Tavel, a 10th-grade student, was cheering on the varsity team at Nova High School in Davie.

“They were punching me, kicking me,” Tavel said on Sunday.

Seven kids attacked him at the school at 3600 College Ave. The beating lasted more than a minute.

“Every time I talk about the video, I get emotional. He’s my only child,” Natasha Brown said on Sunday.

The teen suffered cuts all over his face and leg. Brown said he was hospitalized for a day

“He woke up yesterday,” Brown said. “He’s in pain.”

Davie police officers are investigating, and Brown wants answers.

“He doesn’t know the reason why he was attacked,” Brown said.

Monroe’s upper keys were under a coastal flood warning until 6 a.m. on Monday.

Monroe’s middle and lower keys were under a coastal flood advisory until 6 a.m. on Monday.

Monroe’s mainland was under a coastal flood statement until 2 p.m. on Monday.

Coastal Miami-Dade and Broward counties were under a rip current statement until 2 p.m. on Monday.

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Achane suffered the injury in the first quarter after gaining 11 yards on an outside run. He walked off the field with trainers and was later ruled out for the remainder of the game with a knee injury.

Miami entered the game already without wide receiver Caleb Douglas, who was ruled out after suffering an ankle injury in the Dolphins’ Week 2 35-13 loss to the San Francisco 49ers.

Kansas City wasted little time getting on the scoreboard.

After Miami won the coin toss and elected to defer, quarterback Patrick Mahomes connected with tight end Travis Kelce for a 48-yard completion on the Chiefs’ opening drive. Running back Kenneth Walker scored two plays later, giving Kansas City a 7-0 lead after a four-play, 67-yard drive that took 2:06.

The Dolphins answered with a promising drive led by quarterback Malik Willis.

Running back Ollie Gordon II powered his way into the end zone, while Willis used his mobility to extend plays and make several completions downfield. Miami’s defense then appeared to record its first sack of the season when linebacker Jordyn Brooks brought down Mahomes, but the play was negated by an illegal contact penalty.

Walker scored again on the following play, taking a shovel pass from Mahomes into the end zone to put Kansas City ahead 14-7.

Miami had a chance to tie the game before halftime but turned the ball over on downs when a fourth-and-4 slant intended for Malik Washington was broken up by the Chiefs.

Willis gave the Dolphins another big play later in the half, finding Chris Bell for a 44-yard completion. But Miami’s drive stalled when Willis fumbled on a quarterback keeper when the ball was knocked out of his hands.

The Dolphins regained possession late in the half when rookie linebacker Jacob Rodriguez intercepted Mahomes. Rodriguez won a tip drill for his first career interception, giving Miami the ball with 1:50 remaining.

Miami could not capitalize, and the Chiefs took a 14-7 lead into halftime.

Willis completed 11 of 17 passes for 112 yards in the first half and added 23 rushing yards.

Miami opened the second half with another strong drive, but an illegal shift wiped out a touchdown pass to Washington. The Dolphins settled for a 37-yard field goal by Riley Patterson, cutting Kansas City’s lead to 14-10.

Achane was officially ruled out shortly afterward.

Rodriguez continued to make an impact for Miami’s defense, stopping Walker for a loss as the Dolphins forced a Kansas City three-and-out.

But Kansas City answered with a field goal of its own. A roughing-the-passer penalty on Miami’s Chop Robinson extended the Chiefs’ drive, and Harrison Butker connected from 34 yards to make it 17-10.

Miami had another chance to even the score, but Willis’ fourth-down pass on fourth-and-5 was broken up, giving Kansas City possession.

The Chiefs then put the game out of reach when Mahomes found Kelce for a touchdown, extending the lead to 24-10. Kansas City was also able to intercept Willis in the closing minutes.

Mahomes finished 20 of 24 for 246 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. Walker finished with 18 carries for 70 yards and two touchdowns: one rushing and one receiving.

Willis continued to show promise despite the injuries around him, making several plays with his arm and legs while facing a Kansas City defense that consistently pressured Miami in key situations.

He finished 20 of 36 for 210 yards with no touchdown passes and an interception that was thrown at the end of the game but the stat sheet did not show his improvement from Week 1 to Week 3.

The Dolphins showed resilience throughout the game against a Super Bowl calibur Chiefs team but in the end, could not generate enough offense to overcome Kansas City’s balanced attack.

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Miami fell to 0-3 on the season and will travel to Minnesota next week to face the Vikings (2-0) at U.S. Bank Stadium.

Kansas City improved to 3-0 and will travel to Las Vegas to face the Raiders (2-0) at Allegiant Stadium.

About 1,700 people remained in shelters with the evacuations to stay in place until conditions improve, according to the country’s disaster agency CONRED.

Officials raised the alert level to red in Sacatepéquez, Escuintla and Chimaltenango, where about 29,000 people are affected by ashfall and schools remain closed. Authorities warned the next 72 hours were critical on Tuesday, as mudflows up to 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) long continue descending from the volcano, with incoming rain expected to increase the risk of additional volcanic mudflows.

Mudflows have not reached villages and no structures reported damaged or at risk. Claudinne Ogaldes, executive secretary of CONRED, recommended residents in the three municipalities cover their water deposits and use face masks as protection from ash.

The eruption started Monday morning, with clouds of gas and ash rising above the volcano as lava and pyroclastic flows rolled down the slopes. More mud and ash were emitted Tuesday.

Among those evacuated were around 250 people from El Porvenir and the hamlet of Las Lajitas. CONRED also warned of ash spreading to nearby towns.

A major highway that passes close to the volcano, National Route 14, was closed. The Education Ministry suspended classes in nearby towns.

During a previous eruption of Fuego, or the Volcano of Fire, in June 2018, hundreds of people were killed and a whole village was destroyed. Another eruption last year spurred preventive evacuations.

Achane pareció sufrir la lesión en el primer cuarto después de ganar 11 yardas en una carrera por el exterior. Salió del campo caminando acompañado por los entrenadores y posteriormente fue descartado para el resto del partido debido a una lesión en la rodilla.

Miami llegó al partido ya sin el receptor Caleb Douglas, quien fue descartado después de sufrir una lesión en el tobillo durante la derrota de los Dolphins 35-13 ante los San Francisco 49ers en la Semana 2.

Kansas City no perdió tiempo para ponerse en el marcador.

Después de que Miami ganó el sorteo y decidió aplazar su elección, Patrick Mahomes conectó con Travis Kelce para una recepción de 48 yardas en la primera serie ofensiva de los Chiefs. Kenneth Walker anotó dos jugadas después, dando a Kansas City una ventaja de 7-0 tras una serie de cuatro jugadas y 67 yardas que duró 2:06.

Los Dolphins respondieron con una prometedora serie ofensiva liderada por el mariscal de campo Malik Willis.

El corredor Ollie Gordon II se abrió paso hasta la zona de anotación, mientras Willis utilizó su movilidad para prolongar las jugadas y completar varios pases campo abajo. La defensa de Miami pareció registrar entonces su primera captura de mariscal de la temporada cuando el apoyador Jordyn Brooks derribó a Mahomes, pero la jugada fue anulada por una penalización por contacto ilegal.

Walker volvió a anotar en la siguiente jugada, llevando un pase corto de Mahomes hasta la zona de anotación para poner a Kansas City adelante 14-7.

Miami tuvo la oportunidad de empatar el partido antes del medio tiempo, pero perdió el balón por no avanzar las yardas necesarias cuando un pase en ruta inclinada en cuarta oportunidad y 4 dirigido a Malik Washington fue desviado por los Chiefs.

Willis dio a los Dolphins otra gran jugada más tarde en la primera mitad, conectando con Chris Bell para una recepción de 44 yardas. Pero la serie ofensiva de Miami se detuvo cuando Willis perdió el balón.

Los Dolphins recuperaron la posesión al final de la primera mitad cuando el apoyador novato Jacob Rodriguez interceptó a Mahomes. Rodriguez se quedó con un pase desviado para lograr la primera intercepción de su carrera, dando a Miami el balón con 1:50 por jugar.

Miami no pudo aprovechar la oportunidad y los Chiefs se fueron al medio tiempo con ventaja de 14-7.

Willis completó 11 de 17 pases para 112 yardas en la primera mitad y agregó 23 yardas por tierra.

Miami abrió la segunda mitad con otra sólida serie ofensiva, pero una formación ilegal anuló un pase de touchdown a Washington. Los Dolphins tuvieron que conformarse con un gol de campo de 37 yardas de Riley Patterson, reduciendo la ventaja de Kansas City a 14-10.

Achane fue oficialmente descartado poco después.

Rodriguez continuó teniendo impacto en la defensa de Miami, deteniendo a Walker para pérdida de yardas mientras los Dolphins obligaban a Kansas City a despejar después de tres jugadas.

Pero Kansas City respondió con un gol de campo. Una penalización contra Chop Robinson, de Miami, por rudeza contra el pasador prolongó la serie ofensiva de los Chiefs, y Harrison Butker conectó desde 34 yardas para poner el marcador 17-10.

Miami tuvo otra oportunidad de empatar el marcador, pero el pase de Willis en cuarta oportunidad y 5 fue desviado, dando la posesión a Kansas City.

Los Chiefs dejaron entonces el partido fuera del alcance cuando Mahomes encontró a Kelce para un touchdown, ampliando la ventaja a 24-10. Kansas City también logró interceptar a Willis en los minutos finales.

Mahomes terminó con 20 pases completos de 24 intentos para 246 yardas, dos touchdowns y dos intercepciones. Walker terminó con 18 acarreos para 70 yardas y dos touchdowns, uno por tierra y otro por recepción.

Willis continuó mostrando potencial a pesar de las lesiones a su alrededor, realizando varias jugadas con su brazo y sus piernas mientras enfrentaba a una defensa de Kansas City que presionó constantemente a Miami en situaciones clave.

Los Dolphins mostraron resistencia durante todo el partido, pero no pudieron generar suficiente ofensiva para superar el ataque equilibrado de Kansas City.

Próximo partido

Miami cayó a 0-3 en la temporada y viajará a Minnesota la próxima semana para enfrentar a los Vikings (2-0) en el U.S. Bank Stadium.

Kansas City mejoró a 3-0 y viajará a Las Vegas para enfrentar a los Raiders en el Allegiant Stadium.

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Pittsburgh (2-1) bounced back from a miserable performance last week at New England to blunt some of Cincinnati's early momentum.

Rodgers completed 19 of 34 passes, including a 47-yard catch-and-run to massive tight end Darnell Washington that helped set up Chris Boswell's go-ahead, 33-yard field goal with 2:18 remaining.

Cincinnati (2-1) had a chance late. The Bengals reached Pittsburgh territory, but Burrow fumbled after being sacked by defensive tackle Derrick Harmon. Pittsburgh rookie defensive lineman Sebastian Joseph-Day fell on the ball near midfield and the Steelers escaped.

Jaylen Warren had 176 total yards (127 rushing, 49 receiving) for Pittsburgh, which matched the high-powered Bengals score-for-score as Cincinnati watched a chance for its first 3-0 start since 2015 disappear.

Burrow passed for 292 yards and three scores, including an incredible 28-yard heave to Tee Higgins late in the first half. The ball fell into Higgins' abdominal area as the wide receiver boxed out Steelers defensive back Asante Samuel Jr. for position just across the goal line.

Yet the Bengals' opportunity to stamp themselves as front-runners in the AFC North disappeared with some self-inflicted wounds. A roughing-the-punter penalty in the third quarter extended a Pittsburgh drive that ended with a touchdown pass from Rodgers to DK Metcalf.

Cincinnati's Ke'Shawn Williams muffed a punt deep in Bengals territory midway through the fourth to set up the second of Boswell's three field goals that tied the game at 27.

Cincinnati backed up Pittsburgh deep in its territory late in the fourth, but the Steelers responded even after a run of 80-plus yards by Warren was wiped out by a holding penalty on Metcalf.

Rodgers, playing behind a new-look offensive line that included rookie first-round pick Max Iheanachor at right tackle, guided the Steelers 77 yards anyway to set up Boswell.

Pittsburgh's defense, playing without cornerback Joey Porter Jr. for a third straight game, spent much of the afternoon letting Burrow do whatever he wanted before Harmon crashed into Burrow and Joseph-Day, a sixth-round draft pick, fell on it to give first-year coach Mike McCarthy a needed boost.

Injuries

Bengals: LB Demetrius Knight left in the first quarter ... WR Colbie Young (knee) exited in the first half with a knee injury.

Steelers: CB Brandin Eichols was evaluated for a concussion after colliding with Williams during the botched second-half punt return.

Up next

Bengals: At Jacksonville next Sunday.

Steelers: Visit Cleveland on Thursday night.

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Lawrence also strangely gave himself up at the 1-yard line with nearly 9 minutes to play. It created countless laughs on the sideline. Bhayshul Tuten scored on the next play, which surely will cause angst in the fantasy football world.

Regardless, the Jaguars (2-1) won their sixth consecutive regular-season game at home and raised more questions about Drake Maye’s regression for the Patriots.

Maye fumbled twice, losing one, and threw two more interceptions before getting pulled in the fourth quarter with the game out of reach. He now has one TD pass and six INTs in three games. He threw 31 touchdowns and eight picks last season for the AFC champion Patriots (1-2).

Maye’s performance in this one was more alarming than his three-interception fourth quarter in the season opener at Seattle. The ball slipped out of his right hand with no one around him during one play. He threw into coverage on a third-and-goal play, resulting in Travis Hunter’s first career interception. He also threw a pass directly to cornerback Jarrian Jones that set up another score for Jacksonville.

New England had other issues, too: Andy Borregales missed a 38-yard field goal; Kyle Williams mistakenly stepped out of bounds on a kickoff return, giving the Pats the ball at their 9-yard line; and Mack Hollins was flagged for taunting at the end of a 9-yard reception, turning a fourth-and-1 play into a field-goal situation.

The Jaguars were much cleaner all afternoon.

Lawrence completed 19 of 29 passes for 182 yards, with an interception on a tipped pass. He connected with Jakobi Meyers and Josh Cameron for TDs. Cameron got significant snaps in place of Brian Thomas Jr., who dropped two passes in last week’s 20-13 loss at Denver.

Tuten finished with 73 yards rushing.

Patriots pull off a crazy play

Facing a first-and-30 play after back-to-back penalties, the Patriots dialed up some trickiness in Jacksonville territory. And it worked despite a lot of adversity.

Maye threw a backward pass to Elton Chism III, who had to elude Jones’ tackle near the sideline. Chism stayed on his feet and completed a pass to Mack Hollins that was tipped by cornerback Travis Hunter. It was far from pretty but resulted in a 16-yard gain that led to a field goal.

Little nearly hit an NFL record field goal

Jacksonville’s Cam Little just missed making a 70-yard field goal, which would have broken his NFL record. Little attempted the long kick at the end of the first half and pushed it just a couple feet right.

Little had the distance, which was no surprise considering he made a 70-yard in a preseason game against Pittsburgh in 2025. He set the real NFL mark later that year with a 68-yarder at Las Vegas in early November.

Key injuries

Patriots: RG Greg Van Roten left in the first half with a thigh injury and did not return. DT Christian Barmore (shoulder) and CB Carlton Davis III also missed snaps but later returned.

Jaguars: DT DaVon Hamilton stayed on the ground in pain after sacking Maye but was able to return a few plays later.

Up next

Patriots: Play at Buffalo next Sunday.

Jaguars: Play at Cincinnati next Sunday.

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In a statement posted on the company’s website, Walmart Inc.’s CEO John Furner vowed that the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer isn’t using personal information like income, shopping history or a customer’s willingness to pay to set prices, and it won’t be doing so in the future either.

“We don’t set different prices based on who you are or the time of day, and we won’t,” Furner wrote Friday. “Whether you’re buying groceries or electronics on a hot afternoon or in a sudden rush for an item, it’s never a reason to charge you more.”

The pledge from Walmart comes as concerns are mounting from some shoppers, consumer advocates and lawmakers skeptical about the rollout of digital price labels by the discounter and other stores. Digital price labels are rapidly replacing paper shelf tags at U.S. supermarkets and let stores change prices instantly from a central computer instead of having workers swap out paper labels by hand.

Furner noted that Walmart is also holding its artificial intelligence shopping assistant Sparky to the same promise and won’t be using the bot to raise a customer’s price or hide lower-priced options that meet their needs.

Furner said such practices would violate the company’s “every day low prices” business model.

He also noted that prices can change: Walmart lowers them when it can pass savings along, or sometimes raises them because an item costs more to buy or to transport, he said.

Walmart said in March that 2,300 Walmart U.S. locations already use digital shelves, and it expects this technology to be chain-wide within the next year.

Walmart executives have repeatedly said it uses electronic shelf price tags to help the retailer change prices consistently and match what rings up at checkout. It also saves workers time and reduces labor costs by replacing paper tags.

Last month, the Federal Trade Commission said that it’s putting companies on notice that the practice of personalizing pricing could violate consumer protection laws. The agency said it does not have the legal authority to ban personalized pricing in all circumstances, but it issued a new bulletin that warned companies that they must disclose to customers how the personal information is being used to set a price.

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Members of the Haitian Christian Leaders Coalition, the State Fellowship of Haitian Pastors, and the Family Action Network Miami were set to meet at 5 p.m. at the church at 14455 Memorial Highway.

The community leaders planned to call on lawmakers to restore the U.S. Temporary Protected Status that had provided a work permit and deportation protections to about 350,000 Haitians until July 27.

Democratic Sens. Edward J. Markey and Lisa Blunt Rochester introduced S.4814, legislation to designate Haiti for TPS on June 17. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer co-sponsored it.

Attorney Vanessa Joseph, the elected city clerk for North Miami, serves as the chair of the National Haitian American Elected Officials Network. She has been advocating for the legislation.

“In Florida, we have reached out to Senator Moody, we’ve reached out to Sen. Scott. We haven’t gotten any direct responses about support for this,” Joseph said on Sunday during “This Week In South Florida.”

For more information about advocates’ Haiti TPS National Days of Action events, visit this page.

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Para primeras horas del domingo, Nolo se encontraba a unos 418 kilómetros (260 millas) al suroeste del punto más meridional de Hawai y se alejaba de la Isla Grande a unos 19 km/h (12 mph). Aun así, la Agencia de Defensa Civil del condado Hawái indicó que seguían vigentes advertencias por vientos fuertes y oleaje elevado para partes de la isla hasta la noche del domingo, mientras los vientos máximos sostenidos de la tormenta alcanzaban los 165 km/h (105 mph).

Se espera que Nolo siga fortaleciéndose y gire hacia el noroeste para la noche del domingo, aunque el Centro Nacional de Huracanes de Estados Unidos señaló que el centro de la tormenta permanecería muy al sur y suroeste de las islas hawaianas. Se preveía que la tormenta se acercara al Monumento Nacional Marino Papahanaumokuakea, un área nacional de conservación, a comienzos de esta semana.

Los meteorólogos advirtieron que las bandas exteriores de Nolo podrían provocar inundaciones y deslaves que pongan en riesgo la vida, y se espera que partes de la Isla Grande registren acumulados de lluvia de hasta 51 centímetros (20 pulgadas). También se pronosticaban lluvias intensas en las otras islas.

“No salgan si no es necesario a ese entorno peligroso de inundaciones, y también de vientos fuertes. Podemos tener árboles y líneas eléctricas caídos”, aconsejó Michael Brennan, director del Centro Nacional de Huracanes.

El sábado por la tarde cayó lluvia intensa en la parte sur de la Isla Grande, lo que llevó a cierres parciales de una de las principales carreteras que conectan Kailua-Kona, en el oeste, con Hilo, en el este.

Cerca de la comunidad de Naalehu, en el extremo sur de la isla, se vio a integrantes de la Guardia Nacional guiando a un hombre que conducía por calles inundadas mientras intentaba salir de su casa bajo el fuerte aguacero. Se activó a más de 120 miembros de la guardia en la isla, como parte de unos 400 en todo el estado después de que el gobernador declaró emergencia.

Los residentes aún se recuperan del huracán Lala, que produjo lluvias intensas y vientos lo suficientemente fuertes como para sacar de sus cimientos a unas 100 viviendas en la Isla Grande.

Hawai se prepara para el borde norte de Nolo

Alrededor de una docena de personas estaban en el agua el sábado por la mañana en Carlsmith Beach Park, en Hilo, en la Isla Grande, pese a los letreros que indicaban que la playa estaba cerrada. Andrea Gill salió a su nado habitual antes de regresar a casa para resguardarse con su familia.

Los dueños de tiendas tapiaron negocios y se cancelaron eventos. Gill comentó que las tormentas son comunes, pero los huracanes son raros. Mantenía la esperanza de que las islas no recibieran el impacto total.

“Estamos acostumbrados a mucha lluvia. No estamos acostumbrados al viento. Así que siempre es una bendición cuando no nos llega el viento del huracán”, expresó Gill.

El presidente Donald Trump aprobó recientemente una declaración de emergencia, autorizando a la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA) a coordinar la asistencia y proporcionar apoyo de financiamiento.

Hawaiian Electric, la principal empresa de servicios públicos del estado, informó que las cuadrillas que ayudaban a restablecer la electricidad en Kauai tras el huracán Lowell de este mes regresaron a Oahu, Maui y la Isla Grande en respuesta a la tormenta.

El Pacífico ha estado inusualmente activo esta temporada, según el meteorólogo principal del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional Bob Oravec, con actividad de tormentas por encima del promedio durante lo que ya es el pico de la temporada de huracanes. Señaló que ese patrón es consistente con años de El Niño, cuando el Pacífico suele registrar más tormentas tropicales y huracanes.

El poderoso Polo en trayectoria prevista hacia México

Mientras tanto, partes de la península mexicana de Baja California aguardaban la llegada del huracán mayor Polo mientras se acercaba tras azotar otras zonas de la costa suroeste del país con lluvia y vientos fuertes.

Polo seguía siendo un peligroso huracán de categoría 3 con vientos máximos sostenidos de 205 km/h (125 mph) y se desplazaba hacia el norte-noroeste a 19 km/h (12 mph) a unos 460 kilómetros (285 millas) al oeste-suroeste de Cabo San Lucas, en el extremo sur de la península, informó el Centro Nacional de Huracanes de Estados Unidos la tarde del domingo.

El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional de México (SMN) informó en X que se espera que Polo toque tierra en Baja California el lunes.

La Marina mexicana señaló en un comunicado que ha reunido personal y ayuda humanitaria en los puertos de Guaymas y Mazatlán, en la costa del Pacífico de México, y ha desplegado tres embarcaciones que podrían transportar ayuda a comunidades costeras aisladas por el huracán.

Uno de los poblados en la trayectoria prevista del huracán es San Juanico, una pequeña comunidad pesquera en la costa de Baja California Sur, en el Pacífico. El pueblo solo cuenta con electricidad de tiempo completo desde hace un par de años, y aun así experimenta apagones frecuentes. Existe preocupación de que carreteras dañadas por el agua puedan bloquear el acceso al centro médico más cercano, a unos 80 minutos en Ciudad Constitución.

Gloriely Robles Meza, encargada en un pequeño hotel, dijo que están preocupados y que el Ejército mexicano llegó a San Juanico para preparar un albergue y brindar apoyo ante posibles emergencias. Una cuadrilla eléctrica también estaba allí para prepararse para la llegada de Polo.

También el domingo, la tormenta tropical Rachel se formó a gran distancia de la costa suroeste de México, informó el centro de huracanes estadounidense. Añadió que Rachel tenía vientos máximos sostenidos de 65 km/h (40 mph) y se encontraba a unos 485 kilómetros (300 millas) al sur de Acapulco, México. No había alertas ni alertas costeras vigentes.

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Contribuyeron los periodistas de The Associated Press Christopher Weber en Los Ángeles, Gabriela Aoun Angueira en San Diego, California, y Hannah Schoenbaum en Midway, Utah.

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Miembros de la Coalición de Líderes Cristianos Haitianos, la Asociación Estatal de Pastores Haitianos y Family Action Network Miami tenían previsto reunirse a las 5 p.m. en la iglesia ubicada en 14455 Memorial Highway.

Los líderes comunitarios planeaban pedir a los legisladores que restablecieran el Estatus de Protección Temporal de Estados Unidos, que había proporcionado permisos de trabajo y protección contra la deportación a unos 350,000 haitianos hasta el 27 de julio.

Los senadores demócratas Edward J. Markey y Lisa Blunt Rochester presentaron el 17 de junio la S.4814, una legislación para designar a Haití para el TPS. El líder demócrata del Senado, Chuck Schumer, copatrocinó la medida.

Esta Semana en el Sur de Florida

Chenal went down with 6:38 remaining in the half on a run by Seattle's Emanuel Wilson. The cart was brought out, and eventually the whole Washington team came off the sideline to surround him.

As Chenal was being carted off, fans began chanting his name. He was able to give a fist pump as he neared the tunnel.

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The 23-year-old Meerdink, who plays for AZ Alkmaar, made his first start for his country and he opened the scoring with a confidently taken penalty in the 30th minute before canceling Luka Jović’s equalizer after the break with what proved to be the winner in the 69th.

It was set up by Ruben van Bommel, who has now created as many goals in as many games for the Dutch after his brilliant cross for Cody Gakpo’s late equalizer in the 1-1 draw with Germany on Friday.

Meerdink, who made his second appearance after his debut Friday, has two goals in as many games.

They gave the Netherlands its first win in Group A2, where Germany hosted Greece in Augsburg later.

Ireland vs Israel on and off the field

Israel will play Ireland later in Debrecen, Hungary in a match that has faced bitter opposition in Ireland over Israel’s actions in Gaza.

Reserve goalkeeper Gavin Bazuno decided Saturday to boycott both of Ireland’s games against Israel because of what he said was his “personal belief that the killing of innocent people is wrong.”

The remaining Irish players intended to wear black armbands and refrain from the customary pre-game niceties.

Austria defeated Kosovo 3-1 in the other Group B3 game Sunday.

Also, Denmark defeated Wales 2-0 for its first win in Group A4, where Norway hosted Portugal later.

Lithuania and Azerbaijan drew 1-1 in Group D2.

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Vucic’s second presidential term would otherwise end in May next year. He is banned by the Serbian Constitution from seeking a third term and said he was resigning to lead his right-wing Serbian Progressive Party in the Oct. 25 ballot.

The governing populists face a major challenge at the ballot box from a youth-backed movement that led the protests triggered by the Nov. 1, 2024, train station canopy collapse that killed 16 people in the northern city of Novi Sad.

University students demanded accountability for the tragedy. Their struggle for justice and against corruption has grown into a strong movement that will attempt to oust Vucic’s government after 14 years in power. Vucic himself has been either prime minister or president for the past 12 years.

“I am resigning the duty of the President of the Republic,” Vucic said, reading the text of his resignation.

Tensions are rising ahead of high-stakes October ballot

The ballot in October will be held against a backdrop of high political tensions as Vucic’s populists seek to remain in office despite widespread popular discontent. His decision to run for prime minister is seen as a carefully planned maneuver to retain a top position, and to boost his party’s chances against the student movement.

Before signing his resignation, Vucic briefly addressed his supporters outside the presidency building in Belgrade. He said “tonight is a very special occasion for me, my last evening in this beautiful building.”

“But I look to the future with joy, new victories await us,” he told the crowd as they chanted his name. “Let’s beat them (opponents) more convincingly than ever before.”

Vucic in recent weeks has toured the country tirelessly in a live coverage on pro-government media. He has opened new roads, offered assistance money and cheaper medicines, and visited voters in their homes. More recently, Vucic was filmed driving in his brother’s car to some of the events.

The prime minister in Serbia is formally more powerful than the president. But Vucic still took a dominant role during his two five-year terms, sometimes presiding over government sessions and routinely announcing all important decisions and plans.

The Independent Bureau for Social Research, or BIRODI, has filed a complaint alleging that Vucic has abused a public institution as president to promote his party, which he has dismissed. There has been no response from the anti-corruption authorities that are under government control.

Presidential vote to be held later

After Vucic’s resignation, the acting president will be a close ally and former prime minister, Ana Brnabic, who is the outgoing speaker of Serbia’s 250-member Parliament.

Vucic said the first round of the early presidential election must be held by the end of this year because of a 90-day deadline.

Vucic and his party have been accused of rampant corruption, organized crime links and a clampdown on democratic freedoms, including the critical media. The SNS party has gradually taken control over all state institutions since coming to power in 2012, while denying abuse of office and repeatedly pledging to fight graft.

The student-backed election list includes little-known experts, professors, teachers, athletes and other individuals from all walks of life. Groups of students have been touring the country on bicycles as part of their campaign calling for the rule of law and an end to corruption.

Analysts say the student group and Vucic are polling close, heralding a tight race and a referendum-like atmosphere. Also running are Vucic’s allies, the Socialist Party, a pro-EU opposition alliance and several smaller groups.

Vucic said that as of Monday, he will be “everywhere in Serbia to listen to the people.” While praising his government's achievements, Vucic contended that “I have made mistakes but I have worked diligently like hardly anyone in this position.”

Vucic also said he had pardoned 49 people before leaving the office, including 23 who have been prosecuted for alleged offenses during the protests. They include a group of anti-government activists who fled Serbia after being accused of anti-state activities.

