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That’s in a typical season of course and not every season follows the calendar to the letter. We only have to go back to 2022 to find an August without a single tropical depression, named storm, or hurricane. But a scoreless August is a rare treat and although 2022 ultimately culminated with a burst of storm activity in September – including Hurricane Ian which decimated southwest Florida – in more years than not, a quiet August tends to portend lower levels of activity in September and October (see 1997 for an August shutout that ended as one of the least active seasons of the past 30 years).

We’ll see what this August brings, but regardless, we’re nearing the inflection point of the season where seasonal activity quickly catches up to the calendar. As of August 3^rd, we’re 34% through the 6-month hurricane season, but with 92% of typical hurricane season activity still ahead. Roughly 93% of hurricanes historically form after August 3^rd. But August chips away at those numbers, especially by its dying days and by mid-September the calendar and typical activity begin to mirror one another (that is, on average we’re roughly through 60% of the hurricane season by both calendar day and typical activity metrics come mid-September).

Development unlikely through the middle of August

On average over the past 30 years, the first half of August has recorded two tropical systems and one named storm. While hurricanes can happen, they form less frequently in the first part of the month compared to the latter part of August.

This August should start more like 2019, 2022, and 2023 which saw goose eggs to begin the first primetime month of the hurricane season. Those seasons picked up later on but if we’re lucky – with the historic El Niño taming the Atlantic – 2026 will end more like 2015 or 1997 which had no activity to start August and also ended with below average hurricane activity.

The disturbance we discussed in Friday’s newsletter that’ll be nearing the southeast U.S. this weekend isn’t expected to develop. The outlier American GFS boguscane that we mentioned Friday is, to no one’s surprise, no longer showing up in the model.

Meanwhile, models remain mostly lukewarm on development changes for a system in the far east Atlantic between Africa and the Caribbean by the middle part of the month. We’re still more than 10 days out, but development odds haven’t trended up since last week. We’ll check back but obviously this is nothing for us to worry about for now.

The attack Saturday at a new In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls ended when the gunman, identified by police as 24-year-old Chad Williams, shot and killed himself. On Monday, police were still trying to determine why Williams carried out the attack, which happened early in the afternoon in a busy shopping plaza in the southern Idaho city.

Many details about Williams’ life were still unknown Monday, but an initial search of court records in Idaho and Arizona, where he used to live, didn’t show any criminal cases matching his name and birth date.

Man who knew gunman says he was ‘pretty chill’

Elijah Moseley, who lived across the hall from Williams in a College of Southern Idaho dorm a few years ago, described him as “an introvert” and “a pretty chill guy.”

“I was never scared or weirded out by him,” he said.

Moseley said he considered Williams a relatively close friend, though they lost touch a couple of years ago.

“I’m shocked by this and sick to my stomach about this,” he said.

Detectives are confident that Williams acted alone, Police Chief Matthew Hicks said Sunday, noting that Williams’ family is cooperating fully with the investigation.

Two of the wounded victims were treated at a hospital and released, three were listed as stable, and two others were in critical condition, police said Sunday.

During the attack, an off-duty state trooper and a civilian fired on Williams and diverted him from the restaurant, the chief said. Police haven’t disclosed their names or those of the victims, but some victims have been identified by friends and relatives. Twin Falls spokesperson Josh Palmer said Monday that police were still trying to identify next of kin.

A vigil is planned for Tuesday evening at Twin Falls City Park, Palmer said.

In-N-Out employee among those killed

The attack happened at an In-N-Out that opened late last month as part of the California chain’s Idaho expansion, and an employee at the burger joint was among those killed, the fast-food chain’s owner, Lynsi Snyder, said in a statement. She didn’t identify the worker.

Kimberley Castaneda confirmed to The Associated Press that her brother, Christopher Claunch, was among those killed, but she declined to discuss him further.

Garren Taylor, one of Claunch’s friends, said that two years ago, Claunch completed a rehab program for alcohol abuse at Renaissance Ranch Recovery Center in Rupert, Idaho, and was immediately hired there. Taylor said Claunch, known to those close to him as “Toph,” had since then dedicated his life to helping others get sober.

“He helped hundreds of people,” Taylor recalled Monday. “He was just a gift to anyone he came in contact with. It wasn’t about the paycheck, his attitude was: ‘I get to help someone today.’”

Renaissance Ranch declined to comment Monday.

Wounded man moved closer to gunfire to help

In a Facebook post, Marcus Scott said his son Austin “A.J.” Scott was critically wounded in the attack and faces a long recovery. He said his son was shot after he moved “toward the danger” when he heard gunfire in an effort to protect others.

“We are incredibly thankful that God spared his life and that his wife and friend were there to provide immediate care until he could get to the hospital,” he wrote.

Marcus Scott said in a message to the AP on Monday that his son used to work as a law enforcement officer for the Twin Falls police and the Idaho State Police. He declined to comment further on his son’s actions, saying it is his son’s story to tell.

Terry Dudley, a driver for North Star Taxi, was shot as he was charging one of the company’s Teslas in a parking lot next to the In-N-Out Burger, said James Palmer, who owns the taxi service and is Dudley’s friend.

Palmer said Dudley called him to tell him he was shot after he couldn’t get through to 911. He said Dudley was flown to a hospital in Boise and remained there Monday with serious injuries, he said.

“It’s a lot, man,” Palmer said. “It’s daunting, to say the least, to even try to gather the scope of all this. It’s been absolute chaos.”

He said Dudley was “kind of like my right hand.”

Gunman left local college before graduating

Williams attended the College of Southern Idaho from August 2022 and December 2023, according to the school’s president, L. Dean Fisher. He didn’t graduate or earn a certificate from the school, which has about 10,000 students.

Williams served in the student senate but was unanimously impeached by his fellow senators in February 2023. Moseley, who served as the senate pro-tempore at the time, said Williams was ousted because he wasn’t very active or engaged in student government.

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The fires in and around Spokane, the state’s second-largest city, were among the most destructive in state history. About 700 buildings had been destroyed — a number that was expected to climb — and some 67,000 people were under evacuation orders. The cause was under investigation.

“Hundreds of people have completely lost their homes and farms, and many are prohibited from returning to their homes or neighborhoods as crews continue to extinguish smoldering embers,” the state’s entire congressional delegation wrote Monday in asking President Donald Trump to approve an expedited emergency declaration.

The fires jumped roads and rivers and had burned about 12.5 square miles (about 32 square kilometers) by Monday. The sky filled with smoke and haze. Calmer winds and lower temperatures arrived to help firefighters, but it was expected to be hot and dry again by midweek.

In one Spokane neighborhood, blackened vehicles, a boat twisted by the heat and melted plastic recycling bins remained. Across the street, lawns were still green and houses were spared, as residents continued to run hoses or sprinklers to water their properties.

Among those who returned were Miriam and Daniel Sim, both 76. Miriam held her hand over her mouth as she surveyed the ruins of the home where they had lived since 2005.

“It’s like a war zone,” Miriam said. “There’s nothing to save.”

“At our age, do we want to rebuild?” her husband asked.

No deaths or major injuries have been reported so far

Cpl. Mark Gregory, a spokesperson for the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office, said the county initially received nearly 300 reports of missing people, but by Monday they had cleared all but 14.

Those outstanding reports more likely represented people who had not been in contact since evacuating than people who were truly missing or in danger, authorities said.

The Spokane-area wildfires were completely uncontained, said Courtney James, a spokesperson for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources.

They were among dozens across the Western U.S. stretching the ability of federal, state and local agencies to fight them. At least 390 square miles (1,000 square kilometers) has burned across Washington, which has contended with severe drought and a paltry snowpack.

Authorities warned people not to fly drones near the burned areas, saying it could force them to delay aerial firefighting operations.

Homes, cars, possessions lost in flames

Angela and Wayde Deatherage, both 49, evacuated shortly after 3 p.m. Saturday with a son, grabbing a few bins of family photos and heirloom rings but not much else. Roughly 30 minutes later, their security camera was sending fire notifications to Angela’s phone.

Wayde Deatherage took some back roads and returned by early evening. He stopped at the end of the street and called his wife: “Our house is done.”

Deatherage, however, wasn’t done with his neighborhood. He propped a hose at another house so it sprayed the property. That home survived.

The couple returned to their property Sunday.

“It’s just ash,” Angela Deatherage said of the home where they had lived for nearly 22 years. ”It’s like our house sunk down in the basement. ... There’s just so much loss for so many people.”

Karen Faggioli, 61, figured she would be returning to her home. She recalled how other recent fires had been brought under control. But a relative texted her the bad news: Her house and three vehicles were destroyed. A daughter lost her nearby house, too.

“Why cry? What’s crying going to do? I’ve been through so many tragedies myself,” said Faggioli, who is recovering from breast cancer. “This is nothing. Like I told my granddaughter, ‘We’re strong — and now we get all new things.’ I’m emotionally numb.”

Friends and relatives of fire victims posted online appeals for money, clothes and basic necessities.

Grassland burns in Idaho, Oregon and Utah

Spokane was hardly the only place struggling to contain fires.

A lightning-caused fire that has burned over 530 square miles (about 1,370 square kilometers) of grassland in western Idaho and eastern Oregon continued to grow Monday. The area is home to cattle ranches, and authorities said the fire is threatening more than 600 homes and 800 other structures.

In central Utah, a blaze quadrupled in size over the weekend to nearly 109 square miles (282 square kilometers) by Monday afternoon. More than 100 cattle have been killed, according to law enforcement.

Heavy winds helped flames jump containment lines, but forward progression was slowed toward Fillmore, a town of about 2,600 people and the seat of Millard County, officials said. Mandatory evacuations were ordered Sunday evening for the town’s southern portion, and inmates at the county jail were transferred.

Spokane sets up shelter for impacted residents

In Spokane, about 400 people were staying at city’s main convention center, which was turned into a shelter, officials said.

Spokane Public Schools opened a free emergency drop-in camp for children on Monday. Trials at the county court were pushed to Aug. 10.

Several larger fires continued to burn in less populated areas northwest of Spokane.

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Johnson reported from Seattle, and White from Detroit. Associated Press writers Manuel Valdes in Spokane; John Hanna in Topeka, Kansas; Kathy McCormack in Concord, N.H.; and Martha Bellisle in Seattle contributed.

The endorsement from GOP Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis paves the way for the Senate Judiciary Committee to advance Blanche’s nomination on Tuesday after the Justice Department and lawmakers reached a deal to formally rescind the $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” proposed to settle Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service.

Cornyn and Tillis had refused to back Blanche’s bid for the permanent post without official confirmation killing the fund meant to compensate people who believe they were unfairly prosecuted by the Justice Department. Blanche’s written order, issued late Sunday, came after the days of negotiations between the Justice Department and the Republican senators who are leaving Capitol Hill when their terms end in January.

“We want to express our gratitude to Mr. Blanche and his staff for working with us on this, and we look forward to voting to advance his nomination out of the Senate Judiciary Committee soon,” Cornyn, of Texas, and Tillis, of North Carolina, said in a statement.

DOJ order says ‘beyond any doubt’ that fund is dead

Blanche has repeatedly said that the Justice Department was scrapping plans for the fund, which sparked bipartisan outcry over the possibility that violent rioters who attacked police at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, could be considered for payments. But skeptical lawmakers said they were concerned that could be revived without a commitment in writing, especially because Trump has continued to defend the idea.

In his order posted on social media late Sunday, Blanche wrote that the department was confirming “beyond any doubt, that there is no Fund.”

Since the settlement of the president’s lawsuit against the IRS was announced, “No Members were appointed; no funds were transferred; no process for receiving claims was established; no claims were paid,” the order said. “This order establishes, beyond any doubt, that there is no Fund.”

Cornyn and Tillis had also pressed the Justice Department to limit the scope of a separate piece of the settlement that provided broad immunity for Trump and members of his family from tax audits.

Under the deal, the Justice Department clarified in writing that the tax audit immunity agreement “applies by its terms only retroactively” to claims open at the time of the settlement and does not protect the president from examination of future tax filings. It also makes clear that only the parties that brought the lawsuit — Trump, two of his sons, and the Trump Organization — are covered by the tax agreement.

Cornyn and Tillis said in their statement that they were “pleased” with the concessions made by Blanche.

“From the outset, we were clear that we needed a written document addressing our concerns on the IRS audit agreement and the anti-weaponization fund that included constraining the scope of audit protection by limiting it to the parties of the Settlement Agreement and legally ending the anti-weaponization fund,” they wrote.

Democrats, however, noted that the order rescinding the fund doesn’t stop the Trump administration from compensating Jan. 6 rioters through a previously established process that allows people to file claims for damages if they believed they were wronged by the government.

“This supposed ‘deal’ doesn’t prevent payouts to violent insurrectionists in the future,” Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff said in a social media post. Schiff added that it also “leaves in place a tax-immunity deal that could help Trump skip taxes on the $2.3 billion he made last year, and still leaves it vague who and what is covered.”

Cornyn, Tillis echo GOP colleagues’ concerns as they b

locked Blanche nomination

Blanche’s nomination was thrown into doubt last week after the Judiciary Committee postponed a vote that had been scheduled for Thursday morning as Tillis and Cornyn said they needed more from the administration before they could provide the necessary votes.

After the Thursday vote was delayed, Trump said in a social media post that he might pull Blanche’s nomination and resubmit it after Cornyn and Tillis leave office next year. And on Saturday the president threatened to push forward with the fund if the two Republicans blocked Blanche’s nomination.

On Sunday evening, Trump said that people who had faced charges from the Jan. 6, attack on the Capitol and could have benefited from the fund had “their lives destroyed.”

“This would be a reimbursement for the pain that they suffered,” Trump said. “A lot of people like it.”

Blanche, who served as Trump’s defense lawyer in his criminal cases, entered the Justice Department last year as deputy attorney general. He was elevated to the top post after Pam Bondi was fired in April by Trump, who was frustrated by her failure to successfully prosecute his political enemies.

Though Blanche insisted he wasn’t auditioning for the permanent job, he has moved quickly since taking the reins of the department to promote the Trump administration’s agenda and accelerate investigations into the president’s perceived foes.

Tuesday will feature a sun/cloud mix. There could be an isolated shower or storm around in the morning. More storms will develop during the afternoon. Temperatures are forecast to reach the low 90s.

The district encompasses parts of Miami, North Miami, Opa-locka and Hialeah.

Running for the seat are incumbent Commissioner Marleine Bastien, trapeze artist Miguel “Skip” Quintero and newcomer Ernst Jean.

Bastien, a nonprofit founder and executive who won the seat in 2022, says her priorities also include investing in infrastructure like the 27th Avenue corridor.

“When I was elected, I promised the people I would invest in affordable housing, and since (there are now) 4,000 affordable housing units,” she said.

On the budget, Bastien admitted the county needs to make cuts, but did not offer any specifics.

“We are looking at some of the expenses,” she said. “We are looking at some of the plans. It is a process which we are engaging and we have already started.”

Quintero is a South Florida native who made an unsuccessful run for Miami-Dade County mayor in 2024.

“We can do better,” he said. “I have an interest in protecting my homestead, my way of life, my home business.”

Quintero describes himself as a First Amendment advocate who lists transparency as a main priority.

“Any time on the clock, doing the people’s work, there’s a camera on me, live,” he said.

He also said he wants universal basic income.

“Our idea is all new development, particularly from mixed use development,” he said. “The community is going to be the owners.”

He thinks bloat in the county budget comes from personnel and would cut Strive 305, the county’s small business support program.

“What is the government picking and choosing who to give money to for these small businesses, how are they vetted?” he asked.

As for Ernst Jean, after making initial contact, he stopped communicating with Local 10 News.

Records show his primary source of income is Allied Universal Services.

On the first Monday every month, CLASS Soiree Steakhouse, located at 121 N. 20th Ave. in Hollywood, holds an evening where diners are allowed to partake in a yummy meal without wearing any clothes.

Chef and owner Maurad Ali came up with the concept as a way to attract new business and generate some buzz.

Ali said there is a market for this kind of experience, and that the staff are well trained and respectful of their customers.

“I’m the chef and owner, my crew, we are all professionals,” said Ali.

He said the restaurant is expecting around 20 people for the latest naked dining experience.

Tickets are $250 for men, $150 for women or $300 for couples.

Ali said it’s a five-star experience dripping with class and elegance.

“Once you walk through the door, I’ll most likely be nude, no clothes on, so when you come in you do feel more comfortable,” said hostess Tashaeba Hart.

As for the legality of the concept, Local 10 News went to city officials.

“Yes, it’s legal,” said Joann Hussey, a spokesperson for the city of Hollywood. “It’s legal because the staff members working are clothed.”

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Through DNA testing, Detective Andrew Gianino identified Gregory Rollison as the man who scaled the side of a building to break into the woman’s apartment on July 16, 1987, according to BSO.

“The victim was sleeping when the suspect tied her up and assaulted her twice at knifepoint. Then he stole items from her apartment and fled,” Miranda Grossman, a spokeswoman for BSO, wrote in a statement.

Gianino was an officer for the Deerfield Beach Police Department when he responded to the woman’s apartment in the 300th block of North Federal Highway. The brutality of the crime, he said, haunted him.

“I was on scene in 1987 and physically met the victim,” Gianino said in a statement.

Ten days later, there was a similar violent attack just miles away, according to Miranda. There was a rape kit. Rollison was a suspect. BSO took over the investigation in 1990.

“Without DNA technology or a positive identification from the victim, they couldn’t move forward with the case,” Miranda wrote.

BSO took over the investigation in 1990. The case was the focus of episodes “On The Case With Paula Zahn” on HBO Max in 2009 and “Predator at Large” on Discovery in 2020.

There have been advances in DNA technology and BSO has received grants to reopen cold cases.

“All these years later, she’s passed away,” Gianino said about the victim he met. “It feels like it went full circle, and we were able to provide her some rest, if there is such a thing for her.”

Rollison, who was serving nine years in the California State prison system for attempted murder on a law enforcement officer, was extradited on Sunday to Broward County.

“I think it’s really important for people to know and to maintain hope, so long as there’s DNA, there’s always a chance,” Gianino said.

Rollison, who was at the North Broward Bureau in Pompano Beach, faced two counts of sexual battery and one count of armed burglary of a dwelling. His bond was $130,000.

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Al mismo tiempo, el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de España recomendó a sus ciudadanos no tomar vuelos sobre esa zona turística peruana al señalar que las avionetas locales que operan “no cumplen con requisitos de mantenimiento y seguridad equivalentes" a los que se aplican en el país europeo.

El jefe de criminalística de la fiscalía, José Pacheco, dijo a periodistas que el trabajo de identificación forense reunió a médicos, biólogos, odontólogos y antropólogos que determinaron características de las víctimas según la edad, sexo, prendas de vestir, tatuajes, cicatrices, así como detalles de los dedos y de los dientes.

Los fallecidos son siete turistas italianos, dos españoles y dos alemanes, además de dos tripulantes peruanos.

La avioneta C208B, matrícula OB-2001, de la empresa Aerodiana se estrelló el sábado en el sector de Pueblo Viejo, en la región sureña de Ica. La aeronave partió desde la ciudad de Pisco para sobrevolar las Líneas de Nazca, unos geoglifos gigantes grabados en el desierto hace más de 1.500 años.

España sugirió no tomar vuelos sobre ese atractivo turístico en un listado de recomendaciones de viaje del sitio de internet del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores.

El Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones de Perú no ha comentado la decisión de España por el momento.

El ministro de Comercio Exterior y Turismo de Perú, Rogers Valencia, dijo el domingo a la prensa que el piloto de la aeronave que se estrelló habría reportado una falla mecánica durante el vuelo. Añadió que la avioneta tenía todos los permisos correspondientes. Pese a ello, el gobierno suspendió de forma temporal las operaciones de Aerodiana, mientras continuaban las investigaciones.

La primera ministra de Italia, Giorgia Meloni, expresó el domingo en la red social X el “profundo pesar” por la muerte de sus compatriotas y se solidarizó con los familiares.

No es el primer accidente mortal de turistas que pretenden sobrevolar las líneas de Nazca. En 2022 otra avioneta se estrelló dejando siete muertos, incluidos tres turistas holandeses y dos chilenos. Anteriores caídas de avionetas en la zona dejaron en 2010 seis muertos y en 2008 cinco fallecidos.

Las líneas de Nazca, ubicadas en la costa desértica frente al Pacífico, tienen una antigüedad de entre 1.500 y 2.000 años. Son enormes grabados que representan figuras imaginarias, criaturas y plantas realizadas en el desierto costero en épocas anteriores a los Incas. Los estudiosos creen que pudieron ser calendarios, sistemas rituales de caminos o manifestaciones astrales.

Constituyen uno de los geoglifos más grandes del mundo y están reconocidos por la UNESCO como Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad. Se encuentran 450 kilómetros (280 millas) al sur de Lima. Sólo es posible apreciarlos desde el aire o torres altas.

Officer Kenia Fallat, a Miami Police Department spokeswoman, said the videos were recorded at Missoni Baia, at 777 NE 26th Terrace.

“Kudos to the staff at the building who immediately called us, and we began our investigation,” Fallat said.

One video showed Nicholas Jabbour “slammed the dog with force” twice before exiting the elevator, according to a Miami police officer’s arrest report.

Another video showed Jabbour grab the dog and grab “Buzz” before throwing him to the ground again, according to the police officer’s report.

“Security here at the condo told police there were previous incidents with Jabbour before this one, including his dog urinating in a hallway and another elevator,” Fallat said.

The Miami-Dade Animal Services took custody of “Buzz,” and the dog was in good health, according to police. Police officers arrested Jabbour on April 10.

“It took a couple of days for us to track him down, but we were fortunate enough to find him,” Fallat said about the suspect.

Jabbour pleaded not guilty to aggravated animal cruelty, a third-degree felony. His bond was $5,000. His next trial hearing is at 9:15 a.m. on Sept. 14, according to Miami-Dade court records.

Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Ariel Rodriguez has been presiding over Jabbour’s case.

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It happened just after 2 a.m. within the Villa Medici Townhomes, located in the 1000 block of Northeast 17th Avenue in the city’s Lake Ridge neighborhood.

The video shows the lightning striking a power line, sparking the blaze, which was quickly put out.

“Bolts of lightning were hitting all around. All of a sudden, you could hear that it hit something really close by, and you could hear the sizzling. When I looked out my door, I saw that it was across the street from me,” a resident, who identified herself as Terri, said. “You saw the orange sparks flying all over the place for a while, and then you’d see the flames, and you’d hear more pops going into it as it fed.”

None of the buildings caught fire but they did lose power. Crews eventually restored it.

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Security footage has captured the man each time he has shown up and destroyed something.

The couple who owns the home does not live there. They said it is their second home, but they have had guests there when the criminal shows up.

According to the homeowners, the man makes vague threats, has torn cameras off the house and broken multiple windows.

Every time he shows up, the couple calls the cops, but the guy always leaves before officers arrive, they said.

“We’re scared, very anxious about it, because this guy is targeting our house for God knows why,” said one of the homeowners. “We don’t know him. We have no enemies, nothing. It’s vandalism, it’s threats, it’s theft, and we have no idea what he wants from us.”

The homeowner went on to say that she is constantly checking her cameras because there is no telling when the man will be back.

Hollywood police are investigating and are asking anyone who thinks they recognize the man to give them a call, or to call Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.

Las cámaras de seguridad han captado al hombre cada vez que ha aparecido y destruido algo.

La pareja propietaria de la vivienda no vive allí. Dijeron que es su segunda casa, pero han tenido invitados cuando el delincuente aparece.

Según los propietarios, el hombre hace amenazas vagas, ha arrancado cámaras de la casa y ha roto varias ventanas.

Cada vez que aparece, la pareja llama a la Policía, pero, según dijeron, el hombre siempre se va antes de que los agentes lleguen.

“Tenemos miedo, estamos muy angustiados por esto, porque este hombre está atacando nuestra casa y Dios sabe por qué”, dijo una de las propietarias. “No lo conocemos. No tenemos enemigos, nada. Es vandalismo, son amenazas, es robo, y no tenemos idea de qué quiere de nosotros”.

La propietaria agregó que revisa constantemente las cámaras porque no hay forma de saber cuándo el hombre volverá.

La Policía de Hollywood investiga el caso y pide a cualquier persona que crea reconocer al hombre que llame a las autoridades o a Broward Crime Stoppers al 954-493-TIPS.

The teams have agreed to the trade pending medical reviews, according to a person with direct knowledge of the deal. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday because the move hadn't been announced by either side.

It's the latest effort by the busy Cubs to replenish an injury-depleted pitching staff as they attempt to chase down first-place Milwaukee in the NL Central and hang onto the National League's top wild-card spot.

Earlier in the day, Chicago obtained reliever Ryan Zeferjahn from the Los Angeles Angels for two minor leaguers: catcher Moisés Ballesteros and right-hander Mason McGwire — son of retired slugger Mark McGwire. The team also added left-hander Braxton Garrett from the Miami Marlins for a pair of minor leaguers: infielder Jonathon Long and right-hander Jace Beck.

Garrett was optioned to Triple-A Iowa.

Those deals came one day after the Cubs augmented their rotation by acquiring veteran starter Kevin Gausman in a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays.

Holmes appears just about ready to return from a broken right leg that has sidelined him since mid-May. He was 4-4 with a 2.39 ERA in nine starts before getting hurt.

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La Policía de North Miami Beach informó que el ataque ocurrió alrededor de las 2:40 p.m. del domingo en la tienda Target ubicada en el 14075 de Biscayne Blvd. y que estuvo motivado por el odio.

Un informe de arresto indica que Chyvonne Juanita Palmer, de 43 años y residente de North Miami, “se levantó repentinamente”, se acercó al hombre, quien llevaba una kipá y estaba sentado al otro lado del área de asientos del Starbucks, “y comenzó a gritarle”.

La Policía informó que Palmer lo golpeó dos veces con un teléfono celular y luego regresó a su asiento. Sin embargo, volvió a levantarse y esta vez tomó una silla de metal mientras regresaba hacia la víctima.

Según el informe, un testigo dijo a los agentes que Palmer intentó golpear a la víctima y “gritaba repetidamente: “Los odio””.

La Policía informó que el testigo, junto con otra mujer, intervino para evitar que la víctima fuera golpeada con la silla, y que una de ellas llevó al hombre al baño de hombres para ponerlo a salvo.

La Policía arrestó a Palmer acusada de agresión agravada, agresión agravada con un arma mortal por prejuicio y alteración del orden público.

En el informe, los agentes indicaron que “intentaron hablar con Palmer; sin embargo, sus declaraciones eran inconsistentes y no estaban relacionadas con las circunstancias. Continuamente hablaba de una mujer desconocida que quería atacarla”.

