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(Kevork Djansezian/WWD)The Academy Awards were Sunday night in Hollywood, hosted by Conan O'Brien.
One Battle After Another took home best picture, in addition to awards for Paul Thomas Anderson for best director and best adapted screenplay. Sinners star Michael B. Jordan won best actor, and Hamnet's Jessie Buckley won best actress.
Michael B. Jordan(Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
Amy Madigan(Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)
Kate Hudson(Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
Wunmi Mosaku(Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
Ethan Hawke(Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)
Chloé Zhao(Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
Emma Stone(Angela Weiss/AFP)
Delroy Lindo(Matei Horvath/FilmMagic)
Jessie Buckley(Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
Benicio del Toro(Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)
Renate Reinsve(Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
Leonardo DiCaprio(Gilbert Flores/Penske Media)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas(Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
Wagner Moura(Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)
Raphael Saadiq(Frazer Harrison/WireImage)
EJAE(Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
Timothée Chalamet(Gilbert Flores/Penske Media)
Danielle Brooks(Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
Liza Powel O'Brien (left) and Conan O'Brien (right)(Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
Demi Moore(Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
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The Little Sugarplum pop-up.(Courtesy Jenna Agpaoa)Top line:
What makes The Little Sugarplum special? The traveling pop-up bakery was started by three sisters. Their cinnamon rolls, which have become the main attraction, include a variety of rotating flavors like strawberry shortcake, matcha, coffee and ... mashed potatoes.
Their bestseller: The Little Sugarplum is best known for its OG Amish cinnamon roll, inspired by a recipe that includes mashed potatoes, which they learned from a neighbor who was Pennsylvania Dutch, a group descended from German-speaking immigrants from the 17th and 18th centuries.
The Little Sugarplum's fall menu.(Courtesy The Little Sugarplum Bakery)Read more... to learn more about the sisters and where you can find their cinnamon rolls and other baked goods.
What makes The Little Sugarplum special? Three sisters started the traveling pop-up bakery, each with a different role in running it. There’s the medical student-turned-baker, the hospitality worker-turned-marketer, and the blackjack dealer-turned-accountant.
What else? Their cinnamon rolls, which have become the main attraction, include a variety of rotating flavors like strawberry shortcake, matcha, coffee and ... mashed potatoes. Yeah, you read that right.
About the owners
Jenna Agpaoa grew up with her two sisters in Valley Center, a city in San Diego County, where their passion for baked goods began to take shape.
The Amish cinnamon roll
Soon after starting the bakery, their content went viral after sharing a recipe for a traditional Amish cinnamon roll, which notably uses mashed potatoes as an ingredient. They learned the recipe from an old neighbor growing up, who was Pennsylvania Dutch, a group descended from German-speaking immigrants from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Now you can find them vending all across Southern California, including at places like Ubefest and 626 Night Market.
Their fall flavor menu
They offer other baked goods in addition to cinnamon rolls, including cookies, brownies and bread.
The Little Sugarplum's fall menu.(Courtesy The Little Sugarplum Bakery)How to visit
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Supreme Court shuts down redistricting plan
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In a case watched across the country and as voting begins in the midterm elections, the Supreme Court blocked a congressional map in Missouri that was aimed at netting Republicans another seat in the U.S. House.
Why it matters: This is the third time the high court has blocked the redistricting plan that could have helped ousted Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver by increasing the number of Republican voters in his district.
Why now: The court warned that changing maps now would cause "electoral chaos." The decision requires the state use the same districts provided to voters in 2022 and 2024. That's even though a different map was used in the primaries there last month.
The backstory: It comes after weeks of conflicting rulings in state courts and federal courts. Elections officials in Missouri already started mailing some absentee ballots last week using the old districts and some argued it would be too late to change them. Missouri lawmakers passed the new map last year at the behest of Trump. It was part of his nationwide strategy to draw more GOP-leaning seats to prevent Republicans from losing the House.
In a case watched across the country and as voting begins in the midterm elections, the Supreme Court blocked a congressional map in Missouri that was aimed at netting Republicans another seat in the U.S. House.
This is the third time the high court has blocked the redistricting plan that could have helped ousted Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver by increasing the number of Republican voters in his district.
The court warned that changing maps now would cause "electoral chaos." The decision requires the state use the same districts provided to voters in 2022 and 2024. That's even though a different map was used in the primaries there last month.
It comes after weeks of conflicting rulings in state courts and federal courts. Elections officials in Missouri already started mailing some absentee ballots last week using the old districts and some argued it would be too late to change them.
Missouri lawmakers passed the new map last year at the behest of Trump. It was part of his nationwide strategy to draw more GOP-leaning seats to prevent Republicans from losing the House.
