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Bleach Report says Veteran guard JJ Redick announced his retirement from the NBA on Tuesday after 15 years in the league.

The Independent says medical examiners in North Port, Florida, have said the post-mortem of a body found in Wyoming over the weekend will be conducted later, as officials seek to determine if it is that of Gabby Petito.

RT News says a fan of a struggling football team in the US has told people that the only way to achieve a return to winning ways is for women in the area to stop having sex with the players.

Indy100 says Gillian Anderson, star of Sex Education, The Crown and many other shows, was made to answer a rather awkward question when she accepted the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress.

Sky News says a body found in Wyoming is believed to be that of missing Gabby Petito, US officials have said.

The Chicago Sun-Times says at least two people were killed and 16 others — including a 16-year-old — wounded in shootings Thursday in Chicago.

USA Today says last week, President Joe Biden claimed “this is not about freedom or personal choice” regarding COVID-19 vaccinations.

WSJ says GOP Rep. Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio said Thursday night that he won’t run for re-election next year

France24 says Olympic gymnast Simone Biles held back tears on Wednesday as she spoke at the Larry Nassar trial in the United States.

VOA says the US is developing a “new system for international travel” that will include contact tracing for when the nation eventually lifts restrictions.

AP News says California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday emphatically defeated a recall aimed at kicking him out of office early

Business Insider says last month, the Education Department reversed a Trump-era policy that prevented states from regulating student-loan companies.

Complex says following Ja Rule and Fat Joe’s Verzuz battle at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater, Jermaine Dupri took to Twitter to tell Diddy that he’ll “need some training for me.

The Guardian says california’s governor, Gavin Newsom has prevailed in a historic recall election that had him battling for his political life.

Vogue says after shutting down the Met Gala 2021 red carpet in an enrobing inky black Balenciaga gown, Rihanna pivoted from hyper-volume to an altogether slinkier silhouette for her after-party.

NPR says for the first time in nearly two decades, California voters will decide whether to remove their governor in a recall election on Tuesday, Sept. 14.

BDNews24 says a tiny village with fewer than 300 residents, Los Ebanos sits on the edge of the Rio Grande.

Detroit Free Press says a Muslim civil rights organization is urging Wayne County authorities to bring hate-crime charges against a woman who the group says verbally berated an African-American Muslim woman on a Sept. 11 flight from Atlanta to Detroit, then hit her — and was arrested.

ESPN says the “Tommy and Gronky” show with Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady and tight end Rob Gronkowski picked up right where it left off.

France24 says the Biden administration on Thursday sued Texas, seeking to block enforcement of a new law almost entirely banning abortion in the state.

Sky News says American companies with more than 100 employees must ensure their staff are vaccinated against coronavirus or tested weekly.

Yahoo says former President Barack Obama is the latest high-profile figure to appear in an ad supporting Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and urging Californians to vote “no” in next Tuesday’s California recall election.

VOA says law enforcement concerned by the prospect of violence at a rally are planning to reinstall protective fencing that surrounded the U.S. Capitol after the January 6 insurrection.

The Independent says Greg Abbott has defended new abortion laws in Texas by saying victims of rape and incest will have “at least six weeks” to terminate their pregnancy.

The Seattle Times says King County has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle the lawsuit of a 45-year-old woman who claims that when she was a teenage runaway 28 years ago, sheriff’s deputies left her at a Federal Way massage parlor where she was forced into prostitution.