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October 28, 2026 By Sam Sifton Good morning. There is so far no clear winner of the election in Israel, where officials are still counting ballots. The turnout was the highest in a generation. Follow our live coverage here. There’s a lot more below. But first, let’s take a look at the A.I. economy. In San Francisco. Jason Henry for The New York Times A.I. by the numbers Which artificial intelligence firm will become the biggest company ever to debut on the stock market? Anthropic offered the opening bid on Monday, when it released its plan to offer shares on the Nasdaq exchange. The numbers are staggering. In the first half of this year, Anthropic earned $16.3 billion. In that same period, it lost $80.7 billion. But it’s growing fast. Its potential valuation in the initial public offering is $2 trillion. Here’s what that number looks like, written out: $2,000,000,000,000. It’s hard to imagine. Two thousand billion dollars. The average U.S. household’s annual income is $126,700, according to the Census Bureau. That household would need nearly 16 million years in order to reach $2 trillion, and then only if it saved every single penny. As companies and investors wrestle with the colossal size of the A.I. economy — and as the markets they serve grow anxious about whether it’s all just a bubble, sure to burst — Evan Gorelick and I thought an index would be a useful way to examine what’s happening. Numbers (even ginormous ones!) can help us understand what’s happening in the world. A data center in Austin, Texas, in 2024. Christie Hemm Klok for The New York Times Workers who reported using A.I. as part of their jobs in 2023: 30 percent Workers who reported using A.I. as part of their jobs in 2025: 76 percent Estimated number of American workers exposed to A.I. who may need to transition to new jobs: 11 million Slowdown since 2023 in real wage growth for jobs highly exposed to A.I., compared with ones that are not: 6.7 percent Amount of money Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta are projected to spend on A.I. infrastructure this year: $700 billion Amount of debt taken on by hyperscalers, chipmakers, neoclouds and other companies providing data centers and electricity for the A.I. build out: at least $3 trillion Share of projected S&P 500 earnings gains for this year driven directly by tech companies spending heavily on A.I.: two-thirds Share of the world’s electricity that data centers currently consume: 1.5 percent Share of the world’s electricity generated by Germany: 1.5 percent Amount of money that campaigns and political action groups have spent on ads generated by A.I. for the U.S. midterm elections: $137 million Share of those campaign ads that were produced by Republican campaigns or Republican-aligned political action committees: more than 80 percent Number of federal laws passed to regulate the development of A.I. technology: 0 FREE TO READ Shaina Polazzo Ye Fan for The New York Times Side hustlers: Teenagers are still making money shoveling snow and watching your cat. Let’s hear from some of them. Your pick: The most clicked link in The Morning yesterday was about people in North Carolina who teeter over iron beams to reach their homes because a hurricane washed away their bridges. Passenger side: Just over a quarter of American 16-year-olds reported having driver’s licenses in 2024. That’s a 20-point drop from the early 1980s. What happened? Strip club king: Joe Redner had an empire of strip clubs in and around Tampa, Fla. He was also a political gadfly and fierce advocate for free speech, gay rights and reproductive freedom. He died at 86. THE LATEST NEWS Israeli Elections Gadi Eisenkot and Benjamin Netanyahu. Jack Guez/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images; Ronen Zvulun/Reuters The exit polls — which have a spotty record in Israel — suggested that neither Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right alliance, nor a bloc of opposition parties led by Gadi Eisenkot, would win enough seats to form a government on its own. Both men made triumphant late-night speeches. Supporters of the Arab parties turned out in record numbers — which could give Arab politicians more power to shape the next government. Forming a governing coalition is complicated. It could be weeks or months before we know who the next prime minister is. Here’s a guide. Midterm Elections The Senate race in South Carolina, usually reliably Republican, is effectively tied, according to new New York Times/Siena polls. Ken Paxton, the Texas Republican whose wife filed to divorce him on “biblical grounds,” has labored to keep his girlfriend away from his tight Senate race. She’s an aspiring Christian influencer. Meet her. Two dozen of the world’s richest people or their advisers have been meeting weekly — and raising hundreds of millions of dollars — to defeat California’s proposed “wealth tax,” which will be on the ballot next week. Trump promised to bring down the price of beef. He’s campaigning in deep red Kansas to win back the cattle ranchers who paid the price. Click to watch the video. Jeremy Raff, Jeff Perlman and Ben Laffin More on Politics The Trump administration plans to loosen rules on methane emissions, a potent driver of climate change. The Trump-appointed deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has resigned after four months. The parents of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis nurse fatally shot by immigration agents in January, accused the federal government of ignoring and misleading them. The Justice Department asked a grand jury to indict Cassidy Hutchinson, a former Trump aide who testified against him. It declined. War in Ukraine Times Exclusive: The United States referred to a flagship government investment fund in Russia as President Vladimir Putin’s “slush fund.” Now the Trump administration may drop sanctions on it. The leaders of Finland and Norway made a rare phone call to Putin as part of the efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Around the World Flávio Bolsonaro, the Trump ally who lost the presidential election in Brazil, left for the United States. The Brazilian police had asked him to hand over his passports as part of a money-laundering investigation. Supporters of the opposition movement that won a parliamentary election in Serbia stormed the offices of a pro-government tabloid. The president of South Africa deployed more than 500 soldiers to quell anti-immigration violence, a week after a foreign national was beaten to death during a protest. A court in Egypt ordered a prominent independent news website to close and detained its editor in chief, the outlet said. Other Big Stories A Brooklyn woman taken to Syria as a teenager was convicted of training with Islamic State there. California’s high tides set records this week. Because of El Niño, they’re going to get higher. IT’S GETTING HOT IN HERE Ulet Ifansasti for The New York Times Shiny skyscrapers are transforming cities around the world, including in hotter places. But the glass used to build them makes them difficult to cool. As our climate warms, will these gleaming buildings still have a place? ASK THE MORNING How do other countries draw their legislative maps? | Mark Price | Commerce Township, Michigan Many democracies take political mapmaking away from the politicians. Britain and Canada use independent, nonpartisan commissions. Australia’s commission includes a judge and a statistician, and it gets comments from the public before setting final boundaries. In France, the government drafts the changes, but an independent commission, a constitutional council and Parliament all review them. Hungary under Viktor Orban was one exception. His party redrew districts to strengthen his supermajority. But that goes only so far: Orban was decisively voted out of office earlier this year. — Christina Morales, a reporter on our National desk OPINIONS Tim Davis for The New York Times Rising costs affect everything, from health care to groceries. Middle-class Americans spoke to Times Opinion about what they’re doing without: medications, car repairs and more. “A Different World” is arguably the most important series in the history of Black television. Its Netflix reboot, far from just being nostalgia bait, still says something about Black America, Tressie McMillan Cottom writes. Subscribe to New York Times Games. Get Super Duolingo for free. For a limited time, annual Games subscribers can enjoy 6 months of language learning with Super Duolingo. Subscribe now SPORTS World Series: The Tampa Bay Rays survived another day, stunning the Milwaukee Brewers with a 12th-inning rally to win Game 4. The Rays trail 3-1, and Game 5 is tonight. College football: The University of Maryland is offering the possibility of free tuition to students who stay until the fourth quarter of this Saturday’s home football game. Little League: A coach pulled aside an opposing player: “I appreciate you playing the game the right way,” he said. The exchange went viral. RECIPE OF THE DAY Christopher Testani for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. Ask 30 people how to make three-cup chicken, and you’ll get 30 different answers. I know that because asking people how to make three-cup chicken used to be my job. When I was done asking, I started to cook. And this recipe is where I ended up. People seem to like it. CUISINE BY ALGORITHM Lila Barth for The New York Times Tini Younger is a 24-year-old chef and social media influencer who has built her career mostly on TikTok, where she has 12.5 million followers. With a new cookbook, can she get Generation Z into the kitchen? More on culture There’s a new Jimmy Buffett exhibition at the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf, in Mobile, Ala. To cover it, we sent our chief Washington correspondent, Carl Hulse. Why Carl? He’ll explain. No synopsis of “Public Access Afterworld” can capture what Junot Díaz calls “the weird, full-hearted wonder of Jane Schoenbrun’s electrifying first novel.” But Díaz gave it a shot, and the review that follows has me bound for the bookstore. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS Theodore Tae for The New York Times Boost your afternoon energy with a quick, 10-minute yoga routine. Watch Chris Pratt in Season 2 of “The Terminal List” on Amazon Prime. Revenge is enjoyable. Fair warning, though: It’s maybe the most violent television show I’ve ever seen. Stop your home from smelling like cat litter. You don’t need to get rid of the cat! The tidy felinologists at Wirecutter have a great deal of advice. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was payphone. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections, Crossplay and Strands. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times and me. See you tomorrow. — Sam Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Host: Sam Sifton Editor: Adam B. Kushner News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Evan Gorelick, Brent Lewis, Lara McCoy, Karl Russell Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Editorial Director, Newsletters: Jodi Rudoren Deputy Editorial Director: Lauren Jackson

