A motor scooter rider struck the man first on Friday night on Southwest 56th Avenue, near 23rd Street, according to deputies.

The driver struck him at about 11 p.m. on Friday, but did not stop, according to deputies.

Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases who wants to remain anonymous to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

Rau Davis is charged with second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder in a shooting that left one man dead and another hospitalized.

Broward Sheriff’s deputies say that just before midnight Friday, Davis was gambling with several other men in a front yard on Northwest 7th Avenue when an argument broke out.

Deputies say Davis pulled out a gun and shot 46-year-old Robert Vaughn of Fort Lauderdale, killing him.

Another man was also shot and taken to the hospital.

One neighbor who was home at the time said he heard at least six gunshots.

“The paramedics were working on one there, one there,” the neighbor said. “And that one died on scene. That one they said headed to hospital.”

Blood was seen on the ground at the scene, where flowers were later placed to honor the man who was killed.

Davis was ordered held without bond on the murder charge.

For the attempted murder charge, a judge set bond at $500,000.

The bombers were redeployed back to their home bases in the United States, according to a Pentagon official who was not authorized to discuss sensitive military movements and spoke Sunday on condition of anonymity.

Aviation watchers such as the Military Air Tracking Alliance have observed dozens of B-52 and B-1 bombers operating out of RAF Fairford since the opening days of the Iran war. Observers noticed a host of B-1 bombers fly out of the base on Sunday.

The Rams (2-2) had struggled offensively all afternoon and a win seemed out of reach until late in the fourth quarter, when Eagles coach Nick Sirianni decided against kicking a chip-shot field goal that would have made it a three-score game and instead went for it on fourth down.

The Eagles (2-2) failed to convert, giving the Rams new life.

Stafford and the Rams were aided by an unnecessary roughness penalty that helped them cap a 98-yard drive on Williams’ 1-yard TD run with 3:59 left that made it 20-17.

The Eagles — who failed to convert a single third down on 12 tries — punted to set up Stafford for the winning drive. He connected with Puka Nacua three times and had a clutch 8-yard scramble on the 10-play, 79-yard march, and Williams finished it off when he broke a few tackles for a 7-yard touchdown with 1:10 remaining.

The Rams have seen their share of blown late leads of late under coach Sean McVay and Sirianni was 4-0 lifetime against his coaching counterpart.

Just don’t call this one an upset. Sportsbooks had installed the Rams as road favorites.

Jalen Hurts was sacked twice on Philadelphia’s final possession and had a desperation pass knocked down. He threw two touchdown passes to Darius Cooper in the first half but finished just 12 of 27 for 93 yards.

Stafford was 32 of 51 for 317 yards and two interceptions. His picks led to 10 Eagles points in the first half and Philadelphia led 20-10 at halftime.

The Eagles entered with a depleted roster that had them down six starters. That number increased to 10 as star running back Saquon Barkley was among the Eagles who got hurt as the team prepares for a trip to London next week.

Injuries

Rams WR Konata Mumpfield suffered a shoulder injury.

Barkley injured his right hamstring. Eagles cornerback Quinyon Mitchell suffered a knee injury and linebacker Jonathan Greenard left with an ankle injury. Tank Bigsby, who replaced Barkley, needed help off the field after a hard tackle late in the game.

Up next

The Rams host Buffalo on Monday, Oct. 12.

The Eagles play Jacksonville next Sunday in London.

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DeWanna Bonner added 23 points and helped fill the void when Allisha Gray went down with a left hand injury in the second quarter. Atlanta once again played stellar defense, scoring 32 points off 21 forced turnovers, including 16 in a dominant third quarter.

New York trimmed a 16-point deficit down to five in the closing minutes, but a clutch 3-pointer by Canada just before the shot clock buzzer followed by another transition layup off a stop stemmed the tide. Sabrina Ionescu led the Liberty with 27 points and Breanna Stewart added 19.

The Liberty led by three at the half before Atlanta outscored New York 32-15 in the third quarter. Reese and Canada had three steals apiece in the third, keying a 13-3 run to start the half which gave Atlanta a lead it never surrendered.

Game 2 of the series is Wednesday in Atlanta.

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El accidente ocurrió alrededor de la 1:40 a.m. del domingo en la cuadra 100 de North Federal Highway, según el Departamento de Policía de Hallandale Beach.

“El vehículo viajaba hacia el sur por North Federal Highway cuando atropelló a un peatón que cruzaba la vía fuera de un paso peatonal designado”, escribió Grace Mariot, portavoz del HBPD, en un comunicado.

La víctima murió en el hospital y los agentes de policía se reunieron con el conductor, quien estaba cooperando con la investigación en curso, según Mariot.

Residentes de 14040 de Biscayne Boulevard afirmaron haber oído hasta 10 disparos procedentes de un piso de la tercera planta.

“Una persona que presentaba heridas de bala llegó más tarde a un hospital local y, posteriormente, fue trasladada para recibir tratamiento adicional”, escribió en un comunicado el comandante Raymond Maycock, portavoz del Departamento de Policía de North Miami.

Los agentes de policía se incautaron de un arma que se encontró justo a las puertas del edificio de apartamentos.

“Los detectives están investigando activamente las circunstancias que rodean el incidente. La investigación sigue en curso”, escribió Maycock en un comunicado publicado el domingo por la tarde.

Los detectives pidieron a cualquier persona que tenga información sobre este u otros casos que llame a Crime Stoppers del condado Miami-Dade al 305-471-8477 para permanecer en el anonimato.

Esta es una noticia en desarrollo. La editora de asignaciones de Local 10 News, Mari Ortiz, contribuyó a este reporte.

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Residents at 14040 Biscayne Boulevard said they heard up to 10 gunshots from an apartment on the third floor.

“A person suffering from gunshot wounds later arrived at a local hospital and was subsequently transported for additional treatment,” Maj. Raymond Maycock, a spokesman for the North Miami Police Department, wrote in a statement.

Police officers seized a gun found just outside the apartment building.

“Detectives are actively investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident. The investigation remains ongoing,” Maycock wrote in a statement released on Sunday afternoon.

Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477 to remain anonymous.

This is a developing story. Local 10 News Assignment Editors Mari Ortiz and Sofia Mendez contributed to this report.

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The Israeli players also wore black armbands in memory of the people killed in the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Israel captain Dor Peretz had “7/10” written on his armband.

Ireland goalkeeper Caoimhín Kelleher stepped in as captain for Dara O’Shea – who was excused to be with his wife for the birth of their child – and he pointedly avoided shaking hands with Peretz, despite completing the usual pre-match formality with the referee and one of his assistants.

Kelleher repeated O’Shea’s actions before the first match in Debrecen, Hungary last week, when O'Shea declined to shake Israel captain Manor Solomon's hand. Ireland went on to win that game 3-0 through three first-half goals.

Solomon was dropped to the bench for Sunday's match in Backa Topola, Serbia. Israel forward Sayed Abu Farchi was back in the squad after serving a suspension for getting sent off following his goal celebration during Israel’s 3-1 defeat to Austria on Sept. 25.

Finn Azaz, whose mother has Israeli heritage, was among the Irish substitutes after playing from the start against Austria on Thursday.

Troy Parrott's penalty in the 39th minute, after a foul by Peretz on Jimmy Dunne, gave Ireland a 1-0 halftime lead. A disagreement broke out on the sideline as the players made their way off the field.

Sunday's game was initially supposed to be played in Dublin, but the Football Association of Ireland moved the game to a neutral venue for “operational reasons” in June following widespread calls for a boycott in protest of Israel’s actions in Gaza. The FAI said the game would be played with no fans present.

It followed the FAI’s own motion the previous November calling on UEFA to ban Israel from club and international competitions.

Pressure on players

All the Irish players had been under pressure from home, where affinity with Palestinians is strong, to boycott the second match against Israel, though they faced the greatest pressure before the first game.

"I felt that pressure growing day by day and it’s getting almost to a breaking limit now,” Ireland coach Heimir Hallgrimsson said at the time.

Ultimately only reserve goalkeeper Gavin Bazuno decided to skip both of the contentious games, saying in a statement that it was his “personal belief that the killing of innocent people is wrong.”

More than 160 Irish sportspeople had signed an open letter urging the FAI to reconsider its decision to go ahead with the two games.

Before the departure for Hungary, there were protesters outside the team hotel in Dublin calling on the players to boycott the matches. The SIPTU trade union displayed a huge poster in central Dublin beside the River Liffey asking the players to “Go with your conscience!” and “Don’t play with genocide” beside an image of a blood-splattered ball.

Former Ireland coach Brian Kerr said the FAI had “lost the respect of the Irish people” for going ahead with the games.

But the FAI resisted the calls, arguing the team could be hit with punishing sanctions by UEFA. Ireland is co-hosting the 2028 European Championship with England, Wales and Scotland.

Fraught buildup

Protesters threw tennis balls with Palestinian flags onto the field during Ireland’s 2-2 draw with Austria on Thursday, when a man with a Palestinian flag also later tried running onto the field.

On Saturday, an Israeli journalist stated during the pre-match press conference that the Irish players had called the Israeli players “monkeys” during last week’s game, leading to an immediate rebuke from Irish communications officer Kieran Crowley, who said it was “a lie” and ended the press conference.

The players had only decided to go ahead with the fixtures after a dramatic day in Debrecen before the first match, when both press conference and training were delayed for hours while they deliberated. They reportedly voted 14-8 in favor of continuing after Bazunu’s withdrawal that morning.

Ireland’s national broadcaster RTÉ was only providing stripped-back coverage of both games vs. Israel to meet contractual obligations. There was no studio presentation, commentary on the international feed, or analysis. RTÉ said it was not accepting advertising or sponsorship around either game.

RTÉ also announced recently that Ireland will boycott the Eurovision Song Contest for a second year over Israel’s participation.

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Jackson took a sack in the final seconds of the first half. Baltimore kicked a felt goal on the next play, and when the third quarter begin, Tyler Huntley replaced Jackson at quarterback. Jackson was standing on the sideline but didn't have his helmet on.

The two-time MVP was announced as questionable to return, with the Ravens ahead 24-7.

Jackson went 15 of 20 for 222 yards and two touchdowns in the first half.

Jackson's health has been a constant concern for the Ravens through his spectacular career. Last season he missed four games, and even when he did play, his injuries seemed to hurt his mobility. He's been healthy and sharp this season, but now he's had to miss time in a game.

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Phone Chomsavanh was among five immigrants deported to Eswatini — where he has no ties — in July 2025 in the early days of the Trump administration's secretive and highly contentious third-country deportation program.

Chomsavanh's U.S.-based lawyer, Tin Thanh Nguyen, said in a statement announcing his release that he had only been informed that he was being deported to Eswatini shortly before a military cargo plane carrying him and other deportees landed there more than 14 months ago.

Chomsavanh was now being deported to Laos, Nguyen said.

Chomsavanh and the four other immigrants he was deported to Eswatini with were convicted of serious crimes in the U.S., but had served their sentences by the time they were sent to the Matsapha Correctional Complex near Eswatini's administrative capital, Mbabane.

“He had already served his time. Instead they put him on a plane without telling him where it was headed and left him in a prison in a country he had never heard of, where nobody ever accused him of anything," Nguyen said. “He sat there for more than a year. No notice, no hearing, no chance to object. That is not due process by any definition.”

He said in separate messages to The Associated Press that Chomsavanh had left Eswatini and landed in Johannesburg en route to Laos.

An Eswatini government spokesperson didn’t immediately acknowledge Chomsavanh’s release.

Chomsavanh was born in a refugee camp in Thailand after his parents fled Laos, and his family moved to the United States when he was 7, his lawyer said.

Chomsavanh is one of around 500 immigrants who have been deported from the United States to African countries that aren't their home nations since the third-country program began last year, according to advocacy groups Human Rights First and Refugees International, which have been monitoring the deportations.

Around a dozen African countries have accepted third-country deportees from the U.S., some in exchange for millions of dollars in payments. Eswatini, which is Africa's last absolute monarchy and is ruled by a king, was paid $5.1 million by the Trump administration to take deportees, according to the agreement between the countries. Eswatini has received around 30 deportees so far.

The program, which results in immigrants being held in countries they have no ties to and where they haven't been charged with any crime, has been fiercely criticized by rights groups and lawyers. It has been the subject of legal challenges in the U.S. and in some of the countries where immigrants have been sent.

The Trump administration has defended the policy as a way to quickly remove immigrants who have final deportation orders from the U.S. when their home countries might not immediately take them back.

Last month, a U.S. appeals court upheld a judge's ruling to halt the program, because it didn’t give immigrants facing removal from the U.S. time to challenge their deportation to a third country if they fear persecution or torture there.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week to temporarily allow U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to continue swiftly removing immigrants to third countries, though it will hear arguments in the case in December.

The program has largely been carried out in secrecy, with little transparency over how many immigrants have been deported to third countries, and where and in what conditions they are being held.

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“Katrinians,” the 37-year-old Jordan said after a recent practice. “That’s what we called them."

Five years later, Jordan arrived in New Orleans as a 2011 first-round draft choice and participated in community service projects at properties still scarred by storm damage.

“I think about the city I came to,” Jordan said, “and how much we’ve grown since then.”

The Saints (1-2) had an extra day this past week to prepare for Monday night's game against the Atlanta Falcons (1-2). They used it to educate players — many of whom were toddlers in 2006 — about the Saints' Week 3 Monday night game against the Falcons 20 years ago.

The “Domecoming,” as it's known in New Orleans, is best remembered for Steve Gleason's block of the game's first punt. Curtis Deloatch recovered the ball in the end zone and reverse-dunked it over the goal post (which was permitted back then) as the crowd unleashed an explosive, cathartic roar — a moment Gleason would say felt like “infinite joy.”

The stadium, used as a shelter of last resort, was damaged by Katrina, contaminated by mold and left in foul-smelling squalor after thousands of evacuees were stuck there — surrounded by flooded streets — for days without power or plumbing. It was closed for 13 months and underwent extensive, fast-tracked repairs before it could welcome back fans, many of whom were still rebuilding their own homes.

Saints coach Kellen Moore gathered the team for a team-produced video about Katrina and the dome's reopening, hoping it would help players appreciate the “unique connection between our city and our football team."

"It’s very much one, very much tied together,” Moore said.

“You see the different videos and recognize streets that we all drive on nowadays and those different things," Moore continued. "They recognize and realize the impact that it had.”

Quarterback Tyler Shough said he teared up while seeing the images of devastation and listening to longtime team employees and former Saints players discuss their memories of Katrina's aftermath.

“It was emotional,” Shough said. “You really feel just how important the Saints are and how important our work is."

Gleason, who has been living ALS for more than a decade, is set to be an honored guest Monday night. So is Hall of Fame quarterback Drew Brees, who'd been acquired by the Saints as an injured free agent less than a year after the storm and was playing his first home game in New Orleans on that Monday night 20 years ago, leading the Saints to a 23-3 triumph.

Gleason's block is immortalized in a bronze statue named “Rebirth” on an exterior Superdome plaza. There also is a larger-than-life poster of Gleason's block on a wall inside the Saints' indoor practice field.

Longtime fans joke that the play might have set a record for simultaneously spilled beverages as fans jumped from their seats, yelled with everything they had, danced, hugged and even cried as the spray of whatever they were drinking rained down on them.

Then-"Monday Night Football" play-by-play announcer Mike Tirico says he's never experienced anything like it.

“It wasn’t just: ’Hey, our team is playing,'” Tirico said in a video posted on the Saints’ website.

Tirico recalled rehearsing how he would call the Saints' first touchdown, intent on exclaiming, “Touchdown, New Orleans,” to emphasize what it would mean to the city.

He did so as Deloatch recovered the blocked punt in the end zone, and then stopped talking while holding up his hands to fellow members of the broadcast team, urging everyone to remain silent and let the sights and sounds of celebrating fans speak for themselves.

“There was nothing any human alive could say that could be better,” Tirico said.

Saints safety Justin Reid was 8 years old and living near Baton Rouge when Katrina hit on Aug. 29, 2005.

While his community did not flood, power was out for about two weeks and evidence of wind damage was everywhere. He took cold showers by candlelight and recalls his father driving around their neighborhood with a trailer, helping neighbors pick up storm debris.

Later, his father took the family to witness storm damage in New Orleans. Reid remembers seeing waterlines left behind on homes after flooding — caused by multiple levee breaks — had receded.

About 80% of New Orleans experienced some flooding. In some neighborhoods, the water level climbed above front doors. Some homes closest to levee breaks had been swept off their foundations and torn apart. Estimates of storm-related deaths range from about 1,400 to 1,800.

For Reid (who does not recall watching the 2006 game live), the Saints' triumph over the Falcons on that Monday night was “poetic,” as was the NFL's decision to schedule another Monday night game with Atlanta at the Superdome within days of its 20th anniversary.

“I grew up in Louisiana, so I know how much football at all levels means to the state,” Reid said. “Football is something that people spend their whole week looking forward to. It’s a beacon of hope for the city. It’s something that brings people together. It’s something that transcends socioeconomic status. It transcends race. And it’s a big deal in the City of New Orleans.”

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Minkah Fitzpatrick stepped in front of Colston Loveland and picked off a Tyson Bagent pass in the second quarter of Sunday's game at the Chicago Bears. It was Fitzpatrick's first game since he left New York's opener with a groin injury.

It looked as if the drought was over when defensive lineman T'Vondre Sweat intercepted Bagent with about 4 1/2 minutes left in the first quarter. But Jets cornerback Azareye’h Thomas was flagged for illegal use of hands.

Fitzpatrick's play was the first interception for New York in 643 pass attempts. The Jets went 83 regulation quarters — not including their overtime loss to Green Bay in Week 2 — between interceptions.

The Jets were the first team in NFL history to go an entire season without getting an interception since the league began charting the statistic in 1933. They had three in the preseason — one each by Andre Cisco, Samuel Womack and Marcelino McCrary-Ball — but those don’t count in official records.

Before the regular-season opener at Tennessee last month, coach Aaron Glenn — who had 41 career interceptions in 15 NFL seasons — was asked if he’d be relieved when the Jets finally got one to end the drought.

“I think it would be a relief to hear you guys stop talking about it, first and foremost,” Glenn said with a laugh. “But, listen, I really don’t talk to our guys about it too much, you know. The thing that we talk about more is just making sure that we go after the ball, making sure that we punch the ball out, making sure that we emphasis that takeaways are a huge part when it comes to winning and losing in this league.”

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“Just exhaustion,” she said. “I ate and drank right after and felt better.”

The 46-year-old Nakase said she was examined by a doctor during Saturday's off day ahead of the series opener Sunday and insists she will be “proactive” with both her health and mental health. The players encouraged her to take time for recovery, something she constantly stresses to them.

“I'm good. I had a little exhaustion obviously,” she said. “I think I talked to you guys about what I have to learn from my father. He was an extremely hard-working man. I followed in his footsteps and I thrive in that. But he told me, ‘Natalie,’ this was about 10 years ago when I never knew what I was going to do with my career and he just said, ‘do not let your career ever get involved if your mental health or your health gets complicated.’ So, when that happened, it definitely was like a wake-up call for me but I got checked through the doctors. Obviously everything looks good.”

She plans to something her dad didn't and “be proactive,” such as considering wearing a heart monitor and taking other steps to deal with her extreme work ethic. She already wears a tracking ring to monitor some health statistics.

“Information for me is really important,” she said. “I just want to be proactive, be smart. I understand this job for me I love it, sometimes I love it too much to a point I overwork. I just want to make sure I'm being smart.”

That might mean “no extra, extra, extra film” and sticking to the timeline on a given day.

“It's taking the time and organizing my mornings,” she said with changing game times and schedules. “... Everything's a little bit different with my routine.”

Nakase didn't address the team after the 77-73 win Friday night against the Dallas Wings at Chase Center, when her team rallied from a 16-point deficit.

With 1:40 remaining in the game, she was on the sideline near the Valkyries' bench and lowered to the floor with her head and hands on the court. Nakase was helped up by athletic trainer Katelin Knox. The coach finished the game but exited the floor immediately following the final buzzer escorted by a member of her staff as her team celebrated at midcourt.

The best-of-five matchup with the defending WNBA champion Aces features Nakase coaching against Becky Hammon, who had Nakase on her staff as an assistant coach from 2022-24 — when the team won consecutive titles in 2022 and '23.

Hammon called Nakase a “little mighty mouse work horse, there's no doubt about that.”

“The stress this time of year is real, the pressure, you don't get a lot of sleep, you're not eating as well as your probably should, there's a lot of factors that go into that,” Hammon said. “It was kind of scary actually to watch. That little sucker popped right back up though, popped right back up onto that marker and kept it pushing. She's tough.”

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Se ha divulgado muy poca información sobre el estado de Pike desde el intento de ejecución del miércoles por la noche. Desde entonces, ha permanecido hospitalizada bajo custodia mientras los médicos intentan eliminar de su organismo la enorme dosis del barbitúrico pentobarbital.

Al ser consultado sobre si alguna vez recuperó la conciencia después del intento de ejecución, Stephen Ferrell, defensor federal adjunto y abogado de Pike, declaró en “State of the Union” de CNN: “No que yo sepa”.

Las decisiones médicas de Pike las está tomando otra persona

Pike, que ahora tiene 50 años, tenía 18 cuando ella y su novio torturaron y mataron a una compañera de clase, Colleen Slemmer, en un arrebato de celos en 1995. Se convirtió en una de las mujeres más jóvenes enviadas al corredor de la muerte.

Funcionarios penitenciarios de Tennessee le administraron a Pike dos dosis del fármaco el miércoles por la noche. El pentobarbital no la mató, pero sus brazos quedaron quemados y con ampollas por los fármacos cáusticos, según los abogados.

Pike otorgó a alguien un poder notarial para decisiones médicas y esa persona está protegiendo su privacidad, indicó Ferrell.

“No estoy seguro de qué tanto le han dicho a esa persona”, manifestó Ferrell.

Los abogados de Pike no han identificado quién está tomando las decisiones médicas de Pike. Indicaron que quizá no sepan durante varios días más si puede recuperarse o no.

“No lo sabemos ahora mismo, y quizá nunca sepamos qué tipo de tortura soportó durante ese proceso, si estuvo consciente, qué dolor físico hubo, qué tortura mental atravesó”, expresó Ferrell.

Una portavoz del equipo de defensa de Pike declaró en un comunicado a primera hora del domingo que “agradecemos todo respeto por la legítima privacidad de Christa”.

Tennessee necesita ser más transparente sobre las ejecuciones, dice abogado

La ejecución de Pike se retrasó más de ocho horas el miércoles mientras la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos consideraba y, finalmente, revocaba un fallo de un tribunal federal de apelaciones que ordenaba detener su inyección letal para que los jueces revisaran a fondo si el jurado que la condenó a muerte debió haber considerado el abuso sexual que ella dijo haber sufrido de niña.

Sus abogados pidieron a un tribunal el viernes que ordenara a los funcionarios penitenciarios de Tennessee preservar cualquier registro escrito, comunicación, imagen o video de la ejecución.

Tennessee, como muchos otros estados con pena capital, mantiene en secreto muchos detalles sobre las ejecuciones, incluyendo sobre cómo se fabrican u obtienen los fármacos o cualquier prueba realizada sobre su calidad.

“El estado de Tennessee tiene que empezar a decirle a su gente exactamente qué está haciendo para que, en el proceso democrático, el pueblo de Tennessee pueda decidir si eso es lo que quiere que se haga en su nombre”, dijo Ferrell a CNN.

Tennessee ya ha tenido dificultades con ejecuciones antes

Fue la segunda vez este año que Tennessee no ha podido ejecutar a un preso. En mayo, Tennessee detuvo la ejecución de Tony Carruthers después de que el personal colocó una vía intravenosa en su brazo derecho, pero no pudo conseguir una segunda línea intravenosa.

El comisionado del Departamento de Corrección de Tennessee, Frank Strada, anunció su renuncia el sábado.

El gobernador Bill Lee ordenó una investigación independiente del sistema de pena capital del estado, a cargo del exfiscal federal Ed Stanton. También revisó los procedimientos de ejecución después de que Lee cancelara otra ejecución en 2022 y determinara que el estado no cumplía con su propio proceso de inyección letal.

Los funcionarios penitenciarios y la oficina del fiscal general de Tennessee han dicho poco desde que Pike fue trasladada al hospital.

Incertidumbre sobre el futuro del caso de Pike

Si Pike se recupera, no está claro qué ocurrirá con su caso. Los abogados de Pike han pedido al gobernador que conmute la pena de muerte por una cadena perpetua.

Pike no negó que mató a Colleen Slemmer, de 19 años, en 1995. Ambas eran compañeras de clase en Knoxville Job Corps.

Los fiscales dijeron que Pike temía que Slemmer fuera una rival romántica y la atrajo a una zona apartada, donde ella y su novio atacaron a Slemmer con un cúter y la golpearon con un gran trozo de asfalto. El caso atrajo amplia atención por la brutalidad del asesinato, las edades de las personas involucradas y porque se talló un símbolo satánico en el cuerpo de la víctima.

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Coach Dan Quinn told NFL Network at halftime at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium that Mariota wouldn’t return and that “we’re gutted for him.”

Washington was already without starter Jayden Daniels, who had been ruled out Friday because of an elbow injury, so third-stringer Athan Kaliakmanis was called into action.

With the Commanders ahead 3-0, Mariota was sacked at the Indy 11 by Adetomiwa Adebawore and Laiatu Latu on third down. Mariota walked gingerly to the sideline, and Drew Stevens kicked a field goal for a 6-0 lead.

That drive started with a Mariota keeper around the left end that went for 35 yards.

Kaliakmanis completed six of 12 passes for 33 yards by halftime. Indy led 10-6 at the break.

Quinn said the team has “a lot of confidence” in Kaliakmanis.

The Commanders selected Kaliakmanis out of Rutgers in the seventh round of the 2026 NFL draft.

The team’s website notes that Kaliakmanis is a proud Greek-American: “Kaliakmanis’ family is Greek, and he wears his heritage with pride. He has a tattoo sleeve on his left arm with the word οικογένεια, which means family, and another icon representing Saint Athanasius of Alexandria, whom (he) is named after.”

Among Kaliakmanis’ nicknames: “The Greek Rifle.”

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The so-called OPEC+ subgroup — Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman — will meet again on Nov. 1 to review conditions in the oil market.

The fighting with Iran, which began with U.S. and Israeli attacks on Feb. 28, has disrupted global oil supplies and driven prices higher.

The Group of Seven wealthy democracies said Friday that they plan to release 100 million barrels of oil and fuel products in the coming weeks, starting with “substantial” amounts of diesel. Diesel prices recently hit record highs in the United States, squeezing farmers, truckers and consumers who depend on the fuel.

The G7 promised a “frontloaded substantial release” of diesel within the next 20 days and the rest over four months.

La Administración Federal de Aviación se comunicó con la Guardia Costera a las 2 de la mañana del sábado para informar que había perdido contacto con la avioneta Gulfstream G100, que iba de Bermudas a Boston con cuatro canadienses y dos ciudadanos bermudeños.

Más tarde el sábado, los equipos de búsqueda encontraron un “campo de escombros” frente a la costa de Nantucket, indicó el contralmirante Matt Lake, del Distrito Noreste de la Guardia Costera, en una conferencia de prensa el domingo.

Tripulaciones de la Guardia Costera, junto con el Ala de Rescate Aéreo de la Guardia Nacional de Nueva York y autoridades de Massachusetts, han registrado desde entonces un área de 7.356 kilómetros cuadrados (2,840 millas cuadradas) utilizando avionetas, helicópteros, embarcaciones y guardacostas.

“Esta es un área de búsqueda grande y difícil”, declaró Lake.

La profundidad del agua alrededor del campo de escombros era de aproximadamente 24 a 27 metros (80 a 90 pies). La Guardia Costera estaba en proceso de desplegar sonar para buscar en el lecho marino, explicó.

La Guardia Costera ha estado actualizando a los familiares de los ocupantes de la avioneta, señaló Lake.

El clima no ha sido un factor en los esfuerzos de búsqueda, afirmó el capitán de la Guardia Costera John McTamney, jefe de respuesta del distrito noreste.

“Seguiremos buscando y cubriendo el área hasta estar seguros de que, si quedara algún sobreviviente en la superficie del agua, lo habríamos encontrado”, declaró McTamney.

La avioneta, registrada en Canadá, llevaba cuatro miembros de la tripulación y dos pasajeros cuando despegó del Aeropuerto Internacional L.F. Wade de Bermudas para el vuelo nocturno hacia Massachusetts, según un comunicado del operador del aeropuerto de Bermudas, Skyport.

El audio del tráfico aéreo indica que la aeronave pudo haber estado “llegando a ciegas” cuando una tormenta se cernía más adelante poco antes de desaparecer.

El piloto reportó problemas eléctricos y declaró una emergencia mientras el jet se acercaba a la costa, de acuerdo con el audio del control de tráfico aéreo publicado por LiveATC.net. En la grabación se escucha a un controlador preguntarle al piloto: “Entendido, usted dijo que viene a ciegas. ¿Eso fue lo que dijo?”.

La avioneta pudo haber perdido sus instrumentos de navegación justo cuando una tormenta cruzaba su trayectoria en el radar, explicó Mary Schiavo, exinspectora general del Departamento de Transporte.

La nave también descendió bruscamente de 7.315 a 3.048 metros (24.000 a 10.000 pies), según datos preliminares del sitio de seguimiento de vuelos FlightRadar24.

“Algo malo ocurrió con esta gran caída, y volaron hacia esta gran tormenta. Es un lugar terrible para perder los instrumentos y estar volando a ciegas”, indicó Schiavo, abogada de aviación. “Es muy fácil desorientarse y no saber si estás girando, ascendiendo, descendiendo, etcétera”.

Transport Canada estaba monitoreando la situación y trabajando con las autoridades en los esfuerzos de búsqueda y rescate, indicó en X el ministro de Transporte del país, Steven MacKinnon.

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The man was in the area of Southwest 216 Street and 189 Avenue, according to Deputy Angel Rodriguez, a MDSO spokesman.

“Upon approaching, he determined the adult male had sustained gunshot wounds,” Rodriguez wrote in a statement.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel pronounced the man dead. Homicide detectives were investigating the case.

Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477 to remain anonymous.

Location

El hombre se encontraba en el área de Southwest 216 Street y 189 Avenue, según el agente Angel Rodriguez, portavoz de MDSO.

“Al acercarse, determinó que el hombre adulto había sufrido heridas de bala”, escribió Rodriguez en un comunicado.

Personal de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue declaró muerto al hombre. Detectives de homicidios investigaban el caso.

Los detectives pidieron a cualquier persona con información sobre este u otros casos que llame a Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers al 305-471-8477 para permanecer en el anonimato.

Barkley was hurt on a 6-yard run in the first quarter and hobbled over to the Eagles sideline. Barkley grabbed his right hamstring, as trainers walked with him to the blue tent.

Barkley walked to the locker room after he was checked out. The Eagles ruled him out late in the second quarter and holding a 13-3 lead over the Rams.

Barkley had 174 yards rushing over the first three games.

