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According to the Miami Police Department, officers were flagged down shortly before 6 a.m. near Northwest Seventh Avenue and Northwest 27th Street regarding a pedestrian who had been struck by a driver in a sedan.

Miami Fire Rescue medics responded to the scene and transported the victim to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center.

Police said the pedestrian was unresponsive but breathing when emergency crews arrived.

Authorities have not released the victim’s identity or provided additional details about the vehicle involved.

The circumstances surrounding the crash remain under investigation.

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

According to authorities, deputies with the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office and Florida Highway Patrol troopers located a stolen black Chevrolet pickup truck on Tuesday afternoon.

Troopers said a chase ensued, which ended when the driver in the truck crashed in an unincorporated area of Palm Beach County along Jog Road between Woolbright Road and Grand Isle Drive.

That led to a standoff between the man behind the wheel of the truck and first responders.

Following the standoff, authorities said the suspect received life-saving treatment at the scene.

This is a breaking news story that will be updated as new information is made available.

Hurricane Simon continued moving slowly off Mexico’s Pacific coast as a Category 1 storm, bringing heavy rain to Nayarit and Sinaloa states, where authorities remained on alert for rising rivers and flooding. Over the weekend, the hurricane brought heavy rain to the southern state of Guerrero, killing one person.

But the worst damage was reported farther north, in the coastal city of Ensenada, Baja California, where flooding caused by Rachel’s remnants killed at least five people.

The victims included a 13-year-old girl whose body was found Sunday, two women ages 30 and 35 and a 4-year-old boy whose bodies were recovered Monday, and an unidentified person found near a stream Tuesday, the state prosecutor’s office told The Associated Press.

Five others remained missing in Baja California, including three in Ensenada and a father and son who went fishing Saturday in San Felipe, on the Gulf of California, and never returned.

About 300 military personnel, police and rescue workers searched along Ensenada’s El Pipila stream Tuesday, while the Mexican Navy continued looking for the missing fishermen, state civil protection authorities said.

Floodwaters swept away vehicles, damaged homes and cut off access to some communities.

Johana Nuriulu, a resident of Ensenada’s Buena Vista community, said the flooding began overnight, shortly after heavy rain knocked out electricity.

“We heard a loud noise that sounded like ocean waves, but very intense,” she said. When she stepped outside, she discovered a nearby stream had overflowed.

“The water was sweeping everything away; it took a cabin ... animals, everything.”

Elsewhere near Ensenada, Mexican soldiers used helicopters to rescue 32 people, including 13 minors, from Rancho Genesis, a camp for orphans staffed by missionaries.

The army said 22 of those rescued were foreign nationals. Baja California Security Secretary Gen. Laureano Carrillo said they included Americans and Germans.

Hurricane Simon moves along Pacific coast

Simon was moving parallel to Mexico’s Pacific coast Tuesday, threatening more rainfall in Jalisco, Nayarit and Sinaloa.

The hurricane was centered about 180 kilometers (110 miles) west of Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco, with maximum sustained winds of 150 kph (90 mph), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami. It was moving west at 4 kph (2 mph).

In southern Guerrero state, Simon’s heavy rains toppled trees and utility poles, blocked roads and flooded homes in coastal communities, including the resort city of Acapulco, Gov. Evelyn Salgado said.

A 71-year-old person died when a wall collapsed in Chilpancingo, the state capital, she said.

Authorities also took preventive measures in the port city of Mazatlan, Sinaloa, ahead of the storm, national Civil Protection Coordinator Laura Velázquez said Monday.

Meanwhile, conditions were improving in the tourist destination of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, where residents began resuming normal activities as the rain subsided.

State authorities ordered schools to reopen Tuesday, while operations at Puerto Vallarta’s airport gradually resumed.

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Silva Rey reported from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Associated Press writer Fabiola Sánchez contributed from Mexico City.

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Simón continuaba el martes desplazándose lentamente por el Pacífico mexicano como huracán categoría 1 provocando lluvias en los estados de Nayarit y Sinaloa, donde las autoridades mexicanas se mantienen en alerta ante el riesgo de la crecida de ríos e inundaciones. El fin de semana, el huracán ocasionó intensas precipitaciones en el estado sureño de Guerrero, donde falleció una persona.

Pero fue más al norte, en la ciudad costera de Ensenada, estado de Baja California, donde los remanentes de la tormenta Rachel ocasionaron más daños por la crecida de ríos e inundaciones.

Al menos cinco personas murieron: una niña de 13 años cuyo cuerpo se encontró el domingo; dos mujeres de 35 y 30 años y un niño de 4 años cuyos cadáveres fueron hallados el lunes, y otro cuerpo fue localizado el martes cerca de un arroyo, pero aún se desconoce su identidad, indicó a The Associated Press la fiscalía estatal.

Muerte y desolación dejó Rachel a su paso

El martes seguían desaparecidas cinco personas en Baja California, tres de ellas en Ensenada y dos más en San Felipe, una localidad en el lado del mar de Cortés de donde un padre y un hijo salieron a pescar el sábado y no volvieron.

A inicios de la jornada unos 300 elementos de las fuerzas militares, policiales y de los cuerpos de rescate iniciaron una operación de búsqueda a lo largo del arroyo El Pípila de Ensenada para tratar de localizar a las personas que permanecen desaparecidas en esa región, informó Protección Civil estatal. Asimismo, la Armada mexicana mantiene la búsqueda de las dos personas que desaparecieron en la comunidad de San Felipe.

Las inundaciones arrastraron vehículos, causaron daños en viviendas y dejaron áreas incomunicadas.

Johana Nuriulu, una vecina de la comunidad Buena Vista, en Ensenada, dijo que las inundaciones comenzaron por la noche, poco después de que el aguacero cortara la electricidad. “Escuchamos un fuerte ruido que se escuchaba como olas del mar pero bien fuerte”.

Nuriulu contó que salió a la calle y descubrió que un arroyo cercano se había desbordado. “El agua se estaba llevando todo, se llevó una cabaña... animales, todo”.

En otra zona cercana a Ensenada, el Ejército mexicano utilizó helicópteros para rescatar a 32 personas, 13 de ellas menores, de un lugar conocido como Rancho Génesis. El lugar, según su página web, es un campamento para huérfanos donde trabajan misioneros.

Según el comunicado del Ejército, 22 de los rescatados eran extranjeros. El secretario de Seguridad de Baja California, el general Laureano Carrillo, dijo que había alemanes y estadounidenses.

El avance del huracán Simón

El huracán Simón avanzaba el martes en paralelo a la costa del Pacífico mexicano frente a los estados de Jalisco, Nayarit y Sinaloa.

Para el martes el centro de huracán se localizaba 180 kilómetros (90 millas) al oeste de Cabo Corrientes, en el estado occidental de Jalisco, con vientos sostenidos de 150 kilómetros por hora (90 millas por hora) y desplazándose hacia el oeste 4 kilómetros por hora (2 millas por hora), según el Centro Nacional de Huracanes de Estados Unidos en Miami (NHC, por sus siglas en inglés).

El huracán derribó árboles y postes eléctricos, bloqueó carreteras e inundó viviendas en las localidades costeras del estado de Guerrero, incluido el importante puerto marítimo de Acapulco, según dijo la gobernadora, Evelyn Salgado, en una rueda de prensa. Una persona de 71 años falleció tras el derrumbe de un muro en Chilpancingo, la capital del estado, agregó Salgado.

Las autoridades iniciaron operaciones preventivas ante el avance del huracán, especialmente en la ciudad portuaria de Mazatlán, en Sinaloa, indicó el lunes la coordinadora nacional de Protección Civil, Laura Velázquez, en la conferencia presidencial matutina.

El cese de las lluvias en la ciudad turística de Puerto Vallarta, en Jalisco, llevó a sus habitantes a retomar progresivamente las actividades normales. Las autoridades estatales ordenaron el martes la reapertura de las escuelas de Jalisco y la reanudación progresiva de operaciones en el aeropuerto de Puerto Vallarta.

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Silva Rey reportó desde Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. La periodista de The Associated Press, Fabiola Sánchez, contribuyó a este reporte desde la Ciudad de México.

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The Cadillac Escalade was on the southbound lanes of East Country Club Drive, between Yacht Club Way and the William Lehman Causeway ramp.

Aventura police officers also responded to the two-vehicle crash at about 10:45 a.m.

Fire rescue personnel reported taking the person injured to a trauma center.

Local 10 News Senior Assignment Editor Frine Gomez and Assignment Editor Mariana Ortiz contributed to this report.

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Jail records show Giovanny Alonso is facing one count of second-degree grand theft involving property valued at more than $20,000 but less than $100,000.

Investigators say Alonso had worked as a site supervisor for a Miami-Dade County roofing company since 2011. Company owners told investigators the business exclusively performs roofing work and does not provide window installation, stucco or painting services.

Investigators allege that in May 2022, Alonso placed an unauthorized order totaling $15,437 with ABC Supply, a company vendor, for hurricane-impact doors and windows intended for his personal residence.

The materials were delivered to Alonso’s home in June 2023, where he allegedly directed employees to unload them “and place them in his backyard without the owners’ knowledge or approval,” according to his arrest report.

In October 2023, Alonso also allegedly instructed office staff by email to obtain a City of Hialeah building permit for the replacement of doors and windows at his residence, the report states. The permit was paid for by the company and listed Alonso as both the property owner and job qualifier, according to investigators.

Investigators said they also identified $16,000 in payments made to JRG Painting between Feb. 9 and March 15, 2024. The invoices referenced stucco repairs, but company ownership told investigators the payments were fraudulent and unrelated to any authorized project, his arrest report states.

According to the report, Alonso classified the purchases and payments as expenses tied to an existing condominium roofing contract in Broward County, even though they were unrelated to that job or any other legitimate company project.

During Alonso’s separation from the company, ownership also discovered an additional $2,210 in unauthorized charges from Baro II Hardware for a barbecue grill, a griddle and a residential pressure washer, investigators said.

They said the total unauthorized spending identified in the investigation was approximately $33,647.

As of Tuesday afternoon, Alonso was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where his bond was set at $7,500.

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Nixon, who is campaigning for the U.S. Senate, is scheduled to host a “community conversation” from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday in Sweetwater.

Nixon, 42, who defeated Alexander Vindman in the Democratic primary, is challenging the Republican incumbent, Sen. Ashley Moody, in the general election on Nov. 3.

The event’s guests at Mi Pueblo, a Colombian restaurant at 10910 West Flagler St., include Evelyn DeJesus, of the American Federation of Teachers; Karla Hernandez Mats, the former president of United Teachers of Dade; and immigration advocates Cristina Jimenez and Greisa Martinez.

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According to an arrest report from the Hialeah Police Department, Joe Luis Suarez-Pozo, 51, of Miami, was taken into custody Monday following an investigation into the woman’s allegations.

Police said the investigation began July 2, when the woman reported the alleged assault to detectives at a Hialeah police substation.

According to the report, the woman told investigators that her daughter had previously arranged an Uber ride to Boca Raton so she could care for her granddaughter.

Suarez-Pozo was the driver assigned to the trip, authorities said.

According to the report, the two struck up a conversation during the ride and exchanged phone numbers so the woman could contact him for future transportation needs.

Several days later, Suarez-Pozo allegedly called the woman and told her he was near her home and asked whether she wanted to go out for coffee.

The woman agreed because she had previously spoken with him and believed he was a “good person,” according to the report.

Woman says driver assaulted her inside vehicle

According to the report, instead of taking the woman for coffee, Suarez-Pozo drove to Victor Wilde Park in Hialeah, where he parked the vehicle.

The woman told investigators that while she was sitting in the front passenger seat, Suarez-Pozo suddenly climbed on top of her and began touching and kissing her face, mouth and neck.

She said she pushed him away and questioned his actions.

According to the arrest report, Suarez-Pozo then grabbed the woman’s hand and forced her to touch his genitals.

Frightened, the woman got out of the vehicle in an attempt to escape, police said.

However, she told investigators that Suarez-Pozo followed her, confronted her outside the car and forced her into the back seat.

The woman alleged that he then raped her before driving her back home.

Suspect arrested months after alleged assault

On Monday, officers with the Hialeah Police Department’s Community Response Team located Suarez-Pozo along East 53rd Street in Hialeah.

He was taken into custody and transported to police headquarters for questioning.

According to the arrest report, investigators interviewed Suarez-Pozo after advising him of his Miranda rights.

Police said his statements corroborated the woman’s account, leading to his arrest.

Suarez-Pozo was subsequently transported to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center where he was booked on a sexual battery charge.

As of Tuesday morning, he remained at TGK. Online jail records listed his bond as “to bet set.”

An Uber spokesperson released a statement to Local 10 News Tuesday, saying Suarez-Pozo has been removed from the platform.

“While this did not occur on an Uber trip, we are sickened by this report and have banned the driver from the platform,” the statement read. “Uber is deeply committed to safety, and we stand ready to assist law enforcement with their investigation however we can.”

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Surveillance video shows the white BMW used to kidnap the Facebook Marketplace buyer on Oct. 9 in Doral, according to Doral Police Chief Matthew Castillo.

The victim reported he had purchased an iPhone from the seller on Sept. 18, so he had agreed to meet again to buy more phones with $4,000 in cash, according to police.

“The passenger in the rear seat pointed a firearm at our victim and told him to come inside the car,” Castillo said, also adding that Doral residents can meet at the police station’s lobby for exchanges.

Detectives identified the driver and passenger of the BMW as Lazaro Núñez, also known as Lazaro Nunez-Martinez, and Darian Morejon, also known as Darian Morejon-Rodriguez.

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“He tried to escape the vehicle twice and was actually strangled,” Castillo said about the victim.

The victim reported throwing a bag with the $4,000 in cash out the window at Northwest 78th Avenue and 66th Street and fleeing while his kidnappers prioritized grabbing the cash, according to police.

“Our victim was trying to keep up ways to survive,” Castillo said.

Nunez-Martinez, 31, of Miami Gardens, sent a message to the victim, according to police.

“Don’t you dare do anything because we will look for you, we know where you live,” Nunez-Martinez wrote, according to the police report. “We will close the business here, and we will forget everything.”

Miami-Dade corrections booked Nunez-Martinez on Oct. 11 at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to inmate records.

Nunez-Martinez faced five charges: Armed robbery, attempted armed kidnapping with aggravated battery, third-degree armed grand theft, tampering with a witness or victim, and battery. A judge denied him bond and ordered him to stay away from the victim.

Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Tanya Brinkley was set to preside over Nunez-Martinez’s case.

Detectives arrested Morejon-Rodriguez, 39, during a traffic stop on Monday in Hallandale Beach, according to police.

Miami-Dade corrections booked Morejon-Rodriguez early Tuesday morning at TGKCC, where he remained on a hold by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to Miami-Dade inmate records. A bond court judge also ordered him to stay away from the victim.

Morejon-Rodriguez faced four felony charges: Armed robbery, attempted armed kidnapping with aggravated battery, third-degree armed grand theft, and tampering with a witness or victim.

Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Carlos Gamez was set to preside over Morejon-Rodriguez’s case.

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Officials said a good Samaritan spotted the man and reported the sighting over a Marine emergency radio channel used by boaters to call for help.

They said Marine units from Miami and Fort Lauderdale responded alongside the Coast Guard. Crews located the man, provided emergency assistance and arranged for a medical evaluation.

Authorities said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue medics evaluated and medically cleared the man before he was transferred to the USCG cutter Melvin Bell for further processing.

Coast Guard officials have not disclosed the man’s age or identity.

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According to deputies, Prince-Charm Allison was last seen Oct. 4 in the 1300 block of Northeast 110^th Terrace. He was wearing a blue shirt and red shorts.

Deputies described Allison as a Black male, who is 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs about 150 pounds. He has brown eyes and black hair.

Authorities said the teen has not made contact with family or friends since his disappearance and may be in need of services.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call Deputy A. Madrigal at 305-715-3300 or email u307222@mdpd.net. Anonymous tips can be made by calling Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

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The announcement follows a series of shootings and growing concerns about large gatherings, fights and other incidents that city leaders say are putting businesses, residents and visitors at risk.

“Himmarshee is open for business, but it is not and never will be open for lawlessness,” Fort Lauderdale Police Chief William Schultz said during a news conference Tuesday morning.

The entertainment district, located west of Las Olas Boulevard near Southwest Second Avenue and Southwest Second Street, is known for its bars, restaurants and nightlife.

But city officials say the area has experienced an increase in public safety problems, particularly during late-night hours.

Police promise increased enforcement

Schultz said visitors can expect a significant increase in law enforcement activity during the district’s busiest hours.

“You will see a dramatic surge in police presence during peak nighttime hours,” Schultz said, adding that officers will conduct targeted enforcement operations.

Fort Lauderdale police will be joined by the Florida Highway Patrol and the Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco.

Light towers and barricades will also be part of the city’s strategy to improve safety in the district.

One of the biggest concerns is underage drinking.

“We are aware that groups of high school students and other underage individuals throughout Broward County are coming into this district,” Schultz said.

Police plan to send notices to school district administrators and bar owners, seeking their cooperation in addressing the problem.

Schultz also warned businesses that officers will be monitoring how carefully they check customers’ identification.

“We are watching to ensure continual and proper checking of every patron’s ID upon entering your establishment,” he said.

Fire rescue reports increase in overnight calls

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Chief Stephen Gollan said his department has also experienced an increase in emergency calls in the entertainment district between midnight and 4 a.m.

According to Gollan, many of those calls involve people who have passed out.

“Majority of those are pass outs,” Gollan said, adding that approximately 30% of the calls involve people between 18 and 24 years old.

The increase in emergency responses is among the concerns prompting city leaders to take additional action.

Recent shootings raise concerns

The crackdown comes after several shootings in and around the entertainment district.

On Sept. 6, Fort Lauderdale police were responding to a fight near Southwest Second Street and Southwest Third Avenue around 3:30 a.m. when officers heard gunfire.

Police detained several people and recovered a firearm.

Although no shooting victim was initially found at the scene, a man later arrived at a hospital with a gunshot wound that was not considered life-threatening.

Witnesses described the panic as crowds ran for safety.

“It happened so quick…everyone started running,” a witness said.

The incident followed a deadly shooting in early July inside the Governmental Center parking garage near Southwest Second Street and Southwest First Avenue.

A 43-year-old man was shot around 4:30 a.m. and later died at a hospital.

Police recovered a gun and detained a person of interest.

In December 2025, five people were injured in a mass shooting outside Dicey Riley’s Irish Pub around 2 a.m.

Witnesses described hearing multiple gunshots before crowds began fleeing the area.

All five victims were transported to a hospital.

City considering tougher penalties for alcohol violations

Fort Lauderdale commissioners have already taken steps to address problems in the nightlife district.

In February, the commission approved an ordinance prohibiting open containers and outdoor alcohol sales in the entertainment district.

Some business owners opposed the restrictions, arguing that they would negatively affect the area’s nightlife atmosphere.

Now, city leaders are considering additional measures.

The city commission is expected to review proposed ordinance changes next week that would increase fines for alcohol-related violations and establish new requirements for businesses operating at night.

Mayor says public safety must come first

Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis emphasized that city leaders want the Himmarshee district to remain a thriving destination for residents and visitors.

However, he said its success depends on maintaining a safe environment.

“Himmarshee is an important part of Fort Lauderdale -- we believe in its future and want it to succeed,” Trantalis said. “It must be built on public safety.”

City officials say the increased enforcement efforts are intended to address the district’s ongoing problems while allowing businesses to continue operating.

The proposed ordinance changes are expected to be discussed by city commissioners next week.

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The vote gives the county the authority to take any necessary legal action to go inside the Broward Sheriff’s Office headquarters and examine the sheriff’s budget to see how he is spending taxpayer dollars.

“Everything stops if they just open their books and say, ‘Here’s what we’re spending our money on.’ It’s that simple, folks,” Broward Mayor Mark Bogen said.

The emergency meeting was led by Bogen on Tuesday morning.

The vote gives the county attorney the authority to sue the sheriff if negotiations go nowhere.

The board wants a closer look at the sheriff’s $870 million budget and exactly how the agency is spending taxpayer dollars.

The mayor says the county has a legal right to see the budget.

“We have a sheriff who refuses to disclose things, fights our requests, locks his doors, hides in his office making videos,” Bogen said.

On Monday, the mayor and commissioners were blocked from going inside BSO’s officer the to see its training facility, which the county auditor says cost more than twice what was expected.

“We sent many emails to the command staff saying we would like to view the gym and they don’t respond,” Bogen said. “They don’t respond.”

Right afterward, during a news conference, Tony claimed it was a distraction as statewide prosecutors sent subpoenas to all commissioners last month while investigating the county’s study about possibly removing BSO from both Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Port Everglades.

“It has been nothing more than a disguise to distract from what is actually taking place: an unprecedented criminal investigation,” Tony told reporters.

Local 10 News has reached out to state investigators.

Bogen says he has not heard of any criminal probe and asked the county attorney to confirm that.

“Counsel, are you aware of any of us or any of the staff here (who are) under a criminal investigation?” Bogen said.

“Um, mayor, I’m not aware of any criminal investigation,” the county attorney replied.

Commissioner Lamar Fisher is also proposing taking the 911 system away from the sheriff.

There is a meeting next Tuesday when that proposal will come up.

If approved, he says the transition will happen immediately.

Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” scores the trailer, which was also released online. A few hours earlier, Gerwig unveiled the trailer and behind-the-scenes footage on an IMAX screen at the AMC Lincoln Center in New York, where she spoke with Stephen Colbert about her “Barbie” follow-up.

Netflix, in a dramatic reversal for the company, is giving “Narnia” a wide theatrical release beginning Feb. 12. The film will land on the streaming service on April 2. Gerwig said she wrote her first draft in 2020 and 2021 after approaching Netflix chief executive Ted Sarandos at a cocktail party.

“I told Ted I only know how to make movies for the big screen,” Gerwig said. “He said, ‘Make the movie for the biggest screen you can imagine.’”

With a $280 million budget, “Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew” is one of Netflix’s most ambitious films. It's also a novel way into the “Narnia” series, starting not with the first book, “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” but the sixth.

“The Magician’s Nephew,” published in 1955, is a prequel. It follows two children in 1900 London who, through a magic ring, are transported into another world and witness Narnia's creation by the lion Aslan. That entryway to Narnia thrilled Gerwig, who noted Lewis urged readers to tackle “The Magician’s Nephew” first. The trailer features the line: “Have you ever seen a world born?”

“Movies this size are usually about destruction,” said Gerwig.

The trailer only hints at the film’s already debated portrayal of Aslan, a thick-maned representation of Jesus in Lewis’ Christian fable. Voiced by Meryl Streep, the character appears as a cosmic outline and roars but doesn’t speak.

Some conservative pundits have criticized casting Streep as Aslan, a male character in the books. Gerwig didn’t address Streep's casting in her remarks, though she thanked Lewis’ family and estate for their public support of the film.

Newcomers David McKenna and Beatrice Campbell star in the film, with an ensemble made up of Daniel Craig, Emma Mackey, Ciarán Hinds and Carey Mulligan. The film was initially slated to open in November, but Netflix pushed it into 2027, Gerwig said, to give it a global theatrical release.

Gerwig described the story as a spiritual quest, which made the choice of “Stairway to Heaven” fitting to her. She met with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page to secure the song’s seldom-given rights permission.

“They did it because they saw the heart in the story," Gerwig said. “And they, too, love C.S. Lewis.”

The three previous “Narnia” movies were all produced by Walden Media, a family-values-oriented entertainment company owned by billionaire Philip Anschutz. In 2018, Netflix acquired the global rights to the “Chronicles of Narnia” book series.

Gerwig, 43, was raised as a Unitarian Universalist in Sacramento, California, and attended an all-girls Catholic high school — an upbringing she dramatized in her solo-directing debut, “Lady Bird.” Faith, Gerwig said, “has been a thread through all of my films.”

“For me, film and faith have always gone hand in hand,” she said, calling both communal experiences.

Gerwig described reading Lewis’ “Chronicles of Narnia” books as a foundational experience to her youth. The only comparable experience, she said, was reading Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women,” which Gerwig adapted in her 2019 film.

“I would not be who I am without these books,” said Gerwig. “They created me.”

It comes after Sam Reinhart scored two goals in the Panthers’ 5-3 loss to the Buffalo Sabres.

Columbus had a 40-30-12 record overall and a 20-13-8 record at home last season. The Blue Jackets averaged 2.4 power-play chances per game last season, and converted on 19.0% (38 total power-play goals).

Florida has a 2-2-2 record overall and a 2-1-2 record on the road. The Panthers lead the league with 34 total penalties (averaging 5.7 per game).

The teams meet Tuesday for the first time this season.

Injury report:

Blue Jackets: Caleb MacDonald: out (lower-body), Dante Fabbro: out (upper-body), Isac Lundestrom: out (achilles), Ivan Provorov: out (lower-body).

Panthers: Jonah Gadjovich: out (upper-body), Brad Marchand: out (leg), Aleksander Barkov: out (lower body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, the shooting happened early Monday morning outside the Pearl Dadeland Apartments at 7440 N. Kendall Drive.

An arrest report states that an MDSO deputy responded to the area just after 3:30 a.m. after receiving reports of a gunshot. A bystander flagged down the deputy “and reported that a group of individuals had been involved in an altercation but left the area minutes before deputies arrived.”

At about the same time, South Miami police reported that the victim arrived at Baptist Health South Miami Hospital with a gunshot wound, deputies said.

The victim would tell deputies that he delivered food to a woman living at the building about an hour before and “engaged in a brief conversation with (her) and took a liking to her,” according to the report.

Deputies said he returned at around 3:25 a.m. “in an attempt to see the (woman) again and possibly obtain her phone number,” but was unsuccessful.

As the man was going back to his car, deputies said the woman’s boyfriend, Khuslen Saruultuya, pulled up in a Chevrolet Corvette.

Deputies said Saruultuya ordered the victim “to lie on the ground” as he pointed a handgun at him.

“The victim complied and laid flat on the ground (and Saruultuya) fired one round, which grazed the victim on his right buttock,” the report states. “While the victim remained on the ground, (Saruultuya) struck him on the back of the head with the buttstock of the handgun, causing a two-inch open wound.”

According to the report, Saruultuya then ordered the man to stand and pointed the gun at his head, telling him, “I am going to kill you.”

The report states that Saruultuya’s girlfriend, witnessing the incident, pleaded with him, yelling, “Babe, please stop!”

The victim told deputies that Saruultuya “chased” him around the Corvette, still pointing the gun at him, as the woman “attempted to hold (Saruultuya) back.”

Authorities said they were able to trace the Corvette’s license plate back to Saruultuya and, after the victim picked him out of a photo lineup, went to his unit at the nearby Palmer Dadeland Apartments to take him into custody.

Deputies said during a “cursory sweep” of his unit at the building, located at 8217 SW 72nd Ave., they found a trove of illegal drugs, including Xanax, Adderall, oxycodone, amphetamines, ketamine, cocaine, MDMA, psilocybin mushrooms and marijuana.

They said Saruultuya also had 16 pills of the erectile dysfunction drug Cialis and two bags of the party drug tusi, also known as “pink cocaine.”

Besides attempted murder, the Mongolia-born Saruultuya is now facing a host of other charges, including aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and nine felony drug trafficking charges, according to jail records.

As of Tuesday morning, he was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center with a bond listed as “to be set.”

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It comes after jurors heard from Hill himself last week, speaking on his divorce and battery case.

Hill’s attorney called multiple witnesses meant to cast doubt on claims of abuse by his estranged wife, Lakeeta Vaccaro, who says he was abusive to her over the course of their 18-month marriage.

One witness was a Sunny Isles Beach police officer who said he was called out to an incident at the couple’s condo.

Vaccaro’s mother called 911 after she said things became physical between Hill and her daughter.

Vaccaro filed for divorce the next day. Hill was not arrested.

Another witness on Monday testified to being with the Davie Police Department in January of 2024 when she was called to Hill’s home in Southwest Ranches.

About a week earlier, the home caught fire.

The former officer testified about being called to the home for a domestic violence incident, but said there were no signs of violence in the home, or on Vaccaro.

Another officer, this one with the Orlando Police Department, said he responded to a call for help at a hotel. He said the couple argued over a post-nuptial agreement and as part of their investigation, Vaccaro was photographed.

Court will resume on Tuesday, which is expected to be the final day of the trial.

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According to an FHP arrest report, the driver was identified as Brendley Jerome, 21, of Miami Gardens, who was taken into custody following the crash that sent him and two passengers to the hospital.

The incident began around 4:13 a.m. Monday, Oct. 12, when a trooper spotted a silver BMW traveling at a high rate of speed on the Palmetto Expressway, just east of Northwest 57th Avenue, authorities said.

The trooper reported the BMW was traveling at approximately 120 mph before he activated his emergency lights and siren to initiate a traffic stop.

Instead of pulling over, Jerome accelerated to more than 130 mph and began making evasive maneuvers, according to the report.

The trooper then notified dispatchers that he was initiating a pursuit, the report stated.

According to the arrest report, Jerome continued driving at excessive speeds, weaving across traffic lanes and nearly colliding with a semi-truck as he approached Northwest 154th Street.

Investigators said Jerome attempted to take the Northwest 154th Street exit from the southbound lanes of the Palmetto Expressway, but lost control while navigating a curve.

The BMW veered off the roadway and rolled over into a ditch along the exit ramp.

The trooper reported slowing down before driving his marked patrol vehicle into the ditch and “intentionally” making contact with the BMW.

After the crash, authorities said the trooper approached the BMW with his department-issued gun and ordered the occupants out of the vehicle.

According to the report, one passenger climbed out through a rear passenger-side window, while Jerome exited through the vehicle’s rear windshield.

The trooper ordered both individuals to lie on the ground before handcuffing Jerome, the report stated.

Additional troopers arrived and helped remove a second passenger through a rear passenger-side window.

Fire rescue crews transported all three occupants to Palmetto General Hospital.

FHP previously confirmed that the three occupants suffered injuries that were not considered life-threatening. The trooper was not injured.

According to the arrest report, Jerome was medically cleared at the hospital before being transported to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

He faces charges of fleeing and eluding a police officer at a high speed and excessive speeding.

As of Tuesday morning, Jerome remained held at TGK. Online jail records listed his total bond as “to be set.”

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At Miami Crab & Seafood Bakery, inspectors documented rodent droppings in several storage areas, including where single-service items, flour, sugar and seasonings were stored, and found rodent bait on the floor outside a covered, tamper-resistant bait station.

At Keke’s Breakfast Cafe in Parkland, inspectors observed approximately 45 small flying insects landing on clean utensils, equipment, walls and soda boxes near the dishwashing area.

Meanwhile, at Miami Shores Golf Club, inspectors found rodent droppings on top of clean dishes and mahi-mahi, and salmon held at 53 and 58 degrees, respectively.

China Spring III in Coral Springs also had rodent droppings in the kitchen and a dead roach in the food preparation area. All four establishments were ordered shut following inspections. Below is a list of violations and some of the most concerning findings.

**MIAMI SHORES GOLF CLUB

10000 BISCAYNE BLVD.

MIAMI SHORES

INSPECTION BASED ON COMPLAINT

ORDERED SHUT 10/9

“Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. Observed approximately 20+ rodent droppings in dry storage area on floor and on top of clean dishes. Observed approximately 5 rodent droppings on floor near single service article storage area. Observed approximately 10+ rodent droppings on floor inside managers office.”

“Dead roaches on premises. Observed one dead roach inside empty plastic bin at the warehouse washing area.”

“Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Observed white cutting board in back food prep area with cut marks and no longer cleanable.”

“Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Observed reach in cooler door handle soiled with food debris at the cook line.”

“Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed mahi mahi (53F - Cold Holding); salmon (58F - Cold Holding) inside reach in cooler drawers at the cook line. As per operator, product has been there for about 2 Hours. Product was placed inside walk in cooler for rapid cooling. Observed cole slaw (54F - Cold Holding) inside plastic bin on prep table.”

“Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Observed employee engaged in food preparation with no beard guard.”

**MIAMI CRAB & SEAFOOD/ BAKERY

20723 NW 2ND AVE

MIAMI GARDENS

ORDERED SHUT 10/12

8 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. Observed 75+ rodent droppings on the floor of the kitchen storage room where single service items are stored, 10+ rodent droppings on the shelves where employee store personal items, 5+ rodent droppings on the floor behind the front counter reach in cooler, 7+ rodent droppings on the floor in the back storage room where flour, sugar and seasonings are stored in.”

“Rodent bait not contained in a covered, tamper-resistant bait station. Observed bitten rodent bait on the floor in the kitchen storage room.”

“Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Observed microwave and oven door handle soiled.”

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

**KEKE’S BREAKFAST CAFE

7609 STATE ROAD 7

PARKLAND

ORDERED SHUT 10/12

15 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Live, small flying insects found. At dishwashing area, approximately 45 small flying insects, landing on clean utensils equipment, walls and boxes of soda. At dining room- bar counter area -approximately 3 small flying insects landing on walls.”

“Raw fruits/vegetables not washed prior to preparation. At cookline area- in use unwashed strawberries constantly one of actively being cut and portioned.”

“Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. -Observed Employee pick up soiled equipment from floor. Employee proceeds to clean grill then handle ham from the flip top cooler and engaged in food preparation without changing their gloves or washing their hands.”

“Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. At Expo station -Employee touched her face and then proceeded to handle clean equipment and bottles of hot sauce without washing their hands -educated operator employee washed their hands.”

“Employee rubbed hands together for less than 10-15 seconds while washing hands. At expo station- Employee handled dirty dishes than Proceeded to wash their hands for approximately eight seconds then engage in handling clean utensils, and equipment.”

“Employee dried hands on clothes/apron/soiled towel after washing. At cook line area, employee handled, soiled wiping cloth, and then proceeded to prepare food for order without washing their hands -educated operator-employee wash their hands properly.”

“Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. -Observed in flip top cooler cooked peppers (45F - Cold Holding). Per operator not prepared or portioned today. Per operator out of temperature due to service for approximately 15min. Operator placed in freezer to quick chill.”

**CHINA SPRING III

8100 WILES ROAD

CORAL SPRINGS

ORDERED SHUT 10/8

15 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. At kitchen / cook line area- approximately 20 rodent droppings on the floor - underneath prep tables, containers of food and reach in coolers. At dry storage shelf near cook line - approximately 4 rodent droppings on can of sauce.”

“Dead roaches on premises. At kitchen prep area- 1 dead roach on the floor - operator removed. At bathroom- 1 dead roach on the floor.”

“Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. At reach in cooler raw shell eggs stored over cooked chicken- operator removed and stored properly.”

“Throughout establishment- Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust.”

“Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. At dishwashing/prep area -employee handled dirty dishes, then proceeded to handle clean dishes and engage in handling food without washing their hands-educated operator-employee wash their hands.”

“Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Repeat Violation.”

“Required employee training expired for all employees.”

Video from Sky 10 showed police on a portion of the river’s North Fork, near the Salvation Army building at 1801 W. Broward Blvd., where a dive team retrieved the person’s body near the mangroves.

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A spokesperson for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department said its homicide detectives are “conducting a death investigation.”

Authorities have not released additional details, including whether they suspected foul play.

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No one was injured, and only one truck responded at about 1 p.m. to the runway at 2020 Executive Airport Way, according to the Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue personnel.

The Cessna Skycatcher with tail number N6106F had a nose gear issue, according to FLFR personnel. Records show the C162 is registered under Boca Pilot Flight Training LLC.

The Cessna Skycatcher departed at 10:50 a.m. from FXE and returned to FXE for landing at 12:14 p.m., according to FlightAware.

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

Según las autoridades, un buen samaritano vio al hombre y avisó por un canal de radio marítimo de emergencia que usan los navegantes para pedir ayuda.

Las autoridades dijeron que unidades marítimas de Miami y Fort Lauderdale acudieron junto a la Guardia Costera. Los equipos localizaron al hombre, le dieron asistencia de emergencia y coordinaron una evaluación médica.

Según las autoridades, paramédicos de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue lo evaluaron y le dieron el alta médica. Después fue trasladado al buque Melvin Bell de la Guardia Costera para continuar con los trámites.

La Guardia Costera no ha revelado la edad ni la identidad del hombre.

Según el Departamento de Policía de Miami, poco antes de las 6 a.m. alguien les hizo señas a unos agentes cerca de la avenida 7 y la calle 27 del noroeste. Les avisó de un peatón que había sido atropellado por un vehículo.

Los paramédicos de Miami Fire Rescue acudieron al lugar y trasladaron a la víctima al Ryder Trauma Center del Jackson Memorial Hospital.

La policía dijo que el peatón no respondía, pero respiraba cuando llegaron los equipos de emergencia.

Las autoridades no han revelado la identidad de la víctima ni más detalles sobre el vehículo involucrado.

Las circunstancias del accidente siguen bajo investigación.

Cualquier persona con información puede comunicarse con el Departamento de Policía de Miami o con Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers al 305-471-8477.

Los hechos ocurrieron el viernes. Un video muestra un BMW blanco frente a un complejo de apartamentos en Doral.

Según la policía, la víctima ya le había comprado un iPhone por Facebook Marketplace a un hombre, y la transacción había salido bien. Ese mismo vendedor lo contactó para ofrecerle más teléfonos, y la víctima aceptó.

Ese sospechoso fue identificado después como Lazaro Nunez-Martinez, de 31 años y residente de Miami Gardens.

El encuentro fue frente al edificio de apartamentos de la víctima. Según la policía, cuando la víctima abrió la puerta del pasajero del vehículo de Nunez-Martinez, alguien que estaba acostado en el asiento trasero se levantó de repente y le apuntó con un arma.

“El pasajero del asiento trasero le apuntó con un arma de fuego a nuestra víctima y le dijo que se subiera al carro”, dijo el jefe de la policía de Doral, Matthew Castillo.

Ese sospechoso fue identificado después como Darian Ernesto Morejon Rodriguez, de 39 años.

Según la policía, Nunez-Martinez arrancó con la víctima en el asiento del pasajero, amenazada con el arma, a pesar de que intentó escapar varias veces.

“Trató de escaparse del vehículo dos veces y llegaron a ahorcarlo”, dijo Castillo.

Finalmente, el vehículo empezó a bajar la velocidad en la zona de la calle 66 y la avenida 78 del noroeste. Entonces la víctima tomó los $4,000 en efectivo que había llevado para la compra y los lanzó fuera del carro, según la policía. Morejon Rodriguez se bajó para recoger el dinero.

Según las autoridades, la víctima aprovechó ese momento para salir del vehículo a empujones.

“Nuestra víctima buscaba la manera de sobrevivir, y una de ellas fue tirar el dinero por la ventana, y eso hizo”, dijo Castillo.

Según la policía, después de escapar, la víctima recibió un mensaje de texto amenazante de Nunez-Martinez: “Ni se te ocurra hacer nada porque te vamos a buscar, sabemos dónde vives. Cerramos el negocio aquí y nos olvidamos de todo”.

Unas horas después de la primera comparecencia de Nunez-Martinez ante el tribunal, los agentes arrestaron a Morejon Rodriguez. Fue el lunes, durante una parada de tránsito en Hallandale Beach.

Nunez-Martinez enfrenta cargos por delitos graves de secuestro con arma de fuego, robo con arma de fuego o arma mortal y hurto mayor de tercer grado. También se le acusa de manipulación de una víctima o testigo y de agresión.

Hasta la tarde del lunes, Nunez-Martinez permanecía en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, con la fianza “por determinar”. Morejon Rodriguez fue trasladado al condado de Miami-Dade el martes por la mañana, donde le espera una audiencia de fianza.

Según el personal de Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue, nadie resultó herido. Solo un camión de bomberos acudió alrededor de la 1 p.m. a la pista, en el 2020 Executive Airport Way.

Según los bomberos, la Cessna Skycatcher, con matrícula N6106F, tuvo un problema con el tren de aterrizaje delantero. Los registros muestran que está a nombre de Boca Pilot Flight Training LLC.

Carson Merlo, editor de asignaciones de Local 10 News, colaboró en este reporte.

Imágenes de Sky 10 mostraron a la policía en un tramo del brazo norte del río, cerca del edificio del Ejército de Salvación, en el 1801 W. Broward Blvd. Allí, un equipo de buzos recuperó el cuerpo cerca de los manglares.

Un portavoz del Departamento de Policía de Fort Lauderdale dijo que sus detectives de homicidios “están llevando a cabo una investigación sobre la muerte”.

Las autoridades no han dado más detalles, ni han dicho si sospechan que se trate de un crimen.

Coach Jeff Blashill said Bedard is in the lineup for the matchup with Sidney Crosby and the Penguins. The 21-year-old center had surgery on his left shoulder on July 8.

“It’s only been six games, but when you miss camp and you miss preseason it feels like a lot longer,” Bedard said. “Just to be back with the guys and get to do what I love, it’s exciting. Looking forward to getting back out there, for sure.”

Chicago dropped five of its first six games without Bedard, who had a team-high 45 assists and 75 points last season. The Blackhawks have been outscored 26-12.

“We have to understand we’re adding a good piece to the puzzle, but we can’t expect him to put the puzzle together by himself,” Blashill said.

Bedard agreed to a $75 million, five-year contract in July. The No. 1 pick in the 2023 draft became the second-youngest captain in the history of the Original Six franchise on Sept. 15.

He got hurt while skating with a group of NHL players in western Canada this summer. After the operation, the team said he would be sidelined for approximately four months.

“You never really know how things are going to go,” Bedard said. “I put a lot of time and effort into the rehab process to try and maybe come back a little earlier than I guess originally expected, but at the end of the day it’s just when they felt comfortable. So it was safe for me to get back out there. But definitely happy that I didn’t miss quite as many.”

Bedard made his NHL debut against Crosby and the Penguins in 2023. He was heralded as the new face of the Blackhawks, and he won the Calder Trophy as the league’s rookie of the year.

He missed 12 games last season after he hurt his right shoulder on Dec. 12. He wasn't allowed to take faceoffs after he returned, but he has no restrictions this year.

“It’s nice. I mean, you want to just play your full game,” Bedard said. “So just get back out there and you want to play as free as you can. It’s nice that we had two practices for me to get into and feel some bumps and get into battles and stuff where it’s not as controlled.”

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The Health Ministry reported 9,066 confirmed cases and 4,381 deaths, with the death toll approaching half the number of confirmed cases.

The rising death toll has alarmed health workers and authorities, with a large share of recorded deaths occurring outside treatment centers. The latest report recorded 88 new cases and warned that “community transmission remains a concern."

The outbreak has created new hot spots as it spreads to more communities, with 65 health zones across seven provinces now affected.

Officials say the confirmed cases account for only a third of all cases, with many going undetected. The outbreak involves the rare Bundibugyo virus, for which there is no approved vaccine or treatment.

Efforts to contain the virus have been impaired by several factors, including fighting between government forces and rebel groups, which has created one of the world's direst humanitarian crises, widespread disregard for health precautions, intense population movements and shortages of medical supplies and treatment centers.

The outbreak has surpassed Congo's 16 previous outbreaks in scale and is on track to top the 2014-2016 West Africa regional outbreak that killed 11,000 people.

“I feel that the government is overwhelmed by events. But there is nothing else to say. The government needs to fully shoulder its responsibilities to ensure the effectiveness of the response against Ebola,” said Samuel Buju, a resident of Bunia, the provincial capital of Ituri, one of the outbreak's hot spots.

Last week, Kenya became the second country after Uganda to report an Ebola case imported from Congo, deepening concerns about the virus spreading across borders.

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The measures announced by Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff include a suspension of all parties and social events at Interfraternity Council houses through the end of the 2026-27 academic year and a new “zero tolerance” policy for violations that would result in the immediate emergency suspension of a chapter.

“These measures will provide time for a thorough review of fraternity life at Cornell to determine whether and how it can safely continue,” Kotlikoff wrote in a letter to the campus community.

Cornell has more than 20 active fraternities affiliated with its Interfraternity Council. The council did not immediately respond to an email request for comment.

The university president said the school would begin conversations with students and faculty experts about “the development of safe social alternatives” to Greek life party culture and invest money to get those initiatives off the ground.

He also committed to adding a case manager to the school’s Office of Civil Rights to help those who report sexual misconduct on the Cornell campus navigate the process, and to working with the New York State Police to allow its criminal investigators — who are independent of Cornell — to investigate allegations.

Crimes reported on Cornell’s campus are generally investigated by campus police, a department that has full law enforcement powers but is controlled by the university. The campus police force operates independently from municipal police in Ithaca, New York, where the university is located. Its officers investigated the 2024 gang rape allegations and presented their initial findings to the Tompkins County district attorney, who declined to prosecute within weeks of the woman making her first report to police.

In a lawsuit filed in September, the woman alleged that she was drugged and sexually assaulted by multiple fraternity members after attending a party at the Chi Phi house in October 2024. She said she was pressured to use drugs and that other men entered the room while she was incapacitated. She also alleges that messages describing her as sexually available to anyone at the house circulated among fraternity members on Snapchat without her knowledge.

Cornell closed the fraternity chapter and disciplined several students following an internal investigation, but no criminal charges have been filed.

New York’s governor removed the district attorney from the case this month after a public outcry over the lack of charges.

The investigation is now being led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, while Cornell has hired former Deputy U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates to conduct an independent review of the university’s response. New York State Police sometimes handle major crime investigations for small municipal police agencies, bringing in expertise that isn’t available locally.

Kotlikoff’s announcement came a day before Cornell’s faculty senate was to take up a proposed resolution expressing no confidence in the administration’s ability to effectively address sexual assault on campus.

Kotlikoff acknowledged that sexual violence extends beyond fraternities, saying Cornell must also confront a campus culture of excessive drinking and drug use and expand education about students’ responsibility to intervene when others are at risk.

Cornell also plans to add victim advocates and expand sexual violence prevention programs, including education aimed at encouraging bystanders to intervene, he said, calling the various actions announced Tuesday “first steps toward systemic change on our campus.”

“We will take all necessary steps to address the conditions that led to Jane Doe’s experiences, and those of other survivors,” he said.

Authorities have not released information about how 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem was thrown from Goliath at Six Flags over Georgia on Monday. Several people also were injured.

Here's a look at other fatalities and injuries on U.S. roller coasters:

Six Flags Magic Mountain

The park in Southern California announced last month that it was retiring its famous X2 roller coaster following lawsuits alleging riders suffered serious brain injuries. The park settled one wrongful-death lawsuit with the family of a 22-year-old rider who was rushed to a hospital with severe brain bleeding in 2022. He died a day later. The medical examiner’s office determined he died from “blunt head trauma.” Six Flags Entertainment Corp. said the ride had consistently passed safety tests.

Epic Universe

A medical examiner concluded last year that a man who was unresponsive after riding a roller coaster at the Universal Orlando Resort park died from blunt impact injuries. Joshua Stephany, the medical examiner for the Orlando area, ruled the death an accident. The man in his 30s was found unresponsive after riding Stardust Racers.

Texas Giant

In 2013, a woman riding a roller coaster in Texas died after she was thrown from her seat, fell 75 feet (23 meters) and struck a metal beam. Witnesses said the woman expressed concern about the Texas Giant roller coaster’s safety bar not completely engaging as the ride was starting.

Darien Lake

A U.S. Army veteran who lost both legs in Iraq was killed in 2011 after he was thrown from a roller coaster at Darien Lake Theme Park & Resort in upstate New York. Investigators said operators did not follow rules posted at the ride’s entrance, which require that riders have both legs.

Dixie Landin'

A 21-year-old rider fell to her death from a roller coaster at the amusement park in Louisiana in 2010. A state investigation could not determine a cause.

Disneyland

In 2003, a locomotive broke loose from a train on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster in California, killing a man and injuring multiple other riders. The car derailed after a guide wheel fell off. State investigators found the wheel was not tightened according to Disney’s standards and a safety wire was not installed.

La decisión se da pocos días después de violentos enfrentamientos en una cárcel del estado norteño de Sinaloa en los que murieron 12 personas, entre ellas un niño de un año que estaba de visita en el penal.

“No podemos permitir la sobrepoblación”, afirmó Sheinbaum en su habitual conferencia diaria al reconocer que los 70.000 nuevos detenidos apresados durante los primeros dos años de su mandato han complicado los problemas de violencia y hacinamiento en las 278 cárceles mexicanas. Hasta febrero México tenía una población carcelaria de 261.388 presos.

De acuerdo con el diagnóstico de 2025 de la Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos de México, que se difundió el mes pasado, hay sobrepoblación en 129 prisiones y hacinamiento en otras 124. La investigación encontró que la población penitenciaria creció 39,15% mientras que la infraestructura carcelaria sólo aumentó 5,89%.

Entre los estados que presentan la situación más crítica de hacinamiento están el Estado de México, Chiapas, Durango, Morelos, Nayarit, Quintana Roo, Sonora y Veracruz. Las nuevas prisiones se construirán en Sinaloa, Nayarit, Sonora, México, Veracruz y Chiapas.

La mandataria dijo que el gobierno federal apoyará financieramente a esos estados en la construcción de los nuevos centros penitenciarios. Las obras concluirán en 2028.

El secretario de Seguridad federal, Omar García Harfuch, detalló que los nuevos centros tendrán “infraestructura de alta seguridad, tecnología de vigilancia y monitoreo, sistemas de inspección y bloqueo de señales, así como módulos diferenciados para una adecuada clasificación de las personas”.

El hacinamiento, generado en parte por la prisión preventiva —que mantiene encerrados a miles de presos sin sentencia— sumado al escaso personal de custodia han favorecido la corrupción y la violencia al interior de los centros penitenciarios, según analistas.

Reyes issued the order one day after a tense three-hour hearing in which she harshly criticized the government for having deceived her with its actions over the holiday weekend.

At the Monday hearing, Reyes ordered a 24-hour pause that could be extended to 14 days if necessary. It was limited to one day while the government tried to find a key Trump administration official to discuss why a massive tree-cutting at the park needed to occur over the holiday weekend, with little notification to plaintiffs in a lawsuit trying to halt renovation plans or the judge.

The judge also ordered during that period the government “must provide the court and plaintiffs three business days’ written advance notice prior to making any irreparable modification to any permanent form or feature of the East Potomac Golf Course.”

The DC Preservation League and two individuals are the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.

The Monday hearing and Tuesday order were prompted by the National Park Service ordering the cutting of hundreds of trees at the golf course after filing the court notification only minutes before the close of business on Oct. 9 on a holiday weekend, giving the plaintiffs little time to respond. At least 400 trees were cutdown over the weekend with plans for several hundred more.

The historic park, especially the golf course, caught the eye of Trump, who wants to turn it into a world-class golf venue. It’s part of his grand vision for Washington, D.C., where he has multiple projects underway, including a $400 million White House ballroom and the soon-to-begin construction of his triumphal arch. He began talking about the city's public courses in late 2025.

“When completed, this Course will have the ability to host Major Golf Tournaments, including The U.S. Open, The Ryder Cup, The PGA Championship, and other top PGA Tour events,” Trump posted on social media in June.

The course has been the subject of multiple emergency hearings, including one in May in which Reyes was out of the country, because of concerns from the plaintiffs that the administration would move ahead with work despite the pending lawsuit. In each instance Reyes declined issuing temporary stop orders out of trust for the government's attorney in the case.

In a memo obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday, the league reversed its Sept. 16 ruling making Harris ineligible to be signed during the 2026 season, saying the defensive tackle did not participate in an official practice or game with LSU, clearing the way for him to be signed by an NFL team.

“The NFL interviewed Mr. Harris and sought independent verification of his activities after the start of NFL training camps and agrees with the NFLPA’s contention that ‘plays college football’ means, at a minimum, participation in a practice (or game) for the applicable college football team,” the memo said.

Harris and Ole Miss tight end Dae’Quan Wright had tryouts in the NFL this summer after going undrafted. They then tried joining their former coach Lane Kiffin at LSU and sued for the right to regain their college eligibility.

After the Southeastern Conference passed a rule barring pros from heading back to college to play and a Louisiana court put that restriction on hold, LSU left both players off its roster as it opened its season.

Wright also was barred from signing with an NFL team in the league’s Sept. 16 decision, and his status apparently remains unchanged.

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En Keke’s Breakfast Cafe, en Parkland, había unos 45 insectos voladores posándose sobre utensilios limpios cerca del área de lavado. En Miami Shores Golf Club, la inspección se hizo tras una queja. En China Spring III, en Coral Springs, hubo excrementos de roedor en la cocina y una cucaracha muerta en el área de preparación.

Según un informe de arresto de la FHP, el conductor fue identificado como Brendley Jerome, de 21 años y residente de Miami Gardens. Fue detenido tras el choque, que lo mandó al hospital junto a dos pasajeros.

Según las autoridades, todo comenzó alrededor de las 4:13 a.m. del lunes 12 de octubre. Un agente vio un BMW plateado que iba a alta velocidad por el Palmetto Expressway, justo al este de la avenida 57 del noroeste.

El agente informó que el BMW iba a unas 120 millas por hora. Entonces encendió las luces de emergencia y la sirena para detenerlo.

En lugar de detenerse, Jerome aceleró a más de 130 millas por hora y empezó a hacer maniobras evasivas, según el informe.

Según el informe, el agente avisó entonces a la central que iniciaba una persecución.

Jerome siguió manejando a velocidades excesivas y zigzagueando entre los carriles, según el informe de arresto. Al acercarse a la calle 154 del noroeste, estuvo a punto de chocar con un tráiler.

Según los investigadores, Jerome intentó tomar la salida de la calle 154 del noroeste desde los carriles en dirección sur del Palmetto Expressway. Pero perdió el control en una curva.

El BMW se salió de la vía y se volcó en una zanja junto a la rampa de salida.

El agente informó que redujo la velocidad, entró con su patrulla a la zanja y chocó “intencionalmente” contra el BMW.

Según las autoridades, tras el choque el agente se acercó al BMW con su arma de reglamento y les ordenó a los ocupantes que salieran del vehículo.

Según el informe, uno de los pasajeros salió por la ventanilla trasera del lado del pasajero. Jerome salió por el cristal trasero del vehículo.

El agente les ordenó a ambos que se acostaran en el suelo y luego esposó a Jerome, según el informe.

Llegaron más agentes, que ayudaron a sacar a un segundo pasajero por la ventanilla trasera del lado del pasajero.

Los equipos de rescate llevaron a los tres ocupantes al Palmetto General Hospital.

La FHP ya había confirmado que los tres ocupantes sufrieron heridas que no ponían en riesgo su vida. El agente no resultó herido.

Según el informe de arresto, los médicos dieron de alta a Jerome en el hospital. Después lo trasladaron al Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Enfrenta cargos por huir y evadir a un agente de policía a alta velocidad y por exceso de velocidad.

Hasta la mañana del martes, Jerome seguía detenido en el TGK. Según los registros de la cárcel, su fianza total figuraba como “por determinar”.

The high court, granting a request by President Donald Trump's administration, will hear arguments on whether Izuchukwu Ozurumba's cooking job for leaders of the Unknown Gunmen qualifies as providing “material support” for a terrorist group.

The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to review a decision by the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate Ozurumba's removal order. The Republican administration says the 4th Circuit decision conflicts with rulings by at least three other circuits and, if upheld, will hamper the government's ability to deport immigrants with terrorism ties in many other cases.

“Providing meals to a terrorist organization's members is no less a material form of support than providing gasoline for its vehicles,” they wrote.

Ozurumba testified that he didn’t know the true purpose of the camp until after he started working there. The Unknown Gunmen is believed to be a group of separatists operating in southern Nigeria. Ozurumba's lawyers say the group's leaders forced him to work without pay and repeatedly threatened him after he escaped from the camp.

His attorneys further argued that there is no circuit split for the Supreme Court to resolve. “No federal court has adopted the government's rule, under which any interaction with a terrorist organization, no matter how attenuated or inconsequential, qualifies as ‘material’ support,” they wrote.

Ozurumba fled the camp near his home in Lagos, Nigeria, and traveled to Venezuela before entering the U.S. illegally in July 2023 and surrendered to Border Patrol. Several months later, an immigration judge ordered Ozurumba to be deported to Nigeria.

A divided 4th Circuit panel decided that Ozurumba's work at the camp didn't constitute material support of terrorism. The majority opinion says it appears that he was “simply a captive laborer” whose work had nothing to do with terrorist activities.

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Según la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, el tiroteo ocurrió en la madrugada del lunes frente a los Pearl Dadeland Apartments, en el 7440 N. Kendall Drive.

Según un informe de arresto, un agente de la Oficina del Sheriff acudió a la zona poco después de las 3:30 a.m. por reportes de un disparo. Un testigo le hizo señas al agente “y le contó que un grupo de personas se había peleado, pero que se fueron minutos antes de que llegaran los agentes”.

Casi al mismo tiempo, la policía de South Miami informó que la víctima había llegado al Baptist Health South Miami Hospital con una herida de bala, según los agentes.

Según el informe, la víctima les contó a los agentes que una hora antes le había llevado comida a una mujer que vive en el edificio. Dijo que “conversó brevemente con (ella) y le gustó”.

Los agentes dijeron que el hombre regresó alrededor de las 3:25 a.m. “para intentar ver otra vez a (la mujer) y quizás conseguir su número de teléfono”, pero no lo logró.

Según los agentes, cuando el hombre volvía a su carro, llegó en un Chevrolet Corvette el novio de la mujer, Khuslen Saruultuya.

Los agentes dijeron que Saruultuya le apuntó con una pistola y le ordenó “acostarse en el suelo”.

“La víctima obedeció y se acostó boca abajo en el suelo, y (Saruultuya) hizo un disparo que le rozó la nalga derecha”, señala el informe. “Mientras la víctima seguía en el suelo, (Saruultuya) lo golpeó en la parte de atrás de la cabeza con la culata de la pistola y le causó una herida abierta de dos pulgadas”.

Según el informe, Saruultuya le ordenó luego que se levantara, le apuntó a la cabeza y le dijo: “Te voy a matar”.

El informe indica que la novia de Saruultuya, que presenció lo ocurrido, le suplicaba a gritos: “¡Mi amor, por favor, para!”.

La víctima les contó a los agentes que Saruultuya lo “persiguió” alrededor del Corvette sin dejar de apuntarle. Mientras tanto, la mujer “intentaba sujetar (a Saruultuya)”.

Según las autoridades, la placa del Corvette los llevó hasta Saruultuya. La víctima lo identificó en una rueda de reconocimiento fotográfico. Luego, los agentes fueron a su apartamento en los cercanos Palmer Dadeland Apartments para arrestarlo.

Los agentes dijeron que hicieron una “revisión rápida” de su apartamento, en el edificio ubicado en el 8217 SW 72nd Ave. Allí encontraron un arsenal de drogas ilegales, entre ellas Xanax, Adderall, oxicodona, anfetaminas, ketamina, cocaína, MDMA, hongos de psilocibina y marihuana.

Según los agentes, Saruultuya también tenía 16 pastillas de Cialis, un medicamento para la disfunción eréctil. Además, guardaba dos bolsas de tusi, una droga de fiesta también conocida como “cocaína rosada”.

Según los registros de la cárcel, Saruultuya, nacido en Mongolia, enfrenta además del intento de asesinato varios otros cargos. Entre ellos están agresión agravada con arma mortal y nueve cargos por tráfico de drogas, todos delitos graves.

Hasta la mañana del martes, permanecía en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center con la fianza “por determinar”.

The settlement resolves a lawsuit brought in 2024 that accused the healthcare giant of providing massive amounts of opioids and other controlled substances “to fuel its own profits at the expense of public health and safety.”

It’s the latest effort by the federal government to hold accountable companies that officials have alleged helped fuel the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis.

“Today’s settlement is a significant milestone in the Justice Department’s efforts to combat the opioid epidemic by cracking down on pharmacies who unlawfully fulfill prescriptions for controlled substances," Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward said in an emailed statement.

CVS said in a statement that its pharmacists were trained “in the safe and appropriate use of all medications” and that it had implemented “best-in-class” programs to help them “make the best decisions on behalf of patients.”

The company said it strongly disagreed with the claims made in the lawsuit and that the settlement admits no wrongdoing.

The company said in 2024 that pharmacists were being held to “vague, undefined, and ever-changing standards of practice” when it comes to filling prescription opioids.

The lawsuit filed under President Joe Biden's administration accused CVS of violating the Controlled Substances Act by filling illegitimate prescriptions for high doses of potent opioids that “fed dependence and addiction.” The Justice Department alleged it dispensed large quantities of opioids based on prescriptions from known “pill mills," or providers that hand out prescriptions for drugs without a legitimate medical purpose.

It alleged that poor staffing levels coupled with performance metrics and incentive compensation policies implemented by the company led to pharmacists racing to fill prescriptions without confirming they were legitimate. The prescriptions were often billed to and reimbursed by Medicaid and other federal healthcare programs, the lawsuit says.

Under the settlement, CVS must also "implement additional safeguards to ensure that prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances are dispensed only when medically appropriate,” Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate, who leads the Justice Department’s Civil Division, said in a statement.

Over the last decade, drugmakers, wholesalers, pharmacies and other companies have agreed to settlements with governments in the U.S. totaling over $50 billion. Most of the money is intended to go to address the crisis, which has been linked to more than 100,000 deaths in the U.S. some years, though the numbers have fallen sharply recently.

Most of the settlements -- and dollars -- have been with state and local governments, but the U.S. has reached several deals, including in the last two years with the pharmacies Walgreens and Walmart.

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La votación autoriza al condado a tomar cualquier medida legal necesaria para entrar en la sede de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward (BSO). El objetivo es examinar el presupuesto del sheriff y ver cómo gasta el dinero de los contribuyentes.

“Todo esto se acaba si simplemente abren sus libros y dicen: ‘En esto estamos gastando nuestro dinero’. Así de simple, señores”, dijo el alcalde de Broward, Mark Bogen.

Bogen encabezó la reunión de emergencia del martes por la mañana.

Con la votación, el abogado del condado queda autorizado para demandar al sheriff si las negociaciones no avanzan.

La comisión quiere revisar de cerca el presupuesto de $870 millones del sheriff y saber exactamente cómo gasta la agencia el dinero de los contribuyentes.

El alcalde asegura que el condado tiene derecho legal a ver ese presupuesto.

“Tenemos un sheriff que se niega a dar información, que se opone a lo que le pedimos, que cierra sus puertas y se esconde en su oficina a grabar videos”, dijo Bogen.

El lunes, al alcalde y a los comisionados les impidieron entrar a las instalaciones de BSO para ver su centro de entrenamiento. Según el auditor del condado, el centro costó más del doble de lo previsto.

“Enviamos muchos correos al alto mando diciendo que queríamos ver el gimnasio, y no responden”, dijo Bogen. “No responden”.

Justo después, en una conferencia de prensa, Tony dijo que todo era una distracción. El mes pasado, fiscales estatales enviaron citaciones a todos los comisionados. Investigan un estudio del condado sobre la posibilidad de sacar a BSO del Aeropuerto Internacional Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood y de Port Everglades.

“Esto no ha sido más que una pantalla para desviar la atención de lo que realmente está pasando: una investigación penal sin precedentes”, dijo Tony a los periodistas.

