Swimmer accuses coach of sex abuse

SEATTLE — A U.S. Olympic champion swimmer has accused a team coach of sexually abusing her starting when she was 16, the latest misconduct allegations against those charged with caring for young athletes.

Ariana Kukors, now 28, also told authorities that Sean Hutchison took thousands of sexually explicit photographs of her, according to a search warrant document filed by a federal agent.

She told officers that he kissed and touched her when she was 16 and engaged in sexual activity with her when she was 17 at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Victoria, British Columbia, the document said.

Mr. Hutchison denies abusing Ms. Kukors and has not been charged with a crime.

Mr. Hutchison, 46, who was an assistant coach on the 2008 U.S. Olympic team, said the two were in a relationship after the 2012 Olympics and that she lived in his Seattle home for more than a year.

Fatal church stabbing

DALLAS— One man has died after he and three others were stabbed during a church service at a private home in Texas, police said Thursday.

As many as 20 people were in the home Wednesday night when an apparent member of the congregation pulled a knife and stabbed four men, said Corpus Christi police Lt. Chris Hooper. He said a 61-year-old man later died of his injuries, while the church’s 54year-old pastor was hospitalized in serious condition.

Lt. Hooper declined to identify the victims on Thursday, but the Nueces County medical examiner’s office identified the man who died as Frank Castillo. No other details were immediately released.

The suspect, 28-year-old Marco Antonio Moreno, immediately surrendered to congregants after the stabbing, Lt. Hooper said. Mr. Moreno was being held at the Nueces County jail on Thursday on charges of murder and aggravated assault. Police Lt. Jay Clement said it wasn’t clear what led to the attack.

Puerto Rico’s aid relief

Senate leaders gave Puerto Rico, along with the United States Virgin Islands, reason to cheer when they folded disaster relief funding into a two-year budget deal to avert a government shutdown. The deal includes $4.8 billion to replenish Medicaid funds, $2 billion to restore the power grid and $9 billion for housing and urban development projects.

But the funding falls tens of billions of dollars short of what Puerto Rico says it needs to come back from the devastating storm. In November, Puerto Rico estimated it would need $94.4 billion to rebuild the island after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, and make its infrastructure more resilient to future natural disasters.

Puerto Rico wanted $17 billion for the power grid alone — $15 billion more than what the Senate set aside. By comparison, Florida’s citrus industry is receiving $2.3 billion to recover from Hurricane Irma.

Puerto Rico’s governor, Ricardo A. Rosselló, said the $2 billion earmarked for power restoration in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands could help his island harden its battered grid. Funds from the previous aid packages went to FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers; the latest relief package will give money directly to the Puerto Rican government.

Twenty-eight percent of Puerto Ricans — more than 400,000 utility customers — still do not have power more than four months after Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico.