De'Aaron Fox had 21 points, Julian Champagnie added 19 points and Dylan Harper had 17 as the Spurs led by as many as 28 points in winning their third straight game to advance to the second round.

San Antonio advances to the Western Conference semifinals for the first time since 2017, when it beat the Houston Rockets before losing Kawhi Leonard to an ankle injury and then getting swept by Golden State in the conference finals.

The Spurs will face the winner of the series between the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves. The Timberwolves lead that series 3-2, with Game 6 scheduled for Thursday.

Leonard’s injury and subsequent trade led to a rapid descent in the Spurs’ fortunes. That futility allowed San Antonio to draft Wembanyama, and the 7-foot-4 center from France was stellar in closing out the series.

Portland cut its deficit to 91-82 with eight minutes remaining following an 11-0 run. But, San Antonio stuffed the rally, including Wembanyama sending Deni Avdija’s floater off the top of the backboard and into the crowd in the final minutes.

Avdija finished with 22 points, but was 1 for 6 from 3-point distance as the Trail Blazers shot 23% from long range.

Portland’s Scoot Henderson scored five points. He was limited to 10 points after a skirmish with Harper in the final minute of the third quarter in San Antonio’s 120-108 win in Game 3 on Saturday.

It was one of several skirmishes during a physical and chippy series between the second-seeded Spurs and No. 7 Trail Blazers.

Coach Mitch Johnson said the Spurs could not afford another early double-digit deficit as they had in the third and fourth games. San Antonio responded by charging to a 17-4 start, fueled by a pair of 3-pointers and eight points by Champagnie.

Champagnie finished 5 for 7 from distance and San Antonio shot 40% from 3-point distance.

Portland went on a 9-0 run and cut its deficit before San Antonio stopped the rally. Devin Vassell blocked Trail Blazers center Donovan Clingan on a two-handed dunk attempt, which led to a three-point play by Luke Kornet for a 64-37 advantage.

Even when Portland executed, San Antonio still managed to find a way to convert.

Late in the third quarter, the Trail Blazers forced the Spurs out of their offensive sets, forcing Vassell to throw up a jumper as the shot clock was expiring. Stephon Castle grabbed the rebound under the rim and fired to Wembanyama for a three-point play on contested layup and an 84-61 lead.

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U.S. futures edged higher.

Markets in Japan were closed for a holiday.

Elsewhere in Asia, South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.3% to 6,657.40 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong gained 1.4% to 26,029.02. The Shanghai Composite index traded 0.3% higher at 4,091.01.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.3%, to 8,689.50.

Taiwan’s Taiex lost 0.6%, and India's Sensex gained 0.4%.

The price of a barrel of Brent crude oil to be delivered in June fell 0.5% to $110.71 early Wednesday. Brent to be delivered in July dropped 0.6% to $103.74. Brent oil was around $70 per barrel before the war began in late February.

Benchmark U.S. crude fell 0.6% to $99.32 a barrel.

The UAE’s departure from OPEC, due to happen on Friday, has been closely watched by oil markets. OPEC accounts for roughly 40% of global oil output, and the UAE is one of OPEC’s largest oil producers. It has pushed back against OPEC production quotas in recent years, wanting to sell more oil to the rest of the world.

“The UAE’s exit will increase (oil) output,” ING Bank strategists Warren Patterson and Ewa Manthey wrote in a research note on Wednesday. “The UAE has been increasingly frustrated over recent years by its output being constrained by OPEC production quotas, which have kept it well below its potential.”

But as U.S.-Iran negotiations for a permanent end to the Iran war stalled and the Strait of Hormuz, where roughly one fifth of the world’s oil passed through before the war, was still largely closed, short term impacts on oil prices will still depend mainly on prospects for reopening the waterway, analysts said.

The UAE was the third largest oil producer within OPEC before the Iran war. ING said its departure “will reduce OPEC’s effectiveness in managing and influencing the global oil market through supply measures.”

Investors are also awaiting more updates on U.S.-Iran peace talks, although limited progress has been made. Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the United States lifts its blockade on its ports. So far, the U.S. appears to be ruling out a deal that excludes the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.

The Federal Reserve is expected to announce a decision on interest rates later Wednesday.

On Tuesday, Wall Street retreated from its recent record highs. The benchmark S&P 500 fell 0.5% from its latest all-time high to 7,138.80. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged down 0.1% to 49,141.93, and the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite dropped 0.9% to 24,663.80.

Artificial intelligence -related stocks led the losses. Chip company Broadcom lost 4.4%, Nvidia fell 1.6% and Micron Technology lost 3.9%. Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta Platforms are reporting quarterly results on Wednesday.

In other dealings early Wednesday the U.S. dollar rose slightly to 159.63 Japanese yen from 159.62 yen. The euro was trading at $1.1708, down from $1.1712.

The yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasury remained at 4.35%.

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The hearing before the House Armed Services Committee is being held to discuss the administration's 2027 military budget proposal, which would boost defense spending to a historic $1.5 trillion. Hegseth and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, are expected to stress the need for more drones, missile defense systems and warships.

Democrats are likely to pivot to the ballooning costs of the Iran war, huge drawdown of critical U.S. munitions and bombing of a school that killed children. Some lawmakers also may question how prepared the military was to shoot down swarms of Iranian drones, some of which penetrated U.S. defenses and killed or injured American troops.

While a ceasefire is now in place, the U.S. and Israel launched the war Feb. 28 without congressional oversight. House and Senate Democrats have failed to pass multiple war power resolutions that would have required President Donald Trump to halt the conflict until Congress authorizes further action.

Republicans have said they will keep faith in Trump’s wartime leadership, for now, citing Iran’s nuclear program, the potential for talks to resume and the high stakes of withdrawal. Still, GOP lawmakers are eager for the conflict to end, and some are eyeing future votes that could become an important test for the president if the war drags on.

Iran's closing of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping corridor for the world's oil, has sent fuel prices skyrocketing and posed problems for Republicans ahead of the midterm elections. The U.S. has responded with a Navy blockade of Iranian shipping and further built up its military forces in the region — with three aircraft carriers in the Middle East for the first time in more than 20 years.

The countries appear locked in a stalemate, with Trump unlikely to accept Tehran's latest offer to reopen the strait if the U.S. ends the war, lifts its sea blockade and postpones nuclear talks.

Hegseth has avoided public questioning from lawmakers about the war, although he and Caine have held televised Pentagon briefings. Hegseth has mostly taken questions from conservative journalists, while citing Bible passages to castigate mainstream outlets.

The defense secretary will face a much different dynamic Wednesday as well as on Thursday, when he and Caine also are set to face the Senate Armed Services Committee. Lawmakers' questions are likely to go beyond the budget and even the war to Hegseth's ousting of top military leaders.

Besides Navy Secretary John Phelan's departure last week, Hegseth recently ousted the Army’s top uniformed officer, Gen. Randy George, as well as several other top generals, admirals and defense leaders.

“Tell us why. You know these are important positions. We are in a war posture with Iran,” said North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican.

Tillis, who was a crucial vote to confirming the defense secretary, added that Hegseth’s management of the Pentagon had caused him to have second thoughts on his support.

“He may be able to clean it up, but on its face, you don’t go through the number of highly reputable, senior-level officials, admirals and generals,” Tillis added.

Rep. Austin Scott, a Georgia Republican, condemned George's termination during a House Armed Services Committee hearing last week, saying that “some of us are not through asking the questions about that.”

“I think the firing of Gen. George was an extreme disservice to the United States Army,” Scott said. “And I think it was reckless conduct.”

The 31-year-old two-way superstar gave up two runs, one earned, and five hits while walking three against the Miami Marlins. He threw 104 pitches — his most for the Dodgers — with 67 for strikes before leaving trailing 2-0.

It was the second time in three weeks Ohtani only pitched and wasn't in the batting order as the designated hitter.

“It’s almost like a half-day for him,” manager Dave Roberts said before the game. “I think that in itself is a win for his mind and body.”

Dalton Rushing replaced Ohtani as both the DH and leadoff hitter.

The Dodgers are trying to carefully manage Ohtani's workload in his first full season with them as a two-way player on a team that is attempting to win a third straight World Series championship.

“Obviously having him do both duties, theory, practice, it’s great,” Roberts said. “But how sustainable is it without kind of taking a little bit off his plate? That’s the question and it’s not exact science.”

Struggling with his command at times, Ohtani gave up his second earned run in 30 innings this season, bumping his ERA from 0.38 to 0.60.

He was pitching on five days’ rest for the first time this year instead of his usual six or more.

Ohtani joined Fernando Valenzuela in 1981 and himself last season as the only Dodgers pitchers to allow just one run over their first five starts of a season. In 2025, Ohtani did so while tossing only 9 1/3 innings.

Ohtani will return to hitting Wednesday afternoon in the series finale.

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It was more than four decades ago and Mills, the first female prosecutor working in the state attorney general’s criminal division, secured a successful verdict in a murder trial. Yet a newspaper headline focused on a more trivial angle: “The prosecutor wore pale powder blue.”

“That wasn’t the first time someone underestimated me. And it certainly wasn’t the last,” Mills, now running for U.S. Senate, wrote in a recent memo to campaign donors.

The message is one the two-term governor is returning to frequently as she seeks the Democratic Senate nomination to take on longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins. Despite having decades in public office and the support of the party establishment in Washington, she's back to being the underdog ahead of the first Democratic primary debate next week.

Mills' top opponent in the June 9 primary, military veteran and oyster farmer Graham Platner, is drawing bigger, more enthusiastic crowds. He has raised more money than Mills, and has flooded airwaves with ads since entering the race last summer.

Mills argues she is the strongest candidate to face Collins in a race that is crucial to Democrats' effort to win the Senate. Her smaller, more intimate gatherings help her better connect to voters, Mills says. Their May 7 debate is scheduled to be the first of five, and Platner's past controversies will undoubtedly be a focus. She's leaning on her vast experience, while Platner has served no higher than the planning board in a small town.

Speaking after a Portland rally in support of Planned Parenthood, Mills noted she co-founded the Maine Women's Lobby, which has pushed for gender equity since the 1970s, and that she has been fighting for reproductive rights for years. Planned Parenthood Action Fund endorsed Mills earlier this month.

“He’s been nowhere on these issues,” Mills said of Platner. “He’s never walked the walk.”

Establishment vs. new face

Mills has a long track record of success. She’s been Maine’s first woman district attorney, first woman attorney general and the state’s first woman governor. In the Senate race, she is endorsed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

But it's not clear that what has worked in the past will work in this year's Democratic primary, when the party is divided over whether establishment candidates or new faces offer the best way forward. Platner is endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, and other progressive leaders who say Democrats' 2024 losses prove the party needs a new direction.

Age also has surfaced as a factor. Mills, 78, has said she will only serve one term if elected. Platner, 41, argues voters should elect a senator who will stick around in Washington, where it often takes years to gain seniority and influence over policymaking and funding. Age is a double-edged sword in the race, as Maine has one of the oldest median ages in the country and many thousands of older voters, but Democrats have grown increasingly wary of older candidates since Joe Biden's aborted run for a second term at 81 years old.

“I’m really torn, I want the person who can win,” said Karen Tilbor, 79, who described herself as a supporter of Mills as governor but said she's unsure how she’ll vote in the primary. She said she thinks “many more young people” will vote for Platner.

While Platner has held large-scale rallies and events around the state, Mills supporters say the governor doesn't need to pack theaters or hold rallies because she already has the widespread name recognition and voters largely know her positions and personality.

For voters like Denham Ward, 79, that's important.

“She has got supporters who have known her for a long time, who know what she can do,” Ward said. “She's a known commodity for the state and has an organization that I think can take on Susan Collins.”

Emily Cain is a former Maine state lawmaker and former executive director of EMILY’s List, a group that supports female Democratic candidates and is backing Mills. She said the question ultimately facing primary voters is: “Who do you think has the best chance of beating Sen. Collins?”

Maine supported Democrat Kamala Harris for president over Donald Trump in 2024, but Collins has served for decades by winning as a moderate in a blue state.

“If it’s just about who you like better, or who makes you feel better, then that is different than who you think can win in the fall,” Cain said.

Political liabilities

Even Mills supporters like Cain hesitate in declaring that she holds the upper hand in the Democratic primary.

“I think the governor has a path to victory,” Cain said. “I think it’s going to be up to her, her team and her supporters to get across that finish line.”

Mills argues that Platner, who has courted controversy since entering the race, has political baggage that makes him the riskier candidate to send to the general election.

There have been lingering questions about inflammatory comments Platner made in old online postings, which he has since disavowed but that Mills highlighted in an attack ad where women described his statements as “disgusting.” He has been dogged by questions about the skull-and-crossbones tattoo recognized as a Nazi symbol that he said he got during a night of drinking when on military leave in Croatia. Platner has since covered up the tattoo.

Mills also faces challenges. Some liberal voters have criticized her opposition to a voter referendum to create a red flag gun law in the state. The referendum ultimately passed.

Separately, Mills has fashioned herself as an opponent of Trump, a position that may be helpful in much of Maine but could turn off voters in rural parts of the state. Trump won the presidential vote in the Republican-leaning 2nd Congressional District three times in a row.

Platner has centered his campaign on affordability issues such as housing and healthcare and focused his ire on billionaires and what he calls “oligarchy.”

On a recent Saturday, he was joined at a rally by Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who told the crowd of hundreds that the country needs major change.

Mills, meanwhile, spent a recent Friday visiting with small business owners in Cape Elizabeth and South Portland, coastal communities just south of the state’s largest city of Portland.

The events were not designed to attract huge crowds, and they did not. One consisted of her chatting with a handful of patrons at a lunch restaurant and another of her speaking with the owner and staff of a floral shop. They attracted about five to 10 people each.

But some of the voters who were there said Mills' experience in office could benefit the state.

“Janet Mills has a ton more experience at many levels of government and I think has the best chance to hopefully give Maine a little bit of a leg up in terms of getting federal funding for us, and some federal recognition,” said Shelley Stevens, 51, who owns Fiddleheads, the florist in Cape Elizabeth. “It's just very pragmatic for me.”

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The government is appealing lower court orders that blocked the Department of Homeland Security from quickly ending temporary protected status for people from Haiti and Syria. If the justices agree with the Trump administration, authorities could potentially strip protections from up to 1.3 million people from 17 countries, exposing them to possible deportation.

The court has sided with the administration before and allowed the end of the program for people from Venezuela as lawsuits continue to play out, though the justices did not detail their reasoning.

The Justice Department argues that the Homeland Security secretary has the power to end the program known as TPS, and the way the law is written bars judges from questioning those decisions. “’No judicial review’ means no judicial review,” federal attorneys wrote in court documents.

But lawyers for about 350,000 migrants from Haiti and 6,000 from Syria say judges can consider whether authorities followed all the steps laid out in the law. They contend that in both cases, the government short-circuited the process.

Since the start of President Donald Trump's second administration, Homeland Security has ended the protections for 13 countries. Some people who have lived and worked in the U.S. legally for more than a decade have lost jobs and housing in a matter of weeks, attorneys said. Going back to Haiti and Syria is out of the question for many people because those countries remain wracked with violence and instability, said Sejal Zota, co-founder and legal director of Just Futures Law.

“This really is life or death,” she said. Four Haitian women who were deported from the U.S. in February were found beheaded and dumped in a river several months later, lawyers said in court documents.

The Trump administration appealed to the high court after judges in New York and Washington, D.C., agreed to delay the end of protections. One found that “hostility to nonwhite immigrants” likely played a role in the decision to end protections for Haitians. During his presidential campaign, Trump amplified false rumors that Haitian immigrants were abducting and eating dogs and cats. Federal authorities have denied racial animus played any role in the TPS decisions.

Protections for Syrians were first granted protected status in 2012, during a civil war that lasted for more than a decade before the fall of President Bashar Assad’s government in late 2024.

Haitians joined the program in 2010 after a catastrophic earthquake and have been extended multiple times amid ongoing gang violence that has displaced more than a million people, according to court documents.

Maryse Balthazar was on vacation in the U.S. when the earthquake hit her home country of Haiti. She’s now been in the U.S. for 16 years with temporary legal status. She has two children and works as a nursing assistant to the elderly. The field relies on Haitian immigrants like her, and would be hobbled by a Supreme Court decision that allowed their status to end, an industry group said in court papers.

For Balthazar, losing those protections would be devastating. She lost her home in Haiti to the earthquake, and another house she could have lived in was destroyed in a fire, possibly due to gang involvement. “I’d be homeless,” she said. “I’m scared … it’s a fear we are all living with.”

Other immigration cases the high court is considering this year include Trump's push to restrict birthright citizenship and the administration's power to revive a restrictive asylum policy.

The royal couple’s swing through the city comes midway through a four-day trip marking 250 years of American independence. It will be the first trip to New York by a reigning British monarch since Queen Elizabeth II visited in 2010.

They are expected to take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial, where they will meet with first responders and the families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and other dignitaries are also expected to attend the ceremony, which comes ahead of the 25th anniversary of the attacks.

The queen is then scheduled to visit the New York Public Library, where she’ll deliver a new “Roo” doll to add to the library’s famed collection of Winnie-the-Pooh stuffed animals, as the beloved children’s character turns 100 this year.

The five dolls currently on display -- Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore and Kanga -- were the inspiration for the characters in A.A. Milne’s children’s books. They were owned by the English author’s son, the real-life Christopher Robin, in the 1920s. The dolls were donated to the library in 1987 and are a centerpiece of the library’s collection of children’s literature. Roo, in the books, was a small brown kangaroo and son of Kanga.

The king, meanwhile, was expected to visit an after-school, urban farming effort that works with young people affected by food insecurity, as well as meet later with business and financial leaders in Manhattan.

The royal couple are then expected to attend a reception for the King's Trust, a charity Charles founded in 1976.

The four-day trip is Charles’ first state visit to the U.S. since he became king. His mother, Queen Elizabeth II, made four state visits to the U.S.

Monday, the king and queen joined President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump for tea at the White House.

On Tuesday, Charles and Trump had a closed-door meeting in the Oval Office. The king then delivered a rare speech before Congress -- the first by a British monarch since his late mother in 1991 -- followed by a formal state dinner at the White House.

The monarchs are also expected to make stops in Virginia before wrapping up their U.S. visit back at the White House on Thursday with a formal farewell from Trump. Charles then travels solo to Bermuda on his first visit as king to a British overseas territory.

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“It would be to avoid media,” said Cohen, an independent voter who has opposed Trump since he announced his 2016 presidential campaign.

Although Cohen has given up, others have not. A new Media Insight Project survey finds that about 6 in 10 U.S adults say they actively try to avoid news stories about Trump “often” or “sometimes.”

Most aren't finding hope in the news — particularly the people who are more apt to dislike Trump. Republicans are more likely to say the news they consume gives them a hopeful view of the world, while few Democrats say this is how they feel.

The findings from the new survey reflect divisions in an American electorate at a time when increased polarization and social media are changing the way people consume news.

David Sterrett, a principal research scientist at the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, which was a partner on the project, said Democrats may be exercising wishful thinking when they say they try to avoid news about Trump.

“They would like to avoid Trump news, but they’re probably not because most national politics news is somewhat connected to the president,” he said.

Most Democrats follow political news, but it doesn't make them hopeful

Democrats tend to have more faith in media, particularly national news outlets, compared to Republicans, and they're also more likely to regularly follow national political news, the survey found.

But Republicans are more likely to say the news they consume gives them a hopeful view of the world, while Democrats are more likely to say the news is too stressful to read or watch.

About two-thirds of Democrats and independents say that they “often” or “sometimes” actively try to avoid news stories about Trump. Among them is Fernando Ocegueda, a Democrat in Los Angeles who said he recently cut back on consuming political news for precisely that reason.

“I don’t agree with his decisions,” the 50-year-old phlebotomist said of the president. “I don’t think he’s fit, so I don’t even want to bother in paying attention to what he has to say.”

Cohen, the retiree, said he thinks the president has created a sense of instability that puts many Americans in fight-or-flight mode. He thinks that’s part of what keeps people coming back for more.

“People don’t want to know, but they sort of want to know, because of the imminent sense of threat that is attached to him,” he said. “You know it’s a train wreck, and you just can’t take your eyes off of it.”

Even Republicans say they at times try to avoid Trump news

It's not just Democrats. About half of Republicans in the survey said they “often” or “sometimes” actively try to avoid news stories about Trump. Nicole Pratt, who identifies as a moderate Republican, is one of them.

The 62-year-old in Torrance, California said she supports some things the Trump administration is doing and wants to know the news, but she doesn’t need to read any more stories about what she views as the president's narcissism.

“His fights with other people, his arguments — I don’t bother with that anymore,” she said. “It’s like, I have other things to do.”

Sterrett said some Republicans might say they avoid news about Trump not because they're tired of Trump updates but because they distrust traditional news sources.

“A lot of his followers do get news directly from him via social media, and his posts and announcements,” he said.

Both parties get news on social — even as they say it's a misinformation haven

About 4 in 10 Republicans and Democrats say they get news from social media at least “daily,” but they also recognize the pitfalls of what’s shared there.

Most Democrats and Republicans point to social media users as having “a great deal” or “quite a bit” of responsibility for the spread of misinformation about events and important issues.

They're more divided on where to place the blame otherwise.

About three-quarters of Democrats say politicians have a high amount of responsibility for misinformation spreading, compared to 65% of Republicans. Another 64% of Democrats say that about social media companies such as Facebook or Meta, X, and YouTube, compared to 53% of Republicans.

Most Democrats, 58%, also see at least “quite a bit” of responsibility for misinformation coming from artificial intelligence companies that create and develop AI chatbots. A smaller share of Republicans, 47%, see AI companies as responsible.

Most Republicans, meanwhile, point to national news media as having “a great deal” or “quite a bit” of responsibility for the spread of misinformation about events and important issues. About half of Democrats say the same.

Partisans are hooked on news. Independents, not as much

While Americans aligned with one of the two major parties often differ on their specific views of trust in media, it's independents who are less engaged.

About 8 in 10 Democrats and Republicans regularly follow various news and information topics, compared to roughly 7 in 10 independents.

Other than Trump-related news, partisans are similarly likely to report avoiding news about celebrities, news in general, or news on their various devices — such as on social media or on their phone. Most on both sides of the aisle try to avoid the news when talking with friends or family at least sometimes.

Sterrett said even as the political parties differ in their news preferences, the survey shows some areas of overlap. For example, Americans in both parties are similarly likely to say they follow sports news, weather news or crime news.

“Especially when it comes to local issues and the stuff that affects people’s daily lives, it does seem like Republicans and Democrats are following similar sources and following similar topics,” Sterrett said.

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The Media Insight Project survey is an initiative of the American Press Institute, Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Local News Network at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll of 2,101 Americans included 1,092 U.S. adults ages 18 and older and 1,009 teenagers ages 13 to 17 but partisanship was only asked of U.S. adults. The poll of adults was conducted Feb. 5-8 and the poll of teens was conducted Feb. 2-16 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for adults overall is plus or minus 4.1 percentage points and the margin of sampling error for teenagers overall is plus or minus 4.3 percentage points.

Powell will preside over what will probably be his last meeting as chair and hold a news conference Wednesday afternoon, when he may say whether he will take the unusual step of remaining on the central bank's board of governors, even after his term as chair ends May 15.

Separately, the Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to vote on the nomination of Kevin Warsh to succeed Powell. The nomination is expected to be approved on a party-line vote, and will then be taken up by the full Senate next month. President Donald Trump nominated Warsh, a former top Fed official, in January. Last year, Warsh echoed Trump's calls for the Fed to lower its key interest rate, leading many Democrats in Congress to question how independently he will operate as Fed chair.

The Fed is widely expected to keep its key rate unchanged Wednesday for a third straight meeting at 3.6%. Most policymakers believe at that level, the rate can still cool inflation by slowing borrowing and spending, but not so much that it will drag down hiring or raise unemployment.

Still, a key issue for the news conference Wednesday is what Powell says, if anything, about his future. Powell serves a separate term as a governor that lasts until January 2028. Chairs typically leave the board when their leadership terms end, but Powell has signaled he could remain. He would be the first chair to do so since 1948.

If Powell, who has made protecting Fed independence a key part of his legacy, chooses to stay, he would deprive Trump of the opportunity to pick his replacement and fill another seat on the Fed’s seven-member board. Three of the seven current governors are Trump appointees.

At the same time, it could worsen tensions with the Trump administration and would create what some analysts refer to as a “two Popes” scenario, with a chair and former chair both on the Fed’s board. In that case, divisions among policymakers could increase, if some decided to follow Powell's lead rather than Warsh's.

Warsh argued for rate cuts last year, but is unlikely to be able to reduce borrowing costs anytime soon, given that most policymakers have signaled they would prefer to wait and evaluate the Iran war’s impact on the economy.

The leadership turmoil comes while the economy remains unusually murky, putting the Fed in a difficult spot. Inflation has jumped to 3.3%, a two-year high, as the war has sharply raised gas prices. That makes it harder for the central bank to reduce rates. The Fed typically leaves rates unchanged, or even raises them, if inflation is worsening.

At the same time, hiring has ground almost to a halt, leaving those without jobs frustrated by the difficulty of finding new ones. Typically, the Fed cuts rates when the job market is weak, to spur more spending and job gains.

But layoffs also remain low, as employers appear to be following a “ low-hire, low-fire ” strategy. Many Fed officials have suggested that as long as the unemployment rate is low, the central bank doesn't need to cut rates to spur more spending and hiring. Unemployment declined to 4.3% in March, from 4.4%.

A key change economists will look for Wednesday is whether the Fed alters the statement it issues after each meeting to signal that it is possible that their next move could be either a rate cut or a hike. Right now, the statement indicates that any change to its rate would be a cut. According to minutes of its last meeting in March, many of the 19 participants on the Fed’s rate-setting committee support considering a hike, though it's likely short of a majority.

When that question appears on a Missouri ballot later this year, it will mark the first time since the modern income tax began over a century ago that a U.S. state legislature has asked voters whether to eliminate the tax. If they say “yes,” they will also be authorizing a sales tax expansion.

Missouri's unique proposal caps a five-year tax-cutting binge in states that flourished while governments were flush with cash during the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and only recently abated as some Democratic-led states embraced higher tax rates on millionaires. During that time, almost every state made either permanent or temporary reductions to some type of tax, whether on income, sales, property or gas. And more than half the states that levy income taxes reduced their top tax rate.

Those tax cuts seldom were offset by increasing other types of taxes. But Missouri's new measure implicitly acknowledges that it's hard to eliminate an income tax without raising other revenues to keep government running.