Local 10 News se comunicó con los investigadores estatales.

Bogen dice que no sabe de ninguna investigación penal y le pidió al abogado del condado que lo confirmara.

“Abogado, ¿sabe usted si alguno de nosotros o del personal está bajo una investigación penal?”, preguntó Bogen.

“Eh, alcalde, no tengo conocimiento de ninguna investigación penal”, respondió el abogado del condado.

El comisionado Lamar Fisher también propone quitarle al sheriff el control del sistema del 911.

La propuesta se discutirá en una reunión el próximo martes.

Fisher dice que, si se aprueba, la transición será inmediata.

Game 3 of the best-of-seven series will now be Wednesday, Oct. 21. Tipoff for Game 4 on Saturday, Oct. 24 will be 1 p.m. Eastern, 2 1/2 hours before the previously scheduled start time. The series begins Saturday in California.

The location of the Dream home games had been up in the air because the team wanted to play at State Farm Arena, the home of the Atlanta Hawks that seats more than 17,000 fans, as opposed to their normal home, Gateway Center Arena, which holds only 3,500.

“We are grateful for the efforts made by numerous stakeholders, including the Dream, the Valkyries, the Hawks, State Farm Arena, and NBC Sports and USA Sports,” WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said. “The change of venue dramatically expands the seating capacity and ensures that the Dream will be able to provide an extraordinary atmosphere for the first WNBA Finals game to be played in the Atlanta market since 2013. We are pleased that thousands more fans across the Southeast region will have the opportunity to experience the ultimate WNBA action — the WNBA Finals — in person.”

There were conflicts at State Farm Arena for Game 3, with a concert by singer Sombr on Oct. 22, and for Game 4, with the Hawks holding their home opener the night of Oct. 24.

“We are thrilled that we will be able to accommodate the Dream as they host Games 3 and 4 of the WNBA Finals at State Farm Arena. Playing for a championship is special, and we want the Dream to feel the full support of the city during this amazing run,” said Andrew Saltzman, president of business enterprise and chief commercial officer of the Hawks and State Farm Arena.

While the Dream played most of their regular-season games at Gateway Center Arena, they moved six regular-season games and the three previous home playoff games to State Farm Arena. They will play all their home games next season at State Farm Arena after signing a multiyear deal earlier this month.

It's unclear where a Game 6 would be held if the WNBA Finals go that long because the Hawks have another home game at State Farm Arena on Oct. 29.

The Valkyries had their own conflict with Game 2 on Oct. 19, when Doja Cat had a concert scheduled that night at Chase Center in San Francisco. The concert was moved to Oct. 25.

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La Cadillac Escalade estaba en los carriles en dirección sur de East Country Club Drive, entre Yacht Club Way y la rampa del William Lehman Causeway.

Agentes de la policía de Aventura también acudieron al accidente alrededor de las 10:45 a.m.

Según los bomberos, la persona herida fue trasladada a un centro de trauma en el norte de Miami-Dade.

Esta noticia está en desarrollo. Frine Gomez, editora sénior de asignaciones de Local 10 News, y Mariana Ortiz, editora de asignaciones, colaboraron en este reporte.

Según un informe de arresto del Departamento de Policía de Hialeah, Joe Luis Suarez-Pozo, de 51 años y residente de Miami, fue detenido el lunes. El arresto se produjo tras una investigación sobre la denuncia de la mujer.

La policía dijo que la investigación comenzó el 2 de julio. Ese día, la mujer denunció la presunta agresión ante detectives en una subestación de la policía de Hialeah.

Según el informe, la mujer contó que su hija le había pedido un Uber para ir a Boca Raton a cuidar a su nieta.

Según las autoridades, Suarez-Pozo fue el chofer asignado a ese viaje.

El informe indica que los dos conversaron durante el trayecto e intercambiaron números de teléfono para que ella pudiera llamarlo si volvía a necesitar transporte.

Varios días después, Suarez-Pozo presuntamente la llamó para decirle que estaba cerca de su casa y para invitarla a tomar café.

Según el informe, la mujer aceptó porque ya había hablado con él y creía que era “una buena persona”.

La mujer dice que el chofer la agredió dentro del vehículo

Según el informe, en lugar de llevarla a tomar café, Suarez-Pozo manejó hasta el Victor Wilde Park, en Hialeah, y se estacionó.

La mujer les contó a los investigadores que estaba sentada en el asiento del pasajero cuando Suarez-Pozo se le subió encima de repente. Empezó a tocarla y a besarle la cara, la boca y el cuello.

Ella dijo que lo empujó y le preguntó qué estaba haciendo.

Según el informe de arresto, Suarez-Pozo le agarró entonces la mano y la obligó a tocarle los genitales.

Asustada, la mujer se bajó del vehículo para intentar escapar, según la policía.

Sin embargo, la mujer contó que Suarez-Pozo la siguió, la enfrentó afuera del carro y la obligó a subirse al asiento trasero.

La mujer denunció que allí la violó y que luego la llevó de vuelta a su casa.

Arrestado meses después de la presunta agresión

El lunes, agentes del Equipo de Respuesta Comunitaria del Departamento de Policía de Hialeah localizaron a Suarez-Pozo en East 53rd Street, en Hialeah.

Lo detuvieron y lo llevaron a la sede de la policía para interrogarlo.

Según el informe de arresto, los investigadores le leyeron sus derechos Miranda y luego lo entrevistaron.

La policía dijo que sus declaraciones coincidieron con el relato de la mujer, lo que llevó a su arresto.

Después, Suarez-Pozo fue trasladado al Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, donde fue procesado por un cargo de agresión sexual.

Hasta la mañana del martes, seguía en el TGK. Según los registros de la cárcel, su fianza figuraba como “por determinar”.

Un portavoz de Uber envió el martes un comunicado a Local 10 News. Según el comunicado, Suarez-Pozo fue expulsado de la plataforma.

“Aunque esto no ocurrió durante un viaje de Uber, este reporte nos indigna y hemos expulsado al conductor de la plataforma”, dice el comunicado. “En Uber estamos profundamente comprometidos con la seguridad y dispuestos a ayudar a las autoridades en su investigación en todo lo que podamos”.

The longtime South Florida favorite, which first opened in 1956, will welcome customers beginning at 8 a.m. Tuesday, two months earlier than last year’s opening.

But despite the 8 a.m. opening, customers were camped out outside the business overnight to ensure they got their hands on the goods on opening day.

Eiby Mendez, who was first in line, told Local 10 News that she got in line at 7:37 p.m. Monday.

“It’s something to look forward to,” she said. “They only open seasonal(ly), and I like to help the community. I do deliver to a lot of people that are not able to make it because of work, because of family and because of other things, and of course they want to get their hands on the cinnamon rolls.”

And while visitors can expect the same beloved recipes that have made the farm a staple for generations, they’ll also notice some improvements designed to reduce wait times.

New changes aimed at shorter lines

Knaus Berry Farm is adding a fourth cash register and cashier to help speed up service.

Customers waiting in line will also have access to additional menu signs and QR codes, allowing them to browse the menu on their phones before reaching the counter.

Another change this season is a limit of four dozen cinnamon rolls per customer, a measure intended to help keep lines moving.

Parking is also getting an upgrade, with nearly twice as much space available for visitors.

Celebrating 70 seasons of sweet traditions

Despite the changes, the farm is keeping the recipes and familiar faces that have made it a South Florida tradition for decades.

Its kitchen team brings more than 140 years of combined bakery experience.

This year’s season will also be longer, extending to 30 weeks and giving customers more opportunities to enjoy the farm’s baked goods.

When and where to visit

Knaus Berry Farm will open Tuesday, at 8 a.m. and close at 5 p.m.

The farm is located at 16790 SW 177th Ave. in Miami-Dade County.

City has been found guilty of widespread breaches of the Premier League's financial rules which could result in punishments including a massive fine, points deductions or even expulsion from England's top flight.

Separately, the Independent Football Regulator has the powers to force club owners to sell and can withhold a license to operate if they are deemed unfit.

An independent panel found the United Arab Emirates-backed City had artificially inflated its revenue by more than $1 billion over nearly a decade, circumventing fair-play rules.

Football regulator chair David Kogan said it was still awaiting the outcome of City's appeal against the verdict.

The UAE is a big investor in the U.K. Asked about the regulator's ability to remain independent given wider relations between the governments, Kogan said “any form of political interference on the way we operate is going to result in my resigning from this role and I stand by that completely.”

“We’ve come under absolutely no political pressure whatsoever on this or any other topic. And I don’t expect to in the future,” he said.

Kogan's comments came after U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he would be “really concerned” to lose City’s current ownership. Burnham also said he would not get “directly involved in the process.”

City is accused of providing misleading information about its finances over a nine-year period from 2009-18. During that time, it won three titles and signed some of the world’s best players. It went on to enjoy a period of unprecedented dominance of English soccer.

The guilty verdict represents the biggest scandal in Premier League history and raises questions over the future of the club, which is owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates and a member of Abu Dhabi’s royal family.

The Independent Football Regulatory was established by the British government last year to set governance standards in English soccer.

Part of that includes the issuing of licenses for clubs to be able to operate, which will begin from November.

Kogan suggested the guilty verdict would not impact the issuing of a license to City because its appeal is ongoing.

“A verdict once it’s gone through an appeal process will certainly be something that we would clearly be taking into account when looking at awarding a license or looking at the owners, directors and senior executives,” he said.

State of the Game

Kogan was speaking in Manchester for the publication of the regulator's “State of the Game” report into English soccer.

The report states that despite the success of English soccer — which includes the Premier League, the world's richest and most popular league — 94% of clubs throughout the pyramid are loss-making and more than a quarter of clubs would be unable to survive more than 30 days if owners pulled funding.

It states a major problem is teams spending excessively to try to keep up with rivals.

“At the heart of English football’s success is a massive contradiction. While some of our clubs are among the richest and most competitive in the world, others are standing on the edge of financial disaster," Kogan said. “This lack of resilience can no longer be ignored.”

English soccer has revenues of nine billion pounds ($11.92 billion) according to the report. Despite that, many clubs are “technically insolvent and increasingly reliant on owners,” it states.

Seventeen clubs "would be loss making even if their players played for free,” the regulator's CEO Richard Monks said. “Owners in many football clubs will inject the money two or three days before payday and not keep any cash in the club. This is not how most businesses are run, and it’s a major issue which we will require football to address.”

The regulator has been involved in negotiations between the Premier League and the English Football League regarding what are known as solidarity payments to help develop England's lower leagues. That includes parachute payments to teams relegated from the top flight.

The regulator is proposing a change to those payments to be more evenly spread among teams. It is part of a suite of proposals, including measures for clubs to improve management of financial risk.

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A tough combination of plague and drought — both big issues for the embattled western species — are suspected causes of a population collapse in the Meeteetse area, where wildlife managers returned ferrets to the wild in 2016 after a three-decade-long absence. It’s not assured that the reintroduced population is completely gone, but it’s not looking promising, Wyoming Game and Fish Department small carnivore biologist Andy Gygli said.

“We spent a couple hundred hours of effort surveying 4,000 to 5,000 acres of the Meeteetse reintroduction area,” Gygli said. “We didn’t see any ferrets.”

The complete absence of ferrets during the late August surveys wasn’t wholly surprising. Sylvatic plague flared in the region in 2018 and 2019, and ferret numbers plunged to just one confirmed animal in 2020. Subsequent releases of captive-raised ferrets, including 18 animals in 2022, helped the small population temporarily recover, but plague struck again in 2023. By 2025, spotlighting surveyors again detected just a single ferret. This summer there were none.

Ferrets bottoming out and potentially disappearing struck Meeteetse rancher Allen Hogg as a big letdown.

“I’m really disappointed, of course,” Hogg told WyoFile. “They might be gone. But just because they didn’t find them doesn’t mean they’re not there, either. I’m not saying all hope is lost.”

The Meeteetse rancher’s family name became synonymous with black-footed ferrets 45 years ago, when a blue heeler owned by his parents brought a dead weasel-like critter home. Subsequently, biologists found more than 100 other black-footed ferrets — presumed extinct for the two years prior — on and near the family ranch.

The exact cause of the ferrets’ absence during the surveys is unknown, but recently drought in the Bighorn Basin walloped their primary prey species, prairie dogs. In many corners of the West, there just hasn’t been enough vegetation growth to sustain strong numbers of the grass-eating mammals.

“We’ve heard a lot about deer, elk, pronghorn and cattle having hard times,” Gygli said. “It’s the same with our other herbivores. Prairie dogs also have to eat, and lack of (vegetation) coverage can result in low recruitment, which can result in downstream effects.”

For ferrets, those downstream drought effects are severe. They, too, haven’t had enough to eat. Indirectly, drought caused the numbers of rare mustelids in the world’s largest wild black-footed ferret population, in South Dakota’s Conata Basin/Badlands, to plummet from 250 to 70 animals between 2024 and 2025, according to biologist and ferret expert Travis Livieri, who studies that population.

“In my 30 years of doing this, I’ve never seen (drought) this bad, where prairie dogs failed to reproduce at a high rate,” Livieri said. “The prairie dogs don’t do well, the ferrets won’t do well.”

Prairie dogs in the Meeteetse area also continue to struggle, Gygli said. After the 2023 bout of sylvatic plague, Game and Fish surveys mapped prairie dog colonies and found only 3,800 acres in active use — down from the 6,000-plus acres that were mapped around the time of the 2016 reintroduction. Densities of prairie dogs per acre aren’t great, either.

The habitat conditions were bad enough for black-footed ferrets this summer that Gygli diverted 10 captive-raised animals that were going to be released in Meeteetse to the Shirley Basin, site of a rare ferret reintroduction success story. His rationale was that keeping ferrets out of the reintroduction area would relieve predation pressure on prairie dogs, helping them recover — and ultimately again support ferrets.

“There are prairie dogs there,” Gygli said. “They just need some time and some good conditions to come back. Rodents reproduce. That’s part of their strategy — they reproduce really quick.”

Wildlife managers are also assisting the recovery with prophylactic insecticide treatments to kill fleas and guard against plague. On average, they treat roughly 4,000 acres annually — a roughly $100,000 expense, with the lion’s share covered by the Bureau of Land Management, Gygli said.

For now, the Meeteetse reintroduction area might stay free of ferrets intentionally. The last time that happened, in 1986, there were wildly different circumstances. It was a rescue mission to save the species. Although the federal and state wildlife officials found 124 black-footed ferrets after Shep the ranch dog’s remarkable rediscovery, the population plummeted in 1985 from a combination of plague and canine distemper.

Retired Game and Fish Nongame Wildlife Supervisor Bob Oakleaf was on the front lines at the time, and he helped develop a contingency plan that outlined when wildlife officials should step in and whisk the remaining animals from the wild. Taking every last ferret into captivity from their only stronghold was a controversial decision, he recalled.

“There was a lot of blockage in the Game and Fish,” Oakleaf told WyoFile. “Back then, the Game and Fish really wasn’t oriented towards captive breeding.”

Then-Game and Fish Director Bill Morris halted the ferret capturing operation “halfway through,” he said, leading to a series of meetings. Oakleaf and others talked him into allowing them to resume.

“Thank God for the agreement on the contingency plan, because it allowed us to catch a few more ferrets,” Oakleaf said.

After the last known wild ferret, a male known as Scarface, was captured in early 1987, there were a total of 18 black-footed ferrets remaining in the world — all from Meeteetse. Ferrets didn’t return to the area for another three decades. They went back into the wild on the same private ranchland where they were rediscovered.

“All of the releases and all of the recovery efforts have all been concentrated here on our ranch and the Pitchfork,” Hogg said. “Lenox Baker, the current owner, was probably the most instrumental person in getting them brought back here — he really made the push.”

Hogg’s hopeful that the Meeteetse reintroduction area’s prairie dogs stage a comeback and the black-footed ferrets reappear — even if it takes continuous intervention.

“It might be a situation where, to maintain it here for historical reasons, we have to keep supplementing that population,” Hogg said. “Sometimes it just is what it is. You can only spend so much money on a project. If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work, but we certainly hope it will work.”

There are some skeptics that Meeteetse will ever be home to self-sustaining ferrets. Oakleaf, the Game and Fish retiree, says he understands the desire to restore the historically significant population, but he worries that it’s just not the right place — it’s too small and has too much plague, he said.

“Everybody involved feels obligated to put them back in Meeteetse.” Oakleaf said, “But, man, I don’t know how you do it. It just hasn’t shown over the years that it could support a ferret population.”

For now, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is not giving up.

“This is a place that we’re going to continue to work on,” Gygli said. “It’s the place where ferrets persisted.”

In an ideal world, prairie dog populations would bounce back enough to support a captive-raised ferret release in 2027, he said.

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Obama is set to campaign in Cleveland on Oct. 24 with three-term former Sen. Sherrod Brown, who is looking to oust Republican Sen. Jon Husted from the seat formerly held by Vice President JD Vance.

He's also set to appear with Dr. Amy Acton, the Democratic nominee for governor, who has been focusing her campaign on parts of the state that have been voting Republican in recent elections. She and tech billionaire and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy are vying to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Mike DeWine.

A former swing state, Ohio has emerged as a battleground for control of the Senate, with Vance and President Donald Trump visiting recently. As Trump stumped for Husted on Monday, much of his focus was on one of his signature issues: immigration.

The trip is part of Obama's expanded outreach into some of the midterm races deemed most consequential — and possibly some of the closest — in his party's quest to return to power in Congress. On the same day, Obama will campaign with Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit, lending his support to the progressive nominee after a bruising Democratic primary exposed divisions within the party.

That event also will feature other top Democratic candidates in Michigan, including Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, the party’s nominee for governor.

According to plans shared first with The Associated Press, the former president is getting significantly more involved in the midterm elections, with additional campaign stops and advertisements expected to come in the closing weeks.

Ousted two years ago by Republican Bernie Moreno in a bitter reelection battle, Brown remains one of Ohio’s winningest politicians, prompting Democrats to recruit him back into politics to try again. In a new video, Obama reminds voters of how Brown “worked with me to protect Ohio jobs."

“This race is going to be close. It could determine which party controls the Senate and whether Ohioans can count on the people in Washington to be fighting for you," Obama says in the video. "Please join me in supporting Sherrod Brown. He’ll always fight for Ohio.”

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Kinnard reported from Columbia, S.C., and can be reached at http://x.com/MegKinnardAP

French Finance Minister Roland Lescure told Parliament on Tuesday that about 700 of the country’s 10,000 supermarkets were affected. He said there was no risk to France’s food supplies but acknowledged that the attack “touches the heart of our food security.”

“It was a wake-up call for everyone,” he said.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday that its cybercrime unit was investigating the large-scale attack, including the extent of damage caused by spoiled food and reports of fires.

French supermarket group Groupement Mousquetaires, which operates more than 4,000 stores across Europe, said 300 of its Intermarché and Netto stores were impacted. Some refrigerated and frozen food display cases remained out of service Tuesday.

Dominique Schelcher, CEO of French grocery chain Cooperative U, said 80 of the company’s 2,000 stores were affected. Most managed to prevent disruptions to refrigeration, but some had to discard food, he said in a post on X.

“Targeting equipment essential to the preservation of fresh products is an attack on the French food supply chain. It is unprecedented, extremely serious, and unacceptable,” Schelcher said.

Carrefour and Monoprix supermarkets were also impacted.

Danish technology company Danfoss, which supplied the refrigeration management software, said Monday that most affected systems were older products that no longer received software or security updates.

“Danfoss has long advised customers to keep supported systems updated with the latest firmware, as well as to operate behind a firewall,” the company said.

Danfoss said it was working with affected customers to limit the damage.

Separately, Dutch supermarket giant Ahold Delhaize said Tuesday it was working to restore systems it had shut down following what it described as a security issue. The company, which operates Albert Heijn in the Netherlands, Delhaize in Belgium and Stop & Shop in the United States, declined to provide further details.

Websites for several of its brands, including Stop & Shop, Food Lion and Albert Heijn, remained offline Tuesday, although stores were open and serving customers.

Ahold Delhaize said it had no evidence that customer or employee data had been stolen.

“Protecting our infrastructure in the best interest of our customers, associates and partners is a top priority,” the company said. “We apologize for any inconvenience this issue may have caused customers and partners.”

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Durbin contributed from Detroit, Michigan.

Broward County Regional Communications received a call at about 9:15 a.m., reporting the crash near Southwest Third Street and Southwest 12th Avenue, according to deputies.

A tow truck was removing a marked BSO Dodge Charger patrol car from the northbound lanes of Southwest 12th Avenue, also known as South Andrews Avenue, near Third Street.

There was also a black sedan with back damage at Third Street, facing northbound on South Andrews Avenue, just outside of the South Andrews Center at 290 SW 12th Ave.

Fire rescue personnel took the deputy to the hospital as a precaution, according to deputies. The driver of the other car wasn’t injured and waited for deputies to arrive, according to deputies.

Local 10 News Assignment Editor Mariana Ortiz contributed to this report.

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“Technology is reshaping what’s possible,” CEO Greg Foran wrote in a memo to employees on Monday. “The way work gets done is changing across every industry; we must adapt and take advantage of technology. We need to adopt capabilities, reduce duplicative work and look closely at where work is best fit to be done.”

Kroger last month outlined its AI strategy, meant “to improve the customer experience, make work easier for associates and produce better business outcomes.”

Cincinnati-based Kroger is the largest standalone U.S. supermarket chain with 409,000 employees and more than 2,700 stores operating under various brands, including Ralphs, King Soopers, Smith’s and Fred Meyer.

Kroger named former Walmart executive Foran CEO in February, 11 months after the abrupt resignation of its previous CEO.

Foran has a reputation for being tech-savvy and detail-oriented. He led Walmart’s U.S. division from 2014 to 2019, where he focused on cleaning up stores, ensuring items were in stock and improving the fresh produce selection. He also introduced online ordering and pickup, and accelerated Walmart’s digital capabilities.

Walmart has become a larger challenge to Kroger and other traditional grocers as Americans increasingly pick up their groceries along with other general goods that Walmart sells.

Kroger has also felt pressure from fast-growing discount chains like Aldi and Lidl and online behemoths like Amazon.

Kroger proposed a merger with Albertsons in 2022 as a way to better compete with its rivals. But the Federal Trade Commission and two states — Washington and Colorado — sued to block the merger in 2024, saying it would raise prices and lower workers’ wages by eliminating competition. Judges ultimately ruled that the merger should not proceed.

A day after their merger collapsed, Albertsons filed a lawsuit against Kroger, seeking a $600 million termination fee as well as billions of dollars in legal fees and lost shareholder value.

Kroger said the claims were “baseless” and that Albertsons was not entitled to the fee.

Albertsons is facing the same competitive headwinds as Kroger and other grocery chains as customers turn to cheaper alternatives and faster delivery from bigger retailers.

On Tuesday during its second-quarter earnings conference call with investors, CEO Susan Morris alluded to further cost-cutting and streamlining of the company's structure, including layoffs.

“We did some work last year and saw a substantial reduction in headcount, but quite frankly, there’s more to be had," Morris said. "And you’ll see us taking aggressive action there in the next 12 to 18 months as well.”

Kroger shares fell 2.2% in afternoon trading Tuesday, to $61.21. Albertsons rose 2.8% but its shares are down more than 25% this year.

Bill Russell, Bob Cousy and Tom Heinsohn showed in Boston that having a superstar trio on the same team can work wonders. So, too, did Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy with the Los Angeles Lakers. Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish in their Celtics era. Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman in Chicago. Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili in San Antonio. Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant in Golden State. There have been plenty of others.

And in Miami, there was Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and LeBron James.

They spent four years together with the Heat, went to four NBA Finals, won two championships and were the biggest thing in basketball. Many thought it would be easy. It wasn't. Miami started 9-8 in the trio's first season together and the road was rocky for much longer than anyone imagined.

“It's a wild ride,” Bosh said.

James, as he now gets set to be part of another Big Three — a Big Four, really, alongside the likes of fellow superstars Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Jaylen Brown on the now star-studded Philadelphia 76ers — remembers those early Miami days well. Perhaps that's why he sounded the alarm about what the next few months could be like for these 76ers.

“Everyone wants instant oatmeal,” James said. “You just put the oatmeal in the bowl, you put some water and then throw it in the microwave. In a minute and a half, you've got something to eat, you’re ready to go. If you want to do something special, it takes time. ... In order for us to be great, we have to do things that are just not comfortable.”

Translation: Get ready, 76ers.

Such is Big Three or Big Four life.

“You really have to stay solid within the team,” said Bosh, who might have sacrificed more stats than anyone during that four-year run in Miami. “At the end of the day, the main stat was the ‘W’ and putting one in the ‘W’ column. You can average a bunch of points and be out of the league. You can average a bunch of points and not be competing for a championship. They’re going to have to remember the priority.

"And when tough times come — not if, but when — handle it and talk about it, communicate, and remember why you’re there.”

Stats will be sacrificed

There are statistical sacrifices that will have to be made if the 76ers are going to get to where they want to go this season and win the title that has eluded Philly since 1983. Even with Embiid missing more than half of the 2025-26 season, he topped the 1,000-point mark — as did James (with the Los Angeles Lakers), Brown (with Boston), Maxey and Philly's star-in-waiting in VJ Edgecombe. There hasn't been a championship team with five 1,000-point scorers on the roster since the 1978-79 Seattle SuperSonics.

Combined, James, Maxey, Embiid, Edgecombe and Brown took 234 shots in clutch situations — game margin within five points, five minutes or less on the clock in the fourth quarter — last season. That simply won't happen this season, since most teams don't combine for that many shots in clutch times over a whole season. There will be moments where Philly's star players are used to having the ball in their hands — but now will see teammates in those roles at times.

It's a fine line. The Warriors won a title in 2017 with Curry, Thompson, Durant and Draymond Green all needing to adjust their roles, at least on some level. But as Curry pointed out when that title series was over, that didn't mean any of them could suddenly become passive.

“We all needed to be aggressive and be the players that we are in what we bring to the table every single night,” Curry said after that series — against James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. “We can all show up every night and be ourselves and really achieve the potential that we all have together.”

Roles will change as well, at times

James set the tone for this Philly team over the summer when he took a pay cut of roughly 92% from last season and agreed to play this season for the bargain price of $3.9 million. He doesn't need more money. The lure of becoming the first player in NBA history to win a championship with four different franchises seems to be enough motivation.

And, in fairness, it's also easy for the player who holds the NBA scoring record to say that stats don't matter. Officially, he took only one shot from the field in his preseason debut with the 76ers; he also drew enough fouls to get eight more shots from the line. (He made them all, for what it's worth.) Nobody knows what'll happen this season, but it seems highly unlikely that James will clamor for more shots. That's never been his style. It would be ideal if everyone in Philly felt the same way.

“My focus is winning,” Brown said over the summer. “Other people’s focus may be scoring. My focus going into every practice, every meeting, every shootaround, every film session is like, ‘How do we win, night in and night out?’ Sometimes that may change, sometimes it may look different, but whatever it takes.”

It's reasonable to think that Maxey, Embiid, Brown and James could all see their scoring averages drop this season for the greater good. There will be nights when the spotlight won't be on certain individuals. There will be nights when someone gets a ton of shots and someone gets very few. The most successful Big Threes all figured out how to handle such things.

Philadelphia will have to do the same.

“We’ve got the talent. Whatever,” Maxey said. “If we’re not willing to sacrifice, if we’re not willing to put in the work, it ain’t going to mean nothing.”

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See AP’s full NBA coverage here

Zacharia, a conservative commentator who most recently worked for President Donald Trump’s social media company, was named to the job on Friday, succeeding Karoline Leavitt, who left in August and is taking a job with Fox News Channel.

Zacharia told reporters her goal is to “amplify” what Trump is doing and that the president is “his own best spokesperson.”

She quickly proved that Tuesday, appearing for only 14 minutes and taking questions from just three outlets before telling reporters they could ask the president their questions on the South Lawn when he departs on a campaign trip.

“In fact, I am going to end it because President Trump is heading out to Marine One for our historic trip to Alaska, and we can ask him all of the questions out there," she said.

As the Republican president left the White House for his trip, more than an hour after the briefing's abrupt end, he praised Zacharia’s performance to reporters.

“I thought she did excellent. She did very good," he said, as Zacharia stood behind him.

Before taking the questions, Zacharia read slowly from an opening statement that began with a focus on Trump’s recent campaign rallies and his policies on energy, tariffs, immigration and more since he returned to office.

In naming Zacharia, who has a law degree from Pepperdine University, Trump described her as “a loyal and brilliant supporter, right from the beginning.” She briefly worked as a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security earlier this year and has been a commentator for Fox News and Newsmax.

She told reporters she viewed her role as press secretary to be no different than the way she advocated for Trump while outside the government.

“I get to do what I was doing on the outside already, which was hoping to amplify, multiply and expand upon President Trump’s incredible agenda for the American people,” she said.

She also thanked Trump and said, “I have wanted to work for him for a very long time.”

She took her first question from Breitbart News, the right-wing outlet that has become more influential in the Trump era, and committed to keeping the “new media” rotation created under her predecessor to bring additional media outlets into news briefings and the White House press pool.

But Zacharia did make some big news: she said Trump had asked for the resignation of Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece, after a series of reports alleging she has engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before and during her tenure in Athens.

“She has been a wonderful asset to the team and we wish her well,” Zacharia said.

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Associated Press writers Seung Min Kim, Josh Boak and Collin Binkley in Washington and Mike Catalini in Morrisville, Pennsylvania contributed to this report.

El gobierno del presidente Javier Milei concretó el pedido ante el organismo judicial con sede en Hamburgo después del vencimiento del ultimátum de dos semanas que le había concedido a Londres para que frenara un proyecto encabezado por la empresa británica Rockhopper Exploration y la firma israelí Navitas Petroleum Development and Production Limited.

El proyecto Sea Lion cuenta con el aval de las autoridades de las islas situadas en el Atlántico Sur que están bajo dominio británico y se denominan Falklands en inglés. Argentina, que las reclama desde 1833, libró una guerra con Gran Bretaña por su soberanía en 1982 en la que resultó derrotada.

Un comunicado de la Oficina del Presidente señaló que la presentación busca preservar los derechos soberanos de Argentina sobre su plataforma continental y evitar que "las actividades autorizadas de manera unilateral e ilegal por el Reino Unido agraven la controversia reconocida por las Naciones Unidas”.

Precisó que la medida se enmarca en el proceso arbitral que el gobierno inició el 28 de septiembre bajo la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar y se sustenta en un artículo de esa normativa que estipula que mientras se encuentre pendiente la constitución de un tribunal arbitral “cualquiera de las partes en la controversia podrá solicitar... medidas provisionales” para preservar sus derechos.

Londres acusa de “coerción económica” a Buenos Aires

En reacción a la decisión de Argentina, Uma Kumaran, subsecretaria Parlamentaria de Estado para los Territorios de Ultramar, afirmó el martes en la Cámara de los Comunes que el país sudamericano intenta utilizar “medidas que exceden su jurisdicción” como forma de presión.

Indicó que el yacimiento Sea Lion en la plataforma continental de las islas Malvinas es “legal y está regulado" por el gobierno del archipiélago “elegido democráticamente” y que “Argentina no tiene jurisdicción alguna sobre él”.

“Este gobierno no se quedará de brazos cruzados mientras Argentina utilice la coerción económica contra la población de las islas Malvinas. Haremos todo lo que sea necesario para apoyarla”, sostuvo Kumaran, quien acusó a Milei de utilizar a los isleños como un instrumento político de cara a las elecciones de 2027 en Argentina en las que buscará la reelección.

