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Authorities issued evacuation orders Saturday as a wildfire in Los Angeles County spread thousands of acres close to a major highway and threatened nearby structures, officials said. The blaze that is being called the Post Fire burned more than 5.6 square miles near the Interstate 5 freeway in Gorman, which is about 62 miles northwest of Los Angeles, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The flames broke out at around 1:45 p.m., authorities said. An investigation is ongoing.

Denis Bouanga finished with two goals and an assist and Los Angeles FC ran its win streak to six with a 3-1 victory over Orlando City on Saturday night. LAFC (10-4-3) has also won five straight on the road after failing to win any of its first five away from home this season. LAFC took a 1-0 lead into halftime on a goal by Bouanga, unassisted in the 45th minute. Orlando City (4-8-5) pulled even in the 69th minute on a goal by Martin Ojeda, ending a shutout streak by LAFC goalkeeper Hugo Lloris at five matches and 644 minutes, both club records. LAFC regained the lead in the 80th minute when Mateusz Bogusz took a pass from Bouanga and scored his seventh goal of the campaign.

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Joe Willis had five saves for Nashville SC in a 0-0 tie with the New York Red Bulls. Nashville (4-5-8) had 53% possession but was outshot by the Red Bulls 21-6, including 5-1 on target. Ryan Meara had one save for the Red Bulls. Meara made his third of the season and has allowed just one goal in those starts.

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The Edmonton Oilers chased Sergei Bobrovsky from Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final by scoring five goals on 17 shots. The Florida Panthers goaltender allowed just four goals through the first three games of the series to put his team up 3-0 and on the verge of winning the first title in franchise history. Coach Paul Maurice pulled Bobrovsky five minutes into the second period after Darnell Nurse scored to put Edmonton up 5-1. Anthony Stolarz replaced him, making his NHL playoff debut as fans derisively chanted “Sergei! Sergei!” at Bobrovsky on the bench.

Latif Blessing scored in the 89th minute to help the Houston Dynamo to 2-2 tie with Atlanta United. Griffin Dorsey played a volley, off a corner kick by Héctor Herrera, that ricocheted off the crossbar to Franco Escobar at the right corner of the 6-yard box for a header that gave Houston a 1-0 lead in the fifth minute. Daniel Ríos scored to make it 1-1 in the 25th and Xande Silva gave Atlanta a 2-1 lead in the 55th minute. Brad Guzan had seven saves for Atlanta.

LOS ANGELES — President Joe Biden arrived at a star-studded fundraiser Saturday evening in downtown Los Angeles that is expected to raise at least $28 million — the largest cash haul from a one-night event in Democratic history.

Katie Ledecky is heading to her fourth Olympics, cruising to victory in the 400-meter freestyle at the U.S. swimming trials. Cheered on by a big crowd at the home of the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts, Ledecky finished two body-lengths ahead of the field and touched the wall in 3 minutes, 58.35 seconds. She improved on her time of 3:59.99 in the morning preliminaries and set herself up to make a run at another gold against a loaded field at the Paris Games. The 27-year-old Ledecky is set to swim four events at the trials, all of them freestyle events ranging from 200 to 1,500 meters. She already has six individual gold medals — more than any female swimmer in Olympic history.

Patrick Cantlay carded his second straight steady round to leave himself within three shots of the U.S. Open lead entering Sunday's final round. Cantlay shot an even-par 70 in Saturday's third round. That included a birdie putt on the 17th hole in what had otherwise been a par-filled day. Cantlay started the U.S. Open with five birdies in the first 11 holes on Thursday and shared the first-day lead. He has hovered around par ever since, with a second-round double bogey being his biggest misstep.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri judge ruled Friday there is “clear and convincing” evidence that a woman imprisoned for more than four decades in Missouri is innocent.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva denied that Finance Minister Fernando Haddad was weakened after Congress refused to act on a provisional measure considered crucial for the country’s fiscal balance.

Alyssa Thomas narrowly missed her second triple-double of the season yet again on Saturday, powering the Connecticut Sun to an 85-67 rout over the Dallas Wings at the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas.

ATLANTA — Ryan Pepiot battled the heat and the Atlanta Braves quite impressively into the fifth inning Saturday, while protecting a one-run lead.

Donald Trump has suggested President Joe Biden “should have to take a cognitive test,” only to confuse who administered the test to him in the next sentence. The former president and presumptive Republican nominee referred during a speech on Saturday night to Republican Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson, who was the White House physician for part of his presidency, as “Ronny Johnson.” The moment came as Trump was questioning Biden’s mental acuity, something he often does on the campaign trail and social media.

Tony Finau and Ludvig Aberg had their U.S. Open hopes dealt crushing blows on the back nine Saturday, when each made triple bogey minutes apart on the same hole. The trouble for both came around the diabolical Donald Ross greens, where they kept sending their balls over and back again. Finau went on to shoot 72 and was 1 under for the championship, while Aberg stumbled home with a 73 that left him 2 under. But those three shots each dropped at the par-4 13th could prove to be massive. Bryson DeChambeau has the lead at 7 under heading into the final round Sunday.

The league’s two best superteams put on a show reminiscent of last year’s WNBA Finals that ended with the Las Vegas Aces celebrating their second-consecutive title.

President Joe Biden will head to the Hamptons later this month as he seeks to bring in more campaign cash than his rival Donald Trump.