A citizen petition makes the redistricting subject to voter approval
Usually, states redistrict at the start of each decade. The redistricting battle set off by Trump ended with the GOP besting the Democrats by tilting about nine or 10 more districts, including Missouri's fifth district, their way. Republicans currently only hold a few seats' advantage in the House.
But opponents of the new Missouri map successfully gathered citizen signatures to put it to a vote on the November ballot.
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that the ballot question meant the 2025 GOP-backed map never went into effect and was never law – even though it had been used in the Aug. 4 primaries. The state's high court blamed Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins for proceeding with the GOP map in the primaries even though it hadn't been approved by voters.
The U.S. Supreme Court in its ruling today backed that up, noting that the state court had said in May - before the primary - that the GOP map would require voter approval before it could be used.
The U.S. Supreme Court had declined on Sept. 10 to intervene in the state court's ruling but allowed the case to continue.
Simultaneously, Republicans sued in federal court and won backing for the GOP map from a federal judge and then, last week, a federal appeals court. That sent the case back to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled against Republican lawmakers today.
In general, Republicans argued that their map should be used because more than a million Missourians cast votes in the primary using the map. Opponents of redistricting argued voters hadn't approved the map and blamed Republican officials for dragging out the process and of trying to force through the new map.
Jason Rosenbaum covers politics for St. Louis Public Radio.
Copyright 2026 St. Louis Public Radio
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#17 tops MLB jersey sales for 4th straight season
Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates during the third inning against the Milwaukee Brewers in game four of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium on October 17, 2025, in Los Angeles, California.(Ronald Martinez/Getty Images North America)Topline:
Shohei Ohtani has become the first player to lead Major League Baseball jersey sales at the end of four straight seasons since the sport started tracking figures in 2010,
Dodgers jerseys are popular: Ohtani is among four players in the top 20 best selling list on the two-time World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman,Mookie Betts, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto also made the list.Read on . . . to see who else is on the list of top MLB jerseys.
Shohei Ohtani has become the first player to lead Major League Baseball jersey sales at the end of four straight seasons since the sport started tracking figures in 2010, among four players in the top 20 on the two-time World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge was second for the second straight season, MLB and the players’ association affiliate MLB Players, Inc. said Friday. Judge finished third in 2023 and ’24.
Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Chicago Cubs was third, up from 16th at the end of last season, and Atlanta’s Ronald Acuña Jr. was fourth, an increase from 11th last year.
San Diego’s Fernando Tatis Jr. was fifth, followed by the Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman, Philadelphia’s Bryce Harper, the Dodgers’ Mookie Betts and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and the New York Mets’ Juan Soto.
Munetaka Murakami of the Chicago White Sox was 20th, and he joined with Ohtani and Yamamoto to become the first trio of Japanese players in the top 20.
Texas’ Corey Seager was 11th, followed by Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Boston’s Adley Rutschman, the Phillies’ Kyle Schwarber, Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes, Seattle’s Cal Raleigh, Cincinnati’s Elly De La Cruz, San Diego’s Jackson Merrill and Arizona’s Nolan Arenado.
MLB’s list tracked sales on Fanatics’ sites, including MLBShop.com, since opening day.
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Though Hurricane Polo is far from our shores, the Southern California coastline could get another battering.(NOAA / NWS)Topline:
Southern California is expected to dodge the brunt of Hurricane Polo, but the storm is expected to cause coastal erosion, flooding, dangerous rip currents and light rain.
The details: As of Friday morning, the storm was about 1,600 miles southwest of Los Angeles. It’s expected to stay fairly far to the south of Southern California and travel over Baja California and into western Mexico by early next week.
The effects: The most significant impacts on Southern California will be felt along the coast. The storm is likely to cause hazardous ocean conditions, including some potentially damaging coastal erosion and flooding. The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, anticipating coastal erosion, relocated sea turtle eggs laid on Orange County beaches by endangered olive ridley sea turtles. The storm is also likely to drive some dangerous rip currents. Make sure to check the latest forecast and beach conditions if you’re headed to the beach. Also it’s a good idea to stay near lifeguards and off of rocks and jetties.
The backstory: The potential effects of Hurricane Polo come just weeks after surf from Hurricane Marie slammed the Southern California coastline. Marie was hundreds of miles off the coast but damaged or destroyed dozens of homes along the beach and washed out coastal roads and infrastructure. Hurricane Polo could cause similar damage, but its position farther south means its effects likely won’t be as severe. The storms are being fueled in part by El Niño’s abnormally warm waters.
