La cancillería peruana indicó que los pasajeros llegaron en tres aeronaves hasta Juliaca, una importante ciudad peruana del sur cercana a Bolivia. Más de 140 pasajeros eran estudiantes que habían viajado a la ciudad boliviana de Potosí para participar en el 200 aniversario de una importante escuela llamada Pichincha que había invitado a una delegación escolar peruana.

El canciller Carlos Pareja agradeció al gobierno boliviano el traslado de los escolares y varios padres de los menores, que habían llegado a Bolivia desde escuelas de las regiones peruanas de Arequipa, Puno y Cusco.

Sindicatos y campesinos protestan contra el mandatario boliviano con bloqueos de vías ante la falta de respuestas a la crisis económica, la escasez de combustibles y las demoras en el resarcimiento de daños por la gasolina de “mala calidad”, según denuncian los sindicatos. Los cortes mantienen aislada a la capital de Bolivia del resto del país desde hace más de una semana provocando el desabastecimiento y el encarecimiento de alimentos.

Las clases escolares también fueron suspendidas el lunes por un paro de maestros en reclamo de mejoras salariales.

Paz, de perfil conservador, asumió en noviembre de 2025 en medio de la peor crisis en cuatro décadas, tras los gobiernos de izquierda de Evo Morales (2006-2019) y Luis Arce (2020-2025), con una inflación anual que bordea el 20%, falta de dólares y escasez de combustibles.

El gobierno ha culpado a sectores afines a Morales de estar detrás de la ola de protestas.

Workers were seen inspecting the site of the proposed arch between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery with tools and equipment. Part of the site was fenced off and pink flags typically used as survey markings were planted in the grass.

The work on the site was announced in a court filing Thursday in a federal lawsuit challenging the proposed arch. It consists of "surveys and geotechnical testing which are being used to generate information that will assist Defendant National Park Service (NPS) in completing procedural prerequisites” that are part of the decision-making process.

The 250-foot-tall (76-meter) proposed arch is one of several projects the Republican president is pursuing to leave his lasting imprint on Washington. With the potential to change the city's sightline, it has already sparked opposition, including through the lawsuit filed by a group of veterans and a historian.

The arch design, proposed by Trump, has already gotten early approval from the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, whose members were appointed by Trump.

The proposed monument rises from the four lions guarding its base to a torch held aloft by a Lady Liberty-like figure on top, which would be flanked by two eagles — all gilded. The phrases “One Nation Under God” and “Liberty and Justice for All” would be inscribed in gold lettering atop either side of the monument.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did the Public Citizen Litigation Group representing the four plaintiffs.

The group of veterans and a historian have sued in federal court to block construction on the grounds that the arch would disrupt the sightline between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington House at Arlington National Cemetery, among other reasons.

The court filing on behalf of the Trump administration said the National Park Service had not issued a final agency action authorizing construction of an arch and should it do so, it would provide at least 14 days notice before any work could begin.

The document said the plaintiffs had been notified of the survey work beforehand and said the survey work did not constitute "construction, or a demolition in preparation for construction, of an arch."

The 2024 rule adopted under former President Joe Biden was meant to refocus the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management, which oversees about 10% of land in the U.S. It allowed public property to be leased for restoration in the same way that oil companies lease land for drilling.

But Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has said the rule could have blocked access to hundreds of thousands of acres (hectares) of land — preventing energy and timber production and hurting ranchers who graze on public lands.

Supporters argued that conservation had long been a secondary consideration at the land bureau, neglecting its mission under the 1976 Federal Lands Policy Management Act. While the bureau previously issued leases for conservation purposes in limited cases, it never had a dedicated program prior to the Biden administration.

Industry groups and their Republican allies in Congress strongly opposed the rule and had lobbied to repeal it. They said the change under Biden violated the “multiple use” mandate for Interior Department lands, by catapulting the “non-use” of federal lands — meaning restoration leases — to a position of prominence.

The federal government's vast land holdings are concentrated in Western states including Alaska, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Since taking office, Trump has pursued a flurry of actions aimed at boosting fossil fuel production from those taxpayer-owned sites. The Republican administration also has sought to sideline some renewable energy projects, claiming they were unfairly subsidized under Biden.

The official repeal of the rule was scheduled to be published Tuesday in the Federal Register. Documents detailing the action were released in advance.

It comes after Republicans in Congress in recent months canceled land management plans adopted in the closing days of Biden's administration that restricted development in large areas of Alaska, Montana and North Dakota.

In addition to its surface land holdings, the Bureau of Land Management regulates publicly owned underground mineral reserves — such as coal for power plants and lithium for renewable energy — across more than 1 million square miles (2.5 million square kilometers). The bureau has a history of industry-friendly policies and for more than a century has sold grazing permits and oil and gas leases.

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Online jail records show Cira Quinones Lewis, 60, faces charges of driving with a suspended license and failing to return driver’s license or register with insurance company. She is also being jailed on an immigration hold.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash occurred late Sunday morning along the westbound lanes of I-75 to the west of Indian Trade Road.

Lewis was driving a black Ford Fiesta and was there to assist her son, whose vehicle had become disabled on the side of the road due to a flat tire, according to an arrest form.

Police said Lewis came to a stop in the outside lane of I-75, which caused a pileup after the vehicle behind her stopped, but the vehicle behind that one did not.

Authorities confirmed that two people have died from their injuries, while three others were injured, including a 1-year-old girl who was hospitalized in critical condition.

One of the deceased victims has been identified as Lucia Casco, 58, who was a passenger in the vehicle that was directly behind Lewis.

All of the injured victims were taken to Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale.

First responders closed all westbound lanes of I-75 while processing the scene. The highway fully reopened shortly after 4 p.m.

As of Monday morning, Quinones Lewis remained held at the Broward County Main Jail.

The circumstances leading up to the crash remain under investigation, and it’s unclear which driver was at fault.

“Honestly, I think he would just now be coming back if he was like a normal human being, but he’s not,” teammate Mike Conley said after Edwards scored 16 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter to fuel a Game 4 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday that tied their second-round series at two games apiece.

“We’re thankful for what he’s sacrificing for us and putting us on his back," Conley added. "We expect it from him. He expects it. So we just try to keep him healthy, keep him going forward.”

After returning from a hyperextended left knee that caused a deep bone bruise in nine days, Edwards had 18 points in a 25-minute reserve role to help the Timberwolves take the opener from the Spurs on the road on May 4. Edwards was back in the starting lineup for Game 3 at home on Friday and played 41 minutes.

He logged 40 minutes in Game 4 and was on the floor for the entire fourth quarter, a move coach Chris Finch made only three times during the regular season. Edwards also played the final 12 minutes in the opener of the first-round series at Denver on April 18, one week before his latest injury.

“Man, I’ve been doing a lot of stuff to get in shape. I've got the best physical therapist in the world when it comes to my body, David Hines, so big shoutout to him,” Edwards said, referring to the team's vice president of medical operations and performance. “He’s on a whole other level when it comes to that stuff.”

Edwards was limited to a career-low 61 games during the regular season, largely because of persistent pain in his right knee. Before 2025-26, he never missed more than three games in any season.

“We’re lucky to have him. He’s special, no doubt, especially given what he’s been fighting through over the last month and a half,” Finch said.

Edwards shot 13 for 22 from the floor on Sunday, including 3 for 5 from 3-point range. He took advantage of Victor Wembanyama's stunning ejection by getting to the rim, too, including a crucial finger-roll layup he dropped in through traffic with 2:24 left for a four-point lead in the 114-109 victory.

Edwards was hesitant to express much satisfaction afterward, chiding himself and the rest of the starting lineup for a lackluster third quarter while revealing that, yes, even he has his physical limits.

“I was gassed a little bit," Edwards said, "so I came out like super low on energy, just walking up and down the floor.”

His performance had more to it than simply determination and durability, though. On Mother's Day, Edwards acknowledged a deep sense of motivation and purpose in Game 4 in honor of his late mother, Yvette Edwards, who died of cancer in 2015 when he was just 13. His grandmother also died later that year.

“I couldn't lose this game for her," Edwards said before praising the support he has received from family members and close friends in Atlanta over the last decade since losing his mom and grandma. “It’s not a bunch of people that's just willing to do anything you say. These people really want to see me succeed, and they don’t let me take a day off. They stay on me.”

With that, the intensely private Edwards quickly shifted the focus in the postgame interview room at Target Center back to basketball.

“So I appreciate everybody that’s in my circle, but that’s enough about me," he said. "Just ask about my team.”

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A cold front is on the move, and it is set to bring welcome rain into our region on Tuesday. While the morning will be warm and dry, we will watch numerous scattered storms develop by the afternoon. Some thunderstorms could bring gusty winds, heavy rainfall and frequent lightning. Highs will reach the upper 80s and lower 90s.

A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida indicted Trenton Richard David Johnston and his 28-year-old friend Brandon Michael Tardibone for a cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering scheme, prosecutors announced on Monday.

Johnston, who overstayed his visa, “impersonated support representatives from a popular search engine and cryptocurrency-related companies to gain unauthorized access to victims’ digital accounts and cryptocurrency wallets,” according to prosecutors.

Federal agents accused Johnston and Tardibone of also using “a series of financial transactions” to hide the nature of the stolen funds, according to prosecutors.

Johnston faces charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Tardibone faces charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering and harboring an alien in the U.S.

Homeland Security Investigations Miami investigated the case, with the help of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Office of Inspector General, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the Golden Beach Police Department.

El informe de la CIDH se difundió a un mes de la controversia que surgió tras el reporte del Comité de la ONU contra la Desaparición Forzada (CED por sus siglas en inglés) que solicitó remitir urgentemente la situación de México a la Asamblea General para que considere medidas para erradicar las desapariciones forzadas, lo que fue rechazado por el gobierno de Claudia Sheinbaum.

La crisis que padece México bien la conoce la activista Conchita Belmontes, quien hace tres días recibió la notificación de que el cuerpo de su hijo, al que buscó por casi diez años, estuvo todo ese tiempo en el servicio forense del estado occidental de Jalisco, pero tardaron casi una década en identificarlo.

Belmontes dijo a The Associated Press entre llantos que el reporte de la fiscalía estatal sobre el hallazgo de los restos de su hijo Juan Antonio le generó “mucho coraje e impotencia” porque “todo este tiempo tuvieron el cuerpo de mi hijo, pero nunca me lo dijeron y me hicieron pasar todos estos años de dolor y sufrimiento”.

El caso Juan Antonio Olmeda Belmontes, quien desapareció en junio de 2016 en Jalisco, se suma a los más de 70.000 cuerpos que según la CED permanecen en las morgues sin identificar, lo que ha profundizado la crisis que enfrenta México, que acumula casi 134.000 desaparecidos.

La radiografía del fenómeno

Al hacer un diagnóstico del fenómeno, la CIDH admitió que las cifras reflejan la “grave situación” del país, que se ha agravado por “la falta de eficacia de las medidas de prevención, la persistencia de altos niveles de violencia, la desconfianza en las autoridades y la impunidad estructural".

Entre las víctimas de desapariciones, la comisión apuntó que hay una “multiplicidad de perfiles”, incluyendo a niños y jóvenes reclutados por el crimen organizado, mujeres y niñas víctimas de violencia de género y la trata de personas, periodistas, integrantes de la comunidad LGTBIQ+ y activistas.

Para atender la problemática que arrastra México desde hace varias décadas, la CIDH remitió al gobierno 40 recomendaciones, entre las que destacó la necesidad de fortalecer las instituciones estatales, la participación central de las víctimas y sus familias y “la identificación y el desmantelamiento de redes de connivencia" entre el crimen organizado y agentes estatales.

La CIDH también urgió al Estado mexicano a adoptar “medidas extraordinarias para reorganizar las investigaciones y la jurisdicción".

La CIDH ofrece apoyo

Andrea Pochak, vicepresidente de la CIDH y relatora para México, descartó que el informe de ese organismo que es autónomo de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA) busque establecer una responsabilidad jurídica del Estado mexicano y planteó que la comisión está abierta a brindar cooperación técnica para atender la crisis.

En ese sentido recordó que desde hace varios años la CIDH ha prestado apoyo a México, tal como ocurrió con el grupo de expertos independientes que apoyó las investigaciones del emblemático caso de los 43 estudiantes de la escuela normal de Ayotzinapa que desaparecieron en 2014.

A diferencia de lo que fueron las tensiones que generó el informe de la CED, en esta oportunidad el gobierno de Sheinbaum recibió favorablemente las recomendaciones de la CIDH.

Mientras se avanza en el diagnóstico, para Belmontes la realidad es otra. La activista, de 65 años, que padece cáncer de colon, afirmó que pese al hallazgo de su hijo no detendrá su lucha para que los responsables de la demora en la identificación del cuerpo respondan ante la justicia. “Seguiré luchando para que otras madres no pasen lo mismo que yo pasé”.

Superintendent Howard Hepburn presented “the 1,000-position reduction plan,” which includes 700 vacant positions and 300 current employees.

The list includes mental health counselors, social workers, and student support instructional specialists.

“They are cutting people that actually work with children,” said Anna Fusco, the president of the Broward Teachers Union. “Everybody that works with students is educating in a different way. I’m a classroom teacher if I have a kid who came in and said my mom died that’s a mental health issue. I’m gonna call my school counselor or my social worker.”

Student support instructional specialist Patrusca Vil doesn’t know if she’ll have a job next school year. Her whole department is on the chopping block.

“Without us, all support staff, we’re with the children. If you want kids to come back, you have got to give resources and give them reasons to come back.”

Hepburn said the budget emphasizes protecting educators, and a big effort was made to prioritize cutting vacant positions and central office staff.

Adam Cervera, a School Board member, suggested cutting positions that will not affect classroom operations.

“The only thing that organizational chart does is ensure that the KCW staff will have jobs next year,” Cervera said about the Kathleen C. Wright Administration Center. “But, is that really the goal?”

The School Board recently approved $254.3 million to increase some salaries. Voters will have a referendum on the ballot on Nov 3 to decide on the renewal of a property tax increase that was approved in 2022.

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The pole was blocking northbound traffic on South Dixie Highway at Southwest 88 Street.

For a map with live traffic updates in South Florida, visit this page.

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

The fire in the area of Florida City was 50% contained after burning about 300 acres, according to the Florida Forest Service.

Miami-Dade firefighters responded to the area of Southwest 344 Street and South Dixie Highway.

“We are working on protecting the communities around Florida City and Homestead, and also making sure that roads stay open,” M-DFR Chief Ralph Baena said.

The smoke from the fire affected air quality and drivers’ visibility. Drivers from Florida City to the Florida Keys experienced road closures on Sunday.

“You can smell it in the air,” Rafael Granadas said in Florida City.

M-DFR personnel warned people with respiratory conditions to keep their windows and doors closed and set their air conditioning systems to recirculate. Emmanuel Villa works outdoors.

“It’s going to be hard at work, breathing all this smoke at work,” Villa said in Florida City about his work in the Florida Keys.

The fire “danger” was moderate and the “potential” high on Monday in Miami-Dade, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ fire danger index report.

Local 10 News Assignment Editors Mercedes Cevallos and Carson Merlo contributed to this report.

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Tavarus Williams was charged as an adult in the May 4, 2022 shooting death of Cairi McNear in the courtyard of an apartment complex at 7126 NW 14th Place in the unincorporated Gladeview area, just north of Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood.

Williams, now 19, told a judge he was guilty of second-degree murder. Investigators with what was then the Miami-Dade Police Department arrested him days after the shooting and said that Williams shot McNear eight times following an argument.

Williams received a 25-year sentence followed by a decade of probation.

Family members of both McNear and Williams were in a Miami courtroom on Monday.

Aurianna McNear, Cairi McNear’s mother, offered forgiveness to Williams, saying she hopes to be a mentor to him.

“I am merciful for you. I want to get to know you. I want to become, at some point when my heart heals, to love you,” she said. “I want you to replace what you took from me. Cairi was my heartbeat.”

She said, “Your life for my son’s life, but in a positive manner. You become my godson. Does that sound reasonable to you?”

Williams said yes.

Angela Williams, Tavarus Williams’ aunt, also spoke.

“The fact that he’s done something wrong, he may have not known it at the time, he’s come to accept it and we just want to say thank you for forgiving him,” she said.

She added, “Thank you for forgiving my nephew.”

Williams told both the judge and the victim’s family that he hopes that one day they can see him as someone that they can care about and not someone that they hate.

In addition to his prison and probation terms, Williams must write a letter of apology, which Local 10 News learned that he has already submitted to the victim’s family.

He also must undergo substance abuse and mental health treatment and make a donation to a victim’s compensation fund.

Williams, as a condition of his sentence, cannot mention McNear in any sort of song or rap lyrics and is now allowed to communicate with Aurianna McNear.

That communication must be done so through the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office and cannot be in any sort of threatening manner.

Miami enters the final week of the regular season in fifth place in the ACC, holding a 35-15 overall record that includes a 15-12 mark inside the conference.

Hurricanes catcher Alex Sosa was named the ACC’s Player of the Week for his efforts while leading Miami to a big series win over the Louisville Cardinals.

Sosa hit .692 during the series, going 9-for-13 at the plate with three home runs, two doubles, nine RBI and five runs scored during three-game series.

After transferring to Miami from North Carolina State, Sosa has had an excellent 2026 season.

He leads all Hurricanes players with 15 home runs while hitting .342 and racking up an impressive 62 RBI, 55 runs and 63 hits through his 50 games in Miami.

Sosa joins Derek Williams, Dylan Dubovik and Jake Ogden as Canes players to be named ACC Player of the Week this season.

For their final weekend series of the regular season, the Hurricanes will face a big test.

Miami heads to Tallahassee to face No. 11 Florida State in what promises to be a competitive few days of baseball.

Whether he was chipping or putting, it was a challenge.

Aronimink is marked by its 180 bunkers that frame the landing areas, except for the longest hitters. The first official day of practice for the PGA Championship brought a reminder that accuracy this week is more about shots into the green than avoiding bunkers or the healthy rough.

These are big greens with big slopes.

“Off the tee it's not extremely challenging,” said Keegan Bradley, who won on a soggy Aronimink in 2018 at the BMW Championship. “But the greens get really crazy, and they are really mounded and hilly just like a lot of Northeast courses. So to put the ball in the right spot is really important.”

The course was full, inside and outside the ropes, despite temperatures that struggled to reach 60 degrees Fahrenheit (15 Celsius), which can happen with the PGA Championship moving to May and being held in northern part of the United States. Bethpage Black was even colder in 2019 until it warmed as the week went on, and that's expected to be the case this week.

Thomas was among the few who made a scouting trip during one of his weeks off. It was a chance to get reacquainted with a course that has fewer trees than the last time he played in 2018, and was in perfect condition. The last day for member play was Nov. 2.

“It's pretty generous off the tee,” Thomas said. “I don't remember, but it feels like at some point you can tell they took out a lot of trees. The holes that feel open, the rough is healthy. But the greens have a lot of slope. It's going to be dependent on how firm and fast they can get.”

There was another reason for an early trip to Aronimink. He could get in 18 holes without feeling as though he lost an entire day. That's typical in the days leading to a major championship.

“Practice rounds at the PGA are the most miserable ever,” Thomas said after playing nine holes Monday morning as the first one out on the back nine. “Unbearably slow.”

More than the U.S. Open?

“Tied for last,” he replied.

And to emphasize the importance of the heavily contoured greens, Thomas said practice rounds look like players working on the short-game area with so much chipping and putting.

“It certainly seems like it’s going to be distance control on your approach shots,” Jordan Spieth said. “Because if you’re able to really be hitting your mid- to short irons, controlling the spin and getting it into these tiers, you can actually ... have a lot of pretty close looks for birdie if you get in the right section. If you miss the section, they are going to be really difficult to either get up-and-down or to two-putt. Just lots of pitch on the greens.”

Spieth has a lot to gain this week, as has been the case since he showed up at the PGA Championship in 2017. A victory would give him the final leg of the career Grand Slam, a feat achieved by only six players, most recently Rory McIlroy last year at the Masters.

“If I can win one more tournament in my life, it would obviously be this one for that reason,” Spieth said. “But the easiest way to do that is to not try to, in a weird way. Just go out and get ready for the first hole, get a good game plan in and attack it the way it needs to be attacked.”

Brandt Snedeker and Sudarshan Yellamaraju of Canada were the final two additions to the 156-man field at Aronimink. The 45-year-old Snedeker qualified by winning the Myrtle Beach Classic last week for his first PGA Tour title in eight years; Yellamaraju was added because the winner of the Truist Championship, Kristoffer Reitan, already had qualified through his world ranking.

Tom Hoge got in as an alternate when Jake Knapp was forced to withdraw with a thumb injury.

The PGA Championship strives to have the top 100 in the world ranking, and it was close until Lucas Herbert won LIV Golf Virginia and Shaun Norris was runner-up (by 14 shots) on the European tour. Both cracked the top 100. Neither is at Aronimink.

Scottie Scheffler, the world's No. 1 player and defending champion, played nine holes. That was the case for most players, with Matt Fitzpatrick being an exception. This is his first time at Aronimink, and he saw the entire course. One part stood out.

“The green complexes, yeah, for sure,” Fitzpatrick said. "They are very severe in spots. It will be interesting to see where obviously the pins get put. There’s certainly two or three holes where you can’t have more than four pins.

“I look at the golf course that I just played, and it definitely favors length off the tee because a lot of the bunkers will be taken out of play,” he said. “So I think for me, the greens are going to be the defense for the week.”

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The measure passed 93-0 in the 120-seat Knesset, or parliament, reflecting widespread support for punishing those found responsible for what was the deadliest attack in Israel’s history. The remaining 27 lawmakers were absent or abstained from voting.

Rights groups have criticized the measure, saying it makes the death penalty too easy to impose while also doing away with procedures safeguarding the right to a fair trial. Defendants can appeal their sentences but the appeals have to be heard by a separate, special appeals court rather than regular appeals courts.

Because the bill empowers a panel of judges to hand down the death penalty by a majority vote — and requires the trials to be conducted in a livestreamed Jerusalem courtroom — it has drawn comparisons to the 1962 trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, which was broadcast live on television.

