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The first chapter of this year’s Subway Series is set to unfold under contrasting circumstances, as the New York Yankees and New York Mets prepare to face off. The Yankees, consistently among the American League’s elite, find themselves up against a Mets team struggling at the bottom of the standings—a scenario marked by high expectations but disappointing results.

However, when these crosstown rivals collide, past performances often take a backseat. The Yankees are currently navigating a challenging road trip, experiencing a slump that could be their toughest of the season. Meanwhile, the Mets have recently shown signs of life, achieving their first series sweep this past Thursday.

Fans at Citi Field will be eager to rally behind their team as the series kicks off on Friday night. The energy in the stadium promises to be electric, as supporters look for any glimmer of hope to cheer for.

At the plate

Getting on base

The struggles of the Mets’ offense have been noteworthy, particularly as they entered Thursday with the lowest on-base percentage in the league. Outside of Juan Soto, who has endured a difficult May and nearly suffered an injury scare on Wednesday after fouling a ball off his ankle, consistent on-base contributions have been scarce. The Mets are hopeful that rookies Carson Benge and A.J. Ewing can ignite their lineup, but so far, established players like Bo Bichette and Marcus Semien have struggled in this aspect. In contrast, the Yankees, though not prolific in hitting, have made up for it by drawing walks. Key players such as Ben Rice, Aaron Judge, and Cody Bellinger have maintained positions in the top 20 for much of the year, while Bichette, Semien, and Brett Baty have languished in the bottom 30. The Mets’ woes have been compounded by Francisco Lindor’s absence due to a strained calf, while the Yankees are dealing with Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s underperformance.

The Duchess of Sussex once sparked controversy among Italians with her spaghetti recipe featured on her Netflix lifestyle show, but this week, the Princess of Wales garnered admiration for her pasta-making skills.

During her two-day international visit, 44-year-old Kate was lauded as a ‘natural Rezdora,’ a term used locally for a skilled matriarch or homemaker, as she expertly crafted fresh dough by hand.

She impressed chef Ivan Lampredi by combining flour, oil, salt, and water to prepare tortelli, a type of stuffed pasta.

Chef Lampredi was so taken with her skills that he remarked he would gladly ‘hire’ her. “I’ve taught many people this technique, and she excelled,” he enthused.

“She picked it up swiftly and was remarkably easy to converse with, just like one of us. Hosting the princess in my kitchen was a tremendous honor. It’s hard to believe, and it carried a great sense of responsibility,” he added.

The future Queen also shared insights into cooking at Forest Lodge, revealing that she makes her own pasta at home.

‘When I do this at home it’s without a big bowl and it goes everywhere,’ Kate admitted, later laughing when she rolled her pasta through the machine and the handle fell off by accident. ‘Is there a technique for this?’ she asked.

It’s a far cry from the Italian reception to the Duchess’ pasta-making endeavours in her Netflix show, With Love, Meghan.

Fans expressed their horror over the dish she whipped up with her close friend, make-up artist Daniel Martin.

Kate, 44, was dubbed a ‘natural Rezdora’ – the local term word for a matriarch housewife – as she rolled out freshly made dough by hand during her two-day trip overseas 

‘When I make this, I make it for my family,’ Meghan explained, before clarifying ‘not that my children are eating heaps of noodles but I will make enough so that I can put leftovers in their lunchbox’.

Describing how the cherished dish harks back to her days of creating lifestyle content for her previous website The Tig, she said: ‘This skillet spaghetti would have been on there’.

To make the meal, Meghan removed the dry pasta from a jar and laid it into the dish, which had feta and cherry tomatoes already in a layer on the bottom.  

There was scant detail on measurements, except to say ‘an entire pack of spaghetti’ is used – and ‘three and a half cups of boiling water, give or take’ should be added. 

After adding lots of lemon zest, she told viewers: ‘You just pour boiling water on top and that’s it’. When the cooking is almost done, chard and kale are added. 

It’s a far cry from the Italian reception to Meghan’s pasta-making endeavours in her Netflix show, With Love, Meghan

She wowed chef Ivan Lampredi, kneading flour, oil, salt and water in a large bowl to make tortelli – a type of stuffed pasta

The pro even later said he would ‘hire’ her. ‘I have shown many people how to do this exactly right and she was very good at it,’ Mr Lampredi gushed

Meghan said she left it for ‘four or five minutes until the noodle is done, al dente…’

However, while the final result looked tasty, many appeared baffled by the cooking methods. 

