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North Carolina state trooper charged with murder of police captain

Nekime Matu Oxendine accused of first-degree murder of Adam Bean, shot and killed in apparent domestic dispute A North Carolina state highway patrol trooper has been charged with the murder of the captain of a county sheriff’s office. Cumberland county Capt Adam Bean was shot and killed on 27 March at a home in the town of Hope Mills. A grand jury on Tuesday indicted Nekime Matu Oxendine, 44, with first-degree murder in Bean’s death, and a judge ordered him held without bond pending the outcome of the case. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Marina Dunbar11 Sept

Jakob Ingebrigtsen soars to Ultimate 5,000m success at new championships

Norwegian leaves rival Hocker trailing to claim $150,000 Briton Jazmin Sawyers second in the women’s long jump It is a scene that has become gloriously familiar down the years. Jakob Ingebrigtsen leaving the world’s best athletes gasping in his slipstream, holding one finger in the air, revelling in his athletic genius. But this victory over 5,000m at the inaugural Ultimate Championships carried extra sweetness – and spice. The sweetness? That came from winning a mammoth first prize of $150,000. And the spice? Well, that was provided by the way Ingebrigtsen utterly obliterated his great American rival Cole Hocker, a man he had branded a “coward” just a week ago. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Sean Ingle in Budapest11 Sept

Los Angeles to memorialize late mountain lion P-22 with sculpture in Griffith Park

The wild feline made its home in the park before being euthanized in 2022 after showing signs of declining health The city of Los Angeles will memorialize its most famous mountain lion with a bronze sculpture at Griffith Park, the 4,200-acre (1,700-hectare) stretch of land the cougar once roamed. Known as “P-22”, the number assigned by the team of biologists that first identified him, the lion gained national fame after photographer Steve Winter captured an iconic image of him prowling through Griffith Park with the Hollywood sign in the background. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Roque Planas11 Sept

Company hired for Trump’s reflecting pool makeover reportedly admits flaws in plan

Atlantic Industrial Coatings was given $14.7m no-bid contract and its findings contradict president’s claims of vandalism The company hired to renovate the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool has acknowledged that “human oversight” and flaws in the repair plan caused the newly installed blue liner to peel and tear, according to documents reviewed by the New York Times that challenge Donald Trump’s repeated claims of vandalism. The president has repeatedly said vandals armed with knives or box cutters were responsible for tearing apart the pool’s “American flag blue” liner. But documents reviewed by the Times show that Atlantic Industrial Coatings, the company awarded the renovation contract, blamed its own execution of the repair work and a flawed design plan. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Marina Dunbar11 Sept

‘A perfect storm’: Trescothick refuses to blame England bowlers after Razaullah’s onslaught

Pakistan’s ninth-wicket pair put on 121 in 123 balls ‘You’ve got to give a bit more credit to them’ Marcus Trescothick described Pakistan’s late-innings onslaught as a “perfect storm”, after the 21-year-old debutant Razaullah and the 36-year-old Mohammad Abbas combined to score 121 off 123 balls and force a fraying England to come in on the fourth day to chase a target of 130. The interim coach refused to characterise England’s frequently puzzling efforts in the field as embarrassing as Razaullah plundered nine sixes and four fours on his way to a score of 81, and Abbas two sixes – as many as he had scored in 46 career Test innings before the start of this series – in his 42, insisting: “You’ve got to give a bit more credit to them [rather] than trying to target everything that we’ve tried to do.” Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Simon Burnton at Edgbaston11 Sept

Republican seeking to implicate Abdul El-Sayed over 9/11 voted twice against benefits for first responders

Mike Rogers has also helped kill other bills that would have provided healthcare to responders and survivors Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican US Senate candidate, has sought in recent weeks to create controversy over old tweets his Democratic opponent, Abdul El-Sayed posted about 9/11. He has for example, falsely suggested El-Sayed, who is Muslim, said the US deserved the attack. But, as critics have noted, Rogers has twice voted against healthcare and other benefits for 9/11 first responders and survivors, congressional records show. He has also helped kill other bills that would have provided benefits and healthcare to first responders nationwide. Rogers, a former member of Congress, is vying for Michigan’s open US Senate seat in a tight race that could decide control of Congress during the next session. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Tom Perkins11 Sept

