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Pierre Gasly claimed the first pole position of his Formula One career at Monza, with George Russell qualifying second and Australia’s Oscar Piastri taking third for McLaren ahead of the Italian Grand Prix. Gasly produced a final lap of 1 minute 21.786 seconds around the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, edging Mercedes driver Russell by just 0.060 seconds. Piastri was a further 0.120 seconds adrift in third. The result marks a landmark moment for Alpine and Gasly, who will start Sunday’s race from the front of the grid after topping an exceptionally tight qualifying session. Piastri’s McLaren team-mate Lando Norris qualified ninth,…

Agostino Abbatiello, the alleged ringleader of a cocaine-trafficking operation linked to two Penn State fraternities, walked free from jail in a wrinkled blue suit after securing $250,000 bail. The 24-year-old emerged carrying a transparent bag containing his belongings after spending more than two weeks in the Centre County Correctional Facility. He had arrived at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte earlier on Wednesday wearing red prison clothing. Centre County Common Pleas Judge Jonathan D. Grine reversed an earlier decision to deny bail and ordered that the bond be secured. Abbatiello must live with his parents, avoid contact with witnesses, refrain…

A federal appeals court has left in place a ban on the Trump administration’s use of citizenship data to check US voter rolls, dealing a setback to its efforts to identify alleged non-citizens registered to vote ahead of November’s midterm elections. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected the administration’s request for an emergency stay in a 2-1 decision issued on Friday. The ruling means the Department of Homeland Security’s expanded Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system cannot be restored while the wider legal challenge continues. Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan and Judge Robert Wilkins…

Natalie Portman has reportedly welcomed her third child, a baby boy, with her French partner, music producer Tanguy Destable. The child is the Oscar-winning actress’s first with Destable, who is also known professionally as Tepr. French magazine Voici reported that the baby was born in France on 25 August. Portman, 45, has not publicly confirmed the birth, and neither she nor Destable is understood to have issued a statement. The actress already has two children, son Aleph and daughter Amalia, from her former marriage to choreographer Benjamin Millepied. Portman announced her pregnancy in April, telling Harper’s Bazaar that she and…

West Ham United made it back-to-back Championship victories under Nuno Espírito Santo with a 3-0 win over Derby County at the London Stadium, although the final score flattered the hosts after a nervy second half. Joel Piroe put West Ham ahead inside six minutes, but the Hammers were unable to reproduce the attacking fluency that had powered Tuesday’s 4-2 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers. Derby grew in confidence after the interval before late goals from Edvin Austbø and Mohamadou Kanté settled the contest. The result gives West Ham two home wins in five days as they begin life in the second…

Cocoa Police Department K9 Draco, a seven-year-old Belgian Malinois, has died after collapsing during a routine training exercise in Brevard County, Florida. Draco became ill while carrying out a tracking exercise on Friday, 4 September, and was taken immediately to an emergency veterinary hospital. Despite attempts by staff to save him, he died at 7.58am on Saturday, 5 September. The dog joined Cocoa Police in 2022 and worked alongside K9 Officer Cierra Johnson. He was dual-certified in patrol apprehension and narcotics detection. During his service, Draco helped officers detain dangerous suspects and remove illegal drugs and firearms from the streets.…

US forces struck three Iranian oil tankers on Saturday after American naval vessels came under missile attack, in a sharp escalation of the conflict around the Strait of Hormuz. US Central Command said an aircraft carrier and a guided-missile destroyer had evaded multiple “unprovoked Iranian attacks” while operating in the region. No American personnel were injured, it said. Two tankers were permanently disabled and a third, which was carrying no cargo, was destroyed, according to the US military. The vessels were described as part of a covert shipping network used to finance Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and allied armed groups. Admiral…

At least three soldiers have been killed and four wounded in a drone attack on a military compound in north-eastern Colombia, in an assault authorities have blamed on the rebel National Liberation Army (ELN). Explosives were dropped from drones on the Cantón Militar Trapiche in Ocaña, in the Norte de Santander department, late on Friday. The attack was followed by fighting inside the compound, according to Colombia’s army. Two soldiers died at the scene and a third succumbed to his injuries while receiving medical treatment. The military identified them as Captain Marco David Pirajón Montezuma and professional soldiers Joel Alberto…

A Pennsylvania college student was allegedly stabbed to death by her boyfriend, who then left her body in her car, while his mother is accused of helping him dispose of evidence, police said. Karoline Heintz, 18, was found in the rear of her Jeep near the California Area Public Library in California Borough shortly after midnight on August 20, according to investigators. Her boyfriend, Royce Moser, 18, has been charged with criminal homicide. His mother, Rachel Moser, faces charges including hindering apprehension, tampering with evidence, abuse of a corpse and obstruction. Police allege that Heintz had met Moser outside his…

The United States has imposed sanctions on a Turkish bank and two subsidiaries, accusing them of helping Iran move oil revenues from China through Turkey and providing financial access to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force. The action against Istanbul-based Golden Global Yatirim Bankasi Anonim Sirketi was announced by the US Treasury on Friday, September 4, as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to isolate Tehran from international finance. Golden Global Bank and its subsidiaries, Golden Global Portfoy Yonetimi and Golden Global Varlik Kiralama, have been added to the Treasury’s Specially Designated Nationals list. Their property under US jurisdiction…