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Updated: August 26, 2022 @ 7:31 pm
FILE – Attorney General Merrick Garland, looks at federal prosecutor Kevin Chambers, right, after appointing him to be the Justice Department’s chief pandemic fraud prosecutor, during a meeting of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Fraud Enforcement Task Force at the Justice Department, March 10, 2022 in Washington. The U.S. Secret Service recovered $286 million in fraudulently obtained pandemic funds to the Small Business Administration, Friday, Aug. 26.
FILE – A secret service agent is stationed outside the funeral of Ivana Trump, Wednesday, July 20, 2022, in New York. The U.S. Secret Service recovered $286 million in fraudulently obtained pandemic funds to the Small Business Administration, Friday, Aug. 26.
FILE – Attorney General Merrick Garland, looks at federal prosecutor Kevin Chambers, right, after appointing him to be the Justice Department’s chief pandemic fraud prosecutor, during a meeting of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Fraud Enforcement Task Force at the Justice Department, March 10, 2022 in Washington. The U.S. Secret Service recovered $286 million in fraudulently obtained pandemic funds to the Small Business Administration, Friday, Aug. 26.
FILE – A secret service agent is stationed outside the funeral of Ivana Trump, Wednesday, July 20, 2022, in New York. The U.S. Secret Service recovered $286 million in fraudulently obtained pandemic funds to the Small Business Administration, Friday, Aug. 26.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service said Friday that it has recovered $286 million in fraudulently obtained pandemic loans and is returning the money to the Small Business Administration.
The Secret Service said an investigation initiated by its Orlando office found that alleged conspirators submitted Economic Injury Disaster Loan applications by using fake or stolen employment and personal information and used an online bank, Green Dot, to conceal and move their criminal proceeds.
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A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for attacking a police officer with a Donald Trump flag during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Howard Richardson, 72, of King of Prussia, told the court in Washington “there’s no excuse” for his behavior and pleaded for mercy. But U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly responded, “Your presence and actions in joining other insurrectionists was an inexcusable attack on our democracy.” Richardson’s sentence is one of the longest yet among those who have been prosecuted for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6 to disrupt the certification of President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.
California legislators and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office are discussing a compromise over the future of the state’s last operating nuclear power plant that could allow operator Pacific Gas & Electric to seek federal funds for a longer lifespan for the reactors. It’s possible a final decision on whether the Legislature supports an extended run for the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant beyond its scheduled closing by 2025 could be months away. To qualify for the federal funds, PG&E needs state legislation to show it has a pathway to continue running. The governor has proposed extending the plant’s operating run to maintain reliable power supplies.
For Games of Saturday, August 27
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NEW YORK — A day after Jets wide receiver Denzel Mims’ public trade request via his agent Ron Slavin, it was business as usual at Florham Park.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to attend the launch of the Artemis I moon rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Monday, according to a release from the White House.
The National Women’s Soccer League opened its first free agency period on Friday amid a dispute over which players are qualified. Players with expiring contracts and at least six years of service and are eligible for free agency for the first time under the collective bargaining agreement. The NWSL put out a list of 26 free agents. But the NWSL players’ association says that the list should include players with an option year on their current contracts — adding an additional 22 players.
A former Air Force sergeant who was linked to an extremist movement and in 2020 attacked law enforcement officials amid protests over the killing of George Floyd has been sentenced to life in prison in the killing of a Northern California sheriff’s sergeant. Steven Carrillo pleaded guilty in June to all nine counts, including murder, for the killing of Santa Cruz County Sheriff Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller. Als in June, a federal judge sentenced Carrillo to 41 years in prison for killing David Patrick Underwood, a federal security agent who was attacked along with a colleague while guarding a federal building in Oakland amid large protests against police brutality following the May 2020 killing of Floyd, a Black man, by a white Minneapolis police officer.
Federal health officials expressed cautious optimism Friday about the trajectory and spread of the monkeypox outbreak, emphasizing that increased vaccination, harm reduction behaviors and educational and outreach efforts appear to be helping to curb the spread.
