Penix stayed down and was attended to by athletic trainers. He was replaced for one play by Tua Tagovailoa, but then reentered the game for one play, throwing an incomplete pass on third down. The Falcons then punted on the final play of regulation.

During the Ravens' possession in overtime, Penix was on the bench and talking to trainers, and he later sat on the bench with a towel over his head.

After Tyler Huntley gave the Ravens the lead with a quarterback sneak, Tagovailoa came on for the Falcons' overtime possession. He completed one pass in his Falcons debut and then was intercepted by Kyle Hamilton to end the game.

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Derrick Henry ran for 102 yards against the Falcons' top-ranked run defense for the Ravens (4-1).

After Michael Penix Jr. suffered a rib injury late in the fourth quarter, Tua Tagovailoa took over at quarterback for the Falcons (2-3) in overtime. Tagovailoa's pass for Drake London was intercepted by Kyle Hamilton to end the game.

Huntley completed 24 of 32 passes for 201 yards and two touchdowns as the fill-in starter for Lamar Jackson, who has an ankle injury.

Penix overcame a slow start to pass for 240 yards and a touchdown but could only watch from the bench with a towel on his head as the Ravens put the game away.

Jessie Bates III returned a recovered fumble 36 yards for a score for Atlanta in the first quarter.

Bijan Robinson ran for 86 yards, but Penix's 5-yard scoring pass to Kyle Pitts was Atlanta's only offensive touchdown.

With Baltimore trailing 23-15, Huntley threw a 7-yard scoring pass to Devontez Walker with 40 seconds remaining in regulation and Henry took the direct snap and ran left for the tying conversion. Huntley targeted Falcons backup cornerback Mike Ford for the touchdown pass one play after Mike Hughes left the game with an injury.

After Huntley's third-down pass to tight end Mark Andrews was broken up by a big hit from Falcons safety Xavier Watts with 6:28 remaining, the Ravens were forced to punt.

Penix finds his form to help Falcons build first-half lead

Bates' return for a first-quarter touchdown gave Atlanta the early lead. Safety Sydney Brown forced the fumble by Andrews.

Penix was a combined 0-for-4 passing on Atlanta's first three possessions before finally reclaiming the form he showed while leading the Falcons to back-to-back wins. A screen pass to Pitts seemed to spark Penix, who was 5-for-5 on a touchdown drive that included a 25-yard completion to London and a 36-yard pass to Jahan Dotson to the Ravens 6.

Penix found Pitts again over the middle for a 5-yard touchdown pass.

The Ravens were more effective than the Falcons in moving the ball most of the first half but had to settle for Tyler Loop's field goals of 21, 51 and 51 yards as Atlanta led 14-9 at halftime.

Baltimore opened the second half with a drive built around a 47-yard run by Justice Hill. Huntley's 18-yard scoring pass to Henry cut the Falcons' lead to 17-15 when the 2-point pass to Andrews was incomplete.

Matthews almost gets a TD in 200th straight start

Falcons left tackle Jake Matthews almost added a touchdown to the celebration of his 200th consecutive start, the longest active streak in the NFL.

The son of Pro Football Hall of Fame lineman Bruce Matthews lined up as an eligible receiver on second down from the Baltimore 5-yard line in the third quarter.

Matthews slipped into the end zone and was wide open, and Penix lofted a pass that forced Matthews to jump. He touched the ball with both hands, but the pass was too high and fell incomplete.

Injuries

Ravens: Starting RG Andrew Vorhees (foot) was inactive after being listed as questionable. Emery Jones Jr. made his first career start. Rookie TE Matt Hibner left in the first half with a hand injury but returned in the third quarter. DLs Broderick Washington (ankle) and Travis Jones left in the fourth quarter.

Falcons: CB C.J. Henderson was listed as questionable with a groin injury in the third quarter. Matthews played after having been listed as questionable with a groin injury.

Up next

Ravens: At Cleveland next Sunday.

Falcons: Host Chicago next Sunday.

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Luis Lara hit a tiebreaking single off Skubal in the fifth inning as Milwaukee took Game 1 in the first NLCS matchup of 100-win teams since the Cincinnati Reds eliminated the Philadelphia Phillies in 1976. The Brewers had dropped seven consecutive postseason games against the Dodgers, including a sweep in last year's NLCS.

Game 2 is on Monday in Milwaukee. Yoshinobu Yamamoto starts for the Dodgers, and Logan Henderson takes the mound for the Brewers.

Los Angeles, looking to become the first team to win three straight championships since the 1998-2000 New York Yankees, grounded into three double plays, stranded nine runners and went 1 for 6 with runners in scoring position, dropping to 2 for 22 in the playoffs.

“You can’t go into a long series against a team thatchas the best record in baseball and expect to just win four,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “It’s going to be a long series. We knew it coming in.”

Los Angeles chased Misiorowski, the favorite for the NL Cy Young Award, in the fifth inning, but they managed just two hits against four relievers in a Milwaukee bullpen that has allowed one earned run during 23 2/3 postseason innngs.

DL Hall replaced Misiorowski with a runner aboard and got Freddie Freeman to ground into a double play, sending a charge through the rollicking crowd of 42,617. Abner Uribe allowed two hits in the sixth, then struck out Andy Pages with runners on the corners for the final out of the inning.

Aaron Ashby pitched two innings, and Trevor Megill got three outs for the save. Kyle Tucker and pinch-hitter Josue De Paula walked with two down in the ninth before Mookie Betts flied to the center-field warning track.

The Brewers are among five current teams that have never won it all.

Los Angeles made Misiorowski throw 35 pitches in the second inning. Pages drove in Shohei Ohtani on a grounded single into right field, and Tucker loaded the bases when he reached on a 10-pitch walk that included four foul balls.

But Misiorowski limited the damage when he got Kiké Hernández to bounce into an inning-ending double play.

“You didn’t see 105 (mph), whatever, but whenever he got in a jam, he got better,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. “His stuff wasn’t great, no, it wasn’t, but it’s still pretty darn good.”

Turang responded with a leadoff drive into the home bullpen in the fourth. It was the second career postseason homer for Turang, who went 1 for 15 with six strikeouts in last year's NLCS.

Sticking with the same brand of baseball that resulted in the majors' best record this year, Milwaukee went ahead to stay in the fifth — the Brewers have come from behind in three of their four postseason wins.

Garrett Mitchell reached on a leadoff walk and advanced on rookie Cooper Pratt's sacrifice bunt. Lara, another rookie, then grounded an RBI single into center field. The Brewers loaded the bases with two down, but Skubal escaped the jam when William Contreras flied to right.

Up next

Yamamoto is 8-1 with a 2.14 ERA in 11 postseason appearances. The Japanese right-hander pitched a three-hitter in a 5-1 victory at Milwaukee in Game 2 of last year's NLCS.

Henderson is making his second career postseason start. The right-hander tossed five-plus innings of two-run ball in Milwaukee's 4-3 win over San Diego in Game 2 of their NL Division Series. He went 2-0 with a 0.75 ERA in two starts against Los Angeles this season.

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Martinook did to Forester what the Stanley Cup champion Hurricanes and the rest of the NHL have done to the Flyers.

Used him as a punching bag.

Bam! One shot to the left side of Foerster's face. Wham! A second shot to the left side of Foerster's face.

Foerster had little fight and neither did the Flyers.

The Hurricanes scored only moments later — oh, there was no penalty called on the blows to the head — and went on Sunday night to beat the Flyers 4-1.

The winless Flyers.

After teasing Flyers fans last season that perhaps a rebuild was yielding a promising future after they won their first playoff series since 2020, coach Rick Tocchet's team is 0-5-2 and the only winless team in the Eastern Conference.

In the waning moments of the loss, pockets of fans that stuck around for another anemic loss chanted “Fire Tocchet! Fire Tocchet!” The rest, they simply booed the team off the ice.

“I think we go off the rails at certain points of the game,” Tocchet said. “I don't know if it's experience, pressure, I don't know.”

The Flyers weren't quite ready this season — especially after Anaheim matched Philadelphia's five-year, $90 million offer sheet to Leo Carlsson — to move into the Stanely Cup conversation.

But play this poorly?

Flyers general manager told reporters over the weekend in Boston that “it's not the time to panic because of a bad stretch.”

It's getting close.

The Flyers were crushed by Pittsburgh 7-0 on opening night and have been outscored 28-8 this season en route to the worst start in franchise history. The Flyers had twice before in 1999-00 and 2008-09 gone six straight winless games to open a season. Both of those teams rebounded to make the playoffs.

Since taking a 3-0 series lead in the opening round of the playoffs against Pittsburgh, the Flyers have lost 13 of 14 games — including a 4-0 sweep in the second round to the Hurricanes.

The Hurricanes' social media team even rubbed it in the Flyers' faces with a post Sunday night that read, “We've won more games in Philly in the last nine days than the Flyers, Eagles, and Phillies combined this month.”

“There's still a lot of hockey left,” Flyers captain Sean Couturier said. “Of course, if we don't figure this out soon, we'll be chasing and it's going to be too late. But yeah, there's no quitting.”

The Flyers are playing undermanned with forward Travis Konecny, defenseman Cam York, and defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen out with injuries. Even with all three healthy, the Flyers aren't suddenly going to turn the season around.

“We can't skill our way out of this one,” Couturier said. “We have a lot of talent, but we can't skill ourselves out of it. We're going to have to work and grind and it starts the next practice. We better figure it out.”

The Flyers signed forward Trevor Zegras to a four-year, $36.5 million extension after he had a career-high 26 goals and 67 points last season, the second-most on the team. He's been perhaps the biggest disappointment this season with just two points and no goals.

“What happened last year was pretty cool, and maybe you feel like it’s just going to keep happening, and you’ve made it,” Briere said in Boston. “But the reality is we’re a team that needs to have everybody working in the same direction. The way we’re built, the full team is important to have everybody. We don’t have a superstar that’s going to come out and score four or five goals in a game to win a game by himself."

Something has to change, and fast. The effort, the execution, the power play — maybe even the coach if Tocchet can't find the solutions.

Zegras said Sunday night the Flyers were “fully behind” Tocchet, who played parts of 11 seasons across two stints with the franchise and became one of their most beloved and gritty figures. That goodwill could be diminished as the losses pile up and the Flyers show little spirit in the blowout losses.

They have four losses by three or more goals.

“You start thinking about the long term, then you're really going to be in trouble,” Tocchet said. “You've got to try to win. How you win the next game.”

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The crash was reported shortly before 12:30 p.m. near NW 21st Avenue and NW 79th Street. The vehicle remained at the scene, and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded and determined the man was dead.

The sheriff’s office Traffic Homicide Unit is investigating the crash and working to determine what led to it.

The investigation is in its early stages. It is not yet known whether the driver will receive any citations or face charges.

Five seasons in, the club team is getting bigger, better and a whole lot more ambitious. Alex Meola and Anna Baurle are at the center of it.

As co-president, Meola saw what the program was missing.

“Being a competitive hockey player for a really long time, I saw what UM women’s hockey was missing in terms of media, recruitment. We just were not getting what we deserve,” Meola said.

Now, the challenge is turning that potential into a program that can compete.

“We’re hungry. We wanna play for fun, obviously, but the best thing that comes with it is that these girls want to play competitively as well,” Baurle said.

The team moved up to ACHA Division Two last season, bringing tougher opponents and a bigger challenge.

“When we made the jump, it was a little bit of an eye-opener. We were still going to be competing with a lot of the same schools, but we started to realize we were going to have more eyes on us,” Baurle said.

Meola said the move also pushed the team to take things more seriously.

“I think it made us realize as a program we want to take it a little more seriously and take it to the next level,” she said.

But at the club level, there will always be a range of experience. Some players have competed in high school, junior and club hockey, while others are still learning the equipment and developing their skating skills.

“It’s a spectrum,” Meola said. “We have a couple girls who literally just joined the program last year and we wouldn’t have a team if they weren’t here, and then we have girls who have been playing their whole life.”

And unlike an NCAA program, much of the work behind the scenes falls on the students themselves.

Funding, ice time, travel, recruiting and the time it takes to keep a club program moving all present challenges.

“It has been really, really difficult. However, our girls really are eager,” Baurle said.

In 2026, the team is incorporating player dues, which she said helps show players where the money is going.

Meola said building the program also requires support from people who care about hockey and have the financial means to help.

“It takes a really big village. It takes people who care about hockey. We can’t raise money from nothing,” Meola said. “It takes people who have revenue and have the financial freedom and are passionate about us, but that starts with us being able to share our story.”

One of the biggest ways the team is doing that is getting Miami hockey in front of more people.

The team has built a media team and expanded its social media presence, gaining thousands of new followers on Instagram. Parents of young players have also started reaching out.

“We’ve had multiple dads and moms reach out to us on Instagram saying, ‘Can I get a practice jersey?’” Meola said.

That attention matters because the program is bigger than the players on the ice today.

Baurle credited Justina Holland, who started the program in 2021, with laying the foundation for what the team is becoming.

“If Justina didn’t tie those shoes and wear those skates and put them on this program, I don’t know if we would’ve ever really taken the time to become something,” Baurle said.

Now, five seasons later, Meola and Baurle are trying to take what they inherited to new heights.

“I really have a vision for this program, five, six years being an NCAA program and me still being a part of that,” Meola said. “I literally get the chills when I talk about it.”

That’s the long-term dream. For now, the focus is on making Miami women’s hockey strong enough to keep growing.

Baurle said the time and effort the team puts in now could help build something lasting for future players.

“We definitely probably [put in] full-time, 40 hours a week,” she said. “Those hours I know are gonna go towards something bigger than myself. Girls that come after me are gonna have a really great program on its feet.”

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Jang Do-young, spokesperson of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, said missiles of various types were fired from an area around the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, where the country's main airport has been a major launch site in recent years.

Jang said one of the missiles flew more than 900 kilometers (559 miles) before falling into the sea but didn’t comment on the flight details of the other weapons. The joint chiefs didn't specify how many missiles it detected.

Japan’s Defense Ministry said it detected at least two missiles and that the weapons landed in waters outside the country’s exclusive economic zone. Japan’s prime minister’s office said no damage has been reported.

While maintaining a hard line toward Seoul, North Korea has been ramping up weapons testing as it seeks to expand its arsenal of nuclear-capable systems, including an Oct. 3 test of what the North described as a hypersonic intermediate-range missile designed to evade missile defenses in South Korea and Japan.

North Korea has also conducted other missile tests and live-fire drills and commissioned a new warship as leader Kim Jong Un continues to flaunt his nuclear weapons program while rejecting U.S. and South Korean offers to resume long-stalled diplomacy.

The latest launch came days after South Korea on Friday flight-tested its own domestically developed hypersonic weapon, designed to fly at least five times the speed of sound and evade missile defense systems, which President Lee Jae Myung described as critical in strengthening the South’s conventional defense capabilities. Without directly addressing the growing threat from North Korea, Lee’s office said the hypersonic weapon, once fully developed, would enhance South Korea’s ability to strike key targets by surprise in the “Korean Peninsula theater of operations.”

Jang, the South Korean military official, said the latest North Korean launches likely were intended to advance the country’s missile technologies while also serving as a possible response to South Korea’s hypersonic test. He declined to say whether the military assessed that the North had further tested its hypersonic technologies in the latest launch, saying the event was still being analyzed.

The South's presidential national security office called for North Korea to “immediately cease” its repeated ballistic launches, which violate U.N. Security Council resolutions against the North and “do not help manage the current situation on the Korean Peninsula.”

Tensions were further worsened after three South Korean soldiers were injured in land mine explosions last month near the heavily armed inter-Korean border. The South’s military and the U.S.-led United Nations Command concluded the blasts were caused by devices planted by North Korea, which has denied responsibility and ridiculed the South’s demands for an apology.

Kim in recent years has halted all diplomacy and cooperation with South Korea and described the neighbor as a permanent enemy during a prolonged stalemate in larger nuclear negotiations with Washington. He has so far rebuffed U.S. President Donald Trump’s calls to revive their diplomacy, which broke down in 2019, with his government demanding that Washington abandon its “hostile” policy toward Pyongyang and drop demands for North Korea’s denuclearization as a precondition for talks.

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U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Rochon in New York sided with a coalition, including the nonpartisan watchdog Common Cause, that challenged the ads as an illegal misuse of funds. She told the administration to cancel any remaining ads, including any set to air Sunday night, in granting a temporary restraining order.

“Defendants shall not enter into, renew, or expand any agreement authorizing the development, creation, dissemination, placement, or airing of the challenged advertisements” during the two-week duration of her order, the judge said.

Asked for comment, the White House referred to an Oct. 5 social media post from Trump in which he defended the taxpayer-funded ads as “rather standard” but, amid backlash, said he would pay for them from his political fundraising. In a court filing late Saturday, the Justice Department argued that the temporary restraining order was unnecessary because “the alleged offending conduct will end tomorrow.”

The Department of Homeland Security tapped $20 million in taxpayer money for the ads. Legal experts have suggested that violated a federal statute against congressionally appropriated money being used for “publicity or propaganda” and potentially other laws.

“We are pleased the court acted swiftly to prevent more taxpayer dollars from being used for such blatantly unlawful political propaganda,” the plaintiffs said in a statement issued by Democracy Forward, the nonprofit legal organization that represents them. “There is no legal justification — and no precedent — for the president to use the machinery of the government and funds set aside by Congress for other uses to influence electoral outcomes that further his own agenda.”

In a court declaration Saturday, senior DHS official Holly Mehringer wrote that the money came from funds appropriated by Congress that are “available for, among other things, ‘commemorating efforts and events related to border security.’”

The White House has defended the ads as public service announcements akin to what past administrations have done to promote various policies. But the recent ads differ from many past public service announcements because they aren’t aimed at helping members of the public benefit from specific government programs.

The ads, which began airing in late September, glorify Trump and echo his political messaging going into the midterms. One features a clip of Trump talking about the threat of communism and another is a replay of an ad from his last presidential campaign. The fifth ad in the campaign began airing Tuesday, focusing on the Trump administration’s capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.

The use of public funds to pay for the ads drew heavy criticism — including from some in the GOP.

"It shouldn’t be paid for with taxpayer dollars,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters.

The Democratic National Committee has separately sued the Republican administration over the ads.

Amid the backlash, Trump said he would start paying for the ads with a campaign account. A White House official said there were no immediate plans to reimburse the government for money already spent.

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After Evan Stewart’s 44-yard scoring catch from Brock Thomas pulled the Ducks within 17-15 with 2:16 left, UCLA was flagged for a facemask penalty on Oregon’s 2-point conversion try.

Officials spotted the ball 1 1/2 yards from the goal line and UCLA’s defense smothered rusher Jordon Davison to thwart the Ducks' second chance.

The Big Ten said that officials erred in spotting the ball half the distance from the line of scrimmage. Instead, the ball should have been a half-yard from the goal line.

“Per rule, the ball should have been spotted half-the-distance to the goal from the end of the run of the first attempt,” the Big Ten's statement said.

The Ducks had one final drive with less than a minute left but a lost fumble — one of seven Oregon turnovers in the game. With the 17-15 loss, the Ducks (3-2, 1-1 Big Ten) dropped out of the AP Top 25.

“The Big Ten has been in contact with its officiating team from Saturday’s game regarding the error and will continue to emphasize consistent application of the playing rules,” the conference statement said.

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Purdy found Evans repeatedly on the go-ahead touchdown drive and then led the Niners down the field again for a 43-yard field goal by Eddy Pineiro with 1:56 to play that gave San Francisco a 32-29 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday in a playoff rematch.

The win for the 49ers (5-0) offered a small bit of payback for their two late-season losses to Seattle (3-2) last season, including a 41-6 defeat in the divisional round of the playoffs with a short-handed roster.

San Francisco was healthier on defense for the first meeting this season, and also had Evans after signing him in March. That was a big reason why Purdy was able to deliver late for the undefeated Niners.

“He's a game changer,” Purdy said. “True X receiver that if you get the right look and stuff and you give him a chance, he can make defenses pay. I thought today he did a great job with that, going up and getting the ball multiple times and just using his length and everything to create some separation. So as a quarterback, any time I have an (opportunity) to go to him, it always feels good.”

The game featured an NFL season-high seven combined turnovers, an ejection of 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw and no touchdown drives of more than 25 yards before San Francisco took over trailing 26-21 late in the third quarter.

“That’s what we expected, honestly,” Niners linebacker Fred Warner said. “It was going to be a heavyweight bout. Seattle, they’re the guys who won it all last year and they’re ones that you have to go through.”

Purdy and Evans responded with an impressive drive against the vaunted Seahawks defense, connecting four times for 75 yards with the biggest play coming on a 28-yard pass to Evans after an intentional grounding penalty left the Niners in a precarious second-and-21 situation.

“I do feel like I’m one of the best receivers in the game,” Evans said. “I got a big frame, so if you throw it around me, I’m going to do my best to try to make those contested grabs.”

That helped set up Purdy's 7-yard touchdown pass to newcomer Brandin Cooks, and San Francisco took a 29-26 lead following a 2-point conversion to Evans.

Sam Darnold responded by leading Seattle on a game-tying field goal drive before Purdy and the 49ers moved the ball 43 yards for Pineiro's go-ahead kick.

The Seahawks had one last chance, but Jaxon Smith-Njigba dropped a third-down pass from the 50 at the San Francisco 25, and Cooper Kupp was stopped 1 yard short of the first down by Malik Mustapha on fourth down.

“We had an opportunity to go down there and win the game,” Smith-Njigba said. “I have to reel those ones in. I know that.”

Purdy finished 19 of 29 for 189 yards with two touchdowns and one interception, with almost all of his production coming in the fourth quarter.

“That’s one of the best defenses in the league,” coach Kyle Shanahan said. “There were some ups and downs, by no means was everything perfect. But I thought he was really good in the fourth quarter.”

The 49ers failed to score a touchdown in their final two games against Seattle last season. They got into the end zone three times in the first half to take a 21-13 lead but it was the defense that did much of the work.

They scored on drives of 11 yards and 18 yards after turnovers by Seattle and extended the lead to 21-13 when the Seahawks' decision to use timeouts on defense to get the ball back late in the half backfired. The Seahawks took over on their 4 with 18 seconds left and San Francisco holding three timeouts. Gracen Halton then stripped George Halani on the first play and recovered the fumble in the end zone for a touchdown.

“We want to stay aggressive,” coach Mike Macdonald said. “We got to be able to execute our run game and hold onto the football.”

The Seahawks took advantage of turnovers by San Francisco to take the lead in the second half. They turned an interception by Nehemiah Pritchett into a 23-yard drive capped by Darnold's 16-yard pass to Smith-Njigba for a 23-21 lead. Deebo Samuel then lost a fumble on the next possession to set up another field goal to make it a five-point game.

Greenlaw ejected for 49ers

Greenlaw was ejected after head-butting Seattle’s Ernest Jones IV after he delivered a late hit on the Seahawks sideline. The infraction came in the second quarter when Darnold scrambled and was hit late by Greenlaw after going out of bounds. Greenlaw was flagged for a personal foul.

Several Seahawks defenders immediately confronted Greenlaw after the hit and Greenlaw responded by head-butting Jones, who wasn’t wearing a helmet. Jones was bleeding after the hit and Greenlaw was ejected. Greenlaw has been ejected at least two other times in his career.

Injuries

49ers: Samuel injured his hamstring on the play where he fumbled and didn't return.

Up next

49ers: Host Washington on Monday, Oct. 19.

Seahawks: Visit Denver on Thursday night.

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The Bolts blew a seven-point lead in the fourth quarter, when the Denver Broncos scored the final 13 points, including a tiebreaking 19-yard field goal from Wil Lutz with 5:07 remaining, in a 23-17 win Sunday.

Los Angeles quarterback Justin Herbert failed to pick up a first down on a crucial fourth-and-1 try early in the fourth, and the Broncos capitalized by tying the score at 17-all and dominating the rest of the way.

“It was the wrong decision,” Harbaugh said after the Chargers dropped to 0-5 for the first time since 2003. “Can’t think of a time where I’ve ever been more mad at myself.”

The failed fourth-down conversion sent the Chargers spiraling, with Herbert’s fumble and interception leaving them one of three winless teams in the league. He tied his career record with a turnover in five consecutive games.

“When I saw them gap down, I felt like I should call timeout out there and punt the ball,” Harbaugh said. “Right now, the only thing I can think of is that I screwed that up.”

Lutz’s go-ahead kick came with 5:07 remaining, and his 36-yarder with 1:08 left extended the lead for the Broncos (3-2), who had plenty of orange-clad fans in the stands cheering their first win at SoFi Stadium since 2023.

Denver earned its first division win coach Sean Payton calling the plays. He took those duties away from offensive coordinator Davis Webb earlier in the week. The Broncos won without injured cornerbacks Pat Surtain II (ankle) and Riley Moss (ribs).

“There were some things that were good,” Payton said, “and then specifically staying on the field and just converting four or five more third downs. You know, just I’ve got to be a little bit better, too.”

Denver quarterback Bo Nix called the play calling switch “smooth,” adding, “It was a collaboration.”

The Chargers came in with a decimated offensive line that featured four rookies trying to protect Herbert, who was 14 of 24 for 121 yards passing with a touchdown and an interception while getting sacked five times.

The stuffed run on fourth-and-1 might have been bigger than all the sacks.

“Got to find a way to get a yard and I didn’t do that,” a curt Herbert said. “It’s on me to go get a yard. I have complete faith in our guys and myself, and it’s on us to go get a yard and convert.”

Jake Slaughter, one of the four rookie linemen, said, “We’re just going to keep swinging.”

Courtland Sutton caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from Nix, tying the score at 17 midway through the fourth. The Broncos got the ball back after stopping Herbert short, and the Chargers sputtered the rest of the way.

The ensuing LA drive fell apart when Herbert got sacked for an 8-yard loss at his 24-yard line by Zach Allen, who forced a fumble that was recovered by Que Robinson.

After Lutz’s go-ahead field goal, Herbert fumbled but recovered, then scrambled up the middle for a 12-yard gain before getting intercepted by Brandon Jones on fourth down.

The Chargers took a 17-10 lead late in the third quarter on Kimani Vidal’s 42-yard TD run the first play after Tuli Tuipulotu forced and recovered a fumble when Nix tried to scramble.

Nix was 16 of 27 for 123 yards and a TD.

The Chargers tied the game 10-all on Hayden Rucci’s first career TD, a 7-yard pass from Herbert in the third. Playing his 100th career game, Herbert set up the score with a quarterback sweep. With Charlie Kolar blocking, Herbert ran 23 yards to the Denver 7 for the first down.

The Broncos took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter after Kolar’s first career fumble. After a face mask penalty by the Chargers, J.K. Dobbins scored a 2-yard TD — his first rushing score of the season.

The Chargers cut the lead to 7-3 on Cameron Dicker’s 42-yard field goal in the second quarter.

Lutz’s 42-yard field goal gave Denver a 10-3 lead on its next possession, when Harbaugh twice unsuccessfully challenged calls, making him 16 of 45 on challenges in his NFL career.

Injuries

Broncos: S Talanoa Hufanga (ankle) went out in the third quarter and did not return.

Chargers: WR Tre’ Harris went out in the third quarter. ... LB Bud Dupree (neck) left in the second quarter and did not return.

Up next

Broncos: Host Seattle on Thursday.

Chargers: Visit AFC West-leading Kansas City on Sunday.

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2 minutes remaining, the Giants are seemingly in control

It was first-and-10 from the Washington 24. Since it was the third possession of overtime, this was a sudden-death situation. The Giants could have kicked a field goal right then, but Dominic Zvada had already missed from 50, 57 and 46 yards — and New York coach John Harbaugh's tenure in Baltimore ended last season on a missed field goal from 44 yards.

“That field goal is very makeable, but it's not a gimme,” Harbaugh said. “I've had some experience with that.”

So the plan was to try to advance a little bit closer while also running more time off the clock. The Commanders were out of timeouts — remember that for later — and the Giants could have run so much time off that even if Zvada missed again, Washington would have had no chance to drive the other way and the game would end in a tie.

“That's the strategy we'll probably do next time, too,” Harbaugh said.

Skattebo fumbles, giving Washington a lifeline

The Giants could have run the clock down by simply taking a knee a couple of times. Instead, Cam Skattebo took a handoff and was met behind the line of scrimmage. Washington's Daron Payne knocked the ball loose and Shy Tuttle recovered for the Commanders.

“There's 11 guys on the other team just screaming at you,” Skattebo said. “Telling you you messed up, it's your fault, you sold the game, everything. You get that.”

55 seconds left, Washington in field goal range

Two passes and a run had the Commanders across midfield. Then Jayden Daniels threw a pass to Treylon Burks, who went out of bounds with 55 seconds left. It was now first-and-10 from the New York 26. Washington was in the same position the Giants had just squandered — with a chance to run the clock down and try a field goal for the win on the final play.

“Defense did a great job of getting a stop and forcing the turnover,” Daniels said. “At that point, it was like, OK, we got to go win this football game.”

Rachaad White ran the ball 2 yards to the New York 24 — and the clock started ticking.

27 seconds left, the Commanders are in no rush

Once the clock was under 40 seconds, Washington could have taken a knee, let the time run all the way down and then had Daniels spike the ball with under 5 seconds remaining. Instead, the Commanders went into a huddle, and with 27 seconds to go they were still in it.

The plan was apparently to throw the ball — to someone who could easily get out of bounds. If need be, Daniels could always toss the ball away for a clock-stopping incompletion.

“It’s an outside throw or a clock — an out-of-bounds throw, or a clock,” coach Dan Quinn said.

13 seconds left, Washington finally snaps the ball

The Commanders broke the huddle and Daniels lined up under center. Someone even went in motion. By the time the play began, the Commanders could not risk having someone tackled in bounds, because the clock could run out.

“We have to stop the clock. We have to know the situation,” Daniels said. “We have to relay that as an offense. It starts with everyone, top down. Ultimately, it's on me.”

8 seconds left, Daniels is tackled

After the snap, Daniels rolled to his left and Ben Sinnott ran a route toward the sideline. Instead of throwing, Daniels turned inside and was tackled. It's still not clear if he knew Washington was out of timeouts.

“We just got to communicate that,” he said. “That's the whole thing. As I said, it starts with me communicating to the whole offense in the huddle, and I think everyone will say that top down.”

3 seconds left, Commanders in chaos

Washington's fate might have been sealed the moment Daniels was tackled, but the clock would still have stopped if the Commanders could have lined up legally and had the quarterback spike the ball before it expired. It's hard to say how many players realized exactly what the situation was.

Daniels stayed down for a couple seconds, looking around. Tackle Josh Conerly Jr. started making a bit of a spiking motion with his hand as if to tell Daniels what was needed. Sinnett headed back toward the line of scrimmage with nowhere near enough urgency. New York edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux stood with his hands on his hips.

