Tennis star Kamil Majchrzak meets young fan who had hat snatched from him in viral US Open video Issy Ronald, CNNAugust 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM Kamil Majchrzak meets a young fan at the US Open.

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Kamil Majchrzak meets a young fan at the US Open. - From Kamil Majchrzak/Instagram

Polish tennis star Kamil Majchrzak has met the young fan who had a hat snatched from him in a viral video clip after one of Majchrzak's matches at the US Open.

Majchrzak gave the boy a US Open-branded bag of gifts, including another cap, and posed for photos alongside him, posting the encounter to his Instagram stories on Saturday.

"Today after warm up, I had a nice meeting," he wrote. "Do you recognize (cap emoji)?"

"Hello world, together with Brock, we wish you a great day," he wrote in another story.

The two first encountered each other when Majchrzak was signing souvenirs for the crowd, after Majchrzak's second round win against Karen Khachanov on Thursday.

The Pole took off his cap and appeared to pass it to the boy who was clutching a giant tennis ball with both hands. As the boy reached out to take the cap, a man standing next to him snatched it away and gave it to a woman who put it in her handbag despite the boy's visible protestations. The boy and the man appeared not to know each other.

Kamil Majchrzak defeated Karen Khachanov in the second round at the US Open. - Sarah Stier/Getty Images

The clip subsequently went viral on social media, with one X post alone gathering 10 million views.

Social media users identified the man as a Polish CEO, whose company was review-bombed with hundreds of one-star reviews on Trustpilot, all referencing the incident. CNN has not been able to independently verify the man's identity and has reached out to the company for comment.

After seeing the incident, Majchrzak launched a search for the boy, posting on his Instagram story, per Sky News, "Hey guys, could you help me find the kid from my match."

He later posted, according to Sky News, "I am impressed by the power of the Internet. We got it! All good now."

After defeating No. 9 seed Khachanov, Majchrzak was forced to retire during his third round match against Leandro Riedi due to a torn intercostal muscle.

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Xi says China, partners will take SCO security forum to a new level August 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM TIANJIN (Reuters) China will work with all parties in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to take the regional security forum to a new level, Chinese President Xi Jinping told leaders in the port ...

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TIANJIN (Reuters) -China will work with all parties in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to take the regional security forum to a new level, Chinese President Xi Jinping told leaders in the port city of Tianjin on Monday.

The SCO has set a model for a new type of international relations, Xi said in opening remarks, adding that the forum unequivocally opposed external interference.

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How America's largest theme park vanished in less than a decade Chad Murphy, Akron Beacon Journal August 31, 2025 at 5:01 AM For more than 100 years, Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio, was an amusement park destination.

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For more than 100 years, Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio, was an amusement park destination.

From its earliest days in the late 19th century, when Geauga Lake was just a train stop with picnic tables and boats to rent, the park grew. Its first ride was a steam-powered carousel, added in 1889. Its first roller coaster didn't come until 1925 with the Big Dipper, which entertained thrill-seekers until the park closed down.

And in 2001, Geauga Lake absorbed the neighboring Sea World, when the latter closed its Ohio park. That made Geauga Lake the largest theme park in the world by area at the time, covering some 700 acres on both sides of the lake.

Less than a decade later, the fun was over.

In 2007, the park shut down after rounds of ownership changes and park expansion. Now, what's left of Geauga Lake Park may return to its 19th-century roots. The City of Aurora has purchased the former Geauga Lake and Sea World land, with the intent of making it a public park.

Here's a look back at the history of Geauga Lake, as reported in previous Beacon Journal articles.

Looking back at Geauga Lake Park in Ohio; its first roller coaster, the Big Dipper, debuted in 1925

Here's a brief history of Geauga Lake:

1887: The northeast side of Geauga Lake is first called Picnic Lake or Giles Pond, a place where visitors camped, went fishing or picnicked.

1889: The park's first ride is added, a steam-powered carousel.

1925: Geauga Lake's first roller coaster is built. The Big Dipper was the largest wooden roller coaster built at the time, at 2,800 feet long and a height of 65 feet.

1939: A dance hall and ballroom are built.

1969: Funtime Inc. purchases the park.

