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Brightline’s MiamiCentral Station is less than a mile from the arena at 601 Biscayne Boulevard.

Brightline has connecting stations in Aventura, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Boca Raton.

The parking garages at the stations are open 24 hours, and it’s $12 with advanced booking on this page. Tickets can be booked in advance on Brightline’s free app or on this site.

Here is the list of the concerts that will have late-night train service:

• Monday: Jonas Brothers
• Friday: Camilo
• Oct. 11: Arcángel
• Oct. 13: KATSEYE
• Oct. 17: iHeartRadio Event
• Oct. 18: TINI
• Oct. 24: Chayanne
• Oct. 28: Young Miko
• Nov. 11: Doja Cat
• Nov. 12: The Neighbourhood
• Nov. 20: John Summit
• Nov. 21: John Summit
• Nov. 28: Nick Cannon Presents: Wild ‘N Out Live
• Dec. 5: Rawayana
• Dec. 6: Rawayana
• Dec. 11: Gente de Zona

La estación MiamiCentral de Brightline está a menos de una milla del estadio, ubicado en 601 Biscayne Boulevard.

Brightline tiene estaciones de conexión en Aventura, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach y Boca Raton.

Los estacionamientos en las estaciones están abiertos las 24 horas con un costo de $12 dólares con reserva anticipada en esta página. Los boletos pueden reservarse con anticipación en la aplicación gratuita de Brightline o en este sitio.

Esta es la lista de los conciertos que tendrán servicio de trenes nocturnos:

• Lunes: Jonas Brothers
• Viernes: Camilo
• 11 de octubre: Arcángel
• 13 de octubre: KATSEYE
• 17 de octubre: evento de iHeartRadio
• 18 de octubre: TINI
• 24 de octubre: Chayanne
• 28 de octubre: Young Miko
• 11 de noviembre: Doja Cat
• 12 de noviembre: The Neighbourhood
• 20 de noviembre: John Summit
• 21 de noviembre: John Summit
• 28 de noviembre: Nick Cannon Presents: Wild ‘N Out Live
• 5 de diciembre: Rawayana
• 6 de diciembre: Rawayana
• 11 de diciembre: Gente de Zona

Seeman was caught on camera cursing at McBride, which drew the ire of union leader JC Tretter, a retired offensive lineman who played eight seasons.

“This kind of behavior from an official towards a player is unacceptable,” Tretter, the NFL Players Association’s executive director, said on social media along with a video clip of the incident. “Players are consistently held accountable when the roles are reversed. We expect the NFL to hold officials to the same standard.”

The interaction took place with just under five minutes left after officials did not call a pass interference or illegal contact penalty on New York’s Dru Phillips, who made contact with McBride before the ball arrived from Jacoby Brissett on a third-and-2 play.

Arizona punted and the Giants went on to win 36-24 after Deonte Banks intercepted Brissett's pass and ran it back for a pick-6 as time expired.

Referee Adrian Hill was also suspended for unprofessional conduct in the Miami-Minnesota game.

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But it wasn't long before the California scientist asked for a break from all the attention for a more ordinary task: He needed to make school lunches for his children, who were asleep in the family home in Stanford, where their father had been speaking in the middle of the night with journalists and well-wishers.

Deisseroth, 54, shared this year’s medicine prize with two researchers in Germany for their work in optogenetics, a field that combines light with genes to switch on and off neurons in living brains.

A self-described night owl, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and Stanford University professor often works past midnight. After reviewing papers and emailing his students, he said he had just gone to lie down when he got the call from the Nobel Assembly in Stockholm.

“I almost felt as if I’d lost the power of forming words,” he told The Associated Press, “but I recovered after a minute or two.”

He regained speech quickly enough for remote interviews with AP science reporters. Speedy emails with the Stanford communications staff had helped put them in touch.

“No real sleep was achieved,” he said an hour after the announcement.

As the science reporters chatted with Deisseroth over the phone and Zoom, an AP photographer and videographer raced to his home in Stanford.

The photographer arrived around 3:30 a.m. to find Halloween decorations outside the home but just one light on inside. He was worried he had the wrong house before mustering the courage to knock on the door.

Dr. Michelle Monje-Deisseroth, the scientist's wife, answered and ushered the photographer into their home, where the Nobel winner was taking calls from the couch.

Monje-Deisseroth, an HHMI investigator and Stanford pediatric neuro-oncologist, was at his side when she wasn’t making coffee for the Stanford communications staff who had joined the celebration. Deisseroth was surprised to hear his work had been honored with a Nobel Prize, he told the AP, but his wife was not.

Deisseroth recounted the research he conducted with fellow Nobel winners Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel, and its real-world impact.

“For me, I’m a physician-scientist. I am a psychiatrist. I care about patients and my patients who have autism, who have depression,” he said. “I care about the hope that this brings. But I’m also a basic scientist, and I care about understanding this amazing organ, the brain, and how it works and how it integrates and computes and delivers all the things that make us human.”

As Deisseroth wrapped up the interviews, he told the Stanford staff he needed an hourlong break beginning at 6:30 a.m. His kids would be waking up, he said, and they would need lunches before leaving for school.

When one of the Stanford representatives wondered if the neighbors would mind all the late-night commotion, Monje-Deisseroth shrugged it off.

They live in faculty housing, she said. There are a lot of Nobels in the neighborhood.

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Ramakrishnan reported from New York. Associated Press writers Stefanie Dazio in Berlin and Lauran Neergaard in Washington contributed to this report.

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No arrests have been announced in Dooly County, where the sheriff says more than 50 shots were fired early Sunday in the small city of Vienna as more than 1,000 people were still outside celebrating long after midnight.

Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy identified the two people killed as Ja’Quavion Jackson, 21, of Cordele, and Macaleb Jackson, 23, of Hawkinsville. The two men don't appear to be related, said Sara Lue, a spokesperson for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

An additional 35 people were injured — most of them by gunfire, though others were hurt in the chaotic scramble to flee, authorities told reporters at a Sunday news conference. The sheriff said an unspecified number were hospitalized with critical injuries.

Authorities haven't said what may have motivated the shootings or precisely how many people were shot.

“At large parties with people from different places, not just your locals, sometimes problems come,” Peavy said Sunday.

Local officials say the block party wasn't a school-sponsored event and didn't have a city permit. Peavy said he had extra deputies working over the weekend in anticipation of homecoming drawing large numbers of alumni and other out-of-town visitors.

The sheriff did not immediately return a phone message Monday. Lue said no further updates were available from state investigators, who customarily assist Georgia's rural communities in major cases.

The violence marred what Peavy said had been a large but otherwise peaceful celebration of Dooly County High School winning its homecoming football game in Vienna, a city of about 3,000 people located about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Macon.

Crowds of revelers gathered across an area covering four blocks, and Peavy said that he had deputies patrolling the area. When the first shots were fired and deputies rushed to the scene, he said, more gunfire sounded about a block away.

“It was so many people,” Peavy said. “And it was just hard to figure out what was going on.”

Among this weekend's visitors was Antoria Felton of Jonesboro, who drove two hours to bring her daughter and six other girls to Vienna. She told WMAZ-TV that everything seemed peaceful when suddenly “bullets were going everywhere.”

Felton said she saw that “kids laying on the ground had been shot” as she scrambled to find her daughter and the other girls.

“The only thing I’m trying to do is find these girls,” Felton said. “Everybody scattered out everywhere, everybody running. It was terrifying.”

“L’Hispaniola c’est Haiti! This is Haiti!” star player Wilson Isidor shouted after helping Haiti beat the Dominican Republic 4-1 in Santo Domingo.

Hispaniola is the Caribbean island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, two neighbors with a long and troubled history. The reaction was swift.

“We have very bad news for…Haiti’s team,” Dominican Sports Minister Kelvin Cruz said Friday as he announced that Haiti would no longer be allowed to play in the Dominican Republic.

Reached Monday, he said only that he stood by his announcement.

Cruz did not mention Isidor or his remarks, but accused Haitian fans of damaging the stadium's infrastructure. Dominican authorities also used pepper spray on Haitians as some peacefully streamed into the stadium for Thursday's game, with some Dominicans blaming their government for not controlling the crowd.

On Saturday, the Dominican Soccer Federation filed a formal complaint with CONCACAF, the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Football Association, about what occurred on Thursday. A CONCACAF spokesperson did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.

As the Dominican Republic prepares for its 2028 elections, presidential hopefuls have seized on the incident to promise an intensified crackdown on Haitian migrants, with one going as far as to say he would enslave them.

Celebration ignites longtime tensions

The fallout from the game is the latest flashpoint to drive a wedge between the two countries that share a bloody history.

The game was played a day before the 89th anniversary of the Parsley Massacre, when Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo ordered the killing of thousands of Haitians along the shared border.

One fan held up a sign Thursday in Haitian Creole that read, “A great tribute to those who fell on Oct. 2, 1937. Today this match is played in your memory.”

Isidor’s remarks about La Hispaniola being Haitian have gone viral, with social media users debating historical facts and wishing a good day to everyone “except the Haitians;” one person even compared Isidor’s comments to a German player giving a Nazi salute.

One video posted online and captioned “4-1” streams wealthy areas of the Dominican Republic above impoverished areas in Haiti.

The Haitian Soccer Federation said it supports its players and asserted that Isidor’s comments were “an expression of attachment” to his roots.

“This attachment to Haiti cannot...be interpreted as a sign of hostility or disrespect toward another people or nation,” it said. “Sporting rivalry, however intense, must never make us lose sight of the mutual respect that should unite players, fans, and nations.”

One person on X noted that the comments by Isidor, who was born in France, are similar to the “Ici c’est Paris” chant by Paris Saint-Germain fans, even during away games: “No one thinks they’re reclaiming territory.”

Ex beauty queen calls for retraction

Garry Jean-Pierre saw the game at his home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital. He doesn’t believe Isidor’s comments were political but was not surprised by the Dominican government's response.

“We understand why they did it. They were humiliated at home in front of their supporters,” he said.

Haiti and the Dominican Republic each finished with nine points in League A of CONCACAF’s Nations League tournament, but only Haiti advanced to the quarterfinals because of best goal differential.

André Joseph, a 20-year-old accounting student in Port-au-Prince, said he expected post-match fallout: “There’s always going to be a war between the Haitians and the Dominicans because of the way the Dominicans treat the Haitians."

The Dominican Republic has long been criticized for arresting and deporting people born there who are of Haitian ancestry; for leaving them stateless; and for the way immigrants are treated when they’re detained. Dominican officials have said the country cannot sustain the increasing number of immigrants fleeing Haiti's poverty and violence.

Joseph and other Haitian soccer fans have called on their government to ensure the team has a place to train and play in Haiti.

The main stadium in Port-au-Prince and a nearby training facility has been overrun by gangs that control an estimated 70% of the capital. Haiti’s home matches leading up to the World Cup had to be played elsewhere, with Haiti qualifying for the first time since 1974.

Haitian content creator Windy Phele wrote on X that Haitian politicians have left them greatly dependent on the Dominican Republic.

"Dominicans have every reason to be proud of their country, whereas I personally don’t see any reason today to say I’m proud of Haiti,” he wrote on X. “We should fight to create the conditions so the national team can stop playing away from home.”

Joining the debate was Sarodj Bertin, a lawyer and former beauty queen who was born in Haiti but was sent to the Dominican Republic after her mother was killed.

She posted a video in Spanish and French asserting that people must respect their neighbors to earn respect. Bertin called on Isidor to retract his “inappropriate” comments, at least for his “brothers,” if not for his country.

“In the end,” she said, “those who are going to suffer are the Haitians who live in the Dominican Republic.”

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Associated Press reporters Evens Sanon in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and Martín Adames in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic contributed to this story.

The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991, with nearly 3,900 reported cases, according to the CDC. The nation has seen eight reported measles-associated deaths in the past two years — more than the combined total of reported deaths over the previous three decades.

Since the beginning of last year, large outbreaks have been reported in several states, including Texas and Utah, as well as South Carolina, which had the largest with 997 cases reported.

Health officials say Pennsylvania’s current outbreak started in April, west of Philadelphia. There have been 1,004 cases, including 198 hospitalizations and five deaths, state officials said.

Health experts attribute such outbreaks to low vaccination rates.

It's been decades since a U.S. state has seen an outbreak surpass 1,000 cases, stretching back to a multiyear outbreak in New York City in the early 1990s that infected more than 4,500 people.

The nation eliminated the domestic spread of measles in 2000 by maintaining high vaccination rates, but those rates have fallen in recent years to below the 95% coverage needed to prevent outbreaks.

In November, international health officials will meet to determine if the U.S. and Mexico have lost their measles-free status.

Measles is highly contagious. It spreads when people who have it breathe, cough or sneeze, and through contaminated surfaces. It also can linger in the air for two hours. Up to 9 out of 10 people who are susceptible will get the virus if exposed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

U.S. measles infections have been surging in recent years, as fewer kids get routine vaccines due to parental waivers, healthcare access issues and rampant disinformation.

Pennsylvania is not the only state with a growing problem. Neighboring Ohio has reported more than 200 cases this year. Like in Pennsylvania, some of the hardest-hit Ohio counties have significant Amish populations, which tend to have lower vaccination rates.

Meanwhile, CDC officials have quietly begun to acknowledge measles-associated deaths in Pennsylvania.

State officials in August announced that two unvaccinated residents died after being infected with measles.

The announcement quickly came under fire as a clash erupted between vaccine-promoting Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Trump administration appointee with a history of raising alarms about established vaccines.

Since then, Pennsylvania has reported three additional deaths.

But for weeks, the CDC — which Kennedy oversees — did not count any deaths on its measles data dashboard, instead saying it was seeking more information. That changed two weeks ago, when one death was finally counted, and again last week when a second was added to the agency's tally.

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Danilo Silva caminó alrededor de votantes brasileños en dos edificios de Miami Dade College en Kendall que estaban eligiendo a un presidente, vicepresidente, miembros del Congreso, gobernadores, vicegobernadores, asambleas legislativas y otros cargos, según agentes.

Agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade que trabajaban de civil notaron que Silva, quien nació en Brasil y vive en Saint Lucie, Florida, también llevaba gafas de sol y una máscara para cubrirse el rostro cuando “interactuó” con personas, según el reporte de un agente.

“Las personas estaban reunidas y claramente tenían miedo”, escribió un agente, según el reporte de arresto.

Detectives de la MDSO intervinieron “para evitar que la situación se intensificara” y le preguntaron a Silva si era un agente federal, lo detuvieron, le colocaron esposas y le pidieron una identificación, según el reporte de arresto.

“Comenzó a agitarse, comenzó a amenazar a este detective, diciendo que se arrepentirá de tomar esta decisión y que irá tras él y todos los que estaban en el lugar”, escribió un agente, según el reporte de arresto.

Los agentes arrestaron a Silva a las 2:10 p.m. del domingo en 11011 SW 104 St., según el reporte. Correcciones de Miami-Dade ingresó a Silva poco después de las 5:40 p.m. en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight, según los registros de reclusos.

Los registros muestran que Silva, quien no es un agente federal, enfrentó cinco cargos: uso ilegal de una insignia o insignia policial, corrupción mediante amenazas contra un funcionario público, intimidación o supresión de votantes prohibida, conspiración para cometer soborno y conducta desordenada.

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

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Según el Departamento de Policía de Pembroke Pines, Allek Lok fue visto por última vez el 3 de octubre en la comunidad de Pier Point, vestido con una camiseta negra, pantalones cortos negros y zapatillas oscuras.

Los agentes de policía también buscaron a Lok —que pesa unas 155 libras y mide 5 pies y 7 pulgadas de altura— en la zona de Johnson Street y Colony Point Drive.

Agentes de policía encontraron el lunes a una persona fallecida en la zona de South Palm Avenue, cerca de la calle 11, según Amanda Cowell, portavoz del PPPD.

“Esto no está relacionado con el caso de ayer de la persona desaparecida, pero nuestra investigación sigue abierta y en curso”, escribió Cowell en un comunicado.

La detective Dana DeFalco pidió a cualquier persona que tenga información sobre el paradero de Lok que llame al 954-860-2883.

Detectives también pidieron a cualquier persona que tenga información sobre este u otros casos y que desee permanecer en el anonimato que llame a Broward County Crime Stoppers al 954-493-8477.

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In “How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents,” to be published Tuesday, the North Carolina senator defends his decision at the time to not be “the lone voice in the wilderness” preventing Trump’s nominees from confirmation. But he makes clear he was always skeptical about allegations about Hegseth’s turbulent management style, treatment of women and excessive drinking — all of which Hegseth denied.

“I know for a fact that there are others like me,” Tillis writes, “Republicans who agreed to go along with the early demands of the Trump team no matter how ridiculous they were, believing that failing to do so would mean the end of their political career, and who now see that things have gone way too far.”

He writes that he can count at least 30 of his GOP colleagues who have “expressed reservations (to put it mildly) about many of the president’s actions in private. Then, when the reporters showed up with their cameras and microphones, they’d have nothing but nice things to say.”

Tillis, who announced last year that he would not run for reelection in a “breaking point” with the president on his sweeping tax and spending cuts package, is publishing the book in his final months in office. He joins a long list of Republicans who have ratcheted up their public denunciations of Trump once they had less to lose politically.

Still, Tillis mostly deflects full blame from Trump, saying, “my beef is not with him, but the idiots he’s got working for him.” He calls the president “an amazing political talent.”

At the same time, he warns of a slippery slope toward authoritarianism and urges his colleagues to “wake up” and push back on Trump more often, for their own political good. Executive overreach, he says, doesn't work and sooner or later, “comes back to bite the majority party in the ass.”

Tillis also predicts a “bloodbath” for Republicans in November’s midterm elections.

“All along, we’ve had multiple chances to get off the path and avoid the giant bronze monster chasing us down,” he writes.

Regrets his votes for Hegseth and Kennedy

The book is filled with cuss words and condemnations. He criticizes Trump’s tariffs, the aggressive immigration raids that Tillis says were an effort to “intentionally sow disorder” and the Iran war, which he initially supported. He said the war can only end with a coalition of willing nations and if Trump gets “Pete Hegseth the hell out of the way.”

Tillis pushed Hegseth’s confirmation vote late into the evening on Jan. 24, 2025, as he weighed his decision, talking to the White House, people who had worked with Hegseth and Hegseth himself. In the end, he said he couldn’t corroborate the worst allegations and would support Hegseth's confirmation. His vote brought the total to 50-50, and Vice President JD Vance broke the tie.

On his vote for Kennedy, Tillis writes that “I guess it’s easy to say now, but I’m the one who has to live with that vote and all the havoc Kennedy’s tenure has caused the country as a result.”

On both votes, he says he didn’t want to be the deciding factor.

“I had no intention of letting my colleagues outsource their courage to me while they pretended to go along with the questionable nomination President Trump had put forward,” he writes.

If you oppose Trump on everything, “you lose all influence,” Tillis says. “If you oppose him and lose, you are in even worse shape.”

He strongly criticizes several of Trump’s other initial picks for the Cabinet in the book, including former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

Tillis describes his 'breaking point' over the tax bill

Tillis’s surprise announcement in June 2025 that he wouldn’t be running for reelection came as he escalated criticism against Trump and his “ Big Beautiful Bill ” of tax and spending cuts. Trump attacked Tillis on social media after the senator said he couldn’t support the bill’s cuts to Medicaid. Tillis says he thought to himself, “I’m done.”

“Everyone reaches a breaking point,” he writes.

He texted the president asking him to look for his replacement in the Senate, to which Trump replied “I am! DJT.”

In May 2026, Trump again attacked Tillis, calling him a “QUITTER!” on social media, among other insults.

Tillis ends the book with a profanity-laced text he sent to the president in response.

“I care if you fail and right now we are failing,” Tillis wrote to Trump.

At a hearing of the New York City Council, recently departed employees of Anthropic, OpenAI and Google DeepMind described a reckless culture at the firms, saying the biggest tech companies are racing to create technology they do not understand how to control.

“The companies run on a startup mindset: Move fast, break things, fix them later. That works for a photo sharing app. It does not work for building the most powerful technology ever built," said Jacob Coxon, a former engineer at Anthropic who has become a leading voice for regulation.

State and city governments have been considering ways to regulate AI as the Trump administration has taken a passive approach and Congress has proven inactive. President Donald Trump has dismissed AI fears as a “hoax” and signed an agreement late last month that spells out a series of voluntary steps for the companies to take and largely allows them to self-police.

An industry call for a slowdown followed Coxon’s warnings

Coxon was a little-known engineer at Anthropic until he announced his departure through a series of social media posts that caught global attention. He told the Council that AI could have tremendous upsides, but without transparency and safeguards, it's more likely that things will spiral out of control.

“On the current path, I think it is more likely than not that humanity loses control to these AIs and it could end in human extinction,” Coxon said.

Days after Coxon resigned and aired his fears of worst-case scenarios, top executives including Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, SpaceXAI’s Elon Musk said they agreed AI’s development needs to slow down. AI companies have detailed steps they have taken to prioritize safety, but a coordinated industry slowdown faces several obstacles.

A panel of AI company staffers — representing tech giants OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta — also testified at the hearing in Manhattan on Monday, telling officials that their systems are already improving people's daily lives and stressing that they are laser-focused on safety.

Anthropic and OpenAI have said their advanced AI products need to be regulated, and company representatives at the hearing expressed openness to some of the Council's suggestions.

“I share your commitment to ensuring that technology is developed safely and that its benefits are widely shared,” said Morgan Dwyer of OpenAI.

NYC councilmembers press AI companies to quantify risk of catastrophe

At one point during the hearing, Julie Menin, the speaker of the City Council, asked each of the company representatives to “quantify the risk posed by AI in the worst case catastrophic scenario.”

Dwyer answered: “I don’t know — I also don’t think it matters whether it’s 1% or 10% or 20% chance that something catastrophic will go wrong. None of these levels is remotely acceptable. We should not train models that we cannot make an extremely strong case that we can keep under human control."

Menin slammed the response as “flippant at best."

“I would say that the percentage chance doesn’t matter. What matters is the commitment to safety, and that is what OpenAI is committed to doing," Dwyer said.

The City Council is considering several AI regulations, including proposals to require companies to disclose information about AI tools, require third-party approval for AI systems in the city and allow whistleblowers to receive a portion of fines from AI companies that violate laws.

Separately, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, has moved to impose reporting and transparency standards around AI, as have governors elsewhere, though their power is somewhat limited since AI technology can reach across state lines, as well as the globe.

Logan Graham, of Anthropic, told the Council the company welcomes “smart regulation" and that state and local governments have a role to play in developing frameworks.

“AI is powerful enough that getting this wrong has real consequences, for individuals, institutions, public trust," he said. “We have to work relentlessly to do the science of mitigating the risks.”

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Police identified the woman in an arrest report as Brianna Michelle Castillo, of Houston.

According to the report, officers were dispatched to 1400 Ocean Drive around 5:59 p.m. Sunday after receiving a report of a black Dodge SUV with a Texas license plate traveling about 40 mph in the bike lane.

When officers arrived, Castillo was sitting in the driver’s seat of the SUV, which police said was improperly parked on the north side of the 100 block of 14th Street, authorities said.

As officers were speaking with each other at the scene, Castillo got out of the SUV and began walking west on the sidewalk toward Ocean Court, according to the report.

Police said that as officers approached her, Castillo opened a can of BuzzBall, an alcoholic beverage listed in the report as 15% alcohol by volume, and began drinking it. Officers said she also had two empty cans in her possession.

According to the report, Castillo appeared highly intoxicated, with bloodshot and watery eyes and the smell of alcohol on her breath. Police also described her behavior as “irate.”

When officers attempted to handcuff Castillo, police said she pulled her right arm away and swung a closed fist toward an officer’s head. The officer moved to avoid being hit, according to the report.

Officers then took Castillo to the ground and placed her into custody, authorities said.

Police said the confrontation continued as officers escorted Castillo to a police vehicle.

According to the report, Castillo turned and spat toward two officers, who moved to avoid being struck. Police said she then spat twice toward another officer, who also avoided being hit.

The report stated that after arriving at Miami Beach Police Department headquarters, officers removed Castillo from the prisoner compartment so they could place a spit mask over her head and search her before she was transported to jail.

Police said Castillo attempted to elbow an officer during the search before kicking the officer three times in the right shin.

Castillo is also accused of kicking another officer in the right foot and a third officer in the right leg.

During the search, police said officers found a Taser in Castillo’s left pocket and pepper spray attached to keys she had been holding.

A records check showed Castillo is a convicted felon in Texas, with her latest felony conviction listed in the report as grand theft with a final disposition dated March 5, 2024, out of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

Miami Beach Fire Rescue medics responded, and Castillo was treated for an injury to her finger, according to the report.

She was taken to Jackson West Medical Center for medical clearance before being transported to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Castillo faces numerous charges, including possession of a firearm, weapon or ammunition by a convicted felon; battery on a police officer, firefighter or corrections officer; resisting an officer with violence; assault on an intake officer, police officer or firefighter; disorderly intoxication; possession of an open alcohol container and not having a valid driver’s license.

As of Monday afternoon, she remained at TGK on a $2,800 bond.

La policía identificó a la mujer en un informe de arresto como Brianna Michelle Castillo, de Houston.

Según el informe, los agentes fueron enviados a 1400 Ocean Drive alrededor de las 5:59 p.m. del domingo tras recibir un reporte de una SUV Dodge negra con una placa de Texas que circulaba a unas 40 millas por hora por el carril para bicicletas.

Cuando los agentes llegaron, Castillo estaba sentada en el asiento del conductor de la SUV, que, según la policía, estaba estacionada indebidamente en el lado norte de la cuadra 100 de 14th Street, dijeron las autoridades.

Mientras los agentes hablaban entre sí en la escena, Castillo salió de la SUV y comenzó a caminar hacia el oeste por la acera en dirección a Ocean Court, según el informe.

La policía dijo que, cuando los agentes se acercaron a ella, Castillo abrió una lata de BuzzBall, una bebida alcohólica que figura en el informe con un 15% de alcohol por volumen, y comenzó a beberla. Los agentes dijeron que también tenía dos latas vacías en su poder.

Según el informe, Castillo parecía estar muy intoxicada, con los ojos inyectados en sangre y llorosos y olor a alcohol en el aliento. La policía también describió su comportamiento como “iracundo”.

Cuando los agentes intentaron esposar a Castillo, la policía dijo que ella retiró su brazo derecho y lanzó un puñetazo con el puño cerrado hacia la cabeza de un agente. El agente se movió para evitar ser golpeado, según el informe.

Los agentes entonces derribaron a Castillo y la pusieron bajo custodia, dijeron las autoridades.

La policía dijo que el enfrentamiento continuó mientras los agentes escoltaban a Castillo hacia un vehículo policial.

Según el informe, Castillo se dio la vuelta y escupió hacia dos agentes, quienes se movieron para evitar ser alcanzados. La policía dijo que luego escupió dos veces hacia otro agente, quien también evitó ser alcanzado.

El informe indicó que, después de llegar a la sede del Departamento de Policía de Miami Beach, los agentes sacaron a Castillo del compartimento para detenidos para poder colocarle una mascarilla contra escupitajos sobre la cabeza y registrarla antes de trasladarla a la cárcel.

La policía dijo que Castillo intentó golpear con el codo a un agente durante el registro antes de patearlo tres veces en la espinilla derecha.

Castillo también es acusada de patear a otro agente en el pie derecho y a un tercer agente en la pierna derecha.

Durante el registro, la policía dijo que los agentes encontraron un Taser en el bolsillo izquierdo de Castillo y gas pimienta sujeto a unas llaves que ella sostenía.

Una revisión de registros mostró que Castillo es una delincuente condenada en Texas, y su condena por delito grave más reciente figura en el informe como hurto mayor, con una resolución final fechada el 5 de marzo de 2024, a cargo de la Oficina del Sheriff del condado Harris.

Los paramédicos de Miami Beach Fire Rescue acudieron al lugar y Castillo fue atendida por una lesión en un dedo, según el informe.

Fue llevada a Jackson West Medical Center para recibir autorización médica antes de ser trasladada al Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Castillo enfrenta numerosos cargos, incluidos posesión de un arma de fuego, arma o municiones por parte de una delincuente condenada; agresión contra un agente de policía, bombero o funcionario penitenciario; resistirse con violencia a un agente; agresión contra un funcionario de admisión, agente de policía o bombero; intoxicación desordenada; posesión de un recipiente abierto de alcohol y no tener una licencia de conducir válida.

Hasta la tarde del lunes, permanecía en TGK con una fianza de $2,800 USD.

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Allek Lok was last seen wearing a black shirt, black shorts, and dark sneakers on Oct. 3, at the Pier Point Community, according to the Pembroke Pines Police Department.

Police officers also searched for Lok — who weighs about 155 pounds and is 5-foot, 7-inches tall — in the area of Johnson Street and Colony Point Drive.

Police officers found a person dead on Monday in the area of South Palm Avenue, near 11 Street, according to Amanda Cowell, a PPPD spokeswoman.

“This is not related to our missing person case from yesterday, but our investigation remains active & ongoing,” Cowell wrote in a statement.

PPPD Detective Dana DeFalco asked anyone with information about Lok’s whereabouts to call 954-860-2883.

Detectives also asked anyone with information about this or other cases who wants to remain anonymous to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

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U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs ruled last year that the cuts amounted to illegal retaliation for Harvard’s rejection of the administration’s demands for changes to Harvard’s governance and policies.

The government had tied the move to Harvard’s delays in dealing with antisemitism, but the judge said the university’s federally backed research had little connection to discrimination against Jews.

The ruling restored more than $2.6 billion in research funding for the wealthy Ivy League school.

Though the money has resumed flowing, a Justice Department attorney told a three-judge panel of the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday that Burroughs lacked the legal power to require the administration to pay it.

The fight over the money was a contractual dispute that rightly belonged in a different court: the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, DOJ attorney Michael Velchik said. That court, which traces its origins to the mid-1800s, handles lawsuits by citizens seeking money from the federal government.

“The problem is that the district court lacked jurisdiction to order specific performance,” Velchik told the First Circuit. "That is the only thing that we're complaining about here."

Velchik cited recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings in support of his argument.

Paul Clement, an attorney for Harvard, said the case was not a straightforward contractual dispute, but raised broader issues of retaliation and discrimination. The district court's decision restoring the funding was the “perfect remedy” for the violations it found, he said.

“These are not claims that really depend on the contract in any particular way," he said.

First Circuit Judge Joshua Dunlap, a nominee of President Donald Trump, pressed Clement on whether Burroughs had in effect issued an order requiring payment and whether Harvard could make its broader legal claims without a contract.

The other judges on the panel, Sandra Lynch and Gustavo Gelpi, were nominated by Democratic presidents. The judges did not immediately rule.

Harvard’s lawsuit accused the Trump administration of waging a retaliation campaign against the university after it rejected a series of demands in a letter from a federal antisemitism task force.

The letter demanded sweeping changes related to campus protests, academics and admissions. It was meant to address government accusations that the university had become a hotbed of liberalism and tolerated anti-Jewish harassment on campus.

The administration also has sought to prevent Harvard from hosting foreign students and threatened to revoke its tax-exempt status in a clash watched widely across higher education.

During Monday's arguments, Lynch expressed skepticism of the administration's claim that Harvard had been indifferent to antisemitism.

“There are no findings. There was no investigation. There was simply an announcement, ‘We’re terminating against that backdrop,’" she said.

It appeared the administration “didn't want to have to cope with what the law and the facts of this case presented,” the judge added.

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Thanawala reported from Atlanta.

Key justices appeared wary about the potential sweep of litigation, but torn over the complex questions of federal and state law raised by the case.

Officials in Boulder argue their lawsuit is an attempt to hold energy companies Suncor and ExxonMobil accountable for their contributions to climate change.

They say that worsening disasters such as floods and wildfires put a heavy financial burden on local communities, and the industry should bear part of that cost.

The city and county of Boulder first sued the oil companies in 2018, years before the 2021 Marshall Fire destroyed nearly 1,100 homes and left two people dead. Total damage was estimated at $2 billion, the costliest wildfire in Colorado history.

The companies say that a flurry of lawsuits in state courts is not the way to deal with the global issue.

Boulder case is part of a wave of legal action against oil companies

Governments from largely blue-leaning areas around the country have filed similar lawsuits seeking damages that could total billions of dollars, part of a wave of legal action worldwide seeking to leverage action through the courts.