When did the income tax begin?

Congress gained the power to tax income with the ratification of the 16th Amendment in 1913. Many states adopted their own income taxes over the ensuing years, including Missouri in 1917.

But some states — Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming — never adopted an individual income tax, instead relying on sales taxes, oil taxes or other sources. New Hampshire and Tennessee, which taxed income from interest and dividends but not wages, each ended those taxes within the past five years.

Alaska is the only state so far to impose a general individual income tax and then repeal it. Lawmakers eliminated the tax in 1980 while rich with oil revenues.

Massachusetts voters rejected an income tax elimination in 2008 and 2002. But those ballot measures were initiated by citizens, not lawmakers responsible for building the state budget.

Which states are trying to phase out their income tax?

A 2022 Kentucky law reduced the state’s income tax rate and set a series of revenue-based benchmarks that could gradually lower the tax to zero. It also expanded the sales tax to some services, such as personal fitness training and website design. But the revenue triggers aren’t automatic, meaning the General Assembly must approve each additional income tax rate reduction.

A Mississippi law enacted last year gradually reduces the income tax rate from 4% to 3% by 2030 and sets revenue growth benchmarks that could trigger additional cuts. It could take over a decade to eliminate the tax, if all the benchmarks are hit.

Oklahoma also enacted a law last year that would trigger gradual income tax rate reductions based on revenue growth, until the tax is phased out. But the state won't know until next year whether it's met the revenue mark to trigger the first tax-rate reduction.

South Carolina joined the trend a month ago, when Republican Gov. Henry McMaster signed law a that could eventually phase out the individual income tax as revenues grow.

What does the Missouri proposal say?

Missouri's proposed constitutional amendment directs the General Assembly to eliminate the individual income tax through gradual reductions based on revenue growth. To spur that along, it gives lawmakers the authority to raise revenues by imposing the sales tax on “any goods and services” — sidestepping a constitutional ban on expanding the sales tax base that voters approved in 2016.

The legislature would have five years to decide which additional sales to tax without needing another vote of the people.

But some voters may not realize they are authorizing more sales taxes. The ballot wording asks whether to phase out the income tax and “modify” the sales tax — avoiding the words “increase” or “expand.”

The amendment, which was approved last week by the legislature, will appear on the November ballot, unless Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe sets an election sooner.

A businessman explains his move

Kehoe has made the individual income tax repeal a priority, arguing it will spur the economy while attracting businesses and new residents.

At a House committee hearing earlier this year, Will Spartin said he attended business college in St. Louis but located the headquarters of his beverage businesses in Florida because that state has no individual income tax. He would love to return to Missouri, but only if it makes financial sense, Spartin said.

“If Missouri moves in this direction, even gradually, it would be a meaningful signal to people like us that Missouri wants to compete for modern industries,” Spartin told lawmakers.

A retiree raises sales tax concerns

Retired elementary school teacher Sharon Wells, of suburban St. Louis, said she paid a few hundred dollars in state income tax this past year. She's worried her overall tax bill could rise if the income tax is replaced with a broader sales tax.

Wells pays someone to mow her lawn. She goes to a hair salon twice a month. She has periodic medical and dental visits and car that needs maintenance. None of those services currently are taxed. But they all could be under the Missouri proposal.

“I think it’s a huge mistake,” she said. “We’re already paying far more than we have in the past for groceries, medicine, all kind of services. Everything has gone up.”

What does the data say?

A family earning between $49,000 and $78,000 annually would pay an average of $535 more in taxes if Missouri's income tax is repealed and replaced with higher sales taxes, according to an estimate by the nonprofit Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Those earning less would pay even more, the group said.

“Pretty clearly, this is going to be a tax increase for most people,” said Carl Davis, the institute's research director.

Other data suggest that income tax policies — though not the primary motivation — can play a role in attracting people to states. Texas, Florida and Tennessee all ranked in the top five for net interstate migration of federal income tax filers in 2023, while the higher-tax states of California, New York and New Jersey ranked near the bottom, according to an analysis of IRS data by the nonprofit Tax Foundation.

If Missouri's referendum is approved by voters, “it could embolden other states to accelerate their own planned income tax reductions,” said Katherine Loughead, the foundation's director of state tax projects.

The message is not one of punishment but of unceasing support. The men start to perk up.

“We’re going to talk about keeping you and those you love alive and free,” Jim Hopkins, emeritus pastor of Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church, says he told the men who gather at his church. “If you put down the gun, start taking the (city's) services, we’ll help you find another way.”

The California city has driven homicides to historic lows, and experts say part of the credit goes to a program that identifies people who are most likely to get pulled into gang violence and pairs them with life coaches to help turn their lives around.

City officials meet weekly to review recent shootings and identify the participants. The city's Department of Violence Prevention finds and talks to those people, one-on-one or in a group session at the church, and offers a host of services, including a life coach.

There is no single reason why a city’s homicide rate falls, but officials say the Oakland Ceasefire-Lifeline program has been key, making a difference one person at a time.

Oakland records lowest homicide rate since the '60s

Homicides rates have plummeted in major cities across the U.S. in recent years but the shift in Oakland has been particularly dramatic.

Homicide rates have not been this low in the city of roughly 400,000 people since 1967, when the Black Panthers were a powerful force and hippies overran nearby San Francisco for the Summer of Love.

For nearly 25 years, Oakland ranked among the nation's most dangerous cities. City police recorded annual homicide rates ranging from 16.2 up to 36.4 deaths per 100,000 people, while the U.S. rate hovered around five per 100,000.

Oakland adopted the lifeline program, which originated in Boston, after gun violence in 2011 took the lives of three children ages 1, 3 and 5 in separate incidents. The city recorded a 43% reduction in homicides from 2012 to 2017.

Officials subsequently watered the program down until it was essentially dismantled during the pandemic, according to an audit in 2023.

It wasn’t until city officials implemented changes recommended in the audit that the number of homicides declined, from 118 in 2023 to 78 in 2024.

Last year, Oakland hit a record low of 57 homicides.

Meeting people whose lives were changed by violence

Police are not involved except to provide the names of people expected to retaliate for a shooting that wounded or killed a friend or relative, or to be a victim of retaliation.

“People may underestimate how little the clients believe in themselves, and how little they value their own lives,” said Holly Joshi, chief of the violence prevention department.

Once selected, the men meet or learn of people whose lives have been forever changed by gang violence, such as parents who have lost a child, or someone left paralyzed able to communicate only by clicking their tongue.

Last year, Bernard, a 27-year-old former gang member, was among 200 people matched with a life coach. He was contacted as he was leaving prison after serving six years for attempted robbery. Today, he has a full-time job, an apartment and a new outlook.

He’s more aware of community ties, he says.

“When I was younger, I didn’t realize I wasn’t only hurting myself. I was hurting everybody around me, everybody who cared for me,” said Bernard, who asked that his last name not be used because he fears sharing his background could hurt his future opportunities.

Ready to turn his life around

At first, Bernard was standoffish with his life coach, 35-year-old LaSasha Long.

But then the young man who missed his mother’s funeral because he was still behind bars when she died suffered another loss. A close childhood friend had died. He had to talk to someone.

“As soon as I called Sasha, she was there with advice,” he says.

Long understood. She had a chaotic upbringing, bouncing between relatives after a stray bullet killed her mother when she was a toddler. She told him what she felt would have helped her move forward: That he'd lost a lot, but had a lot to live for too. And she reminded him his friend would have wanted him to live.

He listened.

“I can’t take the credit for it because it was all him. He was the pilot,” she says, adding that she helped with rides and reminded him of upcoming appointments. “But he wanted to change. He wanted that.”

Now, they chat on the phone every day. He makes goofy faces at her while posing for photographs for The Associated Press. She says she'll be the best man at his wedding one day. He says she's not a man. She says he hasn't seen how good she looks in a suit.

Long describes life coaching as “heart work,” helping someone see light in a dark tunnel.

Wanting to inspire others

Bernard aspires to be like Long one day, a coach who can offer a lifeline to others who grew up surrounded by violence and with bills to pay. His mother was loving but addicted to drugs. His father was in and out of jail.

He has discovered the joy of helping people.

On a recent day, Bernard was on break from his job cleaning streets in San Francisco when he saw a teen crash his bike. The old him would not have rushed over, much less reassured the embarrassed boy that everyone falls sometimes.

But Bernard helped wash the gravel burn on the boy’s face and told him jokingly: “Tell your girl you got jumped.”

“All some of us need is to see or know that people care,” he said. “Once people realize that, I believe they start to do better, they want to do better. They figure there’s more to life.”

In a memo late Tuesday to lawmakers, the Office of Management and Budget said money that President Donald Trump tapped to pay Transportation Security Administration and other workers through executive actions will be exhausted by May. It called on the House to quickly approve the budget resolution senators approved in an all-night session last week that would pave the way for full funding for the department.

“DHS will soon run out of critical operating funds, placing essential personnel and operations at risk,” the memo said.

The pressure from the Trump administration could help House Speaker Mike Johnson, whose narrow Republican majority has been stalled out, tangled in internal party disputes on a range of pending issues, including the Homeland Security funding. They have left the chamber at a virtual standstill.

The House is expected to vote as soon as Wednesday on the Senate budget resolution that is designed to unlock a multi-step process to eventually fund the department, and the administration warned GOP lawmakers off making changes that could prolong passage.

“Restoring funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has never been more urgent, as demonstrated by recent events,” the memo said, a nod to the situation over the weekend when a man armed with guns and knives tried to storm the annual White House correspondents' dinner that Trump, the vice president and top Cabinet officials were attending.

Homeland Security shutdown is longest ever

Homeland Security has been operating without regular funds for more than two months after Democrats refused to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol without changes to those operations after the deaths of Americans protesting Trump’s deportation agenda.

While immigration enforcement workers have largely been paid through the flush of new cash — some $170 billion — that Congress approved as part of Trump's tax cuts bill last year, others, including TSA, have had to rely on Trump’s intervention through executive action to ensure their paychecks.

But with salaries topping $1.6 billion every two weeks, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said recently, those funds are drying up.

Complicated budget strategy ahead

House and Senate Republicans have embarked on a go-it-alone strategy, attempting to approve funds for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol without Democrats. They want to provide $70 billion for those immigration operations for the remainder of Trump's term to ensure no further interruptions.

It's a cumbersome process, the same that was used last year to approve Trump's tax cuts bill, that will play out over several weeks.

The Senate launched the process last week, and is now waiting on the House to act. Once that budget resolution is approved, both the House and Senate are expected to draft the actual funding bill, a process that can take weeks.

In the meantime, Johnson is expected to quickly turn this week to legislation that would fund the other parts of Homeland Security, including TSA, the Coast Guard and other agencies.

That bipartisan bill has support from Democrats and already passed the Senate a month ago, when Republicans reluctantly agreed to carve out the immigration-related funds that Democrats had opposed. But it has been stalled out in the House, as Republicans in that chamber disagreed with the Senate's approach.

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The fire, which started on Saturday and has been dubbed the Highway 41 Fire, is burning to the south and west of Tamiami Trail, just past Krome Avenue.

The fire prompted a partial park closure, including parking lots, facilities and navigable waterways within the impacted area.

On Tuesday morning, Coopertown Airboats south of Tamiami Trail was evacuated as a precaution after smoke conditions increased near the attraction.

Heavy smoke could still be seen Tuesday afternoon coming from the blaze, just a few miles west from the Miccosukee Casino.

By midday, conditions improved as clear skies returned overhead and crews wrapped up hose lines after successfully suppressing the head of the fire, which had quickly spread through the area following a change in wind direction.

Officials said Safari Park and Gator Park were also closed due to predicted weather conditions. At last check, no buildings had sustained damage and no injuries were reported.

Marshall Jones, of Mack’s Fish Camp, said his company is keeping a close eye on wind direction and speed.“The winds are supposed to shift tomorrow, and when that happens, that fire could potentially jump Tamiami Trail on the horizon line right there and come out into this area,” he said.

North of Tamiami Trail, which is being used as a fire break, airboat tours continued operating without interruption.

Michele Sutter, who is visiting from Switzerland, told Local 10 News that she and her family still felt safe during their tour.

“I know the area so it is not my first time here, but haven’t seen such a big fire lately,” she said. “We still feel safe.”

Sutter, who previously lived in Miami, said she is familiar with brush fires occurring during South Florida’s dry season.

Airboat captain Hank Ridings said those conditions are not unusual.

“In a drought like we are in right now it could happen at any time, a lightning strike, someone throwing a cigarette butt out not understanding how that can start a fire,” Ridings said.

From the early morning hours, the fire off Tamiami Trail was lit by moonlight, but within hours, the billowing smoke and crackling embers reached the road.

At some point, flames pushed onto the street, getting within feet of oncoming cars.

The cause of the fire remains unclear, but fire service crews continue to assess the damage from above as the fire continues to move east.

Fire rescue officials say the smoke has affected the air quality in the area, so residents nearby are advised to stay indoors if they suffer from respiratory issues.

As of Tuesday evening, the fire remains 0% contained, and the cause is still under investigation. Crews continue to assess conditions from above as the fire moves through the area. Officials said there have been no injuries and no property damage.

The National Park Service is also urging visitors to check for closure updates before heading to the park and to allow extra travel time, especially along Highway 41, where smoke can worsen at night and in the early morning hours.

Officials noted that South Florida’s dry season, which typically runs from December through April, increases the risk of brush fires across the region.

Fire officials said smoke has affected air quality nearby, and those with respiratory issues are advised to stay indoors or avoid smoky areas.

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With their second straight lopsided victory, the Knicks positioned themselves to win the series Thursday night in Atlanta. They would have another chance at home in Game 7 if they need it — and it's getting harder to picture why they should.

The Hawks took a 2-1 lead in the series with one-point victories in Games 2 and 3, but a pretty sizable gap between the teams has appeared since. The Knicks led by 24 on their way to a 114-98 win in Game 4 in Atlanta and by 32 on Tuesday, when the lead was never below double digits in the second half.

“I know they’re going to try to bring a lot of force down there,” Knicks reserve Jordan Clarkson said. “So we've got to be prepared and we know what’s coming, so we’ll be ready.”

Brunson already had eight 40-point games in his first three postseasons with the Knicks. He hadn't even cracked 30 in this series until pouring in 17 points in the fourth quarter to prevent any chance of Atlanta making it a game.

Brunson said the Knicks have picked up their play in the last two games and said they were confident, but also cautious.

“Anything can happen in this series, so we’ve just got to be locked in for Game 6,” he said.

OG Anunoby added 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Knicks, while Karl-Anthony Towns had 16 points, 14 rebounds and six assists. The Knicks need one more victory to reach the second round for the fourth straight season, which would continue their longest streak since advancing nine straight times from 1991-92 through 1999-2000.

Jalen Johnson had 18 points, 10 rebounds and six assists for the Hawks. Dyson Daniels scored 17, but CJ McCollum, the catalyst of both Atlanta victories, had just six.

The Knicks outrebounded the Hawks 48-27 and had a 13-4 advantage in fast-break points against an Atlanta team that needs to win the transition game.

“I just think that their mindset was to come out and try to bully us and be physical, and they did that," Daniels said.

The Knicks made eight of their first 12 shots, then broke free with a 9-0 run late in the first quarter and were ahead 35-22 at the end of the period. Brunson had the last two baskets of an 8-0 surge in the second that pushed it to 59-37, and the Knicks led 64-48 at the break after making 58.5% their shots.

Leading by 18 after three, they put it away when Brunson had a three-point play and 3-pointer to ignite a 12-0 spurt that made it 110-82.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Onyeka Okongwu both had 16 points for the Hawks.

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One of them was caught on camera over the weekend driving a lawnmower into a Target in Ocala while his friend filmed.

Now the duo are facing charges for property damages after breaking the door at the entrance of the store.

“It was not something you see every day,” said witness Vanessa Scarlett.

The last thing you expect to see while doing your shopping inside a Target is a lawn mower coming through the door.

“He actually drove straight into the door first and shattered it, it was quite interesting,” said Scarlett.

According to Ocala police, 18-year-old Janek Szkaradek was the one driving the lawn mower while wearing overalls and a farmers hat.

He was arrested along with Luke Charske, also 18, for the social media stunt.

Scarlett didn’t know either of the teens, but decided to start recording.

“You never know what is going to happen,” she said.

Police say the chaos didn’t start at the Target.

The night before, authorities said Szkaradek used a leaf blower inside a Culver’s in Ocala.

He was charged with criminal mischief and both teens were arrested for disorderly conduct.

Police say what started as a social media stunt ended with real damage and real consequences.

“I think they are teenagers,” said Scarlett. “They definitely got the consequence that a lot of people think they deserve.”

The message from Ocala police is to think before you record, it’s north worth an arrest and a criminal charge.

Both teens bonded out of jail on Sunday afternoon.

It happened on Monday around 9:16 a.m. at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, a fight had previously broken out at the school between four students.

During that fight, deputies said the suspect, Tavaris Walker, “came up to the victim, grabbed him with both hands and then started punching him several times.”

The victim, who according to an arrest report is 17 years old, suffered minor bruising to his face and was taken to Coral Springs Medical Center to be evaluated further.

Walker, 18, is facing one count of battery causing bodily harm.

He went before a Broward County judge on Tuesday morning and was granted a $1,000 bond.

Walker was no longer listed among Broward County inmates as of Tuesday evening.

Police said 16-year-old Antoinette Smith was last seen near Southeast 14th Avenue after walking away from her home and not returning.

She’s described as 5-foot-5, weighing around 120 lbs. with long black braided hair and brown eyes, and was last seen wearing a black long-sleeve shirt, pink leggings, and white Crocs.

Police say she needs medication that she does not have with her.

Anyone with information is urged to give the Homestead Police Department a call at 305-247-1535 or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.

Sure enough, there was David Pastrnak already heading toward Buffalo’s zone.

Set up by Lindholm, Pastrnak scored on a breakaway 9:14 into overtime, and the Bruins avoided elimination with a 2-1 win in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series on Tuesday night.

“He’s pretty special when it comes to those opportunities, too, so it was fun to see it go in,” Lindholm said.

Pastrnak said the chemistry he has with Lindholm is a result of them being neighbors.

“We always call it the neighbor connection,” Pastrnak said. “Seems like anytime he has the puck and I have an opening, I have the confidence that he’s gonna find me.”

The series shifts back to Boston for Game 6 on Friday night, with Buffalo still seeking to clinch its first playoff series victory since eliminating the New York Rangers in six games of a 2007 second-round series. The Sabres are in the playoffs for only the third time since, and after snapping an NHL record 14-season playoff drought this year.

Elias Lindholm also scored for Boston which overcame a 1-0 deficit. Jeremy Swayman stopped 25 shots, including foiling Jason Zucker set up in front 3:30 into the extra period.

Rasmus Dahlin scored for Buffalo and Alex Lyon stopped 27 shots.

“He’s always lurking,” Lyon said of Pastrnak, whom the goalie robbed on several chances. “Obviously, he’s one of the best players in the league,” Lyon added of a player who reached the 100-point mark for a fourth straight season. “It’s just one play at the end from a really good player. That’s usually how these things go. And now it’s just incumbent on us to move forward.”

The Sabres were caught up ice, and the Bruins jumped into making a line change, with Pastrnak coming off the bench as the turnover occurred.

Accepting Lindholm’s pass in stride as he crossed Buffalo’s blue line, Pastrnak drove in on net a step ahead of Buffalo’s Mattias Samuelsson. He faked cutting across the front and nearly lost his balance before slipping the puck inside the right post.

“He always gets it done. And what a nice finish from him,” coach Marco Sturm said of the 12th-year player. “I’m just very happy because this guy puts a lot of pressure on himself and he wants to be the difference. And today he was.”

The goal was the 41st of Pastrnak’s playoff career, and second in overtime. He scored Boston’s last overtime goal, also coming in an elimination game, to seal the Bruins’ 2-1 win over Toronto in Game 7 of their 2024 first-round series.

Lindholm tied it 9:24 into the second period after his bad-angle shot bounced into the slot. Lindholm got to the loose puck first and, with his back to the net, spun around and fired in a low shot through a crowd.

Dahlin opened the scoring at 3:35 with his first playoff goal, and Buffalo’s first power-play goal in nearly a month. Driving up the left wing, Zucker’s initial pass attempt was blocked before recovering the puck and feeding Dahlin for a one-timer in the right circle.

The Sabres had gone 0-of-17 with the man advantage this series, and entered the playoffs failing to convert 22 straight chances, dating to a 4-3 win over the New York Islanders on March 31.

The Bruins played without second-line forward Viktor Arvidsson, who was hurt in the first period of Game 4 on Sunday.

Buffalo lost rookie forward Noah Ostlund to a lower-body injury in the first period.

Coach Lindy Ruff didn’t reveal what the injury was, but said, “it doesn’t look good.” Ostlund had just returned to the lineup from an upper-body injury in Game 3, in which he had a goal and assist.

The Bruins have won back-to-back outings in Buffalo after squandering a 2-0 lead in the final 7:58 of a 4-3 loss in Game 1. The Sabres won both outings in Buffalo, and were coming off a 6-1 win on Sunday.

“We’re in a good spot. We should be ready for the next one,” Dahlin said. “It’s a tight game and stuff happens, so we’re ready for going to Boston.”

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And that was good enough for the Philadelphia 76ers to avoid elimination in their first-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics.

Less than three weeks after an emergency appendectomy knocked Embiid out for the end of the regular season and the start of the playoffs, the Sixers center scored 33 points as Philadelphia beat Boston 113-97 in Game 5 on Tuesday night.

“He was dominant. Especially the second half, he was extremely dominant,” said Sixers guard Tyrese Maxey, who had 25 points and 10 rebounds. “He did a really good job of just inserting himself. I was proud of him tonight, man. That's the dominance that you go into a playoff game with: He did that.”

After scoring two points in the first quarter on 1-of-6 shooting, Embiid scored 13 in the second, 10 in the third and eight in the fourth, when the Sixers went on a 12-0 run to turn a three-point lead into a 15-point runaway.

“I feel like he had too many easy baskets," said Celtics guard Jaylen Brown, who scored 22 points. "We’ve got to make him work. ... Tonight he got a bunch of easy baskets, and I feel like that propelled him.”

Paul George had 16 points and nine rebounds for the seventh-seeded Sixers, who lost Games 3 and 4 at home to fall behind 3-1 in the series before returning to Boston to keep their season alive.

Jayson Tatum had 24 points and 16 rebounds and Neemias Queta had eight points and 14 boards for the Celtics, who will try again to eliminate the Sixers back in Philadelphia in Game 6 on Thursday night. Game 7, if necessary, would be back in Boston on Saturday.

“No need to put any extra pressure on ourselves,” Brown said. “There’s enough of that as it is.”

Earlier Tuesday, Celtics president Brad Stevens was named NBA Executive of the Year for the second time in three seasons after disassembling the team that won it all two years ago and getting Boston back to the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference.

The Celtics did it despite missing Tatum for all but 16 regular-season games as he recovered from a torn Achilles tendon.

The Sixers missed the playoffs last year after seven straight postseason appearances, but earned the No. 7 seed this year with a victory over Orlando in a play-in game. After losing by 32 in Game 1, they coasted to a win at Boston in Game 2 but then lost both at home — with another 32-point blowout in Game 4 on Sunday, despite Embiid finishing with 26 points and 10 rebounds in his first game since April 6.

“Our fans deserve a win at home. We lost a tough one, then we got blown out of the water,” Maxey said. “After that performance that we put on last time in front of our fans, that was a disgrace and it was unacceptable.”

The Celtics led by 11 in the second quarter and held a 13-point edge early in the third. Both times Philadelphia rallied within a basket, using a 15-3 run to make it 66-65 Boston midway through the third.

It was still a one-point Celtics lead heading into the fourth, when George hit a 3-pointer to give Philly its first lead since the first quarter. After a pair of 3-pointers by Sam Hauser kept Boston close, Hauser fouled Quentin Grimes while he was shooting a 3; the three free throws started the Sixers on a game-ending 19-5 run.

“We got a little rocky start there in the third,” Sixers coach Nick Nurse said. “But then we really, really got going. And then once we closed the gap, we we’re pretty solid.”

Boston scored just 10 points in the fourth quarter on 3-of-22 shooting after making almost half its shots in the first 36 minutes.

“When you have empty possession, empty possession, and you’re not getting stops, it’s frustrating," Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said.

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And yet that is the position Tracy Sturdivant will enter when she succeeds Teresa Younger as the president and CEO of the first national philanthropy run by and for women. The Ms. Foundation introduced Sturdivant on Tuesday at its annual New York City gala, where feminists such as #MeToo founder Tarana Burke were honored.

The foundation is “not in crisis,” but “ready for what’s to come” with Sturdivant in charge, Younger said in a statement shared ahead of the announcement. The foundation built a $100 million-plus endowment and explicitly centered women and girls of color during her tenure.

With that strong footing Sturdivant sees an opportunity to expand the coalition of people who see gender justice as their charge, too. As many funders disinvest from Black-led nonprofits, she is committed to “unapologetically” supporting marginalized groups while simultaneously inviting others to join the fight for economic equality and bodily autonomy.

“We need all hands on deck to make sure that we're supporting women in the midst of what I call this perfect form of instability that they're experiencing,” Sturdivant told The Associated Press in an interview.

The Detroit native comes to the foundation from The League, the nonprofit she founded to inspire civic engagement through culture. She credits past Ms. Foundation president Marie Wilson — who helped start “Take Our Daughters to Work” day to boost adolescent girls' self esteem — with showing her the power of large-scale narrative change campaigns. They worked together on the White House Project, a nonprofit that aimed to advance women's leadership across all sectors.

Narrative change has become a more necessary part of the foundation's work, she said, as conservative movements nationwide seek to prohibit funding for diversity, equity and inclusion. Sturdivant sees the Ms. Foundation, a legacy institution that she said has weathered “many cultural shifts” since its 1973 founding, as poised to engage this next generation of feminists through more modern storytelling.

She pointed to Blair Imani, a historian and creator honored at Tuesday's gala, as an example of the new voices she wants to elevate. Imani's viral web series “Smarter in Seconds” offers a progressive education on issues of race and gender in short-form videos.

“They are leading the culture and being able to take some of our cues from them, I think, is gonna be really helpful," Sturdivant said.

She's also considering ways to increase grantmaking around equal pay, family leave and childcare — issues she championed as the co-founder of the Make it Work Campaign, a three-year initiative to improve women's economic lives in the United States.

Men’s earnings are rising faster than women’s, and the gender wage gap has widened for two years in a row, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. A recent AP-NORC poll found that most working women in the U.S. believe they are disadvantaged when it comes to earning competitive wages — though the country is deeply divided over how to confront those disparities, with many men holding a different view.

“We're really talking about what does it mean for folks to be able to lead a life where they are not just surviving but thriving, they feel safe and they're secure," Sturdivant said. “That's going to be the work of the foundation under my tenure.”

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Declining enrollment has led Broward County Public Schools to cut jobs for the first time in twenty years.

“Clearly we don’t want to affect anything,” said school board member Debra Hixon. “Having to do this is extremely difficult.”

In the last three years, the district lost 25,000 students, and they are projected to lose 10,000 more next year.

This latest proposal would cut about 809 positions, generating a $41.3 million dollars in savings.

Superintendent Howard Hepburn has maintained that the cuts will not impact students directly.

“I do not want our teachers impacted, and I do not want our students impacted by the lack of having no teachers in our system,” said school board member Adam Cervera.

Some of the jobs on the chopping block include, counselors, behavioral support, and social workers.

Ultimately, the school board pushed back the vote to a later date.

Board members will workshop the plan during a meeting on May 11, then a week later on May 19 they will hold a formal vote.

From the start, server Carlos Ortiz said he knew something was off with his customer at the Peter Pan Diner, located at 1216 E Oakland Park Blvd.

“He walked in, ordered a beer and then he ordered jalapeño bites, but before he ordered, it was just like a really weird interaction,” said Ortiz. “He didn’t know how to say what he wanted.”

After racking up a $50 bill at 11 a.m. on Monday, the man disappeared.

“I thought he left and I was just like is he still here?” said Ortiz. “I was just trying to see if anyone saw him. He came out of the bathroom wearing something different so I was like okay cool, he might be going to work or whatever.”

Ortiz says he saw the man go to the counter and figured he was ready to settle up and be on his way.

Instead, the man tried to pay for a $3 cookie, but his card was declined.

“And after it declined, he just walked out,” said Ortiz.

Ortiz has worked at the diner for over a year and said he thought he had seen it all.

“He just made it seem like we were dumb and just walked out as if he just didn’t order $50 worth of food,” he said.

The restaurant even has a wall of shame for those who have dined and dashed in the past.

The newest addition, with that unpaid tab stapled to his picture, is this latest suspect.

“We have people that will come in and make up for it, so I can’t be too down on it, but it shouldn’t be that way when we’re relying on other people to pay your tips,” said Ortiz.

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According to Miami Gardens police, the crash was reported at 7:53 a.m. in the 1200 block of Northwest 188^th Street.

Police said the driver of a black Ford Fusion was heading south on Northwest 12^th Avenue at a high rate of speed when they tried to bypass slow-moving traffic by driving onto the swale.

The driver, identified by police as 23-year-old Darius Forbes, then crashed the car into a tree and then struck the child, police said.

The victim has been identified as Johnny Baptiste Jr.

“I’m looking at him all banged up and he’s supposed to be home with me,” said Shakera Rolle, the boy’s mother. “When I first heard he was hit by a car, I instantly thought the worst.”

Rose Emine, whose fence was crashed in by the driver, told Local 10 News that the boy was unresponsive after being struck by the car.

“I said, ‘Ahh’ because I thought the boy has died,” Emine said.

“They was just throwing water on his head. Big gash on his head,” another witness, Orlando Lawrence, said.

Authorities said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel airlifted the victim to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center with serious but stable head injuries.

“We need to pray for that child and family,” Emine said.

Police confirmed that Forbes was arrested on reckless driving charges.

“I just wish he was a little more careful or paid more attention to the road where he was riding,” said Rolle.

Voters took to the polls earlier this month to choose between current Surfside Vice Mayor Tina Paul and former Mayor Shlomo Danzinger.

Ultimately, in what was a very tight race, voters on Tuesday elected Danzinger back into office.

He received 50.54% of the ballots cast, defeating Paul by a total of just 22 votes.

Danzinger will unseat current Mayor Charles Burkett, who defeated Danzinger in 2024 and became the town’s mayor for a third time.

After both Danzinger and Paul failed to receive 50% of the ballots cast during the initial election in March, a special election was held on April 7, but a judge ruled to extend the mail-in ballot deadline to Tuesday due to a conflict with the Passover holiday.

Nearly half of the population of the town of Surfside is Jewish.

The rule was unanimously approved by IFAB at a meeting held Tuesday in Vancouver, British Columbia. The measure will be in place at this summer's World Cup, starting on June 11.

FIFA proposed the rule after Real Madrid's Vinícius Júnior accused Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni of making a racially charged insult while covering his mouth during a Champions League match in February.

Last week, UEFA handed Prestianni a six-game ban for the verbal abuse, which it said were homophobic in nature. If Prestianni is selected for Argentina's World Cup squad, he could have to sit out the defending champion's first two matches this summer, although the ban can be appealed.

“At the discretion of the competition organiser, any player covering their mouth in a confrontational situation with an opponent may be sanctioned with a red card,” IFAB announced.

The organization, which sets the rules for international soccer, also announced that any player who leaves the field in protest of a referee's decision can be sanctioned with a red card. The rule also applies to team officials who urge players to leave the field.

IFAB said the amendments will be communicated to all 48 teams playing in the World Cup, hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico.

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Jamie Ernesto Alvarez-Gonzalez admitted to following a Border Patrol agent on Jan. 8 while he was driving in a neighborhood in San Diego, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California.

Prosecutors said Alvarez-Gonzalez’s black Ford F-150, a model also used by undercover federal officers, had a license plate with federal truck written on the frame in small letters, though the word federal was misspelled. He put a Border Patrol sticker in the windshield and non-working radio communications antennae on the roof, according to the complaint. Handcuffs were hung from the rearview mirror.

The agent aborted his mission when he saw Alvarez-Gonzalez following him, falsely believing other agents were responding, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

When Alvarez-Gonzalez was confronted by real agents, he “shouted obscenities and demanded agents leave the community of Linda Vista," prosecutors said. Three other cars also arrived at one point and began harassing departing agents and chasing them on the highway.

Prosecutors said Alvarez-Gonzalez had made a recording where he said he was actively looking for federal agents working on immigration enforcement and had brought in his “reinforcements.” He also had a fake FBI badge.

He pleaded guilty to one count of impersonating a federal agent and three counts of illegally possessing firearms. His federal public defender did not respond to an emailed request for comment.

Alvarez-Gonzalez overstayed his tourist visa, which he used decades ago to enter the country, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

This season, F1 expanded to 11 teams and 22 drivers.

That means Cadillac is now part of the world’s best racing circuit.

Cadillac’s black and white F1 car was sitting pretty at Vera Cadillac in Pembroke Pines on Tuesday.

Miami Heat guard Norman Powell was there to take a closer look.

Cadillac drivers Sergio Perez and Valteri Bottas are hoping to score their first points of the season during this weekend’s Miami Grand Prix at Hard Rock Stadium.

You can check out footage of the new Cadillac F1 race car in the video at the top of this page.

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Forty-two MPD officers have died in the line of duty.

“We go to all the gravesites of the officers that have been killed in the line of duty and we present them with an American flag and a ‘thin blue line’ flag,” MPD Chief Manny Morales said.

The flags will be placed at the grave sites across Miami-Dade ahead of National Police Week in May. It’s part of the agency’s annual commitment called “Project Hero.”

Morales was somber as stories were shared about their valiant efforts to protect the public, remembering their last day on duty with prayer, including Miami Police Officer Victor Estefan, who was shot and killed during a traffic stop in 1988. He served with MPD for 21 years.

”Many officers go out each and every day to serve and protect. They put on the uniform, they put on the badge,” MPD Officer Kiara Delva said. “And their main goal is to ensure that they are protecting the community. And they do so with a very brave heart and soul. And that’s ultimately what today is about. We go out, we honor them, we remember them and their sacrifice.”

Morales called it “a very loud signal that we’ll never forget the sacrifice made by the members of the Miami Police.”

It’s only the beginning of a month of ceremonies and event that MPD and law enforcement agencies across the country will have to honor their fallen heroes.

MPD plans on having a larger ceremony including the families of families of fallen officers in early May.

Forty-two MPD officers have died in the line of duty.

“We go to all the gravesites of the officers that have been killed in the line of duty and we present them with an American flag and a ‘thin blue line’ flag,” MPD Chief Manny Morales said.

The flags will be placed at the grave sites across Miami-Dade ahead of National Police Week in May. It’s part of the agency’s annual commitment called “Project Hero.”

Morales was somber as stories were shared about their valiant efforts to protect the public, remembering their last day on duty with prayer, including Miami Police Officer Victor Estefan, who was shot and killed during a traffic stop in 1988. He served with MPD for 21 years.

”Many officers go out each and every day to serve and protect. They put on the uniform, they put on the badge,” MPD Officer Kiara Delva said. “And their main goal is to ensure that they are protecting the community. And they do so with a very brave heart and soul. And that’s ultimately what today is about. We go out, we honor them, we remember them and their sacrifice.”

Morales called it “a very loud signal that we’ll never forget the sacrifice made by the members of the Miami Police.”

It’s only the beginning of a month of ceremonies and event that MPD and law enforcement agencies across the country will have to honor their fallen heroes.

MPD plans on having a larger ceremony including the families of families of fallen officers in early May.

El segmento de dos días de ministros y altos funcionarios marca el eje político central de la Primera Conferencia para la Transición Más Allá de los Combustibles Fósiles, en la que más de 50 países han debatido cómo dejar atrás el petróleo, el gas y el carbón —los principales impulsores del calentamiento global— para avanzar hacia energías más limpias.

“La conclusión es inevitable: debemos dejar atrás los combustibles fósiles, no solo porque es bueno para el clima, sino porque fortalece nuestra independencia y seguridad energéticas”, manifestó Stientje van Veldhoven, ministra de Política Climática y Crecimiento Verde de Holanda, que copatrocina la conferencia junto con Colombia.

La reunión refleja la creciente frustración entre algunos gobiernos y defensores, que consideran que, en décadas de negociaciones climáticas de la ONU, no se ha abordado de manera directa la producción de combustibles fósiles, lo que llevó a la cumbre de Santa Marta a impulsar el tema fuera de las conversaciones formales. En negociaciones recientes se ha reconocido la necesidad de una transición, pero los países siguen divididos sobre cómo implementarla y cómo financiar el cambio.

Antes de que el presidente subiera al escenario, integrantes de la comunidad indígena arhuaca de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta —que, desde hace mucho tiempo, han defendido sus tierras ancestrales frente al desarrollo externo— abrieron la ceremonia con un ritual tradicional de armonización, una ceremonia espiritual en la que hablaron en su lengua nativa y tocaron instrumentos ancestrales.

El presidente colombiano advierte que la Amazonía está en un punto de inflexión

Por la tarde, el presidente Petro advirtió que “la selva amazónica se está quemando”, y añadió que “sin ella, llegamos al punto de no retorno”.

El líder izquierdista cuestionó el modelo económico global que sustenta el uso de combustibles fósiles y preguntó “si el capitalismo puede realmente adaptarse a un modo de vida no fósil”. Afirmó que las conversaciones climáticas de la ONU han quedado cortas, al sostener que “la unidad de Estado fracasó en las COP de la ONU”, y pidió una acción más amplia que vaya más allá de los gobiernos.

Petro también vinculó los conflictos actuales con la dependencia energética, al señalar que “las guerras, las luchas por el petróleo desesperadas, las estrategias geopolíticas (están impulsadas) alrededor de la conservación de las materias fósiles”.

La ministra de Ambiente de Colombia, Irene Vélez Torres, comentó en las palabras de apertura antes del discurso de Petro que el conflicto en Oriente Medio ha dejado al descubierto que “no solamente estamos hablando de una crisis climática y ambiental, sino también de una crisis económica y de seguridad nacional”.

Petro ha posicionado a Colombia como una voz líder que pide un giro global para alejarse de los combustibles fósiles, mientras impulsa en el país una transición gradual que equilibre los objetivos climáticos con las realidades económicas.

Un momento clave para la cooperación internacional

Por la mañana, fuera del recinto de la conferencia, miembros de un sindicato minero protestaron contra Petro y el evento, coreando consignas con megáfonos y sosteniendo carteles donde arremetían contra quienes llegaron en avión para criticar a la industria petrolera, pedían más petróleo y menos Petro, e instaban a defender el petróleo.

A un mes de que se realicen elecciones en Colombia, Petro, que está por dejar el cargo, mantuvo la promesa que hizo desde que tomó posesión de frenar nuevas exploraciones de petróleo y gas y encaminar al país hacia una economía posterior a los combustibles fósiles, aun cuando la nación andina sigue dependiendo en gran medida de las exportaciones de petróleo y carbón.

La ministra Vélez Torres presentó el encuentro como un momento clave para la cooperación internacional.

“Que esta conferencia sea el momento en que la ambición se convierta en solidaridad y la cooperación en el camino hacia un futuro más allá de los combustibles fósiles”, expresó el martes por la mañana. “Hagamos de esto un punto de inflexión en la historia”.

Yuvelis Morales Blanco, una activista de 25 años de Puerto Wilches, Colombia, intervino en la plenaria inaugural y pidió acciones urgentes y una transición arraigada en las comunidades.

“Estamos llamados a hacer realidad el mundo que hemos imaginado”, afirmó, e instó a los gobiernos a emprender “acciones directas y concretas” para alejarse de los combustibles fósiles y proteger la naturaleza. “Exigimos justicia energética, justicia climática y justicia para la juventud y la niñez”.

Hasta ahora, las discusiones en Santa Marta han subrayado el desafío central de financiar la transición, en particular para los países en desarrollo que enfrentan altos costos de endeudamiento y un acceso limitado al capital.

Van Veldhoven dijo que el acceso a financiamiento asequible sería crucial para garantizar que la transición pueda ocurrir a escala global, especialmente para los países en desarrollo que enfrentan una elevada deuda y un margen fiscal limitado.

Los participantes también han debatido el papel de herramientas de política como los mercados de carbono y los subsidios gubernamentales, así como la forma de garantizar que la transición no repita patrones de uso de la tierra y explotación de recursos que han perjudicado a las comunidades en el pasado.

Los organizadores señalan que la conferencia no producirá acuerdos vinculantes, pero que busca generar impulso político y reunir a países dispuestos a acelerar la transición fuera del proceso formal de la ONU. También se considera un peldaño hacia las próximas negociaciones climáticas globales, donde se espera que el financiamiento y los plazos para reducir el uso de combustibles fósiles sigan siendo puntos clave de debate.

Tuvalu, una diminuta nación insular polinesia de baja altitud en el océano Pacífico Sur, anunció el lunes que albergará la próxima conferencia sobre la transición para alejarse de los combustibles fósiles. Las pequeñas naciones insulares son altamente susceptibles al cambio climático, y se espera que Tuvalu quede sumergida para 2100 debido al aumento del nivel del mar, según científicos y la ONU.

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Deputies said the victim, after surviving the Pompano Beach attack with a neck wound, called girlfriend Cleo Danielle Ranger, who has a documented history of mental health problems, “crazy.”

They said Ranger, 26, of Fort Lauderdale, told investigators after the crime that she believed her boyfriend of six months was actually a “clone.”

Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Ranger over the weekend in connection with the stabbing, which they said happened on Friday at a home in the 1600 block of Northeast 48th Court.

Deputies said they responded to the area after a reported “suicide attempt” and found the victim passed out in the driveway. A BSO arrest report states that a surgeon at Broward Health North said the his wound didn’t correspond with a typical suicide attempt and instead “appeared to have been caused by an upward motion puncture from a knife.”

Ranger, the report states, told deputies that the stabbing was “foul play” and that the victim “was a clone of her boyfriend and that (he) was not really (himself).” Deputies said she had a history of mental health commitments under the Baker Act.

Deputies said after conducting a “protective sweep” of the home, they found a large pool of blood in the kitchen, bloody footprints and three bloodied knives.

They said on Saturday, Ranger’s boyfriend had his breathing tube removed and was able to speak with them. According to the report, he said Ranger had given him kava, which he drank, causing him to become “lethargic” before the attack.

“After talking about the incident, (he) became very upset, his blood pressure became high and (he) started bleeding from his neck wound,” BSO Detective Jennifer Petrovsky wrote.

Deputies said after walking out for a few minutes, a detective asked the man “who stabbed him and provided (him) with a piece of paper where (he) wrote the suspect was Cleo Ranger.”

“When asked if the named individual is responsible for the incident, (he) responded in the affirmative stating, ‘Yes’ and saying ‘this girl is crazy’ as becomes visibly emotional and begins to cry and makes hand gestures as if there was a struggle,” Petrovsky wrote.

Deputies arrested Ranger on Sunday, records show.

As of Tuesday, she was being held without bond at BSO’s North Broward Bureau jail facility in Pompano Beach.

Los agentes indicaron que la víctima, tras sobrevivir al ataque en Pompano Beach con una herida en el cuello, llamó a su novia Cleo Danielle Ranger, quien tiene un historial documentado de problemas de salud mental, “loca”.

Indicaron que Ranger, de 26 años y residente de Fort Lauderdale, dijo a los investigadores después del crimen que creía que su novio de seis meses en realidad era un “clon”.

Agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward arrestaron a Ranger durante el fin de semana en relación con el apuñalamiento, que según dijeron ocurrió el viernes en una vivienda en la cuadra 1600 de Northeast 48th Court.

Los agentes respondieron al área tras un reporte de “intento de suicidio” y encontraron a la víctima inconsciente en la entrada de la casa. Un informe de arresto de la BSO indica que un cirujano de Broward Health North señaló que la herida no correspondía a un intento de suicidio típico y que “parecía haber sido causada por una punción ascendente con un cuchillo”.

Ranger, según el informe, dijo a los agentes que el apuñalamiento fue “un acto ilícito” y que la víctima “era un clon de su novio y que no era realmente él”. Los agentes indicaron que tenía antecedentes de internamientos por salud mental bajo la Ley Baker.

Tras realizar una inspección de seguridad en la vivienda, los agentes encontraron un gran charco de sangre en la cocina, huellas ensangrentadas y tres cuchillos con sangre.

Indicaron que el sábado, al novio de Ranger le retiraron el tubo de respiración y pudo hablar con ellos. Según el informe, dijo que Ranger le había dado kava, que él bebió, lo que lo dejó “letárgico” antes del ataque.

“Después de hablar sobre el incidente, (él) se alteró mucho, su presión arterial aumentó y (él) comenzó a sangrar por la herida en el cuello”, escribió la detective de la BSO Jennifer Petrovsky.

Los agentes indicaron que, tras salir unos minutos, una detective le preguntó al hombre “quién lo apuñaló” y le dio un papel donde escribió que la sospechosa era Cleo Ranger.

“Cuando se le preguntó si la persona nombrada es responsable del incidente, (él) respondió afirmativamente diciendo ‘Sí’ y diciendo ‘esta chica está loca’, mientras se mostraba visiblemente emocional, comenzaba a llorar y hacía gestos con las manos como si hubiera habido un forcejeo”, escribió Petrovsky.

Los registros muestran que los agentes arrestaron a Ranger el domingo.

Hasta el martes, permanecía detenida sin derecho a fianza en la cárcel del North Broward Bureau de la BSO en Pompano Beach.

The NCAA released a brief statement Tuesday in the wake of an ESPN report that cited unnamed sources saying a decision to add eight teams to the bracket is a mere formality that's expected in May.

“Expanding the basketball tournaments would require approval from multiple NCAA committees, including the men’s and women’s basketball committees, and no final recommendations or decisions have been made at this time,” the statement said.

Earlier this month at the Final Four, NCAA President Charlie Baker said the committees would, in fact, return to discussing the expansion once this year's tournament was over.

The tournaments have been at 68 teams since 2011, when four play-in games were added to the beginning of the first week of play. The new format would add eight more at-large teams and take eight more teams out of the main bracket for play-in games.

The expansion isn't expected to generate a lot more income because it will only add games early in the first week. The current TV deal runs through 2032 and could be tweaked slightly.

Regardless of finances, the expansion would give power conferences more chances to place teams in the bracket — a growing concern as those conferences seek more power and control over college sports in the era of name, image and likeness compensation and the transfer portal.

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El pin, que Rodríguez llevaba abrochado a su blusa, tiene la forma del mapa de Venezuela e incluye al Esequibo, una región rica en recursos naturales que abarca dos terceras partes del territorio de Guyana y en torno a la cual gira una disputa territorial de varios siglos con la vecina Venezuela.

Funcionarios del gobierno de Venezuela, presentadores de la televisión estatal, legisladores y miembros del partido gobernante han utilizado este broche cada vez con mayor frecuencia desde que el entonces presidente Nicolás Maduro fue capturado por fuerzas estadounidenses en una operación nocturna en la capital venezolana a principios de enero.

En una nota dirigida a Terrance Drew, primer ministro de San Cristóbal y Nieves y presidente de un bloque comercial caribeño Caricom, el mandatario de Guyana Irfaan Ali aseguró que el pin defiende “el reclamo de Venezuela sobre el territorio de Guyana”.

Rodríguez lució el pin el lunes durante una visita a Barbados y durante una gira por Granada a principios de este mes, en lo que fue su primer viaje exterior desde que asumió el cargo en lugar de Maduro.

En su nota, Ali declaró que teme que el hecho de que Rodríguez porte el pin en viajes oficiales pueda malinterpretarse como “aceptación o tolerancia” del país anfitrión a los reclamos territoriales de Venezuela.

“El apoyo de principios de Caricom a Guyana debe reflejarse no sólo en declaraciones, sino en el contexto y la conducta de los compromisos oficiales”, añadió, refiriéndose al bloque.

Venezuela ha argumentado desde hace tiempo que una comisión internacional de límites la despojó del territorio en 1899, durante el dominio colonial británico. La disputa territorial se encuentra actualmente en manos de la Corte Internacional de Justicia en Países Bajos.

Por su parte, Rodríguez cuestionó el énfasis en su vestimenta oficial y señaló el martes que el pin refleja el único mapa de Venezuela que conoce. Reiteró los reclamos de Venezuela sobre el Esequibo y expresó su confianza en que el tribunal internacional ratifique pronto su postura.

Ali también le recordó al bloque comercial en su nota que la región ha respaldado de manera inequívoca el reclamo de Guyana sobre el Esequibo en reuniones clave e insistió en que no se le debe permitir a Venezuela exhibir “símbolos y mapas” del Esequibo, debido a que eso únicamente socavaría el caso ante el tribunal internacional.

Caricom emitió un comunicado el martes en el que mencionó la carta de Ali y afirmó que “no deben utilizarse, directa o indirectamente, las plataformas y los compromisos para impulsar o aparentar legitimar reclamaciones que son objeto de procedimientos judiciales en curso”.

El bloque expresó su “apoyo histórico e inequívoco a la soberanía y la integridad territorial de Guyana, y a la resolución pacífica de la controversia”.

Ali también arremetió contra la inclusión del Esequibo en mapas oficiales de Venezuela, calificando el hecho como una “afirmación calculada y provocadora de un reclamo” que Guyana ha rechazado de manera persistente.

En los últimos años, Venezuela ha enviado buques armados a yacimientos petroleros en altamar operados por empresas de Estados Unidos con la autorización de Guyana, exigiendo que se ponga fin a la producción de petróleo en el lugar, amenazas que han sido ignoradas por las plataformas. ___

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El hecho ocurrió el 31 de enero cerca de la intersección de Northwest First Street y la 31st Avenue en el área no incorporada del centro de Broward.

Hannah Yechivi de Local 10 habló con Alan MacPhee, quien dijo que recuerda claramente el momento en que fue atacado.

“Tomó sus pulgares y los clavó en mi cabeza, y yo dije, ‘Agghhhh’”, dijo MacPhee. “Metió sus pulgares en mis ojos, pensé que iba a sacar mis ojos por la órbita. Fue así de grave”.

La persona a la que MacPhee acusa es el teniente de BSFR Carlos Lewin.

“Yo estaba como, ‘Aghhh, ¿qué estás haciendo?’”, dijo MacPhee. “¿Qué estaba pensando? Estoy en una ambulancia para recibir ayuda y estoy siendo agredido por un paramédico al punto de que toma mis ojos e intenta empujarlos a través de mi cráneo”.

Según los agentes, tras una discusión verbal, Lewin golpeó con fuerza la cabeza de MacPhee contra la camilla durante unos 30 segundos antes de presionar sus dedos en los ojos de MacPhee y volver a golpear su cabeza contra la camilla.

Lewin, de 43 años, fue arrestado posteriormente después de que dos de sus compañeros bomberos lo reportaran tras presenciar el incidente. Ahora enfrenta dos cargos de agresión contra una persona de 65 años o más.

El sheriff de Broward, Gregory Tony, emitió un comunicado sobre el incidente que indica:

“El arresto de nuestro teniente de bomberos demuestra nuestro compromiso de responsabilizar a los nuestros por sus acciones ilegales. El público puede tener la seguridad de que el debido proceso interno será justo, y cualquier disciplina resultante será apropiada y consistente con la política. Aplaudo a los dos bomberos que reportaron este incidente. Continuaremos exigiéndonos los más altos estándares y servir al público con profesionalismo”.

Es algo que MacPhee dijo que le alegró escuchar.

“Aleluya, ese tipo necesita rendir cuentas por sus acciones”, dijo.

El abogado de Lewin dijo que no tiene antecedentes de acusaciones y ha servido como socorrista durante más de una década, agregando que confían en el proceso legal.

“Este tipo fue totalmente poco profesional, no hizo su trabajo, fue prejuicioso y violó mis derechos”, dijo MacPhee.

Ahora, MacPhee dijo que busca compensación económica.

“Es una locura, ¿cómo es posible que un paramédico, en vez de ayudarme, me haga eso?”, dijo.

Después del incidente, Lewin fue relevado de sus funciones y puesto en licencia administrativa con sueldo mientras se investigaban las acusaciones.

Según la BSO, actualmente está suspendido sin sueldo.

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It happened back on Jan. 31 near the intersection of Northwest First Street and 31st Avenue in unincorporated central Broward County.

Local 10’s Hannah Yechivi spoke with Alan MacPhee, who said he clearly remembers the moment he was attacked.

“He took his thumbs and he jammed them in my head, and I went, ‘Agghhhh,’” said MacPhee. “He jammed his thumbs in my eyes, I thought he was going to put my eyes through the orifice. It was that bad.”

The person MacPhee is accusing is BSFR Lt. Carlos Lewin.

