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Monroe County Circuit Judge Mark Wilson recently ordered Lori A. Kerbel, who was accused of stealing from Montessori Children’s School, to pay more than $11,490 in restitution through monthly payments, according to prosecutors.

Wilson accepted Kerbel’s plea of no contest on July 28, and he sentenced her to 270 days in Monroe County Jail, a five-year probation, and 50 hours of community service, according to Monroe County prosecutors.

Kerbel, who was the business manager and bookkeeper of the Montessori Children’s School from October 2012 to August 2014, made unauthorized “personal purchases” with the school’s funds and credit cards, according to the Key West Police Department.

Aside from an upgrade to her health insurance coverage, Kerbel’s “personal purchases” also included home furnishings, electronics, jewelry, and clothing, according to police.

Kerbel, also known as Lori Ruben, has an arrest record in Florida, Indiana, Iowa, and Oklahoma, records how.

According to court records, Monroe County prosecutors filed the felony case against Kerbel for third-degree grand theft on Dec. 9, 2014, when a judge issued an arrest warrant.

Court records showed deputies served the arrest warrant on Aug. 17, 2018, and Kerbel pleaded not guilty on Sept. 6, 2018. Her bond was $15,000.

Kerbel, who was born in Ohio, moved to Texas and notified the court in Monroe County that she had moved to Corinth in 2018 and to Boyd in 2021, according to court records.

Kerbel was allowed to skip some court dates in 2019, 2020, and 2021, court records show. Wilson issued an arrest warrant on Jan. 4, 2022.

The court’s public docket shows inactivity from a return mail on Feb. 11, 2022, to a substitution of counsel on March 25, 2025.

According to the July 28 negotiated plea statement, Kerbel was booked at the Blackhawk County Jail on Dec. 3, 2025, in Waterloo, Iowa, on a warrant related to the case.

The next notices of appearance were on Jan. 26 and March 3. Records show Kerbel was arrested again on Feb. 27 and booked at the MCSO jail in Key West. Her bond was $300,000.

Judge’s restitution order filed on Aug. 4

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Trump Media & Technology, the company behind the Truth Social platform, said Monday that it lost $238 million in the three months through June as it branched into businesses unrelated to media, including crypto. That was more than 10 times the loss from a year earlier. The per share loss widened to 86 cents from 8 cents.

In a conference call after the earnings release, the new chief executive, Kevin McGurn, said a yearlong effort to expand by branching into several new industries including online betting and crypto would now be largely abandoned as he refocuses the business on its social media mission.

“We made the disciplined choice to pivot in order to invest more time and resources in our most important initiatives,” McGurn said. “We will say no to things or change course as warranted.”

Trump Media stock fell slightly in after-hours trading following the earnings report. The stock had fallen 8% in regular trading.

Key to McGurn's plan is a service called Truth API that offers early access to Wall Street trading firms to top posters on the Truth Social platform. That includes the user with most followers, President Donald Trump, who often moves markets by breaking major U.S policy shifts on the site.

Trump Media has been attacked by good government watchdogs from the start of Trump's second term as a vehicle for him to profit off the presidency. The new service has only heightened those concerns, with Democrats vowing to investigate the paid service if they get control of Congress in the midterms.

McGurn has dismissed such concerns, noting that other companies sell special, fast access to traders.

“Providing licensed real-time public data through commercial APIs is a well-established business practice across the technology, financial information and media industries,” he said. “This is no different.”

One previously announced new venture, nuclear fusion, will continue. McGurn said Trump Media hopes to close a previously announced merger with energy company TAE Technologies by the end of the year.

“We continue to believe it’s the single most important driver of long-term value for this company,” McGurn said of the fusion business.

Much of the damage last quarter was due to unrealized paper losses from the falling values of Trump Media's holdings of bitcoin and a crypto token called Cronos.

Excluding those paper losses as well as taxes, interest and other items, so-called operating losses still increased, but much less than the unadjusted results — a $164 million loss from a $44 million loss a year earlier.

The new Truth API service is charging $60,000 to $100,000 a month, McGurn said, adding that Trump Media has already signed up 10 customers, mostly so-called high frequency trading firms that buy and sell in milliseconds

“We’re in the early innings,” said McGurn, noting that the potential market was much bigger than traders, including data center companies, news organizations and developers of large language models.

Ten customers translates into a big new revenue source for Trump Media, possibly bringing in between $7 million to $12 million a year, or roughly two to three times the company's entire revenue last year.

In the second quarter, Trump Media posted $1.7 billion in revenue, more than double from a year earlier.

The company has $1 billion in debt from special convertible notes that doesn't come due until 2028, but the lenders have an option to demand they be cashed out in November, a possible hit to finances though the company appeared to have ample cash.

At the end of the quarter, Trump Media had more than $400 million in cash and short term investments. It also had $1.2 billion in bitcoin and bitcoin-related assets.

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According to a federal criminal complaint obtained by Local 10 News on Monday, Jhon Alexander Herrera Giraldo arrived on Avianca Flight AV06 from Bogota on Wednesday and said he had nothing to declare to customs agents.

However, it states that agents conducting a pat-down noticed that the 40-year-old, who’s been with the airline for nearly two decades, was wearing a silver-colored chain around his neck and asked him about it.

Authorities said Herrera Giraldo initially claimed the chain was platinum, but then “stated that it was gold but claimed he had owned it for years.”

They said he “later admitted that the chain was not his” and said “an individual named ‘Leandro’ had given him the chain in Colombia and instructed him to deliver it to an individual named ‘Lalo’ the next day,” saying that “that the chain had already been painted silver when ‘Leandro’ gave it to him and that he believed the chain was painted to conceal the fact that it was gold.”

Authorities said Herrera Giraldo admitted he lied about the chain at first because he was “scared” and said “he received approximately $200 to $300 for each trip on which he brought a chain” to the U.S., making three such trips over the past four months.

According to the complaint, the chain weighed in at around 240 grams and was “made of high-purity gold consistent with merchandise intended for sale or other commercial use.”

Though the complaint doesn’t state where authorities suspect the gold came from, according to Business Insider, illegal gold mining is now Colombia’s “most profitable illicit industry” and the U.S. is the country’s number-one destination for smuggled gold.

As for Herrera Giraldo, agents arrested him on a charge of smuggling goods into the United States, which can carry a 20-year prison sentence.

His federal court file did not list any upcoming hearings and he remained held in the Federal Detention Center in downtown Miami as of Monday morning.

Local 10 News contacted Avianca on Monday morning seeking comment on Herrera Giraldo’s arrest.

A spokesperson sent a statement to Local 10 News on Monday evening:

“Avianca is aware that a cabin crew member was detained in the United States in connection with matters that are currently under investigation.

“The company respects and cooperates with the appropriate authorities and is responding to all applicable requests.

“Avianca reiterates that it operates under strict ethical and compliance standards and does not tolerate conduct that violates the law.

“The company has activated its internal protocols in response to this situation. As this is an ongoing matter, and out of respect for due process and the work of the relevant authorities, Avianca will not provide further comment on the case at this time.”

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School security is high on the list of priorities for most people.

Pastor and retired teacher Joy Jackson says a lot has already been done to protect our schools.

“We do have those entities in place,” she said. “Doors locked, safety rooms and police officers and security monitors to ensure safety.”

Catholic school teacher Wrendly Mesidor thinks other districts are on the right track by requiring clear backpacks and utilizing metal detectors.

“I would advocate that we have similar policies as well, where we have vetted people and security at every standpoint,” Mesidor said.

Former police chief James Wright and former Miami Gardens Vice Mayor Erhabor Ighodaro both said it’s not just about reaction, but also prevention.

“We need to also address bullying issues, which sometimes arise to the level of grievances, and then violence occurs,” said Wright.

Added Ighodaro: “We have to make sure our teachers are trained to identify trauma, and when we have school counselors and mental health practitioners, we have to make sure they are funded properly to address those concerns.”

Retired principal Katrina Wilson said schools are safer than they have ever been and believes knowledge is the key.

“The more people know, the better they behave. The more you give them information, you give them the shield to protect themselves,” she said.

For Florida Memorial University Board Chair Bernard Jennings, hiring quality staff has to be a priority.

“Make sure we have enough security personnel that are paid well so they’ll get to work on time be interested in the job and not looking for another job while they are at work,” said Jennings.

Teacher Linda Cothiere believes safety and learning go hand in hand.

“You can’t learn in a place if you don’t feel safe, so therefore securing the buildings is very important to me because I want my students to feel safe,” she said.

Carrington came from behind and hit the Fever's Sophie Cunningham in the head and neck on a fast-break layup, knocking her to the court as the shot went in. The play was reviewed and upgraded to a Flagrant 2 after the referee said there was windup, impact and follow-through on the foul.

Carrington is Black and Cunningham is white. After Carrington was ejected, she posted “WHITE PRIVILEGE” on social media and tagged the Fever.

Responding to a clip of former NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho criticizing her reaction, Carrington posted on X that she “never once claimed that the assessment of the foul was white privilege.”

“Try exercising your critical thinking skills, I know you studied psych. Furthermore, I’m the LAST thing from ignorant or asinine when it comes to speaking on “white privilege”, do ya research on that one,” Carrington wrote. "I actually went to school, one of the top universities might I add, to educate myself on this exact subject.

“I would never use that term as a rhetorical weapon knowing the historical and social weight it holds without having the proper evidence to substantiate it.”

The 28-year-old Carrington played for Stanford for four years before spending her final season of college ball at Baylor.

There has been no word from the WNBA on any additional punishment for Carrington for the hard foul. The Sky visited the Seattle Storm on Monday night.

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Hepburn, 47, started early Monday morning with school bus drivers in Davie at the Central West Transportation Terminal, which handles nearly 1,000 routes.

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Hepburn, who took over in April 2024, said a stop-arm camera program is in the works to help enforce Florida’s school bus stop law.

The 30-day warning period runs from Monday to Sept. 8. Enforcement starts on Sept. 9 with $225 civil penalty for violations.

Related link: More on school bus safety program

Hepburn visited Hallandale Beach Magnet High School, which adopted a four-day class week with programs in entrepreneurship and tech. Friday is their day off.

Pompano Beach High School, one of the best-performing BCPS campuses, served as a model for the four-day work week at BCPS, promoting the use of Fridays for internships.

Related story: Broward students head back to class as school consolidations bring changes to some campuses

In Fort Lauderdale, Hepburn also visited Sunrise Middle School. He took a break for a short workout in the school’s Sports Academy’s new gym.

“This is just one of the great partnerships that we have with the city of Fort Lauderdale,” Hepburn said.

Bennett Elementary School and Fort Lauderdale High School also house a Sports Academy to help students explore careers in sports, health, fitness, and athletics.

Hepburn also visited Atlantic West Elementary School in Margate, sitting down and joining students for lunch.

The campus is now boasting a higher rating by the Florida Department of Education.

“We are celebrating an A for the first time in 15 years,” said Atlantic West Elementary Principal Shereen Reynolds. “We’re hoping to increase the upper trajectory of teaching and learning.”

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Thank you for all you do each day to support our students. Because of your hard work and commitment, BCPS starts this school year as a three-time A-rated District. I invite you to watch my Back-to-School message.

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Police shared photos of the encounter on Facebook Saturday, joking that the gator may have been eager for the school doors to open Monday morning after summer break.

The alligator was found near a canal at the corner of Coconut Creek Parkway and Lyons Road, which borders the high school.

“A gator that could’ve played left tackle on Creek High’s football team has been relocated,” the department joked in its post.

Police said the alligator measured about 10 feet long and weighed well over 300 pounds.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission assisted with relocating the animal Friday night, according to police.

The sizable reptile now has a new home at Everglades Holiday Park.

Police also had a little fun speculating about what may have brought the gator to the area, joking that perhaps the nearby canal “is like a Buc-ee’s for gators.”

No injuries were reported.

Hepburn, de 47 años, comenzó temprano el lunes por la mañana con los conductores de autobuses escolares en la Terminal de Transporte Central West en Davie, que maneja casi 1,000 rutas.

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Hepburn, quien asumió el cargo en abril de 2024, dijo que se está preparando un programa de cámaras en las señales de alto de los autobuses para ayudar a hacer cumplir la ley de Florida sobre las paradas de autobuses escolares.

El período de advertencia de 30 días se extiende desde el lunes hasta el 8 de septiembre. La aplicación de la ley comienza el 9 de septiembre con una multa civil de $225 USD por infracciones.

Enlace relacionado: Más sobre el programa de seguridad de autobuses escolares

Hepburn visitó Hallandale Beach Magnet High School, que adoptó una semana de clases de cuatro días con programas de emprendimiento y tecnología. El viernes es su día libre.

Pompano Beach High School, uno de los planteles de BCPS con mejor desempeño, sirvió como modelo para la semana de cuatro días en BCPS, promoviendo el uso de los viernes para pasantías.

Nota relacionada: Estudiantes de Broward regresan a clases mientras consolidaciones escolares traen cambios a algunos planteles

En Fort Lauderdale, Hepburn también visitó Sunrise Middle School. Hizo una pausa para realizar un breve entrenamiento en el nuevo gimnasio de la Academia Deportiva de la escuela.

“Esta es solo una de las grandes colaboraciones que tenemos con la ciudad de Fort Lauderdale”, dijo Hepburn.

Bennett Elementary School y Fort Lauderdale High School también cuentan con una Academia Deportiva para ayudar a los estudiantes a explorar carreras en deportes, salud, acondicionamiento físico y atletismo.

Hepburn también visitó Atlantic West Elementary School en Margate.

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Thank you for all you do each day to support our students. Because of your hard work and commitment, BCPS starts this school year as a three-time A-rated District. I invite you to watch my Back-to-School message.

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— Howard Hepburn (@HowardHepburn) August 3, 2026

Según un comunicado de prensa del Departamento de Policía de Opa-locka, sus agentes fueron llamados para ayudar a la policía de Miami Gardens durante una persecución vehicular activa.

La policía dijo que el sospechoso disparó un arma contra los agentes que lo perseguían mientras huía de Miami Gardens y entraba a Opa-locka.

Agentes de Opa-locka respondieron para ayudar a la policía de Miami Gardens mientras continuaba la persecución.

La persecución finalmente terminó cerca de Northwest 107th Street y Northwest 17th Avenue, donde las autoridades detuvieron al sospechoso, según la policía de Opa-locka.

Se estableció una escena separada cerca de Northwest 22nd Avenue y Northwest 135th Street, donde la policía dijo que un agente de Miami Gardens estuvo involucrado en un accidente durante la persecución.

Personal de emergencia respondió a la escena.

Las autoridades no proporcionaron de inmediato información sobre la condición del agente ni dijeron si alguien más resultó herido en el accidente.

Las autoridades tampoco han revelado la identidad del sospechoso ni detalles adicionales sobre la investigación por delito grave que precedió a la persecución.

La policía de Opa-locka enfatizó que la información divulgada hasta el momento es preliminar y dijo que la investigación permanece activa y en curso.

Se espera que las agencias investigadoras correspondientes divulguen detalles adicionales sobre la investigación subyacente, la persecución, el arresto y el accidente que involucró al agente.

“El Departamento de Policía de la Ciudad de Opa-locka mantiene su compromiso de trabajar en colaboración con nuestros socios de las agencias policiales vecinas para proteger a nuestras comunidades y garantizar la seguridad de los residentes y del personal policial”, declaró el OLPD en el comunicado de prensa.

Of course the Miami Dolphins first-year head coach does not want his players missing assignments, lining up offsides or running the wrong routes on game days. But he has stressed to his young team the importance of pushing beyond their comfort zones during training camp, even if that means getting things wrong.

“Some guys get so comfortable, right?” Hafley said Monday. “And they’re so scared to make a mistake that they play things safe. How do you grow if you’re going to play things safe? That doesn’t make any sense to me because you’re comfortable or you don’t want to look bad? It’s not about looking bad.”

Hafley has taken that approach himself, testing out different snap counts for quarterbacks and living with pre-snap penalties if they come early on. Similarly, the former defensive coordinator wants players to test different techniques and learn what works for them. During a recent practice, that meant encouraging a cornerback to use his hands and length more during team drills.

"Like step out of your comfort zone. Don’t worry about the results," Hafley said. "That’s what practice is for. That’s why I get mad in practice. I think bad coaching is when a guy gets beat and you just go up and you yell at him. No, ask him, ‘What did you do? What did you see? What did you try? Did it work? Let’s go back and watch it on film.’ If a guy’s not running to the ball or he’s (showing) lack of effort or physicality then yeah, yell at him. But this is where these guys get paralyzed in their minds, and I just don’t want that to happen.

“So when I see a long corner and I get a flashback, ‘You’re not using your length. Step and punch and try something different.’ I think that’s huge for everybody on our team, and it’s just how we need to coach these guys.”

That approach will be tested this week as the Dolphins prepare for Wednesday's joint practice against Washington ahead of Friday's preseason opener.

Hafley hasn't said whether starters like quarterback Malik Willis or running back De'Von Achane will suit up, but the coach said Monday everyone on the team “needs to be ready to play.”

“You never know what to expect, but you kind of just go out there, and it’s like a regular practice. You just start,” said tackle Patrick Paul, whose brother, Chris, is an offensive lineman for the Commanders. “There’s no like pre-anything. It’s just from the jump you’re going. It’s going to bring the best out of a lot of people because you’re going against new competition. These aren’t your teammates. These are people you’re about to play, so you need to go out there and compete."

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The Dolphins agreed to acquire offensive tackle Caedan Wallace and a 2029 seventh-round pick from the New England Patriots on Monday in exchange for a 2028 sixth-rounder. That deal is pending a physical.

Wallace, a third-round pick out of Penn State by the Patriots in 2024, has played in 10 games with two starts over the past two seasons.

Also Monday, the Dolphins placed kicker Zane Gonzalez on injured reserve and signed cornerback Nick McCloud as they deal with injuries in their secondary.

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As of Monday morning, that disturbance had a medium chance of developing into a tropical depression or named storm over the next 7 days, primarily from Wednesday through Saturday as it tracks safely over the open waters between Africa and the Caribbean. The next name on the list is Cristobal.

In general, models have trended more bullish in terms of its potential development since Friday and the easternmost Caribbean islands – from the Lesser Antilles to Puerto Rico – will want to monitor the forecast trends this week.

The scenarios that indicate development in the AI-camp of models keep the system weaker (tropical depression or tropical storm strength) but also move it farther south and graze or affect the Leeward Islands by this upcoming weekend.

For now, the top-performing Google DeepMind machine learning-based model puts development odds around 30-40% this week.

The conventional physics-based models, on the other hand, are slightly more aggressive in future development but also – perhaps due to a stronger storm – lift the system farther north into the central Atlantic this weekend and provide a safer clearance away from the islands.

It’s too soon to know which solution for the islands is most likely and interests in the islands should continue to check back this week. Though Cristobal is looking more likely than not later this week, the environment is only marginally conducive ahead, and for now our forecast models don’t indicate significant strengthening east of the islands.

Beyond the islands next week, there does appear to be enough of a break in the subtropical high pressure steering to allow the system to bend north, but we’re still more than a week out and we’ll need to see exactly how far north the disturbance – or what comes from it – tracks this week. At this stage, this isn’t anything the mainland U.S. needs to be concerned about.

Honorable mentions over the rest of the Atlantic

The NHC also added two other yellow areas to its outlook map this weekend for low development odds, but neither is of much consequence. The southernmost disturbance between Africa and the Caribbean (and west of the main disturbance we’re tracking this week) is a tropical wave that rolled off Africa Friday that we mentioned at the time.

Forecast models show that disturbance harmlessly sailing into the southern Windward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and parts of northern Venezuela by mid-week and development isn’t expected.

Meanwhile, a broad and disorganized area of low pressure over the open north Atlantic north of Bermuda – in part a leftover piece of a tropical wave that affected parts of the southeast U.S. Friday into the weekend – is moving quickly eastward and away from the U.S. Its development prospects are very limited and regardless, it poses no threat to land.

The contract includes $101 million guaranteed and will be added to the two years on his existing deal. The $35.3 million annual average on the extension is second among defensive tackles to Jalen Carter of NFC East rival Philadelphia.

The lucrative extension could keep Williams with the Cowboys through 2030 after they traded for him during the 2025 season. Dallas gave up one of the two first-round picks acquired in the shocking trade that sent star pass rusher Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers just a week before the opener last year.

Executive vice president of personnel Stephen Jones said at the opening of training camp the club was working with Williams' agents on an extension. Just shy of two weeks later, an agreement was in place.

“It’s a big part of all the moving parts that went with our trade last year,” Jones said on the team's website. “I think this kind of, at the end of the day, puts a bow on top in terms of knowing that we’re going to have Q here for the next five years long term.”

The addition of Williams from the New York Jets provided an initial boost to one of the NFL's worst defenses a year ago. The Cowboys won their first three games after the trade before a 44-30 loss to Detroit that started a season-ending run of four losses in five games as Dallas missed the playoffs for the second year in a row.

The Cowboys had one of the league's best offenses while finishing 7-9-1 in coach Brian Schottenheimer's first season, and they spent the offseason overhauling the defense while believing Williams would be a centerpiece among the many changes.

Dallas hired defensive coordinator Christian Parker to replace Matt Eberflus, who was fired after one season when the Cowboys allowed the most points (511) with the fewest interceptions (six) in franchise history.

The Cowboys traded with Green Bay again to get pass rusher Rashan Gary, drafted safety Caleb Downs and defensive end Malachi Lawrence in the first round and added cornerback Cobie Durant and safeties P.J. Locke and Jalen Thompson in free agency.

Dallas also targeted linebacker, drafting Michigan pass rusher Jaishawn Barham with the belief he could play off the line of scrimmage and acquiring Dee Winters in a trade with San Francisco.

Williams is part of a returning group that includes fellow defensive tackle Kenny Clark — acquired in the Parsons deal — along with second-year defensive end Donovan Ezeiruaku, linebacker DeMarvion Overshown, cornerbacks DaRon Bland and Shavon Revel Jr. and safety Malik Hooker.

The 28-year-old Williams was the third overall pick by the Jets in 2019 and was an All-Pro three years later despite the Jets' 7-10 finish. Williams has yet to play on a winning team, and the former Alabama standout was quick to remind everyone after the trade that he's still waiting for his first NFL playoff game.

“You’re just happy about it for a guy like that,” defensive line coach Marcus Dixon said. “Like he’s been rewarded for his hard work, the way he approaches the game, how he is with his teammates, his love for the game, how he’s always trying to perfect his craft. But he wants to win, and he’ll tell you that.”

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Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, faces a single count of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in Shakur’s death. He’s been jailed since late 2023 and has pleaded not guilty.

For decades, Shakur’s unsolved killing has gripped hip-hop fans. He’s considered one of the most influential rappers of all time with songs that speak to the human experience of love, heartache and familial relationships. When Shakur died, he was in the midst of a fierce battle for dominance in a music scene increasingly shaped by rival gangs.

The trial, which is expected to last about a month, likely won’t reveal who pulled the trigger. Instead, prosecutors hope to prove that Davis was the shot caller and provided the weapon. Gunfire came from the Cadillac that Davis was in, and he’s one of the only people there that night who is still alive. Prosecutors say if Davis hadn’t written explicitly about the killing, or talked about it in interviews, it’s likely no one would have been charged.

Cold case is revived on Tupac Shakur’s killing

On Sept. 7, 1996, Shakur was in the passenger seat of a black BMW and Death Row Records co-founder Marion “Suge” Knight was driving. They had just watched Mike Tyson knock out Bruce Seldon and were headed to a nightclub where Shakur was scheduled to perform. But at a red light near the Las Vegas Strip, a white Cadillac pulled up beside them, and gunfire erupted.

Shakur was shot multiple times and died six days later, while Knight survived with minor injuries. Knight is serving a 28-year prison sentence for a fatal hit-and-run.

The case went cold until Davis began making public statements about his involvement as a leader of the South Side Compton Crips. In 2019, he published a tell-all memoir. The book, along with interviews Davis gave, revived the police investigation.

Davis’ defense attorneys argue there is no evidence he directed the shooting and the state relies on witnesses who weren’t there. The defense said Davis left the narcotics trade in 2009 and worked a steady job before illness forced him to retire in 2014.

For Shakur’s family, the last 30 years have been exhausting and stressful, his stepbrother Maurice “Mopreme” Shakur said. Sitting through the trial will be retraumatizing, Shakur said, but he’s “cautiously optimistic” justice will come.

“I hope that the trial is fair, and we find out the truth,” he said.

Shakur’s death a result of longstanding gang feud, witnesses say

Hundreds of pages of grand jury transcripts portray Tupac Shakur’s shooting as a culmination of a longstanding feud between rival record labels — Death Row Records and Bad Boy Records — and rival gang sects Mob Piru and South Side Compton Crips.

Witnesses said South Side Compton Crips hung out with and provided protection to Bad Boy Records, which was founded by Sean “Diddy” Combs and included rappers like The Notorious B.I.G., or Christopher Wallace. Mob Piru, part of the larger Bloods gang, was associated with Death Row Records, which featured rappers like Shakur, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre.

The rival gangs fought and retaliated against each other both before and after Shakur’s death.

Prosecutors allege Davis orchestrated the shooting to get revenge after Shakur and his entourage beat up Davis’ nephew, Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson, at the MGM Grand hours before Shakur was killed.

Davis’ book will be front and center at the trial

The prosecutors’ case relies on “Compton Street Legend,” the book Davis co-authored about the shooting and his time in the Crips, as well as police and media interviews he participated in.

Davis’ attorneys unsuccessfully fought to block the use of the book and a recording of a 2008 police interview in the trial. They argued the book was fictionalized and had a co-author, making it impossible to know which parts Davis wrote. They also argued Davis’ interview with a federal task force investigating the deaths of Wallace and Shakur was supposed to be confidential and not used against him.

The memoir says that Shakur and his entourage “crossed the line” when they beat up Anderson.

“We couldn’t let no record company studio gangsters do us like that,” the book says.

Davis was in the passenger seat of the Cadillac and passed a gun to the back seat earlier that night, according to the book. When they encountered Shakur and Knight, Davis claimed to see Shakur reach for a weapon and wrote that “one of my guys from the back seat grabbed the Glock and started bustin’ back.”

No weapon was found in Knight and Shakur’s car, according to retired Las Vegas police Detective Clifford Mogg, who was assigned to the investigation in early 2018.

The trial could bring closure — or more questions

Mopreme Shakur said nothing would bring back his stepbrother.

“That would be justice for me,” he said. “But we all know that is unattainable.”

Mopreme Shakur said he wants allegations that Combs was involved to be explored further. In his book, Davis claims that Combs wanted Knight and Shakur killed. Combs has denied having any involvement in Shakur’s death.

He’s serving roughly four years in prison after being convicted of prostitution-related charges. Combs’ attorney did not return emailed requests from The Associated Press for comment.

Shakur’s influence in the music industry endures

Shakur sold over 75 million records worldwide with hits like “California Love,” “Changes” and “Dear Mama.” His songs spanned from party anthems to deep social commentary. The issues he discussed still resonate with people 30 years later, history professor Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar said.

“I can’t think of anyone else in the history of hip-hop who’s had a greater impact in such a short period of time,” said Ogbar, who is the founding director of the Center for the Study of Popular Music at the University of Connecticut.

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According to Miami Gardens Police Chief Delma Noel-Pratt, officers responded to a home at about 9:50 p.m. Sunday after receiving a report about shots being fired at the home during a domestic violence incident.

The suspect returned to the area while a detective was there at about 4:15 a.m. Monday and shot at the detective, Noel-Pratt said.

“As standard protocol, our detective came out to the scene,” she said. “The call happened to be involving a boyfriend/girlfriend, so it was a domestic violence call.”

The police chief said the detective returned fire and the pursuit started, with the suspect driving into Opa-locka.

According to a news release from the Opa-locka Police Department, its officers were called to assist Miami Gardens police during the vehicle pursuit.

The chase eventually ended near Northwest 107th Street and Northwest 17th Avenue, where authorities took the suspect into custody, according to Opa-locka police.

A separate scene was established near Northwest 22nd Avenue and Northwest 135th Street, where police said a Miami Gardens officer was involved in a crash during the pursuit.

Emergency personnel responded to the scene, but the officer was not injured.

Authorities have not released the suspect’s identity, but confirmed that the suspect was injured in the shooting and was transported to a local hospital to be treated for their injuries.

No officers or detectives were injured during the shooting and chase, the Miami Gardens police chief confirmed.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting.

The Falcons announced the signing before Sample participated in Monday’s practice in full pads.

Sample, 26, is a native of Snellville, Ga., near Atlanta. He was a fourth-round draft pick by Cincinnati in 2021 and signed a one-year deal with San Francisco on April 13 before he was released last week.

Sample had 85 tackles and seven sacks in four seasons with the Bengals. He missed the 2024 season with an Achilles tendon injury. He returned to start in two of 14 games with Cincinnati last season and had 17 tackles, two sacks and one forced fumble.

Walker was one of the team's two edge rushers selected in the first round of the 2025 NFL draft. Adding to the uncertainty at edge rusher is the possibility the NFL could impose discipline on the other 2025 first-rounder, James Pearce Jr., the team’s sacks leader as a rookie.

Pearce faced three felony charges stemming from what police called a domestic dispute on Feb. 7 with his ex-girlfriend, WNBA player Rickea Jackson, near Miami.

On April 23, one of Pearce’s attorneys, Jacob Nunez, said Pearce agreed to enter a six-month pretrial intervention program which would allow him to resolve the felony charges.

Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski said Monday there has been no update from the NFL on possible disciplinary action with Pearce, including a suspension.

Pearce had 10 1/2 sacks last season and his 45 quarterback pressures set a Falcons rookie record. Stefanski said Pearce is “doing a nice job” in training camp.

“I appreciate the work that he’s putting into it,” Stefanski said. “We’ll continue to roll guys in at all positions. We've got a lot of injuries now at the edge in particular, so we’re gonna ask everybody to do a little bit more. But he’s continuing to do everything we’re asking him to.”

The Falcons also activated right tackle Jawaan Taylor from the physically unable to perform list. Taylor, who signed a one-year, $5 million deal on April 9, had been recovering from elbow and triceps injuries that shortened his 2025 season with Kansas City.

Taylor is a candidate to start at right tackle. Kaleb McGary announced his retirement after missing the 2025 season with a lower left leg injury.

Defensive tackle Zach Harrison, who ended the 2025 season on injured reserve with a knee injury, practiced on Monday after being cleared late last week.

The Falcons also waived long snapper Philip Florenzo and waived/injured offensive lineman Jack Nelson.

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The two-time Olympic champion from Norway hadn’t raced since having surgery early this year to clean up scar tissue on the protective sheath around his left Achilles tendon.

Down the stretch, Ingebrigtsen was in third place before accelerating in the final 50 meters to pass Florian Bremm of Germany and cross the line in 13 minutes, 15:29 seconds. Bremm was second followed by France’s Etienne Daguinos.

“Coming from the lowest of lows to be European champion again means the world to me,” Ingebrigtsen said. “Not even I believed it could happen coming here. Only with 600 meters to go I knew I would win.

“I am starting to feel more like myself,” he added. “I doubted myself every day coming in to this and every minute leading up to the last lap today, but I’m always hoping to do my best. I’ve tried my best, and the last three weeks was very smooth.”

The Norwegian's rivals could only marvel at his abilities. Daguinos called him “a legend of our sport.”

Bremm said he looked to both sides “and I thought, ‘Oh yes I have it for sure,” before Ingebrigtsen passed him.

“He proved he’s faster than everyone else even after the injury,” Bremm said.

Ingebrigtsen is not racing in the 1,500 meters in Birmingham. He’s won both the 1,500 and 5,000 at the past three European championships.

The Achilles problem seemed to be a factor in Ingebrigtsen’s performance at last September’s world championships in Tokyo, where he failed to advance out of the first round of the 1,500 and finished 10th in the 5,000 final.

Amy Hunt wins tight 100m

Amy Hunt of Britain got just enough separation to win the women's 100 meters in 11 seconds, edging Poland's Ewa Swoboda (11.02) and Belgium's Delphine Nkansa (11.06). Hunt's teammate Dina Asher-Smith (11.10), the defending champion, was fifth.

Hunt won silver in the 100 at the Commonwealth Games two weeks ago. She was also the silver medalist in 200 at the world championships last September.

Three-peat for Schilder in women's shot put

Netherlands star Jessica Schilder made it three in a row in the shot put, taking gold with a throw of 20.73 meters at Alexander Stadium.

The reigning world champion's teammate Jorinde van Klinken (19.64) won silver, and 2024 Olympic champion Yemisi Mabry (19.50) of Germany was third.

“I will never get tired of this feeling, I will never get bored of winning these medals,” Schilder said. “I had the confidence going into this that even though I was competing with an injured finger I was capable of doing well here. It was a little bit about battling and pushing through the pain today.”

Schilder is the only woman this decade to surpass 21 meters when she threw 21.09 at the Shanghai Diamond League in May.

Schilder won gold at the past two European championships: 2024 in Rome and 2022 in Munich. She called this one the “easiest” of the three.

“There was quite a gap with the other competitors,” she said.

For the men's shot put, Leonardo Fabbri defended his title with a throw of 22.31, and his Italian teammate Zane Weir took silver. Sweden's Wictor Petersson was third.

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Según un informe de arresto, agentes de la policía de North Miami Beach respondieron al complejo la noche del viernes después de recibir un reporte sobre un hombre que se exhibía frente a menores.

La policía dijo que las dos víctimas, de 10 y 17 años, dijeron a los agentes que estaban sacando la basura alrededor de las 8:45 p.m. cuando pasaron frente al apartamento de Eric Leon Wilson y notaron al sospechoso observándolas desde el pasillo con sus pantalones cortos rojos bajados.

Cuando se dieron la vuelta, lo vieron exhibiendo sus genitales de una manera que la policía describió como “lasciva y obscena”, indicó el informe.

Los investigadores dijeron que los menores se asustaron y no querían volver a pasar frente al apartamento del hombre para llegar a sus propios apartamentos. En cambio, salieron al exterior para regresar a sus apartamentos por otra ruta, dijeron las autoridades.

Mientras pasaban frente al apartamento de Wilson desde el exterior, ambos menores dijeron a la policía que lo vieron observándolos desde su balcón, según el informe.

La policía dijo que un video de vigilancia del complejo de apartamentos corroboró los relatos de los menores. Según los investigadores, las imágenes mostraron a Wilson observando a los menores mientras sacaban la basura y mostraron sus pantalones cortos bajados hasta la mitad, exhibiéndose.

Las víctimas también identificaron al sospechoso mediante una fotografía que tomaron durante el incidente, dijo la policía.

Según el informe de arresto, los agentes inicialmente encontraron a Wilson afuera de su apartamento y él dijo a la policía que acababa de regresar a casa del trabajo.

Después de que le leyeran sus derechos Miranda, Wilson aceptó hablar con los investigadores y negó repetidamente haber tenido contacto con alguien, manteniendo que acababa de llegar a casa del trabajo, indicó el informe.

Según el informe, la joven de 17 años dijo a los investigadores que en dos ocasiones anteriores había visto a Wilson observándola desde el estacionamiento mientras ella estaba en su dormitorio. No pudo proporcionar fechas ni horas específicas de esos presuntos incidentes, indica el informe.

La policía dijo que la joven de 17 años proporcionó una declaración por escrito, mientras que el menor de 10 años dio una declaración en video a un agente.

Wilson fue arrestado por cargos de exhibición lasciva y obscena ante un menor, exhibición indecente y conducta desordenada/alteración de la paz.

Los registros en línea muestran que hasta la mañana del lunes, Wilson permanecía detenido en el Centro de Detención Metrowest con una fianza de $8,650 USD.

The 30-year-old McCaffrey had participated in every practice so far this summer for the 49ers as the team altered its schedule for training camp this year to eliminate stretches of three straight full practices.

Offensive coordinator Klay Kubiak said McCaffrey was “doing fine” and the team was managing his workload.

“Christian always kind of has his rep count in any camp,” offensive coordinator Klay Kubiak said. “You guys are aware of the adjustments we’ve made to our schedule to kind of keep them from having too many off days. But in terms of his rep load, we’re right on track where we want to be. He’s a veteran player, so you got to monitor him and get him ready for the first week.”

San Francisco is hoping to find a reliable backup for McCaffrey to lighten his workload after he led the NFL with 413 touches from scrimmage in the 2025 regular season.

But the team has been short-handed at running back with the top three projected backups to McCaffrey also out with injuries. Rookie Kaelon Black has been sidelined by an adductor injury, second-year back Jordan James broke his ribs early in training camp and third-year player Isaac Guerendo has been sidelined by a torn pectoral muscle suffered earlier in the offseason.

Patrick Taylor Jr., Sincere McCormick and Khalil Herbert handled most of the load at running back on Monday.

“It sucks because you want those young guys out there who we drafted and who we want to see compete and want to see get better,” Kubiak said. “Those guys will get back out there. They’re not far away. But it’s given guys opportunities to get better, too.”

The Niners did bring back receiver Deebo Samuel earlier in training camp and he has been getting work as a running back as well.

“When he has the ball in his hand, there’s nobody more explosive, more dynamic on the field,” Kubiak said. “In terms of managing his load, Deebo has got to be able to affect the game in a lot of ways. That’s our plan with him.”

Defensive end Nick Bosa also was out, missing his fourth straight practice with what the team described as soreness. Bosa is working his way back after going down with a season-ending torn ACL in Week 3 last year.

Bosa had only participated in individual drills early in camp before being held out but coach Kyle Shanahan has said the team isn't overly concerned about his status.

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Police have not indicated whether they consider the 29-year-old Black woman’s death suspicious, saying only that they are actively working “to determine the circumstances surrounding the death.”

A week after Fortune’s body was found, a pink and white memorial honoring her life stood as a bright spot Monday in the otherwise overgrown backyard of the abandoned house in Jackson.

Feet from where rainbow pinwheels, white flowers and teddy bears surrounded a photograph of Fortune, empty chip bags and discarded plastic bottles littered the ground. Nearby, an entrance to the home gaped open, a tarp, foam pad and other debris scattered outside.

Jackson police officers responded to the home on Aug. 3 and discovered a body hanging in the backyard. Hinds County chief medical examiner investigator Jeremiah Howard later confirmed the identity as Fortune.

Her body is now in the custody of the Mississippi State Medical Examiner’s Office, where an autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause and manner of death.

Here's what we know so far about Fortune's death:

What was Fortune doing when she was last heard from?

Christy Spivey, Fortune's mother, told ABC News on Sunday that she last saw her daughter on July 26. Fortune, a mother of four who had lived in Mississippi for more than 10 years, had traveled to Kentucky for a family reunion.

She described her daughter as a loving mother who was not behaving out of the ordinary.

“She did not do this to herself," Spivey told the outlet. "I know my daughter, and she did not do this to herself.”

On Wednesday, Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes wrote a letter to Mississippi U.S. Attorney Baxter Kruger asking for assistance in the case. In the letter, Stokes referred to Fortune as a murder victim.

Do authorities have any suspects?

Jackson police have commented very little on Fortune's death. They have not identified any suspects or person of interest.

Local media report that a man interviewed by investigators said he had argued with Fortune but had no involvement in her death. Police have not disclosed how the man, who was arrested last week on an unrelated charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm, is acquainted with Fortune.

Where were the other hangings in Mississippi?

Fortune's death comes less than a year after the hanging deaths of 21-year-old Trey Reed, a Black student at Delta State University in Cleveland, and Cory Zukatis, an unhoused white man in his 30s, in Vicksburg.

Police in Cleveland concluded Reed's death was a suicide. Autopsy results were consistent with a preliminary examination of the body by the Bolivar County coroner, which found no evidence of foul play.

Reed's family and their attorneys called for an independent autopsy and for authorities to share security camera recordings.

The Mississippi State Medical Examiner determined Zukatis died by suicide.

Why are the Mississippi cases attracting interest?

How law enforcement agencies in Mississippi, a state with a tumultuous civil rights history, handle death investigations of Black residents has drawn extreme interest in recent weeks with the case of Nolan Xavier Wells.

The 18-year-old joined friends on a Fourth of July boat excursion to an island off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast but did not return with them. His body was found two days later.

Wells’ parents say how their son died remains a mystery and there have been conflicting stories and missing details.

Spivey, Fortune’s mother, told ABC News she “does not want her name associated with” the death possibly being racially motivated.

Bernice King, daughter of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., cautioned people to “not rush to conclusions.” At the same time, Fortune's death is triggering.

“We also cannot dismiss the fear and painful history these circumstances evoke for Black communities, especially in Mississippi," she said in a statement. “That history makes transparency, thoroughness, and truth essential." ___

This story has corrected the spelling of Bernice King's first name.

___ Tang reported from Sunnyvale, California.

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According to an arrest report, North Miami Beach police officers responded to the complex Friday night after receiving a report about a man exposing himself in front of minors.

Police said the two victims, ages 10 and 17, told officers they were taking out the trash at about 8:45 p.m. when they walked past Eric Leon Wilson’s apartment and noticed the suspect watching them from down the hallway with his red shorts pulled down.

When they turned around, they saw him exposing his genitals in what police described as a “lewd and lascivious manner,” the report stated.

Investigators said the children became frightened and did not want to walk back past the man’s apartment to get to their own apartments. Instead, they went outside to return to their apartments by another route, authorities said.

As they walked past Wilson’s apartment from outside, both minors told police they saw him watching them from his balcony, according to the report.

Police said surveillance video from the apartment complex corroborated the minors’ accounts. According to investigators, the footage showed Wilson watching the children as they took out the trash and showed his shorts pulled halfway down, exposing himself.

The victims also identified the suspect through a photograph they took during the incident, police said.

According to the arrest report, officers initially encountered Wilson outside his apartment and he told police he had just returned home from work.

After being read his Miranda rights, Wilson agreed to speak with investigators and repeatedly denied having contact with anyone, maintaining that he had just arrived home from work, the report stated.

According to the report, the 17-year-old told investigators that on two previous occasions she had seen Wilson watching her from the parking lot while she was in her bedroom. She was unable to provide specific dates or times for those alleged incidents, the report states.

Police said the 17-year-old provided a written statement, while the 10-year-old gave a video statement to an officer.

Wilson was arrested on charges of lewd and lascivious exhibition on a child, indecent exposure and disorderly conduct/breach of the peace.

Online records show that as of Monday morning, Wilson was being held at the Metrowest Detention Center on an $8,650 bond.

Brosnan succeeds Val Ackerman, who announced her retirement in April after serving as commissioner for 13 years. Brosnan brings years of experience in media, sports and business. His tenure begins on Sept. 1.

St. John's president, the Rev. Brian J. Shanley, led the charge as the head of the search committee. He said in a statement that the conference prioritized finding someone with extensive experience in revenue generation.

“Over the course of his career, Tim Brosnan has shown to be a smart, highly-respected leader with high personal and professional values rooted in his dedication to the service of others," Rev. Shanley said in a statement. "His track record of forging highly successful partnerships will be critical in this new era of college athletics.”

Brosnan has significant experience in the professional ranks, bringing a 24-year stint with Major League Baseball from 1991-2015. He served in various executive roles as well as CEO of Major League Baseball Enterprises before leaving to run a sports media consultancy.

“The Big East is one of the most iconic brands in college sports, and I am grateful and deeply honored to have the opportunity to lead the conference into its next chapter,” Brosnan said in a statement.

Brosnan's ties to the Big East date back to his college years, where he was a four-year letter winner on Georgetown's baseball team.

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One of those players is sophomore wide receiver Malachi Toney.

Fresh off a breakout freshman season, Toney has been named to the 2026 Paul Hornung Award preseason watch list.

He is one of 39 players selected to this year’s list.

The news was announced on Monday by the Louisville Sports Commission.

The Paul Hornung Award is given out annually to the player deemed “most versatile” in college football.

During his freshman season with Miami, Toney led the nation with 109 receptions, which also set a new single-season Hurricanes record. He also led all players in the ACC with 1,211 receiving yards, also a new Hurricanes record, while leading all Canes with 10 touchdown receptions.

Toney was named ACC Rookie of the Year, ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year and the Football Writers Association of America’s Offensive Freshman of the Year while earning a first-team All-ACC selection at wide receiver.

Anderson, 33, made the announcement on Monday.

“I fought for the last two, three years. You know, I trained and I just couldn’t get the body to operate like it used to,” Anderson said. “So I mean, I’m not one of those guys that’s going to just continue to try to get back to somewhere where I just, you know, I couldn’t get it back there.”

Anderson hit .276 with 98 homers, 350 RBIs and 122 steals in 991 games. He played for the White Sox for eight seasons before finishing his career with short stints with Miami and the Los Angeles Angels.

Anderson hasn't appeared in a major league game since May 25, 2025, with the Angels.

“I want to be open as I can, but the game (brought) a lot of pain, a lot of great moments,” he said. “But just throughout playing, it definitely was a lot of dark moments. ... And it just got to the point where I really couldn’t enjoy it. Just being in that setting, it just wasn’t the same.”

Anderson played with a heavy heart after a close friend was shot and killed in Alabama in 2017. During an interview on “The Pivot Podcast” in 2023, Anderson acknowledged having a child out of wedlock and going through therapy with his wife, Bria.

The White Sox said they will honor Anderson before their Sept. 17 game against Detroit. As part of the tribute, the team will wear its Nike City Connect “Southside” uniforms for the only time this season. The black-and-white uniforms with Gothic script and pinstripes were worn by Anderson and the White Sox when they won the AL Central in 2021.

Anderson said he's in a good spot now.

“I get to wake up and do whatever I want to. And that makes me happy,” he said. “But as far as thinking about baseball, man, it’s just, it’s a lot.”

Anderson was selected by Chicago with the No. 17 overall pick in the 2013 amateur draft. He made his big league debut in 2016 and quickly became one of baseball’s bright young stars.

He hit a major league-best .335 with 18 homers and 56 RBIs in 2019. With the Alabama native sparking the lineup from the leadoff slot, Chicago made the playoffs in 2020 and 2021. But the team was never able to deliver on its potential.

Hampered by a sprained left knee and right shoulder soreness, Anderson hit .245 with one homer and 25 RBIs in 123 games with the White Sox in 2023. He also was suspended by Major League Baseball after he got into a fight with Cleveland slugger José Ramírez.

After Chicago finished with a 61-101 record in his final year with the team, Anderson had a $14 million option that was declined by the organization.

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In questioning Dr. Jennifer Tufts, defense lawyer Kevin Reddington spotlighted her use of 25-minute video appointments with limited time for talk therapy, the computerized forms that documented her observations, and the series of pharmaceuticals she recommended as Clancy reported various side effects, symptoms and concerns about taking medications.

Reddington portrayed Clancy’s care not as common practice in U.S. mental healthcare, but rather as inadequate and indifferent treatment of a deteriorating patient. At one point, Reddington implied that the doctor was a box-checking “robot.”

“What did you do? You had a woman who was telling you she felt hopeless,” he asked as they discussed an appointment about two months before the killings.

“I told her that this was something we could address, that there was hope, that there are treatments, that there are different types of programs,” Tufts said, “so she knew that she still had options and a reason to hope.”

“Did you ever suggest to her that ‘maybe you should come in and see me, rather than on the computer?’” Reddington asked.

“Talking to her over the video didn’t seem like an issue. It didn’t seem like there was something I was missing,” Tufts replied.

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Clancy's camp says she tried everything to get help

Clancy, 35, has pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the deaths of Callan, Dawson and Cora Clancy, who ranged from 8 months to 5 years old. They were found in the basement of the family’s home in coastal Duxbury, Massachusetts, where their mother was lying in the yard. She had jumped out a second-story window and remains paralyzed from the waist down.

Prosecutors argue that the former labor and delivery nurse was an intentional killer who connived to get her husband out of the house, then strangled the children with exercise bands on Jan. 24, 2023. Prosecutor Shanan Buckingham has urged jurors not to view the trial as “a public debate about women’s mental health and how the medical system treats women.”

Clancy's attorneys don't dispute that she killed the children. But they say she shouldn't be held criminally responsible because she was mentally ill, believing that she heard voices ordering her to take the children's lives and her own.

The defense contends that she was in the grip of bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis, a rare postpregnancy condition that can alter women's sense of reality. A forensic psychiatrist diagnosed her with those conditions after the killings.

Her attorneys say Clancy did everything she could to seek help: She turned to multiple outpatient providers, tried various drugs they prescribed, called a suicide hotline, went to an emergency room, and approached but wasn't accepted into a hospital-based, full-day treatment program for women with postpregnancy mental health problems. Clancy then even checked herself into a psychiatric hospital for several days.

Rather than improving, her condition worsened on the ever-remixed cocktail of psychiatric medications, some of them problematic for bipolar patients, her attorneys and family say. Tufts noted that it can be difficult to tell whether such conditions as depression are continuing because of a medicine or despite it.

Psychiatrist says Clancy never indicated she'd harm her kids

Tufts saw Clancy, via video, from September 2022 until the day before the killings. Her diagnosis: generalized anxiety disorder and an adjustment disorder with depressed mood.

The psychiatrist testified that Clancy never told her about manic episodes, a criterion for bipolar diagnoses, nor about hearing voices or having other signs of psychosis.

Clancy at times said she was “close” to feeling suicidal, hopeless or like she was going to die, Tufts recalled. But she said Clancy denied having a plan to take her own life or harm anyone else and never revealed — as the defense says she did to her husband — that she had thoughts about harming the children.

“I would have been very concerned if I had heard that,” Tufts said.

Clancy is suing Tufts and other practitioners in civil court.

“I do not believe that I’ve been negligent,” Tufts testified in the criminal trial Monday as Reddington questioned how much experience she had treating postpregnancy conditions before Clancy came to her. Tufts finished her psychiatric residency training in July 2022 and joined a private practice the month before Clancy's first appointment.

Nurse-practitioner testifies about treating Clancy

As Tufts left court after two days of testimony, Clancy sat still in her wheelchair with her knitted hands to her face, looking downward at the defense table.

Prosecutors went on to question psychiatric nurse-practitioner and nurse midwife Julie Paul, a pregnancy and postpregnancy specialist whom Clancy consulted briefly in November 2022. Their interactions spanned about 10 days, as Paul was leaving for another job.

Paul testified that Clancy came to her with concerns about medications she'd been using for sleep, and that led to a few reshufflings as Clancy continued reporting various symptoms and seeking new solutions by the day. Trial-and-error switching isn't unusual in psychiatry, said Paul, who also said Clancy never told her of any thoughts of harming herself or her children or having any hallucinations.

Reddington will have his chance to question Paul on Tuesday.

If convicted of murder, Clancy faces life in prison without parole. If found not guilty due to a lack of criminal responsibility, she would be committed to a state mental health facility.

Another former Trump attorney — Emil Bove, now a federal appeals court judge — administered the oath of office to Blanche at the White House following early Saturday's Senate confirmation vote by the narrowest of margins.

Blanche, a former federal prosecutor in New York, is officially taking command of a Justice Department he has been leading in an acting capacity since Pam Bondi's firing in April.

With the confirmation battle behind him, Blanche now faces the challenge of having to navigate the demands of a president who has made no secret his desire to use the law enforcement agency to target his political foes. Blanche will do so with an agency that has been hollowed out by resignations, firings and voluntary departures while also confronting mounting pushback from the courts.

Blanche was confirmed in a 50-49 vote, opposed by two Republicans who cited concerns about what they described as increased politicization of the department under Trump.

Under deputy attorney general and later as acting attorney general, Blanche has overseen the investigations of numerous Trump foes, including former FBI Director James Comey, whom the Justice Department indicted in April for a second time since Trump returned to the White House last year.

Blanche has strongly defended the Trump administration against accusations that it has weaponized the Justice Department. Blanche has said he feels no pressure to placate Trump and insists he sees no problem with the president's interest in Justice Department matters, calling it the president's “right” and “his duty.”

Blanche entered the president's orbit when he left his law firm in 2023 to represent Trump against multiple criminal cases, including two brought by the Justice Department under Democratic President Joe Biden. Blanche has said that experience afforded him a firsthand look at what he contends was the weaponization of the criminal justice system against Trump.

Blanche's defenders say the close relationship he developed with Trump as his defense lawyer can make him more successful than Bondi was at pushing back on the president's demands.

Blanche's nomination was almost scuttled over bipartisan concerns about Trump's controversial settlement of his lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service. His nomination only moved forward after he confirmed in writing, under pressure from Republicans, that the administration was rescinding plans to create a $1.8 billion fund to compensate Trump allies who believe they were wronged by the department.

The order advocates separating the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three different single-disease shots and administering all childhood immunizations at separate appointments whenever possible. It also directs the nation's health department to improve research on vaccines, which are already extensively studied, and present a plan to offer separate measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines for children, since that is not currently an option in the United States.

The renewed focus on vaccines marks a departure from the Trump administration’s recent efforts to emphasize less controversial health policies related to healthy eating, drug price negotiations and medical fraud crackdowns ahead of November’s midterm elections.

Public health experts have raised concerns that spacing out shots as Trump suggests can lead to an increased risk that children become infected with a vaccine-preventable disease before returning for another visit. Childhood vaccines — and how and when to give them in combination — go through rigorous studies, and safety tracking continues for years as the shots are used.

Trump called the announcement a “major victory for parents rights, religious and constitutional rights, and for the gold standard science.”

Speaking about the order at the Oval Office on Monday, Trump repeatedly suggested the number or timing of vaccines could play a role in rising rates of autism spectrum disorder, even as scientific consensus and decades of studies have firmly concluded there is no link. The order also includes several changes to the childhood vaccine schedule that his health department has already attempted, but that have been blocked by a federal judge. A White House official who insisted on anonymity to brief reporters said Trump was within his right to provide his own recommendation through the executive order and said the lawsuit blocking the health department's schedule was a separate issue.

Dr. Andrew Racine, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said the announcement spreads uncertainty, fear and confusion where “there doesn't need to be any of that.” He disputed Trump's recommendations and said previous ones should stand.

“Science about vaccines and their efficacy has not changed,” he said. “The distribution of viruses and other pathogens in our environment has not changed. Children in this country have not changed in the last 48 hours."

Sen. Bill Cassidy, the Republican chair of the Senate health committee, slammed the executive order in a social media post, saying vaccines are safe and do not cause autism.

“I'm a doctor. This executive order is wrong,” the Louisiana senator wrote. “The President does not have the expertise to make these changes.”

Who is in charge of vaccine policy?

Even as the order calls for revised vaccine recommendations, states, not the federal government, have the authority to require vaccinations for schoolchildren. The order advises states with school vaccine mandates to consider updating their laws to reflect the administration's preferred schedule, according to a White House fact sheet.

Last December, Trump ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to review how peer nations approach vaccine recommendations and consider revising U.S. guidance accordingly. The department responded by cutting the number of vaccines it recommends for every child, a move that has since been blocked in court.

Changes to federal childhood vaccine recommendations customarily require approval from the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The newly Senate-confirmed CDC director, Dr. Erica Schwartz, oversaw policies promoting vaccination of service members while in a leadership position at the U.S. Coast Guard.

However, public health law expert Lawrence Gostin at Georgetown University said the Supreme Court's interpretation of Trump's power may allow him to supersede Schwartz if she does not agree to new recommendations.

“This is clearly the first test for Dr. Erica Schwartz,” Gostin said in an email. “The President is placing her in an untenable position.”

Asked on a call with reporters why the president was advocating splitting MMR into three single-disease vaccines, the White House official did not provide any studies supporting the decision. They said that was Trump's long-held view and that some countries provide individual measles vaccines in certain circumstances.

Kush Desai, a Trump spokesperson, told The Associated Press that the president is “one of countless parents who have voiced questions and concerns about the combined MMR vaccine" and said the plan to develop single-disease vaccines would “give parents more options on timing and frequency for their children,” ultimately increasing vaccine uptake.

Studies of babies and toddlers in the U.S. have shown that the use of combination shots for childhood vaccines, rather than single ones, increased the likelihood of completing all recommended vaccinations by the age of 2.

Announcement follows other Trump administration vaccine actions

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist before he entered politics, set out to overhaul immunization guidance at DHS in the first year of Trump’s term. He fired an entire 17-member vaccine advisory committee, installing replacements who made far more restrictive recommendations that have since been halted by a federal judge. He also personally directed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism, without supplying any new evidence to support the change.

Throughout his second term, Trump has been fixated on connecting autism to vaccines. He has recently ramped up pressure on Kennedy to identify the cause of autism, something Kennedy had pledged to do with new research unveiled last year. Trump publicly prodded the health secretary for an update on autism research in a Cabinet meeting last month.

“How are you doing on the autism research?” Trump asked.

“We will have an answer for you,” Kennedy said.

Scientific consensus and decades of studies have firmly concluded there is no link between childhood vaccines and autism. Racine reiterated that point on Monday, noting that the potential link had been studied in “over 40 methodologically well-designed studies in over seven countries involving over 5 million children.”

“I'm not sure that there is anything that has been as thoroughly looked at as this question," he said. “And the answer is unequivocally no."

In the Oval Office, Kennedy repeated his assertion that he believes an unknown environmental factor is to blame for rising autism diagnoses and said that his department will deliver research findings “as soon as they are ready.”

Monday's order comes as students are returning to classrooms around the country and the nation contends with a measles outbreak that experts say could result in the U.S. losing its measles elimination status.

Doctors have raised concerns that Trump's falsehoods on vaccines could stoke vaccine hesitancy. Federal data shows U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates have been dropping, with the share of children with exemptions rising to an all-time high in the 2024-25 school year.

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Tight end Hunter Henry confirmed Monday that he signed a two-year extension to remain in New England through the 2027 season.

ESPN and the NFL Network reported that the extended pact has a base value of $16 million with incentives that could push it up to $20 million.

It ends a period of limbo for Henry, who was about to enter the final season of the previous three-year extension he signed in 2024.

“It means a lot,” Henry said. “They Kraft family has taken me in. They’ve been so good to me and my family, giving me a chance kind of in the middle of my career and we’ve just appreciated it kind of the whole time.”

Signed as a free agent in 2021 following his four-year run with the Los Angeles Chargers, Henry has seen both ends of the success spectrum during his run with the Patriots.

In his first season in New England, Henry was part of former coach Bill Belichick’s final playoff appearance with the team, which ended with a quick wild-card round exit.

He then endured a three-year postseason drought that included back-to-back 4-13 finishes. Last season, Henry was a big part of the reason Maye finished second in MVP voting during New England’s run to the Super Bowl under new coach Mike Vrabel.

Henry led the team with seven receiving touchdowns in 2025 and his 60 catches and 768 yards were second only to Stefon Diggs.

Along the way Henry developed a close relationship with Maye off the field, a major factor in him wanting to remain in New England.

“I mean, that definitely helps,” Henry said. “Drake is a good friend of mine, obviously a great quarterback. Just excited to continue to build with him.”

Maye almost immediately reposted the team’s Instagram announcement showing Henry signing his new contract.

“We kind of talked about it a little bit,” Henry said. “That’s my guy and just a special person. Just a guy that, we’ve grown really close to over the last few years and excited to kind of build that relationship off the field, but also on the field.”

Henry’s durability almost certainly was a factor in the Patriots wanting to keep him around. He started 16 regular season games in 2024 and all 17 last season plus four playoff games.

Off the field, the extensive work he and his wife Parker did as advocates in the fight against human trafficking — along with work for organizations such as Special Olympics — earned Henry the team’s NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year nomination.

Now at age 31, Henry will have at least two more seasons with a Patriots team poised to add to the franchise’s collection of Lombardi trophies.

“I feel like I came here and kind of retooled myself, just my body, my mindset, just different things like right around the middle of my career,” Henry said. “It’s just been really fun to just be able to be consistent and just try to be that consistent guy out there that, no matter what, (that) my guys can (depend on) being out there. ... I’m trying to make plays and just do my job on a day-to-day, on a play-to-play basis is obviously the biggest goal, too.”

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En ese mes hubo un promedio de 24,94 grados Celsius (76,89 grados Fahrenheit) en los 48 estados continentales, superando el julio de 1936 del Dust Bowl por un octavo de grado. Se llevan registros desde 1895.

“No es bueno cuando estás batiendo récords del Dust Bowl, que es lo que estamos haciendo en este caso”, dijo el meteorólogo Jeff Masters de Yale Climate Connections, un servicio apartidista enfocado en el cambio climático. “Y esa fue una especie de situación loca en la que decenas de millones de personas se pusieron en movimiento. Se tuvo esta gran migración debido a la sequía y el calor que golpearon el centro de Estados Unidos; simplemente un evento cataclísmico en la historia de Estados Unidos. Si estamos superando récords del Dust Bowl, eso dice que estamos en problemas muy serios”.

Aunque en Alaska hizo un frío inusualmente intenso, en los 48 estados continentales hubo condiciones más calurosas de lo normal. El calor más excesivo se sintió en la región montañosa del oeste, en el suroeste, las llanuras del norte y el sureste del país. Se extendió tanto que cada uno de los 48 estados continentales estuvo casi 0,6 grados Celsius (1 grado Fahrenheit) más cálido que el promedio del siglo XX, explicó Russ Vose, jefe de monitoreo del Centro Nacional de Información Ambiental de la NOAA, siglas en inglés de la Oficina Nacional de Administración Oceánica y Atmosférica.

El calor en los años del Dust Bowl estuvo más concentrado en partes de la región centro-norte y se vio agravado por las prácticas agrícolas de la época, agregó Vose.

Lo que está sucediendo ahora se debe a la quema de carbón, petróleo y gas, señalaron los científicos.

“Las temperaturas extremadamente altas en todo el territorio continental de Estados Unidos este verano, junto con la intensa sequía y las condiciones favorables a incendios, concuerdan absolutamente con los indicios del cambio climático”, manifestó Katharine Jacobs, científica del clima de la Universidad de Arizona.

El factor de mayor impulso fue el calor de la noche. Las mínimas nocturnas, que son cruciales para que las personas y la agricultura se recuperen de los días calurosos, pulverizaron el antiguo récord de las mínimas más altas por 0,7 grados, informó la NOAA. Según los científicos y varios estudios en la literatura revisada por pares, las noches más cálidas son un indicio clásico del cambio climático causado por el ser humano. El cálculo de la NOAA se basa en promediar 24 horas de temperatura, no sólo las máximas o las mínimas.

“Si estás hablando de olas de calor, esa mínima nocturna es increíblemente importante para determinar el estrés térmico total”, añadió Masters. “Así que si no refresca por la noche, tu cuerpo no tiene tiempo de reajustarse a todo el calor”.

A medida que aumentan las temperaturas nocturnas, más personas mueren y pierden sueño, muestran los estudios.

Los años 2021 y 1936 comparten el récord de tener los veranos más calurosos que se hayan registrado en Estados Unidos, los cuales se miden de junio a agosto. Hasta julio, 2026 es un poco más fresco que 2021, que registró un calor récord en junio.

Debido al cambio climático, añadió Masters, “este podría ser uno de los años más frescos que vamos a experimentar el resto de nuestras vidas”.

Lo que se necesita, señaló, es “dejar de quemar tantos combustibles fósiles. También necesitamos gastar dinero para adaptarnos al nuevo clima que hemos puesto en marcha”.

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The president first waived the Jones Act on March 17 so that it would be easier to transport oil and refined fuels among ports, reducing price pressures after the start of the war with Iran.

The latest extension will take effect on August 17 and suggests that the U.S. might be preparing for continued price pressures as the Strait of Hormuz, a primary waterway for shipping oil and natural gas, remains effectively closed because of the war.

Unlike previous extensions, the Pentagon will consult with the Maritime Administration to decide which voyages are exempt from the 1920 law containing the Jones Act. The new waiver will only apply to cargo that are sources of energy and commodities related to agriculture such as fertilizers and soybean oil.

Taylor Rogers, a White House spokeswoman, said the administration extended the waiver “to ensure our military and key industries maintain uninterrupted access to critical resources.” Rogers added that the waiver has increased domestic deliveries of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.

El plan “Fronteras Seguras” desplegará “operaciones conjuntas y permanentes” de policías y militares en las tres regiones de Bolivia que limitan con Brasil, indicó el lunes a medios de prensa el ministro de Gobierno boliviano Marco Antonio Oviedo.

La cooperación bilateral, que decayó entre 2006 y 2025, se ha reforzado desde marzo. Y desde fines de julio, la policía de Brasil coopera estrechamente con su par boliviana luego de la muerte de al menos 15 personas, la mayoría brasileñas, producto de ejecuciones en la provincia de Santa Cruz, en el oriente boliviano.

Un policía boliviano fue asesinado además por presuntos narcos el 30 de julio en el poblado rural fronterizo de San Matías, cuando investigaba el crimen de cuatro civiles.

Días después, dos reos brasileños se fugaron de una cárcel de Santa Cruz en medio de la creciente tensión por la rivalidad en esa zona entre el Primer Comando de la Capital (PCC) y el Comando Vermelho (CV). Ambas bandas están consideradas por Estados Unidos organizaciones terroristas.

En el marco de la cooperación a la que se han visto forzados ambos gobiernos, la policía federal brasileña abatió el viernes a cuatro presuntos narcos bolivianos que huyeron al vecino país tras desatar una ola de crímenes en Santa Cruz.

Estos son los principales aspectos la situación:

Qué le preocupa a Bolivia

Según el conservador presidente Rodrigo Paz, en veinte años de gobiernos de Evo Morales (2006-2019) y Luis Arce (2020-2025) se relajaron los controles, facilitando la expansión del crimen organizado. Informes policiales señalan que el PCC convirtió a Santa Cruz en una base de operaciones del narcotráfico y un santuario para proteger a sus líderes.

Paz dijo que en sus nueve meses de gestión deportó al vecino país a 16 capos de la droga que estaban refugiados en Bolivia, entre ellos Marcos Roberto de Almeida, alias “Tuta", y Gerson Palermo, del PCC.

Papel de Bolivia en el narcotráfico

Según un reciente informe de la privada Fundación Milenio, Bolivia pasó de ser un país de producción limitada y tránsito de hoja de coca —materia prima de la cocaína— a convertirse en un centro de producción y exportación de esa sustancia con conexiones internacionales cada vez más complejas. Al mismo tiempo, el Estado ha mostrado fragilidad para combatir al crimen organizado.

Hoy, Bolivia es el tercer productor mundial de cocaína después de Colombia y Perú.

Brasil es uno de los mayores destinos de esa droga y de armas traficadas desde Bolivia, según expertos.

Por territorio boliviano también transita la cocaína peruana. Droga de ambos países es enviada desde Brasil a Europa, Chile, Argentina y Paraguay.

El Chapare, en el centro boliviano, sigue siendo la principal zona productora de cocaína. Allí Morales se ha atrincherado con el apoyo de sindicatos cocaleros. Sobre el exmandatario pesan órdenes de detención por cargos que ha realizado la justicia en su contra, aunque no relacionados con el narcotráfico.

Rivalidad de bandas brasileñas

El PCC y el CV se disputan un corredor de cocaína que va desde Santa Cruz al estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, en Brasil, que operaba el presunto narcotraficante uruguayo Sebastián Marset, capturado en Bolivia y entregado en marzo a la agencia antinarcóticos de Estados Unidos (DEA por sus siglas en inglés). Entre los abatidos por la policía brasileña en Mato Grosso do Sul está José Mariano Paz Chávez, alias “Piña”, principal socio de Marset.

El uruguayo operaba desde Santa Cruz una red criminal con conexiones en Brasil, Paraguay, Bolivia y Uruguay. Su caída provocó una fragmentación de células criminales que ahora disputan el corredor mencionado, según autoridades bolivianas.

Renovada colaboración de Brasil y EEUU

La intervención de la policía brasileña ha marcado un punto de quiebre en la cooperación bilateral. En el pasado Brasil había reducido al mínimo su apoyo a Bolivia ante denuncias de filtración de informes policiales a bandas criminales.

El secretario de Seguridad Ciudadana de la Gobernación de Santa Cruz, Jorge Santistevan, apuntó sobre la presencia de narcos brasileños en territorio boliviano que "estamos viendo organizaciones criminales con altas capacidades que están por encima de las fuerzas del orden y del propio Estado”.

El embajador de Brasil en Bolivia, Luis Henrique Sobreira, indicó que, además del narcotráfico, otros “delitos transfronterizos” que ambos países intentan combatir son el contrabando y el tráfico de personas.

La DEA también ha vuelto a cooperar con Bolivia tras ser expulsada en 2009, durante el gobierno de Morales, y Paz se ha alineado con la alianza continental contra el crimen organizado que lidera el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump.

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July averaged 76.89 degrees Fahrenheit (24.94 degrees Celsius) across the Lower 48 states, eclipsing the Dust Bowl’s July 1936 by an eighth of a degree. Records go back to 1895.

“It’s not good when you’re breaking records from the Dust Bowl, which we are in this case,” said meteorologist Jeff Masters of Yale Climate Connections. “And that was a crazy sort of situation where you put tens of millions of people in motion. You had this great migration because of the drought and the heat that hit the center of the U.S. — just a cataclysmic event in U. S. history. If we’re exceeding records from The Dust Bowl, that says that we’re in deep trouble.”

Although it was unusually cool in Alaska, hotter-than-normal conditions blanketed the Lower 48, with the most excessive heat in the Mountain West, Southwest, Northern Plains and Southeast. The heat was so widespread that every one of the Lower 48 states was at least 1 degree Fahrenheit (nearly 0.6 degrees Celsius) warmer than the 20th century average, said Russ Vose, chief of monitoring at NOAA's National Center for Environmental Information.

The heat in the Dust Bowl years was more concentrated in parts of the Midwest and was aggravated by agricultural practices at the time, Vose said.

What's happening now is due to the burning of coal, oil and gas, scientists said.

"Extremely high temperatures across the continental U.S. this summer, along with intense drought and fire conditions, are absolutely consistent with the climate change signal,' said Katharine Jacobs, a climate scientist at the University of Arizona.

The biggest driver of the record heat was nighttime lows that smashed the old mark for hottest minimums by 0.7 degrees, NOAA said. Hotter nights are a classic sign of human-caused climate change, according to scientists and several studies in peer-reviewed literature. NOAA's calculation is based on averaging 24 hours of temperature, not just highs or lows.

“If you’re talking heat waves, that nighttime low is incredibly important for determining total heat stress,” Masters said. "So if it doesn’t cool off at night, your body doesn’t have time to readjust to all the heat.”

As nighttime temperatures increase, more people die and lose sleep, studies show.

The years 2021 and 1936 tie for America's hottest summer, which is June through August. Through July, 2026 is a shade cooler than 2021, which was powered by record heat in June.

Because of climate change, Masters said, “this may be one of the coolest years we’re gonna experience for the rest of our lives.”

What's needed, Masters said, is "to stop burning so many fossil fuels. We also need to be spending money to adapt to the new climate that we’ve put in place.”

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The drivers of an Infiniti and a Nissan Altima had “been traveling at a high rate of speed and intentionally striking one another,” a police officer wrote, according to a police report.

Rayko Rodriguez was driving the Infiniti when he crashed into a Nissan Altima and struck a passenger who got out of the Nissan to confront him, according to the police officer’s arrest report.

“One of the victims in the Nissan ... is the defendant’s ex-girlfriend,” a police officer wrote, describing her as a juvenile, according to the report.

Police officers met with the driver of the Nissan at about 7:50 a.m. on Sunday along North Bay Road, near West 58 Street, near the La Gorche Country Club, according to the police officer’s report.

A witness who was a passenger in the Nissan gave police officers a video that shows Rodriguez, of Hialeah, “intentionally ramming the victim’s vehicle,” and striking a man, according to the police report.

The victims reported that “the collisions caused both vehicles to come to a stop,” and a passenger exited the Nissan to confront Rodriguez, “who remained inside his vehicle ... accelerated forward ... and struck him with the front portion of his vehicle, including the front bumper and hood,” a police officer wrote.

The victims reported that the man was knocked to the ground, and fearing for his life, ran back to the Nissan, after suffering a left shoulder injury, according to the police officer’s report.

The victims, who all know Rodriguez, said he fled, according to police.

With help from Hialeah police officers, Miami Beach detectives arrested Rodriguez shortly after 1:40 p.m. at East 20th Street, between 11th and 10th avenues in Hialeah, according to the arrest report.

Miami-Dade corrections booked Rodriguez shortly before 5:50 p.m. on Sunday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center near Doral, according to inmate records.

Rodriguez faced three counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and criminal mischief of a $1,000 or more, records show. His bond was $13,500.

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

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Los conductores de un Infiniti y un Nissan Altima habían “estado circulando a alta velocidad y chocándose intencionalmente entre sí”, escribió un agente de policía, según un informe policial.

Rayko Rodriguez conducía el Infiniti cuando chocó contra un Nissan Altima y atropelló a un pasajero que salió del Nissan para confrontarlo, según el informe de arresto del agente.

“Una de las víctimas en el Nissan, es la ex novia del acusado”, escribió un agente de policía, describiéndola como menor de edad, según el informe.

Los agentes de policía se reunieron con el conductor del Nissan alrededor de las 7:50 a.m. del domingo en North Bay Road, cerca de West 58 Street y del La Gorche Country Club, según el informe del agente.

Un testigo que viajaba como pasajero en el Nissan entregó a los agentes un video que muestra a Rodriguez, de Hialeah, “embistiendo intencionalmente el vehículo de la víctima” y atropellando a un hombre, según el informe policial.

Las víctimas reportaron que “las colisiones hicieron que ambos vehículos se detuvieran”, y un pasajero salió del Nissan para confrontar a Rodriguez, “quien permaneció dentro de su vehículo, aceleró hacia adelante y lo atropelló con la parte delantera de su vehículo, incluido el parachoques delantero y el capó”, escribió un agente de policía.

Las víctimas reportaron que el hombre cayó al suelo y, temiendo por su vida, corrió de regreso al Nissan después de sufrir una lesión en el hombro izquierdo, según el informe del agente.

Las víctimas, quienes conocen a Rodriguez, dijeron que huyó, según la policía.

Con la ayuda de agentes de la policía de Hialeah, detectives de Miami Beach arrestaron a Rodriguez poco después de la 1:40 p.m. en East 20th Street, entre las avenidas 11 y 10 en Hialeah, según el informe de arresto.

El Departamento Correccional de Miami-Dade ingresó a Rodriguez poco antes de las 5:50 p.m. del domingo en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight, cerca de Doral, según los registros de reclusos.

Rodriguez enfrentaba tres cargos de agresión agravada con un arma mortal y daños a la propiedad por $1,000 USD o más, según muestran los registros. Su fianza fue fijada en $13,500 USD.

El editor de asignaciones de Local 10 News, Carson Merlo, contribuyó a este informe.

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The Supreme Court annulled the registration of Yabloko — which is Russian for “apple” — after an appeal from a pro-Kremlin party. Last month, the Central Election Commission had initially allowed Yabloko on the ballot along with 10 other parties.

Once a leading liberal voice in parliament and often critical of the government, Yabloko later lost its bloc of seats in the State Duma as the Kremlin tightened its grip on Russian politics.

In recent years, Yabloko was the only registered opposition party that opposed sending troops into Ukraine.

Its campaign slogans included “For a ceasefire agreement, diplomacy and peace!” “Our goal is to prevent nuclear war!” and “For a Russia free from fear and political repressions!”

Veteran liberal politician Grigory Yavlinsky, who co-founded Yabloko in the 1990s and chairs its political committee, deplored the ruling and said the party would appeal it.

“Barring Yabloko from the election means a refusal to engage in dialogue with those who ask questions that make the authorities uncomfortable,” Yavlinsky said in an online statement. “We hope the authorities will heed the public demand for peace, freedom, and life without fear, and change their policy.”

Yabloko's platform draws strong support

Many Russian opposition figures in exile had urged voters to back Yabloko, including Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, and politicians Ilya Yashin and Vladimir Kara-Murza.

“I believe it’s morally and politically right to support the Yabloko party,” Navalnaya said in an Aug. 6 statement on Telegram, noting the party’s anti-war stance.

Yabloko chairman Nikolai Rybakov, who was in the courtroom Monday, sought to distance the party from what he described as unwarranted support from Navalnaya and other Kremlin foes living abroad in an apparent attempt to prevent its removal from the ballot.

In the meantime, social media buzzed with videos supporting Yabloko. Many didn't contain political slogans but instead showed young men and women holding apples when asked their voting preference for the Sept. 18-20 election or dancing to Russian songs that referenced apples.

