Ravens hire Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver for same position, confirm Declan Doyle as offensive coordinator

A familiar face is returning to Baltimore.

The Ravens have hired Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver for the same position. TheRavens announced the newson Monday. They alsoconfirmed that they've hired offensive coordinator Declan Doylefrom the Chicago Bears,news that was initially reported last week.

Weaver and Doyle will join the staff of first-year head coach Jesse Minter, who previously worked as the defensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Chargers under Jim Harbaugh.

TheRavens also announcedthe hirings of four new assistant coaches: Dwayne Ledford as offensive line coach/run game coordinator, Mike Mickens as defensive pass game coordinator, Tyler Santucci as inside linebackers coach and Charlie Gelman as game management coordinator/defensive assistant.

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The Ravens hired Minter to replace former head coach John Harbaugh, whom they fired in January after his 18 seasons on the job. Weaver would presumably work closely with Minter in building Baltimore's defensive identity.

Weaver's history with Ravens

Weaver will return to the Ravens team that drafted him into the NFL as a player in 2002. A defensive end, Weaver played four seasons for the Ravens and three more for the Houston Texans through the 2008 season.

Weaver also previously worked on John Harbaugh's staff in Baltimore. He's been a defensive line coach or defensive coordinator in the NFL since 2012. He spent three seasons from 2021-24 as Baltimore's defensive line coach and two of those as an associate head coach.

This will be Weaver's third defensive coordinator job. He took over as defensive coordinator for Houston in 2020 after four seasons as the team's defensive line coach. He then worked two seasons as the defensive coordinator in Miami under head coach Mike McDaniel from 2024-25.

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February 02, 2026

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Israeli police detain local officials suspected of pocketing aid sent after Oct 7 attack

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities on Monday detained a group of local officials and businesspeople that investigators suspect siphoned off millions in wartime aid, announcing a fraud inquiry involving donations that poured in after theHamas-led attackon southern Israel in 2023.

Israeli police said in a statement that in the months leading up to Monday's arrest, investigators had tracked unnamed local leaders on the suspicion that they had diverted and pocketed an equivalent of millions of dollars sent in the context of theIsrael-Hamas war.

The arrests come afterdonations surgedfollowing the attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians and took 251 people hostage. Synagogues, corporations and Jewish organizations around the world sent aid to Israeli charities and municipalities in need.

Israel's Diaspora Affairs Ministry said in a March 2024 report that at least $1.4 billion had been donated by that time, as local councils worked alongside nonprofits worldwide to strengthen social services to support evacuees. The ministry report said that local authorities and associated municipal businesses "received a substantial amount" of the funds, particularly the councils near the Gaza border.

More than 120,000 Israeliswere displaced from communities near Gaza and along the northern border with Lebanon early in the war, according to the office of Israel's prime minister. It sent municipalities scrambling to provide services to constituents who were displaced from homes that were either destroyed in the attack or endangered by rockets that Hezbollah was launching toward Israel from Lebanon.

Corruption scandals aren't uncommon in Israel and are regularly investigated by the state comptroller, ranging from local officials and mayors to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces charges in multiple corruption cases involving allegations of bribery, fraud and breach of trust that predate and aren't connected to the Israel-Hamas war.

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Measles cases prompt quarantine, other steps at ICE facility in Texas, report says

WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - U.S. immigration officials have quarantined some migrants and halted "all movement" after two measles cases were ​confirmed among detainees at its facility in south Texas, ‌the Department of Homeland Security said on Monday.

The cases at Dilley Immigration Processing Center ‌were confirmed by the state's health department on Saturday, DHS said in a statement, adding that "all detainees are being provided with proper medical care."

"ICE Health Services Corps immediately took steps to quarantine and control ⁠further spread and infection, ‌ceasing all movement within the facility and quarantining all individuals suspected of making contact with the infected," ‍the department added.

"Medical staff is continuing to monitor the detainees' conditions and will take appropriate and active steps to prevent further infection."

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The two Texas ​cases come amid rising measles cases across the country, including ‌elsewhere in the state and in South Carolina, which has seen the biggest state-level outbreak so far with 789 infections.

Texas led a surge in measles cases nationally in 2025 with 762 infections mostly in the west, with the United States recording its largest outbreak ⁠since the disease was declared eliminated ​from the country in 2000. The state's ​outbreak was declared over in August.

ICE's Dilley facility, operated by the private company CoreCivic, was opened in 2014 ‍to house migrant ⁠families caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. It had been due to close under the Biden administration but was since ⁠recontracted under ICE last year under U.S. President Donald Trump as part of ‌his immigration crackdown.

(Reporting by Susan Heavey; additional reporting by ‌Ted Hesson; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama )

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Iran's leader threatens regional war if US attacks, Trump responds

Iran's supreme leader warned a regional conflict could unfold if the United States attacks, as frantic diplomatic talks continue in the region to try to lower the temperature between Tehran and Washington, DC.

PresidentDonald Trumphas been ratcheting up his threats against the Middle Eastern nation over the past several weeks, floating U.S. military action in response to Iran's violent crackdown on protesters last month. He has stopped short of intervening, but has since demanded Iran make several nuclear concessions anddeployed an increased U.S. military presencenear the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf.

"We are not the initiators and do not want to attack any country, but the Iranian nation will strike a strong blow against anyone who attacks and harasses them," Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday, Feb. 1, according to state-run media.

The Iranian leader was quoted as saying that if the U.S. starts a war, "this time it will be a regional war."

Trump, Netanyahu meet at Mar-a-Lago to talk Iran, Gaza

Tensions have escalated between the two nations as Trump and Iranian leaders trade barbs, prompting diplomatic talks in the region involving Turkey, Saudi Arabia and other regional and Gulf nations. Trump appeared to pivot from threatening to use U.S. military might against the country over itscrackdown on anti-government protestorslate-January, afterhe said Tehran assured himit would halt protestor executions.

Human Rights Activists News Agency, a human rights group tracking the Iranian protest death toll, says it has verified over 6,800 deaths since protests began in December.

Then, on Jan. 28,Trump unleashed new threats, warning in a social media post that Iran will face an "armada" of U.S. warships if it doesn't make a deal on nuclear weapons. The U.S. Navy currently has six destroyers, one aircraft carrier and three littoral combat ships in the region, according toReuters.

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In brief remarks to reporters outside Mar-a-Lago on Sunday, Feb. 1, Trump responded to the Iranian supreme leader's remarks. He referred to the naval buildup in the region, saying the U.S. has "the biggest, most powerful ships in the world over there."

"Hopefully, we'll make a deal," Trump said. "If we don't make a deal, then we'll find out whether or not he was right."

Ali Larijani, head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said on social media on Jan. 31 that "structural arrangements" for negotiations between the U.S. and Iran were moving forward.

Last year, the U.S. struck several Iranian nuclear targets on the heels of a 12-day Israeli bombing campaign against Iran. Since then, Tehran has said it has halted its uranium enrichment. Iran has long said its nuclear program is peaceful and has denied aiming to develop nuclear weapons. A Pentagon assessment found that the June strike set the program back a few months, according to a reportby USA TODAY.

Trump pulled out of the nuclear deal with Tehran during his first term in 2018, calling the 2015 deal"horrible, one-sided,"while arguing that it did not block Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

In the agreement, named the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran agreed to dismantle much of its nuclear program and open its facilities to more international oversight, in exchange for sanctions relief. Former President Barack Obama's administration negotiated the deal, which was unpopular among many Republicans.

Kathryn Palmer is a politics reporter for USA TODAY. You can reach her atkapalmer@usatoday.comand on X @KathrynPlmr. Sign up for her daily politics newsletterhere.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Iran warns of war amid Trump nuclear deal threats

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Russell Wilson responds to mention in Epstein files: 'Not TODAY satan!'

Ten-time Pro Bowl quarterbackRussell Wilsonturned to social media on Sunday, Feb. 1, to refute any connection with notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after his name was referenced the Justice Department's latest release of Epstein files.

Several emails from Epstein and his personal pilot, Larry Visoski, were among themillions of pages of documentspublished by the DOJ on Friday, Jan. 30. In them, the two discussed Wilson's interest in buying Epstein's Gulfstream G-IV private jet in 2019.

"NOPE!!! ABSOLUTELY NOT! Not TODAY satan!" Wilson wrote In his Feb. 1 post on X, acknowledging he did discuss a potential purchase with "some random plane broker," but saying he "had no idea whose plane" it was.

NOPE!!! ABSOLUTELY NOT!Not TODAY satan!Some Random plane broker tried to sell me a plane. I had no idea whose plane and never bought the plane. Never talked nor Never met the man.Thank God!!! 🙌🏾https://t.co/ixPptB1X3A

— Russell Wilson (@DangeRussWilson)February 2, 2026

According to the Justice Department emails, Epstein had given Visoski permission to show Wilson the plane on Jan. 25, 2019, and that during the flight Wilson "took many photos and video" with his wife, Ciara.

Visoski's email to Epstein two days later said, "Russell Wilson (Seattle SeaHawks quarterback) is calling Gary non-Stop since his viewing yesterday. He wants your GIV."

Visoski also discusses a possible timeline for a sale, noting that Wilson "wants to sign his new contract with Seattle SeaHawks before letting the media and his team know that he is Purchasing a Plane."

Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels greets New York Giants quarterback Russell Wilson after the game at Northwest Stadium on Sept. 7, 2025.

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Russell Wilson: Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl champion, New York Giants QB

Later that spring, Wilson did end up signinga four-year, $140 million contract extensionwith Seattle that made him the NFL's highest-paid player at the time.

Wilsoneventually did purchase a different Gulfstream G-IV. TheSeattle Times reportsthat FAA records show the aircraft was registered to Seattle-based West2East 330 LLC in December 2020.

Publicist Stephanie Jones, whose firm represents Wilson, told the Times in an email Sunday afternoon that the Super Bowl 48 champion "never purchased the aircraft, nor was he aware that any aircraft discussed by third parties had any connection to Epstein."

Wilson, 37, is a 14-year NFL veteran who began last year as theNew York Giants' starting quarterback but was later benched for rookieJaxson Dart. He is set to become a free agent this offseason.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Russell Wilson had 'no idea' plane broker worked for Jeffrey Epstein

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