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SC: Cops, government have failed to ensure public safety in Delhi
In view of a "series of deeply disturbing" egregious crimes against girls and women in Delhi, Supreme Court Monday said it was a systemic failure on the part of Delhi govt and police that they can't provide a safe and secure environment to the public, which is their basic fundamental right, and soug...
UK: US government questions bail for Fairford base suspects
The US government sees "the hand of a foreign actor" in the security scare at RAF Fairford, a hub for US heavy bombers in Europe. Donald Trump criticized the suspects being released on bail amid ongoing investigations.
RAF Fairford: Rubio says 'foreign actor' behind suspected plot as some evacuated residents begin to return home – latest updates
US secretary of state and Donald Trump express concerns about decision to bail suspects; some residents reported as hesitant to return homeRubio says foreign actor was 'clearly' behind suspected RAF Fairford plotTell us: have you been affected by the incident at RAF Fairford?The UK gave the US permission in March to use Fairford for "specific defensive operations into Iran" to destroy Iranian missiles at source.US bombers and other planes have since been seen taking off and landing from the base – the only one on Britain's mainland used for this purpose. Continue reading...
Dennis Haskins, principal on TV's 'Saved by the Bell,' dies at 75
Dennis Haskins, the actor best known for his role as principal Richard Belding on the high school comedy series "Saved by the Bell," has died, his agent said Monday.Haskins was 75. A cause and manner of death were unavailable."It's a tragic loss," Jay Schachter, head of film and television for Stewart Talent in New York City, said in a statement.Haskins' role on the show, which aired from 1989 to 1993, would come to define him for millions of fans."Everyone loved Mr. Belding and those of us who got to know Dennis, loved him even more," Schachter said. "He was a great person, and he loved, I mean absolutely LOVED his fans."Haskins was born and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he reported for the student newspaper, acted in campus productions and was a founding member of the community theater group known as the Harlequins, according to his university biography.As a young man he worked as a music manager, agent and concert promoter and called Tom Jones and Gregg Allman among his clients, according to his IMDb bio. Early in his career he landed appearances on TV's "Magnum, P.I." and "The Twilight Zone," according to IMDb.His acting career was boosted by his portrayal of Mr. Belding on Disney Channel's "Good Morning, Miss Bliss" in 1988, according to the university bio. The next year, NBC aired the show as "Saved by the Bell" until 1993.He reprised the role on "Saved by the Bell: The New Class," which aired Saturday mornings from 1993 to 2000 on NBC. After the show's end, he found work appearing in several movies and television shows, including "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," according to his university bio.Schachter said Haskins will be missed."He was my client and dear friend for over 20 years, and I will miss him terribly," he said. "I'm heartbroken."
Trump 'surprised' after U.K. releases men detained near base used by U.S. forces
President Donald Trump has said he was surprised after U.K. police released on bail five men who had been arrested in connection with a huge security operation near an air base used by the U.S.
Senate passes sweeping college sports bill to regulate athlete pay and transfers
The Senate passed a sweeping bipartisan bill on Monday that would regulate college sports, an attempt to end "chaos" in an industry that has been upended by skyrocketing athlete payments and near-unrestricted transfers between schools.The overwhelming 77-22 vote to pass the legislation is the strongest effort yet by Congress to set national regulations governing payments to college athletes for their name, image and likeness and how often they can transfer. It would give the NCAA new authority over those rules and limited antitrust protections to enforce them.The bill is the product of years of Senate negotiations that intensified after a 2025 lawsuit settlement uprooted the college sports landscape by allowing colleges to pay their players. The legislation, which would still have to pass the House, would codify the settlement into law but also establish new guardrails around the system in an attempt to rein in the runaway costs for colleges."It would be nice if college sports could somehow magically fix itself, but this is a matter of law, federal law, and only Congress can fix it," said Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who negotiated the bill with the top Democrat on the panel, Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell. President Donald Trump praised the bill in a social media post after the late night passage. "This is a really big deal," he said. "It will not only save college sports, it will save the colleges themselves."The bill’s backers — more than 70 senators from both parties — say it aims to curtail constant litigation and uncertainty across college sports for athletes, schools and fans. It would also give hundreds of thousands of athletes new health and labor protections. But critics say the bill doesn’t do enough to protect athletes or curtail the enormous sums of money flowing to coaches, colleges and conferences. "This is a bill that essentially ensconces a system of exploitation, and it doesn't fix the broader problems," said Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat who has worked with labor and civil rights groups to rally opposition to the bill. The bill's future is still unclear. It could face an uphill battle in the House, which failed repeatedly over the last year to get a different version to the floor and is in recess until after the November elections.Lawmakers will have to start over in the next Congress if the bill doesn’t pass both chambers by the end of the year. Bill addresses skyrocketing spending, unlimited transfers College sports have been reeling in the wake of the 2025 court settlement allowing colleges to directly pay players for their name, image and likeness. The fallout has reshaped the industry and led to football roster payrolls that can exceed $40 million.The bill would codify the court settlement, including a revenue cap that allows schools to share up to $21.5 million in revenue with their players. The legislation would more than double that amount for some schools, allowing up to an additional $27.5 million in payments through a retention fund — a change that helped win the support of the two largest conferences, the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference. To help schools raise more revenue, the bill would give schools and conferences the option of pooling their TV media rights. The legislation also aims to stabilize the NCAA transfer portal that has led to players constantly switching teams. It would restrict player transfers to one "free" move over five years without sitting out a year, with some exceptions, and also would restrict players to five years of total eligibility. NCAA Aug 20 Cash-hungry college sports programs are starting nonprofits to make money to stay competitive College Football Aug 20 States pour taxpayer dollars into college sports as athlete pay, soaring costs squeeze budgets The proposed eligibility limit comes amid backlash to schools that have increasingly pushed boundaries, including LSU’s now-canceled plans to place players on the roster who had participated in NFL training camps. "That was probably like a big lamp for some people who saw it and said, 'Oh my God, this is so out of control,'" Cantwell said in a recent interview with The Associated Press.The bill also would restrict coaches from leaving their schools during the season, force schools that want to switch conferences to spend three years as an independent and prevent conferences from growing larger than 20 programs — an effort to prevent so-called "superleagues" from taking over sports. A last-minute amendment proposed by Florida Sen. Ashley Moody raised that cap from 19 in the original legislation. The vote was delayed several hours on Monday as senators negotiated Moody's amendment and others that were eventually adopted, including a provision to make it easier for athletes to sue over sexual assault and a requirement to disclose foreign financing.The Senate rejected an amendment by Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., that would have put limits on ticket prices for fans and two by Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., that would have capped coaches' salaries at $5 million a year and increased compensation for athletes who have catastrophic injuries.Critics say it wouldn't do enough to help athletes The legislation includes new protections for athletes, including caps on agent fees and guarantees for health insurance and scholarships. It would also require schools to maintain a minimum number of sports and roster spots — an effort to ensure that women’s and Olympic sports are not cut in favor of football, basketball and other sports that generate more revenue. Still, some Democrats say it wouldn’t do enough to limit the big money in college sports. The legislation "places a cap on the students' cut of the revenues, but there are no caps on coaches' salaries or on the size of donations to athletic programs," Murphy said last week. Groups like the NAACP, Congressional Black Caucus and AFL-CIO have also opposed the bill, in part, because it leaves unresolved whether athletes should be considered employees with the ability to collectively bargain.All four Black Democrats in the Senate — Booker, Raphael Warnock of Georgia, Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware and Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland — have opposed the bill. Booker, who played football at Stanford in the late 1980s on a scholarship, noted the "outsized role" that Black athletes play in college sports. He said it wasn’t until college athletes were able to begin to win cases in court that the power started to shift, "and now the NCAA is coming here to the United States Senate, asking for sweeping powers” to exempt antitrust laws. "We know who this bill is protecting," Booker said. House passage is uncertain Despite strong bipartisan support in the Senate, the bill faces a murky path in the House. House lawmakers won’t return to Washington until mid-November, after the elections. And it’s unclear what will be on Republican leaders’ agenda in the chaotic last few weeks of the session. Pressure from Trump could help push the bill to passage. But some House Republicans have insisted on language explicitly stating that athletes are not employees, which the Senate bill does not have — a key concession to Cantwell to win enough Democratic support. After the bill’s passage, Cruz said it is his hope "that we see in the House the same thing we saw in the Senate: a big bipartisan vote." ___Pells reported from Denver. Associated Press writer Michelle L. Price contributed to this report.
