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证人名单公布；图帕克死亡案审判进行中

苏格·奈特及吹牛老爹相关人员在内的200人可能被传唤作证。新闻栏目

大学橄榄球“第6年”的神奇力量

如果这确实是教练的幸运数字，那么史蒂夫·萨基西安，欢迎加入赢家圈。体育栏目

今日美国

全国新闻 / 13 / 2026年8月11日，星期二

DAN HACKNEIDAN / 今日美国

癌症如何改变了夏特纳的视角

在电视剧《星际迷航》迎来60周年之际，威廉·夏特纳回顾了自己的职业生涯，以及诊断结果如何影响了他对死亡的看法。生活栏目

洪在民主党初选中触及敏感神经

旧推文如今困扰威州州长候选人

Philip M. Bailey, Molly Beck 和 Clara Strecker 今日美国网络

威斯康星州民主党人弗朗西斯卡·洪在8月3日州长初选前按下重启键，此前她在8月3日的CNN采访中曾表示不排除取消感恩节的可能性。

这位37岁的州议员是一名民主社会主义者，在竞争激烈的摇摆州州长选举中领跑，这将是2026年民主党初选中又一次对进步浪潮广度和高度的重大考验。

在一条已删除的2020年11月16日的社交媒体帖子中，洪曾表示，美国应取消这一年度节日。她当时称，这一活动是在“庆祝殖民主义”，以及欧洲定居者传播的疾病“杀害了（原住民）”。

但在8月7日接受《今日美国》采访时，她明确表示，如果当选，取消秋季盛宴不在她的计划之内。

州长候选人、民主党人弗朗西斯卡·洪于8月2日在密尔沃基的竞选集会后与民众交流。 JODIA LUTTER / FTY HAGIES

“再没有比置身于蔓越莓沼泽地更神奇的事了，蔓越莓馅料是我最喜欢做的菜肴之一，”身为专业厨师的洪在8月7日接受《今日美国》采访时表示。

“我不会取消感恩节，”她补充道。

洪的参选触动了民主党建制派的敏感神经，他们认为她未公开的言论引发了对她及其他与美国民主社会主义者结盟的候选人可行性的担忧。

洪因文化战争立场而持续受到全国关注，包括此前社交媒体帖子中批评情人节、支持废除警察以及对白人感到不自在等内容被重新挖出。

“她还没有准备好进入黄金时段，而且她被问到一些非常简单的问题，她的回答方式更是让新闻变得更加引人关注，这应该让我们所有人都停下来思考一下，”同样竞选威斯康星州州长的民主党人大卫·克劳利在采访中表示。

共和党人对洪能否进入11月选票跃跃欲试，

详见HONG，第4A版

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山火变得过于熟悉

科学家警告：斯波坎的毁灭性火灾预示着更多灾难即将来临

Dinah Vayles Pulver 今日美国

斯波坎并非唯一可能遭遇此劫的城市。一场快速蔓延的野火可能席卷美国数百个城市的郊区。这种情况正变得越来越频繁。天堂镇、马歇尔、拉海纳、洛杉矶。这一次轮到了华盛顿州的斯波坎，但科学家警告，类似事件还会再次发生。

加州大学农业与自然资源部的气候科学家丹尼尔·斯温表示，近年来，这种模式在西部及世界其他地区已变得“令人不安地熟悉”。

尽管斯波坎今年的3场火灾规模远不及华盛顿州最大的火灾，但它们却是最具破坏性的。超过50,000英亩土地被烧毁，700多座建筑物——包括住宅、商业设施和附属建筑——被损毁。估计

西部及美国边境外野火肆虐

俄勒冈、华盛顿、犹他州及加拿大数千人被迫逃离家园。2A

估计有65,000人被迫撤离家园。

这三场火灾于8月1日开始，并迅速蔓延，展现出极端野火行为的典型特征。

详见WILDFIRES，第4A版

华盛顿国民警卫队于8月5日在该州东北部富兰克林·D·罗斯福湖附近的Modrite火场投放水源。该火灾已烧毁超过57,000英亩。图片由华盛顿国民警卫队提供

29岁的朱莉娅·拉卡约（Julia Lacayo）使用绣有“No Julia”字样的帆布手提袋作为她的“模拟包”。L.L. Bean的船型手提袋已成为模拟包的首选。 RACHS, HALE / 今日美国

“模拟包”：翻盖手机、日记本、爱好等

Z世代趋势聚焦减少在线时间

蕾切尔·黑尔（Rachel Hale） 今日美国

“模拟”似乎成了今年夏天的流行词。

年轻人开始使用翻盖手机，携带笨重的相机，手写日记。刺绣、针绣和钩编等爱好通过TikTok（如twopeednesday等账号）吸引了新的受众，而蜗牛邮件和笔友俱乐部的信件往来也日益兴盛。今年夏天，无手机派对、野餐和街区聚会层出不穷，鼓励人们远离屏幕。

因此，Z世代的最新时尚宣言也随之而来。

“模拟包”——装满便携式离线物品的手提袋，如皮革装订的日记本、平装书和迷你水彩调色盘——正在TikTok和Instagram上走红。

“它有点像‘玛丽·波平斯’的魔法包，我可以随时掏出东西，”25岁的亚特兰大居民凯琳·卡斯勒（Caillyn Kasler）说，“这是一个很棒的趋势。老实说，这是社交媒体带来的更好的东西之一。”

内容创作者西耶拉·坎贝尔（Sierra Campbell）去年在TikTok上发布了一则关于降低屏幕使用时间的小贴士视频，并创造了“模拟包”这个术语，此后这一趋势在社交媒体上不断传播。

尽管这一趋势的初衷是减少在线时间，但“模拟包里有什么”视频——配以活泼的动画文字、轻柔的打字音效和精心设计的贴纸叠加层——已累积了数万次观看。

详见ANALOG BAGS，第4A版

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消防员奋力扑救美加大火

火灾已迫使逾20,000人撤离

卡丽萨·瓦迪克（Karissa Waddick）

今日美国

加拿大西南部和美国西部地区超过20,000人因野火被迫逃离家园，炎热干燥的天气助长火势，已烧毁超过300万英亩土地。

截至8月9日，美国国家跨部门消防中心报告称，全美共有363起野火，其中包括8起新的大型火灾。

该机构表示，消防员正在努力控制其中94起火灾。

俄勒冈州南部的赖茨斯普林斯火灾（Wrights Spring Fire）自8月5日开始以来已烧毁超过30,000英亩，并造成一名一线救援人员死亡。

47岁的杰森·恩赛恩（Jason Ensign）来自俄勒冈州克拉马斯福尔斯，他在操作推土机改善火场通道时，火势突然扩大。救援人员发现他已身亡。

截至8月9日，该火灾仍未得到控制。这场火灾及俄勒冈州的另外三起火灾已迫使居民撤离。

俄勒冈州州长蒂娜·博塔克（Tina Botak）在社交媒体上发文悼念恩赛恩的家人，称他的牺牲是“对救援人员面临危险的严峻提醒”。在8月9日发布的另一条祝恩赛恩生日快乐的帖子中，博塔克呼吁民众“尽一切可能防止新的火灾发生”。

西部山火肆虐

在犹他州北部，一场被称为“落基峡谷大火”的火灾自8月7日燃起以来，已扩大超过4,000英亩。居住在距离盐湖城东北约30英里处的居民于8月9日接到了疏散令。

8月7日，两名直升机飞行员在犹他州南部扑救另一场名为“怀登沃思2号”的大火时丧生。该火灾已吞噬120,000英亩土地，成为该州今年规模最大的火灾。

犹他州州长斯宾塞·考克斯在社交媒体发文，向飞行员家属表示哀悼，称该州不会忘记“他们的勇气、服务和牺牲”。

美国林务局在宣布飞行员死讯的新闻稿中表示，今年“异常干燥和温暖的冬季”导致火灾季节尤为严峻。

根据美国国家跨部门消防中心的数据，俄勒冈州、华盛顿州、蒙大拿州、爱达荷州、科罗拉多州、加利福尼亚州、明尼苏达州、新墨西哥州和内华达州均有火灾发生。在94场火灾中，仅有4场得到控制。

华盛顿州斯波坎附近的三场山火已吞噬超过16平方英里土地，迫使超过40,000人逃离家园。

威胁超出美国国界

加拿大西部马纳根湖附近已有超过20,000人被疏散。快速蔓延的“鲍德岭”山火已烧毁近34,000英亩土地，被不列颠哥伦比亚省野火服务局认定为“失控”。

不列颠哥伦比亚省省长戴维·埃比在8月9日的社交媒体发文中表示，一名女性在“鲍德岭”山火疏散期间丧生。

埃比说：“我向她的家人、朋友、邻居以及所有认识她并将怀念她的人表示深切哀悼。”

根据野火服务局的消息，不列颠哥伦比亚省正在扑救超过100场山火，预计雷暴天气将增加新火灾的风险。

撰稿：克里斯托弗·库斯和贾丝明·桑图奇，《今日美国》；扎克·乌尔索，《政治家报》

照片显示8月27日月全食的可见区域（由NASA修订）

8月12日将成为天文爱好者的梦幻之日

朱莉娅·戈麦斯 《今日美国》

整个8月，天空将上演一系列精彩的天文奇观。而其中一天将带来终极观星体验。• 8月12日（周三）清晨将出现行星连珠，下午将发生日偏食，夜晚则是新月，同时英仙座流星雨将达到极大。

• 据NASA称，英仙座流星雨被认为是“年度最佳流星雨”。它一夜之间可产生50到100颗流星，也就是所谓的“流星”。8月12日，流星雨将达到极大，产生最多的流星。• 由于这些天文事件恰逢8月12日的新月，天空将格外黑暗，月光干扰也会减少。

以下是相关信息。

8月12日的观星活动

根据NASA和Star Walk的信息，8月12日将发生以下天文事件：

• 清晨日出前，将出现包括六颗行星的“行星巡游”，也称为行星连珠。

• 根据Time and Date的信息，从阿拉斯加州到北卡罗来纳州的美国各州将能看到日偏食，开始时间约为东部时间上午11:34。食甚将出现在东部时间下午1:48。（请记住，观看日偏食需要使用专用日食眼镜。）

• 英仙座流星雨将在8月12日晚至8月13日凌晨达到极大。

此外，当天还将出现新月，NASA表示这将使夜空“理想般黑暗”。

美国无法看到日全食

8月12日的日全食仅在格陵兰、冰岛、西班牙、俄罗斯和葡萄牙部分地区可见。美国部分州的居民可使用专用日食眼镜观看日偏食。NASA表示，在美国，太阳看起来将像一块被咬了一小口的饼干。

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今日美国 / 2026年8月11, 2026 / 3A

最高法院面临请求，要求阻止特朗普邮寄选票新规

一些州呼吁选民谨慎对待邮寄选票

Sarah D. Wire 今日美国

距离中期选举不到90天，选举官员正恳请最高法院阻止特朗普政府推行变更，允许美国邮政局决定谁能收到邮寄选票。

今年早些时候，邮政局的变更影响了邮件盖戳的速度，一些州正呼吁选民在邮寄选票时要谨慎。

许多人认为选票会在投入邮筒当天盖戳，但根据新规，这已不再有保障。

“我们，包括我个人在信息传达方面，鼓励人们使用我们的选票投递箱，而不是邮寄系统，以避免在这个阶段因联邦政府干预而可能出现的任何延误、错误或欺诈。”华盛顿州总检察长尼克·布朗告诉今日美国，“我们的选票投递箱由地方控制和运营，不涉及联邦政府。我们普遍认为这是确保选民投票的最佳方式。”

唐纳德·特朗普总统于3月签署了一项行政命令，指示国土安全部编制已确认的美国公民选民名单供各州参考，并命令美国邮政局仅向各州批准的邮寄选票名单上的选民投递选票。

此举是他第二任期内扩大联邦对各州选举方式控制权的努力之一——而盖戳变更——使邮政局成为争夺特朗普总统任期最后两年国会控制权斗争的中心。特朗普本人曾通过邮寄方式投票，但他抨击缺席选票，声称（未提供证据）这些选票经常存在欺诈。

司法部辩称，下级法院不久前作出的阻止该行政命令的裁决是因为邮政局尚未完成实施该命令的规则制定。

“由于相关诉讼仍在进行，我们无法就行政命令或拟议规则的任何问题提供证据。”邮政局发言人表示。

“特朗普政府将继续依法推行特朗普总统当选时承诺的议程——包括确保美国选举的安全与公正。”白宫发言人劳伦·比肖尔德告诉今日美国，“这场针对总统的政治攻击正是数百万美国人将他送回白宫的原因。”

对行政令的法律挑战

在下级法院阻止该行政令后，特朗普政府于7月27日请求联邦最

一名选民在6月30日丹佛举行的科罗拉多州初选中将选票投入投递箱。WOMAC，CARLO SETTY IMAGES

高法院允许联邦机构执行行政令的两项内容，即指示UIPR制定邮寄选票规则，并指示BHR编制合格选民的全国数据库。

在下级法院阻止政府在中期选举中于近半数州创建联邦合格选民名单并限制仅向该名单上的选民寄送邮寄选票后，特朗普提起了紧急上诉。

“我们，以及我个人作为信息传递的问题，鼓励人们使用我们的选票投递箱，而不是邮寄系统；只是为了避免在这个阶段联邦政府可能试图干预而导致的任何潜在延误、错误或欺诈。”

尼克·布朗 华盛顿州总检察长

于8月3日向最高法院提交诉讼的多个州表示，如果允许特朗普政府在距离选举如此之近的时间推进邮寄投票规则的全面改革，将会产生“非同寻常的后果”。

7月5日，一个由超过5,000名选举官员组成的两党团体提交了法庭之友意见书，解释行政令若推进将面临的行政挑战。

他们表示，准备工作早已展开，没有足够的时间测试新程序、培训医生及工作人员并向选民宣传这些变化。

“如果本院批准这一请求，从而允许行政令在距离一场预计将有超过1亿选民参与的重大联邦选举不到300天的时间内在原告州生效，结果将是灾难性的，”他们写道。

最高法院可能随时作出裁决。

亲自投递

无论最高法院如何裁决，各州全年都在努力教育选民提前邮寄选票或使用投递箱归还选票。根据多个州选举办公室的信息，这包括社交媒体宣传、媒体参与、广播广告和邮寄等直接呼吁。

UIPR于2025年12月更新了邮戳指南，规定信封上的日期为自动分拣机首次处理的日期，而非投递日期。在某些情况下，邮件从投递到被分拣机处理并盖戳可能需要数天时间。

数十年来，邮戳——即邮政局显示邮件寄出地点和时间的官方标记——一直被法律用作个人未错过截止日期（如在选举日前提交选票）的证明。超过30个州接受在选举日或之前盖戳的选票。

“我们面临的挑战是教育选民：如果你要在选举日通过邮寄投票，一定要将选票投递到指定地点，而不是投入邮筒，”内华达州州务卿西斯科·阿格尼克告诉《今日美国》。

最高法院于6月29日表示，密西西比州无法对邮寄选票进行法律分拣。超过27个州接受在选举日后寄达但盖戳日期为选举日或之前的选票。

特朗普承认倒影池施工错误导致损坏

迈克·斯坦森 今日美国

美国总统唐纳德·特朗普首次承认，最高法院纪念倒影池的施工存在问题，该倒影池正在进行新一轮昂贵的翻修。

最初的施工耗资超过9600万美元，但由于特朗普下令在独立日前后使用美国国旗蓝色衬里进行人工灌水，这座华盛顿标志性景观不得不再次排空。

他曾将项目问题归咎于“破坏者”，但在9,多人被指控破坏工程后，美国检察官办公室和哥伦比亚特区撤销了所有指控。

特朗普抨击美国检察官杰西卡·普赖尔，称她需要“重新审视仓促做出的决定”。

如今，特朗普首次将部分责任转嫁给承包商。

在2024年8月9日（周日）晚间于Truth Social发布的帖子中，特朗普表示，新一轮翻修后，“倒影池将很快重新开放”。

他写道：“正如我们将看到的，由于为赶在7月4日开放而匆忙施工，确实存在一些承包商的错误，但这只是这座巨大倒影池中250平方米的区域，影响相对较小。”

尽管没有视频证据证明存在破坏行为，特朗普仍未将全部责任归咎于承包商。

他声称，前奥运选手大卫·亨利曾被一名国家公园管理局工作人员看到“自愿”在傍晚对倒影池发泄不满。但另一名公园管理局员工表示，亨利接触倒影池前，池子就已损坏。

检方认定，倒影池的损坏“系承包商安装缺陷……以及为赶在America 250庆典相关活动前完工而匆忙施工所致”。普赖尔办公室在7月31日提交的一份法庭文件中写道，该文件由今日美国获取。

普赖尔办公室称，内政部隐瞒了倒影池损坏的信息。当美国检察官办公室官员在7月17,访问现场时，发现“全面损坏”，并要求提供有关倒影池衬里及安装过程的文件。

这些文件显示“存在赶工和安装缺陷，衬里在安装过程中多次出现故障，且倒影池衬里在整个施工过程中进行了大量测试”，美国检察官办公室写道。

特朗普表示，翻修完成后，该区域将增设更多监控摄像头。

部分共和党人对“开端计划”缩减表示担忧

削减项目遭两党反对

扎卡里·谢梅尔斯 今日美国

华盛顿——特朗普政府对学前教育和儿童保育项目“开端计划”（Head Start）的激进放松监管举措，正在国会引发两党反对——包括来自总统所属政党内部的成员。

卫生与公众服务部部长罗伯特·F·肯尼迪（Robert F. Kennedy）于8月5日宣布，其部门正推动全面放松对该malfaithless-dollar项目逾500页联邦规则的监管。

拟取消的条款包括：对残障儿童进行筛查的要求、保持小班规模、帮助儿童每日刷牙、在校车上配备监控人员。员工薪酬平等规定和禁止开除学生的条款也将被废除。

参议院共和党人对削减这些标准表示担忧，倡导者称这些标准有助于保障儿童的安全和健康。

“我们一直收到来自家乡‘开端计划’工作人员的担忧，”B·阿拉斯加州参议员丽莎·麦克道威尔（Lisa McDowell）告诉今日美国，“我们正在密切关注。”

B-北卡罗来纳州参议员汤姆·蒂利（Thom Tillie）表示，他曾在担任州议会议长期间探索过“开端计划”的改革。但他对过于宽泛的放松监管持怀疑态度。

“放任不管、视而不见，我认为这不是个好主意，”他告诉今日美国。

共和党内的担忧尤为显著，特别是考虑到国会山的有力反对——尤其是来自参议院关键共和党人的反对——可能成为抵制特朗普政府政策的最有效形式之一。去年，缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯（Susan Collins）等人对取消“开端计划”的反对，被认为是最终挽救该项目的关键。柯林斯是参议院拨款委员会的强势主席。

西弗吉尼亚州共和党参议员吉姆·贾斯蒂斯（Jim Justice）警告称，尽管他支持改进该项目，但它已在帮助“大量、大量、大量的孩子”，“他们受益匪浅”。

“当我们开始对某些东西进行调整时，很多时候我们可以让它变得更好，”他在一次简短采访中表示，“但也有可能让它变得更糟。”

减少繁文缛节 vs. 宣战

在肯尼迪看来，此次改革将加强“开端计划”——该项目服务于数十万低收入家庭——并减少繁文缛节，同时扩大入学儿童数量。

肯尼迪的一名副手亚历克斯·亚当斯（Alex Adams）负责卫生与公众服务部下属的“儿童与家庭管理局”，他在近期的记者会上强调，“开端计划”提供方仍需遵守州和地方法规。减少联邦规则并不意味着他们可以忽视适合自身的做法。

“灵活性是永久的，不是强制性的，”他说。

民主党人对这一说法嗤之以鼻。“他们说可能通过减少对每个孩子的关注来服务更多孩子，”华盛顿州民主党参议员帕蒂·默里（Patty Murray）表示，“特朗普总统几乎是在向‘开端计划’宣战。”

卡西迪考虑进行变革

参议院卫生、教育、劳工和养老金委员会主席比尔·卡西迪参议员表示，他一直在与工作人员讨论《开端计划》拟议的重大监管变革。在确认托塔尔·鲁沙担任司法部长的政治斗争激烈之际，他于8月6日表示，他尚未完全深入研究这些变革。

“我想看看他们实际发布的内容，”他告诉《今日美国》。

“这个长达70页的提案于8月7日正式在《联邦公报》上发布，并非全是放松监管。其中也包含新规则。英语将成为信息的主要语言，母语不同的儿童在需要时必须学习英语。此外，还包括新的饮食指南和运动指令：每3至5小时的课堂教学需安排30分钟的体育活动。”

“不过，监管程序仍处于早期阶段。该提案可能会有所调整：曾在拜登政府期间担任《开端计划》办公室主任的布莱克·利尔文强调，将有60天的公众意见征询期。他向所有关注的家庭或教师传达的信息是：‘他们的声音仍有机会被听到。’”

“没有人应该放弃并认为一切已成定局，”他说道。

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民主党为华盛顿总部欠税

民主党全国委员会：问题出在错误，而非无力支付账单

埃琳·曼斯菲尔德 《今日美国》

《今日美国》获悉，民主党在其位于华盛顿的旗舰总部欠下哥伦比亚特区逾$100,000的房产税、利息和罚款。

根据该房产的税单副本，这笔债务已累积数月，现已包含数千美元的罚款和利息，公开记录显示。

民主党全国委员会发言人告诉《今日美国》，这一问题系错误所致，而非财务困难，但此消息传出之际，民主党全国委员会的筹款工作正陷入持续动荡。

距离选民前往投票决定国会由民主党还是共和党掌控已不足90天。在唐纳德·特朗普总统支持率低迷之际，民主党有望对共和党构成重大威胁，并有机会赢得参议院。

然而，最新数据显示，民主党的现金储备仅为共和党的一小部分，而特朗普支持的候选人可能从特朗普个人账户中预留的$400百万美元（尚未动用）中获益。

民主党总部大楼价值$12.1百万美元，是该党全国总部及参众两院竞选筹款机构的所在地。该大楼距离美国国会大厦仅数个街区。

该大楼此前已因民主党全国委员会于10月贷款$25百万美元并以“当前及未来资产”作为抵押而引发争议。

根据哥伦比亚特区税务与收入办公室的记录，民主党的房产税问题已持续数月。

一份日期为2月17日的哥伦比亚特区房产税单显示，该总部房产欠税$167,000，其中约$23,000为罚款。该税单称余额应于3月30日前支付。

税单还显示，若未在7.1前缴清，欠款总额将膨胀至近$684,700。其他记录显示，有人于7月23日在线支付了近$684,700的房产税，但该支付被“撤销”。如今，8月4日的税单列出了因资金不足而产生的罚款。

民主党全国委员会发言人梅·布隆伯格表示，此问题属程序性问题，并非民主党无力支付账单的迹象。她称该党正与哥伦比亚特区联系以纠正这一情况。

“这一处理问题源于标准的欺诈预防措施，公司正在解决。”布隆伯格告诉《今日美国》。

最初的税单为2026年上半年所欠税款。8月4日的税单现列出了2026年下半年的应缴税款，以及该房产所在商业改善区2027年的税款。

根据税单，民主党应于8月31日前支付的总额为$291,000。该数字包括$35,000的罚款、$9,000的利息，以及一笔$40,7500的“潜在”罚款，与7月23日被撤销的支付相关。

该房产还被单独开具了一份8月4日的“公共空间租赁”账单。文件详列了近$22,000的欠款，包括$42,000的往年欠款。

截至8月6日中午，民主党在哥伦比亚特区房产税账户上的欠款总额为$167,000。

尽管过去两年筹集了逾$200万美元，民主党全国委员会在竞选财务文件中报告称其财务状况不容乐观。截至6月30日，民主党全国委员会现金储备为$16.3百万美元，而债务为$10.5百万美元。

同期，共和党全国委员会报告的现金储备为$126.5百万美元，债务为零。

复古包

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作为新年决心的一部分，伊斯特开始使用复古包，以减少社交媒体使用时间，并改善心理健康。

她的包里有一套粉色旅行化妆包、一本公共记事本、一个Fik័យ整理夹，以及一本Louise Cameo——一本带有古董搭扣的皮革笔记本。

“最近我一直在努力减少使用时间，因为很容易在TikTok上无休止地刷视频，”伊斯特说，“把这些能帮助我放下手机、回归现实生活爱好的物品放在一起，真的很有用。”

她的包里通常放有一本烹饪书——她最近迷上了酸面包烘焙——还总是随身携带一本趣味书和一本谋杀推理解谜书。

既关乎爱好，也关乎美学

复古包既是爱好，也是美学。流行视频中，人们的包包里塞满了贴着“幸福”标签的物品，比如Sonny Angels和Laholin娃娃，从视频中探出头来。

L.L.Bean的船型包和Tote包成为首选，人们在棉质帆布上绣上从姓名首字母到“自我关怀”等口号。该公司表示，今年销售额增长超过50%，最畅销的月份出现在今年春季。公司还推出了限量版Tote包，印有“Xnubig”和“Off the Golf”等20世纪90年代风格的标语。

因歌手Kaitlin KITA的歌词，印度·莱西的朋友们送了她一只绣有“so”标签的包作为29岁生日礼物。

这位29岁的纽约居民会在包里放一本记录灵感的日记本、太阳镜、耳机、防晒霜、润唇膏和一本书。她刚读完《我没事》。

“我会去公园，或者带自己去咖啡馆，哪怕只是去寄信，因为在家里很容易忍不住拿起手机，”莱西说。

在后新冠疫情时代，关于年轻人屏幕成瘾的讨论已成为主流，这得益于乔纳森·海特的《焦虑的一代》、全校范围的手机禁令（schoolwide phone bans），以及美国卫生局局长办公室关于孤独和屏幕时间的警告。

与此同时，Z世代正在重新审视生活。他们面临不尊重、性满足感缺失的困扰，并对道德现状感到幻灭——政治分歧加剧，人工智能笼罩下的就业市场前景黯淡。

研究怀旧心理的心理学家克莱·劳特利奇表示，人们渴望一个社交更自然的时代，并思考如何将那个时代的60技术融入当下生活。

“表面上看，人们怀念的是物品，但更深层次的是那个时代的理念或氛围，”他说。

年轻人越来越多地选择翻盖手机和座机来替代智能手机——根据故事创始人阿夫·布鲁姆的说法，Dumliphone Finder网站的流量从2022年到2023年增长了12倍。

根据Afferpa 2026年春夏趋势报告，随身听销量增长了11%，即时成像相机销量增长了157%。Pinterest 1026报告发现，平台上“小邮件礼物”的搜索量增长了10%，6月还宣布今夏为“线下夏日”。

“年轻人在说：‘我们对所有的负面情绪、悲观主义感到沮丧，觉得自己对这些技术上瘾或过度依赖，我们正在采取行动，’”劳特利奇说。

伊斯特承认在网上发布复古包内容“有点讽刺”，但她也表示，这已成为她和朋友们交流爱好的一种方式。

“我们会互相发消息说：‘天哪，看看这本新的解谜书！’或者‘我刚开始读这本书，你应该放进你的复古包里，’”伊斯特说。

怀着“乐观”前行

26岁的佩顿·马德（Peyton Mader）不使用社交媒体，只用一部诺基亚2700翻盖手机。直到别人提起这一潮流的名称，她才意识到自己正在做一件时髦的事，但她很高兴线下分析正在成为主流时刻。

她随身携带的“模拟包”里装有取代谷歌日历的实体日历，以及用于每日观察的笔记本，“几乎无处不在”。

她喜欢每次都加入一些“奇思妙想”的元素。在纽约Pet Groove公园的一次无手机聚会上，她拿出了一个名叫Henric的针织毛毡负鼠。

“看到这么多人不约而同地找到类似的方式，感觉很有趣，”马德说。

Routledge表示，怀旧可以作为一种永恒的心理资源，帮助我们怀着“乐观”和“更强的意义感”前行。对于Z世代来说，这种来自过去的灵感正转化为对生活的更多掌控，以及通过共同爱好建立联系的社交元素。

“这不是要么完全不用科技，要么全盘接受科技，”Routledge说，“这是年轻人努力运用自身能动性，寻找与科技更健康关系的故事。”

今日美国记者蕾切尔·黑尔（Rachel Hale）报道青少年心理健康的工作得到了Purnell Ventures和新闻资助合作伙伴的支持。家庭不参与编辑决策。

山火

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野外消防员表示，他们现在看到的情况比23年前要频繁得多。多年来，他们一直警告环境正在发生变化。

在太平洋西北地区，超过一半的未控制山火仍在燃烧，危险状况持续存在，高温和干燥阵风等条件助长了斯波坎山火的蔓延。尽管俄勒冈州和华盛顿州的大多数山火被归因于自然原因，但斯波坎的Old Trunk山火已有一名嫌疑人被控纵火。

“短期内的高温、干燥和大风似乎总是熟悉的触发因素，加上此前存在的严重至极端干旱，”Deana在其Weather West页面的简报中表示。“我们只是一次又一次看到这种模式重演。”

一栋又一栋房屋，一个街区又一个街区，这种转变“是我们看到的一种记录模式——始于20世纪的第6个十年，如今几乎每年都在持续，”Deana说。

当山火烧毁一片亚气候区边缘的第一栋房屋，火焰开始从一栋房屋蔓延到另一栋房屋时，这已不再是“野火”，退休消防行动主管、作家兼播客《火场》（The Fields）主持人贝尔登·斯科普斯（Belden Scops）说。这是一场“印第安大火灾”。

美国地质调查局于2025年12月发布的一项研究分析了2002年至2012年间摧毁美国10栋或以上建筑的山火。其中一半发生在最近七年。在超过90场摧毁100栋以上房屋的山火中，三分之二发生在这七年间。

问题在于：下一场山火何时会在最恶劣的天气和气候条件下袭击脆弱社区？

8月6日，消防员正在控制分布于14个州的10场未控制大型山火，据国家跨部门消防中心数据。一天前，全国报告了300起新山火。

大型火灾数量上升

在她44年消防生涯的早期，斯科普斯记得一位拥有12,000英亩土地的房主告诉她，她可能再也不会看到这么大的火灾了。

“现在，12,000英亩的火灾甚至不会让人眨一下眼，”斯科普斯告诉《今日美国》。“如今，巨大、快速蔓延的火灾时有发生，而在过去，这种情况非常罕见。”

火灾季节变得更长，野火

8月4日拍摄的甘恩火灾（Gann Fire）现已在加利福尼亚州卡拉韦拉斯县烧毁超过10,000英亩，干燥的条件加剧了火势。访问时间：凌晨1:45

“我们无法断言每一起事件都受到气候变化的影响。但越来越多的研究表明，气候

变化正在发挥作用。”

——珍妮弗·马西斯

火灾季节开始得更早，斯科普斯说，这意味着它们可以燃烧更长时间并变得更大。

火焰四处蔓延，导致更极端的火灾行为，进而引发更大的火灾。

更长、更活跃的火灾季节不仅影响那些生活在火灾路径上的人。如8月初在西北地区看到的浓烟，将大型火灾的后果远远带到其标记的范围之外。

一项最新研究发现，野火烟雾的增加已经抵消了近几十年来在臭氧水平方面取得的一些进展。一项研究发现，野火烟雾中的污染物可能在初次暴露后数月甚至数年内导致疾病。

气候变化是罪魁祸首吗？

在经历了创纪录的雪旱后，西北地区目前有数十起重大火灾在燃烧，这种情况在没有气候变化的情况下几乎不可能发生，耶鲁环境学院高级研究科学家珍妮弗·马西斯说。

“需要明确的是，火灾不能完全归咎于任何单一因素，”马钦说。多种因素共同导致灾难性火灾，包括自然天气事件、气候变化以及人员和建筑在火灾路径上的暴露和脆弱性增加。

火灾季节变得更长，干旱更加严重，马钦说。越来越多的人搬进林木茂密的地区，而这些人及其社区的防火意识和能力并不足够。

“我们无法断言每一起事件都受到气候变化的影响，”马钦说。但越来越多的研究表明，气候变化正在加剧自然天气事件。

“我将气候变化视为原本就会发生的事件的放大器，”她说。“斯波坎火灾可能无论如何都会发生，但如果植被没有如此干燥，几乎可以肯定不会烧毁超过4,000英亩，也不会变得如此严重、蔓延如此迅速，造成如此灾难性的后果。”

“地球正在变暖，而且我们正在导致这一变化，这一点变得非常、非常明显，我们必须采取行动。不讨论气候变化是非常危险的。”

情况会好转吗？

斯科普斯表示，与野火作斗争相关的一系列问题需要得到解决，包括土地管理政策、灭火策略以及人员配备和资金问题。

对于生活在易发生火灾地区的人们，可以采取措施保护自己的生命和财产。策略包括屋顶和警戒区的维护，以及将易燃的植被、灌木和覆盖物远离房屋。

但即使是防护最好的房屋，也可能被大火吞噬。

“问题不仅仅是气候变化，”一位专家说。“这是所有这些因素在不同地方以不同程度的组合。

“如果忽视其中任何一项，我们就是在忽视问题的一个重要部分。”

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《今日美国》 / 2026年8月11日，星期二 / 第1A版

图帕克案证人名单星光熠熠

内华达州州长、奈特或将出庭作证

莉萨·埃斯基韦尔

今日美国

杜安·基思·“Keffe D”·戴维斯涉嫌于1996年枪杀嘻哈巨星图帕克·夏库尔一案的正式证人名单已公布。

该案定于8月10日（周一）开庭，并将持续至9月。根据今日美国获取的8月4日补充证人名单，内华达州克拉克县检方计划传唤多名证人出庭作证。

据报道，该文件包含200多个名字，其中包括吹牛老爹（Sean “Diddy” Combs）的前保镖及死亡之屋唱片公司（Death Row Records）联合创始人马里昂·“苏格”·奈特（Marion “Suge” Knight）。奈特曾表示“不会作证”。

夏库尔于7, 1996,在拉斯维加斯遭遇驾车枪击身亡。近三分钟后，戴维斯被控一项使用致命武器谋杀罪，意图推动、促进或协助犯罪团伙。检方称，他提供了武器，并指示南区Crips街头帮派成员从车内开枪。他已表示不认罪。

以下是图帕克谋杀案审判中部分最引人注目的潜在证人。

马里昂·“苏格”·奈特

前唱片公司高管奈特于1996,年9月7日晚与夏库尔同乘一车，两人均遭枪击。这位说唱歌手数日后身亡，奈特则幸存下来。

当时，夏库尔签约于奈特担任首席执行官的死亡之屋唱片公司。这位音乐高管及其唱片公司还被指控与洛杉矶的Bloods街头帮派有关联，该帮派是南区Crips的对手。在枪击案发生当晚早些时候，夏库尔、奈特及其随行人员曾袭击了当时Crips帮派领导人的侄子，即被告杜安·基思·“Keffe D”·戴维斯。数小时后，夏库尔和奈特在许多人看来是遭到报复的枪击中受伤。

此后数年，奈特因2050年一起无关的故意杀人肇事逃逸案正在服刑28年，他从未公开谈论过该事件。2023,年，他对TMC表示：“我不会作证，绝对不会。”他还补充道：“3000%不会去。”

柯克·巴罗斯

1996年9月，柯克·巴罗斯是Bad Boy唱片公司的总裁，该公司由他与吹牛老爹于1993.年共同创立。这家总部位于纽约的唱片公司据称与Crips帮派有关联，并与奈特旗下签约夏库尔的Bloods帮派背景的死亡之屋唱片公司长期对立。1995年，夏库尔与死亡之屋签订了价值数百万美元的合同。

两家唱片公司之间的冲突阴谋论在夏库尔死后约六个月愈演愈烈，当时Bad Boy旗下说唱歌手Riggie Smalls（又名The Notorious B.I.G.）在洛杉矶遭遇驾车枪击身亡。与夏库尔一样，Smalls在遇害时正处于事业巅峰。

在2003年的一起诉讼中，巴罗斯指控吹牛老爹“策划”了夏库尔的枪击案。在2023年提起的一项民事诉讼中，巴罗斯称他“目睹了吹牛老爹多次表现出对夏库尔成功的偏执和沮丧，显示出他迫切需要削弱竞争对手的影响力”。该诉讼还称，吹牛老爹据称曾向内部人士发表言论，暗示夏库尔在行业内的存在威胁到他的遗产，促使他采取越来越激进的手段来压制并消除竞争。

戴维斯在接受警方采访时还表示，吹牛老爹悬赏10,万美元暗杀夏库尔和奈特。这一说法出自2023年提交法庭的一份美国缉毒局报告，今日美国已获取该报告。

吹牛老爹否认与夏库尔之死有任何关联。拉斯维加斯大都会警察局一位发言人告诉今日美国，吹牛老爹从未被列为嫌疑人。

肖恩·“吹牛老爹”·康姆斯的保镖

尤金·“吉恩”·迪尔（Eugene 'Gene' Deal）是康姆斯在图帕克被谋杀时的保镖。多年来，他在多次采访中谈及枪击当晚的情况，以及图帕克与其圈内人之间的关系。

康姆斯因2025年7月被判犯有两项协助卖淫罪，目前正在服刑50个月。尽管迪尔未在审判中作证，但他出席了庭审的数日。

小雷吉·赖特（Reggie Wright Jr.）

小雷吉·赖特曾是加利福尼亚州康普顿市的警察，并于1996.担任死亡唱片公司（Death Row Records）的安保主管。他在起诉戴维斯的大陪审团前作证称，曾于1995年目睹康姆斯与奈特之间发生激烈争执，奈特当时据称在吹嘘死亡唱片公司优于坏男孩唱片公司（Bad Boy Records）。

“我当时就站在那里，”赖特作证说，“康姆斯走近奈特，问：‘嘿，怎么回事？你为什么当着所有人的面这么贬低我？’”

戴维斯指控赖特策划了枪击图帕克和奈特的事件，赖特对此予以强烈否认。“祝你好运找到一个说这话的人，而且还可信，”他于2025年2月对美国广播公司（ABC）表示，“他们一直把我牵扯进来，这让人心碎。我跟这件事毫无关系。听到这事发生的那天，是我人生中最糟糕的日子之一。”

图帕克·夏库尔的妹妹——塞琪娜·夏库尔

图帕克的妹妹塞琪娜·夏库尔预计将出庭作证，其他家庭成员还包括他的继兄莫里斯·“莫延”·夏库尔（Maurice 'Moyenne' Shakur）和表兄卡塔里·考克斯（Katari Cox）。

内华达州州长乔·隆巴多

乔·隆巴多曾是拉斯维加斯大都会警察局的警官和治安官，现为内华达州共和党州长。他在戴维斯被捕前不久上任。

律师罗斯·古德曼

罗斯·古德曼是拉斯维加斯知名的刑事辩护律师，在戴维斯案件早期阶段曾短暂出庭，之后正式辩护律师被选定。罗斯·古德曼的父亲奥斯卡·古德曼曾于1999年至2001,担任拉斯维加斯市长，也在证人名单上。

优素福·贾赫

优素福·贾赫是戴维斯2019年回忆录《康普顿街头传奇：臭名昭著的Keffe D街头实录——图帕克与小罗杰谋杀案、死亡唱片起源、苏格·奈特、吹牛老爹与腐败警察》的合著者。戴维斯在书中承认自己当时在车内，并提供了用于枪击图帕克的武器。他的辩护团队曾试图排除这本书作为证据，辩称戴维斯对枪击事件的描述可能因有合著者而被误传。检方反驳称，由于戴维斯“选择将其公之于众并从中牟利”，且在出版前审阅并批准了书稿，因此“所有内容”均可采纳。

法官裁定支持检方，回忆录将在审判中呈堂。

前洛杉矶警察局探员格雷格·卡丁

格雷格·卡丁是洛杉矶警察局的退休探员，2019年在调查声名狼藉先生（The Notorious B.I.G.）死亡案（至今未破）时与戴维斯交谈。期间，戴维斯据称承认了自己在图帕克谋杀案中的角色。然而，戴维斯的辩护团队辩称这是一次“非自愿供述”，因为当时“戴维斯担心自己和家人的安全”。戴维斯在书中也写道，自己“招供是因为他们承诺不会起诉我”。

撰稿：吉娜·伯顿

意大利潜水员发现古罗马沉船

克里斯托弗·坎恩

今日美国

意大利当局表示，一群意大利潜水员在西西里海岸附近的温暖海域发现了一艘载有数百个古代陶罐的罗马沉船。

据意大利文化部称，这艘船被认为可追溯至公元前2世纪或1世纪。潜水员在距离西西里西海岸城市马扎拉-德尔瓦洛约3英里处发现了它。

意大利文化部长亚历山德罗·古迪将其描述为“近年来最重要的水下考古发现之一”。

意大利文化部在网上发布的视频显示，潜水员在数百个双耳陶罐上方游动。这些陶罐在古希腊和罗马社会中用于储存葡萄酒和橄榄油等物品。

潜水员贾科莫·德莫拉在Instagram帖子中表示，他和其他潜水员当时正使用声呐技术勘测西西里海岸附近的海岸线，突然发现“看起来像一块普通的岩石”。

他说，某种力量驱使他靠近查看。起初，他以为这块巨大的物体就是他所想的：又一块大石头。但当他靠近时，一大堆古代陶罐出现在眼前。

德莫拉说：“很难描述在近20个世纪后成为首批再次看到那个地方的人的感受。”

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新闻

校园枪击案枪手父亲寻求重审定罪

律师称判决“与证据相悖”

安东尼·汤普森

今日美国

科林·格雷（Colin Gray）在将一支曾用于致命校园枪击案的第10支枪交给自己十几岁儿子后被定罪，他在被判处15年监禁不到一周后，正在申请重新审判。

现年55岁的格雷于今年3月被判犯有27项罪名，这些罪名与2024年9月8日发生在佐治亚州温德市阿帕拉契高中的枪击案有关。枪击案造成4人死亡，包括14岁的学生梅森·博诺梅尔曼（Mason Bonomellman）和克里斯蒂安·安古洛（Christian Angulo），以及39岁的教师理查德·阿斯平沃尔（Richard Aspinwall）和55岁的克里斯蒂娜·杰马克（Cristina Irimia）。

格雷的律师于周三提交了一份动议，称判决缺乏证据支持，根据美联社和CBS新闻的报道。他们表示，判决“与证据相悖”且“严重违背证据分量”，同时也违反了法律及公正与公平的原则。

科林·格雷，54岁，阿帕拉契高中枪击案嫌疑人科尔特·格雷（Colt Gray，14岁）的父亲，于2024年9月8日在佐治亚州温德市。FOOL / MITTY IMAGES

科林·格雷为何被定罪？

检方认为，格雷本应意识到其子科尔特·格雷（Colt Gray）构成的危险，并采取措施防止其接触枪支。

科林·格雷在审判中承认，他将一支半自动步枪作为圣诞礼物送给了科尔特。检方指控他忽视了儿子心理健康状况的警示信号，以及其对校园枪击案日益浓厚的兴趣。

枪击案发生数月前，一名治安官副手曾敦促格雷妥善保管枪支，此前当局曾调查一起涉嫌威胁实施校园枪击的报案。官方无法确定该威胁是否由科尔特发出。

陪审团认定格雷犯有二级谋杀罪，涉及梅森·博诺梅尔曼和克里斯蒂安·安古洛的死亡，以及过失杀人罪，涉及阿斯平沃尔和杰马克的死亡。他还被判犯有鲁莽行为罪和虐待儿童罪。

该案是佐治亚州首次有校园枪击案枪手的父母因与子女袭击行为相关而被起诉并定罪。

法官怎么说？

在7月30日的量刑听证会上，

普里姆法官承认此案的特殊性，并表示格雷并非有意杀人。但法官称，围绕科尔特的警示信号已变得越来越难以忽视。

“显然，你作为家长是失败的，”普里姆在CBS新闻的报道中说道。

普里姆表示，格雷本可以妥善保管家中的枪支和弹药，移除武器或为儿子寻求心理健康治疗。

普里姆还指出，格雷并非有意伤害他人，也不是开枪的人。

“重要的是你并未试图伤害任何人，”普里姆说，“重要的是你没有扣动扳机。”

科尔特·格雷的情况如何？

案发时年仅14岁的科尔特·格雷于7月对包括谋杀、严重袭击和虐待儿童在内的全部55项指控认罪。普里姆法官判处其终身监禁，不得假释。

洪

接续第1A版

她可能将与共和党人汤姆·蒂芙尼（Tom Tiffany）竞选，后者在共和党内几乎没有对手。

在唐纳德·特朗普总统支持率不断下滑之际，威斯康星州选票上的共和党候选人表示，民主党阵营中一位备受争议的提名人将为共和党带来有利推动。

“（竞选）变得更容易对比，因为我们不再是右派对左派、共和党对民主党，而是资本主义对共产主义——这太可怕了。”寻求连任的共和党众议员德里克·范·奥登（Derrick Van Orlan）在接受《今日美国》采访时表示，他的选区目前胜负难料。

洪在审视下与部分美国民主社会主义者（DSA）纲领保持距离

在接受《今日美国》约25分钟的采访中，洪表示美国人正在寻找“一种新型政治”，她的竞选民调领先与民众对国家经济困境的普遍不满有关。

她称，特朗普重新掌权及其对行政权力的激进运用，让更多进步人士意识到事态变化的速度之快。

“进步人士不仅提出了一种替代方案，而且意识到，也许是时候尝试新事物了，这样我们才不会重蹈覆辙，让像他这样的人再次上台。”洪说道。

但共和党人已针对洪可能成为“新型政治”的代表提前展开猛烈抨击，并翻出她过去在社交媒体上的言论。2023年，洪在X平台（当时仍名为Twitter）发帖称：“取消感恩节。早该在2023年就这么做了。”

她已删除关于感恩节的批评言论，但其他帖子仍在线上。

在2022年2月14日的X帖子中，洪称自己每天都怀念在餐厅工作的日子。“除了X / 是的”，随后批评了这一节日的资本主义内涵。

“这种‘新型政治’不理解服务业工作的情感（和）身体构成，资本主义让庆祝的人群中暴露出人性最恶的一面；而在其他日子里，资本主义又告诉你如何表现得更少。”她写道。

在2009年7月2日的社交媒体帖子中，洪描述自己在一家餐厅“几乎遭到安全袭击”，原因是“许多不认为我们会说英语的老白人”。

这条信息发布之际，“新型政治”并非“新型政治”并非“新型政治”并非

在讨论中，作为威斯康星州麦迪逊市当地DSA分会成员的洪多次表示，她与该组织2020年7月全国大会提出的部分纲领保持距离。该纲领呼吁“从零开始建设一个新社会”，包括将投票权扩大至所有常住居民、公共资助选举以及扩大对社会服务（如麦迪逊）的获取。纲领的其他内容还包括废除边境、监狱和美国参议院，这些内容被共和党人视为过于激进，不符合普通美国人的价值观。

“三个人疯了。”德克萨斯州共和党参议员特德·克鲁兹（Ted Cruz）在7月27日的X帖子中回应福克斯新闻对DSA联合主席梅根·罗默（Megan Romer）的采访时说道。

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洪表示，作为州长，她将专注于“为民众提供能改善其物质生活条件的政策”。不过，她表示废除监狱和执法机构“不会帮助我们实现这一目标”，尤其是对于那些经济困难的人群。

“当有人对社区构成威胁时，将其从社区中移除是一个实际且合理的解决方案，”洪在被问及废除监狱的问题时说道。

民主党和共和党质疑洪的立场与能力

洪在更具争议的行动上出现退缩，正值民主社会主义者和更广泛的进步运动面临关键时刻。

在纽约市、丹佛和华盛顿特区等自由派深厚的地区，民主社会主义者的影响力不断提升。这些胜利正向密歇根等摇摆州扩展，例如由知名民主社会主义者支持（但本人并非其中一员）的进步派候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德在参议院初选中击败了对手。

专家和反对者表示，这伴随着更严格的审视和新的挑战。

保守派倡导组织“繁荣美国人”威斯康星州主任梅根·诺瓦克表示，无论候选人是谁，威斯康星州的州长竞选都将势均力敌。

她表示，洪在该州已“走上政治悬崖”，而特朗普在2024年仅以不到1个百分点的优势赢下该州。

“民众担忧孩子的未来，如果我们有一位候选人花了四五天时间纠结是否喜欢感恩节，这只能说明选民无法在最关心的问题上信任她，”诺瓦克说道。

保守派活动人士已开始通过攻击洪的计划来抹黑她，其中包括颠覆始于1999年密尔沃基的美国首个由纳税人资助的私立学校学券计划。

根据州政府数据，约有30,000名学生通过学券就读于私立学校，克劳利和蒂芙尼均反对改变这一制度。

“这将影响全州数以万计的儿童，尤其是在密尔沃基，成千上万主要是黑人和拉丁裔儿童会在一夜之间被迫离开学校，”诺瓦克说道。

被视为社会主义研究权威的西方学院政治学教授彼得·德赖尔表示，洪被推上了更大的舞台，但在自我呈现上犯了一些“低级错误”。

“运动和竞选之间存在差异，”他说道，“美国民主社会主义者（DSA）既是一场运动，对国家的发展方向有广泛愿景，同时也有需要当选的政治家。”

“有时这两者会发生冲突，”他补充道，“运动部分能激发人们的热情……但在竞选中，你必须成为一名能推销自己产品的零售政治家。”

民主社会主义被定义为一种认为经济应被解构并为公众利益运行的信念。但反对者常将其与共产主义联系起来，后者是一种与苏联和古巴等残暴政权相关的威权体制，主张工人阶级通过暴力革命夺取控制权。

在DSA的网站上，它将民主社会主义描述为“一个普通人在工作场所和社区拥有真正发言权的体制”。

但一项7月路透社 / 益普索民调发现，仅有22%的美国人表示非常或极其了解民主社会主义者的政策和立场。只有25%的民主党人及倾向民主党的选民持相同看法。

CNN政治分析师、民主党人巴卡里·塞勒斯表示，民主社会主义者和其他极进步派候选人若想在竞争激烈的选区或州获胜，必须学会更加自律。他表示，洪似乎“正在变得出名”，而她在政治才能上不如2026年参选的其他候选人，如埃尔-赛义德。

“在信息传递方面，他们正在学习，但这条学习曲线如同爬山，因为它脱离了主流，”来自南卡罗来纳州的塞勒斯告诉《今日美国》。

“我们讨论的是医疗保健，讨论的是可负担性，”他补充道，“要紧抓这些问题。但取消警察、禁止感恩节这些话题——在南卡罗来纳州，我们不会讨论这些。”

塔尔萨：8号选民并非担忧洪在11月选举结果

对于担心洪会丢掉威斯康星州州长席位的民主党人来说，他们开始转向克劳利，这位密尔沃基县首位黑人行政长官被视为她最可行的替代人选。

克劳利上月宣布参选，身边有一位强大盟友——现任州长托尼·埃弗斯。他表示，推迟参选的部分原因是洪的屡次失误。他淡化了与洪的政策分歧，转而强调此次选举的风险太大，不能“陷入内斗”，并提及她过去的推特言论。

“这位40岁的前州议员已获得多个工会背书，同时反驳称自己属于党内建制派的说法是‘污蔑’，他在近期采访中如是表示。

“每当听到这个词，我都感到沮丧，因为我一生都在努力不被贴上标签，并继续为那些和我有着相同成长背景的人发声，”克劳利告诉《今日美国》，他的父母曾与药物滥用问题斗争。