En tanto, el primer ministro británico Andy Burnham dijo el lunes en la misma cámara que hará “lo que sea necesario” para respetar la voluntad de los habitantes de las islas de "seguir siendo británicos”.

Destacó que insistió en este punto en su reciente encuentro con el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump y en su discurso ante la Asamblea General de la ONU.

Trump, aliado de Milei, afirmó en una entrevista periodística a principios de septiembre que podría reconsiderar la neutralidad histórica de Estados Unidos sobre la soberanía de las Malvinas, que en los hechos se ha traducido en un alineamiento con la administración británica de las islas.

Envalentonado por esa afirmación, Milei presentó un proyecto de ley para sancionar a petroleras que operen en Malvinas sin autorización de Argentina y anunció la instalación de una base naval en la provincia de Tierra del Fuego, el punto continental más cercano al archipiélago.

El gobierno británico le comunicó luego a la embajadora argentina en Londres, Mariana Plaza, “que los esfuerzos por obstaculizar la actividad económica lícita” en las islas eran “intentos deliberados de socavar la seguridad económica de un pueblo autónomo”.

Londres afirmó entonces que las actividades relacionadas con los hidrocarburos en la plataforma continental de las islas Malvinas están reguladas por la legislación del archipiélago y se llevan a cabo de conformidad con el derecho internacional, incluida la Convención sobre el Derecho del Mar.

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La periodista de AP en Londres, Jill Lawless, colaboró en esta nota.

But mainland U.S. hurricane strikes tend to have harder bookends that fall within the prescribed June to November season. The earliest official mainland U.S. hurricane landfall from the National Hurricane Center’s historical database – coined HURDAT 2, which extends back to 1851 – was Hurricane Alma that struck the Florida Big Bend on June 9^th, 1966. The latest landfalling mainland U.S. hurricane was Hurricane Kate on November 21^st, 1985, that struck the Florida Panhandle.

While other out-of-season U.S. hurricanes have been documented – such as the retroactively named Hurricane Amanda uncovered by researchers in 2013 that struck the Florida Panhandle on May 28^th, 1863 – no mainland U.S. hurricane landfalls outside of the June to November hurricane season are officially listed in NHC’s historical HURDAT 2 record.

When do we typically see the last mainland U.S. landfall?

As we’ve written about in previous newsletters, the last U.S. hurricane landfall often precedes or even helps to usher in the start of South Florida’s dry season, which typically arrives around the middle of October.

Examining all hurricane landfalls in the satellite record (since 1966), 90% of seasons see their last hurricane landfall by around the middle of October (October 18^th). For named storms, which include both tropical storms and hurricanes, we’re usually done with mainland U.S. hits by the end of October.

That of course doesn’t mean we haven’t seen or can’t see November threats from tropical storms and hurricanes. They’re just far less common than any other month of the season and about a once-every -decade-or-less event (as we discussed in yesterday’s newsletter, November U.S. hurricanes are about a once-in-50-year event).

So let’s get through the next few weeks and then we can rest a little easier knowing the threats from hurricane season are mostly in the rearview mirror.

No development expected deep into October

Our longer-range computer models don’t show any viable candidates over the next week or two across the Atlantic basin.

Each week is especially meaningful this time of year and gets us closer to November when U.S. landfalls become the exception, rather than the norm.

According to court documents obtained by Local 10 News on Tuesday, John Mario Galvin was arrested after disembarking the Celebrity Reflection on Saturday.

A federal criminal complaint states that customs officers pulled Galvin, 42, aside and searched his Samsung cellphones and tablet.

It states that agents found more than 90 photos and videos showing boys and girls, some as young as “infants and toddlers,” being raped and sexually abused.

Authorities said they had received nine tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children “associated with (his) telephone number” regarding child sexual abuse material.

According to the complaint, Galvin “declined to speak with law enforcement” before his arrest on two federal charges related to the possession and transportation of child sexual abuse material.

As of Tuesday morning, records show he remained held in the Broward Sheriff’s Office Main Jail on behalf of the U.S. Marshals Service.

His entry in the online federal court docket did not list any past or impending hearings. His case has been assigned to a Fort Lauderdale federal judge.

Existing home sales rose 1.5% last month from August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.99 million units, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday. One of the factors in the monthly increase is that sales in August were revised lower.

Sales fell 2.2% compared with September last year. The latest sales tally is slightly above the 3.98 million pace economists were expecting, according to FactSet.

Home sales have been mostly hovering close to a 4-million annual pace going back to 2023, far short of the historic norm that is closer to 5.2-million. September is the second month in a row that the annual sales pace has remained below 4 million.

Home prices continued to rise nationally last month. The U.S. median sales price increased 1.3% in September from a year earlier to $417,500, an all-time high for the month of September based on data going back to 1999, NAR said. Home prices have risen on an annual basis for 39 months in a row.

“This is a very tough market out there, especially with mortgage rates rising,” said Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist.

The U.S. housing market has been in a slump since 2022, when mortgage rates began to climb from pandemic-era lows. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes were essentially flat last year, stuck at a 30-year low.

This year, sales have been in a rut in large part due to rising borrowing costs, as mortgage rates have marched higher in the months since the war between the U.S. and Iran started in late February. Expectations of higher inflation amid surging oil prices have pushed up the long-term bond yields that lenders use as a guide to pricing home loans, driving mortgage rates higher.

The average rate on the benchmark 30-year mortgage hit 7.4% last week, its highest level in nearly three years. It briefly dipped below 6% before the war started.

Many of the homes purchased last month likely went under contract in August and July, when the average rate on a 30-year mortgage ranged from 6.43% to 6.69%, according to Freddie Mac.

Mortgage rates are not likely to drop meaningfully any time soon, given the ongoing uncertainty over oil prices, geopolitical tensions, the exploding U.S. government debt and other factors that have been driving rates on home loans higher, Yun said.

Homebuyers should consider mortgage rates at 7%, or slightly above 7%, “the new normal,” he said.

The sharp rise in mortgage rates, which can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers, has led many would-be home shoppers to put their home shopping plans on hold.

However, those who can afford to buy at current rates, or pay all cash, have a much wider selection of homes to choose from than they've had in years as properties sit on the market longer.

Although home inventory levels remain below historical norms, there were 1.6 million unsold homes at the end of last month — the highest level of unsold inventory on the market since November 2019, NAR said.

All told, unsold home inventory rose 1.9% last month from August and climbed 4.6% from September last year, NAR said.

September’s month-end inventory translates to a 4.8-months’ supply at the current sales pace. Traditionally, a 4- to 6-month supply is considered a balanced market between buyers and sellers.

The more balanced market gives home shoppers potentially more leverage in negotiating better terms with sellers, especially if a property has not fetched offers in weeks or months.

Consider, in September, the national median home listing price fell 1.2% from a year earlier to $419,250 as about 21% of listings had their initial price lowered, according to Realtor.com.

“The market is clearly tilting in favor of buyers able to negotiate for better prices,” Yun said.

Según los agentes, Prince-Charm Allison fue visto por última vez el 4 de octubre en la cuadra 1300 de Northeast 110th Terrace. Llevaba una camisa azul y un short rojo.

Los agentes lo describieron como un joven de raza negra, de 5 pies y 7 pulgadas de estatura y unas 150 libras de peso. Tiene los ojos color café y el pelo negro.

Las autoridades dijeron que el adolescente no se ha comunicado con su familia ni con sus amigos desde su desaparición. Podría necesitar asistencia.

Cualquier persona con información sobre su paradero puede llamar al agente A. Madrigal al 305-715-3300 o escribir a u307222@mdpd.net. También se pueden dar datos de forma anónima a Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers al 305-471-8477.

President Donald Trump's administration had said earlier Tuesday it had asked Guilfoyle to leave her post after she faced severe criticism over allegations she engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before and during her tenure in Athens.

That revelation came in response to a question to freshly minted White House press secretary Katie Zacharia at her first media briefing Tuesday morning. Zacharia said Guilfoyle “has been a wonderful asset to the team, and we wish her well.”

"She went to Greece. She was doing a good job, but we didn’t like what we were reading," Trump said just after Guilfoyle's resignation, which was posted on her X account. He said he had not spoken to her but "she will not be there.”

Guilfoyle’s departure comes after its possibility was previewed to The Associated Press over the weekend and Trump registered his unhappiness on Monday at reports about her alleged conduct. Those comments came a day after the AP, citing a senior U.S. official, reported that Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were “extremely pissed off” by Guilfoyle’s reported conduct.

Guilfoyle denies the accusations and cites her ‘decades of public service’

In a series of stories dating to late last month, The Wall Street Journal has reported questionable conduct by Guilfoyle, including an alleged threat to a host country official, accepting improper gifts and services and offering to use her influence inside the Republican administration in return for the payment of a large credit card bill.

Guilfoyle addressed the accusations directly in her resignation post on X, saying, “These allegations are false, and I intend to vigorously defend my name, my reputation, and my integrity.”

“I have dedicated my professional life to fighting for justice, standing up for what is right, and defending the values that make America exceptional,” she said. “I will not allow false accusations to define my decades of public service.”

In a statement released late Sunday, Guilfoyle's lawyers denied that she had done anything wrong and claimed that the money she was seeking from a Trump donor was payment for services — public appearances and speaking engagements that predate her ambassadorial nomination — that had not been paid.

The lawyers, David Schwartz and Jesse Binnall, also rejected allegations of impropriety related to Guilfoyle’s travel on private planes, saying that before every such trip she “sought, obtained and followed State Department guidance and followed the Department’s travel regulations."

They did not immediately return calls Tuesday.

The allegations began surfacing weeks ago

After defending Guilfoyle following the first report, Rubio declined to comment publicly on the growing allegations. Last week, Rubio said: “Our ambassador has been a strong ambassador here.”

But after another report appeared later, Rubio — speaking Thursday before leaving Athens — berated journalists for asking about the allegations. He said that he didn’t know if they were true and that he would not respond if he could not confirm them.

“You guys walk around thinking that because some source told you something and you reported it, it’s the gospel. It’s not the gospel. It’s not the gospel for me. That’s not the way we do things,” Rubio said at the foot of his plane as Guilfoyle, who was there to see him depart, looked on.

A second U.S. official, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters, said the State Department’s inspector general was looking into the allegations, which first began surfacing in the Journal late last month and have since multiplied.

The second official could not say if a formal IG probe had begun. Inspectors general often conduct informal inquiries into complaints against staffers, and many times those inquiries do not result in a full-on investigation, which can result in disciplinary action up to and including dismissal. The State Department has declined to comment on a potential IG investigation.

There was no immediate response to Zacharia's statement from the Greek government or Cabinet members.

Ahead of Tuesday’s announcement, Greek opposition parties had called on the Foreign Ministry to summon Guilfoyle to respond to the allegations made against her. “This, most importantly, is an issue of national dignity,” Sia Anagnostopoulou, a former deputy foreign minister, said in parliament Friday. Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis responded that Guilfoyle had been treated “the same way as every other ambassador” and argued that an official summons had not been necessary.

Hours earlier, Guilfoyle had posted photos of her meeting this week with the Spanish ambassador to Athens as well as birthday wishes for Lara Trump, the president's daughter-in-law, accompanied by Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night,” from the 2023 soundtrack of the movie “Barbie.”

Greece has taken on an increasingly important and influential role because of its geographic location in Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean, particularly on energy issues as the war with Iran has spiked global oil prices. Besides the vast number of Greek-registered oil tankers that regularly ply the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea, Greece is well positioned to be a pipeline conduit for liquefied natural gas imports into the Balkans and beyond.

As the U.S. ambassador to Greece, Guilfoyle had put an emphasis on energy issues, although her close association with executives in that sector was part of what got her into trouble.

Democrats call for an investigation

The top two Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations committees, Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, as well as the ranking member on the House Committee for Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., have already called for an investigation into Guilfoyle.

Since late September, the Journal has detailed numerous accounts of questionable conduct by Guilfoyle. Its first report said that she had told guests at a reception that the United States could undermine the Greek government if it chose to, promoted the business interests of one particular Greek construction and energy company and allowed its lobbyist into private diplomatic meetings.

While Rubio was in Athens, the Journal reported — citing text messages — that Guilfoyle had asked a Trump donor and supporter to pay a $100,000 credit card bill just before her confirmation hearing, promising him access to administration officials if he did.

The Journal then reported that Guilfoyle had been enraged about not being invited to a Greek-themed event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, earlier this year and demanded to attend while boasting about luxury travel to France with energy company executives.

Another report, from the British tabloid The Daily Mail, said that Guilfoyle had alienated staff at the U.S. Embassy in Athens and had pushed the bounds of behavior appropriate for the top representative of the U.S. government to Greece.

Guilfoyle is a former Fox News Channel host and California prosecutor who was married to Democrat Gavin Newsom when he was San Francisco's mayor, before he became California's governor. She later was engaged to Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr.

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AP journalists Derek Gatopoulos in Athens and Darlene Superville at the White House contributed.

El distrito queda al oeste de Las Olas Boulevard, cerca de Southwest Second Avenue y Southwest Second Street. Es conocido por su vida nocturna y por sus numerosos bares y restaurantes, que atraen a grandes multitudes.

Pero varios incidentes recientes con disparos han generado preocupación por la seguridad en la zona. Entre ellos hubo un tiroteo mortal y otro que dejó cinco heridos.

Se espera que el alcalde de Fort Lauderdale, Dean Trantalis, y el jefe de la policía, William Schultz, hablen en una conferencia de prensa a las 10 a.m. Explicarán los esfuerzos para mejorar la seguridad pública.

También se espera la participación de representantes de la Patrulla de Carreteras de Florida y de agentes de la Oficina de Alcohol, Tabaco, Armas de Fuego y Explosivos (ATF).

Tiroteos recientes generan preocupación

Uno de los incidentes más recientes ocurrió el 6 de septiembre, alrededor de las 3:30 a.m. Hubo disparos cerca de Southwest Second Street y Southwest Third Avenue.

Según la policía de Fort Lauderdale, los agentes intentaban separar una pelea cuando escucharon un disparo.

Varias personas fueron detenidas y los agentes recuperaron un arma de fuego. Sin embargo, al principio no encontraron a ningún herido en el lugar.

Poco después, un hombre llegó a un hospital cercano con una herida de bala que no ponía en riesgo su vida.

Los testigos describieron los momentos de miedo mientras la multitud intentaba escapar.

“Yo solo quería divertirme y pasaron muchas cosas. Todo pasó muy rápido”, le dijo a Local 10 News una persona que estaba en el lugar. “Todo el mundo empezó a correr”.

Otro testigo dijo: “Vi que todo el mundo corría y yo también corrí”.

El tiroteo ocurrió unos dos meses después de un incidente mortal en un garaje de estacionamiento cerca del distrito.

A principios de julio, un hombre de 43 años recibió un disparo alrededor de las 4:30 a.m. dentro del garaje del Governmental Center, cerca de Southwest Second Street y Southwest First Avenue.

La víctima fue llevada de urgencia a un hospital, donde murió más tarde.

Según la policía, los investigadores recuperaron un arma y detuvieron a una persona de interés.

Cinco heridos en un tiroteo masivo en diciembre

Otro hecho violento ocurrió en diciembre de 2025 frente a Dicey Riley’s Irish Pub.

Alrededor de las 2 a.m., los disparos hicieron que la multitud saliera corriendo por el distrito de entretenimiento.

Cinco personas resultaron heridas de bala y fueron trasladadas a un hospital de la zona.

Los testigos describieron el caos que se desató cuando sonaron los disparos.

“Bajé a buscar algo de comer y casi me disparan”, le dijo un testigo a Local 10 News.

Otro recordó haber visto a uno de los heridos.

“Había un señor en el piso que estaba conmigo. Le dispararon en el brazo”, dijo el testigo.

Un tercer testigo contó que la multitud huyó tras escuchar unos seis disparos.

La ciudad ya había aprobado restricciones al alcohol

La nueva reunión llega después de que las autoridades de Fort Lauderdale tomaran medidas a principios de este año por la seguridad en el distrito.

Tras una serie de tiroteos, la policía de Fort Lauderdale aumentó su presencia en la zona.

En febrero, los comisionados de la ciudad también aprobaron una ordenanza que prohíbe los envases abiertos de alcohol y la venta de bebidas alcohólicas al aire libre en el distrito de vida nocturna.

Algunos dueños de negocios se opusieron a la medida. Argumentaron que limitar el consumo de alcohol al aire libre cambiaría el ambiente y la vida nocturna del distrito.

El jefe de la policía dijo anteriormente que en 2025 el departamento recibió más llamadas por incidentes en el distrito de entretenimiento que en cualquier otro año desde 2021.

Lo que se espera de la reunión

Se espera que la conferencia de prensa del martes se centre en posibles medidas para reducir la violencia y el consumo de alcohol entre menores en el distrito.

Trantalis, Schultz y representantes de otras agencias policiales explicarán sus esfuerzos para que este popular destino de vida nocturna sea más seguro.

Se esperan más detalles sobre las iniciativas propuestas durante el anuncio de las 10 a.m.

El negocio, uno de los favoritos del sur de Florida desde que abrió en 1956, recibirá a los clientes desde las 8 a.m. del martes. Este año abre dos meses antes que el anterior.

Aunque abría a las 8 a.m., hubo clientes que pasaron la noche afuera del negocio para asegurarse de llevarse sus productos el día de la apertura.

Eiby Mendez, la primera en la fila, le contó a Local 10 News que llegó a las 7:37 p.m. del lunes.

“Es algo que uno espera con ilusión”, dijo. “Solo abren por temporada y me gusta ayudar a la comunidad. Le llevo los rollos a mucha gente que no puede venir por el trabajo, por la familia o por otras cosas, y claro, todos quieren sus rollos de canela”.

Los visitantes encontrarán las mismas recetas queridas que han convertido a la granja en un clásico por generaciones. También notarán algunas mejoras para reducir el tiempo de espera.

Cambios para agilizar las filas

Knaus Berry Farm añadió una cuarta caja registradora, con su cajero, para atender más rápido.

Mientras esperan en la fila, los clientes también tendrán más carteles con el menú y códigos QR. Así podrán revisar el menú en su teléfono antes de llegar al mostrador.

Otro cambio de esta temporada es un límite de cuatro docenas de rollos de canela por cliente, una medida para que las filas avancen más rápido.

El estacionamiento también mejora y ahora tiene casi el doble de espacio para los visitantes.

70 temporadas de dulce tradición

Pese a los cambios, la granja mantiene las recetas y las caras conocidas que la han convertido en una tradición del sur de Florida durante décadas.

Su equipo de cocina suma más de 140 años de experiencia en repostería.

La temporada de este año también será más larga. Durará 30 semanas, lo que dará a los clientes más oportunidades de disfrutar de los productos horneados de la granja.

Cuándo y dónde visitarla

Knaus Berry Farm abre el martes de 8 a.m. a 5 p.m.

La granja está ubicada en el 16790 SW 177th Ave., en el condado de Miami-Dade.

A high impact storm system is possible for part of the weekend into next week. A strong front will stall out over Florida. We will be on the south side, which will allow endless amounts of tropical moisture flow onshore. Expect numerous thunderstorms that hug the coastline. This could create a flooding threat Sunday and Monday. There will also be wind gusts of 30-40 mph those days. We’ll fine tune the details as we get closer.

The strikes marked a fresh escalation in the widening Middle East crisis and came shortly after a coalition spokesman urged residents to evacuate the area for their safety. Witnesses reported hearing strong explosions in Sanaa hours after the coalition struck the al-Suhaba fuel facility west of the city.

In a rare statement earlier, the coalition had urged civilians in the Houthi-controlled capital to leave the Yemeni Oil Company site, on a hill overlooking the capital, and nearby storage areas ahead of a possible strike.

Houthi officials appeared to have anticipated the attack there. The oil company said its storage facilities were empty and that a Saudi strike would not affect oil reserves or supplies for residents. Still, witnesses in the city said lines of cars formed at some gas stations amid fears of a shortage.

Shortly after the warning, Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said on Telegram that any Saudi attack on Sanaa would be met with a “firm and painful” response in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

It was unclear whether the Tuesday strike was a signal of military escalation or a carefully measured response to recent deadly attacks on the Riyadh airport.

The warning and the attack show “the Saudis’ aims of upping the ante and striking deep in the heart of Houthi-controlled territory while attempting to control the narrative by presenting themselves as more careful and humanitarian actors than the Houthis,” said Adam Baron, a fellow at the Washington-based New America institute.

“It may be a warning -- or it may be a sign of things to come," he said.

Fighting surged over control of key waterway

Saudi Arabia is still scrambling to determine how its air defenses failed to intercept a barrage of missiles and drones fired by the Houthis, including an attack on Riyadh's international airport on Saturday that killed at least 13 people and wounded over 300.

The latest conflict between the Saudis and the Houthis began last month after the rebels seized key areas along the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a critical waterway for the transport of Gulf oil and other goods at the southern end of the Red Sea off Yemen.

The Saudi-led coalition, backing forces aligned with Yemen’s internationally recognized government, has been trying to retake them.

Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet on Tuesday warned the Houthis they would “face consequences” for their repeated attacks on the kingdom.

“The Kingdom will not allow any threat to its security or to freedom of maritime navigation in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait,” the Cabinet said in a statement carried by Saudi state-owned Al-Ekhbariya television. The Bab el-Mandeb is another area key to the flow of oil out of the Persian Gulf.

The fight for a major Yemeni city

On Tuesday, Yemen’s interior ministry said in a statement on X that Houthi strikes over the past day on Taiz, a major city in the country's southwest, had killed six people and injured 18 amid ongoing battles in the region.

A commander with the Saudi-backed forces said rebels had fought through fierce resistance to reach the edges of Taiz, and some had entered the city. The fight was now critical for Taiz, which has long been a sought-after prize, he said.

The commander, speaking on condition of anonymity to describe battlefield details, said rebel forces were surprisingly large, and bolstered by medium and short-range ballistic missiles.

But he said the fighting was fiercest over control of the Kahboub mountains, which overlook Bab al-Mandab and Aden, seat of the internationally backed government. The commander said his forces have called for reinforcements.

Earlier Tuesday, the Houthis renewed their warning against using Saudi airspace, Houthi-controlled media reported. Several airlines have suspended service to the kingdom because of the Houthi attacks on airports.

In a statement published by the Houthi-controlled SABA news agency, the Houthi-run foreign ministry referred to Saudi Arabia as the “Kingdom of the Horn of Satan” and said the kingdom “must realize that security, stability, and sovereignty must belong to everyone; otherwise, no one will enjoy them.”

Meanwhile, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty called for the Houthis to immediately halt attacks on Saudi Arabia.

“There is no justification for these attacks, and they cannot be accepted,” Abdelatty told Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in a phone call Tuesday.

Abdelatty also called for prioritizing diplomacy and a political solution to the conflict between Iran and the United States to avert “further escalation and instability” in the region, according to the Egyptian readout of the call.

The Saudi-led coalition said earlier Tuesday that three drones had been intercepted north of Riyadh. The Associated Press couldn’t independently verify that claim.

Saudi Arabia has been pushing for the U.S. military to provide more direct support in the fight against the Houthis.

The U.S. has provided intelligence sharing, target identification and planning for a Saudi-led offensive, but has held off on carrying out strikes against the Houthis.

A U.S. intervention could prompt the Houthis to try to halt shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb.

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AP writers Sarah El Deeb in Beirut, Samy Magdy in Cairo and Aamer Madhani in Jerusalem contributed.

The high court is intervening for a second time in Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington’s case, which seeks access to DOGE records from its operations in the early days of President Donald Trump’s second term. The Trump administration asked the court to hear the case.

Last year, the high court reined in a district court’s order for the government to produce DOGE-related records to CREW. The high court’s conservative majority concluded in June 2025 that U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled too broadly in ordering documents to be turned over to the group.

CREW claims DOGE is a federal agency and therefore is subject to the Freedom of Information Act.

The Trump administration argues that DOGE is exempt from FOIA’s requirements as a presidential advisory body.

Cooper ruled in CREW’s favor and ordered expedited processing of the group’s records request. An appeals court panel also sided with CREW.

The Trump administration claims the panel ignored the Supreme Court’s direction to consider separation-of-powers concerns and intruded on the “autonomy and confidentiality” of presidential advisers.

“Subjecting advisory bodies to intrusive discovery triggers the very concerns that Congress sought to avoid by excluding presidential advisory bodies from FOIA’s reach,” Justice Department attorneys wrote.

The administration also says the appeals court impermissibly authorized the plaintiffs to take a sworn deposition of DOGE acting administrator Amy Gleason.

CREW says the appeals court fully complied with the Supreme Court’s previous order. The group also asserts that the public has a right to know how DOGE helped the administration carry out a sweeping overhaul of government operations in 2025.

“Undisputed facts in the public record — including the President’s statements — confirmed that (DOGE) was wielding enormous independent authority across the federal government,” its attorneys wrote.

In a statement Tuesday, CREW attorney Nikhel Sus said the lower courts have uniformly ruled that it is entitled to records that could help the court determine whether DOGE wields the type of authority that would make it subject to the Freedom of Information Act.

“We will continue to pursue transparency for the American people, who deserve to know the details of the Trump Administration’s efforts to unilaterally remake the federal government,” Sus said in the statement.

She joined and applauded hundreds of teenagers who demonstrated boisterously outside a school north of Paris under the watchful eye of police.

The surprise appearance by the 23-year-old climate activist, along with another day of marches in the French capital and elsewhere, suggested that high school students' push for more resources for run-down schools is far from running out of steam. That's despite mass arrests, mounting injuries and fatigue from more than three weeks of blockading schools and demonstrating.

Police used clouds of tear gas, water cannons and repeated charges to disperse protesters Tuesday when violence erupted on the fringes of the Paris marches. The Interior Ministry estimated that 161,500 people marched in demonstrations across the country, including 41,500 in Paris.

Outside the Paul Éluard high school in Saint-Denis, where staff and students have long complained of dilapidated facilities and even rat infestations, Thunberg said French pupils are “fighting back, reclaiming their future that has been taken away from them" and are inspiring young people in other countries.

“The international community sees these students and they’re leading by example," she said to The Associated Press. "This generation is one that has been growing up with a sense of hopelessness for the future, when we can see our future and our rights taken from us,” she said.

“Of course people are going to fight back," she added.

The students' grievances have resonated in neighboring Belgium, where some schools closed in Liege. Several Italian cities have also seen student protests, though on a smaller scale than in France and focused on broader complaints. In Germany, high school students are calling for an international youth strike on Nov. 20, in solidarity with the French protests.

Some French pupils say they see parallels between their protests and the “Cockroach” youth movement challenging the government in India and youth-led demonstrations a year ago in Morocco that also demanded better schools and hospitals.

Thunberg also cited protests in Spain, gripped by demonstrations for affordable housing, and in Latin America.

“These movements are connected in one way or another. We are fighting against the same system," she said. "Even though these local issues are different and may vary, we have the same enemy and I definitely think that these movements are inspiring each other.”

The government of outgoing President Emmanuel Macron, whose term ends in May, argues that the movement in France is losing momentum. The Education Ministry said fewer schools were closed Tuesday although the number of staff injured since protests began in mid-September has risen to 147. The government says hundreds of police officers have also been wounded but has not detailed the severity of their injuries.

Among protesters, particularly gruesome wounds suffered by some teenagers have been blamed on police riot-control weapons. The interior minister suspended the use of a type of police stun grenade against the young demonstrators after a 15-year-old lost a hand.

Pupils and university students who blockaded the Maurice Ravel high school in eastern Paris on Tuesday said they feel that their complaints are being heard by supporters in France and abroad but not by the government. Some vowed to keep protesting until that changes.

“We’re certainly making noise and getting people talking, but unfortunately, our message isn’t reaching the people who should be making the changes,” said Ryan, a 20-year-old student who said he didn't want to give his surname for fear of possible repercussions.

"That’s why the movement needs to keep going and persist.”

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Corbet reported from Paris.

But even as JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs reported higher profits from a year ago, they warned about the long-term impact of higher interest rates as well as the impact higher prices could have on the consumer if inflation is not brought under control.

JPMorgan posted a $15.3 billion profit in the third quarter, or $5.57 a share, up from $14.4 billion or $5.07 a share, in the same period a year earlier. The results missed analysts’ expectations, with Wall Street looking for the bank to earn $5.93 a share.

It was a rare earnings miss for JPMorgan and its CEO, Jamie Dimon. The last time the bank missed analysts’ expectations was nearly three years ago. The investment banking division of JPMorgan was to blame this quarter, as its fixed income trading desks saw a slowdown in activity compared to both earlier this summer as well as last year. Still, shares rose 0.2% in midday trading.

“The U.S. economy continued to be fueled by strong business investment and ongoing consumer spending,” Dimon said in a statement. “However, large fiscal deficits, sticky inflation, elevated asset prices, rising interest rates and geopolitical conditions continue to shift under the surface.”

The big banks typically kick off the quarterly earnings season, and this is a key one for the stock market given that robust corporate profits have helped propel the S&P 500 to record levels. Analysts expect companies in the S&P 500 to deliver overall growth of nearly 30% in earnings per share from a year earlier, according to data provider FactSet. If they’re correct, it would be the third consecutive quarter of growth that exceeds 25%.

Goldman Sachs, whose third-quarter profits rose sharply due to a sharp rise in stock-trading revenue, also reported that its bond trading activity slowed last quarter. The bank posted a profit of $5.29 billion, or $17.01 a share, compared to $4.1 billion, or $12.25 a share, a year earlier. Goldman shares rose 0.6%.

The bond market saw significant levels of volatility and turmoil this summer, as investors became increasingly worried about government spending and inflation. The yield on cornerstone financial instruments like 10-year and 30-year Treasurys rose to levels not seen in years. Higher diesel, technology and food prices gave the Federal Reserve reason to raise interest rates last month, despite pressure from the White House to not do so.

The higher interest rates and election-fueled volatility have made some businesses pause any significant investments until later this year, or early 2027. OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, said it plans to delay its initial public offering until next year. That IPO is expected to be an investment banking bonanza for Wall Street, as was the public offering of SpaceX earlier this summer.

Despite the volatility, bank CEOs said they continue to see growth in the economy in the short-to-medium term.

David Solomon, Goldman's CEO, told investors during a call that the rise in bond yields “doesn't scare me.” However, other bank CEOs did point to a slowdown in the housing market, with new mortgage rates being well above 7%.

There were similar statements out of Wells Fargo, which has one of the nation's largest consumer banking franchises, where executives told investors that they see all parts of the bank's business growing, with the exception of mortgage originations.

"While higher interest rates, higher oil prices and persistent inflation create risks to the economy, strong positive forces such as the investment in AI infrastructure, high employment levels and consistent wage growth continue to outweigh the risks,” said Charlie Scharf, Wells' CEO, in a statement.

Citigroup said its third-quarter profits jumped 40% from a year ago, beating Wall Street expectations. The bank posted higher revenue from investment banking and wealth management, while the bank's credit card division profits were flat. Citi shares dipped 3.6%.

Wells Fargo posted a profit of $5.95 billion, or $1.87 a share, beating Wall Street forecasts. The San Francisco-based bank has seen its profits climb steadily in recent quarters after federal bank regulators removed the asset cap that had been imposed for several years after the bank's sales practices scandal nearly a decade ago. Wells shares dropped 1.7%.

Visitors to the Atlanta-area park watched in horror as he fell out of the coaster Monday, prompting Six Flags to temporarily close nine similar roller coasters nationwide.

Investigators and park officials have not said how he ended up coming out of his seat.

“It was horrific to watch,” said Summer Bates, who was at the park with her husband and three children. “One thing I think that will stick with us is the sound of his body coming down.”