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Grand jury refuses to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, AP sources say WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Tuesday failed to secure a grand jury indictment against a former White House staffer who provided dramatic but disputed testimony against President Donald Trump before a House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection, according to two people familiar with the matter. https://apnews.com/article/cassidy-hutchinson-trump-indictment-65b19759933189cdebb164c5bd80649c?

Trick or Trust View in browser For the first time in modern American history, a sitting president is seeking to wield the force of the state to secure an electoral victory for his party. The Trump administration has attempted to undermine the widespread use of mail-in voting; demanded that states hand over voter rolls; threatened to prosecute state and local election officials; refused to rule out the idea of deploying troops or federal agents to polling places; and publicized the dramatic arrests of small numbers of people accused of voting or registering to vote as noncitizens. Many of these efforts have made little headway—either because of the administration’s incompetence, the stubborn lack of factual evidence behind President Trump’s claims of voter fraud, the federal government’s lack of legal authority, or the refusal of courts to go along with Trump’s plans. But Trump may have a different problem on his hands. Polls show Trump’s approval falling to all-time lows in the weeks before Election Day; the percent of voters happy with his performance has now sunk into the 30s. Democrats, meanwhile, appear likely to retake control of the House of Representatives and maybe even the Senate, which last year seemed well out of reach. The polls could be wrong—and high-profile-polling misses of the Trump era are hard to forget. But if the polling is right, the GOP may be in for what George W. Bush, after a disastrous 2006 midterm, ruefully termed a “thumping.” And a thumping, as opposed to a narrower Democratic victory, could render most efforts to suppress turnout irrelevant, and make it far more difficult to implement any more dramatic effort to rig the results. To Trump’s endless frustration, elections in America are organized at the state and local level, with little role for the federal government. In a typical midterm year, almost 470 congressional seats are up for grabs across 50 different states. Though a small number of those races are actually competitive, tinkering with the outcome of the votes would still require meddling with a number of different elections, all run differently, in different jurisdictions, under different laws. A strong night for the Democratic Party would make conjuring an ersatz House majority hard for the same reason that a losing sports team is less able to cheat its way to a victory in a blowout. (Even on a very strong night for the Democrats, the Senate may still be quite a close call.) Tight margins, by contrast, can make an election more vulnerable to efforts to undo the voters’ will. Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election relied in significant part on tight margins in some swing states, sometimes with only 10,000 or 20,000 votes deciding the winner. In Georgia, the president famously pushed Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find 11,780 votes” to make up his deficit against Joe Biden. As described by both the House January 6 committee’s report and Jack Smith’s indictment of Trump, Trump and his allies used close tallies in swing states, together with the slow counting of mail-in ballots, to engineer doubts over election results and provide Republican members of Congress with the tools to delay the formal counting of the electoral vote on January 6. The attack on the Capitol followed. The memory of January 6, and the entrenchment of the election-denier movement since 2020, has led to speculation—both anxious and enthused—about the possibility of a comparable attack on election results in 2026. If, once most of the results are in, Democrats seem set to eke out a House majority by just a few seats, perhaps committed Trump allies in positions of power could make trouble in a handful of the closest districts. A local election commissioner, say, could refuse to sign off on a Democrat’s narrow victory, or the Justice Department could execute a warrant to seize ballots and thus delay or upend the counting of votes. This could create chaos on January 3, when the new House gathers for the first time: What happens if the contested seats are enough to deny the should-be-majority party the votes it needs to select a new speaker and take control of the chamber? Although this isn’t a foolproof trick for stealing control of the House, such a play could make things very precarious very quickly. But the bigger the majority secured by Democrats, the more difficult it would be for Trump to shave that majority down—the more clerks to convince, warrants to secure, and court rulings to dodge, all over the country. “If there is a House majority in either direction that is 20, 30 seats, I think the likelihood of an attempt to engage in some kind of shenanigans around January 3 is way less than if the majority is two or three seats,” Jonathan Diaz of the Campaign Legal Center commented recently on a preelection panel convened at UCLA’s law school. Other tricks are also less effective when the vote swings heavily in one direction. For example, Trump’s unprecedented push for explicitly partisan off-cycle redistricting may net only a few extra GOP seats rather than the double-digit gains Democratic strategists had once feared. Political constraints matter too. Any scheme to steal the House for the GOP would depend on the willingness of congressional Republicans to vote in lockstep, with no defectors—something that the current fractious House Republican caucus can barely manage. Already, though, Republicans spooked by Trump’s bad poll numbers have begun distancing themselves from him on the campaign trail as they fight to hold on to their seats. Over the summer, Republican politicians and MAGA-friendly media outlets responded coolly to a rambling address by the president casting doubt on election integrity. If the GOP loses the House, how many Republicans concerned about their own political careers would be actually inclined to adopt the fringe message of an ever more unpopular lame-duck president? (Trump has been notably quiet recently about the possibility of running for an unconstitutional third term.) Trump will be hard-pressed to fight against “a clear loss, coupled with the expectation of a clear loss,” Bob Bauer told me. Bauer—a longtime Democratic lawyer who played a central role in the Biden campaign’s fight against Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election—now focuses on bipartisan election-integrity work, alongside Ben Ginsberg, an election lawyer known for his past work representing the Republican Party. In 2020, Bauer said, the additional days required for the presidential race to be called after the polls closed helped fuel Trump’s claims of fraud. But now, broad public dissatisfaction has aligned with dismal polling for the GOP and a growing anticipation among both politicians and the press that Republicans will do poorly. “It would be very difficult in these circumstances, if things turn out that the Democrats do well, for him to suddenly announce that he was denied his landslide by vote rigging,” Bauer told me. Just because such a scheme would be implausible does not, of course, mean that Trump won’t try it. Last week, the Justice Department filed a bizarre lawsuit seeking to preemptively block Alaska from certifying the results of its Senate race—but only if Republican Senator Dan Sullivan loses. (“The legal argument is one of the worst ones I’ve ever seen,” wrote the law professor Derek Muller in an analysis of the case.) DOJ also continues to pursue litigation seeking to force California to set aside mail-in ballots to voters whom the federal government claims to have identified as noncitizens. These cases are sloppy, tardy, and almost certainly doomed. But they do have the advantage of helping Trump and his allies build a narrative about the courts blocking Trump’s efforts to ensure a fair election. Likewise, if a Trump-aligned rogue local election official tried to block a Democratic candidate’s victory, whatever he or she concocted as reasoning could provide fuel for election-fraud rumors on the far right, even if the effort—as it likely would—ultimately failed. In a wave election, some races will still be close. They may just be in different states or districts—mostly, more Republican ones—than in a year with more typical political geography. House seats in deep-red areas across the country may be newly up for grabs. In the Senate, races in Texas and Alaska stand out as potential flash points. “Any close race in the Senate is going to be hotly, hotly contested,” Bauer told me. He pointed to the bitter fight between the Democrat Al Franken and the Republican Norm Coleman over the 2008 Senate election in Minnesota, which took months to resolve and ended with the courts upholding Franken’s 312-vote victory. In the final weeks before the midterms, election experts have seemed notably calmer than some of the the anxious rhetoric around Trump’s potential subversion of the vote might suggest. Eight experts interviewed by The New York Times (including Bauer) voiced worries about possible upheaval but overall confidence that officials are prepared to protect the integrity of the elections. The nonprofit publication Votebeat likewise surveyed 31 authorities on election administration and found the group to be wary but “cautiously optimistic” that the midterms will go smoothly. If the elections pass without serious disruption, a hefty margin of victory for the Democratic Party could be partly why. But the fact that such a margin may be needed to avoid chaos is itself sobering. In a healthy democracy, the opposition party should not have to win by enormous numbers to ensure victory, and voters should be able to trust that even a close election will be free and fair. Related: 0 for 26: The Trump administration’s astonishing losing record How the polls could be wrong again