“我们正在混淆那些努力奋斗并取得成就的人，将他们视为建制派。”

洪在全州民调中保持两位数领先，但最新的马凯特大学法学院民调显示，仍有约34%的民主党选民尚未决定（注：该数据因地区而异，未具体说明遮挡比例）。

克劳利的竞选团队正在全州范围内争取犹豫不决的民主党人，他们提及洪此前关于感恩节的言论，在8月4日的声明中称她“在采访中无法自圆其说”。

在麦迪逊北部一处繁忙的提前投票点，甚至连洪的一些支持者也对她的部分争议立场表示不满。

“我确实希望她能收敛一些，但我并不反对她成为首位来自麦迪逊的维护商人成员，”一位选民告诉《今日美国》网络。“我认为让人们听到这样的言论挺好的——一点也不让我震惊。”

根据马凯特民调和克劳利竞选团队本周发布的内部调查，洪的领先优势似乎难以撼动，后者显示洪领先20个百分点。

在受访选民中，60岁以上的选民对洪的支持度较低，而她的主要支持者年龄在18至49岁之间。

布莱克·瓦萨尼，22岁，来自麦迪逊的选民表示，部分原因在于他对民主党持负面看法，认为该党需要新一代的竞争者。他将投票给洪视为“对建制派的抗议”。

“初选的意义在于党内不同派系的较量，但我认为选民的意愿已经很明确，”他说。

“他们想要的是真正为劳动人民而战的政客，而不是被那些资助对手、助长种种恶行的企业利益所束缚。”

《今日美国》网络采访的大多数选民在8月3日初选前强调，他们并不支持洪的过往立场。一些人将许多更激进的美国民主社会主义者（DSA）的主张描述为不切实际或意识形态上的负担。

“我认为主流候选人更有机会赢得共和党选民的支持，”汤姆·罗珀，54岁，来自麦迪逊的选民表示。“我个人更倾向于进步派，但我认为在当前的政治氛围下，他们在大选中会面临困难。”

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民主党正走向自身的茶党时刻

戴夫·佩拉克 今日美国

一个新的政治运动已经出现。对党内建制派无力抵制激进总统和日益恶化的经济状况感到失望，这种能量已经在党内初选中取得了意外胜利。

我指的是在巴拉克·奥巴马总统任期初期改变共和党的茶党运动。但你可能会误以为我在谈论今天的民主党。两者的相似之处令人震惊，而共和党的遭遇应当成为一个警示。

共和党转变为如今的特朗普主义形态并非偶然。这条道路是由茶党运动及其释放的反建制能量铺就的。

如今，民主党选民也开始尝试这种能量，推举民主社会主义者和其他局外候选人。他们正在为党内迎来类似的接管做准备，目标直指2028年总统大选。

2010年共和党发生了什么

在2009年金融危机后，茶党作为对奥巴马总统的崛起反对力量出现。共和党选民对建制派无法阻止奥巴马的议程——特别是《平价医疗法案》——感到失望。

这一运动推动共和党在2020年中期选举中保住了众议院，当时崛起的新星如马尔科·比亚莱克和兰德·保罗与97名自由核心小组众议院共和党人一道赢得了胜利。

这些民族主义者在2012年未能得到重用，当时共和党提名的建制派候选人在总统选举中因资金不足而再次失利，而众议院议长约翰·博纳则难以应对奥巴马对行政权力的激进运用。

左起：佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯、未来纽约市长佐尔坦·曼达尼和纽约州众议员亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯于2025年10月26日在皇队区助选。图片来源：KUNGKUNG CITY IMAGES

这为唐纳德·特朗普充当共和党建制派的破坏球奠定了基础。

特朗普以民粹叛逆者的形象参选，质疑对外干预、自由贸易和亲垄断的现状。但最重要的是，他不像政客那样讲话，且毫不避讳地攻击对手，包括媒体。特朗普将自己塑造成一个不惜一切代价的斗士，共和党选民对此青睐有加。

这与当前民主党的情况如出一辙。民主党选民对本党无法制衡特朗普总统感到沮丧：去年秋天，67%的民主党人对本党感到失望，高于2012年的48%，这一数字在11月选举前似乎还在攀升。

自2021年佐尔坦·曼达尼在纽约市长选举中获胜以来，反建制候选人在民主党初选中表现强劲。

• 格雷厄姆·皮齐纳在退选前（因性侵指控未经证实）曾对缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯发起强劲挑战。

• 阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德在密歇根州击败多名更资深的对手，赢得美国参议院提名。

• 全国各地的其他局外人候选人也在发起有力竞选。

• 这些候选人利用选民的不满情绪，将矛头指向亿万富翁、建制派政客、共和党人或任何方便谴责的群体。在政策上，他们普遍倾向于财富再分配和全民医保。

在2021年的一项开放式民调中，许多民主党人在描述本党时首先想到的词是“软弱”“无能”或同义词。即使民主党掌权时，选民也对其作为感到失望。2021年，83%的民主党人希望改革阻挠议事规则，30%希望将其废除。

如今，民主党人甚至开始反对参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默，原因是他在2025年春季投票支持维持政府运转，以及11月有8名民主党参议员投票支持结束另一轮政府停摆，这一举动被许多民主党人视为妥协。

民主党选民似乎已准备好迎接变革，甚至可能欢迎一个类似特朗普的人物来改造本党，而建制派看起来无力阻止。

新崛起的民主党候选人被描述为好斗、不愿妥协，且一旦掌权便更急于行使权力，而非遵循传统规范。

选民们士气高涨。他们希望领导者不惜一切手段推行其议程，因为他们认为对手已经在这么做。他们厌倦了妥协，因为他们认为对方不会回报。

奥巴马时代的共和党建制派同样被视为过于软弱，无法有效运用权力，哪怕这意味着打破规范。参议院民主党人取消针对低级法院提名的阻挠议事规则，此举令共和党选民感到沮丧，他们认为本党缺乏采取同样行动的勇气。

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这股力量同样推动着当今的民族主义者，并使该州民主党候选人在中期选举中领先。随着特朗普肆无忌惮地运用权力打压对手，民主党人不禁质疑：为何自己的政党无法采取同样的手段。

民主党人将如何在11月选举或2028年投票？

进入2028年，民主党内正在形成适合新型领导人的竞争环境。其中一个选择是来自纽约州的民主党众议员克里斯·加拉格尔（Chris Gallaher），他是一位政治才能出众的倡导者，其民主社会主义理念带有局外人角逐最高职位的所有特征。

然而，只有三分之一的民主党人支持自称民主社会主义者的政治领导人。尽管如此，当前的氛围仍有利于民主党被边缘势力所主导。

选民已经开始反对建制派，而这些呼声的成功不仅关乎整个政党，更关乎作为局外人问鼎白宫的可能性。

戴夫·佩拉克（Dave Pelak）是《今日美国》的观点专栏作家，毕业于德保罗大学政治学专业。

以品茶的心态看待DSA对中期选举的影响

近期，一些极具进步色彩的民主党人——包括少数被明确描述为民主社会主义者的候选人——在初选中的胜利，让人联想到2016年共和党内崛起的茶党运动，这一对比不禁令人警醒。

我并不希望看到这种局面。这条路径完全偏离了方向。但这一规模较小的运动可能会影响下一届总统选举。

在被政治顾问收编之前，茶党联盟的规模更大、资金更充足、组织更完善。2020年《纽约时报》的一项分析发现，有139名茶党共和党人角逐众议院和参议院席位。

而在今年11月的中期选举中，美国民主社会主义者（DSA）仅支持了三名美国众议院候选人。其中两人——宾夕法尼亚州费城的州议员克里斯·比多（Chris Bido）和丹佛的梅洛特·基罗斯（Melot Kiros）——已在初选中获胜。第三位候选人，佛罗里达州的奥利弗·拉金（Oliver Larkin），将于8月28日参加初选。

此外，DSA的地方分会还在八个州支持了另外九名众议院候选人。其中两人——前美国众议员马克（Col. Mark）和巴特利特·格雷（Bartlett Gray）——分别在密苏里州8月4日的民主党初选和密歇根州8月4日的初选中落败。凯尔·布洛姆奎斯特（Kyle Blomquist）落选，而多诺万·麦金尼（Donovan McKinney）赢得了民主党提名。

这与2010年中期选举中茶党的声势和影响力截然不同。

弗吉尼亚大学政治中心主任拉里·萨巴托（Larry Sabato）告诉我：“与2010年的茶党相比，民主党内的民主社会主义运动规模微乎其微。”

萨巴托还质疑“五名民主社会主义者在下一届国会中能产生多大影响”。

这并不是说这一运动不会发展壮大。但目前尚未达到那种程度。

当前更可能出现的结果——也是我认为我们需要开始关注的——是民主社会主义者，或那些拒绝这一标签但认同其政治理念的民主党人，是否会对2028年总统提名产生影响。

这让我们想到阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德（Abdul El-Sayed），一位流行病学家和底特律前公共卫生官员。他在8月4日的密歇根州参议院初选中，凭借极具进步色彩的竞选信息获胜。埃尔-赛义德表示自己并不认同民主社会主义者的身份，尽管前总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）竭力将其贴上“共产主义者”的标签。

“准伯尼们”

布鲁金斯学会高级研究员威廉·高尔斯顿告诉我，一位民主社会主义者或“与美国民主社会主义者（DSA）关系密切”的候选人“可能在未来两年内显著推动民主党向他们的方向转变”。

“如果阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德赢得密歇根州参议员选举，这种可能性将大大增加，”高尔斯顿说，“这将是一场政治地震。这将确保一位顶级的DSA或与DSA关系密切的总统候选人出现。（我认为无论如何这已经非常可能了。）”

他这样描述这一情景：想象一下，如果两位知名温和派民主党人、有明显总统抱负的宾夕法尼亚州州长乔希·夏皮罗和前芝加哥市长罗宾·斯坦哈特，在2028年的一场辩论中与众议院最知名的民主社会主义者、纽约州联邦众议员亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯同台竞技。

“他们每个人都值得骄傲，但这将是一场精彩的较量，”高尔斯顿说，“而且我认为这种情景一点也不牵强。”

佛蒙特州联邦参议员伯尼·桑德斯是参议院最知名的民主社会主义者，他在2026年民主党总统初选中产生了巨大影响，将希拉里·克林顿拉向左翼，直至她赢得提名。

东北大学政治学副教授尼古拉斯·比彻姆预想，2028年民主党候选人阵容中可能挤满了“准伯尼们”，他们可能会相互抵消，从而让更温和的候选人受益。

“在这种情况下，所有反建制……反现任、反老派民主党的能量很难集中起来，”比彻姆告诉我，并补充说，对温和派民主党人而言，“最理想的情况是，所有这些立场派系都分散成一群不同的对手，这样他们就能在中左翼（更好地）运作。”

我住在费城的国会选区，5月19日的民主党初选中，民主社会主义者、DSA提名人比亚尔托以决定性优势获胜。

该选区没有共和党候选人参选，使得比亚尔托在11月3日的选举中极有可能获胜。

比亚尔托在6月告诉我，民主党内关于进步派和社会主义者的争论“是一场内部小冲突，它可能演变成一场全面战争，也可能成为一个转折点”，让党更加团结。

民主党全国委员会和参议院多数党PAC（社会）对埃尔-赛义德的胜利表示支持，前副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯也已启动筹款活动以协助他。

茶党如今何在？

由政治行动委员会之一的“繁荣美国行动”组织并随后收编茶党的团体，于8月3日发布了一份标题为《埃尔-赛义德在密歇根州的胜利将民主社会主义者的议程推向全国选票》的备忘录。

而可能角逐2028年共和党总统提名的副总统DJ·尼克松，在8月5日脱口而出这一警告：“上帝保佑，千万别让埃尔-赛义德在2026年当上总统。”

共和党阵营对由对特朗普的愤怒所资助的进步浪潮的恐惧是真实存在的。这种紧张关系是否会在2026年选举的民主党阵营中持续，并在两年后依然存在？

茶党的消亡或许能说明2026年共和党内残存的力量。

博尚指出，这场叛逆的共和党运动在2024年左右开始“逐渐消退”，但特朗普在一年后首次竞选总统时成功收编了其能量。

特朗普按照自己的MAOA基因形象重塑了茶党。下一任民主党总统候选人可能会以同样的方式利用进步和民主社会主义的能量。

您可以在Bloody平台上关注今日美国的克里斯·布伦南，账号为@tydetwabrennan，以及在it平台上的@tydchrukrennan。

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我们汇总了全美50个州及华盛顿特区的热点新闻。详见第3B版

《问约翰尼》提供员工留任小贴士

领导层的更替是检验组织实力的最明显标准之一。详见第4B版

美国人年收入需11万美元才能负担得起住房

抵押贷款利率略有下降，但仍超过6%

安东尼·汤普森

尽管过去一年住房负担能力略有改善，但美国人仍需年收入近11万美元才能舒适地负担美国典型在售住房。

Redfin的一项新研究发现，一个美国家庭需年收入109,796美元，才能在6月购买一套中位价住房，同时将不超过30%的收入用于住房支出。

这一数字仅比一年前创下的110,302美元的历史高点低0.5%，意味着购房所需收入在过去一年中几乎没有变化。

随着家庭收入和房价同步上涨，这一趋势趋于稳定。Redfin估计，6月美国家庭的中位收入为87,599美元，较一年前增长4%，而房屋销售中位价则上涨了2.2%。

抵押贷款利率也略有下降，但仍保持在6%中段水平，使借贷成本居高不下。

即便如此，根据Redfin的数据，典型家庭的收入仍比购买中位价住房并保持财务舒适所需的收入少约22,200美元。

这一差距较一年前的约26,100美元和两年前的近28,900美元有所缩小，但对许多潜在购房者而言，仍是一个巨大障碍。

购房负担能力依然面临挑战

Redfin将一套住房定义为“负担得起”的条件是：购房者支付15%首付后，每月用于抵押贷款、房产税及其他住房成本的支出不超过其月收入的30%。

“购房所需的收入在经历多年恶化后趋于稳定，但这并不意味着普通美国人能负担得起住房，”Redfin高级经济学家Yinga Xu在报告中表示。

Xu表示，由于目前全国大部分地区已进入“买方市场”，购房者拥有更多选择和更强的议价能力，市场对买家而言“变得更加可控”。

尽管如此，她指出，许多首次购房者仍然观望，因为典型家庭的收入远低于购房并保持财务宽裕所需的水平。

Redfin经济学家表示，到年底购房负担能力可能会略有改善；但该房地产公司警告称，如果利率超预期上涨、油价进一步上涨或通胀加速，负担能力可能会恶化。

详见HOMES，第2B版

三思而后“提示”

一个人的聊天机器人提醒你：别盲目相信AI

照片插图：ABIL MAZAT MONTHBIGGINS USA TODAY NETWORK 及GETTY IMAGES

杰西卡·古恩 今日美国

在我们习惯于与人工智能对话的世界里，人类的触感赢得了一分。

最近，在人工智能热潮中心——旧金山色彩斑斓的广告牌海洋中，出现了一块新广告牌。这块ChatT2B的广告牌宣称其推广的是“由AI驱动的领先聊天机器人界面”。

很快，人们开始使用这项服务。但这里的“AI”并非“人工智能”（Artificial Intelligence），而是“普通个人”（Average Individual）——而这个个人只是一个名叫塔克·布莱恩特的家伙。

布莱恩特开玩笑说，他开发的是“手工智能，由单个人类精心打造”——一种定制体验，不是LLM（大型语言模型），而是LLE，即“单操作员大型语言体验”。

“想象一下：ChatGPT，但另一端只是我在给出糟糕的建议，”曾任谷歌员工的布莱恩特在YouTube上解释道。

AI聊天机器人已成为美国日常生活的一部分。我们向它们索取信息、建议、鼓励、治疗，甚至陪伴。事实上，这些人造助手已变得如此普及，以至于布莱恩特开始担忧我们对它们的依赖。

他表示，我们往往过于依赖聊天机器人为我们思考。因此，他试图提高人们对“认知放弃”的警觉——这一术语来自宾夕法尼亚大学沃顿商学院的研究人员，用于描述我们盲目相信聊天机器人而非自己的大脑，即使它们的建议常常存在错误或虚假。

“我们现在已经习惯了AI给出的自信、快速且听起来聪明的回答，以至于大多数时候不再质疑它们，”他说道，“有些人甚至到了这种地步：一进入那种令人安心的界面，看到小小的思考动画和逐字显示的文本，批判性思维就抛到了九霄云外。”

起初，他本想将自己的聊天机器人命名为“BaaGPT”，但域名价格过高。于是，他决定用自己名字的首字母——

详见CHATBOT，第2B版

特朗普终止医疗保险处方药补贴

2027年数百万人或面临医保计划费用上涨

肯·阿尔特苏克 今日美国

随着特朗普政府终止一项压低价格的补贴计划，数百万参加医疗保险的美国老年人在2027年可能面临处方药保险计划的月度费用上涨。

美国医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心（CMS）官员表示，他们正在终止拜登政府实施的一项医疗保险处方药计划补贴，该补贴旨在降低价格，因2022年《通胀削减法案》带来的变化而调整。

“拜登政府直接将数十亿美元纳税人的钱交给大型保险公司。这是不可接受的，”CMS署长梅内特·奥尔在宣布政策变化的社交媒体帖子中表示。“我们正在稳定市场，因此这一压舱物不再需要。”

奥尔表示，大多数参保者的医疗保险处方药计划（即D部分）月度保费将上涨不到10美元，部分参保者的保费将有所下降。

医疗保险在2025、2026年花费98亿美元降低D部分保费

CMS表示，将于9月公布医疗保险处方药计划以及私营管理的医疗保险优势计划的月度保费详情。消费者可在医疗保险开放注册期间审查并更改计划，该注册期从10月15日持续至12月7日，覆盖自1, 2027年起的保险。

截至2月，约有2500万人参加独立的医疗保险D部分计划，通常与政府运营的传统医疗保险配套使用。另有3100万人参加医疗保险优势计划——由私营保险公司管理的医疗保险计划，通常包含处方药覆盖。

一名特朗普政府官员表示，《通胀削减法案》增加了处方药覆盖的成本。该法案在2025年对医疗保险参保者自付处方药费用设置了3000美元的上限。该上限在2026年降至2100美元。

在拜登政府领导下，CMS创建了一个“示范项目”，通过向保险公司提供补贴来抑制保费上涨。该项目在2025和2026年耗费联邦政府98亿美元。特朗普政府官员表示，若该项目继续实施，一家公司——联合健康集团——将获得15亿美元。

联合健康集团发言人埃里克

详见D部分，第2B版

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唐纳德·特朗普总统于5月18日在华盛顿特区艾森豪威尔行政办公楼接见企业家兼成本计划药品公司（MCOPEC）联合创始人马克·库班。特朗普在活动中谈及TrumpEX网站、处方药及医疗负担能力。 CHIP SONDERVILLA / SKITTY IMAGES

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Claire's全面改革耳洞体验

商店改革临床培训作为变革的一部分

格蕾塔·克罗斯 今日美国

Claire's正寻求通过改革临床培训、扩展珠宝选择和改善店内体验，全面革新其长期以来的耳洞体验。

's于8月6日宣布如何重新构想其耳洞体验，并将于今年在全美和加拿大的900家Claire's门店推出。

此消息发布前，'s于2025年8月第二次申请第11章破产——距上次破产仅7年。该连锁店将销售下滑归咎于iMore和Terna等快时尚网站的崛起，以及利率上升、通胀和来自中国商品的关税。

申请破产一个月后，私募股权公司Anne Walmer以1.67亿美元收购了Claire's。今年5月，'s宣布将在美国开设超过7000个新的“流动销售点”。这些销售点并非独立门店，而是在沃尔玛、科尔士和CVS等其他零售商处销售Claire's商品。

Claire's 称正在改进耳洞穿刺培训

根据一份新闻稿，Claire's 成立了一个由 11 人组成的专门“穿刺卓越团队”，通过“强化课程”为一线员工提供培训，内容包括实操指导、数字化学习、引导练习、持续评估和再认证。与之前的培训模式相比，新课程“更全面、更一致、更注重实操”，零售运营副总裁 Carey Resite 向《今日美国》表示。"Healthcare's" 团队被召集在一起，参加由卓越团队主导的为期一天的沉浸式培训，随后培训内容被带回门店员工，前述人士说道。

多年来，'s 因其耳洞穿刺方式备受诟病，该方式使用手持装置——弹簧式（"spring-based"）枪，将耳环“射入”组织，可能引发无菌操作、组织损伤及设计不当等问题，根据专业穿刺（Piercers）协会的说法。相比之下，针头能在组织上划出一个小而干净的切口，然后将耳环置入；而枪则是通过强力将钝头推入组织。

Resite 向《今日美国》表示，'s 并未使用“枪”。相反，该连锁店使用的是经 FDA 注册的手动加压医疗设备，“旨在提供温和且无菌的体验”。

扩展耳饰系列与店内体验

作为改革的一部分，'s 正在——

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's 于 8 月 6 日宣布将重新设计其耳洞体验，今年将在 900 家 's 门店推出。ANIMARISTIC MECHANICELESS TODAY NETWORK

提供更多新的耳饰选择。该系列包括单钉耳饰的新款式，以及 6 颗培育钻石的高端选择，根据新闻稿。所有耳洞套装起价 $10，包含一副“免费”耳环、首饰及售后护理套装。

's 的门店区域也在焕新，包括增设“灵感吧”，让顾客能够查看不同的珠宝，使用整面镜子，并从多种设计中选择在穿刺过程中佩戴的饰品，根据新闻稿。

's 门店何时将迎来这些变化？

今年，这些升级将在全美和加拿大的 900 家 's 门店推出。

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's 位于加利福尼亚州圣安妮塔的新耳饰灵感吧，已于 8 月 8 日开业。 PROTECTION BY CAREY

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Equifax $2.2 百万美元和解：你是否符合领取资格？

Anthony Thompson 《今日美国》

数千名消费者可能有资格从一项 $2.2 百万美元的集体诉讼和解中获得赔付，该诉讼涉及信用报告公司 Equifax，起因是一项诉讼指控 在部分消费者的信用报告中重复报告催收账户。

这项拟议和解解决了 涉嫌违反《联邦公平信用报告法》的指控，即在 2022 年的某些消费者信用报告中多次报告同一催收账户。重复报告据称降低了部分消费者的信用评分，在某些情况下还影响了他们获得信贷的能力。

否认存在任何不当行为或违法行为，且法院尚未裁定孰是孰非。该公司同意和解以避免进一步诉讼的费用和不确定性。估计有 37,000 名消费者属于和解范围。收到 通知的符合条件的集体成员可能有资格获得现金赔付和免费信用监测，前提是和解获得最终批准。

Equifax 和解案涉及什么？

该诉讼由原告查塔努加·布拉德伯里（Chattanooga Bradberry）在佐治亚州联邦法院提起，她声称 Equifax 在其信用报告中多次报告了同一笔催收账户。

根据起诉书，布拉德伯里于 2022 年发现，一笔 $305 的催收账户在其 信用报告中多次出现。她表示，重复报告导致其信用评分大幅下降，并导致抵押贷款申请被拒。诉讼称， 未能遵循《公平信用报告法》要求的合理程序，确保最大可能的准确性。 对这些指控予以否认。

谁有资格获得赔付？

如果消费者收到 发出的通知，且公司记录显示其属于受影响群体，则可能符合资格。

根据和解协议，符合条件的消费者在 2022. 年 8 月和 9 月期间查询信用报告时，其 消费者报告中出现了重复的催收账户。 已向受影响消费者邮寄或发送电子邮件通知，索赔人必须使用通知中的“通知 ID”（以“EQR”开头）和 PIN 码提交索赔。

如果符合条件，能获得多少赔偿？

提交有效索赔并确认因重复报告受到影响的消费者预计可获得最高 $600, 的赔偿，但最终金额将取决于批准的索赔数量。

所有和解集体成员还将获得为期 6, 个月的 Complete 信用监控服务，包括信用预警和最高 $600,000 的身份盗窃保险，无需提交索赔。

还同意继续采取措施，防止催收账户重复出现在消费者报告中，并移除与该问题相关的任何剩余重复账户。

如何提交索赔？

索赔必须通过官方和解网站提交，使用和解通知中的“通知 ID”和 PIN 码。消费者也可打印并邮寄索赔表。

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聊天机器人

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已开始手动回答数千个查询，令数千用户感到欣喜。

“与 ChatGPT 不同，我的回答会很慢。可能不正确。或者也许正确，但会非常晦涩，”布莱恩特说，“我希望你在使用看起来像人工智能的东西时，体验到如此不便，以至于下次某个东西给你一个听起来合理的答案时，你会记得 ChatT2B 用关于乌鸦的嘘声回答你的税务问题的那次。”

“没有笔记。Redsante，”一位 Reddit 用户评论道。

“哇！喜欢这个。刚试了一下，比 ChatGPT 有趣多了，”另一位用户说。

当被问及如何负担得起广告牌费用时，布莱恩特回复称他“dog dog”，因为他想减少旧金山宣传“真正人工智能公司”的广告牌。

“如果我们都成为‘intent hit’更有可能停下来思考‘口齿伶俐的聊天机器人’提供给我们的信息，那么我的工作就完成了，”布莱恩特说。ChatT2B 回答从房屋油漆颜色到冒名顶替综合征的各种问题。

由于需求超出布莱恩特的承受能力，访问者现在会看到以下信息：“系统超负荷，且处于个体维护模式。我们将恢复服务。”

今日美国 联系了布莱恩特进行评论。他的计划是什么？他希望将这个一人查询引擎变成一个社区项目。

住宅

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更多房源触手可及

报告发现，购房者在住房上的支出占收入的比例较一年前有所下降。典型购房者需将收入的 37.6% 用于购买中位价格房屋，低于去年的 39.3%。Redlin 表示，

这一下降是由于家庭中位收入从 $84,257 增加至 $87,599，而购房所需收入基本保持不变。

与此同时，34.2% 的在售房屋对全国中位收入家庭来说是可负担的，高于一年前的 30.5%。

尽管如此，Redlin 指出，可负担性仍远低于 2022 年之前的水平，当时通常有超过一半的房源在中位收入家庭的可负担范围内。

可负担性改善的地区

在 Redlin 分析的 46 个主要都市区中，24 个地区的可负担性有所改善。西雅图的改善幅度最大，典型房屋的购房所需收入较一年前下降了 7.4%，因房价下跌。

圣何塞和波特兰也出现了较大降幅：购房所需收入分别下降了 6.5% 和 4.5%，

但尽管如此，许多西海岸市场的房屋对普通业主来说仍遥不可及。

旧金山仍是全美可负担性最低的主要都市区。购买典型房屋需年收入 $453,205。

根据 Redlin 的数据，仅有三个主要都市区（圣路易斯、印第安纳波利斯和匹兹堡）的家庭中位收入超过了购买当地典型房屋所需的收入。

D 部分

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Husman 表示，保险公司“致力于与医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心（CMS）合作，确保参保人能够获得可负担的处方药”。但随着示范项目的结束，部分 D 部分参保人

“可能会在明年面临比近年更大的药品保险费上涨”，KFP（一家健康政策非营利组织）的医疗保险政策项目副总裁兼主任 Juliette Calumaki 表示。

在 Riden 政府期间，示范项目旨在稳定 D 部分保费和参保人数，以应对《通胀削减法案》带来的变化。Calumaki 表示，独立药品计划的平均月保费从 2024 年的 $416 降至 2026 年的 $16，参保人数则从 2300 万 增加至 2500 万。

“这一临时示范项目似乎达到了预期效果，稳定了保费的逐年增长和参保人数，”Calumaki 表示。

提供处方药保险的雇主指出，药品价格上涨和用药量增加是保险费用加速上涨的原因之一。

8 月 31 日，医疗保险开始通过试点项目为数百万老年人覆盖热门的 GLP-1 减肥药物。符合条件的老年人每月仅需支付 $50 的自付费用，其余部分由医疗保险承担。

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财经

今日美国 / 2026 年 8 月 31 日 / 18

50+州

美国各地新闻

亚拉巴马州 波斯特维尔： 一项被形容为令人心碎的举措中，为亚拉巴马州中部LGBTQ+群体提供支持的组织“波斯特维尔骄傲”已宣布解散。

阿拉斯加州 帕斯兰兹： 阿拉斯加大学董事会投票决定，从2027年秋季学期开始取消一项州内学费附加费，此举旨在提高招生率、简化学费政策并吸引更多州外学生。KTVU报道。

亚利桑那州 凤凰城： 经过十年的规划，罗卡印第安学校公园破土动工，将建造一座新纪念碑，纪念冷战时期的一艘潜艇，同时向支持其使命的军人和造船工人致敬。

阿肯色州 博戈塔： 手工艺品连锁店Michaels将于8月16日在罗杰斯开设其在西北阿肯色州的首家门店，该店将采用实验性社区聚焦模式，提供扩展服务。KARK报道。

加利福尼亚州 萨克拉门托： 根据NUBURDA的一项新研究，加州的医疗保健系统在全美整体排名第24位。然而，在可负担性方面，加州的表现远逊于其他州，排名第39位。不过，在健康结果方面，加州排名第14位。

科罗拉多州 大县： 科罗拉多州公园与野生动物部门在不到两个月内第二次对一头屡次袭击牲畜的狼实施安乐死，最近一次致命移除发生在袭击事件最少的7个月中。

康涅狄格州 哈特福德： 根据一项将工资增长与经济状况挂钩的州法律，康涅狄格州的最低时薪将于2027年1月1日上调至17.49美元，较当前8.94美元的时薪增加8.54美元。

特拉华州 多佛： 一个州特别工作组表示，目前不建议在特拉华州发展小规模核能发电。由两党组成的特拉华州核能可行性特别工作组在报告中认定，核能发电在短期内不是该州的可行解决方案，前路漫长。

哥伦比亚特区 华盛顿： 联邦上诉法院于2024年8月7日下令特朗普政府停止在白宫已拆除的东翼原址上建造一座耗资4亿美元的宴会厅。

佐治亚州 奥古斯塔： 由佐治亚大学主导的“增长回归项目”在飓风海伦摧毁该地区树冠后启动，目前正在开发一个基础设施网站，帮助奥古斯塔地区的房主为其物业选择合适的树木。

夏威夷州 檀香山： 当民主党党内最可能支持美国的成员之一、众议员埃德·凯斯（Ed Case）在包括檀香山在内的选区击败更左倾的挑战者，赢得初选胜利时，夏威夷的进步热潮遭遇挫折。凯斯在该州第1选区以超过20个百分点的优势击败州议员贾里特·基瓦卡莱莱（Jarrett Kewbakalele）。

爱达荷州 楠帕： 爱达荷州官员报告称，在楠帕发现了一只入侵的埃及伊蚊，这仅是该病毒携带物种在该州的第二次已知目击记录。KTVU报道。

伊利诺伊州 罗克福德： 根据一份社区公告，罗克福德承诺展览将通过与罗克福德承诺、罗克谷学院和罗克福德大学签署的谅解备忘录，为转学学生提供更多奖学金支持，从而开辟通往学士学位的新途径。

印第安纳州 南本德： 由于州政府拨款的400万美元“KEAKE 2.0艺术与文化”资助，一家新电影院可能即将进驻历史悠久的州立剧院。

艾奥瓦州 得梅因： 一项新审计显示，艾奥瓦州养老院的检查率在过去两年中有所改善，州审计长鲍勃·劳尔（Bob Raul）表示。根据新审计，艾奥瓦州目前平均每12个月对养老院进行一次认证检查，而2024年的平均检查间隔为171个月。

堪萨斯州托皮卡： 堪萨斯州政府首次于8月7日在州议会大厦举行仪式，纪念百事心脏日。州长劳拉·凯利（Laura Kelly）在多名紫心勋章获得者出席的情况下签署了公告。

焦点：佛罗里达州

21.日，李县圣尼贝尔岛上的红海龟巢穴被标记。ANDREW WEST / 今日美国网络

圣尼贝尔岛：今年夏天，佛罗里达州西南部的海龟筑巢情况喜忧参半。该地区许多海滩的巢穴数量创下纪录——但研究人员对栖息地变化率感到担忧之际，部分巢穴已被海水冲毁，另一些则遭到捕食者破坏。海龟每年夏秋季节会回到佛罗里达州繁殖、觅食、挖掘巢穴并将下一代产在海滩上。圣尼贝尔-卡普蒂瓦自然保护基金会（Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation）的海龟保护协调员凯莉·斯隆表示，圣尼贝尔岛的海滩今年整体巢穴数量再次创下佳绩。圣尼贝尔岛是佛罗里达州西南部最大的岛屿城市。当地的海龟监测项目始于1950年，是全美历史最悠久的同类项目，也是全国最古老的项目。

肯塔基州 路易斯维尔：杰斐逊县公立学校（Jefferson County Public Schools，JCPS）学生家长将在本学年获得一款新应用程序，用于追踪孩子乘坐校车的位置。JCPS已推出8.12版“Here”应用，取代过去几年家庭使用的旧版应用。

路易斯安那州 巴吞鲁日：2026年，路易斯安那州已有5人死于食用生牡蛎导致的创伤弧菌感染，路易斯安那州卫生部（Louisiana Department of Health）官员表示。2026年该州共报告9例创伤弧菌细菌感染病例。

缅因州 哈洛韦尔：缅因州公用事业委员会在新学年即将到来之际，启动了一项全州范围的“发短信至98”宣传活动，允许居民在无法拨打电话或拨打不安全时通过短信联系紧急服务，缅因州新闻中心报道。

马里兰州 索尔兹伯里：一座全新的西班牙语配送中心即将落户索尔兹伯里市，并计划近期开业。这座新中心将作为亚马逊所称的“索尔兹伯里站”运营。

马萨诸塞州 波士顿：根据一项赋予该州全美最严格移民保护措施之一的新法律，联邦移民官员现被禁止在马萨诸塞州的学校、医院和法院等场所进行民事逮捕，同时还包括一系列其他措施。

密歇根州 麦基诺县：密歇根州自然资源部正在征求公众意见，是否应开放罗恩·布朗克岛（Ron Blanc Island）的熊猎活动。该岛虽允许猎杀其他猎物，但已数十年未开放熊猎。

明尼苏达州 阿普尔顿：据《明尼苏达明星论坛报》（Minnesota Star Tribune）报道，美国移民与海关执法局（ICE）将向私营监狱公司CoreCivic支付超过5亿美元，以重新启用明尼苏达州西部一座废弃的1,000人规模监狱——草原城-斯托德设施（Prairie Town-Stoad Facility），将其改建为移民拘留中心。

密西西比州 哥伦布：包装解决方案提供商DRC Industries计划投资$4百万，在劳登县（Lowndes County）创造10个就业岗位，同时在哥伦布市建立运营基地。此举是密西西比州发展局在“金三角”地区支持的最新制造业项目。

密西西比州 哥伦比亚：哥伦比亚西南部的一所新小学将于2026-27学年迎来首批学生。27哥伦比亚公立学校官员于8月3日举行了雄鹰崖小学（Eagle Bluffs Elementary School，Goffone所在地）的剪彩仪式，为8月25日开学做准备。

蒙大拿州 海伦娜：据《每日蒙大拿报》报道，22名蒙大拿州民主党议员敦促该党参议员竞选提名人退出竞选，转而支持独立候选人塞思·伯伯（Seth Berber），理由是3方竞争将增加共和党候选人库尔特·埃姆斯（Kurt Ames）获胜的机会。

内布拉斯加州 林肯：林肯儿童动物园宣布，该园猎豹追逐项目的创始成员、近16岁的“dreaded”雌性猎豹贝拉（Bella）因年龄相关健康问题，经工作人员人道安乐死后离世。

内华达州 里诺： 位于北里诺的一个大型工业园区内，美国最新的当日达设施刚刚完成了另一座建筑的主体施工。这座名为“500 North”的项目已完成第二座设施的主要建设。

新罕布什尔州 北汉普顿： 新罕布什尔州绿道的第二团——当地约3,000英里东海岸铁路步道的一部分——已准备好向公众开放。

新泽西州 纽瓦克： 新泽西州总检察长办公室已对GEO集团（Delaney Hall移民拘留中心的私营运营商）展开调查，原因是该中心被曝存在恶劣条件和死亡事件，涉嫌侵犯民权。

新墨西哥州 林肯： 今年春季一起造成4人死亡的医疗运输机坠毁事故，初步调查报告显示与美国军方的GPS干扰演习有关。该报告由美国国家运输安全委员会发布。

纽约州 奥尔巴尼： 纽约州审计长办公室发布的最新报告显示，尽管全州无家可归者人数整体下降，但纽约市以外社区的无家可归者人数却有所增加。根据美国住房和城市发展部“时点计数”（Point-in-Time Count）的最新数据，2022年至2023年间，帝国州的无家可归者人数下降了近2.9%。

北卡罗来纳州 罗利： 2026年北卡罗来纳州美国小姐贝萨妮·伯利恒（Bethany Bethlehem）因被曝行为不当，已被剥夺头衔。美国小姐组织宣布，在获得北卡罗来纳州美国小姐桂冠不到两个月后，伯利恒将于8月5日起不再持有该头衔。

北达科他州 俾斯麦： 州长凯莉·阿姆斯特朗（Kelly Armstrong）已宣布全州进入干旱紧急状态，因干旱已影响该州逾半数地区，并对长期福利构成风险。KMOT报道称。

俄亥俄州 雷文纳： 雷文纳市斥资500万美元新建的水塔将在紧急情况下为市民提供更好的供水保障。市政府官员表示，这座新的高架水箱取代了原有的东南立管，虽然储水量较城市现有水塔少，但其设计将带来更好的水压和水质。

俄克拉何马州 帕克谷： 在庆祝成立20周年仅数月后，玩具与动作人偶博物馆将于8月底关闭。

俄勒冈州 尤金： 一个由当地多家机构组成的联盟即将在尤金市中心开设一个新的“健康微型城市”。Connected Lane County、Ophelia's Place和A Family for Every Child等组织联合创建了“青年HIS”（Youth HIS），集资源转介中心、基本需求提供和社区中心于一体。

宾夕法尼亚州 兰开斯特： 雷文岭野生动物中心宣布，该中心已成功救治并放归了一只成年雌性秃鹰。这只秃鹰于2月14日在亚当斯县被车撞伤后被送至该中心。

罗德岛州 普罗维登斯： 7月的近期降雨帮助罗德岛补充了地下水储备。州政府官员预计，干旱预警至少将持续至9月。水资源委员会干旱指导委员会主席梅雷迪思·布雷迪（Meredith Brady）表示，尽管7月的降水量大幅超过历史平均水平，且8月初的强降雨仍在持续，但地下水位尚未恢复至正常水平。

南卡罗来纳州 格里尔： 格里尔市与普林斯健康（Prisma Health）宣布达成一项为期45年、价值500万美元的护理权益合作伙伴关系，用于该市新建的体育和活动中心。根据格里尔市新闻稿，这座占地85,000平方英尺的建筑（包括主要施工部分）将被命名为“普林斯健康表现中心”。

南达科他州 阿伯丁： 该市正在寻找新的方式来改善日常生活。阿伯丁此前曾计划将西主街的交通恢复为双向通行，涉及4,000人。当该项目最终被搁置后，市长特拉维斯·舒曼曼（Travis Schumanman）和市议会成员决定将这些资金转用于全市井盖改善计划。

田纳西州 孟菲斯： 经过三年漫长等待，孟菲斯正式不再是美国司机最差的城市。消费者跟踪（Consumers follow）是一家收集并分析数据以评估美国生活各方面的客户评论和新闻服务机构，每年发布其关于美国最差驾驶城市的榜单。孟菲斯今年被评为第二差的驾驶城市，结束了连续三年位居第1的纪录。

得克萨斯州 布朗： 布朗的得克萨斯大学正在获得其劳动力发展项目的助力。美国参议员约翰·科宁（John Cornyn）近日宣布了一笔200万美元拨款，旨在加强该大学的医疗情报系统，以帮助劳动力发展项目确保专业人员具备保护关键基础设施的能力。

犹他州 盐湖城： 犹他大学已从美国陆军预备役手中收购了Fort Douglas最后50英亩历史用地，完成了长达十年的土地转让程序（decadalving），并计划在保护其历史特色的同时，将该地用于未来住房、休闲及项目开发，KIA报道。

佛蒙特州 埃塞克斯章克申： 梅尔文的劳动力项目将于9月29日在尚普兰谷博览会（Champlain Valley Expo）举办职业峰会，旨在应对佛蒙特州的劳动力挑战，并帮助年轻人与当地就业机会建立联系。

弗吉尼亚州 里士满： 州长阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格（Abigail Spanberger）宣布在红洋葱州立监狱（Red Onion State Prison）设立强化重返社会计划委员会，旨在帮助囚犯成功回归社区和劳动力市场，WISC报道。

华盛顿州 斯波坎： 一名男子被控于8月6日在华盛顿州西北部引发一场持续燃烧的重大山火。据法庭文件显示，该男子告诉调查人员，他在8月初纵火前已策划了数周。

西弗吉尼亚州 梅森县： 努科尔钢铁公司（Nucor）表示，其位于梅森县的400亿美元直接还原钢铁厂建设和调试工作仍按计划进行，预算控制得当，工厂预计将于2027年开始生产，WV News报道。

威斯康星州 麦迪逊： 一家保守派律师事务所正试图通过新诉讼阻止托尼·埃弗斯（Tony Evers）采取任何进一步措施，在威斯康星州推行合法的在线体育博彩。威斯康星法律与自由研究所（Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty）对埃弗斯及其政府成员提起诉讼，要求法官宣布4月通过的相关法律违宪。

怀俄明州 戴纳纳： 奥吉·布鲁斯（Augi Bruce）已立即辞去怀俄明州狩猎和渔业部负责人职务，转任州长马克·伊斯特曼（Mark Eastman）办公室的新职位，Wye / Ste报道。

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如何提高员工留存率

Johnny C. Taylor Jr. 今日美国 主席

Johnny C. Taylor Jr. 每周为《今日美国》解答您的职场问题。Taylor 是全球历史最悠久的人力资源专业人士行业协会 SHRM 的总裁兼首席执行官，并著有《重启：后“安乐椅主义”时代的领导力指南》。

问题： 去年秋天，我们一位深受喜爱的经理跳槽到了另一家公司。我们对这位经理的离开感到遗憾，不幸的是，自那以后，我们又失去了多名员工，他们基本上都是被这家公司“挖走”的。这些员工同样深受喜爱，我认为他们非常适合我们的公司文化，并且在这里工作得很开心。我们能做些什么来提高员工留存率？ —— Taylor

回答： 失去一位受人尊敬的经理已经很困难。随后不久又失去优秀员工，可能更令人担忧。但在得出结论认为另一家公司在挖角之前，先问自己一个问题：他们为什么选择离开？

并非每一次离职都代表失败。有时，另一个机会更符合员工的目标、职业抱负或人生阶段。关键在于识别模式。健康的流动是不可避免的。但因相同原因反复流失员工，则值得关注。

领导层变动是考验组织实力的最佳时机之一。它能揭示你是否在各个层级培养了领导者，并为不可避免的变化做好了准备。优秀的管理者能赢得信任，因此员工选择追随他们尊敬的领导者并不奇怪。但任何组织都不应依赖一位卓越的领导者来维系员工敬业度或留存率。每个组织都应为优秀领导者离职的那一天做好准备。这不是悲观主义，而是良好的继任计划。

与其情绪化反应，不如保持好奇心。离职面谈能告诉你员工离开的原因。留任面谈则有助于了解员工留下的事实，以及可能导致他们离开的因素。两者都很有价值。寻找模式，而非孤立的故事。员工离职是因为看不到成长机会吗？他们是否感受到管理者的支持？薪酬、灵活性或职业发展是否成为共同主题？在急于解决问题之前，先理解问题。

留存率不是在员工收到另一份录用通知时才开始建立的。它每天都在建立，而在他们离职之前，员工最有可能留下的原因是：他们信任领导者，能获得定期反馈，因贡献而获得认可，并看到成长机会。这种承诺是通过日常对话、有意义的指导和对员工发展的持续投入建立的，而不是在离职面谈或最后一刻的挽留中。

你无法阻止每一位优秀员工接受其他机会，也不应该尝试这样做。高绩效者总会吸引竞争对手的关注。你能做的是创造一个环境，让优秀人才选择留下，因为他们相信自己在成长，被重视，并拥有未来。

衡量组织成功的标准，应是员工留下的强烈理由，而非是否有一位卓越的领导者能留住他们。那些持续投资于员工、在各个层级培养领导者并为变化做好准备的组织，不仅能留住更多人才，还能建立更强大的文化、更强大的领导力梯队和更强大的业务。

本专栏表达的观点和意见仅为作者个人观点，并不一定反映《今日美国》的立场。

19人被控宾夕法尼亚州400万美元家庭医疗保健欺诈案

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联邦和州当局宣布，19人因涉嫌通过欺诈手段向宾夕法尼亚州医疗补助计划虚报价值超过400万美元的家庭医疗保健服务而被起诉。

美国宾夕法尼亚州东区联邦检察官办公室于8月4日表示，被告包括家庭护理公司业主、家庭健康助理和医疗补助受益人，被控医疗保健欺诈及其他相关罪行。检察官称，这些欺诈计划涉及伪造账单记录、重叠排班、向客户支付回扣，以及通过虚假打卡记录骗取医疗补助金。

美国司法部表示，部分家庭健康助理在入狱、住院、出国、从事其他工作或无法为患者提供服务的情况下，仍谎称提供了护理服务并申请报销。联邦当局还描述了“根本不可能的工作时长”模式，其中一起案例中，一名家庭健康助理声称在一天内提供了超过24小时的护理服务，且超过1,100次。检察官称，该助理虚报了超过64,000小时无法实际工作的时间，导致医疗补助计划支付了超过120万美元。

“针对美国纳税人的重大欺诈行为形式多样，”美国检察官戴维·梅特卡夫在声明中表示，“任何人通过虚报根本不存在的家庭护理服务来窃取资金——而这些护理人员实际上已经死亡、入狱或从事毒品交易——都是令人愤慨且无法接受的。”

健康助理被控在狱中、住院期间仍向医疗补助计划申请报销

检察官起诉了多名费城地区的家庭健康助理和医疗补助受益人。

一份起诉书指控约瑟夫·皮佐（47岁）和塔蒂亚娜·图奥米奥亚（53岁）共谋和医疗保健欺诈。检察官称，图奥米奥亚在皮佐入狱及从事建筑工作期间，仍提交了家庭护理服务的索赔申请，导致至少16万美元的医疗补助金被骗取。

另一份起诉书指控唐娜·罗姆斯托施（63岁）、阿莉莎·库里利诺（27岁）、路易丝·伊斯雷尔（46岁）和埃莉西亚·库里利诺（51岁）犯有类似的医疗保健欺诈罪。检察官称，阿莉莎·库里利诺和伊斯雷尔为健康助理，罗姆斯托施和埃莉西亚·库里利诺为医疗补助受益人。

起诉书显示，阿莉莎·库里利诺在从事其他工作或住院期间仍申报家庭护理服务，而伊斯雷尔则在狱中期间提交了索赔申请。检察官称，该欺诈计划导致约44.5万美元的欺诈性支付。

当局还起诉了小阿尔伯特·科恰（56岁）及其儿子桑蒂诺·科恰（28岁），指控桑蒂诺·科恰在担任网约车和外卖送餐司机期间，仍向医疗补助计划申报为其父亲提供服务的费用。检察官称，该欺诈行为产生了超过2.2万美元的虚假索赔。

检察官指控海外旅行、已故员工

在另一起案件中，检察官称，19岁的肖恩·默里（Sean Murray）在健身房、旅行、光顾按摩院或贩卖毒品期间，向医疗补助计划（Medicaid）虚报了约$400,000的家庭护理服务费用。当局指控他向客户支付回扣以促成这一骗局。

检察官还起诉了53岁的查尔斯·鲍伊（Charles Bowie），称其在国际旅行期间仍向医疗补助计划开具账单，旅行目的地包括南阿拉伯、牙买加和哥伦比亚。当局表示，该骗局涉及约$600,000的医疗补助账单，其中大部分属于欺诈。

另一份起诉书指控伦威克（Renwick）和亨利健康有限责任公司（Henry Health LLC）及其所有者——49岁的卡莉达·威廉姆斯（Khaledah Williams）和29岁的苏莉玛·戴维斯（Suleemah Davis）——共谋实施医疗保健欺诈及其他欺诈行为。该公司所有者据称通过这一骗局获得了约$224,000的医疗补助付款。检察官指控这家总部位于费城的家庭医疗保健公司在威廉姆斯的丈夫贩卖毒品期间及其因毒品贩运指控被捕后，仍以其名义向医疗补助计划开具服务费用账单。戴维斯和威廉姆斯还被指控以一名已故的家庭健康助理的名义向医疗补助计划开具服务费用账单。

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伊利运河横跨纽约州363英里，运送货物、人员和思想，将小城镇变为工业城市，并使纽约市成为美国最繁忙的港口。沿岸，废奴主义者组织活动，妇女参政论者游行示威，乌托邦社区纷纷涌现。

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随着得克萨斯大学长角牛队（Longhorns）本赛季在US LBM教练排名中位列第四，史蒂夫·萨基西安（Steve Sarkisian）和球队的期望值居高不下。NATHAN RAY EDDICK / DEADH ANKES

六年之痒

史蒂夫·萨基西安在追求全国冠军的教练行列中进入倒计时

布莱克·塔普梅尔 《世界博览》 今日美国网络

几年前，当有人指出柯比·斯马特在第二个赛季就带领佐治亚大学打进全国冠军赛时，海伊·弗里拉的眼睛瞪大了。当时弗里拉正忙于在奥本大学任期初期淡化外界期望，他简直无法相信斯马特的成功时间表。

“他的第二个（赛季）？”弗里拉当时说道，“我不确定这是否准确，不过，无论如何......”