From booze to dairy, U.S. ban on imports of various Canadian products goes into effect
U.S.-Canada relations, already tense, are likely to deteriorate further after the United States went ahead early Tuesday with a decision to ban nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles.The ban amounts to barely a ripple in $880 billion worth of a two-way annual trade between the two northern neighbors. But it marks another ratcheting up of President Donald Trump's second-term trade war with America's longtime ally and trading partner.The import ban "certainly won’t do anything to help the trade tensions between the United States and Canada,” said trade attorney Patrick Childress, a partner at Holland & Knight and a former U.S. trade official.The latest sparring began over the summer when Trump reached back to a Great Depression law to impose 50% tariffs on about $20 billion worth of Canadian imports, charging that Canada discriminates against U.S. dairy, auto and alcoholic beverage producers. Canada promptly counterpunched with tariffs of 15%, 25% or 50%, matching U.S. imports dollar for dollar.To punish Canada for retaliating against his tariffs, Trump decided to ban a list of Canadian products, effective 12:01 a.m. Eastern time Tuesday.The economic impact is likely to be minimal. Childress noted that the products on the banned list were already facing Trump's tariffs. "For a lot of these goods, the 50% was already acting as a de facto ban by making importation from Canada into the United States uneconomical,″ he said.Jacob Jensen, director of trade policy at the center-right American Action Forum think tank, calculates that the ban would cover $967 million worth of Canadian imports, based on 2025 numbers. Of that, 87% would be alcoholic beverages that the U.S. targeted because of some Canadian provinces responding to Trump's provocations by banning U.S. booze from store shelves. Economy Sep 16 U.S.-Canada trade war further taxes small businesses struggling with rising costs Canada Sep 8 Trump escalates trade war with Canada, moving to ban the import of some autos, dairy and alcohol Also banned are some dairy products — including the milk byproduct whey. The two countries have long clashed over Canada's attempts to protect its dairy industry from foreign competition by imposing hefty tariffs once dairy imports have exceeded a quota.The ban also covers motorcycles. Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) in Quebec confirmed that its three-wheel Can-Am Spyder and Canyon motorcycles "will be excluded from importation into the U.S.'' But BRP said the impact likely won't be felt until next year because it has completed most production and shipments for the current season."This marks yet another escalation in the trade war that may result in further retaliation on the Canadian side," Jensen said. He expects Canadian exporters and U.S. importers "impacted by these bans will be highly motivated'' to demand that trade officials on both sides find some way to reach a "resolution of this whole ordeal.''The impasse imperils efforts to renew the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a North American trade pact Trump pressured America's neighbors into accepting in his first term and which he once declared "the most modern, up-to-date, and balanced trade agreement in the history of our country.''The deal allowed most goods to cross North American borders duty free. But since returning to the White House last year, Trump has announced a series of tariffs that have clouded the future of trade in the region.Trump has directed most of his ire at Canada. He is openly seeking to pull Canadian manufacturing south. And he has inflamed public opinion in Canada by repeatedly suggesting that the country become America's 51st state.Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney came to power last year on a promise to stand up to Trump. In addition to retaliating against Trump tariffs — China is the only other country to do so, with very different results — Carney has sought to reduce Canada's reliance on the United States, which last year accounted for more than 70% of Canadian exports."There is now a price to be paid for access to the United States market," Carney said earlier this month. The Canadian prime minister wants to double Canada's non-U.S. trade over the next decade.Carney has embraced the prospect of Canada becoming the European Union's first associate member.And he said last week that trade negotiations with India are making "good progress" and that the two countries are aiming to conclude talks by the G20 summit in mid-December.Carney also broke with the U.S. earlier this year, striking a deal with China to allow a limited number of Chinese electric vehicles into Canada at a sharply reduced tariff in exchange for China lowering tariffs on Canadian canola."We take note of the coming into force of the Administration's previously announced trade measures,” said Gabriel Brunet, a spokesman for Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc. “Our first priority remains on protecting and supporting Canadian workers, farmers, families, and businesses from these unjustified actions. Our core focus is on what we can control: building strength at home, diversifying our partnerships abroad, and building Canada strong for all Canadians."Trump expressed confidence that the Canadians would cave in."They're gonna come in and they're gonna say, 'Sir, we are sorry,'" he told reporters Monday. "They've treated the United States very, very badly. I think a deal will be made but it's gonna be fair."Trade attorney Childress said the standoff is likely to continue for months, not weeks. The import bans and the tariffs so far "probably won't cause enough economic upheaval to force either party back to the negotiating table,'' he said.___AP Writer Rob Gillies in Toronto contributed to this story.
