The superintendent of Iowas largest school district, who was detained last week by immigration agents, was charged Thursday in federal court with possessing firearms while in the U.S. illegally, prosecutors said.

Ian Roberts resigned this week as Des Moines superintendent of schools, just days after he was pulled over and fled from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, who ultimately arrested him with the help of officers from the Iowa State Patrol. When he was arrested, federal agents found a handgun that was wrapped in a towel inside the Jeep Cherokee he was driving, according to court papers.

Roberts, who is originally from Guyana, had been jailed in Sioux City, about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northwest of Des Moines, since late Friday afternoon. Officials said he was taken into custody on a federal arrest warrant for the weapons charge and appeared by video before a federal magistrate judge.

Roberts' attorney, Alfredo Parrish, said his client will plead not guilty.

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Our position at this time he has a presumption of innocence, Parrish said. He will exercise his right to indicate to the court, if he is indicted, that hes not guilty, Parrish said, adding that there has not been an indictment returned by the grand jury.

Roberts, 54, is alleged to have been in possession of four firearms, according to court documents. Authorities said Roberts had been authorized to work in the U.S. between December 2018 and 2020 but has since not had lawful employment authorization, according to the complaint.

Federal authorities said Roberts had a final removal order that was issued last year, and an immigration judge denied a motion to reopen Roberts' immigration case in April this year. The complaint released Tuesday alleged that Roberts had that final removal order in a different car at his residence.

Roberts had been under the impression from a prior attorney that his immigration case was resolved successfully," his attorney has said.

It has been my pleasure to represent you throughout this process, and I am pleased to report that your case has reached a successful resolution, Texas attorney Jackeline Gonzalez wrote on March 27.

An aide to Gonzalez confirmed to The Associated Press Tuesday that the law firm had represented Roberts but gave no immediate comment.

Gonzalez spoke earlier this week to federal officials and said the letter she sent had informed Roberts that the immigration case with Gonzalez's office was being closed, according to court papers. Roberts had an unpaid legal bill with her office.

Gonzalez added that the letter was not intended to convey that his case with the court had been completed, the court documents said.

Gonzalez declined to tell authorities, however, about her communication with Roberts about the immigration judge's denial of the motion to reopen his case, which was sent to her office.

One firearm, the one found under the driver's seat of his school-issued vehicle when he was arrested, was a pistol believed to have been purchased by Roberts wife, authorities said. The other three a pistol, a rifle and a shotgun were found during a search of Roberts' home, the complaint said, and all were allegedly loaded.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Hamas must agree to a proposed peace deal by Sunday evening, threatening an even greater military onslaught nearly two years into the war sparked by the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

Trump appears keen to deliver on pledges to end the war and return dozens of hostages ahead of the second anniversary of the attack on Tuesday. His peace plan has been accepted by Israel and welcomed internationally, but key mediators Egypt and Qatar, and at least one Hamas official, have said some elements need further negotiation, without elaborating.

An Agreement must be reached with Hamas by Sunday Evening at SIX (6) P.M., Washington, D.C. time, Trump wrote Friday on social media. Every Country has signed on! If this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas. THERE WILL BE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

Trump's plan would end the fighting and return hostages

Under the plan, which Trump unveiled earlier this week alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas would immediately release the remaining 48 hostages around 20 of them believed to be alive. It would also give up power and disarm.

In return, Israel would halt its offensive and withdraw from much of the territory, release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and allow an influx of humanitarian aid and eventual reconstruction. Plans to relocate much of Gaza's population to other countries would be shelved.

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The territory of some 2 million Palestinians would be placed under international governance, with Trump himself and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair overseeing it. The plan provides no path for eventual reunification with the Israeli-occupied West Bank in a future Palestinian state.

A Hamas official told The Associated Press this week that some elements of the plan are unacceptable and need to be amended, without elaborating. Palestinians long for an end to the war, but many view this and previous U.S. proposals as strongly favoring Israel.

US and Israel seek to pressure Hamas

Israel has sought to ramp up pressure on Hamas since ending an earlier ceasefire in March. It sealed the territory off from food, medicine and other goods for 2 1/2 months and has seized, flattened and largely depopulated large areas of the territory.

Experts determined that Gaza City had slid into famine shortly before Israel launched a major offensive aimed at occupying it. An estimated 400,000 people have fled the city in recent weeks, but hundreds of thousands more have stayed behind.

Olga Cherevko, a spokesperson for the U.N. humanitarian office, said she saw several displaced families staying in the parking lot of Shifa Hospital during a visit on Thursday.

They are not able to move south because they just cannot afford it, Cherevko told The Associated Press. One of the families had three children and the woman was pregnant with her fourth. And there were many other vulnerable cases there, including elderly people and people with disabilities.

Trump wrote that most of Hamas' fighters are "surrounded and MILITARILY TRAPPED, just waiting for me to give the word, GO, for their lives to be quickly extinguished. As for the rest, we know where and who you are, and you will be hunted down, and killed.

Most of Hamas' top leaders in Gaza and thousands of its fighters have already been killed, but it still has influence in areas not controlled by the Israeli military and launches sporadic attacks that have killed and wounded Israeli soldiers.

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Hamas has held firm to its position that it will only release the remaining hostages its sole bargaining chip and potential human shields in exchange for a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal. Netanyahu has rejected those terms, saying Hamas must surrender and disarm.

Second anniversary approaches

Thousands of Hamas-led militants stormed into Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, attacking army bases, farming communities and an outdoor music festival, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians. They abducted 251 others, most of them since released in ceasefires or other deals.

Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed more than 66,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which does not say how many were civilians or combatants. It says women and children make up around half the dead.

The ministry is part of the Hamas-run government, and the U.N. and many independent experts consider its figures to be the most reliable estimate of wartime casualties.

The offensive has displaced around 90% of Gaza's population, often multiple times, and left much of the territory uninhabitable.

Both the Biden and Trump administrations have tried to end the fighting and bring back the hostages while providing extensive military and diplomatic support to Israel.

The White House is asking nine major universities to commit to President Donald Trump's political priorities in exchange for more favorable access to federal money.

A document sent to the universities encourages them to adopt the White House's vision for America's campuses, with commitments to accept the government's priorities on admissions, women's sports, free speech, student discipline and college affordability, among other topics.

Signing on would give universities "multiple positive benefits," including "substantial and meaningful federal grants" and "increased overhead payments where feasible," according to a letter sent to universities alongside the compact. The letter calls it a proactive effort as the administration continues to investigate alleged civil rights violations at U.S. campuses.

Called the "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education," it asks universities to accept the government's definition of gender and apply it to campus bathrooms, locker rooms and women's sports teams. It asks colleges to stop considering race, gender and a wide range of student demographics in the admissions process and to require undergraduate applicants to take the SAT or ACT.

The 10-page proposed agreement was sent Wednesday to some of the most selective public and private universities: Vanderbilt, the University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth College, the University of Southern California, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Texas, the University of Arizona, Brown University and the University of Virginia. It was not clear how these schools were selected or why.

The nine universities could become "initial signatories" and are being invited to provide feedback before the language is finalized, according to the letter. It asks for a decision by Nov. 21.

