Elliot Rohl was safely located Tuesday, according to Pembroke Pines police.

Authorities have not said what led to his disappearance.

Counter Terrorism Policing said the men, a 24-year-old British national and a 25-year-old dual U.K.-Iranian national, were arrested under the National Security Act.

The men were earlier arrested but had been bailed pending more investigation.

Police are investigating a suspected terror plot on Sept. 27 against the U.S.-run base at RAF Fairford 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 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.

British authorities have linked Tehran to the incident, which led the U.S. to pull its bombers from RAF Fairford.

Five other men who were also arrested earlier remain on bail. No one has yet been charged.

Laurence Taylor, head of National Counter Terrorism Policing in the U.K., said detectives are looking at “many lines of enquiry involved in this hugely complex investigation.”

“This is very much a live investigation, and our evidence gathering continues, but at this time our position remains the same; we consider it highly likely that there is Iranian state involvement,” he said in a statement.

“Our investigators are continuing to examine what that level of involvement was and the ambition behind it," he added.

Murphy celebrated Milwaukee’s NL Championship Series sweep by saying the Los Angeles Dodgers had Hall of Famers but his team had gamers. The theme wasn’t much different from pep talks he gave his college teams.

“It’s kind of déjà vu,” said Cory Mee, who played for Murphy at Notre Dame from 1989-92. “I’ve heard this before.”

Murphy won exactly 1,000 games during a college coaching career that included stops at Maryville (Tennessee) and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (California) before longer stints at Notre Dame (1988-94) and Arizona State (1995-2009). He now is on baseball’s biggest stage as the Brewers face the Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series starting Friday.

He may have tempered his approach since making a cold call to then-Notre Dame athletic director Gene Corrigan and talking his way into the Fighting Irish coaching job at the age of 28.

But his knack for getting players to believe remains as strong as ever.

“Watching him with these Brewers, it struck me that he’s got a formula,” said Mike Moshier, who played for Notre Dame from 1986-89. “His algorithm is the same now as it was 40 years ago.”

That formula includes playing strong fundamentals, creating belief, outworking opponents, keeping everything fun and preparing for any obstacle.

“He does a really good job of explaining the expectation of how we’re going to respond, what toughness and discipline look like, to be able to respond to tough moments,” said Brett Wallace, who played for Murphy at Arizona State and again in the minor leagues and with the San Diego Padres.

The legend of the mud chart

There’s perhaps no greater example than the “mud chart” Murphy designed to help Notre Dame’s 1989 team earn an elusive NCAA Tournament berth.

Notre Dame was in a double-elimination Midwestern Collegiate Conference tournament seeking the league’s automatic NCAA bid. The Irish fell 16-15 to Detroit and dropped into the losers’ bracket, so their season would end unless they won five straight games.

Constant rain delays meant the last four of those games would take place in a span of 22 hours. One began at 1:30 a.m. and ended after 4 a.m.

Murphy designed a chart including a square for each of the 45 innings separating Notre Dame from its goal. Murphy figured the Irish needed to win or tie just about every inning. Whenever Notre Dame did that, he’d put a mud smudge in the corresponding square.

“It was posted in the dugout,” Mee said. “Every inning, he just stuck his hand in the dirt, put some water on it and put a thumbprint on it.”

Notre Dame won those five games to earn its first NCAA bid since 1970. Murphy went 318-116-1 at Notre Dame, which had been .500 or below each of the five years before his arrival.

“People would ask me after I was done playing baseball, who was the best manager I’d ever played for, expecting someone in the big leagues,” said Dan Peltier, a Notre Dame outfielder from 1987-89 who played three seasons in the majors. “I’d say right away it was Pat Murphy. I knew his style of managing would translate well into the big leagues as long as he had the right group of guys.”

Demanding his players' best efforts

Murphy is now a two-time NL manager of the year with a reputation for getting the best out of his players. This season, he has removed both three-time All-Star William Contreras and rookie Cooper Pratt from games because he didn’t believe they sufficiently hustled.

He took that to another level during his college years.

Former Notre Dame outfielder Mike Rotkis recalled a 28-10 loss at Western Michigan in Murphy’s debut season. When the Irish returned to campus, Murphy had them do sprints.

“It was like the scene in ‘Miracle,’“ Rotkis said, referring to the Kurt Russell movie about the 1980 U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team. “I can’t go anymore, you’re trying to run as fast as you can and you’re barely walking, you can barely lift your leg. He’s like, ‘All right, that was an embarrassment. Don’t let it happen again,’ and walked out.”

Murphy made practices so intense that games didn’t seem as tough.

“He didn’t accept anything but the best from you,” former Notre Dame pitcher Chris Michalak said. “It wasn’t easy, but games were easy after practice. The games became fun.”

Earlier this postseason, Murphy noted a motivational ploy he attempted involving Craig Counsell, who played for Notre Dame from 1989-92 and later became Murphy’s boss as manager in Milwaukee.

Murphy believed Counsell was too shy and needed to emerge as a leader, so he told the infielder to shout “Mine!” while taking ground balls during workouts.

“There would be this shortstop out there yelling ‘Mine!’ for every ground ball, and people would be like, ‘What the hell was that?'" Murphy said. “But I was trying to bring it out of him, and he wanted to kill me.

“That was a mistake. He did just fine without yelling ‘Mine!' for ground balls.”

Murphy also pulled occasional pranks. Moshier remembers when the team stopped at a fast-food restaurant on a road trip and Murphy yelled for everyone to get back to the bus.

“The minute everyone got out of the restaurant, he sneaked in to get his order first,” Moshier said. “That’s classic Murph."

Murphy eventually left for Arizona State and went 629-284-1 with four College World Series appearances, including a runner-up finish in 1998.

His Arizona State tenure ended bitterly when he resigned amid an NCAA investigation. He entered the pro ranks and managed in San Diego’s farm system before going 42-54 as the Padres’ interim manager in 2015 following Bud Black’s dismissal.

When the Padres opted against keeping him beyond that season, Murphy became a bench coach for Counsell, Milwaukee’s manager at the time. Murphy got promoted when Counsell left for the Chicago Cubs after the 2023 season.

After working alongside Murphy for so long and now competing with him, Counsell understands why his college coach's approach has worked so well in the big leagues.

“It’s authentic," Counsell said last month before a Cubs-Brewers game. "That’s the No. 1 thing. It’s just who he is. That’s his authentic style. That’s how he’s coached. You’ve got to be yourself, and that’s what he’s doing.”

Carrying college lessons to their work lives

Many of Murphy’s former college players keep in touch with him. They notice how he has matured. Murphy turns 68 next month, and he survived a heart attack in 2020.

His style remains similar, but he’s smoothed his edges.

“He was terrifying (at Notre Dame) because he was unpredictable,” Moshier said. “You’d either get the funny, comic, sarcastic Murph, which was great. Or you’d get this really serious, really demanding, critical Murph. And you never knew which you were going to get, so he always kept you a little bit on edge.

“But I’ve seen him change over the years. Just interacting with him the last 10 years, I think his ego has been sort of softened a bit. He’s a bit more grateful for the opportunities that he’s had.”

Wallace has a unique perspective after playing for him in college, in Triple-A and again with the Padres.

“The way you lead a group of 16- to 21-year-olds is different from the way you lead a group of minor leaguers and a group of big leaguers,” Wallace said. “He learned along the way how to be authentic, how to be himself and how to communicate with a group of people. The biggest thing about Murphy is he’s genuine and really authentically himself.”

Wallace now works with college players as California’s hitting coach. Mee is an assistant coach at Mount St. Mary’s and Michalak is a longtime coach in the minors. All carry Murphy’s lessons into their own coaching.

Moshier has established a leadership development company and says his years with Murphy help him in the workplace as far as valuing candor and knowing when to have tough conversations.

They’re watching their former coach with pride.

“He’s the most complex, interesting, talented guy I know — super complex guy,” Moshier said. “But you’d want to go to war with him.”

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Según la policía de Miramar, Michael Polanco intentó secuestrar a la adolescente ese mismo día, más temprano, en una gasolinera Shell ubicada en el 2840 S. State Road 7.

De acuerdo con el reporte de arresto, un testigo vio a Polanco agarrar a la niña por el cuello e intentar llevársela caminando.

La policía indicó que, tras el incidente, Polanco huyó del negocio en dirección oeste.

“Mientras las unidades respondían, se recibió información de que un hombre que coincidía con la descripción estaba causando otro disturbio en la zona”, informó el departamento en un comunicado de prensa.

Según la policía, las unidades fueron redirigidas a ese lugar, donde localizaron a Polanco y lo detuvieron.

La víctima y un testigo identificaron a Polanco como el hombre que intentó raptar a la adolescente, confirmaron las autoridades.

Polanco fue arrestado y trasladado a la Broward County Main Jail, donde fue procesado por los cargos de agresión con lesiones corporales y secuestro con lesiones corporales o para aterrorizar a la víctima.

Hasta la mañana del martes, seguía tras las rejas y se esperaba que compareciera en una audiencia de fianza más tarde ese mismo día.

Según la policía, Polanco tiene un extenso historial delictivo que incluye robo, robo en propiedad ajena, agresión y exhibicionismo, entre otros delitos.

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According to Miramar police, Michael Polanco tried to kidnap the teen earlier in the day at a Shell gas station, located at 2840 S. State Road 7.

An arrest report states that a witness saw Polanco grabbing the girl by the neck and trying to walk away with her.

Police said Polanco fled west from the business after the incident.

“As units were responding, intel was given of a male matching the description in the area causing another disturbance,” the department said in a press release.

Police said units were then redirected to the area, where they located Polanco and detained him.

The victim and a witness identified Polanco as the man who tried to abduct the teen, authorities confirmed.

Polanco was then arrested and transported to the Broward County Main Jail, where he was booked on charges of battery causing bodily harm and kidnapping, inflicting bodily harm or terrorizing a victim.

As of Tuesday morning, he remained jailed and was expected to appear in bond court later in the morning or afternoon.

According to police, Polanco has a lengthy criminal history that involves various crimes, including robbery, burglary, battery and exposure of sexual organs, among others.

In an interview with GQ magazine about grief and family, recorded in New York in late September and published on Tuesday, Harry was asked if he grieves his “complicated” relationship with his father and brother.

“Yes, of course,” he replied, adding that people often ask him about it because it's a “massively relatable issue for so many people.”

“Some people don’t want it to work out – I want it to work out," he said. “Of course I do ... with everything else that’s going on in the world, the most important thing is to reconcile — that’s the key point.”

Harry, his wife Meghan and their two children moved back to the U.K. in late August, six years after their decision to leave their roles as working royals and move to California widened a gulf in the royal family.

The couple's criticism in interviews included accusing an unspecified royal of racism and calling palace staff insensitive to Meghan’s mental health.

But Harry, who is fifth in the line to the throne, said last year he would like to reconcile with his family and spend more time with his father, who is being treated for an undisclosed form of cancer.

Asked if he thought he could repair the family rift, Harry told GQ: “Look, scars stick around forever," but letting go of the past is "something that I would encourage everybody to do.”

“For me, there’s enough drama in the world and enough drama in people’s lives than to continue with issues with family,” he added.

A spokesperson later said his “some people” comment was “absolutely not intended as a swipe at his brother or any other member of his family.”

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According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials, 10 units responded to a fire near the 1200 block of Northwest 79th Street at approximately 3:21 a.m.

A man identified only as Roberto told Local 10 News that he was sleeping, and when he looked out his window, he saw the flames and firefighters at work.

When firefighters arrived, they found both the converted trailer and box truck fully engulfed in flames.

Crews quickly deployed hose lines and began battling the fire, officials said.

Authorities said firefighters were able to extinguish the flames and prevent the blaze from spreading to nearby vehicles, but everything beside the converted trailer was scorched.

After bringing the fire under control, crews applied specialized firefighting foam to reduce the chance of anything reigniting.

No injuries were reported.

A man who works in the junkyard said a battery that was charging exploded, however, the official cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Rwanda President Paul Kagame last week announced the 10-year deal for an African Grand Prix from the early 2030s, a milestone he said could serve as a catalyst for sports across Africa.

Besides South Africa, which has hosted World Cups in soccer, rugby and cricket — and the last F1 race on African soil in 1993 — the continent historically has been overlooked as a global sports destination.

That’s starting to change.

Rwanda last year hosted the road cycling world championships. In less than two weeks, Senegal will host the Youth Olympic Games — the first ever Olympic event in Africa. And in 2030 Morocco will co-host the men’s World Cup with Spain and Portugal.

“There are some really interesting things beginning to happen in African sport now,” said Simon Chadwick, a business management director at the African School of Economics. “Investors are showing an interest; governments are showing an interest. And what’s significant as well, I think, is that we’re actually beginning to get competition between African nations to be leaders.”

Tapping into the African market

Rwanda saw off competition from South Africa to land the F1 prize. Morocco and Nigeria were also reportedly interested.

The Grand Prix announcement made clear that F1 views Africa, with its population of more than 1.5 billion people, as an untapped market. F1 President Stefano Domenicali said there were more than 100 million F1 fans on the continent, “people who have waited a long time to see our sport return.”

Kagame said it was high time to integrate African markets with global sports franchises and competitions.

“For decades African athletes have been a pillar of the global sports economy, adding significant commercial value to top leagues, with the continent receiving almost nothing in return,” he said. “Partnerships like the one we are building help break the cycle because they serve as a catalyst for sports infrastructure development.”

Abi Ijasanmi, the CEO of African Sports Investor, called the F1 announcement “really significant” for Africa because it connects the continent to global sports and “combines things like sport and technology and tourism and investment. And the continent really needs the boost in all of those things.”

African countries considering bids to host major sporting events have been faced with one overriding criticism: That spending millions or even billions of dollars on a sports event is unwise considering the continent of mainly middle- and low-income nations has pressing concerns like a lack of housing, frail healthcare systems and widespread poverty.

Rwanda’s policy of committing money to sports to burnish its reputation comes right from the top, but it’s largely an outlier, and the majority of African nations may never have the money to host a big-time sports event. Even the government in South Africa, the biggest economy in Africa, has not made the financial guarantees to host an F1 race again, and has been mulling over the cost of a possible Olympics bid for nearly 20 years.

Learning from each other

U.S. professional sports have also started taking a greater interest in Africa. The NFL has opened an American football developmental camp in Ghana and the NBA in 2021 launched the Basketball Africa League together with FIBA, the international basketball federation. Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, has hosted five of the six finals so far.

The basketball league "made other countries sit up and appreciate what’s possible,” Ijasanmi said.

Similarly, other countries have been inspired by Morocco’s developments in soccer, by far the most popular sport in Africa, said Ijasanmi, who previously worked as chief operational officer of the Confederation of African Football.

Morocco hopes to host the 2030 World Cup final in a 115,000-capacity stadium under construction near Casablanca and has been lauded for its player development through its Mohamed VI Academy, an advanced training complex.

“It was really interesting and very positive to hear other presidents and federations sit talking about how they were going to be the next ones to do that,” Ijasanmi said. “So, it can be short-lived, but I think the more that it happens, the more it makes others look and say, ‘OK, well, this is really possible and look what it’s doing for the economy.'”

F1 announcement brings renewed human rights concerns

The F1 news wasn’t universally welcomed.

Human rights activists said it distracted from the rights abuses of Rwandan authorities.

Kagame has been accused of repressive methods to keep his grip on power, with opponents dying in prisons, independent media muzzled, and other abuses.

Amnesty International called the deal “a sportswashing prize” allowing Rwanda “to polish its image and deflect from its appalling human rights record.”

Neighboring Congo joined the criticism. Rwanda is accused by Congo, the United States and U.N. experts of backing the M23 rebels fighting in Congo.

Kagame denies the accusations of human rights abuses.

He has faced sportswashing criticism before because of Rwanda’s sponsorships of popular soccer teams like Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Atlético Madrid, as well as the Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA.

Infrastructure remains a challenge for sports in Africa

Corruption and delivery of infrastructure are potential stumbling blocks for African sports projects.

Rwanda has not yet built the F1 circuit in Bugesera, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Kigali, and will be keen to avoid the infrastructure setbacks that have plagued many other sports events, including the Africa Cup of Nations, the continental soccer championship.

Every men’s Africa Cup since 2013 has been moved because of construction delays, security problems or public health issues in the original host countries. There are concerns the next edition in 2027 could be moved from co-hosts Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda due to infrastructure projects reportedly lagging behind.

“The instability in the global markets is kind of forcing some of those countries, they’re not able to advance or proceed as fast as they want,” said Maher Mezahi, a journalist and contributing editor at Africa Is a Country.

Morocco hosted the last men's Africa Cup and the last three editions of the women’s tournament. It has invested heavily in sports infrastructure and often hosts “home” games for other African nations whose stadiums don’t meet the same standards.

Egypt also hosts international matches for other African countries. It recently built a stadium with more than 90,000 seats as part of a sports complex known as Egypt International Olympic City east of Cairo.

However, pointing to Morocco, Mezahi said grassroots initiatives, rather than showcase stadiums, can be a more significant factor in developing sports in Africa.

“The reason why they’ve had success producing talent instead of just hosting events is because they built thousands of what they call ‘proximity pitches’ … artificial turf, small pitch, five-a-side, and it’s really open to the public. It’s really just take your ball and go and play,” Mezahi told The AP from Algiers.

An acid test for sports in Africa

It is too early to tell whether Rwanda’s F1 race will be a game changer for sports in Africa, but it was met with optimism far beyond Kigali.

South Africa Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie pointed to Rwanda as an inspiration and said there’s room for more than one grand prix on the continent, noting that a single European country like Italy has two.

All eyes are now on Rwanda to see how it follows up with the racetrack construction and other infrastructure needed to make the African Grand Prix a lasting success.

“In some ways the F1 grand prix is almost like an acid test,” Chadwick said. “Does Rwanda have what it takes? Or is it going to fall foul of what has beset African sport before?

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Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Beatrice Butchko Sanchez sided with George Morgan, the candidate who asked the court to disqualify Desulme for the way he paid his qualifying fees.

“The payment was made with a bank-certified check drawn from my campaign account rather than my campaign check,” Desulme wrote in a statement in reaction to the ruling.

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Florida election law requires that the fee be paid from a campaign account and signed by the campaign’s treasurer.

After the judge’s ruling, Miami-Dade County released a “notice to North Miami voters” that the mayoral election was “an unopposed candidate race” and that a “vote cast in this race will not change the outcome as the remaining candidate is deemed by law to be elected.”

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Executives at Anthropic and OpenAI have long argued the technology's arrival will bring many benefits for everyday people, and they've promised that will include a share of the profits. The companies are outlining a range of proposals for distributing AI fortunes, but so far they have not resolved key questions over how they would work, how transparent they will be, and who will determine beneficiaries.

On Sunday, Anthropic said it would commit 5% of its shares to the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, a new entity within the company, pending approval from stockholders. The stake could increase “as the company grows” in the future. The maker of AI assistant Claude said the fund “might explore” larger donations to traditional nonprofits or potentially distribute money to “specific populations.”

The San Francisco-based company shared little information about the types of organizations supported by the fund and the issues they will address. One area it will not support, Anthropic said, is lobbying and political giving.

Phil Buchanan, the president of The Center for Effective Philanthropy, said he welcomed Anthropic’s commitment — especially at a time when he said some billionaires are “diminishing the importance of philanthropy.” But he cautioned that Anthropic should avoid the “arrogance” of previous technology barons who assumed their professional expertise would translate to philanthropic wisdom.

Buchanan recommended the fund support highly effective, existing nonprofits but said it is “hard to talk about any of this because it’s all so abstract.”

“I guess I’m hopeful,” Buchanan said, “but I’m not going to get too excited until I see some evidence of what’s actually happening.”

Anthropic's pledge hinges on Wall Street plans

Anthropic, which was valued at close to $1 trillion earlier this year, is preparing for an initial public offering as soon as next month that is shaping up as one of the biggest ever.

Once a company is public, donations might be made through the selling of future shares, or potentially turning to cash dividends in the future, explained Jay R. Ritter, director of The IPO Initiative at the University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business. The specifics on how charitable donations will be made through Anthropic’s fund are not clear yet.

Regardless, Ritter said the announcement now is helpful for potential investors to “know what they’re buying.”

Anthropic has already committed $200 million to study the economic effects of AI more broadly. Combined with Sunday’s announcement, Anthropic said roughly 20% of its shares will be dedicated to the “public good,” plus any additional percentage that could be added if the company’s valuation reaches certain milestones.

In announcing the benefit fund, Anthropic offered labor market impacts as one example of its philanthropic focus.

“AI may generate enormous economic value, but it could also cause instability for many workers,” Anthropic said in a blog post Sunday. It added the fund will have the “versatility” to pursue “bolder approaches” that might be necessary to offset that. The company said it would share more details about the fund's structure and governance in the coming months.

In a May interview with The Associated Press, Anthropic president Daniela Amodei said she expected the company’s success would generally lead to more philanthropic support for disease research and “ensuring that everyone around the world gets to share in the prosperity that we hope AI creates.”

The companies' pledges have met with skepticism from some critics.

“Anthropic is playing games here,” Gary Marcus, a longtime AI expert and professor emeritus at New York University, wrote on social media Sunday. “Trying to curry public favor while still holding control and resisting disclosure is annoying.”

AI companies are pursuing a range of pathways for charitable distributions

Anthropic and OpenAI are each structured as a public benefit corporation, a designation that requires the companies to pursue not just profit but a social good.

OpenAI Foundation, the nonprofit that controls OpenAI, promised to build out its grantmaking capacity earlier this year with a $1 billion commitment.

Separately, OpenAI in April proposed the creation of a “Public Wealth Fund” with a stake in “AI-driven economic growth” across companies more broadly. That fund could be invested in a handful of assets, OpenAI noted, with returns distributed directly to people regardless of whether or not they’re invested in financial markets. OpenAI is planning its own initial public offering next year.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman also has spoken to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle about sharing equity in AI companies with the public.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who has tended to eschew traditional philanthropy, pledged as recently as Monday to donate some shares of his own company.

During the personal computer boom, the likes of Michael Dell and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates started private foundations to manage their philanthropy. Today, Silicon Valley’s leaders including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg have turned instead to limited-liability companies, the option that Anthropic is pursuing for its public benefit fund.

The structure offers more control for its owners, experts say. An LLC is not bound by the same spending rules as a foundation, which is required to distribute at least 5% of the value of its endowment.

“They have a lot more flexibility and latitude in how to use the resources they put into the fund,” said Katherina Rosqueta, the founding executive director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy.

Brian Mittendorf, the chair in accounting at Ohio State University, said LLCs allow for activity outside “traditional philanthropy,” such as payouts to individuals that would not be possible through a 501(c)3 charity. But if they are not making traditional charitable gifts, that puts the companies in a “gray area” by raising the question of how the public is benefiting, he said.

LLC owners don’t reap the same tax benefits, either, according to Rosqueta and Mittendorf. Anthropic's pledge doesn't immediately trigger a tax write-off, and the company can only claim a deduction once the donated shares are moved to a public charity. There's also less transparency required of LLCs.

Overall, Anthropic's announcement amounts to a commitment to “yet-to-be-specified wider goals,” Mittendorf said. The move “reflects more of an intention to do things in the future rather than an act now,” Mittendorf said.

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The health ministry said there was still no evidence of transmission beyond known contacts of the first patient.

Authorities have also identified 135 contacts linked to the nine patients, with 134 now in quarantine. The ministry said the list would continue to grow as more people who had come into contact with any of the nine patients were identified.

Kenya announced its first Ebola case on Oct. 6, involving a man who traveled from Congo via Uganda before arriving in Nairobi on Oct. 3. A relative drove him to a hospital, where he tested positive for Ebola on Oct. 5. He died the same day.

Four of his relatives and four health care workers have since tested positive.

Ebola is highly contagious and spreads through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person, including blood and vomit, or through contact with contaminated materials and surfaces, such as bedding and clothing. Congo is experiencing its deadliest outbreak, with at least 4,000 deaths since May.

Kenya’s Ministry of Health said Tuesday that the first group of contacts was expected to complete the 21-day quarantine period on Oct. 25. Those who had not developed symptoms would be allowed to return home.

The ministry appealed to communities to welcome them back, saying they “pose no risk of infection”.

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy plans to announce the decision on Tuesday afternoon during a visit to Boeing's manufacturing plant in Everett, Washington, the official said. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the certification ahead of the announcement.

The 737 Max 10, which can have up to 230 seats, was introduced at the Paris air show in 2017 to help Boeing compete with rival Airbus. But a series of technical and safety-related concerns slowed the certification of the largest version of Boeing's 737 Max.

FAA authorization would clear the way for Boeing to begin delivering the Max 10 to airline customers. The company has said it expects to make the first deliveries in 2027.

Certification of the Max 10 would represent another milestone in Boeing’s work to restore its reputation and financial footing. The single-aisle aircraft is intended to compete with Airbus’s A321neo model family, which entered service in 2017. The largest A321neo can accommodate more seats and travel a greater distance without refueling than the Max 10.

But the new Boeing model is designed to carry more people while using less fuel than older aircraft, making it an attractive option for airlines that have seen jet fuel costs balloon during the U.S. war with Iran.

Boeing has dealt with years of safety, quality and production challenges — notably in the aftermath of two deadly crashes involving the smaller Max 8 that killed 346 people in 2018 and 2019, as well as a 2024 incident in which a panel flew off of an Alaska Airlines Max 9 midflight.

Recently, a 737 Max 8 survived an extreme dive that subjected the plane to forces well beyond what it was designed to handle when officials said the copilot on a FlyDubai flight tried to hijack the plane and crash it. A group of passengers and pilots were able to restrain the copilot and safely land the plane in Saudi Arabia.

Since the crashes off the coast of Indonesia and in Ethiopia, the FAA overhauled how it certifies Boeing aircraft.

But over the past 18 months, the FAA has been gradually reducing restrictions on Boeing by increasing the limit on how many planes it can produce. And then in July, the FAA said Boeing would again be allowed to take responsibility for certifying all of its 737 Max and 787 planes.

The FAA’s long-delayed approval would complete Boeing’s lineup of four 737 Max models. The agency cleared the smaller Boeing Max 7 for airline operations in August.

“I’m back at square one where I don’t know what’s going on with me,” the actor said on the latest edition of her podcast “MeSsy,” along with co-host Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who has been public about her own battle with MS.

Applegate first publicly announced in 2021 that she had been diagnosed with the disorder that causes the immune system to attack the cells in the central nervous system.

On Monday's podcast, Applegate revealed that despite the misdiagnosis, she still has “every symptom of someone with MS,” adding, “I still have to use wheelchairs when I go to the doctor’s office. I can’t walk from the car to the room.”

There is no single test for MS, and a diagnosis usually involves ruling out other causes. It can take years and seeing multiple doctors before one puts the clues together.

Applegate said the news had put her in an odd place since she and Sigler have become prominent advocates for people with MS.

"It’s weird because I feel like I let everybody down,” she said. “It’s very unnerving, and it’s really confusing for me.”

Most autoimmune diseases, especially in adults, aren’t caused by a specific gene defect. Instead, a variety of genes that affect immune functions can make people susceptible. Scientists say it then takes an “environmental” trigger, such as an infection, smoking or pollutants, to set the disease in motion.

On the podcast and earlier this year while promoting her memoir, "You with the Sad Eyes,” the Emmy-winning Applegate has been candid about unpredictable symptoms that have forced her to use diapers and scoot down stairs on her butt.

“My life has in some ways shrunk to the size of my California king,” she writes in her book.

According to a 21-page arrest affidavit from the Broward Sheriff’s Office, Brian Louis Sguros, 35, is accused of using his position as a police officer to gain access to information about a man whose body he helped discover in July 2022.

Investigators said Sguros subsequently took control of the man’s Lauderhill home, spent years making improvements and attempted to establish a financial interest in the property.

The investigation began after a dispute involving the home’s ownership led to allegations of identity theft and official misconduct.

Officer discovers man’s body during welfare check

According to the affidavit, Sguros and another Lauderhill police officer responded to a welfare check at 4551 NW 12th St. on July 11, 2022.

A neighbor had contacted authorities after becoming concerned that she had not seen the homeowner, Dennis Ionis West, for approximately two weeks.

Officers entered the home through an unlocked front door and discovered West’s body near the entrance.

An autopsy determined that West died of cardiovascular disease, and his death was ruled natural.

Investigators said body camera footage showed Sguros participating in the response, but there was no indication that he told the other officers he knew West.

However, records later showed Sguros identified himself as West’s friend when communicating with the medical examiner’s office.

He also offered to handle West’s funeral arrangements if relatives could not be located.

Investigators eventually determined that West had several surviving family members and legal heirs.

Police say officer took possession of home weeks after death

According to the affidavit, Sguros acknowledged in sworn court documents that he took possession of West’s property around Aug. 1, 2022, just weeks after the man’s death.

“I was wondering, Dennis had just passed away and how could he have gotten the house so quick,” West’s neighbor, Lethel Haye, said. “He was like taking out all the rotten boards and everything inside and putting it outside, and at one point, they were living in there.”

Sguros claimed he spent more than two years cleaning, securing and renovating the home, the affidavit stated.

In court filings, he said he invested at least $214,000 of his own money into the property and increased its value to approximately $500,000.

He maintained that his work was intended to protect the vacant home from squatters and criminal activity, authorities said.

Investigators said property records showed Sguros paid taxes on the home, which remained registered under West’s estate.

Records also showed he made a payment of more than $2,500 toward a utility account that remained in West’s name nearly two years after his death.

In February 2025, Sguros and another individual filed paperwork attempting to establish adverse possession of the property, the affidavit stated.

According to the affidavit, the filing itself did not grant them legal ownership.

Building permit allegedly used dead man’s identity

Investigators said they discovered an August 2024 building permit application for an $8,000 project to replace windows and exterior doors at West’s home.

The paperwork listed West as the property owner, included his driver’s license information and contained a signature purportedly belonging to him, authorities said.

The document also indicated that West had appeared before a notary in August 2024, more than two years after his death.

Investigators said the phone number listed for West on the application actually belonged to Sguros.

According to the affidavit, detectives interviewed an employee of Active Builders Inc., the company involved in the renovation project.

The employee told investigators that Sguros had provided documents needed for the building permit, including a copy of West’s driver’s license, authorities said.

According to the affidavit, the employee said he believed West was alive and owned the property because of the information Sguros provided.

Investigators also reviewed text messages between the employee and Sguros that contained images of the deceased man’s identification and building permit paperwork, authorities said.

