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The 2024 WNBA Finals have been a curler coaster filled with shut finishes and big-time performs. So it is solely becoming that some of the thrilling championship collection in current reminiscence will go the space. The Minnesota Lynx’s 82-80 Sport 4 victory Friday in opposition to the New York Liberty ensured a winner-take-all showdown Sunday (8 p.m. ET, ESPN) at Barclays Heart.

In contrast to the historic comebacks that outlined Video games 1 and three, Sport 4 was a back-and-forth affair, with 14 lead adjustments and 13 ties. No staff led by greater than six factors.

New York had a possibility to take the lead within the remaining minute however missed three pictures in a single possession, which ended on a shot clock violation. It appeared like a second time beyond regulation sport of this Finals was imminent, however Bridget Carleton drew a foul with 2.0 seconds left after getting an offensive rebound on a Courtney Williams missed shot. The Lynx ahead hit each free throws to place Minnesota forward for good and ship the collection again to New York.

ESPN breaks down how the Lynx evened the collection and what to anticipate in what needs to be an iconic finish to the Finals on Sunday.

WNBA Finals Sport 4s in a New York uniform have not been variety to Stewart. After she shot 3-for-17 from the sphere a 12 months in the past when the Las Vegas Aces clinched the title, Stewart’s evening Friday was practically as robust. She scored 11 factors on 5-for-21 taking pictures (and missed all 4 3-point makes an attempt) — one sport after Stewart was the dominant drive Wednesday with 30 factors and 11 rebounds.

Minnesota’s protection is the most important purpose there will probably be a Sport 5. The Lynx despatched extra defenders at Stewart earlier in possessions Friday. Each time she caught the ball contained in the 3-point line, Stewart needed to take care of two defenders, one to stop a quick-release jumper, the opposite to chop off a driving lane. It was a case of a veteran coach implementing a sport plan that solely a savvy and team-oriented protection might execute possession after possession.

Stewart did get some open appears that she missed, however the Lynx — led by Napheesa Collier, the WNBA’s defensive participant of the 12 months — deserve many of the credit score. — Creme

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Sandy Brondello was crucial of Friday’s officiating, saying, “We acquired no calls.” Did the officiating have an effect on the end result of Sport 4?

No staff received or misplaced due to the foul disparity Friday. Stewart was the one participant in foul bother, and she or he nonetheless managed to play 33 minutes. Sure, Minnesota had extra alternatives on the free throw line, however Stewart’s and Sabrina Ionescu’s taking pictures struggles (a mixed 10-for-36 from the sphere, 0-for-9 from 3) had extra to do with the Liberty’s incapacity to shut it out. New York had three pictures on its final full offensive possession and wasn’t in a position to convert any of them.

Brondello might need needed to reply after Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve referred to as out the officiating the evening earlier than throughout interviews, however she will probably be extra centered on cleansing up issues offensively and serving to her staff overcome a few of their turnover issues — these continued into Friday’s sport (16 turnovers for 19 factors). — Philippou

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What impression did position gamers have on Sport 4?

Remarkably, Minnesota pulled off its largest win of the season with zero factors within the fourth quarter from both Collier or Williams. Kayla McBride had a very good evening with a team-leading 19 factors, however she was quiet within the second half with solely 5. Alanna Smith and Carleton scored seven of Minnesota’s final 9 factors and delivered within the clutch. They every completed with 12 factors and mixed for 11 rebounds. The Lynx even acquired an vital 10 minutes defensively from Dorkha Juhasz, who had performed solely two minutes within the earlier three video games.

That New York nearly left Minnesota with a championship regardless of Stewart’s robust evening is a testomony to the contributions of Leonie Fiebich, who had 19 factors, seven of which got here within the fourth quarter. — Creme

Cecilia Zandalasini delivered one other clutch efficiency. The Minnesota ahead completed with plus-6 plus/minus (with six factors and 4 rebounds in 16 minutes). She is the one participant from the 2017 Lynx championship staff nonetheless on the roster, returning to the league after a five-year hiatus.

“Ceci is hard. Goes by a stretch of video games the place possibly she’s not contributing like she needs to contribute, after which unexpectedly we had a Ceci sighting at shootaround the opposite day, and these final two video games, actually serving to us.” Reeve mentioned Friday. “We have at all times tried to get her again right here. Timing was good for this one, and she or he’s been an important match for us.” — Philippou

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Stewart has a historical past of bouncing again. What do you anticipate from her Sunday?

It will be no shock to see Stewart trying utterly totally different Sunday. Within the common season, her lowest level complete in a sport was eight factors. Two days later, she had 31 factors and 10 rebounds. An 11-point sport late within the season was adopted by 38 the subsequent. Stewart’s low for the playoffs was 13 in Sport 2 in opposition to Atlanta within the first spherical — she then opened the semifinals in opposition to Las Vegas with 34 factors.

