Minnesota United has regularly fielded calls from other clubs, both inside MLS and elsewhere in the world, inquiring about the availability of left back Joseph Rosales.

On Friday, the Loons moved on from the Honduran international, trading him to Austin FC for $1.5 million in General Allocation Money (GAM), a source confirmed to the Pioneer Press. The Athletic first reported the news Friday night.

The emergence of Anthony Markanich, who scored a stunning nine goals in 2025 at the same left wingback spot as Rosales, gave United a basis for parting ways with Rosales.

Rosales played five seasons for the Loons, with his best season coming in 2024 when he contributed seven primary assists across 2,399 minutes in 30 matches. He played 1,449 minutes in 25 regular-season MLS games last year, but his last action for Minnesota was receiving a red card for violent conduct in the MLS Cup Playoffs first-round-series-clinching Game 3 against Seattle Sounders on Nov. 8.

Rosales was also a culprit in Austin FC being able to score the winning goal to knock MNUFC out of the U.S. Open Cup semifinals on Sept. 17.

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Minnesota jury awarded $65.5 million on Friday to a mother of three who claimed talcum products made by Johnson & Johnson exposed her to asbestos and contributed to her developing cancer in the lining of her lungs.

Jurors determined that plaintiff Anna Jean Houghton Carley, 37, should be compensated by Johnson & Johnson after using its baby powder throughout her childhood and later developing mesothelioma, an aggressive cancer caused primarily by exposure to the carcinogen asbestos.

Johnson & Johnson said it would appeal the verdict.

During a 13-day trial in Ramsey County District Court, Carley’s legal team argued the pharmaceutical giant sold and marketed talc-based products to consumers despite knowing it can be contaminated with asbestos. Carley’s lawyers also said her family was never warned about potential dangers while using the product on their child. The product was taken off shelves in the U.S. in 2020.

“This case was not about compensation only. It was about truth and accountability,” Carley’s attorney Ben Braly said.

Erik Haas, worldwide vice president of litigation for Johnson & Johnson, argued the company’s baby powder is safe, does not contain asbestos and does not cause cancer. He expects an appellate court to reverse the decision.

The verdict is the latest development in a longstanding legal battle over claims that talc in Johnson’s Baby Powder and Shower to Shower body powder was connected to ovarian cancer and mesothelioma, which strikes the lungs and other organs. Johnson & Johnson stopped selling powder made with talc worldwide in 2023.

“These lawsuits are predicated on ‘junk science,’ refuted by decades of studies that demonstrate Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder is safe, does not contain asbestos and does not cause cancer,” Haas said in a statement after the verdict.

Earlier this month, a Los Angeles jury awarded $40 million to two women who claimed Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder caused their ovarian cancer. And in October, another California jury ordered the company to pay $966 million to the family of a woman who died of mesothelioma, claiming she developed the cancer because the baby powder she used was contaminated with asbestos.

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By JACK DURA

A nearly 100-year-old bridge over the Mississippi River between Iowa and Wisconsin was imploded Friday, an unusual spectacle that clears the way for a modern replacement.

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The Mississippi River Bridge, also known as the Black Hawk Bridge, was completed in 1931. It connects Lansing, Iowa, to Wisconsin. The landmark stood out for its unique cantilever design — a center arch and two towerlike trusses.

People gathered near the snow-covered riverbank under a sunny sky and cheered when explosives fired off. Black smoke and white spray flew up as the center span and a truss dropped into the water below. The spans rested half-submerged in the river.

Lansing Mayor Michael Verdon, who watched the demolition from a houseboat dock, called it “pretty bittersweet, actually.”

“Every time I looked at the river, I saw that bridge profile in the horizon,” the Lansing native said. “On a personal level, it’s sad to see that it’s gone.”

This combo of images provided by Iowa Department of Transportation shows, top, the 94-year-old Black Hawk Bridge over the Mississippi River between Iowa and Wisconsin and, bottom after the bridge was emploded on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Iowa Department of Transportation via AP)

The bridge, which closed in October, was the only one for about 30 miles in each direction and carried about 2,100 vehicles per day, according to the Iowa transportation department. Drivers can use a ferry service while a new crossing is under construction. The planned $140 million replacement is expected to be in service in 2027.

Though it was beloved, the narrow bridge made for a harrowing experience when two large trucks met, Verdon said. Barges sometimes struck the bridge because of the river geography and configuration of the bridge piers.

Another implosion, for the bridge’s eastern ramp, was set to follow the main event later on Friday, the mayor said. Officials plan to disassemble the bridge’s western section in the future because parts of it extend over homes and the railroad.

Some parts of the bridge had already been removed, but an implosion was the most efficient way to remove the largest portions of the superstructure, Iowa Department of Transportation spokesperson Daniel Yeh said.

Residents plan to salvage material for keepsakes and to construct a tribute to the bridge in the city, Verdon said.

Lansing, population 968, has deep roots as a river town with a history of steamboats, fur trading and commercial fishing, the mayor said.

Dura reported from Bismarck, North Dakota.