Reigning U.S. Open champion Carlos Alcaraz threw up as he was knocked out in the quarter-finals by American player Ben Shelton. The pair faced off in a four-and-a-half-hour showdown, playing from 11 p.m. until just after 3.33 a.m. on Wednesday—the latest finish in tournament history. Shelton’s victory puts an end to Alcaraz’s 18-match win streak at Grand Slams. It was Alcaraz’s first Slam since suffering a wrist injury in April, and he appeared to be struggling as he vomited before the start of the fifth set. The match ended 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (10-7). Shelton, 23, chalked his victory up to getting a boost from playing at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in his hometown of Queens, New York City. “It’s incredible,” he said. “I always say that this is the greatest sports city in the world… that this is the greatest stadium in the world. I’m just hoping that my best friend and my sister over there don’t have to be at work at 6 a.m. in three hours.” The American will now play compatriot Frances Tiafoe in the semi-final, guaranteeing an American will make the final. The last American man to win a Grand Slam was Andy Roddick at the U.S. Open in 2003.

Actor Michael J. Fox says his Parkinson’s is only getting more difficult to live with, even as he remains hopeful that researchers may eventually find a cure. “Of course, things have gotten harder over the years,” he said. “[But] I’m privileged to commit my time and energy to bringing everything I’ve got to help cure this disease.” The ‘80s icon, now 65, made the comments in an interview with People magazine ahead of receiving a prestigious award from the Lasker Foundation for raising more than $3 billion to fund research into his condition since he was first diagnosed with it in 2000. It follows not long after Fox made a return to the small screen for the third season of Apple TV’s hit comedy-drama series Shrinking, starring Harrison Ford and Jason Segel, in which he plays a character with Parkinson’s. “This new character allows me to show up on set as myself,” he quipped, adding of his decision two decades ago to speak and campaign publicly about his condition that he knew his “name could attract attention to help us achieve our goals faster.”

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Three researchers at AI giant Anthropic have issued a stark warning that increasingly powerful artificial intelligence could wipe out all of humanity by 2030. Jacob Coxon, who resigned from the company, said AI developers privately believe their technology could “kill us all by the end of the decade”, calling it a danger unlike any other human activity. “The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt. If anything, many executives and senior researchers will couch their phrasing in the press to sound sensible—but I hear the same people express fear privately. No other human activity poses this level of danger,” he said on X. Coxon, who worked at Anthropic and OpenAI for three years, added that “neither company is acting responsibly.” Anthropic alignment researcher Evan Hubinger backed him, saying: “We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans!” He estimated the risk at more than 10 percent over the next decade, adding that Anthropic still lacks a plan to reliably align superintelligent systems with human goals. Samuel Marks, who works on scalable oversight, said some developers fear human extinction could come within “the next few years”.

Longtime QVC host Sarah Bennett burst into tears while hosting a show to mark two decades as a mainstay of the television shopping network. The touching moment came on Sunday when she was joined on screen by fellow hosts Meghan Murray and Alberti Popaj, whose appearance took her by surprise. “I love you, and I would never miss your 20th anniversary,” Popaj told Bennett. “Oh, shoot, you’re gonna make me cry,” Bennett replied. “This is the threesome that hangs out at Meghan’s pool. We’ve had so many dinners together. We have shared so many laughs over the years.” Bennett got emotional again after her husband and two daughters dialed in to wish her the best. “It’s not easy being the spouse of a QVC host,” she quipped as she thanked her husband for his support over the years. She later shared a clip of her exchange with Murray and Popaj on Facebook, writing that it was “one of my fav moments from last night.”

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A Delta Air Lines jet plunged 27,000 feet in just 10 minutes after a sudden cabin-pressure failure sent oxygen masks dropping from the ceiling and forced an emergency landing in Las Vegas. Flight 2311 was traveling from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City on Sunday when the Boeing 737-900 encountered the issue at around 36,200 feet, People reported. The crew deployed oxygen masks and rapidly descended to 9,000 feet before diverting to Harry Reid International Airport. In air traffic control audio obtained by ATC.com, the pilot reported: “Delta 2311 currently rapid descent. We’d like to get down to 9,000 and we’re direct Las Vegas.” The aircraft, carrying 174 passengers and six crew, landed safely around 6:16 p.m. Passengers were able to leave normally and were later rebooked. Delta said the crew followed its safety procedures and brought the plane to a safer altitude after the “unexpected pressurization issue.” Oxygen masks automatically deploy during sudden cabin-pressure loss, helping protect passengers from hypoxia while an aircraft descends to breathable air.