Tight end John Bates lined up out wide to the far side, motioning to hurry up.

“The right call is honestly like we can go clock it early and don't put ourselves in that spot,” Quinn said. “That is my responsibility.”

No time left: Giants 27, Commanders 27

The clock ran out. Defensive lineman Shelby Harris started waving both arms to indicate the game should be over. Cornerback Deonte Banks leaped in the air, ran across the line of scrimmage, then leaped again in celebration. Quinn ripped off his headset and threw it to the ground.

A tie snatched first from the jaws of victory and then from the jaws of defeat.

“I wanted to get off the field before they could take it away from us, I guess,” Harbaugh said. “I was surprised. I can't say that I wasn't. It was a pretty shocking end there.”

And for Skattebo, relief.

“I probably won't get reamed as much,” he said. “But I'm still going to get reamed.”

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Are you ready for a reprieve from the high humidity? A cold front is on the move and set to arrive early Tuesday. Showers will clear, and drier air will take over. Expect a comfortable fall feel across South Florida Tuesday and Wednesday, with highs near normal in the upper 80s. Enjoy the drop in humidity while it lasts. Dew points are set to creep up by the end of the week.

Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sonia Friedman Productions announced Sunday that the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s first stage play, “The Popinjay Cavalier,” will open in London’s West End in March.

It’s set in 1830s Europe, and the producers call it “a rambunctious comedy of deception and disguise inspired by the grand swashbuckling epics of stage and screen.”

The play will be directed by Tarantino and marks the West End debut of Baron Cohen, creator of comic characters Borat and Ali G.

“When the best director in the world calls, you don’t ask questions,” Baron Cohen said.

“The Popinjay Cavalier” begins previews Feb. 23 and opens March 18 at London’s Phoenix Theatre.

Tarantino, best known for films including “Reservoir Dogs,” “Pulp Fiction” and “Inglourious Basterds,” hasn’t directed a feature film since “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood,” which came out in 2019.

He wrote the screenplay for a sequel, “The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth,” due for release in November. David Fincher is directing, with Brad Pitt returning in the title role of a former Hollywood stuntman.

Tarantino wrote a novelization of “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood” as well as one for the new film, which will be published Dec. 8 by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins.

Briscoe held off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell to win his second straight NASCAR playoff race in a photo finish on Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway, vaulting him into contention to earn his first Cup Series championship.

The .029-second margin of victory was the second closest since CMS opened in 1960, ranking behind only Jimmie Johnson's .027-second win over Bobby Labonte in 2005.

The two drivers traded paint on the final lap, but Briscoe maintained control of his No. 19 Toyota and reached the finish line about a half-car length ahead of Bell.

“I don’t know what it is about these finishes. I have to quit making it so exciting at the end,” said Briscoe, who had to hold off playoff points leader Kyle Larson to win last week at Las Vegas.

It was the eighth win of Briscoe's career and third this season. He led 62 laps.

Briscoe said he felt like his right front tire was going down on the final laps, but was able to hold it together.

“When I got beyond those final lapped cars with five or six (laps) to go, I felt like I was going to knock the wall down,” Briscoe said. “At one point it just quit turning.”

Ryan Blaney finished third, followed by Josh Berry, Denny Hamlin and Larson.

Briscoe was 123 points behind Larson prior to last week's win, but the back-to-back victories have cut the deficit to 65 points and put him in fourth place with four races left.

Gibbs said he was just happy his drivers didn’t wreck each other.

“That’s always when I’m the most nervous, when a couple of our guys are running up front,” Gibbs said. “I know how badly all of our guys want to win. ... That's when my blood pressure and heartbeat gets accelerated.”

Hamlin is now 49 points behind Larson in the Chase, followed by Bell, who is 51 points back.

Larson called it a “good, solid day” and was happy to extend his playoff lead by nine points.

Hamlin can't seem to find momentum in playoffs

Hamlin won the regular season championship, but has struggled to find victory lane in the playoffs. He seemed perplexed why he hasn’t been able to regain the speed he had before the postseason.

“We got to execute better, be a little faster — all of the above,” Hamlin said. “We’re giving it all we got right now.”

It didn't help that Hamlin was sent to the rear of the field for a loose tire penalty on pit road on his first stop.

Larson starts on the pole, dominates early

Larson, who entered the race with five top five finishes including two wins in the postseason, started on the pole based on NASCAR's metric system after Saturday's qualifying was rained out.

He made the most of the pole position, dominating the race early by leading 68 of the 80 laps in the first stage to collect the maximum number of points in stage one.

Bell caught Larson and won the second stage.

Tough start for playoff contenders in first 50 laps

Several Chase contenders ran into problems in the first stage.

Ty Gibbs broke a toe link in his No. 54 Toyota causing him to hit the outside wall. Joey Logano, with nowhere to go, slammed into Gibbs from behind. Gibbs headed behind the wall for repairs and fell several laps behind, while Logano was sent to the back of the field.

And, near the end of the first stage, Alex Bowman's car got loose and ran up the track and into Bubba Wallace's car, collecting William Byron in the mix. Wallace climbed out of his car, but was taken to the infield medical center in an ambulance.

The crash sent all three cars behind the wall.

“I just got loose," Bowman said. “Honestly, I had been really tight. As soon as it got to the exit of the corner, it snapped and it kind of didn’t stand a chance. Unfortunately, I grabbed too much wheel, overcorrected it and got in those two guys’ (Wallace and Byron) way. I hate that for the No. 24 and No. 23 teams. It’s one thing to get loose and crash, but to ruin their days too really sucks.”

NASCAR, CMS say goodbye to the “roval,” welcome back oval racing

After eight years, CMS and NASCAR said goodbye to the “roval,” changing the fall race from a road course back to the traditional 1 1/2-mile oval course. That came as NASCAR shifted away from road courses and placed more emphasis on intermediate oval tracks before the season.

Drivers seemed to be in favor of the change.

“I appreciate the roval for what it was, and I’ve enjoyed the handful of years that we did it to start," Chris Buescher said. "Charlotte has so much character. It’s put on some really good races and I think that was the big push to get us back on the oval.”

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The Cup Series heads to Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona next Sunday.

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Bogen discussed the dispute with Janine Stanwood on “This Week in South Florida” Sunday morning, saying the issue comes down to transparency.

“There’s a theme. The theme is, a lack of disclosure, lack of transparency,” Bogen said.

He said taxpayers deserve to know how their money is being spent.

They deserve to know, ‘Is my dollar going for law enforcement, or is it going for a massage table,’” Bogen said.

The Broward County Commission announced an investigation into the Broward Sheriff’s Office spending Friday.

But Tony pushed back on social media, saying BSO is already audited.

“Public safety is not a joke, this commission is deliberately tearing apart the largest public safety organization in our state,” Tony said. “All of you are an embarrassment not only to Broward County but the state of Florida.”

Bogen responded that the audit doesn’t show how the money is being spent.

Another focus of the dispute is BSO’s new training facility, which Bogen said cost much more than expected.

“Finding massage tables and saunas and spas and having this wellness center, spending millions of dollars, and he never disclosed it on the initial scope. That is the thing,” Bogen said.

The dispute comes amid an ongoing budget battle between the county and the sheriff.

The commission recently voted to take back fire rescue from the sheriff. It has also considered removing BSO from both Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Port Everglades.

Those moves prompted statewide prosecutors to subpoena the commission, demanding records related to the county’s hiring of a consulting firm.

“It’s absolutely nonsense,” Bogen said. “When he initiated this investigation, it crossed the line. It’s a tactic of his for intimidation.”

Tony responded to Bogen’s TWISF interview on social media late Sunday morning, saying Bogen was wrong and that he would have evidence in the coming days.

“The supporting records will be made public next week. More receipts,” Tony wrote.

Bogen, alongside commissioners and members of the media, will visit the training facility on Monday.

The sheriff added that BSO would provide commissioners with video footage and photographs of the entire training center for their review.

“We welcome transparency — and we will uphold it,” Tony said.

Tony had previously declined interview requests with Local 10 but said on social media that he looks forward to appearing on the show and discussing the dispute.

“I think that was a front for him,” Julius Windham said as he stood at a memorial to victims of Friday’s shooting, including his 1-year-old daughter Amarianna, her pregnant mother and the woman’s 5-year-old son and unborn baby.

“Him every day, him smiling and being just — you would think of nothing like that would happen,” Windham said.

The 45-year-old gunman took his own life. Authorities have not released his name, but Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah said he was related to seven of the victims. The eighth was a friend of the pregnant woman, he said. Police have not made their names public, either.

Those killed include 2 women outside the home

Mourners on Sunday placed candles, flowers and stuffed animals outside the home where the man opened fire shortly before 5 p.m. Friday. Windham wore a T-shirt with pictures of the women and children and the words, “Forever In My Heart.”

“Words can’t even explain what I’m going through right now,” Windham said. “But I gotta be strong for my community, you know what I'm saying? My family, my daughters, my sons, everybody.”

Video and audio evidence recovered by investigators included muffled gunshot sounds coming from inside the home just before two “distressed” women arrived and began pounding on the door, Lorah said. The gunman then came out and shot them as they ran toward him, before returning inside.

Responding officers found the two women dead outside. After deploying a drone and robot, they went inside and found the bodies of the 5-year-old boy and 1-year-old girl on the first floor; two more women and two young men in a stairwell; and the shooter on the second floor.

“Out of respect for the victims and the families, I will not discuss the details of what our officers encountered inside that home,” the chief said at a news conference.

“But I want our community to understand the gravity of what happened and the profound impact this tragedy has had on those involved and on our community as a whole,” he said.

Police decline to discuss motive as investigation continues

Erie is about 120 miles (190 kilometers) north of Pittsburgh.

Lorah declined to discuss motive but suggested mental health could be a factor. He said investigators would talk to relatives and examine the cellphones of the women who were killed outside the home.

“They knew something was going on at that house,” Lorah said. “We have to figure out what that is.”

Nicole and Debra Eller, whose best friend was among the victims, said they've known the family for more than 30 years. Nicole Eller said the shooter “was a good guy, and then he started going downhill with everything.”

“They were a lovely family. Who would have thought this would ever happen?” Debra Eller said. “Oh my gosh, this is so upsetting. This should have never happened to her or the kids or anybody. His grandchildren, his kids, how can you do that?”

The Erie shooting was reminiscent of a 1982 massacre in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in which a man killed 13 people, including five of his own children.

At a news conference on Saturday, Erie Mayor Daria Devlin addressed a portion of her remarks directly to the victims’ families.

“I am so deeply sorry,” Devlin said. “What happened to you was horrific, and there is nothing that any of us can say today that will make this any easier. ... Our entire community is with you, we’re grieving with you. And we are here to support you.”

Detectives de la BSO informaron que Manuel Antonio Farfán Cabello apuñaló varias veces a su madre, Ylda Lucia Cabello Ynocente, el viernes por la noche, según la BSO.

Personal de rescate declaró muerta a Cabello Ynocente alrededor de las 7:45 p.m. del viernes en la vivienda de dos habitaciones que compartía con Farfán Cabello en Tamarac, según la BSO.

Una cuenta de Facebook mostraba fotos y videos de Cabello Ynocente y Farfán Cabello compartiendo su amor por el fútbol. Ella se identificaba como originaria de Huancayo, Perú, donde había estudiado contabilidad en la universidad pública.

Vecinos dijeron que los videos muestran a Farfán Cabello corriendo de casa en casa y pidiendo dinero el viernes.

Agentes arrestaron a Farfán Cabello el viernes por la noche en 5301 NW 28 Ave., y el personal penitenciario lo ingresó en la cárcel principal del condado de Broward, en Fort Lauderdale, donde permanecía el sábado.

Farfán Cabello, quien cumple 29 años el 16 de octubre, enfrentaba un cargo de asesinato premeditado en primer grado, según los registros judiciales del condado de Broward.

El juez del Tribunal de Circuito del condado de Broward, George Odom, tenía previsto presidir el caso de homicidio punible con la pena capital que los fiscales presentaron el sábado.

Historia relacionada: Hombre apuñala a su madre hasta matarla en Tamarac, informan agentes.

La editora de asignaciones de Local 10 News, Sofia Mendez, contribuyó a este informe.

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BSO detectives reported that Manuel Antonio Farfán Cabello stabbed his mother, Ylda Lucia Cabello Ynocente, several times on Friday night, according to BSO.

Fire rescue personnel declared Cabello Ynocente dead at about 7:45 p.m. on Friday at the two-bedroom home she had shared with Farfán Cabello in Tamarac, according to BSO.

A Facebook account showed photos and videos of Cabello Ynocente and Farfán Cabello sharing a love of soccer. She identified as a native of Huancayo, Peru, who had studied accounting at the public university there.

Neighbors said videos show Farfán Cabello running from house to house asking for money on Friday.

Deputies arrested Farfán Cabello on Friday night at 5301 NW 28 Ave., and corrections booked him at the Broward County Main Jail in Fort Lauderdale, where he remained on Saturday.

Farfán Cabello, who turns 29 on Oct. 16, faced a first-degree premeditated murder charge, according to Broward County court records.

He went before a Broward County judge on Sunday morning and was given no bond while being ordered to undergo a medical evaluation.

Broward County Circuit Judge George Odom was set to preside over the capital homicide case that prosecutors filed on Saturday.

Related story: Man stabs mother to death in Tamarac, deputies say

Local 10 News Assignment Editor Sofia Mendez contributed to this report.

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Using a Spanish interpreter, Manuel Farfan Cabello, 28, stood in front of a judge to officially hear about his charges.

He was ultimately not granted any bond and ordered to undergo a mental health screening.

The Broward Sheriff’s Office said Cabello stabbed his mother, Ylda Cabello-Ynocente, multiple times Friday evening.

First responders pronounced her dead at the scene.

Deputies said they were called to this home on Northwest 28th Avenue in Tamarac around 7:45 p.m. Friday.

For several hours from Friday night into Saturday, BSO investigators could be seen combing through the area, searching for evidence.

The investigation stretched beyond the house to the other side of the street, and at one point, a dive team entered a nearby lake to continue their search for evidence.

Several hours before the deadly stabbing, neighbors told Local 10 News Cabello was going door to door, asking for money.

Family members returned to the home on Sunday to clean up.

Cabello’s aunt told Local 10 that he suffers from schizophrenia and needs help.

She said Cabello receives treatment, but she doesn’t have access to his medical records or history.

Despite what happened, she said she wants to get him help.

Con la ayuda de un intérprete de español, Manuel Farfan Cabello, de 28 años, se presentó ante un juez para escuchar formalmente los cargos en su contra.

Finalmente, no se le concedió derecho a fianza y se ordenó que se sometiera a una evaluación de salud mental.

La Oficina del Sheriff de Broward informó que Cabello apuñaló varias veces a su madre, Ylda Cabello-Ynocente, el viernes por la noche.

Los equipos de emergencia la declararon muerta en el lugar.

Los agentes dijeron que fueron llamados a esta vivienda en Northwest 28th Avenue, en Tamarac, alrededor de las 7:45 p.m. del viernes.

Durante varias horas, desde la noche del viernes hasta el sábado, se pudo ver a los investigadores de la BSO recorriendo el área en busca de pruebas.

La investigación se extendió más allá de la casa, hasta el otro lado de la calle, y en un momento dado, un equipo de buzos ingresó a un lago cercano para continuar la búsqueda de pruebas.

Varias horas antes del apuñalamiento mortal, vecinos dijeron a Local 10 News que Cabello iba de puerta en puerta pidiendo dinero.

“Quiero hacerle llegar al papa León XIV mi afecto y mis mejores deseos ante la intervención a la que será sometido”, expresó el mandatario. “Toda la Argentina acompaña con afecto y oración a su santidad, deseándole una pronta y completa recuperación”.

Milei también afirmó que el país sudamericano se une “en oración por su salud, con la esperanza de que pronto pueda continuar guiando a la Iglesia con la sabiduría y fortaleza que lo caracterizan”.

El papa León XIV anunció el domingo que en los próximos días se someterá a una cirugía para extirpar un nódulo en un pulmón, el primer gran episodio de salud en sus 17 meses de pontificado.

El pontífice de 71 años indicó que el nódulo se detectó en una etapa temprana y que estaba “circunscrito”. El Vaticano indicó que el tiempo de recuperación previsto tras la cirugía sería de una semana.

El papa estadounidense hizo el anuncio durante su bendición del mediodía del domingo. Dio las gracias a la multitud por su cercanía y se encomendó a sus oraciones.

El Vaticano no precisó cuándo se llevará a cabo la cirugía, más allá de que sería en los primeros días de esta semana. León tiene un próximo acto principal: la misa de clausura el miércoles de una conferencia de una semana sobre el ministerio familiar, pero funcionarios del Vaticano dejaron entrever que podría perdérsela.

Fujimori se suma a los buenos deseos para el pontífice

La presidenta de Perú Keiko Fujimori se sumó al deseo de pronta recuperación de León XIV y espera que el pontífice “pueda superar plena y exitosamente” sus circunstancias de salud.

“Nuestros corazones y nuestras oraciones lo acompañan, con el deseo de tenerlo pronto entre nosotros”, señaló la mandataria en la red social X.

La anticipada visita del papa a seis ciudades del Perú es especialmente significativa por su vínculo afectivo con el país en el que pasó décadas como misionero y responsable de su Iglesia, además de poseer la ciudadanía peruana.

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The Texans also received a 2027 seventh-round draft pick in the deal, while the Cardinals added a 2027 second-round and sixth-round pick, according to a person familiar with the deal, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the full terms had not been announced.

The trade reunites Harrison with quarterback C.J. Stroud, who was his college teammate at Ohio State.

Texans coach DeMeco Ryans announced the trade after his team's 26-3 victory over the Titans. Houston (1-4) made the deal despite being three games back in the AFC South behind Jacksonville.

“We traded for Marvin Harrison,” Ryans said to close his news conference in Nashville. “See ya!”

Texans receiver Nico Collins celebrated the trade, which was more surprising for its timing than the actual transaction.

“That’s official? Is that official? That’s what’s up. That’s dope, man,” Collins said. “Glad he’s here. Another playmaker, another ability. Let’s get to work.”

Harrison — the No. 4 pick in 2024 — has had a disappointing two-plus seasons in Arizona. The 24-year-old was on the Cardinals' inactive list on Sunday as the team pursued a trade.

The 6-foot-3, 220-pound Harrison's production plummeted through the first four games this season, with just five catches for 85 yards and a touchdown. The Texans hope to figure out how to get the most out of the receiver, who was widely seen as a can't-miss prospect after a stellar college career with the Buckeyes.

Stroud said he talked to some people in the Texans organization about Harrison before the trade and had high praise for his former teammate.

“I think he brings a dynamic playmaker, somebody who runs great routes, can catch really any ball, and I’m just super excited to get with him,” Stroud said. “I loved him in college. He’s probably the hardest worker I’ve ever been around in my life. And then just who he is off the field, he’s a great dude, quiet guy, but definitely you feel his presence.”

The Texans certainly hope Harrison has more of a presence in their offense than he did in the desert.

First-year Cardinals coach Mike LaFleur and quarterback Jacoby Brissett have been supportive of Harrison despite his sparse usage, saying he was doing everything he can to be productive. But the emergence of Michael Wilson — who had his first 1,000-yard receiving season last year — and the presence of All-Pro tight end Trey McBride made Harrison an afterthought in LaFleur’s offense.

Harrison is the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Marvin Harrison, who was an eight-time Pro Bowl selection with the Indianapolis Colts.

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He completed 68% of his passes, combined for 302 yards passing and rushing, and showcased his speed with two long touchdown runs. Most important, he stayed healthy.

But a gaffe in overtime, when Daniels took off on an ill-advised scramble in the closing seconds, cost Washington a chance at victory, ending Sunday's game against the New York Giants in a 27-27 tie. With 12 seconds left and the ball at the Giants 24, Washington called a pass play, but Daniels held onto the ball and went down for no gain.

Washington had no timeouts left and couldn't spike the ball before the clock hit zero, ending a mistake-filled final period with zero points by either team.

“The sequencing of that does not fall on (Daniels),” Commanders coach Dan Quinn said. “It's an outside throw or a clock — an out of bounds throw, or a clock. That has to come from me. I have to put him in that spot. I can do that earlier and we can finish the kick earlier. We don't need to gain more yards.”

The final play overshadowed Daniels' return from a dislocated left elbow. Daniels suffered the ugly-looking injury in a Week 2 loss to the Cowboys, the second time he has dislocated his non-throwing arm.

Wearing a brace on the arm, Daniels showed the playmaking ability he brought to the Commanders during his standout rookie season in 2024. He was 17 of 25 passing for 199 yards, and he rushed for 103 yards and two TDs on nine carries.

He wasn't the only player to make a critical mistake in overtime.

Washington (1-3-1) got the ball with 2 minutes left in OT when Daron Payne stripped the ball from Cam Skattebo with New York in range for a game-ending field goal.

“I’ve got to hold onto the ball, and make sure that these guys know that when my name is called, that we’re going to be OK,” Skattebo said.

Coach John Harbaugh said the Giants' goal on their final drive was to run the ball twice, get as close as they could to the end zone and then kick a field goal.

“It’s a heck of a lot better than a loss, but it’s not as good as a win,” Harbaugh said. “I know that just sounds so obvious, but that’s kind of how you feel. We’ll take it, we’ll take it right now.”

A kick by the Giants wouldn't have been a sure thing, given the struggles of Dominic Zvada, who missed his third field goal of the game on New York's first possession of OT.

“He'll learn from that,” Harbaugh said. “He was going to miss at some point, now he's got his first miss — he's got his first three misses.”

Winston, Nabers and Likely rally the Giants

The Commanders had a two-touchdown lead in the fourth quarter before Jameis Winston led a furious comeback for the NFC East-leading Giants (3-1-1). He connected with Isaiah Likely for a 17-yard touchdown midway through the fourth quarter — Likely's second TD catch of the game — and then found Malik Nabers for the tying score, also from 17 yards out, with 1:43 left.

Winston finished with 326 yards passing and three touchdowns.

“I thought he was amazing in the fourth quarter, I thought he was amazing in the second half,” Harbaugh said. “I thought his ability to come out and change like that, we changed our offense up and tried some different things, he really settled into the things we did offensively. He was amazing. First half, he wasn’t, and he’ll be the first to tell you that.”

Daniels had rushing TDs of 38 and 26 yards in the second half, the latter of which gave the Commanders a seemingly comfortable 27-13 lead.

But the Giants rallied behind Winston and his two top targets, Nabers (11 catches for 121 yards and a TD) and Likely (11 receptions for 94 yards and the two scores). On his second TD, Likely had the ball punched out just after he crossed the goal line, and the score was awarded after a replay review.

After Nabers' touchdown, the Commanders had one last chance to win in regulation, but their drive stalled at midfield.

The Commanders opened the game with a four-play drive that included two passes by Daniels that covered 34 yards, a scramble by the elusive QB and a 33-yard touchdown run by Jacory Croskey-Merritt.

Washington's Drew Stevens missed the extra point. He kicked two first-half field goals, while the Giants missed two field goals of their own to trail 12-3 at halftime.

Injuries

Giants: RT Jermaine Eluemunor had to be carried off the field with a left calf injury. CB Colton Hood was injured on a kickoff late in the third quarter and was helped off the field. He was evaluated for a concussion. S Tyler Nubin was helped off the field in the fourth with a neck injury.

Washington WR Terry McLaurin returned after missing last week's game with a hamstring injury, finishing with four catches for 62 yards.

Up next

Giants: Host New Orleans next Sunday.

Commanders: Visit San Francisco on Monday, Oct. 19.

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Burrow went 23 of 32 passes for 190 yards without an interception as Cincinnati improved to 3-2 against a Miami team still searching for its first victory. Malik Willis threw for 113 yards and a touchdown but was intercepted twice, both times by Bengals safety Jordan Battle.

The Bengals took an early lead after wide receiver Dohnte Meyers opened the game with an 81-yard kickoff return. Burrow capitalized on the field position, connecting with former Dolphin Mike Gesicki for a 4-yard touchdown to put Cincinnati ahead 7-0.

Miami responded on its next drive when rookie running back Ollie Gordon II powered into the end zone from 1 yard out to tie the game at 7. Gordon, making the second start of his career, added a 22-yard run during the drive after rushing for a career-high 100 yards on nine carries against Minnesota in Week 4.

Gordon entered Sunday averaging 5.1 yards per carry, the eighth-best mark in the NFL, and was given an opportunity to build on his strong performance against the Vikings.

Gordon finished the game with 18 carries 88 yards and a score.

Cincinnati regained the lead when Burrow found running back Samaje Perine for a 6-yard touchdown. The Bengals continued to exploit Miami’s defense through the middle of the field, with all three of their tight ends recording receptions.

Tight end Tanner Hudson caught Burrow’s third touchdown pass of the day, extending Cincinnati’s lead to 21-7.

Miami struggled to establish an offensive rhythm in the first half.

Willis did not complete a pass until the second quarter and threw two interceptions to Battle. He finished the half 5 of 12 for 60 yards, while Miami’s leading receiver at the break, wide receiver Jalen Tolbert, had 22 yards.

Burrow completed 16 of 21 passes for 111 yards and three touchdowns in the first half.

The Dolphins’ struggles continued after halftime.

Willis was sacked by Bengals defensive end Boye Mafe, and an illegal-shift penalty helped force Miami into a three-and-out

Burrow then delivered his fourth touchdown pass, connecting with Ja’Marr Chase on an impressive catch after Dolphins defensive back Jason Marshall Jr. mistimed his jump. Chase, who cleared concussion protocol before the game, finished the play in the end zone to give Cincinnati a 28-7 advantage.

Miami eventually found a spark through Willis’ running ability.

The quarterback broke free for a 39-yard run, the second-longest rushing attempt by a quarterback in Dolphins history, behind Ryan Tannehill’s 48-yard run vs. the Arizona Cardinals in 2013.

Willis later rolled to his right and connected with Kevin Coleman Jr. for a touchdown. Miami converted the ensuing two-point attempt on a pass to tight end Greg Dulcich, cutting Cincinnati’s lead to 28-18.

The Dolphins could not complete the comeback.

Miami also dealt with several injury concerns.

Linebacker Jordyn Brooks temporarily left the game after sustaining a foot injury, while rookie safety Michael Taaffe returned to the sideline after appearing to injure his shoulder and later returned to the game. The Dolphins initially listed Taaffe with a chest injury and questionable to return.

The Dolphins’ defense had a notable contribution from cornerback Chris Johnson, who forced a fumble by Chase Brown. EDGE Chop Robinson recovered the ball but fumbled during the return before Miami recovered it in a chaotic sequence.

Robinson also appeared to record a sack before an offsides penalty negated the play and gave Cincinnati a first down.

The Bengals were able to force a fumble with just a few minutes to go and tacked on a field goal by kicker Evan McPherson to put them up 31-18.

Willis answered back after finding Coleman on a pass that brought Miami to the 1-yard line. He then finished the drive with a quarterback sneak to cut the Bengals lead to 31-24. Patterson missed the following extra points.

It was a tough day passing overall for Willis, who threw two interceptions, while Burrow and the Bengals offense continued to test the Dolphins linebackers and eat up yards in the middle of the field.

Burrow completed passes to at least nine different players.

Up next

Miami (0-5) will look to end its winless start next Sunday on the road against the New York Jets (1-3). Cincinnati (3-2) enters its bye week after the victory.

Burrow completó 23 de 32 pases para 190 yardas sin intercepciones, mientras Cincinnati mejoró su marca a 3-2 frente a un equipo de Miami que sigue buscando su primera victoria. Malik Willis lanzó para 113 yardas y un touchdown, pero sufrió dos intercepciones, ambas a manos del safety de los Bengals Jordan Battle.

Los Bengals tomaron una ventaja temprana después de que el receptor abierto Dohnte Meyers abrió el partido con un regreso de patada inicial de 81 yardas. Burrow aprovechó la buena posición de campo y conectó con el ex Dolphin Mike Gesicki para un touchdown de 4 yardas que puso a Cincinnati arriba 7-0.

Miami respondió en su siguiente serie ofensiva cuando el corredor novato Ollie Gordon II avanzó con fuerza hasta la zona de anotación desde la yarda uno para empatar el partido 7-7. Gordon, quien hacía la segunda titularidad de su carrera, añadió una carrera de 22 yardas durante la serie después de correr para un máximo personal de 100 yardas en nueve acarreos contra Minnesota en la Semana 4.

Gordon llegó al domingo con un promedio de 5.1 yardas por acarreo, la octava mejor marca de la NFL, y recibió la oportunidad de ampliar su buena actuación contra los Vikings.

Terminó con

Cincinnati recuperó la ventaja cuando Burrow encontró al corredor Samaje Perine para un touchdown de 6 yardas. Los Bengals continuaron aprovechando la defensa de Miami por el centro del campo, con sus tres alas cerradas registrando recepciones.

El ala cerrada Tanner Hudson atrapó el tercer pase de touchdown de Burrow en el día, ampliando la ventaja de Cincinnati a 21-7.

Miami tuvo dificultades para establecer un ritmo ofensivo durante la primera mitad.

Willis no completó un pase hasta el segundo cuarto y lanzó dos intercepciones a Battle. Terminó la primera mitad con 5 pases completos en 12 intentos para 60 yardas, mientras que el principal receptor de Miami al descanso, el receptor abierto Jalen Tolbert, tenía 22 yardas.

Burrow completó 16 de 21 pases para 111 yardas y tres touchdowns en la primera mitad.

Las dificultades de los Dolphins continuaron después del descanso.

Willis fue capturado por el ala defensiva de los Bengals Boye Mafe, y un castigo por cambio ilegal de formación ayudó a obligar a Miami a despejar después de tres jugadas sin conseguir un primer down.

Burrow lanzó entonces su cuarto pase de touchdown al conectar con Ja’Marr Chase, quien realizó una impresionante recepción después de que el defensivo de los Dolphins Jason Marshall Jr. calculó mal su salto. Chase, quien superó el protocolo de conmoción cerebral antes del partido, completó la jugada en la zona de anotación para darle a Cincinnati una ventaja de 28-7.

Miami finalmente encontró una chispa gracias a la capacidad de Willis para correr.

El quarterback se escapó para una carrera de 39 yardas, la segunda carrera más larga de un quarterback en la historia de los Dolphins, detrás de la carrera de 48 yardas de Ryan Tannehill contra los Arizona Cardinals en 2013.

Más tarde, Willis rodó hacia su derecha y conectó con Kevin Coleman Jr. para un touchdown. Miami convirtió el intento de dos puntos posterior con un pase al ala cerrada Greg Dulcich, reduciendo la ventaja de Cincinnati a 28-18.

Los Dolphins no pudieron completar la remontada.

Miami también enfrentó varias preocupaciones por lesiones.

