NEW YORK — It is all-consuming work for even the most gifted phenom to reach the top 20 in the world. So it would be understandable if 15th-ranked Felix Auger-Aliassime, who turned 21 last month, concerned himself with nothing beyond the white lines of the tennis court.
But after defeating American Frances Tiafoe to reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals, Canada’s Auger-Aliassime wasn’t interested in only discussing his career-best achievement. He addressed the symbolic import of the match that he and Tiafoe had contested — as sons of immigrants who have made their place in professional tennis — in a 24,000-seat stadium named for late tennis and human rights champion Arthur Ashe. Read More...
By Bernd Debusmann JrBBC News, Washington
Watch: Bodycam footage shows fast police responseAmerica's latest mass shooting was put to a stop by police officers minutes after they arrived at Nashville's Covenant School.
The shooting began at 10:10 AM (16:10 BST) on Monday when 28-year-old Audrey Hale arrived at the school and approached a side entrance. CCTV footage from inside the school depicts what happens next: glass doors shatter in a flurry of gunshots, allowing the heavily armed attacker to enter. Read More...