Authorities have pushed hard against protesters with police violence and detentions as Vucic, without offering evidence, accused his opponents and critical media of intending to “destroy the state” under unspecified foreign influence.

He told Serbia’s state-run RTS Television earlier on Sunday that foreign powers and unidentified people in the country plan to stir unrest on election night.

Serbia’s efforts to join the European Union have stalled under Vucic because of democratic backsliding and a refusal to join sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine.

Stephens apologized and expressed empathy for Moore and his family in a statement issued by the Trojans. Coach Lincoln Riley condemned Stephens' actions while announcing the suspension for his starting linebacker, who won't play when No. 18 USC (4-1, 1-1 Big Ten) hosts Washington (3-1, 0-1) next weekend.

“Desman’s actions in last night’s game are unacceptable and are not reflective of USC football nor of his personal character,” Riley said. “He understands his mistake, accepts the consequences of his actions and will learn from this. The entire Trojan Family wishes Dante a full recovery, and we send our best regards to him and his family.”

Stephens, a junior from Clarkston, Michigan, was ejected for targeting after he dived in to hit Moore while the Heisman Trophy candidate slid to the turf in the red zone during the second quarter of No. 15 Oregon's 41-27 victory Saturday night at the Coliseum.

Moore's head snapped back and hit the turf hard, and he was motionless on the grass while the Ducks confronted the celebrating Stephens in a melee on the field. Moore, whose hands went up after the hit in what appeared to be an involuntary body posture, eventually left the field on a stretcher and in an ambulance with a neck brace.

“I want to sincerely apologize for my actions during yesterday’s game,” Stephens said. “Seeing a player injured like that is incredibly serious, and my reaction in the moments afterward was completely inappropriate and inexcusable. Regardless of what was going through my mind at the time, there is no justification for smiling or celebrating while another player receives medical attention. I take full responsibility for my actions. That is not the person or teammate I want to be, and I will learn from this.

“I am deeply sorry to Dante, his family and everyone who saw my reaction. It is not representative of USC or our program. I hope he makes a full and speedy recovery.”

The Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Oversight Committee in March approved a one-year trial rule for this season that gives a player a break for his first targeting penalty and clears the way for him to play in the next game. Since this was Stephens’ first such penalty, he would have been eligible to play against the Huskies had USC not suspended him.

Moore was back in Eugene on Sunday after receiving medical treatment in Los Angeles, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because Oregon had not publicly provided an update on Moore’s status. CBS Sports reported that Moore had a concussion.

Stephens' hit was undeniably late and dangerous, with Oregon coach Dan Lanning calling it “disgusting.” Stephens drew even more ire from the Ducks players and online for celebrating on the field, smiling on the bench and later returning to the Trojans' sideline in the second half after being ejected.

Riley defended Stephens' return to the sideline Saturday night, saying he was allowed back because “he's on our football team.”

Moore had feeling in all of his extremities Saturday night, and Lanning was cautiously optimistic about his star quarterback's health. Former Nebraska starter Dylan Raiola took over for Moore and seamlessly led the Ducks past the Trojans for their fifth consecutive win since 2016 in this former Pac-12 rivalry.

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By early Sunday, Nolo was about 260 miles (415 kilometers) southwest of Hawaii's southernmost point and was moving away from the Big Island at about 12 mph (19 kph). Still, the Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency said a high wind warning, wind advisory and high surf advisory remained in effect for parts of the island through Sunday evening as Nolo's maximum sustained winds increased to near 105 mph (165 kph).

Nolo was expected to strengthen further and turn toward the northwest by Sunday night, though the National Hurricane Center said the storm's center would remain well south and southwest of the Hawaiian Islands. The storm was expected to approach the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, a national conservation area, early this week.

Forecasters said Nolo's outer bands could cause life-threatening flooding and mudslides, with parts of the Big Island possibly getting up to 20 inches (50 centimeters) of rain. Heavy rain also was expected on the other islands.

“Don’t venture out if you don’t have to into the dangerous flooding environment, but also high winds. We can have trees and power lines down,” said Michael Brennan, director of the National Hurricane Center.

Heavy rain fell across the southern part of the Big Island on Saturday afternoon, prompting partial closures of one of the main highways linking Kailua-Kona in the west to Hilo in the east.

Near Naalehu, at the island’s southern point, National Guard members were seen guiding a man driving through flooded streets as he tried to leave his home during a downpour. More than 120 guard members were activated on the island, part of roughly 400 statewide after the governor issued an emergency proclamation.

Residents are still recovering from Hurricane Lala, which produced heavy rain and winds strong enough to sweep about 100 homes off their foundations on the Big Island.

Hawaii prepares for northern edge of Nolo

About a dozen people were in the water Saturday morning at Carlsmith Beach Park in Hilo on the Big Island, despite signs saying the strand was closed. Andrea Gill was out for her regular swim before heading back home to hunker down with family.

Shop owners boarded up businesses, and events were canceled. Gill said storms are common, but hurricanes are rare. She was holding out hope that the islands might not get the full impact.

“We're used to lots of rain. We're not used to wind. So it's always a blessing when we don't get the wind from the hurricane,” Gill said.

President Donald Trump recently approved an emergency declaration, authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate assistance and provide funding support.

Hawaiian Electric, the state’s primary utility, said crews helping restore power in Kauai after this month’s Hurricane Lowell returned to Oahu, Maui and the Big Island in response to Nolo.

The Pacific has been unusually active this season, according to National Weather Service lead forecaster Bob Oravec, with storm activity running above average during what is already the peak of hurricane season. He said that pattern is consistent with El Niño years, when the Pacific often sees more tropical storms and hurricanes.

Powerful Polo on forecast path toward Mexico

Meanwhile, parts of Mexico's Baja California peninsula awaited the arrival of major Hurricane Polo as it edged closer after lashing other parts of the country's southwest coast with rain and strong winds.

Polo remained a dangerous Category 3 hurricane with top sustained winds of 125 mph (205 kph) and was moving to the north-northwest at 12 mph (19 kph) about 285 miles (460 kilometers) west-southwest of Cabo San Lucas at the peninsula's southern tip, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Sunday afternoon.

Mexico's National Meteorological Service, or SMN, said in a post on the social media platform X that Polo was expected to make a Baja landfall on Monday.

The Mexican navy said in a statement that it has gathered personnel and humanitarian aid in the ports of Guaymas and Mazatlan, on Mexico’s Pacific Coast, and has deployed three vessels that could ship aid to coastal communities isolated by the hurricane.

One of the towns in the hurricane's projected path is San Juanico, a small fishing community on Baja’s Pacific coast. The town has only had full-time electricity for a few years, and still experiences frequent outages. There is concern that washed-out roads could block access to the closest medical facility, about 80 minutes away in Ciudad Constitucion.

“Our people are concerned about this event,” said Gloriely Robles Meza, a manager at a small hotel. “We haven’t faced such a worrying situation in many years.”

Robles Meza said Sunday that the Mexican Army arrived in San Juanico to prepare a shelter and to provide support for possible emergencies. An electrical crew was also there to prepare for Polo’s arrival.

Also Sunday, Tropical Storm Rachel formed well off Mexico's southwest coast, the Miami-based U.S. hurricane center said. It added that Rachel had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) and was located about 300 miles (485 kilometers) south of Acapulco, Mexico. No coastal watches or warnings were in effect.

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The Gators’ 24-point win over Mississippi on Saturday earned them a 13-rung promotion to No. 8, their highest ranking since 2020 and first top-10 appearance since 2021.

Texas, Georgia and Notre Dame held their grip on the top three spots in the poll. Miami was a season-high No. 4, and Ohio State moved up two spots to No. 5.

Indiana, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and BYU rounded out the top 10. That’s a five-spot drop for the Rebels.

Stick around for projections and live updates.

AP Top 25 rankings

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

1. Texas

2. Georgia

3. Notre Dame

4. Miami

5. Ohio State

6. Indiana

7. Alabama

8. Florida

9. Ole Miss

10. BYU

11. LSU

12. Texas Tech

13. Utah

14. Iowa

15. Oregon

16. Mississippi State

17. Tennessee

18. USC

19. Oklahoma State

20. Houston

21. SMU

22. Boise State

23. UCLA

24. Kentucky

25. Missouri

Dante Moore suffers a scary injury against USC

By MAURA CAREY

Oregon quarterback Dante Moore went down with a scary injury after USC linebacker Desman Stephens hit him late on a slide on Saturday night.

Moore laid motionless on the field before being carted off and taken to a nearby hospital in an ambulance.

Stephens was ejected for targeting, and the game was delayed 15 minutes as a result.

Oregon backup and former Nebraska quarterback Dylan Raiola added a spark off the bench, completing 19 of 25 passes for 289 yards and two touchdowns and guiding Oregon to a 41-27 win.

“He’s in recovery, so I don’t want to speak too soon, but he’s moving,” Oregon coach Dan Lanning said after the game. “We’ll continue to assess him, but I don’t want to speak too soon, but he’s moving.”

No. 21 Florida sends No. 4 Ole Miss packing

No. 21 Florida made its biggest statement yet with a 52-28 win over No. 4 Ole Miss.

The Gators had six rushing touchdowns, with standout running back Jadan Baugh accounting for three of them and 142 rushing yards. Duke Clark added 126 rushing yards and a score. Quarterback Aaron Philo also ran one in and completed 16 of 23 passes for 196 yards and a touchdown.

It’s the first defeat this season for Pete Golding’s Rebels, who took a trip to the swamp after a highly anticipated 32-24 win against rival LSU.

This weekend, Florida outscored Ole Miss 21-7 in the fourth quarter to come out with the win.

“I didn’t come here for us to be average,” Florida coach Jon Sumrall said after the game.

Texas A&M and Oklahoma fall to 2-2 overall

Two of the SEC’s highly ranked College Football Playoff teams — Texas A&M and Oklahoma — each lost this weekend.

Both teams have plummeted in the rankings recently. The Sooners tumbled out of the AP Top 25 after a loss to Michigan and a shaky win against New Mexico in back-to-back weeks. Texas A&M dropped to No. 23 last week following a 31-21 upset loss to Kentucky.

The Aggies lost 35-6 to No. 10 LSU on Saturday, and the Sooners fell 41-13 to No. 2 Georgia.

Police responding to the 7:21 a.m. shooting on a largely residential street found three men who had been fatally shot, Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison told reporters at a news conference.

Four more people – two men and two women – were taken in private cars to area hospitals.

All the victims are thought to be in their 20s and 30s, Bettison said.

“A fight occurred, an altercation occurred, and as a result individuals decided to settle it with gun violence,” he said.

“This address is not new to the Detroit Police Department,” he said, noting police had seven calls to the location this year. He said the department had leads but wouldn’t discuss them any further.

“This was an after-hours location,” he said of the shooting scene. “Imagine a strip club. … I’ll leave it at that.”

Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield urged anyone with information to contact authorities.

“We know that we need more people to speak up to bring justice to the situation,” she said at the news conference. “It’s heartbreaking and our community should not suffer from this type of violence.”

The city council of Heidenau, southeast of Dresden, on Thursday voted to end the practice of laying the engraved brass plaques featuring the names of Holocaust victims into sidewalks — often in place of cobblestones and near the homes where they once lived.

Created by German artist Gunter Demnig, the Stolpersteine, or “stumbling blocks” in German, are the palm-sized memorial plaques that bear the names and fates of Jews and others persecuted by the Nazis. They have become a prominent form of Holocaust remembrance in Germany.

The first block was laid in the western city of Cologne in 1992, and today more than 126,000 can be found in over 30 countries across Europe, honoring some of the 6 million Jews and others killed in the Holocaust.

City councilors from the AfD and Merz’s center-right Christian Democratic Union came together behind the municipal action, whose promoters claimed that many relatives of Holocaust victims consider the stones to be an inappropriate form of remembrance because passersby walk on them.

Strong reactions criticize the move

But Israel’s ambassador to Germany, Ron Prosor, said he was “ashamed,” adding that some of the plaques in Berlin commemorated his own relatives. “And in Germany in the year 2026, a city council decides to no longer install new Stolpersteine,” he wrote on X.

Many Jews have traveled to Germany to attend the stone-laying ceremonies, often to remember victims who were gassed in Nazi concentration camps. The plaque-covered blocks amount to the closest thing to a grave or a burial.

Christian Meyer-Heidemann, the state commissioner for political education in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein, blasted the decision in Heidenau, telling the German news agency dpa that it amounted to “a deliberate attack on our culture of remembrance.”

The town of about 16,000 is not alone in rejecting the plaque commemorations. Munich does not permit Stolpersteine to be laid on city-owned land, and has come up with alternative memorials. Some Jewish leaders there have objected to them on the grounds that they allow victims’ names to be trampled on.

AfD has tried to downplay Nazi-era crimes

The anti-immigration AfD, which has a stronghold in eastern Germany, has been riding a wave of popularity. The party is fresh off electoral successes in two states, and polls suggest it’s now the most popular party in Germany.

Merz, the CDU leader, has rejected any cooperation with the AfD, which has been criticized for brushing aside memories of the Nazi era that have influenced Germany’s politics and mindset throughout the postwar era.

The AfD’s successes have tested the longstanding policy of mainstream parties not to cooperate with it. The party has been classified by Germany’s domestic intelligence agency as an extremist group in some regions.

“Following the AfD’s electoral successes, it was certainly to be expected that something like this would happen,” Demnig was quoted as saying by dpa. He accused the CDU of “leaving their Christian roots behind.”

El mandatario de signo conservador dio a conocer en su cuenta de X la baja de alias “Robinson Gutiérrez”, cabecilla político y financiero de la estructura Teófilo Forero Castro, de las disidencias de la Segunda Marquetalia comandada por alias “Iván Márquez”. Calificó a la acción como un golpe a esa estructura armada.

“Este criminal está implicado el asesinato de Miguel Uribe Turbay ”, aseveró De la Espriella sobre “Gutiérrez”, a quien señaló de dirigir redes de extorsión, amenazas a campesinos, reclutamiento de menores y acciones terroristas contra la población civil la fuerza pública en los departamentos del Huila y Caquetá.

El comandante de las Fuerzas Militares, general Erik Rodríguez, informó en la misma red que otros tres miembros de la agrupación armada ilegal fueron capturados.

Uribe Turbay falleció en agosto del anterior año tras permanecer más de dos meses en estado crítico luego de un ataque armado mientras realizaba un acto político en la capital. Tenía 39 años.

La Fiscalía acusó a seis miembros de la Segunda Marquetalia, -considerada por las autoridades como una de las más grandes disidencias de las extintas FARC- por supuestamente ordenar la muerte de Uribe Turbay con la intención de provocar un “impacto” en la política y democracia colombianas.

La Segunda Marquetalia, remanente de las antiguas FARC que se reagrupó en 2019, está al mando Luciano Marín Arango, alias “Iván Márquez”, a quien el presidente lanzó una advertencia el viernes durante la extradición a Estados Unidos de alias “Araña” de los Comandos de la Frontera: “Otro narcoterrorista que vamos a dar de baja o vamos a extraditar es Iván Márquez”, apuntó.

“Márquez” fue uno de los principales negociadores en el acuerdo de paz firmado hace una década entre el Estado y la extinta guerrilla, pero retomó las armas junto a otros desertores fundando a las citadas disidencias.

The rerelease grossed $26 million over the weekend and another $60 million overseas, according to studio estimates Sunday. The film, which grossed $2.8 billion in 2019, was put back into theaters with several new end-credits scenes and an introductory thank you to fans from Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans.

Among rereleases, only the 1997 release of “Star Wars: A New Hope” ($35.9 million) and the 2011 repeat of “The Lion King” ($30.2 million) have opened higher than “Endgame” in domestic cinemas.

Hollywood has increasingly turned to rereleases in recent years to take advantage of holes in the release schedule. But The Walt Disney Co. rerun, billed as “Endgame: Encore,” came out on top on an especially crowded weekend in theaters.

Three well-reviewed new releases — A24’s “Primetime,” with Robert Pattinson; Paramount Pictures’ “Heart of the Beast,” with Brad Pitt; and Universal Pictures’ “Forgotten Island” — all landed in theaters.

Second place, though, went to Zach Cregger’s reboot of “Resident Evil.” The Sony Pictures release followed up its above-expectations debut with $23.3 million in its second weekend. In two weeks, the video-game adaptation has grossed $103.5 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters.

In a close race for third place, “Heart of the Beast” came out just ahead of “Primetime” with an estimated $20 million from 3,435 theaters. Directed by David Ayer, the film stars Pitt as a retired veteran who must trek through the Alaskan wilderness with his combat dog after a plane crash. It added $30.1 million in international theaters.

Pattinson drives ‘Primetime’ sales

But the opening for “Primetime” was more impressive. “Heart of the Beast” cost $82 million to produce, making its path to profitability challenging. “Primetime,” starring Pattinson as “To Catch a Predator” host Chris Hansen, was made with a modest budget of $15 million and it opened in 500 fewer theaters.

Yet “Primetime,” buoyed by strong reviews and buzz out of the Venice Film Festival, debuted with $19.2 million. For Pattinson, who also starred this year in A24’s “The Drama” and Universal’s “The Odyssey,” the strong performance showed the actor’s drawing power with Gen Z audiences.

Some 69% of ticket buyers for “Primetime” were under the age of 30. Gen Z has emerged as the most regular moviegoing demographic, fueling hits this year like “Obsession” and “Backrooms.” “Primetime” is directed by 30-year-old documentarian Lance Oppenheim, who co-directed the much-anticipated Elizabeth Holmes documentary, “You Can See Everything,” due out next month.

“Forgotten Island,” from DreamWorks Animation, had a hard time standing out. The film, which cost $80 million to make, opened in fifth place with a disappointing $12.8 million domestically. In 31 overseas markets, “Forgotten Island” also didn’t make much of a dent, grossing $7.8 million internationally.

Universal will hope family audiences catch up to the movie that landed the weekend’s best CinemaScore (an “A”) and the best reviews (94% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes). “Forgotten Island,” directed by Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado, is about two friends who get stranded in a mystical world.

The confluence of releases added up to a historically good September weekend in theaters. According to Rentrak, ticket sales were up 58.5% from the same weekend last year. The domestic box office has massed $7.8 billion thus far, putting it 19% ahead of last year.

Top 10 movies by domestic box office

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

1. “Avengers: Endgame: Encore,” $26 million.

2. “Resident Evil,” $23.3 million.

3. “Heart of the Beast,” $20 million.

4. “Primetime,” $19.2 million.

5. “Forgotten Island,” $12.8 million.

6. “Practical Magic 2,” $5.7 million.

7. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” $4.1 million.

8. “The Odyssey,” $3.7 million.

9. “Coyote vs. Acme,” $1.9 million.

10. “Daniel and the Fiery Furnace,” $1.5 million.

Welcome back, NBA.

Media Day — the spectacle where teams open their doors for interviews and photo shoots — for most teams is Monday, a prelude to the start of training camp practices on Tuesday. Houston and Dallas held their media events last week, as they were permitted to start early because they have overseas travel coming during the preseason.

For the other 28 clubs, the journey officially starts Monday.

“I'm going to get back to my real job,” reigning NBA Finals MVP Jalen Brunson of the champion New York Knicks said as he signed off from his role hosting the season premiere of “Saturday Night Live” on NBC.

There are six coaches in new roles entering the season, including Dallas' Dusty May — who led Michigan to the NCAA title last spring and then found an offer to jump to the NBA with the Mavs too enticing to turn down.

May's first Dallas camp is already underway. The other five new coaches — Jamahl Mosley in New Orleans, Sean Sweeney in Orlando, Taylor Jenkins in Milwaukee, Tiago Splitter in Chicago and Micah Nori in Portland — will lead their first practices in their new spots on Tuesday.

“There have been a few active coaches that I've leaned on for advice, not as much strategy as just the day-to-day planning, the future, things like that,” May said, talking about how he's gotten ready to go from leading a college program to an NBA one. “It's more of just trying to figure out what my routine is going to be, what our routine is going to be.”

May isn't alone on that front. Everybody — from first-year coaches to 24th-year players — will be figuring things out.

James, now the first player in NBA history to enter a 24th season, will begin his expected final chapter with his inaugural camp with the 76ers. He made the NBA world wait a few weeks before announcing his decision over the summer to join to Philadelphia on a two-year deal, then explained some of his rationale for the move last week on a podcast he shares with Steve Nash.

If James wins a title in Philadelphia, the 76ers would be the fourth franchise to become champions with him on the roster. James won two championships in Miami, one in Cleveland and one with the Los Angeles Lakers. And if that Philly title happens, it would give Joel Embiid his first ring — which is part of James' motivation.

“I hope I can be that final little piece that can help him get over the hump and have him maybe just see it a little bit differently than he’s seen in his career as far as the day-to-day process,” James said on the “Mind The Game” podcast last week. "The day-to-day what it takes to get there.”

Antetokounmpo got traded to Miami, where he'll join Bam Adebayo and newly acquired Klay Thompson in an effort to get the Heat back into contention. Leonard — hoping to move past a turbulent end to his Los Angeles Clippers tenure — has been traded back to Toronto, after leading the Raptors to the 2019 NBA title. And Curry agreed last week to a two-year extension with Golden State, even though nobody around him or the Warriors ever thought he would seriously consider playing elsewhere.

“For years to come,” the Warriors wrote to Curry in a social media post.

After media day, a few teams hit the road for at least a portion of their training camps. Preseason games start Saturday — Miami faces Toronto in Quebec City, with exhibitions running through Oct. 16. And then opening night or really opening day this year, is Oct. 20 with Boston at Detroit in a 3 p.m. EDT tip to start the season, followed by Philadelphia at the Knicks that evening and Oklahoma City visiting San Antonio in a matchup of last season's Western Conference finals.

Plenty of teams expect to contend. Surprises are certain. Disappointments are certain, too. And the road toward whatever the final destination is starts now.

“Part of our mindset is going to be growth every single day and becoming a championship level team,” Lakers coach JJ Redick said. “No one is a championship level team on September 29th. There’s not a team in the league that is a championship level team. That is an ongoing process throughout the year.”

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Gersten joined host Glenna Milberg on the latest episode of “This Week in South Florida” to discuss why he’s encouraging Miamians to vote no on Referendum 3, which would allow the city of Miami to lease public land to private developers for 75 years.

Fisher joined host Glenna Milberg on the latest episode of “This Week in South Florida” to discuss the Broward County commission’s unanimous vote this week to retake fire rescue services from the Broward Sheriff’s Office.

Cervera joined host Glenna Milberg on the latest episode of “This Week in South Florida” to discuss the possible closure of several schools, a referendum on teacher pay for Broward voters, and the Florida Education Commissioner’s memo guiding the handling of “inappropriate” books in schools.

Joseph joined host Glenna Milberg on the latest episode of “This Week in South Florida” to discuss her return from Washington, D.C., where she was part of an effort to encourage lawmakers to restore the Temporary Protected Status for Haitians.

All three potential games in the AL first-round matchup that begins Tuesday will start at about 8 p.m. EDT and be televised by NBC, MLB said Sunday.

Atlanta's series hosting Philadelphia or Arizona will have 2 p.m. games televised on NBC, and the Chicago White Sox series would start at 5 p.m. if at Texas and at 4 p.m. if at Houston, with games televised by NBCSN.

The Chicago Cubs' series at San Diego will have 10 p.m. EDT games and be televised by NBCSN.

All games also will be streamed on Peacock in the first year of a contract with MLB that replaced ESPN as the Wild Card Series network.

Games will be televised with Spanish-language commentary on Universo and Univision.

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Los Cayos superiores del condado Monroe estaban bajo una advertencia de inundación costera hasta las 5 p.m. Los Cayos centrales e inferiores de Florida tenían riesgo de inundaciones costeras menores aisladas hasta las 5 p.m.

Los condados Miami-Dade y Broward estaban bajo un aviso de inundación costera hasta las 2 p.m. Esto se suma a las inundaciones ya experimentadas el sábado.

“No pude salir por la puerta de mi casa”, dijo Magda Montiel Davis a Trent Kelly de Local 10 News sobre las inundaciones causadas por la marea real el sábado cerca de la A1A en Hollywood.

Funcionarios pidieron a los conductores evitar atravesar agua de profundidad desconocida y a los residentes tomar medidas inmediatas para proteger las propiedades propensas a inundaciones.

También había avisos de corrientes de resaca vigentes en los condados Miami-Dade y Broward hasta las 2 p.m.

Ante el riesgo de corrientes de resaca, funcionarios pidieron a los bañistas nadar cerca de un salvavidas. Incluso los mejores nadadores pueden ser arrastrados lejos de la costa hacia aguas más profundas.

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Más consejos de seguridad

• No camine por aguas de inundación si es posible. Pueden representar un riesgo para la salud.
• Si necesita caminar por aguas de inundación, siga buenas prácticas de higiene y lávese las manos, la ropa y las mascotas después.
• No conduzca por áreas inundadas. Es peligroso y puede dañar su vehículo. Busque una ruta alternativa.
• Los navegantes deben tener en cuenta que las mareas altas reducen el espacio libre debajo de los puentes. Revise la marea antes de salir del muelle.

Fuente: Condado Miami-Dade

Zverev — who captured his first two Grand Slam titles this year by winning the French Open and U.S. Open — beat Learner Tien 7-6 (3), 6-3 to make it a 13-5 victory for Europe.

Zverev has been a part of all six Team Europe victories in the Ryder Cup-style event, and owns the most Laver Cup singles wins with eight.

“Winning as a team — there’s no better feeling in sports,” Zverev said. “We don’t have enough of it in tennis. Being among these great players you normally see across the net every single week, it’s just fun being out here.”

Team World had won in San Francisco last year.

It was an improved performance for Zverev after his nine-match winning streak in singles — his U.S. Open title and two Davis Cup victories for Germany last weekend — ended with a loss to Alex de Minaur on Saturday.

“I haven’t won a Laver Cup match in two years, so I’m happy I did it today,” Zverev said. “Massive credit to the entire Team World. They pushed us all the way again. ... We had a great team. We have a great team chemistry.”

The 13th-ranked Tien had beaten Flavio Cobolli in his Laver Cup debut on Saturday.

Earlier, Cobolli and Jakub Mensik extended Europe’s lead by beating De Minaur and Taylor Fritz 7-5, 6-3 in doubles.

Zverev’s victory sealed with it three matches to spare — which meant that Carlos Alcaraz didn’t need to take the court for the third match of the day against De Minaur.

“We had three chances to close it out in singles,” Zverev said. “Especially with Carlos playing after me, it gave me a little bit of confidence.”

Using Zverev’s nickname, Team World captain Andre Agassi said during the trophy presentation: “Congratulations, Sascha, on the crazy year.”

Alcaraz won a doubles match with Mensik on Friday and a singles match over Fritz on Saturday.

Wins are worth one point on Friday, two points on Saturday and three points on Sunday. The first team to reach 13 points wins.

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Monroe County’s upper keys were under a coastal flood warning until 5 p.m. The middle and lower Florida Keys had a risk of isolated minor coastal flooding until 5 p.m.

Miami-Dade and Broward counties were under a coastal flood advisory until 2 p.m. This adds up to the flooding already experienced on Saturday.

“I couldn’t got out my front door,” Magda Montiel Davis said about the king tide’s flooding on Saturday near A1A in Hollywood.

Officials asked drivers to avoid going through water of unknown depth and residents to take prompt measures to protect flood-prone property.

There were also rip current statements in effect in Miami-Dade and Broward counties until 2 p.m.

With the risk of rip currents, officials asked beachgoers to swim near a lifeguard. Even the best swimmers can be swept away from shore and into deeper water.

Related reports

• Powerful nor’easter floods Northeast, leaves over 100,000 without power as high tides threaten coast
• Sea level rise is reshaping a California beach town and threatening a key rail line

More safety tips

• Do not walk through flood water if possible. It can be a health hazard
• If you do need to walk through flood waters, follow good hygiene practices and wash your hands, clothes, and pets after
• Do not drive through flooded areas. It is dangerous and can damage your vehicle. Find an alternative route
• Boaters should be aware that high tides cause lower clearance under bridges. Check the tide before leaving the dock.

Source: Miami-Dade County

Speakers this week touched on homeland sayings, ancient texts, figures of moral authority and more — even a bit of Talking Heads (not TV pundits — the 1980s new wave band.)

Here's a sampling of references:

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“Laws are made to prevent the strong from oppressing the weak.” — the ancient Babylonian king Hammurabi, quoted by Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi

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“The coral reef where different species of fish congregate to feed and seek shelter.” — a reference from a Marshallese proverb, as explained by Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine

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"We're on a road to nowhere.” — David Byrne of the band Talking Heads, quoted by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

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“We are the land, its custodians and its inhabitants. To us it belongs, for we are its people and its home. Today belongs to the people, and the glorious yesterday belongs to them, as well. To them belong the future, history and time itself.” — a Yemeni poet, as quoted by Abdullah Abdulkader al Alimi-Bawzer, vice president of Yemen's internationally recognized governing council, and as translated by U.N. interpreters

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“The breach of one rule inevitably leads to the breach of other rules." — Mahatma Gandhi, quoted by Finnish President Alexander Stubb

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“Members of the United Nations General Assembly, your very name implies commitment, through your peace initiatives and humanitarian policies, to igniting the fires of conscience, empathy, unity and equity.” — Barbados’ poet laureate, Esther Phillips, quoted by Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley

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“When we gather together in the moonlit village ground, it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so.” — author Chinua Achebe, quoted by President Azali Assoumani of The Comoros

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“When there is anguish in Port-au-Prince, it’s still Africa crying. We're outing fires in faraway places when our neighbors are just burning.... I refuse to believe that we good people will forever turn our hearts and our eyes away. Haiti, I’m sorry.” — calypso singer David Rudder, quoted by President Godwin Friday of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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“Knowledge is like the ocean’s waves: It comes in many forms and sizes, yet no wave overpowers another, and all ultimately reach the same shore.” — one of a couple of Palauan sayings translated and quoted by Palau President Surangel Whipps

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“How wonderful it is that no one has to wait, but we can start right now to gradually change the world!" — Anne Frank, referred to by Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten, who also quoted Mahatma Gandhi, Nuremberg war crimes trial prosecutor Robert H. Jackson and an inscription at a cemetery for American World War II soldiers in the Netherlands

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The fire started shortly before 9:30 p.m. on Saturday at the 3400 block of Northwest 135th Street, according to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.

