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New England Patriotswide receiver Kyle Williams was clearly exhausted after Day 2 of organized team activities.

He took to social media in the immediate aftermath of practice and claimed that it felt like he had gone through a training camp practice.

“Ain’t no way OTA’s feeling like training camp🤦🏽‍♂️N it’s only day 2????????”Williams posted on Instagramon Wednesday.

Patriotscoach Mike Vrabel has the team locked in during the spring practices. They are coming off a wildly successful season where they won the AFC East division, won the AFC championship and competed in the Super Bowl. Vrabel isn't shying away from keeping the team focused on the goal of picking right back up where they left off last season.

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Williams recorded 10 catches for 209 yards and three touchdowns last season. He could be in line to have a big sophomore campaign, with the team now trusting him to line up at multiple spots at receiver.

The third-round pick out of Washington State showed flashes of breaking out last season. There will be an even bigger spotlight on him in 2026, and it could play a major role in how the team views him long-term.

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Details ofSeattle Seahawksedge rusher Dante Fowler Jr.‘s deal with the team have emerged.

According to ESPN’s Brady Henderson,Fowler has the potential to earn a total of $5 million on the one-year deal he signed with Seattle in free agency.

“TheSeahawks' one-year deal for OLB Dante Fowler Jr. has a base value of $2.5M with $500K guaranteed, which was his signing bonus. The base salary is $1.32M,” Henderson said. “There's $680K in per-game roster bonuses.”

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Fowler recorded three sacks and three passes defended in 2025 as a member of the Dallas Cowboys. The Seahawks signed the Florida native after losing Boye Mafe in free agency.

The 31-year-old will play in a Seahawks rotation on the edge that also includes DeMarcus Lawrence, Derick Hall and Uchenna Nwosu next season. Fowler’s deal with the Seahawks is the lowest that he’s garnered in his career.

This article originally appeared on Seahawks Wire:Seahawks LB Dante Fowler Jr.’s contract terms revealed

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of 35 federal judges asked a federal court in Florida to reopen the legal case betweenPresident Donald Trumpand the Internal Revenue Service and investigate whether the two parties' out-of-court settlement was an act of fraud against the court.

In a May 27 court filing, the ex-judges contend Trump and co-plaintiffs failed to mention a planned settlement in their motion to withdraw the lawsuit against the IRS. In exchange for Trump voluntarily withdrawing the lawsuit, the Justice Department last week agreed to createa much-criticized $1.766 billion "anti-weaponization" fundthat could funnel payments to Trump's political allies.

"The Court was deceived," the 24-page motion reads, adding that the settlement "commandeers the contrived sum of $1.776 billion from the United States Treasury, to be handed out to recipients chosen by a commission effectively controlled by the President."

More:Trump digs in over $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund amid GOP backlash

Trump effectively sued the government that he leads when hefiled suit against the IRS and Treasury Department in Januaryseeking $10 billion in damages over the agency's past leak of his tax returns.

Voluntarily withdrawing the lawsuit meant the judge assigned to the case, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams, did not rule on the case's merits ‒ nor did the judge weigh in on the settlement that plaintiffs reached with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Trump's former personal attorney.

"The purported 'settlement' that the parties never placed before this Court raises profound questions about the parties’ candor toward the Court and manipulation of the judicial system, which threatens to undermine confidence in the administration of justice," the 35 former judges said in their motion.

They said reopening the case would allow the court to "commence an inquiry into whether the Court was deceived, including with respect to the existence of an underlying case or controversy and any purported arms-length negotiations undertaken to resolve it."

Settlement was not 'legally justified,' ex-judges say

Among the former judges asking the court to reopen the case is former U.S. District Court Judge Michael Luttig, a prominent conservative judge who was one of the star witnesses of the House January 6 Select Committee hearings.

Although none of the ex-judges are parties in the suit, theycited a federal rule of civil procedurewhereby a federal court can set aside a judgment over fraud against the court.

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More:Why Trump’s $1.776 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund has caused such a stir

"To be clear, the parties’ settlement was not, and never will be, legally justified," the motion reads, arguing Blanche wrongfully invoked the AG's authorities to award judgments and compromise settlements when he created the anti-weaponization fund. "Both of those authorities require the existence of a legitimate litigation and not, as here, one that is collusive, feigned, or fraudulent."

