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Scotland qualify for the men's World Cup

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Scotland have secured a place at the men’s World Cup for the first time since 1998.



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Nov. 19, 2025, 9:20 AM EST / Updated Nov. 19, 2025, 9:34 AM ESTBy Gary Grumbach and Owen HayesJames Comey will appear before a federal judge in Virginia on Wednesday as his attorneys argue that the former FBI director is facing a “selective and vindictive” prosecution by the Trump administration, a key hearing that could determine the future of the case.Comey was charged in September with making a false statement to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding, days after President Donald Trump publicly urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey and others. Comey pleaded not guilty to the charges.Comey’s lawyers believe the Trump administration has singled out their client because of his protected speech and what they call Trump’s “personal animus” toward Comey. Trump fired Comey as FBI director in 2017 after the two clashed over the Justice Department’s investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia. Comey had been an outspoken critic of Trump since then. “The Constitution forbids the government from prosecuting an individual based on his protected speech or based on a government official’s animus toward the individual,” attorneys for Comey wrote in filings. “Objective evidence establishes that President Trump directed the prosecution of Mr. Comey in retaliation for Mr. Comey’s public criticisms and to punish Mr. Comey because of personal spite.”Comey’s team has provided the court with pages of examples of Trump’s disparaging posts and comments about the former FBI director. The posts are likely to play a role in Wednesday’s hearing, especially Trump’s message to Bondi. Legal experts told NBC News in September that Trump’s post could backfire.Comey’s lawyers want U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff to dismiss the case with prejudice, meaning the case cannot be brought for a second time. These types of motions rarely succeed in court, but legal experts say if there was ever a situation where it would succeed, this case may be the one.Patrick J. Cotter, a former federal prosecutor who is now a partner at UB Greensfelder, told NBC News the evidence supporting Comey’s effort is incredibly strong, despite the high bar for such motions.“This is that rarest of all beasts. This is actually a vindictive prosecution,” Cotter said. “If there is ever going to be a vindictive prosecution motion that is successful, it will be this motion.”Cotter pointed to the evidence that Trump ordered the attorney general to indict Comey and others, and his long-standing animus toward the former FBI director.The Trump administration argues the charges against Comey are legitimate.“The societal interests in this prosecution are readily apparent and overwhelming. The defendant is a former FBI Director who lied to Congress about his conduct while at the helm of the Nation’s primary federal law-enforcement agency. His prosecution implicates societal interests of the highest order,” DOJ wrote in a filing. Comey, it says, “asks the Court to take the extraordinary step of dismissing his indictment because — he says — he is being vindictively and selectively prosecuted. Given the deep-seated separation-of-powers principles at stake, his request can be granted only if “the Constitution requires it.”Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, whom the Trump administration indicted in October, separately filed motions to disqualify acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan from her post on the grounds that her appointment was unlawful.Trump named Halligan, a former Trump personal lawyer with no prior experience as a prosecutor, after her predecessor resigned under pressure to indict Comey and James.A separate judge, Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick, earlier this month accused the DOJ of taking a “indict first, investigate later” approach to Comey’s case.Gary GrumbachGary Grumbach is an NBC News legal affairs reporter, based in Washington, D.C.Owen HayesOwen Hayes is an field producer for the NBC News Washington bureau.Ryan J. Reilly contributed.
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Nov. 29, 2025, 7:15 AM ESTBy Kevin CollierIdentity thieves have in recent years narrowed in on a particularly lucrative target: athletes on the verge of going pro.A report from the fraud detection company SentiLink found that NBA and NFL draft picks from a recent five-year period were far likelier than the average American to be victims of attempted financial fraud such as fake loans and credit cards taken out in their names.The figures have risen dramatically from 2020 through 2025. Of the NBA draft picks from that period, 20% saw suspicious credit activity such as credit card applications, and attempted auto and consumer lending loan applications. For NFL picks in the period, the figure was 15.2%. The national average is usually between 2-3%, the report found.The data only flags suspicious attempts to take out loans and does not track confirmed instances of identity theft.window.addEventListener(“message”,function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[“datawrapper-height”]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(“iframe”);for(var t in a.data[“datawrapper-height”])for(var r,i=0;r=e[i];i++)if(r.contentWindow===a.source){var d=a.data[“datawrapper-height”][t]+”px”;r.style.height=d}}});“Most draft prospects are young adults, typically 18–23 years old. This demographic often has limited credit histories, fewer active financial accounts, and inconsistent digital footprints,” the report found.“These characteristics make them ideal targets because fraudulent applications are less likely to trigger alerts associated with established credit behavior, and there is often less public information available to contradict a fraudulent application,” it said.The rise in identity fraud efforts around young athletes coincides with a national trend. While there are no comprehensive figures on how many Americans become victims each year, complaints to the Federal Trade Commission have risen nearly every year since it started tracking them in 2001, culminating in a record 6.5 million last year..James Lee, the president of the Identity Theft Resource Center, a nonprofit that helps Americans deal with identity theft, said young athletes make sense as targets.“Professional athletes who are early in their careers make for easy targets because they are highly visible, are suddenly wealthy, but may not have the same level of personal protection and life skills to avoid being taken advantage of by professional criminals,” said Lee, who was not involved in the study. Trying to open a credit card or take out a bank loan in another person’s name often require little more than some basic information about that person, such as their name, current address, birthday and family. It usually also requires a Social Security Number, but those are hacked and traded by cybercriminals so frequently that they’re relatively easy to acquire.Athletes competing to go pro are heavily scrutinized and generally see little expectation of privacy. Their names, ages and basic biographical and family information are widely plastered across sports websites, and they often publicly advertise on social media. And the fact that they are likely to frequently move among their home, college, training camps and the city where they’re drafted means they may be less likely to see mailed credit alerts.The attempts also echo a spate of home burglaries that have plagued both leagues in recent years, particularly targeting them while they’re playing in high-profile away games. Victims include NFL stars such as Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Shedeur Sanders and NBA stars such as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Luka Doncic. The FBI is helping investigate the break-ins for potential ties to international crime rings, NBC News reported last week. The agency did not respond when asked if it was also tracking identity thieves who target athletes.SentiLink works with banks and other financial services to flag suspicious transactions and has a massive database of credit activity. Researchers at the company looked at the 1,292 NFL players drafted from 2020 to 2024, as well as the 288 NBA players drafted in that same period, and compared them to national averages.David Maimon, SentiLink’s head of fraud insight and the lead researcher on the study told NBC News that the data does not indicate a widespread organized criminal conspiracy and seems more like a phenomenon of more amateur criminals trying to take advantage of newly famous young men. He declined to share the names of which players have been particularly targeted, citing confidentiality agreements.Most identity theft attempts are not made public. But they can be amateur and brazen, while others can use modern technology and manipulation techniques.Some loan applications ask for a person to record a live video and move their head to prove their identity. But that can be easily fooled, Maimon said. Athletes’ pictures are easy to find online and there are plenty of AI tools that can convincingly deepfake their heads turning, he noted. Jason Rivarde, the commander of public affairs at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana, said his office had arrested two people earlier this year for allegedly attempting to take out loans by posing as Cam Ward, Tennessee Titans quarterback and 2025 first overall draft pick, as well as his father. The pair were caught when an employee at a Jefferson County financial institution who had served them before recognized them trying to take out a loan in a third name, Rivarde said.The Wards and the Titans did not respond to requests for comment.The NBA and the NFL players unions both provide rookies with basic financial literacy training and recommend vetted financial advisers, spokespeople for the unions told NBC News.But it’s particularly hard for newly famous people to fully protect themselves from dogged identity thieves, especially if they have not yet hired advisers to handle their finances and closely watch their credit reports. Experts like Maimon say one of the best defenses is for everyone to keep their credit frozen, but that’s a tall order for an athlete who signs a major contract and is inclined to buy items that require a credit check, such as vehicles and property.Kevin CollierKevin Collier is a reporter covering cybersecurity, privacy and technology policy for NBC News.
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