El linebacker Jordyn Brooks fue descartado después de sufrir una lesión en el pie, mientras que el safety novato Michael Taaffe regresó a la banda tras aparentemente lesionarse el hombro y luego volvió al partido. Inicialmente, los Dolphins incluyeron a Taaffe en el reporte por una lesión en el pecho y lo catalogaron como cuestionable para regresar.

La defensa de los Dolphins tuvo una contribución destacada de Chris Johnson, quien provocó un balón suelto de Chase Brown. El EDGE Chop Robinson recuperó el balón, pero lo perdió durante el regreso antes de que Miami lo recuperara en una secuencia caótica.

Robinson también pareció registrar una captura antes de que un castigo por fuera de lugar anulara la jugada y le diera a Cincinnati un primer down.

Los Bengals lograron provocar un balón suelto cuando faltaban solo unos minutos y añadieron un gol de campo de Evan McPherson para ponerse arriba 31-18.

Willis respondió después de encontrar a Coleman con un pase que llevó a Miami hasta la yarda uno. Luego terminó la serie con una carrera corta del quarterback para reducir la ventaja de los Bengals a 31-24. Patterson falló los puntos extra posteriores.

Fue un día difícil en general para Malik Willis en el juego aéreo, quien lanzó dos intercepciones, mientras Burrow y la ofensiva de los Bengals continuaron poniendo a prueba a los linebackers de los Dolphins y ganando yardas por el centro del campo.

Completó pases con al menos nueve jugadores diferentes.

Lo que viene

Miami (0-5) buscará poner fin a su inicio sin victorias el próximo domingo como visitante contra los New York Jets (1-3). Cincinnati entrará en su semana de descanso después de la victoria.

In excerpts from “The Rest is Politics’’ podcast released Sunday, Burnham said that when he became prime minister in July he asked his advisers whether Russia had interfered with the 2016 referendum. The full podcast is scheduled to drop on Monday.

“I’ve had the clear answer that yes, there was,’’ Burnham said. “These things are important now to put clearly on the record and I believe help voters in Germany and France understand that some of this politics is instigated via our enemies, namely Russia.”

Russia has long said it does not meddle in other countries’ elections or referendums.

Burnham’s comments come as U.K. intelligence agencies warn about the increasing threat of Russian interference in Britain’s democratic institutions. The intervention is believed to be the first time a British prime minister has publicly acknowledged Russian interference in the Brexit vote.

Burnham said he spoke to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz about possible links between Russia and the far-right Alternative for Germany party when the two leaders met last week in Berlin.

“You know he was saying to me that the AfD are clearly linked to Russia, funded I believe,” Burnham said. “There is certainly misinformation, disinformation that is emanating from Russia into German politics,” he added.

Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee found in 2020 that the government failed to fully assess the impact Russian state-run media and “troll” accounts could have had on the EU referendum.

The fiery anti-capitalist Mélenchon also took aim at U.S. President Donald Trump, NATO and the global financial system, in a sweeping speech to thousands of supporters meant to kick his campaign into high gear for next year's two-round election in April and May.

Also Sunday, France's Socialist and allied voters chose European Parliament lawmaker Raphaël Glucksmann as their presidential candidate in a primary election marred by a cyberattack and divisions within the mainstream left.

President Emmanuel Macron is finishing his second term and cannot run again, so next year’s election will be a turning point for France and Europe. France is the EU’s only nuclear power, its second-biggest economy and a linchpin of the shared euro currency zone.

At this stage, polls suggest that Mélenchon and center-right candidate Edouard Philippe are behind far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, but ahead of a range of other hopefuls. It remains to be seen if they will maintain their current level of support.

The nationwide high school protest movement — over deteriorating school buildings, teacher shortages, and inequalities hurting schools in disadvantaged neighborhoods — has energized young voters, who may prove key to the election outcome.

The movement has at times turned violent, and police have made more than 6,600 arrests. Hundreds have been injured, including students, teachers and police.

Mélenchon’s critics say he and his France Unbowed party are fueling the fire for electoral gain; Mélenchon says his party isn’t organizing the movement and wants it to be peaceful.

The party invited student protesters to the stage at Sunday's rally in the southern city of Clermont-Ferrand, and Mélenchon said their protest movement shows ‘’a high level of political and union maturity.''

Many protesters are under 18, and Mélenchon — who is 75 and on his fourth presidential run — nodded to that future electorate by proposing to lower the voting age to 16.

He denounced the national university admissions platform that has frustrated student protesters, saying selective admissions should be scrapped and knowledge shouldn't be turned into ‘’merchandise.''

More protests are planned Tuesday and next Saturday.

The school protests have pushed the government to order urgent hires of substitute teachers and rearrange school schedules to address grievances. Students at the barricades say that’s not enough, but the movement has shown young people the power they can wield, and Mélenchon is hoping it translates into higher youth turnout at the ballot box.

This movement is ‘’marking their entry into politics,'' high school librarian Dounia Georgeon told The Associated Press at a protest this week at her school in eastern Paris. The muscular police reaction is likely to have lasting impact on the students and their politics, she said.

Mélenchon also reached out Sunday to older voters, calling for lowering the retirement age to 60 from 62. And he reiterated his push to cancel France's staggering debt.

He called Trump an ‘’adversary'' because of his tariffs, and said France should lead a more independent foreign policy.

‘’We're not preparing our children and grandchildren to die for some hazardous operation concocted by NATO,'' he said. His campaign platform says NATO membership is ’’against France’s interests,'' calls for better dialogue with Russia, and does not mention Ukraine.

Also this weekend, Philippe and centrist candidate Gabriel Attal, both former prime ministers appointed by the unpopular Macron, held rallies.

So to line up a game-winning kick for the Jaguars in London was something special.

Little connected from 57 yards as time expired and Jacksonville beat the Philadelphia Eagles 19-17 in a wild finish at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday.

“It was the coolest moment of my career,” said Little, who wore a Manchester United jersey at his postgame news conference.

Little sprinted from midfield into the opposite end zone with his teammates in pursuit and struck a Jude Bellingham-style arms wide celebration in tribute to the England and Real Madrid star.

The improbable scenario was made possible by Ameer Abdullah’s 53-yard kickoff return that left 1 second on the clock.

The Eagles had taken a 17-16 lead on Jake Elliott's 48-yard field goal with 8 seconds left — after Little's extra-point attempt was wide left following Parker Washington's 27-yard touchdown reception late in the fourth quarter.

The Jaguars were using backup snapper DaVon Hamilton after Ross Matiscik left the game with an injury.

Philadelphia, which slipped to 2-3 for the first time since 2021, played without leading rusher Saquon Barkley and receiver DeVonta Smith and with a makeshift offensive line. The Eagles rushed for just 22 yards.

Trevor Lawrence completed 24 of 39 passes for 331 yards and two touchdowns — both to Washington — along with an interception for the Jaguars (4-1).

“One of the craziest games, maybe the craziest game I’ve ever been a part of,” Lawrence said, “and I’ve been in some pretty wild ones. Just how cool is this sport? The game’s never over.”

Washington, who caught a 51-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter, had six receptions for 124 yards.

Eagles linebacker Zack Baun ensured his team went into halftime with a 14-7 lead by getting past Chris Rodriguez Jr. and tackling Bhayshul Tuten for a loss when Jacksonville went for it on fourth-and-goal from the 1 with 1 second left in the half. Eagles coach Nick Sirianni jumped and pumped his first in reaction.

Sirianni was asked about not kicking the ball out of bounds at the end.

“I didn’t make the right decision, and I lost us that game,” the Eagles coach said. “That’s what I said to our guys, and what hurts there is that, you know, the guys fought so hard and then I don’t make the decision that, you know, that I should make at the end of the game, and I cost us that game, and I put that fully on me.”

The Baltimore Ravens had used some late-game heroics in Rio de Janeiro last month to beat the Dallas Cowboys, who took heat for coaching decisions.

Earlier, Eagles backup running back Will Shipley scored on a 2-yard run and Darius Cooper caught a 62-yard touchdown pass from Jalen Hurts.

Hurts completed 21 of 40 passes for 220 yards and one touchdown. Jalen Carter had two sacks and two forced fumbles for the Eagles.

Little's 34-yard field goal in the third quarter made it 14-10.

Wild start

Jaguars rookie Josh Cameron returned the opening kickoff 90 yards for a would-be touchdown, but it was called back because of offsetting penalties including a hold by Jacksonville’s Branson Combs.

Meanwhile, there was a scrum at midfield, with pushing and shoving on both sides. Two players were ejected: Jacksonville’s Bryan Thomas Jr. and Philadelphia’s Jeremiah Trotter Jr.

Injuries

Eagles: Edge rusher Jonathan Greenard (ankle) warmed up, but was ruled out ahead of the game... OLB Jalyx Hunt was injured on the last play of the first half and was helped off the field. ... DB Michael Carter was ruled out in the third quarter.... CB Quinyon Mitchell was slow to get up after intercepting a pass in the third quarter but returned... Shipley left the game late in second quarter with a foot injury.

Jaguars: LT Anton Harrison was carted off in the third quarter with what appeared to be a right knee injury... Long snapper Ross Matiscik left the game with an apparent shoulder injury. ... S Eric Murray (concussion) didn’t dress... DB Jaylon Jones (hamstring) had been ruled out Friday.

Up next

Eagles: Host the Carolina Panthers next Sunday.

Jaguars: Stay in London and host the Houston Texans at Wembley Stadium next Sunday.

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The Browns were driving on their second possession and facing first-and-10 from the Jets 25 when Deshaun Watson threw a deep pass to Concepcion. The first-round draft pick appeared to make a catch — just as Fitzpatrick put a crushing hit on the receiver, making contact with his helmet and causing the ball to drop out of his hands.

Concepcion immediately went face down on the turf and appeared to be unconscious, not moving as the Browns' training staff rushed out to him.

Several Browns teammates and Jets defensive players — including Fitzpatrick — stood near Concepcion as he was being looked at on the field.

After a few minutes, Concepcion was turned over and he eventually sat up, stood and walked under his own power to the locker room. The Browns ruled him out for the game a few minutes later.

“I saw him after the game. He was in good spirits,” Browns coach Todd Monken said. “I don’t know exactly what the rules are, but he did miss the game. I would assume he is in concussion protocol.”

Fitzpatrick was penalized for a hit on a defenseless receiver, the second call on the veteran safety on the drive. He drew a face-mask penalty a few plays earlier while dragging Concepcion out of bounds and pulling off his helmet and sending it flying in the process.

“It’s just a bang bang play,” Monken said. “Minkah’s been in this league a long time and he’s not a dirty player. Unfortunately, it happened to our guy. Not having KC is a part of it, but everybody’s missing players.”

Concepcion was the 24th overall pick out of Texas A&M in April. He had a 5-yard catch before the injury. Concepcion has 18 receptions for 149 yards in five games.

“I saw him afterward and he’s doing well,” Watson said. “He definitely was a big part of the game plan.”

The Browns also lost running back Raheim Sanders (hip) and right tackle Tytus Howard (knee) in the fourth quarter.

Jets rookie tight end Kenyon Sadiq was ruled out early in the fourth quarter with a concussion, and coach Aaron Glenn said he's in the protocol.

The first-round pick caught a 6-yard pass from Geno Smith in the third quarter when Quincy Williams slammed into him and forced a fumble that Ronnie Hickman recovered at the Cleveland 7. Sadiq stayed down for a moment before getting up and heading to the sideline to be evaluated for a head injury.

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After former Chicago coach Mike Ditka died Friday at the age of 86, Hauff figured he had to make a trip to Green Bay to pay respects to the coach who had personified the Bears franchise as much as anybody. Hauff bought a ticket to Sunday’s game the day of Ditka’s death and showed up wearing an 89 jersey, the number Ditka wore while playing tight end for the Bears from 1961-66.

“It’s a very emotional time right now,” the 61-year-old fan from Oak Park, Illinois, said before Sunday’s game.

The Bears wore No. 89 stickers on the backs of their helmets Sunday. The Packers and Bears honored Ditka with a pregame moment of silence. Bears coach Ben Johnson had said Friday that Ditka is “the gold standard in terms of this place” and that the Hall of Famer's impact was still being felt.

Perhaps the most notable tributes to Ditka came in the stands rather than on the sidelines.

No. 89 jerseys were a featured choice of attire among the sizable contingent of Bears fans who made the trip to Green Bay.

Ditka revolutionized the tight end position during a playing career that started in Chicago. He returned to the Bears to coach them from 1982-92. Ditka’s 1985 Bears won the franchise’s lone Super Bowl title and remain one of the most iconic teams in NFL history.

“Ditka’s like (Michael) Jordan,” Hauff said. “He’s Chicago. His passion, his devotion, his no-quit, his toughness. He’s compassionate. We’re a team that sucked for years and he brought us a championship.”

Ditka’s lasting legacy was evident from the fact many of the Bears fans wearing No. 89 jerseys weren’t even born during that 1985 season. The ones who were old enough to experience that title wanted a chance to thank Ditka for helping create an indelible moment.

“I snuck a keg of beer in my dorm room, and me and my college buddy and roommate had the greatest time that day,” said Hauff, a Ball State alum. “That was amazing. It was a wonderful time.”

Other fans arrived wearing the blue Bears sweater vest that Ditka had worn during the Super Bowl blowout of the New England Patriots.

Ryan Tousley of Des Moines, Iowa, said he had bought his sweater vest nearly 20 years ago to dress as Ditka for a Halloween party. He squeezed into it again Sunday for the first time in about 15 years.

“It’s very clear it doesn’t fit, but I had to pay homage to him and get all the good vibes we get,” said the 41-year-old Tousley, who was born during the Bears’ 1985 championship season.

Bob Moretti, a 43-year-old Bears fan from St. Charles, Illinois, had bought a similar sweater vest by coincidence just last week.

“Ditka resembles everything we think about when we think about football,” Moretti said. “You think about hard-nosed, grinding, just hard-working — Chicago. We put the weight on our shoulders and we go.”

Tousley said he wasn’t surprised Ditka had remained enormously popular in Chicago well over three decades after his Bears coaching tenure had ended.

“He did things differently, and he won in Chicago, which hasn’t happened since,” Tousley said. “Chicago’s that type of city, that hangs on to the winners.”

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Trump shocked lawmakers when he announced on social media Friday that he struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call. He said Russia will immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel to the American and global market, followed by an additional 500,000 tons in November and 1 million tons “immediately thereafter.” Russia will deliver an additional 3 million tons “within a short period of time” after that, he wrote.

Four Republican senators and two Democratic senators signed onto the statement released Sunday in protesting the deal. They said the administration failed to consult with Congress or submit any explanation to justify its decision as required by statute.

“The United States should not provide Putin with a financial lifeline while Russia continues to kill Ukrainian civilians. The Administration must immediately reverse course,” they wrote.

The Republican senators who signed onto the statement are Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and John Curtis of Utah. The Democratic senators are Sens. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut.

Tillis, in an interview that aired Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” said there's a legitimate case for saying the president is not following the law if the administration goes through with its diesel purchase plan.

“We were very clear that Russia is the aggressor. Russia is the one who can end this war by backing out of territory that they occupied,” Tillis said.

Trump's announcement came just a few weeks after Congress passed legislation that directed Trump to impose substantial tariffs on the top importers of Russian oil or natural gas, with an exception for countries that import less than 15% of Russia’s natural gas exports and have taken significant steps to reduce those imports.

The congressional effort was aimed at cutting the flow of money Russia receives from oil and gas sales to finance its war against Ukraine.

The lawmakers also noted that Congress explicitly banned Russia energy imports in 2022 to prevent the United States from financing the war.

“Congress was clear: the U.S. should not import oil from Russia until it ends its aggression against Ukraine and ceases threats against our NATO Allies,” the six lawmakers wrote in their statement. “President Trump’s decision to allow Russian diesel imports to the U.S. runs directly counter to that law.”

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said Trump is focused on reducing the cost of energy when asked whether the president's action would be in violation of U.S. law.

“The president is balancing and has to make tough decisions,” Barrasso said on CBS's “Face the Nation.”

He also encouraged Trump to enforce the sanctions law that Congress passed last month.

“This is just another point of leverage for the president to use against Putin in an effort to get a long-term solution in that part of the world,” Barrasso said.

Energy experts say the Russia deal is unlikely to make a dent in high prices at the pump.

Richard Nephew, a senior research scholar at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, noted that the total amount of diesel appears to be less than what the U.S. uses in a day.

Nephew argued that Iran and Russia might benefit more than the U.S.

“The Iranians are probably very excited because it shows that there’s a lot of pressure still on the U.S. And the Russians are excited because it puts a big hole in the sanctions regime,” he said.

Trump has recently sought to blame record U.S. diesel prices on Ukraine rather than the U.S.-led war in Iran, which has elevated world energy prices.

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Associated Press writer Mae Anderson in New York contributed to this report.

A senior U.S. official said Sunday that Trump and Rubio are “extremely pissed off” by Guilfoyle’s reported conduct and would likely decide on what action to take this week after Monday’s Columbus Day holiday.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, said Rubio had been particularly angry, not least because he visited Athens just last week and Guilfoyle attended most, if not all, of his events and greeted him on his arrival with a bear hug as the allegations swirled.

In a series of stories, The Wall Street Journal has reported questionable conduct by Guilfoyle, including an alleged threat to a host country official, accepting improper gifts and services and offering to use her influence inside the administration in return for the payment of a large credit card bill.

Guilfoyle has not addressed the reports directly, although her lawyer has said she did nothing wrong and the U.S. Embassy in Athens has tacitly expressed support for her.

After defending Guilfoyle following the first report, Rubio has declined to comment publicly on the growing allegations. On Wednesday, Rubio said: “Our ambassador has been a strong ambassador here.”

But after another report appeared late Wednesday, Rubio on Thursday before leaving Athens berated journalists for asking about the allegations, saying he didn’t know if they were true and that he would not respond if he could not confirm them.

“You guys walk around thinking that because some source told you something and you reported it, it’s the gospel. It’s not the gospel. It’s not the gospel for me. That’s not the way we do things,” Rubio said at the foot of his plane as Guilfoyle, who was there to see him depart, looked on.

The official said that Rubio had grown increasingly frustrated as the reports multiplied.

A second U.S official, who also spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters, said the State Department’s inspector general is looking into the allegations, which first began surfacing in the Journal late last month and have since multiplied.

The second official could not say if a formal IG probe had begun. Inspectors general often conduct informal inquiries into complaints against staffers and many times those inquiries do not result in a full-on investigation, which can result in disciplinary action up to and including dismissal.

The State Department has declined to comment on a potential IG investigation.

The top two Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations committees, Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, as well as the ranking member on the House Committee for Oversight and Government Reform, Robert Garcia, D-Calif., have already called for an investigation into Guilfoyle.

Since late September, the Journal has detailed numerous accounts of questionable conduct by Guilfoyle. Its first report said that she had told guests at a reception that the U.S. could undermine the Greek government if it chose to, promoted the business interests of one particular Greek construction and energy company, and allowed its lobbyist into private diplomatic meetings.

While Rubio was in Athens, the Journal reported — citing text messages — that Guilfoyle had asked a Trump donor and supporter to pay a $100,000 credit card bill just before her confirmation hearing, promising him access to administration officials if he did.

The Journal then reported that Guilfoyle had been enraged about not being invited to a Greek-themed event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, earlier this year and demanded to attend while boasting about luxury travel to France with energy company executives.

Another report, from the British tabloid The Daily Mail, said that Guilfoyle had alienated staff at the U.S. Embassy in Athens and had pushed the bounds of behavior appropriate for the top representative of the U.S. government to Greece.

Guilfoyle is a former Fox News Channel host and California prosecutor who was once engaged to Trump’s son Donald Jr.

Irving got a reverse layup on the game's opening possession Sunday night, setting the tone for him scoring a team-high 17 points in the Mavericks' 132-115 preseason win over the Houston Rockets in Macao, China.

It was Irving's first game action since he tore the ACL in his left knee on March 3, 2025.

“It was just impressive,” Dallas coach Dusty May told reporters in a postgame news conference. “His physical condition, his mental condition, and then — I've said it from the first time I watched him in a workout — he's an artist. He's a jazz musician. ... I didn’t expect him to play this well after being off so long.”

Irving shot 6 for 13 in just under 22 minutes, plus he had three assists and two rebounds. Dallas won the opening tap, and reigning rookie of the year Cooper Flagg set up Irving on the right wing. Irving didn't hesitate, driving toward the baseline and then scoring with the reverse.

The Mavericks' bench immediately started celebrating, and the roar of the crowd in China — where the Rockets are one of the most popular teams, mainly because of Chinese superstar, Rockets great and Basketball Hall of Famer Yao Ming — was noticeable as well.

“Grateful that Dusty called the first play for me,” Irving said. “Had my mind made up, just to attack. ... I was imagining how it was going to go, dreaming about how it was going to go and just glad that I got that out the way. Just incredibly grateful for my teammates as well and their support and just seeing them rise up off the bench to celebrate me as well, that always feels good. And God is truly the greatest. So just being able to perform at a high level, that felt amazing.”

Irving missed all of last season, so it had been just over 20 months since he last played in a game.

The nine-time All-Star was averaging 24.7 points for Dallas when he got hurt late in the 2024-25 season, and anything close to that this season would surely be a welcome boost to a franchise that went to the NBA Finals in 2024 but missed each of the last two postseasons.

“It's always great to see somebody coming from the injury that Ky came from to get back on the court,” Houston guard Marcus Smart said. “I know we compete, but you want to compete against the best and you want everybody to be out there. For him to be back out there, it was great to see. He looked good, but we expected him to look good. Very happy for him.”

Irving played eight minutes in the first quarter, a little more than eight in the second quarter and returned for the first 5 1/2 minutes of the third quarter before getting the rest of the game off.

Irving is enormously popular in China, a place he has visited many times over the years and plans to again in 2027 as part of his annual world tour. He thanked fans who showed up outside the Mavs' hotel to show support or sent good-luck messages on social media.

“It's definitely a lot of emotions that were going into it,” Irving said. “Looking forward to getting back home and continuing to carry on what we learned here from each other.”

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‘Other Mommy’ is another win for horror

“Other Mommy,” released by Universal Pictures, earned $27.5 million in its first few days in 3,365 theaters, according to studio estimates on Sunday. The movie, about a sinister supernatural creature that terrorizes a young girl who thinks it's her mother, got dismal reviews from both critics and audiences. It also joins the ranks of “Megalopolis” and “Hereditary” with a D+ CinemaScore.

But with a production budget of around $19 million, it’s also another win for the horror genre and producer Blumhouse Atomic Monster, which was behind “Backrooms” and “Obsession.” “Other Mommy” opened in 50 international markets as well, boosting its global debut to $45.2 million.

Jim Orr, Universal's head of domestic distribution, noted that the audience gender divide was evenly split and about 2/3 were between 18 and 34 years old.

“No matter how you look at it, everybody turned out for it. It wasn’t just one particular demographic,” Orr said. “That usually is a very good sign.”

‘The Social Reckoning’ fails to connect

“The Social Reckoning,” the weekend’s other big release, was not as lucky, earning an estimated $5.5 million from 2,606 North American theaters. Aaron Sorkin wrote and directed the film about a Facebook whistleblower who leaked incriminating documents to a Wall Street Journal reporter.

Sixteen years ago, “The Social Network,” which Sorkin wrote and David Fincher directed, opened to over $22 million and went on to gross over $224 million worldwide, receiving eight Oscar nominations and winning three. A similar fate might be a stretch for “The Social Reckoning,” which stars Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong and received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics. Audiences gave it a B- CinemaScore. According to reports, the Sony Pictures release cost around $30 million to produce, not accounting for marketing and promotion.

Paul Dergarabedian, Rentrak’s head of marketplace trends, said October is a time when studios take chances and it doesn’t always work out.

“These movies that are topical in nature, sometimes they resonate with the culture, sometimes they don’t,” said Dergarabedian. “You don’t always know what’s going to connect with audiences.”

He compared “The Social Reckoning” to “Digger,” which fell 60% in its second weekend.

The overall box office is still up

“The Social Reckoning” opened behind several holdovers as well. The Anne Hathaway psychological thriller “Verity” took second place with $11.5 million, down 64% from its opening weekend. In third place, “Resident Evil” added $8.4 million, bringing its domestic total to $138.5 million. The Brad Pitt survival thriller “Heart of the Beast” took fourth with $7.1 million.

Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey ” also made an encore appearance in the top 10 in its 13th weekend in theaters where it was back in 12 IMAX 70 mm locations. It added $2 million from 560 North American theaters, bringing its domestic total just shy of $623 million.

Several high-profile films opened in limited release this weekend as well. The Cannes Palme d’Or winner “Fjord” debuted on four screens this weekend where it made $124,000. Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk documentary “Musk,” which runs nearly four hours, made $68,900 from four locations. And Chris Rock’s “Misty Green” made $85,716 from six locations through Sunday.

The annual domestic box office crossed the $8 billion mark on Friday and is up over 19% from last year. According to Rentrak, that’s about 8% behind 2019.

Top 10 movies by domestic box office

With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak:

1. “Other Mommy,” $27.5 million.

2. “Verity,” $11.5 million.

3. “Resident Evil,” $8.4 million.

4. “Heart of the Beast,” $7.1 million.

5. “The Social Reckoning,” $5.5 million.

6. “Forgotten Island,” $4.5 million.

7. “Primetime,” $4 million.

8. “Digger,” $3.2 million.

9. “Angel and the Badman,” $2.1 million.

10. “The Odyssey,” $2 million.

UCLA and Kentucky were the week’s biggest climbers. The Bruins jumped to No. 12 after forcing seven turnovers while upsetting Oregon, and Kentucky returned to the poll at No. 15 after another overtime thriller, beating LSU 35-34 on a two-point conversion. LSU fell from No. 10 to No. 22 as Oregon and Florida dropped out of the rankings.

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Next week's games to watch

By MARK LONG

There are six games between ranked teams coming up next Saturday, none bigger than No. 4 Ohio State playing at fifth-ranked and defending national champion Indiana in the Big Ten game of the week.

The others are:

No. 2 Notre Dame plays at eighth-ranked BYU.

No. 6 Alabama plays at 14th-ranked Tennessee in the SEC.

No. 13 Missouri plays at ninth-ranked Mississippi in the SEC.

No. 16 Mississippi State plays at 22nd-ranked LSU in the SEC.

No. 18 Oklahoma State plays at 20th-ranked Houston in the Big 12.

Two more notable games:

No. 1 Georgia hosts Auburn in the SEC game known as “the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry.”

No. 3 Miami hosts in-state rival Florida State in ACC action.

CFP bracket watch

By DAVE ZELIO

If the College Football Playoffs were based on the latest AP rankings, they would open like this:

1. No. 9 seed Mississippi at No. 8 BYU. Winner vs. No. 1 Georgia. 2. No. 12 seed Boise State at No. 5 seed Indiana. Winner vs. No. 4 Ohio State. 3. No. 10 seed Texas Tech at No. 7 Texas. Winner vs. No. 2 Notre Dame. 4. No. 11 seed Utah at No. 6 Alabama. Winner vs. No. 3 Miami.

Billy Napier has James Madison ranked higher than Florida

By MARK LONG

Coach Billy Napier’s new team is essentially ranked higher than his previous one.

James Madison is receiving votes in the AP Top 25 and, in theory, is ranked 31st in the latest poll. That’s one spot higher than Florida, which appears to be in a freefall after climbing as high as No. 8 under first-year coach Jon Sumrall two weeks ago.

Napier coached the Gators for four seasons (2022-25) and created little momentum in Gainesville, Florida. He might be better suited for the Group of Six, where he won big at Louisiana-Lafayette.

The Dukes are off to a 6-0 start for the first time since 2023. Former JMU coach Bob Chesney has UCLA 5-0 and ranks 12th.

BYU and Utah are on a top-10 collision course

There’s a Big 12 showdown on the horizon, and it could end up being a top-10 matchup.

BYU remained No. 8 in the latest Top 25 poll, but fellow Big 12 heavyweight Utah made up ground by climbing one spot to No. 11. They play Nov. 7 in Salt Lake City.

It’s looking more and more like a game that will decide a spot in the conference title game. Neither plays 10th-ranked Texas Tech during the regular season, potentially raising the stakes of their head-to-head matchup next month.

Utah is the only Football Bowl Subdivision team that’s won every game this season by 14 or more points. The Utes also have scored at least 30 points in 11 consecutive games.

Ask a voter: Why do some teams swing wildly while others barely move?

By SPENCER RIPCHIK

In the case of Florida and Oregon, they each now have two losses, which makes them really hard to rank over undefeated teams and even one-loss teams at this point. Voters move teams who lost based on a lot of factors. Who’d they lose to? How’d they lose? What did the rest of their resume look like before the loss? The same goes for wins.

Spencer Ripchik is a college football reporter for The Dominion Post and is among the youngest and newest Top 25 voters. You can follow him on X: @ripchikspencer.

Northwestern has its first ranking since 2020

By MARK LONG

Northwestern debuted at No. 25 in the rankings on Sunday after beating Ball State 45-14.

The Wildcats’ real movement started two weeks ago when they had defending national champion Indiana on the ropes on the road. The Hoosiers escaped 29-23, but Northwestern served notice that it was going to be a force in coach David Braun’s fourth season.

The Wildcats followed up that near-miss with a thorough victory against Penn State, 34-13.

Now they’re ranked and looking for more. They play Michigan State and Rutgers next. The real test: a three-game stretch against Oregon, Iowa and Ohio State that begins on Halloween.

Notre Dame and Miami haven’t been ranked this high since 1993

Notre Dame and Miami haven’t been ranked in the top three in any poll since 1993.

The No. 2 Fighting Irish moved up after bullying Stanford 58-7 on Saturday. It was Notre Dame’s 16th consecutive win – all by 10 or more points.

The third-ranked Hurricanes moved up despite being on a bye. They host rival Florida State this Saturday.

Notre Dame and Miami play in South Bend, Indiana, on Nov. 7 – a game that could be used to help the College Football Playoff selection committee determine seeding before the postseason.

Ask AP: What about the Sooners?

By MARK LONG

Friendly reminder: Oklahoma lost at Michigan, got blown out at Georgia and barely beat New Mexico. Not sure what else there is to say. Nonetheless, I will add this: Texas was indeed the No. 1 team, but many saw this coming from the Longhorns. Texas needed close to a miracle to beat Ohio State and really struggled offensively in wins against UTSA and Tennessee.

Ask a voter: Why was Texas barely penalized?

By SPENCER RIPCHIK

Texas did lose to a bad Oklahoma team, but the Longhorns hold one of the best wins this season over Ohio State. Voters are valuing that win so they aren’t plummeting Texas. If the Longhorns didn’t have that win, they’d probably drop significantly further.

Don’t sleep on Kentucky, especially in overtime

By MARK LONG

No. 15 Kentucky might be the best story in college football that no one is talking about.

The Wildcats have won back-to-back Southeastern Conference games in overtime by the same score (35-34) and in similar fashion. That has resulted in their highest ranking since being No. 13 in 2022.

First-year coach Will Stein won the coin toss in the extra frame in both games, scored and called for 2-point conversions. The Wildcats made them both, knocking off South Carolina on the road and upsetting LSU and Lane Kiffin at home.

If you combine Kentucky’s early season success – the Wildcats’ only loss was to Alabama – with Oregon’s slide, Stein might be the common thread. He was Oregon’s offensive coordinator and QBs coach between 2023 and 2025.

He raised eyebrows at SEC Media Day in July when he called himself the No. 1 reason Kentucky was poised for a turnaround.

Ask AP: Why is Notre Dame above Miami?

By MARK LONG

Notre Dame started the year three spots ahead of Miami, and to be honest, both have been stout all season. The Fighting Irish have won 16 consecutive games -- all by at least 10 points or more. Miami certainly has the better win, at Clemson. But the reality is Notre Dame and Miami play next month and will get to settle the debate on the field.

Georgia takes over at No. 1

Georgia is No. 1 in the AP Top 25 for the first time since September 2024.

The Bulldogs moved up one spot in the poll after beating No. 6 Alabama 20-17 on Saturday night. It was Georgia’s first win against Alabama in the regular season since 2007 and coach Kirby Smart’s first victory in Tuscaloosa as the Bulldogs’ coach.

The Bulldogs last claimed the No. 1 spot on Sept. 3, 2024, after beating Clemson 34-3 in a kickoff classic. They stayed there for two weeks and then dropped to No. 2 following a 13-12 win at Kentucky.

How long will this stint last? Georgia’s upcoming schedule: Auburn, then a bye week, then Florida in Atlanta, and a trip to No. 9 Ole Miss followed by No. 13 Missouri.

Ask a voter: Do you weigh the context?

By SPENCER RIPCHIK

You have to consider it. I think a perfect example is Ole Miss against Florida. The Rebels were without star running back Kewan Lacy. In regard to overtime wins, it’s still a win but you have to consider the game went to overtime, meaning it was very close.

Florida and Oregon fall out of the poll

By MARK LONG

Remember when Florida was the flavor of the week in the Southeastern Conference?

The Gators climbed to No. 8 after thumping then-No. 4 Mississippi at home last month. They haven’t looked the same since, getting pummeled at then-No. 25 Missouri and humiliated at home by South Carolina. The Gamecocks ended an eight-game skid in league play with a 38-19 stunner in the Swamp.

Florida (4-2, 2-2 SEC) is now out of the poll after being ranked 16th and faces Texas and Georgia over the next three weeks. The Gators play Oklahoma and Kentucky after that, meaning first-year coach Jon Sumrall’s 4-0 start could be long forgotten by Thanksgiving.

Like Florida, Oregon is now outside the Top 25. UCLA beat the Ducks 17-15 on Saturday night.

Oregon (3-2, 1-1 Big Ten) turned the ball over seven times in the loss and saw its chances for making the College Football Playoff fade.

Texas falls to No. 7

Texas’ loss to Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry game dropped the Longhorns to No. 7 in the poll.

Arch Manning threw two interceptions in the fourth quarter, leading to 10 points for the underdog Sooners. His first interception was returned 42 yards for a touchdown by Peyton Bowen to give Oklahoma its first lead, 24-17. The second positioned the Sooners for a game-winning field goal on the final play.

Manning was hardly Texas’ only issue. The Longhorns gave up a special teams touchdown when a blocked punt was recovered in the end zone. They also suffered defensive penalties that helped Oklahoma’s sputtering offense score its only TD of the game.

Texas will try to bounce back at home Saturday against reeling Florida, which has been blown out in consecutive games.

Ask AP: What counts as a quality win?

By MARK LONG

No, but it will be considered a “quality loss.” Voters clearly didn’t punish the still sixth-ranked Crimson Tide for losing to then-No. 2 Georgia and it’s likely the College Football Playoff selection committee will do the same when its first ranking drops in early November. Losing home or away to another top-10 team -- and in a close game -- shouldn’t affect a team’s postseason resume other than in the head-to-head column that’s used for seeding.

AP Top 25 rankings

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

1. Georgia

2. Notre Dame

3. Miami (Fla.)

4. Ohio State

5. Indiana

6. Alabama

7. Texas

8. BYU

9. Ole Miss

10. Texas Tech

11. Utah

12. UCLA

13. Missouri

14. Tennessee

15. Kentucky

16. Mississippi State

17. Iowa

18. Oklahoma State

19. USC

20. Houston

21. Wake Forest

22. LSU

23. Boise State

24. SMU

25. Northwestern

Ask a voter: What about the Big 12 and ACC?

By SPENCER RIPCHIK

There could be multiple factors why the SEC and Big Ten get so much attention. Voters could look at past postseason experience, nonconference matchups or simply they just think the teams in the SEC and Big Ten are better. It’s based on voter preference. The Big 12 is a bit more well represented throughout the poll, but neither the Big 12 nor the ACC are represented toward the top of the rankings. That could change after this week’s matchup between Notre Dame and BYU, and then when Notre Dame plays Miami. Miami and BYU seem to be the top teams in their conferences.

Spencer Ripchik is a college football reporter for The Dominion Post and is among the youngest and newest Top 25 voters. You can follow him on X: @ripchikspencer.

Kentucky pulls it off again in overtime

By MAURA CAREY

Kentucky handed No. 10 LSU its second loss in a 35-34 thriller. The Wildcats’ gamble to go for two in overtime paid off for the second straight week, this time at the expense of the Tigers.

Kentucky running back C.J. Baxter scored on a 1-yard run, and quarterback Kenneth Minchey ran untouched for the game-winning 2-point conversion.

Coach Will Stein also opted for the two-point conversion against South Carolina in Week 5, which led to a near identical 35-34 overtime win over the Gamecocks.

Ask a voter: Why is Notre Dame ranked so highly?

By SPENCER RIPCHIK

There are voters who use the “eye test” in their rankings, meaning that based on what they’ve seen on the field, no matter the opponent, they are worthy of a top ranking. Notre Dame is one of the few remaining undefeated teams and hasn’t really come close to losing. Based on the eye-test factor and its perfect record, the Irish are one of the top teams every week. But resume and quality wins are favored more heavily than eye test, which is why Notre Dame hasn’t been ranked No. 1 yet this season.

Indiana improves to 6-0 — barely

By MAURA CAREY

No. 7 Indiana remained unbeaten but needed a fourth-quarter rally and two late defensive stops to escape Nebraska with a 20-17 win.

The defending national champions erased an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit with back-to-back touchdown drives. Quarterback Josh Hoover connected with Nick Marsh on both, first for a 75-yard score, then on a fourth-down conversion for a 44-yard touchdown.

A great day for Venables, Beamer and Smart

It was a bad day for No. 1 Texas and No. 16 Florida. It was, however, a very good day for Brent Venables and Shane Beamer.

It was a pretty good day for Kirby Smart and No. 2 Georgia, too.

Georgia’s 20-17 win against Alabama gave Smart a 3-7 record against the program he could not beat for many years when the stakes were highest.

Venables and Beamer also picked up much-needed wins that could ease the pressure building around their programs. Oklahoma knocked off No. 1 Texas with a 27-24 Red River Rivalry upset, and South Carolina cruised to a 38-19 win against No. 16 Florida on the road.

Ask a voter: Who did you drop this week?

By SPENCER RIPCHIK

This week, I dropped Florida, LSU and Oregon out of the top 25 because I feel like at this point in the season, it’s hard to put two-loss teams in the top 25. I also dropped Pitt, who was on the bubble last week after losing to North Carolina. That left room for new additions, including Wake Forest (5-1), Arizona (5-1), Wisconsin (4-1) and the undefeated James Madison Dukes (6-0). All have worthy resumes for being in the top 25.

Oklahoma didn’t need its offense to take down No. 1 Texas

By MAURA CAREY

It’s been a tough season for Oklahoma’s offense and quarterback John Mateer. The Sooners knocked off No. 1 Texas with a 27-24 Red River Rivalry win, but it wasn’t necessarily the offense that fueled the win.

Oklahoma’s first touchdown was a blocked punt from Danny Okoye, which Dakoda Fields scooped up and returned for a touchdown.

Sooners’ Peyton Bowen later had a 42-yard pick-six to give Oklahoma its first lead of the outing.

Oklahoma’s sole offensive score was a two-yard rushing touchdown from Lloyd Avant on a drive that started near midfield.

How the votes are counted

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

For decades, voters called, emailed and faxed their votes to the AP and ballots were tabulated by hand.

Now voting happens online, and the count is automated first before AP checks for miscues.

The poll operates on a 1-to-25-point system, with the No. 1 team receiving 25 points down to the 25th team receiving 1 point. In between, the poll lists the teams with the most points from 24 down to 2. Teams that receive votes but not enough to make the top 25 are noted separately.

UCLA trumps Oregon

By MAURA CAREY

No. 21 UCLA remained undefeated with a 17-15 win over No. 13 Oregon in a messy, turnover-filled outing. The Ducks threw two interceptions and lost five fumbles, the last coming on their final drive with less than a minute left.

UCLA quarterback Nico Iamaleava had 162 yards and two interceptions before sitting out the second half with a lower leg injury. Ty Dieffenbach took over under center and threw for 43 yards and a touchdown as the Bruins look to move up in the rankings.

Oregon backup quarterback Dylan Raiola’s heroic performance against USC felt like a distant memory as he completed just 6-of-18 passes for 43 yards and two interceptions before being replaced by Brock Thomas.

Who decides the rankings?

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

AP Top 25 voters are writers and broadcasters who cover college football.

AP employees do not vote, but they do choose the voters, and they seek wide representation from all over the country. This season, there are 69 voters.

The focus begins with voter representation in states with a Bowl Subdivision school, and the total number of voters from each state increases with the number of FBS teams. There are also spots reserved for national voters.

The AP allows broad latitude for voters to determine their rankings. They are urged to base their votes on performance, not reputation or preseason speculation (except, of course, for the always provocative preseason poll); to avoid regional bias, for or against; to pay attention to head-to-head results; and to make significant changes if desired.

Upheaval on tap for Top 25

By DAVE ZELIO

Six teams in the AP Top 25 lost over the weekend, which always portends a shakeup in the rankings.

But it’s who lost that suggests today’s poll is going to get an overhaul: No. 1 Texas, No. 6 Alabama and No. 10 LSU all went down, pretty much guaranteeing a new team at the top of the rankings. No. 2 Georgia is a likely candidate.

Amid the intrigue is how far voters will drop Texas (which lost in overtime against its archrival) and Alabama (which lost by 3 points to Georgia after at least one controversial decision by the officiating crew).

There may be some new faces, too. Teams like Wake Forest, Northwestern and Kentucky all have 1 loss each and stirring victories on their resumes already.

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Alvaro Pulido was indicted in Miami federal court in 2019 and again in 2021 as part of an investigation into his longtime business partner, Alex Saab, a one-time ally of ousted President Nicolás Maduro. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the State Department had been offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to his arrest.

Pulido, 62, was taken into U.S. custody after an investigation led by the DEA, FBI and Homeland Security Investigations agencies, American officials said Sunday.

It's unclear how Pulido ended up in U.S. custody. He is scheduled to make his initial court appearance Tuesday in Miami.

"His alleged actions show a blatant disregard to the Venezuelan people by corrupting government programs intended to provide critical food, medicine, and housing for personal enrichment and exploiting the American financial system to do it," Attorney General Todd Blanche wrote in a social media post Sunday.

“No amount of time or distance will stop” the Justice Department “from working with our federal law enforcement and international partners to pursue these criminals and bring them to justice in an American courtroom," he wrote.

Venezuelan authorities have so far been silent about the arrest, reflecting the challenge acting President Delcy Rodríguez faces in appeasing elements of the ruling coalition that want her to resist attempts by the Trump administration to round up scores of Venezuelan insiders wanted by the U.S., sometimes for years, for serious crimes ranging from corruption to drug trafficking.

The Colombian-born Pulido was arrested in Venezuela in 2023 as part of a sprawling crackdown on corruption inside state-run oil company PDVSA that was led by Rodríguez while she was serving as Maduro's vice president. She took over as Venezuela's acting president following the U.S. military's ouster of Maduro in January.

Prosecutors allege that Pulido, together with Saab, created a network of offshore shell companies to funnel bribes to top Maduro allies in exchange for more than $2 billion in contracts to import food, medicine and low-cost housing at a time of widespread hardship in the South American country.

Prior to these alleged offenses, Pulido had a prolific history of drug trafficking, including a 1997 conviction in Italy under the alias of German Enrique Rubio, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida said in a statement.

Saab, who also hails from Colombia, was deported to the U.S. by Rodríguez in May. Last month, he pleaded guilty in a related bribery case, agreeing to cooperate against Maduro and other individuals and forfeit $195 million in criminal proceeds from the corruption scheme.

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Durkin Richer reported from Washington.

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But by the end it was the away section, decked out in blue and waving giant inflatable bananas, cheering loudly after a 3-0 win at Anfield in the Premier League.

“In this moment all the organization needs this kind of win,” City coach Enzo Maresca said. “It's good for us as a coaching staff, it’s good for the players, it’s good for the fans, it’s good for the organization. I think this kind of a win is good for all the club.”

It is not yet known what the future holds for City after an independent panel found the club artificially inflated its revenue by more than $1 billion to help sign some of soccer’s biggest stars and dominate the Premier League. But for now it is sitting pretty at the top of the standings with a 100% winning record and looking down on its rivals.

Second-half goals from Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki saw City take advantage of Liverpool going down to 10 men following a red card for Ryan Gravenberch around the hour mark with the score at 0-0.

City is the early pace-setter this season, three points ahead of defending champion Arsenal in second, with victory a welcome relief for the embattled club after the fallout from the biggest scandal in Premier League history.

After the final whistle, that relief was evident in the smiles on the faces of Haaland and Maresca as City's players and staff went to show their appreciation to their celebrating fans, which included Haaland's father Alfie.

‘Our noise’

“It was not easy for the players after the last two or three weeks,” Maresca said. “We need to learn how to deal with the outside noise because of the situation and the noise will be always there.

“So we need to learn how to deal with that, but at the same time we need to try to make our noise. That is win games like we have done today because at the end of the game, I think our fans they were singing, so the noise was from us.”

City was accused of providing misleading information about its finances over a nine-year period from 2009-18 — a span in which it won three league titles and signed superstar players like Yaya Toure, Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne.

It has appealed, but potential sanctions could include a massive fine, points deductions or even expulsion from England’s top flight.

Welcome to Anfield

In many ways a trip to Anfield to face fierce rival Liverpool in its first match since the verdicts was among the worst assignments City could have been handed. Yet such an emotionally charged game may have been the perfect way to ensure minds were only focused on the field.

The game swung after Gravenberch was sent off for a second yellow card.

Haaland had already missed a one-on-one, but made no mistake with a first-time finish from Doku's deflected cross in the 65th minute - three minutes after Gravenberch's red.

Doku curled a shot into the top corner three minutes later and Cherki scored the third when shimmying in the box.

“I think we played two different games today. One game until the red card where the players have been very good and we were the best team, but a goal hasn’t materialized. The second game from there, City were better than us," Liverpool coach Andoni Iraola said.

It was a statement win for City - especially after such a hostile reception.

“They should be stripped of everything they’ve won,” Liverpool fan Sav Agathangelo said outside the stadium. “The moment has gone for me to say in the season when we finish second, we’re champions.

“I would strip them of everything but I wouldn’t necessarily award it to runners-up or anyone else.”

City’s team bus has been targeted by Liverpool fans in the past. On this occasion City largely avoided the home fans by taking an alternative route to the stadium.

Inside, however, there was quickly a taste of things to come as the City lineup was jeered and the boos were even louder by kickoff, with chants of “cheat, cheat” and taunts of “going down.”

Yet by the time Cherki scored, many Liverpool fans had seen enough, heading for the exit with still more than 10 minutes left to play.

“This is a lovely moment and the feeling after the game will stay with us for a long time,” Haaland said.

Hull continues to impress

Mohamed Belloumi came off the bench to maintain Hull's impressive start to the season by salvaging a 2-2 draw against Everton.

The newly promoted team has lost just once this season and went ahead shortly after halftime at the MKM Stadium through Joe Gelhardt.

Everton, which faces a potential sale after U.S. owner the Friedkin Group said it was looking for new investment, rallied through goals by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Thierno Barry to take a 2-1 lead.

But Belloumi, who was a 64th-minute substitute, found the equalizer 10 minutes after coming on.

Unhappy return

Oliver Glasner fell to a 3-1 defeat on his return to Crystal Palace with new club Nottingham Forest.

Glasner is a Palace hero after winning the FA Cup, Community Shield and UEFA Conference League as coach.

He left at the end of last season and took over at Forest.

Palace rallied after Dan Ndoye put Forest in front in the third minute at Selhurst Park.

Daichi Kamada and Jefferson Lerma both struck for the home team at the end of the first half and Yeremy Pino added a third after the break.

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Left-hander Justin Wrobleski also is part of the Dodgers' roster for their matchup with Milwaukee. The Brewers went with the same 26-man group that they had for their NL Division Series against San Diego.

Rojas underwent testing after he left the Dodgers’ 3-1 victory at Atlanta in Game 3 of their NL Division Series. The imaging mostly showed prior back issues.

The veteran infielder worked out with Los Angeles on Saturday at American Family Field, and manager Dave Roberts said Rojas was available for Sunday night's NLCS opener.

“We feel good about where Miggy is at,” Roberts said.

Rojas, 37, hit a tying homer in the ninth inning of Game 7 of the World Series last year at Toronto, helping the Dodgers win their second straight championship. He has said he is leaning toward retiring at the end of the postseason.

The addition of Wrobleski gives the Dodgers 13 pitchers on their NLCS roster after they went with 12 for their matchup with the Braves. The 26-year-old Wrobleski went 12-5 with a 3.66 ERA in 22 starts and six relief appearances this year, making the NL All-Star team for the first time.

“With Justin, it’s certainly there’s a length component,” Roberts said. “There’s a, he’s been there, done that, and had a really good postseason for us last year. So to get him on some lefties in certain parts of the lineup, we feel good about.”

Infielder Hyeseong Kim was left off the Dodgers' NLCS roster. He appeared in one game against Atlanta as a defensive replacement.

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Hockenson's head appeared to hit the Superdome turf hard as he used both arms to protect the football while being gang-tackled at the end of a 7-yard catch.

Hockenson remained prone as other players rose to their feet and received treatment on the field before finally standing up and walking to the sideline.

Meanwhile, Vikings receiver Justin Jefferson was back in the lineup in his return to his hometown and the stadium where he won a national title with LSU.

Fellow New Orleans-area native Odell Beckham Jr. was not — nor was receiver Jordan Addison, who was questionable with a hamstring injury.

Jefferson, a four-time Pro Bowl selection now in his seventh NFL season, had 13 catches for 179 yards and two touchdowns in Minnesota's first three games this season before injuring his ankle and sitting out the Vikings' Week 4 victory over Miami.

Meanwhile, Saints linebacker Jaylan Ford and cornerback Lorenzo Styles made their 2026 regular-season debuts after returning to practice this week and being activated off the injured reserve list. Both had been listed as questionable on the week's final injury report.

Saints rookie defensive tackle Christen Miller, a second-round draft choice out of Georgia, also returned to the lineup for the first time since Week 1. He'd been listed as questionable with an illness.

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He joined host Janine Stanwood on the latest episode of “This Week in South Florida”, and their conversation can be seen at the top of this page.

He joined host Janine Stanwood on the latest episode of “This Week in South Florida”, and their conversation can be seen at the top of this page.

La representante de Florida Angie Nixon, quien se postula para el Senado de EE. UU., tiene programado organizar una “conversación comunitaria” de 3:00 p. m. a 4:30 p. m. el domingo en Sweetwater.

Nixon, de 42 años, quien derrotó a Alexander Vindman en las primarias demócratas, se enfrentará a la senadora republicana en el cargo, Ashley Moody, en las elecciones generales del 3 de noviembre.

Entre los invitados al evento que se llevará a cabo en Mi Pueblo, un restaurante colombiano ubicado en 10910 West Flagler St., se encuentran Evelyn DeJesus, de la Federación Estadounidense de Maestros; Karla Hernández Mats, expresidenta de United Teachers of Dade; y las defensoras de los derechos de los inmigrantes Cristina Jiménez y Greisa Martínez.

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• Ashley Moody y Angie Nixon se preparan para la contienda por el Senado de EE. UU. en noviembre
• Conforme se intensifican los anuncios de ataque en la contienda por el Senado de EE. UU. en Florida, Nixon tilda a Moody de “tener miedo”
• Republicana Moody busca asegurar escaño en Senado; demócratas creen que “cansancio con Trump” podría sacudir la contienda

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Florida Rep. Angie Nixon, who is campaigning for the U.S. Senate, is scheduled to host a “community conversation” from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday in Sweetwater.

Nixon, 42, who defeated Alexander Vindman in the Democratic primary, is challenging the Republican incumbent, Sen. Ashley Moody, in the general election on Nov. 3.

The event’s guests at Mi Pueblo, a Colombian restaurant at 10910 West Flagler St., include Evelyn DeJesus, of the American Federation of Teachers; Karla Hernandez Mats, the former president of United Teachers of Dade; and immigration advocates Cristina Jimenez and Greisa Martinez.

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• Ashley Moody, Angie Nixon prepare for November US Senate showdown
• As attack ads heat up in Florida’s US Senate race, Nixon calls Moody ‘scared’
• Republican Moody hopes to lock down Senate seat; Dems think ‘Trump fatigue’ could upend race

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The fourth annual Plantation Goes Pink 5K presented by Baptist Health took place at Plantation Central Park.

Runners and walkers were dressed in pink as they got their steps in while supporting the fight to cure breast cancer.

Andrea Ivory, executive director and founder of the Woman’s Breast and Heart Initiative, said her organization will receive 100% of the proceeds from Sunday’s event.

“We break down barriers and mobilize people and resources to get this population a fighting chance,” Ivory said.

Added cancer survivor Karen Hefner: “I was forty years old, three kids under ten. It runs in the family and when I was tested, they said you have three spots there and if we don’t do it now, you’re going to die. I said let’s go, I had a double mastectomy and I’m 65 now.”

Local 10’s Samiar Nefzi was there, and his reports can be seen at the top of this page and below this text.

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Isaias, which weakened after landfall, killed at least four people in Florida and Alabama, including a man and a woman in Escambia County, according to officials.

Scott planned to stop at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday at Dewey Destin’s Seafood, a waterfront restaurant at 9 Calhoun Ave., which has a view of the Crab Islands.

Parker Destin, the restaurant’s owner; Bobby Wagner, the mayor of Destin; and Okaloosa County Commissioners Carolyn Ketchel, Trey Goodwin, and Drew Palmer were among the people Scott planned on meeting with.

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• Reporting from Pensacola: Isaias brings flooding, damage
• Florida keeps shelters open in 9 counties after Hurricane Isaias
• Weather Authority: Isaias becomes post-tropical after landfall
• Hurricane Specialist: Isaias slams western Florida Panhandle Friday; heavy rain, winds spread across Southeast today
• National story: 4 dead from storm as Isaias brings threat of floods across the Southeast

Fuertes ráfagas de viento arrancaron el techo del Rest & Relax Inn, ubicado en 7200 Plantation Road en Pensacola. También se registraron daños en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Pensacola.

El primer huracán de la temporada del Atlántico causó la muerte de al menos cuatro personas y dejó sin electricidad a unas 900,000 en Florida y Alabama, según las autoridades.

En el condado de Escambia, una mujer murió después de que un árbol cayera sobre su vivienda, y un hombre murió mientras mantenía un generador en funcionamiento en su garaje durante la tormenta, según el sheriff Chip Simmons.

En Alabama, la caída de árboles fue la causa de dos muertes en Birmingham y el condado de Barbour.

Informes relacionados

• Florida mantiene abiertos los refugios en nueve condados después del huracán Isaias
• El senador Rick Scott recorrerá los daños causados por el huracán Isaias en Destin
• Reporte desde Pensacola: Isaias provoca inundaciones y daños en el noroeste de Florida

• Autoridad Meteorológica: Isaias se convierte en ciclón postropical tras tocar tierra
• Especialista en huracanes: Isaias azota el oeste del Panhandle de Florida el viernes; fuertes lluvias y vientos se extienden por el sureste hoy
• Noticia nacional: Cuatro muertos por la tormenta mientras Isaias amenaza con inundaciones en todo el sureste

Los condados de Bay, Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Walton, Washington, Santa Rosa, Gadsden y Wakulla tenían refugios abiertos después de la tormenta, según la División de Manejo de Emergencias de Florida (FDEM).

Isaias, que tocó tierra el viernes por la noche cerca de Destin como tormenta de categoría 2, causó la muerte de al menos cuatro personas en Florida y Alabama, según las autoridades.

En el condado de Escambia, una mujer murió después de que un árbol cayera sobre su vivienda, y un hombre murió por intoxicación con monóxido de carbono procedente de un generador en su garaje, según el sheriff Chip Simmons.

Cuatro centros de vida asistida con unos 280 residentes y un hogar de ancianos con más de 80 residentes fueron evacuados, según la Agencia para la Administración de la Atención Médica de Florida.

Para obtener más información sobre los refugios, visite esta página. Para obtener información sobre el registro para personas con necesidades especiales del Departamento de Salud de Florida, visite esta página.

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• Reporte desde Pensacola: Isaias provoca inundaciones y daños en el noroeste de Florida
• Autoridad Meteorológica: Isaias se convierte en ciclón postropical tras tocar tierra
• Especialista en huracanes: Isaias azota el oeste del Panhandle de Florida el viernes; fuertes lluvias y vientos se extienden por el sureste hoy
• Noticia nacional: Cuatro muertos por la tormenta mientras Isaias amenaza con inundaciones en todo el sureste

Isaías, que se debilitó tras tocar tierra, causó la muerte de al menos cuatro personas en Florida y Alabama, entre ellas un hombre y una mujer en el condado de Escambia, informaron autoridades.

Scott tenía previsto hacer una parada el domingo a la 1:30 p. m. en Dewey Destin’s Seafood, un restaurante frente al mar ubicado en la avenida Calhoun n.º 9, que cuenta con vista a las Islas Crab.

Parker Destin, el dueño del restaurante; Bobby Wagner, el alcalde de Destin; y los comisionados del condado de Okaloosa Carolyn Ketchel, Trey Goodwin y Drew Palmer se encontraban entre las personas con las que Scott tenía previsto reunirse.

Historias relacionadas

• Reporte desde Pensacola: Isaias provoca inundaciones, Florida mantiene refugios abiertos en nueve condados tras el Huracán Isaías
• Autoridad Meteorológica: Isaias se convierte en ciclón postropical tras tocar tierra
• Especialista en huracanes: Isaias azota el oeste del Panhandle de Florida el viernes; fuertes lluvias y vientos se extienden por el sureste hoy
• Noticia nacional: Cuatro muertos por la tormenta mientras Isaias amenaza con inundaciones en todo el sureste

Meanwhile, Israel’s former attorney general took the witness stand in corruption cases against Benjamin Netanyahu, as the political future of the country's longest-serving prime minister hangs in the balance with elections weeks away.

Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Saturday. Read our full coverage here.

Iran says latest US response is ‘insufficient’

The head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council says Tehran finds the latest response from the United States “insufficient” as efforts at negotiations to end the war and fully open the Strait of Hormuz limp along.

The comments by Mohsen Rezaei, a former Revolutionary Guard commander, were carried by Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency.

Rezaei added that Iran is no longer responding to the U.S. and said Washington must clarify certain issues, without giving details. He said the U.S. has accepted some of the seven conditions but others remain unclear.

Iran’s delegation to the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders last month proposed a sped-up agreement that echoed the memorandum of understanding that collapsed days after the U.S. and Iran signed it in June. The new proposal was rejected, but the two sides have remained in contact via mediation.

Rezaei also threatened “cables, data centers, AI facilities and other sites in the region” if intense fighting breaks out again.

Meanwhile, the Guard's navy warned that any ship on the strait that turns off navigation and identification systems would be “identified as hostile," according to an IRNA report. Attacks on ships transiting the strait have increased since Iran's proposal was rejected. One attack was reported Sunday.

Former legal adviser testifies in Netanyahu corruption case

Israel's former attorney general took the witness stand in Netanyahu's long-running corruption trial.

Avichai Mandelblit indicted the prime minister seven years ago for fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes. The charges were the first-ever against a sitting Israeli prime minister.

Netanyahu was in the courtroom to hear Mandelblit testify. The prime minister handpicked Mandelblit, his former Cabinet secretary, for the attorney general job. His tenure ended in 2022.

Netanyahu has been accused of offering or exchanging favors with wealthy associates and media moguls for political gain. He denies any wrongdoing.

Saudi Arabia on alert as Houthis warn of new strikes

A projectile struck the same passenger terminal at the Riyadh international airport that was hit on Saturday. The airport had been closed after Saturday's attack, which killed 12 people, but Saudi authorities reported injuries in the latest attack.

Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed responsibility for both attacks on King Khalid International Airport, which has been targeted every day since Wednesday. The latest strike in Riyadh came shortly after the Houthis said the airport in the rebel-held Yemeni capital of Sanaa had been struck again, and blamed the Saudis. On Sunday night the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV channel reported further strikes on Sanaa, blaming Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has not commented on the strikes.

Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, the Houthis' military spokesperson, urged “everyone to take our warnings seriously" about the risks of flying in Saudi airspace.

The attacks have marked a major escalation in the war between the Houthis and the kingdom, and complicated efforts to halt the U.S.-Iran war.

Gaza residents return to rubble as strikes continue

Residents in central Gaza returned home to assess the damage caused by Israeli strikes after they had been warned to evacuate the day before.

Bassam Abed said at least 10 residences housing some 300 families were reduced to rubble, and families were not given enough time to flee.

“Women slept outdoors. We did not take clothes,” Abed said.

Israel's military said it had targeted militant infrastructure, including a rocket launch site and a command center used by Hamas militants to attack soldiers.

One year after Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire deal, Israel continues to launch near-daily strikes.

Netanyahu wants probe into ‘NAZA’ documentary

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked the attorney general and head of the Shin Bet security service to investigate people who participated in the new documentary “NAZA,” in which Israeli military insiders describe what they say was the reckless killing of civilians in Gaza.

Netanyahu said the film, which debuted at the Venice Film Festival to a record 25-minute standing ovation, tells “a false, misleading and biased story that slanders the State of Israel” and its military.

The documentary has angered and unsettled Israelis, whose view of the war in Gaza differs sharply from that of much of the world, where criticism of Israel’s actions in the Palestinian territory has grown.

