered to help the Kansas City Royals beat the San Diego Padres 6-1 on Saturday. Thomas hit a 421-foot two-run home run to left field off Griffin Canning in the first and Perez added a two-run shot, his 12th this season, to center field that Orioles and Kyle Bradish agree to $90 million, 5-year deal for 2027-31 07/18/2026 07:26pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Right-hander Kyle Bradish and the Baltimore Orioles agreed Saturday to a $90 million, five-year contract for 2027-31. Bradish has a $3.55 million salary this year after beating the team in arbitration. The new deal covers what would have been Bradish’s final two years of arbitrati