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A series to remember Just a few weeks after the September 11 terrorist attacks, the 2001 World Series was one of the greatest ever played. Now 25 years later, the emotions still resonate.

‘Surveillance pricing’ That phrase sounds a little scary, doesn’t it? Americans are channeling their rage over high prices, AI and giant companies gathering their data. Here’s what the evidence shows.

Bird flu Two Americans who caught it from sick animals have died, but as far as anyone can tell, humans can’t spread it. Experts worry that a mutation could spark another pandemic potentially even deadlier than Covid-19.

Judge orders Trump to sit for a deposition in his defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11 MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11. https://apnews.com/article/trump-bbc-media-defamation-0a26fa60b265f55a9bcf7ed88cfacab8? Appeals court declines to block California from counting 20,000 disputed ballots LOS ANGELES (AP) — An appeals court on Monday declined to rule on whether California elections officials can count roughly 20,000 ballots that the Justice Department alleges likely belong to noncitizen voters. https://apnews.com/article/california-noncitizen-voting-justice-department-lawsuit-ed14390afb8af8fde1c2d0f6a90a0761?

I'm in the same camp as phkrause. I'm also extremely sorry to hear about the severity of your eye condition. Pastor Matthews, you've set a very, very high bar for the next person attempting to fill your shoes.

👋 Good morning! Happy Hump Day to you and yours. Boston buzzer-beater: Jayson Tatum called game on Tuesday night at TD Garden, burying an overtime buzzer-beater to lift the Celtics past the Nets, 125-124 (OT). In today's edition: Rays avoid the sweep, hilariously early NBA awards, Edwards needs surgery, Arsenal stunned by fourth-tier club, the next wave of sports video game monetization, the WNBA's self-inflicted mess, and more. Yahoo Sports AM is written by Kendall Baker and Jeff Tracy. Let's sports...   🚨 ICYMI HEADLINES 🏀 Ant needs surgery: Anthony Edwards needs an arthroscopic procedure on his right knee and could miss up to two months, bringing his early MVP candidacy to a screeching halt. In other injury news: Utah's Jaren Jackson Jr. (torn MCL) will miss at least six weeks, and Toronto's Kawhi Leonard (swollen knee) is out at least a week. ⚽️ Arsenal stunned: The reigning Premier League champions suffered one of the biggest upsets in EFL Cup history on Tuesday, losing on penalties to fourth-tier club Fleetwood Town, which sits 84 places beneath the Gunners in the English football pyramid. 🏈 Colts fire sale: Indianapolis (2-5) is waving the white flag, trading eight-time Pro Bowl G Quenton Nelson to the Seahawks and three-time Pro Bowl DT DeForest Buckner to the 49ers. Could star RB Jonathan Taylor be the next player moved? Doesn't sound like it, at least not yet. ⛳️ Tiger eyes return: Barring any physical setbacks, Tiger Woods is expected to play with Jupiter Links GC (the team he captains) when the third TGL seasons kicks off on Dec. 27. It would be his first competitive appearance since last March, when a rollover crash and DUI arrest led him to step away from golf and seek treatment. ✍️ Dear fans: Tuesday was a banner day for the time-honored "Dear fans" missive. Atlanta Dream ownership penned an open letter to fans explaining this week's scheduling debacle, while Florida State's president apologized for all the mediocre football lately. "We are not asking you to believe that everything is fine," he wrote. "We know it isn't."   ⚾️ WORLD SERIES RAYS WIN GAME 4, EXTEND SEASON It's a walk-off! (Al Bello/Getty Images) The Rays gave the Brewers a taste of their own medicine on Tuesday night in St. Petersburg, rallying in the 12th inning for a walk-off 4-3 victory to keep their season alive for at least one more day. Not dead yet: Roughly three out of every four MLB teams (76.7%) that have gone down 3-0 in a best-of-seven playoff series wound up getting swept, and that number is even higher (84%) in the World Series. So simply by forcing a Game 5, the Rays have already made it further than most teams in their predicament. If they win again tonight? The Rays would become the first team in World Series history to win two games after losing the first three. Of course, that's easier said than done: The Brewers will be handing the ball to NL Cy Young favorite Jacob Misiorowski, who is virtually unhittable when he has his best stuff. Game 4 notes: 98 years later: 22-year-old Jackson Chourio had a single and a double for the Brewers, giving him 10 hits in the series. That's tied for the most ever through four games of a Fall Classic, matching a record set in 1928 by… Babe Ruth! The boys are back in town: Ex-Rays pitchers Zach Eflin (now with the Orioles), Tyler Glasnow (Dodgers), Pete Fairbanks (Marlins) and Chris Archer (retired) were in attendance to cheer on their former team. Pretty cool to see. Ashby stays perfect: Aaron Ashby entered in the bottom of the ninth and retired seven straight Rays batters (2.1 IP, 3 K). Did you expect anything less? He's now gone 18 consecutive scoreless innings to start the postseason, a new record for a reliever. Good read: Brewers are left to grapple with only their second loss of the playoffs after 12th-inning unraveling   🏀 OPENING WEEK HILARIOUSLY EARLY NBA AWARDS (Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images) We're officially one week into the NBA season, so we decided to hand out some hilariously early awards. Because who among us doesn't enjoy overreacting to a handful of games? MVP Luka Dončic. The Lakers are officially his team, and the 27-year-old Slovenian has answered the bell by averaging an NBA-best 36.0 points (including a 52-point outburst), 6.8 rebounds and 8.3 assists while leading L.A. to a 3-1 start. After six top-eight finishes in MVP voting, could this be the year he finally breaks through? Honorable mention: Anthony Edwards (MIN), Tyrese Maxey (PHI), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC), Cooper Flagg (DAL), Jayson Tatum (BOS), Ty Jerome (MEM), Alperen Şengün (HOU) Most Improved Ty Jerome. The eight-year veteran showed flashes of stardom last year, but injuries limited him to just 15 games. Now, the former UVA standout (2019 national champion!) is fueling the Grizzlies' perfect start by averaging 29.8 points (3rd in NBA) and 6.3 assists per contest. He also ranks third in the league with 15 clutch points. Honorable mention: Naz Reid (CHA), Dylan Harper (SA), Duncan Robinson (DET), Davion Mitchell (MIA), Brandon Miller (CHA) Best Rookie Yaxel Lendeborg. The Warriors don't look great so far, but don't blame their first-round pick out of Michigan. The reigning Big Ten Player of the Year is averaging 21.8 points, 9.3 rebounds and 4.8 assists as the second option behind Stephen Curry, and turned heads this week when he exploded for 31-12-6 (and kind of looked like LeBron?!) in a win over the Nuggets.