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Travis Shaw hit a game-ending grand slam in the 11th inning, and Boston beat the Texas Rangers 8-4. Giancarlo Stanton homered and drove in three runs to carry the Yankees to their 10th straight victory, beating the Atlanta Braves 5-1.

Heat is the number on weather-related killer in the U.S., yet our infrastructure was not built with it in mind. As that heat gets more extreme, cities are rethinking how to adapt.

Emma Raducanu’s qualifier-to-champion run at the U.S. Open has vaulted her 127 spots in the WTA rankings to a career-high No. 23.

For the redrawing of voting maps, some states are making a little-known change to their census numbers that is expected to shift political power away from rural, predominantly white prison towns.

The Yankees completed a three-game sweep by scoring four runs in the eighth to beat the Rangers, 7-3. The Red Sox’s 12-5 pounding of the Mets keeps Boston two games ahead of the Yankees for the first AL wild card.

The Boston Red Sox used extra innings to take a two-games-to-one lead over the top-seeded Tampa Bay Rays in the American League Division Series. The White Sox have avoided a three-game sweep in the AL Division Series by turning a 5-1 deficit into a 12-6 defeat of the Astros.

Dev Patel as a knight of the Round Table, Jodie Turner-Smith as Anne Boleyn, the mostly nonwhite casts of Bridgerton and Hamilton — all belong to a tradition that has its roots in live theater.

UConn and Louisville are the last two teams to make it into the final four in the NCAA women’s tournament.

In the NBA playoffs, the Grizzlies held off the Golden State Warriors, 106-101. In the NBA's other playoff game, the Boston Celtics beat the Milwaukee Bucks 109-86 to even their second-round playoff at one game apiece.

NPR offers a selective preview of what Hollywood has in store at theaters between Labor Day and Thanksgiving.