Stephen Curry attends the US Open final, providing a thrill for Jessica Pegula's husband

NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Pegula's husband is such a Stephen Curry fan that he uses the NBA superstar's name for his iPhone.

On Saturday, Curry came to support Pegula during her 7-5, 7-5 loss to Aryna Sabalenka in the U.S. Open final. Curry and his wife, Ayesha, sat behind one of the baselines and talked to Pegula before the match.

Pegula and Stephen Curry had met briefly in Paris at the Olympics. This time, their spouses also got to chat, which was quite the thrill for Taylor Gahagen.

“My husband, his iPhone name is Steph Curry, because he loves Steph Curry," Pegula said. "If you connect to Bluetooth or send him something or AirDrop, it’s ‘Steph Curry’s iPhone.’ So I kind of left early and he texted me and he was so excited. He didn’t want to say anything. I was like, ‘Please tell me you did not tell him about the iPhone thing.’ He’s like, ‘Oh, yeah, I did.’"

“I thought that was really cute," Pegula added. "He was like, ‘No, he loved it.’ I was like, ‘Did he? Or did he really think you were kind of crazy?’ I guess he thought it was pretty funny.”

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Jessica Pegula, of the United States, returns a shot to Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, during the women's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Jessica Pegula, of the United States, reacts after breaking the serve of Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, during the women's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

CORRECTS SPELLING OF FIRST NAME TO STEPHEN, NOT SPETH, ADDS WIFE's NAME - Stephen Curry, center, and his wife Ayesha Curry arrive for the women's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships between Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, and Jessica Pegula, of the United States, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A shootout early Monday left two Iowa police officers hospitalized and a suspect dead, Des Moines police said.

The encounter began around 1:40 a.m. when patrol officers stopped a 37-year-old driver for an equipment violation, police said. The driver pulled over in a parking lot but sped away as officers exited their patrol vehicles, police Sgt. Paul Parizek said in a news release.

The driver crashed about 20 seconds later, and officers blocked his 2005 Ford Focus from driving away, Parizek said. When the driver refused to cooperate, officers used a Taser on him, then tried to remove him from the car, leading to a violent struggle, Parizek said.

During the struggle, the man pulled out a handgun and began shooting at officers, Parizek said. Three offers returned fire, killing the man.

Two officers were shot and rushed to a hospital. Parizek said one officer was shot in the head, the other in an arm. The officer shot in the head underwent surgery and was in critical condition but stable. Parizek said both are expected to survive.

Both injured officers joined the department in 2022, Parizek said.

Des Moines police and the Iowa Department of Public Safety are investigating.

The scene where two Des Moines police officers were shot and the suspected shooter was killed by officers in an exchange of gunfire in Des Moines, Iowa, early Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Cody Scanlan/The Des Moines Register via AP)

Crime scene investigators work at the scene where two Des Moines police officers were shot and the suspected shooter was killed by officers in an exchange of gunfire in Des Moines, Iowa, early Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Cody Scanlan/The Des Moines Register via AP)