* Honorable mention: Cameron Boozer (MEM), Caleb Wilson (CHI), Darius Acuff Jr. (SAC), Keaton Wagler (LAC) Plus: Super Sophomore: Reigning ROY Cooper Flagg looks ready to explode, averaging 30.0 points, 6.4 rebounds, 7.6 assists, 4.4 steals and 2.0 blocks as the leader of the Mavericks… at just 19 years old. Honorable mention: Dylan Harper (SAS) Best Offseason Addition: This is a loaded category, but give us LaMelo Ball, who just became even more important to the Timberwolves now that Anthony Edwards is out for the foreseeable future. Honorable mention: Walker Kessler (LAL) Most Fun Team: The Trail Blazers are off to a 3-0 start thanks to a high-powered offense (NBA-best 129.3 ppg) co-captained by franchise icon Damian Lillard, rising star Deni Avdija and a rejuvenated Ja Morant. Honorable mention: Rockets *Rave review: "Yaxel might have single-handedly saved the Steph era, like for real," said The Ringer's Bill Simmons on Tuesday. "He looked like mid-2010s LeBron in this game, and I don't say that lightly. … It was unbelievable. I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe how good he was."   🎮 EA SPORTS IT'S IN THE GAME (Electronic Arts) "If it's in the game, it's in the game." EA Sports has made that promise to gamers since the early '90s. It's still taking the slogan to heart in 2026: Corporate sponsorships are indisputably a part of modern sports, and now they're coming to the console, too. IRL goes virtual: EA and the NFL announced the Madden NFL Virtual Stadium Sponsorship Program on Tuesday, allowing official league and team sponsors to bring their real-world stadium signage into the game. First up is Eagles partner and injury law firm Pond Lehocky, whose real-life Lincoln Financial Field signage will now appear in Madden. Every day is gameday: The program offers partners significant reach that extends well beyond traditional Sunday visibility. Fans play more than 2 billion Madden games annually, which is the equivalent of roughly 23,000 NFL seasons every day. Why settle for eight or nine home dates when your brand can take the field year-round? Burger King was one of the first companies to embrace this strategy, sponsoring the shirts of fourth-tier English club Stevenage in 2019 primarily because it would appear in EA's popular FIFA (now FC) video game franchise. The "Stevenage Challenge" encouraged gamers to upload their Stevenage highlights to social media for food prizes. The result? 1.2 billion impressions. Pretty remarkable for a club with average crowds of less than 3,000. Madden now, more later? EA built technology that maps real-world signage onto digital stadiums. Developed to suit the NFL and its teams, the system could eventually extend across its other video game franchises (College Football, FC, NHL, etc), while creating more sponsorship inventory for its licensing partners. This is an excerpt from Wednesday’s edition of Yahoo Sports Biz. Interested in learning more about the business of sports? Sign up for free.   🏀 GAME 6 THE WNBA'S SELF-INFLICTED MESS "Let's Go Dream" shirts are seen on seats before Game 4 of the WNBA Finals at State Farm Arena. (Colin Hubbard/Getty Images) Dan Wolken, Yahoo Sports: There is a chance the WNBA season will end in the middle of the afternoon in Atlanta on Thursday, with the Golden State Valkyries being rushed off the floor at Atlanta's State Farm Arena to celebrate in a practice gym so that workers have enough time to get the venue ready for an NBA game later that night. For a league that has broken through into the mainstream and proven the product can unapologetically stand on its own in terms of TV ratings and sold-out buildings, it's pretty much a disaster scenario. For many WNBA fans who endured years of disrespect, only to see the league's social currency explode over the last few years, starting a potential Finals-clinching game at 12:30pm ET on a weekday no doubt feels like a return to second-class citizenry. But fans who are crying foul over how the WNBA and the Atlanta Dream decided to navigate an impossible scheduling conflict also need to understand this: The WNBA has long since become a viable basketball business that should be talked about as such, not a social and moral cause that needs the NBA to come clean up its mess. So when we assign the well-deserved blame for this Game 6 embarrassment, let's at least get it right. It's not happening because of misogyny. Or because the NBA is failing to support a league of which it owns 42%. Or because the Hawks are being inflexible. It's happening because the WNBA and the Dream messed up, waited until the last minute for a fix and settled for what they believed to be the best of several bad options. They might not be right about that, by the way. If the only viable choices were to play Game 6 in the early afternoon at State Farm Arena, or to play in prime time at the 3,500-seat arena where the Dream normally play, the WNBA as a whole would probably be better served by the more favorable TV window. Fans of the Valkyries, who lead the series 3-2, will have to watch basketball with a side of morning coffee. Keep reading: Let's put the blame for the Game 6 scheduling debacle where it belongs   📺 VIEWING GUIDE WATCHLIST: WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28 One game left at The Trop. (Julio Aguilar/MLB Photos via Getty Images) ⚾️ World Series, Game 5 The Rays staved off elimination for one night. Can they do it again this evening (8pm ET, Fox) and send the series back to Milwaukee? Pitching matchup: The Brewers will hand the ball to Cy Young favorite Jacob Misiorowski, while the Rays have yet to announce their starter. If they don't go with ace Drew Rasmussen on just three days rest (unlikely), they'll have to cobble together a bullpen game. 🏀 NBA on ESPN The Pacers welcome the new-look 76ers in the first leg of tonight's doubleheader (7pm), then it's Thunder at Mavericks in the nightcap (9:30pm). OKC does it again: The Thunder join the 1966-68 Celtics as the only teams in NBA history to start 4-0 in three consecutive seasons. Any time you match a feat last accomplished by Bill Russell and Red Auerbach, you're in rare air. More to watch: 🏒 Women's Hockey: USA vs. Canada (7pm, NHL) … The rivals meet in Ontario for their first of two friendlies this week ahead of the World Championships. ⚽️ MLS: Nashville vs. Philadelphia (8:30pm, Apple) … Nashville (21-3-7), fresh off clinching the Supporters' Shield (best record), headlines the midweek action. ⚽️ EFL Cup: Liverpool vs. Chelsea (4pm, Paramount+) … A pair of heavyweights take the pitch in a fourth-round clash. ⚽️ Women's Champions League: Bayern vs. Real Madrid (1:45pm, Paramount+) … One of five games to kick off Matchday 3. Got plans tonight? Gametime is the best place to score last-minute tickets to the events in your city.   🏀 LET'S PLAY OVER/UNDER 7-foot-7 Manute Bol and 5-foot-3 Muggsy Bogues pose for a portrait in 1987. The average NBA player stands somewhere between them. (Focus on Sport/Getty Images) Question: Is the average height of current NBA players over or under 6-foot-6? Over: Taller than 6-foot-6 Under: Shorter than 6-foot-6 No push: The answer is not exactly 6-foot-6. For context: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Cade Cunningham, Devin Booker and Zion Williamson are all listed at 6-foot-6. Answer at the bottom.   ⚽️ YAHOO SPORTS x APPLE TV TUNE IN: MLS ALTCAST Lionel Messi and Inter Miami host FC Cincinnati tonight in an Eastern Conference showdown, and Yahoo Sports is teaming up with Apple TV for a special alternate broadcast. Join the fun: The Cooligans hosts Alexis Guerreros and Christian Polanco will kick things off with a short pregame show (7:30pm ET) before calling the full match, which features two of the highest-scoring teams in MLS. Watch for free on the Yahoo Sports website and app.   Over/Under answer: Over. The average NBA player is 6-foot-7, according to Opening Night rosters.