Rybakov told the court the party wasn't paying for the videos, saying that people who posted it were backing Yabloko “simply because they want to live in Russia and don't want to get killed.”

The authorities likely initially allowed Yabloko on the ballot to give Russians an outlet for their discontent while also showing, through the party’s traditionally low vote count, that few people support its stand on Ukraine, said Nikolay Petrov, senior research fellow at the NEST Centre, founded by exiled Russian tycoon and opposition figure Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

But Yabloko’s campaign for peace struck a chord and upended the Kremlin’s calculations.

Now “the Kremlin is facing a rather difficult task, to come out of the situation with minimal losses,” Petrov said, because kicking the party off the ballot is effectively “demonstrating that they’re afraid of what Yabloko stands for.”

Yavlinsky said the court’s ruling “speaks volumes about the importance of our platform — far more than any official election results ever could.”

He added that “the public demand for peace and freedom today has proven far stronger than the authorities anticipated.”

Kremlin-aligned parties bash Yabloko

Several Kremlin-aligned parties have assailed Yabloko for its stance on Ukraine, and some even urged authorities to investigate it.

Sergei Mironov, head of A Just Russia Party, called on the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Justice Ministry to “look closely” at Yabloko and “give a legal assessment to their actions.”

“A party that openly opposes the special military operation, promises a shameful peace, and supports foreign agents is running for the State Duma,” Mironov said, using the Kremlin’s term to describe the 4-year-old conflict.

Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov said Yabloko is not supporting President Vladimir Putin’s policies and has not helped “those suffering, those fighting on the front line.”

The Motherland Party filed the lawsuit with the Supreme Court demanding Yabloko’s removal from the ballot. It accused Yabloko of copyright infringement and exceeding campaign spending limits. The party also viewed Yabloko’s stance on Ukraine as unlawful and tantamount to calling for the violation of Russia’s territorial integrity.

Rybakov and lawyers representing the party in the Supreme Court on Monday rejected the accusations.

A crowd of supporters greeted Rybakov and other Yabloko representatives with applause as they entered the courthouse in central Moscow.

Yabloko members faced a Kremlin crackdown

Yabloko has faced increased pressure in recent years as the Kremlin ramped up its crackdown on dissent to levels unseen since the Soviet era.

Several prominent Yabloko members were jailed or designated as “foreign agents” — a label that brings additional government scrutiny and aims to discredit the recipient. As a result, its most prominent members were not on the ticket.

Maxim Kruglov, a deputy chairman and former member of the Moscow city council, was convicted in June of spreading false information about the Russian army and sentenced to seven years in prison.

Another senior member of the party, Lev Shlosberg, is on trial for similar charges in his native city of Pskov, facing up to 10 years in prison if convicted. It’s the third criminal case brought against Shlosberg in the last two years. He has also been designated a “foreign agent.”

That designation was also slapped on Boris Vishnevsky, another Yabloko deputy chairman, in 2024. The designation forced Vishnevsky to step down from the St. Petersburg city council after legislation was adopted later that year, barring “foreign agents” from participating in elections or holding public office.

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Police said it happened at around 10:30 p.m. on Thursday at the family’s home in the 1900 block of Northwest 65th Avenue.

According to an arrest report, the dispute between Jermaine Hugh Hudson, 44, and his brother stemmed from the former driving the latter’s vehicle the previous night, as well as “some other family issues.”

Police said Hudson walked out of his bedroom with a gun, and, as his mother and son tried to hold him back, fired a round at his brother, which struck a “large glass object” near where he had been standing.

According to the report, the victim went into the backyard to get away from Hudson, who followed him and told him, “Imma kill your a--,” but then fled.

Police said officers surveilled the home and saw a Volkswagen SUV pulling up later that night. When they tried to speak with the driver, the driver drove away, according to the report.

The report states that officers were later able to successfully pull over the driver in the 800 block of South Rock Island Road and found Hudson “concealing himself in the back seat.”

As of Monday morning, Hudson was being held without bond in the Broward Main Jail.

La policía dijo que ocurrió alrededor de las 10:30 p.m. del jueves en la casa de la familia, ubicada en la cuadra 1900 de Northwest 65th Avenue.

Según un informe de arresto, la disputa entre Jermaine Hugh Hudson, de 44 años, y su hermano se originó porque el primero condujo el vehículo del segundo la noche anterior, así como por “algunos otros problemas familiares”.

La policía dijo que Hudson salió de su habitación con un arma y, mientras su madre y su hijo intentaban detenerlo, disparó contra su hermano. La bala impactó un “objeto grande de vidrio” cerca de donde este había estado parado.

Según el informe, la víctima salió al patio trasero para alejarse de Hudson, quien lo siguió y le dijo: “Te voy a matar”, pero luego huyó.

La policía dijo que los agentes vigilaron la casa y vieron una camioneta SUV Volkswagen llegar más tarde esa noche. Cuando intentaron hablar con el conductor, este se alejó en el vehículo, según el informe.

El informe señala que posteriormente los agentes lograron detener al conductor en la cuadra 800 de South Rock Island Road y encontraron a Hudson “escondido en el asiento trasero”.

Hasta la mañana del lunes, Hudson permanecía detenido sin derecho a fianza en la cárcel principal de Broward.

After years of sitting unused in a remote corner of a City of Hollywood Public Works facility, the nearly half million dollar pothole machine has been sold at public auction for $72,120.

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Hollywood paid $458,180.44 for the machine in 2022.

The sale price represents about 15.7 percent of what the city originally paid. The difference between the purchase price and the sale price is $386,060.44.

According to the City of Hollywood, the machine was picked up July 28 and is headed to Canada.

The buyer is Accessories Machinery Limited, a private construction equipment supplier in Montreal, Quebec. The city identified Sylvain Mallette, the company’s bureau chief, as the purchaser.

Hollywood said the sale was conducted through Public Surplus. According to the city, the company already owned a Python and found Hollywood’s machine while searching the public auction site for another one.

The sale comes months after a Local 10 News investigation exposed the machine sitting unused at the city’s Public Works facility and raised questions about why the city had purchased the equipment, why it was taken out of service and what happened to efforts to recover the city’s money.

Hollywood’s Python 5000 was supposed to be a solution to one of the city’s most persistent problems.

Instead, it became an expensive piece of equipment that spent most of its short life sitting idle.

The City Commission approved the $458,180.44 purchase on Feb. 2, 2022.

At the time, city officials were enthusiastic about the machine. It was presented as an innovative way to repair potholes faster and with fewer employees.

Then Public Works Director Peter Bieniek told commissioners the machine could be operated by one person using a joystick. City officials said one operator could perform substantially more repair work than a conventional three person crew.

Mayor Josh Levy ended the discussion by saying, “Let’s order the Python 5000,” followed by applause.

Commissioner Caryl Shuham said, “This is exactly what our residents want, so I’m very excited about it.”

Commissioner Kevin Biederman said he was glad the city had found the funding for the purchase.

Hollywood took delivery of the Python in August 2022.

Four months later, in December 2022, the city took it out of service.

The city later told Local 10 that the machine repeatedly broke down and never performed as promised.

Officials also said the way the machine patched potholes did not work properly in Hollywood’s environment. According to the city, the repairs could leave a raised area in the roadway and correcting the problem required additional employees, undermining the efficiency the machine was supposed to provide.

The machine was eventually parked and remained unused for years.

Local 10 found it sitting in a remote area of the Public Works facility, where it remained until the city moved and cleaned it after Local 10 began asking questions about the equipment.

The problems with the machine also led to a legal response.

On Sept. 6, 2023, the Hollywood City Commission unanimously authorized the city attorney to pursue legal action against the manufacturer and seek damages related to what the city’s resolution described as the “defective and unusable” Python 5000.

The lawsuit was never filed.

Joann Hussey, Hollywood’s director of communications, marketing and economic development, told Local 10 that the city attorney’s office reviewed the facts, warranties, contract and terms and conditions and ultimately decided not to pursue the case.

The city attorney involved in that decision later left the city.

The decision not to file the lawsuit was not brought back to the City Commission for a public update.

Mayor Levy later told Local 10 that commissioners should have received more regular updates after directing staff to take action on an issue such as this.

Levy also acknowledged that, in hindsight, more due diligence should have been done before the machine was purchased.

The manufacturer, SuperiorRoads Solutions of Canada, has disputed the city’s account.

Daniel Yun, writing on behalf of SuperiorRoads, told Local 10 that the company spent approximately $30,000 of its own money supporting Hollywood after the machine was delivered. He said the company provided deployment assistance, operator training and maintenance training.

Yun also said the company’s records did not show formal service requests from Hollywood through its service system following delivery and training.

SuperiorRoads said it believed it delivered a quality product and remained willing to work with the city to determine whether the machine could be returned to service.

Hollywood ultimately chose a different path.

The city spent years trying to sell the Python.

After Local 10’s original investigation aired on March 5, the city told Local 10 that staff had contacted the manufacturer using information provided by the station and that efforts to sell the machine were continuing.

The city later confirmed the Python had been sold.

The final price was $72,120.

The machine is now gone from Hollywood.

But the numbers remain.

The city paid $458,180.44 for the Python 5000.

It recovered $72,120 from the sale.

The machine that was supposed to smooth out Hollywood’s potholes ended up sitting unused for years before being sold for a fraction of its original price.

The Python 5000 has now left Hollywood.

The financial pothole it left behind is $386,060.44 between what the city paid and what it recovered from the sale.

Después de pasar años sin uso en un rincón apartado de una instalación de Obras Públicas de la ciudad de Hollywood, la máquina para reparar baches de casi medio millón de dólares fue vendida en una subasta pública por $72,120 USD.

Hollywood pagó $458,180.44 USD por la máquina en 2022.

El precio de venta representa alrededor del 15.7 por ciento de lo que la ciudad pagó originalmente. La diferencia entre el precio de compra y el precio de venta es de $386,060.44 USD.

Según la ciudad de Hollywood, la máquina fue recogida el 28 de julio y se dirige a Canadá.

El comprador es Accessories Machinery Limited, un proveedor privado de equipos de construcción en Montreal, Quebec. La ciudad identificó a Sylvain Mallette, jefe de oficina de la compañía, como el comprador.

Hollywood dijo que la venta se realizó a través de Public Surplus. Según la ciudad, la compañía ya tenía un Python y encontró la máquina de Hollywood mientras buscaba otra en el sitio de subastas públicas.

La venta se produce meses después de que una investigación de Local 10 News revelara que la máquina permanecía sin uso en las instalaciones de Obras Públicas de la ciudad y planteara interrogantes sobre por qué la ciudad había comprado el equipo, por qué fue retirado de servicio y qué ocurrió con los esfuerzos para recuperar el dinero de la ciudad.

Se suponía que el Python 5000 de Hollywood sería una solución a uno de los problemas más persistentes de la ciudad.

En cambio, se convirtió en un costoso equipo que pasó la mayor parte de su corta vida sin ser utilizado.

La Comisión de la Ciudad aprobó la compra por $458,180.44 USD el 2 de febrero de 2022.

En ese momento, los funcionarios de la ciudad estaban entusiasmados con la máquina. Fue presentada como una forma innovadora de reparar baches más rápido y con menos empleados.

El entonces director de Obras Públicas, Peter Bieniek, dijo a los comisionados que la máquina podía ser operada por una persona mediante una palanca de control. Funcionarios de la ciudad dijeron que un operador podía realizar considerablemente más trabajos de reparación que un equipo convencional de tres personas.

El alcalde Josh Levy terminó la discusión diciendo: “Ordenemos el Python 5000”, seguido de aplausos.

La comisionada Caryl Shuham dijo: “Esto es exactamente lo que quieren nuestros residentes, así que estoy muy entusiasmada”.

El comisionado Kevin Biederman dijo que estaba contento de que la ciudad hubiera encontrado los fondos para la compra.

Hollywood recibió el Python en agosto de 2022.

Cuatro meses después, en diciembre de 2022, la ciudad lo retiró de servicio.

Posteriormente, la ciudad dijo a Local 10 que la máquina se averiaba repetidamente y nunca funcionó como se había prometido.

Los funcionarios también dijeron que la forma en que la máquina reparaba los baches no funcionaba adecuadamente en el entorno de Hollywood. Según la ciudad, las reparaciones podían dejar un área elevada en la carretera y corregir el problema requería empleados adicionales, lo que afectaba la eficiencia que se suponía que la máquina debía proporcionar.

La máquina finalmente fue estacionada y permaneció sin uso durante años.

Local 10 la encontró en un área apartada de las instalaciones de Obras Públicas, donde permaneció hasta que la ciudad la trasladó y limpió después de que Local 10 comenzara a hacer preguntas sobre el equipo.

Los problemas con la máquina también provocaron una respuesta legal.

El 6 de septiembre de 2023, la Comisión de la Ciudad de Hollywood autorizó por unanimidad al abogado de la ciudad a emprender acciones legales contra el fabricante y solicitar una indemnización por daños relacionados con lo que la resolución de la ciudad describió como el Python 5000 “defectuoso e inutilizable”.

La demanda nunca fue presentada.

Joann Hussey, directora de comunicaciones, mercadeo y desarrollo económico de Hollywood, dijo a Local 10 que la oficina del abogado de la ciudad revisó los hechos, las garantías, el contrato y los términos y condiciones y finalmente decidió no continuar con el caso.

El abogado de la ciudad involucrado en esa decisión posteriormente dejó la ciudad.

La decisión de no presentar la demanda no fue llevada nuevamente ante la Comisión de la Ciudad para una actualización pública.

El alcalde Levy dijo posteriormente a Local 10 que los comisionados deberían haber recibido actualizaciones más frecuentes después de ordenar al personal que tomara medidas sobre un asunto como este.

Levy también reconoció que, en retrospectiva, se debió haber realizado una mayor diligencia debida antes de comprar la máquina.

El fabricante, SuperiorRoads Solutions de Canadá, ha cuestionado la versión de la ciudad.

Daniel Yun, escribiendo en nombre de SuperiorRoads, dijo a Local 10 que la compañía gastó aproximadamente $30,000 USD de su propio dinero apoyando a Hollywood después de que la máquina fue entregada. Dijo que la compañía proporcionó asistencia para su implementación, capacitación para operadores y capacitación de mantenimiento.

Yun también dijo que los registros de la compañía no mostraban solicitudes formales de servicio por parte de Hollywood a través de su sistema de servicio después de la entrega y la capacitación.

SuperiorRoads dijo que creía haber entregado un producto de calidad y que seguía dispuesta a trabajar con la ciudad para determinar si la máquina podía volver a ponerse en servicio.

Hollywood finalmente eligió un camino diferente.

La ciudad pasó años intentando vender el Python.

Después de que la investigación original de Local 10 saliera al aire el 5 de marzo, la ciudad dijo a Local 10 que el personal se había comunicado con el fabricante utilizando información proporcionada por la estación y que continuaban los esfuerzos para vender la máquina.

Posteriormente, la ciudad confirmó que el Python había sido vendido.

El precio final fue de $72,120 USD.

La máquina ya no está en Hollywood.

Pero las cifras permanecen.

La ciudad pagó $458,180.44 USD por el Python 5000.

Recuperó $72,120 USD de la venta.

La máquina que se suponía que repararía los baches de Hollywood terminó permaneciendo sin uso durante años antes de ser vendida por una fracción de su precio original.

El Python 5000 ya dejó Hollywood.

El bache financiero que dejó atrás es de $386,060.44 USD entre lo que la ciudad pagó y lo que recuperó de la venta.

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According to an arrest report, a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputy was conducting checks at an avocado grove operated by Brooks Tropical, located at 15101 SW 200th St., late Sunday night as part of Operation Safe Summer 2026.

The deputy said he spotted a white pickup truck parked at the end of the grove’s driveway and stopped to investigate.

According to the report, the deputy encountered the suspect, Duniel Areces-Gonzalez, 37, and determined he was the registered owner of the pickup.

Investigators said 17 avocados were found in the bed of the truck, while four black construction trash bags filled with avocados were discovered alongside it.

A search of the grove turned up another two black bags filled with avocados, according to the report.

Authorities said a total of 142 avocados, valued at approximately $852, had been taken.

Deputies said Areces-Gonzalez was transported to the Agricultural Patrol Section office, where an investigator attempted to interview him.

When asked whether he wanted to speak with the investigator, Areces-Gonzalez responded, “Why do I need to speak to you? I was caught stealing avocados,” the arrest report stated.

Investigators said he then declined to answer additional questions about the incident.

Areces-Gonzalez was arrested on charges of grand theft and trespassing.

As of Monday afternoon, he was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $3,000 bond.

Clark picked up her eighth technical of the season on Saturday, the number that triggers a one-game suspension, but league officials quickly rescinded it.

New York has won four straight games and seven of its last eight thanks to strong play from its top three players Breanna Stewart, Jonquel Jones and Sabrina Ionescu. The trio has been taking turns leading the Liberty during the recent hot streak that's bumped them up to seventh place in the standings — but just two games behind third-place Las Vegas.

The Liberty are coming off a 40-point win over the defending champion Aces on Sunday. The Aces rested stars A'ja Wilson, Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young as it was the second half of a brutal back-to-back for Las Vegas.

“It doesn’t matter who’s playing on the other side, we understand we needed to win,” Ionescu said. “It doesn’t matter, we wanted to go out. We wanted to execute, we wanted to play our brand of basketball, knowing every game is important and this game isn’t going to have an asterisk by it because those players didn’t play. It’s going to show up as a win or a loss.”

New York lost by 20 to Indiana just before its current hot streak, so the Liberty would love to get some revenge.

Power poll rankings

Minnesota held onto the top spot in the power poll this week, although the Lynx weren't unanimous. No. 2 Golden State received two votes and third-ranked Washington got one. Las Vegas, Indiana and New York were next. Atlanta, Dallas and Chicago followed the Liberty. Portland was 10th and Los Angeles 11th. Phoenix, Connecticut, Toronto and Seattle rounded out the poll.

Taskforce meeting

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert sent a memo to all the teams that there will be a meeting this week to continue discussions around transgender athletes in women’s basketball. The memo, sent Friday afternoon, said the topic will be discussed further by a task force of team presidents and general managers at a previously scheduled meeting next week.

Record shooting performance

Kayla McBride had a record-setting game Sunday, scoring a career-high 43 points and hitting a league-best 10 3-pointers in a win over Dallas. McBride made 10 of 14 shots from behind the arc.

“Minneapolis has become home for me and I want to give my best,” she said. “Whether the ball goes in or doesn’t, I just feel so much love. I think that’s why I can come out here and do my thing. I feel so loved and appreciated for who I am and I just love the game. I want to win. So I’m grateful for these fans, this organization. I’m just overcome with joy, and when I have opportunities like that I want to give it back.”

Player of the week

Shakira Austin of Washington was the AP player of the week for the second consecutive week. The forward averaged 22.3 points, 11.7 rebounds and 2.3 blocks to help the Mystics win all three of their games last week. Other players receiving votes included Breanna Stewart of New York, Bridget Carleton of Portland, Kelsey Mitchell of Indiana and Kayla McBride of Minnesota.

Game of the week

Washington at Las Vegas, Tuesday and Thursday. The Mystics will try to extend a seven-game winning streak when they visit the Aces for a pair of games. A win Tuesday would tie the franchise record of eight consecutive victories by Washington, matching the 2018 team.

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Según un informe de arresto, un agente de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade realizaba inspecciones en una plantación de aguacates operada por Brooks Tropical, ubicada en 15101 SW 200th St., a última hora de la noche del domingo como parte de la Operación Verano Seguro 2026.

El agente dijo que vio una camioneta blanca estacionada al final de la entrada de la plantación y se detuvo para investigar.

Según el informe, el agente se encontró con el sospechoso, Duniel Areces-Gonzalez, de 37 años, y determinó que era el propietario registrado de la camioneta.

Los investigadores dijeron que encontraron 17 aguacates en la parte trasera de la camioneta, mientras que cuatro bolsas negras de basura para construcción llenas de aguacates fueron encontradas junto al vehículo.

Una inspección de la plantación permitió encontrar otras dos bolsas negras llenas de aguacates, según el informe.

Las autoridades dijeron que se habían llevado un total de 142 aguacates, valorados en aproximadamente $852 USD.

Los agentes dijeron que Areces-Gonzalez fue trasladado a la oficina de la Sección de Patrulla Agrícola, donde un investigador intentó entrevistarlo.

Cuando le preguntaron si quería hablar con el investigador, Areces-Gonzalez respondió: “¿Por qué necesito hablar con usted? Me atraparon robando aguacates”, según indicó el informe de arresto.

Los investigadores dijeron que luego se negó a responder preguntas adicionales sobre el incidente.

Areces-Gonzalez fue arrestado por cargos de robo mayor e ingreso ilegal a propiedad privada.

Hasta la tarde del lunes, permanecía detenido en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight con una fianza de $3,000 USD.

La policía compartió fotos del encuentro en Facebook el sábado, bromeando que el caimán quizá estaba ansioso por que las puertas de la escuela abrieran el lunes por la mañana después de las vacaciones de verano.

El caimán fue encontrado cerca de un canal en la esquina de Coconut Creek Parkway y Lyons Road, que limita con la escuela secundaria.

“Un caimán que podría haber jugado como tackle izquierdo en el equipo de fútbol americano de Creek High fue reubicado”, bromeó el departamento en su publicación.

La policía dijo que el caimán medía unos 10 pies de largo y pesaba bastante más de 300 libras.

La Comisión de Conservación de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de Florida ayudó a reubicar al animal el viernes por la noche, según la policía.

El reptil de gran tamaño ahora tiene un nuevo hogar en Everglades Holiday Park.

La policía también se divirtió un poco especulando sobre lo que pudo haber llevado al caimán a la zona, bromeando que quizás el canal cercano “es como un Buc-ee’s para los caimanes”.

No se reportaron personas heridas.

En la escuela primaria Silver Palms en Pembroke Pines, los estudiantes llegaron luciendo nuevos peinados, zapatos nuevos y mucha emoción por volver a ver a sus amigos después de las vacaciones de verano.

Una estudiante, Olivia, dijo que estaba feliz de que el verano hubiera terminado porque estaba lista para ver a sus amigos. Cuando le preguntaron qué estaba lista para aprender, dio una respuesta sencilla: “¡Simplemente aprender a ser amable con todos!”

Para los padres, la prisa de la mañana también pareció transcurrir sin problemas.

“En realidad, ellos fueron a Silver Palms el año pasado y la pasaron muy bien”, dijo un padre, Michael, después de que le preguntaran cómo fue lograr que sus hijos salieran de casa.

Una vez que se despejaron las filas para dejar a los estudiantes, los maestros y administradores centraron su atención en el año escolar que tienen por delante.

“Hemos estado preparándonos para esto durante todo el verano”, dijo Irina Shearer, directora de la escuela primaria Silver Palms.

Nuevos estudiantes llegan en medio de consolidaciones de escuelas de Broward

El primer día de este año llega con cambios significativos en las Escuelas Públicas del Condado Broward, mientras el distrito continúa abordando la disminución de inscripciones y los miles de asientos vacíos en las aulas.

Bajo el plan “Redefiniendo Nuestras Escuelas” del distrito, Silver Palms está recibiendo a unos 50 estudiantes de la escuela primaria Panther Run, una de seis escuelas cerradas este año a medida que los planteles fueron consolidados o destinados a otros usos.

Shearer dijo que los miembros del personal han trabajado para hacer que los estudiantes que llegan y sus familias se sientan parte de su nueva comunidad escolar.

“Realmente queremos asegurarnos de recibir con los brazos abiertos a las familias que vienen de Panther Run”, dijo Shearer.

Dijo que una maestra estaba creando una pancarta que incorporaba las mascotas de las escuelas, las Panteras de Panther Run y los Delfines de Silver Palms, para simbolizar la unión de las dos comunidades.

Los cambios también se están sintiendo dentro de las aulas.

“Creo que es energía renovada. Tenemos nuevos padres, nuevos niños”, dijo Kristin Kavanaugh, maestra de tercer grado en Silver Palms. “Tengo algunos estudiantes más en mi clase de los que estoy acostumbrada a tener. Tengo unos siete niños que vienen de la otra escuela”.

Los líderes del distrito han dicho que quieren que la transición sea lo más fluida posible para los estudiantes y las familias afectados por las consolidaciones.

Los cambios representan una expansión significativa de los esfuerzos de Broward para abordar los planteles con poco uso. El distrito cerró una escuela el año pasado, mientras que seis planteles fueron consolidados o destinados a otros usos este año.

En Silver Palms, los maestros dicen que su enfoque inmediato tiene menos que ver con los cambios más amplios que están ocurriendo en todo el distrito y más con garantizar que cada niño se sienta bienvenido al comenzar el nuevo año escolar.

Si el tribunal acepta el acuerdo, el juicio de Clenney no se llevará a cabo, poniendo fin al caso.

El equipo legal de Clenney dice que ella está lista para aceptar un acuerdo de culpabilidad de la Fiscalía Estatal. Aún no se sabe cuánto tiempo de prisión aceptará cumplir.

Clenney, de 30 años, permanece encarcelada en Miami desde su arresto en 2022 por un cargo de asesinato en segundo grado. Está acusada de matar a su novio, con quien mantenía una relación intermitente, dentro del lujoso apartamento que compartían en Edgewater hace cuatro años.

Las imágenes de la cámara corporal de la policía de Miami mostraron a Clenney cubierta de sangre. Los fiscales dicen que apuñaló a Christian durante una pelea.

Los investigadores le informaron a Clenney sobre la muerte de Obumseli durante una entrevista con la policía.

Ante los demás, la pareja parecía estar enamorada y llevar un estilo de vida lujoso. Pero desde la muerte de Obumseli, videos han mostrado un lado turbulento de su relación.

Clenney fue vista golpeando a Obumseli en un ascensor. Durante un viaje a Aspen, también fue vista abofeteándolo repetidamente.

Esa pelea ocurrió dos meses antes de que Obumseli fuera apuñalado. Los abogados de Clenney dicen que el apuñalamiento de abril de 2022 fue en defensa propia.

Los videos, junto con una gran cantidad de evidencia digital, formaban parte de las pruebas que los fiscales planeaban utilizar para demostrar su caso en el juicio.

La Fiscalía Estatal dice que Clenney era abusiva y violenta.

La familia Obumseli planea asistir a la audiencia del lunes y leer declaraciones sobre el impacto en las víctimas antes de que el tribunal decida si acepta el acuerdo.

“Nunca es un caso con victoria asegurada”, dijo el abogado defensor Jack Palmeri. “Nunca se sabe qué van a hacer 12 miembros del jurado en un caso, nada está garantizado cuando se trata de un juicio, por lo que todos tienen algo que arriesgar”.

Palmeri dijo que la familia Obumseli habría tenido que aprobar el acuerdo.

“Creo que, en teoría, este es un acuerdo cerrado, pero sí, técnicamente hablando, en el sentido literal, esto no estará cerrado hasta que el juez lo apruebe oficialmente en el tribunal”, dijo Palmeri.

Un abogado de la familia Obumseli dice que han participado en las conversaciones relacionadas con el acuerdo.

Los abogados de Clenney planean responder preguntas de los medios de comunicación después de la audiencia.

Jones had a heart attack in his home Sunday in Washington, Virginia, as he was waiting to watch his beloved Atlanta Braves play baseball, his wife, Alma Viator, said on social media. Rappahannock County Sheriff Connie Compton confirmed his death.

Jones' fame came from his role as Cooter Davenport, the mechanic who got the Duke boys out of jams as they tried to do the right thing and fight the corrupt Boss Hogg in the fictional Hazzard County, Georgia.

After playing Cooter for all seven seasons of the series from 1979 to 1985, Jones turned to politics and was elected to the U.S. House from a district near Atlanta in 1988. The Democrat served two terms before he was redistricted out of the seat.

Jones was born in North Carolina and in college got involved in acting and civil rights, he wrote in his autobiography "Redneck Boy in the Promised Land: The Confessions of ‘Crazy Cooter.’"

Acting took over his life. Jones performed in numerous stage productions and had a few minor TV and movie roles in Atlanta during the 1970s before his life-defining break came on a TV show Jones defended as a modern-day morality tale and a fine example of Southern values.

For seven seasons, Jones was one of a small band of friends and family helping Bo and Luke Duke in “The Dukes of Hazzard.” The brothers were on probation for running moonshine and were constantly trying to clear their names and stop the crooked and powerful Boss Hogg from stealing or cheating.

The Duke boys drove a modified 1969 Dodge Charger called the General Lee with a Confederate flag on its roof. Cooter owned “Cooter's Garage” in the town square. Nearly every episode involved a car chase with jumps and stunts and a patrol car badly in need of repairs.

Cooter was often on the CB radio in his pickup truck saying “Breaker one, Breaker one. I might be crazy but I ain’t dumb. Crazy Cooter coming at you."

“The Dukes of Hazzard” was a hit for CBS and its popularity never waned. It went into syndication and later became a prominent fixture on cable's The Nashville Network.

Jones also credited the series with pulling him out of a self-destructive, alcoholic lifestyle that led to the failure of several marriages.

″It was like being in a Beatles movie,″ Jones said. ″Our lives changed.″

Tom Wopat, who played Luke Duke, said Jones was an integral part of making the series work.

“Ben Jones was a fine friend and a fierce advocate of all the best things we can offer in the entertainment business. He will be sorely missed,” Wopat wrote on Instagram.

After “The Dukes of Hazzard,” Jones went into politics. He kept his aw shucks personality, but took the issues seriously. In his four years in Washington, Jones was known as a Democrat who could buck his party. He was liberal on social issues and conservative on economics.

But even in politics, he made a splash. After losing in 1992 in his redrawn district, Jones ran for Congress again in 1994. He lost to Newt Gingrich in the elections that elevated the Republican to the Speaker's Office.

Jones would file an ethics complaint that Gingrich used tax-deductible donations to fund his partisan college course leading to a House reprimand and Gingrich's decision to leave the body.

Jones always embraced his role as Cooter. After moving to Virginia, he would open at least three “Cooter's” country stores in Nashville and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and near his home. They sold plenty of T-shirts, key chains and insulated tumblers and included Dukes of Hazzard memorabilia like one of the 300 or so General Lee cars used and abused in the TV series.

The show and Cooter lived on because it was funny, had plenty of action and car chases and had a good, family-friendly heart, Jones told the Richmond Times-Dispatch at a 2001 car show where he played in a band, signed autographs and met fans.

“The show reflects the values of the heartland of America. The good guys always win,” Jones said.

Manuel Hernandez, 46, of Manville, New Jersey, wiped his eyes with his hand as he arrived for his initial appearance in Manhattan federal court, his feet shackled. He was not required to enter a plea and was released on $50,000 bail.

Sara Sanchez and her 5-month-old daughter, Antonella Garcia, died after the 22-foot Yamaha AR210 speedboat overturned late Saturday near the Statue of Liberty in an accident authorities blamed on an overcrowded boat, poor decisions by Hernandez, a lack of appropriate licenses and the failure to put a life vest on a 5-month-old child. Twelve others were rescued and are in stable condition, authorities said.

As Hernandez left the hearing, his court-appointed attorney, Amy Gallicchio, guided him to a waiting vehicle. Both declined to comment.

The vessel was pulled from the water and taken to the New York Police Department’s harbor unit facility on Randall’s Island.

After state charges were lodged against Hernandez over the weekend, prosecutors said Monday that he will be tried in federal court, not state court. He was transferred to federal custody on Sunday.

In a criminal complaint, federal prosecutors brought two charges alleging that Hernandez, as the boat's pilot and operator, engaged in negligent actions and omissions that caused the capsizing and deaths in a boat that exceeded its maximum capacity of 10 people, with 14 on board.

They said he also knowingly operated the boat with an infant on board without ensuring that the child was wearing a life vest and with the awareness that the boat didn't have any child- or infant-sized life vests.

The boat tour, which began at 7 p.m. Saturday, was more than three hours into its journey when Hernandez was piloting the boat toward the Statue of Liberty and made a U-turn that brought it into a swell, possibly caused by a larger passing vessel's wake, according to the complaint.

Hernandez tried to accelerate to pass through the swell, but the swell swamped the bow of his boat and immediately capsized it, prosecutors wrote.

Hernandez told investigators that he had worked for the company on a freelance or contract basis since last year, starting as a limousine driver, they wrote.

He stated that twice recently he used his personal boat, a slightly larger Yamaha AR250, for charter tours organized by Zeus Luxury Rentals Inc., according to the complaint.

He said that on Saturday, he used a friend’s boat because his own needed repairs, but he didn't tell the friend that he was using it for a charter tour, prosecutors wrote.

Hernandez admitted to investigators that he had never sought the required licensing and claimed he was unaware it was needed, they wrote. He also admitted that he agreed to conduct the tour with the 5-month-old on board despite the vessel not having any child or infant-sized life vests, prosecutors said.

Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch said the “tragedy could have been prevented, and now a family is left to grieve the unimaginable loss of a mother and her 5-month-old daughter because of his negligence.”

In a news release, U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald said Hernandez flouted federal regulations and maritime safety protocols when he transported paying customers on a commercial boat without appropriate licenses.

“We mourn the tragic drowning deaths of the infant and her mother and urge would-be tour operators and the public to observe all safety protocols for commercial vessels,” he said.

Capt. Doreen McCarthy, the Coast Guard Sector New York commander, credited the rescue of survivors to “heroic, swift actions” by those who responded from various agencies, along with a good Samaritan vessel.

Meanwhile, a GoFundMe campaign that began Sunday to help Andres Garcia pay for the funeral and other expenses for his partner, Sanchez, and their daughter had topped $25,000 by Tuesday afternoon. Garcia was also on the boat when it capsized.

Antonio Russo, general manager at Il Punto Ristorante, said Garcia is an “amazing guy” who has been working long hours each week as a waiter, driver and food-runner to provide for his family here and in Colombia.

Diego Naranjo, a neighbor of Sanchez in Queens, said he first met her last spring when her son threw a ball into their backyard. After recovering the ball, Naranjo invited her son to play on a trampoline with his children.

“They were really nice people. You can see when a person is noble,” Naranjo said.

He said he last saw Sanchez last Tuesday as she brought groceries into her home. He said he was shocked by the deaths.

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This story was updated to correct that the boat was a Yamaha, not a Bayliner.

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Turbay reported from Little Rock, Arkansas. Associated Press reporter Larry Neumeister in New York contributed to this report.

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At Silver Palms Elementary School in Pembroke Pines, students arrived sporting fresh hairstyles, new shoes and plenty of excitement about seeing their friends after summer break.

One student, Olivia, said she was happy summer was over because she was ready to see her friends. Asked what she was ready to learn, she had a simple answer: “Just learning to be nice to everyone!”

For parents, the morning rush also appeared to go smoothly.

“They actually went to Silver Palms last year, and they had a really good time,” one parent, Michael, said after being asked about getting his children out the door.

Once the drop-off lines cleared, teachers and administrators turned their attention to the school year ahead.

“We’ve been preparing for this all summer long,” Silver Palms Elementary Principal Irina Shearer said.

New students arrive amid Broward school consolidations

This year’s first day comes with significant changes across Broward County Public Schools as the district continues addressing declining enrollment and thousands of empty classroom seats.

Under the district’s “Redefining Our Schools” plan, Silver Palms is welcoming about 50 students from Panther Run Elementary, one of six schools closed this year as campuses were consolidated or repurposed.

Shearer said staff members have worked to make the incoming students and their families feel like they are part of their new school community.

“We really want to make sure we’re embracing the families that are coming from Panther Run,” Shearer said.

She said one teacher was creating a banner incorporating the schools’ mascots — the Panther Run Panthers and Silver Palms Dolphins — to symbolize the two communities coming together.

The changes are also being felt inside classrooms.

“I think it’s fresh energy. We’ve got new parents, new kids,” said Kristin Kavanaugh, a third-grade teacher at Silver Palms. “I have a few more students in my class than I’m used to having. I have about seven kids coming from the other school.”

District leaders have said they want the transition to be as smooth as possible for students and families affected by the consolidations.

The changes represent a significant expansion of Broward’s efforts to address underused campuses. The district closed one school last year, while six campuses were consolidated or repurposed this year.

At Silver Palms, teachers say their immediate focus is less about the larger changes happening across the district and more about ensuring every child feels welcome as the new school year begins.

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The plea brings an end to the case.

Clenney, 30, pleaded guilty to manslaughter, receiving a six-year prison sentence and five years of probation. She will receive credit for time served from Aug. 10, 2022, when she was initially arrested in Hawaii.

Clenney has been jailed in Miami since her 2022 arrest on a second-degree murder charge. She is accused of killing her on-and-off boyfriend inside their luxury Edgewater apartment four years ago.

Miami police body camera footage showed Clenney covered in blood. Prosecutors say she stabbed Christian during a fight.

Investigators broke the news of Obumseli’s death to Clenney during a police interview.

On the outside, the couple appeared to be in love and living a lavish lifestyle. But since Obumseli’s death, videos have shown a turbulent side to their relationship.

Clenney was seen hitting Obumseli in an elevator. On a trip to Aspen, she was also seen repeatedly slapping him.

That fight happened two months before Obumseli was stabbed. Clenney’s lawyers say the April 2022 stabbing was in self-defense.

The videos, along with a mountain of digital evidence, were part of the evidence prosecutors planned to use to prove their case at trial.

The State Attorney’s Office says Clenney was abusive and violent.

The Obumseli family plans to attend Monday’s hearing and read victim impact statements before the court decides whether to accept the plea.

“It’s never a slam dunk case,” defense attorney Jack Palmeri said. “You never know what 12 jurors are going to do in a case -- nothing is ever a gimme when it comes to trial, so everyone has exposure.”

Palmeri said the Obumseli family would have needed to sign on off on the deal.

“I think, theoretically, this is a done deal, but yes, technically speaking in the literal sense, this is not done until on the record in court the judge signs off on it,” Palmeri said.

A lawyer for the Obumseli family says they have been involved in conversations surrounding the plea.

In court on Monday, a relative read a statement on behalf of Obumseli’s mother.

“Words can never fully explain how Christian’s death has affected my life and the lives of everyone in our family. There is simply too much pain to put on paper,” the relative, a cousin of Obumseli’s, said as she read the statement. “That was the darkest day of my life, and the darkness continued to unfold as I learned Christian had been killed by his girlfriend, Courtney Clenney, someone he had trusted and loved. Since April 2022, I have lived with fear, anxiety, sleepless nights, heartache and more tears than I could ever count.”

