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#Massachusetts woman accused of killing her children amid custody dispute.

Massachusetts State Police issued an arrest warrant Saturday charging Janette MacAusland, 49, of Wellesley, with two counts of murder in the deaths of her children, 7-year-old Kai and 6-year-old Ella. MacAusland is being held in Vermont, where she is expected to appear Monday in Bennington County Superior Court on a fugitive from justice charge as authorities seek to have her returned to Massachusetts.

The investigation began Friday night when Wellesley Police received a call from a Vermont police department requesting a well-being check on family members at a home in Wellesley. Police found the children dead.

Probate court records show Samuel MacAusland filed for divorce in October after nine years of marriage and sought custody of the children and the home. Janette MacAusland later filed a counter claim also seeking custody and the home. On April 16, they filed a joint motion agreeing to have a neutral third party investigate and make recommendations about custody, and a guardian was appointed on April 21.

Information about the criminal case, including whether MacAusland is being represented by an attorney, was not available Sunday. Attorneys representing both MacAuslands could not be reached for comment.

The children were in kindergarten and second grade at Schofield Elementary School, where counselors will be on site Monday to provide support. In a statement Saturday night, Superintendent David Lussier asked the community to keep the family in their thoughts and prayers.

“This is an unimaginable loss that will be deeply felt not just at Schofield but across our entire community,” he said.

Ramer reported from Concord, New Hampshire.

Holly Ramer, The Associated Press

Iga Swiatek was forced to retire from her Madrid Open clash with Ann Li on Saturday due to a viral illness, sending the American 31st seed in the round of 16 of the WTA 1000 tournament.

A champion in the Spanish capital in 2024, Swiatek rebounded from a one-set deficit to level the contest but put an end to proceedings while down 0-3 in the decider.

The Polish six-time Grand Slam champion appeared to be struggling and asked for the doctor after getting broken early in the third set.

Following a conversation with the trainers and getting her vitals checked, Swiatek tried to break Li back but when her opponent held for a 3-0 advantage, the fourth seed realised she was unable to continue the match.

She revealed after the match that she has been fighting a virus for the last two days and was hoping she could still find a way to win despite feeling “terrible”.

“I heard there is something going on between players, that the virus is somewhere on site. I’m sure I’ll be fine in a couple of days, but I had zero energy and zero stability and just felt really bad physically, and yesterday even worse,” said Swiatek.

It is Swiatek’s earliest ever exit in five appearances in Madrid.

“I knew that it’s going to be hard, but I still wanted to try,” she added.

“On the court before the tournament I felt like I’m playing great, so actually it’s sad for me that I can’t play, because I was feeling really good with my game, and I was moving forward in the process, so, this was positive. But for me the tournament has just started and I couldn’t even compete today, so it’s disappointing.”

Earlier in the day, 15th-seeded Iva Jovic squandered a lead and fell 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to Canadian 24th seed Leylah Fernandez, who will be Li’s opponent in the last 16.
Wins for Andreeva and Zverev

Ninth-seeded Russian Mirra Andreeva overcame an inspired Dalma Galfi 6-3, 6-2 in a match that was much closer than the scoreline suggests.

The Hungarian qualifier ranked 117 in the world broke early in both sets but was unable to maintain her advantage as Andreeva recovered to improve her clay-court record this season to 9-1 and set-up a last-16 showdown with another Hungarian, Anna Bondar.

“In the first set I found myself on the back foot a little bit,” said Andreeva, who turns 19 on Wednesday.

“She started well, hitting a lot of winners, being very solid and consistent. So I told myself that, ‘If she wants to beat me to today, that’s the level she has to play the whole match’. And I told myself, ‘It’s okay, even if now I don’t feel like I’m playing my best, slowly I’ll get there and figure out’.

In ATP action, defending champion Casper Ruud raced into the third round with a 6-0, 6-1 demolition of home favourite Jaume Munar in just 65 minutes.

The 12th-seeded Norwegian will next take on Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

Second-seeded Alexander Zverev recovered from a “terrible” second set to begin his campaign with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 performance against recent Bucharest champion Mariano Navone.

“First set was almost perfect, and then I lost focus completely, and then the second set was terrible,” admitted Zverev, who previously clinched the trophy in Madrid in 2018 and 2021.

“But that’s what happens sometimes, first match of a tournament. I definitely have to focus a bit better, but the level was there. I mean, the first set and the third set was great tennis, and I just have to focus on that.”

Zverev will next square off with Terence Atmane, who overcame excruciating cramps to triumph in an all-French duel 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/5) over 30th seed Ugo Humbert.

Carson Beck and Drew Allar make it 4 quarterbacks selected in the first 3 rounds of the NFL draft.

The Arizona Cardinals took the polarizing Miami quarterback with the 65th overall pick on Friday night. He’ll join a quarterback room that includes veterans Jacoby Brissett and Gardner Minshew and play for rookie coach Mike LaFleur.

“I’m super excited, super grateful, super blessed,” said Beck, who spent five seasons at Georgia before transferring to Miami. “I took a visit out there and loved the staff, loved Coach LaFleur.”

Beck was only the third QB selected in a draft that’s considered thin at the sport’s most important position. Fernando Mendoza went No. 1 to Las Vegas and Ty Simpson was selected 13th by the Los Angeles Rams.

No quarterbacks were picked in a second round that saw 22 defensive players taken.

Drew Allar became the fourth quarterback selected when the Pittsburgh Steelers took him at No. 76. He doesn’t have to leave the state after an injury-riddled college career at Penn State.

Pittsburgh set an NFL record with 320,000 fans in attendance on the first day Thursday night, breaking the mark set by Detroit in 2024 when a crowd of 275,000 came out.

The selection of Allar drew a mixed reaction from Steelers fans watching the draft at Acrisure Stadium. Allar is returning from a broken ankle that ended his college career last October.

The hometown faithful waving yellow Terrible Towels in the draft theater roared in approval when Pittsburgh chose Iowa guard Gennings Dunker later in the third round. Dunker, who sports a red mullet and a mustache, became a fan favorite at the combine where he displayed his athleticism.

Defense was the priority in the second round. Twenty-two of the 32 picks were defensive players and the Philadelphia Eagles acquired 2024 Pro Bowl edge rusher Jonathan Greenard from Minnesota.

Eight teams made their first selections of the draft on Friday night after sitting out Round 1, with the 49ers kicking off the second day by taking Mississippi wide receiver De’Zhaun Stribling. San Francisco traded down twice to end up with the 33rd pick.

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#FIFA’s last-minute ticket release leaves fans waiting in queue for hours. With just 50 days to go before the World Cup kickoff, #FIFA released a ticket drop on April 22, that was pitched as a “last-minute sale” with available tickets to each of the 104 World Cup matches.

Almost instantly online, many people began questioning why #FIFA still had available tickets to all of its games, with less than two months to go before kickoff.

“I’ve been unsuccessful during the first couple phases of the ticket release and its left me really jaded by the whole process,” says Rob Fielder, author of multiple soccer books including “The Complete History of the World Cup.”
‘Almost there. Don’t move!’

CTV National News logged onto FIFA’s tickets website ahead of the 11am ET ticket release. We were promptly added to the online “queue” and the words “almost there” appeared, written in bold at the top of the page.

The web page also confirmed that our “position in the queue is secured. Don’t move!”

Four hours later we were still, “almost there” while still waiting in queue, a red line showed that we’d passed the halfway point of the queue.

With a deadline to publish this report looming, and unable to simply sit there and wait for who knows how long, we logged off and left the queue, leaving FIFA’s “last-minute sale” without the faintest chance to buy a pricey pair of seats to any of the matches.

“We’re seeing a chaotic approach to ticketing, ticket prices and ticket releases,” says Fielder.
Fans voice frustrations over ticket chaos

On social media this week, soccer fans have voiced their frustration with FIFA’s ticket play. With some claiming that FIFA’s phased approach to ticket sales is creating an artificial scarcity, to drive up ticket prices.

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#FIFA has released the full schedule of games, so supporters know where their national teams are heading on particular days and what time they will play.

Full World Cup coverage on TSN.ca

Scroll down to find out when, where and who each country plays. All times are listed in Eastern Time.

Note: The real venue names will be changed to reflect host city names during the tournament.
United States (Group D)

9 p.m. June 12 vs. Paraguay in Los Angeles
3 p.m. June 19 vs. Australia in Seattle
10 p.m. June 25 vs. Turkey in Los Angeles

Mexico (Group A)

3 p.m. June 11 vs. South Africa in Mexico City
9 p.m. June 18 vs. South Korea in Guadalajara
9 p.m. June 24 vs. Czech Republic in Mexico City

South Africa (Group A)

3 p.m. June 11 vs. Mexico in Mexico City
Noon June 18 vs. Czech Republic in Atlanta
9 p.m. vs. South Korea in Monterrey

South Korea (Group A)

10 p.m. June 11 vs. Czech Republic in Guadalajara
9 p.m. June 18 vs. Mexico in Guadalajara
9 p.m. June 24 vs. South Africa in Monterrey

Czech Republic (Group A)

10 p.m. vs. South Korea in Guadalajara
Noon June 18 vs. South Africa in Atlanta
9 p.m. June 24 vs. Mexico in Mexico City

