College of Charleston instructor among victims killed in Lisbon funicular crash

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September 5, 2025

The College of Charleston confirmed on Friday that one of its instructors was among the 16 people killed in the crash of the popular funicular railway in Lisbon on Wednesday, which shocked Portugal and led to pointed questions about the cause of the accident.

Heather Hall, a member of the faculty of the Department of Teacher Education, was the only American killed in the accident, which also injured 21. Among the dead were five Portuguese citizens, two South Koreans, one Swiss, three British citizens, two Canadians, one French and one Ukrainian, according to the Portuguese police.

Hall had been in Lisbon to speak at a conference, Fran Welch, the dean of the School of Education, said in a statement.

“This is a tragic loss for all of us,” Welch said. “As an alumna of the College (‘97) and a dynamic instructor with a specialization is special education, she shared her love of travel with her students.”

The statement noted that Hall had been a Fulbright Scholar in Ghana and had taken her students on study abroad trips to Italy.

Welch added, “Her energy, kindness and student-centeredness will be deeply missed.”

Hall’s passion for travel is highlighted on her Facebook page which shows photos of her in Havana, Venice and at the Colosseum in Rome.

The wreckage of the funicular, known as the Elevador da Glória, was cleared overnight and put in police custody.

Alexandre Rodrigues, the commander of the Lisbon fire brigade, told reporters Wednesday that authorities were alerted about the derailment at 6:01 p.m. local time (12:01 p.m. ET) and arrived within three minutes. The funicular derailed and crashed into a building, he said.

Becky Britton, of Minnesota, was vacationing in the city with her husband when she walked past the scene and saw what she described as carnage.

“I feel sad, and when you’re here it’s real. If it happened to us, our families, we would have been notified and that’s just devastating,” she said.

Emergency officials said all victims were pulled out of the wreckage in just over two hours.

Classified as a national monument, the Elevador da Glória funicular connected Restauradores Square to the Jardim de São Pedro de Alcântara, a popular garden in the Bairro Alto neighborhood.

The service, which was inaugurated in 1885, goes up and down a few hundred yards of a hill on a curved, traffic-free road in tandem with one going the opposite way. It is a popular attraction with Lisbon’s tourists, and long lines of people typically form for the brief rides.

Harnessed by steel cables, it can carry more than 40 people, seated and standing, and it is also commonly used by Lisbon residents.

The government’s Office for Air and Rail Accident Investigations is expected to release a preliminary technical report on the accident on Saturday.

Babak Dehghanpisheh

Colin Sheeley

The Associated Press contributed.

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UFC Paris live updates: Nassourdine Imavov vs. Caio Borralho results, round-by-round analysis, highlights

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September 6, 2025

Shaheen Al-Shatti

Uncrowned has UFC Paris live results, round-by-round updates, start time and highlights for the Nassourdine Imavov vs. Caio Borralho fight card on Saturday afternoon at the Accor Arena in Paris, France. Rising middleweight contenders Imavov and Borralho collide in a five-round main event that’s expected to serve as a title eliminator for UFC champion Khamzat Chimaev, while French lightweight faces off against Borrlaho’s Fighting Nerds teammate, Mauricio Ruffy, in the three-round co-headliner.

Imavov (16-4, 1 NC) punctuated the best run of his UFC career in February with a massive second-round stoppage of two-time former champion Israel Adesanya. A 30-year-old French national who goes by the nickname “The Sniper,” Imavov has won four consecutive UFC bouts, also besting fellow contenders Jared Cannonier, Brendan Allen and Roman Dolidze.

Borralho (17-1, 1 NC) has similarly been on fire since debuting under the UFC umbrella with back-to-back wins on Dana White’s Contender Series over a span of just three weeks in 2021. The 32-year-old Brazilian is a perfect 7-0 in the UFC proper, and shot up the ranks on the heels of his latest two victories over Paul Craig and Cannonier. Borralho also served as the promotion’s official backup fighter for UFC 319’s middleweight title bout between Chimaev and now-former champ Dricus du Plessis.

In the co-main event, Saint Denis (14-3, 1 NC) looks to continue his recent rebound following his second-round submission of Kyle Prepolec this past May, which snapped a two-fight losing skid. He’ll have his work cut out for him though, as Ruffy (12-1) is undefeated in the UFC and most recently scored one of the wildest knockouts of the year with his first-round spinning wheel kick of King Green at UFC 315.

The UFC Paris start time for the preliminary card is at 12 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The main card begins live at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN+.

Follow along with Uncrowned’s live UFC Paris: Imavov vs. Borralho results, highlights and live blog below, including round-by-round play-by-play of the final two bouts of the day.

Main Card (ESPN+, LIVE NOW)

Middleweight: Nassourdine Imavov vs. Caio Borralho

Lightweight: Benoit Saint Denis vs. Mauricio Ruffy

Light heavyweight: Modestas Bukauskas vs. Paul Craig

Lightweight: Bolaji Oki vs. Mason Jones

Welterweight: Axel Sola vs. Rhys McKee

Featherweight: William Gomis def. Robert Ruchala via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Prelims

Light heavyweight: Oumar Sy def. Brendson Ribeiro via TKO (punches) at 4:42 of R1 | Watch finish

Heavyweight: Ante Delija def. Marcin Tybura via TKO (punches) at 2:03 of R1 | Watch finish | Aspinall reacts

Lightweight: Kaue Fernandes def. Harry Hardwick via TKO (leg kicks) at 3:21 of R1 | Watch finish

Welterweight: Sam Patterson def. Trey Waters via TKO (punches) at 3:01 of R1 | Watch finish

Middleweight: Robert Bryczek def. Brad Tavares via TKO (punches) at 1:43 of R3 | Watch finish

Welterweight: Rinat Fakhretdinov def. Andreas Gustafsson via TKO (strikes) at :54 of R1 | Watch finish

Strawweight: Sam Hughes def. Shauna Bannon via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:58 of R2 | Watch finish

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Israel destroys second high-rise as assault on Gaza City intensifies

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September 6, 2025

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Rushdi AbualoufGaza correspondent reporting from Istanbul and

Wyre DaviesBBC News, Jerusalem

AFP via Getty Images People search for salvage at the mound of rubble at the site of the collapsed Sussi Tower, which was destroyed earlier by Israeli bombardment, in Gaza City on 6 September 2025. — The Sussi Tower is the second Gaza City high-rise to be destroyed in as many days

The Israeli military has destroyed a high-rise block in Gaza City, the second major tower it has targeted in as many days.

