NEW YORK (AP) — The operator of a speedboat that capsized in New York Harbor over the weekend, killing a 27-year-old woman and her infant daughter, is due to appear in federal court in Manhattan on Monday.
Authorities did not immediately reveal the federal charge or charges brought against Manuel Hernandez, a 46-year-old New York man already facing state charges of reckless endangerment in the deaths of Sara Sanchez and her 5-month-old daughter, Antonella Garcia.
It was also unclear who will represent Hernandez in federal court.
Nicholas Biase, a spokesperson for Manhattan federal prosecutors, said Hernandez was in federal custody and that further information would be provided.
The mother and daughter died after a 22-foot Bayliner speedboat overturned late Saturday near the Statue of Liberty.
Police divers found them and they were pronounced dead at a hospital. Twelve other people were rescued before police arrived. The U.S. Coast Guard said they were in stable condition.
Capt. Doreen McCarthy, the Coast Guard Sector New York commander, credited the rescue of survivors to “heroic, swift actions” by those who responded from various agencies, along with a good Samaritan vessel.
FILE - The New York skyline and Statue of Liberty are seen on May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russia’s track and field federation filed a new claim with the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday to challenge sanctions imposed by World Athletics.
World Athletics excluded all athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus from its international events in March 2022 after Russian forces invaded Ukraine.
The suspension was maintained at a council meeting in July, prompting Russian Athletics to launch a separate appeal with CAS to try and overturn it.
The federation's new appeal targets restrictions which it says “infringe on the organisation's rights" and prevents it fully representing Russian athletes' interests at international level.
“The sanctions against Russian Athletics are unprecedented. No other sports federation faces such severe restrictions," chief executive director Boris Yaryshevskiy said in the statement. “They not only hinder the federation’s normal operation but also hold back the development of athletics in Russia, particularly among young athletes.”
Last month, the International Olympic Committee eased its restrictions on Russia ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics — something the Kremlin hailed as an “important step” — and recommended other sports bodies do the same.
Russia hasn’t competed under its own flag at a world athletics championships since 2015, when the Russian track federation was suspended for widespread doping.
A program allowing its athletes to compete under a neutral flag was ended in 2022 after the invasion of Ukraine.
No Russians competed in Olympic athletics at the 2024 Paris Games because the qualification system is overseen by World Athletics, even though the IOC allowed neutral athletes in other sports.
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FILE - A TAS/CAS logo is pictured during the inauguration of the new headquarters of the international Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS, at the Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne, Switzerland, Monday, June 27, 2022. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)
