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Down the shore Photo: Joan Fine A show-stopping late-summer sunset at Barnegat Lighthouse State Park in N.J., snapped by reader Joan Fine.

There's a book club for that Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios Americans may be reading less, but bookstores are thriving and book clubs are bringing people together. Book club events on Eventbrite jumped 33% during the first half of this year compared with the same time last year, Axios' Sami Sparber reports. 👀 The intrigue: The book club boom has been largely driven by "hyper niche" meetups that bring together readers who love the same genres or have the same hobbies, Eventbrite says. Readers are lacing up corsets and attaching prosthetic fairy ears to gather with fellow fans of the red-hot "romantasy" genre. They're reading together silently, sometimes not even the same book. Indie bookstores are hosting clubs for people who want to craft while they discuss books. 👻 Case in point: At Atlanta bookstore Offbeat Books, each book club has its own vibe, owner Lindsi Bollinger tells Axios. The horror club spills into movie talk, while the nonfiction club is run "pretty much like a classroom," with PowerPoints, a projector and discussion questions. There's also a "weird girl" reading group — part of a literary trend celebrating books with messy, strange, complicated female protagonists. 👥 Between the lines: Book clubs are also getting a lift as younger people get more into offline hobbies and in-person hangouts. "One of my favorite parts of book club is when we have ended the book club and people are just talking to each other … maybe making plans outside of the book club," says Hannah Mathews, a bookseller at Offbeat Books who facilitates the "weird girl" club.

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Here is an example of why the KJV is less than perfect: Lu 5:6 And when they had this done, they inclosed <4788> a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. Ro 11:32 For God hath concluded <4788> them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. Ga 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded <4788> all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. Ga 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up <4788> unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. This word #4788 is used four times in the NT. It is translated 3 different ways. In Galatians, even though the word is used in consecutive verses, it is translated with different words. Note here: Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. KJV Note the brackets. This is an interpretation / translation choice by the KJV translators, likely wrong, considering the context "So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came...." RSV, ESV NRSV. According to the revised versions, the law served until Christ came." In line with this, the following verse says we are no longer under the guardian/schoolmaster. The KJV ignores the idea that the Law served only until Christ came, even though the verse following indicates that as well. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] unto Christ,.... KJV So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came.... RSV

💵 J Street's AIPAC-backed targets Illustration: Sarah Grillo / Axios The liberal pro-Israel group J Street is launching a $3 million offensive against five AIPAC-backed Republicans in some of the nation's most competitive midterm races, we've learned. Why it matters: The battle over Israel, which roiled Democratic primaries and fueled tens of millions of dollars in outside spending, is spilling into the general election and pitting two pro-Israel groups against each other. 🚗 Driving the news: The J Street Action Fund is targeting Georgia Senate candidate Mike Collins, Reps. Max Miller of Ohio, Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin, Ryan Mackenzie of Pennsylvania and Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa. 🥊 It's the first time J Street has gone on offense against AIPAC-backed incumbents across a significant number of competitive races. 💰 And the investment is the largest super PAC expenditure in J Street's history. (Collins has received AIPAC's support in the past, but so far not in his current Senate bid.) Between the lines: AIPAC and J Street have long represented competing visions of what it means to be pro-Israel, but their rivalry has intensified this cycle as divisions over Israel deepen in both parties. Both are pro-Israel, but J Street is more critical of the Israeli government than AIPAC. — Alex Isenstadt

