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It happened just after 12:30 a.m. in the 1300 block of North State Road 7, near the Lauderhill Mall.

According to the Lauderhill Police Department, police responded and found the man, a pedestrian, “suffering from multiple injuries.”

Sgt. Parys Thomas, an LPD spokesperson, said in a news release that the man “was transported to Broward Health Medical Center, where he remains in critical, but stable condition.”

“The driver fled the scene in an unknown vehicle and direction of travel,” Thomas said.

Anyone with information is asked to call LPD or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

Erik Spoelstra, the Heat’s head coach, praised Ryan Conwell, who got the ball down one at the buzzer.

Spoelstra also noticed an aggressive Niko Jovic making the most of his work with 12 points and 6 rebounds in the first half.

Miami entered the game with a 2-0 record in pre-season, averaging 128.5 points per game. Tipoff was at 8 p.m.

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BSO detectives reported that Manuel Antonio Farfán Cabello stabbed his mother, Ylda Lucia Cabello Ynocente, several times on Friday night, according to BSO.

Fire rescue personnel declared Cabello Ynocente dead at about 7:45 p.m. on Friday at the two-bedroom home she had shared with Farfán Cabello in Tamarac, according to BSO.

A Facebook account showed photos and videos of Cabello Ynocente and Farfán Cabello sharing a love of soccer. She identified as a native of Huancayo, Peru, who had studied accounting at the public university there.

Neighbors said videos show Farfán Cabello running from house to house asking for money on Friday.

Deputies arrested Farfán Cabello on Friday night at 5301 NW 28 Ave., and corrections booked him at the Broward County Main Jail in Fort Lauderdale, where he remained on Saturday.

Farfán Cabello, who turns 29 on Oct. 16, faced a first-degree premeditated murder charge, according to Broward County court records

Broward County Circuit Judge George Odom was set to preside over the capital homicide case that prosecutors filed on Saturday.

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Local 10 News Assignment Editor Sofia Mendez contributed to this report.

Strong wind gusts blew the roof off the Rest & Relax Inn at 7200 Plantation Road in Pensacola. There was also damage at the Pensacola International Airport.

The first hurricane of the Atlantic season caused at least four people to die and some 900,000 to lose power in Florida and Alabama, according to officials.

In Escambia County, a woman died after a tree fell on her home, and a man died while keeping a generator running in his garage during the storm, according to Sheriff Chip Simmons.

In Alabama, downed trees were to blame for two deaths in Birmingham and Barbour County.

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“There was nobody in the middle, so I figured I would run there,” Minchey said. “We had our play called, and I wasn't necessarily part of it, but that's what my read told me to so I ran it in. It was great.”

LSU (4-2, 1-2 Southeastern Conference) scored first in overtime when quarterback Sam Leavitt scored on a 15-yard run.

Kentucky (5-1, 3-1) forced overtime when Adam Zouagui kicked a 33-yard field goal with 12 seconds left in regulation after missing field goals of 42 and 26 yards with less than five minutes to play, the second after Leavitt was sacked and fumbled.

“I’m in shock. We’ve got a really good football team. People count us out. I took a picture of (ESPN) College GameDay this morning; everyone picked LSU. Keep doing that. It gives us a lot of fuel,” Kentucky coach Will Stein said. “It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t perfect. We just kept chopping. We kept fighting.”

Minchey was 23 of 36 for 246 yards passing, 206 of those in the second half. Baxter ran for 123 yards — 77 on Kentucky’s first play of the game — and two touchdowns.

Freshman receiver Kenneth Darby, who had originally committed to LSU, had four catches for 79 yards. His 22-yard catch in overtime put the Wildcats at the LSU 1 to set up the winning sequence.

“It’s just tough to stop those guys. I mean, Sam Leavitt’s really good. They got big backs. They were throwing it all over the yard. This is not to discredit our defense, our defense made some unbelievable plays and takeaways and dealing with injuries,” Stein said.

Kentucky was down three linebackers, two defensive backs and a defensive lineman.

Leavitt was 25-of-34 passing for 275 yards and two touchdowns, but also had an interception and the fumble. LSU wide receiver Jackson Harris threw a 41-yard touchdown pass to Roman Mothershed with 9:42 remaining to give the Tigers a 27-24 lead.

“It came down to a one-play game, but there were a lot of plays before that to close the game out. We had the ball ahead, and turned it over,” said LSU coach Lane Kiffin. “Disappointing all three phases. If you don't execute, you don't execute. On the punt return (a 55-yard touchdown by Brock Coffman), we had a player there tackling him and he didn't tackle him. If you don't execute, you get exposed against a good team.”

The takeaway

LSU: The Tigers' defense was giving up an average of 220.6 yards per game, third in the nation. Saturday night they gave up 401 yards. The high-powered Tiger offense was third nationally at 547.8 yards per game, but ended Saturday night with 410 yards.

Kentucky: Saturday’s win was the Wildcats' second straight overtime win, both by identical 35-34 scores. The Wildcats beat South Carolina last Saturday on the road, but fell out of the Top 25 poll. They could make a big leap back into the poll this week. It's also the first time in school history Kentucky has played two straight overtime games.

Up Next

LSU: Hosts No. 17 Mississippi State next Saturday.

Kentucky: Visits Oklahoma next Saturday.

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The second-ranked Bulldogs benefitted from what appeared to be a blown call in a 20-17 victory at No. 2 Alabama on Saturday night.

Dwight Phillips Jr. ran for 120 yards, Bo Walker added 69 more and Georgia staked its claim to a top spot in the AP Top 25 poll with its first victory in Tuscaloosa since 2014. But most of the talk afterward was about Southeastern Conference officials declining to throw a flag on Georgia safety KJ Bolden after what appeared to be a clear pass-interference penalty in the end zone.

It would have moved the Crimson Tide safely into field-goal range. Instead, Bolden sacked Keelon Russell on the next play and forced Alabama to punt.

“We can’t put the game in that situation where the officials come into play," Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer said. “We just got to control the things we can control.”

After the no-call, Georgia iced away the final three minutes — with some help from Alabama cornerback Dijon Lee Jr., who pushed receiver to the ground after the whistle and drew a personal-foul penalty that allowed the Bulldogs to run out the clock.

Lee also was flagged for pass interference earlier in the second half, which helped set up Gunner Stockton’s 14-yard touchdown run. Stockton played well, completing 18 of 22 passes for 249 yards, with a touchdown and an interception.

The Bulldogs finished with 206 yards on the ground despite playing without leading rusher Nate Frazier and won the latest showdown between the two SEC heavyweights. It was Georgia’s third win over Alabama in their last 13 meetings, first in the regular season since 2007 and Kirby Smart’s first win in Tuscaloosa.

“I didn’t come here to lose,” Smart said.

The game was played despite Hurricanes Isaias coming ashore Friday night. Bryant-Denny Stadium was packed — President Trump decided not to attend — and the result should vault Georgia to the top spot in the Top 25 after No. 1 Texas lost to Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry.

Russell completed 16 of 30 passes for 185 yards, with a touchdown. He also ran for 41 yards.

Alabama’s Ryan Coleman-Williams leaves the game twice

Alabama star receiver Ryan Coleman-Williams was knocked out of the game twice, first with an apparent left leg injury and then to be evaluated for a concussion.

Quarterback Keelon Russell targeted Coleman-Williams in the end zone from Georgia’s 16-yard line late in the second quarter. The pass was broken up, and when Coleman-Williams tried to stand up, he could not put any weight on his leg. Alabama’s training staff helped him off the field.

Coleman-Williams returned after the break, spent time on an exercise bike and was back on the field to start the third quarter.

But he was injured again when his head appeared to hit the ground late in the game while trying to make a catch. Team trainers took his helmet and escorted him to the locker room. He finished with three receptions for 39 yards.

The takeaway

Georgia found success on the ground without Frazier and backup Chauncey Bowens. The Bulldogs also benefited from recovering all five of their fumbles. Stockton was 9-of-10 passing for 104 yards on third down.

Alabama had its moments offensively but missed opportunities on the ground and with scoring chances on the brink of field-goal range.

Up next

Georgia hosts Auburn in the rivalry dubbed “The Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry” next Saturday.

Alabama plays at No. 15 Tennessee in the rivalry known as “The Third Saturday in October” next Saturday.

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Williams had 12 of a record 21 strikeouts by Cleveland pitchers, Ramírez hit a two-run, go-ahead home run on a pitch just above home plate in the fourth inning and the Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 2-0 Saturday night to complete a comeback from an 0-2 deficit in their best-of-five AL Division Series.

AL Central champion Cleveland became just the 11th team to win a best-of-five series among the 96 that fell behind 0-2, the first since the 2017 New York Yankees against the Cleveland Indians and only the fourth to achieve the feat after losing the first two games at home.

“I’d say that the confidence that we have in this group has been really tested and refined over the course of the last two years," Guardians closer Cade Smith said. “As a group, we’ve dealt with some adversity and seen us come out on the other side of that and had success in spite of that. And that builds a quiet foundation of confidence to play from.”

The Guardians open the AL Championship Series at Tampa Bay on Monday night, seeking their first World Series trip since 2016. Cleveland hasn’t won the title since 1948, the longest drought among MLB teams.

It will be an ALCS matchup of small-payroll teams. Cleveland started the season with the lowest in the major leagues and the Rays were 26th.

Chicago, the first team to reach the playoffs after three straight 100-loss seasons, won its first four postseason games, including a Wild Card Series sweep of Houston, then lost four in a row. The White Sox have not won the World Series since 2005.

“We are sitting in disappointment, and it hurts not to be able to advance," Chicago manager Will Venable said. "At the same time, you know, you do zoom out and look what this group accomplished and what they did to bring baseball back to White Sox and the pride back to the organization and then really the city.”

Record effort from Cleveland's staff

Guardians pitchers set a record for strikeouts in a nine-inning postseason game and the most in any nine-inning regular or postseason game since at least 1900. The White Sox got just three hits and put only nine balls in play.

“Our pitchers are incredible. We asked a ton of them this whole series,” Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt said. “When you miss bats, they can’t get anything going. And they just shut them down, and that’s a really good offense over there.”

Two days after saving Game 4, Williams became just the third pitcher in postseason history to get the last out of a game and start the following game when his team faced elimination in both.

The 27-year-old right-hander needed seven pitches in the first inning and struck out the side in the second and fifth.

“He can be that quiet guy, but he’s that silent killer. He’s going to go and do his best,” Ramírez said through an interpreter.

Chicago's only two baserunners came via a walk and hit by pitch until Kyle Teel looped a knuckle-curve into right field with two outs in the sixth.

“We got him out earlier than he wanted the other day — and he got us today. He was unbelievable and kept things out of the zone," Chicago second baseman Chase Meidroth said.

Williams had 24 strikeouts over three games, one shy of the mark for a best-of-five postseason series. His 12 Sunday tied Cleveland’s record for a postseason game set by Charles Nagy.

He got 22 swings and misses, throwing mostly curves and sweeps and firing 18 at 100 mph or higher Monday.

“I think that goes back to seeing them six or seven times now. And Patey (catcher Patrick Bailey) did a good job back there," Williams said. “He was reading swings the whole time.”

After a walk loaded the bases, Erik Sabrowski relieved and struck out Munetaka Murakami on a foul tip, the pitcher letting out a yell.

Hunter Gaddis followed Sabrowski and got four outs, and Smith finished for his first career five-out save, striking out the side in the ninth. He got Tristan Peters to chase a 99.2 mph fastball for the final out, setting off a celebration at Progressive Field.

“It was less about chase and more about being attacked in the zone and swing and miss in the zone,” Venable said. “Just didn’t have what it would have took to move some balls forward there.”

Murakami and Andrew Benintendi struck out four times each, and Teel and Chase Meidroth three times apiece.

Cleveland pitchers had a Division Series record 75 strikeouts and held Chicago to a .185 batting average. Smith and Gaddis became the 16th and 17th relievers to pitch in all five games of a Division Series.

Ramírez homers for second straight game

Chicago starter Sean Burke retired the first nine Cleveland hitters before Steven Kwan singled leading off the fourth.

On the fifth pitch of his at-bat, Ramírez lined Burke's knuckle-curve just over the wall near the right-field line for a 2-0 lead.

“In that AB, I was looking for a curveball for strike. So I was able to get my legs and get a good contact,” Ramírez said through an interpreter.

Ramírez homered on a pitch 0.74 feet above ground, the lowest pitch hit for a postseason home run since tracking started in 2008, according to MLB Statcast, and the lowest hit by Ramirez in his 14-year big league career.

“When he hit it, I was kind of wishing it away from Peters and then it snuck out,” Vogt said. “I mean, to go down and get that, to be able to get through that, that takes some power, that takes some strength."

Up next

Tampa Bay went 5-1 against the Guardians, including three shutouts. It will be the third postseason meeting of the teams following the Rays' win in the 2013 wild card game and the Guardians' sweep in the 2022 Wild Card Series.

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The Herons wasted no time getting on the scoreboard. Just two minutes into the match, Luis Suárez found the back of the net after being played through by Sergio Reguilón, finishing with a clinical strike to give Miami an early 1-0 lead.

Miami continued to push forward in search of a second goal, but D.C. United settled into the match and managed to keep the Herons at bay for much of the next 20 minutes.

In the 35th minute, the momentum briefly shifted as D.C. United pinned Miami deep in its own six-yard box, sending a series of crosses into the penalty area. The Herons weathered the pressure, cleared the danger and regained control of possession.

That patience soon paid off.

A slick passing sequence between Suárez and Lionel Messi opened up the D.C. United defense. Messi’s attempt was stopped, but the rebound fell to Germán Berterame, who headed the ball toward Suárez. The Uruguayan finished with his left foot to double Miami’s advantage.

The Herons carried a 2-0 lead into halftime after controlling the closing stages of the first half. Messi had one more opportunity before the break, stepping up to take a free kick in added time, but D.C. United’s goalkeeper made the save.

Miami picked up right where it left off after halftime, adding a third goal almost immediately.

Suárez and Messi connected again, with Suárez flicking the ball over a D.C. United defender before sending it into the box. Messi met the pass and finished with his first touch to make it 3-0.

Suárez had now recorded two goals and an assist, contributing to all three of Miami’s goals.

D.C. United struggled to maintain possession as Miami pressed aggressively and forced the visitors to work for every opportunity. Messi nearly added another when he fired a left-footed shot off the post, but his second goal of the night was just around the corner.

In the 60th minute, Messi collected the ball near midfield and drove toward goal, weaving his way into the penalty area before calmly slotting his shot into the bottom-right corner. The finish capped off another brilliant individual effort and extended Miami’s lead to 4-0.

The crowd at Nu Stadium erupted into chants of “Messi, Messi, Messi” as the Argentine celebrated with his teammates.

With a four-goal cushion, Miami shifted its focus to managing the game and protecting the clean sheet. D.C. United recorded 10 shots but generated just 0.30 expected goals, underscoring the Herons’ defensive control.

As the match entered its final 20 minutes, the pace slowed, with Miami comfortably managing possession and limiting D.C. United’s opportunities. Five minutes were added in stoppage time, but the visitors could not find a breakthrough.

The final whistle confirmed a convincing 4-0 victory for Miami, a much-needed result as the Herons put their winless streak behind them.

After the match, the entire Miami squad gathered in front of the supporters to celebrate the emphatic win.

Inter Miami will look to build on the result Wednesday when it hosts New York City FC at Nu Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

Emily Covington, a spokesperson for the department, said group boycotts among business competitors might violate U.S. law. “The Antitrust Division is simply investigating to determine whether these news organizations have violated the antitrust laws,” she said.

The announcement came after the television pool of five broadcasters last month ceased presidential coverage after the administration barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.

Messages were sent late Saturday to the five outlets seeking comment: ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX and NBC.

The White House press pool, which is a rotating cast of news outlets that covers the president, has become a proxy for the wider fight over whether the president, or anyone, can control the content of news reports — a type of free speech, pillar of American democracy.

Last month's developments marked an extraordinary escalation in Trump’s efforts to restrict news reporters and outlets that he finds insufficiently supportive.

CNN, MS NOW and Politico sued over the days-long ban. It was lifted after a judge handed the three news organizations a reprieve, which is in place until Tuesday.

Television pool coverage of the White House has also resumed.

Jose Zamora, the Committee to Protect Journalists' regional director of the Americas, on Saturday criticized the administration's decision to investigate.

“The government should not use antitrust investigations to intimidate news outlets defending press access,” Zamora said on X. “The public’s right to know depends on that access.”

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“I'd love to see him as a Republican,” Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews on Saturday as he returned to Washington from a rally in Tennessee. “He does better as a Republican than he does as a Democrat.”

The comments were among the most direct overtures by Trump to woo Fetterman into the GOP, a matter of growing importance as the party could lose its Senate majority in next month's elections. With his everyman appeal, Fetterman was a Democratic star when he was first elected to the Senate in 2022. But during his time in Washington, he has split with Democrats on issues ranging from immigration to Israel, leading to speculation that he might switch parties.

A representative for Fetterman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

Fetterman has repeatedly rejected the notion of becoming a Republican, writing in The Washington Post in May that he would be a “terrible Republican who still votes overwhelmingly with Democrats.” His relationship with fellow Democrats became more tenuous after he recorded a video for the Republican midterm convention last month praising his fellow Pennsylvania senator, Republican Dave McCormick, suggesting there were extremists in his party.

“I’m always going to stand with America,” Fetterman said in the video. “I’m always going to reject the extremes and socialism and that anti-American way of life.”

Such flirtations with the GOP could make it extremely difficult for Fetterman to win the Democratic nomination for another term in the Senate, a prospect Trump raised on Saturday as he encouraged the party switch.

Democrats need to pick up four seats to retake the Senate majority, a once remote prospect that remains challenging for the party. But Trump's unpopularity and the economic fallout from the Iran war have intensified headwinds for the GOP, making Democrats more bullish about a path to Senate control.

If Democrats picked up the four seats for a 51-seat majority, that could potentially put Fetterman in an influential position, reducing the incentive to switch parties.

The last senator whose party switch affected control of the chamber was Jim Jeffords of Vermont, who left the GOP in 2001 to give Democrats a narrow majority. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter's decision to abandon Republicans in 2009 helped Democrats achieve a supermajority.

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Seller accounted for five touchdowns, including four passing in his best performance in nearly two years, and the Gamecocks stunned No. 16 Florida 38-19 on Saturday to end an eight-game skid in Southeastern Conference play.

“He was a freaking dude today,” said South Carolina coach Shane Beamer, who challenged Sellers to play better two weeks ago. “Some of the throws in tight windows, running the ball, just poised, confident.”

Sellers completed 23 of 35 passes for 279 yards, finding Nyck Harbor, Mazeo Bennett Jr., Donovan Murph and Lex Cyrus for scores against the league’s worst passing defense.

Sellers’ most impressive play was a 3-yard run in the third quarter in which he tossed aside a defender and nearly scored. He plunged in on the next play, essentially sealing a long-awaited victory for the Gamecocks (3-3, 1-3).

South Carolina’s last win in league play came against Kentucky in September 2025. Beamer’s team blew four significant leads in its last five SEC games, but the Gamecocks closed this one out without any issues and won in Gainesville for the first time since 2014.

It was Sellers’ best outing since throwing five TDs against Missouri in November 2024.

“I knew when I signed up to play this position when I was a young kid. I knew you get all the hate and you get all the love when we’re playing good,” Sellers said. “It’s just going to come with it.”

The Gators (4-2, 2-2), who were double-digit favorites at home, lost a second consecutive game in lopsided fashion and surely will fall out of the AP Top 25. They were looking to rebound from a 45-17 shocker at then-No. 25 Missouri. Instead, they got humiliated in the Swamp.

“We’ve lost two games, man,” Florida linebacker Aaron Chiles said. “I don’t believe it’s the end of the world.”

South Carolina took control with two TD drives in the third quarter — ending a string of third-quarter debacles — and did so by picking on Florida’s beleaguered secondary following a 45-minute lightning delay that extended halftime.

When it was over, Beamer hugged both of his kids in a clear sigh of relief.

“I get it; what comes with the jobs, and we haven’t been good enough,” I was a 2-3 football coach coming into this game that had blown leads and lost three SEC games in a row. I get the criticism. I do. But it’s hard on your families because they don’t sign up for it.”

Florida struggled to run the ball again — Jadan Baugh ran 15 times for 59 yards and a garbage-time touchdown — quarterback Aaron Philo turned the ball over twice and the Gators were gouged on defense while failing to generate enough pressure on Sellers.

More noticeable: Coach Jon Sumrall got booed for the first time since taking over in Gainesville. Fans showed their displeasure with Sumrall’s clock management at the end of the first half. The Gators ran out of time and then missed a long field goal.

“Disappointing football,” Sumrall said. “No excuse for it. Not many words that are going to make any of it right. ... I’m frustrated with every part of what we did today.”

Stewart returns after a one-game suspension

Highly touted South Carolina defensive end Dylan Stewart returned from a one-game suspension and forced two fumbles. Stewart was suspended for throwing a punch at an Alabama player two weeks ago and missed last week’s overtime loss to Kentucky.

Key injuries

South Carolina: Starting cornerback Judge Collier left in the first half with a concussion.

Florida: Backup running back Duke Clark hobbled to the locker room just before halftime. The Gators also played their second consecutive game without leading receiver Vernell Brown III (knee).

The takeaway

South Carolina: This is the kind of performance the Gamecocks have been waiting for. Talent was never an issue, which explains why Beamer was under so much heat amid a three-game skid this season.

Florida: The Gators are unlikely to fix their issues anytime soon. Both lines of scrimmage need to be overhauled, and they probably need to sign four new cornerbacks before next season.

Up next

South Carolina gets a week off before hosting No. 15 Tennessee on Oct. 24.

Florida will try to avoid a three-game skid next Saturday at top-ranked Texas.

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Officials say those involved were adult family members of the shooter, who died by suicide. They were found in the family’s home on the outskirts of Douglas, a small city roughly 200 miles southeast of Atlanta.

“Investigators believe this was an apparent murder-suicide involving immediate family members who reside in the home,” said Douglas Police Chief Brannen Pruette during a news conference on Saturday.

Officers responded to an emergency call made by one of the victims shortly after 11 p.m. and found a woman alive at the scene. After transport to a nearby hospital, she was pronounced dead, raising the death toll to five.

Earlier in the day, police confirmed that woman made another emergency call and summoned officers to the house.

“It’s my understanding the call was placed by the wife, the female victim. She called, and was complaining about the husband who was in the house smoking and she said he was killing her with the smoke,” Pruette said.

Douglas Police have not responded to emails and calls requesting more information.

Last weekend, two people were killed and 35 injured in a shooting during a block party celebrating a high-school football game in Vienna, another small city just an hour north of Douglas.

Isaias, which weakened after landfall, killed at least four people in Florida and Alabama, including a man and a woman in Escambia County, according to officials.

Scott planned to stop at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday at Dewey Destin’s Seafood, a waterfront restaurant at 9 Calhoun Ave., which has a view of the Crab Islands.

Parker Destin, the restaurant’s owner; Bobby Wagner, the mayor of Destin; and Okaloosa County Commissioners Carolyn Ketchel, Trey Goodwin, and Drew Palmer were among the people Scott planned on meeting with.

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Florida Rep. Angie Nixon, who is campaigning for the U.S. Senate, is scheduled to host a “community conversation” from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday in Sweetwater.

Nixon, 42, who defeated Alexander Vindman in the Democratic primary, is challenging the Republican incumbent, Sen. Ashley Moody, in the general election on Nov. 3.

The event’s guests at Mi Pueblo, a Colombian restaurant at 10910 West Flagler St., include Evelyn DeJesus, of the American Federation of Teachers; Karla Hernandez Mats, the former president of United Teachers of Dade; and immigration advocates Cristina Jimenez and Greisa Martinez.

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Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah said the 45-year-old man was related to seven of the victims in the previous day’s shooting, while the eighth was a friend of the pregnant woman.

Video and audio evidence recovered by investigators included muffled gunshot sounds coming from inside the home just before two “distressed” women arrived and began pounding on the door shortly before 5 p.m. Friday, he said. The gunman then came out and shot them as they ran toward him, before returning inside.

Police arrived to find the two women dead outside. After deploying a drone and robot, they went inside and found the bodies of a 5-year-old boy; a 1-year-old girl on the first floor; two more women and two young men in a stairwell; and the shooter on the second floor.

“Out of respect for the victims and the families, I will not discuss the details of what our officers encountered inside that home,” the chief said at a news conference. “But I want our community to understand the gravity of what happened and the profound impact this tragedy has had on those involved and on our community as a whole.”

Lorah declined to discuss motive but said investigators would talk to other relatives and examine the cellphones of the women who were killed outside the home.

“They knew something was going on at that house,” he said. “We have to figure out what that is.”

Lorah said officers arrived within minutes of receiving an alert via ShotSpotter, a controversial gunshot detection system that relies on artificial intelligence and a network of microphones to identify gunshots. No additional shots were fired after that.

“Sounds that may have been mistaken for gunfire came from flashbang devices — chemical munitions — used by SWAT officers,” he said.

Gov. Josh Shapiro said he offered his administration’s “full support” to Erie Mayor Daria Devlin, who spoke directly to the victims’ families during the news conference.

“I am so deeply sorry. What happened to you was horrific, and there is nothing that any of us can say today that will make this any easier,” she said. “But you do need to know that our entire community is with you, we’re grieving with you. And we are here to support you.”

District Attorney Elizabeth Hirz urged the public to refrain from speculation as the investigation continues.

“Please do not allow rumors, speculation or unverified information to add to the pain that these families are already experiencing,” she said.

Erie is about 120 miles (190 kilometers) north of Pittsburgh.

Speaking at a campaign rally outside Philadelphia, Shapiro mentioned both the Erie killings and the shooting of two Philadelphia police officers early Saturday.

“Today has been a dark day across this commonwealth,” he said.

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This story corrects that the total number of people found dead — nine — includes the suspected shooter.

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Ramer reported from Concord, New Hampshire. Jacqueline GaNun is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity Saturday night because the team didn't disclose financial details in announcing the extension. Podziemski had 18 points with three 3-pointers, seven rebounds and four assists over 26 minutes in a 111-106 preseason win against the Sacramento Kings.

“For me it shows a sign of faith and trust on their end, wanting me here,” Podziemski said of his new deal. "I think for me I just owe it right back to them. They’re putting their trust and faith in me so I got to do the same and play that way each and every night.”

Podziemski's deal includes a mutual option for the fifth season, meaning the sides could re-negotiate the fifth year or decide to go separate ways.

“I'm thrilled for Brandin and his family, really happy for us," Kerr said. “Obviously, everything came together and it's a win-win. We think Brandin is a hell of a young player, a big part of our future, and he secures his future financially. And it's a deal that makes a lot of sense based on our numbers. ... I think it's a good relief to get it done and go into the season where he can just focus on basketball. He should be very proud of the work he's put in to get to this place and put himself in this position.”

The 23-year-old Podziemski was the only Warriors player and one of 18 in the entire NBA to appear in all 82 games last season, averaging career highs of 13.8 points and 45.5% shooting from the field to go with 5.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.08 steals over 28.5 minutes.

“We’re thrilled to get an extension done with Brandin prior to the deadline,” Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy said. “Brandin has continued to improve and expand his game since he entered the league as a mid-first round pick, and we think his upward trajectory will only continue. He’s a durable, skilled, two-way player that makes our team better each time he takes the court.”

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Tipoff is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. ET.

Miami enters the game with a 2-0 record in pre-season, averaging 128.5 points per game.

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra is expected to take a similar approach to the first two games, playing many of the team’s regulars extended minutes in the first half before giving the rest of the roster a chance after halftime.

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La población de San José del Palmar, en el departamento del Chocó, se convirtió el 10 de agosto en el epicentro del mayor sismo registrado en lo que va del siglo en el país andino, el cual dejó, según el último balance de la UNGRD, cerca de 490.000 damnificados.

El reporte oficial, con corte al sábado 10 de octubre, incluye 36.478 viviendas afectadas y 207.889 averiadas.

En tanto, la Defensoría del Pueblo exhortó al gobierno a garantizar una atención integral de los afectados para que la recuperación “no deje a nadie atrás”.

La institución le pidió a la UNGRD “reabrir” el registro de damnificados y ampliar la atención a los 500 municipios afectados en 16 departamentos, de los 32 que conforman Colombia.

El recordatorio del potente sismo llega un día después de que varias zonas, esta vez del norte del departamento del Chocó —limítrofe con Panamá--, se remecieron por el terremoto de 7,7 grados de magnitud que se registró el viernes en territorio panameño.

La gobernadora del Chocó, Nubia Córdoba, descartó que ese sismo haya causado daños en los municipios colombianos aledaños. Por su parte, la embajadora de Colombia en Panamá, Marcela Rodríguez, pidió tranquilidad a sus ciudadanos, a quienes ofreció atención y orientación.

Knight ran for 103 yards on 22 carries and caught three passes for 12 yards, including a fourth-quarter, 9-yard touchdown reception from backup Ty Dieffenbach for the Bruins (5-0, 1-0 Big Ten).

The sloppy game featured 10 turnovers, including seven for the Ducks (3-2, 1-1), who saw their chances for a spot in the College Football Playoff fade with a second loss.

“From the start, we came out, we punched them, and we just kept on going,” Knight said. "We had a couple of mishaps, but we bounced back every single time.”

Oregon came close with Evan Stewart’s 44-yard scoring pass from Brock Thomas to make it 17-15 with 2:16 left. UCLA was flagged for a facemask penalty on Oregon’s 2-point conversion try, giving the Ducks another shot from a half yard away. UCLA’s defense smothered rusher Jordon Davison to thwart the Ducks.

The Ducks had one final drive with less than a minute left but a lost fumble and fell short as time ran out.

“You've got to protect the ball, right? You can coach it and you can say it, but if it shows up, you're not coaching it well enough. You're not doing a good enough job there,” Oregon coach Dan Lanning said.

