In a smash-and-grab at another French museum, three masked robbers stole 27 pieces of jewelry valued at more than 4.5 million euros (US$5.2 million), busting through two doors to break in.

Those thefts took place in July. This week, thieves sliced through a fence and climbed through the window of a museum on the French Riviera and fled with two paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. They abandoned two other artworks by the Impressionist master as they made their escape.

The rash of the robberies, coming on the heels of last year's stunning jewel heist in France's most famous and most visited museum, the Louvre, show how the country is both blessed and cursed by its troves of treasure accumulated over centuries of conquest, creativity and having money to spend on art.

France's passion for paintings, sculptures, ancient artifacts and other valuables and curios is a source of national pride and identity. Thousands of museums that house collections big and small help transmit France's love of culture and history from one generation to the next. The biggest also draw millions of tourists who pump money into the French economy.

But keeping all that wealth safe is costly and difficult. Criminals see museums as soft targets. The brazen and agonizing theft of 88 million euros ($102 million) worth of crown jewels from display cases in the Louvre's Apollo gallery served as a wake-up call. But it was only the most shocking example of broader threats to museums, and not just in France.

“When the jewels of a French king disappear, to be melted down because of the price of gold, it is tragic. It breaks everyone’s heart,” said Guillaume Poitrinal, president of a foundation that funds the renovation and protection of French cultural sites, the Fondation du patrimoine.

“We need to make it more difficult to steal works of art and objects that are part of France’s cultural heritage and belong to all French people. That is absolutely essential. And to achieve that, we need to invest,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press.

The Renoir heist took just minutes

Before dawn Tuesday, two robbers made off with “Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano” and “Young Woman at the Well.” They dropped ’’Portrait of Madame Pichon” and “Coco Reading” as they fled through the garden of the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer.

They cut through a fence with an electric knife or saw and entered the museum through the ground floor, said Bryan Masson, mayor of the town between Cannes and Nice on the Mediterranean coast.

The heist took under three minutes. Masson estimated the artworks' value at 9 million euros ($10.5 million). Offloading well-known, stolen art is impossible through legitimate channels, so the paintings could prove to be worth little or nothing for the thieves.

European police agency Europol says museum heists are becoming more violent, with sledgehammers, axes, crowbars and even explosives used for break-ins and to smash display cases.

Thieves also are increasingly targeting museum items with gold and other precious metals that can be melted down and with gemstones that can be removed and sold, the agency said in a report in August. Criminals believe “museum security measures are less robust than those in jewelry stores,” it said.

The ancient necklace stolen July 24 from the museum in Châtillon-sur-Seine, eastern France, was crafted from nearly half a kilo (a pound) of gold.

A record 10 burglaries targeted French and other European museums this summer, according to Jean-Christophe Castelain, director of Le Journal des Arts, a bimonthly revue of the art world.

“Eight of those 10 involved jewelry, coins or antique objects that can easily be melted down,” he said.

A distraught museum director shares her pain

The Lalique Museum in Wingen-sur-Moder, further east near France's border with Germany, has not reopened since the July 5 theft of jewelry there from six display cases busted open with sledgehammers and hammers. The public museum celebrates 19th-century jeweler and glassmaker René Lalique and his successors.

The pain is still raw for its director, Véronique Brumm Schaich. Her voice cracked with emotion during an interview. The museum is seeking 200,000 euros ($233,000) for security upgrades.

“Robbers’ tactics are evolving,” she said. “The recent examples show that we are not the only ones who need to go further in our efforts.”

Because of government budget squeezes, it's not yet clear how much funding will come from public coffers, she said. The museum is also collecting private donations, because “these are things that are extremely expensive,” she said.

“These are difficult times,” she said. “A burglary never comes at a good time, but this one came at an especially bad time.”

Some of the funding that the Fondation du patrimoine provides, including for museums, comes from a national lottery. To help boost museum revenues, the foundation is also launching a pass that will grant subscribers access to 500 museums, monuments and châteaux.

“France is a country where we love passing the buck,” said Poitrinal, the foundation president. “People say it is the state’s responsibility or the city’s responsibility. I say it's quite simple: it is everyone’s responsibility.”

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Associated Press journalists Catherine Gaschka and Alex Turnbull in Paris contributed.

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Negotiators are striving to implement reciprocal tariff reductions on $30 billion of goods “at an early date," Commerce Ministry spokesperson Huang Ling said at a weekly briefing.

She did not elaborate. U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to meet in Washington on Sept. 24 for what will be their third face-to-face talks in the past year. Both governments characterize the top leader talks as a way to stabilize relations in an era of competing interests between the world's two largest economies.

“Leaders’ diplomacy plays an irreplaceable strategic guiding role in China-U.S. relations,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said Thursday.

Trump and Xi agreed at their previous meeting in May in Beijing to launch a U.S.-China Board of Trade that would manage trade between the two countries, along with a parallel Board of Investment. The agreements came after a truce was reached in a blistering tariff war in which Trump hiked tariffs on Chinese imports to extremely high levels and China responded in kind.

The talks on reciprocal tariff reductions are a central part of the negotiations on creating the Board of Trade. The goal is to identify and reduce tariffs on equivalent amounts of “non-sensitive” goods on each side.

“Trade will be front and center at the summit,” Barclays Bank said in a research note this week on the upcoming Trump-Xi meeting, noting that the truce the two countries reached on tariffs expires on Nov. 10. But it cautioned that the scope for a broad trade deal is limited, and that targeted tariff reductions are more likely.

Japón desplegó a 300 efectivos, el buque de desembarco JS Kunisaki y tres helicópteros CH-47, que llegaron a Kalimantan, en la isla de Borneo.

La misión en Indonesia era la primera operación de extinción de incendios en el extranjero de la que se tiene conocimiento realizada por las Fuerzas de Autodefensa de Japón, o JSDF.

“Con este fin, aprenderemos de la experiencia operativa del ejército indonesio y trabajaremos en coordinación y cooperación con ellos, esforzándonos por garantizar que el pueblo indonesio pueda llevar vidas estables lo antes posible”, afirmó el coronel Syunji Nakahara, comandante de las actividades de ayuda en casos de desastre, en un puerto del distrito de Mempawah.

Japón e Indonesia también han estrechado de forma progresiva sus vínculos de cooperación militar, y ambas partes han conversado sobre la venta de destructores japoneses usados.

Indonesia ha sufrido incendios forestales y de tierras durante décadas, pero el patrón climático de El Niño que se intensifica este año y una prolongada temporada seca agravaron el impacto de los incendios.

La neblina tóxica y el humo han provocado una crisis sanitaria en países vecinos.

El humo ha llegado hasta Filipinas, a más de 800 kilómetros (500 millas) de distancia, y superó el umbral de nivel de riesgo en Malasia para contaminación del aire, lo que obligó a las autoridades a declarar una emergencia la semana pasada en una localidad del estado de Sarawak, en Borneo.

La contaminación del aire también ha afectado a varias zonas de la isla de Sumatra, lo que obligó a las escuelas a suspender las actividades docentes en escuelas. La neblina tóxica ha afectado a más de 1,4 millones de estudiantes en todo el país.

Los esfuerzos de extinción de incendios de Japón respaldarán a las autoridades indonesias para llegar a zonas a las que los equipos terrestres tienen dificultades para acceder.

Las JSDF indicaron en un comunicado el jueves que los tres helicópteros CH-47 Chinook procedentes de Japón comenzarán a realizar operaciones de extinción de incendios en Borneo tan pronto como concluyan los preparativos.

“A través de estas operaciones, nos dedicaremos a apoyar a las personas afectadas de Indonesia y a prevenir daños adicionales”, indicó un comunicado escrito de las JSDF el jueves.

Las autoridades indonesias han intensificado los esfuerzos de extinción de incendios en varias provincias mientras buscan contener los incendios. Las labores han incluido aeronaves proporcionadas por países del Sudeste Asiático y de otras regiones, como Japón, Estados Unidos, Rusia, Australia, Canadá y Ucrania.

El Ministerio de Silvicultura de Indonesia registró más de 202.000 hectáreas (casi 500.000 acres) de terreno quemado entre enero y julio, casi tres veces el tamaño de Singapur.

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Mari Yamaguchi contribuyó a este despacho desde Tokio.

Japan deployed 300 crew members, landing ship JS Kunisaki and three CH-47 helicopters, which arrived in Kalimantan on the island of Borneo.

The mission in Indonesia marked the first known overseas firefighting operation carried out by the Japan Self-Defense Forces, or JSDF.

“To this end, we will learn from the Indonesian military’s operational experience and work in coordination and cooperation with them, striving to ensure that the Indonesian people can lead stable lives as soon as possible,” Col. Syunji Nakahara, the commander of the disaster relief activities, said at a port in Mempawah district.

Japan and Indonesia have been also increasingly strengthening their military cooperation ties, with the two sides discussing the Japanese sale of its used destroyers.

Indonesia has been plagued by forest and land fires for decades, but an intensifying El Niño pattern this year and a prolonged dry season worsened the impact of the fires.

Toxic haze and smoke have caused a health crisis in neighboring countries.

The smoke has drifted as far as the Philippines, more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) away, and breached Malaysia’s emergency-level threshold for air pollution, forcing authorities to declare an emergency last week in a town in Sarawak state on Borneo.

The air pollution has also affected several areas on the island of Sumatra, forcing schools to suspend learning activities at school. The toxic haze has affected more than 1.4 million students across the country.

Japan's firefighting efforts will support Indonesian authorities in reaching areas that are difficult for ground teams to access.

The JSDF said in a statement on Thursday that the three CH-47 Chinook helicopters from Japan will start conducting firefighting operations on Borneo as soon as preparations are complete.

“Through these operations, we will dedicate ourselves to supporting the affected people of Indonesia and preventing further damage,” a written statement from JSDF said on Thursday.

Indonesian authorities have escalated firefighting efforts in several provinces as they seek to contain the blazes. The efforts have involved aircraft provided by countries in Southeast Asia and beyond, including Japan, the United States, Russia, Australia, Canada and Ukraine.

Indonesia’s Forestry Ministry recorded more than 202,000 hectares (nearly 500,000 acres) of burned land between January and July, almost three times Singapore’s size.

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Mari Yamaguchi contributed to this report from Tokyo.

Here’s a look at the latest news in the Middle East. Full coverage can be found here.

Two children are killed in Gaza strike

Two children were among the dead after Israel carried out a new strike in the northern Gaza community of Beit Lahiya, according to Shifa hospital, where the bodies were taken.

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military on the strike early Thursday, but a new statement said its forces on Wednesday struck Hamas weapons storage facilities in three areas across Gaza.

Israel's military in the past has said it carries out strikes in response to threats against its forces under the fragile ceasefire that has been in place since October.

Houthis claim Saudi-backed forces strike again

Al-Masirah TV, controlled by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, claimed that Saudi-backed forces launched 40 airstrikes in recent hours in Taiz, Jawf, Hodeida and Marib provinces.

The Associated Press couldn’t independently verify the Houthis' claim as fighting with the Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces has heightened this week. There was no immediate comment from those forces.

Warnings have been growing about a major escalation as the Houthis clash with Yemeni government forces while also attacking oil facilities and utilities in neighboring Saudi Arabia.

The fighting puts further pressure on global oil shipments. The Houthis have been targeting shipping and infrastructure that help keep oil flowing through the Red Sea, while the U.S.-Iran war has limited shipments through the Strait of Hormuz on the opposite side of the Arabian Peninsula.

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This story will be updated throughout the day as new developments emerge.

Former WSJ reporter Selina Cheng, also chairperson of the trade union Hong Kong Journalists Association, launched a private prosecution against Dow Jones Publishing Co. (Asia) Inc. after losing her job in July 2024.

Hong Kong, once considered a bastion of press freedom in Asia, has seen its media landscape change drastically in recent years, including the forced closure of news outlets and the prosecution of newsroom leaders.

Cheng earlier said that her supervisor told her that her participation in the union election was problematic and that the supervisor needed to discuss the issue with WSJ's management in New York and Dow Jones’ in-house lawyers. Cheng said that she was told that her union role would be incompatible with her employment.

In convicting the company, Principal Magistrate David Cheung pointed to the firm's requirement for its approval before Cheng ran for election for the union's leadership role. Cheung said that the election didn't take place within the journalist’s working hours.

But he said that the defense has raised sufficient reasonable doubt for the second charge over her dismissal. The defense previously tried to convince the court that Cheng was terminated because of redundancy.

Dow Jones pleaded not guilty last year to two charges under the city’s Employment Ordinance, each carrying a maximum fine of 100,000 Hong Kong dollars (about $12,750). The first charge alleges the company had prevented or deterred Cheng from exercising union participation rights. The second alleges the company terminated her employment for exercising those rights.

During the trial, the defense argued the prosecution hadn't sufficiently proved that the firm’s management instructed Cheng’s supervisor. It also accused Cheng of abusing the criminal process in a previous hearing.

But the magistrate didn't find that Cheng's private prosecution was motivated by any improper purpose.

Sentencing is expected to be handed down at a later date.

After the verdict, Dow Jones said that it respectfully disagrees with the ruling and is evaluating its next step. It said the Journal has a “long and proud history” as an employer in Hong Kong.

“Throughout that time, we have remained deeply respectful of its labor laws and supportive of our employees’ rights, while publishing excellent, impartial journalism about the region,” it said.

Cheng told reporters that the magistrate was fair to both parties. She said that the case has brought awareness of union suppression in Hong Kong and that she hoped employers will understand they have no right to have their employees consult with them before their workers join a union.

Cheng said that reporters' rights as employees are important to media freedom.

“The right for us to work without worry, without stress, without risk is the foundation of Hong Kong’s press freedom, more than anything else,” she said.

She said that she would have to discuss with her legal team whether to appeal the WSJ's acquittal on the dismissal charge.

Cheng’s termination in 2024 alarmed many journalists, especially given that foreign outlets have traditionally faced less pressure than local news outlets in Hong Kong.

After Beijing imposed a national security law in 2020, two local news outlets known for critical coverage of the government, Apple Daily and Stand News, were forced to shut down following the arrest of their senior management.

Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in February. His staffers received prison terms ranging from six years and nine months, to 10 years.

Hong Kong, a former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997, ranked 140th out of 180 countries and territories in Reporters Without Borders’ latest World Press Freedom Index, down from 18th out of 139 regions in 2002.

Bucaram, de 74 años, escuchó el fallo vía telemática desde la camilla de una clínica, días después de haber notificado que fue intervenido del corazón, aunque en una foto difundida por su familia en la red social X aparecía despierto y con sus lentes sobre la frente. El tribunal le había ordenado a la policía resguardar la clínica para garantizar su comparecencia a la lectura del fallo, que había sido suspendida al menos en seis ocasiones.

El dictamen señaló que el exmandatario y su hijo Jacobo Bucaram —quien recibió igual sentencia— eran cooperadores del delito de delincuencia organizada. Bucaram deberá cumplir arresto domiciliario debido a su edad.

Otras dos personas también recibieron sentencias. Leandro Berrones, ex agente de tránsito, fue condenado a 13 años y 4 meses de prisión como autor directo del delito, y el israelí Sheinman Oren a dos años y 8 meses, con lo que se acerca a su fin un juicio que se prolongó seis años. La medida podrá ser apelada.

Un tercer extranjero involucrado, el también israelí Shy Dahan, fue asesinado seis años atrás en una peligrosa cárcel de la costa ecuatoriana.

Según el fallo, en 2020 los sentenciados integraron una red delictiva que se benefició de la venta ilegal de 21.000 pruebas de detección del virus de COVID-19 y otros insumos, tales como medicamentos o mascarillas, que escaseaban durante la emergencia sanitaria.

Durante un allanamiento en el marco de la investigación por la compra con sobreprecio de insumos médicos para hospitales públicos, dichos artículos fueron encontrados en el domicilio del expresidente. En un ejemplo del alza artificial en los precios, había fundas para cadáveres a un costo de 150 dólares, cuando en el mercado se cotizaban a 15 dólares.

En la residencia de Bucaram también se hallaron una pistola y balas sin permiso para portarla, así como bienes patrimoniales. Por lo anterior se le dictó arresto domiciliario preventivo, pero fue sobreseído.

La ley penal ecuatoriana sanciona el delito de delincuencia organizada con 10 años de prisión, y puede ser mayor en caso de que haya agravantes.

Previo a la audiencia, Bucaram escribió un extenso mensaje en X, en el que dijo estar “en peligro de muerte”, y adelantó que acudirá ante organismos internacionales para “denunciar este nuevo atropello”.

“Somos inocentes”, escribió.

Bucaram es el cuarto expresidente de Ecuador en ser condenado por corrupción, luego de Jamil Mahuad, Rafael Correa y Lenín Moreno. Este último fue sentenciado recientemente a cinco años de prisión por cohecho.

Un presidente polémico

Bucaram gobernó Ecuador entre 1996 y 1997. Su período se acortó a escasos seis meses tras ser destituido por el Congreso en medio de innumerables escándalos que salpicaban su administración. Los legisladores alegaron “incapacidad mental”, lo cual nunca fue avalado por un diagnóstico profesional.

Fue un mandatario atípico. Bailaba y cantaba en la tarima, usaba un lenguaje popular y mostraba algunas excentricidades, tales como cantar dando alaridos, comer con las manos o chuparse los dedos en público. Todo eso le generó cuestionamientos.

Tras ser destituido fue acusado de malversación de fondos y sobreprecio en programas gubernamentales, y estuvo exiliado en Panamá durante dos décadas. Los juicios en su contra prescribieron y retornó a Ecuador en 2017.

Ha sufrido varios quebrantos de salud, incluidos un infarto y problemas respiratorios.

Or save money by holding on to your current device, whether it is Apple or Android, to get the most life out of it.

As smartphone technology has matured and innovations have become more incremental, people have stopped buying into the idea that they need to upgrade to the newest phone. There is also an environmental push to keep old phones out of landfills as electronic waste becomes a larger sustainability issue. Modern smartphones are also just sturdier and better able to survive dunks and drops.

The typical smartphone replacement cycle is now four years, according to Counterpoint Research. Some device owners boast in online forums that they have had phones last more than seven years.

Here are some pointers on extending your phone's life:

Take care of your phone's battery

The biggest factor in a phone’s longevity is the battery. A rechargeable battery’s life span is related to its “chemical age,” which is based not only on the manufacturing date but also on factors including “temperature history and charging pattern," according to Apple. The company says that as lithium-ion batteries chemically age, they hold less charge, which results in “reduced peak performance.”

Samsung warns against running a lithium-ion battery down completely, because that could shorten its life.

“The battery is absolutely often the first thing to go in most people’s phones," said Elizabeth Chamberlain, director of sustainability at the device-repair website iFixit.

Lithium-ion batteries typically last about 300 to 500 charging cycles before degrading noticeably to the point that they can't last a day without needing a charge, she said. "Many people will hit 500 cycles in two years. Heavy users will get there faster."

Batteries get stressed if they are completely drained or fully charged, Chamberlain said.

So avoid letting your battery die, and also avoid charging it all the way to 100%, “unless you really need a full charge,” she said. “Aim to keep the battery between 20% and 80% charged.”

If you are in the habit of plugging in your phone when you go to bed, Apple and Samsung both have charging optimization technology that improves battery life by delaying a full charge based on your daily routine.

This feature, which is on by default in iOS, pauses charging at 80% and then charges to 100% just before you wake up.

Phone batteries shouldn't get too hot or cold

Device makers warn against exposing phones to extreme heat or cold, both of which can damage batteries.

Apple says batteries warm up as they charge, which can shorten their life span. It warns against using your phone or charging it in very hot temperatures, above 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35 Celsius).

Samsung says you shouldn't leave your phone in, for example, a car’s glove box when it is very hot or cold. And don’t put it in a freezer either — it's a myth that it can prolong battery life.

Google, which makes the Android operating system and Pixel phones, says hot batteries drain faster, even when they are not in use, and that can damage the battery.

Adjust your phone's power options to boost battery life

Tweak your device settings so apps or features use less power, which extends your battery’s daily life and the time between charging cycles.

You can turn down your phone’s screen brightness, turn on the dark theme and reduce the time for the screen to power off. Enable the auto-brightness feature, which adjusts screen brightness according to the level of ambient light. Also check battery usage in your settings to see if there are any power-hungry apps you can switch off or uninstall.

If the power level dips below 10%, iPhone users can turn on low power mode to stretch their battery’s life before it needs recharging. Samsung’s Android phones have a similar “power saving mode.” You can also leave it on all the time, but it might affect your phone’s performance.

Phone cases and screens are essential protection

Phones are sleek capsules with glossy surfaces that also make them easier for them to slip out of your hand. A sturdy protective case is essential to help cushion the blow from accidental drops.

However, beware that some phone cases can retain heat, so your phone might stay hot even if it seems cool, Chamberlain warns.

Don’t forget a screen protector. Plastic versions are cheap but can scuff easily, according to iFixit, which recommends TPU film or tempered glass because they offer better protection against scratches and drops.

Keep your device clean

Keeping your phone in your pocket or purse means ports and sockets collect debris that needs to be cleaned out.

Chamberlain said that when a phone stops charging, often the problem is simply that the charging port is jammed with lint, preventing the cable from connecting.

You can buy kits with brushes, picks, swabs and dust blowers to give your phone's ports, speaker and microphone grilles a thorough cleaning. But in a pinch, use a toothpick and a clean toothbrush.

Update the software regularly

Software is another important factor in a phone’s life span. Experts advise keeping your operating system and apps up to date so they have the latest privacy, security and battery management features.

That will be easier to do as your phone ages because some device makers have been extending the time limit for providing updates.

Google has pledged to provide Pixel 8 and newer phones with seven years of Android and security updates, compared with four to five years for older models. Samsung pledged in 2024 to extend its operating system updates to seven years.

Apple hasn't spelled out how long it will support iOS updates for phones. The iPhone 11, released in 2019, was the oldest model still getting updates this year. But reports suggest it might not be eligible for the new iOS 27 due this month.

Some phones are designed to be easily repaired

Sometimes your phone will have a problem that can only be solved by repairing it, usually involving paying someone else to fix it.

But there are device makers that are making it easier to repair phones yourself. Netherlands-based Fairphone makes phones it says are designed for longevity, which come with a stripped-down version of Android and can be easily disassembled using a mini screwdriver. Replacement batteries, screens and other spare parts can be ordered online.

Fairphone's Chief Technical Officer Chandler Hatton said the company aims to have its devices last at least five years.

“What we’re trying to do is to support people to be able to use their device for longer,” Hatton said.

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Holding her child, she went outside. Around her, people stared up at a gash in the north tower of the World Trade Center, smoke billowing from the building just blocks from her home.

“What did you see? What did you see?” people were asking one another. Matthews, an Associated Press reporter, began asking the same question, fumbling to get out her notebook and record what people had witnessed, all with her daughter still in her arms.

Matthews had planned to drop her daughter at school before working later to cover New York’s primary election. Instead, she and other AP journalists found themselves documenting the Sept. 11 attacks as they lived through them.

Twenty-five years later, they remember what they saw.

At first, no one knew what was happening

On her way outside, Matthews passed a woman in her building’s lobby with tears streaming down her face. Some people assumed a small plane had accidentally struck the tower.

Then she saw a “big fireball” erupt from the south tower as a second hijacked jet struck.

“‘I want to go to school, I want to go to school,’” her daughter started crying.

“That’s when we all knew that we were under attack,” Matthews said.

Matthews started toward the preschool anyway, until she saw teachers grabbing children and running north, many of them crying. She took her daughter upstairs, intent on getting her to a safe place, and put on Barney.

Then she heard two more impossibly loud roars — one tower collapsing, then the other. Nearly 3,000 people died in the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon, and on the four jets hijacked by al-Qaida militants.

Twenty-five years later, Matthews, now retired, still divides her life into before Sept. 11 and after.

“I’m not a really fearful person,” she said. “But you lose a sense of security when something like that happens.”

“I do think it helped to be part of telling the story of what happened,” Matthews said.

The camera becomes a wall

Lower Manhattan’s streets were filled with smoke and debris when Richard Drew got off the subway at Chambers Street and saw the burning twin towers.

His assignment that day had originally been to cover the opening day of Fashion Week — a whirlwind of glamour, models and runway shows.

He began taking pictures. Gray ash and soot covered his clothes, face and cameras.

An emergency medical worker pointed up and said, “Look at that.” People were plummeting from the burning towers.

“I don’t know whether they were jumping or they got forced out by the fire,” Drew said.

Drew photographed them. One image became known as “The Falling Man.” It shows a lone man falling headfirst, his body nearly aligned with the vertical lines of the towers. The photograph appeared in some newspapers the next day, but was rejected by other publications that worried readers would find it too upsetting.

Drew still thinks about the photograph — and the unidentified man in it— at least once a week.

“When I’m in a situation like September 11th, I go into professional photographer mode and I concentrate on whatever’s happening in front of me,” said Drew, who also photographed the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.

He said his wife calls his camera a wall — a filter between the photographer and the reality they’re capturing.

“I guess I’m in denial about whether those things really affected me,” he said.

The wheelchairs stayed empty

Dust from the pulverized towers was falling “like a snowstorm” when AP reporter Larry Neumeister made it to a hospital near ground zero that afternoon.

Doctors and nurses gathered outside. Lines of wheelchairs and gurneys waited at the entrance. Staff were preparing for a constant stream of injured survivors — potentially thousands, Neumeister said.

Then the hours passed.

“It became clear nobody else was being brought in,” Neumeister said.

Around midnight, Neumeister walked by the World Trade Center site. A doctor told him: “You either walked away from the site or ran away from the World Trade Center buildings when they fell, or you were gone. There was no in-between.”

Her training took over

Sept. 11 was supposed to be Amy Sancetta’s day off.

Then based in Ohio, the AP photographer had traveled to New York to cover U.S. Open tennis. But the tournament was over and she had the day to herself. Then her editor called: A small plane had hit one of the towers. She needed to go downtown.

As she gathered her gear, Sancetta realized she didn’t know where the twin towers were. She got into a cab and told the driver to get her as close as he could.

About a block and a half away, Sancetta was photographing the south tower when it began to collapse.

“The weirdest thing that went through my head at the time was, it was kind of muscle memory, like shooting a basketball game,” she said.

When the cloud of debris came toward her, Sancetta ran into a parking garage. In a stairwell, she found a woman crying who had escaped from the towers and wanted to call her son. Sancetta hugged her and reached for her flip phone. Her hand was shaking. There was no signal. Sancetta took the son’s number and promised to call him.

When she emerged onto the street, everything was white, “like covered with snow, but not snow.” The screaming and pounding footsteps had given way to crying and whimpering. Loose-leaf office paper floated through the sky “like birds.”

“I wish I’d shot that,” Sancetta said. “I didn’t, but I can see it — I see it right now.”

Twenty-five years later, Sancetta held up a newspaper from Sept. 12 showing the burning towers she had photographed.

“NIGHTMARE,” the headline read.

Outside her windows now are woods. But she can still remember the sound of the tower collapsing — “just unearthly.”

“As a journalist, I’m glad I was there,” Sancetta said. “But as a human being, I wish I’d gone home on Monday.”

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Willingham reported from Boston.

Both players are intense and animated competitors, and their fan bases' are fiercely loyal. On much of social media you're either for Reese or for Clark. It has that feel of rooting for Duke or Carolina; Yankees or Red Sox or Bird or Magic.

The pair have definitely bonded so far in the World Cup in their national team debuts. Clark said many of the stories about their relationship are “false takes,” saying she loves the fiery competitiveness that she and Reese share.

“No matter what, there’s always going to be people that create those narratives and say whatever they want to say,” Clark said. “There’s definitely no stopping that and they’re always going to be there. I think for ourselves, like I said, it’s easy for us to just come in here and compete.”

Reese has enjoyed playing with Clark and the other young members of the roster, including Paige Bueckers and Aliyah Boston.

“We can kind of rely on each other, lean on each other,” Reese said. “This is our first big national event, so being able to play with each other, learn each other and go through these learning process together, it’s fun.”

Clark and Reese have played together on the 2024 WNBA All-Star team that beat the U.S. Olympic team, but they will forever be joined at hips after their clash in the 2023 NCAA title game catapulted them into the center of debates.

Reese’s LSU squad topped Clark’s Iowa team in the matchup, but the players actions and interactions (who can forget Reese pointing to her ring finger in the closing seconds), drew attention to them.

Clark said she appreciates Reese’s desire to win and her relentlessness on the court, saying “it’s been fun to to be able to play with her.”

Clark laughed recalling one incident in the tournament between she and Reese that has gotten some attention. When Clark was subbing in during the opener against China and started to step on the court before being officially told to, Reese, who was entering the game at the same time, pulled her back off the court.

“Well, the ref had gotten mad at me a couple of times prior, so she was saving me from the ref getting mad at me again,” Clark said laughing.

In another fun moment, Reese was talking to the media after the tight win over Italy and Clark ducked past her, apologizing for interrupting her interviews. Reese smiled and gave Clark a high-five as she went by.

They'll be back on opposite sides soon enough — Reese's Atlanta Dream and Clark's Indiana Fever are both headed for the WNBA playoffs and both have 26-14 records. They could meet in the first round if the current seeds hold.

But for now, they share a common goal and the fact that Reese and Clark say they are having fun on the court together is good news for U.S. women's basketball fans. The duo could be part of a core group of players expected to be teammates in the next several Olympics.

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Daniel Owen Conahan Jr., 72, was sentenced to die for the 1996 kidnapping and strangling of Richard Allen Montgomery, whose mutilated body was found in a wooded southwest Florida area where authorities found the remains of at least six people over a three-year span.

Conahan, who has maintained his innocence, has previously been identified by authorities as a person of interest in the other deaths, but he was never charged. He has argued the evidence against him was circumstantial.

Conahan was scheduled to die by lethal injection in the nation's busiest death chamber. Florida has carried out more than half of the 24 total executions in the U.S. so far this year under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who leaves office in January.

Multiple bodies found in popular hunting area

Conahan was arrested in July 1996 after local and state law enforcement officials spent more than two years investigating a series of homicides in which mutilated and decomposing bodies were discovered in a wooded area of Charlotte County, north of Fort Myers.

As the number of bodies increased, so did media coverage. The deaths eventually were dubbed the “Hog Trail Murders" because of the swampy, wooded locations where the bodies were found. The case has been featured many times over the past three decades on true-crime television shows, YouTube channels and podcasts.

The first body was found by hunters in February 1994, followed by at least five more bodies over the next three years. Most of the remains were severely decomposed, but investigators believed Montgomery had been dead for less than a day when he was found. Investigators eventually determined that the killer was targeting homeless men.

Investigators found similarities in cases

Detectives started looking into Conahan in 1996 after a man in prison for stealing Conahan’s car claimed that Conahan had lured him to a remote area and offered to pay him to pose for nude photos. The man said he drove off in the car after seeing a knife.

Later, detectives learned about a case with similarities in Fort Myers, in which a victim claimed a man who offered cash for nude photos had tied him to a tree and attempted to strangle him. Conahan was initially arrested and charged with attempted murder, and several months later was also charged in Montgomery’s death.

Conahan waived his right to a jury trial and was convicted by a judge of murder and kidnapping in August 1999.

Conahan was never charged with any other homicides, but a sheriff's office report about the investigation concluded that all of the victims discovered within a 10-mile (16-kilometer) radius were likely killed by the same person.