Gretchen Walsh set a world record in the women’s 100-meter butterfly, posting a time of 55.18 seconds in a semifinal heat at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. Walsh was more than a half-second under world-record pace at the turn and she held for a time that eclipsed the mark of 55.48 set by Sweden’s Sarah Sjöström at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 27-year-old Walsh is a native of Tennessee who competes for the University of Virginia. She'll return for the finals Sunday night looking to claim a spot on her first Olympic team.

While Skylar Diggins-Smith savored a win against the Phoenix Mercury, the 10-year veteran star briefly reflected on her time with her old team and expressed satisfaction with the resolution of an acrimonious breakup that led her to the Storm.

WASHINGTON — The ranks of the double-haters — voters who say they don’t like either major party presidential candidate — are at a historic high and make up one-quarter of the electorate, according to a new analysis from Pew Research Center.

Bryson DeChambeau put on another show at Pinehurst No. 2 in the U.S. Open. He belted drives. He made birdies. He even had his sore hips worked on. And he shot a 67 that gives him a three-shot lead going into the final round. At stake is chance to win a second U.S. Open title. He also won at Winged Foot in 2020 with the lowest score ever shot on that course. He has a chance to do the same at Pinehurst. Still ahead is 18 holes with Rory McIlroy, Patrick Cantlay and Matthieu Pavon all three shots behind.

HOUSTON — Talk about breaking the seal.

Joey Ortiz hit a three-run homer, Bryse Wilson gave up three hits in 5 1/3 innings and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-1. The Reds, who had won nine of 11 games, dropped to 34-36 and missed a chance to climb back to .500 for the first time since they were 16-16 on May 3. Jared Koenig opened for Milwaukee and pitched to three batters before Wilson (4-3) took the mound with a runner at first. Wilson walked two and struck out six. Trevor Megill ran into trouble in the ninth, but recovered for his 12th save in 13 chances.

MOSCOW — Russian authorities said on Saturday that seven people were killed by Ukrainian shelling on the Russian border region of Belgorod.

Several people have been wounded in a shooting at a splash pad in Rochester Hills on Saturday. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office says there are “numerous wounded victims” after police were called for an active shooter. In a social media post, authorities said there was still an active crime scene and officers “potentially have the suspect contained nearby.” Sheriff's spokesperson Stephen Huber tells the Detroit News that “It’s five shot and maybe six.” Officials did not immediately provide additional information, and the condition of the victims wasn’t immediately known.

Saturday

An American tourist was killed and his wife hospitalized after being electrocuted in a hot tub in a Mexican beach town earlier this week. Their lawyers said Saturday that they have filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against the resort. The seriously injured woman, 35-year-old Lizette Zambrano, filed the lawsuit seeking $1 million in damages over the death of her husband, Jorge Guillen. The Arizona-based defendants, vacation rental provider Casago International and travel company High Desert Travel did not comment. The claims says that on top of failing to prevent and warn guests about the hazards of the hot tub, resort managers failed to react quickly enough.

Sheriff’s office says there are ‘numerous wounded victims’ after a shooting at a splash pad in Rochester Hills, Michigan.

BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Orioles needed a gutsy performance from Grayson Rodriguez.

Riley Greene homered twice and set career highs with four hits and six RBIs as the Detroit Tigers raced to a huge lead and cruised to a 13-5 win over the Houston Astros. The Tigers jumped on starter Spencer Arrighetti for five hits and seven runs in just 1 1/3 innings. The 24-year-old Arrighetti got the start after Justin Verlander was scratched with neck discomfort Saturday morning. Matt Vierling, Carson Kelly and Colt Keith each hit a solo homer to give Detroit a season-high five home runs. Wenceel Pérez added a career-best four hits with two RBIs as the Tigers piled up a season-best 19 hits.

SAN FRANCISCO — Heliot Ramos did it all for the San Francisco Giants on Saturday afternoon.

Marcell Ozuna had three hits including one of four Braves home runs and Atlanta’s offensive resurgence continued in a 9-2 rout of the Tampa Bay Rays. Charlie Morton (4-3) allowed just one run on three hits over six innings while striking out eight, walking two and hitting two batters. Jarred Kelenic, in his first game batting leadoff for the Braves after a hamstring injury to Michael Harris II, was 3 for 5 with a home run and two RBIs, while Austin Riley hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning. Matt Olson hit his 11th home run of the season. Ozuna’s two RBIs gave him an NL-leading 62.

Luis Rengifo hit a go-ahead RBI single in the seventh inning, Logan O’Hoppe hit a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Angels rallied to beat the San Francisco Giants 4-3. With two outs in the seventh, Nolan Schanuel walked, stole his first career base and advanced to third on an error by Giants catcher Curt Casali. Rengifo broke a 3-3 tie with single off Ryan Walker. Carlos Estévez struck out two in a perfect ninth for his 12th save. Mickey Moniak also homered for the Angels, who can will look for their third series sweep of the season Sunday. Heliot Ramos homered for the second straight day for the Giants.

LOS ANGELES — El Dorado County cannot enforce its ban on programs that hand out clean syringes as a legal battle continues between the county and the California Department of Public Health, a Superior Court judge has ruled.

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BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (AP) - Results from Argentine football:

CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga effective took the bats out of the hands of the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday afternoon. The left-hander in his first season after coming over from Japan held the Cardinals to just one run on four hits in seven innings. He struck out six and put…