The car crashed into the canal near C.B. Smith Park’s pavilion 17, and the witnesses moved quickly, according to Division Chief Jason Stepp.

“Bystanders on scene witnessed the vehicle go into the canal and immediately jumped into action, pulling the one adult occupant from the vehicle,” Stepp wrote in a statement.

Fire rescue personnel took the driver, whose condition was stable, to Memorial Hospital West. Pembroke Pines Police Department divers searched the car.

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

His final game ended in a 2-1 loss to Aston Villa on a day charged with emotion as he said goodbye to the fans he gave so much joy during a decade of dominance in English soccer.

“I never could have imagined the amount of love I've found,” said Guardiola, standing in the center of the field at the Etihad Stadium and addressing the crowd. “It is an incredible, tremendous honor to be your manager, to be here 10 years.”

The tears started long before the final whistle, with Guardiola welling up and rubbing his eyes as two of his most loyal servants, Bernardo Silva and John Stones, also said farewell and were given guards of honor when substituted in the second half.

Then it was his turn to receive a guard of honor of his own.

“This is the man who changed everything,” the stadium announcer said as Guardiola ran onto the field wearing khakis and a cream T-shirt, with fans cheering wildly.

“10 more years," they chanted, prompting Guardiola to shake his head in defiance.

After 17 major trophies and records galore, on Friday he confirmed he could do no more. After turning City into the most dominant Premier League team of its generation and a champion of Europe for the first time, he said the time was right to hand over the reins.

Guardiola's day

Former Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca, who won the Club World Cup last year, is favorite to take over with an announcement possibly this week.

But that is for another day.

This day was about Guardiola and the chance for supporters to show their appreciation.

“He means everything to me and this club. It’s absolutely brilliant what he’s done for it,” City fan Fred Taylor, 82, told The Associated Press. “I can’t think of another manager that’s done what he’s done in the 10-year period he’s been here.”

Guardiola joined City in the summer of 2016 and has led the Abu Dhabi-owned team to six Premier League titles and a first Champions League crown in 2023.

“That's what we always wanted that ... we’d never done it,” said Taylor. “That was probably the highlight of his tenure.”

Guardiola's trophy haul included a domestic double this season of the English League Cup and the FA Cup. He led City to the treble in 2023, winning the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup — matching Manchester United’s feat from more than 20 years earlier in 1999.

First to 100 points

There were other benchmarks. City became the first team to win four straight English leagues and the first to amass 100 points in a single season in 2018. The following year City was the first team to win the domestic treble of the league, FA Cup and League Cup in the same season.

More than just trophies, Guardiola has connected with City fans, telling them Sunday to hug him if they ever see him in the future, saying “I will need it.”

“It’s hard to describe, it’s someone you don’t actually know, but you feel like you do know,” City fan Richard Wilbourn said. "When I heard the news (he was leaving) I got a bit emotional. What he’s done for the club has been absolutely unreal, and it’s something that we’ve never seen in our lifetime.

“Growing up through my mid-20s to mid-30s (he's been) a massive part of my life.”

City has honored Guardiola by naming its newly developed north stand after him. He will also take up a role as global ambassador.

“I’m sad he’s leaving, but I think he’s leaving at the right time,” said Taylor. “He’s done everything and he can’t go any further in this club, but I think he’s done brilliant and I wish him all the best.”

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James Robson is at https://x.com/jamesalanrobson

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Hua Xin, the Chinese ambassador to Cuba, released a statement describing the delivery as “the first batch of the 60,000-ton emergency aid donation.”

“That noble gesture of solidarity will reach millions of consumers,” Diaz-Canel wrote on X.

President Donald Trump’s administration has long considered the Chinese and Russian presence in Cuba as a national security threat.

Beijing’s crucial lifeline for Havana also includes strategic debt restructuring, credit lines, and investments in solar energy infrastructure.

Earlier this month, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that Cuba accepted $100 million in U.S. aid to be sent and distributed by church charities.

“It must be directly with you, the Cuban people, not with GAESA,” Rubio said about the Grupo de Administración Empresarial S.A., a Cuban military conglomerate that the Trump administration recently sanctioned.

Rubio said there is plenty of evidence of corruption and cited GAESA leaders “send their relatives to live in luxury in Madrid and even here in the United States.”

U.S. Coast Guard investigators reported that there was “an active diesel discharge from the vessel’s bow and stern” and used a “containment boom.”

The Coast Guard announced “the use of federal funds to lift the vessel and remove all remaining fuel and oil” to protect the “sensitive marine environment of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.”

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

Deputies responded shortly after 4:10 a.m. after a witness called 911 to report the man was face down on the ground, according to Detective Joseph Peguero.

Deputies found the man in the area of Northwest 31 Avenue and River Drive, and fire rescue personnel pronounced him dead, according to Peguero.

Traffic homicide detectives also responded and took over the investigation, according to Peguero, a spokesman for M-DSO.

Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477 to remain anonymous.

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

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The deal the Republican president had said was “largely negotiated” has left a range of lawmakers, former Cabinet members and conservative analysts wondering aloud whether the terms as currently known will render the conflict all “for naught.”

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said the president's decision to strike Iran was the “most consequential” of his second term and that he should not let up now.

“If the result of all that is to be an Iranian regime — still run by Islamists who chant ‘death to America’ — now receiving billions of dollars, being able to enrich uranium & develop nuclear weapons, and having effective control over the Strait of Hormuz, then that outcome would be a disastrous mistake,” Cruz wrote Saturday on the social media platform X. It was in reaction to Trump's update after he had spoken with the leaders of Israel and other U.S. allies in the region.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who also is close to Trump, panned any deal that would leave Iran perceived as being a dominant force in the region and in which it would retain its ability to destroy oil infrastructure throughout the Gulf.

Sen. Roger Wicker, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, questioned the merit of a proposed 60-day ceasefire, saying it would be a “disaster.”

“Everything accomplished by Operation Epic Fury would be for naught!” said Wicker, R-Miss.

Trump says it will take time to ‘get it right’

Trump, who has said he only makes good deals and detests being seen as not having the upper hand in any negotiation, dismissed objections to a deal that he said was not “even fully negotiated yet.”

“So don’t listen to the losers, who are critical about something they know nothing about,” he said on his social media platform.

Trump said the deal he and his representatives are working out is “THE EXACT OPPOSITE” of a nuclear pact that Iran agreed to under the Democratic Obama administration. Trump pulled out of that agreement and has been trying to iron out a new one.

“Both sides must take their time and get it right. There can be no mistakes!” Trump said.

He added that a U.S. military blockade of Iranian ports would remain “in full force and effect until an agreement is reached, certified, and signed.”

Some support for Trump came from Capitol Hill, too.

GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, often a thorn in the president’s side, defended the White House's approach.

“War virtually always ends with negotiations,” Paul wrote on X. “Critics of President Trump’s peace negotiations should give President Trump the space to find an American First solution.”

Under the proposal, the war would come to an end and Iran would reopen the strait and give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, with the details and timelines to be worked out during a later 60-day window, regional officials told The Associated Press on Sunday.

Critics air objections as details trickle out

Polls show the war, which began when the United States and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, is unpopular with the American public and has cost U.S. taxpayers at least $29 billion, as of this month. Thirteen service members have been killed during the operation.

Trump initially said the war would be over in four weeks to six weeks, but the standoff continues. Iran's closure of the strait, through which about 20% of global energy supplies transit, has jolted the world economy and sent prices for gasoline and other goods climbing.

Mike Pompeo, one of Trump's first-term secretaries of state, asserted on Saturday that the emerging deal seemed to him to be the same as the Obama-era one from which Trump withdrew.

“Not remotely America First,” Pompeo said on X, prompting a profanity-laced rejoinder from Steven Cheung, the White House director of communications.

John Bolton, a national security adviser in the first term who has become a critic of the president, said the emerging plan details seemed to favor the Iranian government.

“If news reports about the impending Iran deal are correct, the ayatollahs will have won a significant victory,” Bolton wrote Sunday on X. “They will be back on the road to nuclear weapons, supporting global terrorism and repressing their own people.”

Rubio says a nuclear Iran is ‘not going to happen’

Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed back on Sunday during a diplomatic mission in India, telling reporters at a news conference that no president has been stronger against Iran than Trump.

“His commitment to that principle that they’ll never have a nuclear weapon shouldn’t be questioned by anybody,” Rubio said. “And the idea that somehow this president, given everything he’s already proven he’s willing to do, is going to somehow agree to a deal that ultimately winds up putting Iran in a stronger position when it comes to nuclear ambitions is absurd. That’s just not going to happen.”

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, a Trump antagonist who had pushed legislation to restrain the president’s ability to wage war against Iran, told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday that while the terms are not yet fully known, “if Lindsey Graham and Ted Cuz are crashing out last night, I’d say it’s probably a pretty good deal.”

Massie will leave Congress in January after incurring Trump's wrath and losing his GOP primary last week to a Trump-backed challenger.

Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard looked up to the sky and back down at the trophy, shaking his head in disbelief, before walking in front of his celebrating teammates and lifting it aloft inside Selhurst Park after a campaign-ending 2-1 win at Crystal Palace.

Arsenal clinched a first English league title since 2004 with a game to spare in midweek, after three straight runner-up finishes.

Kroenke made his way to London for the trophy lift and watched the game against Palace next to his son, Josh. About an hour after the game finished, they walked out onto the field with the trophy ahead of the ceremony.

It marked the latest success in Kroenke’s sporting empire. The Denver Nuggets won the NBA Championship in 2023, a year after the LA Rams won the Super Bowl and Colorado Avalanche won the Stanley Cup in NHL. All three of those teams are in the Kroenke Sports & Entertainment portfolio that also now includes the best soccer team in England.

For Sunday's big occasion, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and his players wore the team’s classic red-and-white jersey with “Champions 2026” on the back.

The season could get even better for Arsenal, which also has reached the Champions League final for the first time since 2006. Paris Saint-Germain will be the opponent in Budapest, Hungary, next Saturday.

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At Sunday's Indianapolis 500, Dale Coyne Racing changed the font of Romain Grosjean's No. 18 car to replicate the font the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and two-time Brickyard 400 winner used during his 14 seasons with Joe Gibbs Racing in his No. 18 car.

Then came the opening prayer, in which Busch was mentioned by name. And on Lap 18, race officials lit up the scoring pylon next to pit lane with Busch's name, his birth year and 2026.

Even with the pageantry of Indianapolis' big IndyCar race, Busch, who had more wins (234) than anyone across NASCAR’s three national series, was never far from the thoughts of people in the city that dubs itself the “Racing Capital of the World.” The father of two died Thursday at age 41 from what his family said was severe pneumonia that progressed into sepsis.

“It’s desperately sad. It’s also one of those things where you try not to think about it or let it in because you’ve got so much to do, you can’t let yourself get emotional,” Katherine Legge said Friday after returning to Indianapolis Motor Speedway. “But honestly, racing has lost one of the greatest drivers, in my opinion, of all time. If you look back at the history and just — he was a legend.”

As Indy held its biggest race of the year, those who knew or competed against Busch raced with a heavy heart.

“How can you not be in shock over the situation?” two-time Indy winner Josef Newgarden said Friday. “I think it just puts into perspective how fragile life is. You just don’t know. Makes me think of his kids, to be honest with you. Gosh, I feel terrible about — I have two sons now. That’s the thing that breaks my heart.”

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AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing

Ante el pleno de la Asamblea Nacional, aseguró que “no hay desarrollo posible si las familias viven con miedo” por acción del crimen organizado, al cual dijo enfrentar con determinación y destacó que, como parte de ello, en el 2025 “los buscamos, los encontramos y los extraditamos”.

Se refería a una docena de capos del crimen organizado enviados a Estados Unidos y 296 toneladas de droga incautadas, de acuerdo con registros oficiales.

Ecuador atraviesa una ola de criminalidad y violencia sin precedentes desde 2021, atribuida por las autoridades al crimen organizado vinculado a cárteles del narcotráfico de Colombia y México. En 2025 el país registró un récord de muertes violentas al superar las 9.000, una tasa de más de 50 homicidios por cada 100.000 habitantes.

Con respecto al tema económico, Noboa dijo que halló “un país frenado y endeudado”, pero ahora “recuperamos la confianza del mundo en Ecuador”. Prueba de ello es la reducción, destacó, del riesgo país de 1098 a 400 puntos. Ese indicador mide la confianza de los mercados internacionales en la economía de una nación.

Resaltó también que el empleo pleno subió desde 33,7% en 2024 a 37,1% el año pasado, mientras que la pobreza bajó de 26% en 2024 a 21,4% en 2025.

En diálogo con The Associated Press, Esteban Ron, decano de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas de la Universidad Internacional SEK, criticó a Noboa, diciendo que el problema en la gestión de gobierno “es la falta de entendimiento de lo público, una ejecución dispersa de la administración pública", donde ha habido muestras de “respuestas inmediatas, coyunturales, sin planificación”.

Pese al optimismo del mandatario en el tema de la seguridad, Glaedys González, analista para la región de los Andes del International Crisis Group —un organismo no gubernamental que procura prevenir y resolver conflictos armados—, expresó que “los avances en (el combate a) la violencia están lejos de alcanzarse”, y aseguró que “es evidente que la situación en Ecuador ha llegado a niveles que nunca se han visto” y "sobrepasan los promedios de la región”.

Sobre lo planteado por el gobierno en el tema económico, Fausto Ortiz, analista y exministro de Finanzas, dijo que “hay más cosas positivas que negativas", pero advirtió que el gobierno debe procurar controlar un déficit fiscal muy alto, de unos 5.500 millones de dólares este año. "Se necesitarán demasiados recursos cada año” para gestionar la caja fiscal, lo cual también ejercerá presión sobre el pago a los intereses de la deuda externa.

El próximo año Ecuador debe pagar 2.000 millones de dólares;en 2028 tiene que hacer un pago por 2.300 millones, y en 2029 le espera otro por 3.100 millones.

Noboa llegó al poder en noviembre de 2023, cuando ganó las elecciones adelantadas debido a que el entonces presidente Guillermo Lasso disolvió la Asamblea Nacional y acortó su propio mandato. Al concluir el periodo, Noboa se presentó nuevamente a un proceso electoral y volvió a ganar para un periodo de gobierno de cuatro años.

Nicholas Pichardo, a landscaper, and Claudia Yero, a behavioral therapist, were traveling with fentanyl, cocaine, and ecstasy, according to Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputies.

Pichardo was driving a Ram pickup truck — while under the influence and with an expired Florida driver’s license — when deputies stopped him shortly after 9 p.m. on May 22, on U.S. 1, in Key Largo, according to deputies.

Later in jail, Pichardo attempted to smuggle Oxycodone pills into the facility, according to the MCSO.

Pichardo faced nine charges: Four counts of drug possession, two counts of driving under the influence with an unlawful blood alcohol level, marijuana possession, cocaine possession, and smuggling contraband.

Yero faced three charges: Two counts of drug possession and cocaine possession.

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

Fire rescue personnel and police officers were near three mangled cars at Southwest 10th Avenue and Third Street in Little Havana’s Riverside area.

Police officers closed access to the area. Two vehicles from the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner’s Department also responded.

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

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The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds headlined the show at Lummus Park, between 11 and 14 streets.

The lineup also included the parachute teams of the U.S. Army Golden Knights, U.S. Navy Leap Frogs, and the British Army Red Devils.

The events after the show include live musical performances by the Air Force Band and the active-duty soldier band.

Admission is free. For more information, visit this page.

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This episode also includes an Assignment Venezuela segment.

The English driver completed just 17 of the scheduled 200 laps at Indianapolis Motor Speedway's iconic 2.5-mile oval before she ran into the car of Ryan Hunter-Reay, knocking both cars out of the race. Hunter-Reay started spinning in the second turn and braked hard to keep his car off the wall, and the trailing Legge steered inside to try to avoid the 2013 Indy 500 winner. But as smoke emerge from both braking cars, Legge's car hit the inside wall.

“I’m fine, just gutted more than anything,” she said after being checked and released at the track's infield medical center. “Ryan spun in front of me, I think he was battling his car for a minute, I was just chilling, trying to save fuel and he spun down the track and started coming up the track, so I tried to go low and just didn’t make it.”

Legge is the sixth driver ever to attempt “The Double,” paring the Indy 500 with NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 in North Carolina, but the only one to complete it is three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart in 2001.

It's been a week full of bad luck for Legge. Her flight from New York to Indianapolis was delayed, causing her to miss Indy's annual media day. Then she had communications trouble in Friday's final 500 practice, and after flying to Charlotte on Saturday, Coca-Cola 600 qualifying was rained out.

“Hopefully, we get all of the travel woes out of the way now before the weekend, and this weekend goes smoothly,” Legge told The Associated Press on Thursday. “My management has been speaking with Kyle’s management about how to get the logistics sorted out, how they did it and we’re trying our best to copy and paste what they had and they’re just keeping me in the loop.”

Her fortunes briefly looked like they might have changed when the speedway dodged the predicted prerace rain, allowing the race to begin on time. Then came the tangle with Hunter-Reay, who was also was checked and released by IndyCar's medical team.

“It was super tough out there,” Hunter-Reay said. “The whole time I was trying to keep it off the wall. Just super disappointing. That’s the busiest I’ve been around here in 16 years. I was trying to keep it off the wall the whole time and finally, one of those wiggles didn't come back in Turn 2.”

At the 500, crashes and bad weather have been a theme in each of the last three “Double” attempts. A rain-delayed Indy start prevented two-time NASCAR champion Kyle Larson from making it to Charlotte in time for the start in 2024, and Larson crashed out of both races last year after another rain-delayed start in Indy.

But Legge was hoping to avoid all of it.

“She’ll stay here throughout,” her father, Derek Legge, said before the first race while texting from a golf cart outside her garage. “We’re keeping an eye on the weather. It might even be delayed here an hour at a time.”

By then, Legge’s car was already on the Brickyard as the sold-out grandstands filled in and hundreds of people surrounded the cars on the track.

The English driver started from the No. 26 spot, the middle of the ninth row, at Indy, where she drove for HMD Motorsports with A.J. Foyt Racing team. She still plans to head to North Carolina where she will start 37th for Live Fast Motorsports after Saturday's rainout.

Rain could be in the mix Sunday night, too.

The early forecast looked good for the start of the race in Charlotte, but the chance of rain is expected to increase throughout the night.

The other five drivers who previously tried "The Double” had months to prepare, but Legge's teams didn't announce her attempt until last week. Since then, those behind the scenes helped Legge line up the helicopter ride she planned to take from the speedway to Indianapolis International Airport and the private jet that will take her to Charlotte for the second race of the day.

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Machado’s remarks, made while meeting in Panama with several fellow Venezuelan opposition leaders, come more than four months after the stunning White House decision to sideline her and instead work with a Venezuelan ruling party loyalist following the U.S. military’s capture of then-President Nicolás Maduro.

Machado has been in exile since December, when she emerged from 11 months in hiding somewhere in Venezuela and traveled to Norway where she was honored with the Nobel Prize.

She told reporters in Panama City that she and the other gathered opposition leaders remain committed to a democratic transition “through free and fair presidential elections, where all Venezuelans inside and outside the country vote.”

Still, it is unclear when Venezuela will hold a presidential election.

U.S. President Donald Trump and senior administration officials have praised Maduro’s successor, acting President Delcy Rodríguez, who has thrown open Venezuela’s oil industry to U.S. investment at a time of surging oil prices tied to the war in Iran.

The Trump administration has also dampened talk of elections, which are required by Venezuela’s constitution within 30 days of the president becoming “permanently unavailable.”

An election with democratic conditions would take between seven and nine months of planning, Machado said. Necessary changes include the appointment of neutral electoral authorities, voting registration updates and the ability of opposition candidates to run for office without government interference.

Machado rose to become Maduro’s strongest opponent in recent years, but his government barred her from running for office in the 2024 presidential election, leading her to choose retired ambassador Edmundo González Urrutia to represent her on the ballot.

Officials loyal to the ruling party declared Maduro the winner mere hours after the polls closed, but Machado’s well-organized campaign collected evidence showing González had defeated Maduro by a margin of more than 2-to-1.

On Saturday, Machado told reporters she would run against any other presidential hopeful in “an impeccable election.”

“I will be a candidate, but there may be others, of course,” she said. “I would love to compete with everyone, with anyone who wants to be a candidate.”

Commissioners recently voted in favor of it despite some residents’ opposition.

Manley and Holness both oppose U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s recent decision to run for Florida’s Democratic 20th Congressional District.

The spacecraft blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China. The much-anticipated launch comes as China prepares for its first crewed lunar landing by 2030.

The astronauts on the mission are Zhu Yangzhu, the commander, Zhang Zhiyuan and Lai Ka-ying, also identified by Chinese authorities as Li Jiaying using the Mandarin transliteration of her name.

Lai, who was born and raised in Hong Kong and has a doctoral degree in computer forensics, is the first astronaut from the city on a space mission.

The crew is set to conduct dozens of science and application projects, state media said. They are also expected to complete an in-orbit rotation with the crew of Shenzhou 21, who has been at the Tiangong space station for more than 200 days.

One of the three astronauts on the Shenzhou 23 mission is scheduled to stay at the orbiting space station for a year in what would be among the world’s longest single stays in space. The astronaut's mission is to “explore human adaptability and performance limits” in long-duration spaceflight environments, state media reported.

As China steps up its space program, its astronauts have carried out multiple missions to the Tiangong space station, developed after China was effectively excluded from the International Space Station on U.S. concerns over national security.

The U.S. is seen as China’s top space rival, with NASA aiming to land astronauts on the lunar surface in 2028.

China’s space station Tiangong, which translates to “Heavenly Palace,” first hosted the country's crew in 2021. Last year, an emergency mission in the Shenzhou program, which means “Divine Vessel,” returned a team of astronauts stranded on the space station due to a damaged spacecraft.

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Associated Press video journalist Wu Jia in Jiuquan, China contributed to this report.

It exceeded opening weekend expectations for the movie, a continuation of Disney+ spinoff series “The Mandalorian,” but it’s also on the low end of Disney-era Star Wars releases, closer to “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” which made $103 million over the four-day Memorial Day frame in 2018. While “Solo” was considered a disaster, the metrics around “The Mandalorian and Grogu” are a little different.

The production budget for “Solo” was in the $300 million range, while “The Mandalorian and Grogu” was made for significantly less — a reported $165 million, not accounting for marketing and promotion costs. It makes the journey to profitability more likely, especially when factoring in positive audience scores. Although critics were mixed to negative on the movie (it currently carries a 63% on Rotten Tomatoes), ticket buyers overall gave it an A- CinemaScore. Boys under the age of 13 are especially high on the movie: They gave it an A CinemaScore and a perfect five on PostTrak. Parents also gave it a five out of five.

The Jon Favreau-directed movie stars Pedro Pascal as the titular bounty hunter and puts him and his tiny green companion on a mission to save Jabba’s son Rotta the Hutt, who is voiced by Jeremy Allen White.

“Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” could also be graded on a bit of a curve because of the streaming component, both that it started as a series, and that it will eventually end up as a value add on Disney+, which was only about a month old when the last Star Wars movie, “The Rise of Skywalker,” debuted in December 2019.

Star Wars as a brand is in a time of transition under its new leadership team of Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan; Earlier this year it was announced that Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, who produced “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu,” was stepping down after 13 years. The question for the industry is whether audience interest in Star Wars on the big screen might have cooled slightly, and if next year’s “Star Wars: Starfighter,” starring Ryan Gosling, will provide a definitive answer. Until then, the hope is that strong audience and exit scores will propel word-of-mouth generated enthusiasm in the coming weeks.

“The moviegoers rule," said Paul Dergarabedian, the head of marketplace trends for Comscore. "I think given the audience reaction and the scores that are coming from parents and kids, this is going to be in it for the long haul."

Word-of-mouth certainly helped Curry Barker’s relationship horror movie “Obsession” defy the standard box office trajectory and do better business in its second weekend. The Focus Features had an astonishing 30% uptick in ticket sales, earning $22.4 million from 2,655 theaters.

“That’s really unheard of,” Dergarabedian said. “And it is a testament to how this social media buzz from younger viewers is fueling the FOMO factor."

The studio, which acquired the microbudget movie for some $15 million, is projecting that it will have made $28.2 million by the end of Monday, bringing its running total to $58.5 million. It snagged the second-place spot, while “Michael” landed in third place with $20 million for the three-day weekend. The Michael Jackson biopic has now earned $782.4 million.

“Obsession” also did better than the new horror movie “Passenger,” a Paramount Pictures release with Melissa Leo, which grossed an estimated $8.7 million from 2,534 locations. It’s expected to earn $10.5 million over its first four days. The movie received poor reviews from both critics (44% on Rotten Tomatoes) and audiences (B- Cinema Score).

Boots Riley's colorful shoplifting caper meets surreal social satire “I Love Boosters” also opened this weekend to $3.7 million. The Neon release stars Keke Palmer and Demi Moore.

The mix of movies this year didn’t hold a candle to last year’s record Memorial Day weekend, which was led by Disney’s live-action “Lilo & Stitch” and “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning.” The overall four-day frame this year will net out around $211 million, down about 36% from last year’s $330 million. It’s also far from the disastrous 2024 Memorial Day weekend box office, a 30-year low, when “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” opened.

Top 10 movies by domestic box office

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

1. “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu,” $82 million.

2. “Obsession,” $22.4 million.

3. “Michael,” $20 million.

4. “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” $12.6 million.

5. “The Sheep Detectives,” $9 million.

6. “Passenger,” $8.7 million.

7. “Mortal Kombat II,” $6.2 million.

8. “I Love Boosters,” $3.7 million.

9. “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” $3.2 million.

10. “Project Hail Mary,” $2.7 million.

Mogan, who lives between Hawaii and Florida, said the new party should be “a common-sense alternative to the current divisive political climate.”

How to enter

The submission period started online on May 19 and ends at 11:59 p.m. on June 2.

The entry or entries with the highest judging score will be selected on or around 1 p.m. on June 16.

Entries are limited to one per person, and anyone violating that rule will be disqualified.

To submit an entry or to read the full official contest rules, visit www.namethepartycontest.com.

Fort Lauderdale police officers temporarily closed the Las Olas Boulevard eastbound lanes at Seabreeze Boulevard.

City workers and Southern Underground Industries workers were repairing a 12-inch water main, impacted asphalt and landscaping, according to a city update.

Related X post on Saturday

E Las Olas Blvd to A1A north back open to traffic.
Seabreeze Blvd southbound at E Las Olas Blvd will remain closed due to the water main break. pic.twitter.com/R4HO1siD8F

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Winning a second would put Palou in elite company.

