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This courtroom sketch depicts Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan in court on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wis. (Adele Tesnow via AP, Pool)2025-12-15T04:40:45Z MADISON, Wis. (AP) A prosecutor told jurors Monday that a Wisconsin judge said she would take the heat for directing an immigrant to dash through a private courtroom door while federal agents were trying to arrest him.Opening remarks by Assistant U.S. Attorney Keith Alexander kicked off an extraordinary trial for a public official. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan is charged with obstruction and concealment for her actions this spring during President Donald Trumps immigration crackdown.The trial in federal court in Milwaukee will center on what happened when Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, 31, reported to the county courthouse in April for a hearing on a state crime.Authorities say Dugan led him out through a back door that led to a public corridor after she told immigration agents to speak with the chief judge about trying to arrest people at the courthouse. They did not expect a judge, sworn to uphold the law, would divide their arrest team and impede their efforts to do their jobs, Alexander told the jury.He said Dugan informed her court reporter that she would take the heat for helping Flores-Ruiz. The governments case is expected to run through at least Thursday, with roughly two dozen witnesses lined up to testify. Dugan faces up to six years in prison if convicted on both counts. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on During his opening remarks, defense attorney Steven Biskupic said the judge had no intention of obstructing agents. He said Dugan was following policy when she directed federal agents to Chief Judge Carl Ashleys office. Biskupic said other agents still in the courthouse hallway decided not to arrest Flores-Ruiz when he emerged through the door and instead followed him outside the building.Now, after the fact, everyone wants to blame Judge Dugan, Biskupic said.Flores-Ruiz was arrested after a foot chase. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced in November that he had been deported after he pleaded no contest in the local battery case and was sentenced to time served. Ahead of the trial, U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman declined to dismiss the charges, saying there was no firmly established immunity for Dugan. Democrats say Trump is looking to make an example of Dugan to blunt judicial opposition to immigration arrests. Dugan told police she and her family found threatening flyers at their homes this spring. The administration has branded her an activist judge. Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, a fierce Trump loyalist running for Wisconsin governor next year, urged authorities to lock her up in a recent tweet. TODD RICHMOND Richmond is an Associated Press reporter covering Wisconsin politics and courts as well as environmental issues and breaking news across the Great Lakes region. He is based in Madison. twitter mailto

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SNAP EBT information sign is displayed at a gas station in Riverwoods, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)2025-12-15T17:47:41Z President Donald Trump s administration is talking tough about SNAP, saying the governments biggest food aid program is riddled with fraud that must be stopped.His appointees are looking at Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from an enforcement perspective, seeing fraud as a major and expensive problem, perpetrated by organized criminal organizations, individual recipients and retailers willing to break the laws for profit.We know there are instances of fraud committed by our friends and neighbors, but also transnational crime rings, Jennifer Tiller, a senior advisor to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, said in an interview.Some experts agree that SNAP fraud is a major problem. But there is little publicly available data showing the extent of it, and others who study the program are skeptical about the scale.It youre spending $100 billion on anything, youre going to have some leakage, said Christopher Bosso, a professor of public policy and politics at Northeastern University who published a book on SNAP. The administration leans into fraud allegationsOf the $100 billion spent on SNAP a year, about $94 billion goes to benefits and the rest to administrative costs.About 42 million people or 1 in 8 Americans receive SNAP benefits averaging about $190 per person per month. The number of recipients is in the same ballpark as the number of people in poverty 36 million by the traditional measure and 43 million under a more nuanced one also used by the federal government. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on Under federal law, most households must report their income and basic information every four to six months and be fully recertified for SNAP at least every 12 months. The Trump administration has demanded that states turn over data on individual SNAP recipients including Social Security numbers, dates of birth and immigration status as part of its effort to root out fraud. States with Republican governors, plus North Carolina, have complied. Most led by Democrats are pushing back in court, arguing that providing the data would violate recipients privacy. The USDA says that from the records that have been shared, it found 186,000 deceased people about 1% of participants in those states receiving benefits and about 500,000 people about 2.7% receiving benefits in more than one jurisdiction.The USDA has not made public detailed reports on the data and has not broken down the estimates by type of alleged fraud. The department also hasnt answered questions about what portion of any improperly awarded benefits was actually spent and how much sat unclaimed on EBT cards after recipients moved or died.The department estimated in a letter to the states that have refused to turn over data that the nationwide total combining fraud and undetected errors could be $9 billion a year or more. Democratic-led states responded in a letter last week that states already have systems to catch wrongdoing and that USDA isnt explaining how its crunching the numbers.Program participants can be perpetrators or victims of fraudThere are a lot of forms of wrongdoing. SNAP benefits are put on EBT cards that recipients swipe in stores like debit cards. Organized crime groups put skimmers on EBT readers to get information used to make copies of the benefit cards and steal the allotments of recipients or to use stolen identity information to apply for benefits for fictitious people. A Romanian man who was in the U.S. illegally pleaded guilty last year to skimming cards in California. Authorities say he took more than 36,000 numbers over three years. A USDA employee pleaded guilty this year to accepting bribes in exchange for providing registration numbers for EBT card readers placed illegally in several New York delis. Authorities said more than $30 million passed through those terminals.And three people were charged this year in Franklin County, Ohio, accused of using stolen benefits to order big quantities of energy drinks and candy apparently to resell it. Mark Haskins, who worked on USDA investigations from 2013 until leaving the department in August as branch chief of a special investigations unit, said there have been cases of retailers running similar operations. Several states are barring using SNAP for some junk food products with policies that kick in as soon as Jan. 1. Haskins also says some legitimate recipients buy non-grocery items with SNAP benefits by persuading a store employee to ring up the wrong item generally one that costs more than whats being bought or to sell benefit cards. He said he thinks those forms of fraud are more costly than the ones run by organized criminal groups.Haskins and Haywood Talcove, CEO of LexisNexis Risk Solutions Government, which helps create fraud prevention strategies, both believe fraud costs significantly more than the USDAs $9 billion estimate.The system is corrupt. It doesnt need a fix here and there, it needs a complete overhaul, said Haskins, who would like to see fewer retailers in the network and participants having to reapply, even if that makes it harder for qualified people to access benefits. Advocates and researchers see a different systemThe USDA last published a report on SNAP fraud in 2021. It covered what happened in from 2015 through 2017 and found that about 1.6% of benefits were stolen from recipients accounts.The government replaced benefits that were stolen between Oct. 1, 2022 and Dec. 20, 2024. The value of replaced benefits over that time was $323 million or about 24 cents for every $100 in SNAP benefits, though thats believed to be an undercount.Its reports like those that lead advocates and academics who research SNAP to see fraud, while troublesome, as less than the massive problem the USDA makes it out to be.Dartmouth College economist Patricia Anderson, who studies food insecurity, said in an email that the maximum benefits for a family of four are about $1,000 a month. It really takes organized crime that is either stealing from the EBT cards or creating a lot of fake recipients out of whole cloth before the gain for the fraudster really starts to be worth it, she said.Jamal Brown, a 41-year-old food stamp participant who lives in Camden, New Jersey, said hes witnessed people selling benefits to bodegas to get cash. And hes had his benefits stolen by a skimmer.He also said he had to deal with benefits being cut off after being told he missed an interview to recertify his need when a county welfare worker didnt call him as planned.Its always something that goes wrong, Brown said, unfortunately. GEOFF MULVIHILL Mulvihill covers topics on the agendas of state governments across the country. He has focused on abortion, gender issues and opioid litigation. twitter mailto