⭐️ Johnson spotlights Dems Speaker Mike Johnson's super PAC is spending big to give little-known Democratic challengers main-character energy — or at least starring roles in 30-second campaign ads. Why it matters: Trump wants to make the election about himself. The Congressional Leadership Fund — a super PAC affiliated with Johnson (R-La.) — is keeping the focus squarely on the Democrats running for Congress. 👉 The two strategies aren't necessarily at odds. But they offer different answers to the central question of the 2026 midterms: Is this election a referendum on Trump or a choice between individual candidates? ✅ Driving the news: Put CLF in the choice category. The super PAC has reserved new ads in eight congressional districts as it spends down its $175 million budget. It's now up in 15 districts. ✂️ The group is cutting bespoke attacks in a national campaign, with tailored ads for individual candidates and districts, drawing on on-the-ground research. The messaging varies, but the goal is the same: Elevate the Democratic candidate and define them before they can define themselves. The other side: The Democrats' main super PAC, House Majority PAC, is currently spending in 11 races — with considerably more thematic consistency. HMP wants to tie Republican candidates to the president and his policies, arguing that two years of MAGA rule have left voters paying more for health care, groceries and gas. Democrats aren't trying to make their opponents famous so much as make them part of the Trump brand — and responsible for his policies. 🔎 Zoom in: In a 30-second ad attacking JoAnna Mendoza, who is challenging Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.) in AZ-06, CLF mentions Mendoza's name four times. "This is JoAnna Mendoza. Her job — an extreme liberal lobbyist," the narrator opens. "Because liberal lobbyist JoAnna Mendoza is not looking out for you." It's the first salvo in the $2.9 million CLF has reserved in AZ-06, according to AdImpact. Democrats want to link GOP incumbents to the costs voters see in their everyday lives. "When I got the notice about my premiums going up, it stopped me in my tracks," a woman says as she jogs through a neighborhood in an HMP ad, part of a $6.4 million reservation to defeat Rep. Gabe Evans (R-Colo.). "For some they are doubling — all because Gabe Evans cast the deciding vote for Trump's billionaire tax cut." 🌎 Zoom out: The GOP super PAC is mostly playing defense. Democrats are leaning more heavily into offense. Nine of CLF's 15 ads are aimed at protecting Republican incumbents, while five target sitting Democratic lawmakers. One is focused on the open Nebraska seat being vacated by retiring Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.). By contrast, just two of HMP's first 11 ads are devoted to protecting Democratic incumbents. Seven target sitting Republican lawmakers, with the remaining two focused on open seats. The bottom line: Republicans are offering concierge attack service — targeted messages for each Democratic candidate. The format of Democrats' ads is closer to "a noun, a verb and Donald Trump": Tie Republicans to the president and make them answer for his policies. — Hans Nichols