The agreement with the IRS also includesa guarantee that the tax agency will no longerpursue any claims over tax liabilitiesit may have against Trump, his family members and his companies.

Trump and his administration have faced intense bipartisan criticism over the anti-weaponization fund, which has few guardrails over the distribution of funds.

Blanche has said anyone is welcome to apply for compensation, yet the fund was conceived to pay individuals whom Trump and others say were unfairly targeted by prosecutors in past Democratic administrations. Blanche and other administration officials have not ruled out checks going to the nearly 1,600 Trump supporters who violently stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, including those convicted of assaulting police officers.

More:Jan. 6 police officers sue to block Trump's $1.8B 'slush fund' for 'insurrectionists'

A five-person committee, with each member appointed by Blanche, will be in charge of deciding which complainants are rewarded money from the fund, according to the Justice Department.

Two police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attacksued the Trump administration in a bidto block the anti-weaponization fund.

Trump has defended the fund amid the backlash, writing last week on Truth Social that he is "helping others, who were so badly abused by an evil, corrupt, and weaponized Biden Administration, receive, at long last, JUSTICE!"

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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:35 former judges ask court to investigate Trump's deal with IRS

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Win or lose, billionaireDemocrat Tom Steyerwill leave a mark in the history books in his bid to become California's next governor — he’s running the most expensive political advertising campaign in the country this year.

Steyer —a former hedge fund manager turned liberal activist— has spent or booked more than $195 million in ads for broadcast TV, cable and radio with the tally still growing, according to data compiled by advertising tracker AdImpact.

His torrent of ads has opened theone-time presidential candidateto criticism that he is trying to buy the governor's chair, and his ad total represents more than 20 times the amount spent by his nearest rival,fellow Democrat Xavier Becerra, as the two duel for a spot in the November election.

Nationally, his spending is unparalleled — no one is even close.

In Georgia, Republican health care executive Rick Jackson has spent about $83 million on advertising in his primary race for governor, which is headed for a June runoff, ranking him second. The third place spot is held by his Republican rival, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who hasPresident Donald Trump’sendorsement and has spent nearly $31 million on ads, according to AdImpact.

Following Jones was DemocraticU.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthiof Illinois, who spent over $28 million on advertising in a failed bid for U.S. Senate.

Trying to ‘buy the governor’s office?’

Katie Porter, a former U.S. House member who is among seven established Democrats in the California race, has repeatedly criticized Steyer for dipping into his personal fortune to keep ads in front of voters with scant competition from rivals.

“He’s not earning support — he’s buying this seat,” her campaign wrote in an email to supporters Wednesday.

In raw numbers, Steyer's ad blitz has eclipsed the 2010 record set by Republican Meg Whitman, who spent $178.5 million in total on a losing bid for governor, much of it her own money. At the time, it was the costliest campaign for statewide office in the nation’s history. When adjusted for inflation, however, Whitman still holds the state record, but that represented spending for the full election, not just the primary.

A crowded field with no clear leader

Steyer's record-level output has lifted him into contention in the crowded race, but he's not breaking away from the field. He's among a leading group of several candidates — including Becerra andRepublican Steve Hilton— as the campaign heads toward a June 2 primary. Mail voting started earlier this month.

Still, Steyer's cash advantage is giving him a publicity edge as the contest enters its crucial final days. He's maintained a steady flow of advertising and online posts questioning Becerra's credentials and record, with Becerra, a former state attorney general and Biden administration health secretary, lacking the funds to reply in kind.

One Becerra ad sought to connect with voters who might be getting bleary-eyed from the cascade of Steyer advertising. It used tranquil scenes of Joshua trees, waves curling on a beach and soaring redwoods, with a gentle prod: “You can stop the endless Tom Steyer ads. Vote Xavier Becerra.”

Steyer’s financial edge has allowed him to stretch the boundaries of his campaign far beyond traditional TV and radio ads, with steady posts on online platforms like YouTube and Instagram. TheNew York Times reportedthat his campaign paid a progressive Texas influencer $100,000 to help Steyer win the election. The Sacramento Beereported that Becerra, too, had hired an influencer.

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In a statement, Steyer spokesperson Kevin Liao did not directly address the campaign's spending but pointed to millions of dollars pumped into ads by independent groups backed by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., real estate agents and others seeking to defeat the billionaire, who has promised to “break up the electric monopolies in California.”