At this level, a bounce-back sport is nearly a calling card. Stewart won’t hit 30 factors in Sport 5, however she will probably be a lot better. — Creme

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Who has the benefit in Sport 5?

In a collection like this, “who is aware of” is likely to be the most secure reply. Each groups have loads of positives to remove from Friday. Minnesota received regardless of not getting an important sport from Collier. The Lynx additionally can have gained confidence on how one can comprise Stewart. Smith regarded wholesome after a again damage in Sport 3. That ought to make Reeve extra sure of her rotations and bench minutes.

The Liberty can take solace within the reality they practically stole one with Stewart having one of many worst video games of her profession. Additionally they know she is a counter puncher who usually finds a technique to bounce again. Jones performed extra confidently as effectively.

Momentum? Edge to Minnesota. Dwelling court docket? Edge to New York. Flip a coin and hope that Sport 5 is simply as entertaining because the earlier 4. — Creme

It needs to be New York being again on its residence court docket, however with the way in which the primary 4 video games of the collection have gone, I do not suppose something would shock me at this level. — Philippou

Former President Donald Trump referred to as Kamala Harris a “sh** vice chairman” and implied golfer Arnold Palmer was well-endowed throughout a rambling Saturday rally in Pennsylvania that capped off a tumultuous week on the marketing campaign path.

Talking in Latrobe, Pa., the place Palmer was born, Trump delivered a prolonged monologue in regards to the late golfer’s life story and praised him as “all man,” together with an off-color joke about Palmer’s anatomy.

“Arnold Palmer was all man, and I say that in all due respect to girls — and I really like girls,” Trump stated. “However this man, this man, this can be a man that was all man. This man was robust and difficult. And I refuse to say it, however when he took showers with the opposite execs, they got here out of there, they stated, ‘Oh my God, that is unbelievable.'”

Within the closing weeks of the 2024 marketing campaign, Trump’s rally speeches largely mirror the identical trajectory as earlier within the 12 months — meandering missives that paint a dire image of an America ruled by Democrats and overrun by migrants, touting a tariff-driven financial plan that is mild on particulars, and aggressively railing in opposition to his political opponents — particularly Democrats like Harris.

After an prolonged riff mocking Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Trump stated Harris was extra “radical left loopy” than Warren and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

“So you must inform Kamala Harris that you’ve got had sufficient, that you simply simply cannot take it anymore, we will not stand you, you are a sh** vice chairman,” Trump instructed a roaring crowd. “The worst. You are the worst vice chairman. Kamala, you are fired! Get the hell out of right here!”

Trump then requested the gang how they appreciated the flyover his marketing campaign airplane did earlier than touchdown and inspired them to vote.

It was an unusually energetic rally for the previous president, who has appeared and sounded uninterested in late whereas doing a number of occasions and interviews a day throughout a number of swing states.

Harris’ marketing campaign has made a pointed try to focus on Trump’s vitality ranges as a part of a closing message that argues the 78-year-old doesn’t have the stamina or health to guide the nation.

“He’s solely targeted on himself, and now he is ducking debates and canceling interviews due to exhaustion,” Harris stated at a rally in Atlanta Saturday evening. “And when he does reply a query or converse at a rally, have you ever observed he tends to go off script and ramble and usually for the lifetime of him can not end a thought?”

Trump had a tough week with only some of them left within the election

With lower than 17 days till the ultimate votes can be forged within the election, Trump’s marketing campaign blitz hit a number of bumps this previous week.

Monday, a city corridor in Oaks, Pa., was interrupted by two medical incidents within the scorching, crowded room. After the second name for a medic, Trump opted to cease the question-and-answer session and as a substitute performed music for greater than half an hour, swaying alongside to his favourite songs on stage whereas the gang watched.

Tuesday, he sat for a contentious interview with Bloomberg Information, taped a Fox Information city corridor targeted on girls’s points after which delivered remarks in suburban Atlanta, the place he sounded a somber notice about doubtlessly dropping the election.

“In the event you do not win win win, we have all had fun, however it’s not going to matter, proper?” he requested. “Sadly, as a result of what we have performed is wonderful: Three nominations in a row, what we have performed. We have got to win. If we do not win, it is like was all —it was all for not very a lot. We won’t, cannot let that occur.”

Wednesday, Trump’s Fox city corridor with an all-women viewers aired, the place he referred to as himself the “father of IVF” and stated Alabama Sen. Katie Britt (a “fantastically enticing particular person”) needed to clarify to him what in vitro fertilization was earlier than he supported it.

He additionally participated in a Univision city corridor with Latino voters the place he doubled down on false claims about Haitian migrants consuming pets in Ohio and referred to as the Jan. 6 riot try a “day of affection.”