Los registros en línea muestran que, hasta la mañana del lunes, Palmer permanecía detenida en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight con una fianza pendiente de ser fijada.

Los registros de la cárcel en línea muestran que Samantha Angelina Feliz fue ingresada el domingo en la cárcel principal del condado Broward, acusada de homicidio agravado de un menor, alteración o fabricación de evidencia física, no reportar una muerte, proporcionar información falsa sobre un menor desaparecido y obstruir una investigación criminal al proporcionar información falsa a las autoridades sobre una persona desaparecida.

En una orden de arresto, la Policía presentó un caso basado en evidencia circunstancial contra Feliz y Alejandro Leon Jr. Indicó que el cuerpo de su hija, identificada como “Angelina” y aún desaparecida, no ha sido encontrado, pero que existen indicios, incluida evidencia de ADN en manchas de sangre, que apuntan a su muerte.

La Policía de Rockingham, Carolina del Norte, arrestó a Leon, de 21 años, y a Feliz el 22 de julio.

Las autoridades informaron que la investigación comenzó después de que un familiar contactó al Departamento de Policía de Hollywood en julio de 2025 para reportar que no había visto a la menor desde febrero de ese año y que la pareja había hecho declaraciones inquietantes asegurando que Angelina “era parte de una estafa y negaban haber tenido un bebé”.

Un familiar que se reunió con Feliz en un parque de Hollywood en marzo de 2025 dijo a los investigadores que, tras preguntarle por Angelina, ella respondió: “¿Qué bebé? No hay ningún bebé”.

“Desde entonces, Feliz ha afirmado que nunca hubo un bebé, que el bebé era un engaño y que estaba estafando a todos para obtener dinero”, señala la orden de arresto del Departamento de Policía de Hollywood.

Sin embargo, la Policía indicó que la pareja hacía referencia a la niña en mensajes de texto anteriores y que se habían tomado fotografías de Feliz visiblemente embarazada. Además, las autoridades informaron que ambos tomaron fotos y videos con Angelina después de su nacimiento, el cual se cree ocurrió en casa y sin que se emitiera un certificado de nacimiento.

Las autoridades señalaron que la última fotografía de Angelina fue tomada el 5 de enero de 2025. Según la orden, la bebé lucía “visiblemente enferma y desnutrida”.

“En esta última fotografía, la víctima no muestra signos de vida”, indicó la Policía sobre la imagen.

En un momento dado, agentes del Departamento de Policía de Lantana, en el condado Palm Beach, localizaron e interrogaron a la pareja, y ambos sostuvieron que “Feliz nunca estuvo embarazada y nunca dio a luz a un bebé”, según la orden.

“También afirmaron que la historia fue inventada con la esperanza de que sus familias sintieran lástima por ellos y les dieran dinero”, escribió la detective del Departamento de Policía de Hollywood, Nancie Toler. “Durante la entrevista, Feliz indicó que existían numerosos mensajes de texto entre ella, Leon y familiares hablando del embarazo y de cómo había inventado la historia”.

La Policía indicó que Feliz afirmó haber estado “usando una barriga postiza de embarazo para aparentar que estaba embarazada” como parte de la supuesta “estafa”.

“Además, durante dichas entrevistas, tanto Feliz como Leon dijeron que las autoridades nunca encontrarían un “registro” de ningún bebé”, escribió Toler. “Feliz además insinuó que el bebé pertenecía a una adicta al crack y que ellos solo la estaban cuidando”.

Las autoridades informaron que un registro en una unidad de almacenamiento en Hollywood, donde se cree que la pareja vivió en algún momento, reveló “ropa de bebé, una prueba de embarazo positiva Clearblue Easy, una pistola semiautomática negra, lo que parece ser una toalla con manchas de sangre, tres cuadernos con anotaciones sobre una revelación de género y un baby shower, además de múltiples dispositivos electrónicos”.

Los resultados del laboratorio criminalístico “indicaron la presencia de sangre en la ropa del bebé y en las toallas”, y las pruebas de ADN demostraron que “provenía de un hijo biológico de Leon y Feliz”, según la orden.

En la orden, Toler escribió que desde el reporte inicial las autoridades han intentado sin éxito localizar a Feliz y Leon.

“Además, durante el curso de esta investigación, las autoridades han intentado localizar los restos de la víctima utilizando perros especializados en detección de cadáveres en las residencias anteriores de Leon y Feliz; sin embargo, todas las búsquedas arrojaron resultados negativos”, escribió la detective.

Leon fue extraditado al condado Broward el 26 de julio y, hasta el lunes, permanecía detenido en la cárcel principal del condado Broward sin derecho a fianza.

Se espera que Feliz comparezca este lunes ante un tribunal de fianzas del condado Broward.

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North Miami Beach police said the attack happened at around 2:40 p.m. Sunday at the Target at 14075 Biscayne Blvd. and was motivated by hatred.

An arrest report states that Chyvonne Juanita Palmer, 43, of North Miami, “suddenly stood up” and approached the man, who was wearing a yarmulke and sitting on the opposite side of the Starbucks seating area, “and began screaming and yelling at him.”

Police said Palmer hit him twice with a cellphone and returned to her seat. But they said she got back up again and, this time, wielded a metal chair as she went back to the victim.

“She had like a black cellphone, like almost like half a brick,” the victim told Local 10 News.

According to the report, a witness told officers that Palmer tried to strike the victim and “repeatedly shouted ‘I hate them.’”

“I wasn’t looking for problems,” the victim said. “Didn’t interact with her before. (It) was completely unprovoked.”

The witness, along with another woman, intervened to stop the would-be chair beating, police said, with one of them ushering the victim into the men’s bathroom to safety.

Police took Palmer into custody on charges of aggravated battery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon with prejudice and disorderly conduct.

In the report, they said that “officers attempted to speak to Palmer; however, her statements were inconsistent and unrelated to the circumstances. She continually talked about an unknown female wanting to attack.”

Online records show that Palmer was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center with a bond listed as “to be set” as of Monday morning.

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The victim’s mother, Luisa, said her daughter is still injured. She suffered a concussion, bruising, and she still has a chipped tooth from the attack, which was caught on camera.

“Every time I watch it, like, I cannot believe that they they did this to my daughter,” she said. “I mean, why?”

Miami police said Daniel Ramirez, 47, of Lubbock, Texas, attacked the server about 30 minutes after she told him he couldn’t snack on drink garnishes in an employee-only area.

“It has been very, very hard,” Luisa said. “This is something that you would never expect any mom to go through. She was just doing her job. She was like not being disrespectful to the customer.”

Ramirez was taken into custody by the Miami Police Department Friday morning at a Royal Caribbean terminal at PortMiami after returning from a cruise. He’s facing a felony battery charge.

After bonding out of jail over the weekend, Ramirez claimed the two merely “ran into each other” by “accident.”

“Why are you lying? Why did you do this to my daughter?,” Luisa asked.

A judge ordered Ramirez to stay away from the victim. He told Local 10 News that he’s returning home to Texas.

“I can’t wait for him to come back to court and for the judge to to do the right thing and to find justice,” Luisa said.

Luisa has set up a GoFundMe page to help pay for her daughter’s medical expenses.

La madre de la víctima, Luisa, dijo que su hija continúa lesionada. Sufrió una conmoción cerebral, hematomas y todavía tiene un diente astillado por el ataque, que fue captado en cámara.

“Cada vez que lo veo, no puedo creer que le hayan hecho esto a mi hija”, dijo. “O sea, ¿por qué?”

La Policía de Miami dijo que Daniel Ramirez, de 47 años y residente de Lubbock, Texas, atacó a la mesera aproximadamente 30 minutos después de que ella le dijo que no podía comer las guarniciones de las bebidas en un área exclusiva para empleados.

“Ha sido muy, muy difícil”, dijo Luisa. “Esto es algo que ninguna madre esperaría vivir. Ella solo estaba haciendo su trabajo. No le estaba faltando el respeto al cliente”.

Ramirez fue puesto bajo custodia por el Departamento de Policía de Miami la mañana del viernes en una terminal de Royal Caribbean en PortMiami, después de regresar de un crucero. Enfrenta un cargo grave de agresión.

Después de salir de la cárcel bajo fianza durante el fin de semana, Ramirez afirmó que ambos simplemente “chocaron entre sí” por “accidente”.

“¿Por qué estás mintiendo? ¿Por qué le hiciste esto a mi hija?”, preguntó Luisa.

Un juez ordenó a Ramirez mantenerse alejado de la víctima. Él dijo a Local 10 News que regresará a su casa en Texas.

“No puedo esperar a que regrese a la corte y a que el juez haga lo correcto y se haga justicia”, dijo Luisa.

Luisa creó una página en GoFundMe para ayudar a pagar los gastos médicos de su hija.

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The storm tore through a carport in the area of Northwest 26th Avenue and 156th Street.

Neighbors also reported damage to fences and snapped trees.

In one case, a resident’s window was smashed through with flying debris.

There were no immediate reports of any injuries.

La tormenta atravesó un cobertizo para autos en el área de Northwest 26th Avenue y 156th Street.

Los vecinos también reportaron daños en cercas y árboles quebrados.

En un caso, la ventana de un residente fue destrozada por escombros que salían volando.

No hubo reportes inmediatos de personas heridas.

At the start of the new year, Berg will take over for Don Garber, who has served as the league’s commissioner since 1999.

The 60-year-old Berg, who will divest his ownership interest in LAFC, will be officially introduced on Tuesday at MLS headquarters in New York.

“I’m honored to lead Major League Soccer into its next era,” Berg said in a statement. “Thanks to the vision and commitment of so many people, Major League Soccer has achieved tremendous success, but I believe our greatest opportunities are still ahead. We have an extraordinary opportunity to strengthen the quality of our competition, develop more world-class players, deepen our connection with supporters, and continue elevating Major League Soccer’s place in the global game.

“Together with our owners, clubs, players, partners, supporters, and league staff, I could not be more excited for what comes next.”

Garber will remain MLS commissioner through the end of the 2026 season before taking over as chairman of the league. MLS has grown tremendously during Garber’s tenure, and hopes to capitalize on the momentum of the 2026 World Cup.

“Having worked closely with Larry over the past decade, I’ve seen firsthand the qualities that make him an exceptional leader, and I have complete confidence he is the right person to serve as Major League Soccer’s next commissioner,” Garber said in a statement. “His integrity, judgment, collaborative leadership, and unwavering commitment to building LAFC and the league have made him an invaluable partner. I look forward to working alongside Larry during this transition and supporting him as he leads MLS into its next chapter.”

Berg previously held ownership stakes in Serie A club AS Roma, as well as Swansea City AFC in Wales. Under Berg’s ownership, LAFC won the MLS Cup in 2022, and the Supporters’ Shield in 2019.

Before he came to MLS, Garber was head of NFL International. In 1999, NFL team owners Lamar Hunt and Robert Kraft approached Garber and asked if he might be interested in serving as commissioner of the league, which was launched in 1996.

At the time Garber took over, the league was in trouble. By 2001 MLS appeared on the verge of folding, but Garber steered the league out of the crisis.

Under his watch, the league has expanded from 12 to 30 teams with the addition of San Diego FC in 2025. He introduced the league’s marketing arm, Soccer United Marketing, encouraged the construction of soccer-specific stadiums and spurred the growth of an academy system to develop players in the United States.

Five clubs, Inter Miami, home of superstar Lionel Messi, LAFC, the LA Galaxy, Atlanta United and NYCFC are valued at over $1 billion, according to Forbes.

At the start, Berk will help guide the league as it shifts to a new calendar, with the season running from on a summer to spring schedule to more align with its international counterparts. Currently the league plays a late winter to late fall schedule.

Following the conclusion of the current season, MLS will play a shortened 14-game “sprint season” in early 2027 before the league switches to its new schedule, kicking off in July with the league championship to be played in May 2028.

Last week in an interview with The Associated Press, Garber said it in was important for his successor to share the collective vision for the league.

“The next commissioner, I hope and expect, is going to believe in the future opportunity for our league and our clubs, and what role we can play domestically and internationally to grow the game and be responsible stewards for the game, and drive value for every stakeholder, every group that cares about their local club,” Garber said.

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A 2014 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan Seaplane operated by Fort Lauderdale-based Tropic Ocean Airways also collided with a dock at about 10 a.m. near a resort in North Bimini.

“We heard some panicking people waving, and then we saw the seaplane drifting,” Pavlakis, 30, told WPBF.

Pavlakis, of Palm Beach County, is the general manager of Jupiter-based Marine Max, a boat retail chain for yachting, fishing, and leisure craft.

“I grabbed the four closest guys I had to me, a couple of locals, a couple of people in our group,” Pavlakis said, adding that a captain on a dinghy also helped.

The group managed to evacuate the seaplane owned by Texas-based FloatSix Leasing before it sank in deep water. The Royal Bahamas Police Force responded.

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Online jail records show that Samantha Angelina Feliz was booked into the Broward County Main Jail Sunday on charges of aggravated manslaughter of a child, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, failing to report a death, reporting false information concerning a missing child and obstructing a criminal investigation by providing false information to law enforcement about a missing person.

In an arrest warrant, police made a circumstantial case against Feliz and Alejandro Leon Jr. They said the body of their still-missing baby girl, identified as “Angelina,” has still not yet been found, but signs ― including DNA blood evidence ― point to her death.

Police in Rockingham, North Carolina took Leon, 21, and Feliz into custody on July 22.

Authorities said the investigation began after a relative contacted the Hollywood Police Department in July 2025 to report that he hadn’t seen the child since that February and said the couple made unsettling statements that Angelina “was part of a scam and denied ever having a baby.”

A relative who met with Feliz at a Hollywood park in March 2025 told investigators that after asking Feliz about Angelina, she replied, “What baby? There is no baby.”

“Since that time, Feliz has claimed that there never was a baby, that the baby was a hoax and that she was scamming everyone for money,” the HPD arrest warrant stated.

But police said the couple referenced the girl in prior text messages and had taken photos of Feliz visibly pregnant. Additionally, police said they took photos and videos with Angelina after her birth, which was believed to have been at home with no birth certificate issued.

Authorities said the last photo of Angelina was taken on Jan. 5, 2025. The baby looked “visibly ill and malnourished,” the warrant stated.

“In this final photo, the victim is showing no signs of life,” police said of the image.

At one point, officers with the Lantana Police Department in Palm Beach County located and interviewed the couple and both maintained that “Feliz was never pregnant and had never given birth to a baby,” the warrant stated.

“They further claimed that the story was fabricated in hopes that their families would feel sorry for them and give them money,” HPD Detective Nancie Toler wrote. “During the interview, Feliz indicated that there were numerous text messages between her, Leon, and family members discussing the pregnancy and how she made the story up.”

Police said Feliz claimed to have been “wearing a pregnant belly cast making her look pregnant” as part of the claimed “scam.”

“Moreover, during said interviews both Feliz and Leon advised that law enforcement would never find a ‘record’ of any baby,” Toler wrote. “Feliz further eluded (sic) to the fact that the (baby) had belonged to a crack addict and they were only watching (her).”

Authorities said a search of a storage unit in Hollywood ― where the couple is believed to have been living at one point ― revealed “baby clothing, a positive Clearblue Easy pregnancy test, black semi auto handgun, what appears to be a blood-stained towel, three notebooks containing verbiage of a gender reveal and victim shower, and multiple electronic devices.”

Crime lab results “indicated the presence of blood on the baby clothing and towels” and DNA testing showed it “was from a biological child of Leon and Feliz,” the warrant stated.

In the warrant, Toler wrote that since the initial report, law enforcement has tried and failed to contact Feliz and Leon.

“Moreover, during the course of this investigation, law enforcement has attempted to locate the victim’s remains utilizing cadaver dogs at Leon and Feliz’s prior residences however, each search yielded negative results,” the detective wrote.

Leon was extradited to Broward County on July 26 and, as of Monday, is being held at the Broward County Main Jail without bond.

Feliz appeared in bond court Monday and was also ordered held without bond.

La revisión, que tendría el propósito de encontrar fallas y ver el estado real de los equipos de la central hidroeléctrica, se realizó el domingo, indicó el diplomático en la cuenta de la embajada en X. La inspección se realizó en coordinación con las autoridades venezolanas, incluida la estatal Corporación Eléctrica (Corpoelec).

El equipo técnico “realizó un diagnóstico técnico que contribuirá a definir una ruta para la modernización del Sistema Eléctrico Nacional. Este trabajo apoya la recuperación económica de Venezuela en el marco del plan de tres fases” del presidente Donald Trump y del secretario de Estado, Marco Rubio, añadió el escrito.

Después que una operación militar de fuerzas estadounidenses depuso y capturó el pasado 3 de enero al entonces presidente Nicolás Maduro, Washington se ha propuesto una hoja de ruta de “tres fases”, que incluye la estabilización, recuperación y transición democrática de Venezuela.

En respuesta a las reformas legales que ha impulsado la presidenta encargada de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, luego de la salida de Maduro del poder, particularmente en el sector de los hidrocarburos, el Departamento del Tesoro de Estados Unidos comenzó a flexibilizar las sanciones contra Venezuela y amplió la capacidad de las compañías energéticas estadounidenses y de otros países para operar en el país.

Las reformas legales han reducido drásticamente el rígido control estatal sobre el sector energético vigente en las últimas dos décadas y lo abrieron ampliamente a la inversión extranjera.

A mediados de junio, el gobierno de Rodríguez suscribió un acuerdo con el conglomerado estadounidense General Electric como parte de un esfuerzo para mejorar el servicio eléctrico del país, azotado por frecuentes apagones.

La mandataria ha dicho que con los trabajos de General Electric se espera recuperar en los primeros 24 meses 1.000 megavatios y más de 5.000 megavatios en cuatro años. Se estima que en Venezuela el déficit es de 3.000 megavatios.

Los críticos del gobierno venezolano repetidamente señalan que las fallas que se registran casi a diario en todo el territorio venezolano, en la mayoría de los casos son consecuencia de una incapaz administración que se traduce en la falta de mantenimiento del sistema eléctrico nacional y problemas en la capacidad de generación.

Las instalaciones eléctricas acusan deterioro, particularmente las centrales termoeléctricas que otrora conformaban el sistema de respaldo en temporadas de sequía o en caso de una avería en la hidroeléctrica de Gurí.

Speaking at an unrelated Oval Office event, Trump ducked questions about whether he'd fire Pirro, a former Fox News host and longtime ally he handpicked as top federal prosecutor in the nation's capital. But the president kept up his drumbeat of sharp criticism, saying he remained disappointed by her assessment that damage to the Reflecting Pool was the result of shoddy construction, not vandalism.

“Frankly, I think she choked because the judge was really vicious. Instead of going after the people that did it, the judge went after her and went after her department, and I guess she choked,” Trump said in response to a reporter's question after he signed an executive order for military spouses. “I don’t know what the hell happened.”

The move to dismiss charges against David Hearn was an embarrassing setback for the Justice Department and marked a rare moment during Trump’s second term of an aide or political appointee openly defying him.

After initially posting on social media over the weekend, “I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro,” Trump was still fuming two days later, insisting for several minutes that vandalism had marred the troubled project.

“I was disappointed with Jeanine Pirro, really disappointed,” the president said Monday. “She folded like an umbrella.”

Pirro seen later at the White House

Though she has not commented publicly since Trump's initial social media post criticizing her, Pirro was spotted walking into the White House on Monday evening. Also spotted was Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, who has been outspoken in defending the president's suggestions that vandalism was to blame.

Hearn has said he was on a bike ride June 19 when he reached in to examine the pool’s newly peeled coating and briefly touched a chunk attached to the side of the pool. But he said he obeyed a park worker who told him to let go of it.

Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy said of Pirro, “All I know is, you better not go before a federal judge and make allegations you can’t back up.”

A lawyer who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Kennedy added, “They are very serious about it.”

“I think he’s going to sue” or file for compensation under the Federal Tort Claims Act, Kennedy said of Hearn. “I mean, I would.”

Trump denies knowing the contractor, contradicting his own past comments

Meanwhile, charges also have been dropped against three other people charged in the same D.C. court with misdemeanors for allegedly removing pieces of paint from the Reflecting Pool, according to online court records.

Justin Carreno, Cameron Thiers and Sophie Dennison-Gibby all pleaded not guilty during their initial court appearances last month. They had been accused of destruction of property with a value less than $1,000.

The president further used his Monday comments to distance himself from the troubled project, which he had touted as part of his overarching efforts to spruce up the nation's capital.

Trump said in April that he had consulted with a trio of firms that had worked on swimming pools at his properties and that the one he picked for the Reflecting Pool project had done work at his golf course in Northern Virginia. That firm was Virginia-based Atlantic Industrial Coatings, which was awarded a $14.7 million no-bid contract to repaint and waterproof its concrete floor.

“I have a guy who’s unbelievable at doing swimming pools,” Trump said then. “He looked at it. He called me up. He said, ‘Sir, we can do something on it.’”

But the president insisted Monday that “I didn’t know the contractor” and for the first time hinted that he wasn't pleased by the work that was done to get the Reflecting Pool ready in time for Independence Day celebrations.

“I’m not saying I was 100% thrilled with the contractor, but the contractor was rushing. We wanted to get it open for July 4th,” he said.

Crews drained the Reflecting Pool weeks ago to launch a new round of repairs. The White House hasn't said when those might be finished or how much more they will cost, but the Trump administration did not seek new bids from other companies on the new round of repair work.

Trump also said Monday that the Reflecting Pool would be “fixed” and reopened in the next week and a half to two weeks — without providing further details.

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Associated Press writers Matthew Daly and Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.

The order signed by Sotomayor comes after the high court ruled last year in favor of the victims and their families.

The Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority said in court documents that paying the hefty judgment now could destabilize government services in the West Bank. They asked the justices to pause payment as they appeal the reinstatement of the verdict.

The lawsuit was filed by victims of attacks in Jerusalem in the early 2000s that killed 33 people and wounded hundreds more. Families brought their lawsuit under the Anti-Terrorism Act, a law aimed at opening U.S. courts to victims of international terror attacks.

A federal court in New York tossed the original verdict on appeal and continued to rule in favor of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority as Congress revised the law to allow suits to go forward. The Supreme Court revived two cases in 2025.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to reinstate the verdict in March. Attorneys for the plaintiffs said at the time that the families were pleased and relieved by the decision, saying it would allow “justice to be done” after a long legal process.

“Las resoluciones de autoridades jurisdiccionales son una obligación ineludible para todas las instituciones encargadas de hacer cumplir la ley…la aprehensión del señor Evo Morales constituye una tarea prioritaria para el gobierno…ninguna persona se encuentra por encima de la ley”, dijo el Ministerio de Gobierno en un comunicado.

El general Mirko Sokol, jefe de la policía, había dejado en segundo plano la aprehensión de Morales en una entrevista con una televisora privada señalando que la policía tiene “18.000 órdenes pendientes”, lo que le valió las críticas de políticos del oficialismo y la oposición.

El presidente Rodrigo Paz prometió la semana pasada que “Morales va a estar ante la justicia porque tiene que responder”.

El exmandatario vive atrincherado en su feudo cocalero del Chapare en el centro de Bolivia resistiendo una orden de arresto desde fines de 2024 y ha sido declarado en rebeldía por un tribunal al no presentarse en mayo a la apertura del juicio oral por supuesto delito de trata agravada de personas en relación con la menor. La semana pasada sumó una segunda orden de detención tras ser señalado como responsable de las duras protestas de 53 días que paralizaron el país entre mayo y junio.

Las autoridades han calificado como una operación de alto riesgo la detención del expresidente y líder cocalero que se encuentra protegido por un cerco permanente de sus seguidores, muchos de los cuales han declarado que lo defenderán con sus vidas.

Sokol se ha visto envuelto en polémicas públicas en los últimos días tras filtrarse un audio en que supuestamente se le escucha decir que un grupo de coroneles habría reunido dinero para comprar su cargo y sacarlo de la institución.

A su vez, Morales se involucra habitualmente en la confrontación política con polémicas declaraciones desde la radio de los cocaleros. Hace unos días publicó un video en el que se lo ve charlar con policías cuando cruza un puesto de control en el Chapare.

El domingo dijo que hubiera sido un próspero empresario si no hubiera incursionado en política y tildó de “oportunistas” a sus exministros porque ya no le llaman. Antes aseguró que no se escapará y tilda como un montaje las acusaciones en su contra.

The president on Monday said that new talks between Washington and Tehran are the “last chance” for Iran to forge a deal and avoid an escalation of U.S. strikes on the country.

Trump, speaking at the Oval Office, said he expects negotiations will focus on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and create a pathway for Iran to address the United States’ concerns about its nuclear program. He told reporters they would likely learn about the status of the negotiations “today or tomorrow.”

“The first phase is the opening of the straits. The second phase will be the denuclearization,” the Republican president said. “And that will take a little while.”

While Trump has reveled in the U.S. military decimating layers of Tehran’s leadership and devastating its air force and navy, Iran is betting it can outlast Trump as he faces diminished stockpiles of munitions and the difficulty of executing a war that’s unpopular with the American electorate ahead of November’s midterm election.

Trump said he decided to hold off on ordering American forces to carry out new massive strikes against Iran at the urging of Gulf allies Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

He said a plan was in place for U.S. forces to carry out “the biggest attack since World War II” on Sunday. But he decided to scrap the plan and give diplomacy more time to play out after hearing from key Gulf leaders — including Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — as well as at the request of unnamed Iranian officials.

But Trump reiterated that he’s running out of patience with Iran.

“This the last chance for them to sign a good document,” Trump said.

Earlier Monday, Trump had criticized Iran on social media as being “unbelievably duplicitous.”

His ire was raised by Iran claiming that its meetings with Oman on Monday were focused solely on establishing a temporary route for safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway for the global oil trade.

“They ask for a meeting, some would say ‘beg,’ talks begin, with more scheduled in the immediate future, and they say, openly and proudly, that they’re not having any discussions, that nothing is being talked about, and they’re only dealing with Oman,” Trump grumbled.

Trump said whether “Iran wants to admit it or not, we are, in fact, talking” about preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

Trump has threatened to escalate attacks on Iran only to edge away from his threats several times since the start of U.S. and Israel strikes on Feb. 28.

Asked by a reporter how Americans view him repeatedly making grim threats on Tehran before backing away, Trump responded that he’s showing patience out of a consideration for Iranian life.

“I want to give them every last chance before decapitation,” Trump said. He added, “Hopefully, they’ll come to their senses.”

Critics see Trump reaching for a reset button as a pattern

Trump may still come to the conclusion that a massive escalation in the conflict with Iran is necessary.