Barkley's absence was another setback to an Eagles team that played Sunday without six starters.

Offensive lineman Lane Johnson was a late scratch for personal reasons. The Eagles already had ruled out wide receiver DeVonta Smith with a hamstring injury and linebacker Zack Baun, who has a concussion and also missed practice this week.

Tight end Dallas Goedert, left guard Landon Dickerson and safety Marcus Epps also sat out with injuries.

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Officers responded to Leon Day Park at 6:15 p.m. Saturday, where the girl and a woman were found with gunshot wounds. Two men also walked into area hospitals seeking treatment, Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said at a news conference.

The girl was pronounced dead at a hospital. The three adults suffered injuries that weren’t life-threatening, Worley said.

Two men involved in an argument believed to be over a parking spot began shooting at each other, and the girl and the woman were struck by bullets, Worley said. He said police were seeking “at least” two suspects.

Worley said the girl wasn’t a direct target of the shooting.

“What we know is there was some type of argument between two cowards,” Worley said. “They both opened fire on each other. In the crossfire, a 12-year-old little girl, who was probably down there watching football, was shot and killed.”

Police were still processing the scene in the expansive park, and Worley said it wasn’t immediately known how many shots were fired. He urged anyone who witnessed the shooting to contact police.

“Two grown men got into an argument, and now a 12-year-old is gone,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said at the news conference. “We never should have to say something like that. What happened out here today is one of the most disgusting things I’ve ever seen in my life.”

The party said in a statement that the detentions happened as the rally was ending, and that its Moscow branch was working to get those who were detained – mostly young people – released.

The rally marked the anniversary of the Kremlin’s 1993 crushing of a parliamentary uprising.

The Telegram news channel Ostorozhno Novosti said protesters chanted slogans including “Freedom for political prisoners,” “For fair elections,” and “Down with the Tsar.”

The rally came as public frustration has been simmering in Russia during the intensifying Ukrainian drone attacks deep inside the country. The strikes have hit oil refineries and warehouses, caused fuel shortages and disrupted daily life, including in Moscow.

The October 1993 violence capped a long standoff between President Boris Yeltsin and hard-line lawmakers who opposed his painful free-market reforms. After Yeltsin ordered parliament disbanded and demonstrators supporting the lawmakers tried to seize the state TV broadcasting center, he sent in the military, which used tanks to shell the parliament building. Authorities said 123 people were killed, while unofficial estimates put the toll in the hundreds.

The Communist Party has been a leading force in parliament since the 1990s, led for more than three decades by 82-year-old Gennady Zyuganov, a former Soviet official.

Throughout Putin’s rule of over a quarter-century, the Communists have criticized some aspects of government policy but carefully avoided any criticism of him. They steadfastly support the war in Ukraine.

Jonathan Taylor's secret is out.

The Colts running back rushed for two touchdowns, quarterback Daniel Jones also ran one in and Indianapolis beat Washington 30-13 after the Commanders lost yet another quarterback to injury on Sunday.

Taylor said he enjoyed some tea at dinner on the eve of the game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

And then he mimicked the same after one of his 5-yard touchdown runs to help the Colts (2-2) win their second straight game.

“I had to show the world, hey, I had a really good tea,” Taylor said.

Marcus Mariota, who was starting in place of the injured Jayden Daniels, left the game after Washington’s second drive because of a knee injury. The veteran quarterback was sacked and didn’t return for the Commanders (1-3).

Coach Dan Quinn said it looks like an MCL injury and it's unknown how long he'll be out.

Third-string rookie quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis threw his first NFL touchdown pass to cut Indy's lead to 17-13 in the third quarter, but the Colts answered with Spencer Shrader's 52-yard field goal and Jones' 4-yard run early in the fourth quarter.

Taylor rushed for 95 yards on 20 carries as the Colts overcame two turnovers from Jones, who completed 19 of 34 passes for 143 yards with an interception and a fumble.

“Can’t afford to turn the ball over like that,” Jones said. “Got to understand when to take a chance, when not to, when to protect the ball, when you have a chance to make a play.”

Kaliakmanis threw a costly interception early in the third quarter and the Colts quickly capitalized. Linebacker Jaylon Carlies picked off Kaliakmanis' pass at the Washington 27 and returned it to the 20. Taylor’s second 5-yard run of the game made it 17-6.

Kaliakmanis bounced back on the next drive, though, hitting Treylon Burks on a 47-yard touchdown pass that closed the gap to 17-13. Burks got past cornerback Sauce Gardner and found space before hauling in the deep ball.

“It was surreal, man, it was absolutely surreal,” Kaliakmanis said, “but I've got to be honest, right now I'm just thinking about the loss. It's not about me. It's about this team.”

Shrader later added a 44-yard field goal — his third of the game — to extend Indy's lead to 30-13.

Kaliakmanis completed 15 of 33 passes for 186 yards with one touchdown and the interception.

The Colts led 10-6 at halftime after Taylor's first 5-yard touchdown run and then Shrader’s 48-yard field goal.

The Commanders failed to capitalize on two red zone opportunities in the first quarter, settling for field goals.

Odafe Oweh drove Colts left tackle Bernhard Raimann backward into Jones causing the quarterback to fumble on Indy's first drive. Oweh then recovered it at the 21. The Commanders had fourth-and-2 from the 13 but opted for Drew Stevens' 31-yarder.

Washington then stalled at the Colts 5 on their next drive. On third down, Mariota was sacked at the 11 by Adetomiwa Adebawore and Laiatu Latu. Mariota walked off gingerly to the sideline, and another Stevens field goal made it 6-0, but the quarterback didn't return.

Attendance was 60,907 for the 13th NFL game played at Tottenham. The league had recently reduced remaining ticket prices to 79 pounds ($105) including for some high-end seats. Attendance has never been below 60,000 in previous games. The venue opened in 2019 and features an NFL field below the Premier League team’s moveable soccer pitch. It was 70 degrees Fahrenheit at kickoff.

Global success

Taylor's big day made him the all-time leading rusher in NFL international games, the Colts said. Taylor had rushed for 244 yards and three touchdowns last season in Indy's 31-25 overtime victory over the Atlanta Falcons in Berlin.

“I hope that I can continue to stack that, now that I’m apparently the leader,” Taylor said.

Injuries

Colts: LT Bernhard Raimann was hurt early in the third quarter but returned.... WR Ashton Dulin and DE Arden Key both sustained hamstring injuries.

Commanders: In addition to Mariota, WR Jaylin Lane had a “serious ankle injury,” Quinn said. DE Charles Omenihu had a groin problem... S Tyler Owens left late with a hamstring injury.

Up next

Colts: at Pittsburgh next Sunday.

Commanders: host New York Giants next Sunday.

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No. 1 in North American theaters instead went to Amazon MGM’s “Verity,” extending the streak for Colleen Hoover adaptations at the box office. It debuted with $32.6 million. The film, directed by Michael Showalter, stars Dakota Johnson as a writer hired to ghostwrite a book series by an incapacitated author (Anne Hathaway).

But all eyes were on how “Digger,” one of the year’s biggest gambles, would perform. Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s critically panned satire grossed a paltry $8 million domestically. Cruise is typically a big draw overseas, but international sales, $12 million from 74 markets, were also weak.

After reviews so bad that Warner Bros. opted to run “decide for yourself” ads, estimates for “Digger” had been revised down over the past week.

It’s a painfully rough start for a movie that cost at least $125 million to make. Reports have pegged the production budget closer to $150 million. The marketing spend is estimated at another $100 million.

“Digger” had been positioned as a potential awards-season heavyweight, dated almost exactly the same as Warner Bros.’ “One Battle After Another” was last year. “Digger” is a similarly politically charged release that handed a large budget to a top filmmaker working from an original story.

But this big swing by Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group co-chairs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy won’t pay off as well as “One Battle After Another.” It grossed $213.2 million worldwide and, more importantly, won best picture at the Academy Awards.

‘Digger’ flops at a moment of Hollywood transformation

The disappointing opening comes just as Paramount Skydance is closing its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. After U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín on Wednesday approved the $110 billion deal, Paramount said it would close the merger on Tuesday.

In a flush year for Hollywood, Warner Bros. has failed to get one film to $100 million domestically, though its December release, “Dune: Part III,” will easily cross that. De Luca and Abdy are expected to depart Warner Bros. this week. Mass layoffs are anticipated to follow.

“‘Digger’ collapsed this weekend and the new management of the combined Paramount and Warner Bros., David Ellison and Josh Greenstein and Dana Goldberg, will soon decide what kind of movies they want from WB,” wrote David A. Gross, a film consultant who publishes a newsletter on box office figures. “Paramount does not have a recent history of making big, auteur-driven films like this — that strategy appears to be over and out.”

Critics (51% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) slammed “Digger” as a strained climate change farce, though Cruise’s over-the-top performance was received more warmly. Audiences agreed, giving it a “C+” CinemaScore.

Cruise has spent most of the last decade starring in “Mission: Impossible” movies and “Top Gun: Maverick,” both franchises that have allowed him to remain a top action hero into his 60s. The 64-year-old’s last major box-office disappointment was 2017’s “The Mummy,” which grossed $409.2 million worldwide on a $195 million budget.

To help sell “Digger,” Cruise pulled out all the stops. He even granted his first lengthy magazine interview in years.

‘Avengers: Endgame’ retakes all-time crown

Last weekend’s top film, “Avengers Endgame: Encore,” slid to seventh place with $4.4 million domestically and $14.4 million overseas. But the Marvel re-release’s second week allowed “Endgame” to just nudge ahead of “Avatar” to reclaim the title of highest grossing film ever, not accounting for inflation. The two films have traded spots in recent years with re-releases. “Endgame” now tallies $2.9255 billion, while “Avatar” has $2.9237 billion.

The rest of the top-sellers in cinemas over the weekend were holdovers: Zach Cregger’s video game adaptation “Resident Evil” for Sony Pictures; Lance Oppenheim’s A24 drama “Primetime,” with Robert Pattinson as “To Catch a Predator” host Chris Hansen; and Paramount’s “Heart of the Beast,” starring Brad Pitt as a retired veteran who treks through the Alaskan wilderness with his combat dog after a plane crash.

In its third week, “Resident Evil” came in second with $12.5 million. “Heart of the Beast” followed with $11 million. And “Primetime” collected $8 million in its second weekend.

Top 10 movies by domestic box office

With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak:

1. “Verity,” $32.6 million.

2. “Resident Evil,” $12.5 million.

3. “Heart of the Beast,” $11 million.

4. “Primetime,” $8 million.

5. “Digger,” $8 million.

6. “Forgotten Island,” $7.2 million.

7. “Avengers: Endgame: Encore,” $4.4 million.

8. “Drishyam: The Conclusion,” $2.7 million.

9. “Practical Magic 2,” $2.7 million.

10. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” $2.5 million.

The crash was at about 1:40 a.m. on Sunday at the 100 block of North Federal Highway, according to the Hallandale Beach Police Department.

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“The vehicle was traveling southbound on North Federal Highway when it struck a pedestrian who was crossing the roadway outside of a designated crosswalk,” Grace Mariot, a HBPD spokeswoman, wrote in a statement.

The victim died at the hospital, and police officers met the driver, who was cooperating with the ongoing investigation, according to Mariot.

The Federal Aviation Administration contacted the Coast Guard at 2 a.m. Saturday that it had lost contact with the Gulfstream G100 carrying four Canadians and two Bermudian nationals over the Atlantic Ocean. Searchers later Saturday found a “debris field” off the coast of Nantucket, Coast Guard Northeast District Rear Adm. Matt Lake said at a news conference Sunday.

Coast Guard crews along with the New York National Guard’s Air Rescue Wing and Massachusetts authorities have since searched an area encompassing 2,840 square miles (7,356 square kilometers) using fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, boats and cutters.

“This is a large and demanding search area,” Lake said.

The depth of the water around the debris field was 80 to 90 feet (about 24 to 27 meters). The Coast Guard was in the process of deploying sonar to search the seabed floor, he said.

The Coast Guard has been updating the next of kin of those aboard the Canadian-registered air ambulance jet with the progress of the search, Lake said.

Weather has not been a factor in the search efforts, said Coast Guard Capt. John McTamney, chief of response for the northeast district.

“We’ll continue to search and saturate the area until we’re at the point where we are confident that if there were any survivors remaining on the surface of the water, we would have found them,” McTamney said.

The plane had four crew members and two passengers aboard when it departed Bermuda’s L.F. Wade International Airport for the nighttime flight to Massachusetts, according to a statement from the Bermuda airport’s operator, Skyport.

Air traffic audio indicates that the plane may have been “coming in blind” when a storm loomed ahead shortly before it vanished.

The pilot reported electrical problems and declared an emergency as the jet approached the coast, according to air traffic control audio posted by LiveATC.net. “Roger, you said you’re coming in blind. Is that what you said?” a controller can be heard asking the pilot.

That makes Mary Schiavo, who is a former Inspector General of the Transportation Department, think the plane may have lost its navigational instruments just as a storm moved across its path on radar. The plane also descended sharply from its cruising altitude of around 24,000 feet to around 10,000 feet, according to preliminary data from flight tracking site FlightRadar24.

“Something bad happened with this big drop, and they flew into this big storm. It’s a terrible place to have a loss of your instruments and be flying blind,” said Schiavo, who is an aviation attorney. “It’s very easy to get disoriented and not know if you’re turning, climbing, descending, etc.”

Transport Canada was closely monitoring and working with authorities on search and rescue efforts, the country’s Minister of Transport Steven MacKinnon said on the social platform X.

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AP Transportation Writer Josh Funk and Associated Press reporter Laura Turbay in Little Rock, Arkansas, a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative, contributed to this report. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

The Gators fell in the rankings after losing in a rout to Missouri. The Tigers climbed 11 spots to No. 14 and jumped over the Gators in the process. Florida dropped eight spots to No. 16.

Florida’s fall made room for a light shuffle in the top 10: No. 6 Alabama and No. 7 Indiana traded rankings, BYU moved up two rungs to No. 8, Mississippi remained No. 9 and LSU climbed one spot to No. 10.

Texas goes into this coming Saturday’s Red River Rivalry game against Oklahoma as the No. 1 team for the fourth straight week. The rest of the top five stood pat, with Georgia remaining No. 2, followed by Notre Dame, Miami and Ohio State.

Pittsburgh, meanwhile, made its season debut in the poll at No. 25.

Here's the latest in the AP Top 25:

Poll is poised for a shakeup next week

By MAURA CAREY

No. 2 Georgia at No. 6 Alabama headlines next week’s slate of games for the AP Top 25.

Not only does it mean a shakeup is in store for the top 10, but it’s a matchup that always seems to matter come playoff time. Last year, Alabama snapped Georgia’s 33-game home win streak before Georgia bounced back with a 28-7 SEC Championship victory over the Crimson Tide.

Both teams have plenty at stake as they look to build the strongest résumés possible for the College Football Playoff committee. And with both teams sitting in the top six, there’s a lot on the line in the rankings as well.

Ask a voter: What stood out to you the most when assessing ranked teams this week?

By MATT MCGAVIC

There were a few ranked teams that I actually docked a spot or two because of their performances.

I bumped BYU down to No. 12 because of their less-than-impressive win over TCU. Same with USC to No. 22 for their game against Washington. SMU I took out entirely because I thought another team just outside my personal top 25 was more deserving.

It’s always worth monitoring not only whether a team wins, but how they look. ___ This is Louisville sports writer Matt McGavic’s first season as an AP Top 25 voter.

Knocking on the door

By MAURA CAREY

Kentucky received the most votes of any unranked team, falling two points shy of a tie with Pitt for No. 25.

Wake Forest finished 20 points shy of No. 25 with a 57-3 win against Stanford. The 54-point victory was the largest margin in an ACC game in program history.

Wisconsin, Duke, Northwestern, Nebraska, Minnesota, Arizona, James Madison and North Dakota State also received votes.

It was the fourth consecutive week that North Dakota State received votes, an achievement in itself after transitioning from the FCS to the FBS in July.

Biggest movers

Six teams held steady in this week’s Top 25, and 14 teams fluctuated one or two spots. The rest saw bigger changes.

Missouri was the biggest mover, jumping 11 spots to No. 14 after beating Florida. The Gators fell out of the top 10 and dropped eight spots to No. 16.

No. 20 Iowa had the second-biggest fall behind Florida, dropping six spots after a loss to Ohio State. No. 24 SMU fell three spots after a win against Boston College that was likely too close for comfort.

Pitt was the only other team that improved by more than one or two, leaping seven spots to No. 25.

AP Top 25 temperature check

Heating up: Alabama (6), BYU (8), LSU (10), Texas Tech (11), Utah (12), Oregon (13), Missouri (14), Tennessee (15), Oklahoma State (18), UCLA (21), Houston (22) and Pittsburgh (25).

Cooling down: Indiana (7), Florida (16), Mississippi State (17), USC (19), Iowa (20), Boise State (23), SMU (24) and Kentucky (OUT)

Holding steady: Texas (1), Georgia (2), Notre Dame (3), Miami (4), Ohio State (5), Ole Miss (9).

Kentucky drops out of Top 25 despite OT win

Kentucky’s overtime thriller didn’t quite impress voters enough. One week after joining the rankings at No. 24, Kentucky tumbled out of the poll after a narrow win against South Carolina.

The Wildcats’ fate might say more about how voters view South Carolina, however. The Gamecocks have fallen short of expectations over the past two years, leading to questions about Shane Beamer’s job security.

Kentucky’s departure from the rankings cleared room for this week’s sole newcomer, No. 25 Pitt.

The Panthers’ 14-point comeback over Virginia Tech ultimately carried more weight with voters than Kentucky’s 17-point comeback against South Carolina.

Pitt cracks the

Voters heard Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi loud and clear after he complained of being left out of the AP Top 25. The 5-0 Panthers entered the poll this week for the first time this season, coming in at No. 25.

The Panthers overcame a 14-0 deficit and scored 21 unanswered points en route to a 35-33 win against Virginia Tech.

Pitt lost starting quarterback Mason Heintschel early in the second half, but backup quarterback Holden Geriner performed well off the bench, throwing for 78 yards and a touchdown.

It was a narrow one for the Panthers, who got lucky with a Hokies missed field goal as time expired.

Missouri jumps over Florida

Missouri moved up 11 spots to No. 14 and jumped over Florida in the AP Top 25 after the Gators fell to the Tigers this weekend. Florida dropped from No. 8 to No. 16 in the rankings.

The Tigers beat the Gators 45-17 on Saturday. Quarterback Austin Simmons had a standout performance, completing 23 of 30 passes for 340 yards and two touchdowns. Jamal Roberts ran the ball 24 times for 211 yards and three rushing scores.

Before the game, Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz was 0-10 in the regular season against top-10 teams and had a nine-game skid against AP Top 25 teams. He wasn’t eager to talk about recent history.

“Doesn’t mean anything,” he said. “That’s noise people create on social media for no reason. … Each game is a life of its own, opponent of its own. We try to make it the best matchup we can.”

Conference breakdown

The SEC leads the way in the AP Top 25, with nine ranked teams from the conference: Texas (1), Georgia (2), Alabama (6), Ole Miss (9), LSU (10), Missouri (14), Tennessee (15), Florida (16) and Mississippi State (17).

The Big Ten has six ranked teams: Ohio State (5), Indiana (7), Oregon (13), USC (19), Iowa (20) and UCLA (21).

The Big 12 has five teams in the poll: BYU (8), Texas Tech (11), Utah (12), Oklahoma State (18) and Houston (22).

The ACC has three ranked teams: Miami (4), SMU (24) and Pittsburgh (25).

No. 23 Boise State remains the sole Pac-12 representative, and No. 3 Notre Dame is independent.

Ask a voter: Why does Indiana keep moving down despite winning?

By MATT MCGAVIC

I think that’s a product of IU’s non-conference schedule, where they opted to load up on relatively easy games. Then in the Big 10 play, their two wins are against Rutgers and a not-very-dominant home game vs. NW — although they could actually be better than we expect.

___ This is Louisville sports writer Matt McGavic’s first season as an AP Top 25 voter.

Alabama improves to No. 6

By MAURA CAREY

The Crimson Tide improved to No. 6 after an impressive 56-23 win against Mississippi State. The move came at the expense of Indiana, which moved down one spot to No. 7.

Alabama is one of three remaining unbeaten SEC teams in elite company alongside No. 1 Texas and No. 2 Georgia.

That will change next week when Georgia and Alabama square off in Tuscaloosa on Saturday night.

Ask a voter: Walk us through the changes you made to your top 10

By MATT MCGAVIC

As far as my personal top 10, I bumped Ohio State from No. 4 to No. 3 for their impressive road win at Iowa — just behind Texas and Georgia.

Then, with Alabama putting together one of the best performances of the season, I have them cracking the top 10 all the way up to No. 4, which meant Notre Dame falls to fifth on my ballot.

Every other team in my top 10 moved down a slot as a result of Bama’s rise. ___ This is Louisville sports writer Matt McGavic’s first season as an AP Top 25 voter.

AP Top 25 rankings

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

1. Texas

2. Georgia

3. Notre Dame

4. Miami (Fla.)

5. Ohio State

6. Alabama

7. Indiana

8. BYU

9. Mississippi

10. LSU

11. Texas Tech

12. Utah

13. Oregon

14. Missouri

15. Tennessee

16. Florida

17. Mississippi State

18. Oklahoma State

19. USC

20. Iowa

21. UCLA

22. Houston

23. Boise State

24. SMU

25. Pittsburgh

Others receiving votes were: Kentucky, Wake Forest, Wisconsin, Duke, Northwestern, Nebraska, Minnesota, Arizona, James Madison and North Dakota State.

Alabama cruises to 56-23 rout of Mississippi State

By MAURA CAREY

Any speculation that young quarterback Keelon Russell may not rise to the occasion subsided as he passed for 285 yards and three touchdowns while adding a rushing score in a 56-23 win against No. 16 Mississippi State.

Trae’shawn Brown ran the ball in for two scores and Rico Scott added a pair of receiving touchdowns. Dijon Lee Jr. also added a 30-yard pick-six.

Nevertheless, there may not be much room for improvement for the seventh-ranked Crimson Tide this week because No. 1 Texas was idle and Georgia, Notre Dame, Miami, Ohio State and Indiana each landed in the win column.

Florida’s top 10 stint could be short-lived

After moving up 13 spots in the poll and cracking the top 10 for the first time since 2021, Florida could be in line for a big fall in the rankings after losing 45-17 to Missouri.

The Tigers found success in minimizing Florida’s star running back Jadan Baugh’s impact, holding him to just 13 yards on 12 carries. Baugh was averaging 150 rushing yards per game before the Gators’ trip to Columbia.

It was the first loss of the Jon Sumrall era for Florida, falling to 4-1 overall and 2-1 in Southeastern Conference play.

3 Top 25 losses this week

Only three Top 25 teams lost this week, all in ranked matchups. No. 8 Florida fell 45-17 on the road to No. 25 Missouri. No. 14 Iowa dropped 31-14 to No. 5 Ohio State. And No. 16 Mississippi State lost 56-23 to No. 7 Alabama.

Six Top 25 teams had the week off and 16 ranked teams landed in the win column.

6 Top 25 teams were idle

Six AP Top 25 teams had the week off.

No. 1 Texas was idle after beating Tennessee in a hard-fought Week 4 road victory. No. 9 Ole Miss had a week to regroup following its first loss of the season to Florida. No. 13 Utah was off after a 31-17 win against Big 12 foe Iowa State.

No. 15 Oregon’s bye week came at a good time, giving quarterback Dante Moore a week to focus on recovering after a scary hit to the head.

Two of last week’s poll newcomers were also idle: No. 19 Oklahoma State and No. 23 UCLA.

How the votes are counted

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

For decades, voters called, emailed and faxed their votes to the AP and ballots were tabulated by hand.

Now voting happens online, and the count is automated first before AP checks for miscues.

The poll operates on a 1-to-25-point system, with the No. 1 team receiving 25 points down to the 25th team receiving 1 point. In between, the poll lists the teams with the most points from 24 down to 2. Teams that receive votes but not enough to make the top 25 are noted separately.

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Broward Sheriff’s Office corrections was holding Rau Davis without bond on Sunday at the Main Jail in Fort Lauderdale, according to inmate records.

Corrections booked Davis on Friday, and he faced a second-degree murder charge and a second-degree attempted murder charge, records show.

Deputies accused Davis of shooting Robert Vaughn and another man during a dispute over gambling at Northwest Seventh Avenue and 15th Court.

Pompano Beach Fire Rescue pronounced Vaughn, of Fort Lauderdale, dead on Friday in front of a house, where there were flowers on Sunday.

Location

More than 1,000 people were gathered at the site, and more than 50 shots were fired in at least two locations about a block apart in Vienna, Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy told WMAZ-TV.

Peavy said people were “going every direction” and that, even while officers were on the scene, more gunfire erupted about a block away.

“We don’t know if it’s coming at us or someone else,” he said. “You just have to keep doing what you’re doing and hope you don’t get hit by gunfire.”

The incident took place over homecoming weekend for Dooly County High School.

The shooting was not at a school-sponsored event, said Sherrod Willaford, superintendent of the Dooly County School System.

“We recognize that its impact may reach many of our students, families, and staff,” he said in a statement. Schools will open Monday, he said, but additional safety measures have been put in place. He did not specify what they are.

Dooly County Sheriff’s Office deputies were on patrol at a neighborhood block party around 1:25 a.m. Sunday in Vienna when shots were fired, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a statement.

Vienna is about 130 miles (about 210 kilometers) south of Atlanta and about a 50-mile (80-kilometer) drive south on the Interstate 75 corridor from the central Georgia city of Macon, where authorities say 12 teens were wounded by gunfire during a confrontation between people at a birthday party last week at a city park.

Deputies found two people dead at the scene and multiple others who had been shot, officials said. Police did not specify how many of the 35 injured had been shot or provide any details about the injuries or their severity. The victims were taken to several hospitals for treatment, the GBI said.

Dooly County Coroner Brett Walls said the two men, ages 20 and 23, were pronounced dead at the scene with fatal gunshot wounds. He said multiple other people were also shot, calling the scene “horrific.”

Walls told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that multiple people were struck by bullets and roughly a dozen others were hurt while trying to flee.

“This doesn’t — it’s not supposed to — happen in a small town like that. It’s something you hear on the news in bigger cities,” Walls told the newspaper, adding hospitals were flooded with the injured. “And even in bigger cities, you don’t hear that kind of a number.”

Authorities have not said whether any suspects are in custody or being sought. No motive has been given for the shooting.

Vienna Mayor Eddie Daniels said the shooting was about a block from his house and he “saw a lot of blue lights.” Daniels said he hadn’t spoken with law enforcement officials yet and had no details about what had happened.

Daniels said the city hadn’t issued any kind of permit for the block party and he didn’t know if it was a homecoming party.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesperson Lydia Bullard declined to answer questions about the shooting, saying it was an ongoing investigation.

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Associated Press reporter Anthony Izaguirre in New York contributed to this report. Bauer reported from Madison, Wisconsin.

La Oficina del Sheriff de Broward mantenía detenido a Rau Davis sin derecho a fianza el domingo en la cárcel principal de Fort Lauderdale, según los registros de reclusos.

Corrections ingresó a Davis el viernes, y enfrentaba un cargo de asesinato en segundo grado y un cargo de intento de asesinato en segundo grado, muestran los registros.

Agentes acusaron a Davis de dispararle a Robert Vaughn y a otro hombre durante una disputa por apuestas en Northwest Seventh Avenue y 15th Court.

Pompano Beach Fire Rescue declaró muerto a Vaughn, de Fort Lauderdale, el viernes frente a una casa, donde había flores el domingo.

Mientras continúa la investigación, los detalles preliminares sobre el incidente han puesto de relieve varias fallas importantes de seguridad. Las autoridades ya habían indicado que el copiloto omaní tenía prohibido volar por su propio país debido a preocupaciones sobre sus posturas extremistas. También sigue sin estar claro cómo se permitió que un ciudadano de Omán, un país árabe que no mantiene relaciones diplomáticas con Israel, pilotara un avión lleno de israelíes hacia Tel Aviv.

Emiratos Árabes Unidos, que encabeza la investigación, afirmó que el copiloto atacó al capitán del vuelo con el hacha de emergencia de la cabina e intentó tomar el control del avión en picada en un “ataque terrorista” el miércoles. Sus acciones estuvieron a punto de estrellar la aeronave, que llevaba a bordo a 182 personas, antes de que el capitán indio lograra abrir la puerta de la cabina, lo que permitió que pasajeros y otras personas entraran a toda prisa y redujeran al atacante.

Israel no expresó preocupaciones sobre los pasajeros y la tripulación

Los funcionarios regionales señalaron que las autoridades emiratíes habían compartido información sobre los pasajeros y la tripulación, incluidas sus nacionalidades. Israel no había detectado señales de alerta en ningún pasajero ni miembro de la tripulación, indicaron los funcionarios, que hablaron bajo condición de anonimato porque no estaban autorizados a hablar con los reporteros sobre la investigación.

El Shin Bet, la agencia de seguridad interna de Israel, afirmó que el Ministerio de Transporte es responsable de revisar las listas de pasajeros de vuelos extranjeros. La ministra de Transporte, Miri Regev, declaró a la radiodifusora pública israelí Kan que las agencias de seguridad son responsables de la seguridad de los vuelos y que su ministerio no recibió una lista de pasajeros ni advertencias.

Compartir la lista es un procedimiento estándar de la aviación. Pero el jefe de seguridad de aviación del Ministerio de Transporte, Dvir Rubenstien, declaró a Radio del Ejército que el ministerio se basa en controles de seguridad locales y no tiene las herramientas ni la capacidad para realizar verificaciones de cada pasajero en cada vuelo.

El primer ministro Benjamin Netanyahu afirmó el jueves que Israel mantiene desde hace tiempo acuerdos con aerolíneas extranjeras para impedir que pilotos vuelen al país si son ciudadanos de naciones que no mantienen relaciones diplomáticas con Israel.

La policía australiana informó el domingo que investigadores antiterroristas estaban examinando las posibles conexiones del atacante con Australia.

Los pasajeros que detuvieron el ataque y ayudaron a recuperar el control de la aeronave han sido aclamados como héroes en Israel.

Preguntas sobre fallas de seguridad

Pero a medida que la euforia inicial del rescate ha disminuido, las autoridades han empezado a plantear preguntas difíciles e intercambiar acusaciones sobre los errores de seguridad que podrían haber derivado en un gran desastre.

De cara a las elecciones a finales de mes, algunos candidatos de la oposición han denunciado las fallas de seguridad, calificándolas como negligencia por parte de Netanyahu y sus partidarios. La ministra de Transporte, Regev, es miembro del partido Likud de Netanyahu y una firme partidaria.

“Esto es exactamente lo que significa el colapso del sistema”, escribió en X Yair Golan, líder del partido opositor Demócratas. “Una ministra de Transporte que abandona por completo nuestros cielos, y un primer ministro que abandona la seguridad nacional”.

También sigue sin estar claro cómo FlyDubai, una aerolínea emiratí de bajo costo que opera vuelos entre Israel y Emiratos Árabes Unidos, no identificó al piloto omaní como un riesgo para la seguridad.