This photo provided by Ah Louis Store shows the store decorated for the holidays on Nov. 24, 2025 in San Luis Obispo, Calif. (Ah Louis Store via AP)2025-12-15T10:05:06Z NEW YORK (AP) The Ah Louis Store in San Luis Obispo, California, turns into a winter wonderland every holiday season.Green garlands, giant nutcrackers, baubles and bows go up in early November on the historic downtown building that houses the gift shop. Inside, customers can choose from over 500 different types of ornaments and a variety of holiday gift baskets.We really just make it a magical spot, co-owner Emily Butler said. Whether you come in or not, we want to make sure that were spreading that holiday joy.But Butler says she and her twin sister-business partner had to work harder this year to turn browsers into buyers and to make a profit. Many of the decorations and stocking stuffers they sell are made overseas and either did not arrive or got more expensive when President Donald Trump imposed unusually high taxes on imported goods, she said. In response, the sisters focused their selection on more profitable items like nutcrackers and gift baskets. Theyve also noticed customers cutting back, selecting a $100 gift basket over the $150 version, or buying one ornament instead of several, Butler said..Were definitely seeing more cautious spending this year, she said. Along with the unpredictable tariffs, stubborn inflation and weak hiring have shaken consumer confidence in the U.S. economy. The vast majority of U.S. adults say theyve noticed higher than usual prices for groceries, electricity and holiday gifts in recent months, according to a December poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. A Gallup index that summarizes Americans assessments of current economic conditions fell to a 17-month low in November. Consumers also indicated less enthusiasm for spending money on holiday gifts; their estimated gift budgets decreased $229 between October and November, the largest drop Gallup has recorded at that point of the holiday shopping season. The survey was conducted in November, partially during the government shutdown, which might have tempered spending plans.However, the worst-case impact on consumer prices that many economists foresaw from the Trump administrations tariff policies hasnt materialized. Some products have been affected more than others. Heres a look at what has happened with supplies and prices in popular gifting categories. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on Games and toysGame and toys were particularly susceptible to tariff-related price increases since the majority of the ones sold in the U.S. are made in China, according to industry trade group The Toy Association. The tariff rate the Trump administration imposed on Chinese goods became a rollercoaster that started at an additional 10%, peaked at 145% and ended up at 47%. The uncertainty made it hard for toy shops to decide what to order for the holidays. Dean Smith, who co-owns independent toy stores JaZams in Princeton, New Jersey, and Lahaska, Pennsylvania, said the manufacturers in China that he buys toys from did not pass on their tariff costs all at once but he has seen their prices inch higher with every reorder. Co-owners Dean Smith, left, and Joanne Farrugia pose for a photograph in JaZams, one of their toy stores Friday, June 27, 2025, in Princeton, N.J. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) Co-owners Dean Smith, left, and Joanne Farrugia pose for a photograph in JaZams, one of their toy stores Friday, June 27, 2025, in Princeton, N.J. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Smith estimated that wholesale prices for 80% of his inventory went up anywhere from 5% to 20%. Some shoppers who dont buy toys regularly might be surprised by price increases he adopted in turn, Smith said. A doll that sold for $20 to $25 last year now costs $30 to $35 at JaZams, he said.For folks with marginal incomes, this is going to be a very difficult holiday, Smith said. ElectronicsConsumer electronics are mostly made in China and other Asian countries. In 2023, China accounted for 78% of U.S. smartphone imports, and 79% of laptop and tablet imports, according to the Consumer Technology Association trade group. Best Buy said in May that it was raising prices due to tariffs. But CEO Corie Barry said late last month that the consumer electronics chain made sure to stock computers, phones and other products at different price levels, a decision she credited with helping Best Buy attract more lower-income shoppers. The consumer is not a monolith, Barry told reporters. Game consoles are always a popular holiday item, and console makers made news earlier this year when they announced price increases. Sony raised the price of the PlayStation 5 by $50 to $550 in August, following Microsoft and Nintendo raising prices for their game consoles. JewelryJewelry shoppers will likely see higher prices, but that has more to do with the soaring price of gold than tariffs so far, according to David Bonaparte, president & CEO of trade group Jewelers of America. The varying tax rates Trump set for countries that import American goods with a total value less than their exports to the U.S. affected jewelry in various ways. Watches from Switzerland, for example, were subject to a 39% tariff from July 31 until the country struck a deal with the Trump administration last month to lower the import tax rate on its products to 15%. India, which refines many of the diamonds sold in the U.S., rushed in shipments of the gemstones before a 50% tariff on the countrys products took effect on Aug. 27. Higher prices for jewelry made with diamonds shipped from India will likely start to be felt in 2026, Bonaparte said. Its really a matter of what happens after Jan. 1, he said. If these