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The entrance to the prison where Christian B., a suspect in the case of British girl Maddie McCann, who has been missing since 2007, is serving a prison sentence for rape and from which he is due to be released in the next few days, is pictured in Sehnde, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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FILE - This combo of 2025 file photos taken in London, Ontario, shows, from top left, Dillon Dube, Cal Foote, Alex Formenton, and from bottom left, Carter Hart, and Michael McLeod, five hockey players acquitted of sexual assault charges stemming from an incident in 2018. (Canadian Press via AP, File)

The NHL says the five players acquitted of sexual assault charges stemming from an incident in 2018 will be eligible to sign a contract Oct. 15 and play Dec. 1. The league announced the decision Thursday to reinstate Dillon Dube, Cal Foote, Alex Formenton, Carter Hart, and Michael McLeod a little over a month since a judge in London, Ontario, found them not guilty.

An appeals court is set to hear oral arguments from a U.S. military contractor ordered to pay $42 million for contributing to the torture and mistreatment of three former detainees of Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison two decades ago. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday is hearing the case appealed by Reston, Virginia-based CACI. The three ex-detainees testified they were subjected to beatings, sexual abuse, forced nudity and other cruel treatment. CACI supplied the interrogators who worked at the prison. It has denied any wrongdoing and has emphasized its employees are not alleged to have inflicted any abuse on the plaintiffs in the case.