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A runaway golf cart injured at least five people ranging in age from 25 to 82, according to the California Highway Patrol. One person suffered a broken arm while another has a spinal injury. Some of the injured spectators were taken to a nearby hospital, while those who had minor injuries were taken to a medical center. The incident happened around 10:20 a.m. local time when a vendor parked a golf cart to deliver boxes near a concession stand on No....

The 19-year-old Canadian capped an extraordinary rise in 2019 by clinching the final slam of the season at Flushing Meadows with a 6-3, 7-5 victory, maintaining her incredible run of having never lost to a top-10 player. While it was Andreescu this time around, it was Naomi Osaka who beat Williams at Arthur Ashe Stadium in 2018, with the 37-year-old having been stuck on 23 victories — one shy of Margaret Court’s record — since January 2017....

At the Masters, it was Jordan Spieth and the numerous records he broke to ultimately don the green jacket. This week, at the 115th U.S. Open at Chambers Bay, it’s Jason Day and his gutty performance despite suffering from acute vertigo. MORE: Chambers Bay showing its teeth | Fire over U.S. Open | Sunday schedule Day is tied for the lead at 4 under with Spieth, Dustin Johnson and Branden Grace, despite nearly withdrawing after a flare-up on Friday....

The Treasury Department reported on Tuesday that the national budget deficit jumped by $738 billion last month, dwarfing the previous record set in February of last year when it rose by $234 billion. The news came amid the sharpest economic downturn in U.S. history due to the coronavirus pandemic and as the U.S. has deferred annual tax payments from April to mid-July. Newsweek has reached out to the Treasury Department for further comment....

The strait, which is around 70 nautical miles wide at its narrowest point, separates China and Taiwan. It’s a vital sea lane for, among other things, trade and energy imports to and from Japan and South Korea. In recent years, as a more assertive Beijing has ramped up its fighting talk over its claim to the island, the waterway has hosted warships from the U.S. and its allies—with their regular presence meant to deter the Chinese leadership from a potentially catastrophic military adventure....

“In recent weeks, the U.S. Coast Guard has continued to monitor a Russian vessel, believed to be an intelligence gathering ship, off the coast of the Hawaiian Islands,” the U.S. Coast Guard 14th District Hawaii and the Pacific wrote in a statement Wednesday. USCG Cmdr. Dave Milne said in the statement that it’s part of procedure to ensure freedom of movement within the seas. This is while tensions between Washington and Moscow are slowly escalating because of the Russia-Ukraine war that’s rolling into its 12th month next week....

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) and a P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft joined in the multilateral Sea Breeze 2020 maneuvers Monday alongside assets from Bulgaria, Georgia, Norway, Romania, Spain, Turkey and Ukraine. This installment of the annual training, which is observing its 20th anniversary, involves up to 2,000 personnel, 26 ships and 8 aircraft as well as the forces of NATO Standing Maritime Group 2 and includes maritime interdiction operations, air defense, anti-submarine warfare, damage control and search and rescue operations....

There are currently 86 active large fires burning across 12 U.S. states, as more than 22,200 wildland firefighters and incident management teams are battling the blazes that have so far burned 1,498,205 acres, with that figure expected to reach 1.5 million on Monday. Along the U.S. West Coast, California, Washington and Oregon have been badly affected, with nine, 10 and seven blazes burning respectively in the states, according to the National Interagency Fire Center....

“It’s the most difficult group of the tournament and it’s very important to win the first match. Brazil are favourites for the World Cup. Winning the first match will lift our spirits.” Spain are placed alongside Brazil, DPR Korea and Niger in Group D. “We had two weeks of preparations. One in Spain, One here in India” said Denia when asked about their preparation for the tournament. According to the coach, the events back in Catalonia where an independence referendum has caused political controversy, will not affect the team in anyway and they will concentrate totally on football....

The state government had to come up with an explanation after the shop owners in the stadium, one of the six venues for the prestigious FIFA U17 World Cup to be held in October this year, approached the court after the Greater Cochin Developmental Authority (GCDA) sent them a directive asking them to vacate their shop premises between September 15th and October 25th. The court observed that while the FIFA U17 World Cup was important, the livelihood of the shop owners should also be protected and wondered why a committee was not appointed to look into their plight and ensure their source of income is protected....