tariffs are still in place, then prices will probably increase.Holiday decorHoliday decorations are yet another category that mostly comes from overseas, particularly China. Jeremy Rice co-owns House, a home-dcor shop in Lexington, Kentucky, that specializes in artificial flowers, wreaths and table decorations. He said the tariffs slowed down production of much of his fall stock and seasonal merchandise like ribbon. Some larger and more expensive items he didnt order at all because they would have been too expensive to retail. This undated photo provided by Jeremy Rice shows Rice at House, a home-dcor shop that specializes in artificial flower arrangements for the home. in Lexington, Ky. (Jeremy Rice via AP) This undated photo provided by Jeremy Rice shows Rice at House, a home-dcor shop that specializes in artificial flower arrangements for the home. in Lexington, Ky. (Jeremy Rice via AP) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Rice raised prices on the products he did get. The popular red berry stems that House long has carried increased from $8.95 last year to $10.95 due to higher import costs, he said. We sell thousands of these berry stems, and every time we sold one, I flinched from knowing what it should have been, knowing that our supplier paid more for them, which made us pay more for them, which made our customer pay more for them, Rice said.Shopping strategicallyFor those looking to avoid tariff-related price increases, John Harmon, managing director of technology research at technology consulting company Coresight Resarch, recommends checking out secondhand stores and discount retailers like T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods. The off-price chains buy much of their inventory from leftover stock that would have entered the U.S. before new tariffs kicked in. Joe Adamski, senior director at procurement services company ProcureAbility, said books, food and beverages are some of the domestically produced goods that make good gifts. MAE ANDERSON Anderson reports for The Associated Press on a wide range of issues that small businesses face. She is based in New York. twitter mailto

Alabama forward Amari Allen (5) shoots and hits a three-point shot over the defense of Alabama forward Taylor Bol Bowen (7) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, in Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)2025-12-15T18:01:14Z No. 1 Arizona and No. 2 Michigan remained locked in place atop The Associated Press mens college basketball poll released Monday while No. 15 Nebraska jumped to its highest Top 25 ranking in nearly 35 years.The Wildcats had 42 of 61 first-place votes to hold the top spot while the Wolverines received 15 to keep the teams at 1-2 for a second consecutive week. The top 10 was largely unchanged, with No. 7 Gonzaga and No. 8 Houston swapping spots from last week the only new wrinkle. No. 3 Duke (three) and No. 4 Iowa State (one) were the only other teams to earn first-place votes.UConn and Purdue were next after the Cyclones, and Michigan State and BYU rounded out the top 10.The Cornhuskers (11-0) had the weeks biggest jump of eight spots after Saturdays win at then-No. 13 Illinois on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer. That marked the highest ranking for the program since it was No. 11 in March 1991 for the final poll of that season. The now-No. 18 Illini and 23rd-ranked Florida had the weeks biggest slides, with each falling five spots.Georgia was the lone new addition to the poll, moving in at No. 25 to replace UCLA.___Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here. AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball AARON BEARD Beard covers sports in North Carolina for The Associated Press with an emphasis on college basketball. His coverage includes ACC sports and the NHLs Carolina Hurricanes. twitter mailto

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Two appointees of the administration of President Donald Trump at the nations pipeline regulator are facing ethics questions from a top lawmaker on the Senate committee that oversees their agency, following ProPublicas reporting about their ties to the pipeline industry.Sen. Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from Washington and the ranking member of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, sent letters on Friday to Ben Kochman, deputy administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, and to Keith Coyle, the agencys chief counsel. The letters requested records and information about Kochman and Coyles interactions with the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, an influential pipeline industry group. Prior to their appointments to PHMSA, Kochman was a director at INGAA and Coyle provided legal services to the group (as well as to more than 20 other pipeline, oil and gas companies, his financial disclosure shows). Cantwell sent a similar request for records and information to INGAA.Read MoreHow Trumps Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the PublicCantwells letters cite a recent ProPublica investigation that found Kochman and Coyle have overseen an unprecedented push to shrink the agencys regulatory authority, targeting a host of safety and reporting requirements that pipeline safety advocates view as