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After the Patriots lost their sixth in a row, first-year coach Jerod Mayo called his team soft. After the boos rained down on Saquon Barkley in his return to MetLife Stadium — one sign even read “TRAITOR” — the Eagles’ star running back torched his old team. And after another …

The Republican former congresswoman, long opposed to abortion rights, suggested as she campaigned with Vice President Kamala Harris that G.O.P. restrictions had gone overboard. Source link

Editor’s note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. It’s time to take notice of BYU. The Cougars are undefeated and have delivered Kansas State and SMU their only losses of the season. Yet BYU remains outside the top 10 in both the AP …

Robert Roberson, whose execution was postponed last week, had been subpoenaed to appear before a committee of the State House, but there was no agreement on whether he could testify in person. Source link

The Charlotte Hornets’ first home preseason game felt more like it was being played 600-plus miles northeast, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues in Manhattan. Blue and orange garb overpowered teal and white inside the Queen City’s Spectrum Center. There were more Jalen Brunson and Patrick Ewing jerseys than LaMelo Ball …

Shuttered factories and trade deals helped turn working-class Midwesterners against Democrats. Will the high cost of housing do the same in the Sun Belt? Source link

LOS ANGELES — With the season over and dreams of advancing to the World Series dashed, Pete Alonso spent what could be his final moments inside a New York Mets clubhouse connecting with people he cared deeply about. He looked third baseman Mark Vientos eye-to-eye, both pairs moist, as he …

The former U.S. Marine describes the moment of his arrest and the long years waiting for his release. Source link

The tennis world awoke to a surprise on Monday, with Aryna Sabalenka replacing Iga Swiatek as No. 1 in the WTA rankings. Sabalenka, who has won two Grand Slam titles in a sterling season, has been engaged in a battle for supremacy with Swiatek — who has a Grand Slam …

A referendum that constitutionally enshrines a national objective to join the E.U. passed by a thin margin. The incumbent pro-E.U. president won the most votes in a concurrent election, but faces a runoff. Source link