Susan Saint James, Emmy-winning actor of ‘McMillan & Wife’ and ‘Kate & Allie,’ dies at 80 https://apnews.com/article/susan-saint-james-dies-044d164e0cafe751d5eb55c97d664e30?

Alexander brothers each get 30 years in prison after women speak of being drugged and raped by them NEW YORK (AP) — Three brothers convicted of leveraging their wealthy lifestyle to drug and rape dozens of women were each sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison after one victim described her attack as an “eternity of terror” and the judge slammed their behavior as shameful, degenerate and monstrous. https://apnews.com/article/alexander-brothers-sex-trafficking-sentencing-7bb4833c8b049f8f35228c30ba605452? Serial killer Ted Bundy is linked to another Utah teenager’s 1974 killing through DNA testing DNA connects serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of another Utah teenager, authorities announced Tuesday, exactly 52 years after her body was discovered in the woods by a hunter. https://apnews.com/article/ted-bundy-serial-killer-utah-murder-35e9ec578158e9025c027e5a89023332? New Mexico attorney general accuses Epstein attorney, accountant of abuse cover-up at ranch ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Jeffrey Epstein’s attorney and accountant, accusing them of concealing his sex trafficking operation at a sprawling Santa Fe-area ranch where the disgraced financier entertained guests. https://apnews.com/article/epstein-new-mexico-ranch-lawsuit-7b00ad7f809c585a82c4cd9eb4c81467?

High-speed train collision kills at least 68 in Spain’s 2nd deadly rail crash this year URDA, Spain (AP) — A high-speed train slammed into another that had stopped on the tracks in Spain Wednesday, killing at least 68 people and injuring dozens in the second deadly rail collision this year. https://apnews.com/article/train-accident-spain-4f65471a0e36f448d7ee9efe0768cd77?