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Fighting With Family (Andrew Harnik / Getty)   View in browser When Donald Trump looks at a map, he doesn’t see nations. He sees property. All of those pretty colors do not represent actual places filled with human beings who have distinct cultures, languages, and histories; the planet, to Trump, is a big board game, like Risk or Monopoly. Greenland isn’t a real location—it’s a valuable chunk of territory nestled between Boardwalk and Park Place. The Strait of Hormuz isn’t an international waterway—it’s a thing to control somewhere between Kamchatka and East Africa. This inability to grasp the existence of independent nations drives the president to fury when countries and their governments refuse to play along with his delusions. Trump cannot understand why Iran won’t bend to his will, why NATO won’t instantly obey his orders, why South Korea and Japan won’t just write checks or provide troops on demand. The only people Trump seems to respect are the autocrats in Beijing and Moscow and Pyongyang who, like him, view the world as a brutal competition for power and territory. Now Trump has declared economic war on Canada, a nation that has vexed him for years. Even by the standards of Trump’s many fixations, his obsession with Canada has become not only weird but truly destructive. He has opened a giant political and economic rift with one of America’s biggest trading partners, a sister nation, and an ally in the common defense of North America and Europe. Why does Trump hate Canada so much? We can only speculate about what goes on in the president’s head, but his actions suggest a pattern. When Trump is frustrated about something he can’t control, he lashes out at friends harder than he does enemies. He took out his anger about the Epstein files on legislators from his own party, even though he had campaigned on releasing those documents. Stymied by Iran on multiple fronts, Trump decided to blame South Korea for not helping him, and curtailed military exercises with a vital U.S. ally. (This decision also had the side benefit of allowing Trump to make another embarrassing overture to the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, a bromantic gesture that went unreciprocated.) Trump values absolute loyalty over everything else—not that he always returns it—and he detests any sign that others, especially those who are supposed to be his friends and allies, might have views and interests of their own. The American economy is stalling, and Trump’s poll numbers are in the basement, so the next obvious move is to pick a huge fight with a nation that is essentially family to Americans. Canada is most definitely a foreign country, which is one reason I like to visit. (Go ahead—try to find a convenience store in America that sells Aero chocolate bars or wine gums.) But to the utterly incurious Trump, it probably looks like an extension of upstate New York. Canada and America are bound by deep cultural and historical bonds, but ironically, the superficial similarities are likely driving much of Trump’s vitriol. How dare these people—whose country is, to him, just a cheap knockoff of America—defy him! After all, most of Canada speaks English; its cities look like ours (if definitely cleaner); we share pop stars and TV shows; they even call their money “the dollar,” despite its colorful look and plasticky feel. Canada, in the president’s eyes, is less a sovereign nation than a real-estate parcel he forgot to buy because it’s in a neighborhood he never visits. The fact that Canada is led by someone Trump accidentally helped put in office probably irks him too. Early last year, Canada’s Liberal Party had been in power for 10 years and was facing a huge defeat in what seemed to be an impending “change” election. Trump, as usual, could not control himself when it came to the internal politics of an allied nation: He imposed tariffs during the lead-up to the Canadian vote while banging on about making Canada the 51st state. The Liberal leader Mark Carney—an unflappable public figure who is completely different from Trump in both temperament and intellect—pivoted quickly and campaigned on standing up to the American president. Carney almost overnight went from a no-hoper to prime minister. And now he has shown that he is perfectly willing to retaliate against Trump’s policies rather than fold. If Trump wants tariffs, Carney will provide them—in spades. Imagine how all of this looks to Trump, who has made clear that Canada shouldn’t even exist as an independent state. I am humiliated as an American, and as a friend of Canada, to admit this, but Trump’s attitude toward Canada is almost indistinguishable from the way Russian President Vladimir Putin sees Ukraine: not as a state but as some kind of historical anomaly that should be returned to its rightful owners. Trump might think it’s funny to post memes of Canada with an American flag superimposed on it, but those jokes are a lot less hilarious to people in places such as Ukraine, who are fighting a war against a dictator who feels exactly the same way about their country. Canadians are probably scratching their head over Trump’s willingness to hurt his own people and especially his own party. Trump may hate Canada, but it’s hard to imagine what he thinks he’ll gain by causing economic pain to Americans along the Canadian border, especially in states such as Maine and Michigan, where Republicans are facing tight battles for congressional seats. What the Canadians may not realize is that, with this president, none of it has to make sense, and that if recent history is a guide, he will back down, perhaps after declaring victory over Ottawa. Trump will then move on, leaving ordinary Americans and their Canadian friends to deal with the damage. Related: Trump will make South Korea pay for his Iran humiliation. How to lose a trade war

What to know about Europe’s push to compete in space Key figures from Europe’s space industry and other international players have converged on Paris to discuss how to advance the continent’s ambitions in a global market dominated by the United States. Read More.

An unnamed donor responds to global aid cuts with a record gift for the nonprofit Americares A major American aid group is promising to deliver more medicines in high-need areas around the world after receiving its largest ever donation. Read More.

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Nearly a decade after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, New Mexico alone is taking Facebook to trial Attorneys representing the state of New Mexico told jurors that targeted political ads, attempting to lower Democratic turnout during the 2016 election, used Facebook data sold to a political consulting firm, during opening statements in a trial over the platform's data protections. Read More. The Tate brothers must stay locked up during their UK extradition fight, US judge says Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate must remain in custody as they fight extradition to the United Kingdom, where the brothers are accused of rape and sex trafficking, a federal judge in Miami ruled Wednesday. Read More.

Anthropic researcher resigns with warning about the dangers of AI development An Anthropic researcher said he is resigning from the company over concerns the artificial intelligence firm and its competitors are not acting responsibly in AI development, echoing concerns raised inside and outside of the industry about the technology's potential to elude human control. Read More.