“I was like, ‘Aghhh, what are you doing?’” MacPhee said. “What was he thinking, dude? I’m on an ambulance for help and I’m being assaulted by a paramedic to the degree of him taking my eyes and trying to push them through my skull.”

According to deputies, after a verbal argument, Lewin forcefully struck MacPhee’s head against the stretcher for around 30 seconds before pressing his fingers into MacPhee’s eyes and slamming his head against the stretcher again.

Lewin, 43, was later arrested after two of his fellow firefighters reported him after witnessing the incident. He is now facing two counts of battery on a person 65 years or older.

Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony released a statement regarding the incident, which read:

“The arrest of our fire lieutenant demonstrates our commitment to holding our own accountable for their unlawful actions. The public can rest assured that internal due process will be fair, and any resulting discipline will be appropriate and consistent with policy. I applaud the two firefighters who reported this incident. We will continue to hold each other to the highest standards and serve the public with professionalism.”

It’s something MacPhee was glad to hear.

“Hallelujah, the guy needs to be held accountable for his actions,” he said.

Lewin’s attorney said he has no prior allegations and has served as a first responder for more than a decade, adding that they trust the legal process.

“This guy was utterly unprofessional, he did not do his job, he was presumptuous and he violated my rights,” said MacPhee.

Now, MacPhee said he wants financial compensation.

“I mean that’s crazy, how the hell can a paramedic, instead of helping me, do that to me?” he said.

After the incident, Lewin was relieved of duty and placed on administrative leave with pay while the allegations were being investigated.

According to BSO, he is currently suspended without pay.

Anyone who wishes to help MacPhee financially or otherwise may reach out to him directly at 954-708-8581.

U.S. District Judge Susan Brnovich, a Trump appointee, wrote that Arizona's statewide voter registration list is “not a document subject to request by the Attorney General" under federal law. The judge dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice because, she wrote, “amendment would be legally futile.”

The dismissal of the Arizona lawsuit follows a string of other rulings against the Department of Justice in similar cases in other states. The DOJ has sued at least 30 states and the District of Columbia seeking to force release of detailed voter data, which includes dates of birth, addresses, driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers.

In addition to Arizona, judges have rejected those attempts in Rhode Island, California, Massachusetts, Michigan and Oregon. In Georgia, a judge dismissed a DOJ lawsuit because it had been filed in the wrong city, prompting the government to refile elsewhere.

The DOJ sued Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes in January for failing to comply with its request for the detailed voter information.

“This moment is a win for voter privacy,” Fontes said in a statement. “I will never comply with illegal requests that put Arizona voters in harms way.”

The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

At least 13 states have either provided or promised to provide their detailed voter registration lists to the department, according to the Brennan Center and Associated Press reporting: Alaska, Arkansas, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming.

Federal officials say they need the voter data to ensure that states are complying with federal election laws related to maintaining voter registration lists. In the Rhode Island case, a Justice Department attorney acknowledged that the department was seeking unredacted voter roll information so it could be shared with the Department of Homeland Security to check citizenship status.

Democratic and some Republican officials have objected to the requests and said such a demand violates state and federal privacy laws.

Según la policía de Miami Gardens, el accidente fue reportado a las 7:53 a.m. en la cuadra 1200 de Northwest 188th Street.

La policía indicó que el conductor de un Ford Fusion negro se dirigía hacia el sur por Northwest 12th Avenue a alta velocidad cuando intentó evadir el tráfico lento conduciendo sobre el área verde.

El conductor luego chocó el vehículo contra un árbol y después atropelló al menor, dijo la policía.

Rose Emine, cuya cerca fue impactada por el conductor, dijo a Local 10 News que el niño no respondía después de ser atropellado por el vehículo.

“Dije, ‘Ahh’ porque pensé que el niño había muerto”, dijo Emine.

“Solo le estaban echando agua en la cabeza. Una gran herida en la cabeza”, dijo otro testigo, Orlando Lawrence.

Las autoridades indicaron que personal de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue trasladó en helicóptero a la víctima al Ryder Trauma Center del Jackson Memorial Hospital con lesiones graves pero estables en la cabeza.

La policía confirmó que el conductor fue arrestado por cargos de conducción imprudente.

Las identidades del sospechoso y de la víctima aún no han sido reveladas.

“Necesitamos orar por ese niño y su familia”, dijo Emine.

El testigo informó que Steven Goldman, quien vive donde trabajan los empleados de valet en el vecindario Mid-Beach de la ciudad, guardaba las armas en una caja fuerte y que “se había vuelto cada vez más inestable”.

El viernes, agentes de la policía de Miami Beach respondieron al área de valet en Seacoast, una comunidad frente al mar en 5151 Collins Ave., según un informe de arresto.

Goldman había estacionado su Hyundai Sonata plateado durante más de 40 minutos frente al área de valet, bloqueando el paso de vehículos, y estaba molesto por una multa de estacionamiento en su ventana, según la policía.

Testigos en el área de valet y en la oficina informaron que Goldman estaba gritando, lanzó la multa, empujó a un empleado, regresó al Hyundai y tomó un arma, según la policía.

Goldman levantó el arma y la apuntó a una de las víctimas mientras gritaba una grosería varias veces antes de irse en el Hyundai, según el informe policial.

Agentes de Surfside detuvieron a Goldman en Collins Avenue y la calle 93. Uno de los agentes reportó que Goldman tenía “ojos enrojecidos, habla arrastrada” y “un fuerte olor a alcohol” en el aliento cuando dijo: “Probablemente les dijeron que saqué un arma contra alguien”.

Los agentes también reportaron que Goldman tenía dos armas —una Smith & Wesson M&P Shield negra y una pistola Springfield XD de 9 mm en negro y plata— en una maleta en el maletero del vehículo.

Los registros muestran que la policía arrestó a Goldman el viernes por la noche, fue ingresado en el sistema correccional de Miami-Dade la madrugada del sábado y compareció ante el tribunal el domingo y el lunes.

Goldman enfrenta cargos de robo con agresión o agresión física y asalto agravado con arma de fuego. También tenía un caso pendiente por conducir bajo los efectos del alcohol.

Según los registros judiciales, la jueza del circuito del condado Miami-Dade Mindy Glazer ordenó que Goldman se mantenga alejado de las dos víctimas, del área de valet y de las armas. Pagó una fianza de $5,000 USD el martes.

El juez del circuito del condado Miami-Dade Richard Hersch estaba programado para presidir el caso grave.

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

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The witness reported that Steven Goldman, who lives where the valet attendants work in the city’s Mid-Beach neighborhood, kept the firearms in a safe, and he “had become increasingly unwell.”

On Friday, Miami Beach police officers responded to the valet area at the Seacoast, a beachfront community at 5151 Collins Ave., according to a police officer’s arrest report.

Goldman had parked his silver Hyundai Sonata for over 40 minutes at the front of the valet area, blocking vehicles from passing, and he was angry over a parking violation sticker on his window, according to police.

Witnesses in the valet area and valet office reported Goldman was screaming, threw the parking violation sticker, pushed an employee, got back in the Hyundai, and grabbed a gun, according to police.

Goldman lifted his gun and pointed it at one of the victims while shouting an expletive several times before driving away in the Hyundai, according to the police officer’s report.

Surfside police officers stopped Goldman at Collins Avenue and 93 Street. One of the officers reported that Goldman “had bloodshot eyes, slurred speech,” and ”a heavy odor of alcohol emitted" from his breath when he said, “They probably told you I pulled a firearm on someone.”

Police officers also reported Goldman had two guns — a black Smith & Wesson M&P Shield and a black and silver Springfield XD 9mm handgun — in a suitcase in the trunk of the car.

Records show police officers arrested Goldman on Friday evening, Miami-Dade corrections booked him early Saturday morning, and he appeared in court on Sunday and Monday.

Goldman faced charges of burglary with assault or battery, and aggravated assault with a firearm. He also had a warrant case for driving under the influence.

According to court records, Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer ordered Goldman to stay away from the two victims, the valet area, and guns. He posted a $5,000 bond on Tuesday.

Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Richard Hersch was set to preside over the felony case.

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

Wednesday will offer plenty of sunshine and southeast winds, sustained 5 to 10 mph. Rain chance continues to be very low. Temperatures will make a run for the upper 80s.

Now, more than two years after DeSantis ended his presidential campaign and endorsed Trump, the governor has called a special legislative session on redistricting and other issues that will put him back in the national spotlight and maybe remind Republicans that he could lead the party one day.

But there are also risks involved for the 47-year-old governor, and they became immediately apparent after lawmakers convened Tuesday.

DeSantis is pushing lawmakers to redraw Florida’s congressional map as part of a coast-to-coast redistricting battle ahead of November’s midterm elections. His proposal, released the day before the session began, would make it easier for Republicans to win up to four more seats, equivalent to Democrats’ potential gains from last week’s referendum in Virginia.

The governor also wanted the GOP-dominated Legislature to adopt new regulations for artificial intelligence and loosen vaccine requirements. However, those proposals quickly hit a roadblock when House Speaker Daniel Perez, a Republican but not a DeSantis acolyte, told members he would not advance legislation on those issues.

The governor’s maps are on a fast track, with a House vote planned Wednesday and the Senate set to move quickly thereafter. In Washington, GOP leaders and strategists have expressed confidence in DeSantis’ maps, but some Republicans still are worried that a gerrymandered map could backfire and allow Democrats to pick up seats.

DeSantis already faces tough prospects on the national stage, even with Trump constitutionally barred from running for a third term in 2028. DeSantis has had a relatively low profile during Trump’s second presidency and would likely have Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, another Floridian, to contend with in a Republican presidential primary.

“The window for Ron looks reasonably narrow at this point,” said Whit Ayres, who served as DeSantis’ pollster in his first campaign for governor in 2018.

DeSantis’ office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday. On X, DeSantis called the House move on AI and vaccines “typical political shenanigans.”

Meanwhile, the governor has embraced the national redistricting fight. When House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., last week dared Florida Republicans to go ahead with their special session, the governor punched back with the kind of aggressiveness he showed in the early days of his failed White House bid.

“I will pay for you to come down to Florida and campaign,” DeSantis said of Jeffries. “I’ll put you up in the Florida governor’s mansion. We’ll take you fishing.”

DeSantis wants four more Republican seats

DeSantis unveiled his proposed congressional map to Fox News on Monday even before it had been widely circulated to lawmakers — a point Democrats emphasized.

“Y’all should be pissed off,” Democratic Sen. Shevrin Jones of Miami-Dade told his Republican colleagues. “The governor has no respect for us.”

The governor’s map, if approved, would reshape districts in Democratic areas around Orlando, Tampa Bay, Miami and Fort Lauderdale. DeSantis argued that the 2020 census shortchanged the state’s population, making it necessary to redraw the lines. The changes could cost Reps. Jared Moskowitz and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, among others, their seats. The current maps yielded a 20 to 8 Republican tilt in 2024. DeSantis’ version would aim for an advantage of 24 to 4.

DeSantis first announced the special session in January, months after Trump started pushing Republican-run states to redraw their congressional boundaries. What followed has been a tit-for-tat battle, with each party looking for an edge in the midterms.

The Virginia referendum celebrated by Democrats faces a court challenge, and the Virginia Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to immediately lift an order from a lower court that bars the state from certifying the passage of the ballot measure. Another legal battle is playing out in Wisconsin where Democrats also hope to pick up another seat or two.

There’s no guarantee that new maps will play out the way parties hope. For example, Texas based its revised lines largely on Trump’s performance in 2024, redistributing the president’s voters across more districts to pull them into the Republican column. But Trump’s popularity has waned since his reelection, including among Latino voters who figure prominently in the state.

Florida could face a similar conundrum. Creating more majority-Republican districts could leave margins thin enough to allow for Democratic victories, especially if there’s an anti-Trump backlash at the polls this year.

Brian Ballard, an influential Florida lobbyist who has been DeSantis’ top fundraiser, said it’s worth remembering that DeSantis was the muscle behind the current map that expanded Republicans’ advantage.

“He’s incredibly smart and capable,” Ballard said. “And he doesn’t get enough credit for that map. He’s done this before.”

Florida legislative leaders are not rubber stamps for DeSantis

As it did Tuesday, the Florida House has grown more willing to buck the governor in recent sessions. Perez and Senate President Ben Albritton made clear for weeks that they were not drawing their own proposals and would react only to what DeSantis put forward.

Albritton sent multiple memos to senators reminding them of Florida’s state constitutional limits on redistricting and the requirement that it not be done as a blatantly partisan act.

Perez sidestepped questions Tuesday about whether the maps violate those requirements, which Florida voters approved by a nearly 2-to-1 margin in 2010. Democrats and political advocates have promised legal challenges and said repeatedly Tuesday that shameless partisanship is at play.

“We are here because the president of the United States gave an order,” Jones, the Democratic senator, said. “Shame on us.”

Beyond redistricting, DeSantis was effectively asking House members to approve AI and vaccine proposals that they refused even to advance out of committee earlier this year.

On AI, DeSantis wanted to require tech companies to ensure children cannot interact with chatbots without parental permission. He also wanted to prevent AI from generating harmful material for minors. That proposal put DeSantis at odds with Trump, who wants the federal government to be the regulator of AI technology. Perez said he sides with the president, calling AI a “national security issue” that is “bigger than just one state.”

On vaccines, DeSantis wanted to add a conscience-based exemption to public school vaccine requirements, similar to the existing religious exemption. That aligns him with the anti-vaccine portion of the Trump base that was instrumental in making Robert F. Kennedy Jr. the U.S. health secretary.

Perez countered that vaccine requirements in the U.S. “have been working for decades” and said he remains uncomfortable with “children being in school without measles and mumps and polio and chickenpox vaccines.”

Political observers are watching — even at the White House

Ballard downplayed any political concerns for DeSantis. What may seem to some as strained relations with certain Republican legislative leaders, he said, is simply measuring DeSantis against the opening years of his tenure.

“I mean, he went from batting a thousand to maybe batting .600,” Ballard said, using a baseball analogy for the governor who played the sport while attending Yale. “That isn’t failure.”

During the last Republican presidential primary, DeSantis initially gave conservative establishment figures and key donors an option other than Trump, who grew frustrated by the challenge and mocked the governor as “Ron DeSanctimonious.”

But Trump seemingly forgave DeSantis when he dropped out of the race and endorsed Trump following his victory in the Iowa caucuses. He even promised to call DeSantis by his actual name.

There’s more bad blood within the White House, though. Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, a Floridian, managed DeSantis’ razor-thin 2018 victory, only for the pair to have a falling out.

Wiles did not respond to a request for comment. But Ayres said he’s certain she’s paying attention.

“Donald Trump has a long memory, and Susie Wiles has a longer one,” he said. “And that doesn’t bode well for Gov. DeSantis to be Donald Trump’s Republican successor.”

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Scott Bauer in Madison, Wisconsin, and Nicholas Riccardi in Denver contributed.

McDavid, who led the NHL in points this season, did not participate in the team's morning skate ahead of a must-win game for Edmonton and was a game-time decision, according to coach Kris Knoblauch.

The 29-year-old McDavid has looked uncomfortable at times since rolling his ankle in the second period of Game 2 when he collided with teammate Mattias Ekholm.

The Oilers are trying to avoid elimination and rally from a 3-1 deficit in the best-of-seven series. Edmonton reached the Stanley Cup final in each of the last two seasons before losing to the two-time champion Florida Panthers.

Edmonton forward/center Jason Dickinson, also a game-time decision, was also in the lineup released shortly before gametime.

Knoblauch said earlier Tuesday that Connor Ingram would start in net after Tristan Jarry started in Game 4.

McDavid, who led the league with 138 points, scored his first goal in Game 3 and had his first multi-point games in the third and fourth games of the series in Anaheim. McDavid didn’t participate in Saturday’s off-day skate in Anaheim.

McDavid was nominated Tuesday for the Ted Lindsay Award, along with San Jose Sharks forward Macklin Celebrini and Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov. The award is for the league’s “most outstanding player” as voted by NHL players. McDavid is a four-time winner.

Ingram returns to the Edmonton net on Tuesday after Jarry made 34 saves in a 4-3 overtime loss in Game 4. Ingram started the first three games of the series. He earned a 4-3 victory in Game 1 before allowing 11 goals in consecutive losses behind a leaky Edmonton defense.

“Nothing against Jarry,” Knoblauch said early Tuesday. “I thought he had a solid game the other night, but going down this last few weeks or months, Ingram’s been our starter. He’s been our guy. Now that our season’s on the line, we felt that we would go with our guy.”

Dickinson sat out the second and third games of the series due to injury. He scored twice in Edmonton’s win in the opener and assisted on the Oilers’ first goal in the Game 4 loss.

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The Volusia Sheriff’s Office also released videos showing the driver of the Jeep, identified as Brock Winkler, on Saturday afternoon.

“Witnesses reported the 3-year-old was running across the traffic lanes from the ocean and darted in front of the Jeep, which struck him at low speed,” a deputy wrote in a statement. “The victim was taken to Halifax Health Medical Center as a trauma alert due to his age, and later discharged.”

The boy suffered a concussion and a hairline fracture to his cervical spine, according to deputies.

Winkler, 36, faced two charges: Driving under the influence resulting in serious bodily injury, and refusal to submit to DUI testing following the incident

On Monday, Winkler was at the Volusia County Jail. His bond was $11,000 bond.

The vote on the war powers resolution showed how Republicans continue to stand behind Trump as he acts unilaterally to exert American force in a range of global conflicts, including Venezuela, Iran and Cuba — one of the U.S.'s closest neighbors yet a longtime adversary.

Democrats have repeatedly forced votes on legislation to put a check on the president's ability to deploy military force in those conflicts, but none have succeeded. Tuesday's vote was the first pertaining to Cuba and would have forced the president to get approval from Congress before launching any attacks on the island nation.

To dismiss the resolution, Republicans said that it was out of order because the U.S. is not engaged in outright hostilities with Cuba. Their maneuver to dismiss the legislation succeeded on a 51-47 tally. Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the only Democrat who voted to dismiss the resolution, while Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Rand Paul of Kentucky were the only Republicans to support it.

The Caribbean island is suffering from water and power outages as the U.S. imposes sanctions and interrupts oil shipments from Venezuela. The Trump administration is pressing Cuba's leadership to end political repression, release political prisoners and liberalize its ailing economy.

Sen. Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat who introduced the war powers resolution, said the blockade had caused “humanitarian crises across Cuba," including disrupting medical care, leaving millions of people without clean water and spiking food prices.

“My argument is that under the terms of the resolution we are already engaged in hostilities with Cuba because we are using American force, primarily the Coast Guard, but other assets as well, to engage in a very devastating economic blockade of the nation,” Kaine said.

Trump has said that after the war with Iran, he will turn his attention to Cuba. He pledged “a new dawn for Cuba” during a speech at a Turning Points USA event last week.

Democrats argued that the war powers resolution was also necessary to head off the potential for Trump to launch a military campaign against the nation.

“The United States and Cuba need to find a way to peacefully coexist,” said Sen. Peter Welch, a Vermont Democrat.

Democrats have tried to mount political opposition to Trump's military actions by forcing votes through the War Powers Act of 1973, which was intended to assert congressional power over the declaration of war.

Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida accused Democrats of ignoring the human rights abuses of Cuba's leadership.

“President Trump is doing everything he can to bring back freedom and democracy all across Latin America, and we should do everything we can to support him,” Scott said.

“It wasn’t a controversy, it was absolutely the right call,” Bettman said in meeting with Associated Press Sports Editors at the NHL headquarters in New York City. “Because of the technology that we currently use and the cameras that we have inside the net, you could see it, knew for certain that it would be in and over the line.”

Bettman’s response comes two days after Ryan Poehling’s goal was extensively reviewed to determine whether it fully crossed the goal line, before being allowed to stand in a 4-3 win. The Ducks lead 3-1 and have a chance to clinch the series in playing Game 5 at Edmonton on Tuesday night.

Though on-ice officials ruled Poehling scored, questions were raised as to whether there was enough visible evidence to show the puck crossing the line 2:29 into overtime.

Poehling’s sharp-angle shot hit an Edmonton player’s skate in front and trickled under goalie Tristan Jarry. The puck creeped through Jarry’s legs, appearing to barely cross the goal line, though the top portion of the puck was hidden by the goalie’s skate blade.

NHL replay officials determined there was no reason to overturn the on-ice call.

“I thought I saw some white (between the puck and the goal line) when I was behind the net,” Poehling said. “Then everyone was celebrating. Did it go in? I’m like, ‘I think so?’ But yeah, I thought so right away.”

Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch was not convinced.

“I can’t see it going in,” Knoblauch said. “I can’t see the line. ... The (initial) goal call on the ice was probably about 60 to 90 seconds after (the shot), maybe even more. They huddled when they got to center ice and then they made the (initial) call that it was a good goal. I don’t know. Wasn’t very definitive.”

Bettman on Tuesday said the NHL is currently testing technological advancements that would further assist replay officials in determining goals. He didn’t reveal any details or provide a timeline on when the technology would be introduced.

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The two returned to federal court on Tuesday morning in Miami for trial on charges of acting as an unregistered agent for Venezuela, conspiring to commit money laundering, and tax evasion.

U.S. District Judge Melissa Damian of the Southern District of Florida issued the jury’s instructions. Jurors listened to closing statements by both the defense and prosecution.

“This case, as we all know, is more than just the greed and the betrayal,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Roger Cruz said during his closing statement in court. “It’s about how they not only failed, but they completely and wholeheartedly decided to keep their relationship with the Maduro regime secret.”

Prosecutors filed the case against Rivera and Nuhger, a political consultant, on Nov. 16, 2022, over a consulting contract with Venezuela’s state-run oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A.

Cruz said Rivera and Nuhger “secretly” operated as lobbyists for Maduro for $50 million, initially for three months.

“You are not able to say, as you sit here right now, having heard that closing argument, and all the evidence, what is it that Nicolas Maduro hired Inter-American Consulting, David’s company, to do to normalize his relations while he remained in power in Venezuela,” Attorney Ed Shohat, Rivera’s defense, said during his closing statement. “And there’s a reason for that, there’s a very important reason that that eludes you, and that’s because it did not happen. It never happened.”

The trial’s witnesses included U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions, a Republican from Texas who is close to President Donald Trump.

The evidence the jury learned about included a Local 10 News One and Only Exclusive interview with Rivera that had aired in 2022.

The case includes meetings they allegedly arranged between Sessions with Delcy Rodríguez in 2017 in New York City and with Nicolás Maduro in Caracas.

Sessions testified that the conversations focused on a path forward for Venezuela without Maduro in power.

After Maduro’s capture, Rodríguez went on to become the first woman in Venezuelan history to perform the duties of the presidency.

Rivera served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013 and in the Florida House of Representatives from 2002 to 2010.

The settlement announced Tuesday allows Oakland’s airport to be called “Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport,” but it bars the city from spotlighting “San Francisco” or “San Francisco Bay” in fonts, highlights, different colors or any other way. It also requires Oakland to use the word “bay” right after “San Francisco” and bans it from using the word “International” in the airport’s name, even though it provides international flights.

The spat began in 2024 after Oakland, a diverse port city often seen as the underdog in the Bay Area compared to its richer neighbor to the west, changed its airport’s name to “San Francisco-Oakland Bay Airport,” prompting San Francisco officials to sue over what they said was a trademark violation.

The two airports are across from each other on the San Francisco Bay and about 30 miles (48.28 kilometers) driving distance.

Oakland officials said the name modification was necessary to help travelers unfamiliar with the region place the city in the Bay Area. They said visitors often fly into San Francisco’s airport even if their destination is closer to the Oakland airport. The airport’s three-letter code OAK did not change.

“We’re proud Oakland fought for, and preserved the right to retain our airport’s full name that puts Oakland first and recognizes OAK’s location on the San Francisco Bay,” Mary Richardson, attorney for the Port of Oakland, which manages the airport, said in a statement.

San Francisco argued having “San Francisco” in Oakland’s airport name would confuse travelers, especially those flying in from abroad and those unfamiliar with the Bay Area. But on Tuesday, San Francisco officials had a friendlier tone.

“We are grateful to have reached a resolution in this matter,” San Francisco International Airport Director Mike Nakornkhet said. “This agreement provides clarity for travelers to make informed decisions about travel through our respective airports.”

Neither side admitted liability, and there was no monetary settlement.

San Francisco International Airport, known as SFO, is owned by the city, though technically located south of it.

Al ofrecer un balance de las acciones que realizaron las fuerzas armadas para detener la víspera a dos figuras clave del CJNG, el secretario de Seguridad federal, Omar García Harfuch, reconoció que las operaciones representaron una “afectación directa a las capacidades operativas, logísticas y financieras” y un “golpe contundente” al cártel, que ya venía resentido desde hace dos meses luego del abatimiento de su líder, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias “El Mencho”.

El Cártel Jalisco, que fue designado en febrero por Estados Unidos como organización terrorista, es considerado el más gran del país con presencia en 21 de los 32 estados de México, superando al Cártel de Sinaloa que se estima actúa en 19 estados. Las operaciones del CJNG también se han extendido a un centenar de países, entre ellos Estados Unidos.

García Harfuch admitió en conferencia de prensa que las autoridades mexicanas habían identificado al menos cuatro mandos que podrían asumir la dirección de la organización tras la muerte de “El Mencho”, de los cuales Flores Silva era uno ellos.

“El Jardinero” operaba como uno de los mandos regionales del CJNG y era identificado por los analistas como un posible sucesor de “El Mencho” junto con Gonzalo Mendoza Gaytán, alias “El Sapo”, y Ricardo Ruiz Velasco, alias “RR”, también cabecillas de la organización.

El secretario de Seguridad insistió en que tanto la captura de Flores Silva como la del operador financiero del cártel, César Alejandro “N”, alias “El Güero Conta”, fue un “operativo íntegramente ejecutado por autoridades mexicanas”, y que solo recibieron información de distintas agencias estadounidenses, pero no dio detalles.

¿Cómo se llegó a los capos?

En una primera operación, elementos de la Armada mexicana apresaron la mañana del lunes en una región serrana del estado norteño de Nayarit a Flores Silva, alias “El Jardinero ”, quien, según el secretario de Marina, almirante Raymundo Morales, era considerado el segundo al mando del CJNG.

La captura del capo se dio tras 19 meses de investigaciones de las fuerzas mexicanas que implicaron labores de análisis de 45 ubicaciones, rutas de desplazamiento, zonas de influencia y esquemas de seguridad, explicó Morales

La cuenta regresiva de la operación se inició el pasado sábado cuando la Marina obtuvo información precisa sobre la ubicación de Flores Silva al este de Nayarit, y fue así como unos quinientos elementos, con el apoyo de aeronaves y helicópteros, procedieron a su captura la mañana del 27 de abril cuando se trasladaba en una camioneta y luego lo detuvieron en una tubería de una carretera cuando trataba de huir, relató el secretario de Marina.