But critics say his hesitation also might reflect an unspoken understanding inside the administration that U.S. military might alone may not be enough to compel Iran to back down and bring an end to a now monthslong war that Trump had earlier downplayed as a weekslong excursion.

“I think what we’re seeing here is a president who has an approach that’s just rather erratic,” said Sen. Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, on CBS News’ “Face the Nation.” “At this point, he’s trying to get us back to February. And I think if he could — if he had a big reset button he could hit — he would certainly take that option.”

There have been several moments over the course of the conflict when Trump has demonstrated his proclivity for the bellicose only to back off at the last minute, while declaring his threats spurred progress:

— In early April, the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in an announcement that came less than two hours before a deadline Trump had set for Tehran to capitulate or face attacks on bridges and power plants — strikes he said would mean “a whole civilization will die.”

— After days of dire threats against Iran, Trump announced on May 18 he was holding off on a major planned military strike because “serious negotiations” were underway, crediting Gulf allies for persuading him to show restraint.

— Then in June, Trump threatened on social media to hit Iran “VERY HARD” and seize Iran’s energy base on Kharg Island to “assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets,” only to call off the strikes in another post after claiming that peace negotiations had progressed with high-level Iranian leaders.

Call with Saudi crown prince affected Trump’s decision

With this latest episode, Trump suggested that the Saudi crown prince played a particularly important role in him turning away from escalating the fight.

The U.S. president spoke by phone with the de facto leader of the kingdom on Saturday before announcing he was halting planned strikes.

The crown prince conveyed that an escalation in fighting could have a severe impact on the global economy if Tehran responded to a new U.S. bombardment by targeting some of the United States’ Gulf allies, according to a person briefed on the call who was not authorized to comment publicly and insisted on anonymity.

Saudi officials, the person added, have underscored in their engagements with the Trump administration that the kingdom is in a good position to defend itself against further potential Iranian strikes — as are fellow energy titans Qatar and the United Arab Emirates — but that Kuwait could be more vulnerable to attacks by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq.

As Trump threatens escalation, Republicans face tough polling

Trump has insisted that November’s midterm elections aren’t shaping his approach to the conflict, which has spurred unease across the global economy.

But it’s certainly on the minds of his fellow Republicans.

About two-thirds of U.S. adults say the war with Iran has not been worthwhile, according to polling from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research published last week. That includes the vast majority of Democrats and independents, as well as about 37% of Republicans.

One of Trump’s most outspoken allies on Capitol Hill suggested on Sunday the administration needs to modulate its approach on Iran.

Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the debate in Washington has lost perspective on the devastation the U.S. military has inflicted on Iran since the start of the war.

Still, the Republican lawmaker acknowledged that further escalating the conflict could lead to another surge in already elevated energy prices and “a lot of inflation for the American people.”

Kennedy made the case that tightening sanctions and targeting Iran’s nuclear program — rather than escalating the conflict — might be the best bet for the moment.

“They’re all hellish choices,” Kennedy said. “But for the moment I’d maintain the status quo.”

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The United States last month imposed double-digit tariffs on 59 countries and the European Union, charging that they had not done enough to crack down on imports produced by forced labor. The new tariffs took effect just as the clock ran out on temporary tariffs President Donald Trump had turned to after the Supreme Court defeat.

“After losing at the Supreme Court, the administration is once again trying to illegally raise taxes on families and businesses with a new round of tariffs,” said New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Joining New York in the lawsuit announced Monday are Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.

Trump, who argues that high tariffs will revive American manufacturing, last year overturned decades of U.S. policy that favored lower tariffs and ever-freer trade. Invoking the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, he imposed double-digit tariffs on imports from almost every country, saying America’s longstanding trade deficit amounted to a national emergency.

But the Supreme Court ruled that IEEPA did not authorize tariffs. The decision forced the administration to send refunds to importers who’d paid the tariffs. Eager to make up the lost revenue, Trump turned to temporary 10% worldwide tariffs. But they expired at midnight July 24.

Now he’s tapping more durable tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, which permits the president to impose import taxes and other sanctions against countries found to engage in unfair trade practices. Trump used Section 301 to impose big tariffs on China in his first term, and they survived court challenges.

The administration invoked Section 301 to impose the forced-labor tariffs, which range from 10% to 12.5% and hit countries that provide 99% of American imports.

“The United States is using its lawful authority to obtain the elimination of unreasonable acts, policies, and practices that burden U.S. commerce,” White House spokesman Kush Desai said. “A foreign country’s failure to impose and effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced labor is unreasonable and burdens U.S. commerce, including American workers, and must be addressed. Section 301 tariffs have proven to be a legally durable tool since the President’s first term, and they remain so now.”

The states’ lawsuit follows two other lawsuits filed in The Court of International Trade in July by small businesses that also challenged the 301 tariffs.

Both of those lawsuits argue that the government didn’t adequately establish its case against each specific economy or spell how the tariffs will eliminate the specified practice they are being levied for, as required by Section 301.

Barry Appleton, a law professor and co-director of New York Law School’s Center for International Law, said the challenges stem from the fact that the 301 tariffs are the third time the administration has tried to impose similar worldwide tariffs under different statutes, and their “nearly copy-pasted” nature could pose a challenge to defend in court.

However, he said while the statutes that the administration implemented tariffs under previously were novelties and hadn’t been used before for that purpose, Section 301 has been used before.

During Trump ’s first term, he cited Section 301 to impose tariffs on Chinese imports, which survived legal challenges.

“Presidents have used it for decades, and Congress built it with real guardrails: investigation, consultation, a public record,” Appleton said. "The government’s defense won’t be ‘I had no power to do this.' It will be, 'I stayed inside the lines Congress drew.' That is a real fight, not a formality, and it is the one that will decide this case.”

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The brothers, longtime sport fishermen who live in Massachusetts, released a juvenile tiger shark in late July after catching it from a beach. The five-foot shark is far more common in warmer, southern waters such as the Caribbean Sea, and scientists said its appearance off Falmouth, Massachusetts, is an indicator of warming seas caused by climate change.

Nate and Nelson said the late-night catch was a thrill after hours of seeking far more common brown sharks.

“And I saw those horizontal lines, indicating it was a tiger shark, which was super cool,” said Nate, who is the social media manager for On The Water magazine. “Immediately I started yelling to my brother, ‘It’s a tiger, it's a tiger shark!' And he was in disbelief.”

The Rouette brothers caught a young specimen of a shark that can grow to more than 15 feet (4.6 meters) and 1,400 pounds (635 kilograms). Tiger sharks eat a wide array of other ocean life, including fish, crustaceans and birds, and are famous for sometimes eating man-made items such as old license plates and shoes that are later found in their stomachs. The adults are also more dangerous to humans than most shark species, though unprovoked fatal bites are rare.

Juvenile tiger sharks have been spotted more often in northern waters in recent years, said John Chisholm, adjunct scientist at the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life in Boston. Rising temperatures of global seas appear to have made the Atlantic Ocean off New England more hospitable to them, he said.

Young tiger sharks are historically less common than adults in northern waters, which makes the brothers' discovery even more surprising, Chisholm said.

“Maybe they are coming up here because conditions are right. There's food, there's warm waters,” he said. “Maybe it's becoming a nursery -- that's one of the issues that we will investigate.”

Tiger sharks are among many kinds of sea life that have been trending north in recent years as seas have warmed, and other sharks have done the same, scientists have said. Sightings of great whites off Cape Cod have been increasingly frequent, and the big sharks have also been seen off of New Hampshire and Maine. Scientists have attributed the shift in great white sightings to factors including a higher abundance of seals, which the great whites prey on.

Other sea animals, including black sea bass, appear to be moving north because of the warming of the ocean.

For the Rouette brothers, the encounter with a tiger shark provided a thrill they won't forget. Nate said the discovery was a reminder of that warming.

“People are definitely seeing more species that indicate that,” Nate said.

The 28-year-old Rutschman is hitting .251 with eight home runs and 47 RBIs this season. He earned an All-Star nod for the third time but is currently on the injured list with left wrist inflammation. He's also dealt with an ankle injury and a concussion this year.

The deal was announced about an hour before Monday's trade deadline. Baltimore also sent catcher Jake Rogers to the Red Sox. In return, the Orioles received minor league right-handers Anthony Eyanson and Kyson Witherspoon, minor league outfielder Enddy Azocar, catcher Carlos Narváez and a player to be named later. Eyanson, Witherspoon and Azocar were ranked among Boston's top five prospects by MLB Pipeline, with Eyanson in the top 50 in all of baseball.

In another move involving a former top 5 draft pick, Boston traded shortstop Marcelo Marcelo — the fourth overall pick in 2021 — to San Francisco for left-handed reliever Erik Miller. The Red Sox also dealt right-hander Tyler Uberstine to Atlanta for outfielder Eli White.

In Mayer’s case, it ends a short and injury-plagued run in Boston that saw the 23-year-old play in only 114 games over two seasons. His trade comes while he is currently on the injured list recuperating a stress reaction in his left forearm.

If he can return to the field soon, Rutschman is a significant addition for a Boston team that stormed back into the postseason picture with a 15-game winning streak last month. The Red Sox needed catching help, and their offense is also dealing with injuries to Triston Casas, Trevor Story, Roman Anthony and even the recently acquired Curtis Mead.

The Orioles drafted Rutschman with the No. 1 overall pick in 2019, but unlike Bobby Witt Jr., the second pick that year, he hasn't signed a long-term contract. Rutschman can become a free agent after next season.

Trading him to an AL East rival is a bitter pill for some Baltimore fans. In many ways, he represented both the success and failure of the past few years for the Orioles. He made his debut in 2022 and the team took off, finishing with a winning record that year and then storming to a 101-win campaign in 2023.

Baltimore made the playoffs in 2024, but Rutschman slumped down the stretch and was unable to rebound in 2025, when the Orioles collapsed to a last-place finish. He's been better this year but has played in only 67 games. Baltimore is 54-58 and entered Monday 2 1/2 games behind the final playoff spot in the American League.

Samuel Basallo, who has 16 homers this season, now becomes Baltimore's clear No. 1 catcher. However, the 21-year-old Basallo is currently on the injured list as well.

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The state case against Vance Boelter had been on hold pending resolution of the federal case.

Monday's procedural state court hearing came less than two weeks after Boelter's sentencing in federal court. He pleaded guilty to the federal charges related to the killing of former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, as well as critically wounding state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette.

Boelter, 59, agreed to plead guilty to the federal charges in June, almost a year after the Minneapolis-area attacks, so federal prosecutors would not seek the death penalty.

Boelter told the judge at Monday's hearing that over a span of eight years he had met with Minnesota elected officials in Washington, D.C., including U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported.

“Does this court have the authority to bring her in to testify?” Boelter asked Hennepin County Judge Juan Hoyos. “Or is she above the law?”

Boelter also told the judge that his rights had been violated during the 14 months he has been in federal custody, the Star Tribune reported. The judge told Boelter that any arguments he wants to make about his case could be made at future hearings by his attorney.

If convicted of the state charges, Boelter could face mandatory life in prison without the possibility of parole. Minnesota abolished capital punishment in 1911 and has never had a federal death penalty case.

In state court, Boelter faces two counts of murder for killing the Hortmans, four counts of attempted murder, impersonating a police officer and animal cruelty. The Hortman family’s golden retriever was gravely injured in the shootings and had to be euthanized.

Hoffman and his family also filed a personal injury lawsuit against Boelter in April.

Boelter's next state court appearance is set for Sept. 2.

The Padres (58-54) have won eight of nine to move one game back of the final NL wild-card playoff position, and this latest surge in their up-and-down season prompted general manager A.J. Preller to trade yet another chunk of his severely depleted farm system for another chance to win now.

San Diego gave up right-hander Miguel Mendez and 17-year-old shortstop Joniel Hernandez for the 34-year-old Ray, a former Cy Young Award winner who will be an unrestricted free agent this winter.

The Padres, who desperately needed a veteran starter for a rotation with the majors' fourth-highest ERA, also got cash considerations to pay part of Ray's $25 million salary.

Ray is 10-6 with a 3.08 ERA and 107 strikeouts in 122 2/3 innings this season, his third with San Francisco. He has been largely outstanding over the past two months, posting a 1.65 ERA since the start of June while allowing one earned run or fewer in nine of his past 11 starts.

Ray is the only starting pitcher to beat the Padres in the past 10 days, throwing six innings of four-hit ball at Petco Park in the Giants' 4-1 win last Thursday. Ray has won seven consecutive decisions.

Ray made his name and earned his first All-Star selection while pitching for Arizona from 2015-20. The Padres visit the Diamondbacks starting Monday night for a key four-game series between NL West rivals separated by one game in the wild-card standings.

Ray won his Cy Young with Toronto in 2021. He had Tommy John surgery in early 2023 while with Seattle, but he has returned to be a dependable starter for the Giants, earning another All-Star nod last season.

The Padres' recent success has been driven by an offense that has awoken from its first-half slumber, but their starting rotation is perilously thin due to injuries.

San Diego's only regular starting pitchers are Michael King and Walker Buehler, forcing the team to throw three bullpen games per rotation turn with Griffin Canning, Randy Vasquez and German Marquez anchoring the outings. Even after a surprisingly strong start to the season, San Diego's rotation has posted an ugly 4.66 ERA this year.

Opening Day starter Nick Pivetta has been out since April with a right elbow injury, but he is on track to return in late August. Earl season acquisition Lucas Giolito has been out since late June with elbow soreness, while veteran Joe Musgrove has not pitched this season after undergoing Tommy John surgery in October 2024. Right-hander Yu Darvish is also out for the season.

The rotation woes contributed to a midseason slide that had the Padres looking like likely deadline sellers, with hard-selling closer Mason Miller possibly on the block. Ray's acquisitioned signaled that Preller is back in buyer mode.

Mendez and Hernandez were considered to be two of the top 10 prospects remaining in Preller's system, which has been decimated by years of deadline deals to chase this franchise's first championship with a roster built around sluggers Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado.

The Padres have made the playoffs in four of the past six seasons, a first in franchise history, but have reached just one NL Championship Series.

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Pittsburgh, looking to end a decade-long playoff drought, sent 21-year-old shortstop prospect Sammy Stafura to the Mets in exchange for the 32-year-old Weaver.

The addition of Weaver signals an unusually aggressive financial push by the typically frugal Pirates. Weaver is in the first season of a $22 million, two-year contract.

The move comes with Pittsburgh's bid for a National League wild card flickering a bit following a 2-7 stretch in which the bullpen faltered repeatedly, most notably in an 8-7 loss to Cincinnati last Friday when a two-run lead in the eighth inning quickly evaporated.

The Pirates have blown 20 of 42 save opportunities this season and already released reliever Dennis Santana, who began the year splitting the closing duties with Gregory Soto.

Pittsburgh also added two more right-handed relievers — two-time All Star Kirby Yates of the Los Angeles Angels and Lake Bachar of the Miami Marlins — right before the deadline. Weaver, Yates and Bachar will join a bullpen that's undergone a significant makeover in the last week. The Pirates brought in former All-Star reliever Camilo Doval from the New York Yankees on Saturday. Doval allowed a run in one inning of work during his Pirates debut in a loss to Cincinnati on Sunday.

Weaver had been one of the few bright spots this season for the last-place Mets, going 2-1 with a 1.84 ERA and one save in 42 appearances. A converted starting pitcher, Weaver has been excellent since moving to the bullpen full-time in 2024 with the New York Yankees. He has a 13-8 record with a 2.90 ERA and 13 saves in 168 games with the Mets and Yankees over the last two-plus seasons.

Pittsburgh manager Don Kelly called Weaver's experience a plus for a young staff, most of whom are in a playoff race for the first time. Weaver excelled during the 2024 postseason with the Yankees, recording four saves and posting a 1.76 ERA while helping New York to the World Series.

“The demeanor and just the way he goes about things is something that has stood out to me from the other side, and how he stays poised and continues to attack the strike zone,” Kelly said. "He’s been really good against righties and has had success against left-handers as well.”

While the Pirates could use Weaver as a closer, he's more likely to see action in high-leverage situations before the ninth.

“I’m sure he’s going to close some games, and I’m sure that we’ll see him in the seventh and eighth,” Kelly said. "He’s going to pitch in big spots.”

Yates also has plenty of experience in significant moments. The 39-year-old led the National League with 41 saves in 2019 with San Diego and was an All-Star in 2024 for the Texas Rangers. He is 0-5 with a 3.95 ERA in 31 games this season with the Angels.

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AP freelance writer Rich Rovito in Milwaukee contributed to this report.

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Special teams coordinator Chris Tabor, tight end Ben Sims, cornerback Jason Marshall Jr. and EDGE Clelin Ferrell all met with reporters after practice.

Wide receiver Malik Washington continued one of the strongest training camps of his career, hauling in multiple receptions of more than 20 yards from quarterback Malik Willis, including catches after beating cornerbacks Chris Johnson and JuJu Brents in coverage.

With Tyreek Hill no longer on the roster after being released, Jaylen Waddle traded to the Denver Broncos and Nick Westbrook-Ikhine also released, Washington is competing for a significantly larger role in Miami’s offense.

Despite Washington playing like the team’s top wide receiver early in camp, Tabor said he has no concerns about Washington handling both receiving and return duties.

“I have no problem with it. I think the more times they can touch the football, the better, and I think everybody would agree with that,” Tabor said. “Obviously, we got to be real smart with it, but I’ve dealt with some good returners in the past, from (Devin) Hester, to (Josh) Cribbs, to (Cordarrelle) Patterson. Those guys were integral parts, but you want those players to have the ball in their hands, so to me, it’s another opportunity to get the ball in his hands.”

Tabor compared Washington’s traits to several of the NFL’s top return specialists.

“They all had something a little different. But they’re true pros, just as Malik (Washington) is,” he said. “He has a lot of those qualities of game-changing ability. I’m glad he’s on our team. I faced him enough to know the headaches that he brings, I’m glad I’m on his side.”

Tabor also dismissed the idea that certain offensive or defensive players shouldn’t contribute on special teams.

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“Oh yeah, and I think the stereotype – if I’m going to be honest, a guy that usually doesn’t play special teams, I think that’s just a stereotype,” Tabor added. “It’s all three phases, right? We’re going to get into it as you move along the season. It’s going to come down to a kick or covering a kick and those types of things, so those plays are important.”

Sims said head coach Jeff Hafley’s message has resonated throughout the locker room.

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“The first team meeting he talked about our three core values – trust, belief and toughness. I think that’s something I’ve always kind of centered myself on,” Sims said. “I think that’s what I also believe in. So when he preaches that, it’s pretty easy to buy into. There’s a lot of guys on this team that buy into that and love that. In a lot of ways, we’re trying to reinvent our culture here.”

The first padded practice also allowed the offense and defense to become more physical.

“Pads, no pads, it’s practice,” Sims said. “Pads, they add another element of the game, you have to play lower. It allows you to be more physical, be able to finish more blocks. It really kind of brings the game to life, one step further. Today is obviously the first day of pads. There’s probably a million things (on) offense, defense, special teams (that) we can work on, but I think today was a really good starting point for our team. It’s up from here.”

Marshall, entering his second NFL season, said an offseason without the distractions of the NFL Draft allowed him to focus entirely on improving his game.

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“I didn’t have to worry about anything, so just bettering my game on the offseason,” Marshall said. “Whether that comes to press man, off man, coming in here, getting stronger, I had so much time to do all of that.”

Marshall that he’s up for playing wherever his coaches and teammates need him.

“Honestly, I could be more aggressive, be more physical,” Marshall said. “In the slot you could be that too, but I’m able to get hands-on, disrupt timing, and like I said, that’s my natural position. So I’m very comfortable.”

Ferrell praised Hafley and defensive coordinator Sean Duggan for establishing a strong culture early in camp.

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“The standard that he sets is something that is really, really good to see from someone who’s a first-time head coach,” Ferrell said. “He’s someone who holds the standard. He holds himself to that as well. He knows how to be hard, but he also knows when to give a little on the team. It’s been nothing but good and positive so far. We’re just trying to keep building.”

When asked what he wants to improve entering his eighth NFL season, Ferrell pointed to consistency.

I asked veteran DE Clelin Ferrell what he wanted to improve most about his game as he heads into his 7th NFL season. pic.twitter.com/TwE7F7lIOc

— Ryan Mackey (@RyanMackeyWPLG) August 3, 2026

“Cutting it loose,” Ferrell said. “It’s not so much believing in myself. I believe in myself, but it’s really just putting it on tape and letting other dudes or teams know what it really means to will yourself to get better. It’s the mental game of competing at a very high level and trying to dominate every single play, so it’s the consistency over time for sure.”

Ferrell also said former Dolphins defensive lineman Christian Wilkins helped influence his decision to sign with Miami. According to Ferrell, Wilkins spoke highly of the organization and remains motivated to earn another opportunity in the NFL.

The Dolphins return to the practice field at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Baptist Health Training Complex.

El coordinador de equipos especiales Chris Tabor, el ala cerrada Ben Sims, el esquinero Jason Marshall Jr. y el ala defensiva Clelin Ferrell hablaron con los periodistas después de la práctica.

El receptor abierto Malik Washington continuó con uno de los mejores campamentos de entrenamiento de su carrera, al atrapar múltiples pases de más de 20 yardas del mariscal de campo Malik Willis, incluidas recepciones tras superar en cobertura a los esquineros Chris Johnson y JuJu Brents.

Con Tyreek Hill fuera del roster tras ser dejado en libertad, Jaylen Waddle traspasado a los Denver Broncos y Nick Westbrook-Ikhine también dejado en libertad, Washington compite por un papel mucho más importante en la ofensiva de Miami.

A pesar de que Washington ha jugado como el principal receptor del equipo al inicio del campamento, Tabor dijo que no le preocupa que pueda desempeñar tanto las funciones de receptor como las de regresador.

“No tengo ningún problema con eso. Creo que mientras más veces puedan tocar el balón, mejor, y pienso que todos estarían de acuerdo con eso”, dijo Tabor. “Obviamente, tenemos que ser muy inteligentes con eso, pero he trabajado con grandes regresadores en el pasado, desde (Devin) Hester, pasando por (Josh) Cribbs, hasta (Cordarrelle) Patterson. Esos jugadores eran piezas fundamentales, pero uno quiere que tengan el balón en sus manos, así que para mí es otra oportunidad de poner el balón en sus manos”.

Tabor comparó las cualidades de Washington con las de varios de los mejores especialistas en devoluciones de la NFL.

“Todos tenían algo diferente. Pero todos eran verdaderos profesionales, al igual que Malik (Washington)”, dijo. “Tiene muchas de esas cualidades que cambian un partido. Me alegra que esté en nuestro equipo. Lo enfrenté suficientes veces como para saber los dolores de cabeza que provoca, así que me alegra estar de su lado”.

Tabor también descartó la idea de que ciertos jugadores ofensivos o defensivos no deban contribuir en los equipos especiales.

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“Sí, claro. Y creo que el estereotipo, si soy sincero, de que un jugador normalmente no participa en equipos especiales, es solo eso, un estereotipo”, añadió Tabor. “Se trata de las tres fases del juego, ¿verdad? A medida que avance la temporada lo van a entender. Todo puede decidirse por una patada o por cubrir una patada y ese tipo de jugadas, así que esas acciones son importantes”.

Sims dijo que el mensaje del entrenador en jefe Jeff Hafley ha tenido un gran impacto en todo el vestidor.

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— Ryan Mackey (@RyanMackeyWPLG) August 3, 2026

“En la primera reunión del equipo habló sobre nuestros tres valores fundamentales: confianza, convicción y fortaleza. Creo que son principios que siempre han guiado mi forma de ser”, dijo Sims. “También son valores en los que creo. Así que cuando él los transmite, es muy fácil adoptarlos. Hay muchos jugadores en este equipo que creen en eso y les gusta. En muchos sentidos, estamos tratando de reinventar nuestra cultura aquí”.

El primer entrenamiento con equipo completo también permitió que la ofensiva y la defensiva jugaran con mayor intensidad física.

“Con equipo completo o sin él, sigue siendo un entrenamiento”, dijo Sims. “El equipo completo añade otro elemento al juego; tienes que jugar más abajo. Te permite ser más físico y terminar mejor los bloqueos. Realmente hace que el juego cobre vida un poco más. Hoy fue, obviamente, el primer día con equipo completo. Probablemente haya un millón de cosas en ofensiva, defensiva y equipos especiales que podemos mejorar, pero creo que hoy fue un muy buen punto de partida para nuestro equipo. De aquí en adelante solo podemos mejorar”.

Marshall, quien entra en su segunda temporada en la NFL, dijo que una temporada baja sin las distracciones del Draft de la NFL le permitió concentrarse por completo en mejorar su juego.

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“No tuve que preocuparme por nada, solo por mejorar mi juego durante la temporada baja”, dijo Marshall. “Ya fuera perfeccionar la cobertura hombre a hombre en la línea, la cobertura hombre a hombre en retroceso, venir aquí y hacerme más fuerte, tuve mucho tiempo para trabajar en todo eso”.

Marshall dijo que está dispuesto a jugar donde sus entrenadores y compañeros lo necesiten.

“Sinceramente, puedo ser más agresivo, más físico”, dijo Marshall. “En el slot también puedes hacerlo, pero ahí puedo usar más las manos, alterar el tiempo de las rutas y, como dije, esa es mi posición natural. Me siento muy cómodo”.

Ferrell elogió a Hafley y al coordinador defensivo Sean Duggan por establecer una cultura sólida desde el inicio del campamento.

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— Ryan Mackey (@RyanMackeyWPLG) August 3, 2026

“El estándar que él establece es algo realmente muy bueno de ver en alguien que es entrenador en jefe por primera vez”, dijo Ferrell. “Es una persona que mantiene ese estándar. También se exige a sí mismo cumplirlo. Sabe cuándo ser exigente, pero también cuándo darle un respiro al equipo. Hasta ahora todo ha sido muy positivo. Solo estamos tratando de seguir construyendo”.

Cuando le preguntaron qué quiere mejorar de cara a su octava temporada en la NFL, Ferrell señaló la consistencia.

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“Liberarme por completo”, dijo Ferrell. “No se trata tanto de creer en mí mismo. Creo en mí mismo, pero realmente se trata de demostrarlo en el campo y hacer que otros jugadores o equipos sepan lo que realmente significa exigirse para mejorar. Es el aspecto mental de competir al más alto nivel y tratar de dominar cada jugada, así que definitivamente se trata de mantener esa consistencia con el paso del tiempo”.

Ferrell también dijo que el ex liniero defensivo de los Dolphins Christian Wilkins influyó en su decisión de firmar con Miami. Según Ferrell, Wilkins habló muy bien de la organización y sigue motivado para conseguir otra oportunidad en la NFL.

Los Dolphins volverán al campo de entrenamiento a las 9:30 a.m. del martes en el Baptist Health Training Complex.

A censure registers the House’s deep disapproval of a lawmaker's conduct that does not meet the threshold for expulsion.

Edwards, 65, has denied that any of his conduct was intended as a sexual or romantic advance, but the committee said his behavior would “lead a reasonable observer to interpret it as such.” It also described his actions as “beyond inappropriate.”

The panel highlighted numerous examples of actions it considered improper, including Edwards providing the young women with lavish and recurrent gifts, making comments regarding their appearance and dress, inviting them to intimate dinners and vacations, and sending notes regarding his affection.

Report found Edwards made aides ‘uncomfortable’

The Ethics panel found no evidence Edwards explicitly propositioned any person under his employ or engaged in any sexual activity with them. But it also said he failed to adhere to “the spirit of rules prohibiting sexual harassment of and unwanted advances to House staffers.”

"Both women were uncomfortable with his behavior (which they attempted to communicate) but were put in an untenable position by virtue of his status as their boss and a Member of Congress," the Ethics Committee said in its 25-page report. “Representative Edwards was at minimum blind to that reality, and at worst, dismissive of the impact his inappropriate conduct had on the careers and well-being of two women on his staff.”

One aide worked for the congressman's office for about two-and-a-half years and the other for about three years. They no longer work there. The Ethics panel said they left due to conduct described in its report, although they provided other explanations to Edwards.

In a 15-page response to the report, Edwards' attorneys argued that the committee's findings “exonerate” the congressman, pointing to the conclusion that he did not engage in sexual activity or explicitly proposition any staff member.

His attorneys said the recommendation of censure was an “extraordinarily harsh and infrequent punishment” that is based on vague standards and adherence to the spirit of House rules, “not based on a direct violation of House rules addressing sexual misconduct.”

Paul Shumaker, a spokesperson and strategist for Edwards' reelection campaign, said the Ethics Committee's staff took it upon themselves to write rules inconsistent with the written rule of law or House rules.

“Representative Edwards looks forward to having his name cleared and will work to ensure that the full light of day is brought on this process and that every member of Congress and the public can see the attempt to harm the Congressman who has brought no harm to others,” Shumaker said in a written statement.

The committee's report detailed numerous gifts that Edwards gave the two aides, calling the gifts “beyond norms of professional behavior.” The women received jewelry totaling more than $1,000, designer purses, guns, shoes, flowers, a laptop and cell phone, as well as vacations, tickets to performances, and one-on-one dinners.

There are House rules in place to protect staff

House members are prohibited from engaging in sexual harassment or making unwanted advances toward their subordinates.

The Edwards investigation came at a time of heightened scrutiny of lawmakers’ behavior toward female staffers following the resignations of Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell and Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales. Both were facing calls for their expulsion before they stepped down earlier this year.

In May, House leadership designated Reps. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., and Teresa Leger Fernández, D-N.M., to lead a bipartisan effort to combat sexual misconduct in Congress. Their work is focused on making Capitol Hill a safer job environment for women.

The Ethics panel said Edwards cooperated with the investigation and acknowledged to them that at least some of the behavior at issue could be viewed as inappropriate. However, he has not acknowledged or taken responsibility for the harm he caused, the committee said.

In his interview with the committee, the panel said Edwards repeatedly asserted that he knows well what constitutes “sexual harassment,” and seemed to believe he had immunized himself from such a charge by avoiding inappropriate touching and sexual comments and occasionally telling the staffers that they were free to put up boundaries.

“Despite the absence of an explicit proposition, a reasonable person could interpret Representative Edwards’ intimate and effusive attentions, where he prioritized the personal over the professional, as thinly veiled advances," the committee wrote.

The House would have to approve Edwards' censure

The full House will have to vote before any censure would occur. Traditionally, a lawmaker who is censured must stand in the well of the House while the speaker or presiding officer reads the censure resolution as a form of public rebuke.

Lawmakers are back in their home districts for almost the rest of the month, so a vote on whether to censure Edwards won't occur for a few weeks at the earliest.

Mediante pruebas de ADN, el detective Andrew Gianino identificó a Gregory Rollison como el hombre que escaló el costado de un edificio para irrumpir en el apartamento de la mujer el 16 de julio de 1987, según la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward.

“La víctima estaba dormida cuando el sospechoso la amarró y la agredió sexualmente en dos ocasiones a punta de cuchillo. Luego robó objetos del apartamento y huyó”, escribió en un comunicado Miranda Grossman, portavoz de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward.

Gianino era agente del Departamento de Policía de Deerfield Beach cuando acudió al apartamento de la mujer, ubicado en la cuadra 300 de North Federal Highway. Dijo que la brutalidad del crimen lo marcó profundamente.

“Estuve en la escena en 1987 y conocí personalmente a la víctima”, dijo Gianino en un comunicado.

Diez días después ocurrió otro ataque violento similar a pocos kilómetros de distancia, según Grossman. En ese caso se realizó un kit de violación. Rollison era sospechoso. La Oficina del Sheriff de Broward asumió la investigación en 1990.

“Sin la tecnología de ADN o una identificación positiva por parte de la víctima, no podían avanzar con el caso”, escribió Grossman.

La Oficina del Sheriff de Broward asumió la investigación en 1990. El caso fue presentado en episodios de “On The Case With Paula Zahn” en HBO Max en 2009 y de “Predator at Large” en Discovery en 2020.

Con los avances en la tecnología de ADN y gracias a subvenciones recibidas por la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward para reabrir casos sin resolver, la investigación avanzó.

“Todos estos años después, ella ya falleció”, dijo Gianino sobre la víctima que conoció. “Siento que el caso cerró un ciclo y que pudimos darle algo de descanso, si es que eso es posible para ella”.

Rollison, quien cumplía una condena de nueve años en el sistema penitenciario del estado de California por intento de asesinato de un agente del orden, fue extraditado el domingo al condado Broward.

“Creo que es muy importante que la gente lo sepa y mantenga la esperanza; mientras exista ADN, siempre hay una posibilidad”, dijo Gianino.

Rollison, quien se encontraba en la Oficina Regional Norte de Broward en Pompano Beach, enfrenta dos cargos de agresión sexual y un cargo de allanamiento a una vivienda a mano armada. Su fianza fue fijada en $130,000 USD.

The case is the latest legal action between states and the federal government over the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which like other public programs have come under scrutiny from the Trump administration as sources of potential fraud.

The coalition of states sued in federal court in Washington to stop the agency that controls the program from moving ahead with a rule that would allow it to share recipients' immigration status, Social Security numbers and additional personal information with other parts of government or potentially with private entities, according to the lawsuit.

“Instead of helping families struggling with the rising cost of living, this administration is trying to turn antipoverty programs against the people they’re supposed to serve,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement.

Earlier this year, a judge prevented the Trump administration from withholding Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and other subsidy program funding from a handful of Democratic-controlled states, after the federal government said there was “reason to believe” the states were granting benefits to people in the country illegally. A federal government lawyer later said the move was largely in response to news reports about possible fraud.

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program provides more than $16 billion to states, D.C. and tribal governments in the form of grants that the local governments then have broad discretion to use to help low-income families through cash assistance, job training or other programs.

Along with New York and the District of Columbia, joining the lawsuit are Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. The governors of Kentucky and Pennsylvania have also signed onto the suit.

The federal Administration for Children and Families declined to comment Monday.

El diálogo fue organizado por el gobierno uruguayo y reunió en forma presencial a la ecuatoriana María Fernanda Espinosa y a la costarricense Rebeca Grynspan y en forma virtual a la guyanesa Carolyn Rodrígues-Birkett.

En tanto, el argentino Rafael Grossi —actual director general del Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica— participó mediante un video grabado en el que recordó al único secretario general de la ONU de origen latinoamericano, el diplomático peruano Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, y la chilena Michelle Bachelet, en un principio anunciada en el panel, tuvo que declinar su viaje a último momento, pero envió una nota.

La expresidenta de Chile destacó que “quien encabece la ONU estará sometido o sometida permanentemente a presiones de gobiernos, potencias y distintos intereses" y que por eso "deberá escuchar a todos, pero no ser un instrumento de nadie”.

Entre los cinco estará el elegido para reemplazar a António Guterres, cuyo mandato finaliza el 31 de diciembre.

La tres mujeres disertantes coincideron en la necesidad de una reforma de la Secretaría General y del organismo en general. Grynspan —actual secretaria general de la Conferencia de la ONU sobre Comercio y Desarrollo— y Espinosa reconocieron que la gente se pregunta adónde está la ONU en los escenarios de conflicto y bregaron por recuperar un rol más activo y renovar la legitimidad. Espinosa fue ministra de Relaciones Exteriores de Ecuador y la primera presidenta mujer de la Asamblea General de la ONU entre 2018 y 2019.

La Secretaría General debe ser “imparcial, independiente y dispuesta a tomar los riesgos que hay que tomar”, aseguró Espinosa, quien instó por “menos reuniones y más impacto que toque y transforme la vida de la gente”. Sin embargo, Rodrígues-Birkett —exministra de Asuntos Exteriores de Guyana— advirtió que “es muy improbable que esas reformas puedan darse enseguida”.

“Hoy en día los civiles sufren mucho más que los ejércitos y tenemos unas dinámicas distintas, precisamente, por la rivalidad entre las grandes potencias”, resumió Grynspan.

Espinosa agregó que la ONU debe adaptarse a esas “guerras que tienen implicaciones regionales, que pueden alterar cadenas de suministros, la seguridad alimentaria, el costo de la energía en uno a 1.000 kilómetros”.

Las tres postulantes también coincidieron en que los jóvenes deben tener más espacio dentro de la organización como tomadores de decisiones. En ese sentido, Grynspan recordó que sólo el 3% del cuerpo de funcionarios de la ONU tiene menos de 30 años.

En cuanto a los efectos del cambio climático, Grynspan enfatizó que una transición hacia energías limpias "requiere que el sistema internacional responda a las verdaderas necesidades de los países en desarrollo”.

El evento también contó con la participación de cancilleres y representantes diplomáticos de los países de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Celac), de la cual Uruguay ejerce la presidencia temporaria.

Nikolay Mladenov, the high representative for Gaza, held “constructive and detailed” talks with Netanyahu and his team, the Board of Peace said in a statement.

“The goal is clear and is not in question: the complete decommissioning of weapons in the Strip and the transition away from rule by the gun to civilian governance,” it said, referring to the embattled enclave.

Mladenov also pressed Netanyahu to halt Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip, according to two people familiar with the meeting. Mladenov and his team, including senior adviser Aryeh Lightstone, are pressuring Israel to stop striking Gaza as they push ahead with the agreement to decommission the weapons held by Hamas.

In a statement Monday, Hamas said the group and various other Palestinian factions “remain committed to what was agreed regarding the implementation of the second phase of the ceasefire agreement, including all parties’ obligations.”

Hamas added it was awaiting “a clear and official response” from Mladenov and the mediators regarding what was agreed upon.

Meanwhile, in Washington, members of the Board of Peace met with U.S. congressional staff on Monday to detail their ongoing efforts and to work with Congress “to advance peace, security, governance, and reconstruction in Gaza,” according to a brief statement released by the board.

President Donald Trump had announced the agreement, which is part of a broader ceasefire deal reached last year, on Thursday. It calls for Israel to cease its military operations and for Hamas and its allies in Gaza to halt all militant activity. The agreement also laid out in general terms what the decommissioning process would look like.

After the text of the agreement was released, Israel said it had “serious security concerns” and that it shared those with the United States. It also ramped up its strikes in Gaza, killing 17 people overnight Saturday and into Sunday, according to local health officials. No airstrikes were reported in Gaza on Monday.

Israeli attacks have killed 1,250 people since the ceasefire deal was reached in October, an agreement that ended major fighting in the Israel-Hamas war that had raged for two years.

Egypt, Qatar and Turkey — mediators in the Gaza truce negotiations — denounced the latest Israeli strikes in a statement Monday, saying that the particular targeting of healthcare facilities, medical infrastructure and resulting civilian casualties constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and international humanitarian law.

‏The mediators also called on the international community to continue to pressure Israel to fulfill its end of the deal.

The war began on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing around 1,200 people and taking 251 hostage.

Israel's military offensive in Gaza has since killed 73,375 people, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. Its figures do not distinguish between civilians and combatants but they are considered generally reliable by the United Nations and other international organizations.

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Magdy reported from Cairo. Associated Press writers Sam Mednick in Tel Aviv, Israel, and Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report.

But a sweeping audit immunity plan conferred on the president, his sons and the Trump Organization remains in place — given new parameters to appease the senators but still with the potential to wipe away millions of dollars of Trump's back taxes.

In a document Blanche sent to the lawmakers Sunday, he said the audit immunity, struck as part of a deal to resolve the president's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS, would not protect the president from the examination of future tax filings. Instead, he noted, it “applies by its terms only retroactively” to claims open at the time of the lawsuit's settlement.

For the holdout GOP lawmakers who opposed both the fund and the audit deal, those assurances were enough and are expected to clear the way for Blanche's confirmation to serve as attorney general.

But the political accommodation leaves in place a highly unusual agreement over the president's taxes that has spurred bipartisan outrage and tested confidence in the fairness of the tax system.

The original audit deal promised broad protections for Trump

Trump’s audit immunity came as part of the controversial settlement crafted to resolve Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit filed earlier this year against the IRS over his leaked tax returns. The deal drew furor from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, largely over the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund.”

According to the initial outline of the audit deal, spelled out in a one-page document signed by Blanche, the U.S. was “forever barred and precluded” from examining or prosecuting any of the plaintiffs — Trump, his sons and the Trump Organization’s — current tax filings, as well as other “related or affiliated" individuals.

The document sent to Republican Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis Sunday limits both the time frame for investigations and the scope of people who would receive audit protection to Trump, his sons Eric Trump and Donald Jr. and the Trump Organization.

It's unclear how much Trump owes the federal government in back taxes, but the latest details of the deal could wipe away what could be more than $100 million in back taxes, according to previous New York Times and ProPublica reporting.

Lawmakers and legal experts questioned the lawfulness of such protections.

“The good news is that Todd Blanche confirmed in writing that the anti-weaponization slush fund is dead. The bad news is that tax immunity for the president, his sons, and his family business is still alive," said Dan Greenberg, a senior legal fellow at the Cato Institute, calling the immunity deal "the product of an illegal settlement.”

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams ruled in July that Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS was filed for an “improper purpose.” Williams did not void the deal shielding Trump from tax scrutiny but said the government cannot claim in official proceedings that the agreement was the result of a legitimate legal process. Trump has appealed the ruling.

Representatives from the White House, IRS, Treasury and Trump’s personal attorneys did not immediately respond to Associated Press requests for comment.

Concerns that Blanche's assurances aren't enough to stop the fund

Some legal and tax experts say the immunity agreement could violate an IRS statute barring executive branch interference in taxpayer audits and investigations.

The statute says it’s against the law for the president or the president’s employees to start or stop an audit or some other investigation of a taxpayer. But the attorney general is allowed to do so, leaving the door open for Blanche to step in to halt an audit against the president, once he is confirmed. Whether he has legal authority to do so is a separate question not resolved by the statute itself.

The rule barring executive influence over directing tax audits comes after the Watergate scandal, when then-President Richard Nixon discussed using the IRS against political opponents and groups on the administration’s “enemies list.” Congress moved to tighten taxpayer privacy protections in 1976.

Nina Olson, founder of the Center for Taxpayer Rights, which has sued the Trump administration over IRS disclosures to immigration enforcement, called the settlement “the lowest point for the IRS since the 1970s."

Concerns over the future of government payouts to Trump allies have also not been entirely eased after Blanche's assurances.

Blanche has maintained under oath in Congress and in his latest writing to lawmakers that the Trump administration is not pursuing the fund.

However, Trump has been less clear about its demise. On Saturday he posted on his Truth Social platform that he would “push hard" for the fund if Blanche were not confirmed. "It will immediately be back on the table, and I will get it done," Trump wrote.

NYU Tax Law Center Policy Director Brandon DeBot questioned whether the fund was actually dead and said “it’s abundantly clear we need congressional action” to ensure it cannot be resurrected.

Democrats say Blanche’s order doesn’t go far enough to prevent the administration from reviving plans for the fund after the acting attorney general’s confirmation and have called for legislation to permanently bar it.

The order also doesn’t stop the administration from compensating Trump allies -- including people who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 -- through a previously established process that allows people to file claims for damages if they believed they were wronged by the government.

Greenberg said he believes Blanche's assurances are "a way for the senators to demonstrate that they’re driving a hard bargain.

“But once you become familiar with the particulars of this situation, it doesn’t really look like they’re driving much of a bargain at all,” he said.

Somos Votantes has started a $2 million statewide voter education push centered on door-to-door conversations and voter registration. Its affiliated political committee, Somos PAC, is preparing a $4 million advertising campaign focused on three South Texas House districts, where they aim to channel voter angst about the economy into support for Democratic candidates in Republican-leaning districts.

“We’re really hoping that we can reconsolidate support for Democrats by presenting the positive economic vision that Democratic candidates in these House districts have,” said Melissa Morales, the founder of Somos Votantes.

Texas is at the crossroads of the fight for control of the U.S. House in the November midterms, and winning back Hispanics who were drawn to President Donald Trump in 2024 will be key to Democrats' chances there.

Last fall, Republicans in the Texas Legislature, acting on pressure from Trump, redrew district boundaries in the GOP’s favor, aiming to pick up as many as five Democratic House seats. They made a bet that the decade-long shift of working-class Hispanics toward the GOP was not an aberration, though that’s far from a foregone conclusion.

Somos PAC is targeting three districts where Trump won by double-digit margins in 2024: The 15th District, where Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz is facing Tejano music star Bobby Pulido; the 23rd, which is currently vacant after Republican Rep. Tony Gonzalez resigned after admitting an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide; and the 35th, a largely new district created in the recent redistricting.

Morales said Somos PAC is targeting harder-to-win districts rather than the top-tier battlegrounds getting a flood of national attention. Those districts would make the difference between Democrats eking out a small majority and running up the score with a 20-seat majority, she said.

“If we’re going to get to that 20, we’re going to have to start investing in some of these more reach districts, and we’re going to have to do it early,” Morales said.

In Texas, that means winning back Latinos.

While Trump gained with Hispanic voters in 2024, opinions of the president have fallen among Hispanics overall since he took office, according to AP-NORC polling. Only 29% of Hispanic adults nationally approved of his performance as president in a June AP-NORC poll, an apparent drop from 41% at the start of his second term.

Latino voters have historically been largely aligned with the Democratic Party but during the 2024 election, they shifted significantly toward Trump. A majority still supported Democrat Kamala Harris for president, but Trump made big gains: 43% of Latino voters nationally voted for him, compared with 35% in the 2020 presidential election, a change attributed in part to their concerns about the economy.

But it's not enough for former Trump voters to lose faith in the president, Morales said. They need a reason to vote for Democrats, and that's where the ads come in.

“We risk people staying home because they’re disillusioned about everything,” she said.

Panthers executive vice president of football operations Brandt Tilis said Monday he felt Young “ascended” to a new level last season, while adding that the 25-year-old’s ceiling is still “unknown.”

After being benched early in his second season, the No. 1 overall pick in 2023 responded by throwing for 3,011 yards with 23 touchdowns and 11 interceptions last year while going 8-8 as a starter and leading the Panthers to an NFC South championship.

Still, Young appears ready to enter the season without a long-term contract in place.

He is under contract this season for slightly more than $12 million. The team can pick up the fifth-year option on Young at anytime, which would mean paying him a projected $25.9 million in 2027.

But three years in, this is normally the time when NFL teams consider locking up a quarterback they drafted high — or one they consider a franchise-type player — with a long-term deal.

“I would say he ascended last year and there is still room for him to ascend," said Tilis, who was the lead negotiator for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2020 when they locked up Patrick Mahomes with a 10-year, $477 million deal. “His ceiling is currently unknown and I think that is exciting for us. He's working hard to get himself there.”

When asked if the Panthers should have a better idea of where Young's ceiling is by now, Tilis responded, "not necessarily. The team is growing, too. He's going to ascend as the team ascends, and vice versa. The team is going to get better. So it's all good."

Tilis said Young is well-positioned to continue developing this season.

“The team is better, the coaches are good — Bryce is putting in the work, too. So it's all there,” Tilis said. "We will just see how the year plays out. I think we are all really excited for what Bryce is going to show and how the team is going to do."

When asked if that's an indication the team may wait until after the season to consider a contract extension for Young, Tilis remained coy, saying those a discussions that will remain inside the organization and be discussed privately among himself, general manager Dan Morgan, head coach Dave Canales and team owner David Tepper.

“I want what is best for the organization so that is not for me (solely) to decide,” Tilis said. “It's collaborative.”

Canales: Young is playing faster, making quicker decisions

Canales said he’s “really excited” to see what Young will do entering his third year in the current offensive system after watching him at training camp.

“The special plays still show up every day, moving up the spot, pushing up in the pocket, layering balls, all the accuracy — but the part that I’ve been really impressed with this camp is just his chemistry with our receivers," Canales said.

Canales added Young is “playing so much faster” and making quicker decisions.

“It just seems like he’s eliminating things before the snap,” Canales said. “On his drop, he’s starting to eliminate and evaluate things and throwing really anticipatory throws. ... So I love where he’s headed. I love that he’s all in. He seems to be really enjoying it and so we just keep taking it a day at a time and try to challenge ourselves that way.”

Kenny Pickett to start at QB in Hall of Fame game

Young is firmly entrenched as Carolina’s starting quarterback, but he won't play in Thursday night’s preseason opener against the Arizona Cardinals in the Hall of Fame game, Canales said.

Canales said most of the team's starters will sit out.

Kenny Pickett will start under center with Haynes King also expected to see action.

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The court filing is tied to a lawsuit filed against Capital One by one of Trump’s financial holding companies shortly after he was sworn into office a second time. Trump alleges that Capital One illegally closed his accounts for political reasons, following the Jan. 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol.

Capital One wants the lawsuit dismissed.

“The closures were the result of months of analysis and a careful review by Capital One’s AML team in accordance with bank policies and regulatory guidance,” the bank said in the court filing. The term “AML” is an abbreviation for anti-money laundering.

Trump has sued Capital One, as well as JPMorgan Chase, for allegedly debanking him after he left office in 2021. Debanking occurs when banks shut down customer accounts because they believe they pose financial, legal or reputational risks to the banks.

Both banks have denied they severed their relationships with the president, his sons, and other related businesses for political reasons. The lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase is seeking damages of $5 billion. JPMorgan has said it does not close accounts for political reasons, but closes accounts “with or without cause” and also accounts that create “legal or regulatory risk.”

In July, after the original lawsuit had laid dormant for months, lawyers for the president filed an amended lawsuit that alleged the bank debanked him for political reasons. The bank says the new allegations are without merit, saying the complaint rests on “new theories are based on cherry-picked quotations."

President Trump's legal team dismissed that claim Monday, but did not address the internal findings by the bank.

“Capital One, along with other major banks, de-banked President Trump, his family, and his businesses for blatantly political reasons," a spokesperson for Trump's legal team said. "President Trump’s powerful lawsuit holds Capital One accountable for its disgraceful conduct, and we look forward to seeing this matter through to a just and proper conclusion.”

Conservatives have long alleged that banks debank them and their political allies. The allegations became louder after Operation Choke Point, an initiative during the Obama Administration when regulators pressed banks to cut off financial services to the firearm industry, tobacco, and payday lenders, among others. The cryptocurrency industry alleged it was also a victim of debanking during the Biden Administration.

Trump signed an executive order in August 2025 titled “Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans” directing federal bank regulators to terminate examinations of banks over who they were doing business with. The Trump administration has also subpoenaed records of the biggest banks as part of an investigation into alleged debanking.

Trump had more than 300 bank accounts with Capital One before they were closed. The bank accounts were for a variety of Trump-branded businesses, ranging from a golf course to a winery. Trump had banked with Capital One for more than a decade before the accounts were closed.

In the court filing, Capital One said it had no reason to make a political statement with the closure of Trump’s accounts in 2021 and the move had everything to do with activity in the accounts being flagged by anti-money laundering experts with the bank.

“Capital One never publicized the termination decision nor its confidential internal process giving rise to the closure, and it permitted Plaintiffs several months (and granted several extensions) to find new banking services, which they did,” the bank said.

Certification of the Boeing 737 Max 7 represents a milestone in the company's work to overcome years of safety, quality and production challenges. The long-delayed Max 7 is part of Boeing’s 737 family of commercial jets, which is the company's bestseller and has been at the center of its troubles.

The FAA said it cleared the new plane after years of additional testing, design changes and an extensive review of its design and safety systems. The certification was delayed as Boeing addressed technical issues and heightened regulatory scrutiny following two crashes involving the larger Max 8 that killed 346 people in 2018 and 2019.

Since the crashes off the coast of Indonesia and in Ethiopia, the FAA overhauled how it certifies Boeing aircraft. It said its oversight of the company would continue beyond the Max 7's approval.

Before signing off on the aircraft, the FAA said, it required Boeing to make several safety changes, including updating flight-control software, improving cockpit alerts for pilots and redesigning the engine anti-ice system to prevent overheating.

“Our team of dedicated engineers and test experts worked through challenges, an extended pandemic, and the transition to new certification processes,” said Stephanie Pope, president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes.

Safety inspectors will remain at Boeing production facilities to monitor manufacturing, including observing the company’s Safety Management System and overall safety culture, the agency said.

The Max 7 is expected to be used primarily on short- and medium-haul routes. Several carriers, including Southwest Airlines, have outstanding orders for the plane.

Sáenz, who produced a story collection that won the PEN/Faulkner prize and a young adult novel that received acclaim from readers and reviewers and condemnation from censors, died last week in El Paso, Texas after a lengthy illness, according to a spokesperson for Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing. Additional details were not immediately available.

Sáenz, born in Old Picacho, New Mexico, was an ordained Catholic priest who eventually left the order and came out as gay. His “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe,” the story of two Mexican American boys falling in love, was published in 2012 and received a pair of citations for outstanding LGBTQ+ literature: a Stonewall Honors Book Award and the Lambda Literary Award.

“Hamilton” playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda, who narrated the audio edition and helped produce a 2023 film adaptation, wrote in an Instagram post that he was “heartbroken” over Sáenz's death.

“Rest easy, maestro,” Miranda wrote. The movie starred Max Pelayo and Reese Gonzales as the title characters and also featured Eva Longoria.

The novel's love story led to its being removed temporarily from a school district in Granbury, Texas, and to bans in Russia and in Belarus.

Saenz's other books included the sequel “Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World,” the poetry collection “The Book of What Remains” and such adult novels as “In Perfect Light” and “Names on a Map.”

He received the PEN/Faulkner award in 2013 for “Everything Begins & Ends at the Kentucky Club,” a story collection set in El Paso, and across the border in Juarez, Mexico. Starting in the 1990s, he taught for decades at the University of Texas at El Paso, where he had received a master's degree in creative writing. He served as chair of the school's creative writing department before retiring in 2016.

Next month, Simon & Schuster will publish “When the World Was Happy,” which draws in part upon the loss of his niece in 1990 in a Las Cruces, New Mexico, bowling alley shooting. He was reminded of that tragedy by the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

“That was when I decided that this was not gonna leave me alone until I wrote about it,” he wrote in an author’s note shared by the publisher. “I wanted to write a book about how people survive and live through something as senseless as this.”

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According to BSO deputies, someone called 911 shortly after 11 a.m. to report that a body was floating in a canal near the 1400 block of Northwest Eighth Street.

Deputies and BSO’s Marine Unit responded to the scene and recovered the body from the water.

BSO Homicide Unit detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the victim’s death.

No other details were immediately released.

Según agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward, una persona llamó al 911 poco después de las 11 a.m. para reportar que un cuerpo flotaba en un canal cerca de la cuadra 1400 de Northwest Eighth Street.

Los agentes y la Unidad Marítima de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward respondieron al lugar y recuperaron el cuerpo del agua.

Detectives de la Unidad de Homicidios de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward investigan las circunstancias que rodean la muerte de la víctima.

Por el momento no se han divulgado más detalles.

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Dotres hosted the New Teacher Induction, or NTI, training, which included breakout sessions on lesson planning, discipline strategies, and pacing guides.

“This is the best school district in this country,” Dotres told the teachers.

Lenroy Williams said he is ready to work with students in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, a federal program operated in schools by the U.S. Armed Forces.

“This is the best of both worlds for me,” Williams said. “I still get to wear the uniform, and I get to shape young minds.”

Maralys Valdes, an entrepreneur with experience in real estate, was preparing to teach fifth-grade students at Ben Sheppard Elementary School in Hialeah.

“It was the right time for me to switch over,” Valdes said about her career change.

The 2026–27 academic year begins on Aug. 13 for students at Miami-Dade County Public Schools, who will no longer have districtwide free meals.

The district cut 168 jobs and closed nine schools due to budget reductions related to declining student enrollment.

1. Mandarin Lakes K-8 Academy
2. Robert Russa Moton Elementary
3. Parkway Elementary
4. Rainbow Park Elementary
5. Lenora B. Smith Elementary will move to Georgia Jones-Ayers Middle and transition to a K-8 center.
6. Phillis Wheatley Elementary
7. Pine Villa Elementary
8. Miami Springs Middle will move to Miami Springs Senior and transition to a 6-12 school.
9. Richmond Heights Middle will move to Arthur & Polly Mays Conservatory of the Arts and transition to a K-12 school.

State per-pupil funding allocations lowered after there were 13,000 fewer M-DCPS students from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, according to the district.

The state’s universal voucher program has been causing private school enrollment to surge, according to the Florida Policy Institute, a nonprofit based in Orlando.

Classes start on Aug. 10 for students at Broward County Public Schools, and on Aug. 11 for students at the Archdiocese of Miami Catholic Schools.

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Dotres encabezó la capacitación de Inducción para Nuevos Maestros (NTI, por sus siglas en inglés), que incluyó sesiones sobre planificación de clases, estrategias de disciplina y guías de ritmo de enseñanza.

“Este es el mejor distrito escolar del país”, dijo Dotres a los maestros.

Lenroy Williams dijo que está listo para trabajar con estudiantes del programa Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC), un programa federal operado en las escuelas por las Fuerzas Armadas de Estados Unidos.

“Para mí, esto es lo mejor de ambos mundos”, dijo Williams. “Todavía puedo usar el uniforme y ayudar a formar a los jóvenes”.

Maralys Valdes, una empresaria con experiencia en bienes raíces, se preparaba para enseñar a estudiantes de quinto grado en la escuela primaria Ben Sheppard Elementary School de Hialeah.

“Era el momento adecuado para hacer el cambio”, dijo Valdes sobre su nueva carrera.

El año académico 2026-2027 comenzará el 13 de agosto para los estudiantes de las Escuelas Públicas del Condado Miami-Dade, quienes ya no contarán con comidas gratuitas en todo el distrito.

El distrito eliminó 168 puestos de trabajo y cerró nueve escuelas debido a recortes presupuestarios relacionados con la disminución en la matrícula estudiantil.

• Mandarin Lakes K-8 Academy
• Robert Russa Moton Elementary
• Parkway Elementary
• Rainbow Park Elementary
• Lenora B. Smith Elementary se trasladará a Georgia Jones-Ayers Middle y se convertirá en un centro K-8.
• Phillis Wheatley Elementary
• Pine Villa Elementary
• Miami Springs Middle se trasladará a Miami Springs Senior y se convertirá en una escuela de grados 6 al 12.
• Richmond Heights Middle se trasladará a Arthur & Polly Mays Conservatory of the Arts y se convertirá en una escuela K-12.

Según el distrito, la asignación estatal de fondos por estudiante disminuyó después de que las Escuelas Públicas del Condado Miami-Dade registraran 13,000 estudiantes menos entre los años escolares 2024-2025 y 2025-2026.

Según el Florida Policy Institute, una organización sin fines de lucro con sede en Orlando, el programa de vales universales del estado ha provocado un aumento drástico en la matrícula de escuelas privadas.

Las clases comienzan el 10 de agosto para los estudiantes de las escuelas públicas del condado de Broward, y el 11 de agosto para los estudiantes de las escuelas católicas de la Arquidiócesis de Miami.

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Shawn Nunn was driving a gray Dodge Charger and “doing donuts” shortly before 1:40 a.m. in “the pit” at Northwest 158 Street, near 59 Avenue, according to MDSO deputies with the Homeland Security Bureau.

Nunn, 18, was driving the Dodge Charger shortly before 2:50 a.m. at Northwest 110 Avenue and 96 Street, near Doral, according to MDSO deputies with the Homeland Security Bureau.

Deputies arrested Nunn, of Fort Lauderdale, at 4:15 a.m. on Sunday at the Wawa gas station at 11590 NW South River Drive in Medley, according to deputies with the HS bureau’s intelligence and investigations section.

“Shortly after the criminal act was committed, the vehicle was towed, and a 30-day hold was placed on the vehicle,” a deputy wrote, according to the arrest report.

Miami-Dade corrections booked Nunn shortly after 5:40 a.m. on Sunday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to inmate records.

Nunn faced two counts of drag racing and coordinated street takeovers. In Florida, the charge is a first-degree misdemeanor for the first offense that can escalate to a third-degree felony.

Nunn’s bond was $5,000. Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Michelle Ashby Delancy is set to preside over the case, according to court records.

Local 10 News Assignment Editor Mercedes Cevallos contributed to this report.

Según agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade asignados al Buró de Seguridad Nacional, Shawn Nunn conducía un Dodge Charger gris y hacía “donas” poco antes de la 1:40 a.m. en “el círculo” ubicado en Northwest 158 Street, cerca de la 59 Avenue.

Los agentes informaron que Nunn, de 18 años, también conducía el Dodge Charger poco antes de las 2:50 a.m. en Northwest 110 Avenue y 96 Street, cerca de Doral.

Agentes de la sección de inteligencia e investigaciones del Buró de Seguridad Nacional arrestaron a Nunn, residente de Fort Lauderdale, a las 4:15 a.m. del domingo en la gasolinera Wawa ubicada en el 11590 de Northwest South River Drive, en Medley.

“Poco después de que se cometiera el acto delictivo, el vehículo fue remolcado y quedó retenido por 30 días”, escribió un agente en el informe de arresto.

Según los registros del sistema penitenciario de Miami-Dade, Nunn fue ingresado poco después de las 5:40 a.m. del domingo en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight.

Nunn enfrenta dos cargos por carreras ilegales y participación coordinada en tomas callejeras. En Florida, ese delito constituye un delito menor de primer grado en una primera infracción, aunque puede escalar a un delito grave de tercer grado.

La fianza de Nunn fue fijada en $5,000 USD. Según registros judiciales, la jueza del Tribunal de Circuito de Miami-Dade Michelle Ashby Delancy presidirá el caso.

La editora de asignaciones de Local 10 News, Mercedes Cevallos, contribuyó a este informe.

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Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel and MDSO deputies with the Intracoastal District found the man injured shortly after 6:30 a.m. at Northeast Seventh Avenue and 167 Street, records show.

“In an attempt to stop the attack, the victim stated that he attempted to grab the [attacker’s] stick, and he also grabbed the [attacker’s] black sweatpants,” a deputy wrote, according to the arrest report.

MDFR personnel took the man to Jackson North Medical Center first and later to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, according to MDSO deputies with the ID’s uniformed patrol.

Deputies identified the man’s alleged attacker as Viola Sharonda Patterson and reported finding her “sitting alone at the bus stop” across the street, according to a deputy’s arrest report.

“The defendant initially provided investigators with the legal name Melissa Michelle Ethridge,” a deputy wrote, adding that a fingerprint analysis revealed her true identity, according to the arrest report.

Miami-Dade corrections booked Patterson, 46, shortly after 6:10 p.m. on Saturday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to inmate records.

Patterson faced charges of second-degree attempted murder, obstruction by a disguised person, and giving a false name or identification to law enforcement. Her bond was $8,500.

Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Zachary N. James was set to preside over the case, according to court records.

Local 10 News Assignment Editor Mercedes Cevallos contributed to this report.

Registros muestran que personal de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue y agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade del Distrito Intracoastal encontraron al hombre herido poco después de las 6:30 a.m. en la intersección de Northeast Seventh Avenue y 167 Street.

“En un intento por detener el ataque, la víctima declaró que trató de agarrar el palo de la atacante y también sujetó sus pantalones deportivos negros”, escribió un agente en el informe de arresto.

Según agentes de la patrulla uniformada del Distrito Intracoastal de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, personal de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue trasladó al hombre primero al Jackson North Medical Center y posteriormente al Ryder Trauma Center del Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Los agentes identificaron a la presunta atacante como Viola Sharonda Patterson e informaron que la encontraron “sentada sola en una parada de autobús” al otro lado de la calle, según el informe de arresto.

“La acusada inicialmente proporcionó a los investigadores el nombre legal de Melissa Michelle Ethridge”, escribió un agente, y agregó que un análisis de huellas dactilares reveló su verdadera identidad, según el informe de arresto.

Registros del sistema penitenciario de Miami-Dade muestran que Patterson, de 46 años, fue ingresada poco después de las 6:10 p.m. del sábado en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight.

Patterson enfrenta cargos de intento de asesinato en segundo grado, obstrucción mediante el uso de una identidad falsa y proporcionar un nombre o identificación falsos a las autoridades. Su fianza fue fijada en $8,500 USD.

Según registros judiciales, el juez del Tribunal de Circuito de Miami-Dade, Zachary N. James, presidirá el caso.

La editora de asignaciones de Local 10 News, Mercedes Cevallos, contribuyó a este informe.

Garcia recordó a los votantes que durante el período de votación anticipada no están limitados a su recinto asignado.

“La gente debe saber que puede acudir a cualquiera de nuestros centros de votación anticipada”, dijo. “No tienen que ir a su recinto específico. Y pueden hacerlo esta semana entre las 7 a.m. y las 3 p.m.”

Un equipo de Local 10 News estuvo la mañana del lunes frente a la sucursal de la biblioteca de Kendall, donde varias personas ingresaron para votar una vez abrieron los centros de votación.

“Nunca había votado anticipadamente, así que sí, fue mucho más fácil. Me tomó tres minutos votar”, dijo Nelson Hincapie.

“Siempre vengo temprano porque ahora es muy fácil. No hay filas ni esperas”, dijo otro votante anticipado, Frank Glancy.

Algunos votantes dijeron que asistieron a un foro de candidatos antes de votar para conocer mejor a los candidatos judiciales incluidos en la boleta.

Kendra Howard dijo que escuchar directamente a los candidatos la ayudó a comprender mejor sus cualificaciones y prioridades.

“Quería tener la oportunidad de conocerlos, conocer un poco más sobre su trayectoria”, dijo Howard. “Una cosa es leer sobre la trayectoria de una persona en internet y en su sitio de campaña. Pero otra es escucharlos responder las preguntas y sentir su pasión”.

Howard dijo que planeaba tomarse un tiempo para reflexionar antes de tomar su decisión final.

“No voy a decirles que ya sé exactamente por quién voy a votar, pero voy a considerar todo lo que se dijo aquí hoy”, afirmó. “Voy a pensarlo. Voy a ir a casa y luego tomaré mi decisión”.

Garcia también buscó tranquilizar a los votantes sobre la integridad del proceso electoral, al enfatizar que el condado Miami-Dade utiliza boletas de papel.

“Quiero recordarles a todos que votamos en papel”, dijo. “No votamos conectados a internet ni a nada por el estilo. Es muy seguro”.

La votación anticipada está disponible todos los días durante el período designado, lo que permite a los votantes registrados emitir su voto en cualquiera de los centros de votación anticipada del condado Miami-Dade durante el horario de funcionamiento.

CONSULTE LA GUÍA DE VOTACIÓN 2026 DE LOCAL 10 para obtener más información sobre la votación anticipada en el sur de Florida. La votación anticipada en el condado Broward comienza el sábado.

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Authorities said Serna, 52, arrived on an American Airlines flight from his hometown of Medellin, Colombia on Wednesday with “two black backpacks and no checked luggage.”

But, according to a federal criminal complaint, before he arrived in the U.S., Colombian authorities issued a “lookout alert” that Serna, whose full name is Diego Alonso Serna Lopera, was suspected of travelling with drugs.

According to the complaint, customs officers referred Serna to secondary inspection and he took responsibility for what was in the bags: “seven assorted vitamin bottles containing approximately 8,975 pills.”

The pills were identified as being suspected hydrocodone/acetaminophen, once sold under the brand name Vicodin, the complaint states. Authorities said they tested positive for opiates.

According to federal agents, during an interview, Serna “immediately stated that he wanted to cooperate.”

The complaint states that Serna acknowledged that customs officers “had inspected the pill bottles before departure and that he had overheard them say that the bottles contained ‘hydrocodone’” and “explained that the pills were delivered to his apartment in Colombia by a friend named ‘Sebastian,’ whose last name he claimed not to know,” but who “paid for his flight as a ‘thank you’ for helping (him) transport the pills.”

“(Serna) was told that, once he landed in Miami, he would receive a call from Sebastian regarding the delivery of the pills,” the complaint states.

Authorities said Serna cooperated in a “controlled delivery” of the pills.

“Under the direction of law enforcement, (Serna) notified Sebastian via WhatsApp that he had arrived in Miami,” the complaint states. “Law enforcement observed the exchange. (Serna) was instructed to deliver the pills to an individual who would meet him at the Miami International Airport, Departure Door 10.”

Soon after, authorities said a woman showed up in a vehicle to get the pills. According to the complaint, Serna gave her a backpack and showed her the pill bottles, closed it and handed it over to her.

“After she picked up the pills, law enforcement detained the woman and seized the narcotics,” the complaint states. “During the detention, law enforcement observed that the woman’s cellphone was receiving numerous calls from a contact saved as ‘Sebastian hijo.’”

The complaint does not identify the woman or whether she is facing charges.

Serna was arrested on charges of importation of hydrocodone and conspiracy to import hydrocodone into the United States.

Records show he appeared in Miami federal court on Thursday and was released on a $100,000 surety bond. He was ordered to surrender his passport and his travel is restricted to the Southern District of Florida. He’s also prohibited from visiting transportation establishments.

Serna played for the Fusion from 1998 to 2001 and was the team’s all time leading scorer before it folded a year after his departure. He was named to the MLS Best XI, an annual honor for the league’s best 11 players, in 2001.

In 2014, he played for Miami Dade FC of the United Premier Soccer League, his last time on the pitch professionally.

Records show he’s scheduled to be back in Miami federal court for an arraignment hearing on Aug. 20.

Las autoridades informaron que Serna, de 52 años, llegó el miércoles en un vuelo de American Airlines procedente de su ciudad natal, Medellín, Colombia, con “dos mochilas negras y sin equipaje documentado”.

Sin embargo, según una denuncia penal federal, antes de su llegada a Estados Unidos, las autoridades colombianas emitieron una “alerta de vigilancia” porque se sospechaba que Serna, cuyo nombre completo es Diego Alonso Serna Lopera, viajaba con drogas.

De acuerdo con la denuncia, los agentes de Aduanas remitieron a Serna a una inspección secundaria y él asumió la responsabilidad por el contenido de las mochilas: “siete frascos surtidos de vitaminas que contenían aproximadamente 8,975 pastillas”.

Las pastillas fueron identificadas como presunta hidrocodona con acetaminofén, anteriormente comercializada bajo la marca Vicodin, señala la denuncia. Las autoridades indicaron que dieron positivo para opiáceos.

Según los agentes federales, durante una entrevista, Serna “manifestó de inmediato que quería cooperar”.

La denuncia señala que Serna reconoció que los agentes de Aduanas “habían inspeccionado los frascos de pastillas antes de la salida y que los escuchó decir que los frascos contenían “hidrocodona””, y “explicó que las pastillas fueron entregadas en su apartamento en Colombia por un amigo llamado “Sebastian”, cuyo apellido aseguró no conocer”, quien “pagó su boleto de avión como agradecimiento por ayudarlo a transportar las pastillas”.

“(Serna) fue informado de que, una vez aterrizara en Miami, recibiría una llamada de Sebastian con instrucciones para la entrega de las pastillas”, indica la denuncia.

Las autoridades informaron que Serna cooperó en una “entrega controlada” de las pastillas.

“Bajo la dirección de las autoridades, (Serna) notificó a Sebastian por WhatsApp que había llegado a Miami”, señala la denuncia. “Las autoridades observaron el intercambio. A (Serna) se le indicó entregar las pastillas a una persona que se reuniría con él en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Miami, en la puerta 10 de salidas”.

Poco después, las autoridades informaron que una mujer llegó en un vehículo para recoger las pastillas. Según la denuncia, Serna le entregó una mochila, le mostró los frascos con las pastillas, volvió a cerrarla y se la dio.

“Después de que recogió las pastillas, las autoridades detuvieron a la mujer y confiscaron los narcóticos”, señala la denuncia. “Durante la detención, las autoridades observaron que el teléfono celular de la mujer recibía numerosas llamadas de un contacto guardado como “Sebastian hijo””.

La denuncia no identifica a la mujer ni indica si enfrenta cargos.

Serna fue arrestado acusado de importación de hidrocodona y conspiración para importar hidrocodona a Estados Unidos.

Los registros muestran que compareció el jueves ante un tribunal federal en Miami y fue puesto en libertad tras pagar una fianza garantizada de $100,000 USD. También se le ordenó entregar su pasaporte y restringir sus desplazamientos al Distrito Sur de Florida. Además, tiene prohibido visitar instalaciones de transporte.

Serna jugó con el Miami Fusion entre 1998 y 2001 y fue el máximo goleador histórico del equipo antes de que la franquicia desapareciera un año después de su salida. En 2001 fue incluido en el MLS Best XI, reconocimiento anual a los 11 mejores jugadores de la liga.

En 2014 jugó para Miami Dade FC de la United Premier Soccer League, la última vez que disputó un partido como futbolista profesional.

Los registros muestran que está previsto que vuelva a comparecer ante un tribunal federal en Miami para una audiencia de lectura de cargos el 20 de agosto.

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Wide receiver Malik Washington continued one of the strongest camps of his career, connecting with quarterback Malik Willis on several explosive plays.

a MW2 special 😎 pic.twitter.com/H4EbUUMKF2

— Miami Dolphins (@MiamiDolphins) August 3, 2026

Washington, entering his third NFL season, hauled in multiple gains of more than 20 yards, including receptions after beating cornerbacks Chris Johnson and JuJu Brents on separate plays.

With wide receiver Tyreek Hill no longer on the roster after being released, Jaylen Waddle traded to the Denver Broncos and Nick Westbrook-Ikhine also released, Washington is competing for a much larger role in Miami’s offense and has emerged as one of Willis’ favorite targets early in camp.

The Dolphins also received another encouraging showing from running back Ollie Gordon II, who displayed improved burst and ran with a lower pad level on several runs between the tackles after saying that was an emphasis during his offseason training.

Defensively, EDGE Chop Robinson continued to flash.

Robinson, who finished the 2025 season with four sacks, recorded what would have been consecutive sacks after beating left tackle Patrick Paul during team drills. Robinson entered camp after adding weight, increasing from 254 pounds last season to 265 as he looks to improve his production in his third NFL season. Safety Omar Brown was also able to haul in the third interception of the day.

Linebacker Terrell Dodson recorded one of the day’s biggest defensive plays, intercepting a tipped pass from Willis that bounced off the hands of tight end Cole Turner. Cornerback Ethan Bonner added another takeaway later in practice with an interception of his own on quarterback Quinn Ewers.

Johnson endured an up-and-down day, allowing several deep completions during one-on-one drills after recording an interception Sunday. Miami’s first-round rookie cornerback also struggled at times in coverage and will likely need to become more physical at the line of scrimmage by using his hands to disrupt receivers’ releases.

Wide receiver Jalen Tolbert briefly left practice after sustaining what appeared to be a lower-body injury during one-on-one drills. He returned later in the session.

Receiver Chris Bell continued his recovery work, doing light running with trainers away from team drills.

The Dolphins are scheduled to return to the practice field at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Baptist Health Training Complex.

El incidente ocurrió poco después de las 2 a.m. en Villa Medici Townhomes, ubicado en la cuadra 1000 de Northeast 17th Avenue, en el vecindario Lake Ridge de la ciudad.

El video muestra el momento en que el rayo impactó una línea eléctrica y provocó el incendio, que fue extinguido rápidamente.

“Había rayos cayendo por todos lados. De repente, se escuchó que uno impactó algo muy cerca y se oía un chisporroteo. Cuando miré por la puerta, vi que era justo al otro lado de la calle”, dijo una residente identificada como Terri. “Se podían ver las chispas naranjas volando por todas partes durante un rato, luego aparecieron las llamas y se escuchaban más estallidos mientras el fuego se alimentaba”.

Ninguno de los edificios se incendió, pero sí quedaron sin servicio eléctrico. Cuadrillas de la empresa eléctrica continuaban trabajando la tarde del lunes para restablecer el servicio.

The tragic story of a 17-year-old from Tangier is representative of the plight of many of the more than 800 minors who four days after the collective push by migrants into Ceuta face a scary present and an uncertain future.

She told an Associated Press photojournalist how she and her family joined the massive crowd that tried to swim around a border fence to reach the Spanish territory on Thursday. Like many, she said they did so seeking better opportunities. The AP is withholding her identity because she is a minor in a vulnerable situation.

She described how she saw Spanish police pull the body of her 8-year-old brother from the water.

She made it to the shore but became separated from her mother, and has spent the last four days on her own. She said some locals gave her food and some clothing, with one woman taking her into her home so she could bathe. She then went to a center for youths run by the government for some help, but found it was full.

“I saw people stepping on the dead,” she said through a translator since she doesn't speak Spanish. “Now we are children begging on the street.”

She is one of some 860 minors who remained in Ceuta on Monday after crossing over, according to local officials. AP journalists saw other minors asking for food.

Those minors now make up a large part of the 3,000-5,000 migrants who have avoided expulsion from Ceuta of the original 60,000 who came across. Spanish authorities confirmed 72 people died, mostly in the water, during the crossing. Morocco reported 11 deaths which are not included in the Spanish total, the Spanish interior ministry said.

Minors must be cared for under Spanish law

Spanish law says that adult migrants can apply for asylum. If rejected, they will face expulsion procedures. The bar is normally very high for Moroccans to be granted humanitarian protection.

Migrant minors who are unaccompanied by adults, however, are supposed to be granted protection and taken care of by Spanish authorities.

An AP journalist witnessed Spanish soldiers escorting an unaccompanied Moroccan boy who was crying and begging not to be sent back to Morocco. A few meters before reaching the border, and due to pressure from local residents who insisted he was a minor, as well as the presence of the media, a lieutenant colonel in the Spanish Army stopped the repatriation and transferred the boy to the Spanish Civil Guard.

Most of the Moroccan adults have either voluntarily gone home or were pushed back by Spanish police. Among those who remain in Ceuta are significant numbers of people from other countries, including Sudanese fleeing their war-torn country, Palestinians from Gaza and Afghans, as well as people from several African nations.

The city’s migrant center with a capacity for 600 people is completely full. Food is scarce among the migrants, according to reporting by AP journalists.

“The strategy is that hunger, thirst and exhaustion forces these people to finally decide to voluntarily return to Morocco,” said local migration activist Ramsés Mohamed Azumik of Asociación Elín.

Many migrants sleep or rest on the beach or hills surrounding the speck of Spain. In the hazy distance, mainland Europe, their ultimate goal, lies across the sea.

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Associated Press writer Joseph Wilson reported from Barcelona, Spain.

El receptor abierto Malik Washington continuó con uno de los mejores campamentos de su carrera, al conectar con el mariscal de campo Malik Willis en varias jugadas explosivas.

Washington, quien entra en su tercera temporada en la NFL, atrapó múltiples pases de más de 20 yardas, incluidas recepciones tras superar a los esquineros Chris Johnson y JuJu Brents en jugadas distintas.

Con el receptor abierto Tyreek Hill fuera del roster tras ser dejado en libertad, Jaylen Waddle traspasado a los Denver Broncos y Nick Westbrook-Ikhine también dejado en libertad, Washington compite por un papel mucho más importante en la ofensiva de Miami y se ha convertido en uno de los objetivos favoritos de Willis en el inicio del campamento.

Los Dolphins también recibieron otra actuación alentadora del corredor Ollie Gordon II, quien mostró una mejor explosividad y corrió con un centro de gravedad más bajo en varias acarreos entre los tackles, después de decir que ese fue uno de los enfoques de su entrenamiento durante la temporada baja.

En defensa, el ala defensiva Chop Robinson continuó destacándose.

Robinson, quien terminó la temporada 2025 con cuatro capturas, consiguió lo que habrían sido capturas consecutivas tras superar al tackle izquierdo Patrick Paul durante los ejercicios de equipo. Robinson llegó al campamento tras aumentar de peso, pasando de 254 libras la temporada pasada a 265, mientras busca mejorar su producción en su tercera temporada en la NFL. El profundo Omar Brown también logró conseguir la tercera intercepción del día.

El apoyador Terrell Dodson realizó una de las mejores jugadas defensivas de la jornada al interceptar un pase desviado de Willis que rebotó en las manos del ala cerrada Cole Turner. Más tarde en la práctica, el esquinero Ethan Bonner sumó otra recuperación de balón con una intercepción al mariscal de campo Quinn Ewers.

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La mayor preocupación del equipo siguió siendo la posición de tackle derecho.

El tackle derecho titular Austin Jackson fue retirado después de permitir dos capturas que habrían sido sacks y no regresó al campo. Jackson también perdió un duelo individual frente al ala defensiva Robert Beal Jr. El tackle Charlie Heck lo reemplazó, pero también tuvo dificultades en la protección de pase, dejando esa posición como una de las mayores incógnitas de Miami conforme avanza el campamento de entrenamiento.

Mientras la posición de tackle derecho sigue sin definirse, Jonah Savaiinaea continuó impresionando como guardia derecho. El jugador de 22 años, procedente de Arizona, respondió bien durante los ejercicios individuales frente al tackle defensivo Zach Sieler y completó otra sólida práctica.

El tackle defensivo Zeke Biggers superó al liniero ofensivo Andrew Meyer en otra repetición. Ha sido un buen campamento para el grupo de linieros defensivos interiores de los Dolphins.

El receptor abierto AJ Henning, quien dominó la práctica del domingo, logró separarse en una ruta profunda frente al esquinero novato Chris Johnson, pero el pase de Willis quedó apenas fuera de su alcance cerca de la banda.

Johnson tuvo una jornada con altibajos, permitiendo varias recepciones profundas durante los ejercicios individuales después de conseguir una intercepción el domingo. El esquinero novato de primera ronda de Miami también tuvo dificultades en cobertura en algunos momentos y probablemente necesitará ser más físico en la línea de golpeo utilizando las manos para interrumpir la salida de los receptores.

El receptor abierto Jalen Tolbert abandonó brevemente la práctica tras sufrir una aparente lesión en la parte inferior del cuerpo durante los ejercicios individuales. Más tarde regresó a la sesión.

El receptor Chris Bell continuó con su proceso de recuperación, realizando trotes suaves junto a los entrenadores, separado de los ejercicios del equipo.

Está previsto que los Dolphins regresen al campo de entrenamiento a las 9:30 a.m. del miércoles en el Baptist Health Training Complex.

Charley Hull of England easily earned one of the two automatic spots from the Ladies European Tour points list. The other went to Esther Henseleit of Germany, who surged to No. 2 in the final two events.

Henseleit finished fourth in the Women's Scottish Open and then lost in a playoff at the Women's British Open (points are double in a major) to narrowly beat Chiara Tamburlini of Switzerland for the second spot.

Henseleit's 40-foot birdie putt to force a playoff with AIG Women's Open winner Shiho Kuwaki wound up costing Tamburlini a spot. Even without making it on points, Henseleit would have made her second straight team as one of the leading six players in the world ranking.

Those six spots instead fell to Solheim rookie Lottie Woad of England, Maja Stark and Linn Grant of Sweden, Carlota Ciganda of Spain, Celine Boutier of France and Nanna Koertz Madsen of Denmark.

Nordqvist added Maguire and rookies Julia Lopez Ramirez of Spain, Nastasia Nadaud of France and Mimi Rhodes of England. Rhodes is No. 91 in the world ranking. Tamburlini is at No. 109.

Missing from Team Europe is Dewi Weber of The Netherlands, who is ranked ahead of three of the captain's picks. She was ineligible, however, because the Dutch player did not realize she had to be an LET member. Weber finished third at the KPMG Women's PGA.

The 31-year-old Maguire's record is 8-3-1 in her three Solheim Cup appearances but she missed the cut in four of the five majors this year and has not won in two years.

Europe will try to win back the Solheim Cup after a three-point loss in Virginia two years ago. Team USA, which has yet to fill out its team, hasn't won on European soil since 2015.

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The schools announced Monday they have agreed to a four-game home-and-home series. Notre Dame will play in Los Angeles on Aug. 31, 2030, and the Trojans will visit South Bend, Indiana, on Aug. 30, 2031. The meetings in 2032 and 2033 will be played in the first three weeks of the season.

The teams met each non-pandemic season from 1946-2025, typically in October or November, in what became known as “the greatest intersectional rivalry in college football." The exception was the 2020 season when most schools played a conference-only schedule.

The 2030 date opened up when defending national champion Indiana canceled a home-and-home series with the Irish that was scheduled for 2030 and 2031, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no official announcement had been made.

Negotiations between Notre Dame and USC to continue the annual series became challenging after the Trojans joined the Big Ten in 2024. The Trojans expressed that they did not want to play nonconference games after September. Notre Dame beat the Trojans 34-24 in South Bend last Oct. 18, and the series officially went on hiatus in December when the Irish announced they had filled the last open spot on their 2026 schedule with a game at BYU.

Notre Dame and USC first played in 1926 and the Irish lead the series 53-38-5. The series also was put on hold from 1943-45, during World War II.

The two schools have combined to win 22 national championships and produce 15 Heisman Trophy winners, and the discontinuation prompted consternation on both sides. Navy is the only team Notre Dame has played more than USC, at 98 meetings.

Notre Dame and USC play for the Jeweled Shillelagh Trophy, a tradition which began in 1952. The Jeweled Shillelagh Trophy is presented by the Notre Dame Club of Los Angeles. Notre Dame victories are marked by green-jeweled shamrocks while USC victories are marked by ruby-jeweled Trojan heads.

“USC’s historic rivalry with Notre Dame holds a special place in the history of college football, and we are happy to resume a series that means so much to the entire Trojan Family,” USC athletic director Jen Cohen said. “It remains important for us to play this game early in the season, as it allows us to schedule competitively with our Big Ten peers and takes into account the health and best interests of our student-athletes and program. We are excited for our fans, and we look forward to more memorable matchups and unforgettable games between the Trojans and the Irish.”

The Hoosiers and Irish last met in the first CFP playoff to be held at a campus site in December 2024. Notre Dame won 27-17 in South Bend and reached the national championship game before losing to Ohio State 34-23.

In 2021, Indiana and Notre Dame agreed to what was supposed to be the first regular-season game between the two in-state schools since 1991. The Irish have won seven straight in the series with Indiana's last victory coming in 1950.

But since the arrival of coach Curt Cignetti in 2024, Indiana has not played any Power Four schools, or Notre Dame, outside the conference schedule or the playoffs. The Hoosiers drew some criticism last summer when they also canceled a scheduled home-and-home series with Virginia. Indiana responded by winning its first Big Ten title since 1967, the first national championship in school history and by becoming the first 16-0 team in major college football since the 1890s.

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AP Sports Writer Michael Marot in Indianapolis contributed to this report.

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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said both people had underlying health conditions that may have been impacted by the intestinal illness and dehydration. The department said it would not provide additional information about the deaths.

Cyclospora is a microscopic, spherical parasite that commonly causes watery diarrhea “with frequent and sometimes explosive bowel movements,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Outbreaks tend to occur most often in the late spring and summer.

The CDC says the illness, called cyclosporiasis, is rarely deadly.

The heat-loving parasite infects the bowels and spreads through feces. In the past, people have been infected by consuming fruits or vegetables that were exposed to feces-contaminated irrigation water.

Dr. Joel Kammeyer, the division chief of infectious diseases at Wayne State University and the Detroit Medical Center, called the deaths a “tragedy” but noted that despite thousands of cyclosporiasis cases, only two people have died.

“For someone who comes into an urgent care and cyclosporiasis is their only issue, it’s relatively easy to treat,” Kammeyer said. But for people who are struggling with other illnesses, he said, “it stands to reason that there are some patients that might not be able to withstand the dehydration that can come with severe cyclosporiasis.”

Cyclosporiasis is less common than other foodborne illnesses, including salmonella and E. coli. Many cases are never linked to a specific food or other source and, for years, few U.S. cyclospora outbreaks were reported. But the number started rising about a decade ago, with a particularly notable spike in 2018 and 2019.

Previously, 2019 saw the most reported U.S. cyclosporiasis cases, with about 4,700.

The CDC said it is aware of more than 18,000 confirmed or suspected cases in the current surge. But CDC numbers can lag state reports, which suggest the number is more than 20,000 nationwide.

Federal health officials have identified lettuce from Mexico served at Taco Bell locations in nine states as a source of the widespread outbreak. As of late July, the number of cases linked to the lettuce was 1,947, including at least 98 people who had to be hospitalized, according to the CDC.

The agency has said other “brands, restaurants, retailers, or distribution channels” could be tied to the outbreak as the investigation continues.

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The fire, known as the “Bluegill Fire,” burned more than 750 acres as of Monday.

Drivers were urged to avoid the area and use alternate routes while crews responded.

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Garcia reminded voters that during the early voting period, they are not limited to their assigned precinct.

“People need to know that they can go to any of our early voting sites,” she said. “They don’t have to go to their specific precinct. And they can go this week between 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.”

A Local 10 News crew was outside the Kendall branch library Monday morning as a handful of people walked inside to vote once polls opened.

“I’ve never voted early, so yes, it was a lot easier. It took me three minutes to vote,” Nelson Hincapie said.

“I come early all the time because it’s so easy right now. There’s no lines, no waiting,” another early voter, Frank Glancy, said.

Some voters said they attended a candidate forum before voting to learn more about the judicial candidates on the ballot.

Kendra Howard said hearing directly from the candidates helped her better understand their qualifications and priorities.

“I wanted a chance to get to know them -- get to know a little more about their background,” Howard said. “It’s one thing to read about the person’s background online, and read on their campaign site. But it’s another thing to hear them answer the questions and hear the passion.”

Howard said she planned to take time to reflect before making her final choices.

“I’m not going to tell you that I know exactly who I’m going to vote for just yet, but I’m going to consider everything that was said here today,” she said. “I’m going to think about it. I’m gonna go home and then I’m going to make my decision.”

Garcia also sought to reassure voters about the integrity of the election process, emphasizing that Miami-Dade County uses paper ballots.

“I want to remind everyone that we do vote on paper,” she said. “We don’t vote connected to any internet or anything like that. It’s very safe.”

Early voting is available daily during the designated voting period, allowing registered voters to cast their ballots at any Miami-Dade County early voting location during operating hours.

VIEW LOCAL 10’S 2026 VOTING GUIDE for more information about early voting in South Florida. Early voting in Broward County begins Saturday.

The 30-year-old construction worker ended up curling up with other Cubans on the city's sea wall, the Malecón, in a desperate attempt to escape the suffocating summer heat during yet another islandwide blackout.

Sunday night marked the sixth islandwide blackout since Trump administration effectively cut Cuba off from oil — its main energy source — in January. The move plunged the endemically crisis-stricken country into free-fall. While authorities on Monday said they were working to get the power back on, much of the island still had no electricity.

The energy grid collapses have left people like Ríos García with fewer options to get by as the U.S. maintains its pressure campaign against the communist-led government.

"Things are only getting worse. Tomorrow it’ll collapse again ... and we’ll be back to sleeping on the Malecón,” said Ríos García, who used a piece of yellow foam as a pillow to cushion his head from the tough concrete.

The recurring power outages combined with the stifling heat have created collective insomnia on the island as residents struggle to get through the night. While some like Ríos García have slept on the boulevard, others struggle to get some rest on balconies and front porches.

The day of the latest blackout on Sunday, the temperature hit 93 degrees Fahrenheit (34 Celsius), but ended up feeling like 106 F when combined with the Caribbean's 80% humidity levels.

It marks just one of a growing number of struggles on the Caribbean island where day-to-day life has grown increasingly difficult since the U.S. threatened to impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide it with oil. That was a debilitating blow after decades of U.S. economic sanctions, with the island's infrastructure crumbling and a surge in migration.

Multiple outages since March

Sunday's latest total blackout confirmed by the state-run energy company came after sweeping outages across western Cuba, including the cities of Pinar del Río, Matanzas and Havana the day before.

Energy authorities reported two nationwide grid collapses in March and three in July, along with several partial outages.

Rolling blackouts now last more than 20 hours a day. Obtaining gas and basic goods have become daylong endeavors. Cubans worry about precious food like frozen chicken rotting in their fridges without power. The island’s once bustling tourism industry has bottomed out, leaving even fewer with a source of income allowing them to get by. With little fuel, public transportation in Havana has effectively collapsed. Hospitals have been left reeling and have sought to install solar panels to keep the lights on.

Cubans have long displayed a characteristic resilience to hardship, adapting to twists and turns and unexpected shortages after decades of living under a U.S. trade embargo. But in recent months and years, a sense of hopelessness has increasingly gripped those still remaining on the island.

Among them was 30-year-old physical education teacher Elaine Delis Ramos, who curled up next to loved ones on the boardwalk on top of a thick blanket in search of a breeze.

“Just when we start hoping (the energy grid) wouldn't collapse again, there it goes again," she said. “We don’t have any solution.”

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According to an arrest report from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, the incident occurred at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the 19600 block of South Dixie Highway.

Deputies said the suspect, Michael Artidiello, 35, and the victim, both of whom are homeless, have known each other for about two months.

They said the men were in the rear parking lot of Fortis College Saturday when Artidiello got into an argument with his wife.

According to the report, the victim tried to intervene and a physical altercation ensued between him and Artidiello.

Artidiello then pulled out a pocketknife and stabbed the victim in the neck, causing a cut to his trachea, the report stated.

Deputies said Artidiello then carried the victim across the street to HCA Florida Cutler Bay Emergency.

The victim was then transported to Jackson South Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition.

Deputies said Artidiello remained at the hospital until deputies arrived and took him into custody. His wife did not remain at the hospital.

According to the report, Artidiello provided some kind of admission, although his exact statement was redacted from the publicly released report.

He was arrested on a charge of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm.

As of Monday morning, Artidiello was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center without bond.

Según un informe de arresto de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, el incidente ocurrió alrededor de las 6:30 p.m. del sábado en la cuadra 19600 de South Dixie Highway.

Los agentes informaron que el sospechoso, Michael Artidiello, de 35 años, y la víctima, ambos en situación de calle, se conocían desde hacía aproximadamente dos meses.

Indicaron que los hombres se encontraban el sábado en el estacionamiento trasero de Fortis College cuando Artidiello comenzó una discusión con su esposa.

Según el informe, la víctima intentó intervenir y se produjo un altercado físico entre él y Artidiello.

El informe señala que Artidiello sacó una navaja de bolsillo y apuñaló a la víctima en el cuello, provocándole un corte en la tráquea.

Los agentes informaron que Artidiello luego cargó a la víctima y la llevó al otro lado de la calle hasta el HCA Florida Cutler Bay Emergency.

Posteriormente, la víctima fue trasladada al Jackson South Medical Center, donde fue reportada en estado crítico.

Los agentes indicaron que Artidiello permaneció en el hospital hasta que llegaron y lo arrestaron. Su esposa no permaneció en el hospital.

Según el informe, Artidiello hizo algún tipo de confesión, aunque su declaración exacta fue censurada en la versión pública del informe.

Fue arrestado acusado de agresión agravada que causó lesiones corporales graves.

Hasta la mañana del lunes, Artidiello permanecía detenido en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight sin derecho a fianza.

El hecho ocurrió alrededor de la 1:15 p.m. en la cuadra 300 de Sea Esta Lane, dentro del Sea Esta Mobile Home Park, cerca del casino The Big Easy, informó la Policía.

Los investigadores dijeron que un video de vigilancia muestra a Edy Rivas Rizo persiguiendo a su compañero de cuarto, cuyo nombre fue censurado en un informe de arresto obtenido por Local 10 News el lunes, apuñalándolo en el área de la axila y luego forcejeando con él en el suelo.

La Policía informó que dos testigos lograron quitarle el machete de las manos a Rivas. Además, indicó que las imágenes muestran a la víctima caminando hacia el oeste “aproximadamente 15 yardas” antes de desplomarse. Uno de los testigos llamó al 911 y la víctima fue trasladada al HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, donde posteriormente fue declarada muerta.

Uno de los testigos dijo más tarde a la Policía que escuchó a la víctima decir: “Ese hombre acaba de matarme”, mientras señalaba a Rivas, justo antes de desplomarse.

La Policía informó que obtuvo una orden de registro para la vivienda de Rivas, donde encontró “una gran cantidad de sangre” y localizó el machete atascado entre dos puertas en un área de almacenamiento.

Según el informe de arresto, Rivas afirmó que la víctima lo había atacado mientras él bebía cervezas al aire libre con otros dos hombres y aseguró que entró a buscar el machete porque temía por su vida.

La Policía indicó que Rivas afirmó que la víctima “cayó accidentalmente sobre la hoja” durante el forcejeo y negó haberla perseguido, pese a lo que mostraba el video.

Sin embargo, después de que le mostraron las imágenes de vigilancia, la Policía informó que “admitió haberlo perseguido, pero dijo que su intención era golpearlo con el lado plano de la hoja y no con el filo”.

Los agentes arrestaron posteriormente a Rivas. Hasta la mañana del lunes, permanecía detenido en la cárcel principal del condado Broward sin derecho a fianza.

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It happened at around 1:15 p.m. in the 300 block of Sea Esta Lane, within the Sea Esta Mobile Home Park, near the The Big Easy Casino, police said.

Investigators said surveillance video showed Edy Rivas Rizo chasing his roommate, whose name was redacted from an arrest report obtained by Local 10 News on Monday, stabbing him in the armpit area and then scuffling with him on the ground.

Two witnesses were able to get the knife out of Rivas’ hand, police said. Police said the footage showed the victim walking west for “approximately 15 yards” before collapsing. One of the witnesses called 911 and the victim was taken to HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

One of them later told police that he said he heard the victim say, “That guy just killed me,” motioning towards Rivas, immediately before collapsing.

Police said they obtained a search warrant for Rivas’ home and found “a large amount of blood” within and found the machete wedged between two doors in a storage area.

According to the arrest report, Rivas claimed that the victim had attacked him while he was drinking beers outside with two other men and claimed he went in and got the machete out of fear for his life.

Police said that Rivas claimed that the victim “accidentally fell on the blade” during the struggle and denied chasing the video.

But after being shown the surveillance footage, police said he “admitted to chasing him but stated that he meant to strike him with the broad side of the blade, not the sharp edge.”

Officers arrested Rivas afterward. As of Monday morning, he was being held without bond in the Broward County Main Jail.

Eso ocurre en una temporada típica, por supuesto, y no todas las temporadas siguen el calendario al pie de la letra. Basta con remontarse a 2022 para encontrar un agosto sin una sola depresión tropical, tormenta con nombre o huracán. Pero un agosto sin tormentas es un lujo poco común, y aunque 2022 culminó con una intensa actividad ciclónica en septiembre, incluyendo el huracán Ian que devastó el suroeste de Florida, en la mayoría de los años, un agosto tranquilo suele presagiar niveles más bajos de actividad en septiembre y octubre (véase 1997, un agosto sin tormentas que terminó siendo una de las temporadas menos activas de los últimos 30 años).

Veremos qué nos depara agosto, pero, en cualquier caso, nos acercamos al punto de inflexión de la temporada, donde la actividad estacional se ajusta rápidamente al calendario. Al 3 de agosto ^, llevamos un 34% de la temporada de huracanes de seis meses, pero aún queda por delante el 92% de la actividad típica de la temporada. Históricamente, aproximadamente el 93% de los huracanes se forman después del 3 de agosto ^. Sin embargo, agosto reduce esas cifras, especialmente en sus últimos días, y a mediados de septiembre el calendario y la actividad típica comienzan a coincidir (es decir, en promedio, a mediados de septiembre llevamos aproximadamente un 60% de la temporada de huracanes, tanto en días del calendario como en métricas de actividad típica).

Es improbable que se produzcan novedades hasta mediados de agosto.

En promedio, durante los últimos 30 años, la primera quincena de agosto ha registrado dos sistemas tropicales y una tormenta con nombre. Si bien pueden ocurrir huracanes, se forman con menos frecuencia en la primera parte del mes que en la segunda quincena de agosto.

Este agosto debería comenzar de forma similar a 2019, 2022 y 2023, años en los que no se registró actividad alguna al inicio del primer mes de la temporada de huracanes. Si bien esas temporadas repuntaron posteriormente, si tenemos suerte —con el histórico fenómeno de El Niño calmando el Atlántico—, 2026 terminará de manera parecida a 2015 o 1997, años en los que no hubo actividad al comienzo de agosto y también se registró una actividad de huracanes inferior a la media.

No se espera que se desarrolle la perturbación que comentamos en el boletín del viernes, que se acercará al sureste de Estados Unidos este fin de semana. El fenómeno atípico estadounidense, boguscane, que mencionamos el viernes, ya no aparece en el modelo, como era de esperar.

Mientras tanto, los modelos siguen siendo poco optimistas respecto a posibles cambios en la evolución de un sistema en el Atlántico oriental, entre África y el Caribe, para mediados de mes. Aún faltan más de 10 días, pero las probabilidades de desarrollo no han aumentado desde la semana pasada. Revisaremos la situación, pero por ahora no hay motivo de preocupación.

Sony on Sunday projected that “Spider-Man” would net an estimated $355 million in its first weekend playing in 4,487 theaters, just barely missing the 2019 “Avengers: Endgame” record of $357 million. But the fourth Spider-Man movie starring Tom Holland had a stronger than expected Sunday and ultimately came in ahead.

Tom Rothman, the chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group said in a statement, “records are made to be broken, but we will take great pride in this one, for as long as we hold it.”

Before “Avengers: Endgame,” no movie had opened over $300 million domestically. The previous record holders were “Avengers: Infinity War,” which launched with $257 million in 2018, and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” ($247 million in 2015). In December 2021, during the pandemic, the third Holland Spider-Man movie “No Way Home,” earned a place on the list with a $260 million debut on its way to $1.9 billion globally.

The high-earning combination of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” and “The Odyssey,” which share actors Holland, Zendaya and Jon Bernthal, also propelled a record weekend overall for movie theaters in the U.S. and Canada.

According to Rentrak, the domestic box office overall is up over 15% from last year with over $6.2 billion in ticket sales to date.

The pair of aggressive moves was a part of a hectic day of swaps, featuring dozens of deals in the hours leading up to Monday's 6 p.m. EDT deadline. Also on Monday, the Houston Astros added veteran outfielder Daulton Varsho from Toronto in exchange for right-hander Spencer Arrighetti, and the Chicago Cubs got pitcher Clay Holmes from the New York Mets.

The Los Angeles Dodgers woke up already looking like the deadline’s biggest winners after adding two-time Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal to a loaded roster Sunday. The Dodgers are chasing a third straight World Series title.

Rutschman gives Red Sox young catching star

Rutschman was the No. 1 overall pick in 2019 out of Oregon State and has largely lived up to the high expectations with five quality seasons with the Baltimore Orioles.

Now he moves to the Red Sox, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the trade hadn't been announced.

Boston started slow this season but revitalized its playoff hopes with a franchise record-tying 15-game winning streak in July. The 28-year-old Rutschman — who is under team control for one more season in 2027 — has had a bounce-back season at the plate with a .762 OPS, which helped him earn his third All-Star nod.

Rutschman is currently on the injured list with left wrist inflammation. He’s also dealt with an ankle injury and a concussion this year.

Arraez gives Philly an elite contact hitter

Arraez comes from the San Francisco Giants, and he'll be expected to create RBI opportunities for Phillies sluggers Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber.

Arraez is hitting an NL-best .324 in a resurgent season after signing a $12 million, one-year deal with San Francisco early in spring training. The 29-year-old has his highest batting average since 2023, and he's played better defense at second base after questions about his glove hindered his market in free agency.

Schwarber is second in the majors with 33 home runs entering Monday yet ranks 31st with 63 RBIs, while Harper has driven in 66. The team's .304 on-base percentage is the second lowest in the majors.

Philly also got reliever Caleb Kilian back from the Giants in the trade for two minor leaguers, and it swung a separate deal for left-handed reliever Brooks Raley with the Mets.

Former Cy Young winner Robbie Ray goes to Padres

The San Diego Padres acquired veteran left-hander Robbie Ray from the Giants on Monday in a trade for two prospects.

The Padres have won eight of nine to move one game back of the final wild-card playoff position, and this latest surge in their up-and-down season apparently prompted general manager A.J. Preller to trade yet another chunk of his severely depleted farm system for another chance to win now.

San Diego gave up right-hander Miguel Mendez and 17-year-old shortstop Joniel Hernandez for the 34-year-old Ray, a former Cy Young Award winner who will be an unrestricted free agent this winter. The Padres also got cash in the deal.

Ray is 10-6 with a 3.08 ERA and 107 strikeouts in 122 2/3 innings this season, his third with San Francisco.

Dodgers keep adding

The Dodgers added 2025 All-Star left-hander Kris Bubic from the Kansas City Royals for minor league right-hander Carlos Duran, a person familiar with the deal told the AP. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the trade hadn't been announced.

Bubic is on the 60-day injured list with shoulder and elbow issues, but the Royals had expected him to return in late-August, which would put him in line to pitch out of the bullpen for Los Angeles during the playoffs. He was an All-Star last season and is 3-2 with a 4.11 ERA in nine starts this season. Duran is 3-2 with a 3.38 ERA for the Dodgers’ Triple-A affiliate in Oklahoma City.

Los Angeles also traded for backup catcher Ben Rortvedt for the second year in a row. This time, the Dodgers got Rortvedt from the Mets for right-hander Chayce McDermott. The 28-year-old Rortvedt hasn’t played in the big leagues this season and wasn’t on the Mets’ 40-man roster.

Varsho helps Astros

The 30-year-old Varsho has had a disappointing offensive season with a .682 OPS over 99 games with the Blue Jays, but he earned a Gold Glove award in 2024 and remains an excellent defender.

Houston came into Monday's games with a 58-55 record, which is good for first place in the AL West. The Astros took over the division lead for the first time since April after a three-game sweep of the Rangers over the weekend.

The Blue Jays received Arrighetti, who is 7-5 with a 4.60 ERA over 17 starts this season.

Other trades of note

— The Pittsburgh Pirates added veteran right-hander Luke Weaver from the Mets. Weaver is in the first season of a two-year, $22-million deal. He had been one of the few bright spots this season for the last-place Mets, going 2-1 with a 1.84 ERA with one save in 42 appearances. The Mets received minor league infielder Sammy Stafura.

— The Cubs got left-hander Braxton Garrett from Miami for two minor leaguers. Garrett — the former seventh overall draft pick who turns 29 on Wednesday and will be under club control for two more seasons after this — suffered a torn UCL midway through the 2024 season. His only two big league starts since then came in mid-May, when he struck out five while allowing seven runs over 4 1/3 innings. He has since been at Triple-A. In 67 games for the Miami Marlins since his MLB debut in 2020, he was 16-20 with a 4.16 ERA. The Cubs also added righty Ryan Zeferjahn from the Los Angeles Angels for minor league catcher Moisés Ballesteros and minor league right-handed pitcher Mason McGwire, the son of former MLB slugger Mark McGwire.

— The Seattle Mariners acquired outfielder Taylor Ward from the Orioles in exchange for minor league right-handers Alex Hoppe, Brock Moore and Harrison Kreiling. Ward, 32, is hitting .246 with seven home runs and 30 RBIs in 111 games. He adds to Seattle’s outfield depth and could make impending free agent and All-Star outfielder Randy Arozarena expendable.

— The Blue Jays bolstered their rotation with an eye on 2027 by acquiring right-hander José Soriano from the Angels for three prospects. The 27-year-old is 9-6 with a 3.29 ERA and has a 3.72 ERA over four big league seasons. He's under team control through 2028. Infielder Arjun Nimmala, a 2023 first-round pick, headlined the minor leaguers going to Los Angeles, along with outfielder Eddie Micheletti Jr. and right-hander Angel Rivero.

— The Cleveland Guardians picked up a power bat and some outfield versatility by adding Jo Adell from the Angels, who received minor league catcher Jacob Cozart. The 27-year-old Adell has 16 homers and 62 RBIs this season, one year after hitting a career-best 37 homers with 98 RBIs. Adell has spent his entire career with the Angels after being the 10th overall pick in the 2017 amateur draft.

— The Tampa Bay Rays added catcher Liam Hicks in a trade with the Marlins while Miami received prospects RHP Jacob Kisting, SS Adrian Santana and INF Brayden Taylor. Hicks, 27, is in his second big league season and batting .282 with 14 homers and 62 RBIs. He's under team control for the next four seasons.

— The Chicago White Sox acquired outfielder Brenton Doyle from the Colorado Rockies for a pair of prospects. Doyle, who recently came off the injured list due to a bruised oblique, is hitting .214 with a homer and nine stolen bases. He’s won two Gold Glove awards for his work in center field. The Rockies received right-hander Mason Adams and infielder Carlos Vielma.

The White Sox also added righty reliever Huascar Brazobán from the Mets for minor league right-handers Gabe Davis and Zach Franklin. The 36-year-old Brazobán is 5-2 with a 2.56 ERA over 46 games this season.

— Toronto got utility player Josh Smith and minor league right-hander Josh Stephan from Texas for rookie left-hander Adam Macko. Smith, who in 2024 won a Silver Slugger as a utility player, was at Triple-A Round Rock. He went into this season with the chance to be the Rangers’ everyday second baseman, but he hit .213 in 45 games and missed 37 games because of injuries and a bout with viral meningitis.

— The Atlanta Braves acquired veteran left-handed reliever Brent Suter from the Angels for minor league infielder Nacho Alvarez Jr. The 36-year-old Suter provides some bullpen depth for the NL East leaders. He was 1-2 with a 4.12 ERA over 63 1/3 innings in 41 appearances for Los Angeles. The Braves also traded outfielder Eli White to the Red Sox, obtained right-hander Tyler Uberstine, who was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett, and traded backup catcher Joey Bart to the White Sox for right-hander Duncan Davitt.

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“Le solicito al movimiento indígena, campesino, popular y estudiantil del Cauca (suroeste) organizar las guardias libertadoras para contrarrestar a los asesinos organizados con la fuerza de la red y el poder popular”, afirmó el mandatario en la red social X.

Petro, quien militó en su juventud en la extinta guerrilla M-19, considera las “guardias libertadoras” como formas de “milicia popular que deben actuar en coordinación con el ejército nacional” en los lugares donde las “mafias” busquen dominar a los militares, a quienes instó a desobedecer si les ordenan “asesinar al pueblo”.

En los últimos días de su gobierno Petro ha insistido en que su sucesor, el conservador Abelardo de la Espriella, representa la llegada del “fascismo” a Colombia. Tampoco reconoció la victoria electoral de De la Espriella alegando presunto fraude.

De la Espriella, respaldado por el presidente Donald Trump, se posesionará el 7 de agosto en Cali, la principal ciudad del suroeste del país, para enviar un mensaje a los grupos armados ilegales que operan en esa zona y a los que promete combatir con mano dura.

Petro instó a los movimientos sociales a reunirse el 7 de agosto en Cali para “organizar las guardias libertadoras y las formas de la resistencia”. Se espera que en el marco de la posesión presidencial se registren manifestaciones de sectores opositores a De la Espriella.

“Las guardias libertadoras sólo obedecen órdenes de su comunidad en asamblea, es la comunidad la que decide si deben armarse o no, de acuerdo a la magnitud de la agresión”, aseguró Petro.

De la Espriella enfrentó críticas en campaña por declararse enemigo de los “señores de la izquierda” a quienes había que “destriparlos”. Luego matizó su discurso diciendo que se refería a una confrontación ideológica en el “marco de la ley”.

Petro enmarcó en un supuesto plan de exterminio de su corriente política el ataque contra el líder indígena Julián Mauricio Gutiérrez, quien falleció por la gravedad de las heridas, perpetrado el sábado en Florida, municipio aledaño a Cali; así como el ataque con disparos el domingo contra el diputado Yesid Sandoval del oficialista Pacto Histórico, del que salió ileso.

The decision late Sunday marks a victory for the Trump administration as it races ahead with efforts to build a $46 billion wall along the U.S.-Mexico border from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.

The town of Presidio, with a population of about 3,200 people, argued the wall could cause flooding and that the administration isn’t following the law as it rushes forward with its plans. The town’s development district sued earlier this year to stop the department from going forward with construction.

But the judge said in his ruling Sunday that they were unlikely to succeed on the merits of the case.

“For the foregoing reasons, despite the understandable concerns expressed by the plaintiff regarding the harms it and the plaintiff’s residents might sustain by the potential construction of the Smart Wall, the Court is compelled to deny the plaintiff’s motion for a stay,” wrote Judge Reggie B. Walton.

DHS has been charging forward with its wall-building plan with senior administration officials saying a first layer of the structure will be done by next year. In its push, the Secretary of Homeland Security has waived numerous regulations designed to protect the environment, wildlife, archaeological and Native American sites.

But the department has been running into opposition by landowners, environmental groups, Native American tribes and others who argue that the government’s rapid construction endangers environmental and religious sites and a way of life along the border. Opponents also question the urgency to finish the wall when migrant crossings from Mexico are already at extreme lows.

Lawyers for Presidio's development district argued in a court hearing that the government’s plans could compromise the levee system protecting the town from flash flooding and that the government flouted a key act that requires it to seek permission from the Army Corps of Engineers before building on or near the levees.

“We are very disappointed that the court will allow this potentially disastrous construction to continue, but we remain committed to protecting the Big Bend area and those who rely on the threatened levees," said the town's development district in a statement Monday.

Presidio is protected by a series of berms and levees built in the 1970s and 1980s along the Rio Grande and tributaries to combat flooding.

In court documents, Presidio’s development district said Customs and Border Protection plans to “replace the earthen slope of the existing levee with a concrete wall, with 30-foot steel bollard panels installed on top.” The district said it asked the agency for more details but was told they can’t be shared due to “national security.”

The government has argued that there is no final plan for where the border wall will go or how it will be built. And the administration has maintained that it has the authority given to it by Congress to waive a vast swath of regulations to build the wall as it seeks to get the number of people crossing the border every day to zero.

In his ruling, the judge bolstered that argument, saying that it was clear "that Congress did not intend to limit the Secretary of DHS’s waiver authority."

The government is also facing another lawsuit in Texas where an environmental group and a church preservation group have teamed up to oppose DHS’s plans.

A night before the trade deadline, Harper went from calling out Dombrowski to texting him, noting he would move from first base back to right field if it helped upgrade the lineup.

Harper is indeed now the Phillies right fielder — just for the remainder of this season — after Dombrowski swung a deal Monday for three-time batting champion Luis Arraez from the San Francisco Giants.

“I think any chance that we have an opportunity to win, I'd do anything for this organization," Harper said ahead of Monday's game against Washington. “They know that.”

Arraez is the proven bat Philadelphia’s lineup needed in its chase for a fifth straight trip to the playoffs and first World Series championship since 2008.

Phillies interim manager Don Mattingly said Arraez will play second base, triggering a defensive shuffle that switched up the corner positions.

Bryson Stott will move from second base to third, and third baseman Alec Bohm will shift to first, where Harper has played since returning from Tommy John surgery on his right elbow in 2023.

The 33-year-old Harper long-tossed in the outfield before Monday's game and conceded there would be an adjustment in the position shift.

“I think it's probably just more of the arm-care stuff,” Harper said. “Maybe a little of the bit of the legs, as well. At 33 right now, this is the best I've felt in a long time. I feel healthy, I feel strong. Obviously, may need to get my arm going a little bit more. You don't show too much arm strength at first base."

Mattingly said there was never a consideration to moving shaky shortstop Trea Turner, who has 18 errors this season, to the outfield.

Mattingly, 50-34 with the Phillies since he replaced Rob Thomson in April, also wanted assurances from Harper he was on board with leaving first base.

“He just came up to me and said, ‘Hey, are you serious?’ I said, ‘yeah,’” Harper said.

Harper, a former catcher who spent the bulk of his career in Washington and Philadelphia as an outfielder, brought his outfielder's glove with him on last week's trip to Miami, just in case it was needed. The Phillies lost eight of nine games after the All-Star break before winning two straight over the weekend in Baltimore.

In Miami, Harper was blunt on the Phillies' chances, saying “I think we need some help.”

All he had to do was change positions for the Phillies to add reinforcements.

Harper added he “loves” first base and the move is “something I'm doing just for the team.”

“I don't have to do that," Harper said. “Hopefully it helps. I think it's helped us obviously get the guy that we need.”

Arraez gives the Phillies a needed contact hitter

Arraez is batting a National League-best .324 with four homers and 47 RBIs with an .801 OPS. He’s a four-time All-Star and, of importance in the free-swinging Phillies lineup, is a contact hitter who rarely strikes out.

He has struck out just 236 times over his eight-year career.

Arraez has 25 walks to 21 strikeouts this season. The Phillies .304 on-base is second worst in the majors, only ahead of the New York Mets.

Arraez is eligible for free agency at the end of the season and has played for five teams in the last five seasons. He played in the All-Star Game last month in Philadelphia.

The Phillies also acquired right-hander reliever Caleb Kilian in the trade in exchange for minor league right-handed pitchers Ramon Marquez and Marty Gair.

The Giants are 47-65 and have been of baseball’s bigger disappointments.

The Phillies struck a separate deal for Mets left-hander Brooks Raley in exchange for minor league right-handed pitcher Luke Gabrysh and minor league outfielder John Spikerman. They also sent out righty reliever Nolan Hoffman to Kansas City for minor league righty Manuel Colón, a move that opened a spot on the 40-man roster.

Raley has a 5-5 record with a 1.96 ERA and 40 strikeouts in 45 games. His 1.96 ERA is tied for the fourth-lowest mark in the majors among left-handed relievers and 35 appearances this season have been scoreless.

Philly has a big gap to catch the Braves in the NL East

The Phillies entered Monday’s game against Washington at 59-53 and hold one of the final NL wild-card spots. They are eight games back of Atlanta in the NL East.

Arreaz led the National League in hits the past two seasons and had signed a $12 million, one-year contract this season with the Giants. He spent his first five major league seasons with the Minnesota Twins before they traded him to the Miami Marlins in January 2023. San Diego acquired him in May 2024.

Stott, who blossomed into a Gold Glove candidate, echoed Harper's comments and said he was fine with heading to third base.

“It should be not lost that our superstar first baseman, two-time MVP is willing to move,” Stott said. “When you're on a team and you see a guy like that, what we are going to say, no, we're not moving?”

Dombrowski came out swinging with deals that — while not at the level of the Dodgers trading for Tarik Skubal — showed the Phillies are serious about staying in the playoff hunt and making a World Series push in October.

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Nadezhdin, 63, shared a video on Telegram, showing him standing in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

“Good news: I'm alive and free. Unfortunately, not in Russia for the time being," he said, adding that he needs “to look around and figure out life going forward.”

In July, a Russian court fined Nadezhdin about $13 for displaying “extremist symbols," charges that he rejected as absurd. The accusations stemmed from a 2023 online video that briefly showed a picture of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, convicted of extremism in a case widely seen as politically motivated.

Earlier that month, Nadezhdin also was designated a “foreign agent" — a label that brings additional government scrutiny as well as stigmatizing connotations in Russia.

That and a fine on an extremism-related charge barred him from running in September’s parliamentary vote, which is expected to be tightly controlled by the Kremlin.

The ruling United Russia party is seeking to preserve its dominance in the lower house of parliament in a race against the Communist Party and a couple of other parties that vote in sync with the Kremlin on key issues. The campaign comes amid signs of growing public fatigue with the war in Ukraine as fuel shortages and economic pain increase, an environment that reduces the authorities' tolerance for even token opposition.

In January 2024, Nadezhdin collected thousands of signatures in his run for president as he openly called for an end to the war in Ukraine. But he was kept off the March 2024 ballot after Russia’s Supreme Court ruled that more than 9,000 signatures submitted by his campaign were invalid — enough to disqualify him. Putin faced only token opposition in the election and easily gained a fifth term.

A veteran politician, Nadezhdin worked in the government in the 1990s when he was an adviser to Sergei Kiriyenko, now a top Putin aide. He also served as a lawmaker and more recently became a member of a municipal council. He was one of the few high-profile Putin critics still living in Russia.

Earlier this year, Nadezhdin declared his bid to run for the lower house of parliament, the State Duma, and vowed to continue his symbolic campaign even after the Justice Ministry branded him with the “foreign agent” designation.

Another blow came when police briefly detained Nadezhdin and charged him with displaying “extremist symbols.” The politician said he was considering a move abroad but was barred from leaving Russia. It wasn't clear from his Monday video statement whether the ban has since been lifted, or if he left the country despite it.

After the Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, authorities ramped up their crackdown on dissent and free speech, relentlessly targeting rights organizations, independent media, members of civil society organizations and Kremlin critics. Hundreds of people have been jailed and thousands of others fled the country.

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According to an arrest report obtained Monday by Local 10 News, Andrew Zagazeta, of Weston, was arrested early Friday morning on a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

Sunrise police said the stabbing occurred Thursday night at an apartment complex in the 12800 block of Vista Isles Drive.

When officers arrived at the scene, they spoke with the great-grandmother of the suspect and victim, who said that the two had been arguing over a gaming console and she “immediately intervened to separate them,” the arrest report stated.

According to the report, the great-grandmother did not see a knife being displayed during the argument.

The woman told police that soon after the altercation she saw Zagazeta leaving the apartment and immediately followed him outside “out of curiosity.”

According to the report, she said the victim then approached her and said that Zagazeta had just stabbed him in the right hip area with a knife.

Police said the victim was transported to Broward Health Medical Center to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

According to the report, detectives later spoke with the victim at the hospital and he said he got into a “heated argument” with his cousin after Zagazeta used his gaming console without permission.

The victim said Zagazeta pushed him, at which time his great-grandmother intervened and separated them.

Police said the victim admitted to removing a knife from the knife storage block in the kitchen after the argument erupted, but said he immediately returned it to the storage block after his great-grandmother intervened.

According to the report, the victim said Zagazeta then pulled out a knife from behind the TV and stabbed him as the victim was walking toward his gaming console to retrieve it.

Police said the victim’s stab wound measured about 1 centimeter in depth.

As of Monday morning, Zagazeta was being held at the Broward County Main Jail on a $20,000 bond.

Según un informe de arresto obtenido el lunes por Local 10 News, Andrew Zagazeta, de Weston, fue arrestado la madrugada del viernes acusado de agresión agravada con un arma mortal.

La Policía de Sunrise informó que el apuñalamiento ocurrió la noche del jueves en un complejo de apartamentos ubicado en la cuadra 12800 de Vista Isles Drive.

Cuando los agentes llegaron al lugar, hablaron con la bisabuela del sospechoso y de la víctima, quien dijo que ambos discutían por una consola de videojuegos y que “intervino de inmediato para separarlos”, según el informe de arresto.

De acuerdo con el informe, la bisabuela no vio que se exhibiera un cuchillo durante la discusión.

La mujer dijo a la Policía que, poco después del altercado, vio a Zagazeta salir del apartamento y lo siguió de inmediato al exterior “por curiosidad”.

Según el informe, la víctima se acercó entonces a ella y le dijo que Zagazeta acababa de apuñalarlo con un cuchillo en el área de la cadera derecha.

La Policía informó que la víctima fue trasladada al Broward Health Medical Center para recibir tratamiento por heridas que no ponían en peligro su vida.

Según el informe, los detectives hablaron posteriormente con la víctima en el hospital, donde dijo que tuvo una “acalorada discusión” con su primo después de que Zagazeta utilizó su consola de videojuegos sin permiso.

La víctima dijo que Zagazeta lo empujó, momento en el que su bisabuela intervino y los separó.

La Policía informó que la víctima admitió haber sacado un cuchillo del bloque de almacenamiento de cuchillos en la cocina cuando comenzó la discusión, pero aseguró que lo devolvió de inmediato después de que su bisabuela intervino.

Según el informe, la víctima dijo que Zagazeta luego sacó un cuchillo que estaba detrás del televisor y lo apuñaló mientras caminaba hacia su consola de videojuegos para recogerla.

La Policía indicó que la herida de arma blanca de la víctima tenía una profundidad aproximada de un centímetro.

Hasta la mañana del lunes, Zagazeta permanecía detenido en la cárcel principal del condado Broward con una fianza de $20,000 USD.

The congressional primaries will take place using the commonwealth’s existing district boundaries. Voters approved a more Democratic-friendly map in April, but Virginia’s highest court invalidated the new boundaries less than three weeks later.

The failed effort to enact a new Virginia map was in response to a largely successful push by President Donald Trump and state lawmakers in several Republican-controlled states like Texas and Missouri to redraw their congressional maps ahead of schedule and boost their party’s chances of maintaining their fragile U.S. House majority.

Under the current map, Virginia’s most competitive U.S. House seat is likely in the 2nd Congressional District, where a rematch may be in the works between two-term Republican U.S. Rep. Jen Kiggans and the Democrat she unseated in 2022, former U.S. Rep. Elaine Luria.

Luria is among four Democrats seeking the nomination, but the retired Navy commander and former House Select Jan. 6 Committee member dwarfs the rest of the combined field in terms of fundraising and available cash as of mid-July. Kiggans, also a former Naval officer, is unopposed in the Republican primary.

A contested primary is also underway in the neighboring 1st Congressional District, where seven Democratic hopefuls are running to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman. That field includes Henrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor, retired Navy Commander and former corporate government affairs executive Jason Knapp, and attorneys Salaam Bhatti and Mel Tull. Wittman, who is seeking a 10th full term, is unopposed for renomination.

In the 7th Congressional District, which straddles Northern and Central Virginia, freshman Democratic U.S. Rep. Eugene Vindman faces no primary challengers in his bid for a second term. In November, he’ll face the winner of a three-way primary between Republicans Philip Harding, Doug Ollivant and Rick Smithers.

The Democratic primary in the 5th Congressional District also features a comeback attempt by a former member of Congress. Tom Perriello served one term from 2009 to 2011 in the Charlottesville-area district. If he wins the three-way primary, he would likely face Republican U.S. Rep. John McGuire in a district that Trump won with about 56% of the vote.

Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger has endorsed Luria, Taylor and Perriello in their congressional primaries.

At the top of the ballot, Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Warner is unopposed in his bid for a fourth term. Running to challenge him in November are Republicans Kim Farington, Bert Mizusawa and David Williams. Warner has held the seat since 2009 and won his last reelection with 56% of the vote.

Here are some of the key facts about the election and data points the AP Decision Team will monitor as the votes are tallied:

When do polls close?

Polls close at 7 p.m. ET.

What’s on the ballot?

The Associated Press will provide vote results and declare winners in contested primaries for the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House and the Arlington County Board.

Who gets to vote?

Any eligible voter may participate in any party’s primary.

How many voters are there?

There were about 6,387,000 registered voters as of March 1. Virginia voters do not register by party.

How many people actually vote?

About 273,000 votes were cast in the last Republican U.S. Senate primary in 2024. That year, the Democratic primaries for the 1st and 2nd Congressional Districts had about 23,000 and about 29,000 total votes, respectively, while the Republican primary in the 7th Congressional District had about 36,000 total votes.

How much of the vote is cast early or by absentee ballot?

Advance voting tends to make up a larger share of the vote in Democratic primaries than in Republican primaries. In 2024, about 55% of the vote in the 1st District Democratic primary and about 47% of the 2nd District Democratic primary vote were mail or early in-person votes. In comparison, about 27% of the vote was cast early in person or by mail in the Republican primaries for the U.S. Senate and for the 7th Congressional District.

As of Friday, about 139,000 ballots had been cast in Tuesday’s election, about 84,000 from Democrats and about 55,000 from Republicans.

When are early and absentee votes released?

Virginia counties and independent cities vary in terms of how and when they release results, but the first vote updates of the night tend to include results from all vote types: early in person, mail and in person on Election Day.

Roughly a third of jurisdictions release all or almost all of their early and absentee voting results in their first vote update of the night, often along with results from in-person Election Day voting. Most counties and cities begin releasing at least some results from in-person Election Day voting in the first update and over the course of the night.

Nearly half the jurisdictions release no early or absentee voting results in the first vote update.

How long does vote-counting usually take?

In the 2025 general election for Virginia governor, the AP first reported results at 7:10 p.m. ET, or 10 minutes after polls closed. The last vote update of the night was at 1:52 a.m. ET, with more than 99% of total votes counted.

When will the AP declare a winner?

The AP does not make projections and will declare a winner only when it’s determined there is no scenario that would allow a trailing candidate to close the gap. If a race has not been called, the AP will continue to cover any newsworthy developments, such as candidate concessions or declarations of victory. In doing so, the AP will make clear that it has not yet declared a winner and explain why.

How do recounts work?

Virginia does not conduct automatic recounts. Candidates may request and pay for recounts if the margin between the top two candidates is 1 percentage point or less. No payment is required if the recount results in a margin of less than 0.5 percentage points or if the outcome has changed. The AP may declare a winner in a race that is subject to a recount if it can determine the lead is too large for a recount or legal challenge to change the outcome.

Are we there yet?

As of Tuesday, there will be 91 days until the 2026 midterm elections.

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Feels like temperatures will range between 100 to 105° early Monday afternoon.

Storms are forecast to develop by mid-afternoon, and with a south-southwest wind, storms will remain along the east coast metro into the early evening.

Slow moving storms that develop could produce frequent lightning, gusty winds, heavy rain, and localized street flooding.

CLICK HERE for the latest forecast updates from Local 10’s Weather Authority.

La sensación térmica oscilará entre los 100 y 105 grados durante las primeras horas de la tarde del lunes.

Se pronostica que las tormentas se desarrollen a media tarde y, con vientos del sur-suroeste, permanecerán sobre el área metropolitana de la costa este hasta las primeras horas de la noche.

Las tormentas de movimiento lento que se desarrollen podrían producir frecuentes descargas eléctricas, fuertes ráfagas de viento, lluvias intensas e inundaciones localizadas en las calles.

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The state-run Electric Union reported a “total disconnection” of Cuba’s National Energy System on Sunday night but did not identify the cause of the outage.

The blackout followed a partial power interruption Saturday that affected western Cuba, from Pinar del Río to Matanzas, including Havana, after weather-related disruptions damaged a 220-megawatt transmission line. Officials said that earlier outage had been quickly brought under control.

By early Monday, electricity had begun returning to some parts of the island. The Associated Press reported that several power distribution areas were back online and lights had been restored in portions of Havana.

The latest nationwide outage underscores Cuba’s ongoing energy crisis, which has been fueled by aging electrical infrastructure and fuel shortages. Cuban officials have also blamed the tightening of U.S. sanctions and restrictions on oil imports for worsening the country’s electricity shortages.

According to energy officials, Cuba experienced two nationwide blackouts in March and three more in July, in addition to several partial outages, including the disruption reported Aug. 1. Sunday’s collapse marked the sixth total failure of the National Energy System in 2026.

Even when the national grid is operating, many Cubans continue to endure prolonged rolling blackouts that can last more than 20 hours a day, disrupting daily life, businesses and essential services across the island.

La empresa estatal Unión Eléctrica informó una “desconexión total” del Sistema Eléctrico Nacional de Cuba la noche del domingo, pero no identificó la causa del apagón.

El apagón ocurrió después de una interrupción parcial del servicio eléctrico el sábado que afectó el occidente de Cuba, desde Pinar del Río hasta Matanzas, incluida La Habana, luego de que afectaciones relacionadas con el clima dañaran una línea de transmisión de 220 megavatios. Los funcionarios indicaron que esa interrupción anterior fue controlada rápidamente.

Para las primeras horas del lunes, el servicio eléctrico había comenzado a restablecerse en algunas zonas de la isla. The Associated Press informó que varias áreas de distribución eléctrica ya estaban nuevamente en funcionamiento y que el servicio había sido restablecido en partes de La Habana.

El más reciente apagón nacional pone de relieve la persistente crisis energética de Cuba, impulsada por el envejecimiento de la infraestructura eléctrica y la escasez de combustible. Funcionarios cubanos también han atribuido el agravamiento de la escasez de electricidad al endurecimiento de las sanciones de Estados Unidos y a las restricciones sobre las importaciones de petróleo.

Según funcionarios del sector energético, Cuba experimentó dos apagones nacionales en marzo y otros tres en julio, además de varias interrupciones parciales, incluida la reportada el 1 de agosto. El colapso del domingo marcó la sexta falla total del Sistema Eléctrico Nacional en 2026.

Incluso cuando la red eléctrica nacional está en funcionamiento, muchos cubanos continúan soportando apagones programados prolongados que pueden durar más de 20 horas al día, afectando la vida cotidiana, los negocios y los servicios esenciales en toda la isla.

Daniel Ramírez, de 47 años y residente de Lubbock, Texas, pagó una fianza el sábado y quedó en libertad la madrugada del domingo.

Al salir de la cárcel, Ramírez no tardó en defender su conducta.

“Nos tropezamos, yo nunca la golpeé”, dijo Ramírez.

“Pero hay un video”, le señaló Linnie Supall, de Local 10.

“¿Qué video, uno de que ella me estaba siguiendo?”, preguntó Ramírez.

