South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were fired from Jongju city on the North’s west coast.

It said South Korea’s military has bolstered surveillance posture and is closely exchanging related information with the U.S. and Japan.

It was North Korea’s first weapons launch event since April 19, when the country fired multiple short-range missiles in what state-media described as a demonstration of .

North Korean leader has focused on expanding his since his nuclear diplomacy with U.S. President Donald Trump collapsed in 2019. Trump has repeatedly expressed his desire to resume talks with Kim, but Pyongyang has so far ignored the overtures and urged Washington to drop demands for the North鈥檚 nuclear disarmament as a precondition for talks.

Kim has taken an increasingly calling it his country鈥檚 permanent and most hostile enemy and taking steps to terminate all ties.

Earlier Tuesday, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung during a Cabinet meeting called for stronger efforts to advance the country鈥檚 military. He emphasized artificial intelligence and drone capabilities and the potential acquisition of a nuclear-powered submarine, an issue that has been part of his diplomacy with Washington.

Lee, a liberal who espouses improved ties with North Korea, did not specifically comment on the threats posed by the North. But he stressed the importance of South Korea demonstrating the 鈥渞esolve to take responsibility for and protect our own security ourselves,” saying such a posture would also strengthen the country鈥檚 alliance with the United States.

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The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion was created in response to two gunmen allegedly inspired by the Islamic State group at a Sydney Hanukkah celebration in December. Royal commissions are Australia’s highest form of public inquiry.

The commission’s head, former High Court judge Virginia Bell, said who testified about their experiences of antisemitism since public hearings began on May 4 have been subjected to online 鈥渉arassment and intimidation.鈥�

鈥淲e have received reports from a number of witnesses concerning a dramatic increase in online hate messages after they have given evidence,鈥� Bell said.

鈥淨uite what this undiluted level of hatred and bigotry directed towards members of the Jewish community is thought to benefit by those who post these remarks is lost on me,鈥� she added.

The commission was recording the 鈥渙ffensive social media posts,鈥� Bell said, and in one case the harassment has been referred to police.

鈥淭he commission has, as one of its principal objects, understanding and assessing the lived experience of antisemitism by members of the Jewish community and it is being informed by conduct of this character,鈥� she said.

The first two weeks of hearings scrutinized the nature and prevalence of antisemitism in Australia鈥檚 institutions and society.

During the first week of hearings, a 68-year-old man was charged with wearing a shirt emblazoned with a 鈥減rohibited Nazi symbol鈥� outside the commission in Sydney, a police statement.

The design appeared to incorporate a Star of David superimposed over a swastika with the slogan: 鈥淎ntisemitism. Proud to be accused. Speak up!鈥�

The commission said in a statement at the time it was 鈥渁ppalled鈥� that an 鈥渁ntisemitic shirt鈥� had been worn in its vicinity. The commission assured witnesses that safety protocols were in place around the building.

鈥淭he royal commission is determined to investigate antisemitism in Australia without fear or intimidation,鈥� the statement said.

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Randy Arozarena had an RBI double in the third and a in the ninth. J.P. Crawford also went deep for the Mariners, who moved within 1 1/2 games of the first-place A’s in the AL West.

Seattle starter Luis Castillo pitched four scoreless innings before Bryce Miller (1-0) worked the final five.

Athletics slugger Nick Kurtz walked in the third to extend his on-base streak to 48 games, equaling the single-season club record Mark McGwire set in 1995. McGwire stretched the mark to 62 when he reached base safely in the first 14 games the following season.

Kurtz, the reigning AL Rookie of the Year, tied Albert Pujols (2001) for the fifth-longest streak by a major league player 23 or younger.

Crawford hit his seventh homer leading off the fourth and Arozarena added his sixth in the ninth 鈥� a 437-foot shot to center field.

Mariners manager Dan Wilson went in with a plan to piggyback Castillo and Miller, and it worked out well.

Castillo left with a 7-0 lead after allowing two hits and striking out six. Miller went the rest of the way and gave up Shea Langeliers鈥� 13th homer 鈥� a solo shot in the eighth.

Josh Naylor drove in a run on a forceout before scoring from first on a double by Arozarena for the first two runs off Aaron Civale (5-2).

for his 11th home run, and Cole Young doubled before for the fifth time to make it 6-0. Arozarena had three of Seattle鈥檚 12 hits.

Civale gave up seven runs and nine hits in four innings. The right-hander has yielded nine homers in his last six starts.

Jack Perkins allowed two runs and three hits in 4 2/3 innings, striking out seven.

