The Rams are taking their annual showdown with the 49ers almost 8,000 miles from SoFi Stadium, but San Francisco’s fan base appears ready to make the trip in spirit.

Los Angeles will be listed as the home team when the NFC West rivals face off Sept. 10 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the site of the NFL’s first regular-season game ever played in Australia.

Still, the atmosphere in Melbourne may not exactly resemble a Rams home-field advantage.

Data provided by the NFL to The Athletic shows the 49ers are the league’s most popular franchise in Australia, while the Rams sit at No. 7. That edge is especially notable because San Francisco has developed its Australian following without official marketing rights in the country, a designation the Rams have held since 2021.

Charlotte Offord, the NFL’s general manager for Australia and New Zealand, pointed to the 49ers’ powerhouse run in the 1980s as a major reason for their enduring popularity, noting that the team’s rise came as Australian audiences were beginning to discover the NFL.

“I think that comes from being one of the top teams in the ’80s, when a lot of people here consumed the NFL,” Offord told The Athletic. “And a lot of people continued to follow those top teams.”

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The 49ers are leaning into that advantage, announcing a week of Melbourne events designed to “paint Melbourne red,” while thousands of their famously well-traveled fans are expected to make the trip.

That could feel familiar to the Rams, who have repeatedly watched 49ers supporters flood SoFi Stadium during the rivalry.

But Australia also gives Los Angeles something it rarely gets in those games: a chance to win over an audience that has not already picked a side.

The Rams arrive with the kind of roster capable of making a strong first impression. Matthew Stafford leads an offense coming off a 12-win season, while a defense featuring Myles Garrett, Aaron Donald and Trent McDuffie has helped turn Los Angeles into one of the NFL’s most intimidating teams on paper.

For a growing Australian audience experiencing its first regular-season NFL game in person, that matters. The 49ers may enter Melbourne with the larger established following, but the Rams have an opportunity to convert some of the spectators who are still choosing an NFL allegiance.

The 100,000-seat MCG may start with plenty of red.

A convincing Rams performance could ensure not everyone leaves wearing it.

Jurors in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial deliberated for a fifth day Wednesday, telling the court for the second time that they were unable to reach a unanimous decision. After receiving an uncommon instruction from the judge urging them to continue their work toward a verdict, the panel ended the day without resolving the case.

The developments pushed the closely followed Massachusetts murder trial nearer to the possibility of a mistrial, although jurors are expected to return Thursday to resume deliberations.

The jury, made up of nine women and three men, returned to deliberations Wednesday after informing Plymouth Superior Court Judge William Sullivan on Tuesday that it could not agree unanimously on a verdict.

When the panel reported another deadlock Wednesday, Sullivan issued a Tuey-Rodriguez charge, a formal instruction that asks jurors to keep deliberating while also cautioning them not to surrender sincerely held views simply for the sake of reaching unanimity.

After the instruction, jurors spent several more hours behind closed doors before Sullivan dismissed them for the day, still without a verdict.

Named for two Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decisions, the Tuey-Rodriguez charge encourages jurors to carefully consider one another’s views while preserving sincerely held convictions. It is generally considered the final procedural step before a judge may declare a mistrial if jurors remain unable to reach a unanimous verdict.

“The reasoning is that it often works,” retired Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Thomas Drechsler previously told News Media. “It encourages the jurors to rethink their own feelings in light of what other jurors feel, reminds them that no one’s ever going to be in a better position to decide this than them.”

But if jurors again report they are deadlocked after receiving the instruction, Drechsler said, “I think there’s a high likelihood that it will end up in a mistrial.”

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The jury must determine whether Clancy was criminally responsible when she killed her three children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan — inside the family’s Duxbury, Massachusetts, home Jan. 24, 2023.

Clancy, 36, a former labor and delivery nurse, does not dispute killing the children. Her defense argues she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and should be found not criminally responsible. Prosecutors contend she carefully planned the killings, knew right from wrong and concealed disturbing thoughts from medical providers because she understood they were wrong.

Wednesday also brought developments outside the courtroom after Dawn Light, the woman accused of filming jurors as they left the courthouse Tuesday, was arraigned on a witness intimidation-related charge. She pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors said a video recovered from her cellphone showed Clancy jurors leaving the courthouse, while Light maintained she was trying to catch a glimpse of Clancy and did not realize she had recorded jurors.

A judge released Light on personal recognizance and ordered her to stay away from the courthouse, have no contact with jurors or witnesses and refrain from sharing any images.

Before jurors resumed deliberations Wednesday morning, Sullivan also reminded those in the courtroom that orders protecting jurors and other participants are “being enforced and will be enforced,” though he did not specifically reference Light’s arrest.

Jurors will return Thursday to resume deliberations, with the possibility of a mistrial looming if they again report they cannot reach a unanimous verdict.

Several civilians were killed and two police officers were wounded Wednesday afternoon after an active shooter opened fire inside a downtown Minneapolis apartment building, authorities and local reports said.

The officers were responding to reports of gunfire near 15 East Grant Street when one was shot in the abdomen and the other in the leg, KSTP reports.

A law enforcement source confirmed to the station that multiple civilians died in the attack. Dispatch audio obtained by the Minneapolis Star Tribune also indicated that authorities took down the shooter.

Hennepin County officials later confirmed that the unidentified suspect had been taken into custody.

Images from the scene showed a heavy police response surrounding Loring Towers in downtown Minneapolis.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz added that his public safety team was also responding to the shooting, and noted that state officials are ‘on the ground to support local law enforcement.’

