The 56-year-old Conte is one of the leading candidates to take over the Italian national team, potentially returning to the Azzurri after his first stint at the helm from 2014-16.

Conte held a press conference alongside club president Aurelio De Laurentiis after Napoli鈥檚 final match of the season, a 1-0 win over Udinese on Sunday.

鈥淎 month ago I called the president 鈥� I told him that I sensed that our project was coming to an end,鈥� Conte said. “I made this decision because at Napoli I failed in one thing: I didn鈥檛 bring unity to the environment and so it鈥檚 difficult to compete with others.

鈥淚 failed because I didn鈥檛 unite everyone and I put my hands up. I realize that things cannot be changed … It was an honor, I thank the president and the fans who understood me.鈥�

Napoli, which was plagued by injury problems all season, finished second in Serie A.

with Napoli when he was hired in 2024. Napoli was coming off a dismal season, where it had been one of the worst defending champions in the league鈥檚 history and had finished 10th.

Napoli went on to reclaim the Serie A title in Conte鈥檚 first season.

Conte previously coached Juventus and Inter Milan to Serie A titles, while he also had stints in charge at Chelsea and Tottenham in the Premier League.

Conte steered an unfancied Italy team unexpectedly to the quarterfinals of the 2016 European Championship, where it lost to Germany in a penalty shootout.

The Italian national team is in crisis after to qualify for the World Cup, prompting the resignations of and coach last month.

鈥淚t鈥檚 all just talk,鈥� Conte said on Sunday when asked about the Italy job. 鈥淚n the past I only said about the national team that if I were the president of the federation I would also include Conte among the candidates.

鈥淏ut as of now I don鈥檛 know anything about my future. I might well take time out and rest.鈥�

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That certainly worked for the No. 1 pick in last month’s draft as she scored 17 of her season-best 24 points in the third quarter to lift the on Sunday.

鈥淢y goal was to just play a little bit slower,鈥� Fudd said. 鈥淚 felt like I was rushing a little bit every time I caught the ball, not reading. … I’m just putting the ball down and going too fast. So my goal was just to slow down.鈥�

The 17 points was tied for the second-most by a rookie in a quarter, trailing only the 20 that Shoni Schimmel had when she played for Phoenix.

鈥淩eally proud of her, stayed the course,鈥� Dallas coach Jose Fernandez said. 鈥淪he showed on the national stage, bright lights, tough place to play on national TV. Now everyone knows why we took her No. 1.鈥�

Fudd always enjoyed playing at Barclays Center when she was in college at UConn, so it was no surprise that she had the best game of her young pro career there.

She hit five 3-pointers in the period, including banking in her last one, as the Liberty had no answer for the Wings guard. Her six 3-pointers in the game broke the franchise record held by a few players.

Fudd had four points in the first half and then started the third quarter. She missed her first 3, but then couldn’t miss, making her next five. She banked in her last. Fudd capped her scoring burst with a steal off Breanna Stewart and then a layup to finish off her scoring for the period. She finished with 17 points in the period and so did New York.

The Liberty could never recover.

Fudd scored 27 points for UConn last December when the Huskies routed Iowa at the Women’s Champions Classic at Barclays Center. Just like that game, there was a huge vocal fan base supporting her.

鈥淭he atmosphere is incredible from when I was here with UConn and even more so tonight,鈥� Fudd said. 鈥淪o having that experience with the crowd, it gets super loud. … It鈥檚 definitely a really fun crowd.鈥�

Fudd also did a good job guarding Liberty point guard Sabrina Ionescu at times. Ionescu, who was making her season debut after missing the first five games with a foot injury, was scoreless in the second half.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Saturday’s Games

Houston 3, Chicago Cubs 0

Toronto 5, Pittsburgh 2

Kansas City 5, Seattle 0

Philadelphia 3, Cleveland 0

San Francisco 10, Chicago White Sox 3

Minnesota 4, Boston 2

San Diego 2, Athletics 0

L.A. Angels 5, Texas 2

Detroit at Baltimore, ppd.

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, ppd.

