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(Adds Trump comment on Portland paragraphs 9-10) * Illinois launches fourth legal challenge over federal use of National Guard in cities * Courts in Oregon and California say Trump likely overstepped * US government lawyers say Texas National Guard troops in transit to Chicago * Trump threatens to use Insurrection Act to sidestep any court restrictions By Nate Raymond and Dietrich Knauth Oct 6 (Reuters) – The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago sued President Donald Trump on Monday, seeking to block the deployment of federalized National Guard troops to Chicago, as hundreds of National Guard troops from Texas headed to the nation's third-largest city. Trump then escalated the widening clash with Democratic-led states and cities over the domestic use of military forces, threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act as a means to circumvent court restrictions on deploying troops where they are unwanted by local officials. Illinois had sued in response to Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth's orders over the weekend to bring 300 Illinois National Guard members under federal control and then to mobilize another 400 Texas National Guard troops for deployment to Chicago. While Illinois' request for a temporary restraining order plays out, U.S. lawyers told a court hearing on Monday that Texas National Guard troops were already in transit to the state. Trump then issued another memorandum calling up 300 Illinois National Guard troops, reinforcing Hegseth's previous order. U.S. District Judge April Perry allowed the federal government to continue the deployment in Chicago while it responds to Illinois' suit. She set a deadline of midnight Wednesday for the U.S. to reply. The Illinois dispute came after a federal judge in Oregon on Sunday temporarily blocked Trump's administration from sending any National Guard troops to police the state's largest city, Portland. Shortly after Perry's ruling, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office he might invoke the Insurrection Act of 1792, which would allow troops to directly participate in civilian law enforcement, for which there is little recent precedent. "I'd do it if it was necessary. So far, it hasn't been necessary. But we have an Insurrection Act for a reason. If I had to enact it, I'd do that," Trump said. "If people were being killed and courts were holding us up, or governors or mayors were holding us up, sure, I'd do that." Later, when asked in an interview with Newsmax television whether he would invoke the law, Trump repeated that he would only use it if necessary, and then referenced Portland, Oregon, where the mayor and governor oppose deploying the National Guard to quell protests. "If you take a look at what's been going on in Portland, it's been going on for a long time, and that's insurrection. I mean, that's pure insurrection," Trump said. The law has been used sparingly, in extreme cases of unrest. The law was last invoked by President George H.W. Bush in 1992, when the governor of California requested military aid to suppress unrest in Los Angeles following the trial of Los Angeles police officers who beat Black motorist Rodney King. Today, Democratic-led states and cities are pushing back against Trump's attempt to deploy military forces into cities, which the White House says are needed to protect federal government employees from "violent riots" and "lawlessness.” Democratic leaders counter that their cities are being illegally targeted and falsely portrayed as awash in crime. Trump has expanded the use of the U.S. military in his second term, which has included deploying troops along the U.S. border and ordering them to kill suspected drug traffickers on boats off Venezuela without due process. National Guard troops are state-based militia forces that answer to their governors except when called into federal service. Trump has ordered them to Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C. and Portland, prompting lawsuits from state and local leaders. Chicago's lawsuit is the fourth legal action opposing Trump's unprecedented use of soldiers to police U.S. cities. Courts have not yet reached a final decision in any of those cases, but judges in California and Oregon have made initial rulings that Trump likely overstepped his authority. The Illinois lawsuit alleges the Republican president is deploying the military to Illinois based on a "flimsy pretext" that an ICE facility in a suburb of Chicago needs protection from protesters. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, in a press conference, accused Trump of unnecessarily escalating tensions by attempting to add National Guard troops to heavily armed federal police from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies already operating in Chicago. Pritzker said those officers have fired tear gas and rubber bullets on peaceful protesters, with U.S. citizens, including children, being "traumatized and detained." "Donald Trump is using our service members as political props and as pawns in his illegal effort to militarize our nation's cities,” Pritzker said. "Donald Trump's deranged depiction of Chicago as a hellhole, a war zone and the worst and most dangerous city in the world was just complete BS," Pritzker said. Trump, responding to Pritzker, reiterated his contention that Chicago was "like a war zone," saying Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson had lost control. "It's probably worse than almost any city in the world. You could go to Afghanistan, you can go to a lot of different places, and they probably marvel at how much crime we have," Trump said. (Reporting by Nate Raymond and Dietrich Knauth in New York and Emily Schmall in Chicago; additional reporting by Brad Brooks; Writing by Daniel Trotta; Editing by Donna Bryson, Chizu Nomiyama, Alexia Garamfalvi, Aurora Ellis and Lincoln Feast)