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White House takes a new, incentive-based approach

The memo represents a shift in strategy as the administration offers a reward not just punishment as an incentive for adopting Trump's political wish list. Many of the demands mirror those made by his administration as it slashed billions of dollars in federal money for Harvard, Columbia and others accused of liberal bias. A federal judge overturned cuts at Harvard in September, saying the government had overstepped its authority.

Several universities said they were reviewing the compact and had no comment. A statement from the University of Virginia said there was nothing to suggest why it was chosen. The university's interim president assembled a group of administrators on Thursday to review the letter.

Leaders of the Texas system were "honored" that the Austin campus was chosen to be a part of the compact and its "potential funding advantages," according to a statement from Kevin Eltife, chair of the Board of Regents. "Today we welcome the new opportunity presented to us and we look forward to working with the Trump Administration on it," Eltife said.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said if any universities in his state sign the compact, they will lose access to state funding, including Cal Grants, a $2.8 billion student financial aid program. In an all-capital statement, Newsom, a Democrat, said California "will not bankroll schools that sell out their students, professors, researchers, and surrender academic freedom."

Colleges would have restrictions on international enrollment and tuition hikes

Under the compact, international enrollment would have to be capped at 15% of a college's undergraduate student body, and no more than 5% could come from a single country. All the universities invited to the compact appear to be within the 15% threshold, though Dartmouth and USC are close, at 14%, according to federal data. Many universities do not report breakdowns by individual countries.

Most other U.S. universities also fall within the 15% cap, but about 120 exceed it, including Columbia University, Emory University and Boston University, federal data show.

Some of the most sweeping commitments are aimed at promoting conservative viewpoints. Universities would have to ensure their campuses are a "vibrant marketplace of ideas" where no single ideology is dominant, the compact said. They would have to evaluate views among students and faculty to ensure every department reflects a diverse mix of views.

To accomplish that, it says universities must take steps, including "transforming or abolishing institutional units that purposefully punish, belittle, and even spark violence against conservative ideas."

It requires policies meant to counter the kind of protests that roiled U.S. campuses last year amid the Israel-Hamas war. It asks for a commitment to prevent any disruption to classes or campus libraries and to ensure demonstrators don't heckle other students.

Campuses that sign the compact would have to freeze tuition for U.S. students for five years, and those with endowments exceeding $2 million per undergraduate could not charge tuition at all for students pursuing "hard science" programs.

Opponents see a threat to free speech

Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education, urged universities to reject the deal, saying it violates campus independence and undermines free speech.

"It's not worth the compromises that they would have to make," he said. "This is a Faustian bargain."

The compact also drew criticism from free speech groups, faculty associations and from Larry Summers, a former Treasury secretary and Harvard president. Summers said he believes elite universities have lost their way, but he said the compact is like trying to "fix a watch with a hammer ill conceived and counterproductive."

"The backlash against its crudity will likely set back necessary reform efforts," Summers said.

The terms of the deal would be enforced by the Justice Department, with violators losing access to the compact's benefits for no less than a year. Following violations bump the penalty to two years.

"Institutions of higher education are free to develop models and values other than those below," the compact said, "if the institution elects to forego federal benefits."

The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned last year after a woman in Oklahoma accused the pastor of sexually abusing her in the 1980s pleaded guilty Thursday to five counts of lewd and indecent acts with a child, authorities said.

Robert Preston Morris, 64, entered the pleas before a judge in Oklahomas Osage County as part of a plea agreement, according to the state attorney generals office.

The abuse began in 1982 when the victim was 12 and Morris was a traveling evangelist staying in Hominy, Oklahoma, with her family, according to the statement by Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond. The abuse continued over the next four years, the statement said.

Morris was the senior pastor of Gateway Church in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Southlake, where he led one of the nation's largest megachurches until his resignation. He was indicted earlier this year by an Oklahoma grand jury. Under the plea agreement, Morris received a 10-year suspended sentence with the first six months to be served in the Osage County Jail.

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Morris was handcuffed and wearing a suit as he was escorted out of court on Thursday by two sheriff's deputies.

The victim, Cindy Clemishire, who is now 55, said in a statement that justice has finally been served, and the man who manipulated, groomed and abused me as a 12-year-old innocent girl is finally going to be behind bars. The Associated Press typically does not name people who say they have been sexually assaulted unless they come forward publicly, as Clemishire has done.

My hope is that many victims hear my story, and it can help lift their shame and allow them to speak up, she said. I hope that laws continue to change and new ones are written so children and victims rights are better protected. I hope that people understand the only way to stop child sexual abuse is to speak up when it happens or is suspected.

Morris must register as a sex offender and will be supervised by Texas authorities via interstate compact. He also was ordered to pay his costs of incarceration, including any medical expenses, and restitution to the victim.

One of Morris' attorneys, Bill Mateja, said Morris wanted to accept responsibility for his conduct, and wanted to bring the legal matter to an end for the sake of him and his family and Clemishire and her family.

While he believes that he long since accepted responsibility in the eyes of God and that Gateway Church was a manifestation of that acceptance, he readily accepted responsibility in the eyes of the law, Mateja said.

Mateja said Morris wanted to apologize to Clemishire and her family for his conduct and asked for forgiveness.

When asked about the allegations last year by The Christian Post, Morris said in a statement to the publication that when he was in his early 20s he was involved in inappropriate sexual behavior with a young lady in a home where I was staying. He said it was kissing and petting, not intercourse, but it was wrong."

Gateway Church was founded by Morris in 2000. He has been politically active and formerly served on President Donald Trumps evangelical advisory board. The church hosted Trump on its Dallas campus in 2020 for a discussion on race relations and the economy.

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Gateway Church declined to comment Thursday.

The pleas were entered before Osage County District Special Judge Cindy Pickerill.

There can be no tolerance for those who sexually prey on children, Drummond said. This case is all the more despicable because the perpetrator was a pastor who exploited his position of trust and authority. The victim in this case has waited far too many years for this day.

One of the two men killed in a car and knife attack on a synagogue in the city of Manchester appears to have been killed by a bullet fired by a police officer as worshippers tried to stop the attacker getting into the building, law enforcement authorities said Friday.

Police said local residents Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, died in the attack on the Heaton Park Congregation Synagogue in the Manchester suburb of Crumpsall on Thursday. Three other people are hospitalized in serious condition.

Police shot and killed a suspect seven minutes after he rammed a car into pedestrians outside the synagogue and then attacked them with a knife. He wore what appeared to be an explosives belt, which was found to be fake.

Greater Manchester Police chief Stephen Watson said a forensic examination has provisionally determined that one of those killed had a gunshot wound. He said the attacker did not have a gun, and this injury may sadly have been sustained as a tragic and unforeseen consequence of police actions.

He said one of the hospitalized victims also appears to have been shot.

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It is believed that both victims were close together behind the synagogue door, as worshippers acted bravely to prevent the attacker from gaining entry, Watson said.

The assault took place as people gathered at the Orthodox synagogue on Yom Kippur, the day of atonement and the most solemn day in the Jewish calendar.