Netanyahu is fighting to stay in power in the Oct. 27 election, in which security is a major issue.

Lebanese army says retired officer killed by Israeli shelling

Lebanon’s army said it had recovered the body of a retired army officer who was killed by Israeli artillery fire while checking on his property in the southern town of Yater.

It said Ali Abdul Hassan Sweidan was “directly targeted by a hostile Israeli tank” and called it “a flagrant violation of existing understandings."

An Israeli military spokesperson said they were not aware of the incident.

Israel has occupied a large swath of southern Lebanon since the outbreak of its latest war with the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in March.

La cuarta edición anual de la carrera Plantation Goes Pink 5K, presentada por Baptist Health, se realizó en el Plantation Central Park.

Los corredores y caminantes se vistieron de rosa mientras recorrían la ruta, apoyando así la lucha para curar el cáncer de mama.

Andrea Ivory, directora ejecutiva y fundadora de la Iniciativa para la Salud Mamaria y Cardíaca de la Mujer, dijo que su organización recibirá el 100 % de las recaudaciones del evento del domingo.

Samiar Nefzi, de Local 10, estuvo presente, y sus reportajes se pueden ver en la parte superior de esta página y debajo de este texto.

It was quite a start to the game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Jaguars rookie Josh Cameron returned the opening kickoff 90 yards for a would-be touchdown, but it was called back because of offsetting penalties including a hold by Jacksonville’s Branson Combs.

Meanwhile, there was a scrum at midfield, with pushing and shoving on both sides.

When the dust settled, two players were ejected: Jacksonville’s Bryan Thomas Jr. and Philadelphia’s Jeremiah Trotter Jr.

And then the teams did the kickoff all over again.

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Bay, Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Walton, Washington, Santa Rosa, Gadsden, and Wakulla counties had post-storm shelters open, according to the FDEM.

Isaias, which made landfall on Friday night near Destin as a Category 2 storm, killed at least four people in Florida and Alabama, according to officials.

In Escambia County, a woman died after a tree fell on her home, and a man died of carbon monoxide fumes from a generator in his garage, according to Sheriff Chip Simmons.

Four assisted living facilities with about 280 residents and a nursing home with over 80 residents evacuated, according to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.

For more information about shelters, visit this page. For information about the Florida Department of Health’s special needs registry, visit this page.

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• Reporting from Pensacola: Isaias brings flooding, damage
• Weather Authority: Isaias becomes post-tropical after landfall
• Hurricane Specialist: Isaias slams western Florida Panhandle Friday; heavy rain, winds spread across Southeast today
• National story: 4 dead from storm as Isaias brings threat of floods across the Southeast

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Strong wind gusts blew the roof off the Rest & Relax Inn at 7200 Plantation Road in Pensacola. There was also damage at the Pensacola International Airport.

The first hurricane of the Atlantic season caused at least four people to die and some 900,000 to lose power in Florida and Alabama, according to officials.

In Escambia County, a woman died after a tree fell on her home, and a man died while keeping a generator running in his garage during the storm, according to Sheriff Chip Simmons.

In Alabama, downed trees were to blame for two deaths in Birmingham and Barbour County.

Related reports

• Florida keeps shelters open in 9 counties after Hurricane Isaias
• Sen. Rick Scott to tour Hurricane Isaias damage in Destin
• Reporting from Pensacola: Isaias brings flooding, damage

• Weather Authority: Isaias becomes post-tropical after landfall
• Hurricane Specialist: Isaias slams western Florida Panhandle Friday; heavy rain, winds spread across Southeast today
• National story: 4 dead from storm as Isaias brings threat of floods across the Southeast

Zheng clinched with her first match point chance, serving an ace to Andreeva’s backhand side, then fell to the court sobbing with emotion.

Zheng’s ranking plummeted due to an elbow injury from a career-high No. 4 last year to 160 this season. She was No. 54 coming into her home tournament as a wild card this week and will now return to the top 30, the WTA said.

“I’ve been through a very tough year,” Zheng said in English in a trophy presentation that had a touch of karaoke. She sang a pop song to roars of appreciation from fans in the arena.

A stellar 2024 saw Zheng reach the final of the Australian Open, win the Paris Olympics singles title at Roland Garros, then in October take a fifth career title on the WTA tour in Japan.

As a qualifier at the U.S. Open in August, Zheng showed her old form was back when she advanced to the quarterfinals, having twice rallied from 5-0 deficits in matches she won against Madison Keys and Iga Swiatek.

Despite the loss, Andreeva is set to rise to a career-high No. 3 ranking. She held three points to win the first set Sunday, leading 5-4, before Zheng reeled off 11 straight points to clinch the set.

“For sure today she played great,” Andreeva said of Zheng. “It’s also very nice to see her playing better and coming back.”

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El inicio del partido está programado para las 8:00 p.m., hora del este.

Miami llega al partido con un récord de 2-0 en la pretemporada, con un promedio de 128.5 puntos por encuentro.

Se espera que el entrenador del Heat, Erik Spoelstra, adopte un enfoque similar al de los primeros dos partidos, dando más minutos de juego a muchos de los jugadores habituales del equipo durante la primera mitad, antes de dar una oportunidad al resto de la plantilla después del medio tiempo.

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El incidente ocurrió poco después de las 12:30 a.m. en la cuadra 1300 de North State Road 7, cerca del centro comercial Lauderhill Mall.

Según el Departamento de Policía de Lauderhill, los agentes acudieron al lugar y encontraron al hombre, un peatón, “con múltiples lesiones”.

El sargento Parys Thomas, portavoz de la policía de Lauderhill, informó en un comunicado de prensa que el hombre “fue trasladado al Broward Health Medical Center, donde permanece en condición crítica, pero estable”.

“El conductor huyó de la escena en un vehículo desconocido y en dirección desconocida”, dijo Thomas.

Se solicita a cualquier persona que tenga información que llame a la Policía de Lauderhill o a Broward Crime Stoppers al 954-493-8477.

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The Herons wasted no time getting on the scoreboard. Just two minutes into the match, Luis Suárez found the back of the net after being played through by Sergio Reguilón, finishing with a clinical strike to give Miami an early 1-0 lead.

Miami continued to push forward in search of a second goal, but D.C. United settled into the match and managed to keep the Herons at bay for much of the next 20 minutes.

In the 35th minute, the momentum briefly shifted as D.C. United pinned Miami deep in its own six-yard box, sending a series of crosses into the penalty area. The Herons weathered the pressure, cleared the danger and regained control of possession.

That patience soon paid off.

A slick passing sequence between Suárez and Lionel Messi opened up the D.C. United defense. Messi’s attempt was stopped, but the rebound fell to Germán Berterame, who headed the ball toward Suárez. The Uruguayan finished with his left foot to double Miami’s advantage.

The Herons carried a 2-0 lead into halftime after controlling the closing stages of the first half. Messi had one more opportunity before the break, stepping up to take a free kick in added time, but D.C. United’s goalkeeper made the save.

Miami picked up right where it left off after halftime, adding a third goal almost immediately.

Suárez and Messi connected again, with Suárez flicking the ball over a D.C. United defender before sending it into the box. Messi met the pass and finished with his first touch to make it 3-0.

Suárez had now recorded two goals and an assist, contributing to all three of Miami’s goals.

D.C. United struggled to maintain possession as Miami pressed aggressively and forced the visitors to work for every opportunity. Messi nearly added another when he fired a left-footed shot off the post, but his second goal of the night was just around the corner.

In the 60th minute, Messi collected the ball near midfield and drove toward goal, weaving his way into the penalty area before calmly slotting his shot into the bottom-right corner. The finish capped off another brilliant individual effort and extended Miami’s lead to 4-0.

The crowd at Nu Stadium erupted into chants of “Messi, Messi, Messi” as the Argentine celebrated with his teammates.

With a four-goal cushion, Miami shifted its focus to managing the game and protecting the clean sheet. D.C. United recorded 10 shots but generated just 0.30 expected goals, underscoring the Herons’ defensive control.

As the match entered its final 20 minutes, the pace slowed, with Miami comfortably managing possession and limiting D.C. United’s opportunities. Five minutes were added in stoppage time, but the visitors could not find a breakthrough.

The final whistle confirmed a convincing 4-0 victory for Miami, a much-needed result as the Herons put their winless streak behind them.

After the match, the entire Miami squad gathered in front of the supporters to celebrate the emphatic win.

Inter Miami will look to build on the result Wednesday when it hosts New York City FC at Nu Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

Las Garzas no tardaron en abrir el marcador. Apenas dos minutos después del inicio del partido, Luis Suárez encontró el fondo de la red tras recibir un pase de Sergio Reguilón, y definió con un remate preciso para darle a Miami una ventaja temprana de 1-0.

Miami continuó atacando en busca de un segundo gol, pero D.C. United se asentó en el partido y logró mantener a raya a las Garzas durante gran parte de los siguientes 20 minutos.

En el minuto 35, el impulso cambió brevemente cuando D.C. United acorraló a Miami en su propia área chica y envió una serie de centros al área penal. Las Garzas resistieron la presión, despejaron el peligro y recuperaron el control de la posesión.

Esa paciencia pronto dio resultados.

Una combinación de pases precisos entre Suárez y Lionel Messi abrió la defensa de D.C. United. El disparo de Messi fue detenido, pero el rebote le quedó a Germán Berterame, quien cabeceó el balón hacia Suárez. El uruguayo definió con la pierna izquierda para ampliar la ventaja de Miami.

Las Garzas se fueron al descanso con una ventaja de 2-0 después de controlar los minutos finales de la primera mitad. Messi tuvo una oportunidad más antes del descanso al cobrar un tiro libre en el tiempo añadido, pero el portero de D.C. United detuvo el disparo.

Miami retomó el partido después del descanso justo donde lo había dejado y añadió un tercer gol casi de inmediato.

Suárez y Messi volvieron a conectar, con Suárez elevando el balón por encima de un defensor de D.C. United antes de enviarlo al área. Messi recibió el pase y definió de primera intención para poner el marcador 3-0.

Suárez ya había registrado dos goles y una asistencia, participando en los tres goles de Miami.

D.C. United tuvo dificultades para mantener la posesión mientras Miami presionaba agresivamente y obligaba al equipo visitante a esforzarse en cada oportunidad. Messi estuvo cerca de marcar otro gol cuando estrelló un disparo con la pierna izquierda en el poste, pero su segundo tanto de la noche estaba a punto de llegar.

En el minuto 60, Messi recibió el balón cerca de la mitad de la cancha y avanzó hacia la portería, se abrió paso entre los defensores hasta entrar al área penal y colocó tranquilamente su disparo en la esquina inferior derecha. La definición coronó otra brillante acción individual y amplió la ventaja de Miami a 4-0.

La multitud en el Nu Stadium estalló en cánticos de “Messi, Messi, Messi” mientras el argentino celebraba con sus compañeros.

Con una ventaja de cuatro goles, Miami cambió su enfoque a controlar el partido y proteger su portería sin recibir goles. D.C. United registró 10 disparos, pero generó apenas 0.30 goles esperados, lo que destacó el control defensivo de las Garzas.

Cuando el partido entró en sus últimos 20 minutos, el ritmo disminuyó, con Miami controlando cómodamente la posesión y limitando las oportunidades de D.C. United. Se añadieron cinco minutos de tiempo de compensación, pero el equipo visitante no logró encontrar una oportunidad para descontar.

El silbatazo final confirmó una convincente victoria de 4-0 para Miami, un resultado muy necesario mientras las Garzas dejaban atrás su racha sin triunfos.

Después del partido, todo el plantel de Miami se reunió frente a los aficionados para celebrar la contundente victoria.

Inter Miami buscará aprovechar este resultado el miércoles, cuando reciba a New York City FC en el Nu Stadium. El inicio del partido está programado para las 7:30 p.m.

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It happened just after 12:30 a.m. in the 1300 block of North State Road 7, near the Lauderhill Mall.

According to the Lauderhill Police Department, police responded and found the man, a pedestrian, “suffering from multiple injuries.”

Sgt. Parys Thomas, an LPD spokesperson, said in a news release that the man “was transported to Broward Health Medical Center, where he remains in critical, but stable condition.”

“The driver fled the scene in an unknown vehicle and direction of travel,” Thomas said.

Anyone with information is asked to call LPD or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

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Erik Spoelstra, the Heat’s head coach, praised Ryan Conwell, who got the ball down one at the buzzer.

Spoelstra also noticed an aggressive Niko Jovic making the most of his work with 12 points and 6 rebounds in the first half.

Miami entered the game with a 2-0 record in pre-season, averaging 128.5 points per game. Tipoff was at 8 p.m.

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El Miami Heat perdió 125-124 ante los Minnesota Timberwolves en un partido de pretemporada el sábado por la noche en el Kaseya Center, en el centro de Miami.

Erik Spoelstra, entrenador en jefe del Heat, elogió a Ryan Conwell, quien recibió el balón cuando el equipo perdía por un punto al sonar la bocina.

Spoelstra también destacó a un Niko Jovic agresivo, que aprovechó al máximo su trabajo al registrar 12 puntos y seis rebotes en la primera mitad.

Miami llegó al partido con un récord de 2-0 en la pretemporada, con un promedio de 128.5 puntos por partido. El encuentro comenzó a las 8 p.m.

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Hot through Monday before a weak frontal boundary moves through the region. This front will clear out the tropical humidity through the middle of the week with more sunshine and seasonable temperatures.

En el oeste de Carolina del Norte, los ríos se desbordaron mientras las fuertes lluvias aumentaban el riesgo de inundaciones, según el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Indicó sobre la posibilidad de tornados en partes de Virginia y Carolina del Norte, así como condiciones peligrosas de oleaje y corrientes de resaca a lo largo de las costas del sureste del país.

Al menos cuatro muertes estuvieron vinculadas a Isaías, el primer huracán de la temporada del Atlántico, que tocó tierra como huracán de categoría 2 el viernes cerca de Destin, Florida, un destino vacacional de la costa del Golfo lleno de edificios altos y tiendas para turistas. La tormenta luego avanzó con fuerza hacia Alabama con vientos de intensidad tropical antes de dirigirse más al norte.

En el condado de Escambia, Florida, el jefe policial Chip Simmons informó que una mujer murió cuando un árbol cayó sobre su casa y que un hombre falleció por inhalación de monóxido de carbono procedente de un generador que funcionaba en su garaje.

Una persona murió cuando un árbol cayó sobre una casa en Birmingham, indicó Cory Moon, jefe de bomberos de la ciudad. Josh Johnson, de la agencia estatal de gestión de emergencias, atribuyó una segunda muerte relacionada con la tormenta en Alabama a un accidente de vehículo en el que estuvo involucrado un árbol caído en el condado de Barbour.

Fuertes lluvias causan problemas en Carolina del Norte

En el condado Burke de Carolina del Norte, un hombre y una mujer sin hogar estaban acampando cuando las aguas crecidas del río Catawba los tomó desprevenidos. Fueron rescatados, junto con su perro, según un portavoz de la agencia de gestión de emergencias del condado. Por separado, una mujer atrapada dentro de su auto fue liberada en las afueras de Morganton.

En el condado McDowell de Carolina del Norte, justo al oeste del condado Burke, los socorristas relataron que atendieron cinco deslaves y evacuaciones voluntarias durante la noche del sábado al domingo mientras respondían a carreteras inundadas y arroyos crecidos.

Casi una decena de estaciones meteorológicas locales en Carolina del Norte reportaron totales torrenciales de lluvia en 24 horas, desde unos 13 centímetros (unas 5 pulgadas) hasta un máximo de 24 centímetros (9,57 pulgadas) en la estación de bomberos y rescate en Enola. El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional indicó que la lluvia estaba disminuyendo en el área, pero que seguían siendo posibles aumentos rápidos de ríos e inundaciones.

Las secuelas de Isaías en Florida

Los vientos con fuerza de huracán en el noroeste de Florida arrancaron el techo de un hotel en Pensacola. La tormenta aplastó un cobertizo para botes en Destin y arrancó parte de la fachada de un edificio alto en Panama City Beach.

En una iglesia en Pensacola donde la United Cajun Navy distribuía suministros el domingo por la mañana, una fila de cientos de autos se extendía alrededor de la manzana. Yvette Haro relató que llegó a las 5 a.m. después de que el día anterior la rechazaran porque se habían agotado los suministros.

Con un hijo de 10 años y una hija de 5 en casa, dijo que es difícil ir a las tiendas y esperar en filas largas. Buscaba agua, toallas de papel, papel higiénico y suministros de limpieza.

Aunque su casa no sufrió daños, la pérdida de electricidad estaba complicando las cosas, señaló Haro. “Lo más importante es que nuestra comida se está echando a perder”, relató.

Menos de 300.000 clientes seguían sin electricidad en el noroeste de Florida y el sur de Alabama la noche del domingo, según poweroutage.com. El gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, dijo que se prevé que se restablezca el servicio en su totalidad a más tardar el martes por la noche.

Rachel trae viento y lluvia al sur de California y el suroeste

Rachel se convirtió durante la noche en un ciclón postropical, trayendo olas inusualmente grandes al sur de California.

Las olas azotaron un malecón de madera en la península de Long Beach y obligaron a propietarios de viviendas a evacuar. La franja de propiedades multimillonarias frente al mar, junto con gran parte de la costa del sur de California, ya estaba tambaleándose por el huracán Marie en septiembre.

“Esta zona está completamente destrozada y vulnerable”, afirmó Jack Gordon, agente inmobiliario de Long Beach.

El océano Pacífico está anormalmente cálido para esta época del año, debido al patrón meteorológico de El Niño, dijo Joe Sirard, del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional en Oxnard, California.

“Cuando tenemos esta agua cálida, en realidad hace que el océano supere los niveles normales de marea previstos”, explicó Sirard. Eso se ve afectado por el oleaje oceánico y las ráfagas de viento de Rachel. La ciudad de Long Beach colocó decenas de sacos de arena a lo largo del tramo donde las olas destruyeron el malecón y golpearon contra viviendas.

Jazmin Evers, una madre de 37 años que dirige un negocio de cerámica en Long Beach, dijo que la comunidad está en vilo. “Cada vez que baja la marea todos como que respiran —excepto, por supuesto, la gente cuyos edificios están siendo destruidos”, comentó. “Cuando la marea vuelve a subir, los nervios vuelven a aumentar”. Rachel se disipó sobre Las Vegas, donde cayeron 2,4 centímetros (una pulgada) de lluvia, dejando calles inundadas en el Strip de Las Vegas.

En el Pacífico, el huracán Simón era una tormenta de categoría 4 mientras azotaba la costa del Pacífico de México el domingo, con su ojo permaneciendo justo mar adentro mientras sus vientos y lluvias más potentes golpeaban a personas que viven entre la Sierra Madre y el océano.

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Brumback reportó desde Atlanta. Walker desde Nueva York. Kathy McCormack en Concord, Nueva Hampshire, Jack Brook en Nueva Orleans y Josh Kelety en Phoenix también contribuyeron.

In western North Carolina, rivers overflowed as heavy rainfall raised the risk of flash and urban flooding, according to the National Weather Service. It said tornadoes were possible in parts of Virginia and North Carolina as well as dangerous surf and rip current conditions along the Gulf and southeastern Atlantic coasts.

At least four deaths were linked to Isaias, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, which came ashore as a Category 2 hurricane Friday near Destin, Florida, a Gulf Coast vacation spot filled with high-rises and tourist shops. The storm then roared into Alabama with tropical-force winds before heading farther north.

In Florida’s Escambia County, Sheriff Chip Simmons said a woman was killed when a tree fell on her home and a man died of carbon monoxide fumes from a generator running in his garage.

One person died when a tree fell on a house in Birmingham, said Cory Moon, the city’s fire chief. A second storm-related death in Alabama was attributed to a motor vehicle crash involving a downed tree in Barbour County, said Josh Johnson of the state’s emergency management agency.

Heavy rains cause problems in North Carolina

In Burke County, North Carolina, an unhoused male and female were camping when floodwaters from the Catawba River caught them off guard. They were rescued, along with their dog, according to a spokesperson for the county emergency management agency. Separately, a woman trapped inside her car in floodwaters was freed outside of Morganton.

In McDowell County, North Carolina, just west of Burke County, first responders said they dealt with five landslides and voluntary evacuations overnight Saturday into Sunday as they responded to flooded roads and streams overflowing their banks.

Nearly a dozen local weather stations in the western North Carolina county reported torrential 24-hour rainfall totals from about 5 inches (13 centimeters) to as much as 9.57 inches (24 centimeters) at the fire/rescue station in Enola. The weather service said rainfall was diminishing in the area but that rapid river rises and flooding remained possible.

Dealing with Isaias aftermath in Florida

Hurricane-force winds in the Florida Panhandle blew the roof off a Pensacola hotel. The storm flattened a boathouse in Destin and ripped away part of the facade of a high-rise in Panama City Beach.

At a church in Pensacola where the United Cajun Navy was distributing supplies Sunday morning, a line of hundreds of cars stretched around the block. Yvette Haro said she arrived at 5 a.m. after being turned away the previous day because supplies had run out.

With a 10-year-old son and a 5-year-old daughter at home, she said it's hard to go to stores and wait in long lines. She was looking for water, paper towels, toilet paper and cleaning supplies.

While her home didn't suffer any damage, the loss of electricity was making things difficult, Haro said. “The biggest thing is our food going bad,” she said.

About 226,000 customers remained without power Sunday evening in the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama, according to poweroutage.com. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he expected nearly everyone to have it restored by Tuesday night.

Rachel brings wind and rain to southern California and the Southwest

Rachel became a post-tropical cyclone overnight, bringing unusually big waves to Southern California.

Waves battered a century-old wooden boardwalk on the Long Beach peninsula and forced homeowners to evacuate. The strip of multimillion-dollar oceanfront properties, along with much of the Southern California coastline, was already reeling from Hurricane Marie in September.

“This area is completely shattered and vulnerable,” Jack Gordon, a Long Beach real estate agent, said.

The Pacific Ocean is abnormally warm, about 7 to 8 degrees F warmer than normal for this time of year, due to the El Niño weather pattern, said Joe Sirard of the weather service in Oxnard, California

“When we have this warm water, it actually causes the ocean to rise above the normal predicted tide levels,” Sirard said. That's affected by Rachel's ocean swells and wind gusts. The City of Long Beach placed dozens of 3,000-pound (1,360-kilogram) sandbags along the stretch of peninsula where waves tore apart the historic boardwalk and smashed against coastal homes.

Jazmin Evers, a 37-year-old mother who runs a pottery business from her Long Beach rental home, said the community is on edge. “Every time the tide goes down everyone just kind of takes a breath — except, of course, the people whose buildings are being destroyed,” she said. “When the tide comes back up, everybody’s nerves kind of ramp back up.” Rachel dissipated over Las Vegas as it drenched deserts across the Southwest. An inch (2.4 centimeters) of rain fell in the city Sunday, leading to gushing water and flooded streets on the Las Vegas Strip.

In the Pacific, Hurricane Simon was a Category 4 storm as it pounded Mexico’s Pacific coast Sunday, its eye remaining just offshore as its most powerful winds and rain slammed people living between the Sierra Madre and the ocean. ___

Brumback reported from Atlanta. Walker reported from New York. Kathy McCormack in Concord, New Hampshire, Jack Brook in New Orleans and Josh Kelety in Phoenix also contributed.

Despite higher prices, criticism from trade experts and displeasure among voters, Trump holds fast to his belief that imposing the highest import duties on U.S. trading partners since the Great Depression is a winner.

A recent poll suggests that is a big gamble with less than a month before the Nov. 3 midterms. Most U.S. adults disapprove of his trade policies, with more than 64% saying he has gone too far with his latest tariffs, compared with 58% in January.

A look at the political, legal and economic challenges to the Republican president's approach to trade.

Where Trump's ever-changing tariffs stand today

The United States has set taxes on imports from most countries in the low double digits, although the rates have gone up and down because of legal setbacks as well as Trump's habit of changing them seemingly on a whim.

In the biggest round last year, Trump levied what he called “reciprocal” tariffs and other duties on dozens of countries. He cited a 1977 law that he said allowed him to act without congressional approval in an economic emergency.

After the Supreme Court struck that down in February, Trump turned to an array of other trade laws to accomplish his goals.

The primary one he is using now, Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, allows him to impose tariffs on countries that he believes are engaging in unfair trade practices, such as not adequately enforcing a ban on forced labor. The new duties range from 10% to 12.5% on imports from 60 economies, including big U.S. trading partners such as the European Union, India, Japan, Canada and Mexico.

Why trade experts think Trump is causing more damage than good

Trump is taking a sledgehammer to a relatively open global trading system that many mainstream economists think has benefited the U.S. enormously. It has helped boost growth, keep prices low and make U.S. businesses more competitive and often dominant in global industries.

The U.S. is the second-largest exporter in the world, after China. It exported $3.4 trillion in goods and services last year, far ahead of third place Germany’s $2.3 trillion.

Although Trump claims foreign exporters are paying tariffs, it is mostly Americans who are footing the bill. Studies, including ones from New York Fed and Harvard, have shown that overseas companies have largely not lowered their prices to offset the tariffs that U.S. businesses pay at the border. Those businesses are absorbing the added costs or passing them along to consumers through higher prices.

The White House responds that the factory boom is already underway and points to statistics showing that manufacturing jobs, after falling last year, are on the upswing and work in certain nonresidential construction trades is rising, too.

“Factory construction jobs of today mean more manufacturing jobs down the road once those factories come online,” said White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers.

Mixed evidence that countries are ‘ripping off’ the US

In the four years after China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, nearly 3 million U.S. manufacturing jobs were lost, accelerating a shift away from factory work. Even global trade enthusiasts recognize the damage. Many U.S. companies struggled to compete with an influx of discounted products from China, which has suppressed consumption to encourage exports

It also is true that some countries have higher tariffs than the U.S., manipulate their currencies lower to ensure to make their exports to the U.S. cheaper and help industries with subsidies.

But tariffs among U.S. major trading partners are low, often comparable to U.S. rates and sometimes lower.

Before the trade war, the U.S. rate averaged 1.47% for goods from the European Union, slightly above the average 1.35% imposed by the EU on American products, according to the Brussels think tank Bruegel. Europeans are big buyers of what America wants to sell. About 30% of European imports are from U.S.-owned companies, according to the European Central Bank.

The relationship with Canada, America's big trading partner to the north, was also similar before trade talks broke down this summer. Canada's effective tariff rate on U.S. imports was about 2.4%, less than half the 5% that the U.S. had on Canadian imports, according to calculations by Oxford Economics.

Now the countries are mired in a tit-for-tat dispute, with both countries escalating tariffs on each other.

Last year, Vandermeer's premonition came true in a very personal way. The 62-year-old lost his job as a product designer at Howard Miller, a clockmaker that relied on parts produced overseas. After a century in business, the company in Zeeland, Michigan, closed its factory, sold off its inventory and brand name and laid off nearly 200 workers.

“So much for bringing jobs back,” Vandermeer said. Next month, he plans to vote straight Democrat in the midterms.

As if an unpopular war with Iran and persistent inflation were not enough trouble for Republicans, they are confronting a backlash over the tariffs that Trump made a cornerstone of his economic agenda. He promised that charging higher taxes on imports would spur a factory renaissance in the United States, but that has not come to pass. Although the country has added manufacturing jobs so far this year, the sector has fewer employees than when Trump returned to the White House in January 2025.

White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers insisted that a factory boom is underway, citing increases in manufacturing output and more work in certain nonresidential construction trades. “Factory construction jobs of today mean more manufacturing jobs down the road once those factories come online,” she said.

Even before the tariffs, Howard Miller struggled as Americans lost their taste for fancy timepieces such as its signature grandfather and mantel clocks. So the company broadened its offerings years ago to include bar carts, cabinets and consoles.

But those products also depended on glass and other parts from abroad, and diversification did not ensure survival.

“I could still have a job, but now I don’t because of tariffs,” Vandermeer said. “It was like taking a knife to the back.”

Job losses pile up in battleground states

Vandermeer lives in Michigan's 4th Congressional District, which is represented by Republican Bill Huizenga, who is running for a ninth term in the Nov. 3 election.

Before Trump implemented his broadest set of tariffs last year, on what the president called “Liberation Day,” Huizenga was supportive.

“Is it going to be easy? Not necessarily. Is it the right thing to do? Absolutely it is,” he told reporters at the time.

A spokesperson for Huizenga said last week that the congressman “sees a potential role for tariffs” for boosting domestic manufacturing "while recognizing the need to address their broader economic effects.” His Democratic opponent, state Sen. Sean McCann, has criticized the incumbent for opposing legislation that would rein in tariffs that Trump imposed unilaterally.

There are similar issues in competitive races in Kansas, Iowa and Ohio, where Republican acquiescence could hurt the party on Election Day as their constituents face factory layoffs, farm foreclosures and higher prices.

Tracy Chew, 55, voted for Trump in 2016, then for Democrat Joe Biden in 2020 and Democrat Kamala Harris in 2024.

She used to work for Case, a backhoe manufacturer, but the company announced before the tariffs that it would close its plant in Burlington, Iowa. She lost her job in April, as did her daughter, followed by husband and son-in-law over the next few weeks.

Chew is leaning toward voting for Democrats again this year, feeling that Trump let them down.

“I’m furious he isn’t doing enough," she said. “Tariffs are not targeting the right companies, the right amount."

Layoffs in Iowa have piled up elsewhere.

Winnebago Industries, which produces recreational vehicles like campers, cut 200 jobs last year after the cost of importing aluminum, steel and electronics increased by tens of millions of dollars.

“It’s a day to day battle,” said Michael Happe, the company's chief executive.

In the tight race for an open U.S. Senate seat in Iowa, U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson faces Democratic state Rep. Josh Turek. There is a close contest, too, in Kansas, where Democrat Adam Hamilton, the pastor of the largest United Methodist Church in the U.S., is trying to unseat Republican Roger Marshall.

Cole Hoppock, chief executive of appliance maker Vornado Air in Wichita, Kansas, said Trump's tariffs “impacted virtually everything.” The company known for its retro household fans laid off more than 70 factory workers in February, blaming higher prices for imported parts.

Trump's trade policy could force cutbacks soon at another Kansas employer, Canadian jet manufacturer Bombardier. Trump has threatened to ban the company's sales in the U.S. if Bombardier does not start making all its planes in the U.S. Bombardier said it buys parts from 2,800 companies in 47 states, including in Kansas, where it employs more than 1,000 people

Trump's approach to trade is unpopular

Trump has spent years complaining that other countries are ripping off the U.S. when it comes to trade. Most economists say he is wrong and that his remedy — broad universal tariffs — would cause more pain than help.

Now most Americans disagree with Trump's approach, according to The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. A September poll showed only about 3 in 10 U.S. adults approve of Trump's handling of trade negotiations, compared with 4 in 10 in March.

Some of Trump's tariffs have been haphazard.

He targeted Brazil because of political differences and he jacked up tariffs on China to levels so extreme that they risked a recession and forced the president to retreat. The Supreme Court in February ruled against Trump's declaration of an emergency to roll out his “Liberation Day” tariffs last year, leaving foreign trade unsettled as the administration continues to adjust with new levies and threats.

Tariffs are far from the only reason for the lost of manufacturing jobs, and factories have cut workers for decades with or without them. Even some Republicans who dislike Trump's approach will not split with the party.

Bicycle Corp. of America, which closed its factory in South Carolina last year, blamed rising prices for imported parts. Koby Bird, who retired after working in quality control, likes tariffs but was frustrated by Trump's habit of raising and lowering them seemingly at whim.

“It was all over the place,” Bird said. “Businesses couldn't plan.”

Next month, Bird is likely to stick with Republicans, including U.S. Sen. Darline Graham, because tariffs are only one issue and he believes Democrats would spend too much money on the wrong things.

Ernie Goss, an economist at Creighton University in Nebraska, said manufacturing woes may not convert to Democratic victories. He said some people may “think the tariffs in the long run will work.”

Some workers may be turning on Trump

Wendell Young, a union leader in Pennsylvania, where several factories have had layoffs, said he senses a backlash among workers.

Last summer, Young said he got a firestorm of angry responses to his email blaming tariffs for a decision by Post Holdings to cut 160 jobs at a local pet food factory.

“Keep politics out of this," wrote one of workers at the plant in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. "President Trump isn’t the reason.”

“People used to beat me up for not supporting Trump. I haven’t heard that in a year," said Young, president of Local 1776 of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. “Some of these people are red Republicans and they are shocked. They expected more jobs."

Post Holdings ultimately agreed to reduce the head count by offering severance for people to leave, but lower production had a ripple effect.

Local can manufacturer Trivium Packaging decided to cut several jobs because they were getting less orders from Post and other companies, according to Young's union.

“I understand the mindset behind tariffs, but I just don't know if it's working," said former Trivium worker Heather Kingston. She left for another company before the layoffs, and her husband is still working at Trivium. “There doesn’t seem to be many manufacturing jobs moving into the area,” she said.

Kingston said she voted for Republican Dan Meuser in the 9th District last time but is having doubts this year. Meuser's seat is considered safe, but other races in the state are up for grabs, including in the 7th and 8th districts, which are near the Post and Trivium factories.

Now Smith could be sent back to prison for the rest of it.

A federal judge released him in 2024 under rules adopted after Congress passed the First Step Act, a landmark criminal justice law during President Donald Trump’s first term. But the Supreme Court ruled in May that people sentenced under older, harsher laws cannot rely on the disparity between their sentences and current penalties to seek early compassionate release.

“Every time I get a call, I’m hoping it’s some good news. Or, you know, at least not no bad news,” said Smith, a tall, soft-spoken 47-year-old whose beard is now flecked with gray.

Smith is among about a dozen people nationwide who could be returned to prison because of the ruling, according to FAMM, a sentencing reform group formerly Families Against Mandatory Minimums. Without clemency from the White House, the group says, second chances could disappear for those people.

The First Step Act opened a path to freedom

The First Step Act was the most significant rewrite of federal sentencing laws in a generation. Among other changes, it reduced some lengthy mandatory minimum sentences, particularly for nonviolent drug crimes. Trump said the law would “make our communities safer and give former inmates a second chance at life after they have served their time.”

The law was championed by Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser who had a personal connection to the issue: Kushner's his father had spent time in federal prison when Kushner was younger.

Thousands of people have been released from prison in the years since the law was passed, but some recent Supreme Court rulings have made it harder for other people already serving long sentences to argue for their release. For Smith and others like him, competing interpretations have created a high-stakes legal limbo.

“They’re doing everything that they should be doing. They’re reestablishing relationships with families. They’re volunteering in their communities. They’re working,” said Shanna Rifkin, FAMM's general counsel. “Having them reincarcerated is so unjust given that they have demonstrated their rehabilitation.”

Without a grant of clemency from the White House, Rifkin says their second chance could be snatched away.

Trump remains proud of signing the First Step Act, and the administration is actively reviewing developments, said a White House official speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorize to speak publicly on the issue.

Supreme Court ruling narrows options for people serving long sentences

In 2023, the U.S. Sentencing Commission adopted new rules for people serving unusually long sentences. Judges could sometimes consider changes to the law when deciding whether to grant compassionate release to inmates who had served at least 10 years.

Not everyone agreed.

The Department of Justice argued the new rules went beyond what the First Step Act allowed. Judges nevertheless agreed to free dozens of people across the country after considering legal changes and other factors, FAMM found.

The dispute eventually went all the way to the Supreme Court, which handed down a 6-3 decision in May. It found that sentencing disparities from decades past are not “extraordinary and compelling” reasons to grant compassionate release.

“It is hard to see how Congress’s deliberate decision not to extend newly reduced penalties to those already sentenced could be a convincing reason that ‘warrant(s)’ a reduction,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for the conservative majority.

The decision was one of two during the last Supreme Court term that narrowed the options for people serving long sentences, said Daniel Harawa, a law professor at New York University. “I worry a lot about what this means for federal criminal justice reform,” he said.

For Smith and about a dozen other people around the country, it could mean they have to finish serving a sentence that would not be handed down today.

Prior convictions meant a life sentence

Smith grew up in a small town in rural northern Alabama and became addicted to drugs as a teenager, his lawyers said in court documents. At 17 he was arrested for twice selling crack cocaine to an informant. A pair of marijuana convictions followed a few years later. He served about three years in prison. After his release he worked as a construction worker and a janitor.

In 2010, he got involved with a drug ring selling crack cocaine and marijuana on the Tennessee-Alabama line, prosecutors said. Caught on phone calls recorded by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, he was convicted of drug conspiracy and money laundering after he pulled out of a plea deal that called for 12 years to 14 years in prison in exchange for his cooperation.

His lawyers called his involvement “unremarkable,” but the federal conviction combined with his prior record triggered a life sentence.

The judge questioned whether the punishment fit the crime, but said the laws tied her hands. It was the longest sentence linked to the 20-person case, exceeding even the ringleader's.

Smith said he resolved to keep his head down behind bars, working prison jobs and avoiding infractions.

“What kept me sane was that faith, that belief in God,” he said.

He missed little things, like sleeping in a full-sized bed and taking a bath after a long day. He missed big things, too: His mother died during his first year in prison and he couldn't ask his family to shoulder the $1,000 it would cost for him to travel home for the funeral.

After 13 years, Smith got his second chance

After the Sentencing Commission adopted its new compassionate release rules following the First Step Act, Smith asked a judge for a reduction to time served. It took nearly a year, but the court agreed he should go free.

He returned to Alabama and moved in with his sister and her daughter.

Last month, prosecutors filed court documents challenging his release and they pointed to the Supreme Court decision. They argued he would be subject to a mandatory-minimum sentence of 25 years, even under current laws, and called the judge's decision to release him “difficult to justify.”

A Justice Department official speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing case said Rutherford's case means his release is no longer valid, and the department cannot agree to a sentence below what the law requires.

The prospect of a return to prison is a bitter pill for his father, James Smith, a mainstay at the Willow Grove Missionary Baptist Church.

“When you got rapists and murderers and you get this guy on a nonviolent case and you want him for life," he said, “it doesn’t sit well with me.”

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Associated Press video journalist Kristin M. Hall in Nashville, Tenn., contributed to this report.

“I’m really sorry for your experience, and I hope that you’re on the mend,” said El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, after outlining proposals for guaranteed health care and paid leave.

Later that night, while talking to reporters in the basement below the theatre, his tone was far different. El-Sayed called his Republican opponent Mike Rogers a “coward,” said President Donald Trump was “afraid” to visit the state and dismissed as “dumb” a question about whether Iran or Israel posed a greater threat to the United States.

The exchanges captured two sides of a candidate who is the central figure in one of the nation’s most consequential Senate races. El-Sayed would be the country's first Muslim senator, and he's crisscrossing the state to counter a Republican effort, fueled by tens of millions of dollars, to portray him as a dangerous radical. But he has also embraced his confrontational side by mocking and taunting Trump and Rogers.

“If they want to make me the main character in the midterms, I’m not shying away from it,” El-Sayed said in an interview. “Run against me. See how well that works out for you.”

El-Sayed’s brash, swaggering confidence rubbed some Democrats the wrong way during a divisive primary against Rep. Haley Stevens. The former public health official has shown little interest in toning it down, remaining unapologetic about his progressive agenda and adversarial approach, emboldening supporters who believe he's the right candidate for an angry electorate that has lost faith in the political establishment.

But his doubters fear he'll cost Democrats control of the Senate by failing to unite his party's disparate factions ahead of November.

“If you want their votes, you have to make nice with those people, and he’s not really doing that,” said Michigan political strategist Adrian Hemond, who supported Stevens. “Maybe he doesn’t have to. The entire theory of this candidacy has been he can remake what the electorate looks like.”

Republicans target El-Sayed

Even though Michigan backed Trump twice in his three presidential campaigns, no Republican has won a Senate race in the state since 1994.

The political landscape is no friendlier this year. Trump started an unpopular war with Iran, leading to higher gas prices. Rogers has opted for a low-key campaign with fewer public events than El-Sayed as he tries to make the race all about his Democratic opponent.

As of Oct. 10, Republicans had outspent Democrats by $78 million to $63 million in the Michigan Senate race, according to AdImpact, which tracks political advertising. Around $40 million in Republican spending has gone toward negative advertisements, compared to only around $20 million from Democrats.

The ads portray El-Sayed as “dangerously radical” and “too extreme,” highlighting his past calls to defund the police and relax immigration enforcement. Others tie him to Hasan Piker, a popular online streamer with whom El-Sayed has appeared and who has drawn criticism for past comments, including saying that “America deserved 9/11.”

On Friday, Rogers appeared alongside Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy, who told reporters that El-Sayed “sleeps in a Bin Laden jersey.” Rogers laughed.

Vice President JD Vance has called him “evil.” In one social media post, Trump shared a photo of himself with first lady Melania Trump alongside a photo of El-Sayed and his wife, who wears a hijab, with the caption: “Two VERY DIFFERENT America’s.”

Late Wednesday, Trump referred to El-Sayed as “Mohammed” and said he “goes back to the days of the Jihad.”

El-Sayed has hardly backed down. At the campaign stop in Port Huron, he taunted Trump to visit Michigan, suggesting Rogers and other Republicans were afraid the president would hurt their chances.

“Donald, if you’re watching, don’t wuss out, man,” El-Sayed said.

And he responded to Kennedy’s attack by suggesting the Republican is in the KKK.

“That’s rich coming from someone who wears his bed sheets out at night,” El-Sayed posted on social media.

El-Sayed uses a personal touch with voters

Before the Port Huron town hall, El-Sayed worked his way down a line of people who couldn’t fit inside the theater, shaking hands, taking photos and stopping for conversations.

Jeff Petrucella and his wife Alice traveled from Macomb County to see El-Sayed. They described themselves as politically “middle of the road” and said they had voted Republican in the past.

“I’m pretty done with the Republicans right now,” Jeff said.

Alice said she was “looking for a change that is better for my granddaughters,” pointing to El-Sayed’s support for Medicare for All. Nor was she put off by his more confrontational appearances on Fox News.

“I think he expresses himself well. You can tell he’s a well-spoken, educated man,” she said.

Pat Kreiner was among those who waited nearly an hour to see El-Sayed. Her children had persuaded her to support him in the Democratic primary.

“My son said to me, ‘I have been living with this trickle-down economy since the day I was born,’” Kreiner said. “‘It doesn’t work for me.’”

Kreiner also expressed anger about Trump's trade war with Canada, just across the river from Port Huron.

“We are heartsick about our neighbors,” she said. “They used to come over a lot. We don’t see them now.”

Visiting smaller towns such as Port Huron has become central to El-Sayed’s campaign, with his team recently saying he's held more than 500 events in over 100 cities across the state.

“Go everywhere. Talk to everyone. That’s what we do,” El-Sayed said in an interview.

The personal approach has not erased all the skepticism surrounding El-Sayed, including within his own party.

His criticism of Israel and association with Piker have raised concerns among some Jewish Democrats. El-Sayed has held a series of private gatherings with undecided Jewish voters as he works to win their support.

He has also sought to strengthen his standing with Black voters. In the Democratic primary, Stevens drew more support in Wayne County, home to Detroit and its large Black population.

Ahead of Thursday’s debate, El-Sayed attended two events with Black leaders before stopping at a Black barbershop, where he moved from chair to chair talking with customers. He stopped at one point to speak with a pregnant woman, congratulating her and asking when her baby was due.

“November 8th?” El-Sayed joked. “Make sure you vote early, huh?”

The race has become about more than just Michigan

While El-Sayed has spent much of his campaign trying to win over Michigan voters, his candidacy has taken on significance far beyond the state. Republicans have made him a symbol of what they warn is an increasingly radical Democratic Party, while progressives see his campaign as a chance to prove their politics can win in a closely divided state.

At a New York City fundraiser on Oct. 5, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez cast his campaign as a test for progressives nationwide.

“If Abdul can win in Michigan, anybody can win anywhere,” said the New York Democrat, a potential presidential candidate.

Ocasio-Cortez plans to campaign with El-Sayed in Michigan next week, followed by former President Barack Obama on Oct. 24.

The national stakes have also drawn renewed opposition. United Democracy Project, a super PAC affiliated with AIPAC, disclosed an initial $94,000 expenditure against El-Sayed on Friday, after spending nearly $30 million to oppose him in the Democratic primary.

And El-Sayed, despite insisting the election should focus on Michigan voters and their economic struggles, has embraced the larger implications of his candidacy.

“I am grateful for your support,” he told the audience at the New York fundraiser, according to remarks obtained by The Associated Press. He said he had two goals — “pick up a U.S. Senate seat” and “change the nature of our politics for the better.”

That number only includes those buried by authorities in Djibouti. Others have been buried by the migrants themselves but they won't be added to the official count until authorities can verify the bodies, Alexandre Coissac, IOM Chief of Mission in Djibouti, told the AP via the phone.

“What is terrible is that they were buried with no names, in a common grave, like in a war situation,” Coissac said. “They all have a mother, a father, and we may never learn what happened.”

Coissac said the migrants boarded the ship in the evening of Oct. 8 and that it sank very soon after, close to the shore, “mainly because it was overcrowded.”

“The local authorities did their best,” Coissac said, “but they were overwhelmed with all the bodies that kept coming at once towards the shore.”

He said authorities were bringing the surviving migrants to the IOM rescue center in Obock where they receive medical assistance after swallowing sea water, and psychological support.

“They're all in a state of shock,” Coissac, who visited the area of the shipwreck Saturday, said. “I tried to talk to some of them but it's very difficult.”

Some of the migrants in the IOM center are already aware that their family members died during the shipwreck. Others were given access to phones to call loved ones back home to notify them they are alive.

At least 84 people remained missing in one of the deadliest shipwrecks yet on the popular but perilous crossing from the Horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, where many migrants seek work in rich Gulf nations.

The boat was traveling from Djibouti to Yemen when it capsized on Thursday night or Friday morning, according to the IOM. More than 80 people survived, all of them Ethiopian nationals, it said.

The Geneva-based U.N. migration agency said the vessel had 305 people on board and warned that the death toll could still rise.

Personal items likely belonging to the migrants, including shoes, were seen on a beach in a video shared by IOM. Rescue work continued as fears grew for the missing.

Tens of thousands of migrants from the Horn of Africa travel every year through Djibouti and across the Bab el-Mandeb Strait towards Gulf countries in search of safety and economic opportunities, the IOM said in its statement.

That movement has continued despite newly escalating fighting in Yemen, on the other side of the strait.

“This is a devastating loss of life,” said Coissac. “This tragedy is a stark reminder of the dangers faced by migrants along this migration corridor as they seek economic opportunities.”

In recent weeks, at least 2,000 Yemenis have received aid in Djibouti as the fighting has escalated in Yemen between the Saudi-backed, internationally recognized government and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.

That's the opposite direction from the movement of the migrants who died in the shipwreck and the typical migration patterns of recent years: The tens of thousands who cross from eastern Africa toward Yemen each year have typically been looking for work in places like Saudi Arabia.

Over 900 migrants died or went missing along the route last year, according to IOM’s Missing Migrants Project.

“No one gets into a boat like that unless they believe there is no other safe way,” IOM Director-General Amy Pope said. “We cannot keep treating these deaths as normal. Safe and legal pathways save lives. I am asking governments and donors to act before the next boat goes down.”

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Ciobanu reported from Warsaw, Poland.

The 71-year-old Leo said the nodule was found at an early stage and was “circumscribed” or small and well-localized. The Vatican said Leo's expected recovery time from surgery would be a week.

The American pope made the announcement during his Sunday noon blessing in an unusual display of transparency about his health. He thanked the crowd for their closeness and entrusted himself to their prayers.

The Vatican didn’t say exactly when the surgery would take place, other than in the early days of this week. Leo has one upcoming main event: the closing Mass on Wednesday of a weeklong conference on family ministry, but Vatican officials suggested he might miss it.

A nodule can be benign or malignant

A lung nodule is a small abnormal area measuring less than 3 centimeters (1 inch) that sometimes appears on a CT scan of the chest or abdomen, according to the American Cancer Society. Often, the scans are done to investigate trauma or a lung infection, unrelated to a lung cancer screening.

“Lung nodules are fairly common and are often benign, but benign and cancerous nodules can have a similar appearance on imaging," said Dr. Stephen Liu, a lung cancer expert at Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.

"When there is sufficient concern, and when it is safe to do so based on the location of the nodule and the overall health of the patient, surgical removal can provide a definitive diagnosis,” he said.

If the nodule turns out to be cancerous, the prognosis is “excellent” since it will have been removed at an early stage and surgery alone might be all Leo needs in terms of treatment, he said in an interview.

"It often can be a blessing in disguise to remove that cancer before it has a chance to grow or to spread,” he said.

Leo has no previously known health problems and is physically active, with weekly tennis matches and swimming at the papal summer retreat in Castel Gandolfo.

The pope has a major trip planned Nov. 6-17 to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. It's unclear how or whether the planned surgery and recovery might affect the itinerary, but Leo said earlier in his remarks Sunday that he still planned to go.

In his remarks, delivered in Italian, Leo said that during a recent medical check, “doctors found a circumscribed nodule in my lung. It was detected at a very early stage and is well-localized. The doctors believe it’s best to take action, so, following their advice, I have decided to have surgery to remove it."

He thanked the faithful "for your spiritual support, and I entrust myself to your prayers.”

Surgery to be at the pope's hospital

Leo’s predecessor, Pope Francis, died April 21, 2025, of a stroke following a long hospitalization brought on by a respiratory crisis that developed into double pneumonia. Francis suffered from chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man.

Francis' illnesses were characterized by a dizzying and sometimes problematic release of information from the Vatican, which always closely guards the privacy of a pope's health. In one infamous incident, the Vatican said Francis had gone to the hospital in March 2023 for scheduled tests, but the pontiff later revealed he had felt pain in his chest and was rushed to the hospital where bronchitis was diagnosed. He ended up being admitted for three days.

This time around, Leo appeared keen to control the message and deliver it himself, using one of his most public encounters with the faithful to alert them of his condition and impending hospital stay.

Leo is expected to undergo surgery at Rome's Gemelli hospital, where Francis and popes before him were treated and where there is a special apartment for pontiffs. On Sunday, there was no obvious sign that the pope had already been admitted.

A nodule doesn't mean cancer but should be investigated

Dr. Dionysis Papadatos-Pastos, an oncologist and lung cancer specialist at The London Clinic, stressed that an incidental finding of a lung nodule doesn't mean lung cancer. And in fact “a well-circumscribed nodule does suggest that this is less likely to be cancer."

But he said cancer was possible and the main imperative is to investigate. "The worst thing you can do is ignore a lung nodule,” he said in an interview.

Liu, the Georgetown oncologist, said surgical removal in such a case was standard, especially for someone in otherwise good health and if the nodule is in an easily accessible location. A needle biopsy on a lung nodule can be difficult and may not provide doctors with enough information, he said.

"In these cases, surgery itself, while it may seem dramatic, is often very safe, very straightforward with a rapid recovery,” he said, adding that Leo should be in good shape to travel to Latin America barring any complications.

Leo is not known to be a smoker. Liu noted that 1 in 5 people diagnosed with lung cancer have no history of smoking.

Dr. Massimo Di Maio, president of the Italian Association of Medical Oncology, said it will be important to determine if the nodule is benign or malignant, and if it is malignant, whether it has spread. When the disease is detected at an early stage “the aim … is curative,” he added.

Depending on what is found, possible treatments can include chemotherapy and radiation therapy, Di Maio told Italy’s private Sky TG24.

“When we talk about something being localized, that can also refer to the need to establish whether the disease is confined to that one site or whether scans show signs of disease elsewhere,” he said, adding that he has not treated the pope and was speaking about the disease in general.

“Being physically fit and healthy is certainly an important starting point for coping as well as possible with treatment, including surgery,” he added.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, among the few outsiders to visit Francis during his long final hospitalization, expressed her support, and that of the Italian government, for Leo “as he faces this challenge in the coming days.” In a statement, she added that “the serenity and calm with which he spoke about it” were reassuring.

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After a series of recent court rulings on abortion, voting and climate change displeased Republicans, GOP officials have tried to inject more partisanship into Montana's officially nonpartisan Supreme Court elections. Citizen activists have responded by forcing a statewide vote on an amendment to enshrine nonpartisan judicial elections in the state constitution.

That's resulted in an unusual November election. While voters are deciding whether to mandate nonpartisan elections, they also will be choosing between two officially nonpartisan candidates for the state Supreme Court — one backed by the Republican Party, the other by organized labor and a Democratic-aligned group.

The battle around the Montana Supreme Court ranks among the most intense of the roughly two dozen states holding November elections for their highest courts. Millions of dollars are being spent, continuing a recent trend in Montana and elsewhere and underscoring the elevated importance of top state judicial offices.

Last year, a record amount over $100 million was spent on a pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court race that — while officially nonpartisan — kept liberals in narrow control of the court. Since gaining control in 2023, the liberal court majority has struck down an abortion ban law and overturned state legislative districts that benefited Republicans, putting partisan control of both chambers in play in this year’s election.

No state Supreme Court contest is expected to cost even close to that much this year, because no single seat is perceived as that essential to control a court. But interest groups nonetheless are focusing on court races in several states with a goal of positioning themselves for bigger races in 2028.

“State supreme courts are really, really important -- increasingly important -- arbiters of rights and liberties,” said Deirdre Schifeling, chief political and advocacy officer for the American Civil Liberties Union, which is spending $5.5 million on Supreme Court races in Michigan, Montana and North Carolina.

The organization said it also spent over $1 million on Supreme Court races earlier this year in Georgia and Wisconsin.

Republicans target Montana court after big rulings

Montana's Supreme Court race features Amy Eddy and Dan Wilson, both currently district court judges in Flathead County. Eddy edged Wilson by fewer than 8,000 votes out of around 270,000 cast in a June primary for the state Supreme Court. But because they were the only candidates, both advanced to a rematch in the general election.

In recent years, the Montana Supreme Court struck down laws restricting abortion and limiting voter registration on Election Day. It also upheld a landmark ruling that the state was violating residents’ constitutional rights to a clean environment by permitting oil, gas and coal projects without regard for global warming.

Eddy, serving as a fill-in Supreme Court judge, was part of the majority that ruled the state's abortion laws violated individual privacy rights in the state constitution.

Frustrated Republicans, who hold legislative majorities, have proposed numerous bills aimed at the judiciary. One new law effective for this year's election allows political parties to contribute money to judicial candidates. Legislation to require partisan judicial elections passed the Senate but failed in the House.

Citizen activists responded to that attempt by gathering petition signatures to place an amendment on the November ballot that would enshrine nonpartisan judicial elections in the state constitution. The ACLU has contributed $2.1 million to that campaign, according to finance reports filed at the end of September.

The ACLU also has mailed flyers touting Eddy's support for abortion rights and her decision not to accept money from political parties. The Democratic-aligned group Defend Our Courts also has backed Eddy. Wilson, meanwhile, has received funding from various Republican Party committees and spoke earlier this year at a GOP event.

Eddy said accepting money from political parties “undermines the public’s trust that the judicial branch can be impartial.”

Wilson, noting Eddy's donations from lawyers, said “that’s more dangerous and corrosive to the objectivity of judges.”

Changes in court control can affect state laws

The focus on Montana's high court comes after similar campaigns in other states.

In August, Kansas voters overwhelmingly defeated a Republican-backed proposal to elect Supreme Court judges instead of appointing them.

In North Carolina, the Republican-led state Legislature passed a law restoring partisan elections beginning in 2018, after Democratic-leaning judges won a majority on the state's officially nonpartisan Supreme Court. That change paved the way for Republicans to reclaim control of the court in the 2022 elections. And that quickly led to more changes. A few months later, the new conservative majority reversed its predecessors by upholding a voter photo identification law and tossing out a ruling against a Republican-drawn congressional map.

In Ohio, the Republican-led Legislature passed a law in 2021 requiring partisan labels for Supreme Court judges on general election ballots. Since then, Republicans have expanded their narrow court majority into a dominant one.

Both the Ohio and North Carolina courts remain targets for the progressive group Alliance for Justice Action, which hopes to build momentum toward one day flipping control of those courts.

“It has been a slow process of losing judicial support in those spaces. It will be a slow process to regain it,” said Tish Gotell Faulks, the group's state courts director.

Democrats are defending one Supreme Court seat in North Carolina this year, and each party is defending a seat in Ohio. Montana's race will replace a retiring judge who has sometimes been a swing vote.

“What happens in this year’s races will determine how likely it is that the ideology of the court flips in 2028, when that is in fact at stake,” said Douglas Keith, deputy director of the judiciary program at the Brennan Center for Justice.

Antihistamines, diuretics, eye drops and antibiotics are among the drugs she distributes. She charges nothing.

Projects like Mendoza’s, called “Medicine Is Not for Sale,” have become a lifeline for Cubans struggling to find increasingly scarce medications as the country’s economic crisis deepens, compounded by U.S. energy and financial restrictions imposed since January.

Online sellers, street vendors and WhatsApp and Telegram groups have also stepped in to fill gaps left by state pharmacies, which for decades were the main source of subsidized medicines.

The shortages have become so severe that Cuban authorities issued regulations in July allowing private pharmacies to operate — a historic change to the country’s state-run health system and part of broader economic reforms.

Until those pharmacies open, projects like Mendoza’s act as a safety net.

“We have five WhatsApp groups in Havana and recently added one in Guanabo,” on the outskirts of the capital, said Mendoza, who estimates that about 100 similar community projects operate in Havana.

Working with the Catholic charity Caritas, her initiative receives more than 13 kilograms (29 pounds) of medicine each week from humanitarian groups in Canada and the United States, travelers carrying donations and local residents.

“People don’t just rely on this main pharmacy. They help each other,” Mendoza said, standing beside shelves of medicine in her apartment.

Volunteers sometimes deliver medicine to patients who cannot collect it themselves. But drugs requiring refrigeration, including some diabetes medications, and cancer treatments are particularly difficult to obtain. Patients also seek gauze, syringes and anesthetics for use in poorly supplied hospitals.

Shipping companies fear US penalties for calling at Cuban ports

“Six or seven years ago, it was relatively easy to find medicines at state pharmacies,” said Cristina Díaz, a 27-year-old physics teacher who came to Mendoza’s project seeking clonazepam for a relative.

As shortages worsened, “medicines became much harder to find,” she said.

Cuba’s Health Ministry lists 603 medicines in its basic drug program, but only slightly more than one-third are currently available. About 400 are produced by Cuban laboratories using imported raw materials.

Mayda Mauri Pérez, president of the state pharmaceutical company BioCubaFarma, said in June that about 300 of the 395 medicines the company was expected to supply had not been produced because of shortages of imported materials.

The situation is particularly acute in the central province of Ciego de Ávila, where authorities recently acknowledged that state pharmacies had only about 10% of the medicines on the basic list. Officials blamed supply and logistical problems, including fuel shortages.

“Cuba has a medical-pharmaceutical industry that we consider strong,” María Fernández Martínez, head of the province’s pharmacy company, told the official newspaper Granma. But without supplies, “not even the most capable factory can complete the cycle.”

The government also struggles to obtain packaging such as blister packs and bottles and says U.S. financial sanctions complicate payments for imports. Cuban authorities say shipments of medical supplies have also been stranded in third countries because shipping companies fear U.S. penalties for calling at Cuban ports.

The government will regulate private pharmacies

Allowing private pharmacies is part of a package of 176 economic measures approved by Cuba’s Parliament in June to expand private enterprise and help address the country’s economic crisis.

The government hopes entrepreneurs can import medicines, as private businesses already do with food and fuel. Authorities say they are reviewing about 36 proposals to open private pharmacies, while state pharmacies will continue to operate.

Private pharmacies will be regulated by the government and barred from selling hospital-only drugs and certain controlled substances. Imports will have to go through state companies, while medicines will require regulatory approval and proper storage.

The Cuban government did not respond to a request for comment.

For many Cubans, however, another question remains unanswered: Will they be able to afford the medicine?

Sara Márquez, 69, takes medication to control her blood pressure. She said a blister pack once cost 0.30 Cuban pesos at state-run pharmacies. In recent months, informal sellers have charged as much as 1,000 pesos ($1.50) for the same amount — more than 30% of her monthly pension.

“At what price will they sell the medicine? ... It will depend on people’s purchasing power. I can’t afford it.”

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El centro del huracán se desplazaba paralelo a la costa, acercándose al área de Puerto Vallarta, donde se tiene previsto que sus vientos y lluvias impacten alrededor de la medianoche y continúen hasta la mañana del lunes. Sus vientos máximos sostenidos se debilitaron el domingo a 205 km/h (125 mph), según el Centro Nacional de Huracanes de Estados Unidos(NHC según sus siglas en inglés), pero se anticipa que permanezca como un peligroso huracán.

No son buenas noticias para la gente de Puerto Vallarta, un destino popular para turistas, y sus alrededores . Tierra adentro y cuesta arriba desde las zonas de resorts, muchos mexicanos viven en comunidades donde las viviendas podrían no resistir la tormenta.

Para la tarde del domingo el ojo de Simón se desplazaba hacia el noroeste, a unos 80 kilómetros (50 millas) al sur de Cabo Corrientes a unos 7 km/h (5 mph). Philippe Papin, especialista senior del centro de huracanes, indicó que este extremo occidental de México era el más probable para recibir un impacto directo del sistema. Cabo Corrientes está en el extremo sur de Bahía de Banderas, la amplia bahía donde Puerto Vallarta mira hacia el Pacífico.