“Presumably, if you prevail, the next day, a municipality in every single state will file a lawsuit,” said Chief Justice John Roberts. “How do you think that will work out on the ground?”

A win for the oil and gas companies at the Supreme Court could shut down dozens of similar cases filed in recent years.

Suncor and Exxon argue that the Clean Air Act gives the federal government – not the states – the power to regulate emissions.

They have the support of the Trump administration, which argues the lawsuits are an unconstitutional attempt to regulate planet-warming emissions and impose Colorado’s state law beyond its borders.

But Roberts and other justices pointed out that state courts consider lawsuits about a myriad of issues that have nationwide reach. “I guess I’m not quite sure what makes this situation different from those,” Roberts said.

The court is also weighing a jurisdictional question that could allow it an “off-ramp" to avoid deciding the issues right away. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson seemed like a vote in favor of that path.

“Why shouldn’t we wait and hear all of these claims once the state courts are done?" she asked.

Alito absent due to ethics recusal

The case was heard without Justice Samuel Alito, who recused himself just a week before arguments after facing calls to step aside because he owns stock in oil companies. That raises the possibility of a tie vote.

A deadlock leave in place a decision from Colorado’s highest court allowing the case to proceed.

Attorney Kannon Shanmugam, representing the industry, urged the justices to reverse that ruling. He said the Boulder case was attempting to use the courts to decide a public policy issue that is properly up to Congress and other elected officials.

“Climate change is certainly one of the most pressing issues” facing the country, but the lawsuit “is exactly the wrong way to go about” addressing it, he said.

Principal Deputy Solicitor General Sarah Harris said Boulder’s case “egregiously exceeds” the state’s authority. The county essentially declares itself a victim of actions that occurred largely out of state, she said.

But Kevin Russell, an attorney representing Boulder, argued that state lawsuits can address damage in Colorado, regardless where the fossil fuels are produced.

Boulder is not trying to regulate greenhouse gas emissions or stop the companies from continuing to produce oil and gas, Russell said. Instead officials are seeking to hold the companies accountable for allegedly misleading the public about their contribution to global warming by burning fossil fuels, he said.

"Chapter 3" of the case trilogy, after tobacco and opioids

Justice Elena Kagan compared the climate case to previous state-based lawsuits against the tobacco industry and opioid makers.

“This is Chapter 3,” she said, noting the similarities of states claiming harms from products produced nationally and even internationally.

“This is a different book,″ replied Shanmugam, the industry lawyer. Harms claimed by Boulder ”are diffused nationwide and indeed worldwide,” he said.

Trump's Republican administration has rolled back environmental regulations, including a move last month by the Environmental Protection Agency to repeal rules that limit emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas. States and cities have already sued over the repeal of the power plant rule.

The conservative-majority Supreme Court has been skeptical of environmental regulations in the past, including in a 2022 decision limiting the EPA’s authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

A decision is expected in the coming months.

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Associated Press writer Nicholas Riccardi in Denver contributed to this story.

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Danilo Silva walked around Brazilian voters in two buildings at Miami Dade College in Kendall who were electing a president, vice president, members of Congress, governors, vice governors, legislative assemblies, and other offices, according to deputies.

Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies working in plain clothes noticed Silva, who was born in Brazil and lives in Saint Lucie, Fla., was also wearing sunglasses and a mask to cover his face when he “engaged” people, according to a deputy’s report.

“The people were gathered and were clearly in fear,” a deputy wrote, according to the arrest report.

MDSO detectives intervened “to prevent the situation from escalating” and asked Silva if he was a federal agent, detained him, placed him in handcuffs, and asked him for identification, according to the arrest report.

“He began to get agitated ... began to threaten this detective, saying that he will regret making this decision, and he will come after him and everyone on scene,” a deputy wrote, according to the arrest report.

Deputies arrested Silva at 2:10 p.m. on Sunday at 11011 SW 104 St., according to the report. Miami-Dade corrections booked Silva shortly after 5:40 p.m. at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to inmate records.

Silve appeared in bond court before Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Mindy S. Glazer on Monday.

Records show Silva, who is not a federal agent, faced five charges: Unlawful use of police badge or insignia, corruption by threat against a public servant, voter intimidation or suppression prohibited, conspiracy to commit bribery, and disorderly conduct.

Glazer ordered him to stay away from Miami Dade College and set his bond at $5,150.

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

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Bermuda police said Marilyn Lavonne Bean, 66, and Sergio Wayne Lottimore, 41, both Bermudian nationals, were aboard a Gulfstream G100 with four crew members when it went missing off Nantucket around 1 a.m. Saturday. Bermuda is about 750 to 780 miles (roughly 1,200 to 1,250 kilometers) southeast of Boston.

Searchers later found a “debris field” off the coast of the island, but with no sign of the six people on board after a 66-hour search that spanned more than 4,400 miles (7,081 kilometers), the U.S. Coast Guard suspended rescue efforts Sunday.

“While we held out hope for the best, the worst fears have been realized," Bermuda Premier David Burt said in a statement. “Let us open our hearts to the families in the hope that our expressions of love, support and compassion will bring some comfort as they attempt to deal with this terrible loss.”

Warwick Academy, the school Lottimore attended in Bermuda, remembered him as a school prefect and an “ outstanding person.” Hamilton Re, the Bermuda insurance firm where he served as a senior vice president, said it had lost a “ respected leader, colleague and friend.”

The names of the plane's crew have not been released, but Latitude Air Ambulance, the Ontario-based company that owned the plane, said Sunday that its staff faces the “heartbreaking reality” that all aboard the plane are now presumed dead, even if they have not been officially declared dead.

“Our four crew members were valued members of the Latitude family,” the company said in a statement. “They dedicated themselves to providing care to people at some of the most difficult moments in their lives, and they were carrying out that mission when this tragedy occurred. We are grieving their loss deeply."

Peter Byl, president of Latitude Air Ambulance, said Monday the company's immediate focus was on supporting the victims' families and cooperating fully with authorities.

“We will not speculate about the circumstances or cause of the accident while that work is underway,” he wrote in an email.

The Canadian-registered jet had departed Bermuda’s L.F. Wade International Airport on a nighttime flight to Massachusetts. Air traffic audio indicates that the plane may have been “coming in blind” as a storm loomed. The pilot reported electrical problems and declared an emergency as the jet approached the coast.

Canada’s Transportation Safety Board said it will send investigators in the coming days to assist in the search for and recovery of the aircraft. The agency said it is leading the investigation into the crash with assistance from its U.S. counterpart, the National Transportation Safety Board.

Los niños se reencontraron con su madre, Juana, y su padre, Pedro, después de ser deportados abruptamente de Estados Unidos. Uno de los niños incluso celebró su cumpleaños durante el vuelo.

Un nuevo video mostró a la familia reunida nuevamente después de un difícil período de separación.

“Estamos más seguros aquí”, dijo Juana. “Vivíamos con miedo incluso para salir a comprar alimentos. Estábamos muy asustados”.

La transición también ha sido difícil para los niños.

“He tenido miedo de las sirenas de los policías, de la policía, de cualquier cosa que tenga sirenas o luces”, dijo uno de los niños.

Pedro expresó su preocupación por cuidar a la familia mientras también tiene que trabajar.

“Me preocupo mucho porque tengo que salir a trabajar”, dijo Pedro. “Y no hay nadie que los cuide”.

Despedida emotiva en Miami

El mes pasado, los equipos de Local 10 News presenciaron una escena emotiva en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Miami mientras ocho niños se preparaban para salir de Estados Unidos y reunirse con su familia en Guatemala.

Los niños dejaban atrás las vidas que conocían en Estados Unidos, así como a sus seres queridos que habían estado cuidándolos.

Marcos, hijo de un padre deportado, describió las emociones encontradas que sintió antes de irse.

“Estoy feliz y triste porque quiero que mi papá se vaya a casa conmigo, pero no puede”, dijo Marcos. “Lo voy a extrañar y lo quiero mucho”.

Otra familia enfrenta una difícil separación

La familia Domingo también ha tenido dificultades tras la detención de los padres en agosto.

Un video publicado en redes sociales captó a los niños llorando en el asiento trasero de un automóvil durante los momentos de tensión en los que sus padres fueron detenidos.

Su hija de 18 años, Wendy Domingo, es ciudadana estadounidense y dijo que cuidar a sus hermanos menores tras los arrestos de sus padres ha sido difícil.

“Voy a seguir trabajando (y) ahorrar todo el dinero que pueda”, dijo Wendy.

Police officers and fire rescue personnel responded to the area of Northwest 56th Avenue and West Sunrise Boulevard.

This is a developing story. Local 10 News Assignment Editor Carson Merlo contributed to this report.

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The shooting was shortly after midnight on Sunday at Aliro, an apartment complex at 14040 Biscayne Boulevard, according to the North Miami Police Department.

A mother who asked not to be named said she was among the Aliro residents who, without much information about the shooting from police or the building’s management, were still afraid on Monday.

After the shooting, a witness’s video showed two people jumping from a third-story window. One person wounded arrived at a nearby hospital, according to police.

Hours later, on Sunday, North Miami police officers were in a grassy area blocked by crime scene tape. One police officer, who was wearing blue gloves, appeared to recover a weapon.

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

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La balacera ocurrió poco después de la medianoche del domingo en Aliro, un complejo de apartamentos ubicado en 14040 Biscayne Boulevard, según el Departamento de Policía de North Miami.

Una madre que pidió no ser identificada dijo que estaba entre los residentes de Aliro que, sin recibir mucha información sobre la balacera por parte de la policía o de la administración del edificio, aún tenían miedo el lunes.

Después de la balacera, un video grabado por un testigo mostró a dos personas saltando desde una ventana del tercer piso. Una persona herida llegó a un hospital cercano, según la policía.

Horas después, el domingo, agentes de policía de North Miami se encontraban en un área cubierta de césped bloqueada con cinta de la escena del crimen. Un agente de policía, que llevaba guantes azules, aparentemente recuperó un arma.

Los detectives pidieron a cualquier persona que tenga información sobre este u otros casos que llame a Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers al 305-471-8477 para permanecer en el anonimato.

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Holes were knocked into one of the administration hall’s glass doors, and the walls beside them were marked with red-painted messages condemning patriarchy and the Ivy League school’s handling of sexual assaults, news media photos showed. Later Monday the graffiti was removed and the door was boarded up.

Student groups planned a protest Monday over the university’s handling of the alleged 2024 fraternity-house gang rape that has ignited a firestorm of reactions on campus and beyond.

Cornell spokesperson Kyle Kimball said in a statement that the university was investigating and that “damaging property is not the answer” to Cornellians' “frustration and strong emotions.” Campus police referred questions to his office, which declined to provide more detail on the incident.

Meanwhile, a roster of student organizations planned a late-afternoon “Justice for Survivors” demonstration to push for changes in the university's process for handling sexual assault complaints and for more punishments connected to the one that followed a party at the Chi Phi fraternity in October 2024.

A then-student alleges that she was sexually assaulted there by multiple men after being pressured into drinking and taking drugs.

The woman, identified in court documents as Jane Doe, recently sued the university, seven former students, the fraternity and others. Her lawsuit said that she became fully incapacitated as fraternity members assaulted her, and that one man sent others a message inviting them to participate.

“I felt like bait. I felt like lions around me. It just was a totally debilitating place to be in,” she told Cornell investigators last year, according to records reviewed by The Associated Press.

Lawyers for two of the former students denied they participated in a sexual assault. Attempts by The Associated Press to reach the other men or their representatives have been unsuccessful. Court records show that some of the accused students, when interviewed by Cornell investigators, described the sexual activity as consensual.

ABC: Jane Doe recorded a phone call with one of the men

Shortly before she went to Cornell police in November 2024, Jane Doe recorded a phone call with one of the men she says raped her, ABC News reported Monday, saying it had obtained the recording. The network played portions, containing only what it said was his voice, and recounted other parts of the conversation in writing.

The woman asked on the call how the man and, at first, one of his fraternity brothers initiated sexual contact with her, according to ABC. The man told her that after dancing with her for five minutes or less, he suggested a three-person encounter. He maintained that she agreed to it, and that he then fetched the second Chi Phi member from the dance floor.

Her lawsuit says she was too intoxicated to give consent.

On the call, she tried to pinpoint who else later came into the room, ABC said. The man suggested both he and she might be misremembering something that's “not true,” but she countered that she recalled looking up and seeing “too many people” there.

“What y’all did would be classified as gang rape,” she told him at one point, according to the network, which said she had provided the recording to the university.

Students are demanding transparency, accountability

The suit has drawn national attention to what Cornell, its police force and the local district attorney did after she told the campus police in November 2024 she “can say with 100% confidence I was raped.”

No criminal charges have been filed. The Chi Phi chapter at Cornell was shut down, and the Ivy League university has said it expelled some students and suspended others. In a statement last week, the administration bristled about the “false narrative that there were minimal consequences in this case.”

Students, however, have demanded more accountability and transparency, and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has said Jane Doe was “failed by people and institutions" including the Cornell police and local District Attorney Matthew Van Houten.

Hochul appointed the state attorney general last week to take over a criminal investigation that Van Houten had reopened days earlier, and the governor called for an independent review of Cornell’s handling of the matter.

After the week's developments, Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff released an apologetic video Saturday, saying that Jane Doe's account “raises heartbreaking and troubling issues about sexual assault, dehumanization and aspects of party culture, alcohol and drug use.”

Kotlikoff reaffirmed his support for an independent review of the university's actions and vowed more transparency and a commitment to "finding the answers our community deserves.”

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According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials, the incident occurred in the 2900 block of Northwest 70th Terrace.

Sky 10 was above the scene just after 12:15 p.m. as a ladder was leaning against a tree.

It’s unclear, however, what exactly the victim was doing when he or she was shocked.

Medics said the victim was transported to a local hospital.

No other details were immediately released.

Según funcionarios de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, el incidente ocurrió en la cuadra 2900 de Northwest 70th Terrace.

Sky 10 estaba sobre la escena poco después de las 12:15 p.m., mientras una escalera estaba apoyada contra un árbol.

Sin embargo, no está claro qué estaba haciendo exactamente la víctima cuando recibió la descarga eléctrica.

Los paramédicos dijeron que la víctima fue trasladada a un hospital local.

No se dieron a conocer de inmediato más detalles.

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The children reunited with their mother, Juana, and father, Pedro, after they were abruptly deported from the United States. One of the children even celebrated a birthday during the flight.

New video showed the family together again after a difficult period of separation.

“We’re safer here,” Juana said. “We lived in fear even to go out to get groceries. We were very scared.”

The transition has also been difficult for the children.

“I’ve been afraid of cop sirens, police, anything that has like sirens or lights,” one child said.

Pedro expressed concern about caring for the family while also having to work.

“I worry a lot because I have to go out to work,” Pedro said. “And there is no one to take care of them.”

Emotional goodbye in Miami

Last month, Local 10 News crews witnessed an emotional scene at Miami International Airport as eight children prepared to leave the United States and reunite with family in Guatemala.

The children were leaving behind the lives they knew in the U.S., as well as loved ones who had been caring for them.

Marcos, the son of a deported parent, described the conflicting emotions he felt before leaving.

“I am happy and sad because I want my dad to go home with me, but he can’t,” Marcos said. “I’m going to miss him and I love him a lot.”

Another family faces difficult separation

The Domingo family has also struggled following the detention of the parents in August.

Video posted on social media captured children crying in the backseat of a car during the tense moments when their parents were detained.

Their 18-year-old daughter, Wendy Domingo, is a U.S. citizen and said caring for her younger siblings following their parents’ arrests has been difficult.

“I’m going to continue working (and) save as much money as I can,” Wendy said.

The recent reunions were made possible by the Guatemalan Maya Center in Palm Beach County. They’re also committed to helping other children whose parents were detained.

The 39-year-old superstar will play his final match for Argentina on Tuesday — a friendly against Benin at Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires — marking a pivotal moment in the country's football.

Messi leaves behind an extraordinary legacy, including the 2022 World Cup title, two more World Cup finals (2014, 2026), two Copa América trophies (2021, 2024), an Olympic gold medal (2008), and 125 goals as the national team’s all-time leading scorer.

His international retirement raises an inevitable question: Can Argentina remain among the global elite, or is a long trophy drought — reminiscent of the 35-year dry spell following Diego Maradona’s departure — on the horizon?

“Messi leaves behind something unequaled,” national coach Lionel Scaloni says. “We have to keep playing, but the feeling of having him on the pitch is unique. I’ve never seen anyone else convey what he does on a football field, and that is what we’re going to miss.”

However, Scaloni — who is in advanced negotiations to renew his contract for another four years — looks beyond Messi with optimism: “The Argentine national team will endure. We will remain at a high level, I have no doubt about that.”

The future is here

In the first two post-World Cup matches without Messi, Argentina dazzled in the past week with resounding victories against Bolivia 4-0 and Burkina Faso 7-0. Despite the opponents’ stature, the matches offered compelling glimpses of what lies ahead.

Alongside established stars like Emiliano Martínez, Cristian Romero, Enzo Fernández, and Lautaro Martínez, an exciting wave of new talent emerged — creative midfielders Nicolás Paz and Franco Mastantuono, and wingers Gianluca Prestianni and Leonel Flores.

Flores is a Boca Juniors youth player who made his professional debut just two months ago and has already earned senior national team experience.

“There’s a changing of the guard; maybe we have to play differently now, not thinking in terms of ‘Messi and 10 others,’ but rather as a unified team,” supporter Cristian Versalles, 55, told the AP after watching the victory over Burkina Faso on Saturday.

His son, Ramiro, 23, added, “Given the number of players coming through, there’s definitely a new generation ready to step up. Nico Paz is the heir apparent." Paz, playing out of Italian club Como, was one of the scorers.

Also at the friendly and wearing the No. 19 jersey — the same one Messi wore during his senior national team debut in 2005 — 10-year-old fan Uzzi Rivero admitted, “It makes me really sad that he doesn’t play for Argentina anymore.” However, the youngster scowled at the suggestion that Argentina might face a trophy-less era following Messi's retirement.

Another fan, Valentina Gago, 20, said: “I'm excited about Argentina without Messi; my favorite player is Lautaro Martínez. It’s not the same as Messi but I love him just the same.”

With his goal against Burkina Faso, Inter Milan captain Lautaro Martínez ranks as Argentina’s third-highest all-time goal-scorer with 42.

“As long as the players are eager to give their all for the shirt, for me, Argentina will remain a contender,” Gago said.

The world will find out at the 2028 Copa América.

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Los residentes elegibles que aún no estén registrados para votar en Florida deben presentar una solicitud de registro electoral completa a más tardar el lunes para poder participar en las elecciones.

A quienes ya estén registrados se les recomienda verificar su información electoral para asegurarse de que siga siendo correcta y esté actualizada.

“Registrarse para votar es el primer paso para hacer escuchar su voz”, dijo el supervisor de Elecciones del condado Broward, Joe Scott, en un comunicado. “Animo a todos los que sean elegibles para votar en estas próximas elecciones a cumplir con su deber cívico participando en las próximas elecciones generales”.

En el condado Miami-Dade, los funcionarios electorales extenderán el horario el lunes para dar a los residentes elegibles tiempo adicional para registrarse.

La sede de Elecciones de Miami-Dade, ubicada en 2700 NW 87th Ave. en Doral, permanecerá abierta hasta las 11:59 p.m. del lunes. El personal estará disponible para ayudar a los residentes elegibles que aún no se hayan registrado.

“Las elecciones son la base de nuestra democracia y todo ciudadano elegible debe tener la oportunidad de hacer escuchar su voz”, dijo la supervisora de Elecciones de Miami-Dade, Alina Garcia. “Mantendremos nuestras puertas abiertas hasta tarde para que nadie pierda la oportunidad de registrarse y participar en nuestro proceso democrático”.

Garcia también señaló que los jóvenes pueden preinscribirse a partir de los 16 años para estar preparados para votar una vez que cumplan 18 años.

Fechas clave antes del día de las elecciones

Después de la fecha límite de registro del lunes, los votantes tendrán otras fechas importantes que deberán tener en cuenta.

La fecha límite para solicitar una boleta para votar por correo es a las 5 p.m. del 22 de octubre.

La votación anticipada se llevará a cabo del 19 de octubre al 1 de noviembre en los condados Broward y Miami-Dade, y del 19 al 31 de octubre en el condado Monroe. El horario de votación anticipada será de 7 a.m. a 7 p.m. en Broward y Miami-Dade, y de 8:30 a.m. a 5 p.m. en el condado Monroe.

El día de las elecciones será el martes 3 de noviembre. Todos los centros de votación en el sur de Florida estarán abiertos de 7 a.m. a 7 p.m.

Los votantes registrados pueden emitir sus boletas por correo, durante la votación anticipada o el día de las elecciones.

“Su voto es su voz, su derecho y su oportunidad de ayudar a definir el futuro de nuestra comunidad, nuestro estado y nuestra nación”, dijo Garcia.

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Bolsonaro, el hijo de 45 años del expresidente Jair Bolsonaro, se ha alineado con la administración del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump en un momento en que aliados de Trump están llegando al poder en América Latina, mientras Lula se ha pronunciado contra la injerencia de Estados Unidos y ha construido una relación más sólida con Beijing.

Bolsonaro obtuvo el 47% de los votos frente al 45% del presidente populista de izquierda en una contienda reñida el domingo. Como ninguno de los candidatos consiguió una mayoría absoluta, volverán a enfrentarse dentro de tres semanas. El ganador de la primera vuelta en Brasil nunca ha perdido una elección, aunque nunca antes el segundo ha llegado tan cerca en los resultados.

Esto es lo que hay que saber sobre la próxima segunda vuelta y lo que significa para Brasil.

Candidatos preparan estrategias para una contienda reñida

Los analistas señalan que Lula, de 80 años, afrontará una batalla cuesta arriba para ganar un cuarto mandato no consecutivo.

Edinho Silva, presidente del Partido de los Trabajadores de Lula, declaró a periodistas en Sao Paulo que el mandatario se reunirá con los jefes de campaña en Brasilia con el objetivo de afinar maneras de transmitir su mensaje, evaluar las cifras de participación por región y reasignar recursos a estados en disputa de cara a la segunda vuelta.

También serán clave los debates televisados, que ambos candidatos desdeñaron en la primera vuelta, agregó.

“Ahora es mano a mano. Les mostraremos a los brasileños que Flávio Bolsonaro es peligroso y que no gobernará este país de una manera en la que vean mejorar sus vidas”, declaró Silva. “Intentaremos hablar con todas las fuerzas democráticas de este país”.

Del lado de la oposición, Bolsonaro está realizando acercamientos con figuras políticas, líderes partidarios y aliados regionales para consolidar apoyos. Su equipo se concentra en capitalizar su ya impresionante respaldo en el Congreso: su Partido Liberal ganó más de un tercio del Senado el domingo, algo inusual en el fragmentado sistema político de Brasil.

Tres de los otros 10 candidatos presidenciales de la primera vuelta han dicho que no respaldarán a ninguno de los dos candidatos.

Lula enfrenta deseos de cambio

Según Creomar de Souza, analista de la Agencia Dharma sobre Riesgos y Estrategias Políticas, una consultora política con sede en Brasilia, Lula combate una tendencia de frustración con los gobernantes en funciones y un giro hacia la derecha en Brasil y en el mundo.

“El espíritu de la época está empujando a Brasil hacia otro lugar. Desde 2016, Brasil está bajo ese espíritu de derecha. Esta vez se inclinó por Flávio, pero podría haber sido cualquier otro de la derecha”, indicó De Souza.

“Será difícil que Lula gane. Está remando desde atrás cuando pensaba que a estas alturas estarían ganando por un pequeño margen. ¿Puede lograrlo? Sí. ¿Es probable? Será muy difícil”.

Tom Ferreira, de 35 años, administrador de empresas que votó por Lula en elecciones anteriores, es un ejemplo de un exvotante de Lula que se pasó a Bolsonaro. Esta vez votó por Bolsonaro, aunque prefería las propuestas de algunos de los otros candidatos como Romeu Zema y Ronaldo Caiado. No cree que Bolsonaro tenga propuestas sólidas.

“Es más una cuestión de cambio”, comentó. “Hoy, la gente vota de una manera que es como ‘estoy con Bolsonaro’ o ‘estoy con Lula’. ... Nadie vota porque investigó al candidato o vio lo que han hecho”.

El escándalo de corrupción del clausurado Banco Master, que dejó al descubierto que Bolsonaro había aceptado millones de dólares del banquero desacreditado Daniel Vorcaro para financiar una película sobre la vida de su padre, no fue un factor decisivo para Ferreira porque cree que la mayoría de los políticos son corruptos.

“Hablan de Bolsonaro, pero en realidad todos están involucrados”, expresó.

Algunos votantes también dan algo de esperanza a Lula.

Brenda Alves de Carvalho, asistente financiera de 27 años, votó por otro candidato presidencial, Augusto Cury, en la primera vuelta, pero dice que apoyará a Lula en la segunda. Eso no significa que le entusiasme. Opinó que el tercer mandato de Lula no fue bueno, pero es “más cercano a lo que queremos”.

“No quería votar al principio. Ahora sé que tendré que votar por un lado, porque no quiero votar en blanco”.

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Savarese reportó desde Sao Paulo.

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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.

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The crash happened around 8:35 p.m. near Northwest 17th Avenue and Northwest 135th Street in Opa-locka. The officer was driving a marked police vehicle at the time.

According to police, both the officer and the other driver were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center. The officer was later discharged.

The Opa-locka Police Department is investigating the crash. No additional details about the circumstances leading up to the crash or the officer’s condition were immediately available.

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Eligible residents who are not already registered to vote in Florida must submit a completed voter registration application by Monday to participate in the election.

Those who are already registered are encouraged to check their voter information to make sure it remains accurate and up to date.

“Registering to vote is the first step toward making your voice heard,” Broward County Supervisor of Elections Joe Scott said in a statement. “I encourage everyone who is eligible to vote in this upcoming election to honor their civic duty by participating in the upcoming General Election.”

In Miami-Dade County, election officials are extending hours Monday to give eligible residents additional time to register.

Miami-Dade Elections Headquarters, located at 2700 NW 87th Ave. in Doral, will remain open until 11:59 p.m. Monday. Staff members will be available to assist eligible residents who have not yet registered.

“Elections are the bedrock of our democracy, and every eligible citizen should have the opportunity to make their voice heard,” Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections Alina Garcia said. “We are keeping our doors open late so that no one misses the opportunity to register and participate in our democratic process.”

Garcia also noted that young people can pre-register beginning at age 16 so they are prepared to vote once they turn 18.

Key dates ahead of Election Day

After Monday’s registration deadline, voters will have several other important dates to keep in mind.

The deadline to request a vote-by-mail ballot is by 5 p.m. on Oct. 22.

Early voting runs from Oct. 19-Nov. 1 in Broward County and Miami-Dade County and from Oct. 19-Oct. 31 in Monroe County. Early voting hours will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Broward and Miami-Dade and from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. in Monroe County.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. All polling locations across South Florida will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Registered voters can cast their ballots by mail, during early voting or on Election Day.

“Your vote is your voice, your right and your opportunity to help shape the future of our community, our state and our nation,” Garcia said.

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According to Pembroke Pines police, the county will send workers to the area of 500 NW 209th Ave. to conduct repairs.

Students, meanwhile, are being sent home early while the leak is fixed.

“All students and staff are safe,” a spokeswoman for the school district told Local 10 News in an email. “One of the school’s buildings was evacuated to other indoor areas of the campus this morning due to a suspected gas leak. Fire rescue crews and District staff responded to the school. Per the principal, the source of the leak was identified, and the gas was shut off pending necessary repairs.”

Authorities did not immediately confirm what caused the gas leak.

Obama will appear with El-Sayed at an Oct. 24 rally that will also feature other top Democratic candidates in Michigan, including Jocelyn Benson, the party's nominee for governor. Obama is getting significantly more involved in the midterm elections, with additional campaign stops and advertisements expected to come in the closing weeks, according to plans shared first with The Associated Press.

The Detroit event is a notable show of support for El-Sayed, who defeated moderate Rep. Haley Stevens in an August primary and has since worked to consolidate Democratic support in his race against Republican Mike Rogers. The open seat is expected to be among a handful that will decide which party controls the majority next year.

Obama taped two dozen ads last week for Democratic candidates for governor and Senate that will be released in the coming days and weeks, in addition to more campaign stops soon to be announced.

He appeared earlier this year in a campaign ad with Iowa Senate candidate Josh Turek and campaigned in Texas with Senate candidate James Talarico and the candidate for governor, Gina Hinojosa. This week, he will headline a Washington fundraiser supporting Democratic Senate candidates.

Obama aims to help El-Sayed shore up support in a key area

El-Sayed defeated Stevens by less than a percentage point in a primary that became a national test of the Democratic Party’s ideological direction. El-Sayed drew support from leading progressives, including Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders and Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York. Stevens was backed by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.

Some ads that supported Stevens showed Obama praising her, and she outperformed El-Sayed in Wayne County, winning about 51% of the Democratic primary vote compared with 45% for El-Sayed. The county includes Detroit, where more than three-quarters of residents are Black.

Kamala Harris, the first Black and South Asian person to serve as vice president, campaigned with El-Sayed last month.

Now the Oct. 24 rally with Obama, the first Black president, could give El-Sayed a boost on the first day of Michigan’s required early in-person voting period. Obama spoke with El-Sayed by phone following his primary victory.

It will also be a boost for the other candidates in what is one of the most consequential elections in recent Michigan history. There are open races for governor, secretary of state and attorney general, in addition to control of the state legislature being at play.

Benson, who will also appear with Obama, is facing Republican Rep. John James in the race for governor.

Benson and James are set to debate for the first time on Tuesday, and El-Sayed and Rogers are scheduled to debate for the first time on Oct. 8.

Obama returns to the campaign trail for the closing stretch

Obama has been selective in his involvement in the midterms so far, but his planned ramp-up in the final weeks follows a pattern from recent elections. He campaigned in Detroit on Oct. 22 during the 2024 presidential election and was in the city Oct. 29 during the 2022 midterms.

His campaign appearances can draw large crowds and prominent guests. Rapper Eminem introduced Obama at his Detroit rally in 2024.

This week, he will headline an event with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee that will include a conversation with Delaware Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester. That follows a September event with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Bolsonaro, the 45-year-old son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, has allied himself with the Trump administration at a moment when Trump allies are taking power in Latin America, while Lula has spoken out against U.S. interference in the Brazilian elections and built a stronger relationship with Beijing.

In a tight race on Sunday, Bolsonaro garnered 47% of the vote to the president's 45%. Since neither candidate secured an absolute majority, they will face off again in three weeks. Bolsonaro bested Lula by just 2.2 million votes, while other candidates who ran divided 9 million votes between them, leaving those potentially up for grabs.

The winner of Brazil’s first round of voting has never lost an election, though never before has the second-place candidate been so close in the results.

Here's what to know about the upcoming second round and what it means for Brazil.

Candidates are preparing strategies for a tight race

The 80-year-old Lula will face an uphill battle to win the presidency for the fourth nonconsecutive term, analysts say.

Edinho Silva, the chairman of Lula’s Workers’ Party, told journalists in Sao Paulo that the president will meet with campaign managers in Brasilia seeking to refine his message delivery, evaluate regional turnout figures, and re-allocate resources to key battleground states ahead of the second round.

TV debates, which were snubbed by both candidates in the first round, will also be key, he said.

“Now it is mano a mano. We will show Brazilians that Flávio Bolsonaro is dangerous and will not run this country in a way they will see their lives improve,” Silva said. “We will try to speak to every democratic force in this country.”

On the opposition side, Bolsonaro is engaging in outreach to political figures, party leaders and regional allies to consolidate support. His team is focusing on building on his already impressive congressional backing: His Liberal Party will have more than one-third of the Senate after their wins on Sunday — which is unusual in Brazil’s fractured political system.

Lula faces right-wing shift, Bolsonaro exposed in corruption scandal

Lula is fighting a trend of frustration with incumbents and a shift to the right in Brazil and worldwide, according to Creomar de Souza, a political analyst with Dharma Political Risk and Strategy, a Brasilia-based political consultancy firm. The once widely popular Lula's approval ratings plummeted during his third term as Brazilians grew discontent with the higher cost of living and security concerns, but bounced back.

