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SAO PAULO (AP) — The justices on Brazil’s Supreme Court panel reviewing former President Jair Bolsonaro’s appeal unanimously rejected his request on Friday.Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the case’s rapporteur, rejected all defense arguments, calling them “unfeasible,” and said there were no omissions in the sentencing. He was later followed by Justices Flávio Dino, Cristiano Zanin and Cármen Lúcia.The panel has until Nov. 14 to submit their votes, and the decision won’t be finalized until then. Although unlikely, justices could change their votes before then.Bolsonaro was convicted in September of attempting a coup following his 2022 electoral defeat and was sentenced…

After graduating from Boston College with a doctorate degree in law in 2001, landing a job at the Department of Labor and later financial services firm Fidelity, Sonia Raman thought she would be a lawyer forever.Then in 2008, she left her career in corporate law behind to coach women’s basketball.”I actually really loved my day job at Fidelity, but I think [my] passion was with coaching,” Raman, 51, tells CNBC Make It. “Basketball just kept pulling me back in.”It was a “calculated risk,” she says, but one that seems to have paid off: Raman was named the next head coach…

Volunteers load boxes of food into cars during an event held by the Community FoodBank of New Jersey in partnership with Bergen County to deliver emergency food relief to Federal workers and SNAP recipients amid the U.S. government shutdown in Leonia, New Jersey, U.S., November 6, 2025.Mike Segar | ReutersWorries over the government shutdown surged in the early part of November, pushing consumer sentiment to its lowest in more than three years and just off its worst level ever, according to a University of Michigan survey released Friday.The university’s monthly Index of Consumer Sentiment posted a reading of 50.3 for…

James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died. He was 97.The breakthrough — made when the brash, Chicago-born Watson was just 24 — turned him into a hallowed figure in the world of science for decades. But near the end of his life, he faced condemnation and professional censure for offensive remarks, including saying Black people are less intelligent than white people.Watson shared a 1962 Nobel Prize with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins for discovering that deoxyribonucleic acid, or…

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government shutdown has rattled air travel — most recently with an unprecedented effort from the Federal Aviation Administration to cut flights by 10% at airports nationwide. And the disruptions are causing some to instead hit the road or buy a train ticket.That could mean more business for car rentals, long-haul buses and commuter rails like Amtrak — particularly if flight delays and cancellations continue piling up as the U.S. approaches Thanksgiving and other peak holiday travel.Amid the latest scramble, Hertz is already reporting a sharp increase in one-way car rentals. One-way reservations have spiked…

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian photographer Édgar Jiménez walks around a room exhibiting “Adam and Eve,” his portrait of two of the first hippopotamuses that were brought to Colombia by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s.Jiménez, who once served as Escobar’s personal photographer, recalls taking the picture from only four meters (13 feet) away, without any kind of protection and unaware of the danger they posed. That same pair of hippos later attacked and killed a camel.“The hippos were bought from a zoo in the United States that buys and captures animals from Africa,” recalls the 75-year-old photographer,…

Barcelona staged an open training session at their new-look Nou Camp on Friday in front of 21,795 supporters as they edged closer to returning to the stadium.Barca have not played at their iconic ground since 2023 – a total of 895 days – due to a £1.25bn refurbishment, with home matches taking place at the Olympic Stadium in the city. Friday’s training session ahead of Sunday’s LaLiga match against Celta Vigo served as a test event before the club return for matches later this month.It was head coach Hansi Flick’s first experience at Nou Camp and for Manchester United loanee Marcus Rashford as…

Sky Sports Multiview is back for another action-packed Super Sunday, allowing you to stay across FOUR Premier League games at once.Aston Villa vs Bournemouth, Brentford vs Newcastle, Crystal Palace vs Brighton and Nottingham Forest vs Leeds all kick off at 2pm on Sunday, and Sky Sports Multiview allows you to watch them all at once or focus in on one. What a way to warm up for the big 4.30pm showdown between Man City vs Liverpool, which is also live on Sky Sports. Below, we have all you need to know about Sky Sports Multiview but first, let’s take a…

Before representing Mexico on the international level, Christina Burkenroad had a childhood she called ‘chaotic’ in San Diego. Omar Vega/Getty ImagesWhile taking part in a pickup soccer game underneath San Diego’s Coronado Bridge in Barrio Logan, the last person I expected to show up was Christina Burkenroad.On a summer break after her European season in 2019, and months before becoming one of the most recognizable names in Mexican women’s soccer, the forward didn’t step into the session as an ego-filled celebrity, but instead as just another local on the rugged concrete floor.I knew she had UEFA Women’s Champions League minutes. I…

U.S. airlines started canceling hundreds of flights on Friday, hours after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered the cuts amid the more-than-monthlong government shutdown.The reductions were ordered as air traffic controllers have missed their paychecks due to the government shutdown, now the longest in U.S. history. Air traffic control staffing shortages have been disrupting flights at several major U.S. airports, vexing travelers and airline executives alike.Air traffic controller shortages were delaying flights at several major U.S. airports on Friday, including Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, San Francisco International Airport and Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta.The sudden flight cuts this…