Founder of collapsed Chinese property giant Evergrande sentenced to life in prison

We start with the Evergrande collapse. The Chinese real estate giant's founder, Hui Ka Yan, has been sentenced to life in prison. We covered the asset seizure earlier this week.

The seizure of all personal assets is in addition to a sixty-two million dollar fine and now this life sentence. Prosecutors say the collapse shook China's entire property sector.

How large was Evergrande at its peak?

At its height it was the second-largest property developer in China. The company owed more than three hundred billion dollars when it collapsed in twenty twenty-one.

That is a staggering sum.

Four railway workers are dead in Japan after being struck by a train at Shin-Kanuma Station north of Tokyo. Authorities say the collision occurred during track maintenance work early this morning local time.

Have investigators said what caused the accident?

Not yet. Transport officials say an investigation is underway and that safety protocols during maintenance are being reviewed. No timeline has been announced.

In Australia, prosecutors are appealing the sentence given to Erin Patterson, the woman convicted in the mushroom poisoning deaths. They say the current sentence is manifestly inadequate.

Patterson was sentenced to twenty-nine years for what the trial judge called a truly dreadful crime. Prosecutors argue the sentence allows for the possibility of parole and say it should not.

This was the dinner party in Melbourne.

Melbourne is in the state of Victoria.

On the southern coast.

Southeastern coast. Three people died. Patterson's former husband's parents and his aunt. The appeal court has not set a date to hear the case.

In Formula One, Max Verstappen has extended his contract with Red Bull through the year twenty-thirty. The four-time world champion had been the subject of speculation about a possible move.

Verstappen is twenty-nine. This keeps him with the team for another five seasons. He has won four consecutive world championships with Red Bull since twenty twenty-one.

How many races does Formula One run in a season now?

Twenty-four. The schedule has expanded in recent years. The next race is in Monaco.

Back in April of this year, two men walked into a Wawa convenience store in Pennsylvania and made off with ninety-six bananas. Not ninety-five. Ninety-six.

Police said surveillance footage showed both suspects leaving the store without paying.

The total street value of the bananas was not disclosed.

Back in May, an Iowa man filed a federal lawsuit against Nintendo after he was denied Pokémon Professor certification despite scoring one hundred percent on the exam.

The suit alleges he completed all requirements for the certification program but was denied status without explanation.

A Pokémon Professor is not a paid position. It is a volunteer title for people who teach the trading card game at sanctioned events.

Nintendo has not yet responded to the complaint.

Back in July, a Missouri man led deputies on a chase that ended when he ran across a bridge and dove headfirst off of it into the water below.

Deputies said he survived the jump and was arrested after being pulled from the water.

Dashcam footage captured the entire sequence. The suspect is seen running at full speed, clearing the railing, and entering the water in what I can only describe as an Olympic-caliber dive.

He was charged with resisting arrest and failure to yield.

And back in June, Uber released its annual Lost and Found Index, and among the smartphones and wallets were three items that deserve special mention.

The KRAK 11 animal countdown tracks which videos gained the most views in the last fifteen hours, not which ones have the most views total.

Seven million, eight hundred eighty thousand, five hundred ninety-four total.

Sara Bejlek upset Aryna Sabalenka at the Cincinnati Open, six-three, six-four. That is a major result.

Pete Crow-Armstrong hit another walk-off home run for the Cubs against the White Sox, four to three. That is two walk-off home runs in one week.

The Edmonton Marathon organisers confirmed their course was measured six hundred seventy-four meters too long. Every runner ran farther than the official marathon distance.