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区域性 风格反映了 移民的 影响。
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今日美国
今日美国
今日美国
正在审计 选民名册 系统
引发审查
Sarah D. Wire 和 Josh Meyer
几个州告知《今日美国》，他们正在调查一个导致 6,600 名非公民在新泽西州登记投票的软件程序，是否在他们的州内也产生了同样的问题。 根据该供应商的网站，超过一半的美国州和领地使用同一家与此次“严重软件错误”相关的供应商；该错误导致 6,600 名非公民在办理驾驶执照时登记了投票。 新泽西州在 7 月 21, 日表示，正与该供应商——欧智美 (身份识别技术公司) 终止合作。 《今日美国》联系了 36 个州以及美属维尔京群岛，这些地区与欧智美 (身份识别技术公司) 签有合同，且合同涵盖其车辆管理局 (DMV) 开展的部分工作，结果发现从密西西比州到罗德岛州的各州已经在审查其选民登记系统。 欧智美 (身份识别技术公司) 是一家总部位于法国的顶尖技术安全公司，其服务在全国范围内用于身份相关的安全服务，如美国运输安全管理局预检计划 (TSA PreCheck)、面部识别和移动身份识别。在车辆管理局 (DMV) 机构中，欧智美 (身份识别技术公司) 的软件协助打印身份证件、拍摄照片及收集身份数据。 新泽西州州长 麦基·谢里尔 7 月 21 日宣布，由于软件缺陷，2023 年和 2024 年共有多达 6,600 名非美国公民在新泽西州登记投票。她表示，其中只有不到 400 人投了票。 在 7 月 21 日的一份声明中，该公司对新泽西州关于错误的指控予以反驳，并表示其职责是将从申请人那里采集的信息进行传输，而确保信息的准确性则由各州州务卿负责。
详见【投票】，第 2A 页
新泽西州称，一个“严重”的软件错误导致 6,600 名寻求驾驶执照的非公民登记投票。
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路易斯·曼努埃尔·奥特罗·阿尔坎塔拉 在古巴服刑五年后于近期获释。奥特罗是一位高产艺术家，他参与了 7 月 11, 2021, 在古巴举行的要求变革的抗议活动。照片：DAVID LIZ 为今日美国 拍摄 古巴艺术家获释
Rick Jervis
迈阿密 —— 路易斯·曼努埃尔·奥特罗·阿尔坎塔拉 拥抱着他的儿子，心中充斥着一种可能是最后一次的揪心恐惧。 好几天没人听到奥特罗的消息。自从古巴特工在由于其在 2021 年 7 月引发街头游行的抗议活动中扮演的角色而服刑五年期满后，将其带到古巴东滩 (Playas del Este) 附近的一处安全屋后，就失去了联系 —— 这种规模的游行在古巴已一代人未见。 公众上一次听到奥特罗的声音是在 5 月，一段来自古巴监狱的秘密录音发送给了《今日美国》。 现在，安全特工将他的儿子带到他面前告别。在告诉 Alejandro, 16, 他很爱他时，他的眼中泛起了泪光。Otero, 38, 在几天后将被强制驱逐出古巴。 在这对父子享受最后的共处时光 —— 在安全屋的泳池中嬉戏并共进晚餐时，国家安全特工就在旁边徘徊。他们交谈
详见【被驱逐】，第 4A 页
Charles Trepany
在你的人生中，你还等待攀登哪些高峰？ 对许多人来说，这个问题可能是隐喻性的。但对 亚特·尤伦 来说，这同样是字面意义上的。 7 月 13 日，退休产科医生 尤伦 创造了历史，成为攀登乞力马扎罗山年龄最大的人。乞力马扎罗山是非洲最高峰，也是世界上最高的独立山峰，海拔约为 19,000 英尺。 尤伦在他的 90 岁生日那天登顶。这次为期 15 天的徒步之旅是与 CareScout (老年护理服务公司) 合作开展的，该公司致力于帮助老年人
成年人与家庭共同应对老龄化。 尤伦表示，他攀登乞力马扎罗山的动力有两个方面。一方面，他是为了自己；另一方面，他也想向人们展示，即使在生命的暮年，依然有无限可能。 “人们会问：‘那你为什么要做这个？’对我来说，山已经成为了我生活的隐喻。山有巅峰和谷底，生活亦然。有起有伏，”他说道。“如果你不愿攀登这座山，那么你将错过自己很大一部分的潜力。” 尤伦在 75 岁时曾与妻子一同攀登过乞力马扎罗山，并且
[[IMG_XXXX]] 里卡多·努涅斯（左）在迈阿密街头迎接奥特罗。努涅斯在车里认出了奥特罗，随后走上前欢迎他来到迈阿密。
“我来到这个国家，是为了继续为古巴的自由而奋斗。”
路易斯·曼努埃尔·奥特罗·阿尔坎塔拉 被驱逐的古巴艺术家
第二季剧情
突破性演员杰克·舒马赫揭秘准备无上装戏份时最困难的部分。见 Life 板块
蓝鸟队陷入低迷
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今日美国
泛美航空“努力号”快剪机的残骸在 1952 年失事 70 多年后被发现。
1952年泛美航空 失事飞机残骸 在大西洋被发现 飞机在圣胡安起飞后坠毁
Natalie Neysa Alund
搜寻失踪已久的飞机团队于 7 月 21 日宣布，一架近 75 年前在波多黎各海岸附近失事的泛美航空飞机残骸已在海底被发现。
这架被命名为“努力号”快剪机的客机于 1952 年 4 月 11 日，在从该岛东部首府圣胡安起飞仅几分钟后，坠入大西洋并沉没。
据泛美航空历史基金会称，该飞机的大小与现代波音 737 相当，当时正飞往纽约的艾德尔怀尔机场 (现肯尼迪国际机场)，在当地时间中午刚过时遭遇发动机故障。机上载有 64 名乘客和 5 名机组人员。此次坠机事故中共有 17 人幸存。
“我有一些令人难以置信的突发新闻要分享，”探索频道《未知探险》的乔什·盖茨在 7 月 21 日发布在 X 上的一段视频中说道。“观众们可能记得在 2024 年，我们加入了搜寻泛美航空客机的行动……这次事故永远改变了航空业。它导致了广泛的变革，包括引入了现在强制执行的飞行前安全简报。”
一份新闻稿称，这架道格拉斯 DC-4 飞机是在 6 月 2 日晚上利用高分辨率声纳被发现的。
盖茨表示，他以及来自非营利组织航空/海洋遗产基金会和总部位于南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿的水下探索公司 Deep Sea Vision 的搜寻团队，在海底近 2,000 英尺深处定位了飞机的残骸，且“大部分保持完好”。
“努力号”快剪机发生了什么？
根据该航空公司历史基金会提供的信息，在资深机长约翰·C·伯恩 (John C. Burn) 的指挥下，飞机于当地时间 12:11 起飞，随后右侧发动机发生故障。
“机上所有人员最初在撞击中幸存，撞击切断了飞机的尾部，但主舱保持完好，”新闻稿写道。“然而，由于没有提供安全简报，且存在严重的语言障碍，加上没有协调的疏散程序，当飞机在不到三分钟内进水并沉没时，乘客们陷入了混乱、迷茫，并面临汹涌的海水。”
新闻稿继续指出，尽管飞机配备了可供所有在机人员使用的救生筏和个人漂浮设备，但大多数乘客仍留在座位上。“尽管美国海岸警卫队和空军的救援团队采取了迅速且英勇的行动，但最终仅有 12 名乘客和 5 名机组人员获救。”
新闻稿称，航空/海洋遗产基金会将与波多黎各政府合作，扩大对失事现场的保护，并为死者建立一座纪念碑。
盖茨表示，关于此次发现的更多细节将在今年晚些时候播出的《未知探险》深度特别节目中呈现。
第 44 卷，第 221 号
接第 1A 页
接第 1A 页 新泽西州的这些披露，正是在总统唐纳德·特朗普对美国登记投票的非公民人数提出广泛指控几天之后发生的。
准确。该公司发言人丽莎·舒梅克 (Lisa Shoemaker) 7月22日告诉今日美国，像新泽西州那样出现的问题在其他地方并未发现。 “在回应今日美国的提问时……欧智美 (身份识别技术公司) 已重新测试并确认，其在支持的其他管辖区中，选民信息采集功能运行正常，”欧智美 (身份识别技术公司) 全球企业关系高级副总裁舒梅克表示。 此次事件发生在总统唐纳德·特朗普和国土安全部部长马克韦恩·马林 (Markwayne Mullin) 对美国登记投票的非公民人数提出广泛指控仅几天之后。马林表示，他的部门已利用公开信息，在加利福尼亚州、新泽西州、内华达州和宾夕法尼亚州地识别出超过 250,000 名可能非法登记投票的非公民。所有这些州均否认了该指控。 联邦政府已向各州施加越来越大的压力，要求其共享选民名单，并依赖一个新创建的联邦数据库，该数据库利用移民数据、社会保障信息和其他来源来检查选民名单上的人是否具有合法投票资格。 每个州与 IDEMIA Civil Identity NA LLC 签署的合同均不相同，各州可访问其各项不同的服务。并非所有将该公司纳入 DMV 体系的州都要求其采集并传输选民登记信息。 例如，路易斯安那州车辆管理局仅将欧智美 (身份识别技术公司) 用于签发驾驶执照和身份证，而不用于选民登记。伊利诺伊州和缅因州也有类似的安排。
其他州的系统审查
在密苏里州，与一些其他州一样，欧智美 (身份识别技术公司) 签署了签发身份证件（包括驾驶执照）的合同——但它没有决定某人是否有资格投票的责任。负责车辆和执照程序的密苏里州税务局发言人乔唐·钱尼 (JoDonn Chaney) 如此表示。 钱尼告诉今日美国，该职责属于州务卿办公室。 “我们的系统设置方式是”
在乞力马扎罗山的山顶，亚特·尤伦在7月13日，他的90岁生日当天，享用了生日蛋糕。他登顶共用了 111 1/2 天。由 CareScout 提供
跳舞。”
这次攀登的真正意义
那么，在90岁攀登乞力马扎罗山之后，尤伦接下来的计划是什么？嗯，现在他想专注于“下山”——具体来说，就是滑雪。他已经购买了犹他州鹿谷度假村（Deer Valley）的季票，并计划向一位80岁的教练学习。 他还希望继续激励人们无论年龄大小，都能尽力活出最好的状态。 “我想明确一点，我并不是建议……”
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选民登记。 州务卿办公室表示，伊利诺伊州不再使用欧智美 (身份识别技术公司) 在车辆管理局 (DMV) 进行选民登记。此外，伊利诺伊州选举委员会发言人马特·迪特里希 (Matt Dietrich) 表示，伊利诺伊州有一项内置的“保护措施”，即申请驾驶执照的人员首先会被询问其公民身份状态。“如果他们回答‘否’，他们将被阻止进入选民登记流程，其信息也不会转发给我们。”
新泽西州发生了什么？
麦基·谢里尔在7月21日表示，涉事的非公民在向汽车车辆委员会 (MVC) 申请驾驶执照和身份证件时，对于是否为美国公民的问题回答了“否”，但仍然被登记为选民。所有50个州都允许合法居留的非公民获得驾驶执照。她表示，实际上只有不足400名非公民投票，且他们被登记为该州各地的民主党人、共和党人和无党派人士。在回应中，舒梅克 (Shoemaker) 告诉今日美国，提交给新泽西州 MVC 和选举部门的6,600份记录“根据该州设定的设计规范包含了正确信息”。“所有6600名个人均在‘是否想要登记投票’项中选择了‘是’，在‘是否为美国公民’项中选择了‘否’，”舒梅克说。“这些信息被正确记录，并始终可通过 MVC 用于收集选民信息并传输至选举部门的数据库供 MVC 查询。在数据库中，没有任何时刻将非公民标记为公民。”司法部已宣布将对此事件展开调查。在给该州的一封信中，助理总检察长哈米特·迪伦 (Harmeet Dhillon) 要求新泽西州提供被错误登记的非公民以及不足400名投票非公民的信息。她在社交媒体上表示，司法部民权司将“调查此次对美国选票的非法稀释”。谢里尔表示，该州的前任政府在发现错误时就应该公开。当时担任州长的同样是民主党人菲尔·墨菲 (Phil Murphy)。“供应商发布带有如此明显错误的软件是不可接受的，”谢里尔说。“（汽车车辆委员会）花了一年时间才解决这个问题是不可接受的，而且前任政府在多年前发生此事时，没有人将其揭露、要求问责或采取行动，这也是不可接受的。”
“我并不是说每个老年人都应该去攀登乞力马扎罗山，”他说，“我告诉他们的是，找到属于你自己的那座山。也许是生活中阻碍你的某个问题，也许是你人生清单上一直想要尝试完成的事情。去试一试吧。”
正是这种信念让尤伦登顶了乞力马扎罗山，也将指引他度过余生。
“我希望在去世之前一直保持完美的健康状态，”他说。“当我也离开时，我希望人们说：‘他怎么就去世了？他昨天看起来还那么精神！’”
今日美国
今日美国
乔伊·加里森 (Joey Garrison)
华盛顿 —— 美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在 22 日出席在特拉华州多佛市举行的士兵遗体庄重转移仪式，向近期在伊朗战争中牺牲的四名士兵致敬。在此之前，他刚刚对伊朗的平民目标发出了新的威胁。
上周末四名美国士兵的死亡，正值美国升级对伊朗的攻击之际。美方已连续 12 天对该国进行空袭，而特朗普在数月前曾誓言这场战争将很快结束，但目前仍看不到终点。
“他们确实是伟大的英雄，”特朗普在前往多佛空军基地（遗体返回美国之地）前，在接受记者采访时谈到这些牺牲的士兵。
“他们所有人都非常强烈地表示，我们不能让伊朗拥有核武器，所以我们要向他们致敬。”
当四名士兵的遗体（身披美国国旗的棺木中）从飞机转移至车辆时，特朗普和战争部长皮特·海格塞斯 (Pete Hegseth) 举起右手敬礼。
一名家属在其亲人被移出飞机时，可以听到其痛哭的声音。
在返回美国的牺牲士兵中，有 3 人死于伊朗人的袭击。
Amanda Lee Myers
今日美国 位于南加州大熊湖（Big Bear Lake）的白头海雕杰基（Jackie）一直令人心生敬畏。 起初，只有少数当地人看着她成长、筑巢并建立生活。如今，由于一个自 2015 年起就对其巢穴进行直播的摄像头，她的粉丝已遍布全球，数量以百万计。 杰基的粉丝们见证了自然的起伏：她与忠实的伴侣影子（Shadow）交配，产卵或失去卵，抚养雏鹰，击退捕食者，在冬季风暴中坚忍，以及捕鱼。 但杰基的粉丝们从未像现在这样担心她的未来。 这只 14 岁的白头海雕目前距离家乡 170 英里，在与两只亚成年海雕发生冲突被救出后，正在奥海猛禽中心（Ojai Raptor Center）接受评估和治疗；不过，她似乎在打斗之前就患上了某种更复杂的疾病。视频显示，她显然在湖边的水中挣扎，看起来完全不像粉丝们所熟知的那位凶猛的母亲。 猛禽中心表示，杰基目前情况危殆且体重不足，患有严重贫血，炎症影响了她的肾脏。他们正在等待进一步的血液测试结果，以帮助了解她究竟出了什么问题。 从积极的一面来看，据运营杰基直播流并照顾她及其他海雕家人的“大熊谷之友”（Friends of Big Bear Valley）组织称，杰基正在进食，并且通过反抗照顾她的工作人员而展现出顽强精神。 在杰基的粉丝们为她的健康和未来焦虑时，《今日美国》采访了一位阿拉斯加的白头海雕专家，他每年治疗多达 150 只这种雄伟的猛禽。我们地了解了杰基可能出了什么问题，以及在她有望返回家乡之前可能接受什么样的治疗。
杀鼠剂与金属中毒
在整个美国，杀鼠剂和金属中毒是白头海雕面临的最严重威胁之一。 当人类试图使用化学药剂杀死小鼠、大鼠、地松鼠和其他啮齿动物以控制其数量时，就会发生杀鼠剂中毒。阿拉斯加猛禽中心（Alaska Raptor Center）的鸟类主管詹妮弗·塞达里夫（Jennifer Cedarleaf）表示，白头海雕和其他生物（包括山狮、郊狼、猫头鹰甚至宠物）可能会吃掉这些死掉的啮齿动物，从而导致自身中毒。该中心一年中最多曾治疗过 150 只白头海雕。 她告诉《今日美国》，结果是极其痛苦的，如果没有治疗，动物会缓慢地失血而死。 来自铅等金属的中毒
位于约旦的穆瓦法克·萨尔蒂空军基地（Muwaffaq Salti Air Base）。他们是来自夏威夷埃瓦海滩（Ewa Beach）的 25 岁士兵泰勒·詹姆斯·费汉（Tyler James Feehan）；来自德克萨斯州卡罗尔顿（Carrollton）的 19 岁二等兵伊莎贝拉·冈萨雷斯（Isabella Gonzales）；以及来自纽约奥逊公园（Ozone Park）的 28 岁中士安格尔·S·兰珀萨德（Angel S. Rampersad）。 第四名士兵，来自北卡罗来纳州费耶特维尔（Fayetteville）的 30 岁中士迈克尔·埃马纽埃尔·斯温顿（Michael Emmanuel Swinton），在伊拉克北部对一架被击落的伊朗无人机进行受控爆破期间丧生。 唐纳德·特朗普在移交仪式前与这些士兵的家属进行了私人会面。 在离开华盛顿时，唐纳德·特朗普在电话中表示，迎接阵亡士兵回归是“作为总统必须面对的最艰难的事情之一”。 “我只想说，‘我们爱你们。我们爱你们的孩子，’”唐纳德·特朗普在谈到与家属会面时说道，“那是他们的孩子。没有游戏，没有任何花招。那是他们的孩子。你唯一能做的就是倾尽你的心血。”
阵亡士兵家属乘坐“空军一号”离开仪式
简短的仪式结束后，唐纳德·特朗普乘坐“空军一号”离开空军基地，前往乔治亚州马里埃塔（Marietta）。在那里，他在惠勒高中（Wheeler High School）就名为“特朗普账户”的针对新生儿新启动的投资账户发表了讲话。 来自乔治亚州的费汉家属应总统邀请，一同乘坐“空军一号”返回家乡。 唐纳德·特朗普随后将该家庭带到了他的活动现场，并在演讲过程中从人群中特意点名提及了他们。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 杰基，加州大熊湖著名且凶猛的白头海雕母亲，在她的巢中。
由大熊谷之友 (FRIENDS OF BIG BEAR VALLEY) 提供
锌的情况也一样糟糕。Cedarleaf 表示，白头海雕和其他野生动物在吞食子弹或钓鱼坠子中的铅等物质时会遭受巨大的痛苦，并补充说，治疗过程可能同样不舒服，将其比作人类的化学疗法。 “每次看到这种情况，我的心都碎了，”她说，“那是绝对最糟糕的景象。” 根据老鹰摄入毒素的量，这两种情况都是可以治疗的。但她说，如果摄入过多，对这些猛禽来说，最人道的选择就是安乐死。
去年，奥哈伊猛禽中心 (Ojai Raptor Center) 在提供维生素 K 治疗后，成功救治并释放了一只遭受杀鼠剂中毒的幼鹰。猛禽中心表示，这只被怀疑是 Jackie 后代、名为 Sunny 的老鹰在抵达设施时处于危急状态，极度消瘦且虚弱，甚至无法支撑起头部。 “她的预后情况非常糟糕，”该中心表示。几个月后，这只老鹰回到了野外并茁壮成长。
其他人为原因：枪击、动物陷阱、电线
在阿拉斯加猛禽中心 (Alaska Raptor Center)，Cedarleaf 表示，他们治疗的大多数老鹰受伤情况都是由人类造成的。除了杀鼠剂和金属中毒外，他们还看到过被电击、或因撞击电线而受伤、被车辆撞击、违法被枪击，以及被旨在捕捉貂、貂熊和狼的脚捕兽夹伤到的老鹰。 电击和其他电线伤害很难生存。被陷阱伤到的老鹰可以根据严重程度进行治疗，包括截肢，但 Cedarleaf 说，枪伤通常意味着死亡。 仅奥哈伊猛禽中心每周平均就有 1 到 2 只鸟因枪击受伤，其中包括一只被击中 7 次的红尾鵟，它不仅要应对这些伤口，还面临子弹导致的铅中毒。 “不仅伤口和治疗本身对于
唐纳德·特朗普 总统和国防部长皮特·海格塞斯 (Pete Hegseth) 在向死于约旦穆瓦法克·萨尔蒂 (Muwaffaq Salti) 空军基地袭击事件的陆军二等兵伊莎贝拉·冈萨雷斯 (Isabella Gonzales) 的遗体移交箱致敬时行礼。
EVAN VUCCI/路透社
“今天能邀请到你们来到这里是我的荣幸，”特朗普 表示。 北卡罗来纳州共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯 (Thom Tillis)、特拉华州民主党参议员克里斯·库恩斯 (Chris Coons) 以及多位白宫官员也出席了这次庄重的移交仪式。 总计至少有 18 名美国服役人员在伊朗战争中丧生。这场战争始于近五个月前，在最近的民调中，美国民众对其支持率日益下降。 五角大楼本周表示，已有 100 多个美国士兵受伤
遭受枪伤的野生动物患者来说具有极大的创伤，但许多猛禽是终身配对的，而且春天是许多不同物种（包括老鹰和红尾鵟）的繁殖季节，”该组织在 2024 年 3 月表示。“配对后，红尾鵟夫妇共同筑巢，雌鸟孵化卵，雄鸟为雌鸟提供食物。一只单独的雌鸟或雄鸟极不可能、或无法在不得不独自喂养自己和雏鸟的同时成功孵化卵——其他猛禽物种的情况也是如此。” 为什么有人会想射杀像白头海雕或红尾鵟这样神奇的生物？原因与最近发现孩子们用棒球棒击打一只年轻大角鸮的原因相同。 “人类的残忍程度令人难以置信，”Cedarleaf 说。
其他鸟类之间的争斗也可能导致老鹰受伤或死亡
白头海雕也会因为同类或其他猛禽而受伤或死亡。它们的争斗有时非常残酷。Cedarleaf 回忆起曾不得不分开两只海雕，由于战斗过于激烈，它们彼此的爪子深深地陷入了对方体内。有时，海雕会在空中锁住爪子并向下旋转，这种现象被称为“翻滚”（tumbling）。
“有时它们能及时松开，但有时不能，它们会撞击水面或陆地，其中一只或两只都可能死亡。”
爪子受伤可以用抗生素治疗。
Jackie 现在的情况如何？
治疗 Jackie 的野生动物专家正在等待血液检测结果和诊断测试结果，这些结果可能会显示她是否遭受了杀鼠剂或金属中毒。他们表示，X 光检查没有显示出鱼钩等金属异物的迹象。
“虽然这只海雕依然保持警觉并且在进食，但现在预测结果还为时过早，”奥海猛禽中心 (Ojai Raptor Center) 在 7 月 21 日表示。“野生动物医学需要时间，有些答案简单来说无法操之过急。”
这种不确定性让海雕爱好者们感到焦虑。
“祈祷她能挺过这次可怕的经历，”Jackie 的爱好者 Bonne Lass 在猛禽中心的帖子中写道。“Shadow 和她的雏雕需要她，而且她被数百万人深爱着。”
Cedarleaf 经历过将野生海雕康复治疗至健康的喜悦，也经历过不得不对无法获救的海雕实施安乐死的痛苦。她说自己并不掌握 Jackie 困境的内部消息，但就她目前的看法，她认为粉丝们不应过于绝望。
“我相当乐观，”她说。“我希望她能重新回到大自然中。”
自 7 月 7 日起在伊朗战争中[受伤/死亡]，其中绝大多数人受轻微脑震荡。唐纳德·特朗普誓要对伊朗进行报复，以回应近期美国士兵的死亡，并警告伊朗将为这些袭击“付出代价”。
他在 7 月 22 日进一步升级了威胁，在社交媒体帖子中发誓，只要在霍尔木兹海峡（石油运输的关键水道）有一艘船遭到攻击，他就会下令袭击一个平民目标——如一座桥梁或一座发电厂。
随着议员进入 8月休会期 风险增加
Drew Pittock
总统唐纳德·特朗普表示，随着现有的资金在9月30日到期，政府正走向停摆。这一言论是在众议院于7月21日通过一项临时资金决议之后发表的，该决议旨在维持政府运作至12月初。该决议目前将提交至参议院，但随着两院的8月休会期迅速临近，时间已十分紧迫。
8月休会期缩短了 本已狭窄的时间窗
政府资金预计将于9月30日耗尽。理论上，这意味着在敲定预算方面还有50天以上的时间（不含周末）。 但这一时间表存在一个问题：两院很快将离开华盛顿进入8月休会期。 共和党众议院领导层急于快速通过资金法案；其成员的休会期于7月23日（周四）开始，一直持续到8月31日众议院正式复会。 再加上从9月7日到9月11日因劳动节和犹太节日犹太新年（Rosh Hashanah）开始而多出的一周假期，众议院在资金截止日期前大约只有16个开会日。 与此同时，参议院的休会期从8月7日开始；议员们预计于9月14日返回议院。
两院共同开会仅11天
在9月底之前通过资金法案的余地正变得越来越小。 如果参议院决定修改7月21日通过的法案，该法案必须返回众议院再次投票，这将进一步缩短时间窗。 从现在到9月30日，在这一周之后，两院同时开会的时间仅有11天。
又是一年，又是停摆？
到目前为止，美国民众已经深切意识到政府停摆意味着什么。 如今的这场闹剧让人想起去年创纪录的43天政府停摆之前的几周。那次停摆始于2025年10月1日，原因是国会未能通过资金法案。 尽管那次停摆表面上在11月中旬结束，但部分停摆一直拖延到4月，导致国土安全部陷入混乱，并在全国各地的机场造成延误和混乱。 特约贡献：路透社
流亡
关于亚历杭德罗是否会上大学，以及他正在交往的新女友。在七月浓烈的酷暑中，他们在这栋没有电的寂静乡村房子里沉沉睡去。7月18日早晨，奥特罗将乘坐飞机前往迈阿密，抛下他的儿子、家人、朋友、历史和家园。7月21日，他首次接受了一家美国主流日报——《今日美国》(USA TODAY) 的采访。古巴的人们认为流亡是解决方案，“但这里出现了一种新型的裂痕，一种新型的国家赞助暴力：人们在30年里见不到母亲或孩子——他们的母亲去世了，而他们不被允许回去，”奥特罗坐在迈阿密一家酒店的泳池平台上说道。“你无法告别……你无法给他们一个吻……而现在我的儿子……”奥特罗用双手掩面，泣不成声。
奥特罗是一位多产的视觉艺术家，而另一位政治 prisoner 迈克尔·“奥索博”·卡斯蒂略·佩雷斯（Maykel “Osorbo” Castillo Pérez）——一名共同创作了拉丁格莱美奖获奖赞歌《祖国与生命》（Patria y Vida）的说唱歌手——两人一直处于美国与古巴之间高风险谈判的中心，这些谈判可能会重塑这对冷战敌手的关系。一项协议可能会极大地扩大商业和贸易，并结束一项使该岛陷入瘫痪的美国石油禁运。如果谈判失败，唐纳德·特朗普总统可能会像对待委内瑞拉和伊朗那样，将军事目光转向古巴。在最近一次接受《今日美国》(USA TODAY) 的独家采访中，劳尔·吉列尔莫·罗德里格斯·卡斯特罗（Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro）——前古巴总统劳尔·卡斯特罗的孙子，也是此次谈判的关键对话者——表示，在适当的条件下，古巴愿意释放“被认为是被政治囚禁的人”。据人权活动人士称，古巴监狱中仍有超过 1,300 名政治犯。但迈阿密大学古巴和古巴裔美国人研究系主任迈克尔·布斯塔曼特（Michael Bustamante）表示，奥特罗的获释以及预期中卡斯蒂略的获释，“表明两国政府之间至少仍有一些渠道保持畅通”。布斯塔曼特说：“古巴在面对美国政府数月前要求的释放高知名度囚犯一事上，可能会有所让步。”
‘祖国与生命’
来自囚室的名声
与此同时，奥特罗已被迈阿密的古巴流亡社区视为当下的名人。最近，当他在迈阿密流亡中心的第八街（Calle Ocho）散步时，咖啡馆和西南第八街标志性的多米诺公园（Domino Park）里传来了“阿尔坎塔拉！”的呼喊声。人们停下脚步与奥特罗握手或拍自拍。奥特罗也拍了一张自己的自拍照：在他街道上的一幅个人壁画前。
在 Ball & Chain 现场音乐 venue，一支三人乐队的低音提琴手兼主唱在歌曲中途停下来，通过麦克风向走在附近的奥特罗问候。“欢迎！”他用西班牙语说道，“古巴自由 (Cuba libre)！”
55 岁的里卡多·努涅斯（Ricardo Nuñez）在准备上车时认出了奥特罗。他赶紧跑过来，欢迎他来到迈阿密。两人紧紧相拥。
“他是一个捍卫自己思想的年轻人，”努涅斯说。“在当今世界，这极其宝贵。”
奥特罗的名声是在拥挤的古巴监狱囚室中艰难赢得的，而流亡也伴随着代价。
雕琢铅笔画
奥特罗在老哈瓦那的埃尔塞罗（El Cerro）街区长大，他是四个孩子中最大的，家里挤满了另外 15 位堂表亲、姨姑和叔舅。他的父亲是一名焊工，母亲是一家房地产集团的中层员工。
奥特罗回忆道，如果他母亲在单位得到一块糖，她会将其切成四小片分给孩子们。
从小起，对他而言有两件事是真理：他热爱艺术，并且讨厌欺负人的人。
他的父亲会从车间给他带来木块，奥特罗用美工刀将它们凿成雕塑。他把铅笔削成面孔或女性身体。
在社区里，当其他孩子被欺负时，他会挺身而出。
“我记得小时候，甚至在完全不懂政治或没有政治立场之前，我就单纯地无法接受虐待或类似的事情，”他说。
他曾是一名竞技田径运动员，渴望学习艺术但没能考入艺术学院。相反，他在家中潜心钻研艺术，创作出的作品挑战了古巴从众主义的底线。
奥特罗说，他想创作出像毕加索和巴斯奎亚那样挑战常规的艺术。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 古巴异议人士路易斯·曼努埃尔·奥特罗·阿尔坎塔拉在7月 18. 于迈阿密的慈善圣母国家圣地与古巴流亡社区成员会面期间，修复了一尊他从古巴带回的、该岛主保圣人慈善圣母的破损雕像。GIORGIO VIERA/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
他共同制作的一场名为“古巴异议博物馆”的展览，展示了古巴历史上的异议人士，从反叛的塔伊诺酋长哈图埃（Hatuey）到菲德尔·卡斯特罗。这为他赢得了赞誉——同时也引起了古巴国家安全机构的注意。
通过为该项目进行的研究，奥特罗发现像他一样的活动人士和反对派艺术家要么被监禁，要么被驱逐出古巴。“古巴政权——古巴独裁政权——专门从事抹除记忆的工作，”他说。“大约每 10 年，每当某种形式的公民社会开始成形时，他们就会强迫几乎所有活动人士离开古巴。他们试图将其从集体记忆中完全抹去，这样人们就被迫重新开始。他们几乎必须从零开始。”在 2018, 年，他协助发起了圣伊斯德罗运动（San Isidro Movement），该运动以老哈瓦那的一个街区命名，艺术家们在那里聚集，抗议古巴对创意工作者的打压——具体是指第 349, 号法令，该法律要求艺术活动必须事先获得古巴文化部的批准。他也引起了国家安全的注意。从 2018 到 2021, 年，奥特罗表示他被拘留了 90 次以上，
并在当局进入他家中并毁掉他的一些画作后，至少进行过一次绝食抗议。大约在那个时候，他与卡斯蒂略（Castillo）以及古巴和美国的艺术家及音乐家合作，创作了一首定义了他们运动核心的歌曲：“祖国与生命”（Patria y Vida）。这句话在哈瓦那和迈阿密的街道上被高喊，它将卡斯特罗时代关于“自由或死亡”的挽歌反转为对“自由与生命”的呼唤。该歌曲的视频在 YouTube 上的播放量已超过 17 million 次，并成为了广泛街道抗议活动的赞歌。它赢得了两项拉丁格莱美奖：年度歌曲和最佳都市歌曲。随着歌曲的普及，国家警察将卡斯蒂略禁闭在家中。他在 5月 18, 2021, 日被捕，被指控“藐视权威”和“诽谤国家机构”，并被迅速判处九年监禁。奥特罗
继续与活动人士合作。2021年7月，他在前往哈瓦那圣安东尼奥街区的一次集会途中被捕。他被判定“亵渎国家象征、扰乱公共秩序和藐视”，被判处在哈瓦那西南部的瓜纳亥（Guanajay）最高安全监狱服刑五年。他服满了每一天。
饱经风雨、疲惫不堪、破碎的面孔
他说，他在监狱里的前两个月被关在禁闭室里。后来，他与另外三个人共用一个牢房。他们只能看一台电视，每天被允许在操场活动一小时。
当他看着其他囚犯逐渐失去对现实的掌控，或者使用走私进来的药物来麻痹日子时，奥特罗说，他做出了一个自觉的选择，那就是保持心智和身体的敏锐。他在户外时锻炼身体，并利用访客带来的颜料和建筑纸进行创作。
他绘制了狱友们的表情及其纹身。他绘制了植物、花卉以及他的性幻想。他绘制了他的梦想。当纸用完时，他将香烟盒粘在一起并在上面作画。他说，他希望他的画作有一天能向世界展示古巴监狱内部的生活状况。
他说，在五年的监禁期间，他创作了 4,000 多件作品。在他离开时，古巴当局允许他保留其中大部分。
“你能看到这些人类的面孔：被击打的、疲惫的，似乎破碎了。那些面孔胜过千言万语，”他说，“我试图捕捉所有这一切。”
恶化的环境
奥特罗说，他可以通过监狱食物质量的下降，感受到古巴外部环境的恶化。五年前他刚到达时，能分到几个鸡蛋和一小块面包，以及大米、豆类，偶尔还能吃到一块鸡肉。到刑期结束时，大米变成了糊状的浆糊。面包和鸡蛋消失了。鸡肉被乏味且膨胀的意大利面取代。他说，国家安全局的特工在整个服刑期间对他进行威逼，抛出一个选择：流亡或继续坐牢。“他们把话挑明了：我再也无法作为一个自由人行走在古巴的街道上，”他说。
奥特罗坚持拒绝这个提议一年半之久。进入第二年时，他崩溃并同意了交易，因为他觉得在流亡状态下比在监狱里能发挥更大的影响力。尽管如此，他依然被关押着，日复一日，月复一月。
随着美国和古巴官员在今年早些时候重启谈判，奥特罗和卡斯蒂略的名字再次出现。据了解谈判情况的人士告诉《今日美国》，释放政治犯仍然是旨在实现更广泛、历史性缓和之谈判的核心。
在 4 月 10 日罗德里格斯·卡斯特罗与美国国务院一名官员在哈瓦那举行的一次秘密会谈后不久，古巴安全特工再次访问了奥特罗的牢房。他们重复了提议：流亡，或者在监狱中枯萎。他在 5 月向《今日美国》提供的一段秘密录音中首次揭露了这一点。奥特罗再次同意离开，并提出了最后一项请求：能最后一次见到他的儿子和古巴的海滩。
上个月底，他被告知即将获释。一天晚上，全副武装的便衣特工将他匆匆带出牢房，开车送往普拉亚斯-德尔-埃斯特（Playas del Este）附近的一处安全屋，这是一个位于哈瓦那中心东部约 10 英里外的海滨城镇。
由于他在古巴国内已名声大噪，他被告知在飞离之前将被隔离，以避开记者和不必要的公众关注。他在那里等待美国批准他的移民假释。三名安全特工在屋内全天候看守。他们带来了家属，以便奥特罗做最后的道别，一名厨师在厨房准备餐食。
奥特罗说，他结识了那些在僻静海滩上看守他的看守者。他开始将他们视为普通人——父亲和儿子，也许是这台阴森机器上的齿轮，但并非天生邪恶，他说。
一天晚上，他与他们分享了自己对古巴的愿景：“我告诉他们，我的梦想之一是，安全不应该是‘国家安全’，而应该是‘人民的安全’，”奥特罗说，“它应该是关于保护我免受国家的侵害，而不是相反。”
“我该怎么做？”
日子一天天过去，周复一周。朋友和亲戚们不知道他的下落，为他担心。支持者们向古巴法院提交了一项动议，要求告知他的行踪。
最终，特工们地带他的儿子亚历杭德罗（Alejandro）来与他共度最后一昼夜。奥特罗惊叹于那个第一次在监狱探望他的 11 岁男孩如今几乎已成长为一名成年人，在谈论他的女朋友并考虑上大学的事情。
奥特罗担心他必须在古巴军队中服 compulsory 一年的兵役。亚历杭德罗则担心自己要成为家里的顶梁柱。
“我该怎么做？”亚历杭德罗问他的父亲。奥特罗向他保证，他会做得很好。
他们最后一次拥抱告别。
7月 18，奥特罗在哈瓦那的何塞·马蒂国际机场登上美国航空的航班离开了古巴，一名美国驻古巴大使馆的官员陪同在侧。他唯一的财物就是身上穿的短裤和 T 恤，以及他在狱中创作的画作。当奥特罗走出迈阿密国际机场的海关时，欢呼的支持者和争相报道的记者们迎接了他的到来。长期以来一直为他申请假释奔走的朋友阿娜梅利·拉莫斯（Anamely Ramos）向他跑去，双臂环绕在他的颈间，给了他一个紧紧的、久久不愿松开的拥抱。这一切都被无数段 Instagram 视频记录了下来。奥特罗掩面而泣，情绪猛然迸发。他说：“那个拥抱让我的心完全碎了（指极度感动）。” “就像我被施了咒语，然后咒语突然解除，我被重新塑造了。……这种感觉极其强烈。”
奥特罗、拉莫斯和另外几位朋友直接从机场开车前往国家慈善圣母圣地（National Shrine of Our Lady Charity），这是迈阿密的一个宗教地标，简单地被称为“La Ermita”，那里有神职人员和其他支持者在迎接他们。在那里，奥特罗拼接起一座破碎的古巴深受爱戴的守护神——科普雷慈善圣母（La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre）的小雕像，象征着修复佛罗里达海峡两岸的关系。奥特罗表示，他计划从事能够促进古巴获得更大自由的艺术创作。首先，他希望展出他在狱中创作的画作。他说：“我来到这个国家是为了继续为古巴的自由而努力。失去的一分钟，就意味着独裁统治将多延续一分钟。” “尽管我感到疲惫，尽管我的声音沙哑，但我将继续努力。我将继续努力，直到（古巴）成为一个真正的民主国家。”
离开 La Ermita 后，朋友们开车送奥特罗前往南滩（South Beach）。他们分享了一瓶 Stella Artois 啤酒，庆祝他的到来，然后在海滩上散步。奥特罗看着岸边翻滚的浪花和延伸的蓝绿色大海。在那片海的彼岸，是一个他可能再也无法见到的家。
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咖啡饮用者们可以放心了：一项新研究显示，早晨多次饮用咖啡对心脏健康是有益的。不过，这里有一个前提：该结论是基于不添加糖、糖浆和奶精的黑咖啡。美国心脏协会 (American Heart Association) 的研究称，成年人每天饮用最多 5 杯咖啡，或摄入约 400 mg 咖啡因，并不会增加患心血管疾病的风险；事实上，纯黑咖啡还可以带来一些益处，例如降低 2 型糖尿病和中风的风险。但该协会补充道，人们仍应警惕更高剂量的咖啡因，例如能量饮品中的含量。
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人类在寻找外星生命的过程中迈出了一大步：天文学家首次探测到一颗围绕另一颗恒星在宜居带（被称为“金发姑娘区”）内运行的类地行星周围存在大气层。这是迄今为止证明这些被称为“系外行星”的遥远世界可能维持生命的强有力证据。这项发现报告的主笔、哈佛大学的 Collin Cherubim 表示，这颗名为 LhS 1140 b 的行星位于鲸鱼座，距离地球约 49 光年，即 300 万亿英里。他告诉 今日美国，在宇宙尺度上，这其实非常近 —— 就在“我们的银河后院”里。
❚金钱
GLP-1 药物制造商的激烈竞争
减肥药之战已经打响。抗肥胖药物 Wegovy 的制造商诺和诺德 (Novo Nordisk) 正在起诉竞争产品 Zepbound 的制造商礼来 (Eli Lilly)，指控其广告虚假且具有误导性。诺和诺德表示，礼来在对比两款注射用 GLP-1 药物疗效的广告中，通过将礼来药物的最高剂量与诺和诺德药物的较低剂量进行对比，从而“故意”误导消费者。它要求礼来不仅要撤下广告，还要开展纠错活动。礼来表示将“有力地”应对这一诉讼。此次博弈的筹码极高：预计在未来十年内，减肥药领域每年将带来约 $100 billion 的收益。
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《奥德赛》成为票房巨头
史诗级的故事，史诗级的电影，史诗级的票房。克里斯托弗·诺兰的《奥德赛》在北美开画 $124.5 million，全球票房 $264.1 million，创下这位《奥本海默》导演最高的全球周末首秀纪录。这部由马特·达蒙、汤姆·霍兰德、赞达亚、罗伯特·帕丁森和安妮·海瑟薇主演的电影，成为了今年夏天继系列巨作《玩具总动员 5》之后最大的电影首秀。IMAX 70 mm 场次的门票尤为抢手：《奥德赛》是第一部完全使用 IMAX 摄影机拍摄的主要制片厂发行影片。
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“先生们，我们要与历史定约，”西班牙队主教练路易斯·德拉富恩特 (Luis de la Fuente) 曾如此告诉他的球员们——而他们做到了。西班牙队以 1-0 击败阿根廷队，夺得其第二座世界杯冠军奖杯，为这次出色的赛事之旅画上句号；在八场比赛中，该队仅失一球。对于 39 岁的阿根廷球星利昂内尔·梅西 (Lionel Messi) 来说，他第二次夺得世界杯冠军的梦想化为泡影，这次赛事可能是他的最后一次。赛后他在社交媒体上发布道：“这么多年来，最美好的部分永远不仅仅是冠军头衔，而是这段旅程本身。” ——由 Robert Abitbol 编译
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站点更新 历史 展览
Phaedra Trethan
费城 —— 国家公园管理局悄悄更新了一处费城历史遗址，安装了引发争议的展板。批评者称，这些展板淡化了奴隶制的残酷性，并掩盖了乔治·华盛顿总统奴役人民的事实。这些新标牌取代了数年前的展品，后者要么在 2026 年初被移除，要么处于数月的停摆状态。此次争议涉及特朗普政府与费城市政府之间关于总统故居（President’s House）的大量法律交锋，该遗址距离自由钟仅数步之遥。
在给《今日美国》的电子邮件回复中，监管国家公园管理局的内政部表示，对于法院允许政府更改展览的裁决感到满意。内政部称，新展板“充满了历史背景，并突出了总统故居以及独立国家历史公园内其他地点所发生的重大事件”。声明继续道，这些展品“承认了奴隶制的邪恶，包括其不公正和伪善；通过讲述华盛顿在总统故居中豢养的九名奴隶的故事，提醒我们他们本质上的人格尊严”。
据《费城问询报》和 NBC10 等当地媒体率先报道，此次更换发生在 7 月 14 日，当时该市正在举办大联盟棒球全明星赛。《今日美国》于 7 月 19 日访问了该遗址，现场有当地人和游客穿梭。武装的国家公园警察在区域内巡逻，并部署了视频监控系统。
在国家公园管理局最初移除该遗址的原始展品后，关于法律斗争、反特朗普信息、支持保护的信函以及原始展品的文字被贴在了遗址的墙上。4 月，国家公园管理局在发布的一篇文章中揭晓了新展板，当时告诉《今日美国》，这些展板旨在“就塑造我们国家的时刻和地点进行有意义的对话”。
但“为先祖复仇联盟”（Avenging the Ancestors Coalition, ATAC）——一个由活动人士、历史学家和保护主义者组成的团体，此前一直主张承认曾在该地生活和工作的被奴役者——在当时称政府的标牌“极具冒犯性”，并表示这些改动代表了“又一次歪曲和审查美国历史的企图”。
国家公园管理局根据特朗普政府 2025 年 3 月的一项行政命令，于 1 月份移除了原始展品。这些内容包括关于跨大西洋奴隶贸易、华盛顿拥有奴隶的情况、被奴役者劳作时的残酷环境，以及早期经济是如何依靠被奴役者和契约佣人的无偿劳动支撑起来的。
新展板的重点则是总统故居的居住者，即在费城作为国家首都期间居住在此的乔治·华盛顿和约翰·亚当斯。其他展板则突出了独立国家公园、行政分支、费城在美国革命中的角色，以及美国人自 1776 年以来如何庆祝独立。虽然有关于奴隶制和被奴役者的展板，但原始展板探讨的是奴隶制这一制度及其影响。
与此同时，内政部表示，政府鼓励美国人“就塑造我们国家的时刻进行有意义的对话。通过讲述完整的故事，包括每一次胜利、每一次挑战以及向更完美的联邦迈出的每一步，我们加强了共同的认知，并确保后代
继承的不仅是我们热爱的土地，还有将我们带到这里的旅程之真相。”但活动人士表示，特朗普政府所谓的“真相”是一个扭曲的历史版本。在 7 月 5 日发表于《费城问询报》的一篇评论文章中，“为先祖复仇联盟” (Avenging the Ancestors Coalition) 的创始人迈克尔·科德 (Michael Coard) 写道，这座新的总统府“往好里说是种族白化，往坏里说则是‘种族主义式’地审查奴隶制的极恶之举。”
征收关税
价格上涨
Ken Alltucker
根据总统唐纳德·特朗普的计划，在两年内对进口仿制药征收 100% 的关税，您在药房柜台领取或通过邮寄订单购买的最常见的处方药可能会变得更加昂贵。
在一篇社交媒体帖子中，特朗普表示，所有进口仿制药在接下来的两年内将继续免税，之后 100% 的关税将于 1, 2028 年 8 月起生效，一年后则征收 200% 的关税。
“这样做是为了将仿制药生产回迁 (RESHORE) 到美国，对于那些决定在给定的期限内不在美国建设工厂和设备的公司的处罚，”特朗普在 7 月 21 日于 Truth Social 发布的一篇帖子中说道。
关税将提高仿制药价格
专家警告称，如果关税得以实施，消费者可能需要为仿制药支付更多费用，而仿制药占美国销售的处方药的 90%。健康保险公司和赞助健康福利的雇主可能会承担更高的成本，而这些成本通常会通过提高保险费、共同支付额 (copays) 和免赔额 (deductibles) 转嫁给消费者。
消费者通常选择仿制药是为了获得与价格昂贵的品牌药相当且更便宜的药物。药品定价专家警告说，对仿制药征收关税将使最常用的药物
特朗普助力中期选举
Erin Mansfield
根据提交给联邦选举委员会的最新信息，总统唐纳德·特朗普的盟友在一家可以在 11 月选举前投放广告的基金中积累了超过 $400 million 的资金。
这笔资金之多，相当于共和党和民主党两党的总和，并可能改变目前由总统在美国民众中日益下降的支持率所主导的选举季。
涉事账户 MAGA Inc. 是一个超级政治行动委员会（super PAC），可以为政治广告筹集并花费无限额的资金。它自特朗普 2024 年获胜后不久就开始运作，并在 2025 年筹集了约四分之三的资金。从那时起，大部分资金一直处于闲置状态。
“拥有一如此巨额的资金是非常惊人的，”追踪政治支出的非营利组织 Open Secrets 的洞察主管 Brendan Glavin 说道。“而民主党那边并没有对应的资金规模。”
与此同时，选举预测人士广泛预测，民主党将在 11 月赢得足够的席位以夺回众议院的控制权。他们还表示，虽然共和党可能赢得足够的参议员席位以维持对上议院的控制，但民主党已进入一个具有威胁的距离。
“总统将投入大量资源以赢得中期选举，”管理 MAGA Inc. 的 James Blair 在 6 月 24 日的《肖恩·斯派塞秀》（The Sean Spicer Show）中表示。“他深切关心政党的胜利，只要是他能做到的支持工作，他都会去做。”
Blair 没有说明 MAGA Inc. 将如何或何时花费这笔钱，仅表示支出将“很快”开始。
MAGA Inc. 如何筹集 $400 million
“这种规模的关税可能会产生巨大的后果——提高成本、加剧短缺，并使获得救命药物的机会面临风险。”
Merith Basey Patients for Affordable Drugs 首席执行官
变得更加昂贵。 “对仿制药征收巨额关税，可能会导致数百万美国人依赖的低成本仿制药变得更加昂贵且更难以获得，”Patients for Affordable Drugs 的首席执行官 Merith Basey 说道。“这种规模的关税可能会产生巨大的后果——提高成本、加剧短缺，并使获得救命药物的机会面临风险。”
特朗普吹嘘称，他与 17 家药企达成的谈判协议已同意采取最惠国定价方案，涵盖了在美国销售的 80% 的品牌药物。然而，这些协议并不包括仿制药。
行业团体警告称，仿制药制造商将难以承担关税成本。当特朗普政府在 2025 年宣布对来自加拿大、墨西哥和中国的进口商品征收关税时，Association for Accessible Medicines 的首席执行官 John Murphy III 表示，仿制药制造商“根本无法吸收新成本”。
在特朗普 7 月 21 日宣布消息后，Murphy 表示他的组织需要更好地理解相关条款。他表示，他的团体将寻求能够“支持并稳定整个行业”的政策。
以及威斯康星州的主要保守派捐赠者戴安·亨德里克斯（Diane Hendricks），两人各捐赠了 $25$ 百万美元。
另有 $21.3$ 百万美元来自 Securing American Greatness Inc.，这是一个与唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）结盟且无需披露捐赠者的非营利组织。特朗普之前的超级政治行动委员会 Make America Great Again Inc. 在实际上关闭前转让了 $10.6$ 百万美元。
但最大的资金来源之一是加密货币行业。特朗普政府削弱了对该行业的监管，且特朗普个人在 2025 年通过加密货币投资赚了 $1.4$ 十亿美元。
Crypto.com 的所有者 Foris Dax 是 MAGA Inc. 最大的捐赠者，捐赠金额为 $35$ 百万美元。Blockchain.com 捐赠了 $5$ 百万美元，运营加密货币交易所的 Gemini Trust Co. 捐赠了 $4.4$ 百万美元。
根据 7 月 20 日的记录，MAGA Inc. 在 6 月份筹集了 $28.7$ 百万美元。其中超过三分之一来自泰勒·温克尔沃斯（Tyler Winklevoss）和卡梅隆·温克尔沃斯（Cameron Winklevoss），这对双胞胎拥有一家风险投资公司。
6 月份，温克尔沃斯双胞胎各捐赠了价值约 $5$ 百万美元的比特币。随后，MAGA Inc. 通过另一位捐赠者 Gemini Trust Co. 将这些比特币兑换成现金，并向该公司支付了约 $300,000$ 美元的交易费。
“加密货币在 2024 年投入了大量资金，”Glavin 表示。“这被视为一次成功。特朗普从某种程度上对该行业非常不屑，转而变得支持它，这无疑被视为该行业的一次重大胜利。”
投资者兼慈善家康斯坦丁·索科洛夫（Konstantin Sokolov）在此前捐赠 $11$ 百万美元后，于 6 月份又捐赠了 $1$ 百万美元。根据美国国务院的数据，他还是一个规模为 $201$ 百万美元基金的创始人兼主席，该基金旨在推动对南高加索和中亚地区的私人投资。
特朗普现任的 NASA 局长贾里德·艾萨克曼（Jared Isaacman）在 6 月份也捐赠了 $1$ 百万美元。
MAGA Inc. 的资金量超过了共和党账户
MAGA Inc. 的资金是在共和党全国委员会、该党的参议院竞选部门以及该党的众议院竞选部门账户之外的额外资金。根据 7 月 20 日提交的文件，这三个党派实体在 6 月底合计拥有 $277$ 百万美元。
“共和党已经拥有一个子——”
以及确保患者能够获得可靠且负担得起的药物选择所需的渠道。”
墨菲（Murphy）补充说，仿制药生产在“过去两年中在美国显著增长”，但警告称仿制药的报销额度是“该行业增长的一个重要阻碍因素”。
转向国内制造需付出代价
据路透社报道，Vontobel 分析师斯特凡·施耐德（Stefan Schneider）表示，美国寻求扭转仿制药生产向低成本国家转移的趋势，但将制造业迁回美国可能会提高美国的仿制药价格。
施耐德补充说，任何新规定将主要影响中国和印度，因为大多数仿制药和药物成分都在这两个国家生产。
根据药品情报平台 QYOBO 的数据，美国拥有 1,400 多个制造基地，旨在将药品最终加工成药片、胶囊或液体瓶，进行质量控制并完成包装和贴标。但只有 230 家美国工厂生产药物活性成分。
相比之下，QYOBO 表示，中国有 524 家药用成分工厂，印度有 564 家，欧洲有 670 家。美国的制药基地通常规模较小，且产品种类少于印度和中国的工厂。
美国卫生与公众服务部准备与响应助理部长办公室将其定义为“基本药物”的药品中，有近一半的成分是在国内生产的。但 QYOBO 指出，在美国 83 种基本药物中，有 40 种的成分并非由美国基地生产。
“在这个生态系统中拥有巨大的现金优势，然后你再面对拥有 $400 million 的 MAGA Inc. …… 真的没有什么能与之抗衡，”格拉文（Glavin）说道。
然而，一些民主党候选人也在筹集巨额资金。乔治亚州的参议员乔恩·奥索夫（Jon Ossoff）在 6 月底拥有 $42.6 million，相对于共和党对手迈克尔·柯林斯（Michael Collins）拥有的 $20.4 million 具有显著优势。但民主党整体上仍落后于共和党。
民主全国委员会以及该党的参议院和众议院竞选部门的账户在 6 月底共有 $136 million。这不到共和党三个同类账户总额的一半，大约只有 MAGA Inc. $400 million 现金的三分之一。
“我们党在筹款方面做得非常好，这是因为我们兑现了对支持者的承诺，”运营 MAGA Inc. 的布莱尔（Blair）表示。“我认为这一切对我们来说都是非常好的预兆，这将使我们能够更早地支出，并在最后阶段制造巨大的影响力。”
金钱能否解决特朗普的 人气问题？
弗吉尼亚大学 Crystal Ball 通讯的执行编辑凯尔·孔迪克（Kyle Kondik）警告说，金钱并非赢得竞选的唯一途径。他表示，资金可能会提供优势，但特朗普依然缺乏人气。
孔迪克指出，在 2016 和 2024 年，特朗普能够吸引那些虽然对他没有热情、但认为他优于对手的选民。然而，今年这些人投票给该党的动力可能会降低。
“我认为其中一些人现在可能因为经济状况或他的种种闹剧而失去了兴趣，”孔迪克说。“比起现在，人们在八年前对经济的感受要好得多。”
虽然超级政治行动委员会（super PAC）可以通过投放广告来帮助改变选民的想法，但 MAGA Inc. 的官员们对其具体行动计划和时间表保持缄默。发言人亚历克斯·普法伊费尔（Alex Pfeiffer）提供给 今日美国 的声明中拒绝透露细节。
“虽然 MAGA Inc. 致力于维持并扩大共和党在众议院和参议院的多数席位，但我们没有通过传统媒体这些共谋者向对手分享战斗计划的习惯，”普法伊费尔说道。
今日美国
今日美国
Sara Pequeño
二十年前，我的母亲给一位朋友寄了一张看似无关紧要的生日卡片。
她在里面写道：“祝 29+ 岁生日快乐！”我问她是什么意思，因为我知道她的那位朋友早已 30 多岁了。她向我解释了在她看来的一种生活事实——所有女性都希望永远处于 20 多岁，永远不要跨入“年长”的领域。这很有道理——29, 这个被指定的“最终年龄”，正是我母亲生下我的那一年。
我在 7 月 19, 满 29 岁，如果我母亲 20 年前在生日卡片上随口说的那句话值得信赖，那么这将是我人生中能达到的最高年龄。于是，我进入了向 30. 倒计时的阶段，届时我可能会终于接受那些说我是“大叔/长辈 (unc)”的玩笑是真的。我是 Z 世代（出生于 1997 年至 2012 年之间的一代人）的第一年。
据报道，Z 世代非常害怕年满 30 岁。那些定义成年期的标志——稳定的职业、拥有住房、结婚和生育子女——对于 20 多岁的人来说不再是既定的里程碑。我们比其他世代更容易获得心理健康诊断，这无疑增加了我们的绝望感以及对未来的恐惧。民意调查显示，在 Z 世代看来，到了 35, 岁你就已经走下坡路了。
尽管许多年长者认为 Z 世代陷入了永久的童年，但我能看出我们正在变老。
Luca DeSanto
今年春天，我和我的大学橄榄球队一起访问了意大利。我们参观了庞贝古城和罗马斗兽场，但最令我震撼的是观察意大利人如何单纯地……放松。从傍晚开始一直到深夜，他们挤满了咖啡馆、城市广场和当地酒吧。他们聊天、打牌、跳舞，仿佛生命就取决于此。
社会学家将此称为“第三空间”——这是雷·奥尔登堡在其 1989 年出版的《伟大的好地方》(The Great Good Place) 一书中所使用的术语，指任何除家庭和工作场所之外，人们可以自由聚集的空间。
自 COVID-19 以来，Z 世代一直渴望拥有这样一个空间。而没有什么比电影票房所呈现的现象更能证明这一点了。
《执念》(Obsession) 与《后室》(Backrooms) 吸引我们走向“第三空间”
电影《执念》占据了我的社交媒体动态。而且这并非没有理由。
这部电影由 26 岁的 YouTuber Curry Barker 构思，在预算仅为 $750,000 的情况下，创造了超过 $440 的收益——这种盈利能力自 2007 年的《灵异狭缝》(Paranormal Activity) 和 1999 年的《布莱尔女巫》(The Blair Witch Project) 以来就再未出现过。
原因何在？首先，它很棒。我的姐姐称其为“经典的 80 年代奇思妙想与心理恐怖的结合体”。
“就像《大》(Big) 和《遗传》(Hereditary) 的混合体？”我提议道。
在一次罕见的兄妹之情流露中，我们热情地击了掌。
但真正的故事比一部电影要宏大得多。《后室》由 21 岁的 Kane Parsons 执导，自 A24 公司于 5 月 29, 日发行以来，在 $10 million 的预算下已获利超过 $387 million。
Z 世代正在掌控票房。观众正用他们的银行账户投票，很明显，他们想听到年轻、令人兴奋且有话要说的声音。
我亲眼见证了这一切。在《执念》上映时，我恰好在纽约市地探望我的兄弟姐妹。走进电影院，爆米花的味道立即扑面而来。座位上坐满了与我年龄相仿的人。随着灯光变暗，我安下身子，而 1980 年代的合成器音乐……
到目前为止，我交往过的所有男朋友都结婚了。和我一起庆祝 13 岁生日的女孩现在有了新生儿。我在高中时照顾的小孩现在 16 岁了。
我成了新闻编辑室里最年长的同事之一，成了在 COVID-19 疫情开始前就完成学业的朋友，成了记得 Mark Zuckerberg 收购 Instagram 之前是什么样子的人。
我身上有些部分自青少年时期起就没变过。我的眼线，那些大多数日子里勾勒在我脸上的纯黑色翼状眼线，自高中一年级起就没变过。我仍在使用童年卧室里创建的同一个 Instagram 和 Facebook 账号。我的音乐口味依然根植于独立流行/另类摇滚流派。然而，我的生活与 15, 20 岁甚至 25 岁时看起来截然不同。
我的第一任心理治疗师在我的青少年时期告诉过我的话
我的青少年时代一直希望自己能更年长、更睿智，并远离我的家乡。
17, 岁时，我的第一任心理治疗师告诉我，我不会成为那个余生都住在童年旧居里的女孩。我在某种程度上知道这一点，仅仅是因为我母亲最喜欢的消遣就是在线浏览房产列表。这些房子没有一栋会属于我们——2008 年的经济衰退给我的家庭带来了沉重打击，就像打击每个人一样，而我们当时仍处于恢复过程中。在很大程度上，我原以为自己注定要永远徘徊在童年的旧居中。
Bear (Michael Johnston) 许愿希望他心爱的 Nikki (Inde Navarrette) 能比世界上任何东西都更爱他，而这个愿望的效果有些过于显著了，就在恐怖电影《执念》中。由 FOCUS FEATURES 提供。
开场场景将观众带入了另一个世界。在接下来的两个小时里，没有人移开视线。 我通过指缝窥视，不安地扭动着。我发出了低呼——声音很大，令我哥哥感到不快。我的姐姐在恐惧中大笑。在紧张的场面中，你甚至能听到针掉在地上时的静谧。 全体观众在电影中共同沉浸其中。 那天深夜，我哥哥带我去了一家名为 Metrograph 的艺术电影院。那里楼上有一个酒吧，售卖复古品牌的爆米花，电影院的装潢像是直接从 1960 年代搬过来的。周围，年轻人讨论着上映清单上的电影，欢笑并享受着彼此的陪伴。那里有一种明显的社区感。 这就是意大利式的咖啡馆，即“第三空间”。 这就是为什么《Obsession》能引起如此强烈的共鸣。这类电影为对话和文化创造了环境。
87% of us saw at least one film at the theater in the past year
但难道 Generation Z，出生于 1997 to 2012, 不应该是那个被诅咒的世代，因为疫情而注定永远反社会吗？ 这确实有一定道理。我们在屏幕面前长大，而在我们性格形成的关键时期，我们被迫被困在室内。 一项来自澳大利亚屏幕机构 (Screen Australia) 的研究显示了这种影响：In 1976, 94.4% of people ages 14-24 went to the movies. By 2021, that number had fallen to 48.8%. 然而，Z 世代仍然占据电影院观众的主导地位：87% saw at least
随后我进入了大学——几所大学，都远离我的小镇，并承载着开启新生活的希望。 我的生活真的可以改变——我不必成为那个我曾认为自己注定要永远成为的十几岁少女。 感觉我的生活终于可以开始了。
我的 20s were a learning curve. 我不再想待在这里。
我以为我在 20 knew everything. 我以为我的世界永远会是那时那样。 在 20th birthday 那天，我在一个并不完全算是我男朋友的男人的床上醒来。我参加了暑期课程——《政治导论》——然后去了我的杂志社实习。大约就在那个年纪，我意识到写作是我想要用余生去做的事情。我发现我的文字能引起人们的共鸣，即便那只是关于我的家乡和大学生活的博客文章。 几个月后，我因抑郁症住院。我在一个周六办理入住——那天正好有一场大学足球赛，我本该在餐厅的工作岗位上。我穿着一件短牛仔裙，妆容在脸上晕染开来，走进了急诊室。我含泪告诉办理入住的护士，我不再想待在这里。 My 20-year-old self 太悲伤了，无法思考 what she wanted 30 to look like. 她不认为自己能活到那个时候。 她当然没料到，自己在 entering the final year of her 20s living in New York City, writing for a living and
与一群理解她的朋友一起享受闲暇时光。 在过去的九年里的某个时刻——在经过心理治疗、尝试几种不同的药物以及大量的成长之后——我不再那么想死，而是开始生活。 我现在的生活方式非常接近十几岁的我所渴望的样子。我想，她会觉得现在的我很酷。
I’m excited for what the world has in store for my 30s
那个曾经在 Tumblr 上转发纽约市照片的女孩，在年满 26 岁几天后终于搬到了那里。那一年，她向自己出柜。27 岁时，她戒酒成功。到了 28 岁，她意识到自己终于开始接纳自我。她不再为大学时代的爱情生活、失去的朋友或成绩而感到刺痛。
对于任何对未来感到恐惧的 Z 世代成员，我想让你知道，时间——这个世界上唯一的恒量——会治愈你。不，说认真的，它真的能。你在 17 岁时认为定义了你生活的事情，在 20 岁时将不再定义你的生活，而无论什么定义了你那个年纪的生活，等你 25 岁时早已被遗忘。
也许，到 29 岁时，你会意识到你正在成为你一直梦想成为的那个人——即使这比你预想的要花更长的时间。
尽管我母亲在很多年前对我说过，但我不再觉得 29 岁是我能达到的最高年龄。我觉得这仅仅是一个开始。
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过去 12 个月内看过一部电影的人数，相比之下，千禧一代为 82%，X 世代为 70%，而婴儿潮一代为 58%。我们从来不是反社交的一代。我们只是需要一点推动。
疫情之后，这种推动来自社交媒体，而这正是《Obsession》和《Backrooms》传播的方式。但社交媒体始终是一个临时的“第三空间”。虚拟现实在本质上并不是现实。
疫情已经结束。Z 世代正渴望一个新的第三空间。
随着这个电影新时代的到来——一个拥有由 Z 世代创作且为 Z 世代服务的电影、推动我们文化前进的时代——答案已经很明确了。是我们时候回到电影院了。
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日益增多的数据和模型每天都表明，我们距离经历有记录以来最剧烈的厄尔尼诺（El Niño）暖候事件仅剩 3 到 5 个月。
中东太平洋的海洋温度将在今年 10 月达到峰值，上升 5 到 7.5 华氏度（3-4 摄氏度）。这将引发一场贯穿 2027 年并进入 2028 年的升温升级，将原本已处于危险高位的全球大气和海洋温度推向近乎灾难性的水平。
这种由厄尔尼诺驱动的变暖将导致全球范围内出现显著增加的洪水、火灾、风暴、干旱、致命高温事件、危险的湍流，而且最令人担忧的是，将对粮食供应链、农作物和电网构成重大威胁。
此前记录到的最强厄尔尼诺事件发生在 1877 年，导致全球因饥荒死亡 40 million 人。
而这一次即将到来的厄尔尼诺事件看起来将更加强烈。
更关键的是，它将叠加在已经创纪录的海面和大气温度之上。
多年来，我们中的许多人在人为引起快速升温的事件期间，曾试图警告公众极端天气事件风险的增加。我们不得不目睹历史性火灾摧毁了毫无准备的洛杉矶的两座城市，飓风袭击了北卡罗来纳州的阿什维尔，德克萨斯州的露营者被山洪冲走并丧生，科珀斯克里斯蒂市缺水，如此种种。
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里克·莱克正在庆祝她两年前的一次“大胆尝试”：在减轻体重导致皮肤松弛后，她进行了面部提升手术。这位前脱口秀主持人通过 Instagram 分享了手术前后的照片，向粉丝们展示了她的转变。莱克表示，她在 2023 年减轻 40 磅后寻求了美容手术，因为当时她的下巴下方出现了皮肤松弛。她感谢她“才华横溢且善良”的整形外科医生 Allen Foulad，称其效果“显著、自然且持久”。
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演员 Chris Sarandon 84 岁。喜剧演员 Michael Richards，77 岁。演员 Lynda Carter，75 岁。导演 Gus Van Sant，74 岁。演员 Paul Ben-Victor，61 岁。演员兼歌手 Kristin Chenoweth，58 岁。演员 Laura Leighton，58 岁。演员兼歌手 Jennifer Lopez，57 岁。导演 Patty Jenkins，55 岁。演员 Rose Byrne，47 岁。演员 Summer Glau，45 岁。演员 Elisabeth Moss，44 岁。演员 Anna Paquin，44 岁。演员 Mara Wilson，39 岁。环保主义者兼电视主持人 Bindi Irwin，28 岁。演员 Cailee Spaeny，28 岁。 – 今日美国网络
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金牛座 (4月20-5月20)。对话自然流动！准备好由衷地表达自己了吗？把该说的话说出来。
双子座 (5月21-6月21)。需要在家庭方面讨论财务或财产问题？今天水星与金星和谐共处，有助于轻松做出决定。
巨蟹座 (6月22-7月22)。分享你的心声？你的声音在今天重新获得动力。
狮子座 (7月23-8月22)。支持性的内心对话可以带来宽慰。水星与金星的连线传达了滋养你自我价值的信息。
处女座 (8月23-9月22)。今天注定有友谊之缘！你的社交世界热闹非凡。
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“峡谷”黑马 带来热力
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对于 Netflix 的《赎金峡谷》的观众来说，有太多值得迷恋的地方——从 Staten Kirkland (Josh Duhamel 饰) 与 Quinn O’Grady (Minka Kelly 饰) 之间分分合合的浪漫情事，到壮阔的德克萨斯风光（实际上是在新墨西哥州拍摄的）。但很少有角色能像 Jack Schumacher 饰演的神秘牛仔 Yancy Grey 那样，激起网络上如此狂热的忠诚度。
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Grey (Schumacher，右侧，与饰演 Staten Kirkland 的 Josh Duhamel 共同出现) 将观看《赎金峡谷》的排舞，而非参与其中。NETFLIX 提供
《72小时》像一场糟糕的宿醉般挥之不去
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观看这部关于多代人参与的派对喜剧《72小时》，无论你的年龄是多少，你可能会在年龄上认同中年时期的凯文·哈特（Kevin Hart）或者他那些年轻的演员伙伴，尽管这部电影与其说有趣，不如说更令人悲哀。
在《72小时》（egEE；评级 R；现于 Netflix 流媒体播出）中，哈特拥有充足的才华可以发挥，包括由 Marcello Hernández 领衔的三位《周六夜现场》（Saturday Night Live）常驻演员。但这位一线喜剧演员天生的魅力和过度活跃的亲和力，在这部将《宿醉》（The Hangover）和《疤面煞星》（Scarface）混在一起的杂烩电影中被浪费了，它将原本应该是一部相当有趣的男人电影搞得过于复杂。
乔（哈特 饰）是一名 40 岁的广告人，陷入了创作瓶颈。他的提案无法引起 Z 世代的共鸣或产生影响。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 凯文·哈特（中）在《72小时》中饰演一名 40 岁的广告人，他与一群 20 多岁的人（从左起：Marcello Hernández、Ben Marshall、Kam Patterson 和 Mason Gooding）一起参加为期三天的单身汉派对。由 NETFLIX 提供。
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诺兰打造了一个模棱两可的《奥德赛》结局
Patrick Ryan
剧透警告！我们将讨论《奥德赛》（现正上映）结局的重要细节。如果您尚未观看且不想提前知道剧情，请停止阅读。
总的来说，克里斯托弗·诺兰（Christopher Nolan）遵循原著。
这位导演对《奥德赛》的雄心勃勃的新演绎，致敬了你在八年级英语课上记得的所有关于荷马神话诗的内容。与原著一样，电影讲述了希腊国王奥德修斯（Odysseus，马特·达蒙 饰）的故事，他在战争中度过了 10 年，又在海上迷失了十年，途中遇到了独眼巨人、塞壬和巨人们。
但诺兰在故事中加入了一个沉思式的新转折：奥德修斯开始正视他在特洛伊战争中的角色，他率领军队，而他的部下们则以他的名义强奸、谋杀和抢劫。该人物的懊悔与耻辱成为了电影第三幕的核心部分，而这个结局与荷马那本近 3,000 年前的巨著截然不同。
电影是如何结束的？
在充满艰险的归途中失去所有部下后，奥德修斯伪装成一名憔悴的乞丐回到伊萨卡，意图从数十名多年来骚扰其妻子佩内洛普（Penelope，安妮·海瑟薇 饰）的追求者手中夺回王位。他已经长大的儿子特勒马库斯（Telemachus，汤姆·赫兰德 饰）渐渐认出了他的父亲，尽管佩内洛普仍然不知情。
通过一段关于特洛伊陷落的令人胆寒的回闪，奥德修斯解释说，在煽动并目睹了那些恐怖之事后，人们再也不可能真正感到回到了家。在一个象征性的时刻中，我们看到垂头丧气的雅典娜（Athena，赞达亚 饰）——智慧与战争女神——被他的军队斩首。在整个电影中，雅典娜在某种程度上是奥德修斯的心腹，而他担心自己的野蛮行为亵渎了神灵。
佩内洛普对那些玷污她宫殿的追求者们感到厌烦，于是她提出...