Toda la costa occidental de México podría verse afectada

Los vientos con fuerza de huracán se extienden hacia afuera hasta 35 kilómetros (25 millas), y los vientos con fuerza de tormenta tropical alcanzan hasta 95 kilómetros (60 millas) desde el centro de Simón, lo que significa que toda el área entre la costa occidental de México y las montañas de la Sierra Madre podría verse afectada.

“Esperamos impactos catastróficos de viento y una marejada ciclónica potencialmente mortal a lo largo de esa costa centro-occidental de México donde actualmente está vigente la advertencia de huracán”, señaló Papin. “También están recibiendo lluvias muy intensas asociadas con la tormenta que probablemente van a producir inundaciones y deslaves en zonas de terreno más elevado a lo largo de la costa mexicana, y habrá oleaje significativo”.

El centro de huracanes dijo el domingo que se tenía previsto que Simón deje entre 5 y 10 centímetros (2 a 4 pulgadas) adicionales de lluvia, con hasta 20 centímetros (8 pulgadas) en algunas zonas de los estados de Colima, Jalisco, Nayarit y Sinaloa hasta la madrugada del jueves.

“Existe la posibilidad de totales aislados de hasta 76 centímetros (30 pulgadas) sobre porciones de los estados de Michoacán, Colima y Jalisco”, indicó el centro. “Esta lluvia producirá inundaciones y deslaves potencialmente mortales o empeorará cualquier inundación en curso, especialmente en zonas de terreno escarpado”.

Presidenta de México insta a los residentes a permanecer resguardados

A medida que la tormenta se acercaba a Puerto Vallarta, vehículos de la Guardia Nacional patrullaban las calles mientras la policía usaba un megáfono para llamar a las pocas personas que estaban trotando, paseando a sus perros o andando en bicicleta por el malecón. Los agentes recordaron a la gente que el área estaba cerrada y los instaron a buscar refugio. No todos siguieron las órdenes.

El estado de Jalisco suspendió clases el viernes y el lunes en 22 municipios costeros y comenzó a evacuar a personas de zonas en riesgo, mientras pedía al sector turístico que garantizara que tanto trabajadores como visitantes estuvieran plenamente alojados en refugios o zonas seguras.

La presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, llamó el domingo a la población de Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit y Michoacán a permanecer resguardada hasta que el gobierno informe que el peligro ha pasado. También pidió a la gente seguir las recomendaciones de protección civil y evitar viajar por carreteras públicas.

“Continúan labores de evacuación precautoria hacia zonas seguras; la prioridad es protegernos”, escribió.

Los residentes aprendieron de un gran huracán en 2002

Víctor Martínez, trabajador de un hotel, salió a comprar alimentos el domingo. Dijo que no podía ir a trabajar porque el servicio de transporte público fue suspendido y la mayor parte del hotel había sido evacuada.

Martínez dijo que le reconforta ver la preocupación de la población.

“Ya nos pasó. Ya nos pegó hace años”, señaló, refiriéndose a un huracán de Categoría 5 que impactó la zona en 2002. “Eso no lo esperábamos, la gente. Éramos muy incrédulos que no nos iba a pegar. Ahora sí. Esta previniéndose todo. Ya nos sucedió y ya no nos vuelve a pasar.”.

A pesar de los riesgos que plantea Simón, los turistas seguían llegando a Puerto Vallarta.

Ricardo Ramírez y Brenda Villarreal, quienes nunca antes habían experimentado un huracán, salieron a buscar comida por el malecón y se encontraron con policías pidiendo a la gente que se resguardara. Ramírez dijo que no estaban preparados en lo absoluto para esta situación.

“El malecón está cerrado. Sean responsables. Entiendan!”, dijo la policía a los transeúntes a través de un altavoz.

Ramírez indicó que él y Villarreal tenían planeada su vacación de cuatro días desde el año pasado y viajaron desde Guadalajara, la capital de Jalisco.

“No sabemos todavía el tamaño del peligro”, reconoció Villarreal. “Apenas estamos viendo”.

With all the votes counted by the Statistics Office, the centrist ANO (YES) movement led by the populist billionaire has the most, 13, candidates advancing to next week’s runoffs.

But the parties and groups of parliamentary pro-Western opposition that joined forces in many districts in broad coalitions, have altogether 26 candidates making the next round.

Also, of the five candidates who reached the 50% threshold to win seats outright, none of them was from ANO, while four represent opposition parties.

ANO hopes to make gains in the 81-seat Senate, which is controlled by the opposition. Twenty-seven Senate seats are up for grabs with 22 left to be decided in the runoffs between the top two finishers in each race.

Parliament’s lower house dominates the legislative process, but the Senate plays an important role in passing constitutional amendments and approving Constitutional Court judges.

In separate local elections, various independent candidates and groupings appeared to be winning most seats nationwide, a traditional result. ANO won in six regional capitals, two fewer than at the previous 2022 vote, and not in Prague.

The elections are the first test for Babiš since he returned to power after a decisive victory in parliamentary elections in October 2025.

Babiš has formed a governing coalition with two small political groups whose agenda includes reducing support for Ukraine and rejecting some key European Union policies.

His coalition partners have no candidate in the Senate runoffs.

The hurricane's center swirled parallel to the coast, closing in on the Puerto Vallarta area, where its most damaging winds and rain were expected to hit around midnight and continue through Monday morning. Its maximum sustained winds weakened Sunday to 120 mph (195 kph), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami, but it was still expected to remain a dangerous hurricane.

That’s not good news for people in and around Puerto Vallarta, a popular tourist destination in the state of Jalisco. Just inland and uphill from the resort areas, many Mexicans live in communities where housing might not stand up to the storm.

By Sunday afternoon, Simon's eye was moving northwest about 45 miles (75 kilometers) south of Cabo Corrientes at about 5 mph (7 kph). A senior hurricane center specialist, Philippe Papin, said this westernmost tip of mainland Mexico is the area most likely to get a direct hit from the system. Cabo Corrientes is at the southern tip of Bahia de Banderas, the wide bay where Puerto Vallarta looks out to the Pacific.

Forecasters powerful winds will sweep from Mexico's western coast to the Sierra Madre

Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 15 miles (30 kilometers), and tropical-storm-force winds reach up to 60 miles (95 kilometers) from Simon’s center, meaning the entire area between Mexico's western coast and the Sierra Madre mountains could be affected.

“We’re expecting catastrophic wind and life-threatening storm surge impacts along that west-central coast of Mexico where the hurricane warning is currently in effect,” Papin said. “They’re also getting very heavy rainfall associated with the storm that’s likely going to produce life-threatening flooding and mudslides in areas of higher terrain along the Mexican coastline, and there will be significant swells.”

The hurricane center on Sunday said Simon was expected to dump an additional 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters) of rain, with some areas getting up to 8 inches (20 centimeters), in the states of Colima, Jalisco, Nayarit and Sinaloa through early Thursday.

“Isolated maximum storm totals of 30 inches (76 centimeters) are possible over portions of the states of Michoacan, Colima, and Jalisco," the center said in its latest advisory. "This rainfall will produce life-threatening flooding and mudslides or worsen any on-going flooding, especially in areas of steep terrain.”

Mexico's president urges residents to stay sheltered

As the storm approached Puerto Vallarta, National Guard vehicles patrolled the streets while police used a megaphone to call out the few people who were jogging, walking their dogs or biking by the waterfront. Officers reminded people that the area was closed and urged them to take shelter. Not everyone followed the orders.

Jalisco state suspended classes on Friday and Monday in 22 coastal municipalities and began evacuating people from at-risk areas while asking the tourism sector to make sure workers and visitors are fully accommodated in shelters or safe zones.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum took to the social platform X on Sunday to urge people in Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit and Michoacan to stay sheltered until the government issues a notification that the danger has passed. She also asked people to follow recommendations from civil protection officials and to avoid traveling on public roads.

“Precautionary evacuation efforts to safe zones are ongoing; the priority is our safety,” she wrote.

Hotel worker says residents learned from major hurricane in 2002

Hotel worker Víctor Martínez went shopping for nonperishable food Sunday afternoon. He said he could not go to work because public transportation service was suspended and most of the hotel had been evacuated.

Martínez found people’s concerns about the hurricane comforting.

“It happened to us before. It hit us years ago,” Martínez said, referring to a Category 5 hurricane that hit the area in 2002. “People didn’t expect it. We were very skeptical that it would ever hit us. Now, though, we’re different. Precautions are being taken. It happened to us once, and we won’t let it happen again.”

Despite the risks posed by Simon, tourists were still arriving in Puerto Vallarta.

Visitors Ricardo Ramírez and Brenda Villarreal, who have never lived through a hurricane, went looking for food by the city’s boardwalk and came across police urging people to take shelter. Ramírez said they were completely unprepared for the situation.

“The boardwalk is closed. Be responsible. Understand!” police told passersby using a megaphone.

Ramírez said he and Villarreal had planned their four-day vacation since last year and traveled from Guadalajara, Jalisco’s capital.

“We don’t know the extent of the danger yet,” Villarreal said. “We’re just starting to see what’s going on.”

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This article has been edited to correct the spelling of Philippe Papin's name.

President Asif Ali Zardari's announcement came hours after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's office said that the federal Cabinet had recommended emergency rule, accusing the provincial government of “deliberate disengagement from the fight against terrorism.”

The measures place the province under the authority of an appointed governor, who represents the federal government.

Khan, Sharif’s main political rival, has been imprisoned since 2023 on corruption and other charges that he and his party say are politically motivated. Despite his imprisonment, he retains a substantial and passionate support base, keeping him at the center of Pakistan’s turbulent political landscape.

Why the federal government imposed emergency rule

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi accused the provincial government of neglecting counterterrorism efforts while focusing on securing Khan’s release.

Naqvi said delays in decision-making and poor coordination between Islamabad and the provincial government had allowed militants to gain ground, prompting the decision to impose an emergency in the province. Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said militant violence in the province had increased by 196% in recent years.

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar announced an 11-member advisory council, which will run provincial affairs under the governor.

He accused the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government led by Chief Minister Sohail Afridi of forming an “unholy alliance” with militants. “Failing to perform constitutional responsibilities is one thing and empowering those who martyred innocent citizens and security forces and attacked mosques is quite another,” Tarar said.

No protests were reported following the suspension of the provincial government. Police detained several supporters of Khan’s party overnight and authorities deployed additional police and security forces to prevent unrest.

Shipping containers placed by police along key routes in Islamabad since last month to block potential rallies have disrupted traffic, forcing residents in the capital and neighboring Rawalpindi to take lengthy detours.

Imran Khan's party rejects imposition of emergency

Khan’s spokesperson Zulfiquar Bukhari condemned the suspension of the provincial government, calling it a “disguised coup.” He said the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government was the only one with a genuine popular mandate following the February 2024 parliamentary elections, which Khan’s party says were rigged.

“Now that little bit of democracy is also gone,” Bukhari said in a statement.

Referring to recent talks between Khan’s party and the federal government, Bukhari accused officials of having no intention of reaching an agreement. He said government representatives had focused on counterterrorism, while Khan’s representatives had come to discuss the imprisoned leader’s basic rights.

Talks between Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, or PTI, and the federal government last week on postponing the march failed.

Besides Khan’s release, his party demanded his transfer to a hospital and permission for his family to visit him. Sharif's government has said Khan is in good health and receives regular family visits but maintains that meetings with the imprisoned former leader cannot be used for political purposes.

PTI's planned protest march on Islamabad

Chief Minister Afridi on Saturday urged supporters to prepare to march on Islamabad. Afridi launched the protest campaign last week, leading marches through several districts in the province. But the demonstrators dispersed after Afridi's government was suspended, according to residents. They said life remained normal across the province, with no further protests against the measures.

Sharif’s government has been urging Afridi since last month to postpone the march, citing a surge in attacks by the Pakistani Taliban in the northwest. It has also accused Khan’s party of sympathizing with the militant group, also known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan.

Khan's party said Afridi and his former Cabinet members were detained.

Political analyst Azeem Chaudhry said the emergency measures gave Gov. Faisal Karim Kundi the powers of the provincial chief executive, removing Khan’s party from power in the only province it governed. He said the provincial assembly and Afridi’s Cabinet were also suspended.

Pakistan has witnessed a surge in militant violence in recent years, much of it blamed on the TTP, a separate group but a close ally of the Afghan Taliban, who returned to power in neighboring Afghanistan in 2021. Islamabad has repeatedly accused Afghanistan's Taliban government of providing sanctuary to TTP militants, an allegation Kabul denies.

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Khan reported from Peshawar, Pakistan.

The protests were triggered after authorities removed more than 130 million voters from the list since last year. Critics say the move is politically motivated. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the Election Commission deny manipulation allegations.

The Cockroach Janata Party's three leaders — Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka — were freed on condition that they commit “no breach of peace for one year,” Ratna Singh, the movement's legal director, said in a social media post. It was unclear what the condition meant or whether it would restrict their participation in protests.

Police boarded the leaders’ flight from Mumbai after it landed in New Delhi on Saturday and took them into custody as they prepared to lead a demonstration in New Delhi.

After his release, Dipke called Modi “an embarrassment to India.”

“Never has this country seen a bigger coward and bully,” he wrote on X.

Das, a spokesperson for the movement, urged supporters to take to the streets. “A situation has been created where the state is at war with its own citizens,” he told reporters Sunday.

Following Saturday's protests, authorities launched a sweeping security crackdown in the capital, detaining more than 2,000 protesters, including several opposition lawmakers. Train services to the capital were canceled, metro stations closed and mobile internet suspended in parts of the city.

Most of those detained were released late Saturday, police said.

Small groups of protesters returned to the Indian capital on Sunday, staging marches across the city. The police quickly broke up most of the demonstrations, detaining some protesters again.

Protesters are demanding the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar, the chief election commissioner. Modi’s party has said the voter revision is needed to eliminate duplicate and ineligible entries.

The Cockroach movement began as an online satirical campaign this summer after India’s chief justice compared unemployed young people to parasites. Many young Indians embraced the remark, adopting the cockroach as a symbol of resilience.

Protests led by the group forced the resignation of Modi’s education minister in July, a rare setback for the prime minister, who has been in power for more than 12 years.

Trump’s brief social media post said only that the ceasefire took effect immediately, adding: “Do not break it!”

Moscow did not immediately comment. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that while his country “welcomed” the announcement by Trump as “good news for everyone,” Russia was still hitting energy infrastructure in Kyiv and in the city of Kharkiv.

“Unfortunately, Ukrainian skies have been infested with Russian ‘shaheds’ all day today,” he said in an evening address, referring to drones launched by Moscow . “There have been glide bomb strikes and strikes on our energy infrastructure too. A power plant in Kharkiv was attacked this evening.”

The presidential office confirmed the Kharkiv attack came after Trump's ceasefire post.

Zelenskyy said Ukraine was “ready to refrain from striking Russian energy infrastructure — and we count on the same readiness from Russia.”

Russia has sought to deny Ukrainian civilians power, heat and running water during the war, hoping to wear down public resistance to Moscow’s full-scale invasion. Ukrainian officials describe the strategy as “weaponizing winter.”

Zelenskyy said Ukraine has proposed many de-escalatory steps but Russian President Vladimir Putin “had one answer to all of them — ‘nyet.’ We do hope that he will finally say something different to America, Ukraine, and the entire world.”

He said Kyiv is maintaining contact with the U.S., and he thanked Americans for their support. He said on X that he had spoken about the development with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.

In an interview broadcast earlier Sunday, Zelenskyy said Kyiv was ready to stop striking Russian refineries if Moscow halted attacks on Ukraine’s energy system, and he asked Trump to press the Kremlin to agree.

“We are asking President Trump, (to) give them (a) signal, not (to) attack energy infrastructure of Ukraine,” he told ABC’s “This Week .”

On Sept. 14, Trump claimed on social media that both countries had agreed “not to hit” each other’s energy infrastructure but offered no details on that proposal either. While Zelenskyy had said Ukraine was ready to comply if Russia did, nothing came of the proposal.

Trump spars with Zelenskyy

Trump said Saturday it was time for Ukraine to get a new president, suggesting Zelenskyy has not done enough to end the war and blaming him for high diesel prices in the U.S.

Zelenskyy said in response to Trump's comments that Ukraine could hold elections if Russia agreed to a 60-day ceasefire.

“Give us two months, 60 days off. Total ceasefire, 60 days, and we will organize elections,” he said, adding that Ukraine would be ready to accept whatever choice its people made.

“With all respect to President Trump, it’s up to our society, up to our people to choose one or another leader,” he said. Holding an election during the war would be unlawful and that Ukraine would need security guarantees to allow for safe voting, Zelenskyy added.

Ukraine has been under martial law since Putin launched the full-scale invasion in February 2022, and the Ukrainian Constitution bars elections while it remains in force. Beyond the legal barrier, a nationwide vote would be vulnerable to Russian attacks, and organizing one is widely seen as logistically impossible, with roughly a fifth of the country held by Russia, millions of Ukrainians displaced abroad and soldiers on the front line. Zelenskyy’s term formally expired in May 2024, but the constitution allows him to remain in office until a new president is sworn in.

The exchange came as Kyiv pressed its campaign against Russian infrastructure, with a drone attack on Sunday shutting down a data center in the city of Vladimir, east of Moscow, run by technology giant Yandex. It was the third strike on the company’s facilities in four days.

Russia and Ukraine have been waging a long-range aerial war while their armies remain largely deadlocked on the front line.

Trump, who on Friday struck a deal with Putin to buy diesel from Moscow in an attempt to address high fuel prices ahead of U.S. midterm elections, has been urging Zelenskyy for weeks to stop striking Russian energy infrastructure.

He has sought to blame record U.S. diesel prices on Ukraine rather than the U.S.-led war in Iran, which has driven up world energy prices. Ukrainian and European officials reacted to the diesel deal with dismay, saying it will help pay for Russia’s war effort.

Ukrainian strike on Russian data center triggers outages

The Ukrainian drone attack on the Yandex data center in Vladimir caused outages across the company's services, leaving users in dozens of Russian cities and in Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia unable to order taxis or access banking services, according to Russian independent news outlet Astra.

“Operations at the data center have been completely halted. There were no injuries,” said the Yandex Cloud Telegram channel, which updates service availability.

Moscow residents described disruption to everyday tasks. Pavel Belyavskiy, a driver for Yandex Taxi, said it was unclear whether orders were coming through at all, and that he had to cancel several rides after waiting a long time because he could not reach the passenger.

“I’d press the ‘call’ button to contact them, but nothing happens,” he said. “There’s nothing I can do, so I’m just forced to cancel.”

Igor Mann said he tried to check on an order on the Yandex Market shopping platform but the page was unavailable, and connecting through a virtual private network did not help. “Nothing worked,” he said.

Another Muscovite, Eduard Malyavko, said the outages had a “direct impact” and weren't just about “convenience.” He said they affected “healthcare, and everything else.”

On Thursday, a drone attack took a Yandex data center offline in the Ryazan region, southeast of Moscow. The next day, Ukrainian drones hit the company’s major data center in the Kaluga region, southwest of Moscow, disabling part of the facility, Yandex said.

Yandex, often described as Russia’s Google, runs the country’s most popular search engine and a wide range of digital services, and is heavily involved in Russia’s artificial intelligence development.

Zaporizhzhia death toll rises to 23

Elsewhere, search and rescue operations ended in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia after a Russian bombing on Saturday, according to Ivan Fedorov, former regional head and co-chair of the regional defense council.

Zelenskyy said 23 people were killed in the attack, including four children. More than 30 people were wounded, Fedorov said, with eight still hospitalized.

A man was killed and two women wounded in a Ukrainian drone strike on Russia's Bryansk border region, local officials said Sunday.

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Blann reported from Kyiv, Ukraine, and Morton reported from London.

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Three attacks at schools in the Mazovian province in central Poland took place within four days this week, leaving one dead and many wounded, including children.

By Sunday morning, police had detained 117 people across Poland for carrying knives or other dangerous weapons, or for threatening to attack schools or fellow students. Some 64,000 schools were checked.

“We are not dealing with any group organized on a big scale,” Tusk said on Sunday morning, during a crisis meeting with government and security services. “These are very often spontaneous actions inspired by online activity.”

“In the past years and months, we have noted — globally and in Poland — a rise in the fascination with violence.”

Tusk said the acts could be associated with “nihilistic violence,” a term used by authorities to describe acts of violence driven by a nihilistic worldview and misanthropy rather than specific political goals.

In the case of Poland, he said “some of the people detained are active in the ultraright environment." He said authorities have observed intensified online searches of Nazi content as well as of “mass killers who have become idols online.”

Tusk said Poland was facing a “civilizational phenomenon” where kids playing video games, even banal ones, or those interested in crime stories, were getting exposed to more and more violence.

“This is essentially a copycat scenario, something of a long trail of attackers going back to at least 2019, if not decades earlier,” Kacper Rekawek, senior researcher at the International Center for Counterterrorism in The Hague, told the AP. He was referring to Brenton Tarrant, the white supremacist who shot and killed 51 Muslims at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019.

Rekawek said that one of the suspects in the latest Polish attacks used the same imagery and esthetics as Tarrant, which means the Polish incidents should be “placed within the confines of essentially terrorist behavior.”

Tusk said police checks at schools across Poland would continue into next week in case kids exposed to the stories of the past attacks might “get stupid and unsafe thoughts” to imitate them.

He said Poland had lots of work to do as a society, with parents and teachers having an especially important role to play in communicating with kids about their experiences online and explaining that “fascination and membership in these online practices can lead to very negative consequences.”

On Wednesday, a 19-year-old student at a vocational school in the Mazovian province attacked fellow students, teachers and passersby with a sharp object, wounding nine people. He was arrested nearby. The following day, a 15-year-old killed a school custodian and wounded two other people in a knife attack at his former school in the same province. On Saturday, a 21-year old woman wounded three at a post-secondary school in Warsaw.

Rumors that the attacks were coordinated and that there would be more on “bloody Friday” were shared in parents’ online groups and by mainstream media. It led to 59 schools preemptively suspending classes on Friday across Poland, the majority in Mazovian province.

Those detained on Friday by the police include a 14-year-old boy from Warsaw who was found in possession of a knife with a concealed blade and 11 firecrackers, and a 16-year old who came to school with a butterfly knife in his backpack, police said.

Saudi authorities said there were injuries in the latest attack on the King Khalid International Airport complex for terminals 3 and 4, serving domestic flights. The airport — struck four times in the past five days — has been closed since Saturday’s missile attack, which was the deadliest in a Gulf Arab nation since the Iran war began. Over 300 other people were wounded, some critically.

The sharp escalation in the war's new front threatens to draw in greater U.S. military involvement. President Donald Trump has said he is weighing joining the fight against the Houthis. There was no White House comment Sunday.

India’s embassy in Saudi Arabia said one of its citizens died Sunday of injuries sustained in Saturday’s attack, which would bring the toll to 13. Saudi authorities later said King Fahd International Airport in Dammam also was attacked, with few details. The city is on the Persian Gulf near Bahrain and Qatar.

The latest strike in Riyadh came shortly after the Houthis said the airport in the rebel-held Yemeni capital of Sanaa had been struck again, and blamed the Saudis. On Sunday night the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV channel reported further strikes on Sanaa, blaming Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has not commented on the strikes.

At stake, again, in this escalation are global supplies and prices of oil as well as commercial shipping through a crucial alternative waterway to the Iran-threatened Strait of Hormuz — along with civilians and aviation throughout the region.

Trump said he planned to speak to Saudi crown prince

There was no sign Sunday that Trump had followed up on plans to speak with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has been seeking assistance against the war-hardened rebel group that is currently Iran's most dynamic proxy.

A U.S. intervention could prompt the Houthis to halt shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the southern end of the Red Sea off Yemen, further restricting the flow of oil out of the Persian Gulf. The rebels seized key areas along the strait last month. The Saudi-led coalition, backing forces with Yemen's internationally recognized government, has been trying to seize them back.

The rebels' strikes against Saudi airports, oil infrastructure and military facilities highlight a problem. The kingdom is running low on missile interceptors and has asked France, Britain, Pakistan and Egypt to deploy air defense support to the region, regional officials told The Associated Press last month, with one noting that the U.S. has seen its own stock dwindle during the Iran war.

Some airlines have suspended flights serving Saudi airports, and some embassies have cautioned citizens about the risks of using them, after multiple Houthi warnings about the rebels' use of Saudi airspace.

Sunday’s attack occurred as the Saudis hosted a major international energy conference in Riyadh, with other high-profile events including an investment gathering on the horizon. Saudi Arabia under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has sought to open more to the world as a business and tourism destination, but the Houthi attacks threaten those efforts.

“There is no way that somebody will break our back. We are like a phoenix, we come out of the ashes all the time,” the Saudi energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud, told the conference.

He added that the kingdom is also working on pipelines in addition to the East-West one that was attacked and closed for days last month, with no details.

The toll rises on both sides

Earlier on Sunday, the Houthi-run health ministry said a child was killed and six people wounded in a suspected Saudi airstrike on a house in Sanaa. The ministry also said 91 Yemenis have been killed by the Saudi-led coalition in five weeks, 60% of them women and children.

There was no immediate comment from Saudi authorities on the claims, as fighting in Yemen surges after a major military offensive was launched against the Houthis a week ago.

Inside Saudi Arabia, identities emerged for some of those killed in Saturday's attack in Riyadh, including an Egyptian flight attendant and a Syrian widow living in the kingdom.

The U.S. citizen has not been publicly identified.

Early Monday, Saudi Arabia released videos of the moment of the strike captured by security cameras. They show people, many dressed in the white robes of Mecca-bound pilgrims, standing in line in a busy hall, while others scroll phones in a nearby seating area before a fireball erupts, following by people throwing themselves to the floor and running for safety.

An expert says the Houthis' tactics could backfire

The Houthis until recently had been largely on the Iran war’s sidelines. They have developed their military capabilities in recent years to become one of Tehran’s most powerful allies. Now they're pressuring its regional rival and a key U.S. ally.

Late Sunday, Saudi Arabia and Iran said their foreign ministers had spoken by phone. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he warned against insisting on a military approach and ignoring a political solution, and said Tehran was ready to help start a dialogue between the Saudis and the Houthis.

The Saudis and Houthis began fighting in 2015, when the kingdom entered Yemen’s civil war on behalf of the government. Relative calm after a 2022 ceasefire ended in July when the Houthis resumed attacks, saying the Saudis fired on the Sanaa airport as a plane from Iran was trying to land.

The attack revived anger over the Saudi-led blockade that has largely isolated Houthi-run areas. The rebels declared a blockade on Saudi Arabia.

Now the Saudi-led coalition is providing air support for Yemeni government forces attempting to reverse Houthi territorial gains.

But the rebels' pressure tactics could backfire, said Ahmed Nagi, the International Crisis Group’s senior analyst for Yemen: “Rather than pushing Riyadh to step back, attacks on critical Saudi infrastructure could make the Saudis more determined to continue the campaign.”

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A previous version of this report has been corrected to show that the Egyptian killed was a woman, not a man.

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Frankel and Anna reported from Jerusalem. Associated Press writers Victoria Eastwood in Cairo, Collin Binkley in Washington, Sally Abou AlJoud in Beirut and Omar Albam in Maarat al-Numan, Syria, contributed to this report.

Verstappen raced hard into the first corner then cruised to his second consecutive Formula 1 win at the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday.

Verstappen had been concerned about his Red Bull car’s “horrendous” starts and was slow off the line again from pole, but managed to squeeze Charles Leclerc to the inside heading into the first corner and held the lead.

Leclerc was second as Verstappen followed up on his first victory of the season in Malaysia last week and sprint race win Saturday. It was his first career Grand Prix win in Singapore at the 10th attempt.

“It’s taken a while,” Verstappen admitted, adding his start was “just good enough.”

After the start, Verstappen's main concern seemed to be a broken radio that left Red Bull unable to hear him. Race engineer GianPiero Lambiase resorted to asking Verstappen questions he could answer yes or no by pressing his radio transmission button.

Leclerc was second for his first podium finish since July and behind him, there was action as Kimi Antonelli overtook Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton for third to increase his standings lead.

Antonelli's Mercedes teammate George Russell came through the field to ninth after starting at the back.

That means Antonelli could now become F1's youngest-ever champion as soon as the next race, the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas on Oct. 25.

“I know it’s very close. I know it's there, but I just need to make sure that I keep doing the best I can,” Antonelli said. “This weekend, I haven’t particularly driven that well. I felt like I could have done a better job."

Luck goes Antonelli's way again

Once again, Antonelli seemed to have all the luck at Mercedes and Russell none of it.

The Italian was running fifth with Norris and Hamilton ahead when the two British drivers made costly mistakes.

Hamilton ran off track defending from Norris, who seemed startled and also ran wide, allowing Antonelli to line up a pass on Norris before picking off Hamilton a lap later as the seven-time champion struggled with old tires.

The Italian stayed on course despite overheating brakes — “I could even smell it” — and also had to watch out as he was on the verge of a penalty for running off-track too many times, but stayed just the right side of the line from then on.

Russell, meanwhile, was still suffering from his engine failure last week because the need to change his power unit meant a penalty sent him to the back of the grid for the start of Sunday’s race.

Russell was making good progress as he cut through the field to seventh but had a dose of misfortune when a virtual safety car slowdown ended just as he was pitting for fresh tires, leaving him to fight his way back up from 10th.

Hamilton drops back and apologizes

Norris was fourth for McLaren and his teammate Oscar Piastri passed a struggling Hamilton for fifth on the final lap. Hamilton apologized to the team, saying it had been his decision on the strategy to stay out on wearing tires.

Despite both drivers passing Hamilton late on, it was another race with McLaren well off the pace, though at least without the drama of Norris' collision with Piastri on Saturday.

Liam Lawson was seventh for Racing Bulls, Nico Hulkenberg eighth for Audi, Russell ninth and Verstappen’s teammate Isack Hadjar recovered to 10th after starting from the pit lane.

What Antonelli needs for the title

Antonelli is on the verge of becoming F1's youngest champion at the age of 20 and the first Italian to win the title since 1953. He leads Russell by 102 points and Hamilton by 111.

It's possible that could happen at the Circuit of the Americas on Oct. 25 but highly unlikely.

To take the title in Texas, Antonelli would not just have to win the United States Grand Prix with a Mercedes car that has been skittish and unpredictable since recent upgrades. For an unassailable 125-point lead, he would also need Russell to finish ninth or lower, and for Hamilton to place no higher than fifth.

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Zverev never gave up a break-point chance in a third-round match where the U.S. Open champion needed seven of his own just to break the 48th-ranked Frenchman’s service in the opening game.

A 60th win on tour this season also was Zverev's fourth against Halys, including a late-night five-setter at Flushing Meadows in the second round.