“Un video que lo muestra empujándola al suelo”, respondió Supall.

“No, yo nunca hice eso. Nos tropezamos. Fue un accidente”, afirmó.

Ramírez fue detenido el viernes en la terminal de Royal Caribbean en PortMiami por agentes del Departamento de Policía de Miami.

Su arresto se produjo varios días después de que las autoridades divulgaran un video de vigilancia del restaurante que, según ellas, mostraba a Ramírez empujando violentamente a una mujer hasta tirarla al suelo el 26 de julio.

La víctima, que trabajaba como cantinera en el Hard Rock Café, habló con Local 10 News sobre lo ocurrido.

Contó que vio a Ramírez meterse en un área detrás de la barra, reservada solo para empleados, y comerse los adornos de las bebidas. Cuando le dijo que no podía hacer eso, él le respondió: “P---, ¿qué quieres que haga? ¿Que lo escupa?”, y ambos salieron del área de la barra.

“De inmediato, el corazón se me empezó a acelerar”, dijo la mujer, que pidió no revelar su identidad.

Según un informe de arresto del Departamento de Policía de Miami (MPD), el gerente de la cantinera la mandó a llamar de nuevo después de que Ramírez presentara una queja.

“Según la víctima, (Ramírez) le dijo al gerente que ninguna mujer tenía derecho a decirle qué hacer y que la víctima debía ser reprendida”, indica el informe de arresto.

La policía señaló que el gerente le pidió a la cantinera que fingiera estar siendo reprendida.

De acuerdo con la víctima, Ramírez huyó tras el primer enfrentamiento, en el que la empujó al suelo.

Contó que empezó a tomarle fotos mientras él se alejaba, pero asegura que la encaró de nuevo, la tiró al suelo por segunda vez y la dejó inconsciente.

“Fue algo muy, muy repugnante, y me pregunto cómo se sentiría él si le hicieran esto a alguien de su familia”, expresó.

La policía llevaba buscando a Ramírez desde el ataque y logró ubicarlo el viernes en la terminal de cruceros de Royal Caribbean en PortMiami.

La víctima agradeció a los detectives por identificar y localizar al sospechoso con rapidez.

“Estoy muy agradecida de que lo hayan capturado y arrestado, y de que esté ahí sentado pensando en lo que hizo”, dijo la empleada.

Tras pagar su fianza, Ramírez dijo que se va a casa, a Texas.

According to an arrest report, Tomas Raymundo Brito was driving east on Lincoln Drive. Just east of Southwest 154th Avenue, the victim stopped her vehicle in the roadway and got out to open the gate to her driveway.

As she walked past the driver’s side of her vehicle, investigators said Brito, 31, hit the rear of her car. The impact caused her vehicle to spin about 180 degrees clockwise, striking her and knocking her to the ground. Deputies said the truck then continued forward and struck her again, trapping her underneath.

Authorities said Brito got out and ran east on Lincoln Drive without calling for help or helping the victim.

The woman suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to Jackson South Medical Center, where she remains on life support.

A witness told investigators he followed Brito and saw him go into a shed at 15278 Lincoln Drive.

The witness then flagged down Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies, who found Brito and took him into custody.

According to the arrest form, Brito admitted he had drunk about five beers before the crash. He also admitted he was the driver and only person in the truck at the time.

Authorities said he also told investigators he is from Guatemala and is in the U.S. without legal status. A records check showed he has never been issued a Florida driver’s license.

Deputies arrested him and took him to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center after he was cleared at Jackson South Medical Center.

Brito faces charges of leaving the scene of a crash involving serious bodily injury and driving without a license causing death or serious bodily injury while unlawfully present in the United States.

Jail records also show he is being held on an immigration hold.

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According to Fort Lauderdale police, the burglary was reported at about 4:15 a.m. at the business in the 3600 block of Davie Boulevard.

The Dollar Stop owner said the thief or thieves smashed the glass front door before making their way inside.

Police said officers established a perimeter and detained a person of interest for questioning.

No arrests have been made at this time.

Police said the investigation remains ongoing.

Anyone with information about the burglary is asked to call the Fort Lauderdale Police Department or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

Según la Policía de Fort Lauderdale, el allanamiento fue reportado alrededor de las 4:15 a.m. en el negocio ubicado en la cuadra 3600 de Davie Boulevard.

El propietario de Dollar Stop dijo que el ladrón o los ladrones rompieron la puerta principal de vidrio antes de ingresar al establecimiento.

La Policía informó que los agentes establecieron un perímetro y retuvieron a una persona de interés para ser interrogada.

Hasta el momento no se han realizado arrestos.

La Policía indicó que la investigación continúa.

Cualquier persona con información sobre el allanamiento debe comunicarse con el Departamento de Policía de Fort Lauderdale o con Broward Crime Stoppers al 954-493-8477.

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According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, the crash was reported at about 6:05 a.m. at the intersection of Northwest 17^th Avenue and 79^th Street.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue medics transported the victim to a nearby hospital. His condition has not been released.

Deputies said the driver of the vehicle remained at the scene.

The investigation continues.

Según la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, el accidente fue reportado alrededor de las 6:05 a.m. en la intersección de Northwest 17th Avenue y 79th Street.

Paramédicos de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue trasladaron a la víctima a un hospital cercano. Su condición no ha sido divulgada.

Los agentes informaron que el conductor del vehículo permaneció en el lugar.

La investigación continúa.

The embassy said “Kyiv terrorists” wanted to “scare the Italians working in Russia and to show them that they too are in the crosshairs and could become the scoundrels' next victims.”

It said the Saturday night attack on the Balzi Rossi restaurant killed five and injured 19, adding that its Italian chef and his staff were unhurt only thanks to a Russian security guard's “vigilance and selfless dedication to his professional duty.”

There was no immediate comment from Ukrainian authorities.

The National Anti-Terrorism Committee, which coordinates various security agencies, initially reported a lower death toll in a statement issued shortly after the attack. It said the bomb killed three people, including a woman who carried the explosive device into the restaurant, a guard who stopped her, and a guest inside. It said 21 others were injured when the bomb detonated near the restaurant's entrance.

The committee didn’t say who was the target or name the mastermind.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on Sunday described the bombing as a “brutal terrorist act,” but did not say who was responsible for the blast at the upscale restaurant, which is located on the ground floor of a high-rise apartment building that is one of seven skyscrapers in the city that date to the era of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.

The Russian Foreign Ministry reposted the embassy statement without comment. It did not respond to a request for comment or explain the higher death toll.

Several Russian media outlets claimed the bombing targeted a Russian general who was celebrating his birthday at the restaurant. Some claimed that the general was Col.-Gen. Alexander Chaiko, who led the troops that made a botched attempt to storm the Ukrainian capital in 2022 and recently was appointed the chief of Russia's aerospace forces. The claims could not be independently verified.

The business daily Kommersant reported that the bomb, hidden in a gift box, was probably detonated remotely and the woman carrying it could have been unaware of the content. Kommersant said the bomb contained about 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) of explosives and contained metal balls for lethality.

Russia blamed Ukraine for past attacks on military officials

Russian authorities have blamed Kyiv for a series of bombings and other attacks against senior military officials after Moscow sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022. Earlier this year, Russia’s Federal Security Service said authorities would tighten security around senior military and government officials following the attacks.

In February, Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alexeyev, ​the deputy head of the GRU ‌military ⁠intelligence service, was shot three times at a Moscow apartment building, but survived. Ukraine denied its involvement.

In December, a car bomb killed Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces’ General Staff, in southern Moscow. Ukraine refrained from comment.

In April 2025, another car bomb that Moscow blamed on Kyiv killed Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of the main operational department in Russia’s General Staff. Ukraine didn't claim the attack but hinted at its involvement.

And in December 2024, a bomb hidden in a scooter killed Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, who headed the Russian military’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces, one of the few attacks Ukraine openly acknowledged.

Among other prominent victims of bombing attacks in Russia were Daria Dugina, the daughter of influential nationalist thinker Aleksandr Dugin, and Vladlen Tatarsky, a well-known pro-Kremlin military blogger. Kyiv denied involvement in the attack on Dugina, and remained coy about the attack on Tatarsky.

La estatal Unión Eléctrica informó que en la noche del domingo se produjo una “desconexión total” del sistema. El director del Despacho Nacional de Carga de la entidad, Félix Estrada Rodríguez, dijo a medios de prensa oficiales que la caída se produjo debido a una avería en una subestación en La Habana que “provocó la oscilación de la red y la salida de la termoeléctrica Felton, en (la provincia de) Holguín”.

Aunque La Habana recuperó la energía en los circuitos priorizados —como hospitales y talleres de elaboración de alimentos— las provincias del oriente recién volverían a tener servicio por la tarde, agregó el funcionario.

El sábado ya se había reportado una caída parcial en el occidente de la isla —desde Pinar del Río a Matanzas, incluyendo La Habana— debido a cortes en una línea de 220 megavatios por factores climáticos que fue rápidamente controlada.

La sucesión de cortes del servicio demuestra la frágil situación energética de Cuba, causada por una combinación de una infraestructura obsoleta y el impacto del cerco petrolero impuesto por Estados Unidos en enero.

En la madrugada del lunes algunos sectores de La Habana, la capital y ciudad más poblada de la isla, lucían iluminados, pero en otros al mediodía todavía no había corriente, constató The Associated Press.

Para pasar la noche muchos residentes durmieron en balcones, portales y hasta en el Malecón, la avenida del litoral capitalino, en busca de un poco de alivio para el sofocante calor.

“Esto va para atrás, mañana se vuelve a caer… y de nuevo a dormir en el Malecón”, dijo a AP Alexey Ríos García, un albañil de 30 años que amaneció en ese lugar.

La maestra de educación física Elaine Delis Ramos, de 30 años, también acudió al muro del Malecón buscando un poco de brisa. “Cuando tenemos esperanza de que no se va a caer más, vuelve y se cae. No tenemos ninguna solución”, se lamentó.

El servicio meteorológico estimó que la sensación térmica alcanzó los 41 grados el domingo debido a una humedad de hasta el 80%.

Las autoridades informaron dos caídas nacionales en marzo y tres en julio, a las que se suman algunas parciales como la del 1 de agosto.

Además, los cubanos sufren constantes cortes rotativos que a veces superan las 20 horas diarias.

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El corresponsal Ariel Fernández contribuyó con este reporte.

The 54-year-old Pochettino, who took over the national team in October 2024, led the U.S. to the round of 16 at this year's World Cup, where the tournament co-hosts were eliminated in a 4-1 loss to Belgium.

Still, he helped the seeded U.S. team to a pair of firsts in the expanded 48-nation tournament, clinching advancement from the group stage with a game to spare and winning three games in a single World Cup. The team captivated American fans with excited audiences in stadiums and record television viewers.

“The magic thing that happened during the World Cup, the connection with the people, of course with the whole organization and everything was a key point,” Pochettino said during a Zoom news conference from his home in Barcelona, Spain.

Since reaching the quarterfinals at the 2002 World Cup, the U.S. has lost four round-of-16 games.

“What we learn(ed) is that we can compete, that we have the quality and we have the talent,” Pochettino said. “We were so close. That gap with the best teams in the world is not too big.”

Pochettino said there is potential to make soccer in the U.S. “grow and grow and grow and be one of the important sport(s) in America, like it is in the rest of the world.”

“We have players and organization that can compete with the best organization in the world in that sport,” he said. “We learned that the fans are amazing and when they were so excited to discover a sport that made our fans become crazy, no? The connection was amazing.”

Pochettino views the next cycle as a new start for a program lacking quality depth at goalkeeper and central defender.

“It is going to be important to provide the young kids that we really believe (in) that they have the potential to arrive in 2030, in four years,” he said.

Before taking the U.S. job, Pochettino coached Espanyol (2009-12), Southampton (2013-14), Tottenham (2014-19), Paris Saint-Germain (2021-22) and Chelsea (2023-24).

When Pochettino replaced Gregg Berhalter two years ago, he signed an initial contract through the 2026 World Cup. Pochettino said ahead of the tournament that he had discussed a possible new deal with the USSF. He also said in May that his agent had spoken with AC Milan, a club that then hired Rúben Amorim.

Pochettino, who has homes in Spain and London, said he may move to the U.S. He intends to stay with the American team until 2030 but left himself an out.

“Four years time is a really long period. You never know what can happen in soccer,” he said. “Today people really love you. In eight weeks time, maybe that change(s), that feeling."

He has led the U.S. to 17 wins (including a penalty-kick victory), 13 losses and one draw. Twenty-three of 62 players to appear under Pochettino have accounted for the team’s 57 goals.

“We know we have a lot of work to do to achieve our clear ambitions, including competing to win Men’s World Cups and having soccer become the most played sport in every community,” USSF CEO JT Batson said in a statement.

Hedge fund manager Ken Griffin is again the lead philanthropic funder supporting Pochettino’s contract with additional support by Scott Goodwin, Adam Freede and commercial partners. Pochettino earned just over $5 million in his first seven months as coach, according to the U.S. Soccer Federation tax return.

U.S. coaches have not been successful when they remained for a second World Cup cycle.

After leading the Americans to the 2002 quarterfinals, Bruce Arena was unable to get his team past the group stage in 2006.

Bob Bradley helped the U.S. reach the round of 16 in 2010, then was fired a year later after the team lost the CONCACAF Gold Cup final.

Jurgen Klinsmann took over and in December 2013 was given an extension through the 2018 World Cup. The Americans reached the round of 16 in 2014 but Klinsmann was fired in late 2016 after the U.S. lost its first two games in the final round of qualifying. Arena returned but the U.S. failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.

Berhalter was hired in late 2018 and led the Americans to the round of 16 in 2022. Given a new contract in 2023, he was fired a year later after the U.S. failed to advance past the group stage at Copa America.

“We are going to demand more from them," he said of the players. “We are not going to be in some situation(s) not flexible like we were because before it was (for) the benefit of players, benefit of structures that were already built. But now it’s about to start the house from zero.”

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Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is term-limited, making the race to replace her a top takeover opportunity for Republicans. Although Kansas votes reliably Republican in statewide federal contests, the state also has a 60-year streak of electing governors from the opposite party of their immediate predecessors.

The Republican primary for governor will be the latest test of President Donald Trump’s influence in Republican primaries this year. He has endorsed state Senate President Ty Masterson over former state Rep. Charlotte O’Hara, financial services executive Philip Sarnecki, state Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt and Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab.

The Democratic primary field features state Sens. Ethan Corson and Cindy Holscher and Overland Park Mayor Curt Skoog.

Sarnecki has outspent the rest of the field, thanks in large part to the $2.5 million he loaned his campaign. His running mate, data analytics firm founder and former Wichita school board member Joy Eakins, also has deep pockets. She loaned her own gubernatorial campaign $1 million before dropping out and joining Sarnecki’s ticket. She has since made a $50,000 contribution to the campaign.

Schwab loaned more than $2.1 million to his campaign and ranked second in overall spending. Masterson was fourth in overall campaign spending, but he outraised Sarnecki and Schwab in donor contributions, excluding candidate loans.

In the Democratic primary, Corson about doubled Holscher and Skoog's combined fundraising and spending. He also has a key endorsement from Kelly.

In the race for U.S. Senate, Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall seeks his party’s nomination for a second term and has Trump’s endorsement. Marshall won his 2020 primary with about 40% of the vote against former Secretary of State and current state Attorney General Kris Kobach.

He faces a quixotic primary challenge from Arch Naramore, who will appear on ballots under his middle name, Pond. Naramore challenged former U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback for the Republican nomination in 2004, receiving 13% of the vote in a head-to-head matchup.

The crowded, 11-candidate field for the Democratic nomination includes former U.S. Department of Agriculture official Christy Davis, Methodist megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton, real estate developer and entrepreneur Erik Murray, state Sen. Patrick Schmidt, retired financial services executive Sandy Spidel Neumann and marketing professional and Afghanistan War veteran Noah Taylor.

Hamilton has outraised the rest of the combined Democratic field.

Republicans have won every U.S. Senate election in Kansas since 1932. No Democrat has ever been elected to the seat Marshall holds since the state first began direct elections of U.S. Senators in 1914.

Voters will also decide a statewide ballot measure that would allow the direct election of state Supreme Court justices and remove the governor's role from the process. Under the current system, a commission of mostly attorneys compiles a list of three finalists to fill a state Supreme Court vacancy, and the governor makes the final choice.

Also on the ballot are contested primaries for U.S. House, secretary of state and state Board of Education. All 125 state House seats are up for election in 2026. Republicans control 70% of seats in the chamber.

Johnson County in the Kansas City suburbs is the most populous county in the state and plays a big role in both statewide Democratic and Republican primaries, as do Wichita-based Sedgwick and Topeka-based Shawnee counties. The state’s two most heavily Democratic counties, Douglas and Wyandotte, tend to be more influential in Democratic primaries than in Republican primaries.

Here are some of the key facts about the election and data points the AP Decision Team will monitor as the votes are tallied:

When do polls close?

Polls close at 7 p.m. local time, which is 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. ET. Polls in most of the state are in the Central time zone and close at 8 p.m. ET, but some polls are in Mountain time and close at 9 p.m. ET.

What’s on the ballot?

The Associated Press will provide vote results and declare winners in contested primaries for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, governor, secretary of state, state Board of Education and state House, as well as for a statewide ballot measure.

Who gets to vote?

Voters registered with a political party may vote only in their own party’s primary. In other words, Democrats can’t vote in the Republican primary or vice versa. Independent or unaffiliated voters may participate in either primary if they affiliate with that party at the polls.

How many voters are there?

As of May 1, there were about 2 million registered voters in Kansas, including about 894,000 Republicans, about 495,000 Democrats and about 588,000 voters not affiliated with any party.

How many people actually vote?

About 463,000 Republican primary votes and about 289,000 Democratic primary votes were cast in the 2022 primaries for governor.

How much of the vote is cast early or by absentee ballot?

About 45% of the Democratic primary vote and about 28% of the Republican primary vote in the 2024 state primaries was cast early in-person or by mail.

As of Friday, about 133,000 ballots had already been cast in Tuesday’s election, roughly 62,000 from Republicans and about 60,000 from Democrats.

When are early and absentee votes released?

Kansas counties vary in how they release vote results, but about half release results from mail voting along with in-person Election Day voting over the course of the night.

How long does vote-counting usually take?

In the 2022 Democratic primary for governor, the AP first reported results at 8:24 p.m. ET, or 24 minutes after polls closed in most of the state. The vote count surpassed the halfway mark at about 10:02 p.m. ET. The last vote update of the night was at 3:31 a.m. ET with about 96% of total votes counted.

When will the AP declare a winner?

The AP does not make projections and will declare a winner only when it’s determined there is no scenario that would allow a trailing candidate to close the gap. If a race has not been called, the AP will continue to cover any newsworthy developments, such as candidate concessions or declarations of victory. In doing so, the AP will make clear that it has not yet declared a winner and explain why.

How do recounts work?

There are no automatic recounts in Kansas, but candidates may request and pay for one regardless of the vote margin. If the candidate requesting the recount is declared the winner, then the counties will bear the costs. The AP may declare a winner in a race that is subject to a recount if it can determine the lead is too large for a recount or legal challenge to change the outcome.

Are we there yet?

As of Tuesday, there will be 91 days until the 2026 midterm elections.

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This past weekend, in an interview with Fox News, U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio spoke about Cuba’s ongoing espionage activities in the U.S.

Rubio went on to say that Cuban spies continue to infiltrate the U.S. government, financial institutions, organizations, and academic institutions. Rubio claimed that Cuba continues to be a national security threat to the U.S.

Dr. Andy S. Gomez is Local 10’s Cuba Analyst. Gomez is considered one of the leading scholars on Cuba. He worked in higher education for 32 years before retiring from the University of Miami in 2012.

The Cuban government announced yesterday at the closing of the annual National Assembly meeting that they are considering allowing Cuban exiles to visit the island, stay as long as they want and invest in Cuba.

However, Cuban exiles with U.S. citizenship still face some U.S. restrictions imposed by the U.S. Treasury Department.

July 30: Cuban government announces elimination of 92,000 government jobs

The Cuban government announced this morning the elimination of 92,000 government jobs. A state worker in Cuba makes on the average $16-$18 per month.

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Meanwhile, Cuba’s Prime Minister Manuel Marrero announced this week that Cuba was creating its first private bank under the Central Bank of Cuba, which is run by the Cuban government, and its president serves on the Council of Ministers of the government.

Why would any foreign investor want to invest in such a system with no protection for their money?

July 29 update: 5 leading economists in Cuba release report entitled ‘A Proposal to Transform the Cuban Economy.’

Five leading economists in Cuba just released a report entitled “A Proposal to Transform the Cuban Economy.” The document lays out a structural diagnosis of the current economic crisis facing the nation and proposes, as a strategic goal, the creation of a social market economy underpinned by a democratic state governed by the rule of law.

While the report is good, the problem that I see is the creation of a democratic state. We must remember that Cuba did not have a democracy before the start of the Cuban Revolution in 1959. To transition a totalitarian state that has had a centralized economy for almost 68 years could take time. Time that Cuba and its population do not have given the current economic crisis.

July 27 update: 73 years after start of Cuban Revolution

Yesterday marked the 73^rd anniversary since Fidel Castro, Raul Castro and their group of rebels attacked the Moncada Military Barracks in Santiago de Cuba. July 26, 1953 is considered the start of the Cuban Revolution.

Like Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken”, the Cuban revolution took a path that destroyed the country and “never looked back.” Today, Cuba is at the end of what Fidel called its glory days.

July 24 update: Trump Administration announces series of new sanctions against Cuba

On Thursday, the Trump Administration announced a series of new sanctions against Cuba targeting the government’s military conglomerate Gaesa. However, this time it includes companies like Coral S. A. that took over operations from some sectors of GAESA to avoid U.S. sanctions and keep import operations in Cuba functioning.

The question many academics that follow Cuba like me are asking is whether the U.S. strategy moving forward is to force Cuba to eventually sell some of GAESA’s assets to the U.S.

July 23 update: US continues to send mixed signals as to what will be done with Cuba

This past Monday, the U.S. Department of State issued a 100-page report entitled “Cuba: The Capital of 21^st Century Communism” that outlined why Cuba is a national security threat not only to the U.S., but to the entire world. The Cuban government reacted at once and not only criticized the report but blamed Secretary of State Marco Rubio with threatening the island nation.

On Wednesday at a press conference in the Philippines, Rubio, when asked by a reporter what the U.S. plan was for Cuba, used a much more diplomatic tone and said the U.S. is still willing to negotiate with Cuba.

Washington continues to send mixed signals as to what will be done with Cuba. What we do know is that the strategy used in Venezuela did not bring about regime change.

July 21 update: First humanitarian aid from US will arrive in Cuba

Today, the first humanitarian aid will arrive in Cuba as part of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s offer to help the Cuban people as they experience the worst economic situation since the early 1990’s. Today’s cargo includes 700 hygiene kits and 700 food items to be distributed directly to the Cuban people by Catholic Relief Services Caritas Cuba and other faith-based organizations.

Secretary Rubio wants to let the Cuban people clearly know that the U.S. stands behind them and is willing to continue to help them as part of the U.S. commitment of $100 million in humanitarian aid.

July 20 update: Cuba releases artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara

This past Saturday, Cuba released artist and opposition leader Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara after serving five years in jail. Otero Alcantara was one of the leaders of the San Isidro movement that led to large protests across the island nation five years ago.

Upon arriving in Miami, Otero Alcantara thanked the Cuban American community for its support and asked Cuba to release all political prisoners in jail.

July 16 update: US Department of Defense pays $3 million to US personnel affected by Havana Syndrome

The U.S. Department of Defense has paid $3 million in compensation to U.S. personnel affected by the mysterious condition known as Havana Syndrome, making the first payment under the 2021 Havana Act.

Havana Syndrome first appeared in 2016 when U.S. diplomats and intelligence officers in Havana, Cuba reported unusual symptoms, including intense head pressure, dizziness, nausea, hearing disturbances and memory problems.

July 14 update: New U.S. sanctions increase pressure on Cuba’s military-run economy

The United States on Monday introduced new sanctions targeting companies controlled by GAESA, Cuba’s military economic conglomerate, as well as some of the military brigades responsible for suppressing protests like the ones we saw the other day.

How much longer can the Cuban government hold on? Information continues to reach U.S. officials indicating that there are sectors within the Cuban government that are increasingly concerned about how much longer they can survive without negotiating with the U.S. government before facing a complete collapse of their system.

July 10 update: Does Raul Castro’s grandson have the full authority to negotiate for the Cuban government?

As I expected, there seems to be a small crack within the inner circle of the Cuban government. Some have criticized Raulito (Raul Castro’s grandson) for offering to negotiate directly with President Trump. The criticism comes as to whether he has the full authority to negotiate for the Cuban government or is he just negotiating for the Castro family?

Yesterday, the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) backed Raulito’s efforts, but the military leadership has remained quiet.

July 8 update: United Nations has no legal right to lift U.S. embargo on Cuba

Every year, Cuba argues in front of the United Nations that the U.S. economic embargo is the cause for their economic problems. Each year, Cuba loses more support for their argument. The United Nations has no legitimate or legal right to lift the embargo. The U.S. Congress can only lift the embargo.

The Cuban government propaganda machine has failed. Most Cubans on the island, including economists on the island, blame the Cuban government for their current poor economic conditions.

July 6 update: Raul Castro’s grandson says Cuba is willing to negotiate with US

Reuters reported earlier this morning that Raul Castro’s grandson Raulito, known as “El Cangrejo,” announced that Cuba is willing to negotiate with the U.S. The question we need to ask ourselves is whether Raulito is negotiating on behalf of the Castro family or the Cuban government?

We know that Cuba has been selling some of their assets, including some belonging to the military economic conglomerate GAESA in the last couple of weeks. Cuba’s attempt to invite foreign investment has not attracted many takers for the fear of losing their money.

July 2 update: Cuba’s culture of fear complicates a Democratic transition

When we talk about Cuba, we usually concentrate on their centralized political and economic system. However, we fail to recognize that individuals that have lived under totalitarian regimes have had to survive under a culture of fear. Such system of government creates a psychological set of attitudes and values that help define the daily behavior in order to align the people’s wants and needs to the restrictions imposed by the government.

To break such behaviors could take years of psychological training and change. Therefore, transitioning a totalitarian state to support a transition to some form of a Democratic government could take time.

Dr. Andy S. Gomez’s June updates can be viewed by clicking here.

Dr. Andy S. Gomez is Local 10’s Cuba Analyst. Gomez is considered one of the leading scholars on Cuba. He worked in higher education for 32 years before retiring from the University of Miami in 2012.