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33 岁的舒马赫说，他不关注网络上的追捧，但在他那段令人惊叹的第 5 集赛前锻炼剪辑片段出现之前，亚西 (Yancy) 就已经成为了一个爆红的粉丝宠儿。在那段片段中，这位赤裸上身的牧场工人在挥舞一个巨大的拖拉机轮胎时，展现出了极其强健的菱形肌。 “如果你住在农场且没有 Equinox 健身房可用，你就会利用手边的一切，”现居洛杉矶的舒马赫告诉今日美国。他承认，尽管牛仔裤和大腰带扣搭配上身赤裸看起来很帅，但这并不是举拖拉机轮胎的理想锻炼装束。“这并不舒服。如果你真的要那样锻炼，可能会需要穿一点 Lululemon 的装备。” 以下是关于舒马赫饰演的亚西·格雷 (Yancy Grey) 的相关信息，该角色在《赎金峡谷》(Ransom Canyon) 第二季（现正播映）中大放异彩。
汤姆·克鲁斯在《壮顶敢击： the Maverick》中看中了舒马赫
作为一名洛杉矶的新手，舒马赫回忆道，当他的经纪人告诉他，制片人兼主演汤姆·克鲁斯正在亲自审核他为 2022 年电影《壮顶敢击：the Maverick》拍摄的试镜带时，他感到非常震惊。 “那是最神奇的一次电话，得知汤姆·克鲁斯在看我的试镜带。我想，‘是那个汤姆·克鲁斯吗？’ ”舒马赫说道。他在片中饰演尼尔·“奥马哈”·维坎德 (Neil “Omaha” Vikander) 中尉，是克鲁斯饰演的“独行侠” (Maverick) 指导的海军飞行员之一。“从开始到结束，这都是一次难以置信的经历。” 即便后来因为剧情需要，奥马哈的部分台词被删减了，这依然是一次很棒的体验。 “在最初的草稿中我有三四句台词，”舒马赫说。他在重新拍摄期间，当其中一句已拍摄的台词被交给饰演米基·“风迷”·加西亚 (Mickey “Fanboy” Garcia) 中尉的丹尼·拉米雷兹 (Danny Ramirez) 时，对此表示理解。“这很合理，因为如果你在看电影，为什么奥马哈会突然插进这么一句俏皮话？人们可能会觉得，‘等一下，这家伙是谁？’ ” 在著名的“Great Balls of Fire”钢琴场景中，奥马哈参与了演唱。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 奥德修斯国王 (马特·达蒙 饰) 在克里斯托弗·诺兰三小时长篇史诗《奥德赛》(The Odyssey) 中被逼至极限。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 《奥德赛》中的潘诺普皇后 (安妮·海瑟薇 饰，右) 和她阴险的女仆梅兰托 (米娅·高斯 饰)。
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[[IMG_XXXX]] 在《赎金峡谷》中，亚西与艾莉 (玛丽安莉·特哈达 饰) 的结婚计划因其妻子的到来 (海蒂·格雷斯·恩格曼 饰) 而被打乱。由 NETFLIX 提供。
第二季的戏剧冲突。亚西与艾莉·埃斯特维兹 (Marianly Tejada) 的结婚计划，因为他的前合伙人——以及目前的法律妻子——的到来而受阻，该角色由《芝加哥烈火》明星海蒂·格雷斯·恩格曼 (Heidi Grace Engerman) 饰演。这一真相威胁到了亚西所建立的一切，包括他与艾莉的关系以及保留牧场的梦想。 “当我的前妻出现在镇上时，亚西真正面临考验。处理这一切需要倾尽全力，”舒马赫说。“就像在拆除一颗炸弹。” 尽管有着阴暗的过去，但亚西是个好人。 “第二季的整个弧线是亚西在努力成为他认为自己能够成为的那种人，”舒马赫说。他非常喜欢第二季中关于艾莉怀孕而增加的戏剧冲突，“这确实提高了赌注。”
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饰演经常赤裸上身的亚西需要极高的专注力，包括长达数小时的锻炼，以及以蛋白质奶昔或骨汤开始的每日饮食。 “然后到了下午 4 点，我就像个 90 岁的老人一样吃晚餐，”舒马赫说。“我会吃一顿丰盛的晚餐，通常有很多肉。” 他最大的弱点是糖，具体来说是家附近加利福尼亚州工作室城 (Studio City) 的 Winston Pies 派店的派。 “我每周去那里 3 次，这挺令人尴尬的，”舒马赫说。“我已经戒除药物和酒精 5 年了，但糖依然能拿捏住我。我一直在努力克服这一点。”
一项不可能的任务：如果他们之中有人能拉开奥德修斯的老弓，并将一支箭射穿12把斧头，她就将嫁给那个人。包括诡计多端的安提诺乌斯（罗伯特·帕丁森 饰）在内的求婚者们接连失败，直到奥德修斯挺身而出并轻松成功。
奥德修斯揭露了自己的身份，并在特勒马库斯的帮助下，在一场死斗中杀死了这些求婚者。但这场对决以国王受伤告终，他告诉佩内洛佩，他想向西旅行，以纪念他阵亡的士兵。
《奥德赛》在特勒马库斯登基而其父母驶向广阔的大洋时达到高潮：他们凝视着地平线，谈论着前方更光明的日子。电影的最后时刻在时间上跳跃，使得人们不清楚奥德修斯是否真的开始了自我放逐，还是在梦想实现之前就死在了
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拍摄一段撕裂肌肉的时刻需要长时间的准备，在此期间，舒马赫通过减少饮水量来突出他在拍摄该场景前的体格。
“如果我想让自己看起来尽可能精干，我会减少卡路里和水的摄入，这是最糟糕的部分，”舒马赫说。“在拍摄当天，你的感觉会很糟。所以 Season 2 中那些我脱掉衬衫的场景，请知道我当时感觉并不太好。”
舒马赫支付了 $1,000 却发现自己不会跳排舞
不要期待看到舒马赫加入那些精心编排的《赎金峡谷》排舞场景，那些场景由凯莉等明星以及专业舞者参演。
“我在 Season 1 的片场看着大家跳排舞，每个人都那么出色，比如明卡，”舒马赫说。“而毫无疑问，我是世界上最糟糕的舞者。但我很嫉妒。我觉得，‘这看起来太酷了。也许我该研究一下怎么跳舞。’ ”
Season 1 结束后回到洛杉矶时，舒马赫豪掷千金地参加了排舞课程。
“我花了大约 $1,000 进行私人课程，因为我觉得，‘我绝不可能在他人面前跳舞’，”舒马赫说。“在 Lesson 7 后，我问我那位优秀的舞蹈教练，‘我是最差的吗？请诚实告诉我。’ 结果她说，‘是的，你确实排在前列。’ 我无法控制我的身体，就是不行。”
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在电影上映前接受今日美国采访时，诺兰表示，这部电影充满了对世界现状的希望与愤世嫉俗的交织，表明人类历史在许多方面是循环的。（引用诺兰自己的《黑暗骑士》：“黎明前是最黑暗的夜晚。”）与此同时，荷马的原著则整洁得多，且表面上更为乐观。神灵在结局中占据核心地位：当奥德修斯在宝座大厅一个接一个地击败佩内洛普的求婚者时，雅典娜在天花板上引导对手的矛尖，使它们无法刺中奥德修斯。在他驱逐了背叛他的仆人后，雅典娜为奥德修斯注入了“魅力”，使他变得更高、更强壮。佩内洛普起初难以接受这个年轻的男人真的是奥德修斯。她解释说，在过去的 20 年里，她对付过“太多不诚实且狡猾的男人”，她无法分辨他是否
又一个追求者试图欺骗她。但在经历了一夜的回忆与欢愉后，她的怀疑消融，两人重新建立了情感纽带。然而，随着那些被杀掉的追求者的家人聚集在一起寻求复仇，战争很快再次威胁要爆发。担忧之下的雅典娜向全能的宙斯请教奥德修斯该如何应对。“他已经惩罚了所有追求者，所以让他们发誓他将永远担任国王，”宙斯告诉雅典娜。“并且我们要确保他们兄弟和儿子的被杀之仇被遗忘。让他们像以前一样成为朋友，在和平与繁荣中生活。”雅典娜命令奥德修斯和他的部下放下武器，否则将面临宙斯的愤怒。于是，荷马的这部著作以这些简单（但缺乏高潮）的最后话语结束：“他欣然服从她。随后，雅典娜让交战双方在她仍化身为导师的情况下，为未来的和平发下庄严的誓言。”
可能会惹恼他那准备好结婚的女友詹妮弗 (Teyana Taylor)。尽管乔为他们在南滩奢华的住所支付了费用，但他与这帮家伙格格不入。梅森是即将成为新郎的人，他准备好去夜店狂欢，但对人生中的这下一步感到犹豫。尼克 (Hernández) 是梅森从小到大的死党，他对梅森结婚并不狂热，也不太喜欢这个年纪较大的家伙在身边打转，尽管失恋的亨特 (Ben Marshall) 和轻率的弗雷什曼 (Kam Patterson) 对乔没那么反感。乔利用项链中的隐藏摄像头捕捉这四个人最真实的状态，但从一开始，他就太努力地想让自己融入其中。他无法适应他们的“情感检视”，而当乔猛喝了几瓶 Pepto 胃药（因为他“老了”，懂我意思吧？）然后把药全部呕吐在这些新兄弟身上时，情况并没有好转。从那里开始，对他们来说一切都变得更糟——而对我们观众来说则更尴尬——
因为该群体惹恼了一位当地的毒枭 (Michael Mando)，并且得罪了一群彻头彻尾的反派单身女性派对成员，这些人虽然在电影中出现时间极短，但确实是片中最有趣的人物。这部由蒂姆·斯托里 (Tim Story，曾执导《像男人一样思考》) 导演的电影是一部混乱之作，而从剧本上看本不该如此。由《眼镜蛇之击》创作者及《哈罗德与库马尔》编剧乔恩·赫维茨 (Jon Hurwitz) 和海登·施洛斯伯格 (Hayden Schlossberg) 编写的剧本在基调上极其不统一，在粗犷的喜剧闹剧和关于婚姻与承诺的深刻兄弟剧之间剧烈摇摆。赫南德斯和马歇尔是《周六夜现场》(SNL) 的几位杰出演员，但他们在片中并没有激发出太多笑料，不过表情丰富的帕特森——他们的深夜小品搭档——是本片为数不多的亮点之一。哈特尽力而为，但能发挥的空间实在太小。电影中关于他身高的重复笑话很快就让人厌烦，就像他
模仿《疤面煞星》中阿尔·帕西诺的表演一样。当乔吸食可卡因时，他变成了一个伪古巴帮派分子——这个笑点在第一次出现时还算有趣，但当它变成一个重复的剧情点时就变得乏味了。这只是《72 Hours》中众多失败笑料之一，这部电影本可以成为一个关于男性友谊和新一代技术的聪明且巧妙的诠释，结果却搞砸了自己的派对。
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我从一次地中海邮轮之旅返回，在芝加哥降落。我顺利通过了海关，但随后在行李转盘处等待我的托运行李。我盯着传送带上那些陌生行李箱的时间越长，就感到越紧张。20 分钟后，我询问了一名工作人员，对方确认我的行李在德国经停期间被遗留，无法随我前往旅程最后一站纳什维尔。
几天后我在家中收到了行李，但这次 2024 年的经历足以让我以后在大多数转机航班上不再托运行李。根据 Going 的创始人 Scott Keyes 的说法，行李丢失和延迟是“随机”发生的——但旅行者可以采取一些步骤，以最大限度地降低在行李领取处苦苦等待的机会。
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如果我的行李丢失或延迟了，我该怎么办？
如果乘客的行李没有出现在行李领取区域，他们应该前往航空公司的行李丢失柜台申报。Keyes 在一封电子邮件中表示：“您不仅要向航空公司提供当地地址以便他们送货上门，而且许多航空公司还会给予您补偿，形式可以是飞行积分或常客里程。”
见 LUGGAGE（行李），第 6B 页
2025 年 11 月 26 日，乘客们带着行李在芝加哥奥黑尔国际机场等待登机。JIM VONDRUSKA/路透社
Kathleen Wong
夏威夷州，卡纳帕利 —— 下午 4 点左右，第一艘独木舟在绕行夏威夷第二大岛茂宜岛西北角 27 英里后抵达卡纳帕利海滩。人们用吹响海螺的方式迎接它的到来。
共有 8 支队伍，每队 6 名成员，他们驾驶着 45 英尺长的独木舟从卡胡卢伊赛向著名的度假区卡纳帕利。他们大约花了三小时，仅凭指南针、船桨以及观察风向和海浪进行导航。没有任何现代技术的便利。
这就是古代夏威夷人在这群岛间旅行的方式。
这一传统在 Waa Kiakahi 独木舟节中得以延续 —— 该节日今年已进入第 20 年。这个为期一个周末的节日由夏威夷帆船独木舟协会（HSCA）主办，且在过去几年中由卡纳帕利海滩度假村协会赞助。
每年六月，旅行者可以暂时离开享受屡获殊荣的海滩活动。
旅行者犯的错误及其教训
Josh Rivera
旅行 很少 能 完全 按照 计划 进行。 航班被延误，行李失踪，手机丢失，有时，一个被忽视的细节就能让整个假期偏离轨道。 我们也不免会遇到意外。今日美国 (USA TODAY) 的工作人员分享了我们最糟糕的旅行错误以及我们从中汲取的教训。然后我们邀请您分享您经历过的最糟糕的旅行错误——以及，更重要的是，您从中学到了什么。 以下的故事范围从令人沮丧到幽默，再到简直难以置信，但每一个都包含一个实用的经验，可以帮助其他旅行者避免同样的命运。请将它们视为那些已经犯过错的人们用血泪换来的教训，这样您就不必亲自尝试了。 这些内容已针对篇幅和清晰度进行了编辑。
我 83 岁，计划与我的孙女之一一起参加一次欧洲
避免旅行烦恼
猫咪 Bobby 坐在宠物旅行袋里，于 5, 2018. 在雷诺-太浩国际机场准备返回蒙大拿州。ANDY BARRON/今日美国 网络
邮轮之旅，庆祝她的 30 岁生日。一次航班延误和缺失的轮椅协助导致我错过了 10 分钟的转机。我被重新订票，但失去了商务舱，且在没睡觉的情况下抵达了伦敦。我的行李直到船出发前一小时才找到。我已经 38 小时没有睡眠且从未真正恢复，因此错过了大部分邮轮景点。Travelocity 和英国航空表示，他们无需为商务舱部分提供退款。 教训： 永远不要再通过 [第三方网站] 订票。始终直接使用航空公司。在随身携带的行李中多装些东西，以防万一。 — Sherry Cook
我的朋友和我目标是游览全部 63 个国家公园，只剩下美属维尔京群岛和美属萨摩亚。我们预订了皇家加勒比邮轮，行程中包含圣托马斯岛，这样我们就可以访问维尔京群岛国家公园。在航班取消后，我们飞往奥兰多，然后开车四个小时前往港口。在办理登记时，我们得知强风导致圣托马斯岛被取消。在为期七天的邮轮之旅进入第四天时，我的妻子感染了 A 型流感，被隔离在我们那个狭小且没有窗户的船舱里。我们称之为地狱邮轮。
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Waa Kiakahi 独木舟节在八支队伍围绕茂宜岛竞赛 27 英里时拉开帷幕。
位于 Kaanapali 的一系列餐厅和酒店提供了一个每年仅有一次的独特机会：让人们一窥乘坐这些航行独木舟的感受及其在夏威夷文化中的重要性。 “Kaanapali 海滩度假村吸引了渴望难忘活动和地道文化体验的游客。通过赞助 Waa Kiakahi，度假村可以将自己与一项推广公众教育的活动结合起来，这项运动代表了传统夏威夷航海的现代改编，”Kaanapali 海滩度假村协会执行主任 Shelley Kekuna 说道。 该节日发生在比赛之间，让顶尖的水上运动员有机会向公众普及这一悠久的文化实践。之后，各队伍将进行另一场从茂宜岛到莫洛凯岛及返回的比赛。 “老实说，我觉得这很重要，因为如果没有航行独木舟，夏威夷就没有夏威夷人，所以它是文化的一个巨大基石，能参与其中并学习相关知识意义重大，”考爱岛居民 Jason Dameron 说道，他驾驶航行独木舟大约 25 年，是赢得比赛的 Olukai 队的一员。“这是一个
Scott Keyes Going 创始人
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使用信用卡购买机票的旅客可能也拥有内置的行李保障，但“程序和覆盖范围差异很大”，因此值得查看相关条款。
如果我的行李延误或丢失，我能获得多少赔偿？
航空公司必须向旅客就行李延误期间产生的杂项费用提供补偿，Keyes 敦促乘客保留购买任何“必需替代品”的收据。根据美国运输部 (DOT) 的规定，如果行李被宣布丢失，航空公司还必须为其内部物品提供赔偿，尽管后者需扣除折旧。
对于国内航班，承运人的赔偿责任上限可限制在每位乘客 $4,700；对于大多数国际旅行，上限约为 $2,175。美国运输部在其网站上表示：“航空公司可以自愿支付超过限额的金额，但并无此义务。”
该机构表示，如果行李丢失或“严重延误”，乘客还有权要求退还行李费。美国运输部将“严重延误”定义为：国内航班到达后超过 12 小时。对于国际航班，该时间窗则扩大为：飞行时间 12 小时或更短的航班在到达后超过 15 小时；飞行时间超过 12 小时的航班则为 30 小时。
“当你抵达目的地，但你的行李没能抵达时，并不总是能立刻确定你的行李是延误了还是丢失了，”Keyes 补充道。“因此，即使你在机场开了报案单，一旦行李被确认丢失（通常在 7-14 天后），你可能需要通过航空公司的网站提交单独的索赔申请，以便就丢失物品获得报销。”
乘客如何准备
旅客无法完全消除丢失行李的风险，但可以为此做好准备。
首先，Keyes 建议预订直飞航班。“行李丢失最常见的时候是在转机期间，”他说。“这就是为什么尽管廉价航空公司有其不足之处，但由于它们专注于直飞航班，通常丢失率最低。”
在行李中放入 Apple AirTag 或其他追踪设备也可以帮助旅客更容易地找到行李。美国运输部网站还表示，旅客在目的地取回行李之前，应保留航空公司提供的行李识别标签。
Keyes 还鼓励乘客在办理托运前打开行李箱并拍一张照片——特别是如果其中含有贵重物品。“如果你能证明里面有什么，那么提交索赔并获得报销会更容易，”他说。
这是一个由来自全州各地的人组成的美丽社区，你总能学到新东西，而且每次比赛都是一次冒险。”
文化联系
独木舟在夏威夷具有深远的意义。这就是群岛最初被定居的方式，当时古老的波利尼西亚航海者在 1,600 多年前乘坐大型双体独木舟抵达了夏威夷群岛。
20 世纪 70 年代，在“夏威夷复兴”时期——这是一个原住民夏威夷人在遭受西方传教士的压制或直接禁止后，恢复其文化实践的时代——一群夏威夷水手决定重建一艘名为“号角号”(Hokulea) 的传统航海独木舟。通过仅使用古老的导航方法（如观察星象和测量风向），“号角号”在 1976 年从夏威夷到塔希提岛的首次航行中航行了 3,000 多英里。
但 waa（夏威夷语中的独木舟）有很多种类。夏威夷州独木舟协会 (HSCA) 的独木舟是单桅杆的，可容纳 6 人并配备风帆。它们的最高时速可达 25 英里。
“我总是把它比作一辆家用车，一辆……”
h 教训：当事情出错时，接受现实并随遇而安。 — Larry Routt
我们一家四口在六旗魔力山主题公园将两个腰包放在游乐设施的储物盒中。当我们下车时，包不见了。包里有三部全新的 iPhone、租车钥匙、药物、珠宝、执照、信用卡和其他贵重物品。我们不得不解锁并拖走租来的车，办理新信用卡，处理一笔欺诈交易，并在没有身份证件的情况下飞回国。被盗的包以及随之而来的旅行麻烦让我们损失了超过 $5,000。六旗公司后来给了我们四张包含餐饮计划的年卡，于是我们再次前往并度过了一次愉快的旅行。 h 教训：购买 AppleCare 和旅行保险，穿口袋深的短裤，永远不要使用主题公园游乐设施的储物盒。 — Alicia Wiechert
在乘坐奥地利航空飞行前，请先喝咖啡并用餐。我们乘坐从维也纳飞往希思罗机场的早班机，我丈夫以为飞机上会有咖啡。结果没有，只有瓶装水和巧克力。在希思罗机场，由于铁路停运，我们被困在一条巨大的地铁队列中，在此之前我们没有停下来吃东西。由于 Verizon 在英国和欧洲出现了大规模的网络中断，我们的手机无法工作。我那患有糖尿病的丈夫随后被我们的行李箱绊倒受伤。我们最终到达了一家咖啡店和我们的 B&B 旅馆，当地的按摩缓解了他的伤情。 h 教训：不要勉强自己。停下来吃东西或携带零食。不要指望外国航空公司会提供咖啡。 — Susan Livingood
在新加坡中转时，我把手机落在飞机上了。虽然我几乎立刻就意识到了，但已经到了无法挽回的地步。安保人员本应前往飞机，但那时飞机已经起飞了。我们用另一部电话联系了在美国的家人，锁定并禁用了我的账户，因此没有安全问题。我们为了处理手机问题而浪费了在新加坡计划中的一天，这完全不值得。我还丢失了在马尔代夫最后一个早晨拍摄的照片，因为它们没有备份。 h 教训：旅行时花一点时间让自己冷静下来。不要匆忙；妥善保管你的设备，并确保照片已备份。 — Erin F. Chapman
当我和我的猫 Tugs 从欧洲回国时，我将她安置在飞机底部的宠物区。汉莎航空处理得很好。然而，在华盛顿，联合航空指引我穿过一条繁忙的公路，前往一座奇怪且没有标记的独立建筑。一辆出租车
像那样的独木舟会被用于短途航行，”Dameron 说道。人们会用它进行钓鱼旅行或前往岛屿的另一侧。 赛艇的概念并不新鲜，一些记录可以追溯到生活在 1800 年代中期的卡美哈梅哈五世 (Kamehameha V)。 在此之前的相关记载或记录极少。 从 5 月到 9 月是 HSCA 成员的比赛季。他们在连接夏威夷群岛的通道中航行。 最长的一段是从欧胡岛北岸的哈雷瓦 (Haleiwa) 到可爱岛东南部海岸线的纳威利威利 (Nawiliwili)。全程共 100 英里，在开放水域航行约八小时，通常看不见陆地，且绝对禁用现代仪器。只有船员及其对海洋的认知。 每个人对于独木舟的性能都起着至关重要的作用——尤其是在比赛中。后方的一两个人用手桨掌舵，而有人坐在网中，根据风向拉动或释放帆。由于自然环境瞬息万变，船员之间必须保持持续沟通。 情况可能会变得很糟糕，800 磅重的独木舟在水面上颠簸，与风浪搏斗。有时人们会掉入水中，或者独木舟会翻覆。在比赛期间，护航船在旁待命以确保安全。 在 Waa Kiakahi，游客会被带到离岸不远的滩头，进行轻松温和的航行，以感受
司机 绕圈 反复 而 我们 搜寻。到达那里后，我被告知我购买的航空运输板条箱不符合标准。一名员工收取额外费用后，对其进行了钻孔和改装。在支付了几百美元之后，出租车司机赶紧把我送回航站楼。我勉强赶上了飞机，祈祷 Tugs 已经安全登机。她确实在飞机上。 h 经验教训：永远不要假设合作伙伴航空公司拥有相同的宠物旅行政策。请检查两家公司的网站，甚至最好打电话确认。 — Susan Palmer
在最近一次德国徒步旅行中，我的 iPhone 完成了一次常规操作系统更新。由于这发生在国外，苹果公司要求我使用 Apple ID 和密码重新激活手机。我已将所有密码转移到了密码管理器中，因此那个密码根本无法记忆。由于我的手机被锁定，我也无法访问密码管理器。在整个旅程中，我的手机一直处于锁定状态，导致我大约两周没有网络或电子邮件。幸运的是，我的旅伴可以使用他们的手机进行导航和沟通。 h 经验教训：旅行时，尤其是出国旅行，请确保你有另一种方式来访问关键密码。 — Larry Castner
在前往雅典乘坐邮轮的途中，由于轮椅协助服务延迟，导致我们错过了法兰克福的转机。随后又出现了天气和计算机系统导致的延迟。我们通过巴士和楼梯登上了另一架飞机，结果该航班被取消了。轮椅协助服务随后把我们给忘了，一名员工还指责我想偷一把闲置的轮椅。在机场度过了 15 小时后，我们收到了酒店代金券，并在第二天早晨赶上了飞机。我们托运的助行器没有随之到达，但航空公司将其发送到了邮轮的第一站岛屿，船员在那里代为领取，费用为 $93。 h 经验教训：带着行动不便的旅客在法兰克福进行两小时转机是不可行的。即使在海外邮轮出发前预留 24 小时可能也不足够。 — John Isakson
在 COVID 危机期间，我从杜勒斯机场抵达希思罗机场，被告知由于我没有正确的 COVID 疫苗卡，无法继续前往阿布扎比。在我出发前，美国航空在杜勒斯机场检查过我的卡。附近的机场酒店已满，因此我在希思罗机场 3 号航站楼的地下室过了一夜，次日返回杜勒斯。我原计划从阿联酋飞往索科特拉岛，但该航班每周仅起飞一次，所以我至今尚未前往。 h 经验教训：不要经由希思罗机场飞行。 — Harriet Davis
30 年前的一次澳大利亚之旅中，我忘记了国际日期变更线。当我们到达时，我们进行了
独木舟滑行。感觉就像在海洋表面飞行，像一只掠过水面的鸟。 “带着那些从未尝试过的人出去，并在某种程度上通过他们重新体验你第一次尝试时的感受，这总是很有趣的，”Dameron 说道。“这种感觉具有感染力。”
打破障碍
这个周末对于 Wahine Makani 来说格外重要，因为这是他们这支唯一的全女性船员队伍的首次正式比赛。
在夏威夷语中，“wahine” 意为“女性”，“makani” 意为“风”。根据该团队的网站，Wahine Makani 是该协会十多年来第一支全女性队伍，旨在在这个由男性主导的运动中“恢复空间”。
该队由茂宜岛居民杰米·尼斯（Jamie Nease）担任队长。尼斯是一名划手，她在想要学习如何横跨茂宜岛与夏威夷岛之间长达 30 英里的挑战性阿勒努伊哈哈海峡（Alenuihaha Channel）时开始接触独木舟航行。尼斯表示，当她最初加入独木舟航行时，每支队伍里只有一两名女性。
“对于我们的第一次比赛来说，这真的很令人兴奋且紧张——有很多质疑，很多恐惧，”尼斯说。“我们必须运用所学的一切以及所有练习过的内容，并成功地将其执行到位。”
她补充说，完成比赛让团队感到像是得到了一次“信心提升”，并有助于消除任何关于“女性是否能做到这一点”的“质疑”。
独木舟运动在很大程度上是以男性为……
前往航空母舰（carrier）搭乘飞往凯恩斯的航班，并出示了我们的旅行凭证。那位可爱的女士告诉我们她很乐意提供帮助，但飞机昨天已经起飞了。这是一个新手的错误，但他们怜悯我们，花费少量费用为我们重新订票。 h 教训：如果你自己规划旅行，请阅读并研究充足的资料，以制定一个可行的计划。 —— 珍妮特·考德威尔 (Janet Caldwell)
1980年5月，我们从科苏梅尔飞往坎昆，以搭乘美联航（United）的奖励机票回家。我们的早班机被合并，随后因风暴而延误。当我们降落时，看到美联航的飞机正在驶离。那是阵亡将士纪念日周末，航班全部满员。三天后，我看到有人给一名墨西哥航空（Aeromexico）代理人现金并获得了机票。我掏出现金再次询问，得到了前往迈阿密的座位。在迈阿密，美联航怜悯我们，使用我们的奖励机票为我们订了经拉斯维加斯和檀香山回家的行程。 h 教训：在早班机起飞前，住在出发机场附近过夜，并意识到在某些地方，“贿赂”(mordida) 可能是必要的。 —— 戴维·克利夫兰 (David Cleveland)
我们最近从纽瓦克飞往布鲁塞尔。护照检查的队伍轻松排了两小时长。我几乎因为炎热和缺乏空调而晕厥，于是被轮椅推到了乘务员服务台。这简直太荒谬了。 h 教训：不要从美国任何地方飞往布鲁塞尔。 —— 罗伯特·乔伊斯 (Robert Joyce)
我们计划在圣诞节早晨飞往拉斯维加斯，给母亲 92 岁的生日惊喜。结果那天整个西南航空（Southwest）系统崩溃了。我们等了一整天，出发时间不断变动，但航班始终没有起飞。她六周后去世了。我的妻子后来飞了过去，很感激在她去世时能陪伴在身边。我们永远不会忘记在机场地板上度过圣诞节，等待一个从未起飞的航班。我们本该更换航空公司的，但登机口代理人一直告诉我们航班稍后会起飞。 h 教训：永远不要只相信登机口代理人告诉你的话。要采取主动，而不是被动反应。 —— 理查德·斯迈利 (Richard Smylie)
在意大利威尼斯，我与我们的旅行团走散了。由于我个人的几个错误，我花了大约七个小时才重新集结。 h 教训：使用手机视频记录有关集合地点和时间的口头指令。使用照片记录步行时的转弯处。准备一个专门存放欧元的口袋用于进入洗手间。在团体旅行中，找一个伙伴，在行程继续之前，如果你不在场，他会报告。始终将领队电话保存在手机中，而不仅仅是保存在你可能会遗忘的卡片上。不要在旅行前购买一部全新的、不熟悉的手机。 —— 凯伦·伯雷尔 (Karen Burrell)
……主导，但目前正出现一种由水上女性引领的转变，她们希望像男性一样参与竞争。越来越多的女性正在加入新一代的航海者、划手和远航者的行列。
在 2024 年，一名女性首次担任“霍库莱亚号”（Hokulea）从夏威夷前往塔希提岛航程的船长并负责导航。此外，还有一项名为 Na Wahine O Ke Kai 的全女性赛事，划手们需挑战从欧胡岛到莫洛凯岛艰辛的凯威海峡。该赛事始于 1979 年，当时有 17 支队伍参加。根据赛事网站的数据，目前参赛队伍已增长至 70 支。
独木舟帆船运动需要巨大的体力，这可能会让人感到畏惧，并成为进入该项运动的障碍。例如，由于没有龙骨或舵，独木舟仅靠手桨对抗所有冲击力来进行转向。Nease 表示，由于独木舟最初是为男性设计的，Wahine Makani 的女性成员重新设计了部分功能，以便能够更精准地操控并适应她们的需求。
当所有人冲向水边，帮助每艘抵达的独木舟通过拍击的岸边浪花并登上沙滩时，独木舟帆船社区之间的同袍情谊显而易见。
独木舟帆船运动可能作为一项体育运动在不断演进，但其运动员将永远尊重它在夏威夷悠久的传承和地位。
本报道记者通过卡纳帕利海滩度假村协会（Kaanapali Beach Resort Association）获得了参与此次活动的权限。
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阿拉巴马州 图斯卡卢萨：阿拉巴马大学计划在接下来的三年内聘请 49 名新专业顾问，以扩大其学术指导计划。
阿拉斯加州 安克雷奇：当地当局表示，一名女性最近在安克雷奇的熊谷 (Bear Valley) 徒步时被一只棕熊弄伤。
亚利桑那州 凤凰城：卡尔·库纳塞克 (Carl Kunasek) 于 7 月 20. 去世，享年 94 岁。他是一位具有影响力的前州参议院议长，曾主持前州长埃文·梅查姆 (Evan Mecham) 的弹劾审判。
阿肯色州 史密斯堡：旨在改变史密斯堡政府形式的活动推迟了提交请愿书的时间，称其需要额外时间来审查其所谓的“技术细节”。
加利福尼亚州 莫斯兰丁 (Moss Landing)：在一项新的全球研究中，一个以海獭种群而闻名的地区被评为全球 20. 大观鸟目的地之一。AllClear 旅游保险分析了全球 115 个观鸟热点，以确定 2026. 年的最佳目的地。莫斯兰丁是仅有的三个入选名单的美国地点之一。
科罗拉多州 丹佛：根据 Orkin 的数据，丹佛被评为全美臭虫问题最严重的第 11 个城市。
康涅狄格州 诺威奇：CorePlus 联邦信用合作社和 Scient 联邦信用合作社宣布了其合并后组织的名称和品牌标识，现更名为 Waypoint 联邦信用合作社。
特拉华州 肯特县：特拉华州公共卫生部门在 7 月 21 日报告了该州第二例确认的麻疹病例，而就在前一天，该部门报告了该州十多年来的首例麻疹病例。
哥伦比亚特区 华盛顿：据 DC News Now 报道，一名在哥伦比亚特区大学参加夏季足球训练营的 6 岁男孩在校园泳池底部被发现失去意识后被送入医院。
佛罗里达州 沃尔u西亚县：沃尔u西亚县在单个季度内记录到的海龟巢穴数量创下新纪录。截至 7 月 22, 早晨，该县在海龟巢穴仪表盘 (Sea Turtle Nest Dashboard) 上追踪到本季共有 1,523 个巢穴。县发言人克莱顿·杰克逊 (Clayton Jackson) 表示，之前的记录是在 2023, 年创下的，当时追踪到 1,516 个巢穴。
乔治亚州 埃芬厄姆县：南方公司 (Southern Company) 的一家子公司表示，已与 OpenAI 签署了一份为期 25 年的电力供应协议，用于在埃芬厄姆县的一项新项目。
夏威夷州 檀香山：据 KHON2 报道，官员表示有 80 名来自 Puuhonua o Waianae 无家可归者营地的居民已从 Waianae 小船港搬迁至 Waianae 谷一个新的 20 英亩的“农场村”，预计到本月底将有 140 人搬迁。
爱达荷州 南帕：据 KTVB7 报道，在经历了数月的辩论和替代方案失败后，市政府领导层推进了一项预算，该预算可能会通过取消对谷地区域交通 (Valley Regional Transit) 的资金支持来终止公共交通服务。
伊利诺伊州 斯普林菲尔德：在 2019, 年 6 月签署成为法律后，“重建伊利诺伊资本计划” (Rebuild Illinois Capital Program) 已为全州各县带来回报，最初投入经济的投资获得了近 200% 的回报。
印第安纳州 南本德：五年来首次，波塔瓦托米动物园 (Potawatomi Zoo) 有了一只新的红熊猫幼崽，但这只幼崽仍面临挑战。这只现在被命名为 Big Red 的红熊猫幼崽是 Raya 所生的五只幼崽之一。根据一份新闻稿，这些幼崽出生时体型很小，其中几只未能生存超过几天。但这并不罕见，红熊猫在出生第一年的死亡率接近 50%。
爱荷华州 德梅因：一项帮助学校从当地供应商购买食品的新州政府资助计划已结束其试点年度，得到了爱荷华州中部各学区的广泛正面反馈。该计划是“选择爱荷华” (Choose Iowa) 倡议的一部分，这是一个旨在敦促爱荷华州居民支持当地农业的营销和品牌计划。
堪萨斯州 Topeka：美国跑车俱乐部 (SCCA) 堪萨斯分会通过 Facebook 宣布，由于影响 Darana-Heartland 赛车公园“运营的情况”，SCCA 取消了 2026 年 Darana Heartland Park 锥桶避障回归巡回赛 (Cone Dodging Comeback Tour) 的剩余赛程。
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麦迪逊：重建威斯康星州铸造和锻造劳动力之道的起点是威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校 7 月举办的一场工作坊，其内部温度比室外的热浪还要高。美国战争部（正式名称为国防部）已在全国各地的大学设立了此类训练营。其目标是通过加强与高中、社区学院及其他教育机构的合作来建立工人人才管道，从而解决金属制造领域的技术劳动力短缺问题。该大学于 7 月 14-17 日举行了首个训练营。第二个训练营计划于 8 月下旬举行。接下来的两个夏天还计划举办更多训练营。
肯塔基州 Louisville：肯塔基州健康与家庭服务部确认，7 月 6-14 日期间在 Louisville 的废水中检测到了麻疹病毒。
路易斯安那州 Baton Rouge：路易斯安那州美国众议员克利奥·菲尔兹 (Cleo Fields) 表示，他将不再竞选连任国会议员，而是将参选回归他之前的州参议院席位。
缅因州 Augusta：新罕布什尔大学调查中心的一项新民调发现，前缅因州参议院议长特洛伊·杰克逊 (Troy Jackson) 在 11 月的选举对阵中，与共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯 (Susan Collins) 的支持率在统计学上持平。
马里兰州 Annapolis：根据一项社区公告，马里兰州正在全州范围内推广新型芯片电子福利转账 (Electronic Benefit Transfer) 卡，旨在更好地保护福利领取者免受欺诈和刷卡盗刷的影响，成为全美第四个采用该技术的州。
马萨诸塞州 Worcester：Worcester 教育协会 (Educational Association of Worcester) 与 Worcester 公立学校之间的合同于 6 月底到期。该学区的巴士司机表示，在被允许退出 EAW 并组建自己的工会之前，他们将拒绝签署新合同。
密歇根州 Detroit：在 7 月 4 日独立日周末密歇根州全境出现大规模停电后，监管机构已对该州最大的电力公司展开调查。
明尼苏达州 St. Paul：WalletHub 的一项新研究发现，明尼苏达州被评为夏季公路旅行的最佳州。
密西西比州 Columbus：Aluminum Dynamics Inc. 将投资超过 $200 million 在 Lowndes 县建立一个回收铝板中心。该公司宣布已选择 Columbus 作为设施所在地，该设施将使用回收铝（主要是回收饮料罐）来生产铝锭以供进一步加工。
密苏里州 Jefferson City：据《密苏里独立报》(Missouri Independent) 报道，由于州预算资金不足，在符合领取州政府资助托儿服务条件的密苏里州儿童中，五分之一未能获得帮助。
蒙塔纳州 Missoula：据 KBZK 报道，国家林务局历史博物馆在 Missoula 开设了新的 27,000 平方英尺的国家保护遗产中心 (National Conservation Legacy Center)。
内布拉斯加州 Lincoln：据 KOLN 报道，由于水泵故障需要额外的维修和测试才能通过水质检测，Clatonia 官员已将该村的煮沸水通知延长至 7 月 29 日。
内华达州 Sparks：Renown Health 首席执行官 Brian Erling 博士确认，在项目暂停十多年后，Renown 正在重启在 Kiley Ranch 建设大型医疗设施的计划。
新泽西州 特伦顿：一项研究显示，新泽西州的人均州债务在全美处于最高水平之列。Reason Foundation 的这项新分析还发现，新泽西州的人均长期债务也是最高的之一，以每位居民 $21,197 位居第二。根据 Reason Foundation 的数据，这个“花园州”在 2023, 的总债务为 $213.35 亿，在全美各州中排名第五。
新墨西哥州 圣菲：在有报道称缉毒局（DEA）在刑事调查期间可能允许大量芬太尼进入该州各社区后，新墨西哥州的国会代表团呼吁联邦政府对缉毒局处理芬太尼调查的情况展开调查。
纽约州 奥尔巴尼：几家总部位于纽约的非营利法律机构在起诉书中声称，纽约州未能通过其公共援助避难所津贴计划提供足够的资金来防止无家可归现象。
北卡罗来纳州 亚什维尔：在对北卡罗来纳大学亚什维尔分校 200 多英亩物业的未来进行了数月审议后，千禧校园发展咨询委员会发布了其建议，建议反对在该校南校区物业（俗称“森林”）建设足球场或表演艺术中心的计划。尽管如此，委员会仍建议将南校区作为北卡罗来纳大学亚什维尔分校的“催化发展主要选址”。
北达科他州 俾斯麦：据 KXNET 报道，大平原食物银行收到来自 Otto Bremer 信托基金的 $350,000 拨款，用于扩大缓解饥饿的力度，并为全州的儿童、老年人和家庭提供营养食物。
俄亥俄州 辛辛那提：六年前，一家工程公司建议辛辛那提更换奥克利区横跨鸭溪的一座桥梁，以降低洪水风险，消除对防洪闸的需求，并降低业主保险成本。但该市并未修建这座桥，导致在 7 月 17. 遭遇暴雨时，现有的结构和防洪闸成为周围住宅和企业的唯一防御措施。2020 年的工程报告称，该项目将显著降低严重洪水的风险。
俄克拉荷马州 俄克拉荷马城：俄克拉荷马城雷霆队的新主场自 3 月动工以来取得了进展，施工人员已开始为建筑物的地下结构浇筑混凝土。大陆体育馆（Continental Coliseum）计划在 2028-2029 赛季前启用。
俄勒冈州 塞勒姆：根据美国国家海洋和大气管理局的一份新报告，去年西海岸的鲸鱼缠绕事件在 2018 年以来排名第二。NOAA 确认，2025 年在俄勒冈州、华盛顿州和加利福尼亚州沿岸，以及加拿大和墨西哥沿岸，共有 33 头鲸鱼被西海岸商业渔具缠绕。这比 2024 年仅少了一头。
宾夕法尼亚州 哈里斯堡：宾夕法尼亚州 2026-27 财年的预算将使该联邦州强奸危机中心网络的资助额大致翻倍，使其州政府资金总额达到 $24 百万美元。官员表示，额外的 $12 百万美元将使这些中心能够培训更多员工，为其危机热线提供 24 小时工作人员，并为幸存者提供更多治疗。
罗德岛州 普罗维登斯：由财政长办公室运行的一项旨在促使银行提供低于市场利率抵押贷款的计划，已经耗尽了分配的第二批资金。该计划被称为 RI AnchorHome 计划，于 2025 年 12 月作为试点启动，并于 4 月扩展为正式计划。仅三个月后，分配的额外资金已全部耗尽，共计 89 笔抵押贷款。
南卡罗来纳州 格林维尔：根据环境系统研究所 (Environmental Systems Research Institute) 的数据，格林维尔市的居民人数首次突破了 80,000 人。根据该市的数据，格林维尔的人口在去年增长了 2%，目前拥有 81,762 名居民。其白日人口为 155,622 人。
南达科他州 苏福尔斯：桑福德医疗 (Sanford Health) 发布了 2024-2025 年影响力报告，详细阐述了其对患者护理和农村社区的持续承诺。这份综合概述显示，该农村非营利医疗系统总共重新投资了超过 $1 billion，以扩大其区域范围内的医疗服务覆盖面，并向所有患者提供服务，“无论其支付能力如何或是否拥有保险”。
田纳西州 萨姆纳县：一个在“越南退伍军人大道”命名过程中起到关键作用的全州退伍军人群体，称将该路段的一部分更名为“查理·科克纪念公路”是“一记耳光”，并表示他们未收到关于此次变更的通知。尽管该决定已引发数周的日益增加的抵制，且州和地方官员近期承诺将重新安置路标，但据一名发言人称，田纳西州交通部确认尚未收到拆除路标的指令。
德克萨斯州 纽塞斯县：从加密货币挖矿转型为 AI 数据中心公司的 Hut 8 表示，已与一家现有的投资级客户签署了第二份为期 15 年、价值 $9.8 billion 的租赁协议，从而将其 1 吉瓦的 Beacon Point 园区完全商业化。
犹他州 盐湖城县：官员表示，一名男子在与兄弟一起攀登犹他州一座热门山峰时被雷击身亡。
佛蒙特州 柯尔切斯特：圣迈克尔学院收到了一笔 $2 million 的匿名捐款，用于扩大基于需求的奖学金，使其当前使用计划的总支持资金达到了 $7 million。
弗吉尼亚州 里士满：中弗吉尼亚州的制药业获得了 $16 million 的联邦资金，用于建立政府所称的“基本药物国内制造路径，并提升美国的国家安全和全球经济竞争力”。这笔资金将拨给由弗吉尼亚生物技术研究伙伴关系管理局管理的、位于彼得斯堡和里士满的弗吉尼亚先进制药制造与研发集群。
华盛顿州 西雅图：由法官任命为华盛顿州西区联邦检察官的前检察官罗杰·罗戈夫 (Roger Rogoff) 已向联邦法院提起诉讼，被告为总统 唐纳德·特朗普、代理司法部长托德·布兰奇 (Todd Blanche) 以及美国司法部。7 月 15 日，罗戈夫在到任仅 54 分钟后就被特朗普解雇，并在西雅图美国地方法院大厅内通过电子邮件收到了终止聘用的通知。
西弗吉尼亚州 威斯顿：据 WDTV 报道，刘易斯县委员会在审查计划并听取居民顾虑后，投票决定发送一封信函，表示该项目不会使该县或该州受益，正式反对拟建的 260 英里长的 Valley North 输电线。
怀俄明州 夏延：据 WyoFile 报道，Meta 正在就一项与夏延数据中心建设相关的 $10,000 污染罚款提出上诉，理由是该传票缺乏证据且发错了对象。
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导致乘客患病
Nathan Diller
在一艘 National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions 的邮轮上，近 20 人感染了胃肠道疾病，这是该船在不到两个月内第三次出现疫情暴发。
根据美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）的数据，在 National Geographic Sea Bird 号 7 月 10 日的航程中，船上的 62 名宾客中有 18 人报告患病。主要症状为腹部绞痛和呕吐。
原因尚不明确。根据 Cruise-Mapper 的信息，该船目前在阿拉斯加海域运营。
该卫生机构在其网站上表示，邮轮公司已采取加强清洁和消毒措施以及隔离患病乘客等步骤。National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions 未立即回应置评请求。
在此之前，同一艘船在 6 月和 5 月的航程中曾发生过两次疫情暴发。两次均由诺罗病毒引起。CDC 在给今日美国的电子邮件中表示，在原因明确的邮轮胃肠道疾病暴发病例中，超过 90% 是由诺罗病毒引起的。
该机构表示：“登船的人可能会将病毒传染给其他乘客和船员。”“诺罗病毒促使疫情暴发的特点包括：低感染剂量、易于人传人、病毒排泄时间长、缺乏长期免疫力，以及病毒能够在常规清洁程序中生存，且……”
GEOGRAPHIC-LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS
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联合航空公司（United Airlines）对一份报道表示反对。该报道称，如果乘客反对飞往佛罗里达州新更名的唐纳德·特朗普总统国际机场（President Donald J. Trump International Airport），他们可以免费更改目的地机场。
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伊利运河（Erie Canal）在纽约州 363 英里的路程中运输货物、人员和思想，将小镇变成了工业城市，并使纽约市成为全美最繁忙的港口。在运河两岸，废奴主义者组织活动，女权主义者举行游行，乌托邦社区在此扎根。
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疫苗的缺失。" 美国疾病控制与预防中心 (CDC) 记录了今年符合公共通知阈值的 8 起邮轮胃肠道疾病爆发。其中 2 起由大肠杆菌引起，5 起被列为诺罗病毒引起。 2025,18 年有 23 起达到该阈值的爆发，其中 18 起是由诺罗病毒引起的。在前一年，18 起爆发中有 15 起也是由诺罗病毒引起的。这种疾病通常与邮轮联系在一起，但此类实例仅占所有报告爆发病例的 1%。 杜兰大学 Celia Scott Weatherhead 公共卫生与热带医学学院助理教授 Sarah R. Michaels 告诉 今日美国：“爆发‘经常发生在社区内，而且我们往往不知道它们正在发生’。实际上，当人们处于……接触非常紧密的环境中时，比如日托设施、养老院和邮轮，就更容易被诊断、报告并引起我们的注意。”
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可能让旅客崩溃
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有时，让航空旅行压力巨大的并不是延误或长队。 而是其他旅客。 酒店预订平台 HotelTonight 在 6 月份对其 447 名美国成年用户进行了调查，询问他们在旅行中最反感什么。结果显示，这与航空公司或机场无关，而是与同行乘客的行为有关。 “旅客对机场礼仪持有强烈观点并不令人惊讶。对我而言，最突出的是，最大的挫败感并不一定是安检线或登机组，而是进入飞机后发生的小型个人空间问题，”HotelTonight 业务主管 Aleem Ahmed 在给 今日美国 的一份声明中表示。 根据 HotelTonight 的数据，以下是美国人最大的旅行厌恶之举：
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迅速陨落； 截止日期 可能瓦解 蓝鸟队
Gabe Lacques
多伦多的气氛在极早的时候就变得阴郁了起来。 带着感伤凝视球场的阴郁。 俱乐部内部静默且不确定的阴郁。 在考虑季后赛席位之前还需追赶六支球队的阴郁。 是的， 你们的 卫冕 美国联盟冠军多伦多蓝鸟队 正感受着这一切——不再是一年前让他们的俱乐部、这座城市以及加拿大大部分地区感到兴奋的辉煌共鸣，而是一种感觉：这一切将在任何人想象之前被瓦解，且除了他们自己，没有人该为此负责。 在排名第一的坦帕湾光射线队 7月22日 以 4-2 获胜并连续第三场在罗杰斯中心球场取胜后，这支蓝鸟队的战绩为 46-56。
参见 蓝鸟队，第 2C 页
蓝鸟队先发投手 Kevin Gausman 自 2013 年以来曾效力于五支美国职业棒球大联盟 (MLB) 球队。
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最大的遗珠 库珀 获得补选
Heather Burns
随着芝加哥在 7 月 24 日和 25 日成为女子篮球宇宙的中心，WNBA 全明星赛的名单已经确定。 菲尼克斯水星队前锋 Kahleah Copper 在 7 月 22 日被选入 2026 年 WNBA 全明星赛，接替受伤的洛杉矶火花队后卫 Kelsey Plum，加入 Coop 队（由经理 Cynthia Cooper 执教）。 根据联盟规则，总裁 Cathy Engelbert 负责为受伤的全明星球员指定接替人选。 两周前公布替补名单时，Copper 堪称最明显的遗漏。她的得分排在联盟第七，场均 20.5 分，领跑全队。 在 6 月 13 日对阵火花队的比赛中，Copper 砍下了职业生涯最高的 41 分。 这次入选是 31 岁的 Copper 第五次入选全明星赛。她曾从 2021 年到 2024 年连续四次入选全明星赛，期间在效力于芝加哥期间获得了 2021 年总决赛 MVP 奖项，并在 2024 年巴黎奥运会上获得一枚金牌。现在，在她 WNBA 的第 11 个赛季，她回到了这座她职业生涯度过了七年的城市，再次登上全明星舞台。 Plum 的缺席令人遗憾，因为这位火花队后卫在左小腿受伤前，以场均 23.9 分位列联盟领先得分手之列。
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截至周四系列赛最后一场比赛前，多伦多队距离榜首落后 13 1⁄2 场。 更重要的是，蓝鸟队在 8 月 3 日交易截止日之前，几乎没有表现出改变命运的迹象。 他们共计得分 402 分，为大联盟最低。有 16 场比赛出现多次失误。 投球阵容被伤病摧残，表现平平。 突然之间，一种乐队即将解散的氛围变得清晰可见。 Taylor Gausman 知道这一点。王牌投手 Kevin Gausman 的妻子曾见证过他在截止日被交易，并且深知他那份为期五年、价值 $110 million 的合同将在赛季结束后到期。Gausman 已经考虑在这一赛季后退休。 考虑到这一点，Taylor 从他们位于路易斯安那州的家中飞往多伦多，Gausman 在周二对阵光芒队的比赛中先发。她拍下了他投球的照片，并以她的出现给他带来了惊喜，甚至在比赛结束很久之后还哄他回到了球场上。 现在就开始缅怀是否太早？嗯，这确实可能是 Gausman 在罗杰斯中心最后一次先发。 “她就那样对我说，‘嘿，我们去球场上待一会儿吧’，我当时没想太多，但现在我很庆幸我们这么做了，”他告诉 Sportsnet。 “最重要的一点是，我真心希望我能回到这里，至少在下个周末，最后一次回来。” 喔。蓝鸟队还没有完全决定要抛售。扩大的季后赛赛制意味着你永远没有真正出局。 但也许蓝鸟队已经见识足够多，意识到一次悄无声息的后程冲刺并不能让他们重回竞争之列。
全面崩盘
Vlad Guerrero Jr. 在周三选择了快乐，他通过击掌向参加击球练习的球迷问好，随后击出一记二垒安打并帮助蓝鸟队拿到了首分，点燃了球队休息区。 然而，到夜深时，这个惊人的事实依然存在：Guerrero 本赛季在罗杰斯中心还没有击出过一支本垒打。 有些棒球统计数据近乎琐碎，可能会产生误导或缺失关键背景。但针对这一点，几乎没有什么可解读的：Guerrero，
当地体育场，意识到你整个周六的时间都花掉了。 但这并非必要。虽然有些足球迷会试图说服你享受这项运动有“正确的方式”，但请不要理会那些告诉你必须消费某种或另一种形式的人。 足球的魅力之一在于，你可以找到能引起你共鸣的东西并不断深入挖掘——或者仅仅保持一名业余观众，仅在特定场次时关注。 即便如此，参与足球运动最好的方式之一就是看看你自己的社区。
支持你的本地球队
无论是大联盟 (Major League Soccer)、美国国家女子足球联赛 (NWSL)、美国足球联合会 (USL)、大学还是青少年联赛，你的附近很可能就有一支足球队。在全球范围内，支持本地球队是足球迷最常见的体现之一。这些球队代表着一个街区、一座城市或一个地区，理想情况下，它们是当地人可以产生认同感并感到被代表的对象。 球迷团体通常围绕这些球队形成，看台上的邻居会变成长期的好友。 每支 MLS 球队都有支持者团体，但也有规模较小、组织程度较低的朋友和邻居团体，他们分享相同的比赛日仪式，讨论球队在场上的表现——以及前台办公室及其以外的动态。 同样地，也有一些球迷社区聚在一起观看来自世界各地的比赛，但没有什么比参与本地活动——或者仅仅在时间合适时观看比赛——能让你的声音被如此清晰地听到。
为下一届世界杯做好准备
下一届成年组世界杯将在不到一年后举行，其中在巴西举办的女子世界杯将成为焦点。 有充分的理由对这次锦标赛感到兴奋；我们在此列举了五个原因。无论是实力雄厚的西班牙队试图再次夺冠，还是美国队试图从在澳大利亚-新西兰赛区最糟糕的成绩中反弹，亦或是巴西人试图在足球痴迷的主办国带来喜悦，都有许多值得追踪的有趣叙事。 虽然许多球队已经获得资格，但美国队（以及其地区竞争对手加拿大、墨西哥和牙买加等）将寻求在 11 月获得前往巴西的资格。 在此之前，它将在两场备受期待的秋季友谊赛中与卫冕冠军西班牙队交手。
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在一份为期 14 年、价值 $500 百万美元的合同的第一年里，他还没有在主场球场击出本垒打。 一个愤世嫉俗的人可能会指出，从乐观的角度来看，格雷罗 (Guerrero) 还有 13 个赛季可以在主场击出本垒打。然而，整体产出的缺乏——他只有 6 支本垒打，OPS 为 .689，比联赛平均水平低 11%——令人担忧。 但这并不是唯一拖累蓝鸟队的因素。 一段时间内，新秀冈本和真 (Kazuma Okamoto) 是进攻端少数几个清醒的环节，在 6 月的三周内 OPS 达到 1.026 且击出 7 支本垒打。周四，在对阵光芒队的这场生死之战中，他被弃用了。 这就是在过去 18 场比赛中 0-for-18 和 10-for-67 的下滑所带来的结果。 他已经击出了 22 支本垒打，自从从日本转会而来的第一个赛季在很大程度上被视为成功，他依然是球队未来的关键部分。 只不过在这一赛季中，他在错误的时间出现了崩盘。 其他失败则更难捉摸。 道尔顿·瓦绍 (Daulton Varsho) 是金手套奖获得者，是蓝鸟队核心中极具价值的一部分。然而，这个版本的瓦绍在之前两个赛季分别获得 9 次和 15 次高于平均水平的除外击球后，目前的数值下降到了 5 次。 这个版本的瓦绍在对阵坦帕湾的连续两个夜晚犯了错，周三直接掉球丢失了 Yandy Diaz 的墙边飞球，引发了一次三分……
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[[IMG_XXXX]] 美国国家女子足球队正为明年的女子世界杯做准备。
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锁定国际赛事
打破 1-1 平局的一局。没什么可指责的。 这只是更多轶事数据点，表明这些球员确实没能进入状态。
交易筹码：一整袋
突然之间，我们出现了一个最意想不到的爆发式卖家。 似乎从未预料到会走到这一步。 棒球粉丝如此沉溺于买入或卖出的二元对立套路中，以至于辅助因素——例如特许经营权在特定时间的状况，以及其近期和长期的目标——很容易被遗忘。 进入 2026 年，蓝鸟队最不需要做的事情就是出售球员。 多伦多当地的狂热程度和人气终于再次回到了 1990 年代初和 2010 年代中期的水平。罗杰斯中心 (Rogers Centre) 耗资 5 亿美元的翻新，加上一支充满魅力且能获胜的球队，意味着 42,000 名观众挤进了这座可伸缩顶棚的体育场；当顶棚开启且夏夜漫长时，这里是观看比赛最完美的地方。 而且，俱乐部的母公司罗杰斯通信 (Rogers Communications) 报告称，由于主场比赛的入座率达到 95%，第二季度的体育和媒体收入增长了 13%，其中“很大程度上是由蓝鸟队相关收入驱动的”。 这促使了从罗杰斯的上层管理人员到俱乐部主席马克·夏皮罗 (Mark Shapiro) 以及棒球运营主管罗斯·阿特金斯 (Ross Atkins)，直到经理约翰·施耐德 (John Schneider) 之间的一种默契理解：今年再次是一次全力冲刺之年。2025 年距离世界大赛冠军仅差两个出局数，这奠定了一个基础，通过一些微调和补充，可以让球队登顶，或者至少再次在 10 月份打到很深。然而，交易市场即将接收来自多伦多的一次重大“输血”。 想要投手？高斯曼 (Gausman) 仍然是该运动中最可靠的先发投手之一，且仅有有限的不可交易条款；根据多份报道，密尔沃基、底特律、匹兹堡和芝加哥白袜队是仅有的竞争者。谢恩·比伯 (Shane Bieber) 刚刚在对阵白袜队的比赛中投了六局无失分，这是他在因手臂问题缺席赛季前三个月后的五次先发中表现最好的一次。他在赛季结束后也将成为自由球员。还有潜伏在 AAA 级联赛中的球员，周三完成了又一次毫无意外的康复先发：两届世界大赛冠军马克斯·舍泽 (Max Scherzer)，他准备好将自己“用胶带粘起来”再次冲击 10 月的季后赛。 想要外野手？乔治·斯普林格 (George Springer) 拥有 10 和 5 的不可交易权利，且今年伤病频发。但你认为这位即将成为自由球员的球员会想再次尝试冲击世界大赛吗？也许他正是费城费城人队一直缺失的那块拼图。瓦肖 (Varsho) 和迈尔斯·斯特罗 (Myles Straw) 无法带动全队进攻，但他们是顶尖的防守球员，且斯特罗在多伦多成为了球队的“粘合剂”；两人都持有即将到期的合同。 需要牛棚？杰夫·霍夫曼 (Jeff Hoffman) 在经历了令人心碎的世界大赛收尾并陷入苦战后，球威依然出色。他在 2027 年的薪水为 $11 million。此外还有路易斯·瓦兰德 (Louis Varland)，他在一年前的季后赛英雄表现之后，又在上半年打出了全明星级别的水平，这可能带来丰厚的交易回报。他将拥有四年的球队
[[IMG_XXXX]] 西班牙的罗德里与队友一起举起奖杯，庆祝赢得世界杯。AMANDA PEROBELLI/路透社
所有球员都被要求获得俱乐部的准假，以便加入国家队。 这些球队将于 9 月份重返赛场，美国队将在 11 月的窗口期参加美协杯 (Concacaf Nations League) 四分之一决赛之前，进行四场友谊赛。墨西哥队的情况相同。 欧洲球队将于 9 月份开始参加欧国联 (UEFA Nations League) 比赛。西班牙主教练路易斯·德拉丰特 (Luis de la Fuente) 在赢得世界杯后半开玩笑地说，他的球队已经在为一场与英格兰队的高规格对决做准备。 此外还有传闻称，由于伊朗战争导致决赛 (Finalissima) 无法在卡塔尔举行，这场欧洲冠军与南美冠军之间的对决可能会在今年秋季重新安排。
在这一赛季结束后获得控制权，并可能换回一名能够让蓝鸟队在短期而非长期内受益的影响力球员。至于现在？瓦兰在周三第九局落后 4-2 时被召集，对于一个本月仅投过四次球的人来说，这不过是光荣的收尾工作。蓝鸟队很希望在未来许多年里都能留住他，但构建牛棚可以等到 2027。只是 2027 是多伦多队直到几天前都最不关心的事情。但现实正变得越来越难以忽视。
计划于 2026 年 3 月进行。这意味着在周日的对决仅几个月后，就将迎来一场快速的最终复赛。 非洲球队将进入非洲国家杯的预选赛，而亚洲和南美国家将通过友谊赛进行热身。 你是否普遍热爱国际赛事？接下来在男子比赛中将是 2027 亚洲杯。届时卡塔尔将在世界杯表现沉闷后寻求卫冕，而日本、韩国、伊朗和澳大利亚则希望赢得洲际冠军。 两个最负盛名的洲际赛事——欧洲杯和美洲杯，计划于 2028 年夏天举行。
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虽然目前没有国际足球赛事，但那些让你倾心的球员已回到他们的俱乐部，那是他们进行大部分足球比赛的地方。 大多数欧洲联赛在美国可以通过电视或流媒体观看。球队通常在周末进行联赛比赛，顶尖球队则在周中于欧冠联赛（UEFA Champions League，全球顶级的俱乐部赛事）或其他较低级别的赛事中对阵欧洲其他地区的球队。 埃林·哈兰德回到了曼彻斯特城，这是一支英格兰俱乐部，将进行数十场比赛——所有比赛均可在美国通过电视或流媒体观看。 基利安·姆巴佩率领皇家马德里进攻，在拉明·亚马尔和巴塞罗那上赛季领跑联赛后，皇马将寻求赢得西甲冠军。 哈里·凯恩在德甲联赛，效力于拜仁慕尼黑队，该队经常主导德国联赛，但本赛季将面临新挑战。 欧冠联赛的现任冠军是法甲球队巴黎圣日耳曼，他们将尝试在众多今夏亮相的法国和葡萄牙球星的助力下继续保持霸主地位。 当然，里奥·梅西在美职联 (MLS) 的迈阿密国际出战，该赛事可在 Apple TV 全球观看。 成为足球迷没有正确或错误的方式，但只要不断地清理盘子并回到自助餐厅，你可能会发现自己拥有了一段始于世界杯魔力的终身热爱。
今日美国
世界杯让北美向世界展示了风采
乔恩·阿诺德 (Jon Arnold)
达拉斯 —— 2026年世界杯已经结束。它将留下怎样的遗产？ 这是首次由三个主办国共同举办的赛事，在扩军后的赛制下，美国、墨西哥和加拿大共进行了 100 场以上的比赛。 为了应对高温影响，国际足联 (FIFA) 在所有赛场（而非仅限室外体育场）都实施了补水休息时间。此外，还举行了多次开幕式，并设有中场表演。 虽然许多人指责这是最新的“美国式创新”在入侵足球，但这其实是将这种现象与美国的资本主义倾向混淆了。 国际足联实施了这些奇观（用“奇观”一词来描述补水休息时间可能有些过于慷慨），并且很可能会为了把握盈利机会而将其保留下来。 但是，虽然这次赛事将被记住为一些我们并不希望看到的变革的起点，那么世界杯对主办国产生的影响又如何呢？
美国在世界杯期间向世界展示了什么？
世界杯展示了美国最好的一面。在全国各地，人们努力帮助球迷寻找体育场、在城市中穿行、品尝当地美食或一起小酌几杯。 阿尔及利亚与劳伦斯之间绽放的友谊十分美好——堪萨斯大学的学生和校友们将他们习惯的口号改为“Rock Chalk, 阿尔及利亚”。最终夺冠的西班牙队与其在田纳西州南部的训练基地之间的关系同样美好。例如，谁能想到拉明·亚马尔 (Lamine Yamal) 会说出这样的话：“这里真的很棒。足球给了我这个机会，让我在查塔努格 (Chattanooga) 变得出名。” 大城市也发挥了作用，体育场内不仅坐满了死忠球迷，还有当地的中立观众，他们与佛得角球迷一起高喊口号，或者买一件新球衣在当天支持一支球队。 那些承受不起票价的人（票价从未从其荒唐的起拍价下调）则走上街头，在球迷节 (Fan Fests)、酒吧和市中心其他地点观看比赛。许多城市采取措施，确保任何想要感受世界杯激情的人都能观看比赛。 这并不是一场完美的世界杯。对于排除掉 2025年 CAF（非洲足联）的奥马尔·阿尔坦 (Omar Artan) 的行为，始终没有提供足够的解释。
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上个月。 随着水星队球星的加入，将有三支球队无法在比赛中获得代表资格——芝加哥天空队、康涅狄格太阳队和波特兰火花队。 全明星赛将于周六在联合中心举行（东部时间 8:30 p.m.，ABC 频道，Disney+ 播出）。作为 WNBA 30 周年庆祝活动的一部分，球队名单将由联盟传奇人物 Cynthia Cooper 和 Teresa Weatherspoon 选拔。
WNBA 全明星名单 Team Coop
主教练：Becky Hammon 总经理：Cynthia Cooper
首发球员
首发球员
金州女武神队 (Golden State Valkyries) 前锋 Gabby Williams：这位来自 UConn 的球员获得了她的第二次全明星提名，并首次被选为首发。Williams 在加盟女武神队的第一年里，场均得分达到职业生涯最高的 15.9 分。 达拉斯之翼队 (Dallas Wings) 后卫 Paige Bueckers：这位 2025 年 WNBA 年度最佳新秀在她的第二个赛季表现强劲，在 18 场首发比赛中，场均贡献 19.9 分、5.9 次助攻和 3.8 个篮板，同时投篮命中率高达 51%。这位 24 岁的 UConn 出身球员带领之翼队实现了赛季反弹，球队在半程取得的 11 场胜利已经超过了去年的总胜场数 (10)。Bueckers 在上个月成为了 WNBA 历史上最快达到 1,000 分和 250 次助攻的球员。 纽约自由人队 (New York Liberty) 前锋 Breanna Stewart：这位 2026 年 WNBA 总裁杯 MVP 在她的第 10 个联赛赛季中，在得分 (19.2)、抢断 (1.4) 和盖帽 (1.3) 方面均领跑自由人队，并在篮板球 (8.5) 方面排名第二。Stewart 在除一场比赛外的所有比赛中均获得了两位数的得分。
一名美国球迷在 7 月 6 日于西雅图举行的世界杯 16 强赛（Round of 16）之前，走在先驱广场上。
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年度最佳裁判，来自该国。 伊朗受到的对待与任何其他国家都不同， Team Melli 必须克服其他球队从未面临的障碍。 当然，在 Folarin Balogun 被出示红牌后，总统 唐纳德·特朗普 试图介入 FIFA 的纪律事项，并在 FIFA 主席 Gianni Infantino 试图将其带走时，他仍坚持留在西班牙队的庆祝合影中，这些行为即便不令人惊讶，也是多余的。 对于推特网红 Freddy 的美国之行以及许多其他经过精心策划的时刻持怀疑态度是合理的。 但劳伦斯、查塔努加、格林斯伯勒（北卡罗来纳州）、威尔明顿（特拉华州）以及美国各地的民众，在政治人物之外，展现了许多关于美国特质及其可能之貌的真实案例。本次赛事的成功不在于创纪录的电视收视率，不在于涌入体育场的庞大球迷数量，甚至不在于未来由 2026 年赛事激励的球员们所举起的足球奖杯，而在于每次赛事中发生的文化交流的微小时刻。
世界杯是否提升了 墨西哥的国际声誉？
墨西哥在赛事期间不必处理困扰美国的许多问题。事实上，墨西哥总统 Claudia Sheinbaum 积极将墨西哥定位为解决 FIFA 问题的方案。伊朗将基地搬到了蒂华纳，在那里它成为了最受欢迎的
凤凰城水星队后卫 Kahleah Copper (2) 作为伤病替代成员被加入到 WNBA 全明星赛的 Team Coop 中。JAYNE KAMIN-ONCEA/IMAGN IMAGES
本赛季的比赛中，她的 7 次两双（double-doubles）在全联盟排名第五。这标志着 Stewart 第 8 次入选全明星。
印第安纳狂热队 (Indiana Fever) 后卫 Kelsey Mitchell： 她连续第四次入选全明星首发。Mitchell 在 2018 年以状元身份从俄亥俄州立大学被选中。她场均得分为 21.6 分，领跑狂热队。作为印第安纳队的队史最高得分手，Mitchell 本赛季有 11 场比赛得分至少达到 20 分。
明尼苏达山 Lynx 队前锋 Natasha Howard： 这位身高 6 英尺 2 英寸的前锋在经历了一个复兴赛季后，获得了她的第 3 次全明星提名，也是自 2022 年以来的首次。Howard 场均 17.7 分是其职业生涯的第二高水平，仅次于 2019 年她获得年度最佳防守球员 (DPOY) 的赛季。她的数据单还包括了职业生涯最高的篮板数 (8.2)、抢断数 (1.9) 和投篮命中率 (61.1%)。
替补球员
h 拉斯维加斯王牌队 (Las Vegas Aces) 后卫 Jackie Young h 华盛顿神秘人队 (Washington Mystics) 后卫 Sonia Citron h 凤凰城水星队 (Phoenix Mercury) 后卫 Kahleah Copper 洛杉矶火花队 (Los Angeles Sparks) 后卫 Kelsey Plum 的伤病替代者
Spoon 队
主教练：Cheryl Reeve 总经理：Teresa Weatherspoon
h 印第安纳狂热队 (Indiana Fever) 后卫 Caitlin Clark：这位身高 6 英尺的后卫在得分 (21.2)、投篮命中率 (43.0%) 和三分命中率 (34.4) 方面均创下职业生涯新高，且她场均 8.2 次助攻仅次于凤凰城水星队前锋 Alyssa Thomas。Clark 本赛季除一场比赛外，其余所有比赛均获得两位数得分，且效率极高。她场均 4.6 次失误为其职业生涯最低平均值。 h 拉斯维加斯王牌队 (Las Vegas Aces) 中锋 A’ja Wilson：Wilson 在得分 (场均 25.7 分) 和盖帽 (场均 2.0 次) 方面均领跑全联盟。
对于许多习惯于支持 Xolos 队（卡连特体育场的常驻球队）的球迷来说，这支队伍就是他们的主队。
墨西哥非常需要这种积极的氛围。2 月下旬，在犯罪集团首领 Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes（更著名的绰号为“El Mencho”）被捕并被击毙后，暴力事件导致当地比赛推迟，组织者处于高度警戒状态。虽然计划在瓜达拉哈拉 (Guadalajara) 和蒙特雷 (Monterrey) 举行的洲际季后赛顺利进行，但政府官员、组织者和球迷仍然担心可能会发生意外。
相反，就像在美国一样，墨西哥人民能够展示出他们不仅是政府的附属，也不仅仅是那些在全世界关于该国的新闻头条中占据主导地位的、与毒品暴力搏斗的人民。
球迷节现场挤满了歌唱的球迷，许多人在享受世界杯主场狂欢时，将电视记者、内容创作者和同行支持者抛向空中。
在体育场内，对墨西哥队的支持极其热烈。除了在 16 强赛中对阵英格兰队的那场童话般的逆转外，“三色军团” (El Tri) 竭尽全力地给球迷呈现出他们对本次赛事的期待。这里有 Guillermo Ochoa 的谢幕之战，有淘汰赛的胜利，以及未来之星球员们的亮点表现。
这重新点燃了墨西哥国家队与其热情但要求苛刻的球迷群体之间的关系。这也向世界提醒：
墨西哥是一个不应仅以与有组织犯罪集团斗争而定义的国家。
加拿大是如何经历这次世界杯的？
对于加拿大来说，这次锦标赛可以被视为该项运动的一个明确标志。在进入这个夏天之前，加拿大男子国家队从未在世界杯上获得过积分。
现在，主教练杰塞·马尔什（Jesse Marsch）率领的队伍可以勾选掉它的首个积分、首场胜利以及首场淘汰赛胜利。尽管在面对北非球队时上半场表现出色，但加拿大队在16强赛中以 3-0 负于摩洛哥，遗憾出局。
与邻国类似，最大的反响不在于场上的表现，而在于场外的情况。加拿大球迷在前往比赛的行军之路上填满了街道。长期以来，像“航海家”（The Voyageurs）这样的支持者团体虽然规模较小，但力量强大。那些前往世界杯场馆并填满看台的人们表明，男子足球在加拿大确实已经普及。
加拿大女子国家队一直是一个稳定的竞争者，曾在 2020 年奥运会上夺金。加拿大还成功举办了 2015 年女子世界杯。
这一次，呈现出的形象是一个将继续身为“冰球之国”的国家。当然，这是在许多一分钟短片中被纪念的传统。但会有许多男孩在看到这个夏天的壮举后，决定他们可以成为下一个乔纳森·戴维（Jonathan David）、斯特凡·尤斯塔基奥（Stephan Eustaquio）或赛尔·拉林（Cyle Larin）。
世界杯对北美意味着什么？
希恩鲍姆（Sheinbaum）和加拿大总理马克·卡尼（Mark Carney）在决赛中与唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）一同出席，协助为球员颁发奖牌。这是领导人们第一次聚集在一起，此前是在世界杯抽签仪式上。
现在，不再有这种自然的会面机会。各国元首必须在更传统的场合、在会议或正式会谈中聚首——至少在 2028 年洛杉矶奥运会举行之前是这样。
世界杯给北美留下了什么？
这应该是北美三个国家统一的时刻。除了共同热爱足球以及非常擅长举办精彩活动之外，两国之间还有更多共同的纽带。团结的力量多于分歧。然而在当前的政治气候下，证明这一事实——并铭记这一事实——可能需要依靠民众。
（每场比赛），在 19 场比赛（全部首发）中场均 9.4 个篮板、2.9 次助攻和 1.6 次抢断。威尔逊在本赛季每场比赛都得到了两位数的得分，包括 5 月 15 日对阵康涅狄格太阳队时砍下的 45 分表现。她在本赛季的四场比赛中抓到了 15 个篮板。
h 明尼苏达山 Lynx 队后卫奥利维亚·迈尔斯 (Olivia Miles)： 迈尔斯一直是 Lynx 队的领路人，带领球队在本赛季取得了 WNBA 最佳的 15-4 战绩。这位新泽西州原住民在得分（18.7 ppg）和助攻（5.7 ppg）方面领跑所有新秀，分别在联盟中排名第九和第八。在 6 月 5 日 Lynx 队以 87-84 击败金州 Valkyries 队的比赛中，迈尔斯投中了创纪录的 8 个三分球，打破了凯特琳·克拉克（Caitlin Clark）保持的单场比赛新秀三分球记录。
h 印第安纳狂热队中锋阿里亚·波士顿 (Aliyah Boston)： 波士顿在场均砍得职业生涯最高的 17 分、8.6 个篮板和 2.9 次助攻，且投篮命中率为 50.2% 后，获得了她连续第四次全明星提名。这位 6 英尺 5 英寸的中锋一直在练习她的 3 分球。她的远程投篮命中率达到了职业生涯最高的 42.6%，在赛季仅进行 18 场比赛时，她投中的 20 个三分球就超过了去年的总数（6 个）。
h 达拉斯之翼前锋杰西卡·谢泼德 (Jessica Shepard)： 谢泼德职业生涯的最佳年份让她获得了首次全明星提名。这位 6 英尺 4 英寸的前锋在进入之翼队首发阵容后，在得分 (14.3)、篮板 (11.5) 和助攻 (5.4) 方面均达到了职业生涯最高水平。谢泼德拥有本赛季迄今为止仅有的两次三双记录。
h 亚特兰大梦想队后卫 莱恩·霍华德 (Rhyne Howard) h 亚特兰大梦想队后卫 艾莉莎·格雷 (Allisha Gray) h 纽约自由队前锋 琼奎尔·琼斯 (Jonquel Jones) h 明尼苏达山 Lynx 队后卫 考特尼·威廉姆斯 (Courtney Williams) h 华盛顿神圣队前锋 基基·伊里亚芬 (Kiki Iriafen) h 洛杉矶火花队前锋 内内卡·奥古米克 (Nneka Ogwumike)
撰稿贡献： 克里斯蒂·艾克特 (Kristie Ackert) 和 西德尼·亨德森 (Cydney Henderson)
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明尼苏达州布莱恩 —— 亚伦·怀斯 (Aaron Wise) 的 Instagram 个人简介中写道：“能从事我所热爱的事业，真是太幸运了。”但在一段时间里，成为一名职业高尔夫球手并参加这项他所热爱运动，成了他最不想做的事情。由于深受抑郁症困扰，他退出了 2023 年的大师赛。“那次对我打击很大。我知道我绝对不可能在那个地方打出像样的成绩，”他在 7 月 22 日 3M 公开赛前说道。“那是最艰难的决定之一，但也是这一切的开始，让我重新找回自我，所以我很庆幸自己这么做了。”在经历了较长时间的休整后，曾在俄勒冈大学崭露头角、21 岁便获得 PGA 巡回赛冠军且荣膺 2018 年年度新秀的怀斯，在优先考虑心理健康后正发起回归。现年 30 岁的怀斯曾入选 2022 年巡回赛冠军赛，并在该赛季的联邦快递杯 (FedExCup) 全年积分赛中跻身前 30 名，但那年秋天他感觉到有些不对劲；他无法准确指出问题出在哪里，但情况开始像“滚雪球”一样恶化，他记得在世界高尔夫球锦标赛 match play 期间，他甚至不想和妻子及岳母共进晚餐。“我一直试图遵循那种‘挺过去’、‘更加努力’的老话，”他说。怀斯在心理上挣扎的讽刺之处，凯西·马丁 (Casey Martin) 并不感到意外；马丁在担任俄勒冈大学男子高尔夫教练的 21 年里，称怀斯是他执教过的心理素质最强的球员。怀斯纪律严明、自信满满，这种自信心具有感染力，激励着队友们赢得了 2016 年的全美冠军。“他在心理上绝对像块磐石一样稳固，”马丁说。“这说明没有人能对此免疫。这项运动很残酷，真的能把人击垮。但值得称赞的是，亚伦正在努力克服它。”在暂停巡回赛大约四、五个月后，怀斯遇到了神经科学家伊齐·贾斯蒂斯 (Dr. Izzy Justice) 博士，后者帮助他理解了自己所经历的状况。“他是第一个坐下来向我解释类似……”
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高压区将在周五和周六继续盘踞在东北部，带来普遍晴朗且持续低湿的天气。周日，从俄亥俄河谷部分地区到中阿巴拉契亚山脉，阵雨、雷暴活动和湿度水平将有所增加。整个周末，多轮强降雨和雷暴可能会给东南部部分地区带来局部大风和闪洪。破坏性大风带来的强雷暴本周末可能重返中西部。平原地区气温将升高，部分地区的每日最高气温纪录可能被打破。季风雷暴活动将导致四个角落州 (Four Corners states) 以及北落基山脉部分地区出现洪涝。
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最高温：115° 加利福尼亚州，死亡谷
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[[IMG_XXXX]] 亚伦·怀斯在 7 月 19 日于多米尼加共和国举行的 Corales Puntacana 冠军赛中并列第 15 名。STACY REVERE/GETTY IMAGES
“你的感受并非随机产生，而是你在场外所做的一切、生活中发生的事情以及在场上发生的事情共同作用的结果。这就是你大脑的状态，也是你产生这种感觉以及产生这些想法的原因。”怀斯回忆道，“他是第一个将这一切简化并让我能够理解的人。”
他们制定了一个计划，简单来说就是旨在清理他的心智。这是一个漫长的过程，甚至在怀斯开始回归前的三个月，他还不确定回归是否可能。
“你在家打出的成绩很好，但你不知道到这里来之后会如何转化，”他说。
起初，当怀斯开始与其他高尔夫球手同场竞技时，他再次陷入挣扎。他的回归之路并非一帆风顺。在参加了 2024 年波多黎各公开赛后，他在接下来的瓦尔斯帕冠军赛业余赛后退赛了。
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最冷：39° Hayward, Wis.