According to the affidavit, the notary whose name appeared on the documents told investigators she did not recognize the paperwork and that the signature was not hers.

She also said the notary stamp appeared smaller than the one she used, detectives said.

Investigators examine police database searches

The affidavit also accuses Sguros of improperly accessing law enforcement databases to obtain information about West.

Investigators said records showed Sguros conducted seven searches using his Lauderhill Police Department-issued computer between July 2022 and January 2023.

Those searches involved West’s driver’s license information and vehicle registration records.

According to investigators, the database results included personal information such as West’s address, date of birth, Social Security number and vehicle details.

One search conducted in January 2023 specifically identified West as deceased, authorities said.

Property dispute leads to investigation

According to the affidavit, the case came to light after Equinox Realty Holdings became involved with the property.

The affidavit states that the company located West’s surviving heirs and acquired their ownership interests in the home.

A Broward County court subsequently recognized the heirs’ interests and the conveyances to Equinox.

Investigators said Sguros eventually surrendered the keys to the home but sought reimbursement for the improvements he claimed to have made.

In February 2026, he filed a civil lawsuit seeking an equitable lien against the property, citing the money he said he spent on renovations, records show.

The company’s attorney later filed a complaint with the Lauderhill Police Department, raising concerns about Sguros’ involvement with the property and his use of information obtained through his official duties.

The investigation eventually involved the Broward County Property Appraiser’s Deed Fraud Task Force and Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives.

Five criminal charges outlined in affidavit

According to the affidavit, investigators found probable cause to pursue five charges against Sguros:

• Official misconduct
• Criminal use of a deceased person’s identification information
• Criminal use of personal identification information
• Offense against a computer user
• Unlawful use of a two-way communications device

Solórzano Foppa murió la mañana del sábado de varios impactos de bala al ser atacado cuando estaba en un campo de futbol en la capital guatemalteca.

El abogado usaba sus redes sociales para hacer análisis personales sobre la corrupción, las pandillas y el narcotráfico y había señalado que instituciones y funcionarios podrían estar involucrados en esos delitos.

Con su madre Silvia Solórzano al frente, que llevaba claveles rojos en sus manos, el cuerpo del abogado fue llevado en un carro de bomberos, pues también era bombero, desde una funeraria local hasta la Plaza de la Constitución, frente al Palacio Nacional, para rendirle un homenaje.

Una ceremonia maya con flores, incienso, fuego y velas dio pie a que cientos de personas que acompañaron el cortejo fúnebre pidieran que se haga justicia y se esclarezca el crimen.

“Foppa no está muerto, él vive. Justicia”, gritaban las personas.

El presidente Bernardo Arévalo condenó el crimen y pidió a las autoridades de justicia una pronta investigación para dar con los responsables.

Por el crimen fueron detenidos dos hombres indígenas hermanos en una zona diferente a donde ocurrió el hecho. Éstos se identificaron como repartidores de comida y la policía dijo que les incautó un arma. Un día después la fiscalía pidió a un juez dejarlos en libertad porque no había evidencias para acusarlos. El presidente ordenó también investigar el procedimiento de la policía.

The Senate Majority PAC, aligned with Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, will spend $1.2 million on a new television advertisement to boost Scott Colom, a district attorney, in his campaign against Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. The ad, first disclosed to The Associated Press, is set to start Wednesday and run through Election Day.

“Senate Majority PAC has been watching this race closely, and it is clear Colom is running a competitive race that has put Hyde-Smith on her heels,” group spokesperson Lauren French said in a statement.

With just two weeks to go in the race, it's unclear what impact the ad will have in a matchup that's been set since Colom won a March primary. Still, it's a substantial investment in a race that's seen only about $8 million in total spending, with Colom outspending Hyde-Smith nearly $4.6 million to $3.2 million, according to AdImpact.

Hyde-Smith, first appointed and then elected in 2018, is running for reelection in a state Republicans have long dominated. In the 2024 presidential race, Republican Donald Trump won Mississippi by nearly 23 percentage points over Democrat Kamala Harris, and a Democrat hasn’t won a Senate race in the state since 1982.

However, some Democrats believe Hyde-Smith is vulnerable, and she underperformed Trump by 6 percentage points in 2020, the year he lost his White House reelection bid to Democrat Joe Biden.

The television ad touts Colom's time as district attorney, while labeling Hyde-Smith a “do-nothing” senator.

“A decade in power, Hyde-Smith hasn’t passed one piece of legislation, but she did vote to kick people off Medicaid,” a narrator says in the ad, which will run on television stations statewide alongside a digital campaign.

Hyde-Smith’s campaign and the National Republican Senatorial Committee did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Colom has raised Democratic hopes in a year when electoral winds are at their backs. Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock was the latest high-profile Democrat to campaign with Colom last week, and Harris, who was Biden's vice president, is set to rally with Colom on Thursday.

Republicans currently hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate and were expected to face a friendlier map this year with fewer seats to defend. But high costs and gas prices amid an unpopular war in Iran under a Republican president have made Democrats optimistic, with the Senate Majority PAC spending its final weeks investing in conservative territory. It's already announced spending in Kansas, where megachurch pastor and Democratic nominee Adam Hamilton is trying to unseat Republican Sen. Roger Marshall.

Colom would be his state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction, the 12-year period after the U.S. Civil War when the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments were adopted.

Some Democrats have criticized national groups for not spending more in Southern states like Mississippi.

“I worry, to be very honest, that Democrats are missing a real opportunity to invest in a serious and sustained way in the South,” Warnock said Sunday on NBC’s ”Meet the Press."

The Gamecocks received 23 first-place votes from a 31-member national media panel Tuesday. UConn, USC, Duke and Michigan round out the top five.

It is the fifth time in the past seven years that Staley's team has been ranked No. 1 in the preseason.

“It's a gift and curse,” Staley said. “I tend to not look at the number, but our players do. They look at it and feel like there’s a sense of respect to being No. 1. They also know that it’s pressure packed with the type of non-conference shcedule we have, we’re going to be challenged. If we stand there at No. 1 at the end of our non-conference season that’s something to be truly to be proud of.”

South Carolina will face five ranked teams in the first month of the season, including UConn, USC and Duke.

“It’s a doozy of a schedule. something we have to do for us to actually keep having the roster we have,” Staley said. “Some of them are NIL games. some of them are games we just got to play because they are super competitive and we want to test ourselves.”

UConn, which lost to South Carolina in the Final Four last season, garnered six first-place votes and has been ranked in the top 10 of every preseason poll since 1994.

This is the third consecutive year that South Carolina and UConn have been 1-2 in the preseason poll, though the Huskies were on top a year ago. The two play each other on Nov. 24 in Uncasville, Connecticut.

Southern California picked up the other two first-place ballots. Expectations are high for the Trojans, who have a healthy JuJu Watkins back after she missed last season while recovering from a torn ACL suffered in the 2025 NCAA Tournament. The No. 3 ranking matches the one they had two years ago.

Duke has its highest ranking in the preseason poll since 2013 when the Blue Devils were second. Michigan has its best ranking ever in the preseason Top 25. The Wolverines were ranked in the top 10 for the final 18 weeks of the poll last season.

“They came to Michigan to do things that have never been done before,” Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico said of her stellar junior class led by Olivia Olson and Syla Swords. “We're in the position we're in because they came here and made a difference.”

The first regular season poll will be released Nov. 9.

The rest of the rankings

Texas, Louisville, Vanderbilt, LSU and Iowa round out the top 10. Defending national champion UCLA is next with North Carolina, Notre Dame, Kentucky and TCU following the Bruins.

Washington, Minnesota, Ohio State, Ole Miss and Maryland are 16-20 while the final five in the Top 25 were Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Illinois, West Virginia and N.C. State.

It is the first preseason ranking for No. 17 Minnesota since 2019. Coach Dawn Plitzuweit’s team is coming off its first NCAA tourney berth since 2018 and first Sweet 16 appearance since 2005, but lost leading scorer Tori McKinney for the season with a knee injury suffered last week in practice.

Conference supremecy

The Big Ten has nine teams in the Top 25, the most ever for one conference in the preseason poll. The Southeastern Conference has seven, including four in the top 10. The ACC has five and the Big 12 three. The Big East has one.

“When I left the Big East we had eight or nine teams in the Top 25 as well and it was the best league in the country. I couldn't imagine I'd goto a place that would be even greater,” said Barnes Arico, who is in her 15th year at Michigan. “With expansion this conference got better and better. The knock has been that the Big Ten hasn't won a championship, but UCLA did that last year and now we have some of the best players in the country returning this year.”

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An initial call was made to authorities regarding a suspicious white power found in an envelope.

Wasserman Schultz’s office is located in Sunrise, east of the Sawgrass Expressway and south of Sunrise Boulevard.

According to Sunrise police, the envelope was safely secured and remains unopened, but the contents of the envelope are unknown.

There has been no word on whether the Democratic congresswoman was at her office on Monday.

The congresswoman did post about the incident on X, thanking Sunrise PD for responding quickly and ensuring the safety of her staff.

Today, like other Members, my district office received a suspicious letter. I’m thankful Sunrise Police and first responders acted swiftly to ensure my staff’s safety. Cowardly acts of intimidation like this will not work. They have no place in our politics and must be condemned. pic.twitter.com/w7cedz9VMw

— Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (@RepDWStweets) October 19, 2026

This is not the first time her office has faced a potential threat.

Wasserman Schultz dealt with a mail-related alarm eight years ago when a suspicious package arrived at the same district headquarters site.

That incident prompted an evacuation and a response from the Sunrise PD Bomb Squad.

Wasserman Schultz also posted a full statement Monday, which can be read below:

“Today, like many other Members of Congress, my district office received a suspicious letter that was clearly designed to intimidate me and my staff. It will not work. Thankfully, Sunrise Police, local first responders, the FBI, and the U.S. Postal Service acted swiftly to ensure the safety of my staff and the other public servants who work in the same building. While initial tests were negative for any hazardous material, law enforcement will do further analysis as they continue their larger investigation. 

“Sadly, this is not the first time my office has received threatening mail. Right before the 2018 election, improvised explosive devices were sent to prominent Democrats, media, and my office with the same terrorizing goal in mind. Such cowardly acts of coercion will not work and have absolutely no place in our politics. My hope is that all sides will condemn these weak, desperate attempts to bully their opponents. And to be clear, they will not deter me from fully representing my Broward County constituents.”

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Federal investigators are looking into several similar incidents of suspicious letters arriving at congressional offices in recent days, that all contained a white powdery substance.

On Friday, investigators in Central Florida raced to Democratic U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost’s office after a suspicious item was delivered there, and a second emergency call in the same area prompted a similar alarm at Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto’s office.

Officials in Louisiana, Oklahoma and Ohio are also trying to narrow down the source of the concerning mail sent to the offices of elected leaders.

Protesters blocked the loading and unloading of fresh food and other goods at supermarket distribution warehouses near Naples on Monday, Sky TG24 reported. The truckers are adding their voices to demonstrations that have spread across Europe as the war disrupts economies.

One supermarket in the city posted a note on empty shelves apologizing that “some products may be temporarily unavailable or available in a reduced range" due to the truckers' strike.

Shortages of fresh pasta, packaged cheeses and meats as well as produce have been reported in Sicily, partly due to stockpiling by shoppers. Partially empty supermarket shelves were also reported in the southern regions of Calabria and Puglia.

Transport Minister Matteo Salvini met Tuesday with national trucking associations to help the truckers cope, promising tax credits to offset soaring diesel prices and funds to modernize trucking fees.

Diesel prices are roughly a third higher than before the Iran war, despite government-backed efforts to curb pump prices. A temporary diesel tax discount expired earlier this month.

The president of the Unatras group of trucking associations, Paolo Uggè, said Salvini promised that payments would begin Wednesday and pledged legislation to address operating costs, the news agency LaPresse reported. Another meeting was set for next week.

During the peak Wednesday night into Thursday morning, it will be possible to see up to 20 meteors per hour in ideal viewing conditions, according to the American Meteor Society. Meteors are still visible for a few weeks before and after the peak.

The Orionids are viewable in the northern and southern hemispheres after midnight. While they get their name from the Orion constellation, they are visible across the night sky, according to NASA.

Orionids can be especially bright and fast, and can leave glowing trains that can last for several seconds. Here’s what to know about the Orionids and other meteor showers.

What is a meteor shower?

As the Earth orbits the sun, several times a year it passes through debris left by passing comets and the occasional asteroid. The source of the Orionids is debris from Halley’s comet, which passes near Earth every 75 years.

When these fast-moving space rocks enter Earth’s atmosphere, the debris encounters new resistance from the air and becomes very hot, eventually burning up.

Sometimes the surrounding air glows briefly, leaving behind a fiery tail — the end of a “shooting star.”

You don’t need special equipment to see the meteor showers that flash across the sky annually, but it will help to find a spot far enough from city lights and other light pollution.

How to view a meteor shower

The best time to watch a meteor shower is typically after midnight, or in the early predawn hours, when there's usually less interference from moonlight.

Competing sources of light — such as a bright moon or artificial glow from lights on the ground — are the main obstacles to a clear view of meteors. Cloudless nights when the moon wanes smallest provide optimal viewing opportunities.

Be patient: It can take several minutes for your eyes to adjust to the dark.

When is the next meteor shower?

The next major meteor shower, the Southern Taurids, is expected to peak Nov. 5, when there will be just a crescent moon, making for favorable viewing conditions.

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ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Patterson’s release on Tuesday morning. The move comes as Miami returns from its bye week with an 0-5 record.

Patterson struggled with consistency during the first five weeks of the season.

He missed field goals in each of Miami’s first two games and failed to convert an extra point in Week 5. He finished his Dolphins tenure with five successful extra points on six attempts.

Patterson also had trouble from longer distances, missing his only field goal attempt from beyond 50 yards and making one of two attempts from 40 to 49 yards.

Miami did not attempt a field goal from 40 yards or longer in Weeks 3 through 5, raising questions about the team’s confidence in Patterson’s range.

The Dolphins are moving forward with Zane Gonzalez, who is expected to join the team after a workout, according to NFL insider Jordan Schultz. Schultz also reported that Miami worked out veteran kicker Justin Tucker.

Gonzalez enters the opportunity with a career field-goal conversion rate of 81% and an extra-point success rate of 95.3%. Last season with the Atlanta Falcons, he made seven of nine field-goal attempts from at least 50 yards, including a long of 56 yards.

Gonzalez has not appeared in a regular-season game in 2026.

William Nikolas Moraitis, de 20 años y residente de Bunnell, era buscado en relación con un caso del condado Flagler.

Según la Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, pruebas de ADN lo vincularon con el caso del 8 de abril de 2025.

De acuerdo con un comunicado de prensa de la FCSO, pocas horas después de la agresión la víctima acudió al agente asignado a su escuela para denunciar que Moraitis, que entonces tenía 18 años, se presentó en su casa “sin avisar” esa madrugada, después de que ella “le había dicho que no cuando él le pidió venir a tener sexo”.

“Como sabía que él andaba armado, sintió que tenía que dejarlo entrar por la ventana”, señala el comunicado. “Vio el arma en su cintura, aunque él nunca la sacó. Ella le volvió a decir que no; sin embargo, él no se detuvo”.

Las autoridades afirmaron que Moraitis sabía perfectamente la edad de la joven.

“En agosto de 2024, cuando la joven le dijo que iba a cumplir 15 años, él le respondió que era ‘demasiado mayor’ para ella y que en 12 días cumpliría 18”, indica el comunicado.

Las autoridades informaron que obtuvieron una orden de arresto contra Moraitis el 12 de octubre, y que agentes de U.S. Customs and Border Protection lo detuvieron el lunes en el puerto.

“La rapidez de la víctima para denunciar, su ADN y sus propias palabras ayudaron a probar este caso”, dijo el sheriff del condado Flagler, Rick Staly, en el comunicado. “Puede que pensara que se iba de viaje fuera del país, pero solo llegó hasta el puerto de Miami. Su próxima excursión será al Green Roof Inn”.

Según los agentes, Moraitis enfrenta un cargo de agresión lasciva contra una víctima de 12 años o más, pero menor de 16.

Hasta la mañana del martes, seguía en el condado Miami-Dade, según los registros de la cárcel, detenido en el Metrowest Detention Center a la espera de ser extraditado por la Interstate 95.

Elliot Rohl mide 5 pies y 7 pulgadas, y fue visto por última vez con una sudadera gris con capucha y letras rojas, pantalón negro y zapatos blancos, según la policía.

Las autoridades indicaron que utilizaron la unidad de aviación de la Broward Sheriff’s Office y perros sabuesos para tratar de localizarlo, aunque el aviso público del departamento no precisó si esas labores arrojaron alguna pista.

El martes, la policía pidió a cualquier persona con información sobre su paradero que se comunique con el detective Frank Dovi al 954-743-1639 o con el Pembroke Pines Police Department al 954-431-2200.

Jean Claude Saint Cyr, residente de Deerfield Beach, enfrenta cargos que incluyen homicidio vehicular, conducción temeraria con lesiones corporales graves y siete cargos de conducción temeraria con daños a personas o propiedades, según los registros de la cárcel.

Su esposa, Fedeline Alexis Saint Cyr, de 59 años, murió en el lugar tras salir expulsada de la Land Rover Discovery 2023 blanca que él conducía durante el choque del 26 de mayo, de acuerdo con los investigadores.

Local 10 News obtuvo un video de seguridad que muestra el choque y al personal de rescate trabajando en la escena durante horas.

El accidente ocurrió poco antes de la 1:40 p.m. en Northeast Third Avenue y 44th Street, según BSO.

Los investigadores indicaron que Jean Claude Saint Cyr circulaba hacia el norte por Third Avenue cuando chocó por detrás a una Nissan Rogue 2023 roja que estaba detenida en la 44th Street.

El impacto lanzó la Land Rover hacia los carriles en dirección sur, donde golpeó una Nissan NV200 2015 blanca antes de dar varias vueltas y quedar detenida cerca de la acera, informaron las autoridades.

Los investigadores determinaron que la Land Rover iba a entre 98 y 102 mph cuando pasó frente a un negocio cercano al lugar del choque, donde el límite de velocidad es de 30 mph. Al momento de impactar a la Nissan Rogue, la SUV circulaba a entre 79 y 87 mph, según los agentes.

El choque fue tan violento que el eje delantero de la Land Rover se desprendió y el motor salió expulsado. La Nissan Rogue también se volcó antes de quedar detenida contra el portal de una casa. Su conductor salió expulsado y fue encontrado parcialmente debajo del vehículo, cerca del portal, según los agentes.

Las autoridades informaron que los tres conductores heridos fueron trasladados al Broward Health North, en Deerfield Beach.

Según el reporte de arresto, los investigadores atribuyeron la muerte de Fedeline Alexis Saint Cyr a las lesiones que sufrió al salir expulsada del vehículo durante la colisión.

El choque también dañó una cerca de madera en una casa cercana, junto a una piscina donde jugaban cuatro niñas. Su abuelo le dijo anteriormente a Local 10 News que las niñas no resultaron heridas.

Tras el accidente, varios vecinos también le contaron a Local 10 News que los conductores suelen pasar a exceso de velocidad por la zona y no respetan el pare de cuatro vías.

Hasta la mañana del martes, Jean Claude Saint Cyr permanecía en la Broward County Main Jail, según los registros de la cárcel. Aún no se le había fijado una fianza.

Aunque los frentes asociados al sistema de baja presión, que el Centro Nacional de Huracanes ya designó como Invest 93L, comenzaban a enrollarse y debilitarse, el sistema todavía no se había desprendido de su origen no tropical.

En los próximos días, mientras 93L se mantiene sobre las cálidas aguas de la Corriente del Golfo, podría generar suficiente actividad de tormentas organizadas cerca de su centro de circulación como para perder sus rasgos frontales restantes y adquirir características tropicales.

Sin duda es un caso al límite, pero si se vuelve subtropical mañana o el jueves, el Centro Nacional de Huracanes le asignaría un nombre y un cono de pronóstico.

El próximo nombre de la lista es Josephine.

El nombre y la clasificación subtropical son pura formalidad

Como explicamos en el boletín del lunes, que la tormenta se transforme o no en la tormenta subtropical Josephine en los próximos días no cambia en nada sus efectos en la costa, que ya se están sintiendo.

Ya se han registrado ráfagas de casi 50 mph frente a los Outer Banks, y las inundaciones costeras, de menores a moderadas, seguirán durante varios ciclos de marea alta hasta el jueves, desde la costa de Carolina del Norte y la región de Tidewater, en Virginia, hacia el norte hasta el Eastern Shore de Maryland y el sur de Nueva Jersey.

A lo largo de la costa más expuesta, las inundaciones se agravarán por olas de 8 a 12 pies en la zona de rompiente, que no solo harán peligrosas las condiciones en el mar, sino que también provocarán una erosión generalizada de las playas y el desborde del oleaje sobre carreteras bajas cercanas.

Los vientos irán disminuyendo poco a poco el jueves y el viernes, lo que aliviará los problemas de inundaciones costeras hacia el final de la semana.

Si Josephine llega a formarse, lo hará cuando el sistema de baja presión ya se esté alejando de Estados Unidos.

Casi todos nuestros modelos de pronóstico más confiables le dan al sistema una probabilidad media, de entre 50% y 60%, de convertirse en Josephine mañana o el jueves.

Sin preocupaciones en el resto del Atlántico

En el resto de la cuenca del Atlántico no se espera ningún desarrollo hasta finales de mes.

Plans were announced Tuesday for a huge new visitor attraction that backers say will give Liverpool a tourist draw about its famous sons to rival Elvis Presley’s Graceland and Dolly Parton’s Dollywood.

Apple Corps Ltd., the company that oversees The Beatles’ business interests, said an expanded version of The Beatles Story museum is coming to the center of Liverpool in 2028. It’s scheduled to open soon after the release of Sam Mendes’ quartet of feature films about John, Paul, George and Ringo, which are expected to unleash a new wave of global interest in the band that transformed rock ‘n’ roll.

The plan will see Apple Corps take over The Beatles Story and move it from its current home in Liverpool’s docklands to the former St. John’s Market, a 100,000-square-foot (9,290-square-meter) site across from the city’s main Lime Street train station.

Apple Corps said the new venue will use “immersive technology, original artifacts and spectacular reconstructed sets” to take visitors from the band members’ childhoods in postwar Liverpool through their hardscrabble years in the bars of Hamburg, Germany, to the explosion of “Beatlemania” and global fame.

Sets and props from Mendes' movies will create versions of Liverpool’s Cavern Club, where the band got its start; the famous Abbey Road studios in London; and Shea Stadium, the site of their legendary 1965 performance.

The nearby St Johns Beacon, a 400-foot (122-meter) former radio tower, will be transformed into a tourist attraction inspired by the band’s song and animated movie “Yellow Submarine,” offering views over the city.

“Just like Graceland or Dollywood, it’s fitting that The Beatles will have a world class destination for fans to visit in the center of the city where the story started,” Apple Corps chief executive Tom Greene said.

Apple Corps said a portion of the ticket revenue will support a charity set up to nurture new artists in Liverpool.

The two surviving Beatles welcomed the development. Paul McCartney said the band’s success “couldn’t have happened without Liverpool and I can’t wait for people to be able to step into our story and share the experience.” Ringo Starr said “Liverpool was, and still is, music city.”

The announcement is the latest chapter in a Beatles boom, 56 years after the band’s breakup. Apple Corps has already announced that a new fan experience will open in late 2027 in the band’s former London headquarters at 3 Savile Row, whose rooftop was the site of The Beatles’ last public performance in 1969.

Mendes is directing a quartet of biopics starring Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison, Paul Mescal as McCartney and Barry Keoghan as Starr. All are due for release in April 2028.

The legacy of The Beatles has helped transform Liverpool into a culture and nightlife destination, reviving the city’s economy after decades of decline following the closure of its docks.

Mike Jones, a Beatles expert at the University of Liverpool, said the “double boost” of the films and attractions will bring in many more Beatles fans.

“I’m not sure that the city’s quite prepared for it,” he said, calling it both a risk and an opportunity. “What we have to resist is the Disneyfication of Liverpool, the Disneyfication of the Beatles."

That said, there's a lot more that people should know about the band and its legacy, Jones said.

“There’s a rich story to be told about the relationship between Liverpool and the Beatles, a very rich story," he said. "And I’m not sure that story’s been told."

SimBioSys, a Chicago-based software company born in a lab at the University of Illinois, created TumorSight Risk as a prognostic tool for cancer centers treating patients with early-stage, hormone receptor-positive breast cancer.

Stacey Stevens, the president and chief executive officer of SimBioSys, recently celebrated the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s clearance of TumorSight Risk to be used as a prognostic indicator of recurrence-free survival at five and ten years in some patients.

The tool is designed for women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer that has three characteristics:

• It is hormone receptor-positive, which means that the cancer cells have receptors that attach to estrogen or progesterone.
• It is HER2-negative, which means the cancer cells don’t have high levels of the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 protein or extra copies of the gene.
• And, it is Stage I–IIIA, which means it ranges from small, localized tumors to larger tumors with limited regional lymph node involvement.

Related story: New AI-powered tool helps women determine 5-year breast cancer risk

William Reaves, 77, was sentenced to death after being convicted of first-degree murder for the 1986 shooting of Indian River County Deputy Richard Raczkowski. He would become Florida’s eighth prisoner over the age of 70 to be executed this year, which has highlighted the nation’s aging death-row population and underscored how Florida has outpaced the rest of the country in executions.

Reaves was set to receive a three-drug injection starting at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison near Starke.

Last year, Florida set a state record with 19 executions in a single year. Another execution is scheduled for November, which would tie that mark if both are carried out as planned.

DeSantis, who leaves office in January, has said previously that his goal is to bring justice to victims’ families who have waited decades for the death sentences to be carried out.

Fought with a deputy after dropping a gun

According to court records, Raczkowski responded to a 911 call at a Vero Beach convenience store in September 1986. Reaves acknowledged that he had placed the call at a payphone outside the store.

While Raczkowski and Reaves spoke, a gun fell out of Reaves’ shorts, officials said. The men struggled over the firearm and Reaves eventually regained control over it. Investigators said the deputy attempted to run away before Reaves shot him four times. The deputy later died from his wounds.

Reaves was initially convicted and sentenced to death about a year after the shooting. The Florida Supreme Court reversed the conviction because of a conflict of interest with the prosecutor and ordered a new trial. Reaves was convicted and sentenced to death a second time in 1992, and subsequent appeals have been unsuccessful.

The Florida Supreme Court rejected Reaves’ final appeals last week.

One issue raised by his attorneys was Florida’s method of execution. All Florida executions are carried out via lethal injection of a sedative, a paralytic and a drug that stops the heart, according to the Department of Corrections.

The court has previously upheld this lethal injection protocol against similar challenges. It differs from the single-drug injection used by states like Tennessee, where death row inmate Christa Pike was rushed to the hospital last month after surviving two lethal doses of pentobarbital.

Defense attorneys also argued that the jurors who recommended the death penalty for Reaves were never told that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs rated Reaves, an Army veteran, as 100% disabled by post-traumatic stress disorder, which was caused by his service in the Vietnam War. More than 100 veterans sent DeSantis a letter on Monday asking him to stop the execution.

Final appeals for Reaves were still pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Florida is close to matching last year’s record-setting numbers

A total of 47 people were executed in the U.S. in 2025. Besides leading all other states last year, Florida has carried out more than half the 31 total executions in the U.S. so far this year. In July, Florida executed two prisoners in one day, the first state in nearly a decade to do so.

Jesse Guardado, 64, is next scheduled to die by injection in Florida on Nov. 5. He was convicted of robbing and killing a woman in order to buy drugs in 2004.

Animal advocates say breeders operating outside the law are profiting from puppies while often failing to provide proper veterinary care, vaccinations and safe living conditions.

Local 10 News animal advocate Jacey Birch spoke with three people working to expose illegal breeding operations, strengthen enforcement and protect animals from exploitation.

Puppies sold in parking lot spark investigation

Rebecca Landerman, who runs Rescue Dog Network, spends her days rescuing dogs from streets and shelters. But she has also taken on another mission: exposing backyard breeders.

Recently, Landerman investigated a woman advertising husky puppies for sale online and arranging to sell them in a Costco parking lot in Davie.

During the encounter, Landerman learned the puppies were being offered for $800 each, were approximately six weeks old and had not received vaccinations.

Breeders are required to obtain permits and register with the county. Puppies must also meet veterinary and vaccination requirements and be at least eight weeks old.

Selling puppies in public places is also prohibited under the local rules cited during the investigation.

A Broward County Animal Care field officer responded and was seen issuing a citation for the violation as the husky puppies sat in a grocery cart.

Landerman believes enforcing existing laws is essential to addressing the problem.

Documentarian exposes conditions behind puppy sales

Christian Ruben, a documentarian with iFilm Heroes, has made it his mission to expose what he describes as the dark side of the animal breeding industry.

Through documentaries, drone footage and a podcast, Ruben has investigated breeding operations across Florida, documenting conditions that prospective buyers rarely see.

“I have seen dogs in Miami, actually in Homestead, German Shepherd breeding inside a chicken coop, barely tall enough to stand,” Ruben said. “When I saw that, I was like, ‘Wow, OK, this is crazy, it’s getting crazier.’”

Ruben believes financial incentives are driving the problem, with some breeders prioritizing profits over the health and welfare of their animals.

“Does this all come down to easy money, exploiting animals?” asked Local 10’s Jacey Birch.

“Yes,” replied Ruben. “They are the number one problem, in my opinion, you know, because think about it, a backyard breeder doesn’t care where the dog goes, they don’t vet anybody, they could care less who takes that dog.”

He said the appealing puppy photographs used in advertisements often conceal the conditions in which breeding animals are kept, including cages, neglect and inadequate care.

His work aims to show potential buyers what can happen behind the scenes before puppies are advertised for sale.

Palm Beach County pushes for tougher enforcement

In Palm Beach County, Animal Care and Control Director Jan Steele says illegal breeding is placing enormous pressure on shelters already struggling to accommodate unwanted animals.

“Right now, there are no spaces for all the animals being bred in South Florida, whether it’s dogs or cats, and a lot of that is coming down to the illegal breeders,” Steele said.

Steele, who has led the county’s Animal Care and Control department for five years, says the agency is working to strengthen its existing regulations.