Earlier Sunday, U.S. Open finalist Ben Shelton was beaten 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3) by 21-year-old Frenchman Arthur Gea in the third round. The third-seeded Shelton, who won his first match in Shanghai on his 24th birthday, saw Gea convert his first match-point chance in the second-set tiebreaker.

Seventh-seeded Francis Tiafoe also lost, after having a match point in the decisive tiebreaker, to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, who won 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-6 (6).

Ninth-seeded Alex de Minaur beat Rei Sakamoto 7-6 (6), 6-4 and 26th-seeded Karen Khachanov defeated Adrian Mannarino 6-2, 6-4.

No. 1-ranked Jannik Sinner withdrew from Shanghai this week when he announced he was taking the rest of 2026 off because of a right knee injury.

Zverev is closing in on finishing the season as No. 1 for the first time and found himself playing an extra set Sunday.

Twice Halys faced match point while serving in the tiebreaker, saved both, then clinched the set with an overhead volley winner at the net. Zverev regained control of the match by breaking Halys’s first service game of the deciding set.

In the round of 16, Zverev will play Alexander Bublik, who rallied to beat Brandon Nakashima 6-7 (7), 6-3, 7-6 (5).

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After winning the first two games of their best-of-five AL Division Series against Cleveland, Chicago struck out 21 times and managed just three hits in a 2-0 defeat Saturday night that advanced the Guardians to an AL Championship Series matchup against Tampa Bay.

“We wanted it so bad, it hurts,” Chicago catcher Kyle Teel said, shaking his head.

José Ramírez hit a two-run homer off Sean Burke in the fourth inning, and the White Sox became the fourth team in major league history to lose a Division Series after winning the first two games on the road.

Chicago's 21 strikeouts were the most in a game of no more than nine innings, regular season or postseason, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Munetaka Murakami and Andrew Benintendi struck out four times each, and Teel and Chase Meidroth three times apiece.

“My intent was to win this game, win this series and fly to Tampa,” White Sox first baseman Munetaka Murakami said through interpreter Kenzo Yagi. “It's obviously disappointing. Losing this one, there is a lot to learn from it."

Chicago become the first team to each the playoffs after three straight 100-loss seasons. The White Sox swept Houston in the wild card round for their first postseason series win since their 2005 World Series championship.

Ramírez homered on a a knuckle-curve from Burke that was 0.74 feet above the ground.

“He made the right pitch in the right spot," Teel said. "It was a ball in the dirt and he just hit it out.”

The pitch Ramírez homered on was the the lowest hit for a home run in a postseason game since MLB Statcast started tracking in 2008.

“Obviously, it came down to one pitch and one mistake I made today,” Baker said. “He's a really good player. He's probably going to be in the Hall of Fame some day. But it's frustrating.”

Chicago outscored Cleveland 7-3 in the first two games and out-hit the Guardians 12-7. Over the final three games, Cleveland had a 20-8 advantage in runs and out-hit the White Sox 27-17.

"We’re all bummed and sad, knowing we probably should have got the job done,” Chicago shortstop Colton Montgomery said. “They dug deep and did what they did. That’s a good baseball team and they scrapped it out.”

Chicago batters struck out a Division Series record 75 times and hit .194 with runners in scoring position, going 1 for 18 in the last two games. The White Sox loaded the bases in the sixth inning before Erik Sabrowski relieved Williams and struck out Murakami.

“The last few games, there were some opportunities,” Meidroth said. “It stings because this is a family, a brotherhood we have here. We wanted to win for each other and for our fans. Man, there is no better place to play than Chicago and we wanted to keep going.”

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The Bulldogs, who had been No. 2 for five straight polls while rolling off five straight lopsided wins, went on the road and beat Alabama 20-17 with the help of what appeared to be a missed pass interference call in the end zone late in the game.

Georgia received 66 first-place votes from the panel of 70 media members after its first victory in Tuscaloosa since 2014 and ascended to the top of the poll for the first time since Sept. 8, 2024.

Notre Dame, which tuned up for this week's top-10 matchup at BYU with a 58-7 rout of Stanford, moved up one spot to No. 2. The Fighting Irish got one first-place vote and have their highest ranking since they were No. 2 in the final poll of the 2024 season.

No. 3 Miami, which received two first-place votes, is followed by Ohio State and Indiana. The Hoosiers, who received the remaining first-place vote, got a two-spot promotion after their narrow win at Nebraska.

Alabama remained No. 6, and Texas, BYU, Mississippi and Texas Tech completed the top 10.

Oregon came into the season with its highest preseason ranking ever at No. 2. The Ducks' turnover-fueled 17-15 home loss to UCLA dropped them to 3-2 and knocked them out of the poll for the first time since they went from No. 11 to unranked following a 49-3 loss to Georgia in the 2022 opener.

No. 12 UCLA and No. 15 Kentucky got the biggest promotions. The Bruins moved up nine spots with their win over Oregon, and the Wildcats went from unranked to No. 15 with their 35-34 overtime win over LSU, which dropped from No. 10 to No. 22.

In and out

In: Kentucky, which dropped out last week after beating South Carolina, is back in the poll with its highest ranking since early October 2022.

In: No. 21 Wake Forest is 5-1 and ranked for the first time since late October 2022.

In: No. 25 Northwestern, at 4-1, earned its first ranking under fourth-year coach David Braun.

Out: Oregon hasn't lost two of its first five games since the 2016 team opened 2-5 and finished 4-8.

Out: Florida has gone from No. 8 to No. 16 to out of the rankings in two weeks following its 38-19 home loss to South Carolina.

Out: Pittsburgh managed just one touchdown on eight second-half possessions in a 21-17 home loss to North Carolina.

Poll points

— This is the second time in three years there have been three or more No. 1 teams in the first six polls. Georgia, Texas and Alabama took turns holding the top spot in the first six polls in 2024. The only other time in the Top 25 era that three teams had been No. 1 at this point of a season was 1990.

— Notre Dame and Miami, dubbed “Catholic vs. Convicts” rivals since their classic game in 1988, haven't been together in the top three since Nov. 9, 1993.

— Texas' six-spot fall from No. 1 to No. 7 matched its drop following a season-opening loss to Ohio State last year.

Conference call

SEC (9 ranked teams): No. 1 Georgia, No. 6 Alabama, No. 7 Texas, No. 9 Mississippi, No. 13 Missouri, No. 14 Tennessee, No. 15 Kentucky, No. 16 Mississippi State, No. 22 LSU.

Big Ten (6): No. 4 Ohio State, No. 5 Indiana, No. 12 UCLA, No. 17 Iowa, No. 19 USC, No. 25 Northwestern.

Big 12 (5): No. 8 BYU, No. 10 Texas Tech, No. 11 Utah, No. 18 Oklahoma State, No. 20 Houston.

ACC (3): No. 3 Miami, No. 21 Wake Forest, No. 24 SMU.

Pac-12 (1): No. 23 Boise State.

Independent (1): No. 3 Notre Dame.

Ranked vs. ranked

No. 4 Ohio State at No. 5 Indiana: Ohio State plays its second top-five matchup of the season. Indiana won the last meeting 13-10 in the 2025 Big Ten championship game when the Hoosiers were No. 2 and the Buckeyes were No. 1.

No. 2 Notre Dame at No. 8 BYU: First-ever top-10 matchup at LaVell Edwards Stadium. Cougars won the last time Notre Dame visited, in 2004.

No. 16 Mississippi State at No. 22 LSU: First time the teams have met as ranked opponents since 2018.

No. 6 Alabama at No. 14 Tennessee: Crimson Tide lost the last two times they've visited Knoxville. The big question for the Volunteers is who will start at quarterback.

No. 13 Missouri at No. 9 Mississippi: Motivation will be no problem for Mizzou QB Austin Simmons. He began last season as Ole Miss' starter, got hurt, recovered and stayed on the bench behind a guy named Trinidad Chambliss.

No. 18 Oklahoma State at No. 20 Houston: This will be the first time these teams meet as ranked opponents.

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The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority evacuated villagers and warned others to move to safer areas while remaining on alert until late Sunday.

The agency said at least five people are reported missing so far. The flash flood also damaged or destroyed four bridges, swept away about three dozen houses and damaged the construction site of a hydropower plant.

Several power and communication towers were also damaged along the riverside.

Nepal's army said in a statement that it was continuing to rescue stranded people using helicopters and ground troops. They had rescued 49 people by Sunday afternoon.

The agency said the flash flood was caused by a landslide that initially blocked the river near the village of Chumchure. The dam formed by the landslide breached, triggering the flood.

The Budhi Gandaki River merges into the Trishuli River and is a key waterway near the capital Kathmandu.

Videos on social media show houses and sheds being swept away by the swollen river flowing between tall mountains. It was not immediately clear how many of the small villages in the mountainous area were impacted. Social media posts indicate the government warning prompted an evacuation in Arughat, a riverside town on the highway connecting Kathmandu to other parts of the country.

Nepal is still recovering from a devastating flood in August along the mountainous Nepal-China border that left more than 1,400 people dead and thousands more missing.

The office of Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah on Monday announced an end to search and rescue operations for additional victims. Authorities will instead concentrate on recovery, including restoration of roads and bridges cut off by floods, particularly in remote areas where damaged infrastructure has made aid deliveries difficult.

The government estimates the rebuilding effort will cost $4.77 billion. Nearly 33,000 people have been affected and about 7,500 homes were damaged or destroyed.

“There was nobody in the middle, so I figured I would run there,” Minchey said. “We had our play called, and I wasn't necessarily part of it, but that's what my read told me to so I ran it in. It was great.”

LSU (4-2, 1-2 Southeastern Conference) scored first in overtime when quarterback Sam Leavitt scored on a 15-yard run.

Kentucky (5-1, 3-1) forced overtime when Adam Zouagui kicked a 33-yard field goal with 12 seconds left in regulation after missing field goals of 42 and 26 yards with less than five minutes to play, the second after Leavitt was sacked and fumbled.

“I’m in shock. We’ve got a really good football team. People count us out. I took a picture of (ESPN) College GameDay this morning; everyone picked LSU. Keep doing that. It gives us a lot of fuel,” Kentucky coach Will Stein said. “It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t perfect. We just kept chopping. We kept fighting.”

Minchey was 23 of 36 for 246 yards passing, 206 of those in the second half. Baxter ran for 123 yards — 77 on Kentucky’s first play of the game — and two touchdowns.

Freshman receiver Kenneth Darby, who had originally committed to LSU, had four catches for 79 yards. His 22-yard catch in overtime put the Wildcats at the LSU 1 to set up the winning sequence.

“It’s just tough to stop those guys. I mean, Sam Leavitt’s really good. They got big backs. They were throwing it all over the yard. This is not to discredit our defense, our defense made some unbelievable plays and takeaways and dealing with injuries,” Stein said.

Kentucky was down three linebackers, two defensive backs and a defensive lineman.

Leavitt was 25-of-34 passing for 275 yards and two touchdowns, but also had an interception and the fumble. LSU wide receiver Jackson Harris threw a 41-yard touchdown pass to Roman Mothershed with 9:42 remaining to give the Tigers a 27-24 lead.

“It came down to a one-play game, but there were a lot of plays before that to close the game out. We had the ball ahead, and turned it over,” said LSU coach Lane Kiffin. “Disappointing all three phases. If you don't execute, you don't execute. On the punt return (a 55-yard touchdown by Brock Coffman), we had a player there tackling him and he didn't tackle him. If you don't execute, you get exposed against a good team.”

The takeaway

LSU: The Tigers' defense was giving up an average of 220.6 yards per game, third in the nation. Saturday night they gave up 401 yards. The high-powered Tiger offense was third nationally at 547.8 yards per game, but ended Saturday night with 410 yards.

Kentucky: Saturday’s win was the Wildcats' second straight overtime win, both by identical 35-34 scores. The Wildcats beat South Carolina last Saturday on the road, but fell out of the Top 25 poll. They could make a big leap back into the poll this week. It's also the first time in school history Kentucky has played two straight overtime games.

Up Next

LSU: Hosts No. 17 Mississippi State next Saturday.

Kentucky: Visits Oklahoma next Saturday.

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The second-ranked Bulldogs benefitted from what appeared to be a blown call in a 20-17 victory at No. 2 Alabama on Saturday night.

Dwight Phillips Jr. ran for 120 yards, Bo Walker added 69 more and Georgia staked its claim to a top spot in the AP Top 25 poll with its first victory in Tuscaloosa since 2014. But most of the talk afterward was about Southeastern Conference officials declining to throw a flag on Georgia safety KJ Bolden after what appeared to be a clear pass-interference penalty in the end zone.

It would have moved the Crimson Tide safely into field-goal range. Instead, Bolden sacked Keelon Russell on the next play and forced Alabama to punt.

“We can’t put the game in that situation where the officials come into play," Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer said. “We just got to control the things we can control.”

After the no-call, Georgia iced away the final three minutes — with some help from Alabama cornerback Dijon Lee Jr., who pushed receiver to the ground after the whistle and drew a personal-foul penalty that allowed the Bulldogs to run out the clock.

Lee also was flagged for pass interference earlier in the second half, which helped set up Gunner Stockton’s 14-yard touchdown run. Stockton played well, completing 18 of 22 passes for 249 yards, with a touchdown and an interception.

The Bulldogs finished with 206 yards on the ground despite playing without leading rusher Nate Frazier and won the latest showdown between the two SEC heavyweights. It was Georgia’s third win over Alabama in their last 13 meetings, first in the regular season since 2007 and Kirby Smart’s first win in Tuscaloosa.

“I didn’t come here to lose,” Smart said.

The game was played despite Hurricanes Isaias coming ashore Friday night. Bryant-Denny Stadium was packed — President Trump decided not to attend — and the result should vault Georgia to the top spot in the Top 25 after No. 1 Texas lost to Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry.

Russell completed 16 of 30 passes for 185 yards, with a touchdown. He also ran for 41 yards.

Alabama’s Ryan Coleman-Williams leaves the game twice

Alabama star receiver Ryan Coleman-Williams was knocked out of the game twice, first with an apparent left leg injury and then to be evaluated for a concussion.

Quarterback Keelon Russell targeted Coleman-Williams in the end zone from Georgia’s 16-yard line late in the second quarter. The pass was broken up, and when Coleman-Williams tried to stand up, he could not put any weight on his leg. Alabama’s training staff helped him off the field.

Coleman-Williams returned after the break, spent time on an exercise bike and was back on the field to start the third quarter.

But he was injured again when his head appeared to hit the ground late in the game while trying to make a catch. Team trainers took his helmet and escorted him to the locker room. He finished with three receptions for 39 yards.

The takeaway

Georgia found success on the ground without Frazier and backup Chauncey Bowens. The Bulldogs also benefited from recovering all five of their fumbles. Stockton was 9-of-10 passing for 104 yards on third down.

Alabama had its moments offensively but missed opportunities on the ground and with scoring chances on the brink of field-goal range.

Up next

Georgia hosts Auburn in the rivalry dubbed “The Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry” next Saturday.

Alabama plays at No. 15 Tennessee in the rivalry known as “The Third Saturday in October” next Saturday.

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Williams had 12 of a record 21 strikeouts by Cleveland pitchers, Ramírez hit a two-run, go-ahead home run on a pitch just above home plate in the fourth inning and the Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 2-0 Saturday night to complete a comeback from an 0-2 deficit in their best-of-five AL Division Series.

AL Central champion Cleveland became just the 11th team to win a best-of-five series among the 96 that fell behind 0-2, the first since the 2017 New York Yankees against the Cleveland Indians and only the fourth to achieve the feat after losing the first two games at home.

“I’d say that the confidence that we have in this group has been really tested and refined over the course of the last two years," Guardians closer Cade Smith said. “As a group, we’ve dealt with some adversity and seen us come out on the other side of that and had success in spite of that. And that builds a quiet foundation of confidence to play from.”

The Guardians open the AL Championship Series at Tampa Bay on Monday night, seeking their first World Series trip since 2016. Cleveland hasn’t won the title since 1948, the longest drought among MLB teams.

It will be an ALCS matchup of small-payroll teams. Cleveland started the season with the lowest in the major leagues and the Rays were 26th.

Chicago, the first team to reach the playoffs after three straight 100-loss seasons, won its first four postseason games, including a Wild Card Series sweep of Houston, then lost four in a row. The White Sox have not won the World Series since 2005.

“We are sitting in disappointment, and it hurts not to be able to advance," Chicago manager Will Venable said. "At the same time, you know, you do zoom out and look what this group accomplished and what they did to bring baseball back to White Sox and the pride back to the organization and then really the city.”

Record effort from Cleveland's staff

Guardians pitchers set a record for strikeouts in a game of no more than nine innings, regular season or postseason, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The White Sox got just three hits and put only nine balls in play.

“Our pitchers are incredible. We asked a ton of them this whole series,” Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt said. “When you miss bats, they can’t get anything going. And they just shut them down, and that’s a really good offense over there.”

Two days after saving Game 4, Williams became just the third pitcher in postseason history to get the last out of a game and start the following game when his team faced elimination in both.

The 27-year-old right-hander needed seven pitches in the first inning and struck out the side in the second and fifth.

“He can be that quiet guy, but he’s that silent killer. He’s going to go and do his best,” Ramírez said through an interpreter.

Chicago's only two baserunners came via a walk and hit by pitch until Kyle Teel looped a knuckle-curve into right field with two outs in the sixth.

“We got him out earlier than he wanted the other day — and he got us today. He was unbelievable and kept things out of the zone," Chicago second baseman Chase Meidroth said.

Williams had 24 strikeouts over three games, one shy of the mark for a best-of-five postseason series. His 12 Sunday tied Cleveland’s record for a postseason game set by Charles Nagy.

He got 22 swings and misses, throwing mostly curves and sweeps and firing 18 at 100 mph or higher Monday.

“I think that goes back to seeing them six or seven times now. And Patey (catcher Patrick Bailey) did a good job back there," Williams said. “He was reading swings the whole time.”

After a walk loaded the bases, Erik Sabrowski relieved and struck out Munetaka Murakami on a foul tip, the pitcher letting out a yell.

Hunter Gaddis followed Sabrowski and got four outs, and Smith finished for his first career five-out save, striking out the side in the ninth. He got Tristan Peters to chase a 99.2 mph fastball for the final out, setting off a celebration at Progressive Field.

“It was less about chase and more about being attacked in the zone and swing and miss in the zone,” Venable said. “Just didn’t have what it would have took to move some balls forward there.”

Murakami and Andrew Benintendi struck out four times each, and Teel and Chase Meidroth three times apiece.

Cleveland pitchers had a Division Series record 75 strikeouts and held Chicago to a .185 batting average. Smith and Gaddis became the 16th and 17th relievers to pitch in all five games of a Division Series.

Ramírez homers for second straight game

Chicago starter Sean Burke retired the first nine Cleveland hitters before Steven Kwan singled leading off the fourth.

On the fifth pitch of his at-bat, Ramírez lined Burke's knuckle-curve just over the wall near the right-field line for a 2-0 lead.

“In that AB, I was looking for a curveball for strike. So I was able to get my legs and get a good contact,” Ramírez said through an interpreter.

Ramírez homered on a pitch 0.74 feet above ground, the lowest pitch hit for a postseason home run since tracking started in 2008, according to MLB Statcast, and the lowest hit by Ramirez in his 14-year big league career.

“When he hit it, I was kind of wishing it away from Peters and then it snuck out,” Vogt said. “I mean, to go down and get that, to be able to get through that, that takes some power, that takes some strength."

Up next

Tampa Bay went 5-1 against the Guardians, including three shutouts. It will be the third postseason meeting of the teams following the Rays' win in the 2013 wild card game and the Guardians' sweep in the 2022 Wild Card Series.

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Emily Covington, a spokesperson for the department, said group boycotts among business competitors might violate U.S. law. “The Antitrust Division is simply investigating to determine whether these news organizations have violated the antitrust laws,” she said.

The announcement came after the television pool of five broadcasters last month ceased presidential coverage after the administration barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.

Messages were sent late Saturday to the five outlets seeking comment: ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX and NBC.

The White House press pool, which is a rotating cast of news outlets that covers the president, has become a proxy for the wider fight over whether the president, or anyone, can control the content of news reports — a type of free speech, pillar of American democracy.

Last month's developments marked an extraordinary escalation in Trump’s efforts to restrict news reporters and outlets that he finds insufficiently supportive.

CNN, MS NOW and Politico sued over the days-long ban. It was lifted after a judge handed the three news organizations a reprieve, which is in place until Tuesday.

Television pool coverage of the White House has also resumed.

Jose Zamora, the Committee to Protect Journalists' regional director of the Americas, on Saturday criticized the administration's decision to investigate.

“The government should not use antitrust investigations to intimidate news outlets defending press access,” Zamora said on X. “The public’s right to know depends on that access.”

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“I'd love to see him as a Republican,” Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews on Saturday as he returned to Washington from a rally in Tennessee. “He does better as a Republican than he does as a Democrat.”

The comments were among the most direct overtures by Trump to woo Fetterman into the GOP, a matter of growing importance as the party could lose its Senate majority in next month's elections. With his everyman appeal, Fetterman was a Democratic star when he was first elected to the Senate in 2022. But during his time in Washington, he has split with Democrats on issues ranging from immigration to Israel, leading to speculation that he might switch parties.

A representative for Fetterman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

Fetterman has repeatedly rejected the notion of becoming a Republican, writing in The Washington Post in May that he would be a “terrible Republican who still votes overwhelmingly with Democrats.” His relationship with fellow Democrats became more tenuous after he recorded a video for the Republican midterm convention last month praising his fellow Pennsylvania senator, Republican Dave McCormick, suggesting there were extremists in his party.

“I’m always going to stand with America,” Fetterman said in the video. “I’m always going to reject the extremes and socialism and that anti-American way of life.”

Such flirtations with the GOP could make it extremely difficult for Fetterman to win the Democratic nomination for another term in the Senate, a prospect Trump raised on Saturday as he encouraged the party switch.

Democrats need to pick up four seats to retake the Senate majority, a once remote prospect that remains challenging for the party. But Trump's unpopularity and the economic fallout from the Iran war have intensified headwinds for the GOP, making Democrats more bullish about a path to Senate control.

If Democrats picked up the four seats for a 51-seat majority, that could potentially put Fetterman in an influential position, reducing the incentive to switch parties.

The last senator whose party switch affected control of the chamber was Jim Jeffords of Vermont, who left the GOP in 2001 to give Democrats a narrow majority. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter's decision to abandon Republicans in 2009 helped Democrats achieve a supermajority.

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Seller accounted for five touchdowns, including four passing in his best performance in nearly two years, and the Gamecocks stunned No. 16 Florida 38-19 on Saturday to end an eight-game skid in Southeastern Conference play.

“He was a freaking dude today,” said South Carolina coach Shane Beamer, who challenged Sellers to play better two weeks ago. “Some of the throws in tight windows, running the ball, just poised, confident.”

Sellers completed 23 of 35 passes for 279 yards, finding Nyck Harbor, Mazeo Bennett Jr., Donovan Murph and Lex Cyrus for scores against the league’s worst passing defense.

Sellers’ most impressive play was a 3-yard run in the third quarter in which he tossed aside a defender and nearly scored. He plunged in on the next play, essentially sealing a long-awaited victory for the Gamecocks (3-3, 1-3).

South Carolina’s last win in league play came against Kentucky in September 2025. Beamer’s team blew four significant leads in its last five SEC games, but the Gamecocks closed this one out without any issues and won in Gainesville for the first time since 2014.

It was Sellers’ best outing since throwing five TDs against Missouri in November 2024.

“I knew when I signed up to play this position when I was a young kid. I knew you get all the hate and you get all the love when we’re playing good,” Sellers said. “It’s just going to come with it.”

The Gators (4-2, 2-2), who were double-digit favorites at home, lost a second consecutive game in lopsided fashion and surely will fall out of the AP Top 25. They were looking to rebound from a 45-17 shocker at then-No. 25 Missouri. Instead, they got humiliated in the Swamp.

“We’ve lost two games, man,” Florida linebacker Aaron Chiles said. “I don’t believe it’s the end of the world.”

South Carolina took control with two TD drives in the third quarter — ending a string of third-quarter debacles — and did so by picking on Florida’s beleaguered secondary following a 45-minute lightning delay that extended halftime.

When it was over, Beamer hugged both of his kids in a clear sigh of relief.

“I get it; what comes with the jobs, and we haven’t been good enough,” I was a 2-3 football coach coming into this game that had blown leads and lost three SEC games in a row. I get the criticism. I do. But it’s hard on your families because they don’t sign up for it.”

Florida struggled to run the ball again — Jadan Baugh ran 15 times for 59 yards and a garbage-time touchdown — quarterback Aaron Philo turned the ball over twice and the Gators were gouged on defense while failing to generate enough pressure on Sellers.

More noticeable: Coach Jon Sumrall got booed for the first time since taking over in Gainesville. Fans showed their displeasure with Sumrall’s clock management at the end of the first half. The Gators ran out of time and then missed a long field goal.

“Disappointing football,” Sumrall said. “No excuse for it. Not many words that are going to make any of it right. ... I’m frustrated with every part of what we did today.”

Stewart returns after a one-game suspension

Highly touted South Carolina defensive end Dylan Stewart returned from a one-game suspension and forced two fumbles. Stewart was suspended for throwing a punch at an Alabama player two weeks ago and missed last week’s overtime loss to Kentucky.

Key injuries

South Carolina: Starting cornerback Judge Collier left in the first half with a concussion.

Florida: Backup running back Duke Clark hobbled to the locker room just before halftime. The Gators also played their second consecutive game without leading receiver Vernell Brown III (knee).

The takeaway

South Carolina: This is the kind of performance the Gamecocks have been waiting for. Talent was never an issue, which explains why Beamer was under so much heat amid a three-game skid this season.

Florida: The Gators are unlikely to fix their issues anytime soon. Both lines of scrimmage need to be overhauled, and they probably need to sign four new cornerbacks before next season.

Up next

South Carolina gets a week off before hosting No. 15 Tennessee on Oct. 24.

Florida will try to avoid a three-game skid next Saturday at top-ranked Texas.

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Officials say those involved were adult family members of the shooter, who died by suicide. They were found in the family’s home on the outskirts of Douglas, a small city roughly 200 miles southeast of Atlanta.

“Investigators believe this was an apparent murder-suicide involving immediate family members who reside in the home,” said Douglas Police Chief Brannen Pruette during a news conference on Saturday.

Officers responded to an emergency call made by one of the victims shortly after 11 p.m. and found a woman alive at the scene. After transport to a nearby hospital, she was pronounced dead, raising the death toll to five.

Earlier in the day, police confirmed that woman made another emergency call and summoned officers to the house.

“It’s my understanding the call was placed by the wife, the female victim. She called, and was complaining about the husband who was in the house smoking and she said he was killing her with the smoke,” Pruette said.

Douglas Police have not responded to emails and calls requesting more information.

Last weekend, two people were killed and 35 injured in a shooting during a block party celebrating a high-school football game in Vienna, another small city just an hour north of Douglas.

Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah said the 45-year-old man was related to seven of the victims in the previous day’s shooting, while the eighth was a friend of the pregnant woman.

Video and audio evidence recovered by investigators included muffled gunshot sounds coming from inside the home just before two “distressed” women arrived and began pounding on the door shortly before 5 p.m. Friday, he said. The gunman then came out and shot them as they ran toward him, before returning inside.

Police arrived to find the two women dead outside. After deploying a drone and robot, they went inside and found the bodies of a 5-year-old boy; a 1-year-old girl on the first floor; two more women and two young men in a stairwell; and the shooter on the second floor.

“Out of respect for the victims and the families, I will not discuss the details of what our officers encountered inside that home,” the chief said at a news conference. “But I want our community to understand the gravity of what happened and the profound impact this tragedy has had on those involved and on our community as a whole.”

Lorah declined to discuss motive but said investigators would talk to other relatives and examine the cellphones of the women who were killed outside the home.

“They knew something was going on at that house,” he said. “We have to figure out what that is.”

Lorah said officers arrived within minutes of receiving an alert via ShotSpotter, a controversial gunshot detection system that relies on artificial intelligence and a network of microphones to identify gunshots. No additional shots were fired after that.

“Sounds that may have been mistaken for gunfire came from flashbang devices — chemical munitions — used by SWAT officers,” he said.

Gov. Josh Shapiro said he offered his administration’s “full support” to Erie Mayor Daria Devlin, who spoke directly to the victims’ families during the news conference.

“I am so deeply sorry. What happened to you was horrific, and there is nothing that any of us can say today that will make this any easier,” she said. “But you do need to know that our entire community is with you, we’re grieving with you. And we are here to support you.”

District Attorney Elizabeth Hirz urged the public to refrain from speculation as the investigation continues.

“Please do not allow rumors, speculation or unverified information to add to the pain that these families are already experiencing,” she said.

Erie is about 120 miles (190 kilometers) north of Pittsburgh.

Speaking at a campaign rally outside Philadelphia, Shapiro mentioned both the Erie killings and the shooting of two Philadelphia police officers early Saturday.

“Today has been a dark day across this commonwealth,” he said.

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This story corrects that the total number of people found dead — nine — includes the suspected shooter.

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The person spoke on condition of anonymity Saturday night because the team didn't disclose financial details in announcing the extension. Podziemski had 18 points with three 3-pointers, seven rebounds and four assists over 26 minutes in a 111-106 preseason win against the Sacramento Kings.

“For me it shows a sign of faith and trust on their end, wanting me here,” Podziemski said of his new deal. "I think for me I just owe it right back to them. They’re putting their trust and faith in me so I got to do the same and play that way each and every night.”

Podziemski's deal includes a mutual option for the fifth season, meaning the sides could re-negotiate the fifth year or decide to go separate ways.

“I'm thrilled for Brandin and his family, really happy for us," Kerr said. “Obviously, everything came together and it's a win-win. We think Brandin is a hell of a young player, a big part of our future, and he secures his future financially. And it's a deal that makes a lot of sense based on our numbers. ... I think it's a good relief to get it done and go into the season where he can just focus on basketball. He should be very proud of the work he's put in to get to this place and put himself in this position.”

The 23-year-old Podziemski was the only Warriors player and one of 18 in the entire NBA to appear in all 82 games last season, averaging career highs of 13.8 points and 45.5% shooting from the field to go with 5.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.08 steals over 28.5 minutes.

“We’re thrilled to get an extension done with Brandin prior to the deadline,” Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy said. “Brandin has continued to improve and expand his game since he entered the league as a mid-first round pick, and we think his upward trajectory will only continue. He’s a durable, skilled, two-way player that makes our team better each time he takes the court.”

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Tipoff is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. ET.

Miami enters the game with a 2-0 record in pre-season, averaging 128.5 points per game.

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra is expected to take a similar approach to the first two games, playing many of the team’s regulars extended minutes in the first half before giving the rest of the roster a chance after halftime.

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