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7:03 PM on Sunday, September 21

Courtney Williams scored a game-high 23 points, Kayla McBride scored 21, and Napheesa Collier added 18 points and nine rebounds as the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx defeated the Phoenix Mercury 82-69 on Sunday in Game 1 of the best-of-five semifinal series

6:38 PM on Sunday, September 21

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa has arrived in New York to attend the U.N. General Assembly

6:33 PM on Sunday, September 21

The Toronto Blue Jays became the first American League team to secure a spot in the postseason with an 8-5 win over the Kansas City Royals

6:24 PM on Sunday, September 21

Charlie Kirk's widow, Erika, says at memorial 'I forgive him' of the gunman accused of killing the conservative activist

5:49 PM on Sunday, September 21

Tropical Storm Narda forms in offshore waters south of Mexico

5:36 PM on Sunday, September 21

Ryan Blaney opened the second round of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs with an emphatic victory for Team Penske, which flaunted its speed at New Hampshire Motor Speedway

5:28 PM on Sunday, September 21

NFL fans saw two game-changing blocked field goals that were returned for touchdowns minutes apart

5:25 PM on Sunday, September 21

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Andres Gimenez drove in two runs apiece as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 8-5 Sunday and clinched a playoff berth

4:56 PM on Sunday, September 21

Washington Nationals center fielder Jacob Young made two incredible catches Sunday that sent the New York Mets to a costly defeat

4:45 PM on Sunday, September 21

Jordan Davis blocked a field-goal attempt by the Rams’ Joshua Karty on the final play of the game and returned it 61 yards for a touchdown to give Philadelphia an exhilarating 33-26 win over Los Angeles

4:39 PM on Sunday, September 21

Isaiah Rodgers helped make Carson Wentz’s debut at quarterback for Minnesota a rousing success

4:15 PM on Sunday, September 21

The Los Angeles Dodgers have drawn 4 million fans this season for the first time in franchise history

3:07 PM on Sunday, September 21

Minnesota Vikings cornerback Isaiah Rodgers became the first player in team history with two defensive touchdowns in the same game

2:04 PM on Sunday, September 21

Miami jumped LSU and Penn State into the No. 2 spot behind Ohio State in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll

12:24 PM on Sunday, September 21

Bernie Parent, the Hall of Fame goalie for the Philadelphia Flyers, has died at 80

11:53 AM on Sunday, September 21

AP's Top 25 college football rankings are in

9:54 AM on Sunday, September 21

Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson has won the WNBA MVP for an unprecedented fourth time

7:45 AM on Sunday, September 21

Authorities say patrons at a restaurant acted quickly and selflessly to stop a gunman who opened fire while a wedding was taking place at a New Hampshire country club, averting a worse tragedy

4:51 AM on Sunday, September 21

Some French mayors have defied government orders and flown Palestinian flags on town halls, with more expected to follow suit as France prepares to formally recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly

4:21 AM on Sunday, September 21

The U.K., Australia and Canada have formally recognized a Palestinian state, prompting an angry response from Israel