“The spirit of the times is pushing Brazil to another place. Since 2016, Brazil is under that right-wing spirit. It leaned to Flávio this time, but it could have been anybody else on the right,” de Souza said.

“It will be tough for Lula to win. He is rowing from the back when he thought by now they would be winning by a small margin. Can he do it? Yes. Is it likely? It will be very tough.”

Bolsonaro is facing his own challenges. A corruption scandal that shuttered Banco Master exposed Bolsonaro had accepted millions of dollars from a disgraced banker, Daniel Vorcaro, to fund a movie about his father’s life. Bolsonaro admits to the payment but denies wrongdoing.

But Brazilians now used to corruption scandals might not be swayed. Lula himself served more than a year in prison for corruption-related charges from 2018 to 2019.

“They bring Bolsonaro into it, but really everyone’s involved,” said Tom Ferreira, a 35-year-old business administrator in Brasilia, who cast his vote for Bolsonaro.

Brazil's mandatory voting law could be key

Ten other candidates competed in the first round, and three have said they will not endorse either candidate. Bolsonaro and Lula will have to make appeals to these voters and those who abstained next time around.

Brazil holds general elections every four years, and voting is mandatory. Those who fail to cast a ballot without justification face a small fine, which doesn’t stop those who don’t want to participate from sitting out.

Sunday's first-round presidential vote had the highest abstention rate in 28 years — more than 33.4 million voters, or 21.08%. That's an increase compared with the previous election, when 32.7 million voters did not show up.

Analysts say Lula has a potentially narrow path to victory through boosting voter turnout in the three most populous states — Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro — that also have above-average abstention rates.

To do so, he will have to overcome a strong anti-Lula movement, said Carlos Melo, a political science professor at Insper University in São Paulo.

“Bringing voters back will require a lot of heavy lifting in populous states,” Melo said.

Ferreira, the business administrator, is an example of a former Lula voter who swung to Bolsonaro, even though he doesn’t think the senator has strong proposals. He preferred some of the other candidates who didn’t get many votes, like Romeu Zema and Ronaldo Caiado.

“It’s more of a question of change,” he said.

Some voters give some hope to Lula, too.

Brenda Alves de Carvalho, a 27-year-old financial assistant, voted for another presidential candidate, Augusto Cury, in the first round but says she will support Lula in the runoff. That doesn't mean she is excited about it. She said that the president’s third term was not great, but it is “closer to what we want.”

“I didn’t want to vote at first. I know now I’ll have to vote for one side, because I don’t want to cast a blank vote.”

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Según la policía de Pembroke Pines, el condado enviará personal a la zona de la 500 NW 209th Ave. para llevar a cabo las reparaciones.

Mientras tanto, se está enviando a los alumnos a casa antes de lo habitual hasta que se solucione la fuga.

Aún no se tiene certeza cuál fue la causa de la fuga de gas.

Agentes de la MDSO detuvieron al menos a una persona en relación con el caso.

Según un informe de arresto, agentes del FBI que realizaban un allanamiento en la propiedad, ubicada en 12300 SW 51st St., notificaron a la MDSO alrededor de la 1 p.m. del sábado que encontraron una posible operación de peleas de animales. El informe no deja claro si la búsqueda federal tenía algo que ver con sospechas de peleas de animales.

Un detective de la MDSO acudió al lugar y realizó un recorrido por la propiedad de 10 acres y “observó varios miles de gallos de pelea” y “numerosos” rings de entrenamiento para peleas de gallos cercados, junto con “vitaminas, jeringas, medicamentos y agitadores de gallos”, señala el informe.

Las autoridades indicaron que los detectives obtuvieron una orden de registro alrededor de las 8:40 p.m., pero dejaron la propiedad bajo vigilancia de agentes de patrulla y regresaron a la mañana siguiente para registrarla más a fondo.

Los agentes dijeron que mientras registraban la propiedad la mañana del domingo, encontraron a dos hombres que “ingresaron al perímetro asegurado de la propiedad”.

Ambos hombres corrieron y saltaron una cerca, pero los agentes dijeron que pudieron encontrar a uno de ellos, Carlos Rafael Lezcano, caminando en un vivero cercano.

Lo que el hombre de 52 años dijo a los agentes fue censurado en el informe de arresto divulgado públicamente, pero los investigadores señalaron que uno de los artículos que encontraron era “un libro de contabilidad con su nombre”.

Arrestaron a Lezcano, quien vive aproximadamente a una milla del lugar, bajo cargos de crueldad animal, manipulación de evidencia, peleas de animales y resistencia sin violencia.

Los registros muestran que Lezcano permanecía detenido en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center con una fianza de $10,500 USD hasta la mañana del lunes.

Ovechkin addressed teammates to deliver the news before the team posted a message from him on social media.

“It’s sad, but it is what it is,” Ovechkin said in his locker room address. “It’s hard, but let’s enjoy it and let’s do some special things this year.”

Ovechkin signed a one-year contract this past summer and turned 41 on Sept. 17. All signs pointed to this being the end, and he said he and his family decided as much in recent months.

“I love this game so much, but I know in my heart it's the right decision,” the Russian star said in a statement released before the Capitals' home opener Wednesday night.

Ovechkin broke Wayne Gretzky's goals record in April 2025 and entered this season at 929. The front office acquired Jordan Kyrou and Alex Tuch in trades and signed fellow forward Boone Jenner and defenseman Vincent Desharnais in free agency to add around a young core in the hopes of making another long playoff run and contending for the Stanley Cup.

“Let’s make the playoffs, let’s have fun and enjoy the moment because times fly," Ovechkin told the team. “For young guys who are first year or experienced guys, I remember that moment, and enjoy the time. Because times fly. It seems like yesterday I was here my first year.”

Speaking to reporters later Monday, Ovechkin said this was the right time to announce his decision, two days before the home opener.

“I'm not 20 years old,” he said. “I want to play with my kids when they're growing up. Play hockey, play soccer, play basketball. I want to be healthy enough to do that kind of stuff.”

Ovechkin has spent his entire career with Washington, winning the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year in 2005-06, the Hart Trophy as MVP three times and leading the NHL in scoring nine times. He was playoff MVP in 2018 when he led the Caps to the first Stanley Cup championship in franchise history.

There's been speculation Ovechkin could receive an unfriendly reception on the road after he appeared in an ad for a party aligned with Vladimir Putin during the offseason. But there wasn't much sign of that during the first two games of the season — at Carolina and at Tampa Bay.

When addressing the fallout from that last month, Ovechkin confirmed he'd be going back to live in Russia when he retired from the NHL.

In Washington's season-opening win over the Hurricanes, Ovechkin had 12 minutes, 46 seconds of ice time, the lowest of his career in a game when he wasn't injured or ejected.

Monday was 21 years to the day after Ovechkin made his debut with the Capitals.

“It's been pretty good career, pretty good 22 seasons,” he said. "Obviously the goal that we have, to bring a Stanley Cup to D.C., we did it.”

Although the Capitals have designs on making the playoffs this season, within a couple hours of Ovechkin's announcement, tickets for Washington's regular-season home finale against Pittsburgh on April 4 were going for a minimum of $825 on StubHub. With D.C. hosting college hockey's Frozen Four next year, the Capitals finish the regular season with three straight road games, wrapping up April 10 at Philadelphia.

The Capitals missed the playoffs in 2025-26, but Ovechkin played all 82 games and scored 32 goals. He’s reached 30 in every season of his career except 2020-21, when he played only 45 games.

Long before he broke through during the Capitals’ Stanley Cup run, Ovechkin had rejuvenated hockey in Washington, and he’ll retire as one of the city’s most accomplished athletes in any sport. The Capitals drafted him No. 1 overall in 2004, and he and Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby became stars almost immediately in 2005 when the league emerged from missing a season because of a lockout.

“Before we even met, we were kind of built up against each other: It’s kind of a natural thing to happen,” Crosby said. "Over the years developed a friendship with him. Have a ton of respect for him, and you play against someone that long, you’re compared and see each other enough I think that’s something that builds over time.”

Ovechkin’s combination of goal-scoring skill, physicality and boundless energy made him an instant hit, and he scored a career-high 65 goals in his third season, which earned him the first of his MVP honors.

“He’s done everything," said Penguins center Evgeni Malkin, a fellow countryman who was picked second after Ovechkin in the 2004 draft. "He do everything for team, for league. I hope he plays good this year, no injury, he just stay healthy, score goals and enjoy the game.”

Washington’s penchant for postseason heartache, which existed long before Ovechkin showed up, followed him for a while as well. The Capitals won the Presidents’ Trophy three times with the league’s best regular-season record, falling short in the playoffs each time before a Washington team that merely won its division finally went all the way in the playoffs.

In four postseason meetings between Crosby and Ovechkin — in 2009, 2016, 2017, 2018 — the winner won the Stanley Cup each time. Washington's home opener Wednesday is against Pittsburgh.

“Definitely have had some great battles over the years,” Crosby said. "Obviously when you get to our age, that’s something that you have to make decisions on and for him, as long as he’s happy and enjoying it, that’s the biggest thing.”

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Los modelos de pronóstico continuaron aumentando su interés en el sistema el domingo y, para las primeras horas del lunes, el NHC había elevado a 70% (alta) la probabilidad de desarrollo de una depresión tropical o tormenta con nombre para finales de esta semana sobre el sur o centro del Golfo.

El próximo nombre de la lista es Isaias (pronunciado ees-ah-EE-ahs).

A pesar de que los modelos computarizados comenzaron a coincidir con un posible desarrollo durante el fin de semana, después de algunas dudas el viernes, sigue existiendo un alto grado de incertidumbre con este sistema, tanto sobre qué tan organizado llegará a estar como sobre el momento exacto, la ubicación y la naturaleza de los impactos a lo largo de la costa norte del Golfo y el sur de Estados Unidos desde finales de esta semana hasta el próximo fin de semana festivo.

Un gran desorden para comenzar

El sistema tiene sus orígenes a principios de esta semana como un área grande, amplia y desorganizada de baja presión que cuelga del extremo de un frente estacionario sobre el suroeste del Golfo.

El área de baja presión permanecerá en el suroeste del Golfo y la bahía de Campeche durante gran parte de la semana, lo que le dará tiempo para organizarse bajo vientos más ligeros y favorables en los niveles superiores, especialmente desde mañana hasta el jueves.

La gran pregunta es cuánto aprovechará el sistema de baja presión esas condiciones, particularmente si se desplaza lo suficientemente al sur sobre la curva de la bahía de Campeche, conocida por aumentar la rotación alrededor de los sistemas tropicales en desarrollo. Cuanto más al sur y al este se desplace al comenzar la semana, más favorables serán las condiciones atmosféricas que encontrará.

Como analizamos en este boletín el jueves pasado, las temperaturas del agua en casi todo el Golfo están en niveles récord de calor para esta época del año, por lo que eso no será un impedimento para su organización.

Sin embargo, también se necesitan otros factores ambientales, especialmente vientos ligeros en los niveles superiores y mucho aire húmedo en los niveles medios de la atmósfera, para desarrollar una tormenta, y esos elementos son, en el mejor de los casos, cuestionables para finales de esta semana, a medida que el sistema se desplace hacia el norte del Golfo.

Los nuevos modelos de IA apuestan por un escenario más fuerte

Evaluar el entorno sobre el norte del Golfo para finales de la semana y el fin de semana no parece particularmente favorable para una rápida organización o fortalecimiento.

Como analizamos en el boletín del viernes, los fuertes vientos en los niveles superiores provenientes de una corriente en chorro subtropical muy activa, ayudada en parte por el flujo de salida de lo que se perfila como otro huracán esta semana en el lado del Pacífico de México, prometen ser un obstáculo importante para cualquier sistema que intente desplazarse directamente hacia el norte esta semana.

El modelo europeo tradicional basado en la física y sus conjuntos están anunciando este escenario, manteniendo amplio, desorganizado y poco definido cualquier sistema que se forme en el Golfo, con el mal tiempo bien alejado del extenso centro hasta el fin de semana.

Aunque el modelo europeo ha estado cambiando en cuanto al momento, ha sido constante en anunciar este escenario más débil y desorganizado desde la semana pasada.

Por otro lado, los modelos de IA más nuevos y menos probados están planteando algunos escenarios más fuertes para finales de esta semana.

Tanto el sistema de conjuntos basado en aprendizaje automático DeepMind de Google como la IA del modelo europeo favorecen una trayectoria más hacia el este y alejada de la zona de fuerte cizalladura, con escenarios que sugieren la posibilidad de una amenaza de huracán para la costa norte-central del Golfo, generalmente al este de Louisiana, durante el fin de semana.

Amenaza de fuertes lluvias en el norte del Golfo de cualquier manera

Hasta que tengamos un sistema coherente, se espera que los pronósticos cambien mucho. Los cambios de una actualización a otra en los modelos han sido grandes, lo que sugiere tener precaución con cualquier ciclo individual de los modelos.

Es demasiado pronto para decir si este sistema encontrará la ventana abierta para organizarse y fortalecerse como sugieren algunos de los modelos de IA, pero, dada la época del año, las aguas muy cálidas y la posibilidad de una menor cizalladura del viento hacia el este, es un escenario que tendremos que monitorear.

Los modelos de IA han sido un poco demasiado entusiastas al pronosticar el fortalecimiento de sistemas ya formados esta temporada, por lo que, por ahora, vale la pena tomar los escenarios de mayor intensidad con cautela. Querremos observar las tendencias, especialmente una vez que tengamos un área de baja presión mejor definida.

Por ahora, quienes se encuentren a lo largo del norte del Golfo, desde Louisiana hasta Florida, deberían consultar nuevamente los pronósticos ante la posibilidad de cualquier cosa, desde un sistema desorganizado productor de lluvia hasta una amenaza más definida de viento, lluvia y marejada ciclónica desde finales de esta semana hasta el fin de semana.

De cualquier manera, los modelos sugieren la posibilidad de acumulaciones bastante considerables de lluvia durante el próximo fin de semana festivo en estas áreas, por lo que quienes se encuentren allí deberán estar preparados ante un riesgo creciente de inundaciones repentinas.

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Forecast models continued to ramp up interest in the system on Sunday, and by early Monday the NHC had dialed up their development chances to 70% (high) of a tropical depression or named storm by later this week over the southern or central Gulf.

The next name on the list is Isaias (pronounced ees-ah-EE-ahs).

Despite computer models coming around to possible development over the weekend after some waffling on Friday, there remains a high degree of uncertainly with this one, both in how organized it’ll get and the exact timing, placement, and nature of impacts along the northern Gulf Coast and southern U.S. later this week into the upcoming holiday weekend.

A big mess to start

The system has its origins early this week as a big, broad, messy low-pressure area dangling from the tail of a stalled front over the southwestern Gulf.

The low-pressure area will loiter around in the southwestern Gulf and Bay of Campeche much of the week which will give it time to organize under lighter and more conducive upper-level winds, especially from tomorrow through Thursday.

The big question is just how much the low-pressure system takes advantage of those conditions, particularly if it slides far enough south over the swooped Bay of Campeche, which is known to enhance the spin around nascent tropical systems. The farther south and east it dips to start the week, the more conducive atmospheric conditions it’ll find as well.

As we discussed in this newsletter last Thursday, water temperatures over nearly the entire Gulf are at record warmth for the time of the year, so that won’t be an impediment to organization.

Nevertheless, it also takes other environmental factors – especially light upper-level winds and lots of juicy air at the mid-levels of the atmosphere – to build up a storm, and those ingredients are questionable at best for later in the week as the system lifts toward the northern Gulf.

Newer AI models take the over

Assessing the environment over the northern Gulf for late week into the weekend doesn’t look particularly compelling for quick organization or strengthening.

As we discussed in Friday’s newsletter, harsh upper-level winds from a rip-roaring subtropical jet stream – aided in part by the outflow of what’s poised to be another hurricane this week on the Pacific side of Mexico – promises to be a significant stumbling block for any system that tries to move directly north this week.

The traditional physics-based European model and its ensembles are advertising this solution, keeping whatever comes together in the Gulf broad, sloppy, and disorganized, with weather well removed from the sprawling center into the weekend.

Though the Euro has been jumping around with timing, the model’s been consistent in advertising this weaker, sloppier solution since last week.

On the other side of the ledger are the newer and less battle-tested AI models, which are pumping up some stronger scenarios for later this week.

Both Google’s DeepMind machine learning-based ensemble system and the Euro AI favor a track farther east and away from the high shear zone, with scenarios suggesting the possibility of a hurricane threat to the north-central Gulf Coast – generally east of Louisiana – for the weekend.

Heavy rain threat to the northern Gulf regardless

Until we have a coherent system, expect forecasts to jump around a lot. The run-to-run jumpiness in the models has been high, suggesting buyer beware on any one model cycle.

It’s too soon to say whether this will find the open window to organize and strengthen as some of the AI models are suggesting, but given the time of year, high octane waters, and possibility of lighter wind shear to the east, it’s a scenario we’ll have to monitor.

The AI models have been a little overzealous on strengthening pre-formed systems this season, so for now, it’s worth taking the higher-end scenarios with a grain of salt. We’ll want to watch the trends, especially once we have a better defined area of low pressure.

For now, interests along the northern Gulf – from Louisiana to Florida – should check back on the forecasts for the possibility of anything from a sloppy rainmaker to a more coherent wind, rain, and surge threat later this week into the weekend.

Regardless, models suggest the likelihood of some pretty hefty rainfall totals through the upcoming holiday weekend for these areas, so folks here will want to be prepared for an increasing risk of flash flooding.

MDSO deputies took at least one person into custody in connection with the case.

According to an arrest report, FBI agents conducting a raid at the property, located at 12300 SW 51st St., notified MDSO at around 1 p.m. Saturday that they found a possible animal fighting operation. The report doesn’t make clear whether the federal search had anything to do with suspected animal fighting.

An MDSO detective responded and conducted a walkthrough of the 10-acre property and “observed several thousand game fowl roosters” and “numerous” enclosed cockfighting training rings, along with “vitamins, syringes, medication and rooster agitators,” the report states.

Authorities said detectives received a search warrant at around 8:40 p.m., but left the property under the watch of patrol deputies and returned the next morning to further search it.

Deputies said while searching the property Sunday morning, they found two men “who breached the secured perimeter of the property.”

Both men ran and jumped a fence, but deputies said they were able to find one of them, Carlos Rafael Lezcano, walking at a nearby nursery.

What the 52-year-old said to deputies was redacted from the publicly-released arrest report, but investigators noted that one of the items they found was “a ledger with his name on it.”

They arrested Lezcano, who lives about a mile away from the site, on charges of animal cruelty, evidence tampering, animal fighting and resisting without violence.

Records show Lezcano was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $10,500 bond as of Monday morning.

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In fact, this is the third time the restaurant has been ordered shut, with roach problems cited during previous closures.

This week’s Dirty Dining list also includes a restaurant inside a Walmart where inspectors found a whole lot more than just a bad batch of chicken, along with two other South Florida eateries with a long list of violations.

Scroll down to see what inspectors found. All the places mentioned were allowed to re-open following an ordered cleanup and then a re-inspection.

**BRANDON ASIAN CUISINE

6417 STIRLING ROAD

DAVIE

ORDERED SHUT 10/1

11 VIOLATIONS FOUND

ALSO ORDERED SHUT 9/8/25 (ROACH ISSUE)

ALSO ORDERED SHUT 12/19/19 (ROACH ISSSUE)

“Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. 1) Approximately 5 live roaches in container under preparation table across from Triple sinks in kitchen. 2) Approximately 1 live roach crawling on prep table in kitchen. 3) Approximately 1 live roach on prep table lower shelf in kitchen. 4) Approximately 1 live roach on shelf next to dishwashing machine in kitchen.”

“Dead roaches on premises. Approximately 2 Dead roaches on shelf next to dishwashing machine in kitchen.”

“Interior of Small oven has accumulation of black substance, grease and food debris.”

“Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. 1) Stove soiled 2) Shelves throughout kitchen soiled.”

“Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. Employee switched from working with raw Pork and raw beef to vegetables without first removing gloves or washing hands. Reviewed proper handwashing procedures.”

“Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee picked trash from floor and then engaging in food preparation without washing hands. Reviewed proper handwashing procedures. Employee washed hands correctly.”

“Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Wrapped raw pork stored above container of soup in Walk in cooler.”

“No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees.”

**YUMWICH

11400 NORTH KENDALL DR.

KENDALL

ORDERED SHUT 10/2

15 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Observed license expired 10/1/2026.”

“Inadequate number/capacity of cold holding units to maintain time/temperature control for safety food at proper temperatures. Observed establishment with only one reach in cooler not maintaining temperature of at least 43F. Reach in cooler ambient temperature 49F.”

“Cold holding equipment not maintained in good repair. Do not store time/temperature control for safety food in this unit until the unit is repaired. Observed reach in cooler with ambient temperature 49F.”

“Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed lentil soup (88F - Hot Holding) in prep area. Operator took product to reheat.”

“Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed sliced ham (47F - Cold Holding); tuna salad (48F - Cold Holding); sliced cheese (50F - Cold Holding); pooled eggs (51F - Cold Holding); egg whites (50F - Cold Holding); milk (49F - Cold Holding) inside flip top reach in cooler. Repeat Violation.”

“Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Observed employee come inside kitchen from outside and begin to prepare drink for customer without first washing hands.”

“Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed employee put on pair of gloves then begin to prep food without first washing hands.”

“Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Observed employee touch cellphone then continued to handle food without changing gloves and washing hands.”

“Food manager certification expired.”

**CHICKEN GUY

WALMART

4301 SOUTH UNIVERSITY DR.

DAVIE

ORDERED SHUT 9/30

9 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Presence of insects, rodents, or other pests. Observed approximately 10 ants crawling on and in a container of honey in the prep area. Operator disposed of the container of honey.”

“Live, small flying insects found. Observed approximately 6 small flying insects near the dishwashing area landing on clean dishes and walls. Observed approximately 20 small flying insects in the dry storage area landing in sealed packages of cereal and boxes of single service items. Observed approximately 15 small flying insects in the prep area landing on containers of spices, walls and tables. Observed approximately 5 small flying insects in the mop sink area landing on walls. Observed approximately 15 small flying insects at the front counter landing on registers, containers of ice cream toppings and boxes with bread.”

“Presence of insects, rodents, or other pests. Observed approximately 10 ants crawling on and in a container of honey in the prep area. Operator disposed of the container of honey.”

“Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Observed raw ground beef stored over ready to eat pepperoni and salami in the walk in cooler.”

“Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Observed walls by the triple sink and mop sink soiled.”

**BAYVIEW DINER

2712 EAST OAKLAND PARK BLVD.

FORT LAUDERDALE

ORDERED SHUT 9/18

17 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Approximately 5 live roaches in kitchen crawling on walls/storage shelves behind/over hand washing sink/dish machine.”

“Roach excrement and/or droppings present in kitchen corner on walls between dishwasher and hand washing sink. Advised Operator to clean/sanitize areas.”

“Approximately 4 dead roaches in kitchen on floor in corner between dish machine and handwashing sink. Advised Operator to clean/sanitize area.”

“Floors heavily soiled/has heavy accumulation of debris throughout kitchen under/behind equipment/storage. Advised Operator to clean floors.”

“Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee washing dishes then began preparing food for customers without washing hands. Operator discussed with employee who then washed hands.”

“Employee cracked raw shell eggs and then handled ready-to-eat food and/or clean equipment or utensils without washing hands. Employee cracked raw shell eggs then handled ready to eat cheese and bread without washing hands.”

“Employee touched soiled apron/clothes and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee washed hands and dried with paper towels then wiped hands on visibly soiled apron before preparing food for customers.”

“Food-contact surface (prep table mounted can opener blade) soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slim.”

“Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. At Flip top cooler make top; cut tomatoes (47F - Cold Holding); cooked potato hash browns (48F - Cold Holding). Operator stated not prepared or portioned today held double panned/in pans on/over make top overnight.”

“Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. At upright double door stainless reach in freezer; plastic wrapped/portioned raw comminuted beef patties stored over fully cooked sausage.”

De hecho, esta es la tercera vez que se ordena el cierre del restaurante, y en cierres anteriores se citaron problemas de cucarachas.

La lista de restaurantes con problemas de higiene de esta semana también incluye un restaurante dentro de un Walmart donde los inspectores encontraron mucho más que un lote de pollo en mal estado, junto con otros dos establecimientos de comida del sur de Florida con una larga lista de infracciones.

Desplácese hacia abajo para ver los hallazgos de los inspectores. Todos los lugares mencionados pudieron reabrir tras una limpieza ordenada y una posterior inspección.

**BRANDON ASIAN CUISINE

6417 STIRLING ROAD

DAVIE

ORDEN DE CIERRE 10/1

Se detectaron 11 infracciones

TAMBIÉN SE ORDENÓ EL CIERRE EL 8/9/25 (PROBLEMA DE CUCARACHAS)

TAMBIÉN SE ORDENÓ EL CIERRE EL 19/12/19 (PROBLEMA DE CUCARACHAS)

Se detectó actividad de cucarachas, como lo demuestran los ejemplares vivos encontrados: 1) Aproximadamente 5 cucarachas vivas en un recipiente debajo de la mesa de preparación, frente a los tres fregaderos de la cocina. 2) Aproximadamente 1 cucaracha viva arrastrándose sobre la mesa de preparación de la cocina. 3) Aproximadamente 1 cucaracha viva en el estante inferior de la mesa de preparación de la cocina. 4) Aproximadamente 1 cucaracha viva en el estante junto al lavavajillas de la cocina.

“Hay cucarachas muertas en el local. Aproximadamente dos cucarachas muertas en el estante junto al lavavajillas de la cocina.”

“El interior del horno pequeño presenta acumulación de una sustancia negra, grasa y restos de comida.”

Superficies que no entran en contacto con alimentos, sucias con grasa, restos de comida, suciedad, baba o polvo. 1) Estufa sucia. 2) Estantes de toda la cocina sucios.

“El empleado pasó de manipular alimentos crudos a alimentos listos para el consumo sin lavarse las manos. El empleado pasó de manipular carne de cerdo y de res crudas a verduras sin quitarse los guantes ni lavarse las manos. Se revisaron los procedimientos adecuados de lavado de manos.”

“El empleado tocó una superficie sucia y luego preparó alimentos, manipuló equipo o utensilios limpios o tocó artículos desechables sin envolver sin lavarse las manos. El empleado recogió basura del suelo y luego preparó alimentos sin lavarse las manos. Se revisaron los procedimientos adecuados de lavado de manos. El empleado se lavó las manos correctamente.”

“Alimentos animales crudos almacenados encima de alimentos listos para el consumo o sin la separación adecuada de estos. Carne de cerdo cruda envuelta almacenada encima de un recipiente de sopa en la cámara frigorífica.”

“No se ha proporcionado ninguna prueba de que los empleados hayan recibido la formación obligatoria aprobada por el estado.”

**YUMWICH

11400 NORTH KENDALL DR.

KENDALL

ORDEN DE CIERRE 10/2

Se detectaron 15 infracciones

“Operando con una licencia vencida de la División de Hoteles y Restaurantes. Se observó que la licencia venció el 1/10/2026.”

“Número/capacidad insuficiente de unidades de refrigeración para mantener el control de tiempo/temperatura y garantizar la seguridad alimentaria a las temperaturas adecuadas. Se observó que el establecimiento contaba con un solo refrigerador vertical que no mantenía una temperatura de al menos 43 °F. La temperatura ambiente del refrigerador vertical era de 49 °F.”

“El equipo de refrigeración no se encuentra en buen estado. No almacene alimentos que requieren control de tiempo/temperatura para su seguridad en esta unidad hasta que se repare. Se observó una temperatura ambiente de 49 °F en el refrigerador.”

“Control de tiempo/temperatura para alimentos seguros, excepto asados ​​de carne enteros, mantenidos calientes a menos de 135 grados Fahrenheit. Se observó sopa de lentejas (88 °F - Mantenimiento en caliente) en el área de preparación. El operador tomó el producto para recalentarlo.”

“Control de tiempo/temperatura para alimentos refrigerados seguros a más de 5 °C (41 °F). Se observaron lonchas de jamón (8 °C - Refrigeración); ensalada de atún (9 °C - Refrigeración); queso en lonchas (10 °C - Refrigeración); huevos batidos (11 °C - Refrigeración); claras de huevo (10 °C - Refrigeración); leche (9 °C - Refrigeración) dentro de un refrigerador con tapa abatible. Infracción reiterada.”

“El empleado comenzó a manipular alimentos, equipos o utensilios limpios, o a tocar artículos desechables sin envolver sin lavarse las manos previamente. Se observó que el empleado entró a la cocina desde el exterior y comenzó a preparar una bebida para un cliente sin lavarse las manos.”

“El empleado no se lavó las manos antes de ponerse los guantes para comenzar una tarea relacionada con alimentos. Se observó que el empleado se puso un par de guantes y luego comenzó a preparar la comida sin lavarse las manos previamente.”

“El empleado tocó una superficie sucia y luego preparó alimentos, manipuló equipos o utensilios limpios o tocó artículos desechables sin envolver sin lavarse las manos. Se observó que el empleado tocó su teléfono celular y luego continuó manipulando alimentos sin cambiarse los guantes ni lavarse las manos.”

“La certificación de gerente de alimentos ha caducado.”

**CHICKEN GUY

WALMART

4301 SOUTH UNIVERSITY DR.

DAVIE

ORDEN DE CIERRE 30/9

Se detectaron 9 infracciones

Se emitió una orden de cese de venta debido a que los alimentos no se encontraban en condiciones higiénicas ni seguras. Se detectó la presencia de insectos, roedores u otras plagas. Se observaron aproximadamente 10 hormigas arrastrándose sobre y dentro de un recipiente de miel en el área de preparación. El operador desechó el recipiente de miel.

Se encontraron insectos voladores pequeños vivos. Se observaron aproximadamente 6 insectos voladores pequeños cerca del área de lavado de platos, posándose en platos limpios y paredes. Se observaron aproximadamente 20 insectos voladores pequeños en el área de almacenamiento en seco, posándose en paquetes sellados de cereales y cajas de artículos de un solo uso. Se observaron aproximadamente 15 insectos voladores pequeños en el área de preparación, posándose en recipientes de especias, paredes y mesas. Se observaron aproximadamente 5 insectos voladores pequeños en el área del fregadero de trapeadores, posándose en las paredes. Se observaron aproximadamente 15 insectos voladores pequeños en el mostrador principal, posándose en las cajas registradoras, recipientes de aderezos para helados y cajas de pan.

Presencia de insectos, roedores u otras plagas. Se observaron aproximadamente 10 hormigas arrastrándose sobre y dentro de un recipiente de miel en el área de preparación. El operario desechó el recipiente de miel.

“Alimentos crudos de origen animal almacenados encima de alimentos listos para el consumo o sin la separación adecuada de estos. Se observó carne picada cruda almacenada encima de pepperoni y salami listos para el consumo en la cámara frigorífica.”

“Pared sucia con grasa acumulada, restos de comida y/o polvo. Se observaron paredes sucias junto al fregadero triple y el fregadero para fregar.”

**BAYVIEW DINER

2712 EAST OAKLAND PARK BLVD.

FORT LAUDERDALE

ORDEN DE CIERRE 18/9

Se detectaron 17 infracciones

Se detectó actividad de cucarachas, como lo demuestra el hallazgo de ejemplares vivos. Aproximadamente 5 cucarachas vivas se encontraban en la cocina, trepando por las paredes y estantes detrás y encima del fregadero y el lavavajillas.

Se encontraron excrementos de cucarachas en la esquina de la cocina, en las paredes entre el lavavajillas y el lavamanos. Se le indicó al operador que limpiara y desinfectara la zona.

“Se encontraron aproximadamente 4 cucarachas muertas en el suelo de la cocina, en la esquina entre el lavavajillas y el lavamanos. Se le indicó al operador que limpiara y desinfectara la zona.”

“Los pisos están muy sucios y presentan una gran acumulación de residuos en toda la cocina, debajo y detrás de los equipos y el área de almacenamiento. Se le indicó al operador que limpiara los pisos.”