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Mariners RHP Emerson Hancock (3-2, 3.07 ERA) starts Tuesday opposite Athletics RHP Luis Severino (2-5, 4.23).

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The meeting brings together India鈥檚 Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong. India鈥檚 foreign ministry said the ministers would discuss recent developments in the Indo-Pacific and ways to advance cooperation among their nations.

The leaders are also expected to discuss and halted energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.

The four nations make up a key strategic partnership for cooperation on maritime security, supply chains and regional strategy as China expands its military and economic influence in the Indo-Pacific.

The Quad has repeatedly accused China of flexing its military muscles in the and aggressively pushing its maritime territorial claims. Beijing maintains that its military is purely defensive to protect what it says are China鈥檚 sovereign rights and calls the its economic growth and influence.

The meeting comes days after U.S. a trip closely watched in New Delhi for signs of any shift in Washington鈥檚 approach toward Beijing.

Rubio, who arrived in India on Saturday, said that Washington wants the Quad to move beyond being a dialogue platform and take more concrete action on issues including maritime security and critical minerals. He also said officials were working toward a summit of the four leaders later this year, although no date has been announced.

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Japanese right-hander Tatsuya Imai threw six spotless innings after walking three of the first four batters he faced Monday night. Steven Okert then got three outs before Alimber Santa made his major league debut and fired two perfect innings to complete the Astros’ 17th regular-season no-hitter 鈥� four of them combined efforts 鈥� in a .

鈥淭he first inning, you never thought that this was going to be the outcome of the game,鈥� manager Joe Espada said. 鈥淚mai, he continued to compete. … He continued to pound the zone, he fought through it. Six strong innings, and then the rest is history.”

It was the first no-hitter in the major leagues since over Pittsburgh on Sept. 4, 2024. No pitcher has tossed a complete-game no-hitter since Blake Snell for the San Francisco Giants against Cincinnati on Aug. 2, 2024.

The 23-year-old Santa became the first pitcher since 1900 to participate in a no-hitter during his big league debut, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

鈥淵eah, there was some adrenaline,鈥� Santa said through a translator. 鈥淚 was aware of the no-hitter, but I was just trying to calm myself down from the bullpen.鈥�

for the Astros in a 10-0 victory over Toronto on April 1, 2024, which also marked Espada鈥檚 first win as manager. In fact, Houston has authored three of the past seven and five of the last 11 major league no-hitters 鈥� including one in the 2022 World Series when .

Okert worked the seventh after Imai got 16 outs over the last 16 batters he faced. He benefited from a double play in the first, then settled into a groove after issuing his third walk.

鈥淒uring pregame, our focus was attacking the zone,鈥� Imai said through a translator. 鈥淏ut in the first inning, I felt unbalanced, the timing was off. But after that inning, I was able to adjust the timing, all the rhythm and stuff.鈥�

Santa entered in the eighth and retired all six batters he faced. His 24th pitch was a called third strike against Brandon Nimmo, ending the game with his first career strikeout. That was confirmed after an ABS challenge by Nimmo of the final pitch.

鈥淚 wasn’t sure,鈥� Santa said, but catcher Christian V谩zquez was already on the mound telling him, 鈥渀Hey stud, that’s a strike.’鈥�

Texas was held without a hit for the sixth time, and third at home since moving into Globe Life Field in 2020. The previous one was for the New York Yankees on May 19, 2021, about six weeks after for his hometown team on April 9.

These Rangers, hitting .232 with 201 runs through 53 games, have in two-time World Series MVP shortstop Corey Seager (lower back inflammation) and outfielder Wyatt Langford (right forearm strain). Plus, third baseman Josh Jung (.302 batting average) missed his second game in a row because of left shoulder soreness.

鈥淲hen you get no-hit, it鈥檚 a team thing,鈥� first-year Texas manager Skip Schumaker said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not just the players who feel it, all of us feel it. … I have to find different ways to message on the offensive side to get this team going, to get this offense going.”

The Rangers struck out only four times, a night after whiffing 16 times in a 2-1 loss to the Angels.

Imai鈥檚 fourth walk was to Nimmo leading off the fourth inning, but Ezequiel Duran then grounded into a double play.

Imai (2-2) threw 57 of his 97 pitches for strikes. He struck out two.

The 28-year-old Imai, who said his only previous no-hitter came in middle school, is in his first big league season after coming over from Japan. He was 1-2 with an 8.31 ERA in his first five starts for Houston.

Imai agreed in January He was a three-time All-Star during eight seasons in Japan, and went 10-5 with a 1.92 ERA last season for the Pacific League鈥檚 Seibu Lions.