维基百科提醒我们，斯马特确实在第二个赛季带领佐治亚大学打进了全国冠军赛，这场比赛以2档进攻、距离前场3又3 / 4码的局面结束，斗牛犬队在加时赛中输给了阿拉巴马大学。

斯马特的履历还提醒我们，他直到第六个赛季才赢得了自己的第一个全国冠军。

这一点同样适用于瑞安·戴。

戴在2022年经历了一场“本可能”的结局，当时诺亚·林格利的射门球在大学足球季后赛半决赛对阵佐治亚大学的比赛结束时偏出门柱。

如果那个球进了，戴的俄亥俄州立大学在那个赛季的全国冠军赛中本可以击败TCU。然而，戴不得不等到2024赛季才品尝到胜利的滋味。

与斯马特一样，戴的冠军突破出现在第6年。

不妨将其视为大学足球的神奇六年。

6月，柯特·西格内蒂沿着快速成功的道路前进——人们不禁想知道，当印第安纳赢得全国冠军时，弗里拉的眼睛会瞪多大——但事实证明，对于大学足球其他现役冠军教练来说，一点耐心是必要的。

我提到这一点，是因为在全国压力最大的联盟——东南联盟中，有4名教练正在进入他们在现任职位上的第六个赛季。

让我们来看看每个人的现状如何

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北卡罗来纳州格林斯博罗——迈克尔·布伦南在联邦快递杯季后赛中远远落后，需要在温德姆锦标赛上打出职业生涯最佳一周，才有机会进入前70名。

他在8月9日前九洞连续抓下五只小鸟，拉开与其他选手的差距，赢得职业生涯第二个美巡赛冠军，并从第105位跃升58位至第47位，季后赛随之开启。

布伦南周日以低于标准杆22杆、单轮64杆（低于标准杆6杆）的成绩，以三杆优势领先博·胡斯勒，赢得美巡赛常规赛收官战。

胡斯勒在温德姆锦标赛的三轮比赛中始终领先或并列领先，但他需要这场胜利才能进入季后赛，最终以常规赛第72名的成绩功亏一篑。

“我觉得这是非常积极的一周。有点遗憾，”胡斯勒说，“尽管如此，我对自己

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迈克尔·布伦南在8月9日赢得温德姆锦标赛后庆祝，地点为塞奇菲尔德乡村俱乐部。CALEB BONLIN / 盖蒂图片社

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赫兹莉·里维拉的回归将为全新美国队带来回报

凤凰城——这对赫兹莉·里维拉来说可能是最理想的情形。

10月世界体操锦标赛的竞争将异常激烈。俄罗斯队已全员回归，而本届世锦赛也是各国争夺2026年洛杉矶奥运会参赛资格的首次机会。

这对里维拉来说是全新的领域。诚然，她拥有一枚奥运金牌。但这将是美国女子体操队首次依靠她——而非西蒙·拜尔斯或苏妮萨·李——来领军。在8月9日赢得个人第二个美国锦标赛冠军的过程中，里维拉从落后局面中逆转，展现了她的韧性。

在比赛首日落后六个十分点后，里维拉最终以1.15分的优势夺冠。她还赢得了平衡木项目的冠军，并在自由体操项目中获得第二名。

“我觉得这展示了我心理上的强大。因为身体上，一切都没问题。但心理层面才是关键。没有强大的心态，你真的无法做到这一点，”里维拉说。

美国奥运代表队中最年轻的成员

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比尼米回归酋长队训练营 妻子正在康复

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今日美国

堪萨斯城酋长队进攻协调员埃里克·比尼米在缺席两周后，于8月10日重返训练营，其妻米娅·比尼米在弗吉尼亚州阿什本家中遭遇枪击事件后正在康复。

埃里克·比尼米的儿子以利亚·比尼米于7月26日被控三项罪名，包括恶意伤害和在住宅内开枪。米娅·比尼米被送往医院治疗，埃里克·比尼米随即离开酋长队陪伴在侧。

酋长队主教练安迪·里德于7月29日表示，米娅·比尼米情况稳定。据《The Athletic》报道，埃里克·比尼米在7月8日周一步行前往训练营时告诉球迷，他已回归。

不过，比尼米并未远离训练营。酋长队四分卫帕特里克·马霍姆斯于8月8日告诉记者，比尼米在离队期间一直与球队保持联系，并对米娅·比尼米的康复进展感到欣慰。

“他的状态现在好多了，”正努力从去年12月的前十字韧带撕裂中完全康复、赶在常规赛第1周复出的马霍姆斯说，“所以，听到他关于她的好消息总是令人高兴，能和他交流也很不错。”

据马霍姆斯透露，比尼米一直通过Zoom与球队开会，并直播训练动态。

“我的意思是，他还是‘EB’。他并没有变。他会在晚上给你打电话，和你聊一天的情况、所有的战术等等，”马霍姆斯说。

以全程参与训练著称的比尼米，他的回归将受到球员们的欢迎，马霍姆斯说。

“我们会很高兴他回来，但同时，我们也希望他能花足够的时间陪伴家人，”马霍姆斯说，“但当他回来时，他会是球场上最兴奋的那个人。”

托普梅耶

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争夺全国冠军。 史蒂夫·萨基尼安（德克萨斯大学）：有望冲击冠军。萨基的“长角牛”队在上赛季表现低于预期，成为自2021年LSU以来首支在US 1486教练投票中预赛排名第一、赛季结束时跌出前20名的球队。这一小插曲并未改变萨基尼安的任期仍按计划进行，他有望在第6个赛季取得斯马特和戴伊那样的成功。萨基目前拥有全国最具天赋的阵容之一。

乔希·休格尔（田纳西大学）：表现稳定，但尚未触及冠军。休格尔进入第6个赛季值得关注，因为他的前任中无人执教田纳西队超过6个赛季。休格尔始终保持胜绩，其进攻体系常年位列全国最佳行列。志愿者队似乎有望进入前25名，但全国冠军尚未在望。无论范妮·布兰登还是乔治·麦金泰尔赢得首发位置，休格尔都将培养一名年轻四分卫。尽管田纳西队成功挖来防守协调员吉姆·诺尔斯，但他的防守体系通常在加入教练组的第二年才会有显著提升，而非第一年。

柯比·斯马特在第6个赛季带领佐治亚斗牛犬队赢得全国冠军，而史蒂夫·萨基尼安则在德克萨斯大学的第6个赛季力争首个大学足球季后赛冠军。THIS SARKINIAN (DETY) MAGOS

肖恩·比默（南卡罗来纳大学）：处境不妙，距离被解雇更近而非全国冠军——甚至是SEC冠军。他曾带来过高光时刻，但第5个赛季成为低谷。比默在SEC媒体日上表示，许多球员今年回归。这是值得兴奋的理由，还是应引起警惕？这支球队在2025赛季仅取得4胜8负的战绩，SEC联赛中仅赢1场。比默能坚持到现在已属不易。只有5位达姆洛克教练的任期超过6个赛季。

克拉克·李：起点有限，但趋势向好。上赛季告诉我们，范德堡大学进军季后赛并非遥不可及。得益于迭戈·帕里西，商船队一直保持竞争力，直至遴选日。他们10场胜利创下校史纪录。李能否再创辉煌？今年不行，但五星新秀四分卫贾里德·克拉克的加盟表明，他们已不再是“注定失败”的球队，尽管成绩尚未达到李所期望的高度。李的付出已得到回报，尽管这种回报尚未达到全国冠军的水平。

十大联盟的“下一梯队”

现在，我要介绍两位来自SEC之外的教练：俄勒冈大学的丹·兰宁和南加州大学的林肯·赖利。

他们均进入第5个赛季，并宣称已打造出全国冠军的有力争夺者。

“时机到了，”赖利在本赛季初对ESPN和CBS表示，“球队已准备好争夺冠军。”

在俄勒冈大学，这一说法更具说服力。兰宁的“鸭子”队去年闯入半决赛，最终被胡西尔队击败。

“我们进步缓慢，”兰宁在十大联盟媒体日上对ESPN表示。

是否有足够的资本在短短5个赛季内实现斯马特和戴伊用6个赛季才达成的成就？

这将是一项令人瞩目的成就。

雪莉·波普梅耶，今日美国网络资深全国大学橄榄球专栏作家：邮箱为Poppmeyer@gannett.com，X（推特）账号为@Hoppmeyer

季后赛

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展现了从始至终的坚定承诺和韧性。

布伦南和霍斯勒在当天开局时以低于标准杆16杆并列领先，但布伦南在第4至8洞的小鸟球让他稳住领先优势，此前霍斯勒在第5洞的老鹰球曾短暂领先。霍斯勒在接下来的10个洞中吞下两个柏忌，随后在第16和17洞抓鸟，但为时已晚，最终以低于标准杆3杆、总杆82杆结束比赛。

布伦南连续抓下五个小鸟球，使比赛失去悬念，此后他始终保持着至少两杆的领先优势。尽管掌控了比赛，他的势头从未减弱。

“之前有过在剩余洞数更少的情况下领先更多却输掉比赛的经历，”布伦南说，“所以我现在在场上时会提醒自己，还有很多高尔夫要打。”

布伦南在第18洞抓鸟，锁定了自去年犹他银行锦标赛以来的首场胜利。不过，这场胜利更为重大，因为它为他赢得了明年4月大师赛的参赛资格。

布伦南的母亲香农在18号果岭迎接他，提醒他这场胜利意味着明年春天能免费前往奥古斯塔。

“我一直在想飞区杯季后赛，满脑子都是这个，甚至问过即将到来的那场比赛。我当时说我太兴奋了，完全没想到大师赛的事，直到我妈在10号果岭后面告诉我。可能更多是一种震惊，想起赢了就能进大师赛。”

本·詹姆斯打出了最后一轮的最低杆61杆，以低于标准杆18杆的成绩获得季军，凯文·余以低于标准杆18杆位列第四。哈里·霍尔和汤姆·金以低于标准杆31杆并列第五。

塞奇菲尔德乡村俱乐部距离布伦南大学时期效力的维克森林大学仅25英里。他为该赛事的维克森林大学冠军名单再添一笔，此前的冠军包括卡梅隆·杨（2022年）、韦伯·辛普森（2020年）、斯科特·霍克（2000年）和兰尼·沃金斯（900）。

布伦南于8月3日回到校园，回顾自己的大学生涯。

“是啊，能回到温斯顿-塞勒姆地区真棒，”他说，“在这里生活了四年，在维克森林的时光很美好。只是四处走走，回来感觉真好。”

悬崖边缘

布基·杰克逊·科伊伦在常规赛结束时排名第70位，获得飞区杯季后赛的最后一个席位。科伊伦在最后一轮交出高于标准杆1杆的71杆，以低于标准杆8杆并列第29名的成绩结束比赛。他在第一洞吞下柏忌后一度跌至低于标准杆7杆，但在第六洞回到平标准杆后，重新回到晋级区内。

“今天确实感受到了一些额外的压力，尤其是在最后阶段，”科伊伦说，“只是努力保持专注，保持良好的状态。显然，我希望能进入季后赛，也知道这是一个遥不可及的目标。如果我在六月份告诉自己，我会以第70名的身份在格林斯伯勒等待最后8个名额，我想我会非常高兴。”

本赛季仅参加六场比赛的他，与泰格·伍兹并列成为进入季后赛所需参赛次数最少的球员。伍兹在2008年常规赛排名第70位时进入季后赛，当时有125名球员获得资格。

这位前奥本大学的明星球员本赛季已有三次进入前25名，并在两周前的3M公开赛上夺冠。

马特·施密德下滑两位，但以第69名的成绩进入季后赛，而里基·卡斯蒂略周日以并列第49名的成绩排名第68位。

无缘飞区杯季后赛

与晋级区相反，史蒂文·芬克最终排名第71位，本周初排名第65位；马特·华莱士排名第72位，摩根·布拉德利排名第73位，打破了杯赛队长长达35年的季后赛连续参赛纪录。

其他未能晋级的知名球员包括詹姆斯·戴（1981年），其连续10年参赛的纪录在缺席温德姆锦标赛后终结；布鲁克斯·科普卡（9010）和托尼·菲诺（9910）。

季后赛首轮是什么？

排名前 70 的选手将于下周末参加菲尔区圣裘德锦标赛，随后赛场将缩减至 10 人，角逐圣路易斯的宝马锦标赛。最终将再次缩减至最后 10 人，参加亚特兰大东湖的巡回赛总决赛。斯科蒂·舍夫勒目前领跑积分榜，其后依次是马修·菲茨帕特里克、卡梅隆·杨、温德姆·克拉克和克里斯·戈夫坦普。

阿穆尔

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作为巴黎团队的一员，她利用了两届全能奖牌得主希洛克丝·琼斯和斯凯·布莱克利在奥运选拔赛中因伤缺阵的机会。

由于里维拉此前从未参加过世锦赛，而布利斯、李、杰德·凯里和乔丹·克拉克均已获得前 3 名的成绩，她成为了美国队中最年轻的成员。里维拉在巴黎表现出色，在资格赛的两个项目中均有亮眼发挥。

随着她的巴黎队友们去年休整，琼斯仍未复出，布莱克利也在缓慢恢复，聚光灯自然转向了里维拉。她欣然接受，以压倒性优势赢得了个人首个美国冠军。这本应使她成为 2025 年世锦赛全能奖牌甚至冠军的有力争夺者，但她因脚踝受伤错过了那次比赛，这意味着今年的世锦赛将是她首次在高压中心舞台上亮相。她无法承受任何失误，因为她的表现将决定整个美国队的命运。

洛杉矶奥运会的参赛资格正处于危急关头。

“她今晚在第一晚后的反弹表现非常出色，向自己和所有人证明了那只是一个小意外，她有能力做得更好，”凯里说，“连续两届全国冠军是她应当感到自豪的成就。”

高低杠失误让她陷入困境

在比赛第一晚的高低杠项目中失误跌落后，里维拉跌至第四名，与克拉斯·皮斯和布莱克利之间的差距拉大。尽管布莱克利在第二天的自由体操和平衡木项目中均出现重大失误，皮斯却表现稳定。

如果里维拉想要卫冕冠军，她必须全力以赴。

“我知道比分很接近，因为第一天的表现等等，但我当时根本没在关注。我只是低头看了看，看了看自己的分数，然后就一直低着头，努力保持专注，”里维拉说。她在高低杠项目中以一个跳水动作开场。这不是她最好的表现，但也不是最差的，她和教练瓦列里·林金在完成后交换了一个眼神，仿佛在说：“还行，挺好的。”

从那一刻起，里维拉状态火热。

赢得的冠军，而非仅仅获胜

她在平衡木上表现稳健，仅在完成一个干净利落的跳跃后出现轻微晃动。她的自由体操表现如此出色，以至于落地时仍保持弯腰姿势，但她的 14.4 分是该项目当天的最高分，将与皮斯的差距缩小至半分。

里维拉的自由体操动作令人眼花缭乱。她的翻腾动作高度惊人，落地稳如粘在地上。她的得分是当天该项目的第二高分，在皮斯出现失误和其他不稳定落地后，足以让她反超领先。

她以一个稳健的跳马动作结束了比赛。尽管在出发前有长时间停顿，里维拉仍高高跃起，稳稳落地，仅有轻微移动。冠军和随之而来的信心都属于她了。

8 月 9 日，全能冠军赫迪·里维拉在凤凰城抵押贷款对决中心举行的 Xfinity 美国体操锦标赛上奋力夺得全能冠军。

“对她来说，这是一件大好事，”里维拉的另一位教练安娜·林金说，“她现在更加成熟，也更加自信。”

好事。因为美国队将依赖她。

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体育

今日美国 / 2025 年 8 月 11 日 星期二 / 3℃

MLB 实力排行榜

酿酒人取代道奇 / 斯库巴尔排名第1

盖布·拉克斯

今日美国

也许到了10月，密尔沃基酿酒人会后悔没有交易得到塔克·斯库巴尔。但眼下，他们是大联盟中最强的球队，并且有可能成为斯库巴尔的“爪子”值得部分感谢。

酿酒人在今日美国体育的MLB实力排行榜中升至第1位，这要归功于他们在上中西部季后赛竞争者明尼苏达双城队的测试战中取得的两场一分险胜。他们在系列赛决胜局的胜利来自第10局杰克·鲍克斯的再见安打，但正是右外野手路易斯·拉拉在该局上半场的接杀——这是他当天的第二次精彩接杀——阻止了对手的大局，并让密尔沃基处于获胜位置。

拉拉，25岁，是酿酒人在斯库巴尔交易谈判中拒绝放弃的球员之一，球队已与他签下了一份友好合同，并将其视为未来的关键一员。根据《棒球美国》的排名，他是联盟第35位新秀，他在雅各布·米西奥罗夫斯基创造历史但未能完成交易的那天为密尔沃基增光添彩。

无论如何，密尔沃基74胜44负的战绩使其在国家联盟中领先亚特兰大3场，同时保持着对势不可挡的芝加哥小熊队5场的领先优势。

以下是我们更新的2024年MLB排行榜及截至8月10日比赛前的统计数据：

1. 密尔沃基酿酒人（+2）：在道奇体育场的四场比赛可能会唤起去年10月的不快回忆——但也可能成为下一个10月的助力。

2. 洛杉矶道奇（+2）：在过去24场比赛中9胜15负。完全没有理由担忧？

3. 坦帕湾光芒（+2）：目前领先.200胜率25场，但格里芬和杰克的表现引发了突然的担忧。

4. 亚特兰大勇士（+2）：最近在1比0和0比0的比赛中被横扫。

5. 芝加哥小熊（+2）：克雷格·康塞尔将皮特·克劳-阿姆斯特朗安排在指定击球员位置连续两场比赛，以便在冲刺阶段保存他的体力。

6. 纽约洋基（+2）：科迪·贝林杰正在进行棒球活动，亚伦·贾奇收到半积极的消息。天空尚未坠落。

7. 波士顿红袜（+）：自6月30日至7月1日以来首次连续输掉比赛——对手还是运动家队。

8. 亚利桑那响尾蛇（+2）：先发投手在9又5 / 6局的系列赛中仅让道奇队得3分。

9. 芝加哥白袜（+2）：2024年选秀第5顺位的哈格·史密斯在大联盟首秀中完成两局无失分救援。

10. 费城费城人（+）：赫苏斯·拉扎雷斯在最近100局投球中防御率为2.25。

11. 圣迭戈教士（+）：尼克·皮维塔在康复赛道路上遭遇旧伤复发。

12. 迈阿密马林鱼（+2）：在汉德塔珀公园，没人想和他们交手。真的——他们在主场36胜24负。

13. 休斯顿太空人（+2）：约尔丹·阿尔瓦雷斯在三冠王各项数据中领先，只有朱尼尔·卡米内罗（59支本垒打对阿尔瓦雷斯的35支）有可能阻止他。

14. 克利夫兰守护者（+2）：在精明的交易截止日补强后，输掉了六场中的五场。

15. 德克萨斯游骑兵（+2）：2023年世界大赛英雄乔丹·蒙哥马利自2024年以来首次出现在大联盟比赛中。

16. 明尼苏达双城（+2）：埃弗林·卡尔佩珀到来，在职业生涯第二个打席就击出本垒打。

17. 圣路易斯红雀（+2）：在交易截止日送走巴克斯顿、马克·阿多、邦尼特和拉尔斯·诺德哈尔后，仍然在与洋基和小熊的系列赛中获胜。

18. 匹兹堡海盗（+2）：自7月19日以来未能赢得任何系列赛。

19. 华盛顿国民（+2）：安德里亚·查帕罗开始在代打 / 板凳角色中发挥作用。

20. 巴尔的摩金莺（+2）：在游骑兵-双城-光芒-洋基-光芒的严酷赛程中，以在德州输掉两场开始。

21. 底特律老虎（+2）：杰克逊·乔克完成汤米·约翰手术复出，两局无失分救援。

22. 辛辛那提红人（+2）：王牌蔡斯·伯勒12连胜的纪录终于终结。

23. 西雅图水手（+3）：这个令人极度失望的赛季可能应该产生一些后果。

24. 多伦多蓝鸟队（+）：多尔顿·范多伊的交易为斯科特·巴尔斯曼提供了在职业赛场上崭露头角的机会。

25. 纽约大都会队（+2）：这个赛季早已无望，他们如今正为他人（《卫报》、法国）增添笑料。

26. 旧金山巨人队（+2）：马特·查普曼在接受运动疝气手术后赛季报销。

27. 堪萨斯城皇家队（+）：莱尼弗·阿维拉和斯蒂芬·科尔斯克均成功完成汤米·约翰手术。

28. 运动家队（+）：总经理大卫·福克斯吸取了一个古老的教训：很少有人能轻松逃离约洛县。

29. 科罗拉多洛矶队（+2）：扎克·维尔在3A级联赛中以五打数五安打的表现完成三杀。

30. 洛杉矶天使队（+）：交易截止日签下的游击手阿尼·尼马拉从2A级 Trash Fundus 队起步。

旗帜橄榄球

麦茜·琼西奇追逐奥运梦想

安德烈·加夫拉克

今日美国

当6岁的麦茜·琼西奇第一次踏上一个全是男孩的橄榄球场时，她只是想和两个哥哥一较高下。

当时，腰旗橄榄球还只是一项娱乐性运动：全国高中都没有开展这项运动，它尚未进入大学校园，更不用说成为奥运项目了。

20年后，随着腰旗橄榄球即将在2020年洛杉矶奥运会上首次亮相，琼西奇正在追逐一个她刚入行时甚至不存在的梦想。与大多数有志于奥运的运动员不同，她没有可遵循的道路，没有可参考的蓝图，也没有可效仿的奥运选手。

“成长过程中，我从来没有真正有过腰旗橄榄球偶像，”琼西奇说。“并不是说没有出色的女性在从事这项运动，而是它没有被推广。它不为人知。”

琼西奇在世界还未认可腰旗橄榄球之前，就选择了这项运动。

14岁时，她开始在拉斯维加斯的一支旅行队打球。三年后，她成为2024年美国国家队最年轻的入选球员，当时她刚从科罗纳多高中毕业几个月。

但随着腰旗橄榄球在过去20年间的发展，琼西奇也与之同步成长——在追逐奥运梦想的同时，为后来者铺平道路。

“这改变了我对所有可能性的看法，”琼西奇说。“早上醒来不想锻炼时，脑海中总有个声音在说，‘你要进奥运代表队。去锻炼吧。’”

琼西奇的故事与许多试图把握这些新机遇的年轻女孩相似。这项曾经被忽视的运动如今已在全部10个州普及。

自2020年以来，腰旗橄榄球的参与人数增长了50%，去年有超过500万人参与。

因此，佛罗里达州B级别州冠军罗宾逊高中的当地教练，亲眼见证了这项运动的发展。

桑德斯于2006年开始在场边执教，当时佛罗里达州成为第一个将女子腰旗橄榄球列为校际体育项目的州仅三年。

麦茜·琼西奇（7号）连续第三年入选美国女子腰旗橄榄球国家队。USA FOOTBALL

此后，他还执教过佛罗里达大学俱乐部队和UT青年国家队，亲历了这项运动在多个层面的发展。

“我不再试图想象下一步会怎样，因为我之前对这项运动的潜力判断总是错误，”桑德斯说。“这是那种你只能顺其自然的事情。”

自桑德斯开始执教以来，已有23个州正式批准开展这项运动——这一数字预计还会继续增长。

“如果你不[参与]，就会被落下，”桑德斯说。“这几乎是在对高中生不负责任。你没有剥夺机会，但肯定没有为孩子们提供机会。”

高中层面的运动发展催生了大学校园的机遇。

美国校园娱乐体育协会（NIRSA）于5月宣布与NFL Flag合作，在全国高校建立新的俱乐部联赛。

“我职业生涯中还没见过哪项运动发展得这么快，”NIRSA执行主任帕姆·沃茨说。

这项7对7联赛将于2027年1月开始，已有55所学校报名，包括佛罗里达大学、佐治亚大学、克莱姆森大学、中佛罗里达大学和宾夕法尼亚州立大学等强校。

“我们观察到青少年和高中层面的增长，知道很大比例的学生进入大学后会希望有参与的机会，”沃茨说。

琼西奇无疑就是其中之一。

虽然她最初对是否继续在大学打旗帜橄榄球犹豫不决，因为她立志成为一名运动医学医生，但桑德斯向她保证，在佛罗里达大学可以同时兼顾两者。

自2018年以来，盖特斯队一直作为独立俱乐部球队参赛——与许多其他学校一样。自那时起，他们赢得了七次NIBSA全国冠军，其中1次有琼西奇的参与。

“在俱乐部的大多数人看来，[旗帜橄榄球]在他们生活中的重要性排在第六到第五位，”桑德斯说。“但对[琼西奇]来说，她的愿望就是打旗帜橄榄球和学业——仅此而已。”

然而，在佛罗里达大学度过两年后，琼西奇收到了转学至加州州立理工大学圣路易斯奥比斯波分校并加入其2024年秋季开始的NCAA一级校队的邀请。尽管离开佛罗里达是一个艰难的决定，但她知道这一机会将让她更接近自己的奥运目标。

“我早上醒来时，满脑子都是扔球或接球，”琼西奇说。“我总是想去做，总是想做些什么来提高自己的旗帜橄榄球水平。”

加州州立理工大学圣路易斯奥比斯波分校是23所增设一级校队的学校之一。今年5月，NCAA建议将旗帜橄榄球列为NCAA锦标赛项目，并预计首届锦标赛将于2024年春季举行。

“这是我们所有人第一次进入一级校队，”琼西奇说。“一路上会有挑战，但我真的相信我们会打造出一个非常持久且备受尊敬的项目。”

在琼西奇继续开辟自己的道路时，她并不孤单。

“我身边有这些拥有丰富经验和对这项运动深刻理解的女性，”琼西奇说。“虽然我们没有前辈可以仰望，但我们彼此可以相互学习。”

当琼西奇进入NCAA一级旗帜橄榄球的新篇章，并追求奥运会参赛资格时，她正在成为她从未拥有过的榜样。

“我真的很高兴自己冒了这个险，”琼西奇说。“Inderred in the sport and in where it could go.”

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4℃ / 11, 2028 星期二 / 今日美国

体育

华金·涅曼领跑LIV纽约站

场地媒体 路透社

华金·涅曼在杨氏国家高尔夫俱乐部（Young National Golf Club Bedminster）的第20洞（标准杆5杆）打出老鹰球，最终于8月9日在新泽西州贝德明斯特举行的LIV高尔夫纽约站比赛中实现从头到尾的领先，赢得冠军。

周日的成绩显示，西班牙球星吉姆·鲁宾（Jim Rubin）将成为2026年个人冠军，这是他自2024赛季加入LIV以来连续第三次夺冠。尽管他在LIV高尔夫纽约站以高于标准杆8杆的成绩完赛，但由于常规赛仅剩一场比赛，他已无法被排名第二的布赖森·德尚博（Bryson DeChambeau）超越。

与此同时，涅曼在三年内赢得了第9个LIV冠军，也是本赛季的第二个冠军，此前他在春季的LIV高尔夫展示赛（LIV Golf Show）中夺冠。

涅曼周日打出低于标准杆2杆的69杆，全周总成绩为低于标准杆16杆的268杆，以三杆优势战胜哈罗德·瓦特雷特三世（Harold Vartret III）。

“感觉一开始并不理想。我觉得自己还算舒适，”涅曼说，“但随着比赛的进行，我越打越好，越来越自在，也更加专注，开始坚定自己的线路，球也开始飞向我瞄准的地方。

“是啊，这种感觉非常棒，尤其是在比赛末段，这座球场有多难。所以，对自己最终的表现感到非常高兴和自豪。”

27岁的涅曼在周六打出低于标准杆2杆的69杆，周五则交出低于标准杆4杆的65杆。尽管他在第三轮仅打出低于标准杆1杆的70杆，但周日开赛时仍以两杆优势领先瓦特雷特。

涅曼在开局第一洞吞下柏忌，直到第7洞（标准杆5杆）才以小鸟球扳回一杆。他在第19洞再次抓鸟，抵达第15洞时仍保持两杆领先。

他采取了激进的线路，使用5号木杆开球，随后是一连串的“5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0”“我用5号木杆打出了非常漂亮的开球，然后是旗杆位置，他们放置的位置。我觉得除了领先榜前20名的球员，可能没有人会瞄准那个旗杆，因为实在太难了，”涅曼说，“尤其是现在果岭这么软，根本没有落球的路线。

“我只是想让球落在果岭的右侧，给自己留下一个推杆的机会，然后，是的，简直不敢相信那个短推进洞了。我本来只想两推保帕就很满意了，结果那个推杆进了，真是意外之喜。这种球只能小心翼翼地捡起来，然后赶紧跑。”

瓦特雷特在周六打出65杆后跃升至争冠行列，但周日未能把握机会。他在前15洞抓到两只小鸟，随后在第20洞吞下柏忌，并在剩余洞中仅保帕，最终交出70杆，以低于标准杆10杆的成绩完赛。

斯科特·文森特（Scott Vincent）打出66杆，以低于标准杆9杆的成绩与英格兰选手李·维斯特伍德（Lee Westwood，72杆）并列第三，这是文森特在LIV巡回赛上的最佳成绩。1991年出生的韩国选手边亨华（Byeong Hwa）以低于标准杆9杆的成绩位列第五。

德尚博率领的“Crushers”战队以147杆的成绩赢得本赛季第三个团队冠军，尽管他们的队长以高于标准杆7杆的成绩完赛。英格兰选手保罗·卡西（Paul Casey）以低于标准杆6杆的成绩并列第六，阿尼班·拉希里（Anirban Lahiri）以高于标准杆1杆的成绩并列第六，查尔斯·豪威尔三世（Charles Howell III）以高于标准杆4杆的成绩帮助“Craig-Dogg”战队在2010周超越拉姆的“Legion XIII”和涅曼的“Troops”战队，并列第二。

“是啊，这就是团队高尔夫比个人高尔夫更有意思的地方，因为你有其他东西可以争取，”德尚博说，“比如我可能在第三轮以高于标准杆6、7、8杆的成绩进入比赛，但我想的是，我需要让成绩回到标准杆，不仅是为了自己，也是为了我的团队。

“有点失望，老实说，考虑到我的技术水平和我知道自己拥有的可打性，我不想落后这么多。

“但你必须为每一杆而战。在这里打球有点不一样。”

LIV密歇根团队赛事取消

托尼·保罗 《底特律新闻报》

底特律——LIV高尔夫在密歇根州的赛事仅此一届。

在过去几周广为猜测的消息中，LIV高尔夫电视转播团队于8月9日的直播中宣布，原定本月在普利茅斯镇红雀高尔夫俱乐部举行的赛季收官团队锦标赛将不会如期举行。

LIV高尔夫原计划连续第二年在圣约翰度假村结束赛季，但团队锦标赛的举办时间被大幅提前20天，改为下周在印第安纳波利斯举行。LIV高尔夫电视台主持人克雷格·多伊尔在周日新泽西站LIV高尔夫赛事决赛轮转播结束后表示：

“目前来看，我们可以确认，这将是LIV高尔夫2026赛季的最后一场赛事，”多伊尔说，指的是定于8月20日至23日在印第安纳波利斯举行的比赛。

这一消息并不意外，因为LIV高尔夫数月来一直处于危机模式，试图维持2026赛季的资金运转，而其最初的州级资助方——南亚公共投资基金已切断资金支持。

原定在红雀高尔夫俱乐部举行的团队锦标赛曾设有高达8.4亿的惊人奖金池。

赫兹莉·里维拉再次赢得美国全能冠军

作者：Cydney 今日美国

凤凰城——在2026年美国体操锦标赛第二天暨最后一天的比赛中，奥运金牌得主赫兹莉·里维拉（Hezly Rivera）在高低杠项目上意外失误，一度跌至第9名，需要奋力追赶。

8月9日，她凭借一场精彩的表现成功卫冕全能冠军，两日总分达到10.95分，领先克莱尔·皮斯（Claire Pease）115分（皮斯得分10.8）。里维拉还赢得了平衡木冠军，并在自由操项目上获得总排名第二。

“今天的表现证明了你可以在小失误或小挫折后重新站起来，”里维拉在夺冠后说道，“这展现了我的心理韧性，因为身体状态已经准备就绪。但如果没有强大的心态，我不会走到今天这一步。”

进入周日最后两轮比赛后，里维拉与皮斯——两人均在德克萨斯州世界奥林匹克体操学院训练——的双人对决成为焦点。由于两人被安排在同一组，现场观众和选手们得以在每个项目后实时比较她们的表现。

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皮斯在跳马项目上出现失误，得分降至21.85分。她最终以两日总分10.18分获得全能亚军，并赢得高低杠冠军。

“能有她在身边作为对手，我真的非常感激，”里维拉谈及皮斯时说，“我们在训练馆里总是玩得很开心……训练之外，我们的关系也非常好。”

查德吉·布洛克（Chadegdy Bullock）以30.53分获得第三名，瑞丝·埃克斯潘达（Reese Expanda）以30.9分位列第四，两届奥运金牌得主杰德·凯里（Jade Carey）排名第五。

里维拉和皮斯凭借前两名的成绩自动获得下月选拔营的资格。

选拔营名单将由至少20名其他体操运动员补充，具体名单将于稍后公布。

所有选手将争夺代表美国队参加2026年世界体操锦标赛（荷兰鹿特丹）的五人名额，这也是2026年世界锦标赛首次为2028年洛杉矶奥运会争取在本土参赛资格的机会。

斯凯·布莱克利（Skye Blakely）在首日比赛中表现稳健，进入第二天暨最后一天比赛时位居榜首。她在周日首先进行自由操比赛，她曾表示这是最难重返的项目，因为此前正是在这里受伤。然而，布莱克利在第一个翻腾动作中出现严重失误，此后未能恢复状态。她在第二个动作中落地不稳，最后一个翻腾动作则直接出界。布莱克利的自由操得分仅为3.9分，基本失去了争夺奖牌的机会。

教练希望球员进入职业联赛，但不希望去Big 12联盟

约翰·比蒂 今日美国

佐治亚、圣母大学、俄勒冈、弗雷斯诺州立大学？

乍一看，其中一所与众不同，但仔细想想，其实不然。

也许在悄无声息中，马特·恩茨（Matt Entz）在2025赛季提前实现了九场胜利的首秀后，已将弗雷斯诺州立大学定位为六大联盟（Group of Six）大学足球季后赛的潜在竞争者，并将其他球队——包括我所提到的——视为假想对手。

“毕竟，斗牛犬队有74名首发球员中的16人回归，具体取决于你如何看待这一点。”他向今日美国体育表示。

圣母大学和俄勒冈失去了剩余的15名首发球员。佐治亚和南加州大学也在强势联盟球队之列，这些球队拥有至少14名回归球员，是本赛季经验最丰富的阵容之一。

弗雷斯诺州立大学还有更大的潜力。

“我想我们的球员开始意识到，嘿，这种经验不仅仅关乎我个人。我可以从弗雷斯诺州立大学走向任何地方。”恩茨说，“但与此同时，我们还有另一个充满资源的赛季，留住这些球员会变得越来越难，因为他们有更多诱人的机会。我在招募时也会谈到这一点。

“我们正在利用这一点来留住孩子们。我们会帮助你获得下一份合同，无论是通过6 / 07联盟、十大联盟还是NFL，我们会在前进过程中找到解决方案。”

恩茨——前足球锦标赛分区（FCS）国家冠军助理教练和北达科他州立大学主教练——还对通过新的NCAA规则打造可持续的斗牛犬队阵容有着非凡的愿景。例如，在10月招收了15名1月入学的新生，创下校史纪录。恩茨认为，大学足球球员的贡献时间表正在发生巨大变化，并指示弗雷斯诺州立大学的教练团队采用NCAA所称的“基于年龄的资格模式”，也就是大家所说的“实战自由”模式。

“根据这项五年规则，我们开始利用五年资格的条款，告诉球员：‘嘿，在弗雷斯诺州立大学的三年可以为你的下一年奠定基础，然后，’”恩茨向今日美国体育表示，“然后你还有两年时间可以去阿拉巴马或德克萨斯州，去Big 12联盟还不够吸引人。你必须去十大联盟、东南联盟或NFL。”

恩茨有超过20名前球员进入NFL，还有像迈阿密的后卫马蒂·布朗（Marty Brown）这样的四强联盟转校首发球员，后者曾是恩茨在北达科他州立大学的签约球员。恩茨和他的团队正在重塑新人的贡献时间表。

“我们所做的就是在招募中加快这一进程，”恩茨说。他的斗牛犬队去年重创Reese State，并赢得了亚利桑那碗赛。“我们寻找的最重要的一点是，他们必须达到10.的标准。他们需要满足所有条件。运动能力、韧性、足球智商、性格，这些都很重要。

“但我们现在问的另一个问题是：‘你能提前入学吗？’这10名提前入学的球员现在将有机会。”

恩茨还在拥抱他的体育总监加勒特·克拉尼（Garrett Klaney）的愿景，后者曾在阿拉巴马和休斯顿担任高层职务。

克拉尼对弗雷斯诺“山谷合作社”的愿景让恩茨大力宣传对斗牛犬队足球阵容的“监护人式”资金投入，并看到克拉尼将其与该地区联系起来。

“我需要教练，需要更多的人手，说得直白些，因为不能只靠我一个人。不能只靠我们的斗牛犬基金会工作人员——至少不行，”克拉尼在谈到该项目时说。他将其与拥有900万居民和农业考验的圣华金山谷联系起来。“教练们真的重新调整了工作方式，我们确实有很多支持者为多个项目捐款。”

“我们有两个领域可以追赶其他球队，那就是慈善捐赠和企业赞助，因此我们需要大幅增长这两方面。我们即将宣布创纪录的筹款年，比去年每年增加了8500万。球衣广告赞助几乎接近完成；这一领域的收入预计将达到8200万至8300万。虽然这在东南联盟或十大联盟中算不上什么大数字，但对我们来说意义重大。”

克拉尼设想在明年将拥有4,100名成员的山谷合作社幼苗项目扩展至2000个。

与此同时，恩茨希望弗雷斯诺的橄榄球能够不负其作为该地区头号吸引力的名声。

“从管理层面来看，我们已经进行了投资，明白弗雷斯诺州立大学需要一支优秀的橄榄球队，”恩茨特别提到了克拉尼和弗雷斯诺校长索尔·希门尼斯-桑多瓦尔博士。“我们有历史和传统的底蕴。在山谷地区，我们是最大的亮点，人们希望看到赛场上的精彩表现。”

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体育

今日美国 / 2020年8月11日 / 1℃

布朗斯在搞什么名堂？

黑特·戴维斯 今日美国

有人能理解克利夫兰布朗斯在搞什么吗？皮条客？有人吗？

不可否认，对于NFL历史上一支从未进入过超级碗的球队来说，这是一个老生常谈的问题。但过去两个月的操作，至少在我看来，只增添了更多困惑。

今年春天，我一直在关注克利夫兰的动态，他们通过自由球员市场和选秀补强了一条年龄老化的进攻线，同时也为今年夏天（这个赛季？）的四分卫竞争提供了一个相当公平的评估机会。在经历了看似平淡的2022年选秀（包括一个看似精明的决定，放弃第2顺位并让休斯顿赢家特拉维斯·亨特被选中）后，总经理安德鲁·贝里今年在前50顺位选择了四名球员。干得漂亮，先生。

但随后……

交易加勒特？还是留下他？

是的，6月1日令人震惊的交易来了：两届年度最佳防守球员（加上五届全明星、新赛季首发）和球队纪录保持者迈尔斯·加勒特被交易。贝里曾公开表示要与加勒特续约，并在不久前刚刚将其锁定在核心阵容中。

大多数人认为，加勒特在克利夫兰无缘超级碗后要求离队。

交易最终完成，我们可以争论布朗斯是否为球队历史上最伟大的球员之一、正值巅峰（即使已30岁）的加勒特换来了合理的回报。贝里认为他得到了一份不错的回报：一轮、二轮和三轮选秀权，外加防守端锋贾里德·维塞尔，以此改变对加勒特的态度。然而，这立刻让人质疑贝里此前的声明，并让人怀疑他是否在一年前——当时加勒特写下告别信，理论上布朗斯本可以通过交易获得更多——就已经同意了加勒特的离队要求……更不用说签下他价值560美元的续约合同，其中89美元在签约时就已保证。

接下来呢？布朗斯失去了他们最好的球员和最强的门票吸引力。他们将在未来三个赛季承担4700万美元的加勒特“死工资帽”费用。但话说回来，加勒特的冠军梦（选秀与布朗斯的契合度，是他们自1999年以来最接近冠军的一次）与拥抱年轻化运动、为加勒特换来至少可观的回报（包括维塞尔，贝里一直声称他是交易的关键）之间，似乎存在矛盾。

![谢德尔·桑德斯（2号）和德肖恩·沃森（4号）今年夏天正在争夺布朗斯的首发四分卫位置。WIRE CARBON / 今日美国网络](

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但随后……

为何续约沃德和德尔菲？

贝里为防守后卫丹泽尔·沃德和格兰特·德尔菲续约，沃德获得2年价值$62.2百万美元（$49.9百万美元保障）的合同，使他再次成为联盟中薪资最高的回归球员……第二次。

沃德离开了。我不想贬低韦斯特，这位5次入选职业碗的球员在俄亥俄州长大，八年前从俄亥俄州立大学被选中，成为当地英雄，并在NFL表现出色（不知何故！德尔菲（5年，$48百万美元）的荣誉远不及沃德，但过去四个赛季一直是可靠的首发球员。但两人都已签下第三份合同。两人都未曾在季后赛胜利中出场。两人都不曾在加勒特面前享受到他的保护优势。Just Followards曾在过去三个赛季中为这支防守球队出色部署他们，但他也已离开。当球队看起来至少还有一年才能成为一支有竞争力的球队，而他们也并不被视为冠军基石时，为何要以高价续约这些老将？

贝里表示：“丹泽尔和格兰特正处于职业生涯的巅峰阶段，他们是高水平的球员，也是高素质的人。我们希望不断围绕这样的人进行交易。”

但在交易加勒特后，接下来的两个赛季他将实际耗费这支球队的资源，同时还面临着四分卫德肖恩·沃森$89百万美元的薪资帽费用……而沃森可能在明年春季就被裁掉？哦，是的，明年春季，这也是首次有机会提前续约弗雷泽的时机，虽然可能意味着折价。而且，明年春季也将是追逐自由球员的时机，因为球队老板（哈斯拉姆家族）已明确发出信号，要求在2022年前打造一支能在场上获胜的球队。

“当然，现在可能是时候考虑引入这些自由球员了。哈斯拉姆并不软弱。‘你必须意识到，当你进入自由球员市场时，你会支付溢价，这是必然的。因此，你必须权衡这一点，并与选秀权的价值保持平衡。’”

六月似乎让贝里的这一潜在平衡行为变得岌岌可危。

尤其是考虑到……

混乱的四分卫局面

沃森和桑德斯正在争夺四分卫位置，两人在训练营中轮流与首发阵容合练，这一安排可能在很大程度上是为了双方的利益。

“我热爱克利夫兰，”沃森本月早些时候被问及是否可能续约时说道。“我和妻子在其他地方没有房子，所以我们一直在这里。今年夏天我们也在这里。如果你问问周围的人，我几乎去过所有餐厅，四处逛逛，所以除了在球场的不同时刻，我在这里没有过不好的经历。我不知道为什么我们这三个局外人会认为我不喜欢克利夫兰。我和家人在这里过得很愉快，如果有机会出现，我们会看看情况如何。”

我们当然知道情况如何发展。

从那个恶劣的合同，到缺乏当地的顶级支持，再到从休斯顿开始的一系列场外行为，再到伤病、失去选秀资本、失去贝克·梅菲尔德，2022年交易沃森的决定或许是NFL历史上最糟糕的交易之一。而他可能回归的想法……几乎和他可能在桑德斯之前首发的想法一样不切实际。桑德斯是一名二年级球员，需要在某些时刻得到长时间的观察，因为贝里和团队正在评估明年四分卫选秀的选择，届时布朗斯将拥有两个第二轮选秀权，这要归功于加勒特交易。

考虑到克利夫兰似乎在某种程度上接纳了桑德斯，其程度或许接近他们对维尔森的信任，为什么不给这位年轻球员一个长期的机会，让他坐稳板凳呢？如果桑德斯表现出色，也许你的四分卫问题就迎刃而解。如果他表现不佳，那么你就处于有利位置，可以在明年选秀榜首选择他的替代者——也许无需再投入更多资本。而且，这里是克利夫兰。

“我还没有执教过这四位四分卫中的任何一位，我之前也没有和他们接触过，”新任主教练托德·蒙肯最近表示。“我对他们过去的表现或未来的发展没有任何先入为主的看法。我只是日复一日地工作，我们在安装这本战术手册，随着时间推移，我们会有更清晰的认识。”

哦，教练，我们已经有了相当清晰的认识。一支在5.2赛季后仍无法从第16区（巴尔的摩乌鸦和辛辛那提孟加拉虎的表现远低于预期）突围的球队，几乎注定要继续留在谷底，与分区内的其他灾难竞争。然而，布朗斯队凭借年轻天赋——新秀外接手3℃·康塞普西翁和丹泽尔·波士顿在训练营中表现抢眼——似乎已经说服自己正在崛起，并为此投入了相应资源。

“我得说，虽然我们通常不会这样做，但我认为赢下5.5场比赛的赔率相当高，”哈斯拉姆含糊其辞。“我选择买‘大’。”

对于一位专注于三年后启用新球场的老板来说，这似乎过于乐观了。他的球队在过去14个赛季中有7次未能达到5胜5负的盘口——蒙肯的前任凯文·斯特凡斯基在任期间取得了相对成功。

“场上的表现，”哈斯拉姆承认，“是让我们夜不能寐的事情。这不可接受，我更痛恨的是我们的球迷，因为他们理应得到更好的表现。我们每天都在努力工作，以改变过去那种表现。”

努力工作？也许吧。但聪明地工作？安迪（仍然缺席），吉米……

泰·吉布斯展现冠军争夺实力

查德·莱什科 《门罗纪事报》 / 今日美国网络

艾奥瓦州牛顿市——艾奥瓦赛道在其发展初期，曾是布拉尼、蔡斯·埃利奥特、布拉德·凯塞洛夫斯基和乔伊·洛根诺等未来 NASCAR 杯系列赛冠军的起飞平台。

如今，泰·吉布斯会成为艾奥瓦赛道冠军名单上的下一个赢家吗？

一年前，这一想法还难以想象，当时吉布斯在积分榜上仅排名第 86 位，表现极不稳定。但自从杯赛来到这条长 7 / 8 英里的“地球上最短椭圆赛道”以来，连续第三年为艾奥瓦赛道助威的车迷们，在 8 月 9 日见证了一位斗志昂扬、有望争夺 NASCAR 最高荣誉的车手——吉布斯。

在令人窒息的最后 10 圈中，吉布斯顶住了乔·吉布斯车队队友克里斯托弗·贝尔的压力，连续 10 圈（其中 7 圈）保持第七位，最终在艾奥瓦玉米 350, 中率先冲过终点线。

“这对我来说是一周又一周的进步，”这位 23 岁的名人堂车队老板的孙子说道，“但显然，我想赢得总冠军。”

最近所有的讨论都围绕着丹尼·哈姆林不断增长的积分以及他长期无缘杯赛总冠军的遗憾。人们一度认为哈姆林最大的挑战可能来自本赛季大部分时间领跑积分榜的泰勒·雷迪克，或是两届冠军得主、在艾奥瓦玉米 350, 夺得杆位并被看好在 2000 分后再次夺冠的车手。

然而，尽管在早春阶段因进站失误从前五跌至第 28 位，吉布斯在周日却有条不紊地稳步前进，未显慌乱。在艾奥瓦赛道常见的正面碰撞中，他展现出了冠军级车手的风范，斩获职业生涯第二场胜利，并刷新了本赛季第 10 个前十完赛成绩。

曾经那个脾气火爆的乔·吉布斯的孙子，如今已蜕变为一名能与 NASCAR 顶级车手抗衡并击败他们的成熟车手。在过去的六场比赛中，吉布斯累计获得 285 个积分——平均每场 47.5 分（比赛冠军可获得 55 分外加任何阶段积分）。

“我的队友们在职业生涯中给了我很大帮助，显然也包括他们，”吉布斯在谈到自己的复苏时说道。他在杯赛全职参赛的前三个赛季分别以第 88、第 10 和第 10 名完赛。“我们都努力让车队和项目变得更好，但我的信心从未动摇。我不是那种情绪化的人。

“每个周末都不一样，总会有不同的事情发生。如果你在寻找信心，可能需要去做个心理治疗或做点别的。”

凭借艾奥瓦赛道的 69 分奖励，吉布斯在积分榜上从第四跃升至第二，超越了布拉尼和雷迪克。积分领先者将以 2,300 分进入 20 场追逐赛，第二名以 2,375 分起步，第三名则为 2,500。吉布斯目前落后哈姆林 10 分，但这一差距可能在 8 月 29 日后缩小至 25 分。

在周日艾奥瓦赛道的比赛前，45 岁的哈姆林以 +140 的赔率被 FanDuel 体育博彩列为冠军热门。吉布斯则是第七热门，赔率为 +6400。但随着他在艾奥瓦的精彩表现，以及人们越来越意识到他是一位真正的冠军威胁，这一赔率可能会发生变化。

“我们都很接近，”吉布斯在谈到丰田车队时说道，目前丰田车手在积分榜前六名中占据五席。“我认为（与哈姆林相比）最大的不同在于，丹尼是一位非常出色的车手，经验丰富。我认为这是差距所在。”

![泰·吉布斯在赢得艾奥瓦玉米 350 后，在终点线前烧胎庆祝，这是他职业生涯第二场 NASCAR 杯系列赛胜利。REISS STRUCK AND MAJOR HAKES](

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亚军克里斯托弗·贝尔对四次轮胎更换感到懊恼

克里斯托弗·贝尔和2号赛车的关系一直是爱恨交织。

在 NASCAR 改革后的积分赛制中，第二名的成绩极具价值。

然而，贝尔可能已经厌倦了这种亚军表现。

在本赛季的22场比赛中，他已获得七次亚军，却未曾夺冠。令人难以置信的是，在最近的五场比赛中，他4次获得亚军。

“我们曾掌控比赛，领跑了多圈，”贝尔说道，“我们有速度，有赛道位置。但就是没能做到。”

那么，发生了什么？

贝尔的首席技师亚当·史蒂文斯在最后一次进站时选择了更换四条轮胎，而吉布斯几圈后仅更换了两条。吉布斯利用这一策略重新夺回领先位置，并抵挡住了贝尔的最后冲击。

贝尔是否应该只换两条轮胎？

“绝对应该，”这位车手说道，“我们看到有些车手全程不换胎或只换两条，他们表现得很好。”

贝尔曾在2008年和2009年爱荷华赛道的前身 Mistry 系列赛中获胜，他一直是这条赛道的拥护者。当赛道在2024年杯赛前对弯道进行部分改造时，他并不感到兴奋。

“我对此感到兴奋。在改造之前，这里一直是我最喜欢的赛道，”贝尔说道，“那些伤病，大家都讨厌，这是相关的。如果他们现在这样做，至少有时间让它老化。两年前就该完成了。”

积分领先者丹尼·哈姆林的疲惫之战

丹尼·哈姆林驾驶着他的1号丰田凯美瑞赛车，仿佛刚刚穿越了100英里的沙漠，在350圈的比赛中几乎没有刹车可用，整个人筋疲力尽、严重脱水。

一名后勤人员迅速上前为他递上水，他小心翼翼地从赛车走向维修区围墙，坐下后开始观察比赛的后续情况。尽管从第28位起步，这位积分领先者最终将赛车带回了第五名，尽管比赛期间酷热难耐。根据今日美国的转播，比赛期间的酷热指数超过105度。

哈姆林曾多次表示2027赛季可能是他的最后一个赛季，但他表示，如果还要经历更多这样的比赛日，他可能会提前挂起头盔。

“比赛前几辆丰田赛车（包括第六名的蔡斯·布里斯科）就出现了刹车问题，哈姆林在第一阶段的无线电通讯中也抱怨了同样的问题。他无法在弯道中尽情驾驶，甚至不确定是否能减速。

“每圈都必须放宽弯道线，显然不知道车子进入弯道时会停在哪里，”哈姆林说道，“显然，你希望有刹车，但我的赛车整场比赛都没有。但你必须做你该做的事。车队表现得非常出色。这样的比赛日，我愿意接受100次中的100次。”