At a Catholic charity dinner identified for jokes in New York Thursday, Trump’s remarks largely targeted on Harris, who did not attend. At his Friday rally in Michigan, the microphone stopped working a couple of minutes into his speech, as he started to speak about tariffs.

Trump paced the stage silently for about 20 minutes till audio was restored, whereas the screens behind him ultimately stated “TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES” and “COMPLICATED BUSINESS.”

“If it goes off once more, I will sue their a** off,” Trump half-joked in regards to the manufacturing firm.

Trump has one other rally Sunday evening in Pennsylvania and a full week of occasions in key states arising. Greater than 13 million individuals have already voted within the presidential election, with a bit over two extra weeks of voting left.

CLEVELAND – A number of the greatest elements of Aaron Boone’s bullpen had been working on fumes Friday evening, and the Yankees had been making an attempt to keep away from utilizing nearer Luke Weaver because of a heavy playoff workload.

A snug-seeming four-run Yankees lead in AL Championship Sequence Sport 4 grew to become a one-run benefit within the seventh, and a tie sport within the eighth.

Weaver started warming up within the ninth with one out, when Tommy Kahnle – confronted with Cleveland Guardians runners on first and second and one out – recorded the largest save of his profession.

Boone’s membership is now one victory away from the Yankees’ first journey to the World Sequence since 2009, following an 8-6 win earlier than 35,263 followers at Progressive Area.

And as soon as extra, Giancarlo Stanton silenced the Cleveland crowd, smashing a three-run homer within the sixth that prolonged what was – on the time – a slim Yankee lead on this best-of-seven sequence.

Juan Soto hit a two-run homer within the first inning, because the Yanks tried to regain momentum after Thursday evening’s devastating, late loss to the Guardians.

Carlos Rodon takes the mound in ALCS Sport 5 for the Yankees right here Saturday evening, with the Yankees closing in on a pennant.

This is our evaluation of the Yankees’ Sport 4 victory:

Break glass in case of emergency

Luke Weaver is warming up with one out within the ninth, runners at first and second.

Tommy Kahnle on for the save

Ninth inning and it is Kahnle’s job to get the Yankees’ last three outs in an 8-6 sport. There is a new proper aspect of the infield, with Berti at first and Oswaldo Cabrera at second, after pinch-running for Rizzo and Torres.

Yankees take again the lead

It is now 8-6, Yanks, within the ninth.

That’s two runs off Clase, who offers up a Verdugo squib (which might have scored Berti from third base regardless) however shortstop Brayan Rocchio bobbled it for an error.

Volpe had stolen second after his single, and now he scores on a pointy Gleyber Torres single to middle.

One thing brewing within the ninth

Emmanuel Clase has not been the identical, good nearer in postseason as he was within the common season.

And now, the Yanks have opened the ninth with runners in scoring place. Rizzo singles, and pinch-runner Jon Berti takes third on a Volpe single.

That is baseball, Suzyn…

After Mark Leiter Jr. acquired the damaging Steven Kwan to come out with a runner at third and one out, nicely you will be watching this subsequent play on replay loops for some time.

Leiter Jr. could not cleanly subject David Fry’s comebacker, scrambled after the ball and flipped low to Anthony Rizzo at first, who could not seize it. We’re tied 6-6 within the eighth.

Someway, Fry was credited with successful. Error to Leiter Jr. for permitting Fry to take second.

Intentional stroll to Jose Ramirez, and Leiter Jr. prevents the go-ahead run from scoring by putting out Josh Naylor to finish the inning. Right here comes Emmanuel Clase for the ninth, all tied at 6-6.

Tommy Kahnle will get unfastened

Kahnle might need been Boone’s alternative tonight to be the nearer, however the save likelihood may come earlier than the Yanks would have preferred.

In opposition to Mark Leiter Jr. Bo Naylor doubled to open the eighth, moved to 3rd on a groundout, and Kahnle is warming up.

Nonetheless 6-5, Yanks. Infield in, and Kwan now dealing with Leiter Jr., after a mound go to.

Mark Leiter Jr.: Likelihood to be the unlikely hero

That is the chance for Mark Leiter Jr., simply added to the Yanks’ bullpen as we speak for the injured Ian Hamilton. And he is to face pinch-hitter Jhonkensy Noel, who blasted that game-tying ninth inning homer off Weaver in Sport 3…

…and Leiter Jr. holds the one-run lead, however – wow.

Noel simply missed one other dramatic homer that will have put Cleveland up by two runs, sending a dangling slider to the deepest nook of left subject, the place Verdugo caught it.

Leiter Jr. then struck out Andres Gimenez on a pointy 2-2 splitter, preserving the Yanks’ 6-5 lead coming into the eighth.