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Billings 102
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Oklahoma City 97
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“那天让我崩溃了，于是我退赛了。我觉得，我不能再这样下去了，这太疯狂了，”他说。
怀斯在上一赛季回归，在七次出赛中仅一次过切线。他取得了进步，但承认在巡回赛中比赛对他来说是一场每日的战斗。在本赛季参加的前六场赛事中，他均未过切线。他本可能会感到沮丧，但他反而渴望尝试找出是什么在阻碍他。
他说，最令人沮丧的部分是，在被淘汰之前他只能打两轮竞技赛。他希望有更多机会来规划提升路径。虽然只有微小的进步，始于在穆尔特海滩经典赛中打出的一轮好成绩 67 杆，但随后他又暴涨到 79 杆，再次未能过切线。然后他努力将两轮好球结合在一起，接着是第三轮。在进入约翰迪尔经典赛最后一轮时，他仍有竞争力，但周日发挥挣扎，仅得 72 杆（高于标准杆 1 杆），最终并列第 39 名。但一周后，他在 Isco 冠军赛中进入了最后一组，这标志着他首次在
Marquette 79
Duluth 79
Fargo 91
Mpls-St. Paul 80
Grand Rapids 81
Milwaukee 81 Madison 79
Detroit 80
Sioux Falls 78
Des Moines 71
Lansing 80
Chicago 81 Springfield 72
Columbus 79
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San Juan 92
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Marquette 78
Duluth 89
Fargo 97
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Grand Rapids 80
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底特律 (Detroit) 82
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德梅因 (Des Moines) 89
兰辛 (Lansing) 82
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哥伦布 (Columbus) 82
堪萨斯城 (Kansas City) 89
印第安纳波利斯 (Indianapolis) 81
辛辛那提 (Cincinnati) 83
圣路易斯 (St. Louis) 88
路易维尔 (Louisville) 84
杰斐逊城 (Jefferson City) 91
诺克斯维尔 (Knoxville) 79
孟菲斯 (Memphis) 90
纳什维尔 (Nashville) 83
图尔萨 (Tulsa) 98
伯明翰 (Birmingham) 88 蒙哥马利 (Montgomery) 91
达拉斯/沃斯堡 (Dallas/Ft. Worth) 101
自2022年纪念赛（他在该赛事中获得第二名）以来的最后一组。Wise 击球 69 杆并最终并列第三 (T-3)，上周他在蓬塔卡纳冠军赛中并列第 15 (T-15) 名。“我的大脑……它现在运转的内容只有以前的一半，”他说。“要弄清楚如何面对高尔夫球保持头脑清醒是一个漫长的过程。我们所做的事情压力非常大。必须在如此长的时间内保持专注，每天在这里待五、六、七个小时。尤其是当你开始连续参赛时。比如现在是我连续第四周参赛，我将一直打下去，所以我有连续六 (场比赛) 的赛程。……尽管压力很大，但我们理应喜欢在这里地久天长。我们开始打高尔夫球是因为热爱这项运动。即使在压力巨大的时刻打出了糟糕的一杆，也要尽可能把这种心态放在首位，你知道，这并不是世界末日。” Wise
对他自 2022 年以来首次连续两次进入前 15 名感到鼓舞，但他也知道自己仍在进步中。这就是为什么他的妻子里根 (Reagan) 是他支持团队中的凝聚力所在。2018 年，当时他们还在约会，她在跑向果岭庆祝他唯一一次在达拉斯获胜后亲吻他的脸颊，这在当时成为了头条新闻。自从他回归巡回赛以来，她一直担任他的球童。她陪伴他走过每一步，是一个令人平静的存在。“她是我可以依靠的人，无论我感觉如何，无论我有什么想法，无论我经历什么，我可以对她 100% 真诚和坦率，我们可以一起克服出现的任何问题，”他说。“我觉得，让一个了解我的经历并知道如何平息我大脑焦虑的人帮我背球包，对我来说比现在找一个能帮我选择正确球杆的人要重要得多，如果这能说得通的话。”
高尔夫既是心理游戏，也是身体技巧的博弈。Wise 现在处于一个更好的状态，去从事他从小就热爱这项运动，并且他还希望利用自己破解心理谜团的经验，去帮助那些可能在心理健康方面挣扎的人们。这是一个漫长的过程，但终于，他的 Instagram 简介再次变得真实：他感到很荣幸能成为一名职业高尔夫球手，并将在本周的 3M 公开赛中开球。
班戈 (Bangor) 83
班戈 (Bangor) 83
奥古斯塔 (Augusta) 82
伯灵顿 (Burlington) 85 蒙彼利埃 (Montpelier) 80
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安纳波利斯 (Annapolis) 83
安纳波利斯 (Annapolis) 83
华盛顿 (Washington) 84
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亚特兰大 (Atlanta) 85
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萨凡纳 (Savannah) 95
杰克逊维尔 (Jacksonville) 95
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坦帕 (Tampa) 95 迈阿密 (Miami) 91
奥古斯塔 (Augusta) 84
伯灵顿 (Burlington) 89 蒙彼利埃 (Montpelier) 85
波士顿 (Boston) 77
布法罗 (Buffalo) 83 奥尔巴尼 (Albany) 86
克利夫兰 (Cleveland) 81
匹兹堡 (Pittsburgh) 80
哈里斯堡 (Harrisburg) 86
华盛顿 (Washington) 85
查尔斯顿 (Charleston) 82
里士满 (Richmond) 78
罗利 (Raleigh) 77 夏洛特 (Charlotte) 82
亚特兰大 (Atlanta) 86
查尔斯顿 (Charleston) 89
萨凡纳 (Savannah) 91
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Mitchell Northam
深陷困境的 WNBA 总裁凯茜·恩格尔伯特 (Cathy Engelbert) 计划于 7 月 25 日在芝加哥向记者发表讲话，随后该联盟将在联合中心举行年度全明星赛（8:30 ET，ABC/Disney+）。毫无疑问，恩格尔伯特将面临棘手的问题。她和联盟在本赛季遇到了大量问题，其中许多她尚未对此发声。以下是部分示例： h 凤凰城水星队前锋艾莉莎·托马斯 (Alyssa Thomas) 在将拳头放在印第安纳狂热队后卫凯特琳·克拉克 (Caitlin Clark) 身上后被判定为 flagrant-2 犯规。 h 托马斯和拉斯维加斯王牌队后卫切尔西·格雷 (Chelsea Gray) 所遭受的网络骚扰。 h 决定暂停多伦多 Tempo 队教练桑迪·布隆德洛 (Sandy Brondello) 的职务，原因是其对亚特兰大梦想队前锋安吉尔·里斯 (Angel Reese) 发表的言论。 h 11 位美国众议院共和党代表发给恩格尔伯特的信函，要求她保护克拉克。 h 她取消了在体育广播节目主持人丹·帕特里克 (Dan Patrick) 节目中的亮相。 h
关于她是在 NBA 总裁亚当·西尔弗 (Adam Silver) 敦促之后才暂停托马斯职务的报道（该报道随后遭到否认）。如果恩格尔伯特向危机管理专家杰夫·亨特 (Jeff Hunt) 寻求建议，他会告诉她在本周末做一个重大的宣布。“如果是我在给她建议，我会告诉她从侧幕退出，”亨特告诉《今日美国》体育版。“她拥有非常成功的职业生涯，在推动 WNBA 发展方面，她有很多可以自豪的成就。有时，只是需要一位新领导者了。她应该维护自己的名声，保持尊严。” “体面地退出，并为你所做的一切感到自豪。这将是我的建议。”亨特精通公共关系以及如何处理 WNBA 和恩格尔伯特在过去一年中所面对的问题，这份长名单包括恩格尔伯特与纳菲莎·科利尔 (Napheesa Collier) 等球员的冲突，关于她如何处理漫长的集体谈判协议磋商的批评，以及关于她如何处理克拉克的明星光环和联盟裁判问题的观点。作为德克萨斯大学过去 25 年的教授，亨特是品牌与名誉咨询公司 Legend Labs 的创始合伙人。他在 2011 年福岛核灾难后为东京电力公司提供过建议，在杰里·桑德基 (Jerry Sandusky) 丑闻后与宾夕法尼亚州立大学合作，并在 2006 年帮助计算机公司戴尔 (Dell) 召回了超过 4 million 块锂离子电池。亨特还与可口可乐、美国运通、杜邦、耐克、IBM、奥斯卡金像奖、Whole Foods、PGA 巡回赛和美国公开赛等大品牌合作过。他曾为塞雷娜·威廉姆斯 (Serena Williams)、卡姆·纽顿 (Cam Newton)、达斯汀·约翰逊 (Dustin Johnson)、玛丽亚·莎拉波娃 (Maria Sharapova) 和布鲁克斯·科普卡 (Brooks Koepka) 等职业运动员管理媒体策略。 “坦白说，我不知道她该如何摆脱目前的局面，”亨特在谈到恩格尔伯特时表示。“很难找到谁在支持她及其领导层。在我看来，我在想她是否能撑到赛季结束，因为她现在所做的几乎任何事情都面临反对。”在亨特看来，恩格尔伯特退出《丹·帕特里克秀》的亮相是一个巨大的错误。在那个平台上，她虽然不得不回答困难的问题，但那将
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凯西·恩格尔伯特 (Cathy Engelbert) 在 6 月 11 日于俄勒冈州波特兰市举行的火炬队与王牌队之专员杯比赛前接受采访。她自 2019. 年起担任 WNBA 总裁。ALI GRADISCHER/GETTY IMAGES
这让她能够向广大主流受众发声，并影响围绕 WNBA 的叙事。 然而，现在的对话却是由那些不在 WNBA 内部工作的人所塑造的。 “我一直在谈论这样一个事实，即当这些危机发生时，会产生一个自然的真空，你要么填补它，要么别人帮你填补。不幸的是，我认为这个真空已经被他人填补了，这对她和 WNBA 来说并非好事，”亨特 (Hunt) 表示。“当你声明会参加《丹·帕特里克秀》(The Dan Patrick Show) 却没出现时，形象永远不会好看。(WNBA) 看起来就像是把自己关在地堡里。” 恩格尔伯特面临的最新风暴始于 6 月 24 日。在发烧队与水星队的一场比赛中，托马斯 (Thomas) 压在克拉克 (Clark) 身上，将拳头抵在克拉克的喉咙上，然后在争抢掉球的混乱中跨过她。当时裁判并未吹罚犯规，但 WNBA 在次日审查了该片段，判定托马斯犯有恶意犯规 2 级 (flagrant-2 foul)，并将其禁赛一场，称这位资深前锋“鲁莽地”与克拉克发生接触，并“实施了非篮球行为”。 在接下来的几天里，托马斯表示她收到了死亡威胁，而恩格尔伯特从未与她联系。随后，恩格尔伯特发表声明称，联盟“强烈谴责任何形式的所有仇恨”。 恩格尔伯特尚未就此次事件、托马斯的禁赛、对此的反应以及 WNBA 收到的批评发表公开讲话。 “这是一系列的问题，导致这位总裁正处于风口浪尖。凯西现在很难找到朋友，”亨特说。“其中有些事情是不可预测的，但你可以控制你当时的行动。我认为这就是她被抨击的地方，她当时做出的某些决定并不符合”
“……人们认为她应该做的事情。”
Hunt 表示，他不认识 Engelbert，也从未向她提供过建议。但当他将她在 WNBA 的处境与他在大公司 CEO 身上看到的情况进行对比时，他认为如果她继续担任联盟总裁，而不在不进一步损害品牌的情况下离开，那么她将没有前进之路。
“你得思考，如果没有现在发生的这些争议，（WNBA）是否能获得最大价值，”Hunt 说道。“这件事会一直挥之不去，直到他们能从顶层砍掉某些东西，对吧？”
“因此，在企业界，这就是 CEO 被解雇的原因。危机依然存在，但领导者的牺牲能让你有机会迎来转机。我认为（WNBA）可能就处于这样一个阶段，他们必须真正寻求新的领导层并翻开新篇章。”
Engelbert，61 岁，自 2019 年起担任 WNBA 总裁。在此之前，她在德勤 (Deloitte) 工作了 30 多年，并于 2015 年被选为这家市值数十亿美元公司的 CEO。
在她领导 WNBA 期间，联盟及其球队的价值大幅飙升，电视收视率上升，球员薪资增加，且规模从 12 支球队扩大到 15 支，克利夫兰、底特律和费城的特许经营球队将在未来几年启动。可能最重要的一点是，WNBA 现在拥有的一项为期 11 年、价值 $3.1 10 亿的媒体权利协议，而 Engelbert 参与了该协议的谈判。
Hunt 表示，这位总裁有许多值得自豪的成就，她可以利用本周末的论坛在宣布辞职的同时，强化她的这些成就。
“说实话，全明星赛将是一个不错地做出决定的场合，因为所有的目光都集中在比赛上，而且她有很多可以……”
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“以此为方向，”Hunt 说道，“女子篮球赛从未如此受欢迎。” 恩格尔伯特何时以及如何结束她作为 WNBA 总裁的任期仍有待观察。Hunt 表示，无论何时发生，联盟领导层在寻找她的继任者时，这项任务都将是一个艰难的过程。目前还没有一个清晰且显而易见的继任候选人。 “寻找继任者将不会很容易。我认为出于许多不同的原因，这是一个很难填补的职位，”Hunt 说道。“他们需要找一个能够搭建桥梁的人，一个对品牌未来发展方向有宏大愿景的人，以及懂得如何将其货币化并捕捉并利用这种受欢迎程度的人。” Hunt —— 也是《Brand Under Fire: A New Playbook for Crisis Management in the Digital Age》一书的作者 —— 表示，WNBA 前行的道路应该从最高层的领导层变动开始，这意味着恩格尔伯特要么被撤职，要么应该辞职。 与此同时，Hunt 建议联盟应全面整顿裁判工作，并更加强调掌控围绕其最知名球星克拉克（Clark）的舆论引导。 “他们需要认真承诺整顿裁判工作，因为这太明显了。顺便说一句，克拉克并不是第一个在比赛中遇到被粗暴对待问题的运动员，”Hunt 说道。 “此外，我认为（WNBA）需要向（克拉克）表达她应得的关爱，以认可她对品牌整体估值的贡献。他们需要意识到这一点 —— 就像 NBA 曾经和现在对待勒布朗·詹姆斯（LeBron James）和迈克尔·乔丹（Michael Jordan）那样。这样的天才并非经常出现。” “无论是什么在创造价值，你都需要认可它。”
在家里烹饪餐厅水准的 牛排
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当我的丈夫和我开始规划婚礼（并应对突然且出乎意料的职业变动）时，我们的预算变得相当紧张 —— 因此，我们将外出就餐改为在家的约会之夜。幸运的是，我们发现你不必在牛排馆花费 $150 才能享有一顿难忘的大餐。 专业厨师们一致认为，你可以用极低的成本在家里做出令人垂涎的牛排 —— 你只需要在你的烹饪工具箱中准备正确的食材和策略。接下来，业内专业人士将分享实现餐厅品质牛排的顶级秘密技巧。
选择正确的部位
每种切割方式的牛排都有其优缺点 —— 但特别是如果你是一个烹饪新手，专业人士建议选择更不容易出错的选项。根据 Harlow Hospitality 厨师 Michael Scelfo 的说法，肋眼牛排（ribeye）符合这个要求。 “它的脂肪含量更高，这意味着风味更浓，而且如果你稍微煮过头了，也有一定的缓冲余地，”他解释道。 ACKitchen 和 ACWell 的创始人 Allen Campbell 厨师也非常喜欢肋眼牛排 —— 但他警告说，由于该部位的高脂肪含量，你可能会触发烟雾报警器并处理一些杂乱的油溅。 “在家里最容易烹饪的牛排部位是 4 到 5 盎司的小菲力（petit filet），”他补充道。“这可以通过快速煎制并在烤箱中完成。”
考虑草饲牛肉
Campbell 尽可能地选择昂贵的草饲、草完结（grass-finished）牛肉。原因是什么？与传统的谷饲牛肉相比，它整体倾向于更精瘦，且含有更高浓度的 omega-3 脂肪酸和更高水平的抗氧化剂。换句话说，从健康角度来看，它通常更为优秀。
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没有什么比水果沙拉更适合你的夏季餐桌了。 虽然桃子在南部占据主导地位，但其他品种的核果也可以作为美味的夏末替代品。核果在沙拉中几乎可以互换使用，仅在甜度和酸度上略有不同。 制作这款沙拉时，请选择较甜的黑李子，而非较酸的红李子。 浓郁的蓝纹奶酪作为甜水果的咸味对比，而烤山核桃的芳香坚果味则增加了沙拉的深度。 你可以将这款沙拉作为前菜或轻便的甜点。 如果你不喜欢蓝纹奶酪，也可以轻松地用菲塔奶酪 (feta) 或山羊奶酪代替。
话虽如此，由于总脂肪含量较低，草饲牛肉烹饪速度略快——因此请考虑降低烹饪温度和/或缩短烹饪时间，以防止肉质干柴。
犹豫不决时，就点燃烤炉
在家烹饪牛排有很多选择，但总的来说，厨师们一致认为烧烤是最好的方法之一。 “明火能提供最好的热量和最好的煎烤效果，”Scelfo 解释道。 波士顿 Grill 23 牛排馆的厨师 Ryan Marcoux 认为，尽管你可能急于将牛排放入烤炉（并端上餐盘），但他强烈建议等待烤炉充分预热。通过确保在放入牛排时烤炉足够热，你可以在不过火烹饪内部的情况下，获得那层令人垂涎的咸香外壳。 “将手放在烤炉上方——你应该只能在那维持不超过 3-5 秒，”他补充道。“当你把牛肉放在烤炉上时，你应该听到滋滋声——但不要看到火焰将其吞没。”
始终选择铸铁锅
天气太冷无法烧烤？Scelfo 和 Campbell 一致认为，在极热的铸铁锅中煎烤是次优的方法。 “标准锅在放入牛排时温度会下降，但铸铁锅能保持高温，这就是你获得绝佳外壳的原因，”Scelfo 说。“确保预热锅的时间比你认为需要的更长。是的，会有烟。打开风扇，推开窗户——这是值得的。” 最后一个建议？一旦牛排进入锅中，就不要去管它。 “不要不停地翻面，”Scelfo 说。“让它形成那层外壳。那种焦糖化反应是所有风味的来源。”
提前给牛肉撒盐
如果说有一条厨师们深信不疑的建议，那就是
分量：4 人份 总时长：30 分钟
配料
h 1 杯山核桃仁，粗略切碎 h 4 个油桃，去核并切成楔形 h 4 个黑李子，去核并切成楔形 h 4 个杏子，去核并切成楔形 h 3⁄4 杯碎蓝纹奶酪 h 5 枝龙蒿，摘叶 h 1 个柠檬的汁液 h 2 汤匙蜂蜜 h 2 汤匙特级初榨橄榄油 h 犹太盐和黑胡椒
步骤
将烤箱加热至 350 度。 将山核桃放在烤盘上或放入干锅中，在烤箱中烘烤至微黄且散发香味，约 8 到 10 分钟。使其冷却至室温。 在一个大碗中，将水果、蓝纹奶酪、龙蒿、柠檬汁、蜂蜜、橄榄油和烤山核桃混合。根据口味加入盐和胡椒调味，搅拌直到水果轻微覆盖调味汁且蓝纹奶酪粘在水果上。立即食用。
保持调料简单，让肉类的风味脱颖而出。厨师 Michael Scelfo 和 Allen Campbell 建议使用盐、胡椒和香料。GETTY IMAGES
在将牛排放入烤炉或锅中之前加入盐。Campbell 和 Scelfo 表示，提前 20 分钟甚至几个小时撒盐是值得的。记得在此期间将牛排留在室温下：直接从冰箱中取出冷藏的牛排无法烹饪得如此均匀。 “我喜欢给牛排涂上烟熏盐，让它在室温下静置，然后在煎烤之前将其拍干，”Campbell 说。 Marcoux 还喜欢在牛排最后撒上一点盐之花 (fleur del sel)。
深思熟虑地调味
在给牛排调味时，Scelfo 表示要保持简单。这样你才能真正品尝到肉本身的风味。他补充道：“粗碎黑胡椒和 Maldon 片盐就足够了。”即便如此，如果你计划给牛排腌制，Scelfo 建议加入一些
完美的西瓜
在挑选之前，花点时间对比并接触几个西瓜。寻找一个质地致密且与其尺寸相比重量较重的西瓜，因为这样的西瓜含有更多的果汁、更多的糖分和更浓的口味。选择一个适中的状态——你要的是一个结实但不过分坚硬、有香味但没有异味的西瓜。
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白色斑点 没有味道 橙色或黄色斑点 风味浓郁
使用大蒜、迷迭香和柠檬皮屑来营造地中海风味。坎贝尔还喜欢用迷迭香、百里香和欧芹等新鲜香草收尾。 “我非常喜欢用骨髓骨来熬制富含胶原蛋白的汤，你还可以将其浓缩成牛骨浓缩汁 (beef demi)，”他说道。“我还会用有机红酒醋和椰子糖制作一种酸甜酱 (gastrique)，以平衡我的牛骨浓缩汁。”
提前将其移离热源
记住：牛排最好是提前从煎锅或烤架上移开，而不是太晚——如果需要，你总是可以继续烹饪。 “此外，记住在静置过程中温度会继续升高，”Scelfo 补充道。这就是为什么专业厨师建议务必比你认为应该的时间稍早一点将牛排移离热源。在这里，肉类温度计非常有用——它消除了所有猜测。
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超市烤鸡进行排名
Saleen Martin
决定购买哪款烤鸡并非易事，但《消费者报告》(Consumer Reports) 的一项新测试希望能帮助购物者在晚餐时间做出正确的决定。 各家超市都销售自己版本的烤鸡；然而，《消费者报告》发现，有 6 家门店的烤鸡风味最浓郁、最美味。 该非营利组织从 10 家门店购买了烤鸡，并进行了盲测，以寻找风味和口感最佳的鸡肉。为此，《消费者报告》测定了钠含量，将鸡肉的实际重量与标签进行了对比，并观察了包装和肉类中的塑料含量。
谁在综合最佳类别的评选中脱颖而出？
《消费者报告》于 6 月在 10 家零售商中进行了测试：BJ’s、Costco、Hannaford、Sam’s Club、ShopRite、Stop & Shop、The Fresh Market、Walmart、Wegmans 和 Whole Foods。该报告未包含份量大小。以下是各家门店烤鸡的排名情况。
第 1 名 – Sam’s Club Member’s Mark 调味烤鸡
h 每磅 $1.66 h 每份 130 卡路里 h 每份 6 克脂肪 h 钠：标签标注每份 430 毫克；测试显示在 172 至 253 毫克之间。 h 腌制成分：天然香料、盐、磷酸钠和糖。 h 《消费者报告》评价：“红椒粉揉搓给这只鸡带来了美丽的古铜色。肉质非常湿润多汁，带有深沉的烘烤风味以及洋葱和大蒜的暗示。”
成分
第 2 名 – Costco Kirkland Signature 调味 烤鸡
h 每磅 $1.66 h 每份 140 卡路里 h 每份 7 克脂肪 h 钠：标签标注每份 460 毫克；测试显示在 112 至 194 毫克之间。 h 腌制成分包括：卡拉胶、盐、磷酸钠和糖。 h 《消费者报告》评价：“是我们测试中最丰满的几只鸡之一。肉质湿润且调味良好，尽管在我们测试的样本中，咸度有所不同。”
在综合最佳类别中排名第 1 的是 Sam’s Club 的烤鸡，《消费者报告》称其使用的红椒粉揉搓“给这只鸡带来了美丽的古铜色”。 该非营利组织补充道：“肉质非常湿润多汁，带有深沉的烘烤风味以及洋葱和大蒜的暗示。” Sam’s Club 肉类和海鲜部门的商品经理 Shana DeSmit 在 6 月 30 日表示，公司深知顾客依赖 Sam’s Club 来供养家庭，尤其是在购买烤鸡时。 “在风味和新鲜度方面，我们严肃对待这一责任，”DeSmit 在给《今日美国》(USA TODAY) 的一份声明中说道。“我们的重点完全在于每次都能提供那种一致的、调味完美的品质，”
第 3 名 – Stop & Shop 全只烤鸡
h 每磅 $4.57 h 每份 120 卡路里 h 每份 4 克脂肪 h 钠：标签标注每份 340 毫克；测试显示在 169 至 227 毫克之间。 h 腌制成分：卡拉胶、盐和糖。 h 《消费者报告》评价：“皮肤皱缩，有两个样本看起来几乎烧焦了。但这款鸡的味道比看起来好得多。肉质非常浓郁且鲜嫩。”
如何挑选最佳烤鸡
《消费者报告》关于购买口感最佳烤鸡的建议包括：
h 选择整体呈金黄色的鸡肉。颜色标志着鸡肉已均匀烹制。
h 挑选皮肤光滑（而非皱缩）的鸡肉。皮肤皱缩可能意味着鸡肉放置时间过长。
h 查看包装上的时间戳，以确认放置时间。如果没有时间戳，请询问员工最近一批是什么时候摆放的。
h 提起包装以对比重量。
第 4 名 – Walmart 传统全熟 烤鸡
h 每磅 $2.65 h 每份 250 卡路里 h 每份 19 克脂肪 h 钠：标签标注每份 250 毫克；测试显示在 251 至 273 毫克之间。 h 盐水成分：卡拉胶、天然香料和盐。 h 《消费者报告》(Consumer Reports) 的评价：“肉质调味良好，带有柠檬和迷迭香的暗示，口感湿润且嫩。”
Cody Godwin
你认为通心粉干酪（macaroni and cheese）是一道配菜？还是一顿正餐？ 这种美国主食有许多版本，但对于我们许多人来说，有一种能让我们回到过去——而且它涉及奶酪粉。单是那股味道就能唤起儿时在温暖厨房里吃慰藉美食的回忆。虽然盒装通心粉干酪无法与自制通心粉干酪相比，但当你想要快速、简单且浓郁的奶酪味时，它能满足你的需求。如果你想念那种过去的味道，你可以在家里重新制作，包括奶酪粉包在内。
奶酪粉
奶酪粉听起来像是一种可怕的、充满化学物质的混合物，但对于许多品牌来说，它实际上是脱水形式的真奶酪。商店里并不常见，因此最简单的购买方式是在线购买。我使用的是 Judee's 无麸质黄色切达奶酪粉（1.5 磅售价 $34.50，购自亚马逊）。 它不仅适用于通心粉干酪。奶酪粉还可以这样享用： h 撒在爆米花上。 h 放在烤土豆上。 h 加入汤中。 h 撒在蒸蔬菜上。 奶酪粉还具有货架稳定性，比存储在冰箱里的奶酪保质期长得多。
第 5 名 – Wegmans 全烤鸡，原味
h 每磅 $4.69 h 每份 180 卡路里 h 每份 9 克脂肪 h 钠：标签标注每份 440 毫克；测试显示在 188 至 206 毫克之间。 h 鸡肉用盐水浸泡。 h 《消费者报告》(Consumer Reports) 的评价：“对于纯粹主义者来说是一个不错的选择。仅用海盐调味让烤鸡的风味脱颖而出。在我们的测试中，它的外观比其他产品更浅。”
同时保持一个能为我们的会员带来真正价值的价格。” 紧随 Sam's Club 之后的是综合最佳类别的第 2 名 Costco 和第 3 名 Stop & Shop。 “我们的客户在寻找既美味又实惠的餐点，而我们的烤鸡在这两方面都达到了要求，”Stop & Shop 总裁 Roger Wheeler 在 6 月 30 日的一份声明中表示。
谁的鸡肉表现不佳？
除了对烤鸡的风味进行排名外，《消费者报告》(Consumer Reports) 还指出，某些品牌的烤鸡单独食用时效果不佳，最好用于汤、炖菜、三明治和沙拉等食谱中。例如，BJ's Wellsley Farms 全烤鸡被该团体描述为“风味相当温和，肉质偏干且略有嚼劲”。该非营利组织表示，Fresh Market 的天然烤鸡“风味非常温和（）未能让我们的品鉴者感到惊艳，且口感略干”。
深入研究塑料问题
由于烤鸡通常采用塑料包装，该非营利组织还研究了塑料是否渗入了鸡肉中。 测试发现，除 ShopRite 之外的所有鸡肉中都含有一种化学物质：邻苯二甲酸盐（phthalates）。美国食品药品监督管理局表示，这些化学物质被用于塑料产品中以使材料更柔软。Costco 和沃尔玛的含量最高。虽然这些水平低于之前在其他测试食物中发现的水平，但《消费者报告》(Consumer Reports) 表示，其含量足以引起关注。 10 月，沃尔玛宣布将在其自有品牌产品中剔除合成染料和其他 30 种成分，包括邻苯二甲酸盐。 该非营利组织表示：“除非有人每周食用大量这类鸡肉——超过 45 盎司，否则我们发现的水平不足以对成年人构成健康风险。但 3 盎司中含有 978 纳克，这一水平超过了我们的专家认为对幼儿安全的每日 600 纳克限制。”
自制盒装通心粉干酪
要制作无需沥水的通心粉干酪，您需要：
h 1 16盎司盒装通心粉 h 1 杯牛奶 h 4 汤匙黄油 h 自选调料，例如 红椒粉、大蒜粉、辣椒粉、盐 和胡椒 h 1 杯奶酪粉
操作步骤
将一磅通心粉与 约 4 杯水混合并煮沸。 确保水刚好没过所有 面食，因此建议使用较宽 而非较高深的锅。
煮沸后，按照包装盒上的烹饪时间 指南操作，并在烹饪过程中搅拌面食。
计时结束时，锅中会残留少量液体， 但这就是所需的效果。这些含有淀粉的水 有助于使酱汁浓稠融合。
倒入牛奶和黄油，搅拌至 黄油融化。拌入调料， 然后倒入奶酪并调低火力。 搅拌至完全融合。
No. 6 – Whole Foods Market 经典烤鸡
h 每磅 $5.14 h 每份 200 卡路里 h 每份 11 克脂肪 h 钠含量：标签显示每份 310 毫克；检测显示在 127 至 145 毫克之间。 h 鸡肉未经过盐水浸泡。 h 《消费者报告》(Consumer Reports) 的评价：“唯一的 调料是盐和碎黑 胡椒，这增加了一些 辣味。肉质比同类产品 稍干，但依然 鲜嫩且风味 浓郁。”
主厨表示，只需优质番茄和 一点耐心
Kate Ellsworth
今日美国 10BEST
今日美国 10BEST
多年来我一直自己在家里做披萨，但一次与专业披萨烘焙师的交谈完全改变了我调制酱料的方式——而且仅需大约 5 秒钟。 在我职业生涯中最有趣的几次采访中，我有幸与真正的披萨专家、专业主厨塔拉·詹森 (Tara Jensen) 专门探讨关于披萨的话题。詹森是弗吉尼亚州一家手工披萨烘焙店 Dough Baby 的首席烘焙师。她将职业生涯致力于钻研完美披萨，但在我们的交谈中，她重点强调了在家里可以轻松尝试的小调整，从而将你的烘焙技巧提升到更高水平。 “仅仅是准备食材的方式，就真的会影响最终的效果，”詹森说道。 她的最新食谱书《披萨实践》(Pizza Practice) 揭示了詹森的最佳实践方法——其中有几项简单的技巧，你可以立即应用到你的厨房中。
食材
你需要的披萨酱
谈到披萨，詹森将所有的时间和注意力都放在面团本身，这意味着酱料必须尽可能地简单。 “当我刚开始做披萨时，我花了大量时间在繁琐的劳动上，对着大锅里翻滚的红酱，加入许多香料和所有这些东西，”詹森解释道。“后来一位优秀的女士走进我的生活，她告诉我，秘诀就是：选用真正优质的圣马扎诺 (San Marzano) 番茄。你用手工或手持搅拌棒将它们打碎，加一点盐。效果极其惊人。这就像是一件秘密武器。” 就是这样。这就是你在詹森制作的每一块披萨（包括她在烘焙店做的）中都能看到的顶级酱料配方。 但不要忘记詹森酱料配方中最关键的一步：一旦你将番茄打碎并加盐后
新奥尔良 (Big Easy) 治疗 宿醉的咸鲜良药
不可错过的鲜味炸弹
Patrice J. Williams
塔可。热狗。提到街头美食时，你可能会想到这些菜肴。但一碗热气腾腾的汤？这并不一定会让人联想到边走边吃——不过，yakamein（雅卡面）并非普通的汤。
“它是流动性最强的汤，”格林维尔 Little Secret GVL 的主厨兼店主 Connor Hinderks 说道。他仍然记得第一次尝试 yakamein 的经历：那是深夜，在他结束了一次身为线厨的班次后，就在法国区外。这道菜不是在正规的坐席餐厅供应的，而是由一名摊贩装在泡沫塑料杯里卖的。“每次我吃 yakamein，都是从一个在街角拿着冷藏箱的哥们儿那里买的。”新奥尔良罗斯福酒店执行主厨 Daniel Mills 也表示赞同：“这是那些最适合在户外享用的菜肴之一。”
这种通常在深夜、清晨或“第二线”（second line）游行期间食用的菜肴，常被地道地称为“老清醒”（old sober）。人们认为它起源于 19 世纪，是克里奥尔（Creole）与中国风味的完美融合，兼具经典面汤的抚慰口感与质地，但采用了典型的新奥尔良风格。Deelightful Roux 烹饪学校的创始人 Dee Lavigne 表示，这道菜代表了“适应与保留。新奥尔良是分层的。Yakamein 也是分层的。”
这道菜的基底相当简单：嫩牛肉、浓郁的汤底、大量的克里奥尔调味料、酱油和意大利面，顶部覆盖大量青葱和一个水煮蛋。大家普遍认为，正是汤底将 yakamein 与其他汤类菜肴区分开来，也是为什么它在像新奥尔leans 这样一座充满活力的城市中如此受欢迎。
“新奥尔良是一座庆典之城。我们聚集，我们跳舞，我们游行。我们在街道上悲伤，也在街道上欢庆，”Lavigne 说。“这道菜仿佛在说：‘我知道你熬过了一个夜晚。来，坐下休息吧。’”
[[IMG_XXXX]] 这个快捷技巧可以让制作披萨变得简单得多。HARIS CALKIC VIA GETTY IMAGES
Tara Jensen 的 5 秒 披萨酱食谱
h 一罐 San Marzano 全番茄罐头 h 盐
制作步骤
使用手持搅拌棒或手动将番茄打碎。加入盐。放入冰箱冷藏 2-3 小时。
它们，将它们放入冰箱冷藏几个小时，让风味腌制入味。 “在店里，人们经常问，为什么这个酱汁味道这么好？”Jensen 说。“它有浓浓的番茄味，因为它真的只是用了优质的番茄，而且是用罐装的，因为你无法全年获得新鲜的番茄。”
[[IMG_XXXX]] Yakamein 含有面条、牛肉、青葱和水煮蛋，但使其脱颖而出的是充满风味的汤底。这道菜被誉为可以治疗宿醉，常被称为“老清醒”。 LISOVSKAYA/GETTY IMAGES
Po Boy Riche 是一家位于新泽西州的餐厅，提供克里奥尔风味的食物。合伙人 Darrell Raymond 表示，正是碳水化合物、蛋白质和钠的结合，使其成为一道能够帮助身体恢复的经典菜肴，也是理想的宿醉疗法。
这种疗愈力量的核心必然是经过慢炖且充满鲜味（umami）的汤底。“克里奥尔调味料对 yakamein 至关重要。那种大胆的辛辣感是它在与更传统的炖牛肉相比时脱颖而出的重要原因，”Hinderks 解释道。这种风味是由多种香料和草本混合而成，可能包括洋葱粉、大蒜粉、红椒粉和卡延辣椒粉，它们是这道菜真正的支柱。这些辛辣的基调肯定能通开你的鼻窦，或者在你纵情狂欢之夜后，成为包裹胃壁的理想烹饪方案。
虽然在正规餐厅的菜单上也能找到 yakamein，但它通常是你夜逛酒吧或参加“第二线”游行时偶然邂逅的美食。正如 Hinderks 所说：“yakamein 会找到你。而不是你去寻找它。”
Lavigne 特别建议游客走出那些充满游客气息的邻区——
这个酱汁有用吗？我试过了
在与 Jensen 交流之后，我持怀疑态度。罐装番茄？就这？我热爱做披萨，但讨厌熬酱，所以我非常兴奋地想尝试一下。
我在每周一次的购物行程中买了一些 Cento San Marzano 番茄，以及我平时在家做披萨时使用的所有食材（预制面团和配料）。
在制作当天，我通过手动挤压来搅拌番茄。我有一个浸入式搅拌棒，但老实说，清洗起来很麻烦，所以我选择了更快（且更混乱）的方式来搅拌番茄。我撒了一大把盐，然后将它们放入冰箱直到烹饪时间。
我很高兴地报告，这个食谱是我做过的最简单、最美味的披萨酱。
如果我完全坦诚地说，有时我直接跳过冷藏步骤（对不起，Tara！）。我是一个忙碌的女性，烹饪速度很快，所以步骤越少越好。
最让我喜爱这个酱料的一点是它简单得离谱。它将我制作酱料的时间缩短到了真正的 5 秒钟，尤其是如果我跳过冷藏步骤的话。在披萨本身上，你会得到多汁的番茄块，而不是那种可怜的、薄薄地铺开的酱料。
就个人而言，这个技巧改变了我制作披萨的方式，并显著提升了我在家做披萨的水平。
Jensen 尝试过的最棒的披萨
好奇 Jensen 最喜欢的披萨吗？这位厨师经常在家中和她的面包店烹饪，但她也花了大量时间在全球旅行，尝试每一个能找到的食谱。
“对我来说，披萨的关键在于面团，”Jensen 解释道，“在制作披萨和讨论配料的对话中，面团往往被忽视了。”
Jensen 吃过的绝对最好的披萨来自巴黎的 Oobatz 披萨店。
“那是空灵的，”Jensen 说，“他们的面团太美了，而配料仅仅是为了衬托面团。当你吃完整个披萨后，你会想要另一个。”
披萨面团有什么讲究？
作为一名专业面包师，Jensen 非常强调面团本身。
“这涉及到小麦生长的土壤以及研磨的方式，”Jensen 解释道，“然后将其放入搅拌碗中，所有这些对我个人来说都非常重要。”
关于在家制作最佳面团的顶尖建议是什么？
“把它忘在冰箱里，”Jensen 说。
她尝试过不同的面粉、发酵剂和磨坊，但如果你想要绝对最佳口感的面团，在揉捏和成型后，将其在冰箱中冷藏几天。
“你混合面团，让它在台面上发酵一个半小时，”Jensen 说，“然后你将其塑形并放入冰箱过夜。如果你能让它在冰箱里放两天，那就更好了。”
...让邻里真正体验到 yakamein（一种面条汤），或者像她成长过程中所称呼的“yakemeat”。这包括在 Tremé、第七区以及其他地方由家庭经营的街角小店。
“Yakamein 最好在文化充满活力而非精心策划的地方体验，”这位在第九区出生长大的厨师说道。或者，如果你恰好与一些知名摊贩处于同一空间，比如 Miss Linda（又称 Yakamein 女士），那么点一碗面是必须的。
如何在家制作 yakamein
即使是那些不在新奥尔良的人，只要有一点耐心，也可以在家里做出这种简单但风味浓郁的汤。Raymond 记得 15 年前他第一次吃 yakamein，最令他印象深刻的是牛肉的嫩度。
在准备期间，他倾向于使用牛小排，炖约两小时，直到肉质达到用叉子轻轻一拨就烂的程度。作为一个额外的专业技巧，他说：“我在里面加了一点菠萝来嫩化肉质，并在切割后保持蛋白质的颜色。”
这种缓慢而稳定的烹饪方式是在模仿...
致力于高汤的准备工作。
如果你有时间，Mills 建议让高汤炖煮一夜。这种“慢火细炖”不仅能最大限度地激发风味，还能产生更浓郁的口感和丝滑的触感。“每隔几小时撇除浮在汤面上的杂质和油脂，以确保最后得到清澈的高汤，”Mills 说道。
最后，虽然有些汤类料理几乎可以像“设置好就不用管，倒入即成”的快餐一样准备，但 Lavigne 强调，“慢火细炖”的方法同样适用于调味。
“不要只是倒入酱油就完事。要循序渐进地构建风味：大蒜、月桂叶、伍斯特酱、辣酱、黑胡椒。”你当然可以调制自己的克里奥尔 (Creole) 调味料，但市场上也有一些预制调料包。即使对于像 yakamein 这样高钠的菜肴，某些预制选项可能也过于咸了。这就是 Lavigne 建议边品尝边烹饪并分层叠加风味的原因之一。
最后的点缀包括大量的切碎绿葱、一个水煮蛋，并将高汤浇在口感劲道 (al dente) 的细面条上。
饮饮食食 ——但主要是饮用——
Mary Walrath-Holdridge 今日美国
美国独立 250 周年已经到来——就像任何一场成功的生日派对一样，它需要一些食物和饮料。今年庆祝时，想要保持爱国情怀的一个有趣方法是什么？尝试一份几百年前在殖民地可能会供应的餐食。今日美国采访了热门 YouTube 频道及视频系列《品味历史》（Tasting History）的创作者兼主持人 Max Miller，他在该节目中为超过 4.3 million 订阅者还原真实的各种历史饮食配方。
他不仅让今日美国得以窥见美国历史的一角，还让其品味了这段历史。 “饮食历史是探索历史最有趣且最直接的方式之一，”Miller 说道。“当你吃或喝某种具有历史意义的东西，比如乔治·华盛顿喝过的饮料，你瞬间就能感同身受，仿佛置身于他的处境。”
富兰克林青睐的一款饮品
很难准确地说建国之父们在任何特定时间具体在喝什么。除了可获得性和流行趋势等考虑因素外，毕竟他们也是具有独特口味和偏好的人。但我们知道，早期美国的人们喜欢以“潘趣”（punch）的形式饮用烈酒——而且我们非常清楚本杰明·富兰克林是如何喜欢它的。 “潘趣是当时饮用大量酒精的流行方式，”Miller 说道。“通常那时候意味着你需要柠檬、大量的糖，而其中一个可选成分是牛奶。” 牛奶在当时并不是像我们今天所预期的那样，仅作为甜点鸡尾酒中的新奇成分。事实上，牛奶潘趣在各地都被饮用。 “本杰明·富兰克林实际上写下了一个牛奶潘趣的配方，”Miller 说道。该配方要求向准备好的烈酒混合液中加入牛奶，直到其凝结，然后将其过滤掉，直到剩余的饮品变得清澈而温润。 “它能缓解其中任何烈酒的刺激味，使其不再辛辣，并留下非常漂亮的金黄色”
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最早出现在 1893 年的田纳西州《诺克斯维尔日报》（Knoxville Journal）中。而该词在今天的含义——即面包夹香肠——则记录在 1895 年的《耶鲁报告》（Yale Report）中，文中写道：“但我很喜欢咬一口放在面包卷里的‘狗’。”
配料才是乐趣所在
德国人、意大利人、希腊人、墨西哥人和保加利亚人都以配料的形式加入了各自的特色。芝加哥式热狗上的蔬菜归功于希腊人和意大利人，其中的番茄、运动辣椒（sport peppers）和绿色酸黄瓜让人想起地中海风格的抹酱和腌制蔬菜（giardiniera）。相比之下，芥末酱、酸黄瓜条和芹菜盐则源自德国犹太移民。
向东或向西旅行，影响随之而变。
纽约街角的标志性产品，在“脏水”中烹制，几秒钟内即可出餐并加上配料，以速度和简洁见长。
在新泽西州，受西西里人的影响，意裔美国人的版本将热狗炸至酥脆（有时如此），并在酥脆的面包卷上堆满炖薯或炸薯块、青椒和洋葱。
前往底特律，浸在辣椒酱中的 Coney 热狗则深深刻上了其巴尔干根源的烙印。
即使在辣椒热狗的世界里，也存在细微差别。辛辛那提版本以著名的香料调味，加入了肉桂和一丝甜味，源自马其顿根源。
然后是西南部，索诺兰热狗（Sonoran dog）也许是最能体现这一美国主食传播之远的例子。它用培根包裹，塞进松软的 bolillo 面包中，并加载了豆类、萨尔萨酱、洋葱、番茄、芥末、蛋黄酱，有时还加奶酪。它诞生于墨西哥埃莫西约（Hermosillo）的街头，随后在棒球赛中被重新引入美国。它具有深厚的地域色彩，是热狗历史上一个完全不可或缺的章节。
“而且它能产生一种非常丝滑的质感，”米勒（Miller）说，“这在当时非常、非常流行。” 虽然富兰克林也用白兰地制作，但用黑麦威士忌味道同样好。 另一个建国时期的心头好是“樱桃弹跳”（cherry bounce），一种“极强”的樱桃利口白兰地。华盛顿非常喜爱它，以至于他的妻子玛莎（Martha）在他出征打仗时会给他寄瓶装酒。
这种鱼类酒吧小吃曾统治一时
对于某些人来说，想到潘趣酒（punch）里有凝固的牛奶可能就让人反胃。但在全美各地的酒吧中——包括加利福尼亚州的死亡谷——你会发现的一种小吃，可能会让你在尝试还原半禧年（semiquincentennial）餐食的努力中望而却步。
那时没有炸薯条、马苏里拉奶酪条或鸡翅。相反，酒吧客人们在吃牡蛎。
“随着铁路的普及，人们将牡蛎从海洋中取出，放入铁路上的冰车中，一两天内就能送到任何地方，而且相对新鲜，”米勒解释道。他说，直到今天，如果你访问一家历史悠久的酒吧，你仍然可以看到一个或两个世纪前被扔在地上的牡蛎壳。
如果你在寻找其他食物，你可能会参考詹姆斯·海明斯（James Hemings）的食谱。他曾是托马斯·杰斐逊（Thomas Jefferson）的奴隶厨师，也是第一个在法国接受烹饪训练的美国人。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 在新泽西州哈登菲尔德（Haddonfield）的 Gouldsburger's 订购一份“脏狗”（Dirty Dog），你将得到一个覆盖着片装特级牛肉、炸洋葱和 Cooper Sharp 奶酪的牛肉热狗。CHRIS LACHALL/今日美国 网络
[[IMG_XXXX]] 菲尼克斯 El Caprichoso Hot Dogs 的索诺兰热狗上面覆盖着 Cotija 奶酪、番茄、鳄梨酱、豆类等。DIANNIE CHAVEZ/今日美国 网络
它们一直有点“难以捉摸”。它们拒绝纯粹，吸收影响，欢迎诠释。每当有人坚持认为吃热狗有正确的方法时（芝加哥人，我看到你们了，现在请放下番茄酱），另一个城市就会将其完全重新演绎。
夏威夷有一种最年轻的版本，叫做 puka dog，由一位瑞士艺术家在 2000 年于考艾岛（Kauai）发明。它包含热带水果酸黄瓜和略带甜味的面包。
有些人完全不承认它是夏威夷的产物，坚持认为唯一...
有人想尝试在冰镇铁路货车中运输两三天而来的生蚝吗？在早期的美国，码头工人一定会说：“好的，请给我来一份！” LINDA RAYMOND/GETTY IMAGES
海明斯将他在海外学到的技巧带到了美国，使通心粉干酪、薯条、冰淇淋和法式焦糖布丁等菜肴流行起来。如今，海明斯被公认为美国烹饪史上最重要的名字之一，但几个世纪以来，他的开创性工作一直没有得到认可；相反，这些食物在美洲的流行很大程度上被归功于杰斐逊。 “这么多工作是由被奴役的人完成的，但我们不知道他们的故事，不知道他们的名字，”米勒说道。“当我们知道他们的真实故事，知道他们的名字时，分享这些信息就变得非常重要。” 在经历了终身奴役后，海明斯于 1796 年在 30 岁时被杰斐逊释放。根据烹饪教育学院 (Institute of Culinary Education) 的记载，他在六年之后去世。
为革命干杯
那么，为什么选择（黑麦）威士忌？就像在 2026, 年世界杯期间俘获外国游客之心的牧场酱一样，它具有独特的美国特色。 虽然朗姆酒曾是早期美国的主流饮品，但殖民者需要依赖外部来源来获取其主要原料——糖蜜。 “威士忌在革命前夕真正兴起。它开始被视为更爱国的选择，因为它完全是在殖民地生长并生产的，”米勒说。“战争期间，它真正变成了必需品，因为你无法那么轻易地从加勒比地区获得（如糖蜜之类的）东西。英国海军封锁了大部分港口。因此，威士忌经常作为配给品发放给士兵。” 威士忌不仅是美国制造，因此是殖民地独立的标志，它还成为了新成立的联邦政府国内权力第一次真正考验的对象。 米勒表示，在革命之后，财政部长亚历山大·汉密尔顿对国家金库的情况不满意。为了帮助偿还战争债务，他对烈酒（包括且特别是威士忌）征收消费税。 “美国人刚刚为了税收打了一场战争。他们不想交税，于是最终在宾夕法尼亚州西部发动了反抗，这就是一场被称为‘威士忌暴动’的暴力反抗，”米勒说。 人们最终烧毁了一名税收员的房屋，促使乔治·华盛顿总统组织了第一支联邦军队对抗他们，并迅速平息了叛乱。 “这是对宪法该部分的第一次考验，因为很多人在想：‘你们被允许这样做吗？’结果证明他是被允许的，”米勒说，这创造了一个我们今天依然能看到的先例。 综上所述，一杯黑麦威士忌——美国最古老的饮品之一，也是许多早期鸡尾酒（如曼哈顿和古典鸡尾酒）最初的基酒——是致敬不屈的美国精神的一种简单方式。 “当人们想到早期的美国时，他们通常会想到政治上发生了什么，但饮食同样能告诉你人们真实的生活状态，”米勒说。“在短暂的一刻，你的味蕾就回到了那个时代。”
在北卡罗来纳州威灵顿的 Merritt’s Burger House，一份配有辣椒、芥末、洋葱和获奖卷心菜沙拉的卡罗来纳风格热狗正等待着您。
ALLISON BALLARD/USA TODAY NETWORK
真正的夏威夷“狗”是饭团（musubi）；毕竟，它咸鲜、有肉味且方便携带。 热狗是美国创业精神的早期象征——生产成本低，易于销售，且具有无限的定制空间。无论是通过创办企业，还是将超市里的一根香肠变成令人垂涎的美食，你都可以将其打造出个人特色。它既具有社交属性又是个人化的，在某种程度上，很少有食物能像它这样具有民主色彩。 而且，尽管承载着如此深厚的文化分量，它依然能兑现最简单的承诺——满足感。没有矫揉造作，没有繁文缛节，只有在最需要的时候，给你一份热腾腾、咸鲜且令人慰藉的食物。 你可以给它装饰，可以为此争论，也可以将其根源追溯到不同的大陆，但最终，热狗依然是它一直以来地样子：不拘小节、适应力强且低调地成为了经典，它是世界各地的缩影，被整齐地包裹在一个纯正的美国式包装之中。
Bahar Anooshahr 是《亚利桑那共和国报》的餐厅评论员。Jennifer Borresen 是《今日美国》的图表记者。
亚利桑那州：索诺兰热狗 (Sonoran hot dog) 是一款用培根包裹的法兰克福香肠，塞在柔软且微甜的博利略式 (bolillo-style) 面包中，并配以丰富的配料，通常包括花豆、切丁番茄、洋葱、蛋黄酱、芥末酱、墨西哥辣椒莎莎酱和奶酪。这种组合浓郁且不拘小节，令人极度满足，每一口都平衡了烟熏、奶油、辛辣和咸鲜的风味。
夏威夷州：夏威夷 Puka 热狗是在一个封闭的面包中组装的。用加热棒在面包内部戳一个洞并将其内部烤焦（puka 意为洞）。然后在洞中填入 Aunty Lilikoi 的百香果芥末酱；柠檬大蒜酱（辣度从温和到熔岩哈瓦那辣椒不等）；随后可选择菠萝、芒果、椰子、杨桃、香蕉或木瓜酱，以及波兰香肠或素肉肠。
伊利诺伊州：芝加哥风格热狗，被亲切地称为“穿过花园的热狗”(dragged through the garden)，是在全牛法兰克福香肠上叠加的七种特定配料的交响乐。经典组合：黄芥末酱——绝不能用番茄酱。霓虹绿酸黄瓜酱——甜美、明亮且极具辨识度。洋葱碎——生且脆。番茄块——新鲜多汁。酸黄瓜条——脆口且有咸味。运动辣椒 (Sport peppers)——小巧、辛辣且经腌制。芹菜盐——最后的点睛之笔。
密歇根州：Coney 热狗是底特律的招牌热狗，可以说该市的“国菜”，其独特之处在于区别于经典美国热狗的顶料。热狗上淋有浓郁的牛肉辣椒酱，带有淡淡的孜然和大蒜味；撒上脆爽的白色洋葱丁；最后点缀以少量刺激的黄芥末酱。
纽约州：点纽约白热狗 (New York white hot) 的流行方式是搭配罗切斯特的肉类辣酱，以及芥末和白洋葱，但这并没有硬性规定。罗切斯特 Haddad's Best 热狗摊的所有者乔治·哈达德 (George Haddad) 表示，许多顾客喜欢在上面加辣椒和洋葱。更好的热狗店会使用来自当地意大利面包店、比平均水平更厚实的面包卷。
俄亥俄州：辛辛那提奶酪 Coney 热狗是在面包上铺有辛辛那提风格辣椒酱和一堆细切切达奶酪的热狗。您还可以加入标准的黄芥末酱和洋葱，或者根据您选择的店铺，加入生大蒜或油炸墨西哥辣椒。虽然奶酪 Coney 热狗与全美其他地区常见的标准辣椒热狗相似，但真正使其与众不同的是辛辛那提辣椒酱。
加利福尼亚州：道奇热狗 (Dodger Dog) 并不是在道奇体育场销售的唯一一种法兰克福香肠，但绝对是最著名的。它以洛杉矶道奇队命名，经典道奇热狗由 10 英寸长的猪肉香肠组成，在面包中提供烤制或蒸制两种选择。它的配料选择很经典——番茄酱、芥末酱、酸黄瓜酱和/或洋葱。
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由今日美国 (USA TODAY) 网络的 全国记者挑选
肯塔基州：在肯塔基州东部辣味热狗上最先注意到的是没有奶酪。相反，一堆被称为“热狗酱”的肉类单独作为顶层食材。在不含豆子的流质牛肉混合物下方，你可以找到切碎的洋葱和黄芥末。
新泽西州：南新泽西“肮脏狗”(Dirty Dog) 是一款 100% 草饲牛肉热狗，顶部覆盖着削切的肋眼牛排、油炸洋葱和 Cooper Sharp 美国奶酪。它被认为是一款新泽西风格的热狗，因为其中的芝士牛排是“新泽西风格”的。肉被切碎，并搭配 Cooper Sharp 奶酪，而非 processed cheese (whiz)。
纽约州：说到点一份经典的纽约热狗，简单至上。传统配料包括芥末、番茄酱、酸菜和酸黄瓜酱。其他受欢迎的调料还包括奶酪酱、墨西哥辣椒、烤洋葱、辣酱以及一种以番茄为基底的甜味酸黄瓜酱。
俄亥俄州：“波兰男孩”(Polish Boy) 的组装方式各异，但其组成部分始终包括波兰香肠 (kielbasa) —— 也就是“波兰”部分 —— 顶部覆盖着薯条、烧烤酱和卷心菜沙拉。为了有足够的支撑，它通常盛在长面包卷 (hoagie roll) 中。
插图由 Jennifer Borresen 今日美国 (USA TODAY)
特拉华州：Deerhead 热狗被纵向切开并烧烤，涂上黄芥末，撒上碎生洋葱，盛在蒸过的椭圆形面包卷中。但这道菜的亮点，以及它与所有其他热狗的不同之处，在于覆盖在其上的 Deerhead 著名的“秘密酱汁”暖层。
夏威夷州：午餐肉饭团 (Spam musubi) 是夏威夷原生的“热狗”，它始于一片用酱油糖煎制的厚午餐肉，放置在一块撒了日式拌饭料 (furikake) 的黏白米饭上。然后，整体用海苔 (nori) 紧紧包裹在一起。
马里兰州：巴尔的摩博洛尼亚热狗 (Baltimore bologna dog) 是一件“肉上加肉”的杰作。它始于一根切开并油炸的犹太洁食全牛肉香肠，并与厚切的焦香博洛尼亚香肠片一起包裹。顶部覆盖着生洋葱和黄芥末，上面或旁边配有一根酸黄瓜。某些变体还包括添加甜酸黄瓜酱、番茄酱或奶酪。
新泽西州：新泽西意大利热狗始于一根或两根深炸或烧烤的热狗（可选单根或双根），将其塞入半圆形的蓬松披萨面包中，并抹上熟食店芥末酱。顶部堆满炒辣椒、洋葱和炸薯条，有时最后会挤上一些番茄酱。
北卡罗来纳州和南卡罗来纳州：辣酱、洋葱和卷心菜沙拉等配料在全国的热狗中都很受欢迎，但当你在这两个州点一份“全配”(all the way) 的热狗时，可以期待到一些细微的差别。这种细腻的无豆辣酱更像是一种酱汁，而卷心菜沙拉被切得很碎且带有醋味，放在手撕猪肉烧烤三明治上同样合适。
罗德岛州：点一份罗德岛“纽约系统”(New York System) 热狗，记得要“全配”(all the way)。首先，在维也纳香肠上涂抹芥末。然后，覆盖一层辛辣的碎牛肉酱，其中可能包含也可能不包含番茄酱、伍斯特酱、辣椒粉和肉桂（每个纽约系统店都有自己的配方）。最后，顶部撒上细碎的洋葱和少许芹菜盐。
谢尔希·克里尼茨基（Serhii Krynitskyi）在乌克兰东部恰西夫亚尔（Chasiv Yar）镇附近部署了近一年。
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Felix Hoske 路透社 (REUTERS)
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乌克兰， 克拉马托尔斯克 (KRAMATORSK) – 谢尔希·克里尼茨基 眼睁睁地看着生命从那个唯一与他共经地狱的男人身上流逝。 他与战友在前线的一个狐穴（单兵掩体）中共同生存了近一年。他们击杀了俄罗斯士兵，并在死者中搜寻食物。 在恐怖的环境下，他们曾争吵过，也曾欢笑过。 现在，克里尼茨基孤身一人。 这名乌克兰士兵用手机摄像头对着同伴冰冷的尸体，尸体被挤在地堡内部。 一条沾血的腿露在外面。由于无人机投下的炸弹碎片切断了动脉，他一直在流血，止不住地流血。
见第 4NN 页《狐穴 (FOXHOLE)》
特朗普誓言惩罚伊朗对胡塞武装的袭击
另一条关键海路
Elwely Elwelly, Ahmed Elimam 以及 Eman Abouhassira
迪拜 (DUBAI) – 唐纳德·特朗普总统在 7 月 23 承诺，将对伊朗及其胡塞武装盟友实施“重大军事惩罚”。此前，也门武装分子在红海袭击了两艘沙特油轮，使中东战争扩展到了第二个主要航运扼候点。 人们担心干扰可能会进一步扩大并封锁另一条海路，这导致全球油价飙升，创下战争以来最剧烈的涨幅之一。布伦特原油价格上涨超过 6%，自五月以来首次突破每桶 $100。 在旨在结束战争的临时停战协议事实上崩溃两周后，美国军队在 7 月 23, 夜间对伊朗发动了空袭，促使伊朗向驻有美国基地的邻国阿拉伯国家开火。 美国军队在 7 月 23 深夜至 7 月 24 凌晨再次向伊朗发射了一轮导弹，这是连续第 13 个夜晚的袭击。 伊朗国家媒体在两晚均报道称，导弹击中了霍尔木兹海峡的盖什姆岛 (Qeshm Island)。这条几乎封闭的水道已成为这场进入第五个月的战争之焦点，战争已造成数千人死亡，并引发了人们对全球经济衰退的担忧。 在胡塞武装宣布于 7 月 23 袭击两艘油轮后，特朗普表示他将要求伊朗为此负责。
上方： 克里尼茨基展示了一张他在 2024 年 11 月刚开始服役时与战友的合影。 左侧： 5 月 27，在乌克兰克拉马托尔斯克康复后重返岗位首日，克里尼茨基在协助装载机枪子弹。
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实施 新一轮 关税
David Lawder
唐纳德·特朗普政府于 7 月 24 日准备对包括欧盟在内的 60 个贸易伙伴的商品征收 10% 和 12.5% 的新关税，理由是这些伙伴在执行强迫劳动禁令方面过于宽松；而此时，一项临时性的 10% 全球关税正巧到期。此举是白宫的最新尝试，旨在恢复唐纳德·特朗普总统在竞选期间提出的近全球关税愿景。此前，美国最高法院在 2 月份撤销了他去年根据国家紧急状态法为了尝试缩小美国贸易逆差而实施的 10% 至 50% 的“对等”关税。
这些新关税于 7 月 23 日在《联邦登记簿》(Federal Register) 通知中公布，将覆盖 99.4% 的美国进口商品，但包括许多产品豁免，如石油和天然气、化肥及某些食品。这些新关税是根据 1974 年《贸易法》第 301 条实施的，使政府能够在最高法院判定挫败的情况下，依然对几乎所有美国进口商品维持关税底线。由于第 301 条此前已在法院挑战中幸存，这些关税可能面临的法律风险比 2 月份被撤销的那些关税更小。
针对 2 月份最高法院的裁决，特朗普采取了应对措施，征收一项为期 150 天的临时 10% 关税，该关税于东部时间 7 月 24. 日凌晨 12:01 到期。新关税将在同一时刻生效，而运输途中的商品将获得豁免，直至东部时间 7 月 28 日凌晨 12:01。
“美国实施强迫劳动进口禁令已有近一个世纪，并且执行严格。我们的贸易伙伴现在也该这样做，而且早已过了截止时间，”美国贸易代表詹米森·格里尔 (Jamieson Greer) 在一份声明中表示。“今天的行动将开始纠正这种既是侵犯人权又是扭曲贸易行为的做法，以改善各地工人的福祉。”
格里尔此前承诺，对于那些已与华盛顿达成贸易协议并封顶了美国关税率的国家，新的强迫劳动关税将不会使其超过这些上限。这些协议中包含反强迫劳动条款。根据最终裁定，美国将对来自阿根廷、孟加拉国、英国、柬埔寨、加拿大、厄瓜多尔、萨尔瓦多、危地马拉、洪都拉斯的商品征收 10% 的关税，
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今天，阵雨和雷阵雨将席卷东南部。从密西西比州到北卡罗来纳州，多轮强雷阵雨可能会导致洪涝灾害。与此同时，平原部分地区可能会出现能产生破坏性大风和冰雹的雷阵雨，而降雨将覆盖艾奥瓦州和密苏里州。落基山脉地区也将出现风暴。
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最高温： 120 ℉，阿尔及利亚 俾斯克拉 (Biskra, Algeria) 最低温： 4 ℉，阿根廷 里奥加列戈斯 (Rio Gallegos, Argentina) 降水量： 5.79”，印度 瓦多达拉 (Vadodara, India)
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历史上的今日 天气趣闻™
在7月22日至24, 1788年之间，一场飓风 袭击了北卡罗来纳州并向内陆 移向弗吉尼亚州。乔治·华盛顿 后来观察到这场风暴时，它依然威力强劲。
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莱维顿，宾夕法尼亚州 84/62/s 51 林肯，伊利诺伊州 76/64/sh 25 路易维尔，肯塔基州 83/67/pc 25 拉伯克，德克萨斯州 103/77/t 25 马尼托沃克，威斯康星州 77/64/s 75 曼斯菲尔德，俄亥俄州 76/59/pc 25 马歇尔，北卡罗来纳州 75/67/t 48 马什菲尔德，威斯康星州 78/60/s 25 马西隆，俄亥俄州 77/62/pc 25 麦克莱恩，弗吉尼亚州 84/63/pc 54 墨尔本，佛罗里达州 90/78/t 25 孟菲斯，田纳西州 89/76/t 56 米德尔敦，纽约州 82/54/s 54 米尔福德，马萨诸塞州 83/53/s 25 密尔沃基，威斯康星州 79/64/s 75 门罗，密歇根州 78/58/s 75 门罗，路易斯安那州 95/77/t 53 蒙哥马利，阿拉巴马州 93/75/t 34 曼西，印第安纳州 76/58/pc 47 默弗里斯伯勒，田纳西州 85/67/pc 50 那不勒斯，佛罗里达州 92/78/t 25 纳什维尔，田纳西州 87/70/pc 50 海王星，新泽西州 81/68/s 55 纽贝德福德，马萨诸塞州 80/53/s 25 纽伯恩，北卡罗来纳州 82/73/t 45 新费城，俄亥俄州 78/60/pc 25 纽瓦克，俄亥俄州 78/58/pc 49 牛顿，新泽西州 83/53/s 65 纽约，纽约州 81/66/s 74 诺里奇，康涅狄格州 81/52/s 51 奥卡拉，佛罗里达州 96/74/t 25 俄克拉荷马市，俄克拉荷马州 94/77/pc 60 奥佩卢萨斯，路易斯安那州 93/72/t 53 奥什科什，威斯康星州 79/61/s 25 棕榈滩，佛罗里达州 90/82/t 25 棕榈泉，加利福尼亚州 116/89/s 87 巴拿马城，佛罗里达州 92/78/t 75 皮金，伊利诺伊州 77/66/c 25 彭萨科拉，佛罗里达州 93/76/t 75 皮奥里亚，伊利诺伊州 75/66/c 25 彼得斯堡，弗吉尼亚州 81/67/pc 44 凤凰城，亚利桑那州 114/95/s 112 波特休伦，密歇根州 80/53/s 54 朴茨茅斯，新罕布什尔州 81/57/s 25 普基西，纽约州 83/56/s 54 普罗维登斯，罗得岛州 81/56/s 40 普韦布洛，科罗拉多州 100/68/t 75 昆西，马萨诸塞州 82/58/s 25 雷丁，加利福尼亚州 99/64/s 54 雷诺，内华达州 100/66/s 75 拉文纳，俄亥俄州 77/60/pc 25 里士满，印第安纳州 77/55/pc 48
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图中显示的是周五的降水区域和最高气温。
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问题：一片健康的草坪能产生多少氧气？
回答：一块 5英尺乘5英尺的草坪足以供一名成年人持续呼吸。
纽约州 罗切斯特 80/60/s 49 伊利诺伊州 罗克福德 79/61/s 25 新墨西哥州 鲁伊多索 91/64/t 48 俄勒冈州 塞勒姆 84/56/pc 75 堪萨斯州 萨利纳 89/73/r 33 加利福尼亚州 萨利纳斯 71/59/pc 25 马里兰州 索尔兹伯里 81/64/pc 51 德克萨斯州 圣安杰洛 96/73/s 54 佛罗里达州 萨拉索塔 94/77/t 75 佐治亚州 萨凡纳 95/76/t 32 威斯康星州 舍博根 77/63/s 75 北卡罗来纳州 谢尔比 74/69/t 48 德克萨斯州 谢尔曼 95/78/s 91 路易斯安那州 什里夫波特 95/77/t 62 新墨西哥州 银城 97/70/s 48 南达科他州 苏福尔斯 82/69/pc 31 宾夕法尼亚州 萨默塞特 75/59/pc 44 新泽西州 索默维尔 85/58/s 65 印第安纳州 南本德 78/58/s 25 南卡罗来纳州 斯帕坦堡 76/69/t 30 伊利诺伊州 斯普林菲尔德 75/66/sh 25 密苏里州 斯普林菲尔德 83/74/sh 36 佛罗里达州 圣奥古斯丁 90/77/t 25 明尼苏达州 圣克劳德 82/68/s 44 犹他州 圣乔治 106/82/t 75 弗吉尼亚州 斯汤顿 77/61/pc 45 威斯康星州 斯蒂文斯角 82/62/s 25 加利福尼亚州 斯托克顿 95/59/s 37 宾夕法尼亚州 斯特劳德斯堡 83/57/s 65 佛罗里达州 斯图尔特 89/76/t 25 密歇根州 斯特吉斯 77/55/s 75 佛罗里达州 塔拉哈西 97/75/t 75 路易斯安那州 蒂博多 93/73/t 55 堪萨斯州 托皮卡 80/73/t 30 阿拉巴马州 图斯卡卢萨 91/75/t 56 纽约州 尤提卡 81/56/s 44 加利福尼亚州 文图拉 74/64/s 58 加利福尼亚州 维多利亚维尔 105/70/s 84 新泽西州 范兰德 83/57/s 50 加利福尼亚州 维萨利亚 101/67/s 67 华盛顿特区 84/69/pc 54 南达科他州 沃特敦 85/68/t 54 威斯康星州 沃索 80/62/s 25 宾夕法尼亚州 韦恩斯伯勒 82/60/pc 50 纽约州 怀特普莱恩斯 81/59/s 64 德克萨斯州 威奇托福尔斯 98/78/s 60 特拉华州 威明顿 85/63/s 51 北卡罗来纳州 威明顿 86/75/t 43 威斯康星州 威斯康辛快速区 81/61/s 25 俄亥俄州 伍斯特 76/58/pc 25 马萨诸塞州 伍斯特 80/59/s 25 宾夕法尼亚州 约克 83/59/pc 80
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飞机相关担忧
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纽约 —— 一名检察官在 7 月 23 日的一次法庭听证会上表示，特朗普政府将撤回向《纽约时报》记者的传票。这些记者曾报道关于总统乘坐由卡塔尔捐赠的“空军一号”而引发的安全担忧。
曼哈顿美国检察官 Jay Clayton 于 7 月 10 日发出的这些传票，是特朗普政府试图强迫记者在泄密调查中透露秘密消息来源的最新案例。新闻自由倡导者表示，这种做法可能会抑制报道。
在美国地区法官 Arun Subramanian 花了大约一个半小时就泄密调查中的程序性问题（包括他们处理记者电话记录传票的方式）质询政府律师后，Clayton 办公室的一名检察官将该决定告知了法官。
“政府准备单方面撤回传票，”检察官 Sean Buckley 表示，并指出调查仍在进行中，政府以后仍可能向记者发出传票。
被判终身监禁
Joseph Ax
一名明尼苏达州男子因承认刺杀一名州民主党高层议员并企图谋杀另一名议员，于 7 月 23 日被判处联邦监狱终身监禁。一年多前，他伪装成警察并在议员家中袭击了他们。
59 岁的 Vance Boelter 被明尼阿波利斯美国地区法院法官 John Tunheim 判处连续终身监禁外加 40 年。他在 6 月承认了包括谋杀在内的六项指控，这是与检察官达成的一项协议的一部分，使他避免了可能的死刑。
“政治暴力不仅是对其直接受害者的攻击，也是对我们的社区、民主机构和法治的攻击，”代理美国总检察长 Todd Blanche 在一份声明中表示。
Boelter 戴着硅胶面具，穿着警察制服，驾驶一辆车牌写着“Police”（警察）的 SUV，在 2025 年 6 月 14 日深夜实施了枪击。
在按响门铃并进入屋内后，Boelter 在家中枪杀了明尼苏达州众议院民主党最高级别议员 Melissa Hortman 及其丈夫 Mark。此前，他还在几英里外的一处住宅中枪伤了州参议员 John Hoffman 及其妻子 Yvette。
他还走访了两名其他——
与选举变革挂钩而起诉
Luc Cohen
一个主要由民主党领导的各州联盟于 7 月 23 日请求一名联邦法官阻止国土安全部扣押某些与灾难相关的资金，直到各州采取共和党总统 唐纳德·特朗普 政府所青睐的选举实践。
该诉讼由 25 个州和哥伦比亚特区在罗德岛联邦法院提起，标志着在 11 月中期选举前关于投票程序的最新法律斗争，而特朗普的政党正陷入一场旨在维持国会控制权的激烈争夺战。
国土安全部在 7 月 10 日宣布，它将扣押联邦紧急事务管理署 (FEMA) 20% 的赠款，这些款项原用于帮助各州应对潜在的恐怖袭击和其他威胁，直到这些州提交使用可接受手写纸质选票设备的计划，而不是使用条形码和二维码计数票数的电子投票系统。
这些限制涉及超过 $1
再次。 克莱顿 (Clayton)，唐纳德·特朗普 挑选的下一任美国国家情报总监，在《时报》报道称特朗普乘坐一架旧的“空军一号”离开土耳其，是因为卡塔尔捐赠的新飞机缺乏反导弹和其他防御功能后，发出了传票。
政府方面表示，《时报》的报道引发了关于机密国家防御信息泄露的“重大国家安全担忧”，因为总统在飞行期间正与一名意图伤害他的外国敌对势力（显然是指伊朗）处于敌对状态。
这些报道引用了匿名来源，且恰逢美国在反伊朗战争中停火协议崩溃。
《时报》请求苏布拉马尼安 (Subramanian) 撤销传票，理由是传票发布不当，且侵犯了美国宪法第一修正案下对新闻自由的保护。
《时报》在法庭文件中表示，传票旨在骚扰和恐吓记者。该公司还指控检察官违反了关于对记者使用传票的内部政策，因为这本应是一个罕见步骤，需要司法部高层的批准。
一名司法部发言人
去年，在圣保罗的明尼苏达州众议院中，花朵和被杀害的民主党州代表梅丽莎·霍特曼 (Melissa Hortman) 的肖像放在她的办公桌上。TIM EVANS/路透社 档案图
当局表示，那晚他试图接触立法者，但在其中一户人家敲门无人应答，而在另一户人家时，一名警察认为他是同行并走向他的车，于是博尔特 (Boelter) 离开了。
调查人员在他的车里发现了一份包含 45 名以上明尼苏达州官员的名单。
在经历了该州历史上最大规模的搜捕行动后，执法部门于两天后抓获了博尔特。
这些枪击事件凸显了近年来美国政治暴力的激增。
据《明尼苏达星论坛报》报道，在 7 月 23 日的量刑期间，受害者及其家属激动地讲述了博尔特罪行所造成的损失。
“我想念我的妈妈，我想念我的爸爸，”霍特曼夫妇的女儿索菲 (Sophie)
十亿的拨款资金。 国土安全部 (DHS) 表示，各州还必须手动审计至少 5% 的选票，核对参与每次联邦选举的选民人数与投票人数，并将选民名册与国土安全部的数据库进行比对，以确保没有非美国公民被错误地登记投票。
在诉讼中，由罗德岛州、加利福尼亚州、伊利诺伊州和新泽西州领导的各州表示，政府将资金发放条件与选举变更挂钩的计划超出了联邦政府的权限。美国宪法将联邦选举的管理职责赋予了各州。
“国会从未赋予国土安全部或联邦紧急事务管理局 (FEMA) 重写州选举法的权力，”诉讼起诉书中写道。
各州表示，他们在 2026 财年被分配了超过 $740 million 的资金，这意味着根据这项有争议的政策，国土安全部将扣留至少 $148 million。诉讼称，这些拨款计划已存在多年，且没有任何一项计划在设计时专门考虑了选举安全。
在的一份声明中，联邦紧急事务管理局的一位发言人表示，新要求将维护选举的完整性。
“我们完全预料到这些左翼政治家会反对旨在保护选举安全的常识性措施，”该发言人说。
唐纳德·特朗普及其盟友对美国选举中存在大规模投票舞弊发表了虚假言论，包括他败选的 2020 年总统大选。民主党人和投票权倡导者表示，特朗普正试图削弱公众对选举管理的信心，并为如果共和党失去众议院或参议院的控制权而挑战中期选举结果铺平道路。
政府方面表示，各州在防止选民舞弊和非公民投票方面做得不够。
新泽西州的民主党州长在 7 月 21 日表示，该州有超过 6,000 名非公民被误登记为选民，且近 400 人投了票，这引发了司法部要求提供这些选民数据的请求。
独立研究和审计发现，选民舞弊的情况十分罕见。
在声明中表示，调查仍在进行中，政府将起诉那些通过泄露机密信息威胁国家安全的人。
巴克利否认司法部不当地发出了传票，但承认司法部未能按照法律要求，通知记者政府已分别传唤了他们的电话记录。
然而，《时报》在听证会后的一份声明中表示，政府“承认传票违反了法律”，并且这些传票根本不应该被发出。
在 7 月 21 日的一份法院文件中，检察官辩称，第一修正案不能在刑事调查中屏蔽记者披露关键信息的义务。
共和党和民主党政府都曾试图强迫记者在泄密调查中透露消息来源，但新闻团体指责特朗普政府过于随意地使用传票和搜查令，包括针对《华盛顿邮报》和《华尔街日报》。他们还指责特朗普利用政府权力及私人诉讼来恐吓和骚扰新闻媒体。
特朗普政府表示，其是在追求对泄密者的刑事指控，而非针对记者。
霍特曼流着泪说：“我怀念那个相信人性之善的时代。”
据报纸报道，马克·霍特曼的父亲 J·卡罗尔·霍特曼批评政府同意认罪协议。
博尔特在 6 月承认有罪后，明尼苏达州联邦检察官丹尼尔·罗森告诉记者：“此案按指控确实符合死刑条件，而且我们最终能在法庭上胜诉。但事实是，当你面对一个准备认罪的被告……为了确保他余生再也无法获得自由，这是一个我们不能错过的机会。”
博尔特在被判刑前在法庭上简短地道歉。
收益 引发 AI 支出 担忧
Sinead Carew 和 Ragini Mathur
华尔街指数在 7 月 23 日收盘下跌，纳斯达克指数下跌超过 2%，原因是大型科技公司的最新收益更新重新引发了对高额 AI 支出的担忧，而飙升的油价加剧了对通胀的担忧，从而推高了债券收益率。标普 500 指数下跌超过 1%，由于投资者对 Alphabet 和 Tesla（本季首批公布业绩的“科技七巨头”重磅公司）的第二季度结果并不满意，亏损范围较广。由于布伦特原油期货结算价自 5 月以来首次突破每桶 $100，且美国原油期货结算价突破 $92，股市承受了额外压力。中东敌对行动的升级引发了对全球石油供应的担忧。在也门武装人员袭击红海两艘沙特油轮后，唐纳德·特朗普总统誓言将对伊朗和胡塞武装给予“重大的军事惩罚”。
由此引发的油价飙升在下一次美联储政策会议前几天引发了对通胀的担忧。“油价以这种速度上涨构成了显著的宏观和市场风险，”马纽好保险-约翰汉考克投资公司 (Manulife John Hancock Investments) 的共同首席投资策略师 Matt Miskin 表示。Miskin 补充说，低失业率将迫使美联储专注于抗击通胀。他还指出，由于投资者难以证明高估值的合理性，即使是强劲的收益报告也缺乏吸引力。“总体的数字很出色，但许多公司出现了一些导致股价下跌的情况，”Miskin 在指出资本支出担忧作为一个例子时说道。“任何一点破绽都会导致股票被抛售。”道琼斯工业平均指数下跌 506.93 点，或 0.97%，至 51,711.65；标普 500 指数下跌 90.66 点，或 1.21%，至 7,408.30；纳斯达克综合指数下跌 553.21 点，或 2.15%，至 25,137.69。标普 500 指数的 11 个主要行业板块表现不一，当日仅有四个上涨。最大的上涨板块是工业板块，上涨 1.77%，其中包括洛克希德·马丁 (Lockheed Martin) 和 RTX 在内的国防股提供了支撑。洛克希德·马丁在提高 2026 年销售额和利润预测后，股价上涨 10.5%。RTX 由于商业飞机维护和军事系统需求而提高了 2026 年的销售额和利润预测，最终上涨 7.3%，成为标普 500 指数的第二大支撑。谷歌母公司 Alphabet 的股价下跌 7%，在报告了更高的支出计划且同时消耗现金后，成为该基准指数的第二大拖累。该股的下跌也拖累了通信服务指数，使其下跌 5.20%，成为 11 个板块中最弱的一个。非必需消费品是第二大下跌板块，最终下跌 5.12%。其最大的拖累来自 Tesla，在报告了两年多来首次第二季度自由现金流为负后，其股价暴跌 14.5%。华尔街的恐惧指标——CBOE 波动率指数上涨 2.06 点，收于 18.7，此前曾触及 20.3，为近一个月来的最高水平。随着油价上涨，通胀担忧将美国 10 年期国债收益率推至 2025 年初以来的最高水平。然而，根据 CME 集团的 FedWatch 工具，交易员仍押注美联储下周维持利率不变的可能性约为 64%。由于投资者在等待芯片巨头英特尔 (Intel) 的业绩，波动剧烈的费城半导体指数最终下跌 0.5%。
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华盛顿 —— 唐纳德·特朗普 总统提名的疾病控制与预防中心 (CDC) 负责人于 7 月 23 日更接近获得确认，此前一个关键参议院委员会的共和党主席表示他将支持她；此前他曾质疑她是否能在疫苗政策上顶住卫生与公共服务部部长罗伯特·F·肯尼迪 (Robert F. Kennedy Jr.) 的压力，如今他改变了立场。
参议员比尔·卡西迪 (Bill Cassidy) 的投票很可能是决定性的一票，他表示支持任命埃丽卡·施瓦茨 (Dr. Erica Schwartz) 博士领导疾病控制与预防中心，该机构此前经历了数月的领导层动荡。
委员会在 7 月 23 日将投票推迟至下周。
“我相信她知道自己在做什么，并且会顶住那些不正确的人的压力，”来自路易斯安那州的共和党人兼医生卡西迪在参议院健康、教育、劳工和养老金委员会的一次会议开场白中说道。
他的这番话标志着与上周确认听证会相比发生了转变，当时他多次追问施瓦茨是否会对该机构行使完全控制权，并在疫苗问题上顶住肯尼迪的压力。
印度活动人士结束绝食，但抗议活动将继续
新德里 —— 印度活动人士索南姆·旺丘克 (Sonam Wangchuk) 在 7 月 24 日早些时候结束了为期 26 天的绝食，起因是医学院入学考试试题泄露，抗议者称这导致了作弊行为。但要求教育部长辞职的示威活动仍将继续，这是由青年主导的对总理纳伦德拉·莫迪 (Narendra Modi) 政府最大规模的一次挑战。