Serbia’s victorious student movement faces tough challenges as it prepares to take power Serbia's youth movement scored a stunning election victory against the country's longtime strongman Aleksandar Vucic on Sunday. But turning its promises of sweeping democratic reforms into reality could prove far more difficult. Read more. What to know: The diverse, leaderless movement, whose candidates have little political experience, has promised to root out corruption, free the media and restore the rule of law after Vucic's 14 years in power. Though armed with a strong mandate for change stemming from a convincing election victory, a new government will still encounter a myriad of hurdles along the way. Expectations are running high and so is impatience after public discontent built up over the years. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Photos of Serbia’s election and celebrations WATCH: Serbs celebrate after Students’ List win In Serbia and Hungary, groundswells of youthful energy topple entrenched governments

Grand jury refuses to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, AP sources say The Justice Department on Tuesday failed to secure a grand jury indictment against Cassidy Hutchinson who provided dramatic but disputed testimony against President Donald Trump before a House committee investigating Jan. 6, according to two people familiar with the matter. Read more. Why this matters: It’s the latest setback in the Justice Department’s efforts to persuade grand jurors in the nation's capital to bring politically sensitive cases, that have surged in the run-up to the midterms. They include a new attempt to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey and a search by federal agents of the home of outspoken Trump critic and Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Hutchinson declined to comment through her lawyer on Tuesday. It's highly unusual for grand juries to decline to return indictments, but the Justice Department under Trump has been rebuked by citizens in the nation's capital in a number of high-profile cases. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Federal judge rules top US prosecutor in Los Angeles isn’t legally serving US military says 5 were killed by a strike on an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific Trump says he’s ending restrictions on climate-warming methane from oil drilling Supreme Court won’t intervene to allow judges to pause some deportation proceedings FACT FOCUS: Kennedy’s claim that Arabs ‘don’t produce science’ meets a Nobel Prize reality check Prominent Georgia Republican gets 15 years in prison after pleading guilty in Ponzi scheme

Israelis await final election results as Netanyahu remains far from defeated Anxious Israelis watched election results take shape Wednesday after the highest turnout in over a quarter-century, as no clear winner emerged and weeks of negotiating could lie ahead for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and an array of opposition parties trying to unseat him. Read more. What to know: Voting reflected unease over Netanyahu's alliance with the far right and anger over military draft exemptions for the significant ultra-Orthodox Jewish population. Exit polls by major Israeli TV stations suggested Netanyahu’s governing coalition shrank but that his Likud party would remain the largest in the Knesset. Arab-led parties appear to have made a historic showing, but it’s not clear if other opponents of Netanyahu’s government would form a coalition with them for a majority in the next parliament.