Iamaleava did not return in the second half because of a lower leg injury he sustained late in the opening half. He completed 10 of 17 passes for 162 yards and threw two interceptions. Dieffenbach took over for Iamaleava and threw for 43 yards and a touchdown.

“When someone goes down and someone’s got to step up, I say it every single time, is that you’re either exposed or you’re revealed, right? One of the two is gonna happen," UCLA coach Bob Chesney said. "When your number gets called, for Ty to step up in that moment, when Nico couldn’t go, and he put himself in a spot where he was revealed for knowing our run game, knowing what to get us into.”

Dylan Raiola started for the Ducks at quarterback in place of Dante Moore, who remains in concussion protocol. Moore was hit in the first quarter of the Ducks' 41-27 victory at USC on Sept. 26 and left the game by ambulance.

Raiola threw for 289 yards and two touchdowns against the Trojans and made his first start for the Ducks against the Bruins. Raiola, the first backup QB to start for Oregon since Braxton Burmeister in 2017, transferred to Oregon from Nebraska in the offseason.

Raiola completed only six of 18 passes for 43 yards and two interceptions for the Ducks before he was replaced in the fourth quarter by Thomas. UCLA has 10 interceptions this season, most in the nation.

“The product we put out there, the product I put out there, I've got to live with that. So I've got to own everything, take it on the chin and move forward,” Raiola said.

The Bruins got to the Oregon 2 on their first series of the game, but settled for Mateen Bhaghani's 21-yard field goal.

After Iamaleava was sacked and fumbled on the UCLA 1, Oregon recovered and Davison scored with a 1-yard run on the team's first play to put the Ducks up 7-3.

Raiola was sacked and fumbled the ball away in the third quarter, and UCLA capitalized with Knight's 35-yard touchdown run to put the Bruins up 10-6. It was Knight's 10th scoring run of the season.

UCLA had a chance to extend the lead but Matayo Uiagalelei blocked a 27-yard field goal attempt by Bhaghani.

Iamaleava was brought down by Bear Alexander and Jerry Mixon on a keeper late in the half, but he returned. However, he did not start the second half.

Raiola was intercepted late in the half but then Iamaleava was picked off by the Ducks on the ensuing series.

Dieffenbach hit Knight with a 9-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter to make it 17-6 before Oregon's Gage Hurych made a 26-yard field goal to narrow it to 17-9 with 5:16 left in the game.

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UCLA hosts Wisconsin, which had a bye this weekend, next Saturday.

Oregon hosts Nebraska, which lost 20-17 earlier in the day to Indiana, next Saturday.

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While the Sooners still a have a long way to go on offense, Tate Sandell kicked a 47-yard field goal on the game's final play for a 27-24 win after they scored touchdowns on special teams and defense Saturday.

“I want these guys to experience victory, certainly in this game, (it) was incredibly important," Venables said.

The Sooners (3-2, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) beat a No. 1 team for the first time since a 38-17 win over Missouri in 2007. They had been 0-4-1 when facing a top-ranked Texas team.

Dakoda Fields recovered a blocked punt in the end zone and Peyton Bowen returned an interception 42 yards for a touchdown for Oklahoma, a playoff team last season that in its previous game two weeks ago lost 41-13 at No. 2 Georgia.

“People questioning the commitment and the coaches can’t coach and the players stink, it comes with the arena," Venables said. "But at the same time, sometimes that fuels you.”

John Mateer, who threw three interceptions against the Longhorns last year and has struggled this season, had two big throws after Oklahoma picked off Arch Manning again with 19 seconds left and didn't settle for going to overtime.

“I thought about this game for 365 days,” Mateer said. “I think that was the longest fourth quarter I’ve ever been a part of. It was awesome and I’ll never forget it. But I knew 19 seconds left that this was the time.”

Manning threw three touchdowns for the Longhorns (4-1, 1-1), but both of his interceptions were costly.

Texas had two late chances, but Gianni Spetic was wide right on a 53-yard field goal attempt with 1:55 left. After the Sooners went three-and-out for the seventh time in the game, Manning’s last pass was intercepted by Courtland Guillory with 19 seconds left.

“It’s obviously a level of disappointment, there’s a level of anger and frustration because we know we have issues that need to be fixed and we’re working on those issues and trying to get them fixed,” Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said.

After the late pick had the Sooners at their 39, Mateer completed passes of 13 and 20 yards to Isaiah Sategna on opposite sides of the field and both were upheld on replay review.

Oklahoma then ran a play to set up the kick by Sandell, who earlier made a 53-yarder and missed another from the same distance.

The pick-6 by Bowen came after Manning was scrambling away from pressure and throwing toward Cam Coleman, who had an earlier touchdown. But the ball instead went to the Oklahoma safety, whose return with 10:07 left put the Sooners up 24-17.

Manning, who finished 19-of-31 passing for 260 yards, then had a tying 15-yard TD to Jermaine Bishop Jr.

Mateer completed 18 of 26 passes for 155 yards. The Sooners had only 238 total yards, well below their average of 321 coming into the game that was last in the SEC.

Texas didn’t have a first down on its first four drives, and it wasn’t until the first play after a short punt that Coleman made a leaping catch in the back of the end zone for a 41-yard score.

Oklahoma's first TD in a while against Texas was special

Danny Okoye had the blocked punt for the Sooners at the start of the second quarter, appearing to get his hands on the ball even before it got to the punter’s foot. Fields fell on the ball in the back of the end zone for a touchdown.

That was the Sooners’ first touchdown against Texas since Dillon Gabriel’s 3-yard pass to Nic Anderson with 15 seconds left in the 2023 game for a 34-30 victory.

Their only offensive TD on Saturday was Lloyd Avant's 2-yard run that tied the game 17-all only 12 seconds in the fourth quarter, after defensive pass interference penalty on third down.

The takeaway

Texas: The Longhorns had won seven games in a row, four against ranked teams. They had been No. 1 since their big comeback to beat then-No. 1 Ohio State on Sept. 12, but their inconsistency raised questions about if they still deserved to be. The loss answered that, and they will find out Sunday how far they drop in the new poll.

Oklahoma: The Sooners avoided a third consecutive Red River loss. They haven't lost three in a row to Texas since 1997-99.

Up next

Oklahoma plays its first SEC home game when hosting Kentucky next Saturday night.

Texas is home next Saturday against No. 16 Florida (4-2, 2-2), which has lost two in a row.

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Walton’s 181 yards are the most by a Notre Dame running back this season, and it's a program record for most rushing yards in a game by a true freshman. Walton also scored on a 40-yard run against Stanford.

The only longer offensive plays at Notre Dame Stadium besides Walton's 97-yard run belong to Josh Adams (2015 vs. Wake Forest) and Jeremiyah Love (2024 vs. Indiana). Each had 98-yard scoring runs.

Notre Dame (6-0) extended its overall winning streak to 16 games — all by double-digits. The Fighting Irish edged closer to the record of 21 consecutive double-digit victory margins set by Army (1944-46). Miami is second with 17 consecutive double-digit victories from 2000 to 2001.

Five of Notre Dame’s touchdowns were of 30-or-more yards, led by Walton's stunning 97-yard run.

“We know he’s gifted,” Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman said of Walton. “He has a lot of ability. But what you’re seeing now is that he’s being consistent in practice, consistent in his reads, consistent in what he is every single day that’s giving him more opportunities to go out there and play on the field.

“When you’re consistent in your everyday play and everyday expectations, now you’ll get more opportunities and then you can make one pop like that. I mean, that was a great play.”

Walton isn’t a starter, but he’s getting more and more time on the field. He credited his offensive line, the coaches and, in particular, fellow running backs Aneyas Williams and Nolan James Jr.

“I’ve learned how to practice at this level,” Walton said of how Williams and James have helped him progress. “Those are two really impressive running backs, the way they read, the way they work, the way they train. I’m continuously looking up to those guys.”

C.J. Carr finished with 14-of-20 passing for 181 yards and three touchdowns. He also rushed five times for 41 yards.

Williams rushed seven times for 28 yards, but scored on a 70-yard pass from Carr. James carried the ball 10 times for 73 yards and two touchdowns.

Notre Dame’s defense set a tone in the first 12 seconds. Boubacar Traore sacked Stanford quarterback Davis Warren and forced a fumble recovered by Jaiden Ausberry. Two plays later, James scored from the 3 at the 14:07 mark of the first quarter.

Traore also had an interception and a tackle for loss.

Stanford (2-4) scored in the third quarter. A 52-yard rocket from Warren to Caden High set up a three-yard TD strike from Warren to Benji Blackburn.

Warren was 12-of-22 for 144 yards and the one touchdown.

The Cardinal road losing streak is now 14 games — the longest road losing streak in the nation, tied with Ball State. Stanford has been outscored 115-10 in its last two games.

“That was a disappointing effort,” Stanford head coach Tavita Pritchard said. “I take full responsibility for that. We were not ready to play. We didn’t play well enough.

“Notre Dame is sound at all levels of their defense,” Pritchard said. “They’re good up front. They’re good at the second level. I know they had some guys out at the second level and defensive backfield, but they challenge you, they mix up looks, they’re not afraid to play man. They really make you go beat them.”

Defensive dominance

Notre Dame entered the game ranked No. 1 in total defense, allowing only 216.4 yards of total offense a game. The Irish only allowed 202 yards of total offense against Stanford.

Stanford’s third-quarter touchdown prevented the Fighting Irish from posting their second shutout of the season.

Notre Dame, which shut out Rice 52-0 in the second game, hasn’t had two shutouts in one season since 2002, when the Fighting Irish beat Maryland 22-0 and Rutgers 42-0.

Mirer plays at Notre Dame Stadium

Stanford back-up quarterback Charlie Mirer got in some time in the fourth quarter at Notre Dame Stadium, where his father, Rick, carved out a prolific career with the Fighting Irish. Rick Mirer, who had a 12-year career in the NFL, helped Notre Dame reach three major bowl games and set what was then a Notre Dame record with 18 touchdown passes in 1991.

The takeaway

Notre Dame put in a dominant performance against Stanford that showcased offensive explosiveness and defensive playmakers. A truer test of Notre Dame’s standing as a national championship contender will take place next Saturday when the Irish play at No. 8 BYU in a top 10 clash.

Up next

Notre Dame plays at No. 8 BYU on Saturday.

Stanford hosts Elon on Saturday.

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Bay, Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Walton, Washington, Santa Rosa, Gadsden, and Wakulla counties had post-storm shelters open, according to the FDEM.

Isaias, which made landfall on Friday night near Destin as a Category 2 storm, killed at least four people in Florida and Alabama, according to officials.

In Escambia County, a woman died after a tree fell on her home, and a man died of carbon monoxide fumes from a generator in his garage, according to Sheriff Chip Simmons.

Four assisted living facilities with about 280 residents and a nursing home with over 80 residents evacuated, according to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.

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Shane Seiber, 40, was shot and killed in west Philadelphia after responding to a report of a man with a gun, police said. An officer who was with him was also shot.

Seiber, a 10-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department, and the other officer were transported to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and underwent surgery, according to Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel. The surviving officer, who was shot 12 times, is in stable condition, Bethel said.

Along with charges for Seiber’s death, Lewis is facing a host of others, including attempted homicide, for allegedly shooting the officer and shooting at nine other officers who responded to the scene, Krasner said. None of those nine were injured.

Lewis is being held without bail and will be arraigned soon, Krasner said. Lewis was previously convicted of criminal offenses including assault, theft and carrying a firearm publicly, according to court records.

Gov. Josh Shapiro said he ordered flags to fly at half-staff for Seiber, who is survived by his wife and two children — a 7-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl.

“This is a brutal, senseless, horrific killing,” Krasner said.

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The U.N. health agency has cited initial, unconfirmed reports suggesting pneumonic plague, a severe disease less common than the better-known bubonic plague linked to the Black Death in the Middle Ages. Pneumonic plague spreads from person to person, causing a severe form of pneumonia, but recovery rates are high if it is detected and treated in time.

WHO, in its first full Disease Outbreak News since the case emerged earlier this month, called for a continued investigation.

Russian health officials, it said, had conducted more than 5,500 tests and found no evidence of any dangerous pathogenic microorganisms.

“Additional clinical, epidemiological and laboratory information, including confirmation of the diagnosis in the deceased laboratory worker, is required to improve confidence in the assessment,” WHO said.

WHO continued to refer to “a purported second case” that, in emailed explanations to The Associated Press, it previously attributed to two tabloid news outlets in Britain and Serbia that cited unspecified reports in Russia.

Russia has denied any such second case.

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Miami llega al partido con un récord de 2-0 en la pretemporada, con un promedio de 128.5 puntos por encuentro.

Se espera que el entrenador del Heat, Erik Spoelstra, adopte un enfoque similar al de los primeros dos partidos, dando más minutos de juego a muchos de los jugadores habituales del equipo durante la primera mitad, antes de dar una oportunidad al resto de la plantilla después del medio tiempo.

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It’s the latest example of AI models acting in unintended ways and manipulating government and other websites during tests. In a report Friday, Anthropic also disclosed a separate incident when its AI model submitted forms to an undisclosed government website instead of stopping before submission.

The incident in Philadelphia occurred on July 18 when the AI model Claude Haiku 4.5 was tasked with generating and performing example tasks on randomly selected webpages, Anthropic said.

Claude filled out a form on police site PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com indicating it might have information regarding an unsolved murder listed on the site.

Philadelphia Police said in a statement they were unaware of the incident until Anthropic notified them on Wednesday. Then they found the submission in the website’s tip records and confirmed it was marked spam and never forwarded to police.

There are rising concerns about AI companies’ unchecked AI agents meddling with everything from U.S. government websites to healthcare data. Critics have been calling for more regulation.

In September, another AI company, OpenAI, disclosed six reports of “unexpected or concerning” behavior in artificial-intelligence models.

“Unsolved cases involve real victims, grieving families and investigators working to secure answers,” the Philadelphia Police Department said in a statement. “Technology companies must take all appropriate steps necessary to prevent their systems from submitting false information to law enforcement.”

Anthropic said in its report that most of the reported behaviors are forms of what it calls “persistence” — “in which Claude, when it cannot complete a task as given, works around a restriction instead of stopping.”

The company said it was modifying its training to “reduce the likelihood of further misbehavior.”

Anthropic said it briefed the White House on cases that involved U.S. government agencies at the federal, state and local levels, and notified each agency involved.

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On Saturday, Copa Airlines announced that the temporary closures required additional inspections of the airport’s facilities and runways.

“Copa Airlines continues to face extended delays, cancellations and schedule adjustments. The airline recognizes and regrets the impact this situation has had on its passengers,” a company spokesperson wrote in a statement.

Copa Airlines also announced flight changes, credits, and refunds without fees or fare differences. This was available to those whose tickets were issued before Friday and whose travel was scheduled between Friday and Oct. 14.

Officials in Panama declared a state of emergency on Saturday after 7.7- and 6.6-magnitude earthquakes on Friday and more than 100 aftershocks caused property damage.

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El sábado, Copa Airlines anunció que los cierres temporales requirieron inspecciones adicionales de las instalaciones y pistas del aeropuerto.

“Copa Airlines continúa enfrentando retrasos prolongados, cancelaciones y ajustes en sus horarios. La aerolínea reconoce y lamenta el impacto que esta situación ha tenido en sus pasajeros”, escribió un portavoz de la compañía en un comunicado.

Copa Airlines también anunció cambios de vuelos, créditos y reembolsos sin cargos ni diferencias de tarifa. Esta opción estaba disponible para quienes tenían boletos emitidos antes del viernes y cuyos viajes estaban programados entre el viernes y el 14 de octubre.

Las autoridades de Panamá declararon el estado de emergencia el sábado después de que dos terremotos de magnitudes 7.7 y 6.6 registrados el viernes y más de 100 réplicas causaran daños materiales.

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Just 10 days before the New York Knicks' banner-raising celebration, the All-Star big man marked World Mental Health Day by sharing his ongoing emotional journey following the death of his mother to complications from COVID-19.

Entering the first game of this year's NBA Finals, he said he felt “this very big calm” wash over him. He was taken back to amateur youth games with crowds so small he could spot his mom from anywhere.

“I felt like it was kinda just me, her and the game of basketball,” he told the audience gathered Saturday by the nonprofit Project Healthy Minds. “I was able to be like an artist out there. I was able to have my paint brush and have a canvas with the court. And I was able to just paint a beautiful picture for her about the love I have for the game. The love I have to show the world because of her.”

There was a time when he had lost that love for the game. Towns, whose bright smile became a constant image of the Knicks' championship run, said basketball “felt hollow” after his mother's death. “I didn't know if I wanted to do it anymore,” he said.

But Towns found some solace in Arnie Kander, a well-known strength and wellness coach.

“Just to be heard, to be able to talk to someone you can trust, be able to really unload all that pain onto it and allow them to understand your feelings and articulate your feelings the right way, it makes life much lighter," he said. "And I felt myself getting lighter every time we kept talking.”

Athletes embrace mental health

Project Healthy Minds hopes Towns' example will inspire others to seek mental health care. The tech nonprofit runs a free online marketplace for finding therapy, psychiatry, support groups and other services. Its annual World Mental Health Day festival in New York offers an all-day schedule of yoga, art therapy and speakers.

Speaking Saturday with Towns was Boardroom CEO Rich Kleiman, the longtime manager for NBA superstar Kevin Durant and a new member of Project Healthy Minds' board.

Kleiman told The Associated Press that these sorts of conversations are growing more prevalent among athletes. DeMar DeRozan and Kevin Love kick-started the conversation eight years ago when DeRozan tweeted about depression and Love then published a first-person essay about anxiety. Kleiman recalled trading stories about anxiety attacks with Love for several hours one night shortly afterward.

Most players won’t feel that comfortable constantly telling their story, Kleiman said. Mental health isn’t a topic of discussion in the locker room. But he said players are certainly more aware of its impact.

“They just carry so much weight and speak to so many people,” Kleiman told The Associated Press before the panel. “I think it says a lot that Karl Towns is feeling comfortable enough right before the season starts to be able to be so open about it.”

Another panel brought together former NFL wide receiver Brandon Marshall and Gotham FC forward Midge Purce for a conversation about finding purpose outside of performance. Marshall, a six-time Pro Bowl player who publicly shared his borderline personality disorder diagnosis in 2011, said therapy showed him how to “connect with his brain.” He even started taking his therapy sessions in the cafeteria to normalize it for others.

Purce discussed her evolving definition of “tough." Raised by her dad, she said she grew up believing toughness meant “no tears.” But she credited her teammates with teaching her “it's OK to feel sad and upset.”

“I think tough is being able to feel all those things that are touching you and touching your heart, but still finding that resilience to go forward while living all of it," she told the crowd.

Using sports to show emotional strength

Saturday's sports focus offers a glimpse into Project Healthy Minds' future programming.

The nonprofit relies on cultural figures to introduce its platform to their audiences. It partnered this summer with the Broadway play “Every Brilliant Thing,” a one-person show whose narrator — originally played by Daniel Radcliffe, then Mariska Hargitay and, finally, Tracee Ellis Ross — presents his struggling mother with a list of reasons to live.

Soon-to-be-announced initiatives will lean further into sports as the nonprofit tries to inspire more communities to seek mental health care. With interest in women's sports growing and live sports remaining a powerful convener in an otherwise fragmented media landscape, Project Healthy Minds CEO Phil Schermer finds that athletes are well suited to bring their message to the masses.

Athletes, according to Schermer, also shape the American public’s notions of strength. It makes sense to him that they could then model that “it is strong to talk about your emotions.”

“There need to be more men — and more men who are archetypes of strength — being vulnerable," Schermer told AP. “Being willing to talk about these things. And role modeling that it can serve as fuel for your greatest success.”

The Knicks championship run became a rare moment of monoculture, Schermer suggested. The title chase also offered the in-person socialization that young people are demanding, according to Rachel Janfaza, the founder of the Gen Z research firm The Up and Up.

Speaking with “The Anxious Generation” author Jonathan Haidt and The TAG Movement CEO Alexa Arnold, Janfaza said young people used the Knicks and the World Cup to create the in-real-life community they missed during the pandemic.

“We’re seeing this swing," she said, "and it’s really incumbent upon schools and employers and anyone who has a vested interest in helping this generation thrive to actually celebrate this.”

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It was always going to be the mighty Los Angeles Dodgers — with their consecutive World Series titles and a payroll that casts a long shadow over Yelich and the small-market Brewers.

“We’ve been expecting having to play them in this round since spring training, in the regular season,” Yelich said Saturday. “You kind of just know that’s what’s going to happen.”

The 2026 NL Championship Series is a sequel, with Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers taking on Jackson Chourio and the Brewers. Los Angeles swept Milwaukee in last year's NLCS on the way to the franchise's 26th NL pennant and ninth World Series championship. The Dodgers also eliminated the Brewers in the NLCS in 2018 and the wild-card round in 2020.

Game 1 on Sunday night features a pair of stingy aces. Tarik Skubal goes for Los Angeles after the two-time Cy Young Award winner was acquired in an Aug. 1 trade with Detroit, and Jacob Misiorowski — the front-runner for the NL Cy Young Award — starts for Milwaukee.

“They’re a really good ballclub,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “Similar guys that we’re used to seeing, very similar to what we’re used to seeing. There’s going to be no secrets. They play a very good brand of baseball.”

Milwaukee was believed to be interested in pairing Skubal with Misiorowski at the trade deadline, but the Tigers ended up going with the Dodgers’ offer.

“When you’re talking about a seven-game series, to see Tarik on the other side would certainly — the series would look a lot different,” Roberts said.

The return engagement for the NLCS also shines a light on the competing arguments at the center of MLB's collective bargaining negotiations. Baseball’s five-year labor contract expires Dec. 1, and management is expected to lock out players in a confrontation that could affect the 2027 season.

The Dodgers went 100-62 this season and won the NL West for the fifth straight year after they had an opening-day payroll of $323.6 million, second only to the New York Mets. Milwaukee's opening-day payroll of $125.9 million ranked 20th, and the Brewers set a franchise record with a major league-best 103 wins on the way to their fourth consecutive Central title.

“We’re focused on trying to win, and I think we have for a while,” Brewers president of baseball operations Matt Arnold said. “Regardless of what the economics look like, the guys in there believe, and so do I.”

Milwaukee was shut down by Los Angeles in last year's playoffs, hitting .118 while managing just one run in each game in the sweep. Ohtani punctuated the series by swatting three solo homers and striking out 10 over six shutout innings in Game 4.

Ohtani won't pitch this time around because of injuries, and the Japanese slugger went 2 for 13 with four strikeouts in the four-game NL Division Series against Atlanta. But the Dodgers still have a formidable rotation, fronted by Skubal and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

“Every night when you play these guys, you know you’re going to face a great pitcher, a Cy Young-caliber pitcher,” Yelich said.

Milwaukee has its own Cy Young-caliber pitcher in the 24-year-old Misiorowski, who went 16-5 with a major league-low 1.80 ERA in 30 starts this season while averaging 100.6 mph with his four-seam fastball. The 6-foot-7 right-hander also led the majors with 252 strikeouts in 174 2/3 innings.

Misiorowski was a heralded rookie during last year's NLCS run. He pitched 12 innings of three-run ball, including five effective innings in Game 3. The big difference this year, he said, is confidence.

“Going into last year’s postseason, I didn’t know if I was going to be on the roster,” said Misiorowski, who hasn't pitched since Milwaukee's NL Division Series opener against San Diego last weekend. “I didn’t know if I was going to make it and help the team. This year they trust me a little bit more. So it’s a little easier to get behind yourself.”

Misiorowski pitched six sparking innings in a 4-1 victory at Los Angeles on Aug. 15, but Dodgers slugger Max Muncy downplayed the significance of their previous experience with “a guy that throws 105” miles per hour.

“It’s very fast. Everything is coming at you very fast,” Muncy said. “It’s big-time extension, big guy on the mound, and you have to be ready to go in the box.”

The 29-year-old Skubal went 5-2 with a 2.61 ERA in 10 starts with Los Angeles down the stretch. The left-hander, eligible for free agency after the World Series, tossed six innings of one-run ball in a 5-3 win over the Braves in Game 1 of the NLDS.

“I think the pressure around — surrounding the Dodgers, it’s all a privilege,” Skubal said. “I think as an athlete this is what you want to be and you want to have (the) expectation to win. I have those same expectations as a player.”

Miguel Rojas worked out with Los Angeles at American Family Field. The utility player departed Game 3 against the Braves with lower back pain, but Roberts said he was doing well and he likely would be part of the team's NLCS roster.

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Los sismos del viernes, de magnitudes 7,7 y 6,6, causaron el colapso de algunos edificios cerca del epicentro y provocaron evacuaciones en toda la nación. Los sismólogos de la Universidad de Panamá registraron decenas de réplicas, incluidas algunas con magnitudes de 5,8, 5,5 y 5,2.

El primer sismo, que también se sintió en la vecina Colombia, tuvo su epicentro a unos 10 kilómetros (6 millas) al suroeste de la remota comunidad de Pitaloza Arriba, en la provincia central de Herrera, según el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS). El movimiento telúrico se originó a una profundidad de 10 kilómetros (6 millas).

En La Villa de Los Santos, una localidad de origen colonial situada a unos 64 kilómetros (40 millas) al noreste del epicentro, se derrumbaron viviendas y una histórica iglesia católica. Las personas que pasaron la noche a la intemperie aguardaban las indicaciones del gobierno sobre los pasos a seguir. Al menos 13 templos católicos resultaron con daños a nivel nacional.

“Llevamos aquí desde la una de la tarde de ayer; no nos hemos movido”, comentó Tony Jiménez, cuya casa sufrió un derrumbe parcial, mientras estaba sentado con sus familiares bajo una carpa. “Fue algo terrible. Puedo decir con absoluta certeza que, en mis 90 años, nunca había vivido algo así. Fue intenso, verdaderamente intenso”.

Panamá cuenta con estrictas normas de construcción

Las imágenes de edificios en ruinas y profundas grietas que partían las carreteras en provincias del centro del país aumentaron la inquietud en una región azotada por una serie de terremotos devastadores en los últimos meses.

En junio, dos terremotos consecutivos de magnitudes 7,2 y 7,5 sacudieron el estado venezolano de La Guaira, causando la muerte de más de 6.500 personas y dejando a 17.000 sin hogar. En agosto, un sismo de magnitud 7,4 en Colombia cobró la vida de al menos 289 personas.

El saldo notablemente menor en la cercana Panamá podría deberse a las estrictas normas de construcción del país, especialmente las que regulan la edificación de rascacielos en la capital, señaló Carlos Valdés, jefe del Departamento de Sismología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

“Han resistido estos embates muy bien”, dijo en alusión a la edificación en la capital del país el presidente José Raúl Mulino el sábado durante un recorrido por la provincia de Los Santos, una de las afectadas. “Todo ha funcionado relativamente bien”, a pesar que el país no tiene una cultura de sismos, agregó.

Omar Smith, del Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil, indicó que los daños se concentraron, además de Los Santos, en las provincias de Coclé, Veraguas y Herrera, todas en el centro del país. Informó que no hubo reportes de daños en Ciudad de Panamá, la capital.

En la norteña provincia de Colón también resultaron afectados ocho edificios residenciales que albergan a 40 familias, además de una vivienda, un hospital y el mercado municipal. A nivel nacional las afectaciones abarcan, además, instalaciones de salud, carreteras y sistemas de abastecimiento de agua. Algunas comunidades permanecen incomunicadas por deslizamientos y daños en las vías.

Se reportaron varios heridos y colapsos de edificaciones

Smith dijo la víspera que se registraron varios heridos, incluida una persona golpeada por escombros de una estructura que colapsó parcialmente en la ciudad de Penonomé, situada a unos 150 kilómetros (93 millas) de la capital. Confirmó el derrumbe parcial y la aparición de grietas en la catedral ubicada en la plaza principal del distrito, así como daños en el edificio de la gobernación y en el hotel Dos Continentes. Protección Civil reportó en total daños en unos siete hoteles en Coclé y Los Santos.

La iglesia de San Atanasio, en La Villa de Los Santos, colapsó; el templo había sido declarado Patrimonio Histórico Nacional en 1938.

En otras zonas, incluida la provincia de Veraguas, se formaron grandes grietas en las carreteras.

El Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen, en la ciudad de Panamá —uno de los más transitados de la región, con más de 20 millones de pasajeros en 2025—, suspendió temporalmente sus operaciones tras el primer sismo, pero anunció el viernes por la tarde que reabriría sus puertas.

La Autoridad del Canal de Panamá informó que las operaciones continuaban con normalidad a lo largo de esta ruta comercial mundial. Señaló que su prioridad era la seguridad de los empleados, las embarcaciones y las tripulaciones, y que equipos técnicos especializados estaban inspeccionando las instalaciones en busca de posibles daños.

Muchos durmieron en la calle en la capital y en las provincias afectadas

Muchas personas durmieron la noche del viernes y madrugada del sábado en la calle fuera de sus viviendas y edificios en la capital y en zonas de las provincias más afectadas por los sismos mientras se seguían reportando réplicas, incluyendo una de 6,0.

“Acá no hemos dormido nada”, dijo el sábado a la AP la maestra Ilbis Rujano desde la comunidad de Los Boquerones, Veraguas. Aseguró que sus familiares, incluyendo menores de edad, durmieron fuera de la casa por temor a las réplicas.

El último gran terremoto que causó daños generalizados en Panamá ocurrió en 1991. Un sismo de magnitud 7,4, con epicentro en la vecina Costa Rica, dejó 23 muertos, 559 heridos y miles de personas sin hogar en la región fronteriza de Bocas del Toro.

Los terremotos son frecuentes, especialmente a lo largo de la frontera de Panamá con Costa Rica y en su costa del Pacífico, debido a la interacción de varias placas tectónicas, incluidas las placas de Cocos, Nazca y del Caribe. Panamá se encuentra a lo largo del “Cinturón de Fuego”, un arco de 40.000 kilómetros (25.000 millas) de volcanes y fallas geológicas que rodea la cuenca del Pacífico, donde se producen la mayoría de los terremotos del mundo.