Bates said she and her family rode the Goliath roller coaster earlier in the day. The park's tallest coaster, which towers over its entrance at 200 feet (61 meters), has lap bar restraints that pull down over the riders' legs and waist. There are no seat belts.

“My older two children rode on the cart ahead of us,” she said. “I noticed they kept trying to push theirs down tighter. I assured them that they were OK. But once my husband, youngest child and I loaded our cart and headed up the incline, I quickly understood why my older two were messing with theirs. It just didn’t feel secure and tight.”

Witnesses describe seeing a man fly out of the roller coaster

The man who died was 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, according to Cobb County police. Officials have not released any other information about those who were injured when they were struck by the man.

Kariem worked as the information technology manager at a public charter school in Atlanta and before that was the school’s technology teacher, according to an online resume.

Logan Conner said he was on Goliath with his fiancée when he saw the man come out of his seat.

“The man started levitating in the air sideways,” he told NBC. “We made direct eye contact with him.”

Britny Landry had been on the ride earlier Monday and was waiting in line to go again.

“We just look, and I just see somebody fly out,” she told WAGA-TV. She said she wasn't sure at first what she saw. “Maybe somebody had a bag or something.”

Six Flags closes roller coasters elsewhere

The park in Mableton, just northwest of Atlanta, already was scheduled to be closed Tuesday. One of Goliath’s other trains could be seen on the ride’s first hill Tuesday, seemingly where it stopped after the man fall from another train.

Six Flags Entertainment Corp. said it temporarily shut down nine similar roller coasters at six of its theme parks in the U.S. and Canada. Those parks were already scheduled for seasonal midweek closures on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The rides that were closed included a second coaster named Goliath at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Southern California; Raging Bull at Six Flags Great America in Illinois; Nitro at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey; Fury 325 and Thunder Striker at Carowinds in North Carolina; and the rides Leviathan and Behemoth at Canada’s Wonderland in Ontario, Canada.

Six Flags did not immediately respond Tuesday to questions asking why those specific rides were shut down or what would be done before they reopen.

Georgia's Office of Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner, which oversees ride inspections, is “conducting an in‑depth and comprehensive review,” said Garrison Bennett, a spokesperson.

Bolliger & Mabillard, the Swiss company that manufactured the coaster and many others worldwide, said it is “actively investigating the incident and will not comment further until we have a better understanding of what happened.”

“We are deeply saddened by this tragic accident,” the company said in a statement. “Our thoughts are with the family and those affected.”

Operating for two decades in Georgia, the Swiss-designed Goliath uses a steep drop to reach top speeds of 70 mph (112 kph) — focusing on sheer velocity and downhill plunges rather than turning riders upside down through loops or corkscrews.

It’s far from the world’s tallest or fastest coaster.

Other recent roller coaster deaths and safety claims

The death is at least the seventh at the Georgia park since 1989, including two people who were in restricted areas and struck by roller coasters and two who died in auto accidents, according to the Doan Law Firm, which tallies amusement park accidents and represents victims.

In 2006, a man died after likely having a heart attack on the Goliath coaster, the law firm said.

The latest death comes less than two weeks after Six Flags Magic Mountain announced the retirement of its X2 roller coaster following lawsuits alleging riders suffered serious brain injuries. The California park settled one wrongful-death lawsuit with the family of a 22-year-old man who died after riding the coaster in 2022.

Last year, a 32-year-old man died from blunt impact injuries after riding a high-speed roller coaster at the Universal Epic Universe theme park in Florida. His death was ruled accidental.

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This story has been corrected to show the TV station that interviewed Britny Landry was WAGA TV, not KTVU-TV. It has also been corrected to show the park is in Mableton, not Austell.

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Brumback reported from Atlanta and Bynum from Savannah, Georgia. Associated Press writers Michael Biesecker in Pittsburgh; Hallie Golden in Seattle; Kathy McCormack in Concord, New Hampshire; and John Seewer in Toledo, Ohio, contributed.

Integrantes de Greenpeace África y de Extinction Rebellion cuestionaron los esfuerzos por presentar a África como una nueva frontera para el desarrollo de combustibles fósiles, al sostener que una mayor inversión agravaría el cambio climático y pondría en riesgo a comunidades que ya lidian con sus efectos.

“Las petroleras extranjeras han obtenido miles de millones en ganancias solo este año a costa de la vida de las personas, a costa de los ecosistemas, a costa de vidas africanas”, denunció Siya Myeza, activista de Greenpeace África.

Dijo que el encuentro, que oficialmente se llama "Semana de la Energía de África", se debería llamar “Semana de la Explotación de África” y acusó a la industria de impulsar la destrucción ambiental y la pobreza. La policía retiró a los manifestantes, que llevaban camisetas con el lema “Hagan que los contaminadores paguen”.

Las protestas se producen mientras Sudáfrica busca ampliar el desarrollo de petróleo y gas para atraer inversión y reforzar la seguridad energética. El gobierno presenta el gas natural como un complemento de la energía renovable y afirma que las plantas a gas podrían suministrar electricidad cuando disminuya la generación eólica y solar.

Pese a reveses legales, el gigante energético británico Shell planea perforar hasta cinco pozos en aguas profundas en el bloque Northern Cape Ultra Deep, frente a la costa oeste de Sudáfrica, para explorar y evaluar yacimientos de petróleo y gas. El proyecto, sin embargo, ha enfrentado problemas legales.

Los manifestantes afirman que esos planes corren el riesgo de prolongar la dependencia de los combustibles fósiles en un momento en que los países deberían estar reduciendo las emisiones.

Judy Scott-Goldman, representante de Extinction Rebellion en Ciudad del Cabo, reconoció que la energía renovable tendría presencia en la conferencia, pero indicó que los activistas se oponen a promover nueva exploración de petróleo y gas.

Manifestó que ampliar el uso de combustibles fósiles iría en contra de los compromisos del acuerdo climático de París para reducir las emisiones.

“Estamos aquí para decir que no queremos ver ninguna exploración de petróleo y gas en este continente”, dijo Scott-Goldman a la AP.

Mencionó incendios, inundaciones y el aumento de los precios de los alimentos como consecuencias del cambio climático, y advirtió que sus efectos también podrían impulsar la migración y el malestar social.

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It happened on Friday, when video shows a white BMW outside of a Doral apartment complex.

According to police, the victim was contacted by someone he had previously conducted a successful Facebook Marketplace transaction for an iPhone with to see if he wanted to purchase additional phones, which he did.

That suspect has since been identified as Lazaro Nunez-Martinez, 31, of Miami Gardens.

The meeting occurred outside the victim’s apartment building, and according to police, as the victim opened the passenger side door of Nunez-Martinez’s vehicle, someone who had been laying down in the back seat suddenly got up and pointed a gun at the victim.

“The passenger in the rear seat pointed a firearm at our victim and told him to come inside the car,” said Doral Police Chief Matthew Castillo.

That suspect has since been identified as 39-year-old Darian Ernesto Morejon Rodriguez.

Nunez-Martinez then drove off with the victim being held at gunpoint in the passenger seat, police said, despite the victim making multiple attempts to escape.

“He tried to escape the vehicle twice and was actually strangled,” said Castillo.

Eventually, when the vehicle began to slow down in the area of Northwest 66th Street and 78th Avenue, the victim took the $4,000 in cash he had brought for the purchase and threw it outside the car, which prompted Rodriguez to get out of the car and pick up the money, according to police.

The victim then used the opportunity to push his way out of the vehicle, authorities said.

“Our victim was trying to keep up ways to survive and one of those was throwing the cash outside the window, which he did,” said Castillo.

After escaping, police said the victim received a threatening text from Nunez-Martinez, which stated, “Don’t you dare do anything because we will look for you, we know where you live. We will close the business here and we will forget everything.”

A few hours after Nunez-Martinez made his first court appearance, officers arrested Rodriguez during a traffic stop Monday in Hallandale Beach.

Nunez-Martinez is facing felony charges of kidnapping with a firearm, robbery with a firearm or deadly weapon, third-degree grand theft, tampering with a victim or witness and battery.

As of Monday afternoon, Nunez-Martinez was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center with a bond listed as “to be set.” Rodriguez, meanwhile, was transferred to Miami-Dade County Tuesday morning, where a bond hearing awaits him.

President Donald Trump’s diesel deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin has been criticized by both Republicans and Democrats as fueling Russia’s war against Ukraine, violating existing U.S. laws and drawing the U.S. closer to Russia. It joins a growing list of instances where the president has sided with Putin, often at the expense of Ukraine — and U.S. interests.

Most Americans think Donald Trump is profiting off the presidency in unethical or illegal ways and is focused more on his wealth than helping people like them, a new AP-NORC poll finds.

Trump on Tuesday is planning to devote a big chunk of his dwindling time ahead of crucial midterm elections to fly all the way to Alaska, attempting to bolster a Republican incumbent senator in another sign that the GOP fears losing control of Congress.

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Ossoff says Democratic majorities can juggle policy and oversight

There are questions about whether Democrats should prioritize legislation or oversight of the Trump administration should they take control of the House and Senate in January.

Ossoff, the Georgia Democrat running for reelection to the Senate, said Tuesday that Congress can manage both.

“We urgently need to restore checks and balances,” he said after voting early.

That means “repealing the tariffs that have driven grocery prices to their record highs,” “repealing health care cuts that have doubled health insurance premiums,” and “ending this disastrous war” in Iran.

All three moves would involve Congress asserting its constitutional powers to counter Trump’s aggressive interpretation of executive power.

Ossoff, who has made Trump’s personal business dealings a focus of his reelection campaign, added that Democrats also would “exercise vigorous oversight of the most corrupt presidential administration in history.”

Vance, stumping for Republican Ken Paxton in Texas, mocks his Democratic opponent

The vice president repeated a lot of the same attack lines against candidate James Talarico that Trump has used, including adopting his nickname, “Talafreako.”

But Vance also mocked Talarico by saying he was a vegan. Talarico has said he is not a vegan.

Vance’s wife is a vegetarian, something she spoke about at the 2024 Republican National Convention while helping introduce her husband — then Trump’s newly announced running mate.

“Although he’s a meat and potatoes kind of guy, he adapted to my vegetarian diet,” she said at the time.

Keisha Lance Bottoms, Sen. Jon Ossoff urge early, in-person voting in Georgia

Georgia’s top Democrats say voters should not take chances by waiting until Election Day to vote.

Bottoms, who’s running for governor against Rick Jackson, noted various Republican threats.

“Rick Jackson has said that the National Guard will be called in. Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act,” she said.

Bottoms was referring to an August audio clip in which Jackson spoke with a voter who expressed concerns Democrats would “cheat” at the polls. In the clip, obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jackson told his supporter, “We’ll get National Guard — Gov. Kemp is going to watch it for us.”

Ossoff reminded voters that when Trump lost in 2020 “he tried to seize the presidency and overturn the election.”

“Make a plan to vote right now, and ensure that we win decisively, so no meddling from this White House can foil the will of the people,” he said.

Democrats welcome Trump’s trip to Georgia on Friday

Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff and gubernatorial hopeful Keisha Lance Bottoms are pleased the president will appear with their respective Republican opponents, Mike Collins and Rick Jackson.

“I’m surprised Georgia Republicans want the president here,” Ossoff said Tuesday after casting his ballot on the first day of early voting. “Donald Trump is deeply unpopular in Georgia because he’s a failed president who lied the country into war, who has driven the cost of groceries, fuel, and healthcare to their all-time highs in American history.”

At a different polling site, Bottom said she’s “running against a man who says there’s not a single policy that he doesn’t disagree with Donald Trump on.”

She added: “When Donald Trump says he wants people to imagine that he is on the ballot, I am asking the people of Georgia to do just that.”

No indication US to pause intelligence sharing with Ukraine, AP source says

There is no clear indication the U.S. intends to withdraw intelligence sharing support for Ukraine, one European diplomat told The Associated Press.

The diplomat spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss a sensitive geopolitical situation.

The remarks come on the heels of a terse back and forth between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenskyy following the announcement of a US deal to buy diesel fuel from Russia. Trump then went on to declare an “energy ceasefire” – a halt on strikes on energy and fuel production sites in both countries. However, Russia has continued to strike energy sites in Ukraine.

The US previously briefly paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine last spring, cutting off the flow of vital information that has helped the war-torn nation target Russian invaders. That pause came days after a disastrous meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy in the Oval Office.

Trump told reporters that he has not stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine as of Monday.

Federal judge orders Trump administration to halt work on historic DC golf course until Oct. 26

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes issued the order Tuesday to halt tree-cutting at the East Potomac Golf Course until October 26.

That put a further pause on work at the historic D.C. course that has been part of Trump’s plans to remake the city.

Reyes issued the order one day after a tense three-hour hearing in which she harshly criticized the government for having deceived her with its actions over the holiday weekend.

At that hearing, Reyes ordered a 24-hour pause that could be extended to 14 days if necessary. It was limited to one day while the government tries to find a key Trump administration official to discuss why a massive tree-cutting at the park needed to occur over the holiday weekend, with little notification to plaintiffs in a lawsuit trying to halt renovation plans or the judge.

12 senators call on Trump to rescind Russia diesel deal

Six Republican senators and six Democratic senators are calling on President Donald Trump to rescind his recent agreement to allow Russian diesel fuel into global markets.

The senators say in a letter to Trump that lifting sanctions on Russia’s diesel exports damages American security interests and is a betrayal of the people of Ukraine.

“This deal is a gift to our adversary and a betrayal of our Allies; it should be rescinded,” the senators wrote.

The senators say the president should instead implement new sanctions that were part of a bill Trump signed into law in September that aims to punish the largest buyers of Russia’s oil and gas through tariffs on goods from those countries.

The senators said such economic pressure would enhance the president’s negotiating position “to bring a swift end to this ruinous conflict.”

Guilfoyle resigns and says she’ll ‘vigorously defend’ herself against ‘false’ allegations

Guilfoyle has resigned her ambassadorship after allegations of improper conduct and insisted she’ll “vigorously defend” herself.

Trump’s administration said earlier Tuesday it had asked Guilfoyle to leave her post after she faced severe criticism over allegations she engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before and during her tenure in Athens.

Guilfoyle addressed the allegations directly in a post on X, saying, “These allegations are false, and I intend to vigorously defend my name, my reputation, and my integrity.”

“I have dedicated my professional life to fighting for justice, standing up for what is right, and defending the values that make America exceptional,” she said. “I will not allow false accusations to define my decades of public service.”

The State Department has declined to comment on a potential investigation by the department’s inspector general.

Trump says Ukraine still getting US intel

The president told reporters “no, we haven’t” stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine, saying that America continues to do so in hopes of bringing an end to Russia’s war against the country,.

“There’s a lot of hatred there between the two of them,” Trump said about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

The president has allowed Russia to sell diesel fuel despite U.S. sanctions, but he clarified a statement he had posted on social media indicating that the U.S. would be a buyer. “That’s a world deal” he said, adding that Russia would not be selling to America.

Zelenskyy said Tuesday in a post on X that Ukraine did not receive an early warning from its partners as Russian fired a barrage of ballistic missiles at Kyiv.

Trump lauds press secretary Katie Zacharia’s performance after first news briefing

“I thought she did excellent. She did very good,” the president said Tuesday speaking outside the White House before heading to Alaska for a campaign rally.

Zacharia took a few questions and finished the briefing in about 15 minutes, having called on three reporters after she read a list of Trump’s achievements.

Trump says officials ‘didn’t like what we were reading’ about Guilfoyle

“She was doing a good job, but we didn’t like what we were reading,” Trump told reporters.

“She wasn’t a member of my family,” Trump added. Guilfoyle, who was once engaged to Trump’s son, Donald Jr.

The administration said Tuesday it asked for Guilfoyle’s resignation after she faced criticism over allegations she engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct.

Big banks keep raking in profits but warn about high interest rates and inflation

Wall Street’s biggest banks reported another strong quarter on Tuesday, as the U.S. consumer continues to pay their bills and businesses keep investing heavily in AI.

But even as JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs reported higher profits from a year ago, they warned about the long-term impact of higher interest rates as well as the impact higher prices could have on the consumer if inflation is not brought under control.

“The U.S. economy continued to be fueled by strong business investment and ongoing consumer spending,” JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said in a statement. “However, large fiscal deficits, sticky inflation, elevated asset prices, rising interest rates and geopolitical conditions continue to shift under the surface.”

Republican senator praises decision to ask Guilfoyle to resign

Utah Sen. John Curtis says the decision to ask Guilfoyle to resign her ambassadorship is “the kind of leadership Americans are yearning for.”

“I appreciate President Trump’s willingness to act,” Curtis said.

The White House said Tuesday that Guilfoyle, who was once engaged to Donald Trump Jr., had been asked to resign after allegations she has engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before and during her tenure in Athens.

Curtis said that “public service is a public trust, and political connections should never put anyone above accountability.”

Experts urge parents to prepare kids for the Pentagon’s possibly livestreamed execution

The Pentagon’s plan to livestream Nidal Malik Hasan ’s firing-squad execution creates a parenting challenge that extends well beyond the broadcast. The danger stretches beyond the broadcast itself, because history shows graphic video from the event could be clipped, copied and pushed into children’s social feeds even if the original stream is restricted.

Experts are urging parents to prepare for the potential impact on children. They advise setting aside politics and public policy — like the Nov. 3 U.S. midterm elections and the debate over capital punishment — and focusing instead on how witnessing such an event might affect young minds.

Trump approved Hasan’s execution by firing squad Dec. 3 at Fort Hood, where he killed 13 people. A few days later, the Pentagon announced the event would be livestreamed.

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Guilfoyle’s lawyers denied she had done anything wrong

It wasn’t immediately clear if Guilfoyle has resigned, and she hasn’t directly addressed reports about questionable conduct.

In a series of stories dating to late last month, The Wall Street Journal reported on conduct including an alleged threat to a host country official, accepting improper gifts and services and offering to use her influence inside the administration in return for the payment of a large credit card bill.

In a statement released late Sunday, her lawyers claimed that the money she was seeking from a Trump donor was payment for services — public appearances and speaking engagements that predate her ambassadorial nomination — that had not been paid.

The lawyers also rejected allegations of impropriety related to Guilfoyle’s travel on private planes, saying that before every such trip she “sought, obtained and followed State Department guidance and followed the Department’s travel regulations.”

Trump going to Kentucky on Saturday

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia said the president’s midterm election blitz will take him to Kentucky on Saturday.

The Republican National Committee said in an email that Trump will appear at a rally in Highland Heights, in a congressional district that has been of special interest to Trump. The president campaigned against the Republican incumbent, Rep. Thomas Massie, who broke with the president on a slew of issues.

Republican Ed Gallrein won the GOP primary and is running against Democrat Melissa Strange and Jeremy Todd, a libertarian.

Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is being filled up — again

Water is again flowing into the Reflecting Pool, after months of repair, restoration and damage.

The pool has been drained, filled and drained again since earlier this summer, when Trump launched what was supposed to be a beautification and repair project in time for the 250th anniversary of American independence.

Instead, within days of the project’s initial completion last month, the water was beset by an algae bloom and pieces of the new coating appeared to be peeling off the bottom.

Former Olympian David Hearn was accused of vandalizing the pool. But the charges were later dropped, and Trump said U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro had “choked” and “folded like an umbrella.”

Trump recently said that a second round of renovations had been completed.

No arrests made after protester with Epstein shirt is shoved at Trump rally

An Ohio law enforcement department said Tuesday it made no arrests after a person wearing a “Release the Epstein Files” shirt disrupted President Donald Trump’s rally.

Before the person was escorted from the event, video showed other attendees grabbing, shoving and pulling the protester’s hair.

Mahoning County sheriff spokesperson Gerry Ricciutti said no one was arrested and there was no additional information about the disruption at the Monday rally in Youngstown.

The president mocked the protester from the stage and said people who disrupt his rallies are “scum.”

Vance says he ‘did not have advance notice’ of Omar search

Asked by reporters about the search of Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home, Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday at Joint Base Andrews that he and Trump “largely try to stay out of Department of Justice investigations and other prosecutions.”

With questions mounting about the search of the Trump critic’s home just three weeks before Election Day, Vance said “We try to let the law follow the facts, rather than creating facts just to prosecute people we don’t like.”

He went on to reference “some serious allegations” against Omar, adding, “We’re going to look into those.”

Vance was headed to Texas to campaign with GOP Senate nominee Ken Paxton.

New press secretary takes just three formal questions

After a lengthy wind-up, Zacharia fielded questions from just three outlets: Breitbart News, Fox News and the Daily Mail.

Breitbart asked about her commitment to “new media” in the White House press corps and the president’s future travel plans.

Fox News queried her about Ukraine, and Zacharia deferred, saying “I’ll have to get back to you on that.”

It was in response to the third question, from the Daily Mail, that Zacharia dropped major news: that the administration has asked the embattled Ambassador Guilfoyle to resign.

“She has been a wonderful asset to the team and we wish her well,” Zacharia said.

New WH press secretary ends her first briefing after about 15 minutes, having taken few questions

Zacharia said her job inside the administration would be no different than her advocacy for Trump while outside the government.

“I get to do what I was doing on the outside already, which was hoping to amplify, multiply and expand upon President Trump’s incredible agenda for the American people,” she said.

Zacharia said her goals is to “amplify” what Trump is doing and that the president is “his own best spokesperson.”

Kimberly Guilfoyle, Trump’s ambassador to Greece, is asked to resign

Guilfoyle has been asked to resign from her post, Zacharia said Tuesday, after coming under severe criticism over allegations she has engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before and during her tenure in Athens.

The Associated Press, citing a senior U.S. official, had reported that Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were “extremely pissed off” by Guilfoyle’s reported conduct.

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Zacharia’s first question is to Breitbart

The new press secretary took her first briefing question from Breitbart News, the right-wing outlet who has become more influential in the Trump era.

Breitbart is sitting in the briefing room as part of the “new media” rotation, which was created under her predecessor to bring additional media outlets into news briefings and the White House press pool.

“We are absolutely going to keep it,” Zacharia said of the new media seat. The White House will expand it to the extent possible, she added.

Zacharia starts with prepared remarks on Trump’s midterm blitz

Zacharia read slowly from an opening statement that began with a focus on Trump’s recent campaign rallies ahead of the midterm elections. She cited what she called a “blockbuster” rally in Youngstown, Ohio, on Monday along with planned visits to Alaska, Arizona and Montana, where Zacharia said she will join him.

“He is an energetic president,” Zacharia said.

Her prepared remarks went on to cover a range of other topics including Trump’s policies on the economy and the U.S. border.

Saudi Arabia has been pushing for more direct US military support in fight against Houthi

The U.S. has provided intelligence sharing, target identification and planning for a Saudi-led offensive, but has held off on carrying out strikes against the Houthis.

A U.S. intervention could prompt the Houthis to try to halt shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb, restricting the flow of oil out of the Persian Gulf.

Trump told reporters in Washington on Monday that the Houthis were “misbehaving very badly,” but didn’t say anything about whether the U.S. would respond to the rebels.

Saudis and Yemen’s Houthi rebels exchange threats to escalate regional conflict

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels and a Saudi Arabia-led coalition threatened Tuesday to carry out new strikes against each other, a fresh escalation in the widening crisis in the Middle East.

The coalition asked civilians in Houthi-controlled Sanaa to evacuate a Yemeni Oil Company site ahead of a possible strike. Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree responded that any attack on Sanaa would be met with a “firm and painful” response in Riyadh.

Saudi Arabia is scrambling to determine how its air defenses failed to intercept a barrage of missiles and drones fired by the Houthis, including an attack on Riyadh’s international airport on Saturday that killed at least 13 people and wounded over 300. The latest conflict began after rebels seized key areas along the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and threatened transports of Gulf oil through the Red Sea.

Zacharia begins first briefing as press secretary

Katie Zacharia started the job Monday after Trump announced last week that he had chosen her to replace Karoline Leavitt, who left the post in August.

Zacharia is a conservative commentator who previously worked as a senior communications adviser for Trump Media & Technology Group, the company behind the president’s Truth Social platform.

Supreme Court sides with Trump administration in lawsuit seeking records about Elon Musk’s DOGE

The Supreme Court, siding with the Trump administration, agreed on Tuesday to hear arguments in a watchdog’s lawsuit seeking public records about billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

The high court is intervening for a second time in the case brought by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which seeks access to records from DOGE operations in the early days of Trump’s second term.

Last year, the high court reined in a district court’s order for the government to produce DOGE-related records to CREW. The high court’s conservative majority concluded in June 2025 that U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled too broadly in ordering documents to be turned over to the group.

AI data centers are coming for federal land. They’re roiling the Nevada governor’s race

Voters across the United States are worried about the effects artificial intelligence data centers are having on electricity bills, water and the environment.

The data center issue has dominated the competitive governor’s race in Nevada, where 80% of the land is owned by the federal government. Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo is fighting Democratic challenger Aaron Ford, the state’s attorney general. The winner will see the state through the push by Trump’s Republican administration for AI data center development including on public lands.

Lombardo doesn’t outright oppose building data centers on public lands, as long as they have community support. Ford pledges to oppose data centers on public lands.

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A curious mix of policing, policy and politics is playing out on the US-Mexico border

The Army has been inviting reporters to the Rio Grande Valley as it deploys hundreds more soldiers to the region this month by shifting some of the thousands of troops already serving along the 2,000-mile border. U.S. officials said the troop surge follows signs of elevated activity from drug cartels and has been accompanied by increased cooperation from the Mexican military.

With Republican candidates facing headwinds due to Trump’s unpopularity, persistently high prices and the fallout from the war in Iran, border security has remained a relative bright spot in Trump’s polling numbers, with about half of Americans saying they approve of his performance there.

But some experts question the need for such a large military presence. Illegal border crossings have plummeted due in part to asylum restrictions that began before Trump returned to the White House, and a large percentage of the drugs seized along the border is being smuggled through checkpoints.

Speaker Mike Johnson plans to stay put as House GOP leader

The House speaker recently told CBS News that win or lose the House majority, he plans to run again to lead House Republicans in the party’s internal elections this fall.

“In the unlikely scenario where we lost the majority, I would expect my colleagues would ask me to continue leading this conference,” Johnson told CBS News.

Johnson, who is crisscrossing the country to campaign for Republicans, caught attention last week after having quipped to Fox News that if Republicans lose power he may return to his Shreveport, Louisiana hometown and start a lawn care business, if that’s God’s plan for him.

The speaker remains upbeat that House Republicans will retain their majority despite what’s traditionally a difficult midterm election for the party in power.

US law requires halting Russian oil imports. Trump has other plans

Congress approved legislation in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in spring of 2022 to ban the import of Russian energy products as the financial fuel for Putin’s military assaults. It passed the House 414-17 and unanimously passed the Senate before President Joe Biden signed it.

The law says the president can seek to lift the prohibition only if an agreement has been reached to withdraw Russian troops from Ukraine and cease military activity — and even then such a proposal would need to be reviewed by Congress and to have been “accepted by the free and independent government of Ukraine.”

“Trump is directly violating that law,” said Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, the bill’s chief sponsor, in a statement Monday.

Last month, Congress approved a sweeping Russian sanctions bill, named after the late GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham, that would slap tariffs on countries that continue importing Russian oil. Trump signed the bill into law.

Trump rally in Ohio included scuffle with protester

A protester wearing a “Release The Epstein Files” shirt disrupted Trump’s Ohio rally on Monday night.

Before the person was escorted from the event, video showed other attendees grabbing, shoving and pulling the protester’s hair.

The president mocked the protester from the stage and said people who disrupt his rallies are “scum.”

Messages seeking more information were left with the Youngstown police and Mahoning County sheriff’s office.

New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia to hold first briefing

Zacharia is a conservative commentator and had been a communications adviser to the media company that Trump owns and operates his social media site.

Trump announced her appointment last week. Zacharia succeeds Karoline Leavitt, who stepped down in August following the birth of her second child.

FACT FOCUS: Posts falsely claim Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico was at a mental facility

Republican officials and conservative social media users spread unfounded rumors in recent days that state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee in a competitive Texas Senate race, had suffered a mental health crisis.

Questions about Talarico’s whereabouts began spreading after the candidate was not seen in public for nine days. But he and his campaign have repeatedly attributed his absence to the flu.

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CLAIM: Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico was being treated in an Ohio mental health facility last week.

THE FACTS: This is false. The facility where he was said to have been treated has denied he was ever a patient there. Both he and his campaign have said he was recovering from the flu. Talarico has type 1 diabetes, which means he has a higher risk of developing complications from the flu. Regardless, Talarico’s schedule doesn’t align with what was presented as evidence of his stay at the mental health facility and images reviewed by The Associated Press showed Talarico at home over several days last week.

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Federal judge orders Trump administration to halt work for a day on historic DC golf course

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes on Monday ordered a 24-hour halt to tree-cutting at the East Potomac Golf Course, a historic D.C. course that has been part of President Donald Trump’s plans to remake the city.

Reyes issued the order following a tense three-hour hearing in which she harshly criticized the government for having deceived her with its actions over the holiday weekend.

Reyes said the 24-hour temporary order could be extended to 14 days if necessary. It was limited to one day while the government tries to find a key Trump administration official to discuss why a massive tree-cutting at the park needed to occur over the holiday weekend, with little notification to plaintiffs in a lawsuit trying to halt renovation plans or the judge.

It’s the latest example of the erosion of trust between the government and the independent judiciary, as the Trump administration tries to steamroll scrutiny of its actions, from the White House ballroom to immigration enforcement.

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Trump is heading all the way to Alaska in a sign of just how close its Senate race may be

It’s a long way from Washington, has a small population and hasn’t backed a Democrat for Senate in nearly 20 years.

Yet Trump on Tuesday will devote a big chunk of his dwindling time ahead of crucial midterm elections to head all the way to Alaska — attempting to bolster a Republican incumbent senator in another sign of GOP fears about retaining control of Congress after Election Day on Nov. 3.

Trump is headlining a rally for Sen. Dan Sullivan in Wasilla, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) north of Anchorage — famous for being the hometown of former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and the headquarters of the Iditarod sled dog race across the state.

Trump’s stop is part of a western swing also taking him to rallies in Arizona and Montana on Wednesday.

“Dan Sullivan’s a great senator,” Trump said last week, adding, “You look at the things he’s done. He would call me all the time because I think — I definitely know — nobody has helped Alaska like Donald Trump.”

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The socio-economic conditions continue to worsen in Cuba and the Cuban government has no answers for improving them. Even with the 176 economic reforms they introduced months ago, they have been very slow to implement them.

The only answers the Cuban government has is to increase their propaganda of blaming the U.S. for all their problems, which the Cuban people on the island no longer believe.

Without foreign investment, it will be very difficult for them to survive. In addition, their infrastructure continues to collapse from their electrical plants, water system, food supply, and lack of safe buildings for people to live in.

As the midterm elections get closer in the U.S., I don’t see us taking any action against Cuba. Their only hope is that Raul Castro dies in the months to come and that someone within their inner circle of power becomes a true political reformer that can begin to transform their totalitarian system.

Oct. 8: Social Challenges Facing Cuba

In 2014, I wrote a book with that title.

Today, the social challenges facing Cuba are even greater.

When we speak of creating a democratic government in Cuba’s future, there are three variables that must be taken into consideration.

1) The history of the country

2) The culture of the country

3) The personal experiences of the population

That is why it’s very difficult to apply a transition of another country to Cuba or any other country that has lived under a totalitarian regime for so long.

Today, Cuba’s population is about 8.3 million. Many have left seeking a better future. Some factors that are often forgotten is the fact that about 60% of the island is Black or Mulato, while in exile, that percentage is about 5%. Today, Cuba has the lowest birth rate in all of Latin America and, at the same time, one of the oldest population in Latin America.

