NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, who turned the nation’s largest retailer into a tech-powered giant since taking over in 2014, will retire in January.

John Furner, a long time insider and head of Walmart’s U.S. operations, will take over, the company said Friday.

McMillon’s retirement is effective Jan. 31, 2026. Furner will start as CEO the next day.

During McMillon’s tenure as CEO, he invested heavily in its workers by increasing wages, expanding parental leave and launching a program for certificates or degrees for employees seeking education opportunities. Walmart has also lowered its prices and embraced technology like artificial intelligence to improve customer and worker experiences.

It’s almost become a rite of passage for an NFL quarterback.

Your film is going to get broken down by The QB School.

This comes courtesy of former NFL quarterback J.T. O’Sullivan. He spent nearly a decade in the NFL spending time with the New Orleans Saints, Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, Carolina Panthers, Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers, Cincinnati Bengals, San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders.

The 46-year-old journeyman uses his knowledge to break down quarterbacks via his YouTube channel, which offers some basic analysis, and his Patreon channel, which offers more nuanced analysis.

The roller coaster quarterback J.J. McCarthy took the Vikings on in the 27-19 loss to the Baltimore Ravens was the most recent topic of discussion. This marked the first time O’Sullivan went in depth on McCarthy via his Patreon channel.

Here are some of the highs and lows of what O’Sullivan witnessed:

The good

There was a decent amount of praise from O’Sullivan despite McCarthy only completing 20 of 42 pass attempts in the game. He lauded some of McCarthy’s play on the opening drive, for example, such as the strike to star receiver Justin Jefferson near the sideline, as well as the dime to receiver Jalen Nailor deep down the field.

As hard as O’Sullivan was across the 90 minutes of film, he also wasn’t afraid to commend McCarthy when he felt like he did a good job. He loved the scramble drill in the final minutes when McCarthy escaped pressure before finding Nailor to move the chains. He also loved the perfect throw that McCarthy unleashed to Nailor on what proved to be his only touchdown of the game.

“That’s pretty sweet,” O’Sullivan said. “That’s not open. That’s thrown open. That’s a pretty spectacular throw.”

The bad

There was a distinct part of the game when O’Sullivan felt McCarthy started to get sped up. It came after a completion to Nailor across the middle of the field.

Though it was a good throw in a vacuum, O’Sullivan lamented the fact that McCarthy didn’t stick with his initial read and target tight end T.J. Hockenson on a wheel route. He highlighted how McCarthy shouldn’t have worked to Nailor on the backside, because there was no guarantee it was going to be there.

“This drive is when things are starting to look fast to J.J.,” O’Sullivan said. “We’re skipping over things.”

It appears O’Sullivan is spot on, because head coach Kevin O’Connell mentioned earlier this week that McCarthy moved off Hockenson too quickly during his progression in the pocket.

“The miss there is rough,” O’Sullivan said. “It really is.”

The next time O’Sullivan was critical of McCarthy came on his interception to safety Malaki Starks. As much as he appreciated giving Jefferson a chance to make a play, O’Sullivan seemed to think there were better options in that moment than McCarthy simply throwing it up for grabs.

“You want to get him touches,” O’Sullivan said. “You’re going to force him the ball. You feel really good about getting 1 on 1. You don’t want to just blind chuck it either if it’s not the look that we’re looking for.”

It’s also worth noting that O’Sullivan was extremely hard on Jefferson for his effort throughout the game. He didn’t like how Jefferson lightly jogged in pursuit following an interception by cornerback Marlon Humphrey. He also didn’t like how Jefferson appeared to pull up on a few routes as his frustration manifested on the field.

The ugly

There was common theme that O’Sullivan harped on down the stretch as McCarthy’s mechanics slowly started to devolve.

“I guess I’d classify it as inconsistent footwork,” O’Sullivan said. “That’s the nicest way to do it.”

On a pretty good throw to Jefferson near the goal line that probably should’ve been caught, O’Sullivan noted McCarthy almost looks like he’s clicking his heels as he climbs up too far in the pocket.

“We’re not playing quarterback in a phone booth here,” O’Sullivan said. “We’re moving to problems and we’re going to hit our hand on somebody’s head because we can’t control our feet.”

The worsening of his fundamentals led to McCarthy airmailing Jefferson on what should’ve been a rather routine throw to the sideline.  It could’ve gone for a big gain as there was nobody within 10 yards of Jefferson thanks to the play design.

“You can’t miss that throw,” O’Sullivan said. “That’s brutal.”

There was a point that O’Sullivan referred to McCarthy’s struggles as “a floating dumpster fire” while continuing to buzz through the film.

“I cannot with this footwork,” O’Sullivan said. “These things are certainly fixable. These are not things that get fixed, though, from a game on Sunday to a game on Sunday. These are offseason things.”

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By SETH BORENSTEIN and ANTON L. DELGADO, Associated Press

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — About 100 protesters blocked an entrance to the United Nations climate conference on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon Friday morning.

