In a surprising turn of events, Spanish forward Esther González’s exit from Gotham FC late last month unfolded further on Sunday with an unexpected announcement of her joining a new team.

González has inked a deal with Al Qadsiah in the Saudi Women’s Premier League. This comes after Gotham FC’s July announcement, stating that she was leaving the NWSL club to “attend to personal matters in Spain.”

The revelation that the 2025 NWSL MVP finalist swiftly signed with another team, mere weeks following her departure, has certainly caught many off guard.

Back when Gotham FC announced the “mutual contract termination,” the club expressed warm wishes for González and her family, noting her return to Spain.

A well-informed source disclosed to The Post that the goodbye messages from Gotham were underlined with an understanding that González would be taking a break from the pitch, not signing with a new team just a month later.

González arrived to Gotham in 2023 shortly after she helped Spain win the 2023 World Cup, and during her time with the club, she won two NWSL titles. She had been signed through the 2027 NWSL season at the time of her departure. 

She scored the winning goal in the NWSL final in 2023 and scored 13 goals during the 2025 regular season en route to Gotham’s second league title. González was also part of the squad that won the inaugural Concacaf W Champions Cup in 2025. 

Gotham’s president of soccer operations Yael Averbuch West said in a statement last month when González left that she was “a model professional on and off the field.” 

González said at the time that Gotham would “always hold a very special place in my heart.” 

Gotham has not publicly addressed the news, though the club was in action on Sunday in Los Angeles.

Rumors are swirling that Khloe Kardashian and Emma Grede, once business allies, have ceased communication. Reports have surfaced following Khloe’s decision to unfollow Emma on Instagram.

Khloe, a leading figure from the famed reality show Keeping Up With the Kardashians, had formed a close bond with entrepreneur Emma Grede. Emma, who hails from Britain, has been at the helm of Khloe’s distinguished clothing line, Good American.

Besides partnering with Khloe, Emma is also a founding force behind SKIMS, the clothing brand developed by Khloe’s sister, Kim Kardashian.

However, the dynamic between Khloe and Emma appears to have shifted this year. It was reported that earlier this year, Khloe made the unexpected move to unfollow Emma.

Recently, Khloe expressed that her involvement with her brand doesn’t need to be as hands-on. On her podcast, she mentioned, “Good American is thriving and has matured to a point where it can operate independently.”

In the wake of those comments a new report now suggests that with them spending much less time working together, their friendship ‘has essentially dissolved’. 

A source told The Sun: ‘Over time, Khloe just wasn’t as involved – she started cancelling events and not promoting the brand.

‘She has a lot on in her personal life, as fans know, but Emma is a businesswoman first and foremost and that just didn’t wash with her.

‘Khloe has so much going on and it just wasn’t a priority in her life. In theory, Khloe is still the founder of Good American but it’s Emma who does the hard work behind the scenes. I don’t think Khloe & Emma are on speaking terms now.

‘They are both smart women who realised it was time to part ways professionally, and they had to navigate it carefully so the brand wasn’t damaged as they are both heavily involved.’ 

Representatives for Khloe and Emma have been contacted by the Daily Mail for comment. 

You can read more about the beginning of the change in their friendship in our exclusive report here. 

Credited with being the brains behind the Kardashians’ various fashion companies, Emma has spent the last two decades working behind the scenes with the famous family.

Born and raised in east London and the eldest of four sisters, Emma now lives in LA, where she presides over multiple companies with an estimated combined value of £300million.

Her success however hasn’t been without controversy. 

While appearing on the Diary of a CEO podcast with Steven Bartlett in May 2025, Emma was asked to share what her ‘red flags’ are when interviewing someone.

She immediately said that she would walk out on anyone who asks her about a ‘work-life balance’. 

‘Work-life balance is your problem,’ Emma said. ‘That’s yours to figure out.’

She went on to explain that at her companies, no one is tied to their desk – people go to haircuts, appointments, things for their kids when they need to – and no one questions why someone might not be at their desk.

‘So when someone talks to me about their work-life balance in an interview process, I’m like ‘something is wrong with you,” she said.

Interviewer Bartlett then told Grede that one-third of people he surveyed mentioned that a work-life balance was a priority wherever they worked.

When Bartlett said it wasn’t something he’d personally choose for himself, Emma said that it was because he was ambitious, implying that someone without drive or passion would be thinking about a work-life balance.

She explained that it’s not expected that the average employee would be working seven days a week – but someone who has ‘ambition’ and wanted to be successful would have to work a little bit more.

While the entire interview was over two hours long, the clip of Emma speaking specifically about work-life balance went viral on social media.

Many compared Emma’s remarks to Kim’s notorious sentiment about ‘nobody [wanting] to work these days,’ which she faced flack for in 2022. 

In a startling case from Minnesota, a tree-trimming worker faces manslaughter charges after reportedly crushing the head of a fellow crew member using a hydraulic grapple during what has been described as horseplay on the job site.