“We’ve got a really good ordinance right now. We’re going to make it even tighter because what we want to do is we want to stop all the illegal breeding in Palm Beach County,” she said.

The department has 30 field officers and works closely with the sheriff’s office to investigate animal welfare violations and enforce breeding regulations.

Steele said illegal breeders frequently skip essential veterinary care while repeatedly breeding animals until they can no longer produce puppies.

“They don’t ever do the medical workups, they don’t do health checks, they don’t get vaccinations, they often times breed and breed and breed until the animals are just worn out and they end up in shelters along with at least half, if not more, of their offspring,” she said.

Rescue groups left dealing with the consequences

Animal advocates say the consequences of irresponsible and illegal breeding extend far beyond the animals being sold.

Dogs that are sick, unwanted, unsold or no longer profitable often end up abandoned, surrendered to shelters or taken in by rescue organizations.

That leaves volunteers and nonprofit groups struggling to find homes, provide medical treatment and cover the costs of caring for the animals.

Advocates say stronger enforcement, public awareness and responsible decisions by prospective pet owners are necessary to reduce the number of animals entering already overwhelmed shelters.

Their message to South Floridians is simple: Don’t purchase pets from illegal breeders.

William Nikolas Moraitis, 20, of Bunnell, was being sought in connection with a case out of Flagler County.

According to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, DNA evidence tied him to the April 8, 2025 case.

An FCSO news release states that the victim went to a school resource deputy a few hours after the assault to report that Moraitis, then 18, showed up at her home “unannounced” early that morning after she “she had told (him) no when he asked to come over for sex.”

“Knowing he carried a gun, she felt she had to let him in through her window,” the news release states. “She saw the gun in his waistband, though he never pulled it out. She told him no again; however, he did not stop.”

Authorities said Moraitis was fully aware of how young the girl was.

“In August 2024, when the girl told him she was turning 15, he wrote back that he was ‘too old’ for her and he would turn 18 in 12 days,” the release states.

Authorities said they obtained a warrant for Moraitis’ arrest on Oct. 12 and U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers took him into custody at the seaport on Monday.

“The victim’s fast reporting, his DNA, and his own words helped prove this case,” Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said in the news release. “While he may have thought he was leaving the country on a trip, he only made it to the Miami seaport. His next excursion is to the Green Roof Inn.”

Deputies said Moraitis was facing a charge of lewd or lascivious battery on a victim 12 or older but less than 16.

As of Tuesday morning, he remained in Miami-Dade County, jail records show, where he was being held at the Metrowest Detention Center pending extradition up Interstate 95.

El Senado dio su aval el lunes y la Cámara de Representantes lo hizo en la madrugada del martes tras un extenso debate en el que aprobaron un presupuesto por 634,9 billones de pesos, aproximadamente 201.140 millones de dólares, por lo que resta la firma del presidente De la Espriella.

Se trata de una victoria legislativa para el gobierno del conservador De la Espriella, quien no tiene garantizadas las mayorías en el Congreso y que ya había sufrido un revés con la votación en la que eligieron a las directivas del Senado.

"Esta señal que el Congreso le ha dado hoy a la política económica del gobierno es de muchísima importancia. Este es el primer paso para empezar a recuperar la estabilidad de nuestra economía y para generar crecimiento y prosperidad”, agradeció ante la Cámara el ministro de Hacienda, Miguel Gómez.

El gobierno defendió que el presupuesto ajustara rubros que dejó “desfinanciados” la administración del progresista Gustavo Petro (2022-2026), incluyendo el servicio de la deuda estatal y el dinero para pagos de pensiones, salud y educación.

“Están usando el tema de la deuda pública como una excusa para quitarle a las clases humildes de Colombia”, reclamó el martes ante la prensa José Luis Bohórquez, representante a la Cámara por el opositor Pacto Histórico, quien abogaba por más presupuesto para los departamentos agrícolas y el Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje, un centro estatal dirigido a la población de menos recursos.

El Congreso también aprobó algunos recortes propuestos por el gobierno, incluyendo 57,5 millones de dólares para la Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP), como se denomina al tribunal creado para juzgar crímenes de lesa humanidad y de guerra cometidos en cinco décadas de conflicto con la extinta guerrilla Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC).

Alejandro Ramelli, presidente de la JEP, advirtió a la prensa en septiembre que el gobierno pretende desfinanciarla para dejarla inoperante en la práctica dado que De la Espriella dijo durante la campaña que haría todo lo que estuviera a su alcance para desmontar el tribunal.

“Claro que hay una desfinanciación, claro que hay una asfixia... quieren dejar un cascarón vacío, que no funcione para nada”, aseguró Ramelli.

Sin embargo, el Ministerio de Hacienda indicó el martes en un comunicado que una parte del recorte para el tribunal se trasladará al Ministerio de Defensa y sostuvo que el ajuste al tribunal “no afectará” su funcionamiento.

Jean Claude Saint Cyr, of Deerfield Beach, faces charges including vehicular homicide, reckless driving causing serious bodily injury and seven counts of reckless driving involving damage to a person or property, jail records show.

His wife, 59-year-old Fedeline Alexis Saint Cyr, died at the scene after she was ejected from the white 2023 Land Rover Discovery he was driving during the May 26 crash, according to investigators.

Local 10 News obtained surveillance video showing the crash and fire rescue personnel working at the scene for hours afterward.

The crash happened shortly before 1:40 p.m. at Northeast Third Avenue and 44th Street, according to BSO.

Investigators said Jean Claude Saint Cyr was driving north on Third Avenue when he rear-ended a red 2023 Nissan Rogue that had stopped at 44th Street.

The impact sent the Land Rover into the southbound lanes, where it struck a white 2015 Nissan NV200 before tumbling and rolling to a stop near the sidewalk, authorities said.

Investigators determined the Land Rover was traveling between 98 and 102 mph as it passed a business near the crash site, where the posted speed limit is 30 mph. The SUV was traveling between 79 and 87 mph when it struck the Nissan Rogue, deputies said.

They said the crash was so severe that the Land Rover’s front axle was torn off and its engine was ejected. The Nissan Rogue also rolled before coming to rest against the front porch of a home. Its driver was ejected and found partially beneath the vehicle near the porch, according to deputies.

Authorities said the three injured drivers were taken to Broward Health North in Deerfield Beach.

An arrest report states that investigators attributed Fedeline Alexis Saint Cyr’s death to injuries she sustained when she was ejected from the vehicle during the collision.

The crash also damaged a wooden fence at a nearby home, close to a pool where four girls were playing. Their grandfather previously told Local 10 News that the girls were not injured.

Neighbors also told Local 10 News after the crash that drivers frequently speed through the area and fail to obey the four-way stop.

As of Tuesday morning, Jean Claude Saint Cyr was being held at the Broward County Main Jail, according to jail records. His bond had not been immediately set.

Although the fronts connected to the low-pressure system – now designated Invest 93L by the National Hurricane Center – were beginning to wrap up and weaken, it hadn’t yet shed its non-tropical origins.

Over the next few days as 93L loiters in the vicinity of the warm Gulf Stream waters, it may muster up enough organized thunderstorm activity near its circulation center to shed its remaining frontal features and acquire tropical characteristics.

It’s a borderline case to be sure, but if it turns subtropical by tomorrow or Thursday, it would get a name and forecast cone from NHC.

The next name on the list is Josephine.

Name and subtropical standing purely academic

As we discussed in Monday’s newsletter, whether or not the nor’easter morphs into Subtropical Storm Josephine over the next few days is immaterial to its ongoing coastal impacts.

Already winds have gusted to nearly 50 mph off the Outer Banks and widespread minor to moderate coastal flooding will continue across multiple high-tide cycles through Thursday from coastal North Carolina and the Virginia Tidewater northward to the Eastern Shores of Maryland and southern New Jersey.

Coastal flooding will be compounded along the exposed coastline by breaking waves reaching 8 to 12 feet in the surf zone that will not only make for treacherous marine conditions but lead to widespread beach erosion and ocean overwash of nearby low-lying roadways.

Winds will gradually taper down on Thursday and Friday which will lessen the coastal flooding issues by the end of the week.

If Josephine forms, it will be doing so as the low-pressure system is pulling away from the U.S.

Nearly all of our reliable modeling systems give the system medium odds (~ 50-60% odds) of becoming Josephine by tomorrow or Thursday.

No concerns elsewhere

Elsewhere, no development is expected across the Atlantic basin through the end of the month.

Under the Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program, or WHIP, anyone who submits a tip to fraud.gov that leads to a fraud conviction or a significant federal enforcement action is eligible to receive up to $30,000, the White House said. The Justice Department will administer the program.

The Republican president has undertaken an aggressive effort to eliminate fraud throughout the government. Trump established a task force on the topic in March and put Vance in charge of it.

They are scheduled to announce the fund during a joint appearance in the Oval Office later Tuesday.

“Every day, President Trump’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud is zeroing in on the rampant abuse of taxpayer dollars and giving Americans the accountability they deserve. This administration has zero tolerance for individuals who steal from Americans," said White House spokesperson Lauren Bis.

During the Oval Office event, Trump will present a $10,000 check to Nick Shirley, a right-wing influencer who posted a video last year that said members of Minnesota’s Somali community were running fake childcare centers to collect federal subsidies.

The video caught the attention of the Trump administration and conservative activists, though inspectors said the centers were operating as expected. Investigations, searches and arrests followed.

In July, one woman, Fahima Mahamud, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States by submitting inflated reimbursement claims for meals allegedly served to children at her childcare center, according to the Justice Department.

The White House says Mahamud was featured in Shirley's video.

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In a post on Instagram, Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz announced the addition of cowboy hats to the MDSO uniform.

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According to the sheriff’s office, each new cowboy hat comes with a price tag of $132.50.

MDSO told Local 10 News that the department ordered around 1,000 hats.

However, the sheriff’s office said deputies are not required to wear the hats, adding that they will be issued to deputies of all ranks.

Las autoridades recibieron inicialmente una llamada sobre un polvo blanco sospechoso encontrado dentro de un sobre.

La oficina de Wasserman Schultz está ubicada en Sunrise, al este de Sawgrass Expressway y al sur de Sunrise Boulevard.

Según la policía de Sunrise, el sobre fue asegurado de manera segura y permanece sin abrir, pero se desconoce su contenido.

Hasta el momento, no se ha informado si Wasserman Schultz se encontraba en su oficina el lunes.

En una publicación en Instagram, la sheriff de Miami-Dade, Rosie Cordero-Stutz, anunció que los sombreros vaqueros pasarán a formar parte del uniforme del MDSO.

Según la oficina del sheriff, cada nuevo sombrero tiene un precio de $132.50.

El MDSO le dijo a Local 10 News que el departamento encargó alrededor de 1,000 sombreros.

Sin embargo, la oficina del sheriff aclaró que los agentes no estarán obligados a usarlos y que se entregarán a agentes de todos los rangos.

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The taste of fall will continue midweek with near normal highs and only a few coastal showers possible. Moisture will return into the start of the weekend, bringing up rain chances and wind speeds by Saturday and Sunday.

Según Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, 10 unidades acudieron alrededor de las 3:21 a.m. a un incendio cerca de la cuadra 1200 de Northwest 79th Street.

Al llegar, los bomberos encontraron el tráiler y el camión completamente envueltos en llamas.

Los equipos desplegaron rápidamente las mangueras y comenzaron a combatir el fuego, indicaron las autoridades.

Los bomberos lograron extinguir las llamas y evitar que el incendio se extendiera a los vehículos cercanos.

Una vez controlado el fuego, los equipos aplicaron una espuma especial contra incendios para reducir el riesgo de que se reavivara.

No se reportaron heridos.

La causa del incendio sigue bajo investigación.

His agent, Rich Paul, said over the summer the Knicks would have been James' first choice in free agency had New York not won its first NBA championship since 1973 last season.

It's the thrill of the chase, to end a championship drought — much like he did in Cleveland — that in part drives James to keep playing after racking up a list of accomplishments unrivaled by his modern-day peers.

It's why James is opening the season Tuesday night at “The World's Most Famous Arena” wearing No. 23 for the Philadelphia 76ers instead of the home team.

While the spotlight is on the Knicks ahead of the game as they raise their championship banner, all eyes will be on James once the ball tips as he makes his debut with the Sixers.

The 76ers get a first look at the potent lineup they put together this summer in hopes of winning their first NBA title since 1983. James and fellow All-Star newcomer Jaylen Brown will start alongside holdovers Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe.

There are some natural questions on how that All-Star starting four plus Edgecombe will coexist when all have been the primary ball handlers on their respective teams in the past. Who gets the ball in crunch time? Who has to sacrifice the most? Who has the most to gain?

Watching the answers unfold in real time will be fascinating for the Sixers and their fans.

“We're just getting together,” James said after the Sixers' preseason finale. “It's not going to be perfect. We've got some things to build on.”

The offseason all the way through the countdown to the Sixers' home opener Thursday against Cleveland has been nothing but a swirl of excitement in Philadelphia. James jerseys are flying off the racks. Murals of him have popped up all over the city. He drew more than 10,000 fans to a public scrimmage and preseason games sold out. There's a public fascination with his helicopter rides from New Jersey to New York.

Even his younger teammates admit to being a bit awestruck when they first met James.

Knicks coach Mike Brown — set to enjoy a championship celebration ahead of the game — has one of the longer professional relationships in the NBA with James. Brown coached the Cavaliers from 2005 through 2010 until he was fired, but the duo led the franchise to the NBA Finals in 2007.

Brown said at the Knicks’ preseason game earlier this month in Philadelphia that it was easy to be awed by all that James has accomplished.

“Year 24 is insane,” Brown said. “It’s unheard of. It’s not human. People talk about (Victor Wembanyama) being not human because of what he can do for his size. You kind of throw LeBron in that category because of his durability and still doing it at the age that he has at a high level. It’s amazing to watch.”

A four-time NBA champion with three teams, James is already the NBA’s career scoring leader. The leader in games, minutes, field goals and field goals attempted, too.

There's not much left for him to accomplish, except win that fifth ring.

Philadelphia is waiting.

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“You see the variety and diversity,” Turturro says. “It’s always around you. When I’m on the train, there are so many different kinds of people. Especially the 7 train. I get a lot of things from the 7 train.”

Turturro’s Pino, the racist pizzeria worker of “Do The Right Thing,” came from guys Turturro grew up around. His Brooklyn-born trash-talking bowler Jesus Quintana from “The Big Lebowski” was based on a Lower East Side man Turturro met just after the man got out of jail. Turturro liked his voice.

“I interview a lot of people and I take things from them. They know I’m going to,” Turturro says. “Sometimes I keep in touch with certain people, but sometimes you feel kind of bad about that. Like a thief in the night.”

Sitting outside at a cafe around the corner from his Park Slope brownstone, Turturro chuckles. The symmetry with his latest New York character is almost too perfect. In “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York,” Turturro stars as Harry Lehman, an aging pickpocket in an increasingly cashless and digital New York.

The film, which Sony Pictures Classics releases in select theaters Friday, is a fitting capstone for the 69-year-old Turturro, a shape-shifting character actor who has always worked best when you don’t see him working.

“The whole skill of it is that the person doesn’t know,” Turturro says of pickpockets. “I used to make a list of everything I had in common and everything I didn’t have in common with a character. A lot of things resonated with me. People don’t look at you anymore.”

“The Only Living Pickpocket in New York,” written and directed by Noah Segan, is an elegiac ode not just to a bygone, analog New York but to a rich generation of New York actors. Steve Buscemi co-stars as a pawnshop owner and Giancarlo Esposito plays a police detective. A lot of the movie’s joy is seeing such archetypal New York performers on their home turf.

Turturro’s soulful performance has brought him something rare for the much-loved but relatively seldom-honored actor: Oscar buzz. “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York” could land him his first nomination.

“I worked so hard and long before that it’s wonderful when things actually come together,” says Turturro. “It’s rarer than people think, you know what I mean?”

‘I don’t look like Robert Redford'

Turturro could just as easily be talking about the New York Knicks, whose championship he’s still basking in. “Miraculous,” he says, smiling. The sun was also shining on Turturro on a recent bright autumn day in Brooklyn. “The Only Living Pickpocket” had just played at the New York Film Festival, where many of Turturro’s longtime friends and collaborators, like Joel and Ethan Coen, came to support him. The moment has made him reflective.

“When I first started, I thought: I don’t know if I’m going to work. I feel like I have the ability, but I don’t look like Robert Redford,” says Turturro.

Ironically, it was a film with Redford, 1994’s “Quiz Show,” that Turturro attributes to him and his wife of 40 years, Katherine Borowitz, being able to stay in New York.

“I got ‘Quiz Show’ and I was going to get paid,” recalls Turturro. “I said, ‘Well, maybe we have enough.’ So we stayed here.”

Since then, Turturro has played street-wise New York hustlers, high-minded intellectuals and world-weary schlubs. He’s played a corner store owner (“Jungle Fever”), an NYPD hostage negotiator (“The Taking of Pelham 123”), a court-appointed defense attorney (“The Night Of”), a mob boss (“The Batman”), a scriptwriting playwright (“Barton Fink”) and a gigolo ( “Fading Gigolo,” which he directed). Like few actors, he has captured the city, from Broadway to the Bowery to Bayside.

In a changing city, Turturro abides

The kinds of characters Turturro has made a living capturing can feel like an endangered species in a more sanitized, high-priced New York. Turturro grants that the city has changed. Cab drivers, he notes, no longer tell you their life story while barely keeping an eye on the road. But regardless of the number of pickpockets left, Turturro finds the same spirit is alive.

“There are different people now in New York. But if you go to certain pockets, you can find them,” he says. “We were in neighborhoods for this and I was like, ‘Wow, this is a whole other world.’ We shot way out past Coney Island. Sometimes I had a dressing room in a hair salon. I’d watch the clientele.”

So Turturro can often be spied walking around Brooklyn like he always has been. He takes the subway home after Knicks games. For the most part, people are cool.

“Everyone treats me the same, and that’s the way I like it. I can understand people who are like superstars. But that does really reduce your options in life. It removes you from life, like, taking the train home after a game,” says Turturro. “If you lose yourself, what do you have? You don’t have anything.”

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This story was updated to correct the name of Turturro's new movie in the headline.

The EU move comes after threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to take control of Greenland, a self-governing territory of Denmark, and after he left Iceland uneasy by posting a map with the colors of the American flag over both islands.

Other pressures are mounting as the Arctic warms about four times faster than the global average. New shipping routes are opening, China is doing more trade through the Arctic region, and a Russian military buildup is also heightening security concerns.

“When we see that sovereignty, territorial integrity and the rules that have underpinned stability in the region can no longer be taken for granted, we have to act and change our strategic posture,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.

The EU wants to help set up a cable center to monitor, protect and repair undersea communications cables in the North Atlantic and Arctic. Russian submarines are suspected of planning to sabotage some marine infrastructure there.

EU funds would be spent on cameras, sensors and satellites to detect potential threats.

At the same time, the European Commission intends to “support the delivery of a sovereign, secure, and resilient submarine cable” that would connect Greenland directly to the EU, according to a new strategy document.

The cable monitoring operation would be part of a larger Maritime Security Hub the 27-nation bloc intends to set up to track the often-decrepit vessels that Russia uses in its shadow fleet to illicitly ship oil and raise funds for its war on Ukraine.

This hub would also be on the lookout for illegal fishing or pollution and help in search and rescue efforts.

In parallel, the EU wants to build up its fleet of icebreaker ships to move more effectively through the Arctic and expand research. Officials estimate that Europe has around 10 icebreakers, most of them in Finland. By comparison, Russia has around 40.

More broadly, transport connections between the Arctic and Europe will be improved, for both civilian and military use.

A key part of the EU’s plan is to link European infrastructure like ports, rail connections, energy terminals, satellite and digital infrastructure to Arctic trade and transport networks, with the aim of better connecting the region to Europe’s markets.

The EU believes it has an important stake in the Arctic. More than half a million EU citizens live there. Denmark, Finland and Sweden are members of the bloc, while Iceland and Norway are part of Europe’s single market.

It also intends to work closely with partners like Canada and the U.K.

At the same time, the EU insists it’s not trying to claim the Arctic as its own. It does not intend to drill for oil or gas and refuses to buy fossil fuels that are extracted there, including from its partner Norway.

Trump is meanwhile hoping $5,000 checks can boost Republican turnout in November’s midterm elections — but even some of his devoted fans doubt the government will pay them. The offering has become a go-to tactic for Trump when he faces a political jam.

A federal judge on Monday questioned the Trump administration’s claims about its efforts to redevelop a historic Washington golf course, challenging its contention that a recent tree-cutting spree was not an indication that work was moving forward on the project, which is temporarily blocked by a court order.

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Senate Democrats launch first ad in Mississippi as their midterm optimism spreads to the South

Senate Democrats’ top campaign spending group is wading into Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race for the first time this year, an aggressive move in a deep-red state that signals a party on the offensive as Republicans look to protect a slim majority.

The Senate Majority PAC will spend $1.2 million on a new television advertisement to boost Scott Colom, a district attorney, in his campaign against Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. The ad, first disclosed to The Associated Press, is set to start Wednesday and run through Election Day.

“Senate Majority PAC has been watching this race closely, and it is clear Colom is running a competitive race that has put Hyde-Smith on her heels,” group spokesperson Lauren French said in a statement.

With just two weeks to go in the race, it’s unclear what impact the ad will have in a matchup that’s been set since Colom won a March primary. Still, it’s a substantial investment in a race that’s seen only about $8 million in total spending, with Colom outspending Hyde-Smith nearly $4.6 million to $3.2 million, according to AdImpact.

In the 2024 presidential race, Trump won Mississippi by nearly 23 percentage points, and a Democrat hasn’t won a Senate race in the state since 1982.

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Beijing opposes US sanctions on Chinese tech companies

Beijing has expressed “firm opposition” to the Trump administration’s sanctions on five Chinese companies connected to a former Google engineer over alleged intellectual property theft.

The move “severely harms the legitimate rights and interests” of Chinese businesses, the country’s commerce ministry said in a statement Tuesday.

The U.S. State Department said Monday that Linwei Ding, who founded Shanghai Zhisuan Technology, had touted his experience with the American tech giant and claimed his company could replicate Google’s super intelligence infrastructure technology.

Ding was charged with stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets from Google while secretly working with two companies based in China. He was later convicted on several counts of economic espionage and theft of trade secrets.

China’s commerce ministry said its AI development is “the result of long-term cultivation in basic research, continuous innovation investment, and adherence to independent scientific and technological innovation and open cooperation.”

It urged the U.S. to “correct its erroneous practice” and said it would take “necessary measures,” without specifying them.

Former elected Republicans criticize Trump for antisemitic comment

Barbara Comstock, a former congresswoman from Virginia, said “Trump once again lets loose his anti-Semitic rhetoric” and called it “a bizarre defense of” Marshall, the Kansas senator.

Trump was defending Marshall against Democrats’ ads that criticize the physician for aggressive collection of small medical debts from his patients. Trump quipped that the ads paint Marshall as a “Shylock,” a slur that plays on stereotypes of Jewish people and is derived from William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice.”

Joe Walsh, a former congressman from Illinois, noted on social media that “Trump publicly used the antisemitic term again” and predicted “no one on the right” would condemn it.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the president’s use of the word.

Trump draws backlash for using antisemitic term during Kansas speech

The president used the word “shylock” on Monday night while defending Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall for collecting overdue payments from patients of his medical practice.

He had faced criticism for using the same word last year during an event in Iowa. At the time, he insisted that he wasn’t aware that it referenced antisemitic stereotypes about Jewish people caricatured as unscrupulous moneylenders.

He told reporters at the time that he’d “never heard it that way.”

Amy Spitalnick, who leads the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, said on social media that Trump’s usage of the word “after he was called out for doing so” shows it’s “not an accident.”

“He has consistently normalized antisemitic conspiracy theories and tropes,” she said.

Rubio: Americans should be ‘proud’ that Trump is willing to meet with Chinese, Russian leaders

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters in India on Tuesday that he saw nothing wrong with the leaders of “the three most powerful nuclear-armed nations on Earth” meeting.

A proposal for Trump to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin at an Asia-Pacific summit next month in China to discuss issues including Russia’s war with Ukraine has been criticized by many for abandoning Ukraine.

“I hear people on the TV, ‘Oh, you’re rewarding so-and-so by talking to them.’ Well, that’s absurd,” Rubio said. “I think if there’s an opportunity, and the president’s expressed an openness to do it, for the United States, Russia and China at the leader level, to have a conversation about things like arms control, that’d be a very positive thing for the world. That should be something the world should be enthused by.”

Rubio said concerns that such a meeting might imply weakness are misguided.

Trump and Vance to announce a $25M whistleblower program

Trump and Vice President JD Vance are set to announce the program during a joint afternoon appearance in the Oval Office.

Under the Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program, or WHIP, anyone who submits a tip to fraud.gov that leads to a fraud conviction or a significant federal enforcement action is eligible to receive up to $30,000.

The Justice Department will administer the program.

During the Oval Office event, Trump is expected to present a check for $10,000 to Nick Shirley, a right-wing influencer who posted a video last year that said members of Minnesota’s Somali community were running fake childcare centers to collect federal subsidies.

The White House says a woman who ran a childcare center and pleaded guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States was featured in Shirley’s video.

Faith leaders unite across religions to counter voter intimidation on Election Day

Come Election Day, a Quaker leader will travel from the nation’s capital to her home state of Ohio. A Christian minister and a Jewish rabbi will stand vigil outside a polling place in Arizona. A Buddhist nun will offer support to voters in Wisconsin.

In battleground states across the country, these faith leaders and hundreds of their colleagues will assume the role of poll chaplains for one day. They will deploy to nine states — Arizona, Michigan, Georgia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Virginia and Texas — where contentious races are expected to raise political tensions.

Faiths United in Saving Democracy, a nonpartisan coalition of interfaith and secular partners, is helping to train and certify this volunteer force of clergy members and lay peacekeepers in time for the Nov. 3 elections.

They’ll wear identifying hats and vests, and stay outside the poll centers, with the goal of maintaining a calm, reassuring presence to encourage more voters to exercise their rights without fear or hesitation, said co-founder Barbara Williams-Skinner.

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Rubio cites NATO alliances in explaining Ukraine aid

Trump has made NATO a political punching bag through both of his presidencies.

But his top diplomat cited the post-World War II alliance when explaining Washington’s approach to aiding Ukraine.

“We do have bases in Europe. Our partners do as well,” Rubio said, as he discussed how the Pentagon and Hegseth weigh approving various weapons sales and transfers.

So, Rubio explained, as Hegseth considers transfers to Kyiv, he has to weigh not only what U.S. bases need but what European allies might need, as well.

“We have other large air presences in the region, and then we have minimum requirements,” he said, adding that “it’s part of our NATO presence.”

The bottom line, Rubio insisted, is “there has not been some deliberate political directive to go out and harm Ukraine.”

In New Hampshire Senate race, Sununu emphasizes independence from Trump

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“The way Chris Pappas tells it, I’m President Trump’s long-lost son,” former Republican Sen. John E. Sununu says in a new ad objecting to his opponent’s claims that he is beholden to Trump.

“I’ve never even met the man. When the president’s policies are bad for New Hampshire, I’ll oppose them,” says Sununu, who is trying to reclaim the seat he lost in 2008.

Pappas, a Democrat who currently represents the state’s 1st Congressional District in the House, has highlighted Sununu’s previous comments that his campaign “is important to President Trump’s agenda.”

Trump, 80, has five children, the oldest of whom is 48. Sununu is 62.

Marco Rubio denies that US is withholding weapons assistance from Ukraine

The U.S. secretary of state insisted Tuesday that the Trump administration is not restricting military aid to Ukraine in its war with Russia.

“Nothing has changed,” Rubio told reporters. “When things are available for sale, it’s sold for the Europeans who, in turn, transfer to them.”

Rubio also said Trump has not ordered changes in how the U.S. shares intelligence.

The Washington Post reported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has withheld approval for some of the weapons transfers.

While Rubio generally called news reports “inaccurate,” he did not dispute Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s complaints that Ukraine has not received enough missile interceptors. Rubio explained that the Pentagon is not making a tactical play against Zelenskyy but instead prioritizing U.S. needs.

“When a country doesn’t get interceptors from the United States, it’s not because they’re denied,” Rubio said. “We have minimum standards that we have to meet internally in our base presence all over the world.”

Vance gets criticism from Fox over declining to back Netanyahu

Vice President JD Vance’s decision to decline to endorse Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection after Trump had backed him is being criticized on Fox News.

Fox & Friends co-host Lawrence Jones called the decision “disappointing.” Co-host Brian Kilmeade pointed to Vance campaigning last spring for then-Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

“You can’t say I don’t worry about other people’s elections,” Kilmeade said.

A message seeking a response was left with the vice president’s office.

The criticism Tuesday came after Vance said in an interview with Mark Halperin that he was focused on America’s midterms and that he wasn’t getting involved in Israeli elections.

Trump endorsed Netanyahu on Sunday, calling him a “Great Warrior.”

Justice Department charges more than 2 dozen in California sweep targeting alleged noncitizen voters

Federal authorities charged more than two dozen foreign nationals Monday in California as part of a statewide sweep targeting people who officials say have illegally registered or voted in U.S. elections.

The arrests are part of a Trump administration effort to root out noncitizen voting ahead of next month’s midterm elections, even though data shows that the problem is incredibly rare, difficult to prove and has not been shown to change the outcome of races.

Federal officials on Monday blamed California officials for the alleged crimes, accusing them of facilitating noncitizen voting through inadequate voter roll maintenance and hiding it from the public. The charges escalated a simmering voter roll fight that came into focus last week when the Justice Department sued California and warned that local election workers who knowingly process or tabulate ballots submitted by noncitizen voters are at risk of investigation and potential prosecution.

The Justice Department said the 28 people who were charged as part of a sweep dubbed Operation Protect the Vote are lawful permanent residents — but not U.S. citizens who are permitted to legally vote.

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Judge grills Trump administration over plans to overhaul Washington golf course

A federal judge on Monday questioned the Trump administration’s claims surrounding its efforts to redevelop a historic Washington golf course, challenging its contention that a recent tree-cutting spree did not indicate work was moving forward on the project, which is temporarily blocked by a court order.

“There is no universe in which all of this coincidentally happened all at the same time,” U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes said during a hearing over the fate of a project that has emerged as the latest legal flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s campaign to leave his personal imprint on the nation’s capital. The hearing, which continued more than five hours, ended with Reyes taking no action.