Opa-locka police officers closed a section of Northwest 135th Street as crews responded to the fire.

MDFR personnel had yet to release information about what sparked the fire.

El incendio comenzó poco antes de las 9:30 p.m. del sábado en la cuadra 3400 de Northwest 135th Street, según el Departamento de Bomberos y Rescate de Miami-Dade.

Agentes de la policía de Opa-locka cerraron una sección de Northwest 135th Street mientras los equipos respondían al incendio.

El personal de MDFR aún no había divulgado información sobre qué provocó el incendio.

“These people want to see golf,” he said Sunday.

His visit to Medinah Country Club in suburban Chicago marked the fourth time Trump has gone to a golf tournament this year.

Security was tight. The Secret Service would not let spectators cross from one side of the first fairway to the other except for when Trump took a break from greeting golfers to go inside a suite.

Trump also was honorary chairman at the 2017 Presidents Cup during his first term. He showed up at Liberty National, across the Hudson River from Manhattan, toward the end of the competition when the Americans were assured of winning. He posed with U.S. players during the trophy presentation.

This time, he arrived before the start of the 12 singles matches in the final session. Flanked by PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp, Trump greeted players and caddies on both teams. In between player introductions, he watched the action on the videoboard at No. 1.

Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 player in golf and among several golfers who have played with Trump, patted the president’s shoulder as he walked onto the tee. U.S. captain Brandt Snedeker also visited the president a couple times.

Trump signed three hats for fans, and he responded to periodic cheers by pointing at a group in the crowd and waving or offering a thumbs-up. When a fan yelled “We love you Donnie,” right before Chris Gotterup's tee shot, Trump waved discreetly.

Trump was introduced by Rolapp, prompting Trump to remark “the fake news media will say I got a very bad reception.”

The president spoke briefly, noting that Rolapp had asked him to make a short speech.

“I said, ‘No, I don’t have the courage to make a speech. These people want to see golf. They don’t want to hear speeches,’” Trump said. “I’ll only say this: Our country is doing great, better than ever before.”

Unlike regular golf tournaments, the first tee is boisterous with a flag-waving crowd and music at the Presidents Cup and the Ryder Cup, which Trump attended last year at Bethpage Black on Long Island in New York.

The Americans lost the Ryder Cup, and they trailed on Sunday in the Presidents Cup for only the fourth time in 32 years of competition.

“I’m going to watch the greatest players in the world go out and play and play your hearts out,” Trump told the crowd at Medinah. “It’s going to be a very interesting game of golf.”

Before the horseshoe-shaped grandstand was filled, the loudest buzz was Air Force One flying over Medinah, louder than any of the commercial airlines that have been flying over the course every 70 seconds throughout the week during descent to O'Hare International Airport.

“They were nice enough to name me chairman or honorary chairman, so it’s an honor. It’s a very big event, one of the biggest events in golf by far,” Trump told reporters Sunday morning as he left the White House. “You have the Ryder Cup, and you have the Presidents Cup, and this is a big one, and so it’s a great honor. So, I’m going there.”

It's a traditional role offered to leaders of every country where the tournament is played.

The Presidents Cup began in 1994 to include international players from non-European countries who were not eligible for the more famed Ryder Cup. The name of the tournament comes from including the head of state of the host country to be honorary chairman.

Then-Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was part of the trophy presentation at the last Presidents Cup in 2024 at Royal Montreal.

President Bill Clinton was in office in 2000 when he attended for one round at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia. The first time Trump attended in 2017, the start of the week was the biggest display of presidents when Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama sat together on the first tee for the opening round.

Trump this year was at the Cadillac Championship at his Trump National Doral near Miami in early May. He also attended the LIV Golf event at his Trump National Bedminster course in New Jersey in August.

Earlier this month he attended the Irish Open over the weekend at his course in Doonbeg, Ireland.

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This drier air is expected to linger through tomorrow, but start lifting out by Tuesday.

Deeper tropical moisture is due to arrive by midweek ramping up those rain and storms chances again so enjoy this break in the rainy season while we have it. Highs today will be close to 90 degrees with mostly upper 80s through the upcoming week. Swells from that big storm in the northeast will keep the rip current risk high at area beaches today so only swim at guarded beaches and don’t go in too deep.

“Yo diría que Cuba y nosotros llegaremos a un acuerdo”, dijo Trump a periodistas en la Casa Blanca. “No creo que necesitemos a los militares. Cuba está fracasando gravemente. Queremos ayudar a Cuba. Queremos abrir Cuba a nuestra gente. Tenemos grandes cubanoamericanos que quieren regresar. Queremos abrir Cuba a nuestra gente”.

Los comentarios de Trump se producen mientras su administración continúa aumentando la presión sobre Cuba. A principios de esta semana, Trump dijo ante la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas que su administración busca un “cambio fundamental” en Cuba y señaló que el secretario de Estado, Marco Rubio, estaba involucrado en negociaciones con la isla.

Estados Unidos también ha intensificado la presión económica sobre Cuba, incluidos esfuerzos que han bloqueado en gran medida la llegada de petróleo a la isla. Cuba ha estado enfrentando escasez de combustible y apagones en medio de la presión y los problemas con su infraestructura.

Funcionarios cubanos, mientras tanto, han criticado enérgicamente las medidas de Estados Unidos, al tiempo que sostienen que La Habana está abierta al diálogo con Washington.

Durante su intervención ante las Naciones Unidas, el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez, acusó a Estados Unidos de amenazar el derecho internacional e intimidar a otros países para impedir que el combustible llegue a Cuba.

“La guerra económica está dirigida contra el pueblo”, dijo Rodríguez en español. “Perjudica al pueblo cubano en su conjunto. Cobra vidas humanas. Causa dolor individual y colectivo”.

Rodríguez ha descrito las acciones de Estados Unidos como un “asedio energético” y ha argumentado que equivalen a un castigo colectivo contra la población cubana. Estados Unidos rechaza la caracterización de Cuba sobre sus políticas y afirma que su presión está dirigida al gobierno cubano y tiene como objetivo apoyar una mayor libertad política y económica para los cubanos.

A pesar del fuerte desacuerdo, Rodríguez dijo que La Habana sigue preparada para el diálogo si ambos gobiernos están dispuestos a reunirse, dejando abierta la posibilidad de conversaciones mientras Trump predice públicamente que los dos países llegarán a un acuerdo.

Wilson received 15 of the 17 first-place votes from a national media panel Sunday. She topped Olivia Miles of Minnesota as well as Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell of Indiana, who all had stellar seasons.

“It’s big. It's an honor for me to do it three times in a row. It’s not easy,” Wilson said in a phone interview. “My counterparts in this league are really good. I don’t take it lightly because of how much talent we do have in this league."

It's the fourth time that Wilson has won the AP award, breaking a tie with Breanna Stewart for most since the awards were first given in 2016.

“That’s got a nice ring to it,” Wilson said. “That’s pretty cool.”

The AP voting is done by a 17-member panel that votes on the power poll each week. It’s the 11th year of the awards.

The WNBA will announce its postseason awards over the course of the playoffs, which begin Sunday. Wilson is a huge favorite to win the WNBA MVP for the third straight season.

Wilson once again led the league in scoring (26.2) while shooting nearly 53% from the field. She also averaged 9.4 rebounds, a career-best 3.2 assists and 1.9 blocks.

Angel Reese dethroned Wilson as the AP Defensive Player of the Year. Wilson had won the award in three of the last four seasons.

Reese made the most of her move to Atlanta this offseason. She was third in the league in steals and had the versatility to guard most positions defensively. She also topped the league in rebounds for the third consecutive season.

Miles had an incredible first season and was honored as the AP Rookie of the Year as a unanimous choice. The No. 2 pick in the draft by the Lynx averaged 19.8 points, 6.0 assists and 4.7 rebounds to help Minnesota finish with the best record in the league. She set the WNBA record for points by a rookie, surpassing Clark's from 2024.

Miles was joined on the AP All-Rookie team by Dallas' Azzi Fudd, Chicago's Sydney Taylor, Seattle's Flau'jae Johnson, New York's Pauline Astier and Toronto's Kiki Rice.

Wilson, Clark, Miles and Mitchell headlined the AP All-WNBA first team. They were joined by New York's Stewart. Reese was on the second team along with teammate Rhyne Howard, Dallas' Paige Bueckers, Las Vegas' Jackie Young and Golden State's Gabby Williams.

Other AP winners included:

— Coach of the Year: Cheryl Reeve. It's the third time the Lynx coach has won the award, also being honored in 2020 and 2024. She guided the team to the No. 1 seed in the playoffs while it was missing superstar Napheesa Collier for the first half of the season when she recovered from offseason surgery on both her ankles. Reeve beat out Golden State's Natalie Nakase and Washington's Sydney Johnson.

— Comeback Player of the Year: Clark. The Fever guard missed much of last season with a variety of injuries. She came back strong this year, playing in 40 games. She averaged 22.3 points, 8.3 assists and 4.0 rebounds. Washington's Georgia Amoore and Chicago's Courtney Vandersloot also received votes.

— Most Improved Player: Jessica Shepard. The Dallas Wings forward came to the team as a free agent and excelled. Shepard averaged career highs in points (14.5), rebounds (11.1), assists (5.3) and minutes (31.7). Shepard had six triple-doubles this season. Washington's Shakira Austin and Seattle Dominique Malonga were next in the balloting.

— Sixth Woman of the Year: Janelle Salaun. The Valkyries forward came off the bench in all 40 games she played this season and averaged 12.7 points and 4.0 rebounds while shooting 39.2% from behind the 3-point line. She led all reserves in scoring this season and the Golden State bench averaged over 36 points a game. Marine Johannes of New York was next in the voting.

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Las marejadas anegaron vecindarios bajos en Nueva Jersey mientras ráfagas de viento derribaron árboles en Long Island, Nueva York, dañando viviendas y tumbando postes de electricidad.

En la localidad costera de Sea Bright, Nueva Jersey, cada marea alta trajo una nueva ronda de inundaciones. “No es como algo que ocurre una sola vez”, comentó Caroline Virenius, cuyo garaje se llenó con unos 30 centímetros (un pie) de agua. “Se vuelve a mojar una y otra vez”.

La tormenta de desplazamiento lento mató a un trabajador de la autoridad de vivienda de la ciudad de Nueva York cuando un árbol cayó el sábado, y estaba prevista a merodear hasta el domingo con lluvias intensas, vientos fuertes y oleaje peligroso hasta Nueva Inglaterra.

Tormenta interrumpe vuelos y servicios públicos

El vendaval despertó recuerdos de la supertormenta Sandy, que dejó más de 60.000 millones de dólares en daños en el este de Estados Unidos en 2012. Aunque el impacto de esta tormenta no se ha acercado en nada a eso, podría ser la primera de varias a lo largo de la Costa Este este otoño debido a un patrón climático de El Niño que está alterando el clima de este año.

Más de 7,6 centímetros (3 pulgadas) de lluvia habían caído en algunas zonas de Long Island desde que comenzó la tormenta, según el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional.

Más de 100.000 clientes estuvieron sin electricidad en el noreste y el Atlántico medio según PowerOutage.us. Los cortes más generalizados se registraron en condados a lo largo de la costa desde Nueva Jersey hasta Connecticut.

Numerosos vuelos fueron cancelados o retrasados a lo largo de la costa. Más de 250 vuelos habían sido cancelados en el Aeropuerto Internacional Logan de Boston para finales de la mañana del domingo, cuando las ráfagas de viento alcanzaron 64 km/h (40 mph), según la Autoridad Portuaria de Massachusett.

Inundaciones, la mayor preocupación por la tormenta

Lo peor de las lluvias estaba previsto el domingo desde el norte de Nueva Jersey hasta el sur de Nueva Inglaterra.

Aun cuando la tormenta se debilitaba gradualmente, las inundaciones por marea se mantendrán, advirtió Bob Oravec del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional en College Park, Maryland.

En la ciudad de Nueva York, se iundaron calles del vecindario de Howard Beach, pero no disuadió a los residentes de salir por café la mañana del domingo.

Carole Ann Palmer, propietaria de Jingles Bait and Tackle en North Beach Haven, Nueva Jersey, expresó que esta fue la peor inundación que ha visto en 10 años.

“Ayer, yo estaba como, oh Dios mío, el agua simplemente seguía subiendo y subiendo” , dijo Palmer, quien vive encima de la tienda.

El escalón delantero fue arrancado por la tormenta y vio a vecinos recorrer en kayak las calles.

Su mayor problema el domingo fue sacar a sus dos cachorros para que hicieran sus necesidades. Tuvo que ponerse botas de vadeo y cargarlos hasta terreno seco.

“Llevo uno a la vez, los cargo al otro lado de la calle para que hagan lo suyo y luego regreso, los seco y después hago lo mismo con el otro. Es una tarea ardua", señaló Palmer.

Comunidad de Nueva Jersey mejor preparada después de Sandy

Bernard Dowd vadeó el agua para llegar a su casa en Sea Bright, un día después de regresar del trabajo y encontrar su sótano “lleno como una piscina”.

Pero reconoció que la situación alrededor de su vecindario probablemente habría sido mucho peor si no fuera por nuevas reglas, emitidas tras la tormenta Sandy, que exigen a los propietarios elevar la altura de sus viviendas.

También notó que muchos en la comunidad habían colocado sacos de arena alrededor de sus viviendas y negocios, algo que desearía haber hecho.

“Siempre pienso que están exagerando la tormenta”, sostuvo.

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Seewer reportó desde Toledo, Ohio. Contribuyeron a esta nota las corresponsales Mikella Schuettler en Phoenix y Julie Walker en Nueva York.

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Tidal surges swamped low-lying neighborhoods in New Jersey while wind gusts toppled trees on New York's Long Island, damaging homes and bringing down utility poles.

In the New Jersey beach town of Sea Bright, each high tide brought a new round of flooding. “It's not like a one-time occurrence,” said Caroline Virenius, whose garage filled with about a foot of water (30 centimeters). “It's getting wet again and again.”

The slow-moving storm, which killed a New York City housing authority worker when a tree fell Saturday, was expected to linger through Sunday with heavy rain, strong winds and dangerous surf all the way to New England.

Extreme amounts of rain — more than 4 inches (10 centimeters) since Friday in some spots in New Jersey — combined with a surging ocean led to flooding amounts not seen for close to a decade in places used to dealing with high water, residents said.

Nor'easter disrupts flights and utilities

The nor’easter triggered memories of Superstorm Sandy, which left behind over $60 billion in damage across the eastern U.S. in 2012. While this storm’s impact has been nowhere near that, it could be the first of several along the East Coast this fall because of an El Niño climate pattern that’s disrupting this year’s weather.

Images of waves crashing into sea walls and onto beaches raised concerns about coastal erosion.

Well over 100,000 customers were without power across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic at times on Sunday, according to PowerOutage.us. The most widespread outages were in counties along the coast from New Jersey to Connecticut.

Numerous flights were canceled or delayed up and down the coast. More than 250 flights had been canceled at Boston Logan International Airport by late Sunday morning as wind gusts reached 40 mph (64 kph), according to the Massachusetts Port Authority.

Flooding the biggest concern from nor'easter

The worst of the remaining rainfall was expected Sunday from northern New Jersey into southern New England.

While the storm was gradually weakening, tidal flooding would stay through high-tide cycles Sunday night, said Bob Oravec, a lead forecaster with the National Weather Service in College Park, Maryland.

In New York City, water a few inches deep filled streets in the Howard Beach neighborhood but didn’t deter residents from venturing out for coffee Sunday morning.

Carole Ann Palmer, who owns Jingles Bait and Tackle in North Beach Haven, New Jersey, said this was the worst flooding she’s seen in 10 years.

“Yesterday, I was like, oh my God, it just keeps getting higher and higher,” said Palmer, who lives above the store.

The front step was swept away in the storm and she saw neighbors kayaking through the streets on Saturday.

Her biggest problem on Sunday was taking her two puppies outside to relieve themselves. She had to put on waders and carry them to dry land.

“I take one at the time, carry them across the street so they can do their business and then come back, dry them off and then do the other one. It’s a workout,” Palmer said.

New Jersey community better prepared after Sandy

Bernard Dowd waded through tidal water Sunday to get to his Sea Bright home, a day after he got back from work to find his basement “filled up like a swimming pool.”

But he said the situation around his neighborhood likely would have been much worse if it weren’t for new rules requiring homeowners to raise the height of their homes in the wake of Sandy, which devastated the community.

He also noticed that many around the community had lined their home and businesses with sandbags — something he wishes he would have done.

“I'm always thinking they are hyping the storm,” he said.

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And, Iowa rubbed it in.

Hank Brown connected with Reece Vander Zee on a 16-yard touchdown pass to give the Hawkeyes a 20-19 win over the Wolverines on Saturday.

Iowa had 2 seconds on the clock for the final snap of a 91-yard, game-winning drive. The Hawkeyes took advantage of the time, three weeks after Michigan was given a second to attempt a second Hail Mary to beat Western Michigan in a controversial finish in the same stadium.

As the Hawkeyes celebrated in a stunned Big House, they poked fun at college football's winningest team.

“ NO EXTRA TIME NECESSARY,” Iowa's football program posted on social media.

Iowa moved up three spots to No. 14 in the AP Top 25 on Sunday, ahead of its home game against No. 5 Ohio State.

Michigan, which fell from No. 18 to out of poll for the second time in the opening month of the season, will play its first road game at Minnesota on Saturday.

The Wolverines made costly mistakes in all three phases of the game against the Hawkeyes to lose for the first time under coach Kyle Whittingham.

After penalties were a problem in the first two games of the season, Michigan was flagged eight times for 75 yards.

One penalty, in particular, was a killer for the maize and blue.

On the Hawkeyes' last drive, Brown threw an incomplete pass on third-and-12 from his 40.

Instead of facing a fourth down, they had a first down at the Michigan 45 with 19 seconds left because fifth-year defensive back Zeke Berry pushed receiver Tony Diaz out of bounds and was called for unnecessary roughness.

“I didn’t really say anything to him because he’s an old enough guy to understand that’s a stupid penalty,” sixth-year defensive back Rod Moore said. “But you got to be smarter.”

Michigan's defense, which kept Iowa's offense scoreless for three quarters, had the last chance to make enough plays to hold on for the win.

The offense and special teams, too, wasted opportunities earlier in the game for the Wolverines to stay undefeated.

While sophomore quarterback Bryce Underwood had his best game, completing 17 of 28 passes for 276 yards and two touchdowns, he threw an interception at the Iowa 2 in the third quarter. That was one of the missed opportunities for the offense, which went 2 of 4 in the red zone.

After Underwood threw his first of two touchdown passes to JJ Buchanan late in the first quarter, the Wolverines did not touch Braeden Jackson on a 99-yard kickoff return.

In the end, Michigan had one more shot to make a stop to seal the win and failed.

Brown, though, didn’t want to bite when asked if the victory was justice for Western Michigan.

“I’m not going to speak on that,” he said after a chuckle.

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The sixth-ranked Noskova and the eighth-ranked Muchova each won their singles matches Sunday as Czechia beat Ukraine 2-0 in the final of the women's tennis team event.

Noskova sealed it by beating the seventh-ranked Elina Svitolina 6-3, 7-6 (5) after Muchova beat 47th-ranked Anhelina Kalinina 6-2, 6-3.

“We just have the vibe in the locker room,” Muchova said.

On Noskova's third match point, she hit a big serve and a big forehand that Svitolina could barely get her racket on. Then Noskova dropped on her back as Czech captain Barbora Strycova ran out to celebrate with her.

Noskova served 10 aces to Svitolina's six.

Czechia, formerly known as the Czech Republic, earned its 12th title in the competition previously called the Fed Cup — and first since 2018. Only the United States, which did not qualify for the finals, has won more with a record 18 titles.

Strycova became the fourth woman to win the competition as both a player and a captain, joining Margaret Court, Chris Evert and event namesake Billie Jean King.

Strycova won six titles with Czechia as a player before assuming the captaincy this year.

Czechia also shut out Britain in the quarterfinals and Spain in the semifinals — meaning that its top-ranked doubles standout Katerina Siniakova never even had to play this week.

“I’m really glad that we didn’t ever have to go into doubles, the deciding match, which is always the most stressful one,” Noskova said.

In this year's all-Czech Wimbledon final, Noskova beat Muchova for her first Grand Slam title.

Ukraine eliminated two-time defending champion Italy in the semifinals and was playing its first final.

Ukraine was without 10th-ranked Marta Kostyuk due to a right wrist injury.

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The 7th Congressional District, which includes President Donald Trump’s Bedminster golf club, has changed party control in each of the past two midterm elections, making it a magnet for campaign spending and a kind of political barometer. Republicans are trying to defend their narrow House majority at a time when Trump's approval rating is deeply underwater and gas prices are rising because of his war with Iran.

Kean, a former state legislator who comes from a deep-rooted political family, is seeking a third term. During his absence, he missed more than 100 votes.

He returned in June and said he had been hospitalized for depression and that he was a private person by nature.

Bennett, a former Navy pilot who also worked as a healthcare executive, is a political newcomer. She won a competitive primary in June and was widely viewed as a more moderate and electable Democrat than some of her competitors.

Millions of dollars have poured into the race.

Last week, a super PAC tied to the Republican president indicated it would spend more than $3 million to help Kean in the race. Another political action committee tied to Democrats has set aside about $2.5 million for television ads in the New York market to help Bennett and another Democrat in a New York district.

Kean's district became slightly more Republican after the redistricting following the 2020 census. Nonetheless, Democrats view it as a prime pickup opportunity.

Kean won in 2022 by unseating Democrat Tom Malinowski, who had ousted Republican Leonard Lance in 2018.

Kean comes from a long line of public servants, stretching 250 years to the country’s founding when one of his ancestors became New Jersey’s first leader since independence.

Kean’s great-grandfather was a senator, his grandfather was a congressman and his father was a two-term governor.

Evans is now “just furious with myself” for those votes. The 56-year-old from Portland described Collins’ critical vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, where President Donald Trump's nominee eventually helped overturn the constitutional right to abortion, as a betrayal.

“I was a really uninformed voter,” Evans said. “I thought any woman from Maine was probably in line with me.”

The Nov. 3 election will be the first time Collins is on the ballot since the Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, resulting in abortion being banned in much of the United States. This time, Evans says she is backing Democrat Troy Jackson, a former state lawmaker and logger trying to deny Collins a sixth term.

Jackson and Democrats are hoping that voters like Evans will help flip a seat in a state the party has made a priority in the quest to retake the Senate.

Both Collins and Jackson have made an effort to appeal to women, who make up the majority of Maine's population and have had a slightly higher rate of voting than men, according to a recent report by democracy advocacy groups. In campaign ads from both candidates, women are featured prominently.

Democrats' ads have focused heavily on Collins' vote in support of Kavanaugh and describe her as caving to Trump. The Democratic-aligned advocacy group Affordable Maine has spent nearly $10 million on ads stressing the senator's backing of other Trump-appointed judges who oppose abortion. An additional $32 million has been spent by Win Senate, a political action committee focused on Collins. Planned Parenthood Votes has so far spent at least $500,000 to run ads that include a female voter who regrets voting for Collins because of her Kavanaugh vote.

Yet Jackson is facing a steep challenge.

Collins has a 30-year record of winning elections even as Maine voters have spurned Republican presidential nominees, including Trump, since 1988.

And the issue trails others in terms of importance to voters. A New York Times/Siena poll conducted in September found that when asked in their own words what one issue will be most important in deciding their vote for Congress in November, almost no likely Maine voters mentioned abortion.

‘I do not regret’ voting to confirm Kavanaugh, Collins says

Collins has long called herself a “pro-choice” Republican and a supporter of a woman’s right to an abortion. She was one of the few Republicans endorsed by Planned Parenthood earlier in her political career. In 2022, she co-sponsored legislation to put federal protections for abortion into law.

The position has put her at odds with her party but was in line with Maine voters.

In 2020, the last time Collins sought reelection, the vast majority of Maine voters in the Senate race, 76%, said the Supreme Court should not overturn Roe v. Wade, according to AP VoteCast, an extensive survey of the electorate. That included most Collins voters. Some 35% of voters who supported Collins in her successful reelection bid said they wanted Roe to be overturned.

Collins' 2018 vote in support of Kavanaugh was crucial to his confirmation. At the time, Collins waited months before announcing her decision in a 45-minute floor speech. The final vote was 50-48.

Kavanaugh later joined the 6-3 conservative majority in stripping away constitutional rights to abortion.

Collins criticized the high court’s decision in 2022, but she has never publicly wavered in her decision to confirm Kavanaugh. She told reporters in June that “I do not regret that vote.” Collins had said before the 2018 vote that Kavanaugh, in a two-hour meeting with her, said he viewed Roe as settled law.

But her confirmation vote is what stands out in the minds of voters like Bente Lundh, 67, of Falmouth.

“She’s positioned herself as this moderate voter, but she’s really chopped that down with her vote for Kavanaugh,” Lundh said.

For others, Collins’ long-standing record as a moderate continues to draw their support even if they are disappointed with the eventual overturning of Roe.

“I think I’ve tried to not have my allegiance to party make me blind to what may be a better path from time to time,” said Mary Ann Lynch, a Democrat supporting Collins. “Neither party, in my view, has a monopoly on the truth and how best to do things. So I think it’s really important to have people who will reach across the aisle.”

Lynch added that Collins may have voted to confirm Kavanaugh, but she also voted to confirm Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, who dissented in the abortion ruling. They were nominated by Democratic President Barack Obama.

Jackson makes his case to women, abortion rights supporters

Since launching his campaign in July, Jackson has announced a “Women for Troy” coalition made up of women from all 16 Maine counties and he has secured endorsements from abortion rights groups Planned Parenthood and Reproductive Freedom for All.

Jackson was serving as a top state senator when the landmark 1973 decision was upended in 2022. He says he worked to pass “some of the strongest protections for abortion access in the country.”

Yet Jackson has had his own hurdles.

The Democrat became a last-minute Senate nominee after Graham Platner dropped out this summer following criticism of his past relationships with women and a sexual assault allegation, which Platner denies. Jackson is now scrambling to win over voters who may be wary of his connection to Platner. The two campaigned together as Jackson initially sought the Democratic gubernatorial nomination but lost.

Jackson also has had to explain the evolution of his support on abortion rights and same-sex marriage, both of which he opposed years ago. Jackson now says he was wrong about his past beliefs and changed his mind after talking to women. Jackson's campaign spokesperson Maggie Amjad said Jackson now holds a “100% rating from Maine's Planned Parenthood."

Blake Kernen, a spokesperson for Collins, described the senator as the only “reliably pro-choice” candidate in the race.

Abortion is not top of mind for Maine voters

While Jackson is reminding voters of Collins’ role in the abortion rights fight, he is doing so in a state that was not highly affected by the decision compared with Republican-controlled regions where many abortion clinics have shuttered, said Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine.

“If you were in a state where all of the abortion clinics had closed, then that might be a bigger issue," Brewer said. "That has not been the case here.”

The state’s Democratic-controlled Legislature in 2023 approved a law that allows abortions at any time if deemed medically necessary by a doctor, and Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has enacted legislation protecting providers of abortion and gender-affirming care from legal action brought by other states.

A CNN/SSRS survey of likely Maine voters conducted in late August and early September found that most voters are still unhappy about the decision to overturn Roe, but that anger over the loss of abortion rights could be overshadowed by broader concerns about the economy.

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Kruesi reported from Providence, R.I. Associated Press polling editor Amelia Thomson DeVeaux in Washington contributed to this report.

It's a central theme of the Alaska's U.S. Senate race, one of a handful expected to determine control of the chamber in the November elections.

Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan's campaign has made it a key attack line against Democrat Mary Peltola, a former congresswoman. He lumps her in with “Lower 48 liberals” who have opposed expanded oil and gas drilling in a state that has relied heavily on that industry for decades.

Peltola, an Alaska Native, has countered that she “took on” then-President Joe Biden, a fellow Democrat, to help win approval in 2023 of the huge Willow oil project, which environmentalists strongly opposed. She also says she will “take on anyone, including Democrats — anyone in the Lower 48 who doesn’t understand what Alaska needs.”

