The Guardian · US newsThe White Sox were one of the worst teams in MLB history. Now they are just five wins from a place in the World Series
The postgame celebration songs pounded through the Bluetooth speakers in the Chicago White Sox clubhouse on Monday night, minutes after the team’s playoff victory over the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field.
The White Sox, who lost 121 games two seasons ago, have made a remarkable turnaround. A team who were once so abject that they stopped tweeting out their results are now just five wins from the World Series. They can seal their progress to the American League Championship Series on Wednesday if they beat the Guardians in Chicago.
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Branson Wright in Cleveland · Wed, Oct 7, 2026, 2:00 AM
The Guardian · US newsJustin Ellis scored in the first half to cap a perfect elongated international window for Mauricio Pochettino’s side.
Jeff is at the game.
Meanwhile, Pablo Maurer is following the Messi farewell:
Goalkeeper feels like a re-opened competition after shaky halves from World Cup incumbents Matt Freese and Chris Brady, while Diego Kochen shone bright in his first start against Mexico. Brian Schwake will try to make his case from the opening whistle, looking to carry his fine form with Nashville into his second appearance.
I was hoping to see Auston Trusty partner with Chris Richards, as he seems like the best partner in a post-Tim Ream US side, but he looks set to deploy at left-back. That said, Alex Freeman will likely advance further up the right, and Trusty could deputize as a wide center-back in build-up phases.
Mathis Albert may not yet be a regular with Dortmund’s B-team, much less the senior side, but his dynamism throughout this camp earned him a surprise start over the more polished and proven Zavier Gozo. A fascinating chance to get a long look at another star of the program’s future.
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Beau Dure · Tue, Oct 6, 2026, 7:19 PM
The Guardian · US newsA chippy and at times ugly friendly nonetheless gave Mauricio Pochettino’s side four wins out of four, with another young player making the difference.
Before 1878, a referee trying to get players’ attention was left to waive a white handkerchief in the air. It was an imperfect practice, asking an infractor to be self-aware enough to look for a doffed doily after hard contact. The game forever changed when Joseph Hudson, a Birmingham-bred tool maker who founded Acme Whistles, showed up to an FA Cup match in 1878 with his signature product in tow.
On Tuesday, nearly 150 years after Hudson’s innovation, referee Steven Madrigal paid the architect a hearty tribute.
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Jeff Rueter at Allianz Field · Tue, Oct 6, 2026, 7:13 PM
The Guardian · US newsOwens sued over September Instagram post that suggested trio tampered with evidence in death of Mississippi teen
Three friends of Nolan Wells, a Mississippi teen who died after a July boating trip, have sued NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Owens for defamation.
On 26 September, Owens shared an Instagram video that suggested Wells’s friends Warren Hudson, Jax Pitalo and Morgan Seymour had deleted evidence from Wells’s phone after his death, which the three men denied in their lawsuit.
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Uwa Ede-Osifo · Tue, Oct 6, 2026, 7:04 PM
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Two media giants, Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery, have completed their $110bn merger, creating a new entertainment powerhouse, Skydance.
The deal, fiercely contested by several state attorneys general over potential antitrust concerns, formally closed on Tuesday.
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Cecilia Nowell, Shrai Popat, Keely Aouga and Tom Ambrose · Tue, Oct 6, 2026, 6:58 PM
The Guardian · US newsRepublican challenged by Democrat Troy Jackson in critical Senate race says she opposes Iran war and Canada tariffs
Susan Collins, the Republican senator for Maine, pointedly distanced herself from Donald Trump in a televised debate with Democratic challenger Troy Jackson on Tuesday, as she sought to present an image of independence in a state that has voted against Trump three times.
Proclaiming herself as not the US president’s “favorite senator”, Collins made the highly unusual boast for a Republican that she had voted with Joe Biden, a Democrat, more than 90% of the time when he was president. She also emphasized her differences with her fellow Republicans, saying she voted against her own party more than any other senator.
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Robert Tait in Washington · Tue, Oct 6, 2026, 6:43 PM
The Guardian · US newsThe 2022 World Cup champion was given a raucous sendoff with plenty of pomp and circumstance. Read Pablo Iglesias Maurer’s minute-by-minute report.
Guardian reader Paul reached out via email and is apparently deep in the comments section of a 20-year-old Messi article we published here at the Guardian. I can only hope Guardian reader “snafuclarke” has fully recovered from such a scorchingly terrible take:
don’t kid yourselves. messi is currently hugely overrated. the amount of hype this lad gets has never matched his performances on the pitch the last game aside.
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Pablo Iglesias Maurer · Tue, Oct 6, 2026, 6:41 PM
The Guardian · US newsLatest model is launching in New York to target rich US buyers – and is more than 5.2 metres long and 2 metres wide
It has no rear window, will not fit into a UK parking space and – starting at £130,000 – ($172,000) is aimed squarely at rich tech industry buyers driving the wide open roads of America.
Jaguar’s electric car, the Type 01, was launched in New York on Tuesday night and marks the culmination of a two-year rebrand that has been one of the most scrutinised in automotive history.
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Alex Daniel · Tue, Oct 6, 2026, 5:00 PM
The Guardian · CaliforniaAs Angelenos bemoan ‘sad situation’, those in San Diego say remark a ‘disservice’ to town with multiple naval bases
Donald Trump’s extraordinary implication that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego have sparked condemnation across the political spectrum. As residents of the two major west coast cities awoke on Tuesday to another sweltering day in a record-breaking heatwave, the president’s comments sent blood boiling even higher.
Jessica, a 28-year-old Los Angeles hair stylist, was scrolling through social media early on Tuesday morning and was shocked to see that Trump had just suggested Iran should decimate her home town.
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Roque Planas and Sam Levin in Los Angeles · Tue, Oct 6, 2026, 4:45 PM
The Guardian · US newsThe prisoner received two doses of pentobarbital as authorities tried to put her to death on 30 September
Christa Pike, a Tennessee prisoner who survived the state’s attempt to execute her, is awake and speaking as she receives treatment at a hospital, her attorneys said on Tuesday.
Pike, 50, survived two doses of pentobarbital, a sedative, as Tennessee officials attempted to put her to death last Wednesday in a case that shocked many in America and created headlines around the world. She was set to be the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years.
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Maya Yang and agencies · Tue, Oct 6, 2026, 4:35 PM
The Guardian · CaliforniaSeveral cities shatter temperatures for time of year as extreme heat warnings in place along California coast
An unprecedented heatwave has gripped southern California, boosting temperatures 15 to 20 degrees above normal for autumn.
Monday was a notably sweltering day for several cities.
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Uwa Ede-Osifo in Los Angeles · Tue, Oct 6, 2026, 3:38 PM
The Guardian · US newsFirst hurricane of the season has not formed this late since 1905 as scientists say possible US landfall on Saturday
Tropical Depression Nine has been predicted to be the Atlantic season’s first hurricane and potentially the latest first hurricane to develop in over a century.
The system was located Tuesday afternoon about 630 miles south-west of the mouth of the Mississippi River, with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph, according to the US National Hurricane Center.
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Maya Yang · Tue, Oct 6, 2026, 3:28 PM