The first Spaniard to win IndyCar's biggest race returned to Indianapolis Motor Speedway's 2.5-mile oval on an overcast Sunday as he tried to add another milestone to his resume by becoming the seventh driver in race history to win back-to-back 500s.

David Malukas of Team Penske was leading the race when the yellow flag came out for the second time because of rain. Scott Dixon, his teammate with Chip Ganassi Racing and winner of the 2008 Indy 500, was leading the race before Malukas and Palou passed him on the restart following a 12-minute delay.

For the second straight year, the grandstands were sold out, prompting a local television blackout to be lifted. Throngs of colorfully clad fans started funneling through the track tunnels when the cannon sounded at 6 a.m., and the streets around the Brickyard were as packed as they've ever been to witness the pomp, circumstance and celebrities of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”

NCAA football championship-winning coach Curt Cignetti of Indiana led the 33-car field to the starting line as the pace car driver. WNBA star Caitlin Clark gave the traditional command sending drivers to their cars. And track owner Roger Penske directed the drivers to start their engines for the largest single-day spectator sporting event.

Though race officials do not provide actual attendance figures, there are an estimated 275,000 reserved seats and when the infield crowd is included, approximately 350,000 people attend the race.

There were tributes for two-time Brickyard 400 winner Kyle Busch, who died at age 41 earlier this week.

Dale Coyne Racing driver Romain Grosjean, who drives IndyCar's No. 18, was driving with a new font on the front of his car intended to resemble the font Busch used during the 14 years he competed in NASCAR'S No. 18 car with Joe Gibbs Racing. Race officials also lit up up the scoring pylon with Busch's name, birth year and 2026, and his name also was mentioned in the opening prayer.

As for the racing, Palou led the most laps Sunday after seemingly winning anything and everything lately — three straight series titles, 11 of 23 races and now the second Indy pole of his career.

And the chase to catch Palou resumed with a long list of storylines.

Two-time runner-up Pato O'Ward was hoping to become the first Mexican to win the race. Again. He was running eighth when the rain came for the second time.

Alexander Rossi, the 2016 race winner, qualified a career-best second and started less than a week after one of the hardest crashes of his career forced him to undergo surgery on his right ankle and the middle finger on his left hand. He was racing with a special brace and a protective boot on his right leg until his car caught on fire for the second straight year. Crew members from his former team Andretti Global got him out of the car and carried him over the pit wall when he couldn't get back to his own pit stall.

Scott McLaughlin was trying to redeem himself following a parade-lap crash that knocked him out of last year's race. McLaughlin, Malukas and two-time Indy winner Josey Newgarden were all trying to help their team erase the bitter memories from last May.

At age 51, Helio Castroneves could become the oldest race winner — and the first five-time winner.

Katherine Legge's attempt to become the first woman to finish racing's “Double" by completing 1,100 miles in one day — racing in both Indianapolis and at the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte, North Carolina — ended early. She hit the wall after completing just 17 laps when she couldn't avoid the spinning car of Ryan Hunter-Reay. Tony Stewart remains the only driver to complete every lap of both races, doing so in 2001.

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At 2 a.m., a police officer on patrol in Pinecrest reported there was a suspicious gray BMW parked on the wrong side of Southwest 66 Avenue, according to the Pinecrest Police Department.

The driver of the BMW crashed into the Pinecrest police officer’s patrol car after several car burglary suspects wearing ski masks and dressed in black ran out of a house’s yard, according to police.

The burglary suspects fled in the BMW, and a pursuit moved northbound on State Road 826 until the on-duty PPD supervisor decided to terminate it near Sunset Drive, according to police.

The driver of the BMW continued speeding northbound, crossed from Miami-Dade to Broward County, and crashed on Interstate 95 northbound near Griffin Road in Hollywood, according to police.

One of the suspects was arrested. The police officer in Pinecrest was not injured.

Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477 to remain anonymous.

The wildfire had been active since Saturday afternoon near Interstate 75’s mile marker 44 and had burned 400 acres, according to the Florida Forestry Service.

The fire was burning in an unpopulated stretch of the Big Cypress National Preserve.

West Ham beat Leeds 3-0 but that wasn't enough to climb out of the relegation zone because fourth-to-last Tottenham also won, 1-0 at home to Everton, to stay two points clear of its London rival.

That meant West Ham's 14-year stay in the Premier League was over and Tottenham, which won three of its last five games under recently hired coach Roberto De Zerbi, will be in the top division for a 49th straight season.

“We shouldn’t be in the position we’re in but we’ve found ourselves in it and we’ve not done enough to stay up," West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen said. "Hurt is the only thing.”

Guardiola's decade-long tenure at Manchester City — which has included six Premier League titles among 17 major trophies — ended with a 2-1 loss to Aston Villa that featured a mid-match guard of honor for first Bernardo Silva and then John Stones, two of Guardiola's stalwarts.

Guardiola wept on the sideline as Silva left the field and was given his own guard of honor by players and staff after the match.

Salah started and was given a standing ovation — before he kissed the Anfield turf — during his second-half substitution in his 442nd and last game for Liverpool, in which he grabbed an assist in a 1-1 draw with Brentford. The Egypt winger finished his nine years with the Reds with 257 goals and received his own post-match guard of honor, which he walked through in tears.

Arsenal had already clinched the title in midweek and closed its first championship-winning campaign since 2004 with a 2-1 win at Crystal Palace. The players finally got their hands on the trophy about an hour after fulltime at Palace's Selhurst Park stadium, with coach Mikel Arteta and the team wearing jerseys with “Champions 2026” on the back for the occasion.

In the final shake-up for European qualification, Bournemouth and Sunderland finished sixth and seventh, respectively, to get into the Europa League and Brighton was eighth to reach the Conference League.

Brighton lost 3-0 at home to Manchester United, for whom Bruno Fernandes scored and got a record-setting 21st assist of the season.

Sunderland, which beat Chelsea 2-1, will be in Europe for the first time in 53 years — a remarkable achievement for a team in its first season back in the top division and which was in the third tier as recently as 2022. The team's players huddled around a cell phone to see their Europa League qualification confirmed and broke away in delight.

Chelsea, on the contrary, missed out on European competition entirely after finishing in 10th place — 10 months after winning the Club World Cup.

West Ham's third Premier League relegation

Add 2026 to 2003 and 2011 as years when West Ham lost its Premier League status.

The big difference this season is that the team is now playing its home matches in the vast Olympic Stadium, so that 68,000-capacity arena will be staging games in the second-tier Championship against the likes of Wrexham and the two clubs that had already been relegated from the Premier League before Sunday — Wolverhampton and Burnley.

“This club deserves to be in the Premier League,” said Bowen, who scored and set up a goal against Leeds. "Our aim now is to get this club back into the Premier League.”

De Zerbi rescues Tottenham

A top-flight ever present since 1978, Tottenham was heading out of the Premier League before the club hired De Zerbi in what has proved to be an inspired appointment.

Three wins and two draws later — along with two losses — and Spurs have managed to avoid dropping into the bottom three in what would have been the most unlikely relegation since the Premier League was founded in 1992.

Joao Palhinha scored Tottenham's winner against Everton in the 43rd minute, forcing in a rebound after initially heading against the post, and Spurs defended stoutly to stop Everton scoring the two goals that would have kept West Ham up.

“After a bad season like this one, we showed up as a collective and had amazing support from the fans,” Palhinha said.

“The club will grow up with this season and we know what we have to do in the future."

Tottenham, one of the biggest clubs in Europe and the Europa League champion last season, has now finished one place outside the relegation spots in successive seasons.

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The National Weather Service warned of a high risk of rip currents from Sunday morning through Tuesday evening along both coastal Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

With seas running 3 to 5 feet and winds over 20 knots from the east, there was also a small craft caution warning for boaters in the area.

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Freeman Johnson, who turned 106 in March, never witnessed the surprise attack. He never heard his shipmates firing antiaircraft guns at the attacking planes — shooting down a torpedo plane. By the time he was topside, the St. Louis, a light cruiser, had evaded midget submarines and safely set out to sea.

“While all the rigamarole was going on topside, I was inside a steam drum. Couldn’t see anything, absolutely nothing,” said Johnson, a Centerville, Massachusetts, resident whose living room is filled with mementos and photos of his Navy service, including photos of the St. Louis and him as a young sailor, along with a collection of Navy challenge coins and ribbons representing the places he visited. He still has his military identification tag — popularly known as dog tag.

Even as the St. Louis headed into the Pacific Ocean, Johnson, whose job was known as a fireman on the ship, knew little about the attack.

“We were way out to sea, way out. You couldn’t see any land at all. All you saw was ocean,” he said. “I was just a sailor, just a swabbie, I was not an officer. They don’t tell you anything if you don’t need to know. And I didn’t need know it. So they tell you nothing.”

When he visited schools, children often asked Johnson whether he was scared that day. “You’re not scared. You’re too busy to be scared,” he said, his gravelly voice rising. "Besides, you don’t know what you’re scared of. You can’t see anything. What are you afraid of?

One of only 11 survivors

Johnson became the oldest survivor after World War II Navy veteran Ira “Ike” Schab died in December. He was 105. With Schab's passing as well as the death of Clarence Lane in February at the age of 100, there remain only 11 survivors of the surprise attack, which killed just over 2,400 troops and propelled the United States into the war. The United States mourns the nation’s fallen service members on Memorial Day, which takes place Monday.

Every year, there is a remembrance ceremony at the military base’s waterfront for Pearl Harbor survivors.

About 2,000 survivors attended the 50th anniversary event in 1991. A few dozen have showed in recent decades. In 2024, only two made it. That is out of an estimated 87,000 troops stationed on Oahu that day. None made the pilgrimage to Hawaii last year.

Growing recognition

For most of his life, Johnson avoided the spotlight and talked little about surviving the bombing. After all, he was one of the tens of thousands sailors who were there on that tragic day. He recalled his wife, Ruth, “thought that was something special” so she called the Navy and “the girl laughed at her.”

But as the oldest survivor, he's become a local celebrity and the reluctant face of one of the most important events in World War II. Johnson showed up at his 106th birthday party in a limousine and was mugged by television cameras. He gets letters from all over the world and is routinely called a hero wherever he goes out.

Johnson, who is hard of hearing, needs a walker to get around and suffers from congestive heart failure, can recall his wartime experience down to the smallest detail. A 19-year-old who was unemployed and living at home in Waltham, Johnson said he feared being drafted so he signed up for the Navy — because he felt it would be less physically taxing than the Army.

“As a kid, I walked. If I wanted to go somewhere, I walked or took my bicycle. But I didn't want to walk from France to Germany," he said, sitting in a recliner, dressed in an oversized flannel shirt and waving his hands like an orchestra conductor.

“It's a long way carrying a knapsack with you ... Water for a day, food for a day, a 9-pound Springfield rifle all on your back and walking through the mud,” he said. “No thanks. That’s why I joined the Navy.”

Witnessing history

Johnson's memories have less to do with battles while on the St. Louis, and later aboard the USS Iowa, than their significant roles in history. He helped commission the Iowa and recalled the battleship's preparations in November 1943 ahead of transporting President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Tehran Conference with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.

The ship was equipped with two elevators and a bathtub. All the ammunition and much of the oil was removed to lighten the ship as it made its way down the Potomac River to pick up Roosevelt. It was reloaded before the ship headed out to sea.

“It was a big meeting,” Johnson said, recalling how the crew were photographed with Roosevelt. “I don’t know what they talked about, but I didn’t need to know. We picked him back up, brought him home.”

Johnson also witnessed the war's end aboard the Iowa. He was on the Iowa's mast watching the surrender ceremonies about a mile away in Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945.

“I could see the boats coming up with the Marines escorting the Japanese onto ship and sitting around a table,” he said. “It was all over. That was the end of the war. A bunch of us got together — the war is over. Let's go home.”

Telling the story of Pearl Harbor

These days, his daughter, Diane Johnson, is often by his side. They live together and always take a trip on Dec. 7, often attending Pearl Harbor remembrance events, including the 65th and 80th anniversary in Hawaii. She often poses questions to get her father talking and likes to nag him that he has “a responsibility” to share the story of Pearl Harbor —- especially for children who know little about the bombing.

“It’s kind of overwhelming when you think of it. Well, the 106 is what gets me,” she said. “When I think about his history, he’s at the beginning, he’s at middle, he is at the end when he witnessed the surrender. It’s something.”

Johnson began getting more attention several ago, when Diane Johnson heard a local television report suggesting the last survivor in the state had died. She called to correct the record and that raised his profile. Johnson also started making regular appearances in the Cape Cod St. Patrick's Parade, often leading from the front.

“I wish more people were like him today. He just gets on and doesn't complain about anything,” said Desmond Keogh, the chairman of the parade who has accompanied Johnson. “It's what this country was all about. They were just a different generation. They did what was best for their country.”

For all the attention to Pearl Harbor, the gruff Johnson, who is known for his cackling laugh and mischievous smile, doesn't see it as a defining moment in his life.

That would have been getting married after the war to his late wife and having three daughters. He also worked for years in a machinist shop, then in a convenience store and, finally, delivering meals to seniors — all jobs he retired from, the last one at the age of 90.

“Pearl Harbor just happened. I can’t put it any other way,” he said.

That’s because Democrats, in many states, can draw partisan political lines only if they evade constraints — some self-imposed — on their ability to counterpunch.

In Colorado, New Jersey, New York and Washington, redistricting commissions draw boundaries that are not supposed to benefit either party. Democrats will have to gain voters’ permission to nullify those politically popular bodies and replace their balanced maps with ruthlessly gerrymandered ones to match what Republicans did after President Donald Trump last year demanded a sweeping redrawing in Republican-controlled states in an attempt to help his party keep its House majority.

If the Democrats get a detail wrong in their process, courts could unwind the new maps. That is what happened in Virginia this month when the state Supreme Court invalidated voter-approved maps that would have given Democrats four more winnable seats. The court found the Democratic-controlled legislature did not follow the correct procedure when it placed the measure on the ballot.

“It’s going to be expensive, it’s going to be unpopular, and it’s going to be a challenge for them to do what they want,” said Adam Kincaid, executive director of the National Republican Redistricting Trust.

The next census will present another challenge for Democrats

Democrats remain favored to win control of the House this year despite recent setbacks in redistricting. The most consequential was the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court gutting a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, allowing Republicans to swiftly eliminate at least three majority-Black House seats in the South that Democrats now hold.

Strategists for both parties expect Democratic gains in November that are typical when the party of an incumbent president faces voter backlash in a midterm election. In Trump’s first midterm in 2018, for example, Democrats added 40 seats in the House.

But a 2028 House majority looks much harder for Democrats.

Presidential votes are usually much closer than midterm ones. Under the recent high court decision, Republicans next year could easily eliminate another five or more majority-minority Democratic-held districts in states whose maps were already set for 2026. They can likely gain an additional four seats by redrawing maps in Indiana, where some state lawmakers balked last year and were punished by Republican primary voters, and in Kentucky and Kansas, where Democratic governors who have been able to block Republican maps will reach their term limit.

The mapmaking pressure is high for Democrats to try to boost their chances of winning the House in 2028 as the party also hopes to take back the Senate and White House that year. Only then could it try again to pass a national ban on partisan gerrymandering that could rob the Republicans of what could become a durable advantage for them.

After the 2030 census, House seats will be reallocated to states seeing the fastest population gains, which are mainly ones that Republicans control. They are projected to pick up as many as 10 seats, largely at the expense of Democratic strongholds such as California and New York.

“Looking at the next census makes me all the more stressed to ban partisan gerrymandering at the federal level,” said John Bisogano, executive director of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee.

Constitutional and legislative barriers confront Democrats

Republicans face some of their own legal hoops in the redistricting competition.

In Florida, their redrawn congressional map hinges on the conservative-majority state Supreme Court throwing out that state’s constitutional ban on partisan gerrymandering.

But Democrats face far more obstacles and need to execute a series of complex political maneuvers.

Only in Illinois and Oregon would Democrats have a chance to draw additional winnable seats without many impediments.

Among Colorado, New York and New Jersey, Democrats could rack up close to double-digit gains in House seats, but only if they likewise thread the needle to change their constitutions.

In Maryland, Democrats who balked at redrawing their map this year are moving to place a constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would give them permission to eliminate the state’s sole Republican House seat in 2028.

Democrats note that their voters have embraced the idea of ditching the reform approach they once favored to let their party match the redistricting by Trump and his fellow Republicans. The biggest success came in California, where a ballot measure to adopt a new map to pick up as many as five seats easily passed last year. Virginia’s map passed more narrowly, but Democrats there remain resolute about implementing the 10-1 map in 2028.

In Washington state, Democrats’ only chance to revise the constitution and redraw maps would be to win a two-thirds majority of the Legislature in November, a tall order. Because Democrats expect to do well in November, they re also hoping to win a handful of state legislative seats that would give them control of maps in states such as Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Devin Remiker has floated new maps to let Democrats win up to six seats in a state where Republicans now hold six of the eight House districts. Such an aggressive move is necessary, he said, because of what Republicans are doing elsewhere.

“If we’ve learned anything, we’ve learned that when you know a knife fight is coming — bring a bazooka,” he said.

Redistricting reforms of the past are complicated to overcome

In other states, Democrats are confident their voters will be behind them.

“People in New York are pretty fired up given what they’ve seen around the country,” said U.S. Rep. Joe Morelle, a New York Democrat who is close to the top Democrat in the U.S. House, Hakeem Jeffries, also from New York.

But New York voters cannot enter the redistricting fight until next year because the state constitution will need to be amended by a statewide vote to permit it. That can happen only after the Democratic-controlled Legislature votes twice over two years to put the question on the ballot.

Likewise, Colorado Democrats embraced the idea of an independent commission redrawing lines in their state. Though many have had second thoughts, they cannot act until voters lift the commission’s map this fall and permit a Democratic redrawing for 2028.

Their proposed initiative faces a challenge at the state Supreme Court. Even if it is approved for the ballot, it could face a rival measure from Republicans to redraw the map to favor conservative candidates.

“Republicans are stealing votes of Americans all across the country, and Colorado voters will say: ‘Hey, you can’t do that,’” said Curtis Hubbard, a spokesman for Democrats pushing the Colorado redrawing.

Democrats see an existential threat in the GOP’s rush to gerrymander

Colorado is the most visible example of Democrats’ about-face on redistricting.

Republicans won control of numerous statehouses in the 2010 midterm election and used that to redraw maps across the country, giving them an edge in the U.S. House. Democrats responded by embracing nonpartisan redistricting, a push that reached its zenith in 2018 when Colorado Democrats rallied behind a measure creating such a body in their state.

Now, both candidates for the party’s nomination for governor support overruling the commission. Former Democratic President Barack Obama, who made redistricting reform a key pillar of his platform, has also had a change of heart, calling for aggressive map redrawing nationwide.

Nicholas Stephanopolous, a Harvard law professor, said it is clear that Democrats view Trump’s redistricting push as an existential threat.

“I think they’re going to move heaven and earth to respond,” he said.

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Associated Press writer Scott Bauer in Madison, Wisconsin, contributed to this report.

The law enforcement agency said in a statement posted on X that the man was in the area of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue when he “pulled a weapon from his bag” shortly after 6 p.m. EDT and began firing. Secret Service officers returned fire and hit the suspect, who died at a hospital, the agency said.

The suspect was identified as 21-year-old Nasire Best, said a law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation.

According to District of Columbia court records, Best was arrested in July 2025 after he attempted to enter a different White House checkpoint without authorization, didn’t heed officers’ commands to stop, “claimed he was Jesus Christ” and said he wanted to be arrested.

An initial hearing was held and a “Pretrial Stay Away Order” was issued, typically a measure ordering a defendant not to go near a person or area before a trial. A bench warrant was issued in August after a notice of “noncompliance” against Best, who did appear for a subsequent hearing.

Latest gunfire incident around Trump

It was the third time in the past month that shots were fired near the president after incidents at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in April and near the Washington Monument earlier in May.

A bystander was also struck on Saturday, but a law enforcement official said it wasn’t clear whether that person was hit by the suspect’s initial bullets or those fired subsequently by officers.

Secret Service said none of its officers were injured, and that Trump — who was at the White House at the time — was not “impacted.” Trump originally was scheduled to spend the weekend at his New Jersey golf club but changed his plans on Friday to stay at the White House instead.

FBI Director Kash Patel said on social media that agency personnel were on the scene and “we will update the public as we’re able.”

Evidence of the shooting was visible on a sidewalk just outside the White House complex, where yellow crime scene tape snaked across the pavement and Secret Service officers placed dozens of orange evidence markers on the ground. Medical material, including what appeared to be purple surgical gloves and kits typically used by emergency medical personnel, were also seen.

Gunshots heard by journalists at the White House

Journalists working at the White House on Saturday evening reported hearing a series of gunshots and were told to seek shelter inside the press briefing room.

In a post shared on X, ABC News senior White House correspondent Selina Wang shared dramatic video of the moment she said she heard what “sounded like dozens of gunshots” and ducked for cover. Writing that she had been performing a routine task that White House reporters do daily — filming themselves on a cellphone for a social media post — Wang’s video shows her speaking for a few seconds about Trump’s statements earlier Saturday about a potential Iran deal.

As the sounds of gunfire are heard in the background, Wang’s eyes grow wider, and she ducks down in the media tent, which is among those situated in a line along the White House driveway where broadcasters film their reports. On X, Wang’s video had been shared thousands of times as of Saturday evening, and viewed at least 3 million times.

Shooting scene not far from a deadly incident last year

The shooting scene is within walking distance of where a gunman ambushed two members of the West Virginia National Guard last November.

U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died from the wounds she suffered in that shooting. Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, then 24, was critically wounded. Rahmanullah Lakanwal has been charged in that incident.

The gunfire Saturday came nearly a month after what law enforcement authorities said was an attempted assassination of the president as he attended the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at a Washington hotel on April 25. Cole Tomas Allen, of Torrance, California, recently pleaded not guilty to charges that he attempted to kill Trump. Allen is accused of running through a security checkpoint inside the hotel and firing a shotgun at a Secret Service officer.

Following that scare, Secret Service officers shot a suspect they said had fired at officers near the Washington Monument, several blocks from the White House. Michael Marx, 45, of Midland, Texas, was charged in a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in connection with the May 4 shooting. A teenage bystander was wounded in that incident.

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Kinnard reported from Columbia, South Carolina. Associated Press photojournalists Jose Luis Magana and Alex Brandon and AP writers Gary Fields and Matthew Daly contributed to this report.

“I need to go to the bathroom. I can’t move anymore. I’m going to (go) on the court,” Gea told the chair umpire in French before hastily running off Court Suzanne-Lenglen.

The 135th-ranked Gea was trailing 13th-seeded Karen Khachanov 4-2 when he made his move. Khachanov won 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-0.

Usually, bathroom breaks are only permitted between sets.

Khachanov protested to the chair umpire as three minutes passed between games at a point in the match that was not a changeover when players change ends.

Gea said the umpire allowed him the break because of "medical circumstances" and that he was given some medicine to settle his stomach pain.

After the match, Gea said he had not felt ill the night before but started feeling unwell when he woke up in the morning.

“During the match it was even worse,” he said. “I had to go to the toilet really quick.”

His situation was not helped by the intense heat at Roland Garros with lunchtime temperatures hitting 31 degrees Celsius (88 Fahrenheit).

“It was harder than usual, because I was ill,” he said.

The 21-year-old Gea received a wild card invitation from Roland Garros organizers to participate in the main draw.

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Before sunrise, there was a crash on the northbound lanes of I-95 near Griffin Road. There were police officers at the scene.

Fire rescue personnel responded to a second crash on the southbound express lanes of I-95 near Sunrise Boulevard.

If you’re headed to the beach for some relief from the heat and humidity, the risk of rip currents continues to be high, and it will likely remain through Memorial Day, so don’t go too deep in the water.

Small craft caution is advised for boaters today with seas running 3 to 5 feet and winds over 20 knots from the east.

Highs will be in the upper 80s through much of the upcoming week, but it’ll feel like it’s in the upper 90s when you factor in the humidity.

Scattered rain chances will hover near the 20% to 30% range through Tuesday. There are indications of potential heavier rain arriving later in the week.

Iran has not publicly committed to giving up its uranium, a key demand of U.S. President Donald Trump, who on Saturday said a deal had been “largely negotiated,” after calls with Israel and other regional allies. The sides have previously seemed close to a deal in recent weeks only to see diplomacy falter.

“The negotiations are proceeding in an orderly and constructive manner, and I have informed my representatives not to rush into a deal,” Trump said on social media Sunday. He said the U.S. relationship with Iran is becoming “much more professional and productive.”

The agreement will not be signed Sunday, according to a person familiar with the status of negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly.

The strait's reopening would begin to ease a worldwide energy crisis sparked by the surprise U.S. and Israeli bombardment of Iran on Feb. 28, which led Tehran to effectively close the waterway. Prices have spiked for oil, gas and several related products, jolting the world economy. Experts say it would take several weeks or even months for shipping and prices to recover once the strait is reopened.

The U.S. has blockaded Iranian ports for over a month, and Trump on Sunday said the blockade “will remain in full force and effect until an agreement is reached, certified, and signed.”

The emerging deal would include Iran giving up uranium

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on a visit to India, said that “significant progress, although not final progress, has been made” in negotiations, and the world would no longer need to fear Iran getting a nuclear weapon.

Rubio told India Today that the “first stage” of any deal would be the full reopening of the strait. “The second is that Iran needs to enter into serious negotiations on three topics: their pledge never to have nuclear weapons, restrictions long-term on their enrichment capabilities, and what do you do with the highly enriched uranium?”

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian told state TV they were ready “to assure the world that we are not after a nuclear weapon.”

Iran’s embassy in India responded to Rubio on social media, saying Tehran has an “inalienable” right to nuclear technology. Iran has always insisted its program is peaceful while enriching uranium to near weapons-grade levels.

Under the potential deal, Tehran would agree to give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, according to the two regional officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive negotiations.

One official, with direct knowledge of the negotiations, said how Iran would give up the uranium would be subject to further talks during a 60-day period. Some would likely be diluted, while the rest would be transferred to a third country, the official said. Russia has offered to take it.

Iran has 440.9 kilograms (972 pounds) of uranium that is enriched up to 60% purity, a short, technical step from weapons-grade levels of 90%, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Trump has sought greater concessions from Iran than those required under a 2015 Obama-era agreement that the U.S. later withdrew from under Trump.