Joc Pederson was retired on a nifty play in the third when Astros shortstop and a twisting throw to first. Justin Foscue and Danny Jansen had deep flyouts into the left-center gap in the Texas fifth.

Okert walked Nimmo leading off the seventh before retiring the next three batters.

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The Singapore-based company said it had profit of $1 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1.11 per share.

The social media company posted revenue of $555.7 million in the period.

For the current quarter ending in June, JOYY said it expects revenue in the range of $562 million to $581 million.

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The Shanghai-based company said it had profit of 24 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 26 cents per share.

The online consumer finance marketplace provider posted revenue of $465.4 million in the period.

FinVolution expects full-year revenue in the range of $1.66 billion to $1.86 billion.

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Utilityman made his season debut in a against the Colorado Rockies on Monday night. He went 2 for 2 with an RBI double down the third base line while batting ninth and starting at third base in place of in the series opener. He was lifted for a pinch hitter in the seventh, when the Dodgers rallied with four runs to pull out their 18th comeback win.

鈥淚t was good to have him back,鈥� manager Dave Roberts said. 鈥淭here鈥檚 a lot of emotion and adrenaline and anticipation. That鈥檚 probably the thing you got to guard against, but he did a good job managing those emotions.鈥�

Hern谩ndez, 34, missed the first 53 games of the season recovering from offseason elbow surgery.

鈥淚t鈥檚 fixed and I鈥檓 feeling pretty good right now,鈥� he said in the dugout before the game.

Hern谩ndez will see playing time at second and third base and possibly relieve an outfielder at times. He’ll also be available off the bench to pinch hit. Muncy is sidelined with a right wrist injury, but could return Wednesday.

Hern谩ndez had surgery to repair a torn muscle and torn extensor tendon in his left elbow during the offseason. The operation was done to fix an injury he originally suffered during the season and subsequently worsened.

鈥淗e鈥檚 a tough competitor, tough player,鈥� Roberts said. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 think anyone appreciated how severe the injury was.鈥�

Despite the tear, and helped the Dodgers win their . He appeared in all 17 playoff games, batting .250 with nine runs, one homer and seven RBIs. However, the extended play caused the tendon to detach from the bone, forcing him to undergo corrective surgery.

鈥淚t was a rough year,鈥� he said. 鈥淭he best description that I can put on it is every time I would get in my batting stance I would feel like I had a blowtorch on.鈥�

After the World Series, an MRI revealed a lot of swelling and Hern谩ndez was left with the option of either rehab or having surgery. Not knowing what choice to make, he left the final decision to his family and his agent.

They reminded him that he’d try to play through a core injury for three years and ended up blowing out the other side of his body, leading to multiple surgeries. They urged him to make another trip to the operating room with Dr. Neal ElAttrache.

鈥淚 woke up with ElAttrache telling me, 鈥楾his is the worst injury I鈥檝e ever seen of this kind and I don鈥檛 know how you played,鈥欌�� he said. 鈥淚 told him, 鈥楾hank you, I take it as a compliment.鈥欌��

In a post-surgery narcotic haze, Hern谩ndez FaceTimed with Andrew Friedman and urged ElAttrache to repeat to the president of baseball operations what he had just told his patient.

Before his phone was taken away, Hern谩ndez told Friedman: “I did this for you so you better bring me back.鈥�

Hern谩ndez signed a $4.5 million, one-year contract in February to return for his 10th season with the Dodgers.

Because of the surgery and his recovery timeline, Hern谩ndez missed the for his native Puerto Rico.

鈥淭hat hurt my soul a little more than I was in pain physically last year just because I鈥檝e been dreaming about playing in the WBC in Puerto Rico since I was 13 years old and it kind of felt like it got taken away from me,” he said. 鈥漎ou got to find a way to look at positives in life. I was like, it would have sucked a lot more if we鈥檇 lost the World Series and I still didn鈥檛 get to play in the WBC. It was a fair trade.”

Last October, Hern谩ndez became the franchise leader in postseason appearances with his 87th game. He ranks eighth all-time in major league history with 103 postseason games.

He’s the fourth player of Puerto Rican descent with 100-plus career postseason appearances, joining Jorge Posada (125), Bernie Williams (121) and Yadier Molina (104).