Clay Holmes in hassle

Holmes gained the rematch in opposition to David Fry, putting him out taking a look at a sweeper. However consecutive sharp doubles by Jose Ramirez (RBI) and Josh Naylor (2 RBI) have lower the result in 6-5 with one out within the seventh.

And with a compromised Yankee bullpen (in all probability staying away from Kahnle and Weaver because of workload) right here comes…Mark Leiter Jr. with the tying run at second base and the go-ahead run at first.

Yankees’ finish sport begins

With 9 outs to go, Yanks up 6-2 within the seventh, Aaron Boone needed to get as a lot as he may out of Jake Cousins (who pitched a scoreless sixth) earlier than utilizing any of the large guys.

Properly, Cousins has put runners on the corners to open the seventh, and right here is Clay Holmes, with the Yanks nonetheless needing these 9 outs to seal Sport 4.

And who will Holmes face first? None apart from David Fry, final evening’s walk-off house run hero vs. Holmes.

Giancarlo Stanton, once more

One other enormous house run by Giancarlo Stanton, this time a three-run shot off Cade Smith to extend the Yankees’ result in 6-2 within the sixth.

There was a Soto stroll, a Choose single, and a Jazz Chisholm Jr. sacrifice bunt (did you surprise a couple of stroll with first base open?) earlier than Stanton crushed a 1-2 fastball, 404 ft to left.

Third homer of the ALCS, fourth of this postseason for Stanton. Your chief within the clubhouse for ALCS MVP. Right here comes Jake Cousins now to pitch for the Yanks, 12 outs to go.

One Hill of an inning

Jettisoned from the traditionally terrible Chicago White Sox in June, Tim Hill has been a precious addition to the Yanks’ bullpen – proving it once more right here with a scoreless fifth.

Hill labored round a two-out infield single, putting out Josh Naylor to ship it to the sixth, Yanks up 3-2. And possibly the tools man can get Naylor a helmet that matches earlier than Sport 5 (he retains dropping it on each massive swing).

From Gil to Hill

The aspect winding veteran lefty Tim Hill is on now within the fifth, Luis Gil is completed after 4 innings, bending and never breaking as they are saying. It is 3-2, Yankees and Hill will face the highest of the Cleveland order…

…which now consists of pinch-hitter David Fry, Sport 3’s game-ending house run hero. And this is a terrific catch by Juan Soto, on a ball practically over his head in proper subject.

He is not a Gold Glove finalist for nothing, people.

Luis Gil out to face Cleveland’s backside of the order

Lefty Tim Mayza is warming for the Yanks, however Boone is leaving Gil in, for now, with a 3-2 lead within the fourth. Gil shall be making an attempt to get by way of Cleveland’s 7-8-9 hitters, with Andres Gimenez up first…

…and Gil will get it performed with a fast, drama-free body. Now, Cleveland righty Eli Morgan enters to pitch the fifth inning.

And good job by Cleveland lefty Erik Sabrowski, retiring 5 of the six Yanks he confronted with three strikeouts.

Tim Hill is warming up

This has an opportunity to be Luis Gil’s final batter, dealing with Daniel Schneemann with first and second, two out within the third and Andres Gimenez on deck…

…and Gil will get an enormous strikeout in a nine-pitch battle with Schneeman, putting out the lefty hitter swinging at a 3-2 slider. Finish of third, 3-2, Yanks.

Cleveland cuts the Yankee lead

And now you surprise when Aaron Boone would possibly start getting his bullpen up, as Luis Gil offers up a two-out, softly lined RBI single to Josh Naylor with two out, scoring Steven Kwan (single, stolen base) from second.

It is 3-2, Yankees within the third. Gil is at 61 pitches, and he is simply walked Lane Thomas to place runners at first and second.

Gavin Williams out after 2.1 innings

Stephen Vogt has began Cleveland’s Wheel of Relievers with one out within the third inning, and lefty Erik Sabrowski has are available in (with the bases empty) and retired Juan Soto and Aaron Choose. Nonetheless 3-1 Yanks, center of the third.

Luis Gil could possibly be on a brief rope right here too, although you surprise in regards to the availability of Luke Weaver and Tommy Kahnle and maybe Clay Holmes on the high-leverage, late-inning finish because of workload.

That is why Marcus Stroman could possibly be part of this one earlier than we’re performed; Stroman hasn’t appeared but in postseason (he was not included within the ALDS spherical).

Boone’s pregame tackle Wells

Earlier than the sport, Aaron Boone mentioned it was “time to maneuver (Wells) down,’’ although “I’ve confidence shifting ahead he’s going o have good at-bats.

“However I really feel like he’s swung and missed at some pitches he usually hits.’’

Wells simply hit this 1-0 fastball 407 ft, his first profession postseason homer. And now within the backside of the second, Erik Sabrowski has begun warming up for the Guards.

