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SEATTLE — U.S. star Christian Pulisic will miss Friday's World Cup match against Australia because of a calf injury and was replaced in the starting lineup by Ricardo Pepi. United States coach Mauricio Pochettino made the announcement during an interview with Fox about 90 minutes before the kickoff at Lumen Field in Seattle. The move is a setback for a U.S. team that defeated Paraguay 4-1 in its opener on June 12 and with a win would clinch advancement to the round of 32.

SEATTLE — The United States men’s national soccer team has an opportunity to secure first place in Group D of the 2026 World Cup on Friday. The Americans will need both a victory and help from another result later in the day. The U.S. enters its second group stage match sitting atop Group D. Both the Americans and Australians won their first match. The United States defeated Paraguay, 4-1, while Australia knocked off Turkey, 2-0.

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — The U.S. Senate has passed a bipartisan resolution honoring the life of two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch, who died last month in Charlotte at age 41. Senators Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) secured passage of the resolution, which recognizes Busch's NASCAR career and his role as a father, according to a release from the senators' offices.

More than 25 years after Jim Carrey first brought the Grinch to life on the big screen, a sequel to "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" is in development. According to The Hollywood Reporter and Variety, Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment are developing a follow-up to the 2000 holiday classic, with Carrey in talks to reprise his role as the anti-Christmas resident of Whoville. Director Ron Howard is also expected to return.

COOLBAUGH TOWNSHIP, PA — An investigation is underway after a deadly shooting in Monroe County. Pocono Mountain Regional Police say an argument between Layzon Breland, 26, and another man led to a fight in the yard of a home along Chelsea Circle in Coolbaugh Township shortly before 8 p.m. Thursday. The fight then moved inside the home, where Breland was shot and killed, according to investigators. Witnesses told police a man was then seen running from the home and fleeing the scene in a vehicle.

Soccer fans hoping for a symbolic World Cup showdown between the United States and England on the Fourth of July in Philadelphia will be disappointed. As the City of Brotherly Love prepares to host a World Cup Round of 16 match on Independence Day during America's 250th anniversary celebrations, some fans have speculated about the possibility of the U.S. men's national team facing England in a matchup that would symbolize the countries' shared history. This story continues below.

WASHINGTON — "Dungeon Crawler Carl," the best-selling post-apocalyptic book series that introduced the world to boxer-clad Carl and his ex-girlfriend's cat Princess Donut, is coming to streaming. The series will air on Peacock, NBC's streaming arm. Matt Dinniman, who wrote Dungeon Crawler role-playing books, announced the adaptation late Thursday night.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — 40 years young and still drawing a crowd, the F.M. Kirby Center's 40th season kicks off July 29 with Derek Hough. But first, the big screen summer series returns with free movies for kids and Camp United. "For eight Tuesdays in the summer, starting at eleven o'clock, children can come in completely free of charge.

WASHINGTON — Nearly a decade after a near-fatal ATV accident left her daughter in a coma, actress Jamie Lynn Spears is opening up about the ordeal and the recovery that followed. In an interview with People, Spears and her daughter, Maddie, reflected on the 2017 accident that occurred at their family property in Fluker, Louisiana, when Maddie was 8 years old. According to People, Maddie was riding an ATV when it entered a pond and became stuck under the ATV underwater.

WASHINGTON — Paul Avery, the actor best known for playing the bartender Hughie on "All My Children" for more than a decade, died in a house fire this week alongside his wife in New Jersey. He was 81. The death of Paul and Sheila Garry Avery was confirmed by the couple's son on Facebook on June 16. "I’m devastated to share that our parents, Paul and Sheila Garry Avery, passed away early this morning," Kyle Avery posted.