由自称“蟑螂人民党” (Cockroach Janta Party) 运动领导的青年抗议者要求教育部长达尔美德拉·普拉丹 (Dharmendra Pradhan) 就 5 月份影响约 2 million 名学生的泄题事件辞职。
旺丘克在 X 上表示，在数十名国会议员的敦促下，以及在“就各项条件进行了长时间谈判并考虑到国家可能出现暴力情况”之后，他在两名联邦部长的见证下结束了绝食。他没有详细说明谈话内容，但承诺很快会在一段视频中阐述详情。
CJP 创始人阿比杰特·迪普克 (Abhijeet Dipke) 感谢 59 岁的旺丘克的“勇气和牺牲”，并表示抗议活动将一直持续到普拉丹辞职为止。
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“早上你还在和战友开玩笑，”这位 42 岁的男子面对镜头麻木地说道，他的脸上沾满了污垢，面容憔悴。“到了晚上，可能就是天堂之门在召唤了。”那是第 326 天。这些士兵处于孤立无援的境地，是无人机战争彻底改变战场方式的结果。这项技术迫使双方放弃了在漫长的前线沿线相对狭窄的走廊中集结大量部队、火炮和装甲车辆的古老做法。在这种环境下，显眼的作战目标很容易成为双方在空中大量部署的廉价无人机的猎物。相反，两军现在都采取小规模分队，有时仅由两三名士兵组成，分散在横跨约 20 英里宽的战场上挖掘的小掩壕中，由于面临持续的无人机威胁，这里被称为“杀戮区”。这些小组试图避开探测，渗透敌方防御漏洞，通常为了极小的领土收益而承担巨大的风险。由于部队轮换的出入风险极高，他们通常会在阵地中被困数月。Krynitskyi 及其旅团表示，他于 2025 年 4 月 20 日至 2026 年 3 月 31 日期间部署在乌克兰东部的恰西夫亚尔镇附近。他用一部手机拍摄了一系列视频日记，有时使用从击落的俄罗斯无人机中收集的电池供电。在充满了脏话的录音中，他记录了在持久战前线下方挖掘的一个约 10 乘 13 英尺的狭小掩体中生活时的非人性与荒诞。路透社审阅了其部队提供的 22 段视频（旨在让更多观众了解 Krynitskyi 的故事），并在该士兵部署结束之后对其进行了采访，从而拼凑出他在前线度过的 346 天经历，其中绝大部分时间都待在掩体中，这使他获得了该国最高军事奖项。
印度、印度尼西亚、约旦、马来西亚、墨西哥、巴基斯坦、斯里兰卡以及特立尼达和多巴哥。欧盟、台湾、日本、韩国和瑞士被分配的税率，加上既有的最惠国关税税率，总计将达到 10% 或
……战士们的任何进一步攻击。 控制也门北部和西部的胡塞武装本周表示，他们正在对沙特阿拉伯实施海上封锁。此前，沙特阿拉伯为了绕过伊朗在霍尔木兹海峡对海湾石油的封锁，每天通过管道将数百万桶石油转向红海。 “如果他们再次这样做，美国将追究伊朗的责任，因为胡塞武装是伊朗的代理人及/或代理组织，伊朗以及胡塞武装本身当然将受到严重的军事惩罚，”唐纳德·特朗普在社交媒体上写道。 他告诉新闻机构 Axios，他正在考虑在伊朗重新发起大规模作战行动，并即将做出决定。Axios 援引特朗普的话说：“他们还没有感受到足够的痛苦。” 7月 23 日晚，特朗普在社交媒体上表示，货船所遭受的“任何且所有损害”都将由“伊朗资金”支付，指的是美国持有且被冻结的伊朗资产，但他并未说明这将如何运作。 伊朗和也门的消息人士告诉路透社，在胡塞武装宣布封锁的前几天，伊朗已将革命卫队指挥官、军事顾问以及与导弹和无人机相关的设备运往也门。胡塞武装否认了这一报道。 胡塞武装表示，其部队对沙特油轮 Encelia 号和 Layla 号进行了导弹和无人机袭击。 消息人士称，在报道袭击发生后的 7月 23 日，部分公司通过红海南部运输货物的保险费用翻了一番。 胡塞武装的袭击可能会关闭被称为曼德海峡（Bab el-Mandeb）或“泪之门”的海峡，该海峡控制着从红海进入印度洋的通道，而……
他承受着恐怖的暴力循环：每隔几天，俄罗斯士兵会分成小组（通常为两到三人）徒步前进。在乌克兰士兵向他们开火前，他们有时会接近到 65 英尺。 他说，在部署期间，他在近距离击毙了 23 名敌人。他最清晰地记得最初击毙的其中一名：一名被手榴弹炸伤的士兵。那名俄罗斯士兵在用步枪瞄准他之前假装投降。 “好吧，我做出了反应，”克里尼茨基 (Krynitskyi) 说。“他不再瞄准我了。” 在 11月 24 日的一段剪辑中，在部署 200 多天后，克里尼茨基在击退一次进攻后诡异的平静中，将镜头对准了两名敌军士兵的尸体。“傻瓜，”他说，“爬到了不属于他们的地方。” 克里尼茨基所属的部队——第 24 机械化旅确认，他报告击毙了 23 名敌人。路透社无法核实这名步兵叙述的所有细节。 俄罗斯国防部未就战场性质的变化以及双方士兵的经历做出回应。
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克里尼茨基并非军人。 他曾从事农业和建筑工作，直到一次受伤导致他陷入了长达一个月昏迷。 之后，他靠养兔勉强维持生活。 2024 年底，他在乌克兰西部的比洛希里亚 (Bilohir’ya) 村被征兵员召集。他们把他安置在巴士上，带到里夫内 (Rivne) 市并对其进行了快速培训。 他被分配到第 24 机械化旅，并被派往东部前线。在那里，人数远超乌克兰军队的俄罗斯入侵军队正在攻击顿涅茨克地区战略城市的所谓“堡垒带”。 他和其他两名二等兵在 2025 年 4 月在恰西夫亚尔 (Chasiv Yar) 附近挖掘阵地。在那里，他们挖了一个单兵掩体，随后克里尼茨基在敌军逼近的情况下，在地下生活了将近一年。
12.5%。其他 38 个国家，包括中国，被分配了 12.5% 的税率。 一名唐纳德·特朗普政府的高级官员否认了关于强制劳动关税仅仅是为了直接取代即将到期的征税项的说法，尽管时间点、类似的税率以及几乎涵盖所有美国进口商品的广泛范围都如此。该官员表示，美国对强迫劳动生产的商品的进口禁令更为严格，且执行力度比任何其他国家都更强，从而避免竞争对手在贸易中获得相对于美国的竞争优势。 该官员补充说，特朗普将“始终利用其可支配的工具来实现其贸易政策目标，这其中就包括关税”。 该官员还表示，许多商品将被免除这些关税，包括石油和天然气、化肥、某些食品，以及已经适用第 232 条国家安全关税的商品，如汽车、钢铁、铝和铜。
能源运输的第二重要航道，仅次于波斯湾口处的霍尔穆兹海峡。 在胡塞武装宣布在红海实施封锁后的几天里，已有数艘油轮改变航向以避开曼德海峡，改为向北经由苏伊士运河航行，这可能意味着他们将采取一条更长、更昂贵的路线，绕道非洲航行以接触亚洲客户。
伊朗袭击约旦、科威特
伊朗表示，其袭击了约旦境内的美国导弹系统、武器和燃料储存点，以及科威特的美国军事哨所。 约旦军队表示，在过去一天中，其拦截了四枚伊朗导弹和六架无人机，除一枚导弹落在无人区外，其余全部被拦截。 伊朗表示，为回应一夜之间对其与伊拉克交界处的沙拉姆切（Shalamcheh）边境口岸的袭击，其袭击了科威特阿尔-阿迪里（Al-Adiri）基地的美国电子战部队，造成了未具体说明的人员伤亡。 美国和科威特均未报告该基地的伤亡情况。 伊朗军队发言人准将。
这些人知道挖得越深，生存机会就越大。克里尼茨基（Krynitskyi）开玩笑说，他不知道该把这个坑叫掩体还是坟墓。 当他们的避难所被无人机击中时，他们不得不重新挖掘该区域。一名战友在部署初期的一次袭击中丧生，这次袭击导致克里尼茨基脑震荡并暂时失聪。应其旅的要求，路透社隐去了两名阵亡士兵的名字。 克里尼茨基和他剩下的战友还与恶劣的天气作斗争，他们堵住孔洞以阻挡刺骨的寒风，并将哨兵轮班时间限制在两小时内。再长就难以忍受。 有时，在补给无人机能够穿过敌方火力抵达之前，会过去三四天。为了生存，克里尼茨基从阵亡的俄罗斯士兵身上搜寻食物和日用品。 这名拥有两个十几岁孩子的步兵于 2025, 年 8 月开始拍摄日记，以便在回家后向人们展示他所经历的一切，并提醒自己。路透社利用原始文件的元数据验证了所有视频的日期。 在今年 2 月的一段视频中，他审视着从敌方阵亡士兵那里收集的香烟：骆驼（Camels）、温斯顿（Winstons）、切斯特菲尔德（Chesterfields）等。他痴迷于这些烟包，“就像某些书呆子收集邮票一样”。 在几天后的另一段视频中，他展示了缴获的布满泥垢的“战利品”步枪。 “这是我的小型军械库，”克里尼茨基自豪地数着排成一行的 13 支枪械。
拯救战友的绝望尝试
俄罗斯在 2022 年对其邻国发起的全面入侵造成了惊人的屠杀。 虽然双方都没有公布死亡人数，但战略与国际研究中心（CSIS）估计，俄罗斯的战场伤亡人数为 1.4 million，包括死亡、受伤和失踪，而乌克兰军队的伤亡人数在 525,000 到 625,000 之间。 克里尼茨基在杀戮区最致命的区域之一挖掘了他的单兵掩体。
据伊朗国家电视台报道，穆罕默德·阿克拉米尼亚 (Mohammad Akraminia) 将军表示，只要美国继续攻击伊朗的基础设施和沿海地区，伊朗就将继续采取报复行动。 自美国和以色列在 2 月份开始战争以来，伊朗已经证明它可以打击美国在该地区的 targets，尽管唐纳德·特朗普在早期曾表示，美国已经摧毁了伊朗的军事能力。
国会
高企的油价正在推高全球通胀，并在 11 月的国会选举前使唐纳德·特朗普的共和党盟友承受压力。 由共和党领导的美国众议院在 7 月 23 日支持了一项立法，指示唐纳德·特朗普停止美国针对伊朗的军事行动。这是国会对这位共和党总统的最新一次谴责，美国宪法赋予国会独有的“宣战”权力。 立法者在近几个月里反复通过类似的决议，但这些决议并未导致战争停止。参议院在几小时后投票否决了一项单独的类似措施。
3 月 11 日，他听到外面传来一声爆炸。他冲进凛冽的春风中，发现他的战友倒在地上，腿部被无人机袭击击中。克里尼茨基 (Krynitskyi) 将他拖回坑道，疯狂地撕开他厚重的棉裤以寻找伤口。他使用了止血带。但已经太晚，无法挽救。在向指挥部汇报后，由于俄罗斯军队逼近，克里尼茨基接到命令放弃阵地。那天晚上，他最后一次爬出掩体，与附近蹲守的几名步兵战友在一起度过了将近三周的时间。随后，他经历了一场前往 15 英里外安全地带的艰苦行军，由于在地下生活了数月，身体虚弱，使得这次行军更加艰难。他留下了朋友的遗体——那个在无数次敌军袭击的间隙通过深入交谈而结识的男人。 5 月，总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基 (Volodymyr Zelenskyy) 向克里尼茨基授予了表彰个人勇敢的“乌克兰英雄”勋章。乌克兰领先的慈善机构“回归生还” (Come Back Alive) 的一名军事管理人员安德里·德伦 (Andriy Derun) 表示，乌克兰军队中充满了像他这样承受了难以想象之苦的人。该机构为武装部队提供设备和其他支持。经常与前线部队交流的德伦说：“这可能会彻底摧毁一个人。”在回到前线后的东部城市克拉马托尔斯克 (Kramatorsk)，克里尼茨基描述了在前方进行马拉松式驻守所带来的心理创伤：“许多小伙子都精神失常了。”离开前线近两个月，内心的伤疤在表面显现。他努力忍住眼泪，双手颤抖。在最近访问家附近学校并向学生讲述其经历的过程中，克里尼茨基开始更好地理解他人如何从他的牺牲中获益。“我在那些学校里意识到，我保卫我们的土地和这些孩子并非徒劳——这样他们才能学习，看到晴朗的天空。”
在 7 月 23 日于纽约市举行的一场新闻发布会上，家属和朋友在安慰阵亡美国士兵安格尔·S·兰珀萨德 (Angel S. Rampersad) 中士的母亲卡罗尔·阿塞韦多 (Carol Acevedo)。
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安全担忧引发 恩格尔伯特与 球员对话
恩格尔伯特
Meghan L. Hall
WNBA 总裁凯茜·恩格尔伯特 (Cathy Engelbert) 与女性国家篮球运动员协会 (WNBPA) 的领导层于 7 月 21 日，星期二，在 2026 年 WNBA 全明星赛前举行了会谈。周三，该联盟及其工会发布了关于周二会议的更新以及以下声明：
“昨晚，WNBA 领导层以及 WNBPA 执行委员会和公正、公平、多样性与包容性 (JEDI) 委员会的成员进行了一次坦诚且有意义的对话，讨论了近期针对球员而增加的种族主义、仇恨和辱骂信息，以及委员会关注的其他事项。”
“此次对话强调了通过积极沟通尽早解决问题以及加强联盟与工会关系的必要性。联盟承诺将继续增强安全资源，并将与球员工会合作，探索与那些拥有共同价值并推进我们共同优先事项的组织之间的协作。”
“昨天的讨论标志着一个持续对话的开始，且”
见 恩格尔伯特，第 3NS 页
澄清
今日美国 体育记者 Nancy Armour 于 7 月 23 日在本板块发表的一篇专栏文章随后为了提高清晰度和提供背景而进行了更新。您可以通过以下链接查看该更新： https://www.usatoday .com/story/sports /columnist/ nancy-armour/2026/07/22/ caitlin-clarks-reaction-to-noncalls -puts-wnba-players-at-risk/ 91002124007/
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[[IMG_XXXX]] 明尼苏达双子队的左翼野手 Trevor Larnach 在 7 月 23 日于克利夫兰的 Progressive Field 体育场对阵守护者队的第 12 局中击出了一支打点单打。KEN BLAZE/IMAGN IMAGES
双子队在第 12 局 力克守护者队
Trevor Larnach 和 Luke Keaschall 在第 12 局两出局后，连续击出两支针对 Erik Sabrowski 的打点单打，使明尼苏达双子队在周四下午以 3-1 击败了主场作战的克利夫兰守护者队。Larnach 帮助自动跑垒员 Ryan Jeffers得分，Keaschall 则帮助 Royce Lewis 归垒，这是两队在加时赛中的首批安打。综合报道，4NS
高尔夫 PGA 巡回赛
3M 公开赛 2 杆
FIELD LEVEL MEDIA
本·科尔斯 (Ben Kohles) 在周四于明尼苏达州布莱恩举行的 3M 公开赛中，在第一轮比赛中通过一个老鹰球完成了无柏忌的首轮，以 62 杆（低于标准杆 9 杆）领先两杆。世界排名第一的 Scottie Scheffler 在 TPC 双子城球场首次参赛，以 65 杆（无柏忌）完赛，排名第五，落后三杆。Scheffler 从 10 号洞开始其回合，在后九洞表现出色，在 12 号和 18 号洞均 birdies，随后在 1, 4, 6 和 7 号洞连续 birdies 势头大涨。
“高尔夫很有趣。有些日子你击球的方向很准，球线似乎直指洞口；而有些日子你感觉在做同样的事情，但球却在洞口周围绕圈，”Scheffler 说道，“但今天是我能够推入一些漂亮推球的一天，这就是为什么我能在那儿打出一些 birdies。”
36 岁的科尔斯世界排名第 128 位，正寻求他在 PGA 巡回赛上的首场胜利。他在 7 月 5 日的约翰迪尔经典赛中并列第三名。他在 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 和 15 号洞打出 birdies，随后在标准杆 5 杆的 18 号洞以一个 4 英尺的推杆完成老鹰球，创造了其职业生涯最佳单轮成绩。
“显然，当你能在早期，尤其是在赛程初期就拿到一个低分时，感觉非常棒，”这个赛季在 PGA 巡回赛和 Korn Ferry 巡回赛之间分配时间的科尔斯说。“我整天都掌控着局面。坦白说，过去几年我在这里的表现一直很好，我很喜欢这个高尔夫球场。这里的风向大部分时间都比较稳定，所以我觉得很舒服。”显然
Percy 在高级公开赛中夺得领先地位
FIELD LEVEL MEDIA
澳大利亚的 Cameron Percy 在周四打出了 63 杆（低于标准杆 7 杆），在苏格兰珀斯的 ISPS Handa 高级公开赛（Senior Open）首轮中夺得领先地位。Percy 在格伦伊格尔斯高尔夫球场（Gleneagles Golf Course）的巡场中，在前 12 个洞中取得了 6 个小鸟球，最终记录为 8 个小鸟球和 1 个柏忌球。在 PGA 巡回赛冠军赛年度最后一项大奖赛中，他以一杆之差领先于法国的 Lionel Alexandre。 “我的开球非常好，而且在这里你必须得开好，”Percy 说道，他在周三练习轮的后期找到了某种感觉。 “我一次都没有击球进入粗 rough 区，这真的太棒了。” 53 岁的 Alexandre 在大奖赛中没有太多的比赛经验——在 2000 年的公开赛冠军赛（Open Championship）中获得第 72 名是他 PGA 巡回赛时期的唯一一次大奖赛经历——但这并没有影响到周四的比赛，他在最后 12 个洞中记录了 6 个小鸟球，最终打出 66 杆。 “今天真的非常酷，”Alexandre 说。 “我的球童是一个非常好的朋友，我们在场上经常开玩笑。我就把它当成巡回赛中的一场普通比赛。我看到的还是那些熟悉的面孔。也许……比在美国比赛的球员多了几个名字。” 南非的 Ernie Els 领跑一个处于低于标准杆 5 杆的小组。虽然 Els 经历了一个相对安静的轮次（6 个小鸟球和 1 个柏忌球），但 Tom Pernice Jr. 在他的 65 杆记录中加入了一个老鹰球和一个双柏忌球。Pat Perez 和西班牙的 Miguel Angel Jimenez 也打出了 65 杆。 “我今年没打太多比赛，”Perez 说道，他在这次巡场中没有出现柏忌球。 “这仅是我第九场巡回赛轮次。每次我比赛时，我都像是重新开始非赛季，所以我从来不真正知道会发生什么。我准备了最后两周。” Jerry Kelly 位居 5 名打出 66 杆的高尔夫球手之首，另有 11 人打出了 67 杆，当时这种链路式球场干燥且相对平静。爱尔兰的卫冕冠军 Padraig Harrington 在前两周饱受膝盖疼痛之苦，未能通过苏格兰公开赛和公开赛冠军赛的截杆线，他是 144 人参赛名单中 44 名未能低于标准杆的球手之一。Harrington 最终以 70 杆收场，3 个小鸟球与 3 个柏忌球相抵，但他报告称膝盖没有问题。 “我的两个膝盖今天状态极好，”Harrington 说。 “我在苏格兰遇到了很多麻烦，昨天和前天在一定程度上影响了我的打球，但今天没问题。”
LPGA 巡回赛
Lauren Coughlin 和韩国的 Jenny Shin 分别打出 66 杆（低于标准杆 6 杆），共同领跑在苏格兰艾尔郡邓多纳尔链路球场（Dundonald Links）举行的苏格兰公开赛首轮。Coughlin 在 2024 年赢得了苏格兰公开赛，在这次链路球场上记录了 8 个小鸟球和 2 个柏忌球，由于欧洲最近的热浪，该球场的打法与平时不同。 “外面的情况相当困难，”Coughlin 说。 “在这种如此坚硬的场地条件下，我从未真正打过，尤其是在……”
接第 1NS 页
完成了一些漂亮的推杆。只是很多球打得很近，所以我能够将其转化为得分。” Kohles 在周四的成绩单中，击球上果绿色次数（18 次中 17 次）排名第一，开球准确率（14 次中 12 次，85.7%）并列第三，推杆总距离（82 英尺 7 英寸）排名第 39 位。 Jackson Koivun、Gary Woodland 和来自阿根廷的 Emiliano Grillo 均以 7 杆低于标准杆的 64 杆成绩并列第二。 “任何能击败 Scottie Scheffler 的日子都是好日子，所以我很满意，”Grillo 表示。他在第 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13 和 14 洞均抓到小鸟球，随后在第 16 和 17 洞因柏忌而丢分，最后在第 18 洞抓到小鸟球。“是的，显然开局很好。很少能连续在头几个洞抓到小鸟球，尽管在 16 和 17 洞出现了一些失误，但我最终还是以 4 杆收尾。” Scheffler 与 Lucas Glover、Michael Brennan、Kevin Roy 以及瑞典的 Jesper Svensson 一起并列 6 杆低于标准杆。Scheffler 在救球成功率（3-for-3）和沙坑救球成功率（1-for-1）方面并列第一，而他在推杆总距离（134-6）方面排名第四。 卫冕冠军 Kurt Kitayama 以 3 杆低于标准杆的 68. 杆成绩并列第 26 位。他在第 1 洞抓到了七个小鸟球中的第一个，包括第 1 和 18 洞，但被第 3 洞（par-4）的一个柏忌和第 9 洞（par-4）的一个三柏忌拖了后腿。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 澳大利亚的 Cameron Percy 在 7 月 23 日于苏格兰奥克特拉德的格伦伊格尔斯国王球场举行的 ISPS HANDA 高级公开赛第一轮中击出开球球。PAUL DEVLIN/GETTY IMAGES
[[IMG_XXXX]] Lauren Coughlin 在 7 月 23 日于苏格兰特伦举行的 ISPS HANDA 女性苏格兰公开赛第一轮中击球。TOM DULAT/GETTY IMAGES
开球表现不佳，所以开球时有相当多与平时不同的情况，而我以前在很多地方都能使用发球杆。” Shin 与 Coughlin 一样从后九洞开始比赛，她在当天抓到了 7 个小鸟球——包括在她面对的前三个 5 杆洞中均抓到小鸟球。 “比起前几年这里非常潮湿的时候，现在的球道稍微短了一些，”Shin 说道。“而且我能够触及 5 杆洞并利用这一点抓到小鸟球，加上在使用 58 度（挖起杆）进入果岭时有所帮助。我能将球控制在 15 英尺以内，并且在有机会抓小鸟球时成功做到了。所以今天是个好日子。” 韩国的 A Lim Kim 以 67 杆成绩仅落后 1 杆，而瑞典的 Lisa Pettersson (69) 在 144 名选手的参赛名单中，贡献了当天唯一另一个低于 70 杆的成绩。
世界排名第一的 Nelly Korda 经过一轮比赛后以 72 杆成绩并列第 14 位。与 Korda 同组的英格兰卫冕冠军 Lottie Woad 开局糟糕，在第 3 洞打出双柏忌，第 4 洞打出柏忌，随后才稳定下来以 74 杆完赛。 “前九洞有几个由于风向而变得有趣的旗杆位置，”Woad 说，“很难真正地击球靠近，且推杆数量不足以让成绩低于标准杆。但对我来说，2 杆高于标准杆并不算灾难。我仍然在竞争之列。今天重点是不要让自己在比赛中出局。”
LIV Golf
在公开赛锦标赛中获得第六名后，澳大利亚的 Lucas Herbert 在英格兰罗切斯特举行的 LIV Golf 联合王国赛的第一轮中，击出 11 杆低于标准杆的 61 杆，领先三杆。 Herbert 在第 16, 洞抓到小鸟球时，将 JCB 高尔夫乡村俱乐部赛道的纪录打破了一杆，但他在 17 和 18 洞仅以平杆收尾，使其突破 60 杆的尝试戛然而止。 “其实我在 16, 洞的一次推杆很糟糕，读线错了，结果球反而进洞了，”Herbert 说道。“然后在 17 洞做了一次完美的推杆但没进，而在 18, 洞忘了击球。‘Pughy’ 把球头套留在上面了。” 撇开 Herbert 开玩笑地将 18 洞未能如愿归咎于球童 Nick Pugh 之外，周四的这一轮是 Herbert 在七天内第二次在决定历史记录的最后一洞出现推杆失误，从而错过了一个辉煌的收尾。 周五在皇家比尔克代尔，Herbert 以 62. 杆成绩追平了大满贯赛中单轮最低杆纪录。尽管他错过了一个五-
在第 18 号球洞的推杆未能让他为自己锁定纪录的情况下，这位 30 岁的球员在 36 洞后依然保持领先，为他在大满贯赛事中取得最佳成绩奠定了基础。 周四，赫伯特在开局时连续拿下三个 birdies（小鸟球），最终以九个 birdies、一个 eagle（老鹰球）且没有 bogey（柏忌）的成绩完赛。 “是的，就延续上周在 The Open 的那种愉快势头，”赫伯特说道，“当那些推杆纷纷入洞，高尔夫球感觉就像现在这样时，这种感觉真好。” 同样在 The Open 体验极佳的布赖森·德尚博在经历了一场像过山车般的 64 杆后，目前排名第二。他开局拿下三个 birdies，随后在第 4 号球洞出现一个 bogey，又在第 6 号球洞获得一个 eagle。他在后九洞连续拿下四个 birdies，最后因一个 bogey 导致当日成绩为 8 杆低于标准杆。 赫伯特和德尚博将在周五的最后一组中正面交锋。这原本也是 The Open 第三轮的计划，直到德尚博在第二轮后因涉嫌在第五洞长草区中出现违规行为而被判罚两杆。 “就像[这次配对]迟到了一周？”德尚博说，“听着，高尔夫就是高尔夫，对吧？我希望我们上周就能展开对决。但事实并非如此。不过生活在继续。每个人的生活中都有逆境时刻，而我对我所相信且认为正确的事情充满激情。” “对我来说，现在已经到了‘既成事实’的阶段，你只能继续前行。你必须将其抛在脑后。” 哈罗德·瓦纳三世和英格兰的泰瑞尔·哈顿以 6 杆低于标准杆并列第三，而加拿大的理查德·T·李和韩国的安炳亨则落后一杆。
克拉克在第 7 次技术犯规后面临停赛风险
Cydney Henderson
今日美国
印第安纳狂热队的后卫凯特琳·克拉克距离一场停赛仅差一次技术犯规。在周三（7月22日）狂热队以 123-88 大胜康涅狄格太阳队的比赛中，克拉克在与太阳队后卫萨尼娅·里弗斯发生激烈口角后，被判了本赛季的第 7 次技术犯规。在第三节还剩 28.8 秒时，克拉克认为自己被里弗斯犯规，两人随即开始互怼。在双方争执过程中，当狂热队以 95-67 领先时，克拉克告诉里弗斯“看看记分牌”。“（里弗斯）说她能防死我，所以我说‘看记分牌’，裁判不喜欢那样，”克拉克说道。在这场创下球队得分纪录的惨胜中，她最终贡献了 27 分和 11 次助攻。里弗斯也被判了一次抵消的技术犯规。凯尔西·米切尔当时并不知道克拉克正处于这种边缘状态，在赛后新闻发布会上发出了紧张的笑声。克拉克也以一声笑回应道：“这不可笑。”阿利雅·波士顿补充道：“不，确实不可笑。”根据 WNBA 规则，球员或教练在常规赛期间获得第 8 次技术犯规后，将自动被停赛一场。常规赛期间每增加两次技术犯规，将导致额外一场停赛。克拉克与亚特兰大梦想队前锋安杰尔·里斯 (7) 并列为联盟中技术犯规次数最多的球员。狂热队主教练斯蒂芬妮·怀特表示，在停赛似乎即将到来的情况下，克拉克必须“挑选”在何时表达情绪，尽管怀特表示教练组能做的事情有限。“她必须学会挑选，因为之后的每两次（技术犯规）都会导致停赛。所以我认为最关键的是她自己心知肚明，”怀特说道。“她对此有意识。我们会尽可能地帮助她，但有时我们无能为力。如果她想就哪场比赛不想出战而采取策略，那么她会告知她的
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“我们在共同推进这项工作的承诺上是一致的。”此次会议包括联盟安保部门的参加，此前在最近几周内，多名球员反映了与球员健康和安全相关的问题。凤凰城水星队前锋 Alyssa Thomas 在因 6 月 24 日水星队以 111-109 击败印第安纳狂热队期间，“鲁莽地”接触 Caitlin Clark 喉咙而被禁赛一场后，由于收到死亡威胁和网络辱骂，呼吁 WNBA 和 恩格尔伯特 采取行动。Thomas 表示，联盟在禁赛期间或赛场事件发生后未能与她联系。
“我们仍然没有收到 Cathy (恩格尔伯特) 的任何消息。这并不令人惊讶，”Thomas 在 6 月 30 日说道。“你可以看到社交媒体上在说什么……但像往常一样，她保持沉默，而当我们的生命受到威胁时，这很遗憾。……联盟必须做得更好。”
在 Thomas 发表评论后，恩格尔伯特发表了一份声明。“我们社区中每个人的安全和健康始终是联盟的首要任务，”恩格尔伯特说。“我们关注到了 Alyssa Thomas 的言论，她及其队友所经历的事情是完全不可接受的，不能代表 WNBA 社区。联盟和我们的安保团队已经与凤凰城水星队组织取得了联系，并将继续致力于保护所有球员。”
据一名了解情况的人士透露，恩格尔伯特上周与 Thomas 交换了短信，并提出与她进行电话沟通。在威胁持续期间，恩格尔伯特还指示联盟安保部门联系凤凰城安保部门。由于未获授权公开讨论此事，该人士在要求匿名的条件下发表了评论。《今日美国》体育频道联系了水星队以获取进一步评论，但未立即获得答复。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 狂热队后卫 Caitlin Clark 在 7 月 22 日于印第安纳波利斯对阵太阳队后卫 Leila Lacan 时出手投篮。TREVOR RUSZKOWSKI/IMAGN IMAGES
拉斯维加斯王牌队后卫 Chelsea Gray 也对球员遭受的辱骂发声。Gray 表示，在一名希尔顿度假酒店 (Hilton Grand Vacations) 员工因发送仇恨言论被解雇后，她希望“人们现在会三思”再传播仇恨。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 凤凰城水星队前锋 Alyssa Thomas (25) 在 6 月 24 日于印第安纳波利斯的 Gainbridge Fieldhouse 举行的一场比赛中，在印第安纳狂热队后卫 Caitlin Clark (22) 身上努力起身。GRACE SMITH/INDYSTAR - 今日美国 网络
在全明星赛假期结束后比赛恢复后，狂热队在常规赛中还剩下 18 场比赛。到本赛季目前为止，Clark 平均每 3.3 场比赛会被吹一次技术犯规，但她并未断言禁赛不可避免。
“我无法预测未来，”Clark 幽默地说道。“你得去问神奇 8 号球。”
Clark 表示她不会改变自己的打球方式，也不打算降低那种“成就我的”强度和热情，但她说她计划找到一个“良好的平衡”，以便能为队友提供支持。
“我永远不会退缩，”她说。“我认为只要继续尽力控制自己的情绪即可。……我不认为我会带着这种想法打球。我认为那可能会在一定程度上妨碍我的表现。所以我认为，继续做我自己，然后尝试重新聚焦，专注于我的队友以及我如何能帮助他们。”
Clark 技术犯规
在网上对她使用种族歧视语言。 “真的已经够了，”这位 A 队（Aces）后卫在 7 月 15 日星期三谈到她遭受的种族虐待时说道。“这些信息并不是第一次出现了。还有其他类似的事情……只是时候到了。我厌倦了，所以我决定分享出来。”
……会让这次进攻变得出色。” h 5 月 22 日星期一：克拉克与金州女武神队的贾内尔·萨拉温（Janelle Salaün）在半场结束的鸣笛声中，因在篮下发生冲突而被判定为抵消技术犯规。克拉克似乎在拍球时拍到了萨拉温的手臂。萨拉温以肘击回应，随后两人被分开并被吹罚。克拉克还在第四节因对维罗妮卡·伯顿（Veronica Burton）设置强硬掩护而被判定为 1 次恶意犯规（Flagrant Foul 1）。 h 6 月 11 日星期四：在 Fever 队 114-106 加时赛击败芝加哥天空队的比赛中，克拉克在一次突破上篮尝试未被判犯规后，愤怒地向裁判挥动手臂。克拉克表示这次技术犯规“绝对是应得的”，并增加了球队的势头。“我就是想要这种感觉，”她说道。 h 6 月 13 日星期六：在 Fever 队 85-75 击败康涅狄格太阳队的比赛中，克拉克拿到了本赛季的第四次技术犯规。她在比赛还剩 22 秒时因被判技术犯规而离场。克拉克表示她对此理应承担。 h 6 月 22 日星期一：在 Fever 队 86-77 击败菲尼克斯水星队的比赛中，克拉克与水星队前锋德旺纳·邦纳（DeWanna Bonner）在禁区内争抢位置时纠缠在一起。克拉克被判定个人犯规，但哨声响起后紧张局势升级。克拉克因鼓掌被判技术犯规，而索菲·坎宁安（Sophie Cunningham）和邦纳，以及迈莎·海因斯-艾伦（Myisha Hines-Allen）和艾莉莎·托马斯（Alyssa Thomas）也被判定为抵消技术犯规。 h 7 月 18 日星期日：在 Fever 队 106-81 击败纽约自由队的比赛中，克拉克在第一节还剩 8:29 时因撞到掩护并对着裁判大喊要求判罚她获利而被判定为技术犯规。 h 7 月 22 日星期三：在 7 月 22 日星期三 Fever 队 123-88 击败康涅狄格太阳队的比赛中，克拉克在与太阳队后卫萨尼娅·里弗斯（Saniya Rivers）唇枪舌剑之后，拿到了她的第七次技术犯规。在第三节还剩 28.8 秒时，克拉克认为自己被里弗斯犯规，两人随即开始互怼。在双方争执时，由于 Fever 队以 95-67 领先，克拉克告诉里弗斯“看看计分板”。里弗斯同样被判定为抵消技术犯规。
格雷透露，自从她“公开自己”以揭露一些 WNBA 黑人球员经常面临的骚扰以来，她经历了一波情绪波动。她表示，希望将这些歧视语公开能够让人真实地看到她和其他人所经历的事情，“这样人们就能看到，并且无法忽视。”
双城队在第12局攻得两分击败守护者队
FIELD LEVEL MEDIA
周四下午，特雷弗·拉纳赫 (Trevor Larnach) 和卢克·基肖尔 (Luke Keaschall) 在第12局两出局的情况下，面对埃里克·萨布罗夫斯基 (Erik Sabrowski) 连续击出两支打点单分安打，帮助明尼苏达双城队以 3-1 战胜主场作战的克利夫兰守护者队。
拉纳赫送回了自动跑者瑞安·杰弗斯 (Ryan Jeffers)，而基肖尔则送回了罗伊斯·刘易斯 (Royce Lewis)，这是两队在延长赛中的首批安打。萨布罗夫斯基 (3-2) 在故意四球让刘易斯上垒前已让前两名打者出局。
泰勒·罗杰斯 (Taylor Rogers) (5-3) 凭借在第11局的零封表现获得胜投，而新秀杰克·安德森 (Jack Anderson) 则在第12局未失安打的表现中拿到了他的大联盟首个救援成功，完成了这场总计仅让对方击出三支安打的比赛。
代打艾伦·罗登 (Alan Roden) 在第八局击出单分安打送刘易斯回本垒，为双城队扳平比分；在此之前，双城队还没有跑者能推进到二垒之后。亨特·加迪斯 (Hunter Gaddis) 先后让刘易斯和基肖尔保送上垒，随后被终结者凯德·史密斯 (Cade Smith) 替换。
克利夫兰队在第五局凭借帕特里克·贝利 (Patrick Bailey) 击出的一支 420 英尺右外野全垒打取得 1-0 的领先。贝利在旧金山巨人队出战 30 场比赛中仅击出 1. 支全垒打，但在通过交易加盟后，他在 40 场比赛中已 4 次击出全垒打。
守护者队先发投手加文·威廉姆斯 (Gavin Williams) 在七局无失分表现中投出了 11 次三振，追平其赛季最高纪录。
勇士队 6, 教子队 5
四名勇士队球员击出全垒打，克里斯·塞尔 (Chris Sale) 拿下第 11 场胜利，亚特兰大队在对阵客队圣迭戈队的比赛中获胜。
迈克尔·哈里斯二世 (Michael Harris II)、奥兹·阿尔比斯 (Ozzie Albies)、多米尼克·史密斯 (Dominic Smith) 和德雷克·鲍德温 (Drake Baldwin) 分别为勇士队击出全垒打，勇士队最终以 3-1 赢下系列赛。自全明星赛休赛期以来，亚特兰大队 5-2，且在过去 13 场主场比赛中有 11 场得分至少 5 分。
塞尔 (11-6,) 投了六局，被击出 5 支安打、送出 1 次保送，失 3 分。他投出了 11 次三振，追平个人赛季最高纪录，并将面对教子队的职业生涯战绩提升至 5-0。
赖塞尔·伊格莱西亚斯 (Raisel Iglesias) 负责投第九局并获得第 21 次救援成功。他虽然让对方在两出局后击出两支单分安打，但随后三振了路易斯·伦吉福 (Luis Rengifo) 以结束比赛。
格里芬·坎宁 (Griffin Canning) (1-9) 遭遇第四场连续败仗。他投了 22/3 局，被击出 5 支安打，失 5 分（4 分为自责分），获得 4 次三振。
教子队在第二局对塞尔发动猛攻拿下 3 分，使其零封记录止步于 11 局。费尔南多·塔蒂斯小 (Fernando Tatis Jr.) 在满垒情况下获得保送，此前一次成功的 ABS (自动球击区系统) 挑战撤销了一次好球判定，使其得以维持这次击球机会。随后伦吉福击出两分单分安打。
由于勇士队在阵容前段使用了大量左手击球手，圣迭戈队决定起用左投凯尔·哈特 (Kyle Hart) 作为开局投手 (opener)。他在第一局迅速让勇士队三名打者出局，随后交给预定先发投手坎宁。
然而这一策略失效了，哈里斯在面对坎宁的第二颗投球时击出了一支个人本赛季第 19 支单分全垒打。这记 420 英尺的强球深深刻入右外野看台。
勇士队在第四局再次从坎宁手中击出两支全垒打。阿尔比斯击出个人年度第 16 支单分全垒打，而史密斯则击出了一支三分全垒打。
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明尼苏达 (Minnesota) AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Lee 3b-ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 .251 Buxton cf 4 0 1 0 1 2 .274 Jeffers c 5 1 1 0 0 3 .284 Bell dh 5 0 0 0 0 4 .247 Clemens 2b-1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .239 Lewis 1b-3b 3 2 0 0 2 0 .213 Martin lf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .239 a-Larnach ph-lf 3 0 1 1 0 1 .294 Keaschall rf-2b 4 0 1 1 1 0 .261 Kreidler ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .233 d-Roden ph-rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .214 Totals 41 3 6 3 4 14 克利夫兰 (Cleveland) AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Kwan lf 4 0 2 0 1 1 .248 Ramirez 3b 3 0 0 0 2 0 .239 DeLauter rf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .284 Rocchio ss 5 0 0 0 0 2 .271 Bazzana 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .242 Hoskins dh 4 0 0 0 1 2 .177 Manzardo 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .213 c-Arias pr-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Bailey c 4 1 1 1 1 1 .241 Halpin cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .207 b-Schneemann ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Totals 38 1 3 1 7 10 a-在第8局替换Martin出局。b-在第12局替换Halpin飞球出局。c-在第10局为Manzardo跑垒。d-在第8局替换Kreidler击出安打。 E: Kwan. HR: Bailey (4). RBI: Larnach (38), Keaschall (29), Roden (5), Bailey (14). SB: Lee (7), Clemens (7), Lewis (7), Kwan (7), DeLauter (5). 留在得分位置的跑者：明尼苏达 6 (Buxton 2, Jeffers, Keaschall 2, Roden), 克利夫兰 7 (Kwan, Ramirez, Rocchio, Bazzana, Hoskins, Manzardo, Schneemann). RISP: 明尼苏达 3 for 17. GIDP: Bell, DeLauter. DP: 明尼苏达 1, 克利夫兰 1.
明尼苏达 (Minnesota) IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Bradley 7.0 2 1 1 3 5 109 3.69 Morris 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 16 3.31 Gomez 1.0 0 0 0 2 2 22 3.47 Nance 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 13 3.86 Rogers W, 5-3 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 13 5.45 Anderson S, 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 18 2.61 克利夫兰 (Cleveland) IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Williams 7.0 2 0 0 0 11 97 3.78 Gaddis H, 20 0.1 0 1 1 2 1 16 2.70 Smith BS, 4 1.2 2 0 0 0 1 22 2.63 Holderman 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 21 1.82 Sabrowski L, 3-2 1.0 2 2 1 1 1 17 3.56 继承跑者：Smith 2-1. IBB: Rogers (2),
亚特兰大勇者队投手 Chris Sale 在 7 月 23 日于佐治亚州坎伯兰面对圣迭戈教徒队在第二局投球。Sale 在六局中允许 5 次安打丢 3 分，赢得了本赛季他的第 11 场比赛。JORDAN GODFREE/IMAGN IMAGES
老虎队 4, 皇家队 3
迪隆·丁格勒 (Dillon Dingler) 在第八局两出局的情况下击出打入分安打二垒球，带领底特律取得领先，并在四场系列赛的揭幕战中击败了客场作战的堪萨斯城。 丁格勒还击出了一次安打，并在第七局詹姆斯·奥特曼 (James Outman) 击出领先的三分本垒打时得分，扎克·麦金斯特里 (Zach McKinstry) 为老虎队贡献了两次安打。 老虎队右投手特洛伊·梅尔顿 (Troy Melton) 在之前的三场出场中（171⁄3 局）仅允许 1 分失分，但在本次五局多地被击出 5 次安打丢 2 分。他完成了 5 次三振，有 4 次保送。 底特律随后由救援投手泰勒·霍尔顿 (Tyler Holton)、雅各布·瓦格斯派克 (Jacob Waguespack)、德鲁·安德森 (Drew Anderson, 4-4) 和德鲁·索默斯 (Drew Sommers) 接替，最后由凯尔·芬尼根 (Kyle Finnegan) 通过双杀完成最后两个出局数，获得他的第二次救援成功。 皇家队先发投手兰迪·多布纳克 (Randy Dobnak) 投了五局无失分，让自己有机会在五年多以来首次获得大联盟胜利。多布纳克将老虎队限制在 4 次安打（全部为单打），完成了 3 次三振，有 1 次保送。 艾萨克·柯林斯 (Isaac Collins) 在第六局击出两分本垒打，打破了堪萨斯城的 0-0 平局，此前该队已三连胜。迈克尔·马西 (Michael Massey) 有两次安打并得分，乔什·罗哈斯 (Josh Rojas) 为皇家队贡献了两次安打和一次打入分。 史蒂文·克鲁兹 (Steven Cruz, 2-3) 在第八局代表堪萨斯城出场，此时比分为 3-3 平，他允许李号宇 (Hao-Yu Lee) 击出一记中路安打，后者通过地面球推进至二垒。随后丁格勒沿左外野线击出二垒球，将李送回本垒，取得 4-3 的领先。 堪萨斯城在马西于第六局击出单打开启进攻时，第三次让领先击球手上垒。柯林斯随后在 1-2 的球数下将一颗滑球击过右外野围墙，取得 2-0 领先。
Holderman (1), Sabrowski (2)。胜投 (WP)：Bradley, Morris。 裁判： 主审 HP-Ramos， 一垒 1B-Rackley， 二垒 2B-Ceja， 三垒 3B-Traynor。比赛时间 T：3:23。观众人数 A：27,354 (34,820)。 亚利桑那 10, 圣路易斯 6 ARI............................ 000 310 051 — 10 16 0 STL ............................200 000 004 — 6 13 0
亚利桑那 AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Carroll rf 5 1 1 1 0 2 .251 Perdomo ss 2 0 0 0 3 0 .236 Moreno c 4 1 3 2 0 0 .309 Kepler lf 4 1 0 0 1 0 .218 Del Castillo dh 5 3 3 1 0 1 .208 Tawa 3b-cf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .220 Vargas 2b 5 1 3 0 0 0 .270 Locklear 1b 5 2 3 3 0 1 .385 Waldschmidt cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .254 a-Arenado ph-3b 2 0 2 2 0 0 .250 Totals 38 10 16 10 5 6
圣路易斯 AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Wetherholt 2b 5 2 2 0 0 0 .259 Walker rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .291 b-Torres ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .214 Burleson dh 5 1 3 0 0 0 .284 Nootbaar lf 5 0 2 3 0 0 .254 Winn ss 4 0 0 0 1 0 .237 Fermin 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .257 Church cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .229 Jordan 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Crooks c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .178 c-Velazquez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .219 Pages c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Totals 39 6 13 6 2 2
a-第 8 局替 Waldschmidt 击球并击出单分安打。b-第 9 局替 Walker 击球并击出单分安打。c-第 7 局替 Crooks 击球被三振。 二垒安打 (2B)：Moreno (16), Del Castillo (6), Locklear (1), Walker (22), Burleson 2 (25)。三垒安打 (3B)：Carroll (12)。全垒打 (HR)：Locklear (1)。打点 (RBI)：Carroll (49), Moreno 2 (36), Del Castillo (24), Tawa (19), Locklear 3 (5), Arenado 2 (48), Walker (77), Torres 2 (10), Nootbaar 3 (15)。盗垒 (SB)：Del Castillo (1)。牺牲飞球 (SF)：Carroll, Moreno, Tawa。得点圈跑者被留在垒上：亚利桑那 6 (Carroll, Moreno, Kepler 3, Locklear), 圣路易斯 4 (Church, Jordan 3)。得点圈表现 (RISP)：亚利桑那 7/18, 圣路易斯 4/11。双杀 (GIDP)：Kepler, Locklear, Wetherholt。双杀 (DP)：亚利桑那 1, 圣路易斯 2。
Graceffo 1.0 3 1 1 0 2 30 3.28 继承跑者：Svanson 1-0。胜投 (WP)：Thompson。 裁判：HP-Marquez, 1B-Estabrook, 2B-Barrett, 3B-Moore。时间 T：2:54。观众人数 A：32,381 (44,383)。 底特律 4, 堪萨斯城 3 KC.................................000 002 010 — 3 9 1 DET............................ 000 000 31x — 4 10 0
堪萨斯城 AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Jensen c 4 0 1 0 1 1 .240 Thomas cf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .236 Pasquantino 1b 4 0 2 0 1 0 .230 Perez dh 4 0 0 0 1 1 .209 Massey 2b 4 1 2 0 0 2 .274 b-Tolbert pr-rf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .328 Collins lf 3 1 1 2 1 1 .245 Rojas 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .265 Loftin rf-2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .247 Velazquez ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Totals 35 3 9 3 5 7
底特律 AB R H BI BB SO Avg. McGonigle ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .281 Torres 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .280 Keith 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 a-Lee ph-3b 1 1 1 0 1 0 .260 Greene dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .285 Dingler c 3 1 2 1 1 0 .274 Carpenter rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .208 Vierling rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .209 Torkelson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .206 McKinstry lf 3 0 2 0 0 0 .197 Outman cf 3 1 1 3 0 1 .159 Totals 32 4 10 4 2 6
a-第 6 局宣布替 Keith 击球。b-第 8 局替 Massey 跑垒。 失误 E：Pasquantino。二垒安打 (2B)：Jensen (23), Rojas (3), Dingler (22)。全垒打 (HR)：Collins (6), Outman (4)。打点 (RBI)：Collins 2 (34), Rojas (6), Dingler (66), Outman 3 (16)。触杀 (CS)：Outman (3)。盗垒 (SB)：Tolbert (12)。得点圈跑者被留在垒上：堪萨斯城 6 (Jensen 2, Perez 2, Collins 2), 底特律 2 (Dingler, Torkelson)。得点圈表现 (RISP)：堪萨斯城 1/10, 底特律 2/7。双杀 (GIDP)：Perez。双杀 (DP)：底特律 1。
堪萨斯城 IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Dobnak 5.0 4 0 0 1 3 76 1.42 Strahm H, 13 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 17 6.88 Schreiber BS, 2 1.0 4 3 3 0 1 20 3.89 Cruz 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 29 4.75
底特律 IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Melton 5.0 5 2 2 4 5 90 1.95 Holton 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 26 2.93 Waguespack 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.23 Anderson BS, 4 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 18 4.25 Sommers H, 6 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 11 4.38 Finnegan 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.36
蓝鸟 3, 光芒 1
Shane Bieber 投出了强势的 7 局，主场作战的多伦多队击败了坦帕湾队。
Bieber (2-1) 仅失 1 分，被击 3 安，无保送，并有 3 次三振。Louis Varland 在第 9 局投出完美表现，完成 2 次三振，拿下他的第 21 次救援成功，帮助蓝鸟队在四场系列赛的收官战中挽回颜面。
George Springer 和 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 分别为多伦多队贡献了 2 次安打和 1 次打点，多伦多队至此完成了 2-5 的主场系列赛。Yandy Diaz 为光芒队驱动了唯一的一分，光芒队在此次客场之旅中以 3-5 战绩结束。
坦帕湾队的先发 Casey Legumina 在第一局就失分。Ernie Clement 在两出局时击出单打，在 Springer 保送上垒时抢占二垒，随后 Junior Caminero 在处理 Alejandro Kirk 击向三垒的滚地球时出现失误，Clement 趁机冲回本垒，该球被计为安打。
Bieber 在第三局两出局前让前 8 名打者全部出局，随后 Hunter Feduccia 击出右外野二垒安打。Diaz 击出右外野打点单打，尽管 Feduccia 在绕过三垒后一度陷入困惑而短暂停顿，随后才回本垒。
蓝鸟队在第三局面对主力先发 Ian Seymour (6-3) 取得 2-1 的领先。Yohendrick Pinango 以中外野二垒安打开局，并险之又险地抢占二垒。Springer 在两出局时击出左外野打点单打。
Seymour 在第六局应对了 Springer 的领先二垒安打。
多伦多队在第七局再添一分。Myles Straw 在一出局时保送上垒并盗走二垒，在 Guerrero 两出局击出右外野单打时，Straw 顶住了 Victor Mesa Jr. 向本垒的高球传球，成功得分。
Tyler Rogers 接替 Bieber，在第八局投出完美表现并完成一次三振，为 Varland 的登场做好了准备。
Melton 在第 6 局对阵 2 名打者。 接手跑者：Finnegan 2-2。胜投：Anderson。 裁判： 主审-Segal， 一垒-Diaz， 二垒-Bacchus， 三垒-O’Nora。观众人数：35,548 (40,988)。
亚特兰大 6, 圣迭戈 5 SD................................ 030 000 020 — 5 9 1 ATL ...............................010 400 10x — 6 9 0
圣迭戈 AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Tatis Jr. rf 4 0 1 1 1 1 .286 Rengifo lf 5 0 2 2 0 3 .227 Machado 3b 4 1 2 0 0 2 .205 France 1b 4 1 1 2 0 2 .275 Bogaerts ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .219 Sheets dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 .217 Fermin c 3 1 1 0 0 2 .162 b-Song ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .226 Bowen cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .135 a-Merrill ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Cronenworth 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .206 Totals 36 5 9 5 1 15
亚特兰大 AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Baldwin c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .275 Albies 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .264 Olson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .267 Harris II cf 4 2 2 1 0 1 .299 Dubon lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .265 Riley 3b 4 0 1 0 0 3 .216 Smith dh 3 1 1 3 0 0 .264 Yastrzemski rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .227 White rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Jarvis ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .291 Totals 32 6 9 6 0 8
a-第 9 局替代 Bowen 飞球出局。 b-第 9 局替代 Fermin 三振出局。 失误：Fermin。全垒打：France (16), Baldwin (19), Albies (16), Harris II (19), Smith (7)。打点：Tatis Jr. (47), Rengifo 2 (24), France 2 (43), Baldwin (55), Albies (56), Harris II (61), Smith 3 (39)。盗垒失败：Albies (4)。留在得分圈的跑者：圣迭戈 2 (Rengifo, Machado), 亚特兰大 1 (Yastrzemski)。得分圈机会 (RISP)：圣迭戈 1/4, 亚特兰大 1/4。
圣迭戈 IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Hart 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 8 5.50 Canning L, 1-9 2.2 5 5 4 0 4 59 6.97 Matsui 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 17 2.68 Waldron 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 30 7.34 Rodriguez 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 12 2.05
亚特兰大 IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Sale W, 11-6 6.0 5 3 3 1 11 98 2.19 Dodd H, 6 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 15 2.08 Kinley H, 12 0.2 2 2 2 0 1 13 4.54 Young H, 4 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.00 Iglesias S, 21 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 17 2.50
响尾蛇 10, 红基队 6
Brandon Pfaadt 投了 6 局高质量球，Tyler Locklear 5 次击球 3 次命中，并击出 1 支本垒打并贡献 3 分打点，帮助客队亚利桑那队在对阵圣路易斯队的比赛中获胜。这场独立比赛是对 6 月 25 日因天气原因而推迟的系列赛收官战的补赛。
Pfaadt (5-1) 赢得了他的连续第 5 场比赛，为响尾蛇队在允许 7 次安打、2 次保送并有 1 次三振的情况下丢 2 分，响尾蛇队由此取得三连胜。Gabriel Moreno 为亚利桑那队击出 3 次安打并驱动 2 分得分，亚利桑那队在第八局打出 5 分，全场总计有 16 次安打。Adrian Del Castillo 和 Ildemaro Vargas 同样各自以 3 次安打收场。
Michael McGreevy (4-8) 为圣路易斯队投了 6 1⁄3 局，在 7 次安打的情况下丢 4 分，有 3 次三振和 3 次保送，圣路易斯队在 8 场比赛中输掉了第 6 场。Lars Nootbaar 为红雀队驱动了 3 分得分。
亚利桑那队在第一局便发起威胁，Geraldo Perdomo 保送，Moreno 击出单打，在 1 出局的情况下使跑者占据了内外野角落。不过，McGreevy 成功脱困，让 Max Kepler 击出地面球形成双杀，结束了该局。
圣路易斯队在第一局下半开始时，由 JJ Wetherholt 击出领跑单打，随后 Jordan Walker 的打点双打让红雀队以 1-0 领先。Alec Burleson 随后击出单打，接着 Nootbaar 击出中场单打，将分差扩大至两分。
亚利桑那队在第四局上阵做出回应。Kepler 获得领跑保送，随后在 Del Castillo 的双打中推进至三垒。Tim Tawa 随后通过牺牲飞球为客队拿回首分。在 McGreevy 击退 Vargas 之后，Locklear 击出了他本赛季的首支本垒打，使响尾蛇队以 3-2 领先。
继承跑者：Matsui 1-1。触身球：Cronenworth。 裁判：HP-Eddings, 1B-Muchlinski, 2B-Jimenez, 3B-Morales。用时：2:31。观众：29,441 (40,819)。
多伦多 3, 坦帕湾 1 坦帕湾................................ 001 000 000 — 1 3 0 多伦多................................101 000 10x — 3 7 0
坦帕湾 | 球员 | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Diaz dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .307 | | Aranda 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .283 | | Caminero 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .287 | | Mesa Jr. rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .224 | | DeLuca cf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 | | Simpson lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .288 | | Williamson ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .252 | | Palacios 2b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .230 | | Feduccia c | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .229 | | 总计 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
多伦多 | 球员 | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Pinango rf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .269 | | Varsho cf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .237 | | Guerrero Jr. 1b | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .259 | | Clement ss-2b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .296 | | Springer dh | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .229 | | Kirk c | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .219 | | Okamoto 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .224 | | Schneider lf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .150 | | Lukes rf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | | Urias 2b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .242 | | Gimenez ss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .224 | | Straw cf-rf-lf | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .219 | | 总计 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
2B: DeLuca (15), Feduccia (6), Pinango (8), Springer (13). RBI: Diaz (61), Guerrero Jr. (42), Springer (27), Kirk (12). CS: Guerrero Jr. (2). SB: Straw (4). 得分圈跑者遗留：坦帕湾 1 (Simpson), 多伦多 2 (Okamoto, Schneider). RISP：坦帕湾 1/2, 多伦多 3/9. GIDP: Urias. DP: 坦帕湾 1.
坦帕湾 | 投手 | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Legumina | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 3.95 | | Seymour L, 6-3 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 87 | 4.64 |
多伦多 | 投手 | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Bieber W, 2-1 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 86 | 4.70 | | Rogers H, 21 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1.54 | | Varland S, 21 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1.04 |
裁判： HP-Miller, 1B-Tumpane, 2B-Conroy, 3B-May。用时：2:09。观众：43,225 (41,500)。
Gabe Lacques
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今日美国
多伦多这里在赛季极早期就变得阴郁起来了。 那种带着对赛场怀旧眷恋的阴郁。 那种在俱乐部内弥漫的、安静且不确定的阴郁。 在考虑季后赛席位之前，还得追赶六支球队的阴郁。 是的，你们卫冕美国联盟冠军的蓝鸟队正深陷其中——并非一年前那种电击般让俱乐部、城市以及加拿大大部分地区感到亢奋的辉煌共鸣，而是一种所有这一切将在任何人想象之前就分崩离析的感觉，而且除了他们自己，谁也没有责任。 在周三（7月22日）的第一名坦帕湾光芒队在罗杰斯中心赢得连续第三场比赛（4-2获胜）后，蓝鸟队的战绩目前为 46-56。 多伦多距离第一名落后 13 1⁄2 场。 如果光芒队在周四下午完成四场比赛的横扫，这个差距将扩大到 14 1⁄2 场。 更重要的是，蓝鸟队在 8 月 3 日交易截止日之前，几乎没有表现出任何改变命运的迹象。 他们共计得分为 402 分，是大联盟中最低的。有 16 场比赛出现多次失误。投手阵容则被伤病摧毁，且表现平庸。 突然之间，一种乐队即将解散的直观感受油然而生。 泰勒·高斯曼知道这一点。蓝鸟队王牌投手凯文·高斯曼的妻子曾见过他在交易截止日被交易，并且深知高斯曼的五年 1.1 亿美元 ($110 million) 合同将在本赛季结束后到期。 高斯曼已经考虑在本赛季后退役。 考虑到这一点，泰勒从他们位于路易斯安那州的家中飞往多伦多，高斯曼于周二对阵光芒队的比赛中先发。她拍了一张他投球的照片，她的出现给了他一个惊喜，甚至在比赛结束很久之后，还哄他回到了比赛场地。 现在就开始缅怀太早了吗？嗯，这确实可能是高斯曼在罗杰斯中心的最后一次先发。 “她就像是告诉我，‘嘿，
突袭者队签下 No. 1 总状元四分卫门多萨
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拉斯维加斯突击者队于周四签下了四分卫费尔南多·门多萨 (Fernando Mendoza)，他是 2026 年 NFL 选秀的总状元。 这位海斯曼奖得主签署的一份为期四年的新秀合同价值 $57.27 million 且全部保证，并包含第五年选项。 门多萨，22, 在 2025. 带领印第安纳大学赢得了其首个全美冠军，并实现了 16-0 的赛季战绩。在他效力于胡西尔队 (Hoosiers) 的唯一一个赛季中，他的传球成功率为 72.0%，传球码数 3,535 码，共有 41 次达阵和 6 次拦截。 突击者队签下了资深四分卫柯克·考辛斯 (Kirk Cousins) 作为本赛季第 1 周可能的首发，而门多萨则是该球队的长期门面。 据报道，门多萨与突击者队此前在签约奖金问题上存在分歧。球队在周四并未披露相关细节。 新秀原定于周三向拉斯维加斯的训练营报到。 门多萨在 2023-24 年期间在加州大学 (Cal) 参加了前两个大学赛季，在为金熊队 (Golden Bears) 出战的 20 场比赛中，累计传球 4,712 码，贡献 30 次达阵和 16 次拦截。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 拉斯维加斯突击者队四分卫费尔南多·门多萨于 5 月 2 日在内华达州亨德森参加新秀迷你训练营。CANDICE WARD/IMAGN IMAGES
乌鸦队裁掉新秀四分卫帕维亚
乌鸦队新秀四分卫迭戈·帕维亚 (Diego Pavia) 被裁掉，以便为巴尔的摩队签入资深进攻线球员伊森·波齐奇 (Ethan Pocic) 腾出名单位置。 帕维亚在范德比尔特大学毕业后未被选入正赛，于 4 月作为自由球员与乌鸦队签署了一份为期三年、价值 $3.1 million 的合同。 帕维亚，24, 带领范德比尔特大学实现了首个双位数胜场赛季，并在竞争 2025 年海斯曼奖时屈居总状元费尔南多·门多萨之后，同时赢得了 SEC 年度最佳进攻球员奖。他在 2025 年共有 39 次总达阵（其中 29 次传球达阵）且仅有 8 次拦截。 帕维亚是一位激烈的竞争者，在面对 SEC 对手时表现高效，但由于身高原因，他并非一个被高度评价的选秀前景。在 NFL 侦察合成会议 (NFL Scouting Combine) 上，他的身高仅为 5-foot-101⁄8，当时他选择不参加体能测试和计时赛。不过，他参加了四分卫的专项训练。 在首发球员拉马尔·杰克逊 (Lamar Jackson) 之后，乌鸦队将资深球员泰勒·亨特利 (Tyler Huntley) 和斯凯拉·汤普森 (Skylar Thompson) 列为备份。乌鸦队还在 4 月签下了 25 岁的新秀乔·法尼亚诺 (Joe Fagnano，来自 UConn) 作为未被选中的自由球员。 如果帕维亚在豁免名单中无人认领，他将成为自由球员，可以与任何球队签约。 另一个选择可能是北上前往加拿大 CFL 联赛。他的谈判权...
[[IMG_XXXX]] 蓝鸟队先发投手凯文·高斯曼于 7 月 21 日在多伦多对阵光芒队。 NICK TURCHIARO/IMAGN IMAGES
“……让我们在球场上多待一会儿，”高斯曼告诉 Sportsnet，“当时没想太多，但现在我很庆幸我们这么做了。”“最重要的一点是，我真心希望我能回到这里，至少在下周末，就像最后一次那样。” 哇哦。蓝鸟队尚未决定彻底卖掉球员。距离截止日期还有 12 天。扩大的季后赛赛制意味着你永远没有真正出局。 但或许蓝鸟队已经见多识广，意识到在后半段潜行冲刺以进入竞争状态的情况根本不会发生。
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弗拉德·格罗耶罗二世 (Vlad Guerrero Jr.) 在周三选择了快乐，他用击掌迎接参加击球练习的球迷，并在击出一记导致蓝鸟队获得首分的二垒安打后，点燃了他的休息区。 然而，到夜晚结束时，一个惊人的事实依然存在：格罗耶罗在本赛季的罗杰斯中心 (Rogers Centre) 尚未击出任何一支本垒打。 有些棒球统计数据简直在...
