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George Santos, the Republican who won a congressional seat by fabricating details of his life story, then went to prison for fraud, was given clemency by President Donald Trump on Friday. “George Santos was somewhat of a ‘rogue,’ but there are many rogues throughout our Country that aren’t forced to serve seven years in prison,” Trump wrote on social media. “Good luck George, have a great life!” Trump concluded.Here is a timeline of Santos’ extraordinary rise and fall.Nov. 8, 2022: Santos defeats Democrat Robert Zimmerman in the first known congressional election featuring two openly gay candidates. The district includes a…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Dogs dressed up as everything from Elvis Presley to Scooby Doo’s Mystery Machine went trick-or-treating in Michigan’s capital Friday as part of the annual Howloween event organized by a local pet store.The costumed canines made a loop through Lansing’s Old Town arts district, stopping outside restaurants, gift shops and jewelry stores, where owners were waiting to provide treats and a scratch behind the ears.Wendy Beck’s pooch, Bella, “got filled up on biscuits” and had to stop along the route for a power nap. It was the 9-year-old St. Bernard’s first Howloween, but Alicia Town’s dog, Mojo,…

Morgan Whittaker repaid Rob Edwards’ faith with his first goal for the club to send them back to the top of the Championship after a chaotic 2-1 win over Ipswich.Edwards publicly backed Whittaker after his substitution was cheered by fans against Preston in September, and he was proven right in emphatic fashion. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Morgan Whittaker scores his first goal for Middlesbrough against Ipswich! Boro had Cedric Kipre to thank for the lead prior to Whittaker’s strike after he turned the ball into his own net less than two minutes after his…

The impact of artificial intelligence is being felt across the health-care industry, from tools that help analyze medical images, aid in drug discovery and complete cancer screenings.But increasingly, AI is being used to fight one of the biggest challenges that health care is facing: a time-challenged (and often burned out) workforce of doctors, nurses and support staff that wants to focus more on patients and care instead of other arduous administrative tasks.That’s leading health-care technology stalwarts like Epic Systems to invest in a variety of AI features that can do everything from helping patients book appointments or understand lab results…

Big banks including JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs had just finished taking victory laps after a blockbuster quarter when concerns emerged from an obscure corner of Wall Street, sending a collective shiver through global finance.Regional bank Zions late Wednesday disclosed a near total wipeout on $60 million in loans after finding “apparent misrepresentations” from the borrowers. The next day, peer Western Alliance said that it had sued the same borrower, a commercial real estate firm called the Cantor Group, for alleged fraud.The result was a sudden and deep selloff among regional banks, drawing comparisons to the churn of the 2023…

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will immediately pause, and consider canceling, over $11 billion in projects due to the government shutdown, Trump administration budget chief Russell Vought said Friday.”The Democrat shutdown has drained the Army Corps of Engineers’ ability to manage billions of dollars in projects,” Vought, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, said in an X post.The paused funds pertain to “lower-priority projects” in cities including New York, San Francisco, Boston and Baltimore, Vought said.The Army Corps of Engineers, which provides a wide range of public engineering services and comprises more than 37,000…

Oct 17, 2025, 02:10 PM ETArsenal manager Mikel Arteta and Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay can take their bromance to new levels this weekend.Their teams — both owned by Stan Kroenke — are playing in the same city. To boot, their respective opponents — Fulham and the Jacksonville Jaguars — are both owned by Shad Khan.On Friday, Arteta spoke glowingly of his Rams counterpart. They regularly exchange Whatsapp messages.- Arteta: Arsenal’s Ødegaard out several weeks- Olley: Can Arteta break Arsenal’s cycle of finishing second?”Sean is someone that I admire a lot, not only for what he has achieved, but…

Bruno Fernandes says Manchester United need stability and the players believe Ruben Amorim is the right man to bring the club back to where it belongs.United have lurched from one extreme to another this season, suffering chastening defeats at Manchester City and Brentford, but the captain was glad to see Amorim get the public backing of minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe over the international break. Amorim is yet to win back-to-back league games nearly a year into the job, but there is a unifying message of support coming from the players and those above him ahead of a huge trip…

Jeff KassoufOct 17, 2025, 01:16 PM ETCloseJeff Kassouf covers women’s soccer for ESPN, focusing on the USWNT and NWSL. In 2009, he founded The Equalizer, a women’s soccer news outlet, and he previously won a Sports Emmy at NBC Sports and Olympics.United States forward Trinity Rodman has a Grade 1 MCL sprain and will be sidelined for an unspecified amount of time, Washington Spirit head coach Adrian Gonzalez said Friday. There is no timetable for her return.Rodman is expected to miss the U.S. women’s national team’s upcoming games against Portugal and New Zealand due to the knee injury sustained earlier…

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot and captain Virgil van Dijk have defended £116m signing Florian Wirtz’s slow start to the season, insisting he has been unlucky and needs time to adjust.Wirtz joined in the summer as part of Liverpool’s record £446m transfer window but has yet to record a goal or an assist in seven Premier League appearances and two Champions League ties. Ahead of facing Manchester United on Super Sunday, Slot told Sky Sports: “If you’ve been brought in for so much money, people look mainly at goals and assists, but I can tell you he could be on…