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Oct 7 (Reuters) – MotoGP champion Marc Marquez will miss the next two rounds of the season in Australia and Malaysia after suffering a fracture and ligament injury to his right shoulder in a crash at the Indonesian Grand Prix, Ducati said. Aprilia rider Marco Bezzecchi collided with the rear of Marquez's Ducati on Sunday and the pair both hurtled into the gravel at high speed, with Marquez appearing to be in significant discomfort after tumbling head over heels. Marquez, who won his seventh MotoGP championship at the Japanese Grand Prix last month, was hunched over on the side of the track for a couple of minutes before staggering to his feet and lurching away while clutching his shoulder. The injury was on the shoulder of the arm Marquez had fractured in the 2020 July season-opening Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez, an incident which ruled him out for an extended period and required several surgeries. In a statement on Monday, Ducati said Marquez had "suffered a fracture at the base of the coracoid process and a ligament injury to his right shoulder. "Clinical examination and radiological assessment have ruled out any connection with previous injuries and have also confirmed the absence of significant bone displacement." Marquez could still compete at Grands Prix in Portugal (November 7-9) and Valencia (November 14-16), but he stressed that he would not rush his recovery. "My goal is to be back before the end of the season, but without rushing things beyond the doctors' recommendations," the Spaniard added. "Both my personal and the team's main goals have been achieved, so now the priority is to recover properly and return at 100%." (Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Lincoln Feast.)

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Never mind that Florida is 2-3 and has yet to win on the road this year. According to Texas A&M coach Mike Elko, his fifth-ranked team will be facing its toughest opponent this year when the Gators invade College Station for a Southeastern Conference matchup Saturday night. "By far and away, the most talented team we've played this year," Elko said. "They've got an excellent group of players. They've played a very competitive schedule. They've played in two top-10 environments already, so they're going to be well-versed in what this is like." That being said, there is a reason the Aggies (5-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) are strong favorites and ranked in the top five. They have proven they can win any kind of game, whether it's a blowout (Utah State), a shootout (Notre Dame) or a defensive slugfest (Auburn). A 31-9 home win over Mississippi State last week probably trends closer to the Auburn game than the Utah State contest. It was 7-3 at halftime and 14-3 after three quarters before Texas A&M finally got a working margin with two quick fourth-quarter touchdowns. The defense has carried the Aggies through the teams' first two SEC games. Texas A&M allowed only 19 points total, routinely winning on first and second downs before locking down on third down. Opponents have converted just 1 of 23 the past two weeks. "A large part of our success is we've been very much in advantageous third- down situations," Elko said. "A team goes first-and-10, second-and-6, third- and-2, your third-down percentage is obviously not going to nearly be what it's been for us." The Texas A&M offense is paced by quarterback Marcel Reed, who has completed 59.7 percent of his passes for 1,256 yards and 11 touchdowns with three interceptions. Le'Veon Moss has added 343 yards and five scores on the ground. Meanwhile, Florida (2-3, 1-1) snapped a three-game losing streak last week with an impressive 29-21 home win over then-No. 9 Texas, a result that sent the Longhorns plummeting all the way out of the Top 25. Sophomore quarterback DJ Lagway shredded the Texas defense for 298 yards on 21-of-28 passing, throwing for two touchdowns. The Gators' defense allowed just 52 yards on the ground and forced Arch Manning to go it alone, sacking him six times and intercepting two passes to offset 263 yards and two scores. It was a big win for embattled coach Billy Napier, who landed back in the hot seat after consecutive losses to South Florida, then-No. 3 LSU and then-No. 4 Miami (Fla.). After getting the response to adversity he wanted, he is eager to see how the team handles success against a top-five opponent on the road. "Got to turn around and play an outstanding team," Napier said. "This is an incredibly talented (Texas A&M) team. Big, long and fast. A very tough, physical group. We respect the opponent, obviously. "The quarterback is able to make unannounced plays. It's going to be a great challenge, and we're going to need to be at our best. It's what you would expect in this league." Lagway has thrown for 988 yards and seven touchdowns but has also tossed seven interceptions. Jadan Baugh leads the ground game with 396 yards and three scores. The Aggies own a 4-3 series lead, including a 33-20 victory last year in Gainesville, Fla. –Field Level Media

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Oct 7 (OPTA) – Summaries for the Primera División on Monday (start times are ART) 2nd Phase ……………………………………………………….. Deportivo Riestra (1) 2 Scorers: A. Díaz 38, J. Herrera 55 Yellow card: Monje 6, Díaz 34, Miño 57, Ramírez 94 Subs used: Benegas 74 (Herrera), Obredor 74 (Díaz), Ramírez 79 (Alonso) Vélez Sarsfield (1) 2 Scorers: L. Magallán 45+1, M. Ramírez 87og Yellow card: Lagos 3, Baeza 26, Magallán 34, Pellegrini 54, Gómez 61, Pellegrini 65 (2nd) Subs used: Lanzini 65 (Lagos), Valdés 65 (Galván), Monzón 79 (Baeza), Silvero 91 (Pizzini), Santos 91 (Romero) Referee: Fernando Echenique ……………………………………………………….. Racing Club (0) 0 Yellow card: Di Césare 26, Vergara 33, Solari 89 Subs used: Solari 61 (Fernández), Pardo 61 (Rojo), Zuculini 61 (Sánchez), Balboa 67 (Torres), Colombo 70 (Pardo) Independiente Rivadavia (0) 0 Yellow card: Fernández 76, Cardillo 91, Cardillo 95 (2nd), Villa 97 Subs used: Cardillo 75 (Bonifacio), Barbieri 75 (Sartori), Retamar 76 (Fernández), Ortega 80 (Amarfil) Referee: Luis Lobo Medina ……………………………………………………….. Friday, October 10 fixtures (ART/GMT) San Lorenzo v San Martín San Juan (1730) Defensa y Justicia v Argentinos Juniors (1915) Central Córdoba SdE v Unión (1945) Newell's Old Boys v Tigre (2130) Saturday, October 11 fixtures (ART/GMT) Barracas Central v Boca Juniors (1730) Gimnasia La Plata v Talleres de Córdoba (1945) Banfield v Racing Club (2200) Sunday, October 12 fixtures (ART/GMT) Belgrano v Estudiantes (0015) Vélez Sarsfield v Rosario Central (0015) Aldosivi v Huracán (1730) Instituto v Atlético Tucumán (1945) Independiente Rivadavia v Godoy Cruz (1945) River Plate v Sarmiento (2215)

