Republican governors who have mustered National Guard troops for deployment in blue-state cities may re-examine their deployments if federal intervention significantly brings crime down.

The W.N.B.A.s Sophie Cunningham is riding her viral moment to endorsements and brand deals. But she doesnt want to talk politics.

Former special counsel Robert Mueller testifies before the House Intelligence Committee hearing on his report on Russian election interference, on Capitol Hill, July 24, 2019 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)2025-09-01T15:40:42Z WASHINGTON (AP) A House committee investigating the Justice Departments handling of the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case has withdrawn a subpoena to former FBI Director Robert Mueller, citing the state of his health.Mueller had been directed last month to appear before the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday for a deposition, but the subpoena was withdrawn after the panel learned of unspecified health issues that precluded him from being able to testify, according to a committee statement.The New York Times, citing a statement from Muellers family and people close to him, reported Sunday night that Mueller had been diagnosed with Parkinsons disease in the summer of 2021 and has had difficulty speaking.Mueller was appointed FBI director in 2001 by then-President George W. Bush and shepherded the bureaus evolution into a national security and intelligence-gathering agency. He held the job for more than a decade, resigning in 2013. In 2017, he was tapped by the Justice Department to serve as special counsel in charge of the investigation into potential coordination between Trumps 2016 presidential campaign and Russia. His team over the course of the next two years revealed pervasive efforts by Russian operatives to interfere in the election on Trumps behalf, and secured criminal charges and convictions against multiple Trump associates. But it did not find sufficient evidence to prove an illegal conspiracy between Moscow and the campaign to sway the election. Mueller has rarely spoken about the investigation since its conclusion but did testify before Congress in July 2019, an appearance that drew attention because of the sometimes stilted and halting manner of his testimony.Last month, Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, issued subpoenas to Mueller and more than a half dozen other former law enforcement and government officials for testimony about their potential involvement in the years-long investigation into Epstein, the wealthy financier whose August 2019 death following his arrest on sex trafficking charges was determined to have been a suicide.Parkinsons is a neurologic disease that robs people of control over their movements. It typically starts with tremors and is characterized by slow movement, a shuffling gait, stiff limbs, balance problems and slurred speech. Though there is no cure, there are treatments.

Ohio State receiver Brandon Inniss, left and quarterback Julian Sayin celebrate their win over Texas following an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)2025-09-01T16:28:04Z As pro wrestling great and noted philosopher Ric Flair famously said, to be the man, you gotta beat the man.Defending national champion Ohio State is still the man in college football.The purveyors of preseason rankings had anointed Texas largely because of what in retrospect was an overabundance of hype surrounding Arch Manning. Reality hit at the Horseshoe on Saturday, and now the Buckeyes are in position to jump Penn State and return to No. 1 when The Associated Press first Top 25 of the regular season drops Tuesday.Look for No. 9 LSU to garner support for No. 1, as well, after its 17-10 victory over No. 4 Clemson. An eight-rung promotion to the top spot would be the second-biggest jump of all time. In 1984, Miami went from No. 10 to No. 1 in the first regular-season poll.Given the Week 1 results, Penn State might even drop a spot or two. A 46-11 win over lowly Nevada doesnt necessarily move the needle upward with voters. Texas fans surely are let down but can take solace in the fact that Manning has a high ceiling and wont be playing Ohio State every week.Alabama fans, on the other hand, are gutted and rightly worried. Kalen DeBoer has lost to four unranked opponents in his first 14 games following a 31-17 defeat at Florida State. His predecessor, Nick Saban, lost to four unranked teams in his 235 games over 17 years leading the Crimson Tide. Get the AP Top 25 college football poll delivered straight to your inbox every week with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Look for them to move up No. 3 Ohio State beat No. 1 Texas 14-7 not because new quarterback Julian Sayin outplayed Manning he did but because of a dominant defense that made stops on four of five fourth downs. New defensive coordinator Matt Patricia made all the right calls and flummoxed Manning with a mix of pre-snap looks. No. 9 LSU won its first opener in six seasons, leaning on an upgraded defense in what was expected to be a battle of quarterbacks. LSU never let Cade Klubnik get comfortable and held Clemson to a paltry 4.5 yards per play. Garrett Nussmeier was solid and probably is the leading candidate for the Heisman Trophy by default. No. 10 Miamis 27-24 win over No. 6 Notre Dame, after some anxious moments, turned out to be a great launch for the Hurricanes new and improved defense under first-year coordinator Corey Hetherman. Look for them to drop Texas became the first preseason No. 1 to lose its opener since BYU knocked off Miami in 1990. Manning will continue to be in the spotlight he plays for Texas and hes a Manning, after all but it wont be as intense with San Jose State, UTEP and Sam Houston the next three opponents. The good news for Clemson is the Klubnik-led offense wont see a defense as good as LSUs again. It wasnt long after No. 8 Alabamas loss that DeBoers contract buyout price of $70 million was bandied on social media.They are who we thought they were No. 2 Penn State got points on its first nine possessions against Nevada. No. 5 Georgia had a drama-free 45-7 win over Marshall, with Gunnar Stockton throwing for two TDs and running for two TDs and the defense forcing seven three-and-outs and one four-and-out. Some good, some bad Bryce Underwood gave himself a grade of C-plus, but he was better than any of the three other true freshman quarterbacks who previously started for No. 14 Michigan. He was 21 of 31 for 251 yards and a touchdown in a 34-17 win over New Mexico. No. 17 Kansas State was less than a minute away from being the highest-ranked team since 2016 to lose to an FCS opponent. The Wildcats touchdown with 42 seconds left let them escape with a 38-35 win over North Dakota. No. 24 Tennessees 45-26 win over Syracuse showed that the Volunteers might have gotten the better end of the Nico Iamaleava-Joey Aguilar switcheroo with UCLA. Aguilar threw for 247 yards and three touchdowns. Iamaleava struggled and was sacked four times in a 43-10 home loss to Utah. No. 25 Boise State obviously was going to miss Ashton Jeanty. The Broncos 34-7 loss at ascending South Florida suggests they miss him terribly.Knocking on the door BYU received the most points of unranked teams in the preseason poll. A 69-0 win over FCS Portland State is no big deal the Vikings have been outscored 111-0 in two games but theres a spot available after Boise States loss. Utah was 14 of 17 on third downs and scored on all six trips into the red zone against UCLA. Utes QB Devon Dampier, who led the Mountain West Conference in total offense at New Mexico last year, is the real deal.___Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here. AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football ERIC OLSON Olson is an Associated Press sports writer based in Omaha, Nebraska. He covers Nebraska, Creighton, the Big Ten and national college sports issues. twitter mailto