在细枝末节上，这些信息可能会产生误导，或者缺失关键背景。但对此无需过多解读：格罗罗在 14 年 5 亿美元合同的第一年里，还没有在自己的主场击出本垒打。
愤世嫉俗的人可能会指出，从乐观的角度看，格罗罗还有 13 个赛季可以在主场击球出墙。然而，整体产出的匮乏——他仅有 6 支本垒打，OPS 为 .689，比联盟平均水平低 11%——令人担忧。
但这并不是唯一让蓝鸟队陷入困境的原因。
一段时间以来，新秀冈本和真 (Kazuma Okamoto) 是蓝鸟队进攻端少数有感觉的球员之一，他在 6 月的三周时间内 OPS 达到 1.026 并击出 7 支本垒打。
周四，在一场对阵光芒队的生死之战中，他被禁赛（坐在替补席上）。
这就是在过去 18 场比赛中 18 打 0 以及 67 打 10 的下滑所带来的结果。冈本已经击出了 22 支本垒打，他从日本转会过来的首个赛季在很大程度上将被视为成功，他仍然是球队未来的关键部分。
只是在这个赛季中，他在错误的时间陷入了低谷。
其他方面的失败则更难捉摸。道尔顿·瓦肖 (Daulton Varsho) 曾获得金手套奖，是蓝鸟队核心的宝贵成员。然而，这一版的瓦肖在之前两个赛季分别拿到 9 次和 15 次高于平均水平的除外分 (OAA) 之后，如今这一数值已跌至 5 次。
这个瓦肖在对阵坦帕湾的连续两个夜晚中都出现了失误，周三在墙边直接掉球导致 Yandy Diaz 的飞球失分，引发了一个三分局，打破了 1-1 的平局。这并非什么严重罪行，只是更多地证明了一个事实：这些人今年就是状态不对。
蓝鸟队的交易筹码
突然之间，我们迎来了一个最意想不到的卖家。
看起来从未到如此地步。棒球粉丝们如此沉溺于“买入或卖出”的二元论，以至于忽略了辅助因素——例如一个特许经营权在特定时间的状态，及其近期和长期的目标。
在进入 2026, 年时，蓝鸟队最不需要做的事情就是出售球员。
多伦多对棒球的热情和普及度终于再次回到了 20 世纪 90 年代初和 2010 年代中期的水平。相反，交易市场即将收到来自多伦多的重要“输血”。想要投手？根据多份报道，高斯曼 (Gausman) 仍然是赛场上最可靠的先发投手之一，且仅有有限的不可交易条款，密尔沃基、底特律、匹兹堡和芝加哥白袜队是仅有的竞争者。谢恩·比伯 (Shane Bieber) 刚刚在对阵白袜队的比赛中投了 6 局零封，这是他在因手臂问题缺席赛季前三个月后，五次先发中表现最好的一次。他在赛季结束时也将成为自由球员。而在 AAA 级联赛中潜伏的，周三在另一次康复先发中顺利完赛的是：两届世界大赛冠军马克斯·谢泽 (Max Scherzer)，他准备好用“胶带”把自己重新拼凑起来，再次冲击 10 月的季后赛。想要外野手？乔治·斯普林格 (George Springer) 拥有 10-and-5 的不可交易权利，并且被温尼伯蓝色轰炸机队持有（注：此处原文可能存在排版混乱或缺失）。
WR 希尔：手术后左腿“没有力量”
自由球员接球手泰瑞克·希尔 (Tyreek Hill) 在经历两次手术 10 个月后，手术修复的左腿仍然“没有力量”。
这位 8 次入选职业碗 (Pro Bowl) 并 5 次入选全美最佳阵容第一队的球员在周三晚上在 YouTube 上发布了一段训练视频，更新了他从上赛季 9 月下旬遭遇的左膝脱位和 ACL 撕裂中恢复的情况。
“我的左腿是受伤的那只，”32 岁的希尔说。“我的左腿没有力量，所以我正努力找回左腿的所有力量。但这是一个一个日子慢慢来的。”
希尔表示，医生告诉他……
今年一直伤病缠身。但你认为这位即将成为自由球员的选手会想再次冲击世界系列赛吗？也许他正是费城费城人队一直缺失的那块拼图。Varsho 和 Myles Straw 无法带动整支进攻线，但他们是顶尖的防守球员，而且 Straw 在多伦多期间成为了更衣室的凝聚力核心；两人同样处于合同到期阶段。需要牛棚补充吗？Jeff Hoffman 的球质依然出色，即便他在经历那次令人心碎的世界系列赛收尾后陷入了挣扎。他在 2027. 年的薪水为 $11 百万美元。此外还有 Louis Varland，他在一年前的季后赛英勇表现，加上全明星级别的上半赛季，可能会带来显著的回报。本赛季结束后，球队对他将拥有 4 年的控制权，他能成为那种能让蓝鸟队尽早获得帮助的影响力球员。至于现在？Varland 在周三第九局以 4-2 落后时被召集上场，
对于一个本月仅投过四次球的球员来说，这不过是光鲜的“收尾工作”。蓝鸟队很希望能将他留在队内多年，但构建牛棚的事可以等到 2028. 年。只是 2028 年在几天前还是多伦多队最不关心的事情。但现实正变得越来越难以忽视。
在受伤后“可能无法再次行走”，但在视频中可以看到他正在跑步并进行各种练习。随着 NFL 球队于本周开始进入训练营，Hill 尚未说明他何时准备好重返赛场。
黑豹队 OLB Scourton 离开训练，担心右侧 ACL 撕裂
卡罗来纳黑豹队外线截锋 Nic Scourton 在遭遇右膝受伤后，乘坐推车离开了球场。 据报道，在受伤后不久进行的成像检查和测试中，Scourton 被告知其前十字韧带 (ACL) 撕裂。NFL 电视网报道称，Scourton 正在寻求第二诊疗意见。 Scourton 是 2025, 年的第 2 轮选秀球员，在球场上一个情绪激动的场景中，他似乎立即意识到了伤势的严重性。 21 岁的 Scourton 流下了眼泪，并在推车驶离球场时用手遮住脸以避开摄像机。在推车离开之前，整个球队和主教练 Dave Canales 在他身边陪伴了一会儿，当天的训练也因此停止。 “他们彼此关心，”Canales 说。“每当你处于一个共同克服困难的群体中，就会产生一种特殊的纽带。在所有训练、经历一个完整的赛季、休赛期以及这一切之后，这对球员们来说意义重大。我为此感到自豪。” 在仅进入第二个赛季的情况下，Scourton 原计划在休赛期通过自由签引进的 Jaelan Phillips 的对面出任首发。作为一名新秀，Scourton 出场 17 场（其中 8 场首发），共计完成 47 次擒杀（其中 7 次为损失码擒杀），5 次擒杀四分卫并造成 1 次强迫掉球。 在他缺阵期间，老将 Patrick Jones II 和处于第二个赛季的 Princely Umanmielen 可能会获得上场时间。
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美国联盟 东区 胜 负 胜率 落后 坦帕湾 59 43 .578 — 纽约洋基 57 45 .559 2 波士顿 52 49 .515 6½ 巴尔的摩 50 53 .485 9½ 多伦多 47 56 .456 12½ 中区 胜 负 胜率 落后 芝加哥白袜 54 47 .535 — 克利夫兰 54 50 .519 1½ 明尼苏达 51 53 .490 4½ 底特律 49 54 .476 6 堪萨斯城 43 61 .413 12½ 西区 胜 负 胜率 落后 德克萨斯 51 51 .500 — 西雅图 51 52 .495 ½ 休斯顿 50 54 .481 2 奥克兰运动者 43 59 .422 8 洛杉矶天使 41 62 .398 10½ 国家联盟 东区 胜 负 胜率 落后 亚特兰大 60 42 .588 — 费城 56 47 .544 4½ 迈阿密 52 51 .505 8½ 华盛顿 52 51 .505 8½ 纽约大都会 43 60 .417 17½ 中区 胜 负 胜率 落后 密尔沃基 64 38 .627 — 芝加哥小熊 57 45 .559 7 匹兹堡 53 50 .515 11½ 圣路易斯 52 50 .510 12 辛辛那提 47 54 .465 16½ 西区 胜 负 胜率 落后 洛杉矶道奇 65 38 .631 — 亚利桑那 54 49 .524 11 圣迭戈 50 53 .485 15 旧金山 42 60 .412 22½ 科罗拉多 41 63 .394 24½
周三比分 匹兹堡 5, 纽约洋基 3 波士顿 6, 巴尔的摩 3 堪萨斯城 5, 旧金山 4 密尔沃基 4, 纽约大都会 3 华盛顿 8, 科罗拉多 0 亚利桑那 15, 奥克兰运动者 5 辛辛那提 5, 西雅图 3 圣路易斯 1, 洛杉矶天使 0 明尼苏达 10, 克利夫兰 6 洛杉矶道奇 9, 费城 5 纽约洋基 2, 匹兹堡 0 坦帕湾 4, 多伦多 2 巴尔的摩 5, 波士顿 1 亚特兰大 7, 圣迭戈 6 芝加哥白袜 4, 德克萨斯 2 休斯顿 5, 迈阿密 2 底特律 5, 芝加哥小熊 1 周四比分 亚特兰大 6, 圣迭戈 5 明尼苏达 3, 克利夫兰 1 多伦多 3, 坦帕湾 1 亚利桑那 10, 圣路易斯 6 底特律 4, 堪萨斯城 3 周五赛程 科罗拉多 (Sugano 9-4) 客场对阵 密尔沃基 (Drohan 5-3), 下午 4:10 堪萨斯城 (Cameron 5-8) 客场对阵 底特律 (Skubal 6-5), 下午 6:40 芝加哥小熊 (Boyd 6-1) 客场对阵 匹兹堡 (Jones 2-1), 下午 6:40 亚利桑那 (Rodriguez 8-3) 客场对阵 华盛顿 (Littell 7-7), 下午 6:45 纽约洋基 (Warren 7-4) 客场对阵 费城 (Luzardo 9-4), 下午 6:45 亚特兰大 (Holmes 6-4) 客场对阵 巴尔的摩 (Rogers 6-7), 下午 7:05 克利夫兰 (Cantillo 8-5) 客场对阵 坦帕湾 (McClanahan 8-6), 下午 7:10 圣迭戈 (Marquez 4-2) 客场对阵 迈阿密 (待定), 下午 7:10 洛杉矶道奇 (待定) 客场对阵 纽约大都会 (Manaea 2-5), 下午 7:10 多伦多 (Yesavage 4-5) 客场对阵 波士顿 (待定),
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卡拉帕斯 凭借 第 18 赛段获胜 跻身 前 10 名
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厄瓜多尔选手理查德·卡拉帕斯（Richard Carapaz）在周四于阿尔卑斯山举行的 Tour de France 第 18 赛段中获得冠军，从而提升至总成绩前 10 名。
33 岁的卡拉帕斯在 4 小时 26 分 21 秒内完成了从沃瓦隆（Voiron）到奥尔西耶尔-梅莱特（Orcieres-Merlette）这段 185.2 公里的山地行程。他在当天的最后一次攀登中脱颖而出，并在最后 3 公里独立领跑。
瑞士选手毛罗·施密德（Mauro Schmid）连续第二天获得亚军，落后 45 秒，美国选手马特奥·约根森（Matteo Jorgenson）获得第三名。
卡拉帕斯在总排名中升至第 10 位。
来自斯洛文尼亚的四届冠军塔德伊·波加查（Tadej Pogacar）仍领先于比利时的雷姆科·埃文波尔（Remco Evenepoel），领先 4 分 32 秒。
墨西哥的艾萨克·德尔·托罗（Isaac del Toro）排名第三，紧随其后的是 19 岁的法国选手保罗·塞克萨斯（Paul Seixas）和西班牙选手胡安·艾尤索（Juan Ayuso）。
周五的第 19 赛段是从加普（Gap）到阿尔佩迪埃兹（Alpe d’Huez）的一条 127.9 公里的山地路线。
下午 7:15 休斯敦 (Arrighetti 7-5) 对阵 芝加哥白袜 (Martin 9-5)，下午 7:40 西雅图 (Miller 4-4) 对阵 德克萨斯 (Gore 6-8)，晚上 8:05 奥克兰运动者 (Ginn 8-6) 对阵 明尼苏达 (Matthews 4-7)，晚上 8:10 辛辛那提 (Lowder 3-7) 对阵 圣路易斯 (May 5-7)，晚上 8:15 洛杉矶天使 (Rodriguez 3-3) 对阵 旧金山 (Webb 5-7)，晚上 10:15。MLB 领先者 美国联盟 打击率 — Alvarez, 休斯敦 .328; Diaz, 坦帕湾 .308; Clement, 多伦多 .297; Jung, 德克萨斯 .294; Contreras, 波士顿 .293; Simpson, 坦帕湾 .291; Caminero, 坦帕湾 .290; DeLauter, 克利夫兰 .287; Aranda, 坦帕湾 .286; Greene, 底特律 .285。全垒打 — Alvarez, 休斯敦 34; Rice, 纽约 30; Caminero, 坦帕湾 29; Buxton, 明尼苏达 25; Montgomery, 芝加哥 24; Langeliers, 运动者 23; Contreras, 波士顿 22; Okamoto, 多伦多 22; Dingler, 底特律 22; Alonso, 巴尔的摩 21。打点 (RBI) — Alvarez, 休斯敦 77; Rice, 纽约 71; Contreras, 波士顿 66;
Alonso, 巴尔的摩 66; Kurtz, 运动者 66; Aranda, 坦帕湾 65; Dingler, 底特律 65; Bell, 明尼苏达 62; Okamoto, 多伦多 62; Caminero, 坦帕湾 62。盗垒 — Witt Jr., 堪萨斯城 30; Chisholm Jr., 纽约 27; Simpson, 坦帕湾 26; Ramirez, 克利夫兰 24; Caballero, 纽约 23; Naylor, 西雅图 21; Arozarena, 西雅图 19; Mullins, 坦帕湾 16; Walls, 坦帕湾 15; Rocchio, 克利夫兰 15。胜场 — Gray, 波士顿 12; Williams, 克利夫兰 10; Eovaldi, 德克萨斯 9; Martinez, 坦帕湾 9; Martin, 芝加哥 9; Bradley, 明尼苏达 9; Schlittler, 纽约 9; Rasmussen, 坦帕湾 8; Lambert, 休斯敦 8; McClanahan, 坦帕湾 8。防御率 (ERA) — Schlittler, 纽约 2.20; Gray, 波士顿 2.48; Martinez, 坦帕湾 2.59; Cease, 多伦多 2.67; Messick, 克利夫兰 2.68; Montero, 底特律 3.14; Hancock, 西雅图 3.16; Burke, 芝加哥 3.20; Rasmussen, 坦帕湾 3.28; Martin, 芝加哥 3.31。三振 — Cease, 多伦多 155;
Williams, 克利夫兰 145; Schlittler, 纽约 145; Detmers, 洛杉矶 136; Ryan, 明尼苏达 131; Gilbert, 西雅图 129; deGrom, 德克萨斯 128; Bradley, 明尼苏达 124; Eovaldi, 德克萨斯 122; Soriano, 洛杉矶 122。救援成功 — Smith, 克利夫兰 29; Baker, 坦帕湾 26; Chapman, 波士顿 23; Varland, 多伦多 20; Latz, 德克萨斯 19; Bednar, 纽约 18; Munoz, 西雅图 17; Dominguez, 芝加哥 12; Erceg, 堪萨斯城 12; Gomez, 明尼苏达 12。国家联盟 打击率 — Lopez, 迈阿密 .332; Arraez, 旧金山 .320; Gonzales, 匹兹堡 .313; McCarthy, 科罗拉多 .305; Lee, 旧金山 .302; Rumfield, 科罗拉多 .297; Harris II, 亚特兰大 .296; Johnston, 科罗拉多 .296; Marsh, 费城 .292; Edwards, 迈阿密 .290。全垒打 — Schwarber, 费城 33; Goodman, 科罗拉多 31; Wood, 华盛顿 28; Olson, 亚特兰大 26; Abrams, 华盛顿 24; Machado, 圣迭戈 22; Ohtani, 洛杉矶 22; Walker, 圣路易斯 22;
Harper, 费城 21; Lowe, 匹兹堡 21. 打点 (RBI) — Abrams, 华盛顿 76; Walker, 圣路易斯 76; Stewart, 辛辛那提 74; Garcia Jr., 华盛顿 70; Burleson, 圣路易斯 69; Wood, 华盛顿 69; Pages, 洛杉矶 68; Lowe, 匹兹堡 65; O’Hearn, 匹兹堡 64; Schwarber, 费城 61. 盗垒 — Nunez, 华盛顿 37; Tatis Jr., 圣地亚哥 25; Crow-Armstrong, 芝加哥 25; Ruiz, 迈阿密 22; Cruz, 匹兹堡 21; Merrill, 圣地亚哥 20; Griffin, 匹兹堡 20; Mangum, 匹兹堡 19; Marsee, 迈阿密 19; Hamilton, 密尔沃基 18。胜场 — Sanchez, 费城 12; Ashby, 密尔沃基 12; Burns, 辛辛那提 12; Griffin, 华盛顿 11; Wrobleski, 洛杉矶 11; Yamamoto, 洛杉矶 10; Pallante, 圣路易斯 10; Misiorowski, 密尔沃基 10; Sale, 亚特兰大 10; Wheeler, 费城 10。防御率 (ERA) — Misiorowski, 密尔沃基 1.57; Sale, 亚特兰大 2.06; Burns, 辛辛那提 2.42; Wrobleski, 洛杉矶 2.62; Rodriguez, 亚利桑那 2.62; Meyer, 迈阿密 2.68; Griffin, 华盛顿 2.68; Sanchez, 费城 2.71; Yamamoto, 洛杉矶 2.78; McGreevy, 圣路易斯 2.92。三振 — Misiorowski, 密尔沃基 173; Sanchez, 费城 151; Luzardo, 费城 143; Skenes, 匹兹堡 138; McLean, 纽约 135; Ashcraft, 匹兹堡 130; Cavalli, 华盛顿 127; Burns, 辛辛那提 124; Sale, 亚特兰大 123; Meyer, 迈阿密 121。救援胜 — O’Brien, 圣路易斯 26; Miller, 圣地亚哥 25; Duran, 费城 24; Sewald, 亚利桑那 23; Iglesias, 亚特兰大 20; Megill, 密尔沃基 16; Scott, 洛杉矶 15; Williams, 纽约 14; Soto, 匹兹堡 13; Fairbanks, 迈阿密 13。
WNBA
东部会议 | 球队 | 胜 (W) | 负 (L) | 百分比 (Pct) | 落后 (GB) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 印第安纳 | 17 | 10 | .630 | — | | 亚特兰大 | 16 | 10 | .615 | ½ | | 纽约自由人 | 15 | 12 | .556 | 2 | | 华盛顿 | 14 | 12 | .538 | 2½ | | 多伦多 | 10 | 16 | .385 | 6½ | | 芝加哥天空 | 9 | 18 | .333 | 8 | | 康涅狄格 | 7 20 | .259 | 10 |
西部会议 | 球队 | 胜 (W) | 负 (L) | 百分比 (Pct) | 落后 (GB) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 明尼苏达 | 22 | 6 | .786 | — | | 金州 | 19 | 8 | .704 | 2½ | | 拉斯维加斯 | 18 | 8 | .692 | 3 | | 达拉斯 | 18 | 9 | .667 | 3½ | | 波特兰 | 11 16 | .407 | 10½ | | 洛杉矶火花 | 10 16 | .385 | 11 | | 菲尼克斯 | 10 18 | .357 | 12 | | 西雅图 | 6 23 | .207 | 16½ |
周三比分 菲尼克斯 86, 洛杉矶火花 82 明尼苏达 86, 西雅图 76 纽约自由人 95, 芝加哥天空 94 华盛顿 100, 拉斯维加斯 99 印第安纳 123, 康涅狄格 88 达拉斯 101, 波特兰 97
周四比赛 无预定比赛
周五比赛 无预定比赛
周六比赛 WNBA 全明星赛，晚上 8:30
MLS 东部会议 | 球队 | W | L | T Pts GF GA | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 纳什维尔 | 12 | 1 | 3 39 33 | | 迈阿密国际 CF | 10 | 2 | 4 34 42 30 | | 芝加哥 | 8 | 5 | 2 26 29 19 | | 新英格兰 | 8 | 5 | 2 26 22 18 | | 辛辛那提 | 6 | 5 | 5 23 40 40 | | 纽约城 FC | 6 | 6 | 4 22 27 22 | | 夏洛特 FC | 6 | 6 | 4 22 26 25 | | 纽约红牛 | 6 | 6 | 4 22 26 35 | | 华盛顿特区联 | 4 | 5 | 7 19 22 26 | | 奥兰多城 | 5 | 9 | 2 17 27 44 | | 哥伦布 | 4 | 8 | 4 16 22 25 | | 多伦多 FC | 3 | 6 | 7 16 22 29 | | 蒙特利尔 CF | 4 | 9 | 3 15 22 32 | | 亚特兰大 | 3 10 | | 3 12 16 26 | | 费城 | 2 10 | | 4 10 21 31 |
西部会议 | 球队 | W | L | T Pts GF GA | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 温哥华 | 10 | 3 | 2 32 37 16 | | 圣何塞 | 10 | 4 | 2 32 34 19 | | 洛杉矶 FC | 9 | 5 | 3 30 30 18 | | 皇家盐湖城 | 8 | 5 | 2 26 27 22 | | 达拉斯 FC | 7 | 4 | 5 26 32 24 | | 西雅图 | 7 | 5 | 3 24 19 19 | | 休斯顿 | 7 | 6 | 2 23 20 24 |
头号种子轻松晋级埃什托里尔八强赛
在周四的埃什托里尔公开赛（Estoril Open）中，前两号种子几乎未遇挑战。俄罗斯选手安德烈·鲁布列夫（Andrey Rublev）和意大利选手卢西亚诺·达德里（Luciano Darderi）合计仅丢掉三局，便成功晋级这项在葡萄牙举行的 ATP 250 赛事的四分之一决赛。
头号种子鲁布列夫以 6-1, 6-1 击败了哈萨克斯坦的蒂莫费·斯卡托夫（Timofey Skatov）。在这场仅持续 59 分钟的比赛中，鲁布列夫在 23 个一发得分点中成功转化了 17 个（得分为 74%），并在比赛中 6 次破发。
达德里在 6-0, 6-1 战胜西班牙选手佩德罗·马丁内斯（Pedro Martinez）的比赛中展现出更强的统治力。达德里在比赛中没有面临任何破发点，且在 19 次二发中 17 次得分。
在当天唯一的一场冷门中，法国选手卢卡·范·阿谢（Luca Van Assche）在耗时两小时以上的比赛中，以 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 击败了西班牙的八号种子帕布洛·卡雷尼奥·布斯塔（Pablo Carreno Busta）。
葡萄牙选手斋梅·法里亚（Jaime Faria）在首轮爆冷击败六号种子后，继续其晋级之路，以 6-2, 6-4 战胜秘鲁选手贡萨洛·布埃诺（Gonzalo Bueno）进入八强。
Generali 公开赛
哈萨克斯坦的头号种子亚历山大·布勃利克（Alexander Bublik）在奥地利基茨比黑尔以 6-3, 6-2 击败斯洛伐克选手亚历克斯·莫尔灿（Alex Molcan），将其在这项 ATP 250 赛事中的卫冕之路推进至半决赛。
尽管莫尔灿 4 次破发布勃利克，但布勃利克以 7 次破发予以回应。在第二盘中，由于布勃利克在第四局犯了 5 个双误，莫尔灿一度将比分扳平至 2-2。随后布勃利克（拥有 13 个 ace 球）连赢四局锁定胜局。在阿根廷选手托马斯·马丁·埃切维里（Tomas Martin Etcheverry）以 6-2, 7-5 击败秘鲁选手伊格纳西奥·布塞（Ignacio Buse）后，布勃利克将在半决赛中对阵四号种子埃切维里。
在签表的另一半，法国选手昆廷·哈利斯（Quentin Halys）以 7-5, 6-3 击败阿根廷选手马里亚诺·纳沃内（Mariano Navone）；德国选手亚尼克·汉夫曼（Yannick Hanfmann）以 6-3, 6-1 击败阿根廷选手塞巴斯蒂安·巴埃兹（Sebastian Baez）。汉夫曼和哈利斯将在另一场半决赛中对决。
足球
圣路易斯 6 6 4 22 22 23 {Minnesota} 明尼苏达 6 6 4 22 19 24 洛杉矶银河 5 7 5 20 23 28 科罗拉多 6 9 1 19 26 24 波特兰 5 8 3 18 29 31 圣迭戈 FC 4 7 5 17 30 28 奥斯汀 FC 4 7 5 17 22 32 堪萨斯城 Sporting KC 4 10 2 14 18 40
周三比分 纽约城 FC 2, 哥伦布 1 费城 3, 纽约红牛 1 新英格兰 0, 多伦多 FC 0 辛辛那提 4, 温哥华 3 迈阿密国际 CF 3, 芝加哥 2 夏洛特 FC 2, 亚特兰大 2 休斯顿 1, 华盛顿特区联 1 纳什维尔 1, CF 蒙特利尔 0 堪萨斯城 Sporting KC 2, 明尼苏达 1 奥斯汀 FC 3, 西雅图 1 科罗拉多 1, 圣迭戈 FC 0 波特兰 2, 达拉斯 FC 2 圣路易斯 3, 洛杉矶银河 1 洛杉矶 FC 3, 皇家盐湖城 1 奥兰多城 4, 圣何塞 0
周六赛程 夏洛特 FC 客场对阵 纽约红牛，下午 6:30 辛辛那提 客场对阵 哥伦布，晚上 7 点 迈阿密国际 CF 客场对阵 CF 蒙特利尔，晚上 7:30 纳什维尔 客场对阵 奥兰多城，晚上 7:30 亚特兰大 客场对阵 新英格兰，晚上 7:30 西雅图 客场对阵 费城，晚上 7:30 芝加哥 客场对阵 纽约城 FC，晚上 7:30
多伦多 FC 客场对阵 华盛顿特区联，晚上 7:30 科罗拉多 客场对阵 圣路易斯，晚上 8:30 奥斯汀 FC 客场对阵 休斯顿，晚上 8:30 温哥华 客场对阵 明尼苏达，晚上 8:30 达拉斯 FC 客场对阵 圣迭戈 FC，晚上 9:30 洛杉矶银河 vs 圣何塞（斯坦福），晚上 10:30 皇家盐湖城 客场对阵 波特兰，晚上 10:30 堪萨斯城 Sporting KC 客场对阵 洛杉矶 FC，晚上 10:30
NWSL 积分榜 胜 负 平 积分 进球 失球 华盛顿 9 3 3 30 24 12 哥谭 9 3 3 30 19 10 圣迭戈 9 5 2 29 23 17 波特兰 8 5 3 27 25 18 犹他 8 4 3 27 22 16 堪萨斯城 8 6 1 25 23 22 天使之城 7 6 1 22 22 14 北卡罗来纳 6 5 3 21 20 19 奥兰多 6 8 2 20 21 21 丹佛峰会 5 5 4 19 21 19 湾区 5 6 3 18 16 19 西雅图 5 7 2 17 15 19 波士顿遗产 4 8 4 16 17 23 休斯顿 4 7 4 16 18 24 芝加哥 4 11 0 12 8 30 路易维尔 2 10 2 8 16 27
周五赛程 芝加哥 客场对阵 奥兰多，晚上 8 点 湾区 客场对阵 休斯顿，晚上 8 点 哥谭 客场对阵 波特兰，晚上 10 点
周六赛程 堪萨斯城 客场对阵 波士顿遗产，下午 5 点 犹他 客场对阵 北卡罗来纳，晚上 7:45
周日赛程 西雅图 客场对阵 圣迭戈，下午 5 点 丹佛峰会 客场对阵 华盛顿，晚上 7 点 路易维尔 客场对阵 天使之城，晚上 9 点
高尔夫
3M 公开赛 周四 明尼苏达州布莱恩 双城 TPC 赛场 奖金：$8.8 百万美元 长度：7,431 码；标准杆：71 第一轮领先者 Ben Kohles ...............................62—62 (-9) Emiliano Grillo ..........................64—64 (-7) Jackson Koivun ........................64—64 (-7) Gary Woodland ........................64—64 (-7) Michael Brennan......................65—65 (-6) Lucas Glover ............................65—65 (-6) Kevin Roy .................................65—65 (-6) Scottie Scheffler......................65—65 (-6) Jesper Svensson......................65—65 (-6) Denny McCarthy......................66—66 (-5) Troy Merritt..............................66—66 (-5) Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen..66—66 (-5)
俄罗斯选手 Andrey Rublev（图中为 6 月 29 日在温布尔登网球锦标赛期间）在 7 月 23 日葡萄牙埃什托里尔公开赛中以 6-1, 6-1 击败了哈萨克斯坦选手 Timofey Skatov。
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女子 布拉格公开赛
二号种子 Barbora Krejcikova 以 6-4, 6-2 的比分轻松地在直落两盘中击败 Lucie Havlickova，顺利晋级在捷克举行的四分之一决赛。Krejcikova 在 2021 年赢得了该赛事冠军，但此后尚未重返半决赛。周四，她成功给 Havlickova 施压，制造了 12 个破发点机会并成功利用其中 3 个，同时化解了对方唯一的一次破发机会。
在其他比赛中，来自泰国的 Lanlana Tararudee 在一场马拉松式的比赛中，以 7-6 (4), 3-6, 7-6 (6) 击败了捷克共和国的四号种子 Nikola Bartunkova。Tararudee 的一发得分率仅为 67%，而 Bartunkova 为 69%。Tararudee 在最后一盘曾以 2-5 落后，但在整盘比赛中化解了 4 个赛点，最终挺进下一轮。
三号种子 Sara Bejlek 以 6-1, 6-1 的比分轻松击败乌兹别克斯坦的 Maria Timofeeva。在 Tagger 击败日本选手后，Bejlek 将在下一轮面对奥地利的 Lilli Tagger。
Chandler Phillips......................66—66 (-5) Chandler Blanchet....................67—67 (-4) Trace Crowe..............................67—67 (-4) Zecheng Dou ............................67—67 (-4) Rico Hoey .................................67—67 (-4) Billy Horschel............................67—67 (-4) Jeffrey Kang.............................67—67 (-4) Keita Nakajima .........................67—67 (-4) Marcelo Rozo............................67—67 (-4) Matthias Schmid ......................67—67 (-4) Kevin Streelman.......................67—67 (-4) John VanDerLaan .....................67—67 (-4) Vince Whaley............................67—67 (-4) Christiaan Bezuidenhout.........68—68 (-3) Zac Blair ...................................68—68 (-3) Will Gordon..............................68—68 (-3) Lee Hodges .............................68—68 (-3) Tom Hoge ................................68—68 (-3) Tom Kim...................................68—68 (-3) Kurt Kitayama..........................68—68 (-3) Jake Knapp..............................68—68 (-3) HaoTong Li...............................68—68 (-3) Keith Mitchell...........................68—68 (-3) Pontus Nyholm ........................68—68 (-3) Seamus Power.........................68—68 (-3) Austin Smotherman ................68—68 (-3) Sam Stevens............................68—68 (-3) Jackson Suber .........................68—68 (-3) Adam Svensson.......................68—68 (-3) Davis Thompson......................68—68 (-3)
ISPS HANDA 女子苏格兰公开赛 周四 艾尔郡 邓多纳林克斯球场 奖金：$2 百万美元 长度：6,543 码；标准杆：72 第一轮领先者 Lauren Coughlin ......................66—66 (-6) Jenny Shin ...............................66—66 (-6) A Lim
Kim..................................67—67 (-5) Lisa Pettersson........................69—69 (-3) Erika Hara .................................70—70 (-2) Esther Henseleit.......................70—70 (-2) Anna Nordqvist ........................70—70 (-2) Miyu Yamashita........................70—70 (-2) Pajaree Anannarukarn ...............71—71 (-1) Daniela Darquea.........................71—71 (-1) Julia Lopez Ramirez...................71—71 (-1) Patty Tavatanakit.......................71—71 (-1) Chanettee Wannasaen...............71—71 (-1) Jenny Bae...................................72—72 (0) Brianna Do..................................72—72 (0) Amanda Doherty........................72—72 (0) Nataliya Guseva.........................72—72 (0) Chisato Iwai................................72—72 (0) Nelly Korda.................................72—72 (0) Leona Maguire...........................72—72 (0) Nicole Broch Estrup....................73—73 (1) In Gee Chun ................................73—73 (1) Manon De Roey ..........................73—73 (1) Ariya Jutanugarn........................73—73 (1) Ryann O’Toole.............................73—73 (1) Pauline Roussin-Bouchard.........73—73 (1) Aunchisa Utama..........................73—73 (1) Yana Wilson ................................73—73 (1) Ina Yoon ......................................73—73 (1) Arpichaya Yubol..........................73—73 (1) Rose Zhang.................................73—73 (1) Weiwei Zhang.............................73—73 (1)
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周四交易记录 棒球 美国职业棒球大联盟 (MLB) 巴尔的摩金莺队 — Rudy Martin Jr. 通过弃权认领被多伦多蓝鸟队获得。指定击球手 Yohel Pozo 被送至小联盟。指定击球手 Yohel Pozo 通过弃权认领获得。右外野手 Johnathan Rodriguez 被指定转让。 匹兹堡海盗队 — 投手 Dennis Santana 被指定转让。投手 Ron Marinaccio 被交易以换取国际签约资金池资金。 圣地亚哥教徒队 — 投手 Ron Marinaccio 被交易至匹兹堡海盗队以换取国际签约资金池资金。 圣路易斯红雀队 — 指定击球手 Yohel Pozo 通过弃权认领被巴尔的摩金莺队获得。 坦帕湾光芒队 — 投手 Jesse Scholtens 被送至小联盟。投手 Jesse Scholtens 从 15 天伤病名单移除（右腕扭伤）。投手 Jesse Scholtens 从小联盟康复被召回。 多伦多蓝鸟队 — 右外野手 Addison Barger 转入 60 天伤病名单（右肘炎症）。Rudy Martin Jr. 被送至小联盟。Rudy Martin Jr. 通过弃权认领获得。投手 Adam Macko 被召回
从小联盟升至大联盟。左外野手 Davis Schneider 从小联盟升至大联盟。一垒手 Sean Keys 送至小联盟。投手 Patrick Corbin 进入 15 天伤病名单，左肩大圆肌拉伤。华盛顿国民队 —— 投手 Justin Lawrence 直接转让至小联盟。足球 美国国家橄榄球联盟 巴尔的摩乌鸦队 —— 中锋 Ethan Pocic 签约/非限制性自由球员，一年期合同（至 2026 年）。四分卫 Diego Pavia 被裁。克利夫兰布朗队 —— 紧端锋 Caden Prieskorn 签约至卡罗来纳黑豹队。中锋 Ethan Pocic 签约/非限制性自由球员至巴尔的摩乌鸦队，一年期合同（至 2026 年）。拉斯维加斯突袭者队 —— 四分卫 Fernando Mendoza 签约/选秀球员，四年期合同（含第五年选项）。旧金山 49 人队 —— 截锋 Zach Thomas 签约至卡罗来纳黑豹队。田纳西泰坦队 —— 截锋 Ryan Hayes 被裁。篮球 美国国家篮球协会 波士顿凯尔特人队 —— 前锋 Jordan Walsh 续签老将延长合同。休斯顿火箭队 —— 前锋 Jae’Sean Tate 续签。曲棍球 国家
曲棍球联盟 卡罗来纳飓风队 —— 后卫 Ronan Seeley 续签一年期双向合同。芝加哥黑鹰队 —— 右翼前锋 Patrick Kane 以自由球员身份签约，两年期合同。哥伦布蓝夹比队 —— 守门员 Jet Greaves 续签三年期合同。蒙特利尔加拿大人队 —— 守门员 Hunter Shepard 签约欧洲球队 Barys Astana-KHL。新泽西州恶魔队 —— 右翼前锋 Nathan Legare 签约欧洲球队 Traktor Chelyabinsk-KHL。
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来自乌克兰的头号种子 Oleksandra Oliynykova 必须经过一场三盘大战才能晋级，且她是当天在德国比赛中唯一晋级的种子选手。
Oliynykova 以 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2 击败了西班牙选手 Leyre Romero Gormaz，尽管她在面对的 11 个破发点中仅挽救了 4 个。但她的接发球发挥了作用，她共 7 次破掉 Romero Gormaz 的发球局，且在决定性盘中一发成功率达到 75%。
Oliynykova 接下来将面对来自亚美尼亚的 Elina Avanesyan，后者以 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 爆冷击败了来自哈萨克斯坦的 7 号种子 Yulia Putintseva。Avanesyan 目前世界排名 208 位，但她在三盘比赛中共 9 次破发，瓦解了 Putintseva 的防线。
埃及选手 Mayar Sherif 以 6-2, 6-3 击败法国选手 Elsa Jacquemot 晋级八强。她将对阵西班牙的 Paula Badosa，后者此前以 6-4, 6-1 击败了匈牙利 3 号种子 Panna Udvardy。
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Several states told USA TODAY they are examining whether a soft- ware program that allowed 6,600 noncitizens to register to vote in New Jersey could have done the same thing in their state. More than half of U.S. states and territories use the same vendor tied to a “serious software error” that regis- tered 6,600 noncitizens to vote while they were getting driver’s licenses, according to the vendor’s website. New Jersey said July 21that it was cut- ting ties with the vendor, IDEMIA. USA TODAY contacted the 36 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands that have an IDEMIA contract covering at least part of the work performed at their DMVs and found that states from Mississippi to Rhode Island are al- ready reviewing their voter registra- tion systems. One of the most prominent tech se- curity companies and based in France, IDEMIA is used nationwide for identi- ty-related security services like TSA PreCheck, facial recognition and mo- bile identification. In DMV agencies, IDEMIA’s software assists with print- ing identification cards, taking photos and collecting identifying data. New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced July 21 that as many as 6,600 non-U.S. citizens registered to vote in New Jersey in 2023 and 2024 because of a software flaw. Fewer than 400 of them cast ballots, she said. In a statement July 21, the company pushed back on New Jersey’s claim of an error and said its role is to transmit information it captures from appli- cants, while it is up to secretaries of state to ensure the information is
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MIAMI – Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara hugged his son with the gnawing dread that it might be the last time. No one had heard from Otero for days. Not since Cuban agents whisked him to this safe house near Playas del Este in Cuba after completing a five-year prison sentence for his role in the July 2021protests that sparked marches in the streets – something not seen in Cuba in a generation. The last time the public had heard Otero’s voice was on a secret recording from prison in Cuba to USA TODAY in May. Now security agents had brought his son to him to say goodbye. Tears welled in his eyes as he told Alejandro,16, that he loved him. Otero, 38, was days away from a forced exile from Cuba. State security agents hovered as father and son enjoyed one last day together, splashing around the safe house’s pool and eating dinner. They talked
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What mountains are you waiting to climb in life? For many, the question probably rings metaphorical. For Art Ulene, it’s also literal. On July13, Ulene, a retired OB-GYN, made history by becoming the oldest person to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa and the tallest free-standing mountain in the world, at about 19,000 feet above sea level. Ulene reached the summit on his 90th birthday, embarking on the 15- day trek in partnership with Care- Scout, a company that helps older
adults and families navigate aging. Ulene says his motivation for climb- ing Kilimanjaro was twofold. On the one hand, he wanted to do it for himself. On the other, he also wanted to show people what’s still possible, even in the latter end of life. “People ask, ‘Well, why are you doing this?’ And, for me, mountains have become a metaphor for my life. Moun- tains have peaks and valleys. So does life. Ups and downs,” he says. “If you’re not willing to climb the mountain, then you are missing so much of your poten- tial.” Ulene previously climbed Kilimanja- ro with his wife when he was 75 and
Ricardo Nuñez, left, greets Otero on the street in Miami. Nuñez was in his car when he recognized Otero and came over to welcome him to Miami.
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Wreckage of the Pan Am Clipper Endeavor has been found more than 70 years after it crashed in 1952.
Wreckage of 1952 Pan Am flight found in Atlantic Plane crashed after takeoff from San Juan
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Wreckage of a Pan Am plane that crashed off Puerto Rico’s coast nearly 75 years ago has been found on the ocean floor, search teams scouting for the long-lost aircraft announced on July 21. The passenger aircraft, dubbed the Clipper Endeavor, crashed and sank into the Atlantic Ocean on April 11, 1952, just minutes after it took off from the island’s eastern capital of San Juan. The plane, roughly the size of a modern Boeing 737, was bound for New York’s Idlewild Airport (now JFK) when it suffered engine failure just af- ter noon local time, according to the Pan Am Historical Foundation. It car- ried 64 passengers and five crew mem- bers. Seventeen people survived the crash. “I’ve got some incredible breaking news to share,” Josh Gates with the Discovery Channel’s “Expedition Un- known” said July 21 in a video posted on X. “Viewers may remember in 2024 we joined the search for the Pan Am Airways passenger plane ... this acci- dent changed aviation forever. It led to sweeping changes, including the in- troduction of the now mandatory pre- flight safety briefing.” According to a news release, the Douglas DC-4 aircraft was discovered on the evening of June 2, using high- resolution sonar. Gates said he and search teams from the nonprofit Air/Sea Heritage Foundation and Deep Sea Vision, a water exploration company based in Charleston, South Carolina, located the plane’s wreckage nearly 2,000 feet down on the ocean floor, “largely in- tact.”
What happened to the Clipper Endeavor?
Under the command of veteran Capt. John C. Burn, the plane took off at 12:11 p.m. local time, according to in- formation from the airline’s Historical Foundation, before suffering engine failure on its right side. “All people aboard initially survived the impact, which sheared off the air- craft’s tail but left the main cabin in- tact,” the release reads. “Yet with no safety briefing provided, a significant language barrier, and no coordinated evacuation procedure in place, pas- sengers faced chaos, confusion, and heavy seas as the aircraft flooded and sank in less than three minutes.” Although the aircraft was equipped with life rafts and personal flotation devices for all on board, most of the passengers remained in their seats, the release continues. “Despite swift and heroic action by rescue teams from the U.S. Coast Guard and Air Force, only12 passengers and five crew members were saved.” The Air/Sea Heritage Foundation will work with Puerto Rico’s govern- ment to expand protections for the wreck site and to create a memorial for those who died, according to the re- lease. More details about the discovery will be featured in an in-depth special episode of “Expedition Unknown” lat- er this year, Gates said.
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accurate. And a company spokesper- son, Lisa Shoemaker, told USA TODAY July 22 that failures like those experi- enced in New Jersey have not been seen elsewhere. “In response to questions from USA TODAY ... IDEMIA has retested and confirmed that the voter information capture functionality is operating as intended in the other jurisdictions it supports,”saidShoemaker,anIDEMIA senior vice president for global corpo- rate relations. The incident comes just days after President Donald Trump and Home- land Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin made broad allegations about the number of noncitizens registered to vote in the United States. Mullin said his agency had used publicly available information to identify more than 250,000 potential noncitizens illegally registered to vote in Califor- nia, New Jersey, Nevada and Pennsyl- vania. All of the states have denied the allegations. The administration has put in- creasing pressure on states to share voter rolls and rely on a newly created federal database that uses immigra- tion data, Social Security information and other sources to check whether people on their voter rolls can legally vote. Each state has a different contract with IDEMIA Civil Identity NA LLC giving the state access to a variety of its services. Not all states that use the company as part of the DMV have it collect and transmit voter registration information. For example, Louisiana’s Office of Motor Vehicles uses IDEMIA exclu- sively for issuing driver’s licenses and ID cards but not for voter registration. Illinois and Maine have a similar ar- rangement.
System reviews in other states
In Missouri, like some other states, IDEMIA has a contract to issue identi- fication cards, including driver’s li- censes – but it does not have the responsibility of determining whether someone is eligible to vote, said JoDonn Chaney, a spokesman for the Missouri Department of Revenue, which handles motor vehicle and li- censing procedures. That responsibility falls to the sec- retary of state’s office, Chaney told USA TODAY. “The way our system is set up is that
she was 72. This time, he embarked with a group and took extra precau- tions to account for his advanced age. All in all, the journey took 15 days − 11-and-a-half on the way up and four on the way down. “I had to slow it down, because, quite frankly, my legs just would not go any faster,” Ulene says. “We carried a chair, and they would pull out the chair every hour for me, and I would sit down and spend five to 10 minutes just trying to recover.” No matter how arduous the climb got, Ulene says, he kept reminding himself that all he had to do was keep putting one foot in front of the other. It’s how he’s surmounted many of life’s obstacles, too. “People ask me, ‘How do you climb Kilimanjaro?’ The answer is one step at a time,” he says. “You put your left foot forward, and you put your right foot in front of your left foot. And then you repeat that about 50,000 times.” Kilimanjaro is not a simple walk. It involves rough and rocky terrain. The most challenging parts, Ulene says, were the times he had to lift himself over large rocks. Coming down the mountain proved challenging too, as he had to control his descent, lest he go tumbling down. But what awaited him at the top was a birthday he’ll never forget. “I just collapsed with the summit,” he says. “I had a birthday party at the summit. A cake with icing. Song.
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we send IDEMIA a file that says, ‘Hey, produce these IDs, and then they in fact do that for us. What they do for other states, I don’t know,” Chaney said. Chaney said that after receiving a request for comment from USA TODAY, the Department of Revenue asked its Motor Vehicle and Driver Licensing Division to conduct a check of its sys- tems “to see if there is any issue that would be coming up because of your inquiry.” “At this point,”Chaney said, “we have found nothing out of the ordinary.” In Mississippi, Secretary of State Michael Watson and Department of Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell are already examining the sys- tem, Watson said in a statement. “I’ve already checked with the Com- missioner and can ensure Mississippi- ans we’ll make sure our systems are operating correctly,” Mississippi Sec- retary of State Michael Watson told USA TODAY. Rhode Island’s State Department Election Division has requested a meet- ing with the Division of Motor Vehicles and its vendor and asked for a full sys- tem review. “At this time, there is no indication that a similar issue has occurred here. Since 2019, at the request of the Elec- tions Division of the (Rhode Island) Department of State, the Division of Motor Vehicles ... conducts a regular audit of a randomized selection of DMV records to ensure that database entries match paper records,” the division said in a statement. “This process would identify any potential patterns of irreg- ularities in registrations so that they could be immediately rectified.” Idaho, along with five other states, is exempt from the National Voter Regis- tration Act of 1993, which requires states to make registering to vote an option when getting identification, be- cause it offers Election Day voter regis- tration. Still, Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane said the call from USA TODAY made him reach out to find out whether IDEMIA’s system was used for voter registration at all. The DMV has a contract with IDEMIA but does not do
At Mount Kilimanjaro’s summit, Art Ulene enjoys birthday cake on July 13, his 90th birthday. His climb to the summit took 111⁄2 days. PROVIDED BY CARESCOUT
Dancing.”
What his climb really means
So, after climbing Kilimanjaro at 90, what’s next for Ulene? Well, now he wants to focus on going down moun- tains −specifically, skiing. He’s already bought a season ski pass at Deer Valley in Utah and plans to take lessons with an 80-year-old instructor. He also wants to keep inspiring peo- ple to live as best they can, no matter their age. “I want to be clear, I’m not suggest-
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voter registrations. Illinois no longer uses IDEMIA for voter registration at the DMV, the secre- tary of state’s office said. Also, Illinois has a built-in “safeguard” under which people applying for a driver’s license are first asked about their citizenship sta- tus, said Illinois State Board of Elections spokesman Matt Dietrich. “If they an- swer no, they are blocked from the voter registration process and their informa- tion is not forwarded to us.”
What happened in New Jersey?
Sherrill said July 21 that the nonciti- zens involved had answered no to whether they were a U.S. citizen while applying for their driver’s licenses and identification cards with the Motor Vehicle Commission, or MVC, but were registered to vote anyway. All 50 states allow legally present noncitizens to ob- tain driver’s licenses. Fewer than 400 of noncitizens actu- ally voted, and they were registered as Democrats, Republicans and unaffiliat- ed in all parts of the state, she said. In her response, Shoemaker told USA TODAY the 6,600 records submit- ted to New Jersey’s MVC and Division of Elections “contained correct informa- tion according to the design specifica- tions as set out by the state.” “All 6600 individuals indicated ‘Yes’ to wanting to register to vote and ‘No’ to being a US Citizen,” Shoemaker said. “This information was recorded correct- ly and always available to the MVC via the database that MVC utilized to gather voter information and transmit to the Division of Elections. At no point was a noncitizen ever marked as a citizen in the database.” The Justice Department has an- nounced it will investigate the incident. In a letter to the state, Assistant Attor- ney General Harmeet Dhillon asked New Jersey to provide information for the mistakenly registered noncitizens and for the fewer than 400 noncitizens who voted. She said on social media that the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division will be “investigating this unlawful dilution of American votes.” Sherrill said the state’s last admini- stration should have made the mistake public when it uncovered it. Fellow Democrat Phil Murphy was governor at the time. “It’s unacceptable that the vendor re- leased software with such a glaring error,” Sherrill said. “It’s unacceptable that the (motor vehicle commission) took a year to get this issue fixed, and it’s unacceptable that no one in the previ- ous administration brought this to light, demanded accountability or took action when it happened years ago.”
ing that every older person should climb Mount Kilimanjaro,” he says. “What I tell them is, find your own mountain. Maybe it’s an issue in life that’s holding you back. Maybe it’s something on your bucket list, some- thing you’ve always needed to do. Give it a try.” It’s an ethos that took Ulene to the top of Kilimanjaro and one that will lead him through the rest of his days. “I want to be in perfect health until the day I die,” he says. “When I die, I want them saying, ‘What did he die of? He looked great yesterday!’ ”
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Joey Garrison
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump honored four soldiers recently killed in the Iran war as he attended their dignified transfer in Dover, Dela- ware, on July 22 shortly after making new threats against civilian targets in Iran. The deaths of the four U.S. troops last weekend came as the United States has ratcheted up attacks on Iran, hitting the country with airstrikes for 12 consecu- tive days with no end in sight to a war that Trump vowed months ago would be over quickly. “They’re indeed great heroes,”Trump told reporters of the deceased soldiers before heading to Dover Air Force Base, where their remains were returned to the United States. “All of them said, very strongly, that we can’t let Iran have a nuclear weapon, so we’re going to honor them.” Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth saluted with their right hands as the four soldiers’remains, inside cas- kets with American flags, were trans- ferred from a plane into vehicles. One family member could be heard wailing as their loved one was taken off the plane. Three of the fallen soldiers whose bodies were returned to the United States were killed by Iranians attack on
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Amanda Lee Myers
USA TODAY Jackie, the bald eagle of Big Bear Lake in Southern California, has always inspired awe. First it was a handful of locals who watched her grow up, build nests and create a life. Now her fans number in the millions from all over the world, thanks to a camera that has been livestreaming her nest since 2015. Jackie’s fans have watched the highs and lows of nature as she mates with her steadfast partner Shadow, lays or loses eggs, raises eaglets, fights off predators, braves winter storms, and hunts for fish. But never have Jackie’s fans been more worried about the future as they are now. The 14-year-old bald eagle is 170 miles from her home, being assessed and treated at the Ojai Raptor Center af- ter being rescued following an alterca- tion with two subadult eagles, though it seems she’s suffering from something more complicated that preceded the fight. Video showed her apparently struggling out of water near the lake, looking far from the fierce mother her fans have come to know. The raptor center says that Jackie is in critical condition and underweight, with severe anemia and inflammation affecting her kidneys. They are awaiting further blood tests to help understand what’s wrong with her. On the positive side, Jackie is eating and exhibiting spunk by fighting staff members working to care for her, ac- cording to Friends of Big Bear Valley, the group that runs Jackie’s live stream and looks out for her and the rest of the eagle family. As Jackie’s fans fret about her health and future, USA TODAY talked with a bald eagle expert in Alaska who treats as many as 150 of the majestic raptors every year. We found out what could be wrong with Jackie and what treatments she may undergo before she can hope- fully get back home.
Rodenticide and metal poisoning
Rodenticide and metal poisoning are among some of the worst threats to bald eagles all over the United States. Rodenticide poisoning happens when humans try to control populations of mice, rats, gophers and other rodents using chemical agents to kill them. Bald eagles and other creatures, including mountain lions, coyotes, owls, and even household pets, can then eat the result- ing dead rodents and become poisoned themselves, said Jennifer Cedarleaf, avian director at the Alaska Raptor Cen- ter, which has treated up to 150 bald ea- gles in one year. The result is agonizing, with animals slowly bleeding to death without treat- ment, she told USA TODAY. Poisoning from such metals as lead
the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan. They are Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii; Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas; and Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, New York. The fourth soldier, Sgt. Michael Em- manuel Swinton, 30, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was killed during a con- trolled detonation of a downed Iranian drone in northern Iraq. Trump met privately with the fam- ilies of the troops before the transfer ceremony. As he left Washington, Trump called welcoming the return of fallen soldiers “one of the hardest things you have to do as president.” “All I’m going to say is, ‘We love you. We love your child,’” Trump said of his meeting with families. “They’re their children. No games, no nothing. That’s their child. And all you can do is throw out your heart.”
Family of deceased soldier leaves ceremony on Air Force One
After the brief ceremony concluded, Trump left the air base on Air Force One en route for Marietta, Georgia, where he gave remarks at Wheeler High School on newly activated investment accounts for newborns called “Trump Accounts.” Feehan’s family members, who are from Georgia, joined Trump on Air Force One at the president’s invitation to re- turn home. Trump later brought the family to his event, singling them out in the crowd during his remarks.
Jackie, the famous and fierce mother bald eagle of Big Bear Lake in California, is pictured in her nest.
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and zinc is just as bad. Bald eagles and other wildlife suffer great pain when they ingest things like lead from bullets or fishing weights, Cedarleaf said, add- ing that the treatment can be just as un- comfortable, likening it to chemothera- py for humans. “It breaks my heart every time I see it,” she said. “It is absolutely the worst thing to see.” Both conditions are treatable de- pending on the amount of toxins the ea- gle has ingested. But if it’s too much, the most humane option for the raptors is euthanasia, she said. Last year, the Ojai Raptor Center suc- cessfully rehabbed and released a juve- nile eagle suffering from rodenticide poisoning after providing Vitamin K therapy. The eagle, suspected to be one of Jackie’s offspring named Sunny, ar- rived at the facility in critical condition, so emaciated and weak that she couldn’t hold her head up, the raptor center said. “Her prognosis was very poor,” the center said. Several months later, the eagle was back in the wild and is flour- ishing.
Other human causes: Shooting, animal traps, electrical lines
At the Alaska Raptor Center, Cedar- leaf said that humans are responsible for most of the eagle injuries they treat. In addition to rodenticide and metal poisoning, they see eagles that have been electrocuted or otherwise hurt af- ter running into power lines, hit by vehi- cles, shot against the law, or injured in leghold traps meant for mink, martens, and wolves. Electrocutions and other power line injuries are tough to survive. Those in- jured by traps can be treated depending on the severity, including amputation, but gunshot wounds are frequently a death sentence, Cedarleaf said. The Ojai Raptor Center alone gets an average of one to two birds every week suffering from gunshot injuries, includ- ing a red-tailed hawk who had been shot seven times and not only had to contend with those wounds but also lead poison- ing from the bullets. “Not only are the injuries and the treatment itself incredibly traumatic to
President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth salute as members of the military carry the transfer case of Army Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, who was killed during an attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.
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“It’s an honor to have you here today,” Trump said. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina; Sen. Chris Coons, D-Delaware, and sev- eral White House officials also attended the dignified transfer. In all, at least 18 U.S. service mem- bers have died in the Iran war, which be- gan nearly five months ago and has turned increasingly unpopular among Americans in recent polling. The Pentagon said this week more than 100 U.S. soldiers have been injured
wildlife patients suffering gunshot wounds, but many raptors mate for life, and spring is the breeding season for many different species, including Eagles and Red-tailed Hawks,” the group said in March 2024. “After mat- ed[,] Red-tailed Hawk pairs build their nest together, the female incubates the eggs while the males bring the female food. It is very unlikely that a single female, or male, can, or will success- fully incubate eggs while having to feed themselves and her babies alone −which is also the case [for] other rap- tor species.” Why would someone want to shoot an amazing creature like a bald eagle or a red-tailed hawk? The same reason that children recently were found hit- ting a young great horned owl with baseball bats. “The cruelty of humans is unbeliev- able,” Cedarleaf said.
Fights among other birds can injure, kill eagles
Bald eagles also face injury or death from their own kind and other preda- tory birds. Their fights can be brutal. Cedarleaf recalled once having to separate two eagles who had been in a battle so fierce that they had the other bird’s talons embedded in them. Sometimes, eagles will lock talons in the air and spin downward, known as tumbling. “Sometimes they let go in enough time, but sometimes they don’t and they hit the water or land, and one or both can die.” Talon injuries can be treated with antibiotics.
What is happening with Jackie now?
The wildlife experts treating Jackie are awaiting bloodwork results and di- agnostic test results that would likely show whether she could be suffering from rodenticide or metal poisoning. They say that X-rays showed no signs of metal objects such as fishing hooks. “While the eagle remains alert and is eating, it is still too early to predict the outcome,” the Ojai Raptor Center said on July 21. “Wildlife medicine takes time, and some answers simply cannot be rushed.” The uncertainty has eagle lovers stressing. “Prayers that she pulls through this awfulness,” Jackie lover Bonne Lass of wrote on the raptor center post. “She is needed by Shadow and her eaglets, and so dearly loved by millions of peo- ple.” Cedarleaf, who has experienced the joy of rehabbing wild eagles back to health and the agony of euthanizing those who can’t be saved, said she doesn’t have any inside knowledge of Jackie’s troubles. But from where she’s sitting, she doesn’t think her fans should despair too much. “I’m pretty hopeful,” she said. “I’m hopeful that she’ll get back out there.”
in the Iran war since July 7, with the vast majority sustaining minor concussions. Trump vowed revenge against Iran in retaliation to the recent deaths of U.S. soldiers, warning Iran will “pay” for the attacks. He escalated his threats further on July 22, vowing in a social media post that he would order strikes on civilian targets – a bridge or power plant – for every ship that comes under attack in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway for oil shipments.
odds rise with lawmakers in August recess
Drew Pittock
President Donald Trump says the government is headed for a shutdown Sept. 30, when current funding lapses. The comment came after the House of Representatives passed a stopgap funding resolution July 21 that would keep the government open through early December. The resolution now heads to the Senate, but with August recesses for both chambers rapidly ap- proaching, the clock is ticking.
August recess narrows an already tight window
The government’s funding is set to run out Sept. 30. In theory, that would leave upwards of 50 days, not includ- ing weekends, to hammer out a bud- get. There’s just one problem with that timeline: Both chambers will soon de- part Washington for their August re- cess. GOP House leadership was eager to pass the funding bill quickly; its mem- bers’ recess began Thursday, July 23, and runs until Aug. 31, when the House officially reconvenes. Add to that another week off from Sept. 7 to Sept.11, marked by Labor Day and the beginning of the Jewish holi- day of Rosh Hashanah, and the House has roughly 16 days in session before the funding deadline hits. Meanwhile, the Senate’s recess be- gins Aug. 7; lawmakers are due back in the chamber Sept. 14.
11 days for both chambers
The margins for getting a funding bill passed before the end of Septem- ber are increasingly thin. And if the Senate decides to amend the bill passed July 21, it would have to return to the House for another vote, narrowing the window even further. Between now and Sept. 30, both chambers will be in session at the same time for 11 days after this week.
Another year, another shutdown?
By now, the American public is well aware of what a government shut- down means. Today’s drama is reminiscent of the weeks before last year’s record-break- ing 43-day government shutdown, which began Oct. 1, 2025, after Con- gress failed to pass a funding bill. Though that shutdown ostensibly ended in mid-November, a partial shutdown dragged on through April, snarling the Department of Homeland Security and causing delays and con- fusion at airports across the country. Contributing: Reuters
Exile
about whether Alejandro would go to college, about the new girl he was dat- ing. They fell asleep in the silent country house with no electricity in the thick July heat. On the morning of July 18, Otero would be on a plane to Miami, leaving behind his son, family, friends, history and home. He gave his first interview to a major U.S. daily, USA TODAY, on July 21. People in Cuba think exile is the solu- tion, “but there’s a new kind of rift here, a new type of state-sponsored violence: people going 30 years without seeing their moms or kids – their mothers die, and they aren’t allowed to come back,” Otero said, sitting on the pool deck of a Miami hotel. “You can’t say goodbye … You can’t give them a kiss … And now my son ...” Otero dropped his face into his hands and wept. Otero, a prolific visual artist, and fel- low political prisoner Maykel “Osorbo” Castillo Pérez, a rapper who cowrote the Latin Grammy award-winning anthem “Patria y Vida,” have been at the center of high-stakes negotiations between the United States and Cuba that could reshape relations between the Cold War foes. A deal could dramatically expand business and trade and end a U.S. oil embargo that has crippled the island. If talks fail, President Donald Trump could turn his military sights on Cuba as he did with Venezuela and Iran. In a recent exclusive interview with USA TODAY, Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro – former Cuban president Raúl Castro’s grandson and a key interlocu- tor in the talks – said Cuba was willing, under the right conditions, to release “people deemed political prisoners.” More than 1,300 political prisoners remain in Cuban jails, according to hu- man rights advocates. But the release of Otero, and the expected release of Cas- tillo, “suggest that at least some chan- nels between the two governments re- main open,” said Michael Bustamante, chair for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at the University of Miami. “Cuba may be budging on high-pro- file releases that the U.S. government demanded months ago,” Bustamante said.
‘Patria y Vida’
Celebrity from a prison cell
Meanwhile, Otero has been em- braced as a celebrity du jour by Miami’s Cuban exile community. As he recently strolled down Calle Ocho, Miami’s exile epicenter, shouts of “Alcántara!” rang out from cafes and Southwest Eighth Street’s iconic Dom- ino Park. People stopped Otero to shake his hand or snap a selfie. Otero took his own selfie: In front of a mural of himself on the street. At the live music venue Ball & Chain, the upright bass player and lead singer of a three-piece band paused midsong to greet Otero through the mic as he walked nearby. “Welcome!” he said in Spanish. “Cuba libre!” Ricardo Nuñez, 55, was getting into his car when he recognized Otero. He rushed over and welcomed him to Mi- ami. The two hugged. “He’s a young man who defends his ideas,” Nuñez said. “That’s incredibly valuable in today’s world.” Otero’s celebrity was hard won in a crowded Cuban prison cell, and exile comes with a price.
Chiseling pencil art
Otero grew up the oldest of four in the Old Havana neighborhood of El Cerro, in a house crammed with 15 other cousins, aunts and uncles. His father was a weld- er and his mother a midlevel worker for a real estate group. If his mom scored a piece of candy at work, she would cut it into four slivers for her children, Otero recalled. From an early age, two things were true for him: He loved art, and he hated bullies. His father would bring him slabs of wood from the shop and, using a box cutter, Otero would chisel them into sculptures. He whittled pencils into faces or women’s bodies. In his neighborhood, he stepped in when other kids were getting picked on. “I remember being a child, without even knowing anything about politics or having a political stance, and simply not accepting abuse or things like that,” he said. He was a competitive track-and-field athlete and yearned to study art but couldn’t get into art college. Instead, he delved into his art at home, creating pieces that pushed the limits of Cuban conformity. He wanted to make art that chal- lenged the norms, the way Picasso and Basquiat had, Otero said.
Cuban dissident Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara repairs a broken statue that he brought from Cuba of the Virgin of Charity, the island’s patron saint, during a meeting with members of the Cuban exile community at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Charity in Miami on July 18. GIORGIO VIERA/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
One of the exhibitions he copro- duced, named “Museum of Dissidence in Cuba,” showcased dissidents throughout Cuba’s history, from the re- bel Taíno chief Hatuey to Fidel Castro. It won him acclaim – and the attention of Cuba’s state security apparatus.
Through his research for that project, Otero discovered activists and opposi- tion artists like him were either jailed or exiled from Cuba. “The Cuban regime – the Cuban dic- tatorship – specializes in erasing mem- ory,” he said. “Every 10 years or so, whenever a form of civil society begins to take shape, they force almost all the activists to leave Cuba. They try to wipe it all from the collective memory so that people are forced to start over again. They have to begin almost from scratch.” In 2018, he helped start the San Isidro Movement, named for the Old Havana neighborhood where artists congregat- ed to protest Cuba’s crackdown on cre- atives – specifically Decree 349, a law requiring that artistic activity be autho- rized in advance by the Cuban culture ministry. He was also drawing the attention of state security. From 2018 to 2021, Otero said he was detained more than 90 times and went on at least one hunger strike in protest, after, he said, authori- ties entered his home and destroyed some of his paintings. Around that time, he and Castillo col- laborated with artists and musicians in Cuba and the United States to create a song that defined the heart of their movement: “Patria y Vida,” the phrase shouted in the streets of Havana and Miami, turned around a Castro-era dirge of liberty or death with a call for liberty and life. The song’s video has been viewed more than 17 million times on YouTube and became the anthem of widespread street protests. It won two Latin Gram- mys: Song of the Year and Best Urban Song. As the song gained popularity, state police confined Castillo to his house. He was arrested on May 18, 2021, charged with “contempt of authority” and “defa- mation of state institutions” and sum- marily sentenced to nine years in prison. Otero continued working with activ- ists. In July 2021, he was arrested as he made his way to a rally in Havana’s San Antonio neighborhood. He was convict- ed of “desecration of national symbols, public disorder and contempt” and sen- tenced to five years in a maximum-se- curity prison in Guanajay, southwest of Havana. He served every day of it.
Battered, worn, fractured faces
Otero spent his first two months in prison in solitary confinement, he said. Later, he shared a cell with three others. They could watch a single TV and were allowed into the yard for an hour a day. As he watched other prisoners lose their grip on reality or use drugs smug- gled in to numb their days, Otero said he made a conscious choice to keep his mind and body sharp. He exercised when he was outside and used paints and construction paper brought by visi- tors to create. He painted the expressions of his fellow inmates and their tattoos. He
painted plants, flowers, and his sexual fantasies. He painted his dreams. When the paper ran out, he taped cigarette cartons together and painted on them. He said he hoped his paintings would one day show the world what life was like inside a Cuban prison. Otero produced more than 4,000 works during his five years of confine- ment, he said. Cuban authorities al- lowed him to keep most of them when he left. “You see the faces of these human beings: battered, worn, seemingly frac- tured. Those faces speak volumes,” he said. “I tried to capture all of that.”
Deteriorating conditions
Otero said he could sense Cuba’s de- teriorating condition outside by the di- minishing quality of his prison food. When he first arrived five years ago, he would get a few eggs and a small chunk of bread, along with rice, beans and the occasional piece of chicken. By the end of his sentence, the rice became a mealy slush. Bread and eggs vanished. Chicken was replaced by insipid bloated pasta. State security agents harangued him throughout his prison term, he said, dangling an offer: Go into exile or remain behind bars. “They made it clear: I’ll never walk on Cuban streets again as a free man,” he said. Otero resisted the offer for a year- and-a-half. As he entered his second year, he broke down and agreed to the deal, feeling he could be more effective in exile than in prison. Still, he remained locked up, day after day, month after month. As negotiations between U.S. and Cuban officials restarted earlier this year, the names of Otero and Castillo re- surfaced. The release of political prison- ers remains central to negotiations aimed at achieving a wider, historic de- tente, people with understanding of the talks have told USA TODAY. Shortly after an April 10 secret meet- ing in Havana between Rodríguez Cas- tro and a State Department official, Cu- ban security agents again visited Ote- ro’s cell. They repeated their offer: exile or languish in prison. He first revealed this in a secret tape he recorded and smuggled out of prison to USA TODAY in May. Otero again agreed to go, adding one final plea: to be able to see his son and a Cuban beach one last time. Late last month, he was told he was getting out. And one night, armed plain- clothes agents hustled him out of his cell and drove him to a safe house near Playas del Este, a beach town about 10 miles east of central Havana. Since he had become infamous inside Cuba, he was told he would be sequestered to avoid journalists and unwanted public- ity until it came time to fly out. There he waited until the United States granted his immigration parole. Three security agents stayed at the house around the clock. They brought family members so Otero could say his final goodbyes and a cook made meals in the kitchen. Otero said he got to know his captors, who guarded him on a secluded beach. He came to see them as ordinary people – fathers and sons, cogs in a macabre machine, perhaps, but not inherently bad, he said. One night, he shared his vision of Cu-
ba with them: “I told them that one of my dreams is for security not to be State security but rather security for the peo- ple,” Otero said. “It should be about pro- tecting me from the State, not the other way around.”
‘How do I do this?’
Days stretched into weeks. Friends and relatives, not knowing his location, worried about him. Supporters filed a motion in a Cuban court demanding to know his whereabouts. Eventually, agents brought his son, Alejandro, to spend a final day and night with him. Otero marveled at how the 11- year-old boy who first visited him in prison was almost a man, talking about his girlfriend and thinking about going to college. Otero worried about him having to serve a compulsory year in the Cuban military. Alejandro worried about being the man of the house. “How do I do this?” Alejandro asked his dad. Otero assured him he’d do great. They hugged a final goodbye.
On July 18, Otero boarded an Amer- ican Airlines flight at José Martí Inter- national Airport in Havana and left Cu- ba, accompanied by an official from the U.S. embassy in Cuba. His only posses- sions were the shorts and T-shirt he wore and his prison paintings. Cheering supporters and scrambling reporters met Otero as he emerged from customs at Miami International Airport. Anamely Ramos, a longtime friend who had been lobbying for his parole, ran to him, swung her arms around his neck and pulled him into a tight, lingering hug. All of it was caught in countless In- stagram videos. Otero covered his face and cried, a rush of emotions spilling free. “That hug just broke my heart wide open,” he said. “It was like a spell had been cast on me and then released, and I was rebuilt anew. … It was overwhelm- ing.” Otero, Ramos and a few other friends drove straight from the airport to the National Shrine of Our Lady Charity, a Miami religious landmark known sim- ply as “La Ermita,” where clergy mem- bers and other supporters greeted them. There, Otero pieced together a bro- ken statuette of La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre – Cuba’s beloved patron saint – symbolizing mending relations on both sides of the Florida Straits. Otero said he plans to pursue art that promotes greater freedoms in Cuba. For starters, he’d like to exhibit his prison paintings. “I come to this country to continue working for the freedom of Cuba. One minute that is lost is one more minute that the dictatorship will continue being a dictatorship,” he said. “Even though I’m tired, even though my voice is hoarse, I’m going to continue working. I’m going to continue working until [Cu- ba] becomes a real, democratic coun- try.” After La Ermita, his friends drove Otero to South Beach. They shared a Stella Artois, toasted his arrival, then strolled along the beach. Otero looked at the waves foaming on the shore and the stretch of blue-green sea. Just beyond is a home he may not see again.
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Pour it on, coffee lovers say
Coffee drinkers, relax: Those multiple jolts of java in the morning are OK for your heart health, a new study shows. There’s a caveat, though: That’s based on black coffee, unadorned with sugars, syrups and creamers. Adults can drink up to five cups of coffee a day, or about 400 mg of caffeine, without raising their risk of cardiovascular disease, the study by the American Heart Association says; in fact, plain black coffee can have some benefits, such as a lower risk of Type 2 diabetes and stroke. But, the associa- tion added, people should still be wary of higher doses of caffeine, like those in energy shots.
Life on a distant planet?
Humanity has made a giant leap in the search for extraterrestrial life: For the first time, astronomers have detected an atmosphere surrounding an Earth-like planet orbiting within the habitable zone of another star −known as the “Goldilocks zone.” It’s the strongest evidence yet that these distant worlds, known as exoplanets, could sustain life. The planet, known as LhS 1140 b, is about 49 light-years from Earth, or 300 trillion miles, in the constellation Cetus, said Collin Cherubim of Harvard University, lead author of the study reporting the discovery. That’s actually pretty close on a cosmic scale, he told USA TODAY −right in “our galactic backyard.”
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GLP-1 drugmakers fight it out
The weight loss wars are on. Novo Nordisk, maker of the anti-obesity medication Wegovy, is suing Eli Lilly, maker of the rival drug Zepbound, accus- ing it of false and misleading advertising. Novo says Lilly’s ads comparing the effectiveness of the two injectable GLP-1 medicines are “deliberately” con- fusing consumers by stacking the highest doses of Lilly’s drugs against lower doses of Novo’s meds, and it wants Lilly to not only pull the ads but also run a campaign correcting them. Lilly said it will “vigorously” fight the lawsuit. The stakes are high: The weight loss sector is expected to pull in an estimated $100 billion a year over the next decade.
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‘The Odyssey’ is a box office colossus
Epic story, epic movie, epic box office. Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” opened to a $124.5 million in North America, plus $264.1 mil- lion globally, the biggest worldwide weekend debut ever for the “Oppen- heimer” director. Those numbers make the film starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson and Anne Hathaway the summer’s biggest movie debut after the franchise giant “Toy Story 5.” Especially hot were tickets for IMAX 70 mm showings: “The Odyssey” is the first major studio release filmed entirely using IMAX cameras.
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World Cup crown belongs to Spain
“Gentlemen, we have a date with history,” Spain coach Luis de la Fuente had told his players −and they delivered. Spain defeated Argen- tina 1-0 to capture its second World Cup championship, capping off a stellar tournament run that saw the team give up only one goal in eight games. For Argentina’s Lionel Messi, 39, who saw his dream of a second World Cup crown slip away, the tour- nament could be his last. He posted on social media after the game: “The best part of all these years was never just the titles, but the journey itself.” −Compiled by Robert Abitbol
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site updates historical displays
move; critic cry foul
Phaedra Trethan
PHILADELPHIA – The National Park Service has quietly updated a Philadelphia historic site by installing controversial displays that critics say downplay the brutality of slavery and gloss over President George Washing- ton’s enslavement of people. The new signs replace years-old displays that either were removed in early 2026 or were in limbo for months. The controversy involves ex- tensive legal back-and-forth involving the Trump administration and the city of Philadelphia about the President’s House, a site steps away from the Lib- erty Bell. In an emailed response to USA TO- DAY, the Department of Interior, which oversees the National Park Service, said it was happy with court rulings al- lowing the administration to change the exhibits. The new panels, it said, “are full of historical context and high- light the momentous events that took place in the President’s House and the other sites at Independence National Historical Park.” The displays “acknowledge the evils of slavery, including its injustices and hypocrisies, and, by telling the stories of the nine slaves that Wash- ington kept in the President’s House, remind us of their essential humanity,” the statement continued. The switch happened on July 14 as the city was hosting the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, as first report- ed by local outlets, including the Phila- delphia Inquirer and NBC10. USA TODAY visited the site July 19 and saw a mix of locals and tourists. Armed National Park police officers patrolled the area and a video surveil- lance system was in place. After the National Park Service initially re- moved the site’s original displays, sto- ries about the legal battle, anti-Trump messages, pro-preservation missives and the text from the original displays were taped up on the walls at the site. In April, the National Park Service unveiled new panels in a post, telling USA TODAY at the time that they were meant to “engage in meaningful con- versations about the moments and places that have shaped our country.” But Avenging the Ancestors Coali- tion (ATAC), a group of activists, histo- rians and preservationists who had advocated for the acknowledgment of the enslaved people who lived and worked at the site, at the time called the administration’s signage “deeply offensive” and said the changes repre- sent “yet another attempt to distort and censor American history.” The National Park Service, acting on a March 2025 executive order from the Trump administration, removed the original displays in January. Those included information about the Trans- atlantic Slave Trade, Washington’s slave ownership, the brutality under which enslaved people labored and how the early economy was propped up by the unpaid labor of enslaved people and indentured servants. The new panels focus on occupants of the President’s House, where George Washington and John Adams lived while Philadelphia was the na- tion’s capital. Other panels highlight Independence National Park, the ex- ecutive branch, Philadelphia’s role in the American Revolution and how Americans have celebrated their inde- pendence since 1776. There are panels about slavery and enslaved people, but the original panels dealt with the insti- tution of slavery and its impact. Meanwhile, the administration, the Interior Department said, encourages Americans to “engage in meaningful conversations about the moments that have shaped our country. By telling the full story, every triumph, every chal- lenge, and every step toward a more perfect union we strengthen our shared understanding and ensure that future generations inherit not just the land we love, but the truth of the jour- ney that brought us here.” But activists say what the Trump administration calls “truth” is a dis- torted version of history. In a July 5 op- ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Mi- chael Coard, founder of Avenging the Ancestors Coalition, wrote that the new President’s House “racially white- washes, at best, and ‘racistly’ censors, at worst, the abject evil of slavery.”
tariffs on generic drugs
prices with plan in place
Ken Alltucker
The most common prescription drugs you pick up at the pharmacy counter or fill via mail order will likely get more expensive under President Donald Trump’s plan to assess a 100% tariff on imported generic drugs in two years. In a social media post, Trump said all imported generic drugs will be tar- iff-free for another two years before a 100% tariff would kick in Aug. 1, 2028, and a 200% tariff one year later. “This is done in order to RESHORE Generic Pharmaceutical Production into America, with a penalty to those Companies that decide not to build Plant and Equipment within the stated period of time given to them,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social July 21.
Tariffs will raise prices for generics
If the tariffs are implemented, ex- perts warn consumers probably will pay more for generic drugs, which ac- count for 90% of prescription medica- tions sold in the United States. Health insurance companies and employers that sponsor health benefits likely will absorb higher costs, which are typical- ly passed to consumers through higher insurance premiums, copays and de- ductibles. Consumers often turn to generic drugs to get cheaper medications that are comparable to pricier brand-name drugs. Drug pricing experts warn as- sessing tariffs on generics will make the most commonly used medications
with $400M, FEC filing shows
Trump boosts midterms
Erin Mansfield
President Donald Trump’s allies have stockpiled more than $400 mil- lion in a fund that can run advertise- ments ahead of November’s elections, according to the newest information filed with the Federal Election Com- mission. That’s as much as the Republican and Democratic parties have com- bined, and could transform an election season that has been dominated so far by the president’s waning popularity with the American people. The account in question, MAGA Inc., is a super PAC that can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money on political advertisements. It has been operating since just after Trump’s 2024 victory and raised about three- quarters of its money in 2025. Since then, most of it has been sitting. “That’s a massive amount of money to have,” said Brendan Glavin, director of insights for Open Secrets, a non- profit that tracks political spending. “And there’s no corollary on the other side for the Democrats.” Meanwhile, election forecasters have widely predicted that the Demo- crats will win enough seats in Novem- ber to take over the House of Repre- sentatives. They also say that while Republicans can probably win enough Senate seats to maintain control of the upper chamber, the Democrats are within striking distance. “The president is going to expend substantial resources to win the mid- terms,” James Blair, who runs MAGA Inc., said June 24 on “The Sean Spicer Show.”“He cares deeply about the par- ty winning and anything he can do to support that he’s going to do.” Blair did not say how MAGA Inc. would spend the money or when, just that spending would start “very soon.”
How MAGA Inc. raised $400 million
“Tariffs of this magnitude could have enormous consequences −raising costs, worsening shortages and putting access to lifesaving medicines at risk.”
Merith Basey CEO, Patients for Affordable Drugs
more expensive. “Imposing massive tariffs on generic medicines risks making lower-cost ge- neric drugs millions of Americans rely on more expensive and harder to ac- cess,” said Merith Basey, CEO of Pa- tients for Affordable Drugs. “Tariffs of this magnitude could have enormous consequences −raising costs, worsen- ing shortages and putting access to life- saving medicines at risk.” Trump has touted negotiated deals with 17 drug companies that have agreed to most-favored-nation pricing deals representing 80% of brand-name drugs marketed in the United States. Those deals, however, did not include generic drugs. Industry groups have warned generic drug manufacturers would have a diffi- cult time affording tariff costs. When the Trump administration in 2025 an- nounced tariffs for goods imported from Canada, Mexico and China, Association for Accessible Medicines CEO John Murphy III said generic manufacturers “simply can’t absorb new costs.” After Trump’s announcement July 21, Murphy said his organization needs to better understand the terms. He said his group would pursue policies that “support and stabilize both the industry
and Diane Hendricks, a major conserva- tive donor in Wisconsin, each gave $25 million. An additional $21.3 million came from Securing American Greatness Inc., a Trump-aligned nonprofit that is not required to disclose its donors. Trump’s previous super PAC, Make America Great Again Inc., transferred $10.6 mil- lion before effectively shutting down. But one of the largest sources of money is the cryptocurrency industry. Trump’s administration has weakened oversight of the industry, and Trump, in his personal capacity, made $1.4 billion from crypto investments in 2025. Foris Dax, owner of Crypto.com, is the largest donor to MAGA Inc., at $35 million. Blockchain.com gave $5 mil- lion, and the Gemini Trust Co., which runs a cryptocurrency exchange, gave $4.4 million. In June, MAGA Inc. raised $28.7 mil- lion, according to records from July 20. More than a third of that came from Ty- ler and Cameron Winklevoss, twins who own a venture capital company. In June, the Winklevoss twins each donated Bitcoin worth about $5 million. MAGA Inc., then converted those to cash through the Gemini Trust Co., an- other donor, and paid the company about $300,000 in exchange fees. “Crypto spent a lot of money in 2024,”Glavin said. “It was seen as a suc- cess. Trump went from being kind of very dismissive of it to being on board with it, which is certainly seen as a big win for the industry.” Konstantin Sokolov, an investor and philanthropist, gave $1 million in June, after a previous $11million donation. He is also the founder and chairman of a $201 million fund that is designed to drive private investment in the South Caucasus and Central Asia, according to the State Department. Jared Isaacman, Trump’s current NASA administrator, also gave $1 mil- lion in June.
MAGA Inc. has more than Republican Party accounts
The money in MAGA Inc. is in addi- tion to the accounts for the Republican National Committee, the party’s Senate campaign arm, and the party’s House campaign arm. Those three party enti- ties combined had $277 million at the end of June, according to documents filed July 20. “Republicans already have a sub-
and the access necessary to ensure pa- tients have reliable options for afford- able medicines.” Murphy added that generic manu- facturing has “grown significantly in the U.S. over the past two years”but warned reimbursement for generics is “a signifi- cant inhibitor to the growth of this sec- tor.”
Shift to domestic manufacturing comes at a cost
Vontobel analyst Stefan Schneider said the United States seeks to reverse the shift of generic drug production to lower-cost countries, but bringing man- ufacturing back would likely raise ge- neric drug prices in the United States, Reuters reported. Schneider added that any new rules would predominantly affect China and India, where most generic drugs and drug ingredients are manufactured. The United States has more than 1,400 manufacturing sites designed to finish medications into a pill, capsule or liquid vial, conduct quality control and complete packaging and labeling. But just 230 U.S. factories make active phar- maceutical ingredients, according to data from QYOBO, a drug intelligence platform. By comparison, QYOBO said, there are 524 pharmaceutical ingredient fac- tories in China, 564 in India and 670 in Europe. The U.S. pharmaceutical sites often are smaller and make fewer prod- ucts than the plants in India and China. And ingredients for nearly half of drugs the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Re- sponse calls essential medicines are made domestically. But U.S. sites do not produce ingredients for 40 of 83 essen- tial medicines, QYOBO said.
stantial cash advantage within that eco- system, and then you enter in the MAGA Inc. with its $400 million and ... there’s nothing really counteracting that,” Gla- vin said. Some Democratic candidates, how- ever, are pulling in major money. Sen. Jon Ossoff in Georgia had $42.6 million at the end of June, a significant advan- tage over his GOP opponent, Michael Collins, who had $20.4 million. But the Democratic Party as a whole is trailing the Republican Party. The account for the Democratic Na- tional Committee plus the party’s Sen- ate and House campaign arms had $136 million at the end of June. That’s less than half of the Republican Party’s three comparable accounts and about a third of MAGA Inc.’s $400 million in cash. “Our party is doing a really good job raising money, and that’s because we’re doing what we promised our sup- porters,”said Blair, who runs MAGA Inc. “I think that all bodes really well for us and is going to let us spend earlier and let us be loud at the end.”
Can money fix Trump’s popularity issue?
Kyle Kondik, managing editor of the Crystal Ball newsletter at the University of Virginia, cautioned that money isn’t the only way to win a race. He said it might provide an advantage, but Trump is still lacking popularity. Kondik said Trump was able to pull in votes in 2016 and 2024 from voters who weren’t passionate about him but pre- ferred him to his opponent. However, this year they may be less motivated to vote for his party. “I think some of those people are probably turned off now because of the state of the economy or his antics,”Kon- dik said. “The public just felt better about the economy this time eight years ago than they do now.” While a super PAC can run advertise- ments to help change voters’ minds, MAGA Inc. officials are staying tight- lipped about what it will do and when. The statement spokesperson Alex Pfeif- fer provided USA TODAY declined to go into detail. “While MAGA Inc. is committed to re- taining and building the GOP majorities in the House and Senate, we are not in the habit of sharing our battle plans with the opposition through their co- conspirators in the legacy media,” Pfeif- fer said.
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Sara Pequeño
Two decades ago, my mother sent a seemingly forgettable birthday card to a friend. “Happy 29+ birthday!” she wrote in- side. I asked her what she meant, know- ing that her friend was well into her 30s. She explained what she saw as a fact of life – all women wished to be in their 20s forever, never crossing the thresh- old into “old” territory. It made sense – 29, the designated “final age,” was the year my mother had me. I turned 29 years old on July 19, the oldest I will ever be if my mother’s throwaway remark on a birthday card 20 years ago is to be believed. Thus be- gins the countdown to my 30s, when I might finally accept that the jokes about me being “unc” are true. I’m the first year of Gen Z, the generation born be- tween 1997 and 2012. Gen Z is reportedly terrified of turn- ing 30. The things that define adulthood – stable careers, home ownership, mar- riage and children – are no longer set milestones for 20-somethings. We’re more likely than other generations to have a mental health diagnosis, which certainly adds to our feelings of despair and fear of the future. By 35, polling shows, Gen Z thinks you’re over the hill. Despite the fact that many older adults believe that Generation Z is stuck in perpetual childhood, I can see that we’re getting older.
Luca DeSanto
This spring, I visited Italy with my college rugby team. We saw Pompeii and the Colosseum, but the most strik- ing thing was watching Italians simply … relax. Starting in the late afternoon and going long into the night, they filled cafés, city squares and local bars. They talked, played cards and danced like their lives depended on it. Sociologists call this a “third place” – Ray Oldenburg’s term, from his 1989 book “The Great Good Place,” for any space outside the home and the work- place where people gather freely. Since COVID-19, Gen Z has been starving for one. And nothing shows that better than what’s been happening at the box office.
‘Obession’ and ‘Backrooms’ drew us to our ‘third place’
The film “Obsession” has taken over my social media feed. And not without good reason. The brainchild of 26-year-old You- Tuber Curry Barker, it has made more than $440 million off a budget of $750,000 – profitability unseen since the 2007 “Paranormal Activity” and “The Blair Witch Project” of 1999. Why? For starters, it was great. My sister called it “a mix of classic ’80s whimsy with psychological horror.” “ ‘Big’ mixed with ‘Hereditary’?” I of- fered. In a rare showing of sibling love, we enthusiastically high-fived. But the real story is bigger than one film. “Backrooms,” directed by 21-year- old Kane Parsons, has made more than $387 million since A24 released it May 29, on a $10 million budget. Gen Z is running the box office. Audi- ences are voting with their bank ac- counts, and it’s clear they want to hear from young, exciting voices with some- thing to say. I saw it for myself. I happened to be in New York City visiting my siblings when “Obsession” opened. Walking into the theater, the scent of popcorn hit me im- mediately. The seats were packed with people my age. I settled in as the lights dimmed, and the 1980s synth of the
All of the boyfriends I’ve had to this point are married. The girl I celebrated my 13th birthday with has a newborn. The toddler I babysat in high school is16 years old. I’ve become one of the oldest cowork- ers in the newsroom, the friend who fin- ished school before the COVID-19 pan- demic began, the person who remem- bers what it was like on Instagram be- fore Mark Zuckerberg bought it. There are parts of me that haven’t changed since I was a teenager. My eye- liner, the jet-black wings framing my face most days, has remained un- changed since freshman year of high school. I have the same Instagram and Facebook accounts I created in my childhood bedroom. My music taste re- mains rooted in the indie pop/alt rock genres. Yet my life looks drastically dif- ferent than it did at 15, 20 or even 25 years old.
What my first therapist told me in my teenage years
I spent my teenage years wishing to be older, wiser and far away from my hometown. At 17, my first therapist told me that I wouldn’t be the girl living in her child- hood home for the rest of her life. I knew this to a degree, if only because my mother’s favorite pastime was looking at real estate listings online. None of these homes would be ours – the 2008 recession had hit my family like it did everyone else, and we were still in the process of recovering from it. For the most part, I thought I was doomed to haunt my childhood home forever.
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openingscenetransportedtheaudience to another world. For the next two hours, no one looked away. I watched through a crack in my hands, squirming. I gasped – audibly, to my brother’s dismay. My sister laughed in terror. During the tense scenes, you could hear a pin drop. The entire audience was in that film together. Later that night, my brother took me to an art-house theater called Metro- graph. It had a bar upstairs, retro- branded popcorn and a theater ripped straight out of the 1960s. All around, young people discussed the films on the docket, laughing and enjoying each oth- er’s company. There was a palpable feel- ing of community. It was the Italy café, the third place. And that’s why “Obsession” has
Then I got into college – a few col- leges, all far away from my small town and holding the promise of a new life. My life could really change – I didn’t have to be the teenage girl I once be- lieved I was doomed to be for all eternity. It felt as though my life could begin.
My 20s were a learning curve. I no longer wanted to be here.
I thought I knew everything at 20. I thought my world was always going to look the way it did then. I woke up on my 20th birthday in the bed of a man who wasn’t quite my boy- friend. I went to my summer class – In- troduction to Politics – then went to my magazine internship. It was about that age that I realized writing was the thing I wanted to spend the rest of my life do- ing. I was learning that my words could resonate with people, even if it was just blog posts about my hometown and col- lege life. A few months later, I was hospital- ized for depression. I checked myself in on a Saturday – the same day as a col- lege football game, where I was expect- ed to be at my restaurant job. I showed up to the emergency room in a short denim skirt and makeup running down my face. Through tears, I told the nurse checking me in that I no longer wanted to be here. My 20-year-old self was too sad to think about what she wanted 30 to look like. She didn’t think she’d live long enough to see it. She certainly didn’t think she’d be entering the final year of her 20s living in New York City, writing for a living and
struck such a chord. Films like this cre- ate an environment for conversation and culture.
87% of us saw at least one film at the theater in the past year
But isn’t Generation Z, born from 1997 to 2012, supposed to be the doomed generation, cursed to be forever anti- social by the pandemic? There’s something to that. We grew up with screens in our faces, and at the height of our formative years, we were forced indoors. A Screen Australia study shows the toll: In 1976, 94.4% of people ages 14-24 went to the movies. By 2021, that num- ber had fallen to 48.8%. And yet Gen Z still dominates movie theater attendance: 87% saw at least
enjoying her free time with a group of friends who understand her. At some point in the past nine years – amid therapy sessions, a few different medications and a lot of growing up – I stopped wanting to die so much and started living. I now live my life as close to what teenage me would have wanted. I like to think she’d find me cool.
I’m excited for what the world has in store for my 30s
The girl who once reblogged photos of New York City on Tumblr finally moved there days after turning 26. She came out to herself that year. She got so- ber at 27. At 28, she realized she was fi- nally becoming comfortable in her skin. She no longer feels the sting of her col- lege love life, of the friends she lost or the grades she got. To any member of Gen Z scared about the future, I want you to know that time – the only constant in this world – will heal you. No, seriously, it does. The thing you feel is defining your life at 17 won’t define your life at 20, and what- ever defines your life at that age will be long forgotten by the time you’re 25. Maybe, by 29, you’ll realize you are becoming the person you always dreamed of being – even if it took a little longer than you wanted it to. Despite what my mother once told me all those years ago, I no longer feel like 29 is the oldest I’ll ever be. I feel like it’s just the beginning. Follow USA TODAY columnist Sara Pequeño on the Bluesky platform: @sarapequeno.bsky.social
one film in the past 12 months, com- pared with 82% of millennials, 70% of Gen Xers and 58% of boomers. We were never the antisocial generation. We just needed a push. After the pandemic, that push came from social media, which is exactly how “Obsession” and “Backrooms” spread. But social media was always a tempor- ary third place. Virtual reality is, at its core, not reality. The pandemic is over. Gen Z is starv- ing for a new third place. With the advent of this new age of cinema, one that boasts films made by and for Gen Z, that pushes our culture forward, the answer is clear. It’s time we go back to the movies. Luca DeSanto, editor-in-chief of the Michigan Review at the University of Michigan, is an intern with USA TODAY.
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More and more data and modeling every day indicates we are within 3 to 5 months of experiencing the most dramatic El Niño warming event in recorded history.
Ocean temperatures in the central eastern Pacific will rise between 5 to 7.5 degrees Fahrenheit (3-4 degrees Celsius) peaking in October of this year. This will trigger a heating escalation through 2027 and into 2028 that will push already dangerously high planetary air and sea temperatures to near catastrophic levels.
This El Niño driven warming will lead to significantly more global flooding, fires, storms, droughts, deadly heat events, dangerous turbulence and most concerning, a significant threat to food supply chains, crops and power grids.
The previous strongest recorded El Niño occurred in 1877 leading to 40 million deaths worldwide from famine.
And this coming El Niño event looks to be even stronger.
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Many of us through the years have attempted to warn the public during human caused rapid warming events about the increased risk of extreme weather events. We have had to watch as historic fires destroyed two cities in an unprepared Los Angeles, an actual hurricane hit Asheville North Carolina, campers were swept away and killed by flash floods in Texas, Corpus Christi runs out of water and on and on and on.
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Aries (March 21-April 19). Translate your feelings into actions that genu- inely support you. Mercury aligning with Venus today paves the way for practical improvements.
Taurus (April 20-May 20). Conversa- tions naturally flow! Ready to express yourself from the heart? Say what needs saying.
Gemini (May 21-June 21). Need to have financial or possessions dis- cussions on the home front? Mercury harmonizes with Venus today, pro- moting easy decision-making.
Cancer (June 22-July 22). Sharing what’s on your mind? Your voice re- gains momentum today.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22). A supportive inner dialogue can bring reassurance. Mercury aligning with Venus sends messages that nurture your self- worth.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Friendship is in the cards today! Your social world buzzes with activity.
Libra (Sept.23-Oct. 23). Does a quiet day of reflection sound appealing? Taking some time off can be the most productive thing to do.
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your social life brings opportunities for expan- sion! Are friends sharing fresh per- spectives that are full of potential?
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Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’re finding your rhythm! Are the changes you’ve been making in your work or health habits starting to settle in?
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‘Canyon’ breakout is bringing the heat
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here’s so much for viewers of Netflix’s “Ransom Canyon” to fall in love with – from the on-off romance between Staten Kirkland (Josh Duhamel) and Quinn O’Grady (Minka Kelly) to the sweeping Texas landscapes (in fact filmed in New Mexico). h But few characters inspired as much rabid online “Ransom Canyon” devotion as Jack Schumacher’s mysterious cowboy Yancy Grey.
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Grey (Schumacher, right, with Josh Duhamel, who plays Staten Kirkland), will be watching the “Ransom Canyon” line-dancing, not taking part. PROVIDED BY NETFLIX
‘72 Hours’ lingers like a bad hangover
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Watch the new multigenerational party comedy “72 Hours” and you’ll probably relate, age-wise, to either middle-aged Kevin Hart or his young- er castmates, though it’s more sad than actually funny no matter how old you are. Hart has plenty of talent to riff off of, including a trio of “Saturday Night Live”regularsledby MarcelloHernán- dez, in “72 Hours” (egEE; rated R; streaming now on Netflix). But the A- list comedian’s inherent charm and hyperactive affability is wasted in this mishmash of “The Hangover” and “Scarface” that way overcomplicates what should be a pretty fun dude movie. Joe (Hart) is a 40-year-old ad man who’s in a creative rut. His pitches are just not connecting or hitting with Gen
Kevin Hart, center, stars as a 40-year-old ad man who joins a three-day bachelor party with a group of 20-somethings (from left, Marcello Hernández, Ben Marshall, Kam Patterson and Mason Gooding) in “72 Hours.” PROVIDED BY NETFLIX
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Nolan crafts an ambiguous ‘Odyssey’ finale
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Spoileralert!We’rediscussingimpor- tant details about the ending of “The Odyssey” (in theaters now). Stop read- ing if you haven’t seen it yet and don’t want to know what happens. By and large, Christopher Nolan plays by the book. The director’s ambitious new take on “The Odyssey” honors everything you remember about Homer’s mythic poem from eighth-grade English class. Like the book, the movie follows Greek king Odysseus (Matt Damon), who spends10 years at war and another decade lost at sea, encountering cyclops, sirens and giants along the way. But Nolan also throws a meditative new wrinkle into the story, as Odysseus comes to grips with his role in the Trojan War, leading the charge as his men raped, murdered and pillaged in his name. The character’s remorse and dis- grace become a pivotal part of the movie’s third act, which ends almost entirely differently than Homer’s nearly 3,000-year-old tome.
How does the movie end?
After losing all his men on his treach- erous journey home, Odysseus returns to Ithaca disguised as a haggard beggar, with the intent of reclaiming his throne from the dozens of suitors who have been harassing his wife, Penelope (Anne Hathaway), for years. His now- grown son, Telemachus (Tom Holland), slowly recognizes his father, although Penelope remains in the dark. Through a chilling flashback of the sacking of Troy, Odysseus explains that it’s impossible to ever truly feel at home again after the horrors that he’s incited and witnessed. In one symbolic moment, we see a crestfallen Athena (Zendaya) – the goddess of wisdom and warfare – de- capitated by his army. Athena is a confi- dante of sorts to Odysseus throughout the film, and he worries that he’s defiled the gods with his savage actions. Fed up with the suitors who have des- ecrated her palace, Penelope then poses
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Schumacher, 33, says he doesn’t fol- low the online love, but Yancy became a breakout fan favorite even before his smoking Episode 5 pre-rodeo workout montage, in which the shirtless ranch hand hurls a massive tractor tire while sporting seriously raging rhomboids. “If you’re living on a farm and you don’t have access to Equinox, you’re go- ing to use whatever you’ve got with you,” the Los Angeles-living Schumacher tells USA TODAY, acknowledging that jeans and a huge belt buckle weren’t the ideal workout outfit for tractor tire-lifting, even if they looked good paired with the top. “It was not comfortable. You might want a little bit of Lululemon action if you’re going to be doing that for real.” Here’s what to know about Schu- macher’s Yancy Grey, who is blowing up Season 2 of “Ransom Canyon” (now streaming).
Tom Cruise had the need for Schumacher in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
As a Los Angeles newbie, Schumach- er recalls being blown away when his manager told him that producer and star Tom Cruise was personally review- ing his audition tape for 2022’s “Top Gun: Maverick.” “That was the trippiest call ever, to find out that Tom Cruise was watching my tape. I was like, ‘That Tom Cruise?’ ” says Schumacher, who was cast as Lt. Neil “Omaha” Vikander, one of the Navy aviators training under Cruise’s Maver- ick. “That was an unbelievable experi- ence from start to finish.” It was even great after Omaha lost screen lines for story reasons. “I have three or four lines in the origi- nal draft,” says Schumacher, who un- derstood when one filmed line went to Danny Ramirez as Lt. Mickey “Fanboy” Garcia during reshoots. “It made sense because, if you’re watching the movie, why would Omaha step in with this quippy remark? It would have been like, ‘Wait, who’s this guy?’ ” Omaha does sing in the famed “Great Balls of Fire” piano scene.
King Odysseus (Matt Damon) is pushed to his limits in Christopher Nolan’s three-hour saga “The Odyssey.”
Queen Penelope (Anne Hathaway, right) and her conniving handmaiden Melantho (Mia Goth) in “The Odyssey.”
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Season 2 drama. Yancy’s wedding plans with Ellie Estevez (Marianly Tejada) are derailed by the arrival of his former con partner – and current legal wife – played by “Chicago Fire” star Heidi Grace En- german.Therevelationthreatensevery- thing Yancy has built, including his rela- tionship with Ellie and his dream of holding onto his ranch. “When my ex shows up in town, it really puts Yancy to the test. It takes ev- erything to navigate,”Schumacher says. “It’s like defusing a bomb.” While he has a shady past, Yancy is a good man. “The whole arc of Season 2 is Yancy being the man he knows he can be,”says Schumacher, who loves the added Sea- son 2 drama of Ellie’s pregnancy. “It really raises the stakes.”
It’s hard to prepare for ‘Ransom Canyon’ shredded scenes
The role of often-shirtless Yancy re- quires supreme dedication, with hours- long workouts and a daily diet that starts with a protein shake or bone broth. “And then 4 p.m. hits and I eat dinner like a 90-year-old person,” says Schu- macher. “I have a giant dinner, usually a lot of meat.” His biggest vice is sugar, specifically pies from Winston Pies in Studio City, California, near his home. “I go there three times a week, it’s embarrassing,” Schumacher says. “I’m five years sober from drugs and alcohol, but sugar still has my number. I’m work- ing on that constantly.”
an impossible task: If one of them can string Odysseus’ old bow and shoot an arrow through12 axes, she will take that man’s hand in marriage. One by one, suitors including the devious Antinous (Robert Pattinson) fail, until Odysseus volunteers and succeeds with ease. Odysseus reveals who he is, and with the help of Telemachus, kills the suitors in a fight to the death. But the show- down ends with the king wounded, tell- ing Penelope that he would like to travel west to honor his fallen soldiers. “The Odyssey” culminates in Te- lemachus taking the throne as his father and mother sail off into the open ocean: gazing at the horizon and talking of brighter days ahead. The final moments of the movie jump around in time, mak- ing it unclear whether Odysseus really did go into self-imposed exile, or if he actually died right on the floor of the
Shooting a ripped, muscle moment requires a long build-up, during which Schumacher cuts down on water to highlight his physique leading up to the scene. “If I’m trying to look as shredded as possible, I’ll cut down on calories and water, which is the worst part of it,” says Schumacher. “On the day, you feel horrible. So Season 2, for those scenes where I have my shirt off, just know I’m not feeling so good.”
Schumacher paid $1,000 to learn he couldn’t line dance
Don’t expect to see Schumacher join in highly choreographed “Ransom Canyon” line-dancing scenes, which feature stars such as Kelly along with professional dancers. “I was hanging out on set watching the line dancing in Season1and every- one’s so good, like Minka,” says Schu- macher. “And I am without a doubt the worst dancer in the world. But I was jealous. It was like, ‘This looks really cool. Maybe I should figure out how to dance.’ ” When he returned to Los Angeles after Season 1, Schumacher threw down for line dancing lessons. “I spent like, a thousand bucks to do private lessons because I was like, ‘There’s no way I can dance in front of other people,’ ” Schumacher says. “Af- ter Lesson 7, I asked my amazing dance instructor, ‘Am I the worst? Be honest.’ And she was like, ‘Yeah, you’re pretty up there.’ I can’t move my body. I just can’t.”
throne room before his dream could be realized.
How does the book end?
Speaking to USA TODAY before the film’s release, Nolan said that the movie is imbued with a mix of hope and cyn- icism about the state of the world, showing that human history is in many ways cyclical. (To quote Nolan’s own “The Dark Knight”: “The night is darkest just before the dawn.”) Homer’s book, meanwhile, is much tidier and outwardly optimistic. The gods are front and center in the finale: As Odysseus picks off Penelope’s suit- ors in the throne room, Athena is up on the ceiling redirecting his opponents’ spears so none of them pierce Odys- seus. After he casts out the servants who betrayed him, Athena pours “at- tractiveness” onto Odysseus to make him taller and stronger. Penelope initially struggles to accept that this youthful man is really Odys- seus. She explains that she’s dealt with “so many dishonest, clever men” over the last 20 years, and she can’t tell whether he’s another suitor just trying to trick her. But after a night of reminisc- ing and lovemaking, her skepticism melts and the couple reforge their bond. War soon threatens to spill out again, as the fallen suitors’ families come to- gether seeking vengeance. Concerned, Athena consults the all-powerful Zeus about what Odysseus should do. “He has already punished all the suit- ors, so let them swear an oath that he will be the king forever,”Zeus tells Athe- na. “And let us make sure the murder of their brothers and their sons will be for- gotten. Let them all be friends, just as before, and let them live in peace and in prosperity.” Athena commands that Odysseus and his men drop their weapons, or they risk the wrath of Zeus. And so, Homer’s book concludes with these simple (yet anticlimactic) final words: “He was glad to obey her. Then Athe- na made the warring sides swear sol- emn oaths of peace for future times – still in her guise as mentor.”
might tick off his ready-for-a-ring girl- friend, Jennifer (Teyana Taylor). Though Joe is footing the bill for their swanky South Beach digs, he doesn’t jell with the guys. Mason is the groom-to-be who’s ready to hit the clubs but questioning this next step in his life. Nick (Hernández) is Mason’s lifelong BFF who’s not crazy about Ma- son getting married or cool about this older guy hanging around, though lovelorn Hunter (Ben Marshall) and flighty Freshman (Kam Patterson) don’t mind Joe as much. Joe uses a hidden camera in his necklace to capture this foursome in their element, yet from the start, he tries too hard to be one of their own. He can’t hang with their “emotional check-ins,” and it also doesn’t help when Joe chugs a couple of Pepto bot- tles (because he’s “old,” get it?) then upchucks it all over his new bros. It all somehow gets worse for them – and more cringe for us – from there as the group ticks off a local drug lord (Mi- chael Mando) and gets on the bad side of a downright villainous bachelorette party who are barely in the movie but are legit the most entertaining person- alities in it. Directed by Tim Story (“Think Like a Man”), it’s a mess of a film that, on paper, shouldn’t be. The screenplay by “Cobra Kai”creators and “Harold & Ku- mar” writers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg is tonally all over the place, whipping to and from broad comedy shenanigans and deep dude drama about marriage and commit- ment. Hernández and Marshall are a couple of “SNL” standouts, but they just don’t spark much hilarity here, though the expressive Patterson, their late-night sketch cohort, is one of the film’s few real highlights. Hart does what he can, but it’s just not a lot to work with. The movie’s constant jokes about his height get old quick, as does his Al Pacino-in-“Scar- face” routine. When Joe snorts co- caine, he becomes a faux Cuban gang- ster – the gag is sort of amusing the first time but becomes tired when it turns into a repeated plot point. It’s just one of many failed gags in “72 Hours,” a potentially clever and smart take on male friendships and next-gen technology that instead ruins its own party.
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Nathan Diller
I landed in Chicago on my way back from a Mediterranean cruise and breezed through customs only to wait at the luggage carousel for my checked bag. The longer I surveyed the conveyor belt of unfamiliar suitcases, the more nervous I felt. After 20 minutes, I checked with an attendant who con- firmed that my luggage had been left behind during a stop in Germany and wouldn’t accompany me on the final leg of my trip to Nashville. I received my bag at home a few days later, but the 2024 incident was enough to put me off checking bags on most connecting flights. Luggage gets lost and delayed “at random,” accord- ing to Scott Keyes, founder of Going – but there are some steps travelers can taketominimizethechancethatthey’ll get stuck waiting longingly at baggage claim. Here’s what to do if your bag goes missing:
What should I do if my luggage is lost or delayed?
If a passenger’s bag doesn’t show up in the baggage claim area, they should visit the airline’s lost luggage desk to file a claim. “Not only will you give the airline your local address so they can deliver it to your door, but many air- lines also will give you compensation, either in flight credit or frequent flyer miles,” Keyes said in an email.
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Passengers with their luggage wait to board flights at Chicago O’Hare International Airport in Chicago on Nov. 26, 2025. JIM VONDRUSKA/REUTERS
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Kathleen Wong
KAANAPALI, HI – At around 4 p.m., the first canoe arrived at Kaanapali Beach after sailing the 27 miles around the northwestern corner of the second- largest Hawaiian Island, Maui. It was welcomed with the blow of a conch shell. A total of eight teams of six crew members each had been racing their 45- foot-long canoes from Kahului to the popular resort area of Kaanapali. It took them approximately three hours, navi- gating with only a compass, paddles and reading the wind and swell. No con- veniences of modern technology. This is how the ancient Hawaiians traveled around the islands. The tradition is kept alive at the Waa Kiakahi Canoe Festival – now in its 20th year. The weekend-long festival is host- ed by the Hawaiian Sailing Canoe Asso- ciation, aka HSCA, and has been spon- sored by Kaanapali Beach Resort Asso- ciation for the past several years. Every June, travelers can break away from enjoying the award-winning beach
Mistakes travelers made and the lessons learned
Josh Rivera
Travel rarely goes exactly as planned. Flights get delayed, luggage disap- pears, phones vanish and, sometimes, a single overlooked detail can throw an entire vacation off course. We’re not immune to mishaps. USA TODAY staffers shared our worst travel mistakes and the lessons we learned. Then we asked you to share the worst travel mistakes you’ve experienced – and, more importantly, what you learned from them. The stories below range from frus- trating to funny to downright unbe- lievable, but each comes with a practi- cal takeaway that could help another traveler avoid the same fate. Consider them hard-earned lessons from peo- ple who have already made the mis- takes so you don’t have to. They have been edited for length and clarity.
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cruise with one of my granddaughters for her 30th birthday. A delayed flight and missing wheelchair assistance caused me to miss my connection by 10 minutes. I was rebooked without Busi- ness Class and arrived in London with- out sleep. My luggage was also missing
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The Waa Kiakahi Canoe Festival kicked off when eight teams raced 27 miles around Maui.
until an hour before the ship departed. I had been without sleep for 38 hours and never truly recovered, so I missed most of the cruise sites. Travelocity and Brit- ish Airways say they owe me no refund for the Business Class portion. h Lesson learned: Never book through [a third-party site] again. Al- ways use the airline itself. Pack more things in your carry-on, just in case. — Sherry Cook
My friend and I had a goal of seeing all 63 National Parks, with only the U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa left. We booked a Royal Caribbean cruise with St. Thomas on the itinerary so we could visit the Virgin Islands Na- tional Park. After canceled flights, we flew to Orlando and drove four hours to the port. At check-in, we learned high winds had caused St. Thomas to be dropped. Four days into the seven-day cruise, my wife came down with Type A flu and was quarantined in our small, windowless cabin. We call it the cruise from hell.
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and array of restaurants and hotels in Kaanapali for a unique opportunity that only happens once a year: to get a glimpse of what it’s like to ride one of these sailing canoes and its importance in Hawaiian culture. “Kaanapali Beach Resort attracts vis- itors eager for memorable activities and authentic cultural experiences. By sponsoring Waa Kiakahi, the resort can align itself with an event that promotes public education about a sport repre- senting a modern adaptation of tradi- tional Hawaiian voyaging,” said Shelley Kekuna, executive director of Kaanapali Beach Resort Association. The festival took place between races, giving the elite watermen and women a chance to educate the public on the longstanding cultural practice. Afterward, the teams embark on anoth- er race from Maui to Molokai and back. “I feel like it’s important, honestly, because without sailing canoes there would be no Hawaiians in Hawaii so it’s a huge cornerstone of the culture and just to be a participant in it and learn about it is a lot,” said Jason Dameron, a Kauai resident who has been sailing ca- noes for around 25 years and is part of the Olukai team that won the race. “It’s a
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Travelers who bought their flights with credit cards may also have lug- gage protection built in, but the “pro- cedures and coverage varies widely,” so it’s worth checking the terms.
What am I owed if my bag is delayed or lost?
Airlines are required to compensate guests for incidental expenses in- curred while their bags are delayed, and Keyes urged passengers to keep receipts for any “replacement essen- tials” they buy. Airlines must also pro- vide compensation for the bag’s con- tents if it is declared lost, according to the Department of Transportation, though the latter is subject to depre- ciation. Carriers can limit their liability to $4,700 per flyer for domestic flights and around $2,175 for most interna- tional trips. “Airlines are free to pay more than the limit, but are not re- quired to do so,” the DOT said on its website. Passengers are also entitled to re- funds of baggage fees if their luggage is lost or “significantly delayed,” the agency said. The DOT defines signifi- cant delays as more than12 hours after a domestic flight arrives. On interna- tional flights, that window widens to more than 15 hours after arrival for flights 12 hours or shorter, or 30 hours for flights over 12 hours long. “When you arrive at your destina- tion, but your bag doesn’t, it’s not al- ways immediately clear if your luggage is delayed or lost,” Keyes added. “So even if you opened a case at the air- port, once the bag is confirmed lost (typically 7-14 days later) you may need to file a separate claim with the airline online to get reimbursed for the lost items.”
How passengers can prepare
Travelers can’t eliminate the risk of losing their bags, but they can prepare for that possibility. For starters, Keyes recommended booking nonstop flights. “The most common moment bags are lost is dur- ing a connection,” he said. “This is why, despite their shortcomings, bud- get airlines – which specialize in non- stop flights – often have the lowest rate of lost bags.” Packing an Apple AirTag or other tracking device can help flyers find their bags more easily, as well. Travel- ers should also hang on to the bag identification tag provided by the air- line until they retrieve their luggage at their destination, the DOT’s website said. Keyes also encouraged passengers to open their bags and take a photo be- fore checking them – particularly if they contain valuables. “It’ll be easier to file a claim and get reimbursed if you can show what was inside,” he said.
beautiful community of people from all over the state, and you’re always learn- ing new things and every race is an ad- venture.”
Cultural connections
Canoes hold a deep significance in Hawaii. It’s how the islands were first populated,whenancientvoyagingPoly- nesians reached the Hawaiian Islands on larger double-hulled canoes over 1,600 years ago. In the 1970s during the Hawaiian Renaissance – an era when Native Ha- waiians revitalized their cultural prac- tices after being oppressed or outright banned by Western missionaries – a group of Hawaiian watermen and wom- en set out to recreate a traditional voy- aging canoe called the Hokulea. Using only the ancient navigational methods of wayfinding, such as observing the stars and measuring wind patterns, the Hokulea sailed more than 3,000 miles on its maiden voyage from Hawaii to Ta- hiti in 1976. But there are many types of waa, which is the Hawaiian word for canoe. The HSCA’s canoes are single-mast, fit- ting six people and equipped with a sail. They have the ability to reach up to 25 miles per hour. “I always compare it to a family car, a
h Lesson learned: When things go wrong, just accept it and roll with the punches. — Larry Routt
My family of four used the ride stor- age boxes at Six Flags Magic Mountain for our two belt bags. When we got off the ride, they were gone. The bags con- tained three new iPhones, our rental car key, medication, jewelry, licenses, credit cards and other valuables. We had to unlock and tow our rental car, get new credit cards, address a fraudu- lent purchase and fly home without IDs. The stolen bags and resulting travel trouble cost us more than $5,000. Six Flags later gave us four an- nual passes with meal plans, and we returned for a great trip. h Lesson learned: Purchase Apple- Care and travel insurance, wear shorts with deep pockets, and never use theme-park ride storage boxes. — Alicia Wiechert
Get coffee and eat before you fly on Austrian Airlines. We had an early flight from Vienna to Heathrow, and my husband expected coffee on the plane. Nope, only bottled water and chocolate. At Heathrow, we did not stop to eat before getting stuck on a huge Tube line due to a rail outage. Our phones were not working because Ve- rizon had a major U.K. and European outage. My diabetic husband then tripped over our suitcases and was in- jured. We eventually reached a coffee shop and our bed-and-breakfast, and a local massage helped his injury. h Lessonlearned:Don’tpushyour- self. Stop to eat or carry snacks. Don’t count on foreign airlines to serve cof- fee. — Susan Livingood
I left my phone on a plane while transferring in Singapore. Although I realized almost immediately, we were past the point of no return. Security was supposed to go to the plane, but it was gone by then. We contacted family in the United States using another phone and had my account locked and disabled, so there was no security is- sue. We lost our planned day in Singa- pore dealing with the phone, which was not worth it. I also lost photos from our last morning in the Maldives because they had not backed up. h Lesson learned: Take a moment to collect yourself when traveling. Don’t rush; secure your devices and make sure your photos are backing up. — Erin F. Chapman
When traveling home from Europe with my cat, Tugs, I put her in the pet area under the plane. Lufthansa han- dled everything well. In Washington, however, United Airlines directed me across a busy highway to a separate, strangely unmarked building. A taxi
canoe like that would be used for shorter runs,” said Dameron. It’s what people would take for fishing trips or travel to another side of their island. The concept of racing canoes is hard- ly new, with some reports tracing to Ka- mehameha V, who lived during the mid-1800s. There’s little known or recorded about it before then. From May to September, it’s racing season for the HSCA members. They sail the channels connecting the Hawai- ian Island chain. The longest leg is from Haleiwa on Oahu’s North Shore to Nawiliwili on Kauai’s southeastern coastline. It’s a to- tal of 100 miles, about eight hours in open water, often without sight of land and always no modern instruments. It’s just the crew and their knowledge of the sea. Every person has a critical role for the performance of the canoe – especially in a race. One or two people in the back steer with a hand blade, while someone sits in a net to pull or release the sail de- pending on the wind. With nature ever- changing, crew members must be in constant communication. Conditions can get rough, with the 800-pound canoes bouncing atop the water, fighting wind and waves. Some- times people fall off, or the canoes cap- size. During races, escort boats are on standby for safety. At Waa Kiakahi, guests are taken out on much easier, gentler rides just off- shore from the beach to get a feel for
driver circled repeatedly while we searched. Once there, I was told the crate I bought for air travel was substan- dard. For an extra charge, an employee drilled and modified it. After paying sev- eral hundred dollars, the taxi driver rushed me back to the terminal. I barely made the flight, praying Tugs was safely aboard. She was. h Lesson learned: Never assume partner airlines have the same pet-trav- el policies. Check both websites and maybe even call. — Susan Palmer
During a recent hiking trip in Germa- ny, my iPhone completed a routine oper- ating system update. Because it hap- pened in a foreign country, Apple re- quired me to reactivate the phone using my Apple ID and password. I had moved all my passwords to a password man- ager, so the password was impossible to remember. Because my phone was locked, I could not access the password manager either. My phone remained locked for the trip, leaving me without internet or email for about two weeks. Fortunately, my travel companions could navigate and communicate with their phones. h Lesson learned: Make sure you have another way to access key pass- words when traveling, especially inter- nationally. — Larry Castner
On the way to Athens for a cruise, de- layed wheelchair assistance caused us to miss our Frankfurt connection. Fur- ther weather and computer-system de- lays followed. We boarded another plane by bus and stairs, only to have the flight canceled. Wheelchair assistance then forgot about us, and an employee accused me of trying to steal an idle wheelchair. After15 hours in the airport, we received hotel vouchers and caught a flight the next morning. Our checked walker did not arrive, but the airline sent it to the cruise’s first island stop, where ship personnel retrieved it for $93. h Lesson learned: A two-hour Frankfurt connection with a mobility- challenged traveler is a no-go. Even 24 hours may not be enough before an overseas cruise. — John Isakson
During the middle of the COVID cri- sis, I arrived at Heathrow from Dulles and was told I could not continue to Abu Dhabi because I did not have the correct COVID card. American Airlines had checked my card in Dulles before I left. Nearby airport hotels were full, so I spent the night in the basement of Heathrow Terminal 3 and returned to Dulles the next day. I had planned to fly to Socotra from the UAE, but the flight only departs once a week, so I have yet to go. h Lesson learned: Don’t fly through Heathrow. — Harriet Davis
On a trip to Australia 30 years ago, I forgot about the International Date Line. When we arrived, we made our
gliding in a canoe. It feels like flying on the ocean’s surface, like a bird skim- ming the water. “It’s always fun taking people out who’ve never done it, and just sort of vi- cariously reliving that first experience you had when you first did it,” said Da- meron. “It’s infectious.”
Breaking down barriers
The weekend was especially signifi- cant for Wahine Makani, the only all- women crew, because it was their first official race. In Hawaiian, wahine means “women” and makani is “wind.” According to the team’s website, Wahi- ne Makani is the first all-women team in the association in over a decade, and seeks to “restore space” in the male- dominated sport. It’s captained by Maui resident Jamie Nease, a paddler who got into sailing ca- noes when she wanted to learn how to cross the 30-mile-long challenging Ale- nuihaha Channel between Maui and Hawaii Island. When Nease first joined canoe sailing, she said there were only one or two women on each team. “It was really exciting and nerve- racking for our first race – a lot of doubt, a lot of fear,” Nease said. “We had to use what we learned and everything that we practiced and do it successfully.” Finishing the race felt like a “confi- dence booster” for the team, and helped settle any “doubt that women can even do this,” she added. Canoe sports are heavily male-dom-
way to the carrier for a flight to Cairns and presented our travel vouchers. The lovely lady told us she would love to as- sist, but the plane had left yesterday. It was a rookie mistake, but they took pity on us and rebooked us for a slight charge. h Lesson learned: If you’re doing your own travel planning, read and re- search enough to make a workable plan. — Janet Caldwell
In May1980, we flew from Cozumel to Cancun to catch a United rewards flight home. Our early flight was consolidated, then delayed by a storm. When we land- ed, we saw our United plane pulling away. It was Memorial Day weekend, and flights were full. After three days, I saw someone hand an Aeromexico agent cash and receive tickets. I pulled out cash, asked again and got seats to Miami. In Miami, United took pity on us and booked us home on our reward tickets through Las Vegas and Honolu- lu. h Lesson learned: Spend the night near the departure airport before a morning flight, and realize that in some places the “mordida” may be necessary. — David Cleveland
We recently flew into Brussels from Newark. The passport-control line was easily two hours long. I almost passed out from the heat and lack of air condi- tioning, so I was wheeled to a crew desk. It was ridiculous. h Lesson learned: Do not fly into Brussels from anywhere in the U.S. — Robert Joyce
We planned to fly to Las Vegas on Christmas morning to surprise our mother for her 92nd birthday. That was the day the entire Southwest system crashed. We waited all day as the depar- ture time changed repeatedly, but the flight never left. She died six weeks lat- er. My wife later flew down and was thankfully at her side when she passed. We will never forget spending Christ- mas Day on the airport floor waiting for a flight that never happened. We should have switched airlines, but the gate agent kept telling us the flight would leave later. h Lesson learned: Never trust only what the gate agent tells you. Be proac- tive, not reactive. — Richard Smylie
I was separated from our tour group in Venice, Italy. Because of several mis- takes on my part, I spent about seven hours unable to regroup. h Lesson learned: Use video on your phone to capture directions given orally about meeting places and times. Use pictures to remember turns on a walk. Keep a dedicated pocket for euros for bathroom entry. On a group trip, have a buddy who will report if you aren’t pre- sent before the tour proceeds. Always save the tour leader’s phone number in your phone, not just on cards you might leave behind. Don’t get a new, unfamil- iar phone right before a trip. — Karen Burrell
inated, but there’s a shift being led by waterwomen who want to compete just as much as the men do. More women are joining the new generation of sailors, paddlers and voyagers. In 2024, a woman became the first to captain and navigate the Hokulea on its Hawaii-to-Tahiti voyage. There also is the all-women Na Wahine O Ke Kai race, in which paddlers take on the arduous Kaiwi Channel from Oahu to Molokai, which began in1979 with17 teams. It has grown to 70, according to the race’s website. Canoe sailing requires immense strength, which can feel intimidating and become a barrier to accessing the sport. For example, without a keel or rudder, the canoes are steered by just hand blades fighting all that force. Since the canoes were designed for men, ac- cording to Nease, the Wahine Makani women have redesigned features of theirs to steer with more precision and work for them. The camaraderie between the canoe sailing community is apparent when ev- eryone rushes down to the water to help each arriving canoe get past the crash- ing shorebreak and onto the beach. Canoe sailing may be evolving as a sport, but its athletes will always honor its longstanding heritage and place in Hawaii. The reporter on this story received ac- cess to this event from the Kaanapali Beach Resort Association. USA TODAY maintains editorial con- trol of content.
ALABAMA Tuscaloosa: The Univer- sity of Alabama plans to expand its academic advising program by hiring 49 new professional advisers over the next three years.
ALASKA Anchorage: A brown bear recently injured a woman while she was on a hike in Anchorage’s Bear Valley, local authorities said.
ARIZONA Phoenix: Carl Kunasek, an influential former state Senate presi- dent who presided over the impeach- ment trial of former Gov. Evan Me- cham, died July 20. He was 94.
ARKANSAS Fort Smith: The cam- paign seeking to change Fort Smith’s form of government postponed filing its petitions, saying it needed addi- tional time to review what it de- scribed as “technical details.”
CALIFORNIA Moss Landing: An area famous for its sea otter population has been named one of the world’s top 20 birdwatching destinations in a new global study. AllClear Travel Insurance analyzed 115 birdwatching hotspots worldwide to identify the best destinations for 2026. Moss Landing was one of only three U.S. locations to make the list.
COLORADO Denver: Denver was named the 11th worst city for bed bugs in the nation, according to Or- kin.
CONNECTICUT Norwich: CorePlus Federal Credit Union and Scient Fed- eral Credit Union announced the new name and brand identity for their combined organization, now called Waypoint Federal Credit Union.
DELAWARE Kent County: The Dela- ware Division of Public Health on July 21 reported the state’s second confirmed measles case, a day after the division reported its first case of measles in more than a decade.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washing- ton: A 6-year-old boy attending a summer soccer camp at the Univer- sity of the District of Columbia was hospitalized after being found unre- sponsive at the bottom of the campus pool, DC News Now reported.
FLORIDA Volusia County: Volusia County hit a new record for most turtle nests in a season. As of the morning of July 22, the county had tracked 1,523 nests this season on its Sea Turtle Nest Dashboard. The pre- vious record was set in 2023, when the county tracked 1,516 nests, county spokesman Clayton Jackson said.
GEORGIA Effingham County: South- ern Company’s subsidiary said it has signed a 25-year power supply agree- ment with OpenAI for a new project in Effingham County.
HAWAII Honolulu: Officials said 80 residents from the Puuhonua o Waia- nae homeless encampment have relocated from the Waianae Small Boat Harbor to a new 20-acre “Farm Village” in Waianae Valley, with 140 expected to relocate by month’s end, KHON2 reported.
IDAHO Nampa: City leaders have advanced a budget that could end public transit service by eliminating funding for Valley Regional Transit, following months of debate and failed alternatives, KTVB7 reported.
ILLINOIS Springfield: After it was signed into law in June 2019, the Rebuild Illinois Capital Program has made returns to counties across the state, delivering a nearly 200% return on investments initially put into the economy.
INDIANA South Bend: For the first time in five years, Potawatomi Zoo has a new infant red panda, but the cub could still face challenges. The baby red panda, now named Big Red, was one of five cubs Raya gave birth to. According to a press release, the cubs were born very small, and sev- eral failed to live longer than a couple days. But that isn’t unusual, and the mortality rate for red pandas is near- ly 50% in the first year of life.
IOWA Des Moines: A new state grant program that helps schools buy food from local vendors has concluded its pilot year, receiving largely positive feedback from central Iowa districts. The program is a part of the Choose Iowa initiative, a marketing and branding program that aims to urge Iowans to support local agriculture.
KANSAS Topeka: The Kansas Region of the Sports Car Club of America announced on Facebook that due to “circumstances affecting the opera- tion” of Darana-Heartland Motor- sports Park, the SCCA canceled the rest of the 2026 Darana Heartland Park Cone Dodging Comeback Tour.
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Madison: The road to rebuilding Wisconsin’s casting and forging workforce started at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in a July workshop where tem- peratures rose higher than the heat wave outside. The U.S. Department of War, formally known as the Department of Defense, has established these boot camps at colleges across the country. The goal is addressing a skilled labor short- age in the metals manufacturing sector by fostering collaborations with high schools,communitycollegesandothereducationalinstitutionstocreateawork- er pipeline. The university held its first boot camp July14-17. A second is planned for late August. More camps are planned for the next two summers.
KENTUCKY Louisville: Measles was detected in Louisville wastewater between July 6-14, the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Ser- vices confirmed.
LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: Louisiana U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields won’t run for reelection to Congress and will in- stead enter the race to return to his old seat in the state Senate, he said.
MAINE Augusta: Former Maine state Senate President Troy Jackson is statistically tied in a November election matchup with Republican Sen. Susan Collins, a new poll from the University of New Hampshire Survey Center found.
MARYLAND Annapolis: Maryland is rolling out new chip-enabled Elec- tronic Benefit Transfer cards state- wide in an effort to better protect benefit recipients from fraud and card skimming, becoming the fourth state in the nation to adopt the technology, according to a commu- nity announcement.
MASSACHUSETTS Worcester: The contract between the Educational Association of Worcester and Worcester Public Schools expired at the end of June and bus drivers in the district are saying they will re- fuse to sign a new contract until they are allowed to leave the EAW and form their own union.
MICHIGAN Detroit: Regulators have opened an investigation into the state’s largest electric utilities fol- lowing widespread power outages across Michigan over the Fourth of July weekend.
MINNESOTA St. Paul: Minnesota was ranked the best state for sum- mer road trips, a new WalletHub study found.
MISSISSIPPI Columbus: Aluminum Dynamics Inc. will invest more than $200 million to build a recycled aluminum slab center in Lowndes County. The company announced it has selected Columbus as the loca- tion for the facility, which will use recycled aluminum – primarily used beverage cans – to produce alumi- num ingots for further processing.
MISSOURI Jefferson City: One in five Missouri children eligible for state-paid childcare services isn’t receiving help because there isn’t enough money in the state budget, Missouri Independent reported.
MONTANA Missoula: The National Museum of Forest Service History has opened its new 27,000-square- foot National Conservation Legacy Center in Missoula, KBZK reported.
NEBRASKA Lincoln: Clatonia offi- cials have extended the village’s boil water order to July 29 due to a well- pump malfunction that requires additional repairs and testing before the water supply can be cleared, KOLN reported.
NEVADA Sparks: Renown Health CEO Dr. Brian Erling confirmed that Renown is restarting plans to build a large medical facility at Kiley Ranch more than a decade after the project was put on hold.
NEW JERSEY Trenton: New Jersey has one of the highest state debts per resident in the nation, a study says. The new analysis by Reason Foundation also found that New Jersey had one of the highest long- term debts per resident, coming in second with $21,197 per resident. The Garden State’s total debt was at $213.35 billion in 2023, the fifth highest state in the nation, accord- ing to Reason Foundation.
NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: New Mex- ico’s congressional delegation is calling for a federal investigation into the Drug Enforcement Admini- stration’s handling of fentanyl in- vestigations following reports that agents may have allowed large quantities of fentanyl to reach com- munities across the state during criminal investigations.
NEW YORK Albany: New York state is allegedly failing to provide enough money to prevent homeless- ness through its public assistance shelter allowance program, several New York-based nonprofit legal agencies claim in a lawsuit.
NORTH CAROLINA Asheville: After months of deliberation over the future of more than 200 acres of University of North Carolina Ashe- ville property, the Millennial Cam- pus Development Advisory Commit- tee released its recommendations, suggesting against plans that would develop a soccer stadium or per- forming arts center on its South Campus property – colloquially known as the woods. Still, the com- mittee recommended the South Campus as “the primary site for catalytic development” at Univer- sity of North Carolina Asheville.
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: The Great Plains Food Bank received a $350,000 grant from the Otto Brem- er Trust to expand hunger relief efforts and provide nutritious food to children, seniors and families across the state, KXNET reported.
OHIO Cincinnati: An engineering firm recommended six years ago that Cincinnati replace a bridge over Duck Creek in Oakley to reduce the risk of flooding, eliminate the need for a floodgate and lower insurance costs for property owners. But the city did not build that bridge, leav- ing the existing structure and flood- gate as the only defense for sur- rounding homes and businesses when torrential rain hit July 17. The 2020 engineering report said the project would significantly reduce the risk of serious flooding.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: The Oklahoma City Thunder’s new home is making progress since breaking ground in March, as crews began pouring concrete for the building’s substructure. Continental Coliseum is planned to be open in time for the 2028-2029 season.
OREGON Salem: Whale entangle- ments off the West Coast last year were the second highest since 2018, according to a new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA confirmed 33 whales off the coasts of Oregon, Washington and California, as well as the coasts of Canada and Mexico, that were entangled in West Coast commercial fishing gear in 2025. That’s just one fewer than in 2024.
PENNSYLVANIA Harrisburg: Penn- sylvania’s budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year will roughly double sup- port for the commonwealth’s network of rape crisis centers, bringing their state funding total to $24 million. The additional $12 million will enable these centers to train more employ- ees, staff their crisis hotlines around the clock and provide more therapy to survivors, officials say.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: A pro- gram run by the treasurer’s office to get banks to offer mortgages below market rates has already exhausted the second tranche of funding allo- cated. Called the RI AnchorHome program, it started as a pilot in De- cember 2025 and expanded into a full-fledged program in April. Just three months later, that extra money allocated has already been exhaust- ed, totaling 89 mortgages.
SOUTH CAROLINA Greenville: The city of Greenville has surpassed 80,000 residents for the first time, according to Environmental Systems Research Institute data. Greenville’s population grew by 2% in the last year and is now home to 81,762 resi- dents, according to the city. The day- time population is 155,622.
SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: Sanford Health released its 2024-2025 impact report, detailing a continued commit- ment to patient care and rural com- munities. The comprehensive over- view reveals the rural nonprofit health system reinvested a total of over $1 billion to expand healthcare access across its regional footprint and provide services to all patients, “regardless of their ability to pay or whether they have insurance.”
TENNESSEE Sumner County: A statewide veterans’ group instru- mental in the naming of Vietnam Veterans Boulevard is calling the renaming of a portion of the road to the Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway a “slap in the face,” stating that they were not notified of the change. De- spite weeks of mounting pushback to the decision and recent promises from state and local officials to relo- cate the signs, the Tennessee Depart- ment of Transportation confirmed it had not received orders to remove them, according to a spokesperson.
TEXAS Nueces County: Hut 8, a crypto-mining turned AI data center company, said it has signed a second 15-year lease worth $9.8 billion with an existing investment-grade cus- tomer, fully commercializing its 1- gigawatt Beacon Point campus.
UTAH Salt Lake County: A man was struck and killed by lightning while hiking a popular mountain peak in Utah with his brother, officials said.
VERMONT Colchester: St. Michael’s College has received a $2 million anonymous donation to expand need-based scholarships, bringing total support for its current-use ini- tiative to $7 million.
VIRGINIA Richmond: Central Vir- ginia’s pharmaceutical industry re- ceived $16 million in federal funding to establish what the government called “a domestic manufacturing pathway for essential medicines and advance U.S. national security and economic competitiveness” globally. The money will go to the Virginia Advanced Pharma Manufacturing and R&D Cluster in Petersburg and Richmond managed by the Virginia Biotechnology Research Partnership Authority.
WASHINGTON Seattle: Roger Rogoff, the former prosecutor appointed by judges to the role of U.S. Attorney in the Western District of Washington, has filed a lawsuit in federal court against President Donald Trump, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and the U.S. Department of Justice. On July 15, Rogoff was fired by Trump after only 54 minutes on the job and received word of his ter- mination via email in the lobby of the U.S District Courthouse in Seattle.
WEST VIRGINIA Weston: The Lewis County Commission has formally opposed the proposed 260-mile Val- ley North transmission line, voting to send a letter stating the project would not benefit the county or state after reviewing the plan and hearing resi- dent concerns, WDTV reported.
WYOMING Cheyenne: Meta is ap- pealing a $10,000 pollution fine tied to construction of its Cheyenne data center, arguing the citation lacks evidence and was issued to the wrong party, WyoFile reported. From USA TODAY Network and wire reports
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Nearly 20 people got sick with gastro- intestinalillnessonaNationalGeograph- ic-Lindblad Expeditions ship, the ves- sel’s third outbreak in less than two months. Among the 62 guests onboard, 18 re- ported being ill during the National Geo- graphic Sea Bird’s July10 voyage, accord- ing to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Their main symptoms were abdominal cramps and vomiting. The cause is unknown. The ship is op- erating in Alaska, according to Cruise- Mapper. The cruise company implemented heightened cleaning and disinfection measures and isolated sick passengers, among other steps, the health agency said on its website. National Geographic- Lindblad Expeditions did not immedi- ately respond to a request for comment. The news comes after two other out- breaks on the same ship during cruises in JuneandMay.Bothwerecausedbynoro- virus. The CDC told USA TODAY in an email that norovirus is behind more than 90% of cruise gastrointestinal illness outbreaks with a confirmed cause. "People joining the cruise ship may bring the virus to other passengers and crew," the agency said. "Characteristics of norovirus that facilitate outbreaks in- clude a low infective dose, easy person- to-person transmissibility, prolonged vi- ral shedding, absence of long-term im- munity, the ability of the virus to survive routine cleaning procedures, and the ab-
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It is getting grim very early in Toronto. Sentimental-glances-at-the-dia- mond grim. Quiet-uncertainty-in-the-club- house grim. Six-teams-to-catch-before-even- thinking-about-a-playoff-spot grim. Yes, your defending American League champion Toronto Blue Jays are feeling it – not that glorious buzz that electrified their clubhouse, their city and most of Canada a year ago, but rather the sensation that all of this will be broken up long before anyone imag- ined, and there’s nobody but them- selves to blame. These Blue Jays were 46-56 after the first-place Tampa Bay Rays won a third consecutive game at Rogers Cen- tre, a 4-2 victory July 22.
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Blue Jays starting pitcher Kevin Gausman has played for five Major League Baseball teams since 2013.
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Biggest snub Copper gets a late call-up
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The WNBA All-Star Game rosters are set as Chicago becomes the center of the women’s basketball universe on July 24 and 25. Phoenix Mercury forward Kahleah Copper was named to the 2026 WNBA All-Star Game on July 22 as a replace- ment for injured Los Angeles Sparks guard Kelsey Plum, taking her spot on Team Coop (with manager Cynthia Cooper). Under league rules, Commissioner Cathy Engelbert names replacements for injured All-Stars. Copper was arguably the most glar- ing omission when reserves were an- nounced two weeks ago. She ranks seventh in the league in scoring at a team-leading 20.5 points per game. Copper had a career-high 41 against the Sparks on June 13. The selection is the fifth for Copper, 31, who made four straight All-Star Games from 2021 to 2024, a run that included the 2021 Finals MVP award with Chicago and an Olympic gold medal at the 2024 Paris Games. Now, in her 11th WNBA season, she returns to the All-Star stage in the city where she spent seven years of her career. Plum’s absence is unfortunate giv- en the Sparks guard was among the league’s leading scorers at 23.9 points per game before a lower-left leg injury
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Toronto was 13 1⁄2 games out of first going into the series finale Thursday. More important, the Jays are show- ing few, if any, signs of altering their fate before the Aug. 3 trade deadline. They’ve scored 402 runs, fewest in the majors. Have 16 multi-error games. A pitching staff ravaged by injury and middling performance. And suddenly, a palpable feeling the band is breaking up. Taylor Gausman knows. The wife of ace Kevin Gausman has seen him in a deadline deal before and is well-aware his five-year, $110 million deal expires after the season. Gausman has contem- plated retirement after this season. With that in mind, Taylor hopped a flight from their Louisiana home to To- ronto, where Gausman started against the Rays on Tuesday. She snapped a photo of him pitching and surprised him with her presence and even coaxed him back onto the playing surface long after the game ended. Too soon to reminisce? Well, it cer- tainly could have been Gausman’s last start at Rogers Centre. “She just kind of told me, like, ‘Hey, let’s go onto the field for a little while,’ not really thinking too much of it, but now I’m glad we did,” he told Sportsnet. “The biggest thing, I really hope that I’m able to come back here, at least next weekend, just like one last time.” Woah. The Blue Jays are not yet dead set on selling. The expanded playoff for- mat means you’re never truly out of it. Yet maybe the Blue Jays have seen enough to know that a stealthy sprint down the backstretch into contention simply isn’t coming.
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Vlad Guerrero Jr. chose happiness Wednesday, greeting fans attending batting practice with high-fives and then firing up his dugout after hitting a double that led to the Blue Jays’first run. By the end of the night, though, this stunning fact remained: Guerrero had yet to hit a home run at Rogers Centre this season. There are baseball stats that border on minutiae, that can deceive or are missing crucial context. Yet there is lit- tle more to interpret from this: Guerrero,
local stadium, realizing your whole Sat- urday is gone. But that’s not necessary. And while some soccer fans will try to convince you there’s a right way to enjoy the sport, pay no mind to those who say you have to consume one thing or another. One of the beauties of soccer is that you can find what resonates with you and keep digging deeper and deeper – or just stay a casual and only tune in for certain matches. That said, one of the best ways to get involved in soccer is to look around your own community.
Support your local team
Whether it be Major League Soccer, NWSL, USL, college or youth, there like- ly is a soccer team near you. Worldwide, supporting a local team is one of the most common reflections of soccer fan- dom. Those teams represent a neigh- borhood, a city or a region, ideally serv- ing as something locals can identity with and feel represented by. Fan groups often form up around those teams, with seat neighbors turn- ing into longtime friends. Every MLS team has supporters’ groups but also has less organized groups of friends and neighbors sharing the same game-day rituals and chatting about the team’s performance on the field – plus what’s going on in the front office and beyond. There are communities of fans who get together to watch matches from all over the world as well, but nowhere can you have your voice heard like getting involved locally – or just going to match- es when it fits with your schedule.
Get geared up for the next World Cup
The next senior World Cup will take place in less than a year, with the women’s World Cup in Brazil taking the spotlight. There are plenty of reasons to get ex- cited for the tournament; we ran through five right here. Whether it’s a stacked Spain trying to repeat, a U.S. team trying to bounce back from a worst-ever finish in Australia-New Zea- land or the Brazilians trying to delight a
Starting pitcher Kevin Gausman is in the final season of a five-year deal with the Blue Jays. He is 4-9 in 2026. NICK TURCHIARO/IMAGN IMAGES
in the first year of a14-year, $500 million contract, has not hit a home run in his home ballpark. A cynic might note that on the bright side, Guerrero still has 13 more seasons to go yard at home. The overall lack of production, though – he’s got six home runs and a .689 OPS that’s 11% below league average – is alarming. Not that it’s the only thing killing the Jays. For a while there, rookie Kazuma Okamoto was one of the few sentient pieces of the offense, posting a 1.026 OPS and hitting seven homers in a three-week span of June. Thursday, in what amounted to a do-or-die kind of game against the Rays, he was benched. That’s what a 0-for-18 and a10-for-67 slide in your last 18 games will get you. He has hit 22 home runs, and his first season since coming over from Japan will largely be viewed as a success and he remains a key part of their future. It’s just that in this season, the bot- tom fell out at the wrong time. Other failings are harder to grasp. Daulton Varsho is a Gold Glove winner, a valued part of the Blue Jays’ core. Yet this iteration of Varsho has seen his outs above average dip to five after posting nine and 15 his previous two seasons. This Varsho committed errors on consecutive nights against Tampa Bay, simply dropping a Yandy Diaz fly at the wall Wednesday, sparking a three-run
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The United States women’s national team is preparing for the women’s World Cup next year.
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soccer-obsessed host nation, there are many interesting narratives that will be worth tracking. While many teams are already qual- ified, the U.S. (and its regional rivals Canada, Mexico and Jamaica among others) will look to earn its place in Bra- zil in November. Before that, it meets reigning cham- pion Spain in a pair of highly anticipated fall friendly matches.
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inning that snapped a1-1tie. Nothing fe- lonious. Just more anecdotal data points that it’s simply not happening for these guys.
Trade chips: A whole bagful
And suddenly, we have a most un- likely pop-up seller. It never seemed like it’d come to this. Baseball fandom gets so swept up in the binary buy-sell shtick that ancillary fac- tors – such as the state of a franchise at a given time, and its objectives for the near- and long-term – can be forgotten. Coming into 2026, the last thing the Blue Jays needed to do was sell. The fervor and popularity in Toronto has once again, finally, reached early 1990s and mid-2010s level. A half-bil- lion-dollar renovation of Rogers Centre paired with a charismatic and winning team means crowds of 42,000 stuff themselves into the retractable-roof stadium, no finer place to watch a game when the roof is open and the summer nights are long. Shoot, the club’s parent company, Rogers Communications, reported that sports and media revenue was up13% in the second quarter, “largely driven by Blue Jays-related revenue” thanks to 95% of the seats filled for home games. That drove a tacit understanding, from the overlords at Rogers, to club president Mark Shapiro and baseball
Spain’s Rodri lifts the trophy alongside teammates as they celebrate winning the World Cup. AMANDA PEROBELLI/REUTERS
all players are required to be given leave from their clubs to join up with their na- tional teams. Those teams will be back in action in September, with the U.S. taking part in a quartet of friendly matches before play- ing a Concacaf Nations League quarter- final in the November window. Mexico is in the same situation. European teams begin contesting the UEFA Nations League in September, with Spain manager Luis de la Fuente half-joking after winning the World Cup that his team already is getting ready for a big-ticket meeting with England. There also are rumors that the Finalissi- ma, a match between the European and South American champions, may be re- scheduled this fall after the war in Iran kept it from being played in Qatar in
operations chief Ross Atkins down to manager John Schneider, that this was once again a go-for-it year. That falling two outs shy of a World Series title in 2025 laid a foundation that, with a few tweaks and additions, would see the team over the top, or at least playing well into October again. Instead, the trade market is set to receive a significant transfusion from Toronto. You want pitching? Gausman re- mains one of the game’s most reliable starters and has only a limited no-trade clause, with Milwaukee, Detroit, Pitts- burgh and the Chicago White Sox the only contenders on it, according to mul- tiple reports. Shane Bieber just tossed six score- less innings at the White Sox, the best of his five starts after missing the season’s first three months due to arm woes. He, too, will be a free agent at season’s end. And lurking in Class AAA, complet- ing another rehab start without incident Wednesday: Two-time World Series champion Max Scherzer, ready to duct- tape himself together for another Octo- ber run. You want outfielders? George Spring- er has 10-and-5 no-trade rights and has been banged up this year. But you think the pending free agent would like an- other crack at a World Series? Perhaps he’s exactly what the Philadelphia Phil- lies have been missing. Varsho and Myles Straw won’t gal- vanize a lineup but are elite defense players and Straw emerged as a club- house glue guy in Toronto; both are on expiring contracts, too. Need a bullpen? Jeff Hoffman’s stuff remains good even after he’s struggled following his soul-crushing World Se- ries finish. He’s due $11 million in 2027. And then there’s Louis Varland, who could bring a significant return after his playoff heroics a year ago were backed up by an All-Star first half. He will have four years of team control after this sea- son and could fetch the kind of impact player who could help the Blue Jays sooner, rather than later. As for now? Varland was summoned in the ninth inning Wednesday down 4-2, glorified mop-up work for a guy who’d only pitched four times this month. The Blue Jays would love to keep him, for many years, but constructing a bullpen can wait until 2027. It’s just that 2027 was the last thing on Toronto’s mind, even a few days ago. But reality is getting harder to ignore.
March 2026 as planned. That would mean a quick final rematch, just months after Sunday’s showdown. Africanteamsjumpintoqualification for the African Cup of Nations, while Asian and South American nations will be tuning up in friendly matches. Do you just love international tourna- ments in general? Next up in the men’s game is the 2027 Asian Cup. That will see Qatar looking to defend its title after a dour showing at the World Cup, while Japan, Korea, Iran and Australia hope to win a continental crown. The two most prestigious continen- tal tournaments, the Euros and Copa América, are scheduled for the summer of 2028.
Follow that player – or team – who captured your heart
While there is no international soccer at the moment, those guys you fell for are back to their clubs where they play the majority of their soccer. Most European leagues are available to view on TV or streaming in the U.S. Teams generally play league matches on the weekends, with the elite squads meeting teams from other parts of Europe during the week in the UEFA Champions League, the world’s premier club competition, or other, less presti- gious tournaments. Erling Haaland is back with Man- chester City, an English club that will play dozens and dozens of matches – all available on TV or streaming in the U.S. Kylian Mbappe leads the line with Real Madrid, which will look to win La Liga after Lamine Yamal and Barcelona topped the league last campaign. Harry Kane is based in the Bundesli- ga, playing for a Bayern Munich team that often dominates the German league but will face new challenges this season. The reigning winner of the UEFA Champions League is Ligue1squad Par- is Saint-Germain, which will try to con- tinue its dominance behind much of the France and Portugal stars who were on display this summer. And, of course, Lionel Messi suits up for Inter Miami in MLS, which is avail- able worldwide on Apple TV. There is no right or wrong way to be a soccer fan, but keep getting a clean plate and going back to the buffet and you may find yourself with a lifelong love that started thanks to the magic of the World Cup.
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Cup let North America show off for world
Jon Arnold
DALLAS – The 2026 World Cup is over. What will its legacy be? For the first time, the tournament was played across three host nations, with more than 100 matches in an ex- panded format taking place in the Unit- ed States, Mexico and Canada. There were hydration breaks, imple- mented by FIFA at all venues rather than only the outdoor stadiums when heat was a factor. There were multiple open- ing ceremonies. There was a halftime show. While plenty have accused this of be- ing the latest American innovations to invade soccer, that is confusion with the United States’ closeness to capitalism. FIFA implemented those spectacles (that word may be generous to what the hydration break is) and will likely look to keep them in place as earning opportu- nities. But while this tournament will be re- membered as the launching-off point for changes we’d rather not see made, what about the affect the World Cup had on its host countries?
What did the United States show the world during the World Cup?
The World Cup put the best of the U.S. on display. All over the country, people worked to help fans find the sta- dium, get around town, try a local del- icacy or have a few drinks together. The relationship that blossomed be- tween Algeria and Lawrence, with Uni- versity of Kansas students and alumni twisting their normal chant and saying “Rock Chalk, Algeria” was beautiful. So, too, was that between eventual champi- on Spain and its base camp in southern Tennessee. Who would’ve though La- mine Yamal would utter the phrase, “It’s really nice. Soccer has given me this op- portunity to be known in Chattanooga,” for example. The big cities also played their part, stadiums filled with die-hard fans but also local neutrals, who chanted along with Cape Verde fans or bought a new shirt to support a team for the day. Those unable to afford the ticket prices, which never went down from their ridiculous starting point, took to the streets to watch matches at Fan Fests, in bars and in other spots around town, with many cities taking strides to make sure the matches were accessible to anyone who wanted to feel the World Cup excitement. It was not a perfect World Cup. There was never justification enough provided for excluding Omar Artan, the 2025 CAF
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last month. With the addition of the Mercury star, three teams will not be represented in the game – the Chicago Sky, Connect- icut Sun and Portland Fire. The All-Star Game is Saturday at the United Center (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC, Dis- ney+) with rosters drafted by league leg- ends Cynthia Cooper and Teresa Weatherspoon as part of the WNBA’s 30th anniversary.
WNBA All-Star rosters Team Coop
Head coach: Becky Hammon General manager: Cynthia Cooper
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Golden State Valkyries F Gabby Williams: The UConn product received her second All-Star nod and was select- ed a starter for the first time. Williams is averaging a career high in scoring with 15.9 points per game in her first year with the Valkyries. Dallas Wings G Paige Bueckers: The 2025 reigning WNBA Rookie of the Year is having a strong second campaign, av- eraging 19.9 points, 5.9 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game through18 starts, all while shooting 51% from the floor. The 24-year-old UConn product has led the Wings’ turnaround season, and the team’s 11 victories at the halfway point surpass last year’s total (10) win mark. Bueckers became the fastest player in WNBA history to hit 1,000 points and 250 assists last month. New York Liberty F Breanna Stew- art: The 2026 WNBA Commissioner’s Cup MVP is leading the Liberty in points (19.2), steals (1.4) and blocks (1.3) in her 10th season in the league while ranking second in rebounds (8.5). Stewart has scored in double-digits in all but one
A U.S. fan marches through Pioneer Square before the World Cup Round of 16 match between the USA and Belgium in Seattle on July 6.
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Referee of the Year, from the country. Iran’s treatment was unlike any other country’s, putting up obstacles Team Melli had to overcome that no other team faced. And, of course, President Donald Trump’s attempt to get involved in FIFA disciplinary matters after Folarin Balo- gun was shown a red card and the presi- dent sticking around for Spain’s cele- bratory photo as FIFA President Gianni Infantino tried to whisk him away, was unnecessary even if unsurprising. It’s fair to be skeptical of viral Twitter star Freddy’s U.S. journey and of many other overly curated moments. But the people of Lawrence, Chatta- nooga, Greensboro (North Carolina), Wilmington (Delaware) and all over the U.S. gave many genuine examples of what America’s character is and can be beyond its politicians. The tourna- ment’s success is not in the record TV ratings, the huge numbers of fans who went to stadiums or even in future soc- cer trophies lifted by players inspired by the 2026 tournament, but rather in the small moments of cultural exchange that happen in every tournament.
Did the World Cup boost Mexico’s international reputation?
Mexico didn’t have to deal with many of the issues that dogged the U.S. during the tournament. In fact, Mexico Presi- dent Claudia Sheinbaum eagerly posi- tioned Mexico as the answer to FIFA’s issues. Iran moved to a base camp in Tijuana, where it became a favorite
Phoenix Mercury guard Kahleah Copper (2) was added to Team Coop for the WNBA All-Star Game as an injury replacement. JAYNE KAMIN-ONCEA/IMAGN IMAGES
game this season and her seven double- doubles is tied for the fifth most in the league. It marks Stewart’s eight All-Star nod. Indiana Fever G Kelsey Mitchell: She earned her fourth consecutive se- lection as an All-Star starter. Mitchell was drafted No. 1 overall in 2018 out of Ohio State. She is averaging 21.6 points per game to lead the Fever. Indiana’s all- time top scorer, Mitchell has 11 games with at least 20 points this season. Minnesota Lynx F Natasha How- ard: The 6-foot-2 forward picked up her third All-Star nod and first since 2022 amid a renaissance season. Howard’s 17.7 points per game is the second-high- est mark of her career, second only to her 2019 DPOY campaign. Her stat line is rounded out by career highs in rebounds (8.2), steals (1.9) and field-goal percent- age (61.1%).