Sunday’s Games

Pittsburgh 4, Toronto 1

Baltimore 5, Detroit 3, 1st game

N.Y. Yankees 2, Tampa Bay 0

Chicago White Sox at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland 3, Philadelphia 1

Athletics at San Diego, 4:10 p.m.

Kansas City 8, Seattle 6

Minnesota 6, Boston 5

Houston 8, Chicago Cubs 5

Detroit at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m., 2nd game

Texas at L.A. Angels, 7:20 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Tampa Bay (McClanahan 5-2) at Baltimore (Bradish 2-6), 1:35 p.m.

Minnesota (Matthews 1-1) at Chicago White Sox (Kay 3-1), 2:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Warren 6-1) at Kansas City (TBD), 3:40 p.m.

Washington (Littell 3-4) at Cleveland (Bibee 0-6), 6:10 p.m.

Houston (Imai 1-2) at Texas (Rocker 2-4), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Junk 2-5) at Toronto (Yesavage 2-1), 7:07 p.m.

Seattle (Castillo 1-5) at Athletics (Civale 5-1), 9:40 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games

Washington at Cleveland, 6:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 6:35 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Detroit, 6:40 p.m.

Atlanta at Boston, 6:45 p.m.

Miami at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 7:40 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, 7:40 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Seattle at Athletics, 9:40 p.m.

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

Saturday’s Games

St. Louis 8, Cincinnati 1, 1st game

Houston 3, Chicago Cubs 0

Toronto 5, Pittsburgh 2

Miami 4, N.Y. Mets 1

Washington 2, Atlanta 0

Philadelphia 3, Cleveland 0

San Francisco 10, Chicago White Sox 3

L.A. Dodgers 11, Milwaukee 3

Cincinnati 7, St. Louis 6, 11 innings, 2nd game

San Diego 2, Athletics 0

Arizona 5, Colorado 4

Sunday’s Games

Pittsburgh 4, Toronto 1

Chicago White Sox at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland 3, Philadelphia 1

Athletics at San Diego, 4:10 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m.

Miami 4, N.Y. Mets 0

L.A. Dodgers 5, Milwaukee 1

Houston 8, Chicago Cubs 5

Arizona 9, Colorado 1

St. Louis at Cincinnati, ppd.

Monday’s Games

Chicago Cubs (Brown 1-2) at Pittsburgh (Mlodzinski 4-3), 1:35 p.m.

St. Louis (McGreevy 3-3) at Milwaukee (Misiorowski 4-2), 2:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Lodolo 0-1) at N.Y. Mets (McLean 2-3), 4:10 p.m.

Arizona (Kelly 4-3) at San Francisco (Roupp 5-4), 5:05 p.m.

Washington (Littell 3-4) at Cleveland (Bibee 0-6), 6:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Luzardo 3-4) at San Diego (Canning 0-2), 6:40 p.m.

Miami (Junk 2-5) at Toronto (Yesavage 2-1), 7:07 p.m.

Colorado (Freeland 1-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Sheehan 3-1), 9:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games

Washington at Cleveland, 6:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 6:40 p.m.

Atlanta at Boston, 6:45 p.m.

Miami at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Milwaukee, 7:40 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Diego, 9:40 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 9:45 p.m.

Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

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Clark’s last victory was the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in 2024, where he also shot 60 in the third and final round in a tournament cut short by weather.

Kim started the final round with a two-shot lead, closed with a 65 and finished three shots behind. Defending champion Scottie Scheffler started two shots behind and never got any closer. He shot 65 and finished third, five shots behind.

Clark finished at 30-under 254. The was one shot shy of the PGA Tour’s 72-hole scoring record last matched by Scheffler a year ago at TPC Craig Ranch, which went through more than $20 million in renovations to provide a more challenging course.

European tour

ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) 鈥� Richard Sterne of South Africa ended 13 years without a European tour victory when he closed with a 5-under 66 to overcome a five-shot deficit Sunday and win the Soudal Open.

Sterne was still four shots behind Zander Lombard when he holed a 6-foot birdie putt on the 16th as Lombard dropped a shot at the 13th. Sterne followed with a 3-wood to 4 feet on the par-5 17th that set up a short eagle putt. He took the lead when Lombard made double bogey.