‘Netflix paid a lot of money just to let us know Meghan Markle doesn’t know how to cook pasta,’ one person wrote on X.

‘Next she’ll show us how to make frozen pizza!’ another joked.

Another lamented: ‘She overcooked the noodles. Slimy looking.’

‘Wtf is that? It looks like she made some sort of soup, cooked the vegetables to hell, tossed in some spaghetti and called it a day,’ a user commented.

‘The pasta looks fine in the end, but I think Italians screamed at their TVs when she poured water into the sauce,’ someone else observed.

Others, however, came to the Duchess’ defense.

‘It looked delicious to me,’ one person wrote.

In another moment that likely annoyed an entire European nation, the Duchess called the popular Italian pasta ‘noodles’ more than once while prepping the meal.

A leading criminal profiler has issued a stark warning about a potential serial killer emerging in Texas sooner than previously anticipated, with concerns mounting over a possible larger number of victims. This apprehension arises from a notable six-year interval between the alleged murders.

The accused, Luis Benitez-Gonzalez, a 26-year-old who had been deported from the U.S. before, faces charges of strangling two women in Austin, Texas, with incidents reported in 2018 and again in 2024.

His arrest was announced by police earlier this week, following two more attempted shootings in 2025 that left the women injured but alive. One of them bravely retaliated, reportedly managing to take the attacker’s cellphone, shedding new light on the investigation.

Benitez-Gonzalez, charged with two killings and implicated in shooting two other survivors, is identified as an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, who was voluntarily deported in 2020. Authorities in Austin suspect there could be additional victims connected to this case.

We usually never find out who the first victims really were. I just wonder how many this guy has killed with his homicidal anger towards women over the years?

“The rub for me…is that he is accused of killing Alba Jenisse Aviles-Marti when he was only about 18 years old,” said John Kelly, a criminal profiler who had been following the case since before Austin police and the U.S. Marshals announced an arrest. “We worked hard looking for this guy, because we believed there was a serial killer in this area. Little did we expect a budding serial killer who allegedly started killing at 18.”

Historically, most serial killers are older when they evolve into murderers, he said.

Luis Benitez-Gonzalez is accused of murdering Alba Jenisse Aviles, 28, and Alyssa Ann Rivera, 34, in Texas during separate incidents. (Department of Homeland Security)

“This is extremely rare, as serial killers usually start killing between 23 to 35 years old,” the STALK Inc. founder told Fox News Digital. “We usually never find out who the first victims really were. I just wonder how many this guy has killed with his homicidal anger towards women over the years?”

Investigators working the case are asking the same question.

“We believe that there is a strong likelihood that Benitez is responsible for further acts of extreme violence,” said Chris Anderson, a homicide detective with the Austin Police Department.

He said police are already looking into more cases for potential connections.

An image from Luis Benitez-Gonzalez’s arrest in Dallas by the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force on April 27, 2026. He is accused of killing two women, shooting two more who survived, and Austin police say there may be more victims. (Austin Police Department)

He is urging anyone with additional information on Benitez-Gonzalez to contact the Austin Police Homicide unit at 512-974-8477 or Capital Area Crime Stoppers at 512-472-8477.

The suspect, an illegal immigrant from Mexico who voluntarily self-deported in 2020 before reentering the country at an unknown time, is believed to have ties to Austin, Houston, Dallas and Hidalgo County.

WATCH: Texas authorities say illegal migrant charged in 2 murders, 2 shootings and more victims possible

Authorities announced charges against him Tuesday in connection with the murders of Aviles-Marti and Alyssa Ann Rivera, whose remains were found just three miles away in 2024.

Anderson said that it’s suspicious that there’s a six-year gap between the slayings and that evidence shows an alleged “repeated pattern of violence conducted against vulnerable female victims.”

“He has a 2018 case, and he has a 2024 case,” Anderson said. “People who commit crimes of this nature, with the very distinct MO, they usually don’t take a break.

Benitez-Gonzalez is also accused of shooting two more women in Austin in November and December 2025. Both of them survived, which helped authorities catch Benitez-Gonzalez.

He allegedly claimed self-defense in all four cases, but authorities said they don’t believe him. He has not yet entered a plea.

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