Missouri’s congressional map is back before the U.S. Supreme Court, sowing still more confusion JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A battle over Missouri’s congressional districts vaulted back to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, two months before a pivotal November election that will determine control of Congress and affect the fate of President Donald Trump’s agenda. https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-congress-missouri-trump-gerrymandering-ecc7931d276eec7567a93736dcb8d3d0?

🕯️ D.C. marks 25 years since 9/11 A fragment of the airplane that crashed into the Pentagon on 9/11. Photo: Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History this week is highlighting about 40 objects tied to the World Trade Center, Pentagon and Flight 93 that are not currently on display, Axios D.C.'s Anna Spiegel reports. The objects will be displayed on open tables rather than behind glass, for an unusually close look meant to "inspire respect and reflection." ⛑️ The Smithsonian's 9/11 collection has over 700 pieces, including plane and building fragments, first responders' gear, photographs and letters. The museum will also screen the documentary "9/11: Stories in Fragments." More events ...

⚡️ Gas prices supercharge EV interest Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios 56% of drivers say high gas prices have raised their interest in electric cars, Axios' Jim Sergent reports from HERE Technologies and SBD Automotive's annual survey. 🔌 Charging availability is becoming less of a deterrent, too. 47% of drivers say there's a good number of public chargers, up from 28% last year. 🤑 Yes, but: Higher purchase prices are holding back two in five would-be EV buyers, according to the survey. Kelley Blue Book says Americans paid an average of $56,126 for a new EV in July. That's $6,200 more than the typical car. Go deeper ... Explore the data.

Trump says oil prices that spiked because of Iran war likely won’t come down until after midterms WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that oil prices that have surged because of the Iran war likely won’t come down until after U.S. midterm elections. https://apnews.com/article/trump-oil-prices-iran-midterms-22ffe753bb2d60c99024ca6cfbec4142? Rubio says US is working with allies to counter drugs but will 'still blow up ships if need be' Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave new clarity Wednesday on the U.S. approach toward combating drug trafficking in Latin American waters, saying the Trump administration is now focused on working with allied countries and aligning with their laws but insisting that the military will “still blow up ships if need be.” Read More.

Microsoft Is Forcing a Windows 11 Security Feature That Could Slow Down Your PC An upcoming October Windows update will turn on Memory Integrity by default—improving system security, but potentially tanking performance on older hardware and demanding games. https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-is-forcing-a-windows-11-security-feature-that-could-slow-down?