No one could catch Sterne the rest of the day, and he finished at 18-under 266 to win by two shots over six players 鈥� Jacob Skov Olesen, Jorge Campillo, Kota Kaneko, Victor Perez, Marcus Armitage and Marcus Kinhult.

Sterne’s previous victory on the European tour was the 2013 Joburg Open.

Korn Ferry Tour

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) 鈥� Doc Redman made birdie on the par-5 18th hole for a 6-under 65 to force a playoff and won the Visit Knoxville Open with an eagle on the first extra hole to defeat Hunter Eichhorn on Sunday.

Redman won for the second time in five starts on the Korn Ferry Tour and moved to No. 2 in the points standings, moving closer to regaining his PGA Tour card.

Eichhorn closed with a 61 for his best career finish. He went left into the native area in the playoff, and pitched to 6 feet for his fourth shot before Redman holed out for the win.

PGA Tour Champions

RABAT, Morocco (AP) 鈥� Scott Hend of Australia won the for the first time on the PGA Tour Champions when he closed with a 4-under 69 for a five-shot victory over Steven Alker and Tommy Gainey in the Trophy Hassan II in Morocco in a tournament that ended Saturday.

Hend was two shots behind with 10 holes to play until a three-shot swing on the par-3 ninth when the Australian made birdie and Gainey took double bogey. Hend was not caught the rest of the way.

The victory makes Hend, who was runner-up at the Senior PGA Championship last month, fully exempt on the PGA Tour Champions through 2027. He is the third first-time winner on the senior circuit this year.

Other tours

Jiho Yang closed with a 5-over 76 and held on to win the Kolon Korea Open on the Asian Tour, earning a spot int he British Open this summer at Royal Birkdale. … Yusaku Hosono closed with a 2-under 70 for a two-shot victory in the Japan PGA Championship Senko Group Cup for his first title on the Japan Golf Tour. … Anna Huang of Canada overcame a six-shot deficit with a 7-under 63, giving her a one-shot victory over Kelsey Bennett in the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco on the Ladies European Tour. … Tapio Pulkkanen birdied his last hole for a 1-over 73 to force a playoff and made a 30-foot eagle putt on the first extra hole again Maxence Giboudot to win the Danish Golf Challenge on the Challenge Tour. … Joey Savoie of Canada lost the lead with two late bogeys, birdied the 18th hole for a 3-under 69 and beat Jack Lundin (64) with a birdie on the third playoff hole to win the Kia Ecuador Open on the PGA Tour Americas. … Justin Walters closed with an even-par 72 and won the SunBet Challenge by one shot on the Sunshine Tour in South Africa. … Hibiki Iriya shot 1-under 71 and held on for a one-shot victory in the Bridgestone Ladies Open on the Japan LPGA. … Jaravee Boonchant of Thailand closed with a 2-under 70 for a two-shot victory in the E1 Charity Open on the Korea LPGA.

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McCollester, who entered the game after senior attacker Lucy Munro left the game in the first quarter with an injury, scored all four goals in the second half. Taylor, a Tewaaraton Award finalist for best women’s lacrosse player in the country, recorded six assists and the final goal of the game for the Wildcats, who clinched their ninth title. They are the first team to win a national championship on their home field since 1986.

Lapointe scored the first two goals of the game in the first two minutes, and Foster added another, forcing a North Carolina timeout five minutes into the game.

The score was 6-6 going into halftime. After the break, North Carolina went on a 3-1 run to take its first lead of the game. Chloe Humphrey, who won the Tewaaraton Award last season, scored her 109th goal of the season, tying the Division I single-season record.

McCollester’s hat-trick goal tied the game at 11 in the fourth quarter. The Wildcats scored five unanswered goals in the final quarter, shutting out the Tar Heels for the last 15 minutes of the game.

Northwestern goalie Jenika Cuocco made 11 saves on 22 shots.

Head coach Kelly Amonte Hiller has coached the Wildcats since 2002, when she revived the program. With her ninth title, she is the all-time winningest coach in the Division I national championship game.