As we have seen from recent statistics, about 1 million Cubans left last year, seeking a better life. I suspect if and when there is a change in Cuba’s regime, the young generation will not stay on the island to help rebuild their country. They will go elsewhere, seeking better opportunities.

The last challenge is how to change people’s minds to support a democracy when it has been years, even before the Revolution of 1959, that there was a democracy in Cuba.

The ideology of the Cuban Revolution is gone. However, there is a lack of any clear ideology that Cubans believe in, which makes it more difficult when trying to develop a civil society in the future that can support a democratic government.

Oct. 6: Cuba prepares for possible U.S. intervention as talks stall

Cuba’s Chargé d’Affaires in Washington, D.C., Lianys Torres Rivera, gave an interview to Reuters and said that, given the lack of progress in conversations with the U.S., the Cuban military has begun preparations for a possible U.S. intervention.

Cuba fully understands that, if such an intervention were to come, it would not be an invasion as many expect, but rather an aerial drone and missile attack. According to military experts and sources at the Pentagon, such an attack could take less than forty-eight hours to neutralize Cuba’s military.

The U.S. military has also incorporated preparations and contingency plans to deal with Cuban drones if any were launched against the U.S. mainland. My own personal belief is that Cuba would first target the U.S. base at Guantánamo Bay, which is located very close to one of Cuba’s main military installations near Santiago de Cuba.

Oct. 5: Cuba will not negotiate regime change with U.S.

Over the weekend, Cuba’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carlos Fernandez de Cossio, made it very clear that Cuba will not negotiate regime change with the U.S. In an interview with Fox News, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the Cuban government that if they don’t change their regime, the consequences would be worse.

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This leaves the U.S. with limited options moving forward. 1) Wait until Raul Castro dies and see what happens. 2) Strengthen the opposition inside the island. 3)Take military action against the island nation.

None of these options lead to a clear and quick path to a quick change in their system of government. A military invasion of Cuba by the U.S. could lead to a prolonged stay on the island until some form of government can be established from within the island and with the support from the Cuban exile community. However, there are some in the exile opposition that consider themselves possible leaders in a free Cuba, which could further complicate things.

Lastly, the extended war with Iran and the mid-term election results in the U.S. could also complicate what the U.S. does with Cuba.

Oct. 2: Who is driving U.S. foreign policy towards Cuba?

In the last several months, we have witnessed Secretary of State Marco Rubio continuing to sanction top officials of the Cuban government and their organizations, trying to force them to change or come to the table and negotiate with the U.S.

On the other hand, we just learned that the White House authorized a sale of 3.2 million barrels of oil to Cuba supposedly going to Cuba’s private sector. Are you kidding?

When dealing with Venezuela and Cuba, Trump has clearly shown that making money is more important than regime change in these two countries.

Oct. 1: Robberies and delinquencies increase in Cuba

According to Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez (14yMedio), this past Monday a bank was robbed in Lawton, Cuba in the middle of a major power failure.

The robbers got away with the money that was to be paid the next day to people who had retired. At the same time, many solar panels that have been installed around Cuba to help with the growing electrical shortages are being stolen at night by robbers.

The Cuban government is concerned that as socio-economic conditions continue to get worse on the island nation, these practices will increase. So far, no one has been caught.

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Rosa Flores, 19, was a passenger in a car when it was involved in a violent crash outside Miami Dade College’s Kendall Campus on Sept. 3.

“When they were turning into the campus, they were gonna turn in, they were struck by a truck,” said Martinez.

Flores was rushed to a hospital in critical condition, where she remained in a medically-induced coma for three weeks.

“She had bleeding inside the skull, so they had to go in there to drain her,” said Martinez. “She had bruises all over.”

Flores was a freshman at MDC, aspiring to work in MRI technology.

The teen underwent several surgeries, and doctors told her mother she will have to re-learn how to walk, swallow and even speak again.

Flores still has a feeding tube and is in a rehab facility, but is far from recovered.

Rodriguez said she had to quit her job to be Flores’ full-time caregiver.

“I don’t know when I’m going to be able to work again,” she said. “She needs assistance 24/7.”

Martinez believes Flores will have a full recovery and pursue her college and career goals. She hopes her daughter’s story touches someone and is a reminder to drive safe.

Anyone looking to help can donate to a GoFundMe page created by the family.

Ken McCallum, who leads the U.K.’s domestic security service, said Tehran is seeking to intensify its attacks in Britain beyond the traditional targets of Iranians opposed to the country's Islamic authorities.

That has included arson and sabotage attacks on Jewish sites that Britain says were carried out by Iranian proxies.

McCallum said another “major shift this year has been Iranian ambitions to come at harder targets, like military sites.”

The incident at RAF Fairford “is not unique. There have been other examples, not just in the U.K. but around the world,” McCallum said.

His comments came as Iran summoned British Ambassador Hugo Shorter to warn it could “seriously reconsider” bilateral relations unless the U.K. provides evidence linking Tehran to the alleged plot. Tehran told the ambassador it was protesting what it called Britain’s “irresponsible and destructive approach.”

“The British government must provide documents and evidence supporting its accusations against Iran,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry said, according to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.

McCallum delivered his annual speech outlining major threats to the U.K. as counterterror detectives investigate a suspected terror plot against the U.S.-run base in western England, which has been used to bomb Iran during this year’s war.

Scores of residents were evacuated from their homes near the base on Sept. 27 as armed police officers and army bomb-disposal experts swarmed the rural area. Police later said they had found a quantity of an accelerant — gasoline — in three vans at the site, but no explosives.

Seven men in their 20s have been arrested and released on bail under investigation. In all, more than 50 people have been arrested over Iran-linked plots in the past year, McCallum said.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Monday that the apparent plot was “almost certainly” directed by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, or IRGC. Iran has denied involvement, although it has previously said that it considers any base used to attack its territory a legitimate target.

The U.S. pulled its bombers from RAF Fairford after the incident, and the Trump administration said it believed the base faced Iranian threats intended to kill as many American troops and destroy as many U.S. planes as possible.

British officials have not confirmed that, and McCallum said that, in the U.K., Iran has so far used low-level criminal proxies who lack the capacity to mount a sophisticated large-scale attack. But he said Iran’s IRGC has shown stronger capabilities in countries closer to Iran, “so it would be foolish for a person in a role like mine to discount the possibility.”

MI5 says AI could bring bioweapon risk

In a stark speech, McCallum argued that the U.K. faces a “new era of national security,” with a generational shift equivalent to the 9/11 attacks a quarter century ago. He said the myriad threats to national security now range from “arson, sabotage, cyberattacks, coercion, violence” to “what online algorithms are feeding your teenagers in their bedrooms.”

McCallum said his agency’s work countering state threats – chiefly from Russia, Iran and China – has quadrupled in the past decade, and claimed that both Russia and Iran are escalating hybrid warfare campaigns against the U.K. and other European countries.

He said Russia has been linked to attacks including an attempt to use an explosives-laden drone at Germany's Leipzig airport, and is “using tactics that stop short — though sometimes not much short — of conventional conflict.”

Meanwhile, technology is racing ahead, with artificial intelligence “supercharging” the cybersecurity battle between attackers and defenders, he said.

McCallum said terror plotters have used artificial intelligence for reconnaissance and attacks, including AI-enabled drones. Even more concerning, he said, is “AI’s potential to change the stakes on existing or even new bioweapons.”

After the speech he told journalists at MI5's London headquarters that terror groups “would dearly love” to have chemical, biological or radiological weapons, but these are hard to obtain.

“One risk is that AI could enable dangerous knowledge to get into the hands of people we would all rather didn’t have that knowledge,” he said. “A second and different risk … is the possibility that AI could generate novel pathogens not previously seen.”

McCallum said MI5 has set up a new AI Threat Assessment Center to try to keep ahead of the risks.

“Human history has given us no experience of facing an actor which is smarter than we are. It is capable of outthinking us. This is genuinely novel, and deserves the serious attention it is getting, including in MI5,” he said.

Harrison won't play Sunday against Houston (1-4) at iconic Wembley Stadium and could be out for weeks, maybe months. That will be determined based on what doctors find during the scope.

Backup Walker Little, who has started 39 games over six seasons with Jacksonville, is expected to replace Harrison in the lineup.

Harrison has started 53 games for the Jaguars (4-1) since they selected him 27th overall in the 2023 NFL draft. The former Oklahoma standout moved from right tackle to left tackle this season in hopes of improving Jacksonville's run game, which ranks 14th and is up from 20th in 2025.

Harrison injured his knee early in the third quarter of last Sunday's 19-17 victory against Philadelphia at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Harrison spun on the field turf to make a block and twisted his knee when he planted his right leg. He was eventually carted to the locker room and had tests Monday.

“It was a weird play,” coach Liam Coen said. “He was trying to block on the turnback, and it just tweaked on him a little bit.”

It's the first major injury for Jacksonville this season. Coen's team has been one of the healthiest in the league through five games.

Long snapper Ross Matiscik injured his right shoulder against the Eagles, and the Jaguars are signing veteran Jacob Bobenmoyer to fill in for him. Bobenmoyer flew to London on Monday.

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No Limit Records and Cash Money Records have hit the road for a can’t miss throwback tour.

Considered some of the most influential record labels in hip hop, their music continues to find new audiences even after three decades.

“Man, it’s a blessing,” said No Limit founder Percy Miller, known to the culture as Master P. “I just got to give all the glory to God because, especially where I come from, growing up in the projects in New Orleans, to be able to sell 100 million records.”

Together, the two New Orleans label titans reshaped the entire music industry in the late 90s, proving that independent artists could own their master recordings, run national distribution deals, and dominate the Billboard charts on their own terms.

“Well, you know how it goes,” said Master P. “We just do what we do.”

The southern hip-hop pioneer reflected on his journey, the legacy he has built and the legacy he’s leaving.

“It is a blessing because to be able to be here still 30 years later with the power of the internet,” he said. “Now kids are going online, singing, ‘Make them say uh’ and ‘No Limit Soldiers,’ and it’s like, you know, I’m just thankful, humble and grateful that I could go to arenas and sell out arenas like November 6th (in Sunrise). I mean, we’ve been selling out everywhere like from Houston to New Orleans to Atlanta to Indiana to Detroit to Dallas, and now we’re coming to Miami to turn up, y’all, one more time for the streets.”

Answer: The pope.

The Vatican has detailed laws, rituals and norms to transfer papal power if a pope dies or resigns. But none of them apply when he is sick or even unconscious, as Pope Leo XIV will be when he undergoes surgery Tuesday to remove a nodule on his lung.

As a result, Leo remains pope and very much in charge even when he goes under general anesthesia at Rome's Gemelli hospital, where he arrived Tuesday afternoon for what is expected to be a weeklong stay.

The pope’s role is universal by design

The pope is the successor of the Apostle Peter, the head of the college of bishops, the Vicar of Christ and the pastor of the universal Catholic Church on Earth, according to the church’s in-house canon law.

Nothing changes in his status, role or power since Leo was elected the 267th pope on May 8, 2025.

The Vatican bureaucracy already helps him govern

Leo may be in charge, but he already delegates the day-to-day running of the Vatican and church to a team of officials who operate whether he is in the Apostolic Palace or not, and whether he is conscious or not.

Chief among them is the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin. In a sign that Leo’s hospitalization foresaw no change to the governance of the church, Parolin wasn’t even in the Vatican on Tuesday. He was speaking at a conference nearby.

“We were all struck by the serenity with which the pope announced this procedure,” Parolin told reporters as he arrived for the conference. “Am I worried? Yes, because I certainly didn’t expect something like this.”

But Parolin said he had spoken with the pope Monday night and was reassured.

“It’s something that, thank God, we noticed right away. And normally, when these things are caught in time, they can be resolved,” he said. “But these are, as the pope said, God’s surprises.”

Other Vatican functions are proceeding normally, including the announced appointments of two new bishops on Tuesday, albeit with some modifications for events where the pope had been expected to attend.

When a pope gets sick, nothing changes legally

Canon law has provisions for when a diocesan bishop gets sick and can’t run his diocese, but none for a pope. Canon 412 says a diocese can be declared “impeded” if its bishop — due to “captivity, banishment, exile, or incapacity” — cannot fulfill his pastoral functions. In such cases, the day-to-day running of the diocese shifts to an auxiliary bishop, a vicar general or someone else.

Even though Leo is bishop of Rome, no explicit provision exists for the pope if he similarly becomes “impeded.” Canon 335 declares simply that when the Holy See is “vacant or entirely impeded,” nothing can be altered in the governance of the church. But it doesn’t say what it means for the Holy See to be “entirely impeded” or what provisions might come into play if it ever were.

Past popes have written instructions just in case

In 1965, Pope Paul VI wrote letters to the dean of the College of Cardinals hypothesizing that if he were to become seriously ill, the dean and other cardinals should accept his resignation.

Paul foresaw the possibility that as popes continued to live longer, they could become incapacitated by stroke, dementia or another long-term, progressive ailment that would make it impossible for them to do their job and unable to freely resign. The letter was never invoked, since Paul lived another 13 years and died on the job.

Pope Francis confirmed in 2022 that shortly after he was elected pope he wrote a letter of resignation, to be invoked if he became medically incapacitated. Francis said he gave it to the then-secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, and assumed Bertone had delivered it to Parolin’s office when he retired.

The text was never made public and the conditions Francis contemplated for a resignation were unknown. It also is not known if such a letter would be canonically valid. Canon law requires a papal resignation to be “freely and properly manifested,” as was the case when Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation in 2013.

Power transfers only when a pope dies or resigns

The only time papal power changes hands is when a pope dies or resigns. At that time a whole series of rites and rituals comes into play governing the “interregnum,” the period between the end of one pontificate and the election of a new pope.

During that period, known as the “sede vacante,” or “empty See,” the camerlengo, or chamberlain, runs the administration and finances of the Holy See. He certifies the pope’s death, seals the papal apartments and prepares for the pope’s burial before a conclave to elect a new pope.

The position is currently held by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the head of the Vatican’s laity office.

The camerlengo has no role or duties if the pope is merely sick or otherwise incapacitated.

In fact, in these days Farrell is presiding over a Vatican conference on family ministry that Leo had been attending up until his surprise hospitalization.

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Greenpeace Africa and Extinction Rebellion campaigners challenged efforts to position Africa as a new frontier for fossil fuel development, arguing that further investment would worsen climate change and threaten communities already grappling with its effects.

“Oil companies from overseas have made billions in profits this year alone at the expense of people’s lives, at the expense of ecosystems, at the expense of African lives,” Siya Myeza, a climate and energy campaigner with Greenpeace Africa, told The Associated Press.

Myeza branded the gathering “Africa Exploitation Week,” accusing the industry of driving environmental destruction and poverty. Police removed the protesters, who wore T-shirts bearing the slogan “Make polluters pay.”

The protests come as South Africa seeks to expand oil and gas development to attract investment and bolster energy security. The government presents natural gas as a complement to renewable energy, saying gas-fired plants could provide electricity when wind and solar output drops.

Despite legal setbacks, British energy giant Shell plans to drill up to five deepwater wells in the Northern Cape Ultra Deep block off South Africa’s west coast to explore for and assess oil and gas deposits. The project’s environmental approval has drawn appeals.

Protesters say such plans risk prolonging dependence on fossil fuels at a time when countries should be cutting emissions.

Judy Scott-Goldman, a representative of Extinction Rebellion in Cape Town, acknowledged that renewable energy would feature at the conference but said campaigners opposed promoting new oil and gas exploration.

She said expanding fossil fuel use would run counter to commitments under the Paris climate agreement to reduce emissions.

“We’re here to say we don’t want to see any exploration of oil and gas on this continent,” she told the AP.

She pointed to fires, floods and rising food prices as consequences of climate change, warning that its effects could also drive migration and social unrest.

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The EU budget, known as the multiannual financial framework, amounts to around 1.2% of the 27-nation bloc’s gross national income. The MFF is financed mostly by the member countries based on the size of their economies.

The spending plan is the cash point where EU ambitions, conflicting policy priorities and economic realities collide and must be endorsed by all member countries and the European Parliament.

The 2028-2034 budget is being negotiated as the EU faces outside challenges including supporting Ukraine as it fights off the Russian invasion and remaining competitive in the face of high energy prices and trade tensions with the United States and China.

Inside the union, elections in France, Italy, Poland and Spain later this year and next year could test the resilience of the world’s biggest trading bloc, with the hard right leading in opinion polls in France and results in Poland and Spain difficult to predict.

The EU presidency tables a new proposal

Over the weekend, Ireland, which holds the EU’s rotating presidency, proposed to set the budget at 1.62 trillion euros ($1.81 trillion). That is a 30% increase over the current seven-year package, but 8% less than what the European Commission wants.

Sweden, one of about eight countries known as net contributors paying more into the budget than they receive back in allocations, insists “several hundred billion euros” more in cuts are needed.

“It’s wildly unaffordable, and the volume must go down,” Sweden’s EU Affairs Minister Jessica Rosencrantz said as she and her counterparts met to chew over the Irish presidency proposal ahead of an EU leadership summit later this week.

The Irish plan would mean “a 60% increase in the Swedish contribution” that amounts to “a fee for the Swedish taxpayers to pick up, which limits us to make the necessary priorities back home,” Rosencrantz said.

On Sunday, Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, Europe’s biggest economy and a major net budget contributor, welcomed Ireland’s “tireless efforts” but said “we are still a long way from reaching an agreement.”

“The EU budget must be affordable for those who bear the main burden of financing,” said Merz, who will from Thursday join his counterparts in Brussels for two days of talks. “Everyone must contribute to the necessary adjustments.”

Something has to give or money must be found elsewhere

That “everyone” was a reference to countries rejecting cuts to cohesion funds for Europe’s poorer regions, or to agriculture policy, which subsidizes the continent’s farmers. Combined, this money accounts for about two-thirds of the budget.

Ultimately, if countries aren’t willing to stump up more cash, then either farm or cohesion spending must shrink or Europe’s ambitions on defense, competitiveness and other priorities scaled back. Unless money can be found elsewhere.

Despite the uncertainty, Ireland’s EU Affairs Minister Thomas Byrne thinks the presidency has laid a good foundation for negotiations in the days and weeks ahead.

“That was our task, to find that basis,” he told reporters in Luxembourg before chairing Tuesday’s meeting. “We weren’t asked to find a basis for agreement. That will come later.”

Indeed, most of the parties involved are complaining more or less equally and none of them have yet walked away, which may be a good sign.

“Nobody’s going to get everything that they want. But we hope that there’ll be something there for everybody,” Byrne said.

Desperately seeking Europe's ‘own resources’

Still, the negotiations are gathering pace just as ambitions for the EU in an uncertain world are on the rise but room for fiscal maneuver in many countries is disappearing.

The MFF is tiny compared with national budgets, but France, Italy and Belgium are mired in debt and oppose paying more.

As a bloc, the EU is not allowed to levy taxes, but does earn revenue from mechanisms such as customs duties and value added tax. The commission is looking for new ways to raise its “own resources” through the carbon emissions trading system and a new tobacco duty, among other measures.

Whatever happens, missing the end of December “deadline” does not mean that money runs out. Nations have another year, but much time is needed to adopt legislation on spending programs and approve it all so money can be flowing by January 2028.

In a letter inviting leaders to the summit, European Council President António Costa said clinching a “timely agreement” is “essential to provide our economies with the predictability and stability they need in an unstable and unpredictable world.”

“I count on your leadership and collaborative spirit,” Costa wrote.

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So over the summer, she joined with other residents to successfully oppose plans for one of the giant computing warehouses that have popped up around the country.

But their victory was short-lived. The developers withdrew their application and instead sought adjacent land owned by the federal government — and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management signed off.

“Not only did we not get to decide anything or have a say,” Sorenson said, “we were just really kept in the dark.”

The Townsite data center was the first in the country to be approved on federal public land, though construction is stalled after a judge ruled that the government couldn’t use an old environmental review from when the project was intended to be a solar farm.

Tech companies are eager for vast tracts to build data centers that can be as large as 70 football fields, and Townsite could set a precedent for similar projects on federal property with more than a dozen others in the planning stages. President Donald Trump has been a steadfast supporter of the artificial intelligence industry, which he views as a source of economic growth and part of a global competition with China.

However, data centers have been unpopular in many communities as voters worry about higher electricity bills, declining water supplies and other impacts. In Nevada, where 80% of the land is owned by the federal government, Townsite and other projects have become a dominant issue in the battleground state's closely watched governor's race.

Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo, one of his party's most vulnerable incumbents, doesn't outright oppose building data centers on public lands, as long as they have community support. He recently signed an agreement with Trump's Republican administration to streamline infrastructure projects, which could include data centers on federal lands.

Democratic nominee Aaron Ford, the state attorney general, has pledged to oppose data centers on public lands, saying affordable housing should be the priority.

Both say the projects, whether on public or private land, must follow state rules, such as requiring data centers to cover their own energy costs and protecting water supplies, or they would lose eligibility for state tax abatements.

Voters across the political spectrum unite against data centers

Sorenson, the Boulder City resident, considers herself to be liberal, but she said her conservative neighbors are on the same page as she is.

“We’re all aligned on this,” she said.

Autumn McGrath-Shook, who lives in the same town, said she recently left the Republican Party and registered with the Green Party over data centers, though she still identifies as conservative. Worried about the environmental impact on wildlife, she joined forces with “these crazy libs” to oppose the project.

Data centers have quickly become a “catalyzing issue” in the midterms, catching many politicians flat-footed, said David Damore, a political science professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

Some state leaders who were previously supportive of data centers have rushed to respond. For example, Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott paused data center approvals until audits are completed, and Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order removing data center proposals from a fast-track permitting process and requiring them to receive local approval before seeking state approval.

In August, Ford announced his plan to pause new tax abatements for data centers while an audit is conducted to see if the projects have fulfilled promises about producing tax revenue and economic benefits.

In September, Lombardo, who has said data centers provide enormous economic opportunity for Nevada, signed an executive order placing more guardrails on data centers and requiring them to pay more taxes to support schools.

The two have successfully “muddied the waters” on their data center positions, Damore said.

Lombardo criticized Ford for co-sponsoring 2015 legislation that created the state’s tax abatement program for data centers, a measure that received bipartisan support. Ford criticized Lombardo for giving more than $200 million in tax breaks to data centers, which is connected to the legislation that Ford co-sponsored.

Ford told The Associated Press that he would use “every tool” at his disposal to prevent data centers from skirting state guardrails, including withholding tax abatements and pursuing litigation.

Lombardo, whose campaign declined to make him available for an interview, has a similar pitch. His office said he would not hesitate to confront the federal government to advocate for Nevadans.

But that's not good enough for McGrath-Shook, who is on the fence in the governor's race. She thinks Ford is soft on crime, but she views Lombardo as more pro-data centers.

“I would much rather vote for Lombardo than Aaron Ford in a normal world,” she said. “But with the looming data centers, it really changes the landscape — and literally.”

Data centers on public lands are the latest effort in AI race

Last year, Trump signed an executive order to accelerate permitting for artificial intelligence data centers, and his administration has rolled back the National Environmental Policy Act, saying the bedrock law needlessly delays federal approval for energy and infrastructure projects.

Dan Diorio, executive vice president of state policy and government affairs for the Data Center Coalition, said the industry wants to be a part of the conversation regarding responsible development on federal lands.

“The good-faith actors in this space are going to be approaching that development responsibly,” he said, “ensuring that it’s going to do no harm on important federal lands.”

But environmentalists are concerned about data centers developing on federal lands to skirt environmental protections and laws and circumvent permitting processes. They're generally opposed to using public lands for the projects in the first place.

“We believe that public lands are reserved for public good and should be protected and kept in trust for future generations,” said Olivia Tanager, director of the Sierra Club’s Toiyabe Chapter. “And the idea of using public lands for data center construction totally flies in the face of that set of values.”

She said Congress should pass legislation with new standards for environmental reviews and public engagement that could slow development.

“Short of some type of legislation to that effect," Tanager said, “we’re staring down the barrel of having many data centers move forward on public lands over the next few years.”

Zelenskyy did not specify which partners he was talking about. He characterized the barrage as “particularly vile” and emphasized that receiving intelligence from partners about such attacks “helps save lives" and is "one of the most critical issues.”

"This is precisely what helps prevent people from being killed — when there is an early warning about ballistic missiles,” he wrote in a post on X.

Trump said the U.S. has not stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine.

“We are helping them, and we are sharing intel,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “We want the war to end, so we’re working with them and with Russia on getting the war to end."

Zelenskyy’s remarks come days after Trump unleashed biting criticism of him, including comments that it was time for a new president in Ukraine and that Zelenskyy has not done enough to end the war. The criticism marks perhaps the lowest point in their relationship since their disastrous Oval Office meeting in February 2025.

Kyiv continues to rely heavily on Washington for military assistance, including U.S.-made Patriot missile-defense systems and intelligence.

The U.S. has the capability to immediately spot Russian ballistic missile launches. American officials have in the past notified Ukraine about launches to allow it to issue missile warnings to the public and to use air defenses against incoming missiles.

Asked whether Ukraine received an explanation for the lack of intelligence ahead of the overnight missile strikes, a senior Ukrainian official said it was described as a “failure,” suggesting it was the result of circumstances such as weather conditions rather than a deliberate decision. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to give an official statement on the matter.

Ukraine struggles to fend off aerial attacks

Russia's war in Ukraine has not seen major shifts on the ground since last year, but Ukraine is struggling to fend off Moscow's intensified aerial attacks that include speedy ballistic missiles and high-flying jet-powered drones.

Downing the missiles has been a challenge because of a shortage of Patriot missiles caused by the U.S.-led war in Iran. Russia’s Iskander short-range ballistic missiles take just a few minutes to reach targets in Ukraine.

Zelenskyy said Russia had attacked Ukraine with more than 100 weapons since Monday evening. A residential building in the northeastern city of Kharkiv was destroyed, killing four people despite an all-night rescue operation, he said.

Russia has increasingly used attacks on civilian infrastructure such as energy facilities to deny Ukrainians power, heat and running water during the 4½-year war, hoping to wear down public support for Ukraine’s response to Moscow’s full-scale invasion.

Zelenskyy says Ukraine is respecting energy ceasefire

Trump has blamed Ukraine's earlier strikes on Russian oil refineries for record U.S. diesel prices — rather than the war in Iran. He struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to import diesel from Russia in an attempt to bring fuel prices down ahead of U.S. midterm elections.

Meanwhile, Trump claimed Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed on an “energy ceasefire” in which both parties would refrain from striking each other's energy infrastructure. Russia has not confirmed the existence of such a deal. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said only that “contacts on this matter continue.”

Zelenskyy on Tuesday said Ukraine had not struck Russian oil refineries or other energy sites in the two days since Trump announced the purported deal. He criticized Moscow for what he said were Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities and infrastructure in the time since Trump's announcement.

“These are absolutely clear signals that they have no intention of refraining from strikes on Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said.

The claim that Ukraine has halted its strikes on energy sites could not be independently verified, but neither Russian officials nor media have reported Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries since the energy truce was announced.

Strikes on Kharkiv kill 4 and wound 41

Russian strikes across Ukraine caused injuries and deaths overnight Monday and into Tuesday. In addition to the four deaths in the apartment building in Kharkiv, 41 people were wounded in the city in one evening alone, Zelenskyy said.

A woman was wounded in a Russian strike on a private home in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district, the Kyiv city military administration said. A Russian drone hit a residential building in the village of Murovane, near the western city of Lviv, during a morning attack Tuesday, Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi said.

One person was killed in the Fastiv district of the Kyiv region, and at least two others were hurt in a Russian attack on the area, said Tymur Tkachenko, head of the regional military administration.

A Russian drone struck an educational institution in the center of Rivne in northwest Ukraine, wounding 14 people, according to Oleksandr Koval, head of the Rivne regional military administration.

The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement Tuesday that its forces launched strikes "against Ukrainian military-industrial facilities, logistics centers, railway and port infrastructure, as well as vessels involved in delivering military cargo to Ukraine.”

The ministry also said a bulk carrier headed to the port of Mykolaiv with military cargo on board was hit in the estuary of the Bug River along the Black Sea.

The Russian Defense Ministry on Tuesday said its air defenses overnight shot down 604 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions and the Sea of Azov.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 417 drones targeted the Moscow region. Most were downed far away, while 65 were intercepted as they approached the Russian capital.

A school, two private houses and a car were damaged in the attack in the Kaluga region southwest of Moscow, Gov. Vladislav Shapsha said.

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It happened at around noon, a few miles west of Miami Executive Airport, near Krome Avenue and Southwest 122nd Street.

According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, nobody was hurt.

Authorities have not yet said what led the pilot to put the plane down.

Federal Aviation Administration records show it’s a Cessna 172R Skyhawk single-engine plane manufactured in 1997 and registered to Silver Express, doing business as Flight Academy, which is based at Miami Executive.

The orangutans, including three mothers with infants and two adolescent males, were rescued from areas in Ketapang and North Kayong regencies that were ravaged by fires between August and September.

The animals were moved Oct. 8 to Batu Nyambu protected forest in West Kalimantan province, said Heribertus Suciadi, a spokesperson for the Indonesian Nature Rehabilitation Initiative Foundation, or YIARI.

The wildfires cut off habitat corridors and reduced access to food sources, forcing the apes into plantations inhabited by people in search of food and shelter and stranding them there, Suciadi told The Associated Press on Monday.

“They had no burns, open wounds, broken bones or other life-threatening injuries, but appeared to be suffering from malnutrition and dehydration,” Suciadi said.

Among those rescued were a female orangutan known as Mama Man and her infant, Man, who had been monitored for months in a small forest patch surrounded by plantations. Expanding fires and heavy smoke left them with no safe route back to larger forests before they were evacuated in early September, Suciadi said.

Two other mother-and-infant pairs and two juvenile males were found in similar conditions after fires swept through forests near villages in Ketapang and North Kayong, Suciadi said.

The orangutans underwent veterinary examinations and observation at a rehabilitation center operated by YIARI to ensure they were healthy enough to return to the wild. The release site in Batu Nyambu was selected because the area remains largely intact despite wildfires and offers abundant food sources, water, nesting trees and connections to neighboring forests, YIARI Operational Director Argitoe Ranting said before their release.

“We want to ensure that rescued orangutans are not simply moved from one place to another, but actually have a chance to survive in their natural habitat,” he said, adding that protected forests capable of receiving displaced orangutans are becoming increasingly scarce as fires spread.

Forest and land fires in Indonesia have worsened this year as El Niño intensifies a prolonged dry season. Contributing factors also include land clearances using fire in the Indonesian part of Borneo and regions of Sumatra island, as well as water shortages that have hampered Indonesian firefighters, who have received assistance from Japan.

A male orangutan named Sampurna, believed to be around 20 years old, was found struggling to breathe by residents in early September on a palm oil plantation in West Kalimantan’s Ketapang district, an area affected by wildfires. He died hours after being rescued, Indonesia’s Forestry Ministry said.

As of Saturday, the ministry said, more than 270 wild animals in Indonesia's part of Borneo had been rescued, rehabilitated or guided to safer habitats, including 46 orangutans rescued by YIARI.

The relocation was a last resort after the orangutans’ original habitat was no longer safe, YIARI CEO Karmele Llano Sanchez said.

“These orangutans have been traumatized and other impacts by wildfires that devastated their habitat, leaving them displaced,” she said, “Rescuing them is one of the best ways we can help them survive.”

As Trump's family business pulls in record money from new ventures helped by his policies, the survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that when it comes to allegations that Trump is profiting from the presidency, about 6 in 10 U.S. adults believe he is either illegally profiting or doing something unethical but not illegal. Only about 2 in 10 think the Republican president is doing nothing wrong, while a similar share say they don't know enough to say.