鈥淒oing that as a Latino is very important, especially in the city where there鈥檚 such a big Latino community and we鈥檙e living in some rough times,鈥� he said. 鈥淓specially in this city, the last two years there鈥檚 been a lot of weird things going on, so I take the responsibility to not only represent this organization but the Latino community, the Puerto Rican community. It鈥檚 something that鈥檚 very touching to my heart.鈥�

Starting the season on the IL was a blessing in disguise. Hern谩ndez was able to spend time with his son born in February and his daughter.

When he wasn’t waking up in pain anymore, he realized he could be back at the end of his IL stint.

鈥淚t didn鈥檛 feel like I had to rush, it didn鈥檛 feel like I was going to lose my spot,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hat was very key.鈥�

He played in 12 rehab games with Triple-A Oklahoma City, batting .214 with two doubles and three RBIs.

鈥淚 had lot of fun with those guys,鈥� he said. 鈥淣ow I’m back with my guys here and I’m ready to go.鈥�

As the Dodgers chase a third consecutive World Series championship, Hern谩ndez will have his eye on his younger teammates when he’s not cracking everyone up.

鈥淚鈥檓 in charge of checking guys,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 think guys know if I鈥檓 on them, and I鈥檓 tough on them, it means I care a lot about them.鈥�

To clear a spot for Hern谩ndez, utilityman Santiago Espinal was designated for assignment.

The 31-year-old former All-Star hit .220 with three doubles, one home run and four RBIs in 26 games for the Dodgers.

鈥淚’ll lob a call to him in the next couple days to thank him for everything he did for us,鈥� Roberts said. 鈥淗e was fantastic. Obviously, we had a tough decision to make. We were very forthright up front about the expectations. I think he respected that.鈥�

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鈥�’What about the stock trading in Congress? What about people getting rich in Congress?鈥欌�� Allred said they ask him regularly. 鈥淎nd I have to say to them, you鈥檙e absolutely right about that, too. We need to be better.鈥�

He’s challenging Rep. Julie Johnson in the Democratic runoff for a Dallas-area House seat on Tuesday, and he’s one of several candidates trying to harness populist anger over congressional stock trading. Allred has denounced Johnson for trades involving companies like Palantir, a data analytics firm with ties to President Donald Trump’s administration.

Johnson said her trades were handled by a financial manager, and she accused Allred of being 鈥渙nly out for himself.鈥� She pointed to financial disclosures that showed Allred’s wealth nearly doubling during his own time in Congress, although Allred said his assets were in a blind trust and the money came from his wife’s income as a partner at a law firm.

鈥淭o be clear, the sum total I made on that trade was only $90,鈥� Johnson said of her Palantir stock. 鈥淢y opponent is trying to make it seem like it was hundreds or thousands.鈥�

The bitter campaign is emblematic of broader debates within the Democratic Party over the role of money in politics. Long a refrain of strident progressives and good-government reformers, accusations that political rivals are self-dealing or bought by special interests have become a mainstay of Democratic primaries. The heightened criticism of lawmakers鈥� personal wealth comes as the party looks to and to develop if Democrats take power in the midterms.

Some are tracking congressional stock trading

Trump campaigned on a promise to 鈥渄rain the swamp,鈥� capitalizing on Americans’ disdain for the Washington establishment. Now that while he’s back in the White House, Democrats are eager to regain the upper hand on an issue that could prove potent with voters.

鈥淭he difficulty is that right now, no party has the mantle on anti-corruption,鈥� said Daniel Lobo-Lewis, a political consultant in Washington. 鈥淢any voters outside of the beltway see both parties as corrupt, because they see all politicians as bought by the donors or by their own self-interest.鈥�

Lobo-Lewis and Nico Agosta founded the Political Integrity Project last year to track stock trading and corporate donations involving members of Congress.

The organization asks candidates to sign an 鈥渋ntegrity pledge鈥� to refrain from trading stocks or accepting corporate donations while in Congress and vow not to work as a lobbyist after they leave office. So far, about 90 challengers and seven sitting lawmakers have taken the pledge.

鈥淚f we want to, in any way, start rebuilding trust in our political institutions, it starts with no-brainer changes like this that have an approval rating above and beyond any other issue you could imagine,鈥� Lobo-Lewis said.

Congress has yet to enact a stock trading ban for its members, though insider trading is already illegal for members just like it is for anyone else. There are multiple proposals on Capitol Hill, but none have gained traction.

A bipartisan bill to ban congressional stock trading stalled this year despite receiving Trump鈥檚 blessing during his State of the Union. And Democrats remain divided over the number of alleged loopholes in their competing proposals.

Anti-corruption messages spread in Democratic primaries

in a Democratic-leaning Utah congressional seat has featured attacks over candidates鈥� personal wealth. State Sen. Nate Blouin criticized his main rival, former Rep. Ben McAdams, for having equity in a Utah data center firm, and excoriated others in the race for past investments and jobs.

