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We are less than two weeks away from the start of the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff. The playoff field was finalized on Sunday and the first game will kick off on Friday, Dec. 20. This matchup features the No. 10 Indiana Hoosiers (11-1) against the No. 7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-1). With the teams now determined, analysts and fans are eager to predict which one will take home the trophy at the end of the season. The Oregon Ducks (13-0) are the No. 1 overall seed and the only undefeated team this year. However, gives them the fifth-best odds to win the championship at 9.9%. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Thanks for the feedback.Laura Anne Cousineau: March 17, 1966 - December 10, 2024

ATLANTA — Car thefts have skyrocketed at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport over past year. Law enforcement officials say they’re taking extra steps to secure the tens of thousands of parking spots at the travel hub over the holidays, but are warning residents to take extra precautions if they plan to leave their cars there. More than 310 cars have been stolen from airport parking decks so far this year, which is more than triple the number of car jackings at Hartsfield-Jackson in 2023, according to Atlanta Police Department data. Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said Monday that it’s an alarming trend that’s being seen across the nation. “There’s over 40,000 parking spaces at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport,” he told council members on the public safety committee. “Some citizens may travel and it may be days or even weeks before they know they’ve been a victim of the theft.” “When we look from California to Connecticut, we see an increase in almost every major American airport of thefts,” he added. The airport’s four main parking decks are being targeted the most while car thefts at curbs as travelers are dropped off and picked up have decreased. The police department recommends travelers parking in the decks use a steering wheel lock for extra safety. Car thieves are able to use programs to simulate key fobs to open car doors, Schierbaum said, leaving no trace of broken glass from a smashed window to alert security patrolling the parking decks that there’s been a break in. The problem is so extensive, that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is involved tracking down the individuals responsible. “It’s also very apparent that these thefts tend to be highly-organized and even done on a national scale,” the police chief said. “We’re working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation here at the Atlanta field office on a number of high-level investigations.” Additional officers are being deployed to the airport in an effort to curb thefts — that includes undercover units. The police department is also working with airport leadership to install new “anti-tailgating” technology to make it harder for car jackers to follow stolen cars out of garages. The number of travelers flying in and out of Atlanta’s airport over the Thanksgiving holiday is expected to break records. The Transportation Security Administration is preparing for its busiest Thanksgiving travel period on record. That means nearly 1 million travelers are expected to go through security screening at Hartsfield-Jackson over that period. Nationally, traffic through TSA checkpoints is expected to be up about 6% from last year’s Thanksgiving period. ------- ©2024 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Visit at ajc.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.Bansuri Swaraj, the BJP MP from New Delhi, on Tuesday accused Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of “collecting personal data of women and senior citizens” in the Capital on the pretext of providing them benefits under various welfare schemes. She urged citizens not to share personal data with anyone and “stay cautious and not fall for such tricks”. Ms. Bansuri made the comments at a press conference a day after the former CM started registrations for the Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana to provide women aged 18 and above a monthly aid of ₹1,000. The AAP chief has promised to hike the assistance to ₹2,100 if AAP retains power in the Assembly election due in February next year. Through the Sanjeevani Yojana, the government will provide free treatment for citizens aged 60 and above at all government and private hospitals in Delhi. While announcing the scheme on December 18, Mr. Kejriwal said there will be no upper limit on the treatment. Meanwhile, several AAP leaders, led by Delhi Cabinet Ministers, hit the streets on Tuesday to register citizens for the Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana and Sanjeevani Yojana. Published - December 25, 2024 01:31 am IST Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Delhi / politics

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Trump offers support for dockworkers union by saying ports shouldn’t install more automated systemsSAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro was fully aware of and actively participated in a coup plot to remain in office after his defeat in the 2022 election , according to a Federal Police report unsealed Tuesday. Federal Police last Thursday formally accused Bolsonaro and 36 other people of attempting a coup. They sent their 884-page report to the Supreme Court, which lifted the seal. The unsealed document provides a first glimpse of several testimonies that describe the former president as one of the key leaders of the plot, and not a mere observer. “The evidence collected throughout the investigation shows unequivocally that then-President Jair Messias Bolsonaro planned, acted and was directly and effectively aware of the actions of the criminal organization aiming to launch a coup d’etat and eliminate the democratic rule of law, which did not take place due to reasons unrelated to his desire,” the document said. At another point, it says: “Bolsonaro had full awareness and active participation.” Bolsonaro, who had repeatedly alleged without evidence that the country’s electronic voting system was prone to fraud, called a meeting in December 2022, during which he presented a draft decree to the commanders of the three divisions of the armed forces, according to the police report, signed by four investigators. The decree would have launched an investigation into suspicions of fraud and crimes related to the October 2022 vote, and suspended the powers of the nation’s electoral court. RELATED COVERAGE Dozens of recordings reveal high-ranking Brazilian officers pressured Bolsonaro to stage a coup Brazilian police formally accused Bolsonaro of an attempted coup. What comes next? The dizzying array of legal threats to Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro The navy’s commander stood ready to comply, but those from the army and air force objected to any plan that prevented Lula’s inauguration, the report said. Those refusals are why the plan did not go ahead, according to witnesses who spoke to investigators. Bolsonaro never signed the decree to set the final stage of the alleged plan into action. Bolsonaro has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing or awareness of any plot to keep him in power or oust his leftist rival and successor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. “No one is going to do a coup with a reserve general and half a dozen other officers. What is being said is absurd. For my part, there has never been any discussion of a coup,” Bolsonaro told journalists in Brazil’s capital Brasilia on Monday. “If someone came to discuss a coup with me, I’d say, that’s fine, but the day after, how does the world view us?” he added. “The word ‘coup’ has never been in my dictionary.” The top court has passed the report on to Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet. He will decide whether to formally charge Bolsonaro and put him on trial, or toss the investigation. The former president was formally accused of three crimes: violent elimination of the rule of law, staging a coup d’etat and forming a criminal organization. Rodrigo Rios, a law professor at the PUC university in the city of Curitiba, said Bolsonaro could face up to a minimum of 11 years in prison if convicted on all charges. “A woman involved in the Jan. 8 attack on the Supreme Court received a 17-year prison sentence,” Rios told The Associated Press, noting that the former president is more likely to receive 15 years or more if convicted. “Bolsonaro’s future looks dark.” Ahead of the 2022 election, Bolsonaro repeatedly alleged that the election system, which does not use paper ballots, could be tampered with. The top electoral court later ruled that he had abused his power to cast unfounded doubt on the voting system, and ruled him ineligible for office until 2030 . Still, he has maintained that he will stand as a candidate in the 2026 race. Since Bolsonaro left office, he has been targeted by several investigations, all of which he has chalked up to political persecution. Federal Police have accused him of smuggling diamond jewelry into Brazil without properly declaring them and directing a subordinate to falsify his and others’ COVID-19 vaccination statuses . Authorities are also investigating whether he incited the Jan. 8, 2022 riot in which his followers ransacked the Supreme Court and presidential palace in Brasilia, seeking to prompt intervention by the army that would oust Lula from power. Bolsonaro had left for the United States days before Lula’s inauguration on Jan. 1, 2023 and stayed there three months, keeping a low profile. The police report unsealed Tuesday alleges he was seeking to avoid possible imprisonment related to the coup plot, and also await the uprising that took place a week later. ___ Hughes reported from Rio de Janeiro