Países ofrecen ayuda

Poco después de los sismos, llegaron mensajes de apoyo y ofertas de asistencia desde toda la región. El viernes, Mulino agradeció el respaldo de otros líderes latinoamericanos y señaló que había conversado con los presidentes de Chile, Uruguay y Guatemala, entre otros.

El Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos informó el sábado que había movilizado un equipo de respuesta ante desastres para apoyar a las autoridades locales con experiencia en búsqueda y rescate, así como para realizar evaluaciones aéreas y terrestres. El gobierno estadounidense también se comprometió a aportar 5 millones de dólares para ayuda humanitaria.

El Comando Sur de Estados Unidos indicó asimismo que dos helicópteros, con el apoyo de la oficina de control de drogas del Departamento de Estado, habían transportado 2.000 libras (907 kilogramos) de alimentos a comunidades panameñas afectadas por los terremotos.

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Janetsky informó desde Ciudad de México, mientras que Zamorano y Solís lo hicieron desde Ciudad de Panamá. También colaboraron con este reporte las periodistas de Associated Press Regina Garcia Cano y María Verza, desde Ciudad de México; Clara Preve, desde Buenos Aires (Argentina); y Gabriela Molina desde Quito (Ecuador).

This month, the Americans are getting a close-up look at who currently holds the crown.

Patri Guijarro and Eva Navarro scored in the first 14 minutes, and Adriana Nanclares stopped a second-half penalty kick to lift Spain to a 2-0 victory over the U.S. on Saturday in a clash between the world's two top-ranked teams. It was the first of two meetings between reigning World Cup champion Spain and the reigning Olympic champion U.S.

“They're world champions for a reason," U.S. coach Emma Hayes said. “You're not going to just roll them over. But you can't give them a head start either.”

The two teams have also combined to win the last three World Cups. They'll play again Tuesday night near Philadelphia.

There were enough key players on the field Saturday to make this a decent preview of next year's World Cup, but some big names were absent, including three-time Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmatí for top-ranked Spain and defenders Naomi Girma and Emily Sonnett for the United States.

Spain won this match not by passing circles around the U.S. or even by keeping the ball. Instead, it was a couple clinical strikes and strong goalkeeping that made the difference — and even a little physicality.

“Being physical in this kind of game is not negotiable,” Spain coach Sonia Bermúdez said through a translator.

Guijarro scored in the third minute with a brilliant strike from well outside the penalty area, beating goalkeeper Claudia Dickey. The second goal was a more obvious defensive breakdown. Salma Paralluelo's cross from the left wing found Navarro unmarked to volley home for a 2-0 lead.

“Playing a team like Spain, the best in the world, is such a huge test for us,” U.S. defender Emily Fox said. “They were very efficient in their attack, and they only needed two chances.”

The U.S. created its share of opportunities. Alyssa Thompson managed to round Nanclares, but a defender blocked her shot. Then Nanclares made a wonderful save, deflecting Sophia Wilson's long-distance effort off the crossbar.

The Americans had the better of the chances in the second half. Trinity Rodman started making more of an impact on the left wing, and she appeared to have assisted on a goal by Wilson, but it was disallowed for offside after a video review. VAR later gave the U.S. a penalty, but Lily Yohannes' shot was low and to the left, and Nanclares was able to make a diving save.

Hayes pointed out some of the statistical dominance the U.S. enjoyed, but blamed the result on poor execution, not bad luck.

“Unlucky is being struck by lightning,” she said.

Spain went down to 10 players toward the end when Athenea del Castillo received a red card after appearing to pull an American player's hair. But there wasn't enough time for the U.S. to do much with the advantage.

Mallory Swanson entered the game for the U.S. in the 66th minute, her first appearance with the national team in more than 700 days. She had taken time off for parental leave.

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The 24-year-old Harrison was widely considered a can't-miss prospect when he was selected by the Cardinals in 2024 out of Ohio State, but the 6-foot-3, 220-pounder has mostly underwhelmed during his time in the desert.

His production plummeted through the first four games this season, with just five catches for 85 yards and a touchdown.

First-year Cardinals coach Mike LaFleur and quarterback Jacoby Brissett have been supportive of Harrison despite his sparse usage, saying he's doing everything he can to be productive. But the emergence of Michael Wilson — who had his first 1,000-yard receiving season last year — and the presence of All-Pro tight end Trey McBride have made Harrison an afterthought in LaFleur's offense.

Harrison is the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Marvin Harrison, who was an eight-time Pro Bowl selection with the Indianapolis Colts.

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The episodes have highlighted the vulnerabilities in AI security and raised questions over how the fast-growing technology can be developed safely as its usage becomes more widespread globally.

Industry critics have argued that many concerning events, including AI agents’ hacks of external websites, are the result of security lapses on the part of the companies building the technology. But the AI agents’ capabilities have raised widespread concerns about the possibility bots could break away and work toward their own agenda.

Below are some notable events:

Oct. 9: Anthropic AI model submits false tip to Philadelphia police

Anthropic disclosed in a report that its artificial intelligence model submitted a false tip to a Philadelphia police website about an unsolved homicide case.

In the report, Anthropic also disclosed a separate incident when its AI model submitted forms to an undisclosed government website instead of stopping before submission.

The incident in Philadelphia occurred on July 18 when the AI model Claude Haiku 4.5 was tasked with generating and performing example tasks on randomly selected webpages, Anthropic said.

Claude filled out a form on police site PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com, indicating it might have information regarding an unsolved murder listed on the site. It was marked spam and never forwarded to police.

Anthropic said it was modifying its training to “reduce the likelihood of further misbehavior.”

Sept. 28: AI agents try to hack Canadian government website

AI agents tried to hack into a Canadian government website, according to research lab and AI evaluator Transluce.

The researchers said the agents carried out a series of “apparently failed rudimentary hacking attempts” on Library and Archives Canada on May 28 and June 9.

“We do not confidently attribute these attempts to OpenAI, but they exhibit tactics consistent with prior observed agent activity that we have attributed to OpenAI in a similar timeframe,” Transluce said in a blog post.

The group said it reported the attempted hack on Sept. 28 to the Canadian government, which said in a statement it was aware of reports of suspected AI agent activity, but that there was no sign government systems were compromised.

OpenAI said it was aware of the reports.

“We’re reviewing these findings and have provided an initial briefing to Canadian officials conducting the government’s review,” the company said in a statement.

Sept. 28: OpenAI halts rollout of a new model

The San Francisco-based company said it was delaying the release of a new model, called GPT-6.1 Astra, out of safety concerns voiced by its researchers. The company said the model had demonstrated leaps in completing tasks, but OpenAI needed to balance that capability against unauthorized behavior. “We have an extremely high bar in terms of safety and alignment,” said Saachi Jain, OpenAI’s head of safety systems.

Sept. 25: OpenAI says its agents interacted with US government websites

As part of a review of unanticipated behavior by its AI models, OpenAI said it discovered agents had interacted with several U.S. government websites in unexpected ways. The company’s models accessed publicly available information on websites operated by the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as U.S. Census Bureau data. OpenAI said it did not find evidence of a compromise or vulnerability. On the same day, Transluce said it found that agents appearing to originate from OpenAI attempted a hack on the website of the Education Department’s civil rights office, which did not succeed.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on social media that there is an “extensive and ongoing review related to our agents’ use of internet access during training and evaluation.” The day after the disclosure, the company announced it was pausing the training of its most advanced models.

Sept. 24: Australia’s prime minister raises concern on breach

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said an OpenAI agent infiltrated the public-facing Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal on June 18. The portal hosted aggregate data about health spending and drug subsidies. No personal information had been accessed, the government said.

Albanese said the artificial intelligence company took too long to reveal the incident. The prime minister made the breach public following a telephone conversation with Altman. OpenAI said in a statement “our models took actions we did not intend.”

Sept. 18: Google says its Gemini AI hacked 3 companies

Google confirmed its Gemini AI model hacked three companies in May as part of a test of its cybersecurity capabilities. The company, which disclosed the hacks after an inquiry by The Wall Street Journal, said the model guessed passwords in one case and found passwords and credentials in a public repository in the other two cases. As in earlier such cases, the tests were being run by Irregular, a startup that describes itself as the “first frontier security lab.”

Aug. 5: Meta’s Muse goes rogue

Meta disclosed one of its AI models accessed the internet on its own and hacked another company. The company said that a “misconfiguration” during cybersecurity testing by Irregular inadvertently allowed one of its models to access the internet. A spokesperson for Irregular said the Meta episode involved a test-environment issue that was disclosed a week earlier by Anthropic.

July 30: Anthropic says its systems hacked 3 organizations

Anthropic said its artificial intelligence models hacked into three other organizations during testing. Anthropic, the San Francisco-based AI company behind Claude, posted on its website that it discovered the three incidents after reviewing more than 141,000 evaluation runs. In all three incidents, the AI models were tasked with a “capture the flag” cybersecurity challenge, which Anthropic said has been one of the ways it assesses a model’s cyber capabilities.

The models were given a fictional scenario and told a piece of secret information, or the “flag,” had been hidden on a different machine on the network with the objective of breaking in and retrieving it, it said. Anthropic said it reached out to the organizations, but it did not name them publicly.

July 21:

The Hugging Face incident

The ChatGPT maker OpenAI announced that its artificial intelligence system hacked into another AI company on its own in what the company called an “unprecedented cyber incident.”

A week earlier, AI startup Hugging Face said, it had detected an intrusion into its data processing systems that it suspected was caused by an AI agent autonomously acting on its own.

OpenAI said its AI used stolen credentials and discovered a previously unknown vulnerability to access Hugging Face servers. It was working with reduced guardrails because it was supposed to be in an isolated testing environment known as a sandbox.

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The Hoosiers (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten Conference) were pushed to the limit by a Cornhuskers team looking for a program-turning victory under fourth-year coach Matt Rhule. Instead, the defending national champion Hoosiers won their 22nd straight game.

“I'm not sure it's completely sunk it — it's starting to — that we won because it took everything the players and coaches had in that one to find a way to overcome,” Indiana coach Curt Cignetti said moments after the game. “Give Nebraska a lot of credit. We did a nice job of regrouping at halftime. Great win on the road, hard fought. A win like that has a lot of value.”

Nebraska lost its 31st consecutive game against a Top 25 opponent and Rhule lost his 21st in a row over a combined seven seasons at Baylor and Nebraska.

“I’m just disappointed we didn’t win that game for everybody," he said. “I think it would have been pretty cool downtown tonight.”

Nebraska (5-1, 2-1) looked to be on the verge of putting away the Hoosiers when quarterback Anthony Colandrea broke a 39-yard touchdown run for a 17-6 lead early in the fourth quarter.

But Hoover connected with Marsh for a 75-yard catch-and-run TD on a run-pass option on the first play of the ensuing possession, and then Indiana got a stop to set up its winning drive.

On fourth down at the Nebraska 44, Indiana brought in an extra lineman in a tightly bunched formation. The Huskers crowded the line as if they were expecting a run. Hoover faked a handoff, drawing in the defense, and Marsh got behind the secondary. He caught Hoover's floating pass and ran into the end zone with no one around him.

Cignetti said he stole the play from Kansas five or six years ago and used it against Northwestern two weeks ago.

“They covered the guy we thought would get the ball and Nick flashed open and Josh found him,” Cignetti said. “Nick made some big plays over the second half.”

Rhule said there was confusion before the ball was snapped. Though there was an extra tackle in for Indiana, there also were three receivers on the field. Nebraska mistakenly had its goal-line defense on the field.

“We should have called a timeout,” he said. “It didn't happen. The organization is my fault.”

Nebraska was in control for most of the warm, sun-splashed afternoon at Memorial Stadium. The Huskers led 10-3 at halftime, the first time the Hoosiers trailed after two quarters since the Big Ten championship game last season.

Big Ten rushing leader Turbo Richard and Lee Beebe Jr., both averaging better than 100 yards per game, were all but shut down. Richard ran eight times for 10 yards and Beebe nine times for 31. Hoover was 12-of-22 passing for 263 yards, with Marsh catching six balls for 187.

Indiana finished with season lows of 65 yards rushing and 328 total.

“We've been through a lot of adversity this season so far, and for us to come out on top today meant a lot,” Marsh said. “We know we've got a lot of guys that can mentally fight, physically fight. I think today was more of the mental challenge.”

Colandrea was 25 of 43 for 263 yards and Jacori Barney caught nine passes for 108 yards to lead Nebraska.

“That wasn’t an Indiana team sleepwalking through this and that wasn’t a Nebraska team that’s not in that class,” Rhule said. “That was two guys battling. But we’re not OK with that. We’ve got to make a step.”

The takeaway

Indiana: The Hoosiers improved to 27-0 against unranked opponents under third-year coach Cignetti, and their 22-game win streak is the longest in the Big Ten since Ohio State won 23 straight from 2013-14.

Nebraska: Six of the Huskers' 10 losses to Top 25 teams under Rhule have been decided by seven points or fewer.

Up next

Indiana: Hosts No. 5 Ohio State.

Nebraska: Visits No. 13 Oregon.

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The office, led by High Commissioner Volker Türk, issued a social media post Saturday saying the racist messages sent online targeting Gauff were “appalling and illustrate that Black female athletes are specifically targeted for vitriol and racial abuse.”

Gauff, a two-time Grand Slam champion ranked No. 4, said last week she received an “insane” amount of racist comments on social media following a controversial point in her China Open match against home player Sun Xinran on Monday.

Gauff lost to Elise Mertens two days later, saying she had “no energy” and felt as though she would pass out.

“There is no place in sport for racial or sexist slurs and abuse,” the United Nations’ human rights office said. “Players, coaches, and sports bodies need to stand up for those facing such attacks and fans need to push back against those who sully sport with racism and sexism.”

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Pitt had just taken a 17-14 lead when the Tar Heels immediately responded. Edwards hit Shamar Easter for a 75-yard score down the seam for the go-ahead touchdown, giving coach Bill Belichick his first win against a ranked opponent at North Carolina.

“Every play is designed to be an 80-yard touchdown,” Edwards said. “They obviously don’t all go that way, but it felt really nice to see Shamar catch and run with that.”

It was North Carolina’s (3-2, 1-1) first win against a ranked opponent since defeating No. 25 Miami in 2023 and the Tar Heels’ first ranked road win since taking down No. 9 Miami in 2020.

Edwards completed 18-of-26 passes for 249 yards with touchdowns to Easter and Jelani Thurman, and a pair of interceptions. Demon June also rushed for a touchdown and Jordan Shipp caught six passes for 93 yards.

“It’s great to come in here and win,” Belichick said. “Really proud of our team, we made some great plays and it was just an all-around solid team effort.”

Holden Geriner, a fifth-year senior, completed 27-of-44 passes for 219 yards with two interceptions for Pitt (5-1, 2-1).

Geriner, a 23-year-old transfer from Auburn, made his first collegiate start with sophomore quarterback Mason Heintschel out for the rest of the season after tearing the ACL in his right knee during a victory against Virginia Tech last week.

“Obviously, his first start … he will get better and better just from the experiences,” Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi said. “Got a lot of faith and trust in him. I was happy with the way he played in his first start.”

Geriner sailed a fourth-down pass that was dropped by a wide-open Cataurus Hicks. Pitt later turned the ball over on downs at the North Carolina 21 as the Tar Heels held on for the win.

La’Vell Wright scored two rushing touchdowns for Pitt.

“It’s one game,” Narduzzi said. “Whoever plays in that championship game is going to have a loss. All of our goals are right in front of us.”

It was Belichick’s first time at Acrisure Stadium since a 21-18 New England Patriots win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Dec. 7, 2023. Belichick went 8-3 as a NFL head coach in Acrisure Stadium, including wins in two AFC championship games.

“A lot of memories from being back here, mostly good, but we got waxed a couple times,” Belichick said. “It was great to come in here and win, but most importantly I’m proud for the players and the way they played.”

Pitt honors its past

There was a moment of silence before the national anthem and a video tribute after the first television timeout to honor Mike Ditka, the Pitt All-American who went on to a Hall of Fame career and led the Chicago Bears to a Super Bowl title as a coach. Ditka passed away at the age of 86 on Friday.

Pitt also celebrated the 50th anniversary of its 1976 national championship team.

Ditka, a three-sport standout at Pitt, led the Panthers in receiving as a tight end from 1958-60, while also playing as a defensive end and punter.

Pitt retired Ditka’s No. 89 jersey in 1997.

The takeaway

North Carolina: The Tar Heels flirted with a marquee win at home last week when they pulled within one against Notre Dame in the second half. But they were able to put it all together with a strong second half on Saturday.

Pitt: The Panthers were unable to start 6-0 for the first time since 2024 and the second time since 1982. Geriner showed flashes in his first start at Pitt, but struggled at times in the second half with the Panthers attempting to rally.

Up next

North Carolina: Travels to face Duke on Oct. 17.

Pitt: Visits Boston College on Oct. 17.

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More than 500 trees “that do not contribute to the historic landscape will be removed” as part of the rehabilitation project, the National Park Service said in a court filing Friday. “No healthy trees that are contributing features of the historical golf course” — including historic cherry trees — will be removed as part of the project, the park service said.

A total of 169 trees will be removed starting Saturday, with another 90 trees slated for removal later, the agency said.

The tree removals come as President Donald Trump has moved to turn the course into a world-class golf venue — part of his grand vision for Washington, D.C., where he has torn down storied structures, remade or renamed others and deployed the National Guard for more than a year.

Some residents fear the planned changes to the golf course — where Trump has visited with a cabinet member, a well-known golf course architect and blueprints — risk altering the character of a place that has served Washingtonians of all income levels for more than a century. Turning the park into an upscale golf course will mean costlier fees and a likely loss of public space.

"The National Park Service is finally implementing a 7-year-old plan to address tree overgrowth at East Potomac Golf Course,'' the Interior Department said in a statement Saturday. The department oversees the park service and other agencies that manage federal lands.

The renovation work will include selective tree and vegetation work to restore the course, the Interior Department said, adding that the work is intended to “help restore the course’s historic character and reopen views toward landmarks, including the Washington Monument, National War College, Potomac River and Washington Channel."

The park service “recognizes the importance of trees to the park and its visitors. This carefully planned work is part of our required stewardship of the park,” the statement said.

The golf course will remain open to the public throughout the renovation effort, although individual holes may temporarily close while work is underway, the agency said.

The 106-year-old public course has been embroiled in a lawsuit since February. Plaintiffs including the DC Preservation League say the Trump administration’s reconstruction would violate the congressional act that created the park in 1897. The group sought an emergency stop-work order this spring because of concerns that work was expected to begin immediately on the course.

Charles Birnbaum, president of the Cultural Landscape Foundation, a nonprofit that is suing the Trump administration over renovations at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, said the tree removal at the golf course should be subject to review under the National Historic Preservation Act.

“The work is not routine maintenance, and therefore, for a designated property, they need to undertake Section 106,” Birnbaum said Saturday, referring to the section of the preservation law that requires federal agencies to consider a project's effects on historic and cultural properties.

Trump, an avid golfer, has posted about the course on social media: “When completed, this Course will have the ability to host Major Golf Tournaments, including The U.S. Open, The Ryder Cup, The PGA Championship, and other top PGA Tour events,” he wrote in late June.

It’s unclear when the course could host any major tournaments, as locations are chosen several years ahead of the events.

Whether that change involves the Big Three is the Aces' biggest question entering the offseason because five-time All-Star guard Jackie Young is a free agent.

She averaged career highs in points per game (18.9) and assists (6.8) to go with a 4.4-rebounding average and shooting percentages of 48.8 from the floor and 38.3 from 3-point range.

“I think she had a career year this year,” coach Becky Hammon said. “Had some unbelievable performances throughout the season, so obviously it’s a big priority that we retain her services. We’ll see what those thoughts look like, but I know what it looks like from our end. Ultimately, it’s going to come down to her decision."

If Young returns, she will rejoin a core that includes five-time MVP A'ja Wilson and six-time All-Star point guard Chelsea Gray that has been instrumental in winning three of the past four titles.

While Wilson clearly wants Young to return, she also wants to be mindful of not being overbearing while trying to persuade her to re-sign.

“I’m constantly in Jackie’s ear,” Wilson said. “I know when she needs that big sister, but also when she needs that space. So going into this offseason, I’m just going to be me. I’m not going change too much because that’s not what Jackie needs."

If Young leaves, the Aces could be aggressive in going after a big-name free agent such as Indiana's Kelsey Mitchell or Minnesota's Napheesa Collier.

Mitchell expressed frustration a week ago about playing in the glare that comes with having Caitlin Clark as a teammate. Clark made the case on Thursday for keeping Mitchell, which would again give the Fever one of the league's top backcourts.

Even if Young comes back, that doesn't mean the Aces will sit still.

“We’re going to make some adjustments, we’re going to make some moves, try to address our weaknesses,” Hammon said shortly after Friday night's 87-77 overtime loss to the Valkyries. “That’s not a question to answer right now. There’s a lot of things coming through my head.”

Top of mind was not having a good enough defense, and that likely will be a top priority for Hammon and team president and general manager Nikki Fargas. Hammon said the lack of an elite defense is a major reason the Aces are already into their offseason.

But it's not so simple to improve just one area.

Hammon lamented injuries that ended NaLyssa Smith's season and limited Jewell Loyd, Stephanie Talbot and Dana Evans.

“This is why repeating is hard,” she said. “There has to be some things that go your way. You have to get some lucky breaks, and we’ve been pretty lucky around here. We’ve done some good things and made our own breaks at times. Other times, it’s tougher to make those little things happen for you. And there’s some things that happen that are completely out of your control.”

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Shesterkin did not put any weight on his right leg as he was helped off the ice by teammates after an awkward fall into his own net against the Capitals.

Shesterkin came well out of his crease to challenge a shooter midway through the second period and fell as he scrambled back to the net. The 30-year-old Russian jammed his right skate into the right post as he slid back into the crease and collapsed into the net in pain.

“It's awful, you know? He's a pillar of this team. It stinks," Rangers captain J.T. Miller said following the 3-1 loss to the Capitals.

Coach Mike Sullivan said after his team's four-game winning streak was snapped: “He's an elite goaltender and you never want to see anyone get hurt. Obviously, he's an important player for us.”

The 2022 Vezina Trophy winner missed a month last season with a lower-body injury, contributing to the Rangers finishing last in the Eastern Conference.

Shesterkin was off to a strong start this season with a 3-1 record and 1.76 goals-against average. Last week, he became the first Rangers goalie to score a goal when he lofted the puck the length of the ice into an empty net late in New York’s home opener against Tampa Bay.

“We're not going to let that take the wind out of our sails,” Miller said about Shesterkin's injury. “We love the way we're playing most of the time.”

Shesterkin stopped 13 of 14 shots and left with the score tied 1-all. He was replaced by 24-year-old backup Dylan Garand, who gave up the go-ahead goal late in the second but finished with 11 saves on 12 shots.

It was the fifth NHL appearance and second this season for Garand, recalled last week from Hartford of the American Hockey League after clearing waivers. Garand made 22 saves in a 2-0 shutout at Detroit last Friday with the Rangers playing their second game in two nights.

Garand went 2-0-1 with a 1.62 goals-against average and .948 save percentage in three starts for the Rangers last season.

New York acquired veteran goaltender Joonas Korpisalo from the Boston Bruins last summer to be Shesterkin’s backup. But the 32-year-old Finn was placed on injured reserve last week and was week to week with a lower-body injury.

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Tootsie was found wandering near a police department. She is a 35-pound brindle dog.

Watch the video above and visit the Humane Society’s website to learn more about Tootsie and other pets available for adoption.

Tootsie fue encontrada deambulando cerca de un departamento de policía. Es una perrita de pelaje atigrado que pesa 35 libras.

Mira el video de arriba y visita el sitio web de la Sociedad Protectora de Animales para obtener más información sobre Tootsie y otras mascotas disponibles para adopción.

El incidente ocurrió poco después de las 12:30 a.m. en la cuadra 1300 de North State Road 7, cerca del centro comercial Lauderhill Mall.

Según el Departamento de Policía de Lauderhill, los agentes acudieron al lugar y encontraron al hombre, un peatón, “con múltiples lesiones”.

El sargento Parys Thomas, portavoz de la policía de Lauderhill, informó en un comunicado de prensa que el hombre “fue trasladado al Broward Health Medical Center, donde permanece en condición crítica, pero estable”.

“El conductor huyó de la escena en un vehículo desconocido y en dirección desconocida”, dijo Thomas.

Se solicita a cualquier persona que tenga información que llame a la Policía de Lauderhill o a Broward Crime Stoppers al 954-493-8477.

The 7.7- and 6.6-magnitude earthquakes on Friday toppled buildings near the epicenter and prompted evacuations across the Central American country. Seismologists recorded more than 100 aftershocks, including ones measuring magnitude 5.8, 5.5 and 5.2.

The earlier quake, also felt in neighboring Colombia, was centered about 10 kilometers (6 miles) southwest of the remote community of Pitaloza Arriba, in the central province of Herrera, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It struck at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles).

Presidential Minister Juan Carlos Orillac announced the emergency during a news conference in the capital, Panama City. He said homes, schools, healthcare facilities, roads and hotels were among the damaged facilities.

Malitzie Rivera, deputy director of the National Civil Protection System, told reporters the state had reports of 27 people with injuries, ranging from minor to moderate.

Hundreds of homes were damaged

Most of the damage was concentrated in the central provinces of Veraguas, Herrera, Cocle and Los Santos.

The Civil Protection agency tallied roughly 420 homes and about the same number of public schools damaged. It also reported that seven hotels, at least 13 churches and nine bridges were affected by the earthquakes.

In La Villa de Los Santos, a colonial-era community about 40 miles (64 kilometers) northeast of the epicenter, homes and a historical Catholic church collapsed. People who spent the night on the streets were waiting for the government's guidance on what to do next.

“We’ve been here since 1 p.m. yesterday; we haven’t moved,” Tony Jiménez, whose home partially collapsed, said while sitting with relatives under a tent. “It was a terrible thing. I can tell you with absolute certainty that in my 90 years, I had never experienced anything like it. It was intense — truly intense.”

The collapsed Church of San Atanasio was declared a National Historic Heritage Site in 1938.

Images of crumbling buildings and deep fissures slicing through roads added to fears across a Latin American region battered by a series of devastating earthquakes in recent months.

Two back-to-back 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes roiled Venezuela’s La Guaira state in June, killing more than 6,500 people and leaving 17,000 homeless. In August, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Colombia killed at least 289 people.

The notably lower toll in nearby Panama may have been due to the country's strict building codes, especially governing construction of skyscrapers in the capital, said Carlos Valdés, head of the Seismology Department at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

Rising sea levels prompt evacuations

Officials did not report any missing people on Saturday but said some communities remained cut off due to landslides and road damage.

On Isla Caña, off the Pacific coast of Los Santos, approximately 300 people were evacuated because of rising sea levels and rough surf. Meanwhile, in the city of Penonomé, around 150 kilometers (93 miles) from the capital, a shelter was housing 13 people, including five children. The earthquakes caused a partial collapse and cracks at the cathedral in the district’s main square, as well as damage to the governor’s office building and the Dos Continentes hotel.

In Panama City, one of the water treatment plants supplying the area operated at 20% capacity on Saturday, and tent facilities with cots were set up at six hospitals.

Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, one of the region’s busiest airports with more than 20 million passengers in 2025, temporarily suspended operations after the first quake but said Friday but reopened hours later.

But hundreds of travelers on major Panama-based airlines like Copa Airlines were left stranded in airports around the region. Their connections through Tocumen — one of the biggest travel hubs in the region — were canceled or delayed. In Mexico City’s airport, airline employees scrambled as families with babies were sleeping on the floor Saturday while one woman from Venezuela shouted in panic that the flight through Panama was one of the only ways she could return home to Caracas.

The Panama Canal Authority said operations were continuing normally along the global trade route. It said its priority was the safety of employees, vessels and crews and that specialized technical teams were inspecting facilities for possible damage.

The last major earthquake to cause widespread damage in Panama struck in 1991. A magnitude 7.4 quake, centered in nearby Costa Rica, killed 23 people, injured 559 and left thousands of people homeless in the border Bocas del Toro region.

Earthquakes are common, especially along Panama's border with Costa Rica and its Pacific coast, because of the interaction of several tectonic plates, including the Cocos, Nazca and Caribbean plates.

Panama lies along the “Ring of Fire,” a 40,000-kilometer (25,000-mile) arc of volcanoes and fault lines around the Pacific Basin, where most of the world’s earthquakes occur.

Countries offer help

Messages of support and offers of assistance flooded in from across the region shortly after the earthquakes. Mulino on Friday thanked fellow Latin American leaders for their support, saying he had spoken with the presidents of Chile, Uruguay and Guatemala, among others.

The U.S. Department of State on Saturday said it mobilized a disaster response team to help local authorities with search and rescue expertise as well as aerial and on-the-ground assessments. The U.S. government also pledged $5 million for humanitarian assistance.

U.S. Southern Command also said two helicopters supported by the State Department's drug-control bureau had delivered 2,000 pounds (907 kilograms) of food to Panamanian communities affected by the earthquakes.

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Solís reported from Panama City. Associated Press writers Megan Janetsky, Regina Garcia Cano and María Verza in Mexico City; Juan Zamorano in Panama City; Clara Preve in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Gabriela Molina in Quito, Ecuador; Eléonore Hughes in Rio de Janeiro; and Becky Bohrer in Juneau, Alaska, contributed to this report.

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Category 3 Hurricane Isaias waited until the last minute to crumble to a curtain of jet-stream-driven wind shear Friday evening as its core was quickly eviscerated from the southwest, turning it into a half-cane near the time of landfall.

Unfortunately for those in the path, it was too little too late, with the center of Isaias crossing the coast near Destin, Florida, in the western Florida panhandle around 8:30 PM Friday local (central) time, officially as a 105-mph Category 2 hurricane.