On Saturday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei told the state-run news agency that there are “narrowing differences” between the Iranian and U.S. positions, but Iran is cautious after being attacked twice in the past year during nuclear negotiations.

Pakistani army chief Asim Munir, a key mediator, left Tehran late Saturday after more talks with Iranian officials.

The strait would reopen and Iran would be able to sell oil

Under the emerging agreement, the Strait of Hormuz would gradually reopen in parallel with the U.S. ending its blockade, the two regional officials told AP.

The U.S. would allow Iran to sell its oil through sanctions waivers, said the second official, who has been briefed on the negotiations. Sanctions relief and the release of Iran’s frozen funds would be negotiated during the 60-day time frame, the official said.

Both officials said the draft deal includes an end to the war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon.

Twelve weeks have passed since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, killing its supreme leader and other top officials. A ceasefire with Iran has held since April 7, though the sides have exchanged fire on occasion.

Several countries, including the European Union and the United Kingdom, welcomed progress on a possible deal with Iran.

Israel remains concerned over Hezbollah

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a social media post Sunday, said he and Trump that "any final agreement with Iran must eliminate the nuclear danger,” and that Trump had reaffirmed Israel's right to defend itself “on every front, including Lebanon.”

Israeli officials are concerned that Hezbollah remains a serious threat to Israel and that Lebanon is ill-equipped to disarm it.

A fragile, U.S.-brokered ceasefire took effect in Lebanon on April 17, but fighting has continued, mainly in the south. Hezbollah has launched daily drone and rocket attacks on Israeli forces and northern Israel, and Israel has struck targets across Lebanon while its troops remain in large swaths of the south.

More than 3,000 people have been killed in the latest round of fighting, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. Additionally, 22 Israeli soldiers and a defense contractor have been killed in or near southern Lebanon, and two civilians have been killed in northern Israel, according to Netanyahu’s office.

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Lidman reported from Tel Aviv, Israel. Associated Press writers Darlene Superville in Washington, Sheikh Saaliq in New Delhi and Munir Ahmed in Islamabad contributed to this report.

It was a violent end to a standoff between members of the Republican Peoples’ Party, or CHP, and a leadership team appointed by an appeals court, escalating tensions between the opposition and the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Supporters had barricaded the courtyard entrance with buses and the building with furniture. Footage taken by local media in the courtyard and inside the building showed clouds of tear gas as riot police stormed through the premises, before journalists were removed by the police.

Once the raid began, supporters attempted to resist the police by spraying them with fire extinguishers, but were quickly stopped. Doors, furniture and the ground floor windows were destroyed in the melee.

Among those inside the building was Ozgur Ozel, elected as party chairperson in November 2023 but dismissed by the court ruling. A video from inside his office at the start of the raid shows him being served the court order removing him, which he promptly ripped up.

Leaving party headquarters to cheers from supporters outside, Ozel told journalists: “We are leaving (the building) now only to reclaim it in such a way that no one will be able to meddle again. When we return, neither this administration nor the administration’s collaborators will dare do this once more.”

Ozel asks his supporters to rebuild the party for a third time

Ozel and his supporters then marched to Parliament about 8 kilometers (5 miles) away, joined by hundreds of passersby despite heavy rain and hail. Before arriving at Parliament, he stopped at the National Sovereignty Park where he asked the crowd if they were willing to rebuild the party for a third time.

The CHP was first established in 1923 by Turkey's founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, but was shut down in a 1980 military coup, before reemerging in 1992.

Outside the legislature, Ozel rallied a crowd of hundreds, telling them that the CHP was “de facto shuttered” but would be reestablished.

Even if ousted as the chairperson of the CHP, Ozel is still an elected lawmaker from the western province of Manisa as well as the party's group speaker.

The appeals court on Thursday nullified Ozel's election as CHP chairperson, suspending him and members of the party’s executive board.

The court ruling said Ozel should be replaced by Kemal Kilicdaroglu, his predecessor, who led the party for 13 years but never won any national elections.

Meanwhile, Ozel, in his first and only election as party leader, delivered a decisive blow to Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party in the 2024 municipal polls.

The opposition says the decision was politically motivated to weaken the party as it struggles under waves of legal cases targeting its members and elected officials.

Erdogan's eye is on the next election

The next presidential election isn't due until 2028, but Erdogan can call for an early vote. His main challenger, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a CHP member, has been imprisoned since March last year and is on trial on corruption charges.

Many observers have said the legal cases against the CHP — mostly centered on corruption allegations — are aimed at neutralizing the party ahead of the next election. The government insists that Turkey’s courts are impartial and act independently of political pressure.

The vast majority of the party has rallied behind Ozel. He and most of the party had been inside the CHP headquarters in Ankara since Thursday’s ruling, with the new administration unable to enter. The rival teams were supposed to meet Sunday afternoon to figure a way out of the impasse.

Early on Sunday, a crowd gathered outside the office, watched by a growing police presence. Kilicdaroglu’s lawyer, Celal Celik, sent a request to Ankara police to assist in vacating the building, a move approved by the provincial governor.

The police raid comes at the start of a nine-day holiday for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, when many people are on vacation and out of the big cities.

Erdogan has ruled Turkey, first as prime minister and then as president, since 2003. His electoral record suffered a setback in 2019, when the CHP seized control of several major cities in local elections. In Istanbul, Imamoglu emerged as a popular and charismatic figure who many felt could successfully topple Erdogan.

Kostyuk fought back tears after beating Oksana Selekhmeteva 6-2, 6-3 on Court Simonne-Mathieu on the opening day of the clay-court Grand Slam at Roland Garros in western Paris.

“I think it was one of the most difficult matches of my career," the 15th-seeded Kostyuk said. “This morning, 100 meters away from my parents’ house, the missile destroyed the building and it was a very difficult morning for me ... I didn’t know how I would handle it, I’ve been crying part of the morning.”

She received a message at 8 a.m. and could not stop thinking what could have happened.

“I felt sick,” she said. “If it was 100 meters closer, I probably wouldn’t have a mom and a sister today.”

Her mother, sister and great aunt — were in the house at the time of the strike, she said, among 17 people in total, so her relief was enormous that no one was injured.

“I don’t want to think what I would do if something worse happened, but I knew that this is the day to go out and play,” she said. “It didn’t cross my mind today that I shouldn’t go out, because, you know, at the end of the day, everyone is alive.”

After the match, she thanked fans and received an ovation. Then she explained how she found the emotional and mental resources to play.

“I think it’s important to keep going. My biggest example is Ukrainian people, I woke up in the morning today and,” the 23-year-old Kostyuk said, becoming tearful before repeating and finishing the sentence.

“I looked at all these people who woke up and kept living their life, kept helping people who are in need,” she said. "I knew a lot of Ukrainian flags would be here today and a lot of Ukrainian people would come out, support. My friends from Ukraine came as well.”

She next plays unseeded American Katie Volynets and Kostyuk's countrywoman Elina Svitolina — a recent winner at the Italian Open in Rome — faces Anna Bondar on Monday.

In Sunday's night match on Court Philippe-Chatrier, three-time champion Novak Djokovic faced Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard.

Djokovic, 39, has now played in a men’s record 82nd Grand Slam tournament.

The heat is on

High temperatures of 33 degrees Celsius (91 Fahrenheit) contributed to Frenchman Arthur Gea taking an emergency bathroom break early into his first-round loss to No. 13 Karen Khachanov on Court Suzanne-Lenglen.

Spectators folded newspapers in half and fanned themselves to keep cool as players attempted to stay hydrated.

Canadian Gabriel Diallo said the heat was the main reason why he retired against Australian James Duckworth after losing the first set 6-3 and trailing 4-1 in the second.

“That’s mainly what it was," he said. "It was getting worse and worse.”

No. 21 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina also struggled.

“I am coming from Hamburg with 10 degrees (and) it’s 22 degrees more,” the Spaniard said after beating Damir Dzumhur 6-7 (3), 6-3, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3. “I didn’t expect that.”

The opening match on Chatrier saw No. 11 Belinda Bencic beating Sinja Kraus 6-2, 6-3 and 2024 runner-up Alexander Zverev, seeded No. 2, won 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 win against Benjamin Bonzi.

Other results

Former U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu and former French Open runners-up Sloane Stephens and Sofia Kenin all went out.

No. 26 Hailey Baptiste won 6-7 (7), 7-6 (6), 6-2 against 2021 champion Barbora Krejčíková. Baptiste is playing in the women’s doubles alongside American countrywoman Venus Williams. No. 21 Clara Tauson lost while No. 27 Marie Bouzkova and No. 32 Wang Xinyu reached the second round.

In men’s first-round play, No. 23 Tomas Etcheverry lost against Nuno Borges but No. 26 Jakub Mensik and No. 28 João Fonseca advanced.

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AP Sports Writer Andrew Dampf in Paris contributed to this report.

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The force of the explosion caused two of the train cars to overturn and catch fire, sending thick black smoke into the air, according to footage shared online.

The attack happened in an area where security forces are usually stationed, badly damaging several nearby buildings and smashing more than a dozen vehicles parked along the road, according to witnesses and images circulating on social media.

Doctors at local hospitals said they had received the wounded, with 20 in critical condition. Three security officials told The Associated Press the bodies were transported to hospitals following the attack. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to be able to speak to the media.

The outlawed Baloch Liberation Army, or BLA, which demands independence from Pakistan’s central government, has claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement sent to reporters. The militant group said it targeted a train carrying security personnel.

Quetta is the capital of insurgency-hit Balochistan province. The oil- and mineral-rich region has long been the scene of a low-level insurgency. The insurgents have frequently targeted security forces, government installations and civilians in the province and elsewhere in the country.

“We strongly condemn the targeting of innocent civilians and are deeply saddened by the loss of precious human lives. Terrorist elements deserve no leniency,” said Shahid Rind, Balochistan provincial government spokesman.

He said following the explosion, a medical emergency was declared at hospitals in Quetta, and an investigation has been launched.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif strongly condemned the attack, calling it a “cowardly act of terrorism" in a post on X and offering condolences to the families of the victims.

Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti strongly condemned the attack in Quetta, saying the militants targeted “innocent civilians, including women and children,” vowing to “hunt (them down)” in a post on X.

Bugti and the federal government in Islamabad often use the phrase “Fitna al-Hindustan” to refer to the BLA, which they allege is backed by India. New Delhi denies the allegation.

Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari denounced the bombing, saying militants and their backers sought to undermine Pakistan’s role in regional and international peace efforts.

The attack came a day after Pakistan said the United States and Iran were close to reaching a memorandum of understanding to end the war in the Middle East that began on Feb. 28 after the U.S. and Israel attacked the Islamic Republic, upending global travel and spiking oil prices. U.S. President Donald Trump had said a deal related to the conflict had been “largely negotiated” following calls with regional allies, including Pakistan.

Zardari promised in a statement that his country “will defeat terrorists, their facilitators, financiers and those providing them safe havens.”

Pakistan and India have long had strained relations and have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir, which is claimed by both in its entirety.

Although Pakistani authorities say they have quelled the insurgency, violence in Baluchistan has persisted.

At least 26 people, including soldiers, were killed in 2024 when a suicide bomber attacked a train station in Balochistan.

Rubio's first official visit to the South Asian country came amid an economic and diplomatic downturn between the United States and India, largely strained by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, which raised duties on several Indian exports.

Rubio is set to meet in New Delhi on Tuesday his counterparts from India, Australia and Japan, members of the Indo-Pacific strategic alliance known as the Quad.

India is a US strategic partner, Rubio says

Rubio and Jaishankar held a joint press briefing after Sunday’s initial round of talks. They reiterated their aim to deepen the U.S.-India strategic partnership while pursuing their respective national interests.

The U.S. top diplomat said that India is one of the most important strategic partners of the United States and expressed optimism about finalizing a bilateral trade deal soon. “I don’t view our relation with any country in the world as coming at the expense of our strategic alliance with India,” he said, adding that he hoped that India-U.S. relations would come out much stronger in the coming years.

Rubio stressed that the Trump administration’s trade decisions were of a global perspective to serve the U.S. economy, rather than targeted at New Delhi. “There virtually is no country in the world that I could travel to that isn’t going to raise the issue of trade because we did this from a global perspective.”

Jaishankar said the U.S.-India strategic partnership exists because of a “convergence of national interests" in multiple areas.

“Trump administration has been very forthright in putting forward its foreign policy outlook as America first. ... We have a view of India first. So both of us are obviously driven by our respective national interests,” he said.

The Indian foreign minister also said his country sought dependable, multiple and cheap energy sources for its 1.4 billion people.

“The United States fits the bill in many respects. So do some other countries. So, we will continue to diversify and maintain multiple sources of supply at the most reasonable cost,” Jaishankar said.

India has recently made a notable shift by wrapping up a series of trade deals: three in 2025 with Oman, New Zealand, and the UK. This was followed by an agreement with the European Union in January, which represents a third of global trade.

On tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, following the U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran that sparked a war in the region, spiking oil prices and disrupting supply chains, Jaishankar said India and the U.S. are keen on keeping global maritime trade safe and uninterrupted, while ensuring fuel remains affordable and widely available.

He said India's approach is to diversify its energy sources so that energy markets stay open and unconstrained, with prices kept low to support global economic growth.

Rubio's four-day visit includes a multicity tour and a gala reception in New Delhi marking the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence.

India and US have different priorities but shared concerns

“In the past one year, statements and rhetoric coming from Washington on some of India’s most sensitive security concerns and trade matters have not been helpful and have created a trust deficit,” said Ashok Malik, a former policy adviser in India’s Foreign Ministry.

“Certain misgivings will remain,” Malik added, noting Rubio’s visit will be considered an achievement if the talks somewhat stabilize the relationship and check further deterioration.

Experts say friction exists between U.S. global strategic ambitions and India’s priorities as an emerging middle power. Historically close to Russia, New Delhi has long expressed unease as it moves closer to the U.S., reflecting India's lingering distrust of American intentions rooted in cultural differences and Cold War-era instincts.

Still, India-U.S. ties steadily deepened over two decades into a broad, robust strategic partnership, increasingly shaped in recent years by shared concerns about China’s growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific and articulated diplomatically through the Quad forum.

The Quad has repeatedly accused China of flexing its military muscles in the South China Sea and aggressively pushing its maritime territorial claims. Beijing maintains that its military is purely defensive to protect what it says are China's sovereign rights and calls the Quad an attempt to contain its economic growth and influence.

After the U.S. presidential inauguration in January 2025, Rubio’s first formal international engagement was meeting with the foreign ministers of the Quad countries jointly and in separate sessions.

Tensions build up over conflict with Pakistan and Russian oil purchases

Despite close ties and often being perceived as ideological allies, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi downplayed Trump’s role in brokering a ceasefire after a brief India-Pakistan military conflict triggered by the April 2025 massacre of mostly Hindu tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir. But Pakistan openly courted Trump and even advocated for him to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

Economic tensions followed, with the Trump administration imposing tariffs on India over its discounted purchases of Russian oil, further straining ties between the two countries.

“In India, there is some skepticism about U.S. policy and predictability,” said Malik, who heads the India chapter of The Asia Group advisory firm in the U.S. He said what has happened in the past year between India and the U.S. “can’t be forgotten or erased easily.”

When the Iran war broke out in February, the U.S. stepped up engagement with Pakistan, which positioned itself as a mediator between Washington and Tehran, deepening unease in New Delhi. Trump’s recent, high-profile visit to China has only added to India’s discomfort.

India-U.S. relations are challenging “due to a few structural tensions and Trump only brought them to the fore,” said Praveen Donthi, a senior analyst with the International Crisis Group.

“New Delhi’s foreign policy, increasingly colored by its domestic politics, has become more black-and-white in the last decade, as evidenced by its deep discomfort with the U.S.’s ties with Pakistan and its moves toward detente with China,” Donthi said.

Experts say these shifts reflect the growing complexity of India-U.S. relations, rooted in shared strategic interests, yet increasingly shaped by competing priorities and a shifting geopolitical landscape.

“New Delhi is likely to exercise strategic patience and wait for Trump to leave office,” Donthi said. “India would hope that the bipartisan consensus on India in the U.S. survives his term and that it can start building on that again.”

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Hussain reported from Srinagar, India.

An Associated Press reporter on Sunday witnessed police and security guarding the entrance to the mining facility located in Qinyuan county in the city of Changzhi as emergency vehicles were on site.

Hundreds of emergency responders and medical personnel were sent to help with rescue efforts, state media reported. Rescuers were taking turns to go down the mine shaft, according to the official Xinhua News Agency, facing hurdles including flooded tunnels.

Two were missing and dozens of miners were hospitalized, local officials said late Saturday, following the gas explosion Friday evening at the Liushenyu coal mine in the northern province of Shanxi.

The death toll was revised down from 90, with officials blaming “chaotic” scenes in the aftermath and inaccurate information provided by the mine operator. Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for a thorough investigation and accountability of those responsible.

Some hospitalized miners recalled seeing smoke and blacking out, according to state media reports. Many among the injured were hurt by toxic gas, the reports said.

Shanxi is a coal-rich province

The inland Shanxi province, located southwest of Beijing with a population of around 34 million, is China’s main coal-mining area.

A few hundred meters (yards) from the mine lies the village of Shangzhuang, where some of the miners who work at the site live, including some of the victims, residents said.

The village includes a single main street through which mining trucks pass. On both sides stand two-story houses, some with red-tiled roofs. Some of them are divided into separate rooms and rented out to people including miners.

After the explosion, other mines in the area shut down and some miners left, while others stayed behind waiting to receive their pay, residents said.

Wang Linjun, a coal miner at Liushenyu, said he was at home when the gas explosion occurred.

“My heart is very heavy,” he told the AP. “Thinking that those who eat together and work together suddenly are gone, no one would feel good.” Wang said he does not want to continue at the job, but doesn’t know where to go.

Miners can be paid more than 10,000 yuan ($1,500) a month.

Feng Renfu, also a miner at Liushenyu, said he was working underground in a pit next to the one where the accident took place. Feng said he and his co-workers smelled gas and withdrew from the underground.

“My father is over 80 and he is worried about me. He always calls me to check if I am safe and well in my job,” Feng said. “There are eight people in my family and they all depend on me.”

Safety lapses investigated

The coal mine has “seriously” violated the law, according to local officials, although they did not elaborate on the specific violations. China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported that blueprints provided by the Liushenyu coal mine did not match the actual layout, which hampered rescue efforts.

State media said those responsible had been “placed under control.” On Sunday, a commentary in the official People’s Daily newspaper called for all regions and departments to learn from the accident and to “always keep safety in mind.”

Local authorities also announced a “comprehensive, blanket” inspection of the coal mining sector that would include checks of coal mines’ gas drainage, ventilation, safety monitoring systems and their underground layouts.

A broader inspection of coal mines could put pressure on the province’s ability to produce its annual capacity of around 1.3 billion metric tons of coal, which accounts for nearly a third of China’s total. The country's total coal output rose to approximately 4.8 billion metric tons last year.

China still relies on coal

Coal remains a major energy source in China, given its high availability and low cost, even as the country accelerates its green energy transition. Mining accidents were common and authorities had implemented measures to help improve safety over the past years.

China’s National Mine Safety Administration in 2024 put the Liushenyu mine, operated by the privately run Shanxi Tongzhou group, on a national list of disaster-prone coal mines.

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Chan reported from Hong Kong.

TJ McGovern, the interim fire chief for the Orange County Fire Authority, said in a video posted on social media that fire officials were able to evaluate the tank more closely overnight and spotted a potential crack that could be relieving some of the pressure inside. But he cautioned that the information is still being vetted and validated.

“With this new information, it could change our trajectory and our strategy to this event," McGovern said. "Last night, this operation that we did gave us positive intel to make educated decisions today in the positive light. We’re not there yet, but this was a step in a right direction.”

Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Wayhowe Huang told The Associated Press earlier Sunday that it does not appear that any of the highly volatile chemicals in the tank have leaked.

“There’s still the danger of a possible explosion. We’re not taking that off the table,” Huang said. “We’re still operating as if that is the risk.”

Firefighters have been spraying the outside of the tank with water in an effort to cool the chemicals inside and prevent an explosion.

The pressurized tank overheated Thursday and began venting vapors at a company site in Garden Grove, about 40 miles (60 kilometers) south of downtown Los Angeles, according to the Orange County Fire Authority.

No injuries have been reported. Air monitoring tests have so far found that air pollution around the evacuation zone is within normal limits, and specialized equipment has been deployed to ensure no gas is released from the compromised tank, state and federal environmental officials said Saturday.

Tank crack could mitigate damage

A crack could be a welcome development, as it could mean product or pressure inside the tank is being released, reducing the chance the tank explodes, said Andrew Whelton, an engineering professor at Purdue University.

“Think of a soda can. If you leave it in a hot car it can explode," he said. "But if you put a hole in the can, the product is released and the can itself doesn’t explode.”

But Faisal Khan, head of the chemical engineering department at Texas A&M University, said a crack suggests an explosion could still happen -- just not in the magnitude initially feared.

“Cooling is happening on the surface of the tank while runaway reaction may be occurring deep inside the tank,” he explained. “Yes, reaction is slowed compared to what it started. However, we are not out of explosive release risk.”

Meanwhile, some Garden Grove residents filed a class-action lawsuit on Saturday against GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems, the company that operates the facility where the tank is located.

Lawyers for residents living in the evacuation zone argued in their federal court lawsuit that regardless of what happens next, property values in the surrounding community are sure to be impacted.

Spokespersons for the company didn’t comment on the lawsuit itself, but pointed to a Saturday statement in which they apologized to residents and businesses that have been forced to evacuate.

On Sunday, the company released another statement saying it was monitoring the “condition of the affected material” and “working around the clock to mitigate the risk of a leak.”

Officials said the valves on the tank are broken or “gummed up,” which prevented crews from removing the chemical or relieving the pressure on the tank, said Craig Covey, Orange County Fire Authority division chief.

Firefighters’ first hope is to find a way to cool off the chemical inside the tank so it won’t leak or explode. If that is not possible, Whelton said it would be best if the tank sprang a leak so the chemical could be mostly contained. An explosion that could spread the chemical over a broad area and send shrapnel flying would be the worst-case scenario.

If the temperature inside the tank continues to increase, the pressure will continue to build as the methyl methacrylate converts from a liquid to a gas. Whelton said it’s unlikely that firefighters would consider creating a hole in the tank because of fears that could create a spark that might ignite the volatile and flammable gas.

Drones were monitoring temperatures at 10-minute intervals to watch for any spikes, Covey said on a social media post on X. Containment barriers have been set up to prevent the chemical from getting into storm drains or reaching creeks or the nearby ocean in the event of a spill, Covey said.

Exposure could lead to health problems

The damaged tank is located at GKN Aerospace, which makes parts for commercial and military aircraft. It holds 6,000 to 7,000 gallons (22,700 and 26,500 liters) of methyl methacrylate, used to make plastic parts.

GKN agreed to pay state regulators more than $900,000 in 2025 to settle violations involving recordkeeping, permitting issues and nitrogen oxide emissions, according to a report on the South Coast Air Quality Management District website.

Exposure to methyl methacrylate can cause serious respiratory problems and even render someone unconscious. It can also cause neurological problems and irritate the skin, eyes and throat, according to fact sheets about the chemical. But Orange County health officials said the chemical is easy to smell and residents may notice it over a large area without being harmed.

Whelton said the volume of chemical in the tank is much smaller than in the disastrous 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, which he studied when more than 115,000 gallons (435,000 liters) of vinyl chloride was released after officials blew open five tank cars and burned the chemical.

“Many of these are acute, fast-acting effects. But the longer somebody stays in contact with it, the more potential for significant damage that occurs,” Whelton said.

If there is an explosion, officials said they expect “severe structural damage and significant harm” in the blast zone closest to the tank.

If an explosion releases the chemical into the air, Whelton said, it will be crucial to conduct detailed air monitoring specifically for methyl methacrylate and not just generic tests for volatile organic compounds as officials did in East Palestine.

The weather will be an important factor in determining where a plume of chemicals would go in the event of an explosion. Officials were developing maps to predict different scenarios about which areas would be most affected.

Garden Grove is next to Anaheim, home to Disneyland’s two theme parks, which were not under evacuation orders. Park officials said they were monitoring the incident and supporting employees impacted by evacuations.

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Marcelo reported from New York.

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The crash happened March 25 near Southwest Seventh Avenue and Broward Boulevard.

Police said 33-year-old Kristopher David, a father of two, was driving a white BMW when a black Audi allegedly driven by 20-year-old Dominick Rella ran a red light.

Surveillance video captured the collision.

Investigators said Rella was driving nearly 83 mph in a 35-mph zone when he crashed into David’s vehicle, sending it into a nearby firetruck.

David died in the crash.

His mother pleaded in court for justice and asked that Rella remain behind bars.

“I don’t want another mother to go through what I’m going through right now because of his reckless driving. I lost my only child,” she said.

Still, the judge expressed concerns before ultimately granting bond.

Rella has since been released from jail.

Investigators believe his blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit at the time of the crash.

He now faces 11 charges, including DUI manslaughter.

Court records also showed Rella had been accused in a careless driving crash in 2024 and had an open speeding ticket from February.

David had been engaged and was planning to get married this fall.

“He was my little baby,” his mother said. “And this loss has affected me and his father who suffers with dementia very badly. And his two children.”

She said the family continues to struggle in the aftermath of the crash.

“I’m not sleeping. It’s very hard,” she said. “And I pray no one else will have to go through what I’m going through.”

As part of his release conditions, the judge ordered Rella not to drive, drink alcohol or leave the area. He is also being monitored by GPS.

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Sanchez-Teran and Local 10 News met at a park where Sanchez-Teran provided an update on how she is doing following the April shooting.

She showed the gunshot wounds she suffered to her shoulders, back and chin.

Sanchez-Teran said she currently cannot bend her fingers or make a fist with her left hand.

Her life changed last month when she was shot multiple times behind a plaza along West Sample Road in Coral Springs.

Police said her ex-boyfriend, Abdul Perez, carried out the shooting.

Bystanders captured the incident on video.

Detectives said Perez rammed his work van into Sanchez-Teran’s car, got out and fired multiple shots while her daughter was inside the vehicle.

Her daughter was not hurt.

Sanchez-Teran said she ended the couple’s two-year relationship on April 1 because of abuse and never imagined the shooting would happen just 17 days later.

Now, she hopes her experience can one day help someone else.

“Sometimes you don’t have time to wait. Every second counts. And you don’t know what that other person is going to do and when,” Sanchez-Teran said. “So that’s what my hope is for all this, that I can have those resources for someone else. That’s really what I want to do in this life.”