Canada (Group B)

3 p.m. June 12 vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina in Toronto
6 p.m. June 18 vs. Qatar in Vancouver
3 p.m. June 24 vs. Switzerland in Vancouver

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Group B)

3 p.m. June 12 vs. Canada in Toronto
3 p.m. June 18 vs. Switzerland in Los Angeles
3 p.m. June 24 vs. Qatar in Seattle

Qatar (Group B)

3 p.m. June 13 vs. Switzerland in San Francisco Bay Area
6 p.m. June 18 vs. Canada in Vancouver
3 p.m. June 24 vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina in Seattle

Switzerland (Group B)

3 p.m. June 13 vs. Qatar in San Francisco Bay Area
3 p.m. June 18 vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina in Los Angeles
3 p.m. June 24 vs. Canada in Vancouver

Brazil (Group C)

6 p.m. June 13 vs. Morocco in New York/New Jersey
9 p.m. June 19 vs. Haiti in Philadelphia
6 p.m. June 24 vs. Scotland in Miami

Morocco (Group C)

6 p.m. June 13 vs. Brazil in New York/New Jersey
6 p.m. June 19 vs. Scotland in Boston
6 p.m. June 24 vs. Haiti in Atlanta

Haiti (Group C)

9 p.m. June 13 vs. Scotland in Boston
9 p.m. June 19 vs. Brazil in Philadelphia
6 p.m. June 24 vs. Morocco in Atlanta

Scotland (Group C)

9 p.m. June 13 vs. Haiti in Boston
6 p.m. June 19 vs. Morocco in Boston
6 p.m. June 24 vs. Brazil in Miami

Paraguay (Group D)

9 p.m. June 12 vs. USA in Los Angeles
Midnight June 19 vs. Turkey in San Francisco Bay Area
10 p.m. June 25 vs. Australia in the San Francisco Bay Area

Australia (Group D)

Midnight June 13 vs. Turkey in Vancouver
3 p.m. June 19 vs. USA in Seattle
10 p.m. June 25 vs. Paraguay in San Francisco Bay Area

Turkey (Group D)

Midnight June 13 vs. Australia in Vancouver
Midnight June 19 vs. Paraguay in the San Francisco Bay Area
10 p.m. June 25 vs. USA in Los Angeles

Germany (Group E)

1 p.m. June 14 vs. Curaçao in Houston
4 p.m. June 20 vs. Ivory Coast in Toronto
4 p.m. June 25 vs. Ecuador in New York/New Jersey

Curaçao (Group E)

1 p.m. June 14 vs. Germany in Houston
8 p.m. June 20 vs. Ecuador in Kansas City
4 p.m. June 25 vs. Ivory Coast in Philadelphia

Ivory Coast (Group E)

7 p.m. June 14 vs. Ecuador in Philadelphia
4 p.m. June 20 vs. Germany in Toronto
4 p.m. June 25 vs. Curaçao in Philadelphia

Ecuador (Group E)

7 p.m. June 14 vs. Ivory Coast in Philadelphia
8 p.m. June 20 vs. Curaçao in Kansas City
4 p.m. June 25 vs. Germany in New York/New Jersey

Netherlands (Group F)

4 p.m. June 14 vs. Japan in Dallas
1 p.m. June 20 vs. Sweden in Houston
7 p.m. June 25 vs. Tunisia in Kansas City

Japan (Group F)

4 p.m. June 14 vs. Netherlands in Dallas
Midnight June 20 vs. Tunisia in Monterrey
7 p.m. June 25 vs. Sweden in Dallas

Sweden (Group F)

7 p.m. June 14 vs. Tunisia in Monterrey
1 p.m. June 20 vs. Netherlands in Houston
7 p.m. June 25 vs. Japan in Dallas

Tunisia (Group F)

10 p.m. June 14 vs. Sweden in Monterrey
Midnight June 20 vs. Japan in Monterrey
7 p.m. June 25 vs. Netherlands in Kansas City

Belgium (Group G)

3 p.m. June 15 vs. Egypt in Seattle
3 p.m. June 21 vs. Iran in Los Angeles
11 p.m. June 26 vs. New Zealand in Vancouver

Egypt (Group G)

3 p.m. June 15 vs. Belgium in Seattle
9 p.m. June 21 vs. New Zealand in Vancouver
11 p.m. June 26 vs. Iran in Seattle

Iran (Group G)

9 p.m. June 15 vs. New Zealand in Los Angeles
3 p.m. June 21 vs. Belgium in Los Angeles
11 p.m. June 26 vs. Egypt in Seattle

New Zealand (Group G)