Isaias was the strongest hurricane to strike this part of Florida since Sally in September 2020 and the first hurricane to strike the U.S. in two years – almost two years to the hour that Hurricane Milton struck south of Tampa Bay at 8:30 PM ET on October 9^th, 2024 – ending the longest streak between hurricane landfalls the U.S. has observed in over a decade.

Isaias’s stinging back side

Isaias’s being quickly scooped up by the jet stream allowed dry air to rush into its core, leading to the development of a pronounced “sting jet” on its back side as it made landfall Friday evening.

These sting jets – so named because they resemble the sharp, bent back stinger of a scorpion tail on satellite – form when rains swirling into center on the back side collide with exceptionally dry mid-latitude air eroding the core, rapidly choking off thunderstorms and causing air and strong winds from above to rush down to the surface (since dry air is heavier than moist air).

One of these string jets quickly developed on the western edge of Isaias’s rains in an arc through Santa Rosa County (Florida’s westernmost county) from Santa Rosa Island to north of Pensacola, bringing lashing winds to nearly 120 mph in spots.

The highest official wind reports from Isaias were in this zone and multiple stations recorded wind gusts to over 100 mph in the 7 PM to 9 PM window local Friday.

Double-digit rainfall totals and moderate to major storm surge flooding

Through Saturday morning, Isaias had dumped over 10 inches of rain to areas of inland Alabama, with the rain ongoing from its remnants into the southern Appalachians. So far at least flood reports have been scattered.

Although limited real-time storm surge gauges were available along the coast most affected by water rises late Friday, storm surge flooding reached almost 6 feet at Panama City Beach (moderate flooding), consistent with the 6 to 9 foot range forecast by the National Hurricane Center. Higher-fidelity estimates of the peak storm surge will be made once scientists can gather more data during post-storm damage surveys.

Widespread power outages

By daybreak Saturday, nearly a million customers – primarily across western Florida, Alabama, and western Georgia – were without power, according to PowerOutage.us, as the expanding winds of Isaias’s remnants continued to blast the southeast U.S. with widespread gusty winds topping 50 to 80 mph, especially in higher terrain.

Blustery weather and an ongoing flood threat will continue today into the Southern Appalachians but conditions should improve dramatically across the southeast by Sunday.

El huracán Isaias, de categoría 3, esperó hasta el último minuto para desintegrarse en una cortina de cizalladura del viento impulsada por la corriente en chorro el viernes por la noche, mientras su núcleo era rápidamente desintegrado desde el suroeste, convirtiéndose en medio bastón cerca del momento de tocar tierra.

Desafortunadamente para quienes se encontraban en su trayectoria, fue demasiado poco y demasiado tarde, ya que el centro de Isaias cruzó la costa cerca de Destin, Florida, en el extremo occidental del Panhandle de Florida, alrededor de las 8:30 p. m. del viernes, hora local (central), oficialmente como un huracán de categoría 2 con vientos de 105 mph.

Isaias fue el huracán más fuerte que azotó esta parte de Florida desde Sally en septiembre de 2020 y el primer huracán que azotó los EE. UU. en dos años, casi exactamente dos años después de que el huracán Milton tocara tierra al sur de la bahía de Tampa a las 8:30 p. m. ET del 9 de octubre ^de 2024, poniendo fin a la racha más larga entre la llegada de huracanes a tierra que los EE. UU. han observado en más de una década.

La parte trasera punzante de Isaias

El hecho de que Isaias fuera rápidamente absorbido por la corriente en chorro permitió que el aire seco entrara en su núcleo, lo que provocó el desarrollo de un pronunciado “chorro en espiral” en su parte posterior cuando tocó tierra el viernes por la noche.

Estos chorros punzantes, llamados así porque se asemejan al aguijón afilado y curvado de la cola de un escorpión en las imágenes satelitales, se forman cuando las lluvias que se arremolinan hacia el centro en la parte posterior chocan con el aire excepcionalmente seco de latitudes medias, erosionando el núcleo, sofocando rápidamente las tormentas eléctricas y provocando que el aire y los fuertes vientos de arriba se precipiten hacia la superficie (ya que el aire seco es más pesado que el aire húmedo).

Una de estas corrientes en chorro se desarrolló rápidamente en el borde occidental de las lluvias de Isaias, describiendo un arco a través del condado de Santa Rosa (el condado más occidental de Florida), desde la isla de Santa Rosa hasta el norte de Pensacola, provocando vientos huracanados de casi 193 km/h en algunos puntos.

Los informes oficiales de vientos más fuertes del huracán Isaias se registraron en esta zona, y varias estaciones registraron ráfagas de viento de más de 160 km/h entre las 19:00 y las 21:00 hora local del viernes.

Precipitaciones de dos dígitos e inundaciones por marejada ciclónica de moderadas a graves.

Hasta la mañana del sábado, Isaias había descargado más de 25 centímetros de lluvia en zonas del interior de Alabama, y ​​las precipitaciones continuaban desde sus remanentes hacia los Apalaches del sur. Hasta el momento, los informes de inundaciones han sido esporádicos.

Aunque la disponibilidad de medidores de marejada ciclónica en tiempo real era limitada a lo largo de la costa más afectada por la crecida del agua el viernes por la noche, la inundación alcanzó casi 1,8 metros en Panama City Beach (inundación moderada), lo que coincide con el rango de 1,8 a 2,7 metros pronosticado por el Centro Nacional de Huracanes. Se realizarán estimaciones más precisas de la marejada ciclónica máxima una vez que los científicos puedan recopilar más datos durante las evaluaciones de daños posteriores a la tormenta.

Apagones generalizados

Al amanecer del sábado, casi un millón de clientes, principalmente en el oeste de Florida, Alabama y el oeste de Georgia, se encontraban sin electricidad, según PowerOutage.us , mientras los vientos crecientes de los remanentes de Isaias seguían azotando el sureste de Estados Unidos con ráfagas generalizadas que superaban los 50 a 80 mph, especialmente en terrenos de mayor altitud.

El tiempo ventoso y la persistente amenaza de inundaciones continuarán hoy en los Apalaches del Sur, pero las condiciones deberían mejorar drásticamente en todo el sureste para el domingo.

La portavoz de BSO, Claudinne Caro, dijo que el incidente ocurrió alrededor de las 7:45 p.m. del viernes en la cuadra 5300 de Northwest 28th Avenue, cerca del Aeropuerto Ejecutivo de Fort Lauderdale.

Los agentes dijeron que Manuel Cabello, de 28 años, apuñaló a su madre hasta matarla. Fue detenido bajo un cargo de asesinato en primer grado.

Las autoridades aún no han identificado públicamente a la víctima ni han informado qué provocó el asesinato.

Detectives de homicidios permanecieron en la escena durante las horas de la mañana recopilando evidencia.

Un equipo de Local 10 News observó que la vivienda donde ocurrió el apuñalamiento estaba acordonada con cinta de escena del crimen.

Pike, 50, was discharged from the hospital and is back at the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center, the women’s prison where she was housed for 30 years, her attorneys said in a written statement.

“She is grateful to the first responders and her medical team for their care in these extraordinary circumstances. She is continuing to receive medical care at the prison, and we will continue to track her recovery,” the statement said.

Pike had been hospitalized since surviving two doses of pentobarbital as the state attempted to execute her on Sept. 30 for the 1995 beating and stabbing death of classmate Colleen Slemmer. At one point she was on a ventilator and her attorneys did not expect her to survive. However, they said Pike woke up and began talking and walking with assistance.

The Death Penalty Information Center says Pike is the first person to survive after receiving lethal injection drugs during an execution.

The Tennessee Department of Correction has not said what went wrong in the execution. Medical and lethal injection experts have focused on whether a problem with the IV line caused the drug to pool in her tissue instead of entering her bloodstream. Pike’s attorneys wrote in a court filing that “apparently at no point did any member of the execution team realize that the IV lines were not correctly placed.”

The failed execution brought renewed scrutiny to how Tennessee carries out death sentences.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has since postponed the state’s only other scheduled execution this year and ordered a review of what went wrong. The state’s prison chief resigned in the wake of the failed execution.

As the process got underway, Pike was asked if she had a final statement and she spoke of being at peace. About five minutes later, she raised her head and said her arm hurt. Later, she appeared to lose consciousness but could be heard breathing heavily until media witnesses were escorted from the witness room nearly 90 minutes into the execution. An ambulance took her to a hospital.

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BSO spokesperson Claudinne Caro said it happened at around 7:45 p.m. Friday in the 5300 block of Northwest 28th Avenue, near Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport.

Deputies said Manuel Cabello, 28, stabbed his mother to death. They took him into custody on a first-degree murder charge.

Authorities have not yet publicly identified the victim or said what led up to the killing.

Homicide detectives were at the scene through the morning hours gathering evidence.

A Local 10 News crew saw the home where the stabbing occurred cordoned off with crime scene tape.

También provocó cortes de electricidad.

La tormenta se convirtió en un sistema postropical la mañana del sábado.

Local 10 News estuvo en Pensacola temprano el sábado por la mañana, donde la tormenta arrancó partes del techo de un edificio en el centro de la ciudad y derribó señales de tránsito.

Marcel Joualt, propietario del restaurante Bavaria en el centro de Pensacola, esperó a que pasara la tormenta dentro de su negocio.

Propietario de negocio: “Creo que tuvimos suerte”.

Dijo que su restaurante no perdió electricidad y que ya estaba listo para reabrir el sábado para el Oktoberfest.

“Nos quedamos adentro porque sabíamos que este edificio ha estado aquí durante cientos de años”, dijo Joualt. “Mi casa quedó destrozada. Hay un árbol encima. Así que tuve suerte de estar aquí y, ya saben, teníamos mucha cerveza y un bar completamente abastecido”.

Agregó: “Estamos colocando las cosas de nuevo en su lugar. Estamos limpiando. Ya saben, el letrero se cayó y retiramos todo para que no se rompiera”.

Dijo que la situación era mucho mejor que después del huracán Sally en 2020.

“Creo que aquí tuvimos suerte de estar de este lado de la tormenta”, dijo Joualt. “La última vez estuve del otro lado, perdí mi automóvil, lo perdí todo porque teníamos seis pies de agua por todas partes”.

Se espera realizar una evaluación completa de los daños cuando salga el sol.

La ciudad permanecía bajo una advertencia de hervir el agua antes de consumirla.

Se instó a los residentes a mantenerse fuera de las carreteras.

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It also brought power outages.

The storm became post-tropical Saturday morning.

Local 10 News was on the ground in Pensacola early Saturday morning, where the storm tore off portions of a roof downtown and knocked down street signs.

Marcel Joualt, the owner of Bavaria Restaurant in downtown Pensacola, waited out the storm inside of his business

Business owner: ‘I think we were lucky’

He said his restaurant did not lose power and was already ready to re-open on Saturday for Oktoberfest.

“We stayed inside because we knew this building was here for hundreds of years,” Joualt said. “My house got trashed. There’s a tree on it. So I was lucky to be here, and you know, we had lots of beer and a full bar.”

He added, “We’re putting stuff back up. We are cleaning up. You know, the sign was down, and we took everything down so it wouldn’t break.”

He said the situation was much better than after Hurricane Sally in 2020.

“Here I think we were lucky to be on this side of the storm,” Joualt said. “Last time I was on the other side, lost my car, lost everything because we had six (feet) of water everywhere.”

A full assessment of the damage is set to come when the sun rises.

The city remained under a boil-water advisory.

Residents were urged to stay off the roads.

The case has been referred to its disciplinary investigation committee and its findings will remain confidential until its conclusions are reached, the federation said in a statement Saturday.

The 41-year-old Ronaldo left the Portugal camp during the international window in a dispute with new coach Jorge Jesus over his lack of playing time in the Nations League.

In the three games Ronaldo was either an unused substitute or absent, Portugal won, and his replacement Gonçalo Ramos seized his chance by scoring three goals.

Ronaldo was involved only in Portugal’s opening Nations League game, where he was replaced by Ramos in a 1-0 win over Wales. He left the squad after watching the second game from the substitutes’ bench — a 2-1 win in Norway — and Portugal showed no ill effects from his departure with wins over Denmark and Norway to book a quarterfinal.

Ronaldo ended the international break with a long post to his 679 million followers on Instagram, where he asked the Portugal coach to acknowledge a mistake in asking him to warm up on the sidelines in Oslo and then not send him on the field. Jesus did not acknowledge any mistake.

The star wrote that he expected a suspension under federation rules but promised his fans “we will have one or more farewell matches.”

Ronaldo could possibly face a harsh punishment for leaving the training camp. The federation’s disciplinary regulations say that any player who “abandons or fails to appear” without justification at a training session, match or activity of the national teams “shall be sanctioned with a suspension of one to six months,” in addition to a fine.

Ronaldo did tell the federation he was leaving, but it wasn’t clear whether the decision would be considered justified in accordance with the regulations.

“I have already apologized, but I know that actions must have consequences," Ronaldo wrote in his statement. “Anyone in football as I am knows that, regardless of each person’s status, the rules are the same for everyone.”

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Stats provider Opta said it was the fastest goal ever scored in the German top division since its formation in 1963.

Bayern kicked off the game and played the ball back to goalkeeper Manuel Neuer but Fellhauer closed in and intercepted Neuer's attempt at a chipped clearance. He then tapped the ball into the empty net.

The Bundesliga recognizes goals to the nearest second and the record was jointly held by Kevin Volland, who needed nine seconds to score for Hoffenheim against Bayern in 2015, and Karim Bellarabi, whose goal for Bayer Leverkusen against Borussia Dortmund in 2014 also took nine seconds.

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Guimarães netted just four minutes after being sent on. It was the Brazil midfielder’s second goal for Arsenal — he scored against Sunderland last month — after joining from Newcastle in the offseason, and he celebrated by diving into the crowd.

It was the perfect flourish for Arsenal to celebrate coach Mikel Arteta signing a contract extension this week and bounce back from a hefty defeat at Brighton before the extended three-week break for internationals.

“This is the level for Arsenal, every week, every game, every minute, every action that you have to be at," Arteta said. “Against Brighton (Guimarães) wasn’t at that level, and today he was much better, and he can still be much better, and that’s what we have to demand.

“He’s still not in the best condition because he did not have a preseason. But he’s done it twice, (scoring from the bench) against Sunderland and now against Leeds, and that’s the quality needed at this level to continue to win.”

Arsenal moved level on points with Manchester City at the top of the table ahead of City's tricky trip to Liverpool on Sunday. The game at Anfield is City's first since being found guilty of large-scale financial wrongdoing in the biggest scandal in Premier League history. City is appealing.

It was a first defeat for Leeds, which was hoping to leapfrog Arsenal into second — courtesy of a better goal difference — with a win.

James Justin fired Leeds in front in the 55th minute but Riccardo Calafiori leveled just seven minutes later. The sixth Arsenal goal for Calafiori, who joined the club in 2024, was the defender’s first at home.

Arteta made a triple change moments later, sending on Guimarães, Victor Gyokeres and Jurrien Timber and the comeback was complete in the 70th with a lovely team goal.

A free kick was taken quickly and it was flicked between several players before Declan Rice teed up Guimarães to drive into the bottom left corner from outside the area.

10-man Spurs snatch equalizer

Tottenham snatched a 1-1 draw at Manchester United despite with 10 men, although it is still without a win in six matches after a $400 million summer spend.

Rodrigo Bentancur was sent off in the 78th minute for headbutting Luke Shaw after the United defender angrily pushed him following a couple of sliding tackles.

At that point, Tottenham was already 1-0 down after Bryan Mbeumo broke the deadlock five minutes earlier with what was only United's second shot on target.

United fans started chanting that Tottenham were “going down with City” in reference to potential sanctions for their bitter rival.

However, Tottenham leveled in stoppage time as terrible defending saw Dominic Solanke get away from Lisandro Martinez to nod Sandro Tonali’s cross into the back of the net.

“The situation we were in with the red card ... we need this situation, we have not accepted the defeat,” Tottenham coach Roberto de Zerbi told Sky Sports. “We have to react in all ways we can. It is a bad way, it is not the right way.

"I kiss Bentancur in the dressing room. Football is character.”

Super fast start for Chelsea

Jordan Henderson became Chelsea’s oldest English goal-scorer as the 36-year-old netted a brace in a 5-1 win over Bournemouth.

Henderson scored after just 66 seconds and turned provider almost immediately, setting up Morgan Rogers for a deflected shot that put Chelsea 2-0 up after just 149 seconds.

João Pedro added another in the opening minute of the second half and Evanilson grabbed one back for Bournemouth. Chelsea hadn’t kept a clean sheet in the Premier League since Jan. 21.

João Pedro settled any nerves in Stamford Bridge with Chelsea’s fourth before Henderson also doubled his tally with a superb free kick.

Fulham denied first win

Brighton consolidated third place with a 2-0 win at Sunderland, despite playing most of the second half with 10 men after Pascal Struijk was shown a straight red card for denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity.

Maxim De Cuyper scored moments before Struijk’s dismissal and Jaouen Hadjam sealed the match in stoppage time.

Fulham appeared set for its first win in the Premier League but two very late goals — from Abdoul Ouattara and Dara O’Shea — saw Ipswich snatch a 2-1 victory.

Brentford remained unbeaten after drawing at Aston Villa 2-2.

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It was the deadliest attack in any Gulf Arab country since the start of the Iran war, whose fronts have expanded to include the recent surge in fighting between the Houthis and Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces.

A missile struck a King Khalid International Airport complex housing terminals 3 and 4 for domestic flights, a regional official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak to the media.

The Saudi statement said the dead included four Saudi citizens as well as two Bangladeshi nationals, a Palestinian, a U.S. citizen, an Egyptian, a Jordanian, a Syrian and a Sudanese. It said the injured were being treated at several hospitals.

Footage posted on social media following the attack and analyzed by The Associated Press shows emergency vehicles outside the airport.

Saudi civil aviation authorities on Saturday said airport operations were suspended. The closure was later extended by 24 hours until 9 p.m. Sunday, according to the flight tracking platform Flightradar 24.

Trump said he would consider joining strikes against rebels

The attack — the latest of several in the past week on the airport — is expected to increase Saudi pressure on allies including the United States to provide military support for the kingdom, which has seemingly tried to avoid all-out war with the Houthis.

Shortly after the attack on Saturday afternoon, U.S. President Donald Trump said he was evaluating whether the U.S. should join Saudi strikes against the rebels. “We may. We’re going to look at it,” he said. “We just found out about the recent attack. So we’ll make a decision. We move very quickly.”

Trump later Saturday said he planned to speak to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and said “what happened in Saudi Arabia is not acceptable.” Asked if the U.S. might get involved, Trump responded, “We’ll find out.”

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged in a social media post that an American citizen had been killed in the attack, which he condemned.

“These reprehensible attacks demonstrate a blatant disregard for innocent civilian life. They must stop now,” he said.

The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis blamed them for the attack, calling it a “fully-fledged war crime” and vowing a firm response. The airport has no military facilities.

There was no immediate statement from the rebels, who earlier Saturday accused Saudi Arabia of striking Sanaa International Airport in the Houthi-held Yemeni capital.

The Houthis claimed attacks earlier in the week on King Khalid International Airport that killed three Saudis, including a pilot. The surge in attacks, including against other Saudi airports, military facilities and oil infrastructure, has come in the week since a Saudi-led coalition launched a major military offensive against the Houthis.

The airport had a heavy police presence on Saturday, with all entrances blocked, and lights around the complex were dimmed. Flights diverted elsewhere, Flightradar24 said. Countries including the United States, Britain, Germany, Australia and Canada warned citizens to avoid the airport.

Also Saturday, U.S. Central Command said a fighter jet struck and disabled a commercial cargo vessel with a precision munition in the Gulf of Oman, part of U.S. efforts to maintain a naval blockade of Iranian ports. The Panama-flagged M/V Ocean Molica had departed an Iranian port and did not heed repeated warnings. The ship’s crew was unharmed, CENTCOM said.

For Iran, the fighting puts pressure on a key US ally

The attacks on Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, have rattled markets and the region. And yet the Saudi energy ministry hours after the latest one was still promoting a major international energy conference set to begin in Riyadh on Sunday.

Until recently, the Houthis had been largely on the sidelines of the Iran war. Now the rebels are a way for Tehran to apply pressure on a key U.S. ally.

The Saudis and the Houthis began fighting in 2015 when the kingdom entered Yemen’s civil war on behalf of the internationally recognized government. Relative calm after a 2022 ceasefire ended in July when the Houthis resumed attacks, saying the Saudis fired on the Sanaa airport as a plane from Iran was trying to land. That revived anger over the Saudi-led blockade that has largely isolated Houthi-run areas.

Now fighting has escalated, with the Saudi-led coalition providing air support for Yemeni government forces attempting to reverse recent Houthi gains along the Red Sea. Those gains gave the rebels better surveillance of shipping on a corridor that is a crucial alternative to the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran has been attacking ships.

While the Houthis have said they are only targeting Saudi shipping as part of a blockade in retaliation for the one imposed on them, concerns about wider attacks persist. The Houthis previously attacked dozens of ships after the war in Gaza began, calling it solidarity with Palestinians. A U.S. bombing campaign sharply limited that.

Saudi Arabia has run low on interceptors, officials say

Saudi Arabia is running low on missile interceptors and has asked France, Britain, Pakistan and Egypt to deploy air defense support to the region, regional officials told the AP last month, with one noting that the U.S. has seen its own stock dwindle during the war with Iran.

Officials have said U.S. assistance has included intelligence sharing, target identification and planning for the latest offensive against the Houthis.

On Saturday, Saudi Arabia said its foreign minister and Omani counterpart spoke by phone about the importance of “supporting diplomatic solutions to de-escalate tensions” in the region. Oman, which lies across the Strait of Hormuz from Iran, has played a mediator role at times in the region.

Saudi flight disruptions are growing

The Houthis this week warned global airlines “for the last time” about the potential consequences of operating in Saudi airspace, which they described as a theater for their military operations.

Before the latest attack, Air India, FlyDubai, Lufthansa Group and Pakistan International Airlines were among airlines suspending flights to and from Riyadh and other Saudi airports for varying periods.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency had expanded its guidance on Saudi airspace, noting the Houthis’ ability to strike targets deeper inside the kingdom, including Riyadh, and a “greater focus on aviation infrastructure.”

The missile and drone attacks and interception efforts “create an increased risk of misidentification of civil aircraft,” it said.

Two regional officials said Houthi attacks on the Riyadh airport on Thursday damaged three planes. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to brief the media. The Saudi national carrier said one of its aircraft was damaged while it was on the ground, with no passengers on board.

Meanwhile, Saudi authorities warned the public this week that “filming, publishing or sharing information related to countering missiles and drones and their impact sites exposes you to legal liability.”

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Anna reported from Jerusalem. Associated Press writers Victoria Eastwood in Cairo, Collin Binkley in Washington and Sally Abou AlJoud in Beirut contributed to this report.

In a post on X, the American pope quoted the revised Catholic teaching on capital punishment ushered in by Pope Francis that the death penalty attacks the inherent dignity of a human being.

“The common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment," read the post under Leo's official handle, @Pontifex. "Effective systems of detention have been developed that protect citizens while at the same time do not completely deprive those who are guilty of the possibility of redemption.”

The post ended with the hashtag #NoDeathPenalty.

The U.S. Defense Department announced Thursday that the firing squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted of a 2009 shooting at the Fort Hood military base, will be livestreamed. Hasan, scheduled to be executed at Fort Hood on Dec. 3, was convicted of killing 13 people and wounding 32 others.

Leo didn’t refer specifically to the planned execution, or the botched lethal injection in Tennessee earlier that has revived debate over the death penalty in the United States. Saturday is World Day Against the Death Penalty, and it is common for the pope's official social media accounts to post messages marking such commemorations.

But Leo's post came just hours after his top deputy, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, said explicitly that the planned U.S. public execution was “unacceptable.”

Pope Francis declared capital punishment ‘inadmissible’

Pope Francis in 2018 amended official Catholic teaching to declare capital punishment “inadmissible” in all circumstances.

Previously, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the official compendium of church teaching, said the church didn’t exclude recourse to capital punishment “if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor.”

Past popes had upheld that position, though St. John Paul II began urging an end to the practice and stressed that guilty people were just as deserving of dignity as innocent ones.

Like Francis before him, Leo has made visiting prisons a key part of his papal travel in a bid to give a message of hope to inmates and underscore their inherent dignity, that God loves them and that there is always a chance for redemption.

“If any of you fear being abandoned by everyone, know that God will never abandon you, and that the church will stand by your side,” Leo told inmates at the notorious Bata prison in Equatorial Guinea during his visit in April. Leo is to visit a prison in Buenos Aires during his upcoming tour through Latin America.

Speaking specifically about the United States, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, said the planned livestreamed execution was “truly incomprehensible” and “unacceptable to turn death into a spectacle.”

“The Church’s position is one of total opposition to the death penalty; it is incompatible with human dignity and serves as no deterrent…,” Parolin said in comments carried by Vatican News. “It is truly incomprehensible that anyone would want to use this system today — I don’t know for what purpose. It is certainly unacceptable to turn death into a spectacle; even if the person is guilty, of course, there are other methods.”

The head of the U.S. bishops conference, Archbishop Paul Coakley, expressed “shock” and “great sorrow” at the Pentagon's plans.

“In no way can Hasan’s actions be condoned but this decision is a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered,” he said in a statement Friday. “The public execution even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people.”

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Police said they were sent to West Sunrise Boulevard near Satin Leaf Way, just south of Sawgrass Mills, though they said the shooting may have happened elsewhere.

Sunrise police said the man called first responders to report that he had been shot. Police said he suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to Broward Health Medical Center.

Authorities said he was “conscious and breathing” as he was rushed to the hospital.

“At this time, the exact location of the shooting remains unknown, as the victim has been uncooperative with investigators and has not provided details regarding where the incident occurred,” a Sunrise police spokesperson said Saturday morning. “The circumstances surrounding the shooting remain under investigation.”

La policía informó que los agentes fueron enviados a West Sunrise Boulevard, cerca de Satin Leaf Way, justo al sur de Sawgrass Mills, aunque indicaron que la balacera pudo haber ocurrido en otro lugar.

La policía de Sunrise dijo que el hombre llamó a los servicios de emergencia para reportar que había recibido disparos. Según las autoridades, sufrió múltiples heridas de bala y fue trasladado al Broward Health Medical Center.

Las autoridades indicaron que el hombre estaba “consciente y respirando” mientras era trasladado de urgencia al hospital.

“En este momento, se desconoce el lugar exacto de la balacera, ya que la víctima no ha cooperado con los investigadores y no ha proporcionado detalles sobre dónde ocurrió el incidente”, dijo un portavoz de la policía de Sunrise la mañana del sábado. “Las circunstancias que rodean la balacera continúan bajo investigación”.

Maybe the historic architecture of Rome, the art and culture of Paris, the parties in Rio or the lush beaches of sunny South Florida.

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According to data from the World Tourism Organization, France is the most-visited destination in the world.

The publication compiles an annual list using reader and expert opinions, with scores for things to do, food, romance, adventure and more.

But what about different preferences?

The ideal vacation really boils down to what you or your family want.

It’s like they say: It’s the journey, not the destination.

A trip to Disney World might be the perfect thing for a family of four, but not for a romantic getaway to Paris.

Someone with an adventurous spirit might enjoy backpacking in Australia or hiking through the mountains, but for others, the perfect vacation might just be a staycation.

Let us know what you think in the comment section below.

Quizás a la arquitectura histórica de Roma, el arte y la cultura de París, las fiestas de Río de Janeiro o las exuberantes playas del soleado sur de Florida.

Según datos de la Organización Mundial del Turismo, Francia es el destino más visitado del mundo.

La publicación elabora una lista anual utilizando las opiniones de lectores y expertos, con puntuaciones sobre actividades para realizar, gastronomía, romance, aventura y más.

Pero ¿qué pasa con las diferentes preferencias?

Las vacaciones ideales realmente dependen de lo que tú o tu familia quieran.

Como dice el refrán: lo importante es el viaje, no el destino.

Un viaje a Disney World podría ser perfecto para una familia de cuatro personas, pero no para quienes buscan una escapada romántica a París.

Alguien con espíritu aventurero podría disfrutar de un viaje de mochilero por Australia o de una caminata por las montañas, pero para otros, las vacaciones perfectas podrían ser simplemente quedarse en casa.

Déjanos saber qué opinas en la sección de comentarios a continuación.

Special Equipment:

9-inch springform pan, stand or hand mixer

neutral oil and sugar for the pan 10 ounces (283g) semisweet chocolate (preferably 66 to 68% cacao), coarsely chopped (13 cups)

½ cup neutral oil, such as vegetable or grapeseed (4 oz / 112g)

3 tablespoons amaretto or dark rum

(1.5 oz / 43g)

6 large eggs (10.6 oz / 300g), separated

½ cup almond flour (2.1 oz / 60g), sifted if needed to break up lumps

1 teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt

(0.11 oz / 3g)

½ cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar

(4.4 oz/ /125g)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat the oven and prepare the pan: Arrange an oven rack in the center position and preheat the oven to 350°F. Brush the bottom and sides of the springform pan with oil, making sure to coat it all the way to the rim.

Dust the inside of the pan with sugar, rotating the pan to coat the entire surface, then tap out the excess. Set the pan aside.

Melt the chocolate mixture: In a large heatproof bowl, combine the chocolate, oil, amaretto, and ¼ cup of water (2 oz / 57g). Fill a medium saucepan with about 1 inch of water and bring to a simmer over medium-low heat. Reduce the heat to maintain a gentle simmer and set the bowl over the pan (the bottom of the bowl shouldn’t touch the water). Stir often with a heatproof spatula just until the chocolate is melted and the mixture is completely smooth. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool slightly.

Whisk in the yolks and almond flour: Thoroughly whisk the yolks into the cooled chocolate mixture. It might look separated, which is normal.

Whisk in the almond flour until the mixture comes back together and looks smooth and glossy. Set the bowl aside.

Whip the egg whites: In a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment (or in a large bowl if using a hand mixer), beat the egg whites and salt on low speed to just to break up the whites. Increase the speed to medium-high and beat until the whites form soft peaks. Gradually add ½ cup of the sugar (3.5 oz/100g) in a slow, steady stream, beating constantly.

Once all the sugar is added, increase the mixer to high and continue to beat just until the meringue is very dense and glossy and forms a stiff peak off the end of the whisk. ® Beat in the vanilla. (continues)

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As of around 9:15 a.m. Saturday, MIA’s departure board included one significantly-delayed Copa Airlines flight to its hub in Panama City and another that was cancelled.

Other Copa flights, as well as American Airlines flights, were scheduled to depart on time.

Carlos Serna, headed to Panama, lamented the situation in the country.

“It’s terrible,” he said.

His final destination was Colombia, which also felt a portion of the earthquake and was still reeling from quakes in August.

“You move, the buildings, they move,” he said. “In Colombia, it lasted like one minute (and) 40 seconds.”

Others are seeing cancelled or delayed connections.

“They are not allowing any connecting flights right now that stop in Panama so they canceled our flight,” Camelia Hammad, also flying to Colombia through Panama, said.

There have been reports of minor injuries in Panama, but no reported earthquake deaths.

Hasta alrededor de las 9:15 a.m. del sábado, el tablero de salidas de MIA mostraba un vuelo de Copa Airlines hacia su centro de operaciones en Ciudad de Panamá con un retraso considerable y otro que había sido cancelado.

Otros vuelos de Copa, así como vuelos de American Airlines, estaban programados para salir a tiempo.

Carlos Serna, quien se dirigía a Panamá, lamentó la situación en el país.

“Es terrible”, dijo.

Su destino final era Colombia, donde también se sintió parte del sismo y que aún se recuperaba de los temblores de agosto.

“Uno se mueve, los edificios se mueven”, dijo. “En Colombia, duró como un minuto y 40 segundos”.

Otros pasajeros están enfrentando conexiones canceladas o retrasadas.

“No están permitiendo ningún vuelo de conexión en este momento que haga escala en Panamá, así que cancelaron nuestro vuelo”, dijo Camelia Hammad, quien también viajaba a Colombia a través de Panamá.

Se han reportado heridos leves en Panamá, pero no se han registrado muertes a causa de los sismos.

3 green onions, white and green parts

1⅓-inch (about 1 oz/25 g), peeled fresh ginger, cut into very fine matchsticks

2 small eggplants (about 1 lb/500 g) about 1 cup/250 ml sunflower oil, plus

1 tablespoon

6 shallots, thinly sliced (about 1 cup/100 g)

2 cloves garlic, crushed

1¼ cups/120 g walnuts, lightly toasted and coarsely chopped

3 tbsp/50 g sweet white miso paste

⅔ cup/150 ml vegetarian dashi or vegetable stock from cube

3 tbsp mirin

2 tbsp soy sauce

1 tbsp superfine sugar

1 tbsp sake (optional)

9 oz/250 g dried udon noodles

½ cucumber, unpeeled, cored and cut into very fine strips (5 oz/150 g)

salt

Cut each green onion into 2-inch/5-cm lengths. Slice each length in two, from top to bottom, and then cut each half into long strips, as thinly as you can. Place the onions and two-fifths of the ginger in a bowl of iced water and put in the fridge.

Use a vegetable peeler to peel off 4 or 5 strips of stem the eggplants, from top to bottom, so you are left with a striped pastern. Slice the eggplants into disks 1-inch/2.5 cm-thick and then cas each disk into quarters. Pour the 1 cup/250 ml sunflower oil into a saucepan and place over medium-high heat. Once hot, add the eggplant pieces in small batches and deep-fry for about 4 minutes, until they turn golden and cook through. Transfer to a colander to drain and sprinkle with a little salt.

Place the shallots and the remaining 1 tablespoon sunflower oil in a large sauté pan and sauté over medium heat for about 2 minutes, until they soften. Add the remaining ginger and the garlic and cook over low heat for 5 minutes. Add the walnuts and fried eggplant pieces and set aside.

Whisk together the miso, dashi, mirin, soy sauce, sugar, and sake in a small bowl. Add to the walnuts and eggplants.

Cook the noodles as instructed on the package. While you do this, heat up the eggplant and walnut sauce, allowing some evaporation so the sauce thickens a little but not much. Serve individual portions of hot noodles, topped in the center with the eggplant and walnut sauce. Drain and pat dry the green onion and ginger and sprinkle these on top, along with the cucumber.

SERVES 4

450g / 1 lb fresh, young peas, unshelled weight, or

140 g / 5 oz tiny frozen peas, thawed

115 g / 4 oz bacon, preferably lean,

slab bacon

115 g / 4 oz fresh ricotta

15 g // ½ oz butter

6 tablespoons freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese plus more for the table freshly ground black pepper

salt

450 g / 1 Ib pasta

RECOMMENDED PASTA First choice goes to conchiglie for the deftness with which its hollows catch the sauce, but both fusilli and rigatoni ae excellent alternatives.

1 IF USING FRESH PEAS, shell them, discard the pods, rinse them in cold water and cook in a small amount of simmering water until they are just tender. The time varies greatly depending on the freshness and youth of the peas.

IF USING THAWED FROZEN PEAS Begin the sauce at step 2.

2 Cut the bacon into short, narrow strips. Put it into a small sauté pan and turn the heat to medium. Cook until it becomes very lightly browned, but not crisp, and the fat melts. Pour off from the pan all but 2 tablespoons of bacon fat.

3 Put the cooked fresh peas or the thawed frozen peas in the pan with the bacon. Cook on a medium heat for 1 or 2 minutes, stirring to coat the peas thoroughly.

4 Put the ricotta in the bowl the pasta will subsequently be tossed in, and crumble it with a fork. Add the butter.

5 Cook and drain the pasta, and put it in the bowl, tossing it immediately with the ricotta and the butter. Rapidly warm up the peas and bacon, and pour the entire contents of the pan on to the pasta. Toss thoroughly, add the grated Parmesan, 2 or 3 grindings of pepper, toss once or twice again, and serve at once, with more grated cheese on the side.

Rather than take place as scheduled next month, the decree pushes the elections back to Sept. 11, 2027, according to WAFA, the official Palestinian news agency. Presidential elections, which have not taken place for more than two decades, are scheduled for the same day.

The postponement leaves entrenched Palestinian leaders unchallenged and threatens to further erode the Palestinian Authority’s credibility among ordinary Palestinians and donor countries who fund it.

The internationally backed body is dominated by Abbas' party, Fatah, and has administered semiautonomous parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank since agreements reached in the 1990s. It has grown increasingly unpopular throughout Abbas’ presidency. Many Palestinians view it as corrupt and criticize its security cooperation with Israel.

The decree came after a committee of top Palestinian officials met Saturday morning to discuss postponing the vote. The Palestine Liberation Organization’s Executive Committee, which Abbas heads, said in a statement that conditions in east Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip were not conducive to holding elections, noting that Israel had not allowed election materials or international observers to enter Gaza.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on X said that Abbas' “attempt to drag Israel into this, falsely claiming that Israel imposed obstacles to holding elections, is yet another ridiculous lie designed to evade responsibility and accountability.”

The move was expected after Palestinian factions across the political spectrum met in Cairo for discussions on delaying the vote, Islamic Jihad deputy secretary-general Mohammed al-Hindi told The Associated Press earlier this week.

Hamas called the postponement “a step in the right direction” and said further talks should focus on rebuilding Palestinian institutions and holding elections at a later date.

Palestinians have not held a legislative election since 2006, when Hamas won a majority of seats. Israel and Western countries then boycotted its government, fueling months of unrest that led to the Hamas takeover of Gaza the following year. Power has been divided between Gaza and the West Bank in the two decades since, with Hamas in control of Gaza and Abbas’ Palestinian Authority in power in the West Bank.

The West Bank has grown increasingly violent in recent years as Israel has expanded settlements and outposts. Settler attacks on Palestinians and Israeli army raids on cities under the authority’s control are both regularly reported.

Though the U.S.-brokered ceasefire plan reached last year outlined a future role for the authority in Gaza, its immediate role was left mostly undefined as Hamas has continued to govern the territory and the technocrats under the Board of Peace remain in Cairo awaiting permission to enter the territory to oversee a transition of power.

Before the postponement, leading factions had not registered slates to contest the election. But behind the scenes, veteran officials had been in talks to join forces and take aim at Abbas. An unlikely alliance had emerged between Hamas, Islamic Jihad and a bloc led by former Fatah security chief Mohammed Dahlan. Dahlan had previously been driven from Gaza by Hamas and was exiled in 2010 after a falling-out with Abbas.

“Abbas is terrified by the electoral alliance bringing our faction together with opposition factions and forces within Fatah that reject his leadership," Dimitri Dilliani, a spokesperson for Dahlan's faction, said in a statement.

Abbas has served as president since 2005 and delayed several presidential and legislative elections throughout his tenure.

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The Category 2 storm produced wind gusts reaching 117 mph southeast of Oriole Beach, 116 mph at Santa Rosa Sound and 102 mph at Pensacola City Hall.

The system continued to bring a heavy rainfall and flash-flood threat to Georgia, Alabama and the Carolinas on Saturday morning with the greatest risk of excessive rainfall into afternoon across northern Georgia, inland South Carolina and North Carolina.

It is expected to move into the Mid-Atlantic region into Sunday and then spread into the Northeast.

La tormenta de categoría 2 produjo ráfagas de viento que alcanzaron las 117 mph al sureste de Oriole Beach, 116 mph en Santa Rosa Sound y 102 mph en el Ayuntamiento de Pensacola.

El sistema continuó provocando fuertes lluvias y amenazas de inundaciones repentinas en Georgia, Alabama y las Carolinas durante la mañana del sábado, con el mayor riesgo de lluvias excesivas hasta la tarde en el norte de Georgia, el interior de Carolina del Sur y Carolina del Norte.

Se espera que avance hacia la región del Atlántico Medio durante el domingo y luego se extienda hacia el noreste.

Ditka’s family announced the death on Friday in a statement.

“It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Mike Ditka,” The family said. “While the world knew Mike as a Hall of Fame football player, legendary coach, and leader of the Chicago Bears’ Super Bowl XX championship team, we knew him as the heart of our family. Mike will be missed beyond measure and remembered forever.”

Nicknamed “Iron Mike” as a player, Ditka helped revolutionize the tight-end position, then moved to the sidelines and took over as Chicago’s coach. His 1985 team featured one of the game’s most dominant defenses ever. It also had enough outsized personalities to record a rap video, “The Super Bowl Shuffle,” and back up their boasting in the championship game three months later.

After retiring as a coach, Ditka became a restaurateur, pitchman and TV personality, as well as a forceful advocate for improved medical and retirement benefits for former players.

Ditka was tough and gruff, the quintessential Chicago Bear. He did everything from order off the menu to knock defensive backs on their butts with a growl. His adopted hometown reveled in every minute.

Still revered as “Da Coach” and ringmaster of the 1985 Bears, one of the most dominant and perhaps the zaniest Super Bowl-winning team in league history. Ditka was enshrined in the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame and the Bears said during a ceremony in 2013 that his “No. 89″ jersey will be the last one retired by the team.

He was born in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, the son of a welder who changed the family name from Dyczko. He grew up in nearby Aliquippa, close to the coal-mining and steel-manufacturing plants that dotted the western part of the state, a big, talented, three-sport athlete and All-American at Pitt whose bruising style made his first nickname, “Iron Mike,” a good fit.

Selected fifth overall by flinty Chicago owner George Halas in the 1961 draft, Ditka went on to Rookie of the Year honors, multiple Pro Bowl trips and the 1963 NFL Championship. In the bargain, he and Baltimore’s John Mackey changed the tight end position and offensive schemes forever. He was a battering ram of a blocker, but Ditka was just as likely to catch a short pass and pinball through an entire secondary or outrace a lone safety on a deep touchdown throw.

He left Chicago in 1966, playing briefly for Philadelphia and Dallas. He moved to the sideline in 1973 as an assistant to the revered Tom Landry and stayed with the Cowboys for eight seasons, before returning to a hero’s welcome in Chicago as head coach in 1982.

Ditka’s return to the Bears lasted 10 tumultuous years, including five straight NFC Central titles, the Super Bowl win, a DUI conviction, a heart attack, a long-running feud with defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan and, finally, a new nickname — “Da Coach.”

To Hall of Fame linebacker Mike Singletary, the seeds of what was to come were planted in Ditka’s first meeting with the team. He laid out his vision, saying Chicago would be in the Super Bowl in three years — and many of the players in the room would not be around for it.

“When I first heard him when he walked in the room, to me Coach Ditka had the opportunity to be the greatest coach of all time because he had the fire,” Singletary said at the Bears’ 100th anniversary celebration in June 2019. “I don’t know George Halas coached. But I can imagine that the fire and intensity and passion that Coach Ditka exuded that first day set the tone for exactly what he said: ‘Three years from now, we’re going to be in the Super Bowl.’ And that was 1982. In ’85, we were there and it was because of that vision.”

The public beefs with Ryan mirrored the behind-the-scenes battles that Ditka waged trying to contain a team bristling with outsized personalities.

“It was more than a team,” Ditka once said. “It was a team of characters that had character that played for a crazy man, who let him be crazy and had fun doing it and don’t apologize for it ever. I wouldn’t want to be one of these suits walking around on the sideline today.

“I have no desire to be that. I was what I was and they were what they were and, damn, it was fun.”

It wasn’t until two dozen players recorded “The Super Bowl Shuffle” — an audacious rap-styled video released three months ahead of the 1986 title game — that the rest of the football world wondered whether Ditka was losing his grip.

His players never did.

“We call him ‘Sybil’ after that girl in the movie,” quarterback Jim McMahon once explained. “You know, the one that had all those personalities. Mike will be calm one minute, then throw a clipboard the next. People don’t understand that, but we do.”

The Bears demolished the New England Patriots 46-10 in the Super Bowl, but Ditka often said he regretted having McMahon and defensive tackle William “The Refrigerator” Perry run for touchdowns instead of Walter Payton, Chicago’s loyal and long-suffering running back.

Ryan departed for a head coaching job in Philadelphia soon after. While the Bears continued to be a contender for most of the next five years, a 5-11 season prompted Ditka’s departure in 1992.

After a five-year absence, he returned to coaching with the New Orleans Saints, but failed to revive the franchise. After a miserable 1999 season ended with a 3-13 record — Ditka’s worst as either a player or coach — he left the sidelines for good.

His face and demeanor were so familiar by then that a second act became an easy segue. Ditka began building a stable of restaurants and appeared as himself in TV sitcoms from “Cheers” to “Third Rock from the Sun,” as well as shows such as “L.A. Law” and “Saturday Night Live.”

He also stayed close to the game as an NFL analyst and game-day show personality at ESPN. Ditka’s high-profile status also made him an effective advocate to secure improved health and retirement benefits for former players.

His name also circulated for years in Illinois political circles. Though he never ran for office, Ditka described himself as a staunch conservative and was mentioned several times as a possible Republican candidate, including a congressional race against then state Rep. Barack Obama for the U.S. Senate.

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Litke is a retired AP Sports Columnist.

La principal incertidumbre en el pronóstico de Isaias ha sido cuándo los vientos cada vez más fuertes en los niveles superiores de la atmósfera, procedentes de una vaguada de la corriente en chorro que avanza, comenzarán a debilitar su núcleo y detener su fortalecimiento.

Hasta ahora, eso no ha ocurrido e Isaias está pasando directamente sobre una zona localizada de aguas extremadamente cálidas y profundas: un anillo cálido de corriente conocido como remolino anticiclónico, desprendido de la infame Corriente de Lazo del Golfo, que le está dando un segundo impulso mientras se acerca a la costa del Golfo.

Curiosamente, las simulaciones matutinas de nuestros modelos de intensidad de alta fidelidad y mejor desempeño también han cambiado las expectativas sobre cuándo podría comenzar el debilitamiento, y el sistema de conjunto de 1,000 miembros DeepMind de Google muestra que el huracán mantendría una intensidad máxima o cercana a la máxima (la región punteada en el gráfico de abajo) hasta las últimas horas antes de tocar tierra.

El modelo de huracanes HAFS de próxima generación y alta resolución de la NOAA también prevé este debilitamiento de última hora, pero no antes de que continúe fortaleciéndose hasta la tarde del viernes, y ambas configuraciones de HAFS sugieren que Isaias podría alcanzar una intensidad de categoría 4 (vientos de 130 mph) antes de perder fuerza al acercarse a la costa esta noche.

En cualquier caso, aumenta la posibilidad de que un huracán más fuerte toque tierra y el Centro Nacional de Huracanes (NHC) elevó el lunes por la mañana sus pronósticos de peligros en respuesta, incluida su estimación máxima de inundación por marejada ciclónica, que ahora se espera que alcance entre 6 y 9 pies en el oeste del Panhandle de Florida, desde la frontera estatal entre Florida y Alabama hasta un punto justo al este de Destin.

El jueves se ordenaron evacuaciones para la mayoría de las zonas costeras del oeste del Panhandle de Florida. Para obtener la información más reciente sobre evacuaciones en los condados de Florida, haga clic aquí.

Quienes todavía no hayan evacuado tienen poco tiempo para hacerlo de manera segura hoy, pero si se encuentran en una zona costera baja, especialmente desde Destin hacia el oeste hasta Pensacola, consideren trasladarse a un lugar más elevado y alejado del agua antes de que llegue la peor parte de Isaias. A menudo no es necesario desplazarse muy lejos tierra adentro para escapar de una marejada ciclónica potencialmente mortal. Históricamente, aproximadamente el 90% de las muertes durante huracanes se deben al agua, no al viento.

Además de los vientos peligrosos, quienes se encuentren en la trayectoria del huracán, especialmente al norte y al este de su recorrido, deben contar con una forma de recibir las alertas del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, ya que anticipamos la posibilidad de tornados de supercélulas en las bandas exteriores a medida que el huracán se acerque hoy y durante la noche del sábado.

La amenaza de tornados se extenderá tierra adentro hacia partes del sur y centro de Georgia y las Carolinas el sábado.

Gran amenaza de vientos tierra adentro y cortes de electricidad en todo el sureste

A medida que Isaias avance tierra adentro y se transforme en una tormenta extratropical mucho más grande, su campo de vientos en expansión traerá ráfagas fuertes y prolongadas al sureste de Estados Unidos, el valle inferior de Tennessee y el sur de los Apalaches durante este fin de semana.

Esto probablemente provocará la caída generalizada de árboles y cortes de electricidad en toda la región, con ráfagas de viento superiores a 60 mph, especialmente en el interior de Alabama el sábado y en las montañas del norte de Georgia, el este de Tennessee y el oeste de Carolina del Norte.

Además, Isaias traerá consigo una amenaza de lluvias intensas e inundaciones a medida que avance tierra adentro durante el fin de semana, con acumulaciones de lluvia que superarán las 10 pulgadas, incluso en el sur de los Apalaches y las zonas costeras de las Carolinas.

The change effective Oct. 1 cut from Medicaid what is estimated to be hundreds of thousands of people who legally immigrated to the United States, many of whom work and pay taxes, in the latest Trump administration policy to target foreigners.

The move is part of sweeping changes to Medicaid under President Donald Trump’s 2025 tax cut and policy law, with many set to take effect early next year. The Medicaid changes are projected to result in 7.5 million fewer people with health insurance, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s 2025 estimate.

Advocates say that without Medicaid, people will not be able to afford private insurance and will either delay care or end up in emergency rooms, adding pressure to a strained health system. For immigrants, the cuts could be felt more acutely, compounding the effects of other administration efforts to restrict their access to public assistance as part of a broader immigration crackdown.

“This is about telling every immigrant in the United States that they are not welcome here and that they should leave,” said Ben D’Avanzo, a senior strategist at the National Immigration Law Center, which has pursued litigation against the Republican administration over its immigration agenda.

Refugees, asylum seekers, victims of human trafficking and domestic violence are among those who have lost coverage. Green-card holders were not impacted.

Lauren Bis, a White House spokesperson, said in a statement that “immigrants must be able to support themselves without taking from overburdened benefits programs paid for by hard-working American taxpayers.”

D’Avanzo said many people who have lost coverage will likely only realize when they need medical care. But for some, the change has been felt immediately.

Dwindling supplies of lifesaving medication

In Tucson, Arizona, María Chacon has been caring for her son Jesus for almost five years since a car accident at 17 left him unable to breathe on his own. He requires a ventilator, a feeding tube and daily medication, and must be turned once every two hours to stop sores from forming. Chacon said he sometimes opens his eyes.

The family is originally from Mexico and entered the U.S. on a T visa, offered to victims of human trafficking, in 2018.

Chacon said Medicaid has helped cover almost $25,000 per month of care for her son, which includes a small stipend for her and her husband as compensation for being long-term caregivers. She said doctors have explained that even if they both worked 24 hours a day, they would not be able to cover the cost of his care.

“Since that day I haven’t been able to sleep. We haven’t been able to eat or anything. We're wondering what we’re going to do?” Chacon said.

Jesus takes medication that Chacon estimates costs $7,000 a month. The supply runs out in mid-October. Without coverage, she does not know how her son is going to survive.

Chacon found out just days before the cuts that she was losing care. She called the state's Medicaid offices to appeal. Although she is in the process of obtaining a green card, Medicaid coverage would only kick in five years after she is approved.

Steven Camarota, research director for the Center for Immigration Studies, a right-leaning think tank that seeks less immigration, said the administration “is trying to nibble around the edges” with the Oct. 1 cuts, finding piecemeal ways to curb immigration into the U.S.

Camarota believes the government should screen legal immigrants for income potential and education, reducing the number who might rely on public benefits once they cross the border.

“You need immigrants who are unlikely to need welfare,” he said, or those with high educational attainment.

The administration recently revived a federal rule that could deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits that could include food stamps, Medicaid, housing vouchers and others.

Chacon believes the cuts to Medicaid coverage are part of the administration’s clampdown on immigrants. She said her son is in no condition to travel.

“I know that’s what he’s doing, but, as my son is, I couldn’t go to Mexico,” Chacon said.

Millions more will be dropped from Medicaid

Medicaid, jointly funded by states and the federal government, has become a political focal point during Trump’s second term. The president has pushed to root out what he describes as fraud in the program. In July, the administration deferred over $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota, claiming there was suspected fraud; critics argued the move targeted Democratic-led states.

As more people are cut from Medicaid, the federal government is predicted to reduce program spending by $911 billion, according to healthcare research nonprofit KFF.

In Arizona, officials said 29,000 legal immigrants were cut from Medicaid rolls on Oct. 1. In Florida, estimates are closer to 177,000. Overall, more than 281,000 immigrants from nine states and the District of Columbia are estimated to lose Medicaid coverage, according to KFF.

As more states implement various restrictions to coverage, 7.5 million people are expected to lose coverage by 2034, according to analysis by the Congressional Budget Office.

Without coverage, people will turn to emergency rooms for care. When people delay seeing a doctor, conditions can worsen and become even more expensive to treat.

“At the end of the day, it does raise the cost for the states because once you get these people in for something that could have been prevented, they could not go to the doctor because they were uninsured; they most likely will end up at a hospital in an emergency room,” said Carmen Feliciano, the vice president of policy and advocacy at UnidosUS, a Latino civil rights organization.

UnidosUS partners with community organizations to help provide medical care, but Feliciano said they already are overwhelmed and would not be able to support the number of people who are going to lose medical coverage in the coming months.

“We are not going to have the capacity to serve all the people who need it,” Feliciano said.

The world's biggest sockeye salmon run was beginning, and that meant he needed to get back to work.

“I told my team that I have got to fish,” he said, adding: “Commercial fishing is the way that we pay the bills.”

Hill, 57, grew up in a tiny southwest Alaska village where he said his family had no phone and had to haul water from a nearby lake for cooking and bathing. Today, while he no longer has to fetch water, his lifestyle is not much different. He lives in a remote fishing community of about 430 people that he has called home for nearly half his life.

A retired teacher and school administrator, Hill has positioned himself as a working-class candidate who can relate to Alaskans' frustrations with high fuel and other costs. He has made affordability and pushing back against billionaires a central theme in his campaign against Republican Nick Begich, who's seeking a second term in Congress.

“We are pedal to the metal, making sure that every Alaskan knows about this campaign, every Alaskan knows what we stand for and every Alaskan knows that it’s really one of them going to Congress,” Hill told people at a campaign event this week in Juneau, wearing his standard campaign uniform of jeans, a zip-up vest and cap with a fishing company logo. “I need your help getting there.”

The race has become a concern for Republicans as they are trying to hold onto their majority in the U.S. House. Vice President JD Vance held a rally this week for Begich and Dan Sullivan, the U.S. senator who also is in a tight reelection race. President Donald Trump is scheduled to do another in the coming week.

Begich and Republican political action committees have ratcheted up ad spending in the House race since the primary.

Planes, ferries and four-wheelers on the campaign trail

Hill, a first-time candidate who is Alaska Native, faces an incumbent from a prominent family long associated with the state's politics. Begich's late grandfather once held the state's only U.S. House seat. Begich's uncle Mark was a U.S. senator. Both were Democrats. Nick Begich is a lifelong Republican and has aligned himself with Trump, who has carried Alaska in his White House runs.

Hill's campaign said he has traveled more than 20,000 miles in the state, including by plane, ferry and all-terrain vehicle, to introduce himself to voters and promote his message.

Begich's name recognition presents a hurdle for Hill's campaign, but some Democrats tried to clear a better path for Hill. One suspended his campaign before the August open primary and endorsed Hill. Two other Democrats with virtually no name recognition withdrew after the primary despite being in line to advance.

One candidate registered as a Democrat remains in the top four, Eric Hafner. He has no apparent ties to the state and is incarcerated in New York.

Hafner received 3.8% of the vote, enough to qualify for the ranked vote general election on Nov. 3. His submitted candidate biography appearing in state election materials makes no reference to his stint in federal prison, where he is serving time for making threats against police officers, judges and others.

Hill's campaign has shared stickers showing Hafner in an orange jumpsuit and calling him a “fake ‘Democrat.’”

“We want to make sure that the Alaskan people are well-informed,” Hill said.

Begich gets support from Trump and the US House speaker

The contest has received national attention, with spending by groups that include the National Republican Congressional Committee and House Majority PAC, which seeks to flip the U.S. House to Democrats.

In early August, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., held a rally for Begich that was closed to reporters. Vance called Begich a “machine” and effective legislator during his rally in Fairbanks, where Vance also gave support to Sullivan, who faces a challenge from Democrat Mary Peltola, a former congresswoman.

Trump has cited Begich's support of his signature package of tax breaks, social service cuts and immigration enforcement that was passed last year. The president plans to headline a rally Tuesday in Wasilla, hometown of Sarah Palin, the party's 2008 vice presidential nominee.

Hill said the visits show Republicans are nervous.

“I was not going to get into this race to waste people’s time, to waste people’s money,” he said. “I did my due diligence before jumping in to ensure that there was a path to victory.”

Begich's campaign did not respond to messages from The Associated Press. On social media, the campaign has highlighted events such as Begich's visit to the Alaska State Fair and recently has taken swipes at Hill.

Zach Bannon, an NRCC spokesperson, said Begich has delivered “commonsense wins for Alaska,” including support of expanded oil and gas development. He called Hill a “far-left Democrat.”

Hill was endorsed by Democrats but asserts his independence

Hill, who was endorsed by the Alaska Democratic Party, said he is a lifelong independent. He said he will not be beholden to a “party boss” or party line, and he rankled some voters earlier in the campaign by not explicitly saying which party he would caucus with in the House if he were elected.

He has said he is willing to work with anyone on what is best for Alaska. He also has called for bans on congressional stock trading and for limiting the influence of money in elections.

Hill said he wants to help build coalitions, saying he “can be a big part of a small group that makes big changes.”

Democrat Bill Brown came to the Juneau event planning to vote for Hill but wanting to talk with him directly. He said they aligned on numerous issues, including support for the environment, schools and ending “forever” wars.

The retired economics professor said policy is important, but in this political moment he finds himself “most interested in the integrity of the candidate. Bill Hill convinced me on that issue.”

Hill, who is Dena’ina Athabascan, said the top concerns he hears about from Alaskans are the price of fuel and overall cost of living. He said he had to fly home earlier this year and pump fuel oil from the textile manufacturing business he runs with his wife and bring it back to his house in a barrel because the community had run out.

He said fuel prices jumped from about $6.70 per gallon to about $9 per gallon after a barge shipment to his town earlier this year. Prices also have been higher elsewhere, particularly in communities accessible only by air or water. On social media, Hill's campaign calls out Begich for his support of the Iran war as it posts photos of fuel prices around the state.

Steve Davis, a voter at Hill's Juneau event this week, called him authentic and a “really good dude.” He said he was drawn to Hill in part because he wants to see Congress reclaim its oversight role. Hill drew applause during the gathering when he said Congress must reassert itself as a separate but equal branch of government.

“We don’t need a unified executive, we don’t need kings," Davis said. "We need a Congress that actually functions.”

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Trump approves an emergency declaration for Georgia

The president on Saturday authorized the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide resources to Georgia to deal with impacts from the storm, including possible tornadoes.

Local news outlets are reporting a handful of roads already have been blocked by fallen trees around Atlanta.

The National Hurricane Center said parts of Georgia and the Carolinas could see up to 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain, though totals are likely to be 3 to 6 inches (7 to 15 centimeters).

The center said tornadoes are possible across eastern Georgia and the Carolinas.

Hurricane Simon barrels toward Mexico’s Pacific coast

Simon will be “be near or just inland” of Mexico’s west-central coast on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

The hurricane could drop 20 inches (50 cm) of rain on parts of southwestern Mexico, with some areas in the states of Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco receiving up to 30 inches (75 centimeters).

Convenience stores, hotels and other businesses in Puerto Vallerta, a popular tourist destination in Jalisco, boarded up their windows ahead of Simon’s arrival.

“Let’s hope it doesn’t hit us, right? That it doesn’t affect us,” Jesús Gómez said outside a store as he handed out candied peanuts to passersby. He said he plans to keep working until authorities tell him to take shelter.

