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Jenson Brooksby, Katie Volynets keep up U.S. run at Aussie Open
MELBOURNE, Australia — American players continued their early run of surprises in the Australian Open on Thursday, when Jenson Brooksby eliminated men’s No. 2 seed Casper Ruud, and Katie Volynets stunned No. 9-seeded Veronika Kudermetova on the women’s side.
Brooksby, 22, of Sacramento, scored a 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-2 upset of Rudd in their second-round match at Rod Laver Arena, meaning a pair of 20-something Californians have knocked out the top two players in the men’s bracket.
Brooksby’s surprise came in the same round and on the same court that 27-year-old Mackenzie McDonald defeated No. 1 seed and defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain on Wednesday. That makes this the first Grand Slam tournament since the 2002 Australian Open that the Nos. 1-2 seeds lost before the end of the second round.
Volynets, a 21-year-old qualifier from Walnut Creek, California, held on for a 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 upset of Kudermetova of Russia.
With the victories of Brooksby and Volynets, there are 13 American men and women into the third round, the most at the Australian Open since 2004, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.
Brooksby is ranked 39th and making his Australian Open debut. He was supposed to enter a year ago but came down with COVID-19 the day before he was scheduled to fly to Australia.
“Hopefully, this is the first of many, many good years here to come,” Brooksby said.
Ruud was the runner-up at the French Open to Nadal in June and at the U.S. Open to Carlos Alcaraz in September.
Brooksby’s unusual playing style, including his two-handed backhand volleys, and ability to track down opponent’s shots were trouble for Ruud, who took a medical timeout after the second set.
The biggest problem for Brooksby was closing this one out. He held a trio of match points while trying to serve out the victory at 5-3 in the third set but could not cash in on any of them.
After he got broken there by missing a backhand, Brooksby sat down in his changeover seat and yelled at himself: “How?! How?! God!”
Ruud, a 24-year-old Norwegian player, raced through the end of that set, but Brooksby righted himself in the fourth, jumping out to a 3-0 lead.
Brooksby finished things off 1 hour, 15 minutes after his first chance.
“I was getting a little more frustrated out there that I didn’t close it out, and my mentality was changing a little bit,” he said. “Those are the situations you have to handle sometimes in matches, and you’re going to face. I think the biggest question is: How do you respond? I just told myself to reset.”
Brooksby’s performance continued the run of strong play by men from the United States during Week 1, a significant development given that none has won a Grand Slam title since Andy Roddick at the 2003 U.S. Open.
By reaching the third round, Brooksby joins countrymen Ben Shelton, Tommy Paul and J.J. Wolf, who also won Thursday, along with McDonald, No. 16 Frances Tiafoe and No. 29 Sebastian Korda, who all triumphed Wednesday.
Shelton beat qualifier Nicolas Jarry of Chile 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3), 7-5; Paul came back to edge No. 30 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain 6-2, 2-6, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4; and Wolf breezed past No. 23 Diego Schwartzman of Argentina 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.
“A lot of Americans doing really well right now, and we’re all pushing each other,” said Brooksby, who now will face Paul. “Just looking forward to the next one.”
Volynets reached the third round of a Grand Slam event for the first time with her upset of Kudermetova.
“I literally have the chills because the fans here are just incredible,” Volynets said. “I’ve never played in a stadium this packed and with that many people keeping the energy up for me. It was awesome.”
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, meanwhile, improved her winning streak to six as she beat American player Shelby Rogers 6-3, 6-1 to reach the third round.
The No. 5-seeded Sabalenka, who began the year by winning the title in Adelaide, trailed 3-1 early in the match but won five straight games to take the opening set, and she then eased through the second.
“I expected a great level from her today; that’s why I stayed focused from the beginning to the end,” Sabalenka said.
Sabalenka will play either Elise Mertens of Belgium, the No. 26-seeded player, or American player Lauren Davis in the third round.
No. 19 Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia defeated American player Taylor Townsend 1-6, 6-2, 6-3.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Progressive Rep. Katie Porter launches bid for Feinstein’s California Senate seat
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California Rep. Katie Porter announced a 2024 Senate bid on Tuesday, launching her campaign for Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s seat in what could be a bruising Democratic primary.
The 89-year-old Feinstein, a member of the Senate since 1992, has not yet made public her own plans for 2024, and her office did not respond to a request for comment on Porter’s announcement. However, many Democrats believe she is likely to retire rather than seek a sixth full term.
Porter, a former law professor who has proven to be a prolific fundraiser since first winning her Orange County-area House seat in 2018, survived a tough reelection bid in 2022, when the redistricting process placed her home in Irvine within a 47th District in which she had to newly introduce herself to about two-thirds of voters.
Porter, who studied under future Sen. Elizabeth Warren at Harvard Law School, is best known nationally for her sharp questioning in House oversight committee hearings. She is also a leading progressive, serving as deputy chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
“California needs a warrior in the Senate – to stand up to special interests, fight the dangerous imbalance in our economy, and hold so-called leaders like Mitch McConnell accountable for rigging our democracy,” Porter said Tuesday in a tweet accompanied by a video announcing her candidacy.
If Feinstein were to retire, it would likely set off a crowded scramble for the high-profile Senate seat in the country’s most populous state.
Other potential contenders could include Rep. Adam Schiff, Lt. Gov Eleni Kounalakis, Attorney General Rob Bonta and US Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, a former longtime member of Congress.
Schiff, who views the senator as a mentor, went to see Feinstein in December to tell her that he was thinking about running, in what a source familiar with the meeting said was intended to show her due respect.
Feinstein has filed 2024 reelection paperwork with the FEC, but has faced criticism recently about her fitness for the job. She rejected those suggestions, telling CNN last year that she feels “absolutely” able to serve fully in her position, adding: “I think that’s pretty obvious.”
This story has been updated with additional reporting.
Rep. Katie Porter announces run for U.S. Senate in California
“I’m running for the U.S. Senate because Californians deserve a warrior fighting for them in Washington,” Porter, 49, wrote. “In the House, I’ve stood up to leaders of both parties — as both the only Democrat to oppose earmarks and as one of just a dozen Members of Congress to reject lobbyist and corporate PAC money.”
Porter made her announcement despite neither of California’s sitting senators, Democrats Feinstein and Alex Padilla, saying they plan to vacate their seats. Padilla, 49, won election in November to his first full term. Feinstein, 89, last year filed initial paperwork to run for reelection in 2024 but has not explicitly said she will seek another term.
California needs a warrior in the Senate—to stand up to special interests, fight the dangerous imbalance in our economy, and hold so-called leaders like Mitch McConnell accountable for rigging our democracy.
Today, I’m proud to announce my candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2024. pic.twitter.com/X1CSE8T12B
— Katie Porter (@katieporteroc) January 10, 2023
“Everyone is of course welcome to throw their hat in the ring, and I will make an announcement concerning my plans for 2024 at the appropriate time,” Feinstein said in a statement Tuesday. “Right now I’m focused on ensuring California has all the resources it needs to cope with the devastating storms slamming the state and leaving more than a dozen dead.”
Feinstein, the oldest sitting senator, has for years waved off questions about her age and ability to serve but has also relinquished a number of key roles in recent years. Feinstein stepped down as the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee before the 117th Congress.
Last year, Feinstein declined consideration to become president pro tempore of the Senate, a position that traditionally goes to the most senior senator of the party in power and is third in line to the presidency. The role instead went to Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.).
Porter, who represents large swaths of Orange County, was first elected to Congress in 2018. After redistricting last year, Porter narrowly won reelection to her seat in November — now in California’s 47th congressional district — by about 3 percentage points.
Arizona judge orders Kari Lake to compensate Katie Hobbs for some fees for election lawsuit, but declines to sanction her
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A Maricopa County judge on Tuesday ordered Arizona Republican Kari Lake to compensate Democratic Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs for some legal fees related to the election lawsuit Lake had brought challenging her loss, but he stopped short of sanctioning Lake for filing the lawsuit.
Judge Peter Thompson had rejected Lake’s lawsuit on Saturday, concluding that there wasn’t clear or convincing evidence of misconduct and affirming Hobbs’ victory. That Christmas Eve ruling was a major defeat for Lake, who lost to Hobbs by about 17,000 votes in November and sued in an effort to overturn the election.
Attorneys for Hobbs – the current secretary of state – had charged that Lake and her lawyers knew their challenges to the election could not be substantiated, which would violate legal ethic rules. They wanted sanctions against Lake and her team. Thompson did not agree. “The Court finds that Plaintiff’s claims presented in this litigation were not groundless and brought in bad faith,” he wrote on Tuesday.
But he ordered Lake to pay Hobbs $33,040.50 in compensation for expert witness fees and again reaffirmed the election of Hobbs, who will be sworn in on January 5.
The recent rulings are the latest rebuke to election deniers nationwide and harken back to the long stream of legal losses former President Donald Trump suffered in 2020 as he sought to challenge his election loss. Maricopa County, which spans the Phoenix area and houses a majority of Arizona’s population, was a hotbed of unfounded allegations of fraud in the midterms and 2020 election.
In a tweet after the Saturday ruling, Lake, who sat in the courtroom during the trial but did not testify, said she would appeal the decision “for the sake of restoring faith and honesty in our elections.”
A former Arizona television journalist, Lake built her campaign around her support for Trump’s lies about widespread election fraud in the 2020 presidential election. She had since doubled down, falsely claiming she won the 2022 election.