Eichmann was executed by hanging, the last time the death penalty was carried out in Israel, though technically capital punishment remains on the books for acts of genocide, espionage during wartime and certain terror offenses.

Opponents of the bill also say that livestreaming the proceedings before guilt is established risks turning the trials into a spectacle. They have raised questions about the reliability of the evidence that may be presented, saying it could have been extracted by harsh interrogation methods.

The war began when Hamas-led militants stormed into Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 as hostages. Israel’s ensuing blistering offensive on Gaza has killed over 72,628 Palestinians, including at least 846 killed since a ceasefire took hold last October.

That's according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which doesn’t differentiate between civilians and combatants but says around half the deaths were women and children. The figures by the ministry, which is part of the Hamas-led government, are seen as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and independent experts.

Israeli forces also killed hundreds of militants in battles in the coastal enclave, and took an unknown number of suspects into Israeli custody where they now await trial.

Simcha Rothman, one of the bill’s sponsors who is part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's ruling coalition, said the overwhelming consensus for the bill in the Knesset shows Israeli lawmakers can come together “around a common mission.”

Several Israeli rights groups — including Hamoked, Adalah and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel — said on Monday that while “justice for the victims of October 7 is a legitimate and urgent imperative,” any accountability for the crimes "must be pursued through a process which includes rather than abandons the principles of justice.”

The bill is separate from a law passed in March that approved the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis, a measure harshly condemned by the international community and rights groups as discriminatory and inhumane.

That law applies to future cases and is not retroactive so it could not apply to the October 2023 suspects.

According to the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, the country still holds about 1,300 Palestinians from Gaza without charge in its detention facilities. At least 7,000 Palestinians from Gaza had been held in Israeli custody since October 2023, and 5,000 of them were later released.

The 1,300 number does not include those held on suspicion of attacking Israel on Oct. 7 or involvement in holding the hostages.

The decision follows a Supreme Court ruling in April that struck down a majority-Black U.S. House district in Louisiana as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, significantly weakening a provision of the federal Voting Rights Act.

Alabama officials had pointed to the Louisiana case as reason for the Supreme Court to end a judicial order to use a court-imposed House map until after the 2030 census. The high court overturned that order and directed a lower court to reconsider the case in light of the Louisiana decision. That could free the state to instead use a map approved in 2023 by the Republican-led legislature that includes only one district where Black residents comprise a majority.

Anticipating a court reversal, Alabama officials recently enacted a law allowing it to void the results of a May 19 primary for some congressional districts and instead hold a new primary under the revised district boundaries. It’s up to Republican Gov. Kay Ivey to set a date for a special primary election, though it must occur by August.

In a dissent to Monday's brief ruling, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the Louisiana case had reversed only one of the grounds upon which the Alabama case had been decided. Although the Voting Rights Act violation is gone, Sotomayor said a lower court could still find that Alabama had intentionally discriminated against Black voters in violation of the 14th Amendment.

The decision was a setback for Black residents and groups that had waged a legal fight for several years to get a second Alabama congressional district where Black voters had an opportunity to elect a candidate of their choice.

Evan Milligan, the lead plaintiff in the Alabama congressional case, said Monday that he is disappointed in the decision but added that it could be a “call to action” for voters.

“We are not defeated by this,” Milligan said.

Alabama is one of several states trying to change their congressional district boundaries before the November elections as part of a nationwide redistricting battle being won, so far, by Republicans.

Voting districts typically are redrawn once a decade, immediately after a census, to account for population changes. But President Donald Trump urged Texas Republicans last year to redraw congressional districts to their advantage in a bid to hold onto a narrow House majority in the midterm elections.

Democrats in California countered with their own redistricting. And numerous Republican-led states have followed. The high court’s Louisiana ruling provided fuel for Republicans to intensify their redistricting efforts.

So far, Republicans think they could win as many as 14 additional seats in the November elections from new districts enacted in Texas, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Florida and Tennessee. Democrats think they could win up to six additional seats from new districts in California and Utah. But Democrats suffered a major setback when the Virginia Supreme Cour t overturned a voter-approved redistricting amendment that could have yielded four more seats for the party.

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Cici Gensler, who has been volunteering to foster the kittens for about two years, said she takes at least five at a time. She has saved more than 200.

“They really need you, and that just fills my heart, like I just feel so good giving them the love and the care that they need, rather than them being on the street,” Gensler said. “I feel so good, I took care of something that wasn’t going to make it without me, and I feel like I’ve made a difference in a life.”

Annette Jose, the director of M-DAS, said they need about 300 more fosters to help with the first few weeks, which are crucial to survival.

“The most euthanized animal in a shelter is the neonate just because they are so frail and because they are so vulnerable, but they are also the most adoptable,” Jose said.

M-DAS partnered with the National Kitten College, a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving neonatal kittens, in December.

“In the next 3 months, they are expecting 800 kittens to come in,” said Marnie Russ, the founder of the National Kitten College. “We really work with fosters to take the fear out of what they are doing. I mean who doesn’t want to bottle feed a kitten?”

M-DAS adopts out 2,600 kittens on average annually.

Last year, in April, there were 169 neonates placed with foster families. This April, with more volunteers, there were 323.

With all supplies provided, fostering requires a time commitment of a few weeks filled with feeding and kitten cuddles.

“While this kitten right now needs extra help, this kitten, in a couple weeks will be the most adoptable animal in the shelter,” Russ said. “It will be the first animal out beyond anything else, puppies or anything.”

For more information about how to apply to foster a pet in Miami-Dade County, visit this page.

The Federal Aviation Administration said it approved Boeing’s proposed fix for the workhorse MD-11s “after extensive review.” And then FedEx started flying them to deliver packages again Sunday.

The UPS plane crashed in November 2025 shortly after taking off once the left engine flew off the wing as the plane rolled down the runway. Three pilots on the plane that was headed for Hawaii loaded with packages and fuel were killed along with 12 more people on the ground near Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport.

Boeing developed a plan to replace a key spherical bearing and step up inspections of the parts that hold the engines to the wings. The National Transportation Safety Board has said that in 2011 Boeing had documented four previous failures of the part that helps secure the MD-11’s engines to the wings on three different planes, but at that point the plane manufacturer “determined it would not result in a safety of flight condition.” These planes were built by McDonnell Douglas, which was later bought by Boeing.

The FAA grounded all MD-11s after the crash because of concerns that the planes might not be safe. Earlier this year, UPS retired its entire fleet of the aircraft, which made up about 9% of its total fleet. But FedEx had remained committed to getting them back in the air even though they only account for about 4% of its fleet. The other package hauler that used MD-11s, Western Global Airlines, has not commented publicly since the crash and didn't respond to an email about the FAA's decision.

FedEx said in a statement that it worked closely with Boeing, the FAA and its own experts to inspect and repair its planes, and the government certified that it had complied with Boeing's recommendations. It owns 46 of these planes though even before the crash it had been storing more than two dozen of them.

“Safety is our highest priority at FedEx,” the company said.

But FedEx does plan to eventually retire its MD-11s and replace them with more efficient models. They had announced that long-term plan even before the crash.

Aviation lawyers who are representing some of the families that have sued over the Louisville crash said they hope the FAA made sure these planes will be safe.

“We hope the FAA does a thorough job of investigating the fixes before the MD-11 fleet is allowed to return to flight,” lawyer Bradley Cosgrove said.

But aviation safety expert Jeff Guzzetti said he’s surprised it took this long to get these planes flying again given how quickly the NTSB identified key concerns that likely contributed to the engine falling off. The NTSB is planning two days of investigative hearings on the UPS crash next week to delve deeper into what happened.

“I’m confident that the solution will work, and I would like to see the MD-11s back up in the air. It will be a safe airplane with regards to its engines after these corrective actions are made,” said Guzzetti, who used to investigate crashes for both the NTSB and FAA.

Some experts speculated after the crash that the MD-11s might never fly again if the repair proved to be more expensive that it was worth in these older planes. But Boeing found a way to address the safety concerns with just replacing the bearing and stepping up inspections.

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According to an arrest report obtained Monday by Local 10 News, Janice Garcia, of Miami, surrendered herself Sunday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

She faces charges of DUI and DUI causing serious bodily injury.

According to the report, the crash happened just after 3:30 a.m. on April 11 as Deputy Josh Brown and another deputy were patrolling the Kendall District as a two-officer unit.

Deputies said Garcia struck Brown with her blue Mazda MZ3 as he was outside his patrol car in the 8500 block of Southwest 99^th Court.

Brown told detectives that Garcia flashed her vehicle’s high beams at him, and his partner said Garcia was driving very close to the edge of the roadway.

According to the report, Brown tried to move out of the car’s path, but was struck and propelled through the air.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel transported the deputy to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Authorities confirmed Brown suffered a concussion and numerous other injuries throughout his body, and had to receive a skin graft and undergo ankle surgery.

According to the report, Garcia appeared to be distraught after the crash and had “slurred speech, bloodshot, watery eyes” and her breath smelled like an alcoholic beverage.

A member of MDSO’s Impaired Driving Enforcement Squad said Garcia told him “Tell me what my rights are” before agreeing to participate in field sobriety tests, which she failed.

She also agreed to provide blood samples, which showed her blood-alcohol content level was .156 percent and .154 percent, above Florida’s .08% limit for drivers, the report stated.

Garcia is expected to appear in bond court on Monday.

The Hispanic Police Officers Association posted a photo of Brown on its Instagram page after Garcia’s arrest, showing some of his injuries.

“For those who have asked how they can support Deputy Brown and the Brown family during this difficult time, attendance at the hearing would certainly not go unnoticed,” the post read in part. “Please continue keeping Deputy Brown and his family in your thoughts and prayers.”

There's no telling who will be the bettors' choice by the time the race actually starts Saturday at Laurel Park. Taj Mahal (5-1), Chip Honcho (5-1), Incredibolt (5-1) and Ocelli (6-1) were also among the favorites following Monday's draw, but none have particularly short odds in what could be the largest Preakness field in 15 years.

The last time 14 horses made it to the starting gate was in 2011.

Post time Saturday is 7:01 p.m. at Laurel, which is hosting the middle race of the Triple Crown this year as Pimlico in Baltimore is rebuilt.

Golden Tempo is the third Kentucky Derby winner in five years not to enter the Preakness, but three other horses from the Derby are in the field — Ocelli, Incredibolt and Robusta (30-1). Great White (15-1) is also back after being scratched from the Derby when he threw his jockey just before entering the gate.

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Spurs, just above the drop zone, moved two points clear of relegation rival West Ham.

Tottenham went ahead in the 50th minute with a lovely strike by Mathys Tels.

However, Tels’ foul on Ethan Ampadu with 15 minutes left led to a Leeds penalty that Dominic Calvert-Lewin converted with aplomb.

Spurs takes on Chelsea away and Everton at home in their last two games, while West Ham is away at Newcastle before facing Leeds at home on the final day of the season.

One of the two will join the already relegated Burnley and Wolves in next season’s Championship.

Spurs came into the game on a high after two consecutive victories but though they dominated the first half in terms of possession and shots on goal they didn’t break the deadlock until five minutes into the second half.

Pedro Porro’s corner kick was cleared to an unmarked Tels, who coolly struck into the far corner of the net from 20 meters out. It was the center forward’s first goal since Jan. 7.

Tels, however, turned villain 24 minutes later when his high foot was adjudged to have made contact with Ethan Ampadu’s head inside the box.

The referee pointed to the spot and Calvert-Lewin, who was denied a first-half penalty after a video review, confidently dispatched the spot kick.

Both sides suffered through an edgy last few moments and a remarkable 15 minutes of added time but there were no more goals and Spurs, for whom goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky was outstanding. They will content themselves that their destiny remains in their hands.

“We played a good game but there was big pressure," Tottenham coach Roberto De Zerbi said. “We didn’t play calmly. We wanted to win immediately without passes. When you are fighting for relegation you can’t play every game calmly.

“Leeds played a good game and we hope they play like that against West Ham in the next game.”

Spurs have taken eight out of a possible 12 points since De Zerbi’s debut defeat at Sunderland on April 12.

“We deserve to stay up," he said. “We will fight until the end. . . . Even if we had won today it wouldn’t have been finished yet.”

Hull secures playoff spot

Hull will play Southampton or Middlesbrough in the Championship playoff final after second half goals from Mo Belloumi and Joe Gelhardt gave it a 2-0 win over Millwall in London.

Belloumi’s 64th-minute strike with his left foot broke the deadlock in the second game of the two-leg affair and Gelhardt made sure with a low shot that squirmed past the Millwall goalkeeper.

The win means Hull have one match to secure a place in the Premier League for the first time since it was relegated in 2017.

Southampton and Middlesbrough drew the first leg 0-0 on Saturday and will play their return tie on Tuesday.

The playoff final is set for Wembley on May 23.

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According to the report, Leroy Wright Jr., 46, of Miami, was arrested Friday on charges of offenses against students by authority figures, unlawful sexual activity with a minor and depiction of obscene material involving a minor.

Police said the principal of Miami Jackson Senior High School was emailed by someone on April 28, who told her that Wright, a reading teacher at the school, was “having a relationship” with a student.

The principal eventually submitted a “personnel investigative model report” to the M-DCPS Office of Professional Standards last Thursday and the report was then submitted to the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department, the report stated.

According to the report, police interviewed the person who emailed the principal on Thursday and that person identified the victim to them.

Police said they then interviewed the victim at his home, in the presence of his mother, and the student told them that he first met Wright at the beginning of the school year when Wright approached him and asked him to join the Freshman Club, which he was the adult sponsor for.

Police said the student joined the club.

According to the report, the victim claimed that the first sexual incident occurred on April 29 when he hugged his teacher as he was exiting Wright’s classroom.

Police said the student claimed that Wright hugged him back and then kissed him for about 6 minutes while groping him.

Wright also kissed the student on May 1 and groped him that day and while driving him home on May 4, authorities said.

According to the report, Wright waived his Miranda rights and provided some kind of admission, although his exact statement to detectives was redacted from the publicly released report.

Police said Wright was informed prior to his arrest that the victim’s cellphone had been “forensically examined.”

He was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center Friday and remained there Monday morning without bond.

His attorney appeared on his behalf during a court hearing Monday. He’s set be back before a judge on Wednesday.

A neighbor of Wright told Local 10 News was in disbelief after hearing of the PhD-holder’s arrest.

“He is too educated for that. No. Not my friend,” she said.

The school district released a statement over the weekend, confirming Wright would be fired.

“The type of behavior this individual is accused of will not be tolerated, as it runs contrary to the professional conduct we expect from all employees,” the statement read. “The District has initiated employment termination proceedings and will ensure the individual is precluded from seeking future employment with the District. At M-DCPS, the safety and well-being of all students remain our top priority.”

“That focus hasn’t changed," Sankey said at the APSE Southeast Region meeting at the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. "We’re open to the conversation, but there are a lot of ideas out there that have to be supported with analysis and information, not speculation.”

Sankey said all changes in college athletics must come with appropriate research — something he believes the SEC has provided in support of a four-team expansion to 16. To Sankey, the Big Ten-backed plan and whether it would offer much difference from 16 teams, is an unknown. A decision on the 2027 format would need to be made later this year.

The playoff expanded from four to 12 teams in 2024, and after decision-makers failed to reach an expansion agreement, the CFP will use the same model for the 2026-27 season. The discussion carries major implications for the college football schedule in general, including when it kicks off, the role of still-lucrative conference championship games and when the season comes to a close in January.

“We're trying to inform that with research. We've done that, from our perspective, with 16,” Sankey said. “We want to understand, through some analytic support, games that matter in an expanded environment, and games that might not matter.”

Sankey cited Oklahoma's late push into the playoff last season as the blueprint, saying it was “good for college football.”

An NCAA committee last month recommended that Football Bowl Subdivision teams play a 12-game schedule over 14 weeks beginning in 2027 with the season starting on the Thursday of what is now designated Week Zero and ending the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

Last week, the American Football Coaches Association proposed changes to the schedule that included eliminating conference championship games, reducing scheduled bye weeks from two to one and reducing the minimum number of days between games to no fewer than six. Sankey suggested he was hearing different from league coaches.

“The American Football Coaches Association without, like, picking up the phone and having a conversation with those of us in the decision-making role, issues a set of statements and says we want to get the season done earlier," said Sankey, who contended the AFCA plan had “mutually exclusive" options. “And oh, by the way, we just met with our football coaches, (who) said, ‘If we’re going to go to Week Zero, two open weeks is the priority, not an earlier rush into the postseason.’ Two open weeks work for injury purposes, for recovery purposes, for development purposes, is the priority.”

Sankey did acknowledge a host of headaches when it comes to scheduling, with power leagues moving to a nine-game conference schedule and the ongoing desire to use non-conference dates as a chance for a marquee game to polish a CFP resume. In March, President Donald Trump issued an exective order barring postseason games from airing during the annual Army-Navy matchup in December; the AFCA has since proposed a dedicated window for the Army-Navy game with flexibility for other same-day games outside of the window.

The commissioner and AFCA are seemingly more aligned on that matter.

“We now have two executive orders about Army-Navy, and I think everyone wants to honor Army-Navy, but you do have limits," he said. "Conference championship games still exist, and there are contracts around those for the first week of December, so plenty of opinions about whether they continue or not. Then you’re the Army-Navy game, then you’re the NFL Saturday, and we’ve already infringed upon that, and you can see the impact upon both sides — ratings, the NFL and college football on that Saturday. So where do you fit all the games?”

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Jason Smith and Jonathan Santana, sergeants in the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, filed the lawsuit in Miami federal court earlier this month against Artists Equity, a film production company owned by Affleck and Damon. Court filings don't say how much the officers are suing for, but the civil complaint says they're seeking compensatory damages, punitive damages and attorney fees, as well as a public retraction and correction.

“The Rip” features Affleck and Damon as South Florida police officers who find millions of dollars inside a house. Parts of the movie were inspired by a real 2016 case, where police found over $21 million linked to a suspected marijuana trafficker in a Miami Lakes home.

An attorney for Artists Equity declined to comment when reached Monday by The Associated Press. But in a March 19 response to the plaintiffs' demand letter, Leita Walker, an attorney for Artists Equity, wrote that the film does not purport to tell the true story of that incident or portray real people, which had been stated by a disclaimer in the film's credits.

Although Smith and Santana aren't named in the film, the lawsuit claims that Santana was serving as the lead detective assigned to the real case, and Smith was the sergeant who supervised the investigative team. The film's inclusion of real details about the case gives the impression that the characters are based on the plaintiffs, the suit said.

And this, the lawsuit claims, has given friends, family members and colleagues the impression that the plaintiffs committed the criminal acts that appear in the film, which include (SPOILER ALERT) conspiring to steal seized drug money, murdering a supervising officer, communicating with cartel members, committing arson in a residential neighborhood, endangering the lives of civilians, repeatedly violating core law-enforcement protocols and executing a federal agent rather than making an arrest.

Walker wrote in March that the plaintiffs haven't even identified which particular character is supposed to be based on Smith or Santana, so even if “The Rip” was actually about a real-life narcotics team, there's no way to connect any of the characters to the plaintiffs.

“The Rip,” directed by Joe Carnahan, debuted in January on Netflix. It's currently rated 78% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

The stalled diplomacy and recent exchanges of fire could tip the Middle East back into open warfare and prolong the worldwide energy crisis sparked by the conflict. Iran still has a chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for global oil and gas shipments, and America is blockading Iranian ports.

Asked at the White House if the ceasefire was still in effect, Trump said it’s on “life support.”

“I would call it the weakest right now after reading that piece of garbage they sent us,” Trump added. “I didn’t even finish reading it.”

Trump also said he supported a suspension of the federal tax on gasoline — just over 18 cents per gallon and 24 cents for diesel. Congress, which is controlled by Republicans, would have to approve. The tax brings in more than $23 billion each year.

His pledge came after fuel prices surged past $4.50 a gallon last week. Trump predicted that the price of oil and gas would drop “like a rock” as soon as hostilities are over.

The two sides remain far apart

Trump has demanded a major rollback of Iran’s nuclear activities, while Iran is pushing for a more limited agreement that would reopen the strait and lift the blockade ahead of further negotiations.

On Monday, Trump claimed that Iran had said it would allow the U.S. to come in and help extract its highly enriched uranium but went back on that in its latest ceasefire proposal. “They changed their mind because they didn’t put it in the paper,” he said.

Iran has not publicly agreed to give up its uranium, saying it has a right to enrich and that its nuclear program is entirely peaceful.

Two regional officials told The Associated Press that Iran has offered to dilute part of its highly enriched uranium and transport the rest to a third country. Russia has previously offered to take it. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive diplomacy.

Trump is expected to use a trip this week to China to urge President Xi Jinping to pressure Iran. Beijing is the biggest buyer of Iran’s sanctioned crude oil, giving it leverage.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who launched the war with Trump on Feb. 28, has also demanded that all of Iran’s highly enriched uranium be removed from the country.

He told CBS’ “60 Minutes” in an interview that aired Sunday that if that can’t be accomplished with negotiations, Israel and the U.S. agree “we can reengage them militarily.”

Iran’s proposal included far-reaching demands

Iran’s proposal asked that the U.S. recognize its sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, formalizing its control over the international waterway. Iran has effectively closed the strait since the start of the war, allowing only a small number of ships to pass and charging tolls.

But experts say such an arrangement would likely violate international law that provides for freedom of navigation. That proposal is also likely to be widely rejected by the international community. The strait was open to international traffic before the war.

Iran is also demanding war reparations from the U.S., the lifting of international sanctions, the unfreezing of Iranian assets held abroad and an end to the war between Israel and Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah, according to Iranian state TV.

Israel and Hezbollah have continued to exchange blows, mainly in southern Lebanon, since a nominal ceasefire took hold last month.

“We did not demand any concessions — the only thing we demanded was Iran’s legitimate rights,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said Monday. “The American side still insists on its one-sided views and unreasonable demands.”

Pakistan still trying to negotiate a deal

Two regional diplomats familiar with the ongoing talks said that Pakistan was continuing its efforts to broker a compromise.

One of the diplomats said Pakistan was trying to arrange a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the war and paving the way for a broader dialogue on issues where the two sides remain divided.

Pakistan had hoped to help finalize the memorandum last week, but the effort did not materialize, and mediators are still working on various proposals, the diplomat said.

The diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the behind-the-scenes diplomacy, added that Islamabad is receiving support from other regional countries in its peace efforts.

Iran keeps up its executions

Meanwhile, Iran executed another man it accused of spying for both the CIA and Israel’s Mossad intelligence service. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency said Erfan Shakourzadeh had worked on satellite communications and relayed classified information to those intelligence services.

Iran has carried out a string of executions since nationwide protests swept the country in January. Activist groups have long accused Iran of carrying out closed-door trials during which defendants are unable to fully defend themselves. Iran’s judiciary chief has repeatedly said that Tehran would increase the speed with which it carried out hangings to fight back against its enemies at home and abroad.

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Magdy reported from Cairo and Kim from Washington. Associated Press reporter Munir Ahmed in Islamabad contributed.

The lawsuit comes after state authorities disclosed that ChatGPT gave information to the shooter about what time and location would maximize victims on campus, as well as the type of gun and ammunition to use. Authorities say he was also told that an attack can get more media attention if children are involved.

“OpenAI knew this would happen. It’s happened before and it was only a matter of time before it happened again,” Vandana Joshi, whose husband Tiru Chabba was one of two people killed, said in a statement Monday. Six people were also wounded.

The lawsuit, filed Sunday in federal court, says OpenAI should have built ChatGPT with guardrails to let someone know that police may need to investigate “to prevent a specific plan for imminent harm to the public.”

OpenAI has denied any wrongdoing in what it called a “terrible crime.”

“In this case, ChatGPT provided factual responses to questions with information that could be found broadly across public sources on the internet, and it did not encourage or promote illegal or harmful activity,” Drew Pusateri, a spokesman for the company, said in an email to The Associated Press.

Separately, in April, Florida’s attorney general said there was a rare criminal investigation into ChatGPT over whether the AI tool offered advice to Phoenix Ikner that enabled the April 2025 shooting in Tallahassee. The 21-year-old has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder and several counts of attempted murder. Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty.

Investigators said Ikner, a Florida State student, was on campus for an hour before he walked in and out of campus buildings and green spaces while firing a handgun. The shooting took place on a weekday just before lunchtime near the school’s Student Union, which has food and shops. The lawsuit says Ikner asked ChatGPT about the busiest times there.

Joshi’s husband, a 45-year-old father of two from Greenville, South Carolina, was a regional vice president of the food service vendor Aramark Collegiate Hospitality. The other man who was killed, Robert Morales, 57, was a campus dining coordinator at Florida State.

OpenAI “put their profits over our safety and it killed my husband. They need to be responsible before another family has to go through this,” Joshi said in a statement released by her lawyer.

OpenAI is currently valued at $852 billion.

Several lawsuits have sought damages from AI and tech companies over the influence of chatbots and social media on loved ones’ mental health.

In March, a jury in Los Angeles found both Meta and YouTube liable for harms to children using their services. In New Mexico, a jury determined that Meta knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its platforms.

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Officials said 11 people were hospitalized following the sudden explosion that occurred around 2 p.m.

Jim Scott said getting the call that his wife Paola had been rushed to the hospital was unnerving, and the reason why was unexpected.

“Wy wife has burns over 50% of her body, on her stomach, and both legs, and right arm,” he said. “I am thinking car accident, last thing on my mind is a boat blew up. One of my wife’s friends doesn’t know how to swim, so she helped her to shore.”

That friend, 62-year-old Ruth Gutierrez, has since been discharged from the hospital.

Gutierrez returned to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital with her daughter Samantha Peña to visit her friends still recovering inside.

“She said her injury is minor compared to the rest, her right arm, a part of her body, back and hair was burned as well, she thinks the hat she was wearing covered and saved her face,” said Peña. “Her whole body hurts.”

Gutierrez credits her friend Paola with saving her life.

“Her friend who is worse off than her helped her come back up to the boat,” said Peña, adding that her mother mentioned that she smelled gasoline before the explosion. “The only thing she remembers is that they were singing happy birthday, she said about the smell, and then a couple of minutes after, everything exploded. She remembers that someone replied and said that was a normal thing but she doesn’t know who was it.”

Added Scott: “They went to light a candle on the birthday cake and struck the match and then woo, it blew up.”

Seasoned boat captain Patrick Lee says he witnessed the explosion.

“A gasoline explosion is just, whoosh, quick and it is just terrible,” he said. “When we looked back out, we saw three people flying off the boat and a puff of smoke.”

Jackson Memorial Hospital staff are also caring for Adriana Rojas.

Her husband Anthony Torres said she is suffering from severe burn injuries.

“I know nine of them were submitted here, two of them got away without a scratch, which is a miracle and it is a miracle that no one was killed,” he said. “She was screaming, ‘Help me! Help me! I’m burned! The boat blew up! Help me! Help me!’”

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is actively investigating the cause of the explosion.

There has been no word on whether the boat captain or charter company will face any citations or charges.

According to police, the victims arrived Thursday afternoon at the McDonalds located at 17730 Collins Ave. to pick up a DoorDash delivery order when one of them accidentally brushed Clifford Atis, 36, of northwest Miami-Dade, with his elbow.

Police said Atis immediately punched the victim in the face and when the second victim attempted to intervene the defuse the situation, Atis said “I’m going to shoot you guys” before leaving the restaurant and heading toward his vehicle.

After Atis retrieved a gray item from his car, the victims, who went outside to tell him to wait for police to arrive, ran back inside the restaurant after seeing him holding what they believed to be a gun.

Police said they later found the weapon inside Atis’ vehicle.

Officers took Atis into custody on two counts of aggravated assault with a firearm and one count of battery.

As of Monday afternoon, Atis remained behind bars at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $10,000 bond.

The league announced Game 5 between the Frost and Victoire would not take place in Laval, Quebec, as planned because of player safety concerns related to an illness.

Two people with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press the illness is limited to Montreal. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the PWHL is not revealing that information.

The PWHL said medical assessment has determined that the symptoms are not consistent with hantavirus.

The rodent-borne disease has drawn attention in recent days after several Canadians were identified as contacts linked to a deadly outbreak aboard an Antarctic cruise ship, though no Canadian cases have been confirmed.

It was not immediately clear when the game will now take place, though the league expects to provide an update within the next day.

“The decision was made following consultation with medical personnel and in accordance with the league’s commitment to the health and wellbeing of players, fans, staff and all those involved in the competition,” the PWHL said.

The winner will face the Ottawa Charge in the Walter Cup Final after they defeated the Boston Fleet in the other first-round matchup. Minnesota won the title in each of the league’s first two years of existence and is going for a three-peat.

The regular-season champion Victoire and third-seeded Frost have alternated wins, splitting each of their two games at home, including Montreal's 1-0 triple-overtime win in Game 2. The Frost forced Game 5 with a 3-1 win at Minnesota on Friday night.

The teams flew together by charter to Minnesota for Games 3 and 4, but traveled back to Montreal separately on Saturday.

The PWHL said earlier in the day that Games 3 and 4 of the best-of-five final at Ottawa were set for May 18 and May 20. It was also not clear if those dates would be affected by the postponement.

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Cummins, who worked as a senior vice president at Serco, a government contractor that works with local and federal agencies, would take over a TSA bruised by the longest partial government shutdown in history which ended late last month.

During periods of the shutdown, employees at the TSA, currently overseen by acting administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill, went without pay, thousands didn't show up to work and hundreds quit entirely. It left travelers frustrated over delays and missed flights and politicians pointed fingers over who was to blame for shutting down the Department of Homeland Security.

Cummins has experience in transportation at Serco, and says on a LinkedIn profile, which appears to have been taken down, that he was co-awarded a “dozen patents in transportation systems." His profile also touted that he was the director of operations for the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in 2002.

A spokesperson for Serco did not immediately return a request for comment from Cummins.

His nomination comes as the Trump administration has increasingly signaled it is backing away from promises to dismantle FEMA, an agency that has faced withering criticism by the president. The nomination of Hamilton, who argued abolishing FEMA was not in the country’s best interests, is the latest indication of that change.

If confirmed, Hamilton would be the principal adviser to Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on emergency management and FEMA’s first permanent administrator in Trump’s second term. The agency has gone through three temporary leaders, including Hamilton’s brief tenure from January to May 2025.

He would take over an embattled agency still reeling from Kristi Noem’s turbulent leadership of the Department of Homeland Security, of which FEMA is part. FEMA’s workforce has been worn down by mass staff departures, policies that hamstrung operations and a 75-day-long DHS shutdown that ended April 30.

Hamilton will need to ensure the agency is prepared for summer disaster season, just weeks away, while answering to Trump, who is likely to expect major reforms after a council he appointed recommended sweeping changes last Friday.

“Now is the opportunity to stabilize FEMA,” said Michael Coen, the agency’s chief of staff in the Obama and Biden administrations.

Fired after defending FEMA

Hamilton, who had never been a state or local emergency management director and who had publicly criticized FEMA in the past, was a controversial choice when Trump named him temporary leader in January 2025, just days before the president floated the idea of “getting rid” of FEMA.

His rupture with DHS officials began as he defended a federal role in supporting disaster-impacted states, tribes and territories.

“Once the conversation shifted to, ‘Now we’re going to abolish,’ I immediately expressed concern,” he said last September on the “Disaster Tough” podcast with John Scardena, a former FEMA incident management team leader.

DHS officials even subjected him to a polygraph test, accusing him and other officials of leaking details of a private meeting. He passed, but said he knew his dismissal was inevitable.

At a May 7 appearance before a House Appropriations subcommittee, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, a Connecticut Democrat, asked Hamilton if he believed FEMA should be abolished.

“I do not believe it is in the best interest of the American people to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency,” he replied. The next day, he was fired.

Hamilton will have to rebuild trust

Defending FEMA despite knowing it would likely cost him his job garnered respect and trust among people whose job it is to lead communities through crisis, said Scardena, now president of the consultancy Doberman Emergency Management Group, which trains emergency managers.

“He won myself over and I think a lot of people by what he did,” Scardena said.

But multiple current FEMA employees who requested anonymity for fear of retribution for speaking publicly told The Associated Press they had concerns over some of the actions taken under Hamilton.

In 2024, Hamilton shared posts on X promoting misinformation about FEMA spending during Hurricane Helene.

During his temporary leadership, FEMA ceased door-to-door canvassing to reach survivors after disasters, and canceled a multibillion-dollar resilience grant program, since restored by a federal judge. The Department of Government Efficiency gained access to internal FEMA networks containing survivors’ private information. FEMA staff were fired for fulfilling a reimbursement payment to New York City for housing undocumented immigrants as part of FEMA’s Shelter and Services program.

Hamilton has said he believes FEMA needs major reform. He has said that he wants FEMA to move faster, that the agency is saddled with responsibilities he sees as outside its remit, and that some states have become too dependent on the agency. A Trump-appointed council last week urged sweeping changes to FEMA, which would require congressional action.

“I think he’s going to need to rebuild trust across the agency,” said Deanne Criswell, FEMA administrator under former President Joe Biden, adding that she believes Hamilton cares about FEMA and she appreciated his outreach to emergency management directors and former officials during and after his tenure.

Senate confirmation process could raise questions of experience

Hamilton could face pushback in the Senate confirmation process over never having led an emergency management agency, a common stepping stone to becoming administrator of an agency with over 21,000 employees.

Federal law requires the FEMA administrator to have “a demonstrated ability in and knowledge of emergency management and homeland security” and at least five years of “executive leadership and management experience.”

Hamilton trained as a Navy hospital corpsman before spending a decade as a Navy SEAL on SEAL Team Eight. He then became a U.S. State Department emergency management specialist handling overseas crisis response, then directed emergency medical services at DHS.

Según BSO, Anthony Adams, de 18 años, y Aamir Adams, de 19, fueron detenidos el viernes por múltiples cargos, incluyendo asesinato premeditado e intento criminal, instigación y conspiración. Aamir Adams también enfrenta un cargo de violación de libertad condicional.

Local 10 News solicitó copias de ambos informes de arresto.

Según BSO, el tiroteo fue reportado alrededor de la 1 a.m. del viernes cerca del bloque 7900 de Southwest Seventh Court.

Una portavoz de BSO dijo que los detectives llegaron a la escena y encontraron a dos personas con heridas de bala.

El personal de North Lauderdale Fire Rescue trasladó a ambas víctimas a un hospital local, donde una de ellas murió.

Un equipo de Local 10 News estuvo en la escena más tarde esa mañana mientras los investigadores colocaban marcadores de evidencia en el suelo antes de que un Ford Mustang fuera remolcado. La ventana del lado del conductor había sido destrozada por las balas.

Una portavoz de BSO dijo que los detectives encontraron posteriormente el vehículo de los sospechosos cerca del bloque 1300 de Avocado Isle en Fort Lauderdale, donde al menos uno de los sospechosos fue detenido.

La relación entre ambos sospechosos no ha sido divulgada aún.

Hasta el lunes por la tarde, ambos permanecían detenidos en la Cárcel Principal del condado de Broward sin fianza.

Los oficiales detuvieron a Fabrice Jack Janvier el viernes en el bloque 900 de Northwest 196th Terrace.

Según las autoridades, una repartidora de Amazon intentaba entregar un paquete cuando Janvier salió de la casa de al lado y le lanzó un machete.

La policía dijo que Janvier luego recogió el machete y lo levantó “como si tuviera la intención de golpearla”, lo que hizo que la repartidora corriera hacia su vehículo y se alejara mientras Janvier “la perseguía con el machete”, según el informe de arresto.

Los oficiales que respondieron fueron a la casa de Janvier y hablaron con él allí. Los oficiales observaron el machete en su poder, pero con la ayuda del padre de Janvier lograron que saliera de la casa de forma segura para ser detenido sin incidentes.

Janvier enfrenta un cargo de intento de agresión agravada con arma mortífera y hasta el lunes por la mañana permanecía detenido en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight con una fianza de $10,000.

The move came after the Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down a constitutional amendment that voters narrowly passed just last month. The 4-3 state court decision found that the Democratic-controlled legislature improperly began the process of placing the amendment on the ballot after early voting had begun in the Virginia's general election last fall.

Democrats argued unsuccessfully that the U.S. Supreme Court has held that, even if early voting is underway, an election does not happen until Election Day itself.

The appeal is the latest twist in the nation’s mid-decade redistricting competition. It was kicked off last year by President Donald Trump urging Republican-controlled states to redraw their lines and was supercharged by a recent Supreme Court ruling severely weakening the Voting Rights Act.

“The Court overrode the will of the people who ratified the amendment by ordering the Commonwealth to conduct its election with the congressional districts that the people rejected,” wrote lawyers for Virginia Democrats and the state's Democratic Attorney General, Jay Jones. They added, “The irreparable harm resulting from the Supreme Court of Virginia’s decision is profound and immediate.”

The filing is a sign of Democratic desperation after the Virginia decision deprived them of four winnable House seats in the mid-decade redistricting race that President Donald Trump kicked off last year. Democrats are still favorites to recapture the House of Representatives, but their GOP rivals have claimed to have gained more than a dozen seats through redistricting. The voter-approved Virginia map would have partly offset that.

Democrats are taking a legal long shot in asking the justices to reverse the Virginia court's ruling. The Supreme Court tries to avoid second-guessing state courts' interpretations of their own constitutions. In 2023, it turned down a request by North Carolina Republicans to overrule a state Supreme Court decision that blocked the GOP's congressional map.

Politically, the appeal could help a party struggling to compete with Republicans in the unusual mid-decade redrawing of congressional boundaries by providing fodder for election-year messaging about a partisan Supreme Court. The court recently allowed Louisiana Republicans to proceed with redistricting after the justices struck down a majority Black district as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

Democrats have been set on their heels because, days after the Virginia ballot measure passed, the Supreme Court's conservatives reversed decades of rulings and effectively neutered the Voting Rights Act, paving the way for Southern states to eliminate some majority Black districts and further pad Republican margins in Congress.

The Virginia amendment had been launched long before that ruling. It was intended as a response to Republican gains in Texas, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio, and to blunt a new map in Florida that just became law. Once the Virginia amendment passed, it briefly turned the nationwide redistricting scramble into a draw between the two parties.

That was unraveled by the Virginia Supreme Court's decision. The justices are appointed by the legislature, which has flipped between the two parties in recent decades, and the body is generally not seen as having a clear ideological bent.

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Riccardi reported from Denver.

Their pitch back in 1990 didn't work. Or at the very least, the results took quite a while to come to fruition.

But now, after the Kansas City Chiefs poured millions of dollars into altering their 53-year-old stadium so that it could fit the field dimensions required by soccer's global governing body, the dream of the Hunt family is about to become a reality. Their stadium will host six pool-play games beginning next month, along with a round of 32 match and a World Cup quarterfinal.

"Clark has been keen on really living that legacy, finding a way for Kansas City and Arrowhead Stadium specifically to host World Cup matches," Matt Kenny, the Chiefs' executive vice president of operations and events, said Monday during a stadium tour.

The first match at Arrowhead Stadium will feature defending champion Argentina against Algeria on June 16. Ecuador and Curacao will play the following week, while Tunisia will play the Netherlands and Algeria will face Austria later in pool play.

The two knockout games are scheduled for July 3 and July 11, after which Arrowhead Stadium will revert to a football stadium.

The Chiefs expect to play their first preseason game about a month later.

All of the games played in the U.S. will be played in the homes of NFL teams, from MetLife Stadium — the home of the New York Jets and Giants — to Levi's Stadium outside San Francisco and SoFi Stadium outside Los Angeles. But what makes Arrowhead Stadium unique is that it was built in 1972, in a much different era for professional sports, and the notion of hosting soccer matches was never a thought.

To accommodate the larger field, several rows of permanent seats were removed from the north sideline, which is where the visiting team is on NFL game days, and replaced with modular seating for use during the football season. Those seats were then removed again when Arrowhead Stadium began to transition into a soccer venue.

For World Cup purposes, it will be known as Kansas City Stadium.

Perhaps an even bigger upgrade came to the playing surface itself. The Chiefs installed an air system beneath the field to help with the quality of the Bermuda grass pitch, which was re-sodded with a different shape crown for the World Cup matches.

“FIFA has some basic requirements in respect to playability. They want consistency with the way the ball bounces. Obviously, the width and the size of the pitch across venues,” Kenny said. “It's been the better part of 10 years from the bid to actually executing the matches here, and it's been a massive collaboration.”

The work is not quite done. Even with teams due to arrive in only a few weeks — Argentina, England, the Netherlands and Algeria will be based in the area — cranes were still working Monday to remove signage to avoid sponsorship conflicts, and putting up the fanfest, pavilions and other infrastructure that will consume vast areas of Arrowhead Stadium's expansive parking lots.

Don't expect the kind of robust tailgating experience folks are accustomed to seeing in Kansas City, either. The majority of fans will be bussed into Arrowhead Stadiums from satellite parking areas, and only a few thousand parking spots will be made available.

“The challenges were really tied to us understanding exactly what FIFA needed, what we could do to balance our unique situation,” Kenny said. “We're hosting a quarterfinal match, so that's a testament to our planning and the work that's been done.”

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Justice Samuel Alito’s order Monday allows women seeking abortions to continue obtaining the pill at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor. It prevents restrictions on mifepristone imposed by a federal appeals court from taking effect for the time being.

The court is dealing with its latest abortion controversy four years after its conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade and allowed more than a dozen states to effectively ban abortion outright.

The case before the court stems from a lawsuit Louisiana filed to roll back the Food and Drug Administration’s rules on how mifepristone can be prescribed. The state claims the policy undermines the ban there, and it questions the safety of the drug, which was first approved in 2000 and has repeatedly been deemed safe and effective by FDA scientists.

Lower courts concluded that Louisiana is likely to prevail, and a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that mail access and telehealth visits should be suspended while the case plays out.

The drug is most often used for abortion in combination with another drug, misoprostol. Medication abortions accounted for nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. in 2023, the last year for which statistics are available.

The current dispute is similar to one that reached the court three years ago.

Lower courts then also sought to restrict access to mifepristone, in a case brought by physicians who oppose abortion. They filed suit in the months after the court overturned Roe.

The Supreme Court blocked the 5th Circuit ruling from taking effect over the dissenting votes of Alito and Justice Clarence Thomas. Then, in 2024, the high court unanimously dismissed the doctors’ suit, reasoning they did not have the legal right, or standing, to sue.

In the current dispute, mainstream medical groups, the pharmaceutical industry and Democratic members of Congress have weighed in cautioning the court against limiting access to the drug. Pharmaceutical companies said a ruling for abortion opponents would upend the drug approval process.

The FDA has eased a number of restrictions initially placed on the drug, including who can prescribe it, how it is dispensed and what kinds of safety complications must be reported.

Despite those determinations, abortion opponents have been challenging the safety of mifepristone for more than 25 years. They have filed a series of petitions and lawsuits against the agency, generally alleging that it violated federal law by overlooking safety issues with the pill.

President Donald Trump’s administration has been unusually quiet at the Supreme Court. It declined to file a written brief recommending what the court should do, even though federal regulations are at issue.

The case puts Trump’s Republican administration in a difficult place. Trump has relied on the political support of anti-abortion groups but has also seen ballot question and poll results that show Americans generally support abortion rights.

Both sides took the silence as an implicit endorsement of the appellate ruling. Alito is both the justice in charge of handling emergency appeals from Louisiana and the author of the 2022 decision that declared abortion is not a constitutional right and returned the issue to the states.

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Mulvihill reported from Haddonfield, N.J.

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Officers took Fabrice Jack Janvier into custody on Friday along the 900 block of Northwest 196th Terrace.

According to authorities, an Amazon driver was attempting to deliver a package when Janvier came out of the home next door and threw a machete in her direction.

Police said Janvier then picked up the machete, “raising it as if he intended to strike her with it,” causing the Amazon driver to run to her vehicle and drive away while Janvier, “chased after her with the machete,” according to an arrest form.

Responding officers went to Janvier’s home and spoke with him there, with officers observing the machete in his possession, but with the help of Janvier’s father, officers were able to have him safely exit the home to be detained without incident.

Janvier is facing a charge of attempted aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and as of Monday morning, he remained behind bars at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $10,000 bond.