Arizona accuses L’Oréal of concealing cancer risks linked to hair relaxers

Democratic attorney general seeks damages and penalties in legal action that echoes thousands of similar suits Arizona has sued L’Oréal that the French cosmetics company hid evidence that its hair relaxer products ⁠could cause cancer in women – echoing thousands of similar lawsuits from users and their families. Arizona attorney general Kristin Mayes , a ⁠Democrat, filed the lawsuit late ⁠on Thursday in ​state court. The lawsuit makes Arizona the first state to sue over alleged cancer risks linked to hair relaxers. It also alleges that L’Oréal is violating ⁠state consumer protection laws by marketing the hair relaxer products that are used predominantly by African American women without warning consumers about the alleged risks of ovarian and uterine cancers. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Reuters11 Sept

Arizona accuses L’Oréal of concealing cancer risks linked to hair relaxers

Democratic attorney general seeks damages and penalties in legal action that echoes thousands of similar suits Arizona has sued L’Oréal that the French cosmetics company hid evidence that its hair relaxer products ⁠could cause cancer in women – echoing thousands of similar lawsuits from users and their families. Arizona attorney general Kristin Mayes , a ⁠Democrat, filed the lawsuit late ⁠on Thursday in ​state court. The lawsuit makes Arizona the first state to sue over alleged cancer risks linked to hair relaxers. It also alleges that L’Oréal is violating ⁠state consumer protection laws by marketing the hair relaxer products that are used predominantly by African American women without warning consumers about the alleged risks of ovarian and uterine cancers. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Reuters11 Sept

Federal court rejects Trump order keeping Michigan coal plant open

A federal court is declaring that the energy department exceeded its authority when it forced a Michigan power plant to stay open past its scheduled retirement date In a defeat for the Trump administration, a federal court on Friday ruled that the energy department exceeded its authority when it forced a Michigan coal-fired power plant to stay open past its scheduled retirement date last year. Energy secretary Chris Wright had said the 64-year-old JH Campbell Generating Plant was needed to ensure reliable electricity in the region, and he used emergency powers to keep it operating. Environmental groups and three states – Michigan, Illinois and Minnesota – went to court to try to overturn orders keeping the plant online. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Associated Press11 Sept

Ballon d’Or shortlist shows up Premier League’s attacking failings – but tide could be turning

English top flight’s forwards are not well represented on the list, reflecting a season of set-piece grapple, but 2026-27 already looks brighter Premier League representation is low when it comes to the 16 attacking players on this year’s Ballon d’Or shortlist . Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes and Manchester City’s Erling Haaland are there but Cole Palmer, one of the nominees in 2025, is out after an injury-hit year and English football’s shift towards physicality and set pieces last season is summed up by none of the forwards from the best team in the country making the cut. The trio giving Arsenal a presence – Gabriel Maghalhães, Declan Rice and William Saliba – are all defensive minded. Arsenal won the league but their forwards are not regarded as elite. Injuries played a part, denying Martin Ødegaard, Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka fluency, but Mikel Arteta’s side were not loved by neutrals. There was respect rather than admiration for their defensive rigour. There was an argument that a lack of ambition after going 1-0 up stopped Arsenal from beating Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Jacob Steinberg11 Sept

Ballon d’Or shortlist shows up Premier League’s attacking failings – but tide could be turning

English top flight’s forwards are not well represented on the list, reflecting a season of set-piece grapple, but 2026-27 already looks brighter Premier League representation is low when it comes to the 16 attacking players on this year’s Ballon d’Or shortlist . Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes and Manchester City’s Erling Haaland are there but Cole Palmer, one of the nominees in 2025, is out after an injury-hit year and English football’s shift towards physicality and set pieces last season is summed up by none of the forwards from the best team in the country making the cut. The trio giving Arsenal a presence – Gabriel Maghalhães, Declan Rice and William Saliba – are all defensive minded. Arsenal won the league but their forwards are not regarded as elite. Injuries played a part, denying Martin Ødegaard, Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka fluency, but Mikel Arteta’s side were not loved by neutrals. There was respect rather than admiration for their defensive rigour. There was an argument that a lack of ambition after going 1-0 up stopped Arsenal from beating Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Jacob Steinberg11 Sept

Kobbie Mainoo moves from outsider to main man after summer of hurt

England reached World Cup semis yet midfielder did not play a minute. But he is key to Manchester United in derby It was a sight the England press pack became increasingly used to seeing after the team’s World Cup matches over the summer. Kobbie Mainoo was invariably the first to leave the dressing room, walk through the mixed zone – eyes dead ahead, features impassive – and board the bus. It was as if he could not get out of the stadiums quick enough and the further England progressed the more pronounced it started to feel. There was a real gap between Mainoo and the next England player to depart the stadium in the knockout rounds . The Manchester United midfielder is inscrutable, even in the heat of battle. It is part of his enviably unflappable temperament. It was no great leap to imagine what lay behind the mask – tremendous frustration as Thomas Tuchel kept on leaving him out. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•David Hytner11 Sept