critical. The agencys pipeline safety enforcement efforts have also fallen precipitously. The changes overwhelmingly align with the interests of INGAA and the pipeline industry.This not only raises serious questions about your compliance with federal ethics rules; it indicates the agency is quietly pursuing a reckless safety rollback agenda that will benefit INGAA and weaken the pipeline safety regulations that protect the American public, Cantwell wrote in her letter to Kochman. By all accounts, you are letting industry rewrite the rulebook, while simultaneously choosing not to enforce the rules that remain.Kochman and Coyle did not respond to a request for comment. A PHMSA spokesperson said that the two officials are in full compliance with federal ethics requirements. A spokesperson for INGAA said the organization intends to respond to Cantwell but did not otherwise comment.The developments at the pipeline regulator are part of a broader deregulatory blitz across PHMSAs parent agency, the Department of Transportation, that has targeted numerous safety rules opposed by transportation and infrastructure companies. Safety enforcement has also fallen in other divisions of the DOT. Overseeing these changes are dozens of political appointees who previously worked for industries regulated by the department. Some of them disclosed significant investments in transportation companies and adjacent industries. In comments for ProPublicas initial article, DOT spokesperson Nate Sizemore said that safety comes first at the agency and that the department is slashing duplicative and outdated regulations and focusing on enforcing the key rules that actually keep the American people secure.The alignment of industry and regulator is clearest at PHMSA. Kochman and Coyle are two of four appointees there who previously worked for the pipeline industry or in closely related fields. (All four also previously worked at PHMSA or elsewhere in the DOT. The other two also did not respond to requests for comment.) Since their return this year, the agency has taken aim at numerous pipeline and hazardous materials safety standards in a flurry of deregulatory rulemaking. Among its recent proposals are limiting the conditions that PHMSA can place on pipeline safety waivers; tripling the monetary value of property damage caused by a hazardous liquid pipeline failure before its operators must report the accident; and raising shipping limits on batteries known to spontaneously explode.In total, PHMSA has published 23 notices of proposed rulemaking so far this year, which is more than the administration of President Joe Biden published in four years. All of those proposals were signed by Kochman.Some of the agencys recent regulatory actions cite INGAA, the trade group for which Kochman used to work. That includes one notice signed by Kochman that references INGAAs prior criticism of a pipeline rule proposed by the Biden administration a criticism that Kochman himself submitted while at INGAA.The agencys activities under the new administration have alarmed the Pipeline Safety Trust, an advocacy group, whose executive director likened the moves by the industry-connected appointees to the fox designing the henhouse. The trust formed in the wake of a pipeline rupture in 1999 that killed three people, two of them children.PHMSA has also quietly killed two major rulemaking initiatives, one to strengthen regulations for carbon dioxide pipelines, the other to crack down on pipeline leaks. The latter was mandated by the PIPES Act of 2020, which Trump signed into law during his first term.In her letters, Cantwell asked Kochman and Coyle to provide records documenting communication or meetings theyve had with INGAA since joining PHMSA, matters from which theyve sought to recuse themselves and enforcement cases in which PHMSA reduced or dropped possible penalties. Cantwell requested similar records and information from INGAA.It is essential that our pipeline safety officials act independently, consistent with federal ethics rules, and free from undue influence by the companies they oversee, she wrote to the trade group.The post Amid Trumps Proposed Pipeline Safety Rollbacks, Senator Questions Regulators Industry Ties appeared first on ProPublica.

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Ohio State defensive lineman Kayden McDonald (98) celebrates after recovering a fumble during an NCAA football game on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Champaign, Ill. (AP Photo/Melissa Tamez, File)2025-12-15T17:07:18Z Get the AP Top 25 college football poll delivered straight to your inbox every week with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Four players from Ohio State are among 10 first-team picks from the Big Ten on The Associated Press All-America team released Monday, a group headed by repeat selection Caleb Downs of the Buckeyes and AP Player of the Year Fernando Mendoza of Indiana.The AP has named an All-America team every year since 1925, and Notre Dames two first-team picks this season increased its all-time lead to 87.Downs, the Big Ten defensive player of the year, has made the first team each of his two seasons at Ohio State after landing on the second team as a freshman at Alabama in 2023. He is one of 12 players on the 27-man first team who did not start their careers at their current school. Downs is joined on the first team by fellow Buckeyes Jeremiah Smith, Kayden McDonald and Arvell Reese. Mendoza, who won the Heisman Trophy over the weekend, led the top-ranked Hoosiers to a 13-0 record and the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff after transferring from California. He has thrown a nation-leading 33 touchdown passes and is the catalyst of one of the most productive offenses in the country. A total of 18 schools are represented on the first team, including seven of the 12 in the CFP. Iowa has had at least one first-team player seven straight years and in 10 of the last 12. This is the fourth year in a row Miami, Notre Dame and Ohio State have had at least one.Punter Cole Maynard gave Western Kentucky its first-ever first-team pick. Defensive lineman Landon Robinson is Navys first since 1975 and kicker Kansei Matsuzawa is Hawaiis first since 1986. First-team All-Americans (by conference) Big Ten 10SEC 6Big 12 3ACC 1Independent 3Conference USA 2American 1Mountain West 1___The AP All-America team was selected by a panel of 52 college Top 25 poll voters. First-team offense Wide receiver Makai Lemon, Southern California, junior, 5-11, 195, Los Angeles.Wide receiver Jeremiah Smith, Ohio State, sophomore, 6-3, 223, Miami Gardens, Florida.Wide receiver Skyler Bell, UConn, senior, 6-0, 185, New York, N.Y.Tackle Francis Mauigoa, Miami, junior, 6-6, 335,Iliili, American Samoa.Tackle Spencer Fano, Utah, junior, 6-6, 308, Spanish Fork, Utah.Guard Emmanuel Pregnon, Oregon, senior, 6-5, 318, Denver.Guard Beau Stephens, Iowa, senior, 6-5, 315, Blue Springs, Missouri.Center Logan Jones, Iowa, graduate, 6-3, 202, Council Bluffs, Iowa.Tight end Eli Stowers, Vanderbilt, graduate, 6-4, 235, Denton, Texas.Quarterback Fernando Mendoza, Indiana, junior, 6-5, 225, Miami.Running back Jeremiyah Love, Notre Dame, junior, 6-0, 214, St. Louis.Running back Ahmad Hardy, Missouri, sophomore, 5-10, 210, Oma, Mississippi.Kicker Kansei Matsuzawa, Hawaii, senior, 6-2, 200, Tokyo.All-purpose KC Concepcion, Texas A&M, junior, 5-11, 190, Charlotte, North Carolina. First-team defenseEdge rusher David Bailey, Texas Tech, senior, 6-3, 250, Irvine, California.Edge rusher Cashius Howell, Texas A&M, senior, 6-2, 248, Kansas City, Missouri.Interior lineman Kayden McDonald, Ohio State, junior, 6-3, 326, Suwanee, Georgia.Interior lineman Landon Robinson, Navy, senior, 6-0, 287, Fairlawn, Ohio.Linebacker Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech, senior, 6-1, 235, Wichita Falls, Texas.Linebacker Arvell Reese, Ohio State, junior, 6-4, 243, Cleveland.Linebacker CJ Allen, Georgia, junior, 6-1, 235, Barnesville, Georgia.Cornerback Leonard Moore, Notre Dame, sophomore, 6-2, 195, Round Rock, Texas.Cornerback Mansoor Delane, LSU, senior, 6-0, 190, Silver Spring, Maryland.Safety Caleb Downs, Ohio State, junior, 6-0, 205, Hoschton, Georgia.Safety Bishop Fitzgerald, Southern California, senior, 5-11, 205, Woodbridge, Virginia.Defensive back Jakari Foster, Louisiana Tech, senior, 6-0, 211, Piedmont, Alabama.Punter Cole Maynard, Western Kentucky, senior, 6-1, 180, Mooresville, North Carolina. Second-team offenseWide receiver Carnell Tate, Ohio State, junior, 6-3, 195, Chicago.Wide receiver Malachi Toney, Miami, freshman, 5-11, 188, Liberty City, Florida.Wide receiver Danny Scudero, San Jose State, sophomore, 5-9, 174, San Jose, California.Tackle Kadyn Proctor, Alabama, junior, 6-7, 366, Des Moines, Iowa.Tackle Carter Smith, Indiana, junior, 6-5, 313, Powell, Ohio.Guard Olaivavega Ioane, Penn State, junior, 6-4, 323, Graham, Washington.Guard Armaj Reed-Adams, Texas A&M, graduate, 6-5, 325, Dallas.Center Jake Slaughter, Florida, senior, 6-4, 303, Sparr, Florida.Tight end Kenyon Sadiq, Oregon, junior, 6-3, 245, Idaho Falls, Idaho.Quarterback Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt, graduate, 6-0, 207, Albuquerque, New Mexico.Running back Emmett Johnson, Nebraska, junior, 5-11, 200, Minneapolis.Running back Kewan Lacy, Mississippi, sophomore, 5-11, 210, Dallas.Kicker Tate Sandell, Oklahoma, junior, 5-9, 182, Port Neches, Texas.All-purpose Wayne Knight, James Madison, junior, 5-7, 190, Smyrna, Delaware. Second-team defenseEdge rusher Rueben Bain Jr., Miami, junior, 6-3, 270, Miami.Edge rusher John Henry Daley, Utah, sophomore, 6-4, 255, Alpine, Utah.Interior lineman A.J. Holmes Jr., Texas Tech, junior, 6-3, 300, Houston.Interior lineman Peter Woods, Clemson, junior, 6-3, 310, Alabaster, Alabama.Linebacker Sonny Syles, Ohio State, senior, 6-5, 243, Pickerington, Ohio.Linebacker Anthony Hill Jr., Texas, junior, 6-3, 238, Denton, Texas.Linebacker Red Murdock, Buffalo, graduate, 6-1, 240, Petersburg, Virginia.Cornerback DAngelo Ponds, Indiana, junior, 5-9, 173, Miami.Cornerback Chris Johnson, San Diego State, senior, 6-0, 195, Eastvale, California.Safety Dillon Thieneman, Oregon, junior, 6-0, 205, Westfield, Indiana.Safety Louis Moore, Indiana, senior, 5-11, 200, Mesquite, Texas.Defensive back Hezekiah Masses, California, senior, 6-1, 185, Deerfield Beach, Florida.Punter Brett Thorson, Georgia, senior, 6-2, 235, Melbourne, Australia.Third-team offenseWide receiver Eric McAlister, TCU, senior, 6-3, 205, Azle, Texas.Wide receiver Chris Brazzell II, Tennessee, junior, 6-5, 200, Midland, Texas.Wide