In 2007, a land survey crew discovered eight bodies in Fort Myers. The four victims identified by authorities were homeless, and officials said they all suffered similar injuries to the Charlotte County victims. Investigators at the time publicly identified Conahan, who was already on Florida's death row, as a person of interest, but he was never charged.

The Florida Supreme Court last week denied Conahan's final appeals, including one requesting additional testing on DNA collected from the victim. The court ruled that proving Montgomery had DNA on his body from someone other than Conahan wouldn't exonerate him.

A final appeal remains pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Florida leads the way in executions

A total of 47 people were executed in the U.S. in 2025. Florida led the way with 19 lethal injections, a state record since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

In July, Florida executed two prisoners in one day, the first state in nearly a decade to do so.

The future for the S&P 500 rose 0.2% and that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.4%.

In Germany, the DAX fell 0.2% to 25,535.88. The CAC 40 in Paris edged 0.2% higher, while Britain's FTSE 100 lost 0.2% to 10,651.40.

The price of Brent crude jumped 3.4% on Wednesday, surging above $100 a barrel for the first time since July. It added another 0.3% early Thursday, to $101.52 a barrel.

U.S. benchmark crude gained 0.4% to $96.42 a barrel.

The latest attacks between the U.S. and Iran are stifling the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, and U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that oil prices likely won’t fall until after U.S. midterm elections.

In Asian trading, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 reversed earlier losses, gaining 0.2% to 65,270.95 and the Kospi in South Korea fell 0.3% to 7,033.92.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 1.3% to 24,954.47, while the Shanghai Composite index gave up 0.4% to 3,934.40.

In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 slipped 1.2% to 8,819.40.

Taiwan's Taiex fell 0.5% and India's Sensex was nearly unchanged.

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 index fell 0.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.8%, and the Nasdaq composite gave up 0.6%. The indexes are all on track for a weekly loss.

Oil prices drove much of the action on Wall Street. The U.S. destroyed five Iranian tankers on Tuesday in a series of attacks between the two nations. The conflict that began in February has essentially shut down traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, where a fifth of the world’s oil supply passed before the war began.

Retailers were among the companies that pulled the market lower. Amazon fell 1.8%, Starbucks lost 1.9% and Home Depot dropped 1%. Every sector within the benchmark S&P 500 declined except for energy, which rose as oil companies notched gains. Exxon Mobil rose 2.2% and Chevron added 1.9%.

The jump in oil prices over the course of the war has pushed prices for many goods higher. Gasoline prices in the U.S. are up about 32% from a year ago to $4.22 per gallon. Higher fuel costs cut into household budgets directly and also indirectly raise prices for goods because of higher shipping costs.

The price of diesel, which can have an outsized impact on consumers because it is used in shipping and production, hit an all-time high Friday and has continued to climb since. The average price for a gallon reached $5.94 overnight and is now 9 cents higher than it was Friday.

Inflation was already stubbornly high when the U.S. started its war against Iran because of the U.S. trade war with much of the world.

An update on wholesale prices is due later Thursday with the release of the Producer Price Index for August. It measures the prices businesses pay for goods before they reach customers. That report will be followed up Friday with the release of the Consumer Price Index, or CPI, for August, which shows the more direct price impact for households.

The latest reports are expected to show that the rate of inflation remains above 3%, above the Federal Reserve's target rate of 2%.

Elsewhere on Wall Street, shares of Meta Platforms rose 6.6% as the parent company of Instagram and Facebook launched a personal artificial intelligence agent, Muse, for people 18 and over who are looking for help with day-to-day tasks like schedules and shopping.

Rising Treasury yields in the bond market were also weighing down stocks on Wall Street Wednesday.

The U.S. Treasury Department said Wednesday that it would buy back up to $6 billion in long-term debt. That follows an announcement in August previewing plans for an unusually large buyback in an effort to contain rising yields, which make it more expensive for U.S. companies to borrow money and also weigh down other investments, such as stocks.

Bond yields were holding steady prior to the announcement, but gained ground shortly after.

In other dealings early Thursday, the U.S. dollar rose to 153.58 Japanese yen from 153.54 yen. The euro rose to $1.1639 from $1.1632.

Then the Dark Side defense took over, Drew Lock made a few big plays and the Seahawks capped a Super Bowl banner-raising night with another win against the New England Patriots.

Lock led two late scoring drives and the Seahawks intercepted Drake Maye three times in the fourth quarter to overcome an early injury to Darnold and beat the Patriots 13-10 on Wednesday night in a Super Bowl rematch.

“I want to give our team a lot of credit because you know things weren’t really going where we wanted,” coach Mike Macdonald said. “We didn’t panic. We still liked our plan. We didn’t need to change what we were doing or anything like that. We just we wanted to stick to what we were doing, and the guys were just really excited to go back out there and play.”

The Seahawks were held to just a field goal through three quarters as Lock and the offense struggled to move the ball after Darnold injured his hip on the opening drive. Macdonald said initial tests showed Darnold didn't break a bone, calling the news “positive.”

But the costly interceptions by Maye — last season's MVP runner-up — turned the tide and made sure that the banner-raising night would end in happy fashion for the boisterous home crowd.

“We knew coming in, it was going to be a four-quarter game, and that’s and that’s who we are,” receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba said. “We’re going to fight. We knew it’s going to be a dogfight, and we love it. Whatever it looks like in the first half, second quarter, like we’re going to make it right. We’re going to keep fighting until the clock hits triple zero. So I was just happy to to see that and to see that continue going forward this year.”

Maye overcame the first two picks to drive the Patriots into position to tie or take the lead in the final minute. But Josh Jobe made a toe-tapping interception in the end zone to seal the win.

“I was trying to get rid of it, and I realized Mack was back there in the back and I didn’t put enough on it to get it out,” Maye said. “It was unacceptable.”

Seattle trailed 10-0 but got a field goal in the third quarter and tied the game when Lock connected with Smith-Njigba on a 45-yard pass on fourth-and-1 following an interception by Nehemiah Pritchett.

Julian Love intercepted Maye on the next drive and the Seahawks took a 13-10 lead on a 26-yard field goal by Jason Myers. That set the stage for the defensive stand on the final drive.

The game started following a ceremony that featured the Super Bowl banner being raised and highlights being played on the video board. This was the third Super Bowl rematch in Week 1, with it last happening in 2016 when Denver celebrated its title with a win over Carolina.

The excitement turned to worry quickly as Darnold came up limping following a third-down sack by Dre’Mont Jones on the first drive. Darnold went immediately to the sideline medical tent and then back to the locker room before the next drive.

Lock, who threw just three passes last season, entered the game. Seattle’s offense was stagnant until the fourth quarter, but Lock made enough plays late to provide a signature moment of a career that has had few highlights since he was drafted in the second round by Denver in 2019. He won just eight starts in three seasons with the Broncos before coming to Seattle in the Russell Wilson trade. He left to be a backup for the New York Giants before returning to Seattle last season.

“It was a blast,” Lock said. “So proud of everyone around me tonight on the offensive side of the ball. I can't say enough about the defense turning over the ball.”

The Patriots didn’t fare much better on offense but got the only score of the first half after Jobe interfered with offseason acquisition A.J. Brown on a deep flea-flicker pass and Maye found rookie Eli Raridon for a 2-yard score on the next play to make it 7-0.

A penalty helped set up the second Patriots score as well. Chazz Surratt was flagged for roughing the punter on the opening drive of the second half, setting up Andy Borregales’ 50-yard field goal.

Injuries

Patriots: Brown left the game with an injured right ankle in the third quarter and didn’t return.

Seahawks: S Nick Emmanwori (ankle) was ruled inactive before the game.

Up next

Patriots: Host Pittsburgh on Sept. 20.

Seahawks: Visit Arizona on Sept. 20.

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It happened around 9 p.m. in the area of Northwest 117th Street and Seventh Avenue.

According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, two juveniles were taken to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Authorities have not provided any information regarding the circumstances that led up to the crash.

At the scene, what appeared to be an electric bike was on the ground with debris scattered around it.

The dubious promise would likely cost more than $1 trillion and require congressional approval, and would further exacerbate the country’s nearly $1.8 trillion annual budget deficit and concerns about inflation.

“If the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000," Trump said during the GOP's midterm convention in Dallas. "It will be called the Trump Dividend.”

He likened the payments to a corporation's distributions to shareholders, citing “our tremendous strength and success economically."

Within an hour, Vice President JD Vance appeared to try to walk back Trump’s proposal — at least in part — by suggesting the dividend payments would not go to the wealthy. Vance suggested it could be paid for by U.S. tariff revenues, though the suggested payment dwarfs what the U.S. has taken in through the protectionist measures.

The White House did not respond to a message seeking details.

Congress would need to approve or otherwise acquiesce to the payment. The sum would far exceed U.S. tariff revenues even before the Supreme Court tossed much of the president’s tariff program last year.

The national debt last month topped $40 trillion for the first time.

Trump has frequently lamented that, during the modern era, the president's party almost always loses seats in Congress during the midterms, and he has looked for unorthodox ways to defy the trend, including this week's convention.

“We’re going to change that,” Trump said. “There’s no reason for it.”

Marc Goldwein, the senior policy director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a think tank in Washington, said Trump has no authority send money to Americans without approval from Congress.

Goldwein added that dividends are something that companies pay when there’s a surplus, but the U.S. is running $2 trillion annual deficits and has $40 trillion in debt.

“The idea that we’ve had fiscal success is backwards and bordering on laughable,” he said. “We don’t have surpluses to give away.”

The move was reminiscent of billionaire Elon Musk’s efforts to buy votes in last year’s Wisconsin state Supreme Court race, where he handed out million-dollar checks to voters to try to boost a candidate who ultimately lost.

Trump has discussed the possibility before but has never tied it to his party's electoral fortunes. Earlier this year, he proposed a $2,000 dividend and said he didn't think he needed approval from Congress.

Last year, Trump gave members of the military a $1,776 check that he called a “warrior dividend.”

“I will get a bill ready so that we can get the Trump Dividend passed immediately after the November 3rd election,” Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio wrote on X late Wednesday. “Because Republicans (and America) will win!”

A $5,000 check would give each American more money than they received in direct government payments from COVID-19 relief measures during Trump’s first term.

Trump’s proposal would be legal because the payment would go to everyone regardless of how they voted, or whether they voted at all, said New Mexico-based attorney John Day.

“This is a campaign promise,” Day said. “It’s not a payment to individuals to try to get them to vote in a particular way.”

Republicans are on defense as they look to defend their narrow House majority against strong headwinds. Trump is unpopular, and Americans overwhelmingly oppose the war in Iran. Even the Senate, which Republicans once were well-positioned to keep, is up for grabs.

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El bochorno de agosto también contribuyó a que el planeta tuviera el verano más caluroso en el hemisferio norte que los científicos hayan medido.

La temperatura promedio a nivel mundial el mes pasado fue de 16,96 grados Celsius (62,53 grados Fahrenheit), técnicamente una centésima de grado Celsius por encima de la marca histórica a nivel global establecida en julio de 2023, pero como ese también es el nivel de incertidumbre, se considera un empate, explicó Samantha Burgess, responsable de estrategia climática de Copernicus.

“Ya es hora de dejar de actuar sorprendidos de que nuestro planeta en calentamiento se siga calentando. Esto está ocurriendo exactamente como los científicos lo pronosticaron literalmente hace décadas", subrayó el climatólogo de la Universidad Texas A&M, Andrew Dessler. "La verdadera pregunta no es si seguiremos batiendo récords de calor (que lo haremos), sino si vamos a hacer algo al respecto o simplemente quedarnos ahí sentados mientras el tren del clima nos pasa por encima”.

A nivel mundial, agosto estuvo 1,65 grados Celsius (casi 3 grados Fahrenheit) por encima de los niveles preindustriales, superando por mucho el umbral establecido a un mayor plazo de 1,5 grados Celsius (2,7 grados Fahrenheit) en el Acuerdo Climático de París de 2015. Los ocho meses más calurosos en los registros han sido desde julio de 2023, según datos de Copernicus.

“Nuestro sistema climático realmente está funcionando muy fuera del rango que habríamos esperado hace apenas una década", explicó Burgess desde Reino Unido, un país azotado por olas de calor. "Hemos pasado de un clima muy abstracto que quizá afectara al sur global o a lugares lejanos, a un clima que impacta y altera nuestra vida cotidiana con cierres de escuelas, hospitales desbordados, carreteras que se derriten, vías de trenes que se deforman. Y la realidad es que tendremos más de estas condiciones que hemos visto este verano”.

Las temperaturas mensuales de los océanos de todo el mundo durante agosto igualaron el récord histórico para el mes más caluroso jamás registrado, establecido en marzo de 2024, mientras que el 22 de agosto se estableció un récord para el día de mayor temperatura en los mares a nivel mundial.

Un verano extra caluroso

“Este verano ha sido realmente excepcional. Hemos visto que se rompen récords que habían existido desde hace casi 100 años, en particular en Estados Unidos”.

La Oficina Nacional de Administración Oceánica y Atmosférica de Estados Unidos (NOAA, por sus siglas en inglés) anunció el miércoles que, por primera vez, el verano en los 48 estados del territorio continental fue más caluroso que durante el punto más alto del devastador Dust Bowl en 1936. Entre junio y agosto de 2026, el promedio en Estados Unidos continental fue de 23,54 grados Celsius (74,37 grados Fahrenheit), casi cuatro décimas de grado más que la marca establecida hace 90 años. A nivel mundial, este verano pasado también empató al de 2024 como el más caluroso en los registros, según Copernicus.

En Estados Unidos, agosto pulverizó los récords de calor por más de medio grado Fahrenheit, con un promedio de 24,21 grados Celsius (75,58 Fahrenheit), y el promedio de la máxima diurna fue de unos abrasadores 31,42 grados Celsius (88,56 Fahrenheit), también un récord. Julio también marcó un récord de calor en Estados Unidos, borrando otra marca del Dust Bowl.

El hecho de que los récords se estén rompiendo de forma regular, y de que agosto —y no julio, que suele ser más caliente— haya establecido una marca histórica, son señales de que el cambio climático provocado por el ser humano se está acelerando, afirmó el climatólogo de Berkeley Earth, Zeke Hausfather.

Los datos de Copernicus se remontan a 1940, los de la NOAA para Estados Unidos se remontan a 1895 y los datos globales —que por lo general coinciden con los de Copernicus pero tardan más en calcularse— datan de 1880.

Combustibles fósiles y a El Niño, los culpables

De acuerdo con varios científicos, si bien El Niño es un factor, este calentamiento natural y temporal de partes del Pacífico —que distorsiona y calienta el clima a nivel global— está muy lejos de ser una causa tan relevante como lo son los gases que atrapan el calor, producto de la quema de carbón, petróleo y gas natural.

“Aunque El Niño está empezando a aumentar el calor, el factor subyacente sigue siendo nuestra quema implacable de combustibles fósiles. El cambio climático hace que cada El Niño sea más caliente, y hasta que dejemos de quemar carbón, petróleo y gas, estos meses de temperaturas históricas simplemente seguirán llegando”, subrayó Friederike Otto, climatóloga del Imperial College London.

Burgess explicó que, por lo general, El Niño sólo añade una o dos décimas de grado Celsius (dos a cuatro décimas Fahrenheit) a la temperatura global, y que la inmensa mayoría del calor proviene de la quema de combustibles fósiles.

Sin embargo, los pronósticos indican que este El Niño romperá récords de intensidad en los próximos meses. Y a medida que las temperaturas sigan en aumento, las olas de calor, las tormentas, las inundaciones y los incendios forestales serán más frecuentes y peligrosos, advirtió Katharine Hayhoe, climatóloga en Texas Tech.

Según Hausfather, “es cada vez más probable que 2026 termine por superar a 2024 como el año más caluroso en los registros, y es casi seguro que 2027 supere a ambos, posiblemente superando por 1,8 grados Celsius (3,2 grados Fahrenheit) los niveles preindustriales, impulsado por un El Niño de una fuerza sin precedentes”.

Algunos promedios diarios podrían alcanzar un umbral climático aún más alto: 2 grados Celsius (3,6 grados Fahrenheit) por encima de mediados de la década de 1800, aseguró Bugress.

“Hasta que la humanidad deje de quemar cantidades colosales de carbón, petróleo y gas, la contaminación que esto provoca seguirá recalentando nuestro planeta, y el calor extremo seguirá pulverizando récords históricos, matando a millones y costando billones, afectando los sistemas de transporte y de salud, y elevando los precios de productos básicos del hogar como los alimentos", afirmó Simon Stiell, director de asuntos climáticos de Naciones Unidas. "Este es el costo en espiral de la adicción de la humanidad a los combustibles fósiles, y de la crisis climática global que está alimentando”.

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Scientists say microplastic pollution is increasing across nearly three-quarters of the world’s marine areas by about 4.5% every year.

For four decades, the Ocean Conservancy has been fighting the scourge of plastic pollution, organizing a massive global cleanup on the same day every year.

South Florida’s is one of the largest in the world — and now is your chance to pitch in.

Saturday, Sept. 19, is the day for you to stand up, clean up and be part of a global movement.

“This is the largest volunteer opportunity for the environment in Miami-Dade County every year,” said Dave Doebler, co-founder and executive director of VolunteerCleanup.org.

The International Coastal Cleanup returns for its 41st year, mobilizing millions around the world to get trash out of beaches, waterways and the ocean.

“Thousands of cleanups take place all over the world,” said Sarah Weller, associate director of the International Coastal Cleanup at Ocean Conservancy. “And it’s all just about removing harmful debris and plastics out of the environment.”

Click here to sign up for the ICC

Launched in 1986 by the Ocean Conservancy, ICC has grown into the world’s largest single-day beach cleanup, with hundreds of thousands of volunteers across 110 countries showing love for oceans and raising awareness about the growing marine debris crisis that we see daily in our own backyard.

“So the flow is never ending. It’s constantly input from storm drains and street litter. When it rains, everything that happens at the street ends up in the bay,” Doebler said.

New FIU research reveals just how pervasive the plastic pollution problem has become. In some Biscayne Bay surface water samples, researchers found an average of 39 pieces of microplastics in just one liter of water.

“Those pose a threat called ingestion, where marine life, big and small, can consume those items, and then that’s filling their gut instead of the food that they actually need,” Weller said.

And what marine life eats ultimately ends up on our plates. Microplastics carry toxic chemicals through the food web, raising growing concerns about the impact on human health.

“It’s affecting our food supply. It’s not just unsightly. It’s not just affecting nature. It affects us,” Doebler said.

The problem is real, and the need to address it has never been more urgent. Just ask the volunteers who have come out before.

“Their takeaway is always, ‘Wow, I had no idea. It is so shocking to me to see all this trash. I can’t believe it,’” said Sophie Ringel, founder and executive director of Clean Miami Beach.

During last year’s ICC, 3,200 volunteers removed more than 26,000 pounds of debris from South Florida’s beaches, neighborhoods and Biscayne Bay in just one day, and that is here at home. The global impact is staggering.

“We know that nearly 20 million volunteers have come out over the four decades plus and removed over 400 million pounds of debris from coastlines and waterways worldwide,” Weller said.

The need is so great in South Florida that there are cleanup sites from Aventura to Homestead. Clean Miami Beach is helping VolunteerCleanup.org organize this year’s event and will host the VIP site on the Julia Tuttle Causeway.

“Real change happens within the community because nobody can do anything by themselves. So these cleanups are wonderful to bring the community together because only together we can implement long-term change,” Ringel said.

“I think we’ve surpassed a million volunteers probably before the pandemic years. So we’re hoping to get back to that level of participation, so that’s kind of a goal for us,” Weller said.

Ocean Conservancy released new numbers from last year’s cleanup: Volunteers collected more than 1.3 million plastic bottles and nearly 886,000 bottle caps worldwide.

Since the first cleanup in 1986, the movement has helped build the world’s largest database on marine debris, informing policies and strategies to fight this growing crisis.

Ricky Lauren, his lifelong muse, is present in each of the designer’s collections.

At the designer’s New York Fashion Week show, Ricky Lauren sat front row along with other members of the Lauren family as her husband took guests on a whirlwind romantic escape ahead of the official launch of New York Fashion Week.

Actors Meghann Fahy, Cynthia Erivo, Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki and Ella Hunt were a few of the celebrity guests in attendance at the downtown Manhattan show.

“Ralph just generally designs so beautifully for a woman’s body,” Hunt told The Associated Press after the show.

Lauren pared down the lavish setting from his fall ready-to-wear show of opulent rugs and antique chairs, keeping the setting white and minimalist with attendees sitting on ivory fabric benches and models emerging from behind white doors.

Models glided down the rows of fashionable guests in soft and sensual silhouettes with a color palette of navy and white to the tunes of love songs, including “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” by The Police.

For Lauren, the collection was an “irreverent take on romance” that “upends traditional notions of chic.”

“It’s about ways of dressing that celebrate ingenuity, character, and originality — the freedom and fun of creating a style that is truly personal,” the designer said in his show notes.

Lauren opened the show with a white corseted top and white tailored pants before an array of deep, rich blues unfurled down the runway.

The 86-year-old designer played with his signature tailored designs incorporating billowing white pinstriped pants and dramatic floor-length overcoats.

Lauren accentuated his refined looks with touches of flair from oversized flowered brooches, feathered bolero jackets draped over evening gowns with plunging necklines to fringed scarves tied at the waist. While some models strutted in heels, others walked the runway in slipper-like flats. Either way, the models looked ready to jet off on a European getaway in their elegantly laid-back white pants and straw hats or pose on a red carpet in his evening gowns.

“What Ralph Lauren is doing this year is writing through his clothes about a very kind of modern dream,” David Lauren, the label's chief branding and innovation officer, said.

In his classic take of mixing the masculine and feminine, Lauren overlaid a golden fringed gown over a pair of navy trousers, and in an homage to his first suit for women, the designer featured two pantsuits in his collection.

Lauren even brought out a youthful side to his modern romance story, pairing slim-fitting jackets with low-slung pants and distressed denim.

“What I love about coming to a Ralph Lauren show and wearing Ralph Lauren is that no matter where I am in time or space, or as I’m growing and changing in my styles and preferences and tastes change, I can grow with Ralph,” Ariana DeBose said.

The stylish crowd was eager to catch a glimpse of Lauren as the line of models returned behind the doors to close the show. As the applause rang out, Lauren arrived in his aviator glasses and varsity jacket to wave to his guests before his wife, Ricky, joined him with a kiss.

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Associated Press journalist Brooke Lefferts contributed to this report.

August's sizzle also helped push the globe and the United States to swelter through the hottest Northern Hemisphere summer scientists have measured.

Last month the world averaged 62.53 degrees Fahrenheit (16.96 degrees Celsius), which technically was one-hundredth of a degree Celsius more than the all-time global mark set in July 2023, but because that's also the uncertainty level, it's considered a tie, said Samantha Burgess, strategic climate lead for Copernicus.

“It is now time to stop acting surprised that our warming planet keeps getting warmer. This is occurring exactly as forecast by scientists literally decades ago,” Texas A&M University climate scientist Andrew Dessler said in an email. “The interesting question is not whether we will keep breaking heat records (we will), but whether we’re going to do anything about it or just stand there while the climate train runs us over.”

Globally, August was 1.65 degrees Celsius (nearly 3 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels, far exceeding the longer term 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) threshold set by the 2015 Paris climate agreement. The eight hottest months on record have all been from July 2023 on, according to Copernicus data.

“Our climate system is really operating well outside the range we would have expected just a decade ago,” Burgess said Wednesday from a United Kingdom that has been beset with heat waves. “We've transitioned from climate being very abstract and perhaps impacting the global South or far away places to climate impacting and disrupting our daily lives with schools closing, hospitals being overwhelmed, roads melting, train lines buckling. And the reality is we will get more of these conditions that we've seen this summer.”

Global monthly ocean temperatures in August tied a March 2024 all-time record for warmest month recorded, while Aug. 22 set a record for hottest day recorded in the world's seas, according to Copernicus.

An extra hot summer hits

“This summer has really been exceptional. We’ve seen records that existed for close to 100 years be broken, in the U.S. in particular," Burgess said.

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Wednesday announced that for the first time, summer in the Lower 48 states was hotter than during the peak of the devastating Dust Bowl in 1936. June through August of 2026 in the contiguous United States averaged 74.37 degrees (23.54 degrees Celsius), nearly four tenths of a degree warmer than the mark set 90 years earlier. Globally, this past summer also tied, with 2024, for the hottest on record, according to Copernicus.

In the U.S., August smashed heat records by more than half a degree Fahrenheit, averaging 75.58 degrees (24.21 degrees Celsius) and the average daytime high was a blistering 88.56 degrees (31.42 degrees Celsius), also a record. July was similarly record hot in the U.S., erasing another long-standing Dust Bowl mark.

That records are regularly getting broken, and that August and not July which is traditionally warmer set an all-time record, are signs that human-caused climate change is accelerating, Berkeley Earth climate scientist Zeke Hausfather said.

Copernicus data goes back to 1940. NOAA data for the United States goes back to 1895 and global data, which generally matches Copernicus data but takes longer to calculate, dates back to 1880.

Fossil fuels, El Nino blamed

Several scientists said while El Nino is a factor, this natural and temporary warming of parts of the Pacific that warps and warms weather globally is nowhere as big a cause as the heat-trapping gases emitted as humans burn coal, oil and natural gas.

“While El Nino is starting to ramp up the heat, the underlying driver remains our relentless burning of fossil fuels. Climate change makes every El Nino hotter, and until we stop burning coal, oil, and gas these record-shattering months will simply keep on coming," said Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at Imperial College London.

Burgess said El Nino generally adds only one or two tenths of a degree Celsius (two to four tenths Fahrenheit) to the global temperature with the overwhelming rest of the heat coming from the burning of fossil fuels.

This El Nino is forecast, however, to break records for strength in the coming months. And as temperatures continue to rise, heat waves, storms, floods and wildfires will get more frequent and more dangerous, said Texas Tech climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe.

According to Hausfather, “it is increasingly likely that 2026 ends up beating 2024 as the warmest year on record, and almost certain that 2027 beats both, potentially reaching as high as 1.8 degrees Celsius (3.2 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels on the back of an unprecedentedly-strong El Nino event.”

Some days may hit an even higher climate threshold, 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above mid 1800s, Burgess said.

“Until humanity stops burning colossal amount of coal, oil and gas, the pollution this causes will keep baking our planet, and extreme heat will keep smashing all-time records, killing millions and costing trillions, hitting transport and health systems, and pushing up prices for household basics like food," United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell said. “This is the spiraling price of humanity’s fossil fuel addiction, and the global climate crisis it is fueling.”

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So far, 43 people have been rescued, coast guard spokeswoman Commodore Noemie Cayabyab said. The ferry MV June Aster was afloat but listing after the fire, which started Wednesday evening, was put out. Tendrils of smoke still wafted over the charred vessel by midday.

“We are continuing search and rescue operations,” she said, with a coast guard ship and high-speed response boats joined by a military vessel and other government boats, private volunteers and fishermen.

The coast guard made a radio broadcast to ships nearby to be on the lookout for passengers of the ferry. It has also coordinated with coastal villages in case some passengers drifted to the shore.

Images of the nighttime rescue efforts showed coast guard personnel tossed life jackets to survivors as the ferry burned in the background. Passengers were helped into smaller boats taking them to shallow water, and body bags were laid out at what looked like a port.

The ferry had sailed from the capital Manila and was near its destination of Coron in Palawan province when the fire started around 6:45 p.m. Wednesday.

Bad weather and big waves challenged rescuers. The ferry was around 4 nautical miles (7.4 kilometers) off Coron’s village of Turda when it sent a distress signal but strong sea currents had dragged it to a distance of 7.68 nautical miles (14.2 kilometers) off Turda.

Cayabyab said it was unclear what caused the fire, which one survivor said may have begun in the cargo hold, and the coast guard was coordinating with the shipping company and maritime authorities to get more details.

She said 134 people were on board, 117 of them passengers and 17 crew. There was no information about any foreigners onboard.

Ferries are a common transportation method in the Philippine archipelago. Sea accidents are not uncommon due to storms, badly maintained vessels, overcrowding and spotty enforcement of safety regulations, especially in remote provinces.

In 1987, the ferry Dona Paz sank after colliding with a fuel tanker in the central Philippines, killing more than 4,300 people in the world’s deadliest peacetime maritime disaster.

According to officials, five people were killed and five others were injured when a Boeing 767-300 overtook a runway at Miami International Airport shortly before 2 p.m. on Sunday and struck a white 2012 Ford E-150 Econoline van and a Toyota Corolla Cross LE.

According to data from the cockpit voice recorder, one pilot warned they were going too fast more than a minute before the plane first touched down on the runway.

Officials said that pilot “made additional comments regarding the aircraft’s excessive speed throughout the remainder of the recording” while adding “there was not a consistent verbal response” to those warnings.

“Fifteen seconds before the end of recording, brakes were released at a ground speed of 120 knots. Throttles increased to values consistent with go-around thrust,” NTSB lead investigator Chihoon Shin said Tuesday.

The same cockpit recording confirmed that with just 15 seconds left in the recording, one pilot called for a go-around attempt, and just five seconds later, the plane ran off the runway.

Aviation expert Pablo Rojas said the data appears to show the crew changing course in those critical final seconds.

“That kind of hesitation is deadly in a runway like this,” he said. “First they were trying to land, slow the plane down, bring it to a halt, then they hesitated and maybe tried to do a go-around, meaning speed up again, then they made another change in their decision which was to try to land again.”

Both pilots have now been interviewed by the NTSB as investigators work to determine why the plane was traveling so fast and why the go-around attempt came so late.

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Yaraisi Santiso Morejon filed the lawsuit following the death of her husband, 53-year-old Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, who was killed in the crash.

According to the lawsuit, Amazon Air Flight 7598 landed at MIA on Sunday before overrunning Runway 30 and striking vehicles on and near airport property, including a van driven by Rodriguez Naranjo.

The lawsuit names Amazon Inc. and Amazon Air Cargo as defendants, along with 21 Air LLC and other related companies involved in operating the aircraft, the plane’s lessors and pilots Joseph Carroll and Jaime Felipe Silva Molina.

The complaint alleges a series of failures contributed to the crash, including pilot error, inadequate training and the use of a 32-year-old aircraft.

“Our hearts go out to Yaraisi and her family, as well as all those who were impacted by what we believe was a preventable tragedy,” Morgan & Morgan founder John Morgan said in a statement Wednesday. “No one should lose their loved one this way, and the filing of this lawsuit is just the beginning of our fight to secure justice and accountability for Mr. Naranjo’s death.”

Attorney Mike Morgan said the firm alleges the crash was not a “freak accident,” but instead a “foreseeable and preventable disaster.”

“What we’ve already uncovered points to a series of failures by the people flying the plane, the companies that put it in the air and the systems that were supposed to prevent this exact kind of tragedy,” Morgan said. “Yaraisi deserves answers and justice. We intend to get her both.”

The lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit in Miami-Dade County.

El costo del combustible es un tema particularmente sensible para los votantes, que en octubre decidirán si le conceden a Lula un cuarto mandato no consecutivo o eligen al senador Flávio Bolsonaro, hijo del expresidente Jair Bolsonaro.

El crudo Brent, de referencia internacional, superó el umbral de los 100 dólares el miércoles por primera vez desde julio, después de que ataques contra instalaciones petroleras y barcos en Oriente Medio amenazaran con generar aún más tensiones en una cadena de suministro ya de por sí debilitada.

“No vamos a permitir que esta guerra irresponsable golpee su bolsillo”, manifestó Lula al firmar las medidas, que amplían las políticas para controlar los precios de los combustibles introducidas al comienzo de la guerra entre Estados Unidos e Irán.

Las medidas anunciadas el miércoles incluyen recortes de impuestos a la importación y venta de etanol, gasolina y mezclas de gasolina —excluida la gasolina de aviación—, vigentes durante 30 días, del 10 de septiembre al 9 de octubre. Una medida provisional autoriza un subsidio de un real brasileño (0,19 dólares) por litro para productores e importadores de diésel para carretera.

Los precios del petróleo crudo se dispararon poco después de que Israel y Estados Unidos atacaran a Irán a finales de febrero, en gran medida porque los combates detuvieron el paso de la mayor parte del transporte marítimo a través del estrecho de Ormuz, una vía marítima angosta por la que antes del conflicto pasaba aproximadamente una quinta parte del suministro mundial de crudo.

Brasil es un importante productor y exportador de petróleo crudo, y sus ingresos del sector se han disparado este año debido al aumento de los precios internacionales. Pero el país aún depende de las importaciones para satisfacer la demanda interna de combustibles refinados.

Estabilizar los precios del diésel también es crucial para evitar huelgas de camioneros y mantener a raya la inflación de los alimentos. En 2018, una huelga de camioneros provocó un alza repentina de los precios de los alimentos, dejó desabastecidos los estantes de los supermercados y las gasolineras, y causó miles de millones en pérdidas, lo que dejó ver el poder de los camioneros organizados.

El expresidente Jair Bolsonaro, entonces legislador y a meses de ganar las elecciones presidenciales, fue un defensor abierto de los camioneros, que más tarde se convirtieron en un grupo importante de apoyo para él.

Las medidas del miércoles “tienen un componente electoral significativo”, según Armando Castelar Pinheiro, profesor de economía de la Universidad Federal de Río de Janeiro. Si no fuera por el calendario político, “habría algún subsidio, pero probablemente sería menor”.

El diésel en Brasil es un 28% más barato que los precios internacionales y la gasolina es un 21% más económica, según un análisis de mercado de Itaú BBA citado por medios locales el miércoles.

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ESPN announced Melrose’s death Wednesday after his wife informed the network.

“From the flowing locks of his distinctive mullet to the flared lapels of his trademark long suit coats, Barry Melrose cut an unmistakable figure whenever you were fortunate enough to run into him at a rink or catch him on your television screen," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said. “You were even more fortunate if you engaged him in conversation or listened to his analysis because he never failed to boost your love of the game of hockey.”

Melrose stepped away from his analyst role in 2023 after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Wayne Gretzky at the time said Melrose was “bigger than any team.”

Melrose had a relatable everyman’s broadcasting style, bringing a sense of humor to his insights, and was easily recognized by his goatee and slicked-backed hair.

“For decades, Barry Melrose was one of the most distinctive and trusted voices in hockey," ESPN said in a statement. “His knowledge of the game was deep, his candor was refreshing and his passion was unmistakable.”

From rural Kelvington, Saskatchewan, Melrose broke into pro hockey with the Cincinnati Stingers of the now-defunct World Hockey Association in 1976. He played three seasons in Cincinnati — the last teaming with a young Mark Messier — and, following the WHA’s demise, made the transition to the NHL with Winnipeg in 1979.

Melrose went on to play for Toronto and Detroit, where he closed his career following the 1985-86 season.

He finished with 10 goals and 33 points and 728 penalty minutes in 300 career NHL regular-season games, and he skated in seven more in the playoffs. His WHA totals were five goals and 32 points and 343 penalty minutes in 178 games with Cincinnati.

Melrose turned to coaching and led the Adirondack Red Wings to win the American Hockey League Calder Cup championship in 1992.

The following year, Melrose was hired by the Kings, where he brought a sense of colorful flare and instant success to Los Angeles. In his rookie season, he coached a Kings team that featured Gretzky to make a memorable playoff run. They reached the final before losing to Montreal in five games.

Melrose finished with a record of 79-101 and 29 ties over two-plus seasons in L.A. before being fired midway through the 1994-95 season.

He was hired by ESPN in 1996 and left broadcasting for what became a brief stint coaching the Tampa Bay Lightning in Steven Stamkos’ rookie season in 2008-09. Melrose was fired 16 games into the season following a 5-7-4 start and returned to broadcasting.

Melrose also was known for his long-ball hitting prowess in fast-pitch softball, joining fellow Kelvington-area NHL players Wendel Clark, Joey Kocur, Kelly Chase and Kevin Kaminski and others in the offseason in Saskatchewan to form what some call the “the toughest team there ever was.”

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Coach Mike Macdonald said Darnold didn't break any bones while adding that more tests were needed.

Darnold was sacked on Seattle's first series by Dre'Mont Jones, and the quarterback's right leg appeared to take the brunt of the impact as Jones drove him to the turf. Darnold limped off the field, was examined in the sideline medical tent and then limped to the locker room.

The Seahawks initially said Darnold was questionable, then announced before halftime that he would not return. Backup Drew Lock replaced him and went 16 of 22 for 187 yards and a touchdown as the Seahawks rallied for a 13-10 victory.

“At this point we were able to rule out a fracture,” Macdonald said, calling the initial diagnosis “positive.”

Darnold's injury was a deflating early moment for Seattle in the rematch of last season's Super Bowl, in which the Seahawks beat the Patriots 29-13.

“I feel like I know Sam really well. He was going to do everything he can to stay out there, but it’s just one of those things where he had to go get looked at,” Lock said.

Darnold, 29, did not miss a game last season as he led the Seahawks to the title. He threw for 4,048 yards with 25 touchdowns and 14 interceptions in the regular season as Seattle won a franchise-record 14 games.

It was his first season with the Seahawks after reviving his career with the Vikings in 2024, when he threw for 4,319 yards and 35 touchdowns.

Drafted third overall in the 2018 draft out of Southern California by the Jets, Darnold had a 13-25 record and a 78.6 passer rating over his initial three seasons for New York. He also played for Carolina and was the backup to Brock Purdy in San Francisco.

Darnold was 1 of 2 for 13 yards against New England before he left. The Seahawks fell behind 7-0 at halftime, but Lock started to play better in the second half.

“It was great to to get in here at half, put the plays up on the board, talk about our openers coming out of the half, really get those dialed in,” Lock said. “I think it’s also a little bit of the just feeling the flow of the game, getting back into this, finding ways to in the future be able to snap into it quicker. That’s just the life of a backup.”

Down 10-3 in the fourth quarter, Lock hit Jaxon Smith-Njigba on fourth-and-1, and the star receiver dashed to the end zone for a 45-yard touchdown.

“It’s tough losing (Darnold). I mean, he’s the head of the snake, but we have each other’s backs,” Smith-Njigba said. “We fully trust in Drew Lock to come in and do his thing, done it time and time again. So we just have to have each other’s backs.”

Lock, 29, has spent two stints with the Seahawks. He was with Seattle from 2022-23, then spent a season with the New York Giants before returning.

He played only in mop-up duty last season, completing two passes for 15 yards in five games.

Lock, a second-round pick out of Missouri by the Broncos, started for Denver in 2020, throwing for 2,933 yards with 16 touchdowns and 15 interceptions.

“In the moment, I mean, you’re hurting for Sam, obviously,” receiver Cooper Kupp said. “But in the moment, you got to find ways to move forward and figure out how to go out there and win a football game.”

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Manager Dave Roberts announced the move late Wednesday, saying, “In talking to Shohei, the doctors, the training staff, it’s the right thing to do. We tried to kick the can as much as we could.”

Ohtani isn't expected back until the Dodgers host the San Diego Padres in a three-game set beginning Sept. 22. He won't travel on the team's seven-game East Coast trip starting Friday.

“I do think that if the playoffs were tomorrow, he'd be in the lineup,” Roberts said. “I'm pretty confident that he'll be ready to go on that 15th day.”

Ohtani was out of the lineup for the sixth time in seven games on Wednesday night, when the Dodgers beat the Cincinnati Reds 14-1 to complete a sweep and win their seventh in a row.

Ohtani has been managing lingering soreness in his right biceps and left knee for weeks now, but he waited until after Tuesday night's game to tell the training staff he felt something in his arm after playing Monday.

"There was a swing Monday that he didn’t feel great on, hasn’t totally recovered from Monday,” Roberts said before the game.

While the Dodgers are back East, Ohtani will remain in Los Angeles and resume hitting after a two or three-day rest to “calm his arm down,” Roberts said.

“Let’s get his body feeling well and then slowly ramp back up because now we do have time,” Roberts said.

In an unprecedented move, the Dodgers will call up Josue De Paula from Double-A Tulsa to fill Ohtani's roster spot. He'll make his major league debut Friday at Miami as the designated hitter.

The team has never called up a position player directly from Double-A, but Roberts is confident their 21-year-old top prospect from the Dominican Republic can handle the pressure.

“I think that our player development group is very confident in his ability to conduct an at-bat. You could argue that the talent in Double-A is similar to Triple-A as far as pure arms and arm talent,” Roberts said. “We've seen him in camp for two or three years. He doesn't run from velocity. He controls the strike zone. This is just a good opportunity for him to kind of cut his teeth in the big leagues.”

When Ohtani returns, he would have six games and some live batting sessions to prepare before the postseason begins and the Dodgers open their bid for a third consecutive World Series championship.

“It's certainly not ideal,” Roberts admitted. “The most important thing is him being as healthy as possible, not compromising his swing, and kind of bet on that.”

Ohtani took swings in the batting cage on Tuesday night, when he was available to pinch-hit.

Roberts confirmed the team has stressed to Ohtani the need for him to speak up immediately about any physical issues he may have.

“The concern is that after four days (off) and then to take four at-bats and to feel something in an at-bat where we can’t keep going forward, I think that’s disappointing,” Roberts said before the game.

Roberts expressed some regret about not putting Ohtani on the IL last week.

“I would love to go back and put him on the IL,” he said. “But I did feel at that moment in time, we all felt that giving him four days was sufficient. He was agreeable.”

Also out of the lineup Wednesday was first baseman Freddie Freeman, whose right knee has been bothering him. He made a rare appearance as the designated hitter on Tuesday, going 0 for 2 with a strikeout in a 3-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

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The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because Thursday's meeting — to be held by video conference — is not open to the public and because the SEC has not released a statement on the matter since a federal court filing on Tuesday highlighted the league's intent to vote on LSU's membership.

The dispute between the conference and LSU stems largely from first-year Tigers coach Lane Kiffin's now-abandoned bid to field two players who had signed NFL contracts as undrafted rookies this past offseason.

A hearing scheduled Wednesday in a federal lawsuit the SEC filed against LSU was postponed by a judge in Birmingham, Alabama.

Meanwhile, LSU President Wade Rousse sent a one-page letter, obtained by the AP, to SEC commissioner Greg Sankey stating that the league's claims in its lawsuit against LSU are now moot because Kiffin had complied with a conference ban on rostering players who had previously signed contracts with NFL teams.

Rousse noted that he called Sankey last Friday afternoon and notified him personally that LSU would not be placing tight end Dae'Quan Wright or defensive tackle Zxavian Harris on the Tigers' roster.

Wright had spent part of the past offseason with the Philadelphia Eagles and Cleveland Browns. Harris has spent part of the offseason with the New Orleans Saints. Both also had played for Mississippi when Kiffin was the Rebels' coach.

LSU on Tuesday filled remaining vacancies on its roster with eligible players.

“The roster is now locked for the season,” Rousse's letter stated. “LSU complied with SEC rules. This issue is moot.”

Rousse also noted that LSU “will not challenge, disrupt or seek to cancel or postpone" Thursday's scheduled meeting — a concern Sankey had raised Tuesday in the SEC's amended federal complaint against LSU.

LSU is a founding member of the SEC, which was formed in 1933. LSU has a host of powerhouse athletics programs and has won three of the SEC’s 25 AP national championships in football alone.

Still, the language in the federal lawsuit left little ambiguity about the extent to which the leaders of most SEC universities had become frustrated with LSU — not only because of efforts to recruit former pros to both its football and men's basketball teams.

They also were unhappy about the related court drama that ensued — including a marathon court hearing last week in which Sankey took the stand to insist the league has the right to enforce its own rules.

Sankey said there was consensus among conference leaders that “LSU’s continued membership in the conference would be inconsistent with the publicly stated values and principles of the conference and its remaining member institutions,” even if LSU doesn’t put the former NFL players on its roster.

The SEC has a long-established rule forbidding teams from bringing players with major professional experience onto their rosters. In recent weeks, the conference announced updated enforcement provisions to that rule, stating that the commissioner had the power to suspend coaches, fine universities up to half of a sport’s budget and restrict a member university’s voting privileges on conference matters.

But last Thursday, a judge in Baton Rouge barred the league from enforcing any rules regarding former pros — a decision celebrated heartily by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and the state attorney general, Liz Murrill, who’d filed a brief in the case on behalf of the athletes.

Murrill called the SEC’s lawsuit “legal garbage” shortly after it was filed last week.; The SEC has since listed Murrill as a defendant.

Sankey has stated that SEC presidents are concerned that Rousse and athletic director Verge Ausberry have no “meaningful control” over Kiffin or the football program.

Sankey also stated that “serious harm” had been caused “by the statements and conduct of LSU," and suggested that harm would not be undone simply by LSU renouncing "its intention to roster and play professional players on its football team.”

Kiffin’s hiring was one of two notable coaching changes at LSU involving the highest revenue-generating college sports: LSU also has brought back Will Wade to coach men’s basketball. Wade was fired by previous athletic director Scott Woodward in the wake of an NCAA investigation into improper inducement payments to recruits when such payments were forbidden.

Wade served a suspension from coaching in college before returning in the 2023-24 season with McNeese State. He spent two seasons with the Cowboys and one with North Carolina State before he was brought back to LSU — a move favored by Landry, as well as Rousse, a Landry ally who was McNeese’s president when Wade was there.

Wade has sought to sign RJ Luis Jr., a former Big East player of the year with St. John’s who spent parts of the 2025 NBA offseason and preseason with the Utah Jazz and Boston Celtics, but never played in a regular-season NBA game.

Luis also has been fighting the NCAA in court in Baton Rouge, where a judge on Aug. 24 issued a preliminary injunction that temporarily blocks the NCAA from punishing LSU if the Tigers play Luis — something that also would violate the SEC rules at the center of the conference’s federal lawsuit against LSU.

LSU’s football team is now ranked eighth in the Top 25 AP Poll following Saturday’s 51-10, season-opening victory over Clemson. The Tigers host Louisiana Tech on Saturday, followed by a much anticipated visit to No. 9 Ole Miss, where Kiffin will face the team he coached a year ago.

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Fetterman spoke for just over one minute in a recorded video introducing his fellow Pennsylvania senator, Republican Dave McCormick, whom Fetterman called “a great American.”

He didn't criticize anyone by name but suggested Democrats are extremists, underscoring the message that Republicans are trying to drive home during their two-day rally in Dallas. The convention is meant to fire up the conservative base ahead of midterm elections, when the president's party has historically lost seats.

“I’m always going to stand with America,” Fetterman said. “I’m always going to reject the extremes and socialism and that anti-American way of life.”

Standing in front of a steel mill, Fetterman said he “will work with President Trump to fight and defend the steel way of life.”

Fetterman’s decision is certain to stoke fears, already simmering among Democrats, that he will switch parties. Democrats need to pick up four GOP-held Senate seats in November to regain the majority. If Fetterman were to join the Republican Party, Democrats would need to pick up another seat to have control of the chamber.

Fetterman said in a statement later Wednesday that he will not switch parties. He said his remarks were to introduce “a great American and friend," adding, “We are in different parties, but we are both Team PA."

“I’m a lifelong Democrat who votes overwhelmingly with my party — and should the Senate flip in November, I will still be the 51st vote that I ran on," Fetterman said.

Fetterman has grown increasingly isolated from his party as he maintains staunch support of Israel’s war in Gaza and criticizes left-wing candidates who are members of the Democratic Socialists of America. He’s often gone his own way in the Senate, voting with Republicans to end last year's shutdown, supporting several of President Donald Trump's nominees and opposing efforts to end the war in Iran.

He has repeatedly said he wouldn’t switch parties because of his support for labor unions, LGBTQ rights and other issues held dear by the left.

Even if he remains a Democrat, he would hold outsized power in his caucus if Democrats secure a narrow 51-49 majority that requires them to stick together unanimously to exercise their power.

“How great is John Fetterman?” McCormick said when the video wrapped up. “Thank you, Senator Fetterman, for your friendship. Thank you for your courage. And thank you for all you do for Pennsylvania.”

Right after Fetterman's video finished, it was shared on a White House social media account with the caption “Based John Fetterman.”

The No. 1 seed beat Botic van de Zandschulp 6-2, 7-5, 6-1 on Wednesday night, putting him into the final four of every Grand Slam tournament this season.

The French Open champion and Wimbledon runner-up will play Friday against Karen Khachanov, while Americans Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe meet in the other semifinal.

Zverev became the first men's No. 1 seed to play five-set matches in each of the first two rounds of a major in the Open era, which began in 1968. But he won his last three matches in straight sets and is the only man to reach all four major semis this year.

After playing more than 4 1/2 hours in each of the first two rounds, Zverev hasn't been on the court more than 2 1/2 in his last three matches.

“In other tournaments I would have been out in the first round but here I can fight back and play best-of-five, play 4 1/2 hours and somehow win the match and somehow get into the tournament,” Zverev said. “And then I start playing better throughout the tournament and definitely happy to be in the semifinals here, but of course I want to go further.”

He went to the final in 2020 but blew a two-set lead against Dominic Thiem. That was the closest he would come to a major title until his victory this year at Roland Garros and the German now is 23-2 in Grand Slam matches this season.

“He’s been in top-five for so many years,” Khachanov said. “This year he did also step forward. He won his first Grand Slam, played the final in Wimbledon, as well. I mean, he’s coming up really in hot form, let’s say.”

Khachanov got at least to the third round of every major this year and this time has gone three rounds further. He was prepared to go through a tough test Wednesday but Alexander Blockx's body wasn't up for one.

Blockx stopped playing in the third set because of injuries to his leg, ribs and back, sending Khachanov to his third Grand Slam semifinal.

“I think my body just gave up,” Blockx said.

Khachanov won the first two sets 6-2 and 7-5, and the No. 28 seed from Belgium decided it was time to stop after Khachanov broke his serve to take a 3-2 lead in the third.

“I was preparing really, really well for that matchup. It’s not easy really to play because from one side I was feeling I was dominating from the beginning, then I started to feel like he was struggling more and more,” Khachanov said, adding he saw that Blockx was “suffering all over his body.”

Khachanov is seeking his first major final. The Russian got to the semifinals of the U.S. Open in 2022 and the Australian Open in 2023.

Khachanov was unseeded in a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since 2018 after a strange season. He reached at least the third round of all four majors for the first time but is just 10-15 in other events, with losses in the opening rounds of all three hard-court events before coming to New York.

Blockx said he nearly stopped in his last match because of his injuries. As he got treatment for multiple body parts Wednesday, he said ne was neither upset nor angry.

“To be honest, during the match, it was quite funny to me. I just had to laugh it off, because it was just something new the whole time,” he said. “I think it was just my body that started compensating as well. I was starting to do different motions than I usually do just to avoid the pain.”

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The 36-year-old Altuve reached the milestone with a hit to center field against Phillies starter Cristopher Sanchez, becoming the second player in franchise history to reach 2,500 hits. Hall of Famer Craig Biggio is Houston’s all-time leader with 3,060 hits.

“It means a lot, obviously," he said. "It’s a big number, you know, 2,500. A lot of hits, and you think about all the hits, all the years I’ve been playing here with this amazing organization and my teammates. I’m just thankful to God, my family, my teammates again.”

Every Astros player and coach in the dugout climbed to the top step to applaud Altuve. He even received congratulations from Phillies infielders Trea Turner and Luis Arraez — both former batting champions themselves.

Altuve finished the game 1 for 4, and the Astros lost to Philadelphia 11-7.

“It was a great moment," Altuve said. "I’m really sad we lost the game, but you know, we come back tomorrow and (try to) get a win.”

Altuve was hitless in Tuesday’s series opener against the Phillies. He had moved to within one of the mark with a three-hit game against Arizona on Sunday.

Altuve, whose career began in 2011, is a three-time batting champ (2014, 2016, 2017) and was the American League MVP in 2017. He has won two World Series titles with the Astros.

“It’s incredible what he’s accomplished in his career, and obviously, he’s not done," Astros manager Joe Espada said. "Twenty-five hundred hits -- it’s hard just to get one. It’s hard just to get to the big leagues. And this guy’s been doing it for a very long time.”

Altuve and Freddie Freeman of the Los Angeles Dodgers are the only active players to have 2,500 career hits. Freeman reached the mark earlier this season.

To get to 3,000 hits, Altuve would likely need to play at least three more seasons, if not longer.

“Let’s get one hit at a time," he said. "I just got this one, and I’m happy about the one that I got tonight. We’ll see what happens in the future.”

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A summary of cockpit voice recordings compiled by the National Transportation Safety Board said the fellow pilot never gave “a consistent verbal response” to the warnings. The plane touched down awkwardly, briefly attempted to take off and then smashed into a van carrying the five victims.

The Amazon plane came in fast on Sunday afternoon and then barreled roughly 1,300 feet (396 meters) past the end of the runway and smashed into a van carrying workers at a plane cleaning company before hitting a compact SUV as it slid across a public road before catching fire.

All five people who died were in the van. Five others were hurt, including two who remained in critical condition on Tuesday. The two pilots survived and were interviewed Wednesday by investigators.

At the point when the pilot first called out the plane was speeding, former FAA official Mike O’Donnell said the crew could have done a number of things to slow it down, including extending the spoilers, cutting the throttles and lowering the landing gear. Or the pilots could have just aborted the landing at that point and circled to try again.

“You have plenty of time to slow down, plenty of time to say, let’s just do a go-around at two minutes out,” said O’Donnell, who used to oversee airport safety and crash investigations.

Information from the flight data recorder that was released late Tuesday shows how unsteady the plane was as it came in to land, and then the pilots briefly disengaged the brakes and shoved the throttles up as if they were trying to take off again and retry the landing. But they abandoned that just four seconds later.

The cockpit audio recordings also captured a series of automated warnings from the plane about the speed of descent and the approaching terrain. O'Donnell said those terrain warnings reinforce that the plane was unsteady and suggest it may not have been configured correctly for landing.

The Amazon plane was well down the runway when its right and nose landing gear first touched down, reducing how much distance the plane had on the runway ahead of it to stop. Strong winds at the airport as storms moved in may have created a tailwind that helped propel the plane forward. Tracking site Flightradar24 estimated based on the NTSB data that the plane was nearly halfway down the 9,360-foot runway when it first touched down.

Several experts have said the pilots should have aborted that landing while the plane was still in the air and circled around to retry it.

The 32-year-old Boeing 767 was originally built to carry passengers and flew for several airlines in foreign countries for more than two decades before being converted to a cargo plane in 2015, according to flight-tracking site Flightradar24.

The final flight was operated by 21 Air, a cargo carrier based in North Carolina that has been flying packages for Amazon since 2024.

The jet’s ownership history, weather conditions at the airport, maintenance records and operations by 21 Air were expected to be reviewed by NTSB investigators.

It’s the second crash of a cargo jet in the U.S. in less than a year. A UPS plane crashed after losing its engine while accelerating down the runway at Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport in October. The crash killed all three pilots and 12 people on the ground. Twenty-three more were injured.

National Transportation Safety Board investigators questioned Joseph Carol and Jaime Silva about the record on the flight data and cockpit voice recorders.

The data appeared to indicate the pilots considered aborting the landing before the jet overtook MIA’s runway shortly after 1:50 p.m. on Sunday.

“That kind of hesitation is deadly in a runway like this,” said Attorney Pablo Rojas, an aviation expert familiar with Boeing who considered the data that NTSB investigators released on Tuesday night.

Five died, and five were injured after the jet operating as Prime Air Flight 798 for Amazon struck a white 2012 Ford E-150 Econoline van at MIA and a Toyota Corolla Cross LE SUV on Northwest 67th Avenue.

“First, they were trying to land, slow the plane down, bring it to a halt. Then, they hesitated and maybe tried to do a go around, meaning speed up again,” Rojas said. “Then, they made another change in their decision, which was to try to land again.”

Related report: Former pilots for 21 Air previously raised safety concerns, attorney says

There wasn’t an Engineered Materials Arresting System, or EMAS, a safety bed to stop the jet. It traveled for 1,300 feet “past the paved surface,” according to Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy.

The van, owned by Professional Ocean Service Corp., a cleaning company, which had seven occupants, was torn apart, according to Homendy.

Related story: First lawsuit filed following fatal Amazon cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport

Five died: Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53; Julio C. Pineda, 75; Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; and Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, 47.

Two were injured: Ridoel Averhoff Diaz, 32, whose condition was critical on Tuesday, and Roosevelt Sebastian Perdomo Torres, 36, whose condition was stable on Tuesday.

The driver of the SUV, Eugenio Corredor, 79, whose condition was critical on Tuesday, was injured.

Related story: ‘Hopefully he recovers’: Neighbors praying for man critically injured after cargo plane hit his car

The pilots suffered minor injuries, were treated at the hospital, and released, according to Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz.

Carol, 55, the captain, “received his type rating in the 76,” a mandatory certification for the Boeing 767, in May, and Silva, 37, the first officer, received his type rating in the 76 on April 2, 2025.

Silva had 2,655 flight hours as of Aug. 13, and Carol had 7,145 flight hours as of March 31, according to the NTSB.

Related report: Witness describes shaken pilot moments after fatal cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport

Homendy said air controllers were “going through a difficult time, not just from the tragedy, but also trying to get through a capacity-constrained airport.”

One of MIA’s four runways remained closed on Wednesday, according to the NTSB. Two runways were closed from Sunday afternoon to Tuesday night.

Ralph Cutié, the director and chief executive officer of MIA, said the American Airlines special aircraft recovery team has a plan to remove the jet once the NTSB allows it.

Related report: Victims killed in cargo plane crash were dedicated to their families, attorney says

Cordero-Stutz asked travelers to check with airlines for the status of their flights. She also warned drivers that 67th Avenue was closed to the public from 25th to 32nd streets.

Homendy asked witnesses to share photos and videos with the NTSB team via e-mail at witness@ntsb.gov.

Cordero-Stutz asked the victims’ relatives to contact MDSO victims’ advocates at 305-471-1900.

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That expanded replay review coverage takes effect this week and will include live audio between the game referee and replay official during reviews, alongside video of the game footage they’re viewing. There also will be a view inside the Big Ten replay center.

The Big Ten had announced last week it would offer these enhanced replay reviews during Friday night telecasts. The Big Ten adjusted that plan Wednesday by saying it will cover all conference games, as well as home nonconference matchups that have Big Ten officiating crews.

This change in plans comes amid the controversy surrounding the circumstances that enabled Michigan to try a second Hail Mary pass in its 13-12 victory over Western Michigan on Saturday. Michigan won the game on Bryce Underwood’s 47-yard pass to JJ Buchanan after one second was put back on the clock.

An NBC replay showed a clock expiring before the ball hit the ground or any player, leading to two days of questions about what clock everyone was looking at. NBC said the next day that its cameras “are not the official arbiter” of game time, that in this case it was the responsibility of the Big Ten.

The Big Ten said after the game — and reaffirmed Tuesday — that the call was correct and published a recording of the replay as it was reviewed by officials. The conference said it too used a shot of the game clock in the stadium, which showed 1 second remaining when the ball on the first Michigan pass was touched by WMU’s Micah Davis. Since Davis had just been out of bounds, the clock would stop on such contact.

Western Michigan is part of the Mid-American Conference, which initially accepted the Big Ten explanation but announced Tuesday it was appealing the outcome of the game.

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The complaint filed last week in Southern California is the first legal action since the explosive allegations surrounding Chavez were first reported by the New York Times in March. The newspaper also first reported the complaint in Kern County Superior Court on Wednesday.

Filed on behalf of a Jane Doe, it names the César Chavez Foundation and the United Farm Workers Foundation as defendants. Both organizations are accused of failing to investigate complaints over the years about Chavez. They are being sued for several violations including negligent supervision, negligent infliction of emotional distress and sexual harassment. The woman was moved to go to civil court after learning more about the scope of Chavez's alleged abuse of girls and women, including labor figure Dolores Huerta.

The Associated Press does not name victims or survivors of sexual assault and abuse unless they come forward publicly.

“This has been a long time coming for her to take this step,” V. James DeSimone, one of the attorneys representing her pro bono, told the AP. “She’s committed to the process and is grateful she can legally do something about this all these years later. She suffered a lot over the years. It continues to cause her stress and anxiety.”

DeSimone says he expects to hear from other abuse survivors.

The woman, now in her 80s, first met Chavez when she moved to California's Central Valley after graduating college, according to the suit. Inspired by a previous summer volunteering there, she wanted to join in organizing farm workers. In 1973, she and her family were among several workers who moved into the compound in Keene that was the offices of the organization now known as the United Farm Workers.

She says Chavez tried to ply her with alcohol and dance with her at a party that year. He later followed her to her home and raped her in a bedroom. A few years later, she said Chavez assaulted her again.

The woman believes the United Farm Workers Foundation and the César Chavez Foundation in previous years “made concerted efforts to hide evidence of sexual harassment and sexual assaults of girls and women by UFW members and leaders, including César Chavez.” Women in the movement were “verbally attacked” by Chavez's top lieutenants and accused of trying to ruin the movement if they spoke up about him or their safety, according to the suit.

She is asking for a jury trial and damages including for past and future earnings as well as punitive damages.

The César Chavez Foundation, in a statement, said it only recently became aware of the complaint. “We are reviewing with our legal counsel and will respond in a way that stays true to our mission and values.”

When claims about Chavez's behavior first came to light, the foundation called them shocking and painful. The organization also vowed to stand by the victims and achieve “restorative justice.”

“To the survivors: we believe you. We honor your courage, and we are very sorry for the harm you have carried in the shadows for so long,” the foundation said back in March.

The UFW Foundation did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment. The United Farm Workers union, which is not named in the complaint and operates separately, declined to comment.

Chavez continued to be the face of workers’ rights until his death in 1993. In the wake of the sexual abuse revelations, Chavez's storied legacy was dismantled practically overnight. César Chavez Day celebrations planned around his March 31 birthday were immediately canceled or postponed. State and local governments began to rename schools, streets and other places that honored him.

DeSimone, a workers' rights attorney who once admired Chavez, said they are not looking to stop these nonprofits from carrying out their missions. But, they said, survivors are owed accountability and a sense of closure.

No matter how noble, “no cause, no organization, should be above the law,” DeSimone said. “Sexual abuse and assault are not the price you should have to pay for it.”

He said he got into their BMW and accepted a drink before they stole his Rolex Submarine Date valued at $15,000.

“I did consume a liquid that was supposed to be an alcohol, and I believe there might have been drugs in that liquid,” he said on Wednesday.