Asked if she believes that is why she was given a second chance, Sanchez-Teran responded: “Yes, most definitely that is why I’m here and why I’m able to speak to you today from the heart.”

She said she does not have insurance because she has not been able to find a job.

She also lost her car and continues to face medical expenses.

Sanchez-Teran has created a GoFundMe page to help cover medical costs.

The Knicks can wrap up the Eastern Conference Finals and sweep their second straight series with a win on Monday night. Knicks fans — who were boisterous throughout the night — were chanting “Knicks in four!” as the final seconds of Game 3 ticked away.

New York is the seventh team in NBA history to win at least 10 straight during a postseason run. The last team to do it was the Boston Celtics, who went on a 10-game run on their way to the 2024 title. Cleveland, San Antonio and the Los Angeles Lakers have done it twice.

All but one of the Knicks' wins have been by double digits, with an average margin of victory of 22.5 points.

“We've just have to keep our mind on the task at hand. The game is over and we found a way to win. We have to execute at a high level in Game 4,” said Karl Anthony-Towns, who had 13 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.

OG Anunoby had 21 points as New York led the entire game. The Knicks not only made 55.8% of their shots from the field, they also had 11 3-pointers and were 24 of 27 from the foul line.

Evan Mobley scored 24 points, Donovan Mitchell had 23 points and James Harden added 19 for Cleveland. The Cavaliers were 12 of 41 on 3-pointers and 12 of 19 from the foul line.

Not even an appearance by the superstar couple of Taylor Swift and Cleveland Heights native Travis Kelce could spur the Cavs to beat the Knicks.

“I think their physicality and energy, we couldn’t get to that level to combat it,” Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson said. “They’re on a hell of a run. We haven’t been able to stop the momentum. We had one chance in that first game I thought to stop it, but they haven’t been able to halt their momentum.”

New York led 91-82 at the end of the third quarter but put it out reach in the fourth when Landry Shamet made three 3-pointers in a 99-second span to make it 105-94.

“Our guys were locked in from the beginning of the game and it showed from the first few minutes of the game. We got a lot of great contributions,” Knicks coach Mike Brown said. “I thought throughout the whole game we did a good job trying to play fast. We don’t want to go against their set defense all the time, so we’ve got to keep trying to play fast. And then our guys did a better job in the second half trying to defend without fouling.”

The Knicks made their first four shots en route to a 9-1 lead less than two minutes into the game. New York was 12 of 17 from the field in the quarter and was up 37-27 after 12 minutes.

Cleveland rallied to tie it at 50-all on a jumper by Harden before the Knicks countered with a 10-1 run. They went into halftime with a 60-54 advantage.

Brunson had six of his 12 points during an 8-1 run midway through the third quarter as the Knicks extended their lead to 83-70 with 3:41 remaining.

“It’s the next-man-up mentality and the guys found me a few times," Shamet said. We knew we were going to get a real good punch from that team, and we weathered their best punches tonight.

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The intense aerial assault damaged buildings across the Ukrainian capital, including near government offices, residential buildings, schools and a market, Ukrainian authorities said. At least 83 people were wounded in the attack.

Air raid sirens blared through the night as smoke billowed across the city from strikes. Associated Press reporters heard powerful explosions near the city center and close to government buildings.

The attack included 600 strike drones and 90 air, sea and ground-launched missiles, according to Ukraine’s Air Force. Ukrainian air defenses destroyed and jammed 549 drones and 55 missiles. Around 19 missiles failed to reach targets, the Air Force said.

Ferit Hoxha, Albania’s foreign minister, reported that the residence of the Albanian ambassador to Ukraine was hit during the attack, denouncing it as “unacceptable” and a “grave escalation”.

The Oreshnik, which is capable of carrying nuclear or conventional warheads, struck the city of Bila Tserkva in the Kyiv region, Zelenskyy said on Telegram.

Russia had vowed to strike back for an attack Friday

Russia’s Defense Ministry on Sunday confirmed the weapon's use, as well as other missile types, to strike Ukrainian “military command and control facilities,” air bases and military industrial enterprises. The ministry added the attack was retaliation for Ukrainian attacks on “civilian facilities on Russian territory,” without giving detail.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday denounced a drone strike on a college dormitory in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine, which Moscow blamed on Kyiv. He said there were no military or law enforcement facilities near the college. Putin said he ordered the Russian military to retaliate.

The death toll from that strike had risen to 21, Russian authorities said late Saturday. They said 42 other people had been wounded in the attack the previous night. The Kremlin-installed authorities of the Luhansk region announced two days of mourning for the victims.

At a U.N. Security Council emergency meeting on the strike, held at the request of Russia, Ukrainian Ambassador Andrii Melnyk denied his Russian counterpart’s accusations of war crimes, calling them a “pure propaganda show” and asserting that the May 22 operations “exclusively targeted the Russian war machine.”

Kyiv's European allies, including France's Emmanuel Macron and Germany's Friedrich Merz, condemned the Russian strikes and use of the Oreshnik in statements published on Sunday. Kaja Kallas, the European Union's foreign policy chief, said top diplomats from EU states will meet within days to “discuss how to dial up the international pressure on Russia.”

Ukraine struggles to down all ballistic missiles

Zelenskyy said not all the ballistic missiles were intercepted and that most of the strikes hit Kyiv, the primary target of the attack.

The apparent interception failures underscored Ukraine’s chronic shortage of air defense missiles capable of downing ballistic missiles. Kyiv relies heavily on U.S. Patriot air defense systems to intercept such weapons, but interceptors remain in short supply and are among Ukraine’s most urgent requests to its Western partners.

Developing a domestically produced alternative has become a top priority for Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, though doing so will require time and funding.

Fires rage into the morning in Kyiv after attack

Damage was recorded in 50 locations across several districts of the capital, including residential buildings, shopping centers and schools, Ukraine's emergency service said in a Telegram post. Police department buildings were also damaged, it said.

Fires continued to rage into the morning, complicating rescue efforts as buildings collapsed from the blasts.

“It was a terrible night, and there had never been anything like it in the entire war," said Kyiv resident Svitlana Onofryichuk, 55, who had worked in the market that was damaged for 22 years.

“I am very sorry that I have to say goodbye to Kyiv now, I am not staying there anymore, there is no possibility," she added. “My job is gone, everything is gone, everything has burned down.”

Yevhen Zosin, 74, a Kyiv resident who witnessed the attack, said the moment he heard the explosion he rushed to grab his dog.

“Then there was another explosion and she and I were thrown back like a pin by the shock wave. We both survived, she and I. My apartment was blown to pieces,” he said.

In Kyiv’s Shevchenko district, a five-story residential building was hit, which caused a fire, and one person was killed, Ukraine's state emergency service reported.

A school building was damaged by an attack while people sheltered inside, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Local authorities reported supermarkets and warehouses across the city also were damaged.

Multiple communities recorded damage throughout the Kyiv region, according to Mykola Kalashnyk, who heads the regional administration.

Elsewhere, a Ukrainian drone killed a civilian in the Russian town of Grayvoron, in the Belgorod region bordering Ukraine, local authorities reported on Sunday morning.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces shot down or jammed 33 Ukrainian drones overnight into Sunday, including over the Moscow region, western and southwestern Russia, and Russian-occupied Crimea.

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At least 24 workers either managed to dash out of the building, where they mostly slept on the ground floor, or were rescued after the it crumbled to the ground around 2:30 a.m. in a crowded neighborhood of budget hotels, cafes, spas and rural houses outside a former U.S. Air Force base, officials said.

A Malaysian tourist died and another guest was injured in a lodging house, which was partly hit by debris from the collapsing building in Angeles City in Pampanga province, Fire Superintendent Maria Lea Sajili said.

Relatives of those trapped under concrete slabs, twisted iron bars and aluminum scaffoldings and other debris prayed and wept as they waited for word from about 700 rescuers gingerly scouring the rubble pail to create space for them to safely move into the collapsed structure.

“This is the worst day of our lives,” Joamel Angcao, an 18-year-old student, told The Associated Press as she and other siblings waited for word on their parents, who were among those trapped.

Her parents were tending to their food and coffee cart positioned beside the building when it tumbled down. The parents had struggled through poverty to send her and another sibling to school, Angcao said, tears welling in her eyes.

John Carlo Villarente, a young plumber, said that he stepped out of the building about two hours before it collapsed after heavy rains and fierce wind to have a drink.

“I was so shocked, there were people inside, including my nephew,” Villarente told The AP. “We ran and tried to help but we were not allowed to ger near because people said it was very dangerous.”

Randy Alapide, a 41-year-old plumber who was off-duty when the accident unfolded, said he rushed back to the scene and helped rescuers locate trapped workers by drawing a map to pinpoint their location. “I know three of the missing. They are breadwinners and they have families waiting for them,” Alapide said.

Sajili said two of the trapped workers were located alive by rescuers but it was taking time to pluck them out safely. Ambulance vans, firefighters and police lined up waiting for the two to be extricated.

Nearly 200 police officers were helping in the rescue, which would proceed overnight “until all are accounted for,” regional police director Brig. Gen. Jess Mendez said.

Angeles City hosted one of the largest U.S. Air Force bases outside of the American mainland until it closed in the early 1990s, helping develop Angeles and outlying cities and towns into entertainment and commercial hubs in the main northern Philippine region of Luzon.

The former American air base, now a bustling industrial and tourism enclave called the Clark Freeport Zone, lies about about 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Manila.

Deputies responded around 8:48 p.m. to a ShotSpotter alert near Northwest 17th Street and Northwest 69th Terrace.

Investigators said responding deputies found a man suffering from apparent gunshot wounds to his upper and lower extremities.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue transported the victim to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital in critical condition.

Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office detectives have taken over the investigation.

Authorities have not released any suspect information.

No additional details were immediately available.

Ehlers scored twice for the Eastern Conference's top seed, the first with a highlight-reel individual effort in the second period against two Montreal defenders.

And when the game went to OT, the guy the Hurricanes landed as a sought-after free agent carried them to the finish line.

The winning sequence started with a retreating Jalen Chatfield bouncing the puck back into the neutral zone to Mark Jankowski, who had a quick redirection to Ehlers entering the zone at full speed for a clean look at Dobes for the winner.

Eric Robinson also scored for Carolina, which was facing massive pressure to regroup from Thursday's 6-2 loss in the series opener that only magnified the team's long-running troubles in the Eastern Final.

Now the series shifts to Canada for Monday’s Game 3.

Josh Anderson scored twice for the Canadiens, the second coming at the 12:51 mark of the third period to ultimately force the overtime at 2-2.

The Canadiens won the first game 6-2, jumping on a Carolina team coming off an 11-day break after sweeping through the first two rounds — the longest wait to start a series in more than a century — for four goals in the opening 11 1/2 minutes. Montreal repeatedly got loose for clean breakouts and breakaways for high-danger chances against Frederik Andersen in that one.

But Carolina looked much closer to its earlier form in holding Montreal to 12 shots on goal and giving up far fewer of those quick transition chances the Canadiens kept burying in Game 1.

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Sin haber pasado antes por la arena electoral, el político y empresario de 47 años aspira llegar al poder, al igual que otros 11 candidatos, en una primera vuelta a realizarse el 31 de mayo, cuando se definirá si Colombia da un giro hacia la derecha o se mantiene en la línea de izquierda del actual gobernante, Gustavo Petro.

“La paz verdadera y la estabilidad del país tienen en el crimen el peor enemigo de todos, por eso no va a haber paz total”, prometió De la Espriella en claro reproche a la política de negociaciones que ha llevado adelante Petro en busca del desarme de los grupos armados ilegales.

“Bandido que no se someta a mi gobierno será dado de baja como en derecho corresponda”, aseveró ante un malecón abarrotado por miles de seguidores que ondeaban banderas tricolores del país sudamericano y lo vitoreaban.

Contrario al proceso que impulsa Petro para reformar la Constitución y que continuaría si gana el candidato oficialista, Iván Cepeda, De la Espriella aseguró que “la democracia solo será posible si la Constitución del 91 vuelve a ser el límite del poder”.

De la Espriella se hizo un nombre dentro de Colombia como abogado defendiendo clientes de renombre, como el expresidente Álvaro Uribe Vélez (2002-2010), y también polémicos como Alex Saab, un aliado cercano del presidente venezolano derrocado Nicolás Maduro que es procesado por la justicia estadounidense.

Recogió miles de firmas de ciudadanos que lo apoyaron para respaldar su candidatura desde el movimiento Defensores de la Patria, rechazando el apoyo explícito de los partidos políticos tradicionales y describiéndose a sí mismo como un candidato independiente.

El cambio “no lo puede hacer un hombre que venga de la rosca política. Lo tiene que hacer un hombre independiente como yo”, insistió al asegurar que no es financiado por grupos económicos.

Opositor a Petro, el postulante ultraderechista dijo en una reciente entrevista con The Associated Press que estaría dispuesto a enviar en extradición al actual gobernante en caso de que fuere requerido por Estados Unidos y avancen investigaciones en la nación norteamericana.

También ha prometido reforzar la relación con Estados Unidos, que se ha tensado durante el gobierno de Petro desde la vuelta al poder de Trump, por diferencias en temas de migración, seguridad regional y lucha antinarcóticos.

“El Tigre”, como se lo ha apodado, no dejó de recordar el reciente asesinato de dos de sus colaboradores de campaña y ofreció justicia.

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The global music superstar sat courtside at Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals on Saturday night along with fiance and Cleveland native Travis Kelce as the Cavaliers hosted the New York Knicks desperately needing a win in the series.

Swift and Kelce, who recently signed a 3-year, $54 million contract with the Kansas City Chiefs, took their seats in Rocket Arena shortly before the opening tip. Their appearance caused a stir as fans reacted to seeing the power couple together.

Kelce didn't need long to settle in and was animated while cheering for the Cavs.

With the Cavs trailing 91-82 at the end of the third quarter, Kelce and Swift were shown on the arena's giant scoreboard. Fans cheered wildly as Kelce showed off his team cap and wine-and-gold shirt before chugging a beer to help rally the Cavs.

As Kelce gulped down his beverage, Swift covered her mouth and feigned shock and embarrassment.

Swift became a staple at Chiefs home games when she began dating Kelce a few years ago. She also accompanied him to Game 1 of the AL Championship Series at Yankee Stadium in 2024.

Kelce has attended Cavs games in the past and he and his brother, Jason, were celebrated with a bobblehead giveaway by Cleveland in 2024.

The couple announced their engagement last year and there are reports they'll get married sometime this summer.

The Knicks have a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series after winning twice at Madison Square Garden.

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Watch for a few passing morning showers moving onshore Sunday. The showers will move quickly and give way to inland storms in the afternoon.

Get ready for the heat. While afternoon highs will reach the upper 80s, humidity will make it feel more like the upper 90s.

On Monday, expect much of the same, with highs in the upper 80s and heat index values nearing triple digits.

Dry air aloft will limit widespread rain.

Southeast winds will be slightly breezy, with gusts up to 25 mph. That onshore flow will continue to keep the rip current risk elevated.

Red flags will be flying through the weekend, making it especially important to swim only at guarded beaches.

U.S. President Donald Trump has lashed out at allies for not doing more to support the United States' war effort in Iran, whose chokehold on the strait has crippled international shipping and sent energy prices soaring. In March, Trump told NATO allies to “go get your own oil” and secure the strait themselves.

On the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, the U.K.’s Royal Navy is preparing to do that — but only once a peace agreement is reached. Trump said Saturday that a deal with Iran has been “largely negotiated” after calls with Israel and other allies in the region, but it still needs finalizing.

Britain’s Armed Forces Minister Al Carns took a small group of reporters to visit the RFA Lyme Bay as it prepares for a possible international operation, led by the U.K. and France, to secure the strait. As Carns spoke, the amphibious landing vessel, docked at the gateway to the Mediterranean, was being loaded with ammunition and mine-hunting sea drones equipped with sonar.

With a crew of several hundred sailors, the RFA Lyme Bay will soon depart Gibraltar to link up with the U.K. destroyer HMS Dragon and allied ships for air support before sailing through the Suez Canal to the Persian Gulf.

“Which other country can pull together 40 nations and come up with a solution to deal with a complex problem that we couldn’t predict because we weren’t involved?” asked Carns, responding to a question from The Associated Press about what Trump wants from his British ally.

After the U.S. and Israel launched the war on Feb. 28, Tehran retaliated by effectively closing the strait, a key waterway for the region’s oil, natural gas and fertilizer, causing global economic pain. The U.K. in particular has drawn the ire of Trump, who has described Britain’s navy as “toys” and Prime Minister Keir Starmer as “not Winston Churchill.”

At least 6,000 ships have been blocked from passing through the strait since the conflict began, Carns said.

There could be a range of threats from Iran’s mines

Iran could have a “huge” variety of mines throughout strait, said Cmdr. Gemma Britton, who is in charge of the Royal Navy’s Mine and Threat Exploitation Group. Mines could be rocket-propelled, cabled or sit on the seabed and be triggered by sound, movement or light.

AP was shown autonomous systems that can scan the seabed and the water with sonar in about half the time it takes for a crewed vessel to enter and map potential dangers. The sea drones equipped with sonar produce a picture of objects under the water, from fishing traps to pipelines. The picture is used to identify mines that can be explored with advanced acoustic systems and cameras, Britton said.

Some of the systems on the RFA Lyme Bay can be loaded onto a smaller vessel that can be launched and piloted autonomously from the ship, which acts as a mother ship, waiting outside any potential minefield, Britton said. That reduces the number of people needed to enter, she said.

Once a mine has been located, a diver with explosives normally places a charge on the mine before swimming away to detonate it. But RFA Lyme Bay is trialing a remotely operated vehicle that dives and drops a charge by a mine before setting it off, Britton said.

The priority, she said, will be to clear a transit lane in the strait to allow around 700 ships to leave. A lane flowing in the opposite direction will then be cleared, allowing ships to enter, she said, but added that clearing the entire strait could take months or years.

It's still not clear if the UK and its allies will be deployed

It's still not clear if any mines are in the strait — or if the U.K. and its allies will be deploying to remove them.

A U.S. official speaking on condition on anonymity to discuss sensitive military matters told the AP that the U.S. has not found or destroyed any mines in the strait, nor have any ships been damaged. Commercial traffic has quietly continued to flow, though at a much lower volume than before the conflict.

When asked by the AP if the British effort was partly for show, to curry favor with the U.S., Carns said he was sure some mines had been blown up or floated away but that assurance is not good enough for commercial insurance companies. He said those companies need “absolute certainty” to get vessels traveling through the strait again.

“That’s what this capability will provide,” he said.

The international effort to secure the strait would happen only once hostilities are over.

“Final aspects and details of the Deal are currently being discussed, and will be announced shortly,” Trump said Saturday on social media, with no details on timing.

This is not the first time in recent weeks that a deal has been described as close.

“We don’t know when the Americans, Iranians and Israelis are going to come up with a suitable solution,” Carns said.

In the meantime, the RFA Lyme Bay and its crew will be waiting and will be “really, really ready,” Carns said.

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Las declaraciones de Machado, realizadas mientras se reunía en Panamá con varios líderes de la oposición venezolana, se producen más de cuatro meses después de la sorprendente decisión de la Casa Blanca de marginarla y, en su lugar, trabajar con una leal al partido gobernante venezolano después de que el ejército de Estados Unidos capturara al entonces presidente Nicolás Maduro.

Machado ha estado en el exilio desde diciembre, cuando salió tras estar escondida durante 11 meses en algún lugar de Venezuela y viajó a Noruega, donde fue galardonada con el Premio Nobel.

Declaró a los reporteros en Ciudad de Panamá que ella y los demás líderes opositores reunidos siguen comprometidos con una “transición a la democracia a través de elecciones presidenciales libres y justas”.

Aun así, no se sabe cuándo se celebrará una elección presidencial en Venezuela.

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, y altos funcionarios de su administración han elogiado a la sucesora de Maduro, la presidenta interina Delcy Rodríguez, quien ha abierto de par en par la industria petrolera de Venezuela a la inversión de Estados Unidos en un momento de alza de los precios del petróleo vinculada a la guerra en Irán.

El gobierno de Trump también ha enfriado las conversaciones sobre las elecciones, que la Constitución de Venezuela exige dentro de los 30 días posteriores a que el presidente quede en “falta absoluta”.

Machado señaló que una elección con condiciones democráticas requeriría entre 7 y 9 meses de planificación. Entre los cambios necesarios figuran el nombramiento de autoridades electorales neutrales, la actualización del registro de votantes y la posibilidad de que los candidatos de la oposición se postulen sin interferencia del gobierno.

En los últimos años, Machado se convirtió en la rival más fuerte de Maduro, pero su gobierno le prohibió postularse en la elección presidencial de 2024, lo que la llevó a elegir al embajador retirado Edmundo González Urrutia para que la representara en la boleta.

Funcionarios leales al partido gobernante declararon a Maduro ganador pocas horas después del cierre de las urnas, pero la campaña bien organizada de Machado reunió pruebas que mostraban que González había derrotado al entonces mandatario por un margen de más de 2 a 1.

El sábado, les dijo a los reporteros que se postularía contra cualquier otro aspirante presidencial en “una elección impecable”.

“Yo seré candidata, pero podrá haber otros, por supuesto”, afirmó. “A mí me encantaría competir con todo el mundo, con todo el que quiera ser candidato”.

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The 30-year-old South Korean still managed to maintain an edge over a couple of major champions, including hometown favorite and defending champion Scottie Scheffler, heading into the final round.

Kim shot 3-under 68 on Saturday for a two-shot lead over top-ranked Scheffler and 2023 U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark, who had matching 65s.

“It’s fun being in contention,” said Clark, a three-time tour winner seeking his first victory since Pebble Beach in 2024. “Whether you have to shoot 8 under to win or 1 under to win, it’s fun because you still feel the same heat. Tomorrow it’s probably going to be exactly that way where you have to make a ton of birdies.”

Sungjae Im, Kim's countryman, followed a second-round 61 with a 67 and was another two shots back with Stephan Jaeger and Tom Hoge. Jaeger's 64 was the low round of the day at the TPC Craig Ranch, and Hoge shot 66.

Zach Bauchou (66) was 16 under, one shot ahead of Brooks Koepka (66) and three others. Koepka, who opened with a 63, is looking for his first win since returning to the PGA Tour from LIV Golf.

Kim, the field's second highest-ranked player behind Scheffler at No. 24, was in position for a 59 in the second round but had a bogey at 18 that forced him to settle for 60.

His five-shot lead was tied for the second-biggest on tour through 36 holes this season behind Rory McIlroy’s six-shot edge when he defended his Masters championship in April.

It was gone by the 11th hole.

Three bogeys in a span of four holes — all on putts inside 10 feet — dropped the four-time tour winner into a tie with Clark at 18 under. Clark had earlier pulled within a stroke with a short eagle putt on the par-5 ninth.

Kim, a Dallas resident, answered with three birdies over the next four holes — a day after he had 12.

“I was thinking about too much scoring like first 10, 11 holes,” Kim said. “So I’m just trying to be back to kind of like yesterday. Yeah, just trying to hit the good shots and trying to like, all the mojo’s back.”

Clark took the lead a scrambling birdie at the par-5 12th, making a 15-foot putt after a bunker shot with his right foot in the grass, his flexed right knee almost touching the ground.

Kim, Scheffler and Clark were tied at 19 under when Kim went in front with a birdie on the short par-4 14th after Scheffler and Clark settled for pars after trying to drive the green.

Clark got even again, but Kim went in front for good with a birdie at the par-3 15th.

Scheffler, a four-time major winner who ran away to an eight-shot victory at last year's Nelson, answered his first bogey of the tournament on the par-3 fourth with three birdies over the final five holes on the front nine.

“Two shots back going into tomorrow, so I’m looking forward to the challenge,” said Scheffler, who is looking for his 21st tour win. “It’s always fun when I get to play with Si Woo. I think it’s good for the community to have two guys that are local up there on the leaderboard. Should be a fun day tomorrow.”

Clark, seeking his first win since 2024 at Pebble Beach, was standing over the putt before what ended up being one of his early birdies when he stepped away and dabbed at his nose. He made the putt, but was still dabbing at his nose a few holes later.

“I don’t really know,” the 32-year-old said when asked if he had a bloody nose. “I had like a cut on my nose, and I went like this. Next thing you know, I was bleeding. It wasn’t quite a bloody nose, but it lasted a couple holes.”

Jordan Spieth, a hometown favorite alongside Scheffler, faded with four bogeys on his first five holes on the back nine a day after six consecutive birdies to start his second nine spurred a 62. He shot 73.

First-round leader Taylor Moore was back in contention after four consecutive birdies, but went in the water at 15 and ended up with a triple-bogey 6. He shot 69 and was 13 under.

Japan's Kensei Hirata, playing in the final group with Kim and Im, shot 70 and trails by seven.

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Sanchez-Teran y Local 10 News se reunieron en un parque donde ella ofreció una actualización sobre cómo se encuentra tras la balacera de abril.

Mostró las heridas de bala que sufrió en los hombros, espalda y barbilla.

Sanchez-Teran dijo que actualmente no puede doblar los dedos ni cerrar el puño con la mano izquierda.

Su vida cambió el mes pasado cuando recibió múltiples disparos detrás de una plaza comercial en West Sample Road en Coral Springs.

La policía dijo que su ex novio, Abdul Perez, llevó a cabo la balacera.

Testigos captaron el incidente en video.

Los detectives dijeron que Perez chocó su camioneta de trabajo contra el auto de Sanchez-Teran, salió del vehículo y disparó múltiples veces mientras la hija de ella estaba dentro del automóvil.

Su hija no resultó herida.

Sanchez-Teran dijo que terminó la relación de dos años el 1 de abril debido al abuso y nunca imaginó que la balacera ocurriría apenas 17 días después.

Ahora, espera que su experiencia algún día pueda ayudar a otra persona.

“A veces no tienes tiempo para esperar. Cada segundo cuenta. Y no sabes qué va a hacer la otra persona ni cuándo”, dijo Sanchez-Teran. “Así que esa es mi esperanza con todo esto, que pueda tener esos recursos para alguien más. Eso es realmente lo que quiero hacer en esta vida”.

Cuando se le preguntó si cree que esa es la razón por la que recibió una segunda oportunidad, Sanchez-Teran respondió: “Sí, definitivamente por eso estoy aquí y por eso puedo hablar contigo hoy desde el corazón”.

Dijo que no tiene seguro porque no ha podido encontrar trabajo.

También perdió su auto y continúa enfrentando gastos médicos.

