Leon Gonzalo Jr, 42, was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the Houston shootingA 42-year-old man in Texas has been charged with murder after the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old boy who was playing a doorbell prank in Houston on Saturday night, authorities said.The shooting occurred at around 11pm on Saturday, according to Houston authorities, when the boy and his friends were in their neighborhood reportedly playing a game of ding dong ditch" - an old childhood prank involving ringing a doorbell and running away. Continue reading...
In the Virginia case, rare genetic mutations distinguished identical twins in DNA analysisFor the first time in the US, an identical twin has been convicted of a crime based on DNA analysis.On 21 August, a jury found Russell Marubbio, 54, guilty of a sexual assault that occurred in Woodbridge, Virginia, in 1987. Continue reading...
Star names have been missing but second half of campaign should bring renewed interest after ratings spike last yearHalfway through the NWSL's 13th regular season, the league reported TV ratings were trending down. But August has already shown glimmers of recovery and context adds important caveats to that downward slope.As first reported by Sports Business Journal, when the league took a month-long break midway through the year this July, ratings were down by 8% across their multi-platform media partnership. That partnership, which is now in its second year, was signed in November 2023 with CBS, ESPN, ION (Scripps Sports) and Prime Video for a deal worth $240m- a huge increase from their previous one-party partnership with CBS worth $4.5m. In its first year, the league saw a big uptick in viewing numbers as matches proliferated across a variety of outlets, reaching a wider audience. Continue reading...
As Ice expands and standards are lowered, advocates and former US officials warn that misconduct may increaseThe last time the US dramatically expanded its force of immigration officers, major problems arose.Some border agents recruited in the 2000s turned out to be cartel members. One kidnapped and raped three women in his custody. Two others were convicted of off-duty murders. Continue reading...
The greatest head coach in modern NFL history has started anew at UNC. His first game exposed flaws that will be very difficult to fixHalf a century of unprecedented success, six Super Bowl rings as a head coach, the NFL's greatest defensive mind; all undone by 19-year-olds sprinting past missed tackles. Bill Belichick arrived at North Carolina promising to bend college football to his will, to build the 33rd NFL Program" in Chapel Hill, and prove he still had his fastball. College football laughed.As debut flops go, North Carolina's 48-14 beatdown at the hands of TCU is as bad as it gets. Belichick's side didn't just lose; they were humiliated. UNC looked unprepared, undisciplined and were overmatched against a veteran team. Continue reading...
We are the parents of students who faced disciplinary actions for pro-Palestine activism. The struggle for liberation will not end with suspensions and expulsionsBy now, 23 million American college and university students will mostly be back on campus. Undergraduates have stuffed suitcases and crammed one more thing into already bursting backpacks, and moved into dorm rooms and apartments. Graduate students have scrambled to prepare for seminars and their work in classrooms and laboratories and started the new academic year.But not our children. Continue reading...
Allen, who directed Trump in 1998 film Celebrity, adds that he disagrees with his politics but if he would let me direct him now that he's president, I could do wonders'Woody Allen has said he was impressed by the acting abilities of Donald Trump when he directed the now-president in the 1998 film Celebrity.Speaking on Bill Maher's Club Random, Allen said Trump was a pleasure to work with and a very good actor". Continue reading...
Legal experts say charges against Afghanistan war veteran Bajun Mavalwalla II mark an escalation in the Trump administration's crackdown on first amendment rightsThe arrest of a US army veteran who protested against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown has raised alarms among legal experts and fellow veterans familiar with his service in Afghanistan.Bajun Mavalwalla II - a former army sergeant who survived a roadside bomb blast on a special operations mission in Afghanistan - was charged in July with conspiracy to impede or injure officers" after joining a demonstration against federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) in Spokane, Washington. Continue reading...