The tragic event unfolded in Apple Valley on Thursday. As per documents from Dakota County, 34-year-old Christopher Boone Crimmins was maneuvering machinery mounted on a truck while his colleague, 26-year-old Tyler Anthony Lynch, was stationed below, busy with debris clearance.

Upon arrival at the scene, law enforcement found Lynch on the ground, surrounded by “a significant amount of blood” and exhibiting severe head trauma, according to the complaint filed.

The authorities confirmed that Lynch was declared dead at the location of the incident.

Authorities said Crimmins was operating a boom, a movable mechanical arm attached to a truck, when he and Lynch began messing around with their shadows.

“He and the Victim were ‘f—ing around’ and saw that the sunlight was casting shadows of both the grapple and of the Victim on the street,” the criminal complaint said.

While looking at the shadows, Crimmins allegedly maneuvered the grapple so that its shadow appeared to grab Lynch’s shadow.

However, he did not realize that the grapple itself was moving toward Lynch’s head.

“Crimmins was not monitoring the actual grapple or Lynch. He then opened and closed the grapple, crushing Lynch’s head,” the Dakota County Attorney’s Office said.

A witness also saw the incident unfold and said the grapple appeared to “hit or pinch” Lynch’s head as it approached him.

Officers observed blood on the grapple, which was directly above Lynch, according to the complaint.

Authorities alleged Crimmins was responsible for the incident through negligence, saying he created an “unreasonable risk” and “consciously takes chances of causing death or great bodily harm to another.”

Crimmins has been charged with one felony count of second-degree manslaughter. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.

Officials said Crimmins was being held at the Dakota County Jail. Bail was set at $40,000 without conditions or $20,000 with conditions.

The iconic Brooklyn Bridge has become overrun with unlicensed sellers peddling cheap NYC souvenirs and fruit cups. Legitimate vendors, among them disabled veterans, are finding it increasingly hard to earn a living as the illicit traders flood the area.

On Sunday, a count revealed about 42 vendors scattered across the historic landmark. In a bold move, one seller laid out an array of New York canvas bags right beneath a forbidding “no vending allowed” sign.

These unauthorized vendors offer items celebrating the Big Apple, such as $1 New York City magnets and $5 hats. In a surprising twist, a Post reporter even purchased a $1 bottle of water from an 11-year-old girl, who then directed them to her mother selling mangos further up the bridge.

Local, licensed merchants, including disabled veterans, express growing frustration as they struggle to compete with the wave of unlicensed hawkers disrupting their trade.

Sammy, a 48-year-old licensed ice cream vendor and disabled veteran, has worked near City Hall for years. He noted that while these unauthorized vendors resurfaced around October 2025, the situation spiraled out of control under Mamdani’s oversight.

“It started under Adams because he didn’t give a f–k,” he said of the end of former Mayor Eric Adams’ term.

“They’re illegal vendors. They’re there, and they’re back,” Sammy said. “They’re causing chaos. They’re costing the city money. Cops are chasing them.”

Sammy said police occasionally issue tickets, but the fines appear to do little to curb the peddlers who rack up profits by selling illegally.

The Post witnessed several sellers flee the bridge as a pair of cops patrolled the expanse.

“They give tickets, but they give little stupid $20 tickets, $50 tickets. But he’s going to make $1,000 illegally, so what’s a $20 ticket?”

The turf wars amongst the vendors have also turned violent.

Last week, Sammy was left with scratches all over his arms after breaking up a fight between mango sellers.

“They’re all fighting with each other. The illegal mango [sellers] are cutting each other up, scratching,” Sammy said.

“They were fighting. I tried to get in between them to stop them from fighting. The wife jumps on me while I’m trying to hold her husband from getting hit by the other five guys. The next thing you know, they’re all punching me and scratching me,” he added.

“I’m doing the police work, I’m doing the Parks Department work, and I’m an ice cream guy.”

In January 2024, Adams followed through on a promise to boot the “packed like sardines” vendors from the Brooklyn Bridge to the relief of pedestrians.

A rule went into effect that January to prohibit vending on pedestrian walkways and bike lanes on bridges and bridge approaches.

The regulation was slated to affect all Big Apple crossings — but was specifically created to target the Brooklyn Bridge after the 1.14-mile-long historic landmark turned into an open-air free-for-all.

But Sammy blasted Mamdani for not doing enough to stop the peddlers whose low prices he claims have forced other souvenir shops to shutter.

“It’s hurting everybody … the stores, the businesses over here. It’s hurting everybody. The people over here are all disabled veterans,” he said of the licensed vendors outside of City Hall, many of whom are unable to set up because the illegal vendors get there at the crack of dawn and “beat everyone to the spot.”

“Mamdani is new, but the [eight] months he’s been in, nothing has changed over there. The cops are not allowed to bother them, and if they arrest somebody, the DA releases them.”

A 41-year-old disabled veteran and US Marine who was discharged in 2008 also told The Post that there are now more than 100 unlicensed vendors on the bridge at times.