Philip Baum, profesor visitante de seguridad de la aviación en la Universidad de Coventry, en Inglaterra, y autor de un libro sobre secuestros y atentados con bombas en aeronaves, explicó que los sistemas de verificación de antecedentes difieren de un país a otro y que existen límites sobre qué tipo de información puede compartirse.

“En términos de la seguridad de la aviación en sí, obviamente queremos contar con verificaciones de antecedentes lo más sólidas posible. Pero hay enormes limitaciones para realizar verificaciones de antecedentes en cualquier caso, especialmente en las verificaciones transfronterizas”, afirmó.

Incontables mujeres, y algunos hombres, publicaron en redes sociales que eran Jane Doe, en apoyo a una joven que usa ese nombre para presentar una demanda contra la Universidad de Cornell y siete miembros de fraternidades a quienes acusa de violarla.

Para muchas personas, asumir ese nombre vino acompañado de compartir relatos personales de abuso y agresión sexual, sumándose a la ola de solidaridad que ha crecido desde que periodistas del periódico estudiantil independiente de la universidad informaron sobre la presentación de la demanda a finales del mes pasado.

La motivación para algunas de las personas que adoptaron ese nombre fue el deseo de ofrecerle a la mujer cierta protección en esta era digital, como respuesta a quienes quieren identificar su nombre real en internet. Esperan que la avalancha de publicaciones de “Yo soy Jane Doe” confunda a los algoritmos en línea.

Otro momento de reflexión

Las publicaciones han llegado en todos los formatos —video, foto, texto— en distintas plataformas de redes sociales.

La indignación recuerda a muchas personas la energía en el apogeo del movimiento #MeToo, que estalló hace una década. En aquel entonces, muchas mujeres publicaron sus historias de acoso y agresión sexual a raíz de un caso de Hollywood de alto perfil usando la frase como etiqueta, que se había introducido en ese contexto una década antes.

“Estos momentos… están animando a más mujeres a alzar la voz y contar sus historias”, afirmó Emma Davidson Tribbs, directora fundadora de la National Women’s Defense League. “Les están dando a las personas un nivel de valentía y de tranquilidad para presentarse y decir su verdad. Y pueden ser increíblemente catalizadores del cambio”.

El cambio es lo que Wendy Lea Brewer quiere ver, y eso la inspiró a publicar reels en Instagram con textos que incluían “Yo soy Jane Doe” y “Es hora de hablar”.

Brewer, de 48 años, cantante, tiene su propia experiencia con el abuso sexual y ha hablado de ello en sus composiciones y presentaciones. Pero sentía que estaba “gritando al vacío” y que la gente no prestaba atención.

Indignada tras enterarse del caso de Cornell, se conectó a internet y encontró comunidad en las publicaciones de Jane Doe.

“Estamos todas aquí mismo sintiendo lo mismo, y ya hemos tenido suficiente”, dijo Brewer.

Por lo general, The Associated Press no identifica por su nombre a víctimas de abuso sexual a menos que ellas se identifiquen públicamente.

La protección de la multitud

El uso de seudónimos como Jane Doe en demandas ha aumentado en las últimas décadas, señaló Diana Simon, profesora de derecho en la Universidad de Arizona.

Aunque el sistema legal está orientado a la transparencia, con la expectativa de que las partes en una demanda sean identificadas por su nombre, puede haber situaciones muy privadas o delicadas “en las que sería lo mejor para la persona permanecer en el anonimato”, explicó.

Pero eso no significa que la identidad real de alguien no vaya a salir a la luz, especialmente si la gente la busca.

Por eso Kelsey Combe hizo su publicación de “Yo soy Jane Doe”. La idea era que numerosas publicaciones similares pudieran brindar una forma de protección en línea a la demandante de Cornell si su nombre llegara a revelarse, al dificultar determinar su autenticidad.

“Era para confundir a los modelos de IA y solidarizarme con ella”, comentó Combe, fotógrafa en el centro-norte de Estados Unidos.

Decidió hacerlo después de ver un reel de una creadora de contenido que publica como “women_inamerica”, hablando de lo importante que era. Para cuando Combe publicó algo, ya había generado respuestas de muchas mujeres.

Sin embargo, el intento de sembrar confusión funcionó de una manera que Combe no esperaba: más tarde vio que la IA la había vinculado a ella como la verdadera Jane Doe, diciendo que era Combe quien había demandado a Cornell. Pudo lograr que lo retiraran, pero no sin probar cómo puede ser la crítica pública.

“Fue una situación interesante, porque en el segundo en que di la alarma sobre eso… mucha gente respondía: ‘Bueno, tú pediste esto. Participaste en esto. ¿Qué creías que iba a pasar?’ Y yo pensaba: ‘Bueno, mira eso’”, relató Combe.

Eso sólo subraya lo que los esfuerzos de solidaridad intentan mostrar: que hay problemas sistémicos más grandes que abordar, en lugar de solo casos individuales, indicó.

“Es solidarizarse con ella, pero también reconocer que, hasta cierto punto, somos Jane Doe, creo que la mayoría de nosotras, porque… tenemos nuestras propias experiencias con la agresión sexual”, añadió Combe.

“Así que todas somos Jane Doe hasta que nadie lo sea”.

Trump la está llamando la “Fuerza de Superinteligencia”, porque ha intentado cambiar el nombre de la inteligencia artificial a “superinteligencia”. El anuncio se produce después de que Trump recibiera a altos ejecutivos de empresas de IA en la Casa Blanca la semana pasada y afirmara que habían firmado un acuerdo voluntario que, en la práctica, haría que el propio sector se autorregulara en el desarrollo de la tecnología.

El nuevo panel coordinará el esfuerzo federal “para garantizar que Estados Unidos siga liderando el mundo en superinteligencia, que muchos dicen que es más grande que la Revolución Industrial y que internet, y protegerá los intereses y mejorará la vida de todos los estadounidenses”, escribió Trump en redes sociales el domingo.

La comisión se pondrá en contacto con consumidores, grupos de interés público, organizaciones religiosas, proveedores de infraestructura crítica y empresas tecnológicas, manifestó el mandatario.

Otros integrantes de la comisión incluyen al presidente de la Comisión Federal de Comercio, Andrew Ferguson; Emil Michael, director de tecnología del Pentágono y Scott Kupor, director de la Oficina de Administración de Personal.

El grupo reportará a Trump y a su jefa de gabinete, Susie Wiles.

Little has been released about Pike's condition since Wednesday night's execution attempt. She has since remained hospitalized under guard as doctors try to get the massive dose of the barbiturate pentobarbital out of her system.

When asked whether she ever regained consciousness after the execution attempt, Assistant Federal Defender Stephen Ferrell, Pike’s lawyer, said on CNN’s “State of the Union”: “Not that I am aware of.”

Lawyer says Pike's medical decisions are being decided by someone else

Pike, now 50, was 18 when she and her boyfriend tortured and killed a classmate, Colleen Slemmer, in a jealous rage in 1995. She became one of the youngest women to be sent to death row.

Tennessee prison officials gave Pike two doses of the lethal injection drug on Wednesday night. The pentobarbital didn't kill her, but her lawyers said her arms were burned and blistered from the caustic drugs.

Pike gave someone her medical power of attorney and that person is protecting her privacy, Ferrell said.

“I'm not sure what all they may have told that person,” Ferrell said.

Pike's attorneys have not identified who is making Pike's medical decisions. They said they may not know for several more days whether or not she can recover.

“We don’t know right now, and we may never know what sort of torture she endured during that process, where her consciousness was, what physical pain there was — what mental torture she went through,” Ferrell said.

A spokeswoman for Pike's defense team said in a statement early Sunday that “we appreciate all respect for Christa’s rightful privacy.”

Pike's lawyer says Tennessee needs to be more open about executions

Pike's execution was delayed for more than eight hours Wednesday as the U.S. Supreme Court considered, and ultimately overturned, a federal appeals court ruling to halt her lethal injection so judges could thoroughly review whether the jury that sentenced her to death should have considered sexual abuse she said she suffered as a child.

Her attorneys asked a court Friday to order Tennessee prison officials to preserve any written records, communication, images or video from the execution.

Tennessee, like many other states with capital punishment, keeps many details about executions secret from the people involved to details about how the drugs are manufactured or obtained or any tests done on their quality.

“The state of Tennessee has got to start telling its people exactly what it is doing so that in the democratic process, the people of Tennessee can decide if that’s what they want to be done in their name,” Ferrell told CNN.

Tennessee has struggled with executions before

This was the second time this year Tennessee has not been able to execute a prisoner who was seemingly moments away from death. In May, Tennessee stopped the execution of Tony Carruthers after staff placed an IV into his right arm but couldn’t get a secondary IV line.

Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Correction Frank Strada announced Saturday he was resigning.

Gov. Bill Lee has ordered an independent investigation into the state's capital punishment system conducted by former U.S. Attorney Ed Stanton. He also reviewed Tennessee's execution procedures after Lee called off a different execution in 2022 and found the state did not comply with its own lethal injection process.

Prison officials and the Tennessee Attorney General's Office have said little since Pike was taken to the hospital.

Future of Pike's death penalty case is unclear

It is unclear what will happen in her death penalty case. Pike's lawyers have asked the governor to commute her punishment to a life sentence.

“If she recovers, she may not fully recover. And there may be issues about her competence,” Ferrell said.

Pike didn’t deny she killed 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995. The two were classmates at Knoxville Job Corps.

Prosecutors said Pike feared Slemmer was a romantic rival and lured her to a secluded area where she and her boyfriend slashed Slemmer with a box cutter and beat her with a large chunk of asphalt. The case got widespread attention because of the brutality of the killing, the ages of the people involved and because a satanic symbol was carved into the victim’s body.

An easterly flow might allow for a late-day shower, but little impactful rain is expected through tomorrow.

Rain and storm chances ramp up by midweek as a front to our north sags farther south with more relatively drier air possibly returning toward the end of the week.

Highs will hit 90 degrees today and tomorrow, with the “feels like” into the lower 100s, so stay cool and stay hydrated if you have any outdoor activities planned.

In the Tropics, we’re watching the southwestern Gulf for a possible area of development later this week. All else is quiet at this time.

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The race started at Darwin Street and South Bayshore Drive. Douglas Road was closed from Grand Avenue to Main Highway.

There were hydration stations and the shade of towering banyan trees. Lorenzo Gomez, of Coral Gables, said the weather was ideal and the experience was therapeutic.

“Every single day you are struggling with life, work, trying to get a home for your family. This is peace of mind, trying to get something done for yourself,” Gomez said. “It’s really nice trying to believe you are a racer just for a few minutes, away from everything.”

The race ended on Pan American Drive, near Miami City Hall. There was a post-race gathering with awards for the top overall finishers.

For some, it was a family activity. There were runners as young as 10.

La carrera comenzó en Darwin Street y South Bayshore Drive. Douglas Road fue cerrado desde Grand Avenue hasta Main Highway.

Había estaciones de hidratación y la sombra de los imponentes árboles de banyán. Lorenzo Gomez, de Coral Gables, dijo que el clima era ideal y que la experiencia fue terapéutica.

“Cada día estás luchando con la vida, el trabajo, tratando de conseguir un hogar para tu familia. Esto es tranquilidad, tratar de hacer algo por ti mismo”, dijo Gomez. “Es realmente agradable tratar de creer que eres un corredor durante unos minutos, alejado de todo”.

La carrera terminó en Pan American Drive, cerca del Ayuntamiento de Miami. Hubo una reunión después de la carrera con premios para los primeros clasificados en general.

Para algunos, fue una actividad familiar. Hubo corredores de tan solo 10 años.

Countless women, and some men, posting on social media that they were Jane Doe, in support of a young woman using that name to file a lawsuit against Cornell University and seven fraternity members she accuses of raping her.

For many, claiming the name came along with sharing personal accounts of being sexually abused and assaulted, joining the wave of solidarity that has surged since journalists at the college’s independent student newspaper reported on the lawsuit filing late last month.

The impetus for some of those claiming the name was a desire to offer the woman some protection in this digital age, in response to those wanting to identify her real name online. They hope the flood of “I am Jane Doe” posts will confuse online algorithms.

Another moment of reckoning

The posts have come in all formats — video, photo, text — across the landscape of social media platforms.

The outcry reminds many of the energy at the heights of the #MeToo movement, which exploded a decade ago. Back then women posted their stories of sexual harassment and assault in the wake of a high-profile Hollywood case using the hashtag phrase, which had been introduced in that context a decade earlier.

“These moments … are encouraging more women to speak up and tell their stories,” said Emma Davidson Tribbs, founding director of the National Women’s Defense League. “They are giving people a level of bravery and comfort to come forward and speak their truth. And they can be incredibly catalyzing for change.”

Change is what Wendy Lea Brewer wants to see, and that inspired her to post reels on Instagram with captions including “I am Jane Doe” and “It’s time to speak.”

Brewer, 48, a singer, has her own experience with sexual abuse and has spoken of it in her songwriting and performing. But she felt like she was “screaming into the void” and people were not paying attention.

Outraged after hearing about the Cornell case, she went online and found community in the Jane Doe posts.

“We are all right here feeling the same thing, and we have had enough,” Brewer said.

The Associated Press typically does not name victims of sexual abuse unless they publicly identify themselves.

The protection of the crowd

The use of pseudonyms like Jane Doe in lawsuits has grown in recent decades, said Diana Simon, a professor of law at the University of Arizona.

While the legal system is geared toward transparency, with the expectation that parties in a suit would be named, there can be situations that are highly private or sensitive “where it would be in the person’s best interest to remain anonymous,” she said.

But that does not mean someone’s real identity would not get out, especially if people search for it.

That’s why Kelsey Combe made her “I am Jane Doe” post. The idea was that numerous similar posts could provide a form of online protection to the Cornell plaintiff if her name were to be revealed, by making it harder to determine its authenticity.

“It was to confuse the AI models and stand in solidarity with her,” said Combe, a photographer in the Midwest.

She decided to do so after seeing a reel from a content creator who posts as “women_inamerica,” talking about how important it was. It had already generated responses from many women by the time Combe posted anything.

The attempt to sow confusion worked in a way Combe was not expecting, though: She later saw that AI had linked her as the actual Jane Doe, saying it was Combe that sued Cornell. She was able to get it removed, but not without getting a taste of what public critique can be like.

“It was an interesting situation, because the second that I sounded the alarm about it … a lot of people were replying, ‘Well, you asked for this. You participated in this. What did you think was going to happen?’ And I was like, ‘Well, look at that,’” Combe said.

It only emphasizes what the solidarity efforts are trying to show, that there are larger systemic issues to be addressed rather than just individual cases, she said.

“It’s standing in solidarity with her, but it’s also acknowledging that to an extent we are Jane Doe, I think the majority of us, because … we have our own experiences with sexual assault,” Combe added.

“So we are all Jane Doe until nobody is.”

He will graduate in the spring with an economics degree and an interest in data analytics, but true adulthood seems maddeningly far away. Most of his cousins have not been able to buy a house or start a family deep into their 30s.

Kira Saiti, a 19-year-old sophomore, is more upset about the broader world than her own future. Every time she looks at her phone she sees images of violence and horror, both in the Middle East and closer to home.

“It’s kind of hard to look at that and say, ‘This world is a great place,’” she said.

Julian Bautista, 20, saw his chosen profession of environmental work decimated by Trump administration cuts, pushing the junior to decide he will leave the United States to find work in the Netherlands when he graduates. He considers what remains his home country for the next 18 months to be a failure of democracy led by what he sees as corrupt politicians.

“Throughout my life, we’ve either stagnated or declined, we haven’t improved,” Bautista said.

For many of their classmates on campus and elsewhere around the country, the present looks bleak and the future uncertain at best. Their anxiety is fueling a restlessness with a national political system that they worry is no longer capable of improving their lives or no longer interested in helping.

Two years ago, grim economic vibes helped Donald Trump win a far larger share of young voters than is typical for a Republican — 47%, according to AP VoteCast, an extensive survey of the electorate. Now, anxiety about artificial intelligence and the Iran war has been added to the mix, powering a wave of disruptive candidates on the opposite end of the political spectrum who have been embraced by college students.

Llerandi, Saiti and Bautista all support a slate of progressive, antiestablishment Democratic candidates in Michigan who are pledging to shake up the status quo. Among them are Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official running for U.S. Senate, and Will Lawrence, a liberal activist trying to unseat Tom Barrett, the Republican congressman who represents the swing district that includes the university.

The future looks bleak for many students

Anxieties about the job market, homeownership and adulthood are widespread across the campus, even among those who are not deeply involved in politics.

“It’s just something to laugh at, but, you know, I really do want a house when I’m older,” said Praveen Amunugama, a 21-year-old biochemistry major who plans to go to graduate school in hopes the job market improves over the next two years.

His friends feel the same way.

“They want to be able to afford things, raise a good family,” he said.

Despite the economic angst among young people, at first blush the picture does not look that bad for them. The unemployment rate for those age 22 to 27 is 7.2%, higher than the broader rate of 4.1% but lower than some other moments of economic calm.

A 2024 study found members of the younger generation known as Generation Z are poised to be wealthier than millennials, who themselves are wealthier than the prior generation despite the persistent sense of economic doom that accompanied their entry into the job market during the Great Recession.

Kevin Corinth, the economist who co-authored that study, said he understands Gen Z angst, given modern uncertainties, especially the prospect of AI reshaping various industries and data showing younger people are taking longer to leave home and start families.

“For previous generations, if you took certain paths you were likely to succeed, to do better than your parents,” said Corinth, who is at the American Enterprise Institute, a center-right think tank. For young people now, he acknowledged, that path is not as clear.

Kathryn Edwards, a Texas-based economist, noted that unemployment among recent college graduates is at 5.6%, higher than at most other times in recent history other than the Great Recession. Combined with historically high housing prices and rising costs for essentials such as food and healthcare, that is a challenging environment for young people.

“It’s pretty bad for them,” Edwards said, adding that young people are picking up on broader warning signs in the economy. “So many aspects of our current economy, I think young people have gotten right.”

They are also fully exposed to the new form of job hunting: AI-powered, digital and done almost exclusively online, where it is hard to discern real job openings from fake ones.

“Think about the amount they get spammed and scammed, and there are tons of fake jobs out there,” said Marla McGraw, assistant dean of career management in Michigan State’s business school. “They’re always coming in here going, ‘Is this real?’”

She spends a lot of time trying to buck up disenchanted students.

“Our message right now is the job market is tough, but you’re tougher,” McGraw said.

Students say political leaders are falling short

Young Americans’ optimism about the job market has plummeted since 2024 and the gap between their view of the economy and those of their elders is greater than almost anywhere in the world, according to a Gallup survey earlier this year.

They are less likely to be engaged in politics and less likely to think it is important to vote, an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found. They also are less likely to be concerned about political violence.

That dissolution of beliefs in traditional political values worries Karlee VanAntwerp.

The 21-year-old Michigan State senior is also head of the local chapter of Turning Point, the group for young conservatives whose founder, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated last year. VanAntwerp has been horrified to see Kirk’s killing repeatedly, and sometimes menacingly, mocked online.

“Gen Z tends to be more extreme with their views,” VanAntwerp said. “It makes it hard to work with people of different political beliefs, because even if you’re in the middle, they assume you’re crazy.”

VanAntwerp sees that feeding into the despair many of her generation feel about real change ever happening.

“One administration does a bunch of stuff, another administration comes in and wipes it all out,” said VanAntwerp, who is also working for Barrett’s campaign. “It feels like we always go in circles. That contributes to the political temperature being so high, because people feel nothing changes.”

Her politics are the polar opposite of many liberal students who gathered to hear Lawrence, Barrett’s Democratic challenger, talk in a classroom one recent evening, but there was a similar desire for dramatic change. Lawrence sympathized with the glum feelings of early adulthood and urged the students not to succumb to despair.

“When I was a little younger I wanted to drop out of society, and it was organizing that gave me a path in life,” Lawrence said.

After the candidate left, however, Bautista still sounded on the verge of despair. He talked about how online influencers he trusts deride Democrats such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York as “mini-mes” because, Bautista contended, they are just watered-down versions of Trump.

“Our leaders are representing us less,” Bautista said. “People are desperate for big stuff.”

The People’s House museum exhibit has overhauled its replica Oval Office for visitors to experience President Donald Trump’s second-term design choices.

Gleaming vases, golden-hued swirling onlays, two dozen portraits in heavy gilded frames and knickknacks crowding nearly every available surface: the same rococo flourishes that Trump has installed in the world’s most famous workspace have been recreated down to each wall appliqué in a museum just up Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House.

“As political as the Oval Office is, it really is also the office of the American people,” said Luke Boorady, managing director of The People’s House: A White House Experience. “And we want visitors who come here to feel more connected to this space.”

Public tours of the White House do not include the West Wing. So the White House Historical Association set about recreating the Oval Office, opening the exhibit in September 2024. It is the same size as the real one, and visitors often marvel at how small it feels.

A team of specialized designers has been making over the exhibit, visiting Trump’s Oval Office while the Republican president was away. Experts in North Carolina worked to recreate Trump’s many wall appliqués, while one from Indianapolis handled 3D scanning and printing of other specialized objects. California frame-makers did carving by hand for the gold frames of Trump’s chosen 24 portraits, and teams from Canada and Virginia worked on replicas of vases and other tabletop pieces, Boorady said.

There are also two mirrors and a copy of the Declaration of Independence, just like in Trump’s actual office.

The president has molded the White House in his own image

A real estate developer before he became a politician, Trump has revamped the White House to his extravagant tastes as part of his push to leave his mark on the nation’s capital while he is still in office.

When asked by Time magazine last week what he would miss most about the White House after he leaves, Trump said, “This beautiful room that nobody should be allowed to rip down. The Oval Office.” He said he had asked his chief of staff to make his altered office “a federal landmark.”

In addition to filling the Oval Office with bling, Trump paved over the lawn near the Rose Garden to build a patio space reminiscent of the one at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. He installed a row of presidential portraits along the colonnade between the White House residence and the West Wing.

He erected towering flagpoles on the North and South lawns, renovated the Palm Room and the bathroom that is part of the famous Lincoln Bedroom and ordered restoration work of the North Portico’s front columns.

But Trump seems proudest of the $400 million ballroom that he is building after ordering that the East Wing be demolished. “It relaxes me, actually,” the president said about the ballroom project during an unrelated event last week.

Trump’s sense of ownership of the White House is now such that while recently defending his attempt to ban CNN, MS Now and Politico from its grounds, the president had a momentary slip of the tongue. “I don’t have to let them into my — into the people’s house,” he said.

A replica of Trump’s first term Oval Office gets a makeover

When the White House Historical Association first opened its Oval Office duplicate, it mirrored Democratic President Joe Biden’s design. After the 2024 election, the association updated the exhibit to match Trump’s first-term style.

Last week, a crew of 25 people worked from early Monday through late Friday to get the second-term transformation ready, making the finishing touches on Saturday.

Boorady said Biden was the first president to hang double layers of portraits over the Oval Office fireplace. Trump has expanded that all around the room, stacking the walls with portraits including those of George Washington, Andrew Jackson and Benjamin Franklin.

In the real Oval Office, the colors are made more brilliant by using gilded gold leaf. In the replica, crews used a paint solution. Boorady said they did not use gold leaf to protect against chipping or other wear-and-tear from visitors moving through the area.

Trump was once spotted using superglue to try to affix gold ornaments to the Oval Office fireplace, according to Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan in their book “Regime Change.”

But no superglue was needed in the replica office. Crews used laser levels and temporary adhesive to fix items to the walls, checking their work for accuracy against renderings of the actual office before nailing many adornments to the walls.

It’s not all new flair with Trump

There are many things in Trump’s Oval Office that have stood the test of time: a beige-patterned rug from the Ronald Reagan era, gold draperies from Bill Clinton’s tenure, and couches and chairs from the George W. Bush White House.

Of course there is a copy of the Resolute Desk. Visitors to the People’s House are allowed to sit in the chairs and behind the replicated desk, which Trump and most presidents have used since it was gifted to President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880.

The White House Historical Association declined to say how much remaking the replica Oval Office cost. The organization, created in 1961 by first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, receives no government funding, and raises money through private donations and sales of retail merchandise.

Trump briefly stopped by its gift shop during an unannounced visit to the People’s House in August 2025. Asked whether Trump would come for a personal peek at his newly replicated workspace, Boorady replied, “I don’t know” before adding that he is “always welcome.”

Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue informó que los equipos respondieron al choque alrededor de las 6:19 p.m. en una zona al sur de la Interestatal 75 y al oeste de U.S. 27.

Informaron que el hombre sufrió heridas críticas y fue trasladado en helicóptero al Memorial Regional Hospital en Hollywood como alerta de trauma de Nivel 1.

El hombre que fue trasladado en helicóptero fue identificado como Alessandro Borgo, de 32 años.

Borgo murió posteriormente a causa de sus heridas, según la Comisión de Conservación de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de Florida.

La respuesta requirió coordinación entre equipos de rescate, agentes del orden, recursos de aviación y aerodeslizadores debido al acceso limitado a la zona.

No se reportaron otras personas heridas.

Las circunstancias del accidente continúan bajo investigación.

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The city is celebrating its centennial this year with a festival focused on its diverse communities.

“The city of North Miami Beach is one of the most diverse communities here in Miami-Dade County,” City Manager Darvin Williams said.

Williams said the theme of the centennial festival was centered on celebrating the city’s different cultures.

“From 1926 to 2026, to kind of highlight all of our communities, we have a block party,” Williams said. “You’re gonna see a celebration of our Jewish community, celebration of our Haitian community, celebration of our African American community, celebration of our Caucasian community. There is something here for everybody.”

The crowd reflected that diversity, with musical performances representing Latin, Caribbean, African and Asian cultures.

The program included a mariachi band and a special performance by Chinese lion dancers.

For some attendees, the celebration was also about giving back to the community.

People from across North Miami Beach filled the block for the special occasion, and organizers said the event turned out well.

“We wanted to go all out, and we did,” Williams said.

La ciudad celebra este año su centenario con un festival enfocado en sus diversas comunidades.

“La ciudad de North Miami Beach es una de las comunidades más diversas aquí en el condado de Miami-Dade”, dijo el administrador de la ciudad, Darvin Williams.

Williams dijo que el tema del festival del centenario se centró en celebrar las diferentes culturas de la ciudad.

“De 1926 a 2026, para destacar a todas nuestras comunidades, tenemos una fiesta en la calle”, dijo Williams. “Van a ver una celebración de nuestra comunidad judía, una celebración de nuestra comunidad haitiana, una celebración de nuestra comunidad afroamericana, una celebración de nuestra comunidad caucásica. Hay algo aquí para todos”.

La multitud reflejó esa diversidad, con presentaciones musicales que representaron las culturas latina, caribeña, africana y asiática.

El programa incluyó una banda de mariachis y una presentación especial de bailarines chinos de leones.

Para algunos asistentes, la celebración también se trató de devolver algo a la comunidad.

Personas de todo North Miami Beach llenaron la calle para la ocasión especial, y los organizadores dijeron que el evento resultó bien.

“Queríamos hacer todo a lo grande, y lo hicimos”, dijo Williams.

Según los detectives, alrededor de las 11:53 p.m., las víctimas, Robert Vaughn y otro hombre, estaban jugando apuestas en el patio delantero de una vivienda cerca de 1530 N.W. Seventh Ave. cuando se produjo una discusión con otro hombre que estaba apostando, Rau Lee Davis Jr.

Los detectives dijeron que Davis sacó un arma de fuego y disparó varias veces, alcanzando a Vaughn y al otro hombre.

Pompano Beach Fire Rescue respondió y declaró muerto a Vaughn en la escena. El otro hombre recibió tratamiento médico por sus heridas.

Tras la balacera, Davis abandonó la escena, pero finalmente regresó.

Los detectives lo arrestaron por un cargo de asesinato en segundo grado y uno de intento de asesinato en segundo grado.

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It was the first game in a Heat uniform for superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, sharpshooter Klay Thompson, Tim Hardaway Jr. and the team’s other offseason additions.

Antetokounmpo played 14 minutes, scoring nine points on 3-of-3 shooting while grabbing four rebounds and dishing out seven assists.

Hardaway Jr. added 14 points on 4-of-4 shooting in just 11 minutes off the bench.

Miami dominated from the opening tip, jumping out to a 41-23 lead after the first quarter.

The starting rotation played a few more minutes in the second quarter, helping the Heat extend their lead to 76-55 at halftime.

Once the second half began, Miami’s bench unit took over and played the rest of the game. That group included rookies Ryan Conwell and Tre Donaldson.

The Heat closed out the 129-105 victory.

Miami’s next preseason game is Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Kaseya Center.

All Heat games air on Local 10.

Fue el primer partido con el uniforme del Heat para la superestrella Giannis Antetokounmpo, el especialista en triples Klay Thompson, Tim Hardaway Jr. y las demás incorporaciones del equipo durante la temporada baja.

Antetokounmpo jugó 14 minutos, anotando nueve puntos con 3 de 3 en tiros, además de capturar cuatro rebotes y repartir siete asistencias.

Hardaway Jr. agregó 14 puntos con 4 de 4 en tiros en apenas 11 minutos saliendo desde la banca.

Miami dominó desde el salto inicial, tomando una ventaja de 41-23 después del primer cuarto.

Los titulares jugaron algunos minutos más en el segundo cuarto, ayudando al Heat a ampliar su ventaja a 76-55 al medio tiempo.

Una vez que comenzó la segunda mitad, la segunda unidad de Miami tomó el control y jugó el resto del partido. Ese grupo incluyó a los novatos Ryan Conwell y Tre Donaldson.

El Heat cerró la victoria 129-105.

El próximo partido de pretemporada de Miami será el jueves a las 7:30 p.m. en el Kaseya Center.

Todos los partidos del Heat se transmiten por Local 10.

The Okinawa prefectural police said they arrested a 20-year-old Marine stationed at the Futenma Air Station on suspicion of killing a 39-year-old local woman at a hotel in Naha, Okinawa's capital city, and taking her wallet and backpack in the early hours of Saturday.

Kyodo News agency, citing the police, reported the woman's body was found in her hotel room and she appeared to have been strangled to death.

Police said security camera footage showed the man believed to be the suspect entering the hotel with the victim and coming out alone. An officer arrested the suspect after spotting him walking alone on a street in Naha’s entertainment district late Saturday, Kyodo said.

“The case deals a major shock and adds fear to the Okinawans who have already been forced to live next to U.S. bases,” newly elected Okinawa Gov. Genta Koja told reporters. “It is absolutely unforgivable and we are outraged.”

“I must say, discipline and troop education are not working at all,” said Koja, referring to the U.S. military’s measures taken in response to past criminal cases.

Some 50,000 U.S. troops are deployed in Japan under a bilateral security pact, about half of them on Okinawa, whose strategic role is seen as increasingly important for the Japan-U.S. military alliance amid growing tensions with China. Japan's southwestern shift in its military focus centers heavily on Okinawa and its nearby islands.