Speaking to reporters Wednesday in Berkeley, Steyer defended his spending in the race, saying he was fighting against powerful corporate interests that are driving up the price of living in the state.

“The corporations and billionaires have spent a record amount against me,” Steyer said. “I'm only working for the people of California.”

Many voters have been slow to vote in a racewithout a star candidate and no clear leader. More than 50 names will be on the ballot. California uses a “top two” primary system that puts all candidates on one ballot, with only the top two vote-getters advancing to November, regardless of party.

“In a race this close, it all matters,” said Democratic consultant Andrew Acosta.

Money doesn't always make the difference

History shows that money doesn’t always translate into votes.

Billionaire developer Rick Caruso spent over $100 million in 2022 in his bid to become Los Angeles mayor, much of it his own money, but he was handily defeated by Mayor Karen Bass, who spent a fraction of Caruso’s total. Billionaireformer New York City Mayor Michael Bloombergspent more than $1 billion of his own money on his 2020 presidential bid before dropping out.And Steyer’s moneywas unable to lift him into contention in the 2020 presidential contest,from which he dropped outearly in the year after a poor finish in the South Carolina primary.

Democratic San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan's campaign for governor was supported by independent committees bankrolled by millions of dollars from tech leaders and venture capitalists, yet he failed to gain traction in the race.

Steyer has never held elected office.

In a 2019 interview with The Associated Press, Steyer was asked what he would say to people who think he’s trying to buy the presidency.

“I don’t think that’s possible,” Steyer said at the time, before adding, “I’m never going to apologize for succeeding in business. That’s America, right?”

The contest is unfolding as California struggles with along-running homeless crisis,wildfire insurance shortages,projected budget shortfallsand housing costs that are out of reach for many working-class families. Voters, meanwhile, are saddled with growing everyday bills for groceries, utilities and gas.

The AdImpact data does not include ads on some popular streaming services, like Hulu and YouTube, or mail advertising.

With the NBA Draft decision deadline looming Wednesday night, there are a number of players who still haven't announced whether they will remain in the draft or return to college.

No pending decision probably looms larger on the 2026 college basketball season than former Iowa State standout Milan Momcilovic, who led the nation by making a school-record 136 3-pointers last season.

After averaging 16.9 points and shooting a nation-best 48.7% from 3-point range last season, Momcilovic entered the NBA Draft as well as the transfer portal on April 12.

He attended this month's NBA Scouting Combine in Chicago, but still hasn't announced his final decision. He's reportedly drawn heavy interest from Kentucky, Duke and St. John's.

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However, Field of 68 reported Tuesday that Arizona has emerged as another suitor in Momcilovic's potential return process. A factor in this? Arizona standout Koa Peat is reportedly staying in the NBA Draft and not returning for his sophomore season.

Whoever lands Momcilovic should he return to college, it will likely take a heavy price tag to make it happen. He's commanding approximately $6 million to return to college, according to a report by CBS Sports.

Momcilovic's 260 career 3-pointers at Iowa State ties for second in school history with Naz Mitrou-Long (2012-17), 10 behind leader Jake Sullivan (2000-04).

--Field Level Media

The Montreal Canadiens find themselves in unfamiliar territory.

Sure, they will play their next game at home, but they will enter Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night having lost two in a row for the first time since March 14-15.

The Canadiens, who trail 2-1 in the best-of-seven series, also have lost three in a row at home and five of seven overall at the Bell Centre in the playoffs.

Unfortunately for Montreal, Carolina is 5-0 on the road and 10-1 overall.

"I expect us to show up," Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis said on Tuesday. "We're behind, but we're not dead.

"... It's hard as you keep advancing. We knew it was going to be that. I think going through that, you really realize it's hard to keep advancing. You have to grind."

Getting more shots on goal would be beneficial, too.

Montreal followed up registering 12 shots on goal in a 3-2 overtime loss in Game 2 on Saturday with 13 in a setback by the same score in Game 3 on Monday. Even the Bell Centre faithful were imploring the home team to "shoot the puck" during overtime on Monday.

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"I think we could have been better (Monday) night. I think our execution was a little bit off. We just couldn't find it throughout the whole game, it seemed like," defenseman Kaiden Guhle said, per the Montreal Gazette.

"(On Wednesday) we definitely have to be better. We have to be desperate. We don't want to be down 3-1 going back there (for Game 5 on Friday). Definitely, it's a huge one."