👋 Good morning! The NFL is back, baby. LSU backs down: The battle over former NFL players returning to college appears to be over, for now. LSU has locked its roster for the season, adding DE Gabriel Reliford and CB Aidan Anding to complete its 105-man squad, sources tell Yahoo Sports. This eliminates the possibility of adding any other players, including those who signed pro contracts. In today's edition: What a day of tennis, the past 25 seasons of NFL football, MAC files appeal over Michigan ending, longest homer of the MLB season, Who Am I? (new game!), and more. Yahoo Sports AM is written by Kendall Baker and Jeff Tracy. Let's sports...   🎾 US OPEN SHELTON WINS LATE-NIGHT THRILLER TO CAP EPIC DAY (Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) Ben Shelton took down Carlos Alcaraz late Tuesday night in a five-set thriller, beating the defending champion 6-7, 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (10-7), in the match of the tournament to reach the US Open semifinal. Jack Baer, Yahoo Sports: The US Open men's final is guaranteed to feature a single American, courtesy of the biggest win, and latest night, of Ben Shelton's career. With the final shot landing at 3:33am ET, the 4.5-hour match featured the latest ending in US Open history, surpassing Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner's legendary clash in the 2022 quarterfinals (2:50am). The match ended so late that the cleaners started working inside Ashe in the fifth set. Entering the match, Alcaraz was 14-0 in Grand Slams again Americans and 13-0 against left-handers. He had won 12 straight five-set matches and 18 overall. Shelton ended all of those streaks, picking up his first career Grand Slam win over a top-five player in the process. It all came down to the final 10-point tiebreaker, with Shelton clinching the win on a 146 mph ace. What's next: Shelton's reward will be an All-American match against Frances Tiafoe in Friday's semifinal. Whoever wins will become only the second American man to reach the US Open final in the past two decades (Taylor Fritz, 2024), looking to end a Grand Slam drought that goes back to Andy Roddick's US Open title in 2003. Have a day, tennis fans… Those who had tickets to Arthur Ashe for Tuesday's day and night sessions were treated to one of the greatest single days of tennis in the stadium's history, with the men's and women's quarterfinalists playing 16 out of a possible 16 sets. (US Open)   🏈 2001-2025 THE NFL'S QUARTER-CENTURY STANDINGS (Grant Thomas/Yahoo Sports) A quarter-century of NFL football has given us dynasties, droughts and everything in between. Before the Patriots and Seahawks kick off the 2026 campaign tonight, here's how all 32 teams stack up over the past 25 seasons. Pats on top: Any way you slice it, the Patriots have been the team to beat since 2001,* winning nearly 70% of their regular-season games (279-126) to go along with six championships. New England has appeared in 10 of the 25 Super Bowls played this century — a staggering 40% — and will try to avenge their most recent loss tonight in Seattle (8:20pm ET, NBC). The .600 club: The Steelers (256-146-3), Packers (251-151-3) and Eagles (242-161-2) are the only other teams with at least a .600 winning percentage, which has translated to a combined five Super Bowls among them. The .500 club: The Ravens (240-165), Seahawks (237-167-1), Colts (236-168-1), Chiefs (231-174), Saints (221-184), Broncos (220-185), Cowboys (219-185-1), Chargers (214-191), Vikings (212-191-2) and Bills (202-202) have all won at least half their games. More losses than wins: The 49ers (201-203-1), Falcons (201-203-1), Rams (193-211-1), Bengals (191-209-4), Bears (192-213), Dolphins (192-213), Titans (189-216), Buccaneers (187-218), Panthers (182-222-1), Texans (174-214-1), Giants (178-226-1), Cardinals (172-231-2), Commanders (167-236-2) and Jets (167-238) are no strangers to defeat. The cellar dwellers: The Jaguars (159-246), Lions (158-245-2), Raiders (152-253) and Browns (141-263-1) are the only teams with a winning percentage below .400 this century. For context: Cleveland could go undefeated for the next seven straight seasons and still be three games under .500. *The 21st century officially began on Jan. 1, 2001 (not Jan. 1, 2000), so our data is based on regular-season records starting with the 2001 season. It's confusing, we know, but think about it like this: There was no "Year 0." So the first century ran from 1 through 100, the 20th century ran from 1901 through 2000, and so on.   🏈 CONTROVERSIAL ENDING MAC FILES APPEAL, MICHIGAN FALLS OUT OF POLL Western Michigan players after Saturday's shocking loss in Ann Arbor. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) Michigan fell out of this week's AP Top 25 after its literal last-second win over Western Michigan — a result the MAC is now asking the NCAA to reverse. It doesn't appear that will happen, but for ranking purposes, it might not matter. What they're saying: "After further study and investigation, it is now evident that replay protocol was not properly followed in determining whether time remained on the game clock," the MAC wrote in a statement. The established replay protocol requires that the game clock displayed on the program feed be used in determining whether time remained. Instead, the Big Ten Conference replay crew relied upon the clock feed embedded within its replay system. As a result, one second was placed back on the game clock and an additional play was awarded. The Mid-American Conference has submitted formal appeals to the NCAA FBS