Okinawans have long complained about noise, pollution and crime related to U.S. bases, with crimes involving U.S. service members on Okinawa complicating ties between Japan’s central government and the Okinawa administration. The latest case comes as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s cabinet pushes to further fortify its Japanese military presence on Okinawa and work more closely with the U.S. military.

“The occurrence of the heinous crime is extremely regrettable,” Takaichi said in her message on X. She said her government has strongly protested to the U.S. side and demanded maximum cooperation with the Japanese authorities in the investigation, as well as tougher discipline for U.S. service members and preventive measures.

Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi summoned U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass to his office and conveyed “outrage," the ministry said in a statement.

Glass, on X, expressed condolences to the victim's family, adding that the United States is cooperating with the Japanese national and local governments.

The U.S. Marine Corps said in a statement the suspect is assigned to the III Marine Expeditionary Force on Okinawa and that it is fully cooperating with Japanese authorities. “The Marine Corps takes these allegations very seriously and expects every Marine to adhere to the highest standards of behavior."

Futenma base, located in a densely populated area in central Okinawa, has been a sore spot for many Okinawans for decades, who demanded its relocation. Despite protests, the central government greenlit construction to relocate the base to Henoko on Okinawa’s eastern coast, though the project has faced massive delays.

A high-profile 1995 rape of a 12-year-old girl by three U.S. service members sparked massive protests against the heavy U.S. troop presence on Okinawa. The number of arrests related to U.S. service members and their families exceeded 100 last year, according to prefectural police. Repeated occurrence of sexual crimes and some of their delayed disclosures have also sparked outrage on Okinawa in recent years.

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At approximately 6:25 p.m., firefighters responded to reports of a rollover crash. Upon arrival, they encountered a multi-vehicle collision involving a vehicle that had overturned and come to rest on its roof.

Initial reports indicated a possible ejection, but firefighters subsequently determined that no one was trapped in the vehicle.

One person was transported in stable condition to Broward Health Medical Center.

A second person, identified as a child, was transported as a Level 1 trauma alert to the hospital.

The crash caused significant traffic impacts on northbound I-95, including a temporary shutdown of the northbound lanes while emergency personnel operated at the scene and vehicles were removed from the roadway.

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash.

Aproximadamente a las 6:25 p.m., los bomberos respondieron a reportes de un accidente con vuelco. Al llegar, encontraron una colisión de múltiples vehículos que involucró a un vehículo que se había volcado y terminado sobre el techo.

Los reportes iniciales indicaron que posiblemente una persona había salido expulsada, pero posteriormente los bomberos determinaron que nadie estaba atrapado en el vehículo.

Una persona fue trasladada en condición estable al Broward Health Medical Center.

Una segunda persona, identificada como un menor, fue trasladada al hospital como alerta de trauma de Nivel 1.

El accidente provocó importantes afectaciones al tráfico en la I-95 en dirección norte, incluido un cierre temporal de los carriles en dirección norte mientras el personal de emergencia trabajaba en la escena y retiraba los vehículos de la carretera.

La Patrulla de Carreteras de Florida está investigando las circunstancias que rodearon el accidente.

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Miami’s defense forced a three-and-out to open the game, and the Hurricanes’ offense quickly made Clemson pay.

Quarterback Darian Mensah found his former Duke teammate Cooper Barkate on a screen pass, and Barkate turned it into a 61-yard touchdown to give Miami an early 7-0 lead with 13:05 left in the first quarter.

The Hurricanes’ defense continued to set the tone, forcing another Clemson punt after the Tigers reached Miami territory. EDGE Marquise Lightfoot recorded a sack on second down, his fifth of the season.

Miami added to its lead with a 50-yard field goal from Jake Weinberg, making it 10-0.

The Hurricanes nearly saw that lead disappear when Clemson appeared to recover a fumble and return it for a touchdown. However, a review determined Mensah’s arm was moving forward, ruling the play an incompletion. Clemson then sacked Mensah on the following play, forcing Miami to settle for three points.

Clemson finally got on the scoreboard late in the first quarter.

The Tigers reached the Miami 30 and initially lined up to go for it on fourth-and-3, but Miami stayed disciplined and did not jump offsides. Clemson called timeout and sent kicker Nolan Hauser out for a 48-yard field goal, which he made to cut Miami’s lead to 10-3 with four seconds remaining in the quarter.

Miami answered early in the second quarter.

Mensah broke loose for a 34-yard touchdown run after recovering his own fumble in the end zone with 13:42 left in the half, giving the Hurricanes a 17-3 advantage. The run matched the longest of Mensah’s collegiate career and marked his second straight game with a rushing touchdown.

Clemson responded by getting deep into Miami territory, but the Tigers stalled after an intentional grounding penalty and consecutive incompletions, leading to another punt.

Miami then dealt with a series of injuries along the offensive line.

Starting right guard Max Buchanan suffered an apparent knee injury early in the second quarter and was helped from the field. Ben Congdon moved to left guard while SJ Alofaituli took over at right guard for the remainder of the possession. Starting right tackle Matt McCoy also was injured near the end of Miami’s final drive of the half.

The Hurricanes also had injury concerns on defense.

Cornerback Ethan O’Connor and Lightfoot both went to the locker room during the first half. O’Connor later returned, while Lightfoot was forced to miss the rest of the game with an undisclosed injury.

Clemson had another opportunity to cut into Miami’s lead late in the half, reaching deep into Hurricanes territory before facing fourth down. The Tigers decided to go for it, but Miami had the play covered. Hurricanes linebacker Chase Smith tackled Tigers running back Gideon Davidson short of the line to gain, giving the Hurricanes a turnover on downs.

Miami took a 17-3 lead into halftime, with its defense controlling the game and recording five sacks in the opening half.

The Hurricanes continued to control the game in the third quarter, using key third-down conversions and a strong rushing attack to extend their lead.

Miami’s offense reached Clemson territory on its first drive of the second half but failed to convert a fourth-and-3 from the Clemson 39. Mensah’s pass intended for wide receiver Malachi Toney fell incomplete, turning the ball over on downs.

On Miami’s next possession, Mensah connected with Toney on a key completion to keep the drive moving. Toney came up with another important catch before Mensah found Barkate for an 18-yard gain. Running back Javian Mallory then ran for 8 yards to help set up the Hurricanes inside the red zone.

Running back Mark Fletcher Jr. finished the drive with a 2-yard touchdown run, his first score of the game, extending Miami’s lead to 24-3.

Miami’s defense stood tall on Clemson’s next possession and was rewarded when it chased Tait Reynolds out of the pocket, forced a fumble and recovered the ball in Clemson territory. That set up Weinberg’s second field goal of the day, this one from 24 yards, to give Miami a 27-3 lead.

The Tigers kept fighting as Reynolds opened the fourth quarter by finding Bryant Wesco Jr. for a 55-yard gain, putting Wesco over 100 yards for the game. A few plays later, Davidson ran for a 2-yard touchdown to cut Miami’s lead to 27-13.

It was all Fletcher on Miami’s next drive. He had two runs of 16 yards, while Mallory added a first down on the ground.

Fletcher then put the game out of reach with a 1-yard touchdown run, giving the Hurricanes a 34-13 lead. It was his second touchdown of the day and his fifth of the season.

Mensah entered the game having thrown no more than four incompletions in any game this season, doing so against Wake Forest and Central Michigan. Against Clemson, he completed 18 of 27 passes for 227 yards and a touchdown, his 15th of the season. He also has yet to throw an interception this season.

Barkate had his best game of the season, finishing with five catches for 98 yards and the 61-yard touchdown on Miami’s first offensive play of the game.

Canes’ freshman safety JJ Dunnigan put the finishing touches on the victory with a pick-six, forcing Reynolds to throw his first interception of the game. The play gave Miami a 41-13 lead, which proved to be the final score.

The Hurricanes ran for 192 yards on 35 carries, averaging 5.5 yards per carry. Fletcher had two rushing touchdowns, while Mensah added another on the ground.

Miami recorded six sacks, with defensive lineman Damon Wilson II accounting for 2.5.

Miami was tested often by Wesco, who finished with 152 receiving yards against a thin Hurricanes secondary. But Dunnigan stepped up late to give Miami the final score and put the game away.

The victory marked Miami’s first win at Clemson since 2010 and continued the Hurricanes’ unbeaten start to the season.

Up next

Miami (5-0, 3-0 ACC) is on a bye before hosting Florida State (3-2, 0-1 ACC) on Oct. 17.

Clemson (3-2, 2-1 ACC) also is on a bye before hosting Charleston Southern (2-3) on Oct. 17.

La defensa de Miami forzó un tres y fuera para abrir el partido, y la ofensiva de los Hurricanes rápidamente hizo pagar a Clemson.

El quarterback Darian Mensah encontró a su ex compañero de equipo en Duke, Cooper Barkate, en un pase pantalla, y Barkate lo convirtió en un touchdown de 61 yardas para darle a Miami una ventaja temprana de 7-0 con 13:05 por jugar en el primer cuarto.

La defensa de los Hurricanes continuó marcando el tono, forzando otro despeje de Clemson después de que los Tigers llegaran al territorio de Miami. El EDGE Marquise Lightfoot registró una captura en segundo down, la quinta de la temporada.

Miami aumentó su ventaja con un gol de campo de 50 yardas de Jake Weinberg, para poner el marcador 10-0.

Los Hurricanes estuvieron a punto de ver desaparecer esa ventaja cuando Clemson pareció recuperar un balón suelto y devolverlo para un touchdown. Sin embargo, una revisión determinó que el brazo de Mensah estaba avanzando, por lo que la jugada fue considerada un pase incompleto. Clemson luego capturó a Mensah en la siguiente jugada, obligando a Miami a conformarse con tres puntos.

Clemson finalmente apareció en el marcador al final del primer cuarto.

Los Tigers llegaron a la yarda 30 de Miami y inicialmente se alinearon para intentar una cuarta oportunidad y 3 yardas por avanzar, pero Miami se mantuvo disciplinado y no cayó en fuera de juego. Clemson pidió tiempo fuera y envió al pateador Nolan Hauser para intentar un gol de campo de 48 yardas, que convirtió para reducir la ventaja de Miami a 10-3 con cuatro segundos restantes en el cuarto.

Miami respondió al inicio del segundo cuarto.

Mensah se escapó para un touchdown terrestre de 34 yardas después de recuperar su propio balón suelto en la zona de anotación, con 13:42 por jugar en la primera mitad, dando a los Hurricanes una ventaja de 17-3. La carrera igualó la más larga de la carrera universitaria de Mensah y marcó su segundo partido consecutivo con un touchdown terrestre.

Clemson respondió llegando profundamente al territorio de Miami, pero los Tigers se estancaron después de un castigo por grounding intencional y dos pases incompletos consecutivos, lo que llevó a otro despeje.

Miami luego tuvo que lidiar con una serie de lesiones en la línea ofensiva.

El guardia derecho titular Max Buchanan sufrió una aparente lesión en la rodilla al inicio del segundo cuarto y tuvo que ser ayudado a salir del campo. Ben Congdon pasó a jugar como guardia izquierdo, mientras que SJ Alofaituli asumió como guardia derecho durante el resto de la posesión. El tackle derecho titular Matt McCoy también se lesionó cerca del final de la última serie ofensiva de Miami en la primera mitad.

Los Hurricanes también tuvieron problemas de lesiones en la defensa.

El cornerback Ethan O’Connor y Lightfoot fueron al vestuario durante la primera mitad. O’Connor regresó después, mientras que Lightfoot tuvo que perderse el resto del partido debido a una lesión no revelada.

Clemson tuvo otra oportunidad de reducir la ventaja de Miami al final de la primera mitad, llegando profundamente al territorio de los Hurricanes antes de enfrentar una cuarta oportunidad. Los Tigers decidieron intentarlo, pero Miami tenía la jugada cubierta. El linebacker de los Hurricanes Chase Smith derribó al corredor de los Tigers Gideon Davidson antes de la línea necesaria para conseguir el primer down, dándole a los Hurricanes un cambio de posesión en downs.

Miami se fue al medio tiempo con ventaja de 17-3, con su defensa controlando el partido y registrando cinco capturas en la primera mitad.

Los Hurricanes continuaron controlando el partido en el tercer cuarto, utilizando conversiones clave en terceras oportunidades y un fuerte ataque terrestre para ampliar su ventaja.

La ofensiva de Miami llegó al territorio de Clemson en su primera serie de la segunda mitad, pero no pudo convertir una cuarta oportunidad y 3 yardas desde la yarda 39 de Clemson. El pase de Mensah dirigido al receptor Malachi Toney cayó incompleto, entregando el balón en downs.

En la siguiente posesión de Miami, Mensah conectó con Toney en una recepción clave para mantener viva la serie. Toney logró otra recepción importante antes de que Mensah encontrara a Barkate para una ganancia de 18 yardas. El corredor Javian Mallory luego corrió para 8 yardas para ayudar a colocar a los Hurricanes dentro de la zona roja.

El corredor Mark Fletcher Jr. terminó la serie con un touchdown terrestre de 2 yardas, su primera anotación del partido, ampliando la ventaja de Miami a 24-3.

La defensa de Miami se mantuvo firme en la siguiente posesión de Clemson y fue recompensada cuando persiguió a Tait Reynolds fuera de la bolsa de protección, forzó un balón suelto y recuperó el balón en territorio de Clemson. Eso preparó el segundo gol de campo de Weinberg del día, esta vez de 24 yardas, para darle a Miami una ventaja de 27-3.

Los Tigers siguieron luchando mientras Reynolds abrió el cuarto periodo encontrando a Bryant Wesco Jr. para una ganancia de 55 yardas, poniendo a Wesco por encima de las 100 yardas en el partido. Unas jugadas después, Davidson corrió para un touchdown de 2 yardas para reducir la ventaja de Miami a 27-13.

Todo fue Fletcher en la siguiente serie de Miami. Tuvo dos carreras de 16 yardas, mientras que Mallory consiguió un primer down por tierra.

Fletcher luego sentenció el partido con un touchdown terrestre de 1 yarda, dando a los Hurricanes una ventaja de 34-13. Fue su segundo touchdown del día y el quinto de la temporada.

Mensah llegó al partido habiendo lanzado no más de cuatro pases incompletos en ningún partido esta temporada, algo que ocurrió contra Wake Forest y Central Michigan. Contra Clemson, completó 18 de 27 pases para 227 yardas y un touchdown, el número 15 de la temporada. También aún no ha lanzado una intercepción esta temporada.

Barkate tuvo su mejor partido de la temporada, terminando con cinco recepciones para 98 yardas y el touchdown de 61 yardas en la primera jugada ofensiva de Miami del partido.

El safety freshman de los Canes, JJ Dunnigan, puso el toque final a la victoria con un pick-six, obligando a Reynolds a lanzar su primera intercepción del partido. La jugada le dio a Miami una ventaja de 41-13, que resultó ser el marcador final.

Los Hurricanes corrieron para 192 yardas en 35 acarreos, con un promedio de 5.5 yardas por acarreo. Fletcher tuvo dos touchdowns terrestres, mientras que Mensah agregó otro por tierra.

Miami registró seis capturas, con el liniero defensivo Damon Wilson II contabilizando 2.5.

Miami fue puesto a prueba con frecuencia por Wesco, quien terminó con 152 yardas por recepción contra una secundaria de los Hurricanes mermada. Pero Dunnigan dio un paso al frente al final para darle a Miami la última anotación y sentenciar el partido.

La victoria marcó el primer triunfo de Miami en Clemson desde 2010 y mantuvo el inicio invicto de los Hurricanes en la temporada.

Lo que sigue

Miami (5-0, 3-0 ACC) tendrá semana de descanso antes de recibir a Florida State (3-2, 0-1 ACC) el 17 de octubre.

Clemson (3-2, 2-1 ACC) también tendrá semana de descanso antes de recibir a Charleston Southern (2-3) el 17 de octubre.

El accidente ocurrió el viernes por la noche en la Southwest 56th Avenue, cerca de la 23rd Street. Las imágenes de cámaras de videovigilancia muestran cómo los agentes llegaron al lugar de los hechos alrededor de las 23:00 horas y encontraron a un peatón tendido en la calzada.

Los servicios de emergencia cortaron la carretera durante horas mientras los investigadores trabajaban en el lugar de los hechos.

Según los agentes, el hombre estaba cruzando la calle cuando fue atropellado por una moto. Indicaron que un “vehículo desconocido” atropelló al hombre.

Posteriormente, se certificó el fallecimiento del hombre.

El conductor de la moto permaneció en el lugar de los hechos y el conductor del vehículo que atropelló a la víctima aún no ha sido identificado por los agentes.

Una mujer que ha residido por seis años en ese cruce afirmó que haber visto a gente conduciendo a exceso de velocidad por la zona.

“La gente conduce como locos”, dijo. “Es una auténtica locura, porque si vas a 80 millas por hora, ¿para qué vas a esa velocidad? Esto es un barrio”.

Afirmó que quiere que el ayuntamiento tome medidas, como instalar un semáforo o un badén.

Los agentes no han revelado el nombre ni la edad de la víctima. Tampoco han dado detalles sobre el aspecto del vehículo implicado en el accidente.

Trump is calling it the “Super Intelligence Force,” because he has tried to rebrand AI as “super intelligence.” The announcement comes after Trump hosted top executives of AI companies at the White House last week and said they had signed a voluntary accord that would effectively self-police the development of the technology.

The task force will coordinate the federal effort "to ensure that America continues to lead the World in Super Intelligence, which many say is bigger than the Industrial Revolution, and the Internet, and will protect the interests, and improve the lives, of all Americans,” Trump in a post on social media Sunday.

The task force will reach out to consumers, public interest groups, religious organizations, critical infrastructure providers and AI companies, the Republican president said.

Others on the task force include the Federal Trade Commission's chairman, Andrew Ferguson; Emil Michael, the Pentagon’s chief technology officer; and Scott Kupor, the director of the Office of Personnel Management.

The group will report to Trump and his chief of staff, Susie Wiles.

The first attempt to start Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia ended in confusion as cars crawled around the Sepang track at slow speeds or stopped entirely as drivers and teams tried to restart their systems.

There was another delay of almost an hour while, Verstappen said, teams were trying to update the software to handle slippery conditions.

Seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton likened it to gimmicky pre-race exhibitions in Lego cars the drivers have done previously as part of a sponsorship tie-ins.

“It was like the Lego race,” Hamilton said. “Same speed.”

The on-board algorithms that decide how and when to deploy the car's electrical hybrid power were seemingly thwarted by the drivers using less acceleration than usual to deal with the slippery conditions.

“It’s not what you want in the sport,” said Verstappen, who eventually won. “I hope there is a lesson learned.”

The rain delay becomes the laptop delay

F1 hadn't raced in the rain all year and fans were keen to see how the drivers and the 2026-specification cars — with a near 50-50 split between engine and battery power — handled the conditions.

The answer: not well.

After an initial delay because of a storm, drivers were meant to do two formation laps behind the safety car to scout out the conditions before getting under way. However, several cars lacked power and some stopped entirely.

“When you go too low in speed... for whatever reason, then it just bogs down,” Verstappen said, recalling the car going at 35 kph (22 mph) and still losing speed on one uphill stretch.

With overtaking not normally allowed on a formation lap, third-place Kimi Antonelli waited behind Lewis Hamilton's slow-moving Ferrari as the Italian team scrambled to solve a software issue.

“I’m pressing the throttle and nothing’s happening," Hamilton told Ferrari. He then stopped on track to restart the systems.

With more problems elsewhere in the field, soon cars were scattered all around the Sepang track. The safety car and Verstappen even seemed to lap some of them.

Eventually, the start was suspended again. The mixed-up order meant teams resorted to pushing their cars into the correct sequence in the pit lane.

The delay “was because they had to update the software, and then you have to load it into the car. I guess some had some faster laptops than others,” Verstappen joked. By the time they were done, the track was much drier and there were only a few laps of wet-weather action before a largely dry race.

Software problems have caused disruption before

This was the first wet-weather race of the year but it's not the first time software has caused headaches this season.

George Russell blamed the code governing the cars' electrical systems for his lack of pace at the Belgian Grand Prix before crashing out.

F1’s embrace of electrical power for 2026 comes with complex software that governs how and when that power is used.

In most on-track situations, the electrical power isn’t directly related to the driver’s use of the gas pedal. So-called “deployment maps” set out how much energy to release based on where the car is on the track.

When that software becomes confused as to where it is on the circuit, it can waste electrical energy in the wrong place, as happened to Russell in Belgium, or give a jolt of power in a potentially dangerous situation instead.

Oscar Piastri was sent spinning into the wall on the formation lap in the year's first race in Australia when he got extra power unexpectedly. At last week's race in Azerbaijan, Cadillac's Valtteri Bottas crashed on the last lap and reportedly blamed it on the software becoming confused and affecting his braking.

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Here is Scotlandville, which was once its own unincorporated town but is now part of Baton Rouge. It's a nearly all Black community of 10,000 people that has been, for the second time, shuffled around on the state's congressional map to make it part of a majority white district. Both times it was during the term of the same representative.

The first time was 1996, when a group of voters sued to redraw the lines. The second time was earlier this year, after the U.S. Supreme Court decided that a core part of the Voting Rights Act intended to protect minorities' political rights was unconstitutional.

The ruling led to cascading changes around the American South, but the case originated in Louisiana — specifically the 6th Congressional District that included Scotlandville. This is where Democratic Rep. Cleo Fields, 63, grew up poor and attended local schools before graduating from nearby Southern University A&M, eventually climbing the ranks to the U.S. House.

Now he plans to leave Washington and return to the Legislature instead of running for reelection in a race that he sees little chance of winning because the district boundaries have been altered dramatically. Scotlandville will no longer be represented by a native son, someone who people believed instinctively understood their challenges and offered a direct line to power and influence in the nation's capital.

“We’re back to where we were right after Reconstruction,” said Press Robinson Sr., 89, who has spent years working on issues involving the congressional map. “When they redistrict, they are not concerned about the effect it has on those of us who are people of color.”

The methods have changed over the years, he said, but the intent has not.

“They disenfranchise people of color and they’ve done it again," Robinson said.

Field's career echoes legal battle for representation

Congressional districts are core to debates over racial equality in the South, where white leaders spent decades using gerrymandering to ensure Black people couldn't gain enough power to elect their own representatives.

The Voting Rights Act signed by Democratic President Lyndon Johnson in 1965 was supposed to fix that. Among other things, it required states and jurisdictions with a history of racial discrimination to get approval from the U.S. Department of Justice before congressional maps could take effect. It also allowed people to sue to challenge laws and procedures that would deny them the chance to elect candidates of their choice.

That didn't settle the issue, however, and there has been a series of legal battles since then. Fields' political career has tracked those twists and turns over the years.

He first came to Congress in 1993 when Scotlandville was part of the 4th District, which had been redrawn to create a majority Black seat. A federal court said in 1996 the boundaries that zigzagged from northwest portion of the state to the Baton Rouge area were unconstitutional.

Scotlandville shifted to the 6th District, which was then predominantly white, and Fields became a state senator. But he had an opening to return to Washington when Robinson and other plaintiffs challenged how the state drew its maps following the 2020 census.

A 2023 court decision involving Alabama also affected Louisiana, requiring the state to draw new district lines to achieve fairer representation for minorities. The district became majority Black again, and Fields won the seat in 2024.

Another wave of litigation was already starting, and the issue soon reached the U.S. Supreme Court once more. The new lawsuit by a group of non-Black voters dovetailed with a separate effort by President Donald Trump to push Republican-led states to redraw their maps to help his party keep control of Congress in this year's midterms.

The high court's conservative majority said Fields' district was unconstitutional. Louisiana, Alabama and Tennessee raced to redo their U.S. House districts in time for the November elections.

In Alabama, Democratic Rep. Shomari Figueres is fighting to hold onto his seat, where Black voting age population dropped from 50% to 40% under the new political lines, according to an Associated Press analysis of the citizen voting age population in his redrawn district. In Tennessee, the majority Black district anchored by Memphis was split between three others.

Fields' district went from being 53% Black to 25% in the new one. He announced in July that he wasn't going to run for reelection.

Blocks from the main entrance to Southern University A&M, a small crowd hung around a convenience store, but people were unwilling to talk about politics, eyeing strangers suspiciously. One younger man said he didn’t know who represents the area on the city council, let alone in Congress.

Frank Levy, 56, the cashier, said people’s apathy created the political environment that allowed for gerrymandering to occur again.

“A lot of people don’t even think about politics like this,” he said. “They don’t understand.”

About five minutes away, Dakasha Caulfield Leonard, 48, sat in the chapel of Scott’s Bluff Morticians, a nearly century-old fixture in the business community. Leonard returned two years ago to take over the funeral home when her father, who purchased it in the 1990s, became ill. She is worried about what will happen when Fields is no longer in office.

"The community is small and everybody knows everybody. Cleo is a member of our community,” she said. “If he doesn’t speak up and carry our voices, there’s nobody else to do that for us.”

Scotlandville has struggled for investment

Scenic Highway is one of the main thoroughfares in Scotlandville, and it once featured family businesses and restaurants as part of a prosperous self-contained Black community.

It's faded overtime. The centerpiece boulevard has become blighted by empty lots and vacant buildings.

But deeper into the community is the Louisiana Leadership Institute, a sprawling complex that includes a full-scale gymnasium, classrooms, a fine arts center, a football field and a stadium with artificial turf. A thousand-seat amphitheater is being built.

The campus is the legacy of Fields, who founded the institute as the Congressional Classroom in 1993, during his first stint in Washington, and secured a mix of public and private funding for it. Over the decades since, it has hosted government, civics and leadership classes, and it's created opportunities to travel and experience art and music and see government work in Washington.

“I wanted to engage young people,” Fields said. “Everything you see with the institute is result of me being a member of Congress." The goal, he said, was to bring the workings of the federal government and other experiences to kids who had grown up like him.

Baton Rouge Councilman Anthony Kenney Jr 29, is one of the human legacies, taking advantage of the course offerings, training and opportunities at the center as a young student.

“Congressman Fields is someone I’ve known my entire life," Kenney said. "I actually grew up in the Louisiana Leadership Institute. I was talking about civics, how to get involved in government, how to do policy, how to move legislation as a young child.”

Kenney is now responsible for improving the roads, plumbing, drainage and sidewalks around Scotlandville, describing it as essential for attracting new businesses.

He said it was “devastating” to see what happened to Fields.

“It’s important for us to have representation that not only is from here, raised here, but actually lived through that same experiences," Kenney said.

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Associated Press data reporter Hannah Recht in Washington contributed to this report.

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This story has been corrected to say that the majority Black district in Tennessee was anchored by Memphis, not by Nashville.

Preelection polls suggested both have a chance of winning outright, but if neither gets a majority of the vote, a runoff will be held on Oct. 25.

Nearly 159 million Brazilians were eligible to vote in Latin America’s largest economy. Bolsonaro is an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump and the son of ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro, whom Lula defeated four years ago.

Here's the latest:

Polls for Brazil’s national elections have closed

Polls closed at 5 p.m. Brasilia time, except where people are still in line to cast their votes.

As soon as polls close, the counting begins. Voters can follow the tally in real time on the electoral court’s website.

Some have waited for more than two hours to vote, others have done it in less than three minutes.

Brazilians are voting for several positions besides president, which traditionally makes some people queue longer in the first round of voting.

Some residents of Rio’s biggest favela evoke apathy

While Brazil has largely been polarized between two political forces in the last election cycles, represented this time by Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro, the two have also faced high levels of rejection.

As the sun began to dip in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro ’s biggest favela, Gabriel Soares da Silva, a 30-year-old tour guide, said he didn’t feel represented by the big names or the 10 other candidates running on the presidential ballot.

“For me the most important themes are education and health, but no one is doing anything,” he said, as he sat watching a huge line of people waiting for mototaxis to take them up the favela’s winding roads, strewn with electoral propaganda.

Head of electoral court says vote largely running smoothly

Kassio Nunes Maques, the president of the Superior Electoral Court, noted at a news conference that heavy rains and power outages caused some voting disruptions in the southern state of Parana.

But Nunes Marques said that, “We are almost 3 hours away from the end of the voting and everything is proceeding normally and with the greatest possible transparency.”

Brazil’s presidential election could reshape the future of the Amazon

The winner will lead a country that contains about 60% of the world’s largest rainforest — an ecosystem vital to the global climate.

But conservation of the Amazon has been largely absent from the presidential campaign.

Still, Lula and Bolsonaro represent starkly different visions of how the rainforest should be managed. Climate and conservation experts warn that a Bolsonaro victory could reverse the deforestation-control policies Lula restored after taking office in 2023.

During Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency, from 2019 to 2022, Amazon deforestation surged by about 60%, according to official data. Under Lula, deforestation has reached its lowest level in more than a decade.

Flávio Bolsonaro has pledged to end illegal deforestation by 2029. Lula proposes zero net deforestation by 2030, meaning any forest loss, legal or illegal, would have to be offset through restoration.

Across the Amazon’s waterways, voting requires navigating rivers

For many river dwellers, participating in the democratic process involves long journeys across the Rio Negro.

In Catalão, a floating community in the municipality of Iranduba just across from Manaus, residents arrived by boat to cast their ballots at the floating Nossa Senhora Aparecida municipal school.

Fisherwoman Francisca Oliveira Pontes traveled nearly an hour to reach the floating polling station. “My goal is to have a better country, and to exercise my right, which is the right to vote,” the 31-year-old Pontes said.

The vote center serves as a crucial hub for scattered Amazonian settlements, drawing voters from communities across the region, including Cacau Pirera and Careiro da Várzea.

Where the presidential candidates are watching the vote count

Lula is watching the count with First Lady Rosângela da Silva at his residence in Sao Paulo’s upscale Alto de Pinheiros neighborhood, and then plans to head to a hotel downtown to speak to journalists.

Flávio Bolsonaro is watching with his family in his house in the capital of Brasilia.

Bolsonaro’s father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, cannot host his son in his residence in the same city because he is serving his 27-year prison sentence for an attempted coup.

Rio voters confident in Brazil’s electronic system

Brazilian voters expressed confidence and pride in Brazil’s speedy electronic voting system as they cast their votes in downtown Rio de Janeiro, near a market teeming with fresh fruit and vegetables and a colonial-style church perched on a hill.

Josemar Lauriano Pereira, a 46-year-old lawyer, said that the rapid availability of results helped combat fraud and uncertainty.

“When results take a lot of time, it creates an opening for people to cast doubt on the results, to say there’s been a problem,” he said.

Fraud used to be a problem, but is no longer, said Tones José, 42, who works as a doorman. “Things have changed a lot since then. Now the urns are fully trustworthy.”

Voting is mandatory in Brazil for literate people over 18

Failing to cast a ballot in Brazil's election incurs a small fine. Those who are illiterate, above the age of 70, and between 16 and 18 years of age may choose whether to exercise their right.

For Brazilians abroad, voting is required only in the presidential race.

Jair Bolsonaro’s wife seeks office

Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s wife, Michelle Bolsonaro, is running for Senate in the Federal District, home to the capital, Brasilia.

A devout evangelical, the 44-year-old has never previously held public office.