Clenney did not address the court.

Clenney’s lawyers plan to answer questions from the media following the hearing.

In a statement, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said that with the agreement, Obumseli’s family “finally heard what they long sought: Courtney Clenney accepting full responsibility for his death.”

“This plea was reached in full consultation and approval of Christian’s family,” Fernandez Rundle said. “The Assistant State Attorneys handling this case have remained focused on the core evidence that Clenney stabbed Christian Obumseli as part of a pattern of escalating violence toward him. While nothing can heal the wounds caused on that day in April, I hope today’s guilty plea brings his family a measure of justice too long denied.”

Jones came into the weekend 18th in the standings, 44 points behind 16th-place Austin Cindric for the final spot in The Chase that determines the series champion. The 350-lap race Sunday was the first of the final four races of the regular season, and Jones was running out of time.

“One more bad week where we lose any ground, and it’s going to be pretty insurmountable,” Jones said.

Then Jones, who started 10th, got taken out four laps in when Tyler Reddick’s car slid into him, sending both cars into the wall and ending the day for both drivers.

Reddick knew the damage he had done.

“If I’m going to take myself out, that’s one thing,” Reddick said. “But I took out a (Toyota) teammate who needed a good day.”

Such is life in the closing stretch of the regular season, where one bad finish or one good finish can change fortunes.

Denny Hamlin leads the standings with 923 points, 103 points ahead of Ty Gibbs, who won Sunday's race just ahead of Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell.

Only four drivers have wrapped up Chase spots: Hamlin, Gibbs, Ryan Blaney (813) and Reddick (803).

Cindric has 526 points. Ryan Preece is the first driver below the cutline at 497 points. Ross Chastain jumped three spots after his seventh-place finish at Iowa, moving into 18th place at 479 points. Brad Keselowski is one point behind Chastain.

Other than maybe the last one or two spots, the biggest scramble now in this final month could be for seeding. Points for the top 16 drivers will reset after the Aug. 29 regular-season finale at Daytona. The regular-season champion will be the top seed and start The Chase with 2,100 points, the second seed will have 2,075 points and the third seed will have 2,065, with a five-point drop for each seed after that.

“You have all these other little battles going on, like the battle from sixth to 11th or 12th right now is really, really tight and that’s exciting,” said Blaney, who finished third Sunday. “Those guys are dogging it out right now. That’s a lot of points from sixth down to 11th or whatever. So I think it creates a lot of exciting things through the regular season.”

Some of the biggest changes in the standings came in that middle group. Chase Briscoe rose three spots to fifth place with 663 points. He's four points ahead of Bell, who climbed four spots with his second-place finish.

A crash ended Kyle Larson’s day and he finished 33rd to drop four spots in the standings to 10th.

The crucial jump of the day, though, belonged to Gibbs, who went from fourth to second.

“We’ve scored a lot of points in the last couple races,” Gibbs said. “To be able to finish it off today was awesome. I think the difference between the leader and 16th is 100 points, isn’t it, when the playoffs start? So it puts you in a better shot for the title at the end of the year.”

Jones’ early exit dropped him to 20th place, 50 points behind Cindric and four drivers to climb over to get on the good side of the cut line.

“At this point, we’ve got three races,” Jones said. “We got to just go try to win and run the best we can. It’s not over until it’s over, but it’s a tall mountain.”

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Según una denuncia penal federal obtenida por Local 10 News el lunes, Jhon Alexander Herrera Giraldo llegó el miércoles en el vuelo AV06 de Avianca procedente de Bogotá y dijo que no tenía nada que declarar a los agentes de aduanas.

Sin embargo, la denuncia indica que los agentes que realizaban una inspección corporal notaron que el hombre de 40 años, quien lleva casi dos décadas trabajando para la aerolínea, llevaba una cadena de color plateado alrededor del cuello y le preguntaron sobre ella.

Las autoridades dijeron que Herrera Giraldo inicialmente afirmó que la cadena era de platino, pero luego “declaró que era de oro, aunque afirmó que la tenía desde hacía años”.

Dijeron que “posteriormente admitió que la cadena no era suya” y señaló que “un individuo llamado ‘Leandro’ le había dado la cadena en Colombia y le había indicado que se la entregara a un individuo llamado ‘Lalo’ al día siguiente”, agregando que “la cadena ya había sido pintada de color plateado cuando ‘Leandro’ se la entregó y que creía que la cadena había sido pintada para ocultar el hecho de que era de oro”.

Las autoridades dijeron que Herrera Giraldo admitió que inicialmente mintió sobre la cadena porque estaba “asustado” y dijo que “recibía aproximadamente entre $200 y $300 USD por cada viaje en el que llevaba una cadena” a Estados Unidos, y que realizó tres viajes de este tipo durante los últimos cuatro meses.

Según la denuncia, la cadena pesaba alrededor de 240 gramos y estaba “hecha de oro de alta pureza, consistente con mercancía destinada a la venta u otro uso comercial”.

Aunque la denuncia no indica de dónde sospechan las autoridades que provenía el oro, según Business Insider, la minería ilegal de oro es ahora la “industria ilícita más rentable” de Colombia y Estados Unidos es el principal destino del oro de contrabando procedente de ese país.

En cuanto a Herrera Giraldo, agentes lo arrestaron por un cargo de contrabando de mercancías hacia Estados Unidos, que puede conllevar una sentencia de 20 años de prisión.

Su expediente en el tribunal federal no indicaba ninguna audiencia próxima y permanecía detenido en el Centro Federal de Detención en el centro de Miami hasta la mañana del lunes.

Local 10 News contactó a Avianca la mañana del lunes para solicitar comentarios sobre el arresto de Herrera Giraldo.

Kiel Baitinger-Peterson, a white officer with nearly 11 years' experience in law enforcement, fired the shots that killed Corey Ruiz on July 22, the Wisconsin Department of Justice's Division of Criminal Investigation said in a statement. Baitinger-Peterson was one of four officers who surrounded Ruiz, who was on a bike, in response to calls about someone who was checking out parked cars and an alleged burglary attempt, police said.

The shooting sparked days of protests and calls from the Black community for Madison to address racial justice issues.

Baitinger-Peterson did not reply to an email seeking comment.

Jim Palmer, executive director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association, which is the state’s largest police union and represents Madison officers, responded on behalf of Baitinger-Peterson.

“I am deeply concerned for the safety and privacy of him, his family, and the other officers involved,” Palmer said.

He said those concerns are being taken seriously and “appropriate precautions” are in place.

“I urge everyone to allow the investigation to proceed and to refrain from prejudging the officers or placing them and their families at further risk,” Palmer said.

Baitinger-Peterson and the other three officers who interacted with Ruiz that day have been placed on paid administrative leave while the state investigates the shooting.

There is no timeline for when the state Justice Department investigation will conclude. Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne will review the findings before deciding whether to file charges against Baitinger-Peterson.

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who represents Ruiz's family, has called for the officer to be charged.

While bystanders captured the confrontation on video, there is no body camera footage because Madison police officers don't wear them.

The state Justice Department said two officers attempted to use a Taser on Ruiz but weren't successful. Ruiz “brandished a knife and injured” Baitinger-Peterson, it said. Law enforcement agencies haven't divulged the extent of the officer's injuries. They did release an image of a fixed-blade knife that was recovered at the scene.

The protests over the shooting led to several nearby community events being canceled or postponed.

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Inspectors recently ordered 13 establishments shut, finding everything from rodent droppings and live roaches, to hundreds of flies, mold-like buildup, filthy equipment and food held at unsafe temperatures.

At Yellow Tail Subs Grill in Homestead, inspectors documented 32 violations, including live roaches crawling across a food-preparation table, among cleaned containers, and even out of a box of parchment paper used to wrap food; more than 100 roach droppings were found on a shelf.

At Pack Supermarket in Miami, inspectors found rodent droppings throughout the store, including 15 or more inside the walk-in cooler, along with gnawed cabbage bags. Records show it was the fourth time the supermarket had been ordered shut over rodent issues since October 2025.

At Pickles Pub Sandbar in Key West, inspectors reported 100 or more live flying insects landing on soda boxes, clean plates, napkins, pitchers and cups, while Tacombi in Miami was cited for dozens of rodent droppings and live flies.

Other shutdowns involved improperly cooled or stored food, unsanitary food-contact surfaces, dirty floors and equipment, and repeated pest problems.

All the places mentioned were allowed to re-open following an ordered cleanup and then a re-inspection.

**TACOMBI

3930 NE 2ND AVE.

MIAMI

INSPECTION BASED ON COMPLAINT

ORDERED SHUT 8/6

11 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. Observed approximately 16 droppings at floor by mop sink by water heater room under storage dry rack. Observed approximately 25 droppings on floor under dishwasher and three compartment sink. Observed approximately 10 droppings behind ice machine bar area.”

“Live, small flying insects found. Observed approximately 5 live small flies flying by ware washing area and 3 flies flying around prep area by hand sink front counter.”

“Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Observe green cutting board By prep area front counter.”

“Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed reach in cooler gaskets soiled at front counter.”

**YELLOW TAIL SUBS GRILL

27275 SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY

HOMESTEAD

INSPECTION BASED ON COMPLAINT

ORDERED SHUT 8/6

32 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Observed at cook line 4 live roaches crawling across floor. Observed at fire suppression extinguisher above reach in cooler, 6+ live roaches. Observed at dish washing area shelf approximately 6+ live roaches crawling between cleaned containers. Observed at prep table in kitchen 2 live roaches crawling on prep table where uncovered hot sauce containers were being prepped. Observed at water heater closet 8 live roaches crawling out of door frame. Observed at dry storage area 4 live roaches crawling on walls and shelves where flour bags are stored. Observed 1 live roach crawling out of box of parchment paper used to wrap food items. Observed 1 live roach crawling from under gyro machine at cook line. Observed 1 live roach crawling on lid of reach in cooler flip top.”

“Roach excrement and/or droppings present. Observed at dish washing area shelf 100+ roach droppings on shelf and metal containers.”

“Accumulation of dead or trapped birds, insects, rodents, or other pests, in control devices. Observed at drive thru area big zapper with an accumulation of dead fly’s and roaches.”

“Insect control device installed over food preparation area. Observed at drive thru bug zapper stored on top of soda machine. Observed at dry storage area big zapper stored on shelf above bags of flour.”

“Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Observed throughout with dirty build up, dead roaches and cob webs and flies.”

“Pesticide/insecticide labeled for household use only present in establishment. Observed can of household roach spray at kitchen prep table.”

“Objectionable odors in bathroom or other areas of the establishment. Observed at rear dry storage area where flour is stored.”

“Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Observed at all reach in cooler and freezer handles.”

“Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Observed cook coat raw chicken then proceed to grab raw tilapia and wash off gloves.”

“Stored food not covered. Observed at reach in cooler containers of tilapia, shrimp and conch fritters stored uncovered. Observed at dry storage shelf bucket of dry seasoning stored uncovered.”

“Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed at cook line table fried chicken (101F - Hot Holding).”

“No proof of required state approved employee training provided for employee hired more than 60 days ago.”

“Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed employee remove soiled gloves then take new pair to replace no hand wash.”

**ELEVENTH STREET PIZZA

9025 SW 72ND PL.

MIAMI

ORDERED SHUT 8/3

13 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Observed 20 + live flies in kitchen area under prep table in bags of red onions.”

“Live, small flying insects found. Observed 20 + live flies in kitchen area under prep table in bags of red onions. Observed 2 live flies at front counter near beer tap.”

“Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed meat slicer soiled. Repeat Violation.”

“Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Observed near pizza mixer. Repeat Violation.”

“Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Observed throughout kitchen.”

“Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed reach in across oven with ambient temp of 55F; the following TCS foods stored inside for more than 4 hours: mozzarella cheese (54F - Cold Holding); roasted onions (58F - Cold Holding); mushrooms roasted (72F - Cold Holding); Alfredo sauce (70F - Cold Holding); roasted garlic (55F - Cold Holding). Repeat Violation.”

**PICKLES PUB SANDBAR

511 GREENE ST.

KEY WEST

ORDERED SHUT 8/3

24 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. Observed approximately 20+ rodent droppings on deli slicer underneath prep table in pizza prep area and approximately 15+ droppings on shelf where pizza boxes are stored.”

“Live, small flying insects found. Observed approximately 100+ live flying insects flying and landing on soda boxes, clean plates, napkins, bottle of grenadine, clean pitchers, and clean cups inside server station near bar.”

“Dead roaches on premises. Observed one dead roach on stairs leading up to dry storage room.”

“Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed storage container heavily soiled with old food debris where clean pizza pans are stored under pizza ovens in pizza area.”

“Accumulation of debris on exterior of ware washing machine. Repeat Violation.”

“Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Observed all reach in cooler handles soiled. Repeat Violation.”

“Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Observed ceiling heavily dusty above bar area. Repeat Violation.”

“Equipment in poor repair. Observed broken reach in cooler next to fryers, not in use. Observed pizza prep reach in cooler lid broken. Repeat Violation.”

“Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Observed floor heavily soiled in pizza prep area and floor in server station soiled with slime like substance. Repeat Violation.”

“Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed shredded cheese (56F - Cold Holding); sausage (55F - Cold Holding); shredded mozzarella (55F - Cold Holding); pizza sauce (54F - Cold Holding) inside reach in cooler at pizza prep area, as per operator for 2 hours. Observed shredded cheese (45F - Cold Holding); shredded lettuce (46F - Cold Holding); raw chicken (45F - Cold Holding) inside reach in cooler across from walk in cooler. Repeat Violation.”

“Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Observed employee grab trash can then handle pizza paddle to plate pizza without changing gloves and washing hands.”

“Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed employee handle raw chicken then change gloves and begin to handle clean equipment without washing hands.”

**PACK SUPERMARKET

8235 NE 2ND AVE.

MIAMI

ORDERED SHUT 8/3

25 VIOLATIONS FOUND

ALSO ORDERED SHUT 3/2026 (RODENT ISSUE)

ALSO ORDERED SHUT 12/2025 (RODENT ISSUE)

ALSO ORDERED SHUT 10/2025 (RODENT ISSUE)

“Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. Observed 3 rodent droppings on the floor behind soda reach in cooler, 4 rodent droppings on the floor under 3 compartment sink, 2 droppings on the floor under front counter, 2 droppings on the floor of the stairs by the 3 compartment sink, 15+ droppings on the floor inside the walk in cooler and 3 rodent droppings on the floor under the mop sink. Repeat Violation.”

“Presence of insects, rodents, or other pests. Observed gnawed marks on 3 cabbage bags inside the walk in cooler.”

“Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Observed gnawed marks on 3 cabbage bags inside the walk in cooler.”

“Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed containers of sugar heavily soiled by the coffee machine.”

“Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed pickles (67F - Cold Holding) stored on top of prep table for 2 hours, as per operator. Operator placed item into reach in cooler.”

“Food service manager not certified within 30 days of employment.”

“Ceiling/ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair. Throughout the establishment. Repeat Violation.”

“Equipment in poor repair. Observed walk in cooler #1 and walk in cooler door in disrepair. Repeat Violation.”

“Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Repeat Violation.”

“Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed mop sink heavily soiled.”

“Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. By the mop sink, next to and behind fryer station. Repeat Violation.”

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

FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION 8/4

“Observed approximately 25 rodent droppings around inside the walk in cooler floor. Observed behind cook line table 4 rodent droppings.”

**SUGAR BAE

8253 SUNSET STRIP

SUNRISE

ORDERED SHUT 8/7

6 VIOLATIONS FOUND

ALSO ORDERED SHUT 8/2025 (ROACH ISSUE)

“Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. 1) 6 live roaches inside dishwashing machine dishwashing machine in kitchen. 2) 7 live roaches under chest freezer in kitchen 3) 5 live roaches crawling on wall next to triple sink in kitchen. 4) 6 live Roaches under food warmer in kitchen.”

“Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cheese (50F - Cold Holding); Cooked Potatoes (49F - Cold Holding). Per Manager food items in unit overnight. Items not prepared or portioned today.”

“Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cheese (50F - Cold Holding); Cooked Potatoes (49F - Cold Holding). Per Manager food items in unit overnight. Items not prepared or portioned today.”

“Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Prep Table- Cooked Rice (98-110F - Hot Holding). Per cook food items stored at room temperature less than 2 hours. Cook discarded.”

**RENDEZ-VOUS

1576 EAST OAKLAND PARK BLVD.

OAKLAND PARK

ORDERED SHUT 7/27

10 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. Approximately 4 rodent droppings on dry storage shelf next to dry pancake mix. 1 rodent droppings on top of box of pancake mix. Operator removed rodent droppings.”

“Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. 1 live roach under dry storage shelving. Operator exterminated and removed.”

“Dead roaches on premises. 1 dead roach next to front counter ice machine. 1 dead roach under dish machine. 3 dead under dry storage shelving. Operator removed dead roaches.”

“Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. 1. Under dry storage shelving. 2. Under triple sink and dish machine. 3. Behind booths along front windows.”

“Required employee training expired for some employees.”

**GOURMET CREOLE

416 NE 36TH ST.

POMPANO BEACH

INSPECTION BASED ON COMPLAINT

ORDERED SHUT 7/27

13 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. 1. Observed approximately 10 rodent droppings on floor behind fridge in dry storage area. 2. Observed approximately 25 rodents droppings on food storage container packing on bottom shelf of food prep table next to fridge in dry storage area.”

“Dead roaches on premises. 1. Observed approximately 10 dead roaches on glue board on floor in closet. 2. Observed approximately 10 dead roaches on a glue board under food prep table next to fridge in dry storage area.”

“Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. 1. Observed Cooked chicken (48F); cooked beef (51F); Pikliz (49F) in two door reach in cooler in kitchen. Not prepared or portioned today.”

“Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. 1. Observed black beans cooling on counter in kitchen at 11:30a at 105F to 91F at 11:59, cooling since 11a. Observed cooling in deep containers. Observed operator covering with plastic and placing container in reach in cooler.”

“Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. 1. Observed buildup of spilled dry rice and beans on floors and under tables and equipment in dry storage area.”

“Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. 1. Observed old food debris on bottom shelf of reach in freezer in kitchen. 2. Hood filters at cookline in kitchen. Repeat Violation.”

**IFRA’S INDIAN KITCHEN

9543 S. DIXIE HIGHWAY

PINECREST

ORDERED SHUT 7/27

23 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Observed 1 live roach on floor next to mop sink in kitchen area. Observed 1 live roach on reach in cooler in kitchen area across triple sink. Observed 1 live roach on empty container in kitchen area above hand sink. Observed 1 live roach under triple sink next to cook line in kitchen area.”

“Live, small flying insects found. Observed 2 live flies on wall next to mop sink in kitchen area. Observed 1 live fly on wall next to cooler in kitchen area. Observed 2 live flies in restroom on wall behind toilet.”

“Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Observed reach in outside of kitchen with ambient temp of 54F; the following TCS foods stored inside for more than 4 hours: lamb (47F - Cold Holding); chicken (45F - Cold Holding); cheese (46F - Cold Holding); cooked potato (45F - Cold Holding); cauliflower cooked (46F - Cold Holding).”

“Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed food and dish shelves soiled. Repeat Violation.”

“Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Repeat Violation.”

“Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Observed soiled ceiling. Repeat Violation.”

“Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Observed in kitchen. Repeat Violation.”

“Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Observed microwave and oven soiled. Repeat Violation.”

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

“Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Observed soiled walls in kitchen. Repeat Violation.”

“Cold holding equipment not maintained in good repair. Do not store time/temperature control for safety food in this unit until the unit is repaired. Observed reach in outside of kitchen with ambient temp of 54F; the following TCS foods stored inside for more than 4 hours: lamb (47F - Cold Holding); chicken (45F - Cold Holding); cheese (46F - Cold Holding); cooked potato (45F - Cold Holding); cauliflower cooked (46F - Cold Holding).”

FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION 7/28

“At time of callback inspection observed 6 live flying insects on wall and ceiling in the restroom. Observed 1 live flying insects on kitchen reach in cooler door.”

“At time of callback inspection observed 4 live roaches in kitchen area behind window opening panel and shelf as well as coming out of the floor drain. Observed at lobby dry storage area 3 dead roaches under shelving and on walls.”

FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION 7/29

“Observed 1 live roach crawling on floor in front of dry storage rack. Observed 1 live roach on kitchen floor. Observed 1 live roach on rack above reach in cooler in kitchen area.”

**LUCKY CAT STREET EATERY

6322 N. ANDREWS AVE,

FORT LAUDERDALE

ORDERED SHUT 7/28

13 VIOLATIONS FOUND

ALSO ORDERED SHUT 11/2023 (ROACH ISSUE)

“Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Approximately 10 crawling on the floor on wall behind reach in freezer under reach in freezer on cook line next to cooler with food.”

“Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Operator left kitchen area into dining room to touched dirty surfaces then touched face then putting gloves and started to make food without washing hands Employee washed hands.”

“Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food prepared from/mixed with ingredient(s) at ambient temperature not cooled to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 4 hours. Flip top cooler cooked bamboo at 2:36pm ( 46F cooling) since 10:30am raw breaded chicken at 2:48pm (46F cooling ) since 10:30am Products did not cool to 41F within 4 hours. See stop sale Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Multiple coolers on kitchen with overstocked items, Flip top cooler cook line Hard boil eggs 50F cold holding, over 4 hours. See stop sale tall stainless still fridge in kitchen. Pork stuff bun 52F cold holding.”

“Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. Time/temperature control for safety food prepared from/mixed with ingredient(s) at ambient temperature not cooled to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 4 hours. Flip top cooler cooked bamboo at 2:36pm ( 46F cooling) since 10:30am raw breaded chicken at 2:48pm (46F cooling ) since 10:30am Products did not cool to 41F within 4 hours. See stop sale Cooked chicken at 1:38pm (52F cooling) since 10:30am at 2:37pm same At this current cooling rate product will not cool to 41F within 6 hours.”

“Operator is not properly tracking/marking the number of days ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite was held at refrigeration temperatures prior to freezing in order to properly date mark the food when it is thawed and held at refrigeration temperatures again. Multiple items like chicken wontons, cooked rice previously frozen not date marking properly.”

“Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Sushi cooler Raw fish over cooked salmon Flip top cooler Raw shell eggs over cooked chicken Stainless steel fridge Raw chicken over cooked chicken wontons.”

**LE GENIE RESTAURANT

187 NE 167TH ST.

NORTH MIAMI BEACH

ORDERED SHUT 7/29

33 VIOLATIONS FOUND

ALSO ORDERED SHUT 9/2025 (FLYING INSECT ISSUE)

ALSO ORDERED SHUT 2/2024 (RODENT ISSUE)

“Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. Observed 25+ rodent droppings behind the reach in freezer in the storage room.”

“Presence of insects, rodents, or other pests. Observed approximately 100+ dead flies in the gaskets of the reach in freezers in the storage room.”

“Live, small flying insects found Observed approximately 50+ live flies laying on the clean to go containers in the storage room, 10+ live flies on the wall by the reach in freezer in the storage room, 50+ live flies on the wooden pallet in the storage room. Observed 3+ live flies in the dining room.”

“Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Observed pig ear (54F - Cooling); beef (54F - Cooling); turkey (54F - Cooling); chicken (54F - Cooling) stored in the walk in cooler since last night.”

“Food stored on floor. Observed plantains, rice and beans stored on the floor of the kitchen.”

“Frozen time/temperature control for safety food being slacked at room temperature is no longer frozen solid. Observed conch (44F - Cold Holding) thawing in room temperature in the prep area no longer frozen.”

“Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Observed all types of meat and fish mixed with one another in the reach in freezer. Repeat Violation.”

“Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed fan covers in the walk in cooler with accumulated dust.”

“Employee used the bathroom and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands upon returning to employee area. Observed employee come back from the bathroom, place gloves on and did not wash her hands.”

“Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed employee not wash their hands before starting to prep plate for customer.”

“No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. In the kitchen. Repeat Violation.”

“Employee touched soiled apron/clothes and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands.”

“Manager or person in charge lacking proof of food manager certification.”

FOLLOW UP INSPECTION 7/30

“At the time of the callback observed 3 live flies on the wall in the storage room and 10+ flies laying on soda and juice cases.”

“Observed 15+ dead flies in the gaskets of the reach in freezers in the storage room.”

**FOODEYEZ CARIBBEAN

6268 WEST SAMPLE ROAD

CORAL SPRINGS

ORDERED SHUT 7/30

10 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Approximately 10 live roaches found behind the steam table in the kitchen.”

“Dead roaches on premises. 2 dead roaches found behind the refrigerators at the front counter. 2 dead roaches found next to the flip top cooler on the cook line.”

“Floor soiled/has accumulation of food debris. Behind the cooking equipment on the cook line.”

“Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Behind the cooking equipment on the cook line.”

“Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Inside the cook line flip top cooler, butter (64F - Cold Holding). The item was held above the rails at room temperature. The butter was returned to the refrigerator to chill and cold hold.”

**KENIA PIZZA

14511 SW 266TH ST.

NARANJA

ORDERED SHUT 7/31

15 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. Observed approximately 8 rodent droppings on shelf over prep table at kitchen area. Observed approximately 20 rodent droppings on bottom shelf next to clean pots at kitchen area.”

“No proof of required state approved employee training provided for employee hired more than 60 days ago.”

**HAAGEN DAZS

SAWGRASS MILLS

12801 WEST SUNRISE BLVD.

SUNRISE

ORDERED SHUT 7/29

7 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. 1) 4 Live roaches in trash bag under triple sinks in preparation area. 2) 3 live Roaches under vacuum cleaner stored under triple sinks in preparation area. 3) 4 live roaches crawling under triple sinks. In preparation area.”

“Dead roaches on premises. Approximately 10 dead roaches in sticky traps under triple sinks.”

“Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Employee put on gloves after using personal phone. Employee proceeded to get a cup to serve drinks to guests without first washing hands.”

“Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. 12-01-2025.”

“Manager or person in charge lacking proof of food manager certification.”

“No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees.”

Recientemente, los inspectores ordenaron el cierre de 13 establecimientos, tras encontrar desde excrementos de roedores y cucarachas vivas hasta cientos de moscas, acumulación de moho, equipos sucios y alimentos almacenados a temperaturas inseguras.

En Yellow Tail Subs Grill en Homestead, los inspectores documentaron 32 infracciones, incluyendo cucarachas vivas que se arrastraban por una mesa de preparación de alimentos, entre recipientes limpios e incluso fuera de una caja de papel pergamino utilizada para envolver alimentos; se encontraron más de 100 excrementos de cucaracha en un estante.

En el supermercado Pack de Miami, los inspectores encontraron excrementos de roedores por toda la tienda, incluyendo 15 o más dentro de la cámara frigorífica, además de bolsas de repollo roídas. Los registros muestran que era la cuarta vez que el supermercado recibía una orden de cierre por problemas de roedores desde octubre de 2025.

En el Pickles Pub Sandbar de Key West, los inspectores informaron de 100 o más insectos voladores vivos posados ​​en cajas de refrescos, platos limpios, servilletas, jarras y vasos, mientras que el Tacombi de Miami fue multado por docenas de excrementos de roedores y moscas vivas.

Otros cierres se debieron a alimentos mal refrigerados o almacenados, superficies de contacto con alimentos insalubres, suelos y equipos sucios y problemas recurrentes de plagas.

Todos los lugares mencionados pudieron reabrir tras una limpieza ordenada y una posterior reinspección.

**TACOMBI

3930 NE 2ND AVE.

MIAMI

INSPECCIÓN BASADA EN UNA DENUNCIA

ORDEN DE CIERRE 8/6

Se detectaron 11 infracciones.

Se detectó actividad de roedores, como lo demuestran los excrementos encontrados. Se observaron aproximadamente 16 excrementos en el suelo junto al fregadero de fregar, cerca del cuarto del calentador de agua, debajo del tendedero. Se observaron aproximadamente 25 excrementos en el suelo debajo del lavavajillas y del fregadero de tres compartimentos. Se observaron aproximadamente 10 excrementos detrás de la barra de la máquina de hielo.

“Se encontraron insectos voladores pequeños y vivos. Se observaron aproximadamente 5 moscas pequeñas vivas volando cerca del área de lavado de vajilla y 3 moscas volando alrededor del área de preparación junto al mostrador del lavamanos.”

“La tabla de cortar tiene marcas de cortes y ya no se puede limpiar. Observe la tabla de cortar verde junto al mostrador de preparación.”

“Superficie que no entra en contacto con alimentos sucia con grasa, restos de comida, suciedad, lodo o polvo. Se observaron juntas sucias en el mostrador del refrigerador.”

**PARRILLA DE SUBSANDS YELLOW TAIL

27275 CARRETERA SOUTH DIXIE

GRANJA

INSPECCIÓN BASADA EN UNA DENUNCIA

ORDEN DE CIERRE 8/6

Se detectaron 32 infracciones.

“Presencia de cucarachas, evidenciada por el hallazgo de cucarachas vivas. Se observaron 4 cucarachas vivas arrastrándose por el suelo en la línea de cocción. Se observaron más de 6 cucarachas vivas en el extintor de incendios situado encima del refrigerador. Se observaron aproximadamente 6 cucarachas vivas en el estante del área de lavado de platos, arrastrándose entre los recipientes limpios. Se observaron 2 cucarachas vivas arrastrándose sobre la mesa de preparación de la cocina, donde se estaban preparando recipientes de salsa picante sin tapar. Se observaron 8 cucarachas vivas saliendo del marco de la puerta del armario del calentador de agua. Se observaron 4 cucarachas vivas arrastrándose por las paredes y los estantes donde se almacenan las bolsas de harina en el área de almacenamiento en seco. Se observó 1 cucaracha viva saliendo de una caja de papel pergamino utilizada para envolver alimentos. Se observó 1 cucaracha viva saliendo de debajo de la máquina de gyros en la línea de cocción. Se observó 1 cucaracha viva arrastrándose sobre la tapa abatible del refrigerador.”

“Presencia de excremento de cucaracha. Se observaron más de 100 excrementos de cucaracha en el estante del área de lavado de platos y en los recipientes metálicos.”

“Acumulación de aves, insectos, roedores u otras plagas muertas o atrapadas en los dispositivos de control. Se observó una gran acumulación de moscas y cucarachas muertas en el área de servicio para autos.”

“Dispositivo de control de insectos instalado sobre el área de preparación de alimentos. Se observó un matamoscas eléctrico en el autoservicio, guardado encima de la máquina expendedora de refrescos. Se observó un matamoscas eléctrico grande en el área de almacenamiento en seco, guardado en un estante encima de las bolsas de harina.”

“Pared sucia con grasa acumulada, restos de comida y/o polvo. Se observó suciedad acumulada, cucarachas muertas, telarañas y moscas en toda la superficie.”

“Se encontró en el establecimiento un pesticida/insecticida etiquetado únicamente para uso doméstico. Se observó un bote de insecticida doméstico para cucarachas en la mesa de preparación de la cocina.”

“Olores desagradables en el baño u otras áreas del establecimiento. Observados en el área de almacenamiento en seco trasera donde se guarda la harina.”

“Acumulación de restos de comida/residuos de tierra en las manijas de las puertas de los equipos. Observado en todas las manijas de acceso a refrigeradores y congeladores.”

“Los guantes desechables no se cambiaban según fuera necesario después de cambiar de tarea o cuando estaban dañados o sucios. Se observó a un cocinero cubrir pollo crudo con una capa de aceite y luego tomar tilapia cruda y lavarse los guantes.”

“Alimentos almacenados sin tapar. Se observó que los recipientes de tilapia, camarones y buñuelos de caracol que se almacenaban sin tapar en el refrigerador. También se observó que el cubo de condimentos secos que se almacenaba sin tapar en el estante de almacenamiento en seco.”

“Control de tiempo/temperatura para la seguridad alimentaria, excepto asados ​​de carne entera, mantenidos calientes a menos de 135 grados Fahrenheit. Observado en la mesa de la línea de cocción: pollo frito (101 °F - Mantenimiento en caliente).”

“No se ha proporcionado ninguna prueba de la formación obligatoria aprobada por el estado para el empleado contratado hace más de 60 días.”

“El empleado no se lavó las manos antes de ponerse los guantes para comenzar una tarea que implicaba manipular alimentos. Se observó que el empleado se quitaba los guantes sucios y luego se ponía un par nuevo sin lavarse las manos.”

**PIZZA DE LA CALLE UNDÉCIMA

9025 SW 72ND PL.

MIAMI

ORDEN DE CIERRE 8/3

Se detectaron 13 infracciones.

Se emitió una orden de cese de venta debido a que los alimentos no se encontraban en condiciones higiénicas ni seguras. Se observaron más de 20 moscas vivas en la zona de la cocina, debajo de la mesa de preparación, en bolsas de cebollas rojas.

Se encontraron insectos voladores pequeños y vivos. Se observaron más de 20 moscas vivas en la zona de la cocina, debajo de la mesa de preparación, en bolsas de cebollas rojas. Se observaron 2 moscas vivas en el mostrador, cerca del grifo de cerveza.

“Superficie en contacto con alimentos sucia con restos de comida, una sustancia similar al moho o una sustancia viscosa. Se observó que la cortadora de carne estaba sucia. Infracción reiterada.”

“El suelo está sucio/tiene acumulación de residuos. Se observó cerca de la batidora de pizzas. Infracción reiterada.”

“Techo, baldosas del techo y rejillas de ventilación sucios con restos de comida acumulados, grasa, polvo o una sustancia similar al moho. Observado en toda la cocina.”

“Control de tiempo/temperatura para alimentos refrigerados seguros a más de 5 °C (41 °F). Se observó un horno refrigerado con una temperatura ambiente de 13 °C (55 °F); los siguientes alimentos TCS se almacenaron en su interior durante más de 4 horas: queso mozzarella (12 °C - Refrigeración); cebollas asadas (14 °C - Refrigeración); champiñones asados ​​(22 °C - Refrigeración); salsa Alfredo (21 °C - Refrigeración); ajo asado (13 °C - Refrigeración). Infracción reiterada.”

**PICKLES PUB SANDBAR

511 CALLE GREENE

KEY WEST

ORDEN DE CIERRE 8/3

Se detectaron 24 infracciones.

Se detectó actividad de roedores, como lo demuestran los excrementos encontrados. Se observaron aproximadamente 20 excrementos de roedores en la cortadora de fiambres debajo de la mesa de preparación en el área de preparación de pizzas y aproximadamente 15 excrementos en el estante donde se almacenan las cajas de pizza.

“Se encontraron insectos voladores pequeños y vivos. Se observaron aproximadamente 100 insectos voladores vivos volando y posándose en cajas de refrescos, platos limpios, servilletas, una botella de granadina, jarras limpias y vasos limpios dentro de la estación de servicio cerca de la barra.”

“Se han encontrado cucarachas muertas en las instalaciones. Se observó una cucaracha muerta en las escaleras que conducen al almacén de productos secos.”

“Superficie en contacto con alimentos sucia con restos de comida, una sustancia similar al moho o una sustancia viscosa. Se observó un contenedor de almacenamiento muy sucio con restos de comida vieja donde se guardan bandejas de pizza limpias debajo de los hornos de pizza en el área de pizzas.”

“Acumulación de residuos en el exterior de la lavadora de vajilla. Infracción reiterada.”

“Acumulación de restos de comida/residuos de tierra en las manijas de las puertas de los equipos. Se observó suciedad en todas las manijas de los refrigeradores. Infracción reiterada.”

“Techo/baldosas/rejillas de ventilación sucias con restos de comida acumulados, grasa, polvo o una sustancia similar al moho. Se observó mucho polvo en el techo sobre la zona del bar. Infracción reiterada.”

“Equipo en mal estado. Se observó un refrigerador con acceso directo roto junto a las freidoras, sin usar. Se observó la tapa del refrigerador con acceso directo para la preparación de pizzas rota. Infracción reiterada.”

“El suelo está sucio/tiene acumulación de residuos. Se observó que el suelo de la zona de preparación de pizzas estaba muy sucio y el de la estación de servicio estaba cubierto de una sustancia viscosa. Infracción reiterada.”

“Control de tiempo/temperatura para alimentos refrigerados seguros a más de 5 °C (41 °F). Se observó queso rallado (13 °C - Refrigeración); salchicha (13 °C - Refrigeración); mozzarella rallada (13 °C - Refrigeración); salsa para pizza (12 °C - Refrigeración) dentro del refrigerador vertical en el área de preparación de pizzas, según el operador, durante 2 horas. Se observó queso rallado (7 °C - Refrigeración); lechuga rallada (8 °C - Refrigeración); pollo crudo (7 °C - Refrigeración) dentro del refrigerador vertical frente a la cámara frigorífica. Infracción reiterada.”

“El empleado tocó una superficie sucia y luego preparó alimentos, manipuló equipos o utensilios limpios o tocó artículos desechables sin envolver sin lavarse las manos. Se observó que el empleado tomó un cubo de basura y luego usó una pala para servir pizza sin cambiarse los guantes ni lavarse las manos.”

“El empleado no se lavó las manos antes de ponerse los guantes para comenzar una tarea que implicaba el manejo de alimentos. Se observó que el empleado manipuló pollo crudo, luego se cambió los guantes y comenzó a manipular equipo limpio sin lavarse las manos.”

**SUPERMERCADO PACK

8235 NE 2ND AVE.

MIAMI

ORDEN DE CIERRE 8/3

Se detectaron 25 infracciones.

TAMBIÉN SE ORDENÓ SU CIERRE EN MARZO DE 2026 (PROBLEMA DE ROEDORES)

TAMBIÉN SE ORDENÓ SU CIERRE EN DICIEMBRE DE 2025 (PROBLEMA DE ROEDORES)

TAMBIÉN SE ORDENÓ SU CIERRE EN OCTUBRE DE 2025 (PROBLEMA DE ROEDORES)

Se detectó actividad de roedores, evidenciada por los excrementos encontrados. Se observaron 3 excrementos en el suelo detrás del refrigerador de refrescos, 4 en el suelo debajo del fregadero de tres compartimentos, 2 en el suelo debajo del mostrador, 2 en el suelo de las escaleras junto al fregadero de tres compartimentos, más de 15 en el suelo dentro de la cámara frigorífica y 3 en el suelo debajo del fregadero para fregar. Infracción reiterada .