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Standing beside the family on the frontstretch at Charlotte Motor Speedway, O’Donnell looked at the family and said, “Samantha, I want you to know that this sport stands with you, and that you and your children are NASCAR family forever. And Brexton and Lennix, your dad loved you with all his heart. Everyone gathered here, everyone behind you, everybody watching on TV, and all those people up in that grandstand are your family 鈥� and 鈥�

Tears rolled down Samantha Busch鈥檚 cheek as she wrapped her arm tightly around 11-year-old Brexton, an aspiring racer. Both wore black T-shirts that read 鈥淏attle of the Busches.鈥�

Busch鈥檚 older brother and former Cup Series champion, Kurt, and his parents, Tom and Gaye, also attended the tribute.

Auto racing’s biggest day became a Memorial Day weekend tribute to NASCAR racing great from Indianapolis to CMS.

Busch died Thurday at 41 after severe pneumonia , resulting in rapid and overwhelming complications, according to a statement released by his family, and his loss sent shockwaves through the motorsports world and beyond.

At the Coca-Cola 600 鈥� a race Busch won in 2018 鈥� NASCAR and CMS honored the two-time Cup Series champion with a large, black No. 8 and his signature on the frontstretch grass and a photo on the videoboard.

The U.S. Army Golden Knights planned to carry Busch’s flag prior during pre-race festivities following a moment of silence. Each of the 39 cars in field will carry Busch’s decal. On the pace lap, the cars formed the missing man formation. And, the speedway’s public address system and the television commentators planned to go silent on the eighth lap of the race.

On Saturday night, Layne Riggs celebrated his Trucks Series win at CMS by doing one of Busch’s traditional bows to the crowd after the race, and Ross Chastain did the same after capturing the rain-shortened O’Reilly Auto Parts race.

O’Donnell called Busch 鈥渁n American badass.鈥�

鈥淲hen you think race car driver and what that person should be like, Kyle Busch is probably one of the first that comes to your mind on the type of racer he was,” Cup Series driver Joey Logano said.

Fans at CMS arrived in droves with shirts to honor Busch that read 鈥淩owdy鈥� and 鈥淜FB.鈥�

Earlier in the day at the , Dale Coyne Racing changed the font of Romain Grosjean’s No. 18 car to replicate the font the two-time Brickyard 400 winner used during his 14 seasons with Joe Gibbs Racing in his No. 18 car.

Then came the opening prayer, in which Busch was mentioned by name. And on Lap 18, race officials lit up the scoring pylon next to pit lane with Busch’s name, his birth year and 2026.

Even with the pageantry of Indianapolis’ big IndyCar race, Busch, who had a record 234 victory across NASCAR鈥檚 three national series, was never far from the thoughts of people in the city that dubs itself the 鈥淩acing Capital of the World.鈥� The father of two died Thursday at age 41 from what his family said was .

鈥淚t鈥檚 desperately sad. It鈥檚 also one of those things where you try not to think about it or let it in because you鈥檝e got so much to do, you can鈥檛 let yourself get emotional,鈥� Katherine Legge said Friday after returning to Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 鈥淏ut honestly, racing has lost one of the greatest drivers, in my opinion, of all time. If you look back at the history and just 鈥� he was a legend.鈥�

As Indy held its biggest race of the year, those who knew or competed against Busch raced with a heavy heart.

鈥淗ow can you not be in shock over the situation?鈥� two-time Indy winner Josef Newgarden said Friday. 鈥淚 think it just puts into perspective how fragile life is. You just don鈥檛 know. Makes me think of his kids, to be honest with you. Gosh, I feel terrible about 鈥� I have two sons now. That鈥檚 the thing that breaks my heart.鈥�

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Arizona jumped on Jose Quintana (2-3) from the start, scoring six runs the first two innings.

Carroll extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a run-scoring triple in the first inning and added another in the sixth to finish 4 for 4. He has eight triples this season and 51 in his career, one shy of Stephen Drew鈥檚 team record.