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, the head of Orthodox Judaism in Britain, said the attack was the result of an unrelenting wave of Jew hatred on the streets and online.

This is the day we hoped we would never see, but which deep down, we knew would come, he wrote on social media.

Attacker was not known to police

Police identified the attacker as Jihad Al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent who entered the United Kingdom as a young child and became a citizen in 2006. Al-Shamie translates into English as the Syrian, and authorities are unsure whether that is his birth name.

Police said the crime is being investigated as a terrorist attack. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the attacker was not previously known to police or to Prevent, a national counterterror program that tries to identify people at risk of radicalization.

Mahmood said "its too early to say whether the attacker acted alone or was part of a cell.

Police said they are still probing the attackers motive. Officers arrested three people Thursday on suspicion of the preparation or commission of acts of terrorism. They are two men in their 30s and a woman in her 60s.

Neighbors of the attacker in the Manchester suburb of Prestwich, a couple of miles (about 3 kilometers) from the synagogue, said Al-Shamie's family had lived in the house for years. Several described seeing Al-Shamie lifting weights and working out in the backyard.

Geoff Halliwell, who lives nearby, said he appeared to be a straightforward, ordinary lad.

Religious leaders condemn the attack

Religious and political leaders condemned the attack and pledged to reassure Britains Jewish community, which numbers about 300,000.

Anglican bishop Sarah Mullally, who was named Friday as the next leader of the Church of England, said the horrific violence was a sign of hatred that rises up through fractures across our communities.

Hatred and racism of any kind cannot be allowed to tear us apart, she said.

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Police said extra officers would be on the streets of Manchester on Friday and through the weekend.

Recorded antisemitic incidents in the U.K. have risen sharply since Hamas Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel and Israels ensuing war against Hamas in Gaza, according to Community Security Trust, an advocacy group for British Jews. More than 1,500 incidents were reported in the first half of the year, the second-highest six-month total reported since the record set over the same period a year earlier.

Calls for pro-Palestinian protests to be canceled

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria visited the scene of the attack on Friday morning.

Starmer has denounced the vile assailant who attacked Jews because they are Jews. He promised British Jews that he would do everything in my power to guarantee you the security that you deserve.

He said the country would come together "to wrap our arms around your community and show you that Britain is a place where you and your family are safe, secure and belong.

Some politicians and religious leaders claimed pro-Palestinian demonstrations, which have been held regularly since the war in Gaza began, had played a role in spreading hatred of Jews. Some say chants such as From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free incite violence. Others, including Jews who support the protests, say they want a ceasefire, an end to the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas.

Mirvis, the chief rabbi, urged authorities to get a grip on these demonstrations. They are dangerous.

You cannot separate the words on our streets, the actions of people in this way, and what inevitably results, which was yesterdays terrorist attack," he told the BBC.

Mahmood, the home secretary, said 40 people were arrested on Thursday evening at protests that were unrelated to the synagogue attack and were organized in response to the Israeli navy's interception of a flotilla attempting to break Israel's blockade of Gaza.

She said it was dishonorable that the protests had not been canceled after the Manchester attack.

Police in London urged organizers to call off a protest planned for Saturday to oppose the banning of the group Palestine Action. Organizers said they would not cancel the demonstration.

It's time to get a flu vaccine, and pediatricians are urging people to get them after last winter, when the U.S. saw the most flu-related child deaths in 15 years.

October is the ideal month to get protected, experts say, because flu cases typically begin climbing in November.

"The best time is today. If you haven't already had it, get it. I got mine yesterday," said Dr. Laura Riley, of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Don't like shots? This year marks the first time that some people can try vaccinating themselves at home using the nasal spray vaccine FluMist.

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Here's what to know.

Who needs a yearly flu vaccination?

Just about everyone age 6 months and older, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and major medical societies. Despite lots of recent misinformation and confusion about vaccines, the flu recommendations haven't changed.

Flu is particularly dangerous for people 65 and older, pregnant women, young children, and people of any age who have chronic health problems including asthma, diabetes, heart disease and weak immune systems.

About 71% of seniors roll up their sleeves every year, but less than 50% of other adults do. Last year, just under half of children got a flu vaccine, down from over 60% a few years ago.

Flu vaccines can keep you out of the hospital

Flu vaccines may not block all infections, but they do a really good job of preventing severe illness and hospitalization, said Dr. Sean O'Leary, of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Tens of thousands of Americans die from the flu every winter. But during last year's harsh season, the CDC counted 280 children who died of flu-related complications. Nearly half had no prior health problems and about 90% hadn't been fully vaccinated.

Another concern from last season: The CDC counted more than 100 children who developed a rare flu complication brain inflammation that can lead to seizures, hallucinations, or even death. Very few were vaccinated.

Flu vaccination during pregnancy is two-for-one protection

It's important for mothers-to-be to understand that a bad case of flu can put them in the hospital or cause their baby to be born prematurely, Riley said.

Flu shot protection also carries over to newborns, and infants too young for their own vaccinations are especially vulnerable to flu.

Riley stressed that years of flu vaccinations show that recommendation is safe for mother and baby.

Which flu vaccine to choose?

High-dose shots and those with a special immune booster are designed for people 65 and older, but if they can't find one easily they can choose a regular all-ages flu shot.

For the shot-averse, the nasal spray FluMist is available for ages 2 to 49.

What's that new at-home vaccination?

FluMist has been available for more than 20 years, but the at-home option is newly available for certain adults on the vaccine's website. If they're deemed eligible according to their age and a medical questionnaire, they'll be shipped FluMist timed to arrive on a particular day, with instructions on how to administer it to themselves or their children.

The Food and Drug Administration approved the home administration option last year, too late to roll out for that season. It's currently only available in 34 states, according to manufacturer AstraZeneca, which hopes to expand access.

What do flu vaccines cost?

They're supposed to be free under Medicare, Medicaid and most private insurance plans if people use an in-network provider. Local health departments also can provide free or low-cost flu vaccinations for people who qualify.

As for the at-home FluMist option, the same insurance rules are supposed to apply, but there will be an out-of-pocket delivery fee.

Can you get a COVID-19 vaccine at the same time?

Yes, said Dr. Philip Huang, director of Dallas Health and Human Services. They're safe to give together and "that's a good way to get them taken care of," he said.

However, there still may be difficulty in finding COVID-19 shots especially through a government-funded child vaccination program given confusion after a federal advisory board quit recommending them but said people could decide for themselves.

The federal government is expected to again accept new applications for a program that grants some people without legal immigration status the ability to live and work in the United States.

Lawyers for the federal government and immigrant advocates have presented plans before a federal judge that would open the door again to accepting applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, otherwise known as DACA.

One state Texas, where the case is being heard however, would be exempted from providing work permits.

It's estimated that hundreds of thousands of people could be eligible to be enrolled in DACA, once a federal judge issues an order to formalize plans laid out by the Department of Justice in a legal filing made on Monday. The program, created under the Obama administration, grants people without legal immigration status who were brought into the country by their parents two-year, renewable permits to live and work in the U.S. legally.