Austin Wells goes deep

Knocked down from the cleanup spot to No. 8, Austin Wells has simply delivered a protracted house run to middle. It is 3-1 Yanks within the second inning.

If I am including my scorebook appropriately, that breaks an 0-for-21 stretch (with 11 strikeouts & zero walks) for Wells, relationship to a third-inning single vs. Kansas Metropolis in ALDS Sport 2.

An early Yankee concern

Luis Gil’s penchant for walks is one thing to look at. And given a two-run edge he walks leadoff man Steven Kwan (who drew three walks in three PAs vs. Gil in an August sport) and Cleveland has already halved the Yanks’ lead.

Kyle Manzardo traces a double to proper that simply will get previous Rizzo’s try at first base (this gave the impression to be a really powerful play, a slicing, hard-hit ball) and Jose Ramirez delivers a sac fly.

Credit score to Gil for popping up Josh Naylor and getting Lane Thomas taking a look at a 2-2 changeup. It is 2-1 Yanks, shifting into the second.

Beginning off with a bang

As soon as extra, Gleyber Torres and Juan Soto get the Yankees began within the first inning – this time with a single by Torres on the primary pitch from Gavin Williams, and a 414-foot homer to right-center by Soto.

Two batters in, it is 2-0 Yankees. Gleyber has now reached safely main off 5 straight Yankee playoff video games and 7 of the eight performed this October: two doubles, two singles, three walks.

Luis Gil’s first postseason look

With the Yankees main two video games to at least one on this best-of-seven, they ship Luis Gil – on 19 days relaxation – out for his first playoff begin.

“I really feel good, I really feel prepared for the chance,’’ mentioned Gil through interpreter. He is opposing Cleveland right-hander Gavin Williams (3-10, 4.86 ERA in ’24).

It’s been an up-and-down second half (5-2, 4.20 ERA, 10 begins) for Gil after being one of many AL’s higher starters (10-5, 3.17 ERA, 19 begins), placing him in dialog for the league’s Rookie of the 12 months award.

To remain sharp, Gil has been pitching simulated video games, the final one coming 4 days in the past at Yankee Stadium – a four-inning, 70-pitch outing in opposition to stay batters.

“I’ve felt actually good. I felt sharp,” mentioned Gil, including that his “command of the pitches was there, and the execution and the motion of the pitches was there. More than happy the way in which that went.”

Ian Hamilton out, Mark Leiter Jr. in

After exiting Sport 3 within the sixth inning, Ian Hamilton was identified with a low grade left calf pressure. He was changed on the ALCS roster by fellow right-handed reliever Mark Leiter Jr.

Lefty Nestor Cortes (flexor pressure) was a consideration, however in the end the Yankees felt they’d be doing him a disservice by activating him with just a few extra bodily hurdles to clear.

Cortes is because of throw a 20-25 pitch stay session Saturday, and supervisor Aaron Boone feels he stands “a superb opportunity of being in play” for a roster spot if the Yanks advance to the World Sequence.

Hamilton had an outdoor likelihood of being prepared for the World Sequence, however the Yankees in the end went with Leiter Jr., who – when efficient – can create efficient swing-and-miss together with his splitter. Cleveland’s lefty-leaning lineup was an element as nicely.

Yankees announce lineup for ALCS Sport 4 vs Guardians

Boone has moved Jazz Chisholm Jr. into the cleanup spot, shifting the struggling Austin Wells (2-for-26, 12 strikeouts this postseason) right down to the No. 8 spot.

“(Jazz is) a great participant. Someone’s acquired to hit fourth,’’ mentioned Boone, wanting to maintain the lineup’s steadiness with a lefty batting cleanup. “And I needed to maneuver Austin down.’’

Alex Verdugo was not a consideration for cleanup, however Anthony Rizzo was.

Nonetheless, with Rizzo nonetheless coping with discomfort from two fractured fingers to his proper hand, suffered Sept. 28, Boone didn’t wish to be caught in a spot “the place I’ve acquired to drag him (from) a sport’’ and have a lesser offensive presence at cleanup.

Luis Gil vs. Cleveland Guardians

The correct-hander pitched in opposition to the Guardians as soon as beforehand this 12 months, going simply three innings and yielded three runs on six walks (3 to Steven Kwan) and three hits – together with a Brayan Rocchio house run, on Aug. 20 at Yankee Stadium.

In the meantime, Gavin Williams began and misplaced at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 22, going 4.1 innings and yielding three runs on 4 hits – together with an Aaron Choose house run – and 4 walks.