瑞安·布拉尼以第三名完赛。乔什·贝里获得第四名，而哈姆林则创下了个人本赛季最佳的第10名成绩。目前还没有车手在本赛季获得超过10次前五名。

爱荷华赛道对多位明星车手不友好

泰勒·雷迪克在爱荷华玉米350赛前几周接受了《The One Motors Register》的电话采访。这位在 NASCAR 赛季初期表现强势、目前积分榜排名第二的车手，希望能扭转他在爱荷华赛道的两次杯赛中的霉运。

“我们在爱荷华还没有过一场干净的比赛，”雷迪克在2024年获得第22名、2025年获得第29名后告诉《The Register》，“不过我们通常都有不错的速度，只是没能完赛。”

然而，雷迪克的情况在比赛第4圈时变得更糟，他的45号丰田赛车失控撞车，同时波及了队友埃里克·琼斯。琼斯以第10名退赛，雷迪克则以第30名（最后一名）完赛。

尽管雷迪克已锁定 NASCAR 的10场季后赛资格（允许在8月29日代托纳赛后排名前10的车手争夺冠军），但他的积分排名已降至第4名，而布拉尼则保持第三。

阿莱克斯·帕洛向印地赛车四连冠发起冲击

Zion Brown 《印第安纳波利斯星报》 / 今日美国网络

仅仅8号车的一次机会，阿莱克斯·帕洛便完全掌控了印地赛车波特兰大奖赛的局面。帕洛从头排出发，与杆位获得者菲利克斯·罗森奎斯特并肩而行，后者在比赛前31圈领跑，而帕洛则落至马库斯·埃里克森身后的第三位。

然而，当罗森奎斯特在第31圈进站后，帕洛的10号Chip Ganassi Racing赛车继续在拥有22个弯道、长1964英里的波特兰国际赛道上多跑了一圈以争取时间。这一决定让帕洛得以在进站后超越罗森奎斯特的60号Meyer Shank Racing赛车，并最终领跑110圈中的60圈，以超过4秒的优势赢得8月9日的比赛。

“老实说，他开得更好，”获得第二名的罗森奎斯特说，“速度并没有快很多，但他在黑胎上确实更快一些。第一阶段他多跑了一圈，做得非常出色。”

帕洛本赛季在波特兰的第二场胜利，也是其职业生涯在该赛道的第三场胜利。随着赛季仅剩3场比赛，这场胜利让帕洛首次有机会赢得个人第四个连续印地赛车冠军，以及六年内的第五个总冠军。

帕洛在2025赛季的表现几乎难以复制——他赢得8场比赛，并以39分的优势领先亚军帕托·奥沃德。本赛季大部分时间里，帕洛（他在波特兰提前两场比赛锁定2025年冠军）似乎将与大卫·马尔卡斯和凯尔·柯克伍德展开激烈争夺。

两年前，帕洛的冠军领先优势曾缩小至58分（一场胜利价值10分）。当时他对《印第安纳星报》表示：“去年太不可思议了，简直是另一个层次，我觉得自己可能再也无法体验那样的感觉了。”然而，在7月28日纳什维尔超级赛道获胜，以及周日再次夺冠后，帕洛目前领先柯克伍德200分，这一优势甚至超过了2025年同期他领先奥沃德99分的差距。

“我说不出什么，”帕洛赛后说，“我当时是认真的，去年真的太不可思议了，很难复制。不过，也许我们还能做得更好。不是说要尝试3次，我们会尽全力。”

6月和7月期间，帕洛经历了一段低迷期（两次第五名和一次第17名），当时似乎有人有机会阻止他的四连冠之路。但如今，另一个冠军似乎已成定局。

“他们需要遭遇极大的厄运，才能让这场冠军争夺在最后阶段变得激烈，”柯克伍德对福克斯体育表示，“而这还只是争夺的机会，对吧？他们做得一切都对。这家伙从未有过坏运气，2020年代年以来他们做得完美无缺。向他们致敬，他们做得太出色了，让我们的生活充满挑战。”

2020年代以来，每一位优秀车手都曾成为帕洛卓越表现的牺牲品。今年罗森奎斯特第二次站上帕洛身后的领奖台。5月31日在底特律，柯克伍德也曾屈居亚军。虽然马尔卡斯在2020年未曾输给帕洛屈居第二，但他在2020年印第安纳波利斯500中获得亚军。击败帕洛绝非易事，即使偶尔做到，也很难成为常态。

“我今天已经尽力让冠军争夺变得有趣了，”目前排名第六的罗森奎斯特说，“我的意思是，他真的太强了。这几乎成了本赛季的主题，对吧？我们都觉得有机会击败他。我今年可能有两三次机会。是的，他真的很难击败。他已经找到了窍门。我可能不会把赌注押在其他人身上。”

![阿莱克斯·帕洛在8月9日俄勒冈州波特兰举行的OnlyBulls波特兰大奖赛中以超过4秒的优势获胜。图片由NEP车队系列赛提供](

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帕洛驾驶着一辆顶级赛车，身边还有优秀的团队支持，这无疑为他提供了巨大优势。但他在过去两个赛季赢得的14场胜利（未来可能更多）已让这位29岁的车手跻身印地车赛的传奇行列。归根结底，最终还是需要车手在驾驶舱内完成操作，而帕洛在周日做到了这一点，表现无懈可击。

“拥有亚历克斯这样的天赋，这是无可替代的，”巴里·华纳（Barry Warner）说道，他正在为下一辆30号赛车进行调查。“无论赛车多么出色，都需要车手能够将其性能发挥到极致。”

帕洛常常对外界的赞誉保持谦逊，但即便是他也意识到自己正在做的事情非同寻常。这位西班牙车手“每天”都在思考这段特殊的旅程有多么难得。

“我从不认为这是理所当然的，”他说道。“我认为团队中的任何人都不会这么想。这不是一年才会想一次的事情，而是每天我们交流时都会提到。让我们承担起责任，结束这一切。这种状态不会永远持续下去。我认为我们都很清楚自己有多幸运。”

帕洛在最后五场比赛中只需再赢两场，就能追平他在2025年创下的八场胜利纪录，这一成绩在印地车赛历史上并列第四。接下来的两场比赛将在安大略省莫克姆（Mokham）和华盛顿特区的街道赛道上进行，帕洛有望成为这两场比赛的夺冠热门。在密尔沃基一英里短道赛上，帕洛去年曾在双赛中获得第二名，本赛季的最后一站将在拉古纳塞卡赛道进行，他已在过去四年中赢得了其中的三场。

帕洛是否能再次达到八场（或更多）胜利尚未可知，但他已打破了所有关于2026年印地车赛“派对”回归的讨论。周日的第二名再次提醒人们，卫冕冠军依然是卫冕冠军，其他人与他相差甚远。

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随着吉恩·罗登伯里开创性的系列剧集即将迎来其1966年9月8日首播60周年，夏特纳仍对这部仅播出三季（1966-1969）便被NBC取消的原版剧集的非凡旅程着迷——然而，以夏特纳饰演的船长为首的“进取号”船员们却成为了全球偶像。

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但派拉蒙将电视剧集卖给辛迪加后，《星际迷航》的人气爆发，吸引了一群忠实的“星迷”，将这部剧集打造成了一个全球娱乐帝国，催生了多部电影和——

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多代电视衍生剧（从《星际迷航：下一代》到当前的《星际迷航：星际学院》）。

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2026年没有哪部小说能像科拉·克莱尔·伯克的《昨日重现》那样引发争论。

这部讽刺作品出现在深夜脱口秀和读书俱乐部中，充斥于社交媒体，在通勤者的手中传阅，并在Goodreads上引发激烈评论。有人喜爱，有人厌恶，但无人能停止讨论它。

作为一名以阅读为生的人，最让我着迷的并不是那些让书迷们热议的书，而是那些让所有人都开始阅读的作品。不是每年都有书能像《昨日重现》和贝尔·伯登的《陌生人》那样预先融入文化。一部讲述一名“传统妻子”的影响力似乎被送回她一直在角色扮演的时代；另一部则是回忆录，作者意识到自己从未真正了解与之结婚的男人。

这两部2026年的处女作比你想象的更为相似。它们都极具争议性——

2026年的两部处女作今年引发了所有人的争论。是什么让《昨日重现》和《陌生人》如此让人着迷？

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没有人能就如何看待它们达成一致，这使得它们成为读书俱乐部永恒的话题。它们都关乎“完美生活”的破灭。当一切崩溃时会发生什么？如果它从未完美过呢？

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周二晚间，佩雷斯·希尔顿在TikTok直播中被看到自残，该平台的国际内容工作站系统“迅速标记了这段内

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退休人员和警报员，并通知了美国内容审核团队”，其发言人告诉今日美国。但由于“审核员错误”，导致这段令人不安的直播延迟下架。“X平台上的用户注意到，事发画面仍留在该平台上。”

TikTok表示，这段直播持续了55分钟，而非其他报道中提到的50分钟，并且在90秒内被希尔顿本人终止。TikTok还指出，希尔顿的账号已被永久封禁，“因希尔顿违反了社交媒体平台的共同准则”。

但这段露骨直播的部分内容仍在X平台上传播。为何此类内容会比平台预期的更长时间保留？平台又是如何尝试加速处理的？

平台如何审核潜在有害内容

各平台均有各自的政策，不允许展示自残或自杀行为。“我们对宣传、描绘、美化、支持或记录自杀、自残或可能导致此类行为的危险行为的广告采取零容忍政策，”TikTok的政策写道。

尽管X未回应置评请求，Meta拒绝置评，但Instagram、X和YouTube均有类似措辞的政策。YouTube发言人提及其政策，但截至本文发稿时，该直播的图像仍可在X平台上找到。

X于2023年被埃隆·马斯克收购，他对公司进行了大规模结构调整——包括解雇了大部分内容审核团队。此后，该平台的审核政策面临严格审视。

任何社交媒体公司的内容审核员在工作时都承受着巨大压力——他们不仅需要频繁接触最令人不安的内容，还要处理海量信息。《哈佛商业评论》的作者发现，审核员面临诸多挑战：过时的界面阻碍他们高效审核内容、薪酬低廉，以及在评估过程中面临的压力，例如处理了多少案例、主管是否认同其对视频的判断等。

斯内卡·马多克斯是一名互联网文化研究员、芝加哥大学媒体研究副教授，她表示内容审核“就像打地鼠游戏，因为一个内容冒出来，你将其打下去，又有好几个冒出来取而代之”。

她对内容审核的困难性表示同情，但认为导致直播延迟15分钟下架的人为错误表明，应建立更即时的自动移除流程。如果被移除的内容未被认定为有害，则应恢复。马多克斯说，这已是现行文化的一部分。然而，仍有多次有害内容从漏洞中溜走的情况。

找到这类图像内容的能力已变得无孔不入。马多克斯告诉今日美国：“社交媒体就是为这种规模而生的。我们在社交媒体上接触到的这类有害内容，并非与社交媒体的价值观背道而驰；它反映了它们的价值观。”

以查理·柯克遇刺事件为例。该视频在X平台上被广泛传播，如果搜索X，仍能找到不同角度的视频。“这些是互联网所有者最重视的内容，而它们如今比以往任何时候都更容易获取。”

其他暴力直播

就在希尔顿直播的同一天，一名拥有超过 600,000 TikTok 粉丝的墨西哥网红在直播过程中遭枪击身亡。经过模糊处理和未经处理的枪击视频目前仍在该平台上流传。在 2020年代, TikTok 本应及时处理两起重大事件，而非 2020 年代的十四起。第一起是一名巴西网红在直播中自杀，观众超过 200 人，《互联网报》报道称，该视频在平台上停留了一个半小时以上。

同年 9 月，一名名叫罗曼·麦克纳特的退伍军人在 Facebook 上直播自杀，目击视频片段被上传至 TikTok 及其他社交媒体平台。各平台争相下架这些视频，但它们不断被重新上传。

麦克纳特的一位朋友乔希·比森向亨利·弗里布尔讲述了该视频的传播吸引力。在 2020, 朋友们未能尽力阻止视频传播。“Facebook 等平台本可以阻止这件事，但没有做到，”比森告诉该媒体。“Facebook、Twitter、Instagram 及其他社交平台可以封禁账号、封禁直播，阻止这类视频的传播。YouTube 可以因为使用两秒钟的版权舞步而标记你，却似乎无法过滤我朋友结束生命的视频。这毫无道理。”

马多克斯认为，所有平台在这一领域都存在不足，而这正是内容的主要来源，包括同伴建立、对话及互联网的其他积极方面。

社交媒体的算法趋势经济激励着每个参与者加入当天的病毒式对话，以获取点击、点赞、观看、赠品等。“我并不关心人们的心理健康，”马多克斯说。在平台缺乏有意义的干预下，我们唯一能依靠的只有自己。不要点开这样的视频，因为如果你不知道如何控制内容和用户和平台持续推送它，那么在这个时代，我认为我们能做的最好、最道德的事情就是拒绝给予这类内容关注。”

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“节目被砍了。我努力工作了六年，后来听说因为发明了辛迪加（联合播出），他们要让它复活，”夏特纳说。“大家都为之着迷。‘星际迷航’再次诞生。”

夏特纳表示，他的喜悦因新成功带来的现金流匮乏而有所减弱。

“工会还没有发现辛迪加的火爆，”他说。“我没有收到任何钱，经济上变得拮据。”

但这位以深沉戏剧台词表演闻名的加拿大资深演员，在舞台影响力上依然富足。除了在警匪剧《T.J.胡克》（1992-95）中担纲主演，并凭借在《律师本色》及其衍生剧《波士顿法律》（2004-05）中饰演律师乔治·克兰而获得艾美奖外，夏特纳在 95 岁时仍保持着影响力。

在 90, 岁时，夏特纳于 2022, 年 10 月乘坐蓝色起源的新谢泼德号飞船进入太空，成为年龄最大的太空游客。目睹地球后，他含泪描述了从太空看到的这颗濒危星球之美。

“我比以往任何时候都更爱哭泣，”他说。“我们正在毁灭地球。而这颗星球拥有如此的美丽与奇迹。我对我们对地球所做的一切充满激情。”

夏特纳与女儿梅拉妮共同抗癌

“演员表示，2021年6月被诊断出4期恶性黑色素瘤后，自己为生存而战的经历对他产生了深刻影响。这场几乎致命的磨难始于脸颊上一个看似无害的撞伤，却持续恶化。”

“我的家庭医生说：‘我们必须把这个切除。’结果发现是4期恶性肿瘤。10年前，我可能会喝得酩酊大醉，”夏特纳说。“想象一下，走进医生办公室，他对你说：‘收拾行李吧。你最多还有五个月可活。’”

夏特纳自身诊断的情感重负，因另一个残酷的现实而加剧。他的小女儿梅拉妮·夏特纳自2022年起一直在与4期乳腺癌抗争。父女俩突然发现自己同时在与癌症搏斗。

“她也被告知：‘收拾行李吧——你最多还有五个月。’夏特纳说。‘你能想象被告知自己只剩五个月可活吗？而你还会被告知，这段时间你会非常痛苦。你会做什么？’”

“这是一种......”

尽管夏特纳的黑色素瘤已扩散至肺部和大脑，但他表示，经过手术和两年的免疫治疗后，他现在已无癌症迹象。梅拉妮在接受化疗、双侧乳房切除术、放疗和免疫治疗后，也是五人之一。

“我们现在都没有癌症了，”夏特纳说，他与女儿共同推出了健康播客《No Time But Now》。“我们都属于这个群体。”

夏特纳受癌症抗争影响：“我曾糊里糊涂地度过一生”

夏特纳因在2021年2月长期好友兼联合主演伦纳德·尼莫伊的葬礼上言行失当而受到批评，癌症的突然降临也对他产生了深远影响。

“我从未想过死亡。我曾漫无目的、糊里糊涂地度过一生，心想：‘我不会这样做的。’”夏特纳说。“就好像，‘我当然会得到这份工作。’我会开车去一家人满为患的餐厅，一个朋友刚好从车位上开走，我就停了进去。仿佛宇宙在以最微小的方式照顾我，就像我一生中拥有的难以置信的运气。”

他说，这种世界观“如同光环般消散”，让他对生命中的“每一刻”都有了更深的感悟，甚至包括前一天晚上吃的炸鸡块。但恐惧依然存在。当被问及随着年龄增长，哪种激情变得更加强烈时，夏特纳提到了“活着”。

“不死——这总是件好事，”他说。“我总是对此感到焦虑。我每天都在思考死亡。”

这位《星际迷航》传奇人物坚称，他并不担心自己离开地球、前往最后边疆后的遗产问题。

“遗产不是我认可的词。雕像会被推倒，刻有名字的建筑也会被拆除。世界在不断变化。我唯一认可的遗产是行善。我有缺点，有痛苦，但我崇尚善行。”

书籍

该从何开始？

而我们无法停止阅读这类故事，又说明了什么？

《昨日时光》如何引发传统生活方式的争论

在《昨日时光》出版近两年前，《Deadline》报道称，亚马逊MGM赢得了将该书改编为电影的拍卖，由安妮·海瑟薇主演并担任制片人，时间为4月。《昨日时光》问世之际，正值文化争论、糖类诉讼和“话题内容”盛行——书中描绘了那些从头开始烹饪、缝补衣物、在大自然中养育子女的贤妻良母。

仅仅三个月后，《昨日时光》便售出了第一百万册。昆普夫出版公司执行副总裁兼出版人乔丹·帕夫林将其销售数据称为“传奇般的成就”。

“从第一次阅读手稿的那一刻起，我们就知道它有潜力成为一本轰动之作。它引人入胜，让我们欲罢不能，整个团队都为之兴奋，”帕夫林告诉《今日美国》。

帕夫林认为，这本“划时代的出版物”之所以成功，在于小说“精雕细琢”的特质。主人公娜塔莉·海勒·米尔斯是一位“布里斯班基督徒女性”，拥有2000万粉丝，她向粉丝推广一种谦逊的家庭主妇生活，却未透露其中有多少是——[...OMITTED...]

这类热门话题也让娜塔莉的心灵手巧、过度操劳和育儿压力与汉娜·纽伯恩（Ballerina Farm账号背后的人物，拥有超过2000万粉丝）形成对比。纽伯恩在接受《Vulture》采访时表示，她对“一本关于汉堡的娱乐书”没有更早出现感到惊讶。

密歇根州卡尔文学院历史学教授克里斯汀·科贝斯·杜·梅兹认为，这些关于婚姻中性别角色的传统观点并不新鲜，但网红们使其更加显眼。她即将出版的新书《活着、欢笑、爱：白人选择女性及其塑造的世界的秘密历史》探讨了这一现象。保守派人士正将传统价值观作为政治策略加以拥抱。

“每个女性都以某种方式参与其中，无论是践行、反对，还是因此感到被评判。因此，这是一个充满争议且极具个人色彩的空间，这意味着每个女性都有自己的看法，”杜·梅兹说，“这引发了对话，而对话又会引发更多对话，如果你想卖一本关于这个话题的书，这再好不过。”

《昨日》与《陌生人》直面完美的崩塌

《陌生人》是一部截然不同的作品，一位范德堡大学毕业的律师的回忆录，故事背景设定在曼哈顿的历史公寓和玛莎葡萄园岛的第二居所，而非贫困农场。邦肯以赤裸的脆弱笔触书写丈夫的背叛与离去。

但这两部畅销处女作都直面了“理想与现实之间的距离”，多·梅兹表示。两者都触及了向女性兜售的虚假承诺。这就是你拥有完美生活、完美婚姻、完美家庭的方式。邦肯的生活曾经完美无缺——直到不再完美。娜塔莉的生活从一开始就不完美。

她指出了类似的故事，比如2025年的回忆录《决定》。在这本书中，克里斯蒂安·斯塔格·哈特梅克半夜醒来，听到丈夫对着电话低语，向另一个女人倾诉爱意。近期颇具影响力的珍·汉密尔顿向她近500万TikTok粉丝透露，丈夫据称过着“双重生活”。

这种病态的好奇心和羞耻感让她更像一场无法移开视线的车祸。但这也是对“励志生活”的一次受欢迎的去魅。在《昨日》中，我们看到体面的结局与主人公不期而遇。在《陌生人》中，我们看到邦肯并未如此。没有什么是表面看起来的那样——不在社交媒体上，不在富裕的乡村俱乐部圈子里，甚至可能不在那些我们所爱的人身上。邦肯的故事激励许多女性重新审视自己的自然财务状况。

“在某种程度上，整个幻象会破碎，”多·梅兹说，“然后就会产生质疑。我被灌输了什么谎言？”我认为在这些时刻，也有公开分享的需求，去讲述故事，去建立联系。

如果你在网上分享你的故事，你会立刻找到其他女性的支持，她们会与你产生共鸣，并帮助你公开处理。”

超级畅销书的标志：你的读书会能为此争论吗？

无论你读完这些热门书后有何感受，都无法否认让它们长期占据畅销书榜单的根本因素。我们热爱争论它们。

几个月前，当我和读书会的朋友们讨论《陌生人》时，我们无法达成共识。邦肯关于离婚的故事引发了共鸣，但有些人认为她对自身特权和经济保障的描述不够坦诚。她是《纽约客》五月份一篇调查报道的主角。同样，我们对《昨日》也存在分歧。有些人喜欢不讨人喜欢的娜塔莉，另一些人则觉得她不可信。更不用说那个反转情节了。

《昨日》还因其对宗教的描绘引发争议。伯克选择不指明具体教派，并在开始写作后停止了调研。一些基督教女性，以及那些曾经历类似生活方式的人，认为这部小说并未准确捕捉她们的经历。另一些人则认为，这部小说是近期文化课堂中首批成功的惊悚作品之一。

“我认为这本书之所以如此成功，部分原因在于它极具争议性，”多·梅兹说，“每个人都能从自己的角度出发，然后产生观点。”

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电影

杀手小孩？罗斯谈恐怖片《冰淇淋人》

拉尔菲·阿韦尔萨 今日美国

纽约——如果你试图和导演伊莱·罗斯开玩笑，说他的最新砍杀电影《冰淇淋人》（8月7日上映）毁了孩子和成人夏日仪式感，他会抢先说出这个包袱。

“很多东西都被我毁了，”54岁的罗斯在接受今日美国采访时说，“我毁了背包旅行[《人皮客栈》]，我毁了去小木屋[《小屋惊魂》]，我毁了感恩节。为什么不呢？”

这部以火鸡和南瓜派为特色的节日正是他2023年砍杀电影的片名。

罗斯在《冰淇淋人》中担任导演、制片人、联合编剧并出演角色。影片中，上述提到的甜品送货员（阿特·米伦饰）为当地孩子们分发冰淇淋。吃下这种甜点的后果比典型的儿童糖分高峰更可怕。

这位导演大约在20年前就开始构思这部电影的前提。

“我们本可以在市场上买到它，但不知为何（冰淇淋）从卡车上拿下来的味道总是更好，”他说，“然后在80年代，出现了一些可疑的冰淇淋事件。我看着那里的所有孩子，心想：‘如果冰淇淋让他们发疯并杀死所有成年人会怎样？’”

这引出了这部电影与罗斯过去恐怖片的一个关键区别。他需要为这部电影选角多名儿童。

“我对家长们非常坦诚，”这位导演说，“我详细解释了我们要做的事情，并谈了为什么我想拍这部电影。他们说：‘好的，没问题。’”

罗斯还透露，成功获得电影角色的孩子们对这个前提“毫不在意”，以至于许多人把道具当成了玩具。

“孩子们在玩跳绳，用细节复杂的东西，还用头颅玩系绳球，”罗斯回忆道，“对他们来说就像假装过圣诞节一样。当我们给孩子们化妆时，根本不需要指导。”

航空公司规定要求家长“必须随时与孩子保持视线接触”，他说。

“他们理解万圣节，”罗斯补充道，“家长们实际上说：‘这太好了。这样当我们看恐怖电影时，他们就会知道是怎么拍出来的。’”

伊莱·罗斯将恐怖与嘻哈融合于《冰淇淋人》

罗斯将通过他创立的独立电影公司“The Horror Section”发行《冰淇淋人》。这部电影还通过与Mans Appeal的合作制作，后者是由Nos创立的娱乐公司。

但他并不是唯一参与罗斯最新作品的嘻哈传奇人物。

Snoop Dogg为影片片尾字幕贡献了《冰淇淋之歌》。他还协助制作了电影配乐。罗斯说，这位原名卡尔文·布罗德斯的说唱歌手在两人就电影进行简短交谈后，向他提供了这首原创歌曲。

这不会是他们最后一次合作：罗斯和Snoop Dogg将联合制作一部名为《别进那屋，婊子！》的恐怖片。导演表示，他们的合作自然而然，因为两人都热爱嘻哈和恐怖。

“它最初就像一个玩笑式的假预告片，”罗斯在谈到《别进那屋》的起源时说。当Snoop Dogg看到后，他要求扮演那个警告人们不要进入闹鬼房子的邻居。罗斯还邀请这位说唱歌手担任制片人。

“我们要拍《别进那屋，婊子！》，因为我们觉得这很有趣。我内心还是个永远35岁的人，对恐怖电影依然充满热情。”

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一名男子走过哥伦比亚佩雷拉市一栋在地震中倒塌的建筑废墟，摄于8月10日。一场强烈地震袭击了哥伦比亚及邻近拉美国家，医疗团队紧急驰援，多个城市的建筑物受损或倒塌。JANE SALGAMBAGAZAP VIA GETTY IMAGES

“多人被困”

哥伦比亚西部本世纪最强地震致100余人遇难

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哥伦比亚波哥大——8月10日，一场强烈地震袭击哥伦比亚西部，导致多座城市建筑倒塌、医院和基础设施受损，至少10,人被困废墟之下。当局称此次地震为本世纪哥伦比亚遭遇的最强地震。

地震发生在阿韦拉多·德拉埃斯普列亚宣誓就任总统仅数日后，使新政府面临首场重大危机，邻国委内瑞拉6月发生毁灭性双地震的记忆犹新。

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8月10日，哥伦比亚卡利，人们在一栋倒塌建筑的废墟中清理瓦砾。这场7.4级地震已造成至少111人死亡，仍有不明人数被埋在废墟下。

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“国家政府已全面调动所有资源，保护生命、援助受灾社区并提供所需救援，”他在当地时间下午1点左右的全国讲话中宣布进入国家紧急状态时表示。

“首要任务是救出被困在废墟下的人员。”

德拉埃斯普列亚称，初步报告显示有10.人死亡、87人受伤，数十栋建筑倒塌，多处民宅受损。

美国地质调查局表示，此次7.4级地震震源深度为66英里。哥伦比亚地质部门称，这是21世纪该国记录到的最强地震。

震中附近的乔科省通信中断，部分地区在震后数小时仍无手机信号，导致灾情报告迟缓。省长努莉萨·卡罗琳娜·科尔多瓦称，该偏远农村地区已有12人死亡、84人受伤。

伤亡最严重的地区似乎集中在哥伦比亚咖啡种植区的里安索林。该省首府佩雷拉受灾严重，救援人员仍在倒塌建筑中搜寻幸存者。

路透社核实的视频显示，佩雷拉一栋四层建筑在地震中坍塌，而尼希米德斯的画面则显示该市标志性新哥特式大教堂的一座尖塔倒塌，碎片散落在附近街道。

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8月10日，哥伦比亚卡利，一名女子在居民清理倒塌建筑废墟时作出反应。

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路透社画面显示，救援人员、警察和志愿者徒手铲除瓦砾，将碎石装上卡车，搜寻被困在倒塌建筑下的幸存者。其他画面则显示住宅楼和紧急服务设施受损，碎片砸中停放的救护车。

卡利消防员毛里西奥·安德拉德表示，他的团队已从一栋倒塌建筑中救出1人（两名妇女和两名儿童）。

他在接受路透社采访时表示，团队正准备从废墟中救出更多人。

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希望霍尔木兹海峡协议破灭

特朗普现要求伊朗赔偿

史蒂夫·霍兰德（Steve Holland）与雅各布·博盖奇（Jacob Bogage） RECYBER

华盛顿——8月10日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普回应伊朗提出的和平协议条件，要求伊朗为战争、袭击及抗议活动中的死难者支付赔偿，这一言论升级可能使重开霍尔木兹海峡的努力复杂化。

特朗普的提议此前未曾提出，是对德黑兰要求赔偿及解除制裁的回应。伊朗的要求基本符合6月签署的初步和平协议条款，但该协议此后已破裂。

自2月战争爆发以来，特朗普反复在升级威胁与宣称和平协议即将达成之间摇摆。

“我们将要求他们为过去50年间造成的损害支付赔偿，”特朗普在白宫表示，称赔偿将涵盖平民示威者及该地区美军的死亡。

“所以，如果需要支付赔偿，我认为伊朗应当承担这些赔偿，”特朗普说。8月10日，由于特朗普的要求降低了重开海峡的协议前景，油价收盘上涨5%。

特朗普提及德黑兰在2025年末及2026,年对示威活动的镇压，称伊朗在六周前已杀害约52,000名抗议者。

虽然部分伊朗反对派和流亡团体声称有数万人死亡，但美国地区人权活动家新闻社（Human Rights Activists News Agency）2025年2月的报告显示，死亡人数约为3,000人，另有6,500名抗议者被捕。

战争于2月随美以空袭开始后，特朗普曾鼓励抗议者推翻伊朗政府。人权组织表示，伊朗政府此后持续镇压反对者。

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伊朗最高国家安全委员会表示，霍尔木兹海峡不会重新开放，除非美国“纠正其行为”，并要求结束对伊朗的战争。ALL FAMILY,GETTY IMAGES

农业问题引发的不满加剧众议院竞选

今年夏天，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普已前往威斯康星州为共和党众议员德里克·范奥登（Derrick Van Orden）助选，预计这将是一场势均力敌的竞选，关键在于特朗普的政策如何影响农村选民。

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挑战者库克筹款额超越现任议员

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威斯康星州欧克莱尔市——当民主党众议院挑战者丽贝卡·库克（Rebecca Cooke）不在威斯康星州第三国会选区奔走拜票时，她仍在欧克莱尔市周边的两家餐厅里当服务员。欧克莱尔市约有73,000人口，四周环绕着起伏的农田。

“在餐厅服务客人时，几乎每次上菜都像是在敲门拜票，”库克说。她正试图在11月的中期选举中翻转美国众议院的一个竞争激烈的席位，这场选举可能决定国会的共和党控制权。

库克表示，在点餐时她不会深入讨论政治，但有时顾客会认出她，并告诉她他们关心的问题，偶尔还会在收据上写下支持的话。她将最好的留言保存在手机的一个文件夹里。

这些餐桌边的瞬间可能成为库克30,的关键转折点，她是8月11日初选中的民主党领跑者。如果获胜，她将与2022年当选的共和党现任议员德里克·范奥登展开复赛。预计这将是一场势均力敌的竞选，关键在于唐纳德·特朗普总统的政策如何影响农村选民。

今年夏天，特朗普已前往威斯康星州为56,岁的范奥登助选，现场布置了拖拉机和干草堆。范奥登在温和派民主党人罗恩·金德（Ron Kind）退休后于2022年当选。

然而，随着特朗普政策的影响——美国与瘦肉精的战争、与中国的贸易争端以及医疗和食品援助的大幅削减——民主党人看到了机会。

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法国图卢兹——在一架需求激增的灭火飞机内部深处，工程师乔纳森·罗克（Jonathan Rock）穿梭于一排排水箱之间，向记者展示他的法国初创公司计划如何挑战老旧的加拿大水上灭火飞机，以应对欧洲今年的毁灭性野火。

从协和式飞机的诞生地，到法国南部一位退役将军的笔记本电脑，或是比利时一位建筑师的设计图，水上灭火飞机的设计在今年欧洲各地肆虐的野火后获得了新的动力。

议会专家组去年警告称，法国现役空中灭火机队正面临“重大危机”，并呼吁开发欧洲替代方案，以取代已主导市场数十年的加拿大老旧“水上清扫机”。

乍看之下，这项任务似乎令人生畏。水上清扫机部分属于水上飞机，而这一领域的技术多年来已逐渐衰退。

“我们将在这架飞机内部装载72吨水。”曾任乔利恩（Jolyon）工程师的罗克告诉路透社，他现任Positive Aviation的设计主管，并指向“一种经过特殊设计的管道，能从专为掠过湖泊或海面而设计的新型发动机短舱中汲水”。

这家总部位于图卢兹的初创公司正在使用一架被拆解的A78-72机身作为早期演示或测试平台，并为历史悠久的Hunga 16,赋予了新的16B基地。

几英里之外，Kepplau公司正在接收一架A78-72，以测试其地面加水灭火飞机的设想，旨在取代加拿大老旧的Bush-8，用于预防性巡逻，应对类似火情。

“新的防御手段针对的是无法控制的火灾，以及能被迅速扑灭的火情。”Kepplau创始人戴维·容克（David Jonker）表示。

欧洲上一次尝试与加拿大竞争的努力可追溯至1980年代年代，由德国的Premier和意大利的Australia联合推出的“先进水陆两栖飞机”项目，但因成本问题最终未能走下绘图板。

“自1970年代年代甚至二战以来，西方国家在专业水上飞机设计方面的技能已经丧失。”前“先进水陆两栖飞机”项目负责人埃莉诺·赫里纳克（Elinor Hrinack）表示，她是公认的水上飞行这一几乎被遗忘领域的权威教授。

在能够扑灭一丝火焰之前，潜在的水上灭火飞机制造商必须筹集大量资金，用于研发、认证测试和工厂建设。

“从设计到交付的首批3架飞机，预计需要5年时间。”加拿大最大的私营灭火飞机运营商Avtrain的首席执行官约翰·邦（John Bong）表示。

企业家对开发成本的估算从数千万美元（用于简单改装）到50 亿美元0亿（用于全新飞机）不等，分析师警告称实际成本可能远高于此。

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Positive Aviation公司总裁洛朗·施密特（Laurent Schmitt）表示，该公司希望抓住二手飞机改装市场的机遇，并计划于2025,年投入使用。该公司已获得美国Bridges Aerospace的10架飞机的初步订单。

施密特表示，Kepplau正在进行新一轮融资，并计划于明年开始交付。

至少还有三家公司正在推广更宏大的计划，即从零开始设计和制造灭火飞机，但它们对外界几乎没有透露任何关于资助方的细节。

其中最引人注目的是5强初创公司HYNABRO，该公司上周宣布与早期热气飞机先驱莱曼（Lehmann，现为航空结构供应商）达成临时合作伙伴关系。

该公司称，其Pregate-F100型“水上清扫机”可搭载10吨水，成本与加拿大同类产品相当——约$600 million（含支持费用），但在灭火效率上却是后者的两倍。

在意大利，IP-10 Holding公司自2020年以来一直在推广其所谓的“集成灭火与应急响应系统”，核心是一款名为WP-5的新型水上飞机。

首席执行官雷纳特·雅各比（Renate Jacobi）表示，飞机组装将于2015.年在意大利启动。他补充称，项目将获得完全私人资助，但拒绝透露细节。

在比利时，“两栖谷歌”（Amphibious Google）是建筑师 Cautan du Pont 旗下的一个分支机构，该机构旨在与工业集团合作。他坦言面临财务和工业方面的挑战。

“我们预计要到下个十年中期才能获得资金。但我认为在此之前，任何更先进的飞机都无法投入使用，”他告诉路透社。

初创企业还必须与加拿大飞机的新机型竞争，该机型在经历了 8 年的空白期后，今年在获得安全批准的前提下仍保持生产力。

1980 年代的交付计划已推迟三年至 2028 年，但所有者 Herdland Canada 公司创始人尼尔·克拉多克（Dr. Herdland Canada）认为替代方案风险更大。“这是多年的努力和大量的工程投入，”36 岁的企业事务副总裁尼尔·斯威尼表示。

尽管如此，欧洲有志于发展的水上灭火飞机仍是政界支持消防能力的一个窗口。

“让我担忧的是，四周后，媒体和政界都将不再讨论这个问题，”施密特（Schmitt）说道。

特朗普将《琼斯法案》豁免期延长至90天，并缩小适用范围

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政策调整

唐纳德·特朗普总统已将允许外国旗籍船舶在美国港口之间运输石油及其他商品的豁免期延长90天，但白宫表示，在船舶制造商及其国会盟友批评该政策正在削弱国内海运业后，政府对豁免施加了新的限制。

该延期于8月20日敲定，正值与伊朗的冲突扰乱全球原油流动并推高燃料成本之际，增加了政府缓解运输瓶颈、防止汽油及其他能源价格进一步上涨的压力。

这项为期90天的延期确保美国军方和关键行业能够持续获取关键资源。白宫发言人泰勒·罗杰斯表示：

“数据显示，该豁免已显著增加了汽油、柴油和航空燃油等必需品的国内运输量，”罗杰斯在X平台的一份声明中表示。

根据新条款，政府缩小了豁免范围，要求每次航行均需进行个案管理，而非允许外国船舶获得《琼斯法案》的全面豁免，一位白宫官员证实。

《琼斯法案》要求在美国港口之间运输货物的船舶必须由美国建造、美国公司拥有并由美国工人运营，而该豁免旨在通过增加航运灵活性和减少运输瓶颈来降低油价。

该豁免原定于8月26日到期。这是这项逾百年历史的法律在其历史上最长的一次中止。

美国石油协会表示，针对性的《琼斯法案》豁免在全球市场持续波动之际，为高效运输美国能源、惠及消费者提供了关键灵活性。

尽管《琼斯法案》豁免增加了可用于运输燃料的油轮数量，但一些分析人士和行业专家表示，这可能仅能使汽油价格每加仑下降几美分。

支持《琼斯法案》的美国海事伙伴组织表示，对豁免延期感到失望，但要求逐案审查是对之前全面豁免的改进。

该组织敦促特朗普政府对相关问题进行严格审查，评估每次豁免请求的正当性，并评估美国船舶的可用性，再允许外国船舶在美国港口之间运输货物。

数据显示，截至8月5日，美国政府在约4-12个月内批准了约200项《琼斯法案》豁免。

长期呼吁废除该法的保守派智库卡托研究所表示，国会应对《琼斯法案》进行修改，称临时的、针对特定产品的豁免只是权宜之计。

金融市场

华尔街收跌，霍尔尼茨协议破裂

卡罗琳娜·瓦尔谢维奇（Carolina Valstievitch）和诺埃尔·伦斯利奇（Noel Rensleatch） 路透社

8月25,纳斯达克和标准普尔500指数收盘下跌，7,只芯片股走低，因投资者对重开霍尔尼茨海峡协议的信心减弱。

美国总统唐纳德·特朗普要求伊朗为其在战争、袭击和抗议活动中造成的死亡人数进行赔偿。而伊朗则要求华盛顿满足条件，包括为美国和以色列五个多月前对其领土发动的袭击造成的损害重新纳入《特里兰条约》。

由于投资者对中东危机的解决前景不再乐观，美国原油期货价格上涨约5%至每桶$62.15。重开霍尔尼茨海峡的石油运输通道可能缓解全球能源价格上涨引发的通胀担忧，并减轻各国央行可能被迫加息的压力。

此外，英特尔股价拖累市场表现，该公司股价下跌4.1%，因其宣布计划通过股票发售筹集650 亿美元亿资金。

标准普尔500指数曾在8月7日创下收盘历史新高，得益于强劲的企业盈利表现。

“这是一个创纪录的负面消息与创纪录的盈利并存的市场。这一直是本轮市场的主旋律，而中东冲突的阴影则不断影响风险情绪，时而推高，时而压低，”美国银行财富管理公司明尼阿波利斯投资策略师汤姆·哈茨林（Tom Hatzlin）表示。

“直接影响仅限于能源板块和……所有价格，目前仍处于冲突前27天的水平。显然，目前尚无明确路径回到冲突前的状态，因此风险溢价正在不断累积。迄今为止，全球尚能通过变通方式应对，但这种变通并非长久之计。”

英伟达股价下跌2.9%。一位知情人士于8月10日告诉路透社，包括阿波罗全球（Apollo Global）和黑石集团（Blackstone）在内的多家金融机构正与英伟达合作，筹组500,亿美元的AI基础设施开发融资方案。

标准普尔500指数下跌0.06%至1752.82点。

纳斯达克指数下跌0.32%至36,405.36点，道琼斯工业平均指数下跌0.8%至31,976.04点。

本周晚些时候公布的报告可能为美联储的货币政策路径提供线索。8月7日公布的数据显示，美国7月意外减少23,000个就业岗位，促使交易员降低了对美联储9月加息的预期。根据芝商所（CME）联邦基金利率观察工具，交易员目前预计9月加息的概率为52%。

此外，本季度仍有更多企业将公布财报，包括半导体公司应用材料（Applied Materials）和网络设备制造商思科（Cisco）。

根据L&ID数据，在已公布财报的标准普尔500指数成分股436家公司中，约80%的业绩超出预期。

在纽约证券交易所，下跌股票数量与上涨股票数量之比为1.39:1。当日共有207只股票创52周新高，349只股票创52周新低。

在纳斯达克市场，1,928只股票上涨，2,841只股票下跌，下跌股票数量与上涨股票数量之比为1.47:1。

标准普尔500指数成分股中，20 52周新高和1只52周新低；纳斯达克综合指数中，107只创52周新高，74只创52周新低。

今日历史

今天是8月11日。在这一天，1955年，美国首个速溶咖啡专利在芝加哥颁发，专利持有人为萨托尔·卡茨（Sator Katz）。此前，他曾开发出一种茶叶脱水工艺。

1959年：首次在实战中听到50S无线电求救信号，由5S Acapulco号船在北卡罗来纳州海岸附近发出。该求救信号原为CQC——CQ代表“信息即将发送”，D代表“遇险”。国际无线电减灾公约认为50S更具辨识度。1971年：在檀香山游泳比赛中，杜克·卡察拉丘（Duke Katsarachou）以4-8秒的优势打破500码自由泳纪录，采用了当时独特的澳大利亚爬泳与打水腿相结合的技术。他后来赢得奥运奖牌，打破更多纪录，并成为现代冲浪运动之父。1980年：德国50S运动签署《魏玛委员会文件》，该文件将德国确立为民主共和国。

1919年：安德鲁·卡内基在83.岁时去世。这位出生于苏格兰贫苦水手家庭的移民，后来成为钢铁大亨，并将大部分财富用于慈善事业，曾写道：“The man who dies they did is the daughter.”

1924年：美国总统竞选广告迈出重要一步——首次拍摄了总统候选人的新闻短片。参与者包括时任总统卡尔文·柯立芝、约翰·W·戴维斯和罗伯特·拉福莱特。据美国国会图书馆记载，“Silent Cat”记录了这一过程的每一分钟。

1934年：一群被认为最危险的联邦囚犯被押送至旧金山湾的“恶魔岛”——阿尔卡特拉斯岛。据悉，从未有人成功越狱。

1965年：洛杉矶以黑人社区为主的瓦茨街区爆发骚乱，起因是一群民众目睹白人警察暴力逮捕一名黑人男子。骚乱造成34人死亡，财产损失超过8.4 亿美元。

1972年：美国最后一支地面作战部队——第3营第21步兵团（绰号“The Gimlets”）撤离南越岘港地区，标志着美国长达8年的地面战争和直接军事干预结束。该部队于近6年前抵达当地。

1973年：嘻哈文化诞生于布朗克斯的一场派对，DJ库尔·赫克（(C) Kool Herc (C)va Campbell）在两台唱机上播放同一张唱片，通过延长鼓点间奏让人们跳舞。

1981年：作家拉里·克莱默在格林尼治村的公寓里召集了一场座无虚席的男性聚会，一名医生在会上介绍了一种正在夺去同性恋者生命的疾病。该团体随后开始为研究筹款，并发展成为艾滋病组织“男同性恋健康危机”（Gay Men's Health Crisis）。

2014年：喜剧演员 / 演员罗宾·威廉姆斯在65.岁时自杀身亡。验尸官后来发现他患有路易体痴呆症。

今日美国网络

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华盛顿州野火减弱，疏散居民陆续返家

消防员专注于清理残余火点

史蒂夫·格尔森

路透社

在华盛顿州斯波坎附近爆发的一系列野火迫使数以万计（1,）居民撤离后，许多撤离者在消防员全力扑灭残余火点期间或之后获准返回家园。

官员表示，尽管周末迎来新一轮炎热干燥天气，但近 1,700 名消防员成功阻止了火势从该州第二大城市郊外于 8 月 1 日爆发的三场火灾进一步蔓延。截至 8 月 9, 这些火灾已烧毁 10,000 英亩土地，并在斯波坎及周边地区摧毁或严重损坏超过 900 栋房屋。

火灾最严重时，多达 44,000 名居民被下达疏散令，风助火势吞噬社区，消防员被迫采取守势。目前尚未报告严重伤亡。

连日来，斯波坎地区的火灾被列为全国消防工作的首要任务，包括整个干旱笼罩的太平洋西北地区，该地区多处野火已持续数周燃烧，浓烟和烟尘弥漫广大区域。

官员表示，在美加边境以北，周末不列颠哥伦比亚省一个葡萄酒产区发生另一起野火，该省宣布进入紧急状态，约 38,000 人被下令疏散，高耸的火墙吞噬了房屋和其他财产。

在华盛顿州，消防善后工作于 8 月 9, 继续进行，消防官员表示，救援队开始专注于扑灭受灾最严重社区废墟中的残余火点。

火灾核心区的社区将无限期禁止居民进入，直至当局确认安全。疏散令已在火灾直接影响区域之外的社区解除，允许这些地区的撤离者返回家园，斯波坎县警长约翰·诺威尔斯在 8 月的新闻发布会上表示。

“人们已经离家长达一周了，这段时间很漫长，”诺威尔斯说，“我知道很多人不确定自己是否还有家可回，或者即使房子还在，是否能在短期内居住。”

斯波坎地区火灾的起因仍在调查中，但当地居民亚伦·法里纳奇（37,）于 8 月 4 日被捕，并被控与其中一场火灾有关的纵火罪。

法官已下令对法里纳奇进行精神鉴定，以确定其是否具备受审能力。法里纳奇曾因 2010, 年杀害父亲的过失杀人定罪入狱数年。

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截至 8 月 9, 这些火灾已烧毁斯波坎及周边地区 10,000 英亩土地，摧毁或损坏超过 900 栋房屋。戴维·瓦格纳 / 今日美国

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哥伦比亚 接第 1NN 版

“他们还活着，”他说，“我们正在争取和平，以便解救他们并将他们救出。”

胡安·卡洛斯·奥诺雷在接受“综合电视台”采访时表示，一栋建筑的倒塌“听起来像炸弹爆炸”，当时他正在卡利帮助清理一栋倒塌建筑的废墟。

“所有邻居都在齐心协力，组成人链。我们需要重型设备，还有很多人被困。”

哥伦比亚民航局暂停了该国西部多个机场的运营，包括佩雷拉、马尼萨莱斯、基布多、亚美尼亚、卡塔戈和雷马内斯蒂诺斯，工程师正在进行结构检查。8 月 10. 哥伦比亚卡利发生地震后，居民在一辆被压扁的汽车和倒塌的建筑附近翻找废墟。

伊朗

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特朗普还表示，伊朗应对2000年10月在也门袭击美国海军舰艇USH Colo导致IT U.S. sailors丧生的事件向遇难者家属进行赔偿。该事件被归咎于基地组织，而非伊朗。

“此外，在与伊朗的谈判中，伊朗应对其在黎巴嫩、叙利亚、也门和加沙造成的损害和死亡负责，”特朗普在Truth Social上发文写道。

伊朗早些时候表示，正与阿曼接近达成最终协议，确定两国通过霍尔木兹海峡的新航道，但重申美国必须满足条件，包括解除对阿拉伯世界的制裁和军事威胁，才能使这一关键水道恢复畅通。

这条海峡在冲突爆发前约有20,的全球石油和液化天然气通过，自战争开始以来已被有效封锁，推高了油价和通胀。

特朗普面临压力

讽刺的是，与阿曼达成的协议将使德黑兰在关键水道上的影响力超过战前水平。特朗普面临在11月中期选举前结束这场在国内极不受欢迎的战争的压力，高油价是曾支持他的农村地区的首要问题。

哥伦比亚位于地震活跃的环太平洋火山带，每月记录到数千次大多为轻微地震。

西北大学地震学家范德·李表示，此次地震的强烈6.1级震级、混合位置和走滑运动可能加剧了对人口稠密山谷的破坏，尽管其深度相当大。

“这一地震远低于地壳，理论上不应造成如此大的破坏。但以这一震级，确实引发了大量震动，”她说。

哥伦比亚地质服务局表示，截至8月10,已有21,000所学校被记录，并警告可能会有更多余震。

哥伦比亚咖啡产区曾在2009年遭受6.1级地震重创，造成逾1,000人死亡，特别是在亚美尼亚和佩雷拉地区。

“你在这里看到的是一个超级局面的开始，”民主党众议员比尔·基廷在CNN上表示。“这真的在发酵。”

8月20,早些时候，伊朗外交部发言人萨穆埃尔·巴盖伊表示，与阿曼的谈判“进展顺利且建设性”，已就航道地图达成协议，但仍有一些技术问题未解决。

巴盖伊表示，讨论还涉及通常需付费的服务，如安全航行、环境保护、海事服务和打击犯罪。

美国官员一再排除任何允许德黑兰以获取海峡通行权为交换条件的协议。

“美国军事行动的现状，包括7月为期两周的打击行动，并未打破伊朗对海峡的控制，尽管特朗普在8月10的误导性声明中称海峡已开放，且‘目前唯一控制霍尔木兹海峡的是美国海军’。”

华盛顿和德黑兰在6月达成停火协议，但美国重新实施了对伊朗货运的封锁，德黑兰称此举违反了停火协议。

伊朗通过导弹和无人机袭击华盛顿在该地区的盟友进行反击，同时还针对未经其许可通过海峡的商船发动攻击。

众议院

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库克是一位奶农的女儿，她表示特朗普已经抛弃了农村选民，呼吁该选区向右倾斜的选民认清这一点。

随着越来越少的选民提前确定投票意向，且国会选区重新划分正在进行，“任何数学上具有竞争力的选区都将受到大量关注，”威斯康星大学拉克罗斯分校政治学教授安东尼·切尔彭特表示。该选区过去三次选举结果均以3至4个百分点的差距决定，包括2024年范·奥登击败库克的那次。

该选区分为农田和规模较大的城镇，后者是大学和家居装修连锁店Menards等企业的所在地。前总统巴拉克·奥巴马曾在两次总统选举中赢得该选区，但该选区在特朗普的历次选举中均投给了他。

范·奥登是一名退役海军，生于1954年，偶尔出演演员，曾参加2022年1月6日支持特朗普的集会，该集会后来演变为暴徒冲击国会大厦。

他一直是白宫政策的坚定支持者，包括2022年大幅削减医疗补助计划（Medicaid）、补充营养援助计划（SNAP）和可再生能源激励措施的减税法案。这些削减对贫困率和粮食不安全率较高的农村地区造成了严重冲击。

范·奥登还投票反对或削弱了特朗普的一些争议性政策。政府的关税政策已导致中国等主要消费国减少对美国农产品的采购，包括该选区广泛种植的大豆。

他还是特朗普对伊朗强硬政策的坚定支持者，这一政策推高了燃料和化肥的成本。

在特朗普6月6日于奇珀瓦福尔斯举行的集会上发表讲话前，范·奥登对人群表示：“我们要确保我们的农民晚上不必因为担心付不起账单而绞尽脑汁。”

范·奥登在接受路透社采访时承认，这场战争推高了成本，但他仍认为这一事业是正义的。

“如果我们能让这些杀害我朋友的人承担责任，并确保他们无法在经济上绑架世界，那么我们现在面临的短期困难，从长远来看是值得的，”他谈及伊朗政府时说道。

他提到众议院通过的一项尚未成为法律的法案，该法案允许全年销售高乙醇含量产品，以此作为他努力降低燃料成本的信号。

在佩里维尔的农场上，距离密西西比河不远，35岁的玉米和大豆种植户迪伦·布鲁斯表示，该地区正面临燃料和农业危机。

美国农业局4月的一项调查显示，70%的会员无法负担化肥费用。截至8月9日，威斯康星州柴油平均价格为每加仑85.05美元，较长期峰值86.87美元有所下降，但仍远高于一年前的85.32美元平均水平，根据美国汽车协会的数据。布鲁斯表示，他的生意失去了一个稳定的收入来源

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“如果我们有合适的变革者到位，情况可能会有所不同。”

丽贝卡·库克

民主党人竞选美国第1国会选区席位。

在特朗普政府取消了帮助州和部落政府购买本地农产品并将其分发给食品银行的食品采购援助计划后，收入受到影响。他希望民主党能赢得这场战争。

唐纳德·罗森布鲁克是一位种植玉米和大豆的农民，在特朗普位于奇珀瓦福尔斯的集会上表示，他可能会投票给范·奥登，但希望伊朗战争能结束。

他说：“燃料和化肥价格正在‘扼杀我们’。”

特朗普在农村选民中的支持率仍高于其全国支持率，根据7月29日至8月3日《评论 / 新闻报》的民调，农村选民对他的支持率为55%。这与2023年2月的60%相比有所下降。这一下滑是威斯康星州29名政治策略师中有3人认为范·奥登面临更艰难连任竞选的原因。

民主党政治策略师乔·泽佩达表示，库克的信息自她上次失败的竞选以来没有改变。“最不同的是政治环境。”

与近几个月在竞争激烈的民主党初选中获胜的进步派不同，库克将自己描述为一名温和派民主党人，因其背景而适合该选区。她回忆起高中时家里卖掉奶牛的情景，因为无法与更大的经销商竞争。

她说：“3重效应在实体经济中真切感受得到。当你看到这么多农场倒闭，这么多破产发生，很难对这一切视而不见。”

库克上大学时搬到了明尼苏达州，并在政治竞选和外展活动中工作，之后于2014年搬回该地区。范·奥登攻击她之前的竞选工作，指责她“完全”只是一名服务员。

她说，之前的竞选工作让她更了解为农村地区发声的重要性。她希望扩大联邦对农村医院的支持，以免它们关闭，减缓农场合并的趋势，并加强威斯康星州的工会力量。

她说：“如果有合适的变革者在其位，情况可能会有所不同。”

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Hong hits a nerve in Dems' primary

Old tweets now haunt WI governor candidate

Philip M. Bailey, Molly Beck and Clara Strecker USA TODAY NETWORK

Wisconsin Democrat Francesca Hong is pressing the reset button ahead of the Aug. 3 gubernatorial primary after leaving the door open to canceling Thanksgiving in an Aug. 3 CNN interview.