Reyes last week ordered a halt to the golf course’s redevelopment plans until at least Oct. 26 after scolding the government for starting a large-scale tree removal at the course over a holiday weekend. Then, on Sunday, Trump announced plans on social media to close the golf course for 15 months. In a post on Monday, Trump said the work would start immediately.

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Gimmick or giveback? Even some Trump supporters don’t expect to get $5,000 checks after midterms

Trump is hoping that $5,000 checks can juice Republican turnout in November’s midterm elections — but even some of his devoted fans are doubting that government payouts would arrive.

“I mean, I guess it’s good for some people. I really don’t care,” said Jamie Alvarez, who attended Trump’s recent Alaska rally in a red, white and blue outfit. “I don’t feel like your vote should be bought. I feel like you should vote for who you feel is going to do the best job.”

The offering of government checks has become a go-to tactic for Trump when he faces a political jam. He’s previously endorsed $2,000 in dividends from tariff revenues and large refunds from spending cuts achieved by the Department of Government Efficiency, neither of which materialized. The latest example could reveal how much voters still trust Trump as they decide control of Congress in the midterm elections on Nov. 3.

Staunch supporters such as Lucy Martinez, the president of a Republican women’s club who attended a recent Trump rally in Texas, said there’s no doubt in their minds.

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US ties with Ukraine hit new low as Trump slights Zelenskyy and eases up on Russia

The U.S.-Ukraine alliance is careening toward a possible breaking point, with Moscow strengthened by President Donald Trump’s recent rejection of new Russia sanctions and Kyiv undermined by disruptions in satellite support for its drones during the war.

Trump’s relationship with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has always been a moving target, while the Republican president has frequently boasted of his rapport with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. But relations between the U.S. and Ukraine appear to be at a new low, threatening to tip the balance of the war to Russia’s favor and imperil America’s security interests across the globe.

Trump has been lobbing insults at Zelenskyy for over a week and turning to policies that benefit Putin, while Ukraine’s president has said he feels betrayed and worries for his country’s future. But the American president can still shift on Zelenskyy — especially as he faces bipartisan outrage from lawmakers — which Trump has done before.

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Paris police said the curfew in two designated zones — around Place de la République and the Les Halles shopping district — had restored “public peace” overnight and would remain in place “for as long as necessary.” The curfew zones leave out other areas hit on Saturday, including the Champs-Elysées and the area around the Saint-Lazare train station and parts of the Rue de Turbigo in central Paris, where protesters set up barricades and lit fires.

In Lyon, one of France’s largest cities, authorities also renewed a curfew in the city center from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., saying no disturbances had been recorded overnight.

Marseille, France’s second-largest city, imposed a curfew for unaccompanied minors starting Tuesday night. Lecornu said the targeted curfews “helped keep last night calm.”

Student unions and groups from the “ yellow vest ” movement, whose protests over fuel prices shook France in 2018 and 2019, have called for another day of protests Saturday.

Soldiers from Sentinelle, the anti-terrorism operation that has patrolled French cities since the 2015 Islamic State group attacks, will take over guarding sensitive sites to free up more police officers and gendarmes for crowd control, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez told lawmakers Tuesday.

“The deployment (of police forces) for next Saturday will be massive,” Lecornu told the National Assembly, France’s lower house of parliament, without giving figures.

Suspect held over Limoges city hall fire

Police on Tuesday arrested a suspect in the arson attack that charred the historic city hall in Limoges, in central France, Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin said, adding that the person was being held in police custody and may not have acted alone.

French media reported that the suspect was close to radical environmentalist movements and was on a watchlist of people considered potential threats to national security. Darmanin declined to comment on the suspect’s profile, but said far-left groups appeared to have organized to attack symbols of the state throughout France.

Footage of the 143-year-old building in flames, its bell tower collapsing, spread widely online over the weekend. U.S. Vice President JD Vance shared it on X, blaming the unrest on immigration and writing, “I pray that France, a beautiful country of amazing people, will stop this madness before more of its landmarks burn.” President Donald Trump, who also relayed the video, said migrants had “taken over France.”

French officials have instead blamed the violence on far-left groups and opportunistic looters. At least 2,400 people were arrested after rioters in cities across France on Saturday clashed with police, set cars on fire and stormed public buildings, during nationwide protests against rising living costs and poor conditions in schools.

On Sunday evening, small groups set fire to trash bins, bicycles and other objects in the streets and looted businesses in Paris, Lyon, Marseille and other cities.

In Paris on Monday night, a police helicopter circled over Place de la République overnight, a central point in the weekend clashes, sweeping the square with a searchlight to check that the curfew was being respected.

Early Tuesday morning, workers used a crane to remove a giant fluorescent yellow vest draped over the statue at the center of the square, then used pressure washers to blast graffiti off the monument.

Louise Belanger, a volunteer who came to help with the cleanup, said she still could not apprehend the level of violence. “Normally when you are 20 you should be optimistic, you should be starting to build something (...) If you are only anger and violence, what are you going to do? This is sad for everybody in society,” she said.

Courts promise ‘extremely firm’ response

Speaking in Lille, northern France, Darmanin said 149 people had been jailed nationwide as of Tuesday at noon. According to the Justice Ministry, of the roughly 2,400 people arrested since Saturday, more than 800 have been sent before prosecutors, most of whom were either put on trial immediately or ordered to appear at a later hearing.

In Paris alone, about 300 people have been sent before prosecutors following the Oct. 17 protests, the city prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

Darmanin said he had asked prosecutors to appeal any sentence they considered too lenient. “People with no criminal record ending up in prison for property crimes is extremely rare, if not unheard of,” he said, arguing that the French justice system will be “extremely firm.”

In Lille, he said, three men aged 20 to 25 with no criminal record were each sentenced to 10 months in prison and jailed immediately for looting a video game store in the city’s old town.

The National Assembly is launching an inquiry into the Oct. 17 violence and the authorities’ policing strategy, its speaker, Yaël Braun-Pivet, said, with findings expected “by the end of the year.”

Protests continued Tuesday on a smaller scale. Some 400 people, mostly high school and university students, marched in the western city of Rennes, and about 750 in Lyon, under pouring rain.

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Sylvie Corbet and Oleg Cetinic, in Paris, contributed to this report.

Rather than trying to stop the aging process, the goal is to maintain healthier, stronger and more youthful-looking skin for as long as possible.

In this week’s Glow Check, Local 10’s Annaliese Garcia explores the growing trend and the treatments that may help people maintain their skin’s health as they get older.

Board-certified dermatologist Dr. Janice Lima Maribona says the shift is about embracing aging while taking steps to preserve skin health.

“We all know that’s where we’re going, so how about aging with grace and having longer, more beautiful skin and healthier bodies for a longer time,” Lima Maribona said.

Healthy skin starts with a daily routine

According to Lima Maribona, maintaining healthy skin doesn’t necessarily begin with expensive procedures, lasers or injections.

Instead, she recommends establishing a consistent skin care routine at home.

The basics include a quality cleanser, daily sunscreen and a nighttime product containing a retinoid or another vitamin A derivative. She also recommends incorporating an acid-based skin care product, depending on individual needs.

Lima Maribona emphasized that daily skin care is the foundation of any long-term approach to skin health.

“We truly feel, and I truly feel, that skin care is the workhorse for everybody,” she said. “Because this is what you do every day.”

Treatments that stimulate collagen

For those interested in going beyond their daily skin care routine, several professional treatments are designed to address the visible effects of aging.

One major focus is collagen, a protein that helps keep skin firm and supported.

Lima Maribona explained that collagen production declines as people get older, particularly after age 30.

As collagen levels decrease, wrinkles, fine lines and changes in skin texture can become more noticeable.

“So the goal is to make the collagen not only last longer, but be produced for longer,” she said. “And the way we do that is by stimulation.”

One of her preferred treatments is microneedling.

“My favorite for anybody? Microneedling, hands down,” Lima Maribona said.

Microneedling uses tiny needles to create controlled micro-injuries in the skin, stimulating its natural repair process and encouraging collagen production.

Other professional treatments include lasers and light-based procedures designed to address collagen, elastin and sun damage.

Injectable treatments can temporarily soften expression lines, while fillers can restore lost facial volume.

Hyaluronic acid skin boosters are another option for improving hydration and smoothness.

Chemical peels and facials may also help address uneven skin texture and discoloration.

Choosing the right treatment

With so many options available, Lima Maribona recommends consulting a dermatologist before deciding on a procedure.

“So the first thing you do is get a consultation,” she said. “We look at color, texture, and turgor, and we figure out what’s best for you. What’s your time? What’s your budget? And then we go from there accordingly.”

The goal is to develop an individualized plan based on a person’s skin concerns, available time and budget.

However, Lima Maribona stressed that professional treatments should complement, rather than replace, a consistent daily skin care routine.

She also warned against attempting procedures such as microneedling at home.

Without proper training and precautions, at-home microneedling can lead to infections and even permanent scarring.

The takeaway, according to Lima Maribona, is that skin longevity isn’t about preventing aging altogether. It’s about caring for your skin consistently and making informed choices to help it remain healthy over time.

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Canvassers were out across South Florida as residents made their way to early voting sites, with many citing concerns about the economy, rising grocery prices and housing costs.

Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Alina Garcia said election officials are hoping for strong voter participation.

“We’re hoping for 100%, but we’ll be happy with 60-65 percent,” Garcia said.

Garcia also reassured voters about election security, emphasizing that the county’s voting system uses paper ballots and is not connected to the internet.

“We have no issues with security. As you all know, we vote on paper and we’re not connected to the internet in any way, shape or form,” Garcia said.

There was also a strong turnout on the first day of early voting in Broward County.

“We do usually get a nice group of folks that are waiting for their first day of early voting, and then it kind of tends to drop off after the first day,” said Broward Supervisor of Elections Joe Scott. “But it’s been pretty busy.”

Scott said while the first day of early voting is usually the busiest, the county is still expecting plenty of ballots to be cast ahead of Election Day in November.

“People might be at work or have other obligations that day that doesn’t allow them to pull away to go vote,” he said. “But when you have this 14-day period, it’s basically an opportunity for everybody.”

Voters cite economy, rising costs as major concerns

Among those casting their ballots early was Sharon Horne, of North Miami, who said she wanted to make sure her voice was heard.

“We need changes and right now, things are not good -- prices of groceries are so expensive, and the housing market is expensive, and so on and so on,” Horne said.

Veteran Charles Symonette also voted early, saying economic concerns played a major role in his decision to head to the polls.

“I want to make changes. We’re ready for some changes — we done tried everything. We need some new changes now,” Symonette said.

He pointed to concerns about jobs and government assistance programs, including Medicare and Medicaid.

“I’m thinking about jobs being taken away, I’m thinking about Medicare, Medicaid, and I’m thinking about the people that don’t have as much as all the billionaires,” Symonette said.

NAACP urges participation, warns against voter intimidation

As early voting gets underway, Daniella Pierre, president of the NAACP’s Miami-Dade branch, is encouraging residents to exercise their right to vote while warning against voter intimidation.

“It is our responsibility to get up and vote. It is our responsibility if we want to see change — it begins at the ballot box,” Pierre said.

Election officials are encouraging eligible voters to participate as early voting continues across Miami-Dade and Broward counties through Nov. 1 and through Oct. 31 in Monroe County.

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Sierra, 42, confessed to killing his estranged wife, Gladys Machado,29, and her two young daughters – 6-year-old Julia Padrino and 3-year-old Daniela Padrino – in 2012.

After hearing weeks of testimony in the sentencing phase of the trial, jurors will need to weigh whether life in prison or a death sentence is the appropriate punishment for Sierra.

As lead prosecutor Abbe Rifkin delivered her closing argument for why she thinks the jury should recommend death as the appropriate sentence, she reminded the jury of the brutality of the triple homicide case.

She spoke about how Sierra “carved up her arms” while recounting how he used a yellow plastic Sedano’s bag to suffocate the three victims.

“He carved up her face,” she said.

Rifkin also referenced distressing autopsy and crime scene photos of wounds that tell the visual story of their violent end.

“It was heinous, atrocious and cruel,” said Rifkin.

Defense attorney Khurrum Wahid told the jury they took an oath to put their feelings aside, weigh trial evidence and consider life in prison without parole as an appropriate punishment.

“He admits that he did this monstrous act,” said Wahid. “You are going to have these feelings of anger, and hate, and disgust. The choice here is a moral choice that is before you.”

Wahid asked jurors to consider aspects of his client’s background, including a traumatic childhood car accident.

“(He suffered) a head injury in 1996,” said Wahid. “This is the piece that is missing.”

During the trial, a defense expert testified that the head injury resulted in a change in behavior for Sierra’s personality, impacting his executive functioning.

“A non-healthy brain has consequences,” said Wahid, who requested the jury weigh the horrific events of that fateful day against the totality of their client’s life. “You still can exercise your moral clarity and choose life.”

Jurors are expected to begin deliberations on Tuesday after receiving final instructions from the judge.

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The incident in question occurred on Aug. 20 at a home that’s currently under construction in Miami.

According to police, Tennier Taylor, 42, hired someone to build him a pool at the home, which is located in the city’s Belle Meade neighborhood.

On the date in question, police said Taylor arrived and told the victim that he was not satisfied with the job before proceeding to pick up a hammer and begin destroying the work, according to authorities.

The victim attempted to explain to Taylor that he could fix the issue, police said, but Taylor became angry and struck the victim in the chest area with the hammer, according to an arrest form.

Police said Taylor also threw a hammer at the victim, which he blocked, and hit him in the back with a wooden stick.

After several months of investigating, authorities said the victim was able to pick Taylor out of a photo lineup, leading to Sunday’s arrest.

According to his arrest form, Taylor told police that he was dissatisfied with the quality of the work and asked the victim to either redo the work or leave, claiming that the two argued but that there was no physical altercation.

Taylor is facing a felony charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

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

Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins wants voters to pass a bond to build new police and fire facilities, but commissioners are speaking out against it.

Higgins says now is the time for the city to do what it’s needed to do for so long and fix Miami’s neglected fire stations and police headquarters.

“Really, lives are at stake,” she said.

This November, Higgins said she hopes voters pass Referendum 1, saying yes to a $450 million bond.

Higgins says the city’s current police headquarters is overpacked and has plumbing issues, flooding, broken restrooms and aging electrical systems.

Plus, many of Miami’s fire stations are too old and don’t have enough space for emergency vehicles.

If Referendum 1 passes, the city could renovate the facilities, build new ones and create a new public safety headquarters.

Higgins argues emergency response times are falling behind, especially in underserved parts of the city, and every second counts when it comes to saving lives.

“When your grandmother is having a heart attack or your husband is having a stroke, it can take us nine, 10, 11, 12 minutes to get there,” said Higgins.

Commissioners Damian Pardo and Christine King agree law enforcement needs upgrades, but they’re opposing the referendum because they say it’s not being done the right way.

“People here are having a hard time paying for gas, groceries, rent, so the last thing they need is yet another increase,” said Pardo.

Advocates say this will not change the debt millage rate, but the commissioners say it will cost taxpayers money.

“This is a tax,” added King. “We are asking our voters to borrow money, and it has to be paid back through a tax.”

The city is essentially borrowing $450 million, but that’s going to gain interest over the next few decades.

“It’s estimated for a $500,000 home, you’re going to be paying $194 more a year in taxes and $6,000 more over the life of that bond, which is 30 years,” said Pardo.

The mayor pushed back.

“In the first year, the average homeowner will pay $2.38 a month,” said Higgins. “That is the price of a cup of coffee.”

Higgins says this should’ve been taken care of long ago, and if the city waits any longer, it will only get more pricey.

“If I wait even one more year, with construction points going up four to five percent a year, it’ll be another $20 million, and it’s $20 million for every year we wait,” said Higgins.

Pardo and King said instead of the referendum, the city should look toward different sources of funding like public-private partnerships.

Higgins responded by saying the city needs to control its own destiny now instead of relying on developers that may not have the city’s best interests in mind.

India and the United States seek to revive trade negotiations stalled for months by tensions over American tariffs and the Indian government's purchases of Russian oil.

“We’re very, very close. I would say we’re about as close as you can be without having executed the agreement,” Rubio told reporters in Mumbai on Tuesday. “I think there’s a small number of items left to wrap up, so I think that will happen shortly.”

Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said that they discussed ways to strengthen bilateral ties in trade, energy, technology and defense, along with talks on regional developments.

Jaishankar and Rubio also held a trilateral meeting with United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who also was visiting India. Rubio said that the three officials met to discuss “regional energy security and advance our shared economic priorities.”

Washington imposed tariffs of up to 50% on most Indian goods in August 2025 after trade talks broke down. Under a framework agreed upon in February, the tariff rate was reduced to 18%, but the negotiations have since stalled.

Earlier this month, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the talks had “plateaued.” Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, however, said last week that the first tranche of a trade deal was in its final stages.

India says its final tariff rate should be similar to those of competing manufacturing countries such as Vietnam.

India’s purchases of discounted Russian crude since the start of the war in Ukraine in February 2022 have strained ties with the United States at times. The Indian government has said that it would expand energy imports, including from the U.S., while diversifying suppliers to maintain market stability and keep prices affordable.

Despite tensions, the two countries continue to deepen defense and technology ties, with Washington viewing India as a key counterweight to China in the Indo-Pacific.

Rubio's visit to India follows a trip to Uzbekistan this week to promote trade and ties with Central Asia.

Rubio told reporters in the United States on Saturday before his departure that India had diversified its energy sources, but continued to buy substantial volumes of Russian oil, making an immediate shift to other suppliers difficult.

“You’ve got countries like India, for example, that have voluntarily diversified their energy portfolio, but are still getting a substantial amount of energy from Russia because it’s hard to pivot from one day to the next,” he said. “But they’re also an important ally and partner of the United States.”

Rubio is scheduled to visit a refinery in the city of Jamnagar in Gujarat state on Wednesday and meet with business leaders, according to the U.S. State Department.

The Jamnagar facility, operated by Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries, is the world’s largest refining complex. In March, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the company was investing $300 billion to set up an oil refinery in Brownsville, Texas.

Rubio last visited India in May.

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A previous version of this story was corrected to show that Rubio's comments on India diversifying its energy portfolio were made on Saturday while he was still in the U.S., not on Sunday in Uzbekistan.

In battleground states across the country, these faith leaders and hundreds of their colleagues will assume the role of poll chaplains for one day. They will deploy to nine states — Arizona, Michigan, Georgia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Virginia and Texas — where contentious races are expected to raise political tensions.

Faiths United in Saving Democracy, a nonpartisan coalition of interfaith and secular partners, is helping to train and certify this volunteer force of clergy members and lay peacekeepers in time for the Nov. 3 elections.

They’ll wear identifying hats and vests, and stay outside the poll centers, with the goal of maintaining a calm, reassuring presence to encourage more voters to exercise their rights without fear or hesitation, said co-founder Barbara Williams-Skinner. As of Oct. 19, they've recruited 1,235 poll chaplains and peacekeepers, she said.

A non-partisan effort to take the fear out of voting

While the idea of poll chaplains has been around for several years, Williams-Skinner said “2026 is going to be different” because there is widespread concern that the presence of federal immigration agents could create a chilling effect.

“The fear is real,” she says, worrying that it could deter eligible voters in mixed-immigration-status families and communities of color. Department of Homeland Security officials have consistently said they have no plans to send immigration agents to the polls, although DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said they could show up for a specific reason, such as arresting someone if they have a warrant.

The coalition has offered training online and in person. Participants get information about immigrant rights, de-escalation techniques and phone numbers to call in tight situations, Williams-Skinner said.

The initiative, strongly rooted in the Black church, has expanded to include diverse faiths as well as non-religious people, she said.

“This is a movement built by unusual coalitions,” she said. “You have white, Mainline Protestants, Quakers, traditional Baptists, Black church leaders, imams, rabbis — all kinds of people who probably would not work together or haven’t worked together in the past.”

While most participating groups are moderate or progressive, Williams-Skinner says it is a strictly nonpartisan initiative.

“We don’t get hung up on who’s moderate or who’s conservative. People just need to be able to vote, unafraid,” she said.

Concerns about voter intimidation motivate chaplains

A Pew survey following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in September 2025 showed 85% of Americans, across political lines, believe political violence is on the rise.

Polling places have been targeted by protesters in past elections. In 2022, members of a group claiming to monitor ballot drop boxes in Arizona were ordered to stay at least 250 feet (75 meters) away after voters complained about intimidation. In 2020, following Election Day, a crowd stormed a vote-counting center in Detroit, many incited by online conspiracy theories about election fraud.

As the mob banged on the center’s doors and windows, the Rev. Steve Bland was among several faith leaders who put their bodies between the building and the crowd. Bland, who leads Detroit's Liberty Temple Baptist Church, is continuing that work as a poll chaplain.

The pastor says de-escalation often involves “using the right words to calm a situation” or giving intimidated voters the moral support and reassurance that they are safe to exercise their civic right. Bland said he did precisely that for an elderly, Black woman during a prior election.

“She left and came back with two of her grandsons who also voted,” he said. “Without that intervention, three people wouldn’t have voted that day.”

The Rev. Bankole Akinbinu, senior pastor of Baptist Grove Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, said training in conflict resolution and de-escalation has given him the confidence to serve as a poll chaplain. A millennial, he has sought to engage younger people by recruiting peacekeepers from college campuses.

His motivation comes from seeing voter suppression attempts in North Carolina and other states.

“I look at our forefathers and the struggle they had to endure to afford us the privilege of voting,” Akinbinu said. “I look at my children and the nation I want to hand them.”

Steven Huefner, deputy director of the Election Law Program at The Ohio State University, says poll chaplains might be able to calm the frayed nerves of a voting public that is constantly exposed to divisive rhetoric and news about political violence. While political violence has increased, he says, it's not widespread.

“Election workers are well-trained and can run elections quite well,” he said.

Faith leaders have historically played the role of peacekeepers, said Wendy Cadge, professor of sociology at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania and founder of the think tank Chaplaincy Innovation Lab.

And now chaplaincy — beyond traditional worship spaces — is attracting more clergy.

“People are feeling called to chaplaincy because they want to be with people in difficult times,” Cadge said. “They don’t want to worry about what color the carpet is in the church or if their youth programs are attracting enough people. It’s a different kind of work.”

Chaplains find inspiration in theology

Clergy deploying on Election Day say they are heeding a strong, faith-driven calling to serve as poll chaplains.

In Arizona, Rev. Katie Sexton, executive director of Arizona Faith Network, embraces the initiative as a way to reach across the political divide.

“The ballot box is a place where we’re all seen as equal,” she said, adding that it reflects the Christian belief that all humans are created in the image of God. “There is such power in that.”

On Oct. 6, Sexton and several others participated in a training session — one of the last before the midterms — at Temple Chai, a Reform synagogue in Scottsdale.

Rabbi Emily Segal, who leads the congregation, will be a poll chaplain for the first time next month. The work, she says, aligns with what the Torah and Talmud teach about a healthy and just society.

Throughout American history, interfaith coalitions have created powerful change and served as sources of inspiration, Segal said. “Any time we can come together with faith partners around our shared values for societal good is a real source of holiness for our community.”

Bridget Moix, a Quaker leader, will travel to her native Ohio on Election Day.

“In our faith tradition, we think about voting as a sacred act we want to protect,” she said.

For Reirin Gumbel, resident teacher at the Milwaukee Zen Center, it’ll be a third time, come November.

“As Buddhists, the Metta Sutra we chant says every being has the same rights, and that we should have compassion toward all,” she said.

Imam Mohammed Ali Elahi, spiritual leader of the Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, is considering becoming a poll chaplain for the first time. In a highly contentious campaign in Elahi’s state, Abdul El-Sayed is the first Muslim Democratic candidate to run for a U.S. Senate seat.

The imam said he is tired of anti-Muslim vitriol that has surfaced ahead of the midterms.

“As interfaith clergy, we stand for principles not personalities,” he said. “The Quran tells us to stand for what’s right — truth, justice, peace, human rights and the dignity of human beings, whoever they may be.”

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The 3.75 megawatt-hour lithium-ion battery system, which can power the Peace Bridge Place affordable housing complex for several days, is among the largest battery systems in a U.S. residential building, manufacturer Viridi and developer Good Carbon Co. said Tuesday.

“We want our electric power to be resilient, affordable and available. Distributed battery storage accomplishes all three,” Viridi CEO Jon M. Williams said. “The only thing that has been holding up installations at scale is safety; a lot of the products on the market over the last 10 years have burned things down.”

Deploying large batteries that can safely power apartment buildings is an important step toward replacing fossil fuels with renewables, experts say, but they're uncommon because of the cost and concerns about fire risks. Already, larger batteries are paired with solar and wind projects, and homeowners are using smaller batteries to store excess energy from rooftop solar and for backup power.

How batteries help keep electricity flow steady

Batteries help maintain a steady flow of power when sources such as solar and wind are not producing. They charge when the sun is shining or when wind is blowing. That energy can then be used when demand is high.

Batteries can also store excess electricity from hydropower, and New York is one of the top hydropower-producing states. Buffalo is close to Niagara Falls, where most of the state's hydropower is produced.

When electricity demand is high, Peace Bridge will use the battery. It will get paid by the utility for not drawing from the grid and for sending power back if needed. This helps lower the complex’s overall electricity costs, which benefits residents. The building can use the system during outages, too.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Agency helped fund the Peace Bridge Place project, as part of its focus on including disadvantaged communities in the clean energy transition.

“It goes a long way toward demonstrating the safety and viability of these types of projects,” said NYSERDA President and CEO Doreen Harris.

Viridi has manufacturing facilities in Buffalo and Richmond, California, where a state grant assisted with renovations. California Energy Commission Chair David Hochschild said he's impressed with the company.

More than two-thirds of California's electricity comes from clean energy and batteries get a lot of credit for that, Hochschild said. As electricity demand grows, batteries help ensure the grid is reliable, reduce pollution and contain costs, he added.

“I believe the battery industry is the single most important energy industry for the next several decades,” said Hochschild, who co-founded the Electric Innovation Initiative to use electricity instead of fossil fuels more broadly throughout the U.S. economy.

Viridi’s system passed a ‘near impossible' test

As large battery fires have garnered attention, some communities have opposed further development. However, the failure rate for batteries has decreased as more are installed, according to the Electric Power Research Institute.

Viridi spent six years and $10 million figuring out how to make a fireproof container for batteries. Half the cost was for batteries Viridi destroyed during testing.

Viridi uses plates, pouches and spacing to isolate each battery cell. If one fails, the energy dissipates instead of spreading to the next battery, so that no gas, smoke, heat or fire escapes the container, Williams said.

Jigar Shah, an expert in clean energy financing and deployment, said the Peace Bridge Place system is a milestone in overcoming safety concerns.

To ensure nothing would catch fire when used inside a residence, Viridi's system had to pass a test where the battery was forced to fail while a cheesecloth covered the container. The cheesecloth did not char or ignite, according to the test report record.

Viridi announced in April it met stringent Underwriters Laboratories safety standards so its system could be installed indoors without adding additional fire suppression to a building.

Shah, who led the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office during the Biden administration, said Viridi is the only company to consistently pass this “near impossible” test.

Shah thinks far more U.S. homes will use batteries for backup power by 2030. The U.S. can meet much more electricity demand and avoid costly upgrades to the grid if batteries are strategically deployed, he added.

New York and California officials want forward-thinking energy solutions

Viridi and Good Carbon Co. chose the Peace Bridge apartments because the all-electric building uses a geothermal system for heating and cooling rather than natural gas and needed additional, resilient power. The electricity demand locally can exceed the available supply, so the utility National Grid supported the endeavor, Williams added.

Peace Bridge is considered affordable housing because renters earn no more than 80% of the area's median income, Good Carbon said. It said energy storage will be an important part of future multifamily housing projects.

Viridi has been manufacturing in Buffalo since 2018. A medical research building in the city is using its battery system, too. Viridi's plant could build enough battery packs in a year to supply energy for about 14,000 average U.S. homes for 24 hours, Williams said.

Harris, at NYSERDA, said the state needs more options like this for maintaining a reliable grid and managing costs. Gov. Kathy Hochul has made that a priority.

“If we don’t need to build generation, we can utilize the grid that we have more effectively, that’s extremely valuable to us,” she said.

In California, 2,000 battery storage systems are being added each week and the largest in the world is under construction in Fresno County, Hochschild said. He thinks the battery industry is poised to take off.

He said, “We’re just getting started.”

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Defense Secretary Wes Streeting said Royal Air Force Typhoon jets will “conduct defensive counter-air operations over Saudi Arabia, helping to protect Saudi cities, civilian populations and critical national infrastructure” from missiles and drones fired by the Iran-backed rebels in Yemen.

That means the British planes would try to shoot down missiles or drones in the air, but Streeting said the British planes won’t strike Houthi targets on the ground.

The U.K. will also send a military transport plane and an unspecified number of military advisers to Saudi Arabia, Streeting said.

The announcement follows Britain’s decision last month to offer in-air refueling of Saudi planes operating against the Houthis. That mission is being extended by another 90 days, Streeting said.

The conflict between the Houthis and Yemen’s Saudi-backed government has reignited, with the Houthis aiming missile and drone strikes at Saudi Arabia, against which the oil-rich kingdom has struggled to defend itself. The country's main international airport in Riyadh was struck several times earlier this month.

Streeting called the attacks “despicable” and said targeting the airport showed “the lengths the Houthis are going to to escalate the situation in the region.”

The Associated Press reported last month that Saudi Arabia had asked its allies, including France, Britain, Pakistan and Egypt to deploy air-defense support to the region to help defend against missiles and drones fired by Houthis and other Iran-backed groups.

The U.S., which bombed the Houthis under the Biden and Trump administrations, has declined to do the same this time around.

Streeting said in a written statement to Parliament that “the government remains clear that there is no long-term military solution to the conflict in Yemen.”

“We continue to support a U.N.-led political process as the best route to a durable peace,” he said.

Yemen first plunged into civil war in 2014, when the Houthis seized Sanaa and much of northern Yemen and forced the government into exile.

A Saudi-led coalition intervened the following year in an attempt to restore the government to power. The conflict created one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters, and killed more than 150,000 people.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s spokesman denied Britain was being dragged in to the conflict.

“Our support for Saudi Arabia is considered, proportionate and focused on helping them defend themselves from relentless Houthi attacks,” spokesperson Tom Wells said.

Egypt has also announced military assistance, saying it will provide “all possible forms of support” to help Saudi Arabia “defend its security and stability.”

