1+ hour, 47+ min ago  (660+ words) PHILADELPHIA — Tampa Bay Rays prospect Nathan Flewelling hit a two-run home run and earned MVP honors, and the American League needed only five hits to beat the National League 6-1 on Sunday in the All-Star Futures Game. The 19-year-old Flewelling is…...

1+ hour, 45+ min ago  (467+ words) DETROIT — Detroit Tigers rookie Kevin McGonigle can’t wait to go home for the All-Star Game in Philadelphia. “I’m super pumped,” McGonigle said Sunday before facing his hometown Phillies. Even though McGonigle is just 21, he has had a lot of travel…...

2+ hour, 18+ min ago  (238+ words) LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Sparks agreed to part ways with general manager Raegan Pebley on Sunday. In the interim, the job will be shared by assistant GMs Zach Knowlton and Nate Nielsen. Pebley, 50, was hired as GM in January…...

1+ hour, 43+ min ago  (167+ words) ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers placed veteran reliever Chris Martin on the 15-day injured list on Sunday with a right shoulder injury. Martin, 40, has allowed five runs in 3 2/3 innings in making four appearances after being activated on July 4 from the…...

1+ hour, 48+ min ago  (507+ words) TOPEKA, Kan. — A proposed legal settlement with the U.S. government would require the Keystone Pipeline system’s operator to pay a $26.9 million civil penalty over a major oil spill in Kansas in December 2022 and spend about $40 million more to prevent future accidents....

3+ hour, 48+ min ago  (596+ words) USSEL, France — Mathieu van der Poel timed his attack perfectly to win the hilly ninth stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish, while defending champion Tadej Pogacar kept the race leader’s yellow jersey on Sunday. Van der…...

3+ hour, 29+ min ago  (556+ words) The Walt Disney Company’s live action “Moana” may be the No. 1 movie at the domestic box office, but it did not make a big splash in its first weekend in theaters. The movie, which cost a reported $250 million to produce,…...

5+ hour, 19+ min ago  (188+ words) The Wolfsburg, Germany-based company faces pressure to cut costs at home and increasingly intense competition in the lucrative Chinese market, in particular. Last week, Volkswagen said its “fundamental realignment” over the past three years had reached its next phase, announcing…...

5+ hour, 16+ min ago  (507+ words) NAIROBI, Kenya — Africa’s biggest clean energy challenge is shifting from building projects to building the institutions, markets and regulatory systems needed to deliver them at scale, experts say. That challenge is emerging even as clean energy reaches a historic milestone…...

5+ hour, 25+ min ago  (223+ words) LONDON — American 16-year-old Jordan Lee became only the second qualifier to win the Wimbledon boys’ title after rallying to beat Cruz Hewitt 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 on Sunday. Lee is the first qualifier to win any Grand Slam boys’ tournament since Noah Rubin did…...