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The 28-year-old was on his way to his new club when the plane, piloted by David Ibbotson, went missing over the English Channel. Search operations were initially called off on January 24 after Guernsey’s harbour master stated that the chances of survival for either one of the people on the plane were “extremely remote”. However, an online appeal started by Sala’s agent raised £324,000 to fund a private search. After weeks of searching, a body has finally been recovered, and has been confirmed to be that of Sala’s....

On the Dem side, Obama’ drive and diligence continues to impress even some of Hillary’s top people. “Everybody I call he has already called,” said one top Hillary fundraiser. At least one of these people has warned the candidate not to expect a slam-dunk money win in the quarter. Some of the more senior types, who go back to the Bill Clinton days, have other time commitments besides dialing for dollars....

Those with ties to Florida’s immigration business community who have long supported Republicans said they are furious with Scott, one of the Sunshine State’s newest members of Congress, and the Republican Party’s refusal to support legislation that would make inroads with Latino voters just months before a major election. Instead, they said, they want Scott and other GOP lawmakers to take a cue from Florida’s other Republican senator: Marco Rubio....

BeckyJack’s Food Shack in Spring Hill, Florida, announced to patrons that it does not require masks with the post, showing the sign. “A friendly reminder that we DO NOT require Face Masks,” the post says. BeckyJack’s owner Jesse Fox told Newsweek in a phone call that the post was not a sign that the restaurant has up on display, but that will change soon, as he has ordered one for the Food Shack....

“The SEC Made 527.4 Million in Total Revenue and Players Ain’t Get A Penny. Modern Form Of Slavery,” Tabor wrote in a since-deleted tweet. MORE: 16 questions for 2016 | Herbstreit blames O’Bannon for video game’s absence Tabor’s tweet was in response to a USA Today Sports audit of a Southeastern Conference tax return, which revealed the conference made $527.4 million in the fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 2015. That figure represents a 60 percent jump since the conference debuted its new television network....

Deputy Jorge Sobrino has been terminated after an internal affairs investigation into the incident which took place on January 1, 2019, Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony announced at a news conference on Wednesday. Sobrino was caught on a body camera video punching David O’Connell and twisting his arm behind his back while he was handcuffed to a bed in hospital, WFLA reported. Sobrino had responded to a call at a Walmart in Pompano Beach, Florida, after eyewitnesses said O’Connell had tried to fight a store employee, the station reported....

Hours after the coaches poll push Alabama to No. 1 on points, AP voters left the Seminoles in first place. They gave them more first-place votes and more total points. But, the Tide came in just 13 points back. MORE: Alabama jumps Florida State in coaches poll | Why Baylor belongs in CFP top four No. 3 Oregon secured two first-place votes and was 65 point out of No. 1....

According to a report from Tomahawk Nation, Golson fired back on Twitter at ESPN analyst Paul Finebaum, who doesn’t feel Florida State deserves in the Top 10. Golson, a graduate transfer from Notre Dame who is trying to win the starting job at Florida State, responded with this tweet: MORE: Top ACC games for 2015 | Golson a championship QB? | Preseason Top 25 Golson is expected to compete with Sean Maguire for the starting job at Florida State....

Whitney Leigh Reddick, a special education teacher within the Duval County Public Schools system in Jacksonville, Florida, became the latest teacher to write her own obituary as she and thousands of others prepare to welcome students back for fall classes. “With profound sadness,” begins Reddick’s obituary which listed her as dying this past Friday after she “succumbed to the ignorance of those in power.” Reddick insisted to Newsweek Saturday for her “it’s all about safety” and not politics....

The vaccination center at Daytona Stadium, in Daytona Beach, Florida, was set to vaccinate around 2,000 people aged 65 years and older against COVID-19 over Monday, January 4, and Tuesday, January 5, with around 1,000 doses being given per day. It was announced that the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine would be given for free on a first-come, first-served basis, which resulted in the center reaching capacity as hundreds of cars camped out overnight....

A Gallup poll published August 7 showed that if an FDA approved free COVID-19 vaccine were ready today, 35 percent said they would not have it. Support was lowest among Republicans, with just 47 percent saying they would get vaccinated under these circumstances. Non-white Americans, those from rural areas and those aged between 50 and 64 were all found to be most reluctant to the hypothetical vaccine. Concerns have been raised about the potentially low uptake of a future vaccine....

Trailing 1-0 in Game 2 against the Capitals, Mason — who has a .918 save percentage — let in a goal from center ice that could have been mind-blowingly easy to save. Jason Chimera just touched the puck, which coasted into the Capitals attacking zone, then fluttered right between Mason’s legs. PHOTOS: NHL playoffs first round | Secret of the hot playoff goalie It was a 101-foot goal — 101 feet, people....

WATCH: Life ban for ref assault With Sivori, Maschio and Angelillo on one side and Didi, Pepe and Evaristo valiantly battling for the Selecao, the teamsheet is instantly familiar to football historians. But there is one name that seems rather out of place. The referee was the distinctly Anglo-Saxon Robert Turner, an English interloper in this festival of Latin skill. Turner was one of several European officials who took up whistleblowing duties in Peru, part of an experiment to bolster the Argentine and South American game with imported referees....

FRIENDS Conventional Wisdom B. Babbitt (+,-) Is the next jackalope brouhaha really more important than the Constitution? L. Guinier ( + ) Thanks, Bill. Now she can exercise her civil right to huge lecture fees. H. Ickes ( + ) Savvy N.Y. lawyer hung out to dry last year. Will he be new WH tough cop? S. Talbott ( + ) Amb. at large only FOB never hung out to dry....

““Parity’’ for mental-health care is still far from certain. The House version of the bill contains no such language, so a conference committee must resolve the differences, a contentious closed-door process that could take weeks. Business and insurance companies are lobbying strenuously against the measure, fearing exploding costs. Mental-health-care advocates are lobbying just as intensely to keep it. They cite estimates that parity for mental illnesses could raise insurance premiums by as little as $40 a year per family, particularly if those benefits are tightly controlled by managed care....

Valve’s now-canceled Portal game was originally named, or codenamed, Aperture Camera. Valve, either for the sake of transparency or just because Aperture Camera was such a cool idea, released the source code for the game to LunchHouse Software. LunchHouse is taking this code and is creating a video series detailing the game and its development. This series is named Exposure and already has its first video released, introducing the core gameplay mechanic that Aperture Camera was based on....

Czech international Vaclav Pilar was on Tuesday sent on loan to Freiburg from Bundesliga rivals VfL Wolfsburg for a year, which if successful could become a permanent move. The 24-year-old attacking midfielder – who is Freiburg’s third signing of the close season – has been at Wolfsburg for only a year but ruptured knee ligaments saw him fail to make a single appearance for them. Pilar, who joined Wolfsburg after an impressive showing at Euro 2012 where he scored two goals, joins Mike Hanke and Felix Klaus as the new faces at Freiburg....

Former Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has taken a parting shot at his old team’s biggest star Cristiano Ronaldo, saying the striker thought he knew it all. Mourinho, who is returning to Chelsea next season after three divisive years at the Santiago Bernabeu, was asked why relations between the two Portuguese compatriots had deteriorated. “Cristiano had three fantastic seasons with me, all of them,” the 50-year-old Mourinho told Spanish television Intereconomia’s sports programme Punto Pelota in a recorded interview released Wednesday....