Officials are looking into a possible new ransom note related to Nancy Guthrie's disappearance
Authorities are looking into the possibility of a new ransom note related to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. The news Monday came nearly eight months after she went missing from her home outside Tucson, Arizona. The Pima County Sheriff's Department said Monday that it and the FBI Guthrie Task...
Fifa accuses Uefa of 'harassment' and 'misinformation' in push against Infantino
Uefa accused of trying to influence presidential electionFifa court filing denies claim of FFE undervaluationFifa accused Uefa of waging a "misinformation campaign" and trying to influence the race for its presidency as world football's governing body urged a US ⁠court to reject a discovery ⁠request linked to a ​controversial investment proposal.Last month Uefa asked a US federal court for permission to obtain testimony and documents for use in a planned criminal complaint in Switzerland against Fifa's president, Gianni Infantino, ⁠over an abandoned plan to transfer World Cup commercial rights into a subsidiary called Fifa Forward Enterprise. Continue reading...
Rahul urges youth to protest, says government only responds under pressure
"Stop punishing women for the crimes committed against them. Across our country, women are afraid to walk the streets, afraid of being harassed, afraid of being raped. And the government's answer: stay at home. This is patriarchy at work: a system that blames the victim and shields the criminal. It is time to smash it," says Rahul Gandhi
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Today In History
642 — Conquest of Egypt by Arab General ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ
In 642 AD, Arab General ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ led the final conquest of Egypt for the Rashidun Caliphate, capturing the city of Alexandria after a three-year Arab invasion.
2005 — John G. Roberts Jr. Sworn in as 17th U.S. Chief Justice
American jurist John G. Roberts, Jr., was sworn in as the 17th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.Why are there nine justices on the U.S. Supreme Court?Paul Morse/The White House
1988 — Space Shuttle Discovery Launches After Challenger Disaster
Space Shuttle Discovery was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida in 1988, marking the resumption of NASA's space shuttle program after the Challenger explosion in 1986.
1961 — Julia Gillard's Birth in Wales
Julia Gillard, who in 2010 became Australia's first female prime minister, was born in Wales
1938 — Greyhound Sets 1 Mile Trotting Record of 1:55 1/4 in 1938
The American harness racehorse Greyhound established a new trotting record of 1:55 1/4 for 1 mile in 1938, which stood as the record for over 30 years until it was broken in 1969.
1938 — Poland demands Teschen region from Czechoslovakia
Poland demanded the cession of Teschen, a rich region that had been contested and then divided between Poland and Czechoslovakia following World War I
1923 — British mandate in Palestine
Set in motion by the Balfour Declaration of 1917, the British mandate for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine was finally approved by the Council of the League of Nations and came into force this day in 1923
1918 — German Chancellor Resigns During WWI
German Chancellor Georg von Hertling tendered his resignation on the day of the Bulgarian armistice and the British attack of the Western Front during World War I
1906 — U.S. Occupation of Cuba After 1906 Election
The United States occupied Cuba after the rebellion surrounding the reelection of Tomás Estrada Palma. The occupation lasted until 1909 as the U.S. intervened in Cuban politics to maintain stability following the disputed election.
1833 — Succession of Isabella II to Spanish Throne
King Ferdinand VII of Spain died, and his two-year-old daughter, Isabella II, was proclaimed queen
1829 — Founding of London's Metropolitan Police
Through the efforts of Robert Peel, England's first professional police force, London's Metropolitan Police (often called Scotland Yard), was founded; it became a model for future police departments in various other countries, including the United States.Topical Press Agency—

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