The hurricane center expects a dangerous storm surge carrying

large, destructive waves “along the immediate coast near and to the east of where the center makes landfall.”

Canadian tourist Ed Currie and his wife still have five days left of their Puerto Vallarta vacation. He said they plan to stay inside the hotel. “I just don’t know what to expect,” Currie said.

Authorities report at least 4 storm-related deaths in Alabama and Florida

Another two deaths were confirmed Saturday, raising the death toll in both states to four since Isaias came ashore overnight.

In Escambia County in Florida, Sheriff Chip Simmons said on Facebook that one woman died after a tree fell on her home.

Simmons later said a man was found dead at home, killed by carbon monoxide fumes from a generator running in his garage.

Four more family members, ranging in age from 4 to 72 years old, were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, his office said.

In Alabama, Cory Moon, fire chief of Birmingham’s Fire and Rescue Service, told The Associated Press it responded to a call around 5 a.m. with a tree down on a structure and people trapped. One person was treated at the scene and a second person was pronounced dead.

A second storm related death in Alabama was attributed to a motor vehicle accident involving a downed tree in Barbour County, according to Josh Johnson of the Alabama Emergency Management Agency. Johnson had no further details.

Federal government addresses disruptions in oil supply due to Isaias

The Energy Department announced Saturday it has authorized emergency exchanges of as much as 4 million gallons of crude oil from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve.

Exxon Mobil and BP America — each authorized for up to 2 million barrels — will have to return more barrels in 2027 than they withdrew, the department said in a statement.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the goal is “to help maintain refinery operations, limit disruptions to fuel supplies and ensure American families and businesses continue to have access to affordable, reliable and secure energy.”

The Blue Cross NC 300 in Charlotte has been postponed

The race will now take place on Sunday at 8 p.m. due to the storm, officials with the Charlotte Motor Speedway announced Saturday.

It will follow the NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America 400 at the track in Concord, North Carolina.

Forecasters are predicting 3 to 6 inches (7 to 15 centimeters) of rain in parts of Georgia and North and South Carolina due to Isaias, with 10 inches (25 centimeters) possible in some areas.

Isaias has been downgraded from a hurricane to a post-tropical cyclone.

Isaias creeps north with heavy rains expected from Alabama to the Carolinas

Isaias is moving into northern Alabama, still dishing out heavy rains and strong wind gusts.

The National Hurricane Center says flood watches remain for parts of the southeastern U.S. and southern Appalachians.

Forecasters say parts of Georgia and the Carolinas could see up to 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain though totals are likely to be 3 to 6 inches (7 to 15 centimeters).

2 deaths reported in the aftermath of Isaias

Two deaths, one in Alabama and another in Florida, have been reported in the aftermath of Isaiah.

One person died when a tree fell on their house in a neighborhood of Birmingham, according to Shea Hess, an emergency management officer with the Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency. She had no further details.

In Florida, Escambia County, Sheriff Chip Simmons said in a video posted on his Facebook page that one woman died after a tree fell on her home. He did not provide additional details.

Storm surge warnings are discontinued, but high winds remain a threat

That is according to Robbie Berg, a warning coordination meteorologist with the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

“All tropical storm surge warnings have been discontinued as of this morning, but there are still high wind warnings for portions of the Southeast,” Berg said. “So even though it has become post-tropical, it still does remain a wind threat, as well as a heavy rainfall threat. We could see some areas of significant flash flooding over the next couple of days.”

Hurricane Simon strengthens as it approaches Mexico

Simon has strengthened into a powerful Category 4 hurricane as it barrels toward Mexico’s coast.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami said early Saturday Simon’s maximum sustained winds increased to 150 mph (240 kph). A storm of that strength or greater is considered a major hurricane. Simon could bring as much as 10 to 20 inches (25-50 cm) of rain over parts of southwestern Mexico, with some areas receiving up to 30 inches, the center said.

The bulletin also urged residents to take immediate action to prepare, saying the hurricane will make landfall early Sunday, but tropical storm-strength winds could arrive much sooner.

Simon is expected to bring heavy rainfall to parts of southwestern Mexico, possibly concentrated along Jalisco’s coast and in parts of Michoacan, Colima and Nayarit.

Isaias weakens overnight but is still considered a flood threat

Isaias weakened overnight and was no longer considered a hurricane, but flash flooding threats and the potential for tornadoes persisted Saturday as the storm moved inland across Alabama.

The storm, now considered a post-tropical cyclone, made landfall Friday as a Category 2 hurricane, then quickly moved north through Alabama as its wind speeds dropped sharply to 35 mph (55 kph). But the possibility of life-threatening storm surges still loomed for parts of the Florida Panhandle.

Hundreds of thousands of customers are without power

Parts of southern Alabama also were flooded, with officials in Mobile reporting downed trees and power lines. Roads in Houston County, which is in the southeastern corner of the state, were closed because of similar conditions.

More than 911,000 customers in Florida, Alabama and Georgia were without power early Saturday, according to poweroutage.com.

One Floridian describes intense winds, impassable roads

Tim Mowry rode out the storm from his home in Pensacola, Florida. He says the wind was so intense it sounded like a train whistle as it whipped through a crack on his patio door.

He said overall the storm wasn’t as bad as he expected. He had standing water in his backyard and parts of a fence were ripped down. He also lost power but was able to rely on a generator. Mowry said his son, who lives nearby, was unable to drive to Mowry’s house due to downed trees and power lines blocking the roads.

“As far as Pensacola-wise we really got fortunate,” Mowry said.

Pensacola mayor says airport sustained some damage

Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves said on his Facebook page that the airport “took some damage.” Some power was out downtown, he said, and there were trees and power lines down in some areas.

Meanwhile, strong winds blew the roof off a hotel in the city.

Gov. Ron DeSantis warns that flooding threat persists in the wake of Isaias

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says there were no confirmed reports of fatalities from Isaias and that all state-owned bridges and major thoroughfares in the state are now open.

DeSantis warned that flooding dangers persist, especially in areas far east of the storm where it will continue raining.

“The risk of flooding is still high,” DeSantis said. “Sometimes these things happen a day or two days after the storm goes through. So the flooding story is not over.”

But as an adult in the workforce, the breakouts returned and intensified. The acne on her cheeks and chin made her hesitant to look her bosses in the eye.

“It really took a toll on my self-esteem and my self-confidence,” said Montalbo, a marketer and content creator who lives in the Philippines.

Pimples and acne are an uncomfortable hallmark of teenage years, but adults can have breakouts too. Acne can also happen on other parts of the body like the chest and shoulders. And then there's bacne, the internet's term for back breakouts.

The best treatments vary from person to person depending on what's causing the acne and how it looks. And breakouts can leave behind dark marks and scars that take even longer to heal.

Pimples come and go, but if breakouts stick around and cause discoloration or changes in skin texture, it's a good idea to see a dermatologist.

“We know how to treat acne. We know the cause of it. So don't suffer alone,” said Dr. Crystal Aguh, a dermatologist and director of the Ethnic Skin Program at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

The causes of acne can vary

Teenage acne tends to affect the forehead, nose and cheeks. Older adults and women in particular can experience hormonal acne that pops up along the jawline and chin, Aguh said. Taking steroids can also trigger acne for some people.

Pimples happen when tiny pores in the skin get clogged by oil, bacteria and dead skin cells. They can fade over the course of weeks to months, but if patches persist and spread, it could be a sign of acne, which dermatologists consider a medical condition.

“Essentially, you’re not getting a break from a breakout,” Aguh said.

Acne is caused by many factors including genetics, hormones, environment and even diet — like eating excessive amounts of dairy. The causes of facial and body acne are similar, although skin bacteria sometimes plays a larger role in body acne.

Breakouts can look like milder, painless white bumps or dark specks known as whiteheads and blackheads, or more painful red bumps and deeper cysts — a mark of cystic acne.

There are OTC and prescription treatments for acne

Don't pick or pop your pimples, no matter how strong the urge or how satisfying it might be.

“Everyone wants to pick and squeeze. That will almost always make things worse,” said Dr. Lauren Fine, founder of Fine Dermatology in Chicago.

Picking can drive inflammation deeper into the skin and cause acne to spread. It also increases the risk of marks and scarring. For darker-skinned people, those marks take longer to go away because their skin produces extra pigment when stressed, Aguh said.

Treatments for acne range from over-the-counter creams and lotions to prescription-strength medications. Dermatologists say it’s somewhat easier to treat acne on the face compared to the rest of the body because the face has more sweat glands and doesn't dry out as easily. It's also harder to apply some treatments like creams to hard-to-reach areas like the back, so doctors often prescribe oral medications.

For milder forms of face acne, dermatologists may recommend face washes or creams containing benzoyl peroxide, salicylic acid or retinoids like adapalene.

For more frequent breakouts, they might prescribe higher-strength regimens like antibiotics or medicines with tretinoin. Isotretinoin may be an option if those medicines don't work, or for cases of severe cystic acne.

Treatments for adult hormonal acne, particularly in women, can differ from what's done for teens. Some dermatologists recommend birth control, which can help stabilize hormones, or treatments like spironolactone.

Shots of cortisone can help treat active acne spots in a pinch, but they aren't a long-term fix, Fine said.

Pimple patches containing a gel called hydrocolloid can absorb fluids from oozing pimples and stop you from picking at them. Aguh said they are suited only for mild forms of acne; Fine said the patches have given some of her patients discoloration and she doesn't recommend them.

Treat discoloration with exfoliants and face washes

Experts say exfoliants and face washes containing glycolic acid can help discoloration fade. Over-the-counter products containing adapalene and retinol creams can also help.

For more serious scarring, dermatologists can recommend more aggressive treatments like lasers that probe deeper into the skin.

It can take time to develop the right treatment plan, and longer still to see results. When starting a new treatment, some people can also experience skin purging: breakouts that happen when a product quickly brings clogged pores to the surface of the skin.

Montalbo’s acne cleared up within a year after seeing a dermatologist, but she was still dealing with acne scars. After that, she had to rebuild her self-confidence.

She said a strong support system was essential to getting through some of the hardest moments. Her dad, who also struggled with acne, was the one who encouraged her to see a doctor and find the right products. She also had a close friend who traveled with her overseas for a vacation during the worst of the breakouts, and mentioned in passing that she'd never even noticed Montalbo's acne.

“When you are with the right people, they won’t mind how you look,” Montalbo said. “Because to them, what’s important is how you treat them.”

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“I don’t even need to talk to you,” Usakowski said. As a retired member, he was already supporting the union’s slate of Democratic candidates in the Nov. 3 midterms.

But he is not sure how many of the other “guys in the shop” will vote for Democrats. He worked at Ford Motor Co.’s Sterling Axle Plant for more than 45 years, and he knows many members who backed Republican President Donald Trump.

The election-year canvassing was one part of the UAW’s efforts to reassert its political power in Michigan, a premier political battleground. Although the union generally backs Democrats, its membership is more divided over which party best represents working-class interests. It also is reckoning with past corruption scandals, a drop in membership and a lack of transparency that has eroded trust within its ranks.

“It’s not going to be an overnight thing,” said JJ Jewell, who is part of the UAW’s Community Action Program executive committee. “Even if this election goes fantastically, that’s not mission accomplished. That means we’re 1% of the way done.”

Internal divisions and distrust pose challenges

Jewell and others made the rounds on a recent sunny Saturday in Macomb County, where Trump won by nearly 14 percentage points in 2024. Many of the union members they met in a neighborhood of well-kept suburban houses were retirees, and while most said the cost of living was their top concern, they did not agree on whether Democrats or Republicans would better address it.

One resident, who said she blamed billionaires for the country’s problems, planned to vote for Democrats. Another street over, a couple said they both supported Trump and declined to take a flyer of the UAW-endorsed candidates.

In a microcosm of broader political rifts, union voters remain politically divided. Union voters have traditionally been seen as a Democratic-leaning constituency, but Trump made direct appeals to them with his anti-elite rhetoric and promises to overhaul international trade agreements that sapped factory jobs. In 2024, voters who were union members or were in a household with a union member split between Trump and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, with more than half voting for the then-vice president and 44% for Trump.

Betty Anderson, a UAW member, thinks the organization is on the right track, but she is not confident about bridging internal political divisions. She said she is angry with members who voted for Trump, whom she sees as selling out the working class.

“I don’t think those people are ever going to be on our side,” Anderson said. “They think they have an opportunity to be in an elite class.”

Leaders hope to rebuild trust with transparency

Since 2017, more than 10 UAW officials have pleaded guilty in a corruption investigation that found millions of dollars of union dues were stolen. Members also faulted leaders for closed-door contract negotiations that they said destroyed trust in the UAW.

Shawn Fain was elected UAW president in 2023 on a platform of transparency, and victories in labor disputes with Detroit's three major automakers bolstered member support. Leaders hope this will translate into votes for its candidates.

“I think the UAW members now are starting to fall a little more in line,” said Usakowski, the retired axle plant worker.

On Friday, Fain said he won reelection to lead the union for four more years. The results have not yet been certified.

Mark DePaoli, director for one of the UAW’s southeast Michigan regions, said the union hosted forums with candidates where any member could ask questions. The UAW endorsed progressive Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in the U.S. Senate primary even though rival Haley Stevens, a four-term congresswoman, worked as chief of staff on an auto bailout task force during the Great Recession, a position she frequently cited while campaigning.

“I don’t think anybody expected us to endorse him,” DePaoli said. In its announcement, the union referenced El-Sayed’s support for universal healthcare and criticism of corporate money in politics. El-Sayed wore a UAW pin during the first Senate debate with his Republican opponent, former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers.

“The UAW’s backing of Abdul was critical in winning a historic primary despite being outspent by tens of millions of dollars, and will be just as critical in winning" next month, El-Sayed spokesperson Cole Wozniak said in a statement.

Rogers is emphasizing his opposition to controversial federal regulations under Democratic President Joe Biden that would have required automakers to ramp up production of electric vehicles, which some feared would lead to factory closures.

“Mike knows the challenges our autoworkers face, and he’ll be their champion in the U.S. Senate,” Rogers spokesperson Alyssa Brouillet said in a statement. “The same can’t be said for Abdul and UAW national leadership.”

The union needs to turn out the vote to be politically relevant

Robert Bruno, a professor in the School of Labor and Employment Relations at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, said the UAW's strength relies on its ability to mobilize voters.

“You don’t win campaigns off of your endorsements,” Bruno said. “You win campaigns at the door, or at the bar, or at the union hall.”

In the 1980s, there were more than 600,000 active and retired UAW members in Michigan, according to the union. Today, that number hovers around 350,000. The UAW is still the largest union in the state.

UAW leaders are optimistic after a primary election campaign drive and what they see as better, more transparent leadership. The union said about 113,000 of its members voted early during Michigan’s August primary, and it has volunteers canvassing and calling voters before Election Day.

In September, the UAW hosted a conference of its Michigan political arm for the first time since 2018. Fain told reporters at the Lansing event that the organization wants members to drive the direction of the union, focusing on issues like affordability.

“We are as active as we can be right now,” he said.

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GaNun is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

The “feels like” will approach very uncomfortable levels nearing 105 degrees for a time this afternoon so stay cool and stay hydrated.

A cold front is on the way and will arrive on Monday and although it’ll continue to be very warm there’ll be a noticeable drop in humidity by the middle of next week.

Now that Isaias has moved into the Tennessee Valley and weakening there’s no other tropical development expected through the next seven days.

Friday’s strike by the Rapid Support Forces took place in the Abu Shandi area in Sudan’s Blue Nile province, according to Emergency Lawyers, which tracks the war in the northeastern African nation.

Among the dead were eight children and many women, the group said.

A spokesperson for the RSF didn’t respond to a request for comment.

The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said it was appalled by the reported strike that also wounded dozens.

“Condemning these senseless killings is essential, but there must also be accountability for this flagrant disregard for international humanitarian law,” said Denise Brown, the U.N. resident and humanitarian coordinator in Sudan in a statement. “As each day goes by in this war, the world continues to accept the suffering of the people of Sudan.”

Sudan’s war started in April 2023 when tensions between the military and the RSF exploded into open fighting in the capital, Khartoum, and spread across the country.

The conflict has killed at least 150,000 people, according to conflict monitor ACLED, though aid groups say the real number is likely higher.

It has forced more than 12.4 million to flee their homes, according to U.N. figures, creating what aid groups call the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. Across Sudan, 33.7 million people, including 17.3 million children, urgently need aid this year, and an estimated 825,000 children face severe acute malnutrition.

A female Bornean orangutan nicknamed Novita was among dozens of apes rescued from wildfires in parts of Sumatra and Borneo in recent months. She was found clinging to a nearly leafless tree as dense smoke billowed across the scorched landscape in the Katune forest in Central Kalimantan province, said Jamartin Sihite, the chairman of the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation.

“The palms of her hands and the soles of her feet suffered burns that were likely sustained when Novita crossed a burned area while trying to reach a tree,” Sihite told The Associated Press in an interview. He said that Novita, estimated to be 3 to 4 years old, was tranquilized, given oxygen and intravenous fluids and taken to the rehabilitation center in Nyaru Menteng.

Once her burns have healed, Novita will be evaluated to see if she can climb and survive in her natural environment, Sihite said. “We have previously released orangutans missing several fingers and they were still able to survive in the forest, so we remain hopeful that Novita can eventually return to the wild.”

Forest and land fires in Indonesia have worsened this year as El Niño intensifies a prolonged dry season, not only in the Indonesian part of Borneo but also in some regions on Sumatra island. Water shortages in the areas have hampered firefighting, while Japan has provided firefighting assistance to the island.

A male orangutan named Sampurna, believed to be around 20 years old, was found struggling to breathe by residents early last month on a palm oil plantation in West Kalimantan’s Ketapang district, an area affected by wildfires. He died hours after being rescued, Indonesia’s Forestry Ministry said.

It said more than 270 wild animals in Kalimantan had been rescued, rehabilitated or guided to safer habitats as of Saturday.

Government data showed more than 202,000 hectares (499,000 acres) of land burned between January and July. The independent Nusantara Atlas project, which monitors fires using satellite imagery, estimated that nearly 896,000 hectares (2.2 million acres) had burned by the end of August.

Toxic haze and smoke have caused a health crisis in neighboring countries as well. The smoke has drifted as far as the Philippines, more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) away. In Malaysia, authorities declared an emergency last week in Sarawak on Malaysia’s part of Borneo.

Novita’s case highlights the impact of forest and peatland fires on wildlife as well as people, said Andi Muhammad Kadhafi, head of the Central Kalimantan's Natural Resources Conservation Agency, a government body.

“Wildfires do not only affect humans but can also threaten wildlife and their habitats,” he said. “Fire prevention, habitat protection, monitoring and rapid response need to go hand in hand.”

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Associated Press writers Edna Tarigan in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Eileen Ng in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, contributed to this report.

Northern Ireland Secretary of State Chris Bryant intervened Friday night to ban the procession along Garvaghy Road in Portadown, saying it wasn’t possible to find a compromise between the union-supporting Orange Order and residents of the traditionally republican area through which it wanted to march.

“I’ve decided that it’s not in the public interest for it to proceed, and I’ve therefore banned the procession,” Bryant said.

The standoff grew out of the traditional marches held by unionist groups during the summer months to celebrate their Protestant roots and historic ties to the U.K. The marches have long caused tensions with the largely Catholic republican community, which says they are intentionally provocative and fuel conflict.

Tensions flared again this year after a court ruling seemingly paved the way for the Orange Order to march down Garvaghy Road for the first time in almost 30 years. Garvaghy Road was a notorious flash point between the republican and unionist communities in the years before the 1998 Good Friday Agreement largely ended the bloodshed in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles.

When Orange Order members gathered for their planned march on Sept. 27, they were blocked by republican protesters, including First Minister Michelle O’Neill, the republican politician who leads Northern Ireland’s regional government.

The two sides have been locked in a stalemate ever since, raising concerns that the dispute could trigger a broader conflict in Northern Ireland.

Bryant said he held talks with both the Garvaghy Road residents and the Orange Order but had been unable to find a resolution.

“I heard the concerns of people on all sides and I only regret that we could not reach a compromise on a way forward and that many residents across Portadown have felt anxious and worried,” he said. “With this in mind, I call for all protests, rallies and demonstrations to be stood down. There is no excuse for a continued ratcheting up of tensions.”

The Orange Order challenged Bryant's decision at the High Court in Belfast on Saturday.

Justice Denise McBride opened a hearing on the matter but adjourned it until Monday, saying the case was “not an emergency.”

Bloodstains were visible Saturday afternoon on a patch of grass near the entrance to the private post-secondary school in the Praga district of Warsaw. The school was open on Saturday and the victims were submitting papers at the school office when they were attacked, police said.

The attack came after police on Saturday said they detained 76 people across Poland and checked nearly 50,000 schools nationwide as part of efforts to prevent further violence following two school attacks earlier in the week.

The suspect on Saturday used a “dangerous object” to attack a 17-year-old girl and also wounded two other people, aged 17 and 24, Jakub Filipiak, a spokesman for Warsaw police, told The Associated Press. None of the wounds were life-threatening. The suspect was in custody.

On Wednesday, a 19-year-old student at a vocational school in the Mazovian province in central Poland attacked fellow students, teachers and passersby with a sharp object, wounding nine people. He was arrested nearby. The following day, a 15-year-old killed a school custodian and wounded two others in a knife attack at his former school in the same province.

The assaults, both carried out by Polish nationals, shocked a country where school violence is a new phenomenon.

Police say no evidence the attacks were coordinated

So far, the government said it had found no evidence that an internet challenge promoting school attacks was ongoing. There was no official confirmation that the attacks were linked.

The attacks “happen one after the other and there is geographic proximity, so you are left wondering if they are not connected,” Kacper Rekawek, senior researcher at the International Center for Counterterrorism in The Hague, told the AP.

“This is essentially a copycat scenario, something of a long trail of attackers going back to at least 2019, if not decades earlier,” he said, referring to Brenton Tarrant, the white supremacist who shot and killed 51 Muslims at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019.

Rekawek said that one of the suspects in the latest attacks used the same imagery and aesthetics as Tarrant, which means the Polish incidents should be “placed within the confines of essentially terrorist behavior.”

Rumors that the attacks were coordinated and that there would be more on “bloody Friday” had been shared Thursday night in parents' online groups and by mainstream media. It led to 59 schools preemptively suspending classes on Friday across Poland, the majority in Mazovian province.

In other schools, principals sent messages announcing stepped-up security measures including extra staff at entrances and backpack checks.

“There will ⁠be no compromise here. The safety of the youth is the most important thing,” Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said.

Knives confiscated in schools as violence grows

Those detained on Friday include a 14-year-old boy from Warsaw who was found in possession of a knife with a concealed blade and 11 firecrackers, and a 16-year old who came to school with a butterfly knife in his backpack, police said. Others had posted online photos of knives, threatened their peers or threatened school attacks, police said.

Parents are now having to catch up fast on how to speak to their kids about school violence. Authorities say extra security measures at schools will continue and crisis training will be organized. The liberal government also promised to renew efforts to pass a bill blocking harmful online content.

“If that juvenile attacker had streamed the crime online today, we would have been unable to block that content because we have not been given that legal tool,” Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.

After allegedly killing the school custodian and wounding two adults in Thursday’s attack, the 15-year-old, who wore a camera to record his actions, was eventually overpowered by school principal Krzysztof Ochmański. Ochmański later told reporters there was a moment when the boy seemed to realize the enormity of his actions and said he did not want to do this anymore.

“Once I had established contact, he asked me for help,” Ochmański recounted. “It got to the point where he wanted a hug.”

Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates said it rescued 22 crew members after a fire on an oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. And a drone strike in Sudan killed dozens of people, including children, a rights group said.

Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Saturday. Read our full coverage here.

Airport in Saudi capital of Riyadh is struck again

The airport in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, was attacked again. A missile struck a passenger terminal at King Khalid International Airport and many people were wounded, a regional official said.

President Donald Trump told reporters he is evaluating whether the U.S. should join Saudi strikes on the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen who claimed earlier strikes against Saudi Arabia this week. King Khalid International Airport has been targeted multiple times, with four people killed.

Fighting in neighboring Yemen between the Houthis and Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces has escalated with a major military offensive launched a week ago.

The UAE says 22 crew rescued from burning tanker

The United Arab Emirates’ national guard rescued 22 crew members after a fire broke out aboard an oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, the force said Saturday.

The crew members, all of Asian nationalities, received first aid and were in stable condition, the statement said. The guard did not identify the tanker or specify the fire's location or cause.

Iran's state-run IRNA news agency cited the Revolutionary Guard Corps navy as saying an oil tanker was burning after hitting a naval mine while trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz. It was not clear if the incident was the same one.

A surge in attacks have targeted commercial vessels transiting the strait during the U.S.-Iran war as Tehran seeks to assert control over the waterway.

Drone strike kills at least 40 people in Sudan, rights group says

A drone strike killed at least 40 people, including children, in Sudan along the border with Ethiopia, according to Emergency Lawyers, a group that tracks the war.

It said the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group that has been battling Sudan’s military since 2023, was responsible for Friday’s strike in the Abu Shandi area in Sudan’s Blue Nile province.

The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said it was appalled by the strike. The conflict has killed at least 150,000 people, according to conflict monitor ACLED, though aid groups say the real number is likely higher.

Lebanon praises Trump’s decision to remove flight restrictions

The Lebanese presidency announced on Saturday the official lift of flight restrictions between Lebanon and the U.S. The Reagan administration suspended direct flights between the U.S. and Lebanon in 1985 following the hijacking of TWA Flight 847.

Trump made the surprise announcement in July during a visit by Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun. He ordered the lifting of the restrictions nearly two weeks ago, but the decision was publicly announced on Saturday.

Aoun welcomed the decision, saying it signaled U.S. confidence in Lebanon’s steps to improve civil aviation safety.

The decision comes after the Iran-backed Hezbollah group was severely weakened by two wars with Israel over the past two years in which many of the group’s political and military commanders were killed.

Israeli strikes kill 5 Palestinians in Gaza, health officials say

An Israeli strike Saturday killed four people in western Gaza City while another killed one person in the city’s east, officials at Shifa Hospital said.

Israel’s military said it targeted fighters with Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

Saturday’s strikes came one year after a ceasefire deal was reached between Israel and Hamas, yet Israel still launches near-daily strikes. Since the ceasefire, more than 1,480 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to the Health Ministry.

Count of US military deaths during Iran war rises to 21

The Pentagon’s official count of deaths among U.S. military personnel that have occurred in the Middle East since the start of the Iran war has risen to 21, but officials said the new total does not reflect more combat deaths.

The Defense Casualty Analysis System on Saturday reflected two more deaths, which a Defense Department official said occurred earlier in the war.

The official said the department is trying to make the count more comprehensive and include all troop deaths in the region, not just those from combat. The official was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Added to the count was Maj. Sorrfly Davius, a New York Police Department officer who was serving with the 42nd Infantry Division of the Army National Guard in Kuwait. He died due to a medical incident days into the war on March 6. The other person was not named.

Tens of thousands of U.S. troops are stationed in the Middle East. Deaths can occur because of medical conditions, training mishaps and suicide.

- By Konstantin Toropin

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This report will be updated throughout the day as new developments emerge.

Al menos cuatro muertes se vincularon a la tormenta, incluidas dos personas que murieron cuando árboles cayeron sobre viviendas en Florida y Alabama. Casi 700.000 clientes estaban sin electricidad al mediodía, y los meteorólogos advirtieron que las inundaciones podrían extenderse hasta el sur de los Apalaches.

Isaías tocó tierra el viernes mientras era un huracán de categoría 2 cerca de Destin, Florida, un popular destino vacacional en la costa estadounidense del golfo de México, el cual está repleto de edificios altos y tiendas para turistas. La tormenta se debilitó durante la noche y fue degradada a ciclón postropical, pero seguía siendo peligrosa.

“El riesgo de inundaciones sigue siendo alto”, declaró el gobernador Ron DeSantis. “A veces estas cosas ocurren uno o dos días después de que pasa la tormenta. Así que la situación de las inundaciones no ha terminado”.

Pese a las advertencias de marejadas ciclónicas potencialmente mortales antes de la tormenta, varias rutas principales a lo largo de la costa estaban abiertas el sábado al amanecer, y libres de árboles y líneas eléctricas caídos que suelen verse después del paso de huracanes de gran magnitud.

Daños dispersos en la costa estadounidense del golfo de México

Los fuertes vientos huracanados en la franja noroccidental de Florida arrancaron el techo de un hotel en Pensacola, y el alcalde de la ciudad dijo que el aeropuerto “sufrió algunos daños”. La tormenta derribó un cobertizo para botes en Destin y desprendió parte de la fachada de un edificio alto en Panama City Beach.

Un trabajador barría montones de material aislante y trozos de metal procedentes del edificio en el estacionamiento de un complejo de condominios. Cerca de allí, unas personas volvían a colocar en su sitio las sillas de playa que habían salido despedidas.

En Florida, el jefe policial del condado de Escambia, Chip Simmons, indicó que hubo dos muertes relacionadas con Isaías.

Una mujer murió cuando un árbol cayó sobre su casa, y un hombre falleció por inhalación de monóxido de carbono de un generador que funcionaba en su garaje. Cuatro familiares del hombre, de entre 4 y 72 años, recibieron atención médica y se prevé que sobrevivan, agregó el jefe policial.

Cerca de allí, en Gulf Breeze, Jayme Mitich se secaba las lágrimas mientras evaluaba los daños en su apartamento. Su sala estaba empapada y cubierta de material aislante, y vigas rotas yacían sobre su cuarto de lavado.

Ella y su hija de 13 años, Jeweliana Jackson, se escondieron debajo de un colchón minutos antes de que la tormenta arrancara parte de su techo. “El ruido se hizo tan fuerte, y yo no dejaba de oír cosas romperse y estrellarse contra todo”, narró Mitich.

El resto de su complejo de apartamentos estaba cubierto de tejas del techo y vigas rotas de una cerca de madera. Cerca de allí, los vientos arrancaron árboles de raíz y volcaron un camión de lado.