Thompson had previously dismissed eight counts alleged in Lake’s lawsuit prior to trial, ruling that they did not constitute proper grounds for an election contest under Arizona law, even if true. But he had permitted Lake an attempt to prove at a two-day trial last week two other counts involving printers and the ballot chain of custody in Maricopa County.
According to Thompson’s Saturday ruling, Lake’s team had to show that someone intentionally caused the county’s ballot-on-demand printers to malfunction – and as a result of that, enough “identifiable” votes were lost to change the outcome of the election.
“Every single witness before the Court disclaimed any personal knowledge of such misconduct. The Court cannot accept speculation or conjecture in place of clear and convincing evidence,” Thompson wrote.
This story has been updated with additional information.
Katie Holmes and Bobby Wooten III reportedly break up
Katie Holmes and her boyfriend of eight months, Bobby Wooten III, are reportedly over.
“Katie and Bobby broke up last week,” a source told Us Weekly on Friday, explaining that the two simply “didn’t work out together for the long run.”
The insider added that Holmes is “no longer [talking] about him to his friends.”
Reps for the pair have not yet responded to Page Six’s requests for comment.
Holmes, 43, and Wooten, 33, were first linked romantically in April when they were photographed locking lips on a steamy stroll in Central Park.
The actress’ mother tagged along for the outing, seeming to indicate that the duo’s relationship was already quite serious.
The “Dawson’s Creek” alum and the Grammy-nominated musician made their red carpet debut as a couple the following month while attending the Moth Ball’s 25th Anniversary Gala.
“I’m happy to have [Katie] here as my date,” Wooten gushed to Us Weekly at the time.
A few weeks later, the “First Daughter” star and the composer held hands while hitting the Tribeca Film Festival.
Holmes then accompanied the Broadway veteran to his close friend’s Hamptons wedding in late June, where they reportedly packed on the PDA.
“Whenever they would go without seeing each other, they would kiss and be very happy to be together again,” an eyewitness told Us Weekly at the time, noting that the lovebirds were “very affectionate with each other at all times” and “looked very in love.”
The eyewitness added that the actress was even seen bonding with some of her beau’s relatives.
“Katie spent time with Bobby’s family, who really liked her,” the spy told the magazine. “Katie was very unassuming and kind to everyone.”
The former flames even attended a Paris Fashion Week show together in September.
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Holmes previously dated chef Emilio Vitolo Jr. until May 2021. They, too, were together for eight months.
A source told Page Six when they split that things were “moving too fast” for the “single mom,” explaining that her 16-year-old daughter, Suri Cruise, “always comes first.”
Prior to Vitolo, Holmes quietly dated Jamie Foxx for six years. She was married to Suri’s dad, Tom Cruise, from 2006 to 2012.
Police arrest and name suspect in burglary of Arizona governor candidate Katie Hobbs’ campaign HQ
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The Phoenix Police Department has arrested a 36-year-old man in connection with a break-in at Democratic Arizona gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs’ campaign headquarters earlier this week.
Daniel Mota Dos Reis was booked on one count of third-degree burglary, according to the department.
On Wednesday night, a patrol officer saw a news story that included a surveillance image and recognized the man shown as a suspect who had been arrested earlier in the day in connection with a separate, unrelated commercial burglary, police said in a statement Thursday.
“The officer researched the arrest and learned the suspect, 36-year-old Daniel Mota Dos Reis, was still in jail but would soon be released. The officer contacted the jail and was able to re-arrest Dos Reis,” according to the statement.
CNN is working to identify an attorney for Dos Reis.
Police earlier said in a statement that “items were taken from the property sometime during the night.”
A source within the Hobbs campaign had told CNN that CCTV video showed the man they say broke into the campaign headquarters. The Hobbs campaign hasn’t been able to get a full inventory of what was taken, the source added.
Hobbs, Arizona’s secretary of state, faces Arizona Republican gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake in next month’s midterms.
Nicole DeMont, who manages Hobbs’ gubernatorial campaign, told CNN in a statement Wednesday that “Secretary Hobbs and her staff have faced hundreds of death threats and threats of violence over the course of this campaign. Throughout this race, we have been clear that the safety of our staff and of the Secretary is our number one priority.”
“Let’s be clear: for nearly two years Kari Lake and her allies have been spreading dangerous misinformation and inciting threats against anyone they see fit,” DeMont continued. “The threats against Arizonans attempting to exercise their constitutional rights and their attacks on elected officials are the direct result of a concerted campaign of lies and intimidation.”
DeMont said that intimidation “won’t work,” and expressed thanks to the Phoenix Police Department for keeping Hobbs and her team safe.