McAdams said the equity of several thousand dollars was payment for a past contract completed by his government consulting firm while he was a private citizen. His campaign defended the data center project by saying it would use no water and run on clean energy.

A spokesperson for McAdams also claimed Blouin 鈥渋s currently hiding his corporate donations鈥� by removing them from campaign disclosure reports, which McAdams’ campaign claims 鈥渋s not only deceitful, it breaks campaign finance law.鈥�

In an interview, Blouin rejected the claim that he broke the law, and said that he removed the donations because he returned the money to each donor.

鈥淚t was actually quite uncomfortable to return some of those,鈥� said Blouin, because some of the firms included local firms and clean energy companies. 鈥淏ut there is a perception that campaign contributions from lobbyists and companies influence votes, and I think there is some truth to that.鈥�

In a New York City congressional district that includes both Wall Street and the Democratic Socialists of America鈥檚 headquarters, the city鈥檚 former comptroller, Brad Lander, has accused Rep. Dan Goldman of trying to buy another term by using his own wealth to match campaign contributions. Goldman, an heir to the Levi Strauss family fortune, says he entered all of his assets into a blind trust after taking office in 2023.

A spokesperson for Goldman said Lander is 鈥渞unning a deceitful campaign based on absurd lies that Dan is beholden to special interests鈥� and that Goldman has raised more campaign funds than Lander 鈥渨ithout taking a dime of corporate PAC money.鈥� Goldman has spent his own money on the race, the spokesperson said: 鈥淭o ensure that the NY-10 voters can be sure that he is beholden only to them and his principles.鈥�

Lander said Goldman’s spending is 鈥渘ot illegal, but it is certainly anti-democratic when a quarter-billionaire like Dan Goldman not only dumps millions of his own inherited wealth into his elections but also solicits money from the same forces who are rigging the economy and worsening the affordability crisis.鈥�

More candidates are fighting over stocks in California

Even representatives who support a ban on congressional stock trading are feeling the heat.

Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman of California is facing multiple primary challengers who have criticized the congressman for holding stocks while serving in Congress. Sherman does not trade individual stocks and supports a ban on stock trading.

鈥淚 only own three individual stocks, which I inherited from my mother when she passed away, which were originally acquired by my grandmother,鈥� Sherman said. 鈥淚 have never sold them because I made a promise to my constituents that I would not buy and sell individual stocks.鈥�

One of Sherman’s primary challengers is Jake Levine, a former climate adviser to President Joe Biden, who signed the pledge from the Political Integrity Project. But Sherman said Levine 鈥渞efuses to disclose key elements of his $18 million stock portfolio, and actively bought and sold stocks while serving on the National Security Council.鈥�

Levine said in a statement shortly after midnight on Tuesday that Sherman 鈥渒nows he鈥檚 losing because voters are sick of politics as usual and ready for a new generation of leadership.鈥�

He added: 鈥淗e鈥檚 chosen to close his campaign with desperate, unfounded attacks against me rather than make a real argument of why he deserves to be reelected. We look forward to the results next week.鈥�

In the race to succeed former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California State Sen. Scott Wiener has critiqued his progressive opponent, Saikat Chakrabarti, over his personal wealth. Chakrabarti is a former software engineer who earned millions as an early employee at the tech firm Stripe. He later served as the first chief of staff to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.

Wiener said that Chakrabarti 鈥渉as enormous investments鈥� and 鈥渋s trying to buy this seat鈥� while 鈥渟preading bogus conspiracy theories鈥� with his own wealth. He criticized Chakrabarti for not disclosing the last decade of his stock trades.

鈥淚f you鈥檙e making a ban on stock trades a central part of your campaign 鈥� as Saikat is doing, running around saying that everyone under the sun is corrupt 鈥� how about you tell the voters about your own stock trading history,鈥� Wiener said.

Chakrabarti retorted that his wealth as a private citizen is not relevant to his future time in office and that he would place all of his assets into a blind trust should he be elected. He critiqued Wiener for being supported by super PACs funded by the AI firm Anthropic and other major corporations.