Flores Silva, de 45 años, es originario de la localidad occidental de Huetamo, estado de Michoacán, y según datos del Gabinete de Seguridad se desempeñó como jefe de seguridad de Oseguera Cervantes y luego asumió parte de las operaciones del CJNG en los estados de Nayarit, Jalisco, México y Zacatecas para la producción y trasiego de drogas como metanfetamina y el manejo de laboratorios clandestinos. También se le vincula a actividades de robo de combustible y extorsión.

Desde 2021 Estados Unidos solicitó la extradición de Flores Silva para enjuiciarlo por los delitos de asociación delictuosa contra la salud y portación de arma de fuego, y cuatro años después la DEA —oficina antinarcóticos de Estados Unidos— emitió una alerta internacional y ofreció una recompensa de cinco millones de dólares por información que ayudara a su captura.

Con escasas horas de diferencia, el ejército mexicano activó el lunes un operativo en el municipio metropolitano de Zapopan, estado de Jalisco, para detener en uno de sus tres domicilios a César Alejandro “N”, quien era el principal operador financiero y hombre de confianza de Flores Silva.

Según detalló el secretario de Seguridad, el detenido era responsable del lavado de recursos provenientes de actividades ilícitas, que se empleaban para la adquisición de armamento, aeronaves, ranchos y propiedades, además de operar mecanismos de ocultamiento de activos mediante familiares, socios y empresas fachada.

The 32nd-ranked Baptiste rallied to a 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6) victory — her first over a top 5 opponent. She will play in a WTA 1000 semifinal for the first time.

The result ended a 15-match winning streak for Sabalenka, who was the defending champion in Madrid.

The 24-year-old Baptiste is the first player to beat Sabalenka from match points down since Iga Swiatek did it in the 2024 final in Madrid.

“It was a tough match. She played great,” Sabalenka said. “I played great. I think I had some opportunities in the third set. I felt like I was maybe a little bit rushing the point over there. But it’s OK, sometimes I guess you have to learn, take the bad stuff from this week and move on.”

Baptiste will face No. 8 Mirra Andreeva, who advanced to her first Madrid semifinal with a straight-set win over Leylah Fernandez.

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The “3-2-1 Lottery” proposal, which was reviewed by the league’s general managers, will be further discussed before it goes the Board of Governors for a final vote that is expected next month. It will not change the current format, which will likely be utilized for the final time when the lottery for this year’s draft is held May 10. This would go into effect next year.

The proposed plan will be discussed again at a competition committee meeting on Thursday. It would add two teams to the current 14-team lottery structure and incentivizes winning even for teams that aren’t still in the race for play-in or playoff spots.

The 16 teams in this proposal would all get somewhere between one and three lottery balls — hence the 3-2-1 name that has been attached to the plan — and the awarding of those balls would be broken down thusly:

— The losers of the No. 7 vs. No. 8 play-in games in both conferences would get one lottery ball each.

— The No. 9 and No. 10 seeds going into the play-in tournament would get two lottery balls each.

— The remaining 10 teams that miss the playoffs and the play-in would all get three lottery balls — with the exception of the three worst teams in the standings. They would enter “draft relegation” and have one of their lottery balls taken away, which the NBA hopes would keep teams from trying to lose as many games as they can for the worst possible record. That practice, the so-called “tanking,” has been rewarded in the current system by better lottery odds.

The league was furious this season at how some teams were clearly prioritizing their draft spot over winning, even fining the Utah Jazz $500,000 “for conduct detrimental to the league” over the way two top plays were held out of the fourth quarter of a pair of games — one of which the Jazz actually won.

There was a clear race to the bottom this season with five teams — Washington, Indiana, Utah, Memphis and Brooklyn — all having winning percentages below .180 after the All-Star break. There has never been a season in NBA history, until now, where so many teams lost that often after the break.

“The incentives are not necessarily matched here,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in February when discussing the correlation between the teams with the worst records having the best lottery odds. “I think the tradition in sports where the worst-performing team receives the first pick from their partners, when any economist comes and looks at our system, they always point out you have the incentives backwards there. That doesn’t necessarily make sense.”

Silver has vowed that the league — which has changed the lottery system several times over the past decades — would strongly address the tanking issue before next year.

Odds of winning

The teams that finish with the three worst records would all have a 5.4% chance of winning the No. 1 pick, and could not fall below the No. 12 pick.

But the best odds of winning No. 1 would go to the other seven teams that miss the play-in and the playoffs — with those clubs all having an 8.1% chance of finishing with the No. 1 selection.

The No. 9 and No. 10 play-in seeds would also have a 5.4% chance of winning the lottery, and the losers of the No. 7 vs. No. 8 play-in games would both have a 2.7% chance.

Major changes to odds

The three worst teams this season — Washington, Indiana and Brooklyn — have 14% odds of winning the lottery and are guaranteed a top-seven pick. (In Indiana’s case, if the Pacers finish with the fifth or sixth pick, it would convey to the Los Angeles Clippers because of a previous trade.)

In the proposed system, those teams would have a 5.4% chance of winning and could fall as low as 12th in the first-round draft order. There would be a 72% chance that those teams would fall outside the top five.

“This is a decision that needs to be made at the ownership level,” Silver said earlier this year. “It has business implications, has basketball implications, has integrity implications for the league. It’s one that we take very seriously. We are going to fix it, full stop. I want to say that directly to our fans. ... Incentives need to be fixed. We will fix them. I’m looking forward to that.”

Other proposed changes

More elements within the 3-2-1 proposal include:

— No team could win back-to-back No. 1 picks or have three consecutive picks in the top five.

— No protections in trades would be allowed for picks that fall between Nos. 12 and 15.

— The league would have “expanded disciplinary authority” to address tanking, with potential moves including lowering teams’ lottery odds or even changing draft positions.

— The proposed plan, if approved, would sunset after the 2029 draft and require the Board of Governors to vote to either continue the system or make changes yet again.

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According to Golfweek, the statue stands 15 feet tall and was installed at the resort earlier this month ahead of the Cadillac Championship.

The outlet reports that the statue was created by artist Alan Cottrill and commissioned by a cryptocurrency group ($PATRIOT).

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It depicts the president raising one fist into the air.

Five players from the top 15 in the world will be sitting out for the event. That includes Masters champion Rory McIlroy.

Adam Scott won the last PGA Tour event at Doral in 2016 when it was a World Golf Championship. Only nine other players from that WGC are in the field.

This is the latest start for the course owned by Trump. Doral hosted a LIV Golf event from 2022 through 2025.

Beyond the buzz, the focus shifts to the tournament itself, which marks the PGA Tour’s return to Doral after a decade away. The Cadillac Championship is the only new event on this year’s schedule and has been elevated to signature status, featuring a large purse and a field of 72 players.

Ten of the top 15 golfers in the world are expected to compete, including world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.

Adam Scott, who won the last PGA Tour event at Doral in 2016, also returns.

“Good memories for me, obviously winning the last time we were here, but always enjoyed playing this golf course,” Scott said. “It’s a challenge.”

Known as the Blue Monster, the course is famous for its water hazards and challenging South Florida winds.

Jhonattan Vegas also emphasized the course’s difficulty.

“The weather, the wind picks up and the weather gets right, it’s going to be an incredible test,”he said.

“It’s a big golf course, very penal, so you’ve got to strike it well,” Scott added. “Just demanding tee to green with a little wind blowing, it’s going to ask a lot of questions of everyone all week.”

Practice rounds continue through midweek, with fans set to enter the course as tournament play approaches.

Organizers say the combination of elite competition and enhanced fan experiences is expected to make the event one of the standout stops in South Florida this weekend.

The unruly format underscored the instability in a crowded race that has no clear leader, with mail ballots going to voters in less than a week.

Candidates sparred over questions ranging from how to cut gas prices to potential state charges against federal immigration agents to how best to contend with wildfires. Several sought to show their working-class roots, pitching themselves as the candidates who truly understand affordability woes.

The debate brought together the two leading Republicans, conservative commentator Steve Hilton and county sheriff Chad Bianco; and six Democrats, former U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, billionaire Tom Steyer, former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and state schools superintendent Tony Thurmond.

The candidates were asked to address the state's long-running homeless crisis, wildfire insurance shortages, projected budget shortfalls and staggering housing costs. Voters, meanwhile, are saddled with growing everyday costs for groceries, utility bills and gas.

A mostly mannerly debate last week without Villaraigosa and Thurmond on stage proved largely inconclusive, with no candidate managing a breakaway moment. It was the same case again Tuesday, but for different reasons.

With time running out to make an impression with voters, candidates appeared eager for conflict, and many questions resulted in interruptions as they tried to speak over each other. Answers were cut short, sometimes by moderators.

“Wow, that was a bit of a mess,” said a college student in the crowd who was given an opportunity to poise a question to the candidates.

Becerra was targeted repeatedly, suggesting that other candidates see him gaining momentum. They and one of the moderators pressed him whether he could legally declare a state of emergency his first day in office and freeze home insurance rates, as he has pledged to do.

Hilton accused him of misunderstanding state law. But Becerra, who is also a former state attorney general, said his proposal is legal and noted that he led through states of emergency during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The governor’s office is not a place with training wheels,” he said.

President Donald Trump, who has a long-strained relationship with the heavily Democratic state, came up in exchanges, though he was not the major focus of the night. Hilton and Bianco support the president, while Democrats have vowed to stand in the way of federal immigration raids and Trump’s conservative agenda.

Becerra, alluding to the president's endorsement of Hilton, referred to Trump as “Steve Hilton’s daddy.”

Hilton responded: “All these big things that affect us on a daily basis, these are decisions made here in California by our politicians. And we’ve had the same people in charge for 16 years now.”

The debate largely hewed along partisan lines, with Hilton and Bianco saying heavy regulations and taxes supported by Democrats are to blame for the state's challenges. The Democrats, meanwhile, each tried to sell themselves as having practical solutions and the right experience.

Porter stressed that she is the only one who refuses corporate campaign donations, saying, “I am not for sale.” That came after she hit Steyer for his former hedge funds investments in fossil fuels.

Steyer, who left the firm in 2012, said utilities and other business interests are spending money to attack him because he is unafraid to take them on.

The race is to replace outgoing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is barred by law from seeking a third term.

California puts all candidates on a single ballot, and the two with the most votes go on to the November general election regardless of party. Democrats have worried that their crowded field could result in two Republicans advancing, which would be a historic calamity for the party.

Democrats have dominated state government in California for years. The GOP has not won a statewide election in two decades, and registered Democrats outnumber Republicans about 2-to-1.

The race was shaken up this month after the dramatic downfall of U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell over sexual assault allegations. When he left the race — and then Congress — he was among the leading contenders.

The debate was hosted by CBS LA and aired on the network's state TV stations and websites.

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The hearing Tuesday was the first of two back-to-back court hearings on lawsuits over changes at the Kennedy Center. It ended with U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper taking no action after firing questions at plaintiff and defense attorneys alike, making it difficult to predict how he might rule.

Cooper asked the government’s attorney, Brantley Mayers, where in its argument or submissions was the administration’s analysis of the cost of the closure so the center can be renovated, including the loss of sponsorships, bookings and revenue. “I didn’t see any numbers,” he said.

Cooper also wanted to know why the government might oppose renovating the building in stages, an attitude he said had been the “status quo” until it suddenly changed its mind and opted for closure.

Tuesday’s hearing centered on a lawsuit filed last year by Rep. Joyce Beatty. The Ohio Democrat sued President Donald Trump and other members of the administration in her capacity as an ex officio trustee of the Kennedy Center. Beatty’s lawsuit expanded to include the decision in February to close the center for two years for renovations starting in July.

Since returning to office last year, Trump has taken particular interest in the Kennedy Center. He ousted its previous leadership and replaced it with a handpicked board that named him chairman, changes that prompted an outcry from many artists and exacerbated the operation’s financial challenges. Trump, whose name was later added to the building's facade, announced the renovations earlier this year.

Cooper spent more than half of the two-hour hearing grilling Nathaniel Zelinsky, senior counsel at the Washington Litigation Group, with technical questions relating to Beatty's ability to bring forth the lawsuit.

The judge held off on taking any action, including a possible injunction against the center's name change.

During Tuesday's hearing, Norm Eisen, a board member at Democracy Defenders Action who is co-counsel with Zelinsky, pointed to dozens of statutory refences that made clear the name was intended to be the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Following the hearing, Beatty said she was “very fearful that we’ll see what happened with the East Wing and what happened with the Rose Garden” if the center is closed, referring to major changes the president has made at the White House.

Despite statements from its new executive director, Matt Floca, that work would be done appropriately, Beatty said she doesn't trust the president. “We went through the same thing at the White House. I was right outside there when we saw the bulldozers.”

Another hearing is set for Wednesday, this one the result of a lawsuit by a group of eight cultural preservationist groups who also oppose the closure and renovations.

Cooper said during Tuesday's hearing that he had questions he wanted answered at the upcoming hearing — especially by the defense -- on what will happen to the Kennedy Center if it is closed, including whether there would be any public access.

Local 10 anchor Nicole Perez served as emcee for the event, which organizers say is critical to sustaining programs that provide childcare assistance, diapers, wipes, education and emergency support to families in need.

The organization says it serves about 3,000 families each year.

“Here at HMHB, we focus on pregnant and parenting women -- give them all the support they need from parent education, wellness, emergency, basic needs, medical education so that way we know mom and baby are safe and we have a healthy mother and baby at time of birth,” said Dawn Liberta, executive director of HMHB of Broward County.

The luncheon highlighted several success stories, including mothers who have benefited from the group’s services.

One of them is Tranea Cannon, a former “American Idol” contestant who overcame significant challenges with help from the organization. Her story can be found here.

Perez also has a personal connection to the organization. In 2021, while pregnant with her son, Reece, she visited HMHB and met other expectant mothers through its programs.

Organizers say the annual luncheon plays a key role in funding those services and ensuring no family is turned away.

Click here to read more stories from Local 10’s Mom to Mom collection.

The unanimous ruling from a panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City sets the stage for a possible U.S. Supreme Court appeal. That's because panels on the 8th and 5th circuit courts have already upheld the policy put in place by President Donald Trump's administration last July.

“Today, although we part ways with two other circuits that have addressed this question, we join the overwhelming majority of federal judges across the Nation to consider it and conclude that the government’s novel interpretation of the immigration statute defies their plain text,” Judge Joseph F. Bianco wrote for the panel, which included Judges Alison J. Nathan and Jose A. Cabranes.

Mandatory detention for all is a new and contentious approach

Under the policy, the Department of Homeland Security has been denying bond hearings to immigrants arrested across the country, including those who have been in the U.S. for years without any criminal history. That's a departure from the practice under previous administrations, when most noncitizens with no criminal record who were arrested away from the border were given the opportunity to request a bond hearing while their cases moved through immigration court.

In those cases, bond was often granted to people who were deemed not to be flight risks, and mandatory detention was limited to those who had just entered the country.

Federal courts are flooded with detainees seeking relief

The new approach has strained the federal courts, with judges across the country facing more than 30,000 lawsuits from immigrants locked up under the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign. Left with no way to request bond in immigration court, many immigrants have turned to the federal courts instead, requesting bond through a process known a habeas corpus petition.

Attorneys for the Trump administration say the mandatory detention policy is legal under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act passed in 1996. That law streamlined the process to deport people who were newly arriving in the U.S. without permission, but immigrants who were already in the country were still allowed to seek bond from an immigration judge under a different law.

That changed in July, when Todd Lyons, acting director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said all immigrants targeted for deportation would be treated the same way as new arrivals.

The three-judge panel found that the government’s interpretation of the 1996 law defies the plain text of the law, its purpose and its history, and noted that Congress had set up a tiered system for immigration cases based in part on how long an immigrant had been in the country.

The lower courts have widely rejected mandatory detention

So far, more than 370 federal judges — or about 90% — to consider those habeas cases have also rejected the government's new approach, Bianco wrote. Bianco was nominated by Trump, Nathan by former President Joe Biden and Cabranes by former President Bill Clinton.

The 2nd Circuit case involves a man from Brazil who entered the U.S. around 2005, applied for asylum in 2016 and was granted work authorization while his application was under review.

Ricardo Aparecido Barbosa da Cunha has never been arrested or charged with a crime, owns his own home in Massachusetts where he lives with his wife and two U.S. citizen children, and runs a small construction business. He was arrested on an administrative warrant in September 2025 and placed in removal proceedings, and filed a habeas petition after an immigration judge found he was subject to mandatory detention.

The mandatory detention of noncitizens like Barbosa da Cunha for a substantial period of time would “raise serious constitutional questions, especially because the government has failed to explain how it would bear a ‘reasonable relation’ to any legitimate, non-punitive purpose,” Bianco wrote.

DHS suggests an appeal could be coming

“Today’s ruling rightly affirms that the Trump administration’s policy of detaining immigrants without any process is unlawful and cannot stand,” said Amy Belsher, director of Immigrants’ Rights Litigation at the New York Civil Liberties Union. “The government cannot mandatorily detain millions of noncitizens, many of whom have lived here for decades, without an opportunity to seek release. It defies the Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and basic human decency.”

In a statement emailed to The Associated Press, the Department of Homeland Security pointed to a Board of Immigration Appeals ruling upholding the mandatory detention policy, and said Trump and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin “are now enforcing this law as it was actually written to keep America safe.”

“Regarding decisions from federal courts about mandatory detention, judicial activists have been repeatedly overruled by the Supreme Court on these questions. ICE has the law and the facts on its side and will be vindicated by higher courts,” DHS said.

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Resorts World, a slots parlor in Queens, officially cut the ribbon on an expanded gambling area featuring more than 200 games with live dealers, including blackjack, craps, baccarat and roulette, as well as more than 2,500 slot machines.

The company says it will bring more tables and slot machines online later in the year. It has also promised to build a new hotel, restaurants, a 7,000-seat entertainment venue and more than 12 acres of new public green space on the 72-acre site.

“With our planned $5.5 billion expansion, this is only the beginning of something much bigger for Resorts World and for New York,” said Robert DeSalvio, president of Genting Americas East, a division of the Malaysia-based Genting Group that operates the casino in Queens.

Resorts World New York City has been operating for more than a decade next to the Aqueduct Racetrack near the John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens.

Company executives, elected officials and local residents marked the milestone Tuesday with a ceremonial dice roll. Rapper Nas, who is a partner in the development, was among those in attendance.

Resorts World is one of three projects recently awarded state gambling licenses to operate full-scale casinos in New York City.

Billionaire Mets owner Steve Cohen has proposed a $8.1 billion Hard Rock casino complex next to the baseball team's Citi Field ball park in Queens that would include a performance venue, hotel and retail space.

Bally’s has proposed a roughly $4 billion casino at the Ferry Point golf course in the Bronx that would include a hotel, event center, meeting spaces, restaurants and other amenities.

Those two other projects, though, are years away from completion.

The three approved projects bested several other proposals during the high-stakes competition for a casino license for the lucrative New York City area, including three casinos that had been proposed for Manhattan.

Four full casinos, all upstate, currently offer table games. The state also runs nine gambling halls without live table games, many of them also miles away from Manhattan.

“Sometimes it feels a little ridiculous,” she told The Associated Press, “but it’s something I understand is going to happen. That's not what my primary focus is ever on.”

Pichardo has grown accustomed to being the only girl on her baseball team during her years in Little League, high school and travel ball. Four years ago she tried out for the Brown University team, made it and early in her freshman season became the first woman to appear in a Division I game when she pinch-hit against Bryant.

On her senior day last Saturday, she became the first woman to pitch in a Division I game when she got the final out in a key win over Cornell.

“I feel like sometimes it might distract a bit too much from the success of our team,” Pichardo said. “We just made the playoffs for the first time since 2007, so that’s a huge accomplishment, and I wouldn’t want to take away from that."

Pichardo was listed as an outfielder and pitcher her first three years and focused only on pitching this season. The fact she stuck it out four years might seem surprising. Brown has played 151 games since Pichardo arrived, and she has appeared in only six. She pinch-hit once as a freshman, once as a sophomore and three times as a junior, when she also played right field for an inning and caught two flies.

Until Saturday, she hadn't appeared in a game this season, let alone warmed up in the bullpen. With Brown leading Cornell 16-3 in the ninth inning, coach Frank Holbrook's plan was to have little-used reliever Ty Harris get the first two outs and have Pichardo finish.

The 5-foot-7, 165-pound Pichardo has a four-pitch repertoire that includes a low-80s four-seam fastball to go with a sinker, changeup and curve. She entered with the bases loaded and threw two fastballs to Tyler Beaulieu, who grounded out to short to end Brown's 16-4 win.

Pichardo said she has never had any problem melding with her teammates. She prefers just being one of the guys and not taking spotlight away from the team. She does, however, understand the magnitude of what she’s accomplished, not just in college but also in summer ball. In 2023, she became the first woman to hit a home run in a summer league, connecting for Sag Harbor in the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League.

“It’s important for inspiring the younger generation of female baseball players, give them some kind of hope, I guess, that if they want to play at the collegiate level, no matter what division, that door is open for them and it is possible,” she said.

Pichardo, who graduates this spring with a degree in business economics, has been able to capitalize on name, image and likeness opportunities as the most visible woman in college baseball. She's in her third year as an endorser for the baseball equipment and apparel company Warstic Sports and she has a deal with Topps Allen & Ginter baseball cards.

Once Brown's season ends, she'll turn her attention to trying out for the U.S. women's team that will play in the group stage of the 2027 World Cup. She has been a regular on Team USA since 2022 and pitched against Japan in the 2024 World Cup in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Pichardo said she's been grateful for every baseball opportunity since her father signed her up for a league in her hometown of Queens, New York, when she was 6.

“He didn't have any sons, so I like to say I was his designated son,” she said. “I've always been able to play at every level that I've progressed to, so there was never any reason for me to stop playing baseball just because I didn't see other women in the same space as me. It was my first sport, my first love and I knew I wanted to try and play at the highest level possible.”

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NASA’s Artemis II capsule returned to Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, almost a month after blasting off on humanity’s first lunar trip in more than a half-century.

Following its splashdown in the Pacific on April 10, the Orion capsule was trucked from San Diego to Cape Canaveral. Engineers will examine the capsule’s heat shield in more detail along with everything else in preparation for next year's Artemis III docking demo in orbit around Earth. The capsule's electronic boxes will be removed and recycled, along with research equipment.

The capsule, dubbed Integrity by its U.S.-Canadian crew, carried astronauts deeper into space than humans have ever traveled before. Aside from a finicky toilet, the capsule appeared to perform well during the nearly 10-day voyage, according to NASA.

Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canada's Jeremy Hansen are finally getting a break after medical exams and other tests that followed their mission.

“Been waiting for this moment,” Wiseman said via X late last week, posting a video of himself relaxing on the beach. “There is a lot in my head that I must process and very little has to do with leaving the planet. Today is my first step. I have never in my life felt peace like this.”

Until Artemis II, astronauts had not flown to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.

Artemis III will feature a fresh capsule and crew. They will remain in orbit around Earth for docking exercises with lunar landers still in development by SpaceX and Blue Origin. That will set the stage for a moon landing by two new astronauts as early as 2028.

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U.S. President Donald Trump launched strikes against Iran on Feb. 28 and agreed to a ceasefire on April 7.

“We have to ensure that any deal that is made, any agreement that is made, is one that definitively prevents them from sprinting towards a nuclear weapon at any point,” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Fox News on Monday.

Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, which has put pressure on the global oil market.

“These pressures are cascading into empty fuel tanks, empty shelves — and empty plates,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Monday.

The fighting between Israel and Hezbollah continued in Lebanon despite a truce.

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Reaves expressed cautious optimism Tuesday when he spoke to reporters for the first time since getting hurt April 2 at Oklahoma City. The Lakers' second-leading scorer was listed as questionable for the past two games of their first-round playoff series against Houston, but ultimately didn't play while Los Angeles split the contests to take a 3-1 series lead.

“I want to get back out there as fast as I can,” Reaves said at the Lakers' training complex. “I feel good. Trending in the right direction. I can't wait to get up (Wednesday) and attack another day.”

Lakers coach JJ Redick gave no hints about the team's mindset around Reaves, saying his availability will be "based on whether he’s good to go. We’ll talk through that.”

Reaves has tried to stay even-keeled during the second major injury absence of his otherwise outstanding season. He averaged 23.3 points, 5.5 assists and 4.7 rebounds, but played in just 51 games largely thanks to the oblique injury and a strained left calf that sidelined him for 19 straight games from Christmas to February.

Although Reaves finished the game in which he got hurt in Oklahoma City, he knew the injury was significant because he registered it over his own high pain tolerance. NBA scoring champion Luka Doncic also left that game with a strained hamstring, and neither high-scoring guard has played for the Lakers since then.

But their teammates have done much better than many expected without them, and Reaves is impressed.

“Basically the message from that day forward was that they were going to do everything as a team to give us an opportunity to come back and play, and they’ve done exactly what they said," Reaves said.

LeBron James and his supporting cast won the first three games of its first-round series and pushed the favored Rockets to the brink of elimination, even stealing Game 3 in overtime after trailing by six points with 30 seconds left in regulation.

“It’s been a lot of fun, just seeing the determination, the togetherness, and just the joy of them playing basketball together (and) competing every single possession," Reaves said. “It’s been a lot of fun. Me and Luka talk about it every time we’re watching — just how hard we’re playing, the attention to detail and the togetherness.”

Doncic isn't yet close to a return, but both teams could be without their top scorers once again in Game 5. Rockets star Kevin Durant has missed three of the four games in the series with injuries, and he didn't participate in practice in Houston on Tuesday before the team flew to Los Angeles.

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Timothy Hudson's trial on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated sexual abuse will start June 1 in Miami, U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom said in an order Monday.

The 16-year-old was initially charged as a juvenile before the case was transferred to adult court. He entered a written plea of not guilty last week. Minors are rarely prosecuted in federal court.

His stepsister, Anna Kepner, had been traveling on the Carnival Horizon ship in November with her family, including Hudson. Before the ship was scheduled to return to Florida, her body was found concealed under a bed in a room she was sharing with Hudson and another teen, a criminal complaint said.

The cause of Kepner's Nov. 6 death was determined to be mechanical asphyxia, which is when an object or physical force stops someone from breathing.