Flenoury allegedly dropped him off at Carl’s El Padre Motel at 5950 Biscayne Boulevard, and Miami Fire Rescue personnel took him to North Shore Medical Center’s emergency room, where police officers found him, according to the report.

“The struggle must have happened inside of the car. I don’t remember the struggle at all ... I am lucky that I am alive and that nothing else happened that night,” he said.

Detectives accused Flenoury, 42, of stealing from men in Miami on April 16th, July 17th, and Aug. 23rd. Surveillance cameras recorded video of her, and detectives used facial recognition to identify her, according to police.

“I think it could happen to anybody,” said the victim of the Aug. 23rd case. “Just a reminder for everybody to be aware of their surroundings. Make sure you are not alone.”

In April, a New Jersey man, who was visiting Miami, told police officers that Flenoury had shown an interest in his watch after they met at a bar in Brickell, according to a police officer’s report.

Flenoury asked him if she could hold his Bell & Ross BR Minuteur Tourbillon, a high-end titanium mechanical wristwatch valued at about $170,000, according to the police report.

They left Blackbird Ordinary, at 729 SW First Ave., stopped at a liquor store, and he welcomed her to his room at the Fortune House Hotel, at 185 SE 14th Terrace, according to the report.

“He remembered drinking alcohol inside the hotel room ... but later blacked out and could not remember much of what occurred afterward,” a police officer wrote, according to the arrest report.

In the July case, a man reported meeting Flenoury and another woman at Casa Neos, at 40 SW North River Drive, and inviting them to his apartment, where they stole his Rolex watch valued at $15,000, according to a police report.

Police officers arrested Flenoury at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the Miami Police Department headquarters at 400 NW Second Ave., according to a police officer’s arrest report.

“My daughter was with me. We were going into the store,” Flenoury told Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer during her bond court hearing on Wednesday about her detention.

Flenoury, who has an arrest record going back to prostitution cases in 2005, was behind bars facing 11 new charges in the three felony cases in Miami-Dade County, records show.

In the April case, Flenoury faced eight charges: Burglary of an occupied dwelling, first-degree grand theft, four counts of fraudulent use of a credit card for more than $100,000, and two counts of fraudulent use of a credit card of less than $100. Her bond was $21,501.

In the July case, Flenoury faced two charges: Burglary of an occupied dwelling and third-degree grand theft. Her bond was $2,500.

In the August case, Flenoury faced a charge of third-degree grand theft. Her bond was $2,500.

Flenoury’s total bond in the three cases was $26,501, and Glazer asked her to show that the money used for bail was not from the proceeds of her alleged crimes. Glazer also ordered her to stay away from the victims.

Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Ellen Sue Venzer was set to preside over the three cases.

Local 10 News Assignment Editor Carson Merlo contributed to this report.

Abraham Altamar was working Sunday near the airport when he heard a loud noise and ran outside with co-workers to investigate. He said they found thick, black smoke rising behind their floral warehouse near Northwest 36th Street.

“(As) soon as we saw the plane, we start running to see what was happening,” Altamar said.

Altamar said he soon encountered 37-year-old Jaime Felipe Silva Molina, one of the pilots who had escaped the burning Prime Air cargo jet.

“He was shaking, he seemed stressed,” Altamar said.

Altamar said he offered to call 911, but Molina instead asked to use his phone to call his wife.

“I just asked him if he wanted me to call 911, but he’s like, ‘No, I need your phone to call my wife,”' Altamar said.

Altamar said he overheard Molina expressing concern about his career.

“He was like, ‘Oh my career, my career is over,’” Altamar said.

Altamar said Molina had cuts to his forehead and arm. He was taken to a hospital Sunday, treated and released.

The other pilot was identified as 55-year-old Joseph Carroll. He also suffered minor injuries and was treated and released from a hospital.

Altamar said the crash was difficult to comprehend.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash.

The pilots were scheduled to speak with investigators about the accident and the actions they took before the aircraft overran the runway and crashed.

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A judge in Vinton County accepted the findings of an evaluation report for Gary Siders Sr. Vinton County Prosecutor William Archer did not object to the findings.

The 73-year-old Siders appeared in court in a wheelchair. His attorney, Dorian Baum, said after the hearing that Siders' mental health has been declining for years and is “not restorable.”

“It’s not really a surprise to any of us that he’s not been found competent at this point,” Baum said. “He doesn’t fully understand or appreciate what’s going on.”

Siders was charged with 16 counts of child endangerment related to the children, who were rescued June 30 from a home in Hamden about 80 miles (129 kilometers) south of Columbus.

Siders' wife, Christina Siders; son Gary Siders Jr., and daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Siders, the children’s mother, have pleaded not guilty.

Investigators said the children remained mostly confined to a small room in the house under deplorable conditions. The children weren’t enrolled in school, the family moved around over the past two decades, and neighbors said they’d never spotted the kids.

At the time they were found, the children ranged in age from 18 months to 18 years, with some described as “feral” and unable to speak. Authorities said their medical conditions varied.

The eldest was born in May 2008, two months after Gary Siders Jr., then 18, and Elizabeth, then 15, crossed into West Virginia to marry at the Mason County Courthouse with her parents’ consent, according to court records. She has been pregnant most years since then, the records show.

Carlos Acosta Fajardo was working to support his family, including his parents in Cuba, relatives and an attorney said.

“Carlos Acosta Fajardo leaves behind a spouse, a gentleman who is a spouse and partner for a significant period of time,” attorney George Gutierrez said. “And his two parents live in Cuba.”

Gutierrez said Acosta Fajardo, 53, had worked for Professional Ocean Service Corp. for years.

His family described him as an incredible person who was deeply loved by the people who knew him.

Javierkys Reyes Quevedo was also inside that van.

The 47-year-old leaves behind two brothers and a young daughter in Cuba.

His family is absolutely heartbroken.

“Javierkys works for the cleaning company and was in the van at the time,” a family member said. “He leaves behind a 14-year-old daughter in Cuba that he provided and cared for and was a great father.”

Gutierrez said the men were simply doing their jobs.

They started their day early and, he said, they were traveling in the place they were supposed to be when the plane overran the runway and struck their van.

“And it should not have happened as a result of the negligence of a number of individuals that didn’t do what they were supposed to do,” Gutierrez said.

The Gutierrez Firm will now conduct its own independent investigation to determine what happened and who is responsible.

Gutierrez said his team is also waiting for the National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary findings, which are expected in the coming weeks.

“It’s premature at this point to give information as to specifically what we’re going to do, but every case we handle, we’re going to investigate and uncover everything so that we can get a fair and just result for these families who have tragically lost loved ones as a result of no negligence of themselves,” Gutierrez said.

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It happened Wednesday around 3:20 p.m. in the area of the 1000 block of Northeast Sixth Street in Hallandale Beach.

According to authorities, Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue crews responded to the scene and found a white Nissan Rogue with damage described as moderate-to-heavy and smoke coming from beneath its hood, as well as an injured woman who was outside the vehicle.

Officials said crews were quickly able to extinguish a small fire under the hood.

Rescue crews rushed the woman to HCA Florida Aventura Hospital after assessing her injuries at the scene, authorities said.

The circumstances surrounding the crash are under investigation.

In sworn statements provided to Local 10 News in an ongoing Department of Labor dispute, pilot Karl Seuring and his attorney accuse 21 Air of not giving pilots enough time off between flights and creating unusually-long checklists.

“He filed the complaint with OSHA and he went to a hearing on that and lost. The next step procedurally taking it to the next level is the trial that was held on 2023,” said attorney Mike Anello. “We are awaiting the judge’s ruling.”

Official records show 21 Air was founded in 2014 in North Carolina. No one would speak to Local 10 from their office in northwest Miami-Dade County.

According to transcripts, Anello told a judge that Seuring found the “operation under that checklist made it more likely that airplane[s] using that list would suffer an accident, some type of tragic event.”

Another former pilot raised concerns as well.

In an email obtained by Local 10, retired pilot Don Helmig wrote to majority owner Jim Crane, “After three months, everywhere I looked there are issues.”

Anello said he was “sad” to hear the news of Sunday’s fatal incident at MIA.

“I was surprised to see that involved the same company that’s on the other side of our lawsuit,” he said. “And I hope everyone just lets the process play out.”

In a statement posted to its website, 21 Air said that the company is “devastated by the accident involving one of our aircraft…We are cooperating fully with the National Transportation Safety Board, the Federal Aviation Administration, and local authorities.”

The cost of fuel is a particularly sensitive issue for voters, who will decide in October whether to grant Lula a fourth, nonconsecutive term, or elect Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, a son of former President Jair Bolsonaro.

Brent crude, the international standard, surged above the $100 threshold on Wednesday for the first time since July, after attacks on oil facilities and ships in the Middle East threatened to further strain an already weakened supply chain.

“We’re not going to allow this irresponsible war to hit your pocket,” said Lula as he signed the measures, which extend policies to control fuel prices introduced at the beginning of the U.S.-Iran war.

The measures announced Wednesday include tax cuts on the import and sale of ethanol, gasoline and gasoline blends (excluding aviation gasoline), effective for 30 days from Sept. 10 to Oct. 9. A provisional measure authorizes a subsidy of one Brazilian real ($0.19) per liter for producers and importers of road diesel.

Crude oil prices shot up shortly after Israel and the U.S. began their war with Iran in late February, largely because the fighting halted most shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway where roughly a fifth of the world’s oil supply passed before the conflict.

Brazil is a major producer and exporter of crude oil, and its revenues from the sector have surged this year due to the hike in international prices. But the country still relies on imports to meet domestic demand for refined fuels.

Stabilizing diesel prices is also critical to prevent truck driver strikes and keep food inflation in check. In 2018, a truckers’ strike caused food prices to spike, left grocery market shelves and gas stations depleted, and caused billions in losses, underscoring the power of organized truckers.

Former President Jair Bolsonaro, then a lawmaker and months away from winning the presidential election, was an outspoken supporter of the truckers, who later became an important constituency for him.

Wednesday’s measures “have a significant electoral component,” according to Armando Castelar Pinheiro, an economics professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. If it weren’t for the political calendar, “there would be some subsidy, but it would likely be lower,” he said.

Diesel in Brazil is 28% cheaper than international prices and gasoline is 21% cheaper, according to an Itaú BBA market analysis cited by local media Wednesday.

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Thursday will feature a sun/cloud mix and east-southeast winds, sustained 5 to 10 mph. There may be some spotty showers or storms in the mix Thursday morning into early afternoon. Later in the day, storms will tend to migrate west of metro-Dade/Broward. Temperatures are expected to reach the low 90s-- humidity will make it feel around 100°F.

The case started as an investigation into an armed robbery.

In one clip, Anthony Gordon is seen staring down the barrel of a firearm as an armed robber, whose name remains unknown, threatens him.

“You are ready to die?” the man says.

The armed robber then appears to leave with his arms full of items.

At the Miami Gardens home, Gordon’s girlfriend, Danette Young, is also seen. Police say Young ran to a neighbor for help. That neighbor shot and killed the gun-wielding man.

In another clip, Gordon returns to the home. A closer look at the video shows him carrying items in his hands.

Police would later execute a search warrant at the home and show during a court hearing what they say they found: millions of dollars in cash and illegal drugs.

Investigators said the amount of drugs was enough to charge Gordon and Young with trafficking.

Gordon’s defense team says the allegations have gone too far.

Defense attorney Jonathan Jordan told Local 10 News in a statement that his client was the victim of a home invasion robbery in which he almost lost his life.

“Our defense of our client is just beginning. Evidence is still coming out showing how Mr. Gordon was the clear victim of a home invasion robbery where he almost lost his own life. As far as narcotics and weapons that were discovered inside the home, many questions remain about who owned them, who had access to them, and what evidence exists pointing to which of the multiple occupants that lived there even knew of the presence of the contraband. We look forward to seeing all of the evidence and vigorously defending Mr. Gordon in allegations that have simply gone too far.”

Defense attorney Jonathan Jordan

During a court hearing, a question was raised about whether firearms were found near fentanyl.

Jordan also questioned who owned the narcotics and weapons found inside the home, who had access to them and what evidence exists showing which of the multiple occupants knew about the contraband.

Because multiple people lived in the home at the time, Jordan said questions remain about the evidence.

Gordon and Young are now also facing federal charges. Their defense attorney said the pair are in federal detention ahead of Friday morning’s arraignment on incident-related federal charges.

Court records also show they have a court hearing related to the filed state charges at the Richard Gerstein Justice Building Thursday morning.

Voters approved a $100 million bond for the project in 2019. The new three-story, 191,000-square-foot headquarters on Broward Boulevard replaces an 80-year-old building and is now home to a department of more than 700 personnel.

“This is one of the most significant investments Fort Lauderdale has ever made in public safety,” Mayor Dean Trantalis said during a morning tour of the new facility.

The headquarters features updated technology, expanded operational space and dedicated areas for training, public meetings and community engagement. It also includes a gun range.

Getting the project to the finish line wasn’t easy. Engineers had to address design flaws that caused the original construction to crack and bend. Repairs and reinforcement eventually allowed the project to move forward.

“Getting us to this day took persistence,” Trantalis said.

Police Chief Bill Schultz said the new headquarters represents more than just a building.

“This is more than just a structure,” Schultz said. “This is a symbol of what happens when a community believes in its police department and when a department never stops believing in its mission.”

The new facility can withstand a Category 5 hurricane.

“Para este gobierno es de máxima importancia toda información que contribuya a esclarecer los hechos ocurridos durante ese período... para dar con los responsables de los actos de violencia”, dijo en una rueda de prensa el ministro de Exteriores.

La cita se produce un día después de que el diplomático estadounidense asegurara en una entrevista televisiva que un análisis de la inteligencia de Estados Unidos vincula la violencia vivida en el estallido social chileno con organizaciones y activistas de izquierda.

No obstante, hasta hoy no han sido identificados de forma oficial potenciales líderes de las manifestaciones que pusieron en jaque el sistema político del país.

Consultado sobre las críticas de distintos sectores políticos a esos dichos y a la supuesta injerencia del diplomático estadounidense en asuntos internos, Pérez Mackenna aseveró que “los embajadores no deben opinar sobre la política interna en los países en que están”.

“Eso lo hemos hecho saber al embajador ya en varias oportunidades y hoy día es exactamente uno de los temas que tocamos”, afirmó.

A finales de 2019, Chile registró una serie de protestas para pedir transformaciones estructurales y una nueva Constitución. Las manifestaciones se alargaron durante varios meses y pronto se convirtieron en los disturbios más violentos registrados en la nación sudamericana desde el regreso de la democracia en 1990.

En la entrevista Judd dijo que “la evidencia apunta” a esos izquierdistas, aunque reconoció que no ha entregado dichos antecedentes a la justicia chilena. Agregó que, en caso de que el gobierno chileno solicitara “inteligencia específica”, Chile y Estados Unidos son “naciones que comparten información de inteligencia”.

De acuerdo a los datos oficiales de la fiscalía, el estallido social dejó entre el 18 de octubre de 2019 y el 31 de marzo de 2020 más de 20.000 víctimas, entre ellas una treintena de fallecidos y 464 personas que sufrieron trauma ocular por la violencia institucional perpetrada por agentes del Estado.

Las investigaciones igualmente indicaron que la protestas no tuvieron líderes formales ni una organización centralizada, ya que surgieron como una demostración estudiantil contra la tarifa del transporte público y pronto se convirtieron en masivas movilizaciones espontáneas que aglutinaron a distintos sectores de la ciudadanía.

Tras las declaraciones, el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores convocó a Judd y le solicitó formalmente que entregue cualquier información relacionada con los episodios de violencia en aquellos meses para derivarla a la fiscalía y otros organismos investigativos.

Sin embargo, a su salida de la sede de Cancillería, Judd se desdijo de sus dichos y explicó que Estados Unidos no ha realizado una “investigación independiente” sobre el estallido social. Lo que hizo, acotó, fue “revisar e investigar la información que salía de Chile” a través de fuentes abiertas.

"Nosotros tenemos la misma información que tiene su policía. Nosotros solo recibimos la información que fue recopilada aquí mediante fuentes abiertas de información”, dijo el diplomático a los periodistas.

Las declaraciones del embajador han generado malestar y desataron una fuerte respuesta política de los principales partidos del país. Además, diputados de la oposición presentaron el mismo miércoles una denuncia ante el Ministerio Público para que investigue una posible violación de la ley de Inteligencia del país.

Lancaster County’s coroner, Dr. Stephen Diamantoni, said he told the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of his conclusions. CDC officials, however, have not said whether they will count either death as measles-associated, and the agency's website still carries a disclaimer about them.

Ivan Miller died on Aug. 14 shortly after his birth of a ruptured spleen, Diamantoni said.

Mary Stoltzfus was 6 weeks old when she died Aug. 18 at her home. She was born with a genetic birth defect that left her highly vulnerable to an infection. A measles infection killed her, Diamantoni told The Associated Press.

He said he was releasing the information in response to a state right-to-know law request by WPMT-TV, Fox 43.

The causes of death differed

Diamantoni's office didn't perform an autopsy on the girl. The cause of death was determined by the doctors caring for her, he said.

She had been born with a condition called Amish lethal microcephaly that causes an unusually small head and underdeveloped brain. Children with the condition typically live 6 months or less.

His office did autopsy the boy, and determined he died from a ruptured spleen. Exactly how and when that happened is still under investigation, Diamantoni said.

The boy was infected with measles, which is listed on the death certificate as a contributing factor. But Diamantoni said measles did not contribute to what happened to the spleen, and that measles is noted only because it was considered “a significant condition” that the boy had at the time of death.

Neither was old enough to be vaccinated; the first dose is typically given at around 1 year of age.

The deaths have received outsized attention

Details of the deaths have come under unusual national scrutiny and became the focus of a furious political battle between Pennsylvania's Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro, and officials in Republican President Donald Trump's administration.

Pennsylvania officials announced the deaths last month, with Shapiro stressing that vaccinations could have averted the deaths.

Soon after, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Trump administration appointee with a history of raising alarms about established vaccines, attacked Shapiro and suggested the deaths “may even have been altogether fabricated.”

Kennedy’s statements echoed ones he made last year, when three measles-related deaths were recorded. Kennedy questioned whether one of the children who died was killed by measles.

The health secretary oversees the CDC, and some public health experts have voiced concern about whether the CDC can still be counted on to post public health data that clashes with Kennedy's worldview.

“Frankly, the CDC is not to be trusted in sharing information,” Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, told the AP last week. “People are questioning their motives.”

CDC website still doesn't show the deaths

That worry was fueled by some unusual edits to the CDC's measles webpage. At one point, the webpage noted two measles-associated deaths but then was changed to say that the CDC was not counting the two deaths until it reviewed additional information.

The page, which was last updated Friday, now says, “CDC will update its reporting as additional information becomes available and relevant reviews are completed.” It still doesn’t reflect either Pennsylvania death.

In a social media post last week, Kennedy acknowledged Diamantoni's conclusion that one of the deaths was due to measles.

Meanwhile, Pennsylvania's measles outbreak continues to expand, with more than 620 cases across 37 counties this year, state officials said Wednesday.

The U.S. eliminated the domestic spread of measles in 2000 by maintaining high vaccination rates, but they have fallen in recent years to below the 95% coverage needed to prevent outbreaks. Meanwhile, measles infections have been surging in recent years.

In November, international health officials will meet to determine if the U.S. and Mexico have lost their measles-free status.

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Trump arrived at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland aboard Marine One on Wednesday afternoon for the scheduled trip to Dallas but was kept on the helicopter for about 20 minutes as U.S. Air Force personnel attended to the plane. The emergency slide had deployed from the front right exit, on the opposite side of the door Trump uses to board.

As Trump arrived at the base, reporters accompanying him to Texas watched the former baby blue and white plane that had flown presidents for decades taxi from the hangar and stop a few hundred yards behind the gifted aircraft, which Trump had refurbished at taxpayer expense and painted red, white, dark blue and gold.

Eventually, Trump emerged from the helicopter and said the slide was being tested. Asked why, he said, "They want to make sure everything works perfectly.”

It was not immediately clear whether the slide was intentionally inflated during testing or whether an error caused it to inflate. But Trump said he was not worried. Asked whether he was satisfied that the plane was safe to fly, he said, “Yeah, I am — or I wouldn't be on it.”

White House communications director Steven Cheung issued a statement that did not fully explain how the slide was deployed.

“As the President has said, the slide was checked out to make sure everything works perfectly,” Cheung said. “Air Force One is on its way to Dallas so he can deliver his much-anticipated speech to a raucous and sold-out crowd.”

A U.S. Air Force spokesperson said the plane “continued safely on its planned route” after an “emergency slide deployment.” The statement did not address whether the deployment was part of the testing or an accident.

Trump boarded as the crew continued work to deflate, detach and cart away the slide. The plane then took off and landed safely in Dallas a few hours later.

In July, as Trump prepared to head back to the United States from a NATO summit in Turkey, he secretly flew out on a third U.S. Air Force plane after the Qatari jet was flown — without him aboard — to a military base in the United Kingdom. The older version of Air Force One was used as a decoy and carried White House and administration staff, and reporters to the base.

After he arrived in the U.K, Trump got off the third plane and secretly boarded the decoy only to disembark with staff and reporters as if he had flown with them. The group then boarded the newer Air Force One for the flight to Joint Base Andrews.

Trump said several weeks later that the U.S. Secret Service and the military wanted him to travel on a “different plane” due to a threat.

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Five people died, and five people were injured after a Boeing 767-300 overtook Miami International Airport’s runway 30-12 shortly after 1:50 p.m. on Sunday and struck two occupied vehicles, according to the NTSB.

“No indication in the recorded data that speed brakes or thrust were deployed,” Chihoon Shin, the NTSB’s lead investigator, said on Tuesday night.

Preliminary analysis of the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder indicated that the pilots considered aborting the landing for takeoff, according to the NTSB.

Evidence gathering continued at the crash site on Wednesday.

Related story: NTSB provides latest updates on investigation into MIA cargo plane crash

“We are going to be on scene for about a week,“ NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said on Tuesday night.

Homendy said she planned to release a readout of the cockpit voice recorder’s details after the NTSB investigators’ interviews with the pilots, which were scheduled for Wednesday.

AUG. 6 CRASH

The Boeing operating as Prime Air Flight 798 struck a white 2012 Ford E-150 Econoline van, owned by Professional Ocean Service Corp., a cleaning company, according to the NTSB.

“There were a total of seven in that van,” Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said on Tuesday morning.

Related story: Cleaning company ‘heartbroken’ over loss of ‘deeply loved’ employees killed in cargo plane crash

Cordero-Stutz said five of the van’s occupants died. They were Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53; Julio C. Pineda, 75; Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; and Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, 47.

“The Econoline van is torn apart,” Homendy said on Monday.

After striking the van at MIA, the Boeing 767-300 struck a Toyota Corolla Cross LE SUV that was traveling on Northwest 67th Avenue, according to Homendy.

“The SUV, you can see airbags, the surrounding airbags,” Homendy said.

Related story: First lawsuit filed following fatal Amazon cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel reported taking the five injured to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center and the Jackson South Medical Center.

Cordero-Stutz said three remained hospitalized on Tuesday. MDSO identified them as Eugenio Corredor, 79, whose condition is critical; Ridoel Averhoff Diaz, 32, whose condition is critical; and Roosevelt Sebastian Perdomo Torres, 36, whose condition is stable.

Corredor, who was born in Colombia and lives in Hialeah, was the driver of the green Toyota.

Related story: ‘Hopefully he recovers’: Neighbors praying for man critically injured after cargo plane hit his car

Witnesses recorded videos showing dark smoke billowing from the crash site. On Sunday, Miami-Dade Fire Chief Raied “Ray” Jadallah said there was a “complex fire.”

MDFR deployed more than 60 units. Firefighters reported using foam to help extinguish the flames in the engine compartment. The jet’s nose was on the ground.

THE PILOTS

On Sunday, Jadallah said the pilots were injured. Rohan Ellis, a witness, shared a video showing a man climbing out of the cockpit through a window and using the firefighters’ ladder.

On Monday, MDSO identified them as Jaime Felipe Silva Molina, 37, and Joseph Carol, 55, who both suffered minor injuries.

By Tuesday morning, the pilot and the co-pilot had been released from the hospital, according to Cordero-Stutz.

On Tuesday, Homendy said the 55-year-old captain “received his type rating in the 76,” a mandatory regulatory certification for the Boeing 767, in May, and he had 7,145 flight hours as of March 31st.

Homendy said the 37-year-old first officer received his type rating in the 76 on April 2, 2025, and he had 2,655 flight hours as of Aug. 13.

Related story: Cleaning crew killed in Miami cargo jet crash was wrapping up shift at hard, demanding job

THE JET

Cargo airline 21 Air was operating Prime Air Flight 798 for Amazon on the Boeing 767-300, manufactured in 1994, according to the NTSB.

On Sunday, before the crash, the jet flew from Cincinnati to MIA, from MIA to Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and back to MIA, according to the NTSB.

“The cargo was mainly made up of contact lenses,” Homendy said on Tuesday night, adding that the plane’s takeoff weight was 252,182 pounds and included 32,222 pounds of cargo.

A witness’s video shows there were towering stormy clouds when the jet landed on the MIA runway.

Since there wasn’t an Engineered Materials Arresting System, or EMAS, to stop the jet, it traveled for 1,300 feet “past the paved surface” before coming to a standstill on a field near parked Tesla Robotaxis, according to Homendy.

Related story: NTSB team visits fatal cargo plane crash site in Miami-Dade; 5 victims killed in crash identified

TRAVEL AND TRAFFIC

One of MIA’s four runways remained closed on Wednesday, according to the NTSB. Two runways were closed from Sunday afternoon to Tuesday night.

Cordero-Stutz asked travelers to check with airlines for the status of their flights. She also warned drivers that 67th Avenue was closed to the public from 25th to 32nd streets.

Homendy said air controllers were “going through a difficult time, not just from the tragedy, but also trying to get through a capacity-constrained airport.”

Homendy asked witnesses to share photos and videos with the NTSB team via e-mail at witness@ntsb.gov.

Cordero-Stutz asked the victims’ relatives to contact MDSO victims’ advocates at 305-471-1900.

THE TIMELINE

Chihoon Shin, the NTSB’s lead investigator, released this timeline on Tuesday night:

• 30 seconds before the end of the recording, the nose landing gear and the right main landing gear touched down, and ground speed was 158 knots.
• 23 seconds before the end of the recording, breaks were applied. The ground speed was 146 knots.
• 19 seconds before the recording ended, the left main landing gear touched down at a ground speed of 134 knots.
• 15 seconds before the recording ended, brakes were released at a ground speed of 120 knots.

“Throttles increased to values consistent with go-around thrust,” Shin said.

• 11 seconds before the recording ended, throttles, devices that help control speed, were reduced to idle power, brakes were reapplied, and the ground speed was 117 knots.

“The throttles remained at idle, and brakes continued to be applied until the end of the recording,” Shin said.

• 7 seconds before the recording ended, accelerations changed at a ground speed of 96 knots, and the final ground speed was 65 knots.

“No indication in the recorded data that speed brakes or thrust were deployed,” Shin said.

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Huawei is the world’s biggest supplier of gear for wireless telecom networks, but it is banned from selling equipment to U.S. carriers over fears it poses a security risk. It has also been blacklisted by other Western allies, including Canada and Britain.

Taylor Stout, a Department of Justice attorney, opened the government's case by telling the Brooklyn jury that Huawei committed multiple crimes over two decades.

Defense attorney Brian Heberlig dismissed the accusations, though, saying prosecutors were basing their case on a smattering of anecdotes and some bad behavior by a few of Huawei’s roughly 200,000 employees in 170 countries to cast the company and three of its subsidiaries as a corrupt criminal enterprise.

“There was no blueprint for crime,” Heberlig said, noting that jurors should keep in mind that there were “real people whose careers, integrity are on the line in this case.”

The first witness prosecutors called was Parham Baheshti, who grew up in Iran but moved to the U.S. to study and became a U.S. citizen in 2000. Baheshti, who moved back to Iran in 2003 to be closer to his wife's family, testified that he fed secrets to the U.S. government about his dealings with Huawei after learning about the tech giant while working in 2009 for a small but fast-growing company that was bringing the internet to far-flung corners of Iran.

Baheshti said he had been excited to try to bring internet access to small Iranian cities, but that he came to believe that Huawei wasn't going to help.

“They didn’t seem to care about that,” he said. “They had their own agenda.”

He said he found it “infuriating” during one meeting with Huawei workers when he realized that the Chinese company was making a pitch “for analyzing the (Iranian) people and their behavior online.”

Baheshti said he left Iran in 2011 when he was told he was under investigation.

During his opening statement, Heberlig told jurors they would see through what he described as the prosecution’s unreliable witnesses and see that “the government’s claims don’t add up.” He also said they’d find that some of the testimony against the company was fueled by “old grudges.”

He ridiculed prosecutors’ plans to display proof in the courtroom that a Huawei employee took photos of a rival company’s product at a trade show event, saying the government failed to mention that Huawei promptly fired the worker for the “foolish act.”

It wasn't proof of a “companywide conspiracy,” said Heberlig, who credited Huawei’s remarkable growth to its success in engineering, investment, innovation and competition.

Huawei makes phones and other consumer electronics, but it has been cut off from other lines of business. More recently, it has expanded into chipmaking as the boom in artificial intelligence fuels demand for microprocessors.

During President Donald Trump’s first term, his administration raised national security concerns about Huawei and began lobbying Western allies against including the company’s products in their next-generation high-speed wireless networks. The U.S. announced the criminal charges in early 2019 and has since expanded the allegations.

Chinese officials said the U.S. has engaged in “economic bullying” and improperly used national security as a pretext for “oppressing Chinese companies.”

El encuentro virtual que tuvo Sheinbaum con Lutnick se dio en medio de la guerra comercial que mantienen Estados Unidos y Canadá, que escaló la víspera luego de que Washington anunció que prohibirá la importación de algunos productos lácteos y motocicletas y la mayoría de las bebidas alcohólicas canadienses.

Las tensiones amenazan el futuro del tratado comercial que tienen Estados Unidos, Canadá y México (el T-MEC), que está en revisión desde julio.

Aunque no se llegó a ningún acuerdo, el secretario mexicano de Economía, Marcelo Ebrard, dijo en su cuenta de X que la reunión entre la mandataria y Lutnick fue “cordial” y que “será muy útil para las negociaciones comerciales” con Estados Unidos. El secretario estadounidense tenía previsto viajar a la capital mexicana para reunirse en privado con Sheinbaum en el palacio de gobierno, pero a último momento canceló su visita por un problema con el avión en el que iba a viajar, informó la presidenta.

Ebrard indicó que viajará el jueves a Washington para seguir avanzando en las negociaciones que se vienen adelantando desde hace varios meses.

Previo al encuentro, Sheinbaum señaló en su conferencia matutina que México insistirá en que se “bajen los aranceles del acero, aluminio y autos porque además de que consideramos que es injusto está afectando a nuestra economía”.

Las autoridades mexicanas han centrado sus esfuerzos en los últimos meses en lograr una disminución importante de los gravámenes de 10% que desde el año pasado Washington impuso a los productos mexicanos que no están cubiertos por el T-MEC, así como a los camiones medianos y pesados que tienen un impuesto de 25%. También está vigente un gravamen de 50% al acero y el aluminio y una cuota compensatoria del 17% al tomate mexicano.

