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PETIT-GOÂVE, Haiti (AP) — Many in Petit-Goâve were asleep when La Digue river began to rise after midnight. By the time residents in the southern coastal town realized what was happening, it was too late. The river had burst its banks and swept away children, cars and homes as the outer bands of Hurricane Melissa lashed southern Haiti in late October.One man escaped through a window while a woman grabbed onto a car and held her son tight to avoid being dragged by floodwaters that severely broke her leg.They survived, but the Category 5 hurricane, one of the strongest Atlantic…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police formally accused President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ’s former human rights minister Silvio Almeida of sexual misconduct after he was fired over the allegations last year, a police official said Saturday.The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly speak about the case.Prosecutors will now decide whether to press charges. If they do so, the Supreme Court will either throw them out or accept them, in which case Almeida would face a trial.Local media outlets reported that police had formally accused Almeida on Friday. He has…

Mikel Oyarzabal scored twice as Spain maintained their perfect form in World Cup qualifying with a 4-0 win in Georgia on Saturday as it closed in on a berth at next year’s showpiece tournament.Luis de la Fuente’s side has scored 19 times while conceding zero goals in five group victories.The European champions are poised to wrap up a spot in the finals when they meets Turkey on Tuesday in their last qualifier.Spain lead Group E by three points over Turkey, who beat Bulgaria 2-0 on Saturday.The only way the Turks could pip Spain for the top spot and grab a…

Wales laboured to a 1-0 win over international minnows Liechtenstein to keep alive their hopes of World Cup qualification.Jordan James claimed his first Wales goal from close range after Liechtenstein’s assorted collection of full-time players, office workers and students had held out for over an hour. James wheeled away in delight with his obvious relief shared by 3,000 Wales fans filling three sides of the Rheinpark Stadion in Vaduz.Moments later, however, James was booked and another late caution for Ethan Ampadu sees both midfielders ruled out of Tuesday’s crunch tie with North Macedonia through suspension.That Cardiff City Stadium contest is…

Wales laboured to a 1-0 win over international minnows Liechtenstein to keep alive their hopes of World Cup qualification.Jordan James claimed his first Wales goal from close range after Liechtenstein’s assorted collection of full-time players, office workers and students had held out for over an hour. James wheeled away in delight with his obvious relief shared by 3,000 Wales fans filling three sides of the Rheinpark Stadion in Vaduz.Moments later, however, James was booked and another late caution for Ethan Ampadu sees both midfielders ruled out of Tuesday’s crunch tie with North Macedonia through suspension.That Cardiff City Stadium contest is…

Emily KeoghNov 15, 2025, 11:30 AM ETCloseBased in London, Emily Keogh is ESPN’s women’s soccer correspondent, specializing in the WSL and UWCLCould this be the season that dominant reigning six-time champions Chelsea finally relinquish the Women’s Super League (WSL) throne? Manchester City will surely think so. A comfortable 3-0 victory over Manchester United has added further proof that City — looking ruthless, re-energised and reinvigorated under new manager Andrée Jeglertz — are genuine title contenders.City came agonisingly close in the 2023-24 season, missing out on the title on goal difference. Last season, however, a disappointing campaign left them fourth and…

Nov 15, 2025, 11:15 AM ETArsenal defender Riccardo Calafiori has withdrawn from international duty with Italy due to injury, manager Gennaro Gattuso has confirmed.Italy, who play their final World Cup qualification match against Norway on Sunday, will be without the full-back after Gattuso said it would not be “fair” on him or Arsenal to play.”Calafiori left the training camp,” Gattuso told Sky Sports Italia.”We tried Calafiori, he had a few issues. I thank him for his commitment: he stayed here for a week, he could have played perhaps, but it wouldn’t have been fair to him or Arsenal. We’ll see…

Adriana Kugler testifies before a Senate Banking Committee hearing on her nomination to be a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 21, 2023. Jonathan Ernst | ReutersFormer Federal Reserve Board Gov. Adriana Kugler last year broke the central bank’s rules barring trading of individual stocks and executing financial transactions close to meetings where interest rates are set, actions that led up to her abrupt resignation, according to a report by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics released Saturday.The report comes three months after Kugler mysteriously left from the Fed’s Board of Governors…

Arsenal defender Gabriel has sparked an injury concern for the Gunners after limping off in Brazil’s 2-0 victory over Senegal at the Emirates.Goals from Chelsea’s Estevao Willian and Manchester United’s Casemiro were enough for the Canarinha to secure the win on English soil as they ramp up their prepartions for the 2026 World Cup. However, Gunners fans will anxiously wait to hear the severity of their defender’s injury after he was withdrawn shortly after an hour.Gabriel appeared to be experiencing a muscular injury to his groin as he was taken off, but there has been no confirmation as to the…

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When President Donald Trump addressed Congress earlier this year, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was there holding an American flag and wearing a red baseball cap that said “Trump was right about everything.” After the speech, he gave her a kiss and she beamed. Trump was back in power and Greene was positioned to be one of his most ardent political foot soldiers with Republicans controlling all levers of power in Washington.Their alliance didn’t last the year. Now it has fractured in an explosive feud that could foreshadow more rifts within Trump’s “Make America Great…