A Minnesota pastor has died weeks after suffering a catastrophic spinal injury aboard a cruise ship in Italy while traveling for his son’s wedding. Stephen Junker, 58, fell into a pool aboard Princess Cruises’ Sun Princess on August 16 and was found “face down and unresponsive,” according to his family. He was pulled from the water and taken to a hospital in Naples by the Italian Coast Guard. Doctors diagnosed Junker with severe spinal cord compression at the C3-C4 level and performed emergency surgery the following day. His family was later told he would be quadriplegic if he survived. He also developed a drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in his lungs, which his family believed was linked to the near-drowning. Junker was eventually transferred to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, where he died on September 4. “He was surrounded by his wife, children, parents, and friends,” his family said on a GoFundMe page. “Further diagnostic testing had revealed injuries that were not treatable.” Junker was pastor of Chippewa Lutheran Church in Brandon, Minnesota, and is survived by his wife, children, and grandson.

A huge sinkhole has opened beneath the driveway of Nicolas Cage’s $10.5 million Malibu beachfront home, forcing authorities to evacuate 31 properties. The chasm appeared early Tuesday on Sea Level Drive, and officials said coastal erosion caused the collapse. By evening, it had grown to roughly 30 feet deep and 30 by 60 feet wide, prompting Malibu to declare a local emergency. It is unclear if Cage’s 4,000-square-foot home, which he bought in 2024, was occupied when the sinkhole formed. The collapse also triggered a gas leak, forcing Southern California Gas Co. crews to shut off supplies while emergency teams assessed the damage. Seven homes were deemed hazardous, while another 24 lost safe vehicle access as the road narrowed. Officials have warned that high tides and rain linked to Tropical Storm Marie could worsen the situation. A Red Cross shelter was opened at Malibu High School for evacuated residents.

A spectacular mosaic hidden beneath Rome for almost 2,000 years will open to visitors following a major archeological excavation. Discovered under Oppian Hill, close to the Colosseum, the artwork covers a subterranean wall measuring 10 meters high and 16 meters wide. Its scenes include a bearded philosopher, a centaur and a young poet receiving a laurel crown. Archeologist Francesco Pacetti told The Times of London that the team believes it could be “the biggest wall mosaic ever found in the Roman world”. Dating to the first century A.D., the mosaic may have belonged to an affluent Roman home or Emperor Nero’s Domus Aurea palace. It was eventually sealed beneath the vast public baths built under Emperor Trajan. The surviving artwork contains life-sized figures, columns, and striking blue sections made with gemstones. It also portrays a mysterious port city, although experts remain unsure whether it depicts a real location or an imaginary one.

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The Eiffel Tower closed on Monday amid a staff strike after management allegedly ordered female employees to stay out of sight while a Hindu group toured the structure. The organization, Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), is based in Ahmedabad, India. Around 100 of its members toured the tower on Saturday, when “women were asked to leave their places of work in order to place men there,” Diane Davoine, a union representative for the staff, told CNN. “So that absolutely does not go down well with the employees, with women obviously, who are all humiliated by what happened, by the way some were treated.” The Eiffel Tower Operating Company said the tour group had requested limited “interactions with women.” BAPS Paris disputes the claim. “It was never, at any point, intended as a request rooted in gender, and any suggestion to the contrary does not reflect the spirit or values of our fellowship or the delegation,” the group said in a statement to CNN. Local authorities have ordered an investigation, and Paris Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire has called the alleged directive “not acceptable.” The tower reopened on Tuesday.

The View alum Sherri Shepherd has been named Disney’s next Genie in Aladdin on Broadway. The 59-year-old will join the cast at the New Amsterdam Theatre this October, marking the first time a woman has been cast to play the fan-favorite character in any of Disney’s 11 productions of Aladdin worldwide. She has big shoes to fill as the lovable and funny Genie, with Robin Williams in the original animated movie and Will Smith in the live-action remake. Shepherd follows acclaimed stage actors including Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart and, most recently, Caleb A. Barnett. But comedy is the Less Than Perfect and 30 Rock star’s bread and butter. She just finished a national comedy tour, and she had her own semi-autobiographical sitcom and a daytime talk show—both titled Sherri. She even brought her signature brassy humor to Broadway’s Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella in 2014 as Madame, the Evil Stepmother. Shepherd is slated to perform in the long-running show through Jan. 3, 2027. Shepherd said this achievement is “a dream come true” after Disney announced her casting on Tuesday. “I’m ready to rub the lamp, unleash some magic, and have the time of my life on Broadway.”