By 5.30pm, ATF agents, Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agents all responded to the scene. 

FBI Director Kash Patel also shared on social media that agents are responding to the scene as he vowed to ‘offer any and all resources necessary to assist local authorities.’ 

Anthony Strong told the Star Tribune how he was smoking behind the apartment building when he heard gunfire.

‘It was pop, pop, pop, pop and it was a bunch more after that, and then I went upstairs,’ he recounted.

There, he said he saw a property manager on the ground ‘and outside, there [were] two more people shot on the ground.

‘And then I saw them bring an officer out that got shot in the leg.’

Strong said he is still trying to ‘process’ what he witnessed. 

Umecua Agnew, a resident of the building, also said she was in the elevator on the first floor when the shots rang out.

‘It was three adults and one child in the elevator, we were all together and when we got to the first floor, it was when we heard the massive shooting,’ she said.

At that point, Agnew said she and another woman grabbed the child and went to her eighth-floor apartment, from where she heard more gunfire. 

As the investigation now continues, officers are asking the public to avoid the area.

Meanwhile, a nearby hotel remains on lockdown.

In a statement on social media, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer said he and his wife are ‘praying for the Minneapolis police officers involved in this tragedy and all the victims.’

He added that he is in contact with law enforcement and is awaiting further information.

‘God bless our Peace Officers,’ Emmer wrote.

Lisa Demuth, speaker of the Minnesota House who is now running for governor, also said she was ‘aware of reports regarding a shooting in downtown Minneapolis.

‘I am praying for the victims of this heinous crime and I’m incredibly thankful for the massive response of our brave law enforcement officers.’

The Daily Mail has reached out to Minneapolis police for more information.

This is a breaking news story and will be updated. 

Gleb Savchenko is reassuring “Dancing With the Stars” viewers that he’s doing just fine after being left off the Season 35 professional dancer lineup.

Just hours after the new “DWTS” cast was revealed, the longtime pro took to Instagram with a shirtless video, laughing as he moved the camera down to show his sculpted abs and told fans, “Guys, you can stop telling me you’re sorry. I’m good.”

“Guys, I promise… I’m good 😂❤️,” Savchenko added in the caption of the post.

His absence from the ballroom means Savchenko will not be paired with a celebrity contestant this season, marking the first time in 10 years that he will not compete for the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy.

Savchenko made his “Dancing With the Stars” debut in 2013 during Season 16, when he was partnered with Lisa Vanderpump, but he did not become a regular presence on the ABC competition series until Season 23 in 2016.

Savchenko, 42, has consistently appeared on every subsequent season through last year’s Season 34, which saw him dancing with Hilaria Baldwin.

The Russian dancer hinted in his latest Instagram post that his future on the ABC reality competition series is unclear, writing, “Nothing but love and gratitude for all the years in that ballroom. Excited for this next chapter — and wishing everyone an amazing season. 🪩.”

“No sad messages,” he added. “We’re moving forward. 😉.”

Savchenko’s shocking exit comes on the heels of his ex-girlfriend — and Season 33 celebrity partner — Brooks Nader’s youngest sister, Sarah Jane Nader, joining the Season 35 cast.

Sarah Jane, 23, will be dancing alongside Hailey Bills, who has officially been promoted to pro status from the troupe this season. This marks the second time the show has paired two women together.

Savchenko and Brooks, 29, met in September 2024 when they were paired together on “DWTS” and quickly sparked romance rumors. Their relationship was confirmed later that month after the two were photographed kissing backstage.

Despite their headline-making PDA, the former couple told Page Six exclusively in October 2024 they had their sights set on winning the show.

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“I feel a Mirrorball. I want it and I know we can do it,” Savchenko — who has still yet to win the trophy — told us at the time. “We both work really hard every single week and we’re taking it a week at a time … whatever happens, happens.”

Brooks also explained that the focus on their chemistry was “not really distracting” to them.

However, following their elimination later that month, Brooks shared a cryptic TikTok video seeming to suggest that Savchenko had ended things with her. “When he’s breaking up with me but I never knew we were dating,” she wrote in onscreen text at the time.

By the “DWTS” Season 33 finale in November, it appeared things were back on for the pair.

“Listen, I’ll tell you this. We have a crazy chemistry and when we’re together, we just love being with each other,” Savchenko exclusively told Page Six after the finale about where their relationship stood.

“We’re hanging out and we’re having fun. We’re living our life, we’re doing us, whatever that is, and we’re just having fun. That’s what life should be about,” he added.

Brooks blushed when chiming in that Savchenko was “amazing, obviously.”

The romance was officially over in April 2025, with Savchenko revealing he was “surprised to learn” through the media that Brooks had ended their relationship in a statement to Page Six.

“I am still processing everything, and while I don’t have all the answers, I wish Brooks the best moving forward,” he added, while denying Brooks’ claim that infidelity on his part was the reason behind the split.

Savchenko dished on his bedroom misadventures with Brooks in April 2026, calling her “probably the worst sex of my life” and alleging that he “chipped [a] tooth” during a sexual encounter.

In recent months, the pro dancer has been accused of being “rude” by his Season 23 partner Jana Kramer and been embroiled in a legal battle with ex-wife Elena Samodanova, whom he claims “abducted” their daughters and moved to China.

Savchenko, who is currently dating OnlyFans model Kaitlin Trujillo, shares daughters Olivia, 15, and Zlata, 8, with Samodanova.