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Rooney open to Everton transfer Despite a remarkable turn of form, United have been unable to climb the table in recent months and currently remain lurking outside the elusive Champions League spots. One man who has been at the forefront of the Red Devils’ fine string of results also has an opportunity at Old Trafford on Saturday, as Jose Mourinho’s men host Eddie Howe’s Bournemouth. Paul Pogba’s initial struggle following his world-record return to Manchester has been exceeded by a number of impressive performances as he continues to grow into his role in midfield....

The claim comes in the form of a criminal complaint filed by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Houston, which alleges that 49-year-old Ricardo César Guedes assumed the identity of William Ericson Ladd, a child that died in a 1979 car accident. The news comes at a time when passports have reportedly surpassed national identity cards as the “most frequently attacked form of identity document....

Frontier Flight 1335 from New York’s LaGuardia Airport to Orlando, Florida, from New York City diverted to Raleigh-Durham International Airport at around 8:15 p.m. because of a “disruptive passenger,” an airport spokesperson told Newsweek. The incident comes after the Federal Aviation Administration adopted a stricter legal enforcement policy against unruly airline passengers in the wake of a rise in incidents where passengers have disrupted flights with threatening or violent behavior....

Just 41.8 percent of Florida nursing home staff have been fully vaccinated against the virus, not far from Louisiana’s national low of 41.1 percent, according to data released Tuesday by AARP. Almost 84 percent of staff were vaccinated in top-ranked Hawaii, while the national average vaccination rate for nursing home staff is 56 percent. Vaccination rates among nursing home residents in Florida also lag behind most other states, with a rate of 68....

According to The Miami Herald, Karen Bockrath frequently hosts a local bear who enjoys taking dips in her Naples, Florida pool. Because the bear stops by so often, she’s begun taking pictures of the ferocious creature and sharing them on social media. The saga began when Bockrath first discovered a giant hole in her porch screen. Soon, she learned its cause when she found the massive bear, which appears to be a Florida black bear, lounging in her pool....

In the Sunshine State Tuesday evening, Gov. Ron DeSantis cruised to a second term with an astounding near-20-point margin of victory over former Gov. Charlie Crist, and Sen. Marco Rubio routed challenger Rep. Val Demings by over 16 points. Both DeSantis and Rubio won the state’s most populous county, 70+% Hispanic Miami-Dade County—DeSantis by double digits. Both Republican standard-bearers also won majority-Hispanic Osceola County, in the Orlando area, and DeSantis also flipped Palm Beach County from blue to red....

Police told Cat Uden that if she came to the city’s Hollyweird Halloween block party dressed as the condo building, it could be considered a planned protest and she could be hit with fines or even jail time, per the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Uden, who has been campaigning against a plan to build a 30-story condo on public beachfront land in Hollywood, is planning to wear the costume as a statement against the project....

The Sunshine State averaged 262 additional COVID-19 deaths per day over the past week, equating to about 10.92 deaths per hour, the Herald reported Monday. On Monday, Florida reported a total of 902 new COVID-19 deaths, with all but eight from after August 2, according to the Herald. The state has now recorded 44,553 deaths and more than three million cases in total since the beginning of the pandemic....

In a news release Wednesday, FDLE officials said that the group of Orlando-based Romanian nationals traveled to different churches — as many as 85 a day — and stole checks from mailboxes. To evade the authorities, the suspects used various aliases to deposit the stolen checks into multiple bank accounts, and used ATMs to withdraw the funds as soon as they posted. Authorities say that the group not only used the money to buy vehicles, food and clothing, but that they also sent “high-value wire transfers” to Romania....

Motorworks Brewing has partnered with Shelter Manatee, a local Florida pet adoption group and part of Manatee County Animal Services, to release a four pack of Kölsch beer featuring the faces of four dogs in need of adoption. So far, two of the four dogs featured have found their forever homes. According to the brewery’s official website, all proceeds raised by the sale of the four packs will go to help Shelter Manatee build a new enclosure....

The event—which was held by the Bayside Community Church’s East Bradenton Campus —drew significant criticism online, particularly after images and videos were posted. Some 650 young people attended, according to the Bradenton Herald. Those in attendance were largely middle and high school-aged students. Newsweek reached out to the Bayside Community Church for comment, but it did not respond by the time of publication. The Bradenton Herald reported that the church did take some social distancing precautions....

Disney’s popular mouse gives his likeness to the golden trophy that will be presented to the best player of the event, once it finishes on January 21. So far only Latin players have won this peculiar prize: Paolo Guerrero (Corinthians) in 2015 and Javier ‘’Chicharito’’ Hernández (Bayer Leverkusen) in 2016. At a press conference, Jochen Rotthaus, Leverkusen manager, said about the prize: ‘‘When we play a tournament as far as we can, we want to win it....

The House passed the measure with a 68-38 vote after the State Senate, also controlled by Republicans, approved companion legislation in a 23-16 vote on Wednesday. The bill will become law if signed by Governor Ron DeSantis and take effect on June 1, 2023, although Disney could still launch legal challenges. A video of the protest has also begun to go viral on social media and has been viewed over over 850,000 times....

Legislators in the sunshine state are reviewing several bills aimed at limiting the discussion of gender, race and sexuality in Florida’s public school classrooms as top Republicans campaign on a promise of championing parents’ rights. “There’s been this false narrative, especially by the Republicans, that people are trying to take parents’ choice away,” state Representative Michele Rayner told Newsweek. “Most certainly not. Parents are the first teachers. I get that, I know that, I understand that, but we also can’t have these kinds of bills that blatantly attack a child, their dignity and their full being....

According to its Twitter account, FLL has closed due to “severe rain and flash flooding.” In its latest advisory, the airport says: “The entrance roadway to FLL is now open, and passengers are being allowed into the terminals. Flight operations have not yet resumed but are expected to shortly.” Passengers affected or planning to travel from FLL are advised to follow updates on social media or visit its website....

Photos of Florida “Trump Victory” flyers published on social media appear to show Republican voters being asked to “request your absentee ballot today.” Meanwhile, local broadcaster WFTV 9 recently aired images of individual campaign flyers from GOP candidate Bill Olson, a U.S. Navy veteran running to represent Florida’s 9th Congressional District, calling on voters to cast their absentee ballots. In a statement shared with Newsweek, Olson said he was “encouraging my supporters to vote however they feel comfortable....

New York has been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, with the more than 20,000 infections reported in the state as of Monday representing almost half of the U.S. total. Florida’s total reported cases were just over 1,200. The Republican governor said he had spoken with President Donald Trump before deciding to issue an executive order intended to stop New Yorkers from bringing the virus to Florida....

Roper has agreed to leave Duke to become the offensive coordinator for the Gators, according to a person familiar with the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday night on condition of anonymity because the hiring has not been announced. Roper spent several hours with Florida coach Will Muschamp in Gainesville on Monday. He is expected to remain with the Blue Devils through the Chick-fil-A Bowl on Dec....

The Florida Department of Corrections said that at least 25 facilities were evacuated, in cities including Jacksonville, St. Petersburg and Bradenton. The FDC, the state’s largest agency and third-largest state prison system in the U.S., houses over 80,000 inmates, approximately 2,500 of whom were evacuated or relocated “to facilities better equipped to weather the impacts of the storm.” Paul Walker, a spokesperson for the FDC, told Newsweek that no inmates were released....