Today is Wednesday, Sept. 24, the 267th day of 2025. There are 98 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On Sept. 24, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt established Devil’s Tower in Wyoming as the first U.S. national monument.

Also on this date:

In 1789, President George Washington signed a Judiciary Act establishing America’s federal court system and creating the post of attorney general.

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In 1869, thousands of businessmen were ruined in a Wall Street panic known as “Black Friday” after financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk attempted to corner the gold market.

In 1957, the Los Angeles-bound Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0.

In 1960, the USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched at Newport News, Virginia.

In 1963, the U.S. Senate ratified a treaty with Britain and the Soviet Union limiting nuclear testing.

In 1968, the TV news magazine “60 Minutes” premiered on CBS.

In 1969, the trial of the Chicago Eight, later the Chicago Seven, began. (Five were later convicted of crossing state lines to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic convention, but the convictions were ultimately overturned.)

In 1988, Jackie Joyner-Kersey won gold and set a world record in the women’s heptathlon at the Summer Olympics in Seoul.

In 2013, a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked southwest Pakistan, killing at least 376 people.

In 2015, a stampede and crush of Muslim pilgrims occurred in the holy city of Mina, Saudi Arabia. While the official Saudi death toll stood at 769, The Associated Press estimated that more than 2,400 people were killed.

In 2017, more than 200 NFL players kneeled or sat during the national anthem after President Donald Trump criticized the players’ protests in a speech and a series of tweets.

In 2022, Russian forces launched new strikes on Ukrainian cities as Kremlin-orchestrated votes took place in occupied regions of Ukraine to create a pretext for their annexation by Moscow.

Today’s Birthdays:

Football Hall of Famer Joe Greene is 79.
Actor Gordon Clapp is 77.
Actor Harriet Walter is 75.
Filmmaker Brad Bird is 68.
Actor Kevin Sorbo is 67.
Actor-screenwriter Nia Vardalos is 63.
Celebrity chef Robert Irvine is 60.
Actor Jackie Sandler is 51.
Actor Ian Bohen is 49.
TV personality Ross Matthews is 46.
Olympic gold medal gymnast Paul Hamm is 43.
Actor Spencer Treat Clark is 38.
Actor Grey Damon is 38.
Actor Ben Platt is 32.
Actor Joe Locke is 22.

ARLINGTON, Texas  — Zebby Matthews allowed his only run on a leadoff homer while pitching seven innings for the Minnesota Twins in a 4-1 win Tuesday night over the Texas Rangers, who lost their eighth game in a row and were eliminated from the playoff chase.

The Rangers (79-78) were within two games of the AL West lead on Sept. 13 and in the thick of the wild-card chase after a 13-3 span with a pair of six-game winning streaks. They haven’t won since and dropped to 5 1/2 games behind Houston for the American League’s final playoff spot with five games left.

Joc Pederson’s ninth homer gave Texas the quick lead. Matthews (5-6) allowed only three singles after that and struck out six without a walk while matching the longest of his 25 career starts.

Minnesota (68-89) went ahead after Kody Clemens had a leadoff double in the third and scored on a fielder’s-choice grounder by Byron Buxton, who came home on a single by Ryan Jeffries. Clemens added an RBI single in the sixth.

Patrick Corbin (7-11), the first of six Texas pitchers, allowed two runs on four hits over 3 2/3 innings.

Cole Sands worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his third save.

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Up by 20 points in the third quarter, the Minnesota Lynx failed to take a commanding lead in their WNBA semifinal series Tuesday night.

Sami Whitcomb sent the game to overtime with a late 3-pointer, Kahleah Copper drained one in overtime, and the Phoenix Mercury escaped Target Center with an 89-83 win to even the best-of-five series at a game apiece.

Game 3 is Friday night in Phoenix. Game 4 is Sunday in Arizona.

Minnesota was outscored 7-2 in the final 1:55 of regulation and did not score in nearly the first four minutes of overtime, yet it still had a chance.

Courtney Williams scored on a floater, and a Napheesa Collier jumper got a couple friendly bounces off the rim to make it 85-83 Phoenix with 30.1 seconds left.

Alyssa Thomas made a pair of free throws for the Mercury with 21.7 seconds to play, Collier missed a long 3-pointer, and Thomas made four more shots from the charity stripe.

Collier led Minnesota with 24 points, Kayla McBride had 21, and Courtney Williams added 20 and nine assists. But she also had seven turnovers. Alanna Smith had 13 points and nine rebounds.

The Mercury trailed by 20 midway through the third quarter yet continually chipped away at the lead — including a 16-4 surge — to tie the game with 3:32 left.

“They just kept fighting,” said Phoenix coach Nate Tibbetts. Satou Sabally led the Mercury with 24 points, including five 3-pointers.

McBride made a 3-pointer for Minnesota, DeWanna Bonner countered on a layup after a Lynx turnover, and Collier scored inside and Williams on a layup to make it 77-72 Lynx with 1:55 to play.

Its lead cut to one, Minnesota next scored with 20.7 seconds left on a pair of Williams free throws, but Whitcomb’s 3-pointer tied the game with 3.4 seconds left in regulation. Collier’s jumper at the buzzer fell off the iron, and five more minutes were put on the game clock.

Minnesota shot 50% from the field in the opening half, was uber-aggressive on defense and led 48-32 at intermission.

And the Lynx ended the second quarter on a 9-2 run, including a jumper by Collier followed by a steal and layup from Williams, further electrifying the 10,824 fans in attendance.

Early in the third quarter, Williams intercepted a cross-court attempted pass and fed Smith for a fast-break layup and a 17-point lead. Twenty seconds later, Smith blocked Thomas on a drive and let out a big yell of excitement. Collier drained a 3-pointer soon thereafter to make it 59-39.

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By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER

HONOLULU (AP) — Officials on the Hawaiian island of Maui have lifted evacuation orders for residents living near a wildfire that broke out late Tuesday. Police went door-to-door evacuating residents and emergency sirens sounded before firefighters stopped the blaze’s forward progress.

Emergency shelters were also closing late Tuesday as residents returned home.

The fire, which grew to about 300 acres (40 hectares), was first reported at 1:30 p.m. near the north shore town of Paia, officials said. There was no containment estimate and no immediate information on what caused the fire.

Paia is a former sugar plantation town that has become popular with windsurfers. It is on the other side of the island from Lahaina, which was destroyed by a deadly wildfire in 2023.

Before the situation improved, residents were fearful of another devastating blaze.

Maui County Councilwoman Nohelani Uʻu-Hodgins said her family, including her 86-year-old grandmother, had to evacuate from Paia to stay with her.

“It’s terrifying,” she said. “We never have to learn the lessons of Lahaina twice; that’s never something we need to learn once again. But from my house I’m watching my hometown burn.”

Paia resident Rod Antone was trying to coordinate evacuation of his elderly parents.

“It’s nerve-wracking,” he said. “Hopefully nothing happens to the neighborhood.”

Antone was working in a county building in Wailuku where he listened to radio updates but didn’t hear the sirens. In the hours before the wildfire engulfed Lahaina in 2023, Maui County officials failed to activate sirens.

Antone noted that winds didn’t feel particularly strong Tuesday, unlike in August 2023 when wind-whipped flames burned Lahaina and left 102 people dead. But like Lahaina, Paia is surrounded by dry brush, he said.

The Maui Fire Department was using two helicopters to help fight the blaze. During the Lahaina fire, helicopters were grounded due to the strong winds.

When traffic out of Paia started building, Wayne Thibaudeau decided to open a gate to give motorists an alternate evacuation route. Thibaudeau is one of the owners of Paia Sugar Mill, which closed in 2000 and is being renovated.

The route takes motorists through old sugarcane fields.

There was a steady stream of “cars packed with people” using the route, he said.

A report on the Lahaina fire said that some back roads that could have provided an alternative escape were blocked by locked gates.