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The Tampa Bay Rays begin a three-game series at home against the Athletics on Monday.

The Arizona Diamondbacks will try to end a four-game skid when they play the San Francisco Giants.

Olivier Giroud admits his brief tenure at Los Angeles FC was disappointing, although he will cherish the friendships and the trophy he gathered. The 38-year-old striker also confirmed he will join Lille to take on one more challenge in his…

Rights activists in Iran fear intensified crackdowns following Israel's military campaign targeting Iran's nuclear program. On June 23, Israeli missiles struck Evin Prison, known for housing political dissidents, killing 71 people. The…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russia-appointed official in Ukraine's occupied Luhansk region said Monday that Moscow's forces have overrun all of it — one of four regions Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in September 2022 despite not fully…

Authorities say two firefighters were killed and another was critically injured after they were shot while responding to a wildfire near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The gunman was found dead after Sunday's attack with a shotgun nearby. A…

Heavy monsoon rains and flash floods in Pakistan have killed at least 46 people and injured dozens. The downpours since last week have caused fatalities across multiple provinces. They include 13 tourists from a single family who were swept…

HOVELTE, Denmark (AP) — Peering across a dense stretch of woodland outside of Denmark's capital with camouflage paint smeared across her face, 20-year-old Katrine scans the horizon for approaching threats. After nearly four months of…

The U.S. stock market added to its record as Wall Street closed out a second straight winning month. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% Monday in its first trading after completing a stunning rebound from its springtime sell-off of roughly 20%. The…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — “You have no moral right to die.” That’s what Olha Kurtmalaieva told herself as she lay in intensive care, her body shutting down after emergency chemotherapy. Her cancer had progressed to Stage 4, meaning it had spread…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — When a cockfight begins in Kabul, the noise is immediate. Roars of “Hit!” and “Kill!” erupt among spectators as two birds lunge at each other, feathers and blood flying. This centuries-old blood sport, once a…

BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese factory activity improved somewhat in June after President Donald Trump agreed to delay imposing higher tariffs on imports from China for 90 days, but overall activity was still contracting, according to a survey…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After losing a second-half lead to Costa Rica, this young U.S. side was forced into a shootout with the daunting task of facing goalkeeper Keylor Navas. Matt Freese studied for this. Literally. The late-blooming national…

Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students as part of a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty. Shanon Gray, an attorney for the family of victim Kaylee Goncalves, has confirmed that…

HONG KONG (AP) — It’s been years since mass arrests all but silenced pro-democracy activism in Hong Kong. But a crackdown on dissent in the semiautonomous Chinese city is still expanding, hitting restaurants, bookstores and other small…