Cleveland Guardians ALCS Sport 4 lineup

1. Steven Kwan, LF
2. Kyle Manzardo, DH
3. Joe Ramirez, 3B
4. Josh Naylor, 1B
5. Lane Thomas, CF
6. Daniel Schneemann, RF
7. Andres Gimenez, 2B
8. Austin Hedges, C
9. Brayan Rocchio, SS

SP: Gavin Williams, RHP

– The ALCS Sport 5 pitching matchup is because of be Yankees’ lefty Carlos Rodon, the Sport 1 winner, vs. right-hander Tanner Bibee, lifted after 1.1 innings (2 earned runs) in ALCS Sport 2 at Yankee Stadium.

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TV: TBS, truTV

Stream: Max

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With simply two and a half weeks left till the U.S. election, Donald Trump kicked off a rally on Saturday evening with a prolonged story concerning the late Arnold Palmer and at one level even praised the legendary golfer’s genitalia.

Trump was campaigning in Latrobe, Pa., the place Palmer was born in 1929 and discovered to golf from his father, who suffered from polio and was head professional and greenskeeper on the native nation membership.

And whereas many who go to Latrobe communicate concerning the {golfing} nice, Trump delivered an extended and meandering monologue about Palmer’s life story and even threw in a joke about Palmer’s manhood.

“Arnold Palmer was all man, and I say that in all due respect to ladies — and I really like ladies,” Trump mentioned. “However this man, this man, this can be a man that was all man. This man was sturdy and hard. And I refuse to say it, however when he took showers with the opposite execs, they got here out of there, they mentioned, ‘Oh my God, that’s unbelievable.’”

He laughed earlier than persevering with: “I needed to say. We’ve ladies which might be extremely refined right here, however they used to have a look at Arnold as a person.”

Regardless of the odd alternative of subject, certainly one of Palmer’s daughters, Peg Palmer Wears, mentioned she was unconcerned by the feedback about her dad.

“There’s nothing a lot to say. I’m probably not upset,” she advised The Related Press in an interview on Sunday. “I believe it was a poor alternative of approaches to remembering my father, however what are you going to do?”

The Harris marketing campaign, nevertheless, rapidly seized on the previous president’s off-colour feedback.

Sarafina Chitika, a spokesperson for the Harris marketing campaign, requested on X if anybody had “finished a wellness test” on Trump.

The Harris marketing campaign additionally highlighted the feedback, sharing a clip from Fox Information, the place the host recapped Trump’s consideration to element.

When CNN’s Jake Tapper requested Speaker Mike Johnson about why Trump was speaking about Palmer’s genitals and whether or not that’s the message Trump needs to share with voters within the dwindling days of his marketing campaign, Johnson dodged the query.

It wasn’t till he was pressed on Trump’s acuity, and once more requested why there have been feedback at a rally about Palmer’s manhood, that Johnson answered.

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“Jake, you appear to love that line rather a lot,” Johnson mentioned to Tapper.

Tapper interjected, saying, “I don’t need to be speaking about this, proper? Donald Trump is on the market…speaking about it.”

Johnson mentioned he would “deal with it” and proceeded to check how lengthy he suspects Trump and President Joe Biden might communicate at comparable occasions.

“There’s traces in a rally. When President Trump is at a rally, typically he’ll communicate for 2 straight hours. You’re questioning his stamina, his psychological acuity, Joe Biden couldn’t try this for 5 minutes,” Johnson mentioned.

Trump additionally took time in Latrobe to escalate his private assaults on Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, calling her a “s— vice chairman.”

“Bernie is radical left, and this one, Kamala, is additional left,” Trump advised the cheering crowd at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport. “After which, so it’s a must to inform Kamala Harris that you just’ve had sufficient, that you just simply can’t take it anymore. We will’t stand you. You’re a s— vice chairman.”

He then channeled his most well-known catchphrase from his days on The Apprentice: “The worst. You’re the worst vice chairman. Kamala, you’re fired! Get the hell out of right here!”

— With information from The Related Press

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces in Gaza killed Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of final 12 months’s assault on Israel that sparked the struggle, the navy stated Thursday. Troops appeared to have run throughout him unknowingly in a battle, solely to find afterwards {that a} physique within the rubble was Israel’s most-wanted man.

Israeli leaders celebrated his killing as a settling of scores simply over a 12 months after Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 individuals in Israel and kidnapped 250 others in an assault that shocked the nation. In addition they offered it as a turning level in the marketing campaign to destroy Hamas, urging the group to give up and launch some 100 hostages nonetheless in Gaza.

“Hamas will now not rule Gaza. That is the beginning of the day after Hamas,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated.

U.S. officers expressed hopes for a cease-fire with Sinwar out of the image. However eliminating him might not finish the devastating struggle, throughout which Israel has destroyed a lot of the Gaza Strip and killed greater than 42,000 Palestinians. The Gaza Well being Ministry doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants however says greater than half of these killed had been girls and kids.