El choque ocurrió el 25 de marzo cerca de Southwest Seventh Avenue y Broward Boulevard.

La policía dijo que Kristopher David, de 33 años y padre de dos hijos, conducía un BMW blanco cuando un Audi negro presuntamente manejado por Dominick Rella, de 20 años, se pasó una luz roja.

Un video de vigilancia captó la colisión.

Los investigadores dijeron que Rella conducía a casi 83 millas por hora en una zona de 35 mph cuando chocó contra el vehículo de David, enviándolo contra un camión de bomberos cercano.

David murió en el choque.

Su madre suplicó justicia en la corte y pidió que Rella permaneciera tras las rejas.

“No quiero que otra madre pase por lo que estoy pasando ahora mismo por su conducción imprudente. Perdí a mi único hijo”, dijo.

Aun así, el juez expresó preocupaciones antes de finalmente otorgar la fianza.

Rella ya fue liberado de la cárcel.

Los investigadores creen que su nivel de alcohol en sangre era el doble del límite legal al momento del choque.

Ahora enfrenta 11 cargos, incluido homicidio por DUI.

Los registros judiciales también mostraron que Rella había sido acusado en un choque por conducción descuidada en 2024 y tenía una multa pendiente por exceso de velocidad desde febrero.

David estaba comprometido y planeaba casarse este otoño.

“Era mi bebé”, dijo su madre. “Y esta pérdida nos ha afectado muchísimo a mí y a su padre, que sufre de demencia. Y también a sus dos hijos”.

Ella dijo que la familia continúa luchando tras el choque.

“No estoy durmiendo. Es muy difícil”, dijo. “Y rezo para que nadie más tenga que pasar por lo que estoy viviendo”.

Como parte de las condiciones de su liberación, el juez ordenó que Rella no conduzca, no consuma alcohol y no abandone el área. También está siendo monitoreado por GPS.

The Liberty’s star guard practiced Saturday and said afterward she’s good to go against Dallas on Sunday.

“It’s exciting to me,” Ionescu said after practice. “I haven’t had a regular-season game yet, so I’m excited. It feels like it’s been a while. It hasn’t, but it feels like it’s been forever having to watch from the sidelines.”

Ionescu, who averaged 18.2 points, 5.7 assists and 4.9 rebounds last season, knew the injury wasn't major when she went down against Connecticut on May 3, but that it was going to cost her some time.

“I knew I was going to be out for a little bit, and thankfully, I came back a lot sooner than I was supposed to with returning now,” she said. “So I’m really excited about that. I had some structural damage, but thankfully it responded quickly, came back. It was nothing that was going to sideline me or need surgery."

Coach Chris DeMarco said Ionescu would be on a minutes restriction and with New York playing back-to-back games, he wasn't sure if she would also play on Monday against Portland. The Liberty were 3-2 without Ionescu and are in the midst of a seven-game homestand.

While Ionescu is back, New York is still missing Betnijah Laney-Hamilton who is out for personal reasons. DeMarco said she wouldn't play Sunday. She was practicing Saturday when reporters could watch.

New York is finally getting completely healthy. Satou Sabally made her season debut in Thursday's loss to Golden State. Leonie Fiebich was taking shots after practice as she just got to New York after winning a championship in a Spanish League.

Raquel Carrera is ready to make her debut The Spanish forward was drafted by Atlanta in 2021 and traded to New York the next season. She's been playing overseas the past few years, but finally is in the WNBA.

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Mehdi Taj, president of the Iran Football Federation, announced the decision Saturday in a statement issued by the federation's media relations official. FIFA has not confirmed the move.

Iran had been scheduled to train in Tucson, Arizona, but a move has been a possibility because of uncertainty surrounding the war in the Middle East and security concerns. Officials at Tucson's Kino Sports Complex had no comment.

The federation says the team will now be based in Tijuana, Mexico, just south of San Diego. This year's World Cup runs from June 11 to July 19 and will be co-hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

“All team base camps for the countries participating in the World Cup must be approved FIFA," Taj said in his statement. "Fortunately, following the requests we submitted and the meetings we held with FIFA and World Cup officials in Istanbul, as well as the webinar meeting we had yesterday in the Tehran with the respected FIFA secretary general, our request to change the team's base from the United States to Mexico was approved.”

Iran plays Group G games in Inglewood, California, against New Zealand on June 15 and Belgium six days later, then faces Egypt on June 26 in Seattle. The federation said Tijuana's relatively close proximity to Inglewood, a suburb of Los Angeles, will benefit the team and the new location “includes all training facilities, gym, private restaurant and everything else the team needs."

Team Melli is appearing in its fourth straight World Cup and seventh overall. It has never advanced past the first round.

Iran's federation said moving the base camp will resolve potential visa issues since the team will enter the U.S. through Mexico. The president said that the team “may even be able to travel to and from Mexico using Iran Air flights.”

Teams use base camps for training ahead of and after matches.

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Las maniobras ante “eventuales situaciones médicas o contingencia catastrófica” habían sido anunciadas el jueves por el canciller venezolano Yván Gil, quien dijo fueron autorizadas por el gobierno. Sin embargo, después de su declaración y difusión de un comunicado oficial, éste fue eliminado de su cuenta de Telegram.

De acuerdo con Gil, el simulacro forma parte de un protocolo “regular” de seguridad y protección diplomática.

Desde temprano, mientras las banderas estadounidense y venezolana ondeaban en la sede de la embajada de Estados Unidos en Caracas, se observó en movimiento a un camión de bomberos y personas con cascos y uniformes de socorristas, mientras se escuchaba el ulular de una sirena.

Pasadas las 10 de la mañana, aterrizaron en esa sede diplomática dos aeronaves Boeing V-22 Osprey que sobrevolaron el cielo caraqueño, de las cuales descendieron militares estadounidenses.

La embajada de Estados Unidos en Venezuela publicó en su cuenta de Instagram el momento del aterrizaje de una de las aeronaves.

En tanto, en una plaza del centro de la capital, un reducido grupo de ciudadanos se congregó en “repudio al simulacro”, que consideran atenta contra la soberanía del país.

“No al simulacro Yanki”, se leía en una bandera venezolana, mientras un puñado de personas gritaba consignas contra “el imperio”.

Las maniobras de evacuación se llevaron a cabo luego de que el 3 de enero, en una audaz operación militar en la capital venezolana, helicópteros y aeronaves militares estadounidenses ingresaron al país y capturaron a Maduro.

Días después, Delcy Rodríguez —quien era la vicepresidenta— tomó posesión como presidenta encargada. Su gobierno ha sido reconocido por Washington, y muestra de ello fue el levantamiento de las sanciones que pesaban en su contra. Durante la época de Maduro había sido acusada de contribuir a socavar la democracia en el país sudamericano.

Dakota Hunter, vicepresidente de Kyle Busch Companies, dijo en un comunicado de prensa que la familia recibió la evaluación médica el sábado.

Busch, dos veces campeón de NASCAR, murió a los 41 años el jueves, un día después de desmayarse en un simulador de Chevrolet.

La sepsis se considera una emergencia médica potencialmente mortal que ocurre cuando el cuerpo tiene una respuesta extrema e hiperactiva a una infección, lo que hace que el sistema inmunitario dañe sus propios tejidos y órganos, según los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades.

Por lo general, el sistema inmunitario libera sustancias químicas para combatir patógenos como bacterias, virus u hongos, pero con la sepsis la respuesta se acelera. Los resultados pueden causar inflamación generalizada, formar coágulos microscópicos de sangre y hacer que los vasos sanguíneos tengan fugas.

Se creía que Busch tenía un resfriado sinusal mientras competía en Watkins Glen el 10 de mayo y avisó por radio a su equipo que necesitaba una “inyección” de un médico después de la carrera.

Busch, que se estaba preparando para competir el domingo en la Coca-Cola 600 en el Charlotte Motor Speedway, estaba probando en el simulador de carreras de Chevrolet en Concord el miércoles cuando dejó de responder y fue trasladado a un hospital en Charlotte, dijeron a The Associated Press varias personas familiarizadas con la situación.

“Tengo a un individuo que (tiene) dificultad para respirar, está muy caliente, cree que se va a desmayar y está produciendo un poco de sangre, tosiendo un poco de sangre”, dijo con calma una persona no identificada durante la llamada de emergencia realizada a última hora de esa tarde.

La persona que llamó dijo que Busch estaba tendido en el suelo del baño dentro del complejo y le dijo al operador que “está despierto”, según el audio proporcionado por la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Cabarrus. Luego el hombre dio indicaciones sobre adónde debían ir los servicios de emergencia y pidió que apagaran cualquier sirena al llegar.

Busch ganó 234 carreras en las tres principales series de NASCAR, más que cualquier piloto en la historia.

Los 39 pilotos en la parrilla para la carrera del domingo competirán con una calcomanía negra con el número 8 en su auto para honrar a Busch.

La purga de comunicados que documentaban acusaciones penales, declaraciones de culpabilidad y sentencias es el paso más reciente del gobierno del presidente Donald Trump para reescribir de manera drástica la historia del asalto al Capitolio, cuando cientos de sus simpatizantes irrumpieron en el edificio en un intento por detener la certificación en el Congreso de su derrota electoral de 2020 ante el demócrata Joe Biden.

En su primer día de vuelta en el cargo en enero de 2025, Trump indultó, conmutó penas de prisión o prometió desestimar los casos de las más de 1,500 personas acusadas de delitos durante el allanamiento del Capitolio, incluidos quienes fueron declarados culpables de atacar a agentes con armas improvisadas como astas de bandera, un palo de hockey y una muleta.

El Departamento de Justicia anunció el lunes la creación de un fondo de 1,776 millones de dólares destinado a compensar a aliados de Trump que consideran que fueron investigados y procesados injustamente. El secretario de Justicia interino, Todd Blanche, no ha descartado que los alborotadores que hayan sido declarados culpables de cometer actos de violencia puedan ser elegibles para recibir pagos, lo que provocó indignación bipartidista en el Congreso.

Después de que un periodista hiciera notar el viernes en la red social X que el Departamento de Justicia estaba retirando “discretamente” de su sitio web comunicados de prensa relacionados con el ataque del 6 de enero, incluido uno sobre un hombre de Texas que se declaró culpable de agresión y que además enfrentaba cargos estatales separados por incitar a un menor a actividad sexual, el departamento respondió a través de su cuenta de “respuesta rápida” que no había “nada de ‘discreto’ en ello”.

“Estamos orgullosos de revertir (el hecho) de que el Departamento de Justicia bajo el gobierno de Biden haya instrumentalizado esto. Haremos todo lo que esté a nuestro alcance para reparar el daño causado a quienes fueron perseguidos con fines políticos”, decía la publicación. “Esto incluye eliminar la propaganda partidista del sitio web del Departamento de Justicia”.

Entre los comunicados retirados del sitio estaban los relativos a casos de conspiración sediciosa contra miembros de los Proud Boys y los Oath Keepers, grupos extremistas de extrema derecha. El Departamento de Justicia, en una moción sin oposición presentada el mes pasado, le pidió a un tribunal federal de apelaciones que anulara esas condenas por conspiración sediciosa, petición que fue concedida el jueves. El departamento solicitó el viernes el sobreseimiento de los casos contra los miembros de los grupos.

Authorities provided no major updates to the incidents that occurred Friday afternoon in the Mariners Harbor neighborhood on the north shore of Staten Island. Besides investigators, some firefighters were at the site as a precaution Saturday, officials said.

Firefighters were called to the shipyard about 3:30 p.m. Friday on reports that there was a fire, heavy smoke and two workers trapped in a basement area, city Fire Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said. Less than an hour later, as firefighters and emergency medical personnel were working the scene, an explosion rocked the site, officials said.

A civilian died, and another was wounded. Authorities said a fire marshal and a firefighter were seriously injured, while 29 firefighters had minor to moderate injuries and four emergency medical personnel had minor injuries. All were taken to area hospitals.

“We got very lucky this day," Bonsignore said at a Friday evening news conference. "We got lucky in the sense that none of our people were killed. It’s unfortunate we had one fatality, and they did everything they could to get to that person.”

The name of the person who died had not been released as of Saturday.

The fire marshal who was injured, Christopher Cuccaro, suffered a fractured skull and brain bleed, said the fire department’s chief medical officer Dr. David Prezant. He was in critical but stable condition.

“We will be watching him very carefully over the next 24 hours to make certain there is not subsequent brain swelling. As long as there is not, he should do well,” Prezant said at Friday's news conference.

Cuccaro and the other firefighter with serious injuries were wounded by the shock wave from the blast, Prezant said. The firefighter was doing “very well,” he said.

“Thankfully both of these firefighters do not have penetrating injuries and do not have blast injury damage to their organs, to their heart, lungs or abdomen,” Prezant said.

The fire and explosion happened in a 150-foot-by-150-foot (46 meters by 46 meters) metal structure at the back of the shipyard, Bonsignore said. Around 200 firefighters and emergency medical personnel responded.

Richard Oviogor, who was in the area, told WABC-TV that he heard two explosions and what seemed like a “big shock wave.”

The area is home to several businesses, including a coffee roasting company and a self-storage facility. The shipyard used to be owned by the Bethlehem Steel Company, which built ships for the U.S. Navy during World War II.

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Policías y militares de Bolivia no lograron despejar el sábado la principal carretera de ingreso a La Paz debido a ataques con piedra y dinamita de manifestantes que mantienen tomada la ruta desde hace 23 días, lo que ha dejado a la ciudad desabastecida de alimentos, combustibles y otros suministros básicos.

El presidente centroderechista Rodrigo Paz es blanco de las duras protestas, las cuales han polarizado el país. En ellas se exige su renuncia ante la falta de respuestas a la crisis económica y la carestía de la vida tras seis meses de su gobierno.

El ministro de Obras Públicas, Mauricio Zamora, quien comanda el operativo denominado “corredor humanitario”, dijo que ordenó “retroceder para resguardar la vida" de los agentes tras una “emboscada”. En contacto con la televisora Unitel dijo que buscaba reencontrarse con la caravana tras los ataques.

Más temprano, Zamora declaró a la prensa que el operativo estaba logrando resultados a pesar de los “grupos violentos”. Sin embargo, en la afueras de La Paz, los manifestantes lograron frenar el avance de las fuerzas policiales.

Los manifestantes incendiaron dos vehículos: uno militar y otro que transportaba funcionarios, y saquearon un puesto de peaje en las afueras de La Paz, según informes policiales. Un agente resultó herido.

En algunos suburbios de la vecina ciudad de El Alto, los manifestantes lanzaban piedras y volvían a cortar la ruta tras el paso de las fuerzas policiales, que se abrieron paso con banderas blancas y gas lacrimógeno. Se ha evitado la portación de armas letales con el fin de evitar bajas, las cuales agravarían el conflicto, según han dicho las autoridades.

“Hay grupos intransigentes que se resisten. Una mayoría de vecinos apoyan este contingente, que busca abrir un corredor humanitario”, afirmó el jefe policial Martín Gálvez.

No obstante, cientos de camiones y otros vehículos que habían estado varados por más de dos semanas lograron salir de la carretera, según los informes.

El obispo católico de El Alto Giovani Arana reconoció que la situación es complicada y tensa, y que los mediadores tienen la esperanza de poder “sentar en la mesa de negociaciones a las dos partes” este domingo. Hasta el momento no ha sido posible instalar negociaciones.

Paz dijo que dialogará con sectores que tienen reivindicaciones, pero no con quienes piden su renuncia, y anticipó reuniones el domingo para abrir un canal de negociación.

Asediada por las protestas, La Paz es el epicentro de la crisis social. La víspera, la capital política boliviana volvió a vivir una jornada de choques callejeros entre la policía y manifestantes encabezados por sindicatos campesinos, juntas de vecinos de El Alto y la Central Obrera Boliviana.

Desde Santa Cruz, en el oriente, organizaciones civiles y empresariales han pedido al gobierno mano firme para desbloquear las carreteras, que según la Cámara de Industrias han provocado más de 600 millones de dólares en pérdidas. En La Paz, organizaciones ciudadanas también salen a las calles para rechazar las protestas. Miles de camiones están varados en las rutas bloqueadas en la capital política y otras ciudades.

El gobierno boliviano ha recibido el respaldo de Estados Unidos y de varios países del continente. La embajada estadounidense en La Paz informó el sábado que “está brindando asistencia alimentaria” a sectores afectados como un gesto de “solidaridad con el pueblo de Bolivia”.

Las maniobras ante “eventuales situaciones médicas o contingencia catastrófica” habían sido anunciadas el jueves por el canciller venezolano Yván Gil, quien dijo fueron autorizadas por el gobierno. Sin embargo, después de su declaración y difusión de un comunicado oficial, éste fue eliminado de su cuenta de Telegram.

De acuerdo con Gil, el simulacro forma parte de un protocolo “regular” de seguridad y protección diplomática.

Desde temprano, mientras las banderas estadounidense y venezolana ondeaban en la sede de la embajada de Estados Unidos en Caracas, se observó en movimiento a un camión de bomberos y personas con cascos y uniformes de socorristas, mientras se escuchaba el ulular de una sirena.

Pasadas las 10 de la mañana, aterrizaron en esa sede diplomática dos aeronaves Boeing V-22 Osprey que sobrevolaron el cielo caraqueño, de las cuales descendieron militares estadounidenses.

La embajada de Estados Unidos en Venezuela publicó en su cuenta de Instagram el momento del aterrizaje de una de las aeronaves.

En tanto, en una plaza del centro de la capital, un reducido grupo de ciudadanos se congregó en “repudio al simulacro”, que consideran atenta contra la soberanía del país.

“No al simulacro Yanki”, se leía en una bandera venezolana, mientras un puñado de personas gritaba consignas contra “el imperio”.

Las maniobras de evacuación se llevaron a cabo luego de que el 3 de enero, en una audaz operación militar en la capital venezolana, helicópteros y aeronaves militares estadounidenses ingresaron al país y capturaron a Maduro.

Días después, Delcy Rodríguez —quien era la vicepresidenta— tomó posesión como presidenta encargada. Su gobierno ha sido reconocido por Washington, y muestra de ello fue el levantamiento de las sanciones que pesaban en su contra. Durante la época de Maduro había sido acusada de contribuir a socavar la democracia en el país sudamericano.

While the rally at a central square in Belgrade passed peacefully, groups of young assailants later clashed with riot police, throwing flares, rocks and bottles at police cordons. Police responded with pepper spray as they charged forward to disperse them.

The groups, including apparent soccer hooligans, rolled trash cans into the streets as shield-carrying riot police tried to surround them. Police parked anti-riot vehicles in a central Belgrade area to block the demonstrators from returning and the violence soon ended. Police said 23 people were detained.

Protests have shaken Vucic

Crowds of protesters earlier on Saturday streamed into central Belgrade, many carrying banners and wearing T-shirts inscribed with the “Students win” motto of the youth movement which organized the gathering. Columns of cars drove into Belgrade from other Serbian towns earlier in the day.

Vucic has sought to curb the mass demonstrations that have shaken his hard-line rule in the Balkan country. Big crowds on Saturday suggested the dissent persists more than a year after protests first started to demand accountability for a train station tragedy in Serbia’s north in November 2024 that killed 16 people.

Serbia’s state railway company on Saturday canceled all trains to and from Belgrade, in an apparent bid to stop at least some people from coming from other parts of the country.

The president said in a video on Instagram on Saturday that protesters “have shown their violent nature and that they cannot stand political opponents.” Vucic, who was on his way to China for a state visit, added that “the state is functioning and will continue to work in line with the law.”

Anti-corruption protests forced then-Prime Minister Milos Vucevic to resign in January 2025 before authorities pushed back hard against the protesters. Many people in Serbia blamed the concrete canopy crash at the station on alleged graft-fueled negligence during the renovation work on the building carried out with Chinese companies.

The students on Saturday demanded an early election and the rule of law, accusing the government of crime and corruption.

Prosecutor Bojana Savovic told the crowd that “a state where laws are not implemented or are implemented selectively is no longer a state, it becomes a mafia organization.”

Parliament speaker Ana Brnabic downplayed the student rally, saying “it offered nothing new.” Police estimated that 34,300 people came to the rally, while organizers said it was many more, without giving a specific figure.

Vucic's supporters gathered at park camp

Clashes first erupted in the vicinity of a park camp of Vucic's loyalists outside the Serbian presidency building that he set up ahead of another big anti-government rally last March as a human shield against protesters. Folk music blared from a fenced area surrounded by rows of riot police in full gear.

The Serbian president has faced international scrutiny for his hard-line tactics against the demonstrators in the past year, including arbitrary arrests and use of excessive force. The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, criticized Serbia’s government in a report this week and said he “will monitor the situation closely” on Saturday.

O’Flaherty also cited “reports of police protecting unidentified and often masked attackers of journalists and protesters.” He said the overall rights situation has deteriorated since his previous visit in April 2025.

Serbia is formally seeking European Union entry but it has nourished close ties with Russia and China. The democratic backsliding under Vucic could cost the country around 1.5 billion euros ($1.8 billion) in European Union funding, the EU’s top enlargement official warned last month.

The venue on Saturday was Belgrade’s Slavija Square, the scene of a huge anti-government protest in March 2025. That rally ended in sudden disruption that experts later said — and the government denied — involved the use of a sonic weapon against peaceful demonstrators.

Students prepare for elections

The youth movement’s quest for justice and rule of law has resonated widely among Serbia’s citizens, who are disillusioned with established politicians after decades of perpetual crisis.

Students now say they plan to challenge Vucic at the approaching elections that they hope will oust the right-wing populist government. Vucic said this week that the ballot could be held between September and November this year.

Vucic, government officials and the pro-government media have branded critics as foreign agents who wish to destroy the country — rhetoric that has ramped up political polarization.

Protester Maja Milas Markovic said students “managed to gather us here with their youth and wonderful energy; I really believe that we have right to live normally.”

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Associated Press writer Dusan Stojanovic in Belgrade, Serbia, contributed to this report.

Two Marine Corps Osprey aircraft, which have characteristics of both a helicopter and a fixed-wing airplane, flew over the recently reopened U.S. Embassy in Caracas. They landed in the parking lot with the downdraft blowing tree branches. Forces then descended from the aircraft.

“Ensuring the military’s rapid response capability is a key component of mission readiness, both here in Venezuela and around the world,” the embassy said on Instagram.

Venezuela’s government had announced the drill earlier this week. Foreign Minister Yván Gil said the United States would conduct the exercise to prepare “in the event of medical emergencies or catastrophic emergencies.”

The drill comes almost two months after the U.S. formally reopened its embassy in Caracas. The reopening followed the restoration of full diplomatic relations with the South American country after Maduro's ouster in early January.

Some Caracas residents gathered near the embassy to watch the aircraft, while a few dozen others gathered elsewhere in the city to protest Saturday's exercise. The protesters held a Venezuelan flag with the message “No to the Yankee drill” written over it.

U.S. military aircraft last flew over Caracas on Jan. 3, when elite forces rappelled down from helicopters and captured Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Both were taken to New York to face drug trafficking charges. They have pleaded not guilty.

Squadron markings on the Ospreys that landed in the capital Saturday identified them as belonging to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263. The same squadron is currently deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima in the Caribbean Ocean. Maduro and Flores were flown to that warship immediately after their detention.

The head of U.S. military operations in Latin America observed the exercise firsthand. Marine Gen. Francis Donovan, head of the U.S. Southern Command, also met on Saturday with senior Venezuelan officials and embassy staff.

U.S. Southern Command said on X that Donovan arrived in one of the Ospreys for his second official visit to Caracas this year. During a visit in February, Donovan met with Venezuela's defense and interior ministers.

Víctor Chanfreau, Claudio Caiozzi y Carolina Eltit pisaron suelo chileno vestidos con kufiyas cerca de las 9 de la mañana. En diálogo con la prensa, dieron su versión sobre la detención y denunciaron maltratos por parte de las fuerzas israelíes.

“El gobierno de Chile actuó pésimo, no sorprendiendo nuevamente”, se quejó Chanfreau, y calificó de “negligentes” las gestiones diplomáticas de la cancillería.

“Imagínense que un país cualquiera, que no sea Israel, secuestre en aguas internacionales a tres chilenos y los torture durante más de 60 horas", agregó. "Es evidente que ya se habrían quebrado las relaciones diplomáticas. Se ve que (a las autoridades de Chile) les importa más el dinero que cómo están sus ciudadanos alrededor del mundo”.

Más de 50 embarcaciones con ayuda humanitaria para los palestinos zarparon del puerto de Marmaris, Turquía, la semana pasada, en lo que los organizadores de la Flotilla Global Sumud describieron como el tramo final de su viaje hacia las costas de Gaza. Al menos 17 botes fueron interceptados por la Armada israelí en las primeras tres horas de la operación, según el rastreador de la flotilla.

Israel ha mantenido un bloqueo sobre Gaza desde que Hamás tomó el control del territorio en 2007, un año después de ganar las elecciones parlamentarias palestinas. El bloqueo restringe el movimiento de bienes y personas que entran y salen de Gaza. Egipto también ha cerrado ocasionalmente el cruce de Rafah, que, antes de la reciente guerra, era el único cruce fronterizo que no estaba bajo el control de Israel.

Un grupo nutrido de personas recibió a los chilenos con banderas palestinas, letreros, aplausos y sentidos abrazos por parte de los allegados más cercanos. “Gaza resiste, Palestina existe”, coreaban.

Chanfreau agradeció la recepción y la presión ejercida por la gente, y afirmó que fue fundamental para lograr su libertad.

Sobre las condiciones de la detención, que duró casi 3 días, Eltit denunció haber sufrido golpes y que fue “en condiciones precarias, sin papel higiénico, un baño para 190 personas, tirados al sol, amarrados de pies y manos”.

“Todos lo pasamos muy mal; nos trataron como si no fuéramos humanos”, coincidió Caiozzi.

Los organizadores indicaron que las embarcaciones fueron interceptadas a 250 millas náuticas (463 kilómetros) de las costas de Gaza. A diferencia de interceptaciones anteriores, que en su mayoría tuvieron lugar al amparo de la noche, las fuerzas armadas israelíes abordaron los botes a plena luz del día.

Una hora antes de la interceptación, el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Israel instó a los activistas a “cambiar de rumbo y dar la vuelta de regreso de inmediato”.

“Una vez más, una provocación por el simple hecho de provocar: otra supuesta ‘flotilla de ayuda humanitaria’ sin ayuda humanitaria”, publicó el ministerio en la red social X.

Las fuerzas armadas israelíes declinaron comentar sobre la operación.

El representante legal de la delegación, Nelson Hadad —exembajador en Jordania, Irak, Ecuador y Egipto—, le dijo a The Associated Press que existió “violencia física, torturas y seis casos de violencia sexual en el puerto de Ashdod”, en relación al total de detenidos.

“Presentaremos acciones penales ante la Corte Penal Internacional y el Tribunal del Mar para exigir sanciones y reparación a las víctimas, ya que estos crímenes no pueden quedar impunes”, advirtió.

Activistas de la flotilla originarios de Estados Unidos, México, Suecia y España también denunciaron vejaciones por parte de las fuerzas israelíes en las últimas horas.

“Nos interceptan con buques militares, nos apuntan con armas de guerra y se suben a nuestros barcos, además de que los destrozan y algunos se los roban, y ahí nos suben a un buque prisión”, agregó Chanfreau.

Turquía —que acogió a los detenidos antes de devolverlos a sus países— exhortó a Israel a que detuviera de inmediato la operación y liberara a los participantes de la flotilla.

The U.S. Travel Association said that Mullin confirmed he is considering withdrawing CBP officers in a meeting where the trade group was pressing its concerns about other proposals the Trump administration is considering that could hamper travel. U.S. Travel and the major airlines quickly condemned the idea, and even Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said it doesn't make sense to him.

“U.S. Travel believes such a move would have devastating consequences for the travel industry and communities that depend on international visitation,” the industry group said Friday in a statement.

Details of the meeting were first reported by The Atlantic.

Duffy told a Congressional hearing earlier this week that he wasn’t familiar with Mullin’s remarks, and he’d like to learn more about the context and maybe ask Mullin a question about what he meant. But Duffy said it would be a bad idea to start restricting travel based on political views. After all, at some point Democrats will be in charge and “you will all switch spots at one point — hopefully not too soon Mr. Chairman,” Duffy said.

“We have people from around the world and around the country that need to be able to fly into all different kinds of places. We shouldn’t shut down air travel in a state that doesn’t agree with our politics,” Duffy said.

So it's not clear how much support this idea has within the administration, though President Donald Trump has previously threatened to withhold funding from sanctuary cities.

There is no strict definition for sanctuary policies or sanctuary cities, but the terms generally describe limited cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. And courts have rejected the idea of pulling funding from them in the past.

In Trump’s first term in office, in 2017, courts struck down his effort to cut funding to the cities.

It’s not clear exactly which cities and airports Mullin might target, but the Justice Department last year published a list of three dozen states, cities and counties that it considers to be sanctuary jurisdictions.

The Airlines for America trade group was quick to say the idea would hurt the economy and disrupt travel.

“Reducing CBP staffing at major airports would have a devastating effect on the airline and tourism industries, causing a significant operational disruption to carriers, travelers and the flow of international cargo.”

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Hosted by the Kennedy Kids Foundation, the walk began at Kennedy’s former high school in the city’s Design District and included a route to Wynwood Walls and back.

Participants received Kennedy Kids Foundation T-shirts that they customized with spray-painted messages of hope and encouragement.

Attendees also took part in activities including rock painting, leaving uplifting messages along the route for others who may be struggling.

The event aims to raise support for teen mental health education, suicide prevention programs and resources for families nationwide.

Local 10 spoke with Kennedy’s mother, Tina Bailey, who said returning to D.A.S.H. each year is emotional, but seeing the community come together gives her family purpose.

“It feels like community,” Bailey said. “And that’s what we wanted to create — a community. We want people to feel safe to come and get help and we want to provide resources and tools for them because we really don’t want no one else to feel alone.”

Organizers said the annual walk is designed not only to honor Kennedy’s memory, but also to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health struggles among teens and encourage families to seek support when needed.

If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, help is available by calling or texting 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Organizada por la Fundación Kennedy Kids, la caminata comenzó en la antigua escuela secundaria de Kennedy en el Design District de la ciudad e incluyó una ruta hacia Wynwood Walls y de regreso.

Los participantes recibieron camisetas de la Fundación Kennedy Kids que personalizaron con mensajes de esperanza y aliento pintados con aerosol.

Los asistentes también participaron en actividades como pintar piedras y dejar mensajes alentadores a lo largo de la ruta para otras personas que puedan estar atravesando dificultades.

El evento tiene como objetivo recaudar apoyo para la educación sobre salud mental en adolescentes, programas de prevención del suicidio y recursos para familias en todo el país.

Local 10 habló con la madre de Kennedy, Tina Bailey, quien dijo que regresar a D.A.S.H. cada año es emotivo, pero ver a la comunidad unirse le da propósito a su familia.

“Se siente como comunidad”, dijo Bailey. “Y eso es lo que queríamos crear: una comunidad. Queremos que las personas se sientan seguras para venir y buscar ayuda y queremos brindarles recursos y herramientas porque realmente no queremos que nadie más se sienta solo”.

Los organizadores dijeron que la caminata anual está diseñada no solo para honrar la memoria de Kennedy, sino también para reducir el estigma en torno a las luchas de salud mental entre adolescentes y alentar a las familias a buscar apoyo cuando sea necesario.

Si usted o alguien que conoce está atravesando dificultades de salud mental, hay ayuda disponible llamando o enviando un mensaje de texto al 988, la Línea de Ayuda para Suicidio y Crisis, disponible las 24 horas del día, los siete días de la semana.

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Federal prosecutors said Javier Ravelo pleaded guilty in March to distributing more than 40 “animal crush videos” in violation of the federal Animal Crushing statute.

According to investigators, Ravelo owned and administered several invitation-only online chat groups focused on sharing and discussing graphic videos showing monkeys being mutilated and tortured.

Prosecutors said he controlled access to the groups and acted as a “leader and organizer.”

The news release states that a judge sentenced Ravelo to 60 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. During that time, he is prohibited from having unsupervised contact with animals.

The court described the material as “evil” and said the sentence was intended to show that “in society we will not tolerate this kind of material being distributed in any way, shape, or form,” according to the DOJ.

“The production and distribution of obscene animal crush videos is a felony,” Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Adam Gustafson said in a statement. “In passing the Animal Crushing statute, Congress recognized that cruelty to animals desensitizes participants to the suffering of human beings.”

Acting Special Agent in Charge Matt Wright of Homeland Security Investigations New Orleans said investigators pursued Ravelo despite efforts to conceal the activity through private online groups.

“Even when offenders use advanced technology and exclusive, invitation-only groups to hide their illegal activities, HSI will relentlessly pursue them and ensure they are held accountable,” Wright said.

Federal prosecutors previously said the videos depicted animals being “purposely crushed, burned, drowned, suffocated, impaled, or otherwise subjected to serious bodily injury.”

According to his arrest report, Ravelo used the Telegram username “Tony (expletive) Montana.” The University of Miami graduate and former Air Force contractor had been free on a $100,000 bond while awaiting sentencing.

Los fiscales federales dijeron que Javier Ravelo se declaró culpable en marzo de distribuir más de 40 “videos de crueldad animal” en violación de la ley federal contra la crueldad animal.

Según los investigadores, Ravelo era propietario y administrador de varios grupos privados de chat en línea enfocados en compartir y discutir videos gráficos que mostraban monos mutilados y torturados.

Los fiscales dijeron que controlaba el acceso a los grupos y actuaba como un “líder y organizador”.

El comunicado indica que un juez condenó a Ravelo a 60 meses de prisión seguidos de tres años de libertad supervisada. Durante ese tiempo, tiene prohibido tener contacto sin supervisión con animales.

La corte describió el material como “malvado” y dijo que la sentencia tenía como objetivo demostrar que “en la sociedad no toleraremos este tipo de material distribuido de ninguna manera”, según el DOJ.

“La producción y distribución de videos obscenos de crueldad animal es un delito grave”, dijo en un comunicado el principal fiscal general adjunto Adam Gustafson. “Al aprobar la ley contra la crueldad animal, el Congreso reconoció que la crueldad hacia los animales desensibiliza a los participantes ante el sufrimiento de los seres humanos”.

El agente especial interino a cargo Matt Wright, de Investigaciones de Seguridad Nacional de Nueva Orleans, dijo que los investigadores persiguieron a Ravelo a pesar de los esfuerzos por ocultar la actividad mediante grupos privados en línea.

“Incluso cuando los delincuentes usan tecnología avanzada y grupos exclusivos solo por invitación para ocultar sus actividades ilegales, HSI los perseguirá incansablemente y garantizará que rindan cuentas”, dijo Wright.

Los fiscales federales habían dicho previamente que los videos mostraban animales siendo “aplastados, quemados, ahogados, asfixiados, empalados o sometidos deliberadamente a lesiones corporales graves”.

Según el reporte de arresto, Ravelo utilizaba el nombre de usuario de Telegram “Tony (expletivo) Montana”. El graduado de la Universidad de Miami y ex contratista de la Fuerza Aérea había permanecido en libertad bajo una fianza de $100,000 USD mientras esperaba la sentencia.

Dakota Hunter, vice president of Kyle Busch Companies, said in a news release the family received the medical evaluation on Saturday.

Busch, a two-time NASCAR champion, died at 41 on Thursday, a day after passing out in a Chevrolet simulator.

Sepsis is considered a life-threatening medical emergency that occurs when the body has an extreme, overactive response to an infection, causing the immune system to damage its own tissues and organs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Typically the immune system releases chemicals to fight off pathogens like bacteria, viruses or fungi, but with sepsis the response goes into overdrive. The results can cause widespread inflammation, form microscopic blood clots and make blood vessels leak.

Busch was thought to have had a sinus cold while racing at Watkins Glen on May 10 and radioed in to his team saying that he needed a “shot” from a doctor after the race. However, he bounced back to win the Trucks Series race at Dover last weekend, and then he finished 17th in the All-Star race on Sunday.

Busch, who was preparing to race Sunday at the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, was testing in the Chevrolet racing simulator in Concord on Wednesday when he became unresponsive and was transported to a hospital in Charlotte, several people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.

During the emergency call placed late that afternoon, an unidentified caller calmly told the dispatch: “I’ve got an individual that’s (got) shortness of breath, very hot, thinks he’s going to pass out, and is producing a little bit of blood, coughing up some blood.”

The caller said Busch was lying on the bathroom floor inside the complex and told dispatch “he is awake,” according to audio provided by the Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office. The man then gave directions on where emergency responders should go and asked that they turn off any sirens upon arrival.

NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski said he knew Busch wasn’t feeling well recently.

“Yes, but I won’t go into any specifics," Keselowski said. “But then when he ran the Trucks race last week, those (thoughts) were honestly kind of erased in my mind.”

Keselowski said running multiple races on the same weekend can be difficult on a driver's health — but most don't want to miss a race for fear of being replaced.

“There’s no shortage of drivers that would love to take my seat or anybody else’s seat if we weren’t feeling well, and I think every driver feels that pressure,” Keselowski said. “All athletes do. It’s not unique to NASCAR in that sense. We’re all thinking to ourselves, ‘I don’t wanna be replaced.’ ... So you try to power through it the best you can."

Keselowski said Busch’s unexpected death has forced him to pay attention to his own health moving forward.

Chase Briscoe said Busch’s health issues served as a “wake-up call” for him and other drivers, who often put aside dealing with potential issues because they are so busy traveling around the country and competing on a weekly basis.

He said if something feels off, “you need to get checked out.”

Busch's Richard Childress Racing teammate Austin Dillon was not made available for comment.

Austin Hill will replace Busch on Sunday and drive the No. 33 car. RCR is temporarily retiring Busch's No. 8 until his 11-year-old son Brexton is old enough to race.

All 39 cars in the field for Sunday’s race will include a small black No. 8 decal to honor Busch.

Busch won 234 races across NASCAR’s top three series over his two-decade career, more than any driver in history.

Drivers spoke at length on Saturday about his accomplishments, praising his toughness, competitive spirit and penchant for speaking his mind — all of which led to him earning a reputation as NASCAR's villain.

“He was a polarizing figure that no matter if you like him or disliked him as a racer, he was always talked about,” Ryan Blaney said. “Just this guy that was always there and won too much, which is why people didn't like him. And he always spoke his mind. I think people came to respect that about him, that he was true to who he was and that never changed."

Blaney added that Busch's personality outside of the car and his competitiveness behind the wheel made him "a larger-than-life person in racing.”

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Staff member Cherie Wachter said Nola is about 22 to 25 pounds and is expected to grow to roughly 40 to 50 pounds.

She is believed to be a cattle dog mix and is described as affectionate, playful and highly attentive once she bonds with people.

“She loves to give hugs, she loves to give kisses,” Wachter said, adding that Nola will need continued training, including potty training, and would do best with a family willing to spend time helping her adjust.

The shelter also has several cats available for adoption, including siblings Pookie and OJ.

Pookie is about 1 year and 2 months old, and OJ is her brother.

Staff say the pair are closely bonded and were surrendered when their family could no longer keep them due to a move. Pooky recently had a haircut to address matting, but both cats are healthy, social and available for adoption.

More information about available pets and adoption hours can be found on HSBC’s website.

No injuries were reported after the pressurized tank overheated Thursday and began venting vapors at a company site in Garden Grove, according to the Orange County Fire Authority. Garden Grove is about 40 miles (60 kilometers) south of downtown Los Angeles. Several shelters remained open Saturday, including at three high schools.

But officials said the valves on the tank are broken or “gummed up,” so that prevented crews from removing the chemical or relieving the pressure on the tank, said Craig Covey, Orange County Fire Authority division chief.

Firefighters’ first hope is to find a way to cool off the chemical inside the tank so it won’t leak or explode. If that’s not possible, Purdue University engineering professor Andrew Whelton said it would be best if the tank sprang a leak so the chemical could be mostly contained. An explosion that could spread the chemical over a broad area and send shrapnel from the tank flying would be the worst-case scenario.

If the temperature inside the tank continues to increase, the pressure will continue to build as the methyl methacrylate converts from a liquid to a gas, because officials said the pressure relief valves on the tank were no longer working. Whelton said it’s unlikely that firefighters would consider creating a hole in the tank because of fears that could create a spark that might ignite the volatile and flammable gas.

In an early evening post on the social platform X, Covey said drones were monitoring temperatures at 10-minute intervals to watch for any spikes. Planning was underway to ensure that if there is a leak, it can quickly be prevented from spreading into waterways or the ocean, he said.

“Sitting back and allowing these tanks to fail is unacceptable,” Covey said, adding that there was no guarantee that tanks will not breach and leak. “Our goal is to protect your homes — no damage to them — and protect the environment.”

Tank wasn't cooling as first thought

Efforts to cool the tank appeared to be working Friday, but Covey backtracked the following day, saying a reading conducted by drones actually showed the temperature on the outside of the tank, not the inside.

“Unfortunately I do have to report that the temperature was 90 degrees,” Covey said, up from 77 the previous morning.

Cooling the tank is important because the liquid chemical's flashpoint is 50 Fahrenheit (10 Celsius), according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

Residents are frustrated and stressed

Initially people in Garden Grove were ordered to leave. Evacuation orders were then expanded to some parts of five other Orange County cities — Cypress, Stanton, Anaheim, Buena Park and Westminster. Some people with pets planned to sleep in their cars.

Marco Solano, 32, spent Friday night at his parents’ home, frustrated by the situation and monitoring the news to see if he could go home.

“I don’t think that they should have dangerous chemicals in a neighborhood area, especially that dangerous that they have to evacuate people,” Solano said. “But again, it's not up to me. I don’t make the laws. I don’t make the rules. We just have to do what is best I guess.”

Solano, who has multiple jobs, said he felt very tired and weak and believed the stress of the chemical leak was exacerbating his anemia and ulcerative colitis.

“This has been affecting me quite a bit,” he said.

Solano also said he went to his apartment after work Friday to grab belongings and saw other residents who had not evacuated, and he was worried for them.

Exposure could lead to health problems

The damaged tank is located at GKN Aerospace, which makes parts for commercial and military aircraft. It holds 6,000 to 7,000 gallons (22,700 and 26,500 liters) of methyl methacrylate, used to make plastic parts.

Exposure to methyl methacrylate can cause serious respiratory problems and even render someone unconscious. It can also cause neurological problems and irritate the skin, eyes and throat, according to fact sheets about the chemical. But Orange County health officials said the chemical is easy to smell, and residents may notice it over a large area without being harmed.

Whelton said the volume of chemical in the tank is much smaller than in the disastrous 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, which he studied when more than 115,000 gallons (435,000 liters) of vinyl chloride was released after officials blew open five tank cars and burned the chemical.

“Many of these are acute, fast-acting effects. But the longer somebody stays in contact with it, the more potential for significant damage that occurs,” Whelton said.

If there is an explosion, officials said they expect “severe structural damage and significant harm” in the blast zone closest to the tank.

If an explosion releases the chemical into the air, Whelton said, it will be crucial to conduct detailed air monitoring specifically for methyl methacrylate and not just generic tests for volatile organic compounds as officials did in East Palestine. General tests, often completed with handheld detectors, may not be capable of detecting the chemical. Indoor tests of buildings and homes may also be needed before residents return home.

The weather will be an important factor in determining where a plume of chemicals would go in the event of an explosion. Officials were developing maps to predict different scenarios about which areas would be most affected.

Meanwhile containment barriers have been set up to prevent the chemical from getting into storm drains or reaching creeks or the nearby ocean in the event of a spill, Covey said.

Emergency declaration

Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in Orange County, making state resources available to local agencies and letting state-owned properties and fairgrounds be used for shelters if necessary.

Garden Grove is next to Anaheim, home to Disneyland’s two theme parks, which were not under evacuation orders. Park officials said they were monitoring the incident and supporting employees impacted by evacuations.

According to a report on the South Coast Air Quality Management District website, GKN agreed to pay state regulators over $900,000 in 2025 to settle violations involving recordkeeping, permitting issues and nitrogen oxide emissions.

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Associated Press writers Dave Collins in Hartford, Connecticut, and Michael R. Blood in Los Angeles contributed.

La empleada Cherie Wachter dijo que Nola pesa entre 22 y 25 libras y se espera que crezca hasta aproximadamente entre 40 y 50 libras.

Se cree que es una mezcla de perro ganadero y es descrita como cariñosa, juguetona y muy atenta una vez que crea vínculo con las personas.

“Le encanta dar abrazos, le encanta dar besos”, dijo Wachter, agregando que Nola necesitará entrenamiento continuo, incluido entrenamiento para hacer sus necesidades, y que le iría mejor con una familia dispuesta a dedicar tiempo para ayudarla a adaptarse.

El refugio también tiene varios gatos disponibles para adopción, incluidos los hermanos Pookie y OJ.

Pookie tiene aproximadamente 1 año y 2 meses, y OJ es su hermano.

El personal dice que la pareja está muy unida y fue entregada cuando su familia ya no pudo mantenerlos debido a una mudanza. Pookie recientemente recibió un corte de pelo para tratar el pelo enredado, pero ambos gatos están saludables, son sociables y están disponibles para adopción.

Puede encontrar más información sobre mascotas disponibles y horarios de adopción en el sitio web de HSBC.

Another surprise: The 2022 world champion at 100 meters, banned from the regular track circuit until August 2027 for missing tests required by a system he portrayed as disrespectful and intrusive, has every intention of being on another starting line.

“I will compete at the LA Olympics in 2028," he said.

When Kerley signed onto the Enhanced Games roster, he became their most recognizable name and gave the new enterprise a headliner it had been missing.

Some six months later came his two-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit for missing tests, a violation of the antidoping code that doesn't necessarily mean an athlete is taking drugs.

The 31-year-old Kerley, who bet on himself after the COVID-19 pandemic when he successfully gave up the 400-meter grind for the 100-meter straightaway, insisted it was the multimillion-dollar contract, not the prospect of taking performance enhancers, that led him to the breakaway league.

“I don't need it,” he said. “God gave me fast feet for a reason. I'm here to showcase my talent. You still have to work. Drugs aren't going to give you an advantage if you're not putting the work in.”

USADA's doping control officers on hand this week

That, in part, is what the Enhanced Games will or will not prove on Sunday. Most of the 50 athletes competing in track, swimming and weightlifting are taking performance enhancers under the watchful eye of doctors and trainers. A few, like Kerley and Olympic gold-medal relay swimmer Hunter Armstrong, say they are not.

Rick Adams, the former chief of sport performance for the U.S. Olympic team whose move to become an executive for Enhanced also gave the enterprise a greater sense of legitimacy, said doping control officers are on hand in Las Vegas this weekend, testing on behalf of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, which still keeps a list of active athletes who could return to traditional events.

“There's a lot of scrutiny, not only against me but against the Enhanced Games,” Armstrong said. “I want them to test me because I don't want there to be a single doubt that I'm a man of my word.”

Kerley, a man of few words, says he will be ‘fast’ on Sunday

Kerley, who has a reputation as a man of few words, has spent large parts of 2026 using his social media feed to rip into antidoping authorities, while teasing that a 9.4-second run could be possible. He has turned himself into maybe track's most intriguing character this side of Sha'Carri Richardson.

Does he think Usain Bolt's 9.58-second world record can be broken Sunday — a feat that would earn the record breaker $1 million, in addition to a $250,000 first prize? “It's going to be destroyed," Kerley said.

How fast does he think he can go? “Fast.”

How fast? “Fast.”

Does he have a time in mind? “Fast.”

When Kerley's ban for missing tests was announced in March, the easy conclusion was that he didn't care about testing anymore now that he was part of the Enhanced Games.

But the reason, he explained, had to do with the 24/7 whereabouts requirements in antidoping. In essence, athletes in the testing pool have to spell out where they'll be at all times and give drug testers specific windows when they'll be available.

When the ban came down, Kerley argued he had no intention of answering phone calls that looked like spam from Mexico while he was in the U.S. Those, apparently, were from doping control officers trying to track him down.

On Friday, he went a little deeper.

“I grew up with family,” he said. “You just don’t come and disrespect my space. Once you come and start disrespecting my space, it’s irritating.”

But, he says, despite the ban and despite his presence with Enhanced, he continues to be tested by the AIU and USADA.

He says the move to Enhanced had nothing to do with taking drugs, everything to do with signing a contract that he suggested on social media would take $12 million-plus to top.

Like so many in his sport, he has grown tired of shoe contracts that place too many obligations on athletes and sometimes go away if an injury hits or times falter.

“We're training, basically, 365, and it hasn't changed from back in the day when all the greats were running,” Kerley said.

Banned for taking PEDs, Marvin Bracy-Williams makes a comeback

Also running in the 100 on Sunday is Marvin Bracy-Williams, whose own curious doping case resulted in what could have been a career-ending 45-month ban but instead led him to the Enhanced Games where he said he is, in fact, taking drugs.

Bracy-Williams, who finished second at worlds to Kerley by .02 seconds in 2022, conceded that his sudden disappearance from track in 2023 came because he was doping after a series of injuries.

He ended up providing information to authorities that led to the arrest of a Florida man, who faces up to 10 years in prison for violating a law passed in 2020 that allows U.S. authorities to prosecute doping crimes involving international events.

The reduced ban wasn't enough to salvage the 2028 Olympic hopes of Bracy-Williams, now 32, so he jumped when he saw the chance to go to the Enhanced Games.

“We get in these situations where the treatment is good when you're good,” Bracy-Williams said, referencing a $100,000 reduction in his contract that came if he failed to make a U.S. national team. "But when you're in a place where you're not doing so good, it just goes away, and sometimes, for some people, that can be hard.

Bracy-Williams said he trained with Tyson Gay in the early 2010s when Gay got nailed for doping. He passed no judgment on him or anyone else.

“The dude never changed,” Bracy-Williams said. “I didn't look at him like he was some boogeyman now."

He rattled through a long list of great sprinters who had tested positive for doping through the years.

“But you meet them behind closed doors, and they're good guys,” Bracy-Williams said.

As he spoke at a table surrounded by media, his two kids sat quietly against the wall and played on cellphones. There was no need to ask why Bracy-Williams, who has a two-year contract with "lots of zeros" on it, was trying to extend his career at the Enhanced Games.

Same for Kerley, who promises that track and field hasn't seen the last of him.

“At the end of the day," Kerley said, “I'm here to provide for my kids and myself.”

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The honor comes with the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Trophy and a $100,000 donation from the NBA to Adebayo’s Bam, Books & Brotherhood Foundation.

“I accept this award not just for myself, but for every voice that has gone unheard and every person working behind the scenes to create a more just and compassionate world,” Adebayo said in a statement.

Adebayo becomes the first player in Heat franchise history to win the award.

The league also announced Friday that Adebayo earned a spot on the 2025-26 NBA All-Defensive Second Team.

He received 10 First Team votes and 51 Second Team votes, marking the sixth All-Defensive selection of his career — the most in Heat franchise history, according to a news release from the team.

Adebayo started all 73 games he played this season, averaging 20.1 points, 10 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.18 steals in 32.4 minutes per game. He became just the third player in franchise history to average at least 20 points and 10 rebounds in a season, joining Alonzo Mourning and Shaquille O’Neal.

He also led Miami in rebounds for a franchise-record seventh straight season and recorded at least 80 steals for the fifth consecutive year, joining only Dwyane Wade, Grant Long and Glen Rice in team history to accomplish that feat.

With Adebayo anchoring the defense, the Heat held opponents under 100 points 21 times and finished among the NBA’s top defensive teams for the seventh straight season.

Adebayo passed Udonis Haslem for the most defensive rebounds in franchise history on March 3 and is now just 35 boards short from tying the team’s all-time rebounding record.

He also scored 83 points on March 10 at the Kaseya Center in a 150–129 win over the Washington Wizards, the second-highest point total in NBA history.

El honor incluye el Trofeo Kareem Abdul-Jabbar y una donación de $100,000 USD de la NBA a la fundación de Adebayo, Bam, Books & Brotherhood Foundation.

“Acepto este premio no solo para mí, sino para cada voz que no ha sido escuchada y cada persona que trabaja tras bastidores para crear un mundo más justo y compasivo”, dijo Adebayo en un comunicado.

Adebayo se convierte en el primer jugador en la historia de la franquicia del Heat en ganar el premio.

La liga también anunció el viernes que Adebayo obtuvo un lugar en el Segundo Equipo Defensivo de la NBA 2025-26.

Recibió 10 votos para el Primer Equipo y 51 votos para el Segundo Equipo, marcando la sexta selección defensiva de su carrera, la mayor cantidad en la historia de la franquicia del Heat, según un comunicado del equipo.

Adebayo inició los 73 partidos que jugó esta temporada, promediando 20.1 puntos, 10 rebotes, 3.2 asistencias y 1.18 robos en 32.4 minutos por partido. Se convirtió en apenas el tercer jugador en la historia de la franquicia en promediar al menos 20 puntos y 10 rebotes en una temporada, uniéndose a Alonzo Mourning y Shaquille O’Neal.

También lideró a Miami en rebotes por séptima temporada consecutiva, un récord de la franquicia, y registró al menos 80 robos por quinto año seguido, uniéndose a Dwyane Wade, Grant Long y Glen Rice como los únicos jugadores en la historia del equipo en lograr esa marca.

Con Adebayo liderando la defensa, el Heat limitó a sus oponentes a menos de 100 puntos en 21 ocasiones y terminó entre los mejores equipos defensivos de la NBA por séptima temporada consecutiva.

Adebayo superó a Udonis Haslem en rebotes defensivos como el líder histórico de la franquicia el 3 de marzo y ahora está a solo 35 rebotes de empatar el récord histórico de rebotes del equipo.

También anotó 83 puntos el 10 de marzo en el Kaseya Center en una victoria 150-129 sobre los Washington Wizards, la segunda mayor cantidad de puntos en la historia de la NBA.

One night after Stephen Colbert recorded his final episode of “The Late Show" on CBS, he made a surprise appearance hosting the “Only in Monroe” community access show broadcast in southeast Michigan along the shores of Lake Erie.

Michigan native Jack White, who grew up in Detroit about 40 miles northeast of Monroe, joined Colbert as his “volunteer music director.”

“Looking forward to hearing some of your music, time permitting,” Colbert joked with White, as laughter could be heard from a handful of people off camera.

Colbert interviewed actor Jeff Daniels during the hourlong broadcast that leaned heavily into Michigan-centric jokes. Actor Steve Buscemi appeared in a recorded bit joking about Buscemi’s Pizza in Monroe.

Rapper Eminem, who was raised in Detroit, appeared on tape as the “fire marshal” who approves setting fire to remnants of the set that Colbert, White and Daniels destroyed at the end of the show.

Colbert also spoke via FaceTime with comedian Byron Allen, who will be hosting “Comics Unleashed” that is replacing Colbert’s canceled “Late Show,."

The community access program’s normal hosts, Michelle Baumann and former Miss America Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Wilson, sucked helium from balloons with Colbert while discussing Baumann's battle with cancer. A warning on the screen said, “Former professional TV host, do not try this at home.”

It marked the second time Colbert has hosted “Only in Monroe.” As he said during the surprise Friday broadcast, he previously hosted an episode in the summer of 2015 just before taking over “Late Night” from David Letterman.

It was not clear where or when Colbert recorded the latest episode, which aired exactly 24 hours after his final “Late Night” show. Messages left Saturday seeking comment from the community access channel were not immediately returned.

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“We’re ecstatic. We’ve been waiting since October 2019 for some justice. It’s been a long wait,” said Bobby Randazzo, Christopher Randazzo’s brother, moments after hearing the verdict.

“Guilty,” was read in court as the verdict was announced.

Holston and Romero were convicted in the killing of the 39-year-old.

“I feel bad for their families too because they ruined their families. But they still get to see them and hear from them,” Bobby Randazzo said.

Nearly seven years ago, Christopher Randazzo’s body was found near the Southern Seas Resort in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. His iPhone, sneakers, wallet and keys were taken after he was shot in the back of the head.

“We have closure and can put it to rest,” Bobby Randazzo said. “We got justice for him so now maybe he can rest in peace.”

Randazzo’s family, including his elderly father, remained in court throughout the weeklong trial.

“It was awful. It’s something you’ll never forget,” a family member said. “It gives us the truth of what happened instead of imagining the last seven years.”

Following the verdict, Holston was seen mouthing “I love you,” blowing a kiss and making a heart shape with his hands while in handcuffs.

Romero’s attorney said an appeal is already being considered.

Although both men were found guilty of murder, they were not found guilty of possessing a gun or discharging a firearm.

“I think the jury was clear and unanimous on the involvement of both. It perhaps couldn’t find beyond a reasonable doubt who is the actual person,” Judge Michael A. Usan said.

“The jury’s verdict was inconsistent, basically told us we don’t know who had a gun, or how this man was killed and that’s troubling,” said Jim Lewis, Romero’s attorney.

Lewis said trying both men together was a “detriment.”

“We had always asked to be separate. Jose Romero was never alleged to carry a gun in this incident. The co-defendant was, so to some extent we paid the price,” Lewis said.

Following the verdict, the Randazzo family said they planned to visit his gravesite.

“He was a joy at home and anyone he ever ran into,” a family member said. “We brought light to everybody’s life and everybody misses him for it.”

Prosecutors were not seeking the death penalty in the case, but both men face mandatory life sentences. They are scheduled to return to court in June for sentencing.

“Estamos eufóricos. Hemos estado esperando justicia desde octubre de 2019. Ha sido una larga espera”, dijo Bobby Randazzo, hermano de Christopher Randazzo, momentos después de escuchar el veredicto.

“Culpable”, se leyó en la corte al anunciarse el veredicto.

Holston y Romero fueron condenados por el asesinato del hombre de 39 años.

“También me siento mal por sus familias porque arruinaron a sus familias. Pero ellos todavía pueden verlos y escuchar de ellos”, dijo Bobby Randazzo.

Hace casi siete años, el cuerpo de Christopher Randazzo fue encontrado cerca del Southern Seas Resort en Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. Su iPhone, tenis, billetera y llaves fueron robados después de que recibió un disparo en la parte posterior de la cabeza.

“Tenemos cierre y podemos dejar esto atrás”, dijo Bobby Randazzo. “Obtuvimos justicia para él y ahora quizá pueda descansar en paz”.

La familia de Randazzo, incluido su padre de edad avanzada, permaneció en la corte durante todo el juicio de una semana.

“Fue horrible. Es algo que nunca olvidarás”, dijo un familiar. “Nos da la verdad de lo que pasó en lugar de imaginarlo durante los últimos siete años”.

Tras el veredicto, Holston fue visto moviendo los labios diciendo “Te amo”, lanzando un beso y haciendo la forma de un corazón con las manos mientras estaba esposado.

El abogado de Romero dijo que ya se está considerando una apelación.

Aunque ambos hombres fueron declarados culpables de asesinato, no fueron encontrados culpables de posesión de arma ni de disparar un arma de fuego.

“Creo que el jurado fue claro y unánime sobre la participación de ambos. Quizá no pudo determinar más allá de una duda razonable quién fue la persona responsable”, dijo el juez Michael A. Usan.

“El veredicto del jurado fue inconsistente, básicamente nos dijo que no sabemos quién tenía un arma ni cómo fue asesinado este hombre y eso es preocupante”, dijo Jim Lewis, abogado de Romero.

Lewis dijo que juzgar a ambos hombres juntos fue un “perjuicio”.

“Siempre pedimos ser juzgados por separado. Nunca se alegó que Jose Romero portara un arma en este incidente. Sí se alegó del coacusado, así que hasta cierto punto pagamos el precio”, dijo Lewis.

Tras el veredicto, la familia Randazzo dijo que planeaba visitar su tumba.

“Era una alegría en casa y para cualquiera con quien se encontraba”, dijo un familiar. “Llevaba luz a la vida de todos y todos lo extrañan por eso”.

Los fiscales no estaban buscando la pena de muerte en el caso, pero ambos hombres enfrentan sentencias obligatorias de cadena perpetua. Está previsto que regresen a la corte en junio para la sentencia.

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Officers responded around 8:45 p.m. to the 600 block of Northwest 12th Avenue after receiving reports of two men who had been shot.

Police said one victim was shot in the leg while the other suffered a gunshot wound to the upper torso.

Both men were taken to Broward Health Medical Center as trauma alerts with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.

The incident remains under investigation.

Los agentes respondieron alrededor de las 8:45 p.m. a la cuadra 600 de Northwest 12th Avenue tras recibir reportes de dos hombres que habían recibido disparos.

La policía informó que una víctima recibió un disparo en la pierna, mientras que la otra sufrió una herida de bala en la parte superior del torso.

Ambos hombres fueron trasladados al Broward Health Medical Center como alertas de trauma con heridas que no fueron consideradas de riesgo para sus vidas.

El incidente continúa bajo investigación.

He spent the time contemplating the haunting images of a spinning car hitting the wall last May before the race had even started, his hands flapping in anger and the frustration sinking in as he climbed out. All the inconsolable McLaughlin could do was cover his face.

He's not going to blow it Sunday at another sold-out Indianapolis 500.

Instead, McLaughlin intends to take full advantage of a second chance on Indianapolis Motor Speedway's 2.5-mile oval, and he hopes to show everyone what he's learned and how resilient he's become as he tries to write a worst-to-first script.

“No doubt I’ve come back stronger from it,” he said. “I don’t think I’m driving differently this year because of it. I’m just looking forward to getting back into the race, creating a new storyline, getting on with it. I’d love to go zero to hero, of course, but driving with emotion like that is probably a detriment. I've just got to go out there, execute and see what I’ve got.”

The 32-year-old New Zealander has returned to Indy with a steadier, more determined mindset to prove he won't make the same mistake twice. He didn't duck any questions about what happened, even if it still seems inexplicable.

But at Team Penske, it's not just McLaughlin seeking redemption this weekend.

Last May might have been the worst for team founder Roger Penske since 1995, when neither of his two-time 500 winners — Al Unser Jr. or Emerson Fittipaldi — made the 33-car starting field, with the open-wheel split keeping Penske away from Indy for the next five years.

In 2025, the trouble started long before McLaughlin crashed while warming up his tires as he was driving past pit lane. Two-time defending champion Josef Newgarden and 2018 Indy 500 winner Will Power were both penalized following a post-qualifying inspection that showed each car had illegally modified rear attenuators.

It marked the second time in 14 months The Captain's team had been tarnished by a cheating scandal. In April 2024, Newgarden was stripped of his win and McLaughlin lost his third-place finish at the season-opening race in St. Petersburg because they improperly used the push-to-pass button on restarts — a rule that was changed earlier this month after a dozen drivers did the same thing at Long Beach. The new rule will allow all 33 drivers to use it on restarts Sunday, the first time on an oval.

“What happened there was a nothing burger,” Newgarden said when asked about Long Beach. “I mean look, I don't have much to say about it, it doesn't matter to me. I'm here in Indianapolis.”

But the second infraction sent both cars to the back of the starting grid, essentially ending Newgarden's opportunity to become the first driver in race history with three straight 500 wins and Power's chance to add a second Indy crown in his contract year. Three key team executives —president Tim Cindric, IndyCar managing director Ron Ruzewski and IndyCar general manager Kyle Moyer — were fired.

The three drivers' race-day results were subpar, too, for a team with a record 20 Indy wins. Power was the team's best finisher, in 16th and one lap behind the leaders. Newgarden dropped out with 66 laps to go and came in 22nd. And McLaughlin, Penske's top qualifier, didn't complete a single lap.

This year, McLaughlin and Newgarden came back to Indy with a new teammate, David Malukas, who drives the No. 12 car Power occupied for more than a decade. McLaughlin also has a new race strategist, Cindric.

And while Malukas and McLaughlin already have put Team Penske in more favorable position this May, starting third and ninth, Newgarden struggled in qualifying. He'll start 23rd, in the middle of Row 8, though it's still a nine-spot improvement over last year's starting spot. The combination at least gives Penske's team a fighting chance on the track he owns.

“I'm just going into it like I do any race,” Malukas said when asked about starting on the outside of Row 1. "I'll just watch previous race starts from that position, just getting a collection of data to see where people funnel out, funnel in. I'll just go with the flow.”

Newgarden, however, will have to manage traffic all around him after earning his worst starting spot since 2013 with the exception of last year's penalty.

And then there's McLaughlin, who has a second chance to prove to his fans and the team that last year was an aberration and this year could have a storybook ending.

“I feel like last year sucked and stunk, but it’s part of my journey,” he said. “I feel like I’ve gotten years of experience in one. It was a tough thing. I never wish that upon my worst enemy, as I’ve said. It’s something I’ve grown from, for sure. But it put a lot of perspective in my life.”

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The Global Sumud Flotilla of 50 vessels was intercepted Monday in international waters some 250 miles (400 kilometers) off the coast of Israel as they sought to breach the blockade and deliver aid to Palestinians in Gaza. The activists said they were held for several days in Israel's K’tziot prison where some said they were shocked with electricity while being interrogated about their participation in the flotilla.

The Israeli government has denied allegations of mistreatment of detained flotilla activists, saying they were “false and entirely without factual basis.” There was no immediate response to the activists' accusations Saturday.

The activists were welcomed by pro-Palestinian supporters and their families as they arrived in South Africa from Turkey on Saturday morning.

They said many of them received harsh treatment, especially when the Israeli soldiers learned they were from South Africa, a country that has taken Israel to the International Court of Justice and accused it of committing genocide in Gaza.

“We were denied access to water for a while. Food they did give us, food that was not suitable for human consumption. We were denied access to toilets for many hours, and the minute we started protesting we were shot at with rubber bullets,” said activist Faizel Moosa.

Moosa, a former anti-apartheid activist during South Africa's liberation struggle against white minority rule, said the treatment they received under detention was the worst he had ever experienced.

“Having experienced detention under the apartheid regime during the struggle, this was far worse. It just goes to show that this is what Palestinians go through on a daily basis,” said Moosa.

Dr. Margaret Connolly, who was among an Irish contingent in the flotilla, said she had never been so frightened as she described dehumanizing conditions in detention.

She said some people were struck with guns. Detainees who had been stripped of their clothes and denied blankets had to huddle together in the cold to prevent hypothermia.

Connolly, the sister of Irish President Catherine Connolly, was among a group of 15 Irish activists who were greeted by cheering supporters and family members as they arrived home in Dublin on Saturday.

She said Israeli forces didn’t provide enough water or toiletries, and her medical kit was confiscated, preventing her from providing proper medical care. She said bread bags and shirt sleeves used for bandages and slings were later taken away.

“They wanted us to suffer,” Connolly said. “A lot of the soldiers with American accents, shouting down: ‘You should have thought of this before you came.’”

Three Chileans who were detained by Israel while attempting to reach Gaza to deliver aid also arrived home Saturday, where they criticized the Chilean government for what they described as its inaction in securing their release.

Víctor Chanfreau, Claudio Caiozzi and Carolina Eltit were part of the Global Sumud Flotilla. A large group of supporters greeted the trio at the airport in the capital, Santiago, with Palestinian flags, signs and applause.

“The Chilean government acted terribly, unsurprisingly,” Chanfreau told reporters at the airport, calling the Chilean Foreign Ministry’s diplomatic efforts in their detention “negligent.”

Eltit reported being beaten and held “in precarious conditions, without toilet paper, one bathroom for 190 people, lying in the sun, tied hand and foot.”

Connolly criticized the Irish government for rejecting sanctions against Israel.

Activist Qutb Hendricks called on the South African government to pile pressure on Israel by banning the sale of coal and other supplies to the country.

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Associated Press writers Brian Melley in London and Regina Garcia Cano in Mexico City contributed to this report.

En un comunicado, su oficina anunció que planea ayudar a ofrecer más apoyo a las familias que enfrentan altos precios de gasolina, vivienda y alimentos en el condado Broward.

“He luchado por la gente del condado Broward toda mi vida adulta, y siempre han podido contar conmigo para ofrecer resultados para nuestra comunidad”, dijo Wasserman Schultz en un comunicado. “Y he librado estas batallas cuando nuestros valores estaban en juego, mientras criaba una familia, vencía el cáncer y respondía al llamado del presidente Barack Obama para liderar nuestro partido nacional”.

La mayoría republicana en la Legislatura de Florida aprobó el mapa de redistribución de distritos propuesto por el gobernador Ron DeSantis, el cual es objeto de varias demandas que lo impugnan por supuestamente violar la Constitución estatal.

El Distrito 20 ha permanecido vacante desde que Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick renunció el 21 de abril.

DeSantis promulgó el nuevo mapa el 4 de mayo, y este modificó cinco áreas clave para los demócratas en Florida, incluyendo el Distrito 23.

Elijah Manley, un demócrata que compite en las primarias del Distrito 20, reaccionó rápidamente con críticas.

“DWS es todo lo que está mal con el establishment demócrata … Espero retirarla de la vida pública”, escribió Manley en X tras el anuncio.

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“Final aspects and details of the Deal are currently being discussed, and will be announced shortly,” Trump said on social media, with no details. He said he had spoken with leaders from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain, and separately with Israel.

He described it as a “Memorandum of Understanding pertaining to PEACE" that still must be finalized by the United States, Iran and the other countries that participated in the calls. It capped a week in which the U.S. weighed a new round of attacks on the Islamic Republic that would break a fragile ceasefire.

There was no mention of Iran's nuclear program and highly enriched uranium, which Iran has sought to discuss later. There was no immediate comment from Iran or Israel. Trump said speaking with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who had pressed the U.S. to go to war, went “very well.”

There had been growing optimism among officials

Earlier on Saturday, a regional official with direct knowledge of the Pakistan-led mediation efforts said the U.S. and Iran were closing in on a deal to end the war.

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss closed-door deliberations, cautioned that “last-minute disputes” could blow up the efforts. This is not the first time in recent weeks that a deal has been described as close.

The official said the deal would include an official declaration of the war's end, with two-month negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program. The Strait of Hormuz would be reopened and the U.S. would end its blockade of Iran’s ports.

Iran, meanwhile, had signaled “narrowing differences” in negotiations after Pakistani army chief Asim Munir held more talks in Tehran.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday welcomed Trump’s efforts to advance peace in the Middle East. He said Pakistan would continue supporting peace efforts “with utmost sincerity” and “we hope to host the next round of talks very soon.”

In a post on X, Sharif congratulated Trump on what he called his “extraordinary efforts to pursue peace” and described discussions among regional leaders as “very useful and productive.”

Twelve weeks have passed since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, killing top Iranian officials including its supreme leader and interrupting nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran for the second time in less than a year. Iran fired at Israel and at neighbors hosting U.S. forces, shaking Gulf nations that had considered themselves safe havens in a tough region.

A ceasefire has held since April 7. But Iran’s decision to effectively close the Strait of Hormuz for ships carrying regional oil, natural gas and other critical supplies has been a focal point of global concern and economic pain.

Iran described it as a ‘framework agreement' for more talks

Iran state TV earlier quoted Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei as describing the draft as a “framework agreement” and adding: “We want this to include the main issues required for ending the imposed war and other issues of essential importance to us. Then, over a reasonable time span, between 30 to 60 days, details are discussed and ultimately a final agreement is reached.”

He said the Strait of Hormuz is among the topics discussed.

But Baghaei told Iran’s official IRNA news agency that nuclear issues are not part of current negotiations.

“Our focus at this stage is on ending the war on all fronts, including Lebanon,” he said, adding that lifting sanctions on Tehran “has explicitly been included in the text and remains our fixed position.”

The Iranian-backed Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV reported that the Lebanese militant group's leader received a letter from Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi saying Tehran will not abandon its allies. There is a fragile, U.S.-brokered ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war in Lebanon, a conflict that began two days after the Iran war started.

Trump had said ‘serious negotiations’ were underway

Trump earlier said he was holding off on a military strike against Iran because “serious negotiations” were underway, and at the request of allies in the Middle East. Trump has repeatedly set deadlines for Tehran and then backed off.

Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, the lead negotiator in historic face-to-face talks with the U.S. last month in Islamabad, said Saturday that Iran has rebuilt its military assets and if Trump resumed attacks, the result would be “more crushing and more bitter” than at the start of the war.

State TV said he spoke after meeting with Pakistan’s army chief, who also met with Araghchi, President Masoud Pezeshkian and other senior officials. Qatar sent a senior official to Tehran to support Pakistan’s efforts.

The war’s stated aims have not been achieved. Iran still has its enriched uranium and a missile program it says is being rebuilt. It continues to express support for armed proxies in the region. The new supreme leader, though still unseen publicly since the war began, is the son of the previous one and close to the powerful Revolutionary Guard.

And the Iranian people have not revolted against the government as both Trump and Netanyahu had predicted after nationwide protests early this year.

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Magdy reported from Cairo and Superville from Washington. Associated Press writers Aamer Madhani in Washington and Bassem Mroue in Beirut contributed to this report.

El espectáculo, que se llevará a cabo desde el mediodía hasta las 5 p.m., incluye sobrevuelos de aviones de combate militares estadounidenses y exhibiciones de lanchas de alta velocidad.

Rita Case, presidenta y directora ejecutiva de Rick Case Automotive Group, dijo que el evento continúa creciendo cada año y sirve como un homenaje a los militares.

“Estoy muy orgullosa de ser concesionaria de Hyundai durante 40 años y me siento muy honrada de que Hyundai haya fundado este evento”, dijo Case. “El Salute to America’s Heroes presentado por Hyundai ha sido un gran evento. Continúa creciendo cada año”.

El espectáculo de este año contará con una amplia variedad de exhibiciones militares y sobrevuelos, incluida una formación denominada “Arsenal of Freedom”, que los organizadores califican como la primera de su tipo.

“Vamos a tener el espectáculo aéreo de los Thunderbirds”, dijo Case. “También vamos a tener el Arsenal of Freedom. Por primera vez vamos a tener al B-1, el B-2 y otras fortalezas voladoras de la Fuerza Aérea de Estados Unidos volando al mismo tiempo. Eso nunca se ha hecho antes en la historia de la Fuerza Aérea”.

El evento también incluye un espectáculo de drones, fuegos artificiales y un concierto gratuito con Parmalee el sábado por la noche.

Case dijo que el evento busca honrar a los miembros de las fuerzas armadas, especialmente antes del Día de los Caídos.

“Todo esto se trata del fin de semana del Memorial Day”, dijo. “Hyundai quería demostrar que este fin de semana debe ser para honrar a quienes pagaron el precio máximo por nuestra libertad. Somos un país libre gracias a más de un millón de hombres y mujeres del servicio militar que han perdido la vida a lo largo de la historia de Estados Unidos”.

Los organizadores dicen que el espectáculo será transmitido a nivel nacional y se espera que atraiga a grandes multitudes a Miami Beach durante todo el fin de semana.

Las autoridades recomiendan a los asistentes llegar temprano, llevar protector solar y prepararse para las altas temperaturas.

El sargento del Ejército de Estados Unidos Nelson Vélez describió el propósito de la participación de su Team 6 de los Golden Knights.

“La importancia de hacer espectáculos aéreos es definitivamente inspirar, no solo a la juventud estadounidense, sino también al público en general”, dijo Vélez el viernes.

Los eventos después del espectáculo incluyen presentaciones de drones, fuegos artificiales, proyecciones 3D y presentaciones musicales en vivo.

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Fernández spoke exclusively with Local 10 News on Saturday, offering a personal perspective on escalating tensions between the Cuban government and the Trump administration.

“Being part of that family, this moment weighs in a very different and personal manner,” Fernández said. “But everybody’s been waiting for justice. I think that more than justice, this indictment means the end of impunity for the Cuban regime.”

She said Cuban leaders have long operated without fear of consequences.

“For years and years and years they have been acting like nothing will happen to them, that there were no consequences,” she said. “They have been hostile to this country since the beginning of the revolution, for almost 70 years. So it was about time.”

Fernández, who left Cuba in the 1990s and now lives in Miami, has long been a critic of the island’s government.

During the interview, she was asked about the feasibility of bringing a 94-year-old Raúl Castro to the United States to face charges tied to the 1996 downing of two civilian planes operated by the Miami-based humanitarian group Brothers to the Rescue.

The attack killed four people, including three Americans, during a mission aimed at assisting Cubans fleeing the island.

“I don’t think this maneuver is as much about justice as the end of accountability,” she said. “It puts certainly a lot of pressure on the regime, a lot. It’s the first time they have been accused of something this serious.”

She added that while she does not believe extradition is realistic, she sees the indictment as symbolically significant.

“I don’t think it’s going to be an easy process,” Fernández said. “It’s not going to be easy, and I don’t think it’s really doable to bring a 95-year-old person to a court in the United States. That seems to be impossible. But I don’t really know the plans of this government. They amaze and surprise every day.

Fernández also addressed uncertainty surrounding U.S. policy toward Cuba, including shifting rhetoric on possible military intervention and diplomacy.

“I think that this is the 14th presidency since the Cuban regime is in place and none of them have known before how to deal with the Cuban government,” she said. “So let’s see if this one does.”

She said change in Cuba will likely not come easily from within.

“I’m convinced that a dictatorship needs a little push to get established and needs a little push to be taken away,” Fernández said. “I don’t think the Cuban population can deal with it by itself. It’s not banging in casseroles that you’re going to get rid of a regime that has been in place for 70 years.”

When asked about the emotional toll of the situation, Fernández said her feelings fluctuate.

“It’s complicated. It’s a lot of mixed emotions,” she said. “One day I’m hopeful, one day I’m depleted of whatever joy the freedom of Cuba can bring us.”

She said what troubles her most is the state of the country after more than six decades under communist rule.

“To see what the country has become after 67 years of this regime is falling apart,” she said. “Cuba hasn’t had electricity since the fall of the Soviet Union. We’ve been a subsidized country. Russians provide oil, then the Chinese, then Venezuela.”

Fernández also discussed a documentary about her life, The Revolution’s Daughter, which features stories from Cuban exiles.

“It’s a compilation of some exiles’ experiences and personal stories,” she said. “It’s very intimate and personal and it makes you understand how we feel and why we feel this way.”

She ended the interview urging viewers to better understand the Cuban exile experience.

“I just have to try to learn more about the Cuban experience,” Fernández said. “These days, everybody is so radicalized into a point of view without getting deeper into reality. I ask people to try to understand us — why we feel this way.”

No one was hurt in the attack, according to initial reports but as patients ran out to escape the fire, 18 people with suspected Ebola infections left the facility and are now unaccounted for, a local hospital director said.

The angry residents had arrived at the clinic in the town of Mongbwalu on Friday night and set fire to a tent set up for suspected and confirmed Ebola cases by the Doctors Without Borders humanitarian group, Dr. Richard Lokudi, director of the Mongbwalu hospital, told The Associated Press.

“We strongly condemn this act, as it caused panic among the staff and also resulted in the escape of 18 suspected cases into the community,” he said.

On Thursday, another treatment center, in the town of Rwampara, was burned down after family members were banned from retrieving the body of a local man suspected to have died of Ebola.

Burials of Ebola-victims stir anger, frustration

The bodies of those who died of Ebola can be highly contagious and lead to further spread when people prepare them for burial and gather for funerals. The dangerous work of burying suspected victims is being managed wherever possible by authorities, which can be met by protests from families and friends.

A communal burial for Ebola patients in Rwampara took place on Saturday under tight security as tensions between health workers and the local community ran high, said David Basima, a team leader with the Red Cross overseeing burials.

Armed soldiers and police monitored the burials as Red Cross workers clad in white protective suits lowered sealed coffins into the ground. Crying family members stood at a distance.

Basima said his team, after arriving at the scene, “experienced a lot of difficulties, including resistance from young people and the community.”

“We were forced to alert the authorities so that they could come to our aid, just for safety,” said Basima.

Authorities in northeastern Congo on Friday banned funeral wakes and gatherings of more than 50 people in an effort to curb the spread of the virus.

The outbreak is a high risk to Congo, WHO says

The World Health Organization has said that the outbreak now poses a “very high” risk for Congo — up from a previous categorization of “high” — but that the risk of the disease spreading globally remains low.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that 82 cases and seven deaths have been confirmed in Congo, but that the outbreak is believed to be “much larger.”

There is no available vaccine for the Bundibugyo virus, a rare type of Ebola, which spread undetected for weeks in Congo’s Ituri province following the first known death, while authorities tested for another, more common, Ebola virus and came up negative. There are now 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths, though more are expected as surveillance expands.

Dr. Jean Kaseya, director-general of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said a response to the outbreak must include building trust with communities.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said on Saturday that three of its volunteers had died from the outbreak in Mongbwalu. The agency said it believed the three healthcare workers contracted the virus on March 27 while handling dead bodies as part of a humanitarian mission unrelated to Ebola.

If confirmed, this would significantly push back the timeline of the outbreak from the previous first confirmed death in late April in the town of Bunia, the capital of Ituri.

The US bars green-card holders from Ebola-stricken countries

U.S. federal health officials said on Friday night that they are banning green card holders who have been in Ebola-affected countries from returning to the U.S.

Green card holders are people who are not U.S. citizens but have been granted authorization to live and work permanently in the United States.

According to a Federal Register notice on Friday, the U.S. government is enacting a rule that restricts green card holders who have recently been in Congo, Uganda or South Sudan from reentering the United States.

It's unclear why South Sudan was on the list as the country has not confirmed any Ebola cases so far in this outbreak.

Such a ban will help ensure that Ebola screening, contact tracing, quarantine monitoring, and medical monitoring will be available to U.S. citizens, according to the notice.

Federal law provides for a period before such decisions become final but the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services can argue that the order can take effect immediately in certain circumstances.

The department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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McMakin reported from Dakar, Senegal. AP Medical Writer Mike Stobbe in New York contributed to this report.

Fernández habló en exclusiva con Local 10 News el sábado y ofreció una perspectiva personal sobre las crecientes tensiones entre el gobierno cubano y la administración del presidente Trump.

“Ser parte de esa familia hace que este momento tenga un peso muy diferente y personal”, dijo Fernández. “Pero todos han estado esperando justicia. Creo que más que justicia, esta acusación significa el fin de la impunidad para el régimen cubano”.

Dijo que los líderes cubanos han operado durante mucho tiempo sin temor a consecuencias.

“Durante años y años y años han actuado como si nada les fuera a pasar, como si no hubiera consecuencias”, dijo. “Han sido hostiles hacia este país desde el comienzo de la revolución, durante casi 70 años. Así que ya era hora”.

Fernández, quien salió de Cuba en la década de 1990 y ahora vive en Miami, ha sido durante mucho tiempo una crítica del gobierno de la isla.

Durante la entrevista, se le preguntó sobre la viabilidad de llevar a Raúl Castro, de 94 años, a Estados Unidos para enfrentar cargos relacionados con el derribo en 1996 de dos avionetas civiles operadas por el grupo humanitario Hermanos al Rescate, con sede en Miami.

El ataque dejó cuatro personas muertas, incluidos tres estadounidenses, durante una misión destinada a asistir a cubanos que huían de la isla.

“No creo que esta maniobra tenga tanto que ver con justicia como con el fin de la impunidad”, dijo. “Sin duda pone mucha presión sobre el régimen, mucha. Es la primera vez que han sido acusados de algo tan grave”.

Añadió que, aunque no cree que una extradición sea realista, considera que la acusación tiene un significado simbólico.

“No creo que vaya a ser un proceso fácil”, dijo Fernández. “No va a ser fácil y no creo que realmente sea posible llevar a una persona de 95 años a un tribunal en Estados Unidos. Eso parece imposible. Pero realmente no conozco los planes de este gobierno. Sorprenden y asombran todos los días”.

Fernández también abordó la incertidumbre en torno a la política de Estados Unidos hacia Cuba, incluidos los cambios en la retórica sobre una posible intervención militar y la diplomacia.

“Creo que esta es la presidencia número 14 desde que el régimen cubano está en el poder y ninguno de ellos ha sabido antes cómo lidiar con el gobierno cubano”, dijo. “Así que veamos si este sí lo logra”.

Dijo que el cambio en Cuba probablemente no llegará fácilmente desde dentro.

“Estoy convencida de que una dictadura necesita un pequeño empujón para establecerse y necesita un pequeño empujón para ser removida”, dijo Fernández. “No creo que la población cubana pueda lidiar con eso por sí sola. No es golpeando cacerolas como se va a eliminar un régimen que ha estado en el poder durante 70 años”.

Cuando se le preguntó sobre el impacto emocional de la situación, Fernández dijo que sus sentimientos cambian constantemente.

“Es complicado. Son muchas emociones mezcladas”, dijo. “Un día tengo esperanza, otro día estoy agotada de cualquier alegría que la libertad de Cuba pueda traernos”.

Dijo que lo que más le preocupa es el estado del país después de más de seis décadas bajo el régimen comunista.

“Ver en lo que se ha convertido el país después de 67 años de este régimen es devastador”, dijo. “Cuba no ha tenido electricidad desde la caída de la Unión Soviética. Hemos sido un país subsidiado. Los rusos proporcionaban petróleo, luego los chinos, luego Venezuela”.

Fernández también habló sobre un documental sobre su vida, The Revolution’s Daughter, que presenta historias de exiliados cubanos.

“Es una recopilación de experiencias e historias personales de algunos exiliados”, dijo. “Es muy íntimo y personal y te hace entender cómo nos sentimos y por qué nos sentimos así”.

Concluyó la entrevista instando a los televidentes a comprender mejor la experiencia del exilio cubano.

“Simplemente tienen que tratar de aprender más sobre la experiencia cubana”, dijo Fernández. “En estos días todos están tan radicalizados en un punto de vista sin profundizar en la realidad. Le pido a la gente que trate de entendernos, por qué nos sentimos así”.

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Martinez said she feared that he was among the hundreds of activists who Israeli soldiers had detained on Monday and Tuesday at sea.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent referred to the flotilla as “pro-terror” and imposed sanctions against several European activists.

“They are taking food, clothing, pampers, baby food,” Martinez said about the purpose of the Global Sumud Flotilla that challenged the blockade on Gaza.

Israel has been enforcing a sea blockade of Gaza since Hamas took control in 2007, and intensified it after Hamas militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostage.

The Global Sumud Flotilla had a live feed video from cameras on boats online and reported that at least 31 boats out of the 50 that departed on May 14 from Turkey were intercepted, and 428 activists were unaccounted for.

Israel reported detaining 430 activists after intercepting 41 boats.

Martinez said she was terrified after she saw the videos that Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir released on Wednesday. The images later drew the ire of Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“If they are willing to do that and show it and be super blatant about it, I can’t imagine what’s going on behind closed doors,” Martinez said.

On Tuesday, Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani called for an urgent review of Israel’s use of force, and Ireland’s Prime Minister Micheál Martin said the detentions were “absolutely unacceptable.”

On Wednesday, Netanyahu ordered the activists’ deportation, and British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said Ben-Gvir’s video “violates the most basic standards of respect and dignity.”

On Thursday, the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced the activists were deported, and Netanyahu said that although Israel has to stop “provocative flotillas of Hamas terrorist supporters,” Ben-Gvir’s treatment was “not in line with Israel’s values and norms.”

Also on Thursday, French foreign affairs minister Jean-Noel Barrot condemned Ben-Gvir’s treatment of the activists.

A group of 420 activists departed Israel on Thursday. Some talked to reporters about beatings, tasers, and attack dogs after arriving at Istanbul, Athens, and other cities in Europe on Thursday and Friday.

There were journalists among the activists. Alessandro Mantovani, an Italian journalist for the daily Il Fatto Quotidiano, told The Associated Press that he and the activists were put on their knees and blindfolded.

“They repositioned mine 30 times because I kept trying to look around. And there’s absolutely no possibility in this situation to say ‘I’m a member of parliament’ or ‘I’m a journalist’ — you’re dealing with machines that scream and accompany their screaming with physical gestures," Mantovani told the AP.

Mantovani said Israeli authorities put them flat on the ground, then on their knees, with zip ties on their wrists tied down to a metal structure.

“So you’re forced to travel in an extremely uncomfortable position on rough concrete. And I had cramps in my legs the whole time, obviously,” Mantovani told the AP.

Mantovani said they were transferred to a ship, entered through a small hatch, were shoved and dragged by force with their arms twisted behind their backs, and forced to kneel in front of a wall with their heads down.

“Flat on my stomach, hands behind my back, face pressed, head pressed against the soaking wet and dirty floor of this ship — pressed down with their feet — and then they pressed my hands behind my back,” Mantovani told the AP.

Once inside the container, he said the abuse continued.

“I was kicked in the shin. Honestly, I don’t expect it. And they say, ‘Welcome to Israel.’ Then a punch to the face, one from this side, one from that side. A closed-fist punch,” Mantovani told the AP. “I moved to get up, and I got kicked in the leg. A little jolt from a taser to the ribs. And then I make it out the other side of this container and reach the deck.”

On Friday, Martinez said she still had not heard from her brother, who she said knew the risks of joining the Global Sumud Flotilla.

“I am so proud of my brother for doing this, because they went and basically risked their lives for people that we don’t even know,” Martinez said.

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Martínez dijo que temía que él estuviera entre los cientos de activistas detenidos por soldados israelíes el lunes y martes en el mar.

El secretario del Tesoro de Estados Unidos, Scott Bessent, se refirió a la flotilla como “proterrorista” e impuso sanciones contra varios activistas europeos.

“Están llevando comida, ropa, pampers, comida para bebés”, dijo Martínez sobre el propósito de la Flotilla Global Sumud, que desafió el bloqueo sobre Gaza.

Israel ha mantenido un bloqueo marítimo sobre Gaza desde que Hamás tomó el control en 2007 y lo intensificó después de que militantes de Hamás atacaran Israel el 7 de octubre de 2023, dejando alrededor de 1,200 personas muertas y más de 250 rehenes.

La Flotilla Global Sumud tenía una transmisión en vivo de cámaras instaladas en las embarcaciones en internet y reportó que al menos 31 barcos de los 50 que partieron el 14 de mayo desde Turquía fueron interceptados y que 428 activistas estaban desaparecidos.

Israel informó la detención de 430 activistas tras interceptar 41 embarcaciones.

Martínez dijo que estaba aterrorizada después de ver los videos que el ministro de Seguridad Nacional de Israel, Itamar Ben-Gvir, publicó el miércoles. Las imágenes posteriormente provocaron la indignación del ministro de Relaciones Exteriores israelí, Gideon Saar, y del primer ministro Benjamin Netanyahu.

“Si están dispuestos a hacer eso, mostrarlo y ser tan descarados al respecto, no puedo imaginar lo que ocurre a puertas cerradas”, dijo Martínez.

El martes, el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Italia, Antonio Tajani, pidió una revisión urgente del uso de la fuerza por parte de Israel, y el primer ministro de Irlanda, Micheál Martin, dijo que las detenciones eran “absolutamente inaceptables”.

El miércoles, Netanyahu ordenó la deportación de los activistas, y la secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores británica, Yvette Cooper, dijo que el video de Ben-Gvir “viola los estándares más básicos de respeto y dignidad”.

El jueves, el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Israel anunció que los activistas fueron deportados, y Netanyahu dijo que, aunque Israel debe detener las “flotillas provocadoras de simpatizantes terroristas de Hamás”, el trato de Ben-Gvir “no estaba alineado con los valores y normas de Israel”.

También el jueves, el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Francia, Jean-Noel Barrot, condenó el trato de Ben-Gvir hacia los activistas.

Un grupo de 420 activistas salió de Israel el jueves. Algunos hablaron con reporteros sobre golpizas, pistolas taser y perros de ataque tras llegar a Estambul, Atenas y otras ciudades de Europa el jueves y viernes.

Había periodistas entre los activistas. Alessandro Mantovani, periodista italiano del diario Il Fatto Quotidiano, dijo a The Associated Press que tanto él como los activistas fueron obligados a arrodillarse y vendados.

“Reposicionaron mi venda 30 veces porque seguía tratando de mirar alrededor. Y en esta situación no hay absolutamente ninguna posibilidad de decir ‘soy miembro del Parlamento’ o ‘soy periodista’; estás lidiando con máquinas que gritan y acompañan sus gritos con gestos físicos”, dijo Mantovani a la AP.

Mantovani dijo que las autoridades israelíes los pusieron boca abajo en el suelo, luego de rodillas, con las muñecas sujetas con bridas plásticas atadas a una estructura metálica.

“Así que te obligan a viajar en una posición extremadamente incómoda sobre concreto áspero. Y tuve calambres en las piernas todo el tiempo, obviamente”, dijo Mantovani a la AP.

Mantovani dijo que fueron transferidos a un barco, ingresaron por una pequeña escotilla, fueron empujados y arrastrados por la fuerza con los brazos torcidos detrás de la espalda y obligados a arrodillarse frente a una pared con la cabeza hacia abajo.

“Boca abajo, con las manos detrás de la espalda, la cara y la cabeza presionadas contra el piso mojado y sucio de este barco, presionadas con sus pies, y luego me apretaron las manos detrás de la espalda”, dijo Mantovani a la AP.

Una vez dentro del contenedor, dijo que el abuso continuó.

“Me patearon en la espinilla. Honestamente, no lo esperaba. Y dicen: ‘Bienvenido a Israel’. Luego un golpe en la cara, uno de este lado, otro del otro lado. Un puñetazo con el puño cerrado”, dijo Mantovani a la AP. “Me moví para levantarme y me patearon la pierna. Una pequeña descarga de una pistola taser en las costillas. Y luego logré salir al otro lado de este contenedor y llegar a la cubierta”.

El viernes, Martínez dijo que aún no había tenido noticias de su hermano, quien, según ella, conocía los riesgos de unirse a la Flotilla Global Sumud.

“Estoy muy orgullosa de mi hermano por hacer esto, porque fueron y básicamente arriesgaron sus vidas por personas que ni siquiera conocemos”, dijo Martínez.

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In comes after Federal prosecutors announced earlier this week that Castro is facing charges tied to the 1996 downing of two civilian planes operated by the Miami-based humanitarian group Brothers to the Rescue.

The attack killed four people, including three Americans, during a mission aimed at assisting Cubans fleeing the island.

“Raul is not a defendant; Raul is our leader, a soldier of dignity,” Cuban lawmaker and former spy Gerardo Hernandez said during Friday’s protest in Havana.

Cuba’s government sharply condemned the charges, calling them “despicable.”

Castro, 94, did not attend the demonstration. However, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and Castro’s grandson, who often serves as his bodyguard, joined the crowd outside the embassy.

As demonstrators gathered in Havana, some residents questioned the motives behind the indictment and what it could mean for Cuba moving forward.

“I think their plan to use the figure of our Army General, Raul Castro, for a possible intervention in our country is the same tactic they used against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro,” Havana resident Ernardo Musibay said. “The Department of Justice later made clear there was no evidence to back those accusations.”

Havana resident Ernesto Musibay expressed frustration over conditions in Cuba.

“All people in Cuba are the same — only one class, poor people,” he said.

In Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood, reactions to the protests were mixed.

“When I saw the large crowd, I couldn’t believe it,” Miami resident Annabella Vigna said.

“In my eyes, that’s not representative of the Cuban people or the people who left because of the regime and oppression,” she said. “I don’t believe those people genuinely support the Cuban government. I think many are being forced.”

Esto ocurre luego de que fiscales federales anunciaran esta semana que Castro enfrenta cargos relacionados con el derribo en 1996 de dos avionetas civiles operadas por el grupo humanitario Hermanos al Rescate -Brothers of Rescue-, con sede en Miami.

El ataque dejó cuatro personas muertas, incluidos tres estadounidenses, durante una misión destinada a asistir a cubanos que huían de la isla.

“Raúl no es un acusado; Raúl es nuestro líder, un soldado de la dignidad”, dijo el legislador cubano y ex espía Gerardo Hernández durante la protesta del viernes en La Habana.

El gobierno de Cuba condenó enérgicamente los cargos, calificándolos de “despreciables”.

Castro, de 94 años, no asistió a la manifestación. Sin embargo, el presidente cubano Miguel Díaz-Canel y el nieto de Castro, quien frecuentemente actúa como su guardaespaldas, se unieron a la multitud frente a la embajada.

Mientras los manifestantes se reunían en La Habana, algunos residentes cuestionaron los motivos detrás de la acusación y lo que podría significar para Cuba en el futuro.

“Creo que su plan de usar la figura de nuestro General de Ejército, Raúl Castro, para una posible intervención en nuestro país es la misma táctica que utilizaron contra el presidente venezolano Nicolás Maduro”, dijo el residente de La Habana Ernardo Musibay. “El Departamento de Justicia posteriormente dejó claro que no había evidencia que respaldara esas acusaciones”.

El residente de La Habana Ernesto Musibay expresó frustración por las condiciones en Cuba.

“Todas las personas en Cuba son iguales, solo hay una clase: personas pobres”, dijo.

En el vecindario de La Pequeña Habana en Miami, las reacciones a las protestas fueron divididas.

“Cuando vi la gran multitud, no podía creerlo”, dijo la residente de Miami Annabella Vigna.

“A mis ojos, eso no representa al pueblo cubano ni a las personas que se fueron debido al régimen y la opresión”, dijo. “No creo que esas personas realmente apoyen al gobierno cubano. Creo que muchas están siendo obligadas”.

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A Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said deputies responded around 6:20 a.m. to Northwest 24th Avenue and Northwest 62nd Street in the county’s Brownsville area after receiving reports of a person shot.

Investigators said the victim was walking in the area when he was struck by gunfire from an unknown suspect and did not initially realize he had been shot.

Deputies said they found a man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to his lower extremities.

They said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel transported him to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center in stable condition.

Authorities said MDSO’s Northside General Investigations Unit is handling the case.

Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

Un portavoz de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade indicó que agentes respondieron alrededor de las 6:20 a.m. a la intersección de Northwest 24th Avenue y Northwest 62nd Street, en el área de Brownsville del condado, tras recibir reportes de una persona herida de bala.

Los investigadores dijeron que la víctima caminaba por el área cuando fue alcanzada por disparos de un sospechoso desconocido y que inicialmente no se dio cuenta de que había sido baleada.

Los agentes informaron que encontraron a un hombre con una aparente herida de bala en las extremidades inferiores.

Indicaron que personal de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue lo trasladó al Ryder Trauma Center del Hospital Jackson Memorial en condición estable.

Las autoridades dijeron que la Unidad de Investigaciones Generales Northside de la MDSO está a cargo del caso.

Cualquier persona con información sobre la balacera debe llamar a Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers al 305-471-8477.

“As of today, Itamar Ben-Gvir is banned from entering French territory. This decision follows his unspeakable actions toward French and European citizens who were passengers on the Global Sumud Flotilla," the French foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, announced in a post on X.

“We cannot tolerate that French nationals can be threatened, intimidated or brutalized in this way — all the more so by a public official,” Barrot posted, calling on the European Union to also sanction Ben-Gvir.

The Associated Press has sought comment from Ben-Gvir's spokesperson and the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

This week, Ben-Gvir sparked global outrage after promoting a video of himself taunting detained flotilla activists.

In one clip, Ben-Gvir is seen waving a large Israeli flag over hunched-over detainees whose hands appear to be bound. In another, he taunts a kneeling detainee whose wrists are zip-tied, yelling “Am Yisrael Chai” at him — Hebrew for “The nation of Israel lives.” In a third, detainees can be seen — foreheads to the floor of an outdoor pen — as the Israeli national anthem plays and armed guards encircle them.

Foreign leaders — and even coalition partner Netanyahu — condemned Ben-Gvir's on-camera treatment of some 430 flotilla detainees.

In his post, the French minister was also critical of flotilla activists, who were attempting to breach Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza.

“We disapprove of this flotilla’s approach, which produces no useful effect and places an additional burden on diplomatic and consular services," Barrot wrote.

The flotilla of 50 boats was intercepted in international waters some 250 miles (400 kilometers) off the coast of Israel. Detained activists accused Israeli forces of mistreatment, describing beatings, tasers and attack dogs.

Poland has also barred Ben-Gvir, announcing a five-year-ban on Thursday.

“In the democratic world we do not abuse and gloat over people in custody," Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski posted.

The question up for debate: take a traditional vacation and travel out of town, or opt for a staycation closer to home.

Vacations can offer a chance to explore new destinations, try different experiences and step away from daily routines. But they also come with higher costs, including airfare, lodging and transportation.

Staycations, by contrast, often cost less and eliminate travel time and the stress of packing and logistics. But they can also make it harder for some people to fully disconnect if work, errands or family obligations continue to intrude.

Some South Florida residents note that rising travel costs, including fuel prices, are factoring into their decisions. Others say the region itself offers plenty of local attractions that can make staying home feel like a getaway.

For families, especially those with young children, travel can also add challenges, from navigating airports to managing schedules.

In the end, the decision often comes down to budget, convenience and how much time off people can truly dedicate to unplugging.

Viewers are being asked to share their preference: vacation or staycation this Memorial Day weekend. Let us know in the poll or comment section below.

The purge of news releases documenting criminal charges, convictions and sentencings is the latest step by the Trump administration to dramatically rewrite the history of the assault on the Capitol, when hundreds of supporters of Republican President Donald Trump stormed the building in an effort to halt the congressional certification of his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.

Trump, on his first day back in office in January 2025, pardoned, commuted the prison sentences or vowed to dismiss the cases of all of the 1,500-plus people charged with crimes during the Capitol assault, including those convicted of attacking officers with makeshift weapons such as flagpoles, a hockey stick and crutch.

On Monday, the Justice Department announced the creation of a $1.776 billion fund meant to compensate Trump allies who feel they were unjustly investigated and prosecuted. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has not ruled out that rioters convicted of violence will be eligible for payouts, prompting bipartisan anger in Congress.

After a journalist on Friday observed on the social media platform X that the Justice Department was “quietly” removing news releases on its website that were related to the Jan. 6 attack, including about a Texas man who pleaded guilty to assault and also faced separate state charges of soliciting a minor, the department responded through its “rapid response” account that there was “nothing ‘quiet’ about it.”

“We are proud to reverse the DOJ's weaponization under the Biden administration. We will do everything in our power to make whole those who were persecuted for political purposes,” the post said. “This includes stripping DOJ's website of partisan propaganda.”

Among the releases removed from the site were those concerning seditious conspiracy cases against members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, far-right extremist groups. The Justice Department, in an unopposed motion last month, asked a federal appeals court to vacate those seditious conspiracy convictions, a request that was granted Thursday. The department on Friday moved to dismiss the cases against the group members.

Rep. Mark Takano, whose American-born parents were both incarcerated as young children with their families during the forced relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II, could not help but see the parallels between that chapter of American history and this one.

“I do feel like there's a similarity of circumstance of my own 2-year-old father and my 1-year-old mother being labeled as enemy aliens and they’re considered a danger to national security," he told The Associated Press in an interview.

“They’re put into these incarceration camps,” he said. “Similar arguments have been made by this administration — that immigrants pose a grave danger to our country and it’s for the security of our country that we’re doing this.”

Echoes of history in Trump's immigration sweeps

President Donald Trump’s campaign promise of the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history is at an inflection point. Americans are seeing what it looks like to round up, detain and deport thousands of people, particularly in the aftermath of the deaths this year of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, U.S. citizens protesting the actions in Minneapolis.

The White House changed the leadership at the Department of Homeland Security as it reframes its approach. New Secretary Markwayne Mullin promised to keep the department off the front pages.

But Trump is also under mounting pressure from conservative groups not to let up on the goal of deporting 1 million people a year. The president's Republican allies in Congress are fueling the immigration and deportation actions with billions of dollars in special funds.

Takano, the ranking Democrat on the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, has drawn from his own family history — and the country's eventual redress to Japanese Americans who were detained — to challenge Trump's approach.

“We look back on that era of history as a shameful one, as a time when our political leaders failed the Constitution, failed the American people,” he said.

One family's story among many

A former high school history teacher before being elected to Congress in 2012, Takano grew up in Southern California and came to understand the family stories.

His grandfather Isao Takano arrived in the U.S. from Hiroshima and married Kazue Takahashi, a U.S.-born citizen. Together they settled in Bellevue, Washington, and launched a business growing tomatoes, strawberries and chrysanthemums for the marketplace in Seattle.

When the U.S. entered the war after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, they were among some 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, immigrants and those born in the U.S., forcibly relocated.

His father, William, was 2 years old when his family was sent in 1942 to the incarceration camp at Tule Lake in California. His mother, Nancy Tsugiye Sakamoto, born in California to American-born parents, was a year old when she was relocated to the detention facility in Heart Mountain, Wyoming.

Then, as now, he said, people are being swept up in the anti-immigrant detentions.

“Will Americans generations from now visit Alligator Alcatraz and think to themselves, How could our government do this?” Takano said during a House floor speech, referring to the Trump-era immigration detention facility in Florida.

“These future generations of Americans will look to us, the Congress, to see what we did to try to stop it.”

A Reagan-era law is seen as model for redress

Takano remembers his father taking him to see the land the family once owned. He learned about his great uncles who served in the Army's 442nd Regimental Combat Team of Japanese American soldiers; one was killed in action in Italy. He recalls his own father later collected donations for the national redress campaign.

In 1988 Congress passed the Civil Liberties Act, which sought to apologize for the “grave injustice” that had been done and provide $20,000 to each person detained. Republican President Ronald Reagan signed it into law.

Takano's parents were among those who received a letter of apology from the federal government, he said, and a payment.

Talks are underway among some in Congress, he said, for a similar redress to the people who have had their car windows smashed in, their homes raided and livelihoods upended as part of Trump's immigration enforcement operations.

“Remarkably the country did come to realize the mistake,” he said. “I believe we’re living through one of those eras of mistakes and I believe we can come out of this moment stronger.”