Mali have come to India on the back of two U17 African Cup of Nations titles in 2015 and 2017 besides finishing runners-up to Nigeria in the 2015 edition of the U17 World Cup that was held in Chile. “The fact that we (Mali) did so well in Chile and also because we are the African champions, it’s a possitive pressure on the team. It influences our work in a positive sense....

They have been largely training together for around two years now but how ready are they to rub their noses amongst the best young talents from around the globe? Goal talked to India U17 coach Luis Norton de Matos to find out. The 63-year-old tactician hit the nail on the head by pointing out that what India lack is not high quality coaching or training but cognitive match experiences from regular competitive games....

In an emotion-filled six minute video, the players apparently stood up and got a chance to address Watts face-to-face. Much of the talk was about family, about how the program had joined together recruits from all over the nation and that the players themselves weren’t contacted to help save the program. MORE: Braxton Miller, free agent QB | Championship game rankings | Who is Cardale Jones? It’s tough to watch and the campus was not happy about the shutdown....

Davante Williams was dropping off his teenage passenger on Tuesday when they were stuck with hundreds of other cars on I-95 in Virginia after icy conditions caused car accidents. Williams, an Uber driver from Washington, D.C. said he was dropping off the young passenger when the vehicle was stuck in traffic. He told WNYW that the teen was “overwhelmed” and “emotional” but that he felt determined to get her home....

CEO Yves Guillemot’s original comments seemingly passed the blame to his staff with Guillemot speaking in a call with investors: RELATED: Ubisoft Staff Believes ‘Nothing Will Change’ Despite Executive Resignations While Guillemot claims tough decisions were made and that certain staff betrayed his trust, a new report may refute his claim. A former Ubisoft senior leader indicated in an interview with Gamasutra that Guillemot had once stopped staff from ousting an abusive member, citing the member’s talent and the potential tarnishing of image if it went public....

Here’s Martinez’s specific thoughts on the delay, according to GameSpot which was listening in on the earnings call: Martinez believes that sales in fiscal Q2 will rise as much as 34%. However, that speculation isn’t intended to take Red Dead redemption 2’s delay into account. That’s simply due to positive expectations from Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle’s launch, as well as the release of DLC for For Honor and Rainbow Six Siege....

Recently, however, there have been details of yet more theme park rides based on some of the most popular franchises in the video game world. First, news broke that Nintendo was planning to license out some of its famous characters to Universal for rides at its theme parks. It wasn’t long before there were rumblings of something larger, however; a few months ago whispers began to circulate stating that Universal Studios was going to begin work on a theme park based entirely around video games....

The Year 7 content will have a complete year pass as opposed to the seasonal passes of the days of yore. The year pass will entitle them to content for all four seasons that are to be released and exclusive content that will be limited to players who buy the year passes. Two options for Year 7 passes to be released for Rainbow Six Siege There are two options for buying a limited time year pass, a normal Year 7 pass or a premium Year 7 pass which will be available from February 21 to March 21....

While Ubisoft experienced a strong 2014 in terms of game sales with such games as Watch_Dogs, the French company also faced a number of struggles such as dealing with the severe technical issues Assassin’s Creed Unity launched with and even backlash over graphical downgrades. Earlier this week Ubisoft revealed some interesting sales data in terms of how their games sell on various platforms. Surprisingly, it appears that the Xbox One is struggling to outsell it’s last generation console counterpart, the Xbox 360....

Revealed during a recent Ubisoft gameplay event, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag now looks set to include an optional mission-rating mechanic, a 5-starred system intended to provide feedback for the series’ as-yet unspecified future entries. Speaking to Eurogamer, Associate Producer Sylvain Trottier outlined the feature as a simple, anonymous feedback tool, already being put to good use during the game’s internal playtest sessions. Interestingly, early impressions of the system seem to indicate that criticisms are limited to a hard star rating, with no room for any written additions....