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team for many fans used to rooting for Xolos, the usual tenant of Estadio Caliente. The good vibes were desperately needed in Mexico. Violence in late Feb- ruary after the capture and killing of cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cer- vantes, better known by his nickname “El Mencho,” postponed local matches and had organizers on high alert. While the intercontinental playoffs slated for Guadalajara and Monterrey went off without any issues, there still were some concerns from government offi- cials, organizers and fans that there could be an incident. Instead, just like in the U.S., the Mex- ican people were able to show who they are beyond their government or a people struggling with the narcoviolence that dominates the headlines about the country around the world. Fan fests were brimming with sing- ing fans, many who ended up tossing TV reporters, content creators and fellow supporters in the air as they enjoyed the revelry of a home World Cup. In the stadiums, support for Mexico was immense, and other than a story- book comeback against England in the Round of 16, El Tri did everything they could to give fans what they hoped the tournament would be. There was Guil- lermo Ochoa’s send-off, a knockout round win, bright spots from players who should star in the future. It was a rekindling of the relationship between the Mexico national team and its passionate but demanding fan base. It also was a reminder to the world that
h Las Vegas Aces G Jackie Young h Washington Mystics G Sonia Citron h Phoenix Mercury G Kahleah Cop- per Injury replacement for Los Angeles Sparks guard Kelsey Plum
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Head coach: Cheryl Reeve General manager: Teresa Weather- spoon
h Indiana Fever G Caitlin Clark: The 6-foot guard is averaging career highs in points (21.2), field-goal percentage (43.0%) and 3-point percentage (34.4), and her 8.2 assists per game is second only to Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas. Clark has scored in double- digit figures in all but one game this sea- son and she’s doing so efficiently. Her 4.6 turnovers per game marks the low- est average of her career. h Las Vegas Aces C A’ja Wilson: Wil- son leads the league in scoring (25.7 points per game) and blocks (2.0 per
Mexico is a nation that should be char- acterized by much more than its strug- gles with organized criminal groups.
How did Canada experience the World Cup?
For Canada, the tournament can be seen as a clear marker for the sport. Canada’s men’s national team entered the summer never having achieved a point at a World Cup. Now, manager Jesse Marsch’s group can tick off its first point, its first win and its first knockout win. Canada bowed out in the Round of16, falling 3-0 to Morocco despite a super first half against the North African squad. Much like its neighbors, the biggest echo will be heard not from what hap- pened on the field but what happened off it. Canada fans filled streets on their march to matches. For so long, sup- porters’ groups like The Voyageurs have been small but mighty. The people who headed to the World Cup venues and filled the stands showed that men’s soc- cer certainly has arrived in Canada. The Canada women’s national team already has been a consistent compet- itor, winning gold at the 2020 Olympics. Canada also successfully hosted the 2015 Women’s World Cup. This time, the image was one of a na- tion that will continue to be a hockey country. That, of course, is heritage commemorated in plenty of one-minute films. But there will be plenty of boys who saw the spectacle this summer and decide they could be the next Jonathan David, Stephan Eustaquio or Cyle Larin.
What did the World Cup mean to North America?
Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney joined Trump at the final, helping to award players their medals. The first time the leaders had come together was for the World Cup draw. Now, there are no more natural meet- ing points. The heads of state must come together in more traditional set- tings, at conferences, at formal meet- ings – at least until the 2028 Olympics take place in Los Angeles. What did the World Cup leave North America? It should be a moment of unity for the three North American nations. There are more shared fibers than simply en- joying soccer and being really good at putting on fun events. There is more than unites than divides. Yet in the cur- rent political climate, it is likely that it will be on the people to show that truth – and to remember it.
game), averaging 9.4 rebounds, 2.9 as- sists and 1.6 steals in 19 games (all starts). Wilson has recorded double- digit points in every game this season, including a 45-point performance against the Connecticut Sun on May 15. She’s grabbed15 rebounds in four games this season. h Minnesota Lynx G Olivia Miles: Miles has been the bus driver for the Lynx, powering them to a WNBA-best 15-4 record this season. The New Jersey native leads all rookies in scoring (18.7 ppg) and assists (5.7 ppg), which ranks ninth and eighth in the league respec- tively. Miles hit a record eight 3-pointers in the Lynx’s 87-84 victory over the Golden State Valkyries on June 5 to break Caitlin Clark’s rookie record for 3- pointers in a game. h Indiana Fever C Aliyah Boston: Boston earned her fourth consecutive All-Star nod after averaging a career- high 17 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2.9 as- sists while shooting 50.2% from the field. And the 6-foot-5 center has been developing her 3-point shot. She’s shooting a career-high 42.6% from deep, and her 20 made 3-pointers sur- passes last year’s total (six) only 18 games into the season. h Dallas Wings F Jessica Shepard: Shepard’s career year has resulted in her first All-Star nod. The 6-foot-4 for- ward is averaging career highs in points (14.3), rebounds (11.5) and assists (5.4) after sliding into the starting lineup for the Wings. Shepard owns the only two triple-doubles thus far this season.
h Atlanta Dream G Rhyne Howard h Atlanta Dream G Allisha Gray h New York Liberty F Jonquel Jones h Minnesota Lynx G Courtney Wil- liams h Washington Mystics F Kiki Iriafen h Los Angeles Sparks F Nneka Ogwu- mike Contributing: Kristie Ackert and Cydney Henderson
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BLAINE, MN – Aaron Wise’s Insta- gram bio says, “Truly blessed to be able to do what I do.” But for a time, being a professional golfer and playing the game that he loved was the last thing he wanted to do. Suffering from depression, he withdrew from the 2023 Masters. “That one killed me. I knew there was no way I could go there and shoot a re- spectable score around that place,” he said on July 22 ahead of the 3M Open. “It was one of the hardest things to do but also the start of it all and getting back to feeling like myself, so, I’m happy I did it.” Having stepped away for an extend- ed break, Wise, who was a star at Uni- versity of Oregon, a PGA Tour winner at the age of 21and 2018 Rookie of the Year, is mounting a comeback after prioritiz- ing his mental health. Wise, 30, had made the 2022 Tour Championship, finishing among the top 30 in the FedExCup seasonlong points race that season, but that fall he could tell something was awry; he couldn’t pinpoint what it was, but it began “snowballing” and he remembers not wanting to go to dinner with his wife and mother-in-law during the World Golf Championships Match Play. “I just kept trying to go with the old adage of going to push through it, I’m going to try harder,” he said. The irony of Wise struggling mental- ly wasn’t lost on Casey Martin, who in his 21 years as the men’s golf coach at the University of Oregon called Wise the most mentally tough player he has coached. Disciplined, confident and oozing self-belief that was contagious to his teammates and spurred them to win the 2016 national title. “He was an absolute rock mentally,” Martin said. “It speaks to how no one is immune to it. This game is hard and it can really crack you. To Aaron’s credit, he’s fighting through it.” About four, five months after he took his tour hiatus, Wise met Dr. Izzy Justice, a neuroscientist who helped him make sense of what he was experiencing. “He was the first person who kind of sat down and explained to me like what
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Aaron Wise tied for 15th place July 19 at the Corales Puntacana Championship in the Dominican Republic. STACY REVERE/GETTY IMAGES
you’re feeling isn’t just random, it’s a culmination of what you’re doing off the course, things that have happened in your life, what’s happened on the course. This is kind of where your brain is and this is why you feel the way you feel and this is why you have the thoughts you’re having. He was the first person that kind of simplified all that and made it make sense to me,” Wise recalled. They developed a plan that in simple terms aims to declutter his mind. It was a lengthy process, and even three months before Wise started his come- back, he didn’t know if a return was possible. “You shoot the scores at home but you don’t know how it’s going to trans- late out here,” he said. At first, when Wise began playing with other golfers, he struggled again. His comeback has hit a few bumps. Af- ter playing in the 2024 Puerto Rico Open, he withdrew the following week at the Valspar Championship after the pro-am.
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“That day ruined me and I withdrew. I’m like, I can’t do this anymore, this is crazy,” he said. Wise came back last season and made one cut in seven starts. He has made strides but admits playing the tour is a daily battle for him. He missed the cut at the first six events he played this season. He could’ve been deflated but rather he was eager to try to figure out what was holding him back. The most frustrating part, he said, was that he only got two competitive rounds before being sent packing. He wanted more opportunities to plot a course to getting better. There have been baby steps, beginning with one good round at the Myrtle Beach Classic, a 67, but he ballooned to a 79 and another missed cut. Then he worked at putting two good rounds together and then a third. He was lurking heading into the fi- nal round of the John Deere Classic but struggled to 1-over 72 on Sunday and finished tied for 39th. But one week lat- er, he played in the final group at the Isco Championship, marking his first time in
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the last group since the 2022 Memorial Tournament where he finished second. Wise shot 69 and finished T-3, and last week he was T-15 at the Puntacana Championship. “”My brain … it’s got half the stuff go- ing on as it used to,” he said. “It’s been a long process to figure out how to have a clear head over the golf ball. What we do is very stressful. To have to be on for as long as we are, for five, six, seven hours out here every day. Then especially when you start stacking weeks. Like this is my fourth week in a row now and I’m going to play all the way through, so I’ve got six (tournaments in a row). ... Even though it’s stressful, we’re sup- posed to like being out here. We started playing golf because we love the game. Kind of keep that at the forefront even when, hey, you may hit a bad shot in a very high-pressure moment, like it’s not the end of the world, you know?” Wise is encouraged by his back-to- back top-15s for the first time since 2022, but he also knows he’s a work in progress. That’s why his wife, Reagan, is the glue in his support team. She made headlines when she cheeked him after running out to the green to celebrate his lone win in Dallas in 2018, back when they were still dating. She has been his caddie since his return to the tour. She’s been there every step of the way and a calming presence. “She’s someone that I can turn to and however I’m feeling, whatever thoughts I’m having, whatever I’m going through, I can just be 100% truthful and honest with her and we can kind of work through whatever comes up together,” he said. “I feel like having someone on my bag that knows what I’ve been through and knows how to calm my brain down is way more important for me than someone right now who can help me pull the right club if that makes sense.” Golf is as much a mental game as it is one of physical skill. Wise is in a better place to play the game he’s loved since he was a kid, and he also wants to use his experience figuring out the mental puzzle to help others who may be strug- gling with mental health. It’s been a long process but at long last his Instagram bio rings true again: He feels blessed to be a professional golfer and to tee it up this week at the 3M Open.
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Crisis expert says boss should exit gracefully
Mitchell Northam
Cathy Engelbert, the embattled com- missioner of the WNBA, is scheduled to speak to reporters on July 25 in Chicago ahead of the league’s annual All-Star Game at the United Center (8:30 ET, ABC/Disney+). Undoubtedly, Engelbert will face tough questions. She and the league have had a wealth of issues this sea- sons, many of which she has not spoken about. Here’s a sample: h The flagrant-2 foul called against Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thom- as after she put her fist on Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark. h The online harassment to which Thomas and Las Vegas Aces guard Chel- sea Gray have been subjected. h The decision to suspend Toronto Tempo coach Sandy Brondello for com- ments about Atlanta Dream forward Angel Reese. h The letter that 11 Republican U.S. House representatives sent Engelbert asking her to protect Clark. h Her canceled appearance with sports radio host Dan Patrick. h The since-disputed report that she suspended Thomas only after being urged to do so by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. If Engelbert were seeking advice from one crisis management expert, Jeff Hunt, he would tell her to make a big an- nouncement this weekend. “If it were me and I were advising her, I would tell her to exit stage right,” Hunt told USA TODAY Sports. “She’s had a very accomplished career and there’s a lot of things that she can lay claim to positively in terms of how she’s helped develop the WNBA. Sometimes it’s just time for a new leader. She should pre- serve her reputation, preserve dignity. “Gracefully exit and be proud of all that you did. That would be my advice.” Hunt is well-versed in public rela- tions and how to handle problems like the WNBA and Engelbert have dealt with over the last year, a long list that includes Engelbert clashing with play- ers like Napheesa Collier, criticism over how she dealt with the lengthy collec- tive bargaining negotiations and opin- ions on how she has handled Clark’s stardom and the league’s officiating. A professor at the University of Texas for the last 25 years, Hunt is the founding partner of Legend Labs, a brand and reputation consulting firm. He has advised the Tokyo Electric Power Company following the Fukushima nu- clear disaster in 2011, worked with Penn State University in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky scandal and helped computer company Dell in 2006 when it recalled more than 4 million lithium-ion batteries. Hunt has also worked with big brands such as Coca-Cola, American Express, DuPont, Nike, IBM, the Oscars, Whole Foods, the PGA Tour and U.S. Open. He’s managed media strategies for pro athletes like Serena Williams, Cam Newton, Dustin Johnson, Maria Sharapova and Brooks Koepka. “I don’t know how she gets out of this, to be honest with you,”Hunt said of Engelbert. “It’s hard to find where the support is for her and her leadership. In my own mind, I wondered if she would make it through the season, because al- most anything that she’s doing these days faces opposition.” In Hunt’s opinion, Engelbert backing out of her appearance on “The Dan Patrick Show”was a big mistake. In that forum, she would’ve had to answer difficult questions, but it would have
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Cathy Engelbert, giving an interview before the Commissioner’s Cup game between the Fire and Aces on June 11 in Portland, Oregon, has been the commissioner of the WNBA since 2019. ALI GRADISCHER/GETTY IMAGES
allowed her to speak to a large main- stream audience and influence the nar- rative surrounding the WNBA. Instead, that conversation has now been shaped by folks who don’t work in- side the WNBA. “I always talk about the fact that when these crises occur, there’s a natu- ral vacuum, and you either fill it or it gets filled for you. And unfortunately, I think it’s gotten filled for her and the WNBA, and it’s not a good look,” Hunt said. “It’s never a good look when you say you’re going to show up to ‘The Dan Patrick Show’ and don’t show up. (The WNBA) looks like they’ve got their head in a bunker.” The latest firestorm for Engelbert be- gan on June 24 when, during a game be- tween the Fever and Mercury, Thomas landed on Clark, pushed her fist onto Clark’s throat, then stepped over her amid a scramble for a loose ball. No foul was called in the moment, but the WNBA reviewed the play the next day and charged Thomas with a flagrant-2 foul, suspending her for a game, saying the veteran forward “recklessly” made contact with Clark and “committed a non-basketball act.” In the days that followed, Thomas said she received death threats and En- gelbert never reached out. Engelbert then issued a statement saying the league “vehemently condemns any and all forms of hate.” Engelbert has not spoken publicly about the incident, Thomas’ suspen- sion, the response to it or the criticism the WNBA has received. “It’s a whole series of things that this commissioner is right in the middle of the crosshairs. Cathy is having a hard time finding friends right now,” Hunt said. “Some of this stuff is so unpredict- able, but you can control your actions in the moment. I think that’s where she’s getting beat up, some of the decisions that she made in the moment didn’t line
up with what people thought she should have been doing.” Hunt said he doesn’t know Engelbert and has never advised her. But when he compares her situation in the WNBA to what he’s seen with CEOs at big compa- nies, he doesn’t see a path forward for her to continue as the commissioner of the league without further damaging the brand. “You have to wonder if (the WNBA) is getting as much value as they could if they didn’t have the controversies that are going on,” Hunt said. “This thing is going to keep lingering until they can cut something at the top off, right? “And so, in the corporate world, it’s why CEOs get fired. The crisis is still there, but the sacrifice of the leader starts to give you the opportunity to turn the corner. I think that’s probably where (the WNBA is), where they’re go- ing to have to really look for new leader- ship and turn the page.” Engelbert, 61, has been the commis- sioner of the WNBA since 2019. Previ- ously, she worked at Deloitte for more than 30 years and was elected CEO of the multibillion-dollar firm in 2015. During her tenure leading the WNBA, the league and its teams have skyrock- eted in value, television ratings have ris- en, players received salary increases and it expanded from 12 teams to 15, with franchises in Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia launching in the com- ing years. Probably most important, the WNBA now has an 11-year, $3.1 billion media rights agreement that Engelbert helped negotiate. The commissioner, Hunt said, has a lot to be proud of and could use this weekend’s forum to reinforce her ac- complishments while announcing her resignation. “The All-Star Game, honestly, wouldn’t be a bad place to do it, because you’ve got all the spotlight on the game and lots of great things that she can
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point to,” Hunt said. “Women’s basket- ball has never been so popular.” If, when and how Engelbert ends her tenure as the WNBA’s commissioner re- mains to be seen. Whenever it happens, the task ahead for the league’s leader- ship in finding her replacement will be a difficult process, Hunt said. There is not a clear and obvious candidate to suc- ceed her. “Finding whoever the successor is will not be easy. I think it’s a tough job to fill for a lot of different reasons,” Hunt said. “They’re going to have to get some- body that can be a bridge builder, some- body that has a big vision for where the brand can go, and then how to monetize it and capture and take advantage of the popularity.” Hunt – who is also the author of “Brand Under Fire: A New Playbook for Crisis Management in the Digital Age” – said the path forward for the WNBA should begin with a change at leader- ship at the very top, meaning Engelbert should either be removed or she should resign. In the meantime, Hunt recommends the league getting its arms around offici- ating and putting a bigger emphasis on controlling the narrative around arguably its most recognizable star, Clark. “They need to make a serious com- mitment to tidying up the officiating be- cause it’s just so obvious. Clark is not the first athlete that’s come along, by the way, that has had issues with people roughing them up,” Hunt said. “And then I think (the WNBA) needs to show (Clark) the love that she de- serves in terms of her contributions to the overall valuation of the brand. They need to recognize that – much like the NBA did and has done with LeBron James and Michael Jordan. These phe- noms don’t come around all the time. “Whatever’s creating the value, you need to recognize it.”
steak at home with advice from pro chefs
Rebecca Strong
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When my husband and I started planning a wedding (and dealing with sudden and unexpected job transi- tions), our budget became pretty tight – so, we traded dinners out for date nights at home. Fortunately, we found that you don't have to drop $150 at a steakhouse to have a memorable meal. Professional chefs agree you can make a mouthwatering steak at home for a fraction of the cost – you just need the right items and strategies in your cu- linary toolbox. Ahead, industry pros share their top secret hacks for achiev- ing a restaurant-quality steak.
Choose the right cut
There are pros and cons to every cut of steak – but particularly if you’re a novice cook, the pros say it’s important to choose more forgiving options. Ac- cording to Harlow Hospitality chef Mi- chael Scelfo, ribeye fits the bill. “It has more fat, which means more flavor and a little wiggle room if you overcook it slightly,” he explains. Chef Allen Campbell, founder of ACKitchen and ACWell, loves a ribeye, too – but warns that you just may set off the smoke alarm and deal with some messy splatter with this cut due to the high fat content. “The easiest cut of steak to cook at home would be a 4- to 5-ounce petit fi- let,” he adds. “This could be quickly pan seared and finished in the oven.”
Consider grass-fed beef
Campbell splurges on grass-fed, grass-finished beef whenever possible. Why? Compared with conventional grain-fed beef, it tends to be leaner over- all, with higher concentrations of ome- ga-3 fatty acids and higher levels of antioxidants. In other words, it’s gener- ally superior from a health standpoint.
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Fruit salad keeps summer dining sweet – and a bit salty
Southern Kitchen
What better than a fruit salad for your summer table? While peaches may rule the South, other varieties of stone fruit can be a tasty late summer alternative. Stone fruits work almost interchangeably in salads, with only slight differences in sweetness and acidity. For this salad, choose the sweeter black plums over the more tart red va- rieties. Pungent blue cheese acts as a salty counterpoint to the sweet fruit, and the fragrant nuttiness of toasted pecans adds depth to the salad. You could serve this salad as a starter or as a light dessert. And if you’re not a fan of blue cheese, you can easily substitute feta or goat cheese.
That said, grass-fed beef does cook slightly faster due to the lower total fat content – so consider lowering your cooking temperature and/or cooking time to prevent it from drying out.
When in doubt, fire up the grill
There are many options for cooking a steak at home, but across the board, chefs agree grilling is one of the best. “The open flame gives you the best heat and the best sear,” explains Scelfo. Ryan Marcoux, chef at Grill 23 steak- house in Boston, argues that as eager as you may be to get the steak on the grill (and onto your plate), he strongly sug- gests waiting until the grill is well pre- heated. By making sure the grill is hot enough when you transfer your steaks, you can get that sought-after savory crust without overcooking the interior. “Place your hand above the grill – you should be able to hold it there for no longer than 3-5 seconds,” he adds. “And when you lay the beef on the grill, you should hear the sizzle – but not see flames engulfing it.”
Always opt for cast iron
Too cold to grill? Scelfo and Campbell agree that searing in a very hot cast iron skillet is the next best method. “A standard pan drops in temper- ature when you add the steak, but cast iron stays hot and that’s how you get a great crust,” Scelfo says. “Make sure to preheat the pan longer than you think you need to. Yes, there will be smoke. Turn on the fan, crack a window – it’s worth it.” One final tip? Once the steak hits the pan, let it be. “Don’t keep flipping it,” says Scelfo. “Let it build that crust. That carameliza- tion is where all the flavor is.”
Salt the beef ahead of time
If there’s one tip chefs swear by, it’s
Serves: 4 Total Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
h 1 cup pecan halves, coarsely chopped h 4 nectarines, pitted and cut into wedges h 4 black plums, pitted and cut into wedges h 4 apricots, pitted and cut into wedges h 3⁄4 cup crumbled blue cheese h 5 sprigs tarragon, leaves stripped h Juice of 1 lemon h 2 tablespoons honey h 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil h Kosher salt and black pepper
Instructions
Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the pecans on a baking sheet or in a dry skillet and toast in the oven until lightly browned and fragrant, 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool to room temperature. In a large bowl, combine fruit, blue cheese, tarragon, lemon juice, honey, olive oil and toasted pecans. Season to taste with salt and pepper and toss until the fruit is lightly coated with dress- ing and the blue cheese adheres to the fruit. Serve immediately.
Keep seasonings simple to let the flavor of the meat shine through. Chefs Michael Scelfo and Allen Campbell suggest salt, pepper and herbs. GETTY IMAGES
adding salt to the steaks before popping them onto the grill or the pan. Campbell and Scelfo say it’s worth salting them 20 minutes or up to a few hours ahead of time. Remember to leave your steaks out at room temperature during this time: Cold steaks that are straight out of the fridge won’t cook as evenly. “I love to coat the steak in smoked salt, allow it to sit at room temp and then pat it very dry before I sear it,” says Campbell. Marcoux also likes to finish the steak with a sprinkle of fleur del sel.
Season thoughtfully
When it comes to seasoning steak, keep it simple, says Scelfo. That way, you actually taste the flavor of the meat. “Coarse cracked pepper and flaky Maldon salt go a long way,” he adds. That said, if you plan on marinating your steak, Scelfo suggests adding some
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garlic, rosemary and lemon zest for a Mediterranean flavor profile. Campbell also likes finishing with fresh herbs like rosemary, thyme, and parsley. “I'm a big fan of using marrow bones to make a collagen rich broth that you can also reduce down to a beef demi,”he says. “I’ll also make a gastrique out of organic red wine vinegar and coconut sugar to balance my beef demi.”
Pull it from heat early
Remember: It’s better to remove the steak from the pan or the grill early rath- er than late – you can always keep cook- ing it more, if necessary. “Also, remember the temperature will keep rising as it rests,” adds Scelfo. That’s why pro chefs advise making it a point to pull the steak from heat a little earlier than you think you should. A meat thermometer is invaluable here – it takes out all the guesswork.
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grocery rotisserie chicken
Saleen Martin
Deciding which rotisserie chicken to buy isn’t easy, but a new Consumer Re- ports test hopes to help shoppers make the right decision for dinner time. Various grocers sell their own varia- tion of rotisserie chicken; however, Con- sumer Reports found that six stores in particular have the most flavorful, de- lectable birds. The nonprofit bought rotisserie chicken from 10 stores and conducted a blind taste test to find the chicken with the best flavor and texture. To do this, Consumer Reports determined the sodi- um content, compared the chicken’s weight to its label and observed levels of plastics in the packaging and meat.
Who came out on top in the best overall category?
Consumer Reports conducted the testing in June among 10 retailers: BJ’s, Costco, Hannaford, Sam’s Club, ShopRite, Stop & Shop, The Fresh Market, Walmart, Wegmans and Whole Foods. The report did not include serving size. Here is how the stores’ rotisserie chickens ranked.
No. 1 – Sam’s Club Member’s Mark Seasoned Rotisserie Chicken
h $1.66 per pound h 130 calories per serving h 6 grams of fat per serving h Sodium: Labeled 430 milligrams per serving; testing showed between 172 and 253 milligrams. h Brine ingredients: natural flavors, salt, sodium phosphate and sugar. h What Consumer Reports had to say: “A paprika rub gave the bird a beautiful bronzed color. The meat was very moist and juicy, with a deep roasted flavor and hints of onion and garlic.”
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No. 2 – Costco Kirkland Signature Seasoned Rotisserie Chicken
h $1.66 per pound h 140 calories per serving h 7 grams of fat per serving h Sodium: Labeled 460 milligrams per serving; testing showed between 112 and 194 milligrams. h Brine includes: carrageenan, salt, sodium phosphate and sugar. h What Consumer Reports had to say: “One of the plumpest birds in our test. The meat was moist and well seasoned, although the saltiness varied in the samples we tested.”
Coming in at No. 1 in the best overall category was Sam’s Club’s chicken, which Consumer Reports said has a pa- prika rub that “gave the bird a beautiful bronzed color. “The meat was very moist and juicy, with a deep roasted flavor and hints of onion and garlic,” the nonprofit added. Shana DeSmit, Sam’s Club’s divi- sional merchandise manager of meat and seafood, said June 30 that the com- pany knows customers count on Sam’s Club to feed their families, especially when it comes to rotisserie chicken. “We take that responsibility serious- ly when it comes to flavor and fresh- ness,” DeSmit said in a statement to USA TODAY. “Our focus is entirely on delivering that consistent, seasoned- to-perfection quality every single time,
No. 3 – Stop & Shop Whole Rotisserie Chicken
h $4.57 per pound h 120 calories per serving h 4 grams of fat per serving h Sodium: Labeled 340 milligrams per serving; testing showed between 169 and 227 milligrams. h Brine ingredients: carrageenan, salt and sugar. h What Consumer Reports had to say: “The skin was shriveled, and two samples appeared almost burnt. But the chicken tasted a lot better than it looked. The meat was very flavorful and tender.”
How to pick best bird
Consumer Reports tips for buying the best-tasting bird include:
h Choose chicken with an overall golden color. The coloring signals that the chicken has been cooked evenly.
h Pick chicken with smooth (not shriveled) skin. Shriveled skin could mean the chicken has been sitting too long.
h Check the timestamp on the package to see how long it has been sitting out. If there isn’t one, ask an employee when the most recent batch was set out.
h Lift the packages to compare weight.
No. 4 – Walmart Traditional Fully-Cooked Rotisserie Chicken
h $2.65 per pound h 250 calories per serving h 19 grams of fat per serving h Sodium: Labeled 250 milligrams per serving; testing showed between 251 and 273 milligrams. h Brine ingredients: carrageenan, natural flavors and salt. h What Consumer Reports had to say: “The meat was well seasoned with hints of lemon and rosemary, and the texture was moist and tender.”
Cody Godwin
Do you consider macaroni and cheese a side dish? Or is it a meal? The American staple has many iter- ations, but for many of us, there’s one that takes us back in time – and it in- volves powdered cheese. The smell alone evokes childhood memories of comfort food eaten in warm kitchens. While boxed mac and cheese can’t compare to homemade macaroni and cheese, it can hit the spot when you’re looking for a quick, easy and cheesy fix. If you’re missing that taste of the past, you can re-create it at home, powdered cheese packet and all.
Powdered cheese
Powdered cheese might sound like a scary, chemical-packed concoction, but for many brands, it’s actual cheese in a dehydrated form. It’s not commonly seen in stores, so the easiest way to buy it is online. I use Judee's Gluten Free Yellow Cheddar Cheese Powder (1.5 pounds for $34.50, Amazon). It’s not just for macaroni and cheese, either. Cheese powder can be enjoyed: h Sprinkled on popcorn. h On a baked potato. h In soups. h Sprinkled on steamed vegetables. Powdered cheese also is shelf-stable and has a much longer shelf life than cheeses stored in your fridge.
No. 5 – Wegmans Whole Roasted Chicken, Plain
h $4.69 per pound h 180 calories per serving h 9 grams of fat per serving h Sodium: Labeled 440 milligrams per serving; testing showed between 188 and 206 milligrams. h Chicken is brined in salt. h What Consumer Reports had to say: “A good choice for purists. The sea-salt-only seasoning let the roasted chicken flavor shine through. It was paler in appearance than the others in our test.”
while maintaining a price that brings genuine value to our members.” Following closely behind Sam’s Club were Costco at No. 2 and Stop & Shop at No. 3 in the best overall category. “Our customers are looking for meals that are both delicious and affordable, and our rotisserie chicken delivers on both,” Stop & Shop President Roger Wheeler said in a June 30 statement.
Whose chicken didn’t do so well?
In addition to ranking rotisserie chicken for its flavor, Consumer Reports noted that some rotisserie chicken brands aren’t great when eaten on their own and are best used in recipes such as soups, stews, sandwiches and salads. BJ’s Wellsley Farms Whole Rotisserie Chicken, for example, had a “fairly mild flavor, and the meat was on the dry side and slightly chewy,” the group wrote. The nonprofit said Fresh Market’s Roasted Natural Chicken has a “very mild flavor (that) didn’t wow our tasters, and the texture was slightly dry.”
A closer look at plastic
Because rotisserie chicken is often served in plastic packaging, the non- profit also looked into whether plastics had seeped into the chicken. Testing found one chemical in all of the chickens except ShopRite’s: phthal- ates. The chemicals are used in plastic products to make materials softer, the Food and Drug Administration says. Costco and Walmart had the highest amounts. The levels were lower than what was previously found in other foods tested, but high enough to raise concern, Consumer Reports said. In October, Walmart announced it would eliminate synthetic dyes and 30 other ingredients, including phthalates, in its private-branded products. “The levels we found weren’t high enough to pose a health risk for adults unless someone ate a lot of those chick- ens – more than 45 ounces per week,” the nonprofit said. “But with 978 nano- grams in 3 ounces, the levels were above the 600 nanograms per day limit our ex- perts consider safe for young children.”
Homemade boxed macaroni and cheese
To make a no-drain, macaroni and cheese, you’ll need:
h 1 16-ounce box of elbow macaroni h 1 cup milk h 4 tablespoons butter h Seasonings of your choice, such as paprika, garlic powder, cayenne, salt and pepper h 1 cup of powdered cheese
Instructions
Combine a pound of macaroni with about 4 cups of water and bring it to a boil. You want the water to just cover all of the pasta, so consider using a wider pot rather than a taller one.
Once boiling, follow the cook time directions on the box and stir the pasta as it cooks.
There will be a little liquid in the pot when the timer is done, but that’s what you want. The starchy water will help bring the sauce together.
Pour in the milk and butter and stir until the butter is melted. Stir in seasonings, and then pour in the cheese and turn down the heat. Stir until well combined.
No. 6 – Whole Foods Market Classic Rotisserie Chicken
h $5.14 per pound h 200 calories per serving h 11 grams of fat per serving h Sodium: Labeled 310 milligrams per serving; testing showed between 127 and 145 milligrams. h Chicken is not brined. h What Consumer Reports had to say: “The only seasonings were salt and cracked black pepper, which added some heat. The meat was a bit drier than the others in this category but still tender and very flavorful.”
Just good tomatoes and a little patience, chef says
Kate Ellsworth
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I’ve been making my own homemade pizza for years, but one conversation with a professional pizza baker com- pletely changed how I make sauce – and it takes about 5 seconds. In one of the most fun interviews of my career, I got to talk exclusively about pizza with an actual pizza expert, pro- fessional chef Tara Jensen. Jensen is head baker at Dough Baby, a scratch- made pizza bakery in Virginia. She’s made a career in mastering the perfect pizza, but through our conversation, she really emphasized the small tweaks you can easily make at home to take your baking skills to the next level. “Just how you prep out your ingredi- ents can really affect the way everything turns out,” Jensen said. Her newest cookbook, “Pizza Prac- tice,” provides a glimpse into Jensen’s best practices – and a few easy ones you can incorporate into your kitchen im- mediately.
Ingredients
The pizza sauce you need
When it comes to pizza, Jensen puts all of her time and attention on the dough itself, which means the sauce is as simple as it can be. “When I first started making pizza, I was really spending a lot of time in la- bor, over big pots of bubbling red sauce and lots of spices and all these things,” Jensen explained. “I had a wonderful woman breeze through my life and she was like, the trick is: just really good San Marzano tomatoes. You blend them up either by hand or with an immersion blender, a little bit of salt. And it is so in- credible. And it’s like a secret weapon.” That’s it. That’s the masterful recipe for the sauce that you’ll find on every pizza Jensen makes, including those in her bakery. But don’t forget the most important step in Jensen’s sauce recipe: Once you’ve blended the tomatoes and salted
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can’t-miss umami bomb
Patrice J. Williams
Tacos. Hot dogs. These are the dishes you might think of when it comes to street food. But a piping hot bowl of soup? This doesn’t necessarily conjure images of eating on the go – then again, yakamein isn’t your ordinary soup. “It’s the most mobile soup,”says Con- ner Hinderks, chef and owner of Green- ville’s Little Secret GVL. He still remem- bers experiencing yakamein for the first time, just outside of the French Quarter, late at night after a shift as a line cook. Thedishwasn’tservedatasit-downres- taurant, but from a vendor and out of a styrofoam cup. “Every time I’ve had ya- kamein, it’s been from a dude with a cooler on the street corner.”Daniel Mills, executive chef of The Roosevelt New Orleans also agrees: “It’s one of those dishes that is best eaten outside.” Commonly consumed during late nights, early mornings, or during a sec- ond line, the dish, often referred to as “oldsober,”isbelievedtohaveoriginated in the1800s as a perfect mashup of Cre- ole and Chinese flavors, with that sooth- ing taste and feel of a classic noodle soup, but done in a quintessential New Orleans style. Founder of Deelightful Roux School of Cooking, Dee Lavigne, saysthedishrepresents“adaptationand preservation. New Orleans is layered. Yakamein is layered.” The base of the dish is pretty simple; tender beef, a rich broth, tons of creole seasoning, soy sauce, and spaghetti noodles topped with loads of green on- ions and a boiled egg. Everyone tends to agree it’s the broth that really separates yakamein from other soup dishes and whyitspecificallyworkssowellinanac- tive city like New Orleans. “NewOrleansisacelebrationcity.We gather, we dance, we parade. We grieve and rejoice in the streets,” says Lavigne. “It’s the dish that says, ‘I know you had a night. Here, come sit down.’ ”
This quick trick can make pizza so much easier. HARIS CALKIC VIA GETTY IMAGES
Tara Jensen’s 5-second pizza sauce recipe
h One can of San Marzano whole tomatoes h Salt
Instructions
Blend the tomatoes with an immersion blender or your hand. Add salt. Put in the fridge for 2-3 hours.
them, put them in the fridge for a couple hours to let the flavors marinate. “At the shop, people are asking all the time, why does the sauce taste so good?” Jensen said. “It’s so tomatoey because it really is just good tomatoes, which are from a can because you can’t get tomatoes year-round fresh all the time.”
Yakamein has noodles, beef, green onions and a boiled egg, but it’s the flavorful broth that sets the dish apart. The dish, touted for curing hangovers, is often referred to as “old sober.” LISOVSKAYA/GETTY IMAGES
Po Boy Riche is a New Jersey-based restaurant that serves Creole-inspired food, and partner Darrell Raymond says it’s that combo of carbs, protein, and so- dium that makes it a classic dish that aids the body and is an ideal hangover cure. At the root of that healing power has to be the broth that’s slowly simmered and packed with umami flavor. “Creole seasoningisessentialtoyakamein.That boldness of spice is a big part of why it stands out from a more classical beef stew,” explains Hinderks. That flavor, a blend of spices and herbs that can in- clude onion and garlic powder, paprika, and cayenne are the true backbones of the dish. Those spicy notes are sure to openupyoursinusesorbetheidealculi- nary fix to coat your stomach after a night of overindulging. While it’s possible to find yakamein on the menu at a sitdown restaurant, it’s typically something you stumble upon afteranightatthebarorduringasecond line. As Hinderks says, “yakamein finds you. You don’t find it.” Lavigne specifically suggests visitors venture beyond the touristy neighbor-
Does the sauce work? I tried it
After I spoke with Jensen, I was skep- tical. Canned tomatoes? That’s it? I love making pizza, but I hate making sauce, so I was extremely excited to try it. I picked up some Cento San Marzano tomatoes during my weekly grocery run, along with all the ingredients I usu- ally use to make my own pizza at home (premade dough and toppings). The day of, I blended the tomatoes by hand-crushing them. I own an immer- sion blender, but honestly, it’s annoying to clean, so I opted for the quicker (and messier) way to blend my tomatoes. I topped with a good handful of salt and then put them in the fridge until cooking time. I’m thrilled to report that this recipe is the easiest, tastiest pizza sauce I’ve ever made. And if I’m being double honest, sometimes I skip the fridge part alto- gether (sorry, Tara!). I’m a busy woman and a fast cooker, so the fewer steps for
hoods to truly experience yakamein, or as she grew up calling it, “yakemeat.” Thisincludesfamily-runcornerstoresin Tremé, the 7th Ward and beyond. “Yakamein is best experienced where culture is alive, not curated,” says the chef who was born and raised in the NinthWard.Orifyouhappentobeinthe same place and space as some well known vendors like Miss Linda, aka The YakameinLady,thenorderingabowlisa non-negotiable.
How to make yakamein at home
EvenforthosenotinNewOrleans,the oh-so-simple, but flavor-packed soup can be achieved at home, as long as you haveabitofpatience.Raymondremem- bers his first time having yakamein 15 years ago and the standout was the ten- derness of the beef. During prep, he prefers short rib and braising for about two hours or until the meat is fork tender. For an added pro tip, hesays,“Iuseabitofpineappleinsideof ittotenderizethemeatandpreservecol- or of the protein once it is cut.” Thatslowandsteadycookingismim-
me, the better. What I love most about this sauce is how ridiculously easy it is. It reduces my sauce-making time to literally 5 sec- onds, especially if I skip the fridge. On the pizza itself, you get those juicy to- mato chunks instead of a sad, thinly spread sauce. Personally, this tip changed the way I make pizza and sig- nificantly elevated my at-home pizza game.
The best pizza Jensen ever had
Curious about Jensen’s favorite piz- za? The chef cooks regularly at home and in her bakery, but she’s spent a good amount of time traveling the globe and trying recipes from every place she can. “For me, the pizza is all about the dough,” Jensen explained. “The dough often gets lost in the pizza making and the conversations about the toppings.” The absolute best pizza Jensen ever ate was from Parisian pizzeria Oobatz. “It was ethereal,” Jensen said. “Their dough was just so beautiful, and the toppings were just there to complement it. And when you ate the whole pizza, you wanted another.”
What’s the deal with pizza dough?
As a professional baker, Jensen puts a lot of emphasis on the dough itself. “It’s about like the soil that the wheat was grown in and the way it was milled,” Jensen explained. “And then getting it into the mixing bowl, all that stuff is very important to me personally.” Her top tip for making the best dough at home? “Forgetting about it in the fridge,” Jensen said. She experiments with different flours, leavening agents and mills, but if you want the absolute best-tasting dough, keep it in the fridge for a few days after you’ve kneaded and shaped it. “You mix your dough, you let it fer- ment for an hour and a half on the countertop,” Jensen said. “And then you’re going to shape it up and put it in the fridge overnight. And if you can leave it in the fridge for two days, even better.”
icked with the preparation of the broth. If you have the time, Mills suggests let- ting the broth simmer overnight. The “low and slow” not only maximizes fla- vor, but also produces a richer taste and silky mouthfeel. “Skim the impurities and fats that rise to the top of the broth everyfewhourstoensureyouhaveanice clear broth in the end,”says Mills. Finally, some soup dishes can be pre- paredprettymuchlikea‘setitandforget it, dump and go’ meal, but Lavigne ech- oesthelowandslowmethodalsoapplies to the seasoning. “Don’tjustdumpsoysauceinandcall itdone.Buildflavorgradually;garlic,bay leaf, Worcestershire, hot sauce, black pepper.” You can surely whip up your own blend of Creole seasonings, but the market also has some pre-made blends. Even for a sodium-heavy dish such as yakamein, some of the premade options can be overly salty. This is one of the many reasons Lavigne suggests tasting as you go and layering the flavors. The finishing touches include an ex- cessive amount of chopped green on- ions, a hardboiled egg, and ladling the broth over al dente spaghetti noodles.
– but mostly drink – like nation’s founders
Mary Walrath-Holdridge USA TODAY
The 250th anniversary of American independence has arrived – and like any good birthday party, it needs some food and drink. h One fun way to keep things patriotic as you celebrate this year? Enjoying a meal that might have been served in the colonies hundreds of years ago. h USA TODAY caught up with Max Miller, creator and host of the popular YouTube channel and video series “Tasting History,” in which he re-creates authentic historical food and drink recipes for his more than 4.3 million subscribers.
He gave USA TODAY not only a glimpse into American history, but a taste of it as well. “Eating and drinking history is one of the most interesting and immediate ways to explore history,” said Miller. “When you eat or drink something that has a history to it, that was what George Washington drank, immediately you’re put into his boots.”
A drink favored by Franklin
It’s hard to say exactly what the foun- ders would have been drinking at any given time. Beyond considerations like access and trends, they were still people with unique tastes and preferences, af- ter all. But we know people in early America enjoyed drinking their liquor in the form of punch – and we know just how Benjamin Franklin liked it. “Punch was the popular way to drink a lot of alcohol,” said Miller. “Usually at that time it meant you had lemons, lots of sugar, and one optional ingredient would be milk.” Milk was not a novelty ingredient for a dessert cocktail like we might expect today. In fact, milk punch was con- sumed all over. “Benjamin Franklin actually wrote down a recipe for milk punch,” said Mil- ler, which calls for adding milk to a pre- pared spirits mix until it curdles, then straining it out until the remaining drink is clear and mellow. “It chills out the flavor of whatever li- quor is in there, the bite is gone, and leaves a very pretty golden yellow color
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was in 1893 in the Knoxville Journal in Tennessee. The term as it stands today – meaning a sausage in a bun – was doc- umented in the Yale Report in 1895, when it was written: “But I delight to bite the dog when placed inside a bun.”
Toppings are where the fun begins
Germans, Italians, Greeks, Mexicans and Bulgarians all added their own spe- cial twists in the form of toppings. The vegetables on the Chicago dog are cour- tesy of Greeks and Italians, with toma- toes, sport peppers and green relish reminiscent of Mediterranean spreads and pickled giardiniera. In contrast, mustard, pickle spears and celery salt are courtesy of German-Jewish immi- grants. Travel east and west, and the influ- ences shift. New York’s street-corner staple, cooked in “dirty water,” ready to serve and top in seconds, thrives on speed and simplicity. In New Jersey, Italian-American vari- ations fry the dog (sometimes to a crisp) and pile on stewed or fried potatoes, green peppers and onions on a crusty roll, thanks to the influence of Sicilians. Head to Detroit and the Coney, smothered in chili, leans hard into its Balkan roots. Even within the chili dog universe, there’s nuance. Cincinnati’s famously spiced version, laced with cinnamon and a whisper of sweetness, comes from Macedonian roots. Then there’s the Southwest, where the Sonoran dog might be the clearest example of how far this American staple has traveled. Wrapped in bacon, tucked into a fluffy bolillo and loaded with beans, salsa, onions, tomato, mustard, mayo and sometimes cheese, it was born on the street corners of Hermosillo, Mexico, before being reintroduced to the United States at baseball games. It’s deeply regional and a completely essen- tial chapter in the hot dog’s history.
and it makes for a very silky smooth tex- ture,” said Miller. “And that was very, very popular at the time.” And while Franklin also made it with brandy, it tastes just as good with rye whiskey. Another founding-era favorite was “cherry bounce,” an “extremely strong” cherry cordial brandy. Washington it loved so much that his wife, Martha, would send him bottles when he was away at war.
This fishy bar food ruled
The thought of curdled milk in punch already may be a stomach-turner for some. But the snack you would find at bars across the union – including Cali- fornia’s Death Valley – might be a deal- breaker for efforts at keeping your semi- quincentennial meal real. There were no fries, mozzarella sticks or wings. Instead, bargoers were snacking on oysters. “As the railroads proliferated, they would take the oysters out of the ocean and put them into ice cars on the rail- road and it would get anywhere within a day or two and it would be relatively fresh,” Miller explained. To this day, he said, if you visit a saloon that’s been standing long enough, you can spot oys- ter shells where they were thrown to the ground a century or two ago. If you’re looking for something else, you might turn to the recipes of James Hemings, the cook enslaved to Thomas Jefferson and the first American to un- dergo culinary training in France.
Ordering the Dirty Dog at Gouldsburger’s in Haddonfield, New Jersey, will get you a beef hot dog topped with shaved prime beef, fried onions and Cooper Sharp cheese. CHRIS LACHALL/USA TODAY NETWORK
A Sonoran dog at El Caprichoso Hot Dogs in Phoenix comes topped with Cotija cheese, tomatoes, guacamole, beans and more. DIANNIE CHAVEZ/USA TODAY NETWORK
They’ve always been a little slippery. They resist purity, absorb influence, in- vite interpretation. For every person who insists there’s a right way to eat one (Chicagoans, I see you. Putting down the ketchup now), there’s another city remixing it entirely. Hawaii has one of the youngest ver- sions, called the puka dog, invented by a Swiss artist in Kauai in 2000. It involves tropical fruit relish and a slightly sweet bun. Some folks reject it entirely as a Ha- waiian creation, insisting that the only
Raw oysters shipped for two to three days in an iced railroad boxcar, anyone? In early America, bargoers would have said, "Yes, please!” LINDA RAYMOND/GETTY IMAGES
Hemings brought the techniques he learned overseas to the United States, popularizing dishes such as macaroni and cheese, fries, ice cream and creme brulee. Now recognized as one of the most significant names in American cu- linary history, Hemings did not receive recognition for his groundbreaking work for centuries; much of the credit for the popularity of these foods in America went to Jefferson, instead. “So much of the work was done by enslaved people, and we don’t know their stories, we don’t know their names,” said Miller. “When we do know their actual stories, we do know their names, it’s so important that we share that information.” Hemings was freed by Jefferson in 1796 at age 30 after a lifetime of slavery. He died six years later, according to the Institute of Culinary Education.
Cheers to the revolution
So, why (rye) whiskey? Like the ranch dressing that stole the hearts of foreign visitors for the World Cup in 2026, it is uniquely American. While rum was once the predomi- nant drink of early America, it required colonists to rely on outside sources to get its main ingredient, molasses. “Whiskey really took off just before the Revolution. It started to be seen as the more patriotic choice, because it was fully grown and produced in the colonies,” said Miller. “During the war, it really became a necessity because you couldn’t get stuff [like molasses] from the Caribbean so easily. The British na- vy just blockaded most of the ports. So it was very often given to soldiers as part
of their rations.” Whiskey wasn’t only American- made and therefore a sign of colonial in- dependence, it also was the subject of the first true test of the newly formed federal government’s domestic power. After the revolution, Miller said, Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton wasn’t liking how the country’s coffers were looking. To help pay off the debts of the war, he imposed an excise tax on spirits, including and especially whis- key. “The Americans had just fought a war over taxes. They didn’t want to pay it, and so they ended up rebelling in west- ern Pennsylvania, and it was a violent rebellion known as the Whiskey Rebel- lion,” said Miller. The people ended up burning down the house of one of the tax collectors, prompting President George Washing- ton to raise the first federal army against them and quickly quell the revolt. “It was that first test of that part of the Constitution, because a lot of people were like, ‘Are you allowed to do this?’ And it turns out he was,”Miller said, set- ting a precedent we still see in action to- day. All that to say, a glass of rye whiskey – one of the oldest drinks in America and the original base of many of our ear- liest cocktails like Manhattans and old- fashioneds – is an easy way to honor the scrappy American spirit. “When people think of early Ameri- ca, they usually think about what was happening politically, but food and drink tell you just as much about how people actually lived,” Miller said. “For a brief moment, your taste buds are there.”
A Carolina-style hot dog with chili, mustard, onion and award-winning slaw awaits you at Merritt’s Burger House in Wilmington, North Carolina.
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true Hawaiian “dog” is musubi; it is salty, porky and portable, after all. The hot dog is an early symbol of American entrepreneurship – cheap to produce, easy to sell, endlessly custo- mizable. You can make it your own, whether by building a business or turn- ing a grocery store link into something worth craving. It’s communal and indi- vidual at the same time, democratic in a way few foods manage to be. And, for all that cultural weight, it still delivers on the simplest promise – satisfaction. No pretense, no ceremony, just something hot, salty and comfort- ing, exactly when you need it most. You can dress it up, argue over it, trace its roots back across continents, but in the end, the hot dog remains what it’s always been: scrappy, adaptable and quietly iconic, a little bit of everywhere, tucked neatly into an all-American package. Bahar Anooshahr is a restaurant critic at the Arizona Republic. Jennifer Borresen is a graphics journalist at USA TODAY.
ARIZONA: The Sonoran hot dog is a bacon-wrapped frank tucked into a soft, slightly sweet bolillo-style bun and loaded with toppings that often include a combination of pinto beans, diced tomatoes, onions, mayonnaise, mustard, jalapeño salsa and cheese. The combination is rich, messy and deeply satisfying, balancing smoky, creamy, spicy and savory flavors in every bite.
HAWAII: A Hawaiian Puka dog is assembled in an enclosed bun. A heated rod makes a hole inside the bun and toasts its interior (puka means hole). The hole is then filled with Aunty Lilikoi's passion fruit mustard; a lemon garlic sauce (from mild to lava habenero); followed by a choice of pineapple, mango, coconut, starfruit, banana or papaya relish and either a Polish or veggie sausage.
ILLINOIS: A Chicago-style hot dog, affectionately known as a dog “dragged through the garden,” is a symphony of seven specific toppings layered over an all-beef frank. The classic build: Yellow mustard — never ketchup. Neon green relish — sweet, bright and unmistakable. Chopped onions — raw and crisp. Tomato wedges — fresh and juicy. A pickle spear — crunchy and briny. Sport peppers — small, spicy and pickled. Celery salt — the finishing flourish.
MICHIGAN: The Coney dog, Detroit’s signature hot dog and arguably the city’s national dish, is set apart from the classic American hot dog by its distinguishing toppings. The dog is ladled with rich beef chili, mildly flavored with notes of cumin and garlic; sprinkled with crisp, diced white onions; and finished with a scribble of pungent yellow mustard.
NEW YORK: A popular way to order a New York white hot is topped with Rochester's meat-based hot sauce, along with mustard and white onions, but there aren't hard-and-fast rules. George Haddad, who owns the Haddad's Best hot dog cart in Rochester, said many customers like them topped with peppers and onions. The better hot dog joints will serve hots in a heartier-than-average roll from a local Italian bakery.
OHIO: A Cincinnati cheese coney is a hot dog topped with Cincinnati-style chili and a mound of finely shredded cheddar cheese on a bun. You can also add the standard yellow mustard and onions, or depending which parlor you choose, raw garlic or fried jalapenos. While the cheese coney is similar to a standard chili dog found in other parts of the country, it's the Cincinnati chili that truly sets it apart.
CALIFORNIA: The Dodger Dog isn't the only type of frankfurther sold at Dodger Stadium, but it is certainly the most famous. Named after the Los Angeles Dodgers, the classic Dodger Dog consists of a 10-inch-long pork sausage served either grilled or steamed in a bun. Its topping choices are classic — ketchup, mustard, relish and/or onions.
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KENTUCKY: The first thing to notice on an Eastern Kentucky Chili dog is the absence of cheese. Instead, a pile of meat, sometimes called "hot dog sauce," rides solo as the top ingredient. Underneath the flowing beef mixture, which contains no beans, you'll find chopped onions and yellow mustard.
NEW JERSEY: The South Jersey Dirty Dog is a 100% grass-fed beef hot dog, topped with shaved ribeye steak, fried onions and Cooper Sharp American cheese. It's considered a New Jersey-style dog, because the cheesesteak is "Jersey style." The meat is chopped and with Cooper Sharp, not whiz.
NEW YORK: When it comes to ordering a classic New York hot dog, simplicity rules. Traditional toppings include mustard, ketchup, sauerkraut and relish. Other popular condiments include cheese sauce, jalapeños, grilled onions, chili, and onion sauce, which a sweet, tomato-based relish.
OHIO: How a Polish Boy is put together can vary, but its components always include kielbasa — the Polish part — topped with French fries, barbecue sauce and coleslaw. In need of a sturdy platform, it's usually served on a hoagie roll.
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DELAWARE: The Deerhead dog is split lengthwise and grilled, slapped with yellow mustard, sprinkled with a confetti of chopped raw onions and served on a steamed oval roll. But the star of the dish, and what sets it apart from all other hot dogs, is the warm blanketing of Deerhead's famous "secret sauce."
HAWAII: Spam musubi, Hawaii's original "hot dog," starts with a thick slice of shoyu-sugar-seared Spam set on a block of sticky white rice that's sprinkled with furikake, a savory Japanese rice seasoning. The combination is then wrapped tightly in nori, or dried seaweed, to hold it all together.
MARYLAND: The Baltimore bologna dog is a meat-on-meat masterpiece. It starts with a kosher all-beef sausage that is split, fried and wrapped alongside thick, charred bologna slices. It's topped with raw onions and yellow mustard, with a pickle spear on top or on the side. Some variations include the addition of sweet relish, ketchup or cheese.
NEW JERSEY: A New Jersey Italian hot dog starts with one or two deep-fried or grilled hot dogs (your choice, single or double), which are tucked into a half round of fluffy pizza bread spread with deli mustard. Sautéed peppers and onions and fried potatoes are piled on top, and the dish is sometimes finished with a squeeze of ketchup.
NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA: Toppings like chili, onions and slaw are popular for hot dogs across the country, but you can expect subtle differences when you order a dog “all the way” in North or South Carolina. The fine, beanless chili is more like a sauce and the slaw is minced and vinegary and works just as well on top of a pulled pork barbecue sandwich.
RHODE ISLAND: Order your Rhode Island New York System dog "all the way." First, the wiener is slapped with mustard. Then, it's covered in a spicy, ground beef sauce that may or may not include tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, chili powder and cinnamon. (Every New York System has its own recipe.) Finally, it is topped with finely chopped onions and a sprinkle of celery salt.
Serhii Krynitskyi was deployed near the town of Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine for nearly a year.
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KRAMATORSK, Ukraine – Serhii Krynitskyi watched the life seep out of the only man who had shared his living hell. He and his comrade had survived nearly a year to- gether in a foxhole on the front lines. They’d killed Rus- sian soldiers and scavenged for food among the dead. They’d argued and laughed, amid the horror. Now, Krynitskyi was alone. The Ukrainian soldier aimed his phone camera at his companion’s lifeless body, wedged inside the dugout. One blood-stained leg was exposed. An artery sliced open by shrapnel from a bomb dropped by a drone. He bled and bled.
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Trump vows to punish Iran for Houthi attacks
another key sea route
Elwely Elwelly, Ahmed Elimam and Eman Abouhassira
DUBAI – President Donald Trump promised “major military punishment” for Iran and its Houthi allies on July 23 after the Yemeni fighters struck two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, extend- ing the Middle East war to a second ma- jor shipping choke point. Fears that disruption could widen further to block another sea route sent global oil prices surging in one of the steepest rises of the war. Brent crude rose more than 6%, breaking through $100 a barrel for the first time since May. Two weeks since the effective col-
lapse of an interim truce meant to end the war, the U.S. military launched air strikes on Iran overnight into July 23, prompting Iran to fire at neighboring Arab countries that host U.S. bases. The U.S. military fired another round of missiles at Iran late July 23 and early July 24 in the 13th consecutive night of attacks. Iranian state media said on both nights that missiles struck Qeshm Is- land on the Strait of Hormuz, the virtu- ally closed waterway that has become the focal point in a war well into its fifth month that has already killed thou- sands and raised fears of a global eco- nomic downturn. After the Houthis said they had struck the two tankers July 23, Trump said he would hold Iran accountable for
ABOVE: Krynitskyi shows a photo of himself with fellow soldiers at the beginning of his service in November 2024. LEFT: Krynitskyi helps load machine gun cartridges on his first day back on duty after recovery in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, on May 27.
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impose new set of tariffs
planned on 60 partners
David Lawder
The Trump administration on July 24 was set to impose new tariffs of 10% and 12.5% on goods from 60 trad- ing partners, including the European Union, over allegations of lax enforce- ment of forced labor bans, just as a temporary 10% global tariff expires. The move is the White House’s lat- est effort to restore President Donald Trump’s campaign vision of a near- global tariff after the U.S. Supreme Court in February struck down his “re- ciprocal” duties of 10% to 50% im- posed last year under a national emer- gencies law to try to shrink the U.S. trade deficit. The new tariffs, announced July 23 in a Federal Register notice, will cover 99.4% of U.S. imports, but include nu- merous product exemptions, such as oil and gas, fertilizer and certain food items. Imposed under Section 301 of the Trade Act of1974, the new duties allow the administration to maintain a tariff floor on virtually all U.S. imports de- spite the Supreme Court setback. The tariffs are also likely to face less legal risk than those struck down in Febru- ary, as Section 301 has survived prior court challenges. Trump responded to the February Supreme Court ruling by imposing a temporary 10% tariff for 150 days that expires at12:01a.m. ET on July 24. The new duties were to take effect at that exact same moment, with goods in transit exempted until12:01a.m. ET on July 28. “The United States has had a forced labor import ban for nearly a century, and rigorously enforces it. It’s well past time for our trading partners to do the same,” U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said in a statement. “Today’s action will begin to correct what is both a human rights abuse and distortive trade practice to improve the welfare of workers everywhere.” Greer has previously pledged that for countries that have reached trade deals with Washington that have capped U.S. tariff rates, the new forced labor duties would not push them above those caps. The deals include anti-forced labor provisions. Under the final determination, the United States will impose a 10% duty on goods from Argentina, Bangladesh, Britain, Cambodia, Canada, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,
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NEW YORK – The Trump admini- stration will withdraw subpoenas is- sued to New York Times journalists who reported on security concerns about the president flying on a Qatari- donated Air Force One, a prosecutor said at a court hearing on July 23. The subpoenas issued by Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton on July 10 were the latest instance of the Trump administration seeking to compel jour- nalists to divulge confidential sources in leak investigations, a practice that press freedom advocates say can chill reporting. A prosecutor with Clayton’s office in- formed U.S. District Judge Arun Subra- manian of the decision after the judge spent roughly an hour and a half ques- tioning government attorneys about procedural issues in the leak investiga- tion, including their handling of sub- poenas for reporters’ phone records. “The government is prepared unilat- erally to withdraw the subpoenas,” said prosecutor Sean Buckley, noting that the probe was ongoing and that the gov- ernment could subpoena the reporters
killing Dem lawmaker
Joseph Ax
The Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to assassinating a top state Dem- ocratic lawmaker and attempting to murder another was sentenced to life in federal prison on July 23, more than a year after he disguised himself as a po- lice officer and attacked the legislators at their homes. Vance Boelter, 59, was given consec- utive life sentences plus 40 years by U.S. District Court Judge John Tunheim in Minneapolis. He pleaded guilty to six counts in June, including murder, part of an agreement with prosecutors that allowed him to avoid a potential death sentence. “Political violence is an attack not only on its immediate victims, but also on our communities, our democratic in- stitutions, and the rule of law,” acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement. Boelter, wearing a silicone mask, donned a police uniform and drove an SUV with a license plate that read, “Po- lice,” as he carried out the late-night shootings on June 14, 2025. After ringing the doorbell and gain- ing entry, Boelter fatally shot state Rep. Melissa Hortman, the top Democrat in the Minnesota House, and her hus- band, Mark, in their home. Earlier, he also shot and wounded state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, at their home a few miles away. He also visited the homes of two oth-
disaster funds on election changes
Luc Cohen
A coalition of mostly Democratic-led states asked a federal judge on July 23 to block the Department of Homeland Security from withholding certain di- saster-related funds until states adopt election practices favored by Republi- can President Donald Trump’s admini- stration. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Rhode Island by 25 states and the Dis- trict of Columbia, marks the latest legal battle over voting procedures ahead of November’s midterm elections, with Trump’s party locked in a tight battle to retain control of Congress. DHS announced on July 10 that it would withhold 20% of Federal Emer- gency Management Agency grant awards meant to help states prepare for potential terrorist attacks and other threats until those states submit plans to use equipment that accepts hand- marked paper ballots rather than elec- tronic voting systems that use bar codes and QR codes to count votes. The restrictions involve more than $1
again. Clayton, President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next U.S. director of na- tional intelligence, issued the subpoe- nas after the Times reported that Trump left Turkey on an old Air Force One because the new plane donated by Qatar lacked antimissile and other de- fensive features. The government said the Times cov- erage posed a “substantial national se- curity concern”about leaks of classified national defense information when the president was flying amid hostilities with a foreign adversary intent on harming him, an apparent reference to Iran. The reports cited anonymous sourc- es and coincided with the collapse of a ceasefire in the U.S. war against Iran. The Times had asked Subramanian to throw out the subpoenas, arguing they were issued improperly and in- fringed on free press protections under the U.S. Constitution’s First Amend- ment. The Times said in a court filing that the subpoenas were aimed at harassing and intimidating journalists. The com- pany also accused prosecutors of vio- lating internal policies on the use of subpoenas against journalists, which is supposed to be a rare step requiring top-level Justice Department approval. A Justice Department spokesperson
Flowers and a portrait of slain Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman lie on her desk in the Minnesota House in St. Paul last year. TIM EVANS/REUTERS FILE
er lawmakers that night, authorities said, but no one answered the door at one house and Boelter left the other when a police officer, believing him to be a fellow officer, approached his car. Investigators found a list of more than 45 Minnesota officials in his car. Law enforcement captured Boelter two days later after the largest manhunt in state history. The shootings highlighted the spike in U.S. political violence in recent years. During the July 23 sentencing, vic- tims and family members spoke emo- tionally about the toll Boelter’s crimes had taken, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune. “I miss my mom, I miss my dad,” the daughter of the Hortmans, Sophie
billion in grant money. DHS said states also would have to manually audit at least 5% of ballots cast, reconcile the number of voters who participated in each federal elec- tion with the number of votes cast and compare their voter rolls to a DHS data- base to make sure no non-U.S. citizens were improperly registered to vote. In their lawsuit, the states – led by Rhode Island, California, Illinois and New Jersey – said the administration’s plans to condition the funds on election changes exceeded the federal govern- ment’s authority. The U.S. Constitution assigns states the role of administering federal elections. “Congress never gave DHS or FEMA authority to rewrite state election law,” the lawsuit complaint read. The states said they were allocated more than $740 million in the 2026 fis- cal year, meaning DHS would withhold at least $148 million under the disputed policy. The grant programs have existed for years, and none was designed with election security specifically in mind, the lawsuit said. In a statement, a FEMA spokesper-
said in a statement that the investiga- tion is ongoing and that the govern- ment will prosecute people who threat- en national security by leaking classi- fied information. Buckley denied that the Department of Justice issued the subpoenas im- properly but conceded the DOJ failed to inform the reporters that the govern- ment had separately subpoenaed their phone records, as required by law. However, the Times said in a state- ment after the hearing that the govern- ment “conceded that the subpoenas vi- olated the law” and that they never should have been issued. In a July 21 court filing, prosecutors argued the First Amendment does not shield reporters from having to divulge essential information in criminal inves- tigations. Both Republican and Democratic ad- ministrations have sought to compel journalists to reveal sources in leak probes, but press groups accuse Trump’s administration of using sub- poenas and search warrants too freely, including against the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal. They also accuse Trump of using government power and private lawsuits to bully and harass the news media. The Trump administration has said it is pursuing criminal charges against leakers, not targeting journalists.
Hortman, said through tears. “I miss believing in the goodness of humanity.” Mark Hortman’s father, J. Carroll Hortman, criticized the government for agreeing to a plea deal, the newspaper reported. After Boelter pleaded guilty in June, the U.S. attorney in Minnesota, Daniel Rosen, told reporters: “This case as charged was certainly death penalty el- igible, and we would have prevailed in that ultimately in the courts. But the truth is, when you have a defendant that is prepared to plead guilty … to en- sure that he never sees freedom again in his entire life, that was an opportuni- ty that we just could not pass up.” Boelter briefly apologized in court before he was sentenced.
son said the new requirements would preserve election integrity. “We fully expected these left-wing politicians to oppose common-sense measures designed to protect election security,” the spokesperson said. Trump and his allies have made false claims about widespread voting fraud in U.S. elections including the 2020 presidential election that he lost. Dem- ocrats and voting rights advocates say Trump is seeking to undermine public confidence in election administration and lay the groundwork for challenging the results of the midterms should Re- publicans lose control of either the House or the Senate. The administration has said states are not doing enough to prevent voter fraud and voting by noncitizens. The Democratic governor of New Jersey said on July 21 that more than 6,000 noncitizens were accidentally registeredtovoteinthestateandnearly 400 cast ballots, prompting demands from the Justice Department for data on these voters. Independent studies and audits have found voter fraud to be rare.
Earnings spark AI spending worries
concerns, oil price rise
Sinead Carew and Ragini Mathur
Wall Street indexes closed lower on July 23 with the Nasdaq sinking more than 2% as the latest earnings updates from large technology companies re- vived concerns about heavy AI spend- ing, while soaring oil prices ramped up inflation worries, lifting bond yields. The S&P 500 fell more than 1% as losses were broad-based after inves- tors were unimpressed by second- quarter results from Alphabet and Tesla, the first of the heavyweight “Magnificent Seven” companies to re- port results this season. Stocks came under additional pres- sure as Brent crude oil futures settled above $100 a barrel for the first time since May, and U.S. oil futures settled above $92. Intensifying Middle East hostilities fanned worries about global oil supplies. President Donald Trump vowed “major military punishment” for Iran and the Houthis, after the Yemeni fighters struck two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea. The resulting surge in oil prices prompted worries about infla- tion days before the next Federal Re- serve policy meeting. “Oil prices rising at this clip pose a meaningful macro and market risk,” said Matt Miskin, co-chief investment strategist at Manulife John Hancock Investments. Miskin added that low unemploy- ment would pressure the Fed to focus on fighting inflation. He also pointed to the lack of enthusiasm, even for strong earnings reports as investors struggle to justify high valuations. “The numbers in aggregate are great but many companies have had a story that’s caused the stock to fall,” said Miskin, pointing to worries about capital spending as one example. “Any chink in the armor and the stocks are being sold off.” The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 506.93 points, or 0.97%, to 51,711.65; the S&P 500 lost 90.66 points, or 1.21%, to 7,408.30; and the Nasdaq Composite lost 553.21 points, or 2.15%, to 25,137.69. The S&P 500’s 11 major industry sectors were a mixed bag with just four advancing on the day. The biggest gainer was industrials, up 1.77%, with boosts from defense stocks including Lockheed Martin and RTX. Lockheed rallied10.5% after it lifted 2026 sales and profit forecasts. RTX was the S&P’s second-biggest boost as it finished up 7.3% after it raised its 2026 sales and profit forecasts on de- mand for commercial aircraft mainte- nance and military systems. Shares of Google’s parent, Alpha- bet, sank 7%, making it the second- biggest drag on the benchmark index after it reported higher spending plans while it also burned cash. The stock’s fall also dragged down the communi- cation services index 5.20%, making it the weakest of the 11 sectors. Consumer discretionary was the second-biggest loser, ending down 5.12%. Its biggest drag was from Tesla, whose shares tumbled 14.5% after it reported negative free cash flow in the second quarter for the first time in more than two years. Wall Street’s fear gauge, the CBOE Volatility Index, finished up 2.06 points at 18.7, after earlier hitting 20.3, which was its highest level in almost a month. With oil prices rising, inflation wor- ries pushed U.S. 10-year yields to their highest levels since early 2025. How- ever, traders were still betting on a roughly 64% probability that the Fed would keep interest rates unchanged next week, according to CME Group’s FedWatch tool. The volatile Philadelphia Semicon- ductor index ended down 0.5% as in- vestors anticipated results from chip giant Intel.
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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the CDC moved closer to confirmation on July 23 after the Republican chairman of a key Senate committee signaled he would support her, reversing course after questioning whether she would stand up to Health and Human Ser- vices Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on vaccine policy. Sen. Bill Cassidy, whose vote is like- ly the deciding one, signaled he backed the nomination of Dr. Erica Schwartz to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an agency reeling from months of leadership turmoil. The committee on July 23 post- poned a vote until next week. “I’m confident that she knows what she’s doing and will stand against those who do not,” Cassidy, a Louisi- ana Republican and physician, said in his opening statement at a meeting of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. His remarks marked a shift from last week’s confirmation hearing, when he repeatedly pressed Schwartz on whether she would exert full con- trol over the agency and stand up to Kennedy on vaccines.
India activist ends hunger strike but protests set to continue
NEW DELHI – Indian activist So- nam Wangchuk ended a 26-day hun- ger strike early on July 24 over leaked medical school entrance exam papers that protesters say enabled cheating, but demonstrations demanding the education minister’s resignation were set to continue in the biggest youth- led challenge to Prime Minister Naren- dra Modi’s government. Youth protesters, led by the self- named Cockroach Janta Party move- ment, demand that Education Minis- ter Dharmendra Pradhan resign over the leaks that affected some 2 million students in May. Wangchuk said on X that he broke his fast in the presence of two federal ministers at the urging of scores of members of parliament and following “a long negotiation on various condi- tions and in view of possible violence in the country.”He did not elaborate on the talks but promised to lay out de- tails in a video soon. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke thanked Wangchuk, 59, for his “cour- age and sacrifice”and said the protests would continue until Pradhan resigns. Reuters
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“In the morning, you’re joking to- gether,” the 42-year-old told the camera numbly, his face smudged and worn. “And by the evening, it’s the gates of heaven calling.” It was day 326. The men’s isolated position is a con- sequence of the way drone warfare is revolutionizing the battlefield. The technology has forced both sides to abandon the age-old practice of mass- ing troops, artillery and armored vehi- cles in a relatively narrow corridor along the long front line. Such visible targets are easy prey for the cheap unmanned aerial vehicles that both sides have flooded the skies with. Instead, both armies now have tiny teams, sometimes of just two or three soldiers, scattered in small dugouts hol- lowed into the ground across a battle- field some 20 miles wide, known as the “kill zone” because of the constant drone threat. These groups seek to evade detection and infiltrate gaps in enemy defenses, often taking huge risks for minimal territorial gains. They are typically stuck for months in their posi- tions because it’s so dangerous to rotate troops in and out. Krynitskyi was deployed near the town of Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine from April 20, 2025, to March 31, 2026, he and his brigade said. He filmed a se- ries of video diaries with a cell phone, powered at times by batteries collected from downed Russian drones. He docu- mented, in expletive-laden recordings, the inhumanities and absurdities of life in a cramped redoubt, about 10 by 13 feet, carved beneath the front lines of a grinding war. Reuters reviewed 22 videos, which were provided by his unit to bring Kry- nitskyi’s story to a wider audience, and interviewed the soldier after his deploy- ment to piece together this account of his 346-day stint at the front, almost all of it spent in a foxhole, which earned him the country’s highest military award.
India, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Trini- dad and Tobago. The European Union, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and Swit- zerland were assigned rates that, com- bined with preexisting most-favored- nation tariff rates, would total 10% or
any further attacks by the fighters. The Houthis, who control northern and western Yemen, said this week they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, which has diverted millions of barrels of oil per day by pipeline to the Red Sea to get around Iran’s blockade of Gulf oil through the Strait of Hormuz. “If they do this again, the U.S. will hold Iran responsible, in that the Houthis are a Surrogate and/or Proxy of Iran, and major military punish- ment will be inflicted upon Iran and, of course, the Houthis, themselves,” Trump wrote on social media. He told news outlet Axios he was considering relaunching major com- bat operations in Iran and was close to a decision. “They haven’t received enough pain yet,” Axios quoted Trump as saying. Late July 23, Trump said on social media that “any and all damages done” to cargo ships would be paid for with “Iranian Money,” referring to frozen Iranian assets held by the United States, but he did not say how this would work. Sources in Iran and Yemen told Reuters that Iran had flown Revolu- tionary Guard commanders, military advisers and missile- and drone-relat- ed equipment into Yemen days before the Houthis announced their block- ade. The Houthis dismissed the report. The Houthis said their forces had carried out missile and drone strikes on Saudi oil tankers the Encelia and the Layla. The insurance cost of shipping goods through the southern Red Sea doubled for some companies July 23, after the reported attacks, sources said. Houthi attacks could close the strait known as the Bab el-Mandeb, or “Gate of Tears,” which controls access from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, the
He endured terrifying cycles of vio- lence: Every couple of days, Russian sol- diers would advance on foot in small groups of typically two or three. They sometimes came as close as 65 feet be- fore the Ukrainians fired at them. He said he’d killed 23 enemies at close range during his deployment. He most clearly recalled one of his first: a soldier injured by a grenade. The Rus- sian had faked surrendering before tak- ing aim at him with a rifle. “Well, I reacted,” Krynitskyi said. “He stopped aiming at me.” In a clip from Nov. 24, more than 200 days into his deployment, Krynitskyi trained his camera on the bodies of two enemy soldiers in the eerie calm after repelling an assault. “Fools,” he said. “Crawled up where they don’t belong.” Krynitskyi’s unit, the 24th Mecha- nized Brigade, confirmed that he had re- ported 23 enemy kills. Reuters couldn’t verify all aspects of the infantryman’s account. Russia’s defense ministry didn’t re- spond to a request for comment about the changing nature of the battlefield and the experiences of soldiers on both sides.
Collecting guns, smokes
Krynitskyi was not a military man. He had worked in farming and con- struction until an injury left him in a monthlong coma. After that, he scratched out a living as a rabbit breed- er. In late 2024, he was rounded up by draft officers in his village of Bilohir’ya in western Ukraine. They put him on a bus, brought him to the city of Rivne and trained him quickly. He was assigned to the 24th Mecha- nized Brigade and sent to the front in the east, where Russia’s invading army, sig- nificantly outnumbering Ukraine’s, was attacking the so-called fortress belt of strategic cities in the Donetsk region. He and two other privates dug in near Chasiv Yar in April 2025. There, they ex- cavated a foxhole, and Krynitskyi would subsequently spend almost a year living under the ground as enemy forces closed in.
12.5%. The other 38 countries, including China, were assigned a 12.5% rate. A senior Trump administration offi- cial disputed suggestions that the forced labor tariffs were simply a direct replacement for the expiring levies de- spite the timing, similar duty rates and vast coverage of nearly all U.S. imports. The official said the United States has stronger import bans on goods made with forced labor and enforces them morerigidlythananyothercountry,giv-
second-most important route for ener- gy shipments after the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Gulf. In the days since the Houthis an- nounced their blockade in the Red Sea, several tankers have changed course to avoid the Bab el-Mandeb, heading north instead through the Suez Canal, poten- tially using a much longer and more ex- pensive route to reach Asian customers by sailing around Africa.
Iran strikes Jordan, Kuwait
Iran said it attacked U.S. missile sys- tems, weapons and fuel storage sites in Jordan, as well as U.S. military posts in Kuwait. Jordan’s army said it engaged four Iranian missiles and six drones in the past day, intercepting all but one mis- sile, which fell in an uninhabited area. Iran said it struck a U.S. electronic warfare unit at Al-Adiri base in Kuwait, causing unspecified casualties, in re- sponse to an overnight strike on Iran’s Shalamcheh border crossing with Iraq. Neither the United States nor Kuwait has reported casualties at the base. Iranian military spokesperson Brig.
The men knew the deeper they dug, the better their chance of survival. Kry- nitskyi joked he didn’t know whether to call the hole a shelter or a grave. When their refuge was hit by drones, they had to excavate the area anew. One comrade was killed early in the deploy- ment by an attack that left Krynitskyi concussed and temporarily without hearing. Reuters withheld the names of the two dead soldiers at the request of their brigade. Krynitskyi and his remaining com- rade also fought the elements, plugging holes to block frigid drafts and capping lookout shifts at two hours. Any longer was unbearable. Sometimes, three or four days passed before a resupply drone could make it through enemy fire. To survive, Krynit- skyi picked food and sundries from fall- en Russians. The infantryman, who has two teen- age children, started filming the diaries in August 2025, to show people when he got back home what he went through and to remind himself. Reuters verified the date of all the videos using the origi- nal file metadata. In one video, in February this year, he surveyed the cigarettes he’d gathered from dead enemy troops: Camels, Win- stons, Chesterfields and others. He ob- sessed over the packets, “like some nerd collects stamps.” In another video days later, he show- cased mud-caked “trophy” rifles he’d seized. “This is my small arsenal,”Krynitskyi said, proudly counting off the 13 fire- arms, arranged in a row.
Desperate bid to save comrade
Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor in 2022 unleashed staggering carnage. While neither side discloses death tolls, the Center for Strategic and Inter- national Studies estimates Russian bat- tlefield casualties at 1.4 million, includ- ing killed, wounded and missing, and Ukrainian forces have suffered between 525,000 and 625,000 casualties. Krynitskyi dug his foxhole on one of the deadliest stretches of the kill zone.
ing rivals an unfair trading advantage over the United States. The official added that Trump would “always use the tools at his disposal to achieve his trade policy objectives, and that includes tariffs.” Many goods will be exempted from the duties, including oil and gas, fertiliz- er, certain foodstuffs and goods that are already subject to Section 232 national security tariffs, such as autos, steel, alu- minum and copper, the official said.
Gen. Mohammad Akraminia said Iran would keep retaliating as long as the United States continued to attack its in- frastructure and coastal areas, Iranian state TV reported. Since the United States and Israel be- gan the war in February, Iran has dem- onstrated that it can hit U.S. targets in the region, despite Trump having said early on that the United States had wiped out Iranian military capabilities.
Congress
High oil prices are stoking inflation globally, and have put Trump’s Repub- lican allies under pressure ahead of con- gressional elections in November. The GOP-led U.S. House backed leg- islation on July 23 directing Trump to halt U.S. military action against Iran, the latest rebuke of the Republican president from Congress, which the U.S. Constitution grants the exclusive power to “declare War.” Lawmakers have passed similar res- olutions repeatedly in recent months, but they have not led to cessation of the war. The Senate voted hours later to block a separate, similar measure.
On March 11, he heard an explosion out- side. He rushed out into the brisk spring air and found his comrade on the ground, hit in the leg by a drone attack. Krynitskyi dragged him back into the hole and frantically tore through his thick cotton trousers to find the wound. He applied a tourniquet. It was too late to save him. Upon radioing command, Krynitskyi was ordered to abandon the position as the Russians encroached. That night he crawled out of the dugout for the last time to join a few fellow infantrymen holed up nearby for almost three more weeks. Then came a perilous march to safety15 miles away made more difficult by his weakened state after months un- derground. He left behind the body of his friend – a man he had come to know deeply through countless conversations be- tween enemy assaults. In May, President Volodymyr Zelen- skyy presented Krynitskyi with the He- ro of Ukraine medal for personal brav- ery. Ukraine’s army is full of men like him, who have endured the unimaginable, said Andriy Derun, a military manager at leading Ukrainian charity Come Back Alive, which provides equipment and other support for the armed forces. “It can completely destroy a person,” said Derun, who frequently speaks with frontline troops. Back in Kramatorsk, the eastern city where he returned after his time at the front, Krynitskyi described the mental toll exacted by the marathon stints on the front: “Many guys have gone out of their mind.” Nearly two months since he left the front line, the scars inside show on the surface. He fights back tears. His hands shake. During recent visits Krynitskyi made to schools near his home to speak to stu- dents about his experience, he began to understand better how others may ben- efit from his sacrifices. “I realized there, in those schools, that it wasn’t in vain that I defended our land and these children – so they could study, see the clear sky.”
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WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engel- bert and leadership from the Women’s National Basketball Players Associa- tion (WNBPA) met Tuesday, July 21, ahead of the 2026 WNBA All-Star Game. On Wednesday, the league and its union re- leased an update on Tuesday’s meeting and the following state- ment: “Last night, WNBA leadership and members of the WNBPA Executive Committee and Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclu- sion (JEDI) Committee met for an hon- est and meaningful conversation about the recent increase in racist, hateful, and abusive messages direct- ed at players, as well as other matters before the committees. “The conversation underscored the importance of addressing issues early through proactive communication and strengthening the league-union rela- tionship. The league committed to continuing to enhance security re- sources and will work with the players’ union to explore collaborations with organizations that share the values of our league and advance our shared pri- orities. “Yesterday’s discussion marked the beginning of an ongoing dialogue, and
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Trevor Larnach and Luke Keaschall delivered back-to-back RBI singles off Erik Sabrowski with two outs
in the 12th inning, giving the Minnesota Twins a 3-1 victory over the host Cleveland Guardians on Thurs-
day afternoon. Larnach drove in automatic runner Ryan Jeffers and Keaschall plated Royce Lewis with
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Ben Kohles completed his bogey-free first round with an eagle for a two- stroke lead at 9-under-par 62 on Thurs- day at the 3M Open in Blaine, Minn. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, making his debut in the tournament at TPC Twin Cities, is three shots back, tied for fifth after his bogey-free 65. Scheffler started his round at No.10 and was 2 un- der on the back nine with birdies at Nos. 12 and 18, then heated up with birdies at Nos. 1, 4, 6 and 7. “Golf’s funny. Some days you’re hit- ting your lines and the line seems to be tracking toward the hole and other days it feels like you’re doing the same thing and it kind of goes around the hole,” Scheffler said, “but today was a day in which I was able to hole some nice putts and that’s why I was able to make some
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birdies out there.” Kohles, 36, is ranked No. 128 in the world and seeking his first win on the PGA Tour. He finished tied for third at the John Deere Classic on July 5. He birdied Nos. 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 15, then made eagle with a 4-foot putt on the par-5 18th hole to conclude his ca- reer-best round. “Yeah, it feels great obviously when you can get a low one out early, especial- ly early in the tournament,” said Kohles, who has divided this season between the PGA and Korn Ferry tours. “I was just in control all day. Honestly, I’ve played really well here the last few years, I real- ly like this golf course. This is a wind that we kind of had most of the time, so just a comfortable wind so I feel like I’m just comfortable out here. Obviously
Percy cruises into lead at Senior Open
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Australia’s Cameron Percy posted a 7-under 63 on Thursday to secure the first-round lead of the ISPS Handa Sen- ior Open in Perth, Scotland. Percy earned birdies on six of the first 12 holes on his way to an eight-birdie, one-bogey tour of Gleneagles Golf Course. He claimed a one-shot lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ final major of the year over France’s Lionel Alexandre. “I drove it really good, but you have to here,” said Percy, who found something that clicked late in his practice round on Wednesday. “I didn’t hit in the rough once and so that was really nice.” Alexandre, 53, does not have a ton of experience playing in majors – a 72nd- place finish at the 2000 Open Champi- onship served as his only major during his PGA Tour days - but it didn’t affect Thursday as he notched birdies on six of the final 12 holes for his 66. “Today it was really, really cool,” Alexandre said. “My caddie is a really good friend we joke a lot on the course. I just take it as a regular tournament on the Tour. I see the same guys. Maybe some … a few more names than are play- ing in the States.” South Africa’s Ernie Els leads a quar- tet sitting at 5 under. While Els enjoyed a relatively quiet round with six birdies and one bogey, Tom Pernice Jr. sprin- kled an eagle and a double bogey into his 65. Pat Perez and Spain’s Miguel An- gel Jimenez also posted 65s. “I had not played much this year,” Pe- rez said, who enjoyed a bogey-free trip. “This is only my ninth tournament round. Any time I play, I start off-season again, so I never really know what’s coming. I prepared the last two weeks.” Jerry Kelly tops the group of five golf- ers at 66 while 11 more carded a 67 on a day when the links-style course was dry and relatively tranquil. Defending champion Padraig Har- rington of Ireland, who struggled with knee pain the previous two weeks while failing to make the cut at the Scottish Open and Open Championship, was not among the 44 golfers in the 144-man field to break par. Harrington settled for a 70 as he matched three birdies with three bo- geys, but he reported no issue with his knees. “I had an excellent day with both of my knees,” Harrington said. “I had a lot of trouble in Scotland, affect me playing golf a little bit yesterday and the day be- fore, but today, it’s fine.”
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Lauren Coughlin and South Korea’s Jenny Shin fired 6-under 66s to share the Scottish Open first-round lead at Dundonald Links in Ayrshire, Scotland. Coughlin, who won the Scottish Open in 2024, compiled eight birdies and two bogeys on a links course that didn’t play like normal due to Europe’s recent heat wave. “It was pretty difficult out there,” Coughlin said. “I’ve not ever really played it when it’s been this firm, espe-
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made some nice putts. Just hit a lot close that I was able to capitalize on.” Kohles ranked first on Thursday in greens in regulation (17 of 18), tied for third in driving accuracy (12 of 14, 85.7%) and ranked 39th in feet of putts made (82 feet, 7 inches). Jackson Koivun, Gary Woodland and Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo are tied for second after each shot 7-under 64. “Any day beating Scottie Scheffler is a good day, so I’ll take that,” said Grillo, who birdied Nos.1, 2, 5, 6, 7,12,13 and14, then lost strokes with bogeys at Nos. 16 and17 before a birdie at18. “Yeah, got off to a good start obviously. Not often you birdie the first couple holes and I was able to finish with a 4 after a few mis- takes there on 16 and 17.” Scheffler is tied at 6 under with Lucas Glover, Michael Brennan, Kevin Roy and Sweden’s Jesper Svensson. Scheffler tied for first in scrambling (3-for-3) and sand saves (1-for-1), while he was fourth in feet of putts made (134-6). Defending champion Kurt Kitayama is tied for 26th at 3-under 68. He opened with the first of his seven birdies, in- cluding No. 1 and 18, but was under- mined by a bogey at the par-4 No. 3 and a triple bogey at the par-4 No. 9.
Cameron Percy of Australia hits his tee shot on the 18th hole during the first round of the ISPS HANDA Senior Open on the Kings Course at Gleneagles on July 23 in Auchterarder, Scotland. PAUL DEVLIN/GETTY IMAGES
Lauren Coughlin plays a shot during the first round of the ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open on July 23 in Troon, Scotland. TOM DULAT/GETTY IMAGES
cially off the tee, so quite a few different things off the tee than normal where I used to be able to hit the driver a lot of places.” Shin, who started on the back nine like Coughlin, posted seven birdies on the day – including birdies at her first three par-5s. “It’s playing a little shorter than the years past when it was quite wet out here,” Shin said. “And the fact I was able to reach the par-5s and take advantage of making the birdies there, and having a few 58-degree (wedges) coming into the green helped. I was able to get my ball within 15 feet and when I did have the chance for birdie, I did make it. So it was a good day.” Korea’s A Lim Kim sits one shot be- hind at 67 while Sweden’s Lisa Petters- son (69) posted the day’s only other sub-70 score in the 144-golfer field.
World No.1Nelly Korda posted a 72 to share14th place after one round. Playing in the same group as Korda, defending champion Lottie Woad of England got off to a poor start with a double bogey on No. 3 and a bogey on No. 4 before set- tling down for a 74. “There were a few interesting pin placements on the front nine with the wind,” Woad said, “and tough to get it close really and didn’t make enough putts to really be under par. But for me, 2-over is not disastrous. Still going to be in it. A day of not trying to play yourself out of it, really.”
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Fresh from a sixth-place finish at the Open Championship, Australia’s Lucas Herbert fired an 11-under 61 to take a three-shot lead after one round of LIV Golf United Kingdom in Rocester, Eng- land. Herbert broke the JCB Golf and Country Club course record by one shot when he birdied No.16, but he settled for pars on 17 and 18 to short-circuit his bid to break 60. “I actually hit a poor putt on 16 and underread it and it went in,” Herbert said. “Then hit a good putt on 17 and it missed and forgot to hit the ball on 18. ‘Pughy’ left the head cover on.” Leaving aside Herbert jokingly blam- ing caddie Nick Pugh for coming up short at 18, Thursday’s round marked the second time in seven days that Her- bert finished a brilliant round with a missed putt on the final hole with histo- ry at stake. On Friday at Royal Birkdale, Herbert tied the record for lowest round in a ma- jor with his 62. Though he missed a five-
footer for par at No. 18 that would have claimed the record for himself, the 30- year-old still claimed the lead after 36 holes to set up his best finish in a major. On Thursday, Herbert opened his round birdie-birdie-birdie and finished with nine birdies, one eagle and no bo- geys. “Yeah, just continuing on that fun momentum from last week at The Open,” Herbert said. “It’s nice when those putts roll in and golf feels the way it does right now.” Bryson DeChambeau, who also en- joyed most of his Open experience, stands second after a roller-coaster of a 64. He started with three birdies before suffering a bogey at No. 4 and earning an eagle at No. 6. He added four straight birdies on the back nine before a bogey landed him at 8 under for the day. Herbert and DeChambeau will go head-to-head in the final group on Fri- day. That was the plan for the third round of The Open, too, until DeCham- beau was assessed a two-stroke penalty after the second round for alleged she- nanigans in the rough on the fifth hole. “Like [the pairing] is a week late?” DeChambeau said. “Look, golf is golf, right? I wish we could have gone to bat- tle last week. It wasn’t that way. But life goes on. There’s moments of adversity in everybody’s life, and I was passionate about what I believed and thought was right. “For me, it’s now in a place that it is what it is, and you keep moving through it. You keep moving past it.” Harold Varner III and England’s Ty- rell Hatton share third place at 6 under while Canada’s Richard T. Lee and South Korea’s Byeong Hun An are an- other stroke back.
Clark risks suspension after 7th technical
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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark is one technical foul away from a one-game suspension. Clark picked up her seventh technical foul of the season in the Fever’s 123-88 win over the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday, July 22, following a back- and-forth exchange with Sun guard Sa- niya Rivers. Clark and Rivers were chirp- ing at each other with 28.8 seconds re- maining in the third quarter after Clark believed she was fouled by Rivers. As the two exchanged words, Clark told Rivers to “look at the scoreboard” as the Fever led 95-67. “(Rivers) said she was locking me up, so I said ‘scoreboard’ and the ref didn’t like that,” said Clark, who finished with 27 points and 11 assists in the blowout win, which set a new franchise scoring record. Rivers was also called for an offsetting technical foul. Kelsey Mitchell wasn’t aware that Clark was teed up and gave a nervous laugh during the postgame press confer- ence. Clark responded with a laugh of her own, saying, “It’s not funny.” Aliyah Boston added, “No, it’s not.” Under WNBA rules, a player or coach is automatically suspended for one game uponreceivingtheireighthtechnicalfoul during the regular season. Every two ad- ditional technical fouls received during the regular season will result in an addi- tional one-game suspension. Clark is tied with Atlanta Dream for- ward Angel Reese (7) for the most tech- nical fouls in the league. Fever head coach Stephanie White said Clark has to “pick and choose”when to express her emotions with a one- game suspension seemingly on the hori- zon, although White said there’s only so much the coaching staff can do. “She’s got to pick and choose and it’s every two (technicals) after that. So I think the biggest thing is she knows,” White said. “She has awareness about it. We’ll try to help her when we can, but sometimes we can’t. And if she wants to be strategic about which game she doesn’t want to play, then she’ll let her
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we are united in our commitment to building on this work together.” The meeting, which included league security, comes on the heels of multiple players flagging issues related to player health and safety during recent weeks. Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas called on the WNBA and Engel- bert to take action after she received death threats and online abuse follow- ing a one-game suspension for “reck- lessly” making contact with Caitlin Clark’s throat during the Mercury’s June 24 111-109 win over the Indiana Fe- ver. Thomas said the league failed to reach out to her about the suspension or in the aftermath of the on-court inci- dent. “We still have yet to hear anything from Cathy (Engelbert). It’s no sur- prise,” Thomas said on June 30. “You can see what’s being said on social media ... but as usual, she remains silent and that’s unfortunate when our lives are being threatened. ... The league has to do better.” Following Thomas’ comments, En- gelbert issued a statement. “The safety and well-being of everyone in our com- munity is always the league’s top priori- ty,” Engelbert said. “We are aware of Alyssa Thomas’ comments, and what she and her team- mates have experienced is completely unacceptable and not representative of the WNBA community. The league and our security team have been in contact with the Phoenix Mercury organization and remain committed to protecting all players.” According to a person with knowl- edge of the situation, Engelbert ex- changed text messages with Thomas and offered to have a phone call with her last week. Engelbert also directed league secu- rity to contact Phoenix security amid ongoing threats. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they’re not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. USA TODAY Sports reached out to the Mercury for additional comment,
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fly.” The Fever still have 18 games remain- ing in the regular season once play re- sumes after the All-Star break. Clark is averaging one technical foul every 3.3 games at this point of the season, but stopped short of saying a suspension is inevitable. “I can’t predict the future,” Clark quipped. “You got to ask a magic eight ball.” Clark said she isn’t going to change the way she plays and doesn’t plan to tone down the intensity and passion that “makes me me,”but she said she plans to find a “a good balance” so she’s available for her teammates. “I’m never going to back down,” she said. “I think just continue to try to con- trol your emotions the best you can. ... I
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but a request was not immediately an- swered. Las Vegas Aces guard Chelsea Gray also spoke out about the abuse players have received. Gray said she hoped “people will think twice now” before spreading hate after a Hilton Grand Va- cations employee was fired for directing
don’t think I’m going to be playing with that in the back of my head. I think that might hinder my play a little bit. So I think, just continue to be myself and thenjusttrytorefocus,tofocusingonmy teammates and how I can help them.”
Clark technical fouls
h Wednesday, May 13: Clark was whistled for her first technical foul of the season vs. the Los Angeles Sparks for ar- guing an offensive foul as the Fever were heading to the locker room for halftime. AftertheFever’s87-78victory,Clarktook responsibility for the tech and praised the officials: “The refs are doing a tre- mendous job. I deserved the technical they gave me. It’s great for the game, they are going to keep the hands off, they
a racial slur towards her online. “Enough is kind of enough,” the Aces guard said on Wednesday, July15, about the racial abuse she received. “These messages are not the first of (their) kind. There was other stuff too … It was just time. I got fed up with it, and I just de- cided to share it.”
are going to make the play be good.” h Monday, May 22: Clark and the Golden State Valkyries’ Janelle Salaün were called for offsetting technicals after a dustup under the basket as the half- time buzzer rang. Clark appeared to swat at the ball and caught Salaün’s arm. Sa- laün responded with an elbow before they were both separated and rung up. Clark was also called for a Flagrant Foul1 for setting a hard screen on Veronica Burton in the fourth. h Thursday, June 11: In the Fever’s 114-106 overtime win over the Chicago Sky, Clark emphatically swung her arm in the air toward the referee after no foul was called on her driving layup attempt. Clark said the technical was “definitely deserved” and added to the team’s mo- mentum. “I wanted it,” she said. h Saturday, June 13: Clark picked up her fourth technical foul of the season in the Fever’s 85-75 win over the Connecti- cut Sun. She left the game with 22 sec- onds to go after getting a technical foul. Clark said she deserved it. h Monday, June 22: In the Fever’s 86- 77 win over the Phoenix Mercury, Clark and Mercury forward DeWanna Bonner got tangled up in the paint while jockey- ing for position. Clark was called for a personal foul, but tensions boiled over after the whistle. Clark was called for a technical foul for clapping, while offset- ting technicals were called on Sophie Cunningham and Bonner, in addition to Myisha Hines-Allen and Alyssa Thomas. h Sunday,July18:Clarkwascalledfor a technical foul in the Fever’s 106-81 win over the New York Liberty after running into a screen with 8:29 remaining in the first quarter and yelling at the referee for not calling the play in her favor. h Wednesday, July 22: Clark picked up her seventh technical foul in the Fe- ver’s 123-88 win over the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday, July 22, following a back-and-forth exchange with Sun guard Saniya Rivers. Clark and Rivers were chirping at each other with 28.8 seconds remaining in the third quarter after Clark believed she was fouled by Rivers. As the two exchanged words, Clark told Rivers to “look at the score- board” as the Fever led 95-67. Rivers was also called for an offsetting technical.
Gray revealed she experienced a wave of emotions since “putting myself out there” to shed light on the harass- ment some Black WNBA players regu- larly face. She said she hoped making the slur public would give a realistic look at what she and others experience, “so people can see it and can’t ignore it.”
Twins score twice in 12th to slay Guardians
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Trevor Larnach and Luke Keaschall delivered back-to-back RBI singles off Erik Sabrowski with two outs in the12th inning, giving the Minnesota Twins a 3-1 victory over the host Cleveland Guard- ians on Thursday afternoon. Larnach drove in automatic runner Ryan Jeffers and Keaschall plated Royce Lewis with the first hits for either team in extra innings. Sabrowski (3-2) had re- tired the first two batters before inten- tionally walking Lewis. Taylor Rogers (5-3) earned the vic- tory with a scoreless 11th, while rookie Jack Anderson picked up his first major league save with a hitless 12th to wrap up the combined three-hitter. Pinch hitter Alan Roden singled in Lewis with the tying run in the eighth for the Twins, who hadn’t advanced a runner past second base up to that point. Hunter Gaddis walked Lewis and Keaschall before being replaced by clos- er Cade Smith. Cleveland went up 1-0 in the fifth on Patrick Bailey’s 420-foot homer to right off Taj Bradley. Bailey, who hit one home run in 30 games with the San Francisco Giants, has gone deep four times in 40 contests since being acquired in a trade. Guardians starter Gavin Williams struck out a season-high tying 11 over seven shutout innings.
Braves 6, Padres 5
Four Braves hit home runs, and Chris Sale earned his 11th victory when Atlan- ta took a win against visiting San Diego. Michael Harris II, Ozzie Albies, Do- minic Smith and Drake Baldwin each went deep for the Braves, who won the series 3-1. Atlanta is 5-2 since the All- Star break and has scored at least five runs in 11 of its past 13 home games. Sale (11-6) pitched six innings and al- lowed three runs on five hits and one walk. He matched his season high with 11 strikeouts and improved his career record against the Padres to 5-0. Raisel Iglesias pitched the ninth to earn his 21st save. He gave up a pair of two-out singles but came back to strike out Luis Rengifo to end the game. Griffin Canning (1-9) took his fourth consecutive loss. He pitched 22⁄3 innings and allowed five runs (four earned) on five hits with four strikeouts. The Padres jumped on Sale for three runs in the second, ending his scoreless streak at 11 innings. Fernando Tatis Jr. drew a bases-loaded walk, a plate ap- pearance kept alive by a successful ABS challenge that reversed a strike. Rengifo followed with a two-run single. With the Braves using a heavy left- handed lineup at the top of the order, San Diego opted to use southpaw Kyle Hart as an opener. He retired the Braves in order in the first and gave way to Can- ning, the scheduled starter. The strategy backfired when Harris hit the second pitch from Canning for a solo homer, his 19th of the season. The 420-foot shot settled deep into the right-field stands. The Braves went deep twice more off Canning in the fourth. Albies added a solo shot, his 16th home run of the year, and Smith launched a three-run shot.
Minnesota 3, Cleveland 1 (12) MIN .................. 000 000 010 002 — 3 6 0 CLE ....................000 010 000 000 — 1 3 1
Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Lee 3b-ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 .251 Buxton cf 4 0 1 0 1 2 .274 Jeffers c 5 1 1 0 0 3 .284 Bell dh 5 0 0 0 0 4 .247 Clemens 2b-1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .239 Lewis 1b-3b 3 2 0 0 2 0 .213 Martin lf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .239 a-Larnach ph-lf 3 0 1 1 0 1 .294 Keaschall rf-2b 4 0 1 1 1 0 .261 Kreidler ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .233 d-Roden ph-rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .214 Totals 41 3 6 3 4 14 Cleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Kwan lf 4 0 2 0 1 1 .248 Ramirez 3b 3 0 0 0 2 0 .239 DeLauter rf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .284 Rocchio ss 5 0 0 0 0 2 .271 Bazzana 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .242 Hoskins dh 4 0 0 0 1 2 .177 Manzardo 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .213 c-Arias pr-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Bailey c 4 1 1 1 1 1 .241 Halpin cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .207 b-Schneemann ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Totals 38 1 3 1 7 10 a-struck out for Martin in 8th. b-flied out for Halpin in 12th. c-ran for Manzardo in 10th. d-singled for Kreidler in 8th. E: Kwan. HR: Bailey (4). RBI: Larnach (38), Keaschall (29), Roden (5), Bailey (14). SB: Lee (7), Clemens (7), Lewis (7), Kwan (7), DeLauter (5). Runners left in scoring position: Minnesota 6 (Buxton 2, Jeffers, Keaschall 2, Roden), Cleveland 7 (Kwan, Ramirez, Rocchio, Bazzana, Hoskins, Manzardo, Schneemann). RISP: Minnesota 3 for 17. GIDP: Bell, DeLauter. DP: Minnesota 1, Cleveland 1.
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Bradley 7.0 2 1 1 3 5 109 3.69 Morris 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 16 3.31 Gomez 1.0 0 0 0 2 2 22 3.47 Nance 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 13 3.86 Rogers W, 5-3 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 13 5.45 Anderson S, 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 18 2.61 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Williams 7.0 2 0 0 0 11 97 3.78 Gaddis H, 20 0.1 0 1 1 2 1 16 2.70 Smith BS, 4 1.2 2 0 0 0 1 22 2.63 Holderman 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 21 1.82 Sabrowski L, 3-2 1.0 2 2 1 1 1 17 3.56 Inherited runners: Smith 2-1. IBB: Rogers (2),
Atlanta Braves pitcher Chris Sale delivers against the San Diego Padres during the second inning on July 23 in Cumberland, Georgia. Sale allowed three runs on five hits in six innings to win his 11th game of the season. JORDAN GODFREE/IMAGN IMAGES
Tigers 4, Royals 3
Dillon Dingler gave Detroit the lead with a two-out RBI double in the eighth and they held on for a win against vis- iting Kansas City in the opener of a four- game series. Dingler also singled and scored on a go-ahead three-run homer in the sev- enth inning by James Outman and Zach McKinstry added two hits for the Tigers. Tigers right-hander Troy Melton, who had allowed one earned run in his previous three outings (171⁄3 innings), was tagged for two runs and five hits over five-plus innings. He struck out five and walked four. Detroit followed with relievers Tyler Holton, Jacob Waguespack, Drew An- derson (4-4) and Drew Sommers before Kyle Finnegan got the final two outs on a double play for his second save. Royals starter Randy Dobnak threw five shutout innings to put himself in position for his first major league win in more than five years. Dobnak limited the Tigers to four hits, all singles, struck out three and walked one. Isaac Collins hit a two-run homer to break a scoreless tie in the sixth for Kan- sas City, which had won three in a row. Michael Massey had two hits and scored a run, and Josh Rojas contribut- ed two hits and an RBI for the Royals. Steven Cruz (2-3) came out for the eighth for Kansas City with the score tied 3-3 and allowed a one-out single up the middle to Hao-Yu Lee, who moved to second on a groundout. Dingler then lined a double down the left-field line to score Lee for a 4-3 lead. Kansas City put its leadoff batter on base for the third time when Massey singled to start the sixth. Collins fol- lowed and lifted a 1-2 slider over the fence in right for a 2-0 lead.
Holderman (1), Sabrowski (2). WP: Bradley, Morris. Umpires: HP-Ramos, 1B-Rackley, 2B-Ceja, 3B-Traynor. T: 3:23. A: 27,354 (34,820). Arizona 10, St. Louis 6 ARI............................ 000 310 051 — 10 16 0 STL ............................200 000 004 — 6 13 0
Arizona AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Carroll rf 5 1 1 1 0 2 .251 Perdomo ss 2 0 0 0 3 0 .236 Moreno c 4 1 3 2 0 0 .309 Kepler lf 4 1 0 0 1 0 .218 Del Castillo dh 5 3 3 1 0 1 .208 Tawa 3b-cf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .220 Vargas 2b 5 1 3 0 0 0 .270 Locklear 1b 5 2 3 3 0 1 .385 Waldschmidt cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .254 a-Arenado ph-3b 2 0 2 2 0 0 .250 Totals 38 10 16 10 5 6 St. Louis AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Wetherholt 2b 5 2 2 0 0 0 .259 Walker rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .291 b-Torres ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .214 Burleson dh 5 1 3 0 0 0 .284 Nootbaar lf 5 0 2 3 0 0 .254 Winn ss 4 0 0 0 1 0 .237 Fermin 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .257 Church cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .229 Jordan 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Crooks c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .178 c-Velazquez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .219 Pages c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Totals 39 6 13 6 2 2 a-singled for Waldschmidt in 8th. b-singled for Walker in 9th. c-struck out for Crooks in 7th. 2B: Moreno (16), Del Castillo (6), Locklear (1), Walker (22), Burleson 2 (25). 3B: Carroll (12). HR: Locklear (1). RBI: Carroll (49), Moreno 2 (36), Del Castillo (24), Tawa (19), Locklear 3 (5), Arenado 2 (48), Walker (77), Torres 2 (10), Nootbaar 3 (15). SB: Del Castillo (1). SF: Carroll, Moreno, Tawa. Runners left in scoring position: Arizona 6 (Carroll, Moreno, Kepler 3, Locklear), St. Louis 4 (Church, Jordan 3). RISP:Arizona7for18,St.Louis4for11.GIDP:Kepler, Locklear, Wetherholt. DP: Arizona 1, St. Louis 2.
Graceffo 1.0 3 1 1 0 2 30 3.28 Inherited runners: Svanson 1-0. WP: Thompson. Umpires: HP-Marquez, 1B-Estabrook, 2B-Barrett, 3B-Moore. T: 2:54. A: 32,381 (44,383). Detroit 4, Kansas City 3 KC.................................000 002 010 — 3 9 1 DET............................ 000 000 31x — 4 10 0
Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Jensen c 4 0 1 0 1 1 .240 Thomas cf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .236 Pasquantino 1b 4 0 2 0 1 0 .230 Perez dh 4 0 0 0 1 1 .209 Massey 2b 4 1 2 0 0 2 .274 b-Tolbert pr-rf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .328 Collins lf 3 1 1 2 1 1 .245 Rojas 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .265 Loftin rf-2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .247 Velazquez ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Totals 35 3 9 3 5 7 Detroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg. McGonigle ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .281 Torres 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .280 Keith 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 a-Lee ph-3b 1 1 1 0 1 0 .260 Greene dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .285 Dingler c 3 1 2 1 1 0 .274 Carpenter rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .208 Vierling rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .209 Torkelson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .206 McKinstry lf 3 0 2 0 0 0 .197 Outman cf 3 1 1 3 0 1 .159 Totals 32 4 10 4 2 6 a-was announced for Keith in 6th. b-ran for Massey in 8th. E: Pasquantino. 2B: Jensen (23), Rojas (3), Dingler (22). HR: Collins (6), Outman (4). RBI: Collins 2 (34), Rojas (6), Dingler (66), Outman 3 (16). CS: Outman (3). SB: Tolbert (12). Runners left in scoring position: Kansas City 6 (Jensen 2, Perez 2, Collins 2), Detroit 2 (Dingler, Torkelson). RISP: Kansas City 1 for 10, Detroit 2 for 7. GIDP: Perez. DP: Detroit 1.
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Dobnak 5.0 4 0 0 1 3 76 1.42 Strahm H, 13 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 17 6.88 Schreiber BS, 2 1.0 4 3 3 0 1 20 3.89 Cruz 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 29 4.75 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Melton 5.0 5 2 2 4 5 90 1.95 Holton 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 26 2.93 Waguespack 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.23 Anderson BS, 4 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 18 4.25 Sommers H, 6 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 11 4.38 Finnegan 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.36
Blue Jays 3, Rays 1
Shane Bieber pitched a strong seven innings and host Toronto defeated Tam- pa Bay. Bieber (2-1) allowed one run, three hits and no walks with three strikeouts. Louis Varland pitched a perfect ninth with two strikeouts for his 21st save as the Blue Jays salvaged the finale of the four-game series. George Springer and Vladimir Guer- rero Jr. had two hits and one RBI each for Toronto, which completed a 2-5 home- stand. Yandy Diaz drove in the lone run for the Rays, who finished a 3-5 road trip. Tampa Bay opener Casey Legumina allowed a first-inning run. Ernie Clem- ent singled with two out, took second when Springer walked and scampered home when Junior Caminero bobbled Alejandro Kirk’s squibber to third that was scored as a hit. Bieber retired his first eight batters before Hunter Feduccia doubled to right with two out in the third. Diaz stroked an RBI single to right, though a confused Feduccia stopped briefly after rounding third base before continuing home. The Blue Jays took a 2-1 lead against bulk starter Ian Seymour (6-3) in their third. Yohendrick Pinango led off with a double to center and barely beat the throw to second. Springer delivered a two-out RBI single to left. Seymour worked around Springer’s leadoff double in the sixth. Toronto added a run in the seventh. Myles Straw walked with one out, stole second and beat the high throw home from Victor Mesa Jr. on Guerrero’s two- out single to right. Tyler Rogers replaced Bieber and pitched a perfect eighth with one strike- out to set up Varland.
Melton pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. Inherited runners: Finnegan 2-2. WP: Anderson. Umpires: HP-Segal, 1B-Diaz, 2B-Bacchus, 3B-O’Nora. A: 35,548 (40,988). Atlanta 6, San Diego 5 SD................................ 030 000 020 — 5 9 1 ATL ...............................010 400 10x — 6 9 0
San Diego AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Tatis Jr. rf 4 0 1 1 1 1 .286 Rengifo lf 5 0 2 2 0 3 .227 Machado 3b 4 1 2 0 0 2 .205 France 1b 4 1 1 2 0 2 .275 Bogaerts ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .219 Sheets dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 .217 Fermin c 3 1 1 0 0 2 .162 b-Song ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .226 Bowen cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .135 a-Merrill ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Cronenworth 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .206 Totals 36 5 9 5 1 15 Atlanta AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Baldwin c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .275 Albies 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .264 Olson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .267 Harris II cf 4 2 2 1 0 1 .299 Dubon lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .265 Riley 3b 4 0 1 0 0 3 .216 Smith dh 3 1 1 3 0 0 .264 Yastrzemski rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .227 White rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Jarvis ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .291 Totals 32 6 9 6 0 8 a-flied out for Bowen in 9th. b-struck out for Fermin in 9th. E: Fermin. HR: France (16), Baldwin (19), Albies (16), Harris II (19), Smith (7). RBI: Tatis Jr. (47), Rengifo 2 (24), France 2 (43), Baldwin (55), Albies (56), Harris II (61), Smith 3 (39). CS: Albies (4). Runners left in scoring position: San Diego 2 (Rengifo, Machado), Atlanta 1 (Yastrzemski). RISP: San Diego 1 for 4, Atlanta 1 for 4.
San Diego IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Hart 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 8 5.50 Canning L, 1-9 2.2 5 5 4 0 4 59 6.97 Matsui 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 17 2.68 Waldron 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 30 7.34 Rodriguez 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 12 2.05 Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Sale W, 11-6 6.0 5 3 3 1 11 98 2.19 Dodd H, 6 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 15 2.08 Kinley H, 12 0.2 2 2 2 0 1 13 4.54 Young H, 4 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.00 Iglesias S, 21 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 17 2.50
Diamondbacks 10, Cardinals 6
Brandon Pfaadt threw six quality in- nings and Tyler Locklear went 3-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs to help vis- iting Arizona earn a win over St. Louis. The standalone game was a make-up from June 25, when the clubs had their series finale postponed due to weather. Pfaadt (5-1) won his fifth straight game, allowing two runs on seven hits, walking two and striking out one for the Diamondbacks, who won their third straight. Gabriel Moreno tallied three hits and drove in two runs for Arizona, which posted a five-run eighth inning and had 16 total hits. Adrian Del Castillo and Ildemaro Vargas also finished with three hits apiece. Michael McGreevy (4-8) threw 61⁄3 in- nings of four-run, seven-hit ball, strik- ing out three and walking three for St. Louis, which dropped its sixth game in eight tries. Lars Nootbaar drove in three runs for the Cardinals. Arizona threatened in the opening inning, as Geraldo Perdomo walked and Moreno singled to place runners on the corners with one out. McGreevy es- caped, though, getting Max Kepler to ground into an inning-ending double play. St. Louis began the bottom of the first with JJ Wetherholt’s leadoff single be- fore Jordan Walker’s RBI double gave the Cardinals a 1-0 lead. Alec Burleson followed with a single before Nootbaar’s single to center doubled the margin. Arizona answered in the top of fourth. Kepler drew a leadoff walk be- fore advancing to third on Del Castillo’s double. Tim Tawa then drove in the visi- tors’ first run with a sacrifice fly. After McGreevy retired Vargas, Locklear hit his first home run of the season to give the Diamondbacks a 3-2 lead.
Inherited runners: Matsui 1-1. HBP: Cronenworth. Umpires: HP-Eddings, 1B-Muchlinski, 2B-Jimenez, 3B-Morales. T: 2:31. A: 29,441 (40,819). Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 1 TB................................ 001 000 000 — 1 3 0 TOR................................101 000 10x — 3 7 0
Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Diaz dh 4 0 1 1 0 0 .307 Aranda 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .283 Caminero 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .287 Mesa Jr. rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .224 DeLuca cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .262 Simpson lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .288 Williamson ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .252 Palacios 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Feduccia c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .229 Totals 30 1 3 1 0 6 Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Pinango rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .269 Varsho cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Guerrero Jr. 1b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .259 Clement ss-2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .296 Springer dh 3 0 2 1 1 0 .229 Kirk c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .219 Okamoto 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .224 Schneider lf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .150 Lukes rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Urias 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .242 Gimenez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Straw cf-rf-lf 2 1 0 0 1 1 .219 Totals 29 3 7 3 3 9 2B: DeLuca (15), Feduccia (6), Pinango (8), Springer (13). RBI: Diaz (61), Guerrero Jr. (42), Springer (27), Kirk (12). CS: Guerrero Jr. (2). SB: Straw (4). Runners left in scoring position: Tampa Bay 1 (Simpson), Toronto 2 (Okamoto, Schneider). RISP: Tampa Bay 1 for 2, Toronto 3 for 9. GIDP: Urias. DP: Tampa Bay 1.
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Legumina 2.0 2 1 1 2 2 40 3.95 Seymour L, 6-3 6.0 5 2 2 1 7 87 4.64 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Bieber W, 2-1 7.0 3 1 1 0 3 86 4.70 Rogers H, 21 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 9 1.54 Varland S, 21 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 15 1.04 Umpires: HP-Miller, 1B-Tumpane, 2B-Conroy, 3B-May. T: 2:09. A: 43,225 (41,500).
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It’s getting grim very early in Toronto. Sentimental-glances-at-the-dia- mond grim. Quiet-uncertainty-in-the-clubhouse grim. Six-teams-to-catch-before-even- thinking-about-a-playoff-spot grim. Yes, your defending American League champion Blue Jays are feeling it – not that glorious buzz that electrified their clubhouse,theircityandmostofCanada year ago, but rather the sensation that all of this will be broken up long before any- one imagined, and there’s nobody but themselves to blame. These Blue Jays are now 46-56 after the first-place Tampa Bay Rays won a third consecutive game at Rogers Cen- tre, a 4-2 victory Wednesday, July 22. Torontois13 1⁄2gamesoutoffirstplace. It will be 141⁄2 if the Rays complete the four-game sweep Thursday afternoon. More important, the Blue Jays are showing few, if any, signs of altering their fate before the Aug. 3 trade dead- line. They’ve scored 402 runs, fewest in the majors. Have16 multi-error games. A pitching staff ravaged by injury and mid- dling performance. And suddenly, a palpable feeling the band is breaking up. Taylor Gausman knows. The wife of Blue Jays ace Kevin Gausman has seen him in a deadline deal before, and is well-aware Gausman’s five-year, $110 million deal expires after the season. Gausman has contemplated retirement after this season. With that in mind, Taylor hopped a flight from their Louisiana home to To- ronto, where Gausman started against the Rays on Tuesday. She snapped a photo of him pitching and surprised him with her presence and even coaxed him back onto the playing surface long after the game ended Too soon to reminisce? Well, it cer- tainly could have been Gausman’s last start at Rogers Centre. “She just kind of told me, like, ‘Hey,
Raiders sign No. 1 overall pick QB Mendoza
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The Las Vegas Raiders signed quar- terback Fernando Mendoza, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, on Thursday. The Heisman Trophy winner’s four- year rookie deal is worth a fully guaran- teed $57.27 million and includes a fifth- year option. Mendoza, 22, guided Indiana to its first national championship and a 16-0 season in 2025. He completed 72.0% of his passes for 3,535 yards with 41touch- downs and six interceptions in his lone season with the Hoosiers. The Raiders signed veteran quarter- back Kirk Cousins as the likely Week 1 starter for this season, with Mendoza as the long-term face of the franchise. Mendoza and the Raiders reportedly had been at odds over his signing bonus. The team did not disclose those details on Thursday. Rookies were due to report to training camp for Las Vegas on Wednesday. Mendoza played his first two colle- giate campaigns at Cal from 2023-24, throwing for a combined 4,712 yards with 30 TDs and 16 interceptions in 20 games for the Golden Bears.
Ravens waive rookie QB Pavia
Ravens rookie quarterback Diego Pa- via was waived to clear a roster spot for Baltimore to sign veteran offensive line- man Ethan Pocic. Undrafted out of Vanderbilt, Pavia was signed by the Ravens as a free agent in April with a three-year, $3.1 million contract. Pavia, 24, led Vanderbilt to its first season with double-digit wins and was the runner-up to No. 1 overall pick Fer- nando Mendoza for the 2025 Heisman Trophy while winning the SEC Offen- sive Player of the Year award. He had 39
Blue Jays starting pitcher Kevin Gausman throws against the Rays on July 21 in Toronto.
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let’s go onto the field for a little while,’not really thinking too much of it, but now I’m glad we did,” Gausman told Sport- snet. “The biggest thing, I really hope that I’m able to come back here, at least next weekend, just like one last time.” Woah. The Blue Jays are not yet dead set on selling. There’s still12 days left be- fore the deadline. The expanded playoff format means you’re never truly out of it. Yet maybe the Blue Jays have seen enough to know that a stealthy sprint down the backstretch into contention simply isn’t coming.
All falls down
Vlad Guerrero Jr. chose happiness Wednesday, greeting fans attending bat- ting practice with high fives and then fir- ing up his dugout after hitting a double that led to the Blue Jays’ first run. By the end of the night, though, this stunning fact remained: Guerrero has yet to hit a home run at Rogers Centre this season. There are baseball stats that border
Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Fernando Mendoza participates in rookie minicamp on May 2 in Henderson, Nevada. CANDICE WARD/IMAGN IMAGES
total touchdowns (29 TD passes) and only eight interceptions in 2025. A fiery competitor, Pavia was highly productive against SEC opponents but wasn’t a highly rated draft prospect be- cause of his height. He measured at just 5-foot-101⁄8 at the NFL Scouting Com- bine, where he opted not to participate in athletic testing and timing. He did work out in position- specific drills with the quarterbacks. Behind starter Lamar Jackson, the Ravens list veterans Tyler Huntley and Skylar Thompson as their backups. The Ravens also signed 25-year-old rookie Joe Fagnano (UConn) as an undrafted free agent in April. If Pavia goes unclaimed on waivers, he will become a free agent open to sign with any team. Another option could be heading north to the CFL. His negotiating rights
on minutiae, that can deceive or are missing crucial context. Yet there is little more to interpret from this: Guerrero, in the first year of a 14-year, $500 million contract, has not hit a home run in his home ballpark. A cynic might note that on the bright side, Guerrero still has 13 more seasons to go yard at home. The overall lack of production, though – he’s got six home runs and a .689 OPS that’s 11% below league average – is alarming. Not that it’s the only thing killing the Jays. Forawhilethere,rookieKazumaOka- moto was one of the few sentient pieces of the Jays offense, posting a 1.026 OPS and hitting seven homers in a three- week span of June. Thursday, in what amounted to a do- or-die kind of game against the Rays, he was benched. That’s what an 0-for-18 and a 10- for-67 slide in your last 18 games will get you. Okamoto has hit 22 home runs, and his first season since coming over from Japan will largely be viewed as a suc- cess, and he remains a key part of their future. It’sjustthatinthisseason,thebottom fell out at the wrong time. Other failings are harder to grasp. Daulton Varsho is a Gold Glove winner, a valued part of the Blue Jays’ core. Yet this iteration of Varsho has seen his outs above average dip to five after posting nine and 15 his previous two seasons. This Varsho committed errors on con- secutive nights against Tampa Bay, sim- ply dropping a Yandy Diaz fly at the wall Wednesday, sparking a three-run inning that snapped a1-1tie. Nothing felonious. Just more anecdotal data points that it’s simply not happening for these guys, this year.
Blue Jays trade chips
And suddenly, we have a most unlike- ly pop-up seller. It never seemed like it’d come to this. Baseball fandom gets so swept up in the binary buy-sell shtick that ancillary fac- tors – such as the state of a franchise at a given time, and its objectives for the near- and long-term – can be forgotten. And coming into 2026, the last thing the Blue Jays needed to do was sell.
are held by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
WR Hill: ‘No power’ in left leg after surgeries
Free agent wide receiver Tyreek Hill still has “no power” in his surgically re- paired left leg,10 months after undergo- ing two operations. The eight-time Pro Bowler and five- time first-team All-Pro selection posted a workout video on YouTube on Wednesday night, updating his recov- ery from a dislocated left knee and torn ACL sustained in late September last season. “My left leg is the one that I injured,” said Hill, 32. “I have no power in my left leg, so I’m trying to regain all the power back in my left leg. But it’s one day at a time.” Hill, who said doctors told him he
The fervor and popularity in Toronto has once again, finally, reached early 1990s and mid-2010s level. Instead, the trade market is set to re- ceive a significant transfusion from To- ronto. You want pitching? Gausman re- mains one of the game’s most reliable starters and has only a limited no-trade clause, with Milwaukee, Detroit, Pitts- burgh and the Chicago White Sox the only contenders on it, according to mul- tiple reports. Shane Bieber just tossed six shutout innings at the White Sox, the best of his five starts after missing the season’s first three months due to arm woes. He, too, will be a free agent at season’s end. And lurking in Class AAA, completing another rehab start without incident Wednesday: Two-time World Series champion Max Scherzer, ready to duct tape himself together for another Octo- ber run. You want outfielders? George Spring- er has 10-and-5 no-trade rights and has been banged up this year. But you think the pending free agent would like anoth- er crack at a World Series? Perhaps he’s exactly what the Philadelphia Phillies have been missing. Varsho and Myles Straw won’t gal- vanize a lineup but are elite defense players and Straw emerged as a club- house glue guy in Toronto; both are on expiring contracts, too. Need a bullpen? Jeff Hoffman’s stuff remains good even after he’s struggled following his soul-crushing World Series finish. He’s due $11 million in 2027. And then there’s Louis Varland, who could bring a significant return after his playoff heroics a year ago were backed up by an All-Star first half. He will have four years of team control after this sea- son, and could fetch the kind of impact player who could help the Blue Jays sooner, rather than later. As for now? Varland was summoned in the ninth inning Wednesday down 4-2, glorified mop-up work for a guy who’d only pitched four times this month. The Blue Jays would love to keep him, for many years, but constructing a bullpen can wait until 2028. It’s just that 2028 was the last thing on Toronto’s mind, even a few days ago. But reality is getting harder to ignore.
“might not be able to walk again” after the injury, is seen running and perform- ing a variety of exercises in the video. With NFL teams starting to report to training camp this week, Hill did not say when he will be ready to get back on the field.
Panthers OLB Scourton leaves practice, fears right ACL tear
Carolina Panthers outside linebacker Nic Scourton left the field on a cart after suffering a right knee injury. According to reports, Scourton was informed he suffered a torn ACL after imaging and tests performed not long after he was hurt. NFL Network report- ed Scourton is seeking a second opi- nion. Scourton, a second-round pick in 2025, appeared to know the severity of the injury immediately in an emotional scene on the field. Scourton, 21, was in tears and shield- ed his face from cameras as the cart pulled away from the field. Before the cart departed, the entire team and head coach Dave Canales had a moment with him as practice was halted for the day. “They care about each other,” Ca- nales said. “Whenever you’re in a group of people doing something hard togeth- er, it has a way of creating a special bond. Between all the workouts and go- ing through a full season and an offsea- son and all that, it means something to the guys. I’m proud of that.” In just his second season, Scourton was penciled in to start on the opposite side of Jaelan Phillips, acquired as a free agent in the offseason. As a rookie, Scourton appeared in 17 games (eight starts) and tallied 47 tackles (seven for loss), five sacks and a forced fumble. Veteran Patrick Jones II and Princely Umanmielen, in his second season, could see game time in his absence.
MLB
American League East Division W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 59 43 .578 — N.Y. Yankees 57 45 .559 2 Boston 52 49 .515 6½ Baltimore 50 53 .485 9½ Toronto 47 56 .456 12½ Central Division W L Pct GB Chi. White Sox 54 47 .535 — Cleveland 54 50 .519 1½ Minnesota 51 53 .490 4½ Detroit 49 54 .476 6 Kansas City 43 61 .413 12½ West Division W L Pct GB Texas 51 51 .500 — Seattle 51 52 .495 ½ Houston 50 54 .481 2 Athletics 43 59 .422 8 L.A. Angels 41 62 .398 10½ National League East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 60 42 .588 — Philadelphia 56 47 .544 4½ Miami 52 51 .505 8½ Washington 52 51 .505 8½ N.Y. Mets 43 60 .417 17½ Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 64 38 .627 — Chicago Cubs 57 45 .559 7 Pittsburgh 53 50 .515 11½ St. Louis 52 50 .510 12 Cincinnati 47 54 .465 16½ West Division W L Pct GB L.A. Dodgers 65 38 .631 — Arizona 54 49 .524 11 San Diego 50 53 .485 15 San Francisco 42 60 .412 22½ Colorado 41 63 .394 24½
Wednesday’s Scores Pittsburgh 5, N.Y. Yankees 3 Boston 6, Baltimore 3 Kansas City 5, San Francisco 4 Milwaukee 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Washington 8, Colorado 0 Arizona 15, Athletics 5 Cincinnati 5, Seattle 3 St. Louis 1, L.A. Angels 0 Minnesota 10, Cleveland 6 L.A. Dodgers 9, Philadelphia 5 N.Y. Yankees 2, Pittsburgh 0 Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 2 Baltimore 5, Boston 1 Atlanta 7, San Diego 6 Chi. White Sox 4, Texas 2 Houston 5, Miami 2 Detroit 5, Chicago Cubs 1 Thursday’s Scores Atlanta 6, San Diego 5 Minnesota 3, Cleveland 1 Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 1 Arizona 10, St. Louis 6 Detroit 4, Kansas City 3 Friday’s Games Colorado (Sugano 9-4) at Milwaukee (Drohan 5-3), 4:10 p.m. Kansas City (Cameron 5-8) at Detroit (Skubal 6-5), 6:40 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Boyd 6-1) at Pittsburgh (Jones 2-1), 6:40 p.m. Arizona (Rodriguez 8-3) at Washington (Littell 7-7), 6:45 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Warren 7-4) at Philadelphia (Luzardo 9-4), 6:45 p.m. Atlanta (Holmes 6-4) at Baltimore (Rogers 6-7), 7:05 p.m. Cleveland (Cantillo 8-5) at Tampa Bay (McClanahan 8-6), 7:10 p.m. San Diego (Marquez 4-2) at Miami (TBD), 7:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (TBD) at N.Y. Mets (Manaea 2-5), 7:10 p.m. Toronto (Yesavage 4-5) at Boston (TBD),
CYCLING TOUR DE FRANCE
Richard Carapaz celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win Stage 18 of the Tour de France on July 23.
Carapaz climbs into top 10 with Stage 18 win
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Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz climbed into the overall top 10 at the Tour de France with his Stage 18 victory in the Alps on Thursday. Carapaz, 33, finished the mountain- ous 185.2-kilometer trek from Voiron to Orcieres-Merlette in 4 hours, 26 min- utes and 21 seconds. He pulled away on the last ascent of the day and covered the final 3 kilometers solo. Switzerland’s Mauro Schmid was the runner-up for the second straight day, 45 seconds behind, and American Mat- teo Jorgenson placed third. Carapaz moved into 10th place in the overall standings. Four-time champion Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia still leads the competition by 4 minutes and 32 seconds over Bel- gium’s Remco Evenepoel. Mexico’s Isaac del Toro is third, followed by 19- year-old Frenchman Paul Seixas and Spain’s Juan Ayuso. Stage19 on Friday is a127.9-kilometer route through the mountains from Gap to Alpe d’Huez.
7:15 p.m. Houston (Arrighetti 7-5) at Chi. White Sox (Martin 9-5), 7:40 p.m. Seattle (Miller 4-4) at Texas (Gore 6-8), 8:05 p.m. Athletics (Ginn 8-6) at Minnesota (Matthews 4-7), 8:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Lowder 3-7) at St. Louis (May 5-7), 8:15 p.m. L.A. Angels (Rodriguez 3-3) at San Francisco (Webb 5-7), 10:15 p.m. MLB Leaders American League Batting Average — Alvarez, Houston .328; Diaz, Tampa Bay .308; Clement, Toronto .297; Jung, Texas .294; Contreras, Boston .293; Simpson, Tampa Bay .291; Caminero, Tampa Bay .290; DeLauter, Cleveland .287; Aranda, Tampa Bay .286; Greene, Detroit .285. Home Runs — Alvarez, Houston 34; Rice, New York 30; Caminero, Tampa Bay 29; Buxton, Minnesota 25; Montgomery, Chicago 24; Langeliers, Athletics 23; Contreras, Boston 22; Okamoto, Toronto 22; Dingler, Detroit 22; Alonso, Baltimore 21. RBI — Alvarez, Houston 77; Rice, New York 71; Contreras, Boston 66; Alonso, Baltimore 66; Kurtz, Athletics 66; Aranda, Tampa Bay 65; Dingler, Detroit 65; Bell, Minnesota 62; Okamoto, Toronto 62; Caminero, Tampa Bay 62. Stolen Bases — Witt Jr., Kansas City 30; Chisholm Jr., New York 27; Simpson, Tampa Bay 26; Ramirez, Cleveland 24; Caballero, New York 23; Naylor, Seattle 21; Arozarena, Seattle 19; Mullins, Tampa Bay 16; Walls, Tampa Bay 15; Rocchio, Cleveland 15. Wins — Gray, Boston 12; Williams, Cleveland 10; Eovaldi, Texas 9; Martinez, Tampa Bay 9; Martin, Chicago 9; Bradley, Minnesota 9; Schlittler, New York 9; Rasmussen, Tampa Bay 8; Lambert, Houston 8; McClanahan, Tampa Bay 8. ERA — Schlittler, New York 2.20; Gray, Boston 2.48; Martinez, Tampa Bay 2.59; Cease, Toronto 2.67; Messick, Cleveland 2.68; Montero, Detroit 3.14; Hancock, Seattle 3.16; Burke, Chicago 3.20; Rasmussen, Tampa Bay 3.28; Martin, Chicago 3.31. Strikeouts — Cease, Toronto 155; Williams, Cleveland 145; Schlittler, New York 145; Detmers, Los Angeles 136; Ryan, Minnesota 131; Gilbert, Seattle 129; deGrom, Texas 128; Bradley, Minnesota 124; Eovaldi, Texas 122; Soriano, Los Angeles 122. Saves — Smith, Cleveland 29; Baker, Tampa Bay 26; Chapman, Boston 23; Varland, Toronto 20; Latz, Texas 19; Bednar, New York 18; Munoz, Seattle 17; Dominguez, Chicago 12; Erceg, Kansas City 12; Gomez, Minnesota 12. National League Batting Average — Lopez, Miami .332; Arraez, San Francisco .320; Gonzales, Pittsburgh .313; McCarthy, Colorado .305; Lee, San Francisco .302; Rumfield, Colorado .297; Harris II, Atlanta .296; Johnston, Colorado .296; Marsh, Philadelphia .292; Edwards, Miami .290. Home Runs — Schwarber, Philadelphia 33; Goodman, Colorado 31; Wood, Washington 28; Olson, Atlanta 26; Abrams, Washington 24; Machado, San Diego 22; Ohtani, Los Angeles 22; Walker, St. Louis 22; Harper, Philadelphia 21; Lowe, Pittsburgh 21. RBI — Abrams, Washington 76; Walker, St. Louis 76; Stewart, Cincinnati 74; Garcia Jr., Washington 70; Burleson, St. Louis 69; Wood, Washington 69; Pages, Los Angeles 68; Lowe, Pittsburgh 65; O’Hearn, Pittsburgh 64; Schwarber, Philadelphia 61. Stolen Bases — Nunez, Washington 37; Tatis Jr., San Diego 25; Crow-Armstrong, Chicago 25; Ruiz, Miami 22; Cruz, Pittsburgh 21; Merrill, San Diego 20; Griffin, Pittsburgh 20; Mangum,
Pittsburgh 19; Marsee, Miami 19; Hamilton, Milwaukee 18. Wins — Sanchez, Philadelphia 12; Ashby, Milwaukee 12; Burns, Cincinnati 12; Griffin, Washington 11; Wrobleski, Los Angeles 11; Yamamoto, Los Angeles 10; Pallante, St. Louis 10; Misiorowski, Milwaukee 10; Sale, Atlanta 10; Wheeler, Philadelphia 10. ERA — Misiorowski, Milwaukee 1.57; Sale, Atlanta 2.06; Burns, Cincinnati 2.42; Wrobleski, Los Angeles 2.62; Rodriguez, Arizona 2.62; Meyer, Miami 2.68; Griffin, Washington 2.68; Sanchez, Philadelphia 2.71; Yamamoto, Los Angeles 2.78; McGreevy, St. Louis 2.92. Strikeouts — Misiorowski, Milwaukee 173; Sanchez, Philadelphia 151; Luzardo, Philadelphia 143; Skenes, Pittsburgh 138; McLean, New York 135; Ashcraft, Pittsburgh 130; Cavalli, Washington 127; Burns, Cincinnati 124; Sale, Atlanta 123; Meyer, Miami 121. Saves — O’Brien, St. Louis 26; Miller, San Diego 25; Duran, Philadelphia 24; Sewald, Arizona 23; Iglesias, Atlanta 20; Megill, Milwaukee 16; Scott, Los Angeles 15; Williams,NewYork14;Soto,Pittsburgh13; Fairbanks, Miami 13.
WNBA
Eastern Conference W L Pct GB Indiana 17 10 .630 — Atlanta 16 10 .615 ½ N.Y. Liberty 15 12 .556 2 Washington 14 12 .538 2½ Toronto 10 16 .385 6½ Chicago Sky 9 18 .333 8 Connecticut 7 20 .259 10 Western Conference W L Pct GB Minnesota 22 6 .786 — Golden State 19 8 .704 2½ Las Vegas 18 8 .692 3 Dallas 18 9 .667 3½ Portland 11 16 .407 10½ L.A. Sparks 10 16 .385 11 Phoenix 10 18 .357 12 Seattle 6 23 .207 16½ Wednesday’s Scores Phoenix 86, L.A. Sparks 82 Minnesota 86, Seattle 76 N.Y. Liberty 95, Chicago Sky 94 Washington 100, Las Vegas 99 Indiana 123, Connecticut 88 Dallas 101, Portland 97 Thursday’s Games No games scheduled Friday’s Games No Games Scheduled Saturday’s Game WNBA All-Star Game, 8:30 p.m.
MLS Eastern Conference W L T Pts GF GA Nashville 12 1 3 39 33 11 Inter Miami CF 10 2 4 34 42 30 Chicago 8 5 2 26 29 19 New England 8 5 2 26 22 18 Cincinnati 6 5 5 23 40 40 NY City FC 6 6 4 22 27 22 Charlotte FC 6 6 4 22 26 25 NY Red Bulls 6 6 4 22 26 35 D.C. United 4 5 7 19 22 26 Orlando City 5 9 2 17 27 44 Columbus 4 8 4 16 22 25 Toronto FC 3 6 7 16 22 29 CF Montreal 4 9 3 15 22 32 Atlanta 3 10 3 12 16 26 Philadelphia 2 10 4 10 21 31 Western Conference W L T Pts GF GA Vancouver 10 3 2 32 37 16 San Jose 10 4 2 32 34 19 Los Angeles FC 9 5 3 30 30 18 Real Salt Lake 8 5 2 26 27 22 FC Dallas 7 4 5 26 32 24 Seattle 7 5 3 24 19 19 Houston 7 6 2 23 20 24
Top seeds breeze into Estoril quarters
The top two seeds at the Estoril Open faced little trouble on Thursday as Russia’s Andrey Rublev and Italy’s Luciano Darderi dropped a combined three games to advance to the quarter- finals of the ATP 250 event in Portugal. The top-seeded Rublev took down Kazakhstan’s Timofey Skatov 6-1, 6-1. Rublev converted 17 of 23 first serve points (74 percent) and also broke Ska- tov six times in a match that lasted 59 minutes. Darderi was even more dominant in his 6-0, 6-1win over Spain’s Pedro Mar- tinez. Darderi didn’t face any break points and registered points on17 of his19 sec- ond serves. In the lone upset of the day, France’s Luca Van Assche beat eighth-seeded Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 in a match that lasted over two hours. Portugal’s Jaime Faria, who upset the No. 6 seed in the first round, con- tinued his run into the quarterfinals with a win over Peru’s Gonzalo Bueno by a 6-2, 6-4 count.
Generali Open
Top-seeded Alexander Bublik of Ka- zakhstan pushed his title defense of this ATP 250 event into the semifinals by taking down Slovakia’s Alex Molcan 6-3, 6-2 in Kitzbuhel, Austria. Though Molcan broke Bublik four times, Bublik responded by breaking Molcan seven times. In the second set, Molcan forged a 2-2 tie as Bublik com- mitted five double faults in the fourth game. Bublik (13 aces) went on to win the next four games to clinch the match. Bublik will take on fourth-seed- ed Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the semis after the Argentinian got the bet- ter of Peru’s Ignacio Buse with a 6-2, 7-5 win. In the other half of the bracket, France’s Quentin Halys beat Argenti- na’s Mariano Navone 7-5, 6-3, while Yannick Hanfmann of Germany beat Argentina’s Sebastian Baez 6-3, 6-1. Hanfmann and Halys will face off in the other semifinal match.
SOCCER
Saint Louis 6 6 4 22 22 23 Minnesota 6 6 4 22 19 24 LA Galaxy 5 7 5 20 23 28 Colorado 6 9 1 19 26 24 Portland 5 8 3 18 29 31 San Diego FC 4 7 5 17 30 28 Austin FC 4 7 5 17 22 32 Sporting KC 4 10 2 14 18 40 Wednesday’s Scores NY City FC 2, Columbus 1 Philadelphia 3, NY Red Bulls 1 New England 0, Toronto FC 0 Cincinnati 4, Vancouver 3 Inter Miami CF 3, Chicago 2 Charlotte FC 2, Atlanta 2 Houston 1, D.C. United 1 Nashville 1, CF Montreal 0 Sporting KC 2, Minnesota 1 Austin FC 3, Seattle 1 Colorado 1, San Diego FC 0 Portland 2, FC Dallas 2 Saint Louis 3, LA Galaxy 1 Los Angeles FC 3, Real Salt Lake 1 Orlando City 4, San Jose 0 Saturday’s Games Charlotte FC at NY Red Bulls, 6:30 p.m. Cincinnati at Columbus, 7 p.m. Inter Miami CF at CF Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Nashville at Orlando City, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at New England, 7:30 p.m. Seattle at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at NY City FC, 7:30 p.m. Toronto FC at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Saint Louis, 8:30 p.m. Austin FC at Houston, 8:30 p.m. Vancouver at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m. FC Dallas at San Diego FC, 9:30 p.m. LA Galaxy vs San Jose at Stanford, 10:30 p.m. Real Salt Lake at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Sporting KC at Los Angeles FC, 10:30 p.m. NWSL Standings W L D Pts GF GA Washington 9 3 3 30 24 12 Gotham 9 3 3 30 19 10 San Diego 9 5 2 29 23 17 Portland 8 5 3 27 25 18 Utah 8 4 3 27 22 16 Kansas City 8 6 1 25 23 22 Angel City 7 6 1 22 22 14 North Carolina 6 5 3 21 20 19 Orlando 6 8 2 20 21 21 Denver Summit 5 5 4 19 21 19 Bay 5 6 3 18 16 19 Seattle 5 7 2 17 15 19 Boston Legacy 4 8 4 16 17 23 Houston 4 7 4 16 18 24 Chicago 4 11 0 12 8 30 Louisville 2 10 2 8 16 27 Friday’s Games Chicago at Orlando, 8 p.m. Bay at Houston, 8 p.m. Gotham at Portland, 10 p.m. Saturday’s Games Kansas City at Boston Legacy, 5 p.m. Utah at North Carolina, 7:45 p.m. Sunday’s Games Seattle at San Diego, 5 p.m. Denver Summit at Washington, 7 p.m. Louisville at Angel City, 9 p.m.
GOLF
3M Open Thursday Blaine, Minn. TPC Twin Cities Purse: $8.8 million Yardage: 7,431; Par: 71 First Round Leaders Ben Kohles ...............................62—62 (-9) Emiliano Grillo ..........................64—64 (-7) Jackson Koivun ........................64—64 (-7) Gary Woodland ........................64—64 (-7) Michael Brennan......................65—65 (-6) Lucas Glover ............................65—65 (-6) Kevin Roy .................................65—65 (-6) Scottie Scheffler......................65—65 (-6) Jesper Svensson......................65—65 (-6) Denny McCarthy......................66—66 (-5) Troy Merritt..............................66—66 (-5) Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen..66—66 (-5)
Russia’s Andrey Rublev, shown on June 29 at Wimbledon, defeated Kazakhstan’s Timofey Skatov 6-1, 6-1 at the Estoril Open on July 23 in Portugal.
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WOMEN Prague Open
Second-seeded Barbora Krejcikova scored an easy straight set victory over Lucie Havlickova 6-4, 6-2 to cruise to the quarterfinals in the Czech Republic. Krejcikova won the tournament in 2021 but has yet to return to the semi- finals. On Thursday, she was able to put the pressure on Havlickova, forcing 12 break point opportunities and taking three while saving the lone break point she faced. In the other matches, Lanlana Tara- rudee of Thailand outlasted fourth- seeded Nikola Bartunkova of the Czech Republic in a marathon match, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 7-6 (6). Tararudee landed just 67 percent of her first service points and Bartunkova just 69 percent. Tararudee fell behind in the final set 5-2 but staved off four match points through- out the set to advance to the next round. Third-seeded Sara Bejlek cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Maria Timofeeva of Uzbekistan. Bejlek will now face off against Austria’s Lilli Tagger in the next round after Tagger took down Japan’s
Chandler Phillips......................66—66 (-5) Chandler Blanchet....................67—67 (-4) Trace Crowe..............................67—67 (-4) Zecheng Dou ............................67—67 (-4) Rico Hoey .................................67—67 (-4) Billy Horschel............................67—67 (-4) Jeffrey Kang.............................67—67 (-4) Keita Nakajima .........................67—67 (-4) Marcelo Rozo............................67—67 (-4) Matthias Schmid ......................67—67 (-4) Kevin Streelman.......................67—67 (-4) John VanDerLaan .....................67—67 (-4) Vince Whaley............................67—67 (-4) Christiaan Bezuidenhout.........68—68 (-3) Zac Blair ...................................68—68 (-3) Will Gordon..............................68—68 (-3) Lee Hodges .............................68—68 (-3) Tom Hoge ................................68—68 (-3) Tom Kim...................................68—68 (-3) Kurt Kitayama..........................68—68 (-3) Jake Knapp..............................68—68 (-3) HaoTong Li...............................68—68 (-3) Keith Mitchell...........................68—68 (-3) Pontus Nyholm ........................68—68 (-3) Seamus Power.........................68—68 (-3) Austin Smotherman ................68—68 (-3) Sam Stevens............................68—68 (-3) Jackson Suber .........................68—68 (-3) Adam Svensson.......................68—68 (-3) Davis Thompson......................68—68 (-3) ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open Thursday Ayrshire Dundonald Links Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,543; Par: 72 First Round Leaders Lauren Coughlin ......................66—66 (-6) Jenny Shin ...............................66—66 (-6) A Lim Kim..................................67—67 (-5) Lisa Pettersson........................69—69 (-3) Erika Hara .................................70—70 (-2) Esther Henseleit.......................70—70 (-2) Anna Nordqvist ........................70—70 (-2) Miyu Yamashita........................70—70 (-2) Pajaree Anannarukarn ...............71—71 (-1) Daniela Darquea.........................71—71 (-1) Julia Lopez Ramirez...................71—71 (-1) Patty Tavatanakit.......................71—71 (-1) Chanettee Wannasaen...............71—71 (-1) Jenny Bae...................................72—72 (0) Brianna Do..................................72—72 (0) Amanda Doherty........................72—72 (0) Nataliya Guseva.........................72—72 (0) Chisato Iwai................................72—72 (0) Nelly Korda.................................72—72 (0) Leona Maguire...........................72—72 (0) Nicole Broch Estrup....................73—73 (1) In Gee Chun ................................73—73 (1) Manon De Roey ..........................73—73 (1) Ariya Jutanugarn........................73—73 (1) Ryann O’Toole.............................73—73 (1) Pauline Roussin-Bouchard.........73—73 (1) Aunchisa Utama..........................73—73 (1) Yana Wilson ................................73—73 (1) Ina Yoon ......................................73—73 (1) Arpichaya Yubol..........................73—73 (1) Rose Zhang.................................73—73 (1) Weiwei Zhang.............................73—73 (1) AUTO RACING
NASCAR Cup Series Schedule July 26 — Brickyard 400, Indianapolis Aug. 9 — Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol, Newton Aug. 15 — Cook Out 400, Richmond, Va. Aug. 23 — Dollar Tree 301, New Hampshire Aug. 29 — Coke Zero Sugar 400, Daytona Beach, Fla. Sept. 6 — Cook Out Southern 500, Darlington, SC Sept. 13 — Enjoy Illinois 300, Madison Sept. 19 — Bass Pro Shops Night Race, Bristol, Tenn. Sept. 27 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan. Oct. 4 — South Point 400, Las Vegas, Nev. Oct. 11 — Bank of America 400, Concord, NC Oct. 18 — Freeway Insurance 500, Avondale, Ariz. Oct. 25 — YellaWood 500, Talladega, Ala.
Nov. 1 — Xfinity 500, Martinsville, Va. Nov. 8 — NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race, Homestead, Fla. NASCAR Cup Series Points Leaders 1. Denny Hamlin, 842. 2. Tyler Reddick, 774. 3. Ryan Blaney, 755. 4. Ty Gibbs, 708. 5. Chase Elliott, 634. 6. Kyle Larson, 616. 7. Carson Hocevar, 598. 8. Chase Briscoe, 587. 9. Chris Buescher, 585. 10. Christopher Bell, 574.
TRANSACTIONS
Thursday’s Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Rudy Martin Jr. Acquired Off Waivers to Toronto Blue Jays. DH Yohel Pozo Sent to Minors. DH Yohel Pozo Acquired Off Waivers. RF Johnathan Rodriguez Designated for Assignment. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — P Dennis Santana Designated for Assignment. P Ron Marinaccio Traded for international signing pool money. SAN DIEGO PADRES — P Ron Marinaccio Traded to Pittsburgh Pirates for international signing pool money. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — DH Yohel Pozo Acquired Off Waivers to Baltimore Orioles. TAMPA BAY RAYS — P Jesse Scholtens Sent to Minors. P Jesse Scholtens Removed From 15-Day IL Sprained right wrist. P Jesse Scholtens Recalled From Minors Rehab. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — RF Addison Barger Transferred to 60-Day IL Right elbow inflammation. Rudy Martin Jr. Sent to Minors. Rudy Martin Jr. Acquired Off Waivers. P Adam Macko Called Up from Minors. LF Davis Schneider Called Up from Minors. 1B Sean Keys Sent to Minors. P Patrick Corbin Placed on 15-Day IL Left teres major strain. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — P Justin Lawrence Outrighted to Minors. FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS — C Ethan Pocic signed/unrestricted free agent One-year contract (through 2026). QB Diego Pavia cut. CLEVELAND BROWNS — TE Caden Prieskorn signed to Carolina Panthers. C Ethan Pocic signed/unrestricted free agent to Baltimore Ravens One-year contract (through 2026). LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — QB Fernando Mendoza signed/draft choice Four-year contract (fifth-year option). SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — T Zach Thomas signed to Carolina Panthers. TENNESSEE TITANS — T Ryan Hayes cut. BASKETBALL National Basketball Assoc. BOSTON CELTICS — SF Jordan Walsh Re-Signed Veteran Extension. HOUSTON ROCKETS — SF Jae’Sean Tate Re-Signed. HOCKEY National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES — D Ronan Seeley Re-Signed One-year, two-way contract. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — RW Patrick Kane Signed as Free Agent Two-year contract. COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — G Jet Greaves Re-Signed Three-year contract. MONTREAL CANADIENS — G Hunter Shepard Signed with European team Barys Astana-KHL. NEW JERSEY DEVILS — RW Nathan Legare Signed with European team Traktor Chelyabinsk-KHL.
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MSC Hamburg Ladies Open
Top-seeded Oleksandra Oliynykova of Ukraine had to fight through a three- set match to advance and was the only seeded player to do so on the day in Germany. Oliynykova came out on top 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2 over Spaniard Leyre Romero Gormaz despite saving only 4 of the 11 break points she faced. It was her re- turn game that came in handy as she broke Romero Gormaz seven times and had a 75 percent first serve percentage in the deciding set. Oliynykova will now have to prepare for Elina Avanesyan of Armenia who upset seventh-seeded Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan 6-3, 2-6, 6-2. Avanesyan is currently ranked 208 in the world but picked apart Putintseva by breaking her nine times across the three sets. Egypt’s Mayar Sherif took down France’s Elsa Jacquemot 6-2, 6-3 to ad- vance to the quarterfinals. She’ll take on Paula Badosa of Spain after Badosa defeated third-seeded Panna Udvardy of Hungary, 6-4, 6-1.
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审计结果： ❌ 存在严重缺陷 (Blocking Issues Found)
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