1977: The Double Loop — Ohio's first looping steel coaster — opens.

1978: The Corkscrew steel coaster debuts.

1984: The Wave, the first pool of its kind that creates 6-foot waves, opens.

1988: The park celebrates its 100th year and welcomes the Raging Wolf Bobs wooden roller coaster.

1995: Geauga Lake is purchased by Premier Parks Inc.

1998: Premier Parks purchases Six Flags Theme Parks.

2000: Park changes name to Six Flags Ohio.

2001: Six Flags purchases SeaWorld Cleveland, renamed to Six Flags Worlds of Adventure.

2004: Six Flags sells the park to Cedar Fair, at the time the owner of Cedar Point. The name is changed back to Geauga Lake.

2005: Cedar Fair revamps the old Sea World into a water park called Wildwater Kingdom.

2007: The ride side of Geauga Lake closes.

2016: Wildwater Kingdom closes.

SOURCES: Aurora Historical Society and Akron Beacon Journal archives.

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'Harry Potter' director rules out original cast reunion due to J.K. Rowling controversy Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY August 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM Will a "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" film starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint ever happen? Don't hold your breath, director Chris Col...

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Will a "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" film starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint ever happen? Don't hold your breath, director Chris Columbus says.

Columbus, who directed the first two movies in the "Harry Potter" franchise, has previously expressed interest in turning the "Cursed Child" stage play into a film that would bring back the original cast. But in a new interview with The Sunday Times published on Saturday, Aug. 30, the filmmaker said this is no longer possible due to author J.K. Rowling's anti-trans controversy.

"It's never going to happen," he said. "It's gotten so complicated with all the political stuff. Everyone in the cast has their own opinion, which is different from her opinion, which makes it impossible."

Columbus added, "I haven't spoken to Miss Rowling in a decade or so, so I have no idea what's going on with her, but I keep very close contact with Daniel Radcliffe and I just spoke to him a few days ago. I still have a great relationship with all the kids in the cast."

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson in a promotional photo for "Harry Potter."

Rowling, the author of the "Harry Potter" books, has become a divisive figure in recent years due to her anti-trans views. In April, she again drew backlash when she celebrated a U.K. Supreme Court ruling that the definition of a woman refers to biological sex under equality legislation.

Radcliffe, Watson and Grint have all made it known that they disagree with the author's views on the transgender community.

J.K. Rowling says 'Harry Potter' stars who've criticized her anti-trans views 'can save their apologies'

"Transgender women are women," Radcliffe said in 2020. "Any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people and goes against all advice given by professional health care associations who have far more expertise on this subject matter than either (Rowling) or I."

"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," which opened on the West End in 2016, takes place 19 years after "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" and features the return of an older Harry, Hermione and Ron. In a 2021 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Columbus revealed he wanted to bring the play to the big screen with the original film trio.

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J.K. Rowling attends the premiere of "Fantastic Beasts: The Secret of Dumbledore" on March 29, 2022 in London, England.

"A version of 'Cursed Child' with Dan, Rupert and Emma at the right age, it's cinematic bliss," he said at the time. "If you're a film nerd or cinephile, it's kind of like what J.J. (Abrams) did with 'Star Wars.' ... I think that would be the same situation for 'Harry Potter' fans. To able to actually see these adult actors now back in these roles? Oh, yeah. It would be amazingly fun to make that film — or two films."

Since then, HBO announced a new "Harry Potter" television series, which will adapt the original books starring young actors in the lead roles of Harry, Ron and Hermione. Rowling is a producer on the show, and she says she "worked closely" with the writers.

In a recent appearance on the "Rest Is Entertainment" podcast, Columbus said that while he's "excited" to see the HBO show, he was surprised when he saw a photo of Nick Frost as Hagrid, adding that the costume looked quite similar to the way Hagrid appeared in his "Potter" films.

"He's wearing the exact same costume that we designed for Hagrid," Columbus said. "Part of me was like, 'What's the point?' I thought everything was going to be different, but it's more of the same."