So, after suffering the effects of yet another mass shooting in our country, this time at a Catholic school in Minnesota, where a gunman shot 17 people, mostly children, killing some, I ask again, Why is the United States the only place among our peer nations to allow virtually unrestricted sales and ownership of firearms?In fact, there are morefirearmsin the United States than there are residents, with an estimated 120.5 firearms per 100 people. In a distant second place is the Falkland Islands with 62.1, and in third place is Yemen with 52.8 for every 100 residents. Related Christian nationalists have waged war on public education. Theyre winning. After each incident of individual and mass shootings, we hear the obligatory We send our thoughts and prayers to the survivors and to the loved ones of those who have died coming from politicians and other officials. Well, I hate to break it to you, but thoughts and prayers simply arent cutting it! They arent helping to reduce the chances of another incident tomorrow or next week or next year.Each time I hear of another incident of gun violence in a long and tragic chain, I think back to the very first thing that caught my eye as I entered the grounds of the Ames, Iowa, Republican Party Presidential Straw Poll in the summer of 2011. Three young children, I would guess between the ages of 4 and 7, sporting day-glow orange baseball caps with NRA imprinted atop, and round stickers on their small T-shirts announcing, GUNS SAVE LIVES. Dive deeper every day Join our newsletter for thought-provoking commentary that goes beyond the surface of LGBTQ+ issues Subscribe to our Newsletter today But, really, do these guns save lives? Do laws expanding gun possession, concealed or not, actually save lives?According to the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, gun-related deaths have reached epidemic proportions in our country, snuffing out the lives of upwards of 47,000 people and wounding many more in 2023 alone. Based on an analysis of the CDC data, the firearms reform organization,Brady United, reported an average of 117 deaths per day in 2023.Each year, gun violence affects over 100,000 people in some way. Many of the guns used in these killings reach military level weapon power, guns which currently remain legal. Of the increasing number of individual and mass murders in the United States since 1982, most of the shooters obtained their weaponslegally. Demographically, the shooters in all but a very few cases involved males, usually white, with an average age of 35.Should any limits be placed on the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, which reads: A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed?We seem somehow only to spout the second clause in that sentence while forgetting the first, especially the term well-regulated!I propose that we reevaluate the rights obsession with the so-called freedom to bear arms because it isnotonly criminals who kill people as Second Amendment advocates claim. Therefore,We must ban and criminalize the possession of automatic and semi-automatic weapons!We must close loopholes, such as buying a weapon at a gun show!We must pass Red Flag laws in every state and, more importantly, on the federal level!We must ban the purchase of firearms and ammunition on the internet because some people are still doing this legally!We must increase the waiting period and make background checks more rigorous and effective!We must raise the age for gun ownership!We must pass laws to ensure safe gun storage requirements!We must pass stronger laws to address gun trafficking!We must limit the number of firearms any individual can own!We must limit the number of bullets any firearm clip can hold!We must ban and criminalize the purchase and possession of armor-piercing bullets, and also hollow-tip bullets!We must address gun violence as a public health issue!We must address the serious mental health concerns of all people with sufficient resources and treatment!We must provide active shooter training in all businesses, schools, and other social institutions!We must make the abolition of gun silencers permanent!We must eliminate the manufacture and sales of all rapid-fire devices! We must repeal shoot first or stand your ground laws!We must close the Charleston loophole in which, under federal law, a gun purchase can proceed by default after a three-day background check period, even if that check has not been completed!We must mandate that local law enforcement be alerted after any loss or theft of a firearm!We must criminalize the production of 3-D manufactured firearms of all varieties!We must repeal the immunity granted to firearms manufacturers!We must mandate the compensation of innocent victims of gun violence!We must alert local law enforcement whenever any person fails a background check! We must rethink the logic of permitting concealed weapons and open carry, especially in places like houses of worship, colleges, bars, restaurants, and political rallies!We must interface all databases monitoring firearm ownership to assess the firearm-owning population more accurately and effectively!To be perfectly honest, however, I want the Second Amendment repealed! It is an Amendment for goodness sake. It is not some sort of divinely-inspired mandate from a superior being well beyond our comprehension. It was created by our intelligent but flawed founding fathers, who probably did not want totally unlimited and unrestricted rights to bear arms. While wise men crafted what many consider today to be a brilliant and enduring blueprint for a new nation, they were products of their times with their individual human shortcomings and biases.Just coming off a war of independence against one of the worlds great colonial powers, it was reasonable to expect leaders to ensure that people had the capability to defend themselves against any potentially tyrannical government. In this regard, they established the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights, granting people the right to bear arms.Since then, firearms and the culture supporting them have been encoded into the very DNA of U.S.-American identity and what it means to be an American. But what may have been reasonable in the 18thcentury, without substantial reform, ranks as unreasonable today. Even if they did advocate for unrestricted firearms ownership, these are the same men who enslaved other human beings, committed genocide against and expelled native peoples, withheld enfranchisement from women, engaged in and killed one another in duels, and so on.Actually, Im really surprised that the gun-toting political right hasnt advocated for the return of lethal dueling matches. Maybe thats next on their agenda. (Go see the Broadway show Hamilton to see how that turned out!)But what was the actual, often hidden or forgotten reason for the founders to include the Second Amendment as they conceived it in the Bill of Rights? In her book,The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America, author Carol Anderson discovered the overarching racial discrepancies in the handling of gun ownership in the U.S. dating to the founding of the country and to the Second Amendment.The language of the amendment, Anderson argues, was shaped to ensure that owners of those they enslaved would be able rapidly to repel acts of resistance and rebellious uprisings. She says the right to bear arms, presumably guaranteed to all citizens but not to enslaved Africans, has been repeatedly denied to Black people.As we all know, in the current political climate, the chances for comprehensive common-sense gun reform measures in the United States are only a pipe dream as long as the right controls Congress and state legislatures. If the lobbyists for firearms manufacturers had not bought and paid for our legislators and members of the Executive branch, we would have seen effective laws passed years ago, resulting in countless lives saved.Nevertheless, this utter insanity in our system of firearms laws must end. Enough is enough is enough is enough already! Actually, it is far past that time.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.