receiver Jordyn Tyson, Arizona State, junior, 6-2, 200, Allen, Texas.Tackle Keagen Trost, Missouri, graduate, 6-4, 316, Kankakee, Illinois.Tackle Brian Parker II, Duke, junior, 6-5, 305, Cincinnati.Guard Keylan Rutledge, Georgia Tech, senior, 6-4, 330, Royston, Georgia.Guard Evan Tengesdahl, Cincinnati, sophomore, 6-3, 320, Dayton, Ohio.Center Iapani Laloulu, Oregon, junior, 6-2, 329, Honolulu.Tight end Michael Trigg, Baylor, senior, 6-4, 240, Tampa, Florida.Quarterback Julian Sayin, Ohio State, redshirt freshman, 6-1, 208, Carlsbad, California.Running back Cam Cook, Jacksonville State, junior, 5-11, 200, Round Rock, Texas.Running back Kaytron Allen, Penn State, senior, 5-11, 219, Norfolk, Virginia.Kicker Aidan Birr, Georgia Tech, junior, 6-1, 205, Kennedale, Texas.All-purpose Jadarian Price, Notre Dame, junior, 5-11, 210, Denison, Texas.Third-team defenseEdge rusher Caden Curry, Ohio State, senior, 6-3, 260, Greenwood, Indiana.Edge rusher Nadame Tucker, Western Michigan, senior, 6-3, 250, New York.Interior lineman Tyrique Tucker, Indiana, junior, 6-0, 302, Norfolk, Virginia.Interior lineman Lee Hunter, Texas Tech, senior, 6-4, 330, Mobile, Alabama.Linebacker Aiden Fisher, Indiana, senior, 6-1, 231, Fredericksburg, Virginia.Linebacker Caden Fordham, North Carolina State, graduate, 6-1, 230, Ponte Vedra, Florida.Linebacker Owen Long, Colorado State, sophomore, 6-2, 230, Whittier, California.Cornerback Avieon Terrell, Clemson, junior, 5-11, 180, Atlanta.Cornerback Treydan Stukes, Arizona, senior, 6-2, 200, Litchfield Park, Arizona.Safety Michael Taaffe, Texas, senior, 6-0, 189, Austin, Texas.Safety Emmanuel McNeil-Warren, Toledo, senior, 6-2, 202, Tampa, Florida.Defensive back Bray Hubbard, Alabama, junior, 6-2, 213, Ocean Springs, Mississippi.Punter Ryan Eckley, Michigan State, junior, 6-2, 207, Lithia, Florida.___Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here and here (AP News mobile app). AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football ERIC OLSON Olson is an Associated Press college football writer based in Omaha, Nebraska. He also covers the Big Ten, the NCAA, the College Football Playoff alongside local teams Nebraska and Creighton. twitter mailto

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Stephen Dexter holds a container of ByHeart baby formula, which was recently recalled by ByHeart, in Flagstaff, Ariz., on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey, File)2025-12-15T22:25:57Z Four of the nations top retail stores failed to promptly pull contaminated infant formula tied to a dangerous botulism outbreak from their shelves, federal health officials said in warning letters posted Monday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent letters to leaders at Walmart, Target, Kroger and Albertsons, saying the companies continued to sell ByHeart infant formula for days or weeks, despite a Nov. 11 recall of all products in the outbreak that has sickened more than 50 babies in 19 states. As a participant in the supply chain, your firm should take prompt and effective action when notified of a product recall, FDA officials said in warning letters sent to the companies on Dec. 12 and posted online Monday. The formula was found at Target stores in 20 states well after the recall was initiated, one letter said. In addition, it was sold at a Target store in New Hampshire on Nov. 16, despite an electronic block on the products sales code, the FDA noted. And at a Target store in Arkansas, single-serve packs of ByHeart formula were promoted with a Sale! sign and a $2 discount from Nov. 16 to Nov. 22. Information from state and local health officials said ByHeart formula was found at Walmart stores in 21 states from Nov. 12 to Nov. 26. The formula was found in Albertsons stores in 11 states from Nov. 12 to Nov. 19, and at Kroger stores in 10 states from Nov. 12 to Nov. 19. In addition, the companies failed to provide FDA with evidence that corrective actions have been put in place, despite multiple requests, the agency said. The companies have 15 working days to respond to the letters. Walmart officials said in a statement that no ByHeart formula was sold after cash registers were blocked from selling the formula following the recall. We moved swiftly to issue a sales restriction and removed this product from our impacted stores and clubs and online, a company spokesperson said in an email. We take all reports of inaction seriously and will respond to the letter. Albertsons officials said the company worked closely with suppliers and regulators to identify and remove the products and communicate to customers. ByHeart infant formula products have been removed from our store shelves, the company said in a statement. All of the babies in the outbreak have been hospitalized and treated with an IV medication to stop the progress of the disease. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expanded the outbreak to include all babies treated for botulism after consuming ByHeart formula since it was first produced in 2023. Steven Mandernach, executive director at the Association of Food and Drug Officials, said the FDA itself was slow to distribute information about the recall with state and local food safety officials. The agency didnt fully share product lists until Nov. 14 nearly a week after the initial recall of two lots of ByHeart formula on Nov. 8.He said it was disappointing in an outbreak involving the sole source of nutrition for vulnerable infants. There probably wasnt the sense of urgency to ensure the product was off the market that I would expect, Mandernach said. ___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institutes Department of Science Education and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content. JONEL ALECCIA Aleccia covers food and nutrition at The Associated Press. She is based in Southern California. twitter mailto