👋 Good morning! GeoSports is ready for you. Are you ready for GeoSports? Tap in to play today's round and see how high you can score. In today's edition: Recapping the 33rd Sports Equinox, WNBA scheduling disaster, wideouts crash the Heisman party, football's king and queen, Jock Stocks, and more. Yahoo Sports AM is written by Kendall Baker and Jeff Tracy. Let's sports...   🚨 ICYMI HEADLINES 🎤 Jay-Z to headline Super Bowl: Jay-Z will headline the Super Bowl LXI halftime show this February at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. The rapper was chosen, technically, by himself, as the entertainment company he founded, Roc Nation, has a say in selecting the performer. 🏀 WNBA scheduling disaster: Game 6 of the WNBA Finals will be played at 12:30pm ET on Thursday at State Farm Arena, which will host a Hawks game later that night. Are we really about to potentially crown a champion on a Thursday afternoon? And possibly not even have an on-court celebration due to time constraints? Not a good look for the league. 🏀 Thunder lose two starters: Jalen Williams (fractured fibula, dislocated ankle) and Cason Wallace (torn labrum) will both miss most, if not all, of the season after suffering severe injuries on Sunday. A brutal blow for one of the NBA's title favorites. 🏈 Moore won't play in 2026: After leading Oregon to the CFP semifinals last season, QB Dante Moore passed on a chance to be a potential top-five NFL draft pick and returned to school. That decision is looking like a disaster now that he's been shut down for the season a month after suffering a concussion, while the Ducks have stumbled to 4-3. ⚾️ Banning outfield shifts? In an effort to increase extra-base hits, MLB is testing a new rule in the Arizona Fall League that requires outfielders to play their position "straight up," rather than shifting to defend against opposing batters' tendencies.     🪐 THE STARS ALIGNED MONDAY REWIND: THE 33RD SPORTS EQUINOX There was a lot of this last night for the visiting Brewers. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images) ⚾️ St. Petersburg, Florida — Well, that didn't look like much fun for the home crowd. The Brewers trounced the Rays, 10-1, on Monday to move within a win of sweeping their second straight series and winning the franchise's first World Series title. 5th-inning fireworks: The game turned in the top of the fifth when Milwaukee scored eight runs with two outs, the most two-out runs ever scored in a World Series inning. And they did it by playing their patented small-ball: Line out, single, fly out, steal, walk, single, single, single, double, double, single, double, fly out. Beautiful. Gabby Williams and the Valkyries are one win away from glory. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) 🏀 San Francisco, California — The Valkyries beat the Dream, 64-55, in another defensive slugfest to take a 3-2 lead in the WNBA Finals. Golden State, in just its second year in the league, is now on the precipice of a championship. What they're saying: "Call in sick. I recommend it." That was guard Veronica Burton's message to Valkyries fans ahead of Thursday's Game 6 matinee in Atlanta. Tip-off is at 12:30pm ET, which means West Coasters will need to lock in at 9:30am on a workday if they want to watch Golden State potentially clinch the title. CeeDee Lamb makes one of his two touchdown catches. (Emilee Chinn/Getty Images) 🏈 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — The Cowboys (3-4) got back on track with a 38-21 win on "Monday Night Football," securing what Dak Prescott called an urgent victory while handing the spiraling Eagles (2-5) their fifth straight loss. Ground and pound: Javonte Williams (25 carries, 155 yards, TD) became the first Cowboy since Ezekiel Elliott to rush for 150 yards in a game — and the first opposing back to reach that mark against the Eagles since Nick Sirianni became head coach (2021-present). Coop can hoop. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images) 🏀 Miami, Florida — The Mavericks came into South Beach and beat the winless Heat, 113-109, behind an MVP-type performance from Cooper Flagg (29 points, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, 5 steals, 3 blocks). Giannis Antetokounmpo had a triple-double (29 points, 14 rebounds, 11 assists), but that wasn't enough to avoid falling to 0-4 for the first time in his career. More NBA: The Thunder (125-114 over the Suns), Grizzlies (110-105 over the Jazz) and Rockets (120-110 over the Hawks) all improved to 4-0; The Cavaliers outlasted the Timberwolves, 127-125 (OT), despite 47 points from Anthony Edwards; Rookie Yaxel Lendeborg (31-12-6) powered the Warriors to their first win. Full scoreboard. For the first time all season, the Rangers lost at home. (Jared Silber/NHLI via Getty Images) 🏒 New York, New York: The Kings snapped the Rangers' six-game winning streak at MSG with a 6-3 victory that doubled as a revenge game for winger Artemi Panarin and head coach Peter Laviolette, both back in the Big Apple after being traded away (or fired) by New York. More NHL: The Flames extended their winning streak to four games with a 5-2 victory over the Maple Leafs; The Oilers beat the Red Wings, 4-3 (SO), as rookie netminder Michal Postava posted a shootout shutout in his first NHL start.   🏈 THE BIG THREE HEISMAN WATCH: A TRIO OF ELITE WRs In the 91-year history of the Heisman Trophy, only four wide receivers* have won the award. This year, three pass-catching dynamos — one junior, one sophomore and one out-of-nowhere freshman — are making undeniable cases to become the fifth. Easy as 1, 2, 3: Oregon State freshman Jesse Legree (1,040 yards, 14 TD), Ohio State junior Jeremiah Smith (984 yards, 12 TD) and Miami sophomore Malachi Toney (952 yards, 11 TD) rank first, second and third nationally in both receiving yards and receiving touchdowns. Their dominance goes beyond just this season's leaderboard, though. Among the Top 10 wideouts in single-season power-conference receiving yards since 1995, only four (Michael Crabtree, Terrance Williams, Brandin Cooks, Justin Blackmon) had more yards through seven games than this year's trio. In other words: If Legree, Smith and Toney maintain their pace, we'll see three of the 10 most prolific receiving seasons of the last 30 years, all in the same season. Heisman frontrunners: Smith, the Heisman favorite for weeks now (+110), was one of the most hyped recruits in recent memory and has a real shot at going No. 1 overall in next year's draft following a record-breaking college career. Toney already has the third-most receptions in Hurricanes history following an excellent freshman campaign that included a tour de force in the CFP title game (10-122-1). He has the third-best Heisman odds (+350), trailing only Smith and the guy throwing him passes, Miami QB Darian Mensah (+300). Then there's Legree: The 5-foot-10 speedster has taken the college football world by storm during a freshman campaign nobody saw coming. He was the 1,631st-ranked recruit and only became a full-time receiver 14 months ago. Now, he's tied for the fourth-best Heisman odds (+2000) and rarely goes a week without making history. Meet the breakout star: Legree was generating FBS interest as a high school defensive back before transferring and spending his senior year at Baltimore's renowned Saint Frances Academy, where he went from a part-time receiver to a true two-way player because "scoring a touchdown is a great feeling." No arguments here. Despite a standout senior season (6 pass breakups, 4 INTs, 721 all-purpose yards, 6 TDs), the closest thing to a power-conference offer came from Oregon State in the rebuilt Pac-12. Safe to say the Beavers are glad they called. Legree has recorded at least 100 receiving yards and a TD in all seven games this season, and his 1,040 yards put him well ahead of the seven-game pace set by some of college football's best recent wideouts, as charted above. His play has electrified the Beavers (5-2, 3-0), who are on the fringe of the AP Top 25, in early contention for a playoff spot and currently the best team in the state of Oregon. Not bad for a program that finished 2-10 last season. Staying put: It would have been easy for Legree to use this season as a stepping-stone to a monster NIL payday at the program of his choosing. Instead, he has already committed to return to Corvallis next season — a big win for the "little guy" in this transfer-crazed era of college sports. *Heisman-winning wideouts: Nebraska's Johnny Rodgers (1972), Notre Dame's Tim Brown (1987), Michigan's Desmond Howard (1991) and Alabama's DeVonta Smith (2020) are the only wide receivers to win the Heisman Trophy. Colorado's Travis Hunter also won in 2024, but he played as both a receiver and cornerback.   ⚽️ BALLON D'OR FOOTBALL'S KING AND QUEEN (Kin Cheung/AP Photo) Ballon d'Or: Harry Kane beat out Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappé to become the first Englishman in 25 years (Michael Owen) to claim the Ballon d'Or, football's most prestigious individual award. The 33-year-old starred for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga and Champions League and led England to the World Cup semifinals in 2026, scoring 73 goals in the process. "Being in London is extra special, it felt like a good omen," an emotional Kane said onstage. "My journey …. wasn't straightforward. I didn't go straight to the top, I had to experience a lot of loan moves and fight my way to get to where I am now. I hope that can give you inspiration, and thank you very much." Ballon d'Or Féminin: Alexia Putellas of Spain returned to the podium for a record-tying third time after captaining Barcelona to a rare "quadruple" in 2026. The 32-year-old, who left Barça this past summer to join the London City Lionesses, was a back-to-back Ballon d'Or recipient in 2021 and 2022 before an ACL tear sidelined her for the better part of two years. "I had a tough time, and had to learn to walk again on my knee, and you were all there for me, helping me to enjoy the sport again and make me the player I am today," said Putellas, shouting out her family and friends. "All the boys and girls around the world — if you love football and you want to play football, play football."   📈 JOCK STOCKS SPORTS ON THE STREET The familiar cadence of earnings season has returned, with more than 1,000 companies reporting quarterly results each week. Here are the sports and sports-adjacent tidbits that caught our eye last week. 📺 Comcast (CMCSA😞 The World Cup was a success for Telemundo and Peacock, generating an incremental $224 million in advertising revenue in Q3, which equates to 12.6% of Comcast's domestic advertising revenue from media. 🇨🇦 Rogers Communications (RCI😞 Rogers recently completed its acquisition of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment and now owns the Blue Jays, Maple Leafs, Raptors and Toronto FC. Management plans to sell a minority stake in that portfolio by mid-2027. 👟 Deckers (DECK😞 Hoka sales grew just 6.8% in Q3, which — for the second consecutive quarter — is the lowest growth on record for the brand. Sales are expected to grow in the high single digits for the year. 📺 Netflix (NFLX😞 Netflix fell to its lowest stock price in two years after reporting results that stoked continued growth concerns. Could live sports be part of the solution? Analysts have speculated about integrating Fox One or even buying NBCUniversal. On deck: This week, we're watching reports from Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), Adidas (ADDYY), Puma (PUMSY) and more. This story first appeared in Monday's edition of Yahoo Sports Biz, our 3x weekly sports business newsletter authored by Dylan Dittrich.   📺 VIEWING GUIDE WATCHLIST: TUESDAY, OCT. 27 Fans received rally towels prior to Game 3. Maybe the rally starts tonight. (Elsa/Getty Images) ⚾️ World Series, Game 4 Do the AL champs have some fight left in them? Or is today the day the NL champs win the whole damn thing? We'll find out this evening at Tropicana Field (8pm ET, Fox), where the visiting Brewers will look to sweep the Rays. Pitching matchup: Tampa Bay is going with Griffin Jax, who last pitched almost two weeks ago in a loss to the Guardians. The Brewers are expected to deploy a bullpen game, which sounds wise given their relievers have pitched to a 1.34 ERA across 53.2 innings this postseason. 🏀 NBA on NBC The 0-3 Knicks host the 3-0 Pistons (8pm) in the first leg of tonight's doubleheader. Then it's off to Los Angeles, where the Lakers host the Trail Blazers in a battle of unbeatens (11pm). Championship hangover: The Knicks are just the third defending NBA champion to begin the ensuing season with three straight losses, joining the 1969-70 Celtics and 2011-12 Mavericks. Is New York's honeymoon phase over already? More to watch: 🏒 NHL: Bruins at Hurricanes (8pm, ESPN); Sabres at Sharks (10:30pm, ESPN) … Carolina (9-2-2) leads the Metro; Boston (9-2-1) leads the Atlantic. ⛳️ College Golf: East Lake Cup (3pm, Golf) … Eight of the top men's and women's programs are in Atlanta for the final event of the fall season. Got plans tonight? Gametime is the best place to score last-minute tickets to the events in your city.   🌎 LET'S PLAY GEOSPORTS On Tuesdays, we play GeoSports. All questions are written by me. How it works: You'll be asked five questions that combine sports and geography. Tap the spot on the globe where you think the answer is. The closer you are, the more points you get.   📸 THROUGH THE LENS PHOTO FINISH Horses are seen at sunrise during a recovery session at Altona Beach near Melbourne, Australia. (Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images) May your Tuesday be as golden as this sunrise.