Andrei Svechnikov scored 14:06 into the extra session on Monday as Carolina improved to 5-0 in overtime during this postseason. The Hurricanes are now two wins removed from reaching the Stanley Cup Final for the third time in franchise history.

"I think it's the mentality of the team," Svechnikov said of Carolina's penchant of winning in overtime, per the Raleigh News and Observer. "We love tight games. Every time, we love that."

Carolina also loves scoring first, as it has done in each game of this series and nine times in 11 games during these playoffs. Defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere opened the scoring on Monday and Taylor Hall also tallied for his team-leading 13th point this postseason.

Montreal defenseman Lane Hutson scored a goal on Monday to boost his postseason point total to 15 (three goals, 12 assists). However, the 5-foot-9, 162-pound Hutson also has picked up a number of other things -- such as a swollen lip and a bruised nose -- while being targeted with physical play by the Hurricanes.

Carolina holds a decisive 127-65 advantage in hits thus far in the series.

"I would say it's a staple of our game," Gostisbehere said. "Our forwards do a great job of sending a heavy forecheck. It's to whoever has the puck, to be honest. Obviously, (Montreal's) skilled guys, you want to get a piece of them any chance you get, don't let them get up the ice. When you're doing that all game, it gets annoying. You're not going to want to get up the ice when you're getting hit all the time or mentally knowing that you're going to get hit."

--Field Level Media

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Clarence B. Jones, a former speechwriter and confidante of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who helped pen his famous“I Have A Dream” speech, has died. He was 95.

Jones died Friday at a senior living community in the San Francisco Bay Area suburb of Cupertino, according to a statement released by the family, who was at his side.

“Our father lived a life of conscience,” the Jones' family said Tuesday. “He believed, until his final days, that an idea" is "more powerful than the march of any army. We are grateful beyond words for the love, the prayers, and the friendships that sustained him, and us, across this long and remarkable life.”

As King's personal attorney, Jones was heavily involved in some of the key moments of the Civil Rights Movement. He is credited with smuggling pages of King's “Letter from Birmingham Jail” out of his cell and writing many up until theassassination of the civil rights iconin 1968.

He helped craft King's 1967 “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” address given at Riverside Church in New York exactly a year before King's death. It was considered a hallmark speech for King's condemnation of the Vietnam War and U.S. militarism in general. He argued that the U.S.'s participation in the war exacerbated poverty across the country.

Born on Jan. 8, 1931 in Philadelphia, Jones had parents who were domestic workers for a wealthy Quaker family several miles away in New Jersey, according to the Clarence B. Jones Institute for Social Advocacy. Jones was class valedictorian of an integrated high school in Palmyra, New Jersey. His knack for speechwriting became apparent in 1949, when he gave a graduation speech about breaking down racial barriers.

Jones went on to graduate from Columbia University in New York. He then was drafted by the U.S. Army but was honorably discharged almost two years later. He went on to earn a law degree from Boston University.

In 1960, in what would be the start of a seminal friendship, Jones was approached by King to be on his legal team in a tax evasion case brought by the state of Alabama. Jones pivoted from a career in entertainment law in California and moved his family to New York City. There he could be closer to King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and serve as a full-time adviser, attorney and speechwriter for him.

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He was a member of the legal team on the 1964 case New York Times v. Sullivan. The nation's highest court overturned a libel case against the newspaper, which had run an ad condemning police treatment of civil rights demonstrators in Montgomery, Alabama.

After King's death, Jones went on to work for a Wall Street investment banking firm and became the first Black American with the designation of allied member of the New York Stock Exchange.

He later ventured into academia. In 2012, he joined the faculty at the University of San Francisco where he taught law students as well as undergraduates in courses such as “From Slavery to Obama.” In 2018, he co-founded the Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice at the school. Around the same time, he also became a scholar-in-residence at Stanford University's Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute.

Jones published a book about those years with King in 2023 titled “Last of the Lions: An African American Journey in Memoir.”

The following year he received the nation's highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, from then-President Joe Biden. A few weeks later, a tearful Jones appeared at a San Francisco Giants baseball game with Golden State Warriors basketball star Stephen Curry to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Curry has produced and co-directed a short documentary on Jones.

“The Baddest Speechwriter of All” won an award at the Sundance Film Festival in January and will stream onNetflixlater this year.

Jones is survived by his five children and longtime partner Lin Walters.

Plans for funeral services and a public celebration of life are still being finalized.

Alexa, are you down right now?

If she doesn't say anything, you know the answer.

According to Downdetector,there were nearly 200 reports of issues with Amazon Alexa as of Tuesday evening around 6 p.m. EST.

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More than half of the issues with Alexa is with voice controls. But there were other issues as well, including others are having problems with connectivity and others are dealing with app problems.

The problem just popped up, so it could potentially be corrected quickly. But if you’re having issues, you’re not alone.

This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press:Is Alexa down right now? Amazon Alexa users finding problems: Downdetector

Arthur Gea abruptly ran off the tennis court for an emergency bathroom break during his French Open debut

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• “I cannot wait, it’s not a joke,” the 21-year-old French pro tennis player said to the umpire before sprinting to the bathroom

• Following the match, the French tennis star said that he woke up that morning feeling unwell

Arthur Geapaused the first set of hisFrench Opendebut to take an emergency bathroom break.

On Sunday, May 24, the 135th-ranked French tennis star, 21, dramatically dashed off the Suzanne-Lenglen Court in Paris after telling the umpire that he had to urgently use the restroom in the middle of his match against Karen Khachanov.

“I need to go to the bathroom. I can't move anymore,” Gea said to the chair umpire before running off, according to theAssociated Press. “I'm going to (go) on the court.”

“I cannot wait. It's not a joke,” he added, as seen in a TNT Sports video.

While Gea was trailing Khachanov 4-2 when he abruptly paused the match, Khachanov protested to the umpire as three minutes passed before they were able to resume.

According to aruleintroduced by the Association of Tennis Professionals in 2022, players can take a maximum of three minutes once they have entered the toilet. Additionally, a player may only take one toilet break per match during a set break.

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In this case, Gea said that the umpire allowed him the break because of “medical circumstances,” noting that he was given medications to ease his stomach pain.

Ultimately, Khachanov won the match 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-0.

Following the match, Gea said that he woke up that morning feeling unwell after not feeling any symptoms the night before.

“I was feeling really, really bad this morning in particular. But during the match was even worse because it was a bit hot and I had to go to the toilet really quick and they didn't allow it,” he said during apress conference. “I was asking the referee because I was feeling really, really bad and then the doctor came and obviously I could go out and it was not so long.”

In addition to Gea's illness, his match against Khachanov took place during a grueling heat wave in Paris with temperatures nearing 90 degrees Fahrenheit. As spectators fanned themselves with newspapers in the stands, players attempted to keep cool and stay hydrated on the court.

“I was feeling a bit better but it was still really bad,” Gea continued of his condition after returning the bathroom. “It was really, really hard physically with my health.”

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Travis Kelce's and Patrick Mahomes' homes were broken into just days apart 00:17

Police in Chile on Sunday said they arrested three Chileans wanted by the FBI for allegedly robbing the homes of professional American athletes in 2024 and 2025.

The suspects also robbed athletes in Argentina, authorities said.

The thieves stole jewelry, high-end watches and souvenirs such as sports jerseys, among other belongings, they said.

Two of them were arrested last week after breaking into the home of former tennis player Juan Martin del Potro, the last Latin American to win a Grand Slam tournament -- the 2009 U.S. Open.

"The capture of these two individuals in Argentina" led to the arrest on Saturday of a third member of the gang, Commissioner Enrique Gutierrez of Chilean Interpol said in a video released by the police.

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U.S. authorities had already requested "arrest warrants with a view to extradition," he added.

In December 2024, theFBI issued a noticeto sports leagues earlier this month informing teams and players ofrecent burglariestargeting professional athletes. The advisory said at least nineprofessional athleteswere targeted in the rash of forced entries at their homes across the country between September and November 2024, sources told CBS News.

Police in Chile did not reveal the names of any of the American athletes who were allegedly robbed.

CBS News previously reported on break-ins at the homes of NBA starLuca Doncic, Cincinnati Bengals quarterbackJoe Burrow,Kansas City Chiefs starsPatrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, Minnesota Timberwolves guardMike Conley Jr., Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis, andTyler Seguinof the NHL's Dallas Stars.