Lake on Wednesday appeared to claim without evidence that Hobbs’ campaign was lying about the motivations behind the incident and said it “sounds like a Jussie Smollett part two,” in reference to the actor who was convicted of making false reports to police that he was the victim of a hate crime in January 2019.
When asked by CNN if she had a response to DeMont’s claim that the incident was a “direct result of concerted campaign of lies and intimidation” by Lake and her allies, the Arizona GOP nominee shot back and said the statement was “absolutely absurd.”
“And are you guys buying that? Are you really buying that? Because this sounds like a Jussie Smollett part two,” Lake said before launching into a lengthy attack on the media.
This headline and story have been updated with additional developments.
Katie Couric announces her breast cancer diagnosis
Katie Couric was diagnosed with breast cancer over the summer, and subsequently underwent surgery and radiation treatments that finished this week.
As the former “CBS Evening News” and “Today” anchor explained in an essay published Wednesday by Katie Couric Media, where she shared her diagnosis for the first time, Couric learned of the cancer after a mammogram in June. She had missed a routine screening that should have taken place about eight months into the pandemic.
“I was six months late this time. I shudder to think what might have happened if I had put it off longer,” she wrote, encouraging people to attend their own screenings and schedule additional tests when warranted.
In the personal essay and on her essay and on Instagram, Couric, who is 65, shared information about the prevalence of breast cancer.
“Every two minutes, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States. On June 21st, I became one of them,” she wrote in a social media post shared Wednesday morning. “As we approach #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth, I wanted to share my personal story with you all and encourage you to get screened and understand that you may fall into a category of women who needs more than a mammogram.”
Couric’s family members have battled various forms of cancer in the past, including several immediate relatives. In 1998, the journalist’s husband Jay Monahan died from stage 4 colon cancer at age 42. Her sister, Emily, died from pancreatic cancer when she was 54, and her mother and father were respectively diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and prostate cancer.
Despite her family’s medical history, Couric said she was initially surprised by her own diagnosis given that breast cancer “was a new one.” She later discovered that 85% of people who are diagnosed with it in the U.S. do not have family history.
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“People who are going through a cancer experience, whether they’re patients or caregivers, really need the support of other patients who have been there,” said Couric during an appearance on “CBS Mornings” in 2019.
“Unless you’re going through it, you really don’t understand what it’s like,” she continued. “And I remember Jay telling me, ‘Having cancer is the loneliest experience in the world.’ Which made me so sad because I couldn’t help him, he felt so alone.”
Couric’s final round of radiation happened on Tuesday.
“My left breast does look like I’ve been sunbathing topless, but other than that, I’ve felt fine,” she said.
Katie Couric reveals she was diagnosed with breast cancer
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Veteran journalist Katie Couric reported some personal news on Wednesday.
In a post on her website, Couric shared she was diagnosed with breast cancer a few months ago.
“Why Not Me,” she titled the post. “June 21, 2022, was the first day of summer, my 8th wedding anniversary, and the day I found out I had breast cancer.”
“I felt sick and the room started to spin,” Couric wrote. “I was in the middle of an open office, so I walked to a corner and spoke quietly, my mouth unable to keep up with the questions swirling in my head.”
She explained that her gynecologist had reminded her she was due for a mammogram since her last one was in December 2020.
Couric, who lost her first husband Jay Monahan to colon cancer in 1998, said she planned on filming the test to share with her audience, much like when she underwent colon cancer screening while working for the morning show “Today.”
Because she has dense breast tissue, she explained, she routinely undergoes a breast sonogram in addition to a mammogram since dense breasts can make it more difficult for mammograms to detect abnormalities.
The sonogram detected something and a followup biopsy determined that she had cancer.
“The heart-stopping, suspended animation feeling I remember all too well came flooding back: Jay’s colon cancer diagnosis at 41 and the terrifying, gutting nine months that followed,” she wrote. “My sister Emily’s pancreatic cancer, which would later kill her at 54, just as her political career was really taking off. My mother-in-law Carol’s ovarian cancer, which she was fighting as she buried her son, a year and nine months before she herself was laid to rest.”
Her family has had better outcomes with cancer, she wrote, including her mother being “diagnosed with mantle cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which was kept at bay for a decade,” her father’s prostate cancer, and her now husband, John, having “a tumor the size of a coconut on his liver,” which was surgically removed a few months before their wedding.
Couric had surgery in July to remove a tumor from her breast that she wrote was “2.5 centimeters, roughly the size of an olive” and underwent radiation, which, she wrote, ended Tuesday.
She went public with her experience, she wrote, as a teachable moment she hopes will save lives.
“Please get your annual mammogram. I was six months late this time,” Couric wrote. “I shudder to think what might have happened if I had put it off longer. But just as importantly, please find out if you need additional screening.”