Sinwar’s demise is a crippling blow to Hamas, however the group, which receives assist from Iran, has confirmed resilient to previous losses of leaders. There was no quick affirmation from Hamas of Sinwar’s demise.

Netanyahu has stated Israel will hold combating till all of the hostages are free, and that it’s going to hold management over Gaza lengthy sufficient to make sure Hamas doesn’t rearm — an efficient occupation that raises the potential for months and even years of continued combating.

Earlier this month Israel opened a brand new entrance in its struggle with Hezbollah, stepping up bombardment in Lebanon and launching a floor marketing campaign towards the Iran-backed militia after a 12 months of buying and selling cross-border fireplace.

In his speech about Sinwar’s demise, Netanyahu stated, “Our struggle shouldn’t be but ended.”

President Joe Biden stated Sinwar’s demise opens the best way for “a political settlement that gives a greater future for Israelis and Palestinians alike.” He stated he would speak with Netanyahu “to debate the pathway for bringing the hostages dwelling to their households, and for ending this struggle as soon as and for all.”

Sinwar has been Hamas’ chief contained in the Gaza Strip for years. He was elevated to the group’s prime management place in July after his predecessor, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in an obvious Israeli strike within the Iranian capital, Tehran.

Up to now months, Israel has eradicated a string of senior figures from Hamas and Hezbollah with airstrikes. Israel has claimed to have killed the pinnacle of Hamas’ navy wing, Mohammed Deif, however the group has stated he survived.

However in Sinwar’s case, troops discovered him by probability.

Israel navy spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari stated that Israeli forces recognized three Hamas militants operating from constructing to constructing in Gaza’s southernmost metropolis, Rafah. The troops tried to shoot them earlier than they ran inside a constructing.

The Israeli navy launched drone video exhibiting what it stated had been Sinwar’s final moments: In a room wrecked by shelling, a person sat in a chair, his face coated with a material, probably to cover his id. The video confirmed the person, with one wounded hand, throwing a stick on the drone.

The navy then fired a further shell on the constructing, inflicting it to break down and killing Sinwar, Hagari stated. He stated Sinwar was discovered with a bulletproof vest, grenades, and 40,000 shekels ($10,707).

A few of Sinwar’s DNA had beforehand been present in tunnels close to the place troops discovered the our bodies of six hostages on the finish of August, Hagari stated. The navy believes weeks of searches within the space had pushed Sinwar to return out of hiding, he stated.

Pictures circulating on-line confirmed the physique of a person resembling Sinwar with a gaping head wound, wearing a military-style vest, half buried within the rubble of a destroyed constructing. The safety official confirmed the images had been taken by Israeli safety officers on the scene. The official spoke on situation of anonymity due to the continued investigation.

The navy stated three militants had been killed within the operation. Police stated considered one of them was confirmed as Sinwar by dental data, fingerprints and DNA exams. Sinwar was imprisoned by Israel from the late Nineteen Eighties till 2011, and through that point he underwent therapy for mind most cancers — leaving Israeli authorities with intensive medical data.

Israeli Protection Minister Yoav Gallant addressed Hamas fighters, saying it “is time to exit, launch the hostages, elevate your fingers, give up.”

Netanyahu stated Israel had “settled its account” with the person behind the Oct. 7 assault, and that “evil has suffered a heavy blow.” However, he added, “the duty earlier than us shouldn’t be but full.”

He stated anybody in Hamas who surrendered weapons and assisted with the return of the hostages could be allowed to depart Gaza safely. A few third of the captives nonetheless in Gaza are believed to be useless.

A whole lot of individuals demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Thursday night time for the discharge of the hostages after information of Sinwar’s demise emerged. Some carried indicators that learn “Sinwar’s finish, finish the struggle.”

Ifat Kalderon, whose cousin, Ofer Kalderon, is being held hostage in Gaza, stated he was pleased that Sinwar was useless however “scared concerning the 101 hostages. … They could homicide them or do one thing due to the homicide of Sinwar.”

Within the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah, one Palestinian lady displaced from her dwelling within the north stated she hoped Sinwar’s demise would deliver an finish to Israel’s marketing campaign. “What extra objectives have they got than that? Sufficient. We need to return,” stated the lady, Umm Mohammed.

Some praised Sinwar as a logo of resistance towards Israel’s decadeslong occupation of the Palestinians within the West Financial institution. Ahmed Hamdouna, who additionally fled his dwelling in northern Gaza, stated Hamas would have the ability to substitute him. “After the chief, a thousand leaders will come. After the person, a thousand males will come,” he stated.

For greater than every week. Israeli forces have been waging a floor marketing campaign in Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza, saying they’re battling Hamas fighters who’ve as soon as once more regrouped there.