“El empleado comenzó a manipular alimentos, equipos o utensilios limpios, o a tocar artículos desechables sin envolver sin lavarse las manos. Posteriormente, el empleado que lavaba los platos comenzó a preparar la comida para los clientes sin lavarse las manos. El operador habló con el empleado, quien entonces se lavó las manos.”

“El empleado rompió huevos crudos con cáscara y luego manipuló alimentos listos para el consumo y/o equipos o utensilios limpios sin lavarse las manos. El empleado rompió huevos crudos con cáscara y luego manipuló queso y pan listos para el consumo sin lavarse las manos.”

“El empleado tocó un delantal o ropa sucia y luego preparó alimentos, manipuló equipo o utensilios limpios o tocó artículos desechables sin envolver sin lavarse las manos. El empleado se lavó las manos y se las secó con toallas de papel, y luego se las limpió en un delantal visiblemente sucio antes de preparar la comida para los clientes.”

“Superficie en contacto con alimentos (hoja del abrelatas montada en la mesa de preparación) sucia con restos de comida, una sustancia parecida al moho o una sustancia viscosa.”

Se emitió una orden de cese de venta para alimentos que requieren control de tiempo/temperatura para su seguridad debido a un abuso de temperatura. Los alimentos que requieren control de tiempo/temperatura para su seguridad se mantuvieron refrigerados a más de 41 grados Fahrenheit. En el refrigerador Flip Top, se preparó la tapa; tomates cortados (47 °F - Mantenimiento en frío); papas ralladas cocidas (48 °F - Mantenimiento en frío). El operador declaró que no se prepararon ni se proporcionaron hoy, sino que se mantuvieron en doble bandeja/en bandejas sobre la tapa durante la noche.

“Alimentos crudos de origen animal almacenados encima o junto con alimentos listos para el consumo en un congelador; no todos los productos están envasados ​​comercialmente. En un congelador vertical de doble puerta de acero inoxidable, hamburguesas de carne picada cruda, envueltas en plástico y proporcionadas, almacenadas encima de salchichas completamente cocidas.”

Prosecutors said Caleb Flynn, 40, staged a home invasion in February after shooting Ashley Flynn, a 37-year-old schoolteacher and volleyball coach. Flynn claimed she was killed by a burglar.

With tears rolling down his cheeks, Flynn addressed the courtroom ahead of the sentencing and apologized to his family, starting with his two daughters.

“I made vows to Ashley on our wedding day. I failed in those vows,” he said. “I cannot apologize enough.”

Although he admitted to lying about many things, Flynn remained adamant that he was innocent.

“As I stand here before God, who is my ultimate judge, I am not lying when I say I did not kill my wife,” he said.

Flynn faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole after the jury found him guilty last week of murder, felonious assault and tampering with evidence.

Flynn appeared briefly on “American Idol” in 2013, telling TV viewers about how his wife had encouraged him to chase his dreams on the singing competition. He did not advance to the main competition in Hollywood after singing before judges Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson and Nicki Minaj.

During closing arguments, prosecutors told jurors that Flynn wanted out of his marriage when he shot his wife at their house in Tipp City, a suburb north of Dayton. The couple’s two daughters were home with their father when police arrived.

He sent a text message to his lover the night before the shooting, saying, “I choose you. I’m free. Actions will come tomorrow,” prosecutors said.

During the trial, Alleigha Botner testified she met Flynn in 2022 while she was a 20-year-old intern at his church and had an affair with him for more than a year. She told jurors that Flynn said he hated his wife and had thoughts of killing her.

Jurors also heard AI-generated love songs that prosecutors said he made for Botner. Flynn didn’t testify on his own behalf, nor did anybody else.

The gun used to kill Ashley Flynn was not found at the scene, and his attorney told jurors that investigators found no evidence that Caleb Flynn fired a gun that day. Prosecutors said his fingerprints and DNA were at the scene and that his devices showed him moving around the house, even though he claimed he was asleep at the time of the shooting.

Some 39 people were on the school bus that was headed to Winter Haven High School in Winter Haven when an oncoming car crossed the center line and caused the crash, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said at a news conference.

“It was a horrible crash,” Judd said. “It was a terrible, tragic morning. We had a beautiful 10th grade girl lose her life.”

The bus had been traveling along a Winter Haven road shortly after 6 a.m. when an oncoming car crossed the center line and crashed into the side of the bus near the rear wheels, Judd said. The impact ripped the tire off the bus and caused it to crash head-on into an oncoming Jeep, which caught on fire.

One person in the Jeep died. Judd said five to seven people were transported to the hospital with potentially traumatic injuries and that one person remained in critical condition early Monday.

The bus was transporting 39 people in all — 37 high school students, the bus driver, and the bus driver's daughter. Judd said first responders spent the first several hours getting people to the hospital, identifying them and reuniting students with their parents.

“I think this is the most horrific bus tragedy we’ve had in decades, as far back as I can remember,” Judd said.

Just over a month ago on Sept. 3, another Polk County school bus was involved in a crash in Lakeland. Authorities said no students were on the bus at the time, and one person had injuries that were not life-threatening.

Polk County Public Schools Superintendent Frederick Heid said students practice drills on how to leave a bus that is involved in an accident.

“This event could have been far worse. You can see the condition of the bus, you can see its current positioning,” Heid said. The sheriff and superintendent held their news conference directly in front of the overturned bus, which had come to rest in a ditch beside the road.

Helicopter video taken by WESH-TV later in the morning showed a horrific crash scene. The front end of the school bus was a mangled mess of metal, and it appeared to be missing one of its four back tires as it lay on its roof.

Justin Sharpless, chairman of the Polk County school board, asked the community to come together to support the family of the girl who died, as well as the school and school staff.

“There are really no words that can take away the pain of losing a young person,” he said.

Leavitt will serve as an on-air contributor beginning Nov. 1, the network said Monday.

“Karoline’s firsthand experience in the White House and on the presidential campaign trail gives her a distinct understanding of today’s political landscape,” said the network’s CEO, Suzanne Scott.

For her part, Leavitt, in the same statement, said she looked forward “to bringing my unique perspective from my experience as White House Press Secretary, along with the same energy and candor that defined my tenure, to Fox’s millions of viewers across their many platforms.”

Leavitt, now 29, was the youngest person to hold the role of press secretary. When she left at the end of August, President Donald Trump described her as one of his “most trusted aides.” At the time she said she wanted to spend more time with her two children. Her second child, Viviana, was born in May, and she has a two-year-old son.

Leavitt is not the first of Trump's press secretaries to join Fox. Kayleigh McEnany joined in 2021 and remains at the network. And Dana Perino, former press secretary for President George W. Bush, is a political commentator at the network.

Trump, meanwhile, has hired several Fox News personalities to key jobs in his own administration, chief among them Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Trump has an increasingly thorny relationship with the network, whose key commentators have long given him favorable coverage. He has expressed frustration with Fox coverage choices as recently as Sunday when he bemoaned what he said was the network's lack of coverage of his rallies.

“Sad to see that Fox & Friends (Sunday) is not covering our packed house and incredibly enthusiastic (beyond!) Rally that took place in Ohio last night, or the ones in Alabama, Texas, or Oklahoma over the past two days,” he posted on his Truth Social platform. “They were all sold out, with thousands of people trying to get in, and are absolutely phenomenal, better than ever!”

"Remember, Fox tried this act once before, and almost went out of business (and always right before an election!). That can happen again!" Trump wrote. He also criticized the recent firing of longtime Fox financial journalist Maria Bartiromo.

The comments came as Trump is embroiled in an increasingly bitter standoff with news outlets whose coverage displeases him, capped by his recent efforts to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds and also to keep CNN out of broadcast pool assignments. A judge has issued a temporary restraining order against the ban, and a hearing is scheduled for Thursday as the news outlets seek relief pending a final resolution of the case.

Before becoming White House press secretary, Leavitt served as press secretary for Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.

She also, at age 25, made an unsuccessful bid for Congress in 2022 from her home state of New Hampshire.

Now entering its eighth month, the war— and its upheaval of the economy — is dragging down Republican candidates as Americans begin voting in the midterm elections. President Donald Trump takes his GOP rescue mission on Monday Nebraska, where ranchers are rebelling against record diesel prices and Trump's plans to import more beef. Democrats meanwhile are expressing confidence that Trump's redistricting efforts will backfire.

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AP-NORC Poll: Democrats are divided on their party’s path forward

Slightly fewer than half of Democratic voters in the AP-NORC poll say their party is “too moderate,” while a similar share say it is “about right.” That is a sharp contrast with Republican voters, who mostly say their party is “about right.”

Voters such as Meagan Ludwig of Milwaukee illustrate the party discontent that has emerged in Wisconsin and other closely contested states this year. Ludwig voted for democratic socialist Francesca Hong in the Democratic primary for governor in August.

“We need to seize the opportunity to boldly enact policies that will improve the lives of Americans,” said Ludwig, who is married and has an elementary school-age child. “I’m tired of us pursuing incremental change.”

Trump suggests his pre-midterm election travels might include hitting Maine

“I don’t know about Maine, I think we’re going to Maine, too,” the president told reporters while leaving the White House to fly to Nebraska. “But I’m going to Michigan in about a week and a half.”

Competitive Senate races in both Michigan and Maine have captured national attention.

Trump also said of the 30-plus trips he’s pledged to visit prior to Election Day on Nov. 3: “We’re sort of scheduled to be someplace almost every night.”

Trump says there was a threat to US bombers in UK

The president said he didn’t want to tempt “the enemy” by having Air Force bombers at base in England, prompting the airplanes to be brought home to the U.S.

The bombers had been used to strike Iran and Trump said, “We had a threat” connected to Iran. The return followed an investigation into a planned terror attack at the RAF Fairford base.

“So we moved them around a little bit, not very far,” Trump said.

Trump says US is monitoring situation at Russian plague institute

“We’re looking at it very strongly. We just heard about it,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday when asked about a Siberian plague research institute where authorities say an employee died of pneumonia from an “unknown” case.

“We’ll help,” Trump added. “Anybody that has that kind of a problem, we’re always willing to help.”

Trump says he’ll help farmers who dealing with high diesel prices

Asked if he plans to aid farmers dealing by easing limits on red dye diesel, the president said, “Yeah, I’ll be helping them with diesel.”

Diesel fuel prices have spiked in the aftermath of the Iran war, but dyed diesel fuel is cheaper because it’s exempt from federal and state excise taxes. Temporarily removing the limits would reduce cost pressures on the businesses that rely on diesel.

“We are doing a lot for the farmers,” Trump said. “We’ve given them a lot and we help them a lot. And the farmers are with me all the way.”

Trump administration loans up to $4.2B to modernize nuclear plants

The Department of Energy is loaning up to $4.2 billion to help modernize nuclear plants in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

The department announced a conditional loan commitment Monday for Vistra’s nuclear fleet to help meet the region’s growing electricity demand.

President Donald Trump set a goal of quadrupling domestic production of nuclear power within 25 years.

Vistra’s planned investments at Beaver Valley Power Station in Pennsylvania and Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station and Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Ohio will produce more electricity from the nuclear plants and extend the life of the reactors.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said this is a way to deliver more affordable, reliable, around-the-clock energy.

Vance defends Trump administration’s taxpayer funded television ads

The vice president was asked about the administration’s plans to use $20 million in taxpayer money to pay for campaign-style television ads that glorify Trump and have drawn bipartisan criticism.

Vance defended the ads and said, “I don’t think there’s anything unusual or unorthodox about it. I’m sure that some people probably don’t like it, but if you look at the message of those advertisements, they’re not partisan.”

He added that, “It’s not like we’re advocating for a particular candidate.”

But the ads are openly extoling the president and one is nearly identical to an ad that his 2024 campaign aired.

Trump is expected to campaign in some politically competitive states in coming weeks

There are tentative plans for for Trump to travel in the weeks leading up to Election Day to Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, Ohio, Kansas, Montana, Pennsylvania, Alaska, Nevada, Arizona, and Texas, according to a person familiar with the plans who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. But the person cautioned that the plans could shift.

Trump is headed back to Ohio

After stumping in the critical Senate battleground on Saturday, the president is returning to Ohio next week.

This time, he’ll be in Youngstown, which is in the northeastern part of the state. The rally is scheduled for Monday evening. Trump campaigned in Vandalia, just outside Dayton in southwestern Ohio, over the weekend.

Appointed GOP Sen. Jon Husted is running for election against former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in one of the most closely watched Senate races this year.

Ohio Democrats’ path to the governor’s office runs through rural areas that had turned against them

Democrats say their nominee for governor in Ohio, Dr. Amy Acton, represents the party’s best chance in years to win that office.

To do so, she will have to win over independents, some Republicans upset with the direction of their party and Democrats who have drifted away from the party in recent years.

She is campaigning throughout the state, with a focus on rural areas that have swung heavily Republican since President Donald Trump emerged on the political stage. Focusing on the needs of rural Ohio also is a strategy pursued by Acton’s Republican opponent, Vivek Ramaswamy, a wealthy biotech entrepreneur and 2024 presidential contender.

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Vance says details still need to be worked out on $54B natural gas project in Alaska

Trump last week announced plans for South Korea to invest in the project, but while the president described it as a done deal, South Korean officials said they needed to assess the project’s commercial viability before committing to the investment.

Vance said Monday that “I think it’s something that’s going to happen. Obviously, you still got to work out some of the details” and said that South Korean had “spoken to that.”

“I think we’re going to be able to get it done,” he added.

Troy Jackson is scrambling to defeat Maine Sen. Susan Collins. Time is not on his side

From the start, he had barely more than 100 days to mount a campaign against New England’s last Republican senator. Jackson is a logger, union activist and former president of the Maine Senate who is trying to flip a seat that’s key to Democrats’ effort to win control of the Senate.

Jackson has deficits in the race in terms of money, recognition around the state and, perhaps most of all, time. Jackson became the party’s nominee in late July after the campaign of Democratic primary winner Graham Platner fell apart.

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Top crypto group to pour millions into bipartisan slate of House races after key legislation stalls

A major cryptocurrency spending group is backing 32 House candidates from both parties ahead of the November midterms.

Fairshake will spend $1 million each to support six candidates, including several in competitive races. All 32 backed a major crypto bill that stalled in the Senate this year.

Fairshake is emphasizing its bipartisan approach, but its largest general election investment is nearly $30 million against Democratic Senate candidate Sherrod Brown in Ohio.

The group also spent heavily against Brown in 2024. Fairshake and its affiliates still have about $120 million available, raising questions about where they will spend next.

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AP-NORC Poll: Democrats have gained on key issues

Voters give Democrats the advantage when it comes to which party would be better to handle the cost of living, according to a new AP-NORC poll.

The survey finds 38% of registered voters say the Democrats would be better for costs, compared with 27% who pick the Republicans. The issue was about evenly split among U.S. adults in February, with about 3 in 10 saying each party would be better.

Democrats have also gained ground on the economy. About 4 in 10 registered voters say the Democrats are better on this issue, compared with 26% of U.S. adults in February.

These shifts are good news for Democratic candidates who are hammering an increasingly unpopular president — and by extension, his party. But the survey also points to a bigger problem for both parties: Few registered voters think either party is able to solve important problems or help Americans like them.

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Obama is to appear with El-Sayed in Detroit as the ex-president gets more involved in the midterms

The former president plans to appear with Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed at an Oct. 24 rally.

Other Michigan Democrats on the ballot also will be there, including Jocelyn Benson, the nominee for governor.

Obama is upping involvement in the midterm election. He taped two dozen ads last week for Democratic candidates for governor and Senate that will be released in the coming days and weeks. He’ll also announce additional campaign stops.

The rally for El-Sayed aims to help him shore up support in Detroit, where he was outperformed in the primary by Rep. Haley Stevens.

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Trump administration issues final transparency in healthcare coverage rule

A new rule was finalized that requires healthcare providers to disclose more accessible public pricing disclosures.

The rule requires providers to post machine-readable files monthly for each plan or coverage they offer, and mandates that insurers cut out “ghost rates”-- or negotiated rates between insurers and medical providers for services never performed.

The rule builds on standards crafted in 2020, by addressing issues with oversized files and difficult data navigation.

At a press conference, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the new rule provides a “clear view of what healthcare actually costs.”

FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson issued a formal warning to major for-profit hospital groups regarding their legal obligation to provide truthful pricing.

Constitution doesn’t prohibit cities from holding polluters responsible, attorney says

Kevin K. Russell made the argument on behalf of the city of Boulder which is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to move forward with a lawsuit against energy companies holding them responsible for the local costs of climate change.

The case involves complex questions about whether the high court can limit certain types of lawsuits from states. Justice Elena Kagan suggested the case is similar to state lawsuits against tobacco companies or opioid manufacturers.

But Chief Justice John Roberts told Russell that, if he won, he could envision numerous cities filing similar lawsuits the next day.

Russell acknowledged “there could be a lot of litigation,” but said “nothing in the constitution” prohibits that.

Democrats plan to protest when Trump visits Nebraska to rally Republican support for Sen. Ricketts

Nebraska Democrats are planning a protest Monday afternoon ahead of President Donald Trump’s speech at the home of the State Fair in Grand Island.

Trump is visiting the state on the day early voting begins to rally Republican support for incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts and Gov. Jim Pillen, who are both running for reelection.

“Republicans are in trouble, even in Nebraska,” state Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb said. “Nebraskans are angry at the con job, the fake outrage and the broken promises.”

Ricketts and his independent challenger Dan Osborn have flooded the airwaves with ads attacking each other leading up to the election. The Democrats are supporting Osborn’s campaign and won’t have a candidate on the November ballot.

Trump won more than two-thirds of the vote in Hall County in 2024, so many are excited he is coming to Grand Island.

Rocke Jruzenski, who told KETV that he plans to attend the rally, said he is looking forward to the visit.

“I can’t believe the people that have negativity about this. This is one of the most amazing things that will ever happen to Grand Island,” Jruzenski said.

Vance says Air Force removed bombers from British base ‘out of an abundance of caution’

The vice president told reporters on Monday before preparing to fly to Alaska for a campaign event that the decision to bring home the bombers stationed at a U.S.-run military air base in England was because the U.S. was trying to be careful in the wake of an investigation into a planned terror attack at the RAF Fairford base.

“What you saw there is, the Secretary of War, out of an abundance of caution, trying to protect our guys,” Vance said. “We do feel with some confidence that the Iranians are, you know, they’re trying to do what the Iranian state has done for 49 years, which is engage in acts of terrorism against the United States and against a lot of other people as well. So, we are being extremely cautious.”

AP-KFF poll: Most rural voters see the economic importance of immigrants

The vast majority of rural voters see immigrants in the country legally as an important part of their local economies, according to the AP-KFF survey.

Immigrants often play key roles in sustaining local industries, including by filling jobs in manufacturing, healthcare and agriculture.

The poll found about 7 in 10 rural voters see immigrants who are in the country legally as “very” or “somewhat” important to their local economies, and a similar share say the same about temporary or seasonal agriculture workers.

Rural voters are much less likely to say immigrants who are in the country illegally are beneficial, but 45% say they are at least “somewhat” important to local economies.

Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, has died

Dennis Hastert, whose congressional legacy as the longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior career as a teacher and wrestling coach, has died, a coroner said Monday. He was 84.

Hastert, who was speaker from 1999 until 2007 and spent more than a year in prison later in life, died Saturday of natural causes at his home while receiving hospice care, according to Kendall County Coroner Jacquie Purcell.

When he was sentenced in 2016 to more than a year behind bars, the former history teacher became one of the highest-ranking American politicians ever ordered to prison.

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Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the US military failed them

As the war with Iran enters its eighth month, U.S. soldiers wounded in its deadliest strike yet on American troops are raising concerns publicly, many for the first time, about whether commanders underestimated the threat. Some of those wounded also said the military medical system failed them.

The Pentagon has released few details about the Iranian drone strike on Port Shuaiba in Kuwait that killed six soldiers on March 1, the day after the United States and Israel started the war against Iran.

The Associated Press spoke with 13 soldiers, primarily officers, serving in key positions of responsibility there or familiar with high-level briefings. Many said the Pentagon did not take Iranian threats seriously enough as it launched Operation Epic Fury. Some of the wounded soldiers said they’ve faced inadequate medical care and bureaucratic barriers since then.

Several soldiers spoke on the record — rare for troops still in the Army — others on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal.

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Trump campaigning in Nebraska, where ranchers are rebelling over fuel prices and beef imports

President Donald Trump is taking his Republican midterm rescue mission to Nebraska. He’ll campaign Monday alongside GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts, who’s being challenged by an independent candidate backed by national Democrats.

The race between the former Nebraska governor and independent Dan Osborn initially was not expected to be competitive, but voters across the country are frustrated with Trump’s handling of the economy, including persistently high costs for fuel and groceries. Rural voters in particular are hurting, and ranchers have rebelled against Trump’s efforts to increase imports of foreign beef.

“The plan to import low-quality foreign beef is not helping Nebraska ranchers,” Ricketts told the AP. “I would advise the White House to change that policy and look for longer-term things that will help us build the size of the herd and ultimately bring the price of beef down for consumers.”

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Energy attorney: Colorado can’t ‘regulate global conduct’

Kannon Shanmugam told the Supreme Court that it should block a lawsuit seeking hold oil and gas companies liable for effects of climate change on Boulder, Colorado.

Suncor and Exxon Mobile argue that states can’t “regulate global conduct” like emissions that cause climate change.

“None of the conduct here is directed at Colorado,” Shanmugam said. Shanmugam was hit with skeptical questioning from several justices.

The case, kicking off the high court’s fall term, has significant implications for dozens of other lawsuits from municipalities around the country, with damages potentially totaling billions of dollars.

The Supreme Court’s new term is beginning Monday with a major case on climate change

The lawsuit from Boulder, Colorado, is seeking damages from two oil and gas companies to help pay for the local effects on climate change. Dozens of similar cases have been filed across the country, with billions of dollars potentially at stake.

Suncor and ExxonMobil are asking the Supreme Court to block the lawsuits, with backing from the Trump administration. They argue that the cases amount to a backdoor way to regulate emissions under state law, an unconstitutional overreach.

The high court will also be considering cases on guns, religious rights and Trump’s crackdown on immigration during their upcoming nine-month term.

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Sen. Raphael Warnock launching midterm blitz that includes 2028 early primary states

The Georgia Democrat plans to campaign with Democratic candidates for Senate, governor and possibly other offices across eight states beginning Tuesday in New Hampshire, which falls third in Democrats’ 2028 presidential primary calendar.

Nevada is second on Warnock’s itinerary and for Democrats in 2028. The senator has two separate stops planned in South Carolina, Democrats’ first presidential primary state. Also on the list is the early primary state of Michigan, along with Mississippi, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Ohio.

Spokeswoman Elena Radding said Warnock will be “calling out Trump’s corruption” and “leaving voters hopeful for the next generation of Democratic leadership.”

Warnock, who is also the senior minister at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Martin Luther King Jr. served, has not ruled out a presidential bid. He’s already spent recent months traveling the country on a book tour — another common move for potential national candidates.

US is monitoring Russian health scare tied to plague institute

Rubio, who doubles as Trump's National Security Advisor, says he doesn’t think there is cause for alarm after Russian officials quarantined a hospital and confirmed they are monitoring contacts of an employee at a plague research institute in Siberia who contracted pneumonia of an “unknown” cause.

But Rubio said the U.S. is closely watching the case, aware that “it could spread quickly” despite the quarantine and other public health protocols.

“There’s very limited travel between the U.S. and Russia, obviously,” Rubio said. “But like anything else, something like that gets out.”

Marco Rubio says the Saudis and Yemeni government ‘have a right to defend themselves’

The secretary of state said it was expected that the Saudi-backed government in Yemen would hit back at the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels to try to reclaim territory.

Asked if the Saudi-led coalition coordinated the action with the U.S., Rubio told reporters that Saudi Arabia and the U.S. have a defense agreement but wouldn’t offer more details.

He says the Yemeni government was ousted from some of its territory by a Houthi campaign and the Saudis have come under attack, and “they have a right to defend themselves.”

He says the coalition’s offensive is a counter to that, and the U.S. “expected that would happen, and that’s what happened.”

The escalation between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis has revived Yemen’s civil war after a four-year ceasefire.

Marco Rubio downplays US moving bombers from UK base

The U.S. secretary of state told reporters Monday that that Pentagon “is constantly reallocating resources” as he downplayed the significance of removing American bombers from a U.S-run base in England that has been used to attack Iran.

The move came after an investigation into a suspected terror plot on the base.

“I wouldn’t just directly tie that to the move that was made,” Rubio said as he prepared to depart for a multi-stop diplomatic mission that begins in Iceland.

“It’s not unusual to see rotations happen and moving into the different parts of the world based on exercises, redeployment, changing out and new people coming in, in planes coming in, old planes going out,” Rubio said. “So, birds are changing all the time.”

AP-KFF poll: Rural MAGA voters support Trump’s immigration policies

Rural Republicans who consider themselves MAGA supporters are about twice as likely as rural, non-MAGA Republicans to see a benefit to Trump’s immigration policies, the AP-KFF survey found.

About two-thirds of rural MAGA Republicans say Trump’s immigration policies have had a positive impact where they live. Roughly half say the Trump administration has “not gone far enough” on deporting immigrants in the country illegally, while about half say the actions have been “about right.”

Katherine Reed, a 27-year-old Republican who supports the MAGA movement, believes the administration’s policies have had a positive impact by reducing violent crime nationwide, saying, “It’s made life for people a lot safer.”

She believes if someone comes to America, they should “respect the law of the land” and do it legally. “I want really amazing people to become Americans,” Reed said. “That’s the whole point of America.”

Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the US military failed them

As the war with Iran enters its eighth month, U.S. soldiers wounded in its deadliest strike yet on American troops are raising concerns publicly, many for the first time, about whether commanders underestimated the threat. Some of those wounded also said the military medical system failed them. The Pentagon has released few details about the Iranian drone strike on Port Shuaiba in Kuwait that killed six soldiers on March 1, the day after the United States and Israel started the war against Iran.

The Associated Press spoke with 13 soldiers, primarily officers, serving in key positions of responsibility there or familiar with high-level briefings. Many said the Pentagon did not take Iranian threats seriously enough as it launched Operation Epic Fury. Some of the wounded soldiers said they've faced inadequate medical care and bureaucratic barriers since then. Several soldiers spoke on the record — rare for troops still in the Army — others on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal.

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An Army investigation was done in June and remains unreleased

The Army declined to comment on the AP’s reporting on the Port Shuaiba strike, saying it had not yet briefed the families of those killed on the outcome of its investigation into the attack. The Pentagon also declined to comment.

“Out of respect for the primary next of kin who will be scheduled for briefs on the official findings of the completed investigation, we will not comment on specific details, individual accounts, or leaked portions of the report at this time,” the Army said in a statement.

The Army completed its investigation of the attack in June, but has yet to release a report due to the need to redact sensitive information, said an official familiar with the Army’s investigation who spoke on condition of anonymity because the report has not been released.

“We have the right to know what really happened,” said Tina Marzan, whose husband, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Marzan, was killed in the strike.

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Families of killed soldiers demand answers, wounded still struggle for medical care

Nine U.S. service members wounded in a March 1 drone strike on a U.S. military site in Kuwait that killed six troops spoke to The Associated Press about what they describe as a medical system that left them fighting to get treatment on their own. The soldiers’ criticism comes against the backdrop of years of disinvestment and drawdowns in the Middle East driven by multiple administrations and political leaders who sought to end U.S. involvement in the region.

The Pentagon has said all soldiers were treated appropriately and evaluated by physicians who followed the health industry’s standards.

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Rodney Bearman, who had shrapnel embedded from his face to his legs, said they waited 10 days for treatment in Germany only to learn they wouldn't be hospitalized because they weren't documented as wounded in combat, and so were told to get outpatient care.

“Never did I think that if I was wounded that these things would happen,” said Bearman, who has served for over three decades, including in Afghanistan. “Some sacred trust that I thought would never be broken was broken.”

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Sen. Raphael Warnock launching midterm blitz that includes 2028 early primary states

The Georgia Democrat plans to campaign with Democratic candidates for Senate, governor and possibly other offices across eight states beginning Tuesday in New Hampshire, which falls third in Democrats’ 2028 presidential primary calendar.

Nevada is second on Warnock’s itinerary and for Democrats in 2028. The senator has two separate stops planned in South Carolina, Democrats’ first presidential primary state. Also on the list is the early primary state of Michigan, along with Mississippi, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Ohio.

Spokeswoman Elena Radding said Warnock will be “calling out Trump’s corruption” and “leaving voters hopeful for the next generation of Democratic leadership.”

Warnock, who is also the senior minister at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Martin Luther King Jr. served, has not ruled out a presidential bid. He’s already spent recent months traveling the country on a book tour — another common move for potential national candidates.

AP-KFF poll: Trump’s immigration crackdown divides rural voters

Voters in rural parts of the country are divided on whether Trump’s immigration policies have benefited or harmed their communities, according to a newly released AP-KFF survey of more than 2,000 rural voters.

About one-third of rural voters said the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement had been positive for their community and about a third said it had been negative. The remaining 3 in 10, roughly, said it had no impact.

Laura Leigh Taylor, a 37-year-old farmer who voted for Trump in 2024, said she disapproves of the wide-ranging scope of Trump’s immigration crackdown, which resulted in a friend’s hardworking father being deported.

“I understand getting rid of the rapists and the murderers,” she said. “But all the people that fell in between that really weren’t doing nothing but taking care of their family.”

Trump campaigning in Nebraska, where ranchers are rebelling over fuel prices and beef imports

President Donald Trump is taking his Republican midterm rescue mission to Nebraska. He’ll campaign Monday alongside GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts, who’s being challenged by an independent candidate backed by national Democrats.

The race between the former Nebraska governor and independent Dan Osborn initially was not expected to be competitive, but voters across the country are frustrated with Trump’s handling of the economy, including persistently high costs for fuel and groceries. Rural voters in particular are hurting, and ranchers have rebelled against Trump’s efforts to increase imports of foreign beef.

“The plan to import low-quality foreign beef is not helping Nebraska ranchers,” Ricketts told the AP. “I would advise the White House to change that policy and look for longer-term things that will help us build the size of the herd and ultimately bring the price of beef down for consumers.”

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The mother of two boys says their First Amendment rights were violated when they were told to take off the sweatshirts she bought them for Christmas in 2022.

A lower court disagreed, finding that the veiled vulgarity of the phrase, which functions as a stand-in for “F-— Joe Biden,” allows schools to ban it.

The woman's attorneys argued that the decision wrongly gives school officials wide latitude to squelch political speech based on their personal ideas of what is vulgar. The phrase itself doesn't contain any swear words or sexual implications, they said.

The school district urged the justices to reject the case, arguing that messages with lewd implications have no place in school, even if they touch on political topics. There has been evidence that some students wore clothing that read “Make America Great Again” or had messages supporting President Donald Trump, a Republican who lost the 2020 election to Biden, a Democrat.

The phrase originated in 2021, when people in the crowd at a NASCAR race chanted the obscenity directed at Biden and a TV sports reporter said they were calling out “Let’s Go, Brandon," apparently believing they were chanting for driver Brandon Brown, who had just won a race.

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Justices declined to hear Moore’s appeal of a lower court decision that vacated the large verdict. The outcome keeps in place the decision by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that erased a jury's decision that Moore had been defamed by the ad.

It was a victory for Senate Majority PAC, which funded the ad, and argued it was truthful.

The decision comes months after the court in June rejected Moore's emergency request to put the 11th Circuit decision on hold while he appealed.

Moore, a former Alabama chief justice, known for his hardline stances opposing same-sex marriage and supporting the public display of the Ten Commandments, lost the 2017 Senate race after his campaign was rocked by misconduct allegations.

Leigh Corfman said Moore inappropriately touched her in 1979 when she was 14 and he was a 32-year-old assistant district attorney. Moore denied the accusation. Other women said Moore dated them, or asked them out on dates, when they were older teens.

Senate Majority PAC funded Highway 31, a group that ran an advertising blitz against Moore during the Senate race.

Moore filed a defamation lawsuit against Senate Majority PAC centered on a television ad. Moore’s attorneys argued the ad juxtaposed statements and partial quotes from separate news articles that, when read together, falsely implied he was accused of soliciting sex from young girls at a shopping mall.