Though talks are progressing, the deadline to finalize plans to build the Buffalo Bills’ new $1.4 billion stadium have been pushed back by 45 days, negotiators announced. Without revealing the reason for the delay, the decision to move the deadline from Sept. 1 was released in a joint statement by the stakeholders in negotiations made up by the Bills, New York state and county representatives. The framework of the deal carrying an NFL-record $850-million taxpayer price tag was reached in March. Numerous contractual details needed to be negotiated including the terms of a 30-year lease.
ATLANTA — Georgia’s abortion clinics remain open and their phones are ringing off the hook.
The Big 12 is going into its 12th and final season as a 10-team conference. Oklahoma State’s only Big 12 championship came in 2011, the league’s first season with 10 teams. Oklahoma State come up inches short in last year’s conference title game in a loss to Baylor. Mike Gundy and the 12th-ranked Cowboys return 10 starters on offense. Ninth-ranked Oklahoma and No. 10 Baylor are also in the AP preseason Top 25 poll. Three of the four new schools that will join the Big 12 next year are also ranked. They are No. 23 Cincinnati, No. 24 Houston and No. 25 BYU.
Xavier McKinney had a breakout season with the New York Giants in 2021 and there’s more on his plate this year. Defensive coordinator Wink Martindale has given the third-year safety from Alabama the responsibility of relaying the defensive calls from the sideline to the team. Players who have that role wear a green dot on their helmets. McKinney, who led the team with five interceptions in 2021 and was third on the team with 93 tackles, has not had a problem adding the job.
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Helen Alfredsson shot her second straight 3-under 70 on Friday to take the second-round lead in the U.S. Senior Women’s Open. Aldredsson, the 57-year-old Swede who won the 2019 title at Pine Needles, rebounded from a bogey on the par-5 16th with a birdie on the par-4 18th on NCR Country Club’s South Course. Leta Lindley was a stroke back after a 72. Annika Sorenstam, the winner last year art Brooklawn, was third at 3 under after a 70. First-round leader Tammie Green followed her opening 68 with a 76 to drop to fourth at 2 under.
A woman who died in a two-car collision this week at a Delaware intersection was a former General Assembly candidate. The News Journal of Wilmington reports Catherine Samardza ran unsuccessfully for a state Senate seat in 2012 as an independent candidate. Delaware State Police identified the driver who died in Wednesday’s crash near Hartly as Samardza. The passenger in her car and the driver of a pickup were injured. Police say their investigation determined that Samardza initially stopped at a stop sign before for “unknown reasons” she left and drove into the truck’s path.
When Murrah opens the Mississippi high school football season on Friday against Cleveland Central at South Jackson Field, the matchup will feature the first all-female crew to officiate high school football in the state. And it will be an all-Black female crew. Mississippi High School Athletic Association officials tell The Clarion Ledger that they believe it will be the first time in the nation that an all-Black female crew has officiated a high school game. Women from across the state make up the crew that will officiate at the Murrah-Cleveland Central matchup.
The prosecutor investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 election in Georgia is seeking information about a breach of voting equipment in a county roughly 200 miles south of her Atlanta office. The widening of the probe highlights the latest case in which unauthorized people appear to have gained access to voting equipment since the 2020 election, primarily in battleground states lost by Trump. Election experts have raised concerns that sensitive information shared online about the equipment may have exposed vulnerabilities that could be exploited by people intent on disrupting future elections.
The Border Patrol says one of its agents rescued an infant and a toddler who were left alone in southwestern Arizona’s Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. A migrant in a group of border crossers arrested Thursday west of the Lukeville, Arizona, port of entry alerted an agent about the children. An 18-month-old was found crying, and a 4-month-old was discovered face-down and unresponsive. Border Patrol officials blamed smugglers. The children received medical treatment and were returned to the Border Patrol, which is urgently trying to place them with the agency that cares for migrant children picked up without family.
California Supreme Court Justice Patricia Guerrero won confirmation Friday to serve as the court’s next chief justice, following a hearing in which fellow justices and other legal colleagues praised her as uniquely qualified to lead the state’s judicial branch.