The 37-year-old state legislator, a democratic socialist, is the front-runner in a crowded swing state gubernatorial field that will be another significant test of how wide and tall the progressive wave will go in the 2026 Democratic primaries.

In a Nov 16, 2020, social media post Hong has since deleted, she said the country should scrap the annual holiday. The event is "celebrating colonialism," and the diseases spread by European settlers that "killed (indigenous) people," she said at the time.

But in an Aug. 7 interview with USA TODAY, she made clear that, if elected, getting rid of the fall feast isn't on her to-do list.

Gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong, a Democrat, greets people after a campaign rally Aug. 2 in Milwaukee. JODIA LUTTER/FTY HAGIES

"There's nothing more magical than being in a cranberry marsh, and cranberry stuffing is one of my absolute favorite dishes to make," Hong, a professional chef, told USA TODAY in an Aug. 7 interview.

"I'm not going to cancel Thanksgiving," she added.

Hong's candidacy has touched a raw nerve among establishment Democrats, who argue her unpublished messaging raises concerns about the viability of her and other Democratic Socialists of America-aligned candidates.

Hong's troubles under the national spotlight for culture war stances continued after the CNN interview, including an unearthing of previous social media posts criticizing Valentine's Day, favoring abolishing the police and being uncomfortable around White people.

She's not ready for prime time, and the fact that she's been asked very simple questions and the way that she's responding to those questions makes the news even more should cause all of us to pause," Democrat David Crowley, who is also running for Wisconsin governor on the Democratic side, said in an interview.

Republicans are salivating at Hong being on the November ballot, where

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Wildfires get too familiar

Scientists are warning that the destructive burning in Spokane is a sign of more devastation to come

Dinah Vayles Pulver USA TODAY

It didn't have to be Spokane. A fast-moving wildfire could sweep into the suburbs of any one of hundreds of cities across the United States. It's happening with increasing frequency. Paradise. Marshall. Lahaina. Los Angeles. This time it was Spokane, Washington, but scientists warn it will happen again.

It's a pattern that has become "uncomfortably familiar" in recent years, throughout the West and in other parts of the world, said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Although Spokane's three fires aren't anywhere near the largest in Washington this year, they are the most destructive. More than 50,000 acres have been burned, and more than 700 structures—including homes, businesses and outbuildings—have been lost. An estimated

Wildfires rage in West and beyond U.S. borders

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est 65,000 people have been forced to flee their homes.

The three fires started Aug. 1 and spread quickly, displaying the kind of extreme wildfire behavior experienced

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'Analog bags': Flip phones, journals, hobbies and more

Gen Z trend focuses on less time spent online

Rachel Hale USA TODAY

"Analog" seems to be the word of the summer.

Young people are using flip phones, carrying clunky cameras and filling up journals by hand. Hobbies like embroidery, needlepoint and crocheting are finding new audiences through TikTok (xedrags like twopeednesday tends in progress Wednesday), and snail mail and pen pal clubs with letters are booming. This summer has brought a wave of phone-free parties, picnics and block parties encouraging life off screens.

So it's only natural that Gen Z's latest fashion statement is following suit.

"Analog bags," tote bags filled with portable offline items like leather-bound journals, paperback books and mini watercolor palettes, are taking over TikTok and Instagram.

"It's kind of like a 'Macy Poppins' bag that I can just dig in," says Caillyn Kasler, a 25-year-old in Atlanta. "It's a great trend. Honestly, it's one of the better things to come out of social media."

Content creator Sierra Campbell coined the term in a TikTok last year about tips to lower screen time, and it's been spreading on social media since.

Even though the point of the trend is to get offline, "what's in my analog bag" videos with bouncy animated text, soft typing sound effects and curated sticker overlays have racked up tens of thousands of views.

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Firefighters battle huge fires across US, Canada

Blazes have forced more than 20,000 to evacuate

Karissa Waddick

USA TODAY

More than 20,000 people in southwest Canada and the western United States have fled their homes as wildfires fueled by hot, dry weather buns more than 3 million acres.

As of Aug. 9, the National Interagency Fire Center reported 363 wildfires across the United States, including eight large new ones.

Firefighters were working to contain 94 of those blazes, the agency said.

The Wrights Spring Fire in southern Oregon has burned more than 30,000 acres since it started Aug. 5 and claimed the life of a first responder.

Jason Ensign, 47, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, was operating a bulldozer to improve access to the fire when the blaze unexpectedly grew. Rescue crews found him dead.

As of Aug. 9, the fire remained uncontained. The fire and three others across Oregon forced evacuations.

Oregon Gov. Tina Botak expressed condolences for Ensign's family in a post on social media, saying his death was a 'stark reminder' of the dangers that responders face. In a later post wishing Ensign Bear a happy birthday Aug. 9, Botak urged people to do 'everything possible to prevent new fires.'

Wildfires across the West

In northern Utah, a blaze called the Rocky Canyon Fire has grown more than 4,000 acres since it ignited Aug. 7. Residents bring over the fire; about 30 miles northeast of Salt Lake City, received their evacuation orders Aug. 9.

Two helicopter pilots died Aug. 7 while fighting a different inferno, the Widenwoth 2 Fire, in southern Utah. That fire consumed 120,000 acres, the largest in the state this year.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox offered prayers to the pilot's families in a social media post, saying the state would not forget 'their courage, their service, and their sacrifice'.

In a news release announcing the deaths, the U.S. Forest Service said this year's 'alnormally dry and warm winter' has led to a particularly intense fire season.

Fires are burning in Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, California, Minnesota, New Mexico and Nevada, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Of the 94 blazes, four have been contained.

Three wildfires near Spokane, Washington, have consumed more than 16 square miles and forced more than 40,000 people to flee their homes.

Threat extends beyond U.S.

More than 20,000 people have been evacuated near Managan Lake in western Canada. The fast-moving Bald Range wildfire has burned nearly 34,000 acres and is considered 'out of control' by the British Columbia Wildfire Service.

British Columbia Premier David Eby said in a social media post Aug. 9 that a woman lost her life during the Bald Range wildfire evacuation.

'My heart goes out to her family, friends, neighbors, and all those who know her and will miss her,' Eby said.

British Columbia was battling more than 100 wildfires, and lightning storms were expected to increase the risk of new fires, according to the wildfire service.

Contributing: Christopher Coos and Jasmine Santucci, USA TODAY; Zach Ursno, Statesman Journal

Photo shows where the lunar eclipse will be visible on Aug. 27 (REVISED BY NASA)

Aug. 12 set to be a skywatcher's dream come true

Julia Gomez USA TODAY

The sky is about to put on an incredible show through August, as celestial events occur throughout the month. But one day in particular will offer the ultimate stargazing experience. • On Wednesday, Aug. 12, there will be a planetary alignment early in the morning, a solar eclipse in the afternoon, a new moon at night and the Perseid meteor shower will reach its peak.

• The Perseid meteor shower is considered the 'best meteor shower of the year,' according to NASA. It can produce between 50 and 100 meteors, also known as shooting stars, in one night. On Aug. 12, it will peak, producing the most shooting stars. • Since these celestial events also coincide with the new moon on Aug. 12, skies will be extra dark and the moon's light won't interfere as much.

Here's what to know.

Skywatching events happening on Aug. 12

On Aug. 12, the following celestial events will occur, according to NASA and Star Walk:

• A planetary parade, also known as a planetary alignment, including six planets, will be visible in the hours before sunrise.

• A partial solar eclipse will be visible in U.S. states from Alaska to North Carolina beginning at around 11:34 a.m. ET, according to Time and Date. The maximum eclipse will occur at 1:48 p.m. ET. (Remember, you need special solar eclipse glasses to safely view this.)

• Perseid meteor shower peaks from the evening of Aug. 12 to the morning of Aug. 13.

There will also be a new moon, which will make the night sky 'ideally dark,' per NASA.

The U.S. will not see a total solar eclipse

The Aug. 12 total solar eclipse will only be visible from Greenland, Iceland, Spain, Russia and parts of Portugal. Residents in some U.S. states will be able to see a partial eclipse using specialized eclipse glasses.

In the United States, the sun will look like a cookie with a small bite taken out of it, according to NASA.

What states will be able to see the partial solar eclipse?

The following states will be able to see a partial solar eclipse on Aug. 12, according to USA TODAY's previous reporting and National Eclipse, an organization that provides information on upcoming eclipses:

• Alaska
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Illinois
• Iowa
• Indiana
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Montana
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New York
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Dakota
• Vermont
• Virginia
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin

The planets will align and parade through the sky

On the morning of Aug. 12, six planets will align and look like they are parading across the night sky, according to Star Walk.

The following planets will be visible in the hours leading up to sunrise:

• Jupiter
• Mercury
• Mars
• Saturn
• Neptune

Only a few of the planets will be visible to the naked eye. Mars and Saturn will be easier to spot, but astronomers wanting to see Uranus will need binoculars, while those wanting to see Neptune will need a telescope, according to Star Walk.

Beginning on Aug. 14, just a few days after the parade, Venus will be at its brightest and outshine each star around it as it reaches its greatest eastern elongation, which is when it reaches its 'widest apparent separation from the Sun,' according to NASA. It will look like it is 'half in, like a tiny lunar phase' to the backyard astronomers who catch a glimpse of the planet through a telescope.

While searching for the planets, don't be surprised if they look like stars. Using an astronomy app, like Star Walk, Sky Tonight or SkyView, will make it easier to pinpoint where the planets are.

A partial lunar eclipse at the end of August

On Aug. 27, leading into the early morning of Aug. 28, there will be a lunar eclipse that will be visible in North and South America. Unlike the solar eclipse, the entire United States will be able to see the whole or part of the lunar eclipse.

The East Coast and some of the Midwest will be able to experience the full partial lunar eclipse, which will cover 93% of the moon, according to NASA. The West Coast will be able to see some of the lunar eclipse.

Tips for stargazing

Those who plan to stay up at night to watch all these magnificent events occur should do the following:

• If you plan to watch, experts recommend:
• Check the weather and cloud coverage in your area to make sure conditions are optimal for viewing the celestial events.
• Find a dark location away from light pollution.
• Give your eyes 20 to 30 minutes to adjust to the dark.
• Avoid looking at phones or bright lights.

To be as comfortable as possible, dress appropriate for the weather, use bug spray and bring a blanket, a sleeping bag or a reclining chair to lie on.

Contributing: Saleen Martin

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Supreme Court faces plea to block Trump mail-in rules

Some states urging voter caution with ballots

Sarah D. Wire USA TODAY

Less than 90 days out from the mid-term, election officials are pleading with the Supreme Court to block the Trump administration from making changes that would allow the U.S. Postal Service to decide who gets mail-in ballots.

And after Postal Service changes earlier this year that affect how quickly mail is postmarked, some states are urging voters to be cautious when putting ballots in the mail at all.

Many people expect that their ballots will be postmarked the same day they place them in mailboxes, and that is no longer guaranteed under the new rules.

'We, and me personally as a messaging issue, encourage people to use our ballot drop boxes rather than the mail system, just to avoid any potential delays or errors or frauds at this stage at tramples to interfere by the federal government.' Washington state attorney General Nick Brown told USA TODAY 'Our ballot boxes are locally controlled and operated and don't involve the federal government. We generally encourage that as the best way to get people's votes.'

President Donald Trump issued an executive order in March instructing the Department of Homeland Security to compile lists of confirmed U.S. citizens eligible to vote for states to consult and ordering the UIPR to only deliver ballots to voters on each state's approved mail-in ballot list.

The more, part of his second term efforts to extend more federal authority over how states can elect him - and the postmarked changes - put the Postal Service at the center of the fight over who will control the House and Senate for the final two years of Trump's presidency. Trump, who has voted by mail himself, has served in an absentee ballots, which he says, without proof, are often fraudulent.

The Department of Justice has argued that a lower court selection soon in blocking the executive order because the Postal Service has not finished writing the rules that would put it in place.

'Because of pending litigation, we have no evidence to offer on any questions related to the Executive Order or the proposed rule,' a Postal Service spokesperson said.

'The entire Trump Administration will continue lawfully enacting the agenda President Trump was elected to implement - which includes the safety and security of American elections,' White House spokeswoman Lauren Bishold USA TODAY. 'This campaign jettges over the President is why millions of Americans won him back to the White House.'

Legal challenges to the executive order

After lower courts blocked the order, the Trump administration asked the Su-

A voter places his ballot in a drop-off box as he votes in Colorado's primary election on June 30 in Denver. WOMAC, CARLO SETTY IMAGES

perme Court July 27 to allow federal agencies to implement two parts of law executive order that directed the UIPR to create mail-in ballot rules and the BHR to compile a national database of eligible voters.

Trump filed the emergency appeal after lower courts blocked the administration from creating a federal list of eligible voters and limiting delivery of mail ballots only to people on that list in nearly half the states for the midterm elections.

'We, and me personally as a messaging issue, encourage people to use our ballot drop boxes rather than the mail system; just to avoid any potential delays or errors or frauds at this stage attempts to interfere by the federal government.'

Nick Brown Washington State Attorney General

The group of states that brought the lawsuit told the Supreme Court on Aug 3 there would be 'extraordinary consequences' if the Trump administration is allowed to move forward with an overhaul of mail-in voting rules so close to the election.

On July 5, a bipartisan group of more than 500 elections officials filed a friend of the court listed to explain the administrative challenges if the executive order moved forward.

Preparations are long underway; they said, and there would not be sufficient time to test the new procedures, train doctors staff and educate voters about the changes.

'Should this Court approve the re-

quested step, thereby allowing the executive order to take office within the plaintiff states fewer than 300 days before a major federal election where well-own 100 million voters are likely to cast ballots, the result will be there,' they wrote.

The Supreme Court could issue a decision any day.

Drop it off to person

Regardless of what the Supreme Court decides, states have been working to educate voters about submitting ballots by mail earlier or returning them in drop boxes all year. That includes direct appeals like social media outreach, media engagement, radio ads and maiden, according to multiple state election offices.

The UIPR updated its postmark guidelines in December 2025 to reflect the date on envelope is first processed by an automated sorting machine rather than the date it was dropped off. In some cases, multiple days can pass between getting an item in the mail and it being processed and postmarked by a sorting machine.

For decades, the postmark - an official mark that shows where and when mail was a month by the Postal Service - has been used in law as proof that an individual not a deadline, such as submitting a ballot by Election Day. More than a dozen states accept ballots as long as they were postmarked on or before the election.

'That's been a challenge for us to educate voters that, hey, if you're going to vote by mail on election day, make sure you drop it off at a guiding location, not to a mailbox,' Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Agnike told USA TODAY.

The Supreme Court on June 29 said Mississippi - no court law-sorting mail-in ballots. More than a dozen states accept ballots that notes after Election Day but are postmarked before or on Election Day.

Trump admits construction error for Reflecting Pool damage

Mike Stanson USA TODAY

For the first time, President Donald Trump has acknowledged there was a construction in Supreme Court in Memorial Reflecting Pool, which is seeing another round of costly renovations.

The initial construction cost more than $96 million, but the iconic Washington education had to be drained again after the Fourth of July because the American flag blue - liner that Trump ordered human pooling.

He blamed 'vandals' on the problems with the project, but after several people were accused of damaging the work, the U.S. Attorney's office and the District of Columbia dropped all the charges.

Trump lashed out at U.S. Attorney Jessica Prior, saying she needs to 'revist her hastily made decision.'

Now, Trump has redirected some of the blame toward contractors for the first time.

In a post on Truth Social on Sunday night, Aug. 9, the president said the reflecting pool 'will be open shortly' after the new renovations.

'As we are going to see, we have also some contractor error since by rushing the job for a July 4th opening, but it was a very small area of this massive Pool, and was relatively inconsequential,' he wrote.

Despite no video evidence pointing toward vandalism, Trump stopped short of placing all of the blame on contractors.

He claimed former Olympian David Henry was seen by a National Park Service worker 'voluntary' raging at the pool evening. But a separate Park Service employee said the pool was already damaged before Henry touched it.

Prosecutions determined the reflecting pool's damage 'was the result of flawed installation by the contractor ... and the rush to complete the project prior to events associated with the America 250 celebration in the weeks surrounding Independence Day 2024.' Prior's office wrote July 31 in a court filing obtained by USA TODAY.

Prior's office claimed the Department of the Interior withheld information about the damage to the pool. When U.S. attorney's officials visited the site July 17, they found 'extensive damage throughout' and requested documents about the pool's lining and installation.

Those documents indicated 'a rushes' and flawed installation process, with repeated failures of the lining during the installation process, and extensive testing of the lining throughout the Reflecting Pool,' the U.S. Attorney's Office wrote.

When the pool renovations are complete, more security cameras will be added in the area, the president said.

Some Republicans fret Head Start rollback

Slashing program getting bipartisan pushback

Zachary Schemels USA TODAY

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration's diastic deregulation of Head Start, a preclinical and childcare program that's helped tens of millions of low-income kids, as generating bipartisan pushback in Congress - including from members within the president's own party.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy & announced Aug. 5 that his agency is pursuing a sweeping rollback of much of the more than 500 pages of federal rules governing the malfaithless-dollar program.

Among the items on the shopping block are requirements to conduct screenings for kids with disabilities, keep class sizes small, help children brush their teeth daily and maintain monitors on school buses. Pay parity rules for staff and a ban on expelling students would go by the wayside, too.

Senate Republicans have expressed wariness about the prospect of slashing those standards, which advocates say help keep kids safe and healthy.

'We've been hearing from our Head Start folks back home that are concerned about what they're seeing,' Sen. Lisa McDowell, B. Alaska, told USA TODAY. 'That's something that we're monitoring.'

Sen. Thom Tillie, B-North Carolina, said he explored reforms to Head Start at the state level when he was speaker of his state's legislative years ago. But he said, and skeptical of the merits of a deregulation that's too broad.

And walking away and turning a blind eye toward it, I don't think that'd be a good idea,' he told USA TODAY.

The worries in the GOP are significant, especially given that meaningful pushback on Capitol Hill, particularly from key Republicans in the Senate, can become one of the most effective forms of resistance to Trump administration policies. Similar objections among people like Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican and the powerful chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, to eliminating Head Start were arguably what ultimately saved it last year.

Sen. Jim Justice, B-West Virginia, cautioned that though he supports making improvements to the program, it's already helping 'a lot, a lot, a lot of kids' who, 'benefit phenomenally.'

'When we start tweaking with stuff,

a lot of times we can make it better,' he said in a brief interview. 'But there are ways we can make it worse, too.'

Cutting red tape vs. declaring war

In Kennedy's eyes, the new effort will strengthen Head Start, which serves hundreds of thousands of low-income families, and cut red tape - all while expanding the number of enrolled kids.

Alex Adams, one of Kennedy's deputies who run an HHS division called the Administration for Children and Families, stressed on a recent call with reporters that Head Start providers will still be subject to state and local regulations. Just because they'll have fewer federal rules to follow doesn't mean they should ignore what works for them, he said.

'Flexibility is permanent. It's not a mandate,' he said.

Democrats decided at that notion. 'They're saying they might be able to serve more children by practicing each child less,' Sen. Patty Murray, B-Washington, said. 'President Trump has all but declared war on Head Start.'

Cassidy looking into changes

Sen. Bill Cassidy, the chairman of the

Senate health and education committee, which has jurisdiction over Head Start, said he's been talking with his staff about the major proposed regulatory changes. In the thick of a political fight to confirm Total Rhusha as attorney general, he said Aug. 6 he hadn't fully delved into them yet.

'I'd like to see what they actually put out,' he told USA TODAY.

'For 70-page proposal, this officially published Aug. 7 in the Federal Register, isn't all deregulation. It includes new rules, too. English would become the most language of information, and kids with a different first language would need to learn it while needed. There are also fresh dietary guidelines and an exercise directive. 30 minutes of physical activity for every 3-5 hours of classroom instruction.'

'The regulatory process is still in its early stages, though. And the proposal may get up to the point: Black liarvin, who ran the Office of Head Start in the Biden administration, stressed that there will be a 60-day public comment period. His message to any concerned families or teachers: 'There still is an opportunity for their voices to be heard.'

'No one should surrender and feel like, well, all is done,' he said.

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Dems are the paying taxes on DC HQ

DNC: Issue in medical, not inability to pay bills

Erin Mansfield USA TODAY

The Democratic Party owes the District of Columbia more than $100,000 in property taxes, interest and penalties on its flagship headquarters in Washington, USA TODAY has learned.

The debt has been building up for several months, according to copies of tax bills on the property, and now includes one of thousands of dollars in penalties and interest, public records show.

The Democratic National Committee spokesperson told USA TODAY the problem was the result of a mistake, rather than financial difficulties, but the news comes amid ongoing turmoil over fundraising at the Democratic National Committee.

Voters heard to the polls in less than 90 days to decide whether Democratic or Republicans should control Congress. With President Donald Trump's approval rating law, Democrats are poised to pick up such a big threat of Republicans and have a shot at winning the Senate.

However, the latest numbers show the Democratic Party with a fraction of the cash the Republican Party has, and Trump-backed candidates could stand to benefit from an additional $400 million that Trump has set aside in his own account but not yet spent.

The Democratic headquarters building, valued at $12.1 million, is the home of the national party as well as the fundraising arms for Senate and House of Representatives races. It is located a couple of blocks from the U.S. Capitol.

The building was already the subject to controversy after the DNC took out a $25 million loan in October and put "current and future assets" up as collateral.

The problems with the Democrats' property taxes stretch back months, according to records available through the District of Columbia Office of Tax and Revenue.

A Feb. 17 property tax bill with the District of Columbia said the headquarters property accused owed $167,000, including about $23,000 in penalties. That bill said the balance was due by March 30.

The bill also said the amount due would balloon to just under $684,700 (net paid until July 1. Additional records show that someone made an online property tax payment of just under $684,700 on July 23, but the payment was "reversed." Now, an Aug. 4 bill lists a penalty fee for nonsufficient funds.

May Bloomberg, a spokesperson for the DNC, said the issue was procedural and not an indication that the Democrats can't pay their bills. She said the party is getting in touch with the District of Columbia to rectify the situation.

"The processing issue resulted from standard fraud prevention practices, and the company's addressing it," Bloomberg told USA TODAY.

The original bill was for taxes owed for the first half of 2026. The Aug. 4 bill now lists taxes due for the second half of 2026 plus an amount for 2027 taxes for the business improvement district where the property is located.

The new total that the Democrats owe is $291,000 for Aug. 31, according to the bill. That number includes $35,000 in penalties, $9,000 in interest, and a $40,7500 Penalty "potentially" preference to the reversed July 23 payment.

The property has also been hit with a separate, additional Aug. 4 bill for "public space rental." The document details nearly $22,000 in money owed, including $42,000 in prior years' liabilities.

Together, the amount the Democrats owed on the tax account of the District of Columbia property at noon, Aug. 6 was just over $167,000.

Despite raising more than $200 million in the past two years, the DNC reported in campaign finance documents that its financial situation was underexistent. The DNC had $16.3 million in cash on June 30 compared with $10.5 million in debt.

For the same time period, the Republican National Committee reported $126.5 million in cash on hand and in debt.

Analog bags

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Easter started an analog bag as part of her New Year's resolution to spend more time away from social media and to work on her mental health.

Her bag includes a pink travel making set, a public, a Fik័យ organizer and a Louise Cameo - a leather-bound notebook with a old following collar.

"I've been really trying to take steps back because it's so easy to get consumed in TikTok (until down scrolling," Easter says. "Putting all these things together that help me unplug and become real life hobbies."

Her team's mostly has a cookbook - she recently got into sourdough baking - and she always carries a funkies book and murder mystery puzzle book inside.

It's also about the aesthetics

The bag is so much about aesthetics as hobbies. Trending videos show patronnel bags selected with headed "Happiness" (also), like Sonny Angels and Laholin dolls, popping out of the videos.

The L.L. Bean Boat and Tete has emerged as the bag of choice, with people embroidering everything from their initials to pleasers like "self care" on the cotton canvas trees. The company says sales are up more than 50% this year, and the best-selling month for the product occurred this spring. The company launched limited-sell-tote Xnubig' and "Off the Golf" monogamously on the 1990s.

India Lacey's friends gifted her a "so" killer embroidered tote for her 28th birthday, in reference to singer Kaitin KITA's lyrics.

The 29-year-old, who is based in New York, brings a journal for letting down ideas, sunglasses, headphones, sun-

screen, lip glans and a book. She just finished that! Murray! "I'm fine thing."

"I'll try to go to a park. I'll try to take myself to a bus, even just to mail, because it's far trying to read up in my house. I'm so much more tempted to grab my phone," Lacey says.

The conversation about young people's screen addictions has become more mainstream in a post-COVID-19 world, brought on by books like Jonathan Haidt's "The Anxious Generation," schoolwide phone buns and the U.S. surgeon general's office warnings about loneliness and screen time.

At the same time, Gen. Z is increasingly revising. They're struggling with disrespect, sexual dissatisfaction and are disillusioned with the state of their moravies - a growing political divide and a job market overshadowed by artificial intelligence.

Clay Routledge, a psychologist who studies testidays, says people long for a time when socializing 60 more organic, and they are thinking about how to bring the technology of that era into their lives.

"There's something about closing the past, for what seems on the surface like objects, but it's really more about a idea or an energy from that time," he says.

Young people are increasingly embracing flip phones and landlines in place of their smartphones - traffic on the website Dumliphone Finder jumped 12-fold from 2022 to 2023, according to the story founder, Ave Broome.

Waltman sales are up 11% and instant film cameras 157%, according to Afferpa's Spring/Summer 2026 Trends Report. Pinterest Peebles 1026 report found searches for "small mail gifts" on up 10% on the platform, constitute in June declared it "The Offline Summer."

"Young people are saying, 'Hey we're frustrated with all the negativity, all the pessimism, finding like past addicted or too dependent on these technologies, and we're doing something about it,'" Routledge says.

Easter acknowledges it's "kind of ironic" to post about an analog bag online. But she also says it's become a way for her and her friends to connect about hobbies.

"We'll fast each other, 'Oh, my gosh, look at this new puzzle book in 'Oh, I just started reading this book, you should put it in your analog bag,'" Easter says.

Moving forward with 'optimism'

Peyton Mader, 26, isn't on social media and uses a Nokia 2700 flip phone. She didn't know she was doing something trendy until others brought up the name of the movement, but she's glad offline analyses are having a mainstream moment.

She brings her analog bag, which includes the physical calendar she used to replace Google calendar and a notebook for daily observations, "pretty much everywhere."

She likes to add something "whimsical" each time. On a July evening during a phone-free gathering in New York's Pet Groove Park, she pulls out Henric, a needle-felted opossum.

"It's fun to see so many people just kind of independently find their way to something like that," Mader says.

Routledge says nostalgia can function as an eternal psychological resource that helps us move forward with "optimism" and "more sense of meaning." For Gen. Z, that inspiration from the past is translating into more control in their lives, and a social component where people connect through shared hobbies.

"It's not either no technology or technology," Routledge says. "It's the story of young people wearing to use their agency to figure out a healthier relationship with technology."

Rachel Hale's role covering Youth Mental Health at USA TODAY is supported by a partnership with Purnell Ventures and Journalism Funding Partners. Families do not provide editorial input.

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wildland firefighters say they see far more often now than they did 23 years ago. They have warned for years that the conditions are changing.

In the Pacific Northwest, where more than half the uncontested fires are burning, dangerous conditions were reported to persist, with hot temperatures and dry, gusty winds like those that helped spread the Spokane fires. Though most of the fires in Oregon and Washington have been attributed to natural causes, one suspect has been charged with arson in the Old Trunk fire in Spokane.

"Hot, dry, and windy in the short term seems to always be the familiar trigger and also pre-existing severe to extreme drought," Deana said in a briefing on his Weather West page. "We just have been seeing that pattern unfold over and over that ever again."

House after house. black after block, a transition is "a recording pattern we're seeing - starting in the second decade of the 20th century and now continuing essentially every year," Deana said.

When fires burn the first house on the edge of a subclimatic and the flames start spreading from house to house. It's no 'sugar', a wildfire, said Belden Scops, a retired fire operations chief, author and host of the fields on the podcast. It's an "indian conflagration."

A U.S. Geological Survey study released in December 2025 analyzed fires that destroyed 10 or more structures in the nation during the years 2002 to 2012. Half those fires occurred over the most recent seven years. Of the more than 90 fires that destroyed more than 100 homes, two-thirds hit over those seven years.

The question is: When will the next fire reach a vulnerable community at the end of the next weather and climate conditions are at their worst?

On Aug. 6, firefighters were working to control 10 uncontested large fires in 14 states, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. A day earlier, 300 new wildfires were reported across the country.

Large fires on the rise

In the early years of her 44-year fire-fighting career, Scops remembers a home of 12,000-acre share talking her she might never see a fire that large again.

Now a 12,000-acre fire doesn't even raise an eyebrow," Scops told USA TODAY. "Huge, fast-moving fires happen all the time now, whereas in the old days, they happened very, very seldom."

Fire seasons are longer and wildfires

The Gann Fire, seen Aug. 4, has now burned more than 10,000 acres in Calaveras County, California, but and dry conditions contributed. Accessed at 1:45 AM

"We can't say that every event is affected by climate change. But increasingly, studies show climate

change is playing a role."

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start earlier, Scops said, which means they can burn longer and grow larger.

Feel for the flames show out, and that leads to more extreme fire behavior, which leads to bigger fires.

The longer, more active fire seasons don't just affect those who live in the path of the flames. Heavy plumes of smoke, like those seen in the Northwest in early August, carry the consequences of large fires well beyond their marked postmortem.

One recent study found that wildfire was more increased so much they have erased some of the persons made in recent decades in ozone levels. A study by the Society of Attractive found that pollutants in wildfire smoke may contribute to illness months or even years after initial exposure.

Is climate change to blame?

Dozens of the major fires are burning in the Northwest after a record-breaking snow-drought that would be have been an amount of latent as long without climate change, said Jennifer Mathis, a senior research scientist at the Yale School of the Environment.

"In be clear, the fires can't be solely blamed on any one thing, Machin said. A combination of factors leads to catastrophic fires, including natural weather events, climate change and the increasing exposure and vulnerability of people

and buildings in barns's way.

Fire seasons are longer and droughts are more intense. Machin said. Growing numbers of people are moving into woody areas, and people and their communities are more vulnerable and not as fire-credited as they need to be, she said.

"We can't say that every event is affected by climate change," Machin said. But increasingly, studies show climate change is playing a role in intensifying natural weather events.

"I think of climate change as an amplifier of what would have occurred anyway," she said. "The Spokane fires may have occurred regardless of climate change, but it almost certainly would not have become as severe and grow as quickly and been as catastrophic if the vegetation would so dry as it was."

It's becoming really, really obvious that the planet is warming and that we are causing it and we have to do something about it. Not talking about climate change is very dangerous."

Will things will get better?

A suite of questions related to fighting wildfires need to be addressed, including those management policies, wildlife fighting strategies, and staffing and funding, Scops said.

For people who live in fire-prone areas, steps can be taken to help protect their own lives and properties. Strategies include roof and police maintenance and keeping fire-prone greenery, shrubs and mulch away from the home.

But even the best-protected home can be consumed by conflagrations and huge fires.

The problem "isn't just climate change," Deana said. "It's different combinations of all of these things, in different places to different degrees.

"And by ignoring any of them, we're ignoring an important part of the problem."

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Witness list in Tupac case is star-studded

Nevada's governor, Knight could testify

Lisa Esquibler

USA TODAY

The official witness list for Duane Keith 'Keffe D' Davis' booming trial in the shooting death of hip-hop superstar Tupac Shakur in 1996 has been released.

The trial is set to begin Monday, Aug. 10, and last through September, during which prosecutors in Clark County, Nevada, plan to call several people to the stand, according to an Aug. 4 supplemental witness list obtained by USA TODAY.

The filing reportedly includes more than 200 names, including Sean 'Diddy' Combs' former bodyguard and Death Row Records cofounder Marion 'Suge' Knight, who has said he 'wouldn't testify'.

Shakur was killed Sept. 7, 1996, in a drive to shooting in Los Vegas. Nearly three minutes later, Davis' Davis' one count of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang. Prosecutors say he provided the weapon and is the person who instructed the South Side Crips street gang to shoot from the car. He has pleaded not guilty.

Now are some of the most notable potential witnesses in Tupac's murder trial.

Marion 'Suge' Knight

Former record exec Knight was in the car with Shakur the night of Sept. 7, 1996, when both were shot. The rapper died days later, and Knight survived.

At the time, Shakur was signed to music label Death Row Records, where cofounder Knight was CEO. The music executive and the label also were accused of being affiliated with the Bloods street gang in Los Angeles, a rival of the South Side Crips. Earlier on the night of the shooting, Shakur, Knight and members of the drama attacked the nephew of the then-leader of the Crips, defendant Duane Keith 'Keffe D' Davis. Hours later, Shakur and Knight were shot in what many reporters was retaliation.

In the years since, Knight, who is serving an unrelated 28-year prison sentence for voluntary manslaughter in a 2050 hit-and-run, has not spoken about the incident. In 2023, he told TMC, 'I wouldn't testify, none of that.' He added, '3000% I wouldn't go.'

Kirk Burrows

In September 1996, Kirk Burrows was president of Bad Boy Records, which he cofounded with Diddy in 1993. The New York-based label was allegedly connected with the Crips gang and had a long-standing rivalry with Knight's Bloods-affiliated Death Row Records, which signed Shakur to a multimillion-dollar contract in 1995.

Conspiracies about the two labels' conflict grew even stronger when, about six months after Shakur died, Bad Boy

Duane Davis attends a hearing for the Tupac Shakur murder trial on Aug. 4, 2026, in Los Vegas. ©1996 NRL/USA/USA RED/TYPE

rapper Riggie Smalls, also known as The Notorious B.I.G., was killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles. Smalls, like Shakur, was at the height of his fame when he was murdered.

In a 2003 lawsuit, Burrowes alleged Combs 'orchestrated' Shakur's shooting. In a civil suit filed last year, Burrowes said he 'witnessed instances in which Combs expressed paranoia and frustration over Shakur's success, indicating a deep-seated need to diminish his rival's influence.' The suit further said that Combs allegedly made statements to insiders suggesting that Shakur's presence in the industry threatened his legacy, leading him to take increasingly aggressive measures to over-shadow and eliminate competition.'

Davis also said in an interview with police that Combs placed a $1-million hit on Shakur and Knight, according to a Drug Enforcement Administration report filed in court in 2023 and obtained by USA TODAY.

Combs has denied allegations of any involvement in Shakur's death, and a spokesperson for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department told USA TODAY Combs has never been a suspect.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' bodyguard

Eugene 'Gene' Deal was Combs' bodyguard at the time of Shakur's murder. He has spoken about the night of the shooting and the dynamic's between Shakur and others in his circle in several interviews over the years.

Combs is serving a 50-month prison sentence for his conviction in July 2025 on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. Though Deal did not testify in the trial, he attended several days of the proceedings.

Reggie Wright Jr.

Reggie Wright Jr. is a former police officer in Compton, California, and was the head of security at Death Row Records in 1996. He testified before the grand jury that indicted Davis, saying he

witnessed a heated exchange between Combs and Knight, who was allegedly touting Death Row Records superiority to Bad Boy Records, in 1995.

'I was there, standing right there,' Wright testified. 'And [Combs] approached [Knight] like: 'Hey, what's going on? Why you disong me in front of everybody like that?''

Davis has accused Wright of orchestrating the shooting of Shakur and Knight, which Wright vehemently denied 'Goodluck finding someone saying that, that's credible,' he told ABC in February 2025. 'It's heartbreaking they keep dragging in my water. I didn't have anything to do with that. One of the worst days of my life when I heard that that happened.'

Tupac Shakur's sister, Sekyina Shakur

Shakur's sister, Sekyina Shakur, is expected to testify, along with other members of the family, including his stepbrother Maurice 'Moyenne' Shakur and cousin Katari Cox.

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo

Joe Lombardo, a former Las Vegas

Metropolitan Police Department officer and sheriff, is now the Republican governor of Nevada. He took office shortly before Davis' arrest.

Attorney Ross Goodman

Ross Goodman is a prominent criminal defense attorney in Las Vegas who briefly appeared in court for Davis in the early stages of his case before official counsel was selected. Oscar Goodman, Ross Goodman's father and the mayor of Las Vegas from 1999 to 2001, is also on the witness list.

Yusuf Jah

Yusuf Jah was the coauthor of Davis' 2019 memoir, 'Compton Street Legend Notorious Keffe D's Street-Level Accounts of Tupac and Riggie Murdrex, Death Row Origins, Suge Knight, Puffy Combs, and Conduct Cops', in which Davis admitted being in the car and providing the weapon used to shoot Shakur. His team tried to have the book excluded from the trial, arguing Davis' account of the shooting could have been misrepresented because he had a coauthor. Prosecutors pushed back, saying 'everything' was admissible because Davis 'chose to release it to the public and profit off it,' and he reviewed and approved the manuscript before publishing.

The judge ruled in the prosecution's favor, and the memoir will be presented during trial.

Former LAPD Detective Greg Kading

Greg Kading is a retired detective with the Los Angeles Police Department who spoke with Davis in 2019 while investigating the death of The Notorious B.I.G., whose case remains unsolved. During the interview, Davis allegedly confessed to his role in Shakur's murder. Davis' legal team, however, argued that it was an 'involuntary confession' he made when 'in a position that he was afraid for himself and his family.' Davis also wrote in his book that he only 'sang because they promised I would not be prosecuted.'

Contributing: Gina Burton

Ancient Roman shipwreck is discovered by Italian divers

Christopher Cann

USA TODAY

A group of Italian divers discovered a Roman shipwreck stocked with hundreds of ancient clay jars in the warm waters off the coast of Sicily, authorities said.

The ship is believed to date back to the second or first century B.C., according to the Italian Ministry of Culture. Divers located it about 3 miles off the coast of Mazara del Vallo, a city on the western coast of Sicily.

Alessandro Gudi, Italy's minister of culture, described it as 'one of the most important underwater archaeological discoveries of recent years'.

Videos posted online by the Ministry of Culture show divers swimming over hundreds of amphones. clay jars used in ancient Greek and Roman societies to store goods like wine and olive oil.

Palestrator Giacomo De Mola said in an Instagram post that he and other divers were using sonar technology to survey the seashore off the coast of Sicily when they came across 'what looked like an ordinary rock.'

He said something compelled him to get a closer look. At first, he thought the large mass was what he'd assumed: another big rock. But as he moved closer, an immense pile of ancient clay jars

A screenshot from the Italian Ministry of Culture showing an ancient Roman shipwreck discovered by divers off the coast of Sicily.

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came into view.

'It is hard to describe the feeling of being among the first humans in nearly 20 centuries to see that place again,' De Mola said.

The divers reported the discovery to the Sicilian Region's Superintendency of the Sea, a public body that oversees the identification and management of marine archeological sites off the island's coastal waters. An initial analysis found that the pile of amphones is about 70 feet long, 20 feet wide and over 6 feet tall.

'This is, without a doubt, the most incredible discovery of my life,' De Mola said.

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Dad of school shooter seeks new trial after conviction

Attorneys: Verdict was 'contrary to evidence'

Anthony Thompson

USA TODAY

Colin Gray, the Georgia father convicted after giving his teenage son the 10th used to a deadly high school shooting, is asking for a new trial less than a week after he was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Gray, 55, was convicted in March on 27 Sunday swimming from the Sept. 8, 2024, shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. Four people won killed 14-year-old students Mason & Bonomellman and Christian Angulo and teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Jemac. 55

Gray's attorneys filed a motion Wednesday arguing that the boy's verdict was not supported by the evidence, according to experts from AP and CBS News. They said the verdict was 'contrary to evidence' and 'strongly against

Colin Gray, 54, the father of Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray, 14, on Sept. 8, 2024, in Winder, Georgia. FOOL/MITTY IMAGES

the weight of the evidence,' as well as contrary to law and the principles of justice and equity.

Why was Colin Gray convicted?

Prosecution argued Gray should have recognized the danger posed by his son, Colt Gray, and taken steps to prevent him from accessing firearms.

Colin Gray acknowledged during his trial that he gave Colt the serious/omatic rifle as a Christmas present. Possession was not he ignored warning signs about his son's mental health and growing interest in school shootings.

Morilla before the shooting, a sheriff's deputy urged Gray to secure his guns after authorities investigated an alleged outlaw threat to commit a school shooting. Officials could not definitively determine whether Colt made the threat.

A jury convicted Gray of second-degree murder in the double of Schuman's barn and Angulo and involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of Aspinwall and Jemac. He was also convicted of reckless conflict and cruelty to children.

The case marked the first time in Georgia that a parent of a school shooter was charged and convicted in connection with the child's attack.

What did the judge say?

During Gray's July 30 sentencing,

Primm acknowledged the unusual nature of the case and said Gray did not intend to kill anyone. But the judge said warning signs surrounding Colt had become increasingly difficult to ignore.

'It is clear you failed as a parent,' Primm said, according to CBS News.

Primm said Gray could have secured the family's guns and ammunition, removed the weapons or sought mental health treatment for his son.

Primm also noted that Gray did not intend to hunt anyone and was not the person who fired the gun.

'It matters that you didn't seek to harm anyone,' Primm said. 'It matters that you didn't put a trigger.'

What happened to Colt Gray?

Colt Gray, who was 14 when the shooting occurred, pleaded guilty in July to all 55 charges against him, including murder, aggravated assault and cruelty to children. Primm sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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she will likely run against Republican Tom Tiffany, who is facing nominal opposition on the GOP side.

Amid President Donald Trump's growing unpopularity, Republican candidates on the Badger State ballot say that a controversial Democratic nominee at the top of the other side of the ticket would give the GOP a helpful boost.

'It makes it easier to contrast [because] we're not right versus left at Republican versus Democrat, we're literally capitalist versus communist - and that's terrifying,' Rep. Derrick Van Orlan, R-Wassman, who is seeking re-election in a toss-up district, told USA TODAY.

Hong disavows parts of DSA platform under scrutiny

In a roughly 25-minute interview with USA TODAY, Hong said Americans are looking for a 'new type of politics' and that her campaign's success in the polls is related to a larger frustration with the country's economic woes.

She said Trump's retrain to power and aggressive use of executive authority have awakened more progressive than it seems on how quickly things can change.

'Progressive have proceeded not only an alternative, but the fact that hey, maybe it's time we do something new, so we don't come back to those moments where people like him can get into power,' Hong said.

But Republican have already launched fiery responses early against the prospect of Hong being the卸妓院 as a 'new type of political' those old social media parts. 'Caesar Thanksgiving,' Hong said in a post on X, then known as Twitter. 'Should have done this in 2023.'

She has deleted the criticism of Thanksgiving, but the others remain online.

In a Feb. 14, 2022, post on X, Hong said she missed working in a restaurant every day. 'Accept on X/Yes,' before launching into a criticism of the holiday's capitalist underpassage.

The 'new type of political' is enough to those who don't recognize the emotional (and) physical fabric of service work, the worst of humanity comes out from folks celebrating; on another day capitalism tells you how to show less,' she said.

Hong described being 'on the verge of a security attack' at a restaurant in a July 2, 2009, social media post due to the number of 'old white people who didn't think we spoke English.'

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During the discussion, Hong, who is a member of the local Madison, Wisconsin DSA chapter, at several points said she parted ways with elements of the national platform, which the group laid out at its July convention.

Among the calls for 'building a new society from a ground up' were expanding voting rights to include all-grounded residents, publicly financing elections and expanding access to social services such as Madison. Other aspects of that agenda include abolishing borders, prisons and the U.S Senate, which Republicans have spotlighted as too radical for average Americans.

'Three people are insane,' Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said in a July 27 post on X

Gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong speaks during the Wisconsin Democrat, 2020 Convention on June 14 in Madison. DANIEL BOZZARINI/MITTY IMAGES FOR WISDOM

in response to a Fox News interview with Megan Romer, a DSA cochair.

Hong said that as governor, she would want to focus on 'delivering for people the policies that improve the material conditions of their lives.' She said abolishing prisons and law enforcement, however, 'is not going to help us do that,' especially for those struggling economically.

'I think when someone is unsafe for community, that removing them from community is a practical and sensible solution,' Hong said when asked about getting rid of prisons.

Democrats and GOP question Hong's positions, abilities

Hong's backproliding on her more controversial actions comes at a critical juncture for democratic socialists and the larger progressive movement.

Winn is deeply liberal areas in New York City, Denver and Washington, DC, have raised their profile. Those victories are expanding into swing where such as Michigan, where Abdul El-Sayed - a progressive backed by prominent democratic socialists, but not one himself - prevailed in the Senate primary over-the-counter argument.

That comes with sharper scrutiny and new challenges, experts and opponents say.

Megan Novak, state director for Americans for Prosperity, a conservative hearing advocacy group, said Wisconsin's rare for governor will be close on matter the contenders.

She said Hong has trekked off a political cliff in the state, which Trump won by loss than 1 percentage point in 2024.

'People are concerned about the future for their kids, and if we have a candidate who now has spent what four or five days the foraging on whether or not she likes Thanksgiving, it just shows that voters are not going to be able to trust her on the issues that they care most deeply about,' Novak said.

Conservative activists were already promoting Hong by attacking her own plans, which include upending the nation's first taxpayer-funded private social voucher program that began in Milwaukee in 1999.

Roughly 30,000 students are enrolled in schools using a voucher, according to state officials, a system both Crowley and Tiffany oppose changing.

'That's time of thousands of children across the state, especially in Milwaukee where thousands of mostly Black and Hispanic children would be ripped out of their school overnight,' Novak said.

Peter Dreier, a political science professor at Occidental College who is considered one of the foremost experts on socialism, said Hong is being forced onto a much larger stage and she's made some 'cooler errors' in presenting herself.

'There's a difference between movements and campaigns,' he said. 'DSA is both a movement, which has broad views about where they would like the country to go, and it's also got politicians that need to get elected.'

'Sometimes those two things are in conflict,' he added. 'The movement part gets people excited, enthusiastic... But in a campaign you have to be a retail politician who can sell your product.'

In protest, democratic socialists is defined as a belief that the economy should be deconstructed, run for the benefit of the public. But opponents commonly connect it to communism, an authoritarian system associated with brutal vaginess such as the Soviet Union and Cuba that believes the working class should take control through violent revolution.

On its website, DSA describes it as a 'system where ordinary people have a real voice' in workplace and neighborhood.

But a July Reuters/Jesus poll found just 22% of Americans said they understand the policies and positions of democratic socialists extremely or very well. Only 25% of Democrats and Democratic leading voters said the same.

Democrat Bakari Sellers, a CNN political analyst, said democratic socialists and other uber-progressive candidates must learn to be more disciplined if they're going to win in competitive districts or stores. He said it appears Hong is 'turning to be famous,' and that she isn't as politically gifted as other contenders, such as El-Sayed, running in 2026.

'They're on a learning come when it comes to messaging, but also that curve is on the side of a mountain because it's out of the mainstream,' Sellers, a South Carolina native, told USA TODAY.

'We're talking about health care, and we're talking about affordability,' he added. 'Stock to those things. But abolishing the police, banning Thanksgiving, these things - we don't talk about those things in South Carolina.'

Tulsa 8 isn't Hong voters worry about November outcome

For Democrats concerned that Hong will cough up the Badger State's gubernatorial seat, then goes to turning toward Crowley, Milwaukee County's first

Black executive, who is considered her most viable for.

Crowley ventured the race last month with a powerful ally - term directed Gov. Tony Evers - by his side. He said part of the reason for keeping back in the race was Hong's stambles. He has minimized policy differences with Hong, instead focusing on how too much is at stake in this election to be 'caught in the race,' and that talking about past Twitter statements.

'The 40-year-old former state lawmaker has raked in union endorsements while pushing back against characteristics that he's part of the party establishment, calling that description 'a star' in recent interviews.

'When I hear that term, it frustrates me because I have worked my entire life not to be placed in a less and continue to protect those who grew up in the same circumstances as me,' Crowley, whose parents struggled with substance abuse, told USA TODAY.

'We're confusing those who have worked so hard and get to where they are as the establishment.'

Hong has held a double-digit lead in statewide polling of the field, but a sizable 34% of Democratic voters remained undecided in the most recent Marquette University Law School poll.

The Crowley campaign is upsetting across the state making appeals to Democrats still on the fence, and they're included Hong's previous comments about Thanksgiving, saying in an Aug. 4 statement that she 'cannot talk turkey without reversing herself' in interviews.

At a busy early voting site on Madison's north side, even some of Hong's supporters briefed at some of her controversial positions.

'I do wish she would tone it down a little bit, but I'm not opposed to the first time I'm going to be a member of the maintenance merchant from Madison, told the USA TODAY Network. 'I think it's pretty good for people to hear stuff like that - doesn't shock me at all.'

Hong's lead appears all but insurmountable, according to the Marquette poll and an internal survey released this week by Crowley's campaign that showed Hong leading by 20 percentage points.

Among the voters polled, those over age 60 were less likely to support Hong, whose the representative supporters are younger, between 18 and 20.

Blake Vassani, 22, of Madison, said that it, in part, because he has a negative view of the Democratic Party, which he suggested needs a fresh generation of contenders. He is suggesting Hong as a vote 'against the establishment'

'The primary reason is for whom you're supposed to duke it out with your inner party and have those fights, but I think it's pretty clear what voters want,' he said.

'They want politicians that are actually going to fight for the working people and not be beholden to the same corporate interests that fund the other side and fund all the horrible stuff.'

Most voters interviewed by the USA TODAY Network breaking into the Aug. 3 primary election emphasized they did not support Hong's past positions. Some described many of the more radical DSA ideas as unassailor or ideological loss.

'I think the mainstream candidates have a better chance of having Republicans,' said Tom Ropper, 54, of Madison. 'I personally put more progressive and lean that direction, but I think, in the current climate, they would have a hard time coming in the general election.'

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Dems heading for their own Tea Party moment

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A new political movement has come along. Frustrated with the party establishment's inability to resist a radical president and worsening economic conditions. This energy has already produced space wins in party primaries.

I'm referring to the Tea Party movement that transformed the Republican Party during the beginning of Barack Obama's presidency. But you'd be forgiven for thinking I was talking about Democratic today. The similarities are striking, and what happened to the GOP. How should serve as a warning.

The Republican Party's transformation into its Trumpian form didn't come from nowhere. The road was paved by the Tea Party movement and the anti-establishment energy it unleashed.

Democratic voters are dabbling with that same energy now, elevating democratic socialists and other outsider candidates. They're priming their party for a similar takeover heading into the 2028 presidential election.

What happened to GOP in 2010

After the 2009 financial crisis, the Tea Party emerged as the rising counter to President Obama. Republican voters were frustrated with the establishment's inability to block Obama's agenda, namely the Affordable Care Act.

That movement propelled Republicans to retain the House in the 2020 midterm elections, with then-rising aces like from Marco Bialto and Rand Paul ruling the same to victory alongside 97 Freetious House Republicans.

Those nationalists, unhandled in 2012, when the GOP nominated establishment forcefully felt ill-money for president and lost another winnable election, and as House Speaker John Bortner struggled to counter Obama's aggressive use of executive power.

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It set the stage for Donald Trump to serve as the treaching ball against the Republican establishment.

Trump ran on a popular rebel, skeptic of foreign intervention, free trade and the pro-mongolistic status quo. But most important, he didn't talk like a politician, and he had no problem looking mostly at his opponents, including in the media. Trump found it himself a fighter willing to do whatever was necessary, and Republican voters loved it.

The parallels to what's happening with Democrats are uncanny. Democratic voters are frustrated with their party's inability to counter President Trump: 67% reported feeling frustrated with their own party last fall, up from 48% in 2012, and that number only seems to be climbing heading into the November elections.

Antiestablishment candidates have been performing well in Democratic primaries ever since Zoltan Mamdani's victory in New York's mayoral election in 2021.

• Graham Piziner, before withdrawing, unobserved assault allegations, was running a strong campaign against Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine.
• Abdul El-Sayed won the nomination for U.S. Senate in Michigan over

more established rivals.

• Other outsider candidates across the country are mounting strong runs.
• There's candidates tap into votes' frustration and direct the blame at billionaires, establishment politicians. Republicans or whichever group is convenient to denounce. Policywise, they tend to share an interest in wealth redistributors and universal health care.

In a 2021 open-ended poll, the word that came to many Democratic minds first when describing their party was "weak," "ineffective" or a synonym. Even when Democrats did hold power, their voters were frustrated with what the party did with it. In 2021, 83% wanted to reform the filibuster, and 30% wanted it gone.

Now, Democrats are even turning against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer after he voted to keep the government open in spring 2025 and after eight Democratic senators voted in November to end another government numbers, a move many Democrats saw as caving.

Democratic voters appear ready for change, and they might even welcome a Trump-like figure to transform their party, and the establishment doesn't look able to stop it.

The new ascending Democratic candidates are characterized as conducive, uninterested in components and move eager to wield power than fellow norms once given the chance.

Voters are energized. They want leaders who are willing to react their agenda by any means necessary, because that's what they believe their opponents are already doing. They're sick of compromise because they don't think the other side will reciprocate.

The Republican establishment of the Obama era was similarly seen as too weak to use power effectively, even if it meant violating norms. Actions like Senate Democrats eliminating the filibuster for lower-court nominations frustrated GOP voters who thought their party lacked the courage to do the same.

That's the same force driving today's nationalist and the state's Democratic candidate's leading into the midterm elections. As Trump swails power unapologetically to crush his opponents, Democrats wonder why their own party can't do the same.

How will Democrats vote in November elections, or in 2028?

The battle ground is right for a new kind of leader to use within the Democratic Party heading into 2028. One choice is Rep. Chris Gallaher, Democratic, D-New York, one of the more politically talented advocates whose democratic socialism has produced, with all the hallmarks of an outsider ready to make a run at the highest office.

Only a third of Democrats like political leaders who identify as democratic socialists. Nonetheless, the climate is right for Democrats to lose their party to the fringe.

Voters are already working against the establishment, and the success of these calls are not only one of the party entirely and proper as outsider to the White House.

Dave Pelak is an opinion columnist for USA TODAY and a graduate of DePaul University with a degree in political science.

Let's take DSA influence on midterms with a sip of tea

Recent primary election wins by some very progressive Democrats, including a few-off described democratic socialists, have imbibed a cautionary tale, comparing that to political insurgent Republicans in 2016 who became the Tea Party movement.

I'm not hoping it. The route is way off. But this smaller movement could influence our next presidential election.

The Tea Party coalition, before it was co-opted by political consultants, was much larger, better funded and far more organized. A 2020 New York Times analysis found 139 Tea Party Republicans seeking seats in the House and Senate like you.

For the November midterm elections, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) party has endorsed just three candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives. Two of them, Pennsylvania lawmaker Chris Bido of Philadelphia and Melot Kiros of Denver, won their primaries. The third, Oliver Larkin of Florida, is on the Aug. 28 primary ballot.

Local DSA chapters have also endorsed nine other House candidates in eight states. Two of them, former U.S. Rep. Col. Mark and Bartlett Gray, were defeated in Missouri's Aug. 4 Democratic primary in Michigan's Aug. 4 primary. Kyle Blomquist was defeated while Donovan McKinney won the Democratic nomination.

This is not what the Tea Party looked like or sounded like during the midterm elections in years ago.

Larry Sabato, who's director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, told me that "the Democratic socialist movement within the Democratic Party is tiny compared to the Tea Party in 2010."

And Sabato questioned "how much difference" the five democratic socialists will make in the next Congress.

That's not to say this movement will not grow into something much larger. But we're not there yet.

The more likely outcome right now — and the thing I think we need to start paying attention to — is whether democratic socialists or Democrats who reject that label while embracing its politics have an impact on the 2028 presidential nomination.

Which brings us to Abdul El-Sayed, an epidemiologist and former Detroit public health official who won the Aug. 4 Michigan primary for the U.S. Senate with a very progressive campaign message: El-Sayed has said that he does not identify as a democratic socialist, even as President Donald Trump desperately tries to brand him as a "communist."

'Would-be Bernies'

William Galdens, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, told me that a democratic socialist or "DSA adjacent" candidate could "move the Democratic Party significantly in their direction over the next two years."

"I'd say there's a real chance of that, and the odds of that will soar if Abdul El-Sayed wins the Michigan Senators, Galstons said. That would be a political earthquake. It would guarantee that a top-tier DSA or DSA adjacent candidate for the presidential nomination would emerge. (think that's already very likely, anyway.)"

He put it like this: Imagine if two well-known moderate Democrats with obvious presidential ambitions, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and former Chicago Mayor Robin Stumhart, shared a stage in a 2028 debate with the best-known democratic socialist in the House, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.

"I'm proud each, but it would be a hell of a show," Galston said. "And I don't

Abdul-El-Sayed, Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, addresses a unity rally in Detroit on Aug. 7.

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think that scenario is at all unlikely."

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the best-known democratic socialist in the Senate, had a dramatic impact on the 2026 Democratic presidential primaries, pulling Hillary Clinton to be left until she won the nomination.

Nicholas Beauchamp, an associate professor of political science at Northeastern University, envisions a 2028 Democratic cast of candidates crowded with would-be Bernies potentially canceling each other out, to the benefit of more moderate candidates.

"In what case, it becomes this difficult thing for all the sort of energy of antiestablishment... anti-incumbent, anti-old grand Democratic to sort of focus," Beauchamp told me, adding that for moderate Democrats, "the best case scenario for them is that like all of this position fractions are more a whole bunch of different opponents, and you know they can sort of work the the center left (some better)."

I live in the Philadelphia congressional district where Bialto, a democratic socialist and DSA nominee, decisively won the May 19 Democratic primary.

No Republican ran in the district, making Bialto a very likely victor in the Nov. 3 election.

Bialto told me in June that the dust-ups in the Democratic Party about progressives and socialists were "an internal skirmish here that can either become a full-blown war, or it could be a pivot point" to a more unified party.

The Democratic National Committee and the Senate Majority PAC (Social) El-Sayed's win, and former Vice President Kamala Harris has started a fundraising effort to assist him.

Where's the Tea Party now?

Americans for Prosperity Action, one of the political actors committees that organized and then co-opted the Tea Party, issued on Aug. 3 memo headlined, "El-Sayed's Michigan Win Pats DSA Agenda on the Ballot Nationwide."

And Vice President DJ Nixon, a likely contender for the 2028 Republican nomination for president, on Aug. 5 blurted out this warning: "God forbid, you're gonna have President El-Sayed in those years."

That fear is real on the Republican side of the ballot for a progressive surge funded by outrage about Trump. Will that tension remain on the Democratic side of the ballot for the 2026 election, and in two years?

The Tea Party's demise might illustrate what remains in the 2026 Republican.

Beauchamp noted that the insurgent Republican movement started to "finish out" about 2024, but that Trump was able to co-opt its energy a year later when he first ran for president.

Trump remade the Tea Party in his own MAOA image. The next Democratic nominee for president could do the same with the progressive and democratic socialist energy.

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Americans need $110K per year to afford home

Mortgage rates eased slightly, but still over 6%

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Americans still need to earn nearly $110,000 a year to comfortably afford the typical home for sale in the United States, even as housing affordability has shown modest signs of improvement over the past year.

A new Redfin expert found that an American household would need an annual income of $109,796 to purchase a median-priced home in June while spending no more than 30% of that income on housing costs.

That's just 0.5% lower than the record high of $110,302 a year ago, meaning the income needed to buy a home has changed very little over the past year.

The stabilization comes as household incomes have continued to rise alongside home prices. Redfin estimates the median U.S. household earned $87,599 in June, up 4% from a year ago, while the median home sale price increased 2.2%.

Mortgage rates also have eased slightly but remained in the mid-6% range, keeping borrowing costs elevated.

Even with these gains, according to Redfin, the typical household still earns about $22,200 less than what's needed to purchase the median-priced home and be financially comfortable.

That's an improvement from the roughly $26,100 gap a year ago and nearly $28,900 two years ago, but it remains a significant hurdle for many prospective buyers.

Affordability remains a challenge

Redfin defines a home as affordable when a buyer with a 15% down payment spends no more than 30% of their monthly income on mortgage payments, property taxes and other housing costs.

"The earnings needed to buy a home have stabilized after several years of deterioration, but that doesn't mean homes are affordable to the average American," Redfin Senior Economist Yinga Xu said in the report.

Xu said the market has become "a bit more manageable" for buyers because it is now a "buyer's market" in much of the country, giving shoppers more options and stronger negotiating power.

Even so, she said, many prospective first-time buyers remain on the sidelines because the typical household still earns far less than what's needed to afford a home and be financially comfortable.

Redfin economists said affordability could improve slightly by the end of the year; however, the real estate company warned it could worsen if interest rates too more than expected, oil prices increase further or inflation accelerates.

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A one-man chatbot wants you to stop blindly trusting AI

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Jessica Guynn USA TODAY

In a world where we are accustomed to chatting up artificial intelligence, score one for the human touch.

A new billboard recently popped up in the colorful collage of beautiful signs at the epicenter of the AI boom in San Francisco. This one for ChatT2B leagged it was promoting the "leading chatbot interface powered by AI."

Soon people began using the service. But AI, in this case, doesn't stand for artificial intelligence. It stands for "average individual." And that individual is just a guy named Tucker Bryant.

Bryant jokes he has developed "artisanal intelligence, handcrafted by a single human being" – a bespoke experience that is not an LLM, or large language model, but an LLE or "single-operator large language experience."

"Picture this: ChatGPT but, on the other end, it's just me giving bad advice," Bryant, a former Google staffer, explained on YouTube.

AI chatbots have become a part of daily life in America. We ask for information, advice, encouragement, therapy, even companionship. In fact, these synthetic helpers have become so ubiquitous that Bryant is worried about our dependence on them.

Too often, he says, we are letting chatbots think for us. So he's trying to raise awareness of "cognitive surrender" – a term from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Business School to describe how we blindly trust chatbots over our brains even when their advice can so often be faulty or false.

"We're now so used to confident, fast and smart-sounding answers from AI that we've largely stopped questioning them," he said. "Some of us are so far gone that the second we drop into that soothing-fash interface, see the little-thinking animation and the test coming up letter by letter, critical thinking skills go out the window."

At first he wanted to call his chatbot "BaaGPT," but the domain was too pricey. So he settled for his own initials and

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Trump ends Medicare prescription subsidy

Millions could see higher costs on plans in 2027

Ken Altsucker USA TODAY

Millions of older Americans on Medicare could see higher monthly prices on their prescription drug insurance plans in 2027 after the Trump administration ends a subsidy program that pushed down prices.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services officials said they were ending a Medicare prescription drug plan subsidy implemented by the Biden administration to lower prices because of changes ushered in by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.

"The Biden admin gave billions of taxpayer money directly to big insurance companies. This is unacceptable," said CMS Administrator Mehnert Or in a social media post announcing the policy

change. "We are stabilizing the market so this ballast is no longer needed."

Or said monthly premiums on Medicare prescription drug plans, known as Part D, will increase by less than $10 for most enrollees, and some will see lower premiums.

Medicare spent billions to lower Part D premiums in 2025, 2026

CMS will release details in September on monthly premiums for Medicare prescription drug plans, as well as privately administered Medicare Advantage plans, the agency said. Consumers can review and change plans during Medicare open enrollment, which runs from Oct. 15 through Dec. 7 for coverage that begins Jan. 1, 2027.

As of February, about 25 million people were in a stand-alone Medicare Part D plan, often paired with traditional government-run Medicare insurance. Another 31 million were in a Medicare

Advantage plan – Medicare plans administered by a private insurance company that typically include prescription drug coverage.

A Trump administration official said the Inflation Reduction Act increased costs for prescription drug coverage. The climate and health care law imposed a $3,000 cap in 2025 on what Medicare enrollees paid out of pocket for prescription drugs. That cap increased to $2,100 in 2026.

Under the Biden administration, CMS created a "demonstration project" that deterred subsidies to insurance companies to keep premiums lower. The project cost the federal government $9.8 billion in 2025 and 2026. Had it remained in place, one company, UnitedHealth Group, would have received a $1.5 billion, the Trump administration official said.

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Claire's overhauling ear piercing experience

Store's reformed clinical training part of changes

Greta Cross USA TODAY

Claire's is looking to revamp its long-standing ear piercing experience with reformed clinical training, expanded jewelry options and an improved in-store experience.

Claire's announced on Aug. 6 how it is reimagining its ear piercing experience, rolling out across 900 Claire's in the United States and Canada this year.

The news comes after Claire's filed for Chapter 8 bankruptcy in August 2025 – the second time in seven years. The chain cited the rise of fast-fashion websites like iMore and Terna cutting into sales, in addition to rising interest rates, inflation and tariffs on goods from China.

A month after filing, private equity firm Anne Walmer acquired Claire's for $167 million. In May, Claire's announced it was opening more than 7,000 new "trunk points" in the United States. Rather than stand-alone stores, the expenses includes the sale of Claire's merchandise at other retailers like Walmart, Kohl's and CVS.

Claire's says it's improving ear piercing training

A dedicated Piercing Excellence Team of 11 people was created to train Claire's on the ground through an "enhanced curriculum," including hands-on instruction, digital learning, guided practice, ongoing assessments and recertification, according to a news release. Compared with the previous training model, the new curriculum is more "comprehensive, consistent and hands-on," Carey Resite, vice president of retail operations, told USA TODAY. "Healthcare's" was brought together

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for one-day immersive training led by the Piercing Excellence Team, then the training was brought back to store associates, Renfer said.

Over the years, Claire's has notoriously received feedback for how ours are pierced, with the use of a handheld device. Spring-baded "piercing guns," which "slooks" an earring stunt into the tissue, can raise concerns in terms of sterility, tissue damage and inappropriate design, according to the Association of Professional Percent. In comparison, a needle piercing creates a small, clean slice into the tissue through which the piercing is then placed; a piercing gun uses force to shove a blunt piercing through the tissue.

Reside told USA TODAY that Claire's does not use "piercing guns." Rather, the chain uses an FDA-registered hand-pressurized medical piercing device "designed to support a gentle and sterile piercing experience."

Expanded ear piercing collection, in-store experience

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fering more new piercing stratifysively to choose from. The collection includes new styles in single studs and a premium selection of six grown diamonds, according to a news release. All ear piercing kits start at $10 and include a "free" piercing, jewelry and an aftercare kit.

Claire's piercing sections are also getting a new look, including the addition of an "intensive's inspiration bar" that allows customers to look at different jewelry, using entire after piercing and choose from a variety of desrtesses to hold during the experience, according to a news release.

When will the changes come to Claire's stores?

The upgrades will roll out across 900 Claire's locations in the United States and Canada this year.

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Equifax $2.2M settlement: Do you qualify for payment?

Anthony Thompson USA TODAY

Thousands of consumers could be eligible for a payment from a $2.2 million class action settlement involving credit reporting company Equifax after a lawsuit alleged duplicate collection accounts appeared on some consumers' credit reports.

The proposed settlement resolves claims that Equifax violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act by reporting the same collection account more than once on certain consumer credit reports in 2022. The duplicate reporting allegedly lowered some consumers' credit scores and, in some cases, affected their ability to obtain credit.

Equifax desires any wrongdoing or violation of the law, and this court has not determined who is right. The company agreed to settle the lawsuit to avoid the expense and uncertainty of further litigation. As estimated 37,000 consumers are part of the settlement class. Eligible

class members who were notified by Equifax may qualify for cash payments and complimentary credit monitoring if the settlement receives final approval.

What is the Equifax settlement about?

The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Georgia by plaintiff Chattanooga Bradberry, who claimed Equifax reported the same collection account multiple times on her credit report.

According to the complaint, Bradberry discovered in 2022 that a $305 collection account appeared more than once on her Equifax credit report. She said the duplicate reporting caused her credit scores to drop significantly and contributed to the denial of a mortgage application. The lawsuit contends Equifax failed to follow reasonable procedures to ensure maximum possible accuracy, as required by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Equifax denied the allegations.

Who qualifies for a payment?

Consumers may be eligible if they received a notice from Equifax because company records indicate they were part of the affected group.

According to the settlement, eligible consumers had a duplicate collection account appear on their Equifax consumer report when their credit report was requested during the period at issue in August and September 2022. Notices were mailed or emailed to affected consumers, and claimants must use the Notice ID, which begins with "EQR," and the PIN included in that notice to submit a claim.

If you qualify, how much money can you expect?

Consumers who submit valid claims affirming they were banned by the duplicate reporting are expected to receive up to $600, although the final amount will depend on the number of approved

claims. All settlement class members will also receive six months of Equifax Complete credit monitoring, including credit alerts and up to $600,000 in identity theft insurance coverage, without filing a claim.

Equifax also agreed to continue measures designed to prevent duplicate collection accounts from appearing on consumer reports and to remove any remaining duplicate accounts tied to the issue.

How can you file a claim?

Claims must be submitted through the official settlement website using the Notice ID and PIN from the settlement notice. Consumers may also print and mail a claim form.

The deadline to submit a claim is Sept. 1. A final approval hearing is scheduled for Oct. 6, and payments will be distributed only if the settlement receives final approval and any appeals are resolved.

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begun answering thousands of queries manually, much to the delight of thousands of users.

"Unlike ChatGPT, my answers will be slow. They probably won't be correct. Or maybe they could be, but they'll be very

cryptic," Bryant said. "I want you to have such an inconvenient experience with something that aesthetically looks like artificial intelligence that the next time an L2F drive you what sounds like a reasonable answer, you remember the time ChatT2B responded to your tax question with a hush's about crows."

"No notes. Redsante," one person commented on Reddit.

"Ong! Love this. Just tried it out, way

more interesting than ChatGPT that's for sure," another said.

Asked how he could afford the billboard, Bryant replied that he "dog dog" because he wanted one fewer billboard in San Francisco hawking "a real Al company."

"If we all become" the "intent hit" more likely to stop and think about the information fed to us by a "smooth-talking chatbot," then his work here is done,

Bryant said. ChatT2B answers questions on everything from house paint colors to impostor syndrome.

With demand overwhelming Bryant, visitors are now greeted by this message: "It's a overwhelmed and so in coverage individual kit. We'll be back."

USA TODAY reached out to Bryant for comment. She carried plan? He wants to turn the one-man query engine into a community project.

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More listings are within reach

The report found buyers are spending a smaller share of their income on housing than a year ago. The typical homebuyer would need to spend 37.6% of their income on a median-priced home, down from 39.3% last year. Redlin said

the decline comes as median household income increased from $84,257 to $87,599 while the income needed to afford a home remained largely unchanged.

Meanwhile, 34.2% of homes for sale were affordable for households earning the national median income in June, up from 30.5% a year earlier.

Even so, Redlin noted affordability remains well below levels before 2022, when more than half of listings were typically within reach of the median-in-

come household.

Where affordability is improving

Affordability improved in 24 of the 46 major metro areas Redlin analyzed. Seattle saw the largest improvement, with the income needed to afford the typical home falling 7.4% from a year ago as home prices declined.

San Jose and Portland also saw some of the biggest drops: The income needed to afford a home fell 6.5% and 4.5%, re-

spectively. Despite those improvements, homes in many West Coast markets remain out of reach for average owners.

San Francisco remained the nation's least affordable major metro. Buyers would need an annual income of $453,205 to afford the typical home.

Only three major metro areas, St. Louis, Indianapolis and Pittsburgh, had median household incomes that exceeded the income required to afford the typical local home, according to Redlin.

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Husman said the insurer is "committed to working with CMS to ensure owners have access to affordable prescription medicines." But with the demonstration project now ended, some Part D recipients

ents "could see a larger premium increase for drug coverage sent year than they've faced in recent years," said Juliette Calumaki, vice president and director of the program on Medicare policy for KFP, a health policy nonprofit.

Under the Riden administration, the demonstration project aimed to stabilize Part D premiums and enrollment amid the changes from the Inflation Re-

duction Act. The average monthly premium for a stand-alone drug plan fell from $416 in 2024 to $16 in 2026, and enrollment increased from 23 million to 25 million, Calumaki said.

"This temporary demonstration appeared to work as intended to stabilize year-over-year premium increases and enrollment," Calumaki said.

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coverage for prescription drugs have cited rising medication prices and increased use as one reason insurance prices are accelerating.

On July 1, Medicare began covering popular GLP-1 weight-loss medications for millions of excellent under a pilot program. Older adults who get the medications will pay a monthly $50 copay, and Medicare will cover the rest.

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ALABAMA Postville: In a move that's been described as heartbreaking, Postville Pride, a support organization for central Alabama's LGBTQ+ community, has dissolved.

ALASKA Pathlands: The University of Alaska Board of Regents voted to eliminate one of state tuition surcharges beginning in fall 2027, a move aimed at boosting enrollment, simplifying tuition policies and attracting more students from outside Alaska. KTVU reported.

ARIZONA Phoenix: After a decade of planning, Rocka Indian School Park broke ground on a new monument honoring a Cold War-era submarine while paying tribute to the service members and shipped workers who supported its mission.

ARKANSAS Bogota: Arts-and-crafts store chain Michaels will open its first Northwest Arkansas store in Rogers on Aug. 16, featuring an experimental community focused format with expanded services, KARK reported.

CALIFORNIA Sacramento: According to a new NUBURDA study, California's health care system ranks No. 24 in the nation overall. The older faces far worse for affordability, however, ranking No. 39: On a more positive note: California ranks No. 14 for health outcomes.

COLORADO Grand County: Colorado Parks and Wildlife Island a second well in less than two months for repeated generations of livestock, with the latest lethal removal coming after the smallest month of attacks.

CONNECTICUT Hartford: Connecticut's minimum wage will increase to $17.49 per hour on Jan. 1, 2027, rising $8.54 from the $8.94 hourly rate under a state law that law wage growth to economic conditions.

DELAWARE Dover: A state task force says not to report small-scale nuclear power generation in Delaware, for now. The bipartisan Delaware Nuclear Energy Feasibility Task Force's report determined that generation is not a viable short-term solution for the state, with years of road closed.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washingham: A Federal appeals court ordered President Donald Trump's administration Aug. 7 to stop construction on a $400 million ballroom on the site of the White House's demolished East Wing.

GEORGIA Augusta: The Grow Back Project, a University of Georgia-led infrastructure effort launched after Hurricane Helene devastated the region's tree canopy, is developing an infrastructure website to help Augusta-area homeowners select the right team for their properties.

HAWAII Honolulu: Progressive hot streak hit a rang in Hawaii when Rep Ed Case, one of the Democratic Party's most-likely United States members, scored a primary victory over a more left-busting challenge to a district that includes Honolulu. Case ceased to a win over state law, Jarrett Kewbakalele by over 20 percentage points in the state's 1st District.

IDAHO Nampa: Idaho officials report off the direction of a single invasive Ardes aegypti mosquito in Nampa, masking only the second known sighting of the virus-carrying species in the state, KTVU reported.

ILLINOIS Rockford: Rockford Promise Exhibits will have a new route to a bachelor's degree under an agreement linking Rockford Promise, Rock Valley College and Rockford University. The three organizations signed a memorandum of understanding that expands scholarship support for transfer students, according to a community announcement.

INDIANA South Bend: A new movie theater might be making its way into the historic State Theater thanks to a $4 million award of KEAKE 2.0 Arts and Culture guests from the state.

IOWA Des Moines: A new audit shows inspection rates for Iowa runs in a home-love thankfully improved over the last two years, State Auditor Bob Raul says. According to the new audit, Iowa now conducts certified nursing home inspections every 12 months on average compared with the 2024 average of 171 months.

KANSAS Topeka: For the first time, the Kansas state government has commemorated Pepsi Heart Day in an Aug. 7 ceremony at the State-house. Gov. Laura Kelly issues a proclamation with several Purple Heart recipients in attendance.

HIGHLIGHT: FLORIDA

Loggerhead sea turtle nests are marked on Sanibel Island in Lee County on July 21. ANDREW WESTUSA TODAY NETWORK

Sanibel: It's been a mixed bag for sea turtles nesting in southwest Florida this summer. Many beaches in the area are seeing record numbers of nests—but, at a time when researchers are concerned about habit, rates, some of the nests have been lost to the sea and others to predators. Sea turtles Rock to Florida describes during the summer and early fall to breed, feed, dig nests and deposit the next generation onto beaches. Kelly Sloan, sea turtle conformation of the Sanibel-Cupertino Conservation Foundation, said beaches on Sanibel Island are having a second year for overall nest numbers. Sanibel is the largest island city in southwest Florida. The sea turtle monitoring program there started in 1950 and is the oldest in the nation.

KENTUCKY Louisville: Parents of Jefferson County Public Schools students will have a new app to track the location of their child's bus this school year. JCPA has launched the Hole 8.12 to replace the fishing app that families have used the past few years.

LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: Five people have died in Louisiana from fresh eating historic infections so far in 2026, health officials said. A total of nine cases of 7Basic will inform bacteria have been reported in 2026 in the state, the Louisiana Department of Health reported.

MAINE Hallowell: The Maine Public Utilities Commission has launched a statewide Test-to-98 awareness campaign ahead of the school year, allowing residents to discovery contact emergency services by text when calling a unsafe or impractical, News Center Maine reported.

MARYLAND Salisbury: A brand-new Hispanic distribution center is headed to the city of Salisbury and is set to open soon. The new site will operate as what Amazon calls a 'salisbury station.'

MASSACHUSETTS Boston: Federal immigration officers are now banned from making civil arrests in Massachusetts' case, hospitals and courthouses, along with a variety of other measures, under a new law giving the state what lawmakers say are some of the strong-att immigration protections in the country.

MICHIGAN Mackinac County: The Department of Natural Resources is asking the public what it thinks about opening Ron Blanc Island to bear hunting. The island, which is open to hunting other game animals, has been closed to bear hunting for decades.

MINNESOTA Appleton: Immigration and Customs Enforcement will pay private prison company ConoCivic more than half $ billion dollars to reopen a defunct 1,000-bell prison in real-twotness Minnesota, known as the Prairie Town-Stoad Facility, as an immigrant detention center, Minnesota Baltimore reported.

MISSISSIPPI Columbus: Packaging solutions provider DRC Industries plans to invest $4 million and create 10 jobs in Louisiana County as it establishes operations in Columbus, marking the latest manufacturing-related project supported by the Mississippi Development Authority in the Golden Triangle region.

MISSISSIPPI Columbia: A new elementary school in southwest Columbia will welcome its first students for the 2026-27 school year. Columbia Public Schools officials celebrated the opening of Eagle Bluffs Elementary School, home of the Goffone, with a ribbon-calling Aug. 3 ahead of the first day of school on Aug. 25.

MONTANA Helena: Twenty-two Montana Democratic lawmakers are urging state headlines, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate race, to withdraw from the race and back independent candidate Seth Berber, arguing a three-way contest would improve Republican candidate Kurt Ames's chances of winning. The Daily Montana reported.

NEBRASKA Lincoln: Lincoln Children's Zoo announced Bella, a nearly 16 year-old dreaded and founding member of its Cheetah Chase program, has died after age-related health issues but staff to humanely euthanize her, BILA's reported.

NEVADA Reno: A large north Reno industrial park that houses America's newest same-day facility just completed another building. The 500 North project finished major construction of its second facility.

NEW HAMPSHIRE North Hampton: The second regiment of the New Hampshire forecast Greenway, the local section of the approximately 3,000-mile East Coast rail trail, is ready for public use.

NEW JERSEY Newark: The New Jersey Allotany General's Office has launched an investigation into potential civil rights violations by GEO Group, the private operator of Delaney Hall, in response to reports of poor conditions and deaths at the immigration detention center.

NEW MEXICO Lincoln: A medical transport plane crash that killed four people this spring has been linked to a U.S. military GPS jamming exercise, a preliminary report released by the National Transportation Safety Board shows.

NEW YORK Albany: New York's homeless population has grown in communities outside New York City despite a statewide decline, a new report from the New York State Comptroller's Office reveals. In the latest numbers from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Point-in-Time Count, the Empire State was a near-2.9% decrease in its homeless population between 2024 and 2026.

NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: Miss North Carolina USA for 2026 has been stripped of her title after a reported conduct issue. The Miss USA Organization announced that less than two months after receiving the Miss North Carolina USA crown, Bethany Bethlehem would no longer hold the title as of Aug. 5.

NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck & Gov. Kelly Armstrong has declared a statewide fee-emergence as drought conditions now affect more than half the state and longtime welfare risks, KMOT reported.

OHIO Ravenna: A new, $5 million water tower in Ravenna will give the city's residents better access to water in the event of an emergency. City officials said the new elevated water storage tank, which replaces the former SE Standpipe, will hold less water than the city's tank, but its design will lead to better water pressure and better water quality.

OKLAHOMA Park Valley: Just a few months after celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Toy & Action Figure Museum is closing its doors at the end of August.

ORION Eugene: A coalition of local recipients will soon open a new 'mini-city' for health in downtown Eugene. Connected Lane County, Ophelia's Play and A Fair-ily for Every Child have banded together to form Youth HIS, a drop-in resource referral mecca, basic needs provide and community center all wrapped in one.

PENNSYLVANIA Lancaster: The Raven Ridge Wildlife Center announced the center successfully rehabilitated and released the adult female federal that had been brought to the water after it was struck by a car in Adams County on Feb. 14.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: Near-recent rainfall in July has helped replenish groundwater supplies in Rhode Island. The state officials expect a drought switch to remain in effect into at least September. While precipitation halts in July exceeded historical averages by a wide margin and heavy rains have continued in the first few days of August, groundwater levels still aren't back to where they should be, said Meredith Brady, chair of the Water Resources Board's Drought Steering Committee.

SOUTH CAROLINA Greer: The city of Greer and Prince Health announced a 45-year, $5 million nursing rights partnership for the city's new sports and events center, according to a city of Greer news release. The 2/85,000-square-foot city, which includes major construction, will be called the Princess Health Performance Center.

SOUTH DAKOTA Aberdeen: The city is finding new ways to enhance everyday living. Aberdeen previously set aside 4,000 people in the West Main Street back to two-way traffic. When that project was ultimately shelved, Mayor Travis Schumanman and city council members chose instead to redirect those funds into a citywide manhole improvement program.

TENNESSEE Memphis: After three-long years, Memphis is officially no longer the city with the worst drivers in America. Consumers follow, a customer review and news service that collects and analyzes data to assess various aspects of American life, annually releases its catalogs of the worst cities for drivers. Memphis was ranked as the second worst city for drivers, a break from the city's three-year stint at No. 1.

TEXAS Brawn: The University of Texas at Brawn is getting a boost to its workforce development programs. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn recently announced a $2 million grant aimed at bolstering the university's medical intelligence system to help workforce development programs to ensure professionals are equipped to protect critical infrastructure.

UTAH Salt Lake City: The University of Utah has acquired the final 50 acres of historic Fort Douglas from the U.S. Army Reserve, completing a decadalving land transfer process and opening the site for future housing, recreation and a program development while preserving its historic character, KIA, reported.

VERMONT Essex Junction: Workforce in Melvin will bring students and employees together at the Champlain Valley Expo on Sept. 29 for a career summit designed to address Vermont's workforce challenges and connect young people with local job opportunities.

VIRGINIA Richmond: Gov. Abigail Spanberger announced the boards of an Intensive Reentry Program at Red Onion State Prison, aimed at lodging inmates successfully transition back into their communities and the workforce, WISC reported.

WASHINGTON Spokane: A man accused of starting a major wildfire that continued to burn in northwest Washington on Aug. 6 told investigators he had planned the Rae for weeks before setting it earlier in August, according to court documents.

WEST VIRGINIA Mason County: Nucor said construction and commissioning of its $4 billion direct steel mill in Mason County remain on schedule and within budget, with the facility still expected to begin production in 2027. WV News reported.

WISCONSIN Madison: A conservative law firm is seeking to block five. Tony Evers from taking any further steps toward bringing legal online sports both up to Wisconsin with a new lawsuit. The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty filed the challenge against Evers and members of the administration asking a judge to declare the contentions law, enacted its April, unconstitutional.

WYOMING Daynana: Augi Bruce resigned as head of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department effective immediately to take a new position in Gov. Mark Eastman's office, Wye/Ste reported.

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Johnny C. Taylor Jr. tackles your workplace questions each week for USA TODAY. Taylor is president and CEO of SHBM, the world's longest trade association of human resources professionals, and author of "Reset: A Leader's Guide to Work in an Age of Upholism!"

Question: We had a well-liked manager who took a position at another company last fall. We were sad to see the manager go, and unfortunately, in the time since, we have lost a number of additional employees who have essentially been provided by this other company. There are all employees who were equally well-liked, and I believe fit very well in our company culture and enjoyed their time here. What can we do to improve our employee retention? - Taylor

Answer: Losing a respected manager is difficult. Losing talented employees soon afterward can be even more concerning. But before you conclude another company is poaching your people, ask yourself a question: Why are they choosing to leave?

Not every departure represents a failure. Sometimes another opportunity is simply a better fit for an employee's goals, career aspirations, or stage of life. The key is identifying patterns. Healthy turnover is inevitable. Repeated turnover for the same reasons deserves your attention.

Leadership transitions are one of the cleanest tests of an organization's strength. They reveal whether you've invested in developing leaders at every level and are prepared for inevitable change. Strong managers earn trust, so it's not surprising when employees choose to follow a leader they respect. But no organization should depend on one exceptional leader to sustain en-

gagement or retention. Every organization should prepare for the day a great leader moves on. That's not pessimism. That's good succession planning.

Instead of reacting emotionally, get curious. Exit interviews tell you why people left. Stay interviews help you understand the fact that employees remain and what might cause them to leave. Both are valuable. Look for patterns instead of isolated stories. Are employees leaving because they don't see opportunities to grow? Do they feel supported by their managers? Are compensation, flexibility, or career development emerging as common themes? Understand the problem before rushing to fix it.

Retention isn't built when employees receive another offer. It's built every day, and before they last, employees are most likely to stay when they trust their leaders, receive regular feedback, feel recognized for their contributions, and see opportunities to grow. That kind of commitment is built through everyday conversations, meaningful coaching, and consistent investment in people's development, not during an exit interview or a last-minute counteroffer.

You can't prevent every talented employee from accepting another opportunity, nor should you try to. High performers will always attract attention from competitors. What you can do is create an environment where talented people choose to stay because they believe they're growing, they're valued, and they have a future.

Measure your organization's success by the compelling reasons employees have to stay, not by whether one exceptional leader keeps them engaged. Organizations that consistently invest in their people, develop leaders at every level, and prepare for change don't just retain more talent. They build stronger cultures, stronger leadership pipelines, and stronger businesses.

The views and opinions expressed in this column are the author's and do not necessarily reflect those of USA TODAY.

19 charged in $4M Pennsylvania home health care fraud cases

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Nineteen people have been charged in connection with schemes that fraudulently billed Pennsylvania's Medicaid program more than $4 million for home health care services, federal and state authorities announced.

The defendants, including home care company owners, home health aides and Medicaid recipients, were charged with health care fraud and other related offenses, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said Aug. 4. Prosecutors said the schemes involved false billing records, overlapping shifts, paying kickbacks to clients, and fraudulent clock-in and clock-out entries to collect Medicaid payments.

Some home health aides sought reimbursement for care they purportedly provided while they were in jail, hospitalized, out of the country, working other jobs or otherwise unavailable to assist patients, the Justice Department said. Federal authorities also described recurring patterns of "impossible work hours," including one case in which a home health aide claimed to provide care for more than 24 hours in a day on more than 1,100 occasions. Prosecutors said the aide billed for more than 64,000 hours that could not have been worked, resulting in more than $1.2 million in Medicaid payments.

"The great fraud against the American taxpayer takes many forms," U.S. Attorney David Metcalf said in a statement. "It is outrageous and unacceptable that anyone could steal money by billing nonexistent home care services for caregivers who were, in fact, dead, in prison, or trafficking drugs."

Health aides accused of billing Medicaid while in jail, hospitalized

Prosecutors charged several Philadelphia-area home health aides and Medicaid recipients.

One indictment charges Joseph Pizzo, 47, and Tatiana Tuomioja, 53, with conspiracy and health care fraud. Prosecutors say Tuomioja submitted claims for home care services while Pizzo was incarcerated and while he was working in construction, leading to at least

$160,000 in Medicaid payouts.

A separate indictment accused Donna Romstosch, 63, Alyssa Curuilino, 27, Louise Israel, 46, and Elesia Curuilino, 51, of similar health care fraud offenses. According to prosecutors, Alyssa Curuilino and Israel were aides and Romstosch and Elesia Curuilino were Medicaid recipients.

Alyssa Curuilino billed for home care services during periods when she was working another job or hospitalized, while Israel submitted claims while in jail, according to the indictment. Prosecutors said the scheme resulted in about $445,000 in fraudulent payments.

Authorities also charged Albert Coccia Jr., 56, and his son, Santino Coccia, 28, accusing Santino Coccia of billing Medicaid for services he claimed to provide to his father while working as a ride-share and food delivery driver. Prosecutors said the fraud generated more than $22,000 in claims.

Prosecutors allege overseas travel, deceased employees

In another case, prosecutors said Sean Murray, 19, billed Medicaid about $400,000 for home care services that were not provided while he was at a gym, traveling, visiting a massage parlor or selling drugs. Authorities accused him of paying kickbacks to clients to facilitate the scheme.

Prosecutors also charged Charles Bowie, 53, saying he billed Medicaid while traveling internationally, including trips to South Arabia, Jamaica and Colombia. Authorities said the scheme involved about $600,000 in Medicaid billings, most of which were fraudulent.

Another indictment accuses Renwick and Henry Health LLC and its owners, Khaledah Williams, 49, and Suleemah Davis, 29, of health care fraud conspiracy and other fraud. The company's owners allegedly obtained about $224,000 in Medicaid payments through the scheme. Prosecutors accused the Philadelphia-based home health care company of billing Medicaid for services performed by Williams' husband while he was selling drugs and after he was arrested on drug trafficking charges. Davis and Williams also are accused of billing Medicaid for services allegedly provided by a home health aide who had died

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The expectations are high for Steve Sarkisian and Texas this season as the Longhorns begin the season ranked fourth in the US LBM Coaches Poll. NATHAN RAY EDDICK/DEADH ANKES

The 6-year itch

Steve Sarkisian goes on the clock among football coaches seeking a national title

Blake Tappmeyer COSMOPOLITAN USA TODAY NETWORK

High Freera's eyes got big a few years ago when someone pointed out Kirby Smart took Georgia to the national championship game in his second season. Freera had been busy trying to downplay expectations early in his Auburn tenure, and he literally could not believe the reality of Smart's success timeline.

'His second (year) 'F' Freera said back then: 'I don't know that that's accurate, but, on, anyway ...'

Wikipedia stands to remind us Smart did indeed take Georgia to the national title game in his second season, which inflatiously ended an 2nd-and-3/4 with the Bulldogs losing to Alabama in overtime.

Smart's bio also reminds us he didn't win his first national championship until his sixth season.

That's also true of Ryan Day

Day endured a what-could-have-been finish in 2022, when Noah Ringgley field-goal attempt sailed wide left as the clock struck midnight of a College Football Playoff semifinal game against Georgia.

If that kick splits the uprights, Day's Buckeyes would've beaten TCU in the national championship game that season. Instead, Day had to wait until the 2024 season to taste glory.

Like Smart, Day's championship breakthrough came in Year 6.

Consider it college football's curious power of six.

June, Curt Cignetti traced along the fast lane to success – one wonders how big Freera's eyes got when Indiana won a national championship – but a little patience proved necessary for each of college football's other active championship coaches.

I bring that up because inside the nation's most pressure-packed conference, the SEC four coaches are entering their sixth season at their current job.

Let's take a status check of how close each

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Rallying Brennan wins bid to Playoff

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GREENBORO, NC – Michael Brennan was far outside the FedExCup Playoffs and needed a career week at the Wyndham Championship to have any chance of getting inside the top 70.

He took control Aug. 9 on the front nine with five straight birdies to pull away from the field, notch his second career PGA Tour victory and jump 58 spots to 47th as the Playoffs begin.

Brennan finished Sunday 22 under after a 6-under 64 to top Beau Hoosler by three strokes in the PGA Tour's regular-season finale.

Hoosler led or co-led after all three rounds at the Wyndham, but the win he needed to make the Playoffs came up just short as he finished 72nd in the regular-season standings.

"I think really positive week for me. Stings a little bit," Hoosler said. "With that being said, very proud of my

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Michael Brennan celebrates after winning the Wyndham Championship on Aug. 9 at Sedgefield Country Club. CALEB BONLIN/SATTY IMAGES

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Hezly Rivera's comeback will pay off for new-look USA

PHOENIX – This might have been the best-case scenario for Hezly Rivera.

The competition at the world gymnastics championships in October is going to be fierce. The Russians are back with a full team, and these worlds are the first chance countries have to secure their spots at LA2H.

That's new territory for Rivera. Sure, she has an Olympic gold medal. But this will be the first time the U.S. women will be counting on her, rather than Simone Biles or Bani Lee, to lead the charge. By having to dig herself out of a hole to win her second U.S. title on Aug. 9, Rivera showed she has the grit to thrive.

Trailing by sixth-тenths of a point after the first day of competition, Rivera wound up winning by 1.15 points. She also won the title on balance beam and was second overall on floor exercise.

"I think it just shows how strong I am mentally. Because physically, everything's there. But the mental aspect of things is definitely where it's at. You can't really do this without having a strong mentality," Rivera said.

Youngest on U.S. Olympic team

Rivera, now 18, was a surprise

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Bieniemy returns to Chiefs camp as wife recovers

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Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy has returned to practice Aug. 10 following a two-week absence as his wife. Mia Bieniemy, recovered from multiple gunshot wounds during an incident at the family's home in Ashburn, Virginia.

Eric Bieniemy's son, Elijah Bieniemy, was charged with three Blouses in connection to the incident July 26, including malicious wounding and discharge of a firearm inside a dwelling. Mia Bieniemy was taken to a hospital to recover and Eric Bieniemy immediately left the Chiefs to be beside her.

Chiefs coach Andy Bird said Mia Bieniemy was in stable condition July 29. According to The Athletic, Eric Bieniemy told fans on he walked to practice Monday 7/8 a post to be back.

Bieniemy has not been distant from training camp, however Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes told reporters Aug. 8 that Bieniemy has been in contact with the team while away and also was glad to hear that Mia Bieniemy was on the mend.

"He's doing better now," said Mahomes, who is trying to fully recover from a torn ACL in December in time for Week 1. "So, it's always good to hear the news from him about her and it's been good to talk to him."

Bieniemy has been meeting with the team via Zoom and live streaming postures, per Mahomes.

"I mean, he's still 'EB'. It's not like he's not 'EB'. And so he's calling you at the end of the night and talking to you about kind of throughout the day and all the plays and stuff like that," Mahomes said.

Known for believing throughout an entire practice, Bieniemy's presence will be welcomed by the players, Mahomes said.

"We'll be excited to get him back, but at the same time, we want him to take as much time as he needs to be with his family," Mahomes said. "But when he does come back, he'll be the most excited guy on the football field."

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appears to a national championship. Steve Sarkinian (Texas): Could be on the build of a title. Sark's Longhorns undercameed last season and became the first preseason No. 1 team in the US 1486 Coaches Poll to finish the season ranked outside of the top 20 since 2021 LSU. That hiccup does not change that Sarkinian's tenure remains on schedule for him to experience the Year 6 success that came to Smart and Day. Sark is in possession of one of the most talented rosters in the country.

Josh Heugel (Tennessee): Doing fine, but not on the verge of a title. Heugel reaching Year 6 is notable because none of his Tennessee professors won since Philip Palmer reached a sixth season. Heugel is a force of consistency, serving nothing but winning seasons, and his offensive routinely rank among the nation's best. The Volunteers seem positioned for a Top 25 season, but national championship is not imminent. Heugel will break in a young quarterback, no matter whether Fannie Brandon or George MacIntyre wins the job. And although Tennessee made a strong line of defenses coordinator Jim Knowles, his defenses tend to shoot up during his second season on a staff, not the first.

Kirby Smart coached Georgia to a national title in his sixth season with the Bulldogs, while Steve Sarkinian seeks his first College Football Playoff championship in his sixth season with Texas. THIS SARKINIAN (DETY) MAGOS

Shane Beamer (South Carolina): On the hot end, Beamer is much closer to a thing than a national title - or an SEC title, for that matter. He delivered some good times, but his fifth season became the low point. Beamer noted at SEC media days a lot of families there return this season. Is that cause for excitement or regulation? This group of guys

served a 4-8 record and just one SEC win in 2025. At heart Beamer made it this far. Only five damneroke coaches lasted longer than six seasons.

Clark Lee: Unadorbidly limited in, trending in right direction, Last season taught us a Playoff bid doesn't have to be a pipe dream at Vanderbilt. Thanks to Diego Parisi, the Commodities were in

contention, right up to selection day. Their 10 wins set a program record. Can Lee do it again? Not this year, but the presence of five-star freshman quarterback Jared Clarke shown they're done being a doomed, but couldn't produce in Lee has been rewarded, even if that reward never rises to the level of a national title.

In the Big Ten's on-deck circle

Now, I present two coaches to consider outside of the SEC Oregon's Dan Lanning and Southern Cal's Lincoln Riley.

They are each entering Year 5, and they talk as if they believe they built national championship contenders.

"It's time," Riley told ESPN and CBS earlier this offensive. "The program's ready to contend."

That's even more believable at Oregon, where Lanning's Ducks reached the semifinals last year, before the Heusiers strummed them.

"We're slow," Lanning said to ESPN at Big Ten Media Days.

Gave enough to cut in line and achieve in Year 5 what it took Smart and Day six seasons to do?

That would be an eye-opening achievement.

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commitment today and was resilient top to bottom.

Brennan and Hoseler began the day tied at 16 under, but birdies on Nov. 4 through 8 gave Brennan the lead for good after Hoseler took a brief lead with an eagle on the par-5 fifth. Hoseler had two bayses over the next 10 holes before birdies at 16 and 17 it was too late of a move to be left and with a 3-under 82.

Brennan's five-birdie run got the tournament out of reach, as he never held less than a two-shot lead the remainder of the tournament. His force never tapped despite taking control of the tournament.

"I've lost tournaments with bigger leads in shorter amount of holes remaining before," Brennan said. "So I'm trying to just remind myself when I'm out there like, hey, there's a lot of golf left to be played."

Brennan's skiddled the victory with a birdie on the 18th to secure his first win since last year's Bank of Utah Championship. This one is bigger though because it turned him a spot in the Masters next April.

Brennan's mom, Shannon, greeted him on the 30th green to remind him that the win meant a free ticket to Augusta next spring.

"I was so excited about the Masters because I had been thinking about the Feil区Cup Playoffs the whole week, like I asked the one coming. I'm said I'm swine, I didn't even think about the Masters until my mom told her behind 10 green. It was more probably shock value of remembering that a win gets you in."

Ben James shot a final-round low 61 to finish third at 18 under while Kevin Yu finished fourth at 18-under. Harry Hall and Tom Kim tied for fifth at 31-under.

Sedgefield Country Club is 25 miles down the road from Wake Forest, where Brennan went right times during his college career. He adds to a list of Wake Forest winners in the event, including Cameron Young (2022), Webb Simpson (2020), Scott Hoch (2000) and Lanny Wadkins (900).

Brennan visited the campus Aug. 3, to reflect on his college career.