Ketel Marte had three of Arizona’s 13 hits and three RBIs. Tommy Troy hit a pair of doubles in his big-league debut and Geraldo Perdomo had two RBIs.

Nelson (2-3) scattered six singles and struck out three in his career-best third straight start of at least seven innings.

Arizona (28-24) has won eight of 10 to climb four games over .500 for the first time since April 22.

Quintana allowed six runs on six hits before being removed with one out in the second inning due to . Catcher Brett Sullivan pitched a perfect eighth for the last-place Rockies, who have lost eight of 11.

Arizona scored two runs off Quintana in the first inning and Marte made it 4-0 in the second with a two-run double, prompting Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer to remove the left-hander with the team trainer at his side.

Rookie Ryan Waldschmidt put Arizona up 7-0 in the third inning with a run-scoring triple off Blas Casta帽o.

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The Rockies have yet to name a start for Monday’s opener of a three-game at the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Diamondbacks RHP Merrill Kelly (3-4, 5.71) pitches the opener of a three-game series at San Francisco on Monday.

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Lap length: 2.5 miles

(Start position in parentheses)

1. (4) Felix Rosenqvist, Dallara-Honda, 200 laps, Running.

2. (3) David Malukas, Dallara-Chevrolet, 200, Running.

3. (9) Scott McLaughlin, Dallara-Chevrolet, 200, Running.

4. (6) Pato O’Ward, Dallara-Chevrolet, 200, Running.

5. (16) Marcus Armstrong, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running.

6. (11) Rinus VeeKay, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running.

7. (1) Alex Palou, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running.

8. (5) Santino Ferrucci, Dallara-Chevrolet, 200, Running.

9. (24) Romain Grosjean, Dallara-Chevrolet, 200, Running.

10. (12) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running.

11. (20) Nolan Siegel, Dallara-Chevrolet, 200, Running.

12. (8) Conor Daly, Dallara-Chevrolet, 200, Running.

13. (17) Marcus Ericsson, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running.

14. (7) Kyffin Simpson, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running.

15. (10) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running.

16. (25) Kyle Kirkwood, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running.

17. (18) Christian Lundgaard, Dallara-Chevrolet, 200, Running.

18. (27) Mick Schumacher, 200, Running.

19. (29) Dennis Hauger, 199, Running.

20. (28) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 199, Running.

21. (21) Louis Foster, Dallara-Honda, 199, Running.

22. (33) Jack Harvey, Dallara-Chevrolet, 199, Running.

23. (31) Sting Ray Robb, Dallara-Chevrolet, 199, Running.

24. (30) Jacob Abel, Dallara-Honda, 198, Running.

25. (14) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 194, Did not finish.

26. (32) Caio Collet, 191, Did not finish.

27. (15) Christian Rasmussen, Dallara-Chevrolet, 144, Did not finish.

28. (23) Josef Newgarden, Dallara-Chevrolet, 124, Did not finish.

29. (19) Will Power, Dallara-Chevrolet, 91, Did not finish.

30. (2) Alexander Rossi, Dallara-Chevrolet, 91, Did not finish.

31. (13) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Chevrolet, 26, Did not finish.

32. (22) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Chevrolet, 17, Did not finish.

33. (26) Katherine Legge, 17, Did not finish.

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Average Speed of Race Winner: 162.021 mph.

Time of Race: 03:05:09.6471.

Margin of Victory: 0.0233 seconds.

Cautions: 7 for 51 laps.

Lead Changes: 70 among 14 drivers.

Lap Leaders: Rossi 1, Palou 2-4, Rossi 5, Palou 6, Rossi 7, Palou 8, Rossi 9, Palou 10-11, Rossi 12, Palou 13-16, Rossi 17, Palou 18-19, VeeKay 20-25, Grosjean 26, VeeKay 27-28, Grosjean 29-30, Collet 31-39, Daly 40, Palou 41-61, Dixon 62, Rasmussen 63-65, Palou 66-68, Dixon 69, Palou 70-71, Dixon 72, Palou 73, Dixon 74, Palou 75, Dixon 76, Palou 77, Dixon 78, Palou 79, Dixon 80, Palou 81, Dixon 82, Palou 83, Dixon 84, Palou 85, Dixon 86.

Points: Palou 237, Kirkwood 210, Malukas 185, Lundgaard 182, Newgarden 162, Dixon 148, O’Ward 148, Rahal 141, McLaughlin 141, Armstrong 123.

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The South African side, which is nicknamed 鈥渢he Brazilians鈥� because of the color of its kit, last won the trophy in 2016. It lost the final to Egyptian team Pyramids FC last year.

Sundowns came into Sunday鈥檚 match at Moulay Abdellah stadium with a 1-0 advantage from the first leg but host FAR leveled the tie shortly before halftime when Mohamed Hrimat converted a penalty after Reda Slim was brought down by Divine Lunga.

Sundowns hit back on the stroke of halftime with Teboho Mokoena鈥檚 strike going in off the underside of the crossbar.

FAR was awarded another penalty in the 74th minute when Sundowns goalkeeper Ronwen Williams fouled Youssef El Fahli. But Williams redeemed himself by saving Hrimat鈥檚 penalty.

The Moroccan side had won the African Champions League once in its history, in 1985.

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It was not immediately known if anyone was hurt in the attack on the Monbgwalu General Hospital but Dr. Richard Lokudu, the hospital鈥檚 medical director, told The Associated Press the attackers demanded that two bodies of their kin be handed over to them.

There was gunfire and the medics were trying to evacuate the patients and the staff, Lokudu said over the phone.

鈥淢onbgwalu General Hospital is on general alert,鈥� he added. He did not have any further details of the unfolding turmoil.

The attack 鈥� on health care facilities where medical workers struggle with lack of resources to treat suspected Ebola cases 鈥� underlined the challenges of the outbreak, which the World Health Organization has declared a public health emergency of international concern.

Bodies of those who died of Ebola can be highly contagious and lead to further spread when people prepare them for burial and gather for funerals. ‘

In response to the outbreak, Congolese authorities have mandated that the dangerous work of burying suspected victims be managed wherever possible by authorities, which can be met by protests from families and friends. On Friday, the government said of more than 50 people would be banned in northeastern Congo in an effort to curb the spread of the virus.

On Saturday, a group of residents of Mongbwalu attacked and set fire to a tent set up for suspected and confirmed Ebola cases by the Doctors Without Borders humanitarian group.

During that attack, 18 people with suspected Ebola infections left the facility and were now unaccounted for, Lokudu had said earlier.

On Thursday, another treatment center, in the town of Rwampara, was burned down after family members were banned from retrieving the body of a local man suspected to have died of Ebola.

WHO has said the outbreak poses a 鈥渧ery high鈥� risk for Congo 鈥� up from a previous categorization of 鈥渉igh鈥� 鈥� but that the risk of the disease spreading globally remains low.

Earlier on Sunday, the Congolese Ministry of Communication said on X that there were 904 suspected cases of Ebola, mostly in northeastern Ituri Province 鈥� a significant jump from the previously announced more than 700 suspected Ebola cases.

The ministry also said the total suspected Ebola deaths stood at 119, but the numbers it released separately for each region added up to 220. Officials could not immediately be reached to explain the discrepancy.

There is no available vaccine for the Bundibugyo virus, a rare type of Ebola, which in Ituri following the first reported death 鈥� in late April in the town of Bunia, the provincial capital 鈥� while authorities tested for another, more common, Ebola virus and came up negative.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said on Saturday that three of its volunteers had died from the outbreak in Mongbwalu. The agency said it believed the three healthcare workers contracted the virus on March 27 while handling dead bodies as part of a humanitarian mission unrelated to Ebola.

If confirmed, this would significantly push back the .

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The title-chasing Mercedes drivers put on a show in a thrilling battle through 30 laps, trading the lead several times and coming dangerously close to making contact, until Russell ran into trouble.

That gave the 19-year-old Antonelli a clear path to victory ahead of Ferrari鈥檚 Lewis Hamilton, who overtook Red Bull鈥檚 Max Verstappen for second with six laps to go in cold and windy conditions at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Antonelli opened a 43-point lead over Russell in the season standings through five of 22 stops. After Russell won the season-opener race in Australia, Antonelli won in China, Japan and Miami.

