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USA Gymnastics and Olympic sports watchdog failed to stop coach's sexual abuse, lawsuits allege

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Two gymnasts who say they were sexually abused at an elite academy in Iowa filed lawsuits Monday against the sport’s oversight bodies, alleging they failed to stop Sean Gardner from preying on girls despite repeated complaints about the coach's behavior.

The lawsuits allege USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Center for SafeSport were told about “inappropriate and abusive behaviors” in December 2017, including that Gardner was hugging and kissing girls and engaging in other grooming behaviors while coaching at a Mississippi gym.

The organizations... Read More

Luigi Mangione fights to exclude evidence from his trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO

NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione watched stoically in court Monday as prosecutors played surveillance videos showing the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a New York City sidewalk last year and Mangione’s arrest five days later at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania.

The videos, including footage from the restaurant previously unseen by the press or the public, kicked off a hearing on Mangione’s fight to bar evidence from his state murder trial, including the gun prosecutors say matches the one used in the Dec. 4, 2024, attack. Thompson was killed as he walked to a... Read More

Southern California man gets an unwanted housemate: A black bear in his crawl space

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ken Johnson, 63, just got a new roommate last week — a black bear living in the crawl space under his home in Southern California.

The bear was seen on video footage clambering out from beneath his house Tuesday. He had installed a camera near the space back in June when he saw what looked like damage caused by an animal.

Nothing showed up on the camera until last week. And now he's trying to figure out how to make it leave.

“It's a huge bear,” Johnson said, describing it as tall as a table and bigger than the trash bins in front of... Read More

Pope in Lebanon asks for 'divine gift of peace' alongside country's Christian and Muslim leaders

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Pope Leo XIV celebrated Lebanon's tradition of interfaith coexistence Monday as a beacon of hope for a conflict-torn region, as he asked for “the divine gift of peace” alongside the country’s Christian and Muslim religious leaders.

Leo received a raucous, ululating welcome from the crowds and a sincere welcome from its spiritual leaders on his first full day in Lebanon, where billboards with his image dotted highways around the capital. Thousands of ordinary Lebanese braved a steady rain in the morning to line his motorcade route, some throwing... Read More

Doctor says Trump had preventative screening MRI on heart, abdomen with 'perfectly normal' results

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump' s doctor says the president had MRI imaging on his heart and abdomen in October as part of a preventative screening for men his age, according to a memo from the physician released by the White House on Monday.

Sean Barbabella said in a statement that Trump’s physical exam included “advanced imaging” that is “standard for an executive physical” in Trump’s age group. Barbabella concluded that the cardiovascular and abdominal imaging was “perfectly normal.”

“The purpose of this imaging is preventative: to identify issues... Read More

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USA Gymnastics and Olympic sports watchdog failed to stop coach's sexual abuse, lawsuits allege

Luigi Mangione fights to exclude evidence from his trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO

Southern California man gets an unwanted housemate: A black bear in his crawl space

Pope in Lebanon asks for 'divine gift of peace' alongside country's Christian and Muslim leaders

Doctor says Trump had preventative screening MRI on heart, abdomen with 'perfectly normal' results

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