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Jose Benavidez Sr has given a damning assessment of Canelo Alvarez’s future in the sport, believing WBC champion Christian Mbilli could send him into retirement. The pair will square off for Mbilli’s world super-middleweight title on September 12, offering Canelo the chance to reclaim one of his belts in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was a unanimous decision victory for Terence Crawford that relieved Alvarez of his undisputed crown last September, with the Mexican subsequently undergoing elbow surgery. At this stage, many suspect that the 35-year-old is significantly past his best, perhaps only one or two fights away from calling time…

Cattle are herded in a stable on June 5, 2026 in Dublin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed a second case of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, in Texas.The latest detection was found in a one-month-old calf in Zavala County, Texas, roughly 5.6 miles from the first confirmed case announced earlier this month, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said Friday. Additional samples collected from the surrounding area have tested negative so far.New World screwworm larvae feed on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals, creating severe wounds that can be fatal if…

Iran’s World Cup soccer team set off from Turkey for their training base in Mexico on Saturday, with some members of their entourage reportedly still without U.S. visas, before three group matches in the U.S. later this month.The Iranian Football Federation’s secretary-general, Hedayat Mombeini, and its vice president, Mehdi Mohammad Nabi, were among 14 backroom staff and officials without U.S. visas before games in Los Angeles and Seattle, according to Iranian state television.It was unclear whether the federation’s president, Mehdi Taj, had been issued a visa. Members of the Iranian national soccer team go through a security checkpoint as they…

Elaine’s stories explore the boom in new obesity treatments, new drug payment models, the ways companies are affected by FDA changes, and the emerging psychedelics drug sector. She co-writes The Readout newsletter, and co-hosts STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Elaine on Signal at elaineywchen.70.Eli Lilly has already established that its next-generation obesity drug can lead to highly rapid weight loss. Researchers disclosed new data Saturday that provide more details on the safety and tolerability of the closely-watched therapy. Lilly previously said that in one late-stage study, called TRANSCEND-T2D-1, retatrutide helped people with diabetes lower blood…

WASHINGTON — Glitz, glamor and geopolitics were on the menu Wednesday night as Washington’s AI elite gathered to mingle and celebrate AI pioneers.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Complete with a red carpet and a dancing humanoid robot, the event could have been mistaken for a science fiction Hollywood premiere. Even as AI becomes an increasing source of tension in communities across America, the night’s honorees were largely optimistic about the trajectory of AI and its potential impact on society.“AI is a transformative technology that’s going to enable so many advancements, from…

Mayor Zohran Mamdani needs to make some big changes before moving forward with the City Council’s well-intentioned but flawed effort to steer more distressed housing into the hands of nonprofit building managers. The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, part of a batch of bills vetoed by ex-mayor Eric Adams on his final day in office, has been reintroduced and will likely come up for a vote later this year – but it will need guardrails to keep swindlers and bunglers from making the city’s housing crisis even worse.

By Chris Snellgrove | Published 13 seconds ago You know how Jabba the Hutt periodically punishes people by throwing them into the Sarlacc Pit? This method of execution is evidence of just how sadistic this crime lord really is. He doesn’t want to give anyone a quick death via blaster or via those cool Gamorrean axes. No, he wants those he punishes to languish in isolation, fear, and general misery, all of which makes every moment until death that much more excruciatingly painful. Well, I’ve never been executed by Jabba the Hutt, but I do have a lot of experience…

The 2026 INDYCAR schedule races on with the next stop just outside of St. Louis, Missouri, in the Metro East city of Madison, Illinois for the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 – streaming on FOX One. Reigning INDYCAR champ, Alex Palou, is coming off of a victory at the Detroit Grand Prix. Will he make back-to-back trips to the Winner’s Circle? Keep reading for key details, including start times, TV channels and schedule.Bommarito Automotive Group 500 ScheduleSaturday, June 6Practice 1 – 12:30 p.m. ET (FS1, FOX One)Qualifications – 4:30 p.m. ET (FS2, FOX One)High Line Practice – 8:00 p.m. ET (FS1,…

A former corrections officer who was working the night Jeffrey Epstein was found dead told the House Oversight Committee that her life has been derailed by threats and conspiracy theories suggesting she had a role in facilitating or covering up Epstein’s death, according to a transcript of the interview released this week.Tova Noel — who was initially charged with falsifying records during her shift that night — denied having any role in Epstein’s death and blamed some of the problems that came to light after the suicide on the «dysfunctional culture» at Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center.»My responsibility to conduct counts…