Michigan linebacker Jaishawn Barham will be suspended for the first half of this week's game at No. 18 Oklahoma after a targeting call against him was upheld following appeal, prompting Michigan to argue that the targeting rule should be changed.

Son Heung-Min's home debut for LAFC brought out the best of the city even in defeat to San Diego.

The WR was shot in the chest a week before his rookie season, but now he's putting "a positive light" on it.

Jannik Sinner, Coco Gauff, and more of the worlds top tennis players are squaring off in New York for a major title in the fourth and final Grand Slam of the year. The Onion examines the key facts and figures behind the U.S. Open.29: Ball boys worn through in the average match1.5: Hours the tennis balls are allowed to roam freely each day1990: Year spectators barred from using distracting leaf blowers in stands2 million: People who thought this one was golf8th Dimension: Home of alternate reality in which Menendez brothers win mens doubles tournament14.5 Miles: Sound blast radius of Aryna Sabalenkas grunt9: Serves per game driven directly into jiggling flesh of streaker84: Hours until the NFL kicks off1: Player whose hard work wont have been a giant waste of timeThe post The U.S. Open By The Numbers appeared first on The Onion.

Its only 700 square feet, but this renovated NYC apartment feels much larger thanks to two key elements.READ MORE...

Tennessee starting cornerback Rickey Gibson III will be out for "an extended period" after injuring his left arm in Saturday's season-opening win against Syracuse.

Texas quarterback Arch Manning said he is ready to move forward after struggling against Ohio State.

Packers pass rusher Micah Parsons has been dealing with an L4/L5 facet joint sprain in his back and he may take an epidural injection before Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions if needed to help him play, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

The police in Houston detained a person after an 11-year-old boy was shot on Saturday night, officials said.

NBA free agent Gary Payton II is launching a professional skateboard league, joining a growing movement of athlete-led leagues aimed at providing year-round relevance to Olympic and action sports.

The worlds largest food company named Philipp Navratil, a longtime employee, to replace Laurent Freixe.

Under pressure from the government and each other, some of Mexicos most powerful criminal groups are amassing homemade mortars, land mines, rocket-propelled grenades and bomber drones.

The president, who has targeted collective bargaining contracts for nearly one million government employees, has said their functions touch on national security.