The Gambler and his Cowboys is a gritty portrayal of the rise and fall of a sports dynasty that leaves the viewer wanting more of its glory and grubbinessOf all the unflinching moments in the new Netflix blockbuster, America's Team: the Gambler and his Cowboys, one stands out more than most. It comes after the Dallas Cowboys' former star receiver Michael Irvin is asked about the White House, the secret mansion where some players would unwind while winning three Super Bowls during the 1990s. I was the president of the White House," Irvin says with a cackle, his eyes lighting up. It was a safe place for camaraderie."But this, it turns out, was a very different style of team building than going down the pub. Continue reading...
European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde says Trump undermining Federal Reserve could impact global economy. Key US politics stories from Monday 1 SeptemberUS treasury secretary Scott Bessent has said the Federal Reserve is and should be independent but that it had made a lot of mistakes", as he defended Donald Trump's right to fire the central bank governor Lisa Cook.The president has criticised the Fed and its chair, Jerome Powell, for months for not lowering interest rates. Independent central banks are widely seen as crucial to a stable global financial system. Bessent also rejected the idea that markets were disturbed by the Trump administration's actions. S&P's at a new high and bond yields are fine, so we haven't seen anything yet," he said. Continue reading...
Protests denounce Trump administration's policies and call for the protection of social safety netsAs Labor Day rallies took place across the US, the Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson sharply denounced the Trump administration's threat to deploy federal troops to the city as part of an immigration crackdown.No federal troops in the city of Chicago," said Johnson on Monday to a gathered crowd at the Workers over Billionaires" demonstration in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood. Continue reading...
Former NYC mayor was sanctioned by courts and disbarred for amplifying false claims about the 2020 electionDonald Trump said Monday he will award Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, two days after his longtime political ally was seriously injured in a car crash.The decision places the award on a man once lauded for leading New York after the September 11, 2001, attacks and later sanctioned by courts and disbarred for amplifying false claims about the 2020 US presidential election. Giuliani, the former New York mayor, was also criminally charged in two states; he has denied wrongdoing. Continue reading...
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The 38-year-old is in the US Open quarter-finals, but his body has lately struggled in the latter stages of grand slamsAlmost every time Novak Djokovic has competed in a grand slam tournament this year, a record has fallen. In New York alone, he became the oldest man in more than three decades to reach the fourth round of the US Open, then he repeated the trick by winning that fourth-round match. Djokovic's straight-sets victory against Jan-Lennard Struff established the 38-year-old as the oldest man in the open era to reach the quarter-finals of all four grand slam tournaments in a calendar year.Djokovic's late-career achievements are unprecedented but, for a player who has won every single significant trophy, only more big trophies will satiate those boundless ambitions. Once again, he has plotted his path back to the late rounds of a grand slam tournament full of hopes that fortune will fall his way, allowing him to pull off his greatest achievement: a 25th grand slam title. Continue reading...
In a New York Times essay, nine officials said Kennedy's leadership at HHS should alarm every American'Nine former officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have said that Robert F Kennedy Jr's leadership of the US health and human services department is unlike anything our country has ever experienced" and unacceptable". They also warned that Kennedy's leadership should alarm every American, regardless of political leanings".In a guest essay for the New York Times, the former CDC leaders said Kennedy's actions were unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency". Continue reading...
Naomi Osaka brushed aside Coco Gauff in straight sets to reach her first US Open quarter-final since 2020Auger-Aliassime is on the attack with his serve, two aces in the game setting him up for a 40-30 lead. A wide forehand from Rublev gives the Canadian a 6-5 lead in the first set.Elsewhere, De Minaur has taken the second set against Riedi to lead 6-3, 6-2. Continue reading...
A murder investigation was launched Sunday after apparent homicide as authorities ask public for helpNevada sheriffs are asking the public's help in identifying a man killed on Saturday in an apparent homicide at the Burning Man festival.In a statement on Monday, Pershing county sheriff Jerry Allen asked for assistance to identify the man, who was found dead in the futurist encampment of Black Rock City as the festival reaching its climax when an effigy - the eponymous burning man - was set alight. Continue reading...
