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The Arizona State Sun Devils cantered to victory in the first ever Union Jack Classic in front of a noisy crowd - despite thousands of empty seatsYou sensed that Britain's first US college football game in nearly 40 years was going to be a very different experience when Wembley Way began to reverberate to the sound of steel, muscle and a few whoops long before kick-off.The noise came from the Arizona State Sun Devils' marching band, who were so energetic their horns and trombones swished from left to right like air raid lights hunting a target as they played. Continue reading...

President had brushed away suggestions to slow down AI technology, even as his own party counseled cautionDonald Trump on Saturday said he would appoint an artificial intelligence czar and create an AI Force" to help monitor the technology, though he gave almost no details about either plan.As global fears over AI have grown, especially in the past week in the face of multiple industry figures sounding the alarm about its dangers, the president has been critical of calls to slow down development of the fast-moving industry. Continue reading...

Health authorities work to notify people who were exposed to person who traveled through at least six countiesCalifornia public health officials are warning of a possible measles exposure spanning multiple counties after an infected and unvaccinated passenger traveled through the state via Amtrak trains and thruway buses.The warning comes as the US faces its largest measles resurgence in more than three decades, fueled largely by growing vaccine hesitancy. Continue reading...

Patrick Clancy and wife Rachel Danis to speak publicly on 60 Minutes on Sunday about Massachusetts murder trialPatrick Clancy and his wife Rachel Danis are set to describe their experiences of the Massachusetts triple-murder trial of his former wife Lindsay Clancy, with Clancy telling 60 Minutes: I live with it every day, but I think I did the best I could."The couple will on Sunday night make their first public comments on the case. CBS has been trailing excerpts of the broadcast. Continue reading...

Bert Atienza and teen worker reportedly exchanged words before parents showed up and allegedly attacked shopperA 77-year-old Walmart shopper died after he was allegedly attacked inside a Virginia store by the parents of a teenage employee he had confronted over a shopping cart incident involving his wife, according to US media reports.Bert Atienza died from blunt head trauma on 8 June, one day after the attack at the Walmart in Norfolk, Virginia, WTKR reported on Monday. The shocking incident was captured on surveillance video. Continue reading...

President said he was banning journalists from those organizations, saying of their coverage: You get sick of it.'Journalists from three US outlets were denied access to the White House grounds on Saturday morning a day after Donald Trump said he would ban them from the executive branch complex in a move that has prompted outrage and shock from free-speech advocates.The outlets were television broadcasters MS Now and CNN as well as the political news website Politico. Continue reading...

An on-air helicopter crash killed journalist Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw, shaking LA's news traditionThe whir of news helicopters flying overhead has long been a familiar soundtrack to life in Los Angeles - and the footage they gather of high-speed chases, wildfires and celebrity sightings a fixture of local television.For nearly 70 years, Angelenos have gotten their news from the eye in the sky" - from scenes of OJ Simpson's fleeing white Bronco, the 1992 LA riots and even Madonna's wedding to Sean Penn. Continue reading...

The president has threatened to block renovations and suggested the landmark could be demolished after courts ruled against his bid to rename itIt was born with the world premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass. Young people will come here and they will see this cultural centre," Rose Kennedy, the mother of slain US president John F Kennedy, said at that opening night gala. They will carry some of these ideas back to their different communities."More than half a century later, the potential death knell came just after 4.30pm on Tuesday with a perfunctory announcement on the public address system: The centre is now closed to the public. Please exit the centre by way of the Hall of States." Soon barricades had been erected and security guards were blocking access. Continue reading...

The report highlights deep divides between low- and middle- income, a disparity that dates back decadesA new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reaffirms that adults are more likely to eat fresh fruits and vegetables as their income increases.The data brief comes as Republican cuts to food assistance programs, colloquially called food stamps", have led enrollment to plummet". Changes to US dietary guidelines, led by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, have also made a government-recommended diet more expensive. A new food pyramid" released in January emphasized animal protein, fresh fruit and vegetables, all of which cost more, according to studies. Continue reading...

Parents of Eleanor, 3, both died within a year. Her dad's killer was just convicted. Now a man faces trial in her mother's car crash deathBrian Hinck followed from a distance the suburban New Orleans trial resulting in the convictions on Thursday of three people charged in the drugging death of his son-in-law, Telemundo sports reporter Adan Manzano.That was because he and his family had simultaneously been girding themselves for another trial scheduled to start four days later: that of the motorist charged in the car crash that killed his daughter, Ashleigh Boyd, in Topeka, Kansas. Continue reading...

Polls show voters who helped elect president unhappy - and may be willing to vote Democrat in midtermsHispanic voters who helped re-elect Donald Trump in 2024 are discontent with his second-term economic and immigration policies, according to recent polling - indicating they may not be willing to support the president's party in the midterm elections.Despite a record number of Hispanic voters casting their ballots for the Republican president, more than 65% said they are displeased with Trump's handling of his job and 78% said they would prefer to see the Democratic party in control of Congress, according to a September poll from the New York Times/Siena University. Continue reading...

Officials lack data on miscarriages after October 2025. Detained women aren't getting the prenatal healthcare they needMaga men have babies on the brain. They may not all be interested in changing diapers or hands-on parenting, but they're very keen on population growth. [W]e want more babies, to put it very nicely," Donald Trump said last year.Trump, who has called himself the father of IVF" and joked that he will be known as the fertilization president", surrounds himself with people who profess a similar fondness for children. Only a few days after being sworn in as vice-president, JD Vance declared he wanted more babies in the United States of America" and went on to make pronatalist policies a theme of his time in office.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

Meet the candidates with labor ties vying for Senate and House seats in midterm races. Most of the nominees are Democrats as the party looks to rebuild support among working-class votersThe US labor movement is having a banner election year.More than three dozen nominees for open House and Senate races across the US have backgrounds as labor union representatives or members. Continue reading...

With growing support networks online and in person, these moms say they're changing the narrative around Black single motherhoodWhen Chamise Alston was ready to have a child, she connected her computer to her TV and scrolled through profiles with her best friend, dismissing people who seemed like the wrong fit. Unlike the average millennial on a dating app, Alston was scanning a sperm bank catalogue for potential donors. The Maryland-based therapist hoped to conceive a child through the assisted reproductive technology in vitro-fertilization (IVF).That winter day in 2023, Alston and her friend chose a donor who would help her become pregnant with her now 16-month-old daughter. As a Black woman, she felt empowered taking control of her reproductive destiny. Continue reading...

Demonstrators gathered outside the building in Washington, after the president was spotted holding a placard that read: Kennedy Center DEMOLIS ...'On Friday evening thousands of protesters gathered outside the Kennedy Center in view of the marble facade that remained concealed by scaffolding and tarpaulins, to protest Donald Trump's plans for the facility and express alarm that he might make good on his threat to tear down the institution.Crowding streets in the Foggy Bottom area of Washington and locking down traffic as they walked, many carried signs, as they joined in the Hands Around the Kennedy Center" protest. Some wore costumes and booed when the president was mentioned during the program. Continue reading...

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The FBI says Daejon Love and his alleged accomplice, Taylor Chan, defrauded women they met on dating apps out of $1.3mAt least 35 additional women have come forward with fraud allegations against Daejon Love, the man accused last month of masquerading as a San Francisco 49ers player and wealthy investor, the FBI announced on Friday. Federal authorities had previously said Love conned more than two dozen women, many of whom he met on dating apps, out of $1.3m.Love, 35, and alleged accomplice Taylor Chan, 18, who posed as his financial adviser, were arrested in August and have been charged with wire fraud. Continue reading...

The agreement would allow the US to expand its military presence, while Denmark and Greenland say it preserves their sovereignty and right to self-determinationDonald Trump announced on Friday that the US had struck an Arctic security pact with the leaders of Denmark and Greenland, after threatening for much of his second term to annex the semi-autonomous Danish territory by force.The full scope of the deal Trump described as very important, historic, and special" was not immediately clear. But soon after his announcement in a post on Truth Social, the leaders of Denmark and Greenland issued statements indicating the deal would be signed by the three governments on the sidelines of the United Nations general assembly in New York City next week. Continue reading...

Angela Lipps, 50, alleges in suit that Fargo police wrongly relied on AI facial recognition to arrest and charge herA Tennessee woman who was falsely charged with bank theft in North Dakota and jailed for six months has sued for $10m in damages, alleging in a federal lawsuit that Fargo police improperly relied on an artificial intelligence (AI) facial recognition system to wrongly accuse her.Angela Lipps, 50, was arrested at gunpoint by US marshals at her home in Tennessee while babysitting her neighbor's four children in July 2025. The mother of three and grandmother of five was booked into a county jail and remained there for almost four months without bail while awaiting extradition to North Dakota, where she was held for about two more months. Continue reading...

Group trapped at Hotel Bamy after US removal as rights groups sound alarm over poor conditions and violenceTwo men that the Trump administration expelled to Equatorial Guinea were bound, fitted with bags over their heads, beaten and pushed down a flight of stairs, all in plain view of other US deportees, according to witnesses and human rights lawyers.The men - one from Egypt and one from Eritrea - were then taken to a prison. About 30 detainees from the US remain trapped at a hotel in the outskirts of the coastal city of Malabo after being deported from the US. Detainees have said they believe the men were beaten for telling the press and human rights advocates about the poor conditions and violence inside the hotel, and that they are haunted by flashbacks and terrified they will be retaliated against next. Continue reading...

President has overseen an unprecedented restriction of access for major news media since start of second term

State's department of transportation said freeze does not affect nearly 900 cameras already installed along state rights-of-wayAt Republican governor Greg Abbott's direction, the Texas department of transportation (TxDOT) has stopped issuing permits allowing Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers to be installed along state roads.The pause, confirmed Thursday by an agency spokesperson, does not affect cameras already installed along state rights-of-way, including more than 900 cameras operated by the Texas department of public safety. Continue reading...

Suspect charged with attempted murder as driver, identified by surname Singh, reportedly stabbed 17 timesA Sikh truck driver survived harrowing attack in which he was beaten then stabbed 17 times in a rest stop off a Wyoming highway on Sunday, according to news reports.The suspected assailant, Andrew Kris Bzdak, reportedly fled the scene, before Wyoming highway patrol troopers arrested him, the Sacramento Bee reported. Continue reading...

Lindsey O Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act signed into law two days after House passed it in bipartisan voteDonald Trump on Friday signed legislation enabling sweeping sanctions on Russia aimed at pressing it into ending its war with Ukraine, and also giving him the power to impose additional tariffs on countries breaking the embargo.The US president signed the Lindsey O Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act into law two days after it passed the House of Representatives in a bipartisan 262-159 vote, amid concerns the legislation gives him too much power. Continue reading...

Madison Rebecca Colello, 29, surrenders after 20 other cats in severe distress rescued from business in town of WalkerA Louisiana woman faces dozens of animal cruelty charges after 17 cats were found dead at a local business amid dangerously hot conditions without food or water, with 20 other cats in severe distress being rescued.Madison Rebecca Colello, 29, surrendered on Thursday morning at the Livingston parish detention center in Walker, Louisiana. She faces 17 felony counts of aggravated animal cruelty - in connection with the dead cats - and 37 misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty. Continue reading...

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Russian strikes in Kyiv, a female militia march in Tehran, protests in Pristina and Alfie Hewett at the US Open - the past seven days as captured by the world's leading photojournalists Continue reading...

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The 24-year-old has taken his attention to detail from lining up bats and helmets as a toddler to helping the Cleveland Guardians towards the playoffsWhen Sydney's Travis Bazzana made his debut in Major League Baseball on 28 April, it was the culmination of a journey that began when he was a toddler.From the time he could stand, Travis was always wanting to throw or hit balls with any type of bat or racket available," says Travis's mother, Jenny. Any visitors to the house, including his grandparents, were immediately invited to play or compete with him." Continue reading...

Arizona State hockey player Matthew Mayich is fighting for his life after collapsing during practice. Tragedies like this can be avoidedLate last month, Arizona State hockey player Matthew Mayich collapsed during a team workout. He is now fighting for his life after suffering from exertional heatstroke and, according to the Mayich family attorney, is unlikely to make a meaningful recovery. This young man was drafted by the St Louis Blues but will never get the opportunity to play in the NHL. While he is not the first young athlete severely harmed by heat-related illness in American sports, he should be the last.I have learned more about this preventable injury than I ever wanted to know. On 29 May 2018, my son Jordan McNair collapsed during a strenuous football practice at the University of Maryland. By the time he arrived at the hospital, he was dangerously overheated and never recovered. Continue reading...

After the NHL star appeared in an ad campaign for United Russia, it's fair to start pressing about the impact of his stances - even if he doesn't want to talk about itWhen Russian launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, reporters asked Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin for his thoughts. It was no secret, even then, that Ovechkin was close to Vladimir Putin. Years before, Ovechkin boosted the Russian president in a social media campaign and featured Putin in his own Instagram profile photo. He is my president," Ovechkin said of Putin shortly after the invasion. But [like] I said, I'm not in politics, I'm an athlete." That's over. He's in politics now.The thing about the video: I'm Russian," Ovechkin told reporters Thursday. The video in question is one he taped for United Russia, a group supporting Putin, ahead of parliamentary elections. Ovechkin appears in the video alongside Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of the state-controlled media outlet RT, and others. I'm for peace and love, and I hope, in the world, it doesn't matter who you are," Ovechkin told reporters. I hope everybody understands everybody wants peace, and everybody hope everything's going to be OK in the world." Continue reading...

Local communities are fighting back against the influence of conservative groups like Moms for Liberty in educationJimmy Glover's youngest children were in high school when he noticed their Florida school district taking an unsettling turn. Beloved books were being pulled from shelves. Teachers were scared of being targeted.There was this culture of fear that was permeating throughout the district," Glover said of Sarasota county. Continue reading...

The party needs to thread the needle between college-educated and working-class voters. Our survey offers a wayResisting authoritarianism is the second-highest priority for Democrats' college-educated base. But for working-class Americans, it's only the 19th priority (out of 20), we found in a new survey. The gap between these two groups was larger than on any other issues: elites prioritized resisting authoritarianism an astonishing 33 percentage points more than non-elites did.Democrats' dilemma is that their college-educated base insists they stand up to Donald Trump's attacks on democracy, but they also need to win working-class votes. The way to thread that needle is to recognize that what's needed to defend democracy in the short term is different from what's needed to defend it in the long term. Continue reading...

Although state officials laud a reduction in violent crime, a report claims it would have happened without the taskforceNational guard troops began walking the streets of Memphis a year ago this week, as part of a federal surge of law enforcement agents sent into the city at the behest of the Trump administration to reduce violent crime.Fewer soldiers are on the street today, as the city's grudging initial acceptance of the president's deployment has given way to doubts about their effectiveness, focus and respect for civil rights - particularly after four men were killed in gunfire by federal agents working with the taskforce, with a recent autopsy showing that one was shot in the back. Continue reading...

The billionaire's attempted crackdown on Ed Sheeran's tour only amplified pro-Palestinian statements. It's been a joy to watchA few weeks ago, the worst thing you could say about Ed Sheeran was that his music was a bit bland. A Guardian music writer once compared it to aural wallpaper". Which was a little bit rude to wallpaper: there are some very interesting designs out there!I don't need to tell you what people are saying about Sheeran now, do I? The pop star has been in the news for days after he apparently crumbled when billionaire Robert Kraft demanded Macklemore be pulled from his tour because of the rapper's pro-Palestine advocacy. Continue reading...

Yes sport is about effort, sweat and inclusivity - but it also turns elite athletes into magnificent specimens of humanity where the aesthetic is part of the appealHave you seen the 40-second video that will change the way you think about women's sport, women's bodies, just, you know, women? It's been unavoidable on social media this week - brazen, unapologetic, dominating the algorithm like an AI kitten hacking a banana-bread recipe while lip-syncing to Cardi B. I for one have enjoyed it at least 50 times already.It starts with some carefully curated passive-aggression - Dear Sydney", Hey Sydney", Respectfully Sydney" - and follows up with clips of what, in its own words, a woman in sport actually looks like". It shows its subject pounding the treadmill or powering down the back straight, flooring a rival with a tackle or a roundhouse kick, lifting weights or throwing herself through the air. It is, inevitably, soundtracked by Dua Lipa. Training Season is getting a serious bump this week. Continue reading...

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Bailee Lynn Rios, 36, accused of driving on wrong side of road to cause fatal crash NBC news helicopter was coveringA California woman was allegedly driving under the influence when she sped down the wrong side of the road, ran a red light and plowed her SUV into a Los Angeles metro bus on Tuesday, killing two passengers, prosecutors say, in a tragedy compounded when a news helicopter covering the crash plummeted from the sky, killing three.Bailee Lynn Rios, 36, has been charged with two counts of murder over the deaths of the two people on the bus, identified as Daniel Castillo, 46, and Gage Weida, 31. Rios was being held on $4.1m bail and is set to be arraigned on 18 September. Online court records did not list a lawyer who might speak on her behalf, and the public defender's office did not immediately return a message about whether it was representing her. Continue reading...

Anthony Kazmierczak agreed plea deal over January town-hall attack that came amid Minneapolis ICE crackdownThe man who sprayed vinegar at the Democratic US House member Ilhan Omar during a Minneapolis town hall was sentenced Thursday to 14 months in prison after reaching a deal with prosecutors.The sentencing of 56-year-old Anthony Kazmierczak came nearly eight months after the 27 January assault. At the time, Minneapolis was facing an immigration crackdown that led to angry protests, arrests and the killing of two US citizens by federal officers. Continue reading...

Fish and Wildlife Service memo calls for change in what it means to take' an endangered speciesMore than 1,600 critically imperiled species protected under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA) face losing further federal protections following a new reinterpretation of the 1973 law by the Donald Trump administration.A September 14 memo distributed to Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) field offices by FWS director Brian Nesvik calls for a reinterpretation of what it means to take" an endangered species. Under the ESA, take" is defined as to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct". Continue reading...

The US health secretary added that he would've made sweeping changes on day one' but he had to follow the lawAs the death toll from the worst measles outbreak in decades rises, Robert F Kennedy Jr headlined the Washington DC conference of the anti-vaccine organization Children's Health Defense, which he led for nearly a decade.Let me be clear. You have a strong and steadfast friend at the White House," Kennedy, now serving as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), told anti-vaccine activists at the conference in a nearly hour-and-a-half-long speech. He urged patience, saying that he would've made sweeping changes on day one" but that he had to follow the law in order to make permanent change. Continue reading...

Grand jury indicts Jesse Calhoun, 41, on charge of first-degree manslaughter in the death of Elizabeth GibsonAn Oregon man accused of killing five women has been indicted in connection with the death of a sixth woman, officials announced this week.Jesse Calhoun was indicted by a grand jury on a charge of first-degree manslaughter in the death of Elizabeth Libby" Gibson, said the Multnomah county district attorney on Wednesday. Calhoun is accused of causing Gibson's death and acting unlawfully and recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life". Continue reading...