Moore's attorneys called it a “fabricated accusation, never made by any reporter” that was “broadcast into Alabama homes 533 times in the final days of a United States Senate election.”

A federal jury in 2022 agreed with Moore and awarded him $8.2 million in damages. The appeals court vacated the verdict after finding Moore failed to prove the organization acted with malice, one of the legal standards for cases involving public figures.

Moore appealed to the Supreme Court.

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Donaldson was killed Sept. 21 near 500 Northwest 199th Street after, according to her daughter, she stepped into the road while moving a trash can out of the way.

“She was walking on the 500 block and she slipped into the road because she was moving the trash can out of the way,” her daughter, Kristal Donaldson, said.

The car hit her, struck her and kept going, Kristal said. A witness saw what happened in the rearview mirror, turned around and blocked Donaldson from being hit again.

“Whoever you are, I appreciate that,” Kristal Donaldson said. “You made sure she wasn’t going to get hit again. So, you protected her in that moment.”

Miami Gardens police are looking for a gray Tesla Model Y or possibly a Model 3, from model years 2022 to 2025.

Police do not know the tag number, but detectives say the vehicle should have damage to the front passenger wheel. The wheel-well trim and plastic cover are also missing.

“We’re taking it day by day right now,” Kristal Donaldson said. “We just want to catch the person who did it. She did not deserve that. To hit somebody and keep going with not even a thought, not even a care is ridiculous.”

Donaldson would have turned 70 on Monday.

Her husband, Baswell Donaldson Sr., said she meant a lot to many people, especially the children she worked with over the years.

“She was a special part of our program where we taught children,” he said.

The family is asking anyone who saw something to come forward.

“If you saw something, say something. Don’t hold it in,” Kristal Donaldson said. “If you have to do it anonymous, just do it anonymous because she did not deserve that whatsoever. Nobody deserves to die that way.”

Police say the incident happened during the 11 a.m. hour on Sept. 21.

Anyone with information is asked to call Miami Gardens police and ask for Detective O’Mally.

Donaldson murió el 21 de septiembre cerca de 500 Northwest 199th Street después de que, según su hija, se metió en la calle mientras movía un bote de basura para quitarlo del camino.

“Ella caminaba por la cuadra 500 y se metió en la calle porque estaba moviendo el bote de basura para quitarlo del camino”, dijo su hija, Kristal Donaldson.

El automóvil la golpeó, la atropelló y continuó su camino, dijo Kristal. Un testigo vio lo ocurrido por el espejo retrovisor, dio la vuelta y bloqueó a Donaldson para evitar que fuera golpeada nuevamente.

“Quienquiera que seas, te lo agradezco”, dijo Kristal Donaldson. “Te aseguraste de que no la volvieran a golpear. Así que la protegiste en ese momento”.

La policía de Miami Gardens busca un Tesla Model Y gris o posiblemente un Model 3, de los modelos de 2022 a 2025.

La policía desconoce el número de matrícula, pero los detectives dicen que el vehículo debería tener daños en la rueda delantera del lado del pasajero. También faltan la moldura del guardabarros y la cubierta de plástico.

“Lo estamos tomando día a día en este momento”, dijo Kristal Donaldson. “Solo queremos atrapar a la persona que lo hizo. Ella no merecía eso. Golpear a alguien y seguir conduciendo sin siquiera pensarlo, sin siquiera importarle, es ridículo”.

Donaldson habría cumplido 70 años el lunes.

Su esposo, Baswell Donaldson Sr., dijo que ella significaba mucho para muchas personas, especialmente para los niños con los que trabajó a lo largo de los años.

“Ella era una parte especial de nuestro programa donde enseñábamos a los niños”, dijo.

La familia pide a cualquiera que haya visto algo que se presente.

“Si viste algo, di algo. No te lo guardes”, dijo Kristal Donaldson. “Si tienes que hacerlo de forma anónima, simplemente hazlo de forma anónima porque ella no merecía eso en absoluto. Nadie merece morir de esa manera”.

La policía dice que el incidente ocurrió durante la hora de las 11 a.m. del 21 de septiembre.

Cualquier persona que tenga información debe llamar a la policía de Miami Gardens y preguntar por el detective O’Mally.

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Police told Local 10 someone later showed up at a local hospital with gunshot wounds.

Residents say they heard at least 10 shots around midnight at the Aliro apartment complex off Biscayne Boulevard near Northeast 143rd Street.

Drone video showed the sprawling scene from above.

Sunday morning, police still had portions of the parking lot and a nearby area blocked off with crime scene tape.

Video captured the moments shortly after the shooting. One man jumped from a third-story window, with another person not far behind him.

It’s not clear if they were involved in the shooting or why they made such a dramatic escape.

Police say they spent most of the morning at the apartment complex collecting evidence and trying to piece together exactly what happened.

At one point, it appeared they recovered some sort of gun.

No further information was released.

La policía informó a Local 10 de que posteriormente una persona acudió a un hospital de la zona con heridas de bala.

Los residentes afirman que oyeron al menos diez disparos alrededor de la medianoche en el complejo de apartamentos Aliro, situado junto al Biscayne Boulevard, cerca de la calle Northeast 143rd Street.

Un video grabado con un dron mostraba la amplia escena desde arriba.

El domingo por la mañana, la policía seguía acordonando con cinta de escena del crimen partes del aparcamiento y una zona cercana.

El video captó los momentos inmediatamente posteriores al tiroteo. Un hombre saltó desde una ventana del tercer piso, seguido de cerca por otra persona.

No está claro si estuvieron implicados en el tiroteo ni por qué llevaron a cabo una huida tan dramática.

La policía afirma que pasó la mayor parte de la mañana en el complejo de apartamentos recogiendo pruebas e intentando reconstruir exactamente lo que ocurrió.

En un momento dado, pareció que habían recuperado algún tipo de arma.

No se ha facilitado más información.

Baz's six violations for the Orioles was the high among pitchers, the same total he had for Tampa Bay in 2025.

Miami’s Eury Pérez and Texas’ Kumar Rocker tied for second with five apiece. Anthony Nunez, Cade Cavalli, Yoendrys Gómez, Camilo Doval and George Soriano had four each.

Among batters, Caballero led with four. MLB decided his routine of waiting to acknowledge the pitcher just before the pitch clock reached eight seconds amounted to deception, prompting squabbles between Caballero and umpires.

Chase DeLauter, Jung Hoo Lee aand Luis Lara had three each.

Baltimore and San Francisco tied for the overall lead with 19 clock violations, followed by Houston and San Francisco with 18 apiece, and the Los Angeles Dodgers and Yankees with 17 each.

Philadelphia had a low of five and the Rays had six.

Violations by batters, pitchers and catchers dropped from 1,048 when the clock was instituted in 2023 to 602 the following season, 465 in 2025 and 387 this year.

Pitchers committed 290 violations this season, batters 92 and catchers five. The hitters' total included 12 timeout violations.

There were just two defensive shift violations, against Rays second baseman Ben Williamson with Minnesota’s Ryan Jeffers at the plate on April 3 and against Orioles second baseman Jeremiah Jackson with Toronto’s Sean Keys at the plate on Sept. 23.

After 26 shift violations in the first year of the rule in 2023, there were two in 2024 and one in 2025.

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La defensa de Miami le dio repetidamente oportunidades a los Dolphins para mantenerse en el partido, registrando cuatro capturas y obligando a Minnesota a conformarse con goles de campo.

Pero la ofensiva de los Dolphins tuvo dificultades para aprovecharlas, logrando apenas 76 yardas totales en la primera mitad y 85 yardas por pase en el partido.

El quarterback de los Dolphins, Malik Willis, mostró destellos con sus piernas, pero no pudo mover a Miami de manera constante por aire. Terminó con 9 de 17 pases para 85 yardas, sin touchdowns y con un balón suelto perdido tras una captura.

Los Dolphins comenzaron el partido forzando un tres y fuera, pero su ofensiva no pudo convertir esa primera detención en puntos. Willis corrió entre un grupo de defensores para conseguir un primer down y luego conectó con el receptor Malik Washington para otro primer down antes de que la serie ofensiva se estancara.

La defensa de Miami volvió a responder cuando el EDGE Josh Uche derribó al quarterback de los Vikings, Kyler Murray, en tercera oportunidad para la segunda captura de Miami de la temporada. La primera había sido de Zach Sieler, liniero defensivo.

Los Dolphins parecían haber conseguido su jugada ofensiva más importante de la tarde cuando Willis conectó con el receptor novato Chris Bell para un touchdown de 68 yardas. Pero la jugada fue anulada por un castigo por contacto ilegal después de que los oficiales determinaran que Bell había pisado fuera del campo antes de hacer la recepción.

Era exactamente el tipo de jugada explosiva que Miami necesitaba, pero el castigo la anuló.

La línea defensiva de los Dolphins continuó presionando a Murray, con Uche y el EDGE Chop Robinson obligando varias veces al quarterback de los Vikings a lanzar el balón fuera del campo.

La defensa de Minnesota finalmente provocó una pérdida de balón cuando Dallas Turner capturó a Willis y provocó un balón suelto con 5:45 restantes en la primera mitad. Los Vikings recuperaron el balón en medio campo, pero la defensa de Miami volvió a impedirles llegar a la zona de anotación.

Sieler irrumpió por el centro de la línea ofensiva de Minnesota para conseguir su segunda captura del partido, ayudando a obligar a los Vikings a conformarse con el tercer gol de campo de Reichard.

Minnesota llegó al medio tiempo con ventaja de 9-0 a pesar de haber sido limitado a 114 yardas y de no haber podido entrar a la zona de anotación.

Miami recurrió a su juego terrestre para comenzar la segunda mitad, y Ollie Gordon II inmediatamente dio un impulso con una carrera de 53 yardas, la más larga de su carrera.

Los Dolphins finalmente se conformaron con un gol de campo después de que Willis escapara de la presión e intentara conectar con Kevin Coleman Jr., reduciendo la ventaja de los Vikings a 9-3.

Gordon continuó dando impulso y terminó con el primer partido de 100 yardas por tierra de su carrera.

Minnesota respondió con otro gol de campo de Reichard después de que Miami volviera a fortalecerse cerca de la línea de gol. Los Dolphins detuvieron una carrera del receptor Jordan Addison y obligaron a Minnesota a conformarse con tres puntos, aumentando la ventaja de los Vikings a 12-3.

La defensa de Miami continuó manteniendo el partido al alcance.

El linebacker de los Vikings, Kyle Van Noy, detuvo al corredor Jaylen Wright antes de conseguir el primer down en tercera oportunidad para forzar otro despeje de los Dolphins. En la siguiente posesión de Minnesota, Robinson utilizó un bull rush para derribar a Murray y conseguir la primera captura de su temporada y la cuarta de Miami.

Los Dolphins finalmente convirtieron uno de los esfuerzos de su defensa en puntos.

Willis encontró a Washington para 17 yardas en jugadas consecutivas, llevando a Miami a posición de anotación. Gordon terminó la serie con una carrera de touchdown, reduciendo la ventaja de Minnesota a 12-10.

La defensa de Miami volvió a responder en la siguiente posesión de los Vikings.

Los Dolphins detuvieron al corredor Aaron Jones unas yardas antes de la marca del primer down, pero Reichard convirtió su quinto gol de campo de la tarde para darle a Minnesota una ventaja de 15-10. Jones terminó con 128 yardas totales en 24 toques.

El linebacker Jacob Rodriguez lideró a Miami con un récord de franquicia de 18 tacleadas, incluidas ocho en solitario, mientras los siete jugadores del frente de los Dolphins continuaban impidiendo que Minnesota llegara a la zona de anotación.

El récord pertenecía anteriormente al linebacker Zach Thomas, quien registró 16 tacleadas en la Semana 2 contra los Arizona Cardinals en 1996.

Miami tuvo una oportunidad más de tomar la ventaja, pero Willis no pudo hacer las jugadas necesarias por aire.

Lanzó un pase alto hacia Bell en el centro del campo, pero un defensor de los Vikings lo desvió. Willis también falló en encontrar a Coleman, quien estaba abierto cerca de la marca del primer down, y Miami se vio obligado a despejar.

Minnesota entonces recurrió a su ofensiva para cerrar el partido.

Murray encontró a Addison para una ganancia de 27 yardas que ayudó a mantener el reloj corriendo. El ala cerrada T.J. Hockenson continuó dándole problemas a Miami, atrapando su pase número 11 del partido en los minutos finales tras un lanzamiento bien colocado de Murray.

Hockenson agregó dos recepciones más antes de que los Vikings agotaran el reloj, terminando con 13 recepciones para 119 yardas.

La defensa de los Dolphins mantuvo a Minnesota fuera de la zona de anotación durante toda la tarde, pero la ofensiva no pudo producir lo suficiente para convertir ese esfuerzo en una victoria.

La derrota dejó a Miami con marca de 0-4, mientras que Minnesota mejoró a 4-0.

Lo que sigue

Miami (0-4): recibe a Cincinnati (2-2)

Minnesota (4-0): visita a New Orleans (1-2)

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Miami’s defense repeatedly gave the Dolphins opportunities to stay in the game, recording four sacks and forcing Minnesota to settle for field goals.

But the Dolphins’ offense struggled to capitalize, managing only 76 total yards in the first half and 85 passing yards for the game.

Dolphins quarterback Malik Willis showed flashes with his legs but couldn’t consistently move Miami through the air. He finished 9 of 17 passing for 85 yards with no touchdowns and a fumble lost on a sack.

The Dolphins opened the game by forcing a three-and-out, but their offense couldn’t turn the early stop into points. Willis scrambled through a group of defenders for a first down and then connected with wide receiver Malik Washington for another first down before the drive stalled.

Miami’s defense stepped up again when EDGE Josh Uche brought down Vikings quarterback Kyler Murray on third down for Miami’s second sack of the season. The first was by defensive lineman Zach Sieler.

The Dolphins appeared to have their biggest offensive play of the afternoon when Willis connected with rookie receiver Chris Bell for a 68-yard touchdown. But the play was wiped out by an illegal-touching penalty after officials ruled Bell had stepped out of bounds before making the catch.

It was exactly the type of explosive play Miami needed, but the penalty erased it.

The Dolphins’ defensive front continued to pressure Murray, with Uche and EDGE chop Robinson forcing the Vikings quarterback to throw the ball away several times.

Minnesota’s defense eventually created a turnover when Dallas Turner sacked Willis and forced a fumble with 5:45 left in the first half. The Vikings recovered at midfield, but Miami’s defense again prevented them from reaching the end zone.

Sieler burst through the middle of Minnesota’s offensive line for his second sack of the game, helping force the Vikings to settle for Reichard’s third field goal.

Minnesota took a 9-0 lead into halftime despite being held to 114 yards and kept out of the end zone.

Miami turned to its running game to open the second half, and Ollie Gordon II immediately provided a spark with a career-long 53-yard run.

The Dolphins eventually settled for a field goal after Willis escaped pressure and tried to hit Kevin Coleman Jr., cutting the Vikings’ lead to 9-3.

Gordon continued to provide a spark and finished with the first 100-yard rushing game of his career.

Minnesota answered with another Reichard field goal after Miami once again stiffened near the goal line. The Dolphins stopped a wide receiver run by Jordan Addison and forced Minnesota to settle for three points, increasing the Vikings’ lead to 12-3.

Miami’s defense continued to keep the game within reach.

Vikings linebacker Kyle Van Noy stopped running back Jaylen Wright short on third down to force another Dolphins punt. On Minnesota’s next possession, Robinson used a bull rush to bring down Murray for his first sack of the season and Miami’s fourth.

The Dolphins finally converted one of their defensive efforts into points.

Willis found Washington for 17 yards on consecutive plays, moving Miami into scoring position. Gordon then finished the drive with a touchdown run, cutting Minnesota’s lead to 12-10.

Miami’s defense again came through on the Vikings’ next possession.

The Dolphins stopped running back Aaron Jones a few yards short of the first-down marker, but Reichard converted his fifth field goal of the afternoon to give Minnesota a 15-10 lead. Jones finished with 128 total yards on 24 touches.

Linebacker Jacob Rodriguez led Miami with a franchise record 18 tackles, including eight solo stops, as the Dolphins’ front seven continued to prevent Minnesota from reaching the end zone.

The record was previously held by linebacker Zach Thomas, who recorded 16 in a Week 2 game against the Arizona Cardinals in 1996.

Miami had one more opportunity to take the lead, but Willis couldn’t make the necessary plays through the air.

He threw a jump ball toward Bell in the middle of the field, but a Vikings defender knocked it away. Willis also missed Coleman, who was open near the first-down marker, and Miami was forced to punt.

Minnesota then turned to its offense to close out the game.

Murray found Addison for a 27-yard gain that helped keep the clock moving. Tight end T.J. Hockenson continued to give Miami problems, catching his 11th pass of the game in the closing minutes on a well-placed throw from Murray.

Hockenson added two more receptions before the Vikings ran out the clock, finishing with 13 catches for 119 yards.

The Dolphins’ defense had kept Minnesota out of the end zone all afternoon, but the offense couldn’t produce enough to turn that effort into a victory.

Willis continued to show his ability as a runner, while Gordon gave Miami a much-needed boost on the ground without De’Von Achane. But the Dolphins couldn’t consistently move the ball through the air or capitalize on the opportunities their defense created.

The loss dropped Miami to 0-4, while Minnesota improved to 4-0.

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Miami (0-4) hosts Cincinnati (2-2)

Minnesota (4-0): at New Orleans (1-2)

Hastert, who was speaker from 1999 until 2007 and spent more than a year in prison later in life, died Saturday of natural causes at his home while receiving hospice care, according to Kendall County Coroner Jacquie Purcell.

When he was sentenced in 2016 to more than a year behind bars, the former history teacher became one of the highest-ranking American politicians ever ordered to prison.

In the late 1990s, Hastert was a little-known Illinois lawmaker with a reputation for congeniality that had helped him ascend the ranks of congressional leaders. When Newt Gingrich lost support because of ethics violations and the GOP’s poor showing in an election, Republicans elected Hastert to succeed him. In his first weeks on the job in 1999, he presided over the House while the Senate conducted then-President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial.

After the GOP reclaimed the White House, Hastert helped pass then-President George W. Bush's legislative agenda.

A post-congressional scandal lands Hastert in prison

In 2015 he was accused of evading banking regulations as part of a plan to pay hush money to conceal unspecified "prior misconduct." Nearly a year later, prosecutors said Hastert’s alleged misconduct involved the sexual abuse of teenage boys on his wrestling team in Yorkville, a small town west of Chicago.

Prosecutors said Hastert sexually abused at least four team members during his coaching career, which lasted from 1965 to 1981.

The person Hastert was paying, identified in court papers only as Individual A, said the abuse occurred in a motel room when he was 14 on the way home from wrestling camp. Hastert allegedly touched other wrestlers in a locker room after saying he would give them massages. Two wrestlers said Hastert performed sexual acts on them.

Prosecutors also described a recliner where Hastert often sat in the locker room with a direct view of the stalls where the boys showered.

Hastert agreed to plead guilty to evading banking laws. In all, he paid more than $1.7 million out of $3.5 million that he had promised to Individual A, sometimes in lump sums of $100,000 cash.

At the sentencing hearing, where he received 15 months behind bars, the visibly angry judge called Hastert a “serial child molester.”

In a statement, Hastert said he was “deeply ashamed” and admitted that he "mistreated” some of his athletes. But he never referred directly to sexual abuse.

He knew how hard being speaker would be

When he became House speaker, Hastert was aware of the pitfalls of holding the powerful position.

"You know, in this business, especially in a job like this, you can get your head someplace where it shouldn't be," Hastert said in a 1999 interview with The Associated Press. “But you come back home, and you're home. You're back where you've always been, and your feet are back on the ground.”

As the recount of the 2000 presidential election dragged on, Hastert’s aides briefed him on the possibility that he might become acting president in the event of an Electoral College deadlock.

"I really didn't want to be president, temporary or otherwise," Hastert wrote in a 2004 memoir.

Hastert’s journey to Congress from his boyhood farm appeared to be the result of fate and luck.

In 1980, he finished third in an Illinois House primary. But the incumbent became fatally ill, and GOP leaders chose Hastert to take his place on the November ballot, where he won in a traditional GOP stronghold.

Hastert became a congressional candidate in 1986 and beat the Democrat with 52% of the vote, his smallest margin of victory in a congressional race.

In Washington, Hastert served quietly in House leadership, working closely with Gingrich and then-House Majority Whip Tom DeLay after Republicans took control in 1995.

Hastert became wealthy largely through a complex web of transactions that coincided with one of his own highway earmarks increasing the value of land he had purchased in his district.

He was forced to step down as speaker in 2007, when Democrats gained control of the House, and he resigned his seat later that year.

Born in Aurora, Illinois, Hastert earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Wheaton College in 1964 and a master’s in education from Northern Illinois University in 1967.

In 2007, Wheaton named its new public policy center the J. Dennis Hastert Center for Economics, Government and Public Policy. After Hastert’s indictment, the school removed his name in 2015. Other organizations abandoned associations with Hastert, and his portrait was removed from a hallway outside the House chamber.

Hastert lived his entire life in Chicago's suburbs, primarily in the Yorkville area. While growing up, he helped his father with the family's feed business.

Survivors include his wife, Jean, and two adult sons.

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Tarm and McCann are former Associated Press reporters. Associated Press reporter Scott Bauer in Madison, Wisconsin, contributed to this report.

Over the weekend, Cuba’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carlos Fernandez de Cossio, made it very clear that Cuba will not negotiate regime change with the U.S. In an interview with Fox News, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the Cuban government that if they don’t change their regime, the consequences would be worse.

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This leaves the U.S. with limited options moving forward. 1) Wait until Raul Castro dies and see what happens. 2) Strengthen the opposition inside the island. 3)Take military action against the island nation.

None of these options lead to a clear and quick path to a quick change in their system of government. A military invasion of Cuba by the U.S. could lead to a prolonged stay on the island until some form of government can be established from within the island and with the support from the Cuban exile community. However, there are some in the exile opposition that consider themselves possible leaders in a free Cuba, which could further complicate things.

Lastly, the extended war with Iran and the mid-term election results in the U.S. could also complicate what the U.S. does with Cuba.

Oct. 2: Who is driving U.S. foreign policy towards Cuba?

In the last several months, we have witnessed Secretary of State Marco Rubio continuing to sanction top officials of the Cuban government and their organizations, trying to force them to change or come to the table and negotiate with the U.S.

On the other hand, we just learned that the White House authorized a sale of 3.2 million barrels of oil to Cuba supposedly going to Cuba’s private sector. Are you kidding?

When dealing with Venezuela and Cuba, Trump has clearly shown that making money is more important than regime change in these two countries.

Oct. 1: Robberies and delinquencies increase in Cuba

According to Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez (14yMedio), this past Monday a bank was robbed in Lawton, Cuba in the middle of a major power failure.

The robbers got away with the money that was to be paid the next day to people who had retired. At the same time, many solar panels that have been installed around Cuba to help with the growing electrical shortages are being stolen at night by robbers.

The Cuban government is concerned that as socio-economic conditions continue to get worse on the island nation, these practices will increase. So far, no one has been caught.

Durante el fin de semana, el viceministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba, Carlos Fernández de Cossío, dejó muy claro que Cuba no negociará un cambio de régimen con Estados Unidos. En una entrevista con Fox News, el secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Marco Rubio, dijo al gobierno cubano que, si no cambia su régimen, las consecuencias serían peores.

Esto deja a Estados Unidos con opciones limitadas de cara al futuro. 1) Esperar hasta que muera Raúl Castro y ver qué sucede. 2) Fortalecer a la oposición dentro de la isla. 3) Tomar medidas militares contra la nación insular.

Ninguna de estas opciones conduce a un camino claro y rápido hacia un cambio en su sistema de gobierno. Una invasión militar de Cuba por parte de Estados Unidos podría llevar a una permanencia prolongada en la isla hasta que algún tipo de gobierno pueda establecerse desde dentro de la isla y con el apoyo de la comunidad de exiliados cubanos. Sin embargo, hay algunos miembros de la oposición en el exilio que se consideran posibles líderes de una Cuba libre, lo que podría complicar aún más las cosas.

Por último, la guerra prolongada con Irán y los resultados de las elecciones de medio mandato en Estados Unidos también podrían complicar lo que Estados Unidos haga con Cuba.

2 de octubre: ¿Quién está dirigiendo la política exterior de Estados Unidos hacia Cuba?

En los últimos meses, hemos visto al secretario de Estado, Marco Rubio, continuar sancionando a altos funcionarios del gobierno cubano y sus organizaciones, tratando de obligarlos a cambiar o sentarse a negociar con Estados Unidos.

Por otro lado, acabamos de enterarnos de que la Casa Blanca autorizó la venta de 3.2 millones de barriles de petróleo a Cuba, supuestamente destinados al sector privado cubano. ¿Están bromeando?

Al tratar con Venezuela y Cuba, el presidente Trump ha demostrado claramente que ganar dinero es más importante que el cambio de régimen en estos dos países.

1 de octubre: Aumentan los robos y la morosidad en Cuba

Según la bloguera cubana Yoani Sánchez (14yMedio), el pasado lunes un banco fue robado en Lawton, Cuba, en medio de una importante falla eléctrica.

Los ladrones escaparon con el dinero que debía pagarse al día siguiente a personas que se habían jubilado. Al mismo tiempo, muchos paneles solares que han sido instalados en toda Cuba para ayudar con la creciente escasez de electricidad están siendo robados por ladrones durante la noche.

El gobierno cubano está preocupado de que, a medida que las condiciones socioeconómicas continúen empeorando en la nación insular, estas prácticas aumenten. Hasta ahora, nadie ha sido detenido.

The list, provided first to The Associated Press on Monday, includes 19 Republicans and 13 Democrats, with six members getting $1 million in spending each. All 32 supported legislation that was a top priority for the industry.

The bipartisan slate pales in contrast, however, to Fairshake’s biggest general election investment so far. The group announced plans in September to spend nearly $30 million against Democratic Senate candidate Sherrod Brown in Ohio, who is facing Republican Sen. Jon Husted in one of the most competitive races of the cycle.

Brown previously faced nearly $40 million in cryptocurrency spending in 2024, when he lost to Republican Bernie Moreno. He had avoided becoming a major target this year until last month, when the industry moved against him after Senate Democrats helped block the CLARITY Act, which would have achieved the industry's goal of establishing a federal regulatory framework for digital assets.

Fairshake would not say whether it plans to spend more in House or Senate races before November. The group and its affiliated PACs reported about $120 million in cash on hand at the end of August.

Big spending could shape battleground House races

Three Republicans and three Democrats will get the most help from Fairshake, including several members facing competitive reelection races where the outside spending could provide a significant boost.

On the Democratic side, Fairshake plans to support Reps. Janelle Bynum of Oregon, Steven Horsford of Nevada and Derek Tran of California with $1 million each.

On the Republican side, Reps. French Hill of Arkansas, Bryan Steil of Wisconsin and Bill Huizenga of Michigan will receive the same level of support.

Fairshake did not disclose how much it is spending on the other 26 House candidates it is supporting.

The organization is emphasizing the bipartisan nature of its spending as the cryptocurrency industry looks to the next Congress to revive legislation that stalled this year.

Geoff Vetter, a spokesperson for Fairshake, pointed to the group’s investments in primaries and special elections this year, when it and its affiliated groups spent $40 million supporting 29 Democrats and $31 million supporting 28 Republicans.

“Fairshake has always been and always will be an issue-focused organization. We back pro-crypto candidates who support American innovation in both parties,” Vetter said. “We’ve won 53 of the 57 races we engaged in this cycle and look forward to continuing to build on the largest pro-crypto caucus in American history.”

More Senate spending remains an open question

Senate Democrats in September blocked legislation long in the works that aimed to give the industry more regulatory certainty and divide oversight between federal regulators. Opponents raised concerns that it did not adequately address President Donald Trump’s crypto investments. Trump took in more than $1.4 billion in crypto-related income last year.

Soon after the vote, Fairshake pledged nearly $30 million against Brown.

While the group also targeted Brown in 2024, its Senate spending that year crossed party lines. Fairshake’s network also spent about $10 million each supporting Democratic Senate candidates Ruben Gallego in Arizona and Elissa Slotkin in Michigan.

Gallego called the decision to target Brown “dumb politics.”

“You still need 60 votes after this election if you want to pass market structure,” Gallego said, referring to the Senate’s threshold for advancing most legislation. “Now the negotiations will just get harder and the deal is going to be not as good as they had right before they decided to kill it.”

El accidente se produjo alrededor de las 20:35 h cerca de la 17.ª Avenida Noroeste y la 135.ª Calle Noroeste, en Opa-locka. El agente conducía un vehículo policial identificado en ese momento.

Según la policía, el agente fue trasladado al Centro de Traumatología Ryder del Jackson Memorial Hospital para ser examinado.

El Departamento de Policía de Opa-locka está investigando el accidente. Por el momento no se disponía de más detalles sobre las circunstancias que provocaron el accidente ni sobre el estado del agente.

Investigators in the United Arab Emirates, along with Israeli and Saudi authorities, are treating the midair assault by the ax-wielding Omani co-pilot, Hamam al-Hammami, as a planned terror attack. The plane's wounded captain managed to open the cockpit door to allow passengers in. They subdued the attacker and the plane made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.

The suspect was detained and sent to the UAE, where he remains in custody, and the focus of the probe has now shifted toward addressing apparent vetting failures.

Here are some key aspects of the investigation that are still being sorted out.

CLAIM: The co-pilot should have been barred from flying to Israel.

THE FACTS: It's unclear how a citizen of Oman, an Arab country that has no diplomatic relations with Israel, was allowed to fly a planeload of Israelis to Tel Aviv.

Israeli law requires airlines to provide information about passengers and crew members, including their names and nationalities, to Israel up to 48 hours before a flight.

Authorities in the UAE did share with Israel a list of passengers and crew ahead of the flight, according to officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to reporters about the probe.

Israel had not raised red flags on any passengers or members of the crew, the officials said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday — a day after the attack — that Israel has long-standing agreements with foreign carriers to keep pilots from flying into the country if they are citizens of nations that don’t maintain diplomatic relations with Israel.

Separately, officials have said that al-Hammami, who had spent some time in New Zealand, had been barred from flying by his native Oman because of concerns there that he had adopted extremist views.

The Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic security agency, said the Transportation Ministry is responsible for vetting passenger lists from foreign flights.

However, Israeli Transportation Minister Miri Regev said on X that security agencies are responsible for flight security and that her ministry wasn’t given a list of passengers or any warnings.

CLAIM: Netanyahu said al-Hammami “underwent Islamist radical indoctrination.”

THE FACTS: Officials have offered scant insight into al-Hammami's motivations, and authorities in Israel, the UAE and Oman have not provided any details about his adoption of radical views.

Still, it does appear he had been plotting to carry out an attack for some time.

The initial investigation, which is being led by the Emiratis, found that al-Hammami originally planned to carry out the attack in July but did not go through with it at the time, according to a regional official who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

He specifically sought out work with an airline that flew to Israel in order to carry out the attack, according to the investigation.

CLAIM: U.S. President Donald Trump suggests that Iran may be linked to the in-flight attack.

THE FACTS: In his first public comments about the incident, Trump hinted there could be a link when asked by reporters at the White House whether he had been briefed about any connection between the co-pilot and Tehran.

“I would say the answer, based on what I’m hearing, is yes, but we’re working on it right now,” Trump said. He did not elaborate about why he suspected Iranian involvement.

Trump also said that if the link to Iranian authorities was determined, they would face “very hard” retaliation.

But in the days since, regional officials have said they've yet to find any Iranian nexus. And Trump hasn't offered any evidence backing his initial speculation.

CLAIM: Netanyahu's rivals say the prime minister's government dropped the ball.

THE FACTS: In the days ahead, how the investigation plays out could have enormous consequences for Netanyahu as Israel gets ready to hold national elections on Oct. 27.

Netanyahu has long tried to cultivate an image as uniquely capable of keeping Israel strong and managing its existential threats.

Israelis celebrated their countrymen on the flight who quickly sprang to action to subdue the co-pilot after he attacked the plane's captain, Smit Machchhar, and tried to crash the plane. Netanyahu greeted the passengers after they arrived back in Tel Aviv and heralded the quick action of several aboard for preventing a catastrophe.