The pejorative label reflects a mystique about Alaska, which outsiders often refer to as “The Last Frontier." A state for less than 70 years, Alaska is renowned for its natural beauty, wildlife and vast landscapes. Its rural nature — isolated from the rest of the country and with many of its communities accessible only by air or water — breeds a self-reliance. It's a place where many residents hunt and fish to fill their freezers for winter and take pride in their independence.

The two major Senate campaigns and some third-party groups have leaned into that sentiment — that Alaska is different — and cast their candidates as authentic voices for Alaskans.

“We love the persona Alaska is a tough place to live," said Republican Andrew Halcro, a political podcast host and former state lawmaker who has lived in the state nearly all his life.

Abundance of oil and other resources has created friction with federal government

Alaska, rich in natural resources, has long had a love-hate relationship with the federal government, which owns about 60% of the state's land. That relationship has been especially strained under Democratic presidential administrations that have sought to restrict logging, mining and the availability of areas for oil and gas development over environmental concerns.

Policies can shift dramatically from one administration to the next.

The Democratic Obama and Biden administrations banned leasing on roughly half the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, which is home to wildlife such as caribou and polar bears and provides habitat for millions of migrating birds. Republican President Donald Trump's administration has rolled back those and other restrictions as part of a broader push for expanded oil and gas development in Alaska. The administration also is supporting lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

The state also has bristled at Democratic efforts to stifle road building and logging in areas such as the Tongass National Forest, a temperate rainforest in southeast Alaska. That dispute dates to the Clinton administration.

Alaska's share of royalty revenue from oil and minerals on federal land has been another ongoing source of tension. Some lawmakers say the state was promised a larger share at statehood and that the federal government has failed to uphold its end of the deal.

While oil production is a fraction of what it was at its peak in the late 1980s and has fallen in recent years, political leaders have pointed to signs of a turnaround. They cite in part the strong interest from major companies that snatched up leases in a sale earlier this year for the petroleum reserve, home to the Willow project.

Alaska communities have been hit hard by spikes in fuel prices caused by the Iran war. That is especially true for remote communities that must have their fuel flown in or delivered by barge before the rivers ice over.

Oil development is the top issue in this year's election for Darryl Hugo, who lives in the small North Slope community of Anaktuvuk Pass. He is backing Sullivan and notes that revenue from oil development is largely responsible for his town's health clinic, school, police and fire departments and water system.

“My region’s economy depends on oil,” he said via a messaging app.

Candidates are seen as trying to stake claim as 'the real spokesperson for the real Alaska’

Robert Sewell, an independent from the Juneau area, said he sees the “Lower 48” taunts and Peltola trying to distance herself from national Democrats as examples of the candidates “fighting to establish who is the real spokesperson for the real Alaska.”

He also likens it a bit to the schoolyard jeer, “I know you are, but what am I?”

Peltola, during her unsuccessful 2024 congressional reelection campaign, refused to endorse Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and said she would not vote for Trump. This year, before Alaska's August primary, Harris sent a fundraising appeal that offered support of Peltola.

In response, Peltola's campaign told reporters that she “isn’t seeking endorsements from anyone from the Lower 48.”

In videos highlighting her backing of the Willow oil project, Peltola said she will work with Trump, who handily carried Alaska each of the three times he has run, to advance more oil and gas projects.

“I took on Joe Biden to secure the largest development project in decades,” she said in one video on social media. “And I’ll work with Donald Trump on more.”

Sewell, a Peltola supporter, said he does not begrudge that position. He said he does not think "for one moment that she likes Trump or Trump’s agendas" on other issues.

‘Lower 48’ jabs fill social media and airwaves, but do voters care?

Peltola, who is Yup’ik, is among the roughly 43% of Alaskans born in the state. She grew up fishing on the Kuskokwim River in western Alaska and prominently displays fishing photos on her website. Her campaign slogan, “Fish, Family, Freedom,” is intended to appeal to what she believes are Alaskans' shared values.

Sullivan, originally from Ohio, came to Alaska in the late 1990s when he was in his early 30s. Now a retired Marine, he served as Alaska attorney general and natural resources commissioner, and was an assistant secretary of state in President George W. Bush's administration.

Sullivan spokesperson Nate Adams said that for the senator, “being an Alaskan means loving this state, fighting everyday for his fellow Alaskans and making sure Alaskans, not Lower 48 liberals, decide our future.”

The SLF PAC, which supports a Republican Senate majority, has been keying in on that theme. In one of its ads, a speaker says of Peltola, “They dress her up, throw her out on a stream somewhere, make her look like an Alaskan.” Another says: “Mary Peltola sounds like Alaska, but toes a different line in Washington, D.C.”

Peltola's campaign said Alaskans “won’t be fooled by mudslinging ads.” In a statement, her campaign sought to link Sullivan with “Lower 48 special interest donors.”

Halcro, the former lawmaker and podcaster, said Alaskans have been inundated with such ads and flyers, but he is not sure the messaging over which candidate aligns less with the “Lower 48” is one voters want to hear this year.

“It's all of this stuff just to make us angry at a time where we really genuinely, genuinely just need stability,” he said. “We just need to elect somebody who’s not going to break anything.”

Tens of thousands marched through Madrid on Saturday to protest the eviction of María del Carmen Abascal from the apartment in the upscale Retiro neighborhood where she had lived for more than seven decades.

The demonstrators are demanding stronger tenant protections, measures to combat fraud and a ban on evictions when alternative housing is unavailable.

Many refused to leave after Saturday’s march and pitched tents in Puerta del Sol for the night.

“The housing situation is unsustainable,” said Natalia Navarro, a 27-year-old actress who was among those camping out at the plaza. “We are all out on the street because we are fed up.”

“The wave of indignation and anger that has been unleashed is now unstoppable,” said Alicia del Río, a spokesperson for the Madrid Tenants’ Union, which led the protests.

“We will remain here” until the government passes new laws, including indefinite rental contracts, and stops evictions like Abascal’s, del Río told journalists at the plaza on Sunday. Spain's Socialist-led government is expected to announce new measures in its weekly cabinet meeting next Tuesday.

Eviction 'sparked this social unrest'

On Sept. 23, Abascal was carried from her apartment on a stretcher and placed in an ambulance as supporters — who had tried unsuccessfully to stop the eviction — chanted her nickname, “Maricarmen.”

“I haven’t managed to defend my home, but I have fought so that others can learn to fight for what’s theirs,” Abascal said in a video recorded from her hospital bed after the eviction.

Images of the eviction spread widely across Spain, fueling outrage and criticism of public authorities and real estate investment companies accused of pricing residents out of their homes. Critics often refer to such companies as “vulture funds.”

“Maricarmen has been, in a way, the last straw that sparked this social unrest,” said Simón de la Riva, 43, a teacher who took part in Saturday's protests.

Speaking at a Socialist Party rally in Madrid, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez addressed Abascal directly: “I have a message for you, Maricarmen: the government is working around the clock to bring a Royal Decree on housing next Tuesday. And I ask parliamentary groups to make one last effort to have it validated in the National Parliament for Maricarmen.”

Abascal has criticized Sánchez and blamed him for her ordeal.

“Does he not realize the quantity of evictions that there are daily?” she asked during an interview with Spain’s state broadcaster RTVE the day before she was forcibly removed from her home. “Does he not realize, or does he not want to realize?”

A home for seven decades

Spanish media reported that Abascal’s father first rented the apartment in 1956 and that she remained there as a tenant under rent controls after her parents died.

The building changed ownership in 2018, and Abascal was offered the opportunity to buy the apartment but could not afford it, according to the Madrid Tenants’ Union.

Urbagestión, an investment fund that later bought the unit, raised her monthly rent from 500 euros ($570) to 2,650 euros.

It subsequently lowered the rent to 1,650 euros, which Abascal still could not afford on her pension, the union said.

Rising costs and a growing housing shortage

Rising costs and a housing shortage are pricing many Spaniards out of the market, despite strong economic growth in Europe’s fourth-largest economy. Incomes have not kept pace with the rising housing costs, and analysts say tourism and immigration-driven population growth in cities have placed further pressure on the limited housing supply.

The Bank of Spain estimated that the country had a shortage of about 550,000 homes last year, with Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia accounting for a substantial share.

The demonstrations in the symbolic Madrid plaza this weekend reminded many in Spain of the historic demonstrations starting May 15, 2011, when members of the “indignados movement” camped for 28 days straight, sparking similar sit-ins across the country and the world. That movement was a reaction to evictions and other issues following a global economic crisis, including unemployment, austerity measures and corruption.

Estefania Molina, a political scientist and columnist, said the stakes of popular frustration are growing. In 2011, "people protested because they couldn’t buy an apartment."

“Today, the protest is about not being able to rent a room in someone else’s home," she told Spanish television.

Spain ranks near the bottom of countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development for subsidized public rental housing, which represents less than 2% of the country's housing stock. The European Union average is 8%.

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Brito reported from Barcelona, Spain. Associated Press journalist Suman Naishadham contributed to this report from Madrid.

Russia’s top diplomat on Saturday brushed off what’s believed to have been the first face-to-face meeting with his German counterpart since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The meeting was held during the U.N. General Assembly’s annual gathering of world leaders, as an intensifying aerial war between Russia and Ukraine showed no sign of slowing.

Ties between Russia and Germany have soured in recent weeks, following an attempted drone attack last month at Leipzig airport that Berlin blamed on the Kremlin.

With front-line positions largely unchanged since last year, Moscow has hammered its neighbor with cruise and ballistic missiles, powerful glide bombs and jet-powered drones in recent months. Meanwhile, Kyiv’s long-range drones have targeted Russian oil refineries and businesses.

Strikes kill 8 in Ukraine, 1 in Russia

In Kyiv, a man was found dead after a Russian drone hit a non-residential building overnight, according to Ukraine’s emergency service.

Later on Sunday, Russian drone strikes killed one person and wounded at least five on the outskirts of the capital, according to local administration head Tymur Tkachenko. In Kyiv itself, a drone hit a 9-story apartment block, wounding at least one woman, according to municipal authorities.

In Russian-occupied Ukraine, a strike by Kyiv's forces on Sunday killed a civilian woman in Enerhodar, the town housing Europe’s largest nuclear plant, according to its Kremlin-installed mayor. Maxim Pukhov said the Ukrainian drones also wounded two others.

Russian forces also attacked Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, which surrounds the country’s main Black Sea port, multiple times overnight into Sunday, killing one person and wounding two, according to the head of the local military administration, Oleh Kiper.

On Sunday afternoon, a woman and a 16-year-old girl were killed as Russian guided bombs struck the city of Sumy in northern Ukraine, regional administration head Oleh Hryhorov reported. He said five other people were wounded.

In the northeastern Kharkiv region, two people died and two more were injured after Russian drones struck passenger cars, the regional prosecutor's office reported.

In Russia's Belgorod border region, a woman died in a hospital on Sunday after being wounded in a Ukrainian strike, regional authorities said.

Separately, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia struck twice at a data center in Kyiv on Sunday morning, wounding two children and an adult. Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces struck multiple data centers in Kyiv on Sunday that it claimed were providing internet to Ukraine's armed forces.

Russia and Ukraine have repeatedly blamed each other for damaging power lines supplying Enerhodar's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which Moscow captured early in the war. The plant is not in service, but needs power to keep cooling systems running and maintain safety.

Russia's Lavrov brushes off rare Germany meeting

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was dismissive after the meeting in New York, which was held at German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul’s request. Lavrov said that Wadephul “simply reiterated his official position condemning Russia”.

“You can judge for yourself whether that counts as dialogue or not,” he said.

Wadephul expressed openness to a better relationship but said it required a genuine willingness from Russia’s leadership to end the war in Ukraine, according to a German delegation official.

An overwhelming majority of U.N. member nations have repeatedly condemned Moscow’s invasion. The Kremlin describes the war as a “special military operation” intended to ensure Russia’s security and the rights of Russian speakers.

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That trip has been cut short.

Coastal erosion has been eating away at the beach in San Clemente, known for nearly a century as a “Spanish village by the sea.” The rising sea and crashing waves have pushed the shoreline landward, splitting the city's picturesque North Beach. Crumbling seaside bluffs have damaged oceanfront homes and forced the repeated closure of a passenger rail line considered the second busiest in the country.

It's one of many California coastal communities grappling with the effects of sea level rise. Nearly a decade ago, scientists forecast that more than half of Southern California’s beaches could significantly erode by 2100, radically altering how people live and recreate along the state’s famed coast.

“The constant pressure is sea level rise,” said Sean Vitousek, research oceanographer with the U.S. Geological Survey. “It is going to keep rising, and rising, and the beaches will retreat landward.”

After years of erosion, California is bracing for flooding and landslides ahead of this year’s expected super El Niño, a temporary warming in parts of the equatorial Pacific known to warp weather worldwide. Already this year, the town of Pacifica south of San Francisco shuttered its cracked concrete pier, and seawater flooded homes in Long Beach near Los Angeles during a hurricane-driven storm surge. A recent study showed that El Niño events are getting stronger because of human-caused climate change.

In San Clemente, a town of 62,000 people, urban development has slowed the flow of sediment that once nourished the city's beaches, and warmer ocean waters have pushed waves higher and further ashore. It’s become so challenging that residents of the largely Republican city are considering taxing themselves to raise money for beach restoration. A measure to add a 1% sales tax to fund wildfire protection and sand replenishment in San Clemente is on the November ballot.

Crumbling hillsides disrupt seaside rail

Over the past five years, the rail line that has operated along the coast for more than a century has faced repeated closures due to encroaching surf on one side and fragile bluffs on the other. The 7-mile (11-kilometer) segment is part of a 351-mile (565-kilometer) passenger rail corridor that links San Diego with Los Angeles County's huge port complex and San Luis Obispo. It's also used by freight and the military.

Transportation officials have shored up the tracks to ensure passenger safety by laying down rock. But as waves slam against the rocks, they sweep more sand offshore and speed up erosion that will eventually threaten the rail line again.

Locals say the erosion is dramatically altering their community.

“We've lost our walkable beach,” said Cameron Cosgrove, a San Clemente resident who wrote the tax measure. “It used to be you could come to North Beach, walk the beach trail, or on the beach to the pier and actually all the way down to the south end of town. Can’t do either anymore.”

City and transit officials agree more sand is needed and note that coastal communities, including surf hub Huntington Beach, have nourished their beaches for years. Opponents of the measure want sand — but not the tax — and argue San Clemente should work with other communities on a regional approach.

“Fighting Mother Nature is very expensive,” said City Councilman Zhen Wu, who opposes the measure.

City Manager Andy Hall said San Clemente faces a sand deficit of about 3 million cubic yards. Getting that much sand to the beach is no easy task, he said, adding that trucking it would require 300,000 trips.

Darrell Johnson, chief executive of the Orange County Transportation Authority, said a challenge has been getting state permits for more sand. He hopes California's recent emergency declaration ahead of El Niño will speed up the process. In the long run, Johnson said officials will study moving trains inland — an idea previously deemed too costly. A third option is to halt the line, he said.

“If we can’t figure out how to shore up properly in a way that is long-term in nature, and we can't figure out how to relocate, I think that is a question that’s going to have to be asked," Johnson said. “'What happens to passenger rail? What happens to freight?'”

More sand will also shape wave breaks

Further south, transportation officials have been working to stabilize coastal bluffs to shore up the rail line in the community of Del Mar. The plan is to eventually move the tracks, but officials have not decided where.

Charlie Fox, a 56-year-old San Clemente resident and marine meteorologist, said sand provides a critical buffer between whatever structures — train tracks, homes, lifeguard headquarters — are built along the coast. The lifelong surfer said sand also helps waves roll gently onshore, creating a steady wave break for surfing.

On a recent morning, surfers bobbed in the water off North Beach, not far from the rocky structure shoring up the train tracks by the sea.

“When you see those rocks, that's them attempting to fight the ocean," Fox said. “That is a futile endeavor.”

“The ocean wins,” he added. “Ocean always eventually wins.”

The demonstrators, many wearing balaclavas, congregated on a street in the town, where many favor unification with the Republic of Ireland. They came after an early hours decision from the High Court in Belfast to give the parade the go-ahead.

It's the first time in nearly 30 years that the Orange Order parade has been allowed to go down the Garvaghy Road, which had been a notorious flashpoint between the communities in the years before the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 largely ended the bloodshed in Northern Ireland. During the so-called Troubles, some 3,600 people were killed while some 50,000 were wounded.

Ending the Troubles meant balancing competing identities in Northern Ireland, which remained in the United Kingdom when the rest of Ireland won independence a century ago. Irish nationalists in the north — most of them Catholic — seek union with the Republic of Ireland, while largely Protestant unionists want to stay part of the U.K.

Both sides appeared to be adhering to calls from across the political spectrum, including from British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, to avoid stoking tensions further.

“I am hoping we will bring all of today’s events to a sensible and peaceful conclusion," said Jon Boutcher, the head of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Boutcher said there had been many “sensible voices” calling for calm which he thought had been “listened to by all parties."

Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill, who represents Sinn Fein, the party historically linked to the Irish Republican Army, faced criticism for attending the unlicensed protest on the Garvaghy Road to support the local community.

“She’s the head of an executive and she is prepared to wilfully disregard the ruling of our courts, the determination by the statutory body charged with determining parades in Northern Ireland,” said Gavin Robinson, who is the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, the largest pro-U.K. party in Northern Ireland.

O'Neill, whose government is made up of a cross-section of Northern Ireland parties as part of the power-sharing agreement within the Good Friday Agreement, defended her actions, saying “the progress of the last 28 years have been brought into question by the actions of the Orange Order and those within political unionism that want to drag us backwards.”

For days, there had been uncertainty about whether the parade, which celebrates Northern Ireland's Protestant heritage and links with the U.K. was given the final go-ahead at a court hearing concluded at 2:15 a.m. Sunday, a move that prompted the protesters to take to the street.

The Orange Order is named after William of Orange, a Protestant prince of Holland who defeated the Catholic King James to take over the British throne in the 17th century.

Varios días de aguaceros continuos han provocado inundaciones generalizadas y graves interrupciones en Bangkok, afectando al tráfico y los negocios, con precipitaciones acumuladas que superaron los 30 centímetros (11,8 pulgadas) en muchas zonas.

El Departamento Meteorológico de Tailandia indicó que todavía se esperaban lluvias de moderadas a fuertes el domingo en varias partes del país, pero se preveía que las condiciones mejoraran para el lunes.

La ciudad habilitó más de 200 refugios temporales, y unas 3.000 personas permanecían en ellos hasta el domingo. Las autoridades señalaron que 31 carreteras seguían afectadas por las aguas de la inundación.

El gobernador de Bangkok, Chadchart Sittipunt, señaló que las precipitaciones en la capital han disminuido y que los funcionarios municipales trabajaban para drenar el agua lo más rápido posible. Advirtió que los niveles en los principales canales de la ciudad seguían altos, y que algunos aún subían a medida que llegaba el agua desde zonas cercanas.

Varias áreas bajas, particularmente en los suburbios, seguían anegadas y muchas comunidades tuvieron que evacuar, dijo Chadchart.

Más de 545.000 personas en otras 25 provincias se han visto afectadas por las inundaciones hasta el domingo, especialmente en las regiones central y oriental, según el Departamento de Prevención y Mitigación de Desastres.

Las lluvias incesantes provocaron inundaciones que desbordaron la capacidad de drenaje en muchas zonas, afirmó el primer ministro Anutin Charnvirakul.

Ordenó a las autoridades pertinentes tomar medidas inmediatas para aliviar la situación y ayudar a los afectados.

Se suspendieron varios servicios de tren y autobús de larga distancia. Los aeropuertos continuaron operando, pero los pasajeros enfrentaron algunos retrasos.

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Days of continuous downpours have caused widespread flooding and severe disruptions in Bangkok, impacting traffic and businesses, with accumulated rainfall exceeding 30 centimeters (11.8 inches) in many areas.

Thailand’s Meteorological Department said moderate to heavy rain was still expected Sunday in several parts of the country, but conditions were expected to improve by Monday.

The city set up more than 200 temporary shelters, and about 3,000 people remained in them as of Sunday. Officials said 31 roads were still impacted by floodwaters.

Bangkok Gov. Chadchart Sittipunt said rainfall in the capital has decreased and city officials were working to drain water as quickly as possible. He cautioned that water levels in the city’s main canals remained high, with some still rising as water continued to flow in from nearby areas.

Several low-lying areas, particularly in the suburbs, were still submerged and many communities had to evacuate, Chadchart said.

More than 545,000 people in 25 other provinces have been impacted by flooding as of Sunday, especially in the central and eastern regions, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation.

Incessant rainfall caused flooding that overwhelmed drainage capacity in many areas, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said.

He ordered relevant authorities to take immediate measures to relieve the situation and assist those impacted.

Several long-distance train and bus services were suspended. Airports continued to operate, but passengers faced some delays.

London’s Metropolitan Police, which takes the lead on potential terrorist activities, said police received a call at 12:45 a.m. related to the three suspicious vehicles that appeared to be traveling toward RAF Fairford, a U.K.-owned base that is operated by the U.S. under an agreement dating back to the Cold War.

The base is home to US bombers striking Iran

The arrests come at a time of heightened tensions around the threat from hostile states to the U.K., with Russia and Iran among those that have used proxies to commit crimes on their behalf on British soil. In March, officials said the number of national security cases involving activity by hostile states including Iran increased 50% in the six months to December 2025.

Fairford has been used by American bombers for strictly limited strikes against Iranian missile sites under an agreement with former British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who voiced opposition to the war after it was launched by the U.S. and Israel on Feb. 28.

Authorities are investigating a link between the Fairford arrests and Iran as one possibility. Iran has previously indicated that a base used to attack its territory is a legitimate target.

U.S. President Donald Trump praised those who were involved in making the arrests.

“It was an amazing job. We had them under investigation. They were looking to do big damage to our fort. And working with the British worked out great,” he told reporters in Chicago on Sunday. “We had them under view for a long time and we got them.”

Police feared an explosion

The five men were initially arrested on suspicion of committing offenses under the Explosives Act in the Whelford area, which backs onto RAF Fairford, which hosts the headquarters of the U.S. Air Force’s 501st Combat Support Wing and the 420th Air Base Squadron.

Aerial footage from Sky News appeared to show a bomb disposal robot roaming between three white trucks. The rear doors of two of the vans were open and large black items could be seen scattered around. The robot appeared to be working toward getting access to the third truck.

Police gave no details as to the nationality of those arrested. Suspects arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 can be detained for up to 14 days without charge, compared to the 24-hour limit for standard arrests, without an extension application.

“We are in the early stages of an investigation, and five men remain in custody,” said Vicki Evans, the Met’s counterterrorism policing senior national coordinator.

Evans said a 400-meter (yard) cordon has been put in place around the three vehicles that raised suspicion while the army conducts examinations. As a precaution, around 85 households have been evacuated whilst these examinations take place. Some have been taken to a nearby recreation center.

The U.S. embassy in London warned Americans to be cautious and mindful of their personal security.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he knew the incident would be “deeply concerning” for many. In a post on social media, Burnham thanked police and the armed forces for their response and said he was grateful to the residents who have been evacuated from their homes “while precautionary checks are carried out.”

He urged people “not to speculate while the authorities establish the full facts.”

The defense secretaries of the U.S. and the U.K., Pete Hegseth and Wes Streeting, have also spoken about the incident.

British security officials say proxies linked to Iran have been behind a string of arson and sabotage attempts in the U.K. and other countries, many of them targeting the Jewish community. They have previously warned that Tehran could expand its targets in the U.K. if conflicts in the Middle East continue.

Local residents evacuated as investigation continues

Gloucestershire police said the situation appeared to be “contained” and urged residents to follow official advice while the investigation continues.

Julian Tudsbery, who has lived in Whelford for 30 years, said another resident had reported seeing three “suspicious vans” in the village early on Sunday.

“There were several police, three police cars in the drive, and they said you need to evacuate, there’s been a major incident, said he couldn’t elaborate,” he said.

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South Africa has struggled with violent crime for years, but recent shooting incidents have shocked a country used to some of the highest homicide rates in the world.

In the first attack, eight gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles and pistols opened fire at a bar near Johannesburg late on Saturday. The South African Police Service said 17 people were killed at the small venue in Wedela township, southwest of South Africa's biggest city.

The attackers fired at patrons outside the bar before moving inside and continuing to shoot. The victims included 13 men and four women, with at least 15 other people injured, police said.

The gunmen searched some of the patrons and took their mobile phones before escaping in two vehicles. Two cars were set alight outside the bar during the shooting.

Around four hours later, 10 people were killed and 11 wounded in a shooting at a store linked to what police described as an entertainment venue in Lwandle township, near Cape Town, South Africa's second biggest city. Police said they were searching for multiple suspects, though they didn’t give an exact number.

No arrests have been made in either case. Police deployed specialized units to both townships and surrounding areas in the hunt for the gunmen.

The attacks came five days after another mass shooting in a township near Durban killed at least 11 people, including a pregnant woman, when multiple gunmen attacked a house party in KwaMakhutha township. Police have not reported any arrests.

South Africa's gun violence problem

Wedela resident Siyabonga Nondabula said there had been shootings in the area in the past involving illegal mining gangs, but none of them targeted so many people.

“Seventeen people and (maybe) even more have died, this has never happened here,” he said. "So I feel very sad and traumatized.”

A high rate of killings is a longstanding problem for Africa's most advanced economy, but the phenomenon of mass shootings is becoming more common, according to experts, with recent killings often being carried out by multiple gunmen.

Gun homicides mostly affect South Africa's poorest communities in townships and informal settlements made up of shacks and small homes on the edges of many big cities. Police have linked some of the recent shootings, including last week's house party killings near Durban, to criminal gangs.

Other recent mass shootings include one in June in a poor neighborhood of Johannesburg that killed 12 people, and two in the space of two weeks in December that left a total of 21 people dead.

Soldiers deployed to help police fight crime

South Africa's violent crime problem prompted President Cyril Ramaphosa to deploy soldiers on the streets in March in a yearlong operation to combat crime in some of the country's worst-affected areas. The deployment included high-crime areas around Johannesburg and Cape Town, as well as other areas.

Announcing the deployment, Ramaphosa said crime by organized gangs was the biggest threat to South Africa's democracy and economic development. Some critics viewed the use of soldiers on the streets as an admission that police were failing.

Soldiers were deployed Sunday to the scene of the bar shooting in Wedela.

South Africa has on average 60 homicides a day

South Africa recorded 5,427 homicides in the three-months ending June 30, an average of nearly 60 a day, according to police statistics.

Shootings are the most common method of homicide in the country. Police and crime experts have long identified the large number of illegal firearms in circulation as a major problem.

Firearm ownership is legal in South Africa but heavily regulated and subject to strict competency requirements. Estimates from political parties and the country’s national gun owners association suggest that between 2 million and 6 million illegal firearms are in circulation. Those groups say the weapons are used in the vast majority of gun homicides.

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Meanwhile, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran has not been formally notified of U.S. President Donald Trump's rejection of its proposed deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. And the World Health Organization says nearly 700 people have been killed in Yemen since fighting escalated last month.

Here is a look at the latest news from the Middle East on Sunday.

Iran’s top diplomat says they await word from mediators

Araghchi said Tehran awaits a U.S. response through mediators after Trump rejected Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume negotiations.

Speaking from New York, Araghchi told NBC that Iran is “fully prepared for the war to be resumed."

He added, however: “At the same time, we stand ready for diplomacy. It is up to President Trump to choose.”

Trump told Axios he expects U.S. negotiators to engage in more talks this week.

Araghchi, who had described the proposal on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, earlier told Iranian state media that Tehran’s conditions for reopening the strait remained unchanged and there would be “no backing down from them.”

Israel to expel Dutch diplomats over settlements-related ban

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said the government had notified the Dutch embassy in Israel that its diplomats in Ramallah had to leave within one week.

Saar said the decision was in response to a Dutch ban that went into effect on Sept. 22 on the “import, purchase and sale of goods” originating from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, which the Netherlands, like most of the international community, considers illegal.

Israeli news outlets reported Sunday that Dutch authorities searched the luggage of passengers on a flight from Tel Aviv to Amsterdam to ensure compliance.

“Any country that acts in a hostile and unilateral manner against Israel will lose influence and relevance in the region,” Saar said in a statement. There was no immediate comment from the Dutch foreign ministry.

Israel also ousted the Dutch delegation from the International Gaza Support Center last month.

In Gaza, over 1,100 have been killed since ceasefire

Gaza’s Health Ministry on Saturday said the Palestinian death toll has risen to 74,016, with 175,068 wounded. The war began on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants invaded Israel, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 251 others hostage.

While a ceasefire that took effect last Oct. 10 has halted the heaviest fighting, Israeli strikes have continued in what the military has said are responses to threats or attacks.

Since the ceasefire, 1,145 Palestinians have been killed, said the ministry, which is part of the Hamas-led government. It maintains detailed records viewed as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and international organizations. It does not distinguish between civilians and militants. Meanwhile, seven Israeli soldiers have been killed since the ceasefire.

Next steps in the U.S.-brokered ceasefire remain largely stalled. Israeli forces now control over half of the territory, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says they will not withdraw until Hamas disarms.

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 2

Israeli strikes in central and southern Gaza killed two Palestinians and wounded several others, according to hospital officials.

In Gaza City, a strike hit a car, killing one person and wounding several others, according to Shifa Hospital. Video showed a chaotic scene around the charred vehicle.

Israel's military said it targeted a military operative.

A separate Israeli strike in the Muwasi area of Khan Younis killed one person and wounded three others, according to Nasser Hospital.

Israeli's military said it targeted a Hamas militant.

Houthi rebels accuse Yemeni forces of a deadly strike

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels accused Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces of striking a market in Yemen's Taiz province, killing at least seven people.

Anees al-Asbahi, a spokesperson for the Houthi-run health ministry, said the strike hit shops in a market in the district of Taiziyah. He said at least other 40 people, including five children, were wounded.

The military of Yemen’s internationally recognized government rejected the Houthi claims, saying it attacked Houthi “warehouses and positions” in northern, southern and western Taiz and left “dozens of dead and wounded” among the rebels.

There has been fierce fighting on Yemen’s Red Sea coast as government forces attempt to reverse recent Houthi advances. The WHO says almost 700 people have been killed since the escalation last month.

Hezbollah supporters mark Nasrallah’s death

Thousands of people gathered in Beirut’s southern suburbs to mark the two-year anniversary of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's death in an Israeli airstrike. In a video address, his successor, Naim Kassem, reiterated the militant group’s refusal to disarm while Israeli forces occupy southern Lebanon.

“With regard to disarmament, we have told (the government) that we are ready for dialogue, but first the south must be liberated and its people return,” he said.

The latest Israel-Hezbollah war began when the Iran-backed group fired missiles across the border, two days after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran. Israel responded with bombardment and a ground invasion and now occupies a large swath of the south.

Lebanon's government signed a U.S.-brokered agreement in June under which Israeli forces would gradually withdraw in exchange for Hezbollah disarming. Hezbollah was not a party to the negotiations, and implementation of the agreement has stalled.

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On the third day of his visit to France, Leo again waded into the end-of-life debate unfolding in his native U.S. and countries around the world. The issue roiled French politics for years before lawmakers recently approved legislation allowing adults with incurable illnesses to receive lethal medication.

Leo also met on Sunday with seven survivors of clergy sexual abuse, in what has now become a regular appointment for popes on foreign visits. The aim is to atone for the Catholic Church’s failure to protect its youngest and most vulnerable members from predator priests.

“It was extraordinary,” said survivor Jean-Marie Delbos, who joined four others at a press conference afterward to praise Leo for the encounter, saying he listened and was informed of their cases. “I never thought I would have a pope before me.”

A message about end-of-life care

Leo’s visit to the once staunchly Catholic and officially secular France has been marked by huge crowds — 800,000 at Leo’s Mass on Paris’ iconic Place de la Concorde — and his messaging against abortion and assisted dying.

France’s National Assembly in 2024 enshrined abortion as a constitutional right and recently gave final approval to its end-of-life bill.

On Sunday, the American pope celebrated Mass before some 150,000 people — many in wheelchairs — on the prairie next to Lourdes’ main basilica. He then visited a care center for sick people on the sanctuary’s grounds. He sought to encourage especially those who live in “terrible pain” that they have inherent dignity that no law or algorithm can “eliminate.”

“On the contrary, it is precisely in the name of this inalienable dignity of the human person that we must reject the temptation to cause death under the guise of false compassion,” he said. "What is legal is not necessarily moral,” Leo said to applause from the crowd.

Catholic teaching holds that all human life must be protected and defended from conception until natural death, leading to its firm opposition to abortion, euthanasia and medically assisted dying.

Leo had specifically criticized a medical-aid-in-dying law that took effect in Sept. 12 in his home state of Illinois — the 13th U.S. state with such a law.

Lourdes became a major pilgrimage destination after the Catholic Church officially recognized visions of the Virgin Mary reported here by a young girl in 1858. The site near the Spanish border draws millions of pilgrims each year, especially sick and disabled believers hoping for a cure from the famed spring water in the Lourdes grotto where the visions purportedly occurred.

As a result in Lourdes, where the church has recognized 72 “miraculous” cures as authentic, the question of respecting even the most frail, sick and vulnerable is particularly acute.

Survivors visit Lourdes as part of their healing process

More recently, Lourdes has also become a place of healing for survivors of clergy sexual abuse, and it was chosen as the site for Leo's encounter with victims. Leo met with them in a group and one-on-one in an encounter that lasted nearly two hours, the Vatican said.

The pope "listened to their stories, the pain and suffering they had endured — sometimes, unfortunately, with the complicity or silence of those who could have helped them — and their suggestions for ensuring that this does not happen again,” the Vatican said in a statement.

Olivier Mardi, co-founder of Voix Libérées de Touraine, a survivor group, said he perceived that Leo was a decisive “man of engagement” who had done his homework going into the meeting. He said Leo knew Mardi's case and asked him precise questions.

“He's not fooled; he knows that these incidents will continue and that we must remain vigilant,” he said. “There was an emotional side to it, and at the same time, something very powerful when he spoke.”

The French church has faced a brutal reckoning with its legacy of abuse. An independent report in 2021 estimated 330,000 children had been abused over 70 years by some 3,000 priests and church workers.

Despite criticism of the report’s methodology and conclusions, French bishops put in place an independent system of compensation for victims that to date has recommended the church pay out more than 20 million euros ($22.7 million).

During a meeting with French bishops on Sunday morning, Leo praised their response to victims and urged them to continue. But he also acknowledged that the cratering in priestly vocations in the French church is related to the scandal, given the priesthood is now sometimes viewed with suspicion.

“For priestly vocations to flourish, the priest must be welcomed, accepted, and loved,” Leo said.

Monsignor Pierre-Antoine Bozo, spokesperson for the bishops’ conference, said Leo intentionally wanted to keep the encounter with victims small to facilitate an intimate encounter.

“When it comes to listening to them, you can’t have 50 people in front of you,” he said. “So I think that’s really what the pope chose: to listen so that we can act and respond more effectively.”

Mosaics are a painful reminder of alleged abuse

In Lourdes, Leo was also reminded of a prickly abuse case inherited from Pope Francis.

The façade of one of the Lourdes basilicas was designed by the Rev. Marko Rupnik, a religious mosaic artist.

Rupnik is currently on trial in a Vatican court, accused by more than two dozen women of having psychologically, spiritually and sexually abused them starting in the 1990s, including during the creation of his artworks.

His case was covered up for three decades by his Jesuit superiors, and even Francis was suspected of having protected his fellow Jesuit. In response to a media outcry, Francis ordered a canonical trial in 2024, which is ongoing.

The Rupnik case posed the question of what to do with his mosaics, which adorn basilicas around the world.

Lourdes Bishop Jean-Marc Micas in 2025 decided to cover the façade of the Notre Dame du Rosaire Basilica, reasoning that abuse victims who come to Lourdes for healing shouldn’t be forced to see the mosaics.

On Sunday, Leo looped in front of the basilica in his popemobile, passing by the mosaic panels now covered by mustard-colored curtains affixed with plastic ties.

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Manny Machado and the Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-7 on Saturday to wrap up the No. 4 seed in the National League playoffs. They'll host every game in a best-of-three Wild Card Series against the fifth-seeded Cubs beginning Tuesday. The winner will face the NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers in a best-of-five Division Series.

“The guys played great today and they’ve had a great season, and the reward is getting to play a couple playoff games at home," rookie manager Craig Stammen said. “So we’re excited about that. We don't have to pack our bags tomorrow and we can enjoy this one and then be ready for the playoffs, which is going to be the most important part of the season.”

The Cubs beat the Padres 2-1 in a Wild Card Series last year at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

“The Cubs are a great team. They kind of had their way with us when we went to Chicago this year. Played a couple close games here at home, but it should be a great series," Stammen said.

“It'll be highly contested. They're the ones that knocked us out of the playoffs last year so we'll have to bring our A game."

The Cubs took two of three games at Petco Park in late April and swept a three-game series in Chicago in late June and early July.

Machado hit a three-run homer Saturday, his 30th, and Xander Bogaerts also went deep for the Padres (90-71), who clinched their club-record third straight 90-win season and seventh in team history. They earned their franchise-best third consecutive postseason berth with a 4-2 win Thursday night at the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

Saturday night’s crowd was 44,698, the 65th sellout of the season.

“Obviously, playing in front of our home crowd is going to be huge,” said Machado, who has eight 30-homer seasons — including four with the Padres.

“It's going to be great. It's home. Those guys bring it every single year. Come home and play how we always play in front of them. To start the postseason and start a run here at home, definitely exciting for sure.”

This will be the third postseason matchup between the Padres and Cubs.

In the 1984 National League Championship Series, the Cubs routed Tony Gwynn and the Padres in the first two games at Wrigley Field before San Diego rallied to win all three home games at Jack Murphy Stadium and take the best-of-five matchup 3-2.

The highlight for San Diego was Steve Garvey's walk-off, two-run homer in Game 4. The Padres won the next afternoon to reach their first World Series, where they lost in five games to the Detroit Tigers.

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The Gators' 24-point win over then-No. 4 Mississippi under first-year coach Jon Sumrall on Saturday earned them a 13-rung promotion to No. 8, their highest ranking since 2020 and first top-10 appearance since 2021.

Texas, Georgia and Notre Dame continued to hold the top three spots, Miami was a season-high No. 4 and Ohio State moved up two spots to No. 5. Indiana, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and BYU completed the top 10.

The Longhorns received 62 first-place votes from the media voting panel, four more than last week, after they held off Tennessee 20-17 in their first road game.

Georgia, coming off a convincing win over Oklahoma and outscoring opponents by an average of 41.5 points per game, got six first-place votes, double its number last week. Miami and Indiana each received one first-place vote.

Mississippi State moved up eight spots to No. 16, its highest ranking in four years, for beating Missouri at home. Oregon was up five spots to No. 15 after winning on the road against Southern California. Houston also moved up five spots to No. 20 after winning at Georgia Southern.

Iowa earned its highest ranking since 2021, at No. 14, for knocking off Michigan on the road on the final play of the game.

Seven ranked teams lost in Week 4 and four dropped out of the poll. Penn State took the biggest fall, going from No. 13 to unranked after losing to Wisconsin at home.

In and out

No. 19 Oklahoma State, which won at West Virginia for its third straight victory after losing 21 straight against Bowl Subdivision opponents, is ranked for the first time in two years.

No. 22 Boise State of the Pac-12 is the first Group of Six team to crack the Top 25 this season. The Broncos' 25-point win at Western Michigan was their third straight win after a narrow loss at Oregon. They hadn't been ranked since the 2025 preseason poll.

No. 23 UCLA is 4-0 for the first time in four years after a 51-point road win over Maryland and is ranked for the first time in three years.

No. 24 Kentucky followed its win at Texas A&M with an easy victory at South Alabama to earn its first ranking since 2023.

In addition to Penn State, Michigan, Louisville and Texas A&M fell out of the Top 25.

Poll points

— Florida’s rise was the biggest since LSU leapt 14 spots, from No. 25 to No. 11, on Sept. 4, 2018.

— The Big 12's five ranked teams are the most since the conference had the same number ranked Oct. 26, 2025. It's just the sixth time in the 2020s the Big 12 has had that many in the Top 25.

— Georgia is in the Top 25 for the 700th time, which is 10th-most all-time.

— Alabama made its 300th straight appearance in the Top 25, the longest active streak and nearly double that of the next team (Georgia, 153).

Conference call

SEC (10 ranked teams): No. 1 Texas, No. 2 Georgia, No. 7 Alabama, No. 8 Florida, No. 9 Mississippi, No. 11 LSU, No. 16 Mississippi State, No. 17 Tennessee, No. 24 Kentucky, No. 25 Missouri.

Big Ten (6): No. 5 Ohio State, No. 6 Indiana, No. 14 Iowa, No. 15 Oregon, No. 18 USC, No. 23 UCLA).

Big 12 (5): No. 10 BYU, No. 12 Texas Tech, No. 13 Utah, No. 19 Oklahoma State, No. 20 Houston.

ACC (2): No. 4 Miami, No. 21 SMU.

Pac-12 (1): No. 22 Boise State.

Independent (1): No. 3 Notre Dame.

Ranked vs. ranked

No. 5 Ohio State at No. 14 Iowa: Buckeyes were ranked No. 3 when they last visited Kinnick Stadium, in 2017, and the 55-24 loss killed their playoff hopes.

No. 7 Alabama at No. 16 Mississippi State: Crimson Tide have won 16 straight in the series, and most of the games haven't been close.

No. 8 Florida at No. 25 Missouri: Tigers have won last two meetings in Columbia, on a field goal with 5 seconds left in 2023 and on a 2-point conversion pass in overtime in 2021.

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Ping Ping and Fu Shuang departed Chengdu in southwestern China early Sunday aboard a dedicated “FedEx Panda Express” Boeing 777 aircraft, officials said. A new agreement between Zoo Atlanta and the China Wildlife Conservation Association makes Atlanta one of three zoos in the U.S. to house giant pandas, along with the San Diego Zoo in California and the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C.

“This is a thrilling day for Zoo Atlanta and a historic moment for the City of Atlanta, the state of Georgia, and beyond,” Zoo Atlanta President and CEO Raymond B. King said in a statement. “We are elated to welcome Ping Ping and Fu Shuang and could not be more excited about sharing that joy with our Members, guests, city, and community in the coming weeks."

Zoo visitors will have to wait awhile to see Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, officials said. The bears will be quarantined for about a month in a biosecure area of the wildlife park's new giant panda complex. Park officials haven't confirmed a specific opening date.

The pandas' arrival was announced Thursday by Chinese President Xi Jinping during a three-day summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. The loan of the pandas was one of the few concrete outcomes to come out of the state visit, which saw expressions of goodwill between the leaders, but no fixes to any of the long-standing differences between the two countries.

Atlanta said farewell to its last pandas in 2024, leaving the zoo without the bears. The new agreement was announced back in April, but without any dates.

Ping Ping and Fu Shuang will be on loan to Zoo Atlanta for 10 years as part of the agreement. Both pandas were born in 2020 and were kept at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Ping Ping, the male, has dark black circles around his eyes, while Fu Shuang, the female, has a forehead that protrudes a bit, according to the Xinhua News Agency.

China has long used the pandas as part of its diplomacy globally, deploying the bears in loan programs as expressions of goodwill and letting loan agreements lapse when tensions arise.

Xi had said the loan program was an example of “friendship between the Chinese and Americans.”

Lucky them, the AL Central crown comes with a little break before their postseason begins.

“We’ll get some rest. This team was on fumes,” Guardians manager Stephen Vogt said after his club wrapped up its third straight division title by beating the Kansas City Royals 11-5 on Saturday night while Chicago lost 9-6 to the Colorado Rockies.

Cleveland has won seven AL Central championships in the past 11 seasons — so the Guardians know how to celebrate.

After nearly an hour of dousing each other with bubbly in the clubhouse, drenched players spilled out of the visitors' dugout to continue their celebration and slip and slide on the tarp-covered Kauffman Stadium field as the rain began to fall harder.

“What an incredible accomplishment,” said Guardians president Chris Antonetti, who lauded the players, coaching staff and his front office for their hard work.

“But this is why we do it,” he said, gesturing to the celebration in the locker room.

The Guardians clinched a postseason berth with Thursday’s 1-0 win over the Boston Red Sox. They’ve earned a playoff spot eight times since 2016.

“There’s so many people that have contributed to this win, this championship, and I think that’s what makes this feel really good,” Vogt said. “I think that’s the story of this year, how deep the roster was.”

Vogt is the eighth manager to guide a team to the postseason in each of his first three seasons, and the 2026 title required his most creative efforts. That included overcoming injuries to José Ramírez, Angel Martínez and rookie Chase DeLauter.

“We were without three of our best hitters for over a month and the boys held it together,” Vogt said. “They held the season together. Our season could have gone very differently.”

The Guardians tried to bolster the club with the trade-deadline acquisitions of outfielder Jo Adell, first baseman Nathaniel Lowe, left-hander Foster Griffin and right-hander Craig Yoho.

Yet the Guardians trailed Chicago by six games on Aug. 16. Then they won 25 of the next 36, including 15 of the past 21.

“What this team did over the last 21 games was really special,” Vogt said. “(The players) deserve all the credit.”

The White Sox led or were tied for first in the AL Central from July 4 until Sept. 16.

Cleveland became the first team since divisional play began in 1969 to win consecutive division titles after being at least six games back through 125 games in both years, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

“I feel like the thing about us, the stretch we had after the All-Star break, the majority of teams could have folded,” said Tanner Bibee, the winning pitcher Saturday.

“We could have went back in our shell, but we knew it was going to flip. If you show up every day on the field in the same way, usually the baseball gods reward you in a good way.”

Cleveland will wrap up its regular season Sunday, then will be off until opening a best-of-five Division Series at home next Saturday.

Bibee, whose 15 losses are tied for the major league lead, sees the playoffs as a reset.

“At this point, it doesn’t matter,” he said. “Everyone’s at zero when it gets to October. The stats don’t matter. Only wins do now. That’s the beautiful thing about October.”

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The governing Labour Party opened its annual conference beside the River Mersey in Liverpool on Sunday, with Burnham pledging to turn the page on a decade of economic and political turmoil. He is the U.K.’s seventh prime minister since the country voted in 2016 to leave the European Union.

Burnham said the message of his keynote conference speech on Tuesday would be: “It’s time for Britain to have hope again.”

“I am here to end the decade of drift and division that we’ve had since Brexit, because it’s not been a great decade for Britain,” he said on Sunday.

His message is aimed at both the British public and a center-left party that is hopeful but nervous — ready to embrace his promise of better times, but worried about economic damage rippling out from conflict in the Middle East.

University of Manchester political science professor Rob Ford said Burnham’s difficult task is to win over “a skeptical electorate” eager for change, “while at the same time doing that within the constraints of a very difficult economic and fiscal situation.”

In short: “How do you serve people a bowl of cold porridge and convince them it’s a pepperoni pizza?”

Upbeat Burnham replaced unpopular Starmer

Britain’s main political parties all hold conferences in September and October, combinations of pep rally, social gathering and policy forum that set the political tone and agenda for the year ahead.

Last year’s Labour gathering was gloomy, as members despaired about Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s deep unpopularity, little more than a year after winning power in a landslide, and the seemingly unstoppable rise of the anti-immigration opposition party Reform UK.

Burnham, then the popular mayor of Greater Manchester, was followed around Liverpool by journalists as speculation grew that he would challenge Starmer.

Events came to a head months later when a panicky party forced Starmer’s resignation and his replacement by Burnham as party leader and prime minister in July.

Now, Labour is seeing a “Burnham bounce” driven by the new leader’s upbeat talk and modest moves to put money in voters’ pocketbooks by cutting tax on electricity bills and capping bus fares.

Meanwhile, Reform is facing parliamentary and police investigations over its finances — though it also recently received 72 million pounds ($95 million) from two cryptocurrency billionaires.

Burnham has already set out some priorities, including handing more power to local leaders in order to generate “good growth in every post code.” He says he’ll reform Britain’s privatized utilities, especially the expensive, leaky and polluting water network, and will tackle the soaring cost of housing with measures including a government-backed loan plan to help people buy their first homes.

While the party is relatively united behind Burnham, he faces a divisive decision about whether to approve new oil drilling in the North Sea – opposed by environmentalists but backed by trade unions – and pushback over plans agreed under Starmer to make it harder for immigrants to settle permanently in Britain.

The next general election does not have to be called until 2029, but Labour’s revival has sparked talk of a snap election – something Burnham denies he’s considering.

“All of this speculation on an early election, I can knock that dead,” Burnham told broadcaster ITV on Friday.

Looming budget promises pain

But no matter how upbeat Burnham is, economic pain is coming.

Burnham must explain to party members and voters how he will deal with economic turbulence from the on-off U.S.-Iran war, which has severely restricted the movement of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.

Treasury chief John Healey is set to deliver the Burnham government’s first budget on Oct. 28, with rising energy prices pushing up inflation and the cost of government borrowing. Like other countries, Britain also needs to find money to increase defense spending to counter threats from Russia.

At the same time, Burnham is promising to strengthen Britain’s state-funded National Health Service and set up a “national care service” to fix what he calls a “ broken” social care system.

That means tax rises or spending cuts – or both – could be on the cards.

One thing that might bring an economic boost is to ease some of the trade barriers erected by Brexit. Burnham has pledged closer ties with the European Union, though he's currently bound by Starmer's 2024 election pledge not to rejoin the bloc or enter its single market for goods, services and employment.

Progress toward closer ties has been slow. A summit to reset EU-U.K. relations which was initially due to be held in July has been pushed back to November at the earliest because the two sides are wrangling over the bloc’s “made in Europe” rules, which Britain says will hurt its producers.

Ford said that, unlike Starmer, who quickly squandered the public’s goodwill, Burnham has retained his reputation “as an optimist and an effective communicator.” But Burnham's “really stern test” is yet to come, he said.

“The bills are still going to land on the doormat,” Ford said. “He’s going to have to be the prime minister who can sell the average voter on, ‘Yes, that is indeed a bowl of cold porridge in front of you, but it will get better.’”

Earlier this week it was announced that Taylor Swift will receive the inaugural Artist Director Honors, becoming the most awarded artist in VMA history.

Swift is currently tied with Beyoncé for the title of most-awarded musician in VMA history. They have 30 each. (Eminem is the male artist with the most VMAs with 15.) The new award, which according to the VMAs is meant to recognize artists “whose work behind the camera has expanded the possibilities of music video and advanced the art of visual storytelling,” will bring her total to 31.

She will also debut the music video for her new song, “Patient Zero,” during the award show. Swift directed the visual, which stars Colin Farrell and Dakota Johnson.

“Patient Zero” is also her first single since marrying Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden in July.

Here's what else to know ahead of Sunday night's show.

How to watch the show

The two-hour MTV Video Music Awards show will broadcast live on CBS on Sunday, Sept. 27, at 7:30 p.m. Eastern and 4:30 p.m. Pacific, from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

It is the first time since 2017 that the VMAs have picked a location that is not in New York or New Jersey.

The VMAs are also simulcast on MTV and be available to stream on Paramount+ in the U.S. It will become available to stream globally the next day on Paramount+ and MTV.

Snoop Dogg, a 13-time VMAs nominee and three-time winner, will host. Snoop made his debut on the VMAs stage in 1994. He closed the show in 1999 with Dr. Dre and Eminem and returned for a tribute to the Notorious B.I.G. and again for a performance with Eminem in 2022.

Who's nominated at the 2026 MTV VMAs

Madonna leads the 2026 MTV Video Music Award nominations. The pop superstar has been nominated in every decade of her musical career. She has 19 competitive MTV VMA wins and in 1986 became the first solo female artist to receive the Video Vanguard Award.

She is up for 11 awards at this year’s ceremony, including video, artist and song of the year, as well as best collaboration, dance, direction, art direction, cinematography, editing, choreography and visual effects.

Taylor Swift follows with the second-most nominations with nine. She is up for video and artist of the year as well as best pop, direction, art direction, cinematography, editing, choreography and visual effects.

Madonna and Swift are followed by Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter with seven nods each to their names, as well as Bruno Mars, PinkPantheress and Zara Larsson with five. Blackpink’s LISA has four and Shakira, Tate McRae, GENER8ION and Yung Lean are tied for three.

Who’s performing at the 2026 MTV VMAs

Madonna will open the show. It will mark her first performance at the VMAs in 23 years.

Kacey Musgraves will pay homage to the late, great Dolly Parton. The country music icon, whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, died in Nashville of cancer in August. She was 80.

Raye, Sombr and Teddy Swims will pay tribute to George Michael, who died 10 years ago on Christmas Day. He was 53.

It's double duty for Raye, who also will perform solo.

Other performers include GENER8ION with Yung Lean, Shaboozey with Gunna, as well as Lisa and Sienna Spiro.

Who's presenting at the 2026 MTV VMAs

Alex Warren, Belmont Cameli, Charli xcx, Ciara Miller, David Corenswet, Ella Bright, Isabel May, Jeff Probst, Rachel Dratch, Teyana Taylor, Tyla and Troye Sivan will present.

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The fire was reported in the 3400 block of Northwest 135th Street. MDFR officials said the call came in shortly before 9:30 p.m.

Police closed Northwest 135th Street as crews responded to the fire.

It was not immediately clear what caused the blaze or whether anyone was injured.

No additional information was immediately available.

Kiffin started sprinting down the sideline while Leavitt's fourth-down pass was in the air, having seen the Aggies freeze on a play fake as Harris sprinted into the open down the middle of the field.

The LSU coach then put both hands over his shoulder and swung them down vigorously as if wielding a sledge hammer.

“That’s probably part of why we were hired here — that aggressiveness — and I almost didn’t do it,” Kiffin said, explaining that he was leaning toward punting because his defense had been playing well.

But then Kiffin decided, "That's not how we roll. It's not how we talk to our team, you know, being conservative.

“We go for it," Kiffin added. "We take shots.”

The play put LSU (3-1, 1-1 SEC) ahead 21-3 in the third quarter and the Aggies (2-2, 0-2) did not threaten after that en route to their second straight defeat.

Aggies quarterback Marcel Reed struggled for a second straight game, completing 10 of 26 passes for 106 yards, with some passes landing nowhere near intended receivers. He also was intercepted by safety Tamarcus Cooley deep in A&M territory.

“We have to play better football. I just don’t know what else to say," said Texas A&M coach Mike Elko, noting that his team was outgained 506 yards to 197. "We got to look at everything.”

Reed didn't have many chances to throw comfortably. LSU applied pressure and kept him largely contained in the backfield — unlike the previous two times that Reed had faced LSU coordinator Blake Baker's defense.

Last season, Reed quieted Death Valley with 108 yards and two TDs rushing to go with two more TDs passing in a 49-25 triumph that helped A&M earn a College Football Playoff berth.

“Blake did a really good job of what good coaches do,” Kiffin said, noting that he and Baker spoke about LSU's difficulty defending running QBs back in January. “They spend offseasons preparing for a specific game like this.”

Now, A&M looks like a longshot at best for the 2026 CFP and will all but certainly drop out of the AP Top 25.

Reed was sacked four times in his latest visit to LSU and did not account for any touchdowns. LSU edge rusher Princewill Umanmielen helped stall a third-quarter drive with his team-high seventh sack of the season.

“I am sure they knew I was effective running the ball the past two years," Reed said. “Things didn’t open up like it did last year.”

The biggest concern for LSU's defense was the sight of linebacker Whit Weeks hobbling to the locker room in a walking boot after an apparent ankle injury. Kiffin said he didn't have an update on the severity of the injury.

LSU never trailed after Dilin Jones' 1-yard TD run made it 7-0. Leavitt, who passed for 312 yards, gave LSU a 14-3 halftime lead with his first scoring pass to Harris, which covered 16 yards on a timing pass to the right corner.

Leavitt said he pulled a hamstring in the second quarter. He subbed out a few times in favor of backup Landen Clark, who rushed for touchdowns of 4 and 2 yards late in the third quarter.

Leavitt said he'll be “just fine," adding, “It kind of almost likes locks you in on a different level when you get a little hurt because you don't have another option than distributing the ball.”

The takeaway

Texas A&M: In a pair of SEC games in the past two weekends, Reed has completed 36 of 75 passes for 342 yards and one TD against three interceptions. Elko came to Reed's defense after the Aggies' loss to Kentucky last week, but his comments were not validated by his QB's latest showing. Reed was pulled in favor of Brady Hart in the fourth quarter.

“Right now, it’s bad," Reed said. "We are at rock bottom, but we’ve got to dig ourselves out of this hole.”

LSU: There was no hangover for the Tigers after their loss at Mississippi in a hard-fought contest a week earlier. Although Leavitt was intercepted once, and for the sixth time this season, he had a number of pinpoint completions downfield, finishing 17 of 23 (74%) in what Kiffin described as a “really gutsy performance.”

Kiffin said he joked with Leavitt that his hamstring pull, “might have been the best thing that happened because he had to stay in the pocket and throw on time because he knew he couldn't run.”

Up next

Texas A&M hosts Arkansas next Saturday.

LSU hosts McNeese State next Saturday.

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Philadelphia had a 6 1/2-game lead over Arizona for the third NL wild card on Sept. 1 before going into a tailspin that now includes four straight losses. The Diamondbacks lost 10-7 at San Diego on Saturday night and remain one game back of the Phillies for the final wild card.

The Diamondbacks hold the tiebreaker over Philadelphia, so the Phillies still need a win Sunday or an Arizona loss to reach the postseason.

Philadelphia will turn to Zack Wheeler on Sunday to try and finally clinch its fifth straight playoff berth and avoid the franchise's worst collapse since 1964. The Phillies are 9-14 in September.

With the Phillies’ attempt at clinching an NL wild card teetering on an epic meltdown, Nola (7-12) was hit hard on just about every ball in play and left trailing 3-0 after pitching only one inning.

Junior Caminero hit a two-run homer in the first inning and Richie Palacios added an RBI double for a 3-0 lead. Caminero’s 42nd homer gave him 101 RBIs for the AL East champion Rays.

Palacios had four RBIs and Victor Mesa Jr. had his first four-hit game.

The Phillies used six relievers. José Alvarado was voraciously booed off the mound after the beleaguered lefty gave up three runs in the fifth inning. José Urquidy allowed three runs in the sixth to make it 10-0 and most Phillies fans — some of whom wore brown paper bags over their heads — fled for the exits on a rainy night.

Rays starter Griffin Jax took a line drive from Philadelphia’s Trea Turner off his lower back and left the game after three innings.

The Phillies had a runner on second and two outs when Turner drilled a 104-mph line drive off Jax. The ball ricocheted to shortstop Taylor Walls, who threw out Turner for the third out of the inning.

Jax was relieved by Steven Matz (6-6), who pitched a scoreless inning.

The Phillies snapped their 21-inning scoreless streak on an unearned run in the seventh.

Up next

The Rays finish with RHP Nick Martinez (15-5, 2.94 ERA) on the mound.

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Loved ones held a memorial procession through the city, displaying Marcano’s name and photo on banners along the route to her alma mater, Flanagan High School.

A banner also flew through the sky with the message, “Miya you are forever in our hearts. We love and miss you.”

Marcano’s family said the gathering was about honoring the South Florida native while also continuing to raise awareness about Miya’s Law, legislation inspired by her death.

“And she didn’t die in vain,” Marcano’s aunt, Semone Westmaas, said. “So we’re going through Pembroke Pines, as she was given the key to the city, we had a few banners up on the cars. We want everyone to see her, remember her, and look up what Miya’s Law is all about. It’s important for tenants.”

Miya’s Law was signed in 2022 and strengthened safety requirements for renters. The law requires background checks for apartment employees, key-tracking procedures and more notice before workers enter rental units.

Marcano was last seen at her Orlando apartment complex, where she lived, in September 2021.

Her body was found more than a week later.

Authorities believe Armando Caballero, a maintenance worker at Marcano’s apartment complex, was responsible for her death.

Caballero died by suicide three days after Marcano disappeared.

Local 10 News cameras arrived at the scene shortly after the crash in the 8700 block of Southwest 24^th Street.

Chaperones at the scene told Local 10 News that the teenagers traveling in the van were students. The students confirmed they were with the Miami Job Corps Center and were on their way to a football game when the crash occurred.

Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies could be seen speaking with those involved as they investigated the circumstances surrounding the crash.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said nine people were involved in the crash.

Three people were transported to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, while the other six declined medical transport, first responders said.

No additional information about the circumstances surrounding the crash was immediately provided.

Patrick Bailey and Brayan Rocchio each hit two of Cleveland's five home runs as the Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 11-5 on Saturday night to clinch their third straight AL Central title.

Cleveland's victory coupled with Chicago's 9-6 loss to Colorado gave the Guardians (85-76) a two-game lead over the second-place White Sox (83-78) with one game remaining in the regular season.

José Ramírez and the Guardians are assured the No. 2 seed in the American League playoffs and a first-round bye into a best-of-five Division Series. They will have five days off and then home-field advantage against the winner of a best-of-three Wild Card Series between the No. 6 seed White Sox and either Houston or Texas — whichever one wins the AL West on Sunday.

It is Cleveland's seventh division crown in the past 11 seasons.

Kansas City jumped on Tanner Bibee for three first-inning runs, highlighted by doubles from Carter Jensen and Jac Caglianone. But then Bibee shut out Kansas City as Cleveland quickly mounted a comeback.

A fielding error by Bobby Witt Jr. at shortstop opened the Guardians’ four-run second inning. Bailey hooked a two-run homer off the right-field foul pole, and Cleveland grabbed a 4-3 lead when Steven Kwan’s slicing liner eluded diving left fielder Isaac Collins for an RBI triple — one of four extra-base hits in the inning.

After missing four games with a right wrist sprain, Chase DeLauter lined Michael Wacha’s second pitch of the third into the right-field seats for his 16th home run.

Travis Bazzana tripled and scored on Nathaniel Lowe’s sacrifice fly in the sixth, and Rocchio hit his 14th homer in the seventh. Bailey and Rocchio connected for back-to-back homers to highlight a four-run ninth.

Nine of the Guardians’ 14 hits went for extra bases.

Bibee (7-15) allowed three runs and seven hits in six innings, striking out six. Cleveland has won nine of 10 games and five straight series.

Wacha (9-10) worked 6 1/3 innings, permitting six runs — two earned — and six hits.

The last-place Royals (68-93) have dropped 11 of 13 and 18 of 24. Kansas City lost eight straight series to finish the season, its longest such skid since losing eight in a row from April 10 to May 7, 2023.

Up next

The Guardians were undecided on the mound for their regular-season finale Sunday against LHP Daniel Lynch (6-6, 4.13 ERA) and the Royals.

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Mensah passed for 338 yards and three touchdowns, plus ran for another score as Miami capped an unbeaten September by topping Central Michigan 52-3 on Saturday night.

Malachi Toney caught six passes for 120 yards and a touchdown for Miami (4-0), and all four of Mensah's touchdowns came in the second quarter. Cooper Barkate and Daylyn Upshaw also caught scoring passes from Mensah, who completed 23 of 27 throws.

“He spread the ball around pretty good, he extended plays, great pocket presence, protected pretty well,” Miami coach Mario Cristobal said. “A couple times when it got sticky, he found a way.”

Even with only four incompletions, Mensah's completion percentage for the season dipped. It's now 88.7%, down slightly from the 89.9% clip he had entering Saturday.

Mensah — whose 5-yard scoring run capped a 97-yard TD drive late in the second quarter for a 35-3 halftime lead — has 14 touchdown throws, 12 incompletions and zero interceptions this season.

“We've come a long way and we've shown some good things,” Mensah said. “But like Cristobal always says, we've got a long way to go.”

Offensive lineman Jamal Meriweather was credited with a touchdown after falling on a fumble for Miami, which is unbeaten entering October for the fourth consecutive season. Javian Mallory and Chris Wheatley-Humphrey each ran for scores for the Hurricanes, who paid tribute to their 1991 national championship team in a halftime ceremony.

Jadyn Glasser completed 13 of 15 passes off the bench for 88 yards for Central Michigan (2-2).

Miami was without top running back Mark Fletcher Jr., out with an upper body injury. Cristobal indicated that he should be available next week at Clemson.

The takeaway

Central Michigan: Give the Chippewas credit — they were the first team to lead Miami this season. A pair of penalties and a sack thwarted Miami's first drive, and Central Michigan answered with an 11-play series capped by Caden VanHuis' 49-yard field goal for a 3-0 edge.

Miami: The real tests await. Miami has eight games left in the regular season, seven against Atlantic Coast Conference foes — the other a Nov. 7 game at Notre Dame that could have massive College Football Playoff implications.

Strange series

In a four-minute span of the third quarter, Miami reached the end zone four times. Only one counted.

Damon Wilson II's 63-yard fumble return touchdown came off the board when Miami's Marquise Lightfoot — who forced the takeaway — was flagged for unnecessary roughness after the turnover. Toney had a 12-yard scoring catch (a one-handed grab) nullified when he was called for offensive pass interference, and Jordan Lyle's score off a direct snap didn't count because referee Garrett Dickerson was still explaining a flag from the previous play.

Lyle fumbled the ball on the next play, but Meriweather fell on it near the back of the end zone.

Up next

Central Michigan: Hosts Akron on Oct. 3.

Miami: Visits Clemson on Oct. 3.

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Jake Burger also went deep for the Rangers (80-81), who moved a half-game ahead of Houston atop the division standings — with the Astros scheduled to play later at the Athletics. Houston holds the head-to-head tiebreaker over Texas, so the AL West champion won't be decided until Sunday.

Following a 10-2 loss Friday and a two-hour weather delay Saturday, the Rangers scored four runs with two outs in the second inning and never looked back.

After the first two batters struck out, Nicky Lopez hit a two-out double off Twins starter Bailey Ober (7-7). Jansen's blooper dropped in for an RBI single, and a throwing error by left fielder Alan Roden allowed Jansen to reach second. Evan Carter, Alejandro Osuna and Brandon Nimmo all followed with RBI doubles to put Texas ahead 4-1.

Jansen added a leadoff homer in the fourth, and Burger hit his team-leading 28th homer in the fifth.

The bottom three batters in Texas' starting lineup went 6 for 11 with four RBIs and four runs.

Making his first start since Aug. 7, Rangers right-hander Nathan Eovaldi went 4 1/3 innings and allowed a first-inning run. Left-hander Robert Garcia (2-1) earned the win with 1 2/3 scoreless innings of relief.

Lopez exited in the fourth with an injury in the area of his left ankle and heel. He was replaced in the lineup by Michael Freeman.

Texas played without third baseman Josh Jung, who was placed on the 10-day injured list with a broken right hand. Jung got hurt Friday when he was hit by a pitch.

Saturday's first pitch was delayed by rain for 2 hours, 1 minute.

Up next

Texas had not announced a starting pitcher for Sunday's regular-season finale. Minnesota will start RHP Dean Kremer (4-5, 4.97 ERA), who has allowed two or fewer runs in each of his last three starts.

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Penn State quarterback Rocco Becht, who was 12-for-29 passing for 129 yards and an interception, tossed a final deep ball out of the back of the end zone as time expired, setting off a celebration by Wisconsin defenders.

Joseph, who threw a pair of costly interceptions earlier in the game, rebounded to lead two long scoring drives for the Badgers (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten), who snapped their six-game losing streak to Penn State and won in State College for the first time since 2003. Wisconsin earned its first road win against a ranked opponent since beating No. 25 Purdue on Oct. 23, 2021. It was the Badgers’ largest comeback victory since rallying from 18 points down against Illinois in 2006.

“I don’t know if there’s any tougher situation than what we were in out there today,” Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell said. “And to see these guys not falter, to see guys not kinda get down on Colton and (not) give up on him, that’s what to me makes me so proud.”

Joseph ran for a touchdown and threw an 11-yard TD pass to Eugene Hilton Jr. to cap a 10-play, 75-yard drive with 3:31 remaining in the fourth quarter. Gavin Lahm added a field goal for the Badgers, who were sluggish and mistake-prone in the first two periods and trailed 17-7 at halftime.

Ryan Barker kicked field goals of 22 and 37 yards, and Josiah Zayas returned an interception 51 yards for a score to lead the Nittany Lions, who lost for the first time under coach Matt Campbell.

“We just really struggled to find a rhythm,” Campbell said. “I feel like it kind of led to the second half of the football game and kind of being in the same spot. We just struggled.”

Becht scored a go-ahead rushing touchdown early in the second quarter, but it wasn’t enough for an offense that punted on five of its next eight possessions. The Nittany Lions didn’t register a first down on four of their final five tries.

Daryus Dixson and Tony Rojas had interceptions for Penn State (3-1, 0-1), while James Peoples carried 14 times for 67 yards.

The Nittany Lions held Wisconsin to just 14 yards and one first down in a lopsided first quarter. Meanwhile, Barker put Penn State up 3-0 with a 22-yard field goal on Penn State’s second drive.

The Badgers’ first two possessions ended with punts. Sitting on a flat route near the line of scrimmage, Zayas one-handed a Joseph pass and returned it 51 yards, untouched, to give Penn State a 10-0 lead early in the second.

Wisconsin’s offense broke down again just four plays later when Dixson picked Joseph off and returned it to the Badgers’ 11. Becht powered into the end zone from 3 yards out moments later to make it 17-0.

Joseph finally found a rhythm and led an 11-play, 75-yard drive that ended when he scored around the left edge from 7 yards out. It cut Penn State’s lead to 17-7 at the break.

“We knew it wasn’t finished,” Joseph said. “Our defense was playing lights out.”

Becht had a pass batted at the line of scrimmage moments later and Badgers defensive lineman Charles Perkins intercepted it. The Badgers pulled within a touchdown on Lahm’s 34-yard kick three plays later.

Harris’ make-up play

Harris finished with five catches for 105 yards and emerged from the visiting team locker room barefooted with a wide smile.

He felt like he made up for miscues that nearly doomed the Badgers’ comeback.

The senior tight end moved early twice on Wisconsin’s final drive, costing his team 10 yards. The second one backed the Badgers up to their own 26 before Joseph scrambled for a short gain to set up the third-and-13 that Harris converted with his long touchdown.

“This is big time man,” Harris said. “This is a message. The Badgers are back. We’re not just going to roll over. This is historically a top-dog program and we’re looking to get back to that. That’s what the fans deserve, that’s what the community deserves and that’s what we’re going to give them.””

The takeaway

Wisconsin: The Badgers recovered to push Penn State’s stingy defense late in the first half. They eventually outgained the Nittany Lions 355-248 and won their first game in Beaver Stadium since 2003.

Penn State: The Nittany Lions were out of sync the entire game on offense and clearly missing game-breaking wideout Koby Howard, who is week-to-week with an unspecified injury.

Up next

Wisconsin: Hosts Michigan State on Saturday.

Penn State: Visits Northwestern on Friday.

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The No. 20 Ducks harnessed that confluence of strong emotion into a 41-27 victory over the 12th-ranked Trojans on Saturday night. Yet their satisfaction in a season-correcting win was tempered by concern for Moore, along with an anger that hadn't subsided.

“It's a disgusting play,” Oregon coach Dan Lanning said. “You don't want to see it happen.”

Lanning didn’t give an extensive update on Moore’s condition afterward, but he said Moore “does have the ability to move.”

Moore was sliding to complete an 11-yard run to the USC 12 when Stephens came in low and hit the Ducks' Heisman Trophy candidate in the head and chest with his shoulder. Moore’s helmet snapped back and hit the turf hard, and his hands soon went up in what appeared to be an involuntary body posture.

Moore's teammates immediately went after Stephens, who either didn't know or didn't care how seriously Moore was hurt. Both teams received unsportsmanlike conduct penalties after the prolonged exchange in which coaches pulled players apart.

“There's a reason targeting exists in football,” Lanning said. “That's as clear as day targeting. It's a shame that that happened to a good player when, in my mind, that certainly could have been avoided. So it's disappointing that that would happen, but I thought our players did a great job of resetting, and on that note, they still played with great violence and energy to make sure they could take advantage of what happened to their teammate.”

Stephens went to the Trojans’ locker room, but only after he celebrated the hit on the field and then had several less-than-somber sideline exchanges with his teammates, sparking outrage on social media. Stephens, a junior starter from Clarkston, Michigan, also returned to USC's sideline in the second half.

The Ducks all said the hit and the reaction became motivation to play even harder in a game that was vital to their championship aspirations in the Big Ten and the nation.

“It probably changed (the tone) a little bit, just because we already didn’t really like them, don’t really like being here,” Oregon receiver Dakorien Moore said. “But I would say it changed a little bit, seeing the type of people they are from that. Definitely rose attention a little bit, but we was already thinking foot on their necks, so nothing really changed besides us getting more and more hyped.”

Dante Moore was placed in a neck brace and on a stretcher, which went on a cart that drove him a few dozen feet to the ambulance. Mere moments after the doors shut following a 15-minute game delay, play resumed with Dylan Raiola at quarterback for the Ducks.

Raiola, the former Nebraska starter, seized the moment with a touchdown pass on his second snap, followed by a series of sustained drives against USC's poor defense. Raiola went 19 of 25 for 289 yards and two touchdowns while leading the Ducks to 504 yards of offense — 7.4 per play.

“You don't ever want to see someone get hurt, especially with how much (Moore) means to me, how much he means to this team,” Raiola said. “But it was a moment of connection, and that's one of our pillars. We just latched on, and we knew it was going to be for him.”

Raiola’s 2025 season coincidentally ended with a broken leg during the Huskers’ loss to USC.

Moore returned to Oregon for the current season despite the likely possibility of being a high pick in the NFL draft last April. He announced his decision two days after Raiola transferred to Eugene from Nebraska, but Raiola stuck with his decision anyway.

The game was even early in the fourth quarter, but Raiola then led touchdown drives before and after Oregon's defense stopped USC on downs at midfield. The Ducks vigorously celebrated a win that straightens out a roller-coaster season after an embarrassing loss to Oklahoma State two weeks ago.

While Lanning complimented USC coach Lincoln Riley for asking after Moore, the Oregon coach was still fired up after the game, unleashing several verbal shots at USC.

Lanning first criticized the Trojans' fan base for what he considered subpar attendance at their first three home games.

“I've watched three of their TV games. I haven't seen a game packed yet, but we were here (and) it was packed tonight,” Lanning said. “I guess when the Ducks show up, that's how you fill up the Coliseum.”

Later, Lanning turned his third straight win over Riley in their parallel coaching careers into a recruiting pitch.

“Three wins against these guys,” Lanning said. “I guess if you’re from this area and you’re interested in winning football games, you should go to Oregon. If you want to go to a Chris Brown concert, you should go here.”

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The leak is coming from a valve beneath a manhole cover and sending water down the side of the street, where it collects.

The city acknowledged the issue to Local 10 News, saying the valve has leaked in varying degrees every day since around 2018.

Albert Carbon, utilities director for the city of Fort Lauderdale, addressed questions about how the leak could continue for so long.

“I wasn’t here at the time and most of the staff that are in our management level weren’t making those decisions,” Carbon said. “Priorities – you can say over the last eight years, we have had significant amount of rains, we have had other pipelines that have caused major outages.”

The city says the repair is expected to stop the leak, but a permit is still needed before the work can move forward. There is no word yet on when that permit will be issued.

The city previously told Local 10 News that funding is in place for an emergency repair expected to cost $180,000. Crews are not sure what they will find once they begin working underground, making it unclear how long the project will take.

A grassroots volunteer group called Everyday Advocates helped bring attention to the leak, raising the issue with the city and highlighting it on the group’s Instagram page.

“One year – half a year is too long already,” Everyday Advocates co-founder Ben Swanson said. “But we’re going to keep pushing for accountability, and the more people that are pushing for accountability, the faster it probably will be.”

Co-founder Caleb Merendino said he believes the problem will ultimately be fixed but stopped short of saying it would happen quickly.

“It absolutely is going to get fixed,” Merendino said. “Unfortunately, the word ‘fast’ – I’m not sure if that’s applicable in this situation.”

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“I would say that Cuba and us will make a deal,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “I don’t think we’ll need the military. Cuba’s failing very badly. We want to help Cuba. We want to open Cuba up to our people. We have great Cuban Americans who want to go back. We want to open Cuba up to our people.”

Trump’s comments come as his administration continues to increase pressure on Cuba. Earlier this week, Trump told the United Nations General Assembly that his administration is seeking a “fundamental change” in Cuba and said Secretary of State Marco Rubio was involved in negotiations with the island.

The United States has also intensified economic pressure on Cuba, including efforts that have largely blocked oil from reaching the island. Cuba has been dealing with fuel shortages and blackouts amid the pressure and problems with its infrastructure.

Cuban officials, meanwhile, have strongly criticized the U.S. measures while maintaining that Havana is open to dialogue with Washington.

Speaking at the United Nations, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez accused the United States of threatening international law and intimidating other countries to prevent fuel from reaching Cuba.

“The economic warfare is aimed against the people,” Rodríguez said in Spanish. “It harms the Cuban people as a whole. It takes a toll on human lives. It causes individual and collective pain.”

Rodríguez has described U.S. actions as an “energy siege” and argued they amount to collective punishment of the Cuban population. The United States rejects Cuba’s characterization of its policies and says its pressure is directed at the Cuban government and intended to support greater political and economic freedom for Cubans.

Despite the sharp disagreement, Rodríguez said Havana remains prepared for dialogue if both governments are willing to meet, leaving open the possibility of talks as Trump publicly predicts the two countries will reach a deal.

Well, the Gators are officially growling.

Jadan Baugh ran for 142 yards and three touchdowns, Duke Clark added 126 yards and a score on the ground, and No. 21 Florida manhandled fourth-ranked Mississippi 52-28 on Saturday to reach 4-0 for the first time since 2019. It tied Florida's most points against a top-five team since beating Florida State 52-20 in the 1996 national championship game.

“It's not asleep, but it ain't fully awake yet. It's being kind of stirred up a little bit," said Sumrall, who became the first coach in Southeastern Conference history to lead his team to 200 or more points in his first four games. “We’re going to get there. It’s coming.

“I didn't come here for us to be average.”

The Gators (4-0, 2-0 SEC), installed as 3 1/2-point favorites, proved Las Vegas oddsmakers right by leading from start to finish. They scored touchdowns on five consecutive drives in the second half to pull away.

The Rebels (3-1, 1-1), meanwhile, insisted that last week’s victory against LSU, the one that spoiled former Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin’s return, was not their “Super Bowl.” But they failed to build off that emotional win.

Florida had a lot to do with it in the Swamp.

“That was an old-fashioned butt-whupping,” Ole Miss coach Pete Golding said.

The Gators jumped on the Rebels early, leading 10-0 before Heisman Trophy front-runner Trinidad Chambliss even threw a pass, and set the pace the rest of the afternoon. Florida was unstoppable running the ball.

Baugh became the third player in school history to top 100 yards rushing in five consecutive games, joining Emmitt Smith (1987, ’88) and Fred Taylor (1997).

“That means everything to me, just having my name up there with those guys," Baugh said. "They did so much when they were here. And just being able to follow their footsteps and excel, that just means so much to me.”

Baugh was elusive between the tackles, and Clark allowed the Rebels no break when he subbed into the game. Florida finished with 302 yards rushing and six TDs on the ground.

“Tackling the guy with the ball is a real thing on defense,” Golding quipped. “That’s kind of important.”

Clark's 45-yard TD run early in the third was the play of the game. He juked cornerback Antonio Kite and former Florida safety Sharif Denson on his way to the end zone.

Chambliss and Ole Miss scored 11 points in a 3-minute stretch spanning the second and third quarters and seemed to have all the momentum although Florida still led 17-14. But London Montgomery returned the ensuing kickoff 41 yards to set up Clark’s scamper.

Ole Miss seemed out of sorts from the start. Trailing 7-0, Chambliss handed off four consecutive times to backup running back JT Lindsey. Lindsey failed to move the chains on a fourth-and-1 play, giving the Gators great field position.

Chambliss injured his left thigh on the team’s second series. He returned and used the exercise bike between drives. He ended up throwing for 298 yards, with a touchdown and an interception late. He also ran seven times for 44 yards and two scores.

“We have more grit and resilience than anybody in the country, and I feel nobody can mess with us,” Baugh said.

The takeaway

Mississippi: The Rebels missed star running back Kewan Lacy. He ran for 224 yards and three touchdowns against Florida last year in Oxford but missed this game with a shoulder injury. Lindsey started in his place and finished with 31 yards on 11 carries.

Florida: The Gators had dropped 12 in a row against top-five teams. They became the first Florida team since 2001 to score at least 40 points in its first four games.

Up next

Mississippi gets a week off before playing at Vanderbilt on Oct. 10.

Florida plays at No. 19 Missouri next Saturday.

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Hank Brown threw a game-ending, 16-yard touchdown pass to Reece Vander Zee to lift the 17th-ranked Hawkeyes to a 20-19 win over the 18th-ranked Wolverines on Saturday.

“To be able to silence a stadium like that, there’s no greater feeling,” Brown said.

The Hawkeyes (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) went 91 yards on the final drive — boosted by an unnecessary roughness penalty against Michigan on third down at midfield. Brown's 29-yard pass to Addison Ostrenga set up the final play with 2 seconds on the clock.

“We prep for situations like these throughout the week in practice all the time," Brown said. "Why do you prepare for it? For a moment like that."

Brown, though, didn't want to bite when asked if the victory was justice for Western Michigan.

“I'm not going to speak on that,” he said after a chuckle.

Bryce Underwood threw a 49-yard touchdown pass to JJ Buchanan early in the fourth quarter — their second scoring connection of the game — but the Wolverines (3-1, 0-1) could not make enough plays on either sides of the ball to hold on for the win.

“We would’ve liked to run the clock out,” coach Kyle Whittingham said. “That was disappointing.”

Iowa took its first lead early in the fourth quarter on Brown's 16-yard touchdown pass to Vander Zee.

Then Underwood dropped back, stepped up, rolled right and threw a long touchdown pass to Buchanan for a 19-14 lead. His 2-point conversion pass fell incomplete.

Iowa lined up to go for it on fourth down at the Michigan 28 late in the game and left guard Leighton Jones was flagged for a false start. Facing a fourth-and-6, coach Kirk Ferentz chose to have Caden Buhr attempt a 51-yard field goal and it was wide right with 2:33 left.

Iowa's defense forced Michigan to punt again and its offense took advantage.

“Our defense and special teams put us in a good spot to be able to go down and go out and execute that last drive,” Brown said.

On Underwood's first touchdown pass to Buchanan, he converted a third-and-7 from the Iowa 18.

The lead didn't last long because Braeden Jackson, son of former NFL running back Fred Jackson, returned the ensuing kickoff 99 yards for a score.

The Wolverines went back ahead early in the second quarter on Trey Butkowski's 41-yard field goal.

Instead of kicking another field goal later in the quarter, Whittingham went for it on fourth-and-1 from the Iowa 18 and Underwood's sneak was stopped.

Underwood was picked off by Deshaun Lee, a former teammate at nearby Belleville High School, at the Iowa 2 early in the third quarter.

Michigan finished 2 of 4 in the red zone, and Iowa converted on both of its drives inside the 20.

“That proved to be one of the differences in the game,” Whittingham said.

Injury report

Michigan running back Jordan Marshall appeared to aggravate an injury in the second half.

Right tackle Blake Frazier left the game in the third quarter, trying to keep weight off his right leg, and later returned to play. Frazier was shifted from left to right tackle to fill in for Andrew Sprague, who missed a second straight game with an injury.

The takeaway

Iowa: The Hawkeyes beat a ranked Big Ten team on the road for the first time since 2015.

“It’s huge,” Brown said.

Michigan: The Wolverines had won 47 straight when leading at halftime in what was the longest active streak in FBS.

Up next

Iowa: Hosts No. 7 Ohio State next Saturday.

Michigan: Plays first road game at Minnesota next Saturday.

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The decision to halt development came just hours after the company disclosed Friday that it was reviewing several incidents from the summer in which OpenAI agents searching federal government websites acted in unexpected ways beyond what was asked of them while gathering and distributing information.

Separately, AI evaluator Transluce said agents that appeared to come from OpenAI tried unsuccessfully to hack into a Department of Education website, a detail that OpenAI has not confirmed.

OpenAI said in a statement that it will resume training “only when we are confident that we have additional safeguards” in place, adding that it expects it will have to “hit pause” again as AI develops and other issues emerge.

AI labs are facing pressure from lawmakers and tech experts to slow development so they can build guardrails to stop agents from acting on their own, hacking websites and disclosing nonpublic information. The heads of both OpenAI and rival Anthropic have called for a slowdown too.

It is the second time in three months that OpenAI has halted development of its models. The first came in July after disclosure of a cyberattack targeting AI startup Hugging Face, a now notorious incident that raised fears the industry was losing control.

In a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, President Donald Trump agreed to share information on AI dangers and coordinate efforts to keep it safe. Trump believes AI fears are overblown, though, and later suggested that he plans no crackdown of his own.

The U.S. is not going to be “putting on brakes,” Trump told reporters outside the White House. “They want to stop our progress because we’re leading China by a lot, and we’re going to keep it that way.”

The latest OpenAI incidents did not appear to involve the disclosure of any nonpublic information but were concerning enough for the company to warn the federal agencies involved.

In the Department of Education incident, OpenAI agents found API “developer keys” to access government data, though ultimately only publicly available information was gathered.

In another case involving the Securities and Exchange Commission, agents found information freely available to all but then posted it elsewhere on the internet, an act that went beyond what they were instructed to do.

SEC spokesperson Kurt Hopfenspirger said Saturday that “no nonpublic information was accessed.”

The Department of Education said earlier that it found “no evidence of any impact to our website or databases.”

Several other AI companies have disclosed incidents of their models going rogue and even hacking websites.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a social media post Friday that the Hugging Face incident “is still the most severe event we’ve seen.”

OpenAI previously shared six other reports of “unexpected or concerning” behavior in AI models and introduced a framework for tracking, probing and disclosing instances.

Simmons had the first sack in the first quarter for top-ranked Texas against No. 14 Tennessee. He had another in the second quarter. Simmons then had sacks on back-to-back plays in the third quarter. His final sack came in the fourth, forcing a punt that led to the clinching touchdown drive in a 20-17 win.

By the end, Simmons tied the program record with five sacks in a game, first set by Shane Dronett in 1990.

“He’s the best defensive player in the country,” Cryer said.

Simmons also made another highlight that was going viral by halftime. He sacked Tennessee quarterback Faizon Brandon in the second quarter, then started celebrating in a way that drew an immediate flag. The official announced the unsportsmanlike penalty for “simulating” using the restroom.

Texas coach Steve Sarkisian and some of Simmons' teammates made clear to him immediately that the edge rusher crossed a line.

“We took him out, we addressed it and put him back in,” Sarkisian said. “At that point, I’m not going to give the guy a death penalty over an unsportsmanlike conduct. We got to fix it though. That can’t continue.”

The 6-foot-3, 246-pound junior was remorseful after the game.

“I also do want to say I apologize for the celebration,” Simmons said. “I was definitely in that mode feeling myself. But it happens.”

Simmons more than doubled the two sacks he had coming into the game. Tennessee coach Josh Heupel said Brandon, a freshman, could have helped himself getting rid of the ball faster and the offensive line could have been better.

“You combine all of that together, and you play a good person on the other side, you just cannot win that way,” Heupel said.

Simmons has 28 sacks in 33 career games at Texas. He set the tone for a defense that piled up 10 sacks to open the Longhorns' Southeastern Conference schedule.

“Five sacks was pretty cool,” Sarkisian said.

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They beat Tampa Bay on Sunday, and the Phillies are in the playoffs.

For an extra confidence boost, they'll go for the clincher with ace Zack Wheeler on the mound.

What else can the Phillies do except try and stay positive through a final week of futility that conjured up the franchise ghosts of the 1964 season and the 2023 playoffs?

Phillies fans that turned Citizens Bank Park into one of the top home-field advantages in baseball instead this week unleashed lusty boos on the slumping stars and some even wore brown paper bags on their heads And, no, not to protect themselves from the rain that drizzled all game on a gloomy night in Philadelphia. But in the embarrassment of pulling for a team perhaps poised for another fall swoon that needed an unearned run to snap a 21-inning scoreless streak during a stretch when the games matter the most.

In a win they had to have, the Phillies instead trailed 10-0 at home, about emptied the bullpen and now must burn their ace ahead of a potential playoff series in the wake of a 12-1 blowout by the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday night.

The good news comes from this: San Diego beat a hard-charging Arizona team 10-7 to keep the Diamondbacks one game back of the Phillies for the final NL wild-card spot. The Phillies will clinch their fifth straight trip to the playoffs with a win in the season finale or an Arizona loss to the Padres.

“This isn't the time of year to go cold," said catcher J.T. Realmuto, hitless in his last 34 at-bats.

Nola gamely did his best and said yes on the spot this week when interim manager Don Mattingly offered the veteran right-hander a start on short rest for the first time in his career.

Nola's bid to steady the Phillies on two days' rest did not go well, and he was pulled after being rocked for three runs in the first inning. With the Phillies' attempt at clinching an NL wild card teetering on an epic collapse, Nola was hit hard Saturday night on just about every ball in play and left trailing 3-0.

The Phillies hoped Nola could make it at least once through the order. He instead lasted only 21 pitches, and Tampa Bay had no swings-and-misses against him.

Nola's outing was about the best of a putrid bunch.

The Phillies used six relievers. José Alvarado was voraciously booed off the mound after the beleaguered lefty gave up three runs in the fifth inning. José Urquidy allowed three runs in the sixth to make it 10-0 and most Phillies fans — who stuck around through a rain delay — fled for the exits.

Philadelphia had a 6 1/2-game lead over Arizona for the third NL wild card on Sept. 1 before going into a tailspin that now includes four straight losses.

The Phillies are 9-14 in September. The Padres and Chicago Cubs have clinched wild-card spots.

“Two weeks ago, I wouldn't have guessed we'd be in this situation,” Realmuto said. “But that's this game. It knows how to humble you. Hopefully, we can come out of this better tomorrow, get in the postseason and get hot then.”

The Phillies are forced to throw Wheeler at the Rays, which would burn him for a potential Game 1 or 2 start in the NL Wild Card Series against Atlanta, if not rule him out for the entire series.

“We're always confident when that guy's on the mound,” Realmuto said.

Mattingly said the Phillies only briefly flirted with the idea of bumping up Wheeler a day.

The Phillies are in a bind with All-Star lefty Jesús Luzardo still on the injured list because of left shoulder inflammation. Luzardo can be activated Sunday and would be available to pitch if the Phillies need him.

NL batting leader and starting second baseman Luis Arraez is out indefinitely with a severely sprained left ankle. His absence sparked some lineup shuffling the last two games, with Bryce Harper back at first base and Bryan De La Cruz starting in right field. Bryson Stott was again at second base.

Trea Turner was moved to the leadoff spot while Kyle Schwarber was dropped to second in the order.

None of the shuffling mattered. The Phillies have just 11 hits and one run in the first two games of the series. They have homered only once in their last 64 innings.

The Phillies could have clinched a wild card as early as Wednesday. They started Saturday suddenly in the conversation on the Philly sports scene as a team potentially poised to join the short list of worst collapses in franchise history.

“I just think there's pressure all the time,” Mattingly said. “I've always felt if you put pressure on yourself all the time to perform and hold yourself to a standard, this game is really no different than any other game. Obviously, we know there's a lot at stake. That's the beauty of kind of playing at a level all the time.”

The clubhouse celebration is still within reach. With the bats in a deep freeze, it's pretty much on Wheeler to pitch them into October.

“We've got to come out and play our best baseball tomorrow,” Realmuto said. “That's really all there is.”

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Coughlin made only one birdie the rest of the way, closing with six straight pars for a career-best 61.

Starting her second round on the back nine at Pinnacle Country Club, Coughlin began with a birdie on the par-4 10th hole and didn't make a par until the par-4 first. She made the turn in 9-under 26, hitting a wedge to about 3 feet on the par-5 18th for her ninth birdie.

Coughlin said she had never made more than six consecutive birdies in any round.

“Everything just seemed to be going exactly how far I wanted it to, right at the hole and I was putting really good putts on it as well,” said Coughlin, who turns 34 on Sunday.

After shooting a 2-over 73 in Friday's opening round of the 54-hole event, she moved up 106 spots on the leaderboard into a tie for 21st, eight shots behind leader Yuna Nishimura.

The LPGA single-round scoring record is a 59 by Annika Sorenstam in the second round of the Standard Register PING in Phoenix on March 16, 2001, and Coughlin was well aware of where she stood.

“I started to get a little bit of adrenaline pretty much 9 green on for the next few holes, but then I made the birdie on 3 so I thought I was like, I really have a chance now,” Coughlin said. “Then, yeah, just couldn’t quite get it close enough unfortunately, last few holes.”

A three-time winner on the LPGA Tour, Coughlin is coming off a strong performance for the U.S. in a losing effort at the Solheim Cup. She played all five sessions, going 3-1-1.

Coming off the excitement of the biennial team competition, the former Virginia star wasn't too enthusiastic about traveling to Arkansas for an event she usually enjoys.

“Solheim was so awesome and so great and it’s kind of hard to come back after that for a little bit. I feel like yesterday, like all week even, I was like, don’t really want to be here,” she said. “But I told my caddie today, I don’t really want to be here but I’m going to try as hard as I can today.”

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El agua del océano cubrió partes de Hollywood Beach cerca de Minnesota Street la mañana del sábado, convirtiendo partes del popular Broadwalk en lo que parecía un río poco profundo.

“Siempre es molesto, sí lo es”, dijo un bañista. “Especialmente para el turismo, no queremos que nuestros turistas vengan y tengan esta experiencia en la playa”.

Los bañistas se vieron obligados a buscar cómo rodear las inundaciones mientras las olas gigantes empujaban el agua hacia arriba y sobre la arena.

“Encontramos una pequeña isla allí para pasar el rato”, dijo otro bañista. “Tuvimos que movernos un poco, pero encontramos una pequeña isla allí. No hay agua, estamos bien”.

Los vehículos continuaron pasando por áreas donde el agua no era especialmente profunda, mientras propietarios de negocios trabajaban para limpiar la arena y la suciedad de sus establecimientos.

A unas cuadras de distancia, las inundaciones se acercaron aún más a varias viviendas.

La propietaria Magda Montiel Davis compartió un video grabado con su teléfono celular que muestra el agua acercándose a los escalones de entrada de su vivienda en Garfield Street, cerca de A1A.

“Estaba atrapada adentro”, dijo Davis. “No podía salir por la puerta principal. No podía pasear a mi perro. No podía salir por la puerta lateral”.

Davis dijo que su vivienda junto a la playa fue construida en 1933 y que las inundaciones han empeorado progresivamente. Ella culpa a los desagües que, según afirma, no están funcionando correctamente.

También dijo que el agua ha causado daños dentro de su vivienda, filtrándose desde el espacio debajo de la casa y deformando sus pisos de madera de pino.

“Cuando me mudé aquí en 2021, no era ni remotamente así, ni remotamente”, dijo Davis.

Davis dijo que ha pedido ayuda repetidamente a la ciudad, pero no ha recibido respuesta.

“Hola, vengan, hablen conmigo, revisen los desagües”, dijo. “Silencio total, ni una palabra”.

Para la tarde, gran parte del agua había retrocedido.

Pero con más olas gigantes previstas durante los próximos días, los residentes están preocupados de que las inundaciones puedan regresar.

“Esto ocurre todo el tiempo y no es solo durante la marea alta”, dijo Davis. “No es solo durante la temporada de marea alta”.

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and special agents took Misael Ramos, 40, into custody around 8:45 a.m. Saturday on an outstanding warrant “stemming from his actions” during a Sunday protest, the agency's media department wrote in an unsigned email. Protesters on Sunday had been demonstrating against the shooting of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in Austin.

Ramos, who is running for city council in Austin, “was captured on camera taking construction barricades, sandbags, and other items and attempting to obstruct traffic,” the department said. The department also provided photos and video it said captured “some of Ramos' actions” at the scene.

Ramos, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, denies any wrongdoing and will contest the charge, his campaign said in a news release.

“I didn’t see any riots,” said Ramos’ attorney, Edmund “Skip” Davis. “I saw people out there chanting and protesting.”

Ramos was released from custody during a news conference outside the county jail Saturday, with the crowd erupting in cheers. Ramos thanked those for being there, saying it was “one of the craziest mornings I have had in a long time.” He spoke of his surprise arrest and criticized federal immigration raids in the community.

“When we fight,” he said, to which those gathered replied, “we win!”

Garces Perez was shot Sunday and then taken to a detention center after an encounter with an immigration officer. An attorney for Garces Perez has said he was an asylum seeker and had a valid work permit.

“Like the hundreds of Austinites who were shocked to hear news that an ICE officer shot someone in the back, Misael quickly joined people at the scene of the incident to offer his condemnation of the incident and show solidarity by holding the line in the protest, chanting, and amplifying the incident through campaign channels,” Ramos' campaign manager, Jeffrey Clemmons, said in a statement.

Kristen Dark, a spokeswoman for the Travis County Sheriff's Office, confirmed in an email that Ramos was booked into the agency's custody around 9:30 Saturday morning on a charge of riot participation.

Garces Perez was making a DoorDash delivery Sunday afternoon when ICE officers in an unmarked truck sideswiped his car twice, his attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch has said. He was shot and taken to a hospital, then released into ICE custody with a bullet still in his back, she said.

ICE and DHS haven’t said what led to the shooting beyond that Garces Perez was “the subject of a targeted vehicle stop.”

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Ocean water covered portions of Hollywood Beach near Minnesota Street on Saturday morning, turning parts of the popular Broadwalk into what looked like a shallow river.

“It is always annoying, yes it is,” one beachgoer said. “Especially for tourism, we don’t want our tourists to come and experience the beach this way.”

Beachgoers were forced to find their way around the flooding as king tides pushed water up and over the sand.

“We found a little island there just to hang out,” another beachgoer said. “We had to move a little bit, but we found a little island there. No water, we’re good.”

Vehicles continued passing through areas where the water was not especially deep, while business owners worked to clean sand and dirt from their storefronts.

A few blocks away, the flooding came even closer to several homes.

Homeowner Magda Montiel Davis shared cellphone video showing water creeping toward the front steps of her home on Garfield Street near A1A.

“I was trapped inside,” Davis said. “I couldn’t go out my front door. I couldn’t walk my dog. I couldn’t walk out my side door.”

Davis said her beachside home was built in 1933 and that the flooding has gotten progressively worse. She blames drains that she says are not working properly.

She also said the water has caused damage inside her home, seeping up from the crawl space and warping her pine wood floors.

“When I moved here in 2021, it was nowhere near like this -- nowhere near,” Davis said.

Davis said she has repeatedly asked the city for help but has not received a response.

“Hello, come out, talk to me, take a look at the drains,” she said. “Radio silence, not a word.”

By the afternoon, much of the water had receded.

But with more king tides expected over the next several days, residents are concerned the flooding could return.

“It happens all the time and it’s not just during high tide,” Davis said. “It’s not just during high tide season.”

Substitute Mikel Oyarzabal came back to haunt England with his 74th-minute winner at Wembley.

Oyarzabal also scored the winning goal when Spain beat England in the final of the European Championship in 2024. On this occasion he calmly chipped goalkeeper James Trafford from close range to complete the world champion's comeback after trailing 2-1 at halftime.

England was punished for missing a penalty — to go 3-1 ahead — and for mistakes that led to Spain's first two goals.

“We couldn’t unfortunately convert the penalty, that may have been the decisive moment because I think then Spain would have maybe for the first time believed that their long run of unbeaten games ends here,” England coach Thomas Tuchel told broadcaster ITV Sport. “The third goal, I think, was the only goal that they really scored. The other ones there were too many individual big mistakes.”

In Spain's first game since beating Argentina in the World Cup final, its long-running unbeaten streak was put under serious threat. But Luis de la Fuente's team responded like champions to make a winning start to its Nations League campaign.

Lamine Yamal got Spain off to a flying start, needing less than two minutes to score when he dispossessed England defender Marc Guehi and fired low past Trafford into the far corner.

Spain dominated the chances and the scorer of the winning goal in the World Cup final, Ferran Torres, twice failed to make the most of opportunities when through on goal.

After surviving those scares England leveled through Antony Gordon after a swift breakaway in the 36th, combining with Jude Bellingham and sliding a low shot past Unai Simon.

England went ahead only four minutes later through Kane, whose header deflected off Marc Cucurella.

Early in the second half England had the chance to extend its lead when Rodri brought down Kane in the box and after VAR review was awarded a penalty. But Spain was let off the hook when Kane slipped during his run.

That miss proved even more costly when, on the hour, substitute Alex Baena curled a low shot into the corner to level the game again, with Nico O'Reilly guilty of losing the ball close to goal. Spain completed its comeback as Oyarzabal coolly converted from Baena's assist.

“We had a terrible start, the worst start possible. It makes it so difficult to be behind against this kind of team,” Tuchel said. “There will always be moments where you suffer against a team like this, the details matter. It matters that you take your chances and you reduce the decisive mistakes. This was not in our favor today.”

Modric's enduring class

Even at the age of 41, Luka Modric is still delivering for Croatia.

The veteran midfielder scored his nation’s opening goal in a 2-1 win away to Czech Republic.

Spain tops Group A3 ahead of Croatia on goals scored.

New Scotland coach Sebastien Pocognoli started with a 0-0 draw against Slovenia.

Zeki Amdouni scored two goals in Switzerland's 3-0 win away to North Macedonia, and Joel Pohjanpalo scored a hat trick as Finland routed bottom-ranked San Marino 7-0.

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La Autoridad de Vivienda de la Ciudad de Nueva York dijo que uno de sus empleados murió a causa de la caída de un árbol en Brooklyn, mientras la tormenta nor'easter (un ciclón extratopical) azotaba la ciudad. Equipos de emergencia en estados del Atlántico medio y la región de Nueva Inglaterra se apresuraron a restablecer el suministro eléctrico después de que la caída de árboles contribuyera a cortes para cerca de 100.000 clientes en la región.

Decenas de millones de personas se encontraban en la trayectoria de la tormenta para el domingo, con grandes inundaciones pronosticadas para algunas zonas costeras. La Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias dijo que los centros de coordinación de respuesta en las regiones afectadas operaban en una “postura reforzada”, y que equipos estaban en espera en Nueva Inglaterra en caso de cortes generalizados.

El pronóstico no mostraba un alivio inmediato. Bob Oravec, meteorólogo sénior del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional en College Park, Maryland, señaló que habrá “muchos vientos fuertes, muchas mareas altas y posibilidad de lluvias intensas durante los próximos días en el noreste de Estados Unidos”.

Las mareas más altas probablemente ocurrirían al norte de Atlantic City, Nueva Jersey, desde la noche del sábado hasta el domingo, creando la posibilidad de inundaciones en comunidades costeras y junto a bahías, dijo el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional.

“Cualquiera que vaya al agua o cerca del agua este fin de semana literalmente está apostando su vida”, dijo la gobernadora de Nueva York, Kathy Hochul.

Las aguas altas invaden calles y negocios

En Nueva Jersey y Nueva York, algunas personas recorrieron en kayak calles inundadas. Otros se dirigieron a las playas para intentar surfear las olas más altas de lo habitual.

En el municipio costero de Surf City, en Nueva Jersey, Kenny Formica estaba sentado en su casa mirando cámaras de vigilancia que mostraban cómo el agua subía dentro de la marina de su propiedad. Que el agua entre al edificio es algo poco común, comentó Formica. La última vez que recuerda que ocurrió fue durante el huracán Sandy en 2012 , que, indicó, causó más de 4 millones de dólares en daños a su negocio.

Formica señaló que antes de la tormenta, los trabajadores aseguraron las amarras de los muelles, retiraron objetos sueltos y equipos para ponerlos fuera de peligro, y estacionaron los camiones y montacargas de la marina en el punto más alto del predio.

Formica contó que se despertó el sábado con mensajes de clientes que reportaban embarcaciones y motos acuáticas desaparecidas. Un cliente le envió un video alrededor de las 4:00 de la mañana en que se veía su bote de 7,6 metros (25 pies) luego que el viento lo arrancara de su elevador.

“Esto es como un bote de 8.000 libras (3,6 toneladas) y, ya sabe, un bote de 150.000 dólares — simplemente desapareció”, expresó Formica.

En Ocean City, Maryland, el fuerte oleaje provocó erosión en la playa y arrancó cercas junto a las dunas.

“En todos los canales, el agua está muy alta y está entrando a los patios traseros de la gente”, dijo Jay Boyd por teléfono.

Más al sur, Ellie Hodge estaba de pie en el umbral de su casa en Norfolk, Virginia, el sábado y observaba cómo los vehículos que pasaban dejaban estelas. La ciudad costera ha registrado inundaciones aisladas toda la semana debido al ciclón extratropical.

“Hemos visto autos quedarse atascados en las calles, subiéndose a las aceras”, relató Hodge. “Ha estado bastante mal esta vez”.

Por tormenta, cancelan vuelos, conciertos y eventos deportivos

La tormenta obligó a muchas personas a cambiar de planes. Se cancelaron cientos de vuelos en el Aeropuerto Internacional Logan de Boston, al igual que la gran mayoría de los vuelos hacia los populares destinos turísticos de Massachusetts, Martha’s Vineyard y Nantucket.

Los Medias Rojas de Boston y los Cachorros de Chicago —ambos equipos de Grandes Ligas preparándose para los playoffs durante el último fin de semana de la temporada regular— tuvieron que reorganizar el calendario de su serie de tres juegos. Se enfrentaron en una doble cartelera el viernes en Boston para intentar evitar la tormenta. Luego, la MLB reprogramó el juego final del domingo para que se disputara en Florida, en la casa de los Rays de Tampa Bay.

Ed Sheeran canceló sus conciertos del viernes y el sábado en el Gillette Stadium en Foxborough, Massachusetts. También se cancelaron un triatlón Ironman en Nueva York y el festival Oceans Calling de tres días en Ocean City, Maryland, que se había promocionado en internet como “una ola de música”.

Más al sur, el cierre de una carretera en la isla Hatteras, en Carolina del Norte, trastocó los planes de boda del sábado de Jayden Sink y Kimberly Laprad. La pareja de Virginia había logrado llegar a la isla antes de la tormenta, pero la mayoría de sus aproximadamente 45 invitados quedó varada al otro lado del cierre, reportó Island Free Press.

Un campamento local ofreció un nuevo lugar, cabañas y un oficiante, y un DJ se ofreció como voluntario para poner música. Los organizadores invitaron a cualquiera que estuviera en la isla a ir a celebrar con la pareja el sábado por la tarde.

La carretera hacia la isla permanecía cerrada, y un ferry también estaba fuera de servicio, dejando el viaje en bote a través del mal tiempo como la única opción, dijo Drew Pearson, director de manejo de emergencias del condado Dare de Carolina del Norte. La isla tiene una población de alrededor de 5.000 habitantes durante todo el año que aumenta mucho más en clima cálido, dijo.

“A la gente en Hatteras, no están en una isla completamente solos”, dijo el gobernador Josh Stein en redes sociales. “Los equipos de respuesta a emergencias de Carolina del Norte y del condado están trabajando duro para mantenerlos a salvo y reconectados lo más rápido posible”.

Autoridades piden a residentes actuar con cautela

Los ciclones extratropicales o nor'easters no son inusuales a medida que Nueva Inglaterra entra en el otoño, pero “esto podría ser un poco más temprano que el promedio para una tormenta de gran tamaño”, indicó Oravec, del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional.

El lento desplazamiento de la tormenta podría agravar la erosión de las playas al someter la costa a un periodo prolongado de vientos fuertes y oleaje, explicó.

Autoridades estatales a lo largo de la costa este del país instaron a la población a actuar con cautela. La gobernadora de Nueva York, Kathy Hochul, dijo que las inundaciones costeras son la mayor amenaza, pero que la tormenta también traerá lluvias intensas, vientos potentes y olas de hasta seis metros (20 pies).

En Long Island, la propietaria de un ferry, Stephanie Sherman, dijo que había pausado las operaciones entre Patchogue y la isla barrera de Fire Island.

“Ha sido una tormenta bastante salvaje”, comentó Sherman. “Pero nada que no hayamos vivido antes. Estas ocurren de vez en cuando”.

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Lieb reportó desde Jefferson City, Missouri. Los periodistas de The Associated Press Allen G. Breed en Norfolk, Virginia; Kim Chandler en Montgomery, Alabama; Annika Hammerschlag en Seattle; y Sarah Rankin en Richmond, Virginia, contribuyeron a este despacho.

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The Halloween attraction features haunted houses, scare zones, live entertainment and plenty of jump scares for both seasoned horror fans and first-time visitors.

Behind this year’s scares is 18-year-old creative director Luna Santos, who works alongside her father, The Horrorland founder Francisco Santos.

The father-daughter duo is welcoming South Floridians back for another spooky season filled with new attractions.

This year, The Horrorland features six all-new haunted houses and four scare zones.

The award-winning “Circus of Terror” live show is also returning.

Each night begins at 7:30 p.m. with a full-scale Monster Parade to set the mood before guests take on the park’s frightening attractions.

Everything from the haunted houses to the shows is included with general admission.

The Horrorland runs on select nights through Nov. 1 at Jungle Island in Miami.

“That completely blindsided me, and it hit me like a ton of bricks,” Verlander said.

A stellar career for the 43-year-old right-hander ended with a 4-3, come-from-behind win against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday. Verlander's emotions will be remembered far more than the score on a meaningless game on the next-to-last day of his 21st big league season.

“That was amazing. I was sobbing and had to make sure that she understood I was happy," Verlander said. "She’s never seen me cry like that.”

Genevieve Verlander, wearing a Tigers jersey with her dad's name and No. 35, saw her cue from Hinch and ran. When she reached the mound she hugged her father, who reached down to embrace her and started shaking.

Hinch joined them about 25 seconds later for another hug, and then Verlander was surrounded by Tigers teammates who came to the mound.

Hinch had planned Genevieve's mound trip with Verlander's wife, model Kate Upton,

“It's hard to surprise a guy who has everything planned and mapped out more than any human I've ever been around,” said Hinch, who managed Verlander to the 2017 World Series title with Houston. “We wanted to come up with something special, and his family means everything to him.”

A 10-time All-Star and three-time Cy Young Award winner, Verlander left the field from his final mound appearance grasping his daughter's hand as the Comerica Park crowd gave him a standing ovation.

Upton, holding 1-year-old son Bellamy, joined Justin and Genevieve for a group hug on the warning track in front of the Tigers dugout, and Justin high-fived teammates and doffed his cap to the crowd before descending the dugout steps with his family.

“I've obviously talked a lot about how my life has changed and how my family is what I'm looking forward to most in my retirement,” the pitcher said. “Walking off the field with them to end my career is as good as I could have dreamed.”

Hinch brought Miguel Cabrera's family onto the field when he came out of his final game in 2023.

“They don't normally let non-uniformed people onto the field,” Hinch said. “But they make exceptions for guys who are going to be first-ballot Hall of Famers.”

In all, there was a 5 1/2-minute wait until reliever Tyler Kinley threw his first pitch.

Verlander allowed two runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings with one walk and six strikeouts in his 91-pitch outing. He was making his second start of the year and first since March 30 in a season derailed by a sore hip and hamstring injury.

“He didn't want a cameo. He wanted today to be a competitive outing, and we could tell in the third and fourth innings that he wasn't laboring,” Hinch said. “He certainly left us with a reminder of why he's one of the best of all time.”

Eduardo Valencia's game-ending homer in Detroit's 4-3 meant Verlander didn't take a loss in his finale. He ended 266-159 with a 3.33 ERA and 3,560 strikeouts, eighth on the career list.

“That was a great finish to a great day,” Hinch said. “There was no way Justin Verlander was going to take the loss in his last game as a Tiger.”

Pittsburgh's fifth batter, 20-year-old shortstop Konnor Griffin, had not been born when Verlander made his debut for the Tigers on July 4, 2005.

Verlander received a standing ovation when he headed to the bullpen to warm up and a longer one when he returned to the dugout before the first pitch. Academy Award winning J.K. Simmons, a longtime Tigers fan, announced him as part of Detroit’s starting lineup.

Verlander took the field for the first inning to another ovation. He was alone on the field as his teammates stayed in the dugout to give him the spotlight.

“That blindsided me, too,” he said. “I probably should have expected it, but I was trying to stick with my routine, so I ran out onto the field. I was ready to go before I realized everyone else was still in the dugout.”

Pittsburgh took a 2-0 lead against Verlander on solo homers by Lowe in the fourth and Nick Gonzales in the fifth, the first on a 89.7 mph fastball and the second on a curve.

Verlander pitched for the Tigers from 2005-17, then returned this year after time with Houston, the New York Mets and San Francisco.

"All the ovations today brought back a lot of fond memories of the old days here, when this park was raucous every night,” Verlander said. “My body, though, didn't remind me of those days at all.”

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Break out the victory cigars.

“It's just kind of a little bit of a tradition here at Tennessee, so we had cigars or somebody had cigars in there,” coach Steve Sarkisian said. “I’m not certain. So my suit’s probably going to stink whenever I get on the plane.”

Colin Simmons tied the program record with five sacks as Texas held the 14th-ranked Volunteers 20-17 on Saturday with President Donald Trump on hand.

The cigar tradition stems from the Alabama-Tennessee rivalry, which Arch Manning's uncle Peyton played in for the Vols in the 1990s.

“It’s not about me,” the Texas quarterback said. “I didn’t play very well, but our team played great. Defense played well.”

Raleek Brown ran for 67 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and his 4-yarder with 5:41 left gave the Longhorns (4-0) the winning margin in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams. Giannis Spetic kicked a pair of field goals.

“We win big games around here, we do,” Sarkisian said. “I know we don’t win them all, but we won a lot of them. And what an incredible performance by our defense.”

Texas dominated defensively with 10 sacks, led by Simmons. The linebacker's day for the record books also will be remembered for his vulgar celebration after one sack. He was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct with the referee saying Simmons was “simulating” using the restroom.

“We took him out, we addressed it and put him back in,” Sarkisian said. “At that point, I’m not going to give the guy a death penalty over an unsportsmanlike conduct. We got to fix it, though. That can't continue.”

Tennessee quarterback Faizon Brandon made it interesting late, capping an 80-yard drive with a 30-yard TD pass to Mike Matthews with 1:22 left. Linebacker Arion Carter recovered the onside kick, and Jelani McDonald batted away Brandon’s Hail Mary pass to Travis Smith Jr. in the end zone on the final play.

Sarkisian called it a crazy finish to a game in which Texas also gave up a 57-yard punt return by Qua Moss for a TD. Sarkisian took a timeout that gave Tennessee a second chance at the onside kick after sending the first out of bounds.

“Next thing you know you're fighting to finish a game, which we were able to do,” Sarkisian said.

Manning threw for 201 yards while being sacked six times. He also was intercepted once with the Longhorns needing the smothering defensive performance on a day with too many penalties, including two illegal forward passes by Manning.

Tennessee (3-1) hadn't beaten The Associated Press' No. 1 team since 1985, and that drought continues.

“Up front we weren’t good enough,” Tennessee coach Josh Heupel said. “Quarterback was not good enough. We didn’t play smart enough, but I’ll take the effort.”

Record performance

Simmons matched the five sacks by Shane Dronett for Texas against Texas Tech in 1990.

The takeaway

Texas: The Longhorns have lots to clean up, particularly when it comes to penalties they can control. They piled up 11 for 115 yards with seven of those in the first half. Jermaine Bishop Jr. wiped out his own 22-yard punt return in the third quarter with a fair catch signal that officials noticed.

Tennessee: The Vols came in 14th nationally in total offense at 516.3 yards per game. They came nowhere near that with Brandon surviving a beating in his SEC debut. Brandon finished 17 of 29 for 145 yards. He didn't talk to reporters after the game.

Heupel said the freshman “didn’t get rid of it when he needed to get rid of it.”

Up next

Texas has a week off before playing Oklahoma in Dallas on Oct. 10.

Tennessee hosts Auburn on Oct. 3.

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Nolo se arremolinaba lentamente al sur de la Isla Grande de Hawai el sábado, con vientos máximos sostenidos de 165 km/h (105 mph). El vórtice de la tormenta se encontraba a unos 235 kilómetros (145 millas) al sur del punto más meridional de Hawai y podría intensificarse hasta convertirse en una tormenta potencialmente mortal y catastrófica durante el fin de semana.