Hamilton had his best result since joining Ferrari last year, while Verstappen reached the podium for the first time this season.

After the engine failure, Russell threw his headrest across the track and slammed his fists into the front of the car before leaving the circuit, whipping his gloves to the ground in rage.

The Englishman鈥檚 exit marked a nightmare end to an otherwise stellar weekend for last year鈥檚 winner in Montreal, who took the sprint race Saturday from the pole and also started first Sunday.

Ferrari鈥檚 Charles Leclerc finished fourth, followed by Red Bull鈥檚 Isack Hadjar, Alpine鈥檚 Franco Colapinto and Racing Bulls鈥� Liam Lawson.

McLaren started with both drivers in the second row but Landon Norris was forced to retire from a gearbox issue on Lap 40. Teammate Oscar Piastri placed 11th after a team decision to start on intermediate tires backfired.

Norris flew from third to first off an exciting start on a drying track, only to switch tires three laps in. That ceded the lead to Antonelli, who鈥檇 also moved past Russell following the pole-sitter鈥檚 poor start.

Russell regained the lead on the seventh lap with a clean overtake as Antonelli nearly hit his teammate from behind after his wheels locked up, rolling off the track. The fighting continued into Lap 12 as Antonelli advanced to first, only for Russell to re-take his position before fending off multiple attempts on Lap 17.

Antonelli successfully pulled it off on the 22nd lap, but Russell again charged back into the lead when Antonelli veered off course two laps later. The exchanges persisted until Russell鈥檚 engine blew out.

The Mercedes drivers had gone head-to-head all weekend in the fastest cars on the grid, with Russell edging Antonelli by 0.068 seconds in both the sprint and race qualifying sessions.

Tensions reached a tipping point early sprint race Saturday when they made contact on Antonelli鈥檚 overtake attempt, as Russell kept his line and forced Antonelli into the grass. Antonelli lost his cool over the team radio, calling the move 鈥渧ery naughty鈥� before demanding a penalty.

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A damaged chemical tank in has a crack 鈥� potentially lowering the risk of a cataclysmic explosion 鈥� though an evacuation order remains in effect for some 50,000 area residents with no timeline on when they can return, fire officials said Sunday.

Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Wayhowe Huang said that fire officials were able to evaluate the tank more closely overnight and discovered the tank had cracked.

Huang told The Associated Press earlier Sunday that it did not appear that any of the highly volatile chemicals in the tank have leaked. 鈥淭here鈥檚 still the danger of a possible explosion,” Huang said.

Firefighters have been spraying the tank with water in an effort to cool the chemicals inside and prevent an explosion.

Democratic Gov. Gavin 太子探花om, who declared a state of emergency Saturday, said in a post on X he had asked President Donald Trump to issue an emergency declaration to bolster federal support for local and state officials.

The pressurized tank overheated Thursday and began venting vapors at a company site in Garden Grove, about 40 miles (60 kilometers) south of downtown Los Angeles, according to the Fire Authority.

No injuries have been reported. Air monitoring tests have found that air pollution around the evacuation zone is within normal limits, and specialized equipment has been deployed to ensure no gas is released from the compromised tank, state and federal environmental officials .

The streets were empty in the area Sunday, according to aerial photos taken by the AP.

Tank crack could mitigate damage

A crack could be a welcome development, as it could mean product or pressure inside the tank is being released, reducing the chance the tank explodes, said Andrew Whelton, an engineering professor at Purdue University.

鈥淭hink of a soda can. If you leave it in a hot car it can explode,” he said. 鈥淏ut if you put a hole in the can, the product is released and the can itself doesn鈥檛 explode.鈥�

Elias Picazo, a chemistry professor at the University of Southern California, agreed that a crack could be a positive development.