At the same time, just over half of Americans say Trump has prioritized his personal financial interests “a lot” since returning to the White House, while only about one-quarter say he puts the same emphasis on the country as a whole. Few U.S. adults, about 1 in 10, say he's focused “a lot” on people like them.

“His wealth increases,” said 87-year-old retiree Barbara Thaxton, an independent from Summerfield, Florida, “but the people in the country are just barely getting by.”

Trump derided the issue of conflicts of interest at the start of his second term, telling The New York Times that “I found out that nobody cared.” Unlike in his first term, he's lifted a self-imposed ban on his family striking private-sector deals overseas and started several new crypto businesses.

The poll results suggest that most U.S. adults think growing his personal fortune has been a focus for Trump in his second term, at least to some extent. Only about one-quarter of U.S. adults say he's prioritizing his personal business interests “only a little” or “not at all," including less than half of Republicans.

The White House says Trump is not profiting, but most Americans see red flags

The White House has repeatedly dismissed accusations that Trump and his family business are benefiting financially from his office as a fake problem, stating categorically that he has zero conflicts and acts only in the interest of the country.

In a required federal disclosure of his financial holdings that Trump filed in June, he reported taking in more than $1 billion from new crypto businesses after he loosened regulation on the industry.

One of his biggest crypto ventures got a half-billion-dollar investment after he was elected from a United Arab Emirates business tied to the royal family. It also got help from a cryptocurrency company founded by a Chinese billionaire in trouble with the law in the U.S.

On the real estate side of the business, the Trump Organization has struck eight foreign deals in the first year of his presidency, including many in authoritarian or one-party states with influence over private business and eager to keep Trump happy, U.S. tariffs low or the U.S. military protecting it — or all three.

Overall, about 4 in 10 U.S. adults say Trump is doing something illegal, while about 2 in 10 think he’s doing something unethical but not illegal. Democrats are especially likely to believe he has broken the law, with about 8 in 10 saying that.

Oscar Delgado, a 50-year-old Democrat who voted for Trump in 2024 because he thought he could improve things, now accuses Trump of “turning greedy.”

“He's not putting the country first," said Delgado, who lives in Lansing, Michigan, and works in a Ford metal stamping factory. “I wanted a change, but I didn’t expect this change."

Republicans are less convinced Trump is doing something wrong

Independents and Republicans are much less convinced than Democrats that Trump is breaking the law. Only about 3 in 10 independents and about 1 in 10 Republicans say he's doing something illegal. About 2 in 10 independents and a similar share of Republicans think his behavior is unethical but not illegal.

Most Republicans think he is doing nothing wrong or say they don't know enough to judge.

“His family has probably benefited, but I don’t think he has,” said Republican Audra Pelsue, 52, dismissing Trump critics as too angry to see straight. “It’s Trump derangement syndrome."

Pelsue, a manager at a laundry machine maker from Syracuse, New York, sees a double standard among Trump critics, pointing to what she says was insufficient outrage over President Joe Biden's son.

“Look at Hunter Biden!” she said, referring to his position as director at Ukrainian energy company Burisma when his father, a Democrat, was vice president. “It was OK for Biden kids to benefit, but it’s not OK for Trump's?”

Most Americans think Trump puts his financial interests ahead of the country's

Even if they don't think his behavior is illegal, Americans are much likelier to say Trump is prioritizing his personal business interests, compared with the country overall or people like themselves.

Just over half, 56%, of U.S. adults say Trump has put “a lot” of emphasis on his personal businesses since taking office again, while a similar share, 54%, say this about the business interests of his friends and family.

In contrast, only about one-quarter of Americans say he's prioritized the country as a whole “a lot” since returning to the White House, and even fewer, about 1 in 10, say he's focused “a lot” on people like them.

Republicans are likelier to think Trump has prioritized the country, with about half saying he's put “a lot” of emphasis on this since taking office, while about one-quarter say he's given that amount of focus to his personal business interests. But only about one-quarter of Republicans say he's emphasized people like them “a lot.”

John Bartus, a Republican from Twin Falls, Idaho, notes that Trump has agreed to donate his salary, which comes to $400,000 a year.

“It seems like his business interests are a part of his life, but it doesn’t seem like he lets that interfere with what’s going on in the country,” said Bartus, a 67-year-old part-time supermarket worker. “He puts it on the back burner.”

But Lisa Fernandez, a Democrat from Edinburg, Texas, said Trump is using the power of the presidency but not in ways to help others.

“He's exploiting it for his own needs and his family and making a profit off the people who he is supposed to be serving," said Fernandez, 57, a retired math teacher. “His whole reason for being is to enrich himself and take what he can take without consequences."

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Thomson-DeVeaux reported from Washington.

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The royal couple will then travel to Melilla, Spain’s other North African exclave, on Wednesday. It will be the first visit by a Spanish monarch to the two cities since Felipe’s father, Juan Carlos I, toured them in 2007.

Their visit comes after about 80,000 migrants crossed Ceuta’s border in July, with more than 140 people dying.

While most of the people who pushed across the frontier quickly returned, thousands still remain in the Spanish city of 84,000 residents perched on the Mediterranean Sea. It’s unknown how many remain, though the mayor has estimated that there are still as many as 15,000.

Their presence has become a source of social tension in Ceuta and a political issue across Spain, where opposition parties hope to use migration concerns to unseat the progressive government in elections next month.

During a recent visit to Ceuta, the AP found many underage migrants still living on the streets.

Some migrants have also come forward with abuse allegations, which the Spanish government is investigating following the publication of an Amnesty International report that detailed allegations of mistreatment and torture by Spanish soldiers. One migrant told the AP that soldiers beat him so badly that he needed staples in his head for his injuries.

Residents of the city, meanwhile, have felt abandoned by national authorities, as the crisis remains visible on their streets.

The official royal agenda says that the king and queen will “show the support of the Crown for Ceuta’s institutions and society.”

The royals will meet with local officials, make a public appearance in a central square and visit a school located “in a multicultural setting that respects different religions."

Ceuta had been a place of religious coexistence, but the AP has found that the border crisis has exposed its Christian-Muslim fault lines.

The royals will also visit a cemetery to show their respects to the people who died in the attempted crossings on July 30 and 31. Dozens of unidentified migrants who died in the crossing were buried there.

The border fences separating Ceuta and Melilla are under constant pressure by migrants both from Morocco and sub-Saharan countries who see the Spanish cities as a key step toward their ultimate hope of making it to mainland Europe.

Morocco does not recognize Spain's sovereign claim on the specks of land that have been under Spanish control for centuries, and diplomatic watchers in Spain will be keen to see if Morocco reacts to Felipe’s visit.

While Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has defended Morocco’s role in helping resolve the crisis, many in Spain have questioned if Rabat could have done more to impede the mass crossing.

The suspects, whose names were not released in line with Polish privacy rules, were arrested in Germany, Polish officials said Monday. They are accused of deliberately setting fire to Starlink infrastructure on Sept. 23 in Wola Krobowska, Poland, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Warsaw.

“We have no doubt that Russian intelligence services are behind this act of sabotage,” Tomasz Siemoniak, Poland’s minister overseeing intelligence services, said in a news release, noting that Russian intelligence services are increasingly turning to people with ties to the criminal underworld.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, in a post on X, called the incident “another act of hybrid warfare.”

Other details were not immediately available.

The Poland arson in September was one of more than 210 incidents across Europe that Western officials consider sabotage and malign activity linked to Russia tracked by The Associated Press since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

A British court last year found three men guilty of arson in a March 2024 plot that targeted a London warehouse with Starlinks for Ukraine inside. British prosecutors said it was masterminded by Russia’s intelligence services.

Officials say one goal of the attacks is to undermine support for Ukraine, spread fear and discord in European societies and drain investigative resources. Russia often uses proxies for such attacks and some perpetrators say they have no idea they have been hired by Moscow.

Tech titan Elon Musk has allowed the Ukrainians to use his Starlink satellite communications system inside their own territory, including in Russian-occupied regions, but has restricted use of the satellite system inside Russia. Starlink has become deeply embedded in Ukraine’s military operations, with commanders and soldiers relying on satellite connectivity to communicate and coordinate operations.

Polish spy chief says Ukraine's allies are facing near-constant Russian subversion

Russia’s intelligence services are carrying out almost “daily acts of subversion,” Siemoniak said Tuesday at a security conference in Warsaw.

“There is not a week where activities do not happen,” and the same goes for other European countries, he said, adding that the activity is aimed at countries that support Ukraine.

He said Russia’s covert malign activity in Poland started in early 2024 as Russia recruited disposable agents on platforms like Telegram to carry out attacks, including against a shopping center.

“Our enemy — that is Russia’s intelligence services — changes its methods of operation and has unlimited resources,” Siemoniak said.

Fighting against Russia’s intelligence services is not like taking down an organized crime group where the group is convicted and the case is closed, he said. In the case of subversive activity, as soon as you cut one head off, another grows and “you never know what direction they will pursue next,” he said.

“In cases of the subversive activity, it’s like the story of the dragon whose heads keep growing and you never know which direction they pursue next,” Beate Gangås, Norway's director-general of the Police Security Service, told the conference. “We are in the most serious situation since the Second World War.”

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Dazio reported from Berlin.

The announcement of a 10-year-deal to hold an African Grand Prix in Rwanda comes after a campaign by President Paul Kagame to bring F1 to the continent for the first time since 1993.

“This partnership is long overdue,” Kagame said at a launch event in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital. “But it is a success and a milestone for the entire continent, especially for the African fans. Ultimately, what we want is for the African Grand Prix to pave the way for other races to be hosted on the continent.”

Racing in Africa will fulfil a long-held ambition for seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, the only Black driver in F1. The 41-year-old British driver has said he has been “fighting in the background” for years to have a race in Africa.

Exactly when the first race will be held in Rwanda remains unclear. F1 said a purpose-built circuit was expected to be completed “early in the next decade” in Bugesera, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Kigali.

The track will be built near an under-construction airport serving the capital and will “work in harmony with the natural landscape,” using hills and dips in the landscape to challenge drivers, F1 said.

“Today is a landmark moment for Formula 1," F1 President and chief executive Stefano Domenicali said. “With Rwanda joining the calendar from the next decade our sport will race in every inhabited continent, bringing the world championship closer than ever to fans around the globe.”

The last time F1 raced in Africa was the South African Grand Prix in 1993.

Rwanda aims for challenging circuit and economic gains

Rwanda becomes the first confirmed new host nation for F1 since Qatar and Saudi Arabia joined the schedule in 2021.

With a GDP per capita of just over $1,100, Rwanda will stand out on a race calendar that features glitzy destinations like Las Vegas, Miami, Monaco and Abu Dhabi.

Kagame said the country aims to use the race to develop sports infrastructure and tourism and to diversify revenue.

Under Kagame, Rwanda has sponsored major European soccer teams and developed a basketball partnership with the NBA, as well as hosting the world cycling championships.

It’s all aimed at promoting a positive image of a country still often known internationally because of the 1994 genocide.

Hosting F1 would take that strategy to a new level.

“Look, our country will be watched on the global stage. And this comes with investments and creations of jobs, especially for the youth,” Betty Mukamurenzi, a university IT student in Kigali, told The Associated Press.

Businessman James Ruzindana said that “for businesses, it is a challenge for us to up our game in terms of having the right products that can be consumed by those who are visiting.”

The F1 spotlight could also bring renewed scrutiny of Rwanda's human rights record and accusations of “sportswashing.”

Human rights groups have accused Kagame of repressive methods keep his grip on power. The U.N. has accused Rwanda of backing rebels in neighboring Congo, and Congolese officials have condemned its soccer sponsorships.

Rwanda set to outpace South Africa

There have been rival projects to bring F1 back to Africa, with plans in recent years regarding three different potential venues in South Africa and one in Morocco.

South Africa Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie issued a statement last week congratulating Rwanda, even before the decision was official, but still insisted his country “will get F1,” too.

“We are happy for Rwanda’s 2030 F1. They have worked on it longer than SA and deserve it,” McKenzie wrote on X. “Remember though that one country, Italy, has had two F1s a year, and some react like a continent of 55 countries can only get one. SA will get F1, even before 2030.”

There was no mention of South Africa in F1’s statement on Tuesday.

F1 racing in Africa was linked to apartheid

Many of F1’s previous races in Africa were overshadowed by the policy of apartheid in South Africa.

F1 and its teams faced increasing criticism through the 1970s and 1980s, culminating in some teams boycotting the 1985 race in South Africa, which was facing various international sanctions and boycott campaigns at the time.

As South Africa began to dismantle the system of racial segregation and oppression, F1 returned for two more races at the Kyalami circuit in 1992 and 1993, the last of those less than a year before the country’s first democratic elections where millions of Black South Africans were able to vote.

F1 also held a Moroccan Grand Prix in 1958, the only time Morocco was part of the world championship. A project was announced last year to build a track to bring F1 back to the North African nation but there have been few updates since.

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Ellingworth reported from Duesseldorf, Germany.

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United has won just once in the Premier League this season and already exited the English League Cup, turning the spotlight on coach Michael Carrick. A loss to Diego Simeone's Atletico would put Carrick under more scrutiny.

“I understand when it’s not going too well there’s a real kind of clamor and a real feeling of, ‘It’s a disaster, it’s all wrong and everything needs to be changed,’" Carrick said ahead of the match at the Metropolitano. “I kind of get that but that’s not in our mindset. That’s certainly not in my mindset.

“To achieve anything, really, you’ve got to be able to deal with things that are difficult and you’ve got to overcome things. That’s just part of it.”

There are no such concerns at Barcelona, which has made a 100% winning start to the campaign.

Hansi Flick's team was in Turkey to face Galatasaray and the coach faced questions about whether Barcelona could end its barren run in the Champions League, which it has not won since 2015.

“We have that hunger, and I share it with the team. It’s not easy and we have to work very hard. That’s what we have to do every day,” he said.

"It’s a very long journey. We have to stay focused and approach every game with our mentality.”

Other games on Tuesday included last season's runner-up Arsenal against Lille, Bayern Munich at Viking and Inter Milan hosting Club Brugge.

Historic win for Sabah

Azerbaijani outsider Sabah claimed its first win in the league phase of the competition by beating Slavia Prague 2-0.

Second-half goals from Kaheem Parris and Joy-Lance Mickels secured the historic win in Baku. The club was only founded nine years ago.

Sporting Lisbon also sealed a 2-0 win at Lens through goals from Luis Suarez and Issa Doumbia.

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Some analysts see the development as an encouraging sign for American businesses following Chinese leader Xi Jinping's meetings with President Donald Trump during a state visit to Washington last month.

The San Francisco-based payment processing company said the long-awaited approval marked “a significant step forward in Visa’s long-standing commitment to China.”

“We greatly appreciate the important role of the leaders of the United States and China in pursuing a constructive and strategically stable relationship between the world’s largest economies,” Visa CEO Ryan McInerney said in a statement.

China's official Xinhua news agency said authorities require that Visa complete preparatory work within one year. After that it can apply to commence its domestic bank card clearing business operations in the country.

Mastercard and American Express have already started domestic clearing in China under joint ventures.

President Donald Trump said he raised the issue of access for Visa during his visit to Beijing in May.

McInerney was part of the guest list at the White House Trump-Xi dinner during Xi's Washington trip, alongside Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach.

George Chen, partner and chair of digital practice at The Asia Group, said the approval could be viewed as a goodwill gesture from China toward the United States ahead of an expected November meeting between Xi and Trump in Shenzhen, China, which would be their third in-person meeting this year.

“The timing is notable,” Chen, of the Washington-based consultancy that advises companies on doing business in markets including Asia, said in written comments. “The move suggests that Beijing is keen to demonstrate tangible progress for American businesses before Trump’s next visit to China.”

Greater market access in financial services has long been a priority for Washington, he added, and Visa’s approval can be viewed as a positive sign of China’s willingness to expand opportunities for foreign companies.

Payton Gendron is already spending life in prison after pleading guilty to state murder charges and tearfully renouncing his white supremacist views. He now faces a trial in federal court arising from the same mass shooting. The stakes are high: If convicted, the 23-year-old could face the death penalty.

The attack at the Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo is believed to be the deadliest hate-motivated shooting targeting Black people in the U.S. by a lone gunman in the past century.

Gendron has pleaded not guilty to dozens of hate crime and gun charges, though his defense lawyers do not dispute his guilt. One even predicted a conviction when speaking to a prospective juror Tuesday.

If Gendron is convicted, his lawyers will try to persuade jurors to spare him from execution. Life imprisonment is typically the alternative.

“At trial, we will offer mitigating evidence about Payton that the jury needs to consider in making its decision,” his lawyers said in a statement. “Nothing we say or do is intended to be disrespectful or insensitive to the victims, the survivors, or their loved ones.”

Gendron spoke to his defense team and took notes while lawyers and U.S. District Judge Lawrence Vilardo interviewed people on Tuesday. One individual said she didn't want to be on the jury partly because of the stress of watching a video Gendron livestreamed during the shooting.

Another said other countries might respond to such an attack by “stoning” the offender. He said he could fairly weigh the aggravating and mitigating factors if the trial reaches a death penalty phase.

Robin Maher, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, told The Associated Press that Gendron's lawyers at trial will try to reveal “almost every aspect of his life before he committed his crime and even after he committed his crime” to try to keep him off death row.

Racist conspiracy theories played a role in the attack

On May 14, 2022, Gendron, then 18, drove over 200 miles (320 kilometers) from Conklin, a predominantly white, rural town, to Buffalo. He fired around 60 shots from a semiautomatic rifle at supermarket employees and shoppers. Video later revealed Gendron apologized to a white store worker after shooting him in the leg.

Investigators also found past social media posts and other writings by Gendron dedicated to planning an attack to frighten people who were non-white and non-Christian into leaving the U.S. He promoted a baseless “great replacement theory” that people of color will replace white people through higher birth rates and immigration.

The victims killed were all Black and between the ages of 32 and 86. They were Celestine Chaney, Geraldine Talley, Katherine Massey, Pearl Young, Andre Mackneil, church deacon Heyward Patterson, Ruth Whitfield, Roberta Drury, Margus Morrison and Aaron Salter, a retired police officer who was working as a security guard.

The Justice Department, under President Joe Biden, decided in 2024 to seek the death penalty. The government later rejected a proposal from Gendron to plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence.

Still, Wayne Jones Sr., whose mother was killed, said thinking about Chaney's absence each day is a reason he doesn't want to see a death sentence.

“I really think that he should just sit and have to think about it year after year after year and just be miserable,” said Jones. “When I was younger, I probably was more prone to say, ‘kill him.’ But, at this point, I mean, he’s got, what, another 20, 30 years of appeals?”

Anti-Black crimes still lead in hate crime data

Black people have comprised the “No. 1 numerical target” annually since the FBI began collecting data in 1991, said hate crime analyst Brian Levin of the California Association of Human Relations Organizations.

According to FBI data released in August, law enforcement agencies reported over 2,800 anti-Black hate crime incidents in 2025, nearly three times the number targeting Latinos. The FBI also reported a 7% decline in hate crime incidents from 2024 to 2025.

The Buffalo shooting and the 2015 Charleston, South Carolina, church shooting, in which a white gunman killed nine Black churchgoers, show how online radicalization also made them matters of terrorism.

Buffalo Common Council member Zeneta Everhart, whose son, Zaire, survived the shooting but still has shrapnel in his body, said hate crime enhancements might be the only deterrent.

“This is domestic terrorism,” Everhart said. “It is important we go after the death penalty in this case. But if he doesn't end up getting it, I know that justice will be served.”

Garnell Whitfield lost his 86-year-old mother, Ruth, in the shooting. He had no opinion on whether Gendron should be executed because “this is the federal government doing what they deem they have to do.”

Whitfield said he hopes trial testimony reveals more about “the support that he (Gendron) might have had, the radicalization, social media and societal ills that caused people to hate and be violent that are inherent in our society” that preceded the killing.

“Those are the things that I care about,” he said.

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Tang reported from Phoenix. Ed White in Detroit contributed.

The strikes followed a coalition spokesman’s warning urging residents to evacuate the area. A spokesman for the Iran-backed rebels warned that any attack on Sanaa would draw a “harsh and painful” response against the Saudi capital.

Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Tuesday. Read our full coverage here.

Ship-to-ship oil transfers at risk, military institute says

Iran appears to be targeting commercial vessels conducting ship-to-ship oil transfers in and near the Strait of Hormuz in order to try to undermine vessels’ ability to move energy through the strait, the Institute for the Study of War said Tuesday.

Iran may be developing its anti-ship missile capabilities, the U.S.-based think tank said in a post on X.

The U.K.’s Maritime Trade Operations Centre posted on X Monday that at least three vessels had been attacked by unknown projectiles in the strait a day earlier. There were no immediate claims of responsibility.

But Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s top security body, told state TV on Saturday that Iranian forces were striking an average of five “smuggling ships” every night.

Rezaei appeared to be referring to U.S. efforts to guide oil shipments through the strait before the oil is transferred to larger tankers waiting in the Gulf of Oman.

Iran demands evidence from U.K. on alleged airbase plot

Iran told British Ambassador Hugo Shorter on Tuesday that it could “seriously reconsider” bilateral relations unless the U.K. provides evidence linking Tehran to an alleged plot at the U.S.-run military air base RAF Fairford, Iran’s state broadcaster reported.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said that the apparent plot was “almost certainly” directed by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, said the ambassador was informed of Tehran’s protest over what it called Britain’s “irresponsible and destructive approach.”

“The British government must provide documents and evidence supporting its accusations against Iran,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry said.

The move came as MI5 chief Ken McCallum said Tuesday that Iran was seeking to target military sites in Britain and that the suspected September plot at RAF Fairford was “not unique.”

McCallum, who leads the U.K.’s domestic security service, said Tehran is seeking to intensify its attacks in Britain beyond its traditional targets, Iranian opponents of the Islamic authorities. That has included arson attacks on Jewish sites that Britain says were carried out by Iranian proxies.

Police have arrested seven men in the investigation into the alleged plot on the airbase, which has been used by American bombers to strike Iran, but all have been released on bail and no one has been charged.

Israel raids civil society offices in West Bank

Dozens of Israeli soldiers spilled from armored vehicles onto the streets of the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday, raiding the offices of Palestinian charities and civil society organizations that Israel has long suspected of maintaining ties to militants and political factions.

The Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees and Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association were both among the groups targeted, officials with the organizations said. Soldiers could be seen carrying files from one office, and they fired tear gas to disperse Palestinian journalists filming them.

Ramallah is the administrative capital of the Palestinian Authority, and the raids underscored its shrinking autonomy under Israeli occupation, despite being the internationally recognized government of the occupied territory. The Palestinian Health Ministry reported two injuries, including a 14-year-old boy wounded in the upper thigh by Israeli gunfire. Several other people were treated for tear gas inhalation, the ministry said. The Israeli military did not respond to questions about the raid.

Farther north in the occupied territory, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli troops would remain in the Tulkarem refugee camp and rejected calls to allow its residents to return. Palestinians fled the camp in 2025 as the Israeli military carried out a widespread crackdown against West Bank militants.

“These are not residents, these are terrorists,” Netanyahu said in a video released Tuesday by his office during a visit to the nearby camp.

Saudi-led coalition strikes Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital

The Saudi-led coalition carried out new airstrikes Tuesday on Yemen’s Houthi-held capital, Sanaa, according to Houthi-run broadcaster Al Masirah and local residents.

The strikes came shortly after a coalition spokesman urged residents to evacuate the area for their safety. Witnesses in Sanaa reported hearing explosions, but it was not immediately clear what was hit.

Earlier, Gen. Yahya Saree, a spokesman for the Iran-backed rebels, warned that any attack on Sanaa would draw a “harsh and painful” response against the Saudi capital.

The exchange of threats comes as Saudi Arabiainvestigates why its air defenses failed to intercept a barrage of missiles and drones fired by the Houthis. An attack on Riyadh’s international airport on Saturday killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 300.

Trump declines to say if he'll endorse anyone in Israeli election

Two weeks out from Israeli national elections, U.S. President Donald Trump again declined to say if he would endorse a candidate.

“We haven’t even thought about it,” he said. “Well, we may, I may be doing something,” he added, but provided no details.

The elections are the first since the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023 attack, and the war in Gaza. The outcome threatens to end the career of Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving prime minister. He is the only senior figure from Oct. 7 still in power, making the Oct. 27 election in many ways a referendum on his leadership.

Trump sidestepped a question earlier this month on Netanyahu’s reelection bid. The lack of an endorsement is a setback for the Israeli leader, who has touted his close relationship with Trump as one reason voters should choose him to once again lead the governing coalition. ___

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The 22-year-old was hurt just before halftime of the Bruins' 17-15 victory over Oregon on Saturday when he scrambled for a first down and was sandwiched between two defenders.

“I'm going to wait for our doctors to make the final call,” Chesney said Monday at his weekly news conference. “There is some serious concern at the moment. But at the same point in time, there's nothing that has been fully ruled at this moment. There's still other opinions and other people we want to talk to, to make sure everyone sees it the same way.”

The No. 12 Bruins (5-0, 3-0 Big Ten) host Wisconsin (4-1, 2-0) Saturday at the Rose Bowl.

Iamaleava has thrown four touchdowns, four interceptions and completed 62.1% of his attempts for 982 yards on the season. He's also a threat as part of the Bruins' rushing attack in his second season in Westwood since transferring from Tennessee.

Backup Ty Dieffenbach replaced Iamaleava in the second half and threw for 43 yards and a touchdown against the Ducks. Sophomore Madden Iamaleava, Nico's younger brother, is another option at QB for the Bruins. Neither backup has started a Football Subdivision Game.

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The Guinea-Bissau-flagged cargo ship Dignity sank after it was hit by a military strike. Five sailors were rescued, while a search for the other 11 crew members continued, Varna district Gov. Mario Smrkov said.

Rescuers evacuated all 15 crew members from the Ukrainian-operated coastal freighter Chelsea 3, sailing under the Maltese flag, with five receiving treatment for minor injuries, Radev said in a video posted to social media.

The crew, which included seven Ukrainian citizens and eight Azerbaijani citizens, reported the ship’s deck and hull were hit by three aerial drones.

The strikes on the two ships happened 20 miles and 21 miles (32 and 34 kilometers) from the Bulgarian coast.

During an emergency meeting of Bulgaria’s Security Council on Tuesday, Radev called the attacks “absolutely unacceptable” and said Bulgaria was seeking NATO and European Union assistance.

While authorities do not possess clear evidence on who was responsible for the drone attacks, “it makes no sense for Ukraine to destroy its own ships in the Black Sea, and the results of these strikes favor Russia's interests,” Radev told the Russian Ambassador in Sofia during a meeting on Tuesday, the government’s press office reported.

The ambassador said she does not have any information from the Russian defense ministry related to the recent attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea but added that she did not rule out the possibility that “these attacks represent a provocation by a third party.”

Radev has said that such attacks are unacceptable and that Bulgaria will continue to investigate the attacks together with its EU and NATO allies to establish the truth.

Radev said Bulgaria is suffering significant economic and financial damage and added that his country will initiate talks with neighboring Romania and Turkey on joint proposals to guarantee the safety of shipping in the Black Sea.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha in a post on X on Tuesday blamed Russia for the attacks.

“Russia’s latest attack on commercial vessels near Bulgaria’s territorial waters, which injured Ukrainian and Azerbaijani citizens, once again demonstrates Moscow’s deliberate disregard for civilian lives and maritime security in the Black Sea,” Sybiha wrote.

“The Black Sea is a lifeline for global food security. Russia is attacking it to weaponize hunger and hold the world hostage. This must be met with strength,” Sybiha wrote.

“NATO will continue to work closely with our Allies in the Black Sea,” NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte wrote on X. He added that NATO had already strengthened its posture along the eastern flank and will continue to monitor the security environment, adjusting its deterrence and defense posture as needed.

The United Nations condemns attacks on civilian ships, especially the most recent ones off the coast of Bulgaria, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday.

“It’s very worrisome because these attacks on ships carrying grain, food and other products destined for the global market have multiplied and have expanded recently,” Dujarric said. "It has a terrible knock-on effect on the price of commodities worldwide when you’re also seeing the situation around the Strait of Hormuz, in the Red Sea, not to mention the risk — and also the fatal risk faced by seafarers."

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen “strongly condemned” the drone incidents and said the Black Sea “has become another front of escalation” in Russia’s war in Ukraine.

“This is unacceptable. I strongly condemn the drone attacks on merchant ships near Bulgaria’s coast. Putting the lives of the crew in grave danger and threatening security in the Black Sea,” she said in a post on X.

“We stand with Bulgaria and thank its rescuers for their swift response. Those responsible should be held accountable.”

European Council President Antonio Costa said in a social media post that the EU stood in full solidarity with Bulgaria following the attacks. He said the growing number of Russian hybrid activities would be discussed at the European Council meeting scheduled for Thursday and Friday in Brussels.

The attacks came exactly a week after sea and aerial drones attacked two other commercial vessels in Bulgaria’s exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea. A Togo-flagged ship sank, while a Bulgarian ferry evacuated the 18-member crew of a Pulau-flagged vessel.

A day earlier, a Turkish-owned cargo ship carrying corn caught fire following a drone attack and later sank in the Black Sea off the coast of Romania. Two people died and 11 crew members were rescued, Romanian authorities said.

Then they unraveled in a hurry.

Drew Rasmussen squandered a two-run lead on the mound, Tampa Bay's bullpen let the game get away and the Rays stumbled to a 7-3 loss against the Cleveland Guardians in their American League Championship Series opener Monday night.

Staked to a 2-0 advantage, Rasmussen gave up a leadoff homer to rookie Chase DeLauter in the sixth but retired the next three batters.

With two relievers ready and the bottom of the Guardians order due up, manager Kevin Cash sent out Rasmussen for the seventh. His first pitch was launched 436 feet to center field by light-hitting catcher Patrick Bailey for a tying home run that chased the All-Star right-hander.

“Cashy checked in with me and I told him I was good,” said Rasmussen, who had permitted just one run over 27 2/3 innings until DeLauter went deep. “Unfortunately, it just didn’t unfold the way we wanted.”

Nothing went right for the Rays after that.

José Ramírez reached on an infield single to start the eighth and DeLauter drilled a double off losing pitcher Tyler Wells, putting runners at second and third. One out later, left-hander Ian Seymour entered to face left-handed hitter Nathaniel Lowe and allowed a two-run single on an 0-2 fastball as the Guardians grabbed a 4-2 lead.

It was the first deficit this postseason for the AL East champion Rays, who had four days off following a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees in their Division Series. In the opener of that matchup, Rasmussen carried a no-hitter for 7 2/3 innings on the way to a 1-0 victory.

This time, Tampa Bay fell apart late.

After a home run by Cedric Mullins trimmed the deficit to 4-3 in the bottom of the eighth, Cole Sulser yielded a leadoff single to slumping Angel Martínez in the ninth and balked him to second base. Two outs later, Ramírez's soft RBI single made it 5-3.

But the Guardians weren't done.

Ramírez advanced on a wild pitch by Sulser, who then walked DeLauter. Rays sinkerballer Kevin Kelly entered to face Jo Adell, and Ramírez took off from second on a 1-2 pitch.

Third baseman Junior Caminero left his position to cover the bag, and Adell’s hard-hit grounder through the spot vacated by Caminero turned into a two-run double that put Tampa Bay in a 7-3 hole.

“You know what? We were throwing behind,” Cash said. “We were going to throw to second base. DeLauter had gone the first time. I haven’t spoke to Cami about it. We were going to go to second base. I’m guessing Cami recognized that DeLauter didn’t take off and attempted to go to third base. Totally understand how it seemed like the perfect play for the Guardians."