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The program has allowed people who were brought to the United States as children to temporarily remain in the country and obtain work permits. It does not confer legal status but provides protection from deportation.

Eligibility requirements include people who entered the country as children before their 16th birthday, were under 31 years old as of June 15, 2012, and have not been convicted of a felony, a significant misdemeanor, or three misdemeanors. There would be restrictions related to work permits for those who reside in Texas, which filed a lawsuit against the DACA program in 2018.

Nothing changes yet

DOJ attorneys laid out the proposal before U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen on Monday as part of the ongoing Texas lawsuit. It would allow U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to take new and renewal applications for DACA across the country, which it has not done for four years.

In Texas, USCIS would take new and renewal applications for the DACA program but recipients residing in the state will not receive a work permit.

Attorneys representing DACA recipients proposed adding a wind-down period that would allow Texas residents to keep their work authorization for one more renewal period.

These proposals follow an earlier decision from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allowing the program to continue with the work permit carveout in Texas.

The federal government and attorneys for DACA recipients have two more opportunities in October to file responses to the proposals submitted this week. Hanen, based in Houston, will then decide what proposal or combination of proposals to implement in his order.

Caution advised

Immigrant advocates are not celebrating yet but believe thousands may be eligible for the program. Aside from the over 533,000 who are enrolled already in DACA, about 1.1 million people may be eligible across the country, according to a 2023 estimate from the Migration Policy Institute.

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People interested in applying were urged to start preparing. While we are still waiting for an official decision, we believe our communities and families should be prepared and begin gathering the required documents, Michelle Celleri, Legal Rights Director for Alliance San Diego, said in a statement.

Other advocates are cautiously optimistic. Juliana Macedo do Nascimento, a spokesperson for United We Dream, pointed to a section in the government's proposal that could hint at changes. These proposals do not limit DHS from undertaking any future lawful changes to DACA, the governments proposal said in Mondays filing.

We need to be able to look at this in a fuller picture than just this case, because were seeing the administration detain and deport DACA recipients, Macedo do Nascimento said on Wednesday.

An assailant drove a car into people outside a synagogue Thursday in northern England and then began stabbing them, killing two and seriously wounding four in a terrorist attack on the holiest day of the Jewish year, police said.

Officers shot and killed the suspect, Greater Manchester Police said, though it took authorities some time to confirm he was dead because of concerns he had an explosive.

The Metropolitan Police in London, who lead counter-terrorism policing operations, declared the assault a terrorist attack.

Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor said two other suspects were arrested, though he provided no further information on the arrests. He said police believe they know the identity of the suspect but have not confirmed it.

The attack took place as people gathered at an Orthodox synagogue in suburban neighborhood of Manchester on Yom Kippur, the day of atonement and the most solemn day in the Jewish calendar. Police said the two people killed were Jewish.

Antisemitic incidents in the U.K. have soared following Hamas Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel and Israels ensuing military campaign in Gaza, according to Community Security Trust, an advocacy group for British Jews that works to eliminate antisemitism.

More than 1,500 incidents were reported in the first half of the year, the second-highest reported since the record set a year earlier.

This is every rabbis or every Jewish persons worst nightmare, said Rabbi Jonathan Romain, of Maidenhead Synagogue and head of the Rabbinic Court of Great Britain. Not only is this a sacred day, the most sacred in the Jewish calendar, but its also a time of mass gathering.

Witnesses describe a car driving toward the synagogue and then a stabbing attack

In a series of posts on X, Greater Manchester Police said they were called to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue shortly after 9:30 a.m. shortly after services were set to begin. The caller said he saw a car being driven toward members of the public and that one man had been stabbed.

Chava Lewin, who lives next to the synagogue, said she heard a bang and thought it might be a firework until her husband ran inside their house and said there had been a terrorist attack.

A witness told her that she saw a car driving erratically crash into the gates of the house of worship.

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She thought maybe he had a heart attack, Lewin said. The second he got out of the car, he started stabbing anyone near him. He went for the security guard and tried to break into the synagogue.

Minutes later, police fired shots, saying they believed they had hit the assailant.

Video on social media showed police with guns pointed at a person lying on the ground beneath a blue Star of David on the brick wall of the synagogue.

A bystander could be heard on the video saying the man had a bomb and was trying to detonate it. When the man tried to stand up, a gunshot rang out and he fell to the ground.

Police later detonated an explosion to get into the suspect's car.

Manchester was the site of Britains deadliest attack in recent years, the 2017 suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert that killed 22 people.

Authorities declare an emergency

Immediately after the attack, police declared "Plato, the national code-word used by police and emergency services when responding to a marauding terror attack."

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was appalled by the attack and additional police officers would be deployed at synagogues across the U.K.

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He flew back to London early from a summit of European leaders in Copenhagen, Denmark, to chair a meeting of the governments emergency committee.

The fact that this has taken place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, makes it all the more horrific, Starmer said on the X platform.

King Charles III said he and Queen Camilla were deeply shocked and saddened to learn of the attack on such a significant day for the Jewish community.

Our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by this appalling incident and we greatly appreciate the swift actions of the emergency services, he said on his social media feed.

Two Delta Air Lines regional jets collided while on the taxiway at LaGuardia Airport in New York, injuring at least one person in what the airline described as a low-speed collision.

The wing of an aircraft carrying 32 people getting ready to take off Wednesday night to Roanoke, Virginia, hit the fuselage of an aircraft arriving from Charlotte, North Carolina, with 61 people aboard, according to a statement from Delta.

A flight attendant had non-life threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital, according to a statement from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. There were no reports of passengers injured, the airline said.

Their right wing clipped our nose and the cockpit we have damage to our windscreen and ... some of our screens in here, a pilot said, according to air traffic control audio.

The plane that had landed stopped, jerked, and jumped to the right, passenger William Lusk, told ABC. Everyone went dead silent. And as everyone went dead silent, the pilot calmly came on and said, Hey, we've been in a crash, everyone remain calm.'"

The rest of the airport's operations were not expected to be impacted, according to Delta.

Delta will work with all relevant authorities to review what occurred as safety of our customers and people comes before all else, the statement from Delta said. "We apologize to our customers for the experience.

The Delta Connection aircraft involved in the collision are operated by Endeavor Air.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller on Wednesday rallied members of a federal law enforcement task force that has begun operating in Memphis as part of President Donald Trump's crime-fighting plan for the city.

The officials met with Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican who has supported the project, before touring a staging area for the Memphis Safe Task Force and then speaking to a group of federal, state and local law enforcement officers and Tennessee National Guard members.

Miller called the task force an all of government, unlimited support operation that would make the city safer than any of you could ever possibly imagine. He predicted that businesses and investment are going to pour in, and Memphis will be richer than ever before.

Were not here to second guess you, Hegseth told them. Were here to have your back to unleash you to do your jobs so you come home safely.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, who represents Memphis in Congress, said he was disappointed to learn about the visit in the media. In a letter to Hegseth and Bondi, he urged them to be more collaborative and expressed concern about the wartime rhetoric coming from the Trump administration.

