• Associated Press

    The Sun score 15 straight points in the fourth quarter to pull away from the Mystics 84-77

    DeWanna Bonner had 22 points and six of Connecticut's 14 steals, DiJonai Carrington added 21 points and the Sun used a big fourth quarter to beat the Washington Mystics 84-77 on Friday night. Connecticut has won 10 of the last 11 regular-season meetings with Washington. Connecticut trailed 62-56 with 8:18 left in the fourth quarter before scoring the next 15 points to take a 71-62 lead.

  • BBC

    Seven dead after powerful storms slam Houston, Texas

    Houston-area residents could be without power for weeks after 110mph (177km/h) winds wreaked havoc.

  • The Canadian Press

    Tyler Alexander takes perfect game into eighth inning as Rays beat Blue Jays 4-3

    TORONTO (AP) — Tyler Alexander took a perfect game bid into the eighth inning before Danny Jansen blooped an opposite-field, one-out single, and the Tampa Bay Rays hung on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Friday night. Richie Palacios hit a two-run home run as the Rays built a 4-0 lead and hung on for their 10th win in 14 games. Alexander (2-2) retired his first 22 batters before Jansen hit a 1-0 changeup near the low, outside corner off the end of his bat. The ball landed cleanly 206 feet f