In a lawsuit filed Monday, The Cultural Landscape Foundation said the administration's moves to repaint the bottom of the Reflecting Pool blue without undergoing relevant reviews ran afoul to federal preservation laws governing historic sites. The group argued that the changes at the Reflecting Pool are part of President Donald Trump's broader effort to push through dramatic renovations in Washington without proper reviews and undermine the tone of the area.

"The design intent, to create a reflective surface that is subordinate, is fundamental to the solemn and hallowed visual and spatial connection between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial,” said Charles A. Birnbaum, the group's president and CEO, said in a statement. “A blue-tinted basin is more appropriate to a resort or theme park.”

Trump has taken a personal interest in the project, calling the area “filthy” before workers repainted the Reflecting Pool a color he has called “American flag blue.” His motorcade was driven over a drained and repainted Reflecting Pool last week to give him a chance for a firsthand review of the project.

The suit was filed against the Interior Department and the National Park Service, which oversee much of the renovations underway in Washington. Katie Martin, an Interior Department spokeswoman, said in a statement that Trump “has done more to make our nation’s capital a shining beacon than any other president in the history of this country.”

“The Department is proud of the work being carried out by our Park Service to ensure this magical spot can be enjoyed for not only our 250th, but for many generations to come,” she said.

Over the past year, Trump has bulldozed the East Wing to make way for a ballroom. His name was added to the facades of the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Kennedy Center, which he plans to close for a two-year renovation. His face adorns a banner at the Department of Justice’s headquarters, among others. He is pushing for a triumphal arch near Arlington Cemetery and has closed parks, including Lafayette Square across from the White House, for a rehab.

Many of those projects are also subject to litigation.

Monique Verdieux, de 56 años, huyó hacia la autopista después de ver a hombres armados quemando casas en su vecindario. Su familia se dispersó en distintas direcciones y comentó que no está segura de dónde están.

“Ahora estoy durmiendo en la calle”, declaró Verdieux, destacando que no era seguro regresar.

Las pandillas han tomado el control de más del 90% de Puerto Príncipe desde el asesinato del presidente Jovenal Moïse en julio de 2021 en su casa. Las bandas, según la policía, han ampliado sus actividades —incluidos saqueos, secuestros, agresiones sexuales y violaciones— hacia el interior del país. Haití no ha tenido presidente desde el asesinato.

En un comunicado difundido el lunes, el grupo humanitario Médicos Sin Fronteras anunció la evacuación de su hospital en Cité Soleil tras intensos enfrentamientos ocurridos el domingo en el vecindario, ubicado en Puerto Príncipe. La organización, conocida por sus siglas MSF, informó que atendió a más de 40 víctimas de disparos en un lapso de 12 horas, mientras brindaba refugio temporal a 800 personas que huían de la violencia. Uno de los heridos fue un guardia de seguridad que fue alcanzado por una bala perdida en los terrenos del hospital.

“Logramos evacuarlo y su condición ahora es estable”, dijo Davina Hayles, jefa de misión de MSF en Haití. “Pero es impensable que nuestros equipos y los civiles deban convertirse en víctimas de estos enfrentamientos”.

Durante las últimas dos semanas, el productor haitiano de ron Barbancourt y dos de las mayores embotelladoras del país han advertido sobre el deterioro de las condiciones de seguridad cerca del Aeropuerto Internacional Toussaint Louverture, en Puerto Príncipe, donde las operaciones ahora están severamente restringidas.

En un comunicado difundido el domingo, las empresas indicaron que la respuesta del gobierno a la crisis ha sido “en gran medida insuficiente”, y señalaron que el mal estado de las carreteras que conducen al aeropuerto dificulta la labor de las fuerzas de seguridad haitianas para patrullar la zona. Las empresas se encuentran entre los principales contribuyentes fiscales de Haití.

“No se puede asegurar un aeropuerto si se permite que las carreteras a su alrededor se deterioren”, se lee en el comunicado.

En abril, llegaron a Haití las primeras tropas extranjeras vinculadas a una fuerza de las Naciones Unidas para reprimir a las pandillas, con el fin de ayudar a contener la violencia en curso.

El Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU aprobó a finales de septiembre un plan para autorizar una fuerza de 5.550 integrantes que aún no ha llegado por completo a la nación insular. Hasta ahora se ha desplegado un número desconocido de tropas de Chad.

En un informe publicado a principios de este año por la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones se llegó a la conclusión de que la violencia de pandillas había desplazado a más de 1,4 millones de personas en Haití, y que aproximadamente 200.000 de ellas viven ahora en sitios hacinados y con escasos fondos en la capital del país.

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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.

Surveillance video shows Michael Tilley and a woman grabbing two pieces of luggage belonging to American Airlines passengers from a carousel on April 18 at MIA, according to a deputy’s arrest report.

“Both subjects then exited the terminal, entered the vehicle, and fled the area,” a deputy wrote, according to the arrest report.

Tilley, of Miami Gardens, “pawned two pairs of shoes” on April 20 that had been in the stolen luggage, according to the deputy’s report.

Deputies arrested Tilley on Friday in Miami Gardens. Court records show Tilley was convicted of robbery in 2023 and sentenced to a 5-year probation. It was set to end on Oct. 28, 2028, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.

Miami-Dade prosecutors filed a new grand theft case against him on Saturday. He appeared in bond court, and a judge ordered him to stay away from MIA. His bond was $2,500.

Rodríguez was speaking at the International Court of Justice in The Hague on the final day of hearings in a dispute between her country and neighboring Guyana over the massive mineral- and oil-rich Essequibo region.

“We will continue to defend our integrity, our sovereignty, our independence, our history,” said Rodríguez, who assumed power in January following a U.S. military operation that ousted then-President Nicolás Maduro. Venezuela is “not a colony, but a free country,” she added.

Speaking to Fox News earlier on Monday, Trump said he was “seriously considering making Venezuela the 51st US state,” according to a post by Fox News' co-anchor John Roberts on social media. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the matter.

Trump has made similar comments about Canada.

White House spokesperson Anna Kelly later declined to comment on Trump’s plans in an interview of her own with Roberts on Fox News. Kelly said the president is “famous for never accepting the status quo,” and praised Rodríguez for “working incredibly cooperatively” with the U.S.

Rodríguez went on to say that Venezuelan and U.S. officials have been in touch and are working on “cooperation and understanding.”

Before addressing Trump's comments, Rodríguez defended her country’s claim to Essequibo at the United Nations' highest court, telling judges that political negotiations — not a judicial ruling — will resolve the century-old territorial dispute.

The 62,000-square-mile territory, which makes up two-thirds of Guyana, is rich in gold, diamonds, timber and other natural resources. It also sits near massive offshore oil deposits currently producing an average 900,000 barrels a day.

That output is close to Venezuela’s daily production of about 1 million barrels a day and has transformed one of the smallest countries in South America into a significant energy producer.

Venezuela has considered Essequibo its own since the Spanish colonial period, when the jungle region fell within its boundaries. But an 1899 decision by arbitrators from Britain, Russia and the United States drew the border along the Essequibo River largely in favor of Guyana.

Venezuela has argued that a 1966 agreement sealed in Geneva to resolve the dispute effectively nullified the 19th-century arbitration. In 2018, however, three years after ExxonMobil announced a significant oil discovery off the Essequibo coast, Guyana’s government went to the International Court of Justice and asked judges to uphold the 1899 ruling.

Tensions between the countries further flared in 2023, when Rodríguez’s predecessor, Maduro, threatened to annex the region by force after holding a referendum asking voters if Essequibo should be turned into a Venezuelan state. Maduro was captured Jan. 3 during a U.S. military operation in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, and taken to New York to face drug trafficking charges. He has pleaded not guilty.

Rodríguez did not address the referendum in her remarks, but she told the court that the 1966 agreement is designed to allow negotiations between Venezuela and Guyana to resolve the territorial dispute. And she accused Guyana’s government of undermining the agreement with the “opportunistic” decision to ask the court to address the dispute.

“At a time when the mechanisms established in the Geneva agreement were still fully in force, Guyana unilaterally chose to shift the dispute from the negotiating arena to a judicial resolution,” she said. “This change was not accidental; it coincided with the discovery in 2015 of the oil field that would become world-renowned.”

When hearings opened last week, Guyana’s foreign minister, Hugh Hilton Todd, told the panel of international judges that the dispute “has been a blight on our existence as a sovereign state from the very beginning.” He said that 70% of Guyana’s territory is at stake.

The court is likely to take months to issue a final and legally binding ruling in the case.

Venezuela has warned that its participation in the hearings does not mean either consent to, or recognition of, the court’s jurisdiction.

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Garcia Cano reported from Mexico City.

According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, the incident was reported at about 7:20 p.m. Friday in the 1100 block of South Military Trail.

Deputies said two men who were known to the victim attempted to rob him at gunpoint.

During the encounter, one of the suspects fired a weapon at the victim, according to investigators.

Authorities said the victim managed to escape and was not injured.

One of the suspects, Gedarious Antwan Geffrard, 31, was taken into custody Saturday while the other suspect, Seth Jemmy Bain, 57, was arrested Sunday.

Both face charges of armed robbery and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without the intent to kill. Geffrard also faces charges of fleeing and eluding at a high speed, resisting without violence and various drug trafficking and possession charges.

As of Monday afternoon, both were being held at the Broward County Main Jail. Geffrard was being held without bond while Bain was being held on a $50,000 bond.

El juez de Sentencia Carlos Oblitas suspendió la audiencia y ratificó la orden de detención que pesa en contra del exmandatario y líder cocalero desde hace más de un año. Morales dijo desde la región cocalera del Chapare, donde está atrincherado resistiendo una orden de detención, que el proceso supone su “persecución política”.

El juicio quedó suspendido hasta que el acusado “sea aprehendido o comparezca voluntariamente” dijo el fiscal Luis Esteban Ortiz en rueda de prensa.

Tampoco se presentaron a la audiencia los abogados del acusado. El tribunal había declarado la rebeldía de Morales en la fase de instrucción.

Wilfredo Chávez, abogado del exmandatario, señaló en La Paz que se trata de “un juicio político que no respeta los derechos” del procesado. “La supuesta víctima ha planteado excepciones que el tribunal no ha tratado. No hay denuncia de la víctima, el caso debe archivarse”, sostuvo Chávez.

La presunta víctima reside junto a su madre en Argentina. La fiscalía maneja el caso con reserva debido a que en el momento de los supuestos abusos —en 2016— ella era menor de edad.

Morales tiene otras acusaciones, pero el proceso por supuesta “trata agravada” avanzó hasta la apertura de juicio oral en Tarija. Su detención no ha sido efectuada debido a que está protegido por sus seguidores, según ha justificado la policía.

El proceso judicial tiene lugar en momentos de alta tensión social en el país por el endurecimiento de las protestas en contra del conservador presidente Rodrigo Paz ante la falta de respuestas a la crisis económica, la escasez de combustibles y las demoras en el resarcimiento de daños por la gasolina de “mala calidad”, según denuncian los sindicatos. Los cortes de ruta mantienen aislada a La Paz del resto del país por más de una semana provocando el desabastecimiento y el encarecimiento de alimentos.

El centro de La Paz estaba colapsado el lunes por protestas, entre ellas la de la Central Obrera Boliviana (COB), que comenzó reclamando aumentos salariales y ahora pide la renuncia del mandatario ante la falta de respuestas.

El gobierno ha culpado a sectores afines a Morales de estar detrás de la ola de manifestaciones. “El conflicto (cortes de ruta) está focalizado en La Paz por grupos minoritarios que están radicalizando las protestas y buscan que el gobierno se caiga”, dijo el ministro de Gobierno Marco Antonio Oviedo a radio Panamericana.

Las clases escolares también fueron suspendidas el lunes en todo el país por un paro de maestros públicos en reclamo de mejoras salariales.

Paz asumió en noviembre de 2025 tras los gobiernos de izquierda de Morales y Luis Arce (2020-2025), en medio de la peor crisis en cuatro décadas.

“Hemos recibido un Estado quebrado y atravesamos una fractura social, política y moral que requiere de un pacto entre todos los bolivianos para salir adelante”, dijo el mandatario el sábado en la apertura de un diálogo con gobernadores, alcaldes y empresarios, entre otros interlocutores.

Tavarus Williams fue acusado como adulto por el asesinato de Cairi McNear el 4 de mayo de 2022 en el patio de un complejo de apartamentos en 7126 NW 14th Place en el área no incorporada de Gladeview, al norte del vecindario de Liberty City en Miami.

Williams, ahora de 19 años, le dijo a un juez que era culpable de asesinato en segundo grado. Los investigadores del entonces Departamento de Policía de Miami-Dade lo arrestaron días después del tiroteo y dijeron que Williams le disparó a McNear ocho veces tras una discusión.

Williams recibió una sentencia de 25 años seguida de una década de libertad condicional.

Familiares tanto de McNear como de Williams estuvieron presentes en el tribunal de Miami el lunes.

Aurianna McNear, la madre de Cairi McNear, le ofreció su perdón a Williams y dijo que espera convertirse en su mentora.

“Soy misericordiosa contigo. Quiero conocerte. Quiero llegar a, en algún momento cuando mi corazón sane, amarte”, dijo. “Quiero que reemplaces lo que me quitaste. Cairi era el latido de mi corazón.”

Angela Williams, tía de Tavarus Williams, también habló.

“El hecho de que haya hecho algo malo, puede que no lo haya sabido en ese momento, ha llegado a aceptarlo y solo queremos decir gracias por perdonarlo”, dijo.

Williams le dijo tanto al juez como a la familia de la víctima que espera que algún día puedan verlo como alguien por quien puedan sentir afecto y no como alguien a quien odien.

Además de su condena de prisión y libertad condicional, Williams debe escribir una carta de disculpa, que Local 10 News supo que ya entregó a la familia de la víctima.

También debe someterse a tratamiento por abuso de sustancias y salud mental, y hacer una donación a un fondo de compensación para víctimas.

Como condición de su sentencia, Williams no puede mencionar a McNear en ningún tipo de canción o letra de rap, y tiene permitido comunicarse con Aurianna McNear únicamente a través de la Fiscalía del Estado de Miami-Dade y de manera no amenazante.

Before he spent Sunday “just carving everyone up” in his second consecutive win at Watkins Glen International, the knives were playfully out for the Trackhouse Racing driver.

“My mates were all giving me (guff) yesterday about how I’m getting too old,” van Gisbergen said after his second consecutive win on the road course in New York. “I don’t feel old. I felt like that’s one of the best races I’ve driven. It was pretty cool.”

His seventh career Cup win might have featured his most impressive drive yet.

After giving up the lead with 24 laps remaining, van Gisbergen made up 23 spots and nearly 30 seconds in 17 laps. With his first victory since last October, he tied Chase Elliott for most road and street-course wins among active Cup drivers.

“We have a race car driver that is at a level that I don’t think this sport has ever seen before on these road courses,” said Trackhouse Racing founder and co-owner Justin Marks, who gave the driver nicknamed “SVG” his chance at NASCAR with a ride in the inaugural Chicago Street Race three years ago.

The three-time champion of Australia’s Supercars responded by becoming the first driver to win his Cup debut in 60 years. He has since been nearly unbeatable on road and street courses — winning six of the past seven races on the tracks with left and right turns.

The question now becomes whether van Gisbegen can achieve the same excellence on the ovals that dominate the Cup Series circuit.

The Watkins Glen win moved him up three positions into the 16th and last provisional spot in the NASCAR Chase. He is six points ahead of Chase Briscoe and 38 in front of three-time Cup champion Joey Logano, but van Gisbergen isn’t locked into the 10-race championship run as he was for last year’s playoffs, which have been overhauled this season.

With the end of the “win-and-in” format, van Gisbergen will need to stockpile points through consistently solid finishes in his second full year of racing full time in NASCAR’s top series.

“I really want to earn my way in this year, and that’s what you have to do,” he said. “I know that we need to get a lot better as a team, and I still need to improve a lot as a driver.”

Trackhouse also has work to do — teammates Ross Chastain (19th in points) and Connor Zilisch (32nd) are ranked well outside the Chase.

“It’s been easy to see that we’ve certainly been behind,” Marks said. “We’ve been working harder behind the scenes than we have ever in the history of this company because the way that we started this season, it’s unacceptable to us.”

Marks said there was “some light at the end of the tunnel” with the speed of the Trackhouse Chevrolets two weeks ago at Texas Motor Speedway. Chastain and Zilisch qualified in the top 20 while van Gisbergen was a disappointing 30th.

“I feel like I went backward a bit going to Texas,” he said. “It’s a track I haven’t been to much, and I’ve still got so much to learn there. Other tracks, I’m really getting to know them and what I want the car to feel like.”

Of the 14 races left in the regular season, there are 12 ovals, a road course (Sonoma) and a street course (the inaugural race in San Diego). If he can match his early performance (four top 15s in the first six ovals), van Gisbergen believes he can return to the Chase and solidify a NASCAR career that he would like to take into the next decade.

“I still enjoy it and still feel like I’m learning a lot, especially the last couple of years,” he said. “It’s probably more than I’ve ever learned, and I don’t feel like I’m getting any slower. I’ll keep doing it as much as I can.”

Marks on Project 91

Marks discovered van Gisbergen through the team’s Project 91 program, which aims to put international racing stars in one-off Cup rides.

After fielding van Gisbergen, Formula One champion Kimi Raikkonen and four-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves, Project 91 has been on hiatus since the 2025 Daytona 500 but isn’t out of commission. “I would say don’t forget about Project 91,” Marks said Sunday when asked about its status. “That’s all I’ll say right now.”

Extension for Stenhouse

Hyak Motorsports announced a multiyear contract extension Monday with 2023 Daytona 500 winner Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who has been with the team since 2020.

“Ricky has been a huge part of what we’re building at Hyak Motorsports, and we’re proud to continue this partnership for years to come," team owner Gordon Smith said in a statement.

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The drivers involved in the crash shortly before 10:20 p.m. on Saturday at Southwest 46 Avenue and Pembroke Road were 19-year-old Mathis Frederick and Breyon Sampson, according to BSO.

Frederick was traveling eastbound on Pembroke Road in a 2022 Tesla Model Y, and Sampson was driving a 2018 Honda Accord when he was turning from Pembroke Road westbound to 46 Avenue southbound, according to BSO.

In a statement, deputies described the Honda and Tesla crash as a “T-bone type collision” that caused “the Honda Accord to split in half.” Surles was a passenger in the Honda, according to deputies.

Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue personnel reported taking seven people, including a child, to HCA Florida Aventura Hospital and Memorial Regional Hospital. The cause of the fatal crash remained under investigation.

His Spanish club Atletico Madrid announced the surgery on Monday. The procedure usually requires months of recovery time and the World Cup begins in one month.

Atletico didn’t give a timetable for his return. It also didn’t immediately say when or where the surgery will take place.

The 24-year-old Cardoso sprained his ankle during training last week.

He has 23 appearances for the U.S. since his debut in 2020.

The U.S. opens its World Cup campaign on June 13 against Paraguay in Inglewood, California. Mauricio Pochettino ’s team also plays Australia and Turkey in Group D.

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Behind the scenes, it’s been Jessica Pegula, the 2024 U.S. Open runner-up, organizing the top tennis players in their protest with the Grand Slams over the share of tournament revenues devoted to prize money.

It comes naturally to Pegula, who grew up in a household of sports managers: Her parents own the NFL’s Buffalo Bills and the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres.

“I think it maybe does (come naturally) just because I feel like I’ve taken on a bit of a leadership role with it,” Pegula said.

Already this year, No. 5-ranked Pegula was named to lead a new 13-person panel to suggest changes to the women’s tennis calendar, rankings points rules and the requirements about competing in certain events. Now she's taking on the prize money issue, too.

“I’m not afraid to go up to any type of player and go like, ‘Hey, are you interested in this or not?’" Pegula said. "Some players, they don’t care, sometimes they’re not worried about it. Sometimes they’re like, ’Yeah, for sure, I’m 100% in.' I’ve been reaching out to players on the men’s and women’s side.”

Sabalenka said last week the players should consider a boycott for a bigger slice of tournament revenue, while Sinner said there’s a lack of respect.

“At the end of the day the players are the ones that have the big voices,” Pegula said. “It’s been nice to see Aryna and Jannik kind of step out. I know a lot of other players feel the same way. But to have the two No. 1s very outspoken about it, that’s kind of what it takes to get them to listen.”

Players' share dropped in Paris

Whereas in the NFL and NHL athletes take home about 50% of the revenues, at most tennis events the number isn’t even half of that. The upcoming French Open is allegedly devoting under 14.9% to the players — down from 15.5% in 2024, according to a players’ protest statement issued last week.

Roland Garros organizers announced last month they were increasing overall prize money by about 10% for an overall pot of 61.7 million euros ($72.1 million), with the total amount up 5.3 million euros from last year. But the players’ said that the the underlying figures tell a very different story.

“It’s crazy. It’s an insane difference. Obviously they’re different sports. They’re run differently," Pegula said, comparing tennis to the NFL. "But tennis has been a very old-school sport. I think it’s one of the things that needs to change. Sometimes change is good. Sometimes that means fighting for things.”

The same group of players sent a letter a year ago to the heads of the four Grand Slams seeking more prize money and a greater say in decision-making. Wimbledon increased its 2025 total pot by 7%, the U.S. Open by 20% and the Australian Open this past January by 16%.

Still, the players say the Grand Slams don’t match the rate of 22% at regular ATP and WTA Tour events.

“The slams have kind of just gotten away with paying not that much because we’re a very individual sport,” Pegula said. “It’s hard to get players to come together. We’re not on a salary where football players or basketball players can afford not to play.”

Organizers at the French Open, which starts in less than two weeks, have not responded to requests for comment.

Wimbledon is due to announce its prize money next month and Pegula said the players have not had a response from the All England Club.

“We’re just going to kind of continue to talk amongst ourselves,” she said.

One of the big issues affecting tennis governance is that there are seven organizing bodies: The four Grand Slams, the ATP, the WTA and the International Tennis Federation.

“That’s what makes it so hard is that our sport is super fragmented. Hard to get everybody on the same page,” Pegula said. “That’s why it’s been huge to actually have the top 10 men and women really come together. I’m hoping that will get the Slams’ attention.”