9 p.m. June 15 vs. Iran in Los Angeles
9 p.m. June 21 vs. Egypt in Vancouver
11 p.m. June 26 vs. Belgium in Vancouver

Spain (Group H)

Noon June 15 vs. Cabo Verde in Atlanta
Noon June 21 vs. Saudi Arabia in Atlanta
8 p.m. June 26 vs. Uruguay in Guadalajara

Cape Verde (Group H)

Noon June 15 vs. Spain in Atlanta
6 p.m. June 21 vs. Uruguay in Miami
8 p.m. June 26 vs. Saudi Arabia in Houston

Saudi Arabia (Group H)

6 p.m. June 15 vs. Uruguay in Miami
Noon June 21 vs. Spain in Atlanta
8 p.m. June 26 vs. Cabo Verde in Houston

Uruguay (Group H)

6 p.m. June 15 vs. Saudi Arabia in Miami
6 p.m. June 21 vs. Cabo Verde in Miami
8 p.m. June 26 vs. Spain in Guadalajara

France (Group I)

3 p.m. June 16 vs. Senegal in New York/New Jersey
5 p.m. June 22 vs. Iraq in Philadelphia
3 p.m. June 26 vs. Norway in Boston

Senegal (Group I)

3 p.m. June 16 vs. France in New York/New Jersey
8 p.m. June 22 vs. Norway in New York/New Jersey
3 p.m. vs. Iraq in Toronto

Iraq (Group I)

6 p.m. June 16 vs. Norway in Boston
5 p.m. June 22 vs. France in Philadelphia
3 p.m. June 26 vs. Senegal in Toronto

Norway (Group I)

6 p.m. vs. Iraq in Boston
8 p.m. vs. Senegal in New York/New Jersey
3 p.m. vs. France in Boston

Argentina (Group J)

9 p.m. June 16 vs. Algeria in Kansas City
1 p.m. June 22 vs. Austria in Dallas
10 p.m. June 27 vs. Jordan in Dallas

Algeria (Group J)

9 p.m. June 16 vs. Argentina in Kansas City
11 p.m. June 22 vs. Jordan in the San Francisco Bay Area
10 p.m. June 27 vs. Austria in Kansas City

Austria (Group J)

Midnight June 16 vs. Jordan in the San Francisco Bay Area
1 p.m. June 22 vs. Argentina in Dallas
10 p.m. June 27 vs. Algeria in Kansas City

Jordan (Group J)

Midnight June 16 vs. Austria in the San Francisco Bay Area
11 p.m. June 22 vs. Algeria in the San Francisco Bay Area
10 p.m. June 27 vs. Argentina in Dallas

Portugal (Group K)

1 p.m. June 17 vs. Democratic Republic of Congo in Houston
1 p.m. June 23 vs. Uzbekistan in Houston
7:30 p.m. June 27 vs. Colombia in Miami

Democratic Republic of Congo (Group K)

1 p.m. June 17 vs. Portugal in Houston
10 p.m. June 23 vs. Colombia in Guadalajara
7:30 p.m. June 27 vs. Uzbekistan in Atlanta

Uzbekistan (Group K)

10 p.m. June 17 vs. Colombia in Mexico City
1 p.m. June 23 vs. Portugal in Houston
7:30 p.m. vs. Democratic Republic of Congo in Atlanta

Colombia (Group K)

10 p.m. June 17 vs. Uzbekistan in Mexico City
10 p.m. June 23 vs. Democratic Republic of Congo in Guadalajara
7:30 p.m. on June 27 vs. Portugal in Miami

England (Group L)

4 p.m. June 17 vs. Croatia in Dallas
4 p.m. June 23 vs. Ghana in Boston
5 p.m. June 27 vs. Panama in New York/New Jersey

Croatia (Group L)

4 p.m. June 17 vs. England in Dallas
7 p.m. June 23 vs. Panama in Toronto
5 p.m. June 27 vs. Ghana in Philadelphia

Ghana (Group L)

7 p.m. June 17 vs. Panama in Toronto
4 p.m. June 23 vs. England in Boston
5 p.m. June 27 vs. Croatia in Philadelphia

Panama (Group L)

7 p.m. June 17 vs. Ghana in Toronto
7 p.m. June 23 vs. Croatia in Toronto
5 p.m. June 27 vs. England in New York/New Jersey

Knockout Rounds

Round of 32: June 28-July 3
Round of 16: July 4-7
Quarterfinals: July 9-11 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts; SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California; Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida; and Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri
Semifinals: July 14-15 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas; and Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta
Third-place match: July 18 at Hard Rock Stadium
Final: July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey

By Kyle Feldscher, Patrick Sung, Ben Church, CNN