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Officials hope to fully reopen the main highway from Los Angeles to Phoenix by early next week after a flash flood washed out part of the road through the Southern California desert. The flooding began Wednesday evening amid the latest round of monsoonal thunderstorms to hit the region this summer. The damaged roadway was part of a detour past a repair project along eastbound Interstate 10 near the small community of Desert Center, about 165 miles east of Los Angeles. The California Department of Transportation on Friday said crews are working around the clock to restore the detour lane by early next week, which would reopen both eastbound lanes to motorists.
Federal regulators have issued a final environmental impact statement that supports the demolition of four massive dams on Northern California’s Klamath River to save imperiled migratory salmon. The staff’s recommendation, which echoes an earlier draft opinion, tees up a vote on the nearly $500 million project by the five-member Federal Energy Regulatory Commission later this year. The removal of the four hydroelectric dams would be the largest dam demolition project in U.S. history. The aging dams near the Oregon-California border were built before current environmental regulations and essentially cut the 253-mile-long river in half for migrating salmon.
South Carolina is using a recently approved method to stretch its supply of monkeypox vaccines as case numbers rise in the Palmetto State. Over two weeks ago, U.S. health officials authorized a method that involves giving the shot under the first layer of skin instead of deeper fat tissue. Doing so allows providers to increase the available supply by five times. Officials cite a 2015 study that shows 94% of people who received the lesser dose had sufficient antibody levels. Those eligible for the vaccine include men who have sex with men and have had either a sexually transmitted infection or multiple sex partners in the past 90 days.
Fred Funk bettered his age by a stroke with a 7-under 65 on Friday to take the first-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ The Ally Challenge. The 66-year-old Funk closed his bogey-free round with a birdie on the par-4 ninth at Warwick Hills, the site of the Buick Open on the PGA Tour from 1958 through 2009. Funk won the last of his nine senior victories in 2014, teaming with Jeff Sluman in the Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf. His last individual victory was in 2012. He also won eight times on the PGA Tour. Woody Austin, the 1995 Buick Open winner, was a stroke back at 66 with Brett Quigley and Stephen Ames. Scott Parel followed at 67.
While the FBI affidavit justifying the search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate is highly redacted, it includes new details about the classified information that was stored at the former president’s home. Among the top takeaways revealed by the document is that Trump had ‘a lot’ of classified records stored at his club, which had not been authorized for the storage of information. The document reveals that the records included top intelligence secrets and some were mixed with other papers, such as magazines and photos. The redacted affidavit also shows that Trump had repeated opportunities to return the documents.
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Real Betis maintained its perfect Spanish league record with a 1-0 win against Osasuna despite playing a man down in the second half. Borja Iglesias scored his fourth goal of the season to give Manuel Pellegrini’s Betis its third straight win to start the league. Osasuna was also looking for its third consecutive triumph in what was its first away match in the league this season. It had beaten Sevilla and Cádiz at home. Betis had defeated Elche and Mallorca.
Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts were asked about their relationship as former Alabama teammates. They have continued to stay in touch and build their relationship as NFL quarterbacks. They have used each other as resources as they navigate the NFL landscape. They are both entering their third NFL seasons and are at a pivotal juncture: This is the year that they both need to show they can lead their respective franchises for the foreseeable future. The Dolphins and Eagles will face off Saturday evening at Hard Rock Stadium.
Two more former members of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen have pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges. Former St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed pleaded guilty Friday to one count of theft and bribery and one count of racketeering and bribery. Former Alderman Jeffrey Boyd pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud, one count of theft and bribery, and one count of racketeering and bribery. Former Alderman John Collins-Muhammad pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of bribery, racketeering and wire fraud. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that sentencings are set for December.
People in and around Mississippi’s capital city are being told to prepare for flooding of the Pearl River. Storms dropped heavy rains in Mississippi and other parts of the Deep South. Some homes and businesses in the Jackson area are expected to flood. Experts say the Pearl River could crest on Tuesday at levels almost as high as during a 2020 flood. Suzannah Thames of Jackson hired a crew to move furniture, appliances and other belongings out of a rental home she owns. She said Friday that the home was filled with dirty, snake-infested water in 2020.
Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly leader has withdrawn subpoenas submitted as part of a Republican-led investigation into the 2020 election, marking the end of a 14-month endeavor that yielded no evidence of election fraud. Speaker Robin Vos on Friday withdrew subpoenas submitted to mayors across the state by former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Michael Gableman, who he hired to investigate President Joe Biden’s win in 2020. Vos fired Gableman two weeks ago after narrowly surviving a primary election against a Trump-backed political newcomer. Withdrawing Gableman’s subpoenas signals the end of his investigation. Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, who was among the subpoena targets, said the investigation did nothing but harm public confidence in elections and waste taxpayer funds.
Jonathan Knight of New Kids on the Block has secretly tied the knot with partner Harley Rodriguez.
The Los Angeles Angels put outfielder Taylor Ward and relievers Aaron Loup and Ryan Tepera on the restricted list before their three-game series in Toronto. Foreign nationals who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19 aren’t allowed to enter Canada, save for limited exceptions that require a 14-day quarantine. Unvaccinated baseball players are placed on the restricted list, where they are not paid and do not accrue major league service time. Los Angeles recalled right-hander José Marte from Triple-A, and selected outfielder Ryan Aguilar from Double-A and right-hander Gerardo Reyes from Triple-A.
An Ohio justice has recommended that a conservative podcaster who embraces former President Donald Trump’s discredited claims of a stolen 2020 election be tossed from Ohio’s fall ballot. Terpsehore “Tore” Maras is running for secretary of state. Retired Ohio Supreme Court Justice Terrence O’Donnell recommended against Maras on Friday, a day after an hourslong protest hearing on signature challenges and her party affiliation. O’Donnell found that 18 of the 35 challenged signatures that had qualified Maras for the ballot were invalid, taking her below the 5,000 required. The issue now returns to GOP Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s office.
Casemiro is set to make his debut for Manchester United as the team heads to Southampton looking to follow up its morale-boosting win over Liverpool on Monday. The 2-1 loss at United left Liverpool without a win after three rounds but is a big favorite to beat Bournemouth. Arsenal is seeking a fourth straight win when it hosts Fulham. Sevilla visits promoted Almería looking for its first Spanish league win of the season. Roma forward Paulo Dybala returns to Juventus just three months after crying at the end of his final home match for the Bianconeri. In the Bundesliga, Borussia Mönchengladbach makes the daunting trip to Bayern Munich. In the French league, a victory for Lens at home to Rennes would move it provisionally into first place.
The first woman Serena Williams will face in what is expected to be the last tournament of her stellar career says she is honored to play someone she remembers watching on TV as a child. Danka Kovinic is a 27-year-old from Montenegro who has never been past the second round at the U.S. Open or the third round at any Grand Slam tournament. She says she has crossed paths with Williams in locker rooms on tour but couldn’t strike up the nerve to ask if they could practice together. Kovinic has never hit a ball in Arthur Ashe Stadium, although she is hoping to practice there over the weekend before facing Williams on Monday night.
The attorney for a California teenager who has accused a Buffalo Bills rookie and two of his former college teammates of gang rape says the NFL team has not contacted him despite saying it had conducted a “thorough investigation.” Dan Gilleon said he has not heard from team officials since first informing them of the allegations against Bills punter Matt Araiza in late July. The 22-year-old Araiza and two former teammates at San Diego State are accused of the assault in a lawsuit. A police investigation is currently being evaluated by San Diego prosecutors.
A man with a rifle was arrested at the Mall of America after what police said was an armed robbery, just three weeks after the mall was locked down after shots were fired near a store. The mall said in a statement that security “immediately became aware of the situation” and arrested the man Friday without incident. It said the mall wasn’t locked down because the arrest was immediate. Bloomington police said the man had just robbed an athletic apparel store when he was arrested by mall security officers. Their statement said security officers had been alerted by a caller who saw the man enter the mall.
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