Pegula advances in Rome

Before she gets to Paris, Pegula has been perfecting her clay-court game at the Italian Open, where she reached the quarterfinals with a 7-6 (6), 6-2 win over Anastasia Potapova on Monday. She routed Rebeka Masarova 6-0, 6-0 in the previous round.

Pegula will next face three-time Rome champion Iga Swiatek, who beat four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka 6-2, 6-1.

Sabres' playoff run

In between her matches and prize money activist duties, Pegula has been struggling to watch the Sabres’ run to the playoffs for the first time in 15 years due to the time difference between the U.S. and Europe.

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Sabres 6-2 in Game 3 on Sunday night to take a 2-1 lead in their second-round playoff series.

“My gosh, I am so upset that I have not been able to see any of the games,” Pegula said. “I would give anything to just be at a playoff game. … I love it so much. It’s my favorite thing.”

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Nearly half of American business economists who responded to a survey by the National Association for Business Economics say that the conflict has negatively impacted their operations, according to a report released Monday, and most (54%) say they've been affected by rising energy prices. More than two-thirds reported steeper material expenses over the last three months, the highest level NABE has seen since July 2022.

The Iran war, which began with U.S. and Israeli attacks on Feb. 28, has plunged the world into an energy crisis. Crude oil costs continue to rise amid Washington and Tehran's ongoing standoff in the Strait of Hormuz — worsening price spikes for companies and households around the globe. As fuel gets more expensive, transportation costs are eating further into businesses' everyday operations. Supply disruptions for a range of other necessities, including fertilizer, are also causing growing strain.

Consumers are footing more and more of that bill as businesses pass higher costs to their shoppers, beyond the immediate sticker shock at the gas pump.

Nearly half (48%) of NABE's survey respondents — who are economists from businesses, trade associations and academia — indicated that their firms were passing on at least some cost increases to customers, which is actually down from 60% in January. But NABE found that a growing number (16%) also expect to raise prices over the next six months, while none plan to lower prices.

Most of the respondents say their firms are seeing strong sales now and have stable profit outlooks. That falls in line with what traders are more widely feeling on Wall Street, where eye-catching earnings from companies ranging from tech to big oil have helped propel markets to near-record highs recently.

Still, only 13% of the NABE survey's respondents said they expect their profits to rise in the near future. NABE says that's the lowest share it's seen since 2023.

Employment and spending could see more impacts soon. Nearly a quarter of NABE survey respondents said they plan to scale back investment and hiring in the next six months.

“Sales over the past three months were steady, but materials costs increased and profit margins declined,” Martha Moore, chair of the NABE’s survey, said in a prepared statement — noting that expectations had “softened” across several indicators, while the outlook for prices continues to accelerate.

Moore, who is also chief economist and managing director at the American Chemistry Council, pointed to rising recession concerns. Half of the survey's respondents see a more than one-in-four chance the U.S. falls into a recession within the next year, up from 44% of respondents who projected such a likelihood in January, NABE found.

The move, which effectively deputizes the global financial system to help disrupt Iran’s sanctions-evasion infrastructure, comes as the U.S. and Iran reached another impasse over how to end their war while their ceasefire has grown increasingly shaky.

President Donald Trump on Monday said the Iran ceasefire is on “life support” after he rejected Tehran’s latest proposal to end the war.

The Trump administration is calling on banks to flag certain customers who may launder funds for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard — including newly formed companies moving unusually large amounts of money, firms that route payments through multiple intermediaries or transactions connected to Iranian crypto firms, among other indicators.

As part of the U.S. initiative to monitor Iranian oil sales, banks are being asked to watch out for oil labeled as “Malaysian blend” to disguise its Iranian origin, missing or falsified shipping documents or ship-to-ship oil transfers that obscure where cargo came from.

A Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network report released Monday says oil firms linked to Iran conducted roughly $4 billion in transactions in 2024.

And dozens of shipping companies based in Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong — all connected to transporting sanctioned Iranian oil — processed about $707 million through U.S. accounts in 2024.

Along with a bombing campaign in Iran, the Trump administration has turned toward an economic-focused effort aimed at choking Tehran into submission, through sanctions and the threat of secondary sanctions on Iran's allies.

In April, Treasury sent a letter to financial institutions in China, Hong Kong, the UAE, and Oman threatening to levy secondary sanctions for doing business with Iran and accusing those countries of allowing Iranian illicit activities to flow through their financial institutions.

It happened shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday at the Orion gas station, located at 3990 W. Hallandale Beach Blvd. in Pembroke Park.

The intersection at Hallandale Beach Boulevard and Southwest 40th Avenue was blocked off for several hours as investigators processed the scene.

Detectives appeared to focus their investigation on a red Dodge Challenger, pulling out several pieces of apparent evidence over the course of the morning.

Dozens of evidence makers were also observed throughout the scene.

Units with Hallandale Beach police, Pembroke Park police and the Broward Sheriff’s Office were observed at the scene.

Authorities said BSO would be the lead on the investigation due to the homicide.

BSO spokeswoman Gerdy St. Louis later confirmed that the victim crashed his car after being shot.

“On scene, officers made contact with a witness who stated the victim, identified as Daniel Mathis, was involved in a verbal altercation with an unknown male at the Orion Gas Station located at 3990 W. Hallandale Beach Blvd,” St. Louis wrote in a news release. “At some point, the altercation escalated, and Mathis was shot.”

St. Louis said Mathis fled the scene in his vehicle, driving north over the center median of Hallandale Beach Boulevard before colliding with a Volkswagen SUV in a T-bone type crash.

Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue personnel transported Mathis to Memorial Regional Hospital where he later died.

Anyone with further information about the shooting is asked to call BSO Homicide Detective Lacey Henry at 954-321-4200 or submit a tip through the SaferWatch app.

Anonymous tips can be made by calling Broward Crime Stoppers directly at 954-493-TIPS (8477), or submitting a tip online at browardcrimestoppers.org.

The president cannot suspend the federal tax on his own. Congress would have to approve the move.

Lawmakers from both parties have pushed for a gas-tax suspension, saying it would provide much-needed relief for families and businesses that rely on their cars and trucks to get to work and school and run everyday errands.

As of Monday, the average national gas price was $4.52 a gallon, according to the AAA motor club, 50% higher than the average price of just under $3 a gallon before Trump began the war against Iran.

What the gas tax supports

The federal tax is currently set at 18.4 cents per gallon on gasoline and 24.4 cents per gallon on diesel fuel, an amount that does not include state taxes, which often are higher. The tax provides more than $23 billion per year in revenue for federal highway and public transit programs.

Asked by reporters at the White House how long the tax should be suspended, Trump said, “Until it’s appropriate.” While the tax is only a small percentage of the price of gas, “it’s still money,” Trump said.

As gas prices have spiked, the Trump administration has released millions of barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve and temporarily lifted sanctions on some Russian and Iranian oil shipments already at sea. The U.S. is negotiating with countries reliant on Middle East crude to join a coalition to police the Strait of Hormuz, where about one-fifth of the world’s traded oil normally flows.

Trump needs Congress — and they're beginning to react

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri said on social media Monday that he will introduce legislation to suspend the gas tax. Democrats have previously sponsored similar legislation. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., also said in a post on X that she will introduce a bill “to suspend the federal gas tax in light of Trump’s recent remarks.”

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Monday he has not “been a fan” of a gas tax suspension, but added: "You know, I’ve got some colleagues out there who think it’s a good idea. So, we’ll hear them out.''

Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, said he'd prefer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to “normalize gas prices" without legislation. “Obviously, any time you suspend the gas tax, that leaves a big hole in the highway trust fund, which also has implications down the road,” he said.

The ongoing spike in gas prices has set off alarms among some Republicans that it could hurt the party's chances in the midterm elections. Trump has previously said higher fuel prices are worth paying to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.

That hardline message appeared to soften Sunday as Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the Trump administration was “open to all ideas,” including a suspension of the gas tax, during an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

A bill sponsored by Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Mark Kelly of Arizona would suspend the federal tax through Oct. 1. A similar measure was sponsored in the House by Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas of New Hampshire.

"Trump’s war of choice with Iran is driving up gas prices across the country — and Americans shouldn’t have to bear the additional economic burden of Trump’s reckless decision making,” Blumenthal said in introducing the bill.

Several states, including Indiana and Georgia, have recently suspended their taxes to alleviate high prices amid the war. Kentucky and Utah have reduced their state tax. Other states are weighing similar suspensions or tax reductions.

There are drawbacks, industry group says

The gasoline tax is the single largest source of revenue for federal highway and public transit programs.

While proposed bills would offset any lost Highway Trust Fund revenue with general funds, the tax suspension could raise the federal deficit and jeopardize the long-term sustainability of investments for highway and public transit programs, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association, which represents the transportation construction industry.

The group cites studies showing that many retailers do not pass on the full amount of the gas tax reduction to consumers. Research also suggests that state and federal gas taxes are just one component of a complex pricing scheme that includes the global price of oil and other factors.

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To mark the 30th anniversary, Helene McDowell and Christen Cherry were among the grieving relatives who met for a ceremony at the ValuJet 592 Memorial off Tamiami Trail.

“I think being here has been very cathartic ... I was the one that dropped her off at the airport that day, and it has always been a source of guilt for me,” McDowell said about her late mother.

The Value Jet pilot of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, a short-range jet airliner, was attempting to return to MIA after a fire, and the plane crashed just about 10 minutes after takeoff, records show.

“It was negligence that killed all of our families,” said Cherry, who was grieving her mother and stepfather.

Federal investigators would later learn that “improperly packaged chemical oxygen generators” in the cargo compartment “quickly burned through flight control cables,” records show.

This prompted federal officials to enforce new mandatory safety standards for cargo holds, hazardous material regulations, and contractor oversight.

THE 110 VICTIMS

The passengers

Saeeda Alihassan, Atlanta

James Allaway, Miami

Isabel Anderson, Cookeville, Tenn.

Leslie Archibald, Opa-Locka, Fla.

Rizwan Arshad, Philadelphia

Giuseppe Bafunno, Blackwood, N.J.

Marlo Balandran, Topeka, Kan.

Thomas Balandran, Topeka, Kan.

Jen Barreiro, Bloomington, Ind.

Herbert Bell, Elkwood, Va.

Peggy Bell, Elkwood, Va.

Terri Bell, The Colony, Texas

Anthony Brown, Rose Hill, N.C.

Frances Brown, Baltimore

Lynn Brown, Rose Hill, N.C.

Joe Burnett, Shawnee Mission, Kan.

Cecelia Cabrera, Miami

Ronald Carpenter, Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Lisa Carleton, Conyers, Ga.

Ninon Corneille, Lynn, Mass.

Edna Crye, Richmond, Ind.

Ken Crye, Richmond, Ind.

Karen Culver, Woodstock, Ga.

Rodney Culver, Woodstock, Ga.

Mansor Darbor, Atlanta

Bradley Ehrlichman, Indianapolis, Ind.

Betsy Favero, Duluth, Ga.

Franco Favero, Duluth, Ga.

Laura Favero, Duluth, Ga.

Charles Fluitt, Miami

Elizabeth Gabriel, Mooresville, N.C.

Deana Gabr, Conyers, Ga.

Pamela Gabr, Conyers, Ga.

Carlos Gonzalez, Alpharetta, Ga.

Angie Green, Nashville, Tenn.

Mark Griner, Marietta, Ga.

Steve Guiler, Buford, Ga.

Conway Hamilton, Miami

Laurie Hamilton, Miami

Carol Hanchey, Conyers, Ga.

John Hanchey, Conyers, Ga.

Elaine Hayman, Columbus, Ohio

Robert Hayman, Columbus, Ohio

Susan Heffernan, Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Michael Howard, Hialeah, Fla.

Walter Hyatt, Nashville, Tenn.

Dan Jarvis, Gastonia, N.C.

Linda Jarvis, Gastonia, N.C.

Kathleen Kessler, Atlanta

Ison Kim, Shawnee Mission, Kan.

Rafael Lameda, Cookeville, Tenn.

Aliyagi Landry, Hollywood, Fla.

Dana Lane, Alpharetta, Ga.

Roger Lane, Alpharetta, Ga.

Ray Lathem, Alpharetta, Ga.

Andrew Leonard, Cloverdale, Ind.

Jeremy Leonard, Cloverdale, Ind.

Tabitha Leonard, Cloverdale, Ind.

Jimmy Lewis, Fayetteville, Ga.

Devlin Loughney, United Kingdom

Roger Loughney, United Kingdom

Philmore Marks, Miami

Betty McLemore, Tybee Island, Ga.

Clark McNitt, Powder Springs, Ga.

Judy McNitt, Powder Springs, Ga.

Laura McNitt, Powder Springs, Ga.

Lindsey McNitt, Powder Springs, Ga.

Neil McNitt, Powder Springs, Ga.

Judy Medeiros, Rex, Ga.

Robert Medeiros, Rex, Ga.

Ella Mitchell, Miami

Andrew Nevil, Raleigh, N.C.

Lucille Newbold, Nassau, Bahamas

Maxwell Newbold, Nassau, Bahamas

Whilhelmina Oliver, Athens, Ga.

Lisa Pearson, Kansas City, Mo.

Laurese Perkins, Miami

David Quinones

Elida Ramirez, Dunwoody, Ga.

Donna Rennolds, Whittaker, Mich.

Kim Rennolds, Ypsilanti, Mich.

Howard Rietz, Mt. Juliet, Tenn.

Terri Rugg, Richmond, Ind.

Dennis Sabo, Auburn, Ala.

Ana Sanchez, Metairie, La.

Karin Shier, Savannah, Ga.

Vi Shier, Fayetteville, Ga.

Ailven Shotwell, College Park, Ga.

Jarvis Shotwell, College Park, Ga.

Joyce Simonton, Macon, Ga.

Paul Smith, Montgomery, Ala.

Joulaun Snowden

Hugh Stanley, Gainesville, Ga.

Louise Stanley, Gainesville, Ga.

Fred Steinbrener, Acworth, Ga.

Jerrold Thompson, Kansas City, Mo.

Roosevelt Tillman, Lynchburg, Va.

Lila Viloleta, Alpharetta, Ga.

Delmarie Walker, Erie, Pa.

James Weimer, Cloverdale, Ind.

Janice Weimer, Cloverdale, Ind.

Teresa Wilson, Tybee Island, Ga.

Ruth Wolfe, Gainesville, Ga.

Robert Woodus, Upper Marlboro, Md.

The crew

Captain: Candalyn Kubeck, Bedford, Texas

First Officer: Richard Hazen, Mineola, Texas

Flight Attendant: Lori Cushing, Austin, Texas

Flight Attendant: Jennifer Stearns, Farmers Branch, Texas

Flight Attendant: Mandy Summers, Irving, Texas

Location

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Cira Quinones Lewis, de 60 años, enfrenta cargos de conducir con licencia suspendida y no devolver la licencia de conducir ni registrarse con una compañía de seguros. También está detenida bajo una orden de retención migratoria.

Según la Patrulla de Carreteras de Florida, el choque ocurrió a última hora de la mañana del domingo en los carriles en dirección oeste de la I-75, al oeste de Indian Trade Road.

Un sedán Dodge blanco, una minivan azul y una motocicleta aparentemente estuvieron involucrados en la colisión.

Las autoridades confirmaron que dos personas murieron a causa de sus heridas, mientras que otras tres resultaron heridas, incluyendo una niña de un año hospitalizada en estado crítico.

Todos los heridos fueron trasladados al Broward Health Medical Center en Fort Lauderdale.

Los socorristas cerraron todos los carriles en dirección oeste de la I-75 mientras procesaban la escena. La autopista fue reabierta completamente poco después de las 4 p.m.

Hasta el lunes por la mañana, Quinones Lewis permanecía detenida en la Cárcel Principal del condado de Broward.

Las circunstancias que llevaron al choque siguen bajo investigación y no está claro qué conductor tuvo la culpa.

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Residents like Audrey Gonzalez, who has lived in the area for 35 years, were on high alert, preparing to evacuate if necessary.

“(I’m) very, very concerned,” she said, adding that she’s been “coming out in the middle of night, just to make sure that it wasn’t coming towards our way.”

The fire could be seen from West Broward High School, though students remained in class.

West Broward resident Roxanne Gill said, “We could hear it crackling. That’s how bad it was. I had to hose down my house.”

“Everyone was hosing down all their trailers before the fire department came,” she said.

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Police officers accused Victoria Roman, who works as a graphic designer, of sharing images of a victim on Nov. 19 on Instagram, according to an arrest warrant.

Roman surrendered to police officers on Thursday in Davie, and corrections booked her at the Broward County Main Jail in Fort Lauderdale, records show.

Roman, of Miramar, appeared in bond court on Friday morning. A judge ordered her to stay away from devices with internet access.

Roman faced four counts of promotion of altered sexual depiction. Her bond was $60,000.

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

Useful links

• The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center
• The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s cyber tip line

According to BSO, Anthony Adams, 18, and Aamir Adams, 19, were taken into custody Friday on multiple charges, including premeditated murder and criminal attempt, solicitation, and conspiracy. Aamir Adams also faces a probation violation charge.

Local 10 News has requested copies of both of their arrest reports.

According to BSO, the shooting was reported at about 1 a.m. Friday near the 7900 block of Southwest Seventh Court.

A BSO spokeswoman said deputies arrived at the scene and found two people suffering from gunshot wounds.

North Lauderdale Fire Rescue personnel transported both victims to a local hospital, where one of them died.

A Local 10 News crew was at the scene later in the morning as investigators remained at the scene, placing evidence markers on the ground before a Ford Mustang was towed away.

The driver’s side window was blown out by bullets.

A BSO spokeswoman said deputies later found the suspect vehicle near the 1300 block of Avocado Isle in Fort Lauderdale, where at least one of the suspects was detained.

The relationship between both suspects has not yet been released.

As of Monday afternoon, both were being held at the Broward County Main Jail without bond.

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According to the report, the alleged rape occurred at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday in the 1100 block of the beach.

Police identified the suspect as 35-year-old Shawn Markiece Peete, who detectives say was taken into custody Sunday after officers recognized him from a department-issued “Need to Identify” flyer that was circulated following the investigation.

According to investigators, officers were initially dispatched around 9:30 a.m. Saturday to the Shepley hotel at 1340 Collins Ave. after a woman reported she had been raped earlier that morning on the beach.

The victim told police she had gone to the beach alone late Friday night after checking into the hotel. She said she met a man who introduced himself as “Shawn” and used the street name “Nike,” which she said stood for, “N****, I kill everything.”

The two talked on the sand before the man allegedly became aggressive after repeatedly pressuring her to drink tequila, the report states.

The woman told detectives she attempted to leave the area because she feared for her safety, but the man followed her onto a beach access pathway.

According to the arrest report, Peete, who is homeless, grabbed the victim from behind, forced her to the ground, removed her pants and bathing suit bottom, and raped her for about five minutes while she screamed for him to stop.

Investigators said the victim managed to grab onto a rope lining the beach pathway and eventually broke free before fleeing toward Ocean Drive, where she flagged down a passerby on a scooter for help.

She later returned to her hotel room, showered, and contacted police, the report stated.

Detectives said the victim provided a description of the suspect and during her interview, complained abut pain in the back of her neck. She also had a visible bruise on her wrist.

According to the report, detectives reviewed surveillance video which captured the victim, suspect and Good Samaritan engaged in a conversation/confrontation near 11^th Street before the victim left on the scooter with the passerby.

The following morning, officers responded to a report of a man sleeping on the terrace of the Avalon Hotel at 700 Ocean Drive and identified the man as Peete, who they said matched the description of the suspect in the sexual battery case.

Peete was then transported to Miami Beach Police headquarters for questioning.

According to detectives, Peete waived his Miranda rights and admitted to having sexual intercourse with the woman but claimed she “seemed to be enjoying it.” Authorities said he told investigators the two had been drinking tequila together and “hooked up” on the beach.

Peete said the woman did tell him to stop at one point and he did, the report stated.

Detectives said Peete identified both himself and the victim in surveillance images shown during the interview and voluntarily provided a DNA sample.

Peete was ultimately arrested and transported to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Records reviewed by investigators show Peete is currently on probation out of Fort Lauderdale in connection with a misdemeanor controlled substance case filed in 2025.

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

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Authorities said the sexual battery attempt happened on Jan. 21, 2013, during an event called Igloo South Florida near the 2600 block of Southwest 31st Street in Dania Beach.

In a news release, BSO spokesperson Claudinne Caro said the victim became “incapacitated” during the event.

“The victim said she woke up in an unknown vehicle, with two unknown male subjects,” Caro said. “The victim said her pants had been pulled down. One of the subjects left DNA evidence behind on the victim. BSO investigated this case for years but without significant leads, the case turned cold.”

But authorities said this November, DNA advances led to a break in the case. They said the sample taken from the woman matched Jose Bello, 39, of Flowery Branch, Georgia.

Authorities said the woman was able to remember Bello’s face and pick him out of a photo lineup 13 years later.

Caro said BSO worked with the sheriff’s office in Hall County, in the Atlanta exurbs, to obtain a DNA warrant and BSO investigators eventually travelled there to serve it and interview Bello.

Authorities said results from the DNA warrant confirmed the initial test.

Deputies said Bello was arrested by the Hall County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday.

Records show that as of Monday, he remained locked up in that agency’s jail facility just outside of Gainesville, Georgia, awaiting extradition to South Florida.

La mujer fue víctima de una estafa de compra de oro después de que unos estafadores la convencieron de comprar oro para entregárselo a Sumit Pandey, según la policía.

“Convencieron a la víctima de que sus activos estaban siendo transferidos a una cuenta gubernamental segura para su custodia”, escribió un detective de Coral Gables según una orden de arresto de Miami-Dade.

Desde agosto de 2025 hasta enero, la víctima compró aproximadamente $1.9 millones en monedas de oro, según la orden de arresto.

“Al utilizar números de teléfono no registrados y un sistema de contraseñas rotativas típico de los protocolos de seguridad gubernamental, [Pandey] reforzó una narrativa falsa que llevó a la víctima a creer que estaba cooperando con las autoridades”, escribió un detective de Coral Gables según la orden de arresto.

Agentes del Sheriff del Condado de Carroll en Arkansas contactaron al Departamento de Policía de Coral Gables el 18 de marzo, tras el arresto de Pandey en ese estado, y un juez de Miami-Dade emitió una orden de arresto el 21 de abril.

Las autoridades de Miami-Dade registraron a Pandey el viernes en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight.

Pandey enfrenta cargos de robo mayor en primer grado, fraude organizado, suplantación falsa de un agente durante la comisión de un delito grave y uso ilegal de un dispositivo de comunicación. Su fianza es de $110,000.

Pandey compareció ante un tribunal el domingo. Un juez le ordenó mantenerse alejado de la víctima y demostrar que el origen de su fianza no proviene de actividades criminales. También tiene una orden de retención del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de EE. UU.

Residentes como Audrey Gonzalez, quien ha vivido en el área durante 35 años, estaban en alerta máxima, preparándose para evacuar si fuera necesario.

“Estoy muy, muy preocupada”, dijo, añadiendo que ha estado “saliendo en medio de la noche, solo para asegurarme de que no se estuviera acercando hacia donde vivimos.”

El fuego podía verse desde West Broward High School, aunque los estudiantes permanecieron en clases.

La residente de West Broward Roxanne Gill dijo: “Podíamos escuchar el crepitar. Así de malo estaba. Tuve que mojar mi casa con la manguera.”

“Todo el mundo estaba mojando sus tráilers antes de que llegara el departamento de bomberos”, dijo.

Las autoridades dijeron que el intento de agresión sexual ocurrió el 21 de enero de 2013 durante un evento llamado Igloo South Florida, cerca del bloque 2600 de Southwest 31st Street en Dania Beach.

En un comunicado de prensa, la portavoz de BSO Claudinne Caro dijo que la víctima quedó “incapacitada” durante el evento.

“La víctima dijo que despertó en un vehículo desconocido con dos hombres desconocidos”, dijo Caro. “La víctima dijo que le habían bajado los pantalones. Uno de los sujetos dejó evidencia de ADN en la víctima. BSO investigó este caso durante años, pero sin pistas significativas, el caso quedó sin resolver.”

Sin embargo, las autoridades dijeron que en noviembre, los avances en ADN llevaron a un avance en el caso. Dijeron que la muestra tomada de la mujer coincidió con Jose Bello, de 39 años, de Flowery Branch, Georgia.

Las autoridades dijeron que la mujer pudo recordar el rostro de Bello y lo identificó en una fila fotográfica 13 años después.

Caro dijo que BSO trabajó con la oficina del sheriff del condado de Hall, en las afueras de Atlanta, para obtener una orden de ADN, y los investigadores de BSO viajaron hasta allá para ejecutarla y entrevistar a Bello.

Las autoridades dijeron que los resultados de la orden de ADN confirmaron la prueba inicial.

Los detectives dijeron que Bello fue arrestado por el Sheriff del Condado de Hall el martes.

Los registros muestran que hasta el lunes permanecía detenido en la cárcel de esa agencia a las afueras de Gainesville, Georgia, a la espera de ser extraditado al sur de Florida.

Según el informe, la presunta violación ocurrió alrededor de la 1:30 a.m. del sábado en el bloque 1100 de la playa.

La policía identificó al sospechoso como Shawn Markiece Peete, de 35 años, quien según los detectives fue detenido el domingo después de que oficiales lo reconocieron por un volante de “Se necesita identificar” emitido por el departamento tras la investigación.

Según los investigadores, los oficiales fueron enviados inicialmente alrededor de las 9:30 a.m. del sábado al hotel Shepley en 1340 Collins Ave., después de que una mujer reportó haber sido violada más temprano esa mañana en la playa.

La víctima le dijo a la policía que había ido sola a la playa tarde el viernes por la noche después de registrarse en el hotel. Dijo que conoció a un hombre que se presentó como “Shawn” y usaba el apodo callejero “Nike.”

Los dos conversaron en la arena antes de que el hombre supuestamente se volviera agresivo tras presionarla repetidamente para que bebiera tequila, según el informe.

La mujer le dijo a los detectives que intentó abandonar el área porque temía por su seguridad, pero el hombre la siguió por un sendero de acceso a la playa.

Según el informe de arresto, Peete, quien no tiene domicilio fijo, agarró a la víctima por detrás, la tiró al suelo, le quitó los pantalones y la parte inferior del traje de baño, y la violó durante aproximadamente cinco minutos mientras ella le gritaba que parara.

Los investigadores dijeron que la víctima logró aferrarse a una cuerda que bordeaba el sendero de la playa y finalmente se liberó antes de huir hacia Ocean Drive, donde detuvo a un transeúnte en scooter para pedir ayuda.

Posteriormente regresó a su habitación de hotel, se duchó y contactó a la policía, según el informe.

Los detectives dijeron que la víctima proporcionó una descripción del sospechoso y durante su entrevista se quejó de dolor en la parte posterior del cuello. También tenía un moretón visible en la muñeca.

Según el informe, los detectives revisaron videos de vigilancia que captaron a la víctima, el sospechoso y el buen samaritano en una conversación cerca de la calle 11 antes de que la víctima se marchara en el scooter.

A la mañana siguiente, los oficiales respondieron a un reporte de un hombre durmiendo en la terraza del hotel Avalon en 700 Ocean Drive e identificaron al hombre como Peete, quien dijeron coincidía con la descripción del sospechoso en el caso de agresión sexual.

Peete fue entonces trasladado a la sede de la Policía de Miami Beach para ser interrogado.

Según los detectives, Peete renunció a sus derechos Miranda y admitió haber tenido relaciones sexuales con la mujer, pero afirmó que ella “parecía estar disfrutándolo.” Las autoridades dijeron que les contó a los investigadores que los dos habían estado bebiendo tequila juntos.

Peete dijo que la mujer sí le pidió que parara en un momento y que él lo hizo, según el informe.

Los detectives dijeron que Peete se identificó a sí mismo y a la víctima en las imágenes de vigilancia mostradas durante la entrevista y proporcionó voluntariamente una muestra de ADN.

Peete fue finalmente arrestado y trasladado al Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight.

Los registros revisados por los investigadores muestran que Peete está actualmente en libertad condicional en Fort Lauderdale en conexión con un caso de sustancias controladas presentado en 2025.

Hasta el lunes por la mañana, Peete permanecía detenido en TGK. Los registros de la cárcel en línea indicaban su fianza como “por determinar.”

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the league did not publicly release any details of its evaluation and investigative process.

Wembanyama will be eligible to play Game 5 on Tuesday in San Antonio. The series is tied at two games apiece.

Wembanyama was ejected from the Spurs-Timberwolves game on Sunday night because of the elbow, which he threw early in the second quarter after getting tangled with Reid and Minnesota's Jaden McDaniels while grabbing a rebound. Wembanyama swung his arms and his elbow struck Reid in the face.

Officials looked at the play and upgraded the foul to a Flagrant 2, which comes with automatic ejection. Wembanyama was seen on the bench after the decision was announced, appearing to ask teammates what a Flagrant 2 means.

Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said after the game that Wembanyama “gets hit on every play."

“At some level, you have to protect yourself,” Johnson said. “Every single play on every single part of the floor, people are trying to impose their physicality on him. I get it. We get it. That's part of the game. ... At some stage, he should be protected and if not, he's going to have to protect himself. And unfortunately, stuff like that happens.”

It was the first ejection of Wembanyama's career and, according to Sportradar, it was only the third flagrant foul for the French center — this season's unanimous pick as Defensive Player of the Year and an MVP finalist.

The NBA reviews all plays and typically exercises the right to upgrade, downgrade or rescind flagrant fouls and technical fouls after the fact. In this case, the person with knowledge said, Sunday's play will stand as called.

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The Astros said Monday that Cárdenas died Sunday at his home in Houston.

Cárdenas joined the Dodgers when they moved to Los Angeles from Brooklyn in 1958. He was part of the first Spanish broadcast of the World Series in 1959 and the All-Star Game two years later.

“We mourn the passing of René Cárdenas, who in 1958 with the Dodgers became the first full-time Spanish-language broadcaster in MLB history and would ultimately spend 21 years behind the mic for Los Angeles,” the Dodgers said Sunday in a social media post.

The expansion Houston Colt .45s hired Cárdenas in 1961 for their inaugural season of 1962. He spent 14 seasons with a franchise that was renamed the Astros in 1965, when they moved into the Astrodome.

“With yesterday’s passing of Rene Cardenas, we lost a true legend and pioneer in broadcasting,” the Astros wrote Monday in a statement on social media. “As the franchise first Spanish broadcaster, Rene had a tremendous impact on the success of the Colt .45s/Astros in Houston’s large Hispanic community and beyond. We send our heartfelt condolences to Rene’s family and loved ones.”

Cárdenas returned to his native Nicaragua in 1975 before coming back to MLB in 1981, when he was the first Spanish broadcaster for the Rangers, according to retired Rangers public relations executive John Blake.

A second stint with the Dodgers lasted nearly two decades starting in 1982. He also returned to the Astros, becoming the first to call games in Spanish on television for Houston in 2008.

After retiring, Cárdenas wrote for the Astros’ Spanish-language website and for La Prensa, a Nicaraguan newspaper.

Cárdenas also called high-profile events in other sports, including the Muhammad Ali-Jimmy Ellis heavyweight boxing match at the Astrodome in 1971.

He was inducted into the Nicaragua Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000. He was inducted into the Broadcasters Wing of the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame in 2002. He was inducted into the Astros Baseball Media Wall of Honor in 2013.

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Según un informe de arresto obtenido el lunes por Local 10 News, Janice Garcia, de Miami, se entregó el domingo en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight.

Enfrenta cargos de conducir bajo la influencia del alcohol (DUI) y DUI con lesiones corporales graves.

Según el informe, el choque ocurrió poco después de las 3:30 a.m. del 11 de abril cuando el detective Josh Brown y otro detective patrullaban el Distrito de Kendall en una unidad de dos oficiales.

Los detectives dijeron que Garcia golpeó a Brown con su Mazda MZ3 azul cuando él estaba fuera de su patrulla en el bloque 8500 de Southwest 99th Court.

Brown le dijo a los detectives que Garcia le encendió las luces largas y su compañero dijo que Garcia conducía muy cerca del borde de la calzada.

Según el informe, Brown intentó apartarse del camino del auto, pero fue golpeado y lanzado por los aires.

El personal de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue transportó al detective al HCA Florida Kendall Hospital con heridas que ponían en riesgo su vida.

Las autoridades confirmaron que Brown sufrió una conmoción cerebral y numerosas otras lesiones en todo el cuerpo, y tuvo que recibir un injerto de piel y someterse a una cirugía de tobillo.

Según el informe, Garcia parecía angustiada tras el choque y tenía “el habla arrastrada, ojos enrojecidos y llorosos”, y su aliento olía a bebida alcohólica.

Un miembro del Escuadrón de Control de Conductores Bajo los Efectos del Sheriff le dijo que Garcia le dijo “Dígame cuáles son mis derechos” antes de aceptar participar en las pruebas de sobriedad de campo, que reprobó.

También aceptó proporcionar muestras de sangre, que mostraron que su nivel de alcohol en sangre era de .156% y .154%, por encima del límite de .08% de Florida para conductores, según el informe.

Se espera que Garcia comparezca ante un juez en la audiencia de fianza el lunes.

La Asociación de Oficiales de Policía Hispanos publicó una foto de Brown en su página de Instagram tras el arresto de Garcia, mostrando algunas de sus lesiones.

“Para quienes han preguntado cómo pueden apoyar al detective Brown y a su familia durante este momento difícil, la asistencia a la audiencia ciertamente no pasaría desapercibida”, decía en parte la publicación. “Por favor continúen teniendo al detective Brown y a su familia en sus pensamientos y oraciones.”

The woman was the victim of a gold-purchase scam after fraudsters persuaded her to buy gold to give it to Sumit Pandey, according to police.

“They convinced the victim that her assets were being transferred to a secure government account for safe keeping,” a Coral Gables detective wrote, according to a Miami-Dade arrest warrant.

From August 2025 to January, the victim purchased about $1.9 million in gold coins, according to the arrest warrant.

“By utilizing unregistered phone numbers and a rotating password system typical of government security protocols, [Pandey] reinforced a false narrative that led the victim to believe she was cooperating with law enforcement,” a Coral Gables detective wrote, according to the arrest warrant.

Carroll County Sheriff’s Office deputies in Arkansas contacted the Coral Gables Police Department on March 18, after Pandey’s arrest there, and a Miami-Dade judge issued an arrest warrant on April 21.

Miami-Dade corrections booked Pandey on Friday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Pandey faced charges of first-degree grand theft, organized fraud, falsely impersonating an officer during the commission of a felony, and unlawful use of a communication device. His bond is $110,000.

Pandey appeared in court on Sunday. A judge ordered him to stay away from the victim and prove that the source of his bail isn’t from criminal proceeds. He also has a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hold.

Detail in the warrant

Los oficiales acusaron a Victoria Roman, quien trabaja como diseñadora gráfica, de haber compartido imágenes manipuladas de una víctima el 19 de noviembre en Instagram, según una orden de arresto.

Roman se entregó a las autoridades el jueves en Davie y fue registrada en la Cárcel Principal del condado de Broward en Fort Lauderdale, según los registros.

Roman, residente de Miramar, compareció ante un juez en la audiencia de fianza el viernes por la mañana. El juez le ordenó mantenerse alejada de dispositivos con acceso a internet.

Roman enfrenta cuatro cargos de promoción de representación sexual alterada. Su fianza fue fijada en $60,000.

Según el informe, Leroy Wright Jr., de 46 años y residente de Miami, fue arrestado el viernes por cargos de delitos contra estudiantes por parte de figuras de autoridad, actividad sexual ilegal con un menor y representación de material obsceno que involucra a un menor.

La policía dijo que la directora de Miami Jackson Senior High School recibió un correo electrónico el 28 de abril de una persona que le informó que Wright, maestro de lectura en la escuela, tenía “una relación” con un estudiante.

La directora presentó finalmente un “informe del modelo de investigación de personal” ante la Oficina de Estándares Profesionales de M-DCPS el jueves pasado, y el informe fue luego remitido al Departamento de Policía Escolar de Miami-Dade, según el documento.

Según el informe, la policía entrevistó el jueves a la persona que envió el correo electrónico a la directora, y esa persona identificó a la víctima.

La policía dijo que luego entrevistó a la víctima en su hogar, en presencia de su madre, y el estudiante les contó que conoció a Wright al inicio del año escolar cuando el maestro se le acercó y le pidió unirse al Club de Primer Año, del cual Wright era el patrocinador adulto.

La policía dijo que el estudiante se unió al club.

Según el informe, la víctima declaró que el primer incidente sexual ocurrió el 29 de abril cuando abrazó a su maestro al salir del salón de clases de Wright.

La policía dijo que el estudiante afirmó que Wright le devolvió el abrazo y luego lo besó durante aproximadamente 6 minutos mientras lo manoseaba.

Wright también besó al estudiante el 1 de mayo y lo manoseó ese día y mientras lo llevaba a casa en su auto el 4 de mayo, según las autoridades.

Según el informe, Wright renunció a sus derechos Miranda y proporcionó algún tipo de admisión, aunque su declaración exacta ante los detectives fue redactada del informe divulgado públicamente.

La policía dijo que Wright fue informado antes de su arresto de que el teléfono celular de la víctima había sido “examinado forenses.”

Fue ingresado al Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight el viernes y permanecía allí el lunes por la mañana sin fianza.

El distrito escolar publicó un comunicado el fin de semana confirmando que Wright sería despedido.

“El tipo de comportamiento del que se acusa a este individuo no será tolerado, ya que va en contra de la conducta profesional que esperamos de todos nuestros empleados”, decía el comunicado. “El Distrito ha iniciado procedimientos de terminación de empleo y se asegurará de que el individuo no pueda buscar empleo futuro en el Distrito. En M-DCPS, la seguridad y el bienestar de todos los estudiantes siguen siendo nuestra máxima prioridad.”

The top-ranked Sinner set the tone when he broke 60th-ranked Popyrin in the opening game.

Sinner is heavily favored to win the Rome tournament with Carlos Alcaraz sidelined due to a right wrist injury.

Sinner hasn’t lost since Feb. 19, to Jakub Mensik in the Qatar Open quarterfinals. He’ll next face a fellow Italian, qualifier Andrea Pellegrino, who beat Frances Tiafoe.

If Sinner raises the trophy in Rome, he’ll become the second man after Novak Djokovic to triumph at all nine Masters 1000 events. Djokovic has won each event at least twice.

Sinner has won five straight Masters events and has the second-most consecutive wins at that level with 30. Djokovic has the record of 31.

Gauff saves match point

Earlier, Coco Gauff saved a match point in the second set of a 5-7, 7-5, 6-2 victory over fellow American Iva Jovic to reach the quarterfinals.

Gauff also survived in the previous round from falling behind by two breaks in the third set against Solana Sierra.

Gauff reached the Rome final last year and is preparing to defend her French Open title.

Roland Garros starts on May 24.

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The issue of how match officials deal with jostling between players at set-pieces was brought into full focus on Sunday when West Ham was denied a stoppage-time equalizer against title-chasing Arsenal.

In what has been described as the most significant video review in Premier League history, it was adjudged that Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya was being impeded by the flailing arm of West Ham player Pablo as they competed for the ball at a corner during a chaotic penalty-area scene where players from both teams were grabbing and pulling each other.

On many other occasions, similar levels of physical contact have gone unpunished, with Premier League officials seemingly having a high tolerance before intervening in a season when English soccer has gone back to basics with its tactics.

Pascal Zuberbühler, the former Switzerland goalkeeper who is the co-ordinator for FIFA’s Technical Study Group at the upcoming World Cup, acknowledged the need to be on top of the issue of grappling at corners “from the beginning” of the tournament.

“This is a trend — yes, of course — but I’m sure for our World Cup, we have the best referees there and the referees will be a key part of this situation,” he said on a video call with reporters.

“It’s difficult for the referees because a little foul on the goalkeeper in between so many people around you, it’s not easy to see this. But I’m very, very sure we, at FIFA, have the best referees anyway and we will deal with this in a very good way.”

For many, it was ironic that Arsenal — which wound up beating West Ham 1-0 to stay on course for a first Premier League title since 2004 — benefited from the controversial call.

Under manager Mikel Arteta, the Gunners have become the most dangerous team in England at corners and free kicks, embracing a designated set-piece specialist coach in Nicolas Jover and setting up specific patterns in dead-ball situations to cause maximum chaos.

Gilberto Silva, a World Cup winner with Brazil in 2002 and a Premier League champion with Arsenal in 2004, is also in the FIFA technical group and said dominating set plays was a “very strong weapon” for his former team.

However, he added: “I’m not so sure if the World Cup’s going to be the same way because you don’t have so much time to prepare the team for this tournament.

“Of course it can be a weapon to be used, and they have to use this, but not as a main one.”

The Premier League will be sending dozens of players to the World Cup — being held from June 11-July 19 in the United States, Canada and Mexico — as well as two of a total of 52 referees, and they'll have to adapt to a different threshold than the one they’ve been under for the previous nine months.

West Ham unhappy as debate continues to swirl

The late VAR call at the West Ham-Arsenal game remained a source of great debate into Monday, given its ramifications.

Not only did it propel Arsenal closer to the title, it also plunged West Ham closer to what would be a costly relegation from the lucrative Premier League.

With two games remaining, West Ham is in third-to-last place — the final relegation spot in the 20-team league.

The BBC reported Monday that the Hammers were set to contact English soccer’s referees’ body to raise its concerns about the decision and request further explanation. There was no official comment from the club, though its players and manager Nuno Espirito Santo were unhappy after the game.

Nuno said match officials had become confused.

“Even the referees don’t know what is a foul and what is not a foul — it creates doubt,” he said.

“You look at every corner in the Premier League and something like this is happening, not just today, but on all the pitches. I am talking about the lack of consistency.”

Arteta praised the match officials –— on-field referee Chris Kavanagh and VAR official Darren England, neither of whom are going to the World Cup — for having the “clarity … to make the right call” under so much pressure.

“Because,” he said, “you’re talking about a moment that can decide the history, the course, of two massive clubs that they are fighting with their lives to achieve their objectives.”

Former Premier League assistant referee Darren Cann, who ran the line in the 2010 World Cup final, said on the BBC that England “stepped up to the plate, he made the right decision and it’s the biggest VAR call in Premier League history.”

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According to the Biscayne Park Police Department, the victim hired Eric Bartholomew Brown, 66, of Miami Shores, in November 2021 and agreed to an $87,600 contract to have work done on the pool house at her home on Griffing Boulevard.

State records show Brown is a licensed contractor who runs a company called ROI Construction LLC.

A BPPD arrest report states that Brown “demanded payment for work not performed” and sent an electrician who did shoddy work.

“Multiple electrical components began to malfunction, including shorts, improper lighting function and an issue with her refrigerator,” the report states.

Authorities said not only did the electrician routinely arrive late ― he “installed the electrical panel upside down.”

Police said Brown lied about who the electrician was working under and did roof truss work that was not up to code. A village inspector, they said, noted “that columns were missing, tie beams were not properly secured and the trusses were not the proper size.”

According to police, the victim told investigators that in 2023, “Brown told her he would bite the bullet and purchase the roof trusses, notwithstanding (her) assertion that she had already paid for them and that Brown had not paid the truss company,” saying that Brown requested an additional $4,000 “for plumbing work for which she had already paid.”

Authorities said he later claimed a $52,000 shortfall and while she didn’t make the payment, he later pressured her for payment and she gave him a $25,200 check.

The victim said she “possesses written statements from Brown in which he agreed to repay her” but he’s failed to do so and did not respond to a letter demanding payment, according to the arrest report.

Brown, police said, “sent her a letter in which he allegedly attempted to extort additional payments for items not included in the contract.”

According to the report, the $243,000 figure includes “claimed liquidated damages under the contract.”

Authorities arrested Brown on Thursday on a contractor fraud charge, as well as charges of first-degree grand theft and elderly exploitation.

Court records show a Miami-Dade judge found probable cause for the charges and he was later released from jail on a $22,500 bond.

Moreno, quien gobernó entre 2017 y 2021, es procesado por presuntos delitos cometidos cuando ejerció la vicepresidencia durante la administración de Rafael Correa (2007-2017), con quien posteriormente rompió relaciones.

El caso al que la Fiscalía ha denominado “Sinohydro” investiga el supuesto delito de cohecho en la adjudicación del contrato para la construcción de la central hidroeléctrica Coca Codo Sinclair para lo cual, según el Ministerio Público, se repartieron sobornos por más de 76 millones de dólares.

El Fiscal General, Carlos Alarcón, sostuvo en el alegato inicial que entre 2008 y 2018 funcionó una red de corrupción para beneficiar a empleados públicos, incluido Moreno, y personas del sector privado que se encargaron de beneficiar a esa empresa china a cambio del 4% del valor de la obra. Añadió que demostrará que se realizaron transacciones nacionales e internacionales con ese dinero ilícito.

Moreno es identificado como el supuesto autor directo debido a que la Fiscalía lo señala de haber influido en la entrega del contrato, mientras su esposa, su hija, dos hermanos y un cuñado —que habrían recibido beneficios y ayudado a encubrir los pagos— son procesados como presuntos cómplices. En total 21 personas han sido vinculadas al caso.

El abogado del exmandatario, David Meza, afirmó que se demostrará que "no tuvo injerencia en el hecho" y que la acusación fiscal no considera que por orden de Correa, Moreno desempeñaba funciones en el área de desarrollo social y no tenía relación con el sector energético ni con la construcción de esa central.

Sinohydro comenzó la construcción de la central hidroeléctrica en 2010 con un costo de alrededor de 2.000 millones de dólares y la entregó en 2016. Desde el inicio de sus operaciones ha sido cuestionada por fallas estructurales.

Moreno regresó al país la semana pasada luego de residir cinco años en Paraguay y afrontará el juicio presencialmente en una de las salas de la Corte Nacional de Justicia en Quito. Se prevé que las audiencias se prolonguen durante varias semanas.

“Yo me quedo acá”, respondió Moreno a periodistas al ser consultado si tenía previsto regresar a Paraguay y dijo que las acusaciones en su contra son producto de “una venganza del expresidente Correa”, aunque no dio detalles.

El exmandatario ha negado las acusaciones en su contra y de sus familiares y ha señalado al también exvicepresidente Jorge Glas (2013-2017), que lo sucedió en el cargo, como responsable de la supuesta corrupción aduciendo que su sucesor dirigía los sectores estratégicos durante el gobierno de Correa.

Glas está preso cumpliendo otras dos sentencias por corrupción.

La ley penal ecuatoriana sanciona el delito de cohecho con penas de tres a 10 años de prisión.

En Ecuador también hay expresidentes vinculados a casos de corrupción como Correa, sentenciado a ocho de cárcel, por supuestos sobornos en el caso Odebrecht. Correa actualmente se mantiene prófugo y reside en Bélgica.

Además, están los exmandatarios Jamil Mahuad (1998-2000), condenado por disposición arbitraria de fondos públicos, y que reside en Estados Unidos, y Abdalá Bucaram (1996-1997), que retornó tras más de una década de exilio en Panamá tras la prescripción de los casos judiciales en su contra.

Missouri’s football program announced in a statement that Hardy was shot early Sunday morning and that the All-America running back underwent surgery for the gunshot wound later that day.

WJTV 12 News reported Hardy was shot in the upper leg, according to police, and the Laurel (Mississippi) Leader-Call reported the shooting happened at an outdoor concert at a bike club in Laurel.

“There had been a scheduled concert there of some rappers, or maybe a couple of different rappers,” Laurel police Sgt. Macon Davis told the Leader-Call. “It drew a large crowd, and then gunshots rang out at the end.”

Three people of interest were in custody, Davis told the Leader-Call. He described the scene as a “melee," saying at least two people were injured and it was a miracle others were not.

The Associated Press left Davis a voicemail requesting more information.

Missouri said it would provide more information on Hardy’s status as it becomes available.

“Ahmad is deeply loved by his teammates, coaches, friends, family and fans,” the statement said. “We will continue to stand beside him and his family through this difficult time, offering our love, prayers, strength and support. A timeline for his return to football activities is unknown at this time.”

Hardy earned first-team Associated Press All-America honors last season and was one of three finalists for the Doak Walker Award given annually to college football’s top running back. He rushed for 1,649 yards to rank second among all Bowl Subdivision players.

Hardy is from Oma, Mississippi. He started his college career at Louisiana-Monroe but transferred to Missouri before the 2025 season.

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The vehicle was spotted in the water shortly after 7 a.m. in the area of West 16^th Avenue and 68^th Street, just east of the Palmetto Expressway.

Hialeah Fire Rescue officials told Local 10 News that Hialeah Gardens police notified them about the vehicle and the agency sent their divers to the scene.

Residents in the area told Local 10 News they are worried that someone might have been inside the SUV when it plunged into the canal, however HFR officials said no one was found inside the vehicle.

Divers and tow truck operators worked together to eventually remove the SUV from the canal.

HFR officials said the scene has since been turned over to the police department for further investigation.

Historians are eligible for the award but also anyone from teachers and filmmakers, to podcasters and leaders of a cultural organization.

“The Rubenstein Prize will pay tribute to those who strive to tell an accurate and engaging national story, helping Americans understand who came before them and fostering a deeper appreciation for the responsibilities of citizenship,” Rubenstein said in a statement released Monday. “By studying history, we are better able to see what worked and how to avoid the mistakes of the past.”

The inaugural judges panel will include Pulitzer Prize winners Annette Gordon-Reed, Jon Meacham and Beverly Gage. The winner will be announced in the fall.

El incidente ocurrió en la noche del sábado en Pembroke Road y Southwest 46th Avenue.

Según funcionarios de Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue, un total de siete personas resultaron heridas, incluyendo varias alertas de trauma, una de las cuales era un niño.

Las autoridades trasladaron a algunos de los heridos al HCA Florida Aventura Hospital y a otros al Memorial Regional Hospital.

Una de las víctimas fue declarada muerta en el hospital, según la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward.

Las autoridades no han divulgado información sobre las causas del accidente.

Another round on storms is expected on Wednesday. If you are looking for some drier time, Friday is probably your best bet. It won’t be dry for everyone but the showers that develop will be sparse compared to earlier in the week.

La policía dijo que una pelea entre cuatro personas estalló en la plaza en el bloque 300 de State Road 7, cuando alguien sacó un arma y comenzó a disparar.

Tres personas sufrieron “heridas de bala que no ponen en riesgo la vida”, dijo la policía.

Las balas también atravesaron múltiples negocios, incluyendo una barbería cuyas puertas de vidrio quedaron destrozadas. Los equipos de limpieza pasaron la mañana del domingo barriendo vidrios rotos y escombros.

El Dollar General y varios negocios vecinos fueron clausurados con tablones tras ser alcanzados por las balas.

Un hombre que hace compras regularmente en la plaza, y que pidió no ser identificado, dijo que el tiroteo pudo haber terminado mucho peor.

“Pudo haber habido una gran pérdida de vidas. Gracias a Dios que no fue así, pero eso es lo que me viene a la mente. Cada una de estas balas pudo haber golpeado a alguien”, dijo.

Las cámaras de Local 10 News estuvieron en la plaza el sábado por la noche mientras la policía acordonaba el área, hablaba con testigos e investigaba el tiroteo.

Un video de la escena mostró daños por balas dispersos en varias vidrieras de cristal.

“Gracias a Dios que nadie murió, especialmente en el Día de las Madres”, agregó el hombre. “Esperemos que atrapen a los responsables, porque esto es un disparate.”

La policía confirmó que los detectives ya identificaron al tirador y trabajan para localizarlo.

Las llamas se ubicaron al noroeste de la intersección de Okeechobee Road y Krome Avenue.

Para las 5 p.m. del domingo, las autoridades informaron que el fuego había quemado aproximadamente 4,600 acres.

Roxanne Gill vive con su novio y su bebé de un año cerca del área donde ardían las llamas. Dice que poco después de que se declarara el incendio el domingo, el fuego tomó el camino de tierra que lleva a su casa, dejándolos atrapados.

“No podíamos salir, el fuego estaba bloqueando el camino de tierra”, dijo. “No había forma de irse. La única manera de salir era en un airboat.”

Gill dijo que han enfrentado incendios en el pasado, pero nunca tan cerca.

“Era enorme, había tanto humo, podíamos escuchar el crepitar, así de malo estaba. Tuve que mojar mi casa con la manguera. Todo el mundo estaba mojando sus tráilers antes de que llegara el departamento de bomberos”, dijo. “Estaba asustada. Estaba sacando todas mis cosas importantes de la casa y estaba enloquecida preguntándole a todos si debía llevarme al bebé, si debía irme, y no había forma de salir. Estaba muy asustada.”

La policía de Pembroke Pines advirtió a los residentes sobre el humo que se dirigía hacia el área de Lake Holly, cerca de Pines Boulevard y US-27.

Los equipos de rescate se apostaron en el área como precaución en caso de que el fuego se acercara y se convirtiera en un peligro.

Roxi era una labrador amarilla de 8 años que comenzó en la Unidad de Narcóticos de Miami-Dade en 2017.

“Ella es una oficial de policía a nuestros ojos, igual que un humano, y esperamos que hoy podamos mostrarle a todos que la honramos y que la extrañamos”, dijo la sargento Samantha Machado de la Unidad K9 del Sheriff de Miami-Dade.

Fue a finales de enero de 2025 cuando los detectives intentaban arrestar a un presunto proveedor de drogas tras meses de trabajo encubierto.

Cuando Anthony Medina, de entonces 33 años, intentó escapar, los detectives dijeron que intencionalmente estrelló su auto contra el SUV K9, empujando el vehículo contra una pared de concreto en el área de Northwest 72nd Street y First Avenue.

Medina se encuentra ahora en prisión enfrentando una larga lista de cargos y esperando juicio.

“Hay un vínculo entre el K9 y su guía que no se compara con ningún otro, y perder a tu compañera en un accidente trágico es simplemente, no hay palabras para describirlo”, dijo Machado.

El guía de Roxi, el detective Jared Hahn, también resultó herido en el choque. Asistió al memorial de Roxi en febrero y estará en Washington D.C. el lunes para hablar en honor a su compañera.

“Ha sido un placer trabajar con ella, era increíble”, dijo Machado.

El nombre de Roxi quedará grabado junto al de otros K9 heroicos que murieron en cumplimiento del deber.

Freddie Hendricks, a middle school theater teacher at Utopian Academy for the Arts in Ellenwood, Georgia, and who founded the Youth Ensemble of Atlanta, is getting the special Tony Award that honors educators.

“It feels really great to know that they’re succeeding on that level and that I had a little to do with it,” he told The Associated Press ahead of the announcement on Monday. “It’s just a beautiful thing.”

Hendricks has been an arts educator for more than 30 years and was an honorable mention for the special Tony in 2023 and 2024. He estimates between 20 and 30 of his students have gone on to Broadway, including Tony-nominated Saycon Sengbloh, and one, Kenan Thompson, who is a household star on “Saturday Night Live.”

“I’ve always had a passion for theater. I’m an actor myself and when I got into teaching years and years and years and years ago, it became my passion," he says.

Ellington, who has earned his third Tony nomination for “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” credits Hendricks as “the first person to show me the importance of storytelling in theater.” Ellington watched as shy kids who started quiet at the beginning of Hendricks' class were by the end the featured singer or performer.

Hendricks graduated from Lincoln Memorial University in 1976, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication arts. He created “Soweto, Soweto, Soweto: A Township is Calling!” and has also taught in Europe and South Africa.

He is artistic director, writer and teacher for the Youth Ensemble of Atlanta, which is comprised of students ranging from 11-20. At Utopian, Hendricks trains students in a “rigorous, ensemble-based program of acting, movement and storytelling.”

“A lot of kids these days, they don’t love themselves,” he says. “They don’t know who they are, for one thing. And I just kind of start with that and then go with loving themselves for who they are and letting them know up front, ‘In here, this is a safe space. You’re loved in here. You’re accepted in here. This is your home.’”

Hendricks is known for encouraging his students to come up with topics they care about — poverty, gun violence, teen pregnancy, apartheid or AIDS — and building performances around their ideas from their perspective.

“That just empowered these kids so much,” says Ellington. “Not only empowered them from an internal place of owning who you are, but empowering them as storytellers and showing the importance of storytellers.”

The annual Excellence in Theatre Education Award bestowed by the Tony Awards and Carnegie Mellon University recognizes U.S. educators who have “demonstrated exemplary impact on the lives of students and who embodies the highest standards of the profession.”

The award includes a $10,000 prize for Utopian Academy and a pair of tickets to the June 7 Tony ceremony and gala in New York City. Hendricks' students will also receive a visiting master class taught by Carnegie Mellon drama professors.

A panel of judges comprised of the American Theatre Wing, The Broadway League, Carnegie Mellon and other leaders from the theater industry selects the winner, from candidates submitted by the public.

Hendricks imparts the importance of theater skills — like collaborating, listening, interpreting, storytelling, checking your ego, taking criticism — even if his pupils go on to careers outside the arts.

“I just want to let them know that life is great out there and the key to success is to never stop the pursuit of it. Whatever you want, keep going. It’s not going to happen tomorrow. It’s not going to happen next year. Or if it does, you may lose it, but it will come again if you continue to pursue whatever it is that you desire.”

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Existing home sales edged up 0.2% last month from March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.02 million units, the National Association of Realtors said Monday. Sales were unchanged compared to April last year.

The latest sales figure fell short of the roughly 4.12 million pace economists were expecting, according to FactSet.

Sales have been hovering close to a 4-million annual pace now going back to 2023, far short of the historic norm that is closer to 5.2-million.

And home prices continued to rise nationally last month, albeit at a slower rate. The U.S. median sales price increased 0.9% in April from a year earlier to $417,700, an all-time high for any April on data going back to 1999, NAR said. Home prices have risen on an annual basis for 34 months in a row.

The U.S. housing market has been in a slump since 2022, when mortgage rates began to climb from pandemic-era lows. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes were essentially flat last year, stuck at a 30-year low. They have remained sluggish so far this year, declining from a year earlier through the first three months of this year.

“This spring homebuying season, so far all the way through April, we can say we are not predicting any increase compared to one year ago,” said Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist.

While average incomes are now rising at a faster pace than U.S. home prices, affordability remains a major hurdle for aspiring homeowners.

Years of soaring home prices, especially in the early part of this decade when rock-bottom mortgage rates fueled a buying frenzy, have left many would-be homebuyers frozen out of the market. And a chronic shortage of homes for sale nationally, due partly to years of below-average new home construction, has helped prop up home prices even in a multiyear sales slump.

Homes purchased last month likely went under contract in February and March, when the average rate on a 30-year mortgage ranged from 5.98% — its lowest level in three and a half years — to 6.38%, according to mortgage buyer Freddie Mac. The average rate was at 6.37% last week.

While the average rate has remained below where it was a year ago, it has been fluctuating since the war with Iran began, as surging energy prices fuel anxiety about higher inflation.

Those who can afford to buy are benefiting from more properties on the market, although home inventory levels remain well below historical norms.

There were 1.47 million unsold homes at the end of April, up 5.8% from March and up 1.4% from April last year, NAR said. That’s the most homes on the market for the month of April going back to 2019, when the month-end inventory stood at 1.83 million homes.

That’s still short of the roughly 2 million homes for sale that was typical before the COVID-19 pandemic.

April’s month-end inventory translates to a 4.4-month supply at the current sales pace. Traditionally, a 5- to 6-month supply is considered a balanced market between buyers and sellers.

“We really need to see 30% growth in inventory, but we’re not really seeing that,” Yun said.

One factor helping boost the supply of homes for sale is many properties are sitting on the market longer. Properties typically remained on the market for 32 days last month before selling, down from 41 days in March, but up from 29 days in April last year, NAR said.

As homes take longer to sell, asking prices have started falling in many metro areas, especially in the South and Midwest. The national median home listing price was down in April from a year earlier, according to Realtor.com.

The event series announced Monday is called “SI Beyond the Pitch,” which will bring concerts and VIP fan experiences to Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami and New York during the global soccer tournament. Additional performances will include Diplo and Gordo.

The Los Angeles kickoff event is scheduled for June 12 at the Hollywood Palladium with Nelly headlining. Dallas will host a June 20 event at SILO featuring Gordo, while Miami’s June 26 stop at DAER will feature The Chainsmokers. The series concludes July 18 at Cipriani Wall Street with performances from 50 Cent and Diplo.

The series marks one of Sports Illustrated’s biggest pushes yet into live entertainment and experiential events surrounding major sports moments.

“This isn’t just a tournament; it’s the most significant sporting event of a generation to hit American soil,” Joe Silberzweig, founder and CEO of Medium Rare, said in a statement. The series is an expansion of the brand’s growing presence in premium live events tied to major sports weekends and cultural moments.

“We are leaning into that energy to introduce the most high-octane nightlife experiences the global soccer community has ever seen,” he said.

The announcement follows the recent success of SI The Party during Super Bowl weekend, which featured performances from The Chainsmokers and Ludacris alongside celebrity guests including Justin Bieber, Travis Kelce and Ciara.

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El vehículo fue avistado en el agua poco después de las 7 a.m. en el área de West 16th Avenue y 68th Street, al este de la Palmetto Expressway.

Funcionarios de Hialeah Fire Rescue dijeron a Local 10 News que la policía de Hialeah Gardens los notificó y la agencia envió a sus buzos al lugar.

Residentes del área dijeron a Local 10 News que están preocupados por la posibilidad de que alguien haya estado dentro del vehículo cuando cayó al canal; sin embargo, funcionarios de HFR dijeron que no encontraron a nadie dentro del vehículo.

Dijeron que la escena fue entregada al departamento de policía para continuar la investigación.

Here are the dates when the top teams are scheduled to name their 26-man rosters for the tournament being held in the United States, Mexico and Canada from June 11-July 19.

FIFA expects to announce the official squad lists on June 2.

France

May 14

Belgium

May 15

Brazil

May 18

Portugal

May 19

Morocco

May 21

Germany

May 21

England

May 22

Spain

May 25

Netherlands

May 25

United States

May 26

Argentina

May 30

Mexico

June 1

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Cole Tomas Allen was handcuffed and shackled and wearing an orange jail uniform when he appeared in federal court for his arraignment. Allen didn’t speak during the brief hearing. One of his attorneys entered the plea on his behalf.

Allen’s lawyers are asking U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden to disqualify at least two top Justice Department officials from direct involvement in prosecuting him because they could be considered victims or witnesses in the case, creating a potential conflict of interest.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro were attending the event when Allen ran through a security checkpoint and fired a shotgun at a Secret Service officer, authorities said. In a court filing last week, Allen’s attorneys argued that it creates at least the appearance of a conflict of interest for Blanche and Pirro to be making any prosecutorial decisions in the case.

McFadden, a Trump nominee, didn’t rule from the bench on that question but asked Allen’s attorneys to elaborate on the possible scope of their recusal request. Defense attorney Eugene Ohm said the defense likely would seek to disqualify Pirro’s entire office from involvement in the case. Ohm acknowledged that a bid to disqualify the entire Justice Department would be unlikely.

“That would be quite a request,” the judge said.

McFadden gave prosecutors until May 22 to respond in writing to the defense's request. The judge asked the government to specify whether it believes Pirro and Blanche could be considered victims in the case.

“That might add some clarity here,” McFadden said.

In their filing, Allen's attorneys suggested that the appointment of a special prosecutor might be warranted.

Allen is scheduled to return to court on June 29.

A Secret Service officer was shot once in a bullet-resistant vest during the April 25 attack at the Washington Hilton hotel, which disrupted and ultimately prompted an early end to one of the highest-profile annual events in the nation’s capital. The officer fired five shots but didn't hit anybody, authorities said.

Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, was injured but was not shot.

Besides the attempted-assassination count, Allen also is charged with assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon and two additional firearms counts. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted of the attempted assassination charge alone.

Allen was placed on suicide watch after his arrest, but jail officials removed him from that status after several days. Allen’s attorneys complained that he had been unnecessarily confined in a padded room with constant lighting, repeatedly strip searched and placed in restraints outside his cell.

Allen told FBI agents that he didn’t expect to survive the attack, which could help explain why he was deemed to be a possible suicide risk, a Justice Department prosecutor has said.

Allen was outfitted with an ammunition bag, a shoulder gun holster and a sheathed knife when he took a photo of himself in his room at the hotel just minutes before the attack, according to prosecutors. In a message that authorities say sheds light on his motive, Allen referred to himself as a “Friendly Federal Assassin” and alluded obliquely to grievances over a range of actions by Trump's Republican administration.

Authorities have alleged that Allen on April 6 reserved a room for himself at the Hilton where the event would be held weeks later under its typical tight security. He traveled by train cross-country from California, checking himself into the hotel a day before the dinner with a room reserved for the weekend.

Trump was rushed off the stage by his security team at the Saturday night event and appeared at the White House two hours later, still in his tuxedo, to talk about the attack and the suspect.

“When you’re impactful, they go after you. When you’re not impactful, they leave you alone,” the president said. “They seem to think he was a lone wolf.”

Google shared limited information about the attackers and the target, but John Hultquist, chief analyst at the tech giant’s threat intelligence arm, said it represents a moment cybersecurity experts have warned about for years: malicious hackers arming themselves with AI to supercharge their ability to break into the world’s computers.

“It’s here,” Hultquist said. “The era of AI-driven vulnerability and exploitation is already here.”

It comes at a time of leaps in AI's abilities to find vulnerabilities, including the Mythos model announced a month ago by Anthropic. Among those trying to bolster their defenses is President Donald Trump's White House, which has shifted its approach in how it plans to vet the most powerful AI models before their public release.

After following through with a campaign promise to repeal Democratic President Joe Biden's guardrails around the fast-developing technology, the Republican administration and its allies are now sending mixed signals about the government playing a larger role in AI oversight.

“Some people don’t want there to be a regulatory response to this and others do,” said Dean Ball, a senior fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation who was previously a White House tech policy adviser and a lead author of Trump’s AI policy roadmap last year.

“I don’t like regulation,” Ball said. “I would prefer for things not to be regulated. But I think we need to in this case."

Google says it found evidence of AI helping in cyberattack

Google said it observed a group of prominent “threat actors” planning a big operation relying on a bug they had found. The vulnerability allowed them to bypass two-factor authentication to access a popular online system administration tool, which Google declined to name.

The company called it a zero-day exploit, a cyberattack that takes advantage of a previously unknown security vulnerability. “Zero-day” refers to the fact that the security engineers have had zero days to develop a fix for the vulnerability.

Google said it notified the affected company and law enforcement and was able to disrupt the operation before it caused any damage. But as it traced the hackers' footprints, it found evidence they had used an AI large language model — the same technology that powers popular chatbots — to discover the vulnerability.

Google didn't reveal which AI model was used in the cyberattack, only that it was most likely not Google's own Gemini or Anthropic's Claude Mythos. Google also didn't reveal which group it suspected in the attack but said there was no evidence it was tied to an adversarial government, though the company said groups tied to China and North Korea have been exploring similar techniques.

Hultquist said that compared with government spies who typically work slowly and quietly, criminal hackers have some of the most to gain from AI's “tremendous capability for speed” in finding and weaponizing security bugs.

“There’s a race between you and them to stop them before they can essentially get whatever data they need to extort you with, or launch ransomware,” he said in an interview. “AI is going to be a huge advantage because they can move a lot faster.”

Anthropic's Mythos has sparked a panic and call for regulation

Trump's Commerce Department announced last week that it signed new agreements with Google, Microsoft and Elon Musk's xAI to evaluate their most powerful AI models before their public release, building on previous agreements the Biden administration made with Anthropic and ChatGPT maker OpenAI. But the announcement later disappeared from the Commerce Department website.

It was the latest example of jumbled signals from the Trump administration in the month since Anthropic announced a new model it called Mythos that it said was so “strikingly capable” at hacking and cybersecurity work that it could only release it to a small group of trusted organizations.

Anthropic created an initiative called Project Glasswing bringing together tech giants including Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft, along with other companies like JPMorgan Chase, in hopes of securing the world’s critical software from “severe” fallout that the new model could pose to public safety, national security and the economy. But its relationship with the U.S. government was complicated by a public and legal fight with the Pentagon and Trump himself over military use of its AI technology.

Its top rival, OpenAI, has since introduced a similar model. The company said Friday it was releasing a specialized cybersecurity version of ChatGPT that would only be available to “defenders responsible for securing critical infrastructure” to help them find and patch vulnerabilities in their code.

Ball said he's optimistic that, over the long term, AI tools that are increasingly good at coding will make us safer from the routine cyberattacks afflicting hospitals, schools and other organizations. In the meantime, however, he said there are “untold trillions of lines of software code” supporting the world's computing systems that are at risk if AI tools are unleashed to exploit all of their bugs.

It could take years to harden all of that software — a process that Ball believes would be aided by coordination from the U.S. government.

In the meantime, Ball predicts a “transitional period" where cybersecurity risks rise significantly and “the world might actually be more dangerous.”

Police said a fight broke out involving four people at the plaza in the 300 block of State Road 7 when someone pulled out a gun and started shooting.

Three people “sustained non-life-threatening gunshot injuries,” police said.

Bullets also ripped through multiple businesses, including a barbershop where the front glass doors were shattered. Cleanup crews spent Sunday morning sweeping up broken glass and debris.

The Dollar General and several neighboring businesses were boarded up after bullets pierced their storefronts.

One man who shops at the plaza regularly, and asked not to be identified, said the shooting could have ended much worse.

“There could have been a major loss of life. Thank God that there wasn’t, but that is what comes to mind. Each one of these bullets could have hit someone,” he said.

Local 10 News cameras were at the plaza Saturday night as police taped off the area, spoke with witnesses and investigated the shooting.

Video from the scene showed damage from the bullets scattered across several glass storefronts.

“Thank God nobody was killed, especially on Mother’s Day,” the man added. “Let’s hope they catch the people responsible because this is just nonsense.”

Police confirmed that the shooter has been identified by detectives and they are working to locate that person.

The league announced on Monday that the Cowboys will visit the New York Giants in the first NBC “Sunday Night Football” game of the season on Sept. 13 and they will host the Philadelphia Eagles on Fox on Thanksgiving Day Nov. 26.

The full schedule will be released on Thursday with other matchups revealed in the coming days.

This is the eighth time in the past 15 years the Cowboys and Giants are opening the season against each other. It also marks the 15th time the NFC East rivals are meeting on NBC's Sunday night package, the second-most played matchup since the network started the package in 2016.

Dallas is always a national television draw as “America's Team,” and New York could get more primetime exposure with Super Bowl winner John Harbaugh in his first year coaching the Giants and Jaxson Dart established as the franchise quarterback coming off his eventful rookie year.

This also could be the NFL debuts for a pair of former Ohio State teammates: Giants linebacker Arvell Reese, taken with the fifth pick, and Cowboys safety Caleb Downs, drafted not long after at No. 11.

This will only be the third time, and first since 2014, that the Eagles will be the Cowboys' Thanksgiving opponent.

Dallas has won its past four Thanksgiving games, including a 31-28 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs last year.

The late afternoon Thanksgiving game is traditionally the most viewed of the regular season. Last year’s game averaged 57.23 million viewers on CBS, making it the most-watched regular-season game in league history.

This will be the second straight season Philadelphia will have the spotlight on Thanksgiving week. Jalen Hurts and the Eagles hosted last year's Black Friday game and lost to the Chicago Bears 24-15.

Monday's announcements mean the Cowboys know the dates for three of their 17 games. It was announced a couple of weeks ago their game in Rio de Janeiro against the Baltimore Ravens will take place in Week 3 on Sept. 27 and air on CBS.

Dallas at New York in Week 1 also means neither of those teams will be the visitor at Seattle on Wednesday night, Sept. 9, when the defending champion Seahawks unveil their Super Bowl banner and kick off the season. Chicago, Arizona, Kansas City, the Los Angeles Chargers or a title-game rematch against New England are the remaining possibilities.

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The shooting occurred at a shopping plaza along South State Road 7, between Southwest Second Court and Aztec Boulevard.

Three to four people were involved in a fight before the shooting, according to Maj. Michael Druzbik, a spokesman for the Margate Police Department.

“Those involved sustained non-life-threatening injuries,” Druzbik wrote in a statement.

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

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One of the more notable matchups in Nebraska’s state primary on Tuesday features two Democratic contenders for U.S. Senate who accuse each other of being “fake” candidates with no intention of competing to win the general election. The outcome could impact whether Nebraska has a competitive general election for the seat.

Voters in the Cornhusker State also will choose nominees for a full slate of contests ranging from governor to state Legislature and local offices.

Topping the ballot is the U.S. Senate race, where Republican incumbent Pete Ricketts is seeking a full term, following his 2023 appointment and 2024 special election victory to replace Republican Ben Sasse.

Although Ricketts faces four Republican primary challengers, he’s already looking ahead to an expected general election contest against independent candidate Dan Osborn, an industrial mechanic and military veteran who came within 7 points of defeating Republican U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer in her 2024 reelection bid.

The Democratic nominee will be either pharmacy technician and community college instructor Cindy Burbank or pastor Bill Forbes.

The Nebraska Democratic Party supports Burbank for the primary and Osborn for the general election. The party originally had planned not to field a general election candidate to coalesce support behind the independent Osborn. Forbes’ last-minute candidate filing, along with past statements and political positions, has prompted allegations from party leaders that he entered the primary so that a Democrat would be on the fall ballot, siphoning votes away from Osborn and helping Ricketts.

Forbes denies the allegation. State records indicate he is a registered Democrat.

Burbank was also a late entrant to the race, and she cites keeping Forbes off the November ballot as a major priority of her campaign. On her website, she says Osborn “deserves a fair shot against Ricketts.”

Nebraska’s Republican Secretary of State, Bob Evnen, had Burbank tossed from the ballot in March following a complaint filed by the Republican Party of Nebraska alleging she was not running in good faith. The Nebraska Supreme Court ordered Burbank back on the ballot.

The primary contest will not break any fundraising records. Burbank received about $4,300 for her campaign as of April 22, while Forbes reported zero monetary contributions to his.

Republicans have held both of Nebraska’s U.S. Senate seats since the 2012 election, and the state is not a top target for Democrats looking to retake the chamber in 2026. But an upset over Ricketts or even a competitive race could give the party more breathing room as it looks to flip Republican seats in Alaska, Maine, North Carolina and Ohio.

In the race for governor, incumbent Republican Gov. Jim Pillen faces five primary challengers, while former state Sen. Lynne Walz and frequent candidate Larry Marvin compete for the Democratic nomination. Marvin has previously run for U.S. Senate four times since 2012.

In the Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District, six active candidates are running for the Democratic nomination to replace retiring Republican U.S. Rep. Don Bacon. Omaha City Councilmember Brinker Harding is unopposed for the Republican nomination. The seat is critical to Democratic hopes to retake the chamber.

There are also 11 primary elections for Nebraska's unicameral state legislature. The races are nonpartisan, but many candidates run as Republicans or Democrats. Each race will have two winners advance to the general election, though voters can vote for only one candidate.

Here are some of the key facts about the election and data points the AP Decision Team will monitor as the votes are tallied:

When do polls close?

Nebraska falls within both the Central and Mountain time zones, but all polls close simultaneously at 9 p.m. ET.

What’s on the ballot?

The AP will provide vote results and declare winners in contested primaries for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, governor, secretary of state and state Legislature.

Who gets to vote?

Nebraska voters registered with a political party may vote only in their own party’s primary. In other words, Democrats can’t vote in the Republican primary or vice versa. The state Democratic and Libertarian parties allow independent or unaffiliated voters to vote in their primaries. The state Republican and Legal Marijuana NOW parties allow independent or unaffiliated voters to vote in federal contests only. Voter ID is required.

How many voters are there?

As of May 1, Nebraska had about 1.3 million registered voters, about 621,000 Republicans and about 328,000 Democrats.

How many people actually vote?

About 219,000 votes were cast in each of the two Republican U.S. Senate primaries in 2024, which was about 18% of registered voters at the time. Pillen’s Republican primary for governor in 2022 had about 270,00 total votes cast, or about 22% of registered voters. The Democratic gubernatorial primary that year had about 100,000 votes, roughly 8% of registered voters.

How much of the vote is cast early or by absentee ballot?

About 39% of the Republican primary vote and about 65% of the Democratic primary vote was cast before Election Day in both the 2022 and 2024 primaries.

As of Thursday, about 56,000 Republican primary ballots and about 49,000 Democratic primary ballots had already been cast in Tuesday’s election.

When are early and absentee votes released?

More than three-quarters of Nebraska’s 93 counties tend to release all or nearly all of their early and absentee vote results in the first vote update of the night, often before any results from in-person Election Day results are available. Nearly two-thirds of counties tend to release no or relatively few in-person Election Day results in their first report, including the most populous counties of Douglas and Lancaster.

How long does vote-counting usually take?

In Ricketts’ last U.S. Senate primary in 2024, the AP first reported results just as polls closed statewide at 9 p.m. ET. About 90% of the vote had been counted by 12:10 a.m. ET, with the final vote update of the night a little more than an hour later at 1:35 a.m. ET with about 98% of the total vote counted. The AP declared Ricketts the winner at 9:10 p.m. ET.

When will the AP declare a winner?

The Associated Press does not make projections and will declare a winner only when it’s determined there is no scenario that would allow a trailing candidate to close the gap. If a race has not been called, the AP will continue to cover any newsworthy developments, such as candidate concessions or declarations of victory. In doing so, the AP will make clear that it has not yet declared a winner and explain why.

How do recounts work?

Recounts are automatic in Nebraska if the vote margin is 1% of the total vote or less in races where more than 500 votes are cast. The AP may declare a winner in a race that is subject to a recount if it can determine the lead is too large for a recount or legal challenge to change the outcome.

Are we there yet?

As of Tuesday, there will be 175 days until the 2026 midterm elections.

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A boat captain, identified only as Leo, said a boat exploded during startup, likely because of a gas leak, and it was the “scariest moment” of his life.

“When we looked back out, we saw three people flying off the boat and a puff of smoke,” said Patrick Lee, a witness who added that he saw victims who were “very badly burned” in stretchers.

Anthony Torres said his wife, Adriana Rojas, was among the 11 injured during a Mother’s Day weekend celebration and said she called him after the explosion.

“She was screaming, ‘Help me! Help me! I’m burned! The boat blew up! Help me! Help me!’”

More than 25 MDFR units, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers, and the U.S. Coast Guard responded shortly before 12:50 p.m.

“Injuries were from burn injuries, some were traumatic injuries as well,” MDFR Battalion Chief Juan Arias said.

Torres was at Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, where Rojas was hospitalized.

“She has got second-degree burns all throughout her legs, her buttocks, her chest, her left arm, and the left side of her body,” Torres said.

The cause of the explosion remained under investigation on Saturday afternoon, according to Melissa Brevik, a spokeswoman for the FWC.

“Preliminary information indicates a charter vessel carrying several passengers was in Biscayne Bay, near the Haulover Sandbar, when an explosion occurred on board,” Brevik wrote in a statement. “Passengers aboard the vessel were injured.”

Local 10 News Assignment Editors Sofia Mendez and Mariana Ortiz contributed to this report.

The incident happened around 10:26 p.m. on Saturday at Pine Channel Nature Park, located at 29550 Overseas Highway on Big Pine Key.

Deputies noted that the park was not open, as it had closed at 7:30 p.m.

According to authorities, a patrolling deputy observed the suspect, identified as Julie Graham, of Port Charlotte, Florida, “seated on a park bench with drug paraphernalia in plain view.”

Deputies said Graham refused to provide identification and attempted to walk away before pulling away and resisting, knocking off the deputy’s glasses, grabbing and striking him as he struggled to handcuff her.

Graham has since been charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, tampering with evidence, and being in a park after hours.

Authorities said no serious injuries were reported.

After being medically cleared, deputies said Graham was taken to jail without further incident.

It happened late Saturday night along Pembroke Road and Southwest 46th Avenue.

According to Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue officials, there were a total of seven people injured, including several trauma alerts, one of who was a child.

Authorities said they took some of the injured to HCA Florida Aventura Hospital and others to Memorial Regional Hospital.

One of the victims was pronounced dead at the hospital, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.

Officials have not released information regarding what led up to the crash.

Roxi was an 8-year-old yellow lab who started in the Miami-Dade Narcotics Unit in 2017.

“She’s a police officer in our eyes, just like a human, and we hope that today we can show everyone that we honor her and we miss her,” said Miami-Dade Sheriff’s K9 Unit Sgt. Samantha Machado.

It was late January of 2025 when deputies were trying to arrest a suspected drug supplier after months of undercover work.

When Anthony Medina, then 33 years old, tried to get away, deputies said he intentionally slammed his car into the K9 SUV, forcing the vehicle into a concrete wall in the area of Northwest 72nd Street and First Avenue.

Medina is now in jail facing a long list of charges and awaiting trial.

“There’s a bond between the K9 and the K9 handler that is like no other bond, and to lose your partner in a tragic crash is just, it’s beyond words,” said Machado.

Roxi’s handler, Deputy Jared Hahn, was injured in the crash.

He made his way to Roxi’s memorial that February and will be in Washington D.C. on Monday to speak in honor of his partner.

“It’s been a pleasure to work with her, she was amazing,” said Machado.

Roxi’s name will now be etched among other heroic K9s who were killed while in the line of duty.

Sanctions were also slapped on seven centers suspected of indoctrinating the children or training them to serve in the armed forces, either for Russia or pro-Russian militias inside Ukraine.

Over 130 people and “entities” are now under EU travel bans and asset freezes over the abductions.

EU headquarters said the measures target “those responsible for the systematic unlawful deportation, forced transfer, forced assimilation, including indoctrination and militarized education, of Ukrainian minors, as well as their unlawful adoption and removal to the Russian Federation and within temporarily occupied territories.”

Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, about 20,500 children have been unlawfully deported or forcibly transferred to Russia or Russian-held territories in eastern Ukraine.

EU officials say many of the children are stripped of their Ukrainian identity and culture, given Russian passports and put up for adoption. Some are forced into schools for indoctrination or into military camps.

“Russia is trying to erase their identity,” Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže said Monday at a meeting with EU counterparts in Brussels, where the sanctions were endorsed. “When you look at the Genocide Convention, it’s one of the features of the genocide crime. So, it’s very serious.”

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes, accusing him of personal responsibility for the abductions.

Around 2,200 children have been returned, but identifying them is complicated. Those taken at a young age can be difficult to recognize just a few years later. Getting them home is a harrowing task, and while Ukraine has reintegration structures in place some may face a long period of adaption when they return.

The EU on Monday was hosting, alongside Canada, a meeting of the 47-country International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children to increase diplomatic pressure on Russia and rally support for work to verify and trace those who are taken.

“War has really many faces, but stealing the children is really one of the most horrific,” EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos said ahead of the gathering. “We should stop this, and Russia should pay.”

The officials targeted by Monday’s sanctions include the heads of children’s camps, government representatives and military officers in charge of youth training.

One of the 16 named was Lilya Shvetsova, head of the “Red Carnation” camp in occupied Crimea. The EU said she supervised “activities aimed at shaping the political and ideological views of children present at the facility, including Ukrainian children.”

Like others on the list, she was determined to be “supporting and implementing actions and policies contributing to the deportation, forced transfer, forced assimilation, including indoctrination, or militarized education of Ukrainian minors.”

From parachuters landing on the sand to roaring fighter jets overhead, day two of the Air Dot Show delivered plenty of thrills for spectators packed along Fort Lauderdale Beach.

“This is amazing, seeing it on the beach and the wind, it’s just gorgeous,” said Katrina Reneau, who was visiting from Islamorada.

One of the biggest attractions of the show was the Air Force’s F-22 Raptor demonstration.

“F-22 is unparalleled in its power, in its fight performance,” said Tora Thorne, a safety observer with the F-22 demonstration team.

Thorne said he has been piloting the fighter jet for four years.

“Flying the jet is a rewarding experience every single day,” he said. “Every time I get a chance to fly, I take a second to really appreciate how fortunate I am to do that.”

The aircraft wowed crowds with high-speed maneuvers, flares and aerial stunts that drew cheers from the beach below.

“It is the most powerful, amazing plane in the world and it gets to show off to us right here,” Reneau said.

Attendees said the show also gave them a greater appreciation for members of the military.

“I am in awe, like it’s given a new respect to what our guys do in the services,” said attendee Latoya Black.

“It’s an honor,” Black added. “It’s an honor to see what really goes on. This is the fun part for them, so when you imagine what they have to do to keep us safe, it gives a new form of respect.”

The event also featured F-18s, Red Bull Air Force performers and the Thunderbirds.

“This is pure power and talent,” Reneau said.

Organizers said the air show not only entertains crowds, but also helps educate younger generations about the military and the aviation industry -- and could inspire future careers in the field.

The reelection bid caps an eventful 12 months for Baraka. The contest takes place almost a year after he was arrested at a protest outside a federal immigration detention center. The charges were later dropped, and he sued the federal prosecutor at the time, alleging false arrest and malicious prosecution.

Baraka later placed second against then-U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill in the Democratic primary for governor. Sherrill went on to win the general election. Baraka is a Democrat, but the office of Newark mayor is nonpartisan, and candidates do not run under a party label.

The candidates challenging Baraka are artist Tanisha Garner, developer and contractor Noble Milton, community organizer Sheila Montague, community activist Debra Salters, former Newark Municipal Court administrator Nasheedah Singleton, tech entrepreneur Jhamar Youngblood and Douglas “Rodney” Davis, whose campaign platform includes ending “casual Fridays” in City Hall.

Montague placed a distant second behind Baraka in the 2022 mayoral race, receiving about 17% of the vote. In 2024, she and Salters sought the Democratic nomination to replace the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Donald Payne. They placed 7th and 11th, respectively.

If no candidate receives a majority of the vote, the top two vote-getters will advance to a June 9 runoff election.

Here are some of the key facts about the election and data points the AP Decision Team will monitor as the votes are tallied:

When do polls close?

Polls close at 8 p.m. ET.

What’s on the ballot?

The Associated Press will provide vote results and declare a winner in the Newark mayoral race.

Who gets to vote?

Any registered voter in Newark may participate in the mayoral election.

How many voters are there?

There were about 159,000 registered voters in Newark in the 2025 general election.

How many people actually vote?

About 18,000 votes were cast in the 2022 mayoral election.

How much of the vote is cast early or by absentee ballot?

About 16% of vote in the 2022 mayoral election was cast before Election Day.

As of Thursday, about 2,700 ballots had already been cast in Tuesday’s election, almost all of them from Democrats.

When are early and absentee votes released?

In Essex County, for which Newark is the county seat, the first vote report of the night typically includes nearly all results from early and absentee voting, with no results from in-person Election Day voting.

How long does vote-counting usually take?

The timing of vote releases for past elections is available for Essex County but not for Newark specifically. In the 2025 general election, the AP first reported results in Essex County at 8:06 p.m. ET, or six minutes after polls closed. The last vote update of the night was at 10:10 p.m. ET, with about 93% of total votes counted.

When will the AP declare a winner?

The AP does not make projections and will declare a winner only when it’s determined there is no scenario that would allow a trailing candidate to close the gap. If a race has not been called, the AP will continue to cover any newsworthy developments, such as candidate concessions or declarations of victory. In doing so, the AP will make clear that it has not yet declared a winner and explain why.

How do recounts work?

Recounts are very rare in New Jersey. The state does not have automatic recounts, but candidates and voters may request and pay for them, with the cost refunded if the outcome changes. The AP may declare a winner in a race that is subject to a recount if it can determine the lead is too large for a recount or legal challenge to change the outcome.

Are we there yet?

As of Tuesday, there will be 28 days until the June 9 mayoral runoff, if needed.

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Organizers told Local 10 News that Guinness has confirmed they set a record Saturday at Chewy Bark Park in Coral Gables with 277 dogs at the world’s largest dog pool party.

Chewy hosted the party as breeds of all shapes and sizes shared the kiddie pools, as well as some cool treats -- all in an effort to secure their spot in the record books.

“We wanted to go big, we wanted to make it fun, splashy and we brought in Guinness World Records,” one organizer said. “They’re here today onsite and they’re counting every dog that is here towards our record.”