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The Phoenix Mercury will be without All-Star forward Satou Sabally when they attempt to avoid being swept by the Las Vegas Aces on Friday in the WNBA Finals. The Mercury announced Thursday that Sabally has been diagnosed with a concussion and ruled out for Game 4 in Phoenix in the best-of-seven series. Sabally was injured when she fell while going for a rebound and her head hit the leg of the Aces' Kierstan Bell with 4:26 left in the fourth quarter of Game 3 on Wednesday. Las Vegas guard Jackie Young was called for a loose-ball foul on the play. Sabally spent several minutes on the floor and needed help from teammates and staff to leave the court. She totaled 24 points, five rebounds and three assists in 32 minutes before her early exit. The Aces won 90-88 on star A'ja Wilon's last-second basket to go up 3-0 in the series. Sabally, 27, leads the Mercury in scoring through 10 playoff games with a 19.0 average. She's second on the team in rebound average (7.0), tied for third in steals (1.1) and third in minutes (32.6). The Dallas Wings selected Sabally second overall in the 2020 WNBA Draft out of Oregon. She spent her first five seasons with the Wings before being traded to Phoenix in February. She has career averages of 15.9 points, 6.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.2 steals and 28.8 minutes in 136 regular-season games (126 starts). The three-time All-Star was All-WNBA as well as Most Improved Player in 2023 after making the All-Rookie first-team in 2020. If the Mercury win on Friday, Game 5 would be Sunday in Las Vegas, with Game 6 in Phoenix on Wednesday and Game 7 hosted by the Aces on Oct. 17, if necessary. –Field Level Media

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(Adds details of charges in paragraphs 1-2, 4; adds statement by US attorney in paragraph 3; adds context in paragraphs 13-14) * Trump campaigned for reelection in part on vow of retribution * Justice Department has probed James for alleged mortgage fraud * James' lawyer has denied mortgage fraud allegations By Sarah N. Lynch, Luc Cohen and Andrew Goudsward Oct 9 (Reuters) – New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime foe of President Donald Trump, was indicted on criminal charges including bank fraud on Thursday, the Justice Department said, as the administration seeks to use government power against those who have pursued investigations into him or publicly resisted his agenda. Lindsey Halligan, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, said James had been indicted on one count of bank fraud and one count of making a false statement to a lending institution. The Justice Department has been probing mortgage fraud allegations against her. "The charges as alleged in this case represent intentional, criminal acts and tremendous breaches of the public's trust," Halligan said. Each count is punishable by up to 30 years in prison, but should James be convicted, any sentence would be determined by a judge. Neither James' lawyers nor representatives of her office immediately responded to requests for comment. Trump, a Republican who campaigned for reelection in part on a vow of retribution after facing a slew of legal woes since his first term in the White House ended in 2021, has repeatedly assailed James on social media and at political rallies as a partisan enemy. New York state Governor Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, said in a post on X, "What we're seeing today is nothing less than the weaponization of the Justice Department to punish those who hold the powerful accountable." INDICTMENT FOLLOWS CHARGES AGAINST COMEY The indictment of James comes after a grand jury in Virginia on September 25 indicted former FBI Director James Comey on charges of making false statements and obstructing a congressional investigation. Comey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday. Trump has regularly assailed Comey's handling of the FBI investigation that detailed contacts between Russia and Trump's 2016 campaign. Both indictments come after Trump, in a September 20 social media post addressed to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, said James, Comey, and U.S. Senator Adam Schiff were "guilty as hell." The indictments against James and Comey were both brought by Halligan, who was installed last month as the top federal prosecutor in Alexandria, Virginia. Her predecessor, Erik Siebert, resigned on September 19, hours after Trump told reporters, "I want him out." Siebert believed the evidence against Comey and James was weak, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters at the time. As with the Comey case, Halligan presented the evidence against James to the grand jury by herself, without support from career prosecutors in the office, a person familiar with the matter said. Prosecutors in the office have previously expressed concerns about the strength of the evidence against her, Reuters previously reported. Comey's lawyers are expected to argue Halligan was unlawfully appointed as U.S. attorney. If that motion is successful, it could complicate the cases against Comey and James down the road. James is one of several Democratic state attorneys general who have sued to block Trump administration actions. She is best known for bringing a civil fraud case against Trump and his family real estate company in 2022. The case resulted in a $454.2 million penalty against Trump after a judge found he fraudulently overstated his net worth to dupe lenders. A New York state appeals court in August threw out the penalty, which had grown to more than a half-billion dollars with interest, but upheld the trial judge's finding that Trump was liable for fraud. Both Trump and James' office are appealing to the state's highest court. Trump denied wrongdoing. He has accused James' office of bringing the case against him for political reasons. JAMES' LAWYER HAS DENIED ALLEGATIONS The Justice Department's mortgage fraud probe into James was opened after Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte, a Trump appointee, sent a letter to the U.S. Justice Department alleging James "falsified records" to obtain favorable loans on homes she purchased in Virginia and Brooklyn. In his referral letter, Pulte wrote that James indicated in a mortgage application that a Virginia property she was buying in 2023 would be her primary residence, even though she lived in New York. James' lawyer Abbe Lowell has said that she mistakenly stated that the property would be a primary residence. He said she made it clear in other documents that it would not be her primary residence, and that her broker understood that. The Justice Department, after receiving referrals from Pulte, has also opened mortgage fraud probes into Schiff, a Democrat who led the House of Representatives' inquiry that led to Trump's impeachment in 2019, and Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors appointed by Democratic President Joe Biden. Neither Schiff nor Cook has been charged with a crime, and they both deny wrongdoing. Loans for primary residences can carry lower rates than mortgages on investment properties or second homes, which banks consider riskier. It is unclear whether James', Schiff's, or Cook's lenders took their intended use of the homes into account in determining rates. (Reporting by Sarah N. Lynch and Andrew Goudsward in Washington and Luc Cohen in New York Editing by Noeleen Walder and Rod Nickel)

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Tua Tagovailoa has been dealing with hip and left thumb injuries this week, but the Miami Dolphins aren't worried about his availability for Week 6. Tagovailoa was listed as limited on Wednesday's injury report, and Thursday's had yet to be published as of 5:15 p.m. local time. But Miami offensive coordinator Frank Smith downplayed his quarterback's health concerns before the Dolphins play the Los Angeles Chargers. "Ultimately he's working through stuff for the week, and we're not overall concerned for Sunday," Smith told reporters Thursday. "We're working through the process to Sunday, but I mean, we're not anticipating any setback for him for playing on Sunday." Tagovailoa, 27, played all 17 games in just one of his first five NFL seasons due to multiple concussions and other injuries. A concussion and a hip injury kept him out of six games last year. Through five games this season, Tagovailoa has thrown for 1,008 yards, 10 touchdowns and four interceptions while completing 70.7 percent of his attempts. But Miami has struggled to a 1-4 start, and it has lost star receiver Tyreek Hill for the year to a major knee injury. Zach Wilson is Tagovailoa's primary backup this season. Seventh-round draft pick Quinn Ewers is also on the roster. –Field Level Media

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Oct 9 (Reuters) – Legacy Housing Corp: * LEGACY HOUSING CORP – CFO JEFFREY M. FIEDELMAN RESIGNS EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 10, 2025 – SEC FILING * LEGACY HOUSING CORP – RONALD C. ARRINGTON APPOINTED INTERIM CFO EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 10, 2025 – SEC FILING Further company coverage: ;))

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U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA:  FEDERAL GRAND JURY RETURNED AN INDICTMENT CHARGING NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES WITH BANK FRAUD

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