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By JENNIFER PELTZ, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors saw video Monday of Daniel Penny gripping a man around the neck on a New York City subway train as another passenger beseeched the Marine veteran to let go. The video, shot by a high school student from just outside the train, offered the anonymous jury its first direct view of the chokehold at the heart of the manslaughter trial surrounding Jordan Neely‘s 2023 death. Prosecutors say the student’s video has never been made public before.

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and JIM SALTER WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Republican-led states say they will block the Justice Department’s election monitors from going inside polling places on Election Day, pushing back on federal authorities’ decades-long practice of watching for violations of federal voting laws. Officials in Florida and Texas have said they won’t allow federal election monitors into polling sites on Tuesday.

Amanda Hernández | (TNS) Stateline.org Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly promised to launch what he calls the “largest deportation program in American history” if reelected, targeting immigrants living in the United States without documentation — people whom he described in a rally this week as “vicious and bloodthirsty criminals.” “I will rescue every city and town that has been invaded and conquered,” Trump pledged during the rally at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. By law, immigration is a federal matter, and Trump has said he’ll federalize state National Guard troops, activate the military and build detention camps. But experts and close Trump affiliates say state and local actions could affect any mass deportation program he might attempt.

Election Day in the United States is now often considered election week as each state follows its own rules and practices for counting ballots — not to mention the legal challenges — that can delay the results. But the truth is, nobody knows how long it will take for the winner to be announced this time. In 2020, The Associated Press declared President Joe Biden the winner on Saturday afternoon — four days after polls closed.

Sure, there have been some encouraging moments the past couple of Dolphins games. There was hope up until the finals seconds. However, at the end of the day, both of the games since quarterback Tua Tagovailoa returned from his Sept. 12 concussion were losses, and the Dolphins sit at 2-6. After beginning the season with high hopes for finally breaking through and winning a playoff game, it has not been such a fun ride for Dolphins fans. So what now?

GAINESVILLE — Florida quarterback DJ Lagway’s leg injury is “less significant” than feared, paving the way for a potential return this season by the true freshman. Coach Billy Napier said an outside chance exists Lagway could return for this coming weekend’s visit to No. 5 Texas despite suffering a soft tissue injury in his left leg during Saturday’s second quarter of the Gators’ 34-20 loss to No.