Kobbie Mainoo moves from outsider to main man after summer of hurt

England reached World Cup semis yet midfielder did not play a minute. But he is key to Manchester United in derby It was a sight the England press pack became increasingly used to seeing after the team’s World Cup matches over the summer. Kobbie Mainoo was invariably the first to leave the dressing room, walk through the mixed zone – eyes dead ahead, features impassive – and board the bus. It was as if he could not get out of the stadiums quick enough and the further England progressed the more pronounced it started to feel. There was a real gap between Mainoo and the next England player to depart the stadium in the knockout rounds . The Manchester United midfielder is inscrutable, even in the heat of battle. It is part of his enviably unflappable temperament. It was no great leap to imagine what lay behind the mask – tremendous frustration as Thomas Tuchel kept on leaving him out. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•David Hytner11 Sept

England not picking a spinner feels like going out for a walk without an umbrella

Dan Lawrence eventually took a wicket but the lack of a specialist was keenly felt on a day when Pakistan dug in against an all-pace attack At half-past-two in the afternoon the fans struck up a conga in the Hollies Stand. Fifteen Fred Flintstones, 11 Oompa Loompas with one Willy Wonka, five cardinals with an inflatable doll, four centurions, three six-foot bottles of tequila, two Dave Bedfords, one Geri Halliwell, one Donald Trump, and a Dolly Parton bringing up the rear. Out in the middle, England’s four fast bowlers were flogging an endless succession of back-of-length balls at the Pakistani middle order, who blocked and ducked and slashed and cut. It was round about this moment that the Pakistanis could, perhaps, have been forgiven for asking whether English cricket was quite the force we’ve all been led to believe these last few weeks. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Andy Bull at Edgbaston11 Sept

US officials declare multi-state cyclospora outbreak over

Outbreak was linked to iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms, which infected 12,882 people and led to two deaths The US’s largest recorded multi-state outbreak of sickness caused by the cyclospora parasite has ended, federal health officials announced on Friday. The record outbreak of cyclosporiasis was linked to processed iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms in central Mexico, which infected 12,883 people across 21 states and led to 570 hospitalizations and two deaths. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Maya Yang and agency11 Sept

Razaullah lights up for Pakistan to slow down England’s victory march in third Test

England to chase 130 after No 9 smashes 81 Masood, Babar and Azan hit half-centuries Much has been made of the four-pronged pace attack that England have switched to since the mid-summer retirement of Ben Stokes, even comparisons with the fabled line-up that won the 2005 Ashes. But there have been questions, too. How, for example, might they fare when conditions are not as juicy as those in which they have routinely gutted Pakistan’s batting line-up in this series? Would the lack of a frontline spinner be a problem on days when the Dukes ball is not drunkenly lurching this way and that off its wobbling seam? Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Ali Martin at Edgbaston11 Sept

US Open tennis 2026 men’s semi-final: Alexander Zverev v Karen Khachanov – live

Updates from first men’s semi-final at 8pm BST, 3pm EST Andrew Lawrence: in praise of five-set tennis | Mail Billy Before we get into the buildup for the men’s singles, Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend have just been crowned women’s doubles champions at Flushing Meadows after coming back to beat Robin Montgomery and Ashlyn Krueger 5-7 6-0 6-2 in the final on Arthur Ashe. The No 1 seeds have completed the career grand slam after winning Wimbledon in 2024, the Australian Open in 2025 and the French Open earlier this year. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Billy Munday11 Sept

Man sacked by Grand Theft Auto maker believes employees were put on ‘watch list’

UK employment tribunal examines whether Rockstar Games unlawfully fired 31 staff for trade union activity A worker fired by the makers of Grand Theft Auto has said he believed employees were put on a “watch list” after signing a petition about remote working. Dayne Oram told an employment tribunal in Glasgow examining whether Rockstar Games unlawfully fired 31 employees for trade union activity on Friday that he thought the company started keeping an eye on a group of workers after the petition was sent to leadership in 2023. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Patrick Greenfield11 Sept

Man sacked by Grand Theft Auto maker believes employees were put on ‘watch list’

UK employment tribunal examines whether Rockstar Games unlawfully fired 31 staff for trade union activity A worker fired by the makers of Grand Theft Auto has said he believed employees were put on a “watch list” after signing a petition about remote working. Dayne Oram told an employment tribunal in Glasgow examining whether Rockstar Games unlawfully fired 31 employees for trade union activity on Friday that he thought the company started keeping an eye on a group of workers after the petition was sent to leadership in 2023. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Patrick Greenfield11 Sept