Ethics Commission Dismisses City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez's Request For Reconsideration

By FATIMA HUSSEIN, AMANDA SEITZ, COLLIN BINKLEY and JOSH BOAK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department, tasked with overseeing an agency Trump has promised to dismantle. McMahon led the Small Business Administration during Trump’s initial term from 2017 to 2019 and twice ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for the U.

Keyshawn Hall led four UCF players in double digits, withstanding a furious second-half rally to outlast Tennessee Tech, 80-69, on Tuesday night. Hall followed up a season-high 26 points against FAU last week by scoring 20 points, 12 in the second half. UCF built a 20-point lead early in the second half, but cold shooting helped the Golden Eagles go on a 20-9 run to pull to 65-62 with 7:17 left.

The weather usually starts to get colder this time of year, but football teams like nationally-ranked St. Thomas Aquinas and Chaminade-Madonna heat up and this season is no exception. Those two programs are bidding to extend their consecutive winning streaks at the state championships, and both rolled to easy wins in the first round of the playoffs. No.

The Miami Hurricanes did not need to play last week in order to move up in this week’s College Football Playoff rankings. After moving up one spot in The Associated Press Top 25 Poll and two spots in other polls on Sunday, Miami moved up from No. 9 to No. 8 in Tuesday night’s CFP rankings after BYU and Tennessee tumbled following their losses over the weekend. The Hurricanes are seeded third and if the rankings stay the same, they would receive a first-round bye.

By MARK SCOLFORO Images that depict the faces of girls with nude bodies have led to the departure of leaders from a private school in Pennsylvania, prompted a student protest and triggered a criminal investigation. A juvenile suspect was “removed from” Lancaster Country Day School and his cellphone was seized by investigators in August, Susquehanna Regional Police Department Detective Laurel Bair said Tuesday. It’s the latest example of how the use of artificial intelligence to create or manipulate images with sexual content has become a concern, including within school settings. U.

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Mehmet Oz, a celebrity heart surgeon turned talk show host and lifestyle guru, is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the massive federal health care bureaucracy that covers more than a third of Americans. Here’s a look at a television doctor who became a politician and is now designated to lead an agency that touches nearly all Americans in some way. Who is Dr.