Milwaukee leads the World Series 3-0 Garrett Mitchell #5 of the Milwaukee Brewers celebrates with William Contreras #24 after scoring in the fifth inning during game three of the World Series on Monday. (Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images) The Milwaukee Brewers last appeared in the World Series in 1982 and have never won a championship. They’re now one win away from making franchise history — unless the Tampa Bay Rays have a miraculous comeback in store. Game 4 of the best-of-seven series is tonight at 8 p.m. ET. + Read more: Brewers’ historic rally puts first World Series title within reach + Looking back: Twenty-five years later, baseball’s most emotional World Series still resonates

The economy grows, but paychecks lag The US economy continues to grow, but American workers aren’t fully reaping the financial rewards. Data shows that the US labor share — the amount of income that goes to workers rather than to business profits — hit an all-time low this year. “It’s really telling you that workers have less and less power in this technology age and certainly in the AI age,” said Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union. “The rewards, the financial gains, are mainly going to shareholders, to the owners of the capital and less and less to your typical W-2 worker.” + Read more: Workers are getting a shrinking slice of America’s economic pie + The bigger picture: AI could force 11 million US workers into new careers by 2035

Israel is holding its most important election in years (Reuters) Voting is underway in Israel’s first election since the October 7 Hamas attack three years ago. The election is widely considered a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership and a defining moment in his political career. Former military chief and Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot has emerged as Netanyahu’s main challenger. Most polls put Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud-led bloc at 49 to 55 seats, short of the 61-seat majority needed in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament. + Read more: Polls open in Israel + Who is Gadi Eisenkot? + Background: What happened on October 7, 2023?

What Democrats have pledged to do if they win If Democrats win control of either chamber of Congress this November, they will reclaim a measure of power in Washington and gain new leverage over President Donald Trump’s agenda. Their most immediate tool would be congressional oversight, allowing them to hold hearings, subpoena witnesses and investigate everything from the president’s immigration policies and the Iran war to his business dealings. Democrats could also wield greater influence over federal spending, potentially challenging Trump’s tariffs, proposed projects in Washington and cuts to government agencies. But even a sweeping victory would leave the party facing significant limits. Trump could veto their legislation as long as he remains in office, and passing major reforms would likely require Republican support. + For subscribers: What exactly Democrats have pledged to do if they win in the midterms + Live updates: More than 30 million votes already cast + Streaming now: If Texas turns blue, everything changes

Localized Ukraine ceasefire brokered by Melania Trump starts as Nordic leaders speak to Putin KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine began observing a localized ceasefire in a devastated southern Ukrainian city on Tuesday, ahead of a planned humanitarian mission that the White House said was brokered by U.S. first lady Melania Trump. Moscow kept up its deadly missile attacks on other cities in the meantime. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-trump-f26143c32e4673686381d0ff87225720? ps:So we can get a localized ceasefire, but not for the whole war? That's really interesting! Could it be because the town is occupied by Russian citizens?????

How the US organ transplant system works and what to ask to improve your chances There are about 100,000 people on the U.S. transplant list at any given time, the vast majority of whom need a kidney. It can be difficult to learn how to navigate that search, but there's publicly available information that can help. Read more. What to know: The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, or SRTR, database has new patient-friendly tools developed in the hopes that more would-be transplant recipients will use it. Search for a particular organ and a list of the highest-to-lowest-volume centers pops up, with dials showing how they perform on measures such as getting a transplant faster, survival on the waiting list, and the new organ’s survival. Typically, a doctor or other health worker points patients to the nearest hospital offering the kind of transplant they need. But the SRTR database allows people to compare transplant centers around the country in multiple ways. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Arizona woman’s 3-year wait for an intestine shows the US organ transplant system’s complexity A novel mRNA cancer vaccine helps reduce the chances of melanoma patients’ tumors returning Sign up for AP Live Well, a weekly guide to navigating news that directly impacts your life

Voters in Israel are deciding whether to oust Netanyahu after 3 years of war Israelis are voting in a pivotal election Tuesday as their country is embroiled in unresolved wars, still reeling from Hamas’ 2023 attack and deeply divided over the character of the state and the right person to lead it. Read more. What to know: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing off against an array of parties seeking to oust the longtime leader from power. Opinion polls have suggested a tight race with his main rival, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot. Over 7 million people are eligible to vote. In Israel’s fragmented parliamentary politics, no single party has ever won an outright parliamentary majority, so political leaders must forge coalitions. There is a chance that neither Netanyahu’s religious and ultranationalist coalition nor the group of parties looking to remove him has enough support to win a parliamentary majority. That could set off weeks of negotiations before a leader is declared. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Live updates: Israelis head to the polls in first elections since Oct. 7 attack Polls suggest a tight race between Netanyahu and his main rival. Here’s what to know as Israel votes A look at the main issues in Israeli elections seen as a referendum on Netanyahu Opponents accuse Netanyahu of stoking tensions with Iran before Israel’s election UN-commissioned experts say Gaza ceasefire has not stopped Israel from committing genocide PHOTOS: Israel prepares to vote as Netanyahu faces a tight fight to stay in power