Memphians are not enemies; they are Americans, Cohen said. They are entitled to constitutional rights, not their government working to intimidate, demoralize, hunt and kill them. We are not a training ground or target practice.

The task force is part of a larger effort by Trump to use National Guard troops and surge federal law enforcement in cities, particularly ones controlled by Democrats. Following troop deployments in the District of Columbia and Los Angeles, he referred to Portland, Oregon, as war-ravaged and threatened apocalyptic force in Chicago. Speaking Tuesday to U.S. military leaders in Virginia, Trump proposed using cities as training grounds for the armed forces.

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Arrests begin in Memphis

Bondi said in a social media post earlier in the day that the task force has made more than 50 arrests over a two-day period. More than 200 officers have been deputized, including personnel from immigration and drug enforcement. They are serving criminal arrest warrants and teaming with state agencies on traffic stops.

Memphis should expect to see an increase in warrant enforcement, especially for violent criminals, Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Ryan Guay said in an email. The Marshals Service will release periodic updates that include arrest numbers, types of charges and participating agencies, he said.

Tennessee National Guard troops will help Memphis Police, Lee has said, but it is unclear how soon that will begin. Lee does not expect more than 150 National Guard members to be sent to Memphis. The city has said there will be no tanks, and the governor said troops will not make arrests or be armed unless local authorities request it.

Memphis has experienced high numbers of violent crimes such as carjackings and homicides in recent years, but both Democratic and Republican officials have noted decreases this year in some crime categories.

Opponents of the deployment say it is an unnecessary federal occupation of a majority-Black city that instead needs more funding to address poverty and other drivers of crime. Supporters see it as a welcomed infusion of law enforcement for a city that still needs help battling violence.

Troops reporting for duty in Oregon

Across the country in Oregon, meanwhile, members of that state's National Guard reported for duty Wednesday. The troops were preparing to support U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property in Oregon, the Pentagon said in a statement.

It could be several days before they are deployed to federal buildings, the Oregon Military Departments director for government and legislative affairs, Russell Gibson, told state lawmakers Tuesday. The troops will come from a military police company and an infantry company, he said.

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield is attempting to block the deployment, with a hearing in the case scheduled for Friday.

Immigration arrests in Chicago

Federal agents have conducted hundreds of immigration arrests in Chicago since last month, primarily through traffic stops and targeting day laborers and homes in predominantly Latino and immigrant-heavy neighborhoods.

At least 37 people were arrested early Tuesday at an apartment building in the predominantly Black South Shore neighborhood. The location was chosen due to alleged connections to the Tren de Aragua gang, the Department of Homeland Security said.

Immigrant rights activists called it further escalation of an operation that has seen armed Border Patrol agents make arrests at famous downtown landmarks. Illinois leaders say they are also bracing for the administration to dispatch military troops.

Investigators in Colorado are reviewing the 2005 shooting death of journalist Hunter S. Thompson, which was ruled a suicide, authorities said.

There's no new evidence suggesting foul play Thompson's death, but the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office requested the review at the behest of Thompson's widow, Anita Thompson, the sheriff's office and Colorado Bureau of Investigation said in a news release Tuesday.

Investigators are committed to answering any lingering questions surrounding his death, Sheriff Michael Buglione said.

We understand the profound impact Hunter S. Thompson had on this community and beyond, he said. By bringing in an outside agency for a fresh look, we hope to provide a definitive and transparent review that may offer peace of mind to his family and the public.

Thompson, who popularized a first-person form of gonzo journalism in articles and books such as Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, died at his Aspen-area home in February 2005. He was 67.

At the time, his family said in a statement that he took his life with a gunshot to the head.

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Anita Thompson told The Associated Press days after her husband's death that he had been talking about suicide in months leading up to it.

He feels at the peak of his life right now, has a very successful career, has a network of perfect friends, she said at the time. If he quit now, he would feel he was a champion."

Any review will not include a reexamination of the writer's remains, which were famously cremated and fired from a cannon at his request during a private ceremony in Colorado. Among the celebrities who attended was actor Johnny Depp, who played the lead role in the 1998 film adaptation of Fear and Loathing.

Neither the CBI nor the sheriff's office immediately responded to Wednesday emails seeking further details about their decision to reexamine the death. No one answered a call to a number listed as Anita Thompson or responded to an email sent to a nonprofit she founded.

Besides the 1972 classic about his trip to Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson also wrote Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail 72. The central character in those wild, sprawling satires was `"Dr. Thompson," a snarling, drug- and alcohol-crazed observer and participant.

Thompson is credited alongside Tom Wolfe and Gay Talese with helping pioneer New Journalism, or as he dubbed his version, gonzo journalism, in which writers made themselves an essential component of the story.

Rescue workers continued to search on Wednesday for dozens of missing students suspected of still being buried under the rubble of a collapsed school in the province of East Java.

The death toll following the incident on Monday has risen to six, according to Yudhi Bramantyo, Deputy Chief of Operations National Search and Rescue Agency.

Five survivors were successfully rescued after a tunnel was dug at the base of the building to their location.

Their conditions were better as they were detected yesterday. They can communicate since yesterday while their bodies are covered by concrete. We have been able to provide food and drink support since yesterday, Bramantyo said.

Rescuers are racing against the clock in the search for other survivors, with dozens of students still unaccounted for, he added.

The structure fell on top of hundreds of people at about 2:30 p.m. on Monday in a prayer hall at the century-old al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, on the eastern side of Indonesias Java island.

The students were mostly boys in grades seven to 12, between ages 12 and 18. Female students were praying in another part of the building and managed to escape, survivors said.

Most rescues typically happen within 24 hours after such disasters, with chances of survival decreasing each day after. More than 300 workers continued to work to try and reach those who have been detected to be still alive and trapped below.

We hope that we can complete this operation soon," Mohammad Syafii, head of Indonesias National Search and Rescue Agency, told reporters. We are currently racing against time because it is possible that we can still save lives of those we have detected within the golden hours.

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In a sign of hope, rescuers pulled one boy out alive on Wednesday afternoon, loading him gently onto a stretcher to be taken to a hospital. His condition was not immediately known.

Of the approximately 100 injured, more than two dozen are still hospitalized, with many said to have suffered head injuries and broken bones, authorities said.

Before Wednesday's rescue, Syafii's agency said at least six children were alive under the rubble, but the search has been complicated with the slabs of concrete and other parts of the building remaining unstable. Heavy equipment is available but is not currently being used due to concerns that could cause further collapse.

Rescuers in hardhats crawled through tight passages made of concrete blocks, steel bars and rubble collapsed in the debris, chipping away at it with hammers and hand-held power tools to try and reach those still underneath.

Oxygen, water and food has been sent through narrow gaps to those still trapped under the debris to keep them alive. Search teams have also used detectors and thermal drones to detect potential survivors who could be rescued.

The Islamic boarding school was undergoing an unauthorized expansion to add two new levels when it collapsed during afternoon prayers, authorities said. The prayer hall was two stories high but two more were being added without a permit, according to authorities. Police said the old buildings foundation was apparently unable to support two floors of concrete and collapsed during the pouring process.

Authorities initially said 38 people were missing, but revised that upward on Tuesday after consulting attendance lists and talking with families.