In February 2025, theU.S. chargedseven Chilean nationals in connection with the burglaries. The suspects stole valuables worth over $2 million, including jewelry, cash, and other luxury merchandise,according to the Justice Department.

According to police in Chile, the suspects checked the security levels of each house and reviewed the social media profiles of their potential victims.

"These individuals will face justice in the United States or Argentina, as they had no significant criminal record in Chile, having specialized in robberies outside our borders," Gutierrez added.

KYIV, May 25 (Reuters) - Russia said on Monday that it intended to launch "systematic strikes" on targets in Kyiv linked to the Ukrainian military as well as decision-making centres, and urged foreigners to leave, a day after one of its heaviest bombardments of the city since the start of the war.

Russian drone and missile strike in Kyiv

But ‌Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha urged Kyiv's allies not to give in to "Russian blackmail." And the head of the EU mission in the city said the 27-nation ‌bloc was "not going anywhere."

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to a Russian Foreign Ministry statement, that the impending strikes were "in response to the continuing terrorist attacks by the Kyiv regime" ​against civilians in Russia.

The statement said Russia's armed forces "are starting systematic strikes on facilities located in Kyiv that are used for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as on centres where the corresponding decisions are being made."

An earlier Russian Foreign Ministry statement urged foreigners, including diplomats, to leave Kyiv as quickly as possible.

Russia has cited what it describes as a deliberate drone strike last Friday on a student dorm in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine.

Ukraine's military denied the Russian accusations and said it had struck an elite drone command ‌unit in the area.

In Kyiv, rescuers tackled the aftermath of Sunday's ⁠strikes, which authorities said had killed two people and injured 91.

Moscow fired an Oreshnik hypersonic missile near Kyiv - its third use of the nuclear-capable weapon in more than four years of war.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Sybiha wrote on the social media platform X: "We are currently discussing with our ⁠partners that there is no need to give in to this Russian blackmail."

The head of the EU mission in Kyiv, Katarina Mathernova, said the Russian warning sought to sow panic.

"Russia wants fear. Panic. Isolation of Ukraine. It will not work," she said on social media. "The EU is not going anywhere. We are staying in Kyiv. We are staying with Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said around 300 sites across ​Kyiv ​had been damaged in the weekend strikes, including a newly opened museum devoted to the 1986 Chornobyl ​nuclear disaster.

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More than 70 foreign diplomats paid their respects to the ‌victims of the strikes in Kyiv, visiting the heavily damaged neighbourhood of Lukyanivka on Monday.

ATTACKS IN RUSSIA, UKRAINE

Meanwhile, Ukraine continued its own attacks against Russian infrastructure and industrial assets.

In Russia's Belgorod region, one man was killed and another injured in a missile and drone attack that also cut power and water supplies, local authorities said on Telegram.

The Russia-installed head of parts of eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, Denis Pushilin, said seven people were killed in Ukrainian attacks, including a family of four whose car was struck in the industrial town of Horlivka.

In Ukrainian-held territory, two people were killed and 16 wounded in Russian attacks over 24 hours in the southern Kherson region, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on Telegram.

In a missile attack on ‌Monday on the town of Derhachi near Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-biggest city, two people were killed and more ​than 20 injured, officials said.

In the Black Sea port of Odesa, a frequent Russian target, the city's top ​official said one person was killed and three injured in a Russian strike.

A ​further 14 were wounded in the southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region, officials said. Emergency services said drones attacked a nine-storey apartment building in the town of ‌Pavlohrad.

The governor of those parts of Donetsk region held by Ukraine, Vadym ​Filashkin, said 12 people had been hurt in ​the frontline city of Kramatorsk.

Reuters could not independently verify the reports. Russia and Ukraine deny deliberately targeting civilians since Russia invaded its neighbour in February 2022.

U.S. mediation has failed to broker an end to the war. Each side accuses the other of seeking to escalate the conflict, and Ukraine plans to send reinforcements to its northern ​regions to counter what it believes are Russian plans for ‌a new offensive.

Zelenskiy, in his nightly address, said Ukraine had made little progress with the United States in expanding production of anti-missile defences. He also repeated ​that Kyiv was "expecting new diplomatic measures" from Washington.

(Reporting by Jekaterīna Golubkova in Tokyo and Alessandra Prentice in London; Additional reporting by Anna Pruchnicka in Gdansk, ​Editing by Kate Mayberry, Ros Russell, Gareth Jones and Ron Popeski; Editing by Nick Zieminski)

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Voters in Texas will see little of theRepublican candidatesfor U.S. Senate on Monday. But that's only if they stay away from screens.