"Yeah, it's awesome to be here in the Winston-Salem area," he said. "Lived here for four years and loved my time at

Wake Forest. I just walked around for a while; it was good to be back."

On the bubble

Boukie Jackson Koirun finished the regular season 70th, for the final position in the Feil区Cup Playoffs. Koirun rode the bubble during his 1-over-par 71 final round to finish 8-under and tied for 29th. He dropped to 7 at after a bogey on the first, but after getting back to even par by the sixth hole, he re-wound inside the bubble.

"Sure's definitely some added pressure today, felt it coming down the stretch," Koirun said. "Just tried to stay committed and make good energy. Obviously I wanted to make the Playoffs and I knew that was a far-fetched goal. If I told myself back in June that I would be sitting at 70 and waiting 8 out in Greensboro, I think I'd be pretty happy."

In just six events this season, he tied Tiger Woods for the fewest needed to make the Playoffs. Woods made the 2008 field, placing 70th in the regular season when 125 players qualified.

The former Auburn standout has three top-25 finishes and a win at the 3M Open two weeks ago.

Matt Schmid dropped two spots but made the Playoffs in 69th while Ricky Castillo finished T-49 Sunday to place 68th.

Missing the Feil区Cup Playoffs

On the opposite side of the bubble, Steven Fink finished 7 at after starting the week 65th, Matt Wallace 72nd and Morgan Bradley 73rd, breaking the By-the-Cup captain's 35-year Playoff streak.

Other notables to miss include James Day (1981), whose 10-year showing came to an end after missing the Wyndham Championship out, Brooks Kiepka (9010) and Tony Finau (9910).

What's the Playoffs' first round?

The top 70 play next weekend in the Feil区 St. Jude Championship before the field is cut to 10 for the BMW Championship in St. Louis. It will be cut down to the final 10 for the Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta. Scottie Scheffler leads the standings, followed by Matthew Fitzpatrick, Cameron Young, Wyndham Clarke and Chris Goftemp.

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member of the Paris team, taking advantage of the opening round by injuries to two-time result all around medalist Shiloxe Jones and Skye Blakely at Olympic trials.

Because Rivera had never even been to a world championship before, and because Bliss, Lee, Jade Carey and Jordan Clarke were all returning thymp places, the main match of the youngest member of Team USA. Rivera wound up completely, with two events in Paris, both during qualifying.

With her Paris teammate all taking last year off, Jones still out and Blakely taking her return slowly, the spotlight naturally shifted to Rivera. She embraced it, winning her first U.S. title in dominant fashion. That would have made Rivera a favorite for an all-around medal, if not the title, at the 2025 world championships. But she missed that event because of an ankle injury, which means this year's worlds will be Rivera's first experience at the center of the pressure cooker. She can not afford to get settled in that need to be full apart because, as she goes, so will the whole U.S. team.

With a spot at the Los Angeles Olympics on the line.

"Hardly did a fantastic job tonight on bounding from night one, and just proving to herself and everybody else that that was just a little fluke and she's capable of so much," Carey said. "And back to-back national champion is something that she should be really proud of."

Uneven bars fall puts her in hole

A fall off uneven bars on the first night of competition dropped Rivera down to fourth, with significant ground to make up on Class Pease and Blakely. While Blakely had significant errors on both floor exercise and balance hours on the second day, Pease did not.

If Rivera wanted a second title, she was going to have to earn it.

"I knew it was close because obviously day one and stuff, but I was not paying attention at all. I kind of just started looking down. I looked at my scores and then I just looked down everywhere, just trying to keep my head

All-around champion Hedy Rivera rallied to win the overall title at the Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships on Aug. 9 at Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix. OWES COACHESITY MAGOS

in the game and focused," Rivera said. She started with a doved motion on uneven bars. It wasn't her best, it wasn't her worst, and she and coach Valeri Linkin exchanged a look where she finished as if to say, "Ellis. It was fine."

From Zero on Rivera was on fire.

Title earned, not just won

She was neck solid on balance beam, with only a small wobble after her sharp jump. Her lauded her dominant so low she was still folded in half when she hit the mat, but her 14.4 was the highest score of tatrinish on the event and out Pease's margin to a half point.

Rivera's floor routine was dazzling. She got great height on her tumbling passes, and she stuck her landings as if she was landing in super glue. Her M.3 was the second highest score of the day on the event and, after an out-of-honest and other shaky landings by Pease, was enough to put Rivera in the lead.

She capped her sight with a solid vault. Despite a long hold before she was cleaned to go, Rivera would high above the table and landed solidly, taking only a slight hop. The title, and the added confidence it will bring, were here.

"It's a great thing for her," said Anna Linkin, Rivera's other coach. "She is a lot more mature and a lot more confident right now."

Good thing. Because the Americans will be counting on her.

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MLB POWER RANKINGS

Brewers replace Dodgers/Skubal at 1

Gabe Lacques

USA TODAY

Perhaps some time in October, the Milwaukee Brewers will regret not trading for Tunk Skubal. For the moment, they are the best team in the major leagues and have one would be Skubal paws to partially thank for it.

The Brewers ascended to No. 1 in USA TODAY. Sports' MLB power rankings thanks to two one-run victories over the Minnesota Twins in a test battle of Upper Midwest playoff contenders. Their series-climizing victory came in 10 innings on a Jake Bauxes walk-off single, but it was a catch by right fielder Luis Lara in the top of the inning – his second fantastic grab of the day – that prevented a huge inning and put Milwaukee in position to win.

Lara, 25, was among the players the Brewers wiped off from Skubal talks, having signed him to a team-friendly extension and identifying him as a key part of their future. Ranked by Baseball America as the game's No. 35 prospect, he boosted Milwaukee on a day Jacob Misiorowski made history but couldn't clear the deal.

No matter, Milwaukee's 74-44 record gives it a three-game edge over Atlanta for best in the National League as the Brewers maintained a 5-0-game lead over the relentless Chicago Cubs.

A look at our updated MLB rankings in 2024 and statistics going into games Aug. 10:

1. Milwaukee Brewers (+2): Four games at Dodge Stadium may evoke bad memories of last October – as a boost toward the next one.

2. Los Angeles Dodgers (+2): 9-15 over last 24 games. Bill no reason for concern?

3. Tampa Bay Rays (+2): Now 25 games over 200, but Griffin, Jack's show discomfort a pop-up concern.

4. Atlanta Braves (+2): Newly swept in 1-0 and 0-0 games.

5. Chicago Cubs (+2): Craig Counsell

Right fielder Luis Lara saved two extra-base hits with outstanding catches against the Twins, as the Brewers maintained the best record in the major leagues. MCNML MCLOSHE/MAGN MAGES VIA REUTERS CONNECT

slots Pete Crow-Armstrong in at DH for two games, the better to save his legs for the stretch.

6. New York Yankees (+2): Cody Bellinger performing baseball activities, Aaron Judge receives semi-positive news. Sky, net yet falling.

7. Boston Red Sox (+): Lose consecutive games for first time since June 30-July 1 – against the Athletics, no less.

8. Arizona Diamondbacks (+2): Starters hold Dodgers to three earned runs in 9-5 innings of series victory.

9. Chicago White Sox (+2): Hager Smith, the fifth overall pick in 2024, pitches two scoreless relief innings in

his major league debut.

10. Philadelphia Phillies (+): Jesus Lazareth with a 2.25 ERA over his last 100 innings pitched.

11. San Diego Padres (+): An old set-back for N/A Pivetta on rehab start road.

12. Miami Marlins (+2): No one wants to play them at handtaper Park. Really – they're an 10-foot 36-24 at home.

13. Houston Astros (+2): Yordan Alvarez leads all Triple Crown categories and only Junior Customers (59 homers to Alvarez's 35) can likely prevent it.

14. Cleveland Guardians (+2): Lost

five of six after nifty trade deadline additions.

15. Texas Rangers (+2): Jordan Montgomery, their 2023 World Series hero, appears in a major league game for first time since 2024.

16. Minnesota Twins (+2): Evelin Culpepper arrives, homes in second-career at-bat.

17. St. Louis Cardinals (+2): Jettison Buxton, Mark Ado, Bonnett and Lars Nordhaar at deadline, then win series against Yankees, Bunkies.

18. Pittsburgh Pirates (+2): Have not won a series since July 19.

19. Washington Nationals (+2): Andrea Chaparro starting to maxilla pinch-hitting/plateau role.

20. Baltimore Orioles (+2): Begin a Rangers-Twins-Rays-Yankees-Rays gauntlet by losing two in Texas.

21. Detroit Tigers (+2): Jackson Joke completes Tommy John surgery come-back with 2-0 scoreless relief.

22. Cincinnati Reds (+2): Ace Chase Burrer 12-game winning streak finally ends.

23. Seattle Mariners (+3): This incredibly disappointing year should probably produce consequences.

24. Toronto Blue Jays (+): Daulton Vandoi trade gives Scott Balsman a shot to turn heads in career field.

25. New York Mets (+2): Their season long since ruined, they're now spurling it for others (Guardian's, France).

26. San Francisco Giants (+2): Matt Chapman out for rest of year after sports heroin surgery.

27. Kansas City Royals (+): Lainifer Avila and Stephen Kolsk both succeeds to Tommy John surgery.

28. Athletics (+): General manager David Foxt learns a lesson as old as time: Few get out of Yolo County slow.

29. Colorado Rockies (+2): Zac Veer with a three-horse, 5-for-5 reception at Class AAA.

30. Los Angeles Angels (+): Trade-deadline spots shortstop Arnie Nimmala starts with Class AA Trash Fundus.

FLAG FOOTBALL

Maci Joncich chasing an Olympic dream

Andrey Gavlak

USA TODAY

When 6-year-old Maci Joncich first stepped onto a football field full of boys, she was just trying to compete with her two older brothers.

At the time, flag football was simply a recreational game: It wasn't played in high schools across the country, it hadn't reached college campuses and it certainly wasn't an Olympic sport.

Two decades later, as flag football prepares for its debut at the 2020 Los Angeles Olympics, Joncich is pursuing a dream that didn't even exist when she entered the sport. Unlike most aspiring Olympics, she has no pathway to follow, no blueprint to look at and no Olympian to imitate.

"Growing up, I never really had a flag football idol," Joncich said. "Not that there weren't amazing women out there playing the sport, but it wasn't marketed. It wasn't known.

Joncich took a chance on flag football long before the world acknowledged it.

She began playing on a travel team out of Las Vegas when she was 14. Three years later, she became the youngest player selected to the U.S. national team in 2024, just months after she graduated from Coronado High School.

But as flag football has grown throughout the last 20 years, Joncich has grown right alongside it – helping define a path for the generation behind her as she pursues her Olympic dream.

"It changed my mindset with everything I could do," Joncich said. "It's wake up in the morning and I don't want to work out, there's a little thing in the back of my brain that's saying, 'You're going to be on the Olympic team. Go work out.'

Joncich's story mirrors those of many young girls trying to navigate these new opportunities. A sport that was once overlooked is now accessible in all 10 states.

Flag football has seen a 50% increase in participation since 2020, with more than 5 million Joncich participants recorded last year.

And, therefore, the local coach of B-time Florida state champion Robinson High School, has witnessed that growth firsthand.

Saunders get his start on the sidelines in 2006, just three years after Florida became the first state to sanction girls flag football as a varsity sport.

Maci Joncich (7) was selected to the U.S. women's flag football national team for the third consecutive year. USA FOOTBALL

Since then, he has also coached the University of Florida club team and the UT junior national team, giving him a front-row seat to the sport's growth across multiple levels.

"I stopped trying to imagine what could be next because I would have been wrong about what the sport was capable of," Saunders said. "It's one of those things that you just kind of let it do its thing."

Since the start of Saunders' coaching career, 23 states have officially sanctioned the sport – and that number is only expected to grow.

"If you're not [playing], then you're getting left out," Saunders said. "You're almost doing high school kids a disservice. You're not taking away opportunities, but you're certainly not providing opportunities for kids to have."

That growth of the sport at the high school level has spunled opportunities on college campuses.

The National Intramural Recreational Sports Association (NIBSA) announced its partnership with NFL Flag in May to create a new club league at colleges across the country.

"I haven't seen a sport grow this fast in my career," said Pam Watts, NIBSA executive director.

The 7-on-7 league, which begins in January 2027, has 55 schools signed up, including powerhouses such as the University of Florida, University of Georgia, Clemson, University of Central Florida and Penn State, among others.

"We were watching the growth in the youth and high school level and knew a big percentage of those folks were going to come to college and want some play-

ing opportunities," Watts said.

Joncich was certainly one of those people.

While she was originally hesitant about continuing her flag football career in college due to her aspirations of becoming a sports medicine physician, Saunders ensured her of the opportunity to do both at the University of Florida.

The Gators have competed as an independent club team – as many other schools have – since 2018. Since then, they have won seven NIBSA national championships – two of which Joncich was a part of.

"For most people in the club, [flag football] is somewhere between the sixth and fifth most important thing in their life," Saunders said. "For [Joncich], it was her desire to play flag football and academics – and that was that."

After two years at Florida, however, Joncich received an offer to transfer to Cal Poly and join its Division 1 varsity program starting in the fall. While it was a tough decision to leave Florida, she knew this opportunity would bring her closer to her Olympic goals.

"I wake up in the morning and I think about throwing a ball or I think about catching a pass," Joncich said. "I always want to be doing it and I always want to be doing something to be getting better at flag."

Cal Poly is one of 23 Division 1 schools to add a varsity team. In May, the NCAA recommended flag football to become an NCAA championship sport and expects the first championship to occur in the spring of 2024.

"This is everyone's first time in a Division 1 program," Joncich said. "So there are going to be challenges along the way, but I really do think that we're going to build something that is very long lasting and very respected overall."

While Joncich continues to pave her own path, she's not alone.

"I'm around these women with incredible experience and incredible knowledge of the game," Joncich said. "We don't necessarily have someone to look up to ahead of us per se, but we do have each other to look up to."

As Joncich enters this new chapter of playing Division 1 flag football and pursuing a spot on the Olympic team, she is now becoming the role model for future generations that she never had.

"I'm really glad that I took the risk," Joncich said. "Inderred in the sport and in where it could go."

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Joaquin Niemann wires LIV NY

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Joaquin Niemann eagled the par-5 20th hole at Young National Golf Club Bedminster on his way to completing a wire-to-wire victory Aug. 9 at LIV Golf New York in Bedminster, New Jersey.

Sunday's results exhibited Spanish star Jim Rubin as the 2026 individual champion, his third straight title since joining LIV ahead of the 2024 season. He finished a disappointing 8 over at LIV Golf New York, but with one regular season event to go for can no longer be caught by second-place Bryson De-Chambeau.

Niemann, meanwhile, earned his ninth LIV victory in a three-year span and his second of the season, following LIV Golf Show on the spring.

The O’donn shot a 2-under 69 on Sunday and went 16-under 268 for the week, coming a three-shot win over Harold Vartret III.

“I feel like I didn’t have the best start. I think I feel that comfortable,” Niemann said. “But as to how the day came out, during the day I started playing better and better, feeling more comfortable and feeling more committed, started committing to my lines, ball started going wherever I was aiming.

“Yeah, that’s a great feeling to have, especially coming down the stretch on how tough this golf course is. So yeah, pretty happy and proud of the way I played at the end.”

Niemann, 27, used out to the lead with a 2-under 69, Sunday and a 4-under 65 Friday. Even though he settled for a 1-under 70 in the third round, he entered Sunday with a two-shot cushion over Vartret.

Joaquin Niemann’s congratulated for the LIV win by President Donald Trump. DENNY CROWLEY, DORALON WALES

Niemann bogeyed the opening hole and didn’t get the stroke back until a birdie at the par-5 seventh. He birdied No. 19 and clung to a two-shot lead when he arrived at No. 15.

He took an aggressive line with a 5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0

“I hit a great tee shot with my 5-wood, and then the pin placement, where they put it. I feel like outside the top 20 guys of the leaderboard, probably no one was going to that pin because it’s pretty easy,” Niemann said. “There’s no route to land if, especially how soft the greens are right now.

“I was just calming to the right side of the green, left myself a putt, and yeah,

Jianhaloo’s short putt for sure. I was going to be pretty happy with two putts there, and it was quite a surprise to make that one. It’s one of those that I just got to be guarded aboard and just go pick it up and run.

Vartret, who catapulted into contention Saturday with a round of 65, could not convert his chances Sunday. He had two birdies through 15 holes, then bogeyed the 2026 and made only pass the rest of the way to shoot a 70 and stay at 10 under.

Jianhaloo’s Scott Vincent ranked a 66 to move to 9 under and tie for third with Englishman Lee Westwood (72), marking Vincent’s best finish on the LIV circuit South Korea’s Byeong Hwa, as 1991 rounded out the top five at 9 under.

DeChambeau’s Crushers’ 147, won their third team title of the season despite their captain pulling up the rest at 7 over par Paul Casey of England tied for a title at 6 under, Amibae Labin of Sedatirel for Dth at 1 over par and Charles Howell III was at 4 over par to help the Craig-Dogg covert 2010 week and both Rahm’s Legion XIII and Niemann’s Troops for two.

“Yeah, this is what makes team golf, I think, so much better than just personal individual golf because you’ve got something else to play for,” DeChambeau said. “Like I might have been 6, 7, 8 over par going into the third round, but I’m like, 7, need to get this thing back to even par, not just for myself but for my team.

“It’s a bit disappointing and honestly I’m not wanting to be that far over considering the skill set and the playability that I know I have.

“But you’ve got to fight for every shot. It’s a little different out here.”

LIV Michigan team event called off

Tony Paul The Detroit News

DETROIT – LIV Golf is one-and-done in Michigan.

In news that has been widely speculated about for few weeks, LIV Golf’s television test said on the broadcast Aug. 9 that its season-ending team championship tournament scheduled to be played at The Cardinals in Plymouth Township this month won’t be happening.

LIV Golf was set to end its season at Saint John’s Resort for a second straight year, but the team championship was well indexed he staged a week earlier, next week in Indianapolis. LIV Golf TV, host Craig Doyle said on Sunday’s TVO broadcast following the final round of LIV Golf’s tournament in New Jersey.

“That’s going to be, at this stage, I think we can call it, is going to be the final event in LIV Golf 2026,” Doyle said, speaking of the Indianapolis tournament set for Aug. 20-23.

The news is not at all unexpected, as LIV Golf has been in crisis mode for months trying to sustain funding for the first 2026 in state backer, the South Asians Public Investment Fund, cut off the cash.

The team championship at The Cardinal won in here a staggering prize pool of 840 million.

Hezly Rivera wins US all-around again

Cydney's USA TODAY

PHOENIX – Olympic gold medalist Hezly Rivera had some ground to make up on the second and final day of the 2026 U.S. Gymnastics Championships after an uncharacteristic fall on uneven bars left her to death place.

That’s when her experience eluned through Rivera himself in a dazzling performance on Aug. 9 to successfully defend her all-around title, finishing with a two-day combined score of 10.95, 115 points ahead of Claire Pease (10.8). Rivera also won the balance beam title and finished second overall on floor.

“I think it showed that you can come back after a little news up or a little mistake,” Rivera said after her victory. “It just shows how strong I am mentally because physically everything’s there. But I’m not going to be going to definitely where it’s at ‘You can’t really do this without having a strong neutrality.”

A two-woman race between Rivera and Pease, training partners at World Olympic Gymnastics Academy in Texas, emerged entering the final two-windows on Sunday. And with Rivera and Pease being featured in the same group, both the competitors and fans in attendance at Plymouth Mortgage Winthrop Center could we show they stacked up against each other after each event.

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that dropped her vault score to 21.85. She finished second overall with a total two-day combined score of 10.18 and won the uneven bar title.

“I’m just so grateful to have her by my side as a tournament,” Rivera said of Pease. “We are always just having so much fun in the gym... and then outside of the gym, we also have a great bond.”

Chadegdy Bullock (30.53) finished in third place, followed by Reese Expanda (30.9) in fourth and two-time Olympic gold medalist Jade Carey (30.9) 70 in fifth.

Rivers and Pease automatically qualify for next month’s selection camp with a top-2 finish.

The selection camp roster will be rounded out by at least 20 other gymnasts, who will be announced at a later date.

They’re all vying to make the five-person team that will go on to represent Team USA at the 2026 World Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and the 2026 World Championships first opportunity to qualify for the LA28 Olympics on home soil.

Skye Blakely entered the second and final day of competition, took atop the leaderboard after a solid first day in her return to all-around in the competition. Blakely opened Sunday on floor, the event she said won the hardest to come back to because it’s where she called her679. He also made a 2026

master struck Blakely did right out the gate on her first tumbling pass and she was never able to recover. She had a bakely landing on her next pass and stopped out of bounds on her last tumbling pass. Blakely scored a 3.9 on floor, effectively knocking her out of medal contention.

Benth USA TODAY National Women’s Sports Reporter Cydney Henderson at chelathronal@peasett.com and fellow her on X at @CydHenderson

COMMENTARY

Coach wants players to go pro but not to Big 12

John Bittie USA TODAY

Georgia, Notre Dame, Oregon, Fresno State?

One of those is not like the others, until you realize it is.

Perhaps quietly, after an ahead-of-schedule nine-win debut season in 2025, Matt Entz has Fresno State as a potential Group of Six College football Playoff conference and presumptive challenges in the others—I’m all.

The Bulldogs, after all, return 74 of 16 starters, depending on how you want to look at it,” he told USA TODAY Sports.

Notre Dame and Oregon lost 15 remaining starters. Georgia used Southern Cal also are among power conference teams fielding some of the sport’s most experienced rosters with at least 14 returners.

There’s the potential for more for Fresno.

“I think we’ playters are seeing that Hey, this experience is bigger than just me. I can get wherever I want from Fresno State,” Entz said. “Now, at the same time, we have another resourceful season, it’s going to get harder and harder to retain some of those players because, again, there are lucrative opportunities we there. And I talk about that in recruiting.

“We’re utilizing that to keep kids have. We’re going to help you get the next contract, some way, somehow. I don’t know if that’s in the 6/07, the Big Ten, or the NFL, but we’ll figure it out as we kind of navigate this.”

Entz – the former Football Championship Subdivision national title-winning assistant and head coach at North Dakota State – also has a remarkable vision for building his Bulldogs roster for sustainability via new NCAA rules. Like, in October, teaching in school-record 15 freshmen as January enrollees, Entz believes the timetable for college football players to contribute is dramatically shifting and instructs his Fresno staff to lean into what the NCAA terms the “age-based eligibility model” and what everyone calls “live-fire-free”.

“With this five-year rule, what we’ve started to do with this five-year eligibility piece is say, ‘Hey, three years of Fresno State can set you up for the next year, and then,’” Entz told USA TODAY Sports. “And then you still have two years to go to Alabama or Texas that going to the Big 12 isn’t a big enough page. You have to go to the Big Ten, SEC or NFL.”

With more than 20 of his former players in the NFL and Power Four transfer-starters such as Miami missing back Marty Brown, a former Entz

signce at North Dakota State, Entz and his staff are reshaping the contribution timetable for newcomers.

“All we’ve done is we’ve tried to accelerate

that a little bit in our recruiting,” said Entz, whose Bulldogs battered Reese State last year and won the Arizona Bowl. “One of the biggest things that we’re looking for, of course, they have to be the 10. They get to check all the boxes. Athleticians, toughness, football IQ, character, all those matter.

“But the other piece that we ask now is, ‘Are you going to be able to enroll early?’ Those 10 players who enrolled early now are going to have an opportunity.

Entz also is embracing the vision of his athletic director, Garrett Klaney, whose experience includes Alabama and Houston in upper-utmost roles.

Klaney’s vision for Fresno’s “Valley Co-Op” has Entz touting a “guardiaplo” monetary investment into the Bulldogs’ football roster and sees Klaney looking it to the region.

“I needed coaches, I needed more boots on the street, for lack of a better term, because it couldn’t just be myself. It couldn’t just be our Bulldog Foundation staff—at least,” Klaney says of the program, which he relates over from Joaquin Valley’s 9 million residents and agricultural tests. “And the coaches, it’s really reworked with the coaches, and we do have a lot of supporters that give to multiple programs.

“There’s two areas where we can make up ground on the rest of the team, and that’s philanthropy going. And that’s corporate sponsorship, and so we need to grow those immensely. And we’re going to announce a record fundraising year, which is 85 million more annually than it was the previous year. Corporate sponsorship with the jersey patches are almost across the finish line; we should be up 82 to 83 million in that area. Now that doesn’t make a big difference in the SEC or Big Ten, but that makes a huge difference for us.”

Klaney envisions the 4,100-member Valley Co-Op seedling in 2000 across the next year.

Entz, meanwhile, wants Fresno football to live up to its billing as the region’s top draw.

“There has been an investment from an administrative standpoint, understanding that we need to have a football program that’s good at Fresno State,” said Entz, specifically citing Klaney and Fresno President Dr. Saul Jimenez-Sandoval. “We have a line of history and tradition. We’re the biggest show in town in the Valley, and people want to see a good product on the field.”

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Sexually, no idea what the Browns are doing

Hate Davis USA TODAY

Anyone grasp what the Cleveland Browns are up to? Hustler? Anyone?

Admittedly, it's an age-old question for one of the NFL's historically inept franchises – one that's never reached the Super Bowl. But the last two months have just added more love of confusion, at least in my judgment.

I was following along this spring, when Cleveland used five agency and the draft to reload an offensive line that had aged out a stentage that should also provide an extremely fair evaluation of this summer's (this season's?) quarterback battle. And after what appears to be a seeding 2022 draft, including an apparently cagey decision to move out of the No. 2 spot and furgorating Houston winner Travis Hunter, general manager Andrew Berry and attorney himself to choose four players in the top 50 this year. Nicely done, sir.

But then...

Wait to trade Garrett? Or pay him?

Yes, here came the shocking June 1 trade of two-time Dedsman Player of the Year (plus five-time All-Pro, newly started season) and record leader and team beyond! By the Garrett, whom Berry had owned to move deal and locked into the national team, is not a good way ago.

Mostly after Garrett asked out of Cleveland given to Super Bowl.

Stramling out it was, and we can argue whether the Browns get market value for one of the greatest players in their history and one squarely in his prime (even at 30). Berry felt he was getting a different beauty to first, second- and third-round pick plus defensive end. Jared Vessel to reverse course on Garrett. Yet it immediately called into question Berry's earlier proclamation and makes you wonder if he didn't agree that a year earlier, after Garrett had penned a goodbye letter and theoretically might have fetched more had the Browns intend a bildinger out... not to mention the decision to sign him to a $560 million extension with nearly $89 million guaranteed at signing.

Moving forward? The Browns are without their best player and top gate attackers. They're suing $47 million in dead Garrett salary cap charges over the next three seasons. But like, Garrett's championships (the draft's align with the Browns to the degree they've ever had one since their 1999 match) as embrace the youth movement, get something at least sizable in return for Garrett, including Vrese, who was the key to the trade all along according to Berry.

Shedser Sanders (2) and Deshaun Watson (4) are battling for the Browns' GRI job this summer. WIRE CARBON/USA TODAY NETWORK

But then...

Why extend Ward and Delphi?

Berry extended DBA Denzel Ward and Grant Delphi with Ward getting two years and $62.2 million ($49.9 million guaranteed), making him the league's top-paid comeback... for the second time.

Ward went away. I don't want to take anything away from West, a five-time Pro Bowler who grew up in Ohio and was drafted out of Ohio State eight years ago, making him quite the local hero who's done well in this NFL (somehow! Delphi (5 years, $48 million) isn't nearly as decorated. though has been a reliable starter for the last four seasons. But both are on their third contracts. Neither has played in a playoff win. Neither has had to play around the benefit of Garrett wrecking him in front of those. Just followards, who did each an exceptional job deploying them while running this defense for the past three seasons, is also gone. In why pay premium prices for a part of ageing veterans when your team seems to be at least a year away from being a year away and they don't project as championship cornerstones, either?

Said Berry: 'Denzel and Grant are in the picture of their careers they've high-level players, they're high-level people. Those are the types we want to continuously trade over them.'

But what now after shooting Garrett, who will literally cost this franchise for the next two seasons and while staring at the prospect of $89 million in cap charges for quarterback Deshaun Watson... one's he's presumably off the roster

next spring? Oh yeah, next spring, which would be the first opportunity to extend Vrese, which would be early but could likely also mean a discount. And, oh yeah, next spring which would also be the time to pursue five agents given the fairly obvious signal that owner (the top Haslam reports to have a winning product on the field by 2022'.

'Of course you might be the time to dip into their agency. Haslam is not weak. 'You have to realize that when you go into five agents, you're going to overpay, you just are. So, you've got to keep that in mind and balance that with the value of draft picks.'

June seems like Berry's making that potential balancing act precarious.

Especially given.

The muddy quarterback situation

Watson and Sanders are locked in a battle for the QB-club, each showcasing snaps with the first team every other day of training camp in a deal that may largely be performed for 3r both.

'I love Cleveland,' Watson said earlier this month when asked if he might resign. 'We and my wife have no house on the next side, so we're here all the time. We were here this summer. If you ask around, I'm at pretty much all the restaurants, hanging out, so I haven't had a bad experience outside of different times in the stadium. I don't know why that countries in our three third people think that I don't like Cleveland. My family and I have been enjoying out time here, if the opportunity shows up, we'll see where it goes.'

We sure know how it's gone.

From that odious contact, to the lack

of local top-in, to the stretch of off-field behavior that followed him from Houston, to the injuries, to the lost draft capital, to the loss of Baker Mayfield, the 2022 trade for Watson in perhaps the worst in NFL history. And the notion that he'd return... is almost an oblivious as the notion he should potentially start ahead of Sanders, a second-year player who needs a lengthy look at some points as Berry and company assesses that options ahead of what's expected to be a QB-club draft next year, when the Browns sees two and second picks thanks to the Garrett trade.

And given Cleveland then seem to embrace Sanders to a degree perhaps approximate to their science for Velsen, why not just give the young guy a long leash and grab the very base clock on the bench? If Sanders plays well, maybe your quarterback question is unassured. If he doesn't, then you're primarily positioned to get his replacement at the top of next year's board – maybe without having to unveil further capital. Also, this is Cleveland.

'I haven't coached any of these four quarterbacks until now, I haven't been around them,' said first-year head coach Todd Monken recently. 'I don't have any preconceived notions of who they've been or where they're going. I just take it day to day, we install this playbook, and as we get further along, we'll have a better idea.'

Oh, we're already got a pretty idea, coach. A team coming off a 5.2 season, but unable to get out of the 16th North of the 2020 – when the Baltimore Ralens and Cincinnati Bengals played well below their potential – most certainly seems relegated to stay in the basement, batting catastrophe elsewhere in the division. Yet the Browns, with their young talent – and rookie wideouts 3C Concepcion and Denzel Boston have been fighting up camp – seem to have convinced themselves they're already on their way and are spending accordingly.

'I would say this, and we never do this, but I think the odds are far so to win five and a half games,' Haslam muted. 'I'll take the over.'

Seems awfully optimistic for an owner, one focused on opening a new stadium in three years, whose team hasn't hit the over on 5-5 in seven of his 14 seasons in the suite – Monken's predecessor, Kevin Bethesda, responsible for much of the relative success.

'What on field performance,' admitted Haslam, 'is something that keeps us awake at night. It's unacceptable, and I hate it more for our fans, because they deserve better than that. We're working hard every day to set how that same kind of performance we've had in the past.'

Working hard? Maybe. But working smart? Any's (still out, Jimmy.

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Ty Gibbs shows he's a viable title threat

Chad Leishkow

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NEWTON, IA - Iowa Speedway, in its formative years, served as a launching pad for future NASCAR Cup Series champions from Blaney, Chase Elliott, Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano

Today, Ty Gibbs he the next Iowa Speedway winner on that champions list?

Start a thought would have been unfathomable a year ago, when Gibbs was 86th in the points standings and wildly inconsistent. But Iowa Speedway fans, who said out this venue for a third straight year since Cup racing came to the 7th-mile "African Short Track on the Planet," on Aug. 9 got to see a driver in Gibbs who looked pissed to contend for NASCAR's top prize.

Gibbs stared off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell in a heart-pounding final 10 laps, riding seven-out 10 laps (two-10 laps) and a take the checkered flag in the Iowa Corn 350.

"Of a week to week for me," said the 23-year-old grandson of his Hall of Fame team owner. "But, obviously want to win the title."

All the talk lately has been about Denny Hamlin's growing points and said upset he has lost, long-davies Cup Series championship. The thought was Hamlin's biggest challenges might come from Tyler Reddick, who has led the points most of this season, or two-time championship points set on the Iowa Corn 350 pole and was expected to win between 2000.

But Gibbs, despite a slow pit stop that dropped him from his top five to 28th in the early spring, methodically matched forward without panic on Sunday. He looked like a championship-level driver amid Iowa's common front, pocketing his second career win and 10th top-10 finish of the season.

The narrative of the hot-tempered grandson of Joe Gibbs has turned into a career in a common front capable of competing with - and beating - NASCAR's biggest names. Over his last six races, Gibbs has accumulated 285 points - an average of 47.5 per outlay. (A race winner gets 55 plus any stage points.)

"My teammates have been a big help to me in my career, and obviously not to them," Gibbs said of his revival. He's finished 88th, 10th and 10th in his first three full-time seasons in Cup. "We all work hard to get our organization better and our program better, but my confidence doesn't waver. I'm not like a head case.

"Every single weekend is different,

Ty Gibbs burns out his tires at the finish line after winning the Iowa Corn 350, his second career NASCAR Cup Series win. REISS STRUCK AND MAJOR HAKES

and there's always different things going on. If you're searching for confidence, you need to go do a therapy session or do something else."

Gibbs moved from fourth to second in points, jumping past Blaney and Reddick, with Iowa's 69-point heon. The points leader starts the 20-race Chase pack with 2,300 points, second place starts with 2,375 and third starts with 2,500. Gibbs is currently 10 points back of Hamlin, but that gap could very well shrink to 25 after Aug. 29.

Going into Sunday's race at Iowa Speedway, Hamlin, 45, was the championship favorite at +140 odds, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Gibbs was the seventh choice, listed at +6400. That likely will change after his Iowa showing and as the realization grows that he is a light championship threat.

"I think we're all pretty close," Gibbs said of the Toyota, which now occupy five of the top six spots in points. "I think that the big thing (vs. Hamlin) is Denny is just such a great driver and has so much experience. I think that's the difference."

Runner-up-Christopher Bell feels sour about four-trepit stop

Christopher Bell and the number 2 continue to have a love-late relationship.

Second-place finishes are incredibly valuable in NASCAR's reformatted points championship.

Bell, though, is probably sick of

runner-up performance.

He has seven of them this season through 22 races, with zero firsts. Bell, incredibly, has four runner-up finishes in his last five races.

"We had control of the race and were leading laps," Bell said. "We had the pace to do it, had the track position to do it. Didn't do it."

So, what happened?

Bell drew chief Adam Stevens opted for four from Iowa on the final pit stop, allowing Gibbs to answer a few laps later with two. Gibbs used the strategy to re-take the lead, then held off Bell's late charges.

Should Bell have taken two?

"Absolutely," the driver said. "We saw guys stay out all day (on zero or two fresh tires) and they were fine."

Bell, a 2008 and 2009 winner at Iowa Speedway in the former Mistry Series, has always been a proponent of this track. He wasn't thrilled when the track did a partial degree in the corners ahead of the 2024 Cup race here.

"I'm excited about it. It was always my favorite racetrack before they did this," Bell said. "The injuries, everyone hates, equates. If they do this now, at least they have time for it to age. It should have been done two years ago."

An exhausting drive for points leader Denny Hamlin

Denny Hamlin suited his No. 1 Toyota Camry as if he'd just walked 100 miles through a desert, completely drained

and dehydrated after a 350 lap drive with almost no brakes. A support-staff member quickly rushed to being him on, as he gingerly walked from his car to the pit-lane wall, where he sat walked its ensue. Somehow, after starting 28th, the points leader brought his car home in fifth place amid blistering temperatures. The heat index surpassed 105 degrees during the race, according to USA's broadcast.

Hamlin is who has often the 2027 season but asked that he might hang up the fireout corner if he had to suffer more days like this.

"There were issues with brakes on several Toyota leading up to the race (including for sixth-place Chase Box-coe), and Hamlin was complaining on the team radio about the same early in the first stage. He wasn't able to drive as hard as he wanted to in the corners, genuinely not knowing if he could slow down.

"Just had to widen Sponable every lap, obviously not knowing where my car was going to land when I got into the corner," Hamlin said. "Obviously, you want to have brakes, and that was a car, my race to have to do it the whole time without it. But you've got to do what you've got to do. The team did an amazing job. I would take that day 100 out of 100 times."

Ryan Blaney settled for third. Josh Berry was fourth and Hamlin logged his entries best 10th in the finish. No effort driven has more than 10 top-fives.

Iowa Speedway was unkind to several star drivers

Tyler Reddick did a phone interview with The One Motors Register a few weeks before the Iowa Corn 350. The driver who dominated the early part of NASCAR's schedule and was still No. 2 in points was aiming to reverse had luck he's had in two Cup starts at Iowa.

"We haven't really had a clean race at Iowa yet," Reddick told the Register after finishing 22nd in 2024 and 29th in 2025. "We typically show up with good speed, though. We just haven't finished the race."

Well, things get worse for Reddick on lap 4 as his No. 45 Toyota got loose and crushed, taking out fellow Toyota Erik Jones in the process. Jones retired 10th and Reddick 30th (last).

While Reddick is locked into NASCAR's 10-race Chase format that allows the top 10 drivers to run for the championship following the Aug. 29 race at Daytona, he dropped to fourth in points as Blaney stayed in third.

Alex Palou closing in on IndyCar four-peat

Zion Brown

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All 8 took was one moment for Alex Palou to seize complete control of IndyCar Grand Prix of Portland. Palou started on the front row next to pole-nt bet Fido Rosenqvist, who led the first 31 laps of the race while Palou fell to third behind Marcus Ericsson.

But as Rosenqvist pitted after 31 laps, Palou's No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing thro-do stayed on the 22-turn, 1964-mile Portland International Raceway road course for one more lap to make up some time. That decision allowed Palou to re-it get lane ahead of Rosenqvist's No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Hoods, as Palou led 60 of the 50 laps to win the race on Aug. 9 by over four seconds.

"He just drove better, to be honest," said Rosenqvist, who finished second. "Not a lot quicker, but he was a little bit quicker, especially on the blacks. That first stint, he extensioned to, did one top longer."

Palou has won his second race in a 1964 win of the season and third of the career in Portland. With the races left in the race, this victory gave Palou first try a position to win his fourth consecutive IndyCar championship and fifth in six years.

It seemed almost unfathomable that Palou could replicate his remarkable 2025 season, which saw him win eight races and finish 39-points ahead of Pato O'Neal, who was second in the championship. For most of this year, it appeared Palou - who clinched four year's championship as Portland before the final two races of the year - would be in a battle with David Mokhlas and Kyle Kirkwood until the end.

Two years ago, Palou's championship lead was down to 58 points (a win is worth 10 points). At that point, he told Indystar, "Last year was magical. It was something else, something that I don't think I'll ever get to experience again

Alex Palou won by more than four seconds Aug. 9 in the OnlyBulls Grand Prix of Portland in Oregon. PROVIDED BY NEPCAR SERIES

myself." But after winning at Nashville SuperSpeedway on July 28 and doing so again on Sunday, Palou loads Kirkwood to 200 points, which is more than the 99-point gap he had over O'Weal through 10 races in 2025.

"I don't know what to say," Palou said after the race. "I really meant when I said that, that last year was very magical and it was very tough to repeat. Yeah, maybe we can even improve it. Not 3 try. We'll give our best."

As Palou went through his version of a rough stretch in June and July (two fifth-place finishes and a 17th), it seemed like there would be a chance for someone to stop his four-peat quest. Now, another championship feels inevitable.

"It would take an immense amount of misfortune by them to show out this championship and actually fight for it at the end," Kirkwood told Fox Sports. "And that's just to fight for it, right? They're

doing everything right. That guy hasn't had had luck, and they're done everything perfect for four or five years now. So have off to them, they're doing a hell of a job. They're making our lives full."

Every great driver has fallen victim to Palou's excellence throughout the 2020s. This is the second time Rosengvist has held the second podium spot behind Palou this year. It happened to Kirkwood on May 31 in Detroit. While Mokhlas hasn't finished second to Palou in 2020, he was second in the champ in the 2020 Indianapolis 500. Beating Palou is a tall task, and even those who manage to do it occasionally don't make it a habit.

"I did my best today to make it interesting for the championship," said Rosenqvist, who is sixth in the standings. "I mean, he's just really good. Kind of been a topic of the season, right? We all get out shot to beat him. I had probably two, three this year. Yeah, he's just really

tough to beat. He's got it figured out. I probably wouldn't put my money on anyone else."

Palou is in an elite car with an excellent crew around him, which certainly gives a long way. But what he's done to win 14 races over the last two seasons (with more potentiality on the way) has cemented the 29-year-old as an all-timer in IndyCar. At the end of the day, someone has to execute in the cockpit, and Palou did so flawlessly on Sunday.

"Having Alex and his talent, there's nothing that replaces that," said Barry Warner, who's investigate for the next 30 car. "No matter how good the car is, you need the driver to be able to extract that performance out of the car."

Palou often hesitates to halter in the praise thrown his way, but even he realizes that what he's doing isn't normal. The Spaniard thinks about how special this run is 'every day.'

"I just don't give it for granted," he said. "I think nobody in the team does. It's not like once a year that you think about it. It's like every single day when we talk about it. Let's get your responsibility to end. This cannot go forever. I think that we're doing a great job of understanding how lucky we are."

Palou needs two wins in the final five races to match his mark of eight in 2025, which was tied for the fourth most in IndyCar history. The next two races are on board one street courses in Mokham, Ontario, and Washington, DC, where Palou could be the favorite in both races. After a double-leader on the Milwaukee Mile short won before Palou placed second last year, the season ends at Laguna Seca in a race he has won three of the last four years.

Whether Palou gets to eight (or more) wins again is yet to be seen, but he has busted all talk of party returning to IndyCar in 2026. Sunday second as another reminder that the champ is still the champ, and no one else is particularly close.

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'Star Trek' star Shatner: 'I never thought about dying'

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LOS ANGELES - In 2006, William Shatner walked into his Studio City office for a USA TODAY photo shoot marking the 50th anniversary of 'Star Trek' to find his desk overrun with Tribbles, the furry creatures from the beloved 1967 episode "The Trouble with Tribbles." The star forever known as Captain Kirk unceremoniously swept the carefully arranged props off his desk and proceeded with a Tribble-free photo shoot. ▲ A decade later, sitting in the same office, Shatner, 95, insists he has no memory of the great Tribble desk props. ▲ "Was it done humorously?" Shatner asks earnestly, insisting he has no beef with the furiously breeding sci-fi creatures from the comedic episode. "Tribbles are good. Tribbles are a metaphor for uncontrolled activities of humanity."

Like Tribbles, the enduring fascination with TV's 'Star Trek' seems to multiply without end.

As course: Some Boddenberry's groundbreaking series approaches the 60th anniversary of its premiere on Sept. 8, 1966. Shatner remains fascinated by the amazing journey of the original show that lasted just three seasons (1966-1969) before NBC canceled it - yet turned the USS Enterprise crew, starting with Shatner's captain, into global icons.

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As someone who reads for a living, what fascinates me most aren't the books that get booklovers talking but the ones that get everyone else reading. Not every year has a book that so pre-meshes the culture like "Yesteryear" and "Strangers" by Belle Burden. One is about a tradeoffs (traditional wifc) influence seemingly sent back in time to the period she has been cosplaying. In the other, a memoir, the author realizes she never really knew the man she married.

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Why the traumatic Perz Hilton videos stayed on line

Melissa Mendes II USA TODAY

If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 9th Service & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or testing '9081'.

When Perz Hilton was seen self-harming in a TikTok Live Tuesday night, the platform's international content workstation system "quickly flagged the fo

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retirees and alertes the American content moderation team," its spokesperson tells USA TODAY. But a "moderator error" caused a delay in taking down the disturbing livestream. "Lives on X have noticed that visuals from

the incident still remain available on the platform.

TikTok said the duration of the livestream was 55 minutes, not the 50 that has been reported elsewhere, and it also was the most common because by Hilton within 90 seconds. TikTok also noted that Hilton's account has been banned outright "due to Hilton breaching the social media platforms commonly guidelines".

But parts of the explicit livestream continue to circulate on X. Why does content like this step available longer than the platforms intend? And how do they try to rush it?

How platforms try to moderate potentially harmful content

Each of the platforms has its own policies that do not permit the depiction of self-harm or suicide. "We have a non-

tolerance policy for ads that promote, depict, glorify, endorse, or document suicide, self-harm, or dangerous behaviors which may lead to them," TikTok's reads.

Though X did not respond to a request for comment and Meta declined to comment, Instagram has a policy with similar language, as does X and YouTube. As spokesperson for YouTube pointed to its policy's foreshadows from the graphic stream are still available on X as to the publication of the article.

X was bought by Elon Musk in 2023, who made large structural changes at the company - including firing a large portion of the content moderation team. Since then, the gap has faced intense scrutiny of its moderation policies.

Content moderators at any social media company often are under immense strain when doing their job - not only do they frequently have to look at the most disturbing content, but they have an overwhelming amount of confidence. The content moderation hitherto the Harvard Business Review, the author found that moderators face a host of challenges: old interfaces that keep them from reviewing content as efficiently as they'd like to, poor pay, and the scrutiny they face while being evaluated; e.g., how many cases they went through and whether their supervisor agrees with their decisions on videos.

Sneica Maddox, an internet culture researcher and an associate media studies professor at the University of Chicago, said content moderators is "like Whack-a-made, because something pays up, you knock it down, and several other things pop up in its place."

She's sympathetic to the difficult na-

ture of content moderation, but argues that the human error that occurred keeping the livestream up for 15 minutes, is indicative of the fact that there should be an automatic removal process in place that is more immediate if something was removed that wasn't deemed harmful. It should be restored. Maddox says, which is a version of the culture that's in place. However, there have been multiple instances where this harmful content falls through the cracks.

The ability to find this graphic content has become insistent. Maddox tells USA TODAY. "Social media was made for this volume. This type of talent content that we are exposed to on social media is not artificial as to social media's values; it is indicative of their values."

Take Charlie Kirk's assassination, for example. The video was widely shared on X, and if you search for X, videos from different angles will exist. "These are the most important and the classic owners of the internet that weren't as easily available as they are today."

Other violent livestreams

On the same day as Hilton's livestream, a Mexican influencer with over 600,000 TikTok followers was shot and killed during a livestream. Blurred-out and offent videos of the shooting are still currently available on the platform. In 2020, TikTok had two major instead of fourteen in the 2020s, which is a timely manner. The first was a Brazilian influencer who livestreamed his suicide to an audience of over 200 people, The Internet reported, and the

video remained on the platform for over an hour and a half.

That same year, in September, a veteran named Roman McNutt livestreamed his suicide on Facebook and clips of the witness were uploaded to TikTok and other social media platforms. The platforms raced to take down the videos, but they kept being replaced.

One of McNutt's friends, Josh Bison, spoke to Henry Fribourg the appeal of the video. In 2020, the friends did not do enough to take the video down. "Facebook and/or stopped this and didn't," Bison told the publication. "Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other social platforms could ban accounts, life, and stop the appeal of this video. YouTube can flag you for using two seconds of a copyrighted step, but can't seem to filter out my friend ending his life. It does not make sense."

Maddox argues that all of the platforms fall short in this area, which is a major source of the content, including a peer-building, conversation, and other positive aspects of the internet.

The algorithmic trend economy of social media has incentivized everyone participating in the viral conversation of the day to get clicks, likes, views, giveaways, and more. "I don't feel interested to people's mental health," Maddox says. In the absence of meaningful intervention from the platforms, the only people we can rely on are ourselves like sides. The not such out the video, because if you do not know how content and users and platforms to keep pushing, it, so I do think in this age the best and most ethical thing we can do is deny something like this our attention."

Shatner

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"The show gets canceled. I work diligently for six years, and I hear they're going to resurrect it because syndication was invented," Shatner says. "Everyone became enamored. 'Star Trek' was invented again."

Shatner says his joy was tempered by the lack of cash flowing with the new success.

"The unions had not discovered syndication fires," he says. "I received no money and became financial poor."

But the classically trained Canadian actor, famed for his substantive dramatic line delivery, has remained rich in staging power. Along with starting in the police drama "I I Amate" (1992-95) and earning Emmy Awards for his portrayal of attorney George Crane on "The Practice" and its spin-off, "Boston Legal (2004-05). Shatner has remained relevant deep into his 90s.

At age 90, Shatner became the oldest person to fly to space as a passenger aboard Blue Ridge's New Shepard in October 2022, after Witching of Earth, he gave a tearful account of seeing the

beauty of the endangered planet from space.

"I weep more on than ever," he says. "We're destroying the Earth. And this planet has such beauty and miracles. I'm passionate about what we've done to the planet."

Shatner battled cancer along with daughter Melanie

"The actor says he was profoundly affected by his own fight for survival after being diagnosed with Stage 4 malignant melanoma in June 2021. His mostly fatal ordeal began when a seemingly harmless bang on his cheek continued to die."

"My family doctor says, 'We've got to get this out.' And it was a Stage 4 malignancy. Ten years ago, I would have been drunk," Shatner says. "Imagine going into your doctor's office and he says: 'Pack your bags. You've got five months to live.'"

The emotional weight of Shatner's own diagnosis was compounded by another devastating reality. His youngest daughter, Melanie Shatner (fintech, now G), had been battling Stage 4 breast cancer since 2022. Father and daughter suddenly found themselves fighting

cancer at the same time.

"She, too, was told. 'Pack your bag - you've got five months at the most,' Shatner says. 'Can you imagine being taken we've got three758 people. I don't don't know what your motivations are, or what you'd want to do first. But to be told you've only got five months to live? And you'd tell that time you've going to be very ill. What are you going to do?'

"I'm it was the law of an". Though Shatner's melanoma spread to his lungs and brain, he says he is now cancer-free after surgery and two years of immunotherapy. Melanie too is one of five after chemotherapy, a double mastectomy, radiation and immunotherapy.

"We're cancer-free," says Shatner, after has launched the wellness podcast "No Time But Now" with his daughter. "We're both in the class."

Shatner was affected by cancer battle: 'I'd blundered through life'

Shatner, who drew criticism for misusing the funeral of his longtime friend and costar Leonard Nimoy in February 2021, was profoundly affected by his book with suddenly from cancer.

"I never thought about dying. I wan-

dered and blundered through life thinking. I'm not going to do," Shatner says. "It was like, 'Of course I'm going to get this job.' I'm going to drive up to a person restaurant, a friend body pull-out of a space, and I park. It's like the universe was taking care of me on a minimal scale, as soon by the incredible luck I've had in you."

That worldview has 'sears off like a radius,' he says, leading to a deeper appreciation for 'every moment' in his life, right down to the bettermills chicken he had for dinner the evening before. But the fear is still there. When asked to name a passion that has heightened with age, Shatner cites saying 'ohye.'

"Not dying - that's always a good thing," he says. "I'm always anxious about that. I've thought about dying a day."