Though a "Cursed Child" movie may not be in the cards, Tom Felton announced in June that he will reprise his film role of Draco Malfoy in the play beginning in November. Felton told Variety he is "not really that attuned to" the controversy surrounding Rowling, adding, "I have not seen anything bring the world together more than 'Potter,' and she's responsible for that, so I'm incredibly grateful."

Contributing: Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY; Reuters

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Illinois Gov. Pritzker says sending troops to Chicago would be an "invasion" Ed O'KeefeAugust 31, 2025 at 7:37 PM Illinois Gov.

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker told CBS News the Trump administration has not communicated with his state on a reported plan to send military forces to Chicago, calling the idea an "invasion" and arguing President Trump has "other aims" aside from cracking down on crime.

Asked about a possible military deployment to America's third-largest city, which was recently reported by The Washington Post, Pritzker told CBS News: "It's clear that, in secret, they're planning this — well, it's an invasion with U.S. troops, if they, in fact, do that."

Mr. Trump has deployed National Guard forces and federal agents to the streets of two other major cities — Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. — in recent months, part of what the president casts as a crackdown against illegal immigration, violent crime and civil unrest.

Last week, the president said his administration could take similar steps in Chicago. Mr. Trump called the city a "mess" and lashed out against Mayor Brandon Johnson, saying, "We'll straighten that one out probably next."

Mr. Trump is planning major immigration enforcement operations in Chicago that could start as soon as next week, echoing a similar operation in Los Angeles, sources told CBS News. And The Washington Post has reported that the Pentagon is drawing up plans to potentially send thousands of National Guard members to the Midwest's largest metro area as early as September — though those plans haven't been publicly confirmed.

Pritzker told CBS News that, if Mr. Trump sends the Guard to Chicago, voters "should understand that he has other aims, other than fighting crime."

The governor argued that the president's gambit may be part of a plan to "stop the elections in 2026 or, frankly, take control of those elections."

He also called the idea "an attack on the American people."

"Now, he may disagree with a state that didn't vote for him. But, should he be sending troops in? No," Pritzker said in an interview with CBS News in Chicago.

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson rejected Pritzker's accusations and blasted the city's violent crime rate.

"It's amazing the lengths this slob will go to in order to deflect from the terrible crime crisis that has been plaguing Chicago for years," Jackson said in a statement to CBS News. "Chicago's residents would be much safer if Pritzker actually did his job and addressed his crime problem instead of trying to be a Resistance Lib hero."

In a Truth Social post Saturday evening, Mr. Trump called Pritzker a "weak and pathetic Governor" who "just said that he doesn't need help in preventing CRIME. He is CRAZY!!! He better straighten it out, FAST, or we're coming!"

On Friday, Pritzker, asked whether he was suggesting that the president is an authoritarian, pointed to Germany's history. He noted that he built a Holocaust museum and knows "what the history was of a constitutional republic being overturned, after an election, in 53 days." Pritzker added that he's "very, very concerned.""We could talk about lots of authoritarian regimes in the world, but that just happens to be the one that I know," Pritzker said. "And I can tell you that- that the playbook is the same: It's thwart the media, it's create mayhem that requires military interdiction. These are things that happen throughout history, and Donald Trump is just following that playbook."The Illinois governor said that he plans to "do everything I can to stop him from taking away people's rights and from using the military to invade states," referencing Mr. Trump. He added that it's "very important for us all to stand up."

The Guard deployments in Los Angeles and D.C. have drawn stiff pushback from elected officials who argue local police are better able to handle crime, and warn the presence of federal agents and military personnel could inflame tensions.

Future military deployments could also draw legal challenges. While Mr. Trump controls the D.C. National Guard outright, the governors of the 50 states typically control their own Guard forces except in certain circumstances.

The Trump administration deployed thousands of California National Guard members to Los Angeles over Gov. Gavin Newsom's objections in June, arguing they were necessary to protect federal immigration agents and facilities from tense protests in the city.

The state of California sued the administration, calling the deployment illegal. An appeals court found that Mr. Trump likely did have the legal authority to call up the state's National Guard, under a law that lets the president call Guard forces into federal service during a "rebellion" or if he isn't able to "execute the laws of the United States." A lower court is still reviewing whether military forces in Los Angeles were inappropriately used for law enforcement purposes.

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