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A game after shutting out the New England Revolution 1-0, New York City FC faces the San Jose Earthquakes.

Teens as young as 16 from five countries will be able to vote in the June 6-9 European Union elections. They add a slice of vigor and life to the campaign in some EU nations and they are a sought-after part of the electorate. Youngsters will need to overcome political apathy if they want a stake in the future of the bloc, where issue like climate and social exclusion will have a big impact on the outcome. Some see the lowering of the minimum voting age as a ploy to get an easy vote from unwitting teens who have barely outgrown childhood. Some vehemently disagree.

Connecticut aims to extend its four-game home win streak with a victory over Dallas. The teams match up Friday for the first time this season. Connecticut is 3- at home, and Dallas is 2- on the road.

New York plays the Washington Mystics after Sabrina Ionescu scored 22 points in the New York Liberty's 81-78 win against the Phoenix Mercury. Friday's game will be the second meeting of the season between the two teams. The Liberty won the previous matchup 85-80. New York is 3- at home, and Washington is 0- on the road.

The Atlanta Dream take on the Las Vegas Aces in out-of-conference play. The teams square off Friday for the first time this season. Atlanta is 1- at home, and Las Vegas is 0- on the road.

Phoenix visits the Minnesota Lynx after Natasha Cloud scored 21 points in the Mercury's 81-78 loss to the New York Liberty. The teams square off Friday for the first time this season. Minnesota is 2- at home, and Phoenix is 1- on the road.

Two more players could be involved in the Australian soccer match-fixing case that has already resulted in three Macarthur FC players being charged. Midfielder Kearyn Baccus appeared in court Thursday to face charges relating to an illegal betting plot to receive yellow cards during A-League matches in return for payment. He was arrested on May 17 along with team captain Ulises Davila and teammate Clayton Lewis. Documents produced in court revealed that two other players are accused of participating in a criminal group. Football Australia issued a statement saying it was aware of the allegations but added that one of the players whose identity was revealed in court was not a suspect in the case.

Denis Bouanga scored on a first-half penalty kick, Mateusz Bogusz added a late goal and Hugo Lloris notched his fourth straight clean sheet to help Los Angeles FC up its win streak to four and snap Minnesota United’s six-match unbeaten run with a 2-0 victory. LAFC (8-4-3), which lost to the Columbus Crew in the championship match last season, dropped a 3-1 decision on the road to the San Jose Earthquakes to begin the month and has not lost or surrendered a goal since. Minnesota United (7-3-4) had used a 4-0-2 run to climb into a second-place tie in the Western Conference. The loss drops the club into fourth place.

Andrés Gómez scored in the ninth minute of second-half stoppage time after Seattle had a goal disallowed three minutes earlier and Real Salt Lake rallied for a 1-1 draw with the Sounders to extend its unbeaten run to 12. Real Salt Lake (8-2-6) is off to the best start in franchise history and has moved to the top of the Western Conference with its 7-0-5 streak. Albert Rusnák scored off a free kick in the 68th minute to give Seattle (4-6-6) a 1-0 lead. Rusnák became the fifth active player and the 29th in league history to reach 50 goals and 50 assists in regular-season play.

Google plans to invest $2 billion in Malaysia, developing its first data center and a Google Cloud hub in the latest big foray by a U.S. tech giant in the Southeast Asian country. The news came after Microsoft recently said it would put $2.2 billion over the next four years in Malaysia’s new cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim hailed Google’s investment as a sign of faith in Malaysia's governance and economy. Anwar said the investment is expected to add $3.2 billion to the economy and create 26,500 jobs by 2030. The investments are a coup for Anwar as he seeks to consolidate his strength against a strong Islamic opposition.

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Alabama is set to execute a man convicted of bludgeoning an elderly couple to death 20 years ago to steal prescription drugs and $140 from their home. Jamie Ray Mills is scheduled to be put to death Thursday evening at a south Alabama prison. While Alabama carried out the nation’s first execution using nitrogen gas earlier this year, a lethal injection is planned for Mills and remains the state’s main execution method. He was convicted of capital murder in the 2004 slayings of 87-year-old Floyd Hill and his 72-year-old wife Vera Hill. Prosecutors said the victims were attacked with a hammer, tire tool and machete.

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A’ja Wilson had 29 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks, Jackie Young added 19 points and 10 assists, and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Minnesota Lynx 80-66 on Wednesday night. Wilson became the first player in WNBA regular-season history with 20-plus points and 10-plus rebounds in five consecutive games. Young narrowly missed her fifth straight game with at least 20 points and six assists. Las Vegas had its nine-point halftime lead trimmed to 56-54 with 1:28 left in the third quarter before Kate Martin sank a corner 3-pointer from the corner and Wilson beat the third-quarter buzzer with a layup for a 62-56 advantage. The Aces continued to pull away in the fourth by extending their run to 20-5 to make it 77-61.