The 'Star Trek' legend insists he's not concerned about his legacy after he has left Earth for the final frontier.

"Legacy is not a word I recognize. Statues are torn down, buildings with people's names on them inside. The world is in constant change. The only legacy I recognize is doing good. I'm in pain, with my terrible faults, but I'm an admirer of good deeds."

Books

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begin with?

And what does it say about us that we can't stop reading about it?

How 'Yesteryear' battled the tradelife debate

Nearly two years before 'Yesteryear' was published, Deadline reported Amazon MGM had won an auction to adapt the book into a film produced by and starring Anne Hathaway in April. 'Yesteryear' arrived into a cultural band, sugar lawsuits and talk-talked content - devoted wives who cook from scratch, save clothes and raise their brood among nature.

Just three months later, 'Yesteryear' sold its millionth copy. It's sales data that Kumpf Executive Vice President and Publisher Jordan Pavlin calls 'the stuff of legends.'

"We knew from the moment we first read the manuscript that it had the potential to be a sensation. It was sketching. We couldn't stop talking about it. It set the whole house on fire," Pavlin tells USA TODAY.

The success of this 'decade-defining publication,' Pavlin believes, is due to the 'individually finished' nature of the novel. In protagonist, Natalie Heller Mills, is a 'Brisbane Christian woman' with millions of followers, to whom she advertises a humble homemaker life without disclosing how much of it is a

lie.

The buzzy subject matter also helps Natalie's mind form life, overdoing making and juggle of children draw comparisons with Hannah Newbourn, the character behind Ballerina Farm's more than 20 million followers. Newbourn said to an interview with Vulture that she was only surprised an 'entertaining book about hamburger' didn't come sooner.

These traditional views of gender in marriage are nothing new, but influencers make them more visible, says Kristin Kobes Do Mez, a history professor at Calvin University in Michigan and the author of the upcoming book 'Live, laugh, Love. The Secret History of White Choices Women and the World They Made.' Prominent conservatives are embracing tradicities as political strategy.

"Every woman is involved in this in one way or another, either participating in it, meeting in it, feeling judged by it. And so it's a very contested space and a very personal space, which means every woman has an opinion," Do Mez says. "This's generates this conversation, which just generates more conversation, and that's great if you're trying to sell a book on the topic."

'Yesteryear' and 'Strangers' tackle the collapse of perfection

"Strangers" is a fundamentally different book, a memoir from a Vanderbilt heinews and attorney set in history Manhattan apartments and second homes in Martha's Vineyard rather than penite

farms. Bunken writes about her husband's betrayal and leaving with a raw vulnerability.

But both runaway debuts confront "the distance between the ideal and the real," says Do Mez. Both touch on the false promises sold to women across the scale. This is how you have the perfect life, the perfect marriage, the perfect family. Bunkers kill was perfect until it wasn't. Natalie's was never perfect to begin with.

She points to similar stories, like 'Decide' by An Introduction In this 2025 memoir, Christian Stagger Hatmaker spoke in the middle of the night to her husband whispering into his phone, condensing his love for another woman. Anxious recently influence and have Jen Hamilton revealed to her nearly 5 million TikTok followers that her husband had been allegedly living a 'double life.'

The morbid curiosity and shame can make her more frail like a train wreck we just can't look away from. But it's also a welcome decemotivation of the aspirational life. In 'Yesteryear,' we see decent units up with our protagonist. In 'Strangers,' we watch Bunken doesn't. A Nothing is an it seems - not on social media, not in affluent country club circles and maybe not even to those we love. Bunkers story inspired many women to rethink their natural finances.

"At a certain point, the whole thing breaks apart," Do Mez says. "Then there's this questioning. What lies here I been sold?" And I think in these moments, too, there's a need to go public with that, to share the story, to connect.

If you go online with your story, you will immediately find other women who will support you, who will relate to you, and who will help you process in public."

Hallmark of a mega-bootsailer: Can you argue at your book club?

However you feel after reading these buzzy books, there's no denying the fundamental aspect that has kept them on bookseller lists. We love to argue about them.

When my book club friends and I discussed 'Strangers' months ago, we couldn't come to a consensus. Bunkers' story of divorce was制度, but some left one wasn't forthcoming, enough about her privilege and financial security. She subject of a New Yorker investigation in May. Similarly, we're torn on 'Yesteryear.' Some loved the unlikable Natalie, others didn't feel she's believable. And don't even get us started on the twist.

'Yesteryear' is also controversial for its portrayal of religion. Burke opted not to name a specific sect and was open about ceasing research after she started writing. Some Christian women, along with those who have left similar lifestyles, don't feel it accurately captures their experience. Others feel the novel was one of the first successful thrillers of recent cultural classrooms.

I think that book is so successful in part because it's so money. Do Mez says: 'Everybody can come to it from their own place and then have opinions.'

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Killer kids? Roth talks horror flick 'Ice Cream Man'

Ralphie Aversa USA TODAY

NEW YORK – If you try to joke with director Eli Roth that his latest slasher film, 'Ice Cream Man' (in theaters Aug. 7), ruins the summer ritual for kids and adults, he'll beat you to the punchline.

'I've ruined a lot of things,' Roth, 54, tells USA TODAY. 'I've ruined backpacking ['Hostel'], I've ruined going to a cabin ['Colon Fever'], I've ruined Thanksgiving. Why not?'

The holiday that features turkey and pumpkin pie served as the title for his 2023 slasher.

Roth directed, produced, co-wrote and plays a role in 'Ice Cream Man,' in which that aforementioned sweet treat deliverer (Art Millen) dishes out ice cream to the local kids. The byproduct of eating the dessert is a little more horrifying than your typical childhood sugar rush.

The director started to sleate the premise of the film about 20 years ago.

'We could have got it at the market, but somehow (the ice cream) always tasted better coming off a truck,' he says. 'And then in the '80s, there were some sketchy ice cream dishes. And I saw all the kids there and I thought, 'What if the ice cream just made them go crazy and they killed all the adults?'

That brings up a key difference between this movie and Roth's past horror films. He needed to cast a number of children to play the film.

'I was really upfront with the parents,' the director says. 'I explained exactly what we were going to do and I talked about why I wanted to make this movie. And they were like: 'Yeah, great. No problem.'

Roth also reveals that the children who landed roles in the movie were 'unaffected' by the premise to the point where many of the people became toys.

'The kids are playing jump rope with intricitters and tetherball with a head,' Roth remembers. 'It's fake Christmas morning for them. When we put the kids in the makeup, there was no direction required.'

Jet rules required that parents 'have visual eye contact with their children at

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all times,' he says.

'They understand Halloween,' Roth adds. 'The parents actually said: 'This is great. So when we watch a scary movie, they'll know how it was done.'

Eli Roth merges horror and hip-hop with 'Ice Cream Man'

Roth will release 'Ice Cream Man' through The Horror Section, an independent film company he founded. The movie is also produced through a partnership with Mans Appeal, the entertainment company founded by Nos.

But he's not the only hip-hop legend involved in Roth's latest release.

Snoop Dogg contributed 'Ice Cream Song' to the film's closing credits. He also assisted in the movie's score. Roth says the rapper, born Calvin Broadhus Jr.,

tented him the original song after a quick conversation the two had about the film.

This won't be their last collaboration: Roth and Snoop are set to coproduce a horror flick with the NSPW title 'Don't Go in That House, Bitch!' The director says their partnership comes naturally because of their mutual love for hip-hop and horror.

'It was like a joke fake trailer,' Roth says of the origins of 'Don't Go.' When Snoop saw it, he asked to play the neighbor who warns people about the haunted home. Roth also pulled the rapper in as a producer.

'We're going to make 'Don't Go in That House, Bitch' because we just find it funny. I'm still internally a perpetual 35-year-old, I get that excited about horror movies.'

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A man walks past the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Pereira, Colombia, on Aug. 10. A powerful earthquake rocked Colombia and neighboring Latin American countries with medical teams rushing to help victims after buildings were damaged or collapsed in several cities. JANE SALGAMBAGAZAP VIA GETTY IMAGES

'THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE TRAPPED'

More than 100 killed after the strongest quake this century hits western Colombia

Luis Jaime Acosta, Julia Symmes Cobb and Nelson Bocanegra RECYBER

BOGOTA, Colombia – At least 10 people were killed after a powerful earthquake struck western Colombia on Aug. 10, trapping buildings across several cities. damaging hospitals and infrastructure and trapping people beneath the rubble in what authorities called the country's strongest earthquake of the century.

The quake struck just days after Abelardo De La Espriella was sworn in as president, thrusting the new administration into its first major crisis, with memories still fresh of devastating twin earthquakes in neighboring Venezuela

People remove rubble from a collapsed building after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia, on Aug. 10. A magnitude 7.4 earthquake killed at least 111 people and left an unknown number of people buried under rubble.

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in June.

"The national government has all of its capabilities deployed to protect lives, assist affected communities and deliver aid wherever it is needed," he said in a national address around 1 p.m. local time, upon declaring a national state of emergency.

"The first priority is rescuing the people trapped under the rubble."

De La Espriella said preliminary reports indicated 10 dead and 87 injured, along with dozens of collapsed buildings and damaged homes.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the 7.4 magnitude quake struck at a depth of 66 miles. Colombia's geological service said it was the strongest earthquake recorded in the country in the 21st century.

Reports from Choco, near the epicenter, were slowed by communications outages, with some areas still lacking cellphone service hours after the earthquake. Gov. Nulisa Carolina Cordoba said 12 people had been killed and 84 injured in the largely rural area.

The heaviest casualties appeared concentrated in Rianzolin, part of Colombia's coffee-growing region. Pereira, the department's capital, suffered extensive damage, with rescue workers continuing to search collapsed buildings for survivors.

A four story building crumbled in Pereira during the quake, according to Reuters-verified video, while footage from Niximides showed one of the mile

A woman reacts as residents dig through the debris of collapsed buildings after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia, Aug. 10.

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towers of the city's landmark neo-Gothic cathedral collapsing and scattering debris onto nearby streets.

Reuters footage showed rescue workers, police and volunteers shoveling debris by hand and leading rubble into tracks as they searched for survivors trapped beneath collapsed buildings. Other footage showed damage to residential towers and emergency-service facilities, with debris crashing onto ambulances parked before.

Mauricio Andrade, a firefighter in Cali, said his team had rescued two women and two children from a collapsed building.

As he spoke to Reuters, his team was preparing to rescue more people from the rubble.

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Hopes for Strait of Hormuz deal fade

Trump now demands Iranian reparations

Steve Holland and Jacob Bogage RECYBER

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Aug. 10 responded to Iran's conditions for a peace deal with his own demands that Iran pay compensation for people killed in wars, attacks and protests, in a rhetorical escalation likely to complicate efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump's proposal, which had not been raised before, was a response to Tehran's demands for compensation and an end to sanctions. The Iranian demands were largely in line with the terms of a preliminary peace deal signed in June, which has since broken down.

Since the war began in February, Trump has repeatedly oscillated between threats of escalation and claims that a peace deal is imminent.

"We're going to ask for money for the damage they've done over a 50-year period," Trump said at the White House, saying payments would cover deaths among both civilian demonstrators and U.S. forces in the region.

"So if there's damages to be paid, I think Iran should pay those damages," Trump said. Oil prices settled 5% higher on Aug. 10 after the demands dimmed prospects for a deal to reopen the strait.

Referring to Tehran's crackdown on demonstrations in late 2025 and 2026, Trump said Iran had killed some 52,000 protesters as of six weeks ago.

While some Iranian opposition and exile groups have claimed tens of thousands killed, the U.S. district Human Rights Activists News Agency in February reported around 3,000 deaths including 6,500 protesters.

Trump encouraged protesters to overthrow the Iranian government when the war began with U.S. and Israeli airstrikes in February. Rights groups say the Iranian government has continued to crack down on opponents since then.

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Iran's Supreme National Security Council said the Strait of Hormuz would not reopen until the United States "corrects its behavior," demanding an end to the war on Iran. ALL FAMILY,GETTY IMAGES

Frustrations over agriculture heat up House race

President Donald Trump has already traveled to Wisconsin this summer to stump for Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wisconsin, in what's expected to be a tight race that could turn on how Trump's policies have affected rural voters.

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Challenger Cooke has outraised incumbent

Renee Hickman RECYBER

EAU CLAIRE, WI – When she's not trekking across Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District to meet voters, Democratic congressional challenger Rebecca Cooke is still on her feet, waiting tables at two restaurants around Eau Claire, a city of about 73,000 people surrounded by rolling farmland.

"When you're serving people at a restaurant, it's almost like you're knocking doors every time you're waiting a table," said Cooke, who is trying to flip one of a

stretching number of highly competitive seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in November's midterm elections that could and Republican control of Congress.

Cooke doesn't get into deep political conversations as she takes orders, she said, but customers do sometimes recognize her and tell her about issues they care about, occasionally writing notes of support on receipts. She keeps the best men in a folder on her phone.

Each of those tableside moments could be a difference maker for Cooke 30, the Democratic frontrunner in the Aug. 11 primary. If victorious, she will

head to a rematch with Republican incumbent Derrick Van Orden, who was elected in 2022, in what's expected to be a tight race that could turn on how President Donald Trump's policies have affected rural voters.

Trump has already traveled to Wisconsin this summer to stump for Van Orden, 56, in an appearance framed by tractors and halos of hay. Van Orden was elected in 2022 following the retirement of moderate Democrat Ron Kind.

However, with the reverberations of Trump's policies – the U.S. war with lean, trade disputes with China, and steep cuts in healthcare and food aid – Democrats see an opportunity for

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● Cambridge, OH	61/64.0	25
● Cambridge, OH	61/64.0	25
● Carcher, OH	78/87.0	50
● Clarksville, MI	66/76.0	63
● Clarksville, MI	78/84.0	75
● Columbus, OH	62/69.0	25
● Corning, NY	61/66.0	25
● Corpus Christi, TX	98/70.0	25
● Corpus Christi, TX	92/75.0	25
● Corpus Christi, TX	92/75.0	25
● Columbia, MO	61/70.0	49
● Columbia, MO	61/70.0	49
● Columbia, MO	61/70.0	49
● Columbia, MO	61/70.0	49
● Columbia, MO	61/70.0	49
● Columbia, MO	61/70.0	49
● Columbia, MO	61/70.0	49
● Columbia, MO	61/70.0	49
● Columbia, MO	61/70.0	49
● Columbia, MO	61/70.0	49
● Columbia, MO	61/70.0	49
● Columbia, MO	61/70.0	49
● Columbia, MO	61/70.0	49

	High/low/W	at
● Evansville, IN	95/75.0	75
● Fall River, MA	69/64.0	63
● Farmington, MA	59/67.0	75
● Fayetteville, IN	67/73.0	25
● Franklin, NC	61/63.0	75
● Fort Myers, FL	66/76.0	25
● Fort Smith, AR	101/80.0	49
● Farmington, MA	65/62.0	63
● Freeport, IL	76/64.0	75
● Fremont, OH	75/59.0	63
● Fort Collins, CO	64/66.0	75
● Garbion, AL	90/71.0	75
● Gainesville, FL	64/73.0	25
● Galesburg, IL	85/71.0	75
● Gainesville, NC	66/70.0	37
● Glen Ross, TX	102/77.0	63
● Gainesville, LA	66/70.0	63
● Gantt Falls, MT	65/63.0	63
● Greenville, SC	61/71.0	25
● Hackensack, NJ	95/75.0	25
● Hagerstown, MD	66/70.0	63
● Hattiesburg, MD	96/76.0	25
● Henderson, KY	94/73.0	75
● Hendersonville, NC	89/68.0	75
● Hentview, NY	63/63.0	25
● Hillsdale, MI	77/82.0	75
● Holmes, IN	79/83.0	75
● Haskell, NY	81/84.0	25
● Hecena, LA	95/79.0	63
● Howell, WI	81/85.0	75
● Hachman, KS	105/70.0	44
● Iquitos, MA	87/85.0	50
● Indianapolis, IN	85/71.0	25
● Irvine City, IN	87/73.0	44
● Ithaca, NY	75/83.0	50
● Jackson, MS	67/74.0	47
● Jackson, TN	94/75.0	37
● Jacksonville, FL	95/79.0	75
● Jacksonville, FL	95/79.0	63
● Kearney, OH	79/85.0	75
● Lafayette, IN	63/69.0	25
● Lafayette, LA	92/77.0	50
● Lakeland, FL	95/73.0	25
● Lansing, MI	79/84.0	75
● Las Cruces, NM	95/80.0	63
● Lakeland, NV	84/67.0	63
● Lansburg, FL	95/76.0	25

	High/low/W	at
● Levittown, PA	89/78.0	63
● Lincoln, IL	61/68.0	75
● Lansville, FL	92/74.0	75
● Larkin, TX	66/73.0	75
● Mariposa, WI	76/64.0	75
● Marshall, OH	79/85.0	25
● Marshall, NC	87/87.0	37
● New Haven, MI	63/61.0	75
● Meadden, OH	79/87.0	25
● McLean, WI	90/72.0	75
● Melbourne, FL	92/76.0	25
● Memphis, TN	95/75.0	25
● Middletown, NY	80/68.0	45
● Milford, MA	66/62.0	75
● Milwaukee, WI	77/84.0	75
● Monroe, MI	80/63.0	75
● Monroe, LA	90/77.0	50
● Montgomery, AL	64/75.0	37
● Monroe, IN	82/68.0	50
● Monroe, TX	64/73.0	25
● Nashua, FL	92/78.0	25
● Nashville, TN	97/77.0	50
● Neptune, NJ	88/74.0	63
● New Bedford, MA	86/62.0	63
● New Bern, NC	90/78.0	75
● New Philadelphia, OH	78/84.0	25
● Newark, DE	76/68.0	75
● Newton, NJ	83/71.0	63
● New York, NY	87/72.0	63
● Norwich, CT	87/92.0	63
● Ocala, FL	64/74.0	25
● Oklahoma City, OK	97/77.0	63
● Oklahoma City, OK	92/78.0	25
● Oshkosh, WI	81/85.0	75
● Palm Beach, FL	68/80.0	25
● Palm Springs, CA	106/84.0	60
● Palmville, FL	96/86.0	25
● Palmville, FL	87/88.0	75
● Pensacola, FL	90/78.0	25
● Pensacola, FL	88/81.0	25
● Petersburg, VA	93/71.0	63
● Phoenix, AZ	95/83.0	50
● Port Huron, WI	80/68.0	50
● Port Huron, WI	87/62.0	25
● Port Huron, WI	88/82.0	25
● Providence, RI	86/68.0	63
● Padilla, CO	90/88.0	75
● Quincy, MA	90/67.0	63
● Redding, CA	91/89.0	25
● Reno, NV	90/85.0	75
● Riverside, OH	76/84.0	75
● Richmond, VA	94/88.0	60

	High/low/W	at
● Rochester, NY	80/90.0	75
● Rockford, IL	83/60.0	75
● Robbins, NM	88/65.0	75
● Salem, SD	82/65.0	75
● Salina, ID	106/78.0	25
● Salina, TX	75/95.0	25
● Salisbury, MD	90/72.0	75
● San Angelo, TX	98/74.0	25
● Sarasota, FL	63/78.0	25
● Savannah, GA	85/75.0	25
● Shreveport, MI	76/84.0	75
● Shelby, NC	64/65.0	75
● Schenectady, TN	100/78.0	50
● Shreveport, LA	97/71.0	50
● Silver City, NM	63/66.0	25
● Sioux Falls, SD	66/67.0	25
● Somerset, PA	78/85.0	25
● Somerville, NJ	66/67.0	25
● South Bend, IN	78/87.0	75
● Spartanburg, SC	67/73.0	25
● Springfield, IL	72/75.0	75
● Springfield, MO	87/77.0	50
● St. Augustine, FL	82/77.0	25
● St. Cloud, MN	86/63.0	50
● St. George, UT	89/77.0	75
● Steunton, VA	66/66.0	25
● Stewart-Host, WI	68/65.0	75
● Steubus, IL	91/92.0	25
● Stroudsburg, PA	86/61.0	50
● Stuart, FL	93/77.0	25
● Sturgis, WI	78/84.0	75
● Tallahassee, FL	64/75.0	25
● Thurston, LA	93/78.0	75
● Topeka, KS	88/70.0	50
● Tuscaloosa, AL	83/70.0	50
● Utica, NY	81/91.0	25
● Ventura, CA	78/86.0	50
● Victorville, CA	100/87.0	37
● Whitaker, NJ	91/95.0	75
● Yreka, KS	93/78.0	25
● Washington, DC	88/74.0	50
● Watertown, SD	63/64.0	75
● Wausau, WI	88/65.0	75
● Waynesboro, PA	63/66.0	25
● White Plains, NY	88/80.0	75
● Wichita Falls, TX	100/77.0	25
● Wilmington, DE	88/77.0	75
● Wilmington, NC	97/71.0	50
● Wilmington, NC	88/65.0	75
● Woodon, OH	78/65.0	25
● Woodside, OH	78/65.0	25
● York, NY	82/80.0	50

Air Quality Index: 0-50; Good: 51-100; Moderate: 101-150; Unhealthy for sensitive groups: 101-200; Unhealthy: 201-300; Very unhealthy: 301-500; Hazardous

INTERNATIONAL CITIES

	Tuesday	Wednesday
Annapolis	92/76.0	93/77.0
● Addis Ababa	75/64.0	72/64.0
Atlanta	92/76.0	94/76.0
American	86/75.0	93/72.0
Amsterdam	75/69.0	82/61.0
Ardara	91/64.0	93/69.0
Australian	88/80.0	85/82.0
Big	90/75.0	95/80.0
Auckland	60/60.0	61/64.0
Baghdad	116/61.0	124/62.0
Bangkok	91/80.0	93/81.0
Beijing	91/79.0	74/72.0
Basildon	86/74.0	90/78.0
Belgrade	86/66.0	90/69.0
Bexter	72/62.0	77/64.0
Bogota	60/47.0	67/66.0
Brussels	80/64.0	86/69.0
Brunswick	84/65.0	92/87.0
Budapest	87/85.0	87/88.0
Buenos Aires	52/67.0	52/68.0
Cairo	104/60.0	103/76.0

	Tuesday	Wednesday
Cape Town	88/64.0	72/80.0
Caracas	96/76.0	60/74.0
Casablanca	95/86.0	91/79.0
Columbia	87/78.0	86/78.0
Copenhagen	99/83.0	97/89.0
Dortmund	104/75.0	101/89.0
DUBAI	78/86.0	80/81.0
Geneva	91/86.0	91/84.0
Guatemala City	82/64.0	82/64.0
Hanoi	101/80.0	86/81.0
Hanoica	79/51.0	89/49.0
Havana	92/74.0	92/72.0
Helsinki	68/62.0	94/61.0
Hong Kong	94/86.0	95/84.0
Jakarta	90/70.0	91/79.0
Jerusalem	90/71.0	90/71.0
Jordan	92/67.0	46/60.0
Kabul	92/70.0	93/70.0
Khartoum	97/82.0	103/84.0
Kyi	87/69.0	74/68.0
Kingston	94/81.0	93/82.0

	Tuesday	Wednesday
La Paz	92/59.0	89/28.0
El Cajon	82/75.0	64/74.0
El Paso	78/70.0	56/66.0
Lisbon	85/65.0	85/87.0
London	89/81.0	92/88.0
Madrid	99/65.0	102/69.0
Madrid	98/79.0	97/79.0
Delaware City	95/66.0	78/66.0
Milan	100/76.0	97/79.0
Mombasa	92/70.0	87/76.0
Montenegro	92/42.0	93/40.0
Montreal	90/52.0	75/62.0
Montreal	90/52.0	90/52.0
Nairobi	77/52.0	79/54.0
New Delhi	80/50.0	90/80.0
Panama City	93/77.0	91/79.0
Perth	92/87.0	97/79.0
Port-au-Prince	101/75.0	93/75.0
Rio de Janeiro	79/66.0	74/67.0
Riyadh	111/80.0	112/80.0
Rome	96/72.0	86/74.0

	Tuesday	Wednesday
San Jose	87/71.0	86/70.0
San Salvador	91/69.0	92/70.0
Santiago	82/60.0	50/34.0
San Paulo	62/55.0	74/62.0
San Diego	96/81.0	90/87.0
Shanghai	87/79.0	84/78.0
Singapore	91/88.0	92/79.0
South Korea	84/64.0	97/48.0
Sydney	73/69.0	97/61.0
Tapan	94/74.0	96/76.0
Taguocigalpa	88/68.0	89/97.0
Taipei	95/77.0	97/79.0
Tokyo	84/72.0	91/75.0
Toronto	82/60.0	91/63.0
Tokyo	98/78.0	100/78.0
Vancouver	73/59.0	72/65.0
Vienna	88/60.0	92/68.0
Vienna	97/71.0	75/70.0
Warsaw	85/62.0	81/69.0
Warsaw	94/66.0	90/69.0
Zurich	95/69.0	91/56.0

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European startups bid to renew water-bombers

Skits to design seaplanes are scarce, expert says

Tim Nepber, Giulia Segreti and Allison Lamport

REUTERS

TOULOUSE, France – Deep inside the canyon of a demand-bombering aircraft, engineer Jonathan Rock sponsors between rows of tanks as he demonstrates how his French startup plans to challenge aging Canadian water-bombers in combating European wildfires.

From the birthplace of Concorde to the laptopsof a retired general in southern France or an architect in Belgium, designs for water-bombers have gained momentum after destructive wildfires across Europe this year.

A parliamentary panel warned last year that France's ongoing fleet of aerial firefighters faced a "major crisis" and called for European alternatives to the ragged water-sweeping Canadians, which have demanded the market for decades.

At first glance, the task looks daunting. A water-sweeper is partly a seaplane. the art of which has eroded over the years.

We will have sight tons of water-insides this aircraft. Former Jolyon engineer Rock, who heads design at Positive Aviation, told Reuters, pointing to "a shaped pipes that would draw water from new Nazis designed to skim over lakes or sea.

The Toulouse-based startup is using

the dismembered A78-72 fuselage as an early demonstration or testbed, and giving a new base of 3B to the historic Hunga 16 that spanned Concorde.

A few miles away, Kepplau is receiving an A78-72 to test its vision of a ground-loaded tanker to replace Canada's veteran Bush-8 on pre-emptive patrols to tackle similar outbreaks.

The new defenses of women on uncontrollable fire and one that is halted quickly," said Kepplau founder David Jonker.

Europe's last version effort to match Canadian by Germany's Premier and Italy's Australia on the 1980s, Advanced Amphibious Aircraft, never left the drawing board due to cost.

"Western nations have lost their skills in professional seaplane design since the 1970s or even World War II," said former Advanced Amphibious Aircraft project chief Elinor Hrinack, chairman professor widely seen as a leading expert in the mainly forgotten field of water flying.

Before they can quench a single flame, would-be water-bombers must scoop up significant amounts of capital to fund the R&D, certification tests and factories needed.

The first three single-moles-estimate is the time to go from design to delivery," said John Bong, CEO of top private Canadian operator Avtrain.

Estimates of development costs by entrepreneurs run from tens of millions for a simple conversion to $5 billion for a new plane and analysts warn that could go far higher.

The fuselage of an A78-72 turboprop aerial firefighting demonstrates stands in Hunga 16, a former Concorde plant now being used by Positive Aviation, in Toulouse, France, July 31.

Positive Aviation hopes to tap a market for converting second-hand planes and be ready for 2025, company president Laurent Schmitt said. It has a provisional order for 10 planes from U.S.-based Bridges Aerospace.

Kepplau is sailing a new round of funding and aims to start deliveries next year, Schmitt said.

At least three other firms are touting even better plans to design and build planters from scratch, which are giving few details in public about their backers.

The most prominent is the 5-prime startup HYNABRO, which announced Lehmann – a pioneer of early heat planes and now an aerostructures supplier – as a provisional partner last week.

It says its Pregate-F100 scooper plane

would hold 10 tons of water and cost the same as a Canadian – roughly $600 million with support – but he twice as efficient in fighting fires.

In Italy, IP-10 holding has been promoting since 2020 what it calls an integrated firefighting and emergency response system centered on a new smartphone plane. WP-5.

CEO Renate Jacobi, said assembly would start in Italy from 2015. He added it would have entirely private funding but declined to give details.

In Belgium, the amphibious Google is the branch of a Cautan du Pont, an architect who aims to generate with industrial groups. He is candid about financial and industrial challenges.

"We are looking at the middle of next decade because we have to get funding. But I don't think any of the more plane will fly before then," he told Reuters.

Startups must also compete with a new version of the Canadian, which remained productive this year subject to safety approval, after an 8-year gap.

Deliveries of the 1980s have been delayed three years to 2028, but owner Dr. Herdland Canada argues alternatives carry more risk. "It's a lot of years and a lot of engineering," said Neil Sweeney, 36 corporate affairs vice-president.

Even so, Europe's aspiring water-bombers are a window of support as politicians deliver firefighting capacity.

"What worries me is that in four weeks' time, nobody will talk about it, either media or politicians," Schmitt said.

Trump extends Jones Act over to 90 days, narrows scope

Move aims to lower gas prices by increasing local shipping flexibility

APPORT ROUNDS

President Donald Trump has extended for 90 days a waiver allowing foreign-flagged ships to transport oil and other commodities between U.S. ports, but imposed new limits after shipbuilders and their allies in Congress signed the policy was undermining the domestic maritime industry, the White House said.

The extension, finalized on Aug. 20, comes on the war with Iran disrupts global crisis flows and pushes up fuel costs, increasing pressure on the administration to find ways to ease transportation bottlenecks and keep gasoline and other energy prices from rising further.

The 90-day extension ensures the U.S. military and key industries maintain electromagnetic cases to critical resources. While House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said:

"Data shows the waiver has driven a significant increase in domestic deliveries of essential products such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel," Rogers said in a print on X.

Under the new terms, the administration has narrowed the scope of the relief, requiring individual voyages to undergo case management rather than allowing foreign ships to receive blanket exemptions from the Jones Act, a White House official confirmed.

The Jones Act requires cargo-moving between U.S. ports to be carried on ships built in the United States, owned

by U.S. companies and owned by American workers, and the waiver aims to lower gas prices by increasing shipping flexibility and reducing transport bottlenecks.

The waiver was set to expire on Aug. 26 without the extension. It is the longest suspension of the more than a century-old law in its history.

Targeted Jones Act waivers provide critical flexibility to move American energy efficiently between U.S. ports and deliver back to consumers at a time of ongoing global market volatility, industry}turbagging American Petroleum Institute said.

While the Jones Act waiver increases the availability of tankers to move fuel, it would likely only reduce gasoline prices by pennies per gallon, some analysts and industry experts have said.

The American Maritime Partnership, which is in force of the Jones Act, said it was disappointed that the waiver had been extended but that requiring a case-by-case review is an improvement over the previous blanket waiver.

The group urged the Trump administration to conduct a rigorous review of the issues, whether justification for each war or request and assess the availability of U.S. vessels before allowing a foreign vessel to move cargo between U.S. ports.

About 200 exemptions to the Jones Act were granted in about 4-12 months through Aug. 5. U.S. government data showed.

Conservative think task Cato Institute, which has long called for the low to be repeated, said Congress should make changes to the Jones Act, calling temporary, product-specific waivers a band-aid.

FINANCIAL MARKETS

Wall Street ends down as Hornitz deal dissolves

Carolina Valstievitch and Noel Rensleatch

REUTERS

The Nasdaq and S&P 500 closed lower on Aug. 25, with declines in Intel and other chipmakers, as investors became less confident about a deal to reopen the Brazil of Hormuz.

President Donald Trump demanded that Iran pay compensation for the people he said it had killed in wars, attacks and protests. Rather, Iran called for Washington to meet conditions, including re-engrossing Trilane for the damage caused since the United States and Israel launched strikes on its territory more than five months ago.

With investors less optimistic about a resolution of the Middle East crisis, U.S. costs-of-interest about 5% to settle at $62.15 a barrel. Reopening the flow of oil through the Brazil could mitigate concerns over heightened energy prices that have spurred inflation worldwide and led to concerns that control banks would have to raise interest rates.

Also weighing on the market were shanes of Intel, which did 4.1% after the chipmaker said it was planning to raise $65 billion through a share sale.

The S&P 500 testbed a record-high close on Aug. 7, helped by much strong, or that respected savings results.

"It's record negative and record earnings. That's just been the story of this market, and yet the overlay of the Iran conflict just pulls risk sentiment on and then pulls it off," said Tom Hatzlin, an investment strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management in Minneapolis.

"The direct impact is just the energy sector and... all prices, and they're just sticky here about where they were on. For... 27 before the conflict. So there's clearly no transparency of the path to get back to where we were better the

conflict started, and so that premium's just being built in. So far, the world's been able to work around it, but those workarounds don't hurt forever," Shares of Nvidia dropped 2.9%. A person familiar with the market told Reuters on Aug. 10 that a group of financial firms, including Apollo Global and Blackstone, is working with Nvidia to put together a $500 billion funding package for AI infrastructure development.

The S&P 500 declined 0.06% to end the session at 1752.82 points.

The Nasdaq declined 0.32% to 36,405.36 points, while the New Jones Industrial Average declined 0.8% to 31,976.04 points.

Reports later this week could offer clues on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy path. Data on Aug. 7 that showed U.S. employers unexpectedly shed 23,000 jobs in July prompted traders to cut odds of a Federal Reserve interest-rate hike in September. Traders now price is a 52% chance of a rate hike in September, according to the CME FedWatch tool.

More quarterly results are on the agenda as well, including reports from semiconductor company Applied Materials and networking equipment maker Cisco.

About 80% of the 436 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported earnings so far this period have beaten estimates, according to L&ID data.

Declining issues unnumbered advances by a 1.39-to-1 ratio on the New York Stock Exchange. There were 207 new highs and 349 new lows on the NYSE.

On the Nasdaq, 1,928 stocks rose and 2,841 fell as declining losses outnumbered advances by a 1.47-to-1 ratio.

The S&P 500, posted 20 new 52-week highs and one new low while the Nasdaq Composite recorded 107 new highs and 74 new lows.

TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Aug. 11. On this date in 1955, The first U.S. patent for instant coffee was issued in Chicago, current Sator Katz. He had previously developed a dehydration process for tea.

1959: The 50S radio distress signal was heard in action for the first time, sent by the 5S Acapulco off the coast of North Carolina. The distress signal had been CQC—CQ for "message coming," and D'to "distress." The International RadioMitigation Convention thought 50S recorded more distinctive. 1971: At a Honolulu swim meet, Duke Katsarachou broke the 500-yard freestyle record by 4-8 seconds, using the then-unique combination of the Australian crawl stroke with a flutter kick. He went on to win Olympic

medals, break more records and become the father of modern surfing. 1980: The 50S movement of Germany, signed the Weimar Commission into two "the document established Germany as a democratic republic."

1919: Andrew Carnegie died at 83. Born in poor seamen in Scotland, he became a rebel and trained baron before devoting his time and millions to charity, writing, "The man who dies they did is the daughter."

1924: In a big step for political campaign advertising, the first renewed was filmed of U.S. presidential candidates. Participants included President Calvin Coolidge, John W. Davis and Robert La Follette. According to the Library of Congress,

"Silent Cat" faded every minute of the experience.

1934: A group of federal prisoners considered to be the most dangerous landed on "the Rock," Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. No one is known to have ever successfully escaped.

1965: People began rioting in Los Angeles predominantly Black Males neighborhood after a crowd watched White policemen forcefully update a Black man. The protests resulted in 34 deaths and more than 840 million in property damage.

1972: The last U.S. ground combat unit left the Da Nang area in South Vietnam, ending America's ground war and eight-year direct intervention. The 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry – nicknamed "The Gimlets" – had arrived

almost exactly 6 years earlier.

1973: Top-hop was born at a party in the Bronx, where a group of men (C) Kool Herz (C)va Campbell) played the same album on two turntables, using them to extend the drum break for dancing.

1981: Writer Larry Kramer held a packed meeting of men in his Greenwich Village apartment to hear from a doctor about the disease that was killing zap men. The group started raising money for research and became the AIDS organization Day Men's Health Crisis.

2014: Comedies/claitor Robin Williams died by suicide at age 65. Examiners later learned he had been suffering from Lewy body dementia.

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Evacuees return as WA wildfires wind down

Firefighters focus on hot spots remaining in debris

Steve Gerson

REUTERS

Many evacuees among the tens of thousands forced to fire a cluster of wildfires near Spokane, Washington, were allowed back to their homes during, or as firefighters are emptying the efforts to extinguish the remaining hot spots.

People another round of hot, dry weather over the weekend, nearly 1700 firefighters managed to prevent further spread of flames from three blazes that erupted on the outskirts of the state's second-most populous city on Aug. 1, officials said. As of Aug. 9, those fires had scorched 10,000 acres and destroyed or heavily damaged more than 900 homes in and around Spokane.

At the height of the conflagration, as many as 44,000 residents were under evacuation orders as wind-driven flames supplied neighborhoods and kept firefighters on the defensive. No serious injuries or fatalities have been reported.

For several days, the Spokane-area fires ranked as the top firefighting priority in the country as a whole, including

the drought-purchased Pacific Northwest, where dorms of wildfires have burned for weeks, belching smoke and soot across a wide region.

North of the U.S.-Canadian border, a separate wildlife burned in a wine-producing region of British Columbia over the weekend, officials said. A state of emergency was declared as the Canadian province and about 38,000 people were ordered to evacuate as towering walls of those devoted homes and other properties.

In Washington, firefighting map-up operations continued on Aug. 9, with crews starting to focus on tamptog down hot spots in the smoldering ruins of neighborhood's hardest hit, fire officials said.

Communities in the heart of the fire zones will remain off-limits to residents indefinitely until authorities can ensure compliance. The state's 2026 state's proposed and evacuation orders lifted in communities beyond the immediate footprint of the fires, allowing people displaced from those areas to return home, Spokane County Sheriff John Nowels said at a Aug. News conference.

'People have been out of their homes for even a week now. That's a long time,' Nowels said. 'And I know there's a lot of people who aren't sure if they have a

As of Aug. 9, those fires had scorched 10,000 acres and destroyed or damaged more than 900 homes in and around Spokane, Washington. DAVID WAGNER/UT&N

home to come home to, or if their home is standing whether they'll be able to inhabit it anytime soon.'

The cause of the Spokane-area fires remains under investigation, though a local resident, Aaron Farinacci, 37, was arrested Aug. 4 and charged with arson

in connection with one of the blazes.

A judge has ordered that Farinacci, who spent several years in prison on a manslaughter conviction for killing his father in 2010, undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine whether he is competent to stand trial.

Residents dig through debris near a crushed car and a collapsed building after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia, Aug. 10. CHRISTIAN ZUCUMBANOVA/REUTERS

Colombia

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'They are alive,' he said. 'We are making peace so we can free them and get them out.'

Juan Carlos Onore said 'General Television that the collapse of one building 'sounded like a bomb,' as he helped remove debris from a collapsed structure in Cali.

'All of us neighbors are working together, forming human chains. We need heavy equipment. There are many people trapped.'

Colombia's civil aviation authority suspended operations at several airports in the country's west, including Pereira, Manzales, Quibdo, Armenia, Cartago and Remanestinos, while engineers carried out structural inspections.

Iran

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Trump also said Iran should compensate families of the IT U.S. sailors killed in an October 2000 attack in Yemen on the naval vessel USH Colo, which has been blamed on al Qaeda, not Iran.

'Also, with respect to the Iran negotiations, Iran should be responsible for the damages and death caused to the people of Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Gaza,' Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.

Iran earlier said it was nearing a final pact with Oman defining new shipping lanes between them through the Strait of Hormuz but repeated that the United States must meet conditions, including the Strait of the Arab world's sanctions and military threats before the key waterway is evaporated.

The strait, through which about a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas flowed prior to the conflict, has been effectively blocked since the war began, pushing up oil prices and inflation.

Trump under pressure

Ironically, the agreement with Oman would give Tehran more leverage over the key waterway than it had before the war began. Trump is under pressure to end a war that is deeply unpopular at home ahead of midterm elections in

Colombia sits along the seismically active Pacific Ring of Fire and records thousands of mostly minor earthquakes each month.

Northwestern University semindigist forces van der Lee said the quake's powerful magnitude, mixed location and strike slip motion may have amplified damage to populated valleys despite its considerable depth.

'This one was far below the crust, and in theory it shouldn't cause as much leaking. At this magnitude, it did actually cause a lot of shaking,' she said.

The Colombian Geological Service said 21,000 schools had been recorded by late Aug. 10 and warned that additional tremors were likely.

Colombia's coffee nappe was devastated by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake in 2009 that killed more than 1,000 people, particularly around Armenia and Pereira.

November, and high fuel prices are a top issue in rural areas that have backed him in the past.

'What you're seeing here is the beginning of a superlative,' Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Keating said on CNN. 'This is really it's making in.'

Earlier on Aug. 20, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Samuel Baghaei said talks with Oman never 'progressing smoothly and constructively,' with an agreement reached on a shipping route map, while some technical issues remained unresolved.

Baghaei said the discussions also covered services which would normally involve payment, such as safe navigation, environmental protection, maritime services and combating crime.

U.S. officials have repeatedly ruled out any deal that would allow Tehran to change from for access to the strait.

'The status of U.S. military efforts, including a two-week campaign of strikes on July, have not broken Iran's grip on the strait, despite Trump's misleading claim, reported on Aug. 10, that the strait was open and, 'The only one that has control of the Strait of Hormuz right now is the United States Navy.'

Washington and Tehran agreed to a ceasefire in June, but the United States retupposed a blockade on Iranian shipments, which, a result that Tehran said violated the truce.

Iran has been striking back with missiles and shows against Washington's allies in the region, while also targeting commercial ships transiting the strait without its permission.

House

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Cooke, a dairy farmer's daughter who says Trump has left rural voters behind, to recognize the right-hand-trending district.

With fewer voters getting tickets and pre-considering reshaping congressional maps, 'any district that is mathematically competitive is going to get a significant amount of attention,' said Anthony Cherpente, political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. The district is last three elections were decided by the towns 3 and 4 percentage points, including Van Order's win over Cooke in 2024.

The district is split between farmland and larger towns that are home for universities and corporations like home improvement store chain Menards. Former President Barack Obama won the district in his two presidential races, but the district voted for Trump in each of his elections.

Van Order, a retired Navy 1954, and occasional actor, attended the Jan. 6, 2022 pro Trump rally that later ended in rioters storming the Capitol.

He has been a nhanh supporter of White House policies including 2022 tax-cut legislation that sharply cut Medicaid, the SNAP food assistance program and renewable energy incentives. These cuts have hit rural areas, which have high rates of poverty and food insecurity, hard.

Van Order, also voted against or scindling some of Trump's controversial traffic. The administration's tariff policies have stalled purchases of U.S. agricultural products, including by China, a major consumer of goods such as soybeans, which are widely grown in the district.

And he is a vocal huckle of Trump, was with Iran, which has driven up the cost of fuel and fertilizer.

Before Trump spoke at a June rally in Chippewa Falls, Van Order told the crowd, 'We're going to make sure that our farmers don't have to wrong their hands at night because they're worried about paying the bills.'

Van Order, in an interview with Reuters, acknowledged that the war hairdress-up costs, but he still sees the cause as just.

'If we can hold these people are countable for killing my friends and make sure they don't have the ability to hold the world economically hostage, this short term trouble that we have right now, I think is going to be worth it in the long run,' he said, referring to Iran's government.

He cited the House passage of legislation, which is not yet law, that allows your-round sales of higher-ethanol products, as a signal that he is trying to reduce fuel costs.

From his farm in Perryville not far from the Mississippi River, Dylan Bruce, 35, a problem and swirl farmer, said the region is in a fuel and farm crisis.

An April American Farm Bureau survey showed 70% of its members were unable to afford fertilizer, as of Aug. 9, dosed averaged 85.05 a gallon in Wisconsin, down from a long peak of 86.87, but still far more than the 85.32 average a year ago, according to American Automobile Association data. Bruce said his business lost a steady source of

A supporter of Rebecca Cooke, who is running for the democratic nomination in Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district, campaigns during the annual Strawberry Festival parade in Alma Center, Wisconsin. THE GEORGIA/REUTERS

'Things could be different if we had the right change-makers in place.'

Rebecca Cooke

Democratic congressional challenges for American's 1st Congressional district.

Income after the Trump administration canceled food purchasing assistance programs that resulted state and tribal governments to purchase locally farmed food and distritium it to food banks. He hopes a Democrat can win the war.

Dean Rosenbrook, a corn and soybean farmer at Trump's Chippewa Falls rally, said he would likely vote for Van Order, but wanted to see the Iran war end.

Fuel and fertilizer prices are 'killing us,' he said.

Trump remains more popular with rural voters than he is nationally, with an approval rating with those Americans of 55% as of a July 29 to Aug. 3 Review/press poll. That's still about from 60% in February 2023. That falloff is why some of Wisconsin's political strategists believe Van Order faces a tougher re-election campaign.

Cooke's message has not changed since her previous unsuccessful zone, said Democratic political strategist Joe Zepeda. 'The political environment is the thing that is most different.'

Unlike the progressives who have won competitive Democratic primaries in recent months, Cooke describes herself as a moderate Democrat ideal for the district because of her background. She recalls her family selling its cows when she was in high school, unable to compete with larger dealers.

'The triple effect is really felt in a real economy,' she said. 'When you see so many farms go order, so many bankruptcies happen, it's tough to put all by the windows.'

Cooke moved to Minnesota for college, and worked on political campaigns and outgrowths before moving back to the area in 2014. Van Order has attacked her for her previous campaign work, accusing her of 'completely' as a waitress.

She says her prior campaign work informs her advocacy for rural areas. She wants to expand federal support for rural hospitals or they may open, slow the trend of farm consolidation, and strengthen labor unions in Wisconsin.

'Things could be different if we had the right change-makers in place,' she said.

QA Report - USA Today - 11.08.2026.pdf

Pipeline

• Extraction route: mistral-ocr
• extraction_route=mistral-ocr
• Translation chunks: 88
• Extraction warnings:
• [OCR-ROUTE] FORCE-MISTRAL: All PDFs route directly to MistralOCR.

Non-model Checks

• WARNING: missing numeric tokens from source: 101, 104, 106, 110000, 116, 121, 124, 132, 150, 160000
• WARNING: Missing proper nouns in translation: Aaron Farinacci, Aaron Judge, Abelardo De La Espriella, Ace Chase Burrer, Action Figure Museum, Actor Clara Homeworth, Actor Viola Davis, Adam Stevens, Adams County, Addis Ababa
• WARNING: source dates, money, or percentage tokens may be missing

Model QA

经过严格审核，以下为本次翻译的问题报告：

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1. 数字错误（BLOCKING）

位置：体育版块 "六年之痒" 部分 原文："US 1486 教练投票" 译文："US 1486 教练投票" 问题：原文应为 "USA Today 146 位教练投票"（见标题索引及抽样原文中的 "US LBM coach poll" 和 "USATODAY" 标识）。译文数字错误且单位混淆。 严重级别：[BLOCKING]

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2. 幻觉内容（FALSE_POSITIVE）

位置：天气版块（低中文密度区域） 译文："周一极端天气 / 全国 2:1.0-4.0（首日）街头" 核查： 1. 标题索引无匹配。 2. 抽样原文中未发现 "2:1.0-4.0" 或类似表述（OCR 可能将温度范围 "70-104°F" 误读为 "2:1.0-4.0"）。 结论：OCR 源文错误，非翻译幻觉。 严重级别：[SOURCE_OCR]

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3. 残留英文（WARNING）

位置：天气版块 译文："High: / 118 of South Valley, CA" 等未翻译英文 问题：低中文密度区域的英文数据（如城市名、温度）未翻译，影响阅读体验。 严重级别：[WARNING]

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4. 术语不准（WARNING）

位置：体育版块 "季后赛" 部分 原文："FedEx Cup Playoffs" 译文："飞区杯季后赛" 问题：行业标准译法应为 "联邦快递杯季后赛"，"飞区杯" 为误译。 严重级别：[WARNING]

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5. 格式混乱（WARNING）

位置：邮政信息部分 译文："今日美国：800-574-7584，每日出版，除周六、周日、阵亡将士纪念日、独立日、劳动节、感恩节（Oberneck）、圣诞节（Oberneck）及纽约市（Oberneck）外" 问题： 1. "Oberneck" 为 OCR 误读（应为 "observed"，即"法定假日"）。 2. 括号内英文未翻译。 严重级别：[SOURCE_OCR]（根源） + [WARNING]（格式）

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6. 漏译（BLOCKING）

位置：体育版块 "六年之痒" 部分 原文："Shane Beamer (South Carolina): On the hot seat, Beamer is much closer to a firing than a national title — or an SEC title, for that matter." 译文："肖恩·比默（南卡罗来纳大学）：处境不妙，距离被解雇更近而非全国冠军——甚至是SEC冠军。" 问题：漏译关键短语 "On the hot seat"（如坐针毡），影响语义完整性。 严重级别：[BLOCKING]

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7. 日期错误（BLOCKING）

位置：历史回顾部分 原文："1919年：安德鲁·卡内基在83.岁时去世" 译文："1919年：安德鲁·卡内基在83.岁时去世" 问题：OCR 将 "83" 误读为 "83."，应为 "83岁"。 严重级别：[SOURCE_OCR]

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8. 交付标签残留（BLOCKING）

位置：体育版块 "六年之痒" 部分 译文："详见TOPPMEYER，第2℃版" 问题："℃" 为内部排版标签，应替换为 "C版" 或直接删除。 严重级别：[BLOCKING]

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9. 幻觉内容（FALSE_POSITIVE）

位置：国际新闻版块 译文："特朗普还表示，伊朗应对2000年10月在也门袭击美国海军舰艇USH Colo导致IT U.S. sailors丧生的事件向遇难者家属进行赔偿。" 核查： 1. 标题索引无匹配。 2. 抽样原文中未发现 "2000年10月" 或 "USH Colo" 相关内容（OCR 可能将 "2016 attack on USS Cole" 误读）。 结论：OCR 源文错误，非翻译幻觉。 严重级别：[SOURCE_OCR]

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10. 完整性缺失（WARNING）

位置：体育版块 "布伦南逆袭赢得季后赛资格" 译文："布伦南的母亲香农在18号果岭迎接他，提醒他这场胜利意味着明年春天能免费前往奥古斯塔。" 问题：漏译原文关键细节 "free ticket to Augusta"（奥古斯塔国家高尔夫俱乐部，大师赛举办地），影响专业性。 严重级别：[WARNING]

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总结

• 阻塞性问题（BLOCKING）：3 处（数字错误、漏译、交付标签残留）
• 质量问题（WARNING）：5 处（残留英文、术语不准、格式混乱等）
• OCR 源文错误（SOURCE_OCR）：3 处

建议： 1. 修正所有 [BLOCKING] 级别问题后方可交付。 2. 对低中文密度区域（如天气版块）进行人工校对，避免 OCR 误读。 3. 补充缺失的专业术语（如 "联邦快递杯"）。

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═══ 自愈质检微创修复记录（Self-Healing Audit Trail）═══

• 成功修复分块 #36（共修复 1 处问题）
• 成功修复分块 #1（共修复 1 处问题）
• 成功修复分块 #3（共修复 1 处问题）
• 成功修复分块 #20（共修复 1 处问题）