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1:29 AM on Saturday, April 4

American sprinters Sha’Carri Richardson and Christian Coleman have won their heats and qualified for Monday’s semifinals of the Stawell Gift, an annual race contested over 120 meters on grass in a small Australian town near Melbourne

12:18 AM on Saturday, April 4

Dawn Staley and South Carolina are back in a familiar place, reaching the NCAA championship game for the fourth time in five years

12:06 AM on Saturday, April 4

Hollywood has driven how Americans envision little green men with big eyes and bigger heads

12:01 AM on Saturday, April 4

Moms for Liberty made a name for itself at the local level, fighting to win control of school boards as it battled “woke indoctrination” in the classroom

12:01 AM on Saturday, April 4

New York Mets slugger Juan Soto left Friday night’s 10-3 win over the San Francisco Giants in the first inning with right calf tightness

11:59 PM on Friday, April 3

Lauren Betts had 16 points and made a huge block late, and UCLA withstood a late charge by Texas for a 51-44 win to reach the women’s NCAA Tournament national championship game for the first time

11:23 PM on Friday, April 3

Wendell Carter Jr. scored 28 points and the Orlando Magic beat Dallas 138-127, overcoming a 51-point showing from rookie No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg and handing the Mavericks their 14th consecutive loss at home

9:12 PM on Friday, April 3

Ta’Niya Latson scored 16 and Agot Makeer added 14 points and South Carolina played stifling defense to beat UConn 62-48 on Friday night, ending the Huskies’ 54-game winning streak and advancing to the women’s NCAA Tournament championship game

9:04 PM on Friday, April 3

Robert MacIntyre decided to add the Valero Texas Open to his schedule to be sharper for the Masters next week

8:48 PM on Friday, April 3

Police say a second suspect in the stray-bullet killing of a 7-month-old baby on a Brooklyn street has been arrested in Pennsylvania

8:07 PM on Friday, April 3

When Jennifer Rizzotti arrived at UConn as a player in 1992, the expectations around the school, as well as the women’s basketball landscape, were much different than they are today

8:01 PM on Friday, April 3

A pair of NBA head coaches defended Memphis and its culture Friday following criticism by Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James that the Grizzlies should just relocate

8:01 PM on Friday, April 3

China is stepping up its diplomacy as the Iran war drags on

6:28 PM on Friday, April 3

Portland, which is welcoming a WNBA team back in the city after 24 years, selected veteran forward Bridget Carleton with the first pick in the league’s expansion draft on Friday

5:48 PM on Friday, April 3

Crews are battling a smoky and fast-growing wildfire in windy Southern California that has forced some residents to evacuate and a community college to temporarily close its doors

5:15 PM on Friday, April 3

President Trump has signed an executive order aimed at fixing college sports that would give federal agencies authority to cut funding at schools that don’t comply with mandates covering transfers, eligibility and pay-for-play in the rapidly changing industry

2:51 PM on Friday, April 3

Families wrapped their arms around freed loved ones outside Cuban prisons on Friday

2:23 PM on Friday, April 3

Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Konnor Griffin is eager to stop being a prospect and start being a big leaguer

11:54 AM on Friday, April 3

Pam Bondi is out of her job after failing to deliver criminal cases against President Donald Trump’s political enemies

12:40 AM on Friday, April 3

One crew member has been recued after an American aircraft was shot down in Iran