Defence Minister Israel Katz posted video of the building collapsing on X, with the caption: “We’re continuing”.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF), which has been expanding operations in Gaza, said the Sussi Tower was being used by Hamas – a claim denied by the militant group.

It was not immediately clear whether there were any casualties. Ahead of Saturday’s strike, Israel dropped leaflets repeating calls for Palestinians to relocate to what it calls a humanitarian zone in the south.

In a social media post, IDF Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee urged residents to “join the thousands of people who have already gone” to al-Mawasi – an area between Khan Younis and the coastline.

The IDF has repeatedly encouraged civilians to move there, saying medical care, water and food will be provided.

However, the UN has said the tent camps in al-Mawasi are overcrowded and unsafe, and that southern hospitals are overwhelmed.

On Tuesday, five children were killed while queuing for water in al-Mawasi. Witnesses said they were struck by an Israeli drone, an incident which the IDF said was “under review”.

Anadolu via Getty Images Huge clouds of smoke erupt against the blue sky from Mushata Tower in the West of Gaza, following an Israeli airstrike. The building is beginning to collapse, and two people can be seen in the foreground. — The Mushtaha Tower, located west of Gaza City, was destroyed on Friday

The Sussi Tower is the second high-rise to be destroyed in as many days. On Friday social-media footage showed the Mushtaha Tower, in the city’s al-Rimal neighbourhood, collapsing after a massive explosion at its base.

The IDF said precautionary measures had been taken to mitigate harm to civilians, “including advance warnings to the population” and the use of “precise munitions”.

But Palestinians said displaced families had been sheltering in the Mushtaha Tower, and Gaza civil defence agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal accused Israel of enacting “a policy of forced displacement”.

Satellite imagery shows several neighbourhoods in parts of the city have been levelled by Israeli strikes and demolitions over the past month.

The residential and commercial tower blocks in Gaza City represented an important chapter in the city’s history, tied to hopes of ending the Israeli occupation and building an independent Palestinian state.

The rise of multi-storey towers – more than five floors – began after the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993, which allowed tens of thousands of Palestinians to return from exile to Gaza and parts of the West Bank.

Following the Israeli withdrawal from most of Gaza in 1994, vertical expansion became a necessity to accommodate the influx of returnees.

The Palestinian Authority encouraged large investments in the construction sector, with entire neighbourhoods named after the towers.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel’s intention to seize all of the Gaza Strip after indirect talks with Hamas on a ceasefire and hostage release deal broke down in July.

The UN estimates nearly one million people remain in Gaza City, where it declared a famine last month. It has warned of an imminent “disaster” if the assault proceeds.

The Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza in response to the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

At least 63,746 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since then, according to the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry.

The ministry also says 367 people have so far died during the war as a result of malnutrition and starvation.

Additional reporting by Ruth Comerford

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College football scores, live updates: Week 2 schedule features Texas, Illinois, Iowa State in action early

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September 6, 2025

Cameron Salerno

Week 2 of the 2025 college football season begins Saturday with a handful of intriguing matchups in the early window, and the main event — which happens to be the only ranked-on-ranked game of the entire weekend — coming later in the day.

After losing its season-opener to Ohio State on the road, Arch Manning and No. 7 Texas will look to bounce back in a showdown against San Jose State. In the same window, College Football Playoff hopeful No. 11 Illinois travels to Durham, North Carolina, to face Duke. And if you like rivalry games, this window has that, too, as No. 16 Iowa State hosts Iowa with the Cy-Hawk Trophy on the line.

During the afternoon window, No. 6 Oregon faces Oklahoma State on CBS at 3:30 p.m. ET. No. 8 Clemson is coming off a loss to LSU and will look to record its first win of the season against Troy.

The top game on this weekend’s slate is a matchup between No. 15 Michigan and No. 18 Oklahoma in the evening window. The Sooners are coming off a blowout win over Illinois State, while Michigan quarterback Bryce Underwood led his team to a victory over New Mexico.

CBS Sports will be here every step of the way to update you with the latest scores, highlights and storylines throughout the evening. All times Eastern

College football scores, schedule: Week 2

No. 11 Illinois at Duke — ESPN — GameTracker
Iowa at No. 16 Iowa State — Fox — GameTracker
San Jose State at No. 7 Texas — ABC — GameTracker
Oklahoma State at No. 6 Oregon — 3:30 p.m. on CBS — Expert picks, preview
Grambling at No. 1 Ohio State — 3:30 p.m. on Big Ten Network
No. 20 Ole Miss at Kentucky — 3:30 p.m. on ABC — Expert picks, preview
South Florida at Florida — 4:15 p.m. on SEC Network
Bethune-Cookman at No. 5 Miami — 7 p.m. on ESPN+
No. 12 Arizona State at Mississippi State — 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2
Louisiana Tech at No. 3 LSU — 7:30 p.m. on ESPN+
No. 15 Michigan at No. 18 Oklahoma — 7:30 p.m. on ABC — Expert picks, preview
Check out the entire Week 2 scoreboard