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MILAN (AP) — Six cities across the United States have been named as hosts of soccer games at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

Group stage games will go to New York City; Columbus, Ohio; Nashville, Tennessee; St. Louis, Missouri; plus San Diego and San Jose in California, organizers of the next Summer Games said on Tuesday.

LA 2028 chief executive Reynold Hoover told International Olympic Committee members the Games would be played in "premier existing Major League Soccer stadiums."

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The Rose Bowl in Pasadena was previously confirmed to host knockout and medal games.

AP Winter Olympics:https://apnews.com/hub/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics

Olympic speedskating championErin Jacksonand bobsledder Frank Del Duca have been selected as the flag bearers for Team USA's delegation at the opening ceremony of theMilano Cortina Winter Games.

Jackson, who won gold in the women's 500 meters in Beijing in 2022, will be back to defend her title and compete in the 1,000 meters as well. This will mark her third Olympic appearance.

"Being chosen to represent the United States on the world stage is a tremendous honor," Jackson said in a news release. "It's a moment that reflects far more than one individual – it represents my family, my teammates, my hometown, and everyone across the country who believes in the power of sport."

Olympic gold medalist, history making speed skater Erin Jackson

Del Duca − a sergeant in the U.S. Army stationed in Lake Placid, New York − made his Olympic Winter Games debut in Beijing, and has been in the sport for over a decade. He is part of the U.S. Army's World Class Athlete Program (WCAP).

"Being flag bearer for Team USA is an incredible honor," Del Duca said. "It was also quite the surprise. I'm grateful for the support from my teammates, coaches and staff, Team USA, U.S. Army WCAP, family and friends, and everyone who has helped me on this journey."

Jackson and Del Duca were chosen by a vote of fellow Team USA athletes, and their selection was announced Tuesday, Feb. 3, by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee.

Leading U.S. into the#WinterOlympics🇺🇸Erin Jackson and Frank Del Duca will lead Team USA as flag bearers at the Opening Ceremony!pic.twitter.com/tbzn2jjSFm

— Team USA (@TeamUSA)February 3, 2026

Jackson becomes the eighth speedskater in history to earn the honor of Team USA flag bearer, while Del Duca becomes the sixth bobsledder to carry the flag.

The opening ceremony will be held Friday, Feb. 6 at Milano San Siro Olympic Stadium in Milan.

It will be broadcast live Friday on NBC and Peacock beginning at 2 p.m. ET. Primetime coverage will begin at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC and Peacock.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Olympians Erin Jackson, Frank Del Duca to carry US flag in Milan

Tennessee QB Joey Aguilar has become the latest player to take legal action against the NCAA in an attempt to play another season of college football.

Aguilar filed a lawsuit against the NCAA on Monday in Knox County (Tennessee) Chancery Court for a seventh season of eligibility. Aguilar, a California native, played just one season with the Volunteers after transferring from UCLA and Appalachian State.

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The QB is officially out of eligibility and currently unable to return for the 2026 season. In his complaint, Aguilar says "the NCAA generally lets athletes play four full seasons, and Aguilar has played only three; but the NCAA arbitrarily counts the years he played in junior college at a non-NCAA school, as years he played for the NCAA. The NCAA refuses to give Aguilar one more year of eligibility, even though it gave all former JUCO players that relief last year after it lost a similar case against Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt's starting quarterback."

Pavia was able to play in 2025 after he gained an additional year of eligibility from the NCAA to make up for his time at a junior college. Last season was his sixth in college football as he started his junior college career in 2020.

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Aguilar's college career started a year before. He redshirted for a season at Community College of San Francisco in 2019 before the school's 2020 season was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He then played two seasons at Diablo Valley Community College before transferring to Appalachian State for two seasons.

After the 2024 season, Aguilar transferred to UCLA and was set to compete to be the Bruins' starting QB. However, Tennessee QB Nico Iamaleava transferred to UCLA during the spring and Aguilar essentially traded places with the former Vols QB.

Aguilar's extra season of college football makes his case not directly comparable to Pavia's. The NCAA granted players an extra season of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and Pavia played five seasons in five years from 2025 before exhausting his eligibility.

Aguilar has also played five seasons in five years from 2021 through 2025 and he's currently asking for a sixth, mainly because two of those three seasons came in junior college. One of Pavia's four seasons in that span came at a juco.

Quite frankly, Tennessee needs Aguilar back in the fold for the 2026 season. He said in his filing that he has a roster spot available to him for next season and the Vols would be silly not to take him back. The school courted numerous quarterbacks in the transfer portal with Aguilar's eligibility officially over but struck out. An Aguilar return would significantly boost Tennessee's chances of being competitive in the SEC next season.

A couple is suing a Florida fertility clinic afterthey were implanted with the wrong embryo, and asking for help locating their daughter's biological parents.

Tiffany Score and Steven Millsmade a social media postasking for prayers as they navigate "this deeply confusing and painful time" with their daughter Shea, born December 11. They also expressed "unbearable" fear that their daughter might be taken from them at any time.

"I have a million things I want to say and so many emotions I wish I could share, but for now, this is what we are able to tell you: due to a medical error — the wrong embryo implanted by the doctor — Shea is not genetically related to either Steve or me," Score wrote. "While we are profoundly grateful to have Shea in our lives and love her immeasurably, we also recognize that we have a moral obligation to find her genetic parents."

The post went on to acknowledge this case has the potential for many potential outcomes. They likely will not comment further until their legal counsel has an update, although they did have a final request.

"If you have any information on the family who might be at the other side of this, please contact us," Score wrote.

How a Florida couple knew a fertility clinic implanted them with the wrong embryo

Questions were raised after Score gave birth from an emergency c-section and baby Shea looked to be a different race than Score and Mills, who are white.

Testing confirmed the baby had "no genetic relationship to either of the Plaintiffs,"according to the lawsuit filedthis month in Palm Beach County Circuit Court.

The couple underwent in vitro fertilization treatment at IVF Life, Inc. D/B/AFertility Center of Orlando.Three viable embryos were created using their sperm and eggs.

In March 2025, Score was implanted with an embryo, which resulted in Shea's birth. Score wrote despite the mix up, it resulted in a "healthy baby girl whom we love more than words can express."

GoFundMe account set up to assist Florida couple in IVF embryo mix-up

Score's sisterestablished a GoFundMe account to help cover"extensive medical expenses, including prior IVF costs, hospital bills, and mental health therapies."

Money raised also will support efforts to locate baby Shea's biological family and to find Score and Mills' genetic embryos, "which may or may not still exist." The couple also is hoping to retrieve Score's eggs that were frozen at a different clinic seven years ago, a process that could cost thousands.

"The emotional trauma produced by such a scenario is impossible to comprehend: desperately wanting to celebrate the miracle that is birth while battling utter shock and confusion," Score's sister Alexa Score wrote. "Not to mention, being unable to talk to family and friends about their grief. This complex situation brings up multiple questions: Who and where are the baby's biological parents? Where are Tiffany and Steve's embryos? Were their embryos implanted into someone else? Do Tiffany and Steve have living breathing children in this world? The possibilities are hard to fathom."

What Fertility Center of Orlando said about giving a patient the wrong embryo

Located in Longwood, about 30 miles north of Orlando, the center offers various fertility services including testing, egg donation and help with male infertility.

Calls to the clinic from USA TODAY Network have not been returned. The clinic acknowledged the situation in a now-deleted statement on its website.

"We are actively cooperating with an investigation to support one of our patients in determining the source of an error that resulted in the birth of a child who is not genetically related to them," according to the statement. "Multiple entities are involved in this process, and all parties are working diligently to help identify when and where the error may have occurred. Our priority remains transparency and the well-being of the patient and child involved. We will continue to assist in any way that we can regardless of the outcome of the investigation."

Michelle Spitzeris a journalist for The USA TODAY NETWORK-FLORIDA. As the network's Rapid Response reporter, she covers Florida's breaking news.

This article originally appeared on Florida Today:Florida couple seeking baby's genetic parents following embryo mix-up

By Miguel Pereira and Pedro Nunes

POMBAL, Portugal, Feb 3 (Reuters) - A new storm threatened Portugal and Spain with further flooding and damage from Tuesday, only a week after ​the deadly Storm Kristin destroyed homes, factories and critical infrastructure.

The Portuguese Institute of the ‌Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) expects the new storm, named Leonardo, to hit mainland Portugal from Tuesday until Saturday and Spain ‌from Wednesday.

The Iberian Peninsula has experienced a succession of storms bringing heavy rain, thunder, snow and strong gales in the last few months, with southern Spain facing what some residents said was its wettest winter in 40 years.

IPMA said Leonardo may bring persistent and at times heavy rain, with wind gusts ⁠reaching up to 75 km/h (47 ‌mph) along the coast south of Cabo Mondego in Portugal's central region, and 95 km/h in the highlands.

However, the gusts should be less intense than those ‍exceeding 200 km/h which were unleashed by Storm Kristin since last Wednesday, among the strongest winds on record in Portugal and have resulted in six deaths in the country.

Daniela Fraga, deputy commander of national emergency and ​civil protection authority ANEPC, told reporters late on Monday that heavy rain in the coming days ‌could lead to floods, mainly in the regions affected by Storm Kristin.

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RECOVERY 'COULD TAKE YEARS'

Portugal's Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, on a visit to affected factories in the central town of Pombal, said it could take years for factories, public equipment, roads and railways damaged by the storm to fully recover.

"It was a calamity that affected us… it has already rained a lot, it will continue to ⁠rain, and there are many losses," Montenegro told reporters.

Nearly ​115,000 households were still without electricity, around 85,000 of them ​in the Leiria region in the centre of Portugal, power distribution company E-Redes said.

In Spain, weather authorities warned of intense and persistent rainfall across the south of ‍the country.

In the Grazalema ⁠mountains, accumulated rainfall could exceed 200-250 mm in 24 hours. Officials have issued alerts for severe flood risk due to rising river levels.

Authorities in the southern Andalusia region suspended most ⁠classes for Wednesday, urged residents to avoid non‑essential travel and asked for Spain's military emergency unit be on standby ‌in case it is needed.

(Reporting by Sergio Goncalves in Portugal and Emma Pinedo in ‌Madrid; Editing by Hugh Lawson and Alexander Smith)