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(Adds details from company's Facebook post) Oct 6 (Reuters) – A fire broke out at Dow's chemical Plant B in Freeport, Texas, on Monday, the company said in a Facebook post. The fire was contained within the facility block and all employees were accounted for, Dow said in an update. (Reporting by Anusha Shah in Bengaluru; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Christian Schmollinger)

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday will meet Edan Alexander, who was believed to be the last surviving U.S. hostage held by Palestinian militants in Gaza when the Israeli-American was handed over by Hamas in May, the White House said on Monday. Tuesday will mark the second anniversary of Hamas' October 7, 2023, attack on Israel in which 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 taken hostage, according to Israeli tallies. Israel's subsequent assault on Gaza has killed over 67,000 Palestinians, Gaza health authorities say, with thousands also feared buried under rubble. Trump's meeting with Alexander comes as the U.S. president made public a proposal last week for Gaza's future, including ending Israel's war in the enclave. The meeting was scheduled for 3 p.m. (1900 GMT) on Tuesday at the White House. Delegations from Israel and Hamas held indirect negotiations in Egypt on Monday on Trump's plan, wrestling with contentious issues such as demands that Israel withdraw and Hamas disarm. Israel and Hamas have both endorsed the overall principles behind Trump's plan, which has been backed by Arab and Western powers. The proposal has received criticism from rights advocates over the idea of a transitional governance panel that would report to a board headed by Trump and include Tony Blair, the former British prime minister infamous for his involvement in the invasion of Iraq that was premised on false claims of Iraq having weapons of mass destruction. Trump has called for negotiations to take place swiftly towards a final deal. Trump vowed a quick end to the war upon taking office. His term began with a ceasefire of two months that ended when Israeli strikes killed 400 Palestinians on March 18. Images of starving Palestinians, including children, have sparked criticism of U.S. ally Israel's assault, which has internally displaced Gaza's entire population. Multiple rights experts, scholars and a U.N. inquiry say it amounts to genocide. Israel calls its actions self-defense after the 2023 Hamas attack. (Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington)

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Oct 7 (Reuters) – CapitaLand Ascendas REIT: * CAPITALAND ASCENDAS REIT MANAGEMENT LIMITED ACQUISITIONS OF THREE HIGH-QUALITY INDUSTRIAL AND LOGISTICS PROPERTIES FOR APPROXIMATELY S$565.8M Further company coverage:

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DOW TEXAS OPERATIONS: DOW IS MANAGING AN ACTIVE FIRE AT PLANT B

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PWHL Vancouver signed forward Michelle Karvinen to a one-year standard player agreement for the 2025-26 season. The four-time Olympian was selected seventh overall in June's PWHL Entry Draft. "Michelle is a proven winner and hockey veteran with a wealth of experience, and we are excited to welcome a player of her calibre to PWHL Vancouver," general manager Cara Gardner Morey said. "Her leadership on and off the ice is going to be immensely important to the success of our team this season." Karvinen, 35, was born in Rodovre, Denmark, and represents Finland internationally. She debuted at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and owns three Olympic bronze medals. In April, while serving as captain, she became Finland's all-time leading scorer at the IIHF Women's World Championship with 62 points (24 goals, 38 assists). Karvinen's won titles in four leagues: Finland's Auroraliiga (Espoo Blues, 2007-08 and 2008–09), Switzerland's SWHL (Ladies Team Lugano, 2020–21), Russia's ZhHL (KRS Vanke Rays, 2021–22) and Sweden's SDHL (three with Lulea, plus Frolunda HC in 2024–25). She produced 35 points (21G, 14A) in 32 games last season with Frolunda, adding 12 points (5G, 7A) in 11 playoff games. "Joining Vancouver is like a full circle moment," Karvinen said. "Vancouver, you made my Olympic dream come true at the 2010 Olympics. Today you have once again made a dream come true. … I feel very honoured to join the Vancouver and British Columbia community, to be part of raising the women's hockey bar even higher, and to be part of PWHL Vancouver from the very first puck drop." Karvinen is the first player ever drafted by Vancouver and the first player from the draft class to sign. PWHL Vancouver opens its inaugural season Nov. 21 at home against PWHL Seattle at Pacific Coliseum. –Field Level Media

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