But Netanyahu now finds himself facing criticism from some political opponents who say security lapses by his government led to the situation.

Former prime minister and B’Yachad party leader Naftali Bennett and Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot, a leading rival to Netanyahu in this month's election, have demanded Netanyahu fire Regev, the transportation minister, over the incident.

Netanyahu has called on the head of the National Security Council to appoint an examiner to review “all security aspects" of Israel's civil aviation in the aftermath of the incident.

But opposition leader Yair Lapid has dismissed Netanyahu’s ordered probe as a “sham.”

“The chain of failures that preceded the incident could have led to a disaster of historic proportions, and this is how an Israeli prime minister responds?” Lapid wrote on X.

Bennett and Eisenkot sought to connect the FlyDubai attack with the Hamas-led October 2023 attack on southern Israel that triggered the war in Gaza.

Both attacks, they argue, reflect Netanyahu’s failure to keep Israelis safe and an unwillingness to acknowledge responsibility.

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According to police, the crash was reported in the area of 1200 N. State Road 7.

Police said the suspects’ vehicle caught fire, but the flames were quickly extinguished.

No injuries were reported and no other details were immediately released.

Según la policía, el choque fue reportado en el área de 1200 N. State Road 7.

La policía dijo que el vehículo de los sospechosos se incendió, pero las llamas fueron rápidamente extinguidas.

No se reportaron heridos y no se dieron a conocer de inmediato más detalles.

Immortality.

“Many times my father was asked, ‘Kirk, are you jealous of your son?'” he said during a recent interview at a Manhattan hotel, referring to his late father, fellow actor and sometime combatant Kirk Douglas. “And he said, ‘Jealous?’ This is a sense of immortality, a continuity of generations.'”

Family is how Douglas anchors his legacy and his place in a world he fears is breaking down. But there are other ways to live on past your own time: starring in cultural touchstones like “Fatal Attraction” or “Basic Instinct,” or writing a 500-page book that is called “One Helluva Ride,” a famous man's journey from rebellion and coming-of-age, to midlife success and transgression to the inevitable reckoning with mortality and past mistakes.

Publishing on Tuesday, his memoir is framed around the making of some of his most notable movies, including “Basic Instinct,” “Fatal Attraction,” “Falling Down,” “Romancing the Stone” and two films that brought him Oscars: as a producer of best picture winner “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest” and as star of “Wall Street,” when his turn as corporate raider Gordon Gekko brought him the prize for best actor and helped make “Greed is good” a catch phrase for the late 1980s.

Douglas himself was once enough a symbol of hedonism that he was rumored to be undergoing treatment for sex addiction. False, he says, but in his memoir he acknowledges that at the time he met Catherine Zeta-Jones, whom he married in 2000, he was dating five other women. They were all in different cities, he explained during his interview, and “as long as you weren't seeing somebody else in the same city that might embarrass her, they were all right.”

He is now well settled with Zeta-Jones and satisfied enough with his career that he no longer has any great drive to top himself; he's just as happy taking a walk in the garden. But Douglas also sees the book as a baring of dilthe most painful moments of his life: his near-archetypal quest to forge an identity apart from his father; a childhood damaged by violence and divorce that only was resolved in the latter part of Kirk's life; Douglas' own divorce from first wife, Diandra Luker; the substance abuse battles of Michael and son Cameron Douglas, who spent seven years in prison on drug charges; and the diagnosis of Stage IV tongue cancer in 2010 that he at first assumed would kill him.

Wearing a dark blazer, blue shirt and no tie, Douglas is a warm and open conversationalist. During his interview, he spoke of the awesome burdens and privileges of being Kirk Douglas' son, his improbable decision to become an actor, too, and the single line of dialogue he says comes closest to the truth about himself.

Questions and answers have been edited for brevity and clarity.

The way you describe your father in this book, it feels like something larger than just the two of you: the king and the heir who only wants to live up to him.

DOUGLAS: I looked at dad as just Superman. He was so dynamic. He was so strong. He has such tenacity. I watched him on the screen as Spartacus, saw him as Ulysses ... I never thought I could be the man my father was. I didn't think it was in the cards. It took me a long time to gain confidence and then to make a lot of the same mistakes he made.

AP: And still, perhaps against all common sense, you decide to become an actor.

DOUGLAS: I never thought about being an actor until I was in college. I had no major. And they called me into the office, “You got to declare a major. You can’t just take general education courses.” I was a bit of a hippie at the time. And I thought, “Well, my mother (Diana Douglas) is an actress, and I had seen her doing stage productions. And my father ....” So I thought it would be an easy course.

I started then performing in school. I had terrible, terrible stage fright, you know, (vomiting in) wastebaskets off stage.

AP: What made you decide to stick with it?

DOUGLAS: I wanted to overcome my stage fright. I wanted to fight the uncomfortable feeling I had of being in front of a camera.

AP: In so much of the book, it seems like you're at war with yourself.

DOUGLAS: I think that’s probably true. I think I inherited my father’s tenacity, my father’s ambition, and his rage. He had a big temper growing up. There must have been this desire to feel like I was somebody. Because growing up, I was always the son of ....

AP: Your father used to say that the most personal words he ever spoke on screen were in “Lonely Are the Brave,” when he said “I’m a loner clear down deep to my very guts.” What a line. A two-part question: Do you think that was true of him? And is there a line from one of your movies that says the same about yourself?

DOUGLAS: They (his parents) had good friends and everything, but there was always an isolation about him. And I find I have a bit of that, too.

As far as a line for myself, I always love in “Falling Down,” when he (an unemployed defense worker who turns violent) says “I'm the bad guy?”

AP: Why do you relate to that?

DOUGLAS: I’m fairly tough on myself in the book and, you know, honest. I tried to do the right thing but have found myself in situations where it appears that I am the bad guy.

AP: You write about how you regretted spending so much time away from home during your first marriage. But seeing all the movies you made and everything else you did, would you have done it differently if you had the chance?

DOUGLAS: I can’t say I would. I do not believe that you can balance career with family. You just can’t balance it. So I’m always saying to my kids or anybody else that will listen — get your career out of the way before you think about marrying and having kids. That affected my first marriage, because I was consumed.

AP: Could you have written this book if your father was still alive?

DOUGLAS: No.

AP: Why not?

DOUGLAS: Because I was very uncomfortable talking about the early years and his physical abuse. He was of a generation that hit; my mother used the hairbrush. He was tough. That was also one of the reasons why it took a little time to warm up as we got older, and to forgive him.

AP: What was that process like? There's a lot to forgive.

DOUGLAS: Time heals, you know. Hopefully. Life moves on. Dad had that great line right after I won (the Oscar) for “Wall Street.” He said to me, “You know, I would have been nicer to you if I knew how successful you were going to be.”

The teams drew 1-1 in Ireland’s “home” game in Backa Topola, Serbia on Sunday, a week after Ireland’s 3-0 win in Israel’s “home” game in Debrecen, Hungary.

The buildup to both matches was fraught, with the Ireland players coming under pressure not to play the games because of Israel’s actions in Gaza.

The enmity between the sides grew after the Irish players wore black armbands and bowed their heads during the Israeli national anthem before the first match. They repeated the gesture for the second match, when the Israel players wore black armbands for the victims of the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks.

Hallgrímsson told Ireland’s national broadcaster RTÉ afterward that he thinks UEFA should keep the sides apart in future.

“There is obviously a big support for Palestine in Ireland. There are not many countries that support Palestine as much as Ireland does,” Hallgrímsson said. “I wouldn’t wish any national team to go through what we have gone through these two weeks, so maybe UEFA just needs to step in and do something.”

Contentious pairing

Calls in Ireland to boycott the games against Israel started as soon as the Nations League draw pitted the countries against each other in February. Israel’s visit to Dublin would likely have triggered large protests and posed a major security challenge for the local police.

The FAI, which had filed a motion the previous November calling on UEFA to ban Israel from club and international competitions, resisted calls for a boycott, arguing the team could be hit with punishing sanctions by UEFA. Ireland is co-hosting the 2028 European Championship with England, Wales and Scotland.

In June the FAI said it was moving Ireland’s home game to Serbia for “operational reasons” and that no fans would be present.

Israel was already playing its home games in Hungary because of the war.

Damaged relations

Relations between Ireland and Israel will not have improved following their meetings on the field. Tempers boiled over at times Sunday and there was a clash before halftime when Ireland fitness coach Damien Doyle said he was spat at by an Israeli player.

“There’s been a lot of those incidents that could have escalated,” Hallgrímsson said. “We were clever enough to stop it before it went too far. I felt it was kind of the intention to try to intimidate us and make us do something stupid.”

An Israeli journalist stated at the pre-match press conference the day before that the Irish players had called the Israeli players “monkeys” during the previous match, leading to an immediate rebuke from Irish communications officer Kieran Crowley, who said it was “a lie” and ended the press conference.

Ireland forward Adam Idah, who is Black, was allegedly racially abused by a small number of Israeli fans present during the first match.

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Blanding hops in and out of the truck, grabbing buckets of food scraps from porches and restaurants, piling those scraps into bins in the truck bed and driving them to a composting site.

Blanding is the CEO of Scrap Soils, one of the many budding food waste collection services across the country helping to divert food from landfills and make composting more accessible. It's especially important for those who can't compost at home, who live in cities without municipal curbside pickup or who can't get to a drop-off location.

Composting leftover coffee grounds, eggshells, carrot tops and more reduces the amount of food that goes into dumps where it produces the potent greenhouse gas methane. It also ultimately helps create healthy soil for gardeners and urban farmers.

Experts say companies like Scrap Soils are an important part of cleaning up the broader food ecosystem. Emily Cassidy, research associate at climate solutions nonprofit Project Drawdown, said composting offers the dual benefits of reducing landfill methane emissions and, once the composting process is complete, returning nutrients to soil.

“Because methane has such a big impact on the climate in a short amount of time, the more we can reduce methane, it is like pulling the emergency brake on climate change,” Cassidy said.

Beyond mitigating climate change, composting can also improve local food production, she said.

“That’s a way that we can see that we’re benefiting the environment, because we’re taking food and then replenishing the ground with those nutrients,” she said.

Detroit homes and restaurants use the service

Blanding, a 34-year-old native Detroiter, co-launched Scrap Soils in 2020 to play a local part in solving a statewide food waste problem that mirrors what's happening around the globe. Food waste is a huge source of methane in Michigan landfills, estimates say, and accounts for millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions in the state.

In Detroit, more than 70 homes and businesses are signed up for Scrap Soils’ weekly pickups. It's an easier way to compost than making space in one's backyard or driving to a city drop-off site. Home pickups start at $15 per month, while businesses pay $60 per month or more, depending on volume.

One of those commercial customers is The Grand Porter restaurant in the Southwest neighborhood of Detroit.

“We go through a lot of eggs, so mostly egg scraps, eggshells and the cardboard. We put all of our bread scraps, stale bread scraps, in here,” said Lou Hammer, the restaurant's executive chef, pointing to a large bin with bags of food waste inside. “Some tomato tops, some avocado skins. Probably a few other things in there, too.”

“It doesn’t take any extra effort,” she said of the pickup service. “This was going to go in a bag anyway. It’s just going to go in a green bag instead.”

Scraps get turned into a rich soil additive

After completing his nine-hour, more than 100-mile (160-kilometer) weekly route, Blanding drops off the waste at Scrap Soils' partner, Sanctuary Farms in Detroit. There, everything from apple cores to rotted pumpkins to corn husks is composted into a rich soil additive that's available for purchase.

“Food waste has not only become the problem,” Blanding said, “but it’s also the solution to so many issues in climate change.”

The company ultimately plans to purchase a larger truck, as well as its own property and equipment for composting. It's fundraising to meet a matching grant through the state.

That hasn't been without challenges. As Blanding seeks to grow, he's come up against skepticism that a small team with limited resources can make a big impact. Companies like Scrap Soils also face challenges ranging from gaining visibility to getting people to actually sign up and commit.

At the same time, emphasizing what can and cannot be composted, and how to do it correctly — such as removing produce stickers before putting a peel in the bucket — is key to its success, too.

“The role of a hauler is very important, and education around composting is also very important,” Blanding said.

“Being able to continue to get more engagement and more partnership, those things go far in helping us to expand this tiny effort into something that actually can scale,” he added.

City initiatives are expanding with demand

Despite hurdles, other independent composting programs and companies are expanding. Examples include the Denver Compost Collective, Nashville’s Compost Co. and Compost Now, which operates in Atlanta and the North Carolina cities of Raleigh, Durham and Asheville.

Hundreds of municipal governments oversee food waste pickup or drop-off programs to allow for composting, though a much smaller number than the thousands of ordinary waste programs nationwide, indicating room to grow. A 2023 report by BioCycle, a publication on composting and recycling, identified 400 municipally supported residential food waste collection programs in the country, 230 of which offered curbside pickup.

For many U.S. cities, compost will play a key role in broader climate plans, incentivizing more of them to start investing in it.

Detroit's climate strategy, for instance, calls for reducing its municipal greenhouse gas emissions by 100% by 2050. Along with accelerating energy efficiency in homes and buildings, and increasing cleaner mobility, one of its strategies to get there is a three-year plan to divert 15% of waste from landfills.

Detroit started its first municipal food scrap drop-off initiative this past year with a single central site. Hundreds of residents registered to participate, filled buckets at home and dropped them off at the city's site. Scrap Soils was a partner in the city's educational campaign.

The city plans to expand its efforts by offering drop-off bins in more locations as well as on-site municipal building composting.

“Composting, recycling, those are really easy entryways into sustainability for people, one step that you can do as an individual to support the city’s sustainability goals and goals for our planet,” said Tepfirah Rushdan, Detroit’s director of sustainability. “As we make this transition to different ways of doing all of our systems, including our waste streams, it’s exciting to see people participating.”

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Bosnian Serb nationalist politician Milorad Dodik, who is banned from holding office and did not appear on the ballot, in a victory speech on Sunday credited U.S. President Donald Trump's return to power and Russian President Vladimir Putin's support for his Alliance of Independent Social Democrats' decisive win.

Dodik's ally, Zeljka Cvijanovic, took more than 55% of votes to be elected to her second term on Bosnia's tripartite presidency, representing the country's Serb-majority entity of Republika Srpska. Dodik's party's candidate for the entity's own president, Savo Minic, also won decisively.

In Bosnia's other entity, the Bosniak-Croat Federation, Darijana Filipovic of the nationalist Croatian Democratic Union appeared set to take the Croat seat on the presidency. The center-left incumbent Denis Becirovic of the Social Democratic party was ahead in the race for the Bosniak seat.

Kurt Bassuener, an analyst and co-founder of the Democratization Policy Council, a Berlin-based think-tank, said Bosnia's nationalist parties “all gained ground” in the election, which he believes could lead to further instability that has plagued and divided Bosnia since its brutal 1992-95 war.

Political complexity slows progress toward EU

Around 3.4 million voters on Sunday were eligible to choose the three members of the country’s multi-ethnic tripartite presidency, lawmakers for the national parliament, and heads of institutions for the country’s two entities: the Bosniak-majority Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Republika Srpska, which is dominated by ethnic Serbs.

Bosnia has a complex web of governing institutions that were created by a U.S.-brokered peace agreement in 1995 in an effort to manage the ethnic divisions between Muslim Bosniaks, Orthodox Serbs and Catholic Croats that gave rise to the war, which killed over 100,000 people and displaced millions.

That political complexity, and the ethnic tensions which have been inflamed by some of Bosnia's politicians, has blocked Bosnia’s progress toward joining the EU despite the bloc’s efforts to encourage the country’s divided leaders to work together for reform.

Meanwhile, Putin has relied on the pro-Russian Dodik, who has advocated for Republika Srpska to separate and join Serbia, to maintain Moscow's influence in the Western Balkans.

Bassuener, the analyst, said that Sunday’s success of nationalist candidates along ethnic lines creates “more threats of instability,” which is “a real challenge to Europe, because they have been the dominant actor and remain such now, but they have effectively a moribund policy.”

He noted the United States' quest for influence in Bosnia as well, pointing out that in Dodik's victory speech on Sunday, he “said triumphantly … that if it weren’t for Donald Trump, we’d be politically dead.”

Trump's administration lifted sanctions on Dodik and his family members last year that had been imposed by Joe Biden's administration in 2022 over accusations that Dodik had engaged in corruption and threatened to destabilize the region with his separatist efforts.

Bassuener said that the EU using enlargement as its means for exercising influence in Bosnia has “given running room to the nationalists to use fear as a political tool.”

“I wouldn’t take yesterday’s electoral results as a reading of what people necessarily want. I think it’s what they’re afraid of,” he said.

Many voters want to leave ethnic divisions behind

As Bosnia faces economic decline, a youth exodus and stalled progress toward the EU, many voters have expressed a desire for an end to divisive politics and more cooperation among leaders of all ethnicities.

Radomir Erceg, a resident of Republika Srpska's administrative capital Banja Luka, said Bosnia “should not be going back into the past.”

“We should have compromise between each other. I was watching Bosniak leaders last night on TV, and I think they have to start talking with Dodik. There should not be any conditions from their side, but also no conditions from our side toward them,” he said.

Ilma Rakic, a resident of Bosnia's capital Sarajevo, bemoaned the lack of youth engagement in Bosnia's public life. Hundreds of thousands of people under 40 have emigrated in recent years.

“Ï don’t think there is enough of them (young people) in politics. They should activate themselves. What we have today is very weak,” Rakic said.

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Spike reported from Budapest, Hungary.

The alleged killing could complicate Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s push to strengthen Japanese military defense on the island and to work more closely with the U.S. military to deter China in the region.

Okinawa prefectural police said they arrested Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, who is stationed at Futenma Air Station, on suspicion of strangling Anna Yagi, 39, at a hotel in the island’s capital city of Naha early Saturday and stealing her wallet and backpack. He has denied the allegations, according to Japanese media.

Security camera footage showed a man wearing a black top, trousers and white sneakers entering the hotel with the woman and later leaving alone.

Ballard was arrested when a patrolling officer saw him walking later Saturday in an entertainment district in Okinawa City, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) northeast of Naha. His shaved head and the tattoos on his arms matched those of the man in security footage, Kyodo news agency reported.

“I’m outraged and flabbergasted to hear that a suspect came to the (entertainment area) after committing a murder,” Kenji Higa, who lives in Okinawa City, told the Okinawa Times.

There is longstanding anger over the behavior of some Americans

People in Okinawa have long been wary of the U.S. presence on the island but many have come to see its strategic value due to what is widely viewed as a growing threat from China.

Okinawa was under U.S. occupation from World War II until 1972. Today it hosts 70% of America’s military facilities and most of the 50,000 U.S. troops based in Japan today.

There has been anger over increasing crime linked to the U.S. military on the island. The number of U.S. military-related criminal cases rose to 101 last year from about 40 in 2020, according to prefectural police.

After the 1995 rape of a 12-year-old girl by three U.S. service members, huge crowds protested the heavy U.S. troop presence on Okinawa. There was also anger over the rape of a teenage girl by a U.S. service member in 2024 and the delayed disclosure of the crime.

About 160 people gathered at a protest Sunday in Naha, condemning the crime and renewing demands that U.S. military bases be removed from the island.

One sign read: “We’ve had enough of this!”

Japanese officials condemn the crime

“The case deals a major shock and adds fear to the Okinawans who have already been forced to live next to U.S. bases,” newly elected Okinawa Gov. Genta Koja told reporters Sunday night in Naha. “It is absolutely unforgivable and we are outraged.”

Koja said the case underscored the ineffectiveness of past disciplinary measures taken by the U.S. military following similar crimes.

“I’m enraged by the loss of a precious life of an Okinawan resident,” Koja told Lt. Gen. Benjamin Watson, commander of III Marine Expeditionary Force, and U.S. Consul General in Naha, Andrew Ou on Monday when he summoned them to the prefectural government. He demanded that U.S. officials take effective preventive measures.

Watson replied: “I recognize the serious incident caused significant concern and anxiety among the residents of Okinawa, our neighbors” and that “we are committed to being good neighbors … and earning the trust of the Okinawan people.”

In Tokyo, Takaichi condemned the crime and demanded full cooperation and tougher disciplinary and preventive measures by the United States.

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi also summoned U.S. Forces Japan Commander Lt. Gen. Stephen Jost to his ministry, while Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi expressed his outrage to the U.S. ambassador to Japan, George Glass.

The suspect will face Japanese justice

Glass, on X, expressed his condolences Sunday to the victim's family and said the United States is cooperating with Japanese authorities.

On Monday, he said he is telling U.S. military commanders of the need “to hold our American service members to the very highest levels of discipline and integrity" and that he and Watson discussed the “next steps in strengthening that bond of trust with our Japanese partners and base-hosting communities.”

Under a bilateral status of forces agreement, the case is being handled by the Japanese authorities because the suspect was not on duty and was arrested off base.

Japanese prosecutors started examining the suspect's case on Monday to determine whether to press formal charges in coming weeks.

If convicted, he could face life in prison or the death penalty.

Many of the bans took place in Florida and Texas, where restrictive laws have been passed and both politicians and conservative activists have pushed for removals. PEN has also found that school district administrators rely increasingly on AI to determine which books should be pulled.

Themes of race, racism, sexuality and gender identity remain the most common reasons books are challenged.

“School libraries make knowledge and ideas available, ensure books remain available for all regardless of personal or political ideologies, and open gateways to stories that inform, challenge, and reflect the realities of the world back to readers,” the PEN report, titled “Banned in the USA,” reads in part. “Book bans impede the freedom to read, cutting students’ access to a diversity of views, voices, perspectives, and literature they deserve to encounter.”

In all, PEN found 11,982 cases of bans, affecting 7,370 individual works. Over 4,500 were on the list for the first time, ranging from the 19th century classic “Jane Eyre” to Sui Ishida's “Tokyo Ghoul” manga series. Monday's report arrives during “Banned Books Week,” during which events at schools and libraries and other locations nationwide call attention to censorship efforts.

King's books were pulled 312 times, with “The Shining” and “The Green Mile” among those impacted. Meanwhile, the most banned individual title was Patrick McCormick's novel about a girl sold into sexual slavery in India, “Sold,” for which PEN found 25 removals. Other books commonly targeted include Margaret Atwood's dystopian “The Handmaid's Tale”; Laurie Halse Anderson's “Speak,” her prize-winning novel about a teenager who falls silent after being raped; and Ellen Hopkins' novel about drug addiction, “Crank.”

PEN America and the American Library Association have both reported historic surges in bans since the early 2020s, although their methodologies differ. PEN counts books removed even for a short time as a ban, while the ALA only includes books that have been permanently pulled. According to the library association's most recent report, published in April, some 5,600 instances of bans took place during the previous year.

Russian authorities said they found no evidence that her illness was caused by any of the pathogens she worked with. But the case has raised alarm in Russia after unconfirmed media reports suggested she might have died of pneumonic plague — a less common but severe form of plague that can spread from person to person.

The woman worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East in Irkutsk, southeastern Siberia. A state TV station in Irkutsk reported Monday that she died last week in a hospital in Shelekhov, a town just outside Irkutsk.

The hospital has been placed under quarantine, Mayor Maxim Modin said Friday, no longer admitting or discharging patients, and its laboratory halted carrying out routine tests. The hospital's outpatient clinic kept operating as usual, he said.

Anna Popova, head of Russia’s public health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, flew to Irkutsk and met with Gov. Igor Kobzev and other officials on Friday.

Kobzev said everyone who came into contact with the woman is under medical supervision. He didn’t identify the infection and called it a suspected case of “a particularly dangerous infection.”

Rospotrebnadzor was implementing “a full range of anti-epidemic measures,” he added.

Rospotrebnadzor said Sunday the woman was diagnosed with “pneumonia of unknown etiology,” or origin, and said “extensive” testing found “no microorganisms associated with the patient’s professional activities.”

The agency also said it didn't uncover any incidents at the institute “involving pathogenic microorganisms."

Two people who were in contact with the woman tested positive for a virus that causes a common cold and two others for COVID-19, the agency said, adding that others who were tested were all negative.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday he doesn’t think there is cause for alarm, but the U.S. is watching the case closely, aware that “it could spread quickly” despite the quarantine and other public health protocols.

Independent local news outlet Lyudi Baikala quoted sources it did not identify as saying the 28-year-old lab technician died from pneumonic plague and that several Irkutsk hospitals were placed under quarantine.

Asked Monday to comment on the case, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the public and media should follow official statements from Rospotrebnadzor, rather than "rumors or speculation.”

Rospotrebnadzor did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Irkutsk Aluminum Plant in Shelekhov required staff to wear masks as a precaution, its director Artyom Fominykh said Saturday on Telegram, calling for calm and adding: "Better be safe than sorry.”

The World Health Organization describes pneumonic plague as a less common but severe form of plague — a disease caused by Yersinia pestis, a bacterium usually found in small mammals and their fleas.

“In the event of a potential laboratory exposure, it would be normal to identify individuals who might have been exposed and to monitor them according to the assessed level of risk,” said Dr. Malick Gibani, clinical associate professor in bacterial vaccinology at the Imperial College London.

The scale of any monitoring program would depend on "the circumstances of the exposure and the number of people potentially affected,” Gibani said in a written comment.

Ian Jones, professor of virology at the University of Reading, said that “plague carries a huge history and is still present in many parts of the world, including Russia,” although because of modern living conditions and antibiotics, “its potential is therefore limited.”

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AP reporter Matthew Lee in Washington contributed.

While Russia has sought to bolster its regional clout by hosting the annual consultations, they were marred by the spiraling tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan, which traded blame for cross-border attacks in strongly worded statements.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov welcomed the Taliban’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to Moscow by congratulating him on “the fifth anniversary of Afghanistan’s liberation from the NATO contingent.”

“Five years is a short time to overcome the consequences of many decades of occupation, yet your government’s achievements are evident, and we welcome them,” Lavrov said. He hailed the Taliban's successes in combating the Islamic State group and other extremists, and its efforts to eradicate drug trafficking.

Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021 after the pullback of U.S. and NATO forces, they have sought international recognition while also enforcing their strict interpretation of Islamic law.

In July 2025, Russia became the first country to recognize the Taliban’s government after removing the group from its list of outlawed organizations.

Speaking during Monday’s talks, Lavrov said that “the powerful military machine of the United States and their NATO allies was broken by the fighting spirit and resilience of the Afghans.”

The former Soviet Union fought a 10-year war in Afghanistan that ended with Moscow withdrawing its troops in 1989. During the past decade, Moscow has sought to bolster its influence in the region by hosting regular consultations on Afghanistan involving senior representatives of the Taliban and neighboring nations.

Lavrov noted that the Taliban's “successes in the fight against narcotics and terrorism are to a significant extent linked to the ongoing military-technical cooperation between our countries.”

Russia's top diplomat reaffirmed that Moscow views the deployment of any NATO military infrastructure on the territory of Afghanistan and neighboring countries as “categorically unacceptable.”

“Historical experience shows that such a presence is fraught with destabilization and escalating conflict,” Lavrov said.

He emphasized that Russia will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.

Officials from China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan also took part in the talks.

Russia’s envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said that Moscow was ready to help defuse the tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan. “Russia stands ready to help end this conflict using all possible means and acting independently or together with other partners if both parties ask for it,” Kabulov told reporters.

Cross-border fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan has continued to rage despite international mediation efforts, with Pakistan launching airstrikes across several Afghan provinces and Afghan fighters carrying out raids into Pakistan.

Pakistan has long accused Afghanistan’s Taliban government of sheltering militants responsible for cross-border attacks, particularly the Pakistani Taliban, or TTP.

Pakistan’s envoy Mohammad Sadiq argued Monday that “terrorism remains at the core of Afghanistan’s problems, with roots in the nexus between the Taliban Regime and terrorist groups,” including the TTP and others.

“Over the last three years alone, more than 4,700 innocent Pakistanis have lost their lives to terrorism emanating from Afghanistan,” Sadiq said at the talks, declaring that the “Taliban regime is complicit in this” and describing Pakistan’s counterstrikes as “precise, intelligence-based and defensive in nature.”

In his turn, Muttaqi, the Taliban foreign minister, denounced Pakistan's attacks, which he said had killed Afghan civilians, including women and children.

“In all the attacks or bombing that Pakistan has carried out, there has been no evidence to date that anyone who was dangerous to them (Pakistan) or anyone else has been killed by them,” he said at a briefing after the talks.

While Russia was the first country to recognize the Taliban administration, the group had engaged in high-level talks with many nations and established some diplomatic ties with countries including China and the United Arab Emirates.

Still, the Taliban government has been relatively isolated on the world stage, largely over its restrictions on women.

Meanwhile, Pakistan and Turkey agreed to take immediate steps to deploy military forces to Saudi Arabia under their new joint defense pact, and an Israeli university lecturer was charged with plotting to target hundreds of Arabs in mass attacks.

Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Monday. Full coverage is available here.

Australia and New Zealand probe FlyDubai co-pilot’s time there

Australian security agencies are investigating the Omani pilot’s time in Australia around a decade ago, Australian Federal Police said.

The FlyDubai pilot is in custody in the United Arab Emirates after he allegedly attempted to take control of the Israel-bound plane.

A police statement on Monday said a joint counterterrorism team, including federal and state police and Australia’s domestic intelligence agency, “is investigating the man’s links to Australia.”

New Zealand’s police agency also said the co-pilot had spent time in New Zealand and that the authorities would investigate.

Pakistan and Turkey agree to send forces to Saudi Arabia

The foreign and defense ministers of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey agreed Monday to take immediate steps to deploy military forces to Saudi Arabia under their joint defense pact, according to a joint statement released by Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry after an emergency meeting in Riyadh.

The agreement comes as Yemen’s internationally recognized government, backed by Saudi Arabia, has announced a major military operation against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels as they advance in the outskirts of a key city.

The three countries will immediately implement their collective defense commitments and provide military forces and capabilities to “ensure their rapid deployment in the Kingdom” and to follow arrangements and each country’s laws, according to the statement.

The statement did not specify troop numbers, identify which countries would contribute forces or give a deployment timetable.

The three countries condemned what they described as attempted attacks on Mecca and Medina, as well as continuing attacks on Saudi cities and civilian and economic facilities. The statement did not identify who was responsible.

Israeli university lecturer charged with plot to kill hundreds of Arabs

An Israeli university lecturer has been charged with a plot to carry out mass attacks targeting hundreds of Arabs in Israel, the annexed east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, according to an indictment filed in Israel on Monday.

The defendant, a mathematics lecturer at Bar-Ilan University, hoped to trigger a mass exodus of Palestinians to neighboring Arab countries, the indictment said.

The defendant planned for 72 Jewish attackers to be divided into 12 “terror squads,” armed with guns, axes and hammers. They would launch “mass acts of terrorism in mixed cities and Arab communities throughout Israel,” the indictment stated.

The indictment describes how the man, whose name wasn’t released but is in his 60s, tried to recruit former security officials, journalists and academics who he believed would align with his plan.

Bar-Ilan University said it was “deeply appalled” by the allegations against the lecturer and said it was suspending him immediately.

1 killed and 2 injured in West Bank ramming attack

Israeli soldiers opened fire on three Palestinians in a vehicle that the military said rammed a military vehicle in the south of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Authority confirmed the military killed one individual and injured two others.

The military said the vehicle was driving “suspiciously” and had accelerated before the collision. It did not identify the Palestinians or provide additional details, saying no Israeli soldiers were injured in the alleged attack.

The Palestinian Authority said it hadn't identified the Palestinian killed, and that the Israeli military had blocked the Palestinian Red Crescent from reaching the injured people.

Tanker in Strait of Hormuz struck by projectile

A tanker in the Strait of Hormuz was struck by an “unknown projectile” on Monday, causing a fire in the engine room, the British military said.

The crew was fighting the fire, with no casualties or environmental impact reported. Authorities were investigating and there was no immediate claim of responsibility, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center.

The center also reported that an unidentified tanker in the strait was ordered by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to turn back or face attack and two crude oil tankers and a liquefied petroleum gas tanker were struck by “unknown projectiles” over the weekend. No casualties were reported.

U.S. efforts to shepherd oil tankers through the strait at night, along with pipelines that skirt the strait, have allowed Gulf countries to export oil at nearly prewar levels.

But overall ship traffic remains well below prewar levels, as do shipments of liquid natural gas and fuel products.