Election 2026 Texas

There were no public campaign events scheduled for Sen.John Cornynnor state Attorney GeneralKen Paxtonon the final day of their more than yearlong quest for the GOP nomination. Instead, their fight for Tuesday's runoff continues as it has for months — intense and unabated — through advertising that has topped $109 million, heavily from Cornyn's side.

Cornyn is scheduled to host an annual, non-campaign event in San Antonio to recognize high school graduates attending the nation's service academies. The senator seeking a fifth term held his last public campaign event in Corpus Christi on Friday, ahead of Tuesday’s voting.

Paxton headlinedhis last events Thursdayin the Austin area and in San Antonio, content to let his campaign and a super PAC carry his primary message: thatPresident Donald Trump endorsed himon May 19.

Trump's announcement and accompanying dismissal of Cornyn, who has had an awkward public relationship with the president, came on the second day of early voting, which ended Friday.

Though the candidates were quiet over the weekend, Trump reaffirmed his support for Paxton on Sunday, and disparaged Cornyn as insufficiently loyal to him.

Paxton, Trump posted on social media, “was also very loyal to your favorite President, ME,” while calling Cornyn “VERY disloyal to me.” It was Trump's strongest rebuke of Cornyn, who had dismissed his 2024 comeback chances, and echoed the president's reproach ofLouisiana Sen. Bill Cassidybefore he lost in the May 15 GOP Senate primary.

After Trump's jabs, Cornyn still leaned into his support for the president just before Monday's event. The senator said that 99.3% of his votes aligned with Trump, that he “wants him to be successful” and then he referenced Trump’s previous comments “where he called me a good man and a friend.”

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As for endorsing his opponent, “obviously the president is entitled to make his pick," he said, but “Texans are a pretty independent breed and people will be making their own choices.”

Following Trump's call for retribution, Republican voters in Indiana and Kentucky have also chosen GOP primary challengers over incumbent GOP officeholders who have crossed the president or opposed his agenda.

For a contest that is expected to draw a fraction of Texas’ 18.7 million voters, the two candidates’ campaigns and supporting groups were continuing to bombard all Texans with advertising, though more by Cornyn's backers than Paxton's.

"It’s just a slug fest, with the campaigns and third-party groups slugging it out,” said Wayne Hamilton, a former executive director of the Texas Republican Party.

The combination of Cornyn's campaign and supporting super PACs has far outspent pro-Paxton groups over the past year, by almost nine-to-one. But the gap has shrunk as the runoff has approached. In the final week of the campaign, the combination of pro-Cornyn ad spending was less than twice that of Paxton's group.

Cornyn's network continued to air spots attacking Paxton over ethical and personal questions that have shadowed him with little effect throughout the campaign. The senator's consequent argument to voters is that Paxton would struggle in the general election and threaten to flip the seat blue.

“Paxton’s flaws and the baggage he brings to the general election is going to be exploited to the fullest by James Talarico,” he told reporters, before heading into Monday's ceremony and giving a speech devoid of campaign politics to the assembled graduates.

Cornyn’s campaign also had reprised an ad noting his tendency to vote in the Senate for Trump’s priorities.

Paxton's campaign and groups supporting him transitioned midweek to all ads noting Trump's endorsement, though Paxton's primary super PAC, Lone Star Liberty Fund, began airing one over the weekend aimed at raising questions about state Rep. James Talarico, the Texas Democratic Senate nominee.

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Daniel Donabedian:Jaylen Brown shouts out Derrick White for making the All-Defensive 1st Team:“Had a hell of a defensive season” He went on to say he’s jealous of White’s defensive timing: “His timing & ability to make impact plays…he’s gifted at that…His IQ sets himself apart.” @FCHWPO

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Here he is in his first postseason with the Spurs, having forced his way to San Antonio last season as part of his Sacramento Kings exit plan, and there’s already league-wide chatter about how his time here might be cut short. The assertion, shared by rival executives and media folks alike, is that rookie guard Dylan Harper (the No. 2 pick in last year’s draft) is simply too good to come off the bench for long and will eventually need to start alongside second-year guard Stephon Castle (the No. 4 pick in 2024).

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