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8:30 PM on Sunday, August 31

Justin Verlander helped the San Francisco Giants to a 13-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles

8:18 PM on Sunday, August 31

Houston police say an 11-year-old boy was fatally shot after a prank in which he rang the doorbell of a home and ran away

7:45 PM on Sunday, August 31

Novak Djokovic easily beat 144th-ranked qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 despite dealing with some neck issues to reach his record 64th Grand Slam quarterfinal

6:00 PM on Sunday, August 31

Vicari Swain returned a punt 80 yards for a touchdown to break open a close game, LaNorris Sellers threw a 64-yard touchdown pass to Nyck Harbor, and No. 13 South Carolina beat Virginia Tech 24-11 in the opener for both teams

5:41 PM on Sunday, August 31

Miranda Wang is the seventh LPGA Tour rookie to win this year

5:06 PM on Sunday, August 31

Taylor Townsend couldn’t convert eight match points in a second set that ended with a 25-minute tiebreaker and was eliminated from the U.S. Open on Sunday with a 1-6, 7-6 (13), 6-3 loss to Barbora Krejcikova

5:02 PM on Sunday, August 31

Mark Knoller, a longtime White House correspondent for CBS News, has died at 73

4:40 PM on Sunday, August 31

ESPN blamed a transmission issue for fans missing most of the second half of No. 11 Arizona State's game against Northern Arizona

4:10 PM on Sunday, August 31

Charles Bierbauer, a former CNN White House correspondent and journalism dean, has died at 83

3:54 PM on Sunday, August 31

Josef Newgarden has won his first race of the season at Nashville Superspeedway in the IndyCar finale

3:54 PM on Sunday, August 31

Two adults were killed and seven children ranging in age from 1 to 12 years old were injured in an all-terrain vehicle accident at an off-road ATV park in Alabama

2:32 PM on Sunday, August 31

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says the war in Ukraine could continue for a long time

2:02 PM on Sunday, August 31

New York Yankees star Aaron Judge hit his 358th career homer in the first inning of their series finale against the White Sox, moving into a tie with Yogi Berra for fifth in franchise history

1:58 PM on Sunday, August 31

Virginia Tech coaching great Frank Beamer showed up for the Hokies’ season opener on Sunday against South Carolina, which is coached by son Shane Beamer, wearing Gamecocks black

1:33 PM on Sunday, August 31

The Dallas Cowboys have signed cornerback DaRon Bland to a $92 million, four-year contract extension four days before the NFL opener at defending champ and NFC East rival Philadelphia

11:12 AM on Sunday, August 31

A U.S. judge has blocked the government from deporting Guatemalan children who had crossed the border without their families

10:01 AM on Sunday, August 31

Luka Doncic had a triple-double to power Slovenia to an 86-69 victory over Belgium on Sunday and its first win at EuroBasket

8:52 AM on Sunday, August 31

Iran-backed Houthis have raided United Nations offices in Yemen's capital, detaining at least 11 U.N. employees

5:15 AM on Sunday, August 31

A flotilla of ships has set sail from Barcelona to the Gaza Strip with humanitarian aid and activists on board

11:58 PM on Saturday, August 30

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have pledged to resolve their border differences and bolster cooperation ahead of the opening of a regional summit in Tianjin