鈥淭his is all part of a larger problem, which is just the whole idea of corruption in our politics,鈥� Chakrabarti said. 鈥淚f you鈥檙e in Congress, you sit on committees that oversee a lot of these industries, and it鈥檚 unethical to be using that insider information, that knowledge to make stock trades. But that doesn鈥檛 apply to a private citizen.鈥�

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Sunday’s Games

Pittsburgh 4, Toronto 1

Baltimore 5, Detroit 3, 1st game

N.Y. Yankees 2, Tampa Bay 0

Cleveland 3, Philadelphia 1

Kansas City 8, Seattle 6

Minnesota 6, Boston 5

Houston 8, Chicago Cubs 5

San Francisco 8, Chicago White Sox 5

Athletics 5, San Diego 2

Detroit 4, Baltimore 1, 2nd game

L.A. Angels 2, Texas 1

Monday’s Games

Chicago White Sox 3, Minnesota 1

Baltimore 9, Tampa Bay 7, 13 innings

N.Y. Yankees 4, Kansas City 3

Washington 10, Cleveland 2

Houston 9, Texas 0

Miami 8, Toronto 2

Seattle 9, Athletics 2

Tuesday’s Games

Washington (Cavalli 2-3) at Cleveland (Cantillo 4-1), 6:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Jax 1-2) at Baltimore (Baz 1-5), 6:35 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Kochanowicz 2-3) at Detroit (Montero 2-3), 6:40 p.m.

Atlanta (Strider 2-0) at Boston (Suarez 2-2), 6:45 p.m.

Miami (Alcantara 3-3) at Toronto (Fisher 2-1), 7:07 p.m.

Minnesota (Ryan 3-3) at Chicago White Sox (Burke 2-3), 7:40 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Schlittler 6-2) at Kansas City (Falter 0-1), 7:40 p.m.

Houston (Alexander 1-0) at Texas (Leiter 1-4), 8:05 p.m.

Seattle (Hancock 3-2) at Athletics (Severino 2-5), 9:40 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Miami at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Washington at Cleveland, 1:10 p.m.

Seattle at Athletics, 3:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 6:35 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Detroit, 6:40 p.m.

Atlanta at Boston, 6:45 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 7:40 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, 7:40 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

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Sunday’s Games

Pittsburgh 4, Toronto 1

Cleveland 3, Philadelphia 1

Miami 4, N.Y. Mets 0

L.A. Dodgers 5, Milwaukee 1

Houston 8, Chicago Cubs 5

Arizona 9, Colorado 1

Washington 2, Atlanta 1

San Francisco 8, Chicago White Sox 5

Athletics 5, San Diego 2

St. Louis at Cincinnati, ppd.

Monday’s Games

Pittsburgh 2, Chicago Cubs 1

Milwaukee 5, St. Louis 1

Cincinnati 7, N.Y. Mets 2

Arizona 6, San Francisco 2

Washington 10, Cleveland 2

Philadelphia 3, San Diego 0

Miami 8, Toronto 2

L.A. Dodgers 5, Colorado 3

Tuesday’s Games

Washington (Cavalli 2-3) at Cleveland (Cantillo 4-1), 6:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Wicks 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Ashcraft 3-2), 6:40 p.m.

Atlanta (Strider 2-0) at Boston (Suarez 2-2), 6:45 p.m.

Miami (Alcantara 3-3) at Toronto (Fisher 2-1), 7:07 p.m.

Cincinnati (Burns 6-1) at N.Y. Mets (TBD), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (McGreevy 3-3) at Milwaukee (Harrison 5-1), 7:40 p.m.

Philadelphia (Nola 2-4) at San Diego (V谩squez 5-2), 9:40 p.m.

Arizona (Rodriguez 4-1) at San Francisco (Mahle 1-6), 9:45 p.m.

Colorado (Freeland 1-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Lauer 1-5), 10:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Miami at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Washington at Cleveland, 1:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Milwaukee, 1:40 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 3:45 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Diego, 4:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 6:40 p.m.

Atlanta at Boston, 6:45 p.m.

Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

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Trailing 65-60, midway through the fourth quarter, Portland (4-3) scored 12 straight points with Barker leading the way to go up 72-65. She hit a layup and then a 3-pointer that made it 67-65 鈥� Portland鈥檚 first lead since early in the third quarter.

New York, which Sabrina Ionescu, could only get within 74-71 on two free throws by Breanna Stewart with just over 29 seconds left.

Carla Leite answered with a 3-pointer with 13.7 seconds left to put the Fire up six. She finished with 18 points to lead the team. New York never could get within striking distance the rest of the way.

The loss was the third straight for New York (3-4), which was led by Stewart鈥檚 25 points.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) 鈥� Gabby Williams scored 15 points, Kaila Charles added 12 points and seven rebounds, and Golden State ran away from Connecticut for a win.

Williams made 4 of her first 6 shots and wound up 6 for 10 with three 3-pointers as the Valkyries (4-2) jumped out to a 17-11 lead and kept building it against the cold-shooting Sun. Veronica Burton added 11 points and six assists.

Aneesah Morrow came off the bench to contribute 11 points and 10 rebounds for Connecticut (1-7), which is four games into a season-long five-game road trip. Second-year guard Hailey Van Lith, in her first season with the team, went 2 for 7 from the floor and Saniya Rivers missed all eight of her shots.

Sun center Olivia Nelson-Ododa returned from a four-game absence with a right ankle injury and had a minutes restriction of 12.

Kayla Thornton grabbed eight rebounds for Golden State, which led by 17 at halftime. The Valkyries welcomed back Cecilia Zandalasini after she was sidelined for four games dealing with a concussion, and the forward had six points in nearly 14 minutes.

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The attacks came even as President Donald Trump said on social media that negotiations on ending the war were 鈥減roceeding nicely.鈥�

U.S. futures jumped. Oil prices were mixed, with Brent crude trading below $95 a barrel.

The U.S. military said the strikes Monday were done 鈥渢o protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces.鈥� It said it used restraint due to the ceasefire with Iran, which gave no official response. Further details were not immediately available, including more specifics on threats from Iran and what this means for negotiations.

With the status of peace talks with Iran unclear, markets have been swayed by various developments and comments by Trump.

鈥淢arkets are behaving as though a full Iran breakthrough already exists, even though the hardest parts of the negotiation remain unresolved,鈥� Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management wrote in a commentary. 鈥淲ashington continues to signal optimism, while Tehran insists no agreement is imminent.鈥�

Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 lost 0.4% to 64,897.64, falling back from an all-time high close on Monday.

In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index gained 0.3% to 25,668.55, while the Shanghai Composite index shed 0.7% to 4,122.87.

South Korea’s Kospi jumped 2.9% to 8,075.71, catching up after markets were closed Monday for a holiday.

The S&P/ASX 200 in Australia lost 0.4% to 8,653.80.

The futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 0.6% early Tuesday.

Benchmark U.S. crude oil declined $5.01 or more than 4%, to $91.59 a barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, gained $1.57 to $94.99 a barrel after falling nearly $5 on Monday.

U.S. markets were closed on Monday for the Memorial Day holiday, while European shares advanced.

France’s CAC 40 gained 1.1% and the German DAX rose 1.0%. Britain’s FTSE 100 added 0.2%. Trading will be closed in the U.S. for the Memorial Day holiday.

The gains followed signals of progress toward a peace deal. Regional officials said Sunday that the United States was with Iran , reopen the and see Iran give up its stockpile of ,

Reopening the Strait of Hormuz will help decide the direction of oil prices. Its closure due to the war has prevented oil tankers from exiting the Persian Gulf and delivering crude to customers worldwide. Japan, for instance, imports almost all its oil, most of it through the strait.

In other dealings early Tuesday, the U.S. dollar rose to 158.94 Japanese yen from 158.91 yen. The euro cost $1.1634, down from $1.1645.

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One is the of Ebola, with no vaccine or treatment. The other is the anger and suspicion of residents who have pelted her with stones and verbal abuse in Bunia, a city at the heart of the outbreak.

鈥淲e continue to tell them that the disease is out there. Some accept, and others don鈥檛,鈥� Birungi told The Associated Press on Monday as she and colleagues spoke with groups of people in a working-class neighborhood under the scorching sun.

Aid workers are especially at risk in this volatile region where residents, like Birungi, have long been under threat of armed groups that have killed thousands of people and displaced many more in recent years.

Trust is hard to find among the traumatized population that is wary of outsiders, even those trying desperately to contain the rapidly spreading outbreak that experts say was . Surveillance for such diseases has been weakened by U.S. and other aid cuts.

鈥淭hese people should stop bothering us. They just want to get rich. Let鈥檚 not forget that Ebola is a white man鈥檚 invention,鈥� declared Pierre Basola, a 56-year-old resident of Bunia, who added: 鈥淪top talking to me anyway.鈥�

Cases are nearing 1,000 but health centers are burned

Three times in the past week, healthcare facilities have been attacked. On Sunday, angry young men treating Ebola patients, forcing medical staff to evacuate them as gunfire rang out.

On Saturday, a group of residents set fire to a tent for suspected and confirmed Ebola cases run by Doctors Without Borders in Mongbwalu, and more than a dozen people suspected to have the virus fled. On Thursday, a center in Rwampara was burned after relatives were barred from retrieving the body of a man suspected to have Ebola.

Anger is amplified as virus prevention practices keep loved ones from handling bodies in final rites following an illness some have described as sudden and dramatic, with vomiting and bleeding.

The Ebola virus is spread through close contact with sick or deceased patients鈥� bodily fluids, such as sweat, blood, feces or vomit. Experts say healthcare workers and family members caring for patients face the highest risk.

鈥淭rust is almost as important as the health response, because if you get this massive distrust in the communities, they鈥檙e not going to go to the health centers,鈥� said Heather Kerr, country director for the International Rescue Committee in Congo.

in the region poses another challenge. To travel from Bunia, the capital of Ituri province, to Mongbwalu, aid groups risk potential attacks in a region more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) from Congo鈥檚 capital, Kinshasa.

Meanwhile, the outbreak now has over 900 suspected cases and more than 220 suspected deaths, the director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said Monday.

鈥淲e are now playing catch-up with a very fast-moving epidemic,鈥� he said.

鈥榃e leave everything to God鈥�

Mado Nditamba, a 70-year-old Bunia resident, said she has seen students running away from aid workers.

鈥淭he last time Ebola came, it was not on the scale that we see today,鈥� Nditamba said. 鈥淏ut this epidemic today is worse. We go to the doctors in the hospitals, but they also die. That鈥檚 what worries us. We don鈥檛 know what to do and we leave everything to God.鈥�

Congo has had 17 Ebola outbreaks, and the WHO says the country is equipped to respond. But early tests in this outbreak were conducted for a more common type of Ebola, losing valuable time. Experts are still trying to determine when this outbreak began.

There are few places to test for this Bundibugyo type in a region where clinics can run on generators and a major airport serving as a humanitarian hub has been in the hands of rebels for over a year.

Health workers on the ground have told the AP they are underprepared and underprotected. Now an unknown number of responders have been infected, and some have died.

A Congolese doctor was reported dead on Sunday in Rwampara, Rubens Dhedgia, coordinator of the Ebola response in the region, told the AP. In neighboring , where a far smaller number of cases has begun to spread after Congolese traveled there, at least three health workers have been infected.

And perhaps most worryingly, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says three volunteers died in Mongbwalu after it believes they handled bodies on March 27 during work unrelated to Ebola.

If confirmed, that would significantly push back the from the first confirmed death in late April in Bunia.

Some residents still believe Ebola is a myth

Even as at least one funeral home manager dusted off coffins for sale alongside a road in Bunia, experts reported a lack of trust among some residents of the region who do not believe the virus exists.

Action Aid, another of the international humanitarian groups responding, said a high level of skepticism and lack of understanding remains, citing residents it questioned in mid-May in Ituri province just after the outbreak was announced.

“The only way to go, as far as this particular virus is concerned, is community engagement,鈥� said Yakubu Mohammed Saani, country director for Action Aid in Congo.

How that will be improved, and quickly, is still not clear. Meanwhile, both the WHO and Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believe the outbreak is larger than the cases reported so far.

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Adetayo reported from Abuja, Nigeria. Associated Press writer Jean-Yves Kamale in Kinshasa, Congo, contributed.

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Williams made 4 of her first 6 shots and wound up 6 for 10 with three 3-pointers as the Valkyries (4-2) jumped out to a 17-11 lead and kept building it against the cold-shooting Sun. Veronica Burton added 11 points and six assists.

Aneesah Morrow came off the bench to contribute 11 points and 10 rebounds for Connecticut (1-7), which is four games into a season-long five-game road trip. Second-year guard Hailey Van Lith, in her first season with the team, went 2 for 7 from the floor and Saniya Rivers missed all eight of her shots.

Sun center Olivia Nelson-Ododa returned from a four-game absence with a right ankle injury and had a minutes restriction of 12.

Kayla Thornton grabbed eight rebounds for Golden State, which led by 17 at halftime. The Valkyries welcomed back Cecilia Zandalasini after she was sidelined for four games dealing with a concussion, and the forward had six points in nearly 14 minutes.

Golden State rookie Juste Jocyte, the team’s first-ever draft pick selected fifth overall last year, entered the game with 4:48 left for her debut and immediately scored on a pull-up jumper and then hit a 3. It was her first game being active after she returned from playing overseas.

Sun center Brittney Griner didn’t play as she has been nursing a rib injury. She needs one point to become the 18th player in WNBA history to reach 6,000 career points.

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Connecticut concludes its road trip Wednesday at Portland, while the Valkyries continue a four-game homestand by hosting Indiana on Thursday.

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