Los meteorólogos advirtieron sobre posibles inundaciones y deslaves, y se esperaba que partes de la Isla Grande registraran acumulados de lluvia de hasta 51 centímetros (20 pulgadas). También se preveían lluvias intensas en las otras islas de Hawai.

“No salgan si no tienen que hacerlo, por el peligroso entorno de inundaciones, pero también por los vientos fuertes", exhortó el viernes Michael Brennan, director del Centro Nacional de Huracanes. "Podemos sufrir la caída de árboles y líneas eléctricas”.

La organización humanitaria sin fines de lucro CORE y otros grupos pasaron la semana empacando y enviando suministros, como estufas de campamento y productos de higiene, por carga aérea desde Oahu hacia la Isla Grande para un centro comunitario de ayuda que ha estado activo desde el huracán Lala de agosto.

Los residentes aún se recuperan de Lala, que produjo lluvias intensas y vientos lo suficientemente fuertes como para arrancar de sus cimientos alrededor de 100 viviendas en la Isla Grande.

Hawai se prepara para llegada de extremo norte de Nolo

El presidente Donald Trump aprobó el viernes una declaración de emergencia para el estado de Hawai, autorizando a la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias a coordinar asistencia de todo el gobierno federal y a proporcionar apoyo de financiamiento para medidas de emergencia.

Autoridades de Hawai pidieron a los residentes que prepararan kits de emergencia, y el gobernador emitió una proclamación de emergencia, activando a cientos de integrantes de la Guardia Nacional de Hawai.

Funcionarios del condado Hawai en la Isla Grande instaban a los residentes de zonas propensas a inundaciones a considerar refugiarse en los albergues que se están habilitando u otros lugares.

Hawaiian Electric, la principal empresa de servicios públicos del estado, informó que las cuadrillas que habían estado ayudando a restablecer la electricidad en Kauai tras el huracán Lowell de este mes regresaron a Oahu, Maui y la Isla Grande en preparación para la tormenta.

Polo se fortalece en frente a costas de México

Por su parte, México está bajo la amenaza del huracán Polo, que se dirige hacia la península de Baja California después de llevar condiciones de tormenta a la costa suroeste. Polo registraba vientos máximos sostenidos de 249 km/h (155 mph) el sábado, pero se espera que se debilite gradualmente antes de tocar tierra el lunes.

Uno de los poblados en la trayectoria prevista de Polo es San Juanico, una pequeña comunidad pesquera en la costa del Pacífico de Baja California, donde el acceso a necesidades básicas ya es inestable.

El pueblo sólo ha tenido electricidad de tiempo completo desde hace un par de años, y aun así sufre cortes frecuentes. Sin energía, los residentes no pueden refrigerar alimentos ni bombear agua. La gasolinera más cercana está tan lejos que el combustible se almacena y se vende desde tanques en el pueblo y con frecuencia se agota si hay alta demanda.

Gloriely Robles Meza, encargada de un pequeño hotel en el lugar, señaló que la comunidad siente que la han dejado sola para prepararse ante la tormenta sin ayuda de las autoridades.

Añadió que le gustaría que las autoridades preposicionaran maquinaria pesada para despejar caminos, junto con generadores de emergencia por si acaso el poblado queda incomunicado.

Por ahora, indicó, el único plan es convertir la escuela primaria local en un albergue.

San Juanico ha vivido tormentas a finales del verano, pero Polo se siente diferente, afirmó Jeffrey Westman, un estadounidense a quien atrajo por primera vez hace 40 años el rompiente de surf de clase mundial del pueblo y que posee una propiedad allí.

Westman, de 63 años, se encuentra en Europa en este momento, pero se dice preocupado por los habitantes de San Juanico, en particular por su capacidad de recibir entregas de alimentos o llegar a supermercados más grandes si se corta el acceso por carretera.

Los caminos arrasados por el agua también podrían bloquear el acceso al centro médico más cercano, a unos 80 minutos en Ciudad Constitución.

Westman dijo que espera que Polo se comporte como algunas tormentas anteriores, perdiendo intensidad antes de llegar a la costa de Baja California. ___

Los periodistas de The Associated Press Dave Collins en Hartford, Connecticut; Gabriela Aoun Angueira en San Diego; Kathy McCormack en Concord, Nueva Hampshire; y Hannah Schoenbaum en Salt Lake City contribuyeron a este despacho.

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Deborah Singleton said her 33-year-old son, Marcel Carter, was killed Thursday morning when the car he was riding in crashed into a utility pole and burst into flames.

“I just don’t know what to do, and I can’t see my son,” Singleton said. “They won’t let me see my son. And I just have to wait.”

Carter, a father of six young children, was in the passenger seat of the car, according to his mother.

“I just want to hold him,” Singleton said. “That’s all I want to do is hold my son. And tell him how much I love him.”

The crash happened around 4:45 a.m. Thursday in the 6500 block of Nova Drive. Witnesses said the car was a white Corvette.

Singleton said her son was close to home when the crash happened.

“He was right there at his house,” she said.

Police say the investigation is ongoing, leaving Singleton with questions about what happened.

“I have so many questions because there’s so many different stories that’s going on, you know, and people are speculating and they don’t know what happened,” she said.

The other victim has been identified as Brandon Kleinberg.

His mother shared with Local 10 a picture of her only child.

“He was a good person. He was loved. He was adored and he had lots of friends,” she said.

As Singleton waits for answers, she is also preparing to bury her son.

“If anybody would like to donate to help us bury our son, I would appreciate more than anything,” she said.

Singleton said the loss was unexpected and reminded her of how fragile life can be.

A GoFundMe has been set up to help the family with funeral expenses.

Now the question is whether they can finish off the Americans for the first time in 28 years.

“They showed a lot of passion and fight today,” International captain Geoff Ogilvy said.

The Americans narrowly won the fourballs session in the morning to trim the deficit to three points. The afternoon foursomes was a push. The result was a 10 1/2-7 1/2 advantage for the Internationals, only the fourth time since the Presidents Cup began in 1994 that they have led going into Sunday.

Now comes the hard part. Singles traditionally are an American strength in these team competitions. They have a 97 1/2-82 1/2 advantage dating to 1994.

U.S. captain Brandt Snedeker stacked the front of his lineup to try to get momentum. Cameron Young is leading off against International rookie Ryo Hisatsune, followed by U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark against Tom Kim, Justin Thomas against Corey Conners and Scottie Scheffler against Nico Echavarria, who has not hit a meaningful shot since Thursday.

“We kind of dug ourself a hole here,” Snedeker said. “We’re going to need a special day tomorrow, and the only way to do that is to get the crowd going, get these guys making some putts, and get these people behind them.”

Scheffler, who teamed with Sam Burns to deliver a rare American rally in the morning, spent the afternoon watching. Snedeker benched the world’s No. 1 player, his first time not playing all five matches since 2023.

“As I said at the beginning of the week, Scottie Scheffler is not going to go out there and win us 15 points, so we’ve got to go out there as a team and do this together,” Snedeker said. “I challenged the guys this afternoon to go out there and be that team that we need them to be.”

And that’s what he got — at least for a while.

The Americans twice filled the leaderboard with their red numbers, leading by at least 2 up in every foursomes match in the afternoon. They won two of them. Russell Henley and Jacob Bridgeman were 3 up through 10 holes when Nick Taylor and Corey Conners rallied to beat them for the final point on a long, loud day at Medinah.

“We had to sort of weather the storm early in both sessions, and it was amazing for the boys to get us out of the day relatively unscathed,” Ogilvy said.

Min Woo Lee was part of both comebacks. He teamed with Sungjae Im in fourballs, going from 2 down against Thomas and Jackson Koivun to earn a halve in the morning. Lee and Ryan Fox overcame an early deficit to blow past Burns and Clark in afternoon foursomes.

The final stroke of a long, loud day at Medinah was Conners holing a 6-foot par putt on the 18th green with both teams gathered around.

“Both sessions having all red on the board, down in every match, and to come back and get 1 1/2 points out of this morning we felt like was a little victory,” Ogilvy said. “The U.S. team played so well all day. They played some really high-level foursomes especially this afternoon. For the boys to somehow come back and pinch two points out of that and split the session was amazing.”

The lead was the largest for the Internationals since 2003 in South Africa, the Presidents Cup that ended in a tie. They last led at Royal Melbourne in 2019 until the Americans rallied behind Tiger Woods, the playing captain that year.

The Americans found their spark from Cameron Young and Chris Gotterup — Young from New York, Gotterup from New Jersey — who were unstoppable. They won the first four holes in fourballs against Conners and Taylor in a 2-and-1 victory, and they were 5 up through seven holes in blowing out Im and Adam Scott, 6 and 4, the shortest match of the week.

Clark got the noise he wanted from Chicago fans, and Snedeker was on the seventh green raising his arms for even louder cheers when the Americans holed putts — and the Internationals missed.

Lee made his Presidents Cup debut at Royal Montreal in 2024 and was asked how this experience was different.

“I guess the crowd is different, not getting cheers for holing putts. It’s a bit different than any tournament, really,” Lee said. “We just had to be there for each other. I think that was a big part.”

The crowd was so boisterous that a volunteer had to retrieve one fan's dentures that had come out of his mouth from the upper deck of a hospitality tent on the 10th hole.

The Internationals have been at their best closing out matches. Now they have to find a way to close out a Presidents Cup the Americans have won the last 10 times.

“The goal at the start of the week is to be leading going into singles. That’s sort of what the first four days are all about,” Ogilvy said. “There’s still 12 points on the board, though, so we’ve seen in these team events all sorts of different things can happen.

“We’ve got to put our heads down and play for a big opportunity tomorrow.”

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Nolo was churning very slowly south of the Big Island with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (150 kph). Its center was about 165 miles (266 kilometers) south-southwest of Hawaii's southernmost point and it was forecast to strengthen into a major hurricane late Sunday and early Monday while traveling westward to the south of the islands.

A hurricane watch was canceled and direct landfall by the storm's center was not expected. But forecasters said its outer bands could cause life-threatening flooding and mudslides, with parts of the Big Island expected to see rainfall totals up to 20 inches (51 centimeters). Heavy rain also was expected on the other islands.

“Don’t venture out if you don’t have to into the dangerous flooding environment, but also high winds. We can have trees and power lines down,” said Michael Brennan, director of the National Hurricane Center.

Heavy rain continued to fall across the southern part of the Big Island in the afternoon, leading to partial closures of one of the main highways connecting Kailua-Kona in the west to Hilo in the east.

Near the community of Naalehu on the island’s southern point, National Guard members were seen guiding a man who was driving across flooded streets as he tried to leave his home in the heavy downpour. More than 120 guard members were activated on the island, part of roughly 400 statewide after the governor issued an emergency proclamation.

The humanitarian nonprofit group CORE and other partners spent the week packing and shipping supplies like camp stoves and hygiene products by air cargo from Oahu to the Big Island for a community relief hub that has been active since August's Hurricane Lala.

Residents are still recovering from Lala, which produced heavy rain and winds strong enough to sweep about 100 homes off their foundations on the Big Island.

Hawaii prepares for northern edge of Nolo

About a dozen people were in the water Saturday morning at Carlsmith Beach Park in Hilo on the Big Island, despite signs saying the strand was closed. Andrea Gill was out for her regular swim before heading back home to hunker down with family.

Shop owners boarded up businesses, and events were canceled. Gill said storms are common, but hurricanes are rare. She was holding out hope that the islands might not get the full impact.

“We're used to lots of rain. We're not used to wind. So it's always a blessing when we don't get the wind from the hurricane,” Gill said.

President Donald Trump approved an emergency declaration Friday, authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate assistance and provide funding support.

Hawaiian Electric, the state’s primary utility, said crews helping restore power in Kauai after this month’s Hurricane Lowell returned to Oahu, Maui and the Big Island in response to the storm.

On Maui, a brush fire broke out on the west side of the island Saturday, prompting mandatory evacuations for some residents and shutting down parts of a highway. The fire was burning near the Olowalu area, about 7 miles (11 kilometers) south of Lahaina, the site of the 2023 deadly fires. County officials set up two evacuation centers to the north and south of the fire.

The weather service issued a high wind warning for parts of Maui Saturday evening, meaning winds could be at least 40 mph (64 kph) with gusts over 60 mph (97 kph).

The Pacific has been unusually active this season, according to National Weather Service lead forecaster Bob Oravec, with storm activity running above average during what is already the peak of hurricane season. He said that pattern is consistent with El Niño years, when the Pacific often sees more tropical storms and hurricanes.

Powerful Polo on forecast path toward Mexico

Meanwhile Mexico was under the threat of Hurricane Polo as it headed toward the Baja California Peninsula after bringing storm conditions to the southwestern coast. Polo had maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (220 kph), making it a Category 4 storm, but it was expected to weaken somewhat before making landfall Monday.

One of the towns in the hurricane's projected path is San Juanico, a small fishing community on Baja’s Pacific coast where access to basic needs is already fickle.

“Our people are concerned about this event,” said Gloriely Robles Meza, a manager at a small hotel. “We haven’t faced such a worrying situation in many years.”

The town has only had full-time electricity for a couple of years, and it still experiences frequent outages. Without power, residents can’t refrigerate food or pump water. The closest gas station is so far away that fuel is stored in and sold from tanks, and supply frequently runs out if there is high demand.

Robles Meza said the community feels left to brace itself for the storm without the help of authorities.

“We must prepare on our own — each of us protecting our homes and belongings,” she said, adding that she wished officials would preposition heavy machinery for clearing roads, along with emergency generators.

For now, she said, the only plan is to convert the local elementary school into a shelter.

“While this is important, we also have other impacts to consider,” Robles Meza said, like what the town will do if it is cut off from help.

San Juanico has experienced late-summer storms, but Polo feels different, said Jeffrey Westman, an American who was first drawn to the town’s world-class surf break 40 years ago and owns a property there.

Washed-out roads could block access to the closest medical facility, about 80 minutes away in Ciudad Constitucion.

Westman, 63, said he hopes Polo behaves as some past storms have, losing intensity before reaching the peninsula.

“A lot of times they do start petering out,” he said. “I’m hoping that’s the case.”

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The center’s executive director and chief operating officer, Matt Floca, did not treat the roofing issues as priorities and in April halted a funded plan to address them, according to the letter Thursday signed by David Seide, a lawyer representing the anonymous whistleblowers.

Floca denied their allegations, saying recent investigations of the leaks exposed new hazards at the building.

In a September court declaration, Floca noted there were “acute risks to public safety" when the aging building temporarily closed its doors after an inspection of a deteriorating roof terrace canopy and a partial ceiling collapse. The former employees, however, claim those “acute” issues were known previously by Floca, who joined the Kennedy Center as vice president of facilities in 2024.

“More than one year ago, Mr. Floca had requested and received the needed funds to remediate the New Problems he references," Seide wrote, citing President Donald Trump's tax cut and spending bill that he signed in the summer of 2025. “Yet six months ago – with the funds in hand – he stopped the remediation process from moving forward.” In the legislation, Congress earmarked $257 million for the Kennedy Center.

The letter, first reported by The New York Times, is the latest in a series of tensions over an iconic Potomac River waterfront building that has become a focus of the Republican president in his remaking of the nation's capital in his second term. Trump has installed his own leadership to the center's governing board and had his name placed on the building before a judge ruled the new lettering was illegally added and ordered it removed.

The Trump-aligned board voted earlier this month to close the center indefinitely for repairs hours after U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper blocked its plans to return Trump’s name to the building.

Cooper has told the center that it must give 30 days' notice before making any major physical changes to the building, including demolishing it, as Trump has threatened. The Kennedy Center leadership also must file a status report no later than Friday on the temporary closure and emergency repairs.

Asked for a response to the whistleblowers' claims, a Kennedy Center spokesperson sent a written statement from Floca, who said the safety of patrons, artists and staff is his priority.

“The Kennedy Center has known for years that the roof overhang leaked," he wrote. "What we did not know until this summer was how far the damage had spread inside it.”

Floca added that rather than halting design plans in April as the whistleblowers alleged, he had reassigned the work to a more comprehensive plan because the contractor’s quote for the initial plans were nearly three times the expected cost.

“That was a change in the approach to procuring and delivering the work, not a determination that the work was unnecessary,” Floca wrote.

Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, the top Democrat on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, wrote Floca on Thursday after receiving the whistleblower letter. Whitehouse said the documents showed Kennedy Center leadership had “hoarded” congressionally appropriated funding for repairs “while blaming previous leadership for the state of repairs.”

“My initial investigation into misconduct at the Center focused on cronyism and corruption, with documents demonstrating considerable excessive and self-serving spending under President Trump’s chairmanship," Whitehouse said. “The documents that I attach today seem to reveal deeper financial mismanagement.”

A spokesperson for the committee's Republican majority did not immediately reply to a request for comment Saturday.

Fritz’s only career victory over Alcaraz came during Team World’s win over Europe in last year’s Laver Cup and the American had his chances to beat the Spaniard again.

But Alcaraz served an ace on Fritz’s first match point and then used a drop shot to save another, and Alcaraz finally won it on his third match point when Fritz got to his drop shot but couldn't get it back.

“The drop shot is part of my game,” Alcaraz said. “So in those moments, in those really close and important moments, I tried to use it because it was a really good weapon for me in this match and obviously I’ve been practicing the drops since I was a little kid.”

Fritz played a clean match with only nine unforced errors to Alcaraz’s 30. But Alcaraz led 42-20 in winners — often bringing the O2 Arena crowd to its feet, as Roger Federer and Andy Murray applauded from the front row.

It was Alcaraz's first singles match since he lost to Ben Shelton in a U.S. Open quarterfinal that ended at 3:33 a.m. He won a doubles match with Jakub Mensik on Friday.

Earlier, it was all Team World — which is captained by Andre Agassi — as Alex de Minaur had a 2-6, 7-6 (5), 11-9 comeback victory over Alexander Zverev and Learner Tien outlasted Flavio Cobolli 6-3, 2-6, 10-7.

In the final match of the day, Zverev partnered with Casper Ruud to beat Alexander Bublik and Brandon Nakashima 6-4, 7-6 (7) in doubles.

Wins are worth one point on Friday, two points on Saturday and three points on Sunday. The first team to reach 13 points wins.

De Minaur draws blood

De Minaur had blood trickling down his right leg after a diving volley he produced in the match tiebreaker against Zverev.

“If you can notice, my blood is red as well,” De Minaur said, referring to the color of Team World's shirts. “It was a very tough match. A tough battle. I left it all out there and got fortunate in the end to get the job done and happy to give some points for Team World.”

Europe had led 3-1 after Friday's play.

“We were in the same position last year and it worked out pretty well for us,” De Minaur said. “We know we can do some damage. We know we’re the underdogs, but we also know that we can step out on this court and light it up.”

Zverev wasted a match point

Zverev served for the match in the second set but double-faulted to hand De Minaur a break and the Australian stormed back into it.

Early in the match tiebreaker, De Minaur leaped for a volley and ended up sprawled on the black court before popping back up as Zverev's reply sailed out.

A few points later, Zverev also went down in a worrisome moment but appeared uninjured after his feet slipped out from under him as he hit a backhand.

Zverev then wasted a match point when he played passively and chipped a forehand wide.

There was more caution from Zverev on De Minaur's first match point as the French Open and U.S. Open champion hit a weak overhead to let the Australian back into the point. De Minaur then produced a backhand up the line that Zverev couldn't get back.

How did De Minaur keep believing?

“Keep asking questions. Give yourself a chance. And you never know if you put the ball in the court, you might get lucky," he said. "So that’s what I did today.”

Zverev's defeat ended his nine-match winning streak after the second-ranked player had followed his U.S. Open title with two Davis Cup victories for Germany last weekend.

Tien's stamina

The day's opening match also had drama.

On Tien’s first match point, he produced a blistering forehand passing shot that Cobolli could barely get his racket on to conclude a 34-shot rally.

The 13th-ranked Tien was making his Laver Cup debut.

Europe has won the Laver Cup five times while Team World took its third title in last year’s edition of the Ryder Cup-style event.

Yannick Noah is Europe's captain.

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Romaine, the senior transfer from Kansas State, became the first FBS player in 13 years with such quick pick-6s. They came seven seconds apart in the opening minute of the second quarter in the No. 11 Red Raiders' 49-14 win over the Bearkats on Saturday.

“Coach McGuire sent me a message just saying cut it loose and play free,” Romaine said. “And I just did a lot less thinking this game.”

The Red Raiders led only 7-0 before fellow linebacker Brock Gowlas leaped to deflect a pass thrown by Brett Holloway. Romaine, who had also jumped, then grabbed the ball out of the air and ran 15 yards for a touchdown with 14:54 left in the first half.

On the first play after the ensuing kickoff, Bearcats starting quarterback Landyn Locke was back in the game, and his pass on first down was picked off by Romaine. That 31-yard return made it 21-0.

Navy’s Dashaun Peele returned two interceptions for touchdowns against Charlotte in 2024, but Romaine is the first FBS player with pick-6s on consecutive throws since 2013.

DeVon Edwards returned two interceptions for scores on consecutive throws late in Duke’s 38-20 win over North Carolina State on Nov. 9, 2013. Edwards also had a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in that game.

Romaine had 184 tackles (110 solo) the past three seasons with the Wildcats. His only interception for K-State came in a game against Texas Tech last season when he had a cast on his left hand.

After winning their first Big 12 championship and going to the College Football Playoff last season, Tech had six defensive players taken in the NFL draft. That included All-America linebacker Jacob Rodriguez, who finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting.

McGuire, who felt that Romaine had been pressing, sent him a couple of texts and then spoke to him before the game.

“I said, ‘Man, I don’t need Jacob Rodriguez. He’s not coming back. I need Austin Romaine. There’s a reason we brought you here. Go out and be Austin Romaine, go be that guy,’” McGuire said. “And he showed up today, I thought he played free.”

When Gowlas batted the ball straight up in the air, Romaine went up and got it. On the next play, the Bearkats put a receiver in a motion while Romaine stayed where he was supposed to be on that play.

"I was in disbelief that I did it twice in a row,” Romaine said. “I just saw that slant coming across, and the ball was right there.”

The last time the Red Raiders had two pick-6s in the same game was when Kevin Curtis and Antwan Alexander both had one in a 58-0 win over Oklahoma State on Nov. 11, 2000. Romaine is the first Tech player with two in the same game.

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“Does Berlin understand what this could lead to?’ Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asked in his speech at the U.N. General Assembly’s annual gathering of world leaders. “Didn’t they not learn the lessons of World War II?”

Lavrov was dismissive after the German and Russian foreign ministers met Saturday on the sidelines of the meeting, holding what’s believed to be the first such tête-à-tête since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

“He simply reiterated his official public position condemning Russia,” Lavrov said. “You can judge for yourself whether that counts as dialogue or not.”

The meeting, at German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul’s request, came just before Lavrov addressed world leaders, where he also criticized the militarization of Japan. He made clear that Russia will veto any attempt by Germany and Japan for permanent seats on the Security Council, the U.N.’s most powerful body. The two nations fought Russia, Britain and the United States in World War II.

A German delegation official said that during their meeting, Wadephul called on Russia to abandon its “dangerous path of escalation” toward Germany, Europe and the NATO alliance. Ties between Russia and Germany have soured in recent weeks, following an attempted drone attack last month at Leipzig airport — Germany has blamed the incident on Russia — and tit-for-tat responses that followed it.

Wadephul expressed openness to a better relationship but said it required a genuine willingness from Russia’s leadership to end the war in Ukraine, according to the official.

After his speech, Lavrov brushed off the Germany meeting

Later, Lavrov told a U.N. news conference that “nothing new came from that initiative of the foreign minister.”

He challenged Germany to name one commercial vessel in the Black Sea that was damaged or targeted by Russian strikes, asserting that “there are no such cases.” As for the claimed attempted drone strike at Leipzig Airport, he called it “an unclaimed drone” that Germany immediately said was Russian.

Lavrov denounced the West in his speech and at the press conference, saying it “aspires to inflict strategic defeat on Russia — but these aspirations will result in the war mongers being led into a strategic dead end.”

He recalled last year’s 80th anniversary of the Allied victory “over German Nazism and Japanese militarism” in World War II. And he made a point of blasting the notion of Germany or Japan gaining a permanent seat on the powerful U.N. Security Council. The United States has long supported permanent seats for those countries and India.

Japan’s deputy U.N. ambassador Mikanagi Tomohiro responded to Lavrov at the end of the assembly meeting, stressing that his country is “peace-loving” and that “freedom, democracy and fundamental human rights remain unshakable foundations of Japan’s every decision and action.”

In his attacks on the West, Lavrov also claimed, “the U.S. has destroyed the European security system and created a Russophobic regime in Kyiv.”

Russia believes an agreement on ending the Ukraine war was reached at the August 2025 meeting in Alaska between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Lavrov said, “and we continue to remain ready to return to it.”

“A fairer, multipolar world order is emerging before our very eyes,” said Lavrov, whose country is part of the BRICS group of leading developing nations and other organizations that he portrays as more forward-looking and constructive.

Russia emphasizes that it's still a strong global player

Moscow has repeatedly sought to stress that it maintains a strong position on the global stage despite its 4½-year war on Ukraine and isolation from the West.

Writing on her personal Telegram channel, Maria Zakharova, chief spokesperson for Russia’s Foreign Ministry, said that “tens of diplomats” had come to meet Lavrov to “shake his hand and thank Russia.”

An overwhelming majority of General Assembly member nations have repeatedly condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as Wadephul noted in his own address to the assembly Saturday.

“Russia’s war targets the lives of millions of innocent people, the existence of the Ukrainian state and culture and the European peace order,” he said, urging Russia to negotiating toward ending the fighting.

Lavrov’s speech came amid an intensifying aerial war. With front-line positions largely unchanged since last year, Russia has hammered Ukraine with cruise and ballistic missiles, powerful glide bombs and jet-powered drones in recent months, while Ukraine’s long-range drones have targeted Russian oil refineries and businesses.

Ukrainian officials said Russian attacks killed four people Saturday, as Russian authorities said a Ukrainian drone attack killed three.

Since Russia launched the war — which Moscow describes as a “special military operation” intended to ensure Russia’s security and the rights of Russian speakers — Western analysts have estimated that over 500,000 Russian troops have been killed. Ukraine has recorded more than 500,000 military casualties, including up to 140,000 deaths. Neither country discloses its own casualty totals.

The Ukraine war reverberates globally

The war has had global repercussions for fuel, fertilizer and grain shipments — and for geopolitics, widening divisions between Russia and the West.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used his assembly speech Wednesday to press other countries to keep choking Russia’s revenues and impede its war efforts, and he echoed that message on social media Saturday morning.

“It is essential that our partners not forget: Russia is escalating every single day,” he wrote, adding that “the world must choose stronger responses to keep the war from spreading further.”

U.S. lawmakers passed a powerful sanctions bill aimed at Moscow last month. President Donald Trump signed the bill into law last week but hasn’t enacted the measures yet.

Now back in Ukraine, Zelenskyy told reporters in voicemail messages Friday that Washington is pushing for three-way technical talks involving delegations — but not top leaders — from the U.S., Ukraine and Russia. He said Ukraine is waiting for the United States to propose a date.

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The students raised their bicycles in the air as they arrived in Kragujevac, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of the capital Belgrade. The crowd waved Serbian flags and many cried as they lined up at the entry route for the students.

The students entered the Oct. 25 election race after leading nearly two years of protests triggered by a train station tragedy on Nov. 1, 2024, that killed 16 people in northern Serbia. The protests shook Vucic more than at any time since his party came to power in 2012.

The October vote is seen as a major test for Vucic. It will be held against the backdrop of heightened political tensions as the governing populists seek to remain in office despite widespread popular discontent.

Before coming to Kragujevac, the cycling students in the past 10 days traveled the country, each carrying a copy of Serbia's Constitution to symbolically insist on the rule of law.

Vucic plans to step down so he can run for prime minister

Vucic, who has been Serbia’s prime minister or president since 2014, has announced that he would resign the presidency on Sunday so he can formally pursue a bid to become prime minister if his Serbian Progressive Party wins the October vote.

Vucic on Saturday said he spoke on the phone with Russia's President Vladimir Putin about a gas deal for Serbia, and organized a small farewell party for the employees in the presidency building. He plans to host a national boxing team on Sunday morning.

In Kragujevac, the joyful crowd danced, sang and cheered to show support for the youth-backed “Students' List” of experts, university professors, teachers and other non-partisan individuals who are running against Vucic's SNS party.

Ilija Srdanovic, a physician and university professor who tops the student-backed election ticket, said that “this country must never again have a boss.” He was referring to Vucic's increasingly authoritarian rule in Serbia.

During the protests, the students demanded accountability for the concrete canopy collapse in the city of Novi Sad, alleging that corruption led to flawed renovation work on the building. Their struggle for justice has morphed into a nationwide drive for change.

Vucic has pushed back hard against the protesters, sparking international concern over police violence and arbitrary detentions. He has accused the students and their professors of intending to “destroy the state” under unspecified foreign guidance.

“They (authorities) treated us as enemies,” one student told the crowd in Kragujevac. “They spied on us and accused us of being enemies.”

Serbia’s bid to join the European Union has stalled under Vucic, who has maintained close ties with both Russia and China. Previous elections in Serbia have been marred by multiple irregularities and violence.