Iran executes 2 over violence at anti-government protest

Iran hanged two men over violence during anti-government protests in January in the central city of Isfahan that left four police officers dead, according to the judiciary’s Mizan news agency.

Mizan identified the men as Alireza Sepahi and Alireza Raisi. It said a group of attackers used guns, knives, axes, firebombs and other incendiary materials to attack police, vandalize property and set fire to buildings and public facilities during unrest on Jan. 8.

Mizan cited witnesses as saying Sepahi and his cousin, Abolfazl Sepahi, attacked officers and that Alireza Sepahi poured gasoline over one officer and set him on fire while he was still alive.

Abolfazl Sepahi was executed July 28.

Iran has carried out several other executions linked to the January unrest.

Human rights groups have criticized the executions of protesters, saying the convictions were often secured through unfair trials.

World Food Program staffer released in Yemen

The World Food Program on Monday celebrated the release of one of its staff members who had been detained in Yemen.

The individual was among dozens of Yemeni workers with aid groups, United Nations agencies and nongovernmental organizations who have been detained for the last two years by the Houthis in the rebel-held northern part of the country.

In response to the restrictions and harassment by the Houthis, the WFP shut down its operations in the area earlier this year. The move has only worsened the dire humanitarian conditions in the impoverished Arab country amid already increasing funding shortages.

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This report will be updated throughout the day as new developments emerge.

Image, an imprint of Penguin Random House Christian Publishing Group, announced Monday that “The Private Diary of Pope Francis” will be released in English and four other languages on Nov. 24.

According to Image, the book will provide an “extraordinary glimpse" into the late pontiff's “hopes and fears, struggles and prayers.” It will be issued in partnership with Libreria Editrice Vaticana, or LEV, the Vatican Publishing House.

The writings span from December 1992, just over two decades before he became pope, to August 2024, eight months before he died and was succeeded by Pope Leo XIV. The English-language edition of his private reflections was translated from the Spanish original by Sister Bernadette Reis and edited and annotated by Víctor Manuel Fernández, an Argentine cardinal who heads the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Francis was a native of Argentina and history's first Latin American pope. He was known for his down-to-earth style and emphasis on humility, including visits to poor countries with persecuted Christian minorities rather than the traditional strongholds of Catholicism. At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, from an empty St. Peter's Square, he called for “all of us to row together, each of us in need of comforting the other.”

At times, he was controversial. He angered some conservatives with his outreach to LGBTQ+ Catholics and was widely criticized for saying that those who accused Chilean Bishop Juan Barros of helping to protect the alleged pedophile Rev. Fernando Karadima had committed slander. In 2016, commenting on then-presidential candidate Donald Trump's vow to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border, Francis said that anyone building a wall to keep migrants out “is not Christian.”

In his lifetime, Francis' books included “The Name of God Is Mercy” and the memoir “Hope.” He died on April 21, 2025 at the age of 88.

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This story corrects in paragraph 4 that the writings span from December 1992, just over two decades before Francis became pope.

It’s an issue that is top of mind for voters worried that their groundwater here is being polluted by the industry’s waste. Acton, the Democratic candidate for governor, is tapping into the angst as part of her appeal to conservative areas that she hopes will be part of a victory in the Republican-leaning state.

“This is not a partisan issue, that we need to protect our water," she told a crowd of about two dozen gathered at a riverfront gazebo, adding that cleanup costs could be well over $1 billion. “We will all pay for this mistake. So that's why we must act now.”

She got some help during the recent appearance, Acton's fourth to the Appalachian county that hasn’t backed Democrats in years. She was joined by Susan Vessels, a prominent local Republican who had decided to forgo her own party’s nominee for governor, tech billionaire and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.

Vessels, president of the city council in Marietta, praised Acton for her willingness to listen to local residents’ concerns about the risks posed by fracking. She said she and others have been frustrated in their attempts to get lawmakers to do the same.

“It is a pro-drinking water position, and it should be easy for any leader to support,” Vessels said.

Ramaswamy has been a strong supporter of developing American energy sources, including through fracking: “Unlock American energy. Drill, frack, burn coal, embrace nuclear,” he said during a 2024 presidential debate. More recently in Marietta, he said he wants an economic boom that protects Ohio’s natural resources and “the water quality of our communities.”

Both major candidates for governor are pursuing a rural strategy

Acton has been campaigning throughout Ohio, with a focus on areas that have been voting Republican, especially since President Donald Trump emerged on the political stage. It's a nod to the reality of Democrats trying to win a statewide race in Ohio, a former swing state where Republicans dominate the Legislature, hold all statewide offices and elected two Republicans for the U.S. Senate.

The last time a Democrat won the governor’s race in Ohio was 2006.

As they vie to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, Acton and Ramaswamy are trying to appeal to voters in places like Marietta against a backdrop of dissatisfaction over rising gas, grocery and healthcare costs, the war in Iran and AI data centers. Surveys show rural Americans are deeply distressed about the state of the economy.

Acton, the state’s health director during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, marched in Marietta's Fourth of July parade marking the nation's 250th anniversary. Ramaswamy, who has been endorsed by Trump, hosted a veterans' town hall there on the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

“Voters are frustrated, and it's not just with one political party," Ramaswamy campaign manager Jonathan Ewing said. “They're frustrated by an insider system that they see as working for one connected class of people and not for them.”

He said Ramaswamy is from outside that system and “can't be bought.”

Ramaswamy, who has landed endorsements from farming groups and the National Rifle Association, also made a stop at Schafer Leather, a thriving downtown business where customers can buy cowboy boots, wallets, belts or a Gun Tote'n Mama handbag. Staff members say they're fully in the GOP nominee's corner, despite concerns over the soaring price of gas since Trump launched the Iran war.

Sherry Bailey, the store's 62-year-old sales clerk, said her core values align best with the GOP.

"I believe in the Lord and the family and being free Americans," she said.

Democrats target voters who believe they're being ignored

That sort of party loyalty has only seemed to grow in Ohio during the Trump era, as he has won increasing shares of the vote in counties such as Washington, where he got 71% support in 2024.

But Ohio Democrats aren't letting that discourage them. They say rural areas where residents are now represented by Republican majorities from their county commissions to the statehouse to Congress are growing weary of one-party rule.

A statewide listening tour involving hundreds of voters across parties last year led Democrats to believe that people in three distinct groups can be persuaded, said Chris Gibbs, chair of the Ohio Democrats Rural Caucus. They identified disaffected Democrats, engaged but undecided independents and legacy Republicans, who he defined as those “disgusted with how they’ve seen their party go into the MAGAsphere.”

Democrats say new tariffs imposed under Trump, war-related increases in gas and fertilizer prices and Medicaid cuts to rural hospitals have particularly upset rural voters.

Among the converts is independent Scott Oancea. As he awaited his turn at the pool table at Marietta Moose Lodge 1823 on a recent afternoon, the 64-year-old retired graphic designer said he voted once for Trump but will be supporting Democrats up and down the ticket this year.

“I would vote as much as I can against Trump, to neutralize him,” he said. “I’m shocked by what’s happening. It’s an insane situation. He wants to tear down buildings that have been there for 50 years. Nobody else has ever even thought of doing that — they have better things to do.”

He said his decision will include supporting Acton.

Seeing issues that unify voters across party lines

Acton has not only taken on Republican policies that she says have driven up costs and made life more difficult for average Ohioans. She's also taken positions that appeal more to middle-of-the road voters than the progressive ones who dominated some of the party's primaries in other states this year.

She has said she does not support transgender athletes competing in female sports and said local law enforcement agencies should cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

As she tries to widen her appeal in the state, Acton has toured rural hospitals, where she has spoken to patients, nurses and administrators about access to healthcare and the state's alarming number of maternity care deserts. She has spent time on family farms, where she has heard farmers' appeals to preserve soil and water conservation districts, mental health programming through extension districts and youth programs such as 4-H.

“We’ve seen the scene repeat everywhere I go," she said during a tour of a soybean farm in July. "I go places that Dems haven’t been in a while, and we’re seeing tons of Republicans cross over, and independents, too.”

Acton said most of the issues important to Ohioans don't fall along party lines, and many people she meets say they are exhausted by today's politics.

Vessels said she’s watched firsthand as party differences have begun to fade for many voters over the last year and a half. She cited the opposition she’s expressed to a controversial data center deal struck by local leaders and to locating injection wells near Marietta's municipal drinking water aquifer — positions that have alienated her from some local party leaders but not residents.

“I go to the grocery store and people, Democrat and Republican alike, say thank you for working on this,” she said. “I think we have a lot more in common than we don’t.”

The event is notably different from the rallies held earlier this year by Graham Platner, Jackson's predecessor as Maine's Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. Platner sometimes drew more than 1,000 people to his events, and he wowed crowds with his booming voice and calls for working people to take on the nation's billionaires.

Jackson sits with his legs folded, shares stories from his logging days and sometimes has to fight with the acoustics in the high-ceiling building.

But the reaction from the crowd that fills the venue is similar.

“They try and make us feel powerless. But when we come together we do have power,” Jackson says as the audience cheers.

Jackson's run against longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins was always going to be an uphill fight because of the tiny window he has to sell himself to Maine voters. He became the Democratic nominee with just over 100 days to go when the party held an emergency nominating convention after Platner dropped out of the race while facing an allegation of sexual assault.

Sometimes, it looks like it's working. After a speech at a different church, outside Portland, 70-year-old voter Debbe Kelley of Windham said she appreciated Jackson's “direct and genuine” approach. And she said many Maine voters are ready for Collins, first elected in 1996, to leave office.

“She's just not a fighter for Maine,” Kelley said. “Troy is.”

Democrats have long viewed the race as crucial for determining control of the Senate, and Jackson, 58, will have to defeat a five-term incumbent who has strong support from the national Republican Party. Collins, 73, also has a fundraising advantage of millions of dollars over Jackson, a former state lawmaker who Collins says is too liberal for Maine.

On Tuesday, Jackson and Collins are scheduled to appear in the first of four debates this month.

“This short campaign is the best thing Troy has going for him," said Blake Kernen, a Collins spokesperson. Referring to the state capital, Kernen said. “The more Mainers learn about his work in Augusta, the less impressed they’ll be.”

Jackson is holding town halls, a contrast with Collins

Since becoming the Democratic nominee in July, Jackson has been barnstorming the state, with stops at union halls, churches, bars and anywhere else he can hold rallies and speeches.

Jackson is spending some of his brief campaign time doing something Collins is well known for avoiding — hosting town hall-style speaking events. He had held four of the events by mid-September and encouraged Collins to join him, which she did not.

The aggressive campaigning makes for a crowded schedule. He held nearly 50 events between Aug. 1 and mid-September, his campaign said. They included meeting with 100 people in a Portland bar, attending a garden party hosted by a climate group and going to karaoke in Lewiston. On Labor Day weekend, he traveled more than 850 miles, attending Democratic office openings, a tailgate at a University of Maine football game and a town hall in Biddeford.

Collins regularly attends public events and meets with constituents in smaller groups, but she does not typically hold public question-and-answer style forums. Jackson has criticized her for that, and used it to characterize the senator as out of touch with the public. His campaign has called the question-and-answer events a way to hear “directly from voters on the way their lives have been impacted by the Trump administration’s broken economy.”

This weekend, Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, a progressive champion, will join Jackson in Maine for three get-out-the-vote rallies.

His campaign has come together on the fly

As a longstanding incumbent, Collins is essentially always campaigning and is well known to voters. Mark Brewer, a political scientist with the University of Maine, said that would have put Jackson in a tough position even under ideal circumstances. Jackson's chance of winning hinges on capitalizing on dissatisfaction with Trump and the Republican Party, Brewer said.

“It's reasonable to surmise that his organization is still not fully formed at this point, where Susan Collins' is and probably has been for years,” Brewer said. “That national environment is what's giving him a shot in this race.”

Initially, Jackson was among the crowded field for the Democratic nomination for governor in Maine this year, which he lost. Jackson had thrown his support behind Platner in the Senate race, but Platner dropped out in July. Maine Democrats convened a special nominating convention on July 25 that was won by Jackson.

Since, Jackson has worked to staff up a campaign that consists of about 40 employees and hundreds of volunteers. Some transitioned from other Democratic campaigns, though few came over from Platner's campaign. One of Jackson's advisers, David Farmer, joined the campaign after supporting the campaign of Hannah Pingree, now the Democratic nominee for governor. A handful are holdovers from Jackson's run for governor.

Jackson has leaned on the kind of progressive issues he was known for championing in the Maine Senate, such as expansion of public healthcare. He has also come out strongly in favor of abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Winning over Platner's supporters is critical for Jackson to have a chance to win. One of those supporters, Mike Hein, 56, of Fairfield, attended a Jackson rally in Gorham in September wearing a shirt that said “Graham Platner for U.S. Senate” emblazoned with “I’m Here For Troy” stickers.

“I think there's a lot of selling that needs to happen,” Hein said.

Others praised the candidate's authenticity and commitment to working-class issues.

“He's a working-class guy,” said Michael Ross, 64, of Westbrook. “There's no silver spoon in his mouth.”

Jackson is at a big money disadvantage

Jackson's ability to fundraise also has been constricted by time. Jackson has yet to file fundraising data with the Federal Election Commission, as the next filing deadline isn't until Oct. 15 and his campaign hadn't started by the previous deadline. His campaign said in mid-August that it had received $7 million in contributions since Jackson became the nominee.

Collins had raised more than $18 million by the end of June. Republicans had also spent more than $80 million on advertising in the race by mid-September when Democrats had spent less than $60 million.

The fundraising gap gives the Jackson campaign less flexibility to hold events and reach voters as Election Day nears, Brewer said.

"There's never going to be a situation in this race where the Collins campaign wants to do something but can't," Brewer said. “I don't know if that will be true for Jackson.”

The motorized wooden boats crashed into one another on Sunday evening near the Ngombe-Lukolela area in the province of Equateur, according to the provincial interior minister, Crispin Mputu.

The reason for the crash was not immediately clear. Mputu said nighttime boat navigation has led to many accidents in the past. The minister told The Associated Press that the 30 killed in the crash have already been buried.

One boat was traveling from Ubangi, in the northwest, to the capital of Kinshasa, and the other from Kinshasa to Lukolela, close to where the collision happened, Mputu said, and added that search efforts continue to find more victims and survivors.

A member of the security forces who said he witnessed the crash from the riverbank told the AP that the “returning from Ubangi was overloaded with goods and collided with the one coming from Kinshasa."

"Almost all the passengers on board were trapped underwater, and the boat itself also sank,” he added, speaking on condition of anonymity, because he was not authorized to speak publicly without permission from his superiors.

Deadly boating tragedies are common in the central African country, where late-night travel and overcrowded vessels are often blamed. Poor safety standards and lack of infrastructure in remote parts of the country also contribute to the hundreds killed in boat disasters in recent years.

In July, a wooden boat transporting students back from state exams sank in central , killing at least 20 people. The vessel was traveling in Kasai province when it sank while entering the confluence of the Sankuru and Kasai rivers.

The spectator was helped out of the arena holding a hand over his left eye.

“I feel terribly sorry for him actually and I just hope he’s OK,” Medvedev said. “Hopefully I can meet him and make up for it somehow.”

Djokovic was serving for the match at 7-5, 5-3 when Medvedev hit the ball into the stands in apparent frustration. After a forehand volley winner from Djokovic, the ball bounced off the advertising boards and back toward Medvedev, who smacked a backhand that sailed into the front row.

“It was 100% an accident,” Medvedev said. “You can see that I didn’t hit the ball in anger. … The ball was bouncing back, so I tried to just hit it anywhere, so it wouldn’t go out of the court.”

Immediately after striking the spectator, Medvedev appeared to wave his left hand in apology. He remained on the court.

“When I saw the result, I felt horrible,” Medvedev said. “The most important thing is I hope that he’s OK because you never know with these types of situations.”

The chair umpire and tournament supervisor came down onto the court to talk with Medvedev, who didn't appear to put up much of an argument with the disqualification. Medvedev then walked to the net and shook hands with Djokovic.

The incident was reminiscent of when Djokovic was kicked out of the 2020 U.S. Open for hitting a line judge in the throat with a ball. That was also accidental.

“A bit of a shock, to be honest,” Djokovic said. “I honestly didn’t see what happened. I hope that person is not badly injured. On the other hand, I also feel sorry for Daniil, because I know exactly how he feels to be disqualified in a big match. ... I am sure that Daniil didn’t want to do this intentionally. It just happens.”

Medvedev has a history of on-court behavior issues. In April, he was fined 6,000 euros ($7,000) for unsportsmanlike conduct after he smashed his racket seven times during a 6-0, 6-0 loss to Matteo Berrettini at the Monte Carlo Masters.

Djokovic extends perfect record

Djokovic extended his perfect career record at the China Open to 33-0.

Aiming for a seventh China Open title in Tuesday’s final, Djokovic will face ninth-ranked Alex de Minaur, who advanced when Hubert Hurkacz retired due to an apparent injury midway through the second set of their semifinal.

It will be Djokovic’s second final of the year after losing to Carlos Alcaraz at the Australian Open.

With his ranking down to No. 11, this is the first time in eight years that Djokovic is playing a tournament without being in the top 10. It's also his first tournament since a first-round exit from the U.S. Open. The 39-year-old Serb rallied to beat top-seeded Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals on Sunday.

Against Medvedev, Djokovic was twice caught exceeding the time limit on the serve clock. After first receiving a warning, he was then stripped of his first serve on a crucial break point midway through the second set. But Djokovic still won the point.

Medvedev won only two of 18 break points as the pair of former No. 1s traded one grueling rally after another.

“It was a tough match for me,” Medvedev said. “He played really well. I felt he played like when we played our best matches. I had some opportunities, which I missed. He played incredibly, so I think he has big chances in the final.”

The match was 2 1/2 hours old when Medvedev was defaulted.

“I was three points away from the win,” Djokovic said. “It’s always a big battle with Daniil and it’s so hard to play him when he’s feeling the ball well in slower conditions with a big serve. But we move on.”

De Minaur led 6-4, 3-2 when Hurkacz — who was barely able to run for balls in the second set — stopped playing. The nature of Hurkacz’s injury was not immediately clear.

Coco Gauff advances

In the third round of the women’s tournament, which ends Sunday, Coco Gauff eliminated 16-year-old Chinese wild card Sun Xinran 7-5, 6-1. Sun recently won the U.S. Open junior title.

Also, six-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek rallied past Donna Vekic 4-6, 7-6 (0), 6-2 and will next meet Iva Jovic, who beat Kamilla Rakhimova 6-1, 7-5.

Elina Svitolina beat Maria Sakkari 6-4, 7-5.

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See AP’s full tennis coverage here

First, a broken wrist prompted surgery that involved pins and rods and physical therapy. A broken shoulder followed. Imaging tests resulted in the diagnosis.

“The bone has become demineralized because of certain medical conditions. The most common would be postmenopausal women,” said April Tschumy, an orthopedic nurse practitioner who specializes in trauma and general orthopedic conditions at Baptist Health Orthopedic Care.

Tschumy provides individualized plans to orthopedic patients and focuses on preventive medicine and improving patient outcomes. Most plans include weight training to help stimulate bone growth.

“You want to try to build what’s called peak skeletal mass,” Tschumy said.

Bone density gains decline over time, but Tschumy said calcium consumption can make a difference. Milk, yogurt, cheese, eggs, canned salmon, kale, collard greens, almonds, figs, prunes, and dates are all good sources.

Tschumy also prescribes bone-building medications such as TYMLOS, or generic abaloparatide, an anabolic bone-growing therapy that slows down bone loss.

“There are cells that break down bone, and then there are cells that build bone, so some of the medications can actually target the cells that build that bone, so that you are able to reverse loss and improve the bone quality as well,” Tschumy said.

The plan worked. A recent bone density scan showed improvements. I had a 7% increase in the left hip and a 6% increase in my spine. The hard work paid off.

Tips to remember

• Resistance training and balance exercises
• Calcium and vitamin D-rich foods
• Avoid smoking tobacco
• Avoid soda, especially dark-colored ones, which can block calcium absorption
• Experts recommend bone density screening for all postmenopausal patients who are 65 or older
• A walking regimen may be helpful

Norway's government wants to get a handle on both the promise and peril of AI glasses and is proposing that parliament enact a temporary ban on them in some places.

It's the latest sign of growing concern in many countries about new technologies that are fundamentally changing the way people live. Some governments have banned the use of social media by children and young teens.

Norway’s government said the proposal for the temporary ban will be made to parliament, the Storting, “as soon as possible.”

AI glasses fan concerns — from showers to seashores and beyond

A key question is where to draw the line.

Norwegian authorities say a ban on the use of smart glasses could apply to places where “privacy is particularly important,” like healthcare facilities, or fitness centers with changing rooms and showers. A major focus is spaces where children congregate, such as schools, kindergartens, playgrounds and youth clubs.

But it could extend to public concerts and sports events, plus parks, beaches, museums and shopping centers.

A temporary ban would give authorities time to decide what types of devices might be affected, and debate whether permanent regulation is needed. The government was quick to note that it was not proposing a total ban and said such devices should still be allowed in some places and for private use.

The government also said it was considering exceptions to a ban for vulnerable groups, so that “socially beneficial uses” of smart glasses could be permitted in some circumstances.

Privacy advocates hail Norway's move

Adam Smith, a technology advocacy officer at Britain-based Privacy International, said Norway's move was "a welcome protection against big tech’s greedy attempts to extract ever more data, often in absence of any thought for the privacy or rights of others.”

“No reality exists in which people expect to be secretly surveilled going about their daily lives,” he said.

One effort to rein in the use of AI glasses has run aground — in the home of Silicon Valley.

California's governor last week vetoed legislation that would have penalized the use of smart glasses to record people without their permission in places like changing rooms, doctor’s offices and other spaces people generally consider private.

Despite Meta's assurances, some businesses clamp down

Meta, the company behind Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram that has rolled out AI glasses with eyewear vendor Ray-Ban, encourages respect for privacy and advises customers on how to use the glasses responsibly.

“Respect people’s preferences. Not everyone loves being photographed. Stop recording if anyone expresses that they would rather you not,” Meta wrote on its site.

The tech giant based in Menlo Park, California, says a light on the glasses indicates when recording in underway, and if the glasses detect that the light has been blocked or physically tampered with, the camera is automatically disabled.

Despite such advice and assurances, some privacy advocacy groups cite a growing backlash against AI glasses.

Hans Anders, a prominent eyewear retailer in the Netherlands, has suspended sales of the Ray-Ban Meta glasses.

“This decision follows the ongoing public and political debate surrounding smart glasses and the questions being raised about the conditions under which this technology can be used,” Hans Anders said in a statement, suggesting that it plans to await the outcome of the debate before making a final decision.

In Britain, the UK Cinema Association said in August it was introducing policies to prohibit or restrict the wearing of camera-enabled smart glasses, citing concerns about privacy and film piracy through the use of such technology.

In The Associated Press-KFF survey of more than 2,000 rural voters in August, about a third said the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement had been positive for their community and about a third said it had been negative. The remaining 3 in 10, roughly, said it had no impact.

Trump promised tough enforcement on the campaign trail in 2024, and the survey highlights how a cornerstone of his base, rural supporters of his Make America Great Again movement, are especially likely to say they see a benefit where they live from the Republican president's stringent immigration policies.

Yet many rural voters also say immigrants are a key part of their local economies, and some believe Trump’s immigration actions have gone too far.

Laura Leigh Taylor, a 37-year-old farmer who voted for Trump in 2024, said she disapproves of the wide-ranging scope of Trump’s immigration crackdown, which resulted in a friend’s hardworking father being deported.

“I understand getting rid of the rapists and the murderers,” she said. “But all the people that fell in between that really weren’t doing nothing but taking care of their family.”

Taylor now regrets her vote for Trump. As a resident of Smithville, Georgia, a town of about 600, Taylor thinks she will vote for Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in November because, she said, the Democrats have been the ones talking about families being uprooted by Trump’s immigration enforcement.

“Just because of that simple fact, I’m going to go with him,” Taylor said.

Most rural voters want politicians to talk about immigration

Roughly three-quarters of rural voters say it’s “extremely” or “very” important for midterm candidates to talk about immigration, though that’s lower than the share who want them to address the cost of living, fraud in government programs or healthcare costs.

Rural voters don’t overwhelmingly think Trump’s immigration policies have helped their communities, but they are also less likely than the general public to say that Trump has overstepped in his efforts, which have involved mass deportations and rapid deportations of immigrants to countries where they have no ties.

Only about 4 in 10 rural voters say Trump has “gone too far” in restricting legal immigration or deporting immigrants living in the U.S. without authorization, below the 55% of U.S. adults overall who said the same in a September AP-NORC poll.

John Thomas, a 55-year-old from Liberty, Kentucky, supports Trump’s efforts to deport people without legal status. Thomas, who has just been approved for disability benefits after injuring his back in 2008, believes they put too much of a burden on the healthcare system. Regulating immigration, he said, is a means of providing better healthcare to Americans.

“They’ve been taking from everybody,” Thomas said of immigrants. “People that really need this stuff can’t get it because of them.”

David Grabowski, a professor of healthcare policy at Harvard Medical School, said that research suggests immigrants use less healthcare than native-born Americans. “It is hard to argue that they are placing an undue burden on the system,” he said, because many immigrants work in healthcare and pay taxes.

Most rural voters see the economic importance of immigrants

Immigrants often play key roles in sustaining local industries, including by filling jobs in manufacturing, healthcare and agriculture. The survey suggests the vast majority of rural voters see immigrants in the country legally as an important part of their local economies.

Shannon Monnat, director of the Center for Policy Research at Syracuse University and president of the Rural Sociological Society, said immigration has been a demographic lifeline for much of rural America. Rural areas have been losing young adults for years, she said.

“For a lot of small towns, immigrants are the reason the school and hospital stayed open and the county didn’t shrink,” Monnat said.

About 7 in 10 rural voters see immigrants who are in the country legally as “very” or “somewhat” important to their local economies, and a similar share say the same about temporary or seasonal agriculture workers. Hundreds of thousands of immigrants take seasonal jobs on U.S. farms each year, with most of them coming from Mexico, on H-2A visas.

Rural voters with a connection to agriculture and farming are more likely than those without one to say that temporary or seasonal workers are “very important” to their local economies, the poll found.

Jeff Miller, a 56-year-old Republican hydro blaster and vacuum technician, has mostly been pleased with Trump’s agenda, and he believes things are “heading in the right direction.” The one thing Miller has struggled with is Trump’s aggressive immigration policy, which he blames for the deportation of a “really good worker” and friend, who was removed from the U.S. when his work permit expired.

Miller, from Racine, Ohio, said he would support exceptions for hard workers, or just a less aggressive approach.

“There’s kind of an up-and-down thing because I lost a really good friend over that,” Miller said.

Rural voters are much less likely to say immigrants who are in the country illegally are beneficial, but 45% say they are at least “somewhat” important to local economies.

Albert Martinez, a 70-year-old Democrat from San Diego, Texas, voted for Trump in 2016, but he now believes the Trump administration has “gone amok.” The Army veteran said he is a proponent of getting criminals out of the country, but that is not what he is seeing happening with current immigration enforcement.

“They started doing everybody across the board,” Martinez said. “Innocent kids and women, people who work in restaurants, people who work in hotels, people who are building homes, people who are doing masonry work, and innocent, good, taxpaying people. Taxpayers. It’s insane.”

Rural MAGA voters support Trump’s immigration policies

Some of Trump’s most loyal supporters — rural Republicans who consider themselves MAGA supporters — are about twice as likely as rural, non-MAGA Republicans to see a benefit to Trump’s immigration policies where they live.

Roughly 4 in 10 rural voters identify as MAGA Republicans, while about 1 in 10 are Republicans but not MAGA supporters.

About two-thirds of rural MAGA Republicans say Trump’s immigration policies have had a positive impact where they live. Roughly half say the Trump administration has “not gone far enough” on deporting immigrants in the country illegally, while about half say his actions have been “about right.”

Katherine Reed, a 27-year-old Republican who supports the MAGA movement, has been pleased to see the Trump administration’s deportation policies play out. The resident of Mount Pleasant, Texas, believes her community has always been safe but that the administration’s policies have had a positive impact by reducing violent crime nationwide, saying, “It’s made life for people a lot safer.”

She believes if someone comes to America, they should “respect the law of the land” and “do it legally.”

“I want really amazing people to become Americans,” Reed said. “That’s the whole point of America.”

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The poll of 2,241 U.S. adults registered to vote in rural areas of the country was conducted Aug. 12-24, 2026, using a sample drawn from the probability-based SSRS Opinion Panel. The margin of sampling error for the full sample is plus or minus 3 percentage points. In collaboration with AP, KFF researchers worked to design the survey sample and questionnaire, analyze and report findings.

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The Defense Ministry said late Sunday that recent strikes on refineries in cities, including Moscow, Yaroslavl, Ust-Luga, Perm, Saratov and Syzran, had disabled 51% of Russia’s oil refining capacity. The claim could not be independently verified.

Moscow and Kyiv have intensified their aerial assaults as progress along the 1,200-kilometer (750-mile) front line has largely ground to a halt.

Ukrainian strikes cause fuel issues in Russia

Ukraine has launched repeated attacks on refineries from Moscow to Siberia, sparking a widespread fuel crisis in Russia earlier this year that forced authorities to restrict gasoline sales.

Russian officials have not released figures on damage to the country’s oil infrastructure. But in a rare acknowledgment of the strikes’ economic impact, President Vladimir Putin said on Oct. 1 that they had cost Russia roughly 1% of its gross domestic product.

“They started attacking oil refineries and openly declared the goal of damaging our economy. Did they achieve their goal? Partially,” Putin told a meeting of the Valdai Club forum of international foreign policy experts.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Yevhenii Khmara said analysts from Ukraine’s intelligence services, the General Staff and the Defense Ministry had assessed the strikes' effects.

“Fifty-one percent of struck refining capacity is a significant blow to the enemy’s economy, to its ability to carry out aggression and supply its troop groupings. Our deep strikes continue to bring the war to Russian territory,” he said.

Russia has historically been the world’s third-largest producer of refined fuel products from crude, after the U.S. and China.

Some of Russia’s 32 refineries have been hit as many as 15 times since the start of the war, and one refinery has been hit every three days in recent months, creating a cycle of damage and emergency repairs that could degrade units long term, according to the International Energy Agency.

Ukrainian strikes have also increasingly targeted the more complex equipment that removes impurities from fuel, which takes months to repair. The IEA says diesel output has fallen by about 30%, and drivers have had to wait up to 40 hours to fill up at gasoline stations.

Russian refiners have tried to compensate by delaying scheduled maintenance and bringing mothballed units back online. Another response has been to lower fuel quality standards to maintain gasoline supplies, which risks damage to engines and pollution control equipment.

The Kremlin has also banned diesel exports, pushing global prices higher and prompting U.S. President Donald Trump on Sept. 13 to urge Ukraine to stop hitting refineries.

Russian strikes kill at least 4 in Kharkiv

A Russian attack with a guided aerial bomb killed at least three people and wounded 39 others, including three children, in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Monday, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said.

“There may be people under the rubble of the residential building that was hit. A search and rescue operation is underway,” Terekhov wrote on his Telegram channel.

An earlier Russian drone attack on the city's Industrialnyi district also killed one person, Terekhov said late Sunday. Vehicles and an administrative building were set alight and apartment buildings were damaged, he said.

Another person was also killed in a separate Russian attack on the Sloviansk community in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, said Vadym Liakh, head of the Sloviansk city military administration. He urged residents not to wait for a mandatory evacuation order but to leave the area.

Ukraine’s air force reported that Russia launched 205 drones overnight into Monday, with 172 shot down or suppressed.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement on Monday that it had struck an electrical substation in the Kharkiv region, in addition to energy and port infrastructure and maritime vessels used by Ukraine's military elsewhere in the country.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Russian drone attack caused a fire on board a commercial vessel that later sank in the Black Sea.

Two people died and 11 crew members were rescued, Romanian authorities said.

In a post on X on Monday, Zelenskyy described the attack as “a horrific strike by two Russian drones on a civilian vessel” in neutral waters. He said the vessel was Turkish-owned and carrying corn.

Russia did not immediately comment on the incident.