In June, Michelle Bolsonaro had a very public falling out with Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, her stepson, whom she accused of disrespecting her in lengthy videos posted on her social media. The pair later made up.

She has called her candidacy “a mission” entrusted by her husband, who is serving a 27-year sentence under house arrest following his conviction for an attempted coup.

Women account for 53% of the Brazilian electorate

In the last presidential election in 2022, women played a decisive role in handing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva a narrow victory over Flávio Bolsonaro’s father, former President Jair Bolsonaro.

In the lead-up to Sunday’s vote, candidates courted women with proposals to combat gender-based violence, a major campaign issue as violence against women reaches record levels and several high-profile cases draw attention.

Aware of women’s electoral weight, activists sought to leverage that power to seek guarantees that such promises won't later be shelved.

Voters show their colors

In cities across Brazil, Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro’s supporters wore the yellow and green of the Brazilian flag.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's supporters wore red T-shirts, some with the face of the young Lula in his union days and messages denouncing U.S. influence in Brazilian politics.

International election observers monitored the voting centers, where there was a usual security presence.

Brazilians cast ballots in Portugal

Brazilians lined up to vote in Portugal’s capital like those living outside Brazil around the globe.

Some of those waiting to vote in Lisbon showed their Brazilian pride — one wearing a yellow and green Brazil soccer jersey, another a T-shirt with incumbent President Lula’s face emblazoned on the front.

“I will have dual nationality, but I’m still patriotic,” said Michele Sacramento, who’s lived in Portugal for seven years. “I love my country and I hope I can return one day and be able to walk in the street like I walk here, without any fear, any worry.”

Public security among voters’ top concerns in the election

Many are casting their ballots under the shadow of rising crime. Fears are most acute in Bahia, the country’s most violent state, a stronghold for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

They are also high in Rio de Janeiro, Flávio Bolsonaro’s home state, where entrenched criminal factions and urban warfare have plagued communities for decades. Voters head to the polls demanding decisive federal action in the near future.

Lula urges voters over 70 to cast ballots

Brazil’s incumbent president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, voted after 9 a.m. in a school in Sao Bernardo do Campo, outside Sao Paulo.

The 80-year-old Lula said that he was confident that he could get his first outright victory in seven runs for the presidency. He also urged Brazilians above age 70, who aren’t legally required to vote, to show up and cast their ballots.

Wearing a hat to protect his head after a skin cancer diagnosis, Lula told journalists that he needs “to do double what we have done” if reelected and also said that “Brazil will not go forward by making arms sales easier,” in reference to a long-standing pledge of his main opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro.

Brazil’s patron saint has become a surprise election issue

Brazil's patron saint is Our Lady of Aparecida.

A comment on Jesus by Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro recently went viral, triggering fears among many Catholics that he might intend to remove the patron saint status of Our Lady of Aparecida — a claim Bolsonaro has denied.

In an Aug. 23 video, Bolsonaro said that he would “declare that Brazil belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ.” Some Catholics interpreted that as meaning that the presidential candidate would remove Our Lady of Aparecida as Brazil’s patron saint.

Our Lady of Aparecida is a much-beloved figure among Brazilians. The accusation tapped into Catholics’ fears over losing ground to evangelicals and could weaken the presidential bid of Bolsonaro, who is evangelical.

Bolsonaro has no authority to name or remove patron saints. That’s entirely up to the Vatican.

Bolsonaro casts his vote

Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro has voted in his home state of Rio de Janeiro.

“Brazil needs change, Brazil can’t stand so much suffering,” said Bolsonaro, who arrived at around 8:10 a.m. local time to vote in a school.

He was dressed in a light yellow shirt featuring a “22” sticker, corresponding to the number that Brazilians must punch into electronic voting machines if voting for him.

“I am more than prepared to preside this country to give back to Brazilians the right to dream,” he told journalists.

Brazilian sovereignty takes center stage

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's government sees a series of recent U.S. measures — including tariffs and the decision to classify Brazil’s biggest drug-trafficking groups as foreign terrorist organizations — as attempts to tip the scale in Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro’s favor, an accusation that the Trump administration has denied.

A victory by Bolsonaro would mean Brazil would join Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru in electing Trump-friendly governments in recent years.

Lula has made Brazil’s sovereignty a major campaign issue. In the days before the election, his team launched a Portuguese version of the Bad Bunny song, “Lo que le paso a Hawaii,” that uses the U.S. colonization of Hawaii as a cautionary tale.

Brazilians use electronic voting machines to vote

Brazilian voters prepare number-heavy lists to remember their candidates’ numbers and at the ballot box, punch in the corresponding digits. Brazilian authorities adopted electronic voting machines in the 1990s to tackle longstanding fraud.

In earlier elections, ballot boxes were stuffed or stolen, and individual votes were routinely falsified, according to Brazil’s electoral authority. Now, results are reported mere hours after polls close.

In the lead-up to the 2022 vote, Jair Bolsonaro repeatedly cast unfounded doubts on Brazil’s electronic voting system. No significant fraud has ever been detected.

Political longevity takes center stage

Alongside regional heavyweights like U.S. President Donald Trump and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, 80-year-old Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stands among the oldest leaders in the Americas.

If Lula achieves an outright victory against 45-year-old Flávio Bolsonaro, he will cement a historic milestone, becoming the oldest man ever elected to lead the South American nation.

He says he wants to live to be 120. He tried to ease concerns by posting workout videos to attempt to convince voters that age is just a number.

Voting is underway in Brazil

Voting has started in Brazil's high-stakes presidential election, pitting the two main candidates, incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his ideological opposite, Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, against each other.

Almost 159 million Brazilians are eligible to vote in this tense political showdown.

Brazilians will also elect 27 state governors, members of state legislatures, all 513 federal members of the lower house of congress and 54 of the country’s 81 senators in Sunday’s vote.

Lula, de 80 años y figura dominante en la izquierda de Brasil, busca un cuarto mandato no consecutivo. Su principal adversario es uno de los hijos del expresidente Jair Bolsonaro, a quien venció en una reñida segunda vuelta en 2022 después de su resurgimiento político tras ser encarcelado por corrupción.

Si ninguno alcanza la mayoría de los votos se celebrará una segunda vuelta el 25 de octubre. La diferencia entre una victoria directa de Lula o Bolsonaro, de 45 años, y una segunda vuelta dependería del apoyo que reciban otros cuatro contendientes que en conjunto podrían obtener menos del 10% del total de los votos, según sondeos.

Aquí los más recientes acontecimientos de la jornada:

Esposa de Jair Bolsonaro busca banca en el Senado

Michelle Bolsonaro, esposa del expresidente Jair Bolsonaro, aspira a un escaño en el Senado por el Distrito Federal, donde se encuentra Brasilia. La mujer de 44 años, ferviente evangélica, nunca ha ocupado un cargo público. En junio Michelle Bolsonaro protagonizó un conflicto público con el senador Flávio Bolsonaro —su hijastro— a quien acusó de faltarle el respeto en extensos videos publicados en sus redes sociales. Posteriormente se reconciliaron. Ella ha calificado su candidatura como “una misión” encomendada por su esposo, quien cumple una condena de 27 años bajo arresto domiciliario tras haber sido hallado culpable de intento de golpe de Estado. — Mauricio Savarese —

Votación transcurre con normalidad

El presidente del Tribunal Superior Electoral, Kassio Nunes Marques, declaró en una conferencia de prensa que la jornada electoral transcurría mayoritariamente con normalidad, a excepción de las fuertes lluvias y los cortes de electricidad que causaron algunas interrupciones en la votación en el estado sureño de Paraná.

“Estamos a casi tres horas del cierre de la votación y todo avanza con normalidad y con la mayor transparencia posible”, afirmó Nunes Marques y añadió que no existe “ningún indicio concreto de injerencia internacional”.

A través del programa gubernamental “Tu voto importa”, se trasladó a los centros de votación a 2.000 personas con movilidad reducida y a 8.000 habitantes de comunidades remotas. Las autoridades electorales reportaron más de 450 casos de desinformación hasta las 13:00 hora local, señaló. Asimismo, 59 personas fueron detenidas por presuntos delitos electorales. — Anna-Catherine Brigida —

Dónde siguen el recuento de votos los candidatos presidenciales

Lula sigue el recuento junto a la primera dama, Rosângela da Silva, en su residencia del exclusivo barrio de Alto de Pinheiros, en Sao Paulo, y posteriormente tiene previsto dirigirse a un hotel del centro de la ciudad para hablar con los periodistas.

Flávio Bolsonaro sigue el proceso con su familia en su casa de Brasilia, la capital.

El padre de Bolsonaro, el expresidente Jair Bolsonaro, no puede recibir a su hijo en su residencia de la misma ciudad porque está cumpliendo una condena de 27 años de prisión por un intento de golpe de Estado. — Mauricio Savarese —

Los votantes de Río confían en el sistema electrónico

Los votantes expresaron confianza y orgullo en el rápido sistema de votación electrónica mientras emitían su sufragio en el centro de Río de Janeiro, cerca de un mercado repleto de frutas y verduras frescas y de una iglesia de estilo colonial situada en lo alto de una colina.

Josemar Lauriano Pereira, un abogado de 46 años, afirmó que la rápida disponibilidad de los resultados ayudaba a combatir el fraude y la incertidumbre. “Cuando los resultados tardan mucho, se abre la puerta a que la gente ponga en duda el escrutinio y diga que ha habido algún problema”, señaló.

El fraude solía ser un problema, pero ya no lo es, comentó Tones José, de 42 años, quien trabaja como portero. “Las cosas han cambiado mucho desde entonces. Ahora las urnas son totalmente fiables”. — Eléonore Hughes —

El futuro de las políticas sobre la Amazonía está en juego

La elección presidencial podría redefinir el futuro de la Amazonía, ya que el ganador gobernará el país que alberga cerca del 60% de la selva tropical más grande del mundo, un ecosistema vital para el clima global.

La conservación de la Amazonía ha estado ausente en gran medida de la campaña de este año. Aun así, los candidatos favoritos —Lula y Bolsonaro— representan visiones marcadamente distintas sobre cómo debería gestionarse la selva tropical, y expertos en clima y conservación advierten que una victoria del segundo podría revertir las políticas de control de la deforestación que Lula restableció tras asumir el cargo en 2023. — Gabriela Sá Pessoa —

Ambiente festivo mientras los brasileños votan en París

Los brasileños tuvieron que hacer una larga fila para votar en París, pero la moral estaba alta y el ambiente era festivo: algunos cantaban y bailaban al ritmo de ‘forró’ —un estilo musical brasileño— y comían ‘coxinhas’, un emblemático aperitivo salado frito.

Pablo José Feitosa Martins, un camionero de 48 años, esperó una hora y media en la fila para ejercer su voto. Se mudó a Francia en 2002, pero creció en el estado nororiental de Pernambuco, al igual que el presidente Lula.

Feitosa Martins afirmó que votó por el mandatario en ejercicio porque sus políticas sociales e industriales habían transformado su región.

“Había una enorme diferencia con el sureste”, comentó por teléfono, refiriéndose a la región más rica del sur de Brasil, donde se encuentran Sao Paulo y Río de Janeiro. “En el noreste no había nada, pero ahora hay energía y agua en las zonas rurales, y la gente ya no muere de hambre”. — Eléonore Hughes —

En busca del voto femenino

Las mujeres representan el 53 % del electorado brasileño y en las últimas elecciones presidenciales de 2022 desempeñaron un papel decisivo al otorgar a Lula una victoria ajustada sobre el expresidente Jair Bolsonaro.

En vísperas de la votación del domingo los candidatos buscaron atraer a las mujeres con propuestas para combatir la violencia de género, un tema central de la campaña dado que la violencia contra las mujeres ha alcanzado niveles récord y varios casos de gran repercusión han captado la atención pública.

Conscientes del peso electoral de las mujeres, los activistas intentaron aprovechar ese poder para exigir garantías de que tales promesas no quedarán en el olvido. — Eléonore Hughes —

La inseguridad como principal preocupación

La inseguridad figura entre las principales preocupaciones de los votantes en las elecciones del domingo.

Muchos acuden a las urnas bajo la sombra de una creciente criminalidad. El temor es especialmente intenso en Bahía, el estado más violento del país y bastión del presidente Lula. También es elevado en Río de Janeiro, estado natal de Flávio Bolsonaro, donde grupos criminales han azotado a las comunidades durante décadas. Los votantes exigen una acción federal decisiva. — Mauricio Savarese —

Los votantes muestran sus colores

En ciudades de todo Brasil, los partidarios del senador Flávio Bolsonaro vestían los colores amarillo y verde de la bandera brasileña.

Los seguidores de Lula llevaban camisetas rojas; algunas mostraban el rostro del joven Lula de sus tiempos como sindicalista y mensajes que denunciaban la influencia de Estados Unidos en la política brasileña.

Observadores electorales internacionales supervisaron los centros de votación, donde se desplegó el dispositivo de seguridad habitual.

En un centro de votación de Sao Paulo, el ambiente se percibía más apagado que hace cuatro años, cuando Lula derrotó al padre del senador, el expresidente Jair Bolsonaro.

“Sin duda, ahora se respira mucho menos ambiente electoral”, comentó Celso Gaspar, un profesor jubilado de 67 años, quien no reveló por quién había votado. “La mayoría de la gente aquí siente que debe cumplir con su deber cívico, pero no hay tanta pasión por ningún candidato. Una segunda vuelta entre Lula y Flávio Bolsonaro podría cambiar eso”. — Anna-Catherine Brigida —

Votante destaca el problema de la delincuencia en Brasil

Rosane Wink, de 67 años, una ingeniera jubilada de origen alemán que votó en el mismo centro electoral que Flávio Bolsonaro, es una votante conservadora de toda la vida que apoya al hijo del expresidente y su promesa de clasificar a los grupos delictivos como organizaciones terroristas.

“Es una especie de terrorismo lo que están ejerciendo contra nosotros”, dijo Wink, quien vestía una camiseta con los colores nacionales de Brasil.

El mes pasado, un ladrón le apuntó con un arma al abdomen, le mordió la mano y le quitó el anillo de bodas, relató.

“No lograremos acabar con la delincuencia, pero tenemos que encontrar la manera de reducirla”. — Eléonore Hughes —

Patrona de Brasil se cuela en las elecciones

Nuestra Señora de Aparecida, patrona de Brasil, se convirtió inesperadamente en un tema electoral, situando a la religión en el centro de la campaña.

Un comentario del senador Flávio Bolsonaro sobre Jesús se hizo viral recientemente, despertando el temor entre muchos católicos de que pretenda revocar su condición de patrona, una afirmación que Bolsonaro ha negado.

Nuestra Señora de Aparecida es una figura muy querida por los brasileños. La acusación avivó el temor de los católicos a perder terreno frente a los evangélicos y podría debilitar la candidatura presidencial del senador Bolsonaro, quien es evangélico. Bolsonaro no tiene autoridad para designar ni destituir a santos patronos, esa es una competencia exclusiva del Vaticano. — Eléonore Hughes —

Brasileños votan en Portugal y otras partes del mundo

Los votantes brasileños hicieron fila para sufragar en Lisboa, Portugal, al igual que aquellos que residen fuera del país en diversas partes del mundo.

Algunas de las personas que esperaban para votar mostraron su orgullo brasileño: una llevaba la camiseta amarilla y verde de la selección de fútbol de Brasil y otra una camiseta con el rostro del actual presidente Lula estampado en el frente.

“Tendré doble nacionalidad, pero sigo siendo patriota”, dijo Michele Sacramento, quien vive en Portugal desde hace siete años. “Amo a mi país y espero poder regresar algún día y caminar por la calle tal como lo hago aquí, sin miedo ni preocupaciones”. —- Helena Alves y Shelley Acoca—

Lula, entre los líderes más longevos de la región

Mientras inicia la jornada de votación en Brasil, la longevidad política cobra protagonismo. Junto a figuras de gran peso en la región, como Donald Trump y Daniel Ortega, Lula, de 80 años, figura entre los líderes de mayor edad del continente.

Si Lula logra una victoria decisiva frente a Flávio Bolsonaro marcará un hito histórico al convertirse en la persona de mayor edad jamás elegida para dirigir la nación sudamericana. Lula afirma que quiere vivir hasta los 120 años y ha intentado disipar las preocupaciones sobre su edad publicando videos de sus rutinas de ejercicio.

Urnas electrónicas

Los brasileños utilizan urnas electrónicas para votar. Preparan listas con los números de sus candidatos para recordarlos y, al momento de votar, introducen los dígitos correspondientes.

Las autoridades brasileñas adoptaron las urnas electrónicas en la década de 1990 para combatir un fraude arraigado. En las elecciones anteriores las urnas eran manipuladas o robadas y los votos individuales se falsificaban sistemáticamente, según la autoridad electoral de Brasil.

Actualmente, los resultados se comunican apenas unas horas después del cierre de las mesas de votación. En el periodo previo a las elecciones de 2022, Jair Bolsonaro sembró repetidamente dudas infundadas sobre el sistema de votación electrónica. Nunca se ha detectado ningún fraude significativo.

Lula admite que necesitaría “hacer el doble de lo que hemos hecho” si es reelegido

Lula votó después de las 9:00 de la mañana en una escuela de Sao Bernardo do Campo, en las afueras de la metrópolis de Sao Paulo.

El líder, de 80 años, expresó su confianza en lograr su primera victoria absoluta en siete intentos por alcanzar la presidencia. Asimismo, instó a los brasileños mayores de 70 años —quienes no están legalmente obligados a votar— a acudir a las urnas y ejercer su derecho al sufragio.

Tras votar, Lula declaró a los periodistas que, de ser reelegido, necesitaría “hacer el doble de lo que hemos hecho” y afirmó que “Brasil no avanzará facilitando la venta de armas”, en alusión a una propuesta de larga data de su principal oponente, Flávio Bolsonaro. — Mauricio Savarese —

Voto obligatorio

En Brasil el voto es obligatorio para las personas alfabetizadas mayores de 18 años. No votar sin justificación conlleva una pequeña multa. Las personas analfabetas, las mayores de 70 años y aquellas de entre 16 y 18 años pueden decidir si ejercen su derecho al voto. Para los brasileños en el extranjero, el voto es obligatorio únicamente en las elecciones presidenciales.

Bolsonaro vota temprano en su estado natal de Río de Janeiro

“Brasil necesita un cambio, Brasil no puede soportar tanto sufrimiento”, dijo Flávio Bolsonaro, quien llegó alrededor de las 8:10 a. m. (hora local) para votar en una escuela de su estado natal de Río de Janeiro, vestido con una camisa de color amarillo claro que lucía una pegatina con el 22, número que los brasileños marcan en las máquinas de votación electrónica.

“Estoy más que preparado para presidir este país y devolver a los brasileños el derecho a soñar”, declaró a los periodistas. — Eléonore Hughes —

¿Qué se elige este domingo?

No se trata sólo de la carrera presidencial. Además de votar por su próximo presidente, este domingo los brasileños elegirán representantes estatales y federales, así como gobernadores y algunos senadores. Los alcaldes, concejales y el resto de los senadores también se eligen cada cuatro años, pero en años distintos.

Abren los centros de votación

Los centros de votación abrieron el domingo a las 8.00 de la mañana local en el Distrito Federal y en los estados bajo el huso horario de Brasilia. En otros estados como Mato Grosso y gran parte del Amazonas ya habían abierto una hora antes. En 11 ciudades del estado de Amazonas y en Acre, el estado en la frontera con Bolivia y Perú, abrieron dos horas antes.

Casi 159 millones de ciudadanos están convocados a las urnas en más de 94.000 centros de votación distribuidos en todo el país y en el exterior.

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The TPLF last month seized the Mekelle airport and the city, one of Ethiopia’s largest. In a statement Saturday, it said its forces had pulled out. They had done so in the previous two-year war, which ended with a peace agreement in 2022, apparently to spare the city from destruction.

Ethiopian Airlines had suspended flights to Mekelle and the Tigrayan cities of Axum and Shire after the rebels seized the airport. The African Union urged restraint, warning that renewed tensions threatened the 2022 agreement.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has tried and failed to subdue Tigray’s rebellious leaders in recent months, with TPLF Chairman Debretsion Gebremichael openly challenging him. Debretsion said Thursday that the fighting was a “continuation of the previous war” and that his fighters would keep attacking and defending Tigray from its enemies.

Residents report looting and entry of government-allied fighters

After federal troops take control of Mekelle, Abiy is very likely to leave regional security in the hands of the Tigray Peace Force, which comprises former members of the TPLF armed wing, Tigray Defense Forces, according to Jalale Getachew Birru, an analyst of Ethiopia for ACLED, an independent global monitor that collects, analyzes and maps data on conflict.

The Tigray Peace Force is fighting alongside federal troops against the TPLF.

Severe disruptions to internet and cellphone networks have made gathering and verifying information from Tigray difficult, although some connectivity was reported Sunday. Residents of Mekelle told The Associated Press on Saturday that federal forces had retaken the airport, although details were scanty.

Civilians looted government offices and hauled away equipment from police headquarters in Mekelle as TPLF-allied fighters withdrew, a local business owner, who witnessed the departures and looting, said Sunday. The looting targeted the TPLF administration office, the regional police headquarters and some shops, Filmon Equar Hailu said.

Speaking by phone from Mekelle, Filmon said he saw some TPLF-allied fighters with light weapons leaving the city, some on foot. Departures began in small groups about three days ago and continued through Saturday afternoon, he said.

Small groups of fighters from the Tigray Peace Force entered Mekelle, Filmon said, adding he heard celebratory gunfire overnight into Sunday morning.

The TPLF is one of seven opposition groups that declared an alliance late last month whose objective is to remove Abiy. He rose to the premiership in 2018, and was reelected earlier this year. In addition to once being Tigray’s ruling party, the TPLF was the dominant group in a coalition that ruled Ethiopia between 1991 and 2018.

The fighting has brought renewed hardship to civilians still recovering from the previous war. Residents have described fears of renewed isolation following the suspension of flights. They also reported that roads connecting Tigray and Afar had been closed to civilian traffic.

Renewed fighting has regional implications

The conflict is also testing regional alliances, with Ethiopia charging that the TPLF is likely getting support from Eritrea and Egypt. Relations between Ethiopia and Egypt have been cold in recent years because of a large power dam on the Nile River that is opposed by Cairo over concerns it could diminish the amount of water received in Egypt.

Abiy also angered Eritrea over his stated wish for Ethiopia to gain sovereign access to the Eritrean Red Sea port of Assab.

Ethiopia on Thursday closed its embassy in Eritrea and ordered 10 Eritrean diplomats to leave Addis Ababa, the federal capital, citing their alleged “involvement in activities that pose a direct threat to Ethiopia’s national security.” Eritrea retaliated by saying it was cutting diplomatic ties with its neighbor.

Egypt denies supporting the TPLF, and Eritrea says Abiy is trying to externalize an internal conflict.

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki traveled to Egypt on a working visit at the invitation of his counterpart there, Eritrean Information Minister Yemane Gebremeskel said Saturday.

Afwerki and President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi would “discuss further enhancement of bilateral ties during the visit,” Yemane said on social platform X.

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They’re distressed by news that a female actor — the Oscar-winning Meryl Streep — will be voicing the role of Aslan the lion in “Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew.” Aslan is considered a literary representation of Jesus Christ in the seven Narnia books by British Christian author C.S. Lewis, published in the 1950s. The books depict the lion as male, with a glorious mane.

Filmmakers routinely take license in adapting books — compressing timelines, combining characters and more. Gerwig herself is resetting “The Magician’s Nephew” from around 1900 to the 1950s.

The casting of Streep doesn't necessarily mean that Aslan will be depicted as female. But to conservative Christian critics, even the possibility of portraying a divine Christ figure as anything but male goes beyond artistic license. They deem it an attack on their faith, noting that the Bible and ancient creeds speak of God the Father and Jesus as the Son of God.

“This is a well-known ploy of the enemies of God, to subvert and destroy symbols of Christianity in an effort to win a war of attrition for the heart of the culture,” wrote Seth Udinsky in a column for the Christian Post, an evangelical news website. He contended that Gerwig is turning Aslan “transgender,” citing a newly released photo from the movie’s promoters, depicting the lion with rainbow-tinted whiskers.

Similar comments, and rebuttals, appear in numerous replies to Netflix's posting about the casting on Instagram.

Some Lewis scholars and aficionados are taking a wait-and-see approach. The Netflix production is scheduled for theatrical release in February.

Kat Coffin, a New York-based writer and scholar of Lewis, said she has questions about the casting decision but added: “I am far more disturbed by the people who are violently opposed and angry at the idea that the incarnation of God could be anything even hinted toward feminine.”

Gerwig wanted a ‘profound but not pretentious’ voice

Gerwig, in public statements, hasn’t addressed the gender question directly, but did say she saw Streep as one of the few actors who could meet her criteria for Aslan’s voice.

“I wanted someone who was profound but not pretentious, who had gravitas but not morose self-seriousness,” Gerwig said. “Someone who could communicate depth and pathos as well as joy and delight. I wanted someone who was older than 70, so there was a wisdom of experience, but who also had the capacity of fresh wonder, like a child. And also to be one of the greatest actors to ever do it.”

Gerwig said she first read “The Magician’s Nephew” as a child, falling in love with the story and its enchanted world.

Gerwig is known for bringing feminist interpretations to her acclaimed movies "Barbie” and “Little Women,” also based on intellectual properties that have long been popular with children.

Further raising hackles is a report in the movie magazine Empire that Gerwig took inspiration from the pop artist David Bowie, known for his gender ambiguity, in depicting the lion with different-colored eyes and “bold red-striped visage.”

“The Magician’s Nephew” — published in 1955, eight years before Lewis’ death — tells the story of two children, Digory and Polly, who are sent to parallel worlds by evil magic. They ultimately arrive in the newly created, fantastical land of Narnia, but they inadvertently bring with them the evil witch, Jadis. In this and subsequent Narnia books, Aslan leads his young followers in combating and defeating evil.

Critic says Gospel themes can't be treated like ‘The Odyssey’

For Ted Baehr, having a woman portray Aslan is a direct challenge to Christian doctrine on the nature of God.

Baehr is founder and publisher of Movieguide, which advises Christian parents on what to watch.

“This movie could do very well, but the better it does, there’s a lot of Christians who will be concerned for their children and grandchildren,” said Baehr, who led a company that produced a 1979 animated television version of another Narnia book.

Baehr praised Gerwig’s directing skills but said she may not understand the issue's importance to many Christians. While Lewis said his Narnia books are not allegories, they do closely parallel biblical stories and concepts. Baehr said they can’t be adapted as readily as the recent Christopher Nolan movie “The Odyssey” did with Greek myth.

"The Gospel is not a myth," he said.

The criticisms reflect the deep bond that many Christians, particularly evangelicals, feel with Lewis, who promoted Christian teachings and themes through fiction and nonfiction.

Narnia has a broad reader base, with reported sales of 120 million books worldwide since the first volume's publication 75 years ago this month. Its Christian readers feel a particular sense of ownership.

“I know a lot of people who are genuinely concerned, because the original stories mean so much to them,” said Christin Ditchfield Lazo, an author of books on Lewis.

The Narnia series has “had a profound impact on the lives of millions of people — especially people of faith, who love the spiritual truths in these stories and want them to be faithfully represented,” she said.

Ditchfield Lazo urged Christians to reserve judgment.

“There’s a huge difference between a woman voicing a male character and the director changing the gender of the character,” she said. “It could be problematic, but we won’t know until we see the film.”

She noted that men and women have often played or voiced each others’ roles, from Shakespearean drama to modern animations.

Lewis family statement supports Gerwig's work

Many evangelicals did embrace the early 2000s movies based on the first three Narnia books, with actor Liam Neeson providing the deep, masculine voice of Aslan.

Coffin said that God has been portrayed with feminine characteristics in other literary works — including Narnia itself, where Aslan also appears as a lamb with a “sweet milky voice.”

“I would describe that as a feminine presentation,” Coffin said.

A statement from the family of Lewis’ late wife, Joy Davidman Gresham, praised Gerwig for her “sincere passion” for the Narnia works.

“We saw this enthusiasm during our visit to the set in London,” said the statement, provided by Netflix. “We are thrilled to be working with such a talented and accomplished director and production team, and are keen to continue working with them on future projects.”

The C.S. Lewis Co. — holders of Lewis intellectual property rights and producers on the film — stated: “It’s incredibly moving to see how deeply Greta Gerwig has embraced C.S. Lewis’ world, and infused ‘Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew’ with joy, heart, and genuine love for the story.”

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later told the head of the National Security Council to appoint an examiner to review “all security aspects regarding foreign civil aviation to Israel.”

With the investigation into the FlyDubai incident underway, preliminary details have highlighted several major security lapses. Officials already have said the Omani co-pilot had been barred from flying by his own country because of concerns about his extremist views. It also remains unclear how a citizen of Oman, an Arab country that has no diplomatic relations with Israel, was allowed to fly a planeload of Israelis to Tel Aviv.

The UAE, which is leading the investigation, said the co-pilot attacked the flight's captain with the cockpit’s crash ax and tried to take control of the plummeting plane in a “terrorist attack” Wednesday. His actions nearly crashed the flight with 182 people on board before the Indian captain managed to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers and others to rush in and subdue the attacker.

Israel did not raise concerns about passengers and crew

The regional officials said Emirati authorities had shared information about the passengers and crew, including their nationalities. Israel hadn’t raised red flags on any passenger or member of the crew, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to reporters about the probe.

The Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic security agency, said the Transportation Ministry is responsible for vetting passenger lists from foreign flights. Transportation Minister Miri Regev on X said the security agencies are responsible for flight security and that her ministry wasn’t given a list of passengers or any warnings.

Sharing the list is standard aviation procedure. But the head of aviation security at the Transportation Ministry, Dvir Rubenstien, told Army Radio that the ministry relies on local security checks and does not have the tools or the ability to run checks on each passenger on every flight.

Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel has long-standing agreements with foreign carriers to keep pilots from flying into the country if they are citizens of nations that don’t maintain diplomatic relations with Israel.

Australian police said Sunday that counterterrorism investigators were looking into the attacker's possible connections to Australia.

The passengers who halted the attack and helped regain control of the aircraft have been hailed as heroes in Israel.

Questions being raised about security failures

But as the initial euphoria of the rescue has subsided, officials have begun to raise difficult questions and trade accusations about the security blunders that could have led to a major disaster.

Ahead of the elections at the end of the month, some opposition candidates have seized on the security failures to highlight what they perceive as negligence on the part of Netanyahu and his supporters. Transportation Minister Regev is a member of Netanyahu's Likud party and a staunch supporter.

“This is exactly what system collapse looks like,” Yair Golan, head of the opposition Democrats party, wrote on X. “A transportation minister who completely abandons our skies, and a prime minister who abandons national security.”

It also remains unclear how FlyDubai, a low-cost Emirati airline that operates flights between Israel and the UAE, had failed to identify the Omani pilot as a security risk.

Philip Baum, a visiting professor of aviation security at Coventry University in England who wrote a book about aircraft hijackings and bombings, said background check systems differ from country to country and there are limits on what types of information can be shared.