“Presencia de insectos, roedores u otras plagas. Se observaron marcas de mordiscos en 3 bolsas de repollo dentro de la cámara frigorífica.”

Se emitió una orden de cese de venta debido a que los alimentos no se encontraban en condiciones higiénicas ni adecuadas. Se observaron marcas de mordiscos en tres bolsas de repollo dentro de la cámara frigorífica.

“Superficie en contacto con alimentos sucia con restos de comida, una sustancia parecida al moho o una sustancia viscosa. Se observaron recipientes de azúcar muy sucios por la cafetera.”

“Control de tiempo/temperatura para la seguridad alimentaria: alimentos refrigerados a más de 5 °C (41 °F). Se observaron pepinillos (19 °C - Refrigeración) almacenados sobre la mesa de preparación durante 2 horas, según el operador. El operador colocó el producto en el refrigerador.”

“El gerente de servicio de alimentos no obtuvo la certificación dentro de los 30 días posteriores a su contratación.”

“El techo/las baldosas del techo presentan daños o están en mal estado. En todo el establecimiento. Infracción reiterada.”

“Equipo en mal estado. Se observó que la cámara frigorífica n.° 1 y su puerta estaban deterioradas. Infracción reiterada.”

“La puerta exterior tiene una abertura en el umbral que da al exterior. Infracción reiterada.”

“Superficie que no entra en contacto con alimentos sucia con grasa, restos de comida, suciedad, lodo o polvo. Se observó que el fregadero para fregar estaba muy sucio.”

“Pared sucia con grasa acumulada, restos de comida y/o polvo. Junto al fregadero, al lado y detrás de la freidora. Infracción reiterada.”

“No hay ningún gerente de servicio de alimentos certificado actualmente de servicio con cuatro o más empleados dedicados a la preparación/manipulación de alimentos.”

INSPECCIÓN DE SEGUIMIENTO 8/4

“Se observaron aproximadamente 25 excrementos de roedores alrededor del piso de la cámara frigorífica. Se observaron 4 excrementos de roedores detrás de la mesa de la línea de cocción.”

**SUGAR BAE

8253 SUNSET STRIP

AMANECER

ORDEN DE CIERRE 8/7

Se detectaron 6 infracciones.

TAMBIÉN SE ORDENÓ SU CIERRE EN AGOSTO DE 2025 (PROBLEMA DE CUCARACHAS)

Se detectó actividad de cucarachas, como lo demuestran los ejemplares vivos encontrados: 1) 6 cucarachas vivas dentro del lavavajillas en la cocina. 2) 7 cucarachas vivas debajo del congelador horizontal en la cocina. 3) 5 cucarachas vivas trepando por la pared junto al fregadero triple en la cocina. 4) 6 cucarachas vivas debajo del calentador de alimentos en la cocina.

Se emitió una orden de cese de venta para alimentos que requieren control de tiempo/temperatura para su seguridad debido a un manejo inadecuado de la temperatura. Los alimentos que requieren control de tiempo/temperatura para su seguridad se mantuvieron refrigerados a más de 41 grados Fahrenheit. Queso (50 °F - Mantenimiento en frío); Papas cocidas (49 °F - Mantenimiento en frío). Según el gerente, los alimentos que permanecieron en la unidad durante la noche no fueron preparados ni porcionados hoy.

“Control de tiempo/temperatura para garantizar la seguridad de los alimentos refrigerados a más de 5 °C (41 °F). Queso (10 °C - Refrigeración); Papas cocidas (9 °C - Refrigeración). Según el gerente, los alimentos que permanecen en la unidad durante la noche. Artículos que no se prepararon ni se porcionaron hoy.”

“Control de tiempo/temperatura para alimentos seguros, excepto asados ​​de carne enteros, mantenidos calientes a menos de 135 grados Fahrenheit. Mesa de preparación: arroz cocido (98-110 °F - mantenimiento en caliente). Alimentos por cocción almacenados a temperatura ambiente durante menos de 2 horas. Cocción desechada.”

**CITA

1576 EAST OAKLAND PARK BLVD.

PARQUE DE OAKLAND

ORDEN DE CIERRE 27/7

Se detectaron 10 infracciones.

Se detectó actividad de roedores, como lo demuestran los excrementos encontrados. Aproximadamente cuatro excrementos de roedor se encontraron en el estante de almacenamiento en seco junto a la mezcla para panqueques. Un excremento de roedor se encontró encima de una caja de mezcla para panqueques. El operario retiró los excrementos.

“Se detectó actividad de cucarachas, como lo demuestra el hallazgo de cucarachas vivas. Se encontró una cucaracha viva debajo de los estantes de almacenamiento en seco. El operario la exterminó y la retiró.”

“Se encontraron cucarachas muertas en las instalaciones. Una cucaracha muerta junto a la máquina de hielo del mostrador. Una cucaracha muerta debajo del lavavajillas. Tres cucarachas muertas debajo de las estanterías del almacén de productos secos. El operario retiró las cucarachas muertas.”

“El suelo está sucio/tiene acumulación de residuos. 1. Debajo de las estanterías de almacenamiento en seco. 2. Debajo del fregadero triple y el lavavajillas. 3. Detrás de las cabinas junto a las ventanas delanteras.”

“Para algunos empleados, la formación obligatoria para empleados ha caducado.”

**Criollo gourmet

416 NE CALLE 36.

PLAYA DE POMPANO

INSPECCIÓN BASADA EN UNA DENUNCIA

ORDEN DE CIERRE 27/7

Se detectaron 13 infracciones.

Se detectó actividad de roedores, evidenciada por los excrementos encontrados. 1. Se observaron aproximadamente 10 excrementos de roedores en el suelo detrás del refrigerador en el área de almacenamiento en seco. 2. Se observaron aproximadamente 25 excrementos de roedores en el empaque de un recipiente para almacenar alimentos en el estante inferior de la mesa de preparación de alimentos junto al refrigerador en el área de almacenamiento en seco.

“Cucarachas muertas en las instalaciones. 1. Se observaron aproximadamente 10 cucarachas muertas en una trampa adhesiva en el suelo del armario. 2. Se observaron aproximadamente 10 cucarachas muertas en una trampa adhesiva debajo de la mesa de preparación de alimentos junto al refrigerador en el área de almacenamiento en seco.”

Se emitió una orden de cese de venta para alimentos que requieren control de tiempo/temperatura para su seguridad debido a un manejo inadecuado de la temperatura. Los alimentos que requieren control de tiempo/temperatura para su seguridad se mantuvieron refrigerados a más de 41 grados Fahrenheit. 1. Se observó pollo cocido (48 °F); carne de res cocida (51 °F); Pikliz (49 °F) en un refrigerador de dos puertas en la cocina. No se prepararon ni se porcionaron hoy.

“Los alimentos se enfriaban mediante un método no aprobado, como lo demuestra la velocidad de enfriamiento inadecuada durante la inspección. 1. Se observaron frijoles negros enfriándose sobre el mostrador de la cocina a las 11:30 a. m., alcanzando una temperatura de 105 °F a las 11:59 a. m., y enfriándose desde las 11:00 a. m. Se observó enfriamiento en recipientes hondos. Se observó al operario cubriendo el recipiente con plástico y colocándolo en un lugar accesible dentro del refrigerador.”

“El suelo está sucio/tiene acumulación de residuos. 1. Se observó acumulación de arroz y frijoles secos derramados en el suelo y debajo de las mesas y equipos en el área de almacenamiento en seco.”

Superficie que no entra en contacto con alimentos sucia con grasa, restos de comida, suciedad, lodo o polvo. 1. Se observaron restos de comida vieja en el estante inferior del congelador de la cocina. 2. Filtros de la campana extractora en la zona de cocción de la cocina. Infracción reiterada.

**LA COCINA INDIA DE IFRA**

9543 S. DIXIE HIGHWAY

PINECREST

ORDEN DE CIERRE 27/7

Se detectaron 23 infracciones.

Se detectó actividad de cucarachas, como lo demuestra el hallazgo de ejemplares vivos. Se observó una cucaracha viva en el suelo junto al fregadero de la cocina. Se observó una cucaracha viva en el refrigerador de la cocina, frente al fregadero triple. Se observó una cucaracha viva en un recipiente vacío en la cocina, encima del lavamanos. Se observó una cucaracha viva debajo del fregadero triple, junto a la línea de cocción en la cocina.

Se encontraron insectos voladores pequeños y vivos. Se observaron dos moscas vivas en la pared junto al fregadero de la cocina. Se observó una mosca viva en la pared junto al refrigerador en la cocina. Se observaron dos moscas vivas en el baño, en la pared detrás del inodoro.

Se emitió una orden de cese de venta para alimentos que requieren control de tiempo y temperatura debido a un abuso de temperatura. Se observó que los siguientes alimentos TCS se encontraban almacenados en el exterior de la cocina con una temperatura ambiente de 54 °F durante más de 4 horas: cordero (47 °F - Conservación en frío); pollo (45 °F - Conservación en frío); queso (46 °F - Conservación en frío); papa cocida (45 °F - Conservación en frío); coliflor cocida (46 °F - Conservación en frío).”

“Superficie en contacto con alimentos sucia con restos de comida, una sustancia similar al moho o una sustancia viscosa. Se observaron estantes para alimentos y vajilla sucios. Infracción reiterada.”

“Acumulación de restos de comida/residuos de tierra en las manijas de las puertas de los equipos. Infracción reiterada.”

“Techo/baldosas/rejillas de ventilación sucias con restos de comida acumulados, grasa, polvo o una sustancia similar al moho. Se observó techo sucio. Infracción reiterada.”

“Suelo sucio/con acumulación de residuos. Observado en la cocina. Infracción reiterada.”

“El interior del horno/microondas presenta acumulación de una sustancia negra/grasa/restos de comida. Se observó que el microondas y el horno estaban sucios. Infracción reiterada.”

“Superficie que no entra en contacto con alimentos sucia con grasa, restos de comida, suciedad, lodo o polvo. Infracción reiterada.”

“Pared sucia con grasa acumulada, restos de comida y/o polvo. Se observaron paredes sucias en la cocina. Infracción reiterada.”

“El equipo de refrigeración no se encuentra en buen estado. No almacene alimentos que requieren control de tiempo/temperatura para su seguridad en esta unidad hasta que se repare. Se observó un acceso externo a la cocina con una temperatura ambiente de 54 °F; los siguientes alimentos que requieren control de tiempo/temperatura para su seguridad se almacenaron en el interior durante más de 4 horas: cordero (47 °F - Refrigeración); pollo (45 °F - Refrigeración); queso (46 °F - Refrigeración); papa cocida (45 °F - Refrigeración); coliflor cocida (46 °F - Refrigeración).”

INSPECCIÓN DE SEGUIMIENTO 28/7

“En el momento de la inspección de seguimiento, se observaron 6 insectos voladores vivos en la pared y el techo del baño. Se observó 1 insecto volador vivo en la puerta del refrigerador de la cocina.”

“Durante la inspección de seguimiento, se observaron 4 cucarachas vivas en la cocina, detrás del panel de la ventana y un estante, así como saliendo del desagüe del piso. En el área de almacenamiento en seco del vestíbulo, se observaron 3 cucarachas muertas debajo de los estantes y en las paredes.”

INSPECCIÓN DE SEGUIMIENTO 29/7

“Se observó una cucaracha viva arrastrándose por el suelo frente al estante de almacenamiento en seco. Se observó una cucaracha viva en el suelo de la cocina. Se observó una cucaracha viva en el estante encima del refrigerador en el área de la cocina.”

**COMEDOR CALLEJERO LUCKY CAT

6322 N. ANDREWS AVE,

FORT LAUDERDALE

ORDEN DE CIERRE 28/7

Se detectaron 13 infracciones.

TAMBIÉN SE ORDENÓ SU CIERRE EN NOVIEMBRE DE 2023 (PROBLEMA DE CUCARACHAS)

“Se detectó actividad de cucarachas, como lo demuestra el hallazgo de cucarachas vivas. Aproximadamente 10 se arrastraban por el suelo, en la pared detrás del congelador, debajo del congelador, en la línea de cocción, junto al refrigerador con alimentos.”

“El empleado no se lavó las manos antes de ponerse los guantes para comenzar una tarea relacionada con alimentos. El operario salió de la cocina hacia el comedor, tocó superficies sucias, luego se tocó la cara, se puso los guantes y comenzó a preparar la comida sin lavarse las manos.”

Se emitió una orden de cese de venta para alimentos que requieren control de tiempo/temperatura para su seguridad debido a un abuso de temperatura. Los alimentos que requieren control de tiempo/temperatura para su seguridad se prepararon a partir de ingredientes o se mezclaron con ellos a temperatura ambiente y no se enfriaron a 5 °C (41 °F) en 4 horas. Enfriador con tapa abatible: bambú cocido a las 14:36 ​​(enfriamiento a 8 °C) desde las 10:30; pollo empanizado crudo a las 14:48 (enfriamiento a 8 °C) desde las 10:30. Los productos no se enfriaron a 5 °C (41 °F) en 4 horas. Ver orden de cese de venta. Alimentos que requieren control de tiempo/temperatura para su seguridad mantenidos en frío a más de 5 °C (41 °F). Varios refrigeradores en la cocina con artículos sobreabastecidos. Línea de cocción del refrigerador con tapa abatible: huevos duros mantenidos en frío a 10 °C (50 °F) durante más de 4 horas. Ver orden de cese de venta. Refrigerador alto de acero inoxidable en la cocina. Bollo relleno de cerdo mantenido en frío a 11 °C (52 °F).

“Alimentos enfriados mediante un método no aprobado, evidenciado por una velocidad de enfriamiento inadecuada durante la inspección. Control de tiempo/temperatura para la seguridad de los alimentos preparados a partir de/mezclados con ingredientes a temperatura ambiente que no se enfriaron a 41 grados Fahrenheit en 4 horas. Enfriador con tapa abatible: bambú cocido a las 2:36 p. m. (enfriamiento a 46 °F) desde las 10:30 a. m.; pollo empanizado crudo a las 2:48 p. m. (enfriamiento a 46 °F) desde las 10:30 a. m. Los productos no se enfriaron a 41 °F en 4 horas. Ver orden de cese de venta. Pollo cocido a la 1:38 p. m. (enfriamiento a 52 °F) desde las 10:30 a. m. a las 2:37 p. m. lo mismo. Con esta velocidad de enfriamiento actual, el producto no se enfriará a 41 °F en 6 horas.”

“El operador no está registrando ni marcando adecuadamente la cantidad de días que los alimentos listos para el consumo deben controlarse mediante tiempo y temperatura para garantizar la seguridad alimentaria. Los alimentos preparados en el establecimiento se mantuvieron a temperaturas de refrigeración antes de congelarlos, para poder marcar correctamente la fecha de caducidad una vez descongelados y refrigerados nuevamente. Varios productos, como los wontons de pollo y el arroz cocido previamente congelados, no están marcados con la fecha de caducidad correctamente.”

Alimentos crudos de origen animal almacenados encima de alimentos listos para el consumo o sin la separación adecuada de estos. Nevera para sushi. Pescado crudo sobre salmón cocido. Nevera con tapa abatible. Huevos crudos con cáscara sobre pollo cocido. Nevera de acero inoxidable. Pollo crudo sobre wontons de pollo cocidos.

**RESTAURANTE LE GENIE

187 NE CALLE 167.

NORTE DE MIAMI BEACH

ORDEN DE CIERRE 29/7

Se detectaron 33 infracciones.

TAMBIÉN SE ORDENÓ SU CIERRE EN 9/2025 (PROBLEMA CON INSECTOS VOLADORES)

TAMBIÉN SE ORDENÓ SU CIERRE EN FEBRERO DE 2024 (PROBLEMA DE ROEDORES)

“Se detectó actividad de roedores, como lo demuestran los excrementos encontrados. Se observaron más de 25 excrementos de roedores detrás del congelador en el cuarto de almacenamiento.”

“Presencia de insectos, roedores u otras plagas. Se observaron aproximadamente 100 moscas muertas en las juntas de los congeladores verticales del almacén.”

“Se encontraron insectos voladores pequeños y vivos. Se observaron aproximadamente 50 moscas vivas sobre los contenedores de comida para llevar en el almacén, 10 moscas vivas en la pared junto al congelador en el almacén y 50 moscas vivas en el palé de madera en el almacén. También se observaron 3 moscas vivas en el comedor.”

Se emitió una orden de cese de venta para alimentos que requerían control de tiempo/temperatura para garantizar su seguridad debido a un manejo inadecuado de la temperatura. Se observaron orejas de cerdo (54 °F - Enfriando); carne de res (54 °F - Enfriando); pavo (54 °F - Enfriando); pollo (54 °F - Enfriando) almacenados en la cámara frigorífica desde anoche.

“Alimentos almacenados en el suelo. Se observaron plátanos, arroz y frijoles almacenados en el suelo de la cocina.”

“Los alimentos congelados que requieren control de tiempo/temperatura para su seguridad y que se dejan descongelar a temperatura ambiente ya no están completamente congelados. Se observó que el caracol (44 °F - Conservación en frío) que se estaba descongelando a temperatura ambiente en el área de preparación ya no estaba congelado.”

“Los alimentos crudos de origen animal no estaban debidamente separados entre sí en la unidad de almacenamiento, según la temperatura mínima de cocción requerida. Se observó que todo tipo de carne y pescado estaban mezclados en el congelador. Infracción reiterada.”

“Superficie que no entra en contacto con alimentos sucia con grasa, restos de comida, suciedad, lodo o polvo. Se observaron cubiertas de ventiladores en la cámara frigorífica con polvo acumulado.”

“La empleada usó el baño y luego preparó alimentos, manipuló equipos o utensilios limpios o tocó artículos desechables sin envolver sin lavarse las manos al regresar a su área de trabajo. Se observó que la empleada regresó del baño, se puso guantes y no se lavó las manos.”

“El empleado no se lavó las manos antes de ponerse los guantes para comenzar una tarea que implicaba manipular alimentos. Se observó que el empleado no se lavó las manos antes de empezar a preparar el plato para el cliente.”

“No se ha colocado ningún cartel de ‘No lavarse las manos’ en el lavamanos utilizado por los empleados de la cocina. Se trata de una infracción reiterada.”

“El empleado tocó un delantal o ropa sucia y luego participó en la preparación de alimentos, manipuló equipos o utensilios limpios o tocó artículos desechables sin envolver sin lavarse las manos.”

“El gerente o la persona a cargo carece de prueba de certificación de gerente de alimentos.”

INSPECCIÓN DE SEGUIMIENTO 30/7

“En el momento de la llamada de seguimiento, se observaron 3 moscas vivas en la pared del almacén y más de 10 moscas posadas sobre las cajas de refrescos y zumos.”

“Observé más de 15 moscas muertas en las juntas de los congeladores verticales del almacén.”

**FOODEYEZ CARIBE

6268 WEST SAMPLE ROAD

Manantiales de coral

ORDEN DE CIERRE 30/7

Se detectaron 10 infracciones.

“Se detectó actividad de cucarachas, como lo demuestra el hallazgo de ejemplares vivos. Se encontraron aproximadamente 10 cucarachas vivas detrás de la mesa de vapor en la cocina.”

“Se encontraron cucarachas muertas en el local. Se hallaron dos cucarachas muertas detrás de los refrigeradores del mostrador. Se hallaron dos cucarachas muertas junto al refrigerador con tapa abatible en la zona de cocción.”

“El suelo está sucio/tiene acumulación de restos de comida. Está detrás de los equipos de cocina, en la línea de cocción.”

“Zona(s) del suelo cubiertas de agua estancada. Detrás de los equipos de cocina, en la línea de cocción.”

Control de tiempo/temperatura para garantizar la seguridad de los alimentos refrigerados a más de 5 °C (41 °F). Dentro del refrigerador con tapa abatible de la línea de cocción, se encontraba la mantequilla (18 °C - Conservación en frío). El producto se mantuvo a temperatura ambiente sobre los rieles. La mantequilla se devolvió al refrigerador para enfriarla y conservarla en frío.

**PIZZA KENIA

14511 SW 266TH ST.

NARANJA

ORDEN DE CIERRE 31/7

Se detectaron 15 infracciones.

Se detectó actividad de roedores, como lo demuestran los excrementos encontrados. Se observaron aproximadamente 8 excrementos de roedores en el estante sobre la mesa de preparación en el área de la cocina. Se observaron aproximadamente 20 excrementos de roedores en el estante inferior junto a las ollas limpias en el área de la cocina.

“No se ha proporcionado ninguna prueba de la formación obligatoria aprobada por el estado para el empleado contratado hace más de 60 días.”

**HAAGEN DAZS

Molinos de SAWGRASS

12801 WEST SUNRISE BLVD.

AMANECER

ORDEN DE CIERRE 29/7

7 VIOLACIONES DETECTADAS

Se detectó actividad de cucarachas, como lo demuestran los ejemplares vivos encontrados: 1) 4 cucarachas vivas en una bolsa de basura debajo de los fregaderos triples en el área de preparación. 2) 3 cucarachas vivas debajo de una aspiradora guardada debajo de los fregaderos triples en el área de preparación. 3) 4 cucarachas vivas arrastrándose debajo de los fregaderos triples en el área de preparación.

“Cucarachas muertas en las instalaciones. Aproximadamente 10 cucarachas muertas en trampas adhesivas debajo de los fregaderos triples.”

“El empleado no se lavó las manos antes de ponerse los guantes para comenzar una tarea que implicaba manipular alimentos. El empleado se puso los guantes después de usar su teléfono personal. El empleado procedió a tomar un vaso para servir bebidas a los clientes sin lavarse las manos previamente.”

“Operando con una licencia de la División de Hoteles y Restaurantes vencida. 12-01-2025.”

“El gerente o la persona a cargo carece de prueba de certificación de gerente de alimentos.”

“No se ha proporcionado ninguna prueba de que los empleados hayan recibido la formación obligatoria aprobada por el estado.”

Zuckerberg detailed his ambitions for the technology in a 6,500-word essay published online where he also outlined why he favors open-source AI technology, in which developers make key components accessible for anyone to examine, modify and build upon.

In a document derided by critics as fantastical, Zuckerberg said his company is working toward an era where everyone will have the tools to create new businesses, receive Ph.D.-level tutoring and provide personalized lifestyle tips. His 8-year-old daughter, he wrote, can already code her ideas and quickly produce videos.

“Everyone will soon have invention superpowers,” Zuckerberg wrote.

Zuckerberg warned of risks if control of advanced AI is concentrated with a select few companies, institutions or governments. On Monday, Meta also announced the release a new open-source AI model, Muse Glimmer, which can run on a personal computer, and Zuckerberg said the company would also would provide a way for developers to access a more powerful AI model, Muse Spark 1.2.

Meta makes AI models, like several other tech companies, and uses them to power platforms such as Instagram and Facebook. The Menlo Park, California, company also makes them available to developers who can create their own apps and features.

Skeptics urge a slower pace of AI development

Critics said Zuckerberg was not reckoning fully with the risks inherent in AI's rapid development.

Noting recent incidents where AI models, including Meta’s own, hacked other companies on at least three separate occasions, Anthony Aguirre, president and CEO of the AI safety nonprofit Future of Life Institute, asked “what on Earth makes Meta think they — or anyone — could control something exponentially smarter, faster, and more capable?"

“Meta’s chosen path is ultimately one of human replacement and disempowerment, but there is an alternate, pro-human path -- one that brings about individual flourishing and scientific breakthroughs with controllable AI tools. What’s urgently needed now is for governments to facilitate a pause on advanced AI development and steer us onto the pro-human path — before it's too late,” Aguirre said.

Meta chief says AI should be broadly distributed

In his essay, Zuckerberg outlined why he thought open source is a better path for fair development of AI. He warned that if control of AI “superintelligence” is too concentrated, it will lead to less favorable outcomes for everyone else. The key, he wrote, is finding a balance that ensures advanced AI is “broadly distributed" to empower billions of people equitably.

Meta has long been a proponent of open-sourcing its AI models, but has struggled to keep up with rivals such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Google that have not taken the same approach.

Zuckerberg made what could be a veiled reference to Meta's rivals without naming specific companies.

“Most other labs are focused on building AI for companies, governments, or other institutions, so if those labs lead, then the balance of power will favor larger institutions over individuals,” he wrote.

Zuckerberg also included policy recommendations for keeping the U.S. ahead of rivals, including China. The United States and its allies need to speed up building energy capacity and infrastructure to stay competitive, he said.

Zuckerberg called for authorities to reconsider their position on “ distillation,” which involves training a less capable model on the outputs of a stronger one. The Trump administration has vowed to crack down on Chinese AI companies using distillation to extract technical features from U.S. AI models. Anthropic earlier this year accused China's DeepSeek of using distillation.

"Some have tried to frame distillation as harmful, but I think it is important to protect the principle that you can learn from anything you can observe," Zuckerberg said. “This is how the world works, and the U.S. will not be able to lead if we restrict ourselves on this front.”

Critics see a self-serving message from Meta

Matt Lane, senior policy counsel at the nonprofit digital rights advocacy group Fight for the Future, called Zuckerberg “annoyingly out of touch on his best day,” but said the CEO is right about the importance of open-source AI.

Shared access to open-source AI systems is important for protection in a world where AI can be used to hack into electronic systems, like voting systems and benefits infrastructure, he said.

But he said only Meta will benefit if everyone were to use Meta-designed AI systems, even if they are fully open-source. "Open source AI needs to be supported beyond these corporate interests. We, unlike Zuckerberg, hope for as much competition as possible,” he said.

Bieniemy was greeted by a handful of fans as he walked down the long hill to the fields at Missouri Western State University, where the Chiefs hold camp. Then he jumped right into his first practice since Mia Bieniemy was shot the evening of July 26.

“It was good to have EB back, back in full. I don't think he missed a snap he was out there,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “Listen, I was talking to him several times a day. I knew when he was coming back. The primary thing is that Mia is stable, that she's doing well.”

Elijah Bieniemy has been charged with malicious wounding, the use of a firearm in commission of a felony and discharge of a firearm inside a dwelling. His court appearances have been delayed pending a mental health evaluation.

Eric Bieniemy, who returned to the Chiefs earlier this year, had been staying in touch with Reid and the rest of the staff, and had been watching streams of some practices. In one case, he called Chiefs manager Brett Veach — who was sitting next to Reid — and asked him to hand over the phone, then proceeded to tell the head coach a point of instruction for a running back.

“It was great to have him back out there. Everybody was glad to see him," Reid said. “I think once you start going, then you're going. It is like a game. Once you're in the game, you're in the game. But he always brings the energy.”

Bieniemy was part of coaching staffs that helped Kansas City reach three Super Bowls and win two of them. But because Reid is the primary play-caller, Bieniemy left to serve as the offensive coordinator with the Washington Commanders, where he would be able to call his own plays and perhaps better position himself for a head coaching job in the NFL.

The Commanders struggled in his lone season there, though, and Bieniemy and the rest of the staff were let go. He spent a season with UCLA and last season coached the running backs with the Chicago Bears before returning to Kansas City as the offensive coordinator.

He replaced Matt Nagy, who was hired as the offensive coordinator of the New York Giants.

“Obviously it's great to have him back. We missed him and prayed for his family when he was out,” Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton said. “But to have a guy like that come back to the field, man, a competitor — it brings out the best in us.”

NOTES: WRs Rashee Rice (knee) and Cyrus Allen (bone bruise) both participated in 11-on-11 work during the padded practice. ... DE Ashton Gillotte (hamstring), CB L'Jarius Snead (knee) and LB Drue Tranquill (back) worked off to the side. ... RG Trey Smith (hip) was still out of practice, pushing rookie OL Khalil Benson from tackle to guard. Jaylon Moore took first-team reps at tackle.

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The proposal would change a decades-old policy that advocates have called a regulatory loophole, blaming it for allowing thousands of unvetted ingredients into the U.S. food supply.

Under the proposed rule from the Food and Drug Administration, companies would have to document and submit their safety rationale for new ingredients, giving regulators the opportunity to investigate if they see a potential risk. Currently companies can decide for themselves if an ingredient or additive is “generally recognized as safe,” or GRAS, and there is no requirement to notify or submit evidence to the FDA, although some firms do.

“Shifting to a mandatory notification system closes a decades-old information gap, giving the FDA the comprehensive visibility needed to enhance postmarket safety,” acting FDA Commissioner Kyle Diamantas told reporters on Monday.

The FDA will take comments on the proposal for 120 days.

Susan Mayne, former director of FDA's food program, said the new requirement would give the FDA a clearer picture of the vast number of ingredients on the U.S. market, though only a small portion would actually undergo review.

“This is a reasonable first step towards a more complete inventory, but most self-affirmed GRAS ingredients will still not be reviewed for safety by the FDA, with food ingredient safety continuing to be risk-based,” said Mayne, who is now a public health expert at Yale University.

The FDA also plans to publish a list of company-submitted ingredients. Mayne said Americans should understand that “inclusion on the list would not mean FDA thinks the ingredient is safe.”

Scrutiny of ultraprocessed food continues, but with few details

In a separate move, the FDA said it has completed work on the federal government's first-ever definition of ultraprocessed food, but did not release any details or the proposed language. The agency said it submitted the definition to the White House for further review.

Health advocates consider an official definition of ultraprocessed food a key step toward bringing greater scrutiny to meals that are blamed for multiple chronic health problems afflicting Americans. A government-backed definition could pave the way for more federal research and, eventually, possible warning labels or other restrictions.

Neither of Monday's announcements are likely to immediately impact American diets, which are packed with fats, sodium and sugar and are blamed for a host of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease. But both initiatives are top priorities for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who entered government vowing to crack down on artificial colors, additives and other ingredients.

“These two actions will change how the federal government oversees what’s in our food and how we understand the foods that Americans eat,” Kennedy said at an event Monday at HHS headquarters.

Ultraprocessed foods are made using industrial processing and additives, colors, preservatives or other ingredients not found in home kitchens. The foods include sugary cereals, sodas, chips, frozen pizzas and other grocery items.

Scientists have been working to define and classify processed foods for well over a decade. But sweeping definitions come with downsides. They can be applied to foods like whole grain bread, yogurt and granola that are all highly processed but still considered nutritious. Some recent efforts to define ultraprocessed foods include carve-outs for foods that meet nutrition standards, despite having processed ingredients.

FDA proposal would bring new insights on additives used by food companies

In the U.S., an estimated 10,000 additives are allowed in food, including thickeners, preservatives and packaging ingredients.

Consumer advocates have long argued that many of those ingredients have never been properly vetted because of the FDA's policy allowing manufacturers to certify for themselves that additives are “generally recognized as safe,” or GRAS.

FDA's Diamantas stressed Monday that the new policy would not require all new ingredients to undergo FDA review. He said mandatory reviews would need to be enacted by Congress.

“What we’re doing is requiring companies that utilize the pathway to notify us of their conclusions so that we have greater visibility,” Diamantas said.

Under the proposal, the FDA would be expected to review new ingredient submissions within 180 days. If regulators had safety concerns they could request additional information or ask the company to delay introducing the ingredient.

Consumer advocates who have long pushed for changes said FDA’s proposal should require more than giving advance notice.

“It must also include strong, science-based safety standards and thorough, independent FDA review before chemicals are allowed in our food,” said Melanie Benesh of the nonprofit Environmental Working Group.

Kennedy said the Trump administration would ask Congress to grant FDA additional powers over ingredients.

“Congress needs to give FDA the additional tools it needs to keep pace with the changing food supply and protect the American people,” Kennedy said.

A rule change in the 1990s created what advocates call a loophole

Any substance intentionally added to food is supposed to undergo formal review — unless the additive is considered safe. Since the late 1950s, the government recognized that many common ingredients in foods, such as spices and vinegar, were widely consumed and understood to be safe for consumption.

The FDA policed the GRAS exemption for years, but it took time and resources. Starting in 1997, the FDA began allowing companies to independently determine that a new additive is safe based on publicly available scientific evidence and the consensus of qualified experts.

However, the list of products deemed GRAS by companies grew to include many synthetic and natural additives, all incorporated into the food supply without independent review.

The process has created a “secret GRAS loophole,” according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest and other health groups.

Food industry officials contend their internal reviews of additives are as rigorous as the FDA’s own process.

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The incident was reported at about 3:40 a.m. along South Dixie Highway near Rodman Street and involved what appeared to be a cargo train.

The incident temporarily blocked all railroad crossings into Hallandale Beach at one point.

Crime scene investigators were seen searching the area and taking photographs as authorities worked to determine the circumstances surrounding the death.

The scene has since been cleared and the railroad crossings have reopened.

Authorities have not released the identity of the person who died, but said the incident appeared to be a suicide.

The investigation is ongoing.

Hasta la mañana del lunes, esa perturbación tenía una probabilidad media de convertirse en una depresión tropical o tormenta con nombre durante los próximos 7 días, principalmente entre el miércoles y el sábado, mientras avanza de forma segura sobre aguas abiertas entre África y el Caribe. El próximo nombre en la lista es Cristóbal.

En general, los modelos han mostrado una tendencia más favorable a su posible desarrollo desde el viernes, y las islas más orientales del Caribe, desde las Antillas Menores hasta Puerto Rico, deberán monitorear las tendencias del pronóstico esta semana.

Los escenarios que indican desarrollo entre los modelos de inteligencia artificial mantienen el sistema más débil, con fuerza de depresión tropical o tormenta tropical, pero también lo desplazan más hacia el sur, rozando o afectando las Islas de Sotavento para este próximo fin de semana.

Por ahora, el modelo de aprendizaje automático Google DeepMind, uno de los de mejor rendimiento, sitúa las probabilidades de desarrollo entre 30% y 40% esta semana.

Los modelos convencionales basados en la física, por otro lado, son ligeramente más agresivos en cuanto al desarrollo futuro, pero también, quizás debido a una tormenta más fuerte, desplazan el sistema más al norte hacia el Atlántico central este fin de semana y lo mantienen a una distancia más segura de las islas.

Es demasiado pronto para saber qué escenario es el más probable para las islas, y quienes se encuentren en las islas deben continuar atentos a las actualizaciones esta semana. Aunque parece más probable que Cristóbal se forme hacia finales de esta semana, el entorno por delante solo es marginalmente favorable y, por ahora, nuestros modelos de pronóstico no indican un fortalecimiento significativo al este de las islas.

Más allá de las islas la próxima semana, parece haber una interrupción suficiente en el sistema de alta presión subtropical que dirige el sistema como para permitir que gire hacia el norte, pero todavía falta más de una semana y tendremos que ver exactamente qué tan al norte se desplaza esta semana la perturbación, o lo que se forme a partir de ella. En esta etapa, esto no es algo por lo que Estados Unidos continental deba preocuparse.

Menciones destacadas en el resto del Atlántico

El NHC también agregó este fin de semana otras dos áreas amarillas a su mapa de perspectivas debido a sus bajas probabilidades de desarrollo, pero ninguna es de gran importancia. La perturbación más al sur entre África y el Caribe, y al oeste de la principal perturbación que estamos monitoreando esta semana, es una onda tropical que salió de África el viernes y que mencionamos en ese momento.

Los modelos de pronóstico muestran que esa perturbación avanzará sin causar problemas hacia el sur de las Islas de Barlovento, Trinidad y Tobago y partes del norte de Venezuela para mediados de semana, y no se espera que se desarrolle.

Mientras tanto, una amplia y desorganizada área de baja presión sobre las aguas abiertas del Atlántico Norte, al norte de Bermuda, en parte un remanente de una onda tropical que afectó zonas del sureste de Estados Unidos desde el viernes y durante el fin de semana, se desplaza rápidamente hacia el este y se aleja de Estados Unidos. Sus posibilidades de desarrollo son muy limitadas y, en cualquier caso, no representa una amenaza para tierra firme.

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A woman contacted police to report that Yoniel Izquierdo had been living with the dog in the van for about two months, according to police.

Police officers responded shortly before 1:25 p.m. on Friday to the area of West Ninth Lane and 40th Place, according to a police report.

“I observed a dog confined inside the van and unable to exit on its own. The vehicle was parked in direct sunlight with no shade. The vehicle was not running,” a Hialeah police officer wrote, according to the report.

Miami-Dade County Animal Services personnel responded and found that the temperature inside the van was about 107 degrees, according to the report.

“The air conditioning was not operating. The vehicle only has two windows that were slightly cracked open ... The dog was observed panting and displaying signs of distress,” an officer wrote, according to the report.

MDCAA personnel poured water on the dog, according to police.

Izquierdo told police officers that “he had been living in the van with the dog for approximately one month and acknowledged that he leaves the dog confined inside the van when he goes to work,” an officer wrote, according to the police arrest report.

Miami-Dade corrections booked Izquierdo shortly after 4:10 p.m. on Friday, and he was at the Metrowest Detention Center on Monday morning, according to inmate records.

Izquierdo faced a charge of animal cruelty with intent to injure or kill, a third-degree felony. His bond was $5,000.

Una mujer contactó a la policía para reportar que Yoniel Izquierdo había estado viviendo con el perro en la camioneta durante unos dos meses, según la policía.

Agentes respondieron poco antes de la 1:25 p.m. del viernes al área de West Ninth Lane y 40th Place, según un informe policial.

“Observé a un perro confinado dentro de la camioneta e incapaz de salir por sí solo. El vehículo estaba estacionado bajo la luz directa del sol, sin sombra. El vehículo no estaba encendido”, escribió un agente de la policía de Hialeah, según el informe.

Personal de Servicios para Animales del Condado Miami-Dade respondió y determinó que la temperatura dentro de la camioneta era de unos 107 grados, según el informe.

“El aire acondicionado no estaba funcionando. El vehículo solo tiene dos ventanas que estaban ligeramente abiertas,  El perro fue visto jadeando y mostrando señales de angustia”, escribió un agente, según el informe.

Personal de Servicios para Animales del Condado Miami-Dade vertió agua sobre el perro, según la policía.

Izquierdo dijo a los agentes que “había estado viviendo en la camioneta con el perro durante aproximadamente un mes y reconoció que deja al perro confinado dentro de la camioneta cuando va a trabajar”, escribió un agente, según el informe policial de arresto.

El Departamento de Correccionales de Miami-Dade ingresó a Izquierdo poco después de las 4:10 p.m. del viernes y permanecía en el Centro de Detención Metrowest la mañana del lunes, según los registros de reclusos.

Izquierdo enfrentaba un cargo de crueldad animal con intención de herir o matar, un delito grave de tercer grado. Su fianza fue fijada en $5,000 USD.

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Fabiano Caruana, who was born in Miami’s Coconut Grove neighborhood, discovered chess when he was just 5 years old. What began as an after-school activity quickly developed into a professional pursuit that would eventually take him around the world.

“I started after school just playing with other kids,” Caruana said. “There was a coach. He told my parents, ‘Maybe you should pursue it. Seems like he’s good.’ And then we started taking it more seriously, and I represented the U.S. in youth competitions. That was the beginning.”

That beginning ultimately propelled Caruana to the highest levels of competitive chess. Today, he is ranked among the best players in the world and has built a following of nearly 200,000 people on Instagram.

Caruana recently returned to South Florida to represent Team USA in an elite international rapid and blitz chess competition at Faena Miami Beach, featuring some of the world’s top grandmasters.

Chess finds a new generation

While chess has existed for centuries, Caruana says the game has evolved considerably in recent years. Online platforms have made it easier than ever for people to learn and compete, helping introduce the game to millions of new players.

“The great thing about chess is it’s very accessible,” Caruana said. “It doesn’t cost anything to play. You can play online for free.”

Caruana also believes the benefits extend well beyond competition.

“I think it’s one of the really useful things that chess can do for people,” he said, pointing to its potential cognitive benefits and the lessons it can teach children, including “self-control, patience, hard work.”

Despite chess’ growing online popularity, Caruana said players are still working to overcome the perception that the game is slow or outdated.

“I think we’ve had to fight this perception that chess is an old-fashioned game,” he said. “There are a lot of ways chess can be exciting, but the best way to decide is to give it a try.”

Much of that excitement, he said, comes from the tension players experience even when there may not be much visible action to spectators.

“The tension that you feel, you may not see on the outside, but you feel while you’re playing it,” Caruana said.

That pressure is amplified in rapid and blitz competitions, where players have significantly less time to make decisions.

“When you’re playing as fast as possible, nothing goes through your mind except your next move,” he said.

Chasing a world championship

Despite already reaching the upper echelon of the chess world, Caruana still has one major goal left on his list: becoming world champion.

“I would like to fight for the World Championship title,” he said.

Caruana said he expects to have another opportunity to pursue that goal during the 2028 championship cycle.

“I’ll be able to try in the next cycle, which is in 2028,” he said, “and hopefully I’ll make it then.”

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An arrest report from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office states that TikTok tipped authorities off that Maylin Elena Viana, 29, had uploaded the illicit clip of herself and the victim.

The arrest report doesn’t state how Viana knows the child.

Deputies said Viana “admitted to recording the victim and his genitalia” and said they additionally found a video in an Instagram account of Viana engaging in further lewd conduct with the child.

Viana, who lives in the rural Redland area, was arrested on charges related to the promotion of child sexual abuse material and lewd and lascivious molestation.

A spokesperson for TikTok told Local 10 News that its system flagged and reported the content before it received views, shares, or downloads and banned Viana’s account.

As of Thursday, she was being held without bond in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Fabiano Caruana, quien nació en el vecindario Coconut Grove de Miami, descubrió el ajedrez cuando tenía apenas 5 años. Lo que comenzó como una actividad después de clases rápidamente se convirtió en una carrera profesional que finalmente lo llevaría por todo el mundo.

“Comencé después de clases simplemente jugando con otros niños”, dijo Caruana. “Había un entrenador. Él les dijo a mis padres: ‘Quizás deberían seguir adelante con esto. Parece que es bueno’. Entonces comenzamos a tomarlo más en serio y representé a Estados Unidos en competencias juveniles. Ese fue el comienzo”.

Ese comienzo finalmente impulsó a Caruana a los niveles más altos del ajedrez competitivo. Hoy se encuentra entre los mejores jugadores del mundo y ha acumulado casi 200,000 seguidores en Instagram.

Caruana regresó recientemente al sur de Florida para representar al equipo de Estados Unidos en una competencia internacional de élite de ajedrez rápido y blitz en Faena Miami Beach, que cuenta con algunos de los mejores grandes maestros del mundo.

El ajedrez encuentra una nueva generación

Aunque el ajedrez existe desde hace siglos, Caruana dice que el juego ha evolucionado considerablemente en los últimos años. Las plataformas en línea han hecho que sea más fácil que nunca aprender y competir, ayudando a presentar el juego a millones de nuevos jugadores.

“Lo grandioso del ajedrez es que es muy accesible”, dijo Caruana. “No cuesta nada jugar. Puedes jugar en línea gratis”.

Caruana también cree que los beneficios van mucho más allá de la competencia.

“Creo que es una de las cosas realmente útiles que el ajedrez puede hacer por las personas”, dijo, señalando sus posibles beneficios cognitivos y las lecciones que puede enseñar a los niños, entre ellas “autocontrol, paciencia y trabajo duro”.

A pesar de la creciente popularidad del ajedrez en línea, Caruana dijo que los jugadores todavía están trabajando para superar la percepción de que el juego es lento o anticuado.

“Creo que hemos tenido que luchar contra esta percepción de que el ajedrez es un juego anticuado”, dijo. “Hay muchas maneras en las que el ajedrez puede ser emocionante, pero la mejor forma de decidirlo es probarlo”.

Gran parte de esa emoción, dijo, proviene de la tensión que experimentan los jugadores incluso cuando puede que los espectadores no vean mucha acción.

“La tensión que sientes quizás no se vea desde afuera, pero la sientes mientras juegas”, dijo Caruana.

Esa presión aumenta en las competencias de ajedrez rápido y blitz, donde los jugadores tienen considerablemente menos tiempo para tomar decisiones.

“Cuando juegas lo más rápido posible, no pasa nada por tu mente excepto tu próximo movimiento”, dijo.

En busca de un campeonato mundial

A pesar de haber alcanzado ya la élite del mundo del ajedrez, Caruana todavía tiene un objetivo importante pendiente: convertirse en campeón mundial.

“Me gustaría luchar por el título del Campeonato Mundial”, dijo.

Caruana dijo que espera tener otra oportunidad de perseguir ese objetivo durante el ciclo del campeonato de 2028.

“Podré intentarlo en el próximo ciclo, que es en 2028”, dijo, “y espero lograrlo entonces”.

Primaries for all seven congressional districts were originally scheduled for May 19, but Republican Gov. Kay Ivey postponed the contests for the 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th Congressional Districts following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that prompted a handful of Republican-controlled Southern states to throw out their congressional maps.

The court-inspired actions in Alabama, Louisiana and Tennessee, as well as earlier legislative actions in other states to redraw their boundaries through mid-decade redistricting, were part of a nationwide Republican effort championed by President Donald Trump to maximize the party’s chances of holding its slim U.S. House majority in the 2026 midterm elections.

Alabama's U.S. House members will continue to serve in their current districts until the end of 2026. Candidates in Tuesday's primaries are running under the new Republican-backed boundaries, which go into effect in January 2027. Both of Alabama’s Democratic members of Congress are seeking reelection in their newly configured districts and are unopposed in their primaries.

In the 2nd District, where U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures is running for a second term, the Black population will go from half of the population under the current lines to about 40% under the new lines. In the 2024 presidential election, Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris beat Trump in the current district, 53% to 46%. But Trump would have beaten Harris 57% to 42% if the new boundaries had been in effect in 2024.

Six Republicans are running to challenge Figures in November, including state Rep. Rhett Marques, Army veteran Joshua McKee and real estate broker Hampton Harris. Trump has endorsed Marques, who is the field’s top fundraiser.

Black residents will maintain a slight majority in the new 7th District, where U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell is running for a ninth term. Harris beat Trump, 61% to 38%, under the current boundaries and would have beaten him by slightly less, 58% to 41%, if the new boundaries had been in effect in 2024. Two Republicans, Ammie Akin and David Perry, are competing for the nomination to unseat Sewell.

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 7 p.m. CT, which is 8 p.m. ET.

What’s on the ballot?

The Associated Press will provide vote results and declare winners in contested primaries for the 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th Congressional Districts.

Who gets to vote?

The special primaries are open to any registered voters in their respective congressional districts. Although Alabama does not register voters by party, voters will be asked to declare a party preference upon selecting a party’s primary ballot.

How many voters are there?

As of June 1, there were 3.8 million registered voters in Alabama. Each congressional district in the state has a total population of about 718,000.

How many people actually vote?

About 409,000 ballots were cast across the state in the May 19 primaries, which was roughly 11% of registered voters. Past vote totals for the four new congressional districts are unavailable.

How much of the vote is cast early or by absentee ballot?

Relatively few Alabama voters cast their ballots before Election Day. The state is one of the only holdouts in the country not to offer some form of in-person early voting. In the 2024 primaries, about 4% of Democratic primary voters and about 1% of Republican primary voters voted by mail.

When are early and absentee votes released?

Vote release practices vary from county to county. Most counties tend to release results from absentee voting in the first vote update, sometimes along with results from in-person Election Day voting.

How long does vote-counting usually take?

In the May 19 state primary, the AP first reported results at 8:28 p.m. ET, or 28 minutes after polls closed. The last vote update of the night was at 12:54 a.m. ET, with more than 99.9% 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?

In 2010, the Alabama attorney general issued an opinion that Alabama’s automatic recount law does not apply to primaries. 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 84 days until the 2026 midterm elections.

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El incidente ocurrió en South Dixie Highway, cerca de Rodman Street, e involucró lo que parecía ser un tren de carga.

En un momento dado, el incidente bloqueó temporalmente todos los cruces ferroviarios hacia Hallandale Beach.

Investigadores de la escena del crimen fueron vistos inspeccionando el área y tomando fotografías mientras las autoridades trabajaban para determinar las circunstancias de la muerte.

La escena ya fue despejada y los cruces ferroviarios fueron reabiertos.

Las autoridades no han revelado la identidad de la persona que murió ni proporcionado detalles adicionales sobre lo que ocurrió antes del incidente.

La investigación continúa.

And then, a cut. The documentary, which follows the Blink-182 drummer from 2017 to 2026, is a celebration of Barker's life before and after the life-altering accident, a central event in a career full of them. The film began as a mirror of his memoir, 2015's “Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums,” but became something else entirely after a producer suggested it end with the image of Barker, then still unable to fly due to post-traumatic stress disorder, walking toward a plane.

Ending on that note, “where this thing still has power over me,” didn’t sit well with him. Instead, he boards a plane at the end, but the documentary’s final images are a slide show of family photos, including his wife Kourtney Kardashian and kids.

“I almost died,” he says. It “could be helpful to share my life.”

An elastic artist

Barker's resume is long, and a two-and-a-half-hour documentary can only cover so much of it. The film hits most of the big notes, quickly establishing Barker as a rebellious kid with a supernatural drumming ability from age 4, when he got his first kit, to now, at 50.

And that's with many projects in-between: From the SoCal punks Feeble, which he joined while working as a trash collector, to his stint in the ska band The Aquabats and multiplatinum, pop-punk legends Blink-182 — the band that skyrocketed Barker into superstardom.

Also covered? His love of skateboarding and car culture, his clothing brands, side-projects Box Car Racer and +44, turntable duo TRV$DJAM, various experiments and collaborations in hip-hop (Bun B, Lil Wayne ) and beyond.

But it all began with drumming, and hilariously enough, Animal from “The Muppets” — his first drumming hero — until he discovered cross-genre greats like jazz legends Buddy Rich, Dennis Chambers and Elvin Jones as well as Mötley Crüe’s Tommy Lee.

“Where drumming got really serious for me was after my mom passed, so it was therapy,” he says, reflecting on his childhood. “It’s like my life. It’s like oxygen to me.”

It's also a kind of sport. Barker has long been a dedicated, athletic percussionist, and he likens it to a boxer's meditative state. “It’s like when you see a fighter and he just goes for broke the first round. There’s sometimes where I just feel like that,” he says. “Something just takes over my body.”

Many events in life threatened that euphoria, but none quite as physically as the plane crash. “I was in a burn center for six months on morphine and I had 30 surgeries,” he recounts. “Seventy percent of my body was burned.” At one point, he didn't only fear if he would be able to drum again — even walking was a question mark.

Lessons from tragedy

Even before the crash, Barker's life — as marked with musical triumphs as it has been — offered lessons in resiliency.

“Whether it was my mom passing away or my plane crash, I learned — and through watching friends of mine and just living life — I’ve seen traumatic experiences either destroy someone or define them,” he says. “Every loss I had, or every everything I took to the chin, it made me stronger. At the time, I can’t realize it, right? I can't like really wrap my head around it. But ... that’s why I went so hard and I was so determined to play music and so determined to succeed. Plan B was only making Plan A work. You know? There was no Plan B.”

The same tenacity can be applied to his sobriety and dedication to flying again — a journey emboldened by his family. “I fly all the time now and I feel turbulence and I can’t even tell you what’s going on in my head. And I just look over and my wife’s perfectly OK,” he says. “My son loves airplanes and plays with airplanes and it’s so innocent. It’s so beautiful.”

“They’ve been my greatest joy,” he says of his children, who grow up on screen across the film's near-decade of filming.

As someone who has lost a lot and thought about what it would be like to lose even more, when it comes to the topic of legacy, Barker has a simple dream. “I think I’d want to be remembered for my music and my drumming and being a great father, husband, and son and brother,” he says.

As for the doc? “Maybe my story helps somebody,” he pauses. “I don’t love how everything happened. I don’t like the losses that happened. But I like how hard I had to work. I like that I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth. I liked that I had to navigate and find my way. And the journey was awesome.”

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Online jail records show Erwin Rommel Recinos, now 30, was extradited to Miami-Dade County and booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on July 23.

Recinos is charged with three counts of DUI manslaughter, three counts of vehicular homicide/reckless manner, DUI causing serious bodily injury and reckless driving causing serious bodily injury.

Miami police officers arrested Recinos on March 24, 2022, months after the fatal crash occurred at about 3 a.m. on Feb. 13, 2022.

According to police, the crash occurred near a Valero gas station along West Flagler Street, near Southwest 48th Avenue.

Paola Sabillon, Jason Meza and Giselle Reyes were killed in the crash.

According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Recinos was deported to Honduras on Sept. 6, 2024, after a federal judge signed a final order.

Online jail records show that Recinos once again is being jailed on an immigration hold, but he is not expected to be deported this time until after his trial is finished and his sentence is completed, if he is convicted.

Los registros de la cárcel en línea muestran que Erwin Rommel Recinos, ahora de 30 años, fue extraditado al condado Miami-Dade e ingresó al Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight el 23 de julio.

Recinos enfrenta tres cargos de homicidio involuntario por conducir bajo la influencia, tres cargos de homicidio vehicular/conducción imprudente, conducir bajo la influencia causando lesiones corporales graves y conducción imprudente causando lesiones corporales graves.

Agentes de la policía de Miami arrestaron a Recinos el 24 de marzo de 2022, meses después de que el accidente fatal ocurriera alrededor de las 3 a.m. del 13 de febrero de 2022.

Según la policía, el accidente ocurrió cerca de una gasolinera Valero en West Flagler Street, cerca de Southwest 48th Avenue.

Paola Sabillon, Jason Meza y Giselle Reyes murieron en el accidente.

Según el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos, Recinos fue deportado a Honduras el 6 de septiembre de 2024, después de que un juez federal firmara una orden definitiva.

Los registros de la cárcel en línea muestran que Recinos está nuevamente detenido bajo una orden de retención migratoria, pero no se espera que sea deportado esta vez hasta después de que termine su juicio y cumpla su sentencia, si es declarado culpable.

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Whether it’s your child’s very first day of kindergarten, their final first day as a senior, or a proud family photo before heading out the door, Local 10 is inviting viewers to submit their pictures for a chance to be featured on-air. All photos will be displayed in a gallery below.

Students across South Florida will return to the classroom on the following dates:

• Broward County Public Schools: Monday, Aug. 10
• Archdiocese of Miami Catholic Schools: Tuesday, Aug. 11
• Monroe County School District: Wednesday, Aug. 12
• Miami-Dade County Public Schools: Thursday, Aug. 13

Photos may be featured in Local 10’s newscasts, on Local10.com and across the station’s social media platforms as South Florida students kick off the new school year.

Local 10 wishes all students, teachers and school staff a safe, successful and exciting school year.

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Ya sea el primer día de kínder de tu hijo, su último primer día como estudiante de último año o una orgullosa foto familiar antes de salir de casa, Local 10 invita a los televidentes a enviar sus fotos para tener la oportunidad de aparecer al aire. Todas las fotos se mostrarán en una galería a continuación.

Los estudiantes de todo el sur de Florida regresarán a las aulas en las siguientes fechas:

• Escuelas Públicas del Condado Broward: lunes 10 de agosto
• Escuelas Católicas de la Arquidiócesis de Miami: martes 11 de agosto
• Distrito Escolar del Condado Monroe: miércoles 12 de agosto
• Escuelas Públicas del Condado Miami-Dade: jueves 13 de agosto

Las fotos podrían aparecer en los noticieros de Local 10, en Local10.com y en las plataformas de redes sociales de la estación mientras los estudiantes del sur de Florida comienzan el nuevo año escolar.

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Grupo Centro, la organización de atención médica propietaria del Sanatorio Centro, un hospital en Rosario, Argentina, anunció que Jorge Messi murió la mañana del sábado.

“Nuestros corazones están con nuestro capitán, Leo, y con toda la familia Messi”, escribió un portavoz de Inter Miami CF en el comunicado del equipo.

La Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol, CONMEBOL, y el Club Atlético Newell”s Old Boys de Rosario también emitieron mensajes de condolencias.

Jorge Messi fue mediocampista y llegó a las categorías juveniles de Newell”s Old Boys. Fue agente de su hijo y estuvo involucrado en los contratos de Leo Messi con el Barça, Paris Saint-Germain e Inter Miami CF.

“Tuve el privilegio de conocer y trabajar con Jorge. Era un hombre de palabra, y mis pensamientos y oraciones están con su familia durante este momento difícil. Miami ha acogido a la familia del Team Messi como propia, y hoy lamentamos su pérdida junto a ellos”, escribió Francis X. Suarez, ex alcalde de Miami, en un comunicado en X.

Durante la Copa Mundial de la FIFA, Lionel Messi dijo a los periodistas que estaba llorando por “una razón no relacionada con el deporte” después de pasar “por algunos días difíciles y complicados”.

En junio, la familia de Messi emitió un comunicado informando que Jorge Messi estaba “atravesando un problema de salud”.

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• Jorge Messi, padre de Lionel Messi, muere a los 68 años
• Jorge Messi, padre y agente de toda la vida de Lionel Messi, muere a los 68 años

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Our hearts are with our captain, Leo, and the entire Messi family. pic.twitter.com/nJ3umEpirU

— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) August 8, 2026

El Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys despide con profundo dolor y pesar a Jorge Messi, quien falleció a los 68 años de edad en la ciudad de Rosario.

Reconocido hincha leproso, empresario y padre del capitán del seleccionado argentino, Lionel Andrés Messi.

Jorge fue el sostén y la… pic.twitter.com/8dFPMRdM9Z

— Newell’s Old Boys (@Newells) August 8, 2026

La CONMEBOL lamenta profundamente el fallecimiento de Jorge Messi, padre del futbolista argentino Lionel Messi.

Acompañamos con respeto y afecto a Lionel, a su familia, amigos y seres queridos en este momento de profundo dolor.

Que descanse en paz. pic.twitter.com/QpTWIAgdBU

— CONMEBOL.com (@CONMEBOL) August 8, 2026

El Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys despide con profundo dolor y pesar a Jorge Messi, quien falleció a los 68 años de edad en la ciudad de Rosario.

Reconocido hincha leproso, empresario y padre del capitán del seleccionado argentino, Lionel Andrés Messi.

Jorge fue el sostén y la… pic.twitter.com/8dFPMRdM9Z

— Newell’s Old Boys (@Newells) August 8, 2026

My deepest condolences to Leo Messi and the entire Messi family on the passing of his father, Jorge.

I had the privilege of knowing and working with Jorge. He was a man of his word, and my thoughts and prayers are with his family during this difficult time. Miami has embraced…

— Francis X. Suarez (@FrancisSuarez) August 8, 2026

Varios carriles del Florida’s Turnpike quedaron cerrados la mañana del domingo por el incendio de un vehículo.

El fuego se registró cerca de la salida de Griffin Road, en el condado de Broward, justo al sur de la Interestatal 595.

El tránsito en dirección sur al parecer quedó reducido a un solo carril mientras los servicios de emergencia atendían la situación.

Más temprano en la mañana, se observó a los equipos de rescate trabajando para sofocar las llamas.

Las autoridades no han dado información sobre las circunstancias que provocaron el incendio ni sobre si alguien resultó herido.

Los padres de Jakey, Karen y Orlando Duque, sumidos en el dolor, suplicaron el sábado que la devuelvan al parque Jakey Duque, en Miami Lakes.

“Para nosotros no tiene precio”, dijo Karen Duque sobre la escultura, obra de Art & Sculpture Unlimited.

Jakey tenía 4 años cuando, el 11 de octubre de 2019, le diagnosticaron un glioma pontino intrínseco difuso, o DIPG, un tumor cerebral poco común y sumamente agresivo.

Jakey murió el 8 de junio de 2020. Como parte de un esfuerzo comunitario, las autoridades de la ciudad develaron el homenaje el 8 de mayo de 2021, en la calle 154 y la avenida 89 del noroeste.

“Significa mucho para la comunidad”, dijo Orlando Duque. “Significa mucho para nosotros, y solo queremos que vuelva... Si quieren venir en plena madrugada, como se la llevaron, y dejarla, está bien.”

Karen Duque dijo que no quieren presentar cargos.

“Solo queremos que la devuelvan”, expresó.

Eran cerca de la 1:15 a.m. del domingo cuando agentes de la policía de Hollywood acudieron a la cuadra 5300 de Plunkett Street.

Según la policía, los oficiales que llegaron al lugar encontraron a dos víctimas.

Las autoridades informaron que ambas fueron trasladadas de urgencia a un hospital cercano.

La policía dijo que capturó al sospechoso, identificado luego como Cameron Alexander, de 38 años, tras establecer un perímetro.

Las cámaras de Local 10 News captaron lo que parecía ser una bala y sangre en el pavimento.

Durante la madrugada y hasta la mañana se vio a los detectives tomando fotografías, mientras la cinta policial mantenía cerrada una parte de Plunkett Street donde trabajaban los investigadores.

También se observó a familiares conversando con los oficiales, en busca de respuestas sobre cómo y por qué su ser querido habría recibido los disparos.

Un familiar le dijo a Local 10 News que otras dos personas posiblemente vinculadas al caso podrían ser detenidas para ser interrogadas.

A lo largo de la mañana, los detectives colocaron en el suelo varios marcadores de evidencia mientras trataban de reconstruir lo ocurrido.

Los registros indican que Alexander enfrenta varios cargos, entre ellos asesinato premeditado, agresión agravada con intención de cometer un delito grave, posesión de arma por parte de un convicto y resistencia a la autoridad sin violencia.

While U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio continues to put pressure on the Cuban government to change, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel went on Cuban television this past weekend and announced to the Cuban people that the government was making major “transformational changes” to the economy.

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Díaz-Canel also told the Cuban people that it would take time and patience -- two things the Cuban people do not have anymore. Díaz-Canel went on to say that the benefits of these changes will begin to show by 2029.

Sources in Washington, D.C. have told me that the Trump administration is looking to see if there is someone in the Cuban government, like Delcy Rodriguez in Venezuela, to hand over Raul Castro or even take over the current government and be willing to negotiate with the U.S.

The Miami Herald reported this weekend that General Lazaro Alberto Alvarez Casas, currently the Cuban Minister of the Interior, may be acceptable to the U.S. General Casas is considered a hardliner and therefore unlikely to break with the Cuban leadership.

As I have said before, the case of Venezuela is quite different than Cuba. While Raul Castro is alive, I believe the Cuban government will continue in power and make promises to the Cuban people they cannot keep.

Aug. 8: Cuban opposition leader says Cuba’s transformation must include those on the island

According to Cuban opposition leader Jose Daniel Ferrer, any plans to transform Cuba must include Cubans on the island.

But do Cubans on the island have the capacity and capabilities to participate in such a process? After living for almost 68 years under a totalitarian system that has shaped the population’s personal values and attitudes, it could take time not only to change it but, more importantly, to sustain those changes.

Democracies are not built in one day. It will take time and patience. Let’s also remember that before the Cuban Revolution, Cuba had a dictatorship under Batista.

Aug 6: US announces new set of economic sanctions against Cuba; 2 of Cuba’s top generals also sanctioned

The U.S. State Department announced a new set of economic sanctions against Cuba on Thursday. At the same time, two of Cuba’s top generals were also sanctioned, Alvaro Lopez Miera, Minister of Defense; and General Roberto Sotolongo, head of the armed forces.

Aug. 5: CIA Task Force on Cuba created, per report

The New York Times has reported the creation of a CIA Task Force on Cuba with the purpose of putting additional pressure on the Cuban government to make political and economic changes to their system.

This news will probably be received by Cuba as an additional threat by the U.S.

Aug. 5: Cuban president confirms ongoing conservations between Havana, US

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel confirmed today that there are ongoing conversations between Havana and DC for the purpose of avoiding a military confrontation and trying to find solutions to the issues between both nations.

The Cuban government understands that they are running out of options and most likely will need to reach an agreement with the U.S. Will it include regime change?

Aug. 3 update: Rubio speaks about Cuba’s ongoing espionage activities in the US

This past weekend, in an interview with Fox News, U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio spoke about Cuba’s ongoing espionage activities in the U.S.

Rubio went on to say that Cuban spies continue to infiltrate the U.S. government, financial institutions, organizations, and academic institutions. Rubio claimed that Cuba continues to be a national security threat to the U.S.

Dr. Andy S. Gomez is Local 10’s Cuba Analyst. Gomez is considered one of the leading scholars on Cuba. He worked in higher education for 32 years before retiring from the University of Miami in 2012.

Mientras el secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Marco Rubio, continúa presionando al gobierno cubano para que cambie, el presidente cubano Miguel Díaz-Canel apareció en la televisión cubana este pasado fin de semana y anunció al pueblo cubano que el gobierno estaba realizando importantes “cambios transformadores” en la economía.

Díaz-Canel también dijo al pueblo cubano que se necesitarían tiempo y paciencia, dos cosas que el pueblo cubano ya no tiene. Díaz-Canel continuó diciendo que los beneficios de estos cambios comenzarán a verse para 2029.

Fuentes en Washington, D.C., me han dicho que la administración del presidente Trump está buscando determinar si hay alguien en el gobierno cubano, como Delcy Rodríguez en Venezuela, que entregue a Raúl Castro o incluso asuma el control del actual gobierno y esté dispuesto a negociar con Estados Unidos.

El Miami Herald reportó este fin de semana que el general Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas, actual ministro del Interior de Cuba, podría ser aceptable para Estados Unidos. El general Casas es considerado de línea dura y, por lo tanto, es poco probable que rompa con el liderazgo cubano.

Como he dicho antes, el caso de Venezuela es bastante diferente al de Cuba. Mientras Raúl Castro esté vivo, creo que el gobierno cubano continuará en el poder y hará promesas al pueblo cubano que no puede cumplir.

8 de agosto: Líder opositor cubano dice que la transformación de Cuba debe incluir a quienes están en la isla

Según el líder opositor cubano José Daniel Ferrer, cualquier plan para transformar Cuba debe incluir a los cubanos que están en la isla.

Pero, ¿tienen los cubanos en la isla la capacidad y las herramientas para participar en un proceso de este tipo? Después de vivir durante casi 68 años bajo un sistema totalitario que ha moldeado los valores y las actitudes personales de la población, podría tomar tiempo no solo cambiarlo sino, más importante aún, mantener esos cambios.

Las democracias no se construyen en un día. Se necesitará tiempo y paciencia. Recordemos también que antes de la Revolución Cubana, Cuba tuvo una dictadura bajo Batista.

6 de agosto: Estados Unidos anuncia un nuevo paquete de sanciones económicas contra Cuba; también sanciona a dos de los principales generales cubanos

El Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos anunció el jueves un nuevo paquete de sanciones económicas contra Cuba. Al mismo tiempo, también fueron sancionados dos de los principales generales de Cuba: Álvaro López Miera, ministro de Defensa, y el general Roberto Sotolongo, jefe de las Fuerzas Armadas.

5 de agosto: Según informe, la CIA crea grupo de trabajo sobre Cuba

The New York Times informó sobre la creación de un grupo de trabajo de la CIA sobre Cuba con el propósito de ejercer mayor presión sobre el gobierno cubano para que implemente cambios políticos y económicos en su sistema.

Esta noticia probablemente será recibida por Cuba como una amenaza adicional por parte de Estados Unidos.

5 de agosto: Presidente cubano confirma conversaciones en curso entre La Habana y Estados Unidos

El presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, confirmó hoy que existen conversaciones en curso entre La Habana y Washington con el propósito de evitar una confrontación militar y tratar de encontrar soluciones a los problemas entre ambas naciones.

El gobierno cubano entiende que se está quedando sin opciones y que, muy probablemente, necesitará llegar a un acuerdo con Estados Unidos. ¿Incluirá un cambio de régimen?

Actualización del 3 de agosto: Rubio habla sobre las actividades de espionaje de Cuba en Estados Unidos

El pasado fin de semana, en una entrevista con Fox News, el secretario de Estado y asesor de Seguridad Nacional de Estados Unidos, Marco Rubio, habló sobre las actividades de espionaje que Cuba continúa realizando en Estados Unidos.

Rubio afirmó que espías cubanos continúan infiltrándose en el gobierno de Estados Unidos, instituciones financieras, organizaciones e instituciones académicas. También sostuvo que Cuba sigue representando una amenaza para la seguridad nacional de Estados Unidos.

El Dr. Andy S. Gómez es el analista de Cuba de Local 10. Gómez es considerado uno de los principales especialistas sobre Cuba. Trabajó durante 32 años en el ámbito de la educación superior antes de retirarse de la Universidad de Miami en 2012.

The WHO regional director for Africa, Dr. Mohamed Yakub Janabi, told a news conference that sequencing indicated the outbreak's start. He said some cases early on were wrongly attributed to other diseases, including malaria and typhoid.

“So we are chasing the virus, the virus is ahead of us,” Janabi said.

Dr. Thierno Balde, WHO's incident manager for the Ebola response, said the genetic sequencing was conducted under the leadership of Dr. Steve Ahuka, head of the virology department at Congo’s National Institute for Biomedical Research.

Confirmed cases of Ebola in this outbreak have reached 4,200, including over 1,900 deaths, according to the latest government figures.

WHO assesses the global risk of spread as low because Ebola does not travel through the air, making it much harder to spread than respiratory viruses. Cases detected outside the affected region have so far been quickly identified and contained without leading to sustained transmission, according to the agency.

The outbreak declared on May 15 is unlike most previous ones for Ebola because the rare Bundibugyo virus responsible for it has no approved vaccines or treatments. Early testing was conducted for the more common type of Ebola, contributing to delays.

The outbreak is unfolding in some of the most challenging conditions imaginable, with strikes by some unpaid health workers, threats by rebel groups, anger from long-traumatized communities and misinformation asserting that Ebola isn’t real. Health teams travel remote, unpaved roads and have reported shortages of protective gear, while a vast population of displaced people struggles to find reliable water sources for washing hands.

This Ebola outbreak has killed more people at a quicker rate than any other, including the 2014-2016 outbreak in West Africa that is considered the worst on record with over 11,000 deaths out of at least 28,000 cases. That one took about eight months to reach 1,000 deaths.

Ebola is rare but highly contagious and can be contracted from bodily fluids such as vomit, blood or semen and with contaminated surfaces and materials such as bedding and clothing. The disease it causes is severe and often fatal.

Last week, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu said Ebola is spreading faster than efforts to fight it. New cases are doubling in some hot spots, Tedros said on X after meeting with officials in the capital, Kinshasa.

Health authorities have said between 60% and 70% of new cases are recorded outside of contacts being monitored, and that the outbreak is spreading at an “alarming” rate.

Access to healthcare in the region already had been challenged by years of rebel conflict in one of Congo’s most remote and vulnerable areas, near the borders of South Sudan, Uganda and Rwanda. Now some pregnant women and others are avoiding health centers for fear of the virus, at risk to their lives.

Several past Ebola outbreaks have also been declared weeks or months late, including the 2014-2016 West Africa outbreak. That outbreak was declared in March 2014, although the first human case later was found to have occurred in December 2013.

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Banchereau reported from Dakar, Senegal.

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This version corrects the second reference to the WHO director-general to Tedros.

En un mensaje televisado el presidente Abelardo de la Espriella anunció la declaratoria para las próximas horas, lo que permitirá trasladar recursos con mayor agilidad a las zonas afectadas.

El mandatario agregó que hasta ahora se han reportado "1.575 viviendas averiadas, 61 edificios colapsados, 18 centros de salud averiados” y pidió que la prioridad sea rescatar a las personas que permanecen bajo los escombros.

El sismo se produjo a las 7.34 hora local (12.34 GMT) y tuvo su epicentro en San José del Palmar, un municipio ubicado en el departamento de Chocó, de acuerdo con el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés).

La mayor cantidad de víctimas fatales se registraron en los departamentos de Risaralda, en particular en la ciudad de Pereira, y en Valle del Cauca, especialmente en la ciudad de Cali, así como en Chocó.

La cobertura de telefonía móvil estaba caída en la mayor parte de Pereira y desde las zonas más altas podía verse una nube de polvo cubriendo la ciudad. Mónica Sánchez contó a The Associated Press que su fábrica de confecciones de uniformes posiblemente sufrió daños irreparables, ya que una de las paredes interiores se derrumbó. “Es impactante, la ciudad se nos vino encima”, se lamentó.

Dilian Francisca Toro, gobernadora del Valle del Cauca, sostuvo que una parte del Hospital Universitario de Cali, la tercera ciudad más grande de Colombia, se derrumbó y hay al menos cinco pacientes de la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos debajo de los escombros.

Equipos de rescate y civiles buscaban en Cali sobrevivientes entre los restos de las decenas de edificios destruidos, pasando grandes trozos de hormigón y escombros de mano en mano en una larga fila de voluntarios. La escena era inquietantemente similar a las vistas en la vecina Venezuela en las últimas semanas, tras la devastación causada por dos potentes terremotos.

Jorge Moncayo, un taxista de 64 años de Cali, dijo a la AP que vio columnas de polvo elevarse por toda la ciudad desde su casa ubicada en un barrio en las laderas, mientras los edificios se derrumbaban. “Tembló toda mi casa... nunca me ha tocado un temblor tan fuerte”, afirmó.

Más de 1.400 personas fueron reportadas como no localizadas por sus familiares en una página de internet habilitada por ciudadanos. Dana Carolina Zamora busca a su tío Miguel Ángel Zamora, un campesino de 60 años que vive junto a su esposa en una zona rural de El Cairo, un municipio del Valle del Cauca afectado en cerca de un 80% , según la gobernadora Toro.

“Vive en una casa de bahareque (construcción tradicional con mezcla de palos y barro) entonces son muy endebles. Tenemos miedo, esperemos que no sea así, que esté bien y que sólo sea falla de comunicación”, aseguró Zamora vía telefónica a AP desde Cali.

El más fuerte del siglo XXI

El Servicio Geológico Colombiano aseguró que el del lunes fue “el evento sísmico de mayor magnitud registrada en Colombia en el siglo XXI” y que le sucedieron 21 réplicas menores localizadas en San José del Palmar y Sipí, en el departamento de Chocó, uno de los más pobres del país.

“Evacuamos lo más rápido que se pudo... no se había sentido tan fuerte aquí en Bogotá”, relató a AP Javier Tinoco, un residente en el norte de la capital colombiana y dijo estar especialmente nervioso al recordar los terremotos de Venezuela en junio que dejaron más de 5.000 muertos.

Michael Schmitz, geofísico y profesor de la Universidad Central de Venezuela, indicó a la AP que se trató de un terremoto importante que recuerda al ocurrido en la localidad de Armenia en 1999 que mató cerca de 1.170 personas. Sin embargo, explicó que entonces “fue un terremoto superficial", mientras que el de hoy fue más profundo "dentro de la loza de subducción”, lo que hizo que la afectación no fuera tan fuerte en la superficie.

De la Espriella ordenó instalar un puesto de mando unificado que reúne a distintas instituciones para coordinar la ayuda. La respuesta al terremoto representa el primer gran desafío para el mandatario, un aliado de Donald Trump que juró el cargo el fin de semana.

"El Chocó nunca más será la tierra del olvido”, dijo De la Espriella desde la capital, Quibdó, a donde arribó para evaluar los daños. Anunció subsidios de alquiler para quienes sufrieron daños en sus viviendas y dispuso “todo el aparato militar y policial” para llevar ingenieros, rescatistas y caninos.

La Aeronáutica Civil colombiana reportó daños en los aeropuertos de Pereira, Manizales, Quibdó, Armenia, Cartago y Buenaventura, por lo que fueron suspendidas las operaciones aéreas para evaluar los daños estructurales en la infraestructura.

El sismo también se sintió ligeramente en la capital de Panamá, donde algunos edificios fueron evacuados y se detuvo por momentos la operación del metro, y un poco más fuerte en zonas de la frontera sur con Colombia, sin que se informaran daños o heridos.

En Ecuador fue sentido en ciudades como Tulcán —fronteriza con Colombia— Ibarra y Quito, la capital, en las que algunas personas salieron apresuradamente de edificios altos durante el feriado nacional. No se reportaron daños o víctimas.

Líderes políticos de la región como los presidentes de Guatemala y El Salvador y las mandatarias de México y Venezuela, así como el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Israel y el secretario de Estado estadounidense enviaron mensajes de solidaridad y manifestaron su disposición de ayudar a Colombia.

El Departamento de Estado estadounidense anunció que se destinarán 15,5 millones de dólares en ayuda humanitaria y evaluación de daños en Colombia.

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Las periodistas de AP Megan Janetsky y Sonia Pérez contribuyeron desde Ciudad de México y Ciudad de Guatemala, respectivamente.

Search teams and civilians picked through the remains of destroyed buildings in the country’s third-largest city, Cali, passing large pieces of concrete and other rubble down a long line of volunteers.

“Our building has basically been left in ruins, and the building next to ours? Completely collapsed,” said Álvaro López, who cradled his dog as he watched the search. The desperate scene recalled the searches still ongoing in neighboring Venezuela weeks after that country was devastated by two powerful earthquakes.

Besides Cali, the quake ravaged cities across western Colombia, including Pereira, Quibdo and Manizales, and was felt in neighboring Ecuador and Panama. The epicenter was in San Jose Del Palmar, a community of about 4,800 people in the Choco region about 250 miles (400 kilometers) west of Bogota, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella said at least 87 people were injured and around 1,600 buildings were damaged, including at least 61 that completely collapsed. He declared an emergency to expedite funding for the quake recovery while saying he would visit the disaster zone.

“We aren’t going to leave people alone. They are in our hearts and we are going to tend to people with our full determination,” he said.

Most powerful quake recorded in Colombia this century

Colombia’s Geological Service said Monday's quake was the country's strongest recorded “in the 21st century,” and that it was followed by 21 less powerful aftershocks.

Colombia’s Pacific region around the quake's epicenter lies along the “Ring of Fire," the line of seismic faults encircling the Pacific Ocean where most of the world’s earthquakes occur. The Pacific, particularly the Choco region, is one of Colombia's poorest, nestled in dense jungle. Much of Choco is only reachable by boat or plane, which may pose a problem for authorities in assessing the wider toll.

Local authorities said the death toll included at least 40 people who were killed in the Risaralda region, where Pereira is located, and 27 people in the Valle del Cauca region, where Cali is located, including three children. Authorities also confirmed nine people killed in Choco, two in the Caldas region and a 73-year-old in the Antioquia region. It was not immediately clear where the other 32 people died.

The earthquakes left many in the Andean nation unnerved after two back-to-back quakes devastated neighboring Venezuela in late June, destroying hundreds of buildings and killing more than 6,300 people.

By Monday afternoon, people had begun reporting their loved ones missing on digital databases just as civilians did following Venezuela's earthquakes. One database had more than 1,400 people, mostly in Cali and Pereira, with the number steadily climbing.

Photos of the missing included a young mother and her baby in Pereira; another showed an 80-year-old woman in Cali whose family was desperately looking for details after her building collapsed.

Cities left devastated

Jorge Moncayo, a 64-year-old taxi driver in Cali, said he saw plumes of dust shoot up across the city as buildings collapsed. Residents and rescue workers were searching the rubble for survivors. The local government said that people remained trapped in a number of the city's 380 damaged buildings.

“My entire house shook. I’ve never lived through such a powerful earthquake,” he said. “We’re thanking God we’re alive.”

Little was known about the extent of the damage in Choco, a remote region where officials reported dozens of injured people and damaged buildings but few other details. Phone signals were out in many parts of the region's capital, Quibdo. The town closest to the earthquake’s epicenter, San Jose del Palmar, has no airport, and is located on top of a mountain ridge along a highway linking the cities of Cali and Pereira.

In Pereira, further south in the coffee-producing mountains of Colombia, photos and videos on local media showed pieces of the airport ceiling falling down on travelers taking shelter and screaming. People were shown running through rubble and plumes of dust and residents said that the city was lined with collapsed stores, residential buildings and homes. Pereira's mayor, Mauricio Salazar, told a local radio station there were at least 15 collapsed buildings where people were feared trapped.

In nearby Manizales, one of the towers of the neo-Gothic cathedral collapsed and fell on the nave. Mayor Jorge Eduardo Rojas asked residents to stay outside in case of aftershocks. Authorities said flights were suspended in the airports of Manizales, Quibdo, Armenia, Cartago, Buenaventura and Pereira as they assessed damage.

Offers of aid from across the Americas

Small earthquakes, known as “temblores,” are common in central and western Colombia, but those above 6.0 magnitude are rare. In 1999, a 6.2 magnitude quake near the city of Armenia killed more than 1,100 people.

Response to the earthquake presents the first major challenge to de la Espriella, a Trump ally who was sworn in as president over the weekend. A divisive figure because of his pledge of an all-out crackdown on criminal groups, de la Espriella said he had personally taken charge of the government’s response to the emergency.

On Monday night, the U.S. State Department announced it would provide $15.5 million for emergency shelter, food and other earthquake response aid. Governments across Latin American also lined up to to help.

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum — whose countries were among the largest providers of aid to Venezuela following its recent crisis — said they were ready to assist Colombia.

"From El Salvador, we are in communication and ready to provide immediate support with our rescue teams, medical personnel, paramedics, supplies, or any other assistance that our Colombian brothers and sisters deem necessary,” Bukele said.

Chilean President José Antonio Kast said Chile, one of the region’s most earthquake-prone countries, “knows the pain and the challenge left by earthquakes” and pledged help.

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Suárez reported from Bogotá and Janetsky reported from Mexico City. Associated Press journalists Manuel Rueda in Bogotá, Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations and Matthew Lee in Washington contributed.

Like Michigan, Wisconsin is one of the nation’s top electoral battlegrounds. The contest may further set the direction of the Democratic Party, as well as set the stage for a highly competitive general election where either party could emerge with complete control over state government. A competitive congressional race could also decide the majority in the closely divided U.S. House.

Four active candidates remain in the once-crowded Democratic primary field to succeed outgoing two-term Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. State Rep. Francesca Hong, a former restaurant owner and democratic socialist who entered the race in 2025 as a self-described “wild card,” has emerged as a top contender for the nomination. Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley briefly dropped out of the race in July but reentered with an endorsement from Evers. Former state cabinet secretary Joel Brennan and state Sen. Kelda Roys round out the field.

Campaign finance woes prompted Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez to exit the race, while former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes suspended his bid the same day the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that state Democratic officials had reviewed past allegations against him of inappropriate behavior toward young adult women. The Barnes campaign denied that there were any such allegations. The names of Rodriguez, Barnes and former state economic development director Missy Hughes, who dropped out in June, remain on the ballot.

The winner of the primary will likely face Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, who faces minimal opposition for his party’s nomination. Tiffany, who has President Donald Trump’s endorsement, sits atop a massive war chest that not only dwarfs that of his sole primary opponent but the entire Democratic field combined. As of July 27, he had raised $13.3 million for his campaign overall and had about $5 million in the bank. Hong and Crowley had each raised slightly more than $1 million for their campaigns and had less than $500,000 in their respective campaign coffers.

Evers is Wisconsin’s third consecutive two-term governor. The race to replace him will set two longstanding political trends on a collision course. The state has a 64-year streak of electing new governors from the opposite party of their immediate predecessor. That would seemingly favor Wisconsin Republicans in November, although voters nationwide tend to punish the president’s party in midterm elections, which would favor Democrats.

About half of Wisconsin’s 33 state Senate seats and all 99 state Assembly seats are up in 2026. Republicans hold slight majorities in both chambers. For years, Wisconsin’s state legislative boundaries had been heavily gerrymandered to favor Republicans, but the liberal-leaning state Supreme Court struck down the maps in 2023 and ordered them redrawn ahead of the 2024 elections. State Democrats made gains that year and now believe they could flip control of one or both chambers in November.

Wisconsin’s congressional districts remain among the most tilted toward Republicans nationally, according to an Associated Press analysis. Republicans hold six of the state’s eight U.S. House seats. One Republican-held district is a top target of Democrats hoping to retake the chamber.

U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden of the 3rd Congressional District is unopposed for the Republican nomination in his bid for a third term. He has Trump’s endorsement. Former Eau Claire City Council President Emily Berge and former boutique owner and nonprofit founder Rebecca Cooke are vying for the Democratic nomination. Cooke ran for the seat twice before. She placed second in the 2022 primary and narrowly lost the 2024 general election to Van Orden.

Milwaukee County is by far the state’s most populous and plays a pivotal role in both Democratic and Republican primaries. However, Waukesha County tends to contribute the most votes in Republican primaries. Dane and Brown counties, home to Madison and Green Bay, respectively, are major battlegrounds for both parties. Ozaukee and Washington counties, which along with Waukesha County, form the so-called “WOW” counties in suburban Milwaukee, tend to be more influential in Republican primaries than in Democratic primaries.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont trounced former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Wisconsin presidential primary. Sanders scored big wins in Dane, Brown, Outagamie, Winnebago, Kenosha, LaCrosse and Eau Claire counties, approaching or surpassing the 60% vote mark in each. Clinton carried only Milwaukee County, which has the state’s highest share of Black residents.

Former President Joe Biden carried every county against Sanders in the 2020 presidential primary, which was held in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sanders’ strongest performance was in Dane County.

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. CT, which is 9 p.m. ET.

What’s on the ballot?

The AP will provide vote results and declare winners in contested primaries for U.S. House, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, state Senate and state Assembly.

Who gets to vote?

Any registered voter may participate in any party’s primary. Eligible voters may register at the polls on Election Day.

How many voters are there?

As of August 1, there were about 3.6 million active registered voters in Wisconsin.

How many people actually vote?

Around 500,000 voters cast ballots in the Democratic state primaries in 2022, compared to roughly 680,000 Republican primary voters.

How much of the vote is cast early or by absentee ballot?

About 26% of the vote in the 2022 primaries was cast before early in-person or by mail.

As of Friday, about 235,000 ballots had already been cast in Tuesday’s election.

When are early and absentee votes released?

Counties vary in terms of how and when they release early and absentee results. In previous elections, counties tended to release a mix of all vote types over the course of the night. Roughly a third of counties released all results, regardless of vote type, in the first vote update.

How long does vote-counting usually take?

In the 2024 state primary, the AP first reported results at 9:09 p.m. ET, or nine minutes after polls closed. About 91% of the vote had been counted by 12 a.m. ET. The last vote update of the night was at 2:59 a.m. ET with 99.8% of total votes counted.

Milwaukee County, the most populous, had counted more than 99% of the vote by its final update of the night at 1:06 a.m. ET. Dane County, home of Madison, reached more than 99% of the total vote by its final update of the night at 12:38 a.m. ET.

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 not automatic in Wisconsin, but a trailing candidate may request one if the winning vote margin is less than a percentage point in races where more than 4,000 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 84 days until the 2026 midterm elections.

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Associated Press writer David Lieb in Jefferson City, Missouri, contributed to this report.

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These are bioplastic pellets. CJ Biomaterials ferments sugar to make plant-based polymers that microbes will consume. These alternatives to traditional plastics made of fossil fuels are seen by some as one of many solutions needed to confront global plastic pollution.

At the company's Woburn research facility, lab technicians recently poured pellets into a molding machine to make forks. The test forks were thin enough for home composting, though too bendy for stabbing a steak. Other batches have been rigid, similar to a typical plastic fork. The technicians melted pellets to roll out flexible films for food packaging, like a bag for baby carrots. The film was quite strong but not stretchy like cling wrap.

They are figuring out how their biopolymers can make products with attributes similar to conventional plastics, but that can go in a composting bin instead of a trash can. Forks and films are breaking down in the lab's compost bin. Straws that were added are long gone. A recently tossed-in knife showed pitting on the surface as bacteria colonized it, starting to consume the material.

Plastics have never really fundamentally been disrupted. Now, interest in bioplastic is growing because of concern over microplastics. It’s the new “wild card” in this market, said the company’s marketing director Leah Ford.

“I’ve been doing this for a long time and the compostability has always been a really strong driver. But with the greater understanding of microplastics, I think, that’s going to change how people think about materials,” she said.

Traditional plastics last for decades or even centuries as they fragment into harmful microplastics and even smaller nanoplastics. Microplastics have been found in the ocean and the air, in our food and water, and in a wide range of body tissues. The Trump administration, while rolling back many environmental regulations, says it will address contamination from microplastics.

The most common use for bioplastics is packaging

Bioplastics are biobased, meaning they are made completely or partially from a renewable resource, commonly corn or sugar cane; or they are biodegradable, meaning that they break down completely via a natural process. They can also be both, like the polymers made by CJ Biomaterials. It’s a leader in manufacturing polyhydroxyalkanoates, or PHAs, as a polymer that is marine and soil biodegradable.

CJ Biomaterials is trying to replace conventional plastics that are single use or can’t be recycled when contaminated with food scraps. Food waste decomposing in landfills emits methane, a potent greenhouse gas that warms the planet. A container made of pellets from CJ Biomaterials with food scraps could be sent to a composter, unlike a traditional plastic container.

The Woburn lab's shelves display the company’s successes: compostable cutlery; straws; coated cups for hot beverages and frozen food pouches used in the United States; sushi trays; ramen containers; and reusable paper towels. Lab employees dine with compostable cutlery, drink from compostable cups and make coffee with compostable pods. These products last on shelves because they are not exposed to microorganisms in water or soil.

CJ Biomaterials feeds sugar to microbes that convert it to PHA for energy. The company collects the PHA and turns it into granules. Pellets of this are then sold to other companies that can melt them down and mold them into products. These same bacteria will consume PHA in a compost pile, breaking it down within six months, Ford said.

CJ Biomaterials is part of the $32 billion South Korean conglomerate CJ Group. It has been producing PHA at a manufacturing facility in Pasuruan, Indonesia, since 2022.

One solution with potential to help address the plastic pollution crisis

World Wildlife Fund sees biobased plastics as part of a suite of solutions that are needed. They can reduce the world’s dependency on fossil fuels that cause climate change, said Erin Simon, a WWF vice president. She said the world needs to reduce the amount of plastic being produced, then make the rest sustainably.

Nations are trying to confront the spiraling plastic pollution crisis by crafting a landmark treaty. They have yet to agree on any effective methods to stop plastic pollution, though negotiators plan to meet again early next year.

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley has held congressional hearings on plastic pollution, including one exploring alternatives for single-use plastics. He also views bioplastics as one option with potential, among many that are needed. But, he said, more information is needed about how they break down and impact ecosystems and health.

Environmental groups, including the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, argue that bioplastics maintain the single-use paradigm and distract from real solutions. Some say farmland shouldn't be used to grow crops for plastic instead of food.

Bioplastics are a small, but growing, share of the market

Globally, biobased plastics represent roughly 0.5% of the more than 400 million metric tons (440 million tons) of plastics produced annually, according to the industry group European Bioplastics. Production is projected to double by 2030 due to rising demand and the emergence of more advanced applications and products, it said.

China, Sweden and the United States are major exporters of natural polymers.

Large sports stadiums and major restaurant chains such as McDonald's are experimenting with biobased packaging and utensils. The Tous les Jours bakery, part of the CJ Group, uses PHA straws.

There are obstacles to widespread adoption. Bioplastics typically cost more than conventional plastics. Major cities have municipal composting programs, but they are limited elsewhere. A growing number of composting facilities accept compostable bioplastic products, though some refuse out of concern about degraded soil quality. And because bioplastics and conventional plastics often look and feel identical, they can be mixed up and cause problems for composters.

Thirty minutes from the Woburn research lab, Black Earth Compost accepts certified compostable materials. On Monday, compostable cups, cutlery and bin liners were mixed in with a delivery of food scraps and lobster shells. Accepting bioplastics increases the amount of food scraps they receive because people can put an entire compostable container into an organics bin, instead of scraping food out.

Research organization tests biomaterials

The 5 Gyres Institute tested 22 items made of traditional plastic, biobased and biodegradable materials and other alternatives, such as paper and bamboo. Straws, utensils, thin film and bottles were put in different environments across Florida, California and Maine. By the end of the 64-week study, many of the biodegradable materials were gone, or were pitted and cracked as they fragmented. Traditional fossil fuel-based plastics persisted.

Marcus Eriksen, the institute’s co-founder and a researcher, said the synthetic plastic spoon was almost the same as when he first put it in the ocean, but little was left of the spoons made from biodegradable materials.

The California-based nonprofit released the results in 2023. It's currently repeating the study to evaluate end-of-life scenarios for the new generation of packaging.

Eriksen thinks people should use biodegradable options, especially for packaging. Otherwise, he said, “we’re going to flood the entire biosphere with micro- and nanoplastics.”

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The state has been at the center of a political maelstrom in President Donald Trump’s second term, as the Republican president has focused much of his ire on Minnesota and its Democratic leaders.

An ongoing fraud investigation into state childcare programs contributed to Democratic Gov. Tim Walz ending his reelection bid and has been a frequent topic among Republican candidates on the campaign trail. Meanwhile, the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown that resulted in the deaths of two U.S. citizens has been a defining issue for Democratic candidates.

Walz’s retirement announcement, as well as that of Democratic U.S. Sen. Tina Smith, triggered a reshuffling of races throughout the ballot.

In the race to replace Smith, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan are the leading contenders for the Democratic nomination. Smith has backed Flanagan, while Walz has not made an endorsement. Flanagan also has support from key figures in the party’s progressive wing, including U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont and U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of the 5th Congressional District. Sanders is an independent but caucuses with Democrats.

Craig’s key supporters are Minnesota first lady Gwen Walz, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

Craig has about doubled Flanagan in overall fundraising. She also had about $3.6 million available to spend as of late July compared with about $1.1 million for Flanagan.

The Center Forward Committee and Unite to Win — two political action committees known for backing moderate Democrats — have spent at least $2.4 million on Craig’s behalf. The Center Forward Committee was founded by former Alabama U.S. Rep. Bud Cramer and supports what it describes as “pragmatic policymakers.” Unite to Win recently spent $4 million backing U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens in her unsuccessful U.S. Senate primary bid against Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan.

Flanagan’s largest backer in outside spending has been the Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association, which has spent about $1.2 million on the race.

The Republican primary features nine candidates, including former sports broadcaster Michele Tafoya; former Navy SEAL Adam Schwarze, who has the state party’s endorsement; and former professional basketball player Royce White, who was the Republican nominee for the state’s other U.S. Senate seat in 2024. Trump has not endorsed a candidate.

Tafoya raised about $5.3 million for her campaign and had about $1.3 million in the bank as of July 22, a larger haul than the rest of the Republican field combined.

In the race for governor, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar faces minimal opposition for the Democratic nomination. She brought in $9.3 million for her campaign and had about $4.5 million in the bank as of July 20. Only three of Klobuchar’s six primary opponents filed campaign finance disclosures, and they reported having less than a combined $3,200 in the bank.

The nine-candidate Republican field includes state House Speaker Lisa Demuth, MyPillow founder and prominent 2020 election denierMike Lindell, who has Trump’s endorsement, and healthcare executive Kendall Qualls, who has the state party’s backing.

Lindell outraised Demuth overall in the campaign, although Demuth sat atop a significantly larger war chest as of July 20.

Craig is the only member of Minnesota’s U.S. House delegation who isn’t running for reelection. Her upcoming departure has triggered a six-way Democratic primary to replace her in the 2nd Congressional District. The field includes state Rep. Kaela Berg, state Sen. Matt Klein and former state Sen. Matt Little. Klein leads the field in fundraising, followed by Little, who loaned his campaign $155,000.

The winner will face Republican state Sen. Eric Pratt, who is unopposed for the nomination.

Craig won reelection in 2024 with about 56% of the vote. Democratic then-Vice President Kamala Harris received about 52% of the district vote in the 2024 presidential race against Trump.

All seats in both chambers of the Minnesota State Legislature are up in 2026. Democrats have a one-seat advantage in the 67-member state Senate, while Democrats and Republicans are deadlocked at 67 seats each in the state 134-member House.

Hennepin County, which is home to Minneapolis, is by far the state’s most populous and tends to contribute the most votes of any county in both Democratic and Republican statewide primaries. Neighboring Ramsey County, which is home to St. Paul, has the second-largest population but tends to be a bigger factor in Democratic primaries. Just north of the Twin Cities, Anoka County, which Trump carried in 2024 by about 4 percentage points, tends to be more influential in Republican primaries. Dakota, Washington, St. Louis and Olmsted counties are important primary battlegrounds for both parties.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s 2006 reelection was the last statewide contest Republicans have won in Minnesota. The last Republican to win a U.S. Senate race in Minnesota was Norm Coleman in 2002.

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. CT, which is 9 p.m. ET.

What’s on the ballot?

The Associated Press will provide vote results and declare winners in contested primaries for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, governor, secretary of state, auditor, attorney general, state Senate and state House.

Who gets to vote?

Any registered voter may participate in any party’s primary. Eligible voters may register at the polls on Election Day or during the early voting period.

How many voters are there?

As of Aug. 3, there were about 3.9 million registered voters in Minnesota.

How many people actually vote?

About 324,000 Democratic primary voters and about 194,000 Republican primary voters took part in the 2024 primaries for U.S. Senate. In the 2022 primaries for governor, about 432,000 voters cast ballots in the Democratic primary and about 323,000 in the Republican primary.

How much of the vote is cast early or by absentee ballot?

About 23% of the vote in the 2024 state primary and about 20% of the 2022 primary vote was cast early in person or by mail.

As of Thursday, about 158,000 ballots had already been cast in Tuesday’s election.

When are early and absentee votes released?

Counties tend to release results from early in-person and mail voting over the course of the night, along with results from in-person Election Day voting.

The state’s three largest counties of Hennepin, Ramsey and Dakota release relatively few results in their first vote updates, regardless of vote type.

How long does vote-counting usually take?

In the 2024 state primary, the AP first reported results at 9:08 p.m. ET, or eight minutes after polls closed. The last vote update of the night was at 1:28 a.m. ET, with more than 99% 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 in Minnesota are not automatic, but the losing candidate may request one under certain circumstances. A publicly funded recount can be requested in federal, judicial or state constitutional offices, like governor, if the margin between the winning and losing candidate is less than 0.25% of the vote. For state legislative races, the required margin is less than 0.5% of the vote. In races in which fewer than 400 votes are cast, the margin is 10 votes or fewer. Candidates may pay for a recount in races in which the vote margin is beyond the threshold for a publicly funded recount. 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 84 days until the 2026 midterm elections.

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The announcement comes a few weeks after Taylor Farms voluntarily recalled its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico because of a potential link to a multistate cyclospora outbreak that has sickened people across the U.S.

Taylor Fresh Foods said that it was pulling some products including jalapenos from stores shelves after finding out that Coast Citrus Distributors was voluntarily recalling fresh jalapeños due to a potential salmonella contamination.

Guacamole, pico de gallo and taco dip are some of the prepared foods included in the recall. The list of recalled products were distributed by Taylor Farms in multiple states with a “Best If Used By” date up to and including Aug. 16, 2026. The products were sold at stores including Kroger, Stop & Shop, Target, Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s and Walmart.

Taylor Fresh Foods said that the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were working with state and local partners to investigate illnesses in a multistate outbreak of salmonella infections linked to fresh jalapeños supplied by Coast Citrus Distributors. The company said that a grower in Sinaloa, Mexico, a supplier to Coast Citrus Distributors, was identified as the potential source in the outbreak.

Taylor Fresh Foods said that it is no longer sourcing products from the farmer and will be filling orders from alternative suppliers. The company is currently not aware of any reported illnesses linked to its products containing jalapeños.

Consumers who have any recalled product are advised to discard it immediately and not eat it. Refunds are available at the location of purchase.

Consumers with any questions can contact Taylor at 855-455-0098 Monday through Friday from 8am-5pm PT.

The contests take place as elements within the party look to redefine the Democratic brand ahead of the midterm elections by replacing old guard figures with younger and often more progressive alternatives.

Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont is running for a third term but must first clear a challenge from state Rep. Josh Elliott. Both candidates have raised just shy of $400,000 in contributions from individual donors. Nonetheless, Lamont, a wealthy former cable entrepreneur, has far outspent Elliott, thanks to $9.5 million in personal funds he’s invested in his campaign. Elliott has received about $3.8 million from the state’s public election funding program.

A primary upset by Elliott, along with additional Tuesday primaries in Minnesota and Wisconsin, could extend a progressive winning streak that began this summer with the defeat of Democratic incumbents in New York City and Colorado and continued with a high-stakes victory in the Michigan U.S. Senate primary on August 4.

The Democratic nominee will face Republican state Sen. Ryan Fazio in November. Republicans last controlled the governorship from 1995 to 2011. Lamont was first elected in 2018 with 49% of the vote and reelected in 2022 with 56%.

In the 1st Congressional District, longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. John Larson is running for a 15th term. Challenging him for the nomination are former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, Hartford Board of Education member Ruth Fortune and state Rep. Jillian Gilchrest.

This year marks Larson’s first primary challenge since he was first elected in 1998. He won a close primary that year with 46% of the vote but has not appeared on a primary ballot in his subsequent 13 reelection bids.

Bronin has slightly outraised and outspent Larson in the campaign overall, although Larson had a slight edge in terms of available cash heading into the primary campaign’s final three weeks. Gilchrest and Fortune trailed far behind in fundraising.

Larson turned 78 in July. In 2025, an incident on the House floor sparked concerns over his health and age when he suffered what he later described as a complex partial seizure while delivering a speech. He said the episode, which caused him to briefly but abruptly stop speaking, was related to a heart condition that he now treats with medication.

The district is heavily Democratic. Larson received 63% of the vote in his 2024 reelection campaign. Then-Vice President Kamala Harris received about 61% of the district vote in the presidential race.

All 36 state Senate seats and all 151 state House seats are up in 2026. Democrats hold two-to-one majorities in both chambers.

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 winners in contested primaries for U.S. House, governor, state Senate and state House.

Who gets to vote?

Voters registered with a political party may participate only in that party’s primary. Democrats may not vote in the Republican primary or vice versa. Independent or unaffiliated voters may not participate in either primary.

How many voters are there?

As of October 2025, there were about 2.5 million registered voters in Connecticut, including about 878,000 Democrats and about 529,000 Republicans.

How many people actually vote?

About 114,000 Democratic primary ballots and about 94,000 Republican primary ballots were cast in the 2022 state primaries.

How much of the vote is cast early or by absentee ballot?

Early voting was enacted in Connecticut after 2022. There was no statewide Democratic primary in 2024, but about 17% of the Republican primary vote in the 2024 state primary was cast early in-person or by mail.

As of Friday, about 43,000 Democratic primary ballots and about 3,900 Republican primary ballots had already been cast in Tuesday’s election.

When are early and absentee votes released?

Connecticut runs elections at the town and city level. There are 169 separate jurisdictions administering local elections and they vary in terms of how and when they release results. In many of the larger jurisdictions, results from a mix of voting methods are released together throughout the night.

How long does vote-counting usually take?

In the 2024 general election, the AP first reported results at 8:12 p.m. ET, or 12 minutes after polls closed. The vote count reached the halfway mark at 12:25 a.m. ET. By 2:06 p.m. ET the day after Election Day, about 90% of the total vote had been 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 in Connecticut are automatic if the vote margin is less than 0.5% of the total votes cast but does not exceed 2,000 votes. Recounts are also automatic in races where the margin is less than 20 votes or in the case of a tie vote. If a recount results in a tie vote, a runoff election (called an “adjourned election” in Connecticut) is held. 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 84 days until the 2026 midterm elections.

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The AP's Matthew Junkroski contributed to this report.

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Voters will also decide contested Democratic primaries for lieutenant governor and state auditor and choose a Republican nominee to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. Becca Balint in November.

Scott is one of only two Republican governors to serve a state that then-Vice President Kamala Harris carried in the 2024 election. But toppling him this fall will be no easy feat. He received 73% of the vote in his 2024 reelection bid, improving upon the 69% he won in 2022.

He’s also been a rare Republican critic of President Donald Trump. Scott not only endorsed former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley for president in the 2024 primaries, but he also says he voted for Harris over Trump in 2024 and for Joe Biden in 2020. He is unopposed for the Republican nomination.

Two Democrats are running to challenge Scott: economist Amanda Janoo and former child advocacy organization CEO Aly Richards, who boasts endorsements from former Democratic Govs. Howard Dean and Madeleine Kunin. Richards has raised about $453,000 for her campaign, compared to about $308,000 for Janoo. Richards also had about double Janoo’s cash reserves as of the end of July.

In Vermont, the governor, lieutenant governor and other state constitutional officers serve two-year terms. If Scott is reelected and completes another term, he’ll surpass Dean as Vermont’s longest serving governor since it became a state.

All 30 state Senate seats and all 150 state House seats are up in 2026. Democratic state lawmakers suffered significant losses in the 2024 general election, losing more than two dozen seats across both chambers, along with their supermajorities. This year could prove to be another difficult one for the party but for different reasons: Democratic incumbents in five state Senate districts and 11 state House districts face primary challengers. Republican incumbents face challengers in only one state Senate district.

For state legislative primaries, the number of winners in each contest varies by district. With multiple winners in many seats and relatively low turnout for down-ballot primaries, especially on the Republican side, determining the winners could come down to a relatively small number of votes.

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 7 p.m. ET.

What’s on the ballot?

The Associated Press will provide vote results and declare winners in contested primaries for U.S. House, governor, lieutenant governor, auditor, state Senate and state House.

Who gets to vote?

Any registered voter may participate in any party’s primary. Vermont does not register voters by party.

How many voters are there?

As of July, there were about 501,000 registered voters in Vermont.

How many people actually vote?

About 23,000 Republican primary voters and about 33,000 Democratic primary voters cast ballots in the 2024 gubernatorial primaries.

How much of the vote is cast early or by absentee ballot?

About 30% of the vote in the 2024 state primary was cast by mail. In the presidential primaries that year, about 24% of Democratic primary voters and about 13% of Republican primary voters cast mail ballots.

As of Friday, about 17,000 ballots had already been cast in Tuesday’s election.

When are early and absentee votes released?

Vermont runs elections at the town and city level. There are 247 separate jurisdictions administering local elections, and they vary in terms of how and when they release results. In many of the larger jurisdictions, the bulk of results from both mail voting and in-person Election Day voting are released together in their first vote updates.

How long does vote-counting usually take?

In the 2024 state primary, the AP first reported results at 7:18 p.m. ET, or 18 minutes after polls closed. The last vote update of the night was at 11:45 p.m. ET with about 87% 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?

A candidate may request a recount if the vote margin falls below a certain threshold. In federal, statewide and state Senate elections, a recount may be requested if the vote margin between the winning and losing candidate is 2% or less of the total votes cast, divided by the number of persons to be elected for that position. For state House and local races, the required margin is 5% or less of the total votes cast, divided by the number of persons to be elected. 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 84 days until the 2026 midterm elections.

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The AP’s Matthew Junkroski contributed to this report.

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Public health experts have raised concerns that spacing out shots as Trump suggests can lead to an increased risk that children become infected with a vaccine-preventable disease before returning for another visit.

Trump swore in Todd Blanche, his old personal lawyer, as attorney general Monday. Meanwhile, Iran says it will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the United States lifts its blockade on the strait, pays compensation for months of war damage, lifts economic sanctions and releases Iran’s frozen assets. And Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flatly rejected Trump's proposed exit strategy for Gaza.

Here’s the latest:

Trump spokesperson suggests separating MMR vaccine could help instill trust in the vaccines

White House spokesperson Kush Desai said Monday that Trump’s call for the development of separate, single-disease measles, mumps and rubella vaccines for U.S. children will help generate trust in vaccine hesitant parents.

“President Trump is one of countless parents who have voiced questions and concerns about the combined MMR vaccine,” Desai told The Associated Press, saying the separate vaccines will “give parents more options on timing and frequency for their children, which ultimately will increase vaccination rates for all three diseases.”

The White House didn’t provide new scientific evidence supporting the move. Studies of babies and toddlers in the U.S. have shown that the use of combination shots increased the likelihood of completing all recommended vaccinations by the age of 2.

Pediatricians say executive order spreads confusion about vaccines, which are safe

Doctors from the American Academy of Pediatrics said the executive order spreads uncertainty and confusion.

Dr. Aaron Milstone, pediatric director of infection prevention at Johns Hopkins Health System, said doctors want to reassure parents there are “many, many, many years of scientific data highlighting the safety of vaccines in children.”

The timing of vaccines has also been well-studied, he said.

“We give vaccines to children even when they’re young because we know that’s safe and because we know it’s the best time for their body to respond to that vaccine in a good way and to make their body stronger to fight off an infection if they’re exposed to that,” Milstone said.

The potential link between vaccines and autism has also been studied exhaustively — in more than 40 well-designed studies in more than seven countries involving over five million children, said Dr. Andrew Racine, president of American Academy of Pediatrics.

“I’m not sure that there is anything that has been as thoroughly looked at as this question about whether or not there is a link between autism and vaccines,” he said. “And the answer is unequivocally no.”

Republican senator blasts Trump executive order on vaccines

Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Republican, is strongly rebuking Trump’s executive order on vaccines.

“I’m a doctor. This executive order is wrong. The President does not have the expertise to make these changes,” Cassidy said in a social media post on X. “Vaccines are overwhelmingly safe. Vaccines are effective. Vaccines DO NOT cause autism.”

Cassidy chairs the Senate committee with oversight responsibilities for healthcare agencies. He went on to say that children will have to get more shots to get the same protection. It will increase hesitancy and make children less safe.

“Parents should listen to their child’s pediatrician about vaccines rather than listening to an inaccurate executive order. This is so wrong,” Cassidy said.

Trump did not provide new evidence of a claimed link between vaccines and autism

The National Institutes of Health started funding research teams over a year ago charged with unearthing the cause autism, a portion of them assessing vaccines’ claimed role.

Scientific consensus and decades of studies have firmly concluded there is no link between childhood vaccines and autism.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the head of the institute, spoke at Trump’s executive order signing and said that “science takes time” and “you don’t get answers immediately.”

Still, Bhattacharya was more tentative about claiming an evidence-based link between autism and vaccines, generally avoiding the suggestion altogether.

“What we’ve done in this administration,” he said, “is we’ve given permission to scientists to honestly answer this question, to find the link for the first time.”

12 medical groups previously endorsed the childhood influenza vaccine. Trump’s executive order did not

In January, the American Academy of Pediatrics put out their 2026 childhood vaccine guidance, which included a jab for influenza, that got the green light from groups including the National Medical Association and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.

The AAP said in a press release at the time that over 80% of childhood deaths related to influenza were with unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated patients, adding that children under 5 years old are particularly vulnerable.

Trump said the vaccine is “no longer recommended for all children.”

Trump says Iran can still cause trouble but argues that it’s feeling financial squeeze

The president was dismissive of Iranian officials’ demands after Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei stressed that Iran will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the U.S. meets its conditions, including paying reparations for the five-month-old war.

Trump during an Oval Office exchange with reporters claimed that the U.S. has “100% control” of the strait, but that the situation remains complex. He made the case that the U.S. Navy’s blockade of the strait is preventing Iran from selling its oil on the international market, a move that is effectively choking the Iranian economy.

“Now, can they make trouble? Yeah, they can make trouble, but they’re broke,” Trump said. “They have no money. You know, Iran is broke, totally broke. And they’re not paying their soldiers.”

With measles raging, vaccine proponent said it’s no time for an ‘anti-vaccine agenda’

At a time when the U.S. is facing its worst measles outbreak in more than 30 years, “we should be making it easier to protect children from preventable disease, not harder,” said Northe Saunders, president of American Families for Vaccines.

He said “RFK’s anti-vaccine agenda” shouldn’t pressure state leaders to abandon protections that work for their communities.

“States have long played a central role in setting school immunization requirements,” he said. “and parents, educators, healthcare professionals, and state leaders should be able to make decisions about protecting children without political interference from the federal government.”

In late July, the number of measles cases in the U.S. has surpassed the record-breaking tally for all of 2025. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has logged more than 2,318 cases of measles this year.

Trump’s childhood vaccine recommendations contradict medical establishment

The president, at an executive order signing on new childhood vaccine recommendations, said that, “very importantly,” jabs for hepatitis B, COVID-19 and influenza “are no longer recommended for all children.”

Those vaccinations, however, are still recommended by the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Academy of Pediatrics, among other medical groups.

While the latter organization recommends childhood vaccines for 18 diseases, Trump’s executive order limits that to prioritizing just 11.

Public health officials have raised concerns over some of Trump’s recommendations

That includes the presidents recommendation announced Monday to space out childhood vaccine shots instead of getting all of them on the same visit.

Public health officials say that could lead to children becoming infected with a vaccine-preventable disease in the periods between jabs.

Doctor urges parents to listen to medical experts about shots

Michael Osterholm, executive director of the Vaccine Integrity Project, said parents should continue to rely on vaccine recommendations developed by trusted medical and public health experts, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, when making decisions on shots for their kids.

“Today’s Executive Order does not change the underlying scientific evidence supporting childhood immunization. That data has been built over decades — through large clinical trials, real-world effectiveness studies and continuous safety monitoring involving millions of children,” he said in a statement.

“Parents deserve clear, evidence-based guidance about how to protect their children, not competing recommendations issued through political processes. When families receive conflicting messages, confidence in vaccination suffers, and children ultimately bear the consequences.”

Trump overstates dangers of vaccines

In announcing his executive order on vaccines, President Donald Trump said “bad things happen” when children get the combined MMR vaccine.

“I’ve seen proof of it, where they have a vaccination that looks like the size of a bottle of soda poured into a little child’s body, and bad things happen in, many cases-in too many cases,” he said.

But experts say the risk of serious side effects is extremely low and years of real-world data proves the vaccine is safe and effective. Common side effects include soreness and a mild rash or redness at the injection site, a fever, and temporary pain or stiffness in the joints.

Decades of studies have concluded there’s no link between the MMR vaccine and autism.

Decades of autism research have found no single cause

Besides genetics, scientists have identified various possible factors, including the age of a child’s father, the mother’s weight, and whether she had diabetes or was exposed to certain chemicals.

Any concern that vaccines could be linked to autism has been long debunked, according to scientists and leading advocacy groups for people with autism.

Childhood vaccines — and how and when to give them in combination — go through rigorous studies, and safety tracking continues for years as the shots are used.

Trump proposes new childhood vaccine recommendations, though power in schools rests with states

Trump, who suggested connections between autism and vaccines despite a scientific consensus that there isn’t a link, issued new guidance for childhood vaccines that space out shots and limit the number of recommended routine jabs.

Still, the authority to require vaccinations for schoolchildren rests with state governments.

Trump to sign executive order calling for spacing out childhood shots

President Donald Trump on Monday will sign an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held belief that shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits, according to a White House fact sheet.

The order will recommend administering each vaccine in its own visit and separating the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three different shots and direct the nation’s health department to improve vaccine research, says the fact sheet, first reported by The Daily Caller. Separate measles, mumps and rubella vaccines for children are not available in the U.S.

Public health experts have raised concerns that spacing out shots as Trump suggests can lead to an increased risk that children become infected with a vaccine-preventable disease before returning for another visit.

