Serbia's Vucic concedes to student movement, Brazil extends voting, Vikings 6-0
Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic concedes defeat to the student-led Students' List, Brazil's Supreme Court adds two hours to the presidential runoff, an appeals court hears the fight over California mail ballots, the Vikings stay unbeaten, and only three unbeaten teams remain in the AP poll.
Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat in Serbia's snap parliamentary election on Sunday, about an hour and a half after polls closed. "The Students' List has won," he told supporters. His party projects the youth-backed Students' List will win 135 to 140 of the 250 seats in parliament and his Serbian Progressive Party about 105; results are not final. The vote followed almost two years of protests that began after a train station canopy collapsed in Novi Sad in 2024, killing 16 people. Vucic blamed independent media, alleged interference by unnamed European countries and an "American deep state" for the loss. Independent monitors reported dozens of irregularities, including attempted vote buying.
Brazil's Supreme Court, through Justice Cristiano Zanin, extended voting in Sunday's presidential runoff between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro by two hours, to 7 p.m. Brasília time (5 p.m. Central). The electoral authority paused the vote count, which had already begun publishing early results, until the extended window closes. No winner had been declared.
Lula's campaign saysPublic transportation was cut in cities in Bahia state, and it asked for longer voting, alleging some officials reduced buses on election day.
Flávio Bolsonaro's side saysBad weather, including heavy rain and flooding, disrupted voting in parts of southern and southeastern states, and it asked for polls to stay open until 7 p.m. there.
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, with two Trump appointees and one Biden appointee, held a rare Sunday hearing on the Justice Department's request to make California set aside mail ballots sent to people it identifies as suspected noncitizens. Reuters reports two of the three judges sharply questioned a Justice Department lawyer. No ruling was reported. The department says about 20,000 people on its list received mail ballots. California officials say the list is unverified and includes lawful voters.
The Justice Department saysAbout 20,000 people it flagged as likely noncitizens received mail ballots, and they must be set aside while eligibility is reviewed; it says counting them harms citizens' votes and called the request "an emergency."
California officials sayThe list is unverified and includes lawful voters; a Los Angeles County review of 200 names found nearly 4 in 10 were born in the U.S. They say counties lack access to federal records and cannot separate ballots once processed.
The Minnesota Vikings beat the Indianapolis Colts 16-10 in Minneapolis on Sunday to improve to 6-0. Harrison Smith intercepted Daniel Jones around midfield with about a minute left to seal it, after Will Reichard's 52-yard field goal with 1:39 to go. Kyler Murray threw a short touchdown pass to T.J. Hockenson after a 35-yard Murray run. The Colts fell to 2-5.
Miami held No. 1 in the AP Top 25 released Sunday with 59 first-place votes, followed by Ohio State, Georgia, Indiana and Notre Dame. BYU fell from No. 2 to No. 8 after a 39-31 double-overtime loss at UCF. Texas made the biggest jump, from No. 19 to No. 11, after beating Ole Miss. Miami, Utah and UCLA are the only unbeaten teams, the fewest at this point of a season since 1977, according to Sportradar.
