Neymar breaks Pele’s Brazil goal-scoring record in 5-1 win in South American World Cup qualifying
SAO PAULO (AP) — Neymar has become the top goal scorer for Brazil’s national team after surpassing the total of three-time World Cup winner Pelé. The goal that put the 31-year-old Neymar on the top of Brazil’s scoring mark with 78 came in the 61st minute in a World Cup qualifying match against Bolivia in the Amazon city of Belém. It was Brazil’s fourth goal of the match in a 5-1 win, with the last goal of the match also being scored by Neymar during injury time.
Hurricane Lee barrels through open Atlantic waters after becoming season’s first Category 5 storm
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Lee is charging through warm Atlantic waters and threatening to unleash heavy swells across the northeast Caribbean. It became the season’s first Category 5 storm before beginning to weaken Friday. The hurricane is not expected to make landfall. Lee was centered about 440 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands late Friday. It had maximum sustained winds of up to 115 miles per hour and was moving west-northwest at 13 mph. Meteorologists said dangerous surf and deadly rip currents would likely hit the northern Leeward Islands later Friday. They would spread to Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, the Turks and Caicos, the Bahamas and Bermuda over the weekend.
Judge denies Mark Meadows’ request to move his Georgia election subversion case to federal court
ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has denied Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ request to move his Georgia election subversion case from state court to federal court. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones’ ruling Friday is a win for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Willis spent 2 1/2 years building the case against Meadows, Republican ex-President Donald Trump and 17 others…
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