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Krasinski played a version of Reed Richards, who surprisingly crossed paths with Doctor Strange in an alternate universe. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness placed the titular sorcerer in many chaotic encounters, facing off against different versions of himself and his notable companions. The appearance of Richards in an alternate universe indicates that other versions of him exist, making the recast an effortless exploration, especially since Krasinski’s version of Richards died painfully onscreen....

Stevens, who died Tuesday at age 99, was a Cubs fan for about 90 of those years. His devotion to the North Siders (even though he was born on the South Side) was such that the Cubs tweeted an acknowledgement of Stevens’ death: Stevens lived long enough to witness the Cubs winning the 2016 World Series and ending a championship drought that predated him by more than a decade. He said he experienced October anguish up close as a child: in 1929, when he attended Game 1 of that Fall Classic at Wrigley Field, and in 1932, when he was on hand for Game 3, aka the day Babe Ruth called his shot....

After many ups and several downs throughout his 21 years, Smoltz answered questions in a teleconference Tuesday. MORE: Exclusive portraits | Pedro: I was clean | Smoltz reflects | Biggio’s thoughts | Not everything is the writers’ fault | Five most confusing ballots | Ballot breakdown On his thoughts on being selected… “This is an honor I could not have anticipated when I started playing baseball. I never played a baseball game with ulterior motives....

Shortly after speaking about his skepticism regarding an economic downturn, Biden told reporters in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, that his mother had an expression: “Out of everything lousy, something good will happen if you look hard enough for it.” “We have a chance here to make a fundamental turn toward renewable energy, electric vehicles, and not just electric vehicles but across the board,” the president said. Biden added that his team would be sitting down with the CEOs of major oil companies this week to try to “get an explanation of how they justify making $35 billion in the first quarter....

Milwaukee’s decision to sit out Game 5 of its first-round series in protest of the Jacob Blake shooting in Kenosha, Wis., prompted the NBA to announce the postponement of three playoff games scheduled for Wednesday night. Biden, who accepted his party’s nomination last week during the Democratic National Convention, tweeted out his support for the team. MORE: Will NBA cancel season following player boycott? “This moment demands moral leadership,” Biden said....

The national poll of adults by Quinnipiac University, conducted between September 10 to 13, showed that only 42 percent of people approved of the way Biden was doing his job. This was down four points from the 46 percent the organization’s survey found he had at the beginning of August. The latest poll released on Tuesday also found that half of respondents (50 percent) disapproved of the way Biden was doing his job, an increase of seven percentage points (43 percent) from the last survey conducted between July 27 and August 2....

In a poll conducted earlier this month, Gallup found just 43 percent of U.S. adults approved of his job as commander-in-chief. For the first time, a majority of Americans—53 percent—disapproved of Biden’s performance. Biden’s approval rating has dropped 14 percent since he took office in January. Gallup found that the Democrat was starting his presidency with a 57 percent approval rating, which was just below the average of 60 percent approval rating for post-World War II presidents in their first term....

The president’s approval rating on August 18 stood at 49.3 percent, according to poll tracker FiveThirtyEight, which tracks Biden’s popularity based on analysis of a wide range of polls and its own system of pollster ratings. This represents a decline of 0.5 percent since August 17 and 0.9 percent from one week ago. Biden’s approval rating stood at 50.2 percent on Wednesday, August 11—before the Taliban took the Afghan capital of Kabul on Sunday, August 15....

In a speech highlighting the importance of getting vaccinated, given at the Green Road Community Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, Biden said: “It’s awful hard, as well, to get Latinx vaccinated as well. Why? They’re worried that they’ll be vaccinated and deported.” Biden’s “Latinx” remark was made while speaking about a focus on “equity” and “access for people” as part of the country’s latest COVID-19 vaccination efforts. The president said: “Nationwide, we’re seeing the lowest number of daily cases and deaths since the first day of the pandemic....

Final tallies for the presidential election were not immediately available on Tuesday night as states continued to count mail-in and absentee ballots. A definitive election result will not be available until later in November. Biden called for Americans to be patient and wait for the election results. “We knew this was going to go long but who knew we were going to go into maybe tomorrow morning, maybe even longer,” Biden said....

Asked whether Biden will prioritize his clean energy proposal or lowering gas prices, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre insisted that the administration “could do both at the same time.” “What we’re trying to deal with right now is how do we lower costs for American families,” she said during a Thursday briefing. “One of the things that we are seeing currently right now with oil refiners is they are using this moment—that there is a war in Ukraine—to actually make a profit....

“That’s playoff football. That’s Joe Flacco,’’ the Ravens head coach told reporters Saturday night after his team started off yet another January with a postseason win, 30-17 over the Steelers in Pittsburgh in the AFC wild-card round. “He’s the best quarterback in football. We’ll take him any day of the week, twice on Sunday. Or Saturday night,’’ he added with a laugh, “if that’s the case.’’ MORE: Bengals-Colts | Lions-Cowboys | Must-see photos | Patriots-Ravens opening line...

West Virginians associated with the Poor People’s Campaign, an activist group that has been pressuring Manchin over the issue, urged the senator to reverse his stance during a virtual “Moral Monday” event. Manchin is one of two moderate Senate Democrats that do not support the current effort to raise the minimum wage, which other Democrats hope to pass as part of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package....

Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor, suffered an ischemic stroke in May and was subsequently fitted with a pacemaker and defibrillator. Despite the health scare, he continued to campaign and eventually beat TV personality-turned-politician Oz in the race for the U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania. Last month, Oz and Fetterman took part in a televised debate that was deemed a “disaster” by some. On the latest episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan and his guest, comedian Neal Brennan, agreed that Fetterman shouldn’t have been put on the stage in the first place....

Embiid exited the game in the first quarter a couple of minutes after taking a hard fall while driving to the basket against Robin Lopez. On Tuesday, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Embiid is ‘doubtful’ for Game 5 against the Wizards. He noted that Embiid underwent an MRI on Tuesday on his right knee and that there will be further evaluation done on Wednesday. Here’s a look at the play that left Embiid with “right knee soreness” and rendered him unavailable....

Wall says his excitement over the hiring of Scott Brooks has nothing to do with Durant, because there’s no guarantee Durant will sign with the team this summer. But that doesn’t mean the team won’t try to get him. MORE: Greatest photos from Finals | Durant short-term contract no sure thing “In my opinion, that’s not why we hired [Brooks],” Wall told The Vertical. “I feel if [Brooks] can make a pitch, and I can make a pitch and [Durant] comes, it’s great....