Former pro wrestler Johnson takes on the role of man-mountain Kerr who goes into meltdown when the unthinkable happens - he losesBenny Safdie has written and directed a solid bro drama for the UFC fanbase and maybe a little way beyond. It is about the central crisis in the life of man-mountain Mark Kerr, America's pioneering MMA and ultimate fighting champ, who in 1997 found himself in the ring, or maybe the cage, with his demons after the unthinkable humiliation of losing for the first time.This feature is in fact developed from a 2002 documentary about Kerr with the same title. He confronted his substance abuse, relationship anxieties and the question of what the heck life is for if you can't simply win all the time. Kerr is played by Dwayne Johnson, a colossus of muscle topped off with a head the size of Indiana Jones's boulder, a body on which the only visible fat is rippling at the nape of his neck. Johnson's appearance is modified by close-cut frizzy hair and facial prosthetics that make him look like Jon Favreau playing the Hulk. No other casting was remotely possible - not unless Timothee Chalamet fancied bulking up. (Sacha Baron Cohen could do it these days, and would probably want to play it every bit as seriously and non-satirically as Johnson.) Continue reading...
Firm warns changing sentiment towards US brands could prompt shoppers to choose European productsLevi's has said that rising anti-Americanism as a consequence of the Trump tariffs and governmental policies" could drive British shoppers away from its denim.The company, which distributes Levi's and Dockers clothing brands, issued the warning in its UK accounts, where it reported sales had risen 8.8% to 96.8m and pre-tax profits were up 23% to 9.6m. It said the Levi's brand had retained its attractiveness despite a tense consumer climate and declining customer frequency in the retail sector". Continue reading...
Boy struck several times as he and friends played ding-dong ditch' which involves ringing doorbell and runningAn 11-year-old boy playing a common prank game of ringing doorbells in Houston, Texas, was shot dead on Saturday as he ran away from a house.Authorities said the boy was struck several times as he and some friends were buzzing doorbells in an Eastside neighborhood. Continue reading...
Shrapnel found perilously close to carotid artery in Weston Halsne's neck who survived after a friend shielded himDoctors have found a bullet fragment lodged perilously close to the carotid artery in the neck of a 10-year-old boy who narrowly survived the mass shooting in Minneapolis last week after a friend shielded him from the gunfire.Fifth-grader Weston Halsne recounted running under a pew and covering his head while shots fired by the alleged shooter, Robin Westman, came through the stained-glass windows during the shooting at Annunciation Catholic school last Wednesday. He described how his friend Victor Greenawalt had jumped on top of him to shield him. Continue reading...
They were deployed to fight crime. Instead, some are spreading mulch. It's almost sweet - if you remove the contextIf soldiers are going to be deployed to your city, what would you prefer they do: point a rifle in your face or mow your grass? This is not a question I ever expected to have to consider in my days on this planet, but life is full of surprises. As part of Donald Trump's military deployment to address Washington DC's so-called crime emergency", national guard troops are being tasked with various groundskeeping duties around the United States capital. These duties include spreading mulch around cherry trees, picking up trash and general maintenance of public spaces. The president must have been too embarrassed to get Four Seasons Total Landscaping involved again, so he got the military to do it instead.It's a real swords into ploughshares" moment, or in this case, M4 rifles into those grabber sticks you use to pick up plastic bottles full of piss." It's almost sweet, if you separate the move from literally all outside context and just think about a part-time soldier pruning your bush. The national guard is actually trained for sanitation and groundskeeping, but they are usually deployed for such purposes in a crisis like a natural disaster or even during the height of the Covid pandemic. Except: there's no natural disaster, no stay-at-home orders due to a deadly virus, no wildfires, no floods. The only crisis here is man-made.Dave Schilling is a Los Angeles-based writer and humorist Continue reading...