Brian Walshe looks at the jury while seated with his attorney Kelli Porges in Norfolk Superior Court on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 in Dedham, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)2025-12-15T16:50:01Z BOSTON (AP) Brian Walshe was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder in the grisly death of his wife, who he was accused of killing and dismembering nearly three years ago.Ana Walshe, an immigrant from Serbia, was last seen early Jan. 1, 2023, after a New Years Eve dinner at the couples home.There was no reaction in the courtroom or from Walshe as the verdict was read. Walshe, who faces life in state prison without parole, is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday. He was handcuffed and shackled before being led out of the courtroom. Last month, Walshe pleading guilty to lesser charges of misleading police and illegally disposing of her body.Its not about winning or losing. Its about getting the right answer and this was the right answer, Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey told reporters outside court. We dont look at cases as wins or losses. We look at getting justice for someone, so lets not lose sight of that fact.Morrissey said his office had heard from Ana Walshes sister, who told them justice had been served. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on A digital trail of evidenceProsecutors leaned heavily on digital evidence in presenting their case against Brian Walshe, including online searches such as as dismemberment and best ways to dispose of a body, how long before a body starts to smell and hacksaw best tool to dismember that were found on devices connected to him.Investigators also found searches on a Macbook that included how long for someone missing to inherit, how long missing to be dead, and can you throw away body parts, prosecutors told the jury.An article titled is it possible to clean DNA off a knife, a search for best way to dispose of body parts after murder as well as websites and searches about cleaning blood with ammonia, bleach and hydrogen peroxide were also highlighted during trial. Surveillance video also showed a man resembling Walshe throwing what appeared to be heavy trash bags into a dumpster not far from their home. A subsequent search of a trash processing facility near his mothers home uncovered bags containing a hatchet, hammer, sheers, hacksaw, towels and a protective Tyvek suit, cleaning agents, a Prada purse, boots like the ones Ana Walshe was last seen wearing and a COVID-19 vaccination card with her name. Prosecutors told the jury that the Massachusetts State Crime Laboratory examined some of the items for DNA and found Ana and Brian Walshes DNA on the Tyvek suit and Ana Walshes DNA on the hatchet, hacksaw and other items.Prosecutors also presented bags containing some of that evidence and grisly photos of what they had recovered.An insurance executive also testified that Brian Walshe was the sole beneficiary of Ana Walshe $1 million life insurance policy. Defense: Walshes death was sudden and unexplainedIn his opening, Walshes attorney, Larry Tipton, argued this was not a case of murder but what he called the sudden unexplained death of Ana Walshe. He portrayed a couple who loved each other and were planning for the future before Ana Walshe died after celebrating New Years Eve with her husband and a friend. The couple, who have three young children now in state custody, lived in the affluent coastal community of Cohasset, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) southeast of Boston.The expectation was that the defense would put up a case proving that theory and raising doubts about the investigation.The defense considered calling several forensic DNA experts as well as Michael Proctor, who was fired from the Massachusetts State Police after came under fire for his role in investigating the Karen Read case. There was also speculation that Walshe would take the stand.But in the end, Walshes defense team rested without calling any witnesses.When initially questioned by investigators, Walshe said his wife had been called to Washington, D.C., on New Years Day for a work emergency. But witnesses testified there was no evidence Ana Walshe took a ride service to the airport or boarded a flight. Walshe didnt contact her employer until Jan. 4.Walshe later admitted that he dismembered her body and disposed of it in dumpster, saying he did so only after panicking when he found his wife had died in bed. MICHAEL CASEY Casey writes about the environment, housing and inequality for The Associated Press. He lives in Boston. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

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