“In terms of aviation security itself, obviously we want to have as robust background checks as possible. But there are huge limitations on doing background checks in any case, especially in cross-border checks,” he said.

Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 1, 2021, triggering widespread opposition and plunging large parts of the country into conflict.

The returnees, including 86 women, have been convicted of staying illegally and other immigration violations in Malaysia, according to reports from Myanmar state media. They were transported from Malaysia aboard two navy warships and a hospital ship last Tuesday. They arrived in southern Yangon early Sunday, Nay Lin Tun, a regional government minister, said.

The returnees are among 5,000 Myanmar nationals who will be repatriated in stages from Malaysia, where 10,388 others were being held at immigration detention centers, according to Malaysia’s Home Ministry.

The U.N. high commissioner for refugees and rights groups have criticized the repatriation, saying the security and humanitarian situation in parts of Myanmar remains volatile and returnees could face persecution and forced military conscription in an active war zone.

“Under international law, the Government of Malaysia is obligated to uphold the principle of non-refoulement and prevent the return of individuals to situations where they face a real risk of persecution, torture, or other serious human rights violations,” Kelley E. Currie, the U.N. special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, said in a statement on Thursday. “In my assessment, the risk of refoulement in the present circumstances is substantial.”

It was unclear if any of the returnees included minority Muslim Rohingya, who are facing persecution in Myanmar and have been denied citizenship.

Myanmar Foreign Ministry official Han Win Aung told The Associated Press that the repatriation involved “genuine citizens.”

Malaysia is home to about 215,600 refugees and asylum seekers registered with the UNHCR, including about 126,000 Rohingya who make up one of Southeast Asia’s largest refugee communities. Despite hosting them, Malaysia is not a party to the U.N. Refugee Convention and treats refugees as undocumented migrants.

Min Aung Hlaing, the leader of Myanmar’s military-backed government who was sworn in as president in April, is expected to visit Malaysia this month to discuss the refugee and migrant issues.

Meanwhile, the Iranian parliament speaker who was the lead negotiator in direct talks with the U.S. earlier this year says Washington recently put forward proposals via a mediator, without details. And a monitor says a commercial tanker has reported explosions near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off Yemen.

Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Sunday. Full coverage is available here.

Yemen’s government declares major military operation against Houthis

Rashad al-Alimi, head of the ruling Presidential Leadership Council, made the declaration as the Iran-backed rebels advanced in the outskirts of a key southwestern city, Taiz.

Speaking from neighboring Saudi Arabia, he said the operation aims at “recovering the remaining territories” controlled by the Houthis, who made their largest land grab in recent years last month when they seized Yemen’s Red Sea coast and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Al-Alimi called for the international community to provide support to his Saudi-backed government. In a separate statement, a Saudi military spokesperson, Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki, stressed the kingdom's right to take all necessary measures to deter the rebels.

The Houthis have launched a major offensive in recent days against government forces and their allies on the outskirts of Taiz, disrupting a major road linking the city to the port city of Aden, the seat of al-Alimi’s government. The rebels have besieged Taiz for more than a decade.

Earlier, the Houthis said airstrikes hit the capital, Sanaa, overnight, without giving details. The Yemeni military, backed by Riyadh, claimed responsibility, saying it struck “vital targets” in Sanaa as well as the northern province of Saada on the border with Saudi Arabia.

The escalation between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis has revived Yemen’s civil war after a four-year ceasefire.

Iran official says US has shared proposals

The United States recently put forward proposals through a mediator, Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, told an open session of Parliament, without details.

U.S. President Donald Trump last week said he rejected Iran’s latest peace offer because it’s not good enough. Qalibaf, the lead negotiator in rare direct talks with the U.S. earlier this year, said Americans “say something different in the media.”

Qalibaf said “the era of dragging out time and dictating unilateral demands is over” and that Iran's seven conditions for fully reopening the Strait of Hormuz remain.

Separately, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told ambassadors and chargés d’affaires of foreign missions in Tehran that “if they seek diplomatic avenues, we remain ready to reach a fair and honorable solution through diplomacy to end this war." But he warned that any renewed military confrontation would bring a stronger response.

Araghchi also rejected a U.S. claim that the Iranian delegation had been expelled from the U.S. days after the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders, where Iran proposed a deal to the U.S. that was turned down. He said Iran had returned according to a previously arranged schedule.

Tanker reports explosions near Bab el-Mandeb Strait

A British military monitor said a commercial tanker has reported explosions “in close proximity” near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the southern end of the Red Sea off Yemen.

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center said the crew was reported safe and authorities were investigating after the blasts 60 nautical miles south of the port city of Mokha in Yemen. The tanker was not identified.

The Joint Maritime Information Center, overseen by the U.S. Navy, calls the threat level in the area substantial after Iran-backed Houthi rebels last month seized land next to the Strait. The rebels say they are targeting Saudi shipping.

Iran's oil minister resigns, state media say

Iran’s oil minister resigned and President Masoud Pezeshkian accepted his resignation, state television reported. Pezeshkian appointed Hamid Bovard as caretaker oil minister following the resignation of Mohsen Paknejad. Bovard has been CEO of the National Iranian Oil Company.

The reason for the resignation was not immediately clear. It came as Iran’s oil exports face intense pressure from tightened U.S. sanctions and a naval blockade.

Iran’s ability to export oil is a crucial source of government revenue. Tehran has demanded that Washington lift sanctions on its oil sales and end the blockade as part of negotiations over reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

Israeli strikes kill 2 in Gaza, health officials say

An Israeli strike on a civilian vehicle killed one Palestinian and wounded at least 11 others, according to health officials at the Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, where the casualties were taken. Israel’s military said it targeted a known Hamas militant.

Later, a Turkish aid agency, the Deniz Feneri Association, said one of its volunteers was killed in an Israeli attack in Gaza. Israel's military said it “eliminated” a Hamas militant whom it described as the aid group's director.

Palestinians in Gaza have reported a surge in Israeli fire and airstrikes across the enclave over the past month. Israel says it is targeting Hamas and other militants who pose a threat, and in response to ceasefire violations, including occasional attacks.

Israeli strikes have killed at least 1,445 Palestinians in Gaza since a ceasefire was reached with the Hamas militant group nearly a year ago, according to the territory’s Health Ministry. Its figures are seen as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and independent experts. It doesn’t give a breakdown of civilians and militants. Seven Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire.

Tanker in Strait of Hormuz struck by projectile, British military says

A projectile struck a tanker on the Strait of Hormuz, damaging the engine room, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center said.

It was not immediately clear who launched the attack or when it was carried out. The UKMTO said the crew was reportedly safe.

In a separate report, the Joint Maritime Information Center, overseen by the U.S. Navy, said three tankers were struck on Saturday while transiting the strait, noting that attacks on the Omani side of the strait continue. That's where the U.S. military has been guiding vessels.

Overall ship traffic on the strait has improved but remains below prewar levels, as do shipments of energy products, even though Iran has lost its near-complete grip on the crucial waterway due to the U.S. Navy’s efforts. That, along with various pipelines, has allowed Gulf countries to restore oil exports to nearly prewar levels.

Houthis claim to hit Saudi oil facilities

The Houthi military spokesperson, Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, said the rebels fired missiles and drones at Saudi oil facilities.

In a prerecorded statement, Saree claimed to have targeted facilities of the Saudi state-run Aramco oil company, in the capital, Riyadh, and the Kurais area, which hosts a massive facility 150 kilometers (90 miles) southeast of Riyadh.

He didn’t say when it occurred, provide further details or offer evidence supporting his claim. A fire broke out at an Aramco oil refinery on Saturday, with no details released on the cause.

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

The aerial war has intensified, with Moscow menacing cities across Ukraine with hard-to-intercept ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones, while Kyiv has been striking Russia’s oil industry and businesses.

About 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) of the package is military aid, including long-range strike weapons, combat drones and satellite technology, “so that Ukraine can also target Russian launch pads,” Merz said at a news conference. Germany is also providing some 350 million euros ($395 million) in energy aid ahead of winter for generators, substations and repair work, he said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the two countries also signed 15 agreements worth more than 8.5 billion euros ($9.6 billion), mostly covering security cooperation, weapons production and procurement, as well as a deal to expand their joint counter-drone efforts.

“This is weaponry that will help right now,” Zelenskyy wrote on X, adding they also discussed the need for air defense, which he called “key” at this time.

At the news conference, Zelenskyy said Merz’s visit amid Russian attacks was “an important signal of support for Ukraine and of the courage of Germany and all of Europe.”

Germany will fund the joint production of drones designed to intercept Russia’s jet-powered drones, Merz said, adding that “significant technical breakthroughs” in recent weeks were speeding up production. “This will quickly and tangibly strengthen Ukraine’s air defense,” he said. “And this strengthening is urgently needed.”

Zelenskyy called jet-powered drones a growing challenge, saying Russia had launched 900 of them this week alone and Ukraine was able to intercept only around half. He highlighted the role of F-16 fighter jets in countering the threat and said he would speak with U.S. President Donald Trump about securing more ammunition.

Germany is Ukraine’s largest donor, sending Kyiv more than 43.3 billion euros ($48.8 billion) since the war began, along with equipment and weapons.

Merz was accompanied by Economy and Energy Minister Katherina Reiche and a business delegation.

US proposes talks by end of October

Zelenskyy said the U.S. was in contact with both Kyiv and Moscow and had proposed holding a trilateral meeting at the technical level by the end of October, possibly in the United Arab Emirates. He said he had told U.S. negotiators on Saturday that Ukraine was ready to take part, and that Kyiv was now waiting for Russia’s response.

He also accused Moscow of avoiding meaningful peace talks, and said Ukraine and Germany were working to advance diplomatic efforts with European participation.

Leaders visit National Academy of Sciences attack site

Merz and Zelenskyy visited a building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in central Kyiv that was damaged in a Russian attack that killed two people on Monday, as air raid sirens sounded across the capital.

“These barbaric attacks on the civilian population of Ukraine must stop. These are daily war crimes,” Merz said at the site, a few hundred meters (yards) from the German Embassy. Addressing Russian President Vladimir Putin, he called on him to end “this senseless war,” adding: “We’re ready to talk.”

Speaking in English, Zelenskyy called the attack on the academy “absolutely terrible” and noted that Russia was carrying out strikes even while the chancellor was in Kyiv. He thanked Merz for the visit, saying Ukraine was buoyed by its “strong partners.”

Souring German-Russian relations

Merz said Russia’s aggression toward Germany went beyond a failed drone attack at Leipzig Airport in early August, pointing to daily attacks on the country’s data centers and data networks. “None of this will stop if we stop helping Ukraine,” he said. “On the contrary, it will only get worse after that.”

Germany has blamed Russia for the incident at Leipzig and in early September announced the closure of the German Consulate in St. Petersburg, the latest in a cycle of tit-for-tat moves.

Merz said Germany would take further steps to defend itself, including against Russia’s shadow fleet of tankers in the Baltic and North seas, airspace violations and drone attacks.

He also accused Russia of waging systematic disinformation campaigns in Germany through bots and collaborators. “This is the political battle of ideas that we must wage in Germany,” he said, adding that he was “more determined than ever” to fight it because the country’s “peaceful and free future” was at stake.

The German and Russian foreign ministers met on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly’s annual meeting last month in what was believed to be the first such face-to-face meeting since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Russia’s Sergey Lavrov rejected German calls to ease off its “dangerous path of escalation” toward the country, and accused Germany of being Ukraine’s main sponsor and seeking to be a leading military power in Europe.

Strikes on Kyiv’s bridges continue

Russian attacks damaged Kyiv’s Northern Bridge over the Dnieper River again on Sunday. Video circulating on social media showed a drone striking the bridge and exploding as vehicles crossed. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said two people were wounded.

Russian assaults since Thursday have forced the full or partial closure of three of Kyiv’s six road bridges, suspending traffic and causing tailbacks in Moscow’s latest effort to disrupt life in the Ukrainian capital.

Russia's Ministry of Defense said Sunday it would intensify its strikes against military-industrial facilities and related infrastructure in Kyiv and other regions of Ukraine, in response to Zelenskyy's comments in an interview with Reuters published Saturday that Ukraine would escalate its attacks on Russian oil refineries.

Zelenskyy said Sunday Russia was escalating attacks on civilian infrastructure, including bridges, data centers and mobile networks. He said Russia had previously targeted warehouses of Ukrainian delivery companies Nova Poshta and Ukrposhta, and that Ukraine had given “a fitting response” with strikes on Russian online retailer Wildberries.

“Now they are attacking bridges. Do they really think we won’t respond?” he said.

In other developments, one person was killed and 16 wounded Sunday in a Russian aerial bomb attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy, local officials said.

Russia invaded its neighbor more than 4½ years ago, and there are no concrete signs that a peace settlement might be possible. Fighting along the roughly 1,250-kilometer (780-mile) front line snaking through northern, eastern and southern Ukraine has been virtually deadlocked in recent months.

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Brewers manager Pat Murphy figured France’s drive was heading foul instead.

Neither was correct.

In one of the most bizarre plays in American Family Field’s 25-year history, France hit a towering flyball that seemed as though it might be headed over the left-field wall until it struck a cable on the roof of the stadium. The ball then fell into the glove of Brewers left fielder Jackson Chourio on the warning track for the second out of the inning.

One out later, the Brewers had secured a 3-2 victory Saturday night to take the early lead in this best-of-five series.

“We joked about it at the umpire meeting today about what would happen if the ball hit the roof,” Padres manager Craig Stammen said. “And it was unlikely — but it happened.”

How unlikely?

“It’s the first time I’ve seen that in four years here,” said Brewers closer Trevor Megill, who gave up the long drive. “I had no idea what the ruling was until the home plate umpire came up and told me it’s a live ball, no matter what.”

Under the stadium’s ground rules, any batted ball striking the roof or one of its cables in fair territory is a fair ball that can be caught for an out. The Padres unsuccessfully challenged that France’s drive was a foul ball.

“Unfortunately, a bad break for us. Looked like it was a possible home run. Just didn’t go our way,” Stammen said.

France's drive had a 49-degree launch angle

The game-changing play came with Dustin Harris on first base following a leadoff single. France’s drive left his bat at 105.3 mph with a 49-degree launch angle, and it was caught 325 feet from home plate.

Megill was asked after the game what he thought once France connected.

“Oh, crap,” Megill said. “I’ll keep it PG for you.”

There has never been a home run at American Family Field with a launch angle greater than 46 degrees since Statcast tracking started in 2015. And there have only been 10 homers hit over the fence at any major league ballpark during that period with a launch angle of 49 degrees or higher.

France, however, had no doubt the ball would have cleared the left-field wall if it hadn’t hit the cable.

“The biggest question was, was it going to stay fair or foul,” France said. “I thought I back-spun it, and it was going to stay fair. I knew it was going out. It was just unfortunate.”

Murphy disagreed.

“It was going to be a foul ball, for sure. I’m standing right on that line,” he said. “A hitter that talented, they would have liked to have that hitter back up there with another strike.”

Instead, Chourio was in the right place at the right time as the ball landed harmlessly in his glove.

“I wasn’t all that sure of what the rule was, and I wasn’t really all that sure that it actually did hit anything,” Chourio said through interpreter Daniel de Mondesert. “I thought I had a chance on that ball kind of the whole time off the bat. Then the only thing I kind of realized (is) it changed direction a little bit, but I thought I had a bead on it for the majority of the time.”

Megill then completed his four-out save by retiring Jackson Merrill on a liner to right fielder Luis Lara.

It wasn’t the first time the American Family Field roof played a role in a Brewers playoff game. Milwaukee’s Craig Counsell caught a high pop fly from Philadelphia’s Jayson Werth that hit the roof during the 2008 NL Division Series.

Padres have faced roof-related misfortune before

Remarkably, it also wasn’t the first time this season the Padres lost a potential home run to a stadium’s unique ground rules.

Xander Bogaerts had a potential homer taken away at Tampa Bay’s Tropicana Field on Aug. 28 when his drive struck the stadium’s B-ring catwalk and was caught by Rays third baseman Junior Caminero. Bogaerts’ drive had been projected by Statcast to go 386 feet.

The fact that those types of projected distances are available had France wondering if something can be done to avoid these sort of circumstances in the future.

If it’s apparent the ball would have been a homer if it hadn’t hit the roof, why not just call it a homer?

“You would think with all the technology and data and everything we have now, we’d be able to make a clear call on that,” France said. “I don’t know if that’s ever been done before, but yeah, there should be something put in place right there. That shouldn’t be an out.”

France didn’t get his homer. He just got a natural topic of conversation the next time he and Megill cross paths. The two have a history together from shared Southern California backgrounds.

“Him and I go way back,” France said. “We played on the same high school scout ball team, so I’ve known him for a long time.”

While the Padres could blame their loss on a cruel twist of fate, Murphy believed he knew exactly who to thank for this improbable finish. He thought of longtime broadcaster Bob Uecker, who remains the most beloved figure in Brewers history less than two years after dying at age 90.

“Ueck decided to put his hand on it and swat it down so Chourio could catch it,” Murphy said. “So thanks, Ueck.”

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Verstappen took his first victory of an often-frustrating year for the four-time champion at Formula 1's Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia on Sunday. A retirement for George Russell handed a huge title boost to Kimi Antonelli.

Verstappen was leading from Antonelli and Russell behind the safety car with five laps to go when Russell suddenly pulled over in his Mercedes.

The retirement allowed Antonelli to further stretch his lead over teammate Russell from 66 points to 84, with seven races remaining on the schedule, including those in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.

Mercedes told Antonelli over the radio it appeared Russell had suffered a power unit problem.

“You’ve almost got to laugh. I’m beyond disappointment,” the British driver told Sky Sports.

Antonelli finished second and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton passed Verstappen's Red Bull teammate Isack Hadjar for third.

Verstappen savors a win after ‘tough start’

Four-time champion Verstappen hadn’t won since the final race of last season, but upgrades to his Red Bull car made him competitive again in Malaysia this week. That means Verstappen extends his run of winning at least once every year since he joined Red Bull in 2016. His only winless season was his 2015 rookie year.

“Very special for us. We had a very complicated and tough start to the year with all sorts of problems and just not being competitive enough,” he said.

“But throughout the year, the team has been working very hard to understand our issues, bring good performance upgrades to the car and make it more drivable. Step by step, we’ve been getting closer and closer.”

It was also the first win for Red Bull Ford Powertrains, the engine partnership between Red Bull and American auto giant Ford. The last time a car with a Ford-branded engine won an F1 race was in 2003 with the Jordan team.

Delays for rain and software issues

The first wet-weather race for F1 in 2026 started more than 90 minutes later than planned. The start was first delayed 40 minutes for heavy rain, then suspended again when cars had apparent software problems on the formation lap.

When it finally did get under way, Verstappen was slow off the line and lost places to Antonelli and Russell. He chased down Russell and then got past Antonelli in a side-by-side fight after a safety-car restart.

After Verstappen took the win, he had another small delay before hearing his anthem. Crowd chants filled an awkward silence as Verstappen waited on the top step of the podium before the Dutch anthem finally began.

The race was relocated because of the Iran war, becoming F1's first event at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia since 2017.

Ferrari recovers from early blunders

Hamilton's third place capped a remarkable recovery for the seven-time champion and ends a run of five races without a podium finish for the Italian team.

It seemed almost impossible early in the race as Hamilton, and his teammate Charles Leclerc, were near the back of the pack. Ferrari had gambled on sending them to the start on dry-weather tires as the track began to dry after rain, causing Hamilton to drop from second to near the back.

Leclerc also overtook Hadjar late on to follow Hamilton with fourth place, as Hadjar ended up fifth. Oscar Piastri was sixth for McLaren after a punchy late battle with Liam Lawson of Racing Bulls, who was seventh after racing near the front at the start.

Fernando Alonso was eighth in Aston Martin's best result of the season, Lando Norris ninth after going off-track and losing places, with Lawson's teammate Arvid Lindblad 10th.

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The No. 34-ranked Bartunkova defeated the four-time Grand Slam champion 6-4, 6-3 in just over an hour and a half leaving the tournament without its two top seeds in the first week.

Newly crowned world No. 1 Elena Rybakina was ousted from the tournament on Saturday and will now be joined by Sabalenka in exiting WTA-1000 event in Beijing early.

Sabalenka, who was denied a three-peat at the U.S. Open last month by Rybakina, squandered five break points in the first set as her historic struggles in Beijing continued. The 28-year-old Belorussian has never progressed past the quarterfinals at the event.

“First of all, I focused on myself, to be calm,” Bartunkova said. “And Aryna, she’s great, she’s a legend, she’s a Grand Slam champion. So, yeah, I’m really happy that I won the match ... I’m not a girl who celebrates too much.”

Bartunkova will next play 24-year-old Sinja Kraus of Austria, who earlier defeated Dayana Yastremska 6-1, 6-4.

Fifth-ranked Mirra Andreeva eased into the fourth round with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Polina Kudermetova. This year's French Open winner fired six aces and took five of her seven break point opportunities to overwhelm her Uzbek opponent in just 68 minutes.

Djokovic maintains winning Beijing run

Djokovic is bidding to win his seventh China Open title and is now 32-0 in Beijing, eclipsing Rafael Nadal's 31-0 start at the French Open for the best start at a tour-level tournament in the Open era.

The Serb started slowly, dropping his serve in the opening game of the match and eventually losing the first set but bounced back to take the next two to secure the win.

“I gave him an early break and then it was hard to come back in the first set," Djokovic said. “I had a couple of break points when he was serving for the set at 5-4, but didn’t use them, but I kind of felt already from midway through the first set that I was starting to get a good rhythm.”

Djokovic will next face Daniil Medvedev in the semifinals.

Earlier, Hubert Hurkacz beat Karen Khachanov 7-6 (2), 6-2 and will face Alex de Minaur, who beat Andrey Rublev 1-6, 6-2, 6-3, in the other semi.

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Not long after the start of what turned into a 56-26 loss to Oregon State on Saturday in Fort Collins, Colorado State defensive coordinator Tyson Summers was nowhere to be found.

When the game finally ended, Rams coach Jim Mora said Summers was, in fact, no longer with the team.

“That is a permanent move that was made following tonight’s game,” Mora said.

Mora, in his first year with the Rams, said he had relieved his assistant of his play-calling duties in the first half, though telling him to leave the sideline “wasn’t anything that I would ever consider.”

“He made the decision on his own to leave the field," Mora said, “and he is no longer with the program.”

The latest defensive debacle came a week after a 59-45 loss to UTSA. Colorado State (2-3) has now allowed 193 points over five games, the fifth most of the 138 schools in the Football Bowl Subdivision.

The Rams allowed 653 yards against the Beavers and have given up 1,195 yards over the last two weeks.

Summers, who has held jobs at Florida, Georgia and Colorado among others over a 20-plus-year career, served as the interim head coach last season for the final five games after Jay Norvell was let go. Mora kept him on staff after he was brought on board from UConn to turn around the Rams.

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The Boss played a number of political songs during his headlining set at the inaugural “Power to the People” star-studded protest festival at Columbia, Maryland’s Merriweather Post Pavilion on Saturday. Organized by Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, the festival aimed to celebrate “peace, justice, solidarity, music and community action,” according to its mission statement, and promote voter turnout.

Additionally, a portion of the proceeds from all ticket sales will benefit the organizations VoteRiders and HeadCount.

Many of the acts used their platform to denounce recent actions conducted by the U.S. government.

For example, Springsteen opened with “Streets of Minneapolis,” in response to the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents.

“The power and solidarity of the people of Minneapolis, of Minnesota, is an inspiration to the entire country,” he told the sold-out crowd. “Their strength and their commitment told us that this is still America, and this will not stand. They gave us hope. They showed us courage.”

For his second number, folk icon Joan Baez emerged, and the pair duetted Bob Dylan’s “Chimes of Freedom.” Later, Springsteen, Morello, Dave Matthews and Nathaniel Rateliff joined forces for Creedence Clearwater Revival's “Fortunate Son.”

In addition to the protest music on stage, fans in the crowd wore shirts with strong messages. “Immigrants Make America Great,” read one. “No Kings,” “No one is illegal on stolen land,” “Bring on the Matriarchy” read others.

And across the fest grounds stood a “Freedom Village,” an activation where attendees could engage with nonprofits like the ACLU, Farm Aid, the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Oxfam and more.

How ‘Power to the People’ came to be

“Power to the People” was revealed in May, around the same time several musical guests announced they had backed out of America’s 250th anniversary celebration, “The Great American State Fair,” over the event’s ties to President Donald Trump.

“Power to the People” stood in stark opposition. The one-day, two-stage festival boasted a stacked lineup heavy with veteran rock ‘n’ roll bands. It also included performances by acts like Dropkick Murphys, Jack Black, Serj Tankian, Killer Mike and the Linda Lindas.

And conveniently, “Power to the People” took place one month before the midterm elections.

“I think the timing is a reminder that showing up matters. I’m not here to tell anyone what to think or how to vote,” Taylor Momsen, one of the festival’s performers, told The Associated Press. “I hope people leave feeling connected, inspired to care about the people around them, and reminded that we all have a part to play in our communities. If the festival can create that feeling, I think that’s a win.”

Former DOJ special counsel Jack Smith in attendance

Among those in attendance was former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, who was photographed by fellow concertgoers wearing a black Springsteen T-shirt that said “No Kings” in images widely shared online.

His public appearance came just days after a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in which he firmly defended the two prosecutions he brought against President Donald Trump over the Republican’s efforts to undo the presidential election and his retention of classified records at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

After the news organization Just the News publicized Smith’s attendance, Trump lashed out against his long-running antagonist, sharing the story about the concert on Truth Social and adding the message: “Deranged Jack Smith is a Crooked Prosecutor! President DJT.”

The fest brought music with a message

Political messaging arrived fast and furious at the event. One of the day's earliest performers, the rap rock artist Grandson, performed a song with the refrain “My president's a felon” before launching into a cover of Bob Dylan's Cold War protest, “Masters of War.”

Later, a livestream broadcast of the “Power to the People” festival cut out as Grandson introduced two actors portraying Jeffrey Epstein and Trump, who joined him on stage, connected by a leash.

Other acts focused on a central message of the festival — directing attendees to the nonprofits at the adjacent Freedom Village and, more commonly, the importance of voting in the upcoming midterm elections.

“Vote locally in thirty days,” rapper Killer Mike said mid-set. “And hold the (expletive) you vote for accountable — on school boards, county commissions … and when you do, don't have an ounce of fear or trepidation because this republic is ran by you.”

‘Power to the People’ was full of surprise performances, too

Shortly after 3 p.m., the comedian Jack Black appeared on stage as “Jack Sabbath,” performing Black Sabbath covers while backed by a band of children — including the sons of Morello and Anthrax’s Scott Ian — in what read like both a real-life “School of Rock” set and a touching tribute to the late, great Ozzy Osbourne. In fact, Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler joined them on stage for “War Pigs.”

In Morello's early evening set, he was joined by System of a Down’s Serj Tankian for a duet of Audioslave’s “Like a Stone” in honor of the late frontman Chris Cornell. It was the start of a trend: After Tankian came Chuck D, Run DMC, Flavor Flav for various covers; Morello and Foo Fighters’ frontman Dave Grohl also tackled Kiss’ “Rock and Roll All Nite.”

Baez, Rateliff and Matthews joined forces for Woody Guthrie's protest song “Deportees,” before launching into Baez's “(Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody) Turn Me Around.”

As they exited, Stephen Stills took the stage to perform Buffalo Springfield's “For What It’s Worth.”

The festival, which Baez labeled a “magnificent antidote,” concluded with all the day’s performers singing Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” — with all its original verses — as well as John Lennon’s “Power to the People.”

“This festival means that peace, love, and justice do not have to remain nouns. They can become verbs — things that we can all contribute to — when we come together and rock out in the name of anti-fascist, radical equality,” a young fan named Evangeline Topete, who wore a shirt that read “Destroy American Fascism,” told The Associated Press. “Rock ‘n’ roll can save us. And so can giving the power where it belongs: to the people!”

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Texas will go into Saturday's Red River Rivalry game against Oklahoma as the No. 1 team for the fourth straight week. The rest of the top five stood pat with Georgia, Notre Dame, Miami and Ohio State following the Longhorns.

Texas received 61 of the 70 first-place votes from the media voting panel, one less than last week. Georgia, whose 24-point win over Vanderbilt was its closest of the season, got six first-place votes. Miami, which beat Clemson by four touchdowns on the road, got two.

No. 6 Alabama and No. 7 Indiana flip-flopped, with the Hoosiers receiving the remaining first-place vote. BYU moved up two rungs to No. 8, Mississippi remained No. 9 and LSU went up one spot to No. 10.

Missouri's 11-spot promotion from No. 25 was the second-biggest jump by a team this season following Florida's 13-spot rise last week. The Tigers sent the Gators plummeting with their 45-17 win in Columbia, Missouri, and have their highest ranking since Oct. 5, 2025.

Iowa fell six spots to No. 20 after a 17-point home loss to Ohio State and SMU slipped three to No. 24 after an uninspired home win over Boston College.

Pittsburgh made its season debut in the poll at No. 25 and Kentucky, No. 24 last week, dropped out.

In and out

Pittsburgh is 5-0 for the second time in three seasons and ranked for the first time since last November after holding off Virginia Tech 35-33. The bad news is that the Panthers will go forward without quarterback Mason Heintschel, who tore his ACL on Friday and will miss the rest of the season.

Kentucky, which won 35-34 in overtime at South Carolina after erasing a 17-0 deficit, is the unranked team receiving the most votes, two points behind Pittsburgh.

Poll points

— Texas' four-week hold on No. 1 is the program's longest since it topped the poll for six weeks in 1977.

— No. 13 Oregon is making its 70th straight appearance in the Top 25.

— Missouri's biggest promotion before this week also came after a win over Florida, when the Tigers got a nine-spot bump to No. 5 on Oct. 20, 2013.

— No. 12 Utah has risen in each poll this season after starting at No. 21.

— No. 7 Indiana has dropped one spot each of the last three polls.

Conference call

SEC (9 ranked teams): No. 1 Texas, No. 2 Georgia, No. 6 Alabama, No. 9 Mississippi, No. 10 LSU, No. 14 Missouri, No. 15 Tennessee, No. 16 Florida, No. 17 Mississippi State.

Big Ten (6): No. 5 Ohio State, No. 7 Indiana, No. 13 Oregon, No. 19 USC, No. 20 Iowa, No. 21 UCLA.

Big 12 (5): No. 8 BYU, No. 11 Texas Tech, No. 12 Utah, No. 18 Oklahoma State, No. 22 Houston.

ACC (3): No. 4 Miami, No. 24 SMU, No. 25 Pittsburgh.

Pac-12 (1): No. 23 Boise State.

Independent (1): No. 3 Notre Dame.

Ranked vs. ranked

No. 2 Georgia at No. 6 Alabama: The two Southastern Conference powers split two games in 2025. The Bulldogs haven't been tested yet and Crimson Tide haven't scored fewer than 45 points in a game so far this season.

No. 21 UCLA at No. 13 Oregon: Last met in a Top 25 matchup in 2022. The Bruins, who have lost five straight to Ducks, get their biggest test after four impressive wins.