Oversight Committee and the College Football Playoff. The MAC is requesting that those bodies recognize Western Michigan as the actual winner of the game for purposes of their respective rankings, evaluations and selection deliberations and take such other corrective action as may be within their authority. The NCAA's response: The association said Tuesday night that it does not have a protocol for overturning the outcome of a game, and that the FBS Oversight Committee doesn't have that authority, either. Once the referee declares the game is ended, NCAA rules state, the score is final. (Yahoo Sports) Beyond the record: Michigan is still officially 1-0 and WMU is still 0-1, which is unfortunate for those who believe the wrong team won. But when it comes to "rankings, evaluations and selection deliberations," which is at the heart of the MAC's appeal, the controversial ending is already baked in. The AP voters know what happened on Saturday, which is why the Wolverines tumbled from No. 16 to unranked despite a win. The CFP committee will know what happened, too. For all the complaints about college football's current ranking systems, this is one of the benefits of relying on humans instead of computers: they can understand nuance and controversy.   💯 STAT SHEET BIG NUMBERS (Steph Chambers/Getty Images) ⚾️ 474 feet Mariners rookie Lázaro Montes annihilated a 474-foot home run on Tuesday against the Rangers in just his sixth career game. The young Cuban's blast is tied for the longest in MLB this season, and is the single longest home run hit at Seattle's T-Mobile Park in the Statcast era (since 2015). Meet the masher: Montes and his family defected from Cuba in 2018 when he was 13 years old. He signed with the Mariners in 2022 and has mashed at every stop, including 38 home runs in 123 games this season across Double-A and Triple-A. Now 21, the September call-up has brought his prodigious power to the big leagues. Messi and Lewandowski during their 2022 World Cup match. (Michael Regan/FIFA via Getty Images) ⚽️ 1,630 goals Two of the most prolific goal scorers in the history of soccer face off in MLS for the first time tonight when Lionel Messi (927 career goals) and Inter Miami visit Robert Lewandowski (703) and the Chicago Fire. And by the way, Messi's teammate Luis Suárez (612) isn't too far behind, ranking 12th all-time. 700-goal club: Messi and Lewandowski are two of just seven men with at least 700 goals for club and country. The others: Cristiano Ronaldo (978), Pelé (762), Romário (756), Ferenc Puskás (725) and Josef Bican (722). (Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images) 🏀 9th statue The Lakers will honor Phil Jackson with a statue outside Crypto.com Arena this spring, making him the ninth member of the organization to earn such a distinction. The Hall of Fame coach won five NBA championships (2000-02, 2009, 2010) in his 11 seasons with the team. Who will he join? Jackson will be immortalized in Star Plaza alongside statues of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Elgin Baylor, Chick Hearn, Magic Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, Pat Riley, Jerry West, and of course Kobe Bryant, who starred on all five of Jackson's title-winning teams.   📺 VIEWING GUIDE WATCHLIST: WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9 (Mallory Bielecki/Yahoo Sports) 🏈 Patriots at Seahawks 213 days after the Seahawks blew out the Patriots in Super Bowl LX, they meet again in Seattle to open the 2026 NFL season (8:20pm ET, NBC). We are so back. Buckle up: Tonight's game begins a glorious run of six straight days of football, which includes 49ers vs. Rams tomorrow in Australia, college football on Friday and Saturday, the first NFL Sunday of the season and Chiefs vs. Broncos on "Monday Night Football." 🎾 US Open, Quarterfinals The quarters finish up today with No. 2 Elena Rybakina vs. Qinwen Zheng (11:30am, ESPN), No. 4 Coco Gauff vs. No. 5 Mirra Andreeva (12:30pm), No. 28 Alexander Blockx vs. Karen Khachanov (2pm) and No. 1 Alexander Zverev vs. Botic van de Zandschulp (7:30pm). Youngest since Serena: Gauff, 22, is the youngest American woman to make three Grand Slam quarterfinals in one year (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open) since Serena Williams in 2003. More to watch: ⚾️ MLB: Rays at Braves (7:15pm, MLB) … First place in the AL East vs. first place in the NL East. ⚽️ Champions League: Liverpool vs. Atlético (3pm, Paramount+); Napoli vs. Arsenal (3pm, Paramount+) … Two of six games as Matchday 1 continues. ⚽️ MLS: Chicago vs. Miami (8:30pm, Apple TV) … Robert Lewandowski's side hosts Lionel Messi's at Soldier Field. 🏀 FIBA Women's World Cup: China vs. Puerto Rico (11:45am, HBO Max); Australia vs. Italy (2:45pm, HBO Max) … Winners advance to the quarterfinals. 🚴 Vuelta a España: Stage 17 (8:30am, Peacock) … Riders travel 117 miles on this flat stage from Dos Hermanas to Seville.   🎾 LET'S PLAY WHO AM I? 36 years ago today, I defeated Andre Agassi to become the youngest men's singles champion in US Open history (19 years old). Answer at the bottom.   🏈 YAHOO FANTASY HAPPY NFL KICKOFF DAY! Fantasy Football is here! With the NFL season starting tonight, this is your last chance to draft a team instantly in a public league and compete against other fans. Need some last-minute tips? Our Fantasy Football blueprint is here to help. 29 Days of Fantasy: We released 29 new features over the past month to celebrate 29 years of Yahoo Fantasy Football.   Who Am I? I am five-time US Open champion Pete Sampras. (Carol Newsom/AFP via Getty Images)

Uthmeier wants penalties for corporations with AI chatbots that contribute to crimes Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier called Tuesday for legislation imposing criminal penalties for corporations running chatbots that engage in criminal activity. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/09/08/uthmeier-wants-penalties-for-corporations-whose-ai-chatbots-commit-crimes/? Donalds, Jolly say their camps are just beginning to discuss debates TAMPA — Byron Donalds says David Jolly “isn’t doing much of anything” on the campaign trail, but Jolly is firing back that it’s Donalds who dropped out of what would have been the first one-on-one events between the two men running for governor of Florida. https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/09/08/donalds-jolly-say-their-camps-are-just-beginning-to-discuss-debates/? Sierra Club Florida calls on voters to oppose Amendment 3 The Sierra Club has become the latest organization to announce opposition to Amendment 3 on the November ballot, saying that if passed it “will effectively gut the buckets of local governments in Florida.” https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/09/08/sierra-club-florida-calls-on-voters-to-oppose-amendment-3/?

Global oil prices hit $100 per barrel Wells at the San Ardo Oil Field in San Ardo, California, on March 9, 2026. (Nic Coury/AP) Oil prices are climbing again as the war with Iran continues to disrupt global energy supplies. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, rose more than 2% early today to briefly trade at $100 per barrel for the first time since July, before falling back slightly. The increase is being driven in part by reduced traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and renewed attacks on oil infrastructure in the Middle East. The rise in crude has also pushed gasoline and diesel prices higher, putting more pressure on consumers. The US national average for diesel hit a record $5.90 a gallon on Tuesday, according to AAA data. + Read more: Global oil prices hit $100 per barrel as Middle East conflict roils markets + US-Iran tensions: US hits five Iranian oil tankers + Pentagon considers ways to destroy suspected Iranian nuclear sites

What NYC’s newly released 9/11 documents reveal New York City released over 170,000 pages of documents revealing that officials misled residents about the toxic air quality levels after the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center, just days before the city marks its 25th anniversary. Those living near Ground Zero were repeatedly reassured by officials that the air was safe, despite internal data and residents’ experiences that contradicted their claims, according to the documents. The records also detail failures to protect first responders, including withheld asbestos data and other test results, as well as conflicting public statements about the health risks. Nearly 3,000 people were killed on 9/11, but thousands more — including first responders who spent months working at the site — have since died from 9/11-related cancers and other illnesses, according to the 9/11 Memorial. + Read more: What we know about NYC’s newly released 9/11 records revealing officials misled public about air safety + Video: ‘It’s very clear that the city knew’: Jon Stewart speaks out on 9/11 air quality disclosure

The first GOP midterm convention begins The Republican Party’s first midterm convention gets underway today in Dallas. The unusual two-day gathering comes with just 55 days before elections that will determine control of Congress. President Donald Trump, who helped conceive the event, is expected to headline alongside Vice President JD Vance and a slate of Republican leaders and candidates as the party seeks to energize Trump’s supporters — even though he is not on the ballot. The stakes are particularly high for the GOP, with Trump’s approval rating at 35% and Republicans fighting to preserve their congressional majorities this fall. + Read more: A look at this week’s GOP midterm convention, including which Republicans are staying away + Plus: Trump gets one more starring role at midterm convention + CNN Poll of Polls: 35% approve of Trump, 63% disapprove