The candidates are Scott M. Singer, Daniel J. Franzese, George R. Moraitis, Raven Harrison, and Joe Kaufman, according to the Federal Election Commission. They had a heated debate during the GOP’s Sunshine State Showdown on June 27 in Hollywood.

Singer, 49, is the Republican at the top of the campaign finance list with more than $1.99 million in total receipts, according to the data submitted to the commission on June 30, records show.

“I’m a proud American, a proud Jewish Republican, and I’m going to appeal to swing voters that we need,” said Singer, a Georgetown Law grad who was born in Miami Beach and was a three-term Boca Raton mayor.

Franzese, who earned his MBA at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in 1989, follows Singer on the list with more than $1.47 million in total receipts, according to the data.

“I know from talking to voters that there’s a strong sentiment that that’s what they want to see this year,” Franzese, who was born in New York, said about his experience as a retired finance executive and a portfolio manager.

Moraitis, 55, a retired Lt. Comdr. in the U.S. Navy Reserve who was born in Fort Lauderdale, followed Singer and Franzese with more than $839,000 in total receipts, according to the data.

“I’m going to fight in Congress to reduce fraud, to reduce wasteful spending, and cut the size of the federal government,” said Moraitis, a real estate attorney who represented District 93 in the Florida House of Representatives from 2010 to 2018.

Harrison, a Temple University grad who was born in Texas, follows Moraitis with more than $778,000 in total receipts, according to the data.

“What’s happening is we have people who’ve been there for decades, and they kick the can down the road, which is why we need a reset and to get true representation into Congress and get things done,” said Harrison, a military spouse and mother of two.

Kaufman, a counter-terrorism expert known as the “Terrorist Hunter,” follows Harrison with more than $631,500 in total receipts, according to the data.

“My background is in national security and counterterrorism. I have been involved in the shutdown of terrorist charities and imprisoned terror-related individuals,” said Kaufman, a self-proclaimed defender of the U.S.–Israel alliance.

The mail-in ballot request deadline is Aug. 6, the Democratic primary is Aug. 18, and the general election is Nov. 3.

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“We need people to call their senators,” said Paul Christian Namphy, an advocate from the Family Action Network Movement.

“This week we have been pushing a lot to get those votes. Hopefully we will get the support that we need,” said National Coordinator Arnoldo Diaz.

The advocates are urging Congress to pass legislation offering protections for TPS recipients, including Venezuelan TPS beneficiary Sedna Mercado, who said she recently met with lawmakers in Washington.

“It was really nice because it was bipartisan, Republicans and Democrats,” Mercado said. “We were able to tell them our stories and why we need protection from deportations.”

Advocates said uncertainty surrounding the program has left many recipients fearful.

“People have been driven underground because there is so much uncertainty,” Christian Namphy said.

“Our protection from deportation, as well as our work authorization and driver’s license privileges, are coming to an end, and it is an extremely cruel measure our administration has meted out against us with the help and complicity of the Supreme Court,” Christian Namphy said.

The Archdiocese of Miami said Friday it will have to terminate at least 40 employees at Catholic Health Services, one of its largest ministries, because of federal changes affecting TPS work authorization. Another 10 employees could also be affected pending a final review of their circumstances.

“It’s not just the Haitian community that is in fear, but the entire TPS community is in fear of losing their jobs or going to work and being arrested on the streets because everyone right now is at risk of deportation,” Diaz said.

Mercado said many families have stopped leaving their homes.

“I have a lot of friends and family that don’t go out of their houses, so they depend on DoorDash and Uber Eats to get their groceries. That is how impactful it is,” she said.

TPS provides work permits and protection from deportation after the government determines conditions in a designated country prevent its nationals from returning safely.

“You have Haiti, for instance. That country has some of the worst conditions right now in terms of crime, unemployment, everything, but they decided to terminate it,” Diaz said.

“We are working people. We strive to pay our taxes, to improve the economy and the community, and this is completely unjust. As you see what is happening to the Venezuelans today in a country facing an earthquake, it is inhuman to deport anyone to Haiti or Venezuela or any other TPS country,” Christian Namphy said.

Catholic Legal Services Managing Attorney Vanessa Joseph said the effects of the recent 6-3 Supreme Court ruling allowing the government to move forward with ending TPS for Haitians are being felt by recipients from other TPS-designated countries.

“A lot of people are going to be fearful because when the Supreme Court decided that they did not have the authority to review the government’s decision to terminate TPS, what they essentially allowed is the government to terminate people’s status, execute deportations, even while the lower court was going through its process,” Joseph said.

Asked whether the ruling makes TPS recipients from all designated countries feel under threat, Joseph responded, “Absolutely. I think everyone is feeling like they are susceptible to deportation at any point due to that decision.”

Calling the situation a “state of emergency,” advocates said Congress must act.

“What we need to do is stop those deportations and keep these families protected until conditions change in our countries,” Diaz said.

Joseph said a permanent immigration solution is needed.

“A pathway to residence is extremely important. A pathway to citizenship is even more important for many of these individuals,” she said.

Mercado said recipients also need more time.

“To make a permanent solution or even a solution for one year, because people need time to figure out what they are going to do with life,” she said.

The Archbishop of Miami plans to travel to Washington next week with a Haitian cardinal to meet with lawmakers on the issue.

Click on this link to see updates on Haitian TPS.

The candidates are U.S. Rep. Jared E. Moskowitz, who represents Florida’s 23rd Congressional District, and Oliver A. Larkin.

According to campaign finance data submitted to the Federal Election Commission on June 30, Moskowitz, 45, is at the top of the list with more than $2.65 million in total receipts.

“Things are not affordable. People’s homes are not affordable,” Moskowitz said. “Their home insurance is not affordable, groceries are not affordable. Healthcare is not affordable.”

Moskowitz, who was born in Coral Springs, served as Parkland City commissioner from 2006 to 2012 and in the Florida House of Representatives from 2012 to 2019.

Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Moskowitz as the director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management from 2019 to 2021. He has been representing Florida’s 23rd Congressional District since 2023.

“The majority of Democrats want someone who can win this seat and then make Hakeem Jeffries the speaker so we can get the gavel and hold the Trump administration accountable,” said Moskowitz, who earned degrees from George Washington University and Nova Southeastern University’s law school.

Larkin, 32, a union organizer, follows Moskowitz and five Republicans with more than $541,000 in total receipts, according to the campaign finance data.

“To be clear, I voted for Congressman Moskowitz, so I have been disappointed as many South Floridians have been,” said Larkin, who was born in California, grew up in Fort Lauderdale, and earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of the South in Tennessee.

The Democratic Socialists of America, a New York-based political organization that seeks to dismantle capitalism, endorsed Larkin, who supports Medicare for All and universal childcare.

“Right now, nobody in the DSA has won a red seat. This is a red seat in the general election,” Moskowitz said about the endorsement.

The mail-in ballot request deadline is Aug. 6, the Democratic primary is Aug. 18, and the general election is Nov. 3.

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A stray shower is not out of the question for Miami-Dade/Broward or the Keys Friday night.

Saturday morning may feature spotty showers or storms along the east coast. More scattered showers and storms are expected to develop during the afternoon.

Sunday will get off to a mostly dry start. Daytime heating will breed afternoon storms!

Temperatures will make a run for the low and mid 90s both days -- factor in humidity and it will feel like 100+°F.

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Prior to her sentencing, Perez, who was sitting in a wheelchair while shackled on her hands and feet, delivered a statement in court.

“First and foremost, I would like to express my sincere condolences and apologies to Ezequiel’s family. This was a complete accident, your honor. I am not a person who does things like this on purpose. Ever since that accident happened and it took that young man’s life, all I can think about is how his mother must feel,” Perez said before breaking down in tears.

“I ask God to please forgive me because I have trouble forgiving myself because I cannot imagine how his mother feels,” Perez added as she tried to compose herself.

Some relatives of Ezequiel Urrutia cried in court as Perez delivered her statement.

Perez, 46, pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide charges in March.

“She was at the courthouse pleading guilty to every charge, and in doing so I did see she was pretty shaken and understandably so,” the victim’s father, Frank Urrutia, told Local 10 News at the time. “We’re still devastated by the loss of our son. It’s something we’ve had to endure and figure out how to live our lives.”

According to authorities, Perez was driving drunk and going the wrong way on the Turnpike near Red Road in Broward County on Jan. 9, 2025, before crashing into Ezequiel Urrutia’s vehicle, killing the young man known to his friends and loved ones as Zeke.

During her statement Friday, Perez acknowledged that she took medication prior to the crash.

Loved ones said Ezequiel had dreams of becoming a firefighter and was close to finishing his classes.

After Perez spoke in court Friday, friends and family of Ezequiel’s took to the stand to deliver their victim impact statements, including his girlfriend, who gave emotional testimony about how the loss of him changed her life forever.

“There is no sentence that will bring Zeke back or reduce the pain that we will carry for the rest of our lives,” Christina Diaz said. “But there is a sentence that can hold Sunshine Perez accountable for the choices she made and help prevent another family from living the same nightmare. Zeke deserves so much more than any he was given. He deserves to live a life that was stolen from him. He will always be remembered, deeply loved and missed. I choose to believe that a part of him is still with me. I see him in beautiful moments of everyday life and that is one thing that Sunshine Perez can never take away from me.”

Frank Urrutia told the court, “In a single moment, Sunshine Perez put an end to everything, everything. Absolutely no words can fully describe what it felt like when two Florida Highway Patrol detectives came knocking on my front door, oh man. It was terrible. No words can describe it. None.”

Ezequiel’s mother, Tiffany, asked the judge “with everything I have left” to give Perez the maximum sentence.

“Zeke meant the world to me, every dream for the future included him,” she said. “Every milestone in his life was tied to watching him grow to the incredible young man he became.”

Ezequiel’s family has turned their pain into purpose, creating a scholarship fund in their son’s name. They say they’re focused on helping others follow their son’s dream of serving others and making a difference.

Perez faced up to 34 years in prison. The judge sentenced her to five and 15 year consecutive sentences, with multiple special conditions afterward, including a restriction on driving.

After the judge handed down Perez’s sentence, Ezequiel’s family members told Local 10 News that they were at peace.

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According to police, the incident was reported at 7:27 a.m. in the area of Northeast Miami Avenue and 80^th Terrace.

Miami Fire Rescue personnel took the victim, who is in his 60s, to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, police said.

Anyone with information about the robbery and stabbing is asked to call the Miami Police Department or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

En una orden de arresto, la policía presentó un caso basado en pruebas circunstanciales contra Alejandro Leon Jr. y Samantha Angelina Feliz. Indicó que el cuerpo de su bebé, identificada como “Angelina”, aún no ha sido encontrado, pero que los indicios, incluida evidencia de ADN en manchas de sangre, apuntan a que la menor murió.

La policía de Rockingham, Carolina del Norte, arrestó el miércoles a Leon, de 21 años, y a Feliz, de 20. Ambos enfrentarán múltiples cargos, incluido homicidio involuntario, cuando sean trasladados de regreso al sur de Florida.

Las autoridades informaron que la investigación comenzó después de que un familiar se comunicó con el Departamento de Policía de Hollywood en julio de 2025 para reportar que no había visto a la niña 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, al 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 en las que Feliz aparecía visiblemente embarazada. Además, las autoridades informaron que ambos tomaron fotografías y videos con Angelina después de su nacimiento, el cual se cree ocurrió en la vivienda 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. 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 de la investigación, agentes del Departamento de Policía de Lantana, en el condado Palm Beach, localizaron y entrevistaron a la pareja, y ambos sostuvieron que “Feliz nunca estuvo embarazada y nunca dio a luz a un bebé”.

“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 ella había inventado toda la historia”.

La policía informó que Feliz afirmó haber estado “usando un vientre falso 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 también insinuó que la 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, permitió encontrar “ropa de bebé, una prueba de embarazo positiva Clearblue Easy, una pistola semiautomática negra, lo que parecía 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 y las toallas del bebé”, y las pruebas de ADN demostraron que “provenía de un hijo biológico de Leon y Feliz”, señala la orden.

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

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

Toler presentó los fundamentos de los cargos de la siguiente manera:

Después de que las autoridades emitieran una orden de arresto, la pareja enfrentará cargos por homicidio involuntario agravado de un menor, alteración o fabricación de evidencia física, no reportar una muerte a la oficina del médico forense, proporcionar información falsa sobre un menor desaparecido y presentar denuncias falsas ante las autoridades durante una investigación.

La policía solicita a cualquier persona con información sobre el caso que se comunique con Broward Crime Stoppers al 954-493-8477.

Antes de recibir su sentencia, Perez, quien se encontraba sentada en una silla de ruedas y con grilletes en las manos y los pies, ofreció una declaración ante el tribunal.

“Antes que nada, quiero expresar mis más sinceras condolencias y disculpas a la familia de Ezequiel. Esto fue un accidente por completo, su señoría. No soy una persona que haga este tipo de cosas a propósito. Desde que ocurrió ese accidente y le quitó la vida a ese joven, lo único en lo que puedo pensar es en cómo debe sentirse su madre”, dijo Perez antes de romper en llanto.

“Le pido a Dios que, por favor, me perdone porque me cuesta perdonarme a mí misma, ya que no puedo imaginar cómo se siente su madre”, agregó Perez mientras intentaba recomponerse.

Algunos familiares de Ezequiel Urrutia lloraron en la sala mientras Perez ofrecía su declaración.

Perez, de 46 años, se declaró culpable en marzo de homicidio por conducir bajo los efectos del alcohol y homicidio vehicular.

“Ella estuvo en el tribunal declarándose culpable de todos los cargos y, al hacerlo, pude ver que estaba bastante afectada y es comprensible”, dijo entonces a Local 10 News Frank Urrutia, padre de la víctima. “Seguimos devastados por la pérdida de nuestro hijo. Es algo que hemos tenido que soportar y encontrar la manera de seguir con nuestras vidas”.

Según las autoridades, Perez conducía bajo los efectos del alcohol y en sentido contrario por la autopista Turnpike de Florida, cerca de Red Road, en el condado Broward, el 9 de enero de 2025, antes de chocar contra el vehículo de Ezequiel Urrutia, lo que provocó la muerte del joven, conocido por sus amigos y seres queridos como Zeke.

Durante su declaración este viernes, Perez reconoció que había tomado medicamentos antes del choque.

Sus seres queridos dijeron que Ezequiel soñaba con convertirse en bombero y estaba a punto de terminar sus clases.

Después de que Perez hablara ante el tribunal este viernes, amigos y familiares de Ezequiel subieron al estrado para presentar sus declaraciones sobre el impacto que tuvo el crimen en las víctimas, incluida su novia, quien ofreció un emotivo testimonio sobre cómo su pérdida cambió su vida para siempre.

“No existe una sentencia que pueda devolvernos a Zeke o disminuir el dolor que llevaremos por el resto de nuestras vidas”, dijo Christina Diaz. “Pero sí existe una sentencia que puede hacer responsable a Sunshine Perez por las decisiones que tomó y ayudar a evitar que otra familia viva la misma pesadilla. Zeke merecía mucho más de lo que recibió. Merecía vivir la vida que le fue arrebatada. Siempre será recordado, profundamente amado y extrañado. Elijo creer que una parte de él sigue conmigo. Lo veo en los momentos hermosos de la vida cotidiana y eso es algo que Sunshine Perez nunca podrá quitarme”.

La familia de Ezequiel ha transformado su dolor en un propósito al crear un fondo de becas con el nombre de su hijo. Aseguran que están enfocados en ayudar a otras personas a seguir el sueño de su hijo de servir a los demás y marcar una diferencia.

Perez enfrenta una pena de hasta 34 años de prisión.

Grados, de 65 años, nació dentro de una familia dedicada al bordado de banderas peruanas de colores rojo y blanco, pero también de mantos para vírgenes católicas populares, sombreros que usan los obispos en la semana santa y vestimentas de los sacerdotes durante la misa.

“Mi papá ha hecho bandas para 11 presidentes” durante 66 años, recordó Grados mientras ensartaba un hilo dorado dentro de una aguja.

Desde 2016, cuando reemplazó a su padre, Grados ha elaborado bandas para casi una decena de mandatarios. “Los presidentes no eran reemplazables como ahora”, comentó en referencia a la extensa crisis política que ha generado el cambio frecuente de mandatarios y que no cesó ni con la pandemia del coronavirus que mató a 217.000 en Perú.

Fujimori —de perfil conservador e hija del fallecido y condenado expresidente Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000)— se convertirá en la segunda mujer en gobernar Perú, pero la primera en llegar al poder en unas elecciones. El 7 de junio venció en un ajustado balotaje al progresista Roberto Sánchez por casi 50.000 votos.

La dirigente política llega al poder en medio del alza del crimen, que es la mayor preocupación social, y el hartazgo de los peruanos por la crónica inestabilidad política en el país sudamericano.

Desde 2016, cuando asumió la presidencia Pedro Kuczynski (2016-2018), Perú ingresó en una crisis política por el enfrentamiento entre el Congreso —liderado por el partido de Fujimori— y los diversos líderes del Ejecutivo que nunca obtuvieron una mayoría parlamentaria.

En esta década han gobernado ocho presidentes, en vez de los dos que fueron los elegidos en comicios democráticos.

El último a cargo del gobierno es el presidente interino José María Balcázar, un parlamentario al que el Congreso colocó en febrero y entregará el poder a Fujimori.

En ese intermedio de casi una década han gobernado Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-2018) quien renunció en medio de una investigación por presunta corrupción, Martín Vizcarra (2018-2020) destituido en 2020, Manuel Merino que dimitió tras seis días por protestas en 2020 que dejaron dos muertos y Francisco Sagasti quien encabezó un gobierno de transición (2020-2021).

La inestabilidad continuó con Pedro Castillo (2021-2022), destituido tras intentar disolver el Congreso en 2022, Dina Boluarte (2022-2025), cuyo gobierno estuvo marcado por protestas con 50 civiles muertos y terminó con su destitución, José Jerí (2025-2026) que gobernó cuatro meses y Balcázar.

Todos estos cambios de presidentes han provocado días febriles de labor en el taller de Grados. La banda que cuelga desde el hombro izquierdo de cada presidente hasta su muslo derecho se confecciona con satén de seda rojo y blanco, así como hilos metálicos bañados en oro. “Una de las cosas que más nos enorgullece es hacer este símbolo del poder”, comentó Grados quien estudió psicología, pero se dedicó al bordado.

La banda que el presidente saliente Balcázar entregará a Fujimori será una que ha sido prestada por el Parlamento para la ocasión debido a que cada mandatario se lleva su propia banda a casa, indicó Grados.

En 1950 su padre, que también se llamaba Dante, recibió el primer encargo de elaborar una banda presidencial para Manuel Odría (1948-1956), un militar que gobernaba desde 1948 tras ejecutar un golpe de estado, pero que en 1950 convocó y ganó las elecciones presidenciales luego de apresar al único candidato rival.

Desde esa época, la familia Grados comenzó a elaborar esos símbolos presidenciales en su taller ubicado en el casco urbano y más antiguo de Lima, fundado en 1532 por el español Francisco Pizarro y que casi tres siglos después se transformó en la capital de Perú, cuando empezó la república en 1821.

Raul Morales, 51, allegedly yelled the Arabic phrase “Allahu akbar” while attacking two men separately Thursday on Manhattan's Upper West Side, according to police accounts of what witnesses told them.

Police had no immediate comment Friday on how they decided that hate crime laws pertained to the Jewish victim but not the other, who is of Asian descent. Morales was awaiting arraignment, and prosecutors ultimately will decide what charges he faces in court.

As Morales was led out of a police station Friday evening, he shouted about seeking justice for someone. When reporters asked about the stabbings, he responded that he was “gonna talk about it” as he was ushered into a police car.

It wasn't immediately clear whether Morales has an attorney who could comment on the allegations.

The stabbings happened about two blocks apart Thursday afternoon, police said. Both victims were taken to a hospital and were expected to survive. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Thursday that there wasn’t any known link between Morales and the victims.

The Asian American Foundation, a New York-based advocacy group, said the attacks “underscore the persistent safety challenges” and mistreatment — from harassment to physical assault — facing Asian Americans in the city.

“We demand continued, meaningful investment in community safety and hate prevention that protects everyone,” the group said in a statement.

Hate crimes in New York City have been on the rise in recent years, while overall violent crime rates have dropped, according to police data. Tisch said in April that more than half of all confirmed hate crimes in the city so far this year targeted Jewish people.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said she was disgusted by Thursday's attacks and emphasized that New York stands with its Jewish and Asian communities.

“Asian New Yorkers, like Jewish New Yorkers, have endured waves of hate-fueled violence in recent years,” she said in a post on X. “Hate rarely stops with one group. New York will continue confronting it wherever it appears.”

Según MDSO, el tiroteo ocurrió en el 785 de 81st Street.

La sheriff confirmó a los periodistas que los agentes ejecutaban una orden de registro en la residencia en relación con violaciones a las leyes de armas de fuego por parte de un joven de 17 años y otro de 18.

Cordero Stutz dijo que el joven de 17 años salió de una habitación cuando llegaron los agentes, blandiendo un arma, momento en el que un agente le disparó y lo mató.

“Estos dos sujetos tienen amplios antecedentes penales por violaciones a las leyes de armas de fuego. Actualmente están en libertad condicional, son pandilleros registrados y llevan grilletes electrónicos en el tobillo”, dijo Cordero Stutz. “Las órdenes de registro son siempre una de las acciones más peligrosas que enfrentamos nosotros y todas las fuerzas del orden”.

Los agentes no identificaron de inmediato a los dos sospechosos ni al agente involucrado en el tiroteo.

“El joven negro de 17 años que falleció fue procesado como adulto y tiene múltiples delitos graves en su historial criminal”, afirmó la sheriff.

Se espera que el Departamento de Policía de Florida (FDLE) investigue el tiroteo.

Rafael Andres, de 61 años, fue declarado culpable en 2014 por el asesinato de Yvette Farinas, de 31 años, ocurrido en 2005.

Los detectives dijeron que Andres golpeó, apuñaló y estranguló a Farinas con un cable eléctrico antes de incendiar su vivienda.

Según The Miami Herald, Andres había sido contratado para realizar trabajos de remodelación en el efficiency donde Farinas vivía con su novio.

En 2015, Andres fue condenado a pena de muerte, pero un fallo de la Corte Suprema de Florida anuló esa sentencia.

Durante el último año, un jurado escuchó los argumentos de la fase de sentencia y nuevamente recomendó la pena de muerte.

El juez del condado Miami-Dade Zachary James tuvo la decisión final este viernes y podía optar por no seguir la recomendación del jurado. Sin embargo, el juez respaldó la recomendación y condenó nuevamente a Andres a la pena de muerte.

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Police said Jerry Saint Vil, 26, fled before officers arrived to the Mobile gas station located at 16961 Miramar Pkwy.

According to police, Saint Vil is accused of stabbing a man after an atlercation.

The man suffered serious injuries and was taken by helicopter to a nearby hospital, where he later died.

Anyone with further information is asked to call the Miramar Police Department or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

La Policía informó que Jerry Saint Vil, de 26 años, huyó antes de que los agentes llegaran a la gasolinera Mobil ubicada en el 16961 de Miramar Parkway.

Según la Policía, Saint Vil está acusado de apuñalar a un hombre tras un altercado.

La víctima sufrió heridas graves y fue trasladada en helicóptero a un hospital cercano, donde posteriormente murió.

Cualquier persona que tenga información adicional debe comunicarse con el Departamento de Policía de Miramar o con Broward Crime Stoppers al 954-493-8477.

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According to MDSO, the shooting happened at 785 81^st St.

The sheriff confirmed to reporters that deputies were serving a search warrant at the residence in connection with possession of firearms violations by a 17-year-old and an 18-year-old.

Cordero Stutz said the 17-year-old came out of a bedroom when deputies arrived, waving a gun, at which time a deputy fired at the teen, killing him.

“These two subjects have extensive criminal pasts for firearms violations. They are currently on probation, they are registered gang members and are wearing ankle monitors,” Cordero Stutz said. “Search warrants are always one of our most dangerous actions that we and all law enforcement face.”

Deputies did not immediately identify the two suspects or the deputy involved in the shooting.

“The 17-year-old Black male who is deceased is an adjudicated adult with multiple felonious histories on his criminal record,” the sheriff said.

Yvonne Warner believes the teen was her son, Darrell Young.

“From my heart, my baby was everything to me, but he has been in trouble,” Warner said. “He ain’t no saint, but he most definitely was on a different track. He starts school Aug. 13. He just came home from boot camp he’s been doing everything I ask him (to) around the house.”

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is expected to investigate the shooting.

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Rafael Andres, 62, was convicted in 2014 of the 2005 murder of Yvette Farinas, 31.

Detectives said Andres beat, stabbed and strangled Farinas with an electrical cord before setting her home on fire.

According to The Miami Herald, Andres had been hired to do renovations at the efficiency Farinas lived in with her boyfriend.

In 2015, Andres was sentenced to death, but a Florida Supreme Court ruling overturned his sentence.

Within the last year, a jury heard sentencing phase arguments and once again recommended the death penalty.

Miami-Dade County Judge Zachary James on Friday had the final say and could have chosen to override the jury’s recommendation. But the judge followed the jury’s recommendation and sent Andres back to death row.

For Rene Azcarreta, the journey to this punishment goes back decades.

Andres killed his mother, Linda Azcarreta, back in 1987 -- a killing Andres only served 18 months in prison for.

“I was 7 years old. So I come home and I see her and she had already passed on,” Rene Azcarreta said.

The judge cited Linda Azcarreta’s death as an important aggravating factor to justify his death sentence for Farinas’s murder.

“The aggregator reflects the prior conviction. The defendant served his sentence and then committed the new felony decades later,” James said.

As Andres awaits his execution date, the families of his two victims will live on, forever linked.

“I love the Farinas (family). They’re the best people,” Rene Azcarreta said. “They lost a daughter, but gained a son. So we have that connection.”

“ @KingJames hey bro hope you’re having a good day...... Want to join us in philly?? Peace," Embiid wrote.

His recruitment skills were on point and James — the four-time NBA champion and career scoring leader — will join Embiid in a startling turn of events on the Philadelphia 76ers.

Ok, fine, just a short 12 years after the July 1, 2014, post.

The 76ers expect James to be worth the wait and hope he can win an NBA championship in Philadelphia much as he did in his previous three stops in Cleveland, Miami and with the Los Angeles Lakers.

The 76ers are used to playing the long game. The franchise hasn't won an NBA championship since 1983, when Julius Erving still soared and a year before James was born.

Certainly not as dominant as he was in his MVP heyday, LeBron James is still, well LeBron James and his addition should lift any team mired in the NBA mucky middle such as the Sixers into contention.

Throw him into in a lineup that includes a league MVP in Embiid, All-Stars Tyrese Maxey and Jaylen Brown, and promising second-year standout VJ Edgecombe, and it's no shock the Sixers moved up few a few pegs Friday on the betting board and into the short list of favorites for an NBA title.

Just not the favorite.

James is again chasing a ring and his arrival on a two-year deal for the veterans' minimum of about $3.9 million per season shook up the Sixers and put the Eastern Conference on notice — yes, even the NBA champion Knicks — that a real championship contender might finally emerge in Philly.

The 76ers won the offseason

Here they come, team of the year?

The Sixers earned straight A's on their summer school report card even before James said he would sign with team.

The Sixers fired team president Daryl Morey and replaced him with longtime Cleveland executive Mike Gansey, who came out swinging for the fences in his first month on the job. He pulled off the shocker of a trade with Boston that landed them Brown — the 2024 NBA Finals MVP, a five-time All-Star and the league’s fourth-leading scorer this past season.

It's difficult to fathom that an oft-injured Embiid — who won Olympic gold with James — and Maxey alone would have been enough to coax James to Philadelphia.

But adding a stud like Brown?

Brown surely played a key deciding factor in James' decision — his “last” one, he says — and now the Sixers boast perhaps the top starting five in the NBA.

And boy, what a bargain.

There are some caveats, of course.

James turns 42 in December and there are a lot of miles on those legs. James battled injuries last season and played in only 60 games. Embiid has never been reliable with only 57 combined games played the last two seasons, and the Sixers have churned through a slew of imported stars over the last decade — James Harden, Jimmy Butler, Paul George — and still haven't advanced out of the second round since 2001.

There's only one ball and a lot of talent that has the resume to command it.

But with apologies to Wilt Chamberlain, many, many apologies, James becomes the most accomplished player to ever wear a 76ers uniform.

He won't be alone in that No. 23 uniform — Fanatics sold out almost instantly of his jerseys on Friday.

It’s also a big win for front office boss Bob Myers, who openly pitched for James to sign in Philadelphia on his agent’s podcast and won four championships as a Golden State Warriors executive.

The balance of power shifts in the East. Not by much

The Sixers ended their season with a second-round sweep to Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and the NBA champion Knicks.

The Knicks are still the team to beat. By talent, by virtue of winning it all and, at least out of the East, the betting favorite to again reach the NBA Finals.

The Knicks have largely stayed pat while other hopeful contenders went for major moves.

The Heat — hey, when exactly is that presser? — like their chances after they traded with Milwaukee for Giannis Antetokounmpo. The two-time MVP was the latest on a long list of superstar acquisitions made since Pat Riley arrived to take over as team president in 1995.

Much like the Sixers before they acquired Brown, the Heat are a two-star team with Antetokounmpo and Bam Adebayo. Antetokounmpo, Adebayo and James would have made them a new Big 3, much like when James won titles in Miami with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.

Toronto is hopeful for a resolution to their held-up trade with the Los Angeles Clippers that should land them Kawhi Leonard. The trade is on hold pending the outcome of the NBA’s investigation into whether the Clippers circumvented salary cap rules.

It's a bad day for Cleveland

The Cavaliers would have loved a sentimental third tour with James and have the franchise's greatest player eventually retire in Cleveland.

James instead left the Cavaliers in a lurch, and they have to hope they can re-sign 36-year-old James Harden as part of a lineup that includes Jarrett Allen, Evan Mobley and Donovan Mitchell.

They will be projected to finish behind the Knicks and 76ers in the East.

Don't forget, Detroit won 60 games last season and would like to prove its early playoff exit was a part of the growing pains of a contender.

LeBron's legacy

Look, James' legacy is set and not even a flameout in Philly is going to change his indelible stamp on the game from the court to the cash register.

There is one major mark he could hit should he send the Sixers on a parade route down Broad Street. He would become the first player to win NBA titles with four teams.

Sixers coach Nick Nurse turned 59 on Friday and there's no better professional gift he could have received than LeBron James.

Purchased on a discount rack.

Look for LeBron on opening night in New York. Look for LeBron on a Christmas game in Philadelphia. Look for LeBron to keep Sixers' tickets sky high on the secondary market even on nights when Embiid sits.

Look for the ride of a lifetime in Philadelphia where the franchise wants to reach the sky again just like it did with Dr. J.

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Miles, 17, of Knoxville, Tennessee, is one of more than 500 incoming first-year students at Howard who learned this week that they have been unenrolled from the prestigious, historically Black Washington, D.C., university and no longer have spots for the upcoming fall semester that begins Aug. 17.

Many have taken to social media — some in tears — to share their stories. Some posts have gone viral.

After Miles learned she had been unenrolled, her mother, Kendra Miles, said the school's automated system would not allow the family to enroll in a payment plan because the amount that was owed made them ineligible to sign up.

“I’ve reached out since we got the email (Wednesday). I've emailed, literally, everybody," Kendra Miles said. “I emailed her adviser. He responded and said it wasn't a mistake and there was nothing they could do.”

On Friday, Howard confirmed in an email that the school sent notifications to “502 first-time-in-college students whose accounts did not reflect the required enrollment and financial obligations by the previously communicated deadlines."

Starting in March, the unenrolled students began receiving specific communications about enrollment requirements, payment expectations and deadlines via email and orientation sessions, the school said.

“The university recognizes that timing differences may have occurred between when financial aid was reflected and when charges were finalized,” Howard said in the email. “Students who believe their account did not accurately reflect their financial standing at the deadline should contact the Bursar’s Office. Each case will be reviewed individually to determine whether adjustments or reinstatement are appropriate.”

Howard, one of about 100 historically Black colleges and universities in the United States, had an undergraduate enrollment last fall of about 11,000. The average annual tuition for undergraduate students living on campus is about $38,000. Housing costs are about $13,600.

Colleges try to walk a fine line

Robert Kelchen, a professor of higher education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, said colleges generally try to walk a fine line in making sure students can enroll, but also making sure students pay their bills.

Howard “either had students who owed a lot of money and they didn’t think a lot of students would pay, or potentially, they have a really big incoming class and they can replace those students,” Kelchen said.

Laverne Mickens coaches students and their families on how to apply for college scholarships. Mickens said that she answered more than 400 emails Wednesday and Thursday from students and families impacted by the enrollment situation at Howard. She said most of them were strangers and they were “frantic and crying.”

Students and parents are upset

“People are devastated,” said Mickens who runs The Scholarship College Mama LLC, which is not affiliated with Howard. “Parents are saying: ‘Can you help us? Howard unenrolled us.’ ”

A'Zariah Miles, who plans to major in biology, chose Howard over other schools that accepted her. Now, she is worried that it is too deep into the summer to enroll elsewhere.

“Everybody’s housing is booked, or I can’t enroll because it’s too late or I missed orientation,” she said. “I've been trying to continue to have hope with Howard, but I don't really have that much time before school starts and I don't really want to have a gap year.”

Like Miles and others, Saniah Collins learned Wednesday that she no longer was enrolled at Howard.

“My mom is part of a parent group chat,” said Collins, 17, of Atlanta. “That day we learned that a lot of students were getting unenrolled."

Collins received an email from the school Wednesday afternoon that said a July 10 deadline to pay her tuition balance or make payment arrangements had passed and the school no longer could hold her place.

But Collins said she was also told by an adviser that most of her balance for the fall semester was paid. She's not giving up.

“I worked like crazy to get into this school,” Collins said. “Howard has been my everything. My whole senior year, my whole summer I worked consistently on scholarships. We tried to make ourselves 10 steps ahead to make sure we were on the right page.”

Given that HBCUs are seen as caring and nurturing places for Black students, the mass removal of students from Howard’s fall enrollment is a bad look for the school, said Marybeth Gasman, an expert in higher education at Rutgers University.

“If it were me and it was over 500 students, I wouldn’t have done it in one day,” Gasman said. “I would have also done the due diligence of going through each one. Now, they are going to have to go back and do that.”

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Mahomes said Friday he visited earlier this week with Dr. Dan Cooper, the Dallas-based orthopedic surgeon who performed the operation, and that he met all the benchmarks necessary to report to Missouri Western State University on time.

The Chiefs begin practice Saturday for rookies, quarterbacks and players coming off injuries. Full-squad work begins next week.

None of those players is more important than Mahomes, who hurt his knee late in a loss to the Chargers in December. He underwent surgery immediately afterward, and rather than spend the offseason at his Texas home like usual, Mahomes toiled away at the Chiefs' practice facility, pushing forward with his rehab so he would be ready to go by the late-July start of camp.

“It was always the goal to be able to practice when I got to training camp. We kind of hit that step," Mahomes said. “Now, it's about building and keep getting better and better, so when the regular season comes around, I can be available.”

Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Mahomes was fully cleared — no limitations at all — but that he would evaluate the cornerstone of the franchise on a daily basis. Whether he participates in any of the Chiefs' preseason games remains to be seen.

The preseason opener against the Rams is Aug. 15. But the far more important date is Sept. 14, when the Chiefs welcome the AFC West-champion Broncos to Arrowhead Stadium for a marquee Monday night showdown in Week 1.

“We'll see about games and all that once we get there,” Reid said, “but right now, we're just taking it day by day.”

Mahomes, who signed a lucrative restructured contract in June that will tie him to the Chiefs through the 2033 season, plans to wear a brace on his left knee, much like he did while recovering from an injury in college, in part because it doesn't really bother him.

But other than that, he plans to participate in camp just like he has for the past decade.

“Like, I'm a competitor,” Mahomes said, “so gameday, I'm going to want to be out there. But I understand the process of getting myself ready to play in the regular season is more important (than the preseason). But we'll see. I mean, the coaches and doctors will kind of make that decision for me, but I'll prepare myself like I'm going to play. And then if I'm just doing a very hard warmup, I'll take that as serious as playing in the preseason game. It's just a couple of weeks away, but it feels like a long ways away.”

Not nearly as long as it probably felt in December, when Mahomes was rehabbing largely by himself. He got some advice from Tom Brady and former teammate Tyrann Mathieu, who overcame similar injuries in their careers, about how to proceed, and then he found an unexpected virtual workout buddy in Eagles tight end Zach Ertz.

Ertz also tore his ACL last December, and the two would send each other videos of themselves doing deadlifts, sprints and agility, each trying to upstage the other as they progressed through the long, difficult days of the rehab process.

“They all said, ‘Stay on top of it,’” Mahomes said. “I mean, it's a long process. I remember sitting on the table and watching us play those last few games, how much it hurt me. But I knew that if I continue to work, I can be at this spot where I get cleared for practice, and now I'm trying to get to that spot where I'm cleared to play for the regular season.”

Notes: DT Omarr Norman-Lott is likely to begin camp on the physically unable-to-perform list after tearing his right ACL in October, Reid said. “Big guys with ACLs, it takes a little time to come back," he said. ... WR Rashee Rice was cleared to practice after surgery in May to clean up debris in his right knee. ... CB Mansoor Delane, the Chiefs' first-round pick, was undergoing physicals Friday and Reid is hopeful that he will be on the practice field soon. He hurt his shoulder during offseason workouts.

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Thomas Goldstein, who also published a popular blog about the nation's highest court, had asked U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby to spare him from a prison sentence. Instead, the judge sentenced Goldstein to five years of supervised release after his prison term and ordered him to pay over $3.1 million in restitution, according to a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Maryland.

Goldstein, 56, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, co-founded SCOTUSblog and argued over 40 cases before the Supreme Court before retiring in 2023 at age 52. He was a member of Democrat Al Gore's legal team in the Supreme Court litigation over the 2000 election ultimately won by Republican President George W. Bush.

Many friends and colleagues didn’t know the extent of Goldstein’s gambling until his January 2025 indictment, which sent shock waves through the legal community in Washington, D.C.

A jury found Goldstein guilty of 12 of 16 counts, including eight felonies, after a six-week trial that ended in February. Jurors convicted him of one count of tax evasion, four counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, four counts of willfully failing to pay taxes and three counts of mortgage fraud.

The trial in Greenbelt, Maryland, included testimony by “Spider-Man” star Tobey Maguire, an avid poker player who enlisted Goldstein’s help in recovering a gambling debt from a billionaire.

Prosecutors recommended a prison sentence of just over eight years for Goldstein. They say he concealed more than $25 million in income between 2016 and 2023, depriving the federal government of over $9.5 million in unpaid taxes.

“His motivation was singular: pure, unrelenting greed,” prosecutors wrote. “Whether funneling gambling income through offshore bank accounts, shaving millions off his true law firm income, or lying to his lenders, Goldstein’s crimes always sought to advance and maintain his exorbitant lifestyle, replete with Bentleys, globe-trotting vacations, and a $200,000 watch.”

Goldstein's attorneys argued that sparing him from prison would allow him to repay debts and address his severe addiction to gambling. He maintains that his conduct, while self-destructive, wasn't illegal.

“He should be retiring with significant life savings or, if he wanted to, continuing to practice law at the highest levels," defense lawyers wrote. "Instead, he has spent many years gambling with money he didn’t have, and gambling away money that he won, to the detriment of himself and his loved ones.”

Prosecutors say Goldstein diverted money from his law firm to pay gambling debts and falsely deducting gambling debts as business expenses. Goldstein also was accused of lying to IRS agents and hiding his gambling debts from his accountants, employees and mortgage lenders. He omitted a $15 million gambling debt from mortgage loan applications while looking for a new home in Washington, D.C., with his wife in 2021, his indictment alleges.

Goldstein, who testified at his trial, said he repeatedly instructed his law firm’s staff and accountants to correctly characterize his personal expenses. In a 2014 email, he told a firm employee that “we always play completely by the rules.”

Goldstein spent years gambling money he didn’t have, his lawyers say.

“He is not wealthy enough to sustain the losses of the billionaires he has played against, and he is not good enough at poker to win at the rate of professionals,” they wrote.

Prosecutors say Goldstein's crimes were motivated by “pure, uninhibited greed” and his “obvious disdain for the tax system.”

“We can and should expect more from every attorney and officer of the court — let alone one of Goldstein’s status,” they wrote.

The 98 people had illnesses that started between Nov. 21 and June 30, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. No deaths have been reported, but 26 people have been hospitalized.

Investigators have determined that shell eggs recalled by Midwest Poultry Services are a likely source of the germ, but the Indiana-based company doesn’t account for all the illnesses.

Midwest Poultry previously recalled eggs produced and distributed from farms in Texas between June 6 and July 3. The eggs were sold under several brand names and have sell-by or best-by dates between July 20 and Aug. 17.

Among the stores that received the recalled eggs were Kroger stores in Texas and Louisiana and Brookshire Grocery stores in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Mississippi.

Samples collected by Midwest Poultry at farms in Texas tested positive for salmonella, and genetic testing showed that some samples match the bacteria strain that sickened people, federal officials said.

Consumers should check their refrigerators for recalled eggs and throw them away or return them to stores for a refund.

Symptoms of salmonella poisoning include diarrhea, fever, severe vomiting, dehydration and stomach cramps. Most people who get sick recover within a week. Infections can be severe in young children, older adults and people with weakened immune systems, who may require hospitalization.

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Among the violations: mold growing on food, cooked chicken contaminated by flies, rodent and roach activity, food kept at unsafe temperatures, mold-like buildup inside an ice machine, unsanitary kitchen conditions, and one business operating without running water.

No restaurants in the Florida Keys were ordered shut last week. All of the establishments later reopened after an ordered cleanup and passing a follow-up inspection.

**ANDREAS CAFETERIA & COFFEE SHOP

16679 NE 19TH AVENUE

NORTH MIAMI BEACH

ORDERED SHUT 7/13

11 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. Observed 20+ rodent droppings on the floor at the front counter behind hand washing sink.”

“Dead roaches on premises. Observed 1 dead roach on the floor by the entrance of the bathroom in the kitchen.”

“Worn, torn and/or soiled floors/carpeting. Observed floor soiled in the kitchen hallway. Observed floor around the hot water heater and bathroom soiled. Observed front counter floor behind handwashing sinks heavily soiled.”

“Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Observed raw shell egg (52F - Cold Holding) stored in the walk in cooler overnight. Stop sale issued. Repeat Violation.”

“Required employee training expired for some employees.”

**QUATES MEXICAN RESTAURANT

3701 NORTH ANDREWS AVE.

OAKLAND PARK

ORDERED SHUT 7/16

14 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Food with mold-like growth. Cooked pork stored in walk in cooler with mold like growth. Stop Sale”

“Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Observed approximately 1 live roach behind wall mounted internet router on wall in ware washing area. Observed approximately 3 live roaches inside of gasket of cook line flip top cooler on cook line in kitchen. Observed approximately 2 live roaches inside of control panel on top of dish machine in ware washing area. Observed 1 live roach on ground under three compartment sink in kitchen.”

“Roach excrement and/or droppings present. Observed accumulation of roach excrement around wall mounted internet router on wall in ware washing area.”

“Dead roaches on premises. Observed 3 dead roach on ground in prep area next to kitchen area. Observed 1 dead roach in hand wash sink in prep area Observed 3 dead roaches on ground in walk in cooler. Observed 2 dead roaches on ground under storage rack in kitchen Observed approximately 10 dead roaches in control device located behind ansul tank on wall on cook line in kitchen Observed 1 dead roach on ground at front counter not in kitchen Observed 1 dead roach inside of 2 door stainless reach in cooler in kitchen. Observed 2 dead roaches inside of door frame/on hinge at 2 door stainless reach in cooler in kitchen. Observed approximately 5 dead roaches inside of control panel on top of dish machine.”

“Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cooked beef (47F); cooked rice (49F); refried beans (48F); cooked white rice (48F); raw chicken (47F). Per operator items have been in unit overnight.”

“Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. oven: cooked rice (120F-130F - Hot Holding) being held inside of oven with no temperature control. Operator states rice was reheated approximately 1.5 hours ago, operator reheated to 165F and put in steam table. Repeat Violation.”

“Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cook line cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable Repeat Violation.”

“Interior of microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris.”

“Food manager certification expired.”

“Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Multiple items stored in prep area hand wash sink.”

RE-INSPECTION 7/17

“Observed approximately 9 live roaches in establishment.”

“Observed approximately 5 dead roaches in establishment.”

**ASAHI RESTAURANT

9240 WEST COMMERCIAL BLVD.

SUNRISE

INSPECTION BASED ON COMPLAINT

ORDERED SHUT 7/15

20 VIOLATIONS FOUND

ALSO ORDERED SHUT 4/28/25 (ROACH ISSUE)

“Food contaminated by live flying insects . See stop sale. Observed 4 live flying insects at food preparation station landing on precooked chicken.”

“Live, small flying insects found. -Observed 4 live flying insects at food preparation station landing on precooked chicken. -Observed approximately 10 live flying insects in dishwashing area landing on clean food containers and food preparation table. -Observed 5 live flying insects in storage area landing on container with cornstarch. -Observed 2 live flying insects at cook line landing on in-used cutting board.”

“Accumulation of dead or trapped birds, insects, rodents, or other pests, in control devices. Observed accumulation of dead flying insects on fly traps in kitchen.”

“Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Observed walls throughout kitchen soiled with accumulation of black mold like substances and old food residues.”

“Employee washed hands with no soap.”

“Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Observed employee wash his hands at dishwashing machine sprayer and then continue to engage in food preparation without changing.”

“Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed food container stored inside hand wash sink next to cook line.”

**EL RANCHO BAKERY AND RESTAURANT

6023 KIMBERLY BLVD.

NORTH LAUDERDALE

ORDERED SHUT 7/15

19 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. 1 live roach on dry storage rack next to cans of corn at end of cook line next to exit door. 5 live roaches seen crawling in the crease of wall behind chest freezer in ware washing area. 1 live roach under shelf where dry beans are stored at the end of cook line next to exit door.”

“Dead roaches on premises. One dead roach under dry storage rack next to exit door.”

“Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. Observed in walk in cooler , two buckets of black beans cooling covered overnight in deep bucket , cooked beans container #1 (51F - Cooling ),container #2 (52F - Cooling). Per operator items were held in unit overnight exceeding 6 hours. See stop sale.”

“Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within two hours and from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within six hours. See stop sale. Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. Observed in walk in cooler , two deep buckets of black beans cooling covered overnight cooked beans container #1 (51F - Cooling ), container #2 (52F - Cooling). Per operator items were held in unit overnight exceeding 6 hours.”

“Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Observed operator came to work, put on gloves and went to cook line to start making orders without washing hands. Educated operator on proper hand washing procedures . Operator washed hands and put on new pair of gloves.”

“No currently certified food service manager on duty with four or more employees engaged in food preparation/handling.”

“Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees.”

**LAS CARNITAS LATIN CUISINE

3305 NORTH FEDERAL HIGHWAY

POMPANO BEACH

ORDERED SHUT 7/17

12 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Dead roaches on premises. 1. One dead roach observed under clean utensil rack in ware washing area. 2. Approximately 30 dead roaches observed on glue board monitor under microwave at front counter.”

“Live, small flying insects found 1. Observed approximately 20 live, small flying insects resting on wall around dish machine in ware washing area. 2. Observed 2 live, small flying insects resting on breadcrumbs container at storage rack in kitchen. 3. Observed 2 live, small flying insects resting on wall next to cookline in kitchen. 4. Observed 1 live, small flying insects resting on cup stored on top of microwave at front counter. 5. Observed 4 live, small flying insects resting on shelf and on single service Styrofoam food containers in kitchen. 6. Observed 6 live, small flying insects resting inside cabinet space for and on bottled drink mixes at front counter.”

“Interior of microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris opposite cookline in kitchen.”

“Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine.”

“Ceiling tiles and vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance in kitchen.”

“Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. 1. Observed on door gaskets at both three door reach in coolers opposite cookline in kitchen. Repeat Violation.”

**SWEET BUBBLE

20505 S. DIXIE HIGHWAY

CUTLER BAY

ORDERED SHUT 7/16

11 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Live, small flying insects found observed 5 live flies flying around the booth and landing on 3 compartment sink and clean equipment.”

“Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. At the time of the inspection there is not running water at the 3 compartment sink. As per employee they run out of water since last week. Establishment has been closed since Monday.”

“Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Observed under 3 compartment sink.”

“Establishment operating with no potable running water. Observed establishment does not have water at the time of the inspection. As per employee the establishment has not running water since last Sunday.”

“No running water at three-compartment sink. Observed not running water at the time of the inspection. As per operator since last Sunday. Establishment has been closed since Sunday. They opened today.”

“Water with a temperature of least 85 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Observed there is not cold neither hot water at the hand wash sink at the time of the inspection.”

El canciller venezolano, Félix Plasencia, indicó en X que el país sudamericano comunicó al secretario general de Naciones Unidas, António Guterres, la decisión de “denunciar el Estatuto de Roma e iniciar su retiro definitivo de la CPI, conforme al Artículo 127”.

El anuncio se produjo más de siete meses después que la Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela, de abrumadora mayoría oficialista, aprobó por unanimidad una ley para derogar el instrumento legal que hace casi 26 años ratificó la adhesión al Estatuto de Roma —constitutivo de la CPI— en un primer paso para retirar al país de ese tribunal.

“Venezuela considera que la actuación de la Corte responde a un sesgo geográfico demostrado, que ha concentrado su labor de manera desproporcionada en países africanos y latinoamericanos, en detrimento del Sur Global”, dijo Plasencia en un comunicado. “Este patrón revela una justicia internacional que, lejos de aplicarse con equidad, ha sido instrumentalizada para profundizar las desigualdades entre los pueblos y desconocer su derecho a la autodeterminación y a la soberanía”.

El canciller consideró que el tribunal “ha puesto sus mecanismos al servicio de intereses ajenos a la justicia y a los pueblos que dice proteger”. Sostuvo que Venezuela rechaza “esta dimensión de lawfare” —en alusión al uso mal intencionado de las leyes y de los tribunales como arma política— “que perpetúa la persecución contra el pueblo venezolano y agrava las desigualdades que la justicia internacional debería corregir”.

Además reafirmó el compromiso del gobierno con una justicia equitativa y “respetuosa de la soberanía”.

Venezuela ratificó el Estatuto de Roma en junio de 2000 durante el mandato del entonces presidente Hugo Chávez (1999-2013). La CPI ejerce jurisdicción sobre los crímenes cometidos en el territorio de Venezuela o por sus nacionales a partir del 1 de julio de 2002.

La CPI es un tribunal de última instancia que investiga crímenes de guerra, de lesa humanidad y otros delitos graves cuando las naciones no pueden o no quieren hacerlo, un sistema conocido como complementariedad.

El artículo 127 del Estatuto de Roma establece los pasos que un Estado miembro debe seguir si desea retirarse de ese tribunal. Debe informar al secretario general de las Naciones Unidas y el retiro entra en vigor un año después de la recepción de la notificación. Anunciar la retirada, sin embargo, no libera al país de sus deberes bajo el tratado.

Cruces de Maduro con la fiscalía de la CPI

El ahora depuesto presidente Nicolás Maduro (2013-2026) acusó a la Fiscalía de la CPI de “desentenderse” de sus deberes luego de que el fiscal adjunto de La Haya, Mame Mandiaye Niang, anunciara en diciembre pasado el cierre de su oficina en Caracas.

En 2023 el gobierno de Maduro y la Fiscalía de la CPI acordaron abrir una oficina en Venezuela con el propósito de facilitar la investigación de presuntos crímenes de lesa humanidad que pesa sobre la administración de Maduro por la actuación de la fuerza pública en las protestas de 2017.

El fiscal adjunto de la CPI indicó que se tomó la decisión de cerrar la oficina por una falta de “progreso real” en la “complementariedad” con el gobierno venezolano. Ese recinto permitía a la organización trabajar de manera más cercana con las autoridades del país.

La Fiscalía de la CPI resaltó que la investigación “permanece activa” y un equipo de esa instancia judicial seguirá trabajando desde La Haya.

La CPI tiene una investigación abierta sobre la violencia que siguió a los comicios venezolanos de 2017, pero por ahora no ha emitido ninguna orden de detención.

El ahora exfiscal jefe del tribunal mundial, Karim Khan, anunció a fines de 2021 que abriría una investigación tras una prolongada pesquisa preliminar y una solicitud de investigación formal presentada en 2018 por Argentina, Canadá, Colombia, Chile, Paraguay y Perú.

Khan, también el viernes, fue destituido de su cargo. Fue la primera vez que un fiscal jefe es removido de su puesto.

Khan fue apartado temporalmente de sus funciones en la CPI en junio pasado, a la espera de la votación del viernes, después de que un informe del comité ejecutivo del órgano de supervisión del tribunal concluyera que había incurrido en “conducta indebida grave”.

“They not only tackled him, not only tased him, not only kicked him, but you saw they shot him three times in his head and other parts of his body,” Crump said.

He spoke at an emotional news conference with Ruiz's mother, siblings and 13-year-old daughter, Kah’liyah Aliomar.

Ruiz, 38, was killed on a busy city street Wednesday, just a couple of blocks away from his daughter's home and along the route she walks to school. Police say Ruiz pulled a knife during a struggle with four officers, injuring one of them. That officer then fired the shots, according to police. All four officers have been placed on administrative leave pending a state investigation, and the officer who fired the shots has not yet been identified.

Aliomar cried as she described learning of her father’s death.

“My heart was broken and hurt so much knowing I can’t see my father anymore,” she said.

His mother Elsa Ruiz said she never imagined she would have to bury her son.

“He was my love. He loved his daughter, he loved his family. He did not deserve to be taken out like that. They took my baby from me,” she said, sobbing.

The family promised to seek justice for Ruiz’s death, which Crump called an unjustified “execution.”

“Anytime there is excessive use of force, there should be accountability,” Crump said. He said it was “shocking on every level.”

The shooting was captured on cellphone video that was widely shared online, though Madison Police Chief John Patterson cautioned Thursday that the video did not show the altercation from the police officers’ perspective.

But unlike nearly every other similarly sized city, Madison doesn’t require its police to use body-worn cameras, so there is no footage from the officers’ perspective. Over the last decade city officials have repeatedly debated adopting the cameras — at times creating subcommittees and doing studies on the idea — but local officials have primarily blamed budget concerns and political inertia for the ongoing stalemate.

Another common source of opposition, identified in a 2021 feasibility study, came from community groups worried the cameras would be used to surveil and criminalize marginalized groups. Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said Thursday that she expects the new budget that takes effect in January to include funding for body-worn cameras.

“Thank God there was video,” Crump said. “If there wasn’t video, imagine what the narrative would have been.”

Wisconsin court records show Ruiz had been in and out of jail over the past decade for mostly misdemeanor offenses including disorderly conduct, drug possession, auto theft, battery and invasion of privacy. He was also convicted of felonies including possession of cocaine and marijuana, robbery, strangulation, resisting an officer and causing bodily harm.

“People are saying he’s a criminal. So what? He had a family, he had me,” Aliomar said, breaking down into tears.

Police said they were at the street to investigate reports that someone was trying to enter parked cars, something Crump said amounted to only the suspicion of a low-level property crime.

“I need somebody to help me understand why they felt it was OK to execute my brother based on no facts at all,” Veronica Ruiz said. “I hope everyone continues to support and come together and find justice for him.”

The police chief has released few details about the shooting. Patterson said Thursday that a Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation probe must run its course. A separate investigation by the city’s independent police monitor is also underway.

“The situation was clearly dangerous,” Patterson said, and that he did not know the extent of the knife injuries sustained by the officer. He also said he wanted transparency and accountability in the investigation.

The killing sparked protests, calls for justice from elected officials and anger from a community where police have killed three people in the same neighborhood since 2012.

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This story has been updated to correct that Corey Ruiz's daughter's last name is Aliomar, not Ruiz.

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Boone reported from Boise, Idaho.

Ambas cancillerías acordaron que en una primera etapa reactivarán las relaciones consulares, como paso inicial a la reanudación plena de los vínculos bilaterales y para “asegurar la protección y los servicios consulares en favor de sus connacionales que residen en ambos países hermanos”.

El 30 de julio de 2024, Venezuela rompió relaciones con Perú porque Lima reconoció al entonces candidato opositor Edmundo González como presidente electo en los comicios de ese mes frente al entonces mandatario Nicolás Maduro, quien fue depuesto a inicios de año por fuerzas militares de Estados Unidos y llevado a ese país para enfrentar acusaciones de narcotráfico. Su vicepresidenta, Delcy Rodríguez, asumió como mandataria interina del país sudamericano.

El canciller peruano de esa época, Javier González-Olaechea, había indicado que Maduro deseaba “por la vía de una dictadura perpetuarse en el poder” tras realizar un “fraude” en los comicios de ese año.

Perú informó en 2024 que, tras la ruptura de relaciones con Venezuela, Brasil se iba a encargar de proteger los intereses de Perú en Venezuela así como la cooperación consular para los peruanos en ese país además de custodiar los locales diplomáticos peruanos, sus bienes y archivos.

La agencia de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados (ACNUR) dijo en 2022 que los venezolanos en Perú constituyen casi el 3,5% de la población de unos 33 millones y que Lima —donde hay 1,1 millón de venezolanos— es la primera ciudad del mundo en cantidad de personas venezolanas desplazadas.

El representante de ACNUR en Perú, Federico Agusti, señaló en abril de 2022 que “si Lima estuviera en Venezuela sería la tercera ciudad de Venezuela con el mayor número de venezolanos”.

Paramount said in a filing Friday that it won't close its Warner buyout until either a court ruling is made on the states' claims or June 1, 2027. The agreement comes just days after U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín granted a temporary restraining order to freeze the transaction for weeks, noting that the states had raised some “serious questions” and made a strong case about the merger's potential to “substantially lessen competition.”

Paramount and the states have also agreed to cancel an preliminary injunction hearing that was set for Aug. 3. The states’ case in now headed down the path toward a larger antitrust trial.

Both sides touted the delay as a victory.

The result was “exactly what we have sought from the outset: a direct path to a trial based on the evidence," Paramount said in a statement. The company, which was bought by Skydance just last year, added that it looked forward to proving its transaction is “good for competition, good for consumers, and good for creators.”

Meanwhile, California Attorney General Rob Bonta — who is leading the states' case — called the delay great news for audiences, movie theaters and entertainment and media workers nationwide.

“Our argument against this illegal merger is straightforward: When too few corporations have too much power in markets central to American life, it makes things more expensive, and it makes things worse,” Bonta said in a statement. He added that the states were eager to see their challenge through court and ensure the Paramount-Warner combo "never sees the light of day.”

The Writers Guild of America has also filed a lawsuit seeking to block the merger, arguing that the deal would cause specific harm to movie and TV writers. The delay will give more time for that case to make its way through court, too.

States argue merger would harm Hollywood competition

A Warner-Paramount tie-up would bring together two of the last five legacy studios in Hollywood and a host of TV networks that include CNN. Warner’s HBO Max streaming service and fan favorite titles like “Harry Potter” would come under the same roof as Paramount-owned CBS and the Paramount+ streaming service, which includes titles like “Top Gun."

Last week, the 12 states — which, beyond California, also include entertainment heavyweights like New York — sued to block the buyout, alleging that such a combination would “extinguish competition” in Hollywood and lead to fewer choices for consumers, particularly moviegoers and cable customers.

Paramount has repeatedly called the states' claims meritless and not reflective of the current industry. The company points to tech and streaming giants’ growing reach across the entertainment industry and argues the merger would help it compete with bigger rivals like Netflix (which once wanted to buy much of Warner’s business itself) and others “who have harmed the market for theatrical exhibition.”

The states' complaint doesn’t focus specifically on streaming. It alleges that the merger violates the Clayton Act — a key federal antitrust law — due to anticipated reach across three markets: theatrical movie distribution, theater releases of bigger blockbusters and the licensing of basic cable channels.

Trump administration says deal would benefit consumers

The challenge by the states — all of which have Democratic attorneys general — notably contrasts with the Trump administration’s effective greenlight of the deal. The U.S. Justice Department announced in June that it wouldn’t challenge the merger, and instead released an unusually long statement ruling that a Paramount-Warner tie up would bring “benefits for American consumers and workers.”

The Justice Department maintained that its review wasn’t political. But critics have raised their eyebrows — and pointed to Republican President Donald Trump’s close relationship with the billionaire family of Paramount CEO David Ellison. Many eyes are also on Warner assets like CNN, a network that has long attracted ire from Trump and members of his administration, particularly in light of editorial turmoil at Paramount-owned CBS following Skydance's takeover.

Friday's delay “materially reduces the near-term concern that a politicized Paramount would control CNN during the 2026 midterms,” noted Mike Proulx, vice president and research director at Forrester.

Still, there is uncertainty farther down the road.

“I’ve said from the start that anyone who thinks they know how this deal ends should think again," Proulx wrote. “What we know is that the path to either outcome just got longer, messier, and likely more expensive.”

The now monthslong delay could become very costly for Paramount. The company previously pledged to start paying Warner shareholders added “ticking fee” compensation amounting to about $7 million per day if the deal wasn’t closed by Sept. 30.

Including billions of dollars in debt, Paramount’s proposed purchase of Warner is currently valued at nearly $111 billion based on outstanding shares.

Beyond the U.S., Paramount has also touted regulatory clearances in countries like Canada, China and Australia. The European Union also gave the deal its blessing, conditional on company commitments to adjust film distribution partnerships there. Meanwhile, ongoing reviews continue in the U.K., which has separately suggested it may intervene.

He's hoping to put Roger Penske back in victory lane at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and he'd like to add a second crown jewel win to his resume. At the same time, he's chasing a $1 million pay day — if he finishes ahead of surprise finalist Todd Gilliland in NASCAR's second In-Season Challenge.

Blaney's solution is to simplify matters by sweeping both titles Sunday with one amazing Brickyard 400.

“We obviously understand what we're going for with the In-Season Challenge,” Blaney said before Friday's short practice. “But at the same time, you're trying to win the race. That's the big one here — and trying to win for Roger at this place is incredibly important in our race shop and to everyone on this team. So I've looked at it as like, just go try to run the best race you can and focus on that.”

Blaney heads into race weekend as the favorite in the final round of the challenge. The 2023 Cup champion has strung together 11 consecutive finishes of 11th or better, a feat he's achieved in 17 of 21 races this season. Two weeks ago in Atlanta he captured his second win of the year.

Now the Ohio-born Blaney returns to the Midwest ranked third in points, 19 behind Tyler Reddick, the 2022 Brickyard 200 champ who is trying to become the first Cup driver to win on the track's road course and the historic 2.5-mile oval that will be used Sunday.

Reddick said he wasn't sure if team owner Michael Jordan would attend the race.

Gilliland, meanwhile, has struggled lately. His eighth-place finish at North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, was his first top 10 in 13 races, and the 26-year-old enters the weekend 23rd in points, though he's continued to do just enough to keep advancing through the challenge rounds.

But facing his toughest test yet, Gilliland seems to be adopting a “Hoosiers”-like attitude.

“We've caught a lot of lucky breaks. We've barely been skating by all these rounds,” the Front Row Motorsports driver said. “But now that we're here, yeah, it feels a bit more real and you never know, right? Four hundred miles, anything can happen. So we're just going to go give our best effort and try not to think about what it would be like if we won.”

Neither finalist was near the top of Friday's leaderboard, though.

Christopher Bell of Joe Gibbs Racing posted the fastest lap of the day at 183.512 mph, leading Toyota to a top-five sweep. John Hunter Nemechek of Legacy Motor Club was second at 183.180, followed by Ty Gibbs, Bell's teammate; Erik Jones, Nemechek's teammate; and Denny Hamlin of JGR, who still needs a Brickyard win to capture the fourth and final crown jewel title with time running shot on the 45-year-old's career.

“I've got a couple shots in this left, so I think more desperate," Hamlin said when asked about his level of desire to win at Indy. “I'm certainly willing to take a small risk here on a restart, whatever it might be, on strategy, something to give us a real shot to win because this is like the Daytona 500.”

Gilliland and Blaney, who sat side by side at microphones Friday, view the Brickyard similarly even though they know fans will be watching the race inside the race just as closely as the final charge across the Yard of Bricks.

In practice, Blaney also had the advantage. He was ninth on the speed chart at 182.526, the top speed of the Ford drivers. Gilliland, who also drives a Ford, was 28th at 180.712.

Will that make a difference Sunday?

“We beat them here last year so I don't know why we can't do it again,” said Gilliland, who finished sixth — one spot ahead of Blaney in 2025 at Indy. “But, yeah, overall, I think it's fair to say we're big underdogs. At the same time, anything can happen.”

Even, perhaps, Blaney's highly coveted sweep.

“I got knocked out in the first round last year in Atlanta so it was nice to kind of go be part of it, see you racing every single week and go through the gauntlet,” he said. “So nice to end it here at Indy. I think it's a great place to end it, an amazing race track. It will be exciting.”

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Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed July 7, when Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers chased his white work van through the streets, then shot him through the window in front of his work crew, including his brother.

Salgado Araujo’s sons read from prepared remarks at a Houston hearing with Democratic members of Congress. The sons' voices often choked with emotion as they described their father as a humble and hardworking family man. He had lived without legal status in the U.S. for 35 years, ran a homebuilding business and had never been in trouble with the law.

“He didn’t need anybody to know his name,” Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, Jr. told the hearing, held by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. “He worked hard to protect and provide for our family, to put me and my siblings through college. He taught us that good things come to those that work hard.”

The Department of Homeland Security said shortly after the shooting that Salgado Araujo had rammed his van into the immigration vehicles chasing him, then “weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run over an ICE law enforcement officer,” and that the officer fired in self-defense. The officers were not wearing body cameras.

Passengers in Salgado Araujo’s van describe a different version of events

At least two of the passengers in the van have disputed the government's account, saying the officers crashed into the van and were safely on the sides of the vehicle, never in danger of being struck, when the officer fired. All three passengers in the van were arrested and remain in immigration detention. One of them is Salgado Araujo’s brother, Victor, whose account of the killing is not public because his petition for release is sealed.

Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare told the hearing that DHS, which oversees ICE, has ignored his requests for information and evidence, including the name of the officer who fired the fatal shot.

Nevertheless, he said, his office was making “significant progress.” He declined to discuss specific evidence or speculate on when his office’s investigation would end.

Salgado Araujo’s sons said their father would have never run from officers, who were driving unmarked vehicles, if he’d known who they were. They had talked as a family about what they would do if he encountered ICE, and they said he believed he would find a way to get back home to them.

Salgado Araujo’s sons describe an excruciating wait for information

They said he was a man of routine. The day he was killed started as most did: He woke up before dawn, his wife cooked him a hearty breakfast, then he said goodbye to her and their dog. He got into his white van, said a prayer and left before 6 a.m. to pick up his crew.

Ronaldo Salgado said his mother called him around 7 a.m. to say something bad had happened. He saw a Facebook post about an encounter with immigration officers and rushed to the scene. He was there for hours, he said, begging officers and neighbors for information, even asking one homeowner to climb onto her roof to survey the scene.

Then a Facebook video appeared.

“I learned again from a Facebook post that our dad had been shot,” he told the hearing. “Not because I could see him, but because I could hear his voice on videos posted online crying for help.”

He rushed to the hospital. More hours passed before Democratic U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia demanded answers, and they learned he was dead.

Garcia said the Democratic delegation has sent multiple letters to DHS and ICE about the shooting and has received no response. The delegation also invited representatives of the department and the administration to attend the hearing, and they declined.

An email sent to DHS by The Associated Press seeking comment Friday was not immediately returned.

Lorenzo Jr. called what happened to them “a kafkaesque nightmare.” They said they mourned not only for their father, but also for the families of others killed by immigration officers, including Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a 26-year-old who was shot in Maine days after their dad.

The sons say they want justice

The sons called on Congress to make sure justice is served.

Lorenzo asked people to imagine what the brothers were experiencing by picturing a loved one “pinned to the ground in pain and yelling out in desperate need of help.”

“Picture the anger and helplessness of watching that person bleed out through a video on your phone. What would you do after?” he asked. “How would you cope with the feeling of losing your protector, your role model, your mother’s loving partner, your grandmother’s little boy?”

He added, “That feeling you feel right now is only a fraction of what my family and I have felt these past 17 days.”

Whitmer remains popular in the battleground state, where she has twice won by substantial margins, and her endorsement gives Stevens a significant boost a day before early in-person voting begins. Whitmer also has history with El-Sayed, whom she defeated in the 2018 Democratic primary for governor.

“Haley's got what it takes to win," Whitmer said Friday in Detroit while appearing with Stevens and South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn. "If you're ready to show the rest of the country how Michigan gets the job done, vote for Haley Stevens.”

Stevens has pitched herself as a Democrat who has won tough elections, including flipping a Republican-held House seat. She has been backed by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, a two-term Democrat who is retiring from the seat.

She's in a tight race for the Democratic nomination against El-Sayed, a progressive whose supporters include Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen.

“The corporate establishment has closed ranks and made their pick – now, Michigan voters will get to make theirs,” said Roxie Richner, a spokesperson for El-Sayed.

The winner of the Aug. 4 primary will face Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers in November for a critical, battleground Senate seat. Democrats are hoping to flip the Senate in November, and Michigan remains a key part of their plan.

Stevens is a four-term congresswoman from the Detroit area. Her candidacy has benefited from tens of millions in spending by outside political groups, including nearly $30 million from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which supports pro-Israel candidates.

El-Sayed, who accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, has criticized Stevens for taking money from AIPAC.

Whitmer is a two-term governor who isn’t on the ballot this fall, though she has been mentioned as a possible 2028 presidential candidate. She is the best-known politician in Michigan.

Whitmer had long weighed the decision. Stevens’ success winning in a competitive district, including converting the GOP-held seat for Democrats in 2018, was among the factors in the endorsement, according to a person who was familiar with the governor’s deliberations but was not authorized to discuss private conversations and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Produced by environmental scientists, the report — which the state for more than six months had refused to release — said regulators should have more authority to reject industrial water withdrawal permits, force entities to examine alternative sources of water and clamp down on users who might be using more water than they should be.

The report noted limits around publicly available information on data center water use but did not lay blame with the industry for the concerns raised about the aquifer.

The groundwater supply in Virginia’s populous eastern coastal plain region “is constrained, and current projections indicate declining availability in the near future,” said the report, which Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s office provided to The Associated Press Thursday.

Data centers use water, sometimes in large amounts, to cool their servers. Worries about data centers' impact on the quality and supply of both ground and surface water — and about tech companies’ failures to be as transparent as the public would like — have dogged projects around the country. The issues have become politically explosive heading into the midterm elections.

Perhaps nowhere are those topics more resonant than in Virginia, home to hundreds of data centers with more under development and where the sustainability of groundwater, the supply stored naturally under the earth's surface, in the coastal eastern region has been a long-running concern.

A wide range of interest groups had begun to publicly admonish the governor's administration for withholding the report; those reviewing it Friday said its findings were sobering.

“We’re standing on the ledge,” said Jay Ford, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Virginia policy manager.

Report says lawmakers should tighten regulations

Virginia enacted its first groundwater law in 1973, but legislators acknowledged it was “too permissive” and tightened it in 1992, the report said. The law remains in effect, but the report warns it should be strengthened again.

State Sen. Richard Stuart, a conservative Republican who represents Virginia’s coastal Northern Neck region and has made conservation a cornerstone of his legislative work, said he's been making noise about the issue for at least 15 years. Increasingly, local governments in his district are being told by regulators that they will have to shift to new surface water sources because of the strain on groundwater.

He said the water crunch is happening at the same time as many new data centers are coming online across his district. He wanted more specifics, so he passed a bill requiring the study.

The report found that groundwater withdrawals in the region fell sharply roughly 15 years ago after a paper mill closed, which, along with regulatory efforts, helped water levels rise in the area’s biggest aquifer. Recently, those trends stalled, and levels throughout the aquifer are projected to resume declining, it said.

There likely isn’t enough groundwater to sustainably add any big, new industrial user, according to the study.

The report suggests the Legislature strengthen regulators' permitting authority; require applicants who want to tap large volumes of groundwater first examine surface water or water reuse; require better planning for local water use; and beef up funding for water management staffing and equipment.

Lawmakers should also weigh in on how they want regulators to prioritize drinking water for the public with current law, which directs them to consider protecting current uses.

Stuart said Friday that while he was still processing the more than 100-page report, its summary findings were worrisome, though they will help lawmakers make tough decisions moving forward.

“Folks worry about the lack of the ability for growth. A lot of them are talking about industrial and commercial. I’m worried about our citizens having drinking water, and I’m worried about our seafood industry because they need clean water,” he said.

Data centers would struggle to get a groundwater permit, study finds

The report said most existing and planned data center capacity is located in public water supply service areas that mostly draw from surface water. But it went on to note that no comprehensive public data exists about groundwater-sourced water withdrawals from the facilities.

While it’s also not clear exactly how many data centers are under development in the state’s eastern region, 371 are in operation across the state and another 438 are planned, according to Cleanview, a company that tracks data centers and other power infrastructure development.

The report’s authors performed an analysis to evaluate what hypothetical water withdrawals from a data center would look like and whether they could be permitted.

“Under current conditions, it appears unlikely that a data center with evaporative cooling technology (or any comparable water user) would find a reliable, sufficient groundwater supply anywhere” in the region, the report said.

Groundwater management and quality as more data centers come online has also been a concern in states including Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Georgia and South Carolina.

Administration initially blocked the report's release, but Spanberger says she will act on it

The state’s delay in issuing the report had raised transparency concerns and questions about its contents, partly because of its connection to data centers.

A wide range of advocacy organizations and a committee that advises state regulators on eastern Virginia groundwater issues had begun to raise concerns in June and July about why the report due in January had not yet been made public. Stuart said he had not been able to obtain a copy of it.

The AP sought the report under an open records request, and the Department of Environmental Quality withheld it. After AP requested comment for a story about the refusal to release the report, the governor’s office provided a copy late Thursday night.

Jack Bledsoe, a spokesperson for Spanberger, who took office in January, attributed delays in the report's release to a backlog of outstanding items from the previous governor's administration.

“This report represents the most comprehensive analysis of groundwater resources conducted in Virginia history. Governor Spanberger is committed to working with the General Assembly to carefully evaluate its findings, strengthen the Commonwealth’s groundwater management policies, and protect Virginia’s water supply for future generations,” Bledsoe said.

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Associated Press reporters Michael Phillis in Washington and Marc Levy in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, contributed to this report.

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Authorities said it happened at around 3:30 p.m. at the home of David Martinez Jr. in the 900 block of Northeast 33rd Terrace.

According to an arrest report from the Homestead Police Department, the beating began after the boy ― who is non-verbal ― screamed, which the child’s mother said he does when he wants something.

Police said Martinez, 31, asked his son “what was wrong with him and shortly after, the light of the bedroom was turned off.”

“A noise that appeared to sound like (Martinez) was striking the victim with an open hand could be heard,“ the HPD report states. ”Shortly after, (he) escorted the victim out of the bedroom while simultaneously spanking him with an open hand.”

Then, as the boy sat on a sofa crying, police said Martinez came out with a belt.

Police said Martinez “violently” threw his son on the sofa and began hitting him with the belt “multiple times.”

Martinez walked away as the boy cried, screamed and hit himself, but came back to slap him multiple times, police said.

According to the report, he left and came back with the belt and beat the child more, then left and returned again to continue the beating.

Police said the young boy “ended up on the floor,” at which point he “violently picked up the victim and threw him onto the sofa and continued hitting him with the belt multiple times.”

“(Martinez) then escorted the victim to his bedroom and pushed him onto his bed and began hitting the bed with the belt while yelling at the victim to stop crying,” the report states. “(Martinez) left the bedroom and returned and he violently turned the victim over and struck him with an open hand.”

Police said the boy “suffered abrasions and red marks on his upper thighs” and said in-home surveillance video confirmed the abuse, as well as its nearly half-hour duration.

Authorities arrested Martinez on a charge of child abuse causing no great bodily harm. As of Friday afternoon, he was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center with a bond listed in online records as “to be set.”

Las autoridades informaron que ocurrió alrededor de las 3:30 p.m. en la vivienda de David Martinez Jr., ubicada en la cuadra 900 de Northeast 33rd Terrace.

Según un informe de arresto del Departamento de Policía de Homestead, la golpiza comenzó después de que el niño, que no es verbal, gritara, algo que la madre del menor explicó que hace cuando quiere algo.

La Policía indicó que Martinez, de 31 años, le preguntó a su hijo “qué le pasaba” y poco después apagó la luz de la habitación.

“Se podía escuchar un sonido que parecía indicar que Martinez estaba golpeando a la víctima con la mano abierta”, señala el informe del Departamento de Policía de Homestead. “Poco después, sacó a la víctima del dormitorio mientras simultáneamente le daba nalgadas con la mano abierta”.

Luego, mientras el niño estaba sentado en un sofá llorando, la Policía dijo que Martinez salió con un cinturón.

La Policía indicó que Martinez lanzó “violentamente” a su hijo sobre el sofá y comenzó a golpearlo con el cinturón “en múltiples ocasiones”.

Martinez se alejó mientras el niño lloraba, gritaba y se golpeaba a sí mismo, pero regresó para darle varias bofetadas, informó la Policía.

Según el informe, volvió a salir, regresó con el cinturón y golpeó nuevamente al menor. Después volvió a irse y regresó otra vez para continuar con la golpiza.

La Policía indicó que el niño “terminó en el suelo”, momento en el que Martinez “levantó violentamente a la víctima, la lanzó sobre el sofá y continuó golpeándola con el cinturón en múltiples ocasiones”.

“Luego, Martinez llevó a la víctima a su dormitorio, la empujó sobre la cama y comenzó a golpear la cama con el cinturón mientras le gritaba que dejara de llorar”, señala el informe. “Martinez salió del dormitorio, regresó y volteó violentamente a la víctima antes de golpearla con la mano abierta”.

La Policía informó que el niño sufrió abrasiones y marcas rojas en la parte superior de los muslos y que un video de vigilancia instalado en la vivienda confirmó el maltrato, así como su duración de casi media hora.

Las autoridades arrestaron a Martinez por un cargo de maltrato infantil sin causar lesiones corporales graves. Hasta la tarde del viernes permanecía detenido en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight, con una fianza aún pendiente de ser fijada, según los registros en línea.

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Authorities said they took “Big Baby” ― a street name used by Thomas Isaac Dudley ― into custody on Thursday.

State records show that Dudley, 49, spent nearly 15 years in prison after committing a robbery in Brevard County and had just gotten out of prison in April after a Miami-Dade grand theft conviction. Besides “Big Baby,” he’s known by several other aliases, including “Pinky Baby” and “Teddy Bear.”

But he’s accused of acting like anything but a teddy bear on the morning of July 8.

According to an MDSO arrest report, the victim told deputies he was walking in the area of Southwest 102nd Avenue and 174th Terrace at around 6 a.m. when Dudley got out of the passenger’s seat of a car and pointed a gun at him, telling him, “Give me the money. Where’s the money, boy?”

Deputies said after the victim told him he didn’t have any money, Dudley “then armed himself with a galvanized metal fence post/pipe” and began hitting him with it, causing him to fall.

According to the arrest report, Dudley then began to “strike and stab the victim in the chest/collarbone area, left torso, and left upper leg/groin area,” causing cuts and bruises. Deputies said Dudley made off with about $130 and got back in the vehicle and the unknown driver sped away.

Deputies said a passerby called 911 as the victim hid in the bushes and he was eventually treated in the emergency room.

According to the report, the victim told investigators that he believes Dudley targeted him because he is disabled ― using a urostomy bag ― and “unable to defend himself.”

The victim added that Dudley knows that he “panhandles nearby and is known to always have some money.”

Authorities said they recovered the “bloodstained fence post/pipe” and took it into evidence. Meanwhile, they said the victim later identified Dudley “via confirmation photo.”

Authorities said they went to Dudley’s home in the 13600 block of Jackson Street in the county’s Richmond Heights area on Thursday to take him into custody.

“Big Baby,” they said, was “combative” and deputies didn’t interview him.

Records show Dudley, arrested on charges of armed robbery and aggravated battery on a person 65 or older, was being held without bond in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center as of Friday afternoon.

Las autoridades informaron que el jueves arrestaron a “Big Baby”, apodo con el que se conoce a Thomas Isaac Dudley.

Los registros estatales muestran que Dudley, de 49 años, pasó casi 15 años en prisión tras cometer un robo en el condado Brevard y que acababa de salir de prisión en abril después de una condena por robo mayor en Miami-Dade. Además de “Big Baby”, también es conocido por otros alias, entre ellos “Pinky Baby” y “Teddy Bear”.

Sin embargo, está acusado de actuar de manera muy distinta a un “oso de peluche” la mañana del 8 de julio.

Según el informe de arresto de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, la víctima dijo a los agentes que caminaba por el área de Southwest 102nd Avenue y 174th Terrace alrededor de las 6 a.m., cuando Dudley salió del asiento del pasajero de un vehículo y le apuntó con un arma mientras le decía: “Dame el dinero. ¿Dónde está el dinero, muchacho?”.

Los agentes indicaron que, después de que la víctima le dijo que no tenía dinero, Dudley “tomó un poste o tubo galvanizado de una cerca” y comenzó a golpearlo con él, provocando que cayera al suelo.

Según el informe de arresto, Dudley luego comenzó a “golpear y apuñalar a la víctima en el área del pecho y la clavícula, el lado izquierdo del torso y la parte superior de la pierna izquierda y la ingle”, causándole cortaduras y moretones. Los agentes dijeron que Dudley huyó con aproximadamente $130 USD y volvió a subir al vehículo, cuyo conductor escapó del lugar.

Los agentes informaron que un transeúnte llamó al 911 mientras la víctima se escondía entre unos arbustos y posteriormente fue atendida en la sala de emergencias.

Según el informe, la víctima dijo a los investigadores que cree que Dudley lo eligió como objetivo porque es una persona discapacitada, ya que utiliza una bolsa de urostomía, y “no puede defenderse”.

La víctima agregó que Dudley sabe que él pide limosna en las cercanías y que “siempre suele tener algo de dinero”.

Las autoridades informaron que recuperaron el “poste o tubo manchado de sangre” y lo incorporaron como evidencia. Además, señalaron que posteriormente la víctima identificó a Dudley mediante una fotografía de confirmación.

Las autoridades indicaron que el jueves acudieron a la vivienda de Dudley, ubicada en la cuadra 13600 de Jackson Street, en el área de Richmond Heights, en el condado, para arrestarlo.

Según las autoridades, “Big Baby” se mostró “agresivo” y los agentes no lograron entrevistarlo.

Los registros muestran que Dudley, arrestado por los cargos de robo a mano armada y agresión agravada contra una persona de 65 años o más, permanecía detenido sin derecho a fianza en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight hasta la tarde del viernes.

According to the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office’s arrest report, Romo performed poorly on field sobriety tests after getting stopped while driving south on Interstate 43 on Thursday. Sheriff’s officials said Romo was taken into custody, booked and released.

He has a court appearance set for Sept. 21.

Romo went to high school about 35 miles from Milwaukee in Burlington, Wisconsin.

The 46-year-old Romo has been the lead game analyst for CBS’ NFL coverage since 2017 after making four Pro Bowl appearances during an NFL career that ran from 2004-16 and was spent entirely with Dallas.

CBS had no comment regarding the arrest.

Romo remains the Cowboys’ franchise leader in career touchdown passes with 248. He held the franchise record for career passing yards (34,183) until Dak Prescott overtook him last season.

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“No doy permiso a ninguna guarnición o establecimiento militar para que se aliste, hasta el último segundo que sea presidente, para ninguna posesión”, aseguró Petro en un discurso desde la Quinta de Bolívar, una casa campestre convertida en museo ubicada en el centro de Bogotá, adonde llevó la espada de Simón Bolívar desde el palacio presidencial.

De la Espriella pretende tomar juramento en una guarnición militar en el suroeste del país para rendir homenaje a la fuerza pública, a la que promete fortalecer en la lucha contra los grupos armados ilegales.

Esta semana el Senado aprobó la propuesta de trasladarse para la juramentación desde Bogotá a Cauca, un convulso departamento del suroeste del país, sin especificar si sería en una guarnición. Resta el aval de la Cámara de Representantes.

“Los civiles se tienen que posesionar ante el pueblo, no ante las armas. Una vez juramente, pero no en un estamento militar, puede dar las órdenes que quiera”, explicó Petro, quien como presidente es el comandante supremo de las fuerzas armadas.

Petro desconoció la victoria en las urnas del conservador De la Espriella, su férreo opositor, pese a que la autoridad electoral la certificó tras vencer por un estrecho margen al progresista Iván Cepeda, a quien apoyaba el mandatario saliente.

En su discurso aseguró que deben la presidencia de De la Espriella al "Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos”, al reprochar el apoyo político del presidente Donald Trump y de su gobierno a De la Espriella.

Petro considera que Colombia perderá su soberanía con el próximo gobierno y “vuelve al virreinato”, esta vez al servicio de Estados Unidos.

Tras alegar un presunto fraude electoral, Petro apoyó una demanda que pide la anulación de la declaratoria de De la Espriella como presidente al señalar que la autoridad electoral habría disminuido los controles a las actas de votación, dificultando la veeduría ciudadana y la verificación de los jueces.

Petro envía la espada de Bolívar a un museo

El mandatario anunció que tras salir de la presidencia irá a la “resistencia”, durante el acto simbólico en el que llevó la espada del libertador Simón Bolívar.

“La espada sale hacia la Quinta de Bolívar en ostracismo. El 7 de agosto termina la independencia nacional de Colombia”, dijo Petro en la red social X junto a un video de la espada puesta en una urna y resguardada por la guardia presidencial por las calles del centro de Bogotá. “La espada de Bolívar volverá a brillar cuando conquistemos la segunda independencia nacional”, agregó.

Petro ha usado la espada como símbolo de su “lucha popular”. Al posesionarse como presidente, decidió exhibirla en una urna del palacio presidencial y utilizarla en algunos actos públicos.

“Los cinco países bolivarianos están amenazados de perder su independencia; en uno de ellos ya cayeron misiles”, dijo Petro en referencia a Venezuela. “Amenazan también con misiles a lancheros que no son los dueños del narco”, reprochó sobre las embarcaciones atacadas por Estados Unidos en el mar Caribe por ser supuestamente usadas para traficar drogas.

El simbolismo de la espada está ligado con el pasado de Petro, quien en su juventud militó en la extinta guerrilla M-19. La espada de Bolívar fue robada en enero de 1974 por el M-19 cuando era custodiada en la Quinta de Bolívar.

Desde entonces, la espada se convirtió en el símbolo por excelencia de la lucha insurgente del M-19, hasta que sus dirigentes la devolvieron como un gesto de paz en 1991, después de que firmaron un acuerdo de paz y abandonaron las armas.

U.N. member nations rejected a U.S. proposal to delay the vote until the end of next week as well as a Russian proposal to extend Türk’s term just until the end of the year. The vote in the 193-member General Assembly to reappoint Türk was 144-10, with 13 abstentions.

While he got strong support, the votes and speeches also reflected concern that Secretary-General António Guterres quietly nominated the Austrian lawyer this month after private consultations, with no public discussion, as the U.N. chief nears the end of his own 10-year tenure.

Türk’s job as the U.N. rights chief, by its nature, is tricky: It requires speaking out against rights violations by the governments of the countries that make up the membership of the world body. For instance, Türk has sharply criticized Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Türk got wide support but loud pushback from the U.S. and Israel

Türk, whose term was supposed to expire on Oct. 11, has faced opposition from critics and some countries for his criticism of Israel’s attacks in Gaza and his approach to China’s crackdown on its Uyghur minority. None of Türk’s predecessors have served two full terms since the job was created in 1993.

U.S. deputy ambassador Jeff Bartos warned before the vote that reappointing Türk would prove that the General Assembly “is dysfunctional” and that the vote “was quietly shoved onto the agenda at the last minute to bypass meaningful review.”

“Make no mistake, if this assembly tolerates procedural overreach, backroom deals and the misuse of U.N. posts, there will be consequences,” he warned. “The United States will immediately reassess our engagement, participation and funding.”

The Trump administration already owes nearly $4 billion to the U.N. for its regular dues and for the separate budget for U.N. peacekeeping operations.

Russia’s deputy ambassador, Dmitry Chumakov, said Guterres had sown discord among U.N. members and accused Türk of “political bias” and promoting “Western geopolitical interests under the pretext of concern for human rights.”

Speaking for the European Union, Ireland’s U.N. Ambassador Fergal Mythen reaffirmed the 27-nation bloc’s “wholehearted support” for Türk.

“The European Union believes that Mr. Türk has demonstrably fulfilled responsibilities entrusted to him effectively and with integrity in an objective and non-selective manner over the past four years,” Mythen said. He takes on another term when “the multiplication of obstacles and challenges and rights violations is relentless, and the promotion and protection of all human rights becomes ever more contested.”

Guterres, whose own second five-year term ends Dec. 31, sent letters to regional groups at the United Nations this month informing them of his intention to reappoint Türk. The African group had no objection, but the Latin American countries had several, including Nicaragua, Argentina and Paraguay.

Before the vote, Israel’s Foreign Ministry called Guterres’ action to get a second term for Türk the U.N. secretary-general’s “latest moral failure,” saying on social media that the choice should be left to his successor.

“After years of bias against Israel, the answer is accountability — not rewriting the rules,” the ministry said.

Guterres is ‘following the rules’ on the reappointment, UN says

U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric says Guterres was following the 1993 resolution that established a U.N. high commissioner for human rights and allows for a second term.

“The secretary-general is doing things in a very transparent manner, following the rules and his authority,” Dujarric told reporters Friday. “Consultations were had with member states prior to this and with regional groups.”

As human rights chief, the longtime U.N. functionary who worked for Guterres at United Nations headquarters in New York, Türk has expressed concerns on issues in China as diverse as the fate of detained individuals — like artist Gao Zhen, lawyer Yu Wensheng and media mogul Jimmy Lai — and counterterrorism and assimilation practices that affect ethnic minorities including the Uyghurs in the regions of Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Tibet.

Critics insist he could have done more to publicly follow up on a report issued by his predecessor, former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, that said China’s discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in Xinjiang may amount to crimes against humanity.

Türk also has stopped short of joining independent U.N. rights experts who have accused Israel of genocide against Palestinians during its war against Hamas in Gaza. Israel vehemently denies those claims.

Former head of Human Rights Watch Ken Roth said: “The biggest stain on Türk’s reputation is his utter abandonment of the Uyghurs.”

Türk has used both private engagement with Beijing and public advocacy to support human rights in China, his office said. Roth called that “an admission that he is doing nothing, that he’s putting the plight of the Uyghurs on the deep back burner, and is just pretending to care.”

The Chinese government denies the Uyghurs have been or are being persecuted. It maintains its policies in Xinjiang rooted out terrorism and religious extremism after sporadic bouts of violence rocked the region in previous decades.

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The Bulldogs received 88 of 164 votes to reach the title game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta in early December. Texas was the second choice, with 57 votes, and Mississippi a distant third with six. Texas A&M, Alabama, Oklahoma, LSU and Kentucky also received votes.

Only 10 times since 1992 has the media’s preseason predicted champion proceeded to win the SEC title game.

Media also voted on preseason All-SEC teams, with Ole Miss’ Trinidad Chambliss edging Texas’ Arch Manning for first-team quarterback.

Predicted order of finish

1. Georgia, 2,510 points

2. Texas, 2,449

3. Mississippi, 2,004

4. Texas A&M, 1,967

5. LSU, 1,961

6. Alabama, 1,930

7. Oklahoma, 1,914

8. Tennessee, 1,320

9. Florida, 1,217

10. Missouri, 1,105

11. South Carolina, 956

12. Auburn, 936

13. Vanderbilt, 751

14. Kentucky, 546

15. Mississippi State, 467

16. Arkansas, 262

First-team offense

QB: Trinidad Chambliss, Mississippi

RB: Kewan Lacy, Mississippi; Ahmad Hardy, Missouri

WR: Cam Coleman, Texas; Ryan Coleman-Williams, Alabama

TE: Trey’Dez Green, LSU

OG/OT: Trevor Goosby, Texas; Cayden Green, Missouri; Jordan Seaton, LSU; Earnest Greene III, Georgia

C: Drew Bobo, Georgia

All-purpose: Mario Craver, Texas A&M

First-team defense

DL: Colin Simmons, Texas; Will Echoles, Mississippi; Dylan Stewart, South Carolina; Princewill Umanmielen, LSU

LB: Whit Weeks, LSU; Xavier Atkins, Auburn; Rasheem Biles, Texas

DB: KJ Bolden, Georgia; Zabien Brown, Alabama; Bray Hubbard, Alabama; Ellis Robinson IV, Georgia

First-team specialists

PK: Tate Sandell, Oklahoma

P: Grant Chadwick, LSU

Return specialist: Ryan Niblett, Texas

Kickoff specialist: Tate Sandell, Oklahoma

Long snapper: Ben Anderson, Oklahoma

Second-team offense

QB: Arch Manning, Texas

RB: Jadan Baugh, Florida; Nate Frazier, Georgia

WR: Mario Craver, Texas A&M; Isaiah Sategna III, Oklahoma

TE: Lawson Luckie, Georgia

OG/OT: Dontrell Glover, Georgia; Michael Fasusi, Oklahoma; Michael Carroll, Alabama; Lance Heard, Kentucky

C: Mark Nabou Jr., Texas A&M

All-purpose: Ryan Niblett, Texas

Second-team defense

DL: David Stone, Oklahoma; Elijah Griffin, Georgia; Taylor Wein, Oklahoma; Quincy Rhodes Jr., Arkansas

LB: Raylen Wilson, Georgia; Suntarine Perkins, Mississippi; Kip Lewis, Oklahoma

DB: Kelley Jones, Mississippi State; DJ Pickett, LSU; Ty Benefield, LSU; Eli Bowen, Oklahoma; Peyton Bowen, Oklahoma

Second-team specialists

PK: Lucas Carneiro, Mississippi

P: Grayson Miller, Oklahoma

Return specialist: Isaiah Sategna III, Oklahoma

Kickoff specialist: Lucas Carneiro, Mississippi

Long snapper: Trey Dubuc, Texas

Third-team offense

QB: Gunner Stockton, Georgia

RB: DeSean Bishiop, Tennessee; Hollywood Smothers, Texas

WR: Ryan Wingo, Texas; Nyck Harbor, South Carolina

TE: Willie Rodriguez, Kentucky

OG/OT: David Sanders Jr., Tennessee; Patrick Kutas, Mississippi; Brandon Baker, Texas; Wendell Moe Jr., Tennessee

C: Braelin Moore, LSU

All-purpose: Jaden Baugh, Florida

Third-team defense

DL: Kam Franklin, Mississippi; DJ Hicks, Texas A&M; Gabe Harris, Georgia; Jayden Woods, Florida

LB: Arion Carter, Tennessee; TJ Dottery, LSU; Yhonzae Pierre, Alabama

DB: Keon Sabb, Alabama; Champ Anthony, Auburn; Khalil Barnes, Georgia; Jelani McDonald, Texas

Third-team specialists

PK: Alex McPherson, Auburn

P: Ethan Pulliam, Mississippi State

Return specialist: Vernell Brown III, Florida

Kickoff specialist: Terry Bussey, Texas A&M

Long snapper: Brett Le Blanc, Missouri

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Surveillance videos show Raymond Delgado, who lives in Hialeah and is unemployed, tracking a UPS delivery truck with his phone on June 18, according to a police officer’s arrest report.

Delgado walked into an apartment building’s lobby and told an employee that “he was authorized to retrieve packages,” according to the police report.

Police officers arrested Delgado at 12:15 p.m. on Thursday at the Florida Department of Corrections Probation & Parole Services facility, at 3601 NW 167 St., in Miami Gardens, according to the police report.

Miami-Dade corrections booked Delgado shortly before 1:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to inmate records.

Court records showed Delgado faced three new charges: Burglary of an occupied dwelling, third-degree grand theft, and unlawful use of a communication device. His bond was $15,000.

According to Delgado’s Florida Department of Corrections’ profile, his probation was from March 9 to March 8, 2028, for a third-degree grand theft on Jan. 6 in Miami-Dade County.

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

Según el informe de arresto, videos de vigilancia muestran a Raymond Delgado, residente de Hialeah y desempleado, siguiendo con su teléfono un camión de entregas de UPS el 18 de junio.

De acuerdo con el informe policial, Delgado entró al vestíbulo de un edificio de apartamentos y le dijo a un empleado que “estaba autorizado para recoger paquetes”.

Según el informe policial, agentes arrestaron a Delgado a las 12:15 p.m. del jueves en las instalaciones de Servicios de Libertad Condicional y Libertad Supervisada del Departamento de Correcciones de Florida, ubicadas en el 3601 de Northwest 167 Street, en Miami Gardens.

De acuerdo con los registros de reclusos, el Departamento Correccional de Miami-Dade ingresó a Delgado poco antes de la 1:30 p.m. del jueves en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight.

Los registros judiciales muestran que Delgado enfrenta tres nuevos cargos: robo a una vivienda ocupada, robo mayor en tercer grado y uso ilegal de un dispositivo de comunicación. Su fianza fue fijada en $15,000 USD.

Según el perfil de Delgado en el Departamento de Correcciones de Florida, se encontraba en libertad condicional desde el 9 de marzo y hasta el 8 de marzo de 2028 por un caso de robo mayor en tercer grado ocurrido el 6 de enero en el condado Miami-Dade.

La editora de asignaciones de Local 10 News, Mercedes Cevallos, colaboró con este informe.

Kim birdied the final four holes of his bogey-free round at TPC Twin Cities to get to 14-under for the tournament.

This marks the fourth 59 on tour since 2024. Jake Knapp was the last to do so during the first round of the 2025 Cognizant Classic. Jim Furyk holds the tour record with a 58 at the 2016 Travelers Championship.

“Today was an awesome day, but still, I’m only halfway there so still need to kind of get focused up for the weekend,” said Kim, who shot 69 Thursday and holds a three-shot lead over first-round leader Ben Kohles after the Friday morning rounds.

Kohles shot a 2-under 69 to get to 11-under. His post-round interview was interrupted by a roar when Kim made his final putt.

“That’s sick,” he said smiling. “There’s a 59. I guess 62 wasn’t as good.”

Kim’s mindset is to not play “too protective.” That is not easy at the par-3 No. 17 and par-5 No. 18 where water lines each hole.

“I just kind of told myself like, ‘Hey, this is the way, this is the moment to get into the history books and let’s go for it, let’s not try to luck our way into it, let’s try to step up and hit some really good shots,’” he said.

Kim made a 17-foot birdie putt on No. 17, and a wedge from 124 yards landed pin high but rolled to the fringe of the 18th green, leaving an uphill putt with little break.

“I tend to leave those short when it’s that uphill and I just, last thing was just get it there, just don’t leave it short,” said Kim, who raised his hands and did a few fist bumps when the ball sank into the cup.

Kim, whose previous career low round was 62, made five straight birdies beginning on No. 3 and added three in a four-hole stretch beginning on No. 9.

Eight of his birdies were from more than 10 feet.

“When you hit a putt and it does exactly what you kind of envisioned before you hit it, it’s an awesome feeling. Felt like that all day out there,” said Kim, whose lone tour win came at the 2018 John Deere Classic.

Second in the Valero Texas Open in April, Kim's best finish in 12 tournaments since was 17th, and he missed four cuts, including the past three weeks at the British Open, Scottish Open and John Deere Classic.

Playing the previous five weeks, Kim thought about skipping this week’s tour stop.

“I felt decent energy-wise," Kim said, "so I went home after I missed the cut at the Open, just spent a couple days relaxing and came up here and really happy I did.”

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The Republican president made the announcement a day after the EU hit Google with a fine of 890 million euros, or $1 billion, after it said the technology behemoth broke digital antitrust regulations by setting up Google Play and its ubiquitous search engine to corral consumers toward its own services and apps to the detriment of competitors.

In a lengthy post on social media, Trump said he has warned the EU about its practice of fining U.S. tech companies. He named Google, Apple, Meta, Amazon and others.

“The United States of America is not a ‘PIGGYBANK’ for Europe, nor will we allow it to be!” Trump said, adding that his post should serve as notice of an immediate trade investigation “into the practice of ‘ROBBING’ American Companies and, in turn, the American Taxpayer.”

“The European Union will pay a very big price for this illegal and highly unethical conduct, which I have consistently warned them about,” he said.

In the post, Trump asserted that the penalties against the companies “will be entirely reversed” and predicted “a substantial TARIFF” would be placed on the EU “at the earliest possible moment.”

“Stay tuned!” he said.

Investigation follows new Trump tariffs

Trump's move comes a day after the White House announced double-digit tariffs on imports from more than 60 countries, accusing them of inadequately enforcing bans on goods produced by forced labor. The new tariffs replace temporary 10% worldwide import taxes that Trump imposed after the Supreme Court struck down his biggest tariffs.

The new tariffs are being implemented using 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 “unjustifiable,” “unreasonable” or “discriminatory” trade practices.

José Castañeda, a spokesperson for Google, said the company has worked hard to comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act and has expressed its concerns about the effects of recent decisions by the European Commission.

"We appreciate the engagement by the administration and U.S. government,” he said.

Representatives of Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft did not immediately respond to requests for comment. There also was no immediate comment from the Brussels-based European Commission.

Trump had threatened retaliation over EU fines

The EU's billion-dollar fine against Google was the latest major crackdown on Big Tech by Brussels, which has led the world in reining in some of the world’s largest companies from Silicon Valley to Beijing.

It has done so despite the risk of incurring the wrath of Trump, who has lashed out at the 27-nation bloc’s digital regulations in a broader campaign against Europe: imposing high tariffs, making threats to seize Greenland from Denmark by force, and rattling trust within the NATO military alliance.

Trump had threatened retaliation if American tech companies are penalized.

Google had recently lost its appeal of a $4.5 billion antitrust fine imposed by the EU for throttling competition and reducing consumer choice through the dominance of its mobile Android operating system.

The European Commission, the bloc’s executive branch and highest antitrust enforcer, said it was acting in the interest of consumers after an investigation of Google.

“The best products should succeed because they’re better, not because they’re owned by the company running the search engine. And European consumers have a right to be told by app developers where to sign up to the best offers, even when the app store owner does not get a cut,” said Teresa Ribera, the commission’s executive vice president for clean, just and competitive transition.

Google’s president of global affairs, Kent Walker, assailed the fine as “product degradation driven by a small group of self-serving complainants” that will hurt European businesses and consumers.

He said the EU’s Digital Markets Act forces Google “to strip away real-time search features Europeans love — like instant pricing and direct availability for hotels, flights, and restaurants — and dismantle safety protections on Google Play.”

The EU describes some of the world’s leading tech giants — Amazon, Apple, Google parent Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft and TikTok owner ByteDance — as “gatekeepers” that control access for consumers.

“In the EU, businesses have the right to compete fairly. Gatekeepers have the obligation to ensure a level playing field and consumers the right to choose for cheaper alternative offers,” European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier said. Alphabet reported $403 billion in revenue last year.

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Associated Press writer Kaitlyn Huamani in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

The reigning Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots opened camp on Friday, joining the Arizona Cardinals and Carolina Panthers. The Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers report on Saturday, and the remaining 26 teams start on Tuesday.

Ten teams have new head coaches, 21 have new offensive coordinators and 14 brought in new defensive coordinators.

Here are the top stories to watch:

Will Aaron Donald come out of retirement?

The three-time AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year is contemplating a comeback to team with star edge rusher Myles Garrett and increase the Rams’ chances of winning another Super Bowl in their home stadium.

Donald is 35 and hasn’t played since retiring after the 2023 season. He played a key role for Los Angeles when the Rams won the Super Bowl five years ago.

Will Patrick Mahomes be ready for Week 1?

The three-time Super Bowl MVP tore two ligaments in his left knee last Dec. 14 as the Chiefs were on their way to a 6-11 finish. Mahomes had surgery to repair his ACL and LCL a day later, and participated in Kansas City’s offseason practices. He is on track to play against Denver on Sept. 14, barring any setbacks. If Mahomes starts the opener, it’ll be eight months post-injury.

Will Baker Mayfield get a contract extension?

Mayfield is in the final season of a three-year, $100 million deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He tailed off after an outstanding start last season when he played through several injuries. Mayfield wants to stay with Tampa Bay and the Bucs want him. He’s expected to get around $55 million per season and it’s just a matter of when the two sides reach an agreement.

Which quarterbacks will win the competition for starting jobs?

There’s a battle between two lefties in Atlanta where Tua Tagovailoa and Michael Penix Jr. will compete. A change of scenery could help Tagovailoa regain his Pro Bowl form.

Kyler Murray and J.J. McCarthy fight for the starting job in Minnesota. Murray, a two-time Pro Bowl QB in Arizona, is the favorite to start Week 1. McCarthy was the Vikings’ first-round pick in 2024 and could even end up No. 3 behind veteran Carson Wentz.

Deshaun Watson has a shot to start in Cleveland after tearing his right Achilles tendon twice in a span of three months and sitting out the 2025 season. Watson is in the final year of a five-year, fully guaranteed $230 million contract. Sheduer Sanders, who was 3-4 as a starter as a rookie, showed glimpses of his potential and will get an opportunity to win the job.

How many first-team reps will Fernando Mendoza get in camp and preseason?

Kirk Cousins is expected to start in Las Vegas but Mendoza could end up starting sooner than later. It’ll be interesting to see how many first-team snaps rookie coach Klint Kubiak gives Mendoza, the Heisman Trophy winner, national champion and No. 1 overall pick.

How does Sean Mannion change the Eagles’ offense?

The 2024 Super Bowl champs won 11 games last season despite an inconsistent offense that cost Kevin Patullo his job as offensive coordinator. Sean Mannion took over after coaching Green Bay’s QBs last season. He was a journeyman quarterback in the NFL between 2015-23 and brings a new system that’s rooted in Sean McVay and Kyle Shanahan’s philosophies of pre-snap motion, under-center plays and use of play-action.

He’ll be the sixth OC in seven seasons for Jalen Hurts, who won’t have A.J. Brown as his primary receiver this season.

Can the Seahawks transition from Kubiak to Brian Fleury seamlessly?

The Super Bowl champs replaced Kubiak with another one of Shanahan’s disciples. Kubiak and Fleury worked together previously in San Francisco. Fleury served in various roles with the 49ers and coaches tight ends and was the run game coordinator in 2025. He plans to keep much of Kubiak’s system, which allowed Sam Darnold to thrive.

How are players returning from injuries progressing?

QBs Bo Nix (ankle) and Daniel Jones (Achilles) are expected to be ready for Week 1. Nix was injured in Denver’s playoff win against Buffalo and missed the AFC title game. Jones got hurt in Week 14 last season as the Colts were in the middle of a 7-game losing streak to end a season they began 8-2.

Tight end George Kittle (Achilles) could return to San Francisco’s lineup in the first month. Giants running back Cam Skattebo (tibia/ankle), Dolphins RB De’Von Achane (shoulder), 49ers edges Nick Bosa (ACL), Mykell Williams (ACL), Jaguars cornerback Travis Hunter (LCL) and Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers (ACL) are also coming back from significant injuries.

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El funcionario explicó que el alcalde de Temoac, Valentín Lavín, estuvo presuntamente involucrado en el asesinato de Flores y también en el de Sandra Rosa Camacho, líder social de la misma localidad que está situada en el estado de Morelos, 130 kilómetros al sureste de Ciudad de México y cerca del volcán Popocatépetl.

Camacho fue asesinada en marzo, poco después de que hubiera declarado que temía por su vida en un vídeo en el que también denunció ante la gobernadora del estado de Morelos, Margarita González Saravia —del partido oficialista Morena—, la violencia que estaban viviendo los activistas.

Organizaciones de la sociedad civil llevan siete años exigiendo justicia por el asesinato de Flores en la comunidad Amilcingo, en Temoac. El activista se convirtió en símbolo de la lucha comunitaria por la defensa de la tierra en México frente a muchos de los proyectos que fueron impulsados por el gobierno de Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024), como el polémico Tren Maya del sureste mexicano.

García Harfuch explicó que Lavín estaba bajo investigación por sus posibles vínculos con varias células de grupos criminales involucrados en “secuestro, extorsión, narcomenudeo y homicidio en distintos municipios de la región Oriente de Morelos”.

Agregó que el 30 de marzo el Frente de Pueblos en Defensa de la Tierra y del Agua de Morelos, Puebla y Tlaxcala exigió investigar al entonces alcalde por su presunta responsabilidad en los homicidios de Flores y Camacho.

En un comunicado de este jueves publicado en su cuenta de Facebook, el Frente de Pueblos denunció que el asesinato del alcalde “se suma al silenciamiento de quienes sabían quién mandó matar a Samir”. “Valentín Lavín desde el inicio fue considerado como uno de los probables responsables de su asesinato, pero nunca fue llamado a declarar”.

El Frente dijo en marzo que un juez absolvió al único detenido en el asesinato de Flores por falta de pruebas e inconsistencias en la investigación. El colectivo lleva años denunciando la presunta implicación de funcionarios estatales para impedir el esclarecimiento del caso.

Denuncias de larga data

Desde hace años las comunidades locales han luchado contra un proyecto energético en el que está involucrada la Comisión Federal de Electricidad. Incluye una termoeléctrica, un gasoducto para abastecer a la planta con gas natural desde Tlaxcala y un acueducto.

Las comunidades mayoritariamente indígenas y cercanas al volcán Popocatépetl llevan años expresado sus preocupaciones relacionadas con la salud, la seguridad y el suministro de agua.

Pese al asesinato de Flores, López Obrador decidió seguir adelante con una consulta popular sobre el proyecto que era muy polémica y recibió una mayoría de votos a favor. Sin embargo, las críticas no cesaron, ni tampoco la violencia en la zona.

El Frente de Pueblos señaló recientemente que no funcionan bien ni la termoeléctrica construida en una comunidad indígena de Yecapixtla, ni el acueducto que supuestamente lleva agua del río Cuautla a esa planta, ni el gasoducto que atraviesa parte de Tlaxcala, Puebla y Morelos.

Según los datos ofrecidos por García Harfuch el viernes, desde octubre de 2024 han sido detenidos cuatro alcaldes por vínculos con el crimen organizado; los de Cuautla, Yecapixtla, Atlatlahucan y Ayala. Todas esas localidades están en la zona del proyecto energético.

La presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum recordó que en abril se reforzó la seguridad del estado, momento desde el que han bajado los homicidios, y garantizó que la Guardia Nacional se mantendrá “para siempre”.

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The arrest of “Yunglazz Drakula” ― whose real name is Lazaro Lesteiro-Diaz ― came as the result of a joint investigation between Miami police, Miami-Dade deputies and the FBI.

And it’s not the 26-year-old’s first time in the news.

Fraud investigation

An arrest report ― which lists Lesteiro-Diaz‘s occupation as “rap-fraudster” ― first describes a June 17 video in which he‘s ”seen holding a laptop with money on it and a headset/mic on his head commonly used by fraudsters/scammers as he raps a song in Spanish."

Investigators said Lesteiro-Diaz rapped, “I called you from a Bank of America number. Ima boof a plot.”

“That means ‘I’m going to take your money...I’m going to access your bank account and (you’re) giving me your code, everything over the phone and I won’t even touch you,’” a detective with the Miami Police Department explained in the arrest report.

Then, police said on July 6, Lesteiro-Diaz livestreamed himself rapping again, displaying a gun, large amounts of cash, and a laptop.

Authorities said he then flipped the camera to show personal information belonging to “multiple victims” and described “how he commits organized fraud and spoofing schemes.”

Then came the “purple drank.”

Police said Lesteiro-Diaz flashed a bottle of the promethazine codeine cough syrup, used as an illegal drug, as he walked around his kitchen.

On Tuesday, police said he posted a video “in a bathroom and flashing multiple debit/credit/gift cards while concealing a suspected firearm that has an extended magazine.” The sink had a “wad” of cash on it.

Police raid

On Thursday, one day after a judge signed a search warrant, police, deputies and the FBI raided his home in the 11200 block of Southwest 43rd Lane in the county’s unincorporated Westwood Lakes area.

There, they said they found a gun, magazines, a “Drakula” diamond chain, a diamond watch, baby bottles with suspected “purple drank,” cash and a call center headset. But that’s not all.

In the rear of the home were “(two) dead chickens with their heads cut off,” police said.

Next to the chickens, they said, was a room “full of Cuban Santería” and “voodoo (witchcraft).”

“Law enforcement then discovered a live baby goat inside a box near the Santería (witchcraft) material,“ the arrest report states. ”The baby goat’s neck was painted in orange, which is a sign marking where the animal would get cut/slaughtered.”

Police said they were able to find a rescue organization for the goat.

“Subsequently, FBI agents discovered a video of (Lesteiro-Diaz) holding two dead chickens dangling by their feet in his hand, which are consistent with the dead chickens located in the rear of the premises,” the report states.

Police said during an interview, he admitted the items were his and said he bought the promethazine cough syrup to “cure his sickness,” also stating that “he previously attempted to commit fraud.”

They said he then invoked his right to remain silent. Police arrested him on charges of armed drug possession, organized fraud, money laundering, identity theft and animal cruelty with intent to injure or kill.

Past felony case

Back in 2020, Local 10 News reported on the arrest of Lesteiro-Diaz, then 19 and living in Hialeah, after police said he wrote threatening messages about wanting to kill random people, including gay, Black, Nicaraguan and Colombian people.

On what was then known as Twitter, authorities said he wrote, “My brain looks like the brain of a serial killer psychopath. I feel no type of pity or emotion towards hurting someone ... humans are mosquitoes in my eyes.”

After being charged with written threats to kill, court records show that he received withheld adjudication later that year. They additionally show that his probation in that case was terminated in 2022.

Rapper gets $30K bond

Meanwhile, in his latest case, records show he’s being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $30,000 bond.

Before he posts bond, however, he’ll have to prove any funds came from a legitimate source.

El arresto de “Yunglazz Drakula”, cuyo nombre real es Lazaro Lesteiro-Diaz, fue el resultado de una investigación conjunta entre la Policía de Miami, agentes de Miami-Dade y el FBI.

Y no es la primera vez que el joven de 26 años aparece en las noticias.

Investigación por fraude

Un informe de arresto, que identifica la ocupación de Lesteiro-Diaz como “rapero-estafador”, comienza describiendo un video del 17 de junio en el que se le “ve sosteniendo una computadora portátil con dinero sobre ella y usando unos audífonos con micrófono, comúnmente utilizados por estafadores, mientras rapea una canción en español”.

Los investigadores indicaron que Lesteiro-Diaz rapeó: “Te llamé desde un número de Bank of America. Ima boof a plot”.

“Eso significa: ‘Voy a quitarte el dinero… voy a acceder a tu cuenta bancaria y tú me vas a dar tu código, todo por teléfono, y ni siquiera voy a tocarte’”, explicó un detective del Departamento de Policía de Miami en el informe de arresto.

Luego, la Policía indicó que el 6 de julio Lesteiro-Diaz volvió a transmitir en vivo mientras rapeaba, mostrando un arma, grandes cantidades de dinero en efectivo y una computadora portátil.

Las autoridades señalaron que después giró la cámara para mostrar información personal perteneciente a “múltiples víctimas” y explicó “cómo comete fraudes organizados y esquemas de suplantación de identidad”.

Después apareció el “purple drank”.

La Policía dijo que Lesteiro-Diaz mostró una botella de jarabe para la tos con prometazina y codeína, utilizado ilegalmente como droga, mientras caminaba por su cocina.

El martes, la Policía informó que publicó un video “en un baño mostrando múltiples tarjetas de débito, crédito y de regalo mientras ocultaba un arma de fuego que presuntamente tenía un cargador extendido”. En el lavamanos había un fajo de dinero en efectivo.

Allanamiento policial

El jueves, un día después de que un juez firmara una orden de allanamiento, policías, agentes de Miami-Dade y el FBI allanaron su vivienda en la cuadra 11200 de Southwest 43rd Lane, en el área no incorporada de Westwood Lakes, en el condado Miami-Dade.

Allí, aseguraron haber encontrado un arma, cargadores, una cadena de diamantes con la palabra “Drakula”, un reloj de diamantes, biberones con presunto “purple drank”, dinero en efectivo y unos audífonos con micrófono para centro de llamadas. Pero eso no fue todo.

En la parte trasera de la vivienda encontraron “dos gallinas muertas con las cabezas cortadas”, informó la Policía.

Junto a las gallinas, encontraron una habitación “llena de objetos relacionados con la santería cubana” y “vudú (brujería)”.

“Las autoridades descubrieron además un cabrito vivo dentro de una caja cerca del material de santería (brujería)”, señala el informe de arresto. “El cuello del cabrito estaba pintado de color naranja, una señal que marca el lugar donde el animal sería cortado o sacrificado”.

La Policía indicó que logró contactar a una organización de rescate para hacerse cargo del cabrito.

“Posteriormente, agentes del FBI descubrieron un video de Lesteiro-Diaz sosteniendo dos gallinas muertas colgando por las patas, lo que coincide con las gallinas muertas encontradas en la parte trasera de la propiedad”, señala el informe.

La Policía indicó que durante un interrogatorio Lesteiro-Diaz admitió que los objetos le pertenecían y dijo que había comprado el jarabe con prometazina para “curar su enfermedad”, además de reconocer que “anteriormente intentó cometer fraude”.

Las autoridades señalaron que posteriormente invocó su derecho a guardar silencio. Fue arrestado por cargos de posesión de drogas estando armado, fraude organizado, lavado de dinero, robo de identidad y crueldad animal con intención de herir o matar.

Caso previo por delito grave

En 2020, Local 10 News informó sobre el arresto de Lesteiro-Diaz, quien entonces tenía 19 años y vivía en Hialeah, luego de que la Policía asegurara que escribió mensajes amenazando con matar a personas al azar, incluidos homosexuales, personas negras, nicaragüenses y colombianos.

En la entonces conocida red social Twitter, las autoridades dijeron que escribió: “Mi cerebro parece el de un asesino en serie psicópata. No siento ningún tipo de lástima ni emoción al lastimar a alguien… los seres humanos son como mosquitos para mí”.

Tras ser acusado de emitir amenazas de muerte por escrito, los registros judiciales muestran que ese mismo año recibió una suspensión de la adjudicación de culpabilidad. También indican que su libertad condicional en ese caso terminó en 2022.

Rapero recibe fianza de $30,000 USD

Mientras tanto, los registros muestran que en este nuevo caso permanece detenido en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight con una fianza de $30,000 USD.

Sin embargo, antes de poder pagar la fianza deberá demostrar que cualquier dinero utilizado proviene de una fuente legítima.

The IOC said on Friday it has no jurisdiction to investigate Infantino’s alleged lack of political neutrality.

A London-based NGO formally complained this month to the International Olympic Committee ethics commission about Infantino, including his part in ensuring United States forward Folarin Balogun did not serve a mandatory one-game ban despite being sent off in the previous game.

The IOC’s Olympic Charter cites neutrality among “fundamental principles of Olympism” for sports bodies like FIFA and its 100-plus members, which has included Infantino since 2020.

No formal investigation will be opened, the IOC said, because the complaint by rights group FairSquare did not relate to FIFA’s or Infantino’s specific relations with the Olympic body.

The complaint “refers only to (FIFA’s) decisions on its governance and its management, including its relations with government, and to (FIFA’s) implementation of the rules of its sport,” the IOC said in a statement.

“Consequently, the complaint falls outside the IOC ethics commission’s jurisdiction,” the statement said.

The ethics body does not have independent powers to start investigations and sanction officials, but can make recommendations to the IOC executive board chaired by President Kirsty Coventry. She attended the World Cup final last Sunday at East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Action has been taken against just one IOC member in the past eight years for unethical conduct: Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah, a key power broker who built a reputation as the “kingmaker” of Olympic elections.

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El choque ocurrió cerca de Northeast 34th Avenue.

Según Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, tres de las víctimas fueron trasladadas al centro de trauma del Hospital HCA Florida Aventura, mientras que otras dos con lesiones menores fueron llevadas a un hospital local cuyo nombre no fue revelado.

Otras dos personas fueron evaluadas en el lugar y no presentaban lesiones, informó un portavoz de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.

Una de las víctimas quedó atrapada dentro de uno de los vehículos, según Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.

Video de Sky 10 mostró dos vehículos involucrados, con personal de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue y agentes de la Policía de North Miami Beach en el lugar.

Las imágenes también mostraron el cierre de los carriles en dirección oeste de la vía.

Durante los últimos tres meses, voluntarios, contratistas, empresas y televidentes de Local 10 se han unido para reconstruir la vivienda de Edward y Clara Knox en Richmond Heights, ayudando a transformar lo que alguna vez fue una estructura insegura en una casa que poco a poco vuelve a tomar forma.

Cuando Local 10 presentó por primera vez a los televidentes a Edward Knox, de 75 años, en abril, la vivienda en la que él y su esposa habían vivido durante más de cuatro décadas estaba en un grave estado de deterioro. El techo se estaba derrumbando, varias habitaciones eran inhabitables y la propiedad estaba cubierta por abundante vegetación.

Después de que se transmitió la historia, voluntarios dieron un paso al frente para ayudar a hacer realidad el sueño de la familia Knox de regresar a su hogar.

“Ángeles aparecieron de la nada para ayudarme”, dijo Edward Knox. “Es imposible no sentirse bien después de eso”.

Desde entonces, el proyecto se ha convertido en un esfuerzo conjunto que involucra a empresas locales, organizaciones sin fines de lucro, contratistas y generosos miembros de la comunidad.

El primer gran logro fue sacar la vivienda de la lista de estructuras inseguras del condado y obtener los permisos de construcción necesarios. Luego, los equipos demolieron el techo dañado y retiraron varios contenedores de basura llenos de escombros.

La fase más reciente de la construcción incluyó la entrega e instalación de nuevas cerchas para el techo, un paso importante para proteger la vivienda de las condiciones del tiempo.

Las cerchas fueron compradas con donaciones realizadas por televidentes de Local 10.

“Cada día esta familia, como yo la llamo, se une para ayudar a la familia Knox a regresar a su casa”, dijo Joe Puentes, cofundador de Wikivoice.

Los equipos de techado comenzaron rápidamente a instalar las cerchas antes de pasar a las siguientes etapas de la construcción.

“La siguiente parte será colocar la madera y la fascia, que forma parte de la estructura”, dijo Héctor Rodríguez, de Level Up Roofing.

Otra donación permitió seguir avanzando en el proyecto cuando Skyline Roofing Solutions donó la mayor parte de la madera contrachapada necesaria para el techo.

“La madera contrachapada que donamos hoy tiene un valor aproximado de $2,300 USD”, dijo Jorge Gutiérrez, gerente de Skyline Roofing Solutions.

La madera contrachapada restante fue suministrada por The Home Depot de Deerwood, en el suroeste de Miami-Dade.

Una vez que el techo quede completamente protegido, los contratistas indicaron que podrán comenzar los trabajos en las ventanas, la estructura interior, la plomería y el sistema eléctrico de la vivienda.

“Cuando el techo esté completamente protegido, podremos comenzar con las estructuras de las ventanas que vamos a instalar”, dijo el contratista general Jaime Naranjo. “Después podremos empezar con la estructura interior y prepararnos para realizar toda la plomería y el cableado eléctrico”.

Las imágenes captadas por un dron muestran ahora una transformación notable, con el techo que antes estaba lleno de agujeros reemplazado por nuevas láminas de madera contrachapada.

Naranjo afirmó que el proyecto demuestra cómo incluso unas pocas horas de trabajo voluntario pueden marcar una diferencia duradera.

“Unas pocas horas de nuestro día no van a cambiar nuestras vidas, pero esas pocas horas pueden cambiar muchas vidas de ahora en adelante”, dijo.

Para Edward Knox, ver cómo avanza cada etapa de la construcción ha sido un proceso muy emotivo.

“Es maravilloso ver a estos muchachos levantando estas cerchas y colocándolas”, dijo. “Es como otra etapa de aleluya”.

Aunque se ha logrado un progreso importante, los organizadores estiman que el proyecto todavía necesita alrededor de $20,000 USD en materiales, mano de obra y servicios para completarse.

Entre las necesidades restantes se encuentran:

• Aislamiento para el ático y las paredes.
• Materiales eléctricos.
• Luminarias interiores y exteriores.
• Trabajos restantes de la estructura y refuerzo.
• Bomba de concreto y un camión de concreto.
• Pintura para interiores y exteriores, y materiales de pintura.
• Cerchas para el techo del garaje.
• Sistema de aire acondicionado (HVAC).
• Materiales e instalación de jardinería.
• Materiales diversos, trabajos en la entrada para vehículos, retiro de basura y otras necesidades finales del proyecto.

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Over the past three months, volunteers, contractors, businesses and Local 10 viewers have come together to rebuild the Richmond Heights home of Edward and Clara Knox, helping turn what was once an unsafe structure into a home that’s steadily taking shape.

When Local 10 first introduced viewers to 75-year-old Edward Knox in April, the home he and his wife had lived in for more than four decades had fallen into severe disrepair. The roof was collapsing, rooms had become uninhabitable and the property had been overtaken by overgrown vegetation.

After the story aired, volunteers stepped forward to help make the Knox family’s dream of returning home a reality.

“Angels out of nowhere coming to me,” Edward Knox said. “Can’t help but feel good after that.”

The project has since expanded into a collaborative effort involving local businesses, nonprofit organizations, contractors and generous community members.

The first major milestone was removing the home from the county’s unsafe structures list and securing the necessary building permits. Crews then demolished the damaged roof and hauled away several dumpsters filled with debris.

The latest phase of construction included the delivery and installation of new roof trusses — a significant step toward making the home weather-tight.

The trusses were purchased using donations from Local 10 viewers.

“Every day this family, I call it, is coming together and helping the Knox family get back in their home,” said Joe Puentes, co-founder of Wikivoice.

Roofing crews quickly began installing the trusses before moving on to the next stages of construction.

“The next part will be putting the wood and the fascia board, which is part of the structure,” said Hector Rodriguez, of Level Up Roofing.

Another donation helped move the project forward when Skyline Roofing Solutions donated most of the plywood needed for the roof.

“The plywood that we donated today was about $2,300,” said Jorge Gutierrez, manager of Skyline Roofing Solutions.

The remaining plywood was supplied by The Home Depot of Deerwood in southwest Miami-Dade.

Once the roof is dried in, contractors say work can begin on the home’s windows, interior framing, plumbing and electrical systems.

“When it’s dried-in, we can start the window structures that we are going to do,” said general contractor Jaime Naranjo. “After that, we can start doing the framing inside and get ready to do all the rough plumbing and rough electrical.”

Drone footage now shows a dramatic transformation, with the roof that was once riddled with holes replaced by newly installed plywood decking.

Naranjo said the project demonstrates how even a few hours of volunteer work can make a lasting difference.

“A few hours out of our day is not going to change our lives, but these few hours can change a lot of lives moving forward,” he said.

For Edward Knox, watching each phase of construction unfold has been emotional.

“It’s wonderful seeing these guys pulling these trusses and taking them in,” he said. “It’s like another phase of hallelujah.”

While significant progress has been made, organizers estimate the project still needs about $20,000 in materials, labor and services to reach completion.

Remaining needs include:

• Attic and wall insulation
• Electrical materials
• Interior and exterior lighting fixtures
• Remaining structural shell work and reinforcement
• Concrete pump and one concrete truck
• Interior and exterior paint and painting supplies
• Carport roof trusses
• HVAC system
• Landscaping materials and installation
• Miscellaneous materials, driveway work, trash hauling, and final project needs

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A new campaign launched Friday will promote programs that let veterans who recently drove large military vehicles skip the required skills test for a commercial driver’s license. Other soldiers can attend a commercial driving school during their last six months of active duty. The GI Bill will also pay for 100% of commercial driver's license training and for some people even pay a housing allowance while they are in school.

The campaign will be part of a broader interagency effort to help veterans find good civilian jobs that the White House plans to announce on Monday.

The Transportation Department began enforcing existing English language requirements for truckers last summer. Concerns about truck driver qualifications then took on more urgency after an August crash in Florida, when a truck driver performed an illegal U-turn that killed three people. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said that driver, who is from India, should never have been licensed in the first place.

Audits conducted in every state uncovered numerous non-domiciled commercial driver's licenses that remained valid long after an immigrant's work permits had expired or were issued without properly verifying their citizenship status.

Since then, about 26,000 drivers have been pulled off the road for failing to demonstrate English proficiency, and the Transportation Department said 30,000 commercial licenses were canceled because they were issued illegally. The federal government has tried to withhold millions of dollars of highway funds from California and New York for failing to comply and revoke thousands more licenses, but that has wound up in court. Several other states — including Pennsylvania, Minnesota and North Carolina — have been warned they are at risk of losing funding.

“We are removing more and more dangerous foreign drivers off our roads every day and restoring the integrity of America’s trucking industry,” Duffy said. “Our new Freedom Haulers campaign will help build on these successes and get the word out that there’s never been a better time for America’s former service members to get behind the wheel of a big rig.”

The federal government has been actively enforcing CDL rules

The trucking industry has applauded the administration's effort to get unqualified drivers off the road and close down sham CDL schools, and companies praised this new effort to get more veterans behind the wheel.

“Veterans make up 15% of our workforce and bring the highest levels of leadership, discipline and technical skills that are essential to our success. We are dedicated to providing them with meaningful careers and a supportive environment where they can thrive," said Derek Leathers, who is chairman and CEO of Werner Enterprises.

Cole Stevens, who is chief strategy officer at the trucking company that bears his last name, said veterans' backgrounds make them great drivers.

“Some of the best drivers and industry leaders I’ve had the privilege of working with are military veterans," Stevens said. “Their integrity, accountability, and mission-first mindset make them an incredible asset.”

In addition to enforcing existing restrictions, the government announced plans to restrict which immigrants can qualify for a non-domiciled commercial driver's license and require them to take the test in English, but those rules are being challenged in court.

The only immigrant drivers who can get a license under the new rules are holders of an H-2A, H-2A or E-2 visa. H-2A is for temporary agricultural workers while H-2B is for temporary nonagricultural workers, and E-2 is for people who make substantial investments in a U.S. business.

Immigrants account for about 20% of all truck drivers, but all of these non-domiciled licenses for immigrants represent only about 5% of all commercial driver’s licenses, or about 200,000 drivers.

Some immigrant groups have said they believe that many drivers are being unfairly targeted. The spotlight has been on Sikh truckers because the driver in the Florida crash and the driver in another fatal crash in California in October are both Sikh.

Truck driving may appeal to veterans

The Transportation Department plans to work with the Pentagon and Departments of Veterans Affairs and Labor to promote the career field as a good job that offers independence to veterans who don't want a desk job in civilian life.

Veterans still have to study the rules and pass the written test for a commercial driver's license, but soldiers who recently drove big military vehicles over 2.5 tons (2.25 metric tons) can skip the skills test. The government said more than 40,000 veterans have already used that program, which can enable them to get on the road within a few weeks.

The Transportation Department said that truck drivers currently make an average of $70,000 a year, as the truck market has tightened up and rates have increased.

Veterans who served for at least three years can also use the money from the GI Bill program to pay for CDL training, and they might even qualify for a housing stipend.

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The crash happened near Northeast 34th Avenue.

According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, three of the victims were taken to HCA Florida Aventura Hospital’s trauma center, while two victims with minor injuries were taken to an unnamed local hospital.

North Miami Beach police said just before noon that one of the hospitalized victims, a woman described as a senior, later died.

Two others were “were assessed on scene and had no complaints,” an MDFR spokesperson said.

One of the victims had been trapped in one of the vehicles, according to MDFR.

Video from Sky 10 showed two vehicles involved, with MDFR and North Miami Beach police at the scene.

Police shut down traffic on the westbound lanes of the road coming out of Sunny Isles Beach.

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Relativity Space will be eligible for an investment of up to $134 million from the Florida Department of Transportation’s Spaceport Improvement Program, according to Space Florida.

“Expanding our capacity in Florida enables our ability to scale the Terran R program to support commercial, scientific, and national security missions,” Eric Schmidt, Relativity Space’s executive chairman and chief executive officer, said in a statement,

The Terran R, a 284-feet-tall lift rocket, is set to launch later this year at Launch Complex 16 in Cape Canaveral.

The plan for the Terran R production facility includes an expansion of the test and launch support infrastructure across from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Related stories

• China takes a page from SpaceX and recaptures the first stage of a rocket to reuse it
• SpaceX Starship launch aborted on the pad at the last moment

Según Space Florida, Relativity Space podrá optar a una inversión de hasta 134 millones de dólares del Programa de Mejora de Puertos Espaciales del Departamento de Transporte de Florida.

“Ampliar nuestra capacidad en Florida nos permite escalar el programa Terran R para apoyar misiones comerciales, científicas y de seguridad nacional”, dijo Eric Schmidt, presidente ejecutivo y director general de Relativity Space, en un comunicado .

El Terran R , un cohete de lanzamiento de 87 metros de altura, tiene previsto su lanzamiento a finales de este año desde el Complejo de Lanzamiento 16 en Cabo Cañaveral.

El plan para la planta de producción del Terran R incluye una ampliación de la infraestructura de apoyo para pruebas y lanzamientos, ubicada frente al Centro Espacial Kennedy de la NASA y la Estación de la Fuerza Espacial de Cabo Cañaveral.

Historias relacionadas

• China sigue el ejemplo de SpaceX y recupera la primera etapa de un cohete para reutilizarla.
• El lanzamiento de la nave espacial Starship de SpaceX fue abortado en la plataforma en el último momento.

Las excavaciones a las que se suman voluntarios tienen lugar en edificaciones derrumbadas de forma parcial o total, donde aún los escombros no han sido removidos con maquinaria pesada. La posibilidad de localizar a alguien con vida parece ya casi imposible y la mayoría de los rescatistas internacionales se fueron del país.

Muchos aseguran que, tal como no recibieron ayuda del gobierno para rescatar a sobrevivientes justo después de los sismos, ahora tampoco cuentan con el apoyo necesario para desenterrar a sus muertos. El gobierno niega esos señalamientos.

Por otro lado, la reconstrucción es un reto financiero para la mayoría de las familias afectadas, cuyos ingresos ya eran deficitarios antes de los dos sismos sucesivos de magnitud 7,2 y 7,5 ocurridos a lo largo de la cordillera de la costa norte de Venezuela.

“Estamos agradecidos de estar vivos, de tener todavía dónde vivir”, dijo a The Associated Press Rafael Quintero. Pero la falta de certeza sobre “lo que ocurrirá en el futuro” profundiza las dudas de este administrador de 36 años.

Las dificultades obedecen a la falta de recursos y a las demoras en conseguir el permiso para realizar las reparaciones debido a sucesivas inspecciones que se solapan unas con otras y en ocasiones son contradictorias, sostienen los damnificados.

La cifra de fallecidos asciende a por lo menos 5.398 y el número de heridos se mantiene en 16.740 desde hace dos semanas, según el último reporte difundido el miércoles por el gobierno de la presidenta encargada, Delcy Rodríguez.

La mayoría de los decesos se produjeron en el estado costanero de La Guaira, que fue la región más afectada por los sismos y se ubica en el lado norte de la cordillera que separa la capital venezolana, Caracas, del mar Caribe.

Un total de 856 edificios sufrieron daños y de ellos 190 colapsaron totalmente, mientras que más de 1.600 estructuras de otra índole, como puentes y carreteras, también fueron afectadas.

El gobierno estima que los terremotos dejaron 17.907 personas sin hogar y que más de 21.000 que sufrieron daños de distinto tipo reciben refugio en 107 campamentos instalados en La Guaira, Caracas y el vecino estado Miranda.

Promesas del gobierno

El gobierno sostiene que está acelerando el proceso de reconstrucción y alquiler de viviendas.

La presidenta prometió entregar 4.000 viviendas que ya estaban en construcción antes de diciembre para los afectados y construir otras más para superar las 10.000 el año próximo.

Las alcaldías y gobernaciones, entre otros organismos, han empezado a brindar ayuda para remover escombros y donar materiales para la reparación de las viviendas dañadas que no han sido declaradas inhabitables.

Rodríguez también ha dicho que el gobierno “está en la revisión de los suelos”. Su administración rechaza las denuncias que señalan que muchos de los edificios colapsados fueron construidos por el sector público en terrenos inestables. Los críticos dicen que se habrían saltado regulaciones por la prisa de entregar viviendas luego de pasadas tragedias naturales que dejaron a miles sin hogar.

La gente, sin recursos financieros

“Los daños en mi casa tienen arreglo, pero no hay dinero, eso me quita el sueño”, resaltó Quintero. Solicitar un crédito para Quintero y muchos otros no es una opción.

Los créditos en la banca pública y privada son casi inexistentes para la mayoría de los venezolanos.

El porcentaje de los depósitos totales que un banco debe mantener como reserva obligatoria en el Banco Central se ubica en alrededor del 73%, lo que limita severamente el crédito. La medida busca controlar la liquidez para frenar la presión sobre el tipo de cambio y la inflación, y se mantiene pese a los sostenidos pedidos para que sea reducido de expertos y gremios financieros.

“Ahora más que nunca toca tener varios trabajos, y bueno, no perder la fe”, dijo Genesis Ramírez, que renunció a su trabajo como empleada pública para mejorar sus ingresos realizando servicios de entrega de paquetes y vendiendo postres y almuerzos.

Los venezolanos están agobiados por los bajos salarios fijados en bolívares y los elevados precios de los bienes que en los últimos años se fijan en dólares.

La mayoría de los 3,5 millones de trabajadores del sector público subsisten con aproximadamente 190 dólares al mes, casi en su totalidad bonos. De acuerdo con el Observatorio Venezolano de Finanzas, un organismo independiente, un empleado promedio del sector privado ganaba el año pasado alrededor de 237 dólares mensuales.

Numerosos venezolanos tienen dos o más empleos para mejorar sus ingresos. El precio de una canasta básica de alimentos ha superado los 500 dólares, según el Observatorio.

La crisis social y económica en la última década empujó a más de 7,7 millones de personas a emigrar en busca de mejores condiciones.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the outbreak first tied to shredded lettuce served at Taco Bell restaurants now includes Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania. Previously the agency's investigation included five states: Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.

The CDC, Food and Drug Administration and state health officials have been tracing the supply of the lettuce and interviewing people across the nation about the foods they ate two weeks before getting sick.

The number of cases linked to the lettuce is now 1,947, including at least 98 people who had to be hospitalized. There have been no deaths, the agency reported on its website.

The total number of people sickened by the outbreak is likely higher than the official tally, given that not all cases are reported, the agency noted.

FDA officials earlier this week said they remain focused on lettuce from Taylor Farms as the source of the multistate outbreak. The company last week announced it was recalling iceberg lettuce grown in central Mexico.

Asked when it would be safe to eat lettuce again, Trump said Friday that his government is “going to put a major tariff on tax on Mexico because of the lettuce.”

On Thursday, the FDA announced it was investigating a separate outbreak of cyclospora reported in 72 people. Regulators had not yet identified the products linked to the illnesses.

Overall, cyclospora cases have set a U.S. record. Since May 1, CDC has received reports of more than 4,100 laboratory-confirmed cases and is investigating more than 7,400 other likely cases across 41 states. Federal health officials have said that other “brands, restaurants, retailers, or distribution channels” could be tied to the outbreak as the investigation continues.

Cyclospora is a microscopic parasite that infects food that has come into contact with human feces, most commonly when produce is irrigated or washed with contaminated water. When ingested, the parasite causes intestinal illness marked by “frequent and sometimes explosive bowel movements,” according to the CDC.

Mexican health officials announced Thursday that the parasite was not detected in the lettuce or water at the Taylor Farms plant in the Mexican state of Guanajuato.

The results were announced following a visit by Mexican health authorities to the Taylor Farms plant between July 18 and 20, during which 10 samples of iceberg lettuce were collected. Four water samples also were collected for analysis, authorities stated.

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Fabiola Sanchez contributed to this story from Mexico City. Fatima Hussein contributed from Washington.

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Florida’s vote by mail rules changed a few years back, and all previous vote by mail requests expired.

In order to continue to vote by mail, you need to take action now.

You must submit your vote by mail request to get ballots for elections that will occur this year and you’ll need to do it again before the next election cycle in 2028.

Go to the election website in your county to make the request or you can always vote early or on Election Day.

CLICK HERE to view Local 10’s 2026 Voter Guide for more information ahead of the Aug. 18 primary election.

Las reglas para votar por correo en Florida cambiaron hace algunos años y todas las solicitudes anteriores para votar por correo vencieron.

Para seguir votando por correo, debe tomar medidas ahora.

Debe presentar una nueva solicitud para votar por correo si desea recibir las boletas de las elecciones que se celebrarán este año, y tendrá que volver a hacerlo antes del próximo ciclo electoral en 2028.

Ingrese al sitio web de elecciones de su condado para presentar la solicitud, o siempre puede votar de manera anticipada o el Día de las Elecciones.

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Francois Levi approached the children, who were walking eastbound on Lucy Street near Northwest Sixth Avenue, according to a police officer’s arrest report.

The children ran to school and reported the incident to a school security employee, who called 911, according to the police report.

Police officers arrested Levi at 8:45 a.m. on Thursday at the Laura C. Saunders Elementary School, at 505 SW 8th St., according to the police report.

Miami-Dade corrections booked Levi shortly after 11:50 p.m. on Thursday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to inmate records.

Levi faced four charges: Two counts of lewd or lascivious exhibition on a child younger than 16, and two counts of indecent exposure.

Según el informe policial de la detención, Francois Levi se acercó a los niños, que caminaban hacia el este por la calle Lucy, cerca de la Sexta Avenida Noroeste.

Según el informe policial, los niños corrieron a la escuela e informaron del incidente a un empleado de seguridad escolar, quien llamó al 911.

Según el informe policial, los agentes de policía arrestaron a Levi a las 8:45 de la mañana del jueves en la escuela primaria Laura C. Saunders, ubicada en 505 SW 8th St.

Según los registros de reclusos, el departamento penitenciario del condado de Miami-Dade ingresó en prisión a Levi poco después de las 23:50 del jueves en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight.

Levi se enfrentó a cuatro cargos: dos cargos de exhibicionismo lascivo o indecente ante un menor de 16 años y dos cargos de exposición indecente.

La noticia surge después de que las redes sociales estallaran a principios de esta semana cuando la cuenta oficial del Miami Heat publicó brevemente un enlace a una transmisión en vivo en YouTube titulada “Conferencia de presentación de LeBron James”, programada para el 27 de julio.

La publicación fue eliminada rápidamente, pero no antes de que los aficionados capturaran imágenes de pantalla y comenzaran a compartirlas en redes sociales, alimentando las especulaciones de que James podría regresar a South Beach.

El Heat se refirió a la situación y dijo a ESPN que el departamento de redes sociales del equipo se estaba preparando para la posibilidad de que James firmara con Miami y publicó el enlace por error.

James, de 41 años, se unió por primera vez al Heat en 2010, formando un equipo aspirante al campeonato junto a Dwyane Wade y Chris Bosh.

Durante sus cuatro temporadas en Miami, el equipo llegó a las Finales de la NBA todos los años entre 2011 y 2014, conquistando campeonatos consecutivos en 2012 y 2013. El Heat se convirtió en apenas el tercer equipo en la historia de la NBA en disputar cuatro Finales consecutivas.

El título de 2012 marcó el primer campeonato en la carrera de James, y el Heat de 2013 se convirtió en uno de los equipos más dominantes de la liga, al ganar 27 partidos consecutivos durante la temporada regular antes de derrotar a los San Antonio Spurs en una dramática serie de siete juegos en las Finales.

James dejó Miami en 2014 y regresó a Cleveland, donde posteriormente le dio a los Cavaliers su primer campeonato de la NBA en 2016.

Pero aunque James no regresará a Miami, los aficionados del Heat siguen celebrando la llegada de Giannis Antetokounmpo al equipo.

Y no lo olvide, podrá ver los partidos del Miami Heat la próxima temporada por Local 10, ya que WPLG Local 10 y el Heat anunciaron un nuevo acuerdo ampliado de derechos de transmisión, que convierte a Local 10 en la casa del baloncesto del Heat en todo el sur de Florida. HAGA CLIC AQUÍ para obtener más información sobre cómo ver los partidos.

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James made the announcement on social media Friday, saying it will be his “last decision” and that it comes after he strongly considered retirement.

“I believe I can help make the Philadelphia 76ers a championship team and I am so excited to energize a new fan base and start this incredible journey one last time,” James said.

The news comes after social media erupted earlier this week after the Miami Heat’s social media account briefly posted a link to a YouTube livestream titled “LeBron James Introductory Press Conference,” scheduled for July 27.

The post was quickly deleted, but not before fans captured screenshots and began sharing them across social media, fueling speculation that James could be headed back to South Beach.

The Heat addressed the situation, telling ESPN that the team’s social media department was preparing for the possibility of James signing with Miami and accidentally published the link.

James, 41, first joined the Heat in 2010, creating a championship contender alongside Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.

During his four seasons in Miami, the team reached the NBA Finals every year from 2011 through 2014, winning back-to-back championships in 2012 and 2013. The Heat became only the third team in NBA history to make four-consecutive Finals appearances.

The 2012 title marked the first championship of James’ career, and the 2013 Heat became one of the league’s most dominant teams, winning 27 consecutive games during the regular season before defeating the San Antonio Spurs in a dramatic seven-game Finals series.

James left Miami in 2014 and returned to Cleveland, where he later delivered the Cavaliers their first NBA championship in 2016.

But even though James will not be heading to Miami, Heat fans are still rejoicing over Giannis Antetokounmpo signing with the team.

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Nope — to all of those teams.

The blaring headline in bold letters still seemed like a feverish dream to the bulk of a fan base that wasn't even alive the last time the franchise won a title, but it's true:

LeBron James is heading to the Philadelphia 76ers.

The NBA’s all-time leading scorer made the announcement on social media Friday, saying it will be his “last decision” and that it comes after he strongly considered retirement.

“I believe I can help make the Philadelphia 76ers a championship team and I am so excited to energize a new fan base and start this incredible journey one last time,” James said.

A four-time NBA champion, James wrote he was “done” when his 23rd NBA season ended and that it was his last with the Los Angeles Lakers.

“I was pretty sure I played my last game. I was honest at that last press conference when I said I needed to look at myself and deicide if I still love this game," James wrote. “I still truly love this game, and I have more to give.”

The 41-year-old James is set to sign a modest $8 million, two-year contract on the veterans' minimum with the Sixers, according to ESPN. He made nearly $53 million last season.

“I’m not going for money. I’m not going for family,” James wrote. “What am I really playing for at this point? I still want to sacrifice. I still want to work. I still want to grind. I still want to compete, to win and to have a chance at the feeling of winning.”

James celebrated his decision on Instagram with a career highlight reel set to Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill's “Dreams and Nightmares,” the adopted sports anthem of city teams.

The video ends with the lyric, “hold up, wait a minute. Y'all thought I was finished?” and cuts to a 76ers' logo.

Fanatics already had his No. 23 jersey on sale for $125 with delivery not expected until the end of August. The company sold out within hours of the announcement.

Much as James did for Cleveland when he ended a 56-year championship drought for the city by leading the Cavaliers to the title in 2016, he can snap a lengthy title drought for the Sixers.

The Sixers went 45-37 last season and were swept in the second round by the NBA champion New York Knicks.

Most betting sites had the Sixers as 9-1 favorites to win the championship behind the Oklahoma City Thunder, the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks, as of Friday afternoon.

James joins a 76ers team that has not won an NBA championship since 1983 and has not advanced out of the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs since 2001.

The 76ers should boast one of the top starting fives in the NBA with second-year standout VJ Edgecombe, fellow All-Stars Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Jaylen Brown — the 2024 NBA Finals MVP, a five-time All-Star and the league’s fourth-leading scorer this past season acquired in a stunning offseason deal with the Celtics.

Maxey posted an Instagram story of him celebrating in a gym and yelling “what!? what?!” over the news while Brown wrote on X “#throwtheballup.” Brown wrote the same phrase in his introductory note to Philadelphia, and it has already been branded on billboards throughout the city.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro even proclaimed Friday as LeBron James Day in the state.

Turned out with the Brown deal, new 76ers team president Mike Gansey — an Ohio prep basketball star with James — was just getting started with his summer of surprises.

No move, of course, hits like James' arrival.

Playing with his home team in Cleveland to the bright lights of Los Angeles and with the talent he took to Miami, James won an NBA championship everywhere he played. James left the Lakers after an eight-season run highlighted by the 2020 NBA title.

James is the NBA’s oldest active player at 41 and the only player in league history to have a career spanning 23 seasons; this coming season will be his 24th. Speculation has been rampant for more than two months about his future, officially starting in May when the Lakers were eliminated from the NBA playoffs.

James’ resume is beyond compare in NBA history. He’s a 22-time All-Star, a 21-time All-NBA selection, a four-time Most Valuable Player, a four-time NBA Finals MVP, a three-time All-Star Game MVP, and was a member of the NBA’s 75th anniversary team.

He’s also coming off a season where he averaged 20.9 points, 6.1 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game. For his career, he’s averaged 26.8 points, 7.5 rebounds and 7.4 assists in more than 1,600 games.

James started his career in Cleveland in 2003 and spent seven seasons with the Cavaliers before heading to Miami for four seasons — where he won his first two NBA titles. He then returned to Cleveland for four more seasons, including that title run in 2016, and left in 2018 for the Lakers.

Cleveland and Miami were believed to be on James’ radar again as he weighed this decision.

“Thank you LA. Miami I’ll forever love and Northeast Ohio will always home!” James wrote.

He eighty-sixed them all for a shot to win a title with the 76ers, a franchise with a career lineup that includes Wilt Chamberlain, Allen Iverson, Julius Erving, Charles Barkley and, for the next two seasons, LeBron James.

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That much, the correspondents’ association can control.

What remains out of its control — and perhaps the biggest question — is what the dinner’s most prominent guest, President Donald Trump, will bring to the table.

Call it White House Dinner 2.0, or Take Two, or, in Trump’s own words, a “HOT ticket.” The big unknown is whether Trump will bring the fighting words (“rather nasty,” he said) against the press that he’d planned to deliver in April — before the event descended into chaos when a gunman stormed a security checkpoint, forcing an evacuation of the room.

“The president looks forward to finishing what he started,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday, confirming Trump's attendance. “I encourage everyone watching tomorrow night to tune in for what promises to be a very entertaining and memorable evening."

Trump has been coy about what he might say

As for Trump himself, he indicated last month he wasn’t sure. “I don’t know whether or not I will give the same rather nasty statements, at least as it concerns certain people, but we will soon find out," the Republican president wrote on his Truth Social platform. “In any event, it will be a ‘HOT’ ticket!”

Besides the pared-down approach, there is another change at Friday’s dinner: two additional awards. One will be presented to Victor Gonzales, the Secret Service agent who was staffing a security checkpoint in April and was struck in his protective vest.

“Officer Gonzales … ran toward danger so that thousands of others could make it home safely," Weijia Jiang, WHCA president, said in a statement. “His courage stemmed from a dedication to service, which we are looking forward to honoring this week.”

A second award will be presented to the staff of the Washington Hilton hotel, site of the first dinner.

Other changes: With security in mind, there will be only one entrance at the much smaller venue, with airport-style metal detectors. Guests received individual QR entry codes in advance, and nobody can get in unless recognized. “There is NO red carpet at this dinner,” said a memo Jiang sent to some guests last month, seen by The Associated Press. “There are NO onsite pre-dinner receptions."

The dress code this time is a looser “black tie optional," and dinner includes grilled peach and burrata salad, lobster, and beef Wellington. The evening, as at the last dinner, has entertainment by mentalist Oz Pearlman, along with the awards presentations and Trump's remarks.

Jiang and her fellow board members worked hard to bring about this WHCA dinner 2.0, not wanting to let a violent act — or the image of colleagues hiding under tables — remain the final thought. Announcing the rescheduling, she emphasized the dinner’s stated purpose: “a celebration of a free press and the vital role of journalism in our democracy for over a century.”

“We will not allow an act of violence to have the last word, especially during a year when we are reflecting on the 250th anniversary of America and everything we stand for,” Jiang said.

There's still lots of criticism of the event

But it’s also clear that some people felt the dinner should not be rescheduled at all.

Many never thought it was much of a good look in the first place, with the sight of journalists in formal wear cozying up to their sources, or the objects of their reporting.

“It undermines the public faith in how the press does its work, and it makes it look like we are pals with the people we cover,” Kelly McBride, an ethics expert at the Poynter Institute, a journalism think tank, said when the deliberations were taking place.

The new dinner comes during a time of fast-increasing tension between the media and a president who, in his second term, has tried to exert pressure on media outlets he is unhappy with in a variety of ways. That pressure has ranged from sanctions against members of the White House press corps to regulatory actions through the Federal Communications Commission to outright lawsuits.

Those tensions have only escalated since April, with the latest example reaching a New York courtroom on Thursday. There, criticized by a federal judge for sloppy legal work, the government withdrew subpoenas that would have compelled three New York Times reporters to testify about their sources for articles about Trump’s Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet.

That escalation was the impetus behind a letter from a coalition of press freedom groups and hundreds of former journalists, urging the WHCA to stand up to Trump forcefully at the dinner.

“We believe it is hypocritical to celebrate the First Amendment in front of the man who relentlessly attacks it,” the letter says. “We urge the WHCA to condemn the administration’s actions from the podium and pledge to fight all attempts by his administration to undermine this core pillar of a functioning democracy.”

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Jocelyn Noveck covers the intersection of media and entertainment for The Associated Press.

“Debe ser una decisión impostergable proteger la vida de quienes defienden los derechos humanos y construyen paz en los territorios”, afirmó la Defensoría en un comunicado.

El reporte indica que fueron asesinados 61 hombres y 17 mujeres entre enero y junio de este año, una disminución del número de víctimas fatales respecto al mismo periodo del año anterior, en el que se registraron 89 asesinatos.

Colombia no ha logrado revertir la violencia contra líderes sociales y defensores de derechos humanos, pese a que consecutivos gobiernos han avanzado en políticas a su favor. La Defensoría del Pueblo calcula que en la última década han sido asesinados en el país 1.741 activistas.

El seguimiento a este tipo de crímenes se intensificó a partir del 2016, cuando el Estado firmó un histórico acuerdo de paz con las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), la que fuera la guerrilla más antigua de Latinoamérica.

Aunque después de la firma del acuerdo la violencia disminuyó, se elevó paulatinamente a medida que otros grupos armados ilegales —incluidas las disidencias de las FARC— cooptaron los territorios estratégicos para desarrollar economías ilícitas como el narcotráfico y la minería ilegal.

La fiscalía ha señalado a los grupos armados ilegales de ser los mayores perpetradores de los homicidios contra líderes sociales, especialmente las disidencias de las FARC, el cártel de la droga Clan del Golfo y la guerrilla Ejército de Liberación Nacional.

El saliente gobierno del progresista Gustavo Petro emprendió negociaciones de paz paralelas con los grupos armados ilegales sin lograr desarmarlos. De la Espriella, quien asumirá el poder el 7 de agosto, ha prometido acabar con los diálogos, dando a los ilegales la posibilidad de someterse a la justicia o ser objetivo militar.

De la Espriella aún no ha trazado un plan detallado para proteger a los líderes sociales; sin embargo, en campaña dijo que la protección de las comunidades en los territorios en conflicto armado pasará por combatir a los ilegales.

La violencia ha obligado a desplazarse a 15.960 personas en Colombia y a que 64.787 estén confinadas, con restricción de movimientos por las amenazas de armados, entre enero y junio, según advirtió la víspera la Defensoría del Pueblo.

Además, en ese mismo periodo han muerto 272 personas en 68 masacres, según el Instituto de Estudios para el Desarrollo y la Paz, un observatorio sobre el conflicto interno.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention logged 2,318 cases of measles as of Thursday, according to an agency update on Friday.

The nation had 2,289 cases in 2025, the worst year for measles in more than three decades. Now, 2026 has easily become the U.S.’s worst year for measles since 1991, as major outbreaks in South Carolina, Utah and Arizona have sickened hundreds and smaller clusters of cases sparked in other states.

In November, international health officials will meet to determine if the U.S. and Mexico have lost their measles-free status. The U.S. eliminated local measles spread in 2000 by maintaining high vaccination rates, which have fallen in recent years to below the 95% coverage needed to prevent outbreaks.

Measles cases are undercounted

While measles cases in the U.S. are climbing, it may be impossible to say exactly how far-reaching the spread is. Public health departments and disease researchers have long acknowledged that official counts are incomplete, because some people get sick and don’t seek out treatment — something not unique to measles.

Furthermore, experts say the spread might be greater than what’s known because the virus is one of the most contagious known to medicine and vaccination rates nationwide have declined. National vaccination rates for measles, mumps and rubella — which dropped to 92.5% among kindergartners in the 2024-25 school year, from 95.2% in 2019-20 — obscure even lower rates in certain communities.

In Utah, where public health officials have fought measles for more than a year, the virus has sickened more than 700 people during that time, according to the state health department. Experts relying on mathematical modeling and genetic analyses indicate that a large outbreak on the Utah-Arizona border could be around three to four times bigger than what’s currently known, state epidemiologist Dr. Leisha Nolen said.

The picture is muddier in South Carolina, which had the nation’s largest outbreak in 35 years. There, the 997 total is likely an undercount, the state health department has said, but it doesn’t know by how much.

Dr. Brannon Traxler, acting director of the state department of health, said the undercount is “impossible to know and may vary during the course of an outbreak.”

Data gaps can make it hard to reliably estimate an outbreak’s true scope. Experts say hospitalization rates can be a good barometer, but measles hospitalizations are not required to be reported in every state.

“If we really had some kind of solid gold standard for the percentage of all cases that have hospitalization or some measure of severity, then that would be another way of estimating the outbreak size that we could see if it’s consistent with these other methods,” said Damon Toth, an applied mathematician at the University of Utah’s medical school who is working on one of the Utah outbreak analyses.

Researchers are still analyzing the 2025 Texas outbreak

In Texas, researchers are still working to estimate the size of the state’s 2025 outbreak and early findings show it might have been nearly twice the size of the 762 known cases.

Rémy Pasco, a mathematical epidemiologist at the University of Colorado Boulder who is working on the analysis, said the undercounts were unsurprising. In the absence of an adequate community vaccination rate — 95% according to health experts — “there’s just not much you can do about measles once you have it,” he said.

The CDC defines an outbreak as three or more linked cases. But by the time three such cases are identified in communities with low vaccination rates and less disease surveillance, “either you missed the previous ones or you’re going to have a lot more,” he added.

Dr. Varun Shetty, Texas’ chief state epidemiologist, said there were instances where people tested positive for measles but health officials couldn’t confirm who else was in the person’s household or if they were sick.

“What we’re able to count and report is almost always an underestimate of what actually occurred, because it relies on people being willing to be able to get tested, to share information with healthcare providers and with public health,” Shetty said. “Sometimes that just doesn’t happen.”

The state health department previously reported that 182 probable measles cases went unconfirmed in March 2025 among minors in Gaines County — the epicenter of the outbreak — due to a lack of information. The confirmed case count for the western Texas county for the whole outbreak is 414.

Shetty expects to keep seeing measles cases and even outbreaks because so many people are unprotected.

“It’s really critical, not only for individual people, but for communities, to have high vaccination coverage,” he said.

Vaccination is about protecting others, physician says

Dr. Mark Roberts, retired director of the Public Health Dynamics Lab at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, worries most for the people he calls “innocent bystanders.”

Research and measles modeling by his team shows those who cannot get vaccinated — young babies, people with weak immune systems and those who rarely don’t get robust immunity from the vaccine — bear the brunt of outbreaks early on.

Some people see skipping vaccination as like deciding not to wear a seat belt in a car, Roberts said.

“Not vaccinating your kid is like saying, ‘I don’t want my car to have brakes,’” he said. “Because it’s other people that you can hit. It’s not just you in your car. It’s other people.”

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Clark called her conversation with Obama “a moment I’ll probably remember for the rest of my life.”

“It was obviously super cool. He just complimented me for the way that I handle everything, obviously with everything that’s been going on,” the Indiana Fever star said Friday after meeting Obama. “He’s somebody that has been in front of the media quite a bit and he reminded me, ‘When I got famous in my 40s, I didn’t have to do it in my 20s.’"

Obama spoke to the players for a few minutes on the basketball court at the center which opened last month.

“Some of you I’m meeting for the first time. All of you are extraordinary and I could not be bigger fans,” Obama said. “The way the game has been growing lately, the way it’s been picking up and people paying attention to your excellence, I think it’s been something for basketball fans, generally, a sight to see. It’s been making me happy.”

He spoke to the players for a few minutes before taking a group photo. Obama then spent about 10 minutes shaking hands with the players and taking photos with them, including Clark.

“I know many of you are involved in some wonderful ventures off the court, looking out for other young people and inspiring them. I just wanted to say thanks,” Obama said.

The former president gave a shout out to A’ja Wilson in his talk to the players and then went over and chatted with her as well.

After the photo-ops were done, Obama stepped on the court and talked with New York Liberty star Jonquel Jones, getting down in a defensive stance for a few seconds on her.

“I feel like as a hooper, you know when someone’s challenging you. So I was just like, let me go over there with the basketball, you know, do a little cross, bump him a little bit," Jones said. “And I knew that I would get him activated a little because he’s a hooper, too.”

Jones said she had met Obama once before.

“He’s a role model for me and it was nice to be able to have that moment,” Jones said. “Someone that I look up to, someone that has paved the way for a lot of people to be here and see him continuing, his family continuing to give back to the community when they’ve already done so much is just so inspirational.”

That was the extent of his time on the court. He told the players that he didn’t play 5-on-5 anymore to protect his Achilles. He did say that he broke in the court with a game of “horse.”

Obama was the first sitting U.S. President to attend a WNBA game when he and his daughter, Sasha, sat courtside in 2010 for a Washington Mystics game. He also has hosted many of them at the White House after they either won WNBA championships or NCAA titles.

Obama was gifted with a No. 44 WNBA All-Star jersey that the players were going to autograph later.

This was the first professional sport to use the basketball court at the center, which opened in June. Obama went to the NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles in February. Obama said he unfortunately wasn’t going to be able to make the All-Star Game on Saturday because of a previous engagement with his wife, Michelle.

“It’s fitting for our 30th anniversary that we’re here as the first sports league to play in the Obama Presidential Center,” WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said. “Someone who has inspired hundreds of millions of people to dream big and accomplish things like President Obama has and his tie to basketball is amazing, too. I think there’s no more fitting person to be meeting with the players.”

After talking to the players, Obama went across the center to talk to a group of investors in the league and nearly 100 high school girls to talk.

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El trabajo se realiza en el Instituto Nacional de Criminalística en Brasilia, la capital brasileña, donde la policía federal ha instalado un “laboratorio del oro” que recopila y analiza muestras de todo el país.

El objetivo es determinar si una muestra adquirida recientemente —por ejemplo, oro incautado en una redada policial— proviene de un área protegida, lo que significa que fue extraído ilegalmente. Se conoce como “huella dactilar del oro” y consiste en rastrear el origen de muestras del metal con alta precisión.

Rastrear el oro es como mirar el ADN de una persona, dicen los expertos

En el laboratorio, brillantes escamas de oro se guardan en diminutos recipientes con forma de moneda, pero lo más valioso de ellas son los datos que contienen. Cada partícula es única porque, mientras se forma en la naturaleza, dentro de una roca o en el lecho de un río, los depósitos de oro absorben partículas del área, como rastros de plata y cobre.

Y esa es la huella. Permite que los investigadores determinen si el oro incautado durante una redada policial fue realmente extraído en el área de la que su supuesto propietario afirma que provino, o si se obtuvo ilegalmente de un bosque nacional o de tierras indígenas, en cuyo caso, su análisis coincidiría con los datos almacenados del área protegida.

Gustavo Geiser, perito forense de la policía federal, señala que el método se ha desarrollado desde 2019 en colaboración con universidades brasileñas. Los investigadores utilizan herramientas como espectrometría de fluorescencia de rayos X, microscopía electrónica de barrido y espectrometría de masas con ablación láser.

“A medida que avanzábamos, los exámenes forenses se volvían cada vez más complejos”, afirmó, pero la pregunta ante ellos siempre era la misma: “¿De dónde vino este oro?”.

Si los análisis forenses demuestran que una muestra de oro fue extraída ilegalmente, la información ayuda a la policía a armar un caso y avanzar con investigaciones adicionales y, posiblemente, con cargos.

Los delincuentes introducen oro extraído ilegalmente en mercados legales

Quienes participan en delitos ambientales en Amazonía recurren con frecuencia al fraude para introducir sus productos en mercados legales, no solo en el caso del oro, sino también del ganado y la madera. Últimamente, el aumento de los precios del oro en todo el mundo no ha hecho más que impulsar la fiebre minera en la selva amazónica.

Amazon Mining Watch, una plataforma que utiliza imágenes satelitales para rastrear la minería, estima que, desde 2023, se han talado alrededor de 496.000 hectáreas (1,2 millones de acres) de selva tropical para la minería, incluidas unas 223.000 hectáreas (551.000 acres) en la Amazonía brasileña.

El Tribunal de Cuentas de la Unión, la principal institución de auditoría de Brasil, indicó el año pasado que había pruebas que sugerían que diversos permisos mineros otorgados por la Agencia Nacional de Minería a pequeños mineros estaban siendo utilizados para hacer pasar como legal oro extraído de áreas protegidas en Amazonía.

Greenpeace, en su propio informe independiente publicado en mayo, basado en registros de acceso público, imágenes satelitales y vigilancia aérea, detalló cómo funciona el esquema.

En el papel, el propietario de una mina legalmente autorizada en la Amazonía declara que, en esa mina, se extrajeron toneladas de oro.

Sin embargo, las imágenes satelitales y aéreas muestran que no ha habido actividad en el sitio de la mina legal. Mientras tanto, imágenes de tierras indígenas colindantes, donde la minería está prohibida, revelarían operaciones mineras a gran escala: una estafa de “mina fantasma”, como la llama Greenpeace.

Un tribunal federal de Pará, un estado del norte gravemente afectado por la minería ilegal, emitió una orden este mes para que instituciones como el Banco Central y la Agencia Nacional de Minería implementen un control efectivo y la trazabilidad de todo el oro, desde las minas hasta los mercados. Los fiscales federales de Brasil también presentaron una demanda contra la Agencia Nacional de Minería, en busca de una mejor supervisión de los permisos mineros.

El fiscal André Porreca, quien encabeza el caso, manifestó que los permisos se han convertido en una fachada utilizada “para lavar oro extraído por organizaciones criminales de territorios indígenas y áreas protegidas”.

Geiser, el perito forense, afirma que el laboratorio de oro de Brasilia es una pieza importante del rompecabezas que ayuda a combatir el delito y a fortalecer las cadenas globales de suministro de oro.

“Creo que poder afirmar que (el oro) tiene un origen legítimo y, por lo tanto, es válido para su inclusión en las reservas financieras de un país o de un banco, aporta solidez no solo al mercado, sino también a los vínculos financieros de los países”, señaló el experto.

No existen datos sobre cuántos delincuentes ha ayudado a encarcelar el laboratorio, pero Geiser dice que las redes criminales han comenzado recientemente a explotar países vecinos como Venezuela, Guayana Francesa y Surinam para lavar oro extraído ilegalmente. Han llegado a su laboratorio muestras del extranjero y se han sumado a la creciente base de datos, indicó.

El aumento del delito también ha obligado a los países de la región a reforzar la colaboración a través del Centro Internacional de Cooperación Policial Amazónica, con sede en la ciudad brasileña de Manaus.

La minería ilegal de oro provoca una devastadora contaminación por mercurio

Amazonía es la selva tropical más grande del mundo y un regulador clave del clima global, por lo que cualquier cosa que la degrade podría acelerar el calentamiento global, señalan los investigadores.

En un análisis realizado en 2023 por MapBiomas, una organización sin fines de lucro que monitorea el uso del suelo, se indica que más del 90% de la minería de Brasil se realiza en la región amazónica, y que casi el 40% es ilegal, ya que se realiza en áreas protegidas.

Aunque la minería ilegal de oro es un factor relativamente pequeño de la deforestación en comparación con la agricultura, el daño que inflige al medio ambiente es casi imposible de revertir, especialmente por el uso de mercurio para extraer el oro. Una vez separado el oro, el mercurio se deposita en los ríos, contaminando las fuentes de agua y los peces esenciales para la vida indígena.

En un estudio realizado en 2023 por Fiocruz, un instituto científico brasileño, se indica que el 21,3% de los peces en mercados amazónicos superó los límites de seguridad establecidos por la Organización Mundial de la Salud para niveles de mercurio, y que niños de entre 2 y 4 años consumían mercurio en niveles de hasta 31 veces el máximo recomendado.

Brasil firmó el acuerdo de la ONU conocido como el Convenio de Minamata sobre el Mercurio, que lo compromete a eliminar el uso de ese metal en la minería de oro.

El Ministerio de Minas y Energía de Brasil publicó este mes un borrador para eliminar gradualmente el mercurio; se prevé que dicho documento sea debatido hasta el 7 de agosto. Los fiscales federales han instado a que se consulte a los grupos indígenas —los más afectados por la contaminación—, pero eso aún no ha ocurrido.

Una prohibición total del mercurio reduciría la contaminación ambiental y reforzaría las investigaciones forenses, según Geiser, de la policía federal, cuyo laboratorio puede detectar cualquier rastro de mercurio en sus muestras.

“Hará aún más evidente que cualquier minería que use mercurio... es ilegal”, añadió.

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El republicano de Texas, que presentó un proyecto de ley para restringir la ciudadanía por derecho de nacimiento, forma parte de los comités de la Cámara de Representantes de Asuntos Judiciales, Supervisión y Reforma Gubernamental, y Presupuesto.

“El objetivo es remitir el caso al Departamento de Justicia como denuncia penal”, dijo Gill en referencia a la investigación en curso de un comité de la Cámara de Representantes.

El canal Local 10 News informó por primera vez en octubre sobre un servicio de conserjería ofrecido por el Dr. Wladimir Lorentz, el pediatra detrás de Have My Baby en Miami .

“No se puede entrar en Estados Unidos y obtener un visado de inmigración con el único propósito de dar a luz”, dijo Gill.

La publicidad de la empresa, con sede en North Miami Beach, promete “estar encantada de ayudarte a ser madre en los Estados Unidos”.

Según la Decimocuarta Enmienda de la Constitución de los Estados Unidos, los bebés nacidos en EE. UU. obtienen automáticamente la ciudadanía por derecho de nacimiento, independientemente del estatus migratorio de sus padres.

Investigadores del Congreso enviaron recientemente una carta a Lorentz advirtiéndole que “falsear deliberadamente las intenciones de ingresar al país con una visa de visitante temporal constituye una violación de la ley vigente y se considera fraude de visa”. Gill está familiarizado con las pruebas.

“Creo que las pruebas, al menos para mí, son bastante claras: si anuncias servicios de parto en el extranjero, intentando obligar o animar a la gente a venir a Estados Unidos para dar a luz”, dijo Lorentz, “estás haciendo algo que no deberías hacer”.

El Departamento de Estado de EE. UU. ha advertido que viajar a EE. UU. con el propósito principal de dar a luz para obtener la ciudadanía es un uso inadmisible de una visa de turista B-2 .

“Diría que entre 20.000 y 26.000 nacimientos al año en Estados Unidos no es una cifra insignificante… Entre 20.000 y 26.000 personas recibirán la ciudadanía estadounidense, podrán votar e influir en las elecciones de Estados Unidos y disfrutarán de todos los privilegios que conlleva la ciudadanía estadounidense”, dijo Gill.

No existen regulaciones específicas que prohíban la entrada a Estados Unidos a mujeres extranjeras embarazadas, pero los agentes del Servicio de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de EE. UU. pueden denegar la entrada a mujeres embarazadas.

Los agentes de la CBP pueden preguntar sobre si se cuenta con un “seguro médico suficiente para cubrir cualquier necesidad médica durante la estancia” en los EE. UU., y sobre pruebas de la intención de regresar a casa, que pueden incluir “un billete de vuelta, una carta de trabajo o escrituras de propiedad”.

Los agentes de la CBP también pueden solicitar “pruebas médicas”, como un certificado médico con la fecha prevista de parto, un certificado de aptitud para viajar en avión y pruebas de que “la atención médica no es el objetivo principal del viaje”.

El Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos ha procesado a redes comerciales de “turismo de maternidad”.

Documento relacionado : Informe del personal perteneciente a minorías sobre el turismo de maternidad.

Algunas aerolíneas estadounidenses exigen a las mujeres embarazadas un certificado médico. American Airlines y JetBlue lo exigen para las mujeres embarazadas que viajen dentro de las cuatro semanas previas a la fecha prevista de parto.

Delta Air Lines no lo exige, pero recomienda consultar con un médico si se viaja después de las 32 semanas de embarazo. United Airlines exige un certificado médico después de las 36 semanas y sugiere una nota del médico con fecha de no más de 72 horas antes de la salida.

No fue posible contactar con Lorentz para obtener comentarios.

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The Republican from Texas, who introduced legislation to restrict birthright citizenship, serves on the House committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Budget.

“The goal is to make a criminal referral to the Department of Justice,” Gill said about a House committee’s ongoing investigation.

Local 10 News first reported on a concierge service by Dr. Wladimir Lorentz, the pediatrician behind Have My Baby in Miami, in October.

“You cannot come into the United States and get an immigration Visa for the sole purpose of giving birth,” Gill said.

The North Miami Beach-based company’s advertising promises to “love helping you be a mom in the United States.”

Under the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, babies born in the U.S. are automatically granted birthright citizenship, regardless of their parents’ immigration status.

Congressional investigators recently sent a letter to Lorentz warning that “willfully misrepresenting one’s intentions to enter the country on a temporary visitor visa is a violation of current law and considered visa fraud.” Gill is familiar with the evidence.

“I think the evidence, at least to me, seems quite clear that if you’re advertising birth services in foreign countries, trying to compel people or trying to encourage people to come into the United States in order to give birth,” Lorentz said. “You’re doing something that you shouldn’t be doing.”

The U.S. State Department has warned that traveling to the U.S. with the primary purpose of giving birth to obtain citizenship is an impermissible use of a B-2 tourist visa.

“I would say 20,000 to 26,000 births every year in the United States is not an insignificant number … 20,000 to 26,000 are going to be given American citizenship and be able to vote and influence elections in the United States and have all of the privileges that come with American citizenship,” Gill said.

There aren’t specific regulations prohibiting pregnant foreign nationals from entering the U.S., but U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers can deny pregnant women entry.

CBP officers may inquire about “sufficient medical insurance to cover any medical necessities while” in the U.S., and evidence of intent to return home, which may include “a return ticket, job letter, or property deeds.”

CBP officers may also ask for “medical evidence” such as a doctor’s note with the due date, fitness for air travel, and evidence that “care is not the primary trip goal.”

The U.S. Department of Justice has prosecuted commercial “birth tourism networks.”

Related document: Minority staff report on birth tourism

Some U.S. airlines require pregnant women to provide a doctor’s medical clearance note. American Airlines and JetBlue require it for pregnant women traveling within four weeks of their due date.

Delta Air Lines doesn’t require it, but recommends checking with a doctor if traveling past 32 weeks. United Airlines requires a medical certificate past 36 weeks and suggests a doctor’s note dated within 72 hours of departure.

Lorentz couldn’t be reached for comment.

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The lawsuit comes amid growing concerns about how quickly the United States Postal Service will be able to deliver ballots ahead of the November midterms. Control of Congress is at stake, and Wisconsin voters will be electing a new governor as well as determining control of the Legislature.

The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission warned the U.S. postmaster general in May that any delay could deprive citizens of their fundamental right to vote. In January, a group of mostly Democratic U.S. senators also wrote the postal service, raising concerns that a change in how it postmarks mail could invalidate many mail-in ballots.

The lawsuit comes after the mail-in ballots of nearly 150,000 California voters were rejected, the vast majority of them because of late postmarks, despite the state's efforts to count every valid vote in the June primary.

In Wisconsin, at least hundreds of ballots were not counted in the April election because they arrived late, based on an elections commission survey of election clerks. More than 300 ballots in Milwaukee and more than 100 in Fond du Lac were rejected for arriving too late.

The lawsuit was filed in Dane County circuit court by the liberal Madison-based Law Forward firm and Washington, D.C.-based Fair Elections Center on behalf of a voter and the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin.

A spokesperson for the elections commission had no immediate comment.

“Every voter in Wisconsin that puts an accurately requested absentee ballot in the mail on time expects their vote will be counted,” said Debra Cronmiller, executive director of League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, in a statement. “Delays in mail delivery prevent that. It is time to have a remedy for these eligible voters.”

Currently in Wisconsin, voters are prohibited from casting a provisional ballot in person on Election Day. The lawsuit is asking a judge to rule that if a voter's absentee ballot has not arrived, they can then cast a provisional ballot. Absentee voters in the state can track the status of their ballots, so they would know on Election Day whether it has been received.

Provisional ballots are set aside by election officials and only counted if a voter's absentee ballot is not delivered on time. If the absentee ballot does arrive on time, the provisional ballot would not be counted.

In Wisconsin, ballots must arrive at the clerk's office by the end of voting on Election Day in order to be counted.

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Miami-Dade County has the most in the state at 33. Broward has 13 confirmed cases and Monroe County has one.

Florida health officials say 98 of these infections were acquired in state while the rest were either acquired out-of-state, but in the U.S., or outside of the country.

The update comes a week after Taylor Farms expanded a voluntary recall of its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico because of a potential link to the multistate cyclospora outbreak that has sickened people across the country.

Products with the potential to be contaminated with the diarrhea-causing parasite were shipped to 27 states including Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois and New Jersey, the California-based company said in a statement last week.

The Taylor Farms recall announcement listed 25 shredded lettuce and salad mix products sold under eight different brand codes. Taylor Farms did not respond to an emailed request from the Associated Press for the full names of those brands or retailers. The recalled products were shipped as recently as July 16 and have “best by” dates as late as Aug. 3.

Remember, to prevent contamination, wash your hands and fresh produce thoroughly before eating.

El condado Miami-Dade registra la mayor cantidad en el estado, con 33 casos. Broward tiene 13 casos confirmados y el condado Monroe tiene uno.

Funcionarios de salud de Florida informaron que 98 de estas infecciones fueron adquiridas dentro del estado, mientras que el resto se contrajeron en otros estados de Estados Unidos o fuera del país.

La actualización se produce una semana después de que Taylor Farms ampliara el retiro voluntario de sus productos de lechuga iceberg provenientes del centro de México debido a un posible vínculo con el brote multiestatal de Cyclospora que ha enfermado a personas en todo el país.

La empresa con sede en California informó la semana pasada que los productos potencialmente contaminados con el parásito que provoca diarrea fueron distribuidos a 27 estados, incluidos Texas, Florida, Pensilvania, Illinois y Nueva Jersey.

El anuncio del retiro de Taylor Farms incluye 25 productos de lechuga rallada y mezclas para ensalada vendidos bajo ocho marcas diferentes. Taylor Farms no respondió a una solicitud enviada por correo electrónico por The Associated Press para conocer los nombres completos de esas marcas o de los comercios que los vendían. Los productos retirados fueron distribuidos hasta el 16 de julio y tienen fechas de consumo preferente de hasta el 3 de agosto.

Recuerde que, para prevenir la contaminación, debe lavarse bien las manos y lavar cuidadosamente los productos frescos antes de consumirlos.

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The disaster has also mobilized South Florida’s large Venezuelan community, with volunteers and humanitarian groups working around the clock to send aid overseas.

At the Global Empowerment Mission warehouse in Doral, the pace has not slowed since the earthquakes struck.

“What started as a large-scale relief effort, one month later is still exactly that,” said Billy Richardson, the organization’s director of logistics.

According to Richardson, GEM has shipped 2,433 pallets of humanitarian aid to Venezuela, totaling more than 3 million pounds of emergency supplies and more than $12 million in humanitarian assistance.

“We’ve sent over 2,400 pallets so far,” Richardson said. “It’s about 1,440 metric tons of aid — over $12 million worth of aid.”

The organization also has teams on the ground in Venezuela working to distribute supplies directly to survivors.

“Over in Venezuela, we have a team with two warehouses, and we’re doing distributions almost on a daily basis,” Richardson said.

Volunteers have played a critical role in sustaining the relief operation, with many making significant personal sacrifices to help.

“It’s been amazing,” Richardson said. “There’s been people that have taken their entire PTO to come volunteer. I’ve heard people have quit their jobs to volunteer.”

Despite the massive response, Richardson said the humanitarian crisis is far from over.

“It’s still the beginning,” he said. “We still have a really high need for basic needs — canned goods, canned protein, canned vegetables, canned fruits.”

GEM is continuing to accept donations and recruit volunteers as recovery efforts in Venezuela move into their second month, with organizers saying the need for food, supplies and financial support remains urgent.

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El desastre también ha movilizado a la numerosa comunidad venezolana del sur de Florida, con voluntarios y grupos humanitarios trabajando sin descanso para enviar ayuda al extranjero.

En el almacén de Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) en Doral, el ritmo no ha disminuido desde que ocurrieron los terremotos.

“Lo que comenzó como una operación de ayuda a gran escala, un mes después sigue siendo exactamente eso”, dijo Billy Richardson, director de logística de la organización.

Según Richardson, GEM ha enviado 2,433 palés de ayuda humanitaria a Venezuela, con un total de más de 3 millones de libras de suministros de emergencia y más de $12 millones USD en asistencia humanitaria.

“Hemos enviado más de 2,400 palés hasta ahora”, dijo Richardson. “Se trata de unas 1,440 toneladas métricas de ayuda, con un valor superior a los $12 millones USD”.

La organización también cuenta con equipos sobre el terreno en Venezuela que trabajan para distribuir los suministros directamente a los sobrevivientes.

“En Venezuela tenemos un equipo con dos almacenes y realizamos distribuciones casi todos los días”, dijo Richardson.

Los voluntarios han desempeñado un papel fundamental para mantener la operación de ayuda, y muchos han hecho importantes sacrificios personales para colaborar.

“Ha sido increíble”, dijo Richardson. “Hay personas que han utilizado todas sus vacaciones pagadas para venir como voluntarios. He escuchado de personas que incluso renunciaron a sus trabajos para ayudar como voluntarios”.

A pesar de la enorme respuesta, Richardson afirmó que la crisis humanitaria está lejos de terminar.

“Esto apenas comienza”, dijo. “Seguimos teniendo una necesidad muy alta de artículos básicos: alimentos enlatados, proteínas enlatadas, vegetales enlatados y frutas enlatadas”.

GEM continúa aceptando donaciones y reclutando voluntarios mientras las labores de recuperación en Venezuela entran en su segundo mes. Los organizadores aseguran que la necesidad de alimentos, suministros y apoyo económico sigue siendo urgente.

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While the storm came inland along the Texas/Louisiana border Thursday afternoon – much farther north than initially expected and outside of the NHC forecast cone issued early Thursday morning – after riding the coastline of southern Louisiana all morning, it left little mark on eastern Texas besides elevated tides at the coast and isolated pockets of heavy rainfall, mainly in a few residential suburbs southwest of Houston.

The highest wind reports across the upper Texas coast stayed under the 39 mph tropical storm threshold on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service in Houston. Rainfall totals did top 5.7 inches in parts of Fort Bend County, which did require a flash flood warning at around 9 PM local time Thursday.

The Flash Flood Warning in southwest Houston, however, was the only such flood watch or warning issued yesterday for Bertha. The rest of eastern Texas outside of the Houston metro largely saw light rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches or less.

Some lingering rainfall associated with Bertha’s remnants continues through South Texas, west of San Antonio, this morning, but the storm’s remnants will quickly push into northern Mexico today, where it’ll continue to fizzle out, with no major impacts expected.

Atlantic basin closed for business until further notice

Overall conditions across the Atlantic basin look unsupportive for tropical development over the next few weeks, especially in the main development belt stretching from Africa through the Caribbean.

If we see any candidates for development into the first week of August, they will likely come out of the subtropics, either in the eastern Gulf like Bertha or east of Florida. For now though, our models are showing a whole lotta nothing on the Atlantic side to round out July and into the first week of August, so enjoy the 7^th inning stretch before the peak of the season ramps up later in August.

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.

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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.

El jueves, la Administración Trump anunció una nueva serie de sanciones contra Cuba dirigidas al conglomerado militar del gobierno, GAESA. Sin embargo, esta vez también incluye a empresas como Coral S. A., que asumieron operaciones de algunos sectores de GAESA para evitar las sanciones de Estados Unidos y mantener en funcionamiento las operaciones de importación en Cuba.

La pregunta que muchos académicos que siguen de cerca a Cuba, como yo, se están haciendo es si la estrategia de Estados Unidos de ahora en adelante es obligar a Cuba a vender eventualmente algunos de los activos de GAESA a Estados Unidos.

Actualización del 23 de julio: Estados Unidos sigue enviando señales contradictorias sobre lo que hará con Cuba

El pasado lunes, el Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos publicó un informe de 100 páginas titulado “Cuba: La capital del comunismo del siglo XXI”, en el que expone por qué Cuba representa una amenaza para la seguridad nacional no solo de Estados Unidos, sino de todo el mundo. El gobierno cubano reaccionó de inmediato y no solo criticó el informe, sino que acusó al secretario de Estado, Marco Rubio, de amenazar a la isla.

El miércoles, durante una conferencia de prensa en Filipinas, Rubio, al ser preguntado por un periodista sobre cuál era el plan de Estados Unidos para Cuba, utilizó un tono mucho más diplomático y dijo que Estados Unidos sigue dispuesto a negociar con Cuba.

Washington continúa enviando señales contradictorias sobre lo que hará con Cuba. Lo que sí sabemos es que la estrategia utilizada en Venezuela no logró un cambio de régimen.

Actualización del 21 de julio: Primera ayuda humanitaria de EE. UU. llegará a Cuba

Hoy, la primera ayuda humanitaria llegará a Cuba como parte de la oferta del secretario de Estado Marco Rubio de ayudar al pueblo cubano mientras atraviesa la peor situación económica desde principios de la década de 1990. La carga de hoy incluye 700 kits de higiene y 700 artículos de alimentos que serán distribuidos directamente al pueblo cubano por Catholic Relief Services Caritas Cuba y otras organizaciones religiosas.

El secretario Rubio quiere que el pueblo cubano sepa claramente que Estados Unidos está de su lado y está dispuesto a seguir ayudándolos como parte del compromiso de Estados Unidos de brindar $100,000,000 USD en ayuda humanitaria.

Actualización del 20 de julio: Cuba libera al artista Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara

El pasado sábado, Cuba liberó al artista y líder opositor Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara después de cumplir cinco años en prisión. Otero Alcántara fue uno de los líderes del movimiento San Isidro que encabezó grandes protestas en toda la isla hace cinco años.

Al llegar a Miami, Otero Alcántara agradeció a la comunidad cubanoestadounidense por su apoyo y pidió a Cuba liberar a todos los presos políticos en prisión.

Actualización del 16 de julio: Departamento de Defensa de EE.UU. paga $3 millones USD a personal estadounidense afectado por el Síndrome de La Habana

El Departamento de Defensa de Estados Unidos ha pagado $3 millones USD en compensación al personal estadounidense afectado por la misteriosa condición conocida como Síndrome de La Habana, realizando el primer pago bajo la Ley de La Habana de 2021.

El Síndrome de La Habana apareció por primera vez en 2016, cuando diplomáticos y oficiales de inteligencia estadounidenses en La Habana, Cuba, reportaron síntomas inusuales, incluidos intensa presión en la cabeza, mareos, náuseas, alteraciones auditivas y problemas de memoria.

Actualización del 14 de julio: Nuevas sanciones de EE.UU. aumentan la presión sobre la economía controlada por los militares en Cuba

Estados Unidos impuso el lunes nuevas sanciones dirigidas a empresas controladas por GAESA, el conglomerado económico militar de Cuba, así como a algunas de las brigadas militares responsables de reprimir protestas como las que vimos el otro día.

¿Cuánto tiempo más podrá resistir el gobierno cubano? Continúa llegando información a funcionarios estadounidenses que indica que hay sectores dentro del gobierno cubano cada vez más preocupados por cuánto tiempo podrán sobrevivir sin negociar con el gobierno de Estados Unidos antes de enfrentar un colapso total de su sistema.

Actualización del 10 de julio: ¿Tiene el nieto de Raúl Castro plena autoridad para negociar por el gobierno cubano?

Como esperaba, parece haber una pequeña fisura dentro del círculo interno del gobierno cubano. Algunos han criticado a Raulito (nieto de Raúl Castro) por ofrecer negociar directamente con el presidente Trump. La crítica se centra en si tiene plena autoridad para negociar en nombre del gobierno cubano o si solo está negociando en nombre de la familia Castro.

Ayer, el Partido Comunista de Cuba (PCC) respaldó los esfuerzos de Raulito, pero el liderazgo militar ha permanecido en silencio.

Actualización del 8 de julio: Las Naciones Unidas no tienen derecho legal para levantar el embargo de EE.UU. a Cuba

Cada año, Cuba argumenta ante las Naciones Unidas que el embargo económico de Estados Unidos es la causa de sus problemas económicos. Cada año, Cuba pierde más apoyo para ese argumento. Las Naciones Unidas no tienen un derecho legítimo ni legal para levantar el embargo. Solo el Congreso de Estados Unidos puede levantar el embargo.

La maquinaria de propaganda del gobierno cubano ha fracasado. La mayoría de los cubanos en la isla, incluidos economistas residentes en Cuba, responsabilizan al gobierno cubano por las actuales malas condiciones económicas.

Actualización del 6 de julio: Nieto de Raúl Castro dice que Cuba está dispuesta a negociar con EE.UU.

Reuters informó temprano esta mañana que Raulito, nieto de Raúl Castro, conocido como “El Cangrejo”, anunció que Cuba está dispuesta a negociar con Estados Unidos. La pregunta que debemos hacernos es si Raulito está negociando en nombre de la familia Castro o del gobierno cubano.

Sabemos que Cuba ha estado vendiendo algunos de sus activos, incluidos algunos pertenecientes al conglomerado económico militar GAESA, durante las últimas semanas. El intento de Cuba por atraer inversión extranjera no ha despertado mucho interés debido al temor de perder el dinero invertido.

Actualización del 2 de julio: La cultura del miedo en Cuba complica una transición democrática

Cuando hablamos de Cuba, normalmente nos concentramos en su sistema político y económico centralizado. Sin embargo, no reconocemos que las personas que han vivido bajo regímenes totalitarios han tenido que sobrevivir bajo una cultura del miedo. Ese sistema de gobierno crea un conjunto psicológico de actitudes y valores que ayuda a definir el comportamiento diario para alinear los deseos y necesidades de la población con las restricciones impuestas por el gobierno.

Romper con esos comportamientos podría tomar años de entrenamiento psicológico y de cambios. Por lo tanto, la transición de un Estado totalitario hacia alguna forma de gobierno democrático podría tomar tiempo.

Las actualizaciones de junio del Dr. Andy S. Gómez pueden consultarse haciendo clic aquí.

El Dr. Andy S. Gómez es el analista sobre Cuba de Local 10. Gómez es considerado uno de los principales especialistas sobre Cuba. Trabajó en educación superior durante 32 años antes de retirarse de la Universidad de Miami en 2012.

Si bien la tormenta se adentró en tierra firme a lo largo de la frontera entre Texas y Luisiana el jueves por la tarde, mucho más al norte de lo previsto inicialmente y fuera del cono de pronóstico del NHC emitido a primera hora del jueves, después de recorrer la costa del sur de Luisiana durante toda la mañana, dejó poca huella en el este de Texas, aparte de mareas elevadas en la costa y zonas aisladas de fuertes lluvias, principalmente en algunos suburbios residenciales al suroeste de Houston.

Según el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional de Houston, los vientos más fuertes registrados en la costa norte de Texas se mantuvieron por debajo del umbral de tormenta tropical de 63 km/h el jueves. Las precipitaciones superaron los 14,5 cm en algunas zonas del condado de Fort Bend, lo que provocó una alerta de inundación repentina alrededor de las 21:00 hora local del jueves.

Sin embargo, la alerta de inundación repentina en el suroeste de Houston fue la única advertencia o aviso de inundación emitido ayer por Bertha. En el resto del este de Texas, fuera del área metropolitana de Houston, se registraron precipitaciones ligeras de entre 2,5 y 7,5 centímetros o menos.

Esta mañana continúan algunas lluvias residuales asociadas a los restos de Bertha en el sur de Texas, al oeste de San Antonio, pero los restos de la tormenta se desplazarán rápidamente hacia el norte de México hoy, donde se disiparán gradualmente y no se esperan impactos importantes.

Atlantic Basin permanecerá cerrado hasta nuevo aviso.

En general, las condiciones en toda la cuenca del Atlántico no parecen propicias para el desarrollo de ciclones tropicales en las próximas semanas, especialmente en el principal cinturón de desarrollo que se extiende desde África hasta el Caribe.

Si vemos algún candidato a desarrollarse durante la primera semana de agosto, probablemente provendrá de las zonas subtropicales, ya sea en el este del Golfo, como Bertha, o al este de Florida. Por ahora, nuestros modelos no muestran prácticamente nada en la costa atlántica para lo que resta de julio y la primera semana de agosto, así que disfruten de este tramo ^final antes de que comience la temporada de máxima actividad a finales de agosto.

Según la Policía, el incidente fue reportado a las 7:27 a.m. en el área de Northeast Miami Avenue y la calle 80 Terrace.

La Policía informó que la víctima fue apuñalada durante un robo a mano armada en el que le robaron la cartera.

La víctima fue trasladada por paramédicos de Miami Fire Rescue al Centro de Trauma Ryder del Hospital Jackson Memorial. Su condición aún no ha sido divulgada.

Cualquier persona con información sobre el robo y el apuñalamiento debe llamar al Departamento de Policía de Miami o a Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers al 305-471-8477.

We’re not expecting a washout this weekend, but a shift in our winds from the Everglades (southwest) will shift the thunderstorm zone over the metro area of Broward and Miami-Dade counties. Numerous daily showers and thunderstorms are expected to bring drought relief, especially in the afternoons. This pattern will last well into next week.

The New York-based company said Friday it earned $3.11 billion, or $4.53 a share, compared to $2.89 billion, or $4.08 a share, in the same period a year earlier. The results beat analysts' forecasts, who were looking for AmEx to earn a profit of $4.40 a share, according to FactSet.

AmEx continues to benefit from global economic growth that has disproportionately benefited the wealthy and high net worth individuals, as its customer bases skews heavily toward those demographics with the Platinum Card, Gold Card and other high-end credit cards. Its customers often put almost all of their spending on credit cards, and pay those cards off at the end of each month. The average AmEx customers spent $6,759 on their cards in the quarter, up from $6,393 in the same period a year earlier.

But at the same time, the company is spending heavily to keep those customers as it faces increased competition from other high-end credit card products like JPMorgan Chase's Sapphire Reserve Card, Citigroup's Strata card and Capital One's Venture X brand. The company's quarterly expenses rose 12% from a year ago, costs that went into increased marketing as well as refreshes of its credit card products.

While the company upped its guidance on how much revenue it expects to bring in this year, the company did not change its profit outlook for the year, as the company plans to put more resources into marketing and bringing in new customers. The company also expects to put additional investments into technology like artificial intelligence, like many other Fortune 500 companies.

Those efforts seem to be paying off. The company signed up another 3 million customers in the second quarter, of which three-quarters of those new customers signed up for an AmEx card with an annual fee.

The work takes place at the National Institute of Criminalistics in Brasilia, the country's capital, where federal police have set up a “gold lab” that collects and analyses samples from across the country.

The objective is to determine if a newly acquired sample — gold seized in a police raid, for example — comes from a protected area, meaning it has been illegally mined. It's called “gold fingerprinting” — tracing the origin of gold samples with high precision.

Tracing gold is like looking at a person's DNA, experts say

At the lab, sparkling gold flakes are kept in tiny, coin-shaped vessels, but the most valuable thing about them is the data they hold. Each speck is unique because while it forms in nature, inside a rock or a riverbed, the gold deposits absorb particles from the area, such as traces of silver and copper.

And that's the fingerprint. It allows the investigators to determine if gold seized during a police raid was actually mined in the area its purported owner claims it came from, or if it was illegally sourced from a national forest or Indigenous land — in which case its analysis would match stored data from the protected area.

Gustavo Geiser, a federal police forensics expert, says the method has been developed since 2019 in collaboration with Brazilian universities. The investigators use tools such as X‑ray fluorescence spectrometry, scanning electron microscopy and laser ablation mass spectrometry.

“As we advanced, the forensic examinations became increasingly complex,” Geiser said, but the question before them was always the same: “Where did this gold come from?”

If the forensics prove a gold sample was illegally mined, the information then helps police build a case and move forward with further investigations and possibly charges.

Criminals insert illegally mined gold into legal markets

Those involved in environmental crimes in the Amazon frequently resort to fraud to introduce their goods into legal markets, not just when it comes to gold but also for cattle and timber. Lately, a worldwide surge in gold prices has only spurred on the mining rush in the Amazon rainforest.

Amazon Mining Watch, a platform that uses satellite imagery to track mining, estimates that about 496,000 hectares (1.2 million acres) of rainforest have been cut down for mining since 2023, including some 223,000 hectares (551,000 acres) in the Brazilian Amazon.

Brazil's Federal Court of Accounts, its top audit institution, said last year there was evidence indicating that mining permits granted by the National Mining Agency to small-scale miners were being used to pawn off gold extracted from protected areas in the Amazon.

Greenpeace, in its own independent report in May, based on publicly available records, satellite imagery and aerial surveillance, detailed how the scheme works.

On paper, an owner of a legally authorized mine in the Amazon would declare that tons of gold had been extracted at that mine.

However, satellite and aerial imagery would show that there had not been any activity at the site of the legal mine. Meanwhile, images of bordering Indigenous lands, where mining is banned, would reveal large-scale mining operations — a “ghost mine” scam as Greenpeace calls it.

A federal court in Para, a northern state severely impacted by illegal mining, issued an order this month for institutions like the Central Bank and the National Mining Agency to enact effective control and traceability of all gold, from the mines to the markets. Brazil’s federal prosecutors also filed a lawsuit against the National Mining Agency, seeking better oversight of mining permits.

Prosecutor André Porreca, who is leading the case, said the permits have become a front used "to launder gold extracted by criminal organizations from Indigenous territories and protected areas.”

Geiser, the forensic expert, says the Brasilia gold lab is an important piece of the puzzle that helps battle crime and strengthen global gold supply chains.

“Being able to state that it (gold) has a legitimate origin and therefore is valid for inclusion in a country’s or a bank’s financial reserves, I believe provides solidity not only to the market but also to the countries’ financial bonds,” he said.

There is no data on how many criminals the lab has helped put behind bars, but Geiser says crime networks have recently begun exploiting neighboring countries such as Venezuela, French Guiana and Suriname, to launder illegally mined gold. Samples from abroad have made it to his lab, where they have joined the constantly growing database, he said.

The growing crime has also forced regional countries to strengthen collaboration through the Amazon International Police Cooperation Center, headquartered in the Brazilian city of Manaus.

Illegal gold mining leads to devastating mercury contamination

The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest and a key regulator of global climate, so anything that degrades it could accelerate global warming, researchers say.

A 2023 analysis by MapBiomas, a nonprofit that monitors land-use, said that over 90% of Brazil’s mining is taking place in the Amazon region, with nearly 40% of it illegal, in protected areas.

Though illegal gold mining is a relatively small driver of deforestation, compared to agriculture, the harm it inflicts on the environment is nearly impossible to reverse — especially because of the use of mercury to extract gold. Once the gold is separated, the mercury is released into the rivers, contaminating water sources and fish essential to Indigenous life.

A 2023 study by Fiocruz, a Brazilian science institute, said 21.3% of fish in Amazonian markets exceeded the World Health Organization's safety limits for mercury levels — with children between 2 and 4 years old consuming mercury at levels up to 31 times the recommended maximum.

Brazil signed the U.N. agreement known as the Minamata Convention on Mercury, which commits it to eliminate mercury use in gold mining.

The Ministry of Mines and Energy published a draft this month on easing out mercury that's up for debate, meant to take place until Aug. 7. Federal prosecutors have urged that Indigenous groups — the ones most affected by the contamination — be consulted, but that has not yet happened.

A total ban on mercury would both curb environmental contamination and also bolster forensics investigations, according to Geiser of the federal police, whose lab can detect any traces of mercury in its samples.

“It will make it even clearer that any mining using mercury ... is illegal,” he added.

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The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office said patients suffered head injuries, broken bones and cuts. At least five of the passengers had been discharged from hospitals, and one who was previously described as critical was in satisfactory condition Friday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, hospital spokesperson Susan Gregg said.

The cause of the crash Thursday evening was not immediately known. It came less than three weeks after a seaplane carrying eight people made a rough landing in New York City’s East River, causing minor injuries.

Videos posted on social media show the aircraft turning to one side as it flies low over the water near several boats and the shore. The plane makes a hard landing, at first touching down on just one float, then briefly skips into the air before hitting land. The person recording the video gasps when a crunching sound is heard from the plane's impact just out of sight.

The plane was carrying a pilot and 10 passengers. It crashed at about 5:20 p.m. Thursday on Sucia Island, an uninhabited state park. Sucia is north of the main San Juan Islands, a rugged archipelago between Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia, that is a popular summer vacation spot known for its ferries, whale watching and hiking.

First responders and witnesses race to the scene

Dave Eastman was in a dinghy on the water when he saw the plane coming in. At first he was worried it was going to hit his boat, he said, but then he saw it flying low toward the island. He said there were six or seven boats in the area, including a couple of aluminum fishing boats, and everyone raced to help.

In the videos, passengers can be seen exiting the plane as black smoke rises and bright orange flames engulf the fuselage, which came to rest partially submerged against a large rock. Eastman took photos of the burning plane after those on board had been evacuated.

“It kind of just shook us up a little bit,” he said. “Knowing everyone’s OK, at least that everyone is alive at this point, that kind of helps ease the concern.”

Eastman, of Lynnwood, Washington, said Thursday started off with nice weather, but a storm with lightning hit the area around the time of the crash. It wasn’t clear if the storm played a role. Heavy rain began falling as the plane was burning, he said.

“An Urgent Marine Information Broadcast was issued to mariners in the area, and numerous good Samaritan vessels responded to assist,” the U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement Friday.

Several agencies scrambled to respond. The Coast Guard sent a helicopter while their Canadian counterparts mobilized a hovercraft, according to a recording of San Juan County dispatch audio posted by Broadcastify.

Sucia Island features a maze of coves, beaches and rocky points. The plane went down near Shallow Bay, which cuts a wide crescent into the island near a campground. Videos show several sailboats and other large pleasure boats were anchored there Thursday.

The same type of seaplane crashed near Seattle in 2022

The plane's operator said it was a DHC-3 Otter made by de Havilland Aircraft of Canada. That is the same model of floatplane as one that plunged into the waters of Puget Sound northwest of Seattle in 2022, killing 10 people.

Federal regulators ordered seaplanes to be inspected afterward, and investigators found a single component of a critical flight control system had failed.

The plane that crashed Thursday was operated by Kenmore Air, a tourism airline based near Seattle, which is a different company than the one involved in the 2022 crash. Founded in 1946, Kenmore Air bills itself as the largest seaplane operator in the U.S.

The Otter is a workhorse seaplane model that has been used widely for decades, aviation safety expert John Cox said.

The cause of the crash will be investigated

The National Transportation Safety Board may be able to quickly get an idea of what happened because investigators will be able to interview the pilot and witnesses and watch videos of the crash, Cox said.

The wreckage of the seaplane was recovered and placed on a barge by Friday afternoon, and it was being moved to a location where investigators can examine it. The agency will publish a preliminary report in about a month, but the final report identifying the cause likely won’t be done for a year or more.

In a statement, the airline said it would not speculate about why the plane went down. According to the flight tracking website Flightradar24, the seaplane made an abrupt 180-degree turn about three minutes before the crash, heading back toward Sucia Island, which it had just passed on its path west.

“We are grateful that everyone aboard has been accounted for,” Kenmore CEO David Gudgel said. He said the company canceled all scheduled flights for Friday and was cooperating with investigators.

The aircraft took off from Lake Union in Seattle, which is about 80 miles (130 kilometers) south of Sucia Island, and was headed to Roche Harbor, the site of a historic hotel, marina and resort on San Juan Island.

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McCormack reported from Concord, New Hampshire, and Collins reported from Hartford, Connecticut. Associated Press transportation reporter Josh Funk in Omaha, Nebraska, contributed to this report.

Also, a series of explosions sounded near a military base hosting U.S. forces in northern Iraq and sirens rang out in Bahrain on Friday, hours after the American military said it finished its 13th night of strikes against Iran. The conflict has flared again over the past week, as the U.S. has pounded Iran while Tehran has attacked ships in the Strait of Hormuz and targeted U.S. assets and allies in the region.

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US embassies across the Mideast begin sending country-specific travel warnings for Americans

The travel alerts advise that already limited options to leave the region may become more limited due to escalating tensions between the United States and Iran.

At least 11 embassies and consulates are expected to release advisories that echo broader “worldwide caution” warnings that the State Department has put out since last weekend. The department was criticized for its messaging to Americans in the Middle East before and during the war that began in late February.

Neither the worldwide alerts nor the country-specific ones being released Friday say intensified hostilities are imminent but they note that some airlines have already canceled flights into the region and others may follow suit.

The first two country-specific alerts were issued by the embassies in Jordan and Israel.

Netanyahu to visit Washington next week for meeting with Trump

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to travel to the United States for an official visit next week, his office said in a statement Friday. He’ll meet with President Trump in Washington on Tuesday, according to the statement, and also attend the funeral of Sen. Lindsey Graham.

The last time the two leaders met in Washington was in February, just weeks before they launched a joint war against Iran. Since then, tensions have grown between the longtime allies, including over how to prosecute the war.

Israel had opposed Trump’s recent negotiations with Iran, while Trump was upset over Israeli military action in Lebanon, which he saw as a threat to his diplomatic efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

But with Iran and the United State fighting once again, Israel has also signaled its willingness to rejoin the conflict. In recent days, Israeli officials have said they’re preparing to respond if Iran launches an attack on Israeli soil.

Second lady Usha Vance shares family photo after son’s birth

Vance added a message with her social media post thanking the public “for all the good wishes as we settle into life as a family of six.”

She included photos of her larger family seated on a couch, as well as a close-up of the baby.

Vance gave birth Sunday to Alec Neel Vance, her fourth child with Vice President JD Vance. Alec is also the first child born to a sitting vice president in more than 150 years.

He joins older siblings Ewan, Vivek and Mirabel.

White House correspondents’ dinner, redux: What will Trump have to say?

When guests arrive for the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Friday at Washington’s Waldorf Astoria hotel, security will be much tighter, the guest list smaller, the partying pared down.

That much, the correspondents’ association can control.

What remains out of its control — and perhaps the biggest question — is what the dinner’s most prominent guest, President Donald Trump, will bring to the table.

Call it White House Dinner 2.0, or Take Two, or, in Trump’s own words, a “HOT ticket.”

The big unknown is whether Trump will bring the fighting words (“rather nasty,” he said) against the press he’d planned to deliver in April — before the event descended into chaos when a gunman stormed a security checkpoint, forcing an evacuation of the room.

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The latest import duties might stick

Wendy Cutler, a former senior U.S. trade official, said the latest round of tariffs involved “few surprises” since they range just between 10% and 12.5%.

The U.S. Trade Representative’s office spent four months investigating the basis for those tariffs to meet legal requirements under Section 301 of the U.S. Trade Act of 1974.

“Time will tell whether the third attempt to impose tariffs is the charm and this action stands up to legal challenges,” said Cutler, senior vice president of the Asia Society Policy Institute.

These duties are less likely than earlier ones to be overruled by U.S. courts, she said.

Further tariffs may be coming in the fall related to alleged structural excess capacity of trading partners, she noted.

China opposes unilateral tariffs in ‘all forms’

China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it “opposes all forms of unilateral tariffs” in response to the new 12.5% tariffs, reiterating a longstanding statement by Beijing.

“Tariff wars and trade wars do not serve any parties’ interests,” ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told a regular news conference.

Trade tensions have clouded relations between China and the U.S., two of the world’s biggest economies, as Trump’s hefty “Liberation Day” tariffs resulted in a sharp drop in Chinese exports to the U.S.

Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who agreed to set up new boards of trade and investment at their mid-May meeting in Beijing, are expected to meet again in September.

US tariff hikes linked to claims of foreign forced labor dismay and anger trading partners

Trump’s latest set of tariff hikes drew objections Friday from America’s trading partners including China and Japan, with Australia’s trade minister slamming them as “completely unjustified.”

The administration announced extra tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on 60 economies late Thursday, saying the countries had failed to adequately enforce a ban on goods made with forced labor.

Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell rejected claims linking Australia, a major exporter of beef, gold and copper, to modern slavery.

“We believe that amongst all of the countries in the world Australia does take the issue of slavery, modern slavery, seriously, and will continue to do that,” Farrell told reporters in Adelaide.

Japan also protested the 12.5% tariff imposed on its exports, noting Tokyo had been reassured by the Trump administration that there would be no more tariffs on top of an earlier agreement on a 10% U.S. import duty.

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Journalists urge correspondents’ association to stand up to Trump at rescheduled press dinner

Hundreds of former or retired journalists and eight press freedom groups are asking the White House Correspondents’ Association to stand up to the Trump administration’s recent attacks on the media at its rescheduled dinner this week — a dinner President Donald Trump says he’ll attend.

The first dinner was cut short in April when a gunman, who prosecutors say was trying to assassinate Trump, opened fire at the Washington Hilton. The much smaller rescheduled dinner will take place Friday, with enhanced security precautions, at the capital’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel, formerly the Trump International Hotel.

The letter expands on a similar one issued in April, before the first dinner. It notes that since then, “the administration’s attacks on journalists and press freedom have become even more egregious.”

The letter, organized by former ABC News correspondent Lisa Stark and producer Ian Cameron, cites in particular the recent subpoenas by the Justice Department to New York Times journalists who reported on security concerns over the president’s Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet. Additional subpoenas of the journalists’ phone records have included even the mother of one reporter and two spouses.

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Explosions are heard near a US base in northern Iraq as US-Iran fighting escalates

A series of explosions sounded near a military base hosting U.S. forces in northern Iraq and sirens rang out in Bahrain on Friday, hours after the American military said it finished its 13th night of strikes against Iran.

The conflict has flared again over the past week, as the U.S. has pounded Iran while Tehran has attacked ships in the Strait of Hormuz and targeted U.S. assets and allies in the region.

The strait, which is a crucial passage for the world’s energy supplies, is at the center of the latest fighting since Iranian attacks can effectively shut the waterway, sending fuel prices soaring worldwide and causing widespread economic turmoil. The Iranian-allied Houthi rebels added further pressure this week by targeting two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea, making good on a threat to cut off an alternative route for the region’s oil.

Despite the unpopularity of the war in the U.S. and the widespread damage it has caused in Iran and to the global economy, the latest round of fighting has no clear off-ramp.

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Trump imposes double-digit tariffs on dozens of countries as his 10% levies are set to expire Friday

President Donald Trump is going ahead with new double-digit tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners just as the clock runs out Friday on stopgap levies he imposed after a stinging defeat at the Supreme Court.

The United States will slap taxes of 10% to 12.5% on imports from 60 trading partners accounting for 99% of U.S. imports, charging that they have inadequately enforced bans on goods produced by forced labor.

“The United States has had a forced labor import ban for nearly a century, and rigorously enforces it; it’s well past time for our trading partners to do the same,” said U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.

The new tariffs will take effect just as temporary 10% worldwide tariffs expire at 12:01 a.m. Friday. Trump had turned to those temporary levies after the Supreme Court struck down his biggest and boldest tariffs in February.

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The International Medieval Combat Federation's annual world championship roared into gear in northern Denmark this week. First staged in Spain in 2014, it features armor-clad competitors fighting with 14th-century medieval weapons. But it’s also a modern combat sport with safety rules and sporting conventions.

A mixture of historical and modern techniques

“It’s historically inspired,” combat federation spokesperson Kamila Studencka said. “It’s a mix of modern techniques with historical ones. We have something between full combat sports and fencing.”

And while the swords and axes are blunted, the battles are anything but harmless reenactments. Studencka said some competitors are attracted by “the violence,” while others prefer the technical aspects of face-to-face duels.

“Some people like the friendship and being a team member … to be a part of something bigger,” she added.

This year’s championship is being held in the shadow of Spøttrup Castle, a formidable Danish fortress that was completed around 1520.

The event has drawn fighters from 30 countries, including the United States, Canada, China, and Brazil.

Brazilian competitor Rodrigo Sinckevicius, who traveled with a team of eight from São Paulo, said he previously competed in jiu-jitsu and other mixed martial arts, but when he first saw this kind of medieval combat, he “couldn’t believe it.”

“People falling and grabbing and the sound of the steel cracking, it’s like something that you cannot fake,” added the 33-year-old, who works in sales back home.

Duels and team events

The four-day championships, which opened Thursday, see competitors battle in one-on-one “duels” made up of two one-minute rounds each. Opponents are eliminated after hitting the ground three times or when they submit. If neither happens, marshals declare a winner based on points scored.

There are also chaotic mass-team events, known as “Buhurt,” in which up to 10 competitors on either side participate.

Martin Gill, from Milton Keynes, England, said he first got involved “to hit someone in the face with an ax.”

“This had that kind of niche appeal to it, that people were willing to consensually come up and say, ‘You can hit me in the face with the ax, as hard as you can,’” the 37-year-old geotechnical engineer said.

The IMCF says fighters wear thick, shock-absorbing padded garments beneath the armor to distribute the force of impact, and that fights are strictly controlled by trained marshals who enforce the rules of engagement. It says that overall injury rates are comparable to those in mainstream full-contact martial arts.

Gill said almost everything the competitors wear, including his 30-kilogram (66-pound) suit of armor, is historically accurate. Some outfits and fighting techniques are informed by the writings of 14th-century Italian knight Fiore Dei Liberi and German fencing master Johannes Liechtenauer.

“We follow manuscripts as best we can,” said Gill. “Everything is legitimate techniques from all of their writings throughout the 14th century.”

A growing sport

Nearly 600 fighters are taking part in this week's championship. The sport, an unflinching blend of mixed martial arts, fencing, and historical reenactment, has been growing in popularity.

Competitor Alex King, a 37-year-old financial crime specialist from Shoreview, Minnesota, said that when he first started three years ago, there were just 10 or so members in his local team. Now there are over 50.

“In America, it’s definitely growing, with the short videos you see now highlighting the sport,” King said. “A lot of people have become interested.”

The last big event in the U.S. featured over 40 teams, he added.

Men and women compete in separate events. Miisa Kaivos, a 27-year-old bartender from Helsinki, Finland, said the women’s side of the sport is also “drastically growing all around the world.”

“It’s amazing to see,” said Kaivos. “It’s always nice to come to these events and fight each other, and have that awesome girl power.”

Now those scattered acts of giving have a name and a public face: the Brighter Days Ahead Foundation. Launched in May, it will focus on causes Grande has advocated for in the past, including LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive health, immigrant rights, and mental health. Grande is doing this at a moment when philanthropic support for these causes is eroding, said Shauna Nep, Grande’s philanthropic adviser.

“We’re seeing the support for the kinds of issues she cares about going down drastically and the attacks going up aggressively,” Nep said.

This summer, Grande is using her Eternal Sunshine Tour to fund and promote the foundation, highlighting national and local nonprofits at each tour stop. Names of her grantee organizations are shown on screens in the center of the arena during the pre-show countdown. And fans who donate to the nonprofit can enter a sweepstake for a chance to win a trip to see her final tour date in London.

“The fan experience is still completely intact,” Nep said. “We’re meeting them where they are instead of taking them away from anything.”

Tour funds will be split among the featured local organizations, though none have been distributed yet. The grants announced so far have come entirely from Grande’s personal giving, a foundation spokesperson said.

In many ways, Grande, who also starred in the “Wicked” movies, is following in the footsteps of earlier generations of entertainers who lent their names to once controversial causes like HIV/AIDS and created their own foundations to help move large sums of money.

But today, celebrities’ platforms are larger than ever, giving them even more sway, noted Genevieve Shaker, who teaches courses on celebrity philanthropy and fundraising leadership at Indiana University’s Lilly School of Philanthropy.

“In the past, prior to social media, celebrities might be more dependent on traditional media to share stories about what they’re doing,” she said. “Now they have their own kind of media empire where they can leverage lots of channels to communicate, including about philanthropy and causes and nonprofits.”

Nonprofit Trans Lifeline is grateful for celebrity support

Trans Lifeline, which runs a crisis hotline for transgender people, is one of the nonprofits Grande has supported. The group has received $125,000 total — $75,000 in emergency funding last June and $50,000 when the foundation formally launched in May.

The money helped Trans Lifeline relaunch a microgrants program that distributed $100,000 directly to trans people across the country in partnership with five grassroots organizations, said Dante Alviar Horton, its executive director. Some of the funding also went toward improving benefits for the organization’s direct service crisis workers.

Trans Lifeline relies almost entirely on individual donors. Visibility gained from celebrity supporters has helped sustain the group, Alviar Horton said. He pointed to Trans Lifeline’s recent collaboration with designer Conner Ives on the “Protect the Dolls” T-shirt campaign, which raised more than $500,000 after celebrities like Pedro Pascal began wearing the shirts publicly.

“I was grateful that there were people in the celebrity sphere that cared enough to be like, ‘This matters,’” Alviar Horton said.

Celebrity philanthropy has often been dismissed as image management, allowing entertainers to have red carpet moments without putting much money or thought behind their advocacy efforts. Grande resisted creating a formal foundation for years for exactly that reason, Nep said.

“She does not want anyone to think that she thinks of herself as a philanthropist,” Nep said. “She knows she’s an artist.”

However, Nep, who has worked with the singer since 2018, encouraged Grande to formalize her giving so she could strategically move money to nonprofit groups and more easily collaborate with funding partners.

Grande's Brighter Days Ahead Foundation is a fiscally sponsored project of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, a public charity established in 1942 to support Hollywood’s philanthropic efforts. It allows celebrities, including Charlize Theron and Olivia Rodrigo, to easily create nonprofits to raise and distribute funds.

The largest of her foundation’s four funds is “Protect and Defend,” which supports organizations doing legal and legislative work for transgender youths, immigrants, and reproductive rights. The foundation is the largest funder for several of the grassroots organizations it supports and typically provides unrestricted grants. These groups typically get little support from institutional and government funders. Transgender-focused organizations, specifically, have seen funding dwindle as needs increase, Nep noted.

Grande's advocacy looks to meet the moment

Grande has been a longtime advocate for causes at the center of her philanthropy. In 2019, she donated roughly $250,000 in concert proceeds to Planned Parenthood after several states passed abortion restrictions. She has publicly discussed her struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression, expressed appreciation for her gay and transgender fans, and has spoken out against the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

Grande’s activism and personal connection to these issues echo an earlier era when celebrities led the charge on funding for AIDS and HIV, Shaker said. Elizabeth Taylor co-founded the American Foundation for AIDS Research, or amfAR, in 1985 after watching friends suffer from HIV/AIDS and its stigma. For similar reasons, singer Elton John founded the Elton John AIDS Foundation in 1992, the same year he first publicly identified himself as gay.

The political climate facing transgender people today rivals what HIV/AIDS advocates confronted decades ago, said Anne Aslett, CEO of the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

Back in the 1980s and ’90s, John was watching close friends like singer Freddie Mercury succumb to AIDS-related illnesses, she said.

It was “really, really tough” to raise money for HIV/AIDS work among the broader public, including within the entertainment industry, she said. Because of his global stardom, John was able to humanize the cause for people, even those who didn’t share his views on politics or sexuality, Aslett said.

From the outset, the foundation was shaped by his authentic interest in supporting AIDS research and his insistence on listening to people with lived experience of the epidemic, Aslett said. That is what has helped sustain the organization for more than three decades, she said. But that personal interest and connection aren’t enough to really drive philanthropic success.

“Artists are hard-wired to pay attention to human emotion,” Aslett said. “They’re very empathetic. But that alone isn’t enough. They have to have a good structure underneath to make it work.”

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Stephanie Beasley is fellowship director and a senior writer at the Chronicle of Philanthropy, where you can read the full article. This article was provided to The Associated Press by the Chronicle of Philanthropy as part of a partnership to cover philanthropy and nonprofits supported by the Lilly Endowment. The Chronicle is solely responsible for the content. For all of AP’s philanthropy coverage, visit https://apnews.com/hub/philanthropy.

El riesgo de que se produzcan algunos efectos debido al viento y las lluvias en la zona ha aumentado, indicó el viernes el Centro Nacional de Huracanes (NHC, por sus siglas en inglés) en Miami, pero aún es demasiado pronto para determinar la ubicación exacta o su posible magnitud.

“Los interesados en las islas hawaianas deben monitorear el progreso de Fausto”, recomendó el centro en un aviso.

Fausto se encontraba lejos de tierra firme, a unos 2.250 kilómetros (1.400 millas) al oeste del extremo sur de la península de Baja California, en México, y a unos 2.400 kilómetros (1.500 millas) al este de Hilo, Hawai. El meteoro tiene vientos máximos sostenidos que rondaban los 169 km/h (105 mph).

El NHC señaló que el oleaje generado por Fausto podría provocar marejadas y corrientes de resaca potencialmente letales en partes del sur de California. Se esperaba un debilitamiento gradual durante los próximos días.

Genevieve se encontraba el viernes por la tarde a unos 945 kilómetros (585 millas) al sur de Zihuatanejo, México, con vientos máximos sostenidos de alrededor de 75 km/h (45 mph), según un aviso del Centro Nacional de Huracanes. El aviso indicó que se anticipa que la tormenta se intensifique rápidamente en los próximos días.

Fausto se ha estado formando en el Pacífico y la tormenta tropical Bertha avanza por la costa del golfo de México. El meteoro causó un fuerte oleaje y algunas inundaciones al sur de Luisiana y Texas al tocar tierra por segunda vez el jueves. Hacia el final de la noche, el NHC declaró que Bertha se había disipado.

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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.

Studio 10 caught up with Kevin and the cast from LIV Night Club in South Beach ahead of the movie’s premiere.

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Newly released bodycam footage shows what happened in the moments before the takedown, and officers say it changes the picture entirely.

The bodycam video shows an officer punching and taking down 42-year-old Justin Ikeler before putting him in handcuffs.

It was a different video — showing another angle of the encounter, which happened Tuesday just before noon — that originally spread online and stirred controversy, with some arguing the officer used excessive force.

But police say the bodycam video shows Ikeler physically assaulting a woman just before the takedown. When officers tried to take him into custody, he refused and “assumed a fighting stance with his fist,” according to police. He was then taken down and handcuffed.

The incident happened under the South Bridge in Fort Pierce. Multiple people said they witnessed the fight but didn’t want to appear on camera.

Witnesses said they heard a lot of shouting before seeing the officer take Ikeler to the ground, and said that both Ikeler and the woman had been under the bridge since before the incident started.

The Fort Pierce Police Department said Ikeler was taken to the St. Lucie County Jail.

According to county records, Ikeler remains in custody at the St. Lucie County Jail, facing one charge of resisting an officer without violence.

Police said the woman involved declined to press charges and told officers the dispute began after Ikeler falsely accused her of stealing his wallet.

The case remains under investigation.

Video taken from Sky 10 captured an intense scene in Fort Lauderdale, with police guns drawn as a group of people moved slowly, hands raised.

On the ground, officers zeroed in on a black BMW with front side-panel damage as a tow truck moved in to haul it away.

The scene unfolded in a neighborhood just south of Sunrise Boulevard and east of I-95, where detectives had tracked a stolen vehicle and a possible getaway driver, authorities said. A K-9 unit worked the trail, searching for a suspect still on the loose.

According to police, the chase began south in Hallandale Beach, where a vehicle was stolen and the driver refused to stop. It carried into Hollywood, where officers from two different jurisdictions ended up colliding with each other, authorities said.

Video showed a badly damaged Hollywood police cruiser, with a battered Hallandale Beach cruiser parked nearby at South Federal Highway and Van Buren Street.

Police set up perimeters close by, in the 3000 block of Hayes Street and the 3000 block of Johnson Street near the Tri-Rail tracks, apparently searching for someone — or several people — connected to the stolen car investigation.

A Broward Sheriff’s Office helicopter was spotted in the air Thursday night, signaling that a suspect or suspects tied to the investigation remain on the run, believed to have bailed out at some point during the pursuit.

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The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said they took Gary Jackson into custody on Wednesday.

According to deputies, they were alerted to a Miami-Dade County Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources case regarding a victim stating that Jackson, who was doing business as Metal Roof Masters LLC, “presented her with a written contract totaling $14,000.00 to repair the entire roofing system” on Feb. 9.

Deputies said the victim made a payment of $7,800 to Jackson five days later, and a subpoena served to JP Morgan Chase Bank showed the check was deposited into Jackson’s account. Authorities said he was the sole person authorized to access the funds.

Over the course of several months, multiple attempts to contact Jackson were allegedly made via mail and phone, but deputies said he “has not made any attempt to reach a resolution or provide full restitution.”

Additionally, investigators said they searched the Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board and the Miami-Dade County Construction Trades Qualifying Board and found that Jackson is not a licensed contractor under any state or county statutes or ordinances.

They did, however, determine through a search of the Florida Division of Corporation that Jackson was the owner of Metal Roof Masters LLC.

Deputies said the MDSO Special Predator Enforcement Team detained Jackson, and he was later booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on charges of third-degree grand theft and engaging in contracting without a license.

As of Thursday afternoon, Jackson remained behind bars, with documents indicating that he was already out on felony bond at the time of his arrest.

That bond was for a sex offender registry case in which documents show Jackson was accused of failing to report to authorities as a transient sexual offender, which was statutorily required following a conviction.

An arrest form from that case states he was convicted of performing a lewd or lascivious act on a child under 16, which requires him to report with the state of Florida every 30 days.

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The incident happened outside the Mobil at 16861 Miramar Parkway in Miramar.

According to police, first responders arrived to find a man who had suffered serious injuries and rushed him by helicopter to a nearby hospital.

That man was later pronounced dead, authorities said.

Workers at the gas station told Local 10 News the victim worked at their car wash and was likely closing at the time of the incident.

He was later identified as Teofilo Vargas, 51, by his son Alan, who spoke to Local 10 News’ Roy Ramos.

“He was a good person,” said Vargas, who was asked why he thinks someone would have done this to his father.

“I have no idea,” he said.

Vargas described his father as a calm, hard worker who didn’t have any problems with anyone.

“He was working here washing cars,” he said. “I don’t know what could’ve led up to this.”

Officers said the suspect fled after the stabbing, which led authorities to set up a perimeter in the area. Miramar Parkway was closed for a period of time between Southwest 164th Avenue and 172nd Avenue.

“So what we do know is that there was an altercation with two men, and one was stabbed,” Miramar police spokeswoman Janice McIntosh said.

Officers indicated they knew the identity of the suspect, but have yet to release it to the public.

“The police know who they are looking for, but they are still asking the public, if they see or hear anything suspicious to report it immediately, because he is still at large,“ McIntosh said.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the Miramar Police Department or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

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The district announced the change after its four-year participation in the federal Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) came to an end. According to Miami-Dade County Public Schools, updated federal eligibility data determined the district no longer qualifies to provide free breakfast and lunch to every student districtwide.

“Our goal is to protect families from any hardship while keeping free breakfast and lunch available to as many students as possible,” Chief Operations Officer Luis E. Diaz said in a statement. “We’re launching a comprehensive outreach campaign to ensure families have clear, step-by-step guidance.”

Under the new meal program, all students attending the district’s 121 CEP schools will continue receiving free breakfast and lunch.

At schools that do not qualify under CEP, meal prices will be:

Elementary and K-8 schools:

• Free breakfast
• Lunch: $4.20 full price or 40 cents for students who qualify for reduced-price meals

Middle and high schools:

• Breakfast: $2.50 full price or 30 cents reduced price
• Lunch: $4.20 full price or 40 cents reduced price

Families with students attending non-CEP schools can begin applying for free or reduced-price meals on Aug. 10 through mdcpsnutrition.net.

Students who are directly certified through programs such as SNAP, TANF, Medicaid, foster care, Head Start, migrant services or homeless assistance will continue receiving free meals automatically without submitting an application.

The district said all students will receive free meals during the first 30 days of the school year, or until their eligibility status has been determined.

School officials are encouraging families to complete applications as early as possible to avoid any interruption in meal benefits.

M-DCPS said it will work directly with families to explain eligibility requirements, assist with the application process and ensure students continue to have access to nutritious meals that support their health and academic success.

CEP and Non-CEP Schools List: