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Seattle, WA (SportsNetwork.com) – Alex Bentley scored 22 points and the Connecticut Sun routed the Seattle Storm, 86-63, on Tuesday afternoon. Chiney Ogwumike tallied 14 points and 10 rebounds and Kelsey Bone added 16 points off the bench for the Sun, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Camille Little had …

(SportsNetwork.com) – It’s not often a team can match a streak from the Babe Ruth era. And it’s even more rare when that streak has to do with pitching and not hitting. Still, the Boston Red Sox can do just that on Wednesday afternoon, when they host the Minnesota Twins …

LONDON – A look ahead to Monday at Wimbledon after Sunday’s day off: Men’s fourth-round matches: No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. No. 14 Kevin Anderson, No. 2 Roger Federer vs. No. 20 Roberta Bautista Agut, No. 3 Andy Murray vs. No. 23 Ivo Karlovic, No. 4 Stan Wawrinka vs. No. …

STILLWATER, Okla. – Tyreek Hill entered the season as one of college football’s most anticipated players, being voted the Big 12 Conference’s preseason newcomer of the year. While Hill has flashed his elite-level speed on occasion and had a huge impact on No. 16 Oklahoma State’s 37-20 victory last weekend …

GENEVA – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is warning that public discussion of select details of the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran will make it more difficult to reach a deal that prevents the country from developing atomic weapons. In comments to reporters in Geneva on Monday, Kerry said …

RIO DE JANEIRO – The Brazilian lead investigator in the case of a religious sect leader sought on sex charges by the U.S. government says the support of a Brazilian woman described as a longtime friend helped him elude authorities in the middle of a manhunt. The chief of federal …

BAGHDAD – Gunmen dressed all in black abducted 31 Shiite men Saturday from their home in eastern Baghdad, an attack police described as targeting suspected criminals, Iraqi officials said. Separate attacks in the capital killed six people, authorities said. The kidnappings happened early Saturday morning as gunmen stormed houses in …

SAO PAULO – A former executive of Brazil’s state-run energy company told a congressional panel on Tuesday that he began accepting bribes from some of the county’s top construction firms 18 years ago. According to federal prosecutors, the scheme involved the payment of at least $800 million in bribes and …

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – Egypt’s government announced Friday plans to build a new capital adjacent to Cairo, in a massive new project that in its first phase would cost $45 billion and take up to seven years to complete. Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced the plan at the opening of …

STOCKHOLM – Sweden’s Foreign Ministry says a Swedish national has been killed in the cyclone-ravaged Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. Ministry spokeswoman Victoria Bell on Tuesday said “we can confirm that a Swedish man in his 80s has died.” She said the circumstances of the man’s death are unclear and …