It was a stunning meltdown at Tropicana Field for the Rays, who matched Milwaukee for the best home record in the majors during the regular season.

They hadn't lost a game started by Rasmussen since July 9, a string of 13 straight wins.

“I thought he was outstanding. I thought he threw an incredible ballgame,” Cash said. “You've got to give credit to Cleveland’s lineup. They really put some pitches on him and some longer at-bats early on. But I felt like after the third or fourth inning, he really settled in.”

After giving up a total of 12 hits to the Yankees in three games, Rays pitchers allowed 14 in Game 1 alone against the Guardians.

“The guys have done everything they needed to do with the time off to keep their deliveries intact. We’re going to give up some hits at times,” Cash said. “That’s a very good team over there. They put a lot of pressure on pitchers and can foul balls off and lengthen out at-bats.”

Things nearly got even worse for the Rays in the ninth, when Caminero and left fielder Jonny DeLuca collided while chasing Brayan Rocchio’s foul ball.

Caminero, who had 42 homers, 101 RBIs and an .885 OPS during the regular season, was shaken up on the play but remained in the game after a brief delay.

Cash said he thought the All-Star slugger “just got the wind knocked out of him” and seemed to be “totally fine now.”

“I feel good overall. Just my head hurts a little bit, but overall good,” Caminero said. “I was just hit in the chest.”

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The 71-year-old Leo returned to his room after the surgery at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, according to a statement from the Vatican spokesperson, who promised further information at a later time.

Leo had walked into Rome's Gemelli hospital through the main entrance earlier in the day and waved to dozens of well-wishers who had gathered to greet him. The Vatican said the surgery would be performed by a team led by Gemelli’s chief thoracic surgeon, Dr. Stefano Margaritora.

The American pontiff has offered a rare level of transparency about the first publicly disclosed major health problem of his 17-month papacy. He revealed the discovery of the small, localized nodule during his Sunday noon prayer and announced that he would have it removed.

Oncologists say even if the nodule turns out to be cancerous, Leo’s prognosis is “excellent” since it will have been removed at an early stage.

“In the immediate post-operative setting, no news can be good news,” said Dr. Stephen Liu, a lung cancer expert at Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. “Completion of the procedure suggests there were no surprises in the operating room, which is what we want. Final pathology results can sometimes take a few days.”

The surgery, which is usually performed under general anesthesia, will require a weeklong hospital stay and the Vatican on Monday canceled all Leo’s audiences through Oct. 20.

But the decision to have the operation clearly came as a surprise: While Gemelli has a specific papal apartment that past popes have used, complete with a private chapel on the 10th floor, Leo will actually be staying in a nearby room since the papal apartment is currently undergoing renovations, according to the Vatican press office.

Robotic technology could permit a biopsy before surgery

“These are things that can be treated very well, if the words he used reflect the clinical situation,” said Dr. Lorenzo Spaggiari, director of thoracic surgery at the European Institute of Oncology, or IEO, in Milan, who is not involved in the pope’s care but knows the team at Gemelli.

Spaggiari said he expected surgeons would perform a biopsy to determine whether Leo has lung cancer followed by the removal of a section or lobe of the lung where the nodule is located.

Both could be done using robotic techniques, and could be performed consecutively, under the same anesthesia, with different specialist teams, Spaggiari said.

A sophisticated robotic bronchoscopy technology called ION allows a biopsy on nodules as small as 3 millimeters (1/10 inch), Spaggiari said. Both the Gemelli and the IEO have the technology, which has been available in Italy for just two years.

Gemelli also has robotic surgical technology, allowing the operation to remove the nodule to proceed “using a minimally invasive technique,” he said.

The technique involves the surgeon making four small incisions in the chest through which the instruments of the so-called da Vinci robot are inserted, he said. The surgeon then controls the robotic arms looking at a screen providing high-definition, 3D views of the surgical site.

“It’s a very well-established technology. This is something we have been doing for 20 years,” he said.

It wasn't known for certain what technique would be used on Leo. Gemelli has documented using both robotic procedures to diagnose and operate in under four hours.

Tests will determine whether more treatment is needed

During the surgery, doctors would also remove lymph nodes that drain the segment or lobe. “If all those lymph nodes turn out to be negative, so stage one, then the outlook is very good,” he said, adding that no other treatment would be necessary.

The nodule was discovered during regular checks, the Vatican has said.

“I think he has had a bit of luck. They found something that was asymptomatic — a lung nodule, possibly a tumor. He might call it something else; we call it luck,” he said.

Recovery could allow November travel to South America

IEO advises patients not to fly for three weeks after surgery — which would give the pope just the interval needed to make his planned Nov. 6-17 trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, depending on his recovery. The current itinerary for the trip is ambitious and the longest of his papacy to date, calling for Leo to clock just over 31,000 kilometers (19,000 miles) on a dozen flights and two helicopter rides, and a significant altitude change in Peru.

"He has decided to undergo surgery soon in order to not change his plans for future overseas trips, so there is no need to worry, as it is not an emergency,” said Tokyo Cardinal Kikuchi Tsutomu, who saw Leo on Monday.

A lung nodule is a small abnormal area measuring less than 3 centimeters (1.2 inches) that sometimes appears on a CT scan of the chest or abdomen. Often, the scans are done to investigate trauma or a lung infection, unrelated to a lung cancer screening. A nodule can be benign or malignant, and oftentimes surgical removal is recommended both to establish whether it is cancer and to treat a malignancy while it is still localized.

Pope was hospitalized for typhoid fever in 1985

This is believed to be the second hospitalization for Leo, who is known to be sporty and in good shape, with weekly tennis games and swimming.

As a young missionary priest, he came down with typhoid fever in 1985, soon after arriving in Chulucanas, Peru. The illness and hospitalization were a cathartic moment for him to decide to stay in the poverty and discomfort of Peru after living in relative comfort in Rome — a decision that ultimately paved the way to his papacy, according to an interview Leo gave to Elise Ann Allen in 2025 for “Pope Leo XIV: The Biography.”

According to the book, Leo said he prayed to God to let him die rather than suffer the “horrible” pain of the fever. “I was hooked up to an IV, and I said, ‘If this is your sense of humor, Lord, I think you could do a little better.’

“Obviously, I survived; I recovered, but it turned out to be a very significant moment for me, because it was like, ’Well, you’ve already dealt with the illness; you already see what the needs are here — the order, the Augustinians, the church are telling you, ‘We need you here; go for it.’ I never looked back.”

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Barry reported from Milan.

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But on a recent afternoon, the area is quiet. American soldiers gather at a border monitoring post in Roma, Texas, where an infantry vehicle with camouflage netting sits between houses. A Blackhawk helicopter drops soldiers onto an island in the river, while U.S. Border Patrol agents breeze by on fan-propelled boats.

“At any given time, there would be multiple rafts full of people trying to get to this side,” Richards said of the area before U.S. forces made it a priority last year.

The Army has been inviting reporters to the Rio Grande Valley as it deploys hundreds more soldiers to the region this month by shifting some of the thousands of troops already serving along the 2,000-mile border. U.S. officials said the troop surge follows signs of elevated activity from drug cartels and has been accompanied by increased cooperation from the Mexican military. The U.S. Coast Guard said it recently encountered gunfire from the Mexican side of the river, prompting the Americans to fire back.

In this small patch at the southern edge of the United States, a slow saga is playing out — a curious mix of policing, policy and politics.

Some question a troop surge just weeks before midterm elections

While Republicans face increasing headwinds because of President Donald Trump’s unpopularity, persistently high prices and the fallout from the war in Iran, border security has remained a relative bright spot in Trump's polling numbers, with about half of Americans saying they approve of his performance there.

But some experts have questioned the need for such a large military presence. They suggest it's less about effective strategy and more about political theater.

Illegal crossings have plummeted due in large part to asylum restrictions that began before Trump returned to the White House. Meanwhile, a large percentage of the fentanyl, cocaine and heroin seized along the border was being smuggled in cars and trucks passing through checkpoints, not the areas in between.

David Shirk, a University of San Diego political science professor, said the Trump administration wants to remind voters it's been very aggressive on border security.

“I don't dispute there’s some benefit to having personnel in areas at risk for people smuggling and drug trafficking,” Shirk said. “But the vast majority of that is now happening at ports of entry.”

Dessa Bergen-Cico, a professor of public health at Syracuse University who studies drug trafficking, said street prices for cocaine and fentanyl are still low, suggesting the drug flow remains unimpeded.

But Army Maj. Gen. Curtis Taylor, who commands the military's southern border task force, said the work has been vital and effective, particularly for targeting human trafficking.

The moral argument for the Army's mission is “dismantling this marketplace of human trafficking that is bringing people into the border,” Taylor said. “An added benefit of that is there’s an awful lot of drugs moving with that human trafficking.”

Efforts to secure a former epicenter of illegal crossings

Roma, a city of about 10,000 people, lacks a border wall in some places because homes sit close to the steep slopes along the Rio Grande. Directly across the water is Miguel Alemán, a town in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas that’s been plagued by decades of cartel violence. From Roma, it's a football field's distance across the river at best and much less in some places.

In 2021, Roma became a center of illegal crossings when thousands of families and unaccompanied children arrived each day to seek asylum. Border crossings fell sharply after President Joe Biden introduced severe asylum restrictions in 2024 and dipped after Trump suspended asylum at the border.

After Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, the Army and Coast Guard expanded operations to back up the Border Patrol, which remains the lead agency for border security. The Army now commands some 8,000 U.S. troops along the entire border, while the U.S. Coast Guard and Texas law enforcement have brought in more personnel.

Army officials said people still try to cross into Roma despite multiple obstacles. A barrier of strung-together buoys, each the size of a hay bale, stretched along the river. Concertina wire lined the U.S. river bank, while a surveillance blimp hung in the sky. A river island was recently cleared of trees that hid people trying to cross.

Army Sgt. Nathaniel Decker said he recently saw people on three rafts set out from the Mexican side at dusk. He reported to Border Patrol that one group had cleared the buoys. They were eventually caught by a house in Roma.

Mexico also has sent more troops

The U.S. has stopped many of the drones used by the cartels to surveil the border and ferry drugs, by electronically jamming or capturing them or shooting them down with a laser.

The U.S. has gotten better at tracking them and coordinating with Mexican officials to locate the drones' operators. But some still get across.

“We have reduced a lot of the flights,” said Richards, the Army lieutenant colonel, who has deployed with the Massachusetts Army National Guard. “But in the middle of the night, those drones can fly into the U.S. airspace, and that’s a true threat to any soldier on the ground.”

Under pressure from Trump, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has cracked down more heavily on crime than her predecessors. Mexico this month sent 500 National Guard and military officers to Tamaulipas as part of a coordinated effort with the U.S. to prevent drug and human trafficking.

Mexico's deployment “is based on intelligence gathered regarding the movements of criminal groups,” a federal official in Mexico told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment on the matter.

As part of the operation, the Mexican Army is using two UH-60 helicopters, drones and anti-drone equipment.

The U.S. Coast Guard has also boosted patrols on the Rio Grande, bringing in more than 300 personnel in October of last year. While stopping a boat on the river last month, the Coast Guard encountered gunfire from the Mexican side of the water near Garceno, Texas, the service said in a statement. The Americans returned fire. None were hurt.

U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Jeff Miller wouldn't give additional details about the exchange of gunfire, except to say the personnel are “working in a very challenging environment" and are authorized to use force to protect themselves.

On a recent patrol, the scene along the river was quiet. A Coast Guard boat armed with machine guns motored along the greenish water. Two men fished from a small boat. A privately funded border wall, made from galvanized steel, lined the American side. In Mexico, there was a park with soccer goal posts, homes and a woman waving.

A Coast Guardsman driving the boat, who declined to give his name, said he's seen kids on the Mexican side get excited as if a fire truck were passing. Others have offered the Americans cold beer. Some have reacted with offensive gestures.

Joel Garcia, Border Patrol's acting deputy chief patrol agent for the Rio Grande Valley, said the agency has proof that U.S. operations have been effective based on the amount of drug seizures, the number of people apprehended and decreasing traffic within certain areas.

“Border security, when done right, if we have truly secured the line, should be boring,” he added. “It should look as if no one is crossing and nothing is happening.”

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Associated Press writers Fabiola Sánchez and Megan Janetsky in Mexico City contributed to this report.

Yet President Donald Trump on Tuesday will devote a big chunk of his dwindling time ahead of crucial midterm elections to head all the way to Alaska — attempting to bolster a Republican incumbent senator in another sign of GOP fears about retaining control of Congress after Election Day on Nov. 3.

Trump is headlining a rally for Sen. Dan Sullivan in Wasilla, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) north of Anchorage — famous for being the hometown of former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and the headquarters of the Iditarod sled dog race across the state.

Trump's stop is part of a western swing also taking him to rallies in Arizona and Montana on Wednesday.

“I’m right now going to Alaska to try and help Dan Sullivan. That’s a long way away," Trump told reporters as he left the White House for the trip on Tuesday. "I would only do it if I thought he was good. And he’s very good. And so, I’m going to Alaska to help Dan Sullivan, and then I’m stopping in numerous places.”

Democrats last won a Senate seat in Alaska in 2008, and the state hasn't elected a governor from that party since 1998. The only time Alaska didn’t vote Republican for president was during Lyndon B. Johnson’s landslide 1964 reelection.

Yet high gasoline prices from the Iran war and persistently elevated inflation have damaged Trump's approval ratings enough to leave Democrats dreaming of Alaska upsets.

Trump and Vance have been trying to boost Sullivan repeatedly

Seeking his third Senate term, Sullivan faces Democrat Mary Peltola, a former congresswoman running to put “Alaska First,” emphasizing cost-of-living issues.

Alaska pollster Ivan Moore said he's seen a decline in Trump's support statewide that mirrors the president's falling approval ratings nationally — meaning the Senate race may be decided by Trump 2024 voters who are now unsure they still back him.

“The visit is certainly appropriate. Whether the visit will be effective or not is another matter," said Moore, who said when he first heard that Trump would visit Alaska, he didn't believe it would actually happen.

The Trump administration has prioritized the opening of more of Alaska to oil and gas drilling. Vice President JD Vance already campaigned in Fairbanks for Sullivan.

The senator also recently joined Trump in the Oval Office where the president announced a $54 billion investment by South Korea's government into an Alaska natural gas project. That's despite South Korea saying the deal, and its total value, haven't been finalized.

Still, Trump trekking four time zones west to get to Sullivan’s home turf — an unusually long trip so close to the midterms — is his strongest show of support.

Trump last campaigned in Alaska to try to defeat a fellow Republican

Alaska is home to around 740,000 people, making it slightly less populous than Denver. It ranks 48th out of 50 states in population, smaller than all but Vermont and Wyoming.

Trump nonetheless headlined a 2022 rally in Anchorage opposing Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski after she voted to convict him on a charge of incitement of insurrection during his second impeachment trial, following the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of his supporters on Jan. 6, 2021.

Trump endorsed Kelly Tshibaka, who challenged Murkowski that year, but that didn't stop incumbent Murkowski from winning reelection.

This year, there are two Dan Sullivans on the ballot

Trump has complained about Alaska’s unique elections system. The state has open primaries, in which the four top vote-getters — regardless of party affiliation — advance to the general election, which uses ranked choice voting.

That's led to a scenario where there also will be another Dan Sullivan on the ballot on Nov. 3: retired teacher Dan J. Sullivan, whom Trump and other allies of Sen. Sullivan have called a sham candidate. Dan J. Sullivan has denied this.

At his rally, Trump also plans to stump for Republican Rep. Nick Begich. Begich is facing a competitive challenge from Bill Hill, an independent.

Alaska has a history of rewarding candidates with an independent streak — something Vance acknowledged during his trip to Fairbanks last week. “In very deep red years, Alaska is competitive. In very deep blue ​years, Alaska is still competitive,” Vance said. “I think it’s just a reality of the politics of the ‌state.”

Independence has been hard to find in the Republican Party where Trump for years had total control. Some Republicans facing tough elections have begun tiptoeing away from Trump on key issues like Iran and tariffs, but not Sullivan, who has been vocal in supporting both.

In a post last week, Trump questioned why three Republicans were running against a Democrat for governor. “How stupid are we to do this?” he said on social media. This comes at the same time state Republican party leaders are urging voters to rank Republicans on the ballot and leave the Democrats blank.

“We want to be clear: we do not support ranked choice voting. It is a confusing, burdensome and costly voting scheme,” party leaders, including GOP chair Carmela Warfield, said in a statement Saturday. “That said, ranked choice voting is the system Alaska will use for the 2026 General Election, and we must work within it for this election to keep Alaska’s recent momentum going strong.”

Trump's trade war with Canada may also be a factor

Trump has also triggered a trade war with Canada, which shares a 1,500-plus-mile (2,450-kilometer) border with Alaska and is among the state's most important trading partners.

The U.S. banned nearly $1 billion worth of imports from its neighbor to the north — including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles — after previously imposing 50% tariffs on about $20 billion in Canadian products. Canada has responded with reciprocal bans and its own import levies, and the back-and-forth could raise prices for Alaska consumers.

Making Canada an enemy of sorts is "discomforting" for many Alaskans, said pollster Moore.

“We associate, I think, probably more closely with the Canadians — more than a lot of the Lower 48," he said.

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Weissert reported from Washington. Associated Press reporter Michelle L. Price contributed to this report.

The train was traveling from the southern port city of Karachi to the northwestern city of Peshawar when it derailed in Sher Shah city in Punjab province, railway spokesman Kaleem Akhtar said.

Rescuers recovered all four bodies and evacuated the injured from the train’s 14 cars, he said. The injured were taken to a hospital for treatment, but one died before he could be transported, rescue officials said. Emergency responders and paramedics were dispatched to the scene, he said.

President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed grief in separate statements and urged authorities to provide the best possible medical care to the injured.

Train accidents are relatively common in Pakistan, where the railway system has suffered from decades of underinvestment, outdated tracks and aging signal systems. In 2023, ten cars of a passenger train derailed in southern Pakistan, killing 30 people and injuring more than 90 others.

Instead, it's focused on the unprecedented parental challenge of handling the near-certain prospect that children will hear of or see footage of the Dec. 3 U.S. execution by firing squad of Nidal Malik Hasan if the Trump administration follows through with plans to livestream the event.

The danger stretches beyond the broadcast itself, because history shows graphic video from the event could be clipped, copied and pushed into children’s social feeds even if the original stream is restricted.

Experts suggest that grownups who care about children start by setting aside matters of politics and public policy — like the Nov. 3 U.S. midterm elections and the debate over capital punishment. Focus instead on how witnessing someone's death by firing squad might land with young viewers — and how best to reassure and protect them.

Here are some guidelines that might help.

Keep empathy for kids in mind — and facts at hand

Mis- and disinformation reach children, too. It's important for parents to have credibility with them, especially because their real, unspoken question might be: Are we safe? Have in hand some basic facts about the case and state them gently.

“It will be easier to have a position, share your family’s values, and discuss things with a potentially overwhelmed child once you’ve taken the time to gather accurate, up-to-date info and assess your child’s needs,” according to Common Sense Media, which advises parents on entertainment and technology.

Trump approved Hasan's execution by firing squad Dec. 3 at Fort Hood. A few days later, the Pentagon announced the event would be livestreamed.

“People need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Real America's Voice, a conservative outlet.

Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, was convicted of killing 13 people there in 2009 when he walked into a medical building where soldiers were getting checkups and opened fire with a laser-sighted handgun. He said it was an effort to stop them from going to Afghanistan and killing his fellow Muslims. He made almost no effort to defend himself at trial. The U.S. military has not carried out the death penalty since 1961.

The last widely recognized public execution took place on Aug. 14, 1936. Kentucky, the last state to permit them, outlawed the practice in 1938.

Stay updated on the plans

Also, experts suggest, parents should stay updated on how a livestreamed execution would unfold. Many questions remained unanswered, such as whether the moment of death and its aftermath will be shown, whether any age restrictions will apply, and whether there will be a broadcast delay or a threshold for stopping the feed.

Be informed about the technology involved. While the government often uses YouTube to carry its livestreams, including those embedded within government websites, YouTube prohibits content that is “violent or gory” and “intended to shock or disgust viewers,” and doesn’t allow livestreams that show someone holding, handling or transporting a firearm.

YouTube does make exceptions in select cases for content it deems to be in an educational, documentary, scientific or artistic context or that it determines to be in the public’s interest. In such cases, the content may be age-restricted. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding how its policies relate to the execution.

But the danger to kids spills beyond the live broadcast to unexpected exposure on social media in the form of memes, for example.

It’s unclear whether the Trump administration is considering children in its decision-making. Emails over two days asking White House spokespeople for thoughts from the president and first lady Melania Trump on the prospect of children seeing the execution went unanswered. Trump said that he’ll soon make a decision on the plan to livestream the event.

Assume kids will at least hear about the execution, if not see it

From the old-fashioned grapevine to social media, grisly news has a way of reaching school-aged children, experts agree. Consider their need for calm and age-appropriate guidance, they suggest.

“With young kids, parents should keep it short and focus on reassurance over explaining the events,” said Jill Murphy, chief content officer at Common Sense Media. “Reassure them that they are safe. With teens, ask honestly what they have heard first, then ask whether they need to watch it.”

Remember you are your child's parent, not their friend — and don't overexplain, advises Dr. David Rosenberg, chair of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Michigan. Answer the questions children ask, and don't be afraid to assert parental authority by, for example, restricting or banning a child's access to the footage.

“It's okay to say, 'I don't have all the answers. But here's what we know, you're safe, you're secure, this is what we believe,'” Rosenberg said.

“Where parents get into trouble is when they talk too much, and they usually do that because they're anxious and insecure," he added. "What makes a child feel safest, or an adolescent, is can I count on my parents to be calm in challenging situations and give me the information I need?”

Choosing to watch the footage, one physician said, doesn’t necessarily indicate a child is psychologically ready to do so.

Timothy Lesaca, a Pittsburgh-area psychiatrist, cited a series of studies showing that repeatedly watching footage of events like the Boston Marathon bombings, at least part of an ISIS beheading video and the Oklahoma City bombing can be linked to post-traumatic stress, if not PTSD, in adults and children. He argues that making Hasan’s execution public is a medical and public health issue.

“Ongoing anxiety, trouble sleeping or problems with daily life should be taken seriously," Lesaca wrote in KevinMD.com, an online publication by physicians.

Watch how this event interacts with existing conditions

The people most at risk of negative long-term effects are those who already have clinical depression or anxiety, or who have already been exposed to other traumatic situations, Rosenberg said. That’s because repeat exposure to trauma can cause cumulative damage.

The part of the brain that handles executive decision-making, emotional regulation, impulsivity and empathy doesn’t finish developing until around age 24, and so parents should consider having proactive conversations even with their older children who may be away at college or living on their own, Rosenberg said.

“We have to at least offer help in these circumstances to be the leaders, to be the decision-makers, to at least help them make informed decisions."

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Associated Press journalist Kaitlyn Huamani contributed.

The stark assessment years ago from Nancy Pelosi echoed anew after Trump’s surprise announcement last week that he struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to import tons of Russian diesel to the U.S. as a way to ease sky-high prices at the pumps for Americans ahead of the midterm elections.

Trump’s diesel deal with Putin has been criticized by both Republicans and Democrats as fueling Russia’s war against Ukraine, violating existing U.S. laws and drawing the U.S. closer to Russia. It joins a growing list of instances in which the Republican president has sided with Putin, often at the expense of Ukraine — and America’s own standing.

“The harm to the Ukrainians is real,” said William Taylor, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, now a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, in an interview Monday.

“And the cost to us, the United States, is high.”

It’s not at all clear the Trump-Putin deal will deliver the supply boost the president is seeking to bring down prices. Energy experts have said the flow of Russian diesel is unlikely to lower prices in the U.S., which have escalated largely due to disruptions from the U.S. war against Iran. But the agreement underlines a message at home and abroad that Trump is an unreliable ally as Ukraine battles Russia.

A bipartisan group of six senators urged Trump over the weekend to reverse course, saying the U.S. “should not provide Putin with a financial lifeline.” Trump, however, held fast to his deal with Putin and lashed out, blaming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for America's high diesel costs and asserting he should step aside — something Ukraine's leader has no intention of doing.

“Anything that could help our farmers, our ranchers, I like,” Trump said Monday outside the White House.

Asked about Republican criticism of the Russia deal, Trump said they "can’t really be serious.”

But a dozen senators weighed in with a letter to Trump on Tuesday. The six Republican and six Democratic senators said allowing Russian diesel into global markets would have a negligible impact on fuel prices while the revenue Russia gets will “undoubtedly finance its desired war of attrition” and advance its security cooperation with China, Iran and North Korea.

“It will also endanger servicemembers operating overseas in support of Operation Epic Fury,” they wrote.

Trump also insisted that an energy ceasefire is in place for Ukraine and Russia, despite Zelenskyy saying that Moscow continued to strike his country’s energy sites.

An AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll published Oct. 1 found that Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of the Iran war and blame him for higher prices.

Congress voted to halt Russian imports, but Trump has other plans

Congress swiftly approved legislation at the outset of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in spring of 2022 to ban the import of Russian energy products, which are widely viewed as providing the financial fuel for Putin’s military assault on Ukraine.

The bill passed the House on an overwhelming 414-17 vote and the Senate without a single senator opposed. The law says the president can seek to lift the prohibition if an agreement has been reached to withdraw Russian troops from Ukraine and cease military activity. Such a proposal would need to be reviewed by Congress and to have been “accepted by the free and independent government of Ukraine.”

“Trump is directly violating that law,” said Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, the bill's chief sponsor, in a statement Monday.

He said Trump "illegally rewards his pal Putin while once again blaming Zelenskyy for not capitulating to Putin.”

More recently, Congress last month approved a sweeping Russian sanctions bill, named after the late GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham, that would slap tariffs on countries that continue importing Russian oil. Trump signed the bill into law.

The bulk of the law’s provisions go into effect Oct. 18, the end of the administration’s 30-day review period. But such action now appears to be in question since Trump's diesel deal with Putin will allow the flow of Russian energy.

In a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Senate leaders from both parties last week said the most urgent priority for the U.S. must be to tackle the “shadow fleet” of tankers that Moscow is using to transport oil and bypass America’s sanctions.

But that was before Trump announced his deal with Putin, which he said would unleash hundreds of tons of diesel.

Treasury did not immediately respond Monday to a request for comment.

Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson, who faces a competitive race for the U.S. Senate against Democrat Josh Turek in Iowa, where $6 a gallon diesel prices have become an issue, said, “It makes me a little bit nervous anytime we’re talking about relieving a sanction on Russia.”

Trump, Russia and Pelosi’s stand

Almost seven years ago this week, Pelosi stood before Trump and a roomful of U.S. officials during a heated White House meeting and leveled her accusation, suggesting the president's policy favored Putin.

The powerful House speaker led the first impeachment of Trump on corruption charges over his administration’s decision to withhold congressionally approved aid to Ukraine in 2019 as it faced Russian aggression at its border. Trump was later acquitted by the Senate.

Since Trump's return to the White House, he has seesawed between pressuring Zelenskyy to make concessions and showing frustration with Putin’s hard-line stance on the war. Trump often complains that he thought his good relationship with his Russian counterpart would have made it easier to end the war.

A year ago, Trump reversed his long-held position that Ukraine would have to give up land and suggested it could win back all the territory it has lost to Russia — only later to call on Kyiv and Moscow to “stop where they are” and end the war.

In July, Trump praised Zelenskyy and Ukraine for their wartime resilience. But by September, Trump was expressing frustration about strikes on Russian energy infrastructure.

Trump insisted Monday the sides agreed to a ceasefire on the energy systems. “They agreed,” Trump said. “Because I said, 'You agree.'”

When pressed about the attacks by Russia, Trump said he'd have to take a look, "because there’s been violations on both sides.”

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Associated Press writers Collin Binkley and Josh Boak in Washington, and Steven Sloan in Dyersville, Iowa, contributed to this report.

Davis, 63, was convicted in August of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon. He is the only person ever charged in the death of Shakur, whose popularity was peaking at age 25.

Prosecutor Marc DiGiacomo said Tuesday that whatever sentence the court imposes, Davis is “guaranteed to die” behind bars.

“It’s not just about losing a family member,” DiGiacomo said as Shakur’s sister Sekyiwa “Set” Shakur nods her head in the audience.

The killing went unsolved for years until Davis, a former leader of the South Side Compton Crips, gave interviews and published his role in the shooting in his 2019 tell-all memoir.

DiGiacomo said Davis was trying to profit off a killing that he committed, and for that he does not deserve the minimum sentence.

“In my mind he deserves the maximum possible sentence,” DiGiacomo said.

Davis spoke briefly in court, telling Judge Carli Kierny he wants items back that police took from his house, including his pictures. Asked if there was anything else he wanted to say, Davis said: “No I’m good."

Davis' lawyer, Michael Sanft said he plans to appeal the verdict. Sanft said prosecutors waited too long to bring the case.

On the night of Sept. 7, 1996, Shakur was in the passenger seat of a black BMW with music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight when a white Cadillac pulled up at a red light, and shots erupted. Shakur was shot multiple times and died six days later, while Knight survived.

Shakur is considered one of the most influential and versatile rappers of all time and had a burgeoning film career as an actor at the time of his death. His legend has only grown since. His songs still resonate among fans with themes of hardship, love and Black struggles.

In his memoir, Davis explained how Shakur and his entourage beat up Davis' nephew hours before the shooting in Las Vegas. He said he sought retaliation, and that he was in the passenger seat of the Cadillac and passed the gun to the backseat, where shots were fired. Davis had spoken to detectives years before but avoided prosecution because of an agreement he made with law enforcement.

During the weekslong trial, prosecutors relied on Davis' own statements he made to law enforcement and documentarians. They argued Davis orchestrated the shooting and provided the gun used in Shakur's death, which was the result of a rivalry between the South Side Compton Crips and Mob Piru. Davis' defense attorney pointed to a lack of physical evidence that connected his client to the 30-year-old crime, and he portrayed Davis as a liar who was trying to make money.

After nine days of hearing testimony in August, the jury deliberated for three hours before turning over the guilty verdict.

Shakur was an icon, a brother

Shakur's family spoke at the sentencing, including his siblings Maurice “Mopreme” Shakur and Sekyiwa “Set” Shakur.

Following the verdict, prosecutor Binu Palal said that to many people, Shakur was an icon or an idea, "but to the family, Tupac Shakur was a brother, a son, a cousin, a loved person ripped from them 30 years ago.”

Palal said the family had to sit through years of Davis “bragging about killing someone they loved.”

"They loved that man. And the arrogance that Mr. Davis had in expressing his joy in killing that man ultimately was his undoing,” Palal said.

Prosecutors say they have insufficient evidence to charge anyone else

Davis is the only person to be charged and convicted in the killing of Shakur. The three other people who allegedly were in the Cadillac — including Davis' nephew Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson who Davis said was the one who pulled the trigger — have died.

Sean “Diddy” Combs and his alleged role were brought up often throughout the trial. Witnesses testified Combs used members of the South Side Compton Crips for security for Bad Boy Records. In his book and public statements, Davis alleged Combs offered him money to kill Shakur and Knight. Combs, who is serving a four-year prison sentence after being convicted of prostitution-related offenses, has repeatedly denied any involvement in the death of Shakur.

Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson has said his office doesn't believe it has sufficient evidence to charge anyone else.

“But like any other case, if we come into more information, more evidence, we can always consider filing additional charges,” he said following the guilty verdict. “But today, we don't believe that's the appropriate move to make.”