In the early stages there will inevitably be some confusion about the data, said Suharyanto, the head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency, who only goes by one name as is common in Indonesia.

Napheesa Collier delivered a blistering assessment of the WNBA and its commissioner on Tuesday as she sat in front of the media with a prepared statement, disclosing private conversations she said she had with Cathy Engelbert that portrayed her as a leader who lacks accountability.

The Minnesota Lynx star spoke for more than four minutes on topics ranging from Caitlin Clark and her value to the league to inconsistent officiating, which she feels Engelbert and the WNBA haven't addressed.

We have the best league in the world. We have the best fans in the world. But we have the worst leadership in the world, the runner-up for MVP said. Year after year, the only thing that remains consistent is the lack of accountability from our leaders."

During what typically would be a routine end-of-season media availability, Collier blasted Engelbert as a leader who is insensitive to the current realities of being a WNBA player. Her remarks came as the WNBA players union, for which Collier is a vice president, prepares to engage the league in highly contentious collective bargaining that will set the parameters for a league trying to keep up with its unprecedented growth and global interest.

"If I didnt know exactly what the job entailed, maybe I wouldnt feel this way," Collier said. "But unfortunately for them, I do believe we serve a league that has shown they think championship coaches and Hall of Fame players are dispensable, and thats fine. Its professional sports, but I will not stand quietly by and allow different standards to be applied at the league level.

Engelbert responded to Collier in a statement not long after the media session, saying she was disheartened by how Napheesa characterized our conversations, but was committed to her job and "will not waver.

I have the utmost respect for Napheesa Collier and for all the players in the WNBA," Engelbert wrote. Together we have all worked tirelessly to transform this league. My focus remains on ensuring a bright future for the players and the WNBA, including collaborating on how we continue to elevate the game.

Many fans at Tuesday night's Game 5 semifinal in Las Vegas between the Aces and Indiana Fever booed the regular pregame video in which Engelbert promoted good fan sportsmanship.

Things have been heated in Minnesota as of late. The Lynx were eliminated from the playoffs on Sunday in a Game 4 that Collier missed with an ankle injury and her coach, Cheryl Reeve, missed because she was suspended for her behavior toward officials in Game 3.

Reeve also received what was believed to be the heftiest fine for an individual coach or player in league history, according to a person familiar with the penalty who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because an official announcement hadn't been made yet.

Collier said she hadnt heard from Engelbert following her injury, which happened on the play that prompted Reeve to take to the court and scream at officials before her staff and players held her back in an attempt to defuse the situation.

Not one call, not one text. Instead, the only outreach has come from her No. 2 telling my agent that she doesnt believe physical play contributed to injuries. That is infuriating, Collier said. Its the perfect example of the tone deaf, dismissive approach that our leaders always seem to take.

Collier said that in a private conversation with Engelbert, the commissioner of seven years told her WNBA star Clark should be grateful to the league for her earnings and endorsement deals, which stemmed from Clark's record-breaking college career that saw her become the most polarizing player in women's basketball history.

This past February, I sat across from (Engelbert) and asked how she planned to address the officiating issues in our league, Collier said. Her response was, Well, only the losers complain about the refs. I also asked how she planned to fix the fact that players like (Clark, Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers), who are clearly driving massive revenue for the league and are making so little for their first four years.

Her response was, (Clark) should be grateful. She makes $16 million off the court because without the platform that the WNBA gives her, she wouldnt make anything. And in that same conversation, she told me, Players should be on their knees, thanking their lucky stars for the media rights deal that I got them.

Engelbert did not address the specific comments Collier said she made in the private conversation, only saying that perspectives differ.

Collier, besides playing in the WNBA, is a co-founder of Unrivaled a three-on-three women's basketball league that plays in the winter and features WNBA stars. Many of those players seek offseason leagues to play in to supplement their WNBA salaries, which are capped at about $250,000 for a supermax contract. Earnings for top rookies are capped around $78,000.

WNBA players for years relied on going abroad in the offseason to find those leagues, but security and quality-of-life concerns that were brought to light by the imprisonment of Brittney Griner in Russia paved the way for leagues such as Unrivaled to provide a safer alternative.

Collier, in the end, said she just wants the league to do a better job protecting its players.

The league talks about sustainability. This is about sustainability. How are you going to protect your players? How are you going to make sure that we have the best products on the floor night after night, when its so inconsistent and people are getting hurt left and right?"

Rescuers used backhoes and sniffer dogs to look for survivors in collapsed houses and other damaged buildings in the central Philippines on Wednesday, a day after an earthquake killed at least 69 people and injured more than 200 others.

The death toll was expected to rise from the 6.9 magnitude quake that hit at about 10 p.m. on Tuesday and trapped an unspecified number of residents in the hard-hit city of Bogo and outlying rural towns in Cebu province.

Sporadic rain and damaged bridges and roads have hampered the race to save lives, officials said.

A dangerous quake

On Wednesday night, rescuers in orange and yellow hard hats used spotlights, a backhoe and bare hands to sift through the rubble of concrete slabs, broken wood and twisted iron bars for hours in a collapsed building in Bogo city. No survivor was found.

Were still in the golden hour of our search and rescue, Office of Civil Defense deputy administrator Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV said in a morning news briefing in Manila, the country's capital. There are still many reports of people who were pinned or hit by debris.

The epicenter of the earthquake, which was set off by movement in an undersea fault line at a dangerously shallow depth of 3 miles, was about 12 miles northeast of Bogo, a coastal city of about 90,000 people in Cebu province where about half of the deaths were reported, officials said.

The Philippine government is considering whether to seek help from foreign governments based on an ongoing rapid damage assessment, Alejandro said.

The United States, Japan, Australia and the European Union expressed condolences.

We stand ready to support the Philippine government's response as friends, partners, allies, MaryKay Carlson, U.S. ambassador to the Philippines, said in a post on social media platform X.

A desperate search

Workers were trying to transport a backhoe to hasten search and rescue efforts in a cluster of shanties in a mountain village hit by a landslide and boulders, Bogo city disaster-mitigation officer Rex Ygot told The Associated Press early Wednesday.

Its hard to move in the area because there are hazards, said Glenn Ursal, another disaster mitigation officer, who added that some survivors were brought to a hospital from the mountain village.

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Deaths also were reported from the outlying towns of Medellin and San Remigio, where three coast guard personnel, a firefighter and a child were killed separately by collapsing walls and falling debris while trying to flee to safety from a basketball game in a sports complex that was disrupted by the quake, town officials said.

The earthquake was one of the most powerful to batter the central region in more than a decade and it struck while many people slept or were at home.

A traumatized region

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology briefly issued a tsunami warning and advised people to stay away from the coastlines of Cebu and the nearby provinces of Leyte and Biliran due to possible waves of up to 3 feet.

No such waves were reported and the tsunami warning was lifted more than three hours later, but thousands of traumatized residents refused to return home and chose to stay in open grassy fields and parks overnight despite intermittent rains.

Cebu and other provinces were still recovering from a tropical storm that battered the central region on Friday, leaving at least 27 people dead mostly due to drownings and falling trees, knocking out power in entire cities and towns and forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people.

Schools and government offices were closed in the quake-hit cities and towns while the safety of buildings were checked. More than 600 aftershocks have been detected after Tuesday nights temblor, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology director Teresito Bacolcol said.

Rain-soaked mountainsides were more susceptible to land- and mudslides in a major earthquake, he warned.

This was really traumatic to people. Theyve been lashed by a storm then jolted by an earthquake, Bacolcol said. I dont want to experience what theyve gone through.

The Philippines, one of the worlds most disaster-prone countries, is often hit by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions due to its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire, an arc of seismic faults around the ocean. The archipelago is also lashed by about 20 typhoons and storms each year.

Three alleged members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of plotting attacks on Israeli or Jewish institutions in Germany, officials said.

The suspects are set to appear in court Thursday. A judge will then determine whether the trio can be held in custody ahead of a trial.

Germanys federal prosecutor alleged that they have been involved in procuring firearms since earlier this summer. Various weapons, including an AK-47 rifle, and ammunition were found during a raid.

Two of the suspects are German citizens. The federal prosecutors office described the third as being born in Lebanon. They were only named as Abed Al G., Wael F. M., and Ahmad I., in line with German privacy rules.

Hamas has carried out hundreds of attacks against Israeli civilians over the years but has rarely operated outside Israel and the Palestinian territories. Questions will likely be raised over whether the suspects were acting on orders from Hamas leadership or if they were merely sympathizers with Hamas or the Palestinian cause.

The arrests took place as Hamas said it would study U.S. President Donald Trump's peace proposal to end the Israeli-Hamas war in Gaza.

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A Hamas-led attack on southern Israel nearly two years ago killed some 1,200 people and 251 others were abducted. Most of the hostages have been freed under previous ceasefire deals, but 48 are still held in Gaza around 20 believed by Israel to be alive.

Israels subsequent campaign in Gaza has killed more than 66,000 Palestinians and wounded nearly 170,000 others, according to Gazas Health Ministry. The ministry does not differentiate between civilians and militants in its toll, but has said women and children make up around half of the dead.

Part of a high-rise apartment in New York City collapsed Wednesday morning, leaving a corner of the public housing building a pile of rubble.

The citys fire department said it had no immediate reports of injuries. It said it was responding to a report of a gas explosion that collapsed an incinerator shaft in the 20-story building in the Bronx. Authorities said no residential units were affected.

An investigation is underway to determine the cause of this event and the extent of any damage beyond the reported exterior damage to the chimney, the city's Housing Authority said in a statement.

Video from the scene shows a high-rise with one corner collapsed from the ground floor to the roof. Videos by nearby residents showed a cloud of dust billowing over the block moments after the collapse, which happened around 8:10 am.

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The rubble pile was littered with air conditioners, which appeared to have been ripped out of apartment windows by the falling bricks.

Mayor Eric Adams said he was briefed about the emergency and officials were still getting a full assessment. Please avoid the area for your safety, he wrote on X.

City police said they received 911 calls about a building collapse just after 8 a.m. Wednesday at the Mitchel Houses building.

Upon arrival, officers observed a partial building collapse, the New York Police Department said in a statement. Firefighters, city building officials and the Con Edison utility provider were on the scene, as officers established a perimeter around the area.

Incinerator shafts in New York City buildings were once used to dispose of trash, which was then burned on site. But they have largely been replaced with trash compactors, which can use the same chutes.

Around half a million New Yorkers live in aging buildings run by the largest housing authority in the nation, known as NYCHA. Tenants in the system's have complained for decades about rodents, mold and heat and hot water outages.

Many of the properties date back to the 1940s, 50s and 60s. In 2019, a federal monitor was appointed to address chronic problems like lead paint, mold and lack of heat. When he wrapped his five-year term in 2024, the monitor, Bart Schwartz, noted that the overarching issue for residents remained the poor physical state of NYCHAs buildings.

Pope Leo XIV has intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church, raising the seeming contradiction over what it really means to be pro-life.

Leo, a Chicago native, was asked late Tuesday about plans by Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich to give a lifetime achievement award to Illinois Senator Dick Durbin for his work helping immigrants. The plans drew objection from some conservative U.S. bishops given the powerful Democratic senators support for abortion rights.

Leo called first of all for respect for both sides, but he also pointed out the seeming contradiction in such debates.

Someone who says Im against abortion but says I am in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life, Leo said. Someone who says that Im against abortion, but Im in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I dont know if thats pro-life.

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Leo spoke hours before Cupich announced that Durbin had declined the award.

Church teaching forbids abortion, but it also opposes capital punishment. Pope Francis officially changed church teaching in 2018 to decree that the death penalty is inadmissible under all circumstances. U.S. bishops and the Vatican have strongly called for humane treatment of migrants, citing the Biblical command to welcome the stranger.

Leo said he wasnt familiar with the details of the dispute over the Durbin award, but said it was nevertheless important to look at the senators overall record and noted Durbins four-decade tenure. Responding to a question in English from the U.S. broadcaster EWTN News, he said there were many ethical issues that constitute the teaching of the Catholic Church.

I dont know if anyone has all the truth on them but I would ask first and foremost that there be greater respect for one another and that we search together both as human beings, in that case as American citizens or citizens of the state of Illinois, as well as Catholics to say we need to you know really look closely at all of these ethical issues and to find the way forward in this church. Church teaching on each one of those issues is very clear, he said.

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Cupich was a close adviser to Pope Francis, who strongly upheld church teaching opposing abortion but also criticized the politicizing of the abortion debate by U.S. bishops. Some bishops called for denying Communion to Catholic politicians who supported abortion rights, including former President Joe Biden.

Biden met on several occasions with Francis and told reporters in 2021 that Francis had told him to continue receiving Communion. During a visit to Rome that year, he received the sacrament during Mass at a church in Francis diocese.

Durbin was barred from receiving Communion in his home diocese of Springfield in 2004. Springfield Bishop Thomas Paprocki has continued the prohibition and was one of the U.S. bishops who strongly objected to Cupich's decision to honor the senator. Cupich claims Durbin as a member of the Chicago Archdiocese, where Durbin also has a home.

In his statement announcing that Durbin would decline the award, Cupich lamented that the polarization in the U.S. has created a situation where U.S. Catholics find themselves politically homeless since neither the Republican nor the Democratic party fully encapsulates the breadth of Catholic teaching.

He defended honoring Durbin for his pro-immigration stance, and said the planned Nov. 3 award ceremony could have been an occasion to engage him and other political leaders with the hope of pressing the churchs view on other issues, including abortion.

It could be an invitation to Catholics who tirelessly promote the dignity of the unborn, the elderly, and the sick to extend the circle of protection to immigrants facing in this present moment an existential threat to their lives and the lives of their families, Cupich wrote.

The dispute came as President Donald Trumps administration maintains a surge of immigration enforcement in the Chicago area.

Key witnesses against Sean Diddy Combs, including longtime ex-girlfriend Casandra Cassie Ventura, are urging a federal judge to reject leniency for the hip-hop mogul at his sentencing Friday, saying they fear for their safety if he is freed.

Prosecutors included letters from R&B singer Cassie, her parents and four others with a written submission Tuesday as they seek to have Combs sentenced to at least 11 years and 3 months in prison for his conviction on two prostitution-related charges.

Notably absent was the voice of an ex-girlfriend who testified under the pseudonym Jane. Like Cassie, she said Combs subjected her over several years to dayslong, drug-fueled sexual performances with male sex workers that Combs watched and often filmed.

Late Tuesday, Judge Arun Subramanian denied Combs request to have his conviction overturned, rejecting his lawyers argument that he was an amateur pornographer not engaging in prostitution and that the guilty verdict violates his First Amendment rights.

Illegal activity cant be laundered into constitutionally protected activity, Subramanian wrote. He called Combs filming incidental, pointing to trial evidence that showed he didn't typically give notice or ask for consent for filming, as a film producer would.

Some who submitted letters expressed disappointment that a jury exonerated Combs, 55, of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges that could have put him behind bars for life, leaving him convicted of two lesser Mann Act charges stemming from interstate commerce related to prostitution.

If there is one thing I have learned from this experience, it is that victims and survivors will never be safe, wrote Cassie, who testified for four days at Combs trial, describing numerous assaults that left her bruised and traumatized.

She said she was 19 years old when Combs "used violence, threats, substances, and control over my career to trap me in over a decade of abuse.

A former personal assistant who testified under the pseudonym Mia that Combs raped her in 2010 asked Subramanian to dispense a sentence that takes into account the ongoing danger my abuser poses to me, and to others.

The defendants wealth, power, and fame should not place him above the law, she said.

Ex-Combs employee Capricorn Clark, who testified that a gun-waving Combs forced her to join him when he broke into Rapper Kid Cudi's home in 2011, suggested hed benefit from spending time in prison.

The last ray of light is that you provide justice to us, she told the judge. I truly believe that serving more time will save Puffs life, as time away from his money, drugs, and power is the only punishment he will recognize.

Stylist Deonte Nash said he doesn't expect Combs to be in jail forever but was praying for a sentence that allows the victims to heal and encourages Mr. Combs to genuinely change.

Combs has left a long trail of victims, many of whom still live in fear, Nash wrote.

Jourdan-Cha'Taun Atkinson, Combs' personal chef from 2007 to 2010, said she was set to testify but prosecutors pulled her at the last minute. She said federal agents served her a subpoena in March 2024 and Combs knew about it within two weeks, offering to cover her legal fees.

I was extremely terrified, she wrote. Because how did Sean Combs even know I was contacted?

Calling for the maximum sentence, she said she knew Combs to be a very dangerous, and spiteful man. With a long memory, and a panache for payback.

Combs lawyers have asked for no more than 14 months in prison, which would free him almost immediately. They argue that Combs has suffered enough during his nearly 13 months in a Brooklyn federal lockup.

Combs has become a changed man in jail, they said. He's been under constant suicide watch and has learned to react calmly to threats, even when confronted with a shiv. They said Combs has realized that his overuse of drugs, some prescribed by doctors, had contributed to his violence.

Cassie wrote that she has daily nightmares and flashbacks and requires psychological care to cope.

My worries that Sean Combs or his associates will come after me and my family is my reality," Cassie said. "I have in fact moved my family out of the New York area and am keeping as private and quiet as I possibly can because I am so scared that if he walks free, his first actions will be swift retribution towards me and others who spoke up about his abuse at trial."

The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly, as Cassie has.

The outer bands of Hurricane Humberto lashed Bermuda on Tuesday as it approached the tiny British territory, with newly formed Hurricane Imelda following closely behind.

A hurricane warning was in effect for the island in the north Atlantic as forecasters advised of dangerous seas, strong winds and heavy rain.

Humberto was located about 295 miles west-northwest of Bermuda. The Category 1 storm had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 kph) and was moving north at 17 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Humberto was a Category 4 storm on Monday, but was quickly losing strength and was forecast to dissipate by Wednesday.

Humberto was expected to pass well west and north of Bermuda on Tuesday and Wednesday morning, while Imelda was expected to pass near or over the island late Wednesday as a Category 2 hurricane, according to the Bermuda Weather Service.

I cannot overstate the seriousness of this threat, Michael Weeks, Bermudas minister of national security, said of Imelda. This is not, I must stress, a passing squall.

He said Bermuda would endure sustained hurricane-force winds for up to six hours starting late Wednesday.

Weeks announced at a news conference that the island's international airport would close on Wednesday, as would schools and government offices.

He said residents should have all storm preparations completed by noon Wednesday.

Imelda has the potential to damage and disrupt our island significantly, he said.

Imelda was located about 630 miles west-southwest of Bermuda. It had maximum sustained winds of 85 mph and was moving east-northeast at 12 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

The system is likely to be rather potent while it passes near Bermuda, the National Hurricane Center said.

Bermuda is a wealthy British territory with strong concrete structures capable of withstanding serious storms.

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Rain, wind and big waves

Humberto is expected to drop up to 2 inches of rain on Bermuda and Imelda up to 4 inches.

Imelda is also pelting the coastal area of southeast North Carolina with rain that forecasters say could lead to flash and urban flooding.

Meanwhile, Humberto and Imelda were generating dangerous swells affecting the northern Caribbean, Bahamas, Bermuda and much of the U.S. East Coast.

Both storms churning through the Atlantic are producing dangerous rip currents and rough surf. Beaches from Florida to New Jersey may have hazardous conditions through the weekend. said Alex DaSilva, lead hurricane expert for AccuWeather, a private U.S. weather forecasting company.

A deadly storm

Earlier this week, Imelda battered eastern Cuba, killing two people, according to Prime Minister Manuel Marrero.

He said on X that the two victims died in Santiago de Cuba province, but did not give any details.

Earlier, state media reported that 60-year-old Luis Mario Prez Coiterio died in Santiago de Cuba following landslides in that area.

Flooding and landslides cut off 17 communities in that province, affecting more than 24,000 people who live there, according to the official newspaper Granma.

Meanwhile, more than 18,000 people were evacuated in the province of Guantnamo, according to reports from the state-run Caribe channel.

In Haiti, one woman is missing after trying to cross a swollen river and two others were injured after heavy rains from Imelda pelted the country, flooding some 35 communities, according to the country's Civil Protection Agency. Imelda also caused significant crop destruction in a country where more than half of its nearly 12 million inhabitants were expected to experience severe hunger through the first half of the year.

Imelda also flooded parts of the Bahamas on Monday, with New Providence hit hard. More than a dozen public schools on that island and on nearby Grand Bahama and Abaco remained closed on Tuesday.

The aftermath is serious, Prime Minister Philip Davis said. Floodwaters remain.

Imelda strengthened into a hurricane on Tuesday, becoming the Atlantic season's fourth hurricane this year.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration had predicted an above-normal season with 13 to 18 named storms. Of those, five to nine were forecast to become hurricanes, including two to five major hurricanes, which pack winds of 111 mph or greater.

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.