“Us being disabled veterans and having a license means nothing over there now because if I go over there, they’re going to kick me out. But they’re not kicking [illegal vendors] out now,” said the licensed vendor, who declined to give his name for fear of retaliation.

He claimed he went to court and the city told him he could not vend on the bridge because it was a “national security” issue.

“These people who just jumped the border, there’s no national security for them,” he said of the unlicensed vendors.

“Before they got rid of all the vendors, there were about 60 – 80 vendors…Now there’s about 120 vendors.”

“If you start from Manhattan side [of the bridge] all the way to Brooklyn side, it’s full of vendors on the floor, and they’re not confiscating nobody’s merchandise. They’re not doing any enforcement, but the moment I go over there, they want to come and harass me and take my merchandise,” he said of the NYPD.

“This is pretty much my livelihood,” he said. “We just want equal enforcement, that’s all.”

Iran has shrugged off Donald Trump’s aggressive economic threats, labeling them as mere ’empty talk,’ while cautioning its neighboring nations against assisting the U.S. in applying pressure on Tehran.

Mohsen Rezaei, a prominent Iranian security official, has issued a stern warning of retaliation towards any neighboring country that joins the U.S. in its economic clampdown. He highlighted that Iran could potentially halt oil shipments through the vital Persian Gulf passage.

Rezaei declared, ‘If countries neighboring Iran collaborate with the Americans in the economic war, we will target their interests.’

During an interview with Iranian state media, Rezaei emphasized on Saturday that, ‘The world has realized that Trump’s bluster is nothing but empty talk.’

He further directed a strong warning towards Iran’s neighboring countries, indicating that Tehran stands poised to escalate its economic battle if those nations choose to align with Washington.

Iran does not want to expand the war across the Middle East, Rezaei insisted, but he delivered a threat to his neighbors.

‘If they start such an action, we will not allow a single drop of oil to pass through the Persian Gulf,’ Rezaei added.

The warning potentially puts major Gulf energy producers on notice as Trump prepares to ratchet up his campaign of economic pressure against Tehran.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have spent years developing and expanding alternative export routes that reduce their reliance on the Strait of Hormuz, allowing oil to reach ports on the Red Sea and Gulf of Oman.

But Rezaei indicated those routes may not necessarily be beyond Tehran’s reach either, threatening alternative pathways used to move Gulf oil to international markets.

His comments amount to one of the clearest warnings yet that Iran’s hardline security establishment could increasingly regard cooperation with Washington’s economic campaign as participation in the wider conflict.

Rezaei also insisted that Iran would ‘neutralize the economic war’ being waged by the US, with the Trump administration expected to unveil details of tougher sanctions on Monday.

The combative rhetoric comes amid growing indications of a potentially serious split at the highest levels of power in Tehran.

While Rezaei is promising resistance and threatening retaliation, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian struck a dramatically different tone on Sunday, declaring that his country ‘cannot continue with war forever.’

Pezeshkian openly defended the memorandum of understanding Iran reached with the United States in June, despite reported reservations from Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

That agreement ultimately collapsed last month.

But the Iranian president argued that Tehran cannot remain indefinitely trapped between outright conflict and an elusive peace.

‘One day, a decision must be made to save the country from the state of “neither war nor peace,”‘ Pezeshkian said.

He maintained that officials directly involved in negotiations believed the agreement with Washington had offered Iran its best available path forward.

‘By implementing this memorandum, we can resolve the problems with logic and dignity,’ Pezeshkian said, according to Iranian state news agency IRNA.

Pezeshkian made clear Sunday that military strength alone could not protect the Islamic Republic if its people lost faith in their government.

‘We must stand with the people,’ he said. ‘If we cannot serve them and convince them that we all belong to the same land and country, then even if we possess the greatest military power, we will be defeated.’

The president said his government was fighting to improve the lives of Iranians battered by the country’s economic difficulties.

It was trying with all its strength, he said, to ‘steer inflation, public problems, people’s livelihoods, people’s jobs, people’s future, and people’s lives towards dignity and pride.’

‘Sometimes, a wise compromise can achieve more than hundreds of wars,’ Khomeini said.

But Rezaei’s comments suggest Iran’s powerful military-security establishment is preparing for precisely the opposite possibility.

The former senior military commander said Iran would introduce new capabilities and alter its approach across several fronts.

‘We will see changes in the conduct of the war, in diplomacy, and in political and social affairs, and new capabilities will be brought into play,’ he said.

Rezaei, an adviser to Supreme Leader Khamenei, also declared that Tehran would refuse to bow to US demands and maintained that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until Washington fulfilled what Iran considers its commitments.

The strait has become one of Tehran’s most powerful weapons in its showdown with Washington because of its enormous importance to the global energy trade.

But there are signs that Iran’s ability to exert pressure through the waterway could be challenged.

Shipping data indicates more crude is now leaving the Gulf using a southern route close to Oman, while some oil companies have developed tactics designed to allow tankers to make the journey without being detected.

That threatens to erode some of the leverage Tehran has exercised by restricting one of the world’s most strategically important energy corridors.