Kepner's father, Christopher Kepner, released a statement, saying the family was placing “trust in the justice system to pursue the truth with care and integrity.”

“The situation is deeply painful and complex for the entire family,” Kepner said.

Anna Kepner was a high school cheerleader at Temple Christian School in Titusville, Florida, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) east of Orlando. At her memorial service in November, family members encouraged people to wear bright colors instead of the traditional black “in honor of Anna’s bright and beautiful soul.”

U.S. Central Command said on social media that Marines boarded the Blue Star III on Tuesday but “released the vessel after conducting a search and confirming its voyage would not include an Iranian port call.” An accompanying video showed American forces fast-roping from a helicopter onto the vessel.

The Blue Star is at least the fourth merchant ship to be boarded since the Trump administration began the blockade of Iranian shipping more than two weeks ago, but it is the first to not be taken into U.S. custody. The U.S. blockade aims to squeeze Iran amid a ceasefire in the war as Tehran's cutoff of the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway for energy shipments, ripples across the global economy.

Data from ship tracking websites shows that the Blue Star departed the Pakistani port of Qasim and was en route to the port of Sohar, Oman.

The military offered no information about what prompted it to suspect the ship. U.S. Central Command has become more aggressive in making the case that the blockade works amid skepticism from outside experts.

The military command that oversees the Middle East has not only provided regular updates on the number of merchant ships it says the blockade has turned around but also claimed Tuesday that “U.S. forces cut off economic trade going into and coming out of Iran.”

Shortly after the blockade began, Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the enforcement actions would extend beyond Iranian waters and the area under control of U.S. Central Command.

The military also detailed an expansive list of goods that it considers contraband, declaring that it will board, search and seize them from merchant vessels “regardless of location.”

A notice says any “goods that are destined for an enemy and that may be susceptible to use in armed conflict” are “subject to capture at any place beyond neutral territory.”

However, shipping experts like Salvatore Mercogliano, a professor at Campbell University, have said Iranian ships have several ways to sneak through the blockade, including spoofing their location tracking data or traveling through Pakistani territorial waters.

Mercogliano also noted that the sheer volume of shipping traffic that the military needs to screen is a challenging task.

Capt. Tim Hawkins, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, said the boarding of the Blue Star on Tuesday “demonstrates our thorough enforcement of the blockade.”

Judge Colleen McMahon said each year she feels “assaulted by SantaCon” and must stay home on the day when “drunken kids who are wearing Santa costumes” crowd the city’s sidewalks.

McMahon made her observations as the event’s organizer, Stefan Pildes, appeared before her for the first time.

The 50-year-old Hewitt, New Jersey, resident was arrested a week ago and freed on bail.

His lawyer, Noam Biale, said in a statement that Pildes “did not defraud anyone.”

He added: "Every participant in SantaCon got exactly what they bargained for: mirth, merriment, and drunken debauchery. We look forward to advocating on Stefan’s behalf.”

Pildes did not comment as he left McMahon's Manhattan courtroom.

A prosecutor said the government would build its case on financial institution records, information from a ticketing company, and evidence collected from dozens of bars and restaurants that pledged to donate 10% to 25% of their sales during SantaCon to charity.

Prosecutors allege in the indictment that Pildes gave only a small portion of the $2.7 million raised from 2019 to 2024 to charity. They say he diverted more than half of the money he raised to finance various personal ventures and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars more on himself.

Pildes used money earmarked for charities on extensive renovations to a lakefront property in New Jersey, concert tickets, luxury vacations, extravagant meals and a luxury vehicle, prosecutors contend.

The event traces its origins to a 1994 flash mob-style event in San Francisco dubbed “Santarchy,” intended to mock Christmas consumerism. As the idea spread to cities nationwide, it moved away from its countercultural origins and became more of a mass bar crawl.

While some New York residents decry SantaCon for the chaos it brings to city streets and subways, others are amused by thousands of costumed merrymakers crowding Manhattan’s streets with numerous Saint Nicks, along with a few Mrs. Clauses, elves and the occasional Grinch.

Starbucks said Tuesday that its global same-store sales for the January-March period rose 6.2%. That was higher than the 4% increase Wall Street was anticipating, according to analysts polled by FactSet. In the U.S., same-store sales jumped 7%.

Unlike fast food companies, which have been piling on discounts to win back lower-income consumers, Starbucks said it continues to see traffic from people of all ages and income levels.

“What we see with folks is, when you give them an experience that they feel is unique, differentiated, special, a little touch of luxury, it goes a long way. And we’re seeing that play out with every income cohort,” Starbucks Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol said during a conference call with investors. “We have to demonstrate to people that it’s worth it.”

Still, Niccol said the company is being cautious with its financial guidance because it's not sure how consumer behavior might change if costs continue to rise.

“As you know, these issues continue to happen, whether it shows up in gas prices or utilities in other ways or other input costs,” he said.

Starbucks said it now expects both global and U.S. same-store sales to rise 5% for the full year, up from previous guidance of 3%. The company also raised its full-year earnings guidance to $2.25 to $2.45 per share, up from $2.15 to $2.40 per share.

Starbucks shares rose more than 5% in after-hours trading.

Over the last year, Starbucks has been adding employees to stores during rush times and using technology to better sequence its in-store and mobile orders. Niccol said 80% of U.S. company-owned stores are now meeting Starbucks' goal of in-store or drive-thru service within 4 minutes and mobile order pickups within 12 minutes.

It has also encouraged friendlier service and is redesigning stores and adding seating to give them a cozier, coffeehouse feel. Niccol said around 300 U.S. stores have been redesigned so far and 1,000 will get that treatment by the end of this year.

Starbucks has also shuttered underperforming stores and cut corporate jobs. Last year, the company closed hundreds of stores in the U.S., Canada and Europe and laid off at least 2,000 nonretail employees.

Niccol said that leaner structure is allowing the company to innovate more quickly. He cited premium bakery items that were introduced during the second quarter, including a strawberry matcha loaf and a yuzu-flavored croissant.

New drinks, like protein-enhanced lattes and energy refreshers, are also drawing in customers. Niccol said he isn't worried about growing competition from brands like McDonald's, which recently announced its own menu of refreshers and handcrafted sodas.

“What my experience has been is when the category starts being talked about, the market leader benefits. And, you know, that’s going to be us in this scenario,” Niccol said.

Starbucks said its revenue rose 9% to $9.5 billion for the second quarter. That was also ahead of analysts' forecast of $9.2 billion.

Adjusted for one-time items, the company earned 50 cents per share. That also came in ahead of analysts' forecast of 43 cents.

Ambos regresaron a la corte federal el martes por la mañana en Miami para el juicio por cargos de actuar como agentes no registrados de Venezuela, conspiración para cometer lavado de dinero y evasión de impuestos.

La jueza de distrito de Estados Unidos Melissa Damian, del Distrito Sur de Florida, emitió las instrucciones al jurado.

“Este caso, como todos sabemos, es más que solo la codicia y la traición”, dijo en corte el fiscal federal asistente Roger Cruz. “Se trata de cómo no solo fallaron, sino que decidieron completa y deliberadamente mantener en secreto su relación con el régimen de Maduro”.

Los fiscales presentaron el caso contra Rivera y Nuhfer el 16 de noviembre de 2022 por un contrato de consultoría de $50,000,000 USD con la empresa estatal petrolera de Venezuela, Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A.

Entre los testigos del juicio estuvieron el secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Marco Rubio, y el representante Pete Sessions, republicano de Texas cercano al presidente Donald Trump.

Entre las pruebas que conoció el jurado se incluyó una entrevista exclusiva de Local 10 News con Rivera emitida en 2022.

El caso incluye reuniones que presuntamente organizaron entre Sessions con Delcy Rodríguez en 2017 en la ciudad de Nueva York y con Nicolás Maduro en Caracas.

Sessions testificó que las conversaciones se centraron en un camino a seguir para Venezuela sin Maduro en el poder.

Tras la captura de Maduro, Rodríguez pasó a convertirse en la primera mujer en la historia de Venezuela en desempeñar las funciones de la presidencia.

Los abogados defensores de Rivera afirmaron que su trabajo era legítimo. Rivera sirvió en la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos de 2011 a 2013 y en la Cámara de Representantes de Florida de 2002 a 2010.

“I said ‘no’ over and over, and I tried to leave,” Jessica Mann told jurors, sobbing. “He just treated me like he owned me.”

Mann, 40, is a hairstylist and actor. She's testifying six years after she first gave jurors her account of a consensual, if complicated, relationship that veered into rape.

Weinstein — the Oscar-winning movie producer who became a symbol of the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct — looked on steadily, sometimes sipping water, as Mann detailed what she says he did to her in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013.

Weinstein, now a 73-year-old prison inmate, denies sexually assaulting anyone and is appealing sex crime convictions stemming from other women's accusations on two U.S. coasts. His attorneys haven't yet had their chance to question Mann at this retrial but have argued that everything that happened between the two was consensual.

He was convicted in 2020 of raping Mann, got the conviction overturned, then saw a jury deadlock on it at a retrial last year.

Testimony laced with tears

Jurors watched intently, several with pens poised to take notes, as Mann went through a second day of testimony that sometimes brought her to tears, as it did at the twoprior trials. After she declined a couple of times to take a break, the court called one when she got flustered during questions about interactions with Weinstein after the alleged rape.

Mann met Weinstein at a Los Angeles-area party around early 2013. She had done some acting work but was hoping for a big break.

Their subsequent get-togethers bounced between professional advice, invites to glitzy industry events and advances that Mann said made her uncomfortable but that she didn't refuse, though she had an emotional “meltdown” during an episode involving Weinstein and another woman.

Still, Mann decided to have a consensual sexual liaison with the then-married producer.

She explained Tuesday that she had been taught to expect such behavior from men and thought she might feel better about it if she was in a relationship with Weinstein.

Sometimes, she said, the then-studio boss was charming and made her feel validated; other times she felt demeaned by his discussions of sexual practices. And “if he was told no or something, it was just like this monster side came out” of a demanding man who flaunted his Hollywood influence.

Soon after their relationship began, Weinstein surprised Mann by showing up ahead of a planned breakfast with her and others in New York, where she'd piggybacked on a pal's work trip, she said. To Mann's dismay, Weinstein took a room at her hotel, according to her and to a former front desk employee who testified earlier.

Mann recalls ‘just shutting down’

Mann said she accompanied Weinstein to the room to sort things out privately. But he barked at her to undress, she recalled. She said she begged, “Please don't. I don't want to,” and tried twice to open the door, but the taller, heavier Weinstein slammed it shut, grabbed her wrists and held them crossed in front of her face.

“That was really scary, so I remember just like kind of like — just shutting down and giving up, because I had been fighting and arguing. So I obeyed,” by undressing and lying on the bed, she testified.

After a trip to the bathroom, where Mann said she later found a used syringe for an erectile-dysfunction drug, Weinstein returned and raped her, she said.

Mann told no one at the time. She went through with the planned breakfast, accepted Weinstein's invitation to extend her trip, attend a movie screening and have tea with him and his daughter.

“I just wanted everyone to act like everything was normal,” she said.

She continued consensual sexual encounters and friendly email exchanges with Weinstein. He helped the financially struggling Mann get hired at a hair salon, though she declined an envelope from him that she believed contained $1,000 in cash: “It felt wrong,” she told jurors.

But after Mann began dating someone she loved, she sought to stop sexual contact with Weinstein, emailing him that she needed to “respect the relationship.”

His reply message was cordial. But in person, Weinstein became enraged on learning her then-boyfriend was an actor, according to Mann.

“You owe me one more time!” Weinstein shouted before raping her again in a hotel in Beverly Hills, California, she told jurors, as she has before.

He never has been charged with any crime related to that allegation.

The Associated Press does not identify people who say they have been sexually assaulted, unless they agree to be named, as Mann has done.

The filing submitted Monday by the Justice Department is chock-full of the kind of Trumpian touches the president uses in written communication, such as erratic capitalization, exclamation points, non sequiturs, rhetorical questions, praise for the president and accusations that his opponents are insane.

The 16-page filing, which was signed by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and submitted by Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, is a sign of the extraordinary degree to which the president has demolished the wall of independence that the Justice Department has historically had separating itself from the White House.

"The National Trust for Historic Preservation' is a beautiful name, but even their name is FAKE because when they add the words ‘in the United States’ to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, it makes it sound like a Governmental Agency, which it is not," the filing's first sentence reads.

The Trust sued in December after the White House demolished the East Wing to make room for a ballroom that Trump said would fit 999 people. Trump says the project is funded by private donations, but public money is paying for security upgrades and an underground bunker.

The Trust argues in its lawsuit that Trump overstepped his authority by moving forward with the project without getting approval from Congress and key federal agencies.

Trump and Republicans have made a renewed push for the ballroom in the wake of the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, arguing it showed the need to have a secure facility for large events. The Justice Department asked the Trust to withdraw its complaint, but it has declined.

“What Saturday’s awful event does not change is that the Constitution and multiple federal statutes require Congress to authorize construction of a ballroom on White House grounds, and that Congress has not done so,” the Trust's attorney Gregory Craig wrote in a reply to the government.

The Justice Department on Monday said the court should dismiss the lawsuit, saying it “greatly endangers the lives of all Presidents, current and future.”

When asked about the court filing, the White House did not deny that the president had a role in drafting or editing the Justice Department's arguments.

“President Trump is intimately involved in the ongoing disgraceful lawsuit brought by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and is working diligently with his team of lawyers to bring this charade to an end," White House spokesman Davis Ingle said in a statement.

The Justice Department did not respond to a message seeking comment.

The filing comes as the department in Trump's second term has fired employees involved in cases that were criticized by conservatives or because they were perceived as insufficiently loyal to Trump’s agenda. The department has also pursued aggressive investigations of the president's perceived enemies, including the unveiling Tuesday of a second criminal indictment of former FBI Director James Comey.

Trump shared the filing on social media Tuesday morning, posting screenshots of each of the 16 pages without comment.

In the filing, the Justice Department said that the Trust is “very bad for our Country," a phrase the president uses repeatedly. The filing twice accuses the Trust of having “Trump Derangement Syndrome, commonly referred to as TDS,” a fictitious and satirical malady that the president has used to diagnose his critics.

Trust attorney Craig — a former White House counsel — is described in the filing as “the lawyer for Barack Hussein Obama.” Trump has for years used the former president's full legal name, a usage that recalls his longtime questioning of Obama's loyalties, his faith and birth in the United States.

The Justice Department also argued in the filing that, “because it is DONALD J. TRUMP, a highly successful real estate developer, who has abilities that others don’t, especially those who assume the Office of President, this frivolous and meritless lawsuit was filed. Again, it’s called TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.”

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Associated Press writer Alanna Durkin Richer contributed to this report.

The concept for the special passport, including a rendering of Trump’s stern-looking visage, had been under consideration for months before finally being approved late Monday. Between 25,000 and 30,000 of the new passports will be available to applicants at the Washington, D.C., passport office beginning shortly before July 4.

It’s the latest instance of Trump having his name and likeness added to buildings, documents and other highly visible tributes. There are efforts to put Trump’s signature on all new U.S. paper currency, also a first for a sitting president, as well as to include his image on a gold commemorative coin to celebrate the country's founding.

The commemorative passport will be the default document for people applying in person at the Washington office, although those who want a standard passport will be able to get one by applying online or outside Washington, officials said.

“As the United States celebrates America’s 250th anniversary in July, the State Department is preparing to release a limited number of specially designed U.S. passports to commemorate this historic occasion,” State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said.

“These passports will feature customized artwork and enhanced imagery while maintaining the same security features that make the U.S. passport the most secure documents in the world,” he said.

The limited release passport will feature Trump’s picture over a gold imprimatur of his signature to an interior page, while the cover will feature the words “United States of America” in bold gold print at the top and “Passport” at the bottom — a reversal of the standard cover.

In addition, a small gold laminate American flag, with the number 250 encircled by stars, will be at the bottom of the back cover.

The Bulwark reported earlier on the commemorative passports.

The only presidents featured in current U.S. passports are in a double-page depiction of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota — George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.

Other depictions include the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall in Philadelphia, and scenes of the Great Plains, mountains and islands. Current passports also contain quotations from Martin Luther King Jr. as well as Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Dwight Eisenhower.

The addition of Trump's picture and signature to the passport book is the newest step his aides have taken to increase the president's visibility, including adding his name to the U.S. Institute of Peace building and the Kennedy Center performing arts venue.

Trump also has made waves with his plans for a new White House ballroom and a massive arch to be built at one of the entrances to Washington from Virginia.

La policía de Miami informó que Santana Clark, de 28 años, y Santos Gaiter, de 40 años, fueron arrestados el lunes por el Departamento de Policía de Miami en relación con los hechos.

Según los investigadores, la víctima dijo a la policía que conducía un carrito de golf cerca de Northwest 12th Street y Northwest First Place alrededor de las 5:30 a.m. del 6 de abril cuando un Honda Accord negro comenzó a seguirlo, tocando la bocina e intentando cerrarle el paso.

Cuando llegó a su casa, la policía indicó que Gaiter salió del asiento trasero del vehículo, apuntó un arma de fuego y exigió dinero. También exigió la cadena de oro de la víctima.

Cuando la víctima dijo que la cadena no era real, se produjo un forcejeo por el arma, según el informe.

Durante la pelea, los investigadores indicaron que la víctima mordió el antebrazo de Gaiter y sostuvo su muñeca lejos de su rostro.

Indicaron que Gaiter luego disparó hacia la cabeza de la víctima, pero la víctima logró desviar el arma mientras sostenía la corredera, evitando ser impactada. Los investigadores dijeron que Gaiter amenazó con matar a la víctima durante el robo antes de tomar su teléfono y bolsas del carrito de golf y huir.

El informe indica que una segunda víctima dijo a la policía que escuchó un disparo y a la víctima pidiendo ayuda. Cuando se acercó al área, los investigadores indicaron que Gaiter la confrontó y le exigió: “Dame eso, chica, dame la bicicleta”, según el informe.

La policía indicó que luego tomó su bicicleta y huyó del lugar.

Un testigo reportó haber escuchado el disparo y vio el forcejeo antes de observar a Gaiter correr hacia la segunda víctima, según el informe.

La policía indicó que un video de vigilancia con audio captó el incidente y mostró el vehículo de Clark cerca con la puerta abierta mientras ocurría el forcejeo. Indicaron que el vehículo luego se fue del área pero regresó varias veces, aparentemente para vigilar la escena.

Una alerta de ShotSpotter registró un disparo alrededor de las 5:30 a.m. en la cuadra 100 de Northwest Ninth Street, indicó la policía.

Indicaron que imágenes del Centro de Crimen en Tiempo Real del MPD mostraron el vehículo de Clark siguiendo a la víctima antes del robo y a Gaiter sentado brevemente fuera del vehículo cambiándose de pantalón. La policía también indicó que ambos fueron vistos juntos dentro de una tienda poco antes del incidente.

Según el informe, el vehículo fue identificado posteriormente como un Honda Civic negro. Una orden de registro ejecutada el 14 de abril recuperó documentos de identificación pertenecientes a Clark, incluyendo una licencia de conducir, tarjetas de crédito y citaciones de tránsito.

La policía indicó que Clark también fue detenido en el mismo vehículo el 6 de abril y recibió una citación.

Después de que se le leyeran sus derechos Miranda, los investigadores indicaron que Clark admitió que conducía el vehículo en el momento del robo y afirmó que le estaba dando un aventón a Gaiter antes de que tuvieran una discusión.

Se negó a identificar a Gaiter como sospechoso cuando fue interrogado por detectives, según el informe.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Clark y Gaiter enfrentan un cargo cada uno de robo a mano armada con arma de fuego y otro de intento de asesinato grave con arma de fuego, mientras que Gaiter enfrenta un cargo adicional de manipulación de evidencia.

Hasta el martes, ambos sospechosos permanecían detenidos en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight, donde su fianza figuraba como “por establecer”.

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Miami police said 28-year-old Santana Clark and 40-year-old Santos Gaiter were arrested Monday by the Miami Police Department in connection with the crimes.

According to investigators, the victim told police he was driving a golf cart near Northwest 12th Street and Northwest First Place around 5:30 a.m. om April 6 when a black Honda Accord began following him, honking its horn, and attempted to cut him off.

When he arrived home, police said Gaiter exited the rear seat of the vehicle, pointed a handgun at him and demanded money. They said Gaiter also demanded the victim’s gold chain.

When the victim said the chain was not real, a struggle broke out over the weapon, according to the report.

During the fight, investigators said the victim bit Gaiter’s forearm and held his wrist away from his face.

They said Gaiter then fired a shot toward the victim’s head, but the victim was able to push the gun away while holding the slide, preventing himself from being struck. Investigators said Gaiter threatened to kill the victim during the robbery before taking his phone and bags from the golf cart and fleeing.

The report states that a second victim told police that she heard a gunshot and the victim calling for help. When she approached the area, investigators said Gaiter confronted her and demanded, “Let me get that, girl, give me the bike,” according to the report.

Police said he then took her bicycle and fled the scene.

A witness reported hearing the gunshot and saw the struggle before observing Gaiter run toward the second victim, according to the report.

Police said surveillance video with audio captured the incident and showed the Clark’s vehicle nearby with its door open as the struggle unfolded. They said the vehicle later left the area but returned multiple times, appearing to canvass the scene.

A ShotSpotter alert recorded one gunshot around 5:30 a.m. in the 100 block of Northwest Ninth Street, police said.

They said MPD’s Real Time Crime Center footage showed Clark’s vehicle following the victim before the robbery and Gaiter briefly sitting outside the vehicle and changing pants. Police also said the pair were seen together inside a store shortly before the incident.

According to the report, the vehicle was later identified as a black Honda Civic. A search warrant executed on April 14 recovered identifying documents belonging to Clark, including a driver’s license, credit cards and traffic citations.

Police said Clark was also stopped in the same vehicle on April 6 and cited.

After being read his Miranda rights, investigators said Clark admitted he was driving the vehicle at the time of the robbery and said he was giving Gaiter a ride before they got into an argument.

He declined to identify Gaiter as a suspect when being questioned by detectives, according to the report.

Jail records show Clark and Gaiter are facing one count each of armed robbery with a firearm and attempted felony murder with a firearm, while Gaiter is facing one additional charge of tampering with evidence.

As of Tuesday, both suspects were being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where their bond was listed as “to be set.”

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the collaboration with Amazon's cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services, would involve co-developing a new platform for AI agents that can do computer-based work on people's behalf.

Altman spoke via prerecorded video message to an Amazon event in San Francisco at the same time as he was appearing in federal court across San Francisco Bay in Oakland for a civil trial brought by rival OpenAI co-founder Elon Musk.

Microsoft had said Monday it will no longer pay a share of its revenue to ChatGPT maker OpenAI, the latest move to untether a close partnership that helped unleash an artificial intelligence boom.

OpenAI relied exclusively on Microsoft’s investments in cloud computing services to build the technology that helped make ChatGPT a household name. Microsoft, in turn, relied on OpenAI’s technology to build its own AI assistant Copilot.

But the partnership has evolved as San Francisco-based OpenAI, founded as a nonprofit, has shifted to a capitalistic enterprise on a path toward an initial public offering on Wall Street and has balanced its reliance on Microsoft with other cloud partners like Amazon, Google and Oracle.

OpenAI said Monday it will continue to pay Microsoft a share of its revenue through 2030, though the rate will be capped. OpenAI has been on a race to boost sales of its AI technology by focusing on big business customers. Its chief revenue officer, Denise Dresser, also spoke at the Amazon event.

Microsoft remains the primary cloud computing partner for OpenAI, and products made by the AI company will ship first on Microsoft’s cloud platform, called Azure, “unless Microsoft cannot and chooses not to support the necessary capabilities,” both companies said.

Altman suggested in his remarks Tuesday that Amazon had those capabilities.

“These systems need to run reliably and robustly,” Altman said. "They need to be secure, they need to scale, and they need to fit in the environments where companies already run their businesses. And they need infrastructure that customers already trust for their most important workloads. That’s what makes this partnership with AWS so important."

Radakovich, uno de los administradores más reconocidos en el deporte universitario, regresó a Miami en 2021, casi 40 años después de comenzar su carrera en la oficina administrativa de atletismo de la escuela, donde también obtuvo su MBA.

Durante su tiempo al frente del atletismo de Miami, el programa alcanzó importantes hitos competitivos, incluyendo una histórica aparición del equipo de fútbol americano en el juego del Campeonato Nacional del College Football Playoff.

El programa de baloncesto masculino llegó a su primer Final Four en 2023, mientras que el baloncesto femenino alcanzó su primera participación en el Elite Eight ese mismo año. Seis Hurricanes también ganaron títulos nacionales individuales de la NCAA bajo su liderazgo.

Fuera del campo, los estudiantes-atletas de Miami registraron resultados académicos récord, incluyendo un promedio semestral de 3.40, el mejor del departamento, y una tasa de graduación del 94%. Los 18 programas superaron un GPA de 3.0 por primera vez en la historia de la escuela, y el departamento recibió reconocimiento nacional por sus esfuerzos de servicio comunitario en 2022 y 2024, según un comunicado obtenido por Local 10 News el martes.

El presidente de la Universidad de Miami, Joe Echevarria, elogió el liderazgo de Radakovich, afirmando que ayudó a guiar al departamento durante un período transformador y calificándolo como un asesor de confianza.

Radakovich dijo que su decisión llega con confianza en la dirección del programa.

“Servir nuevamente a la Universidad de Miami ha sido un privilegio absoluto”, dijo Radakovich. “Este lugar significa todo para mí, y estoy orgulloso de lo que nuestros estudiantes-atletas, entrenadores y personal han logrado juntos. El programa está en una gran posición, y es el momento adecuado para un nuevo liderazgo que dé forma a lo que viene”.

Radakovich ha ocupado varios cargos de liderazgo a nivel nacional en el deporte universitario, incluyendo servir como presidente de LEAD1 y ser nombrado Director Atlético del Año por Sports Business Journal en 2017.

También formó parte del comité inaugural de selección del College Football Playoff y actualmente integra un comité de supervisión de la NCAA.

La universidad indicó en el comunicado que realizará una “búsqueda nacional” para su sucesor.

Mientras tanto, funcionarios de la universidad informaron que los subdirectores Brian Baptiste y Rachelle Paul fungirán como co líderes interinos, reportando al presidente de la universidad.

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Radakovich, one of the most recognized administrators in college athletics, returned to Miami in 2021 — nearly 40 years after beginning his career in the school’s athletics business office, where he also earned his MBA.