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Bolsonaro, de 45 años, es hijo del expresidente ultraderechista Jair Bolsonaro, quien actualmente cumple una condena de 27 años por intentar un golpe de Estado, y aliado del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump. Lula, que a sus 80 años es uno de los jefes de Estado de mayor edad del mundo, se presenta a su séptima elección presidencial y ha fortalecido los lazos con Beijing.

Aliados de Trump han encontrado apoyo en América Latina, entre ellos Argentina, Colombia, Honduras y Perú.

Si ninguno de los 12 candidatos presidenciales obtiene más del 50% de los votos, los dos más votados irán a una segunda vuelta el 25 de octubre en la mayor potencia económica de América Latina.

Los casi 159 millones de brasileños habilitados para votar también elegirán a 27 gobernadores estatales, miembros de asambleas legislativas estatales, a los 513 miembros de la Cámara de Diputados y a 54 de los 81 senadores.

Las urnas cerraron a las 5 de la tarde del domingo, con quienes aún estaban en fila pudiendo votar, y se esperaba un conteo en cuestión de horas.

Lula promete resistencia a Trump

Mientras Lula vio desplomarse sus índices de aprobación durante su tercer mandato, la promesa de resistir a Estados Unidos le ha dado un impulso. Y aún disfruta de una sólida base de seguidores que atribuyen a sus políticas sociales la mejora de la vida de millones de brasileños.

El mandatario ha hablado de los riesgos de una intervención de Estados Unidos en las elecciones brasileñas después de que el gobierno de Trump impusiera altos aranceles a las exportaciones brasileñas, revocara la visa del embajador del país y sancionara a un juez del Supremo Tribunal Federal que presidió la investigación que terminó derivando en la condena de Jair Bolsonaro, predecesor de Lula.

Lula dijo a periodistas tras votar el domingo que, de ser reelegido, necesitaría “hacer el doble de lo que hemos hecho” y expresó confianza en que ganará en la primera ronda.

Pero el mandatario enfrenta una dura batalla debido a una crisis del costo de vida y a un escándalo de corrupción que involucró al mismo juez que encabezó la investigación contra Bolsonaro.

“Muchos en la campaña de Lula no esperaban una elección tan difícil hace unas semanas, y les queda claro que la elección actual es una batalla dura y que las próximas, sin Lula, podrían serlo aún más”, declaró Carlos Melo, profesor de ciencia política en la Universidad Insper de Sao Paulo.

Bolsonaro se apoya en la alianza con Trump

Flávio Bolsonaro ha destacado su cercanía con la Casa Blanca, aunque niega que su campaña haya recibido ayuda del gobierno de Estados Unidos.

Ha prometido represión contra grupos criminales y ha insistido en que Brasil necesita cerrar mejores acuerdos con el gobierno de Trump, incluida la economía de minerales raros, solo por detrás de China. Bolsonaro también ha hecho campaña con la promesa de liberar a su padre y devolverlo a la política.

“Brasil necesita un cambio. Brasil no puede soportar tanto sufrimiento”, dijo a los periodistas en el centro de votación de Rio de Janeiro donde emitió su voto el domingo.

Flávio Bolsonaro enfrenta sus propios desafíos. Ha visto su carrera política empañada por varias acusaciones de corrupción, incluida la de recibir millones de dólares de un banquero desacreditado, presuntamente para producir una película sobre la vida de su padre.

Hablan los votantes

Rosane Wink, de 67 años, una ingeniera jubilada, es una votante conservadora de toda la vida que apoya a Bolsonaro y su promesa de clasificar a los grupos criminales como organizaciones terroristas.

“Es una especie de terrorismo lo que nos están haciendo”, declaró Wink mientras votaba en Rio de Janeiro. El mes pasado, dijo, un delincuente le apuntó con un arma al estómago, le mordió la mano y le quitó su anillo de bodas.

Maria Ribeiro, una vendedora de teléfonos celulares de 50 años de Brasilia, indicó que votó por Bolsonaro porque quiere libertad para expresar su religión evangélica. Espera que siga los pasos de su padre.

“Voté por su padre, y no me arrepiento”, dijo.

Rosangela Resende da Rocha, de 69 años, que anteriormente era ama de casa, señaló que apoyaba las políticas sociales de Lula por ayudar a los “menos afortunados” y la forma en que se enfrenta a Trump.

“Ese loco quiere venir aquí a comprar nuestro país, para que nuestro país sea como es allá”, apuntó en un centro de votación en Brasilia. “No lo logrará si Lula gana”.

Incluso para quienes están fuera del país, los programas sociales de Lula, incluido su programa insignia de asistencia social Bolsa Familia, llevaron a muchos a seguir apoyándolo.

“Gracias a Dios no necesito (la ayuda de) programas sociales, pero voto por quienes los necesitan: salud, educación, saneamiento básico, vivienda, comida”, sostuvo Catia Oliveira, una brasileña de 61 años que emitió su voto desde Portugal.

Temores de injerencia

Trump ha dejado claras sus opiniones sobre elecciones recientes en América Latina, respaldando a candidatos en Colombia y Honduras. Se ha pronunciado contra la condena del expresidente Bolsonaro y declaró a las pandillas brasileñas como organizaciones terroristas extranjeras, una medida a la que Lula se opone y el senador Bolsonaro apoya.

Lula ha advertido repetidamente a Estados Unidos que no se entrometa en las elecciones de Brasil y sus seguidores usaron camisetas el domingo con mensajes que denunciaban el intervencionismo estadounidense.

Maria Lucia Gerson Alo, una maestra portuguesa jubilada, llevaba una camiseta que decía “ni colonia, ni patio trasero, Brasil soberano” mientras votaba en Rio de Janeiro.

“No somos una colonia, ese tiempo se acabó”, indicó Gerson Alo. “Trump debería ocuparse de los problemas de su propio país, nosotros nos ocuparemos de los nuestros”.

El gobierno de Trump no respondió a una solicitud de comentarios sobre si busca interferir en la votación.

Confianza en el sistema de votación electrónica de Brasil

Nunca se ha detectado un fraude significativo desde que Brasil adoptó su sistema de votación electrónica en la década de 1990.

Las autoridades electorales han asegurado que los votos electrónicos son seguros y verificables. La misión de observación electoral de la Organización de los Estados Americanos informó el domingo que “la votación ha transcurrido sin problemas y bajo condiciones de seguridad adecuadas”.

El presidente del Tribunal Superior Electoral, Kassio Nunes Marques, declaró en una conferencia de prensa que la jornada electoral transcurría mayoritariamente con normalidad, a excepción de las fuertes lluvias y los cortes de electricidad que causaron algunas interrupciones en la votación en el estado sureño de Paraná.

“Estamos a casi tres horas del cierre de la votación y todo avanza con normalidad y con la mayor transparencia posible”, afirmó Nunes Marques y añadió que no existe “ningún indicio concreto de injerencia internacional”.

Los votantes parecían en gran medida confiados en que el sistema de votación del país no puede ser manipulado.

Josemar Lauriano Pereira, un abogado de 46 años en Rio de Janeiro, expresó que la rápida disponibilidad de los resultados ayudó a combatir el fraude y la incertidumbre.

“Cuando los resultados tardan mucho tiempo se crea una apertura para que la gente ponga en duda los resultados, para decir que ha habido un problema”, dijo.

Alex de Almeida Souza, un analista de proyectos sociales de 49 años en Brasilia, se mostró preocupado por la injerencia internacional para influir en la opinión pública, pero afirmó que confía en el sistema electoral brasileño.

“Quien decide es el pueblo”, sostuvo.

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Hughes reportó desde Río de Janeiro y Brigida desde Brasilia. Helena Alves contribuyó desde Lisboa, Portugal.

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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.

Bolsonaro, 45, is the son of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro who is serving a 27-year sentence for a coup attempt and an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump. Lula, who at 80 is one of the world’s oldest heads of state, is running in his seventh presidential election and has strengthened Brazil's ties with Beijing.

Trump allies have fared well in recent elections in Latin America, including in Argentina, Colombia, Honduras and Peru.

If none of the 12 presidential candidates gets more than 50% of the vote, the top two will head to a runoff on Oct. 25 in Latin America’s economic powerhouse.

Brazil's nearly 159 million eligible voters will also elect 27 state governors, members of state legislatures, all 513 federal members of the lower house of congress and 54 of the country’s 81 senators in Sunday’s vote.

Polls closed at 5 p.m. Sunday with those still in line able to vote and a count expected within hours.

Lula promises to stand up to Trump

While the once widely popular Lula saw his approval ratings plummet during his third term, standing up to the U.S. has given him a boost. And he still enjoys a strong base of supporters who credit his social policies for improving millions of Brazilians’ lives.

The incumbent president has often spoken about risks of U.S. intervention in the Brazilian elections after the Trump administration imposed high tariffs against Brazilian exports, revoked the visa of the country’s ambassador and sanctioned a Supreme Court justice who chaired the investigation that eventually sentenced Jair Bolsonaro, Lula's predecessor.

Lula told journalists after voting Sunday that he needs “to do double of what we have done” if reelected, and expressed confidence in a first-round win.

But the incumbent faces a tough battle because of an affordability crisis and a corruption scandal that ensnared the same justice who led the investigation into Bolsonaro.

“Many in the Lula campaign were not expecting such a difficult election a few weeks ago, and it is clear to them that the present election is a tough battle and the next ones, without Lula, could be even more so,” said Carlos Melo, a political science professor at Insper University in Sao Paulo.

Bolsonaro embraces Trump alliance

Flávio Bolsonaro has touted his proximity to the White House, although he denies his campaign received help from the U.S. government.

He has promised to crack down on Brazilian criminal groups and insisted that Brazil needs to strike better deals with the Trump administration, including in the rare minerals economy, second only to China. Bolsonaro also has campaigned on releasing his father and bringing him back to politics.

“Brazil needs change. Brazil can’t stand so much suffering,” he told reporters at the Rio de Janeiro voting center, where he cast his vote Sunday.

The senator faces his own challenges. He has seen his political career tainted by several corruption accusations, including receiving millions of dollars from a disgraced banker to allegedly produce a movie on his father’s life.

Voters choose between incumbent or return to right

Rosane Wink, 67, a retired engineer, is a lifelong conservative voter who supports Bolsonaro and his promise to classify criminal groups as terrorist organizations.

“It’s a kind of terrorism that they’re doing with us,” said Wink as she voted in Rio de Janeiro. Last month she had a gun held to her stomach as a criminal bit her hand and removed her wedding ring, she said.

Maria Ribeiro, a 50-year-old cellphone vendor from Brasilia, said she voted for Bolsonaro because she wants freedom to express her Evangelical religion. She hopes he follows in his father's footsteps.

“I voted for his father, and I don't regret it,” she said.

Rosângela Resende da Rocha, a 69-year-old who was previously a stay-at-home mom, said she supported Lula's social policies that help the “less fortunate” and how he stands up to Trump.

“That crazy guy wants to come in here to buy our country, so that our country will be like it is over there,” she said at a voting center in Brasilia. “He won’t succeed if Lula wins.”

Even for those outside the country, Lula's social programs, including his flagship welfare program Bolsa Familia, drove many to continue supporting him.

“Thank God I do not need (the help of) social programs, but I vote for those that need them: health, education, basic sanitation, housing, food," said Catia Oliveira, a 61-year-old Brazilian who cast her vote from Portugal.

Fears of electoral interference loom over elections

Trump has made his opinions clear on recent Latin American elections, endorsing candidates in Colombia and Honduras. He has spoken out against former President Bolsonaro's conviction and declared Brazilian gangs to be foreign terrorist organizations, a move Lula opposes and Sen. Bolsonaro supports.

Lula has repeatedly warned the U.S. not to meddle in Brazil’s elections. His supporters wore shirts Sunday with messages denouncing U.S. interventionism.

Retired Portuguese teacher Maria Lucia Gerson Alo wore a T-shirt that read “neither colony, nor backyard, sovereign Brazil" as she voted in Rio de Janeiro.

“We’re not a colony, that time is over,” Gerson Alo said. “Trump should look after his own country’s problems, we will look after ours.”

The Trump administration did not respond to a request for comment on whether it is seeking to interfere in the vote.

Confidence in Brazil's electronic voting system

No significant fraud has ever been detected since Brazil adopted its electronic voting system in the 1990s.

The Organization of American States' electoral observation mission reported Sunday that “the voting has been going smoothly and under adequate safety conditions.” Electoral authorities have assured that electronic votes are secure and verifiable.

“We are almost three hours away from the end of the voting and everything is proceeding normally and with the greatest possible transparency,” the president of the Superior Electoral Court, Kassio Nunes Marques, said Sunday afternoon, adding that there was “no concrete indication of international interference.”

Voters appeared largely confident that the country's voting system can't be tampered with.

Josemar Lauriano Pereira, a 46-year-old lawyer in Rio de Janeiro, said that the rapid availability of results helped combat fraud and uncertainty.

“When results take a lot of time, it creates an opening for people to cast doubt on the results, to say there’s been a problem,” he said.

Alex de Almeida Souza, a 49-year-old social project analyst in Brasilia, worried about international interference to influence public opinion on social media, but said he trusts the credibility of the Brazilian electoral system.

“Who decides is the people,” he said.

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San Diego had a runner on first with one out in the ninth inning when France hit a towering flyball that struck a cable on the roof before Chourio caught it in fair territory on the left-field warning track.

Under the stadium's ground rules, any batted ball striking the roof or one of its cables in fair territory is a fair ball that can be caught for an out, so Chourio's catch retired France. The Padres unsuccessfully challenged that France's drive was a foul ball.

“We joked about it at the umpire meeting today about what would happen if the ball hit the roof. And it was unlikely, but it happened,” San Diego manager Craig Stammen said. “Unfortunately, a bad break for us. Looked like it was a possible home run. Just didn’t go our way.”

France's drive left his bat at 105.3 mph with a 49-degree launch angle. It was caught 325 feet from home plate.

Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy thought the ball would have hooked foul if it didn't ricochet off the roof.

“It was going to be a foul ball, for sure. I’m standing right on that line,” Murphy said. “A hitter that talented, they would have liked to have that hitter back up there with another strike.”

Jackson Merrill then lined out to right to end the game.

Chourio also hit a two-run homer as the Brewers won for the 16th time in 19 games. San Diego lost for only the fourth time in its last 24 outings despite chasing Milwaukee ace Jacob Misiorowski after four innings.

The best-of-five series continues Sunday with a Game 2 pitching matchup featuring San Diego’s Michael King (12-10, 3.21 ERA) and Milwaukee’s Logan Henderson (11-3, 2.47).

Contreras had gone just 1 for 20 against the Padres this season before delivering the biggest hit of the game on a 3-2 pitch from Adrian Morejon. As his 406-foot shot cleared the wall in right-center field, the three-time All-Star turned to face Milwaukee’s dugout and celebrate in front of teammates on his way to first base.

Contreras joined Boston’s Willson Contreras to become the fifth set of brothers to homer in the same postseason, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The others are Ken and Clete Boyer (1964), Sandy Jr. and Roberto Alomar (1997), Stephen and J.D. Drew (2007) and Bo and Josh Naylor (2025). Willson Contreras homered in Game 2 of Boston's AL Wild Card Series loss to the New York Yankees.

Brewers win with different approach

The Brewers scored all their runs on homers. That's an unusual occurrence for a team that scored the second-most runs (832) in the majors during the regular season despite matching the second-lowest homer total (154).

“I like it that we won that way,” Contreras said. “Obviously there’s a lot of people in the public opinion that think that we’re not able to connect with the big hits, with the homers. I like that today that’s how the game shook out and we were able to win like that.”

San Diego wasted scoring opportunities all night, particularly late in the game. The Padres left 12 men on base and went 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position.

The Padres loaded the bases in the seventh against Abner Uribe before DL Hall retired Merrill on a fly to left to end the threat.

San Diego also put runners on first and second with one out in the eighth after Hall issued a pair of walks, but the Padres again failed to capitalize. Austin Hays hit a fly to right against Hall that advanced pinch-runner Samad Taylor to third, then Trevor Megill struck out Fernando Tatis Jr. on three pitches to strand runners on the corners.

Megill then worked around a leadoff single by Dustin Harris in the ninth to pick up the save while getting a major assist from the roof.

“Megill was masterful,” Murphy said. “All five relievers did a heck of a job.”

Padres' approach leads to short outing for Misiorowski

Milwaukee won a franchise-record 103 games to earn home-field advantage throughout the postseason. Misiorowski played a big role in that success by posting a 1.80 ERA, striking out 252 batters and limiting hitters to a .157 batting average to lead the major leagues in all three categories.

Misiorowski opened his first playoff start by throwing a 104.8 mph strike to Tatis, the fastest postseason pitch since tracking began in 2008.

But the 6-foot-7 right-hander left the game earlier than usual as the Padres fouled off 30 of his 88 pitches — 31 if you count Xander Bogaerts' popup that was caught in foul territory.

“His (velocity) dropped 5 mph almost in the second inning. He wasn’t in sync,” Murphy said.

San Diego took a 2-0 lead against Misiorowski in the second.

Bogaerts, Ethan Salas and Luis Campusano hit consecutive one-out singles, with Campusano’s base hit to right driving in Bogaerts. Jake Cronenworth then hit a broken-bat grounder, and first baseman Jake Bauers was unable to throw out Salas at the plate.

San Diego could have done even more damage, but Manny Machado grounded out to leave the bases loaded.

The Brewers responded in the third thanks to Chourio, who already has established himself as one of the game’s top playoff performers at age 22.

“He’s a beautiful spirit. He’s gifted mentally. He’s smiling every day and nothing gets him down. You never see Jack-Jack down,” Murphy said.

With a runner on second, Chourio sent a 420-foot drive over the wall in left-center for his franchise-record fifth postseason homer in his 13th playoff game. Chourio had shared the mark with Prince Fielder and Orlando Arcia.

According to MLB.com, the only other players to hit five playoff homers before their 23rd birthday are Kyle Schwarber and Juan Soto.

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At 17 years and five days old, Sullivan scored his stunning goal in the 62nd minute, intercepting a sloppy pass from Mexico goalkeeper José Rangel and then lofting a long shot over the goalkeeper’s head into the net for a 2-0 lead. The Philadelphia Union forward sprinted to the corner of the field where he was mobbed by teammates.

“This is what you dream of,” Sullivan said. “I've manifested this not just these past couple days, but my whole life. The celebration — every bit of it. This is a special moment for me and my family. Most importantly, for the team, a great win and an awesome environment to do it in.”

U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino shared a big hug with Sullivan when was subbed off a few minutes later.

“He's a fighter, he's a warrior,” Pochettino said. “It's difficult to find this type of player. Tremendous quality.”

Gio Reyna's crossing pass in the 28th minute deflected off Rangel's foot, leading to an easy goal for the 18-year-old Hall, who used his right foot to blast the ball into the net at close range for a 1-0 advantage. It was his third international goal in three games.

Hall — who also scored goals against Peru and Chile last week — plays for the New York Red Bulls.

Malik Tillman capped the scoring with a goal in the 84th minute, finding the top left corner of the net.

Mexico was down to 10 men for the final 20-plus minutes of the second half after Mateo Chávez was sent off with a red card in the 67th minute. Chávez committed a hard foul on Yunus Musah and then smacked Sebastian Berhalter in the face with both hands when the U.S. midfielder confronted him.

Mexico's fans were in the majority on Saturday, even though the match was played at State Farm Stadium in Arizona. El Tri controlled the action through the first 20 minutes but the U.S. slowly gained its footing.

It was the first meeting between the rivals since Mexico beat the U.S. 2-1 in the 2025 Gold Cup final.

Mexico's Rafael Márquez lost his first game as head coach in the heated rivalry. The 47-year-old was moved into the top job in September after serving under Javier Aguirre as assistant from August 2024 until Mexico’s loss to England in the round of 16 of this summer’s World Cup.

The former Barcelona star has plenty of history against the U.S. as a player from 1997 to 2018, famously getting a red card in 2002 after intentionally head butting U.S. player Cobi Jones.

Pochettino named midfielder Tyler Adams captain on Friday. It was Adams' 61st international appearance, which is tied with defender Antonee Robinson for the most on the current squad.

Diego Kochen had a clean sheet in his first international start in goal for the Americans. The 20-year-old currently plays professionally in the Danish league for Lyngby on loan from Barcelona. Kochen made an impressive save in the 57th minute, deflecting a hard shot from Roberto Alvarado over the net.

The Americans were coming off two impressive wins last week, beating Peru 4-1 and Chile 4-2. Mexico had a pair of 1-1 draws against Peru and Colombia.

The series between the two countries dates to 1934. Mexico has won 38 times, the U.S. has won 25 and the teams have fought to 17 draws.

Up next

Mexico faces Chile on Tuesday in Los Angeles.

U.S. hosts Canada on Tuesday in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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Dodik is a staunchly pro-Russia politician who, despite not appearing on the ballot, has dominated the campaign and inflamed divisions with separatist rhetoric that have sparked fears of renewed instability in Bosnia.

Formerly the president of the country's Serb-majority entity of Republika Srpska, Dodik was banned from holding public office after being convicted last year of defying decisions by the international envoy overseeing the 1995 peace agreement that ended the war.

With nearly 90% of votes counted, Dodik's ally Zeljka Cvijanovic of the right-wing Alliance of Independent Social Democrats had more than 55% of votes to take one of the three seats in the country's tripartite presidency, leading her nearest opponent by around 30 percentage points.

Speaking at a news conference late Sunday, Dodik said his nationalist party would also hold a “vast majority” in Republika Srpska's assembly, and credited U.S. President Donald Trump's “magnificent victory” in 2024 and Russian President Vladimir Putin's support for the election win.

“No one should ask us to change our politics,” Dodik said. "We will not give up, but continue for our people ... I cannot believe that we smashed it like this.”

Election marked by low turnout

Around 3.4 million voters were eligible to choose the three members of the country's multi-ethnic presidency, lawmakers for the national parliament, and heads of institutions for the country's two entities: the Muslim-majority Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Republika Srpska, which is dominated by ethnic Serbs.

With over 94% of votes counted on Sunday, Darijana Filipovic of the nationalist Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina held a commanding lead for the Croat seat on the presidency, while incumbent Bosniak member of the presidency Denis Becirovic of the Social Democratic Party led his nearest opponent, Bakir Izetbegovic, by fewer than three percentage points.

Both Filipovic and Becirovic declared victory in their races late Sunday before all votes were counted.

Bosnia's Central Election Commission said that 1,432,269 votes were cast in total, a turnout of 42% that was down by around 8% from Bosnia's last election in 2022.

Bosnia has a complex web of governing institutions that were created by a U.S.-brokered peace agreement in 1995 in an effort to manage the ethnic divisions between Muslim Bosniaks, Orthodox Serbs and Catholic Croats that gave rise to the war.

Yet Dodik has consistently tested those limits, openly defying Bosnia's national government in the capital Sarajevo and making moves for Republika Srpska to separate from the country.

At his party’s final election rally Friday night in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska’s administrative capital, Dodik told supporters that Bosnia “is dead.”

“It is an impossible country. It doesn’t make any sense,” Dodik said at the rally, which was also attended by Russian Ambassador Igor Khalabukov.

Such political and ethnic divisions — in which the country's Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats largely vote along ethnic lines — have blocked Bosnia's progress toward joining the EU despite the bloc's efforts to encourage the country's divided leaders to work together for reform.

Dragan Bursac, an analyst, said that despite Dodik not appearing on the ballot for the first time in nearly 30 years, he “is still in command. He is everywhere.”

“It is obvious that these measures to ban him from political life are not working, and he is using them,” Bursac said.

Vote took place as ethnic tensions simmer

One of the poorest countries in Europe, Bosnia is still struggling to recover decades after the war that started in 1992, after the country declared independence from the Serb-led former Yugoslavia and ethnic Serbs took up arms to carve out their own state and join Serbia. The conflict killed more than 100,000 people and displaced millions.

Bosnia’s wartime wounds were recently revived by a public homage in Serbia and among Bosnian Serbs to the wartime army commander Ratko Mladic, who died in late August while serving a life sentence for genocide and other war crimes.

Bosnian Serbs view Mladic as a hero despite his conviction by a U.N. court over the massacre of more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in 1995, and other atrocities.

Electronic election security introduced

Sunday's election was the first time Bosnia used electronic identification of voters and ballot scanners to prevent irregularities or organized voter manipulation, which have cast doubt on the fairness of previous elections.

On Sunday morning, Associated Press journalists reported seeing multiple polling places where voting couldn't begin on time because of difficulties with the new digital technology. Bosnia's election commission announced late Sunday that some polling stations that had experienced disruptions earlier in the day would be permitted to remain open past the 7 p.m. cutoff.

On Sunday, some voters in Banja Luka expressed concern that the new digital systems could confuse older voters. Republika Srpska's interior ministry said in a statement that of 1,957 polling stations in the entity, there had been delays at 201.

But the Brewers' bullpen prevented the San Diego Padres from capitalizing on his early exit.

Misiorowski lasted just four innings because the Padres continually fouled off his pitches in Game 1 of their NL Division Series on Saturday night. The Brewers still won 3-2 after five relievers combined to pitch five scoreless innings — with an assist from the American Family Field roof.

“Obviously, not the way I wanted it to go,” Misiorowski said. “I would have liked to go a little deeper for our bullpen. The job still got done. We still got a W at the end of the day."

Misiorowski’s presence is a major reason why the Brewers believe they have a legitimate shot at winning their first World Series title. The Brewers have home-field advantage throughout the postseason after winning a franchise-record 103 games during the regular season.

In his first full season in the big leagues, Misiorowski posted a 1.80 ERA, struck out 252 batters and limited hitters to a .157 batting average to lead the majors in all three categories. The only other pitchers since 1950 to finish a season atop all three of those categories were Sandy Koufax in 1965, J.R. Richard in 1979 and Mike Scott in 1986, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Misiorowski’s 1,115 pitches of 100 mph or more were the most in a season during the tracking era, shattering the prior mark of 673 by Jordan Hicks in 2018.

Sure enough, he started Saturday's game by throwing a 104.8 mph strike to Fernando Tatis Jr. — the fastest postseason pitch since tracking began in 2008.

His next delivery to Tatis was 104.6 mph, the second-fastest of the tracking era.

But the Padres hung tough against the NL Cy Young Award favorite by fouling off 30 of his 88 pitches — 31 if you count Xander Bogaerts' popup that was caught in foul territory.

“We just wanted to compete in the box, and the guys competed really well,” Padres manager Craig Stammen said. “To limit him to only four innings was a job well done by our offense.”

Misiorowski’s four-inning stint matched the average length of his three postseason relief appearances during the Brewers’ run to the National League Championship Series last year, when he posted a 1.50 ERA with 16 strikeouts in 12 playoff innings.

San Diego took a 2-0 lead by scoring a pair of runs off Misiorowski in the second inning, which marked a giant step forward from the only other time the Padres faced him.

Misiorowski struck out 10 and allowed four hits in seven shutout innings against them on May 13, though San Diego rallied to win that game 3-1 on Gavin Sheets’ three-run homer off Abner Uribe with two outs in the ninth.

Bogaerts, Ethan Salas and Luis Campusano hit consecutive one-out singles, with Campusano’s base hit to right field driving in Bogaerts. Jake Cronenworth then hit a broken-bat grounder, and first baseman Jake Bauers was unable to throw out Salas at the plate.

“Those guys had an approach and they stuck to it,” said Misiorowski, who struck out six and allowed four hits and one walk. “They did their job, and I had to find a way to battle back.”

San Diego could have done even more damage in the second inning, but Manny Machado grounded out to leave the bases loaded. That set the tone on a night when the Padres left 12 men on base and went 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position.

The Padres couldn't get any runs across against Antonio Senzatela, Aaron Ashby, Uribe, DL Hall and Trevor Megill. With a runner on first and one out in the ninth, Ty France hit a long drive off Megill that might have gone over the left-field wall if it hadn't hit a cable on the stadium's roof and then landed in left fielder Jackson Chourio's glove for a very loud second out.

Misiorowski expressed his gratitude toward the bullpen after the game.

“This is the time of year when you've got to get these wins,” Misiorowski said. “I didn't make anything work, and the boys helped me out and got me out of the situation that I wasn't happy with.”

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Silva (21-5-1) extended her winning streak to 15 bouts after largely dominating Wang (10-2) over five rounds.

“This is incredible for me,” Silva said. “I have worked hard for this moment and now I am the new (champion) and I am so so so happy.”

Silva went from challenger to favorite in the title bout after Valentina Shevchenko vacated the title nearly a month ago because of back and shoulder injuries. She proved far more aggressive than Wang early, using her speed, fluid movement, and strong legs to create an advantage.

Silva knocked Wang to the canvas midway through the second round with a sharp head kick. She kept Wang on her heels with her quick striking ability through the next two rounds and connected on other roundhouse kicks.

Wang fought back in the final round, but Silva landed enough blows to stay in control and had winning scores of 48-47, 48-47, 49-46 from the judges.

“I think if she had stepped on the gas a little earlier, it would have been a completely different fight,” UFC President Dana White said.

Payton Talbott earned a victory via TKO over Delveson Figueiredo with 2:51 left in the first round of the bantamweight bout billed as the co-main event.

Talbott (12-1) dominated Figueiredo (25-8-1) from the start of the fight. He put him on the canvas early with a right-handed strike and then delivered an elbow along the fence that sent Figueiredo reeling.

Talbott pressed his advantage, raining down blows and forcing his opponent to cover up until he forced a TKO.

“Definitely thought he was going to be more durable,” Talbott said.

It marked a successful return to the octagon for the Nevada fighter after going 10 months between bouts.

Talbott said he wished the latest bout had not ended so quickly.

“I wanted to just feel that war,” Talbott said. “I’m really happy to get the finish because it’s been a while since I got that finish. Deep down, that’s who I am. I chase finishes. But, yeah, I definitely wanted it to come a little bit later in the fight.”

Roman Kopylov defeated Ateba Gautier by TKO with 3:12 remaining in the first round of the middleweight bout that served as the first of three main card fights leading into the co-main event. Kopylov swarmed Gautier with several clean strikes before finally dropping him to the canvas with a left-handed blow. He earned his second UFC victory of the year while handing Gautier his second career defeat.

UFC newcomer Roberto Soldic debuted with a unanimous decision victory, scoring 29-28, 29-27, 29-27 over Khaos Williams in the welterweight bout. The fight lasted all three rounds, but Soldic dominated his opponent throughout with timely blows and bottled him up on the canvas at the end of each of the first two rounds.

Esteban Ribovics edged King Green by TKO with 52 seconds to go in the first round of the lightweight bout. Ribovics dropped Green to the canvas three times with well-timed strikes, overwhelming him after the third fall.

White reported a gate of $2.7 million for the event with 16,492 fans in attendance.

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The crash happened Friday night on Southwest 56th Avenue near 23rd Street. Surveillance video shows deputies arriving at the scene around 11 p.m. and finding a pedestrian lying in the road.

First responders shut down the road for hours as investigators worked at the scene.

According to deputies, the man was crossing the street when he was struck by a motor scooter. Deputies said an “unknown vehicle” then hit the man.

The man was later pronounced dead.

The motor scooter rider stayed at the scene, but deputies have not identified the driver of the vehicle that struck the victim.

A woman who has lived at the intersection for six years said she has seen people speeding in the area.

“People drive so crazy,” she said. “It’s really crazy because if it’s 80 miles per hour, what are you going 80 miles per hour for? This is a neighborhood.”

She said she wants the city to take action, including installing a stoplight or speed bump.

Deputies have not released the victim’s name or age. They also have not said what the vehicle involved in the crash looks like.

Mariaca cumplirá prisión preventiva por seis meses en un penal del sur del país mientras es investigado por lavado de activos, tráfico de drogas y organización criminal, según determinó el juez Juan Carlos Montalbán tras una audiencia virtual que duró más de 15 horas. Poco antes, el parlamento aprobó la destitución de Mariaca y eligió a un interino.

Otros dos fiscales y un oficial de la policía cercanos a Mariaca también fueron destituidos y serán procesados por los mismos cargos que les imputa el Ministerio Público. Los cuatro asumirán defensa desde la cárcel, según la decisión del juez.

Mariaca, designado en 2024 durante el gobierno izquierdista de Luis Arce (2020-2025), es acusado de proteger al presunto narcotraficante uruguayo Sebastián Marset, quien fue capturado y entregado a la DEA estadounidense en marzo pasado, y quien vivía y operaba en el oriente boliviano mientras era buscado en varios países del continente.

“Hemos roto una estructura criminal que era liderada por Mariaca”, afirmó la víspera el ministro de Gobierno, Marco Antonio Oviedo, tras la detención del fiscal.

Mariaca encabezaba una investigación sensible contra Fernando Cerimedo, exasesor del presidente boliviano Rodrigo Paz.

El argentino Cerimedo está en la cárcel y enfrenta una acusación de tentativa de feminicidio contra una exnovia. Su detención causó revuelo internacional por sus vínculos con algunos gobiernos de la nueva derecha latinoamericana.

La detención y apresamiento de Mariaca ha vuelto a poner en debate la corrupción en la justicia del país y ha motivado muestras de apoyo para Paz por parte del Escudo para las Américas, la alianza de gobiernos de derecha que lidera el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, en contra del crimen organizado.

El caso del fiscal se presenta en un momento complicado para Paz, quien afronta un creciente malestar social por una caída en el poder adquisitivo tras la eliminación de subsidios al diésel, lo que ha elevado el precio de los alimentos. Además, el gobierno se ha visto salpicado por escándalos que afectaron la imagen del mandatario, como el caso Cerimedo.

“That's the nicest you've ever been about me,” Rasmussen said after greeting Cash.

The powerful right-hander deserved all the superlatives.

Rasmussen didn't allow a hit until there were two outs in the eighth inning, Jonathan Aranda homered off Gerrit Cole and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 1-0 in their AL Division Series opener Saturday night.

“He was dominant before the break,” Cash said about Rasmussen. “He’s elite all season long. He’s really done that since he’s been a Tampa Bay Ray, coming over here, and his contributions. Feels like he continues to get better.”

Rasmussen retired 15 consecutive batters before Austin Wells doubled with two outs in the eighth, ripping a line drive just inside the right-field line on an inside sinker.

Wells tried for a triple but was easily thrown out on a relay from right fielder Victor Mesa Jr. to shortstop Taylor Walls to third baseman Junior Caminero. Wells ran through a stop sign from third base coach Luis Rojas, who raised both arms before Wells rounded second.

Rasmussen dominated a lineup that scored 18 runs in a two-game Wild Card Series sweep of Boston and was still missing three-time AL MVP Aaron Judge, sidelined since Sept. 16 by a calf injury.

“You say the word dominate. Man, I feel like I’m grinding out there,” Rasmussen said. “I mean, it’s the same thing regardless of the lineup. If you execute on a day, hitting’s really hard. And so it’s just one of those things that, can I go out and throw strike one and can I execute at a zone with two strikes?”

The 31-year-old Rasmussen struck out 10 and walked two in eight innings. He threw 69 of 101 pitches for strikes, getting 23 swings and misses against a batting order that started eight left-handed hitters.

“I thought he was really sharp,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “I thought his changeup was good for him and in play. Obviously, with our left-handed hitters, it looked like he had the cutter going when he needed to. Then the good four-seamer where he mixed in some sinkers off of it. His command is just really good and kind of what sets him apart. He’s got a great arsenal. The ability to pitch on both sides of the plate and up and down obviously makes him challenging and one we’ve had a hard time solving.”

Bryan Baker pitched a perfect ninth for the save, finishing the one-hitter. He struck out pinch-hitter Giancarlo Stanton, in his first plate appearance since April 24 after recovering from calf injuries, froze Ben Rice with a changeup for a called third strike and retired Cody Bellinger on a grounder to secure Tampa Bay’s first postseason win since 2021.

The Rays haven't won a postseason series since losing the 2020 World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Baker converted 41 of 44 save chances in the regular season, including his last 30.

Game 2 in the best-of-five series is Monday night at Tropicana Field.

Aranda drove Cole’s 2-2 changeup several rows deep into the right-center stands for his first career postseason hit.

“We know the rival we have against the Yankees and the opponent that they are," Aranda said. “It’s important to get the first game, but we feel really good and I felt really good with that base hit.”

In his first playoff game since undergoing Tommy John surgery in March 2025, Cole allowed one run and five hits in five innings with five strikeouts. It wasn't good enough, as the Yankees lost a 1-0 postseason game for the first time since Hall of Famer Don Drysdale threw a three-hitter for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1963 World Series.

A loud, boisterous crowd rang cowbells and drowned out Yankees fans in the quirky Trop, which hosted its first postseason game since Hurricane Milton blew the roof off in October 2024. The Rays were forced to play their 2025 season across the bay at Steinbrenner Field, the spring training home of the Yankees.

“That’s the best crowd noise I’ve ever witnessed in any ballpark,” Cash said.

Rasmussen was 16-5 with a 2.67 ERA for the Rays and made the All-Star team for the second straight season. He twice had surgery for a torn ligament in his elbow in college and needed an internal-brace procedure in July 2023 that forced him to miss more than a year.

His 10 strikeouts tied Tyler Glasnow's franchise record for the most in a postseason game.

Rasmussen has had success against the AL East rival Yankees throughout his career. He entered with a 1.81 ERA in 10 career starts and one relief appearance against New York, and on Sept. 22 took a no-hit bid into the seventh against the Yankees in the win that clinched the AL East title for the Rays.

“What wasn’t elite? I mean, he was just incredible and he did that in Yankee Stadium the night that we were fortunate enough to clinch,” Cash said. “It seemed like he went out and doubled down tonight. Made it pretty easy to sit back and watch and take some decisions out of our hands.”

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RHP Cam Schlittler, the favorite to win the AL Cy Young Award, will start Game 2 for the Yankees. RHP Freddy Peralta will take the mound for the Rays.

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Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue said crews responded to the collision at about 6:19 p.m. in an area south of Interstate 75 and west of U.S. 27.

They said the man suffered critical injuries and was airlifted to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood as a Level 1 trauma alert.

The man who was airlifted was identified as 32-year-old Alessandro Borgo.

Borgo later died from his injuries, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

The response required coordination among fire rescue, law enforcement, aviation and airboat resources because of the area’s limited access.

No other injuries were reported.

The circumstances surrounding the crash remain under investigation.

Jones arrived Friday night — a few hours after the rest of the 12th-ranked Red Raiders. He was listed as the new third-string quarterback, behind Kirk Francis, who took Castellanos' spot as the backup. Texas Tech won 29-7. Francis came into the game once — for the last snap.

The last-minute court decision that led to Jones' rush to the airport is the latest bit of chaos to come out of a raft of lawsuits players have filed challenging a new NCAA eligibility rule that gives most athletes five years to play five seasons. That rule did not include those who graduated high school in 2022 and exhausted their fourth year of eligibility in the 2025-26 school year.

Tech coach Joey McGuire said Castellanos' absence, combined with an early injury to running back Cam Dickey — who came into the week as the team's leading rusher — removed a handful of short-yardage plays the Red Raiders like to call out of the wildcat formation from the game plan.

“Let's say we had ... five trick plays, you're taking out four of the five,” McGuire said.

Castellanos, who threw for 2,760 yards and ran for 557 at Florida State last season and was playing his fifth year in Lubbock, was part of a lawsuit filed in Kentucky, in which an appeals court overturned a lower court’s temporary injunction that had allowed him to play for the Red Raiders.

He had played briefly in three games this season, but was in street clothes Saturday. A hearing in the case is set for Oct. 9.

“The fact that something like that would happen on a Friday, and then he may eligible again next week, it’s just insanity,” Texas Tech regent chair Cody Campbell told The Associated Press before the game. “It’s why I feel so strongly” about a bill recently passed in the Senate that would, in the future, prevent many of the lawsuits against the NCAA currently teeming through the courts.

Castellanos was one of 38 players across the country involved in the Kentucky lawsuit, including basketball players Seth Trimble, who last played for North Carolina, and Mark Mitchell, who last played for Missouri.

Also late Friday, an Arizona judge essentially overturned an order from last month, which made Wildcats running back Ismail Mahdi and linebacker Max Harris ineligible for their game against Cincinnati.

The NCAA also received a favorable ruling from an appeals court in Ohio in a case involving Filip Borovicanin and two dozen other basketball players that had originally marked its first high-profile loss over the rule.

In reversing the lower court's preliminary injunction in the Ohio case, appeals Judge Candace C. Crouse wrote that the court understood the players' frustration but was “mindful that at the time the plaintiffs began their collegiate athletic careers, they understood that they were entitled to four years of athletic eligibility within a five-year period.”

The NCAA sent a memo to its members notifying them of the decisions.

“In reversing the injunction, the court recognized the importance of consistent application of NCAA eligibility rules and the harms caused by conflicting judicial decisions,” the memo said.

The next big hearing for the NCAA comes Oct. 13 in a federal case in Denver filed by basketball player Brock Wisne against the NCAA. A judge in that case issued a preliminary injunction that covered athletes across the country. That, however, was overturned on appeal, which left cases to be decided in numerous state courts.

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Wells ripped a liner just inside the right-field foul line on an inside sinker. He was easily thrown out on shortstop Taylor Walls' relay to third baseman Junior Caminero of right fielder Victor Mesa Jr. 's throw. Wells ran through the stop sign of third base coach Luis Rojas, who raised both arms before Wells rounded second.

Rasmussen dominated a lineup that didn’t include three-time AL MVP Aaron Judge, who wasn’t on New York’s roster because of a calf injury.

The two-time All-Star right-hander struck out 10 and walked two, retiring 15 consecutive hitters before Wells' hit. Ramussen has thrown 69 of 101 pitches for strikes, getting 23 swings and misses.

In his previous start against the Yankees on Sept. 22, Rasmussen pitched six hitless innings before Heliot Ramos' leadoff single in the seventh. He threw a career-high 114 pitches, helping the Rays clinch the AL East title.

Jonathan Aranda homered in the third inning off Gerrit Cole.

There have been three no-hitters in postseason history, by the Yankees’ Don Larsen against the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1956 World Series, by Philadelphia’s Roy Halladay against Cincinnati in the 2010 NL Division Series and by four Houston pitchers against the Phillies in the 2022 World Series.

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According to detectives, around 11:53 p.m., the victims, Robert Vaughn and another man, were gambling in the front yard of a home near 1530 N.W. Seventh Ave. when an argument broke out with another man who was gambling, Rau Lee Davis Jr.

Detectives said Davis pulled out a firearm and fired several rounds, striking Vaughn and the other man.

Pompano Beach Fire Rescue responded and pronounced Vaughn dead at the scene. The other man received medical treatment for his injuries.

Following the shooting, Davis left the scene but eventually returned.

Detectives arrested him on one count of second-degree murder and one count of attempted second-degree murder.

Los devastadores sismos han afectado la vida de las personas “de la forma más dolorosa”, declaró Salih a The Associated Press. “Ha causado mucho sufrimiento”, afirmó.

Es la primera vez que un funcionario de alto nivel de ACNUR llega a Venezuela.

Durante su paso por varios países del continente, Salih dijo haber conocido a muchos venezolanos que aspiran regresar al país “en paz y con dignidad”, pero para que eso suceda “será necesaria la ayuda”, señaló.

“Hemos acordado colaborar y cooperar para garantizar que todo esto se lleve a cabo de forma metódica y, con suerte, con la participación conjunta de la comunidad internacional”, subrayó.

Según las Naciones Unidas, se estima que en los últimos 11 años más de 7 millones de venezolanos se vieron obligados a emigrar en busca de una mejor calidad de vida. A raíz de esto, numerosos países comenzaron a exigirles visado, y quienes llegaron a Estados Unidos ahora temen ser deportados.

Tras su arribo al país, Salih se reunió el viernes con la presidenta encargada Delcy Rodríguez y el canciller venezolano Félix Plasencia, con quienes dialogó sobre la recuperación tras los sismos, el retorno voluntario, la reintegración y un nuevo capítulo de cooperación, según informó en su cuenta de X. “El ACNUR está listo para apoyar”, enfatizó.

Durante la inspección del sábado en los sitios de acogida que han sido levantados por el Estado con apoyo de ACNUR, el alto comisionado interactuó con las familias, mujeres y niños que mantienen la esperanza de contar con un hogar permanente.

El 24 de junio, un doblete de terremotos de magnitud 7,2 y 7,5 —los más fuertes registrados en más de un siglo— sacudió el norte de Venezuela. El gobierno reportó más de 6.500 muertos, la mayoría en el estado de La Guaira, unos 20 kilómetros (12 millas) al norte de Caracas.

Más de 25.000 viviendas resultaron dañadas, y al menos 21.000 personas se encuentran alojadas en 107 refugios temporales levantados en La Guaira, la capital Caracas y el vecino estado de Miranda, según las últimas cifras oficiales.

Al concluir su visita, Salih señaló en su cuenta de X haber presenciado tanto la destrucción que dejó la tragedia como la “determinación por reconstruir”.

“Venezuela es una historia de personas que empiezan de nuevo con esperanza”, manifestó.

“He’s always looking for the big play,” Alabama receiver Rico Scott said. “You just got to be ready.”

Russell might have looked like a 19-year-old, first-year starter when he committed three turnovers at Kentucky in Week 2, but not on Saturday at Mississippi State, where he was surgical on third down and avoided turnovers entirely in a 56-23 victory for the seventh-ranked Crimson Tide.

“He’s always had the ability to make plays and it was just a matter of him balancing that with taking care of the football and you just know that there’s a matter of growth process that he has to go through," Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer said.

“He can make people miss and he’s just doing a good job of how to move the chains when he needs to with his legs," DeBoer added. ”He always has kept his eyes downfield.”

Russell completed six of his seven third-down passes for 146 yards, including connections of 50 yards to Brooks and 22 yards to Ryan Coleman-Williams. He also threw two of his three touchdown passes on third down.

“He surprises a lot of people. He seems to surprise us some times,” said Scott, who caught third-down, touchdown passes of 13 and 8 yards at Mississippi State.. “It’s just hard to believe how fast he’s grown.”

Russell's already burgeoning Heisman Trophy credentials are bound to be further enhanced by his performance against the No. 16 Bulldogs.

He finished 16 of 22 (73%) for 285 yards and three TDs passing to go with a 17-yard scoring run.

He was asked about his potential to win college football's most coveted individual award after he emerged from the visitor's locker room at Davis Wade Stadium, where he'd also faced down the din cause by cowbell-ringing fans with the poise of a more experienced player.

But the dual-threat Russell sounded more interested in talking about his focus on learning how to play his position better.

“A lot of people will say, ‘He’s a great athlete,’ or, ‘He’s a great player,’" Russell said of the comments he hears about himself. "Becoming more of a quarterback is what I kind of want to be faithful to and just growing there.”

As far as Mississippi State coach Jeff Lebby was concerned, Russell already is playing his position at an “elite level.”

“He’s really accurate, got great anticipation and you continue to see him make big plays with his feet,” Lebby said, calling Russell's, 39-yard completion to Brooks a “backbreaking” play.

“We’ve got a little momentum back in the game. He moves around, throws a shot and they pick up a huge first down,” Lebby recalled. "That’s what he can continue to do for them — a guy that’s playing really, really well for a guy so young.”

Russell said he learned a lot from his mistakes against Kentucky, which Alabama still beat going away, 45-17 after trailing at halftime. DeBoer agreed.

“He’s trusting himself. He’s got a good vibe with the skill group, throwing on time," DeBoer said. "He continues to take care of the football, making good decisions, run or pass, understanding how to convert and move the chains, knowing when the ball needs to get in the end zone.”

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After a physical training camp, the Heat are ready to face another team.

“Man, we’re looking forward to going against somebody else,” said Heat center Bam Adebayo. “We’ve been ultra physical this whole camp, trying to get our tendencies down on the defensive side, so we’re looking to bump against somebody else and try to compete, compete for a W.”

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Cayden Lee had eight catches for 110 yards, Donovan Olugbode and Caleb Goodie Jr. had TD receptions, and the Tigers piled up 560 yards of offense while giving coach Eli Drinkwitz his first regular-season win over a top-10 team in 11 tries with them.

“It's a good win against a really good team today. That's all it was,” Drinkwitz said, bristling at any discussion of the way the Tigers have performed against the SEC's elites. “Nobody in our locker room could care less about that. I couldn't care less about that. I really couldn't care less. The SEC is a hard league, and yeah, I'm done with that."

Missouri (4-1, 1-1 SEC) collapsed late Mississippi State last week, but it bounced back by stopping one of the nation's top offenses.

Gators quarterback Aaron Philo threw for 197 yards and a touchdown, but much of that happened as they played from behind. Jadan Baugh, who had been receiving some early Heisman Trophy hype after running for 11 touchdowns over his first four games, carried 12 times for only 13 yards, often struggling to even make it back to the line of scrimmage.

The Gators (4-1, 2-1), who routed No. 4 Mississippi last week, had been averaging 532.8 yards of offense. They had 325 on Saturday.

“We knew a couple of things were coming and still didn't stop it,” Florida coach Jon Sumrall said. “They played with physicality. Hat's off to them. They deserved the win. We earned the loss. We have a lot to work on.”

The Tigers clearly prioritized bottling up Baugh, the nation's second-leading rusher, especially after watching him rip off a 12-yard gain the first time he touched the ball. He carried 11 more times for exactly one yard the rest of the game.

Florida evidently didn't prioritize stopping anything.

Simmons was 16 of 21 for 238 yards and his two TDs in the first half alone, slinging the ball to all corners of the field. He hit Olugbode for a 47-yard strike and a 10-3 lead, then delivered Goodie his first career touchdown reception later in the half.

It was a handful of possessions spanning halftime that decided the game, though.

The Gators went three-and-out late in the first half, giving the Tigers the ball with 1:33 left, and Blake Craig's 50-yarder as time expired made it 20-10. Then, after getting the kickoff to start the second half, Roberts added a short touchdown run, the Tigers forced a quick punt, and Craig banged through a 52-yarder to make it 30-10 late in the third quarter.

The coup de grâce came on the penultimate play of the quarter, when Roberts spun out of a pileup and ran 76 yards, getting shoved out at the Florida 2. On the first play of the fourth, he slammed into the endzone, and a 2-point conversion made it 38-10.

“This is a really emotional league to play in," Simmons said. “There's going to be a lot of adversity. It's a tough league, especially in the trenches. Seeing Jamal bounce off all those tackles and break free, it's something I haven't seen.”

As if the Tigers needed an exclamation mark, Roberts added it with an 80-yard touchdown run a couple of minutes later.

By that point, the Tigers were mockingly chomping at the Gators, who have struggled mightily in Columbia over the years. They have now lost four of their last five games at Faurot Field — though unlike the rest, this one didn't come down to the wire.

“What an awesome win for our community, for our state and more importantly for our team,” Drinkwitz said. “Really proud of our guys, our coaches and players, the way they went about their business this week.”

Injury issues

Florida played without wide receiver Vernell Brown III, who led the Gators with 17 catches for 271 yards along with two touchdown catches and two punt return TDs in his first four games. Brown's been dealing with a strained right knee.

Missouri was missing starting edge rushers Darris Smith and Langden Kitchen, both of whom have lower body injuries.

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Florida: Plays South Carolina next Saturday.

Missouri: Plays Texas A&M next Saturday.

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Sayin was 20-of-27 passing, and his favorite target was Smith, the nation’s top receiver. Smith had 11 catches for 206 yards, becoming Ohio State’s leader in receptions (207), receiving yards (3,381) and receiving touchdowns (36).

Smith caught a 12-yard touchdown pass from Sayin with 12 seconds left in the first half to give the Buckeyes (4-1, 2-0 Big Ten) a 17-6 lead.

Sayin threw a 57-yard touchdown pass to Smith with 6:11 left in the third quarter. Smith struck a Heisman pose toward the Iowa fans in Kinnick Stadium’s north end zone after the catch.

Sayin opened the scoring with a 15-yard touchdown pass to Devin McCuin on Ohio State’s first possession for an early 7-0 lead.

Ja’Kobi Jackson closed the scoring for the Buckeyes with a 7-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter.

Iowa (4-1, 1-1) got its only points on two field goals and Braeden Jackson's fourth-quarter 2-yard touchdown run. The Hawkeyes were held to just 238 yards as Ohio State, which had 484 yards, had almost a 17-minute advantage in time of possession.

Takeaways

Ohio State: Sayin and the Buckeyes slowly carved into Iowa’s defense, then hit the big play late with the long touchdown pass to Smith. Since the 24-23 loss to Texas on Sept. 12, Ohio State has outscored its last three opponents 136-36.

Iowa: The Hawkeyes were carrying momentum coming off last week’s 20-19 win over Michigan, but were too conservative early in this game. They answered Ohio State touchdowns with field goals, and that wasn’t going to be good enough in a game like this.

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Iowa: At Washington on Friday night.

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The game-time temperature of 100 degrees (38 Celsius) fell just short of equaling the Dodger Stadium record of 103 degrees at Game 1 of the 2017 World Series. The feels-like temperature was 105 degrees, with umpires chugging water between innings and fans shielding their heads with giveaway towels on a cloudless day.

Skubal was cool, though.

The two-time Cy Young Award winner allowed one run and two hits, struck out seven and walked two while starting a postseason game at home for the first time in his career. His previous playoff starts were all on the road for the Detroit Tigers, who traded him to the two-time defending World Series champions just before the Aug. 3 deadline.

“To go through six in these conditions I thought was fantastic," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, “and I thought the bullpen did a fine job.”

Skubal's 63 strikeouts are the second-most in a pitcher’s first seven postseason appearances behind Bob Gibson’s 74.

“It was a ton of fun,” Skubal said. “I've got a lot of respect for the fans that came out and showed up today. It’s not easy. It’s 100 degrees. The sun was on us the entire game.”

Game 2 at Dodger Stadium is Sunday evening, when an extreme heat warning remains in effect.

Hernández and Tucker both went through major slumps at the plate during the season. But they came up big with two-run homers against the Braves' bullpen. Atlanta's rotation got upended during its three-game NL Wild Card Series win over Philadelphia, with the Braves using ace Chris Sale in relief in the deciding game.

“We’ve been going through a lot this year, but we stayed together,” Hernández said. “We have each other’s back. We’re going to continue to try to do our best and try to do our job so we can keep winning.”

Hernández and Tucker had nearly identical stat lines. Hernández went 2 for 4 with two runs and two RBIs; Tucker finished 2 for 4 with a run and two RBIs.

Tucker had the worst regular season of his career after signing a $240 million, four-year deal with the Dodgers as a free agent. His offensive output sharply declined from his All-Star days with Houston and the Chicago Cubs.

Hernández stumbled through July and August before a swing fix sparked a September turnaround.

“The bigger the moment,” Hernández said, “the more focused I get.”

The Braves managed just four hits. Sean Murphy's two-strike, 421-foot homer leading off the sixth left them trailing 2-1.

Ronald Acuña Jr. singled leading off the ninth against reliever Tanner Scott, who then served up a 432-foot homer to Ozzie Albies that cut the lead to 5-3. Scott got two outs before Evan Phillips induced a groundout by Austin Riley with a runner aboard to earn the save.

Braves starter Dylan Dodd tossed three scoreless innings and gave up only singles to Shohei Ohtani in the first and Mookie Betts in the third.

The Dodgers broke through against Atlanta's bullpen in the fourth. Losing pitcher Victor Mederos walked Freddie Freeman before serving up Hernández's 431-foot shot to left-center, making it 2-0.

Still bothered by nagging arm and knee issues, Ohtani batted second behind Betts. The four-time MVP lined to second with a runner on to end the third and flied out with a runner on in the fifth.

Tucker went deep in the sixth and Muncy added a solo shot off AJ Smith-Shawver two batters later, extending the lead to 5-1.

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In an eight-minute video message to the Cornell community, Michael Kotlikoff described the past week as one of the most difficult in the university’s history and acknowledged troubling questions about the investigations that followed the allegations.

“My heart aches when I think of what she experienced,” Kotlikoff said. “It raises heartbreaking and troubling issues about sexual assault, dehumanization and aspects of party culture, alcohol and drug use.”

Kotlikoff reaffirmed his commitment to supporting an independent review of Cornell's handling of the case called for by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and said the school's Board of Trustees would announce details next week. He also expressed support for Hochul’s decision to turn the criminal investigation over to the state attorney general.

“I want to acknowledge something that can be difficult for an institution to say,” Kotlikoff said. “We don’t have all the answers, but we are committed to investigating and finding the answers our community deserves.”

Scrutiny has mounted in recent days over Cornell’s response to allegations that the woman was sexually assaulted by multiple fraternity members in 2024. The woman, identified in court documents as Jane Doe, has sued the university and seven former students.

During a student assembly hearing Thursday that gave students an opportunity to voice concerns and discuss proposals to improve Cornell’s response to sexual assault, several speakers called for Kotlikoff’s resignation.

Hochul, asked at a news conference Friday whether she believed Kotlikoff should resign over the university’s handling of the case, declined to take a position, saying she did not yet have enough information.

Kotlikoff acknowledged frustration that Cornell has not communicated enough, saying that has led to distrust. While citing “real legal and privacy limits” on what the university can disclose, he pledged greater transparency and more opportunities for students, parents and others to engage with university leaders.

He also committed Cornell’s support to legislative efforts to change New York’s sexual assault laws.

The case has renewed scrutiny of a state law that makes it difficult to prosecute sexual assaults involving people who voluntarily consume alcohol or drugs, even if they became too intoxicated to consent.

Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten cited the law in defending his initial decision not to pursue charges, saying the woman’s original statement to police described voluntary drug use and sexual activity.

Critics have long sought to close what they call the “voluntary intoxication loophole,” which distinguishes between people incapacitated by drugs administered without their consent and those who voluntarily became intoxicated. Hochul has pledged to push for changes to the law.

Kotlikoff also called for a “serious look at the role of fraternities and sororities in campus life,” saying Cornell would engage students, alumni and others in examining how to preserve the benefits of Greek life while strengthening accountability and transparency.

“Being part of a group can never diminish individual responsibility for our own actions, for how we treat others or for speaking up when someone may be at risk,” he said.

Los vientos máximos sostenidos de la tormenta se intensificaron rápidamente hasta alcanzar 185 km/h (115 mph), informó el Centro Nacional de Huracanes, con sede en Miami, lo que significa que se había convertido en un huracán de categoría 3.

Nolo se encontraba a unos 335 kilómetros (210 millas) al sur-suroeste del arrecife Maro y se desplazaba hacia el oeste a 28 km/h (17 mph).

Se emitió una advertencia de tormenta tropical para el Monumento Nacional Marino papahanaumokuakea, una enorme y remota zona protegida a nivel federal con islas, atolones, montes submarinos, bajíos y arrecifes de coral, desde el arrecife Maro hasta la isla Lisianski.

El centro de huracanes indicó que el fuerte oleaje asociado con Nolo “probablemente inundará algunos de los atolones de baja altitud”.

Sin embargo, no se pronosticaba ninguna amenaza para islas pobladas.

El centro de huracanes señaló que se prevé que Nolo cruce la línea internacional de cambio de fecha el domingo.

Nolo rozó Hawái como huracán hace una semana. Luego perdió parte de su fuerza y se convirtió en tormenta tropical, antes de recuperar fuerza de huracán el viernes.

Mientras tanto, Rachel, otro huracán del Pacífico de categoría 1, continuó avanzando hacia el oeste en una trayectoria que lo alejaba de la costa occidental de México.

Según el centro de huracanes, se pronosticaron marejadas peligrosas durante el fin de semana para la costa del centro-occidente de México y hasta el lunes para la península de Baja California.

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The storm's maximum sustained winds rapidly intensified to 115 mph (185 kph), the Miami-based National Hurricane Center reported, meaning it was a Category 3 hurricane.

As of the evening, Nolo was located about 200 miles (320 kilometers) south-southwest of Lisianski Island and moving westward at 20 mph (31 kph).

A tropical storm warning was issued for the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument — a massive and remote federally protected area with islands, atolls, seamounts, shoals and coral reefs — from Maro Reef to Lisianski Island.

The hurricane center said large surf associated with Nolo “will likely inundate some of the low-lying atolls.”

No threat was in the forecast for any populated islands, however.

The hurricane center said Nolo was expected to cross the international date line Sunday.

Nolo skirted Hawaii as a hurricane a week ago. It then lost some of its punch and became a tropical storm, before regaining hurricane strength Friday.

Meanwhile another Pacific hurricane, Category 1 Rachel, continued heading westward on a path away from the west coast of Mexico.

Dangerous swells were forecast through the weekend for the coast of west-central Mexico and through Monday for the Baja California Peninsula, according to the hurricane center.

The person talked to the AP on condition of anonymity because the decision has not been publicly announced.

The Athletic was the first to report on Fox Sports' decision.

The Barstool Sports founder said on social media that it was Ohio State and coach Ryan Day who forced Fox Sports to take them off the show.

“Juice wasn't worth the squeeze and frankly I don't blame them. Huge dollars at stake and you have Cryin Ryan throwing temper tantrums and making threats every few days on something I said,” Portnoy said in his post.

Fox Sports had no comment. Ohio State referred all questions about Portnoy to Fox Sports.

The Associated Press sent Portnoy an email seeking comment.

Fox pays the most in a seven-year, multinetwork deal with the Big Ten that also includes NBC and CBS. Fox also owns 61% of the Big Ten Network.

Portnoy started making appearances on the show last fall after Barstool and Fox Sports announced a partnership. “Big Noon Kickoff” also features host Rob Stone and analysts Brady Quinn, Matt Leinart, Mark Ingram and Chris “The Bear” Fallica.

Portnoy graduated from Michigan and has used Ohio State as a punching bag. The Barstool Sports founder said last year that Ohio State banned him from going inside Ohio Stadium before the season opener between the Buckeyes and Texas.

Ohio State said that during planning meetings with Fox, the only talent coming into the stadium would be their main desk crew, which did not include Portnoy.

Barstool still has a live two-hour weekday morning show on FS1.

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