NEWS OF THE DAY

1 _ Plane crash: A wrecked plane and the body of its pilot have been raised from the ocean floor nearly a week after it crashed off the Santa Barbara coast, authorities said. The smashed wreckage of the plane was pulled from about 180 feet of water about two miles from shore, the Sheriff’s Office said. The singleengine Cessna 182 Skylane went down last Sunday shortly after taking off from Santa Barbara Airport on a flight to Truckee near Lake Tahoe. Also recovered was the body of the pilot, identified as Deborah Nicholson, 61, an attorney from the Lake Tahoe area. The cause of the crash is under investigation. 2 _ Ballot fight: A federal judge on Saturday halted new North Carolina absentee voting rules that gave voters more leeway to fix witness problems and extended the period when elections boards could accept mailedin ballots. The rules, issued last week in a settlement with voting rights advocates, were blocked by a temporary restraining order issued by U. S. District Judge James Dever, who raised concerns about changing rules after numerous ballots had already been cast. Saturday’s decision comes amid a tangle of litigation in state and federal court over absentee ballots in the key presidential battleground.

3 _ Space station: A cargo ship is on its way to the International Space Station, carrying a 360degree camera for spacewalking, radish seeds for growing and a smorgasbord of fancy meats and cheeses for feasting. Northrop Grumman launched its capsule Friday from Wallops Island on the Virginia coast, providing a nighttime treat for observers from the Carolinas to New England.

“It was a spectacular launch,” said NASA’s deputy space station program manager Kenny Todd. “Creating the artificial dawn for a few minutes there, it’s just gorgeous.” The shipment should reach the space station Monday. 4 _ Trump probe: President Trump’s son Eric is scheduled to speak via video on Monday with New York state investigators probing his family’s business practices, according to court papers. A judge had ordered Eric Trump to comply with a subpoena for his testimony in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ investigation into whether the family company, the Trump Organization, lied about the value of its assets in order to get loans or tax benefits. James, a Democrat, went to court to enforce the subpoena after Eric Trump’s lawyers canceled a July interview with investigators. The New York probe is civil, not criminal, in nature, and investigators have yet to determine whether any law was broken. 5 _ Deportation blocked: A federal judge has barred the deportation of an Indonesian immigrant who was detained last month on the grounds of a church in Silver Spring, Md., a space considered a “sensitive location” in which immigration authorities generally avoid enforcement actions. Judge Paul Grimm ordered that Binsar Siahaan be returned from a detention facility in Georgia to Maryland, where he is to remain in custody while he pursues his asylum case. Siahaan argues he could be tortured for his Christian beliefs in majorityMuslim Indonesia. certain disdain for trans and queer people,” said Tori Cooper of the Human Rights Campaign, a national organization that advocates for the LGBTQ community. A survey of more than 12,000 LGBTQ teens around the country released in 2018 by the Human Rights Campaign found that 67% report they’ve heard family members make negative comments about LGBTQ people.

Cooper said transgender people are particularly vulnerable, especially by partners or people close to them. The HRC has documented the killings of at least 30 transgender or nongender conforming people in 2020 alone.

“There’s an incalculable amount of transphobia … that plays into these relationships,” Cooper said.

Astrid Galvan is an Associated Press writer.