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NEW YORK (AP) — Venus Williams and Leylah Fernandez reached the women’s doubles quarterfinals at the U.S. Open, defeating the 12th-seeded duo of Ekaterina Alexandrova and Zhang Shuai 6-3, 6-4 in their third-round match Monday in front of a capacity crowd at Louis Armstrong Stadium.Williams and Fernandez had not played together until last week, when they received a wild-card entry into the field at the Grand Slam tournament. They are now 3-0 and have not lost a set in the process.“We’re on the same wavelength, and hopefully we can keep it going,” Williams said.With the stands packed at Armstrong and…
MOREHEAD, Ky. – Jacalyn Stuff was nearing the end of her first trimester when doctors at UK St. Claire Regional Medical Center delivered shattering news: her twins were in danger.Then came a second blow: Those doctors – the ones she had come to know and trust, the ones less than 10 minutes from her home – could no longer treat her.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. During the following 10 weeks, Jacalyn – then 19 – had to travel repeatedly to hospitals able to provide more advanced maternity care.…
First came Coldplay’s kiss cam. Now it’s a Polish CEO at the US Open, seen on video yanking Kamil Majchrzak’s cap from a boy in the stands. The internet, predictably, is having a field day.Executives are learning that what happens in the crowd doesn’t stay in the crowd when cameras are everywhere. Whether it’s a Jumbotron at a concert or a television broadcast at Flushing Meadows, internet sleuths are quick to discover the identities of business leaders behaving badly. Overnight, relatively private people can be vaulted from obscurity to viral infamy.A video from Thursday appears to show Piotr Szczerek, head…
My book “Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It” was thrust into the spotlight in late 2024, after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in what authorities say was a targeted attack outside the company’s annual investors conference. Investigators at the scene found bullet casings inscribed with the words “delay,” “deny” and “depose.”The unsettling echo of the book’s title struck me and many others.That killing – and the torrent of online outrage that followed – put Americans’ unhappiness with health insurers at the front of the national conversation. Many…
Runway has spent the past seven years building visual-generating tools for the creative industry. Now, it sees a new opportunity for its technology: robotics. New York-based Runway is known for its video and photo generation AI world models, or large language models that create a simulated version of the real world. Most recently, the company released Gen-4, its video-generating model, in March and Runway Aleph, its video editing model, in July. As Runway’s world models started to improve — and get more realistic — the company began to receive inbound interest from robotics and self-driving car companies looking to use the tech,…
Every founder says they want visibility, traction, and growth. But with just 10 tables left and 5 days to grab one, the window to make that happen at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is closing fast. If you’ve been thinking about joining 10,000+ startup and VC leaders in San Francisco on October 27–29, this is your moment. Lock in your place on the Expo floor where ideas, capital, and connections collide. Here’s what’s waiting for you at your table Real investor exposure: We’re talking foot traffic from the likes of Sequoia, a16z, General Catalyst, Y Combinator, and more. They walk the floor.…
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami’s new faces made quick first impressions.At this time last year, Miami quarterback Carson Beck was at Georgia. Wide receiver CJ Daniels — he of the spectacular one-handed grab for a touchdown — was at LSU. Running back Marty Brown was at North Dakota State, game-winning-kicker Carter Davis was at Florida Atlantic and wide receiver Malachi Toney was in high school.They didn’t waste any time making an impact for the Hurricanes, all playing big roles and combining to account for all of No. 10 Miami’s scoring in its 27-24 win over No. 6 Notre Dame…
BOBRYK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian students near the front line of Russia’s invasion started their first day back to school underground to ensure their safety, marking the fourth year that schools have kept lessons going despite the war. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. School students listen to their teacher during a lesson, in the basement of a municipal building during the first day in school in Bobryk, Sumy region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. The Bobryk school was forced to move to the basement due to endless alarms. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) School students listen to…
VENICE (AP) — Singer Halsey bid for the top lot at the amfAR Venezia fundraiser Sunday and spoke on the red carpet about how the charitable foundation’s work has helped her personally.Hosted by an impassioned Colman Domingo in a bright green custom Valentino jacket, the event took place at the Arsenale during the Venice Film Festival.More low key and intimate than it’s Cannes Film Festival counterpart, the event still attracted its share of celebrities including Jude Law, in Venice to promote “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” in which he stars as Putin.The evening started with champagne, canapés, Italian spritz and…
As pro wrestling great and noted philosopher Ric Flair famously said, to be the man, you gotta beat the man.Defending national champion Ohio State is still the man in college football.The purveyors of preseason rankings had anointed Texas largely because of what in retrospect was an overabundance of hype surrounding Arch Manning. Reality hit at the Horseshoe on Saturday, and now the Buckeyes are in position to jump Penn State and return to No. 1 when The Associated Press’ first Top 25 of the regular season drops Tuesday.Look for No. 9 LSU to garner support for No. 1, as well,…