Ukraine has struggled in recent weeks to fend off Russia’s intensified aerial attacks on cities that include ballistic missiles and high-flying jet-powered drones.

Kyiv has suffered under repeated air raid alerts, punctuated by loud explosions from drone and missile strikes. The onslaught aims to terrorize civilians, officials and analysts say, and break their will to resist Russia’s full-scale invasion since 2022.

Ukraine says it shot down Russian drones with AI-operated guns

Presidential adviser Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov said on social media that 12 automated turrets had been installed in Kyiv to counter jet-powered Shahed drones, with more planned. He described the turrets as artificial intelligence-controlled machine guns.

Ukraine’s air force later said that it had used the robotic turrets to successfully shoot down Russian jet-powered drones, including the Geran-5, for the first time.

“It’s machine vision that is used for the shootdowns. Artificial intelligence makes it possible to engage even jet-powered drones,” air force spokesman Yurii Ihnat said on Ukrainian television.

The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces downed 199 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions overnight, as well as the illegally annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea and the Black Sea.

Ukraine-Moldova border crossing closed after Russian attack

Operations at a border crossing between Moldova and Ukraine were suspended Monday after a shell fell close to the checkpoint during a Russian attack on Ukrainian infrastructure, Moldova’s Border Police said.

The shell fell near the Palanca-Mayaky-Udobne checkpoint, bounced off the ground and hit a passenger bus parked near the barrier, according to the statement.

The bus and a security checkpoint booth were damaged, and one border service employee suffered minor injuries, police said. No other casualties were reported. Border police advised people to avoid traveling to the area.

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Portugal coach Jorge Jesus and federation president Pedro Proença have downplayed the “misunderstanding” that led to Ronaldo’s decision to leave the national team's training camp last week, saying after a 2-1 win over Norway in the Nations League on Sunday that the veteran star can return whenever he wants.

“We are talking about the greatest player of all time, a player who has given more than two decades to Portuguese soccer,” Proença told Portuguese television channel RTP. "He will always be part of this squad if he is technically fit to play. Cristiano knows this. He knows that is the sentiment. What happened was a misunderstanding that needs to be resolved internally.”

The 41-year-old Ronaldo walked out on Portugal’s training camp on Wednesday, hours after Jesus said the veteran star would not start in a game against Denmark in the Nations League. Jesus had kept Ronaldo on the bench in a previous match despite saying he would play.

Ronaldo said after leaving that in due course he would “tell the Portuguese people the truth about the reasons” behind his departure, but has not commented on the situation since.

Jesus said Sunday he had no reason to apologize to anyone, and that he would call up Ronaldo again for the next international break if the player wants to come back.

“I don’t know what Cris will decide,” Jesus said after Portugal’s win. “To me, there was never an issue. There are non-negotiable principles for a coach, but since there were no issues regarding my authority, for me, if Cris wants to return, he will be eligible for the next call-up, as long as he is playing for Al Nassr. It's up to him.”

Proença said there will be time for everyone to sit down and discuss the situation.

“Ronaldo is a symbol of our country. He is a Portuguese icon, an absolutely extraordinary player who could have ended his international career after the World Cup but chose not to out of love for the national team,” Proença said.

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Haaland gestured to Norway's bench that he needed to come off and was replaced in the 67th minute of the 2-1 defeat in Porto on Sunday. He was seen limping on the field ahead of the substitution, raising concerns about his fitness before his return to City — a club under heavy scrutiny for being the subject of a huge financial scandal in the Premier League.

Speaking after the Portugal game, Solbakken didn't say Haaland had sustained an injury but talked about the heavy workload the striker had been facing after playing the full game in Norway's first three Nations League fixtures — a win over Denmark and losses to Portugal and Wales. That came after a busy start to the English season with City, after reaching the World Cup quarterfinals with Norway over the summer.

“He (Haaland) was tired against Wales. That’s why we had a heart-to-heart conversation yesterday. We went through the possible options,” Solbakken said in quotes carried in the Norwegian media. “He might have played the last 45 minutes against Portugal. That was a discussion. But he has very bad vibes and feelings about it. ... I am very pleased that he managed to pull out 60 good minutes.”

Haaland didn't score on Sunday or against Wales on Thursday — the two games Norway has played since the verdict by an independent commission on City's financial case was published. He had scored in the first two games in this international break and is on a record 65 goals in 59 appearances for his country.

Haaland is the only senior, out-and-out striker in City's squad, whose first match back after the internationals is at Liverpool on Sunday.

“He plays pretty much everything on the club team,” Solbakken said.

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A judicial spokesperson confirmed that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had filed a claim with the High Court in London, and a hearing is scheduled for Thursday.

The Daily Telegraph previously reported that Mountbatten-Windsor had asked the court to determine whether Thames Valley Police acted lawfully in searching the former prince's homes near Windsor Castle and on King Charles III's Sandringham estate.

If the court were to find in Mountbatten-Windsor's favor, it could prevent authorities from using evidence discovered during the searches in any prosecution of the former prince, attorney Mark Stephens said.

Stephens, of the Howard Kennedy firm in London, described the hearing as a preliminary skirmish in the broader legal battle.

“I think the most important thing to take away from this is it shows that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and his lawyers are taking this search warrant and the potential for charges extremely seriously,” he told The Associated Press. “And I think that telegraphs that perhaps there’s more of this to come. And perhaps charges will be preferred down the road.”

The searches were conducted in February when Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, after allegations that the former prince shared sensitive information with Epstein during his time as the U.K.’s trade envoy.

Police questioned Mountbatten-Windsor for 11 hours before releasing him under investigation, meaning he was neither charged nor exonerated.

It was the first time in nearly four centuries that a senior British royal was placed under arrest, underscoring how deference to the monarchy has eroded in recent years.

Thames Valley Police said Monday that its investigation was continuing, even as it confirmed that the department was involved in legal proceedings about the search warrants. A department spokesperson declined further comment while those proceedings are underway.

The allegations against Mountbatten-Windsor came to light when the U.S. Justice Department released millions of pages of documents from its investigation into sex trafficking by Epstein and his connections to a network of wealthy, powerful men around the world.

Mountbatten-Windsor's relationship with Epstein has been a source of embarrassment to the royal family for more than a decade and forced him to give up royal duties in 2019.

But as further revelations began to leak out of the U.S. investigation last year, the king moved to insulate the monarchy from the fallout by stripping his younger brother of his princely title.

After Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested, Charles departed from the “never complain, never explain” approach of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, and took the unusual step of issuing a statement on the investigation.

“Let me state clearly: the law must take its course,’’ he said at the time. “As this process continues, it would not be right for me to comment further on this matter.’’

The officials said forces allied with the internationally recognized government have retaken the crucial town of Dhubab just north of the strait. They also captured the towns of Bab and Hadeid, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to reporters. Witnesses said they saw government tanks and forces entering the towns.

The government push came as part of a major offensive launched early Monday under air cover by a Saudi military coalition.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters that it was expected that the Saudi-backed government in Yemen would hit back at the rebels to reclaim territory. Asked if the Saudi-led coalition coordinated the action with the United States, Rubio said that Saudi Arabia and the U.S. have a defense agreement but wouldn’t offer more details.

The Yemeni government was ousted from some of its territory by a Houthi campaign and the Saudis have come under attack, and “they have a right to defend themselves,” Rubio said.

The U.S. has provided support to Saudi Arabia in its ongoing campaign against the Houthis, according to a regional official and a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak to reporters. U.S. support included intelligence sharing, target identification and planning for the offensive, said the officials.

The U.S. had supported the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis early in the Yemen war, before quitting the coalition in recent years.

The U.S. Embassy in the Saudi capital of Riyahd warned U.S. citizens on social media to be vigilant about possible drone or missile attacks.

The offensive came just after the rebels said they had captured more territory in the southwestern part of Yemen, taking a key town in a blow to the Saudi-backed forces as they advanced toward a strategic provincial capital in the region.

The Saudi-led coalition spokesman, Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki, said 100 fighter jets were providing support to the forces of Yemen’s internationally recognized government fighting against the Houthis. He said the coalition has secured “air protection” of the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait and destroyed hundreds of Houthi targets as part of the ongoing campaign.

Pakistan and Turkey say they will deploy forces to Saudi Arabia

Also on Monday, the foreign and defense ministers of Pakistan and Turkey agreed with Saudi Arabia to deploy military forces to the kingdom under their joint defense pact

A joint statement released by Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry after an emergency meeting in Riyadh did not specify troop numbers, identify which countries would contribute forces or give a deployment timetable.

The three countries condemned what they described as attempted attacks on Mecca and Medina, as well as continuing attacks on Saudi cities and civilian and economic facilities. The statement did not identify who was responsible.

The air campaign follows the fall of a key town in Yemen

The Houthi rebels seized the town of Turbah on Sunday, shortly before the internationally recognized government announced a major military operation against them.

The escalation between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis has revived Yemen’s civil war after a four-year ceasefire.

Turbah sits on a main road linking the provincial capital of Taiz with the port city of Aden, which serves as an interim seat of Yemen's government. Over the years, the town was a major post for the government forces defending Taiz against the Houthis.

Earlier, the Houthis seized several villages and areas on Taiz's outskirts in a series of advances, paving the way for the rebels to encircle Taiz, Yemen’s third-largest city.

Yemen’s flare-up shows the capabilities of the Iran-backed rebels

The Houthis made a swift push on the country's western coast on the Red Sea in early September. They captured the strategic city of Mokha and several Red Sea islands, gains that enabled them to control the Yemeni side of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a crucial chokepoint through which 12% of global trade transits.

In its announcement Sunday, the Saudi-backed government said it was mobilizing troops across government-held areas.

Rashad al-Alimi, head of the ruling Presidential Leadership Council, said in a televised speech that the operations were aiming at “recovering the remaining territories” controlled by the Houthis. He called on the international community to provide support to his government.

Hours after al-Alimi’s declaration, the Saudi military spokesperson al-Malki vowed “full operational support” to the Yemeni government forces, until the Houthis are “eliminated.”

Saudi-backed government forces are trying to fight back

Al-Alimi said in a post on X on Monday that the operation — dubbed “Yemen Dawn” — has started with the aim of “restoring state institutions, liberating” Sanaa, Yemen’s rebel-controlled capital, and ending “the Houthi terrorist militia coup.”

Al-Nazili said government forces were carrying out a “strategic offensive” on Sanaa. The Houthi media office reported multiple airstrikes by the Saudi coalition on their territories, including Sanaa.

The rebels' taking of Turbah “will likely severely constrain Yemeni government-aligned forces’ ability to reinforce and resupply front-line positions” across Taiz province and the provincial capital of Taiz, according to the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank.

“Disrupting resupply has military value, of course, but controlling all the roads in and out of areas to the north of Turbah also prevents government forces from retreating out of the city,” the think tank wrote in a Sunday analysis.

The escalation has revived Yemen's 12-year civil war

Yemen’s civil war began in 2014 when the Houthis descended from their northern stronghold, capturing Sanaa and forcing the government to flee into exile in Saudi Arabia. The war created one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters and killed more than 150,000 people.

The latest bout of violence has killed at least 959 people and wounded over 4,200 others, according to the World Health Organization. The flare-up forced about 174,097 people to flee their homes inside Yemen, according to the U.N. migration agency. More than 3,000 others fled across the waters into Djibouti, the agency reported.

Last week, Yemen’s health ministry — part of the internationally recognized government — warned about the conflict’s impact on health facilities and medical staff across Taiz province. The ministry said in a statement on Friday that health facilities in coastal, western and southern areas of the province have closed or are barely partially functioning.

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The election is scheduled for ​Nov. ⁠29, and will come roughly eight months earlier than originally planned.

Spaniards have staged repeated protests in cities across the country in recent weeks, demanding action on the entrenched housing crisis amid outrage over the widely publicized eviction of an 87-year-old woman in Madrid last month.

Sánchez’s government suffered a bruising legislative defeat last week when right-wing opposition parties voted down emergency decrees introduced by his government to address evictions and real estate speculation. The setback sparked wide speculation that Sánchez would move forward the general election and use the momentum on the housing issue against his right-wing opponents.

If Sánchez's gamble backfires, it could pave the way for a right-wing coalition of conservatives and the far-right Vox party, bringing an end to one of Europe's most prominent progressive governments, led by a vocal critic of the Trump administration.

In an address to the nation, Sánchez argued that a broader progressive coalition in Parliament would allow Spain to tackle its biggest challenges.

“The time has come for the Spanish people to decide what future you want for yourselves and for your country,” Sánchez said.

“Whether you wish to join that far-right wave — which rolls back progress wherever it governs — or whether you want Spain to remain a bastion of openness, social justice, and environmental responsibility. Whether you want our country to move backward or continue moving forward,” he said.

Sánchez, 54, has been prime minister since 2018, making him one of Europe’s longest-serving leaders.

He has emerged as a leading progressive voice internationally through his defense of migration, his support for Palestinians and his criticism of the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran. He has also defended multilateral institutions and called for regulation of artificial intelligence, speaking out against “tech oligarchs.”

Under his leadership, Spain has had one of the fastest growing economies in the developed world in recent years.

But a series of legal cases involving his party as well as his wife and his brother have damaged the prime minister's standing. His wife and brother deny wrongdoing.

He has also struggled to account for this summer’s border crossing by tens of thousands of mostly Moroccans into Spain’s North African territory of Ceuta, where a humanitarian crisis remains two months after the initial border crossing.

He has led a coalition minority government along with the left-wing junior partner Sumar since 2023. But his reliance on several smaller parties to get anything done has hamstrung his legislative ability.

Throughout his political career, Sánchez has earned a reputation as a political escape artist capable of winning elections he appeared set to lose.

Speculation around whether he would announce snap elections centered on the momentum that his party may now have around housing and public services, while the opposition Popular Party — which holds the most seats in Parliament already — is likely to define the contest around corruption and the ruling government's mismanagement of the Ceuta crisis.

Opinion polls suggest the Popular Party and Vox could together win enough support to oust Sánchez. It remains unclear how strongly housing will motivate voters on either side.

“Sánchez is choosing this moment because it is arguably the best time to do so, given that the issue of housing frames the electoral conflict or debate in terms that are highly favorable to (his party's) position,” said Oriol Bartomeus, a political-science professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

“Sánchez can frame the election — or has realized he can frame it — in very classic left-versus-right terms,” Bartomeus said.

Sánchez will face Popular Party leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who aims to take control of the government.

“At last, the Spanish people will decide,” Feijóo said on Monday after the election announcement. “These are not elections like previous ones in our democracy. This is about Spain defeating Sánchez and what he represents,” he said.

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Dr. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel carried out research that opened a new field with the wonky name optogenetics, combining light with genes to switch on and off neurons in living brains.

Separate research from the trio — one of whom lives in the U.S. and two in Germany — resulted in a technique that helps to identify neural pathways responsible for behavior and disease. It could lead to treatments, such as restoring some vision in people with a genetic form of blindness.

Experts said the advancements greatly expanded the understanding of how the brain is organized.

“It has let us go from a ‘Rand McNally’ road atlas of the brain to something more akin to ‘Google Earth,’” neuroscientist Patrick Forcelli of Georgetown University said in an email.

Deisseroth, 54, is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and Stanford University professor in California. Hegemann, 71, is at Humboldt University in Berlin, and Nagel, 73, most recently worked at the University of Würzburg, also in Germany, the assembly said.

Winning research shines a light into the brain

The breakthrough began when Hegemann explored how a single-cell type of green algae can swim toward light. He and Nagel discovered a particular protein that, when illuminated by blue light, opens a channel to create an electrical impulse. Putting that protein into other cells makes them light-sensitive.

Brain cells use electrical signals to communicate with each other, but normally they don't respond to light, Deisseroth told The Associated Press. He used what he calls “a trick from nature," putting the gene that controls that microbial protein into certain cells in the brains of living mice.

Beaming light at those cells — first by using tiny fibers, now with noninvasive methods — can turn neurons on or off while animals do various tasks.

“People usually think about light as a way of collecting information to observe things,” he told the AP. “But this is the opposite of that. This is using light to control things, to make things happen, and to do it in a very precise way.”

Optogenetics is mostly a research tool to learn how specific neurons and neural circuits work.

That “gives you, inevitably, ideas for how to correct things that go wrong,” Deisseroth said. “Once you know the cells that are causal, that actually matter for a symptom or for correcting a symptom, you can devise medications or other methods that target those cells.”

Findings could help treat blindness and other problems

Already companies have studies underway trying to treat inherited blindness called retinitis pigmentosa by inserting a light-activated protein into a patient’s retina and then outfitting the person with special light-emitting glasses.

Deisseroth, a physician-scientist, pointed to other scientists pursuing possible treatments for autism and schizophrenia based on information gleaned from optogenetics, he said.

Experts say optogenetics has transformed neuroscience around the world, becoming a mainstay in labs trying to understand the brain pathways involved in behavior and disease — and hopefully leading to ways to fix those that go awry.

“It’s a very precise set of tools for doing experiments about how the brain works that are pretty hard to do any other way,” said the University of Pittsburgh’s Jeremy Berg. He was at the U.S. National Institutes of Health in the early 2000s when it awarded Deisseroth major funding for “this vision of optogenetics that was pretty much spot-on the way it played out.”

Brain cells communicate in milliseconds, and optogenetics for the first time offered scientists a way to control them at the same speed in a laboratory, said Forcelli, Georgetown’s chairman of pharmacology and physiology. That helped the field move from using fixed maps of brain activity to building functional wiring diagrams, and jump-started additional techniques to explore neural complexity.

“It has also helped reveal how specific brain circuits are disrupted, with implications for conditions such as blindness, depression, addiction and dementia," said Abdel El Manira, a member of the Nobel Assembly. "Yet despite these extraordinary advances, the brain still holds countless mysteries, with much more left to learn and discover. And optogenetics has given us a powerful means to take on these challenges.”

Karl Deisseroth had just gone to bed when he got the Nobel call

Deisseroth, a self-described night owl, said he was up late in his Northern California home working on papers and emailing students. He had just gone to lie down when he got the call from the Nobel Assembly.

He was so surprised that “I almost couldn't speak for a little bit," he told the AP. “I almost felt as if I'd lost the power of forming words.”

But he recovered quickly, pointing out that amid all the congratulations that morning, he still had to pack school lunches for his children once they woke up.

“That’s my one obligation I have in the next few hours, to make sure I make their sandwiches,” he said.

Thomas Perlmann, the secretary of the medicine committee, said he reached all three winners Monday. The AP could not immediately reach Hegemann and Nagel.

Medicine prize kicks off Nobels week

The prize was announced at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, kicking off Nobels week. The prize money this year is 12 million Swedish kronor (about $1.2 million), whether for an individual, small group of laureates or organization.

Monday's medicine prize is followed by the physics prize on Tuesday, chemistry on Wednesday and literature on Thursday.

After Friday’s peace prize is awarded, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences will be announced on Oct. 12.

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It's now official.

Days after officials in Brisbane were forced to hold a hastily-convened news conference to explain the accidental leaking of the emblem ahead of schedule, the 2032 organizing committee held an official launch on Monday.

The Olympic emblem is the crest of a pink cockatoo, an Australian bird, with the color stylized to resemble an Olympic and Paralympic flame, and a shape to resemble the host state of Queensland.

Brisbane’s Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner on Monday said the emblems “are a celebration of our city, our lifestyle.”

“They reflect the Brisbane (that) people know and love: vibrant, resilient, connected, friendly, playful and a little bit cheeky,” Schrinner said. “They are also a symbol of the excitement building across our city.

“With just under six years to go, we are already preparing to welcome the world to Australia’s lifestyle capital.”

Organizers said First Nations elements were contained within the emblems, with “cockatoos seen as messengers carrying cultural meaning and linking people to place, story and ceremony.” The emblems are separate to the Games mascot, which will be revealed closer to the Games.

An explainer video meant to go live after a planned ceremonial event briefly appeared on the event’s YouTube channel on Friday night. Screenshots of images and text soon circulated on social media.

Brisbane 2032 vice president Tim Mander and chief marketing officer Brent Hill told the weekend news conference the accidental release was a pleasant surprise. Hill embraced the unexpected opportunity, saying “the publicity has been incredible.”

Ahead of the community launch Monday evening in the downtown Southbank parklands, Brisbane 2032 chairman Andrew Liveris said the “emblems are an opportunity to promote the unique character of a Games, inviting the world to learn more, visit, invest and be part of an event unlike any other,”

For Mikaela Cojuangco Jaworski, who heads the IOC's coordination commission for the 2032 Games, the emblems represented a “vibrant expression” of the nature and character of the region. The Olympics and Paralympics will be centered on the state capital, Brisbane, but cities across the state, including the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast, will host competitions.

Australia has twice previously hosted the Summer Olympics, at Melbourne in 1956 and at Sydney in 2000.

The Sydney emblem design contained representations of famous landmarks including the Sydney Opera House, the city's famous harbor and beaches, as well as boomerangs, sun and rocks.

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Wanying Zhang, who went by the name Heather, surveilled the Taiwanese president’s son and his family last year for the Chinese government, according to the FBI.

Zhang, 34, who lives in Irvine, was arrested Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport on charges for working for China as an unregistered agent, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said. Zhang took photos and videos of her targets and sent license plate information to Chinese officials, according to a federal criminal complaint.

Zhang is a naturalized U.S. citizen, Essayli said on Fox News’ “The Big Weekend Show.” She was arrested as she was departing for a flight to China. It wasn't immediately clear if she had an attorney who could speak on her behalf. She was due to appear Monday afternoon in federal court in Los Angeles.

The case is the latest in a series of Justice Department prosecutions aimed at rooting out alleged covert agents advancing Beijing’s interests on American soil.

Many of the cases have centered on what the Justice Department says is China’s aggressive effort to locate and harass pro-democracy activists living in the U.S. and suppress their speech. The Justice Department also says Beijing is determined to sway American public opinion in its favor by cultivating relationships with political figures seen as having access to the levers of power.

The Chinese Embassy in the U.S. did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday and the Foreign Ministry in Beijing was closed for holidays.

Taiwan’s Presidential Office confirmed President Lai Ching-te’s relatives were the targets, without specifying if it was the president’s son, saying that “this is a classic case of transnational repression.”

“Taiwan condemns in the strongest terms such barbaric acts — which disregard human rights and national sovereignty and aim to suppress, threaten, or even harm individuals advocating for freedom and democracy or their families — as such behavior should not be tolerated in the civilized world,” spokesperson Karen Kuo said in a statement.

The criminal complaint does not name the alleged target, but the FBI's rapid response account on the social media platform X said it was the president's son. Ting-Yu Lai, the president's elder son, lives and works in the Seattle area as an engineer.

At the direction of Chinese officials, Zhang and another person flew to Seattle on Sept. 1, 2025, and conducted surveillance outside the target's home, according to the affidavit. A home security camera near the target's home recorded the pair filming the target and their family from a vehicle, the affidavit said.

Zhang then allegedly sent a Chinese official information related to the surveillance, including photos, videos and license plate information from the target's vehicles.

According to the affidavit, Zhang attended the University of International Relations in Beijing, which is affiliated closely with China’s intelligence apparatus. The affidavit said she and a classmate who became a Chinese government official had kept in contact since graduating around 2014, and he introduced her to another government official, and she was in contact with both in 2025.

Taiwan and China split after a civil war in 1949, but Beijing claims the island as part of its own territory. Lai, who was voted into office in 2024, has said that Taiwan and Beijing do not belong to each other and that the “People's Republic of China has no right to represent Taiwan.”

China considers him a separatist and has called him a “destroyer of peace.”

While in office, Lai has stepped up spending on defense for Taiwan, notably pledging to increase defense spending from 3% to 5% of the GDP, and pushing through a special budget for the construction of a T-Dome air defense system.

In May, a Southern California mayor agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government, and resigned from her city position. Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, had been charged with one count of acting in the U.S. as an illegal agent of a foreign government. She was accused of doing the bidding of Chinese officials, such as sharing articles favorable to Beijing, without prior notification to the U.S. government as required by law.

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The way NFL players are going down at an alarming rate, more teams will likely need reliable QBs to stay competitive.

Lamar Jackson became the latest quarterback to go down Sunday. His status is uncertain after he suffered an ankle injury in Baltimore’s 24-18 home victory over Tennessee.

Jaxson Dart already went down for the season. Jayden Daniels has missed the past two games. Baker Mayfield is out at least a few weeks. Sam Darnold and Kyler Murray each missed a start and Caleb Williams has missed two.

So far, backup quarterbacks are 7-4 in starts, including 2-2 in Week 4. That doesn’t include wins by Drew Lock and Carson Wentz after they entered in the first quarter and led their teams in Week 1.

It includes Cooper Rush’s 0-2 mark with Atlanta as he started the first two games with Tua Tagovailoa and Michael Penix Jr. sidelined.

Jameis Winston won another up-and-down game for the Giants, throwing for 250 yards and three touchdowns along with two picks in a 36-24 victory over Arizona. He’s 2-0 as a starter for the NFC East-leading Giants (3-1) since Dart suffered a knee injury in Week 2.

“I just feel like that, man, I’m heating up and I’m starting to get better, better and better,” Winston said. “Last week, I was questioning if I could even throw. This week, I’ve got people talking about the Jamis Winston experience again. So, I’m just still so curious and I’m so inspired to be the best me every single day. And that alone pushes me. Not another man, not another teammate, just my desire to be what I would love.”

Tyson Bagent had a career-best 268 yards passing to help the Bears beat the Jets 23-12. Case Keenum was impressive in Chicago’s win over the Eagles last Monday night. The Bears (3-1) are 2-0 since Williams went down with a hamstring injury two weeks ago.

“I thought the guys rallied behind me,” Bagent said. “I felt extreme faith from the coaches towards me and that’s just hats off to all the hard work that’s been put in. So, I was really appreciative of that, and I think it allowed me to go spin it at a higher level. So, all hands on deck, it’s a group effort to get these wins.”

Lock stepped in when Darnold got hurt early in the NFL season opener on Sept. 9 and led the Seahawks over the Patriots. He defeated the Cardinals the following week.

Wentz replaced Murray early in Minnesota’s opener and led a comeback win against Green Bay. He guided the Vikings to a road win in a defensive struggle at Chicago the following game.

Marcus Mariota and undrafted rookie Jalon Daniels had the two losses on Sunday.

Mariota was impressive filling in for Daniels in Washington’s victory over Seattle last week but got hurt in the first quarter and the Commanders turned to rookie third-string QB Athan Kaliakmanis in a 30-13 loss to the Colts in London.

Jalon Daniels couldn’t prevent the Buccaneers from starting 0-4. He tossed two picks that led to 10 points in Tampa Bay’s 17-14 loss to Green Bay.

Tyler Huntley replaced Jackson and went 8 of 9 for 63 yards but the Ravens didn’t score in the second half.

A total of 63 quarterbacks started games in 2025. Forty QBs have made starts through four games this season.

That number will increase. Will teams continue to maintain a winning record with backups? That depends on the teams, the coaching staffs and the backups.

Here are other takeaways from Week 4:

Defense has cost Houston

Don’t blame C.J. Stroud for the latest loss. Another defensive breakdown cost the Texans, who fell to 0-4 with a 34-30 loss to Dallas. Houston has now lost two games in which the offense has scored 30 or more points. A defense that was first in fewest yards allowed and second in fewest points given up last season is struggling. The Texans are allowing 343.8 yards and 27.3 points per game.

They went 12-2 after an 0-3 start last season. Only the 1992 Chargers rebounded from an 0-4 start to make the playoffs.

Critical comeback wins

Drake Maye, Dak Prescott and Matthew Stafford each led their teams to comeback wins on the road with touchdowns in the final two minutes to avoid 1-3 starts.

Maye and the Patriots beat Josh Allen and the Bills 29-26. Prescott and the Cowboys defeated Stroud and the Texans 34-30. Stafford and the Rams knocked off the Eagles 24-20.

Playing for the No. 1 pick

The Dolphins, Buccaneers, Titans, Chargers and Texans are 0-4. Houston is too talented to start looking ahead to next season. Los Angeles was supposed to be a contender and should win several games.

But Miami, Tampa Bay and Tennessee seem headed for a three-way race for the top pick in the 2027 NFL draft. Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith and Texas quarterback Arch Manning are the early favorites projected to go No. 1 overall.

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The former convenience store and movie theater worker struck out four-time MVP Shohei Ohtani on a 95-mph four-seam fastball in the Braves' 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday night that evened their National League Division Series at a game apiece.

“He did it again for us, just amazing,” Braves manager Walt Weiss said. “He's throwing the ball so well.”

Ohtani was one of a season-high-tying four strikeouts for Kerr, a 32-year-old lefty reliever who found out in the morning that he'd be starting Game 2 that night. He allowed two hits and walked one in 2 2/3 innings.

“I didn’t really have much pressure on me,” Kerr said, explaining that he had breakfast with his wife and baby who are on the trip and went swimming. “And then when I got to the field, I developed my process in my head. Just an hour before the game, stretch, and get out there and only throw for like five, six minutes.”

Kerr was the opener in the Braves' NL Wild Card Series Game 3 clincher over the Philadelphia Phillies, tossing 3 1/3 scoreless innings, with one hit, one walk and two strikeouts.

“It’s been fun. It’s very surprising,” he said. “It’s like one night, all of a sudden, I got a thousand followers on Instagram. I’m getting used to it. I’m just going to be myself throughout it.”

At 13, Kerr landed in the foster care system in Reno, Nevada, because his father was in prison and his mother was absent. He and his brother were eventually taken in by a woman who provided the stability that had been lacking in their lives.

Kerr graduated from high school in Reno and played baseball at Mendocino College in Northern California for two years before quitting the sport. He returned home and took jobs at a 7-Eleven and a theater.

A coach at Lassen College in the Sierra Nevada foothills convinced Kerr to join the team. He went on to play in the Alaska Baseball League in 2017, where his fastball touched 93 mph. That August, he signed with the Seattle Mariners as an undrafted free agent.

In 2021, he was traded to the San Diego Padres. The following season he reached the majors for the first time, appearing in seven games before being sent down to Triple-A in 2023. Late that year, he was traded to the Braves and started the 2024 season at Triple-A.

He had Tommy John surgery, ending his season in June and keeping him out all of 2025. He returned this year and got selected to Atlanta's active roster in August.

Kerr made his season debut on Aug. 17, and posted a 1.47 ERA over 18 1/3 innings in nine appearances. Left-handed hitters — like Ohtani — hit .174 against him with a double being the only extra-base hit he allowed.

The Braves are headed back to Atlanta for Game 3 on Tuesday, when ace Chris Sale is expected to start.

“It’s going to be crazy there,” Kerr said. “The crowd’s going to be beautiful to watch. I already know it. Especially against the Dodgers.”

And if Kerr gets the nod to take down more innings again, he'll tell himself “All right, let's get it.”

“That's what I say every time,” he said, “and then I stick to it.”

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The S&P 500 added 0.8% and pulled within 0.2% of its all-time high, which was set during the summer. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 175 points, or 0.3%, with an hour remaining in trading, while the Nasdaq composite climbed 1.2% and was on track to set its own record.

One of the market's strongest gains came from PTC, which leaped 33.6% for the biggest move in the S&P 500. Schneider Electric of France said it would pay $205 in cash for each of the software company’s shares in a deal valuing it at about $22.6 billion.

The proposed deal helped lift prices for other stocks in the software industry, and Autodesk rose 5.1%.

RXO, meanwhile, jumped 22.8% after C.H. Robinson Worldwide said it would buy the truck brokerage business in a deal where RXO investors could get $30.25 in cash for each of their shares. C.H. Robinson fell 10.8% for the largest loss in the S&P 500.

Trading was otherwise relatively quiet as the wait continues for the start of the latest earnings reporting season. Analysts have big expectations for how much profit companies made from July through September. They're forecasting growth of nearly 30% from a year earlier for companies in the S&P 500, according to FactSet. If they're correct, it would be the third straight quarter of growth above 25% for the index.

Such strong growth and the expectation for more are what have allowed stocks to rally near records despite a long list of worries and challenges.

Monday's moves came as the oil market continued to swing because of uncertainty about when the war with Iran will allow the global crude industry to return to normal. The price for a barrel of Brent crude veered between $100 and $103 before settling at $100.32, down 1.9%.

Worries about high oil prices have helped push up yields in the bond market, and the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose to 5.31% