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FILE - Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez speaks during the opening ceremony of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday Nov. 1, 2021. Andy Buchanan/Pool via AP, File)

The wife of former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández says he has been released from prison following a pardon from President Donald Trump. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons website confirmed his release from a penitentiary in West Virginia on Monday. Hernández was sentenced last year to 45 years for aiding drug traffickers. His wife thanked Trump for the pardon, saying it ends nearly four years of hardship. Hernández was arrested in 2022 at U.S. request and convicted in New York. Trump, speaking Sunday on Air Force One, said he believed Hernández was set up and that Hondurans had asked for his release.

The New York Jets and the Eastern College Athletic Conference have announced the launch of the largest collegiate women's flag football league in the U.S., set to start in February. This league will include 15 universities across several Northeast states. Jets owner Woody Johnson is investing $1 million to support the league's creation and operation. The Jets have been supporting girls' flag football since 2011, helping to establish leagues at various levels. This new initiative aims to bridge the gap between high school and professional opportunities for women in the sport.

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FILE - Players run drills during a practice with Texas Fury, an all-girls flag football select travel team, Dec. 10, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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FILE - Ashlea Klam, right, tries to evade a defender during a training session for her flag football team at Keiser University in West Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

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FILE - New York Jets linebacker Quincy Williams speaks to the media after an NFL football practice June 3, 2025, in Florham Park, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)