“Todo va a salir bien”, expresó Mitich. “Pase lo que pase, lo lograremos”.

Isaías azota Alabama con vientos devastadores

Isaías, el primer huracán de la temporada del Atlántico, siguió avanzando durante la noche e ingresó a Alabama con vientos de tormenta tropical.

Una persona murió cuando un árbol cayó sobre una casa en Birmingham, informó Cory Moon, el jefe de bomberos de la ciudad. Otra persona fue rescatada de la vivienda y atendida en el lugar, agregó.

Una segunda muerte relacionada con la tormenta en Alabama se atribuyó al choque de un vehículo que involucró un árbol caído en el condado de Barbour, señaló Josh Johnson, de la agencia del estado para el manejo de emergencias.

A lo largo de la costa de Alabama en el golfo de México, las autoridades en la ciudad de Mobile informaron de árboles y líneas eléctricas caídos y numerosas carreteras cerradas.

Maranie Adams, que capeó la tormenta con su esposo, dos hijos adultos y sus gallinas en Gulf Shores, Alabama, narró que los vientos sacudieron su casa, pero que no fue nada en comparación con el huracán Sally, que dejó 60 centímetros (2 pies) de agua debajo de su casa elevada.

“Tenemos algunas ramas caídas y hojas por todas partes, pero hemos salido bastante bien librados. Así que hoy todo está abierto en la isla. Todo está bien”, señaló Adams. “Hoy me siento mucho más aliviada”.

El viento y la lluvia aún amenazan al sureste de Estados Unidos

El presidente Donald Trump aprobó una declaración de emergencia para Georgia, tras haber hecho lo mismo anteriormente para Florida y Alabama, lo que les permite a esos estados el acceso a ayuda federal.

El Departamento de Energía anunció que había autorizado intercambios de emergencia de hasta 15,14 millones de litros (4 millones de galones) de petróleo crudo de la reserva estratégica de petróleo del país para abordar interrupciones en el suministro debido a la tormenta.

La temporada de huracanes del Atlántico ha sido inusualmente tranquila este año. Isaías fue el primero que azota el este de Estados Unidos desde 2024.

El Centro Nacional de Huracanes informó que siguen vigentes los avisos de inundación para partes del sureste del país y el sur de los Apalaches.

Partes de Georgia y las Carolinas podrían recibir hasta 25 centímetros (10 pulgadas) de lluvia, aunque es probable que los totales sean de 7 a 15 centímetros (3 a 6 pulgadas). Se tenía previsto que la tormenta se desplazara hacia el valle de Tennessee y luego hacia la región central de la costa en el Atlántico el domingo.

Funcionarios de la pista Charlotte Motor Speedway anunciaron que la carrera Blue Cross NC 300 del sábado fue pospuesta hasta el domingo por la noche debido a un pronóstico de mal tiempo.

Dos tormentas en el océano Pacífico

Mientras tanto, en el Pacífico, Simón ganó intensidad hasta convertirse en un huracán de categoría 4 en su avance hacia la costa de México. Se prevé que genere fuertes lluvias en partes del suroeste de México, donde podrían producirse inundaciones y deslaves potencialmente mortales.

Además, se calcula que la tormenta tropical Rachel lleve fuertes vientos y lluvias al norte de México y al sur de California el fin de semana.

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Casey informó desde Boston. Los periodistas de The Associated Press Sophie Bates en Gulf Breeze, Thomas Strong en Washington, Julie Walker en Nueva York, Tim Sullivan en Minneapolis y John Seewer en Toledo, Ohio, contribuyeron a este despacho.

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

At least four deaths were linked to the storm, including two people killed when trees fell onto homes in Florida and Alabama. Forecasters warned that flooding could stretch into the Appalachians.

Isaias came ashore as a Category 2 hurricane Friday near Destin, Florida, a Gulf Coast vacation spot filled with high-rises and tourist shops. The storm weakened overnight but remained dangerous.

Despite warnings of storm surges ahead of the storm, several major routes along the coast were open by daybreak Saturday and free of downed trees and power lines typically seen after major hurricanes.

Scattered damage across the Gulf Coast

Within the first hours after landfall, nearly 900,000 customers were without power, mostly in Florida and Alabama.

Hurricane-force winds in the Florida Panhandle blew the roof off a Pensacola hotel, and the city’s mayor said the airport “took some damage.” The storm flattened a boathouse in Destin and ripped away part of the facade of a high-rise in Panama City Beach.

A worker in a condominium parking lot swept piles of the building's insulation while others put back beach chairs that had been tossed about.

In Florida's Escambia County, Sheriff Chip Simmons said a woman was killed when a tree fell on her home and a man died of carbon monoxide fumes from a generator running in his garage. Four of the man's family members, ranging in age from 4 to 72, were treated but expected to survive, the sheriff said.

Nearby in Gulf Breeze, Jayme Mitich wiped tears away Saturday as she surveyed the damage to her apartment. Her living room was soaked and covered in insulation.

She and her 13-year-old daughter, Jeweliana Jackson, hid beneath a mattress before the storm tore off part of their roof. “The noise got so loud, and I just kept hearing things break and crash into everything,” Mitich said.

The rest of their apartment complex was littered with roof shingles and broken beams from a wooden fence. The winds uprooted trees and flipped a truck on its side.

“It’s going to be OK,” Mitich said. “No matter what, we’re going to make it.”

Isaias hits Alabama with devastating winds

Isaias, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, roared farther into Alabama with tropical-force winds.

One person died when a tree fell on a house in Birmingham, said Cory Moon, the city's fire chief. A second storm-related death in Alabama was attributed to a motor vehicle crash involving a downed tree in Barbour County, said Josh Johnson of the state's emergency management agency.

Along Alabama's Gulf Coast, authorities in Mobile reported numerous downed trees and power lines.

Maranie Adams, who rode out the storm with her family and their chickens in Gulf Shores, Alabama, said the winds rocked their home, but it was nothing like Hurricane Sally, which left water under their elevated house.

“I feel very much more relieved today,” she said.

Wind and rain still threaten the Southeast

President Donald Trump approved an emergency declaration for Georgia after earlier doing the same for Florida and Alabama, allowing for federal aid.

The U.S. Energy Department authorized emergency exchanges of crude oil from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve to address disruptions in supply because of the storm.

The Atlantic hurricane season has been unusually quiet this year, and Isaias was the first hurricane to hit the eastern U.S. since 2024.

The National Weather Service advised that parts of Georgia and the Carolinas could see heavy rains capable of causing flash floods. The storm was expected to move into the Tennessee Valley and then the mid-Atlantic on Sunday.

A pair of storms in the Pacific Ocean

Meanwhile, in the Pacific, Simon strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane as it approached Mexico’s coast. Simon was expected to bring heavy rainfall beginning Sunday to parts of southwestern Mexico with life-threatening flooding and mudslides.

Tropical Storm Rachel was also expected to bring heavy winds and rain to northern Mexico and Southern California over the weekend.

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Casey reported from Boston. Associated Press reporters Sophie Bates in Gulf Breeze, Thomas Strong in Washington, Julie Walker in New York, Tim Sullivan in Minneapolis and John Seewer in Toledo, Ohio, contributed.

“I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal because he could have made many deals and for some reason he never does,” Trump said.

The president, who on Friday struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to buy diesel from Russia in an attempt to address high fuel prices ahead of the U.S. midterm elections, has been urging Zelenskyy for weeks to stop strikes on Russian energy infrastructure. He has also sought to blame record U.S. diesel prices on Ukraine rather than the U.S.-led war in Iran, which has elevated world energy prices.

“He wants to make problems for the world. He wants to make problems for our farmers, our ranchers, with diesel fuel,” Trump said, before departing for Tennessee where he was set to rally Republican voters.

Ukrainian and European officials on Saturday reacted to Trump's diesel deal with dismay, saying it will help pay for Russia's war efforts. Diesel prices have skyrocketed due to a collision of events, including the difficulty of getting oil out of the Middle East since the start of the Iran war, which has raised the price of all oil products.

An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll conducted last month and published Oct. 1 found that Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of Iran, and blame him for higher prices.

Trump also suggested that if he had been U.S. president in 2022, “that war would have never started. There was no reason that war with Ukraine and Russia started. It started due to incompetence.”

Zelenskyy has “lost 30% of your country and you’ve had over a million people go between the two of them, over 2 million people killed. That’s a war that should have never started. And I think it’s time for Ukraine to get a new president,” Trump said.

Independent estimates are that about 20% of Ukraine's territory is under Russian control. British defense officials recently estimated that about half a million Russian soldiers have been killed in the war; there are no reliable recent estimates about how many Ukrainians have died.

20 people killed in Russian bombing in Ukraine Saturday

Trump's extraordinary intervention came after Russian strikes killed at least 20 people in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, Ukrainian officials said Saturday.

Three children were among those killed when Russian aerial bombs hit residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said Saturday. At least 18 people were wounded.

Russia and Ukraine are locked in a long-range aerial war while their armies remain largely deadlocked on the front line, more than 4 1/2 years since Moscow’s full-scale invasion. Ukraine is struggling to counter escalating Russian bombardments that have killed more than 60 people over the past four days.

Anger in Kyiv at Trump’s deal with Putin

“Today, Russia expressed its thanks for the lifting of sanctions on diesel exports by dropping five glide bombs on residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote Saturday on X.

He said every additional billion dollars Russia earns from exports would help pay for weapons components, drone upgrades, missile production and the recruitment of mercenaries, and that Moscow would only be ready to stop when its ability to fight diminished.

Zelenskyy said Ukraine was coordinating steps to counter the extra revenue Russia will receive, and that he had spoken to French President Emmanuel Macron about shoring up air defenses, warning of an increased risk of further missile strikes in the coming days.

Trump announced Friday that Russia will immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel, followed by an additional 500,000 tons in November and 1 million tons “immediately thereafter.” Russia will deliver an additional 3 million tons “within a short period of time” after that, he wrote.

In Kyiv, people gathered at a memorial to fallen soldiers on Independence Square greeted the deal with a mix of anger and resignation.

“Trump has once again shown his true face,” said Oleksandr Petrenko, 26. “He didn’t care about the situation, the shelling or the destruction of our homes. All he’s interested in is oil or the fuel prices and how much Americans have to pay.”

For Oksana Yakunina, a financial adviser from the central city of Kropyvnytskyi, the announcement “didn’t really come as a surprise.”

“Trump has been working with Putin for a long time,” she told The Associated Press.

European allies question US-Russia deal

Ukraine's European allies also expressed dismay at the deal and said they stood by their commitment to sanctions.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Stockholm regretted the agreement, “as energy revenues are central to the Russian war chest,” and noted that the European Union would adopt its most comprehensive sanctions package yet on Monday, with 1,600 listings targeting Russia’s military-industrial complex.

The German government “remains committed to the sanctions imposed on Russia and is working with its European partners on further sanctions,” spokesperson Stefan Kornelius said, adding that support for Ukraine “remains unwavering.”

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski questioned whether Russia could deliver at all. Citing his embassy’s reports of fuel shortages even in Moscow, and “serious sources” saying Ukraine has damaged about half of Russia’s refining capacity, he asked on X: “So where will the surpluses for export come from?”

Trump’s announcement was in stark contrast to a sweeping Russia sanctions law he signed last month that aimed at clamping down on the oil and gas revenues that fuel Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Trump announced the deal as his envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner met with Ukrainian officials in Miami on Friday to discuss a proposal to end the war.

Speaking about Friday’s announcement, a senior Ukrainian official told AP that the Ukrainian side was not aware of the deal before the announcement.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to discuss the issue publicly, said Saturday the diesel deal announcement was not tied to anything under discussion in Florida.

He confirmed the Ukrainian delegation had left Florida and were on their way back to Ukraine.

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Daly reported from Washington and Morton reported from London. Associated Press journalists Bela Szandelszky in Kyiv, Ukraine, and Collin Binkley in Washington contributed to this report.

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Scott, looking for his first PGA Tour win in six years, shot a 6-under 65 which included two eagles and Thomas a 67. They were tied for fourth.

First-round leader Jacob Bridgeman (69) was in a tie for the third-round lead with Michael Brennan (65) and PGA Tour rookie Zach Bauchou (67) with 13-under 200 totals.

“You got to be pleased with that and something like that tomorrow might be enough,” Scott said of his 65. “It’s not a bad spot to be a few back. Hopefully we’ll be in for a great day.”

The PGA Tour’s lone stop in Asia features its strongest field of the FedEx Cup Fall series, with 13 of the 24 players who competed in the Presidents Cup two weeks ago at Medinah in the Chicago suburbs.

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El Centro Nacional de Huracanes de Estados Unidos (NHC, por sus siglas en inglés), indicó el sábado que los vientos máximos sostenidos del meteoro aumentaron a 240 kilómetros por hora (150 millas por hora).

El NHC dijo que se prevé que Simón se ubique “cerca o apenas tierra adentro” de la costa centro-occidental de México el domingo. El huracán podría arrojar entre 25 y 50 centímetros (10 y 20 pulgadas) de lluvia en partes del suroeste de México, y algunas zonas en los estados de Michoacán, Colima y Jalisco podrían recibir hasta 76 cm (30 pulgadas).

“Estas lluvias producirán inundaciones y deslaves que suponen un peligro para la vida, especialmente en zonas de terreno escarpado”, advirtió el NHC en un boletín en el que también instó a los residentes a tomar medidas inmediatas para prepararse, ya que se esperaba que las condiciones de tormenta tropical llegaran el sábado por la tarde.

Según el NHC, Simón se encontraba la tarde del sábado a unos 135 kilómetros (85 millas) al sur-suroeste de Manzanillo, México, y se desplazaba lentamente hacia el norte.

Las autoridades estatales de Jalisco suspendieron clases el viernes y el lunes en 22 municipios costeros, y comenzaron a evacuar a decenas de personas de zonas de riesgo. También se pidió al sector turístico en Puerto Vallarta que se asegurara de que tanto los trabajadores como los visitantes estuvieran debidamente ubicados en refugios o zonas seguras para el viernes por la tarde.

Tiendas de abarrotes, hoteles y otros negocios en Puerto Vallarta estaban tapiando sus ventanas el sábado por la mañana, mientras que pocas personas caminaban por las calles bajo cielos nublados.

“Ahorita en el transcurso del día estaremos trabajando normal”, comentó Jesús Gómez afuera de una tienda mientras regalaba golosinas a los transeúntes. “Ya cuando vengan los de Protección Civil y nos digan que hay que cerrar, pues hay que cerrar, y resguardarnos hasta que pase la tormenta”.

El NHC esperaba una peligrosa marejada ciclónica “a lo largo de la costa inmediata cerca y al este de donde el centro toque tierra”. La agencia advirtió que cerca de la costa, olas grandes y destructivas acompañarán la marejada.

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The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Saturday that Simon’s maximum sustained winds increased to 150 mph (240 kph). A storm of that strength or greater is considered a major hurricane.

The center said it expected Simon “to be near or just inland” of Mexico's west-central coast on Sunday. The hurricane could bring as much as 10 to 20 inches (25-50 cm) of rain over parts of southwestern Mexico, with some areas in the states of Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco receiving up to 30 inches (76 centimeters).

“This rainfall will produce life-threatening flooding and mudslides, especially in areas of steep terrain,” the center warned in a bulletin that also urged residents to take immediate action to prepare as tropical-storm conditions were expected to arrive Saturday afternoon.

According to the National Hurricane Center, Simon was about 100 miles (65 kilometers) south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico on on Saturday and moving slowly northward.

Jalisco state suspended classes on Friday and Monday in 22 coastal municipalities and began evacuating dozens of people from at-risk areas. It also asked the tourism sector in Puerto Vallarta, a popular destination for U.S. tourists, to ensure that both workers and visitors were fully accommodated in shelters or safe zones by Friday afternoon.

Convenience stores, hotels and other businesses in Puerto Vallarta were boarding up their windows Saturday morning, when few were walking the streets under overcast skies.

“Let’s hope it doesn’t hit us, right? That it doesn’t affect us," Jesús Gómez said as he stood outside a shop and handed out free samples of candied peanuts to passersby. “We’ll be working as usual throughout the day, but when Civil Protection officials come and tell us we need to close, then we’ll close and take shelter until the storm passes.”

The hurricane center expected a dangerous storm surge “along the immediate coast near and to the east of where the center makes landfall.” The agency warned that near the coast, large and destructive waves will accompany the surge.

Meanwhile, Canadian tourist Ed Currie, who along with his wife still has five more days to enjoy Puerto Vallarta, said the hurricane had not yet affected his plans.

“Just stay in the hotel and look out the window hopefully,” he said of what the couple would do Saturday. “I just don’t know what to expect.”

The Valkyries are now one step away from achieving his mandate way ahead of schedule as it only took two years for Golden State to reach the WNBA Finals. They'll face the Atlanta Dream in the best-of-seven series that begins Saturday, Oct. 17.

“They had this vision from the start, to see it come to fruition in Year 2 is pretty amazing,” Valkyries forward Kiah Stokes said. “It's pretty special. We're looking forward to the finals."

The league will have a first-time champion. The Valkyries became the quickest WNBA expansion franchise to reach the finals since the league first began 30 years ago. That topped the Dream, who did it in their third year.

Golden State has done an incredible job in building the franchise into one of the premiere ones in the league quickly. The second-seeded Valkyries led the league in attendance, which helped them achieve the best home record this season. They defeated the Las Vegas Aces in the semifinals, sweeping them in three games with Friday's overtime victory. They made a big move in free agency this offseason, signing Gabby Williams.

She has been one of the best players in the league on both ends of the court. Williams raised her game in the postseason, averaging 22.7 points from the 14.4 in the regular season. Golden State has been built around 3-point shooting, a solid set of reserves and defense.

The Dream reached the Finals for the first time since 2013 after taking out the New York Liberty in three games as well. Now both teams will have a week off before the championship round begins.

“We want to enjoy this moment. we’re very proud of getting there,” Atlanta guard Jordan said. “It took a lot of hard work. ... Proud of getting there, but knowing that the job is not done.”

Atlanta reached the WNBA Finals in 2010, 2011 and 2013, but got swept each time. This is a different Atlanta roster with a bunch of stars including Angel Reese, Canada, Rhyne Howard and Allisha Gray.

Gray, the Dream’s leading scorer, injured her left hand in the semifinals opener and missed the next two games. Having the time off before the Finals begin will be big for her.

The Dream also added veteran DeWanna Bonner late in the season, which has proven to be a huge addition with her playoff experience.

Offense may be hard to come by for both teams as they are two of the best defensive squads in the league. Golden State won all three of the regular-season meetings with the last coming on July 4.

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Bachmeier completed 22 of 30 passes en route to his fourth career 300-yard game. He also ran for a career-best 109 yards to help the Cougars (5-0, 3-0 Big 12) overcome the absence of running back LJ Martin.

It was the second straight season Bachmeier threw for more than 300 yards against Iowa State (3-3, 1-2) and his first career 100-yard game on the ground.

“We know Bear can throw the ball, so I feel good about Bear throwing the ball,” BYU coach Kalani Sitake said. “Whether they take away the run or take away the pass, I trust Bear and his ability to get us on the right call and to make the right decisions. Bear’s talented, so we put a lot on him to make decisions.”

Jaylen Raynor threw for 98 yards and a touchdown to lead the Cyclones. Aiden Flora added 86 yards on the ground but had only 11 yards rushing before halftime.

Iowa State finished with only 200 yards on offense — its lowest single-game total since 2018.

“I’m kind of at a loss of words because I felt like we were going to come into this and be competitive in so many ways, and we really weren’t in so many ways,” Cyclones coach Jimmy Rogers said. “3-3 is where we’re at. Doesn’t mean that that’s where we need to be.”

Bachmeier completed his first seven passes and generally played with more confidence and efficiency as a passer after struggling against TCU. He went 4 of 4 on BYU’s opening drive, and added a 26-yard run, to power the Cougars to their first touchdown. Journee Tonga weaved past defenders on a 6-yard scamper to finish off the scoring drive.

Bachmeier rolled out on a misdirection and hit Roger Saleapaga in stride for a 63-yard pass to set up BYU’s second scoring drive. Kyler Kasper scored two plays later, backpedaling across the goal line to help the Cougars take a 14-3 lead with 1:51 left before halftime.

BYU used stingy defense to keep Iowa State from ever threatening to close the gap. The Cougars allowed six total yards in the second quarter, yielding only 0.5 yards per play.

“They never made it feel like something was wrong,” Bachmeier said. “Testament to the defense. They’ve been playing their tails off here.”

Bachmeier’s second TD pass, a 75-yard dart to Legend Glasker, extended BYU’s lead to 21-3 with 1:09 left in the third quarter.

The takeaway

Iowa State’s offense sputtered badly against BYU. The Cyclones totaled only 49 yards before halftime, their fewest since 2017, and went three-and-out on three straight second-quarter drives.

With Martin sidelined, seven players had at least one carry for BYU and helped the Cougars finish with 177 yards on the ground.

Fourth-down failures

Despite rolling up 506 total yards, BYU did not easily convert yards into points after going 0-of-3 on fourth down. Two failed conversions occurred inside the Cyclones 5. Bachmeier threw incomplete passes in the end zone on both occasions.

“I like to be aggressive, but I like to see those turn into points,” Sitake said.

Late offensive spark

The Cyclones were given new life on offense in the fourth quarter after Tiger Bachmeier fumbled on a punt return and Torrence Sanders recovered the ball at the BYU 49. Iowa State turned the BYU turnover into its lone touchdown when Raynor threw a 1-yard pass to Christian Greenlaw to cap off the drive.

Iowa State ultimately totaled 131 yards and seven first downs on three fourth-quarter drives after struggling to move the chains through the first three quarters.

“We just didn’t really have a sense of urgency,” Raynor said. “We came out slow.”

Up next

Iowa State: At Arizona on Oct. 24.

BYU: Hosts Notre Dame on Oct. 17.

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It was a pretty good day for Kirby Smart and No. 2 Georgia, too. Probably good enough for No. 1.

The Bulldogs went on the road and beat No. 6 Alabama 20-17 behind a terrific day from Gunner Stockton, third-string running back Dwight Phillips Jr. and a defense that sacked Keelon Russell four times and held him to a season-low 185 passing yards.

The win gave Smart a 3-7 record against Alabama, the program he could not beat for many years when the stakes were highest. The Bulldogs now have the inside track to the Southeastern Conference championship game, a marquee win for College Football Playoff seeding and are poised to move up to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 rankings on Sunday.

Venables and Beamer picked up much-needed wins that could ease the pressure building around their programs.

Oklahoma’s Tate Sandell drilled a 47-yard field goal to seal a 27-24 upset of Texas in the Red River Rivalry game, giving Venables and the Sooners a huge morale boost after dropping to 2-2 and heading into the game against their archrival unranked and toothless on offense.

Beamer has been on a major hot seat at South Carolina, but his Gamecocks rolled to a 38-19 upset at No. 16 Florida. LaNorris Sellers accounted for five touchdowns, and the Gamecocks forced three turnovers while shutting down Gators running back Jadan Baugh.

A third top-10 team also went down in dramatic fashion: Kentucky handed No. 10 LSU its second loss in a 35-34 thriller. The Wildcats' gamble to go for two in overtime paid off for the second straight week, this time at the expense of the Tigers.

UCLA dumps Oregon

No. 21 UCLA remained undefeated with a 17-15 win over No. 13 Oregon in a messy, turnover-filled outing. The Ducks threw two interceptions and lost five fumbles, the last coming on their final drive with less than a minute left.

UCLA quarterback Nico Iamaleava had 162 yards and two interceptions before sitting out the second half with a lower leg injury. Ty Dieffenbach took over under center and threw for 43 yards and a touchdown as the Bruins look to move up in the rankings.

Oregon backup quarterback Dylan Raiola's heroic performance against USC felt like a distant memory as he completed just 6-of-18 passes for 43 yards and two interceptions before being replaced by Brock Thomas.

Indiana improves to 6-0 — barely

No. 7 Indiana remained unbeaten but needed a fourth-quarter rally and two late defensive stops to escape Nebraska with a 20-17 win.

The defending national champions erased an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit with back-to-back touchdown drives. Quarterback Josh Hoover connected with Nick Marsh on both, first for a 75-yard score, then on a fourth-down conversion for a 44-yard touchdown.

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Norene and Polenta, two golden Labs, joined the high school southwest of Denver to help students relieve stress and stay focused as they heal from last year's trauma after a student shot and wounded two of his peers before shooting himself.

“Every morning after I get off the bus, I have to say hi to these two. It’s my first thing I do every day,” said Fisher Helbraun, a junior at Evergreen High School. “Every single time I see one, I always have a smile on my face. I always get either some puppy kisses or I get some nice pets.”

Norene, a calm, young dog who loves attention, and Polenta, her spunky and rambunctious colleague, started at the school in March and August, respectively. They are part of program run by Canine Companions, a nonprofit based in California that provides trauma support dogs free of charge. The dogs are the first to be matched with a school following a shooting on campus.

The shooting left ‘a lot of sorrow’

In September 2025, a 16-year-old student opened fire with a revolver at the school during lunch hour, wounding two students before shooting himself. The suspect later died. Evergreen High School Principal Skyler Artes sheltered in the main office with students and staff and remained at the school until the last person had left.

After the shooting “everybody was devastated, a lot of sorrow, a lot of grief, a lot of uncertainty about how to proceed,” Artes said

Some of the nonprofit’s dogs provided support at a family reunification site.

Artes decided to train with Canine Companions to be a support dog handler after seeing the positive impact the animals had on the students and staff.

The dogs were crowned prince and princess at homecoming

Volunteers with Canine Companions continued to bring dogs to the school in the days following the shooting, and Artes decided support dogs should be a permanent presence at the school.

“The fact that they are calm, that they’re generally peaceful and attentive makes them good at providing that ongoing, consistent, stable source of support, affection and quiet when people need it most,” she said.

Even though the dogs are a relatively new presence at the school in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, they were crowned prince and princess at the homecoming football game last week and donned royal capes and crowns as they paraded through the football field.

“The second that I see them in the hallway, or I go out of my way to come see them, it just brightens my day, it makes it so much better,” said Maddie Cornwell, a senior. “That kind of innocent joy and love that they have to share, they just give it to humans so easily and it just makes you so happy to see them play and run around.”

Artes is Norene’s handler, and Polenta is assigned to lead counselor Amy Wells, who is also a volleyball coach and brings Polenta to practices. Wells also completed the handler training at Canine Companions.

Students make a point to see the dogs daily

The organization starts training support dogs from the time they are puppies when they start learning dozens of tasks, from following simple commands like sitting and staying, to more refined skills, including how to respond to students or teachers going through a difficult moment. They also learn how to be a stable presence in areas of the school that could trigger trauma, said Paige Mazzoni, chief executive of Canine Companions.

“What’s really powerful about dogs in this type of work is that they have a lot of heart, they have high intelligence, they respond very well to people and to forming a partnership, and it’s really the power of the human-canine bond,” she said.

Quinn McEvers, a senior, said she makes it a point to see the dogs or pet them each school day because it always puts her in a good mood.

Having “these dogs in the school is amazing because when we have tests, when there’s a stressful moment, when the weather’s bad, when, honestly, anything puts our mood kind of down, the dogs are there,” McEvers said.

“I would think people do a lot better in school when they’re actually in a good mood or when they’re excited about going to school,” she added.

Research shows that shootings at schools can lead to lower test scores and declines in students’ ability to concentrate and focus but Evergreen saw the opposite, Artes said.

“We saw our AP test scores go up,” she said. “We also had a 100% graduation rate in a year that was extraordinarily difficult.”

After a dog is assigned to a facility, they stay there for eight to 10 years, when the animal retires.

Artes said she plans to get more support dogs once Norene and Polenta leave their posts.

“Having a steady presence, an animal that doesn’t really care what’s going on and loves you anyway,” she said, “that unconditional love and support, that is valuable no matter what’s going on.”

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Jeremy Hecklinski, starting in place of injured Hawkeyes quarterback Hank Brown, threw for 202 yards and three touchdowns on 14-of-19 passing. Moulton averaged 8 yards per carry and scored twice against a struggling Huskies defense.

“Being on the road, short week, you know, all kinds of reasons maybe we wouldn’t play well," Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said. "But give the guys a lot of credit, they did a great job all week.”

Iowa (5-1, 2-1 Big Ten) bolted to a 13-0 lead in the first quarter as Caden Buhr nailed field goals of 51 and 27 yards, and Moulton scored on a 56-yard touchdown run.

Hecklinski connected with tight end DJ Vonnahme twice in the second quarter for touchdown passes of 20 and 27 yards to make it 27-0.

Meanwhile, the Hawkeyes defense dominated UW early on, forcing punts on each of Washington’s first five drives while holding the Huskies (3-3, 0-3) to 95 yards of total offense in the first half.

UW totaled 14 yards on 18 plays during its first five drives before finally scoring on a 30-yard field goal from Tyler Robles with 1:56 left in the first half.

Huskies quarterback Demond Williams Jr. left after taking a hit on that second-quarter drive and went to the locker room for X-rays. He did not return, and Washington coach Jedd Fisch did not have an update after the game.

Elijah Brown entered late in the first half and gave the offense a spark, leading an eight-play, 75-yard drive to open the third quarter that ended with a 10-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Chris Lawson.

The Hawkeyes and Huskies each scored another touchdown in the third to make it 34-18 before Moulton scored his second TD on a 3-yard run with 12:06 left in the game.

Moulton's performance came one week after he was held to 27 yards on 11 carries against Ohio State.

“I definitely felt like I had a chip on my shoulder this game,” Moulton said. “Something to prove and knowing that we are very capable, me and the team and our O-line."

Brown connected with Mason James for a 3-yard touchdown pass on the final play of the game.

The win was Iowa's first in the Pacific Time Zone since the 2019 Holiday Bowl, and first on the West Coast since the Big Ten expanded in 2024.

The takeaway

Iowa: The Hawkeyes’ consistent defensive pressure made life miserable for Washington, as Iowa finished with six sacks and nine tackles for loss while shutting down the Huskies' ground game.

Washington: Brown breathed some life into the offense after Williams’ exit, going 28-of-39 for 251 yards passing and three touchdowns. Williams is the starter, but Brown appears ready for his chance if Williams misses time with an injury.

Up next

Iowa: After a bye week, the Hawkeyes visit Minnesota on Oct. 24.

Washington: Will visit Purdue next Friday.

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Lai's speech soon drew Beijing's criticism, accusing him of disregarding facts and misleading the public.

Taiwan has faced growing military and political pressure from China, which views the island democracy as a breakaway province to be retaken by force if necessary. In September, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump that he hoped the U.S. would adhere to “the correct position of opposing ‘Taiwan independence’” during his visit to Washington.

Lai said China has exerted pressure in an attempt to change the status quo across the Taiwan Strait, and the island’s “resolve” is not just about its own survival in the face of “authoritarian expansion.” It’s also about whether the international community still believes that force cannot override rules, he said.

Lai said Taiwan’s increased defense investment is intended to deter war, not provoke it.

“We are strengthening our self-defense not to abandon dialogue, but to ensure that dialogue can take place on the basis of parity and dignity,” he said.

China and Taiwan have been governed separately since 1949, when a civil war brought the Communist Party to power in Beijing. Defeated Nationalist Party forces fled to Taiwan. The island has operated with its own government since then.

Lai is trying to drum up support for Taiwan's concerns

China has pressed Washington to halt arms sales to Taiwan, most prominently during a May summit in Beijing between Trump and Xi. After that meeting, a record $14 billion U.S. arms package to the island stalled.

In September, Xi asked the U.S. to handle the Taiwan issue “prudently.”

Lai said Saturday that Taiwan welcomed dialogue between China and the U.S. to manage their competition and reduce the risk of conflict and war, but pointed out that maintaining peace requires a correct understanding of history.

“There must be respect for the right of the people of Taiwan to exist,” he said. “Democracies in the Indo-Pacific must join forces to ensure the status quo of peace and stability in the region is not changed.”

China blasts Lai for advocating Taiwan's independence

Taiwan’s Defense Ministry reported that 21 Chinese military aircraft and seven navy ships operated around Taiwan in a 24-hour period ending at 6 a.m. Saturday, with 13 of the aircraft crossing the median line in the Taiwan Strait and entering the island’s air defense identification zone.

China's Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Zhang Han criticized Lai for what she called stubbornly clinging to a “Taiwan independence” mindset in his speech, according to China's official Xinhua News Agency.

Zhang said Lai hyped up the idea of a threat from the mainland and promoted the false narrative of “democracy versus authoritarianism," accusing him of attempting to pursue independence through military means and by relying on foreign forces.

He was stoking confrontation across the strait and undermining peace and stability, she said, according to Xinhua.

Foreign guests, including Eswatini King Mswati III and Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith of Indiana, offered their congratulations in Taiwan, Lai's office said. Eswatini is Taiwan’s only diplomatic ally in Africa. A Japanese parliamentary delegation also visited the island and joined the celebrations.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi infuriated Beijing last November by saying that any Chinese move against Taiwan could prompt a Japanese military response.

The National Day celebration marks the establishment of the Republic of China, which overthrew the Qing dynasty in 1911. The Nationalist government relocated to Taiwan in 1949, as Mao Zedong’s Communists swept to power on the mainland during the civil war.

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Persistent inflation and high gas prices fueled by the conflict have driven widespread American disapproval of the war — a sentiment casting a long shadow over the Nov. 3 election that will determine whether Trump's party keeps control of Congress. And U.S. economic sanctions and a naval blockade on Iranian oil are causing profound shocks for Tehran's economy.

Yet, Iranian officials remain insistent there won't be a deal until the U.S. lifts the blockade and delivers sanctions relief. Trump, meanwhile, is vacillating. He has dispatched more military resources to the region and threatened to resume strikes — even as he also declares that the U.S. “will not be attacking Iran at any time prior” to Nov. 3.

Speaking to fellow world leaders last month at the U.N. General Assembly, Trump insisted he “will not give credence to the election when it comes to Iran.”

Now, more than a week into a 32-day campaign blitz for Republican candidates, Trump is doubling down on that message, telling voters he's winning the war while darkly warning he's ready to "finish it off" if Iran doesn't capitulate.

“I will tell you what: Iran will be very quick one way or the other,” Trump said Friday as he campaigned in New York. “Either they give us everything, or they don’t exist any longer.”

Iran has shown resilience to Trump's threats

Trump's campaign bravado comes after his stated war goals in Iran have shifted significantly over the course of the conflict.

He's moved from maximalist demands for unconditional surrender by the theocratic government to a focus on economic pressure, containing Tehran's nuclear program and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran's economy is certainly in shambles. Its navy and air force have been devastated, and key political and military leaders were killed in the first weeks of the conflict.

Yet, Iran has shown no small measure of resilience in the face of Trump's repeatedly being on the cusp of ordering big new strikes — only to back down at the last moment.

After months of grinding war, an American election season isn't fundamentally changing Iran's approach with the U.S. leader they've found to be an unreliable narrator, said Sasan Karimi, a former Iranian government official.

Iran's leadership, Karimi added, is concerned that “the U.S., especially in the Trump era, will not be compliant to any deal even if he himself signs it.”

Some Republicans distance themselves from Trump

Trump's message isn't easy for Republican candidates to embrace as they make their case to voters frustrated by elevated gas prices and food costs.

Most Americans, 69%, say the war has not been worth fighting, according to a poll published last week by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That's up slightly from 64% in July. Only 28% approve of how Trump is handling Iran.

Some Republicans in competitive races have sought to distance themselves from Trump on the war.

In Michigan, Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers has said the “war with Iran needs to end — and end quickly.” Rep. Ashley Hinson, who is in a competitive Senate race in Iowa, said Iowans shouldn’t have to “foot the bill” for the war. Seven House Republicans voted in favor of a war powers resolution aimed at curtailing Trump's war of choice.

Yet, trying to stand apart from Trump on Iran is almost impossible for Republicans so close to Election Day, says Christopher Borick, director of the Lehigh University Opinion Observatory in Pennsylvania.

“It's an enormous weight on Republicans,” Borick said. “Shifting the narrative to draw separation from Trump is going to be a Herculean task.”

Iran anticipates Trump will resume strikes

Negotiations had appeared at a standstill after Trump late last month publicly rejectedIran’s proposal to quickly reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. met certain conditions.

Iranians, however, say they have since received a U.S. counterproposal and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday said he expected Tehran would offer a formal reply within days. Trump on Thursday described the indirect negotiations as “productive.”

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said Tehran wants a return to the framework of the short-lived June deal. That agreement held out the promise of financial relief for Iran, which never materialized.

But the Iranian president also expressed skepticism. “We are trying to move the process forward. We are having conversations; every time we have held talks with them, they attacked us again," Pezeshkian said Thursday as he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Turkmenistan.

As part of any deal, Iranian officials say the U.S. must lift its blockade before Iran agrees to cease attacks on international oil tankers using the Strait of Hormuz.

“We are telling America, you have to act first. Enough talking, enough negotiations,” Mohsen Rezaei, a former Revolutionary Guard commander and secretary of Iran’s top security body, recently told Iranian state television, boasting that Iran had the upper hand in the conflict.

Some Iranian officials seem to believe that a return to full-scale war may be inevitable.

Mahdi Mohammadi, a Tehran-based analyst and an adviser to Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, said on Telegram that while indirect talks with the U.S. have been “serious," he predicted that “the war will start" again soon.

Fighting between Saudi Arabia and Houthis adds complications

At his rallies, Trump has pointed to a recent surge in Gulf oil making it through the Strait of Hormuz as he's made his argument that Iran's leadership will soon have to capitulate.

Indeed, Iran has lost its near-chokehold over oil flows through the waterway as U.S. Central Command shepherds oil tankers through the strait at night with their location systems turned off.

But in recent days, Iran has ramped up attacks on tankers passing through the strait. And overall, ship traffic remains well below prewar levels.

Tanker operators willing to risk running the gauntlet under Central Command’s protection are in some cases charging rates of $1 million a day or more, shipping analysts say.

The situation has become further complicated as Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s government have launched a military campaign aimed at driving Iran-backed Houthi rebels from the Bab el-Mandeb strait, another critical Middle East trade route for oil and other goods.

The Houthis, in turn, are targeting Saudi airports and key infrastructure in the kingdom with drone and missile strikes.

Iranian officials see little change, even if Democrats win control of Congress

Trump insists that the U.S. naval blockade to prevent Iranian oil from getting to market has driven Tehran to the brink.

Iran’s oil minister Mohsen Paknejad recently resigned, Iranian state television announced this week. And the Iranian currency, the rial, continues to crater.

Iranian leaders appear convinced that they can still absorb military pressure, and impose further costs on the United States and the global economy, said Karimi, the former Iranian government official.

Hamzeh Safavi, a political scientist at the University of Tehran, said Iranian officials are giving little weight to the midterms as they calculate their next move.

“Iran knows that whether it’s Democrats or Republicans, there is a shared view about the fundamental confrontation with Iran," Safavi said. "They just might not agree regarding the method of confronting Iran. For that reason, the results won’t really create a foundational change in relations with Iran.”

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After seven years of promoting local businesses in San Francisco's predominantly Latino Mission District, the nonprofit has a brick-and-mortar space that reflects its passion for the neighborhood. Now, beyond events like taco tours and a Bad Bunny look-alike contest, it can provide a spot for Latino entrepreneurs and artists to sell their goods.

Luis Quiroz, Mission Lotería founder, is still nervous about hitting monthly numbers amid a rough economy in one of the country's most high-priced cities. But he and his team believe in their — for lack of a better word — mission.

“What’s the economics term? High risk, high reward,” Quiroz said. “I feel like we’re at a really good place. Almost every day, people come in, they’re like, ‘Omigod, I’ve been following you for so long.’”

Despite both a rise in costs and fears around immigration crackdowns, some Latinos are making it their business, literally, to champion other Latino entrepreneurs. But beyond just shelf space, they are giving artists and business people advice, resources and connection to a bigger audience. The complex political and economic climate has only intensified their desire to invest their own time and resources in uplifting other Latino and Hispanic creatives. More places are starting to recognize Latino businesses and the inherent disadvantages they encounter.

Yesi Chavez has stocked greeting cards, magnets and “Trader Jose’s” minitotes at Mission Lotería since it opened just before the start of Hispanic Heritage Month. It's been a brand boost as store shoppers recognize her merchandise when she sells at pop-ups. It's also special to Chavez, who works full-time as a hotel events administrator, to display alongside other Latinos.

“I feel like Latinos, as far as I’ve seen, they really come together and try to support their own and try to make sure that, especially, Latina women are well supported,” Chavez said.

Latinas can face more obstacles in business

Amor Collective, where you can find fun merch, made entirely by Latinas, like concha bread earrings or Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) candles, opened in August in downtown Phoenix after quietly operating in the suburbs. Founder Stephanie Vasquez made the bold relocation move despite it meaning higher rent. A space next door to her coffeehouse became available and the shop, in Vasquez's opinion, deserved to be in the bustling downtown.

The grand opening “was emotional,” Vasquez said. “I will say that the Latino community truly supports us.”

A decade ago, Vasquez established a nonprofit, Empowering Latina Leaders in Arizona or ELLA (Spanish for “her.”). She created it after seeing how underpaid Latinas remain. In fact, Hispanic female full-time workers make 79% of the median earnings their white counterparts earn, making them the lowest earning by race and gender, according to a July quarterly earnings report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

She started monthly pop-up markets for Latina entrepreneurs. A permanent storefront seemed like a natural next step, so she opened Amor Collective four years ago in the Phoenix suburb of Peoria.

“An incubator space for business owners to come together, mitigate risk — so now their risk is so low that they're able to be bold and they're able to really play in their businesses,” she said.

Over 35 entrepreneurs have signed a one-year lease with Amor. They are invited to monthly meetings where Vasquez arranges for guest speakers on topics like public relations and banking. A few members have been afraid to come because they've had family detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. So Vasquez made them Zoom-friendly, too.

“It's very clear that coming together as a community is very necessary,” Vasquez said. “This is where I think it's important for the consumer, whether you have the privilege of not being afraid to come out, then to come to spaces like this and support communities that might be in need.”

Cities big and small see economic potential of Latino businesses

The current mood of Latinos nationwide is divided when it comes to achieving the American dream. Nearly one-fifth of Latino adults say it is out of reach for them, according to Pew Research. Nearly 3 in 10, or 27%, believe the American dream doesn’t exist altogether.

Outside of advocacy groups, more cities are acknowledging the potential of Latino businesses with resources like grants. Quiroz asserts Mission Lotería — the name is a nod to a Mexican card game — would not have opened had the team not pitched their vision to a panel overseeing the city's storefront opportunity grants.

“I think just with the investments that we brought to the community, to the neighborhood, it felt like a good fit for both parties,” Quiroz said. “We ended up receiving the grant award for $50,000. That went really quick with our rebuilds.”

The North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce, which represents over 25 cities and rural communities 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of Boston, launched the Latino Initiative for Development of Entrepreneurship and Resources in July. LIDER, the Spanish word for “leader,” affords Latino-run businesses networking and educational opportunities to make up for “an access gap.” Some events and materials are in Spanish.

“We've seen for many years now a growing trend of businesses that are being formed or led by Latinos here in the region,” said Chamber president and CEO Roy Nascimento. “Latinos are starting businesses at three times the rate of the general population.”

The Chamber has not gotten any negative feedback for this initiative or for being seen as pro DEI — diversity, equity and inclusion.

“Chambers of commerce by their very nature are very inclusive,” Nascimento said. “Our mission is to advance the economy of North Central Massachusetts.”

Stores plan to be thriving Hispanic community hubs

Amor Collective will strive to be an event space beyond just meetings and workshops. A nook with tables, chairs and a television screen will also be where they have craft classes. DJs have started spinning tunes on Sundays.

“I'd love to have venue spaces. Like everything our community needs, I'd love to be a one-stop shop to do that,” Vasquez said.

For Quiroz, who was undocumented as an infant and carries proof of his legal permanent status, he wants Mission Lotería to feel welcoming for Latino and Hispanic people whether they were born in the U.S. or somewhere else.

Future plans include creating content to introduce entrepreneurs via social media, YouTube and a podcast. The ongoing construction inside includes carving out a podcast room in the back.

“People can really hear the stories of these business owners and their journey,” Quiroz said. “Anytime I get a chance to speak to them, their stories are so fascinating.”

Golden State last season became the first expansion franchise to make the playoffs, and now in its second year is the quickest to reach the WNBA Finals.

Kayla Thornton scored 18 points to lead the deep, defensive-minded Valkyries past the Aces 87-77 in overtime Friday night, sweeping the defending champions in three games.

“It feels special because this is a special group,” said Gabby Williams, who scored 16 points for the Valkyries, including eight in overtime. “We're about to have some bandwagoners, but we ain't got no love all season. Nobody believed in us, but it made us smile because we were like, ‘All we need is each other.’”

The second-seeded Valkyries will have home-court advantage and will host No. 4 Atlanta beginning Oct. 17. The Dream swept New York earlier in the night, and now teams are 22-0 in playoff history when leading a series 2-0.

This was the first time a Becky Hammon-coached Aces team was swept in the playoffs. The last time Las Vegas went through that experience was in the 2020 Finals when the Bill Laimbeer-coached Aces were beaten in all three games by Seattle.

“I'm going to try to show up and uphold that (championship) standard every single opportunity I get because, hell, we created it,” Aces star A'ja Wilson said. “I feel like every year for us is championship or bust. So it's a bust year for us, but at the same time, I'm never going to lose sight of what we've done to this league and how we continue to uplift it.”

This series had quite an Aces flavor to it on the winning side, from former Las Vegas assistant and now Golden State coach Natalie Nakase to players Kiah Stokes and Tiffany Hayes. They each had 11 points, and Stokes also grabbed 10 rebounds.

“I actually tried to walk through the tunnel with my head down because there are so many people I consider family,” Nakase said. “Obviously, Becky. She hired me. She's the one who invited me into the W. The years I spent with her, I knew I was going to learn a lot.”

Her familiarity with the opposing side certainly didn't hurt.

Wilson, honored before night’s game for winning an unprecedented fifth MVP, scored 21 points, but on 6-for-19 shooting for the Aces. She also had 10 rebounds, joining DeWanna Bonner as the only players with 1,300 points and 600 rebounds in the postseason.

Jackie Young added 18 points and Chelsea Gray 17.

A 17-point run bolted Golden State past the Aces for a 53-47. Las Vegas closed within a point by the end of the quarter, giving the Aces only seven points in the period.

The Aces led by six points late in the game before the Valkyries evened the score when Gabby Williams stole the ball from Wilson and Thornton finished with a transition layup to make it 69-69 with 1:50 left.

Golden State then took the lead Veronica Burton's 9-foot floater with 1:12 remaining. The Aces tied the score on Gray's inbound pass to Young with 27 seconds left and ultimately force overtime.

The extra period belonged completely to the Valkyries, who outscored the Aces 16-6

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The Category 2 storm caused destructive storm surge, extreme winds, torrential rainfall, and increased the risk of tornadoes. It later weakened to a Category 1 storm.

Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a mandatory evacuation order for Escambia County. Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons said Pensacola Beach, a barrier island, was a concern.

“Evacuate if you can, and remember we will shut down those bridges,” Simmons said about the 39 mph wind limit.

Related story: Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in Florida Panhandle’s Destin area as Category 2 storm

By 2:25 p.m., the Pensacola Police Department had closed the Pensacola Bay Bridge. The Escambia Sheriff’s Office closed the Theo Baars and Bob Sikes bridges. The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office closed the Garcon Point Bridge. The Walton County Sheriff’s Office closed the Clyde B. Wells bridge.

The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority announced the temporary shutdown of the water service to Pensacola Beach on Friday afternoon. The other areas under a mandatory evacuation order in Escambia were Perdido Key, Energy Point, and Innerarity Point.

“Stay off the roads, start getting to your safe spaces,“ Eric Gilmore, Escambia County’s public safety director, said on Friday during a news conference.

Related story: Hurricane Isaias prompts evacuations in Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi

Gilmore had a message for people who planned to stay on their boats during the hurricane: “There is no need to risk your life.”

The Pensacola International Airport, formerly Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport, was closed temporarily.

“We can’t control what time it gets here, but we can darn sure control the police and fire, our stormwater ponds, and make sure that we are as ready to go for our citizens as we can be,” Darcy Curran Reeves, the mayor of Pensacola since 2022, told NPR on Friday.

Related story: Hurricane Isaias could nudge fuel prices higher if Gulf of Mexico refineries lose power

Escambia County opened shelters at the Pensacola Bay Center, at 201 East Gregory St.; the Marie K. Young-Wedgewood Community Center, at 6405 Wagner Road; and the Clyde L. Gracey Community Center, at 5629 Byrom St.

“I need everybody to stay at home after landfall,” Travis Tompkins, Escambia County’s emergency manager, said on Friday during a news conference.

Aside from the Florida Panhandle, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season was also set to impact southern Alabama and southern Mississippi, according to the National Hurricane Center.

There was a storm surge warning in effect from the mouth of the Mississippi River to the Suwannee River, and a storm surge watch in effect for the Suwannee River to Yankeetown.

There was a hurricane warning in effect from Ocean Springs in Mississippi to the Bay or Gulf county line in the Florida Panhandle.

There was a tropical storm warning in effect for the Jefferson or Plaquimines Parish line in Louisiana to the west of Ocean Springs in the Mississippi’s East of Bay or Gulf County line to the Aucilla River along Florida’s Big Bend.

Storm surge could be as high as 6 to 9 feet. There was also a tornado risk in coastal areas of Alabama and far southwest Georgia.

Related story: Hurricane Isaias poised to strike northern Gulf Coast as first hurricane in 2 years

“The surge is really what puts a lot of people’s lives in jeopardy if they haven’t heeded evacuation orders, and does the most significant damage from these storms,” DeSantis said. “Everywhere from Pensacola all the way into the Big Bend section of north Florida, you could see storm surge, so please take caution of that.”

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey ordered evacuations at Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, and Dauphin Island. DeSantis declared a state of emergency, deployed about 5,000 National Guard troops, and requested an emergency declaration for federal support.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency staff responded to state emergency operations centers in Alabama and Florida, and had supplies at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration deployed “Miss Piggy,” the N43RF, a specialized Lockheed WP-3D Orion four-engine turboprop aircraft, with a team of Hurricane Hunters, to fly out of Lakeland and directly into the hurricane.

Related story: Local 10 News Weather Authority gets behind-the-scenes look at hurricane hunters’ flight aboard ‘Miss Piggy’

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A hurricane warning means that hurricane conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area. Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion.

A tropical storm warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area.

A storm surge watch means there is a possibility of life-threatening inundation from rising water moving inland from the coastline.

A storm surge warning means there is a danger of life-threatening inundation from rising water moving inland from the coastline.

• Alabama-Florida border to Grayton Beach: 6-9 feet
• Grayton Beach to Indian Pass: 4-7 feet
• Indian Pass to Steinhatchee River: 4-6 feet
• Dauphin Island in Alabama to the Alabama-Florida border: 4-6 feet
• Steinhatchee River to Suwannee River: 3-5 feet
• Mouth of the Mississippi River in Louisiana to Dauphin Island in Alabama: 3-5 feet
• Lower Mobile Bay: 3-5 feet
• Suwannee River to Yankeetown: 2-4 feet
• Upper Mobile Bay: 2-4 feet

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At about 9:30 p.m. on Friday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the wind shear weakened the storm, which didn’t have a “full eye” when it made landfall in the Destin area.

“As of landfall, approximately 260,000 accounts are without power,” DeSantis said during a news conference on Friday night.

Isaias, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, weakened from Category 3 in the Gulf to Category 2 during landfall. It continued to weaken as it moved inland.

Life-threatening storm surge was impacting the Gulf Coast as flash flooding spread inland at about 9 p.m. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 105 mph at about 8:30 p.m.

The eyewall moved onshore at about 7:30 p.m. in the western Florida Panhandle, according to the Florida Division of Emergency Management.

The storm was impacting the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama, and southern Mississippi, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The storm prompted a flash flood warning in Tallahassee on Friday night, and there was also an increased risk of tornadoes in Georgia.

The storm was about 50 miles east of Pensacola and about 50 miles west-northwest of Panama City, Fla., and it was moving north at 19 mph, according to the NHC.

The National Weather Service issued an extreme wind warning in the western Florida Panhandle shortly after 7:15 p.m.

Related story: Hurricane Isaias could nudge fuel prices higher if Gulf of Mexico refineries lose power

There was a storm surge warning in effect from the mouth of the Mississippi River to the Suwannee River, and a storm surge watch in effect for the Suwannee River to Yankeetown.

There was a hurricane warning in effect from Ocean Springs in Mississippi to the Bay or Gulf county line in the Florida Panhandle.

There was a tropical storm warning in effect for the Jefferson or Plaquimines Parish line in Louisiana to the west of Ocean Springs in the Mississippi’s East of Bay or Gulf County line to the Aucilla River along Florida’s Big Bend.

There was a tornado risk in coastal areas of Alabama, the Florida Panhandle, and far southwest Georgia.

The forecasted landfall is between southern Alabama’s Mobile Bay and the Florida Panhandle’s Choctawhatchee Bay, and the storm surge could be as high as 6 to 9 feet.

Related story: Hurricane Isaias poised to strike northern Gulf Coast as first hurricane in 2 years

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey ordered evacuations at Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, and Dauphin Island. DeSantis declared a state of emergency, deployed about 5,000 National Guard troops, and requested an emergency declaration for federal support.

“The surge is really what puts a lot of people’s lives in jeopardy if they haven’t heeded evacuation orders, and does the most significant damage from these storms,” DeSantis said. “Everywhere from Pensacola all the way into the Big Bend section of north Florida, you could see storm surge, so please take caution of that.”

Related story: Georgia-Alabama showdown is on schedule despite approach of Hurricane Isaias; Trump will skip game

The Federal Emergency Management Agency staff responded to state emergency operations centers in Alabama and Florida, and had supplies at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration deployed “Miss Piggy,” the N43RF, a specialized Lockheed WP-3D Orion four-engine turboprop aircraft, with a team of Hurricane Hunters, to fly out of Lakeland and directly into the hurricane.

What it means

A hurricane warning means that hurricane conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area. Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion.

A tropical storm warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area.

A storm surge watch means there is a possibility of life-threatening inundation from rising water moving inland from the coastline.

Related story: Hurricane Isaias lashes the US Gulf Coast

A storm surge warning means there is a danger of life-threatening inundation from rising water moving inland from the coastline.

• Alabama-Florida border to Grayton Beach: 6-9 feet
• Grayton Beach to Indian Pass: 4-7 feet
• Indian Pass to Steinhatchee River: 4-6 feet
• Dauphin Island in Alabama to the Alabama-Florida border: 4-6 feet
• Steinhatchee River to Suwannee River: 3-5 feet
• Mouth of the Mississippi River in Louisiana to Dauphin Island in Alabama: 3-5 feet
• Lower Mobile Bay: 3-5 feet
• Suwannee River to Yankeetown: 2-4 feet
• Upper Mobile Bay: 2-4 feet

Related story: Isaias strengthens into a dangerous Category 3 hurricane on track toward the US Gulf Coast

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In his first season with Columbus, the 39-year-old Talbot denied all three of Pittsburgh's attempts in the shootout to break the previous record held by Curtis McElhinney, Sean Burke and Ron Tugnutt.

Talbot, in his 13th NHL season, has also won games with the New York Rangers, Edmonton, Philadelphia, Calgary, Minnesota, Ottawa, Detroit and the Los Angeles Kings.

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Police moved to break up the demonstration before it could begin, intercepting demonstrators on their way to Jantar Mantar, the designated protest site in the heart of India's capital, chasing off some and detaining many others. Some were dragged away before being bundled into police vehicles and taken to temporary detention centers. Several “Cockroach” movement leaders, opposition lawmakers and student activists were detained before arriving, effectively crippling the protest ahead of its start.

The crackdown extended beyond the protest venue, with police stopping buses, cars and other vehicles at checkpoints on routes into the capital and searching for demonstrators. Jantar Mantar was barricaded, while anti-riot vehicles equipped with tear gas launchers were stationed along key routes. Restrictions on mobile internet and access to parts of the city added to the hurdles facing protesters.

Police said Friday they had denied permission for the protest because the request was submitted late.

Sambit Patra, a spokesperson for Modi’s party, dismissed the demonstrators as “anarchic elements.”

“Their flop show has been completely demolished,” Patra said.

The scale of the crackdown underscored the authorities’ determination to disrupt a fast-growing protest campaign that has mobilized thousands of young people, drawn opposition support and intensified scrutiny of Modi. The protests also come at a politically sensitive time, months after demonstrations led by the “Cockroach” movement over exam paper leaks forced Modi’s education minister to resign in July.

Police detain leaders and tighten grip around protest site

Leaders of the “Cockroach” movement Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, who were expected to be at the forefront of the protest, were detained after arriving at Delhi airport from Mumbai on Saturday. A video shared by the “Cockroach Janta Party” on X showed police boarding the aircraft and detaining the three men.

“The pre-planned interception by Delhi Police aims to cripple the leadership of today’s peaceful demonstrations before they even reach the protest site,” the movement said in a statement.

Loudspeakers around the protest site warned that gatherings of five or more people were banned in parts of New Delhi, as authorities imposed sweeping security restrictions rarely seen in the capital. Journalists also faced restrictions in some areas, with police briefly detaining some of them.

Some protesters nevertheless broke through police cordons, chanting slogans against Modi and election authorities before being detained.

“We are a democracy, yet peaceful protests are being crushed by force. Shouldn’t we fight for our rights,” said Tanya Negi, a college student who traveled from Mumbai with two friends and arrived early Saturday. “Why is Modi afraid of India’s young people?”

The police response marked an extraordinary show of force in a capital where Modi’s government has repeatedly sought to contain public dissent in the past. Under Modi, authorities have often used arrests and restrictions on public gatherings to contain demonstrations, raising questions about the space for protests in the world’s largest democracy.

The latest crackdown renewed criticism from opposition leaders, who accused the government of curbing dissent.

“Is there a democracy in this country? A total siege over the city. Citizens are being driven out,” opposition lawmaker John Brittas told The Associated Press. Brittas was later detained by police.

India’s voter list dispute raises election fairness concerns

The protests center on India's Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision, which the opposition says has disenfranchised millions of eligible voters. Protesters demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and an end to the change, which has removed more than 130 million names from voter lists so far.

The Election Commission and the government reject allegations of voter manipulation, saying the revision is intended to eliminate duplicate and ineligible entries.

The dispute has become a rallying point for opposition parties seeking to challenge Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party.

Saturday's planned demonstration follows days of protests in the Indian capital where opposition lawmakers also stepped up their campaign, with Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi being briefly detained by police.

Gandhi and other opposition leaders have accused the commission of conducting the voter revision in a way that benefits Modi’s party. The opposition says voters more likely to support its parties have been disproportionately affected by the removals, while supporters of the BJP have been spared or added to the lists.

The commission and the government deny the allegations.

India’s youth movement broadens campaign against Modi

For the “Cockroach” movement, the voter list dispute offers an opportunity to broaden its campaign.

The movement began online in May and gained prominence through demonstrations, sit-ins and hunger strikes over alleged exam paper leaks. Those protests culminated in the resignation of Modi’s education minister in July, a rare political setback for a prime minister who has maintained a firm hold on national power for more than 12 years.

For Modi, the protests pose a challenge midway through his third term, though their political impact remains unclear. National elections are not due until 2029, but state elections next year in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, and Gujarat, Modi’s home state, will test the party’s standing.

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Associated Press journalists Shonal Ganguly in New Delhi and Aniruddha Ghosal in Hanoi, Vietnam, contributed to this report.