On Thursday, an Israeli strike hit a faculty sheltering displaced Palestinians in Jabaliya, killing not less than 28 individuals, in line with Gaza’s Well being Ministry. Fares Abu Hamza, head of the Gaza Well being Ministry’s emergency unit within the north, stated the useless included a girl and 4 youngsters.

The Israeli navy stated it focused a command heart run by Hamas and Islamic Jihad inside the college. It supplied an inventory of round a dozen names of individuals it recognized as militants who had been current when the strike was referred to as in. It was not instantly potential to confirm the names.

Israel has repeatedly struck tent camps and colleges sheltering displaced individuals in Gaza. The Israeli navy says it carries out exact strikes on militants and tries to keep away from harming civilians, however its strikes usually kill girls and kids.

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Sami Magdy reported from Cairo. AP writers Jack Jeffery in Jerusalem and Kareem Chehayeb in Beirut, contributed to this report.

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The minister of psychological well being and addictions says the federal authorities will ban most vape flavours throughout Canada quickly — greater than three years after Ottawa first promised to herald the rules.

“Now we have made a dedication from the begin to limit flavours. We’ve not wavered from that,” Ya’ara Saks informed CBC Information final week.

“We may have this in place quickly. I do not anticipate that is going to take for much longer.” She didn’t specify a timeline.

Saks’ promise comes after a coalition of anti-tobacco well being teams held a press convention in Ottawa earlier this month to name on Saks to introduce the ban swiftly or resign.

They accused her of bowing to vaping trade strain by failing to finalize the rules this spring, because the federal authorities had deliberate.

Again in June 2021, citing a “speedy improve in youth vaping in Canada,” Well being Canada vowed to limit vaping flavours to mint, menthol and tobacco.

“The provision of a wide range of fascinating flavours is believed to have contributed to the rise in youth vaping,” Well being Canada stated on the time, pointing to analysis that reveals younger individuals are extra more likely to begin vaping with fruity and candy flavours.

Three years after that warning, Canada now has one of many highest teen vaping charges on the planet; Statistics Canada studies almost half of all younger adults have tried vaping. Most new vape customers — 86 per cent — have been by no means cigarette people who smoke, in keeping with the latest Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey.

“We all know that younger individuals are being uncovered to vaping first now,” Saks stated.

Whereas Ottawa has spent the final three years consulting on rules, six provinces and territories have introduced in their very own flavour bans: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, P.E.I., Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Quebec.

Saks stated the delay in nationwide rules is because of the truth that Well being Canada needs to be taught from Quebec’s expertise. That province banned flavours a 12 months in the past.

“We have … seen in jurisdictions like Quebec, the place banning of flavours has led to a bootleg market that’s accessible,” she stated. “In order we transfer ahead with this, we wish to be sure that we get it proper.”

The federal authorities needs to ensure the rules shall be enforceable and will not inadvertently encourage underground flavoured vape gross sales, she stated.

“Simply to be clear, there isn’t a slow-walking of this,” Saks stated. “It is a matter of what are the teachings that we will be taught proper now?”

However Flory Doucas, co-director of Quebec Coalition for Tobacco Management, stated the rising illicit market in Quebec is the very cause why there must be a nationwide flavour ban now.

Proper now, clients in Quebec can simply order flavoured vaping merchandise permitted by Well being Canada from a retailer working out of a province that does not have a ban.

“The argument … of delaying the regulation as a result of there are points in provinces is fairly wealthy, as a result of the federal framework has made it very simple for trade to skirt these provincial rules,” Doucas stated.

Doucas stated the nicotine and vaping trade strikes rapidly to search out loopholes in new restrictions, however that should not be a cause for the federal authorities to attend this lengthy.

“We have been coping with an trade that has been profitable in delaying and delaying these rules,” Doucas stated.

The vaping trade held its personal press convention in Ottawa final week to name on Saks to not ban flavours.

Grownup people who smoke depend on vaping as a less-harmful choice to cigarettes and interesting flavours make switching simpler for them, stated Sam Tam, president of the Canadian Vaping Affiliation.

“A blanket flavour ban will do completely nothing to guard Canadians, particularly our youth,” he stated.

Saks has been comparatively silent thus far on Ottawa’s plans to herald a flavour ban. Well being Minister Mark Holland, in the meantime, has been an outspoken critic of nicotine pouches and banned the sale of pouches with fruity flavours inside a 12 months of them hitting cabinets.

Saks stated the truth that vaping has been round for for much longer makes regulating it tougher.

“The [nicotine pouch] market is a more moderen market that Minister Holland was capable of nip at earlier than it had proliferated,” Saks stated. “Vaping merchandise have been round for fairly a very long time. And we have additionally seen shifts and adjustments within the market.

 “I’m seized with this. We do wish to get this out as rapidly as doable.”

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