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Dejan Joveljic scored twice and Riqui Puig added his fifth goal of the season to help the LA Galaxy beat FC Dallas 3-1. The Galaxy (7-2-7) secured their second win in the last seven matches to remain unbeaten at home this season. Dallas (3-7-4) was looking for its first road win of the season, having only managed two draws and five losses. Joveljic opened the scoring in the fourth minute on a wide-open shot from the penalty spot, and he added his ninth goal of the season on a penalty kick in the 66th for a 2-1 lead. Puig added a goal in second-half stoppage time after an individual effort.

A familiar foe on the mound, the Mariners played with a familiar futility against future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander.

Iran has opened a five-day registration period for hopefuls wanting to run in the June 28 presidential election. The winner will replace the late Ebrahim Raisi who was killed in a helicopter crash earlier this month with seven others. The election comes as Iran grapples with the aftermath of the May 19 crash. There's also heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S. and protests including those over the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini that have swept the country. The 85-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei maintains final say over all matters of state. But presidents in the past have bent the Islamic Republic of Iran toward greater interaction or increased hostility with the West. The registration that began Thursday will run for five days.

Pakistani officials say Iranian border guards opened fire at a vehicle carrying a group of Pakistanis, killing four people and wounding two others in a remote area in the southwest. The incident happened near the border village of Mashkel in Baluchistan province on Wednesday. Government administrator Sahibzada Asfand said it was unclear why the Iranian forces opened fire. Local police said Thursday the bodies of the four men had been handed over to their families. There was no comment from Tehran or Pakistan's Foreign Ministry. Security forces on both sides often arrest smugglers and insurgents who operate in the region.

Mexico goes into Sunday’s election deeply divided: friends and relatives no longer talk politics for fear of worsening unbridgeable divides. Drug cartels have divided the country into a patchwork quilt of warring fiefdoms. The atmosphere is literally heating up, amid a wave of unusual heat, drought, pollution and political violence. It’s unclear whether Mexico’s next president — both major-party candidates are female — will be able to rein in the underlying violence and polarization. Soledad Echagoyen, a Mexico City doctor who supports President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party, says she can no longer talk about politics with her colleagues, noting “there have been personal attacks already."

The incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans, including children, who were labeled enemies during World War II, has traumatized and galvanized the Japanese American community over the decades. For George Takei, who portrayed Hikaru Sulu aboard the USS Enterprise in the “Star Trek” franchise, it’s a story he is determined to keep telling at every opportunity. Takei has a new picture book out about his family's wartime experience, called “My Lost Freedom." He says he fears the lessons about the failure of American democracy still haven't been fully learned, even among Japanese Americans, and especially in younger generations.

J.P. Crawford drove in Jonatan Clase with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Seattle Mariners a 2-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Wednesday night. A game dominated by pitching ended with Crawford lifting a fly ball to deep right field that allowed Clase to jog home and give the Mariners wins in the first three games of the four-game series with their AL West rival. The winning run came after dominant starting pitching by Houston’s Justin Verlander and Seattle’s George Kirby. Verlander allowed one run, three hits and struck out nine over seven innings; Kirby allowed one run, six hits and struck out eight in six innings.

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Brendan Rodgers hit a two-run home run during a six-run second inning, Ty Blach overcame a shaky start to give up two runs over seven innings and the Colorado Rockies beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-4. The last-place Rockies have now won three consecutive series and have gone 12-7 after a disastrous 8-28 start to the season. Eight of the nine players in Colorado’s lineup had a hit, with Ryan McMahon, Elias Díaz, Jacob Stallings, Sean Bouchard and Hunter Goodman each recording an RBI. Josh Naylor had two hits and an RBI for Cleveland.

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Luis Gil struck out nine and won his sixth straight start, continuing a record run by the starters, Alex Verdugo homered and the New York Yankees bounced back with a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. Anthony Volpe extended his hitting streak to 21 games with two hits, tying the longest run in the majors this season. He also scored a run. Logan O’Hoppe had a solo shot for the Angels, who have dropped four of five. After the Yankees had an unassisted double play turned against them in the first inning due to baserunner interference by Juan Soto and a second-inning rally end due to Anthony Rizzo being hit by a batted ball from DJ LeMahieu, Verdugo drove an elevated sinker by Tyler Anderson into the right field stands.

Andy Negra Jr. proudly lays claim to being among the last of what is known as “The Greatest Generation.” The World War II veteran, who lives in Helen, Georgia, just turned 100. He was part of the 128th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 6th Armored Division. His unit landed on Utah Beach in Normandy on July 18, 1944. He later fought in the battle to retake the important French Port city of Brest. And he served during the Occupation of Germany. His plans for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion include a visit where he survived a strafing by German planes.

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Vice President Kamala Harris will speak to U.S. Air Force Academy graduates on Thursday. It will be her first address at the ceremony after President Joe Biden spoke to the cadets at last year's commencement. Graduates will become second lieutenants in either the Air Force or Space Force. In his 2023 speech, Biden thanked the cadets for choosing “service over self." And after greeting graduates with salutes and handshakes, the president took a spill on stage, but was uninjured. The event in Colorado Springs will wrap with cadets pitching their caps into the air under the roar of the world-renowned Thunderbirds.

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