鈥淎 strategic leak buys more time for the liquid within the tank to solidify as the reaction continues,鈥� he said. 鈥淒epending on where the leak is, it can also be used to direct the unreacted liquid out of the tank in a controlled manner.鈥�

Faisal Khan, head of the chemical engineering department at Texas A&M University, said a crack suggests an explosion could still happen — just not in the magnitude initially feared.

鈥淐ooling is happening on the surface of the tank while runaway reaction may be occurring deep inside the tank,鈥� he explained. 鈥淵es, reaction is slowed compared to what it started. However, we are not out of explosive release risk.鈥�

Several shelters for evacuees remained open. The parking lot was full Sunday at an evacuation center at a high school in neighboring La Palma. Some people, including a family of seven, slept in cars or on mats and sleeping bags on the asphalt. The large family also had nine cats with them. They stacked up cat carriers for a makeshift table as they waited around, sipping coffee and tending to the pets.

Meanwhile, some Garden Grove residents filed a class-action lawsuit on Saturday against GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems, the company that operates the facility where the tank is located.

Lawyers for residents living in the evacuation zone argued in their federal court lawsuit that regardless of what happens next, property values in the surrounding community are sure to be impacted.

Spokespersons for the company didn鈥檛 comment on the lawsuit itself, but pointed to a Saturday statement in which they apologized to residents and businesses that have been forced to evacuate.

On Sunday, the company released another statement saying it was monitoring the 鈥渃ondition of the affected material鈥� and 鈥渨orking around the clock to mitigate the risk of a leak.鈥�

Officials said the valves on the tank are broken or 鈥済ummed up,鈥� which prevented crews from removing the chemical or relieving the pressure on the tank, said Craig Covey, Orange County Fire Authority division chief.

Firefighters鈥� first hope is to find a way to cool off the chemical inside the tank so it won鈥檛 leak or explode. If that is not possible, Whelton said it would be best if the tank sprang a leak so the chemical could be mostly contained. An explosion that could spread the chemical over a broad area and send shrapnel flying would be the worst-case scenario.

If the temperature inside the tank continues to increase, the pressure will continue to build as the methyl methacrylate converts from a liquid to a gas. Whelton said it鈥檚 unlikely that firefighters would consider creating a hole in the tank because of fears that could create a spark that might ignite the volatile and flammable gas.

Drones were monitoring temperatures at 10-minute intervals to watch for any spikes, Covey said on a social media post on X. Containment barriers have been set up to prevent the chemical from getting into storm drains or reaching creeks or the nearby ocean in the event of a spill, Covey said.

Exposure could lead to health problems

The damaged tank is located at GKN Aerospace, which makes parts for commercial and military aircraft. It holds 6,000 to 7,000 gallons (22,700 and 26,500 liters) of methyl methacrylate, used to make plastic parts.

GKN agreed to pay state regulators more than $900,000 in 2025 to settle violations involving recordkeeping, permitting issues and nitrogen oxide emissions, according to a report on the South Coast Air Quality Management District website.

Exposure to methyl methacrylate can cause serious respiratory problems and even render someone unconscious. It can also cause neurological problems and irritate the skin, eyes and throat, according to fact sheets about the chemical. But Orange County health officials said the chemical is easy to smell and residents may notice it over a large area without being harmed.

Whelton said the volume of chemical in the tank is much smaller than in the disastrous 2023 which he studied when more than 115,000 gallons (435,000 liters) of vinyl chloride was released after officials blew open five tank cars and burned the chemical.

鈥淢any of these are acute, fast-acting effects. But the longer somebody stays in contact with it, the more potential for significant damage that occurs,鈥� Whelton said.

If an explosion releases the chemical into the air, Whelton said, it will be crucial to conduct detailed air monitoring specifically for methyl methacrylate and not just generic tests for volatile organic compounds as officials did in East Palestine.

The weather will be an important factor in determining where a plume of chemicals would go in the event of an explosion. Officials were developing maps to predict different scenarios.

Garden Grove is next to Anaheim, home to Disneyland鈥檚 two theme parks, which were not under evacuation orders. Park officials said they were monitoring the incident and supporting employees impacted by evacuations.

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Marcelo reported from New York. Associated Press journalist Ethan Swope contributed to this report.

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