André Corrêa do Lago, COP30 president, speaks with an Indigenous group blocking an entrance to the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Brazilian military personnel kept demonstrators from entering the site during negotiations at the COP30 meetings in Belem, but there appeared to be no physical altercations with the protesters.

Protesters wore clothing associated with Indigenous groups and some protesters formed a human chain around portions of the demonstration.

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Conference participants were rerouted and delegates entered the venue through another door and U.N. staff rushed to move metal detectors to the side entrance as hundreds of people formed long, snaking queues.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change told conference participants “there is no danger” from the peaceful demonstration in front of the venue.

The demonstration comes after protests Tuesday night in which Indigenous demonstrators clashed with security and stormed the entrance, resulting in minor injuries. Conference organizers have touted this edition of the annual meeting as an opportunity for indigenous people to have more prominence and power in climate talks.

On a stone slab by the cold waters of Austin’s Barton Springs, transgender Texans celebrate existence. Against the best efforts of the state, they’re still here, laughing and swimming in the heat of a late-August afternoon. 

Each year, nearly 800,000 people pay a small admission fee to pass through the gates of the capital city’s spring-fed treasure. Inside, visitors plunge into the pool, which stays between 68 and 74 degrees year-round, then lounge on the grassy hillsides that surround it.

That summer day, though, we weren’t within the manicured grounds of the official swimming hole but beyond its boundaries, on its spillway, where there are few rules and fewer lifeguards. This is the “free side.” A pink-, blue-, and white-striped Pride flag hung from the fence dividing us from the paying crowd. Water splashed out of the pool and back into the springs themselves, past a cement wall splattered with graffiti chaos. The sounds of rambunctious dogs, allowed on this side, mingled with 2010s hits (“Born This Way,” “We Are Young”) from a large Bluetooth sound system, perched precariously at the water’s edge. 

“As a community, we are stronger together, and being out and visible as a group holds a lot of power,” said Noor Z.K, an Austin organizer who attended the Barton Springs event. (Harmon Li/Texas Observer)

It had briefly stormed earlier, recalled Eden, one of the organizers of this Barton Springs “takeover.”  But right as the event’s 2 p.m. start time approached, “The sun came out and people started showing up.”

It was a typical afternoon at the springs: a day for paddleboards, for sharing beer and weed, for filling a grill with sizzling burgers and dogs. In many ways, it was a throwback to an older Austin, before tech money accelerated the pace of slacker life. But the reason for this particular gathering was anything but the typical harmonious vibes of the spillway. 

Five weeks prior, on a similar afternoon, three men’s verbal harassment of a group of women had turned to transphobic slurs and physical violence, according to interviews and a video of the incident posted to Reddit. A Good Samaritan, a young single father who’d gotten to know the women that afternoon, ended up in the hospital when he tried to step in to protect them and took a punch to the jaw for his efforts. (In mid-September, police issued arrest warrants for two men in connection with the assault.)

Eden, who requested partial anonymity, is part of Trans River Day, an informal group that usually organizes mass gatherings in San Marcos. This time, the group had brought its event to Austin to show that trans people wouldn’t be intimidated from enjoying the same cool waters as everyone else. “We will protect each other,” she said.

But it wasn’t just trans people looking out for each other. Eden told me that a free-side regular named Tim had approached and given her a beer, saying he’d been keeping an eye on the group “to make sure no one gave you any trouble.”

Eden estimated that about 100 trans, nonbinary, or gender-nonconforming people stopped by. “Everyone is having the best day.”

Sometime between the violent attack and that calm August afternoon, someone had repainted part of the graffiti wall with the words “Protect Trans Joy” in stark, fresh black letters on a white background. All across the stone slab, LGBTQ+ folks sat in clusters, talking and dipping in and out of the water together. There were colorful swimsuits and dark black gothic beachwear, trans women topless and in bikinis, and shirtless trans men with their top surgery scars on display. Happy people who use every pronoun and none at all. 

One group was sharing snacks on a red checkered blanket until its owner came to collect it. “Sorry, sir, ma’am. I need this blanket back.” He then apologized for not asking about pronouns first, sparking a playful discussion of gender-neutral alternatives. “How about ‘chef’?” suggested one person as the group stood up. 

“Yes, chef,” said the blanket’s owner. More laughter. Then the weekly drum circle began in the park.

“Protect trans joy,” reads graffiti on the wall. (Harmon Li/Texas Observer)

Clouds gathered again as the sun started to set, and cisgender and trans folks alike wandered off to catch a rhythm together. Before leaving, I stopped to talk with two more participants, Jenna Madden and Aofi Ortega. Madden expressed a common sentiment I’d heard from others, including Eden: “Trans visibility is important, but also trans people deserve to have fun.” Ortega called the day “beautiful” and said she wished there were one every month. 

“It’s such a beautiful culture,” she added, a hint of sadness in her voice as the day came to an end. “I really, really truly love my friends, and I wish that more people were willing to be friends with them.” 

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