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Team USA doesn’t mind World Cup pressure

BERLIN (AP) — Breanna Stewart knows exactly how much pressure the U.S. team is under to keep its World Cup title streak going. The Americans have won four straight women's FIBA World Cup championships and she's been a part of the last three. Now the 32-year-old is the leader of a group ...

Lara spectacular for Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers rookie outfielder Luis Lara has made a season's worth of spectacular plays in two months since getting called up to the big leagues. And he's made most of them while playing a position that's new to him. The latest one came Monday afternoon and helped ...

Bell turns a corner with victory

DARLINGTON, S.C. — Christopher Bell is finally second-to-none this season. Bell's crazy, frustrating season of seven second-place finishes without a victory at last came to an end with a win at the Southern 500 on Sunday night. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver passed defending NASCAR champion ...

NFL kicks off season on Wednesday

The NFL regular season opens when the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks host the New England Patriots on Wednesday night. It's the beginning of a 272-game slate — 17 contests for all 32 teams — including a league-record nine international games. All of it leads to the ...

Coal increased its share of Iowa electricity generation in 2025, report shows

Wind energy continues to dominate Iowa’s electricity generation. Pictured are wind turbines near U.S. 80. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Iowa Environmental Council’s annual “condition of the state” report on Iowa’s electric generation shows that while wind continues to dominate Iowa’s electricity generation sources, there has been a “reversal” in the state’s progress to meet energy demand with renewable sources. For the first time in several years, according to the report, the share of energy generated by coal increased in 2025. The environmental ...

PLAYOFF LOOKAHEAD

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The NASCAR Cup Series standings have been reset. Denny Hamlin, the regular-season champion, had his sizable advantage slashed to 25 points over Ryan Blaney as the series shifts into playoff mode. The Chase for the championship begins at Darlington Raceway in South ...