During his time leading Miami athletics, the program saw major competitive milestones, including a historic College Football Playoff National Championship Game appearance by the football team.

The men’s basketball program reached its first Final Four in 2023, while women’s basketball made its first Elite Eight run the same year. Six Hurricanes also won NCAA individual national titles under his leadership.

Off the field, Miami student-athletes posted record academic results, including a department-best 3.40 semester GPA and a 94% Graduation Success Rate. All 18 programs finished above a 3.0 GPA for the first time in school history, and the department earned national recognition for community service efforts in 2022 and 2024, according to a press release obtained by Local 10 News on Tuesday.

University of Miami President Joe Echevarria praised Radakovich’s leadership, saying he helped guide the department through a transformative period and calling him a trusted advisor.

Radakovich said his decision comes with confidence in the program’s direction.

“Serving the University of Miami again has been an absolute privilege,” Radakovich said. “This place means everything to me, and I’m proud of what our student-athletes, coaches and staff have accomplished together. The program is in a great place, and it’s the right time for fresh leadership to shape what comes next.”

Radakovich has held several national leadership roles in college athletics, including serving as president of LEAD1 and being named Sports Business Journal Athletic Director of the Year in 2017.

He also served on the inaugural College Football Playoff selection committee and currently sits on an NCAA oversight committee.

The school stated in the news release that a “national search” will be conducted for his successor.

In the interim, school officials said deputy directors Brian Baptiste and Rachelle Paul will serve as co-leaders reporting to the university president.

El incendio, que comenzó el sábado y ha sido denominado el incendio de la Highway 41, arde al oeste de Tamiami Trail, justo después de Krome Avenue.

El incendio provocó un cierre parcial de parques, incluyendo estacionamientos, instalaciones y vías navegables dentro del área afectada.

El martes por la mañana, Coopertown Airboats al sur de Tamiami Trail fue evacuado como medida de precaución después de que las condiciones de humo aumentaran cerca de la atracción.

Un denso humo aún podía verse la tarde del martes proveniente del incendio, a solo unas millas al oeste del Miccosukee Casino.

Al mediodía, las condiciones mejoraron con el regreso de cielos despejados y los equipos recogieron las mangueras tras lograr contener la cabeza del incendio, que se había propagado rápidamente por el área tras un cambio en la dirección del viento.

Las autoridades informaron que Safari Park y Gator Park también fueron cerrados debido a condiciones climáticas previstas. Hasta el momento, ningún edificio ha sufrido daños y no se han reportado heridos.

Al norte de Tamiami Trail, que se utiliza como cortafuego, los recorridos en hidrodeslizador continuaron operando sin interrupciones.

Michele Sutter, visitante de Suiza, dijo a Local 10 News que ella y su familia aún se sentían seguras durante su recorrido.

“Conozco el área, así que no es mi primera vez aquí, pero no había visto un incendio tan grande últimamente”, dijo. “Aún nos sentimos seguros”.

Sutter, quien anteriormente vivió en Miami, indicó que está familiarizada con los incendios forestales durante la temporada seca del sur de Florida.

El capitán de hidrodeslizador Hank Ridings dijo que esas condiciones no son inusuales.

“En una sequía como la que tenemos ahora, puede ocurrir en cualquier momento, un rayo, alguien tirando una colilla de cigarrillo sin entender cómo eso puede iniciar un incendio”, dijo Ridings.

Desde las primeras horas de la mañana, el incendio cerca de Tamiami Trail estaba iluminado por la luz de la luna, pero en cuestión de horas, el humo espeso y las brasas crepitantes alcanzaron la carretera.

En algún momento, las llamas avanzaron hacia la vía, quedando a pocos pies de los autos que se aproximaban.

La causa del incendio sigue sin estar clara, pero los equipos de bomberos continúan evaluando los daños desde el aire mientras el fuego sigue desplazándose hacia el este.

Las autoridades de rescate de incendios indicaron que el humo ha afectado la calidad del aire en el área, por lo que se recomienda a los residentes cercanos permanecer en interiores si padecen problemas respiratorios.

Still, the club gave itself a little bit of protection in case he does not.

Pittsburgh placed the unrestricted free-agent tender on the four-time MVP on Monday, meaning the Steelers would be entitled to a compensatory draft pick if Rodgers doesn’t sign with them and instead lands elsewhere during the 2026 season.

General manager Omar Khan and first-year head coach Mike McCarthy remain very optimistic that the 42-year-old will be back after leading them to an AFC North title last winter.

The line of communication between both sides has been wide open since the end of the season, and Khan said after the NFL draft that the selection of former Penn State star Drew Allar in the third round does not affect Pittsburgh's interest in having Rodgers back.

The tender does not preclude Rodgers from signing with another team or even give the Steelers the ability to match an offer to him if one is made before July 22.

What it does do is give them some coverage if he signs elsewhere before training camp opens in late July. After camp begins, the Steelers would have exclusive negotiating rights with Rodgers.

The tender also slots in Rodgers' salary. Under the rules, Rodgers would be entitled to a 10% raise over his 2025 salary if he comes back for a 22nd season.

Rodgers said in January that he would make a decision “down the line.” The Steelers had expressed hope that Rodgers would be able to provide clarity before the NFL draft, but that did not happen.

Pittsburgh begins organized team activities — which are voluntary — on May 18. Mandatory minicamp is set for June 2-4.

Rodgers skipped OTAs entirely last year, signing a one-year deal with the Steelers not long after minicamp wrapped up.

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The jury began deliberating after hearing attorneys' closing arguments in the federal trial of Mohammad Sharifullah, whose capture was heralded by President Donald Trump as he addressed a joint session of Congress last year. Jurors deliberated for roughly five hours without reaching a verdict and are scheduled to resume Wednesday.

Approximately 160 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members were killed in the attack on Aug. 26, 2021, when a lone suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device near an airport entry point known as Abbey Gate.

Defense attorney Lauren Rosen argued that prosecutors failed to present any evidence tying Sharifullah to the bombing besides his own words to FBI agents during hours of interrogation. She said her client lied about scouting a route for the suicide bomber to the airport, where U.S. troops were conducting an evacuation operation after the longest war in American history.

Rosen said Sharifullah told FBI agents what he thought they wanted to hear, possibly because he was afraid of being tortured in Pakistani custody before he was brought to the U.S.

“The problem was, he didn't know much about what actually happened that day,” Rosen told jurors. “The government has told you nothing about how this attack actually happened.”

Justice Department prosecutor Ryan White said Sharifullah played a crucial role in planning the Abbey Gate bombing and was involved in several other attacks by an Islamic State regional branch known as ISIS-K, including its March 2024 attack at a Moscow concert hall that killed roughly 140 people.

“The defendant thought nothing of killing,” White said. “For him, it was just another day at the office.”

Sharifullah, who didn't testify at his weeklong trial, is charged with one count of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization resulting in death. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted.

White said Sharifullah told a journalist that he wanted to “catch and kill the crusaders” from the U.S. for invading his country after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

“This case is not complicated,” White said. “The defendant told you everything you need to know.”

Rosen said U.S. authorities accepted ISIS propaganda at face value when the group took responsibility for the airport bombing. She suggested that militants from a Taliban offshoot were manning Abbey Gate and could have been involved in the attack.

“You can't base your verdict on mere conjecture and speculation,” Rosen said. “That's what the prosecution is asking you to do.”

A review by U.S. Central Command found that the Abbey Gate bomber was Abdul Rahman al-Logari, an Islamic State militant who had been released from an Afghan prison by the Taliban. Sharifullah recognized the alleged bomber as an operative he had known while incarcerated, according to an FBI affidavit.

A former Marine testified to Congress that he and others had spotted two possible suspects behaving suspiciously on the morning of the bombing but didn’t get permission to act. However, the Central Command review concluded that the snipers hadn’t seen the actual bomber and that the attack was not preventable.

A prosecutor assigned to the Abbey Gate case was fired last year after a right-wing commentator publicly criticized him over his work during Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration. Michael Ben’Ary’s ouster was part of a broader purge of Justice Department veterans deemed to be insufficiently loyal to Trump, a Republican.

During his most recent presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly condemned Biden for his role in the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal and blamed him for the Abbey Gate attack.

The criminal case is the second in months against Comey and is part of the Trump administration Justice Department's relentless effort to prosecute political opponents of the Republican president. The seashells photo was posted nearly a year ago, but the indictment was secured at a time when acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, a Trump loyalist who previously served as his personal lawyer, aims to prove to the president that he is the right person to hold the job permanently.

The fact that the Justice Department pursued a new case months after a separate and unrelated indictment was dismissed could expose the government to claims of a vindictive prosecution and to arguments that it is going out of its way to target Comey, who as FBI director had overseen the early months of an investigation into whether Trump's 2016 campaign had coordinated with Russia to sway the outcome of that year’s election.

Comey was fired by Trump months into the president’s first term as that investigation was underway, and they have openly feuded ever since.

The prosecution arises from a May post on Instagram in which Comey shared a photo of seashells he saw on a walk in the arrangement of “86 47.” He has said he assumed that the numbers reflected a political message, not a call to violence. Comey deleted the post shortly after it was made, writing: “I didn’t realize some folks associate those numbers with violence” and “I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down.”

Nonetheless, Comey was swiftly interviewed by the Secret Service after Trump administration officials asserted that he was advocating the assassination of Trump, the 47th president.

The case was filed in the Eastern District of North Carolina, the state where Comey found the seashells.

“Well, they’re back – this time about a picture of seashells on a North Carolina beach a year ago, and this won’t be the end of it,” Comey said in a video statement Tuesday. “But nothing has changed with me. I’m still innocent, I’m still not afraid and I still believe in the independent federal judiciary. So let’s go.”

The two-count indictment charges Comey with “knowingly and willfully” making a threat to “take the life of, and to inflict bodily harm upon" Trump and with transmitting a threat in interstate commerce. It does not provide evidence that Comey knowingly threatened Trump, especially since Comey has said the opposite, but suggested a “reasonable recipient who is familiar with the circumstances would interpret” the message as a threat.

At a news conference Tuesday, Blanche refused to elaborate on any evidence of intent the government has but said: “How do you prove intent in any case? You prove intent with witnesses, with documents, with the defendant himself to the extent it's appropriate. And that's how we'll prove intent in this case.”

And in an effort to rebut claims that Comey was being selectively prosecuted, Blanche contended the case against the former FBI director was similar to other threats cases the department routinely brings against the lesser known.

“While this case is unique and this indictment stands out because of the name of the defendant, his alleged conduct is the same kind of conduct that we will never tolerate and that we will always investigate and regularly prosecute,” Blanche said.

Comey's legal team said in a statement that they “will contest these charges in the courtroom and look forward to vindicating Mr. Comey and the First Amendment.” They said he “vigorously denies” the charges.

What 86 means

Merriam-Webster, the dictionary used by The Associated Press, says 86 is slang meaning “to throw out,” “to get rid of” or “to refuse service to.” It notes: “Among the most recent senses adopted is a logical extension of the previous ones, with the meaning of ‘to kill.’ We do not enter this sense, due to its relative recency and sparseness of use.”

Trump, in a Fox News Channel interview in May, accused Comey of knowing “exactly what that meant."

“A child knows what that meant,” Trump said. "If you’re the FBI director and you don’t know what that meant, that meant assassination. And it says it loud and clear.”

Comey's first indictment

The former FBI director was indicted in September on charges he lied to Congress in 2020 about whether he had authorized information about an investigation to be provided to a journalist. He denied any wrongdoing. The case was dismissed after a judge concluded the prosecutor who brought the indictment was illegally appointed.

Comey was the FBI director when Trump took office in 2017, having been appointed by then-President Barack Obama, a Democrat, and serving before that as a senior Justice Department official in President George W. Bush’s Republican administration.

But the relationship was strained from the start, including after Comey resisted a request by Trump at a private dinner to pledge his personal loyalty to the president -- an overture that so unnerved the FBI director that he documented it in a contemporaneous memorandum.

Trump fired Comey in May 2017 amid an FBI investigation into potential ties between Russia and Trump’s campaign. That inquiry, later taken over by special counsel Robert Mueller, found that while Russia interfered in the 2016 election and the Trump team welcomed the help, there was insufficient evidence to prove a criminal collaboration.

Other politically charged prosecutions

Blanche was elevated earlier this month from deputy attorney general to acting attorney general, replacing Pam Bondi, who had frustrated Trump with the department's struggles to build successful criminal cases against his adversaries.

Blanche since then has moved quickly to accelerate politically charged prosecutions, including a case last week against the nonprofit Southern Poverty Law Center, which is accused by the Justice Department of misleading donors by using their money to pay informants who served as leaders in the hate groups the organization was founded to fight. The group has denied any wrongdoing.

Comey is among many Trump foes to face scrutiny over the last year.

The Justice Department, for instance, is also pursuing a criminal investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan, another key figure in the Russia investigation -- one of Trump’s chief grievances and a saga he and his supporters have long sought retaliation for. Brennan has denied doing anything wrong.

CNN was the first to report the second indictment against Comey.

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Investigators said Shawnna Fitts was last seen around 10 a.m. on April 21 leaving her home, which is located in the 11500 block of Southwest 45th Court.

They said Fitts is about 5 feet 6 inches tall, and was last seen wearing a black shirt, black pants, and carrying a small duffle bag.

Anyone with information is urged to call the Miramar Police Department at 954-602-4252 or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

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Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Lewin, 43, on Thursday and corrections booked him at the Broward County Main Jail in Fort Lauderdale.

Two firefighters and the 65-year-old victim, who is a wheelchair user, reported the attack was during a medical call on Jan. 31 in an ambulance at Northwest 31 Avenue and First Street, records show.

Lewin and the victim, Alan Macphee, got into an argument over a GPS monitor, and the victim used expletives, according to the arrest warrant.

“Lewin instructed both firefighters ... to place [the victim] in the rescue vehicle, where there are no cameras so he can show [the victim] what he does to people,” a detective wrote, according to the arrest warrant.

Once the victim was in a stretcher, Lewin “approached” the victim from behind, grabbed his head, and forcefully struck it against the stretcher" for about 30 seconds, according to the warrant.

Lewin then “lowered the stretcher, pressed his thumbs into the victim’s eyes, and choked the patient” for about 10 seconds, according to the warrant.

Macphee, who had initially called 911 for help with shortness of breath, complained of “head, neck, and eye pain, and his eyes appeared bloodshot,” according to the warrant.

Fire rescue personnel took the victim to Broward Health Medical Center.

Macphee told a BSO detective that he had been “violently manhandled” and said Lewin had placed his thumbs over his eyes and “pushed them down into my skull,” according to the warrant.

During Lewin’s bond court hearing on Friday, the defense told Broward County Circuit Judge Corey B. Friedman that Lewin is “a family man” who had been with BSFR for about 11 years and didn’t have a criminal record.

Lewin faced two counts of third-degree felony battery on a person 65 years of age or older. Friedman set his bond at $50,000.

According to court records, Broward County Circuit Judge Thomas Coleman was set to preside over the case.

Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony released a statement about the case on Friday afternoon.

“The arrest of our fire lieutenant demonstrates our commitment to holding our own accountable for their unlawful actions,” Tony wrote. “The public can rest assured that internal due process will be fair, and any resulting discipline will be appropriate and consistent with policy. I applaud the two firefighters who reported this incident. We will continue to hold each other to the highest standards and serve the public with professionalism.”

Lewin bonded out of jail Friday night.

Anyone who wishes to help the victim financially or otherwise may reach out to him directly at 954-708-8581.

Read a section of the arrest warrant

Local 10 News Assignment Editor Sofia Mendez and Senior Assignment Editor Frine Gomez contributed to this report.

Los investigadores informaron que Shawnna Fitts fue vista por última vez alrededor de las 10 a.m. del 21 de abril saliendo de su casa, ubicada en la cuadra 11500 de Southwest 45th Court.

Indicaron que Fitts mide aproximadamente 5 pies 6 pulgadas y fue vista por última vez vistiendo una camisa negra, pantalones negros y cargando un pequeño bolso de viaje.

Cualquier persona con información debe llamar al Departamento de Policía de Miramar al 954-602-4252 o a Broward Crime Stoppers al 954-493-8477.

The two-day segment of ministers and senior officials marks the political centerpiece of the First Conference on Transitioning away from Fossil Fuels, where more than 50 countries have been discussing how to move away from oil, gas and coal — the main drivers of global warming — toward cleaner energy.

“The conclusion is unavoidable, we must transition away from fossil fuels — not just because it’s good for climate, but because it strengthens our energy independence and security,” said Stientje van Veldhoven, minister for climate policy and green growth for the Netherlands, which is co-hosting the conference with Colombia.

The meeting reflects growing frustration among some governments and advocates that decades of U.N. climate negotiations have failed to directly address fossil fuel production, prompting the Santa Marta summit to push the issue outside formal talks. Recent negotiations have acknowledged the need for a transition, but countries remain divided over how to implement it and how to finance the shift.

Before the president took the stage, members of the Indigenous Arhuaco community from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta — who have long defended their ancestral lands from outside development — opened the ceremony with a traditional harmonization ritual, a spiritual ceremony in which they spoke in their native language and played ancestral instruments.

Colombian president warns Amazon at tipping point

Speaking in the afternoon, President Petro warned that “the Amazon rainforest is burning,” adding that “without it we reach a point of no return.”

The leftist leader questioned the global economic model underpinning fossil fuel use, asking whether “capitalism can really adapt to a way of life that is not fossil-based.” He said U.N. climate talks have fallen short, arguing that “the unity of states has failed” and calling for broader action beyond governments.

Petro also linked current conflicts to energy dependence, saying “the wars we are seeing are driven by desperate geopolitical strategies around fossil resources.”

Colombia's Environment Minister Irene Vélez Torres said in opening comments before Petro's address that the conflict in the Middle East has revealed that “we are not only dealing with a climate and environmental crisis, but also an economic and national security crisis.”

Petro has positioned Colombia as a leading voice calling for a global shift away from fossil fuels, while pushing for a gradual transition at home that balances climate goals with economic realities.

A key moment for international cooperation

Outside the conference venue in the morning, members of a mining union protested against Petro and the event, chanting through megaphones and holding signs that read: “I arrive at the conference by plane to criticize the oil industry,” “More oil, less Petro,” and “Defend your oil barrels.”

With elections in a month's time, outgoing Petro kept his pledge since taking office to halt new oil and gas exploration and steer the country toward a post-fossil fuel economy, even as the Andean nation remains heavily dependent on oil and coal exports.

Minister Vélez Torres framed the gathering as a key moment for international cooperation.

“Let this conference be the moment when ambition becomes solidarity and when cooperation becomes the path toward a future beyond fossil fuels,” she said on Tuesday morning. “Let’s make this a turning point in history.”

Yuvelis Morales Blanco, a 25-year-old activist from Puerto Wilches, Colombia, spoke at the opening plenary and called for urgent action and a transition rooted in communities.

“We are called to make real the world we have imagined,” she said, urging governments to take “direct and concrete actions” to move away from fossil fuels and protect nature. “We demand energy justice, climate justice and justice for youth and children.”

Discussions in Santa Marta so far have highlighted the central challenge of funding the transition, particularly for developing countries facing high borrowing costs and limited access to capital.

Van Veldhoven of the Netherlands said access to affordable financing would be critical to ensuring the transition can happen globally, particularly for developing countries facing high debt and limited fiscal space.

Participants have also debated the role of policy tools such as carbon markets and government subsidies, as well as how to ensure the transition does not repeat patterns of land use and resource exploitation that have harmed communities in the past.

Organizers say the conference will not produce binding agreements, but that it is intended to build political momentum and bring together countries willing to accelerate the transition outside the formal U.N. process. It is also seen as a steppingstone toward upcoming global climate negotiations, where financing and timelines for reducing fossil fuel use are expected to remain key points of debate.

On Monday, Tuvalu, a tiny, low-lying Polynesian island nation in the South Pacific Ocean, announced it will host the next conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels. Small island nations are highly susceptible to climate change, with Tuvalu expected to be submerged by 2100 due to rising sea levels, according to scientists and the U.N.

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Según Golfweek, la estatua mide 15 pies de altura y fue instalada en el resort a principios de este mes antes del Campeonato Cadillac.

El medio informa que la estatua fue creada por el artista Alan Cottrill y encargada por un grupo de criptomonedas ($PATRIOT).

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— Kacy Hintz (@KacyHintz) April 28, 2026

Representa al presidente levantando un puño en el aire.

Cinco jugadores del top 15 del mundo no participarán en el evento, incluido el campeón del Masters Rory McIlroy.

Adam Scott ganó el último evento del PGA Tour en Doral en 2016 cuando era un Campeonato Mundial de Golf. Solo otros nueve jugadores de ese WGC están en el campo.

Este es el inicio más reciente para el campo propiedad de Trump. Doral fue sede de un evento de LIV Golf desde 2022 hasta 2025.

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The council received some pushback from residents.

It’s a sprawling project of four new buildings towering nearly 300 feet in the air, offering a mix of hotel, residential units and office space on the site of the Bal Harbour Shops.

The project has been repeatedly rejected by village leaders and residents.

The pushback has sparked a lawsuit by developers trying to build under Florida’s Live Local Act, which allows them to bypass village approval, but set aside 40% of the 500-plus new residential units as affordable.

The back and forth in courts prompted mediation between the two sides.

Monday night, a compromise offer that was made by developers was made public.

The new plan slightly scales back the proposed plan down to three buildings and a lowered height, as described by an attorney working for the village.

Residents packed Monday’s special village council meeting to lodge their opposition.

Increased traffic congestion, overcrowding in schools and a lack of infrastructure to handle anomalies like flooding are among the reasons they don’t want Bal Harbour Shops to expand.

Ultimately, commissioners decided to reject the new proposal and continue fighting the developers in court.

“Bal Harbour Shops and Whitman Family Development have spent more than two years advocating for the development of hundreds of workforce housing units that will serve the first responders, teachers, healthcare, hospitality, and retail workers who are the lifeblood of our community.

“The Village has fought tooth and nail to delay, derail, and deny that proposal while disregarding the very intent of the Live Local Act, so its no surprise that Council members rejected a revised plan resulting from hundreds of hours of mediation talks that would have preserved a workforce housing component.

“It’s become abundantly clear that the Village will do whatever it takes to uphold its exclusivity at the expense of the greater good. Bal Harbour Shops’ original proposal was conceived, designed, and proposed in compliance with Florida’s Live Local Act. The State Attorney General has supported our legal position, and our team will continue to pursue its original vision with the goal of delivering hundreds of workforce housing units in a community where they are sorely needed.”

Attorney John Shubin, who represents Bal Harbour Shops

Dr. David Morens, 78, is accused of using his private email account to intentionally circumvent public records laws while employed at the National Institutes of Health. The Justice Department alleges that he concealed or destroyed records of discussions related to COVID-19 research grants, including an effort to revive a controversial coronavirus grant.

“These allegations represent a profound abuse of trust at a time when the American people needed it most — during the height of a global pandemic,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement Tuesday. "Government officials have a solemn duty to provide honest, well-grounded facts and advice in service of the public interest — not to advance their own personal or ideological agendas.”

Morens faces charges of conspiracy against the United States; destruction, alteration or falsification of records in federal investigations; concealment, removal or mutilation of records; and aiding and abetting, according to a Justice Department news release. If convicted, he could face decades in prison. An attorney for Morens declined to comment.

The indictment reflects Republicans’ long-held belief that the federal government covered up key information about COVID-19 as the pandemic unfolded. Despite numerous probes, the origins of COVID have never been proven. Scientists are unsure whether the virus jumped from an animal, as many other viruses have, or came from a laboratory accident. A U.S. intelligence analysis released in 2023 said there is insufficient evidence to prove either theory.

Blanche said Morens' alleged conduct was part of an effort to "suppress alternative theories" about COVID-19's origins. The Justice Department also accused Morens of having an improper relationship with a collaborator, including allegedly accepting a gift of wine and discussing COVID-19 research and potential publications in a prominent medical journal.

The indictment follows a probe by House Republicans into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic that scrutinized Morens' email communications and accused him of intentionally concealing records. In congressional testimony, Morens denied attempting to evade federal transparency laws by using his personal email.

The lawsuits, which were filed last week in Rhode Island Superior Court, allege that the unnamed plaintiffs have suffered because Brown failed to maintain “reasonable and appropriate security measures.”

“As direct and proximate result of Brown’s aforementioned acts of negligence, Plaintiff suffered and became afflicted with grave and severe personal injuries, causing Plaintiff to suffer great pain of body, mind, nerves and nervous system,” one of the lawsuits states.

The plaintiffs behind the lawsuits are unnamed.

A spokesperson for Brown University said they were reviewing the complaints “carefully and promptly.”

“Out of respect for the privacy interests of the plaintiffs, we have no details to share on the merits of the litigation at this time,” spokesperson Brian Clark said in a statement.

According to law enforcement, gunman Claudio Neves Valente, 48, entered a study session in a Brown academic building on Dec. 13 and opened fire on students, killing 19-year-old sophomore Ella Cook and 18-year-old freshman MukhammadAziz Umurzokov and wounding nine others.

Two days later, authorities say, Neves Valente, who had been a graduate student at Brown studying physics about 20 years ago, also fatally shot Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro at Loureiro’s Boston-area home.

Neves Valente, who had attended school with Loureiro in Portugal in the 1990s, was found dead days later at a New Hampshire storage facility. Authorities say he killed himself. An autopsy determined that Neves Valente died Dec. 16, the same day Loureiro died in a hospital.

The lawsuits claim that Brown's campus security was alerted by a custodian that Neves Valente had been “casing” the building but the school did not investigate the reports.

Shortly after the shooting, Brown's president placed the campus police on leave amid a review of the school's security policies.

Much of the focus has centered on whether the Ivy League school had security cameras installed in the building where the attack took place in and the overall ease of accessing campus buildings.

The justices are reviewing an appellate ruling that would allow the lawsuit against Cisco to go forward in U.S. courts.

The company argues that it cannot be held liable under two separate laws for aiding and abetting human rights violations. The laws are the 18th-century Alien Tort Statute (ATS) and the Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA), first enacted in 1991.

The main questions among the court's conservative majority seemed to be how broadly to rule for Cisco and whether lower courts are allowing too many similar suits to proceed. Justice Neil Gorsuch at one point asked whether the courthouse door is “not closely guarded.”

