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Former Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh, who on Wednesday was slapped with a four-year show cause and a one-year suspension from the NCAA, will be back in Michigan Stadium for the season opener as an honorary captain.

The U.S. ambassador to Mexico has confirmed that drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was brought to United States against his will when he arrived in July on a plane in Texas with fellow drug lord Joaquín Guzmán López. Zambada’s attorney had earlier claimed the long-time chief of the Sinaloa cartel had been kidnapped. But officials had not confirmed that and Zambada’s age and apparent ill-health had led some to speculate he turned himself in. But on Friday, U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar said “they had brought El Mayo Zambada against his will.”

Peru’s government has enacted a law that prevents the prosecution of crimes against humanity committed before 2002, a decision that favors former President Alberto Fujimori as well as hundreds of military personnel investigated or prosecuted for massacres and murders during the country’s internal armed conflict (1980-2000). The law, which had no comments from President Dina Boluarte, was promulgated Friday, despite objections from rights organizations, who had warned it could encourage impunity and thwart investigations into serious abuses. Peru’s new law “contravenes the country’s obligations under international law and is a troubling development,” said Volker Türk, UN human rights chief, in a statement.

US Ambassador to Mexico confirms that Mexican drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was brought to US against his will.

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles-area man described by federal prosecutors as “one of the most violent rioters” during the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday, one of the longest sentences issued to a defendant for the attack.

Stellantis is warning that it could lay off as many as 2,450 of the 3,700 union workers employed at a truck plant just outside of Detroit. The job cuts announced Friday would be at the Stellantis Warren Truck Plant, which builds an older version of the Ram 1500 pickup called the Tradesman, sold mainly to commercial businesses. Last month, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares pledged to tackle the company’s problems in North America and elsewhere after reporting a plunge in first-half earnings. The U.S.-European automaker reported that its net profits fell by half in the first two quarters of the year.

LOS ANGELES — Rapper T.I. and singer Tiny’s sexual assault cause is behind them, at least for now.

ATLANTA — The Cobb County grand jury this week indicted a man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend on the Kennesaw State University campus, according to court records.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration has declined to approve the psychedelic drug MDMA as a therapy for PTSD, vanquishing any prospect that the controversial mind-altering drug, also known as Ecstasy or Molly, will be a legal part of modern medicine.

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Groups connected with the Iranian government have increased their attempts to influence this year’s U.S. presidential election, with some reportedly creating fake news sites targeting voter groups on both the far left and right. One site claims it is reporting news from the city of Savannah,…

An Idaho judge has entered a not guilty plea on behalf of an escaped prisoner charged with killing a man while he was on the lam for about 36 hours. Prosecutors have said they intend to seek the death penalty if Skylar Meade is convicted of the murder charge in connection with the shooting death of James Mauney. Meade was arraigned on the charge in Nez Perce County on Thursday. When 2nd District Judge Michelle Evans asked if he was ready to enter a plea, Meade opted exercised his right to stand silent. The judge then entered the not guilty plea, in line with standard Idaho court rules.

Suresh Garimella, president of the University of Vermont since 2019, has been selected to serve as the new leader of the University of Arizona. The Arizona Board of Regents voted Friday to hire Garimella to replace Robert Robbins, president of the Tucson-based university for the last seven years. He planned to resign when his contract ended or earlier if his successor were picked sooner. Robbins’ exit comes after the university experienced a budget shortfall stemming from a miscalculation of cash reserves. Robbins has said some of the school’s financial troubles also were due to unpaid loans the university provided to the athletics department. He accepted responsibility for the crisis.

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif says after she wins Olympic gold that the online abuse "gives my success a special taste."

MINNEAPOLIS — Joe Teirab was supposed to have a clear path to take on swing district Democrat Angie Craig in one of the most closely watched House races in the country this year.

Officials say a U.S. Coast Guard cutter on routine patrol south of Alaska's Aleutian Islands came across a Russian ship in international waters but within the U.S. exclusive economic zone. The crew detected the vessel about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of the Amukta Pass, the Coast Guard said in a statement Friday. A helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak also spotted the vessel. The sighting comes after the Coast Guard in July spotted several Chinese military ships north of the Amchitka Pass in the Aleutian Islands in international waters and after Russian and Chinese bombers flew together for the first time in international airspace off the coast of Alaska.

LOS ANGELES — Joaquin Phoenix has dropped out of an untitled Todd Haynes film five days before production began in Mexico, IndieWire first reported.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Federal Homeland Security agents executed a search warrant at a house belonging to state Rep. Robert J. May III in Lexington County on Monday, according to multiple sources familiar with the investigation.

The U.S. Forest Service said Friday that the Colorado wildfire that tore through 15 square miles and destroyed 48 buildings was human-caused. The Alexander Mountain Fire, started in late July, is now almost completely contained, but it joins a second that burned to its south that is also being investigated as arson. Three large fires burned in Colorado in the past two weeks, including the Alexander Mountain Fire, threatening urban centers north and south of Denver. Almost all have been contained. Investigators of the Alexander Mountain Fire did not say whether they believe the fire was started intentionally.

Iowa can enforce a book ban this school year following a federal appeals court ruling. The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled the ban can take effect as a lawsuit seeking to overturn it plays out. The ruling upends a district judge's December decision to temporarily halt key parts of the law, which bans books depicting sex acts from school libraries and classrooms. Teachers are also forbidden from raising gender identity and sexual orientation issues with younger students. The ban had resulted in the removal of hundreds of books from Iowa schools before it was temporarily blocked.

Newly released body-camera footage shows three Baltimore police officers unleashing a barrage of gunfire on a fleeing teenage suspect almost immediately after spotting a gun in his hand. Officials say 17-year-old William Gardner was shot a dozen times in the deadly shooting Monday night. The shooting has prompted outrage from residents of Gardner’s southwest Baltimore neighborhood who called it the latest case of excessive force against a young Black man. Police Commissioner Richard Worley called the shooting “truly a tragic incident” and emphasized that the department is conducting a thorough investigation.

MAGA loyalists are furious that Joe Rogan threw his support behind Robert F. Kennedy Jr. rather than Donald Trump for president.

NORFOLK, Va. — Hung Cao, the Republican challenging Tim Kaine for his U.S. Senate seat this year, is no stranger to controversial remarks.

BALTIMORE — The 17-year-old killed Monday by Baltimore police officers was shot 12 times as he fled with a firearm from officers who called for him to “get on the ground” or else “I’m going to shoot you,” police body camera footage shows.

Sometimes a silver medal is but a silver lining, a small consolation for an Olympic athlete who failed to achieve their goal of gold or bust.

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has been chucking plenty of messaging spaghetti at the proverbial wall as he searches for a line of attack against Vice President Kamala Harris.

Trump plane heading to Montana rally was diverted due to a mechanical issue but landed safely nearby, airport staff says.

LOS ANGELES — Military officials are rejecting demands from a state agency to better monitor and mitigate the effects of rocket launches and sonic booms from Vandenberg Space Force Base, frustrating local officials and increasing tensions between the U.S. Space Force and the state agency tas…

The CrossFit Games have resumed a day after a competitor died after going underwater and not resurfacing during a swimming event in a Texas lake. In a post on the social platform X, officials said they resumed the event Friday after deciding that “the best way to grieve is together.” Lazar Dukic was a 28-year-old competitor from Serbia. He was pronounced dead after his body was recovered from a Fort Worth lake Thursday. The Tarrant County medical examiner has not yet listed Dukic’s cause of death. The CrossFit website says the mission of the games is to “find the fittest athletes in the world.”

Gabby Williams scored nine of her 18 points in overtime as France advanced to the gold medal game of the Paris Games in women’s basketball, beating neighbor Belgium 82-75 Friday night. The host nation will be playing in the final event of these Olympics on Sunday and is back in the gold medal game for the first time since taking silver of the 2012 London Games. The French lost that game to the U.S. The Americans beat Australia in the other semifinal Friday.

Hurricane season just shifted gears. After a rather mellow July, August is shaping up to have “above normal” hurricane activity, according to researchers at Colorado State University’s department of atmospheric science.

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif wins gold medal at Paris Olympics after facing scrutiny over misconceptions about her sex.

France women's basketball team advances to gold medal game at Paris Olympics and will play U.S. for the title.

A Russian man is being held without bail in the United States on charges that he conspired to smuggle American microelectronics to Russia to aid its war in Ukraine. Arthur Petrov made a brief appearance Friday in Manhattan federal court, where the 33-year-old man agreed to remain detained. He was arrested last August in Cyprus at the request of the United States and was extradited on Thursday. Petrov’s court-appointed attorney Michael Arthus declined to comment. Petrov is charged with multiple conspiracy and smuggling crimes. If convicted on all counts he could face over 150 years in prison.

LANSING, Mich. — Two police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, say Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is "spewing falsehoods and lies" about what happened that day while he seeks another term as the nation's leader.

Nick Cannon believes he and ex-wife Mariah Carey “belong together,” even though he’s welcomed 10 kids with five different women since their 2014 split.

The European Union and the United States have marked the fourth anniversary of massive protest in Belarus by calling for the release of all political prisoners voicing support for the Belarusian people. EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell emphasized that “the EU remains united in its support to the brave people of Belarus, the Belarusian democratic movement, and civil society in their quest for a free, democratic, sovereign and independent Belarus.” Friday's statement marked the fourth anniversary of the 2020 election — widely seen at home and abroad as fraudulent — that gave President Alexander Lukashenko his sixth term. That disputed balloting touched off the biggest protests and crackdown on dissent in Belarus in its post-Soviet history.

Nine-time gold medalist Carl Lewis blasted U.S. track and field officials after the Americans once again fumbled their way through the 4x-100-meter relay in the Olympic spotlight.

LOS ANGELES — Nina Dobrev is sinking her teeth into her recovery following a May dirt bike accident that left her with severe knee injuries.

An Illinois sheriff who hired the deputy charged in the death of Sonya Massey has announced that he will retire, five weeks after the 36-year-old Black woman was fatally shot in her home. Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell announced his retirement Friday. Massey’s father had repeatedly called for Campbell to resign for hiring Sean Grayson as a deputy in the central Illinois county. The 30-year-old Grayson was fired after being indicted on murder and other charges in the July 6 shooting of Massey in her Springfield home. Grayson, who is white, has pleaded not guilty. Authorities said Massey had called 911 to report a suspected prowler.