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Jack Clarke came off the bench to net the solitary goal as Ipswich got back to winning ways with a 1-0 success against West Brom at Portman Road.The Tractor Boys were the dominant side throughout but could not make their supremacy pay despite a series of chances until Clarke’s fifth goal of the season seven minutes from time. It was a welcome result after back-to-back Championship defeats and lifted Ipswich just a point behind their opponents.Albion’s goalkeeper Josh Griffiths had to acrobatically dive full length to palm away a goal-bound shot from Jaden Philogene after the Ipswich winger was put…

Portsmouth defender Hayden Matthews scored a second half own goal to gift Stoke a much-needed 1-0 win at Fratton Park.Mark Robins’ stuttering Potters had to work hard on the south coast to claim only their second win in seven Sky Bet Championship games. Pompey handed summer signing Makenzie Kirk his first league start while the visitors seven changes following the midweek defeat at Millwall.Promotion hopefuls Stoke began on the front foot, forcing two quickfire corners in the opening three minutes.The Potters also created the first chance of the game in the seventh minute when an Aaron Cresswell cross saw Divin…

League leaders Coventry recorded their sixth win in a row with a 3-1 victory over 10-man Watford.Frank Lampard’s side got off to a flying start when Brandon Thomas-Asante and Jamie Allen scored within the first seven minutes. Tatsuhiro Sakamoto made it 3-0 on 42 minutes before James Abankwah was sent off for the visitors.Imran Louza’s second half penalty proved nothing more than a consolation for Javi Gracia’s side.Championship top scorer Thomas-Asante set Coventry on their way when he nodded Sakamoto’s cross into the far corner in the third minute. It could have been a very different start to the afternoon…

Ghouls, goblins … and gummy bears.Trick-or-treaters may find more fruity candy than chocolate among their Halloween handouts this year. That should be fine with younger consumers, who have been gravitating for years toward non-chocolate candies like gummies, freeze-dried treats and other sweets that come in a variety of shapes, colors and flavors. Last year, 52% of the total volume of Halloween candy sold in the U.S. was made of chocolate, according to Dan Sadler, a principal for client insights at the market research company Circana. But in the 12 weeks ending Oct. 5, chocolate accounted for 44% of the Halloween…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown, already the second-longest in history, with no end in sight, is quickly becoming a way for President Donald Trump to exercise new command over the government. It wasn’t always this way. In fact, it all started with an attempt to tighten Washington’s observance of federal law. The modern phenomena of the U.S. government closing down services began in 1980 with a series of legal opinions from Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti, who was serving under Democratic President Jimmy Carter. Civiletti reached into the Antideficiency Act of 1870 to argue that the law was “plain and…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Find a shady spot under a tree, take a breath of fresh air and call me in the morning.Health care providers have long suggested stressed-out patients spend time outdoors. Now hundreds of providers are going a step further and issuing formal prescriptions to get outside. The tactic is gaining momentum as social media, political strife and wars abroad weigh on the American psyche.Of course, no one needs a prescription to get outside, but some doctors think that issuing the advice that way helps people take it seriously. “When I bring it up, it is almost like…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The stakes. The famous faces. The posh private rooms. The clever cheating schemes. The federal indictment of a big-money poker ring involving NBA figures on Thursday, in which unsuspecting rich players were allegedly enticed to join then cheated of their money, echoed decades of movies and television, and not just because of the alleged Mafia involvement. Fictional and actual poker have long been in sort of a pop-cultural feedback loop. When authorities described the supposed circumstances of the games, they might’ve evoked a run of screen moments from recent decades. Poker in ‘Ocean’s Eleven,’ ‘Molly’s Game’…

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesTop economic officials from the U.S. and China kickstarted talks in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday to avert an escalation of their trade war and ensure that a meeting happens next week between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The talks on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit will chart a path forward after Trump threatened new 100%…

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Two Cameroon opposition leaders have been arrested, their parties said, as protests rattled the country over the presidential election results that were expected on Monday.Among those arrested late Friday in the economic hub of Douala were Anicet Ekane and Djeukam Tchameni, two top figures in the Union for Change political platform that endorsed candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary and his claim to have defeated President Paul Biya in the Oct. 12 election.The African Movement for New Independence and Democracy (MANIDEM) party said its treasurer and other members were also “kidnapped” by local security forces. It said the…

Oct 25, 2025, 04:00 AM ETOn Sunday, the Santiago Bernabéu will host the first Clásico of the season with the LaLiga lead at stake.Real Madrid are two points above Barcelona and eager for revenge after a season in which Los Blancos suffered four defeats against their eternal rivals. But Hansi Flick’s team come into the game with a plague of injuries that particularly affect the forward line.Flick was hoping to have Raphinha back, however the Brazilian winger will ultimately miss the game, as will Dani Olmo, Robert Lewandowski, Gavi, Joan García and Marc-André ter Stegen. So who would make a…