In recent years, the Supreme Court and presidential administrations of both parties have been skeptical of lawsuits seeking to use U.S. courts as a venue to seek justice over the acts of foreign governments, especially those that took place abroad. To try to overcome that skepticism, Falun Gong members have argued that a substantial portion of Cisco’s activities involving China took place in the United States.

An Associated Press investigation last year showed that American tech companies, to a large degree, designed and built China’s surveillance state, encouraged by Republican and Democratic administrations, even as activists warned such tools were being used to quash dissent, persecute religious groups and target minorities.

In 2008, documents leaked to the press showed Cisco saw the “Golden Shield,” China's internet censorship effort, as a sales opportunity. The company quoted a Chinese official calling the Falun Gong an “evil cult.” A Cisco presentation reviewed by AP from the same year said its products could identify over 90% of Falun Gong material on the web.

Other presentations reviewed by AP show that Cisco represented Falun Gong material as a “threat” and built out a national information system to track Falun Gong believers. In 2011, Falun Gong members sued Cisco, alleging the company tailored technology for Beijing that it knew would be used to track, detain and torture believers.

Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson seemed most willing to allow the lawsuit to continue.

Cisco was a willing partner with the Chinese government, Sotomayor said. "It knew that those people will be tortured,” she said.

Not true, said Cisco lawyer Kannon Shanmugam. "Cisco vigorously disputes those allegations,” Shanmugam told the justices.

A decision is expected late June.

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Princess Bell “nearly” struck a man, who was working as a security guard at Taboo Miami by G5ive, and who told police officers that he was “in fear for his life,” according to the police arrest report.

A woman who worked as a manager at the club at 331 NW 170 St. told police officers that Bell had been terminated over “bizarre” behavior and conflicts with employees, and she was at the club to pickup her belongings, according to police.

Bell allegedly “began to run inside throughout the club ... throwing items, and using excessive profanity, disrupting the normal flow of business,” so security “escorted her outside,” and she returned with the pole, according to the police report.

After leaving the club, a police officer reported Bell was walking towards a Shell gas station at Northwest Seventh Avenue and 171st Street, when she ignored orders to stop and ran, according to the arrest report.

North Miami Beach police officers chased Bell and arrested her shortly after 11:50 p.m. at the westbound ramp of State Road 826, but there was a struggle, according to the report.

Bell “refused to stand up and continued to push her bodyweight onto the ground,” and she also refused to identify herself before providing her sister’s name, according to the police arrest report.

Police officers asked Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel and Jackson Memorial Hospital West to care for Bell before taking her to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to the arrest report.

Miami-Dade corrections booked her shortly after 5:10 a.m. on Tuesday. She faced seven charges: Aggravated battery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, providing a false name or ID after arrest, and four counts of resisting arrest without violence.

Records show corrections held her without bond on both out-of-state and out-of-county fugitive warrants.

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

Princess Bell “casi” golpeó a un hombre que trabajaba como guardia de seguridad en Taboo Miami by G5ive, quien dijo a los agentes que temía por su vida, según el informe de arresto policial.

Una mujer que trabajaba como gerente en el club ubicado en 331 NW 170 St. dijo a la policía que Bell había sido despedida por comportamiento “extraño” y conflictos con empleados, y que estaba en el lugar para recoger sus pertenencias, según la policía.

Según el informe, Bell presuntamente “comenzó a correr dentro del club, arrojando objetos y usando lenguaje excesivamente vulgar, interrumpiendo el funcionamiento normal del negocio”, por lo que seguridad “la escoltó afuera”, y luego regresó con el tubo.

Tras salir del club, un agente reportó que Bell caminaba hacia una gasolinera Shell en Northwest Seventh Avenue y 171st Street, cuando ignoró órdenes de detenerse y huyó, según el informe de arresto.

Agentes de North Miami Beach la persiguieron y la arrestaron poco después de las 11:50 p.m. en la rampa hacia el oeste de la carretera estatal 826, donde hubo un forcejeo, según el informe.

Bell “se negó a ponerse de pie y continuó empujando su peso contra el suelo”, y también se negó a identificarse antes de proporcionar el nombre de su hermana, según el informe policial.

Los agentes solicitaron a personal de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue y del Hospital Jackson Memorial West que la atendieran antes de llevarla al Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight, según el informe.

Correcciones de Miami-Dade la registró poco después de las 5:10 a.m. del martes. Enfrenta siete cargos: agresión agravada, asalto agravado con arma mortal, proporcionar un nombre o identificación falsa tras el arresto y cuatro cargos de resistirse al arresto sin violencia.

Los registros muestran que permanece detenida sin fianza por órdenes de captura pendientes fuera del estado y del condado.

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

The row of paintings, like much of Gaza life itself, was displayed outdoors, open to the weather and curious stares. There was a painting of a dove, a bullet hole, a person’s silhouette in a territory where the war between Israel and the militant Hamas group has killed well over 70,000 people.

It was a sunny day in Bureij in central Gaza. Children shouted and played as admirers of the paintings took photos and reflected.

“They painted their feelings, their ambitions, their hopes, their visions, over four months during a continuous workshop in my studio,” said Ghanem Al-Din, who organized the exhibit of dozens of paintings.

One artist was displaced seven times

Obay Al-Qarshali, 21, was one of the artists. He said he fled his home in Gaza City in late 2023 after the war began, sparked by the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on southern Israel. He took only what he could in his hurry, leaving over 30 of his paintings behind.

They are now lost in the bombing and destruction, he said.

His painting on display showed broken glass, cars topped with mattresses and other belongings and the debris of buildings. All are too familiar for him and hundreds of thousands of fellow Palestinians who have been displaced, often more than once.

Al-Qarshali said he had changed locations at least seven times in the war.

“Because of how much we were displaced and suffered in moving and carrying our belongings, the tents, the crowds, and so much more, I wanted to express something that deeply troubled me: that we left our homes and our safe places, forced to flee, scatter, and change our location. This piece expresses so much,” he said.

The timing of next steps in Gaza's ceasefire is unclear. The disarming of Hamas is a major challenge before the territory’s shift in governance, stabilization and reconstruction can begin in earnest.

“Critical demilitarization talks with Hamas are continuing," former British prime minister Tony Blair, a key member of the U.S.-created Board of Peace meant to focus on Gaza, told a U.N. Security Council meeting on Tuesday.

Reconstruction likely will cost over $70 billion and take a decade, a report by the United Nations and the European Union said last week.

It said Gaza’s economy has contracted by 84%. More than 371,000 housing units have been destroyed. Over half of Gaza’s hospitals are “non-functional.” Nearly all schools are destroyed or damaged in the territory of over 2 million people.

In a report on Tuesday, Doctors Without Borders said Israel has destroyed or damaged about 90% of Gaza’s water and sanitation infrastructure. And a Mercy Corps study found only 7% of Gaza’s agricultural infrastructure remains functional.

A child collecting firewood is among the dead

While large-scale fighting has eased since the ceasefire took effect in October, Israeli forces have continued near-daily strikes and fire around military-held zones, killing over 800 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The ministry, part of the Hamas-led government, maintains detailed casualty records that are seen as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and independent experts. It does not give a breakdown of civilians and militants.

On Tuesday, an Israeli airstrike hit a car in Gaza City, killing four men, according to Shifa Hospital.

The strike happened away from the so-called Yellow Line that separates Israeli-controlled areas from the rest of Gaza. Israel’s military said it struck a “terrorist” in the location, with no details.

The bodies were wrapped in white and placed on the ground, outdoors, so a crowd could mourn.

And a 9-year-old boy was killed by Israeli fire while gathering firewood in the southern city of Khan Younis, about 400 meters (1,312 feet) west of the Yellow Line, Nasser Hospital said. Israel’s military did not immediately comment.

Associated Press video showed siblings crying over the boy at the morgue.

“What is the guilt of those children,” a woman said during the funeral. “God is plaguing you, Israel.”

La policía indicó que Samuel Shiete O’Reilly afirmó que estaba en medio de una “persecución” en ese momento.

Según un informe de arresto del Departamento de Policía de North Miami, el choque ocurrió poco antes de la 1 p.m. en el área de 476 NE 125th St., que corresponde a un centro comercial.

Los investigadores dijeron que O’Reilly, del noroeste de Miami-Dade, golpeó al hombre con el Dodge Charger blanco cuando este “intentaba cruzar la vía”. Las autoridades indicaron que un video de celular mostró el impacto y al Charger continuando hacia el este.

El informe del NMPD señala que paramédicos trasladaron a la víctima al Hospital HCA Florida Aventura, tras sufrir una “laceración severa en la parte superior de la cabeza”.

Mientras tanto, la policía indicó que encontró el Charger —y a O’Reilly— unas dos horas después cerca de Jimmy’s Diner, ubicado en el mismo estacionamiento del centro comercial.

Según el informe, O’Reilly dijo a los agentes que había regresado “para verificar a la víctima” y afirmó que el choque ocurrió mientras “intentaba perseguir a un cliente que no había pagado por servicios prestados”.

La policía indicó que “admitió que durante la persecución, golpeó a la víctima y, por miedo e incertidumbre, huyó del lugar”.

El informe no deja claro a qué se dedica exactamente O’Reilly.

Los agentes arrestaron a O’Reilly por un cargo de abandonar la escena de un choque que causó lesiones corporales graves.

Hasta la mañana del martes, los registros muestran que permanecía detenido en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight con una fianza de $2,500 USD.

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Police said Samuel Shiete O’Reilly claimed that he was in the middle of a “pursuit” at the time.

According to an arrest report from the North Miami Police Department, the crash happened just before 1 p.m. in the area of 476 NE 125th St., which corresponds to a shopping center.

Investigators said O’Reilly, of northwest Miami-Dade, hit the man with the white Dodge Charger as he “attempt(ed) to cross the roadway.” Authorities said cellphone video showed the crash and the Charger continuing to drive east.

The NMPD report states that medics took the victim to HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, having suffered a “severe laceration to the top of his head.”

Meanwhile, police said they found the Charger ― and O’Reilly ― about two hours later near Jimmy’s Diner, which is located in the same shopping center parking lot.

According to the report, O’Reilly told officers he had come back “to check on the victim” and said the crash happened as ”he was attempting to pursue a client who had failed to pay for services rendered."

Police said he “admitted that during the pursuit, he struck the victim and, out of fear and uncertainty, fled the scene.”

The report doesn’t make clear what exactly O’Reilly does for a living.

Officers arrested O’Reilly on a charge of leaving the scene of a crash causing serious bodily injury.

As of Tuesday morning, records show he was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $2,500 bond.

“It wasn’t the plan,” he said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. “But it wasn’t not the plan.”

Stanton has done other things than think about Woody and Buzz for the past 34 years. At Pixar, he made “A Bug’s Life” and two Oscar-winners: “Finding Nemo” and “WALL-E.” But “Toy Story” was the movie that started it all. The one he and his peers couldn’t believe they got to make. Everything that’s happened since, he said, has been gravy.

The new film, in theaters June 12, is widely expected to be one of the summer’s biggest hits. The past two movies made more than a billion dollars and this one is likely on the same path. But while there is a business driving many of the decisions regarding the series, Stanton said they’ve also had a lot of time to think about where the story should go. It’s show business, yes, but they always try to put the “show” first.

Remember, there was an 11-year gap between “Toy Story 2” and “Toy Story 3,” and nine more years before the fourth movie. It was around 2008, when they’d finally cracked the story for three, and decided that it would be the end of their time with Andy as he went off to college, that Stanton started to think wider.

“What if it went farther? What if it was a trilogy with one kid, closed that up, handed it off to another kid and started another one?” Stanton said. “That seemed really exciting to me because that’s the way life really goes with toys and mementos. They get passed down as hand-me-downs; they go from one kid to another.”

Midway through the Bonnie era

One thing Stanton doesn’t love about the Toy Story movies are the numbers. Toy Story isn’t Rocky — it’s something else.

“They make it sound like old blockbuster thinking,” Stanton said. “The culture’s changed in the last 15 years. We all understand binging now. We all understand episodic stories. Not everything’s great for it, but some are and the Toy Story world is meant for that kind of lengthy thinking.”

Thus, four was the beginning of the Bonnie years. Though some of the actors were publicly saying it was the last Toy Story, as Woody went off with Bo Peep and the rest of the toys stayed with Bonnie, Stanton was pretty sure it was going to keep going. Bonnie’s arc wasn’t over yet. He just didn’t know they would come knocking on his door to figure out how.

“I was skeptical at first because I didn’t know if where I would want to see it go would match with where the studio would want to see go,” he said. “I cautiously said, let me write the crappy first draft, because I always write a crappy first draft, but at least I’ll figure out myself where I’d like to see it go just as a fan, let alone somebody that’s been behind the camera with it. And if we agree on that fundamentally then can we start working on it and I’ll take the job.”

He also wanted a collaborator by his side, so Kenna Harris (“Ciao Alberto”) joined as cowriter and director. Harris was around the same age Stanton was on “Toy Story,” which, he said, felt like kismet. In Harris, he found someone who he could pass knowledge to and learn from as someone who grew up in a different era. Together, they found more commonalities than differences.

“It’s really trying to find the things that are timeless, you know? Because childhood is gonna keep happening,” Stanton said.

The screentime conundrum

The fifth film sees the arrival of a new thing that is taking Bonnie’s attention away from her toys: The Lilypad. Stanton kept checking with the lawyers to make sure it wasn’t copyrighted or a real thing. It wasn’t, they assured him.

While the screentime conversation might not be new, how it affects playtime with these toys is something they hadn't yet explored.

“I feel like we’re kind of late to the party. I was worried there would be some sort of resolution to it before we finished and there wouldn’t be so much dramatic controversy about it, but it’s a legitimate concern that has no complete, finite answer,” Stanton said. “That’s drama, it’s in the gray. It is like how do you navigate something that you have to deal with? It’s not just ‘get rid of it.’”

There were similar conversations about television for kids of his era, and he knew that like TV, technology is not going away.

“Toy Story 5” also places more direct emphasis on the power of play and imagination, something they dabbled with in the opening of “Toy Story 3,” but that they really get to lean into here.

Making ‘Toy Story’ for the grandkids

Stanton doesn’t think too much about box office anymore; At Pixar, always been aiming higher than that. On the first film, he liked to say that they were making films for the grandkids. It might have been a bit of magical thinking for a fledgling studio and a man with a very young family, but in three decades, it’s come true. Stanton’s grandchild is now watching the Pixar movies he helped create.

Just recently, Stanton was at Skywalker Ranch finishing the mix for “Toy Story 5.” It’s the first time he’s gotten to step back and take it in as a movie and not the jigsaw puzzle he’s been building for so long.

“That’s when it kind of breaks my brain. I’m going, ‘Oh my God, there’s all the characters just living their lives’,” Stanton said. “And that’s the magic of movies. You forget that anybody behind the scenes made it and you just believe, and that’s the real drug.”

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Local 10 aún trabaja para obtener detalles sobre lo ocurrido, pero se observó una lona cubriendo el cuerpo a lo largo de West Hallandale Beach Boulevard cerca de la 48th Avenue poco después de las 11:30 p.m. del lunes.

También se observaron escombros y guantes de los investigadores en el suelo, junto con una bicicleta.

Aunque la vía ya fue reabierta, la investigación sobre lo ocurrido continúa.

Un equipo de Local 10 News que acudió al lugar no vio ningún vehículo estacionado cerca, pero observó a la policía hablando con testigos en la lavandería en la esquina donde ocurrió el accidente.

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Durant didn’t participate in practice with the Rockets on Tuesday before they left for California, trailing 3-1 in the first-round series. But he was seen running on an antigravity treadmill as the team wrapped up its work before heading to the airport.

Coach Ime Udoka was asked if there was a possibility that Durant would play in Game 5 after missing the last two games with a sprained left ankle and bone bruise.

“We’ll see,” Udoka said. “It is day to day, game to game. But we’ll have to get on the court and do some things, and he didn’t participate in practice today. But he’s doing the conditioning and other aspects to try to get back.”

Durant sat out the opener with a bruised right knee, as well as Games 3, 4 and 5. He returned for Game 2, scoring 23 points in 41 minutes of the 101-94 loss, during which he injured his ankle late in the game.

The Rockets won Game 4 115-96 despite missing their superstar to avoid elimination.

Durant's injury problems this postseason came after the 37-year-old ranked second in the league in the regular season by playing 2,840 minutes.

Durant, who is in his first season in Houston after an offseason trade from Phoenix, is the fifth-leading scorer in NBA history.

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According to BSO, the hit-and-run was reported shortly before 10 p.m. near the 4900 block of West Hallandale Beach Boulevard.

Investigators confirmed they are searching for the driver of a black SUV.

A Local 10 News crew was in the area later in the evening as a tarp covered the victim’s body.

Debris and gloves from investigators were also spotted on the ground, along with the victim’s bicycle.

Deputies said Pembroke Park police initially responded to the crash and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

The police department then requested that BSO’s Traffic Homicide Unit investigate the circumstances surrounding the fatal crash, BSO said.

A Local 10 News crew spotted detectives speaking with witnesses at the laundromat on the corner of where the crash occurred.

While the roadway has since reopened, the investigation into what happened continues.

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Glore, 35, has been described by the New York Post as a jeweler “whose clients include 50 Cent and ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ personality Scott Disick” and was seen on season 5 of the Bravo reality show “Below Deck Mediterranean.” His Instagram page features photos of him posing with 50 Cent and other celebrities, including rapper Meek Mill and actor Joseph Sikora.

On Friday, he posed for the mugshot camera at Miami-Dade’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. That came after Miami police took him into custody on charges of aggravated assault and improper exhibition of a firearm in connection with the March incident. But his attorney is claiming self-defense.

According to an arrest report from the Miami Police Department, the victim was trying to park his car in the garage at the downtown Worldcenter building, located at 851 NE First Ave., at around 12:30 a.m. on March 11 but was having trouble with his key fob.

Police said as the victim waited for the building concierge to help him, Glore, whose full name is listed in the MPD report as Leon J. Glore, pulled up behind him in a white Ferrari and was “honking its horn continuously.”

Authorities said Glore began “yelling obscenities” at the victim, who explained “the gate was malfunctioning and that he was on the phone with the concierge.”

The report states that Glore got out of the Ferrari and a “verbal argument” ensued that escalated. Police said Glore took out a black handgun and told the victim, “Give me a reason,” leading the victim to call 911 “in fear for his life.”

Police said they went to the Worldcenter on Friday to take Glore into custody; he declined to speak with them on his attorney’s advice.

He would be released from TGK over the weekend after posting a $5,500 bond, court records show.

Glore’s attorney, Chad Piotrowski, provided comment to Local 10 News Monday afternoon.

“Mr. Glore was initially investigated and released at the scene after officers reviewed the building’s security footage,“ Piotrowski said in an email. ”Weeks later, he was arrested despite that same evidence. Based on the facts and the video, we will be asking the Court to dismiss the charges pursuant to Florida’s Stand Your Ground law.“

Piotrowski submitted a written plea of not guilty in the case. Records show it’s been assigned to Miami-Dade Judge Richard Hersch.

El anuncio se dio horas después que la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum pidió en su conferencia matutina al Ministerio Público avanzar las investigaciones sobre la participación que tuvieron en el país los dos agentes estadounidenses, y descartó que la salida del fiscal César Jáuregui implique el cierre del caso.

Jáuregui anunció el lunes su renuncia tras reconocer que hubo omisiones en la información sobre los agentes extranjeros y admitió que esa falla “vulneró los mecanismos de control y comunicación” que debía asegurar como fiscal.

Los dos agentes estadounidenses murieron junto a dos funcionarios de la fiscalía estatal el 19 de abril cuando la camioneta en la que viajaban derrapó y cayó por un barranco en las escarpadas montañas que unen Chihuahua —fronteriza con Texas—y el estado de Sinaloa, donde se había desmantelado un laboratorio de drogas sintéticas.

Los estadounidenses fallecidos eran miembros de la Agencia Central de Inteligencia de Estados Unidos (CIA, por sus siglas en inglés), confirmó The Associated Press un funcionario de Estados Unidos y otras dos personas familiarizadas con el asunto, quienes hablaron bajo condición de anonimato por tratarse de temas sensibles de inteligencia. La CIA no ha hecho comentarios.

La Fiscalía General de la República indicó en un comunicado que inició una investigación por “noticia criminal” por las declaraciones que ofreció Jáuregui el 19 de abril y la información que difundió la Mesa de Seguridad Estatal de Chihuahua sobre la presencia de personas extranjeras en un operativo en esa entidad, y planteó que existe la posibilidad de que “se hayan cometido en materia de seguridad nacional”.

Además, se informó que tras “petición reiterada” la fiscalía de Chihuahua remitió el lunes al Ministerio Público una copia de la carpeta de investigación “por lo que las actuaciones realizadas por esa autoridad ministerial se encuentran en análisis”.

La Fiscalía General también investiga el laboratorio clandestino de droga que localizaron las autoridades de Chihuahua.

La Secretaría de Seguridad federal mexicana informó el fin de semana que uno de los agentes estadounidenses había ingresado a México como visitante y que el otro lo había hecho con un pasaporte diplomático. A su vez ratificó que no estaba al tanto de que agentes extranjeros estuvieran operando en su territorio.

La fiscal encargada de investigar los hechos en Chihuahua, Wendy Chávez, dijo el lunes que los extranjeros “no formaban parte del despliegue operativo institucional” y que su participación en el convoy estatal “no fue reportada a mandos superiores”.

Agregó que los agentes de la CIA "no portaban armas de fuego ni insignias oficiales de ninguna institución, vestían ropa civil y mantuvieron el rostro cubierto la mayor parte del tiempo”.

En medio de la polémica que ha desatado el caso que ha tenido implicaciones diplomáticas y políticas, el secretario de Seguridad federal, Omar Garcia Harfuch, admitió el martes que la gobernadora de Chihuahua, la opositora María Eugenia Campos, le informó en una reunión que tuvieron esta semana que ella no tenía conocimiento de que se estuviera desarrollando alguna operación con agentes norteamericanos en campo.

Campos fue invitada por el Senado para informar sobre el caso, pero la gobernadora notificó el martes que no acudiría para no comprometer las investigaciones.

That's boosted the Detroit auto maker's outlook for 2026. On Tuesday, GM said it's now looking to rake in $13.5 billion to $15.5 billion in earnings before interest and taxes this year — up from previous forecasts of $13 billion to $15 billion.

The refund is set to ease the company's total tariff expenses some. GM anticipates paying $2.5 billion to $3.5 billion in tariff costs for 2026, the company said Tuesday, down from an original estimate of $3 billion to $4 billion.

“We are clearly operating in a very dynamic environment, which isn’t unusual for this industry,” CEO Mary Barra wrote in a letter to shareholders. Still, she maintained the company was seeing solid growth and a strong balance sheet "to achieve our long-term goals.”

For the first quarter of 2026, GM reported earnings of $2.63 billion and a revenue of $43.62 billion.

GM confirmed to The Associated Press that it hasn't received the refund yet, and doesn't have a specific estimate for when it will, but $500 million is what it expects following the decision from the Supreme Court. The court in February ruled that the levies Trump imposed using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, were illegal.

Companies both big and small are seeking refunds for IEEPA tariffs they've already paid. The Customs and Border Protection agency launched an online system for claims last week.

If CBP approves a claim, it will take between 60 and 90 days for a refund to be issued, the agency said. But the system is being rolled out in phases, and only some tariff refunds will be returned in the first phase.

CBP said in court filings that over 330,000 importers paid a total of about $166 billion on over 53 million shipments.

The now-overturned IEEPA tariffs included so-called “reciprocal” tariffs that Trump slapped on nearly every country in the world a year ago and “trafficking tariffs” on imports from Mexico, Canada and China — as well as separate duties on countries like Brazil and India, all of which the president imposed by declaring a national emergency.

February's Supreme Court decision marked a significant blow to Trump's economic agenda. But many other tariffs remain in effect — including punishing sectoral levies that Trump imposed using another law (Section 232 of the 1962 Trade Expansion Act) on foreign steel, aluminum, cars and other products. And companies like GM are continuing to pay those costs.

The administration has also signaled that more new duties are on the way.

Trump has publicly attacked companies who have warned of price hikes spanning from tariffs — and at times used the threat of new import taxes to strike deals. Last week, the president also said he'll “remember” those that do not seek refunds from his IEEPA tariffs.

“I think it’s brilliant if they don’t do that,” Trump told CNBC of companies that hadn't yet sought reimbursements. “If they don’t do that, they got to know me very well.”

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Dicen que no es la primera vez que es sorprendido traficando la droga.

Los investigadores indicaron que oficiales de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de Estados Unidos hicieron el hallazgo en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood después de que Kristopher Marco, de 53 años, de New Castle, Delaware, llegara en el vuelo 946 de Spirit Airlines desde Cartagena el lunes.

Una denuncia penal federal establece que los oficiales de CBP en el área de inspección, al revisar el equipaje de Marco, primero encontraron tabletas en un “frasco de vitaminas Centrum” que él afirmó eran pastillas para el VIH.

Según la denuncia, “múltiples registros del Sistema de Comunicaciones de Aplicación del Tesoro” sobre Marco, además de su “comportamiento nervioso”, llevaron a realizarle una revisión corporal.

Los oficiales “reportaron una gran anomalía percibida en su zona de la ingle”, indica. Cuando se le preguntó qué tenía, las autoridades dijeron que Marco respondió de manera directa: “Cocaína”.

Indicaron que eran 1.75 kilogramos. Según la denuncia, la droga estaba en un “paquete grande de forma cilíndrica envuelto en celofán rosado”.

De acuerdo con la denuncia, Marco no quiso decir a los agentes de Investigaciones de Seguridad Nacional de dónde provenía la cocaína ni hacia dónde iba.

Señalaron que una verificación de registros reveló que Marco — bajo su nombre anterior, Christopher Allen Gransby — fue arrestado por autoridades en Nicaragua el 10 de septiembre de 2024 por intentar ingresar al país desde Costa Rica con 7.69 kilogramos de cocaína.

La Policía Nacional de Nicaragua indicó que llevaba los paquetes de cocaína en una mochila. Aproximadamente cinco meses después de su arresto en Centroamérica, Gransby, nacido en Virginia, cambió su nombre en Delaware a Kristopher Michael Cain Marco.

Los registros muestran que Marco debía comparecer en un tribunal federal en Fort Lauderdale para una audiencia la mañana del martes, enfrentando un cargo de posesión con intención de distribuir más de 500 gramos de cocaína. También indican que los fiscales buscan su detención previa al juicio.

Mientras tanto, Marco permanecía detenido en la cárcel principal de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward en nombre del Servicio de Alguaciles de Estados Unidos.