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CBO says this year’s deficit will be larger than previously predicted, mostly because of smaller-than-expected tariff revenue

The Congressional Budget Office is projecting that this fiscal year’s deficit will be $2.1 trillion, about $200 billion more than what it predicted in early February.

The major reason for the change has to do with less revenue coming into the Treasury than projected as a result of the Supreme Court finding that the tariffs President Donald Trump imposed under an emergency powers law were unconstitutional.

The fiscal year runs through September 30.

Revenue totaled $4.5 trillion through the first 10 months of the fiscal year. That’s about 3% more than during the same period a year ago.

Meanwhile, spending increased about 5% from last year, rising to $6.3 trillion. Spending in the federal government’s major healthcare programs, Medicare and Medicaid, each increased by about 8%.

Trump signs waiver letting foreign trips carry oil and other goods among US ports for 90 days

Trump on Monday extended a waiver for 90 days for foreign ships to transport goods, including oil, fertilizers and other fossil fuel products, among U.S. ports.

The president first waived the Jones Act on March 17 so that it would be easier to transport oil and refined fuels among ports, reducing price pressures after the start of the war with Iran.

The extension will take effect on August 17.

Unlike previous extensions, the Pentagon will consult with the Maritime Administration to decide which voyages are exempt from the 1920 law containing the Jones Act. The waiver will only apply to cargo are sources of energy and commodities related to agriculture and food, such as soybean oil.

Ex Air Force secretary talking to lawyers after Trump admin revokes security clearance

Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said Monday that he’s talking to lawyers after the Trump administration revoked his security clearance last week.

Kendall, who has been critical of the administration, said in a post on LinkedIn that he’s “talking to lawyers and will have more soon.” He said he’s had his clearance for 60 years and was careful to say nothing classified.

The Pentagon revoked Kendall’s “eligibility” to access classified information and barred him from holding “any sensitive position,” alleging Friday that he disclosed sensitive information about Air Force One’s capabilities to the media.

It follows reporting last month, including from The New York Times, on security concerns over the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One, including that it lacked the advanced antimissile capabilities of its predecessor.

US military base in South Carolina renamed after late Sen. Lindsey Graham

A U.S. military base in South Carolina was renamed after the late U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham Monday, with Defense Department Sec. Pete Hegseth praising Graham’s dedication to the military and for “taking on a radical leftist ideology” in the armed forces.

Joint Base Charleston is now Joint Base Lindsey Graham, which includes an Air Force base and a Naval Weapons Station. Graham, who died last month, served in the Air Force, Air National Guard and reserves.

Hegseth praised Graham’s support of President Donald Trump’s historic $1.5 billion defense budget proposal. In praising Graham, Hegseth also employed the Trump administration’s strategy of linking Democrats to communism.

“The hard left declared war on our own military,” Hegseth said, adding that “it seems that many people have forgotten the reality of what communism looks like.”

Trump dismisses Iran’s call for war reparations

Trump is scoffing at the Iran’s call for reparations for devastation caused to the country by the U.S. and Israeli bombardment over the last five months, a demand he said hadn’t been raised by Tehran’s negotiators until now.

The Republican president, in a social media post, added that in response to the Iranian demand he’s directing negotiators to include “compensation from Iran, for all of the people that they have killed and gravely wounded with their roadside bombs and many conflicts.”

The U.S. government says Iran-backed militants have been responsible for the deaths and injuries of hundreds of Americans over the last several decades, including the 1983 bombing on a Marine compound in Beirut that killed 241 U.S. military personnel, the 1996 truck bombing of a U.S. Air Force housing complex in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 U.S. troops and wounded hundreds more, and the deaths of at least 603 U.S. troops in Iraq between 2003 and 2011.

Trump announces staff secretary Will Scharf will be his new White House counsel

President Donald Trump announced Sunday that his new White House counsel will be Will Scharf, the staff secretary who as the Trump-appointed head of the National Capital Planning Commission helped secure approval for the $400 million ballroom project.

Trump said that, beginning Sept. 1, Scharf will be replacing David Warrington, who will be leaving the administration to join the private sector. Trump noted that Scharf previously served as a federal prosecutor and represented him in a number of cases, including at the Supreme Court.

“Will is Tough, Strong, and Smart! He also loves our Country, and respects the Law,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Will Scharf will do a great job as White House Counsel!”

The shakeup in the White House counsel’s office comes at a critical juncture — just months ahead of the midterm elections, where Trump’s Republican Party will be fighting to hold on to control of Congress. Democrats have vowed to pursue investigations into Trump and his administration if they are successful in November.

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Trump officials propose new scrutiny of food additives and ingredients

U.S. health officials on Monday proposed a rule change that would require food manufacturers to notify regulators before introducing new ingredients or additives into processed or packaged foods.

The proposal would change a decades-old policy that advocates have called a regulatory loophole, blaming it for allowing thousands of unvetted ingredients into the U.S. food supply.

Under the proposed rule from the Food and Drug Administration, companies would have to document and submit their safety findings for new ingredients, giving regulators the opportunity to investigate if they see a potential safety risk. Currently companies can decide for themselves if an ingredient or additive is “generally recognized as safe” and there is no requirement for companies to notify or submit evidence to the FDA, although some do.

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State Department says it has revoked more 175,000 visas since Trump took office

The revoked visas had been granted to more than 175,000 foreigners who have endangered American citizens, broken laws or threatened U.S. national security, according to a statement issued Monday by the State Department.

The statement says most were revoked “due to law enforcement encounters for a range of criminal activity,” including assault, child abuse, drunken driving, drug violations, and embezzlement. It doesn’t say how many of those visa holders had been convicted of such crimes.

Some of the revocations involved “foreign nationals who celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk, including one who stated ‘when fascists die, democrats don’t complain’ and another who said he ‘died too late’, the statement said.

Veteran Democrats face strong challenges in Connecticut’s primary

Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont’s try for a third term must first clear a challenge by state Rep. Josh Elliott. And U.S. Rep. John Larson faces his first primary challenge in nearly 30 years, from former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, Hartford Board of Education member Ruth Fortune and state Rep. Jillian Gilchrest.

Both contests could help redefine the Democratic brand by replacing old guard figures with younger alternatives. Tuesday’s primaries also could extend a progressive winning streak in New York City, Colorado and the Michigan U.S. Senate primary.

Larson turned 78 in July. Concerns over his health and age arose last year after he suffered a seizure while delivering a speech on the House floor.

According to the chef operations manager of Primo’s Italian Restaurant on North Bayshore Drive, Richard James Scott called himself the son of God before he was finally handcuffed and arrested.

Cellphone video captured the moment police used a Taser on Scott outside the restaurant.

“It was a bad time for our people, for my employee, especially for the customers,” said Ugo Patierno, the restaurant’s chef operations manager.

Patierno said Scott tried to pay for a couple of drinks with a fake credit card before telling him to charge it to his room at the neighboring Doubletree by Hilton Grand Hotel. But the number Scott gave for the room was also fake: 666, Patierno said.

“He said, ‘I’m the son of God. So this is my room, you can charge on my room.’ I laughed the first time,” Patierno said.

Patierno said Scott eventually became aggressive, yelling at him and the staff. They asked him to leave, but he refused, and police were called, Patierno said.

According to Patierno, that started a prolonged interaction with police before Scott finally got up and walked out of the hotel restaurant.

Outside, he allegedly tried to get into a Rolls-Royce that wasn’t his. That’s when police used a Taser on him.

Scott was taken to jail, where he was booked on trespassing and disorderly conduct charges.

He appeared in bond court Sunday afternoon, where a judge set his bond at $650.

Scott was also ordered to stay away from the hotel and restaurant.

Lindsey Graham won the June 9 Republican primary for renomination to the seat he first won in 2002, but his unexpected death on July 11 from an aortic tear created a vacancy not only for his current U.S. Senate seat but also for his spot on the November ballot as the party’s pick to compete for another six-year term.

U.S. Sen. Darline Graham, who was appointed by Republican Gov. Henry McMaster to fill her brother’s vacant seat, has President Donald Trump’s endorsement to compete in the general election as the new Republican nominee. Among those challenging her in the special primary are U.S. Reps. Russell Fry and Ralph Norman, former Gov. Mark Sanford and business owner Mark Lynch, who ran against Lindsey Graham in the June 9 primary.

Norman recently sought the nomination for governor and placed third in the primary.

If no candidate receives a vote majority in the special primary, the top two vote-getters will advance to a special primary runoff on Aug. 25.

The winner will face Democratic nominee Annie Andrews, a Charleston pediatrician who challenged Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace in the 2022 general election.

Lindsey Graham last won reelection in 2020 with 54% of the vote. Trump carried the state in the 2024 presidential election with 58% of the vote.

Greenville County is the most populous in the state and typically contributes the most votes in statewide Republican primaries. It also has a bit of an independent streak. In the June 9 primary, a plurality of Greenville County voters preferred Lynch over Lindsey Graham in the U.S. Senate race and Norman over the two candidates who would advance to the runoff for governor.

Democratic-leaning Richland and Charleston counties have the next-largest populations and contribute a sizable number of votes in Republican primaries, but they tend to be more influential in Democratic contests.

Horry, Lexington and Spartanburg counties are also large counties that have big impacts on Republican primaries. Spartanburg was the only other county where Lynch outperformed Lindsey Graham in the June primary.

Besides Greenville County, Norman also was the top vote-getter in York County and three smaller neighboring counties, all in his 5th Congressional District, in the June gubernatorial primary.

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 7 p.m. ET.

What’s on the ballot?

The Associated Press will provide vote results and declare winners in the special Republican primary for U.S. Senate.

Who gets to vote?

Voters who participated in the Democratic primary on June 9 may not participate in the special Republican primary on Tuesday. Only Republican primary voters or registered voters who did not participate in any party’s primary may cast ballots in Tuesday’s election.

How many voters are there?

As of Friday, there were about 3.4 million registered voters in South Carolina. Voters in South Carolina do not register by party.

How many people actually vote?

About 465,000 voters cast ballots in the June 9 Republican U.S. Senate primary in which Lindsey Graham was renominated. About 319,000 voters participated in the June 23 Republican gubernatorial primary runoff.

How much of the vote is cast early or by absentee ballot?

About 29% of the vote in the June 9 Republican state primary was cast early in person or by mail.

As of Friday, about 42,000 ballots had already been cast in Tuesday’s election.

When are early and absentee votes released?

Nearly all of South Carolina’s 46 counties release all or almost all of their early in-person and mail voting results in the first vote update of the night, usually before releasing any results from in-person Election Day voting.

How long does vote-counting usually take?

In the June 9 primary election, the AP first reported results at 7:22 p.m. ET, or 22 minutes after polls closed. The last vote update of the night was at 12:19 a.m. ET, with more than 99% 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?

In South Carolina, recounts are automatic if the margin between the winning and losing candidates is 1% of the total vote or less. 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 84 days until the 2026 midterm elections.

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The Peanut Butter Jelly Project took over the second floor at Fort Lauderdale High School this year, as organizers stacked tables with backpacks, notebooks, pens and pencils.

All of the supplies were ready for students like Valeria Ruiz, who is looking forward to beginning fifth grade.

“I’m excited to start school next week because school is a place you make friends and you start learning about new things every year,” she said.

For 10 years now, Peanut Butter Jelly Project founder Brooke Waltzer has been lightening the load for families in need.

“Some of these lists that they get are $250-$300 for the whole school year,” she said. “Sometimes that means paying a light bill or getting your kids school supplies that they need.”

To go along with the new school supplies, changes are coming to the breakfast and lunch menus at schools in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

The universal free lunch programs have ended for many students, as only 141 Broward schools will offer free lunch while in Miami-Dade, only 121 schools will continue with free lunch.

For campuses that don’t qualify, parents will need to submit an application to determine whether their child can receive free or reduced lunch.

“This is a choice that I am making to feel more in control of my life,” Ocasio-Cortez, 36, said on Instagram about her decision regarding her reproductive options.

The New York congresswoman, a leading figure of Democrats' progressive left flank, did not say explicitly whether she plans to have children. She said in her social media posts that she was taking a “political risk” in talking so personally about her potential family plans.

She said later on ABC “This Week” on Sunday that she has not ruled out running for president or for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrats’ floor leader, Chuck Schumer of New York, in 2028. She explained that she wants to normalize conversations about what women face in their professional and personal lives, while also highlighting the policies of President Donald Trump's administration.

“In this political environment, where this administration is denying reproductive care to women across the country, from abortion rights to the ability to carry out a healthy pregnancy, I think it’s important for us as leaders to have these conversations,” she said.

Trump's administration opposes abortion rights, and the Republican president's first-term appointees to the Supreme Court provided the margins in the 2022 ruling that struck down the Roe v. Wade decision that had established a constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy.

Separately, however, Trump in 2025 signed an executive order designed to lower the costs of in vitro fertilization.

Ocasio-Cortez sponsored a Democratic bill in 2022, when the party controlled the House, to codify abortion rights into federal law after the Supreme Court's abortion decision.

As part of her weekend announcement, Ocasio-Cortez noted that women — in politics and other fields — face different standards and scrutiny about their family status.

“Men run for office, or frankly they interview for jobs, and people don’t think in the back of their minds, 'OK, this guy’s running for office, how old is he? Oh, well, is he going to want to start a family?'” she said.

But a mission that seemed temporary has been extended through January 2029. Residents and a new cadre of local officials see in it an unacceptable attempt by the federal government to restrict the heavily Democratic city's autonomy and, a year in, still question why having troops on the streets of the nation's capital is necessary.

“There’s a deep irony that here we are in the capital of the free world, and our president is treating it like a police state,” said Scott Michelman, legal director of the ACLU of the District of Columbia. “D.C. residents have lived with our National Guard troops in our neighborhoods for about a year, despite the absence of any genuine emergency and really any reason for them to be here.”

The continued deployment will be a major test for a new batch of political candidates expected to take office after the midterms this fall. Residents will look to them to push back on the Republican president's encroachment into the city's affairs — although they're limited in what they can do to counter it.

Temporary deployment goes on and on

On Aug. 11, 2025, Trump announced he was launching a federal law enforcement surge in Washington aimed at fighting crime. As of Aug. 4, more than 4,600 military personnel from D.C. and 24 states and territories were still deployed alongside unknown numbers of less visible federal law enforcement officers. Some are expected to be withdrawn toward the end of the summer.

Small groups of armed guard members have become a routine presence on the streets. They have supported arrest operations but are also seen patrolling tourist areas, such as along the Tidal Basin during the Cherry Blossom Festival and in neighborhoods such as Georgetown where violent crimes are rare. They've helped with medical emergencies, snow removal and beautification projects — initiatives that have received support from some residents.

Extending the deployment into 2029 will cost about $1.4 billion, the Defense Department estimates. Exact figures on what's been spent so far are unavailable, but the Congressional Budget Office projected in a report earlier this year the total cost for the first year of the deployment would be around $660 million, based on a monthly troop level of about 2,900, a figure that's fluctuated throughout the mission.

“President Trump has transformed D.C. from a crime-ridden city into a safe and beautiful haven for residents and visitors alike,” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said in an email.

Figures released Monday by the U.S. Marshals Service showed over 16,000 arrests have been made since the surge began, including 35 homicide suspects and 3,200 narcotics arrests. Authorities also have seized nearly 2,000 illegal firearms.

Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement that the arrests and weapons seizures "mean safer neighborhoods and lives protected."

Crime, which was falling before the surge began, continues to drop. Metropolitan Police Department statistics show overall crime was down 20% through Friday, compared with the same period in 2025. That includes a 32% drop in homicides, from 97 to 66.

But there’s a debate over how much of that success is owed to Trump’s mission or to yearslong local efforts to chip away at the crime rate.

What's certain is locals feel the weight of the deployment and don't see a clear way to push back against it. National Guard deployments to other cities have been blocked by courts, and a lawsuit challenging the deployment is pending, but critics of the surge aren't hopeful.

“The fact that we still have the National Guard walking our streets a year later with no end in sight is really demoralizing,” city council member Brianne K. Nadeau said.

Autonomy is a top priority for newly elected candidates

Because Washington is a congressionally established federal district, Trump has much greater influence over the police and D.C. National Guard, which he controls directly, including its commander.

The Home Rule Act, passed in 1973, allows residents to vote for local leaders, including the mayor and council members. Congress has oversight over the local budget and review authority of all laws passed and the ability to summon district officials to the Capitol routinely to explain themselves. The D.C. delegate to Congress is a nonvoting position.

The city’s governmental structure under home rule made it easy for Trump to do what he has done, Nadeau said.

“There isn’t really any political liability for national leaders to mess with D.C. because nobody really cares,” outside of those directly impacted, she said.

The law enforcement surge played a major role in Democratic primary elections in June, which elevated candidates who have made Washington's autonomy and statehood top priorities.

Janeese Lewis George, a democratic socialist who in the overwhelmingly Democratic city is likely to be its next mayor, has already rankled Trump. He threatened to put the city under federal control if she wins.

Robert White Jr., another pro-statehood candidate, won the Democratic primary for the city's seat in Congress.

And while they are hamstrung by the city's status, both hope they have strategies that can help fight back against the president and the deployment.

White told The Associated Press he plans to build “an army of residents” and allies to target swing districts and work at “un-electing" people critical of the district and “electing those who do support D.C.”

The action is similar to one a former D.C. congressional delegate, Walter Fauntroy, successfully pursued in 1972, mobilizing Black voters and allies against a South Carolina Congress member who had long opposed D.C.'s independence.

“He didn't deploy that strategy a bunch of times, but it sent a signal to people to lay off of D.C.,” White said.

The city's outgoing mayor, Muriel Bowser, avoided the kind of biting rhetoric and personal attacks typical of other high-profile Democratic leaders, despite the unprecedented intervention into her city. A major part of that was to avoid raising Trump’s ire and threaten what independence the city has.

In a statement Monday, Bowser called the surge an “unprecedented federal intervention" that highlighted D.C.'s lack of "statehood and autonomy.”

She credited her actions during the surge, including working with the federal government, with protecting home rule and keeping the federal emergency that gave control of the local police to the president from being extended.

“Still, unmitigated ICE activity in American cities and out-of-state National Guard troops in D.C. remain problematic," she said. "Like all Americans, Washingtonians deserve local control and accountability. My North Star remains clear: protect Home Rule, protect D.C.’s autonomy, and protect D.C. residents.”

Concerns over troops in the city during elections

Donna Powell, who is living part time in the city, said she and her husband walk and metro everywhere. “We’re already safe and beautiful,” she said. “We don’t need all these National Guard here.”

The money could be better spent “on healthcare and food for families that need it.”

The National Guard deployment has raised concerns among some over what the upcoming midterms and the 2028 presidential election will look like with troops on the streets.

“The last time this president was supposed to come out of power, Jan. 6 happened," said Alex Dodds, co-founder of FreeDC, an activist group that has protested the deployment by following and filming National Guard troops in quiet areas of the city far away from crime concerns. "Imagine if that happens again but this time he has 5,000 troops standing at the ready to be part of that situation. You know, that’s our worry.”

A spokesperson for the Meta CEO also said the crew didn't immediately hear the radio call for help and by the time it did, another nearby ship had already rendered assistance.

The Aug. 3 incident gained attention in recent days after a passenger on the cruise ship posted on social media that the captain had said Zuckerberg’s yacht “refused” to respond.

The U.S. Coast Guard said the 21-foot Hewescraft vessel first hailed it for assistance at approximately 9:32 p.m., using a radio frequency all boats are expected to monitor. About 25 minutes later, the Coast Guard determined the vessel was not in distress and issued an assistance request. The skiff was able to make it safely to Farragut Bay after the Wilderness Legacy cruise ship towed it there, and helped it refuel.

When another ship is in distress, everyone in the area is obligated to respond as long as doing so doesn't put their own ship at risk. But maritime law expert Ian Ralby said this situation appears different, and the crew of Zuckerberg's yacht wouldn't face that legal obligation.

“It’s the difference between calling AAA and 911. You need an ambulance on site, that’s a distress call. You need somebody to give you a jump or to tow your car, you call AAA,” said Ralby, who is president of the nonprofit Auxilium Worldwide that focuses on promoting sustainable development and ocean governance, among other goals. It is a big difference in terms of the emergency type, he said. "Both concerning, both needing assistance, but the legal obligations to respond are very different.”

No obligation to help a ship that ran out of gas

Zuckerberg and his family were not on the 387-foot Launchpad yacht when this happened, according to his spokesperson, who didn't specify what the yacht was doing at the time.

“As the Coast Guard noted, the boat was not in distress, and by the time the crew reviewed the Coast Guard contact on a different radio channel from the one they were operating on, the assist was already underway. We’re grateful all parties are safe," Zuckerberg's spokesman Brian Baker said.

Coast Guard veteran Aaron Davenport, who spent three decades with the branch of the military responsible for rescues on the water, said running out of gas simply isn't considered an emergency, and the Launchpad wasn't obligated to help.

“If Zuckerberg’s ship is there and this vessel just ran out of fuel, they’re under no obligation whatsoever to assist them. Zero,” Davenport said. “Is it that common courtesy to help other mariners out? Yes, because someday you’re going to need assistance.”

The Coast Guard also isn't going to automatically deploy ships when a ship runs out of gas, but Davenport said that in the harsh environment of Alaska a ship that ran out of gas could become an emergency if it drifts into some rocks or a storm is brewing. The fact that this cruise ship responded saved the Coast Guard a trip.

“Alaska is a remote place so it could easily go from non-emergency to emergency and very quickly,” said Davenport, who worked as a consultant on security and maritime issues for several years before retiring.

Cruise ship passenger's post drew attention to this incident

The Alaska Beacon first reported on what happened after Michael Love, who said he was a passenger on the Wilderness Legacy cruise ship, posted on Bluesky on Aug. 5.

“Our boat rescued a stranded vessel last night and apparently we did that after the Coast Guard radioed Mark Zuckerberg’s yacht — which was closer — and they repeatedly refused to respond. (There was near unanimous booing when the captain announced this),” he said.

Coast Guard determined the skiff wasn't in distress

The Coast Guard said in a statement that they determined within half an hour of when the skiff radioed in that the small ship wasn't in distress. A marine assistance request was broadcast on their behalf, and the Wilderness Legacy responded, reaching the 21-foot vessel about an hour later.

Ralby said it's a little unusual that the Launchpad crew missed the call for help because it is common practice for ships to always be monitoring channel 16 on their radios and keep it as the default frequency to hear any distress calls or emergency notices. But typically the Coast Guard tries to keep channel 16 as free as possible so they might announce an emergency on that channel and ask anyone who can help to switch to a different channel to hear the details.

“The situation was resolved without any harm to life," said Ralby, who is a maritime lawyer with experience in more than 100 countries. "It does not seem that there was any immediate issue in terms of threat to life of mariners or concerns for the marine environment, which are the two main things that lead to that urgent distress call where all mariners no matter who they are legally obligated to try and respond.”

Here’s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war and the wider Middle East on Monday. Full coverage can be found here.

Trump demands

Iran pay for decades of US military deaths

Trump's social media post Monday came after Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei stressed that Iran will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the U.S. meets its conditions.

Tehran wants the U.S. to end its blockade of Iranian ports, lift economic sanctions and release Iran’s frozen assets. It also said the U.S. must pay compensation for war damage.

“It is up to the U.S. side to stop and make amends for its illegal and destructive actions,” Baghaei said.

Trump responded that he is now demanding “compensation from Iran, for all of the people that they have killed and gravely wounded with their roadside bombs and many conflicts.”

The U.S. government has blamed Iran-backed militants for the deaths and injuries of hundreds of Americans over several decades. They include a 1983 bombing that killed 241 U.S. military personnel at a Marine compound in Beirut and the deaths of at least 603 U.S. troops in Iraq between 2003 and 2011.

Trump said he also wants Tehran to compensate the families of Iranian protesters who were killed.

“I have instructed my representatives to put this firmly into any, and all, future negotiations,” Trump said in his post.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz — through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s traded oil supplies passed before the war — has kept energy prices as a major focus of U.S. politics ahead of November’s midterm elections.

Iran's supreme leader is said to want 'unity' amid signs of division

Iran’s president said Monday the country’s supreme leader is calling for “unity and cohesion” as the Islamic Republic faces economic hardships and sanctions stemming from its war with the United States.

President Masoud Pezeshkian described a nearly seven-hour meeting with Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in an interview with Iranian state television that aired amid apparent tensions among the Islamic Republic’s leaders.

Pezeshkian told the state-run IRIB that he and Khamenei discussed “people’s livelihoods, the state of the market, employment, people’s housing,” as well as “problems that are now being created as a result of the (U.S.) sanctions.” He didn’t say when or where they met.

Most important, he said, was Khamenei’s emphasis on unity.

“All of the enemy’s plans are aimed at creating division,” Pezeshkian said. “What we have to do is prevent divisions from emerging.”

It is only the second time the Iranian president said he has met with the new supreme leader since Khamenei was appointed in March following a U.S.-Israeli strike that killed his father. Khamenei, believed to have been wounded in the same attack, has not appeared in public since then.

Iran names former Revolutionary Guard leader to top security post

Iran on Sunday appointed Mohsen Rezaei, a military adviser to its new supreme leader, to head its powerful Supreme National Security Council.

Rezaei commanded Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard from 1981 to 1997, a period that includes Iran’s 1980s war with Iraq. The 71-year-old hardliner last week threatened American forces with “serious risks and casualties” if the U.S. did not lift its blockade of Iranian ports.

Rezaei replaces Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, who will become a political adviser to Khamenei.

While Rezaei appears willing to negotiate with the U.S. to “secure Iran’s maximalist aims, including control of the Strait of Hormuz,” he has also been “unwilling to present any Iranian concessions,” wrote the Institute for the Study of War, a U.S.-based think-tank.

Israel declares closed military zone in Taybeh

Israel's military said Monday it had declared a Christian-majority town in the occupied West Bank a closed military zone to keep out Israeli settlers and other non-residents.

The new tactic is designed to keep Israelis out of Taybeh, which has been subject to arson, vandalism and settlers coming onto private and village property. The army said Palestinian residents and journalists would be allowed unless soldiers determine their presence poses a threat. The army said its troops would detain suspects and disperse gatherings to keep the peace.

The designation comes after months of the army and police struggling to maintain order throughout the territory, where at least 87 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli settlers or soldiers in 2026, according to the Ramallah-based Palestinian Health Ministry.

Yemen provides death toll on Sunday's Houthi attack on Red Sea

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Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacked a Red Sea port town controlled by government forces on Sunday, killing seven and injuring 30 people. Yemen’s Defense Ministry — which operates under its internationally recognized government — said four military personnel and three civilians were killed.

Clashes continued Monday near the village of Taiz. The Houthi group said a 13-year-old child was killed by artillery shelling and another child was injured.

The attack on Mokha is the latest in one of the largest waves of Houthi strikes on Yemeni military positions and areas held by the Saudi-backed government since a 2022 truce. It comes as threats to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz have renewed focus on the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb Strait at its southern tip.

En Francia, la agencia meteorológica nacional Météo-France advirtió sobre temperaturas cerca de los 40 grados Celsius (104 grados Fahrenheit) a partir del martes en el sureste del país. Y en el Reino Unido se anunció una alerta sanitaria por calor de nivel ámbar para la mayor parte de Inglaterra a partir del martes, entre previsiones de que las temperaturas alcancen los 36 grados Celsius (96,8 grados Fahrenheit) más adelante esta semana.

En varias partes de Europa, el calor extremo comenzó en mayo y ha contribuido a grandes incendios forestales, una sequía prolongada y nuevos récords nacionales de temperatura, además de una estimación de miles de muertes relacionadas con el calor.

A nivel mundial, hasta ahora este es el tercer año más caluroso, por detrás de 2024 y 2025, según muestran las estadísticas climáticas. Pero 2026 aún tiene tiempo para alcanzarlos. Gracias al doble golpe del acelerado calentamiento global provocado por el ser humano y un El Niño sobredimensionado —un calentamiento periódico de partes del Pacífico que provoca variaciones de temperatura en todo el planeta—, aumenta la probabilidad de que para finales de año 2026 pueda convertirse en el año más caluroso jamás registrado, señalaron científicos.

El mes pasado registró la temperatura media de la superficie del mar más alta jamás medida para julio en los océanos extrapolares, es decir, los océanos libres de hielo marino estacional, según la agencia climática europea Copernicus.

Eso se vio impulsado en parte por el desarrollo de condiciones de El Niño en el Pacífico ecuatorial, indicó el servicio. El nuevo récord de promedio para julio es de 20,96 grados Celsius (69,73 Fahrenheit), que superó el récord de 2023 de 20,89 grados Celsius (69,60 Fahrenheit).

Pero la temperatura media del aire en superficie a nivel mundial el mes pasado fue de 16,90 grados Celsius (62,42 Fahrenheit), lo que lo convierte apenas en el segundo julio más cálido registrado, empatado con julio de 2024, informó Copernicus.

Europa Occidental establece nuevo récord

En Europa Occidental, por su parte, el récord de temperatura media para el periodo junio-julio alcanzó los 21,62 grados Celsius (70,92 Fahrenheit), indicó Copernicus, derribando el récord de 2022.

“Los persistentes sistemas de alta presión atraparon el calor sobre Europa occidental; las temperaturas extremas también intensificaron la sequía generalizada", explicó Samantha Burgess, responsable estratégica de clima en el Centro Europeo de Pronósticos Meteorológicos a Medio Plazo. "A medida que los suelos se secan, pierden su capacidad de proporcionar enfriamiento natural, lo que permite que el calor se acumule con mayor facilidad”.

“Este es un claro ejemplo de cómo el cambio climático está intensificando los extremos de calor, y de cómo el calor y la sequía se refuerzan cada vez más entre sí”, añadió.

Tan solo en Francia, hubo alertas por ola de calor en mayo, algo sin precedentes documentados, cuando más de la mitad del país anotó nuevos máximos mensuales de temperatura. El calor se intensificó en junio, un periodo durante el cual se registraron al menos 5.700 muertes más de lo habitual, según la agencia de salud pública de Francia.

Météo-France indicó que el 23 de junio fue el día más caluroso jamás registrado en el país. Las temperaturas subieron hasta 44,3 grados Celsius (111,7 Fahrenheit) en el suroeste.

En julio se registraron otros dos episodios de ola de calor, lo que agravó un incendio forestal histórico en el suroeste de Francia que obligó a 220.000 personas a huir de sus hogares en uno de los mayores esfuerzos de evacuación del continente desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

España combate incendios forestales

Las temperaturas fueron ligeramente más frescas el lunes en el Reino Unido, pero el país se preparaba para su quinta ola de calor en un verano excepcionalmente caluroso y seco, que ha sumido en la sequía a la mitad de Inglaterra y toda Gales.

Datos provisionales muestran que Inglaterra y Gales han tenido su julio más seco en registros que se remontan a 1836, y que en 19 condados de Inglaterra no hubo lluvia durante todo el mes.

La alerta por calor advertía de probables impactos significativos en los servicios de salud, incluido un aumento de muertes entre las personas mayores y vulnerables.

Dos olas de calor que batieron récords en mayo y junio provocaron un exceso de mortalidad de más de 2.800 fallecidos vinculado a temperaturas extremas.

Un adolescente de 18 años murió tras tener dificultades en el mar en la playa de Camber Sands, en el sur de Inglaterra, el domingo, la más reciente de decenas de muertes registradas en aguas abiertas en los últimos meses.

En España, los bomberos combaten múltiples incendios, incluido uno que se declaró el viernes en Tírig, Valencia, que ha quemado más de 8 kilómetros cuadrados (3 millas cuadradas) y en el que han participado más de 300 efectivos y 21 aeronaves para combatirlo.

Un incendio forestal separado en la región sureña de Huelva había afectado un área de tamaño similar desde que se declaró el jueves. Aunque las temperaturas en toda España se mantienen altas, algunas partes del país esperan tormentas eléctricas el lunes por la tarde que podrían traer fuertes ráfagas de viento.

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Dazio reportó desde Berlín. Sylvia Hui en Londres y Suman Naishadham en Madrid contribuyeron a este despacho.

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In an “open letter to the football family” revealed on Monday, UEFA, CONCACAF and the AFC also said that “when trust is broken through deception, when an individual places himself above the collective that entrusted him with authority, that duty has been abandoned.”

UEFA runs soccer in Europe, CONCACAF does the same for North, Central America and the Caribbean, while the AFC governs the sport in Asia.

The letter was co-signed by UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin, AFC president Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa, CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani and three general secretaries.

“Football is the world’s greatest shared passion. It belongs to no individual and no institution. It belongs to the players, the fans, the clubs, the member associations and every institution entrusted with safeguarding its future,” the open letter said. “It is in that spirit, as confederations representing its members, that we speak collectively today.”

Infantino is facing a revolt after his failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private equity investors.

“It is not the conduct of a custodian of the game, but of one who believes the game is answerable to him,” the letter said. “These are not the qualities football deserves in its leadership. That is why we have taken this stance: not lightly and not alone, but together, and out of duty to the game we serve.”

UEFA previously issued a threat to boycott the World Cup and other FIFA competitions despite the governing body abandoning and apologizing for its failed plan.

Norway’s soccer federation called for Infantino to step down, while the English Football Association has also withdrawn its support for Infantino’s re-election next March.

“Football’s strength has always been its unity. We call for that unity to be honoured now,” the letter said. “For leadership that serves football, not seeks to command it.”

Last Wednesday, FIFA said it had apologized for errors made over the failed plan but that senior staff at a crisis meeting in Morocco “reaffirmed their full support” for his presidency.

However, the nature of the meeting was also met with criticism.

“FIFA’s own letter also confirms that only one elected official was present at the leadership meeting in Morocco,” the open letter said. “No FIFA Council members or Member Associations were invited to participate. Only the management committee, composed of FIFA-employed senior staff, was present.”

FIFA was also urged to go further than just acknowledging mistakes were made.

“It treats this as a failure of communication, when what football witnessed was a failure of judgment,” the letter said. “There remains no recognition that attempting to sell an interest in the FIFA World Cup was a profound failure of judgment — not just a procedural misstep, but a fundamental breach of trust with the very institutions FIFA exists to serve.”

In a statement Saturday, FIFA defended Infantino against what it called a “concerted and ongoing effort” to undermine his leadership of the organization.

That statement followed a report by British newspaper The Daily Telegraph raising questions about an exit package paid by UEFA to a female staffer who worked with Infantino when he was general secretary of European soccer's ruling body.

UEFA confirmed that a “departure payment” was made to the employee and said it was “in line” with regulations at the time.

Infantino worked at UEFA for 16 years before being elected FIFA president.

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Legislators voted 468-88 in favor of the measure that would only come into effect after Turkish authorities have verified that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has fully disarmed.

The PKK announced last year that it is ending its decades-long armed campaign against the Turkish state, declaring a decision to dissolve itself as part of the peace effort. The move came in response to a call from its imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan.

The group then staged a symbolic disarmament ceremony in northern Iraq, where it is based, and announced that it was withdrawing fighters from key locations in Turkey to Iraq.

Law could have regional implications

The measure, which is a step toward ending a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people, could have implications beyond Turkey’s borders, leading to closer Turkish-Iraqi ties. It could also support the Syrian government’s efforts to integrate areas that were under the control of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, affiliated with the PKK.

It also offers Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the opportunity to court the support of the pro-Kurdish DEM party to help him remain in office beyond the presidential two-term limit. Erdogan could run again if parliament calls an early election during his current term.

The 12-article legislation outlines the procedures for the group’s disarmament and the rehabilitation of thousands of PKK members.

It will suspend some prison sentences for convicted PKK members and postpone ongoing investigations and trials against others for five or 10 years, depending on the severity of the alleged offenses. If no terror-related crime is committed within the time frame, the cases will be dropped.

Militants convicted of intentional killings and those sentenced to life terms before 2005 are excluded from the bill’s provisions. This applies to Ocalan and other senior PKK figures.

The proposal also sets up ministerial and parliamentary committees to monitor the disarmament process. The measures will come into effect only after Turkey’s National Security Council confirms that the group has disbanded and surrendered all weapons.

Those wanting to benefit from the law will have six months to apply after the National Security Council’s decision is published in the official gazette.

Media reports have said exiled PKK members and those in Iraq and Syria are expected to benefit.

“With the armed organization laying down its arms and dissolving itself, we will build a new era in which peace, brotherhood, and solidarity will prevail,” Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus told reporters following the vote.

PKK says the legislation is a start but many things are missing

The PKK-linked ANF news outlet carried a statement from the group in which it said that the Turkish legislation is a “beginning” to resolving the outstanding issues but has “serious shortcomings and deficiencies.” It called for Ocalan’s release from prison, saying that the peace process can move forward only if he “lives and works freely.”

It also said that the legislation failed to address demands for democratic reforms and Kurdish rights, adding that PKK fighters would not give up their weapons and return to Turkey “if, upon returning to Turkey, they are unable to engage in democratic politics on the basis of freedom of thought and freedom of association, and if they are prosecuted and imprisoned because of their views or the organizations they establish.”

“The people of Turkey, who have paid a heavy price for many years, now have an opportunity to consolidate peace and build democracy,” Gulistan Kilic Kocyigit, of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party, or DEM, told parliament.

“Of course, the proposal has shortcomings, and we now have a responsibility to address these shortcomings,” she added, in an apparent reference to demands for greater rights for Kurds and for democratic reforms.

Musavat Dervisoglu, the leader of the center-right nationalist Good Party, which opposes the bill, said it “would pave the way” for Erdogan to stay in power.

Ocalan's release is not in the cards, but conditions might improve

DEM has lobbied for Ocalan, who has been imprisoned since 1999, to be granted official status to coordinate the transition process, leading to his release.

The current proposal, however, makes no mention of Ocalan’s status or possible release.

Media reports have suggested, however, that Ocalan’s conditions in his island prison off Istanbul will likely be improved, giving him broader visiting conditions and communication with the outside world.

The PKK has waged an armed insurgency since 1984 that has claimed tens of thousands of lives and spilled into Iraq and Syria. It has been designated a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union.

The group initially sought an independent Kurdish state but later shifted to demands for autonomy and expanded rights in Turkey.

Previous peace efforts between Turkey and the PKK have failed, most recently in 2015.

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Stella Martany contributed from Irbil, Iraq.