The Egyptian government will deploy air defense systems and aircraft to help intercept missiles and drones fired toward the kingdom, a regional official briefed on the matter said.

The official said Egypt’s support would be defensive and would not include deploying ground troops to Yemen. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters.

President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said Saturday that his government would take “any measure” to defend Saudi Arabia and called for parliament to convene to authorize the deployment of troops and military equipment.

Parliament held two days of deliberations and is scheduled to reconvene for a vote next week.

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That was way off. She wouldn’t get one until three years after the crash.

It could have been longer if not for an unusual meeting with an organ procurement organization, or OPO, that taught the frustrated Screws how hospitals vary in which organs they accept or refuse — and she flew across the country for a better chance.

“I wish that there was more clarity with patients about when is an organ coming up that could be a match for you and why is it not a match,” said Screws, who received a transplant at her new hospital in just weeks. She wishes she had asked sooner, “What is the thing that’s holding this up?”

Screws’ journey shows how the transplant system often struggles to inform patients about options that can be incredibly difficult to navigate on their own. Among them are where to seek care, whether to get on multiple hospitals’ transplant lists, and how to discuss if you’d accept a less-than-perfect organ rather than continue waiting. And in the background, viable organs can be wasted. About 1 in 5 donated organs go unused, usually because a recipient wasn’t found in time.

For kidney transplants, the most common type, a large study found "there’s about a 16-fold variation in how quickly a patient will get transplanted at one center versus another,” said Dr. Syed Ali Husain of NYU Langone Health, who researches such differences.

One reason is that some surgeons have more experience than others using kidneys with complex anatomy like extra arteries, or those from older, sicker donors that still may be better than dialysis for the right patient, he said.

There’s far less information about rare types of transplants like the intestine, which is biologically more difficult to handle than some other organs.

“We offer them but they’re declined so often that it’s demoralizing,” said Lisa Stocks of California’s OneLegacy, one of the nation’s largest OPOs, who showed the data to Screws.

Screws was one of just 88 people in the U.S. to receive a new intestine last year, compared with more than 27,000 kidney transplants.

Whatever the organ, most patients don’t know what to ask, said Dr. Allyson Hart of Minnesota’s Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute. She helped design tools for a new patient-friendly online database that can help people compare waiting times and other characteristics of different transplant hospitals.

Too many patients think “they just needed to wait for five years and they would get transplanted,” Hart said, when often “that’s actually not what happens.”

Transplants are on the rise

With just over 49,000 transplants performed in the U.S. last year, more people than ever are getting new organs. That’s mostly thanks to over a decade of increases in donations from the deceased, recovered by OPOs that act as a bridge to transplant hospitals.

But about 100,000 people are awaiting a transplant, the vast majority of whom need a kidney. There’s growing pressure to retrieve and use more donated organs, even as donor registrations recently dipped and an aging population means organs increasingly come from older, sicker donors. And the government is in the midst of a yearslong overhaul of the transplant system.

One pending move threatens to close some of the nation's 55 OPOs under a controversial grading system that holds them accountable for the number of organs they procure and how many are transplanted — the latter, they argue, being out of their control because surgeons decide when an organ is right for their patient. Some, including OneLegacy, are part of lawsuits seeking to block such closures.

Regulators also grade hospitals, and Husain said some of the reluctance to use less-than-perfect organs has long stemmed from concern about getting a lower score if even a few of them fail.

Medicare is running a pilot project to see if financial incentives or penalties will push hospitals to perform more kidney transplants, so fewer of those donated organs go to waste.

A foodie who could no longer eat

In late 2024, OPOs around the country began receiving emotional letters from Screws and some of her family members. They detailed how a May 2022 car crash, a month after her wedding, required the removal of Screws' small intestine, the organ that breaks down food and absorbs nutrients. The self-described “passionate foodie” who loves to cook now got all her nutrition from an overnight IV drip that left her severely nauseous and unable to return to her engineering job or pursue plans with her husband to start a family.

“This accident completely derailed my life and the wait for a new organ has been excruciating,” wrote Screws, adding that her original transplant doctors “feel that it is possible there is a lack of awareness of small bowel transplant among organ procurement organizations.” She asked that the OPOs “confirm your organization’s matching programs are properly searching for and prioritizing small intestine donations.”

To OPOs required to recover as many organs as possible, it was a shocking question. They work closely with grieving relatives of deceased donors but seldom get questions from would-be recipients. Stocks, the OneLegacy nurse, realized OPOs have data that could help patients advocate for themselves, and started combing records.

How are donated organs retrieved and distributed?

Every transplant center has its own organ-specific waiting list linked to a nationwide automated matching system. The OPO in charge of each deceased donor enters information about organs deemed suitable for use, which generates lists of possible matches at multiple hospitals in order of priority. A patient who matches baseline biological characteristics still might not show up as a candidate if the surgeon added some additional requirements, such as wanting a donor to be younger than 40.

Transplant teams must quickly decide on an offer, based on lab tests, scans and other medical records. If they decline, the organ then is offered to the hospital with the next-in-line possible match.

“It’s the right donor at the right time. You can never predict these things,” said Dr. Cal Matsumoto at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, the second transplant center where Screws registered, and where she wound up getting a new intestine.

Matching begins before surgery to recover the organs, and distance also plays a role, as some organs last longer than others outside the body. Oftentimes, surgeons travel to personally remove certain tricky-to-handle organs rather than relying on a local surgeon to retrieve and ship them.

“Generally if it’s a very good donor, so to speak, there’s going to be a heart team, a lung team, a pancreas team and a liver team, so there’s a lot of coordination” even to schedule recovery, said Matsumoto. For intestines, he said, that also involves surgeons negotiating how they’ll divide critical blood vessels shared by nearby abdominal organs.

But the process is far from perfect: In a study published last year, a group of kidney patients who died on the waiting list had a median of 25 organ offers their transplant team had declined — organs that were eventually used in someone else.

An intestine with a quirk that’s working well

It turned out that Screws' local OPO, OneLegacy, had made nine offers for her during 2024 that were all rejected. Stocks said she had “candid conversations” with the transplant team about why they were declined, such as technical preferences about the retrieval, so she'd know better how to evaluate potential new donors.

Meanwhile, Stocks also showed Screws how to use a database run by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients to decide whether to also seek care at a hospital that does more intestine transplants.

In June 2025, just a few weeks after “double listing,” Screws received a new intestine at Georgetown. It came, she learned, from a donor in Chicago. It was longer than is usually transplanted, but Matsumoto said it wound up fitting fine.

Screws’ original hospital, UCLA Health, cited patient privacy rules in declining to comment except to say that it follows federal transplant guidelines and that its transplant teams “continuously strive to enhance processes in service to our patients.” While its intestine program is small, UCLA is a major provider of kidney and other transplants.

Screws is careful to say her frustration wasn’t with her doctors, but with the lack of centralized, easy-to-understand information about what to expect. She had never heard of OPOs until her transplant coordinator mentioned them or realized there had to be a bridge between donors and transplant surgeons.

“My main takeaway was that there is more subjectivity to selecting an organ than I would have previously thought,” Screws said. Hers was “larger than average and maybe another surgeon wouldn’t have accepted that.”

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The United Nations warns of a humanitarian crisis in the besieged Yemen city of Taiz, where strikes on Tuesday killed two people and wounded six.

An Israeli attack on an apartment in Gaza killed two people and wounded others. The Israeli military said it had targeted a Hamas militant.

Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Tuesday. Read our full coverage here.

Britain extends military support for Saudi Arabia

Britain said it is expanding military support for Saudi Arabia against the Houthis to include “defensive” air patrols by Royal Air Force jets.

Defense Secretary Wes Streeting said RAF Typhoon jets would “conduct defensive counter-air operations over Saudi Arabia, helping to protect Saudi cities, civilian populations and critical national infrastructure from Houthi attack.”

That means the British planes would attack drones or missiles in the air, but Streeting said they would not strike Houthi targets on the ground.

The U.K. will also send a military transport and an unspecified number of military advisers to Saudi Arabia, Streeting said.

The announcement follows Britain’s decision last month to offer in-air refueling of Saudi planes operating against the Iran-backed rebels. That mission is being extended by another 90 days, Streeting said.

Pre-dawn attack on Gaza apartment kills 2

Israel's military struck an apartment in Gaza before dawn, killing two people and wounding others. The victims were a husband and wife, according to Shifa Hospital. The Israeli military said it targeted a Hamas militant.

The attack followed strikes on Monday that killed at least four people.

More than 1,500 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed by Israel since the ceasefire agreed last year by Israel and Hamas, according to the territory’s health ministry. The ministry maintains detailed records and is regarded as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and independent experts.

The ministry, part of the Hamas-run government, does not distinguish between civilians and militants in its toll but says women and children account for nearly half of those killed.

Training camp attack death toll reaches 73

A senior Yemeni official says the death toll from a Houthi missile strike on a government military camp in southern Yemen has increased to 73 people.

The recruits were all aged between 18 and 20, and some were still missing a day after the Iranian-backed rebels hit the al-Alam training camp in the southern province of Shabwa with ballistic missiles, Shabwa governor Awad Ibn al-Wazir told The Associated Press.

Monday’s strike was part of a recent surge of fighting in Yemen, which started when forces from the internationally-recognized government and Saudi-led coalition launched airstrikes on Houthi-held Sanaa International Airport in July, shattering a 2022 ceasefire deal that largely stopped fighting in the country’s civil war.

UN says Houthi siege of Taiz risks humanitarian crisis

A Houthi missile hit a residential area in the besieged city of Taiz on Tuesday, killing two teenage girls and wounding six other people, local authorities said. Several buildings in the city’s Seina area were also damaged, according to provincial authorities.

The Houthis have besieged Yemen’s third-largest city as part of their monthslong offensive against Yemeni government forces, repeatedly targeting it with missiles and artillery.

The rebels have largely encircled the city and cut off most supply routes from government-held areas, putting civilians at “grave risk,” U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk said Tuesday. The U.N. warned that the siege has sent prices soaring, leaving many residents without food and other necessities.

“Humanitarian aid must be immediately allowed to enter the city and its passage must be facilitated. Civilians wishing to leave must be allowed to do so freely and safely,” Türk said.

— By Samy Magdy in Cairo

Qatar says Israel not committed to negotiated end to Gaza war

A senior Qatari official says Israeli leaders are not committed to a negotiated end to the war in Gaza and are instead focused only on “war and death and destruction” in the lead up to Israel’s first national elections since the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attacks.

“Sadly, right now we do not have a partner for peace in Israel,” said Majed al-Ansari, spokesperson for Qatar's Foreign Ministry and adviser to the Qatari prime minister, speaking to The Associated Press on stage at the Global Security Forum in Doha.

Al-Ansari said: “You look at all the statements coming out from all the political parties and all the political candidates right now in the elections. Does any of them even talk about peace with Palestinians? Does any of them even talk about stability of the region?”

— By Victoria Eastwood in Doha

Netanyahu holds call with Trump over Iran

Netanyahu suggested that Israel and the United States could launch new attacks on Iran in a video he posted of a call with Trump.

During the call, Netanyahu thanked Trump for his endorsement, which came about a week before Israel’s national elections. Netanyahu faces a tight reelection race widely viewed as a referendum on his leadership before and after the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack and through a series of inconclusive wars, including with Iran.

“Donald, we have a job to finish. You said it, and we’ll finish it together. We’ll finish it, and no one else will do it,” Netanyahu said in the video.

Turkey moves closer to ratifying defense pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan

Turkey has submitted to parliament a mutual defense agreement it signed with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan for ratification.

The agreement commits the sides to regard an armed attack against one as an attack on all three, obliging them to provide immediate assistance, according to a text of the agreement obtained by TRT state broadcaster on Tuesday.

It also paves the way for closer military cooperation, intelligence sharing, and collaboration in the defense industry through joint production and technology transfers.

The 16-article agreement will be reviewed by a parliamentary committee before being put to a vote in the Turkish parliament’s general assembly.

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

The agencies should remove DeepSeek and its affiliated products, as well as third party products and services developed using DeepSeek, from their IT systems, the Department of Homeland Security said in a notice made public on Monday.

The department’s order, dating back to late July, also blocks civilian agencies from procuring DeepSeek products and services. DeepSeek is one of China's leading and best-known AI companies and its open-source models are widely available in countries including the United States. They are mostly free to use.

The notice in the Federal Register alleges that DeepSeek’s models “present multiple threat vectors.” It said concerns include that its servers are located in China and that Chinese authorities' could potentially access private company infrastructure and sensitive U.S. data.

In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said China will “will resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies” when asked at a regular press conference about the U.S. ban.

“China consistently opposes the overstretching of the concept of national security and the politicizing of science, technology, economic and trade issues,” she told reporters at a routine briefing.

DeepSeek did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet in mid-November on the sidelines of the APEC, or Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, leaders’ summit in Shenzhen, China.

AI is expected to be on the agenda.

China and the U.S. have recently made progress in some collaboration on AI governance, including a U.S. proposal for setting up of a notification system on national security-related incidents, but the two countries are still at odds on many issues.

U.S.-led restrictions still ban China from accessing some of the world's most advanced AI chips and the machines that make them. Last week, Beijing rolled out new proposed plans to restrict exports of certain advanced AI models.

The U.S. has also said Chinese AI startups including DeepSeek engaged in large-scale “distillation,” or extraction of capabilities, from frontier American AI models, claims that Beijing has dismissed.

Earlier this year, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced it was barring imports of new foreign-made humanoid robots in a move seen as targeting China.

The Houthis have largely encircled Taiz, cutting it off from most supply routes and putting civilians at “grave risk,” U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk said Tuesday. The U.N. says the siege has left many residents without food and other necessities as prices soar.

The attack on Taiz came a day after a Houthi strike on a government military camp killed 73 recruits, the deadliest strike since the resurgence of the conflict over the summer, according to a senior Yemeni government official.

The conflict has only intensified since forces from the internationally recognized government and Saudi-led coalition launched airstrikes on Houthi-held Sanaa International Airport in July, shattering a 2022 ceasefire deal that largely stopped fighting in the country's civil war.

Yemen has become a widening front in the Iran war that began in February — and the Houthis have increasingly launched attacks on Saudi Arabia because it supports Yemen’s internationally recognized government.

Britain said on Tuesday that it would expand its military support for Saudi Arabia to include “defensive” air patrols by Royal Air Force jets.

UN says Houthi siege of Taiz risks humanitarian crisis

Heavy fighting between the Houthis and Yemeni government forces caused extensive damage in a densely populated residential area of Taiz. Six people were wounded in the Houthis' deadly attack there.

Resident Zainab Ali said she was away when the strike occurred but returned to find her home had been destroyed.

“We are a family of orphans, and we do not know what to do,” she said.

In an update late Tuesday afternoon, Yemen’s government forces claimed they had thwarted Houthi attacks in several areas across Taiz, without providing evidence. The Associated Press could not independently verify the claim.

The Houthis have besieged Taiz as part of their monthslong offensive against Yemeni government forces, repeatedly targeting it with missiles and artillery.

“Humanitarian aid must be immediately allowed to enter the city and its passage must be facilitated. Civilians wishing to leave must be allowed to do so freely and safely,” Türk, the U.N. human rights chief, said.

He urged the Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces to avoid using explosive weapons in areas where they could hit civilians and civilian infrastructure.

Britain pledges additional support to defend Saudi Arabia

While Saudi Arabia said Tuesday that it intercepted a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis, the country has struggled to defend against the rebel group's missile and drone attacks despite far superior U.S.-supplied arms.

“Saudi Arabia is in a very difficult position,” but the United States is not prepared to send troops to help, Tom Barrack, the U.S. envoy to Syria and Iraq, told the Global Security Forum in Doha, Qatar.

Barrack said President Donald Trump “has been clear that he supports Saudi Arabia, and the backing that they need logistically we'll supply, but America getting involved in a ground kinetic battle somewhere else seems fruitless.”

U.K. Defense Secretary Wes Streeting said the British government would expand its support to Saudi Arabia to include defensive patrols to protect Saudi cities from attacks. It means British planes would attack missiles or drones in the air, but would not strike Houthi targets on the ground. Britain had already offered to help with in-air refueling of Saudi planes.

The Egyptian government also will deploy air defense systems and aircraft to help repel missiles and drones fired toward Saudi Arabia but won't deploy ground troops to Yemen, according to a regional official who was briefed on the matter. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak to reporters.

The matter still requires parliamentary approval.

Houthis attacked a Yemeni military camp as recruits were being trained

The Monday strike on the al-Alam military camp hit while recruits were lining up in formation for a training session. More than 200 recruits were wounded in the attack.

Videos from the area circulated online and analyzed by AP showed many motionless bodies lying on the sandy ground of the camp.

The recruits were all aged between 18 and 20, Shabwa governor Awad Ibn al-Wazir told AP. They were being trained to provide security in the province and not for combat operations, he said.

Yemen plunged into civil war in 2014, when the Houthis seized Sanaa and much of northern Yemen and forced the government into exile.

A Saudi-led coalition intervened the following year in an attempt to restore the government to power. The conflict killed more than 150,000 people and created one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters.

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Magdy reported from Cairo. Associated Press writers Sarah El Deeb in Beirut, David Rising in Bangkok, and Jill Lawless in London, contributed to this story.

Zelenskyy was joined in Norway by U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, who has tried without success to steer Russia and Ukraine toward a settlement to end the war. Jared Kushner, another envoy who is U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, was due to attend a meeting with Zelenskyy by videoconference.

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Finnish President Alexander Stubb were also scheduled to meet with Zelenskyy in Norway's capital.

“We are maintaining all contacts that can help bring peace,” Zelenskyy said in a post on X after he arrived in Oslo. He said officials gathered in Norway would discuss strengthening Ukraine's air defenses and joint production of weapons.

Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Moscow hopes a meeting in Russia between the envoys and Russian President Vladimir Putin can be organized soon, perhaps as early as Wednesday.

“We highly appreciate the mediation efforts of the American negotiators,” Peskov said.

Zelenskyy speaks with Rubio after U.S. support slows

With further U.S. support for Ukraine in doubt as relations between Zelenskyy and Trump sour again, the Ukrainian leader said he spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is on a trip to Asia.

That conversation came after Zelenskyy told a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers Monday that he believes “some political decision has been made to slow down ... support for us.”

Ukraine has nearly run out of American-made Patriot air-defense interceptors that it needs to stop Russia’s ballistic missiles, according to Zelenskyy, who has pleaded for Washington to send more. But he said the Pentagon is delaying the delivery of missiles that other countries have purchased for Ukraine.

Zelenskyy also said he sought Rubio’s help to ensure that the United States continues to share vital intelligence with Ukraine after Kyiv received no or belated warnings about Russian missile attacks in recent days.

The Ukrainian leader also said speed restrictions were still in place on his country's use of Starshield, the military-grade version of U.S. company SpaceX’s satellite internet service Starlink, hampering battlefield operations.

Trump also has waived sanctions on Russia, a move that Zelenskyy slammed as helping Putin push on with Moscow’s full-scale invasion, which will hit the five-year mark in February.

Zelenskyy said he had “a substantive conversation” with Rubio.

“I am grateful for his readiness to help and his clear position,” Zelenskyy said on social media.

Rubio, who arrived Tuesday in India on an official trip, denied that the U.S. is withholding assistance from Ukraine.

“Nothing has changed,” he told reporters.

The Patriot ammunition Ukraine needs is in short supply and is also required elsewhere in the world, Rubio said.

“There has not been some deliberate political directive to go out and harm Ukraine,” he said.

Europe is helping Ukraine avoid surrender, official says

With the Russian army held up on the front line, Putin is trying to bomb Ukraine into submission while robbing it of vital U.S. support, Western leaders and analysts say.

European countries, worried about Russia’s plans on the continent and viewing Ukraine as a bulwark against Moscow's ambitions, are trying to take up the slack of any falloff in U.S. supplies, but some key assets are American-made.

European countries and European Union institutions have allocated 237 billion euros ($266 billion) to support Ukraine, compared with 115 billion euros ($129 billion) from the U.S., according to Germany’s Kiel Institute, which tracks assistance to Kyiv.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Tuesday questioned whether U.S. negotiators have been honest brokers in peace efforts. Ukrainian officials say the Trump administration has encouraged Kyiv to surrender land to Russia in return for peace.

“Although American negotiators have been trying to push Ukraine into surrender for … one and a half years now," Ukraine has not surrendered on Putin’s terms "because Europe has been supporting Ukraine,” Kallas said.

Russian attacks cause power outages in 12 Ukrainian regions

Four people were killed and 27 others wounded, including children, in Russian missile and drone attacks on the Kyiv region over the past day, regional police said.

Three were killed and six were wounded in the Obukhiv district, where warehouses were damaged, police said. In the Bucha district, one woman was killed and 21 people were wounded, eight of them children, while hundreds of buildings were damaged, according to police.

On Tuesday morning, three people were killed and four injured when two vehicles caught fire in a Russian attack on the Kyiv-Odesa highway, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said. The dead included the driver of a shuttle bus that was hit. The bus transports people from Kyiv to the National Military Memorial Cemetery.

Two more people were killed in a Russian attack Tuesday on warehouses on the outskirts of Dnipro in central Ukraine, authorities said.

National grid operator Ukrenergo reported power outages in 12 regions of Ukraine following the Russian attacks.

The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that its forces carried out drone strikes on logistics centers, port infrastructure and three cargo ships in the port of Reni in the Odesa region. It said that another bulk carrier was hit at sea on its way to Odesa.

Meanwhile, air defenses intercepted 136 Ukrainian drones over multiple Russian regions overnight, the ministry said.

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Hatton reported from Lisbon, Portugal. Associated Press writers Lorne Cook in Brussels and Bill Barrow in Atlanta contributed to this report.

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Their absence created somewhat of a stir on social media. However, it's been common practice for many WNBA teams over at least the past six seasons to leave the court with 10 minutes left in pregame warmups — right before "The Star-Spangled Banner” is played. Teams have left to raise awareness for social justice issues or simply to continue to get ready for the game.

The Valkyries say they have maintained the same pregame routine of going inside the locker room for the anthem as they’ve done since becoming a WNBA franchise last year; Atlanta has left the court before the anthem the past several years.

A few teams, including Indiana and Minnesota, remained on the court for the anthem during the season.

What the WNBA rulebook states

There is some confusion about the current WNBA policy regarding the anthem.

While the league rulebook states what should happen during the anthem, the protocols were suspended years ago.

According to the rulebook, “Players, coaches, and trainers are to stand and line up in a dignified posture along the sidelines or on the foul line during the playing of the National Anthem.”

It's unclear if the rule refers to just players who are on the court or entire teams.

Late in the 2017 season, the league suspended its protocols, saying in a memo to teams that players and coaches didn't have to follow them. The memo was sent to allow players to show support for victims in the wake of a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that occurred that summer.

Three years later in 2020, teams left the court before the anthem as the WNBA dedicated that season to Breonna Taylor, who was killed in her Louisville, Kentucky, home. That year the entire season was played in Florida because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Since 2020, many teams still leave the court before the anthem is played.

Who makes the anthem decision?

With the WNBA suspending its protocols, there seems to be a lack of clarity about who makes the final decision on whether teams remain on the court during the anthem.

The league appears to be deferring to its teams, which may be in need of more direction from the WNBA.

The WNBA did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press regarding its anthem policy.

Anthem protocols at international events

The U.S. national team always stays on the court for the playing of the anthem at the World Cup and the Olympics. One reason is because the timing is different from WNBA games.

During those international events, the anthems of both countries competing are played after the introduction of lineups before tipoff.

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PSG and Barcelona head the standings, though Liverpool or even surprising Stuttgart could end Tuesday on top of the table.

The game, which will need a robust security presence, takes place in a very different context to when PSG beat Manchester City 4-2 away last week.

What began in France as protests against school conditions has expanded to include a wide range of other groups and causes. There have been violent clashes, fires and looting.

An emergency meeting with top government officials on Monday confirmed PSG-Barcelona and other soccer games in European competitions can go ahead after the possibility of calling off games and other big events was discussed.

Liverpool could go top with a win over Villarreal if PSG and Barcelona draw, or on goal difference if Andoni Iraola's team can rout its Spanish opposition. Stuttgart has won both of its games but Atletico Madrid will be sterner opposition for the German team.

Man City aims to get back on track after last week's PSG loss when it faces Greece's AEK Athens, while troubled Napoli seeks a first point against Norway's Bodø/Glimt.

Also, Roma plays Slovan Bratislava, Borussia Dortmund heads to Azerbaijan to face Sabah, Porto hosts PSV Eindhoven and Fenerbahce takes on Slavia Prague.

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The Rays and their low payroll and small-ball style are heading to the World Series seeking the first championship in franchise history.

After a three-game sweep of the rival New York Yankees in their Division Series, the Rays eliminated the Cleveland Guardians in six games by winning three in a row to close out the AL Championship Series.

Next up is a matchup against the National League champion Milwaukee Brewers, another thrifty club from a small market that also has never won a World Series.

Caminero, the All-Star third baseman who hit 42 homers during the regular season, finally connected for the first time in the postseason, launching a drive off the left-field foul pole to give the Rays a four-run cushion in the seventh inning of a 7-3 win Monday night.

He savored every second of his home run trot, emphatically pounding his chest before reaching first base and imitating Randy Arozarena’s signature pose before crossing the plate while his former Tampa Bay teammate watched from the stands.

“Tampa, this is for you!” Caminero shouted to fans after the game. “Come on now! Let’s go!”

Veteran slugger Yandy Díaz, who guaranteed a Game 6 victory through an interpreter on Sunday, also blasted a two-run shot, going deep in the eighth after the Guardians closed to 5-3. Díaz also celebrated with a slow trot that wasn’t quite as demonstrative.

Díaz held the tomahawk steak, a tradition he started when the Rays clinched the AL East title, and flexed his arms while taking sprays of sparkling wine from teammates.

“Protein, medium well, big biceps,” Díaz said with a smile.

The Rays have time to enjoy their victory before heading to Milwaukee to face the Brewers in Game 1 on Friday night.

They got here by winning 98 games in the regular season thanks to excellent pitching, strong defense and a group of unselfish hitters with a knack for bunting and playing fundamental baseball. They opened the season with a payroll of $90.5 million that ranked 26th in the majors.

“These guys deserve it. It’s a special group,” Rays President of Baseball Operations Erik Neander said. “These guys did an unbelievable job coming together, exploding for 98 wins and building belief in one another. I’ve never seen a group come together like this one has with so many different ways to beat an opponent on a given night, so many ways to play to the scoreboard. They don’t bludgeon people; they just find ways to win and a lot of different ways to do it.”

The Rays are in the postseason for the sixth time under manager Kevin Cash. They lost the World Series to the Dodgers in 2020 and the Phillies in 2008.

This group has dominant pitching led by ace Drew Rasmussen, ALCS MVP Freddy Peralta and closer Bryan Baker.

“I thought this team really came together about as well as you could in the spring training setting, given the roster turnover that took place," Cash said. “There were a lot of new faces. And you could sense it was a pretty close-knit group.”

Now, the Rays are four wins from capturing the first World Series crown in the franchise's 29 seasons.

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Far from it.

The opening night rosters in the NBA have been turned in — and there are 17 French players on those lists, the most of any international land. Canada, which has had more player representation than any other country outside of the U.S. over the last several years, has 16 players on opening night rosters.

In all, there are 125 international players from a record-tying 43 countries on rosters to open this season. Of those, 70 are European.

Australia has nine players on opening night rosters, followed by Germany (seven), and Nigeria and Serbia (six each). Every NBA roster has at least one international player, with Dallas, Miami and Washington leading the way with seven each.

International players have taken the NBA's Most Valuable Player award in each of the last eight seasons, with Miami's Giannis Antetokounmpo (Greek, of Nigerian descent) winning for Milwaukee in 2019 and 2020; Denver's Nikola Jokic (Serbia) winning in 2021, 2022 and 2024; Philadelphia's Joel Embiid (Cameroon-born, now an American citizen) in 2023; and Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Canada) in 2025 and 2026.

Homecoming games

There was a ton of superstar-level player movement this offseason, with LeBron James going to Philadelphia, Giannis Antetokounmpo to Miami, Kawhi Leonard back to Toronto and more.

Here's a look at some notable return games by players headed back to former homes this season:

— Oct. 21, Utah's Jaren Jackson Jr. returns to Memphis.

— Nov. 10, Boston's Paul George returns to Philadelphia.

— Nov. 18, Milwaukee's Tyler Herro returns to Miami (for the first Antetokounmpo vs. Bucks game, too.)

— Nov. 19, Portland's Damian Lillard returns to Milwaukee.

— Nov. 23, Brooklyn's Julius Randle returns to Minnesota.

— Dec. 25, Philadelphia's LeBron James returns to Los Angeles to face the Lakers.

— Jan. 21, Philadelphia's Jaylen Brown returns to Boston.

— Jan. 28, Miami's Antetokounmpo returns to Milwaukee.

— Feb. 6, Portland's Ja Morant returns to Memphis.

— Feb. 15, Minnesota's LaMelo Ball returns to Charlotte.

Player stat targets of note

— Cleveland's James Harden is 661 points from becoming the ninth player in NBA history with 30,000. He'll also likely become the 11th player with 9,000 assists; he's 127 away there.

— Houston's Kevin Durant (32,597) is 1,046 points away from matching the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant for No. 4 on the NBA's career scoring list.

— Denver's DeMar DeRozan (26,711) enters this season 16th on the scoring list and Golden State's Stephen Curry (26,528) is 19th. It's well within the realm of possibility that they're near No. 10 Shaquille O'Neal (28,596) by season's end.

— Miami's Klay Thompson is 74 3-pointers from tying Ray Allen (2,973) for third on the all-time list, behind only Curry and Harden.

Jokic chasing history

If Denver's Nikola Jokic finishes in the top two of the MVP balloting — something he's done in each of the last six years — he'd set a record. Nobody has done that seven years in a row.

Jokic won the award in 2021, 2023 and 2024, plus was second in 2022, 2025 and 2026.

He's the third player with six consecutive top-two finishes. Boston's Bill Russell won in 1958, 1961, 1962 and 1963, while finishing second in 1959 and 1960. Another Celtics legend, Larry Bird, was second in 1981, 1982 and 1983 before winning in 1984, 1985 and 1986.

Many Indy milestones await

Indiana's first win this season will be a cause for celebration — it'll be the Pacers' milestone 2,000th victory in regular-season play since joining the NBA. The Pacers also had 427 regular-season wins in their ABA era.

The Pacers' Rick Carlisle is scheduled to coach his 2,000th regular-season game on March 8 against Charlotte. He needs 65 games to hit 2,000; that game is the 63rd on Indiana's current schedule, which doesn't account for two that will be added as the NBA Cup tournament plays out.

Carlisle is 30 wins from tying Rick Adelman (1,042) for 10th-most in NBA history.

Coaching, team milestones to watch

A few other milestones that could be reached this season:

— Miami's Erik Spoelstra is two wins shy of tying Cotton Fitzsimmons (832) for 16th on the NBA's all-time list for coaches. Spoelstra is also 34 wins shy of matching one of his idols, Jack Ramsay, for 15th; Ramsay won 864 games in his career.

— Golden State’s Steve Kerr will likely climb into the top 25 on the coaching wins list. Kerr enters the season 28th with 603 regular-season victories, 10 behind No. 27 Mike Dunleavy, 25 behind No. 26 Doug Moe and 35 behind No. 25 Chuck Daly.

— All of Kerr’s wins have come with the Warriors; only Gregg Popovich (1,390 with San Antonio), Jerry Sloan (1,127 with Utah), Spoelstra (830 with Miami), Red Auerbach (795 with Boston), Red Holzman (613 with New York) and Phil Jackson (610 with the Lakers) won more with one team. Kerr is obviously well within reach of Holzman and Jackson on that list.

— Orlando's 33rd game of the season, which would be Dec. 31 at Indiana, will be the 3,000th regular-season contest in Magic history. New Orleans' 68th game, currently set for March 12 at home against Toronto, will be No. 2,000 in Pelicans history.

— The Los Angeles Lakers' 34th game this season (Dec. 31 at New Orleans) will be their 7,000th in franchise history, including playoffs.

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Helen Haines, a 65-year-old independent politician, was in hospital in critical but stable condition after being struck by a car outside her office in the city of Wangaratta, in Victoria state, on Monday in what police alleged was a “targeted” incident.

Brendan Nugent, from nearby Tarrawingee, was charged with intentionally causing serious injury, dangerous driving causing serious injury and causing harm to a federal official, police said in a statement on Tuesday.

Suspect to face court on Wednesday

Nugent has been in police custody since shortly after Haines was injured and a crowd of bystanders subdued him. He will appear in a Wangaratta court on Wednesday, when he could potentially be released on bail.

His father, Rod Nugent, released a statement Tuesday describing Haines as a “deeply respected, valued and much-loved member of our local community.”

“Helen has been our friend for more than 20 years and what happened to her yesterday is devastating and unfathomable,” the father said, adding that he would cooperate with police.

The incident shocked Australians as political violence is rare here and politicians have always been accessible to the public. Most lawmakers are not accompanied by security officers and go about their work and personal lives on their own.

The prime minister thanks a bystander for intervening

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he phoned local barber Ricky Jefferies, who had run from his store to help members of the public detain the suspect, to thank him on Tuesday for intervening.

“It’s a reminder that at the worst of times, we see the best of the Australian character,” Albanese said in Melbourne.

Jefferies earlier told reporters he searched the driver’s pockets and removed a knife. Police confirmed a knife had been found. Jefferies also said he did not consider himself a hero.

“It was crazy,” he said. “A lot of people got involved immediately and they didn't even check for danger. They just ran to help.”

The lawmaker's family says it's grateful for the ‘swift assistance of bystanders’

Haines’s family released a statement expressing thanks for the “swift assistance of bystanders” as well as health workers and police.

Haines, who was first elected to Parliament in 2019 and had been reelected twice since, was initially taken to a hospital in Wangaratta, a city of 30,000 people. She was airlifted later on Monday to a hospital in the state capital, Melbourne, 236 kilometers (147 miles) away.

The Alfred Hospital didn't respond Tuesday to a request for comment on media reports that Haines had had a leg amputated.

Albanese announced on Monday that the national counterterrorism team was investigating, incorporating police and intelligence agencies. Police have since said the incident appears to be isolated.

“This wasn’t an accident. There was a deliberate act, it would appear. We don’t know what the motivation is,” he said.

Recent data has shown that threats of political violence have grown in Australia. The head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation spy agency, Mike Burgess, on Tuesday reiterated an earlier warning that politically motivated violence was a top security concern, along with espionage and foreign interference.

Police reported in 2025 that threats against parliamentarians had doubled over the past three years. Official data showed more than 1,000 such threats against politicians in the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

Albanese and lawmakers from across the political spectrum spoke to media outlets Tuesday, urging their colleagues, reporters and the public to turn down the heat in increasingly fractious political debates. Many also said they hoped Australia’s easygoing culture of approachable politicians wouldn’t change.

The injured lawmaker was not considered controversial or polarizing

Haines was not known for polarizing views. The daughter of dairy farmers and mother of three was a nurse, midwife and academic before entering politics, and advocated for rural health matters. She was initially elected in 2019 with a campaign focused on health equity, rural prosperity and climate action.

Albanese said eyewitnesses had reported the suspect passed Haines in his SUV as she stood by the trunk of her parked car. The SUV then turned and came back before the driver allegedly drove into the politician, the prime minister said.

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke told Australian Broadcasting Corp. that the driver allegedly reversed and struck Haines a second time, pinning her against her car, after initially hitting her.

One of the bystanders who came to Haines' assistance, Cody Lepoidevin, told reporters he thought he was witnessing a hit-and-run when the SUV backed away after she was first struck.

But instead of fleeing the scene, Lepoidevin said the driver “then reversed and drove back into her.”

Australia has a low rate of political violence

Elsewhere in the world, authorities have warned of growing threats to lawmakers. The United States has seen a rise in political violence over the past decade.

That includes the 2022 hammer assault on the husband of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, in California; the 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally during his presidential campaign, as well as another on the president at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in April; and the assassinations in 2025 of a Democratic Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband, and of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk in Utah.

In Britain, killings of politicians have also prompted bolstered security. Labour lawmaker Jo Cox was shot and stabbed in 2016 by a far-right extremist, while Conservative David Amess was stabbed in 2021 by an attacker inspired by the militant Islamic State group.

In July, the former British politician and reality TV contestant Ann Widdecombe was found beaten to death with a hammer at her home. A man has been charged with murder and terrorism-related offenses.

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With more than 1.4 million votes counted, 76% supported remaining in Canada, while close to 24% backed beginning a process toward separation, according to unofficial results from Elections Alberta.

The referendum wasn't a direct vote on independence. Approval would have set Alberta on a path toward a future vote on separation from Canada.

“Albertans made a clear choice,” Carney said. “They chose unity, to build together, and to take care of each other. Above all, Albertans chose Canada.”

Carney said that the result would allow Canadians to move forward together and accelerate efforts to diversify trade, develop major infrastructure projects and make Canada a global energy powerhouse, with Alberta at its center.

Alberta's separatists, however, saw a silver lining.

“We don’t have the final results. I think the numbers are going to fluctuate, but it is fair to say that at least a quarter of Albertans feel that Alberta needs to be treated better,” said Keith Wilson, a leader of the separatist movement.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith welcomed the early results, saying they showed widespread support for remaining in Canada.

“Albertans have voted for a stronger Alberta in a united Canada,” Smith posted on social media.

Smith, who called the referendum amid pressure from separatists within her governing United Conservative Party, or UCP, despite opposing independence, said that she would address the province Tuesday evening about the results and Alberta’s future.

“We are a solid country that’s united from coast to coast to coast,” Thomas Lukaszuk, a former Alberta deputy premier who led the Forever Canadian campaign against separation, told supporters.

Results were delayed after late openings forced more than 100 polling stations to extend voting hours Monday.

Alberta, home to the world’s fourth-largest proven oil reserves, is cowboy country and a conservative stronghold whose political culture has long had more in common with the American West than much of Canada. Resentment toward Canada's federal government in Ottawa runs deep, but hasn't traditionally translated into widespread support for independence.

Despite the proposal’s apparent failure, separatist leaders have said they turned a fringe cause into a movement that won't disappear.

Carney earlier urged Albertans to deliver a decisive vote for unity.

“Vote like Canada’s future depends on it, because it does,” he told a rally on Friday in Edmonton, where he grew up.

Separatist parties traditionally attracted only 1% or 2% of the vote, former Premier Jason Kenney said. Anger over COVID-19 restrictions helped mobilize activists who later embraced the separatist movement, he said.

Trump’s trade war and threats to make Canada the 51st U.S. state have helped Carney rally support in Alberta, where Liberal prime ministers have historically been unpopular.

At a separatist referendum night gathering at an Edmonton restaurant, the crowd fell quiet as results rolled in.

“We’re not going anywhere,” said Jeff Rath of the Alberta Prosperity Project. “We’ve dominated the conversation in the last year. We’ve been educating Albertans on the benefits of independence, and we’re going to continue moving forward.”

Rath had said he would be thrilled if 30% of Albertans voted to begin the separation process. He wants Smith ousted as leader of her governing United Conservative Party and said the party could splinter, potentially creating a new pro-independence party.

Dustin Degenhardt, a Wainwright voter, said that Albertans have long been mistreated by Canada's federal government.

“Alberta has essentially been treated as, you know, a colony,” he said after voting Monday. “They want to take and take and take from us, and not return anything.”

Dave Malka, 59, of Edmonton, criticized spending money on a “referendum on a referendum” rather than healthcare.

With Trump threatening Canada, Malka said, “It seems to be happening at the absolute worst time when we should be united; instead we’re fighting among ourselves.”

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Acquired by the Rays from the New York Mets before the trade deadline, Peralta turned around his season in Tampa Bay and helped his new team win its third AL pennant. Peralta was 2-0 with a 0.75 ERA in three appearances, including two starts, in the ALCS against the Cleveland Guardians.

“This is crazy," Peralta said. “I’m very happy to be here, to be part of this great group and this organization.”

When Rays manager Kevin Cash announced the ALCS MVP winner on the postgame stage at Tropicana Field, he said: “Fastball Freddy.”

Peralta relied on his overpowering four-seamer throughout the series. He gave up one run and five hits over 5 1/3 innings Monday night in a 7-3 win. The two-time All-Star tossed six scoreless innings in Game 2 and got two important outs in relief in Game 4.

Now, Peralta gets to face his first team in the World Series. The right-hander spent eight seasons in Milwaukee, going 17-6 with a 2.70 ERA last year. But he is eligible for free agency this fall, so the Brewers traded him to the Mets in January.

“Milwaukee is always going to be in my heart, but it’s time to compete,” Peralta said. “I’m grateful to be here and excited to go home.”

Peralta went 5-9 with a 4.99 ERA in 22 starts for New York before coming to Tampa Bay in an Aug. 2 trade. He was 5-2 with a 3.25 ERA in 10 starts for the Rays and was selected the AL pitcher of the month for September.

“When I got here, everything changed," Peralta said. “I remember when I (got) to the clubhouse, we were in Colorado playing against the Rockies, and as soon as I stepped in the dugout in the first inning, I felt the vibes. I felt something different. And I think that’s why we’re here now."

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He and his wife, Manjula, were back with a meaty plotline — and the voices of actual Indian American actors: Sunil Malhotra, a veteran voice-over artist, and Janina Gavankar (“The Morning Show”).

“Bringing Apu back feels like a reclamation. It truly IS his homecoming,” Malhotra and Gavankar said Sunday in a joint Instagram post.

Apu's unheralded return is a remarkable twist to a yearslong discourse about how the character has represented a painful stereotype for some South Asian Americans. After a 2017 documentary by comedian Hari Kondabolu, “The Problem With Apu,” the character was largely exiled from the screen.

How a documentary on Apu became a turning point

In “The Problem With Apu,” Kondabolu, a self-described fan of the Fox show, tried to process his misgivings. He interviewed a slew of celebrities of South Asian origin, including Kal Penn, Utkarsh Ambudkar and Hasan Minhaj, about growing up with the character. They shared memories of being bullied and called “Apu” as an insult. Adding to their view of Apu as just a caricature was that Hank Azaria, a white actor, voiced him.

With the full name of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon Jr., he felt like the “forever foreigner, someone who represents Indians in the United States through this sole typology of being a convenience store owner, being a recent immigrant, having this heavy accent, being really limited in this sort of like American identity,” says Bhoomi Thakore, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut. Thakore notes that Kondabolu's film raised the notion that Apu was the only portrayal of an Indian character most people knew when he debuted in 1990.

Azaria stepped away from the role after the documentary, continuing to voice other “Simpsons” characters, as Apu fell silent, seen only in the background. Kondabolu, however, had never called for Apu to be canceled. On Monday, he praised “The Simpsons” for devising “a clever solution to all this” and hiring Malhotra and Gavankar.

“I’m also still proud of the public conversation about race and representation my documentary started,” he told The Associated Press in an emailed statement. “Finally, I’m hoping this stops all the hatemail in many languages that has been sent my way over the past decade.”

After years in the background, Apu appears here to stay

In a 2018 episode, “The Simpsons” responded to Kondabolu's documentary by having Lisa Simpson bemoan how “something that started decades ago and was applauded and inoffensive is now politically incorrect. ... What can you do?” The camera then panned to a framed photo of Apu. The gag was branded by some as weak for not directly addressing the controversy.

In a 2020 New York Times interview, Azaria, who by then hadn't voiced Apu in a few years, announced he would bow out because “it just didn't feel right.” Later that year, in response to racial reckoning demonstrations, “The Simpsons” announced it would no longer cast white voice actors as characters of color. The show then recast two Black characters, Carl Carlson and Dr. Julius Hibbert, with Black actors.

Kondabolu had not spoken with “The Simpsons” producers about Apu’s comeback, he confirmed to the AP, “but they didn’t owe me that.” And it does sound like Apu is here to stay.

“We love this character and wanted to bring him back in a smart, Simpsons-y way that allowed him to evolve,” executive producer Matt Selman said in a statement. “We’re excited by what Sunil has already brought to the role and look forward to seeing more of Apu in the future.”

Apu was also embraced by South Asians, despite the controversy

A few weeks after “The Simpsons” responded to the documentary, author and producer Amar Shah wrote a series of social media posts and then a Washington Post op-ed on why he felt mostly sentimental toward Apu. When he watched Apu, he thought of his own Indian father hard at work as a convenience store owner and how that shaped his Florida childhood.

“Apu even now is a character that I wouldn't mind my kids seeing represented because they'll see aspects of themselves and of their own grandparents,” says Shah, reflecting on his 2018 piece. “I can totally empathize with someone of South Asian origin having a different POV (point of view) than me but this is my childhood. This is my story.”

After watching this latest episode, Shah didn't sense any significant difference with Malhotra's performance.

“Obviously, there's a different voice, tenor, texture and all that. But, the character is always going to be there, his genuine humanity,” Shah says. “I think if they had incorporated this change earlier, it would have been a lot better.”

At a time of anti-South Asian hate, Apu's return is welcomed

Apu is being revived amid a climate of rising anti-South Asian and Indian hate. Stop AAPI Hate and other research groups have found online use of racist slurs and threats against South Asians and Indians have jumped in the past few years.

Texas Railroad Commission candidate Bo French, a Republican, recently posted a photo of South Asian University of Texas students cheering at a football game and called them “a problem.” Just last week, a man was charged with planning a mass shooting at a Hindu temple outside Chicago. Against that backdrop, Shah welcomes the show's careful approach reincarnating the character.

“It's great to see that the show has evolved in time and now, especially with the discrimination and, really, the targeting of South Asians and Indian Americans as of late — questioning our patriotism, our American identity and even whether we're college football fans,” he says.

The return also coincides with much more representation of prominent South Asian Americans, such as actor and showrunner Mindy Kaling, and people who have broken barriers in office, like New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and former Vice President Kamala Harris.

When Apu first appeared, says University of Virginia associate professor of media studies Shilpa Davé, he was one of the only consistent representations of South Asians on TV.

Now, she says, “South Asians have become a part of the landscape from ‘Bridgerton’ to … ‘Never Have I Ever’ and there’s a plethora of different kinds of representation.”

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“I mean, I guess it’s good for some people. I really don’t care," said Jamie Alvarez, who attended Trump's recent Alaska rally in a red, white and blue outfit. "I don’t feel like your vote should be bought. I feel like you should vote for who you feel is going to do the best job.”

Joseph Eatherton was attending that same rally and said he was “not sure if it's necessary." When asked whether Trump could deliver on the promised money, he said, “I don’t know, and I hate being an armchair quarterback."

The offering of government checks has become a go-to tactic for Trump when he faces a political jam. He's previously endorsed $2,000 in dividends from tariff revenues and large refunds from spending cuts achieved by the Department of Government Efficiency, neither of which materialized. The latest example could reveal how much voters still trust Trump as they decide control of Congress in the midterm elections on Nov. 3.

Staunch supporters such as Lucy Martinez, the president of a Republican women's club who attended a recent Trump rally in Texas, said there's no doubt in their minds.

“I think that I will get the $5,000,” she said. Out of all the presidents, Trump is someone “who kept his promises to his people and all the United States.”

Trump has dished out payments as elections approach

However, many voters are already embittered by his economic leadership. His critics see a president who failed to tame inflation and keep America out of overseas conflicts, and whose agenda has fueled higher prices as the war with Iran appears to be at a stalemate.

“The trust on this is already gone for most people,” said Amy Frederiksen, a former Republican Minnesota Senate majority leader who now runs a public affairs firm.

“I just don’t see the energy around that line,” she added. “Most people know that’s a blatant over-the-top promise like several he’s made in the last couple of years, and they’re not buying it.”

As the midterms approach, Trump has also pledged a $90 payment to 20 million Medicare enrollees and $500 “rebates” for people the administration says were overcharged for their Obamacare plans. He has automatically enrolled every U.S. child in “Trump accounts” to invest in stocks.

The $5,000 payouts would only occur, Trump says, if Republicans keep their majorities in the House and Senate. Trump acknowledges that the cost would exceed $1 trillion, but it's not clear that the White House is seriously engaging with the proposal's ramifications, from the increased deficit to the likely boost to inflation.

The White House said the payments are possible because of Trump's trade deals, investment commitments by foreign countries, government stakes in private companies and deals for oil and minerals.

The administration's position is that the payments will help people recover from the inflation that began in 2021 under then-President Joe Biden, though Republicans, at the time, attributed that inflation to excessive government checks tied to pandemic relief.

When The Associated Press asked several weeks ago if the administration was modeling the economic impact from the checks, Christopher Phelan, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said he would “refrain” from answering.

Roughly half of registered voters say Donald Trump does not keep his promises to Americans, according to an AP-NORC poll from September. About 3 in 10 say Trump tries to keep his promises but is unable to, while only about 2 in 10 say he keeps his promises.

Republican voters are more accommodating. About half say Trump tries to keep his promises but is unable to, and about 4 in 10 say he keeps his promises.

Republican candidates aren't echoing Trump's promise

Trump is talking about the payments as a sure thing.

“If the Republicans win, you’ll each have $5,000 in your pocket and economic success for our country like we have never seen before,” he said at a Saturday rally in Kentucky. “And remember, ’cause they like to say, ‘Oh, well, maybe he won’t do that.’ Uh, I always do it.”

Campaign spending tracked by AdImpact suggests that Republicans are not running advertisements either on television or online about the promise. The few advertisements that do exist are from pro-Democratic groups such as Rolling Sea Action Fund that conclude with the voiceover, “Come on, do you really think he’s sending you a check? Yeah, right, we won’t get fooled again.”

At a Friday rally in Georgia, Trump noted that he had previously delivered a $1,776 “Trump dividend” to troops in the military. But those payments came from a congressionally approved housing supplement.

Trump claims the nation could not afford the payments if Democrats hold a chamber in Congress because the nation would be “flat broke.” But he said that one caveat is that the money could only be spent in the U.S., rather than in China, Japan or France. He joked that people should spend the check at his luxury club in Palm Beach, Florida.

“Let’s have lunch at Mar-a-Lago, where for $5,000, you’ll get one hamburger and a small dessert,” he told the crowd in Georgia.

Some in the crowd took Trump at his word that he would fight to get them the money. But they added the caveat that if he didn’t come through, it would not be his fault.

“I could use $5,000,” said Mike Boatman, a 58-year-old from Evansville, Indiana, who travels the country attending the president’s rallies. “I mean, he’s done everything he’s said he’s going to do.”

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Bohrer reported from Wasilla, Alaska, and Barrow reported from Dalton, Georgia. Associated Press reporters Aaron Kessler and Linley Sanders in Washington and Lekan Oyekanmi in San Antonio, Texas, contributed.

The city’s proud major league franchise still hasn’t won a World Series since 1948.

After the Guardians fell a little short once again with a 7-3 loss to Tampa Bay in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night, it will be the Rays meeting the Milwaukee Brewers in the Fall Classic — the first once since 1980 between teams seeking their first World Series title.

“Yeah, let it hurt,” Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt said he told his club. “That hurts. I couldn’t be more proud of our group. It just hurts. It stings. Really felt like we had a team to go and just weren’t able to get there.”

Seemingly in control of the best-of-seven ALCS after winning two of the first three games, José Ramírez and the Guardians are left to lament three straight losses. Tampa Bay used clear superiority in its starting rotation, bullpen and late-series offense to eliminate Cleveland.

Seeing the Guardians’ best relievers repeatedly – including opener Shawn Armstrong in Game 4 on Saturday and again Monday in Game 6 — the Rays improved their swings as the series progressed.

Cleveland’s staff, which struck out 27 batters over the first three games, didn’t get its first strikeout Monday until Daniel Espino fanned Victor Mesa Jr. in the fifth inning.

By then, Tampa Bay held a 3-0 lead, grinding out runs in trademark fashion. And, as they did over the prior two games, the Rays' pitching staff kept the Guardians at arm’s length.

“It just seemed like when we had the hit that we wanted, just runners weren’t where they needed to be,” designated hitter Jo Adell said. “That’s the name of the game. And they threw the ball well. I give credit where credit's due. They did a phenomenal job throwing the baseball and playing their game and we came up short. We weren’t able to match that.”

The Guardians nearly matched it in the eighth, when they almost overcame a 5-1 deficit. Chase DeLauter was initially ruled out on a grounder, but Cleveland challened and the call was overturned after a replay review, giving the rookie his second hit of the game. After Nathaniel Lowe's single, Rays manager Kevin Cash brought in struggling left-hander Ian Seymour, who promptly loaded the bases by walking Travis Bazzana.

Seymour then walked Patrick Bailey to score DeLatuer, and hit Angel Martínez with a pitch to force in Lowe and make it 5-3.

But with the bases still loaded, Kevin Kelly entered and struck out Brayan Rocchio on three pitches.

“We fought every pitch,” Bazzana said. “We went down 5-1 and fought back when it looked like it was over. Obviously, that’s not good enough to get it done, but that just shows some of the character that we have in this clubhouse.”

Cleveland led the AL with 41 comeback victories this season, but fatigue clearly caught up with the Guardians as Tampa Bay closed out the series. The Guardians didn’t hold a lead over the final 25 innings.

And Vogt was left wondering whether ace Gavin Williams, who struck out nine over five innings in his Game 3 victory, would’ve been the better option Monday on three days’ rest.

Instead, the manager used eight relievers Monday, and Tampa Bay showed no hospitality.

The Rays even got to Cleveland’s best reliever, All-Star closer Cade Smith, when the right-hander faced Junior Caminero in the seventh. Caminero pulled Smith’s first-pitch splitter off the left-field foul pole for a two-run homer that gave the Rays a 5-1 lead.

Yandy Díaz added a two-run shot off Hunter Gaddis to make it 7-3 in the eighth.

“That's a great baseball team,” Guardians outfielder Steven Kwan said. “Great baseball teams win big games. They played defense better than us, hit better than us, they pitched better than us. We didn’t beat ourselves. We got beat. So, as a competitor, I think we can live with that. Disappointing, but that’s a great team over there.”

Cleveland, which won the AL Central and came back to beat the Chicago White Sox in their Division Series by winning three straight, has advanced to the World Series four times since winning its most recent title by beating the Boston Braves in the 1948 World Series.

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Purdy threw a touchdown pass, Christian McCaffrey ran for two scores and the 49ers made two late stops to hold off the Washington Commanders 23-17 on Monday night for their sixth straight win to open the season.

“You’re not always happy exactly with how some of the stuff was frustrating, but real proud of the guys for just the competitive stamina to keep it going all game,” coach Kyle Shanahan said. “I was really proud of the defense for finding a way to overcome.”

The Niners followed up an emotional win last week at division-rival Seattle by building a 20-point lead and then escaping at the end when the defense stepped up.

Jayden Daniels threw two touchdown passes in the second half to cut a 20-point deficit to 23-17, but Malik Mustapha broke up a fourth-down pass to Treylon Burks near the goal line with 1:54 to play to preserve the lead.

“I’m just reading the stem of the receiver, and then he broke out, and I was just trying to race to the pylon,” Mustapha said. “Once we got to the catch point, I just wanted to be physical at the point of attack and get that ball out.”

Washington got the ball back at its 46 with 52 seconds remaining and moved down to the 28 before Daniels was called for intentional grounding, giving the Commanders one last play from the 40. Daniels was then sacked by Keion White and Ogbo Okoronkwo before he could throw up a desperation pass.

The Niners extended their best start of a season since winning their first eight games in 2019 on the way to a Super Bowl appearance.

“We dug ourselves in a hole, and it bit us at the end of it,” Daniels said. “We have to be a four-quarter team, not just a half team.”

Purdy started the game fast with a 24-yard strike to Mike Evans on the third play of the game and an 11-yard touchdown to George Kittle to finish that drive. Purdy went 21 of 29 for 264 yards and officially became the highest-rated passer in NFL history as he passed the 1,500-attempt threshold to qualify. His 105.6 rating is ahead of Lamar Jackson's 102.7.

The Commanders were unable to bounce back from last week's tie against the New York Giants, when they mismanaged the clock in overtime to cost them a chance at a game-winning field goal.

The game was one-sided early, with the 49ers scoring touchdowns on the first two drives on Purdy's pass to Kittle and a 1-yard run by McCaffrey.

San Francisco expanded the lead to 20-3 late in the half on McCaffrey's second touchdown run as the Niners gained as many first downs (17) in the first half as the Commanders ran plays.

The 49ers outgained Washington 303 yards to 90 in the half but were held to three first downs and 72 yards after halftime.

“I’m obviously a little upset with how I finish the game,” Purdy said. “But I know that moving forward, every single game matters when it comes down to playoffs and getting in and all the things. So we’ll take this W as a team.”

Washington's best chance at scoring a touchdown in the first half ended when Daniels threw the ball away on fourth-and-2 from the 13.

“San Francisco’s already a tough team and we spent way too much time in the first half battling ourselves,” coach Dan Quinn said. “I’m sick about the ending, but we showed a lot of fight.”

Shanahan and Quinn renew their history

The game featured a matchup of coaches with a history together, after Shanahan working for two years in Atlanta as offensive coordinator for Quinn. That run included a trip to the Super Bowl in the 2016 season when the Falcons blew a 28-3 lead against New England.

This is the second time they've squared off as head coaches since then, with Quinn winning with Atlanta in 2019 while Shanahan won three matchups when Quinn was the defensive coordinator in Dallas.

Shanahan has credited Quinn with teaching him the importance of people skills as a head coach.

Inju

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Commanders: WR Terry McLaurin exited in the first quarter with a left knee injury that required an air cast before he was taken off the field on a cart. Quinn said the team fears the injury is significant. ... DT Javon Kinlaw (knee) also left in the first half.

49ers: Evans left late in the first half with Achilles tendinitis. He missed practice this week because of soreness in the tendon and broken ribs. Shanahan said Evans won't need additional testing and the injury isn't believed to be long term. ... LB Luke Gifford (groin) and DB Upton Stout (shoulder) also left the game.

Up next

Commanders: After a bye, host Philadelphia on Nov. 1.

49ers: Visit Atlanta on Sunday.

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Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said residents should expect more law enforcement. The U.S. Secret Service is the leading agency during the National Special Security Event, or NSSE.

“Our responsibility is not just for one single protectee,” said Joseph “Sonny” Berrios, the coordinator of the U.S. Secret Service for the G20. “It’s for the community, the entire event, and everybody attending.”

U.S. Secret Service Acting Special Agent in Charge Michael Townsend and FBI Special Agent in Charge Brett Skiles described coordinated efforts among agencies.

Townsend said the list of federal agencies includes FEMA, and the list of state and local agencies includes the Broward County Sheriff’s Office.

“We ask residents and visitors to remain patient, plan ahead, follow the guidance of local public safety agencies,” Townsend said.

The next news conference is on Oct. 28.

The S&P 500 added 0.4%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 524 points, or 1%, as of 12:41 p.m. Eastern time, while more swings for the artificial-intelligence industry had the Nasdaq composite up a more modest 0.2%.

Stock prices tend to follow the path of corporate profits over the long term, and several companies delivered results for the latest quarter that were better than analysts expected. Big expectations for growth generally are what have allowed the U.S. stock market to hit records recently despite worries about high inflation, higher interest rates and other challenges weighing on Wall Street.

Equifax rallied 10.3% for one of the market's biggest gains after reporting a bigger profit for the summer than analysts expected, despite high mortgage rates slowing some parts of its business.

Hasbro climbed 7.5% after the toy company said its “Magic: The Gathering” game made more than $600 million during a quarter for the first time. 3M rose 6.6% after the company behind Ace bandages and Scotch-Brite sponges likewise reported a stronger-than-expected profit, even as shoppers broadly feel discouraged by high inflation.

Stocks also got a lift after the price for a barrel of Brent crude erased an early gain to fall 0.8% to $108.69. Earlier in the morning, it got near $112 and approached its highest price since the war with Iran began in late February.

The drop in oil prices will relieve some of the pressure on inflation, if it lasts. Brent's price has been yo-yoing between $97 and $112 per barrel this month on uncertainty about when the energy industry will return to normal.

For now, airlines and other companies with big fuel bills enjoyed the benefit of Tuesday's drop. American Airlines rallied 4.8%, and United Airlines flew 3% higher.

Another winner was Braze, a customer engagement platform. Its stock soared 51.6% to $45.32 after Salesforce said it would buy the company for $47.50 in cash for each share. Salesforce fell 1.4%.

Keeping the market in check was General Motors, which sank 8.3% despite reporting a bigger profit than analysts expected. It also announced a program to send up to $20 billion to investors by buying back its stock.

The pressure is on companies to deliver bigger profits not only now, but also in the future. GM gave a forecasted range for profit over the full year of 2026 whose midpoint fell short of analysts’ expectations.

AI stocks, meanwhile, continued to swirl. They've been at the center of the market’s recent uneasiness, as euphoria around the technology’s boom gives way to worries that high interest rates in the bond market will slow the borrowing that’s allowed companies to buy so many AI chips. Last week was the U.S. stock market’s worst since June because of weakness for AI-related companies.

CoreWeave has been particularly shaky. It initially fell more than 6% at the start of Tuesday's trading, only to swing to a gain of 5% before pulling back to a rise of 3%.

Such reversals are nothing new for the company, which has borrowed money to buy AI chips that it rents out to customers over the cloud. A day earlier, it careened between a gain of 7% in the morning and a loss of 3.5% in the afternoon following last week’s tumble of roughly 25%.

Tuesday's struggles for AI stocks began in Asia, where a South Korean AI company, Elice, confronted a rough welcome to the stock market. Its stock dropped 32% in its first day of trading in Seoul. South Korea's Kospi index fell 3.7% overall.

In other stock markets abroad, indexes in Europe pared bigger losses from earlier in the day. The CAC 40 in Paris slipped 0.4%, and the FTSE 100 in London fell 0.3%.

A day earlier, indexes fell sharply across Europe following violent protests that could ultimately force governments on the continent to increase their spending to ease voters’ anger. That in turn could put more pressure on their bond markets, which are already strained because of worries about heavy debt loads and strained budgets.

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The best-of-seven showdown between low-payroll pennant winners opens Friday night in Milwaukee. It'll be the first World Series between title-less teams since the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Kansas City Royals in 1980 and just the second since 1910.

One city is known for the television sitcom “ Laverne & Shirley," the home of Harley-Davidson motorcycles, cheeseheads and breweries that have included Miller, Pabst and Schlitz. The other is a vacation destination featuring warm weather, beaches and art museums.

“They’re highly athletic but so are we. I’m excited to see two great teams that play the game a little differently than maybe it’s been played the last decade or so,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said after his team defeated Cleveland in six games for the AL pennant. “We’re going to use our speed. We’re going to bunt when it’s called for. We’ll try to get matchups and I can assure you they’re going to do the same.”

Just five of the current 30 teams have never won a title, with Colorado, San Diego and Seattle also ringless.

“The city is ready. I know that the fans are ready, and I know that we’ll be ready,” said Milwaukee's Jake Bauers, MVP of the four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL Championship Series.

Milwaukee's Jacob Misiorowski heads the pitchers with his 100 mph-plus heat, and each team features a dynamic 22-year-old anchoring the lineup: Jackson Chourio of the Brewers and Junior Caminero of the Rays. Tampa Bay's Freddy Peralta and Drew Rasmussen could pitch against their former team.

“I don’t know how the people, the fans are going to take it, but I’m happy to be go there,” said Peralta, the ALCS MVP. “I have a lot of people that I love over there, people that care about me and I’m happy to be there and be able to compete together and take a lot of pictures and videos."

The Brewers started as the expansion Seattle Pilots in 1969, then were bought by Bud Selig's group in bankruptcy court and moved to Milwaukee for the 1970 season. The team's only Series trip was a seven-game loss to St. Louis in the 1982 Suds Series, back when the Brewers were in the American League.

Tampa Bay launched as the expansion Devil Rays in 1998 and dropped the “Devil” ahead of the 2008 season. The team's two Series appearances ended with losses to Philadelphia in 2008 and the Dodgers in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.

Best face each other for 6th time in wild-card era

This will be only the sixth time since the start of the wild-card era in 1995 that teams with the top records in each league meet in the World Series after Atlanta-Cleveland (1995), New York Yankees-Braves (1999), Boston-St. Louis (2013), Dodgers-Rays (2020) and Dodgers-Yankees (2024).

Two low-payroll teams in Series for first time in 35 years

Milwaukee had MLB’s 19th-highest payroll as of Aug. 31. Tampa Bay was 25th.

Not since 1991 had both pennant winners been among the bottom 50% in player spending. Minnesota was 15th among 26 teams when it beat Atlanta (19th) in seven games.

Matchup with a ceiling

Tampa Bay’s ballpark has a fixed roof and Milwaukee’s is retractable — it probably will be closed with game-time temperatures predicted to be in the upper 40s or low 50s.

When all World Series games were played at retractable-roof ballparks in 2020 (Texas) and 2023 (Texas and Arizona), there were three open-air games each year.

The roofs of both ballparks came into play this postseason.

In the ninth inning of Milwaukee’s 3-2 win over the Padres in Game 1 of their NL Division Series, San Diego’s Ty France hit a high drive that appeared it might be headed over the left-field wall for a go-ahead homer until it struck a cable on the retractable roof in Milwaukee.

Two nights later, Yankees rookie Spencer Jones hit a flyball off a catwalk at Tropicana Field that was caught by Rays right fielder Victor Mesa Jr. for an out in the second inning of New York’s 5-2 loss in Game 2 of their AL Division Series.

Common ties

Greg Vaughn, Willy Adames and Matt Garza are the most prominent players with lengthy stretches on both teams, and Bauers made his big league debut with the Rays in 2018.

Brewers president of baseball operations Matt Arnold worked for the Rays for nine years before Milwaukee hired him as an assistant GM in October 2015.

One of baseball's great nicknames

Those 1982 Brewers were known as Harvey's Wallbangers, a nickname given by first baseman Cecil Cooper. The Brewers led the major leagues in home runs under manager Harvey Kuenn and had a roster with five future Hall of Famers: Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, Rollie Fingers, Ted Simmons and Don Sutton.

Haunted hotel?

Various players over the years have claimed The Pfister Hotel, where many teams stay in Milwaukee, is haunted. Opened in 1893, the hotel has Romanesque Revival architecture, and players have claimed to hear spooky noises and footsteps.

If there is a Game 7, it would be played in Milwaukee on Halloween night.

Boss Man

Milwaukee's Pat Murphy, winner of the last two NL Manager of the Year awards, has two tattoos referencing Bruce Springsteen: “No Retreat No Surrender” on his left forearm and “The Boss” on his back.

He first went to a Springsteen concert in 1980 when he was in college, then another when he was coaching at Notre Dame.

“He grew up a Catholic kid in New Jersey. I was a Catholic kid from upstate New York,” the 67-year-old Murphy said. “There’s just so much that resonates with me how he speaks about things.”

Ballpark histories

The 1982 Series was played at Milwaukee County Stadium, home of the Braves from 1953-65 before they moved to Atlanta, and then the Brewers from 1970-2000. This year's championship will be played at American Family Field. Known as Miller Park from 2001-20, the ballpark is adjacent to the County Stadium site. It was host of the 2002 All-Star Game, which ended in a 7-7, 11-inning tie after both teams ran out of pitchers.

Milwaukee's ballpark is known for its Racing Sausages in the middle of the sixth inning, with the Brat, Polish, Italian, Hot Dog and Chorizo competing. It also has the Uecker Seat in the last row of section 422 in the left-field upper deck — it includes a bronze statue of Bob Uecker, the beloved funny man who broadcast Brewers games for 54 seasons until his death last year.

Tampa Bay's home, Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, is on its third name. Known as the Florida Suncoast Dome from 1990-93 and the ThunderDome from 1993-96, the stadium got its current name about 18 months before the Rays' first game in 1998.

Its only prior World Series games were in 2008, when the Rays split the first two games against Philadelphia before the Phillies won three straight at home. Tampa Bay's other Series appearance was in 2020, when due to the coronavirus pandemic the entire series was played at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.

The Trop reopened this season after repairs to damage caused by Hurricane Milton. The Rays plan to move to a new stadium across the bay in Tampa in 2029.

Jersey watch

Milwaukee went 29-13 in cream uniforms during the regular season, 17-7 in pinstripes, 27-12 in navy blue, 9-6 in City Connect outfits and 21-21 in light blue. During the postseason, the Brewers are 4-0 in cream and 3-1 in navy.

Tampa Bay was 36-19 in home white, 32-33 in road navy, 8-2 in road Columbia blue, 12-3 in Devil Rays throwback jerseys, 6-4 in City Connect and 3-3 in road gray. In the playoffs, the Rays are 2-1 in home white, 2-0 in Devil Rays throwbacks and 3-1 in road gray.

Mirror mirror

Milwaukee was 32 for 128 (.250) and had a .347 on-base percentage in its NLCS sweep of the Dodgers, the exact same numbers Los Angeles batters had in their NLCS sweep of the Brewers last year.

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Díaz and Junior Caminero each hit a two-run homer, Freddy Peralta pitched 5 1/3 gritty innings and the Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-3 in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night to win their third pennant in 29 seasons as a major league franchise.

The Rays will face the NL champion Milwaukee Brewers in the first matchup in which both teams are seeking their first World Series title since 1980, when the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Kansas City Royals.

Game 1 is Friday night in Milwaukee.

“We got one more bite!” Rays manager Kevin Cash told his team as the clubhouse celebration started.

Díaz, who guaranteed a Game 6 victory through an interpreter on Sunday, made sure the Rays wouldn't let this one slip away. He gave them a four-run lead with a 416-foot shot off Hunter Gaddis in the eighth.

“Yandy had a claim to back and he did his part,” Rays President of Baseball Operations Erik Neander said. “That was unbelievable.”

Díaz’s drive to left field all but wrapped up Tampa Bay's first World Series appearance since losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games at the end of the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.

“I’m really glad he backed it up, that’s for sure,” Cash said. “We know when Yandy goes, our offense seems to really take off.”

The loss by Cleveland extended its World Series championship drought to 78 years.

“I couldn’t be more proud of our group,” Guardians manager Stephen Vogt said. “It just hurts. It stings. Really felt like we had a team to go and just weren’t able to get there.”

On the 18-year anniversary of their first AL pennant in 2008, the Rays jumped ahead 2-0 in the second on Richie Palacios’ two-run double and clinched it with closer Bryan Baker on the mound.

The Guardians wouldn’t give up and had the go-ahead run at first base in the eighth when Kevin Kelly struck out Brayan Rocchio to leave the bases loaded after two runs had scored earlier in the inning.

Peralta, the ALCS MVP, allowed one run and five hits to earn his second win of the series in his third appearance. He threw six scoreless innings to win Game 2 and got two critical outs in relief in Game 4.

“I’m very happy to be here, to be part of this great group and this great organization,” said Peralta, acquired from the New York Mets before the trade deadline in early August. “This is not only mine. We all earned this. This is for the boys.”

A sellout crowd of 40,230 fans waved yellow-and-blue rally towels, rang cowbells and chanted “Let’s go Rays!” throughout the night at Tropicana Field, which needed major renovations after Hurricane Milton shredded the roof two years ago and caused extensive damage throughout the stadium.

The Rays played their 2025 home games across the bay in Tampa at the New York Yankees’ spring training complex, got new ownership before this season and secured a new stadium deal for a ballpark to be ready in 2029 near the NFL’s Buccaneers. They returned to the Trop to win 55 games in the regular season. Only the Brewers had that many home wins this year.

“This is for you!” Caminero yelled to the crowd from a microphone on the field after the game. “Let’s go! I can’t hear you!”

After sweeping the New York Yankees in the Division Series, the Rays fell behind the Guardians 1-0 and 2-1 in this series before taking three straight games.

Caminero gave Tampa Bay a cushion with his first career postseason homer in the seventh. The two-time All-Star sent a drive off the left-field foul pole to make it 5-1, becoming the first player to go deep on a splitter by All-Star closer Cade Smith.

The slugger turned around before reaching first base, looked toward his dugout and pounded his chest with both arms, cupped his ear rounding second to hear more cheers, stopped before reaching the plate, pointed into the stands at former Rays outfielder Randy Arozarena and imitated his crossed-arms pose before touching home.

“I saw him and I told him — before I got to home plate, I said: `Look at me,’ and I hit a homer. I said, `He called it,’” Caminero said.

“My guy. Come (with) me every game,” Caminero added. “Travel with us for Milwaukee.”

Caminero hit 42 homers in the regular season but needed 33 at-bats to get his first in October.

The Guardians answered against Tyler Wells and Ian Seymour by loading the bases with two outs in the eighth on two singles and a walk. Seymour walked Patrick Bailey to force in one run and hit Angel Martínez with a pitch to force in another. Kelly entered and fanned Rocchio on three changeups.

“Credit to our guys. It’s a gut punch there in the seventh. And our guys came right back," Vogt said. “Our guys never quit. They never stopped fighting. That’s who they are.”

Caminero led off the Tampa Bay second with single off opener Shawn Armstrong, who took the loss in his second start in three games. Left-hander Tim Herrin replaced Armstrong. Chandler Simpson reached on a fielder’s choice and stole second before Victor Mesa Jr. walked. Simpson advanced to third on Jonny DeLuca’s flyout to center. After Mesa stole second, Palacios looped a double to right-center for a 2-0 lead.

Armstrong, also the opener in Game 4, faced the first four batters, becoming the first pitcher in postseason history to start a game after pitching both of the previous two days.

DeLuca’s sacrifice fly off Joey Cantillo made it 3-0 in the third but the Rays missed an opportunity to break it open after they loaded the bases with no outs.

Nathaniel Lowe’s RBI single in the sixth drove in Cleveland’s first run.

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Wilson endorsed Gilbert, who served as the mayor of Miami Gardens from 2012 to 2020, and announced his Jan. 3rd resignation on May 29 as Miami-Dade County Commissioner.

Gilbert and Brown both agreed that the residents of the district, which covers parts of northern Miami-Dade County and southern Broward County, are struggling with affordability.

“I think there are three things that affect the cost of living. I think the tariffs are affecting the cost of living. I think the war in Iran, closing the Strait of Hormuz, has affected the cost of living ... the administration’s approach to immigration is affecting the cost of living,” Gilbert said. “I think we need to all of those three things.”

Gilbert said that he supports Temporary Protected Status for Haitians.

“TPS isn’t a new occurrence. Folks have come here fleeing countries that they couldn’t go back to all the time. We never put them out, while those countries were still bad,” Gilbert said. “We helped them incorporate themselves into the American experiment.”

Brown said she believes there are three options for immigrants.

“You either have a pathway to citizenship, you get in this line. You want permanent residency, you get in this line. If you don’t want either, you get in this line,” Brown said. “You have to go back.”

“The president has the most influential endorsement in American or international political history,” Vance said during an interview with journalist Mark Halperin.

“I endorse American candidates, and that’s where I’m focused on the midterms,” Vance said, while traveling Monday to campaign for Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley of North Carolina. “So, I’m not getting involved in Israeli elections.”

Vance has campaigned for a foreign leader — then-Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, last spring before the right-wing leader’s party lost that country's parliamentary election.

Vance’s deference to Trump on Netanyahu comes at an extraordinarily sensitive time for Jewish Americans and the U.S. alliance with Israel. Concerns about antisemitism have surged across the political spectrum ahead of the midterm elections.

Republicans have been eager to portray Democrats, notably Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, as hostile toward Jews and Israel, while they deal with their own internal schisms.

Vance has faced skepticism from Jewish Republicans about his commitment to Jewish Americans and the U.S. alliance with Israel.

Last month, Vance spoke privately in Las Vegas to the Republican Jewish Coalition, a leading GOP group committed to advocating for a strong U.S. relationship with Israel and against antisemitism.

Vance left a positive impression on his RJC audience while stopping short of disavowing influential conservative podcast host Tucker Carlson.

Vance has faced general questions about his association with Carlson, a former Fox News host who faced backlash last year for interviewing antisemite Nick Fuentes on his podcast.

In June, Vance sharply criticized members of Israel’s government for opposing Trump’s efforts to resolve the war with Iran.

In July, Vance said elements of the Israeli government had tried to influence American sentiment to derail negotiations.

“There are some people within their system that we know beyond a shadow of a doubt are manipulating and trying to change American public opinion to keep the war going on indefinitely,” Vance said during an appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast.

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This story was first published on Oct. 19, 2026. It was published again on Oct. 20, 2026, to correct that Benjamin Netanyahu is Israel’s prime minister, not its president.

George Morgan, a candidate for mayor, had asked the court to disqualify Desulme, who was running for reelection on Nov. 3rd, over the way he paid his qualifying fees.

“He shall be disqualified as a candidate for mayor,” Butchko Sanchez said, as she read her ruling.

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Early voting started on Monday in Miami-Dade County. Desulme may decide to seek an emergency stay and to appeal the ruling.

“He is very disappointed,” said Attorney Ben Kuehne, who represents Desulme.

Florida election law requires that the fee be paid from a campaign account and signed by the campaign’s treasurer, and Desulme paid with bank-issued cashier’s checks.

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Kuehne argued that the city’s charter required that the funds come from a campaign account, and Morgan was 80 cents short on his payment.

Desulme, Morgan, and Morgan’s attorney declined to comment on this story.

“I want another two years to continue and finish that work,” Desulme recently told Local 10 News about his work to address flooding.

Desulme’s attorneys say they plan to appeal, while also challenging Morgan’s qualification, claiming his payment was 80 cents short.

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This comes after Infantino apologized last week in Zurich, Switzerland, to FIFA's 37-member ruling council — which he chairs — for “mistakes” he made in assembling a now-scrapped $4.2 billion sell-off plan for the World Cup.

The council is the main decision-making body at FIFA with a global spread of officials.

The planned meeting with Asian soccer leaders is to be held in a five-star hotel in Tokyo with the media largely excluded.

Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, the president of the AFC, expressed early opposition to Infantino and his plan to create a subsidiary to run the World Cup, but may have moved closer to Infantino, The Athletic has reported.

Infantino has offered to critics an open, independent review of how FIFA makes its decisions.

Infantino is electioneering

An Associated Press tally indicates Infantino is close to landing the simple majority of the 211 FIFA member federations he needs to win re-election in March to a fourth term. Some of the deciding votes could some from Asia.

The AFC had joined the criticism of Infantino in the wake of the proposed World Cup sell-off, but its members appear far from united. Qatar, the 2022 World Cup host, has expressed support for the FIFA leader while Jordan has declared its opposition.

The FIFA Council is scheduled to meet next on Dec. 16 in Doha, Qatar.

The Associated Press count shows 87 of the 211 FIFA Member federations have indicated support for Infantino – either in individual comments or by endorsing statements of support by their regional confederations. The largest block of opposition comes from Europe.

The FIFA voting system

No sitting FIFA president has lost an election since 1974. The deadline for a candidate to file against Infantino is Nov. 18.

FIFA rules state candidates must have “played an active role in association football (e.g. as a player or an official within FIFA, a confederation or an association, etc.) for two of the last five years before being proposed.” They must have “declarations of support” from at least five of the 211 members.

“FIFA is a massive patronage network,” Jules Boykoff, a political scientist at Pacific University and a former professional soccer player, told The Associated Press. “It brings in billions from the men's World Cup and distributes it to football associations around the world in exchange for loyalty.”

“The funds that FIFA distributes to soccer bodies around the world are meant to develop soccer, but there's scant oversight,” Boykoff added. “To say FIFA is in need of structural overhaul it to make an enormous understatement.”

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McLaurin was running a pattern in the first quarter Monday night against the San Francisco 49ers when he went down with the injury. His knee appeared to buckle as he tried to get free from cornerback Deommodore Lenoir.

McLaurin stayed down while teammates knelt nearby before he was driven off the field. He was immediately ruled out for the game.

“The concern now is that it could be significant,” coach Dan Quinn said after the Commanders' 23-17 loss. “We’ll do the scans (Tuesday) and give you an update. But that’s the concern tonight. It’s definitely something that there’s fear.”

The 31-year-old McLaurin has missed more than two games in a season only once since entering the league in 2019. He missed seven games last season while dealing with an injured quadriceps.

McLaurin has 15 catches for 230 yards and one touchdown this season, missing one game with an injured hamstring in Week 4.

He is a two-time Pro Bowler and has 513 catches for 7,191 yards and 42 touchdowns in his career.

The Commanders also lost defensive lineman Javon Kinlaw to a knee injury late in the first half, and he was ruled out for the game.

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Wright Entertainment Inc. said Monday that Riehle had died Oct. 15 but disclosed no cause or details. “Our industry has lost an exceptional talent, and our community has lost a truly wonderful man,” said a statement.

Riehle's almost five-decade career included playing a quartermaster in the Civil War drama “Glory,” a prison guard in “The Fugitive,” an air marshal in “Executive Decision,” a police officer in a guest spot on “The West Wing” and a principal on the TV adaptation of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”

“If a casting director has found themselves in need of a burly, blustery, mustachioed man for their project, Richard Riehle has likely been near the top of their list,” The AV Club said in 2017.

He fell into acting as a senior at the University of Notre Dame. He couldn’t really afford to stay another year but was told he could take all the credits he needed in speech and drama in one semester. He stayed.

“I spent a semester doing anything and everything that you do in the theater — acting, directing, building sets, etc. — and then for some reason they liked what I did enough that they got me a teaching assistantship at the University of Minnesota. So I went on and got my MFA (Masters of Fine Arts). I figured, ‘What the heck? If they’re gonna pay me to do it, I’m gonna do it!’” he told the AV Club.

He had his first lines in the 1977 movie “Joyride” alongside Desi Arnaz Jr., Anne Lockhart, Robert Carradine and Melanie Griffith. He'd go on to appear in the broad comedy “Bridesmaids,” the comedy-mystery “Shadows and Fog” for Woody Allen, “Black Rain” with Michael Douglas and the sitcom “Grounded For Life.”

He had an affinity to the “Star Trek” world, landing parts in three franchises — “Star Trek: The Next Generation” in 1992, “Star Trek: Voyager” in 2000 and “Star Trek: Enterprise” in 2004. He was on Broadway three times, including with Paul Giamatti in a 1999 revival of “The Iceman Cometh.”

One of his most beloved roles was in the 1999 film “Office Space,” as Tom Smykowski, an expendable employee at Initech facing getting laid off despite insisting, “I have people skills!”

“Beyond his immense talent, he will be remembered for his genuine goodness, boundless kindness, and unwavering generosity, particularly toward emerging actors and filmmakers, whom he encouraged and supported at every opportunity,” Wright Entertainment said.

Se trata de una medida provisional ordenada por el juez César Osorio Ortiz, responsable de un juzgado en Bogotá, mientras decide el fondo de una acción de amparo elevada por colectivos y políticos opositores que están en desacuerdo con la decisión.

La semana pasada, medios de comunicación locales y colectivos denunciaron el retiro de aproximadamente 30 obras relacionadas con la historia de las organizaciones sociales feministas, de la población LGBTIQ+ y de la violencia política en el país.

El juez ordenó preservar todas las piezas retiradas de las exposiciones y guardarlas en condiciones idóneas de conservación, absteniéndose de destruirlas, intervenirlas o trasladarlas fuera del museo. También ordenó a la institución enviarle un informe detallado de las piezas retiradas y su estado de conservación.

El desmonte de las obras del Museo Nacional —creado en 1823 y uno de los más antiguos del continente— coincidió con las declaraciones de De la Espriella sobre adelantar una “contrarrevolución” cultural que buscaría “impedir” que los espacios culturales “sean captados por el socialcomunismo ateo y enemigo de los valores fundamentales”.

La decisión fue cuestionada por organizaciones feministas, por la comunidad LGBTIQ+ y por colectivos de paz que consideran que se trata de un acto de “censura” que puede conducir a la exclusión de relatos y de hechos históricos del país.

El descontento se tradujo el fin de semana en manifestaciones frente al Museo Nacional, ubicado en el centro de Bogotá, que fueron disueltas el domingo por tanquetas antidisturbios con potentes chorros de agua. La defensora del Pueblo, Iris Marín, dijo el lunes a la prensa que tienen reportes de personas heridas durante la protesta, sin detallar el número.

Entre las obras retiradas está un afiche de Carlos Pizarro, excomandante del M-19 y quien fue asesinado en 1990 tras desmovilizar a esa guerrilla y aspirar a la presidencia. El expresidente progresista Gustavo Petro (2022-2026) militó en el M-19 y fue parte de quienes transitaron a la legalidad.

De la Espriella ha dicho que debe ser “desaparecida” de los lugares públicos la “oda de terrorismo en la que aparece Pizarro”. Mientras que la ministra de Cultura, Paola Holguín, aseguró que el museo no puede prestarse para la “apología al delito o revictimización”.

El lunes un grupo de congresistas impulsaban en el Congreso una solicitud para citar a Holguín a una rendición de cuentas por el retiro de las piezas en el Museo Nacional.

In front of the Golden State Valkyries' raucous home crowd, the Atlanta star had no choice but to raise her voice — and Reese knew she had to raise her game, too.

She delivered with 30 points and 16 rebounds in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals after she struggled down the stretch in the series opener, and the Dream stymied Golden State on both ends in the second half to beat the Valkyries 79-65 on Monday night and even the best-of-seven matchup at one game apiece.

“For me, I think I let my team down last game not really contributing as much as I could in the second half,” Reese said. “Not even just about scoring, my screen quality, me hustling and running to get rebounds, just doing the things that they know me to do. So I just wanted to make sure I came out tonight and left my mark and did whatever I could to get the win, and I think I did that tonight.”

Rhyne Howard set a Finals record with six steals, Allisha Gray added 18 points, and Jordin Canada contributed 13 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds as the Dream earned the franchise's first Finals victory after going winless in three previous trips — 0-10 overall. They now head home having salvaged a split in front of the boisterous “Ballhalla” crowd at Chase Center.

“It's just the next step of who Atlanta is,” Reese said.

Reese became the third player with at least 30 points and 15 rebounds in a Finals game, joining Jonquel Jones for Connecticut in 2019 and Breanna Stewart for Seattle in 2020.

Atlanta coach Karl Smesko could see the focus in his superstar's face before the game, and Reese's teammates also saw it.

“She was definitely way more aggressive, she had a great game,” Valkyries center Kiah Stokes said. “We let everyone kind of have their way.”

Game 3 is Wednesday in Atlanta, where the next two matchups were moved to the NBA Hawks’ State Farm Arena so more fans could attend. It holds more than 17,000, as opposed to the Dream’s regular home, Gateway Center Arena, which accommodates only 3,500.

Chase Center holds 18,064 and has sold out every game since the Valkyries began playing last year.

Gabby Williams finished with 14 points on 3-for-15 shooting after she was the only Golden State player to score in double figures with 26 points in Saturday’s 68-64 Game 1 win. The Valkyries shot 34.4% and went 7 for 24 from 3-point range.

“We shot terribly,” point guard Veronica Burton said. “We missed shots that we make all the time.”

Foul trouble almost did in the Dream this time — but Reese simply wouldn’t have it. She went scoreless in the second half of the opener but delivered the big baskets and key defensive stops two days later, finishing 10 for 16 from the floor while dishing out three assists and blocking two shots.

“We watched film and saw the things that we messed up on. When I said that they didn’t do anything to mess us up, it was literally just us,” Reese said. “And we can see that tonight. And we’re gonna carry that over in Atlanta. Atlanta, y’all better pull up and pop out, I’m looking forward to it.”

Atlanta scored 24 points off Golden State's 19 turnovers to hand the Valkyries their first loss in regulation since a 73-70 defeat at Chicago on Aug. 21. The Dream had just eight points off turnovers in Game 1 but returned to the defensive formula that advanced Atlanta this far.

“We just got back to our identity about who we are and kept our foot on the pedal,” Reese said. “We didn’t let up and everybody was just on the same page, we had each other’s back. That’s just Atlanta basketball.”

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Trump's relationship with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has always been a moving target, while the Republican president has frequently boasted of his rapport with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. But relations between the U.S. and Ukraine appear to be at a new low, threatening to tip the balance of the war to Russia's favor and imperil America's security interests across the globe.

“At this moment in time, things look blacker than they ever had regarding this administration’s policy towards Russia and Ukraine,” said John Herbst, a former ambassador to Ukraine under President George W. Bush and now a scholar with the Atlantic Council.

Trump has been lobbing insults at Zelenskyy for over a week and turning to policies that benefit Putin, while Ukraine's president has said he feels betrayed and worries for his country's future. But the American president can still shift on Zelenskyy — especially as he faces bipartisan outrage from lawmakers — which Trump has done before.

Trump famously thrashed Ukraine’s leader in the Oval Office last year, warning him to “make a deal or we are out." Washington briefly suspended intelligence sharing. But Trump was praising Zelenskyy by that July and said they “actually developed a good relationship.”

“Trump is a mercurial guy,” Herbst said. “He can wake up tomorrow morning, decide he’s done enough on this, and he might start to lean back in the other direction.”

No one has taken responsibility for satellite restrictions on Ukraine

Trump's recent decisions have baffled experts and infuriated Democrats and some Republicans ahead of pivotal midterm elections in two weeks.

After The Wall Street Journal reported that Putin raised the prospect of a meeting with Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, Trump told reporters Monday that he was open to it but expected it to focus on denuclearization efforts. Asked whether he would be willing to negotiate the end of the war without Zelenskyy, Trump appeared to indicate yes.

“I think it’s time for somebody else to negotiate on behalf of Ukraine,” Trump said.

Trump decided Friday to waive sanctions on Russia in a bill that Congress overwhelmingly passed to support Ukraine. Named after late South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, the legislation targeted the flow of financial resources fueling Russia's war.

That rebuke followed Trump's announcement of a deal to import Russian diesel fuel in a long-shot effort to curb high gas prices. The agreement was pilloried by Republicans and Democrats alike who say it will help Russia without making a difference in global fuel prices, which are elevated mostly due to Trump’s war against Iran.

Then there were changes in SpaceX's satellite support to Ukraine's military, for which no one has taken responsibility.

Starshield is a military-grade version of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service and the backbone of Ukraine’s drone operations and communication. Zelenskyy says his country is facing major speed restrictions, so Ukrainian drones have been unable to intercept Russia's jet-powered drones.

SpaceX chief Elon Musk, a Trump ally, has said Starshield is controlled by the U.S. and any limits are decided by the military and ultimately Trump. But Trump told reporters Friday that he did not order restrictions and doubted that Musk did either.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that Ukraine wants access to Starshield but doesn't have it. On Monday, he said the Pentagon controls Starshield, and "Ukraine has benefited from it” and wants to expand its use to conduct attacks beyond its territory.

The U.S. military has not responded to questions about its involvement.

And while Russia has launched new attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, Zelenskyy said Monday that Kyiv once again received no early warning of the latest attacks from partners such as the U.S.

“Russia killed six people, including a mother and her child, who was just over a year old,” Zelenskyy said on X, adding that this "is how Russia responds to sanctions waivers and reduced pressure.”

Trump and Rubio say Washington hasn’t stopped providing intelligence to Kyiv that has helped Ukraine counter Russian attacks.

Experts say Trump is trying to appease Putin

Dan Fried, a former U.S. ambassador to Poland and assistant secretary of state for European affairs under Bush, said he was mystified by the Trump administration’s shifting positions on Ukraine.

Fried said he first thought Trump’s diesel fuel announcement was aimed at trying to influence the midterms with cheaper fuel prices. But what followed has changed his opinion.

“It all seems designed to put pressure on Zelenskyy and curry favor with Putin,” said Fried, now a scholar with the Atlantic Council.

Fiona Hill, who was Trump’s Russia adviser on the National Security Council during his first term, said Trump could be trying to appease Putin over worries that Russia could do more to support Iran.

Since Trump launched the Iran war in February, Russia has sent drone technology to Tehran and information that could help it strike American warships, aircraft and other assets in the region.

“So maybe this is it — Putin’s just calling in a chit for not devastating Trump through Iran as he could do by helping the Iranians,” said Hill, now a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution.

Trump revealed his worries on social media Sunday, saying, “Russia is doing very little, if anything, to help the Islamic Republic of Iran, compared to what they could be doing, and I want to keep it that way, and will, unless stupid people get in the way.”

Criticism grows in Congress

One factor that could nudge Trump toward a detente with Zelenskyy is the cascading criticism from Republicans. They are facing a surge of Democratic momentum in the final stretch of the midterms, which will determine control of Congress.

Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a moderate Republican in a competitive race, is calling for congressional hearings into the Starshield disruptions and "immediate harsh and punitive budget cuts to any responsible agency or agency head.”

Democratic Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal said on X that he and retiring Republican North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis organized a call with Zelenskyy and a bipartisan group of lawmakers Monday, including about disruptions to U.S. intelligence sharing.

Zelenskyy, in a video of the briefing posted online, also noted that Ukraine has “almost no Patriot interceptors left from the United States” and claimed “the Pentagon is delaying the delivery of missiles that our partners have already paid for.”

Mississippi Republican Sen. Roger Wicker, who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, urged Trump to take up Zelenskyy's pledge to stop attacks on Russian energy infrastructure in exchange for U.S. targeting assistance to stop Russia's missiles.

“President Trump can lower prices at the pump today by simply agreeing to this deal!” Wicker posted on X.

Regardless of which political party controls Congress next year, lawmakers will likely revolt if Trump enters into a deal with Russia and China over Ukraine, said Fried, the former ambassador to Poland.

“It is clear that we are sitting on considerable leverage over Putin," he said, "but also clear that we are not using it. It’s a mess.”

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Associated Press writers Lynn Berry and Seung Min Kim contributed to this report.

Sierra, de 42 años, confesó haber asesinado a su esposa, de quien estaba separado, Gladys Machado, de 29 años, y a sus dos hijas pequeñas, Julia Padrino, de 6 años, y Daniela Padrino, de 3 años, en 2012.

Después de escuchar semanas de testimonios durante la fase de sentencia del juicio, los miembros del jurado deberán evaluar si la cadena perpetua o la pena de muerte es el castigo apropiado para Sierra.

Mientras la fiscal principal, Abbe Rifkin, presentaba sus argumentos finales sobre por qué considera que el jurado debería recomendar la pena de muerte como sentencia apropiada, recordó a los miembros del jurado la brutalidad del triple homicidio.

Rifkin habló sobre cómo Sierra “le hizo cortes en los brazos” mientras relataba cómo utilizó una bolsa de plástico amarilla de Sedano’s para asfixiar a las tres víctimas.

“Le hizo cortes en la cara”, dijo.

Rifkin también hizo referencia a perturbadoras fotografías de las autopsias y de la escena del crimen que muestran las heridas y cuentan visualmente la historia del violento final de las víctimas.

“Fue atroz, horrible y cruel”, afirmó Rifkin.

El abogado defensor Khurrum Wahid recordó al jurado que prestaron juramento de dejar sus sentimientos a un lado, evaluar las pruebas presentadas durante el juicio y considerar la cadena perpetua sin posibilidad de libertad condicional como un castigo apropiado.

“Él admite que cometió este acto monstruoso”, dijo Wahid. “Ustedes van a experimentar sentimientos de ira, odio y repugnancia. La decisión que tienen ante ustedes es una decisión moral”.

Wahid pidió a los miembros del jurado que consideraran aspectos de los antecedentes de su cliente, incluido un traumático accidente automovilístico que sufrió durante su infancia.

“(Sufrió) una lesión en la cabeza en 1996”, dijo Wahid. “Esta es la pieza que falta”.

Durante el juicio, un experto de la defensa testificó que la lesión en la cabeza provocó un cambio en el comportamiento y la personalidad de Sierra, lo que afectó sus funciones ejecutivas.

“Un cerebro que no está sano tiene consecuencias”, afirmó Wahid, quien pidió al jurado que evaluara los horribles acontecimientos de aquel fatídico día frente a la totalidad de la vida de su cliente. “Todavía pueden ejercer su claridad moral y elegir la vida”.

Se espera que los miembros del jurado comiencen las deliberaciones el martes, después de recibir las instrucciones finales del juez.

The Rays led the Cleveland Guardians 3-2 in the best-of-seven series and had a chance to close it out Monday night to advance to the World Series for the third time in the franchise's 29 seasons.

Díaz, who had three hits in a 3-1 victory Sunday, was asked after that game how he looked at the opportunity to go back to the World Series.

“It’s a great opportunity. All of us are thinking of it. But it all ends (Monday). We’re going to win (Monday),” Díaz said through an interpreter.

It wasn’t quite like Joe Namath’s guarantee that the New York Jets would win Super Bowl 3.

Guardians manager Stephen Vogt wasn’t even aware Díaz made those comments.

“He did that? He said that? I literally have no idea what you’re talking about,” Vogt said Monday. “I’m sure our guys saw it and they know about it.”

Asked if the comments are more motivating or blown out of proportion, Vogt said: “Probably somewhere in the middle of that. The thing I love about our guys, we worry about us, we focus on us. If that gives our guys a little more motivation, great.”

The Guardians face elimination. That's enough motivation. They won three straight games after falling behind the Chicago White Sox 0-2 in the AL Division Series.

“We’re all competitors. It would be kind of worrying if you didn’t feel that way. We think we’re going to win the game as well,” Guardians left fielder Steven Kwan said. “But he’s confident, we’re confident. Hopefully he’s wrong. Hopefully we can come out with the win today.”

The 35-year-old Díaz, who is from Cuba, began his major league career with Cleveland in 2017 and joined the Rays in 2019. He helped them reach the World Series in 2020, when they lost in six games to the Dodgers.

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Fire rescue personnel and Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded to the multi-vehicle crash at about 3:50 p.m. north of Sunrise Boulevard.

Fire rescue personnel freed one person who was trapped in a car and took a woman who was injured to the Broward Health Medical Center, according to Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue.

Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editors Carson Merlo and Sofia Mendez contributed to this report.

Personal de bomberos y rescate y agentes de la Patrulla de Carreteras de Florida respondieron al accidente de varios vehículos alrededor de las 3:50 p.m. al norte de Sunrise Boulevard.

El personal de bomberos y rescate liberó a una persona que quedó atrapada en un automóvil y trasladó a una mujer herida al Broward Health Medical Center, según el Departamento de Bomberos y Rescate de Fort Lauderdale.

Los editores de la mesa de asignaciones de Local 10 News, Carson Merlo y Sofia Mendez, contribuyeron a este reportaje.

Amato died early Monday at his Raleigh home under hospice care, the school announced on its athletics website. Amato had previously battled throat cancer and eventually lost his voice.

Amato led the Wolfpack from 2000-06, highlighted by the four-year career of eventual NFL star quarterback Philip Rivers and an 11-win season in 2002 that stands as the program's only season with double-digit wins in its history. He did it with flair, from his barrel-chested bravado to attention-grabbing choices for sunglasses and sneakers as he roamed the sideline for the program he played for in the 1960s.

“A huge personality, a great mentor to coaches and players alike, and a great alumnus,” current Wolfpack coach Dave Doeren said Monday, noting that Amato had come to practices and sat in meetings earlier in Doeren's 14-year tenure.

Among those offering tributes on Monday were North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein, who remembered Amato as “NC State to his core” in a social media post. Retired NFL coach Bill Cowher thanked Amato for “your influence and guidance in shaping me as a young LB” during Cowher's playing days at N.C. State while Amato was a Wolfpack assistant in the 1970s.

Earlier Monday, Duke coach Manny Diaz remembered Amato for giving him a start in coaching as an FSU graduate assistant.

“Wouldn't be standing here today if it wasn't for Chuck Amato,” Diaz said during a news conference in Durham, adding: “I don't know of anybody who loved N.C. State University more than Chuck Amato did.”

The Easton, Pennsylvania, native was a Wolfpack linebacker from 1965-67, which included N.C. State sharing an Atlantic Coast Conference title in 1965 under coach Earle Edwards. Amato was also an ACC champion wrestler.

Amato would later spend nine seasons as a Wolfpack assistant before later moving to FSU, working as a defensive assistant under famed coach Bobby Bowden during the Seminoles' 1990s peak that included national titles in 1993 and 1999.

It was after that latter championship run that he returned to N.C. State as head coach. His first game was a rain-soaked double-overtime win against Arkansas State, with Rivers starting as a true freshman on his way to a four-year career as the Wolfpack's QB.

Amato went 49-37 at N.C. State, winning five bowl games as well as handing FSU and Bowden its first-ever ACC home loss in 2001 — the Seminoles’ 10th season in the league — and coaching a No. 1 overall NFL draft pick in defensive end Mario Williams. There were off-field gains, too, as the school invested in upgrades and renovations to Carter-Finley Stadium as it sought to capitalize on the early buzz from Amato's return.

He was fired after a 3-9 season in 2006. He returned to Bowden's last staffs at FSU (2007-09), then had a stint as Akron's associate head coach before retiring in 2018.

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Trump talked to reporters on the South Lawn after The Wall Street Journal reported that Putin proposed the summit earlier this month.

“Not so much on Ukraine because Russia ... has been fine on Ukraine. They haven’t been doing much, and the same with China,” Trump said. “We would have it to talk about weapons and denuclearization.”

Trump was critical of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, who reported on Monday that Russia had used ballistic missiles and drones to attack energy infrastructure.

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Zelenskyy reported U.S. supplies were running late, and there were still restrictions on the SpaceX military-grade satellite internet service, which slows down drones.

The Trump administration recently moved forward with a deal to import diesel from Russia. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, or APEC, meeting is on Nov. 18-19 in China.

On Monday, Trump was heading to Kansas to support Sen. Roger Marshall, who is running against Adam Hamilton, the co-founder of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood.

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Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, an American-born U.S. citizen of Somali descent, won't be released because he's a risk to the community and a flight risk, U.S. Magistrate Judge Dulce Foster said.

Mohamud had been on the FBI’s radar since December 2024, when he began trading messages with a confidential informant. He was arrested Oct. 6 after meeting with an FBI employee posing as a member of the Islamic State group and paying $600 for the rifle, 200 rounds of ammunition and four 30-round magazines, authorities said.

“This was as close to committing a terrorist attack as he could have gotten,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Bejar said during the hearing. “He was 100% committed to doing this crime and he was 100% committed to doing it on behalf of ISIS.”

Mohamud’s attorney, Manny Atwal, said during Monday’s hearing that he was just 16 when the confidential informant began speaking to him, and that his only access to weapons was through those supplied by the FBI. She had asked that he be held in a halfway house where he would be monitored by GPS and have no access to the internet.

Mohamud was arrested at a public park in Richfield, the Minneapolis suburb where he lived, several miles northwest of the mall. Authorities said Mohamud said he planned to attack the mall on Oct. 24, when there was a scheduled arts celebration by the Hmong community, Minnesota’s largest Asian ethnic group.

“He wanted to harm as many people as possible,” FBI Special Agent Keegan Rupenthal testified at Monday's hearing. The teen’s “ultimate goal was to become a martyr,” and during his arrest he pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group's leader, Rupenthal said.

Mohamud initially expressed interest in messages about traveling to Somalia to fight for al-Shabab militants, according to Rupenthal’s affidavit in support of the criminal complaint. But Mohamud, who expressed admiration for terror attacks that had happened in the U.S., eventually said he didn’t have enough money to travel overseas and decided to carry out an attack in Minnesota, according to the affidavit.

Rupenthal said during the hearing that on multiple occasions, the confidential informant told Mohamud that the attack was a serious thing, and that he could back out. “He said that he was 100% committed to doing it and that he wasn’t being pressured,” Rupenthal testified.

The FBI has foiled several alleged attacks through sting operations in which agents posed as terror supporters, supplying advice or equipment. Critics say the strategy can amount to entrapment.

In May 2025, FBI agents were concerned enough that they went to Mohamud's home. His mother told them he wasn’t home from school yet and called the boy’s father, who declined to speak with them and said he would give their contact information to his lawyer, the complaint said.

Tens of thousands of people of Somali descent live in Minnesota, dating back to when refugees began arriving in the 1990s. Over the years several have been charged with attempting to join militant groups.

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Schmidt is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

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According to an arrest report from the Coral Springs Police Department, the incident occurred at about 11 a.m. Saturday at the Chabad of Coral Springs, located at 3925 N. University Drive.

Police said an officer met with a security guard at the location who said that he had just witnessed a white male, wearing a baseball cap, and who was accompanied by a dog, ramming a menorah on the property with a shopping cart.

According to police, the impact caused the menorah to topple over, significantly damaging the structure, which is equipped with electrical lighting.

Rabbi Moshe Yaras said two members of the community witnessed the incident.

“Two community members saw a man with a dog in a shopping cart and purposely rammed it and completely knocked it over,” Yaras said.

Officers said the approximate damage to the menorah was estimated at $5,000.

According to the arrest report, a Be On the Lookout (BOLO) was issued over the police radio for the suspect and soon after, Matthew John Ryan, 44, of Winnetka, California, was spotted near Wiles Road and North University Drive, pushing a Walmart shopping cart with a pit bull inside.

Ryan was ordered to get on the ground as an officer pointed a Taser at him, but he refused to comply, authorities said.

Police said Ryan began to argue with the officers, saying he “didn’t do anything,” and adding, “I’m in a production movie.”

According to the report, Ryan then began reaching into his satchel. He was given “multiple loud commands” to stop reaching into his bag before an officer and sergeant approached him from behind and took him to the ground, the report stated.

Police said Ryan briefly struggled with authorities before he was placed in handcuffs.

The security guard at the Chabad identified Ryan as the person who damaged the menorah, authorities confirmed.

Ryan was first taken to a hospital after he complained that his blood sugar was high and his knee hurt from being taken to the ground before he was transported to the Broward County Main Jail.

He faces charges of criminal mischief at a church, synagogue or mosque; obstructing an officer without violence and illegal possession of a shopping or laundry cart.

Ryan has since bonded out of jail.

Rabbi expresses concern over message sent to Jewish community

While the damaged menorah can be repaired or replaced, Yaras said his greater concern is the message the incident sends to members of the Jewish community.

“It is not so much about damage as it is about the hatred toward the Jewish community and the intent to cause harm,” Yaras said.

The rabbi also expressed concern for the safety of synagogue members, saying he was grateful none of them had been approached by the suspect.

Despite the incident, Yaras encouraged members of his congregation to respond to hatred with love and positivity.

He urged the community to confront darkness and hatred with light rather than allowing fear to prevail.

The Jewish Federation of Broward County also posted a statement about the incident, saying, in part, “In response to the incident, the Jewish Federation of Broward County is coordinating directly with Chabad of Coral Springs to provide immediate additional security equipment and technological enhancements to reinforce the facility.”

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Keila Maldonado, 21, was taken into custody Saturday for the crash that occurred around 1:30 a.m. that morning near the 200 block of Sheridan Street in Dania Beach.

First responders arrived to the area to find a pedestrian lying in the street. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators spent hours combing over the evidence, including pieces of what they said was the 2025 Hyundai Sonata Maldonado was driving.

From the parts at the scene, detectives were able to determine the make and model of the car, and who they believe was behind the wheel.

According to an arrest report, Maldonado fled west to Federal Highway after the crash.

Detectives said that hours later, at about 11:30 a.m., they received information that the vehicle was possibly at the Lexus of North Miami dealership.

A detective met with the security manager at the business who informed him that the car, which is owned by Enterprise Car Rental, was “secured” on the second floor of the parking garage and had damage consistent with the crash, the report stated.

The detective then spoke with another employee at the dealership who claimed that a fellow employee, Maldonado, had asked him to provide a repair estimate on the vehicle she was driving, authorities said.

Detectives said the employee looked at the vehicle and saw that the damage to the passenger-side front bumper and windshield was not caused by a crash involving another vehicle. What appeared to be blood and human tissue was observed on the vehicle, authorities said.

According to the report, Maldonado then confessed to her co-worker that she had struck a person and then drove to a nearby shopping plaza where she watched first responders arriving at the scene.

Detectives said she then fled without ever identifying herself to law enforcement.

According to the report, because of the severity of the incident, the employee informed his supervisor about what Maldonado allegedly told him and the supervisor then spoke to her.

Detectives said Maldonado told the supervisor that she struck someone on a scooter.

Maldonado is now facing charges of failure to remain at an accident scene resulting in a death and tampering with evidence.

Maldonado has since been released from jail on a $51,000 bond. As part of her release, she has to wear an ankle monitor and is not allowed to drive.

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The next name on the list is Josephine.

Whether or not the impending nor’easter – which we first mentioned in this newsletter last Thursday and was added to the National Hurricane Center’s outlook on Saturday – harnesses the warmer waters of the Gulf Stream to fire off more concentrated thunderstorm activity, allowing it to shed its frontal features and transition into a hybrid-type subtropical storm, is left to be seen.

Most of our model guidance agrees that this is a borderline case for subtropical development. The traditional, physics-based European ensemble system and Google’s DeepMind machine learning-based ensemble system are more bearish than NHC on their prospects of tropical transition, giving the system a lower 20 to 30 percent chance of becoming Josephine this week.

The most bullish of our modeling systems on future development is the Euro AI, which pegged the system with higher 50 to 60 percent odds early Monday.

Name aside, coastal impacts unchanged

Whether or not the system musters up enough organized storminess to acquire subtropical characteristics later this week is immaterial to the coastal impacts expected from North Carolina’s Outer Banks through the Virginia Tidewater to southern New Jersey for the first half of the week.

The biggest change over the weekend was a shift eastward with the forecast position of the coastal storm, which will keep skies dry and confine impacts to coastal locales.

That said, significant coastal impacts are expected at least through Wednesday for the Mid-Atlantic coast, particularly along the northern Outer Banks northward to Virginia Beach/Hampton Roads and along the lower Delmarva and Eastern Shore of Maryland. Strong and persistent onshore winds gusting to 50 mph will bring rounds of moderate coastal flooding, ocean overwash, beach erosion, and dangerous surf tomorrow and Wednesday.

Vulnerable locations on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands along North Carolina’s Outer Banks will be prone to serious impacts with each high tide cycle, especially along historic Highway 12 where dunes remain fragile. Waves could reach 8 to 12 feet in the surf zone along oceanside beaches in Maryland and Virginia over the next few days, which will compound flooding in low-lying areas.

Though coastal flooding will persist through much of the week along the Mid-Atlantic, strong onshore winds should generally begin to subside by Thursday and Friday as the storm system pulls away.

Crickets elsewhere on the Atlantic side

The Atlantic basin looks to stay quiet elsewhere as we round out October.

Federal and local authorities descended on the area as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said in a post on X that agents were responding to a report of a shooting at the mosque, northeast of downtown Columbus.

Police later said the shooting happened in the parking lot of an apartment complex next to the mosque.

“At the mosque, unfortunately, there was an event going on that had nothing to do with what was going on outside,” said Sgt. James Fuqua. “... But it’s super important that I make it clear that this shooting had nothing to do with an attack on the mosque itself.”

The ATF did not immediately respond to a phone message seeking further information.

The Rams (2-4) also lost veteran defensive tackle Poona Ford for the season due to a ruptured triceps, and defensive tackle Kobie Turner is going on injured reserve with a groin injury amid a cascade of health setbacks for the struggling preseason Super Bowl favorites, who have lost three of four.

Adams, a six-time Pro Bowl selection and the NFL's leader in touchdown catches last season, apparently got hurt on the Rams' penultimate offensive snap in their embarrassing 18-16 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. The injury happened on a noncontact play, with Adams pulling up in the end zone and hobbling to the sideline.

The 33-year-old Adams has 30 receptions for 480 yards and four touchdowns this season, his 13th in the NFL. He missed three games late last season with a hamstring injury, but returned for the playoffs.

“It's significant when you don't have a player like Davante, but we have to be able to adjust,” McVay said. “His contributions can't be measured. You don't replace somebody like him, and so what you've got to do is you've got to be able to figure out what's the next right thing? What does that look like in terms of our vision? We'll have to adjust and adapt.”

Adams' injury is particularly significant to the Rams because they don't have a trusted No. 3 receiver on their roster behind him and All-Pro Puka Nacua. Konata Mumpfield's eight catches for 127 yards are the third-most for a Rams wide receiver this season.

Los Angeles also didn't have an effective No. 3 wideout last season, and Matthew Stafford threw to his depth receivers with less frequency than any other quarterback on a playoff team.

Ford is a nine-year NFL veteran in his second season with the Rams. He has played just under 40% of their defensive snaps this season as a space-filling lineman alongside Turner and Aaron Donald.

Turner is on the field much more frequently than Ford for the Rams, but the fourth-year pro with 22 tackles this season also will miss “a handful of games,” McVay said.

McVay confirmed new kicker Blake Grupe is out for the season after tearing a ligament in his knee while making a tackle on kickoff coverage. The Rams will have to sign their third kicker of the season before they visit the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday.

McVay said star cornerback Trent McDuffie is “feeling much better” after missing Sunday's game with an injury picked up in practice late last week. The Rams won't determine whether McDuffie will play against the Raiders until later in the week.

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The 76ers are consensus favorites — from 8-1 to 9-1 odds — in the East to win it all, even ahead of the defending champion New York Knicks.

“I’m a Sixers fan, so I was very thrilled about it myself,” BetMGM Sportsbook trader Christian Cipollini said of King James going to Philadelphia. “Far and away, our most bet-on team, far and away our biggest liability (among contending teams)."

How much James has left at age 41 will be a big question as the NBA season opens Tuesday, but he remained among the league's top players last season in LA.

And he's not the only reason for high hopes in Philadelphia. The Sixers also added Jaylen Brown in a marquee trade with Boston.

But Joel Embiid's health could put a major dent in any championship plans. The seven-time All-Star has played in fewer than 40 games each of the past three seasons.

“I think it’s more Embiid, keeping him in one piece, that's going to be the key for them more than LeBron," longtime handicapper Bruce Marshall said. "It sort of all goes through him, and that’s been tough for Philly.”

What about the champs?

Jalen Brunson and the Knicks overcame the odds to win the title last season, and they will have to do it again if they are to repeat.

Other than DraftKings Sportsbook, where they are 9-1 with the Sixers among Eastern teams to win the title, the Knicks sit just behind Philadelphia at BetMGM (10-1) and Caesars Sportsbook (9-1).

“Just with the hype of Philly and LeBron going there, it's just been more 76ers money than Knicks money,” Caesars NBA oddsmaker David Lieberman said. “It's so hard to repeat, but obviously their run was so dominant in the postseason, it's hard to doubt them until they (actually) lose in the playoffs.”

Thunder and Spurs again the favorites

San Antonio and Oklahoma City are co-favorites at BetMGM (+260) and DraftKings (+270), with the Spurs at +270, just a touch ahead of the Thunders at +280 at Caesars.

Both teams were in similar positions at the end of last season, with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder looking to repeat and the young Spurs led by Victor Wembanyama playing as well as any team in the league.

The Spurs beat the Thunder in seven games to advance to the NBA Finals before losing in five games to the Knicks.

“The Spurs look like they're probably the team to beat in the West,” Marshall said. “So I think that's probably the way it goes, and it might be that way for a while.”

The Eastern Conference might be deeper

Though the Western Conference has long been the NBA's best and deepest, times could be changing, even with the two favorites being on that side of the bracket.

After the Spurs and Thunder, the next five teams — depending on the sportsbook — reside in the East.

“Outside the top two teams, I think the East has more maybe viable candidates,” Lieberman said. “It's almost like you can pretty much write down the 11 teams that make the playoffs maybe in both conferences. But given there's no tanking incentives anymore, there could be a couple of surprise teams that make it in one of the conferences.”

Haliburton boosts overlooked Pacers

Indiana was in the NBA Finals just two seasons ago, its chances all but going up in smoke when Tyrese Haliburton tore his Achilles tendon in Game 7 against OKC.

Now he's back, but the Pacers are 35-1 across the board to win the championship.

“I think the East is stronger than a couple of years ago, and it would be tougher for them to do it,” Marshall said. “This is sort of the year it's got to happen. They've got a lot of guys coming up on free agency, so we'll see. Most of the guys are there that were on it a couple of years ago. If Haliburton hadn't gotten hurt, I thought they could've won that last game.”

Watch out for the ... Jazz?

Few expect Utah to be a true contender this season, but there is optimism the Jazz could be on the way back with recent high draft picks Ace Bailey and Darryn Peterson and a core that includes Lauri Markkanen and Keyonte George.

“I feel like there’s times where a team can make really big jumps,” Cipollini said. “The Jazz could be one of those, and just looking at the bets that were coming in, of the unrealistic teams to win, certainly the most amount of bets and one of our highest liability.”

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Según un informe de arresto del Departamento de Policía de Coral Springs, el incidente ocurrió alrededor de las 11 a.m. del sábado en el Chabad de Coral Springs, ubicado en 3925 N. University Drive.

La policía indicó que un agente se reunió con un guardia de seguridad del lugar, quien dijo que acababa de presenciar cómo un hombre blanco, que llevaba una gorra de béisbol y estaba acompañado de un perro, embestía una menorá en la propiedad con un carrito de compras.

Según la policía, el impacto provocó que la menorá cayera al suelo, causando daños significativos a la estructura, que cuenta con iluminación eléctrica.

El rabino Moshe Yaras dijo que dos miembros de la comunidad presenciaron el incidente.

“Dos miembros de la comunidad vieron a un hombre con un perro en un carrito de compras que embistió intencionalmente la menorá y la derribó por completo”, dijo Yaras.

Los agentes indicaron que los daños a la menorá fueron estimados en aproximadamente $5,000 USD.

Según el informe de arresto, se emitió una alerta de búsqueda (BOLO) por la radio policial para localizar al sospechoso y, poco después, Matthew John Ryan, de 44 años, residente de Winnetka, California, fue visto cerca de Wiles Road y North University Drive, empujando un carrito de compras de Walmart con un perro pitbull en su interior.

Los agentes ordenaron a Ryan que se tirara al suelo mientras uno de ellos le apuntaba con una pistola eléctrica Taser, pero se negó a obedecer, informaron las autoridades.

La policía indicó que Ryan comenzó a discutir con los agentes, diciendo que “no había hecho nada” y agregando: “Estoy en una producción cinematográfica”.

Según el informe, Ryan comenzó entonces a introducir la mano en su bolso. Recibió “múltiples órdenes en voz alta” para que dejara de meter la mano en el bolso antes de que un agente y un sargento se acercaran por detrás y lo derribaran al suelo, señala el informe.

La policía indicó que Ryan forcejeó brevemente con las autoridades antes de ser esposado.

El guardia de seguridad del Chabad identificó a Ryan como la persona que dañó la menorá, confirmaron las autoridades.

Ryan fue trasladado primero a un hospital después de quejarse de que tenía un nivel alto de azúcar en la sangre y de que le dolía la rodilla tras haber sido derribado al suelo, antes de ser llevado a la cárcel principal del condado Broward.

Enfrenta cargos por daños criminales en una iglesia, sinagoga o mezquita; obstrucción a un agente sin violencia y posesión ilegal de un carrito de compras o de lavandería.

Ryan salió posteriormente de la cárcel tras pagar una fianza.

Rabino expresa preocupación por el mensaje enviado a la comunidad judía

Aunque la menorá dañada puede repararse o reemplazarse, Yaras dijo que su mayor preocupación es el mensaje que el incidente envía a los miembros de la comunidad judía.

“No se trata tanto de los daños como del odio hacia la comunidad judía y la intención de causar daño”, dijo Yaras.

El rabino también expresó preocupación por la seguridad de los miembros de la sinagoga y dijo estar agradecido de que ninguno de ellos hubiera sido abordado por el sospechoso.

A pesar del incidente, Yaras alentó a los miembros de su congregación a responder al odio con amor y una actitud positiva.

Instó a la comunidad a enfrentar la oscuridad y el odio con luz, en lugar de permitir que prevalezca el miedo.

El incidente ocurrió alrededor de las 6:45 p.m. del viernes 2 de octubre en la tienda de conveniencia Kwik Stop, ubicada en 7120 Kimberly Blvd., en North Lauderdale, informaron las autoridades.

Según los investigadores, el enfrentamiento comenzó cuando la sospechosa y una empleada de la tienda tuvieron un desacuerdo por un recibo.

Los detectives indicaron que las cámaras de vigilancia captaron a la sospechosa introduciendo el brazo por una abertura en el área de cajas de la tienda, que está encerrada con vidrio y destinada exclusivamente a los empleados.

La sospechosa presuntamente roció entonces a la empleada directamente en el rostro con gas pimienta desde corta distancia.

Los investigadores esperan que las imágenes de vigilancia ayuden a identificar a la persona responsable.

La BSO indicó que la sospechosa tiene un tatuaje distintivo que cubre todo el antebrazo derecho.

Cualquier persona que tenga información sobre el incidente o la identidad de la sospechosa debe comunicarse con el detective Jacob Pincus, de la BSO en North Lauderdale, al 954-597-4779 o enviar información a través de la aplicación SaferWatch.

Quienes deseen permanecer en el anonimato pueden comunicarse con Crime Stoppers de Broward al 954-493-TIPS (8477), visitar browardcrimestoppers.org o marcar **TIPS (8477) desde cualquier teléfono celular en Estados Unidos.