Advocates say Trump has hurt workers in many ways, often by cutting their pay or making their jobs more dangerousFor this Labor Day, the Donald Trump administration has draped an enormous banner outside the US labor department with his portrait and the words American Workers First."Trump was elected on promises, since repeatedly pledged, that he would fight for workers and forgotten Americans. But many labor advocates say that Trump has consistently put corporate interests first in his second term as he has taken dozens of actions that hurt workers, often by cutting their pay or making their jobs more dangerous. Continue reading...
Judge gave Republican-led legislature a deadline for redistricting in a move that could favor DemocratsIn the fast-escalating national arms race over redistricting, Utah has emerged as an unexpected and potentially pivotal battleground.The campaign began in Texas, where Donald Trump openly declared he was entitled to" five additional Republican House seats. It quickly expanded to California, where Democratic lawmakers are asking voters to retaliate with new congressional maps drawn to neutralize" Texas. Continue reading...
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From deploying the national guard to targeting news channels and schools, the US president's actions are anything from typical of a democratic leaderSpeaking in the Oval Office this week, Donald Trump had something he wanted to clarify.I'm not a dictator. I don't like a dictator," the president said. Continue reading...
The regular season ends next week after a summer of twists: Caitlin Clark's injury woes, the Valkyries' rise, Alyssa Thomas's MVP push and the Aces' surgeThe WNBA regular season concludes on 11 September after a turbulent summer shaped by injuries, comebacks and unexpected contenders. With the playoffs looming, here are the narratives that have defined the second half of the campaign. Continue reading...
The facts and the numbers are irrelevant: Donald Trump and Nigel Farage just find new excuses and increase the toxicityA few weeks after the Brexit referendum, a leave-voting friend of mine told me what the biggest benefit would be. We will never hear about immigration again," he said. If you give the people the control over the border they want, the logic went, then Brexit will finally dissolve immigration as an issue that politicians can exploit, and the country can crack on with all the other important stuff that needs doing. And, well, let's just say that this prediction did not pan out on such a colossal level that no follow-up conversation has been necessary.Because that's just not how the whole immigration thing works. The goalposts always move. Nothing clarifies that more than Nigel Farage getting everything he has said he ever wanted, the country heaving itself out of the EU and ending free movement, only for another boil to fester around the issue of immigration - and guess what, only Reform UK can lance it! Nothing is ever enough. One only needs to look at the escalating crackdowns in the US to see how the net keeps getting wider and wider. In a matter of months, immigration crackdown has expanded so rapidly that immigrants, both documented and undocumented, are afraid to leave their houses to buy groceries or go to work, as the national guard patrols the streets.Nesrine Malik is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
Donald Trump says he will issue an executive order to ensure every single vote will require identification, a move that could affect millions. Key US politics stories from Sunday 31 August at a glanceDonald Trump has said he will issue an executive order to mandate voter identification at all US elections, with no exceptions".Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every Single Vote. NO EXCEPTIONS! I Will Be Doing An Executive Order To That End!!!," the US president said on Truth Social late on Saturday. Continue reading...
An extravagant - and ongoing - makeover of the White House's decor has taken place during the president's second term. One colour theme stands outIn just seven extraordinary months, Donald Trump's administration has left an unprecedented mark on the United States. From rewriting the rules of free trade to upending the norms of due process and challenging scientific orthodoxy, no corner of the country has remained untouched, including the president's own centre of power: the Oval Office.Leaning into his former career as a real estate developer and hotelier, the president has, in his own words, applied some Trump touches" to the room's decor. The results have split opinions, with some calling the revamped office a symbol of America's new golden age, while others have compared it to a professional wrestler's dressing room. Continue reading...
Restrictions to prevent travel for healthcare and college and come after denying visas to Palestinian Authority leadersThe United States has suspended visa approvals for nearly everyone who holds a Palestinian passport, the New York Times reported on Sunday.The restrictions go beyond those Donald Trump's administration had previously announced on visitors from Gaza. They would prevent Palestinians from traveling to the United States for medical treatment, attending college and business travel, the newspaper reported, citing unidentified officials. Continue reading...
New York City's ex-mayor, 81, in good spirits' after being treated for fractured thoracic vertebrae, cuts and bruisesNew York City's former mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalized after getting injured in a car wreck in New Hampshire over the weekend.On Sunday, Giuliani's head of security, Michael Ragusa, released a statement, saying that the 81-year old was involved in a motor vehicle accident on Saturday evening. According to Ragusa, prior to the incident, Giuliani was flagged down by a woman who was the victim of a domestic violence incident. Continue reading...
Washington judge says unaccompanied children cannot be deported for at least 14 days as legal process unfoldsA US judge on Sunday ordered an emergency halt to a plan by the Trump administration to deport a group of nearly 700 unaccompanied Guatemalan children back to their home country after immigrant advocates lawyers called the plan illegal".Attorneys for 10 Guatemalan minors, ages 10 to 17, said in court papers filed late on Saturday that there were reports that planes were set to take off within hours for the Central American country. But a federal judge in Washington said those children couldn't be deported for at least 14 days, and after a hastily scheduled hearing on Sunday, she enforced that they needed to be taken off the planes and back to the Office of Refugee Resettlement facilities while the legal process plays out. Continue reading...
President is preparing for controversial federal takeover of US city in crusade against immigration sanctuary cities'Illinois's governor JB Pritzker has called on all to stand up" to Donald Trump as the US president prepares to launch a federally led immigration crackdown across Chicago, a plan which has been met with widespread backlash from local leaders and the public.Pritzker's comments come as White House officials vow to target Chicago next in its sweeping immigration crackdowns across the country. Recently, the White House requested that a US military base on the outskirts of Chicago assist with immigration operations as the Trump administration plans a broader takeover of Democratic-run sanctuary cities". Continue reading...
President also wants to ban most voting by mail in push stemming from baseless claims related to 2020 election lossDonald Trump has said he will issue an executive order to mandate identification for all US elections, a move likely to be challenged in court as unconstitutional.Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every Single Vote. NO EXCEPTIONS! I Will Be Doing An Executive Order To That End!!!," the US president said on Truth Social late on Saturday. Continue reading...
Channel was an attempt to preserve' what Trump officials in current Trump administration said during the pandemicA top official at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) demanded the removal of YouTube videos of himself that were published by a physician and writer who has been critical of medical misinformation and public health officials in the Trump administration, according to a YouTube notice that was seen by the Guardian.Jonathan Howard, a neurologist and psychiatrist in New York City, received an email from YouTube on Friday night, which stated that Vinay Prasad, who is the FDA's top vaccine regulator, had demanded the removal of six videos of himself from Howard's YouTube channel. Continue reading...
Demetre Daskalakis, who resigned after White House fired CDC chief, cautions against undoing of vaccination' to ABCThe former immunizations director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned of the future of American health under the leadership of Donald Trump's health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr.In an interview on Sunday with ABC, Demetre Daskalakis - who resigned this week in protest over the White House's firing of CDC director Susan Monarez - said: From my vantage point as a doctor who's taken the Hippocratic Oath, I only see harm coming." Continue reading...
The US president could embrace the role of peacemaker, or become the patsy who restored Russia's imperial standingThe past few weeks have seen a flurry of activity billed as progress in the Russia-Ukraine peace process. Yet for Ukrainians, the reality remains unchanged: airstrikes still thunder across their cities, homes still burn, lives are still lost. Against this grim backdrop, the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, has seemed more than content to bask in the literal red-carpet treatment afforded by the president of the United States.Donald Trump, who has anointed himself mediator of this war, has nearly exhausted the lexicon of contradiction. Some days he proclaims that he alone can end this war. Then he insists that peace talks should be left to the two parties. At times he boasts that Putin respects" him; at others, he castigates Putin for going absolutely crazy". This month, Trump vacillated between putting US troops on the table and ruling it out. Now he is reportedly considering using US private military firms for the job. Continue reading...
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