“Estamos buscando mejores condiciones comerciales”, dijo la presidenta al reconocer que su “límite” en las negociaciones será “la soberanía y aquello que consideramos que no debe ser negociable”, pero no ofreció detalles.

Sheinbaum lamentó las diferencias que han surgido entre Washington y Ottawa, y expresó que “ojalá se llegue a un acuerdo con Canadá porque creo que nos ayuda a los tres países”.

“Obviamente nosotros queremos que los tres países sigamos en un acuerdo comercial. Nos conviene a los tres”, añadió.

They’re changing — at least for the moment — the name of the popular series, which just won the Emmy for outstanding animated program.

In a statement posted on the show’s Instagram page, creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone say they are “changing the name of South Park to SOUTH AMERICA.” The statement comes as Trump, escalating his trade war with Canada, has declared he's renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States.

It coincides with changes in popular maps

The move by the two satirists, a week before the 29th season premiere of “South Park” — er, “SOUTH AMERICA” — also takes aim at Apple and Google, which have adopted Trump’s changes, as well as the show's own parent company.

Apple has relabeled Lake Ontario to “Lake America” for U.S. users of its Maps app, following cartographic competitor Google.

“Inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google, we are changing the name of South Park to SOUTH AMERICA. We especially want to thank our parent company Paramount — a Skydance Capitulation."

The hugely successful “South Park” airs on Paramount-owned Comedy Central. Parker and Stone have taken aim at Paramount’s merger with Skydance. But in July 2025, Paramount announced a five-year renewal deal with Parker and Stone, including streaming rights for previous “South Park” seasons on Paramount+.

During his second term, Trump has also signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” even though parts of it lie in international waters. Apple and Google maps also followed suit in that case.

Also in line with Trump's enthusiasm for renaming things — after America, or after himself — he suggested this week that New Mexico be renamed “New America,” though it was uncertain whether that was serious.

He also arranged for the Kennedy Center to add his name to its building, a move that has triggered much controversy.

The show's creators have needled Trump before

The decision to rename the show is not the only jab Parker and Stone have recently taken at Trump.

“You finally got your Emmy,” the show posted on Instagram along with a cartoon depiction of the president — with his pants down, surrounded by the show's characters. A recent storyline on the show depicted Trump as romantically involved with Satan.

Canada, too, has not gone unnoticed by the show. In 1999, its foray onto the big screen, “South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut,” depicted Canadians as scapegoats of a national parental movement to stop children from swearing — which they blamed on comedians from Canada named “Terrance and Phillip.”

The movie was structured like a Broadway musical, and one of the key “show tunes” it presented was called “Blame Canada.” Its overall point: People can find a way to blame anyone for anything. “It seems that everything's gone wrong since Canada came along,” one character sang.

Other targets of the show's sharp parody over the years have been Saddam Hussein, Tom Cruise, the soft drink Prime and GLP-1 weight-loss drugs.

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Pinsky, an acclaimed poet and translator who served as U.S. laureate under the auspices of the Library of Congress from 1997-2000, won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. He has long enjoyed recognition beyond the poetry world, even making public appearances with fellow New Jersey native Bruce Springsteen.

Grimes is a bestselling author who has won numerous honors and whose books include “Bronx Masquerade” and “Jazmin’s Notebook.” As young people's laureate, a two-year position endowed by the Poetry Foundation, she will receive $25,000 and additional funding for “a project that promotes poetry to young people and their families, teachers, and librarians,” according to the Foundation.

Also Wednesday, the Foundation gave poet-journalist-activist Luis Javier Rodriguez its $25,000 Pegasus Award for Service in Poetry and Jason Schneiderman the $10,000 Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism for his essay collection “Nothingism: Poetry at the End of Print Culture.”

Meg Day was given the first-ever Pegasus Poetry Book Prize, a $10,000 award for an unpublished first or second poetry collection by a U.S. poet 40 years or older. Day's “Sound Lasso” will be released by Graywolf Press.

The Chicago-based Poetry Foundation was established in 2003 through a multimillion-dollar donation from philanthropist-pharmaceutical heir Ruth Lilly.

“Aquí hay gente que quiere que al gobierno le vaya mal porque quieren retornar y están dispuestos a todo”, dijo a la prensa local en la región central de Cochabamba el mandatario, sin mencionar a nadie. Paz asumió en noviembre del año pasado tras casi 20 años de gobiernos de izquierda.

Las dos explosiones se produjeron el viernes por la tarde en un depósito del Regimiento Bolívar, en la ciudad de Viacha. La segunda fue tan potente, según las autoridades, que afectó a varias viviendas contiguas y sus residentes fueron evacuados.

Las explosiones dejaron de momento nueve muertos, 84 heridos, de los que 53 ya recibieron el alta y 31 continúan internados, según el más reciente informe del Ministerio de Salud y Deportes. La Fiscalía General informó previamente que de los fallecidos ocho ya fueron identificados.

El mandatario visitó el lunes el lugar de la tragedia y a las familias que resultaron afectadas.

“This bizarre Republican midterm convention here can’t paper over the fact that Republicans have done nothing to earn your vote,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a potential 2028 presidential contender, said Wednesday morning.

Trump organized the two-day gathering in an attempt to boost Republican enthusiasm despite his low approval ratings, economic concerns and dissatisfaction over the war with Iran. Democrats are trying to capitalize on voters’ frustration to retake control of Congress.

Besides Pritzker, several leading House Democrats were traveling to Dallas for events, as well. And Texas Democrats hope the spotlight on the state ends up benefiting their candidates.

James Talarico, a Texas state lawmaker who is running against state Attorney General Ken Paxton in a closely watched Senate race, held a food drive Wednesday at Friendship West Baptist Church in Dallas. He compared volunteers' work with Republicans' festivities.

“While we’re here serving our neighbors, billionaire megadonors and their puppet politicians are clinking their Champagne glasses,” Talarico said. “They are toasting to their own corruption. They are celebrating corrupt tariffs, billionaire tax breaks and a new forever war that are all driving up costs.”

Several Democrats on Wednesday mocked Trump's idea for a midterm convention, an unusual affair that, unlike presidential nominating conventions held every four years, does not involve official party business handled by delegates from across the country. Trump will be featured both nights and is also using it as an opportunity for fundraising.

Talarico smiled as he thought about wealthy Republicans spending thousands of dollars for a picture with Trump.

“If you want a picture with me,” he said, “it’s free.”

Texas Democratic chairman Kendall Scudder added, “Trump's trickle-up economics is taking money out of your pocket and giving it to the richest people in this country,” but he insisted that Democrats are determined to do more than criticize the president.

“This party has stood in modern history on the side of working-class people," he said. “We’re recapturing that narrative.”

Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic candidate challenging Gov. Greg Abbott, went to Dallas to visit a venue featuring thousands of volumes of files related to Jeffrey Epstein and met with those who have accused him of sexual abuse. Trump had resisted releasing the files.

“It’s really incredible that we live in a country where the justice system is so broken at every level that there has not been accountability of what we know was extensive sexual abuse, exploitation that happened for decades,” Hinojosa said. “And that powerful people who run this country are still living their lives without having been held to account.”

The Democratic members of Congress who traveled to Texas said their mission is not just to highlight Trump's shortcomings, but also to show voters what they would prioritize as a congressional majority.

“We want to ensure that people can actually live their lives, be able to work, have access to health care,” said Rep. Robert Garcia of California, “and the president’s more interested in sending bizarre, deranged social media posts and having his party in Dallas.”

Garcia is the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee and is in line to chair the panel should Democrats win the majority. That would put him at the forefront of the party's promised investigations of the Trump administration and the first family's business dealings.

The would-be chairman said those efforts are not a distraction but instead dovetail with Democrats' message on the economy.

“We just got to be very clear that this is the most corrupt administration in the history of the United States,” he said, “and as Donald Trump and and his family get infinitely richer, the average American continues to struggle and can barely afford to make ends meet.”

Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado added that Democrats, both while campaigning and then potentially as a House majority, can balance policies aimed at helping voters with a range of likely investigations.

“Do you do oversight and accountability or are you legislating other things?” he asked, immediately answering that a Democratic Congress must do both. “And that's actually not our decision. That is what the Constitution says the job is, right? ... And we don't get to decide not to do our job.”

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The person spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because the Ducks have not announced the decision.

Kreider is a 14-year NHL veteran who completed his first season in Anaheim and was entering the final year of his contract. By terminating the contract, the Ducks will free up $6.5 million in salary cap space.

Anaheim’s cap situation was handcuffed after the team re-signed Leo Carlsson by matching the Philadelphia Flyers' five-year, $90 million offer sheet this summer. The team also re-signed Pavel Mintyukov to a five-year, $36 million contract this summer, while Cutter Gauthier remains unsigned coming off a 41-goal season.

Carlsson was disappointed by the news of Kreider's pending departure while speaking to reporters in Las Vegas at the NHL/NHLPA preseason player media tour.

“I’ll miss him of course. I love him. So it sucks,” Carlsson said.

“That’s the hard part,” he added, knowing his contract played a role in the decision. “He’s leaving, but he’s also really happy for me as well when I talked to him. It’s a hard business. It’s weird.”

Kreider, 35, must first clear waivers, after which he would become an unrestricted free agent. He had 22 goals and 50 points in 75 games last season. Overall, he’s an 11-time 20-goal-scorer who spent his first 13 seasons with the New York Rangers.

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Deputies with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said they responded to a report of the dog attack at about 1:43 p.m. near Southwest 285th Street and 143rd Court.

Deputies said they found the woman with bites to her upper and lower extremities.

They said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue airlifted the woman to Jackson South Medical Center. She was listed in stable condition.

Authorities said Miami-Dade County Animal Services was also expected to respond to the scene.

No other details about the woman’s age or identity were immediately released.

The trove of 40 documents, which includes alerts, intelligence reports, charts and communications from multiple law enforcement and intelligence agencies, appears to undermine what Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said about the level of prior warning the government had before the sudden influx took place.

Major protests in Spain have taken place in response to the migrant arrivals, with critics blaming the Sánchez government for its handling of the crisis, and his political opponents accusing him of pandering to Morocco.

Spanish intelligence warned of calls on social media

On July 29, a day before more than 72,000 people began pouring into the Spanish city neighboring Morocco, Spain's spy agency, the National Intelligence Center (CNI), sent an alert via WhatsApp to the Spanish government's delegation in Ceuta about calls on social media "for an assault on the fence and by sea tomorrow at 8 p.m.”

“There are two different groups with a total of 180,000 followers," the declassified WhatsApp message from the intelligence agency said, “just to give you an idea of its scale."

A report from Spain's spy agency sent that day to Moroccan intelligence services warned of plans on social media for migrants to enter Ceuta on July 30 by climbing a border fence separating the exclave from Morocco, or by swimming around it, the documents show. It mentioned that migrants might take advantage of Morocco's national Throne Day, celebrated on July 30.

That same day, Spain's national intelligence agency issued similar warnings about “several groups on Facebook and WhatsApp encouraging these attempts” in messages to Spain's Civil Guard police force.

Once thousands of people were streaming across the border on July 30, a Defense Ministry intelligence report issued that day stated that Moroccan forces were passive and acted negligently to stop migrants.

“It cannot be ruled out that Morocco may attempt to exploit the situation that has arisen in Ceuta to further its strategic interests,” the report went on.

Morocco's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press on Wednesday about the documents.

Sánchez says documents did not explain scale

On Wednesday, Sánchez rejected the idea that the declassified documents revealed that there was prior warning about a border crisis of the scale that took place between July 30 and 31.

“The existence of this campaign was known ... and was being monitored, but in no way did it constitute or could it be interpreted as an indicator of the scale, nature, or probability of what happened afterward,” Sánchez wrote on X, referencing the spy agency’s July 29 warning about what was brewing on social media.

Sánchez has defended his government's handling of the crisis and said last week there was no evidence that Morocco's government orchestrated the incident. That sparked further criticism, particularly after a leaked police report alleged the involvement of Moroccan police in the episode.

Several weeks after the initial border rush, Ceuta is dealing with a prolonged humanitarian crisis because of some 5,000 migrants who remain in the small city, according to the national government. Local officials cite a higher figure of up to 10,000 people.

The Spanish leader pledged last week to release documents related to Spain's deadliest mass crossing, in which NGOs reported that more than 140 migrants died.

In the days immediately before the mass crossing, hundreds of migrants had swum from Morocco to reach Ceuta, which Spain’s Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska acknowledged at the time.

He said that authorities were facing “an extraordinary, exceptional situation," and that the Spanish government was “dealing with it with the means that we already have deployed there permanently.”

Wednesday’s document trove includes reports from multiple agencies that detailed the increasing number of arrivals, a surge that overwhelmed authorities beginning July 30.

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Renata Brito contributed from Barcelona, Spain.

Jacob Coxon, who said he spent three years doing research at both Anthropic and OpenAI, said Tuesday on the social platform X that the two AI companies are more focused on beating each other and global competitors in developing the most advanced model possible than they are on safety.

OpenAI and Anthropic caused a stir this summer when they announced, about a week apart, that their models had broken out of testing environments and obtained unauthorized access to real computer systems. The announcements prompted concerns about models going rogue and carrying out other, more harmful tasks. Both companies said at the time they were pausing some evaluations while they put more monitoring measures and guardrails in place.

The technology's rapid development has led some in the U.S. as well as global leaders to call for a more cautious approach. U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk urged countries this week to put “cast-iron guarantees in place around the safety and security of AI before it is too late.”

In his social media posts, Coxon said Anthropic and its chief rival OpenAI “are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.” He warned that some working on AI development believe it could threaten human life by the end of the decade.

“Do not underestimate the power of this technology,” he continued. “These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources. We have all witnessed the progress in each of these domains, and progress is not slowing.”

His posts reached more than 100 million people overnight.

Coxon is not the first AI insider to publicly raise such concerns. Both Anthropic and OpenAI have seen high-profile resignations in recent years that were tied to safety concerns. Two current Anthropic employees also responded to Coxon’s post in agreement.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent who has called for AI safeguards and regulation, agreed with Coxon’s concerns and said he would soon introduce legislation to pause AI development and ban superintelligence.

“The very people building this technology admit that it could threaten the future of humanity,” Sanders said Wednesday on social media.

AI companies themselves have at times highlighted the technology's threat to humanity, which skeptics have seen as part of a push to make their products seem all-powerful. Coxon said the fears he outlined in his post are not a “marketing stunt.”

Coxon did not respond to messages seeking comment. Anthropic and OpenAI did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Anthropic has long pitched itself as the more responsible and safety-minded of the leading AI companies, ever since its founders quit OpenAI to form the startup in 2021. The company recently said it was taking action to “prioritize safety over speed when the two are in tension.”

Anthropic and OpenAI are each ramping up for buzzy initial public offerings and locked in steep competition with each other. They're also each on a mission to outpace the development progress of Chinese AI companies, a race the Trump administration has been keen on winning.

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The deadly crash has drawn attention to a workforce that largely operates out of sight of most travelers, tidying airplane cabins for often low pay while sometimes working in hot and dangerous conditions. But the job is also critical to keeping the airline industry moving 24 hours a day.

“This is certainly very tragic. You would not think riding in a van to clean an airplane, that this would happen,” National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said.

Two other workers in the van were in the hospital days after their Econoline van was crushed by the speeding jet that investigators said appeared to be reconsidering a landing Sunday before running out of runway.

Hard-working family men were among the victims

Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53, came to the U.S. from Cuba in 2011 and worked multiple jobs for his family over the past 14 years, said attorney Jorge Garcia, who is a friend of Naranjo’s family and filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on their behalf against Amazon, 21 Air, which operated the plane, and the pilots.

Naranjo was driving the van and working a 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. shift for Professional Ocean Service Corp. His wife started frantically texting him when he didn’t arrive home on time. After seeing her texts weren’t being read, she found a news story about the crash, Garcia said.

Naranjo was a “very hardworking man, very loved by his wife, very loved by his son, and as you can imagine what they’ve gone through is really unimaginable,” Garcia said at a news conference.

Julio C. Pineda also came to the U.S. from Cuba. The 75-year-old was known as “El mago” — “The Magician” — because he was always doing magic tricks, his neighbors told NBC News.

He was calm, helpful, and there was always music and fun when his children came over, they said.

“He was someone who was always laughing and telling stories,” Alberto Leandro said. “You’d see him and he’d crack a joke in the elevator.”

Killed along with Naranjo and Pineda were Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; and Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, 47.

Ridoel Averhoff Diaz, 32, and Roosevelt Sebastian Perdomo Torres, 36, remained in the hospital in critical condition Tuesday, the sheriff's office said.

Cleaning planes is a demanding and intense job

Professional Ocean Service Corp. has been cleaning planes at the Miami International Airport for at least 15 years.

“Our employees are far more than the people who work beside us each day, they are family, and they are deeply loved,” the company said in a statement after the crash.

The company cleans and disinfects the inside and outside of both private and commercial jets. Its workers can clean and replace carpet and paint cabins too, according to photos from its website.

Cleaning an airplane is physically demanding work done under intense time pressure, experts say. Crews lug mops, brooms and other supplies up and down aircraft stairs, reach into seat backs and overhead bins, scrub bathrooms and wipe down surfaces.

“They’re in a van. They get rushed to the airplane and are standing by on the jetway when the airplane arrives. The minute the passengers are off, their foreman is rushing them to get into that airplane to grab every piece of trash, do a wipe down of the bathrooms and countertops, and get the heck out of there,” said Soma Priddle, a retired commercial airline captain and attorney who represents pilots and other aviation workers.

Workers deal with harsh chemicals and large aircraft

Inside a plane, workers can be exposed to harsh cleaners as well as bodily fluids and other contaminants left by passengers. Outside the plane there is hydraulic fluid, jet fuel and de-icing fluids, she said.

And they are working around some of the most powerful equipment on an airport ramp. At any given moment, workers can be alongside aircraft weighing hundreds of thousands of pounds, moving across busy tarmacs and working in extreme heat before climbing into airplane bellies that can be even hotter, said Manny Pastreich, president of 32BJ Service Employees International Union, which represents more than 20,000 airport workers along the East Coast.

“It’s dynamic and dangerous work,” Pastreich said.

Workers often have little experience and are typically paid close to minimum wage with few or no benefits, Pastreich said. High turnover means crews are frequently made up of newer workers, which can add another layer of risk in an already demanding environment.

“It’s an incredibly hard job and not as well compensated as it should be,” said Pastreich, whose union did not represent the workers killed in Miami.

The tight turnaround times can add to the pressure. Cleaning contracts are competitive, Priddle said, and companies that cannot consistently get planes cleaned and ready on time risk losing their business.

“It’s a god-awful job,” Priddle said. “They work long hours. They’re just pushed and pushed and pushed.”

Oil prices on Wednesday jumped more than 3%, pushing international Brent crude past the $100 threshold for the first time since July as salvos between the U.S. and Iran escalated.

“Right after the election, oil prices are going to be tumbling downward,” Trump said. “I think it’s going to take a little bit longer than the midterm.”

The comments were a striking acknowledgment from Trump about the conflict as his Republican administration faces mounting pressure to address high gas prices as the war in Iran grinds on with no conclusion in sight.

Trump, in an exchange with reporters before traveling to Dallas for the midterm Republican convention, added that he believes Iran will finally relent after the pivotal elections are held in the U.S.

“They’re desperate to try and affect the election, so that we can get a nice weak group of people in there, and leave them alone and let them have their nuclear weapon,” Trump said. He added, “I think the war’s going to end immediately after the election because they can’t hold out any longer.”

Trump also spoke at length about the war in Iran during his keynote address to the convention Wednesday evening. He acknowledged it caused energy prices to spike and financial markets to struggle, but said it was necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

Trump also polled the audience, asking, “Does anyone here think Iran should have a nuclear weapon?” The crowd responded with a resounding “no.”

The president at the outset of the war said it would last a matter of weeks. The conflict is now in its seventh month. The U.S.-Israel war against Iran has led to a dramatic slowdown of Gulf oil moving through the Strait of Hormuz, which about 20% of the world’s petroleum passed through prior to the conflict.

Trump last week downplayed the conflict as “small potatoes” even as Republicans expressed concern the war will loom large with voters left navigating elevated gas prices and higher inflation.

The U.S. has tapped its strategic petroleum reserves, which in early August fell below 300 million barrels, down by more than 100 million barrels since the start of 2026.

Trump's prediction that the war won't be wrapped up until after Nov. 3 comes after Vice President JD Vance last week steered clear of predicting that the conflict would be over by the midterm elections, in which Republicans are trying to hang on to their narrow majorities in Congress.

Vance told reporters he didn’t want to set “artificial timelines” for the war's end.

“But when you ask, ‘When will this end?’ You’re asking me a question like, ‘When will the Iranians stop shooting at ships?’” Vance said. “I think the reality is, I don’t know the answer to that question. You would have to ask the Iranians.”

U.S. benchmark crude on Wednesday stood at around $96 a barrel, and U.S. gasoline prices rose sharply overnight.

The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline ticked up 7 cents overnight t o hit $4.22, now more than a dollar above what it cost at this point last year, according to AAA.

Diesel prices, which can have an outsize impact on consumers because it is used in shipping and production, hit an all-time high Friday and have continued to climb since. The average price per gallon rose to $5.94 overnight, up 9 cents from Friday.

Jet fuel has become so expensive that U.S. and international carriers have cut flights while raising fares and fees.

The latest market gyrations come after the U.S. military reported striking five Iranian tankers in response to attempted missile attacks on a Navy warship and after attacks by an Iranian-backed Houthi rebel group ignited fires at oil facilities in Saudi Arabia.

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Así lo anunció Sheinbaum al presentar los lineamientos del paquete económico y las iniciativas de egresos e ingresos fiscales de 2027 —entregados el martes al Congreso para su discusión—, que estarán sustentados en buena parte en la recaudación de impuestos que se espera incrementar un 5,9%. El gobierno busca aplicar mayores controles en los desgravámenes de las empresas para evitar la evasión fiscal.

“No hay nuevos impuestos para la gente. No hay gasolinazos”, dijo Sheinbaum en su habitual conferencia diaria. Aseguró que de persistir el alza en el precio del petróleo —que el miércoles superó los 100 dólares por barril— su gobierno seguirá promoviendo incentivos para reducir los gastos de las empresas del sector gasolinero y evitar que se eleven los precios de los combustibles en el mercado mexicano.

“Es un paquete económico responsable” y “no se está endeudando al país”, expresó la mandataria, e insistió en que la prioridad seguirá siendo la atención a la población.

Sheinbaum informó que para el próximo año se incrementarán los presupuestos de educación (10,7%), ciencia (11,3%), salud (11,5%) y campo (20,6%). Asimismo, se prevé un aumento en el presupuesto de seguridad del 11,5% para la expansión de la Guardia Nacional y las áreas de inteligencia e investigación, detalló la presidenta.

En el proyecto de presupuesto de gastos de 2027, estimado en 10,6 billones de pesos (unos 623.500 millones de dólares), se destinará 1,1 billón de pesos (unos 64.705 millones de dólares) para los planes sociales conocidos como “programas del bienestar”, y se dará prioridad a las inversiones en vialidad, la construcción de nuevos trenes y obras hidráulicas.

El déficit, un dolor de cabeza que no acaba

El secretario mexicano de Hacienda, Edgar Amador, afirmó que la prioridad del gobierno para el próximo año será “tener finanzas públicas sanas, sostenibles en el largo plazo”.

Para alcanzar ese objetivo las autoridades mexicanas se han fijado como meta para 2027 un déficit fiscal del 3,9% del Producto Interno Bruto (PIB), que estará levemente por debajo del previsto para este año del 4,1%.

Al iniciar su sexenio, en octubre de 2024, Sheinbaum recibió de su antecesor y padre político, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024), un déficit fiscal del 5,8% que ha ido reduciendo progresivamente en los últimos dos años con fuertes recortes en los gastos y las inversiones públicas.

Uno de los aspectos del nuevo paquete económico que ha generado mayor preocupación entre los analistas es la pesada deuda pública, que se prevé que alcanzará el próximo año 55% del PIB, superando en tres puntos porcentuales la deuda neta de 2024.

Aunque el gobierno ha previsto para 2027 una reducción de cerca de 1,3% en el presupuesto de la endeudada Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), en el paquete económico se contempla que la empresa estatal recibirá 81.100 millones de pesos (unos 4.770 millones de dólares) de la Secretaría de Hacienda para la amortización de su deuda financiera, que en febrero pasado estaba en 84.500 millones de dólares.

“I know I’m going to have some aces hit on me and some winners hit on me, but I’m going to keep fighting and give it my all,” Gauff said. “That’s all I can do.”

That's how Gauff earned her first title in Flushing Meadows and why she's still in the running for another.

Gauff fought off a couple match points in a tiebreaker and beat Mirra Andreeva 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2 on Wednesday to set up matchup against the new No. 1 in women's tennis.

Gauff overcame a horrible start to give herself a chance at a second U.S. Open trophy. She won the tournament in 2023, when she had to shake off a similar rough beginning against Aryna Sabalenka in the final.

Andreeva, the French Open champion, won the first seven points and took the first set in 26 minutes before the No. 4-seeded Gauff regrouped. She said during the break after the first set she thought about fellow American Frances Tiafoe, who came from two sets down in his quarterfinal match a day earlier.

“So, honestly I was just trying to literally leave the court with no regrets,” Gauff said.

Rybakina edged Zheng Qinwen 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 earlier Wednesday, guaranteeing she will become No. 1 in the WTA rankings after the tournament.

The top-ranked Sabalenka faces No. 3 Jessica Pegula in the other semifinal Thursday. But no matter what happens in the remaining matches, Rybakina will end Sabalenka's 99-week stay at No. 1 when the new rankings are released Monday.

“It’s just a number right now and of course I’m in the semis so my goal is to win the tournament,” Rybakina said. “It’s an amazing achievement but you know how quick everything can change in tennis, ranking-wise, during the match, so I feel like I just need to focus on my game, try to recover and enjoy tomorrow.”

It's the first time since 1975 that all four of the women's top seeds reached the U.S. Open semifinals.

Gauff won a 39-shot rally to take a 5-3 lead in the tiebreaker, but Andreeva took the next three points to earn her first match point. Gauff erased that when the Russian sent a forehand long, then stopped Andreeva's second chance at 7-6.

Then it was mostly all Gauff in the third set en route to her seventh Grand Slam semifinal.

Rybakina struggles with an early start after the US Open's latest finish

Rybakina and Zheng were scheduled to start about eight hours after Ben Shelton finished off his victory over defending champion Carlos Alcaraz at 3:33 a.m., the latest finish in U.S. Open history.

Rybakina said she struggled with the sun and shadows in Arthur Ashe Stadium early on after starting later in the day in her previous matches.

Zheng capitalized on Rybakina’s early struggles to get her only break of the match against one of the best servers in women’s tennis and take a 5-3 lead in the first set.

But Zheng, who had been playing from behind so much in Flushing Meadows, couldn’t hold onto the lead and Rybakina rolled through the second set in 38 minutes.

Zheng, the 2024 Olympic gold medalist from China, had to come through the qualifying tournament just to make the main draw after elbow surgery dropped her down the rankings to her current place of No. 121. Once ranked No. 4, she is guaranteed to move back into the top 60.

She made a dramatic run to the quarterfinals, erasing a 5-0 deficit in the third set against Madison Keys in the third round and then climbing out of another 5-0 hole in the first set in her fourth-round victory over No. 8-seed Iga Swiatek.

But a double-fault gave her opponent a 5-4 lead in the third set and Rybakina served it out to reach the U.S. Open semifinals for the first time.

“I think the wins that I had so far are great, but obviously today in the match I got a lot of chances in the third set, but I didn’t take it,” Zheng said. “That was a bit pity for me to lose this match, but obviously I could take positive things from U.S. Open this year.”

Rybakina came into the tournament needing only to reach the semifinals to ensure she would move past Sabalenka. Had the 27-year-old from Kazakhstan lost before the final four, Sabalenka, Pegula or Gauff could have been No. 1 next week by winning the tournament.

Setting up the men's semifinals

Karen Khachanov reached his third Grand Slam semifinal when No. 28 seed Alexander Blockx stopped playing midway through the third set after Khachanov had won the first two. Blockx had his upper left leg wrapped and received treatment on both his lower leg and back as well.

Khachanov, who reached the semis at the U.S. Open in 2022 and the 2023 Australian Open, will play top-seeded Alexander Zverev in one semifinal match Friday. Shelton and Tiafoe will square off in an all-American semifinal match.

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The new circuit, which was built using a mix of existing roads and purpose-built sections, will make its Formula 1 debut this weekend. Sainz said Wednesday the track should be fun but very challenging for the drivers.

“The main thing will be the intensity of the lap,” Sainz said. “From what I could see in the simulator and from the videos we saw of the F3 test laps, it looks like the circuit will be very intense, with turn after turn, wall after wall. It will be one of the most difficult and most intense for the driver.”

The Williams driver, who is from Madrid, compared the new track to the ones at the Azerbaijan GP in Baku and the Saudi Arabian GP in Jeddah.

“It reminds me a mix of Baku and Jeddah, which are some of the newer circuits that have been added to the calendar and, sincerely, are some of the most fun tracks and the ones that promote the best racing. I'm excited to give it a try.”

Formula 3 drivers tested the new track last month, with some drivers in the lower-tiered series highlighting the intensity of the circuit. One compared sections of it to the street tracks of Macau and Monaco.

The 5.4-kilometer (3.3-mile) Madring layout has 22 corners and combines high-speed zones, heavy-braking areas, changes of gradient, blind angles, technical sectors and long, high-load corners that will all reduce the margin for error.

The banked corner “La Monumental” is expected to be the highlight of the new track. It is more than 500 meters (yards) in length and cars will spend about six second turning on it. It has a maximum banking of 24%, and nearly 10 metres (yards) of height difference between its lower and upper sections.

Full crowd for return of Spanish GP to Madrid

Organizers said Wednesday tickets were sold out for the race weekend, with an estimated 350,000 people attending the event over the three days of racing. Some 60% of those were from Spain and 40% from abroad. The list of visitors was led by fans from Britain, the U.S. and Mexico.

The Spanish GP is returning to the Madrid region for the first time in 45 years. The Spanish GP took place at the Jarama circuit in the capital’s outskirts in 1981. The Jerez de la Frontera track in southern Spain hosted races from 1986-90, and in 1994 and 1997. Madring signed a contract with F1 through 2035.

Organizers said teams were already unloading equipment and the garages were being prepared, and the grandstands were receiving their final cleaning work. The first day of racing will be on Friday with two practice sessions. Qualifying is Saturday and the 57-lap race is Sunday.

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Girl Scouts of the USA said Tuesday its first cookies for dogs will go on sale in January.

The blueberry muffin-flavored cookies were developed with Bark, a New York-based seller of dog treats and toys. The cookies, dubbed Patch Pals, will only be sold online.

Also joining the Girl Scout cookie lineup in January are Sparkables, the organization’s first allergy-friendly cookie. The crunchy oatmeal cookie, which has chocolate chips and colored sprinkles, was developed with New Jersey-based Partake Foods.

Sparkables are made in a facility designed to avoid nine major allergens, including eggs, milk, peanuts, wheat, tree nuts and sesame, the Girl Scouts said. They will also be sold online only.

The Girl Scouts didn't say how much the new cookies will cost. Cookie prices vary by region, but typically ranged from about $6 to $7 per box.

Girl Scouts of the USA said the new cookies were inspired by scouts who wanted to ensure that more people – and pets – could participate in the cookie program. The Girl Scouts have sold cookies as a troop fundraiser since 1917. The organization now sells around 200 million cookies annually.

Local dates vary, but the Girl Scout cookie season generally runs from January to April. Patch Pals and Sparkables will be sold alongside longtime flavors like Thin Mints, Samoas and Tagalongs.

Just as importantly, so does her captain.

Yin has been a big question mark for the Americans heading into this week’s matches against Team Europe in the Netherlands after missing two months with severe stomach issues and only returning for the final event before the Solheim Cup — where she shot 81-76 to miss the cut.

The 27-year-old Californian qualified automatically on the points list at No. 2 behind Nelly Korda for the Americans and, if in prime form, would be a go-to player for captain Angela Stanford as the U.S. team attempts to keep hold of the cup.

Yin thinks she can still be, despite her less-than-ideal preparation that has seen her lose 35 pounds and arrive at Bernardus Golf outside Den Bosch playing catch-up with her teammates and rivals.

“I wanted to be honest because I would never jeopardize America,” Yin said Wednesday. “So I had honest talks with myself in the mirror and with my team, and obviously with Angela because she’s the only other person, other than my family, that I’ve updated throughout all of this.

“And she wanted me here,” Yin added. “Because we asked her ... well I didn’t ask her, I had my caddie ask her, ‘Do you want me here?’ And if she said no, I wouldn’t be here. But she said yes. So I think with belief like that and confidence from her to back me, why wouldn’t I show up?”

Yin, who has dropped to No. 25 in the world, was out earlier than the rest of the U.S. team on Wednesday — when there was a mixture of rain, sunshine and clouds — in her quest for “more practice repetition.”

She missed the year’s last two majors after pulling out of the Women’s PGA in the last week of June, and acknowledged her performance at the FM Championship in Boston two weeks ago — she was last in the field — was concerning.

“It’s not a score you really bring out and you go, ’Wow, that’s the person that’s going to be helping America bring home the cup,'” she said.

Just don’t expect Yin to be rolled out by Stanford for all five matches this week.

“I just need to wait for her call,” she said, “and whatever she does and whatever she says will, in my opinion, be the best decision because we trust her, and she’s been leading us great.”

Zhang hits the heights

Trending in a different direction is U.S. teammate Rose Zhang, the one-time wonderkid who has found life on the professional tour tough after becoming, in June 2023, the first woman to win her pro debut since 1951.

Top-10 finishes in her last two starts hinted at a return to the kind of form that took her to a 4-0-0 record at the last Solheim Cup, won by the Americans in Virginia in 2024, and she has come to Europe on a high after going sky-diving last week.

Because what better way to prepare for the biggest event in women's golf?

“I didn’t tell Angela this until after I jumped,” Zhang said. “I should have just texted in the group chat, 'I landed.' But we were also joking about it the previous week in Boston that if one of the Europeans came and drove the plane, it would not be good,” she added, laughing.

“It was extremely fun. I personally am a bit of an adrenaline junkie, and so I enjoy roller coasters, I’m not scared of heights. It just felt fitting to do it right before a Solheim.”

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Sophomore Chauncey Gooden has developed into the interior lineman version of former Colorado receiver and cornerback Travis Hunter. Gooden's primary responsibilities are at left guard and keeping quarterback Julian Lewis well-protected. But in goal-line and short-yardage situations, the second-year player from Nashville, Tennessee, uses his 6-foot-3 frame to help clog up the middle.

In a season-opening 14-13 comeback win at Georgia Tech, Gooden played 65 offensive snaps and another seven on defense. He was the lone interior lineman in the Division I ranks last week to play both ways, according to research provided from the school.

There was no real lobbying for the assignment, either. It was just showing coach Deion Sanders that he could excel at an elite level on the offensive line. Once he did that, more responsibility was heaped onto his plate.

“Coach Prime just gave me the opportunity, like, ‘Chauncey, what can you do on that D-line?’” said Gooden, who was named the Outland Trophy national player of the week on Wednesday for his work on the line of scrimmage. “I was like, ‘Coach, I can go over here and show you now.’ So I went over there. I was just causing havoc and being myself and things like that. Next thing you know, he just trusted me to throw me in there.”

The rules for playing both ways

Memo to any other Buffaloes who want to play both ways: No need to mention it to Sanders.

“You’d be a fool to just tell me ‘I want to play both ways’. I should know that coming in,” said Sanders, whose team hosts Weber State (1-1) on Saturday afternoon with a chance to improve to 2-0. “When I recruited you, I should have known that’s part of it. You can’t just approach me and say, ‘I want play both ways.’ Then I’m going to say, ‘I want to see you play one way really good. Let’s do that first.’ That’s mainly the criteria.”

Sanders pointed out that even Hunter had to prove himself. He was primarily a receiver during his first spring in Boulder before getting the chance to shine on defense.

“Once he dominated one side, it was easy to say, ‘OK, now let’s venture off to the other one,’” Sanders explained. “He earned his right to get on that other side and do his thing. Chauncey’s earned it.”

Other players to play both ways at Colorado under Sanders include cornerback and receiver Isaiah Hardge and lineman Tyler Brown.

Gooden considers it an honor to even draw the smallest comparison to Hunter, the 2024 Heisman Trophy winner now in his second season with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Hunter averaged roughly 120 snaps per game that season, which makes Gooden appreciate the feat even more.

“Best player to do that,” Gooden said. “The fact that I can do what he did even in the trenches, it’s just remarkable.”

The run game

Gooden played a part in helping a defensive front limit Georgia Tech to 51 yards rushing. On the offensive side, the Buffaloes ran it 49 times — the most in the Sanders era at Colorado — for 183 yards. The “Go-Go” offense, installed by new coordinator Brennan Marion, is certainly a hit with the offensive linemen.

“We can play free and physical," Gooden said.

Gooden improved his stamina in preparation for playing both ways. He recalled an exchange with Sanders during camp, when the coach told his guard that if he went all-out at a certain portion of practice, extra conditioning would be canceled.

“So I go out there, and I pancake two people straight,” Gooden said of knocking his defensive teammates to the turf. “He was trying to get through my head.”

The ploy worked — even if it turned out to be a ruse.

“We still ended up doing conditioning that day. We had a long conversation about that after practice,” cracked Gooden, who saw action in the final four games last season as the team finished 3-9. “I trust Coach Prime and what he's got to do for me.”

Gooden arrived at Colorado after playing at Lipscomb Academy in Nashville, where he worked at times with NFL Hall of Fame offensive lineman Kevin Mawae and Super Bowl-winning quarterback Trent Dilfer.

It fostered discipline, which serves him well in Boulder.

“Coach Prime told me to just be me out there on that field. Be that dawg,” Gooden said. "He just brings me the confidence to be able to go out there and get the job done.”

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Brunson, who helped the Knicks become champions this summer for the first time in 53 years, makes his hosting debut Sept. 26 with pop girl group Katseye the musical guest.

A week later — Oct. 3. — Dakota Johnson, promoting the film “Verity,” will host with Turnstile as the musical guest, making their “SNL” debut. On Oct. 10, comedian Shane Gillis hosts for the third time and Rosalía will take the stage for the second time as musical guest.

“SNL” takes a two-week break after that, returning on Halloween night with Navarrette making her hosting debut. She's the breakout star of the horror-thriller “Obsession” and is starring in the upcoming “X-Men” film and “The Waffle House Index.” Abrams will be the musical guest, marking her second time.

The NBC sketch comedy show airs at 11:30 p.m. Eastern and streams live on Peacock.

Yaraisi Santiso Morejón presentó la demanda tras la muerte de su esposo, Yoel Rodríguez Naranjo, de 53 años, quien murió en el accidente.

Según la demanda, el vuelo 7598 de Amazon Air aterrizó en MIA el domingo antes de salirse de la pista 30 e impactar vehículos dentro y cerca de la propiedad del aeropuerto, entre ellos la van que conducía Rodríguez Naranjo.

La demanda nombra como demandados a Amazon Inc. y Amazon Air Cargo, junto con 21 Air LLC y otras empresas relacionadas con la operación de la aeronave, los arrendadores del avión y los pilotos Joseph Carroll y Jaime Felipe Silva Molina.

La demanda alega que una serie de fallas contribuyeron al accidente, entre ellas error del piloto, entrenamiento inadecuado y el uso de una aeronave de 32 años de antigüedad.

El fundador de Morgan & Morgan, John Morgan, expresó en un comunicado el miércoles que sus condolencias están con Yaraisi y su familia, así como con todos los afectados por lo que consideran una tragedia que se pudo haber evitado. Agregó que nadie debería perder a un ser querido de esta manera y que la presentación de la demanda es apenas el comienzo de su lucha por conseguir justicia y responsabilidad por la muerte del señor Naranjo.

El abogado Mike Morgan indicó que la firma sostiene que el accidente no fue un “accidente extraño”, sino un “desastre previsible y evitable”.

Morgan dijo que lo que ya han descubierto apunta a una serie de fallas por parte de quienes piloteaban el avión, las empresas que lo pusieron a volar y los sistemas que se suponía debían evitar precisamente este tipo de tragedia, y añadió que Yaraisi merece respuestas y justicia, y que su intención es conseguirle ambas.

La demanda fue presentada en el Tribunal de Circuito del Onceavo Circuito Judicial del condado de Miami-Dade.

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U.S. Magistrate Lauren Louis denied a defense motion for release, meaning the Tates will remain jailed during what could be a monthslong extradition process. The Tates failed to demonstrate that they do not present a flight risk or danger to the community or that special circumstances warrant their release, Louis said in her ruling.

“Having failed to meet these three factors, Respondents’ Motion for Release Pending Extradition Proceedings is DENIED,” she said in the ruling.

The Tates' attorneys decry the decision

The Tates' legal team said in a statement that the decision to keep them in custody creates a legal contradiction. The brothers are being detained in the United States because of a British extradition request while simultaneously being required to defend themselves against charges in Romania, the statement said.

“They are now facing an extraordinary situation in which they are being held thousands of miles from Romania while Romanian proceedings continue, deadlines approach, an additional indictment is said to be imminent and their own Romanian lawyer says he cannot properly prepare,” the lawyers said.

“No serious person can pretend that this can be reviewed properly through occasional conversations from a federal detention center in another country.”

The attorneys said they are considering whether to appeal the judge's decision.

The Tates have become among the world’s most polarizing internet personalities with their promotion of wealth, male dominance and misogyny through their social media empire. Prosecutors say the brothers are a flight risk because they appear to have money and have bragged about multiple passports.

The brothers face charges in multiple countries

During a hearing last month in Miami, the brothers denied criminal accusations spanning several countries, blasted their critics and described their brash online personas as characters and not their true personalities. The Tates said they exaggerate their claims of wealth to boost their clout on social media.

The new allegations are the latest in the Tates’ long-running international legal saga spanning the U.S., Britain and Romania. They have been held at the Federal Detention Center in Miami since making a brief court appearance two days after their July 18 arrest.

Lawyers for the Tates asked the judge to allow them to be freed from custody at least until an extradition hearing can be held on their U.K. rape and trafficking charges.

They have repeatedly argued that Britain’s request is out of line because their criminal case in Romania is going first. Romanian officials have let the brothers remain free until the proceedings conclude, and they have not tried to flee and are complying with all court restrictions. Earlier this month, Romanian prosecutors indicted the brothers on additional charges.

Andrew Tate is banned from some social platforms

Andrew Tate, 39, and Tristan Tate, 38, are dual U.S.-British citizens known for their social media empire promoting wealth, male dominance and misogyny.

Andrew Tate is a former professional kickboxer and self-described misogynist who has amassed more than 10 million followers, most of them boys and young men, on X. He has been banned from platforms like YouTube, TikTok and Instagram for violating hate speech guidelines.

He also runs an online academy where he says he teaches young men how to get rich and attract women. Tristan Tate is also a former kickboxer.

The brothers are avid supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Uthmeier alega que Netflix recopila información sobre los clics, intereses y hábitos de visualización de los menores, y que usa esos datos para hacer su servicio más atractivo y, potencialmente, adictivo para los usuarios jóvenes.

La demanda también acusa a Netflix de exponer a los menores a contenido explícito y gráfico que, según Uthmeier, es inapropiado para su edad.

Uthmeier dijo que si no actúan ahora, van a quedar en desventaja. Aseguró que se mantendrán firmes, que van a defenderse y que quieren enviarle un mensaje a las grandes empresas tecnológicas: si quieren hacerle daño a los niños de Florida, tendrán que pagar por ello.

Uthmeier indicó que la demanda forma parte de un esfuerzo más amplio para exigirles cuentas a las grandes empresas tecnológicas por lo que describe como posibles daños a los menores.

Mencionó acciones legales previas contra Meta, empresas de inteligencia artificial y otras plataformas tecnológicas, y dijo que Florida ya ha tomado medidas similares para atender las preocupaciones sobre cómo interactúan los niños con los servicios digitales.

Uthmeier dijo que está preparado para una batalla legal contra Netflix.

They'll be trying to rewrite their early season script.

Over the past five seasons, Notre Dame (1-0) has lost home games to Cincinnati, Marshall, Stanford, Ohio State, Northern Illinois and Texas A&M — four of those coming in September. Last year's 0-2 start, which included the 41-40 loss to the 16th-ranked Aggies, eventually sealed Notre Dame's playoff fate.

And if the Irish are going to produce their first perfect home season since 2020 or win their first national championship since 1988, they must take care of business at Notre Dame Stadium first, starting this weekend against Rice (1-0). Coach Marcus Freeman has made it a point of emphasis.

“I know this has been a sense of urgency for me, especially last year and the previous years before that,” Freeman said of reasserting their home-field dominance long before last week's season opener. “I do feel very confident in the enhancements we’ve made. But everything we do, we have to challenge everything. When you continue to just rinse and recycle and repeat, I think you’ll get passed by.”

Notre Dame (1-0) certainly understands the stakes.

Two years ago, it managed to rebound from an embarrassing 16-14 home loss to Northern Illinois to become the first school to host a College Football Playoff game. But finishing last season with 10 straight wins and being one of the hottest teams in the nation still wasn't good enough to make the 12-team playoff field.

This year could be different because the Irish are guaranteed a playoff spot — if they finish in the CFP selection committee's final top 12 ranking. But Freeman has consistently stressed the need to leave no doubt.

Getting there, though, could still be tricky. The Irish overcame a sloppy first half Sunday night to roll past Wisconsin 41-13 in Green Bay. Most teams improve dramatically from Week 1 to Week 2, but Freeman also recognizes that's not a given.

“When you said that, it made me think that in 2024 we didn't improve from Week 1 to Week 2," Freeman said Tuesday in response to a question about improvement while making a subtle reference to the Northern Illinois loss. ”It's a great reminder we have work to do, and there's a lot of areas for improvement we have to focus on."

And that began immediately after Sunday's victory.

While CJ Carr went 19 of 29 for 239 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions, and Aneyas Williams rushed 15 times for 90 yards and two scores in his starting debut, most of Notre Dame's productivity came during a second half in which the Irish outscored the Badgers 28-3.

So the Irish are looking for a faster start and more consistent play through four quarters.

Defensively, the Irish will be without two starters — safety Brauntae Johnson, an Associated Press second team preseason All-American, and defensive tackle Jason Onye. Each injured his left foot against Wisconsin and have been ruled out for the Rice game.

And even though they're back on their home turf, where they've gone 29-6 over the past five seasons and have an all-time winning percentage of .795, Freeman has spent the offseason looking for ways to help his team strengthen its home-field advantage.

“It’s a January through August issue, right?” Freeman said. “And it’s, how do you evaluate everything you’re doing from the minute the last game ends to the minute the first game begins. We’re not changing everything we’ve done, but we’re evaluating everything we’ve done, and we’re enhancing little things we’ve done.”

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Ben Shelton's five-set thriller to beat reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals ended at 3:33 a.m. Wednesday, leaving few people awake to see the 4 1/2-hour marathon reach its finale on one of the sport's biggest stages. That only added to the list of early-morning finishes that had already stirred frustration and concerns about how organizers were managing the schedule at the Grand Slam event with numerous matches straying well past night-owl hours.

Players have long loved the electricity of playing night matches under the lights in the nation’s biggest city. But the tournament had already set a record with three post-2 a.m. finishes over the first six days, as well as having two other matches go past 1 a.m.

That had included Venus Williams being subjected to the latest start in U.S. Open history at 12:13 a.m., after it took 4 hours, 36 minutes for Novak Djokovic to get knocked out in the first round.

"It’s not ideal,” Williams said at the time.

Shelton himself had a four-set second-round win against Denis Shapovalov that ended at 2:07 a.m.

Then came Tuesday night — well, Wednesday morning.

Shelton, a 23-year-old from Atlanta seeded No. 8, earned a massive win in his young career to reach his third major semifinal by taking down the second-seeded Alcaraz 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (10-7). He closed the fifth-set tiebreak with a 146-mph ace and ended the reigning champion's 18-match winning streak in Grand Slam tournaments.

It ended with Arthur Ashe Stadium perhaps one-third full at what became the latest-finishing match in U.S. Open history.

“We’re going to break the record," TV announcer John McEnroe said. "It’s going to be the latest finish in U.S. Open history, and we are here to witness it.”

This one set up an all-American semifinal matchup with 11th-seeded Frances Tiafoe, with the U.S. guaranteed to have a representative in Sunday's final as it seeks its first major men's title since Andy Roddick won at Flushing Meadows in 2003.

About 5 1/2 hours after the match's conclusion, the U.S. Open went to social media with a lighthearted nod to the late night, offering a fill-in-the-blank letter for fans to ask their bosses to be excused from work Wednesday.

“We understand how important showing up is, but sometimes you have to make time for things you’re passionate about,” the post on X stated. “Carlos Alcaraz and Ben Shelton put on an absolute stellar performance during their US Open quarterfinal, and ______ was a fully committed fan who was completely locked in from start to finish.”

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Uthmeier alleges Netflix collects information about children’s clicks, interests and viewing behavior and uses that data to make its service more attractive and potentially addictive to young users.

The lawsuit also accuses Netflix of exposing children to graphic and explicit content that Uthmeier says is inappropriate for their age.

“I believe if we don’t fight back now, we are going to be behind the eight ball,” Uthmeier said. “We’re gonna stand strong. We’re gonna fight back. We’re going to send a message to big tech companies: If you want to hurt our kids, then you will have to pay for it.”

Uthmeier said the lawsuit is part of a broader effort to hold major technology companies accountable for what he describes as potential harms to children.

He pointed to previous legal action involving Meta, artificial intelligence companies and other technology platforms, saying Florida has taken similar steps to address concerns about how children interact with digital services.

Uthmeier said he is prepared for a legal battle with Netflix.

The five workers killed were identified on Tuesday by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office as Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Julio C. Pineda, 75; Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, 47; and Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53.

They were employed by Professional Ocean Service Corp., a company that services aircraft at the airport. It’s based just outside of MIA.

Two workers survived when the Boeing 767, operated by cargo carrier 21 Air on behalf of Amazon, overshot the runway on Sunday afternoon and slammed into their Ford Econoline van.

Two workers inside survived the crash; so too did an SUV driver also hit as the plane went past the airport perimeter fence and onto Northwest 67th Avenue.

The company released a statement about the incident on Tuesday.

“Our Professional Ocean Service Corp. family is heartbroken by this unimaginable tragedy,” it read in part. “Our employees are far more than the people who work beside us each day, they are family, and they are deeply loved.”

The company asked the public to keep the employees’ families “in their thoughts and prayers and to respect their privacy during this incredibly difficult time.”

Local 10 News also spoke to neighbors of two of the men on Tuesday.

Onel Gomez Manzo says he last saw Pineda, his friend and neighbor, on Saturday. He’s lived two doors down from him for the last two years.

“Sometimes he would bring fruit for my son and things like that,” Gomez Manzo said in Spanish.

He added that the crash “seemed like a lie” – he couldn’t believe it.

Blanca Llaro, Aleman Leon’s former landlord told Local 10 News that he moved out about two weeks ago.

He was “very respectful, very serious,” Llaro told Local 10 News in Spanish.

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Relatives confirmed that 80-year-old Mario Lamar Sr., was piloting the plane. His wife, Lili, 79, and their grandchildren; Sofia Sosa, 28, a neonatal physician assistant in Miami; and Christian Sosa, 22, a recent graduate of Loyola Marymount University, were also on board.

Sofia Sosa graduated from Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart in 2016 and her brother, Christian Sosa, 22, graduated from Ransom Everglades High School in 2022.

Both private schools released statements on their social media accounts.

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One of the victims’ relatives, Silvia Larrieu, said other family members on boats recovered the victims’ bodies on Tuesday.

“It is with profound sadness that we confirm all four of our family members have been found deceased,” the family said in a statement. “The search and recovery mission was conducted alongside family members and civilians who answered our call for help.

“Our relatives ultimately located our loved ones and had to bring them aboard their own vessels.”

The four victims had traveled to the Bahamas for the holiday weekend, a trip Larrieu said her uncle had made countless times during his more than 40 years as a pilot, and were heading home to Miami.

“He always does this. The weather seemed fine,” Larrieu said. “My uncle maintained the plane in pristine condition. He was always on top of it. Anytime he was here in Miami, he would always be at the hangar working on his plane and ensuring it was up-to-date.”

According to Larrieu, the four took off from Great Harbour Cay at approximately 10:12 a.m. Monday.

About an hour later, the plane lost contact near Andros Island, she said.

Bahamas police identified the plane as a PA-34 Piper five-seater aircraft, with tail number N212ML. Police confirmed it departed Great Harbour Cay, a city in the Berry Islands of the Bahamas, and was headed to Opa-locka.

Air traffic control lost contact with the aircraft when it was about 13 miles west of Andros Island, Bahamas police said.

“So our initial investigation that came into our search-and-rescue operations team is that they left that area of the Barrier Islands and they wanted to divert from our inclement weather, and due to that factor, they ended up on that side of Andros as opposed to going a different direction, heading to Florida,” Lt. Darius Adams, of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, said.

Relatives said they are now in contact with the U.S. Coast Guard to bring the victims’ bodies back to South Florida.

La disputa entre jueces del Supremo Tribunal Federal, a quienes se percibe como ubicados en extremos opuestos del espectro político de Brasil, surge como un tema importante de cara a las elecciones presidenciales del próximo mes, en las que el presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva podría enfrentarse al senador Flávio Bolsonaro, el hijo mayor del expresidente Jair Bolsonaro, en la segunda vuelta.

Dino, exministro de Justicia designado por el presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva para el máximo tribunal, revirtió una decisión tomada el martes por el también juez del Supremo Tribunal Federal André Mendonça para apartar al director general de la Policía Federal, Andrei Rodrigues, y al director de inteligencia de la fuerza, Leandro Almada, por presuntamente encabezar investigaciones ilegales en su contra.

Dino sostuvo que Mendonça, elegido por el expresidente Jair Bolsonaro, no puede usar sus desacuerdos con la fuerza para destituir a los dos policías “por causa propia, con el objetivo de frenar investigaciones y el trabajo policial”.

En el centro de la crisis está la repercusión del colapso de Banco Master, que Lula calificó como “el mayor crimen financiero en la historia de Brasil” el miércoles en una publicación.

“Se necesita mayor transparencia, no filtraciones selectivas que impacten la disputa electoral”, dijo Lula. “Es urgente romper por completo el secreto de las investigaciones de todos los involucrados en el caso Master, sean quienes sean, sin importar a quién perjudique. Brasil necesita conocer la verdad”.

Aliados de Lula han acusado a Mendonça de dilatar investigaciones de la Policía Federal que alcanzan al candidato presidencial opositor, el senador Flávio Bolsonaro, mientras acelera otras que afectan al círculo íntimo del presidente. Mendonça ha rechazado esas acusaciones de parcialidad.

Dino añadió que su decisión solo debería ser revisada por el pleno del tribunal, actualmente integrado por 10 jueces.

Mendonça preside dos investigaciones delicadas mientras Lula se prepara para enfrentar al senador Bolsonaro en su intento de reelección en las elecciones nacionales de octubre. Una investigación se centra en Banco Master, que ha implicado a varios políticos, y la otra examina presuntos fraudes en el sistema de pensiones de Brasil.

La primera ha afectado principalmente a figuras de la oposición del país, mientras que la segunda ha suscitado dudas sobre posibles irregularidades por parte de uno de los hijos de Lula.

Mendonça también se ha visto envuelto en una disputa pública con el juez Alexandre de Moraes, quien el año pasado fue el ponente del caso en el que Jair Bolsonaro fue condenado a 27 años de prisión.

Recientemente, Mendonça desclasificó documentos de la Policía Federal que mostraban que el propietario de Banco Master, Daniel Vorcaro, buscaba con frecuencia el asesoramiento legal de de Moraes antes de su detención.

De Moraes negó previamente haber cometido irregularidades en el caso, pero ha enfrentado presiones para renunciar desde que las investigaciones mostraron que su esposa prestó servicios legales a Banco Master como parte de un contrato de 130 millones de reales (25 millones de dólares). De Moraes aún no ha hecho comentarios públicos sobre el caso.

En un mitin de campaña realizado el miércoles en la ciudad de Juiz de Fora, en el estado de Minas Gerais, Flávio Bolsonaro criticó la decisión de Dino de restituir en sus cargos a los altos funcionarios policiales. Su padre fue apuñalado en un evento similar en la misma ciudad hace ocho años, semanas antes de ganar las elecciones de 2018.

“Todo el mundo puede ver que (Dino) no juzga un caso, sino que defiende una causa, que es la de Lula”, dijo Flávio Bolsonaro. “Está claro que lo hace para interferir en las elecciones”.

La crisis en el Supremo Tribunal Federal de Brasil se hizo sentir con fuerza en un mitin político en Sao Paulo convocado por Flávio Bolsonaro para conmemorar el 7 de septiembre, Día de la Independencia de Brasil. Sus partidarios pidieron el juicio político de de Moraes, llevaron carteles que mostraban al juez tras las rejas y exhibieron pancartas en apoyo a Mendonça.

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Over in the Buckeyes' huddle, Julian Sayin's first career start launched a standout season that found him, not Manning, among the Heisman finalists last December.

Those two face off again Saturday when No. 1 Ohio State (1-0) meets the No. 4 Longhorns (1-0) in Austin. The blockbuster rematch could very well set the narrative for both players and teams for the rest of the season.

After struggling against Ohio State, Manning evolved from a shaky passer to a starring one some now project as the possible No. 1 pick in the 2027 NFL draft. Sayin grew from game manager to team leader in taking the Buckeyes to the College Football Playoff. He also projects as a likely first round pick if he enters the draft after this season.

The runup to the rematch has spent a lot of time looking back at where the two quarterbacks started and how far they've come come in the year since the Buckeyes roughed up the Longhorns.

Manning would rather look ahead.

“Not a lot of good memories from a year ago,” Manning said this week. “I’m hoping to have a good game this week ... I feel like I'm a year better.”

Manning grew through painful start

Manning's first season as the full-time starter was far from the bust some were calling it by midseason. He was getting punished behind an offensive line that couldn't protect him. Manning took a beating from the Buckeyes and it shaped the national opinion about the latest prodigy from the Manning football family.

Eventually the spotlight moved on. Instead of torching Manning, it shifted somewhere else as Texas started grinding out wins. Manning was maturing. The Longhorns went 7-1 to finish the season and pummeled Michigan in the Citrus Bowl.

“He went through the battles and struggles," of last season, Texas' preseason All-America tackle Trevor Goosby said.

Manning starred in the bowl game, passing for 221 yards and running for 155 more. His 60-yard touchdown run was the highlight of the game. In a season where Texas started No. 1 then fell out of the rankings after a 3-2 start, the Longhorns finished 12th.

The Longhorns quickly turned their eyes to the Ohio State rematch on home turf. Texas coach Steve Sarkisian built a powerhouse offensive lineup through the transfer portal, adding playmakers Cam Coleman at receiver and Hollywood Smothers and Raleek Brown in the backfield.

Manning passed for 305 yards and four touchdowns in a season-opening 59-7 win over Texas State. His only blips were a first-half interception and a trip, fall and faceplant in the pregame sprint out of the smoky stadium tunnel. The blooper video quickly made the rounds on social media.

“It's hard to see in that smoke,” Manning joked. “It was good to get my first hit before the game started, get ready to roll.”

Ohio State coach Ryan Day can see the difference in Manning from a year ago.

“You watched last year as Arch played, he got better and better and better,” Day said. “He’s really improved and give him a lot of credit for putting the work in.”

Sayin seized his moment in 2025 and is among Heisman contenders again

Sayin was a five-star recruit out of high school. But his name isn't Manning, so he wasn't the star going into the Texas matchup last season. Manning's name is still likely the first one mentioned this week and his endorsement deals are likely to pop up regularly on game-day TV commercials.

But Sayin carries his own heavy load of playoff and Heisman expectations into Saturday.

Sayin passed for 3,610 yards and 32 touchdowns with eight interceptions last season and his 77% completion rate ranked third in NCAA history. He won the Shaun Alexander National Freshman of the Year award and finished fourth on the Heisman ballot. He is the only player among last season's top four finalists to return this year.

In the Buckeyes' season opener, Sayin passed for 320 yards and three touchdowns and ran for a score in a 56-3 win over Ball State.

He'll get tested Saturday by Texas All-American edge rusher Colin Simmons, a crowd in excess of 100,000 and late summer Texas heat that could have temperatures still in the 90s by the 6:30 p.m. local kickoff time. An Alabama native, Sayin should be able to hack the Southern heat.

“As a quarterback you have to stay even-keeled and be the calm in the storm.” Sayin said this week.

Sarkisian said he expects both quarterbacks to be at the top of their game Saturday night.

“You see the level of confidence both guys are playing with. What you notice is the presence in the pocket and the confidence in using their legs,” Sarkisian said. “Should be pretty high-level quarterback play.”

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El conjunto de más de 230 islas —de las cuales sólo cuatro están habitadas— se ubica en medio del océano Pacífico a 1.000 kilómetros de las costas de Ecuador.

El fenómeno climático se manifiesta periódicamente y en el Pacífico ecuatorial se caracteriza por un aumento en la temperatura del mar y lluvias intensas. Su fuerza se determina midiendo la temperatura del agua en esa zona y comparándola con el promedio normal. Si está 2 grados Celsius por encima de lo normal, se lo considera “muy fuerte”.

Franklin Ormaza, profesor e investigador de la facultad de Ingeniería Marítima y Ciencias del Mar de la Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), indicó a The Associated Press que según la última proyección de la Oficina Nacional de Administración Oceánica y Atmosférica de Estados Unidos (NOOA, por sus siglas en inglés) la temperatura del mar estará unos 2,2 grados centígrados por encima de lo habitual, lo que significa que “el impacto será importante”.

Fauna en riesgo

“Es absolutamente seguro que especies emblemáticas estarán en riesgo” porque al elevarse la temperatura del agua “prácticamente desaparecen el plancton, las algas, las especies menores de peces” que son el alimento de animales marinos mayores, explicó a AP Washington Tapia, director de Biodiversa Ecuador, una organización conservacionista del archipiélago.

Precisó que las especies que estarían en mayor riesgo son los icónicos pingüinos de Galápagos, los piqueros de patas azules, los petreles, el cormorán no volador, el albatros e incluso los lobos marinos. También las colonias de corales podrían verse seriamente afectadas, al igual que la pesca de atún.

El científico Gustavo Jiménez, de la Fundación Charles Darwin, explicó que ante la falta de alimento “las colonias de animales dejan de reproducirse”, se dispersan para buscar comida y en ese intento mueren de inanición.

Si el fenómeno se presenta en la magnitud esperada, este año la población de vertebrados del archipiélago se reduciría al menos un 20%, añadió Jiménez.

Una de las especies más monitoreadas de las islas, los pingüinos de Galápagos, son un marcador del impacto del fenómeno climático en la fauna del archipiélago. Según datos de la Fundación Charles Darwin, tras El Niño en 1998 —uno de los ciclos más potentes y destructivos— quedaron 400 individuos de los 1.300 que existían anteriormente.

¿Cuáles serían los efectos en la flora?

Si El Niño golpea con la fuerza esperada podrían quedar en riesgo de desaparición “los tres últimos remanentes de bosques de scalesia”, dijo a AP la científica Heinke Jager, de la Fundación Charles Darwin. También resultarían amenazadas las opuntias, unos cactus que crecen junto al mar.

Estas plantas, que sólo se encuentran en Galápagos, permiten la existencia de varios ecosistemas de insectos, pájaros y otras plantas menores que son parte de la biodiversidad única del archipiélago.

Jager explicó que “esas especies necesitan el apoyo del ser humano” porque las abundantes lluvias provocadas por El Niño provocarán que el territorio que ocupan sea copado por plantas invasoras, como las moras, cuyos ciclos de reproducción son más cortos.

Por ello han organizado un plan que contempla la erradicación de las plantas invasoras y la recolección de semillas y hasta la creación de viveros para conservar las especies amenazadas. Del programa participan el Estado ecuatoriano y fundaciones y organizaciones no gubernamentales que trabajan en el archipiélago.

Las islas Galápagos fueron declaradas Patrimonio Natural de la Humanidad en 1978 por sus especies animales y vegetales únicas en el mundo que sirvieron de base para que el científico inglés Charles Darwin desarrollara su teoría de la evolución de las especies.

Kansas athletic director Travis Goff soon doubled down on his personal account, posting an old picture of Jayhawkers, viewed by those in his state as heroic Civil War-era freedom fighters but considered guerilla raiders by folks across the state line in Missouri.

“These are the original Jayhawkers, after executing a daring jailbreak in the slave state of Missouri,” Goff wrote. “They rescued an Underground Railroad leader who was imprisoned by pro-slavery forces for helping slaves escape to freedom.”

Missouri fans were quick to point out that Confederate raiders were a problem in their state, too, so much so that a militia known as the “Fighting Tigers of Columbia” — Sound familiar? — was formed to defend the city home to the University of Missouri.

Talk about setting the tone for a college football game.

In an era of conference realignment, of players dashing from one program to the next and coaches doing the same, few rivalries still exist that are as bitter as Missouri-Kansas. Its origins can be traced to actual warfare, the first game having been played in 1891, just 26 years after the issue of slavery was settled on the bloody battlefields of Antietam, Fredericksburg and Gettysburg.

The series went on hiatus when Missouri jilted the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference in 2012, and that only seemed to sow more dissension among Kansas fans. The game finally returned last year, when the Tigers won 42-31 in Columbia, and the return game is Friday night.

“It’s different in a sense that this is rooted in American history, right?" Kansas assistant Andy Kotelnicki said. “It's a little deeper than just, ‘Oh, hey, we really don’t like Michigan,' you know what I'm saying? It's generations of wrongs that we had to correct as a country that are represented in this game, so this is unlike any rivalry.”

Battlefield origins of a gridiron fight

The origins of the bitterness lie in the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which allowed settlers to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty. And on the frontier, that naturally led to bloodshed. There was the Sack of Lawrence in 1856, when a pro-slavery mob burned the town now home to the University of Kansas, and the Pottawatomie Massacre, when Brown led a raid that killed five pro-slavery settlers.

The reality is there were pro- and anti-slavery factions of both sides of the state line. Over the years, the escalating guerilla warfare in the years leading up to the Civil War became known as “Bleeding Kansas.”

Each state university ultimately adopted its nickname from those days. When their first football game was played on Oct. 31, 1891, old Civil War veterans stood on the sidelines and stared across the field at each other, almost as if it was another battlefield.

“We've talked about why this rivalry is beyond football,” Jayhawks coach Lance Leipold said. “We've talked about the history. I think they have seen the intensity of when it's being played, in this and most other sports across the board. We've all learned a little more there, myself included. ... Yeah, it's important for a lot of reasons, especially for our fans."

That's evident even when the teams are not playing each other.

Whenever the Tigers play a home game, for example, and “Mr. Brightside” is played in the second half, the crowd led by the student section punctuate the hit by The Killers with a profane three-syllable smear that begins with a four-letter “F” word and ends with “KU" — no matter the sport, no matter the opponent, even if they hadn't played Kansas in more than a decade.

“We’ve highlighted the significance of the rivalry,” Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz said, “where it started and how it came to be.”

In the end, it's still a game

Most of the players taking the field Friday night weren't even alive on Oct. 29, 2005, the last time the Tigers played in Lawrence. Their last few years as conference rivals, the two teams played in Kansas City, Missouri, which lies right on the state border.

When the series was returned as a two-game, home-and-home affair, the first matchup took place in Columbia. The Jayhawks jumped out to a 21-6 lead by the end of the first quarter last season, but the Tigers battled back to tie the game by the break, and Missouri put the game away when Jamal Roberts ran 63 yards for a touchdown with 1:49 to go.

Kansas wound up missing out on a bowl game by a single win.

“Last year's game, we had some chances and didn't convert,” Leipold said. “We didn't make the stops when we needed to.”

There is much at stake once again in the nationally televised rematch Friday night.

The Tigers moved up two spots to No. 23 in the AP Top 25 after running roughshod over Arkansas-Pine Bluff last week. But with five games still to come against top-10 opponents in the rugged SEC, they can't afford to drop a game against the Jayhawks, who are trying to get some program-wide momentum going again after consecutive five-win seasons.

“It's a rivalry game,” Roberts said, “so everyone is going to put their hearts on the line for this game. The rivalry means a lot; it's also a trophy game. But it's been a rivalry for many years now. It's something that's been part of the Mizzou culture.”

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El reconocimiento público de un cambio en la estrategia de Estados Unidos llega un año después de que Washington iniciara una campaña de ataques mortales unilaterales contra quienes llama “narcoterroristas”, que operan embarcaciones en aguas internacionales. El ataque más reciente el mes pasado elevó a cuando menos 227 el número de personas que han muerto en ataques contra embarcaciones por parte de las fuerzas armadas estadounidenses, en 68 ataques.

Ahora, el gobierno de Trump se centra en construir acuerdos para operaciones conjuntas con países aliados de la región, incluidos Colombia y Ecuador, que se apeguen a las leyes de esos países en sus aguas.

“Creo que es un avance increíble por primera vez tener países que estén dispuestos a participar en estos esfuerzos en sus aguas territoriales”, dijo Rubio a los periodistas durante un viaje a Quito.

“Lo importante es que estas rutas están siendo interrumpidas. Estas rutas están llegando a su fin”, añadió.

Dijo que cada decisión es “una determinación ataque por ataque u operación por operación” que depende del grado de amenaza y la ubicación de la embarcación.

Las fuerzas armadas de Estados Unidos han estado deteniendo embarcaciones y retirando a las personas antes de los ataques

Las recientes intercepciones por parte de Washington en aguas latinoamericanas son distintas a los ataques del gobierno de Trump contra embarcaciones presuntamente usadas para el narcotráfico, los cuales comenzaron en septiembre de 2025. Últimamente, las personas a bordo de estaciones flotantes de reabastecimiento —que, según se afirma, apoyan el narcotráfico— han sido retiradas y transferidas a las autoridades ecuatorianas. Posteriormente los militares estadounidenses hacen volar las embarcaciones.

El cambio llega tras una serie de ataques contra embarcaciones a lo largo del año contra personas a quienes el gobierno de Trump acusó de ser “narcoterroristas”, sin aportar pruebas.

Rubio hizo sus comentarios durante una gira por tres países de Sudamérica, cuyo objetivo es reforzar la cooperación en materia de seguridad con gobernantes conservadores que se han acercado a Trump.

En Ecuador, elogió al país por ser el socio más “agresivo” en la iniciativa del gobierno de Trump para atacar a los grupos criminales transnacionales en el hemisferio occidental. Rubio se reunió con el mandatario ecuatoriano Daniel Noboa, quien adoptó rápidamente la postura de mano dura del gobierno de Trump sobre las operaciones antidrogas y la inmigración ilegal.

Rubio dijo a los periodistas que “fuerzas de élite” de ambos países “trabajan conjuntamente día a día, de una manera sin precedentes, para tratar de desmantelar estas organizaciones terroristas”.

Con relación a México, dijo que representa “un reto aún más grave” que otros países de la región debido al poder de los cárteles allí, y señaló que el escenario “ideal” sería que Washington y el gobierno mexicano abordaran la situación en forma conjunta.

“A la larga esa amenaza tendrá que ser enfrentada de una manera u otra”, dijo Rubio a los periodistas en Ecuador. “Pero nuestra esperanza es hacerlo de manera cooperativa con las autoridades mexicanas”.

Rubio dijo que las autoridades mexicanas han hecho “más de lo que jamás han hecho antes para ir tras estos grupos, pero sigue sin ser ni de lejos lo suficiente”.

Ecuador es presentado como un aliado clave del gobierno de Trump en la lucha contra el narcotráfico

El secretario de Estado también anunció su más reciente designación de una red latinoamericana de narcotráfico como organización terrorista extranjera: Los Tiguerones de Ecuador. Fue una de las 22 bandas criminales que Quito designó como “terroristas” en 2024, tras declarar que el país era presa de un conflicto armado interno durante una ola de violencia, en la que incluso hombres armados irrumpieron en una estación de televisión durante una transmisión en vivo.

Según la estrategia antidrogas del gobierno de Trump, tal designación podría convertir al grupo en un blanco de acción militar.

Ecuador ha ayudado a Estados Unidos en la detención y hundimiento de embarcaciones, incluida una el martes que, según Washington, tenía vínculos con el grupo criminal ecuatoriano Los Choneros. Fue la sexta operación de ese tipo en menos de dos semanas y la segunda en el mismo número de días.

El canciller ecuatoriano Roberto Kury calificó a su país como “un aliado leal, activo y decidido para poder construir un hemisferio más seguro, libre y, sobre todo, próspero”.

Rubio indicó que le pediría al Congreso 45 millones de dólares para seguir financiando la iniciativa de “desmantelar estos grupos terroristas”, aunque no especificó para qué serían los fondos.

Ecuador ha enfrentado dificultades para contener la violencia vinculada a las drogas desde 2021, a medida que cárteles rivales se asocian con pandillas locales y se disputan el control de rutas y puertos costeros utilizados para traficar cocaína. El país está ubicado entre Colombia y Perú, los principales productores de cocaína del mundo.

Bajo el mando de Noboa, Ecuador se ha convertido en un sólido socio de Estados Unidos en el combate a los narcóticos en la región.

Rubio recibió el miércoles la segunda condecoración nacional más alta de Ecuador, la Orden Nacional al Mérito en el grado de Gran Cruz, por su labor para mejorar los vínculos entre Washington y Quito. Noboa dijo que Rubio estaba ayudando a traer paz a Estados Unidos y a la región al viajar entre países para fortalecer la seguridad y los vínculos.

Tras su estancia en la capital ecuatoriana, Rubio viajará a Lima, donde se reunirá con la nueva presidenta peruana Keiko Fujimori, otra gobernante que concuerda con las duras posiciones de Trump sobre el narcotráfico y la migración. El martes se reunió con el nuevo y combativo presidente conservador Abelardo de la Espriella en Barranquilla, en la costa caribeña de Colombia.

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North Miami police identified the second suspect in an arrest report obtained by Local 10 as 32-year-old Brandon Marquez Flint, who investigators said goes by the nickname “Twin Twin.” They said Flint, of Miami-Dade’s Gladeview neighborhood, was arrested Tuesday in connection with the July 9 robbery.

According to the report, the robbery happened around 3:30 a.m. at an apartment in the 800 block of Northeast 121st Street.

The victim, who is paralyzed from the waist down and requires a motorized scooter for mobility, was inside the home with another person when the robbery occurred, the report states.

As the second victim was leaving the apartment, an armed man, who police identified as Jamarcus Malcolm Brooks, 27, of West Park, rushed through the open front door, pointed a black handgun at the victim and stated, “Give me the money and the weed or I shoot you and that white b----,” according to the report.

The second victim then fled the apartment and called police from a nearby location, the report states

Police said Brooks then “forcibly removed” the victim from his motorized scooter, tied his hands behind his back with a white USB charging cable and dragged him into a bedroom, where he ransacked the room, the report states.

They said Brooks stole a black bank bag containing approximately $2,000 before fleeing through the rear door as officers arrived in the area.

Police said their investigation eventually led them to Brooks who was arrested in July and accused of helping plan the robbery.

According to Brooks’ arrest report, he admitted to being involved in a plan to set up the victim to be robbed.

Brooks told investigators the victim was “known to have large amounts of money and marijuana and that those involved in the plan knew he was paralyzed from the waist down,” the report states.

Brooks also told investigators the victim would have been an “easy lick,” a term he described as meaning an easy robbery, according to the report.

During the investigation, Brooks consented to a search of his cellphone, according to the report. Investigators said they found communications with a contact saved as Twin Twin that was associated with a telephone number previously provided by the second victim as belonging to an individual she knew as “Brandon.”

Cellphone data showed that at about 3:17 a.m., just minutes before the robbery, Brooks sent “Flint a text message stating, “Let me know when she coming out?” the report states.

According to the report, Flint responded with a thumbs-up emoji at about 3:27 a.m. Police said the armed home invasion occurred moments later as the second victim was leaving the residence.

Shortly afterward, Brooks also sent Flint the address of the victim’s apartment, the report states.

Later that same day, Brooks sent another message to Flint stating, “Make sure she don’t forget 6ft long dreads mouth full of golds,” according to the report.

During an interview with police, Brooks also made additional statements about Flint’s alleged involvement, the report states.

Police said Brooks eventually identified Flint as Twin Twin and Flint later told investigators, “I didn’t come to Miami without instructions.”

The report states Brooks also told investigators that after fleeing the residence because of the police response, he remained in the surrounding neighborhood and was later picked up by Flint and Flint’s girlfriend.

Investigators said they reviewed law enforcement databases and recent reports and determined the telephone number associated with Twin Twin belonged to Flint. Cellphone records obtained during the investigation also corroborated communications between the two men, police said.

Based on the investigation, police said there was probable cause to believe Flint knowingly participated in the planning, coordination and facilitation of the armed home invasion robbery.

Flint was located at about 1:40 p.m. Tuesday at 1839 Northwest 74th Street by North Miami police crime suppression detectives, according to the report.

As of Wednesday, Flint was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, while Brooks was being held at the Metrowest Detention Center. Their bond amounts weren’t immediately set.

Qualifying will start at The American Express, the season opener in California, and end with the second postseason event at the BMW Championship at Liberty National in New Jersey.

The top six players in points automatically qualify for the team, and Jim Furyk will make six captain's picks after the season-ending Tour Championship.

“I have worked diligently with our team and am pleased to implement a new qualifying process for the 2027 U.S. Ryder Cup team,” Furyk said in a release. “We possess an exceptional mix of veterans and rising stars, and this system will help us identify the strongest players in September 2027."

Different about this system is that it no longer bases points on PGA Tour official money.

That was on Furyk's mind at the PGA Championship in May when he talked about not only the sharp increases in money but the contrast between signature events and everything else.

"Everything is working off money. The purses are so out of whack,” Furyk said in May. “The role of (money) in golf and the tour has changed so much the landscape in the last five years, and so we really need to take a look at kind of a fair assessment of how to identify some simulations.”

Now there is a points distribution list that awards 3,000 points to the winners of majors, 2,850 points to the winner of The Players Championship, 2,250 points to the winners of signature events and the two postseason tournaments, and 1,500 for regular PGA Tour events.

Signature events with their strong fields still offer an advantage. For example, 10th place at a signature event is worth 342 points, compared with 228 points for 10th place at a regular event.

The other significant change is the start. Americans previously could earn points from the majors and The Players Championship the season prior to a Ryder Cup year. Those points were equal to a regular PGA Tour event in a Ryder Cup year.

Players cannot earn points from opposite-field events.

The Ryder Cup is Sept. 17-19, 2027, at Adare Manor in Ireland. Europe has won the last two times, and Luke Donald will try to become the first captain to win three in a row.

Europe's qualifying is largely unchanged and players began earning points two weeks ago at the British Masters. Donald also has six captain's picks.

Money first was introduced to U.S. qualifying by Paul Azinger for the 2008 matches, a key change because previously points only were awarded to the top 10 on a PGA Tour that was attracting international players. But that was long before the arrival of LIV Golf, which led to a sudden spike in prize money and elite events for the top players that had $20 million purses.

In the new system, players who make the cut will get points. For the team event at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, points will be awarded only to teams that have two eligible Americans.

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Nubia Arelly Sánchez López, de 38 años, viajó desde Ohio a Miami en junio para someterse a una cirugía estética. El 16 de junio se sometió a un levantamiento brasileño de glúteos, liposucción y aumento de senos en 305 Plastic Surgery, en Doral, según un reporte de investigación de la Oficina del Alguacil de Miami-Dade.

Después de los procedimientos, fue trasladada a Stevens Grandparents Inc., un centro de vida asistida de seis camas en Miami-Dade, con licencia para ofrecer “servicios de enfermería limitados”.

Tres días después de su cirugía, Sánchez López sintió mareos, debilidad y se desmayó, según una orden de suspensión de emergencia emitida por la Agencia de Atención Médica de Florida (AHCA, por sus siglas en inglés).

Unos 40 minutos después, comenzó a tener dificultad severa para respirar.

Según la AHCA, el personal del centro se comunicó con una enfermera de guardia. Siguiendo sus instrucciones, el personal revisó los signos vitales de Sánchez López y registró un nivel de saturación de oxígeno del 58%. La enfermera les indicó que llamaran al 911.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue respondió después de que Sánchez López sufriera un paro cardíaco. Al llegar, el personal de rescate encontró a personas haciéndole RCP y la trasladaron al HCA Florida Kendall Hospital en estado crítico, según el reporte de la Oficina del Alguacil.

Una enfermera jefa del hospital les dijo a los investigadores que Sánchez López sufrió múltiples paros cardíacos y que su estómago estaba “inundado de sangre” antes de que se le declarara muerta.

La Oficina del Médico Forense de Miami-Dade determinó que Sánchez López murió por complicaciones de la cirugía estética y clasificó su muerte como accidental.

La AHCA suspende la licencia del centro

Tras el incidente, la AHCA emitió una suspensión de emergencia de la licencia de Stevens Grandparents y retiró a otros cuatro pacientes que se recuperaban de procedimientos estéticos en el lugar.

La agencia señaló varias preocupaciones sobre la atención y la respuesta del centro.

La AHCA indicó que algunos signos vitales tomados después de que Sánchez López llegó al centro no quedaron documentados en su expediente médico. La agencia también dijo que su archivo de residente no contenía instrucciones de cuidado posoperatorio.

La orden de emergencia señala además que los empleados que trabajaban durante el incidente no tenían certificaciones vigentes de primeros auxilios y RCP.

Según la AHCA, el centro tenía una política que exigía que fueran los propios residentes, y no el personal, quienes llamaran al 911. La agencia dijo que esa política buscaba evitar una posible responsabilidad financiera.

El esposo de Sánchez López, Kevin Díaz, les dijo a los investigadores que “alguien” usó el celular de su esposa para hacer la llamada al 911.

Dudas sobre los centros de recuperación posoperatoria

Stevens Grandparents tenía licencia como centro de vida asistida con “servicios de enfermería limitados”.

Antes de la muerte de Sánchez López, la representante estatal Felicia Simone Robinson, demócrata por Miami Gardens, había presentado un proyecto de ley para crear un marco regulatorio independiente para los hogares de recuperación posoperatoria.

“Esta persona no debió haber muerto. Todas las señales estaban ahí”, le dijo Robinson a Local 10 News.

El proyecto de ley de Simone Robinson, el HB 81, habría creado una categoría de licencia específica para hogares de recuperación posoperatoria, con requisitos de personal, supervisión médica y sanciones por incumplimiento.

El proyecto se presentó en octubre de 2025 y tuvo su primera lectura en enero de 2026. Simone Robinson dijo que la iniciativa nunca llegó a discutirse.

Robinson indicó que una licencia de vida asistida no es adecuada para centros que atienden a pacientes inmediatamente después de una cirugía mayor.

“Aunque el lugar tenía licencia, no era la licencia adecuada”, dijo Robinson. “Como mínimo necesitan tener una enfermera: en el nivel más básico, una LPN [enfermera práctica con licencia], y de preferencia una RN [enfermera registrada]”.

Robinson dijo que planea seguir impulsando legislación sobre los centros de recuperación posoperatoria.

El centro ya tenía citaciones previas

Los registros estatales de inspección muestran que Stevens Grandparents ya había sido citado por deficiencias anteriormente, incluida una inspección en marzo de 2023 y otras en junio, septiembre y noviembre de 2025.

Los registros corporativos de Florida identifican a Zenen A. Bernal como directivo de Stevens Grandparents Inc. Los registros estatales de salud también lo identifican como administrador, director financiero y propietario con control del 100% de otro centro de vida asistida de seis camas, Angelina ALF LLC.

Cuando Local 10 News visitó la propiedad de Stevens Grandparents, Yani Gil dijo que era la agente inmobiliaria encargada de la venta y que había trabajado como consultora de vida asistida.

El nombre de Gil también aparece en registros estatales vinculados a Bernal y sus negocios desde 2024.

Gil cuestionó los hallazgos de la AHCA y defendió a Stevens Grandparents.

“Ellos tienen su versión de lo que vieron”, le dijo Gil a Local 10 News. “Eso no es motivo para cerrar el lugar. No se puede cerrar sin una investigación”.

La AHCA y la Oficina del Alguacil de Miami-Dade investigaron las circunstancias de la muerte de Sánchez López y las condiciones del centro.

Dudas sobre el cirujano

Local 10 News se puso en contacto con 305 Plastic Surgery para obtener información sobre el cuidado posoperatorio de Sánchez López y si la clínica recomendó a Stevens Grandparents como lugar de recuperación. Ningún representante accedió a hablar de manera oficial.

El cirujano identificado en el reporte de la Oficina del Alguacil, el Dr. Fermín Morales, también es objeto de una queja administrativa independiente presentada por el Departamento de Salud de Florida en 2025, relacionada con otra paciente y un procedimiento distinto.

Según esa queja, la paciente murió tras un procedimiento estético realizado por Morales en 2023. El documento alega que Morales violó las normas de Florida sobre injertos de grasa glútea.

La queja es una acusación por parte del estado y es independiente de la investigación sobre la muerte de Sánchez López. Los registros estatales muestran que la licencia médica de Morales en Florida sigue activa y no reflejan una resolución disciplinaria final relacionada con esa queja.

La familia de Sánchez López declinó hacer comentarios.

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Nubia Arelly Sanchez Lopez, 38, traveled from Ohio to Miami in June for cosmetic surgery. She underwent a Brazilian butt lift, liposuction and breast augmentation on June 16 at 305 Plastic Surgery in Doral, according to a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office investigative report.

After the procedures, she was taken to Stevens Grandparents Inc., a six-bed assisted living facility in Miami-Dade County licensed to provide “limited nursing services.”

Three days after her surgery, Sanchez Lopez became dizzy, weak and fainted, according to an emergency suspension order issued by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.

About 40 minutes later, she developed severe difficulty breathing.

AHCA said facility staff contacted an “on-call” nurse. At the nurse’s direction, staff checked Sanchez Lopez’s vital signs and recorded an oxygen saturation level of 58%. The nurse instructed staff to call 911.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded after Sanchez Lopez went into cardiac arrest. First responders found people performing CPR on her and took her to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital in critical condition, according to the Sheriff’s Office report.

A hospital charge nurse told investigators that Sanchez Lopez suffered multiple cardiac arrests and that her stomach was “flooded with blood” before she was pronounced dead.

The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office determined Sanchez Lopez died from complications of cosmetic surgery and classified her death as accidental.

AHCA suspends facility’s license

Following the incident, AHCA issued an emergency suspension of Stevens Grandparents’ license and removed four other patients who were recovering from cosmetic procedures at the facility.

The agency cited several concerns about the facility’s care and response.

AHCA said some vital signs taken after Sanchez Lopez arrived at the facility were not documented in her medical record. The agency also said her resident file did not contain postsurgical care instructions.

The emergency order further stated that staff members working during the incident did not have valid first aid and CPR certifications.

According to AHCA, the facility had a policy requiring residents, rather than staff, to call 911. The agency said the policy was intended to avoid potential financial liability.

Sanchez Lopez’s husband, Kevin Diaz, told investigators that “someone” used his wife’s cellphone to make the 911 call.

Questions over postsurgical recovery facilities

Stevens Grandparents was licensed as an assisted living facility with a “limited nursing services” license.

Before Sanchez Lopez’s death, State Rep. Felicia Simone Robinson, D-Miami Gardens, introduced legislation seeking to create a separate regulatory framework for postsurgical recovery homes.

“This person should not have died. All of the signs were there,” Robinson told Local 10 News.

Simone Robinson’s bill, House Bill 81, would have created a specific licensing category for postsurgical recovery homes, including requirements involving staffing, medical oversight and penalties for violations.

The bill was filed in October 2025 and received its first reading in January 2026. Simone Robinson said the bill was never heard.

Robinson said an assisted living license is not appropriate for facilities caring for patients immediately after major surgery.

“Although the place was licensed, it wasn’t the appropriate license,” Robinson said. “They need to have at minimum a nurse, LPN on the low scale, preferably an RN.”

Robinson said she intends to continue pursuing legislation addressing postsurgical recovery facilities.

Facility had prior citations

State inspection records show Stevens Grandparents had previously been cited for deficiencies, including during an inspection in March 2023 and additional inspections in June, September and November 2025.

Florida corporate records identify Zenen A. Bernal as an officer of Stevens Grandparents Inc. State health care records also identify Bernal as the administrator, financial officer and 100% controlling owner of another six-bed assisted living facility, Angelina ALF LLC.

When Local 10 News visited the Stevens Grandparents property, Yani Gil said she was a realtor involved in selling the property and had worked as an assisted living consultant.

Gil’s name also appears in state records connected to Bernal and his businesses dating back to 2024.

Gil disputed AHCA’s findings and defended Stevens Grandparents.

“They have their version of what they saw,” Gil told Local 10 News. “That’s not grounds to shut down. You can’t shut down without an investigation.”

AHCA and the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office investigated the circumstances surrounding Sanchez Lopez’s death and the conditions at the facility.

Questions about the surgeon

Local 10 News contacted 305 Plastic Surgery seeking information about Sanchez Lopez’s postsurgical care and whether the practice recommended Stevens Grandparents as a recovery location. No representative agreed to speak on the record.

The surgeon identified in the Sheriff’s Office report, Dr. Fermin Morales, is also the subject of a separate administrative complaint filed by the Florida Department of Health in 2025 involving another patient and an unrelated procedure.

According to the Department of Health complaint, that patient died following a 2023 cosmetic procedure performed by Morales. The complaint alleges Morales violated Florida’s rules governing gluteal fat grafting.

The complaint is an allegation by the state and is separate from the investigation into Sanchez Lopez’s death. State records show Morales’ Florida medical license remains active and do not show a final disciplinary finding related to that complaint.

Sanchez Lopez’s family declined to comment.

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School officials confirmed that Armstrong and St. Thomas jointly agreed to his departure.

In a statement to Local 10 News, the university thanked Armstrong for his contributions and said it wished him well in his future endeavors.

The resignation follows an investigation into allegations that Armstrong violated university policy. According to the Miami Herald, Armstrong had been placed on leave while the university investigated the claims.

Rev. Rafael Capó, who serves as the university’s vice president for Mission and Ministry, will oversee the duties of the president during the transition, according to university officials.

Armstrong became president in 2018 and led the university for eight years.

The university has not provided additional details about the circumstances surrounding Armstrong’s resignation or the policy investigation.

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Only 2025 and 1992 went the entire week from September 7^th through September 14^th without any active tropical systems. We wrote extensively about the historic peak-season dry spell last season, an unexpected stroke of good luck in the middle of a tumultuous season peppered with more Category 5 hurricanes than any other season on record besides 2005. Meanwhile, 1992 was one of the slower hurricane seasons on record, but featured one of the worst hurricane strikes in U.S. history with Hurricane Andrew, the only Category 3 or stronger hurricane that season.

But in 2026, the chill across the Atlantic basin at the typical hurricane season peak feels almost normal, in line with pre-season expectations and on brand with the season’s struggles so far.

Super sheared

While the Super El Niño has supercharged hurricane activity across the Pacific, it’s brought the hammer down on the Atlantic, punishing wannabe hurricanes with the type of wind shear you’d expect during the winter months that makes Christmas hurricanes unheard of (we’ve recorded 7 December hurricanes since 1851, but never on December 25^th).

The Great El Niño of 2026-2027 is the real deal and the region we monitor for abnormal warmth over the eastern equatorial Pacific – called the Niño 3.4 region – has never been warmer for the time of year.

Even after normalizing the warmth by stripping out global warming’s influence, 2026 is eclipsing the pace of 1997’s touchstone El Niño.

Most seasonal forecast models predict another degree or more of anomalous warming across the El Niño monitoring region, peaking in December, which would make this El Niño the strongest on record. So in terms of the Atlantic hurricane season, things aren’t getting any easier for would-be storms across the deep tropics.

Hurricane season isn’t canceled (yet)

But don’t be surprised to see a hurricane or two on the back side of the season, especially as fall fronts nestle across the very warm subtropics, a zone less affected by El Niño’s calming influence. Especially here in South Florida where October can throw us late-season curveballs, we want to be careful not to underestimate the lone hurricane that bucks the trends.

But fewer hurricanes is something to celebrate and no hurricanes at all through September 9^th is as good as it gets. We’ve earned all the low activity records this season. Let’s just hope this El Niño is as good of a closer as it is a starting pitcher and gets us the final outs we need for our 2^nd consecutive season without a mainland U.S. hurricane hit.

Según el reporte, Flenoury, de 42 años, le preguntó si podía sostener su Bell & Ross BR Minuteur Tourbillon, un reloj mecánico de titanio de alta gama valorado en unos $170,000.

Según el documento, la pareja salió de Blackbird Ordinary, en el 729 de la avenida 1 suroeste, se detuvo en una licorería, y él la invitó a su habitación en el Fortune House Hotel, en el 185 de la terraza 14 sureste.

Según el reporte de arresto, un oficial escribió que el hombre recordaba haber bebido alcohol dentro de la habitación del hotel, pero que después perdió el conocimiento y no podía recordar mucho de lo que ocurrió posteriormente.

La mañana de este miércoles, Flenoury permanecía tras las rejas enfrentando 11 cargos nuevos en tres casos de delito grave en el condado de Miami-Dade, según registros judiciales y carcelarios.

Según los reportes de arresto, agentes policiales detuvieron a Flenoury a las 2:30 p.m. de este martes en la sede del Departamento de Policía de Miami, en el 400 de la avenida 2 noroeste.

Según los reportes policiales, cámaras de seguridad grabaron a Flenoury, y detectives de Miami y de Miami-Dade usaron reconocimiento facial para identificarla.

El caso del hombre de Nueva Jersey ocurrió el 16 de abril: él denunció que ella le había robado su reloj y sus tarjetas de crédito. Los otros dos robos ocurrieron el 17 de julio y el 23 de agosto. Los registros muestran que los fiscales presentaron los tres casos este miércoles.

En el caso de abril, Flenoury enfrenta ocho cargos: allanamiento de morada ocupada, hurto mayor de primer grado, cuatro cargos por uso fraudulento de tarjeta de crédito por más de $100,000, y dos cargos por uso fraudulento de tarjeta de crédito por menos de $100. Su fianza fue de $21,501.

En el caso de julio, un hombre denunció haber conocido a Flenoury y a otra mujer el 17 de julio en Casa Neos, en el 40 de North River Drive suroeste, e invitarlas a su apartamento, donde le robaron un reloj Rolex valorado en $15,000, según un reporte policial.

Flenoury enfrenta dos cargos: allanamiento de morada ocupada y hurto mayor de tercer grado. Su fianza fue de $2,500.

En el caso de agosto, un hombre denunció haber conocido a Flenoury y a otra mujer afuera del club Space, en el 34 de la calle 11 noreste. Según la policía, él aceptó que lo llevaran en su BMW y una bebida, antes de que le robaran un reloj Rolex Submariner Date valorado en $15,000.

Según el reporte, Flenoury y la otra mujer lo dejaron en el Motel Carl’s El Padre, en el 5950 del bulevar Biscayne, y personal de Miami Fire Rescue lo trasladó a la sala de emergencias del North Shore Medical Center, donde la policía lo encontró.

Flenoury enfrenta un cargo de hurto mayor de tercer grado. Su fianza fue de $2,500.

La fianza total de Flenoury en los tres casos fue de $26,501, y un juez le pidió demostrar que el dinero usado para pagarla no provenía de las ganancias de los delitos que se le imputan.

La jueza del Tribunal de Circuito de Miami-Dade, Ellen Sue Venzer, presidirá los tres casos.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Clark talked about her relationship with Angel Reese, how she has drawn inspiration from coach Mike Krzyzewski in pursuit of a team-first championship mindset and the growth of the international women’s game.

“I certainly do feel the pressure that there’s still so many people screaming my name. I look at it as we get to help advance the game globally,” Clark said. “This is my first time playing in Europe and getting to see how excited and passionate people are about the game here and where it can continue to go is is really, really cool.

“It’s maybe nice to get a little break of the craziness of the WNBA season,” Clark added, "but at the same time, I would never change anything, and I’m pretty used to it.”

Clark has been the epicenter of the women's game since leading Iowa to back-to-back NCAA championship games, one of which included a showdown with Reese. She also reiterated her feelings about her college rival, saying she appreciates Reese’s desire to win and her relentlessness on the court.

“We’re both fiery, fiery competitors and we want to win and it’s one of the things I really admire about her game,” Clark said. “She’s competitive and she has a tremendous motor, like she has one of the best motors in the league. She works just as hard as anybody on the court. So, it’s been fun to to be able to play with her.”

The glare on Clark in the WNBA has intensified with the Indiana Fever in contention to make a deep run in the playoffs now that she is healthy. At the World Cup fans are getting a preview of what they have clamored to see: Clark playing alongside some of the best players in the world.

The outcry was palpable when Clark was left off the US team that won the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

“I think she’s going to leave an incredible legacy. She certainly already has at this World Cup in particular," said Risa Isard, director of research and insights at women's sports marketing platform Parity. "The legacy of this entire new and next generation of women’s basketball players is really exciting. I mean the ceiling kind of does not exist.”

While Clark is looking forward to 2028, her immediate challenge is helping the U.S. win a fifth straight World Cup title — which adds a tinge more pressure.

“You don’t want to be the team that everybody talks about because you didn’t win,” Clark said. “You want to do what’s expected and that’s to win a gold medal. I think it would certainly help and hopefully it’s just a step in the direction of where I want to keep building and hopefully the goals that I want to achieve of hopefully playing in the Olympics in '28.”

Clark's first international experience a ‘pinch-me moment’

Women's basketball's popularity is growing internationally and Clark takes great pride in being part of the growth. Being in Berlin with the cadre of U.S. stars, Clark's first experience has been somewhat eye-opening.

“When you get to see it up close and really understand the impact that you’re having and the way that the game’s been able to grow, that's special,” Clark said.

The Fever All-Star said that a fan came up to her before the USA's game against the Czech Republic and said that they traveled from Australia to watch her play.

"People are spending so much time and money, and people in surrounding European countries are coming here to be able to watch us, or get our signature or wear our jersey or try to get a photo. Sometimes you feel like that’s just the United States, but you’re coming to understand the game is really continuing to grow,” Clark said. “It is kind of a pinch-me moment to see.”

Clark turns to Coach K for advice

Like every player that dons the USA jersey, Clark understood she would have to assimilate into a star-studded cast. To help adjust to her role, Clark said she has watched videos online that featured Krzyzewski, the former USA Basketball men's coach, talking to the national team that featured Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and other stars.

The former Duke coach was saying how the only thing that matters is winning the gold. People wouldn't remember how many points a player would score, they would just ask if they won.

That resonated with Clark and the legacy she is building.

“You have to set everything that you want to achieve personally aside," Clark said. "At the end of the day, people don’t care about that if you have a gold medal hanging around your neck. So, that’s my goal and I think we have the group to do it.”

She averaged 7.6 points and 6.3 assists in the pool play games while coming off the bench. Her debut against China was a 14-point, 11-assist, zero turnovers effort.

Clark has struggled with her shot, going just 4-for-16 from behind the 3-point line.

“That’s normal for any shooter," U.S. coach Kara Lawson said of Clark's struggles. "They have stretches where you’re hot, stretches where you’re a little bit cold, but she provides a great playmaking aspect to our game.”

Clark entered the World Cup playing her best basketball of the season. Since the All-Star break, she's had 20 or more points in 10 of the 12 games. She also has had double-digit assists in seven of those games.

She doesn't have to do that on this team.

“Obviously there’s probably still a lot of pressure on me to perform at this is level, but I think that’s a great thing about USA basketball, it isn’t like the WNBA," Clark said. "You’re probably not going to come out here and score 30 and have 10 assists. That’s just not reality because of the talent we have.”

Clark is correct: fans remember gold medal winners and a title in Berlin would be a bookmark in the unfinished championship chapter of her résumé.

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Funcionarios de la institución confirmaron que Armstrong y St. Thomas acordaron de manera conjunta su salida.

En un comunicado enviado a Local 10 News, la universidad agradeció a Armstrong por sus contribuciones y le deseó éxito en sus futuros proyectos.

La renuncia se da luego de una investigación sobre acusaciones de que Armstrong violó las políticas de la universidad. Según el Miami Herald, Armstrong había sido puesto en licencia mientras la universidad investigaba las denuncias.

El reverendo Rafael Capó, quien se desempeña como vicepresidente de Misión y Ministerio de la universidad, quedará a cargo de las funciones de la presidencia durante la transición, según informaron funcionarios de la institución.

Armstrong asumió la presidencia en 2018 y dirigió la universidad durante ocho años.

La universidad no ha ofrecido detalles adicionales sobre las circunstancias que rodean la renuncia de Armstrong ni sobre la investigación de políticas internas.

Por su parte, 1992 fue una de las temporadas más lentas registradas, pero incluyó uno de los peores impactos de huracán en la historia de Estados Unidos: el huracán Andrew, el único de categoría 3 o superior de esa temporada.

Pero en 2026, la calma en la cuenca atlántica justo en el pico habitual de la temporada se siente casi normal, en línea con lo que se esperaba antes de que arrancara la temporada y coherente con las dificultades que esta ha tenido desde el inicio.

Cizalladura al máximo

Mientras el Súper El Niño ha impulsado con fuerza la actividad de huracanes en el Pacífico, en el Atlántico ha hecho lo contrario: ha castigado a las potenciales tormentas con el tipo de cizalladura de viento que normalmente se ve en los meses de invierno, la misma razón por la que los huracanes en Navidad son prácticamente inauditos (se han registrado 7 huracanes en diciembre desde 1851, pero ninguno un 25 de diciembre).

El gran El Niño de 2026-2027 es real, y la región que monitoreamos por su calentamiento anómalo en el Pacífico ecuatorial oriental —conocida como la región Niño 3.4— nunca había estado tan cálida para esta época del año.

Incluso al ajustar ese calentamiento para descontar la influencia del cambio climático global, 2026 está superando el ritmo del histórico El Niño de 1997.

La mayoría de los modelos de pronóstico estacional predicen que la anomalía de calentamiento en la región de monitoreo de El Niño aumentará al menos un grado más, con su pico en diciembre, lo que convertiría a este El Niño en el más fuerte jamás registrado. Así que, en términos de la temporada de huracanes del Atlántico, las cosas no se están poniendo más fáciles para las tormentas que intenten formarse en la zona tropical profunda.

La temporada de huracanes no está cancelada (todavía)

Pero no seria sorpresa ver uno o dos huracanes en la recta final de la temporada, sobre todo cuando los frentes de otoño se acerquen a la muy cálida zona subtropical, una región menos afectada por el efecto calmante de El Niño. Especialmente aquí en el sur de Florida, donde octubre puede traernos sorpresas de última hora, hay que tener cuidado de no subestimar al huracán solitario que rompa la tendencia.

Pero tener menos huracanes es motivo de celebración, y no tener ninguno hasta el 9 de septiembre es lo mejor que se puede pedir. Esta temporada nos hemos ganado todos los récords de baja actividad. Solo esperemos que este El Niño sea tan buen cerrador como lo ha sido como abridor, y que nos consiga los últimos outs que necesitamos para lograr nuestra segunda temporada consecutiva sin que un huracán toque tierra en el territorio continental de Estados Unidos.

Facebook's attorney said the social media company investigated suspicious third-party apps following the breach and told jurors the state's evidence is outdated because safeguards have improved.

Opening statements began in Santa Fe on Wednesday morning, just weeks after 48 U.S. states reached a landmark settlement with Meta, which addressed child safety concerns and privacy issues surrounding the same data breach. So far, New Mexico is the only state that has pushed the case toward trial, expected to last four weeks, as part of its go-it-alone approach to prosecuting Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.

In court documents, the state argues Facebook failed to alert or protect users from a personality quiz on the social platform that harvested data from roughly 87 million Facebook profiles and sold it to a political consulting firm, Cambridge Analytica. The data was used to generate targeted ads during the 2016 presidential election.

Randi McGinn, the attorney representing New Mexico, said Cambridge Analytica used Facebook profile data to geographically target Democratic voters with messaging such as “‘Hillary’s got it, you don’t need to vote’,” in an alleged attempt to reduce voter turnout. The now-defunct firm’s clients included the 2016 campaign for Donald Trump.

Facebook’s attorney, Dane Butswinkas, said the platform has come a long way since the Cambridge Analytica data breach. Facebook conducted independent investigations and tried to stop suspicious third parties from harvesting user data following revelations about how the data was used. The company also banned apps and referred suspicious developers to regulators, he said.

The state’s lawsuit was filed in 2021, and Butswinkas told jurors much of their evidence is outdated.

“You’re going to have a hard time stacking up the evidence of what they actually did, and what they actually said, and find it unconscionable,” Butswinkas said, addressing the jurors.

McGinn told jurors Facebook flagged over two thousand apps internally, but the company didn’t alert users or force apps to delete data, which she said was to avoid public fallout. Facebook makes nearly all of its revenue from advertising sales.

Butswinkas told jurors that individual users have the power to choose what data can be shared with advertisers and that the company has worked to reduce misinformation on the platform.

“Facebook takes action to minimize risk to its users. Not perfect, but they take action,” he said.

The trial is expected to last around four weeks and will include a video deposition of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The state is seeking the maximum civil penalties under New Mexico's Unfair Practices Act, up to $5,000 per violation, and an injunction to halt future breaches of user data.

The state estimates around 350,000 residents were exposed to the Cambridge Analytica breach. But McGinn asked jurors to consider that the harm caused by Facebook extended to all New Mexicans, over two million people, and that each individual impacted could potentially be a violation under the act.

Jurors will decide how many times Facebook violated the Unfair Practices Act, but Judge Francis Mathew will ultimately determine how much the company will pay per violation.

“When you decide the number of violations, that’s the number of people they were trying to fool," McGinn said during her opening statement.

In August, Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion to settle the multistate suit surrounding child safety issues. Buried in the 130-page settlement was an agreement to release Meta from future liability related to the Cambridge Analytica privacy breach, making New Mexico the only state to pursue a case. Florida was the only other state that didn’t sign the settlement, claiming it wasn’t tough enough on the social media conglomerate.

Earlier this year, New Mexico secured a total of $942 million from Meta in a two-phase trial about the company’s safety protections for minors. The court also ordered Meta to implement new safeguards, including age-verification technology and time limits on its platforms.

“Facebook’s data breach didn’t just expose private information, it revealed a pattern of misrepresentation about how user data was collected, shared, and exploited,” New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez said in a statement Tuesday.

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NASA announced Wednesday that Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman and pilot Victor Glover will no longer serve as active astronauts but will continue to support the moon exploration program as emeritus astronauts.

Glover has taken a leadership job at his alma mater, California Polytechnic State University, while Wiseman’s future plans weren't disclosed. They flew around the moon in April with two other astronauts, setting a new distance record for humanity.

Artemis II’s Jeremy Hansen retired from the Canadian Space Agency in July. That leaves Christina Koch as the only crew member still on the active astronaut rolls.

As emeritus astronauts, Wiseman and Glover will donate their time to train and mentor NASA workers and share their knowledge for future moon missions. It's a new approach to taking advantage of expertise, according to the space agency.

"Together, they took on one of the most challenging missions in human spaceflight and helped return America to the lunar environment," NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said in a statement. "I’m grateful they will continue sharing what they learned."

Cal Poly said Glover will help shape long-term strategies and inspire students to study science and engineering. His new job in San Luis Obispo took effect Sept. 1, the same day he retired from the Navy.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Glover stressed “this is not a leaving ... for me, this is opening the aperture, not closing it down.”

"I want to keep talking about how faith and science work together in my life," Glover said. “That’s not NASA’s mission, but I can still help NASA from the sidelines.”

Instead of waiting to command a moon-landing mission, Glover said he decided to put spaceflight behind in order to focus his efforts on young people and spend more time with his wife and four daughters. Three of his daughters are currently enrolled at Cal Poly. The oldest has already graduated from there.

Wiseman's status change will take effect this month. Chosen by NASA as an astronaut in 2009, the retired Navy captain spent more than five months aboard the International Space Station in 2014, later becoming the space agency's chief astronaut.

After graduating from Cal Poly in 1999, Glover became a Navy test pilot before NASA picked him to be an astronaut in 2013. He served as pilot on SpaceX's second crew flight for NASA, a nearly six-month mission to the space station in 2020 and 2021.

Glover's eloquence stood out while flying to and from the moon.

Earth is an oasis in “a whole bunch of nothing, this thing we call the universe” where humanity exists as one, he observed from space. “This is an opportunity for us to remember where we are, who we are, and that we are the same thing and that we’ve got to get through this together.”

Wiseman also tugged at heartstrings as he and his crew asked for permission to name one of the moon's craters after his late wife Carroll, who died of cancer in 2020.

Last month, the Artemis II crew received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor from President Donald Trump during a ceremony at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

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The program, which event organizers say was made possible by Lilly Endowment Inc., features interactive Character Corners at seven regional Broward County libraries and Book Nooks at all 36 library branches.

The program is designed for young learners up to the age of 6 and their caregivers to learn, explore and problem solve together.

MODS and Broward County Library will launch the initiative with a ribbon-cutting celebration from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 24 at the Broward County Main Library in downtown Fort Lauderdale.

The Character Corners focus on four skills: critical thinking, which builds curiosity; caring, which builds kindness; confidence, which builds motivation; and cooperation, which builds teamwork.

The seven Character Corners are:

• Broward County Main Library
• African-American Research Library and Cultural Center
• West Regional Library
• South Regional Library
• Southwest Regional Library
• North Regional Library
• Northwest Regional Library.

Book Nooks at all 36 library branches feature stories focused on the same four skills, with selections refreshed every three months. Themes rotate between critical thinking, caring, confidence and cooperation throughout the year.

Families can also participate in story times and library activities. Upcoming programs are listed here.

“Character Corners take the spirit of discovery beyond the walls of MODS and places meaningful learning experiences directly into neighborhoods throughout Broward County,” said Joseph P. Cox, president and CEO of MODS.

The initiative extends the impact of Build a Better World: The Future Begins with You, which explores how individual choices, character strengths and collective action can help create stronger, more resilient communities.

The Temporary Protected Status designation expires Wednesday but the statute does not give a specific time for when that happens. If the Department of Homeland Security takes no action, protections are automatically extended for six months. This rare reprieve happened in May, when the protections were automatically extended to about 11,000 Lebanese, allowing them to stay and work in the U.S. for another 180 days.

DHS said in a statement Wednesday that it will announce a decision on El Salvador “at the appropriate time” and that protections would remain in place until then.

About 200,000 people from El Salvador have lived in the U.S. since 2001 under TPS, which allows people already in the country to remain with work permits for renewable periods of up to 18 months, if the secretary of homeland security determines conditions are unsafe for return. They are eligible for work permits.

The administration has ended protections for more than a dozen countries

During President Donald Trump’s second term, Homeland Security has ended TPS for more than 1 million people from 13 countries, including Venezuela, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Afghanistan and Syria. In addition to El Salvador, only people from three other countries remain protected with termination dates in October for Ukraine and Sudan, and November for Lebanon.

The Trump administration obtained a major victory when the Supreme Court ruled in June that Homeland Security acted within its authority by ending TPS for about 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians. The impact of the decision extends far beyond Haitians and Syrians, potentially affecting nearly 1.3 million people from 17 countries on TPS.

Tom Homan, Trump’s “border czar" who has advocated for ending TPS, said Tuesday that the decision rests with the Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.

“If it expires, it’s up to the secretary,” Homan said when asked about TPS. “Temporary protected status means temporary. Let’s face it, El Salvador is a much safer country than it’s ever been now with a new president up there."

Congress created temporary protections in 1990

TPS was created by Congress in 1990 to prevent deportations to countries suffering from natural disasters or civil strife.

It was granted to El Salvador following two devastating 2001 earthquakes that left hundreds of thousands of people homeless. Just before leaving office, President Joe Biden extended TPS for El Salvador for 18 months to Sept. 9, 2026.

El Salvador has been a Trump ally

Once one of the most violent places in the world, El Salvador has become one of the safest countries in the Americas since Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele ordered mass arrests in 2022. In April 2025, the State Department upgraded El Salvador’s travel advisory to its highest level, citing a drop in violent crimes and murders.

Bukele has been an ally of Trump’s policy of mass deportations and El Salvador was one of the first countries to receive deportees and held them at a mega prison also known as CECOT.

Human rights groups and advocates have denounced mass and arbitrary arrests, torture, and disappearances in the Central American nation’s prison system.

Trump received Bukele at the White House in April 2025 and invited him to participate in a military coalition to fight against drug trafficking and organized crime. In July 2026, Trump and Bukele met again in Washington, the Salvadoran president has not publicly stated whether he requested an extension of TPS from the Trump administration.

In 2019, during the first Trump administration, Bukele asked Trump to extend TPS. It remained because there were lawsuits.

Salvadorans in the U.S. sent $9.9 billion in remittances to El Salvador last year, representing 24% of the country’s gross domestic product, according to El Salvador’s central bank. ___

This story has been corrected to show that TPS has ended for people from 13 countries during Trump's second term, not 14.

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Associated Press writer Rebecca Santana in Washington contributed to this report.

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Silvia Larrieu said relatives on boats recovered the bodies.

“It is with profound sadness that we confirm all four of our family members have been found deceased,” the family said in a statement. “The search and recovery mission was conducted alongside family members and civilians who answered our call for help.

“Our relatives ultimately located our loved ones and had to bring them aboard their own vessels. We are now in communication and working with the U.S. Coast Guard to bring our loved ones home safely and with dignity.”

Larrieu told Local 10 News that her uncle, 80-year-old Mario Lamar Sr., was piloting the plane. His wife, Lili, 79, and their grandchildren; Sofia Sosa, 28, a neonatal physician assistant in Miami; and Christian Sosa, 22, a recent graduate of Loyola Marymount University, were also on board.

The four had traveled to the Bahamas for the holiday weekend, a trip Larrieu said her uncle had made countless times during his more than 40 years as a pilot, and were heading home to Miami.

“He always does this. The weather seemed fine,” Larrieu said. “My uncle maintained the plane in pristine condition. He was always on top of it. Anytime he was here in Miami, he would always be at the hangar working on his plane and ensuring it was up-to-date.”

According to Larrieu, the four took off from Great Harbour Cay at approximately 10:12 a.m. Monday.

About an hour later, the plane lost contact near Andros Island, she said.

Bahamas police identified the plane as a PA-34 Piper five-seater aircraft, with tail number N212ML. Police confirmed it departed Great Harbour Cay, a city in the Berry Islands of the Bahamas, and was headed to Opa-locka.

Air traffic control lost contact with the aircraft when it was about 13 miles west of Andros Island, Bahamas police said.

“So our initial investigation that came into our search-and-rescue operations team is that they left that area of the Barrier Islands and they wanted to divert from our inclement weather, and due to that factor, they ended up on that side of Andros as opposed to going a different direction, heading to Florida,” Lt. Darius Adams, of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, said.

Bahamian officials said they contacted the U.S. Coast Guard at about 2 p.m. Monday and requested assistance finding the downed plane, but the search had to be suspended due to bad weather, prompting relatives to conduct their own search.

“We are deeply grateful to everyone who supported us, searched alongside us, and kept our family in their prayers,” the victims’ family members said in their statement. “We respectfully ask for privacy as we mourn this unimaginable loss.”

The public acknowledgment of a shift in U.S. strategy comes a year after Washington began a campaign of unilateral deadly strikes against those it calls “narcoterrorists" operating boats in international waters. Late Wednesday, U.S. Southern Command announced the latest such strike in the Caribbean Sea, saying it killed three people. That brought the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the U.S. military to at least 230 in 69 strikes.

Still, the Trump administration is focused on building agreements for joint operations with allied countries in the region, including Colombia and Ecuador, that comply with their laws in their waters.

“I think its an incredible advance for the first time to have countries that are willing to participate in these efforts in their territorial waters,” Rubio told reporters on a trip to the Ecuadorian capital, Quito.

“The important point is that these routes are being disrupted. These routes are being ended,” he added.

He said the decision is “a strike-by-strike or operation-by-operation determination” that depends on the threat and location of the boat.

The US military has recently been stopping vessels and removing people before strikes

Recent U.S. interdictions in Latin American waters are unlike the Trump administration’s initial strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats that began in September 2025. Lately, people aboard floating refueling stations said to be supporting drug trafficking have been removed and transferred to Ecuadorian authorities. Then the U.S. military blows up the vessels.

The shift comes after a series of strikes on boats over the year on people the Trump administration accused of being “narcoterrorists” without providing evidence.

Rubio's comments came during a three-nation tour of South America aimed at boosting security cooperation with conservative leaders who have cozied up to President Donald Trump.

In Ecuador on Wednesday, he hailed it as the most “aggressive” partner in the Trump administration’s push to target transnational criminal groups in the Western Hemisphere. Rubio met with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, who has rapidly embraced Trump’s get-tough stance on counternarcotics operations and illegal immigration.

Rubio said “elite forces” from both countries “are working jointly on a day-to-day basis in a way that has no precedent in order to try to dismantle these terrorist organizations.”

But he singled out Mexico, calling it “an even graver challenge” than other countries in the region because of cartels’ power there and saying the “ideal” scenario would be for the two countries to address the situation jointly.

“Eventually that threat will have to be confronted one way or the other,” Rubio told reporters in Ecuador. “But our hope is to do it cooperatively with Mexican authorities.”

Rubio said Mexican authorities have done “more than they’ve ever done before to go after these groups, but it is still not nearly enough.”

Ecuador touted as a key Trump administration ally on combating drug trafficking

He also announced his latest foreign terrorist organization designation of a Latin American drug trafficking ring: Ecuador’s Los Tiguerones. It was among 22 criminal gangs designated as “terrorists” by Ecuador in 2024 after it declared an internal armed conflict during a surge in violence that included gunmen storming a television station during a live broadcast.

Under the Trump administration’s counternarcotics strategy, it could make the group a target for military action.

Ecuador has been helping the U.S. as it intercepts and sinks vessels, including one Tuesday that Washington said had links to the Ecuadorian criminal group Los Choneros. It was the sixth such operation in less than two weeks and the second in as many days.

Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Roberto Kury called his country “a loyal ally, an active ally and a decisive ally to be able to build a safer hemisphere, free hemisphere and prosperous hemisphere.”

Rubio said he would be asking Congress for $45 million to keep funding the effort of “dismantling these terrorist groups,” although he did not specify what the funds would be for.

Ecuador has struggled to contain drug violence since 2021 as rival cartels partner with local gangs and battle for control of routes and coastal ports used to smuggle cocaine. The country is wedged between Colombia and Peru, the world’s top cocaine-producing countries.

Under Noboa, Ecuador has become a strong U.S. partner in counterdrug efforts in the region.

On Wednesday, Rubio was presented with Ecuador’s second-highest national honor, the National Order of Merit in the degree of Grand Cross, for his service in improving U.S.-Ecuador ties. Noboa said Rubio was helping bring peace to the U.S. and the region by traveling between countries to strengthen security and ties.

Rubio will head next to Lima to meet new Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori, another leader aligned with Trump’s tough positions on the drug trade and migration. On Tuesday, he met with new conservative firebrand President Abelardo de la Espriella in Barranquilla on Colombia’s Caribbean coast.

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Associated Press writers Gonzalo Solano in Quito, Farnoush Amiri in New York and Meg Kinnard in Columbia, South Carolina, contributed to this report.

Eldense, based near the port city of Alicante in south-east Spain, confirmed to The Associated Press on Wednesday that the eight-time Ballon d'Or winner had reached a preliminary agreement with the club's owners.

The deal will see him buy the shares held by Grupo TH Soluciones, subject to the completion of the remaining legal and contractual procedures.

The club did not provide financial details and did not say when the deal would be completed.

Eldense will become the second Spanish club the Argentina star has invested in. Earlier this year, he became the owner of a fifth-division side, Barcelona-based UE Cornella.

Eldense fired coach Claudio Barragan on Sunday after claiming just two points from four league matches this season.

Messi has built a strong bond with Spain. He arrived at Barcelona at age 13, when he and his family came to the country to try his luck at the club's youth academy.

He was the best player of his generation during two decades at Barcelona, where he won multiple titles before leaving in 2021.

Eldense has historical ties with Barcelona. It was founded by a group of supporters of the Catalan club in September 1921, hence its blue and red colors.

The 39-year-old Messi was named this week on the shortlist for another Ballon d'Or award after guiding Argentina to a runner-up finish at the World Cup and winning the MLS Cup with Inter Miami

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“Everyone is always saying if you could make a play and give the audience the feeling they have in a horror movie, it would be an amazing thing,” he says.

Blum, whose Blumhouse has produced everything from “Get Out” to “Five Nights at Freddy's,” estimates he's gone to see 25 such plays, and 24 times “they come off goofy or you’re not scared at all.” That changed with his 25th — an adaptation of his “Paranormal Activity” franchise.

“I’ve never seen a play that’s made me scared ever and these guys pulled it off,” says Blum. “That they were able to make an audience feel like you felt when you watch the movie, I just couldn’t believe it.”

What's the play about?

The play, which has made its way through London, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Toronto and Boston, is now on Broadway and is creeping out critics and audiences alike.

It's the story of a newly married couple who have relocated from Chicago to London and find strange things going on in their quirky new home, straining their loyalties and sanity and defying science.

The stage play — without film's benefit of cutaways, close-ups or jump scares — still makes audiences scream with quite simple effects: a TV flickering, candles getting snuffed out, shadows appearing and blankets mysteriously getting pulled.

“I think the lack of big effects actually makes it feel much more grounded and scarier and more real,” says Blum, who knows a thing or two about horror effects: He was off-camera on the floor pulling a sheet off a bed with strings during the filming of the first “Paranormal Activity” movie.

Variety said the play “delivers more thrills, chills and screams than Broadway has seen in years” and Entertainment Weekly called it “two hours and 20 minutes of hair-raising, heart-pounding, and blood-curdling horror mixed with a dash of unexpected heart and humor.”

Blum credits playwright Levi Holloway, director Felix Barrett and illusion designer Chris Fisher with bringing horror to the stage, a traditionally tricky place for it. He opened his wallet and invested.

How the team approached this stage horror

Broadway has pulled off eerie recently — Fisher delivered thrillingly with “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” and “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” while Tracy Letts' “Bug” was creepy and Stephen Karam had unsettling noises for “The Humans." But true horror, that sickening, throat-clenching dread, has largely eluded stage artists.

That's why Barrett, who created the immersive hit “Sleep No More” with his company Punchdrunk, jumped at the chance. He recalls as a fledgling director going to see London's long-running ghostly play “The Woman in Black” and feeling it was “desperately underwhelming.”

“The opportunities to try and do something which really does get under the skin and really just treats it as an art form rather than something that’s comedic and full of gags was such an amazing opportunity,” he says.

Central to his team's approach was rooting the play in a truthful domestic drama. “This was only going to work if you saw a couple that you knew. You might walk past them in the street. You might even see yourself in that couple,” Barrett says.

Once that was established, the illusions and effects were baked into the set, not added afterward. Designer Fly Davis’ two-story, multiroom house is kept very dark, with some rooms empty, allowing the audience's imagination to fill in the gaps.

“You really want to almost forget it’s horror for a bit, just actually deal with the drama and then, suddenly, like the best sort of horror, the tendrils of dread come and tap you on the shoulder and, as you turn around, all hell breaks loose,” Barrett says.

‘Less is more’

Aided by lighting, sound effects and the set, Barrett manages various sleights-of-hands, like a magician making you look at one hand while their other is doing something else.

“We’ve learned that less is more,” he says. “The more you do, the less the impact because the audience becomes desensitized. So actually, in earlier drafts of the script, there were far more crazy things happening which we’ve cut.”

Humor is also important, and Holloway has seeded the play with jokes, moments of lightness between the couple and a mother-in-law from hell.

“If you get the audience to relax and start laughing, you become much more scared," says Blum. “You can’t keep an audience on the edge of their seat like this for 90 minutes. Eventually you get tired.”

Barrett says he hopes more theater-makers try horror, but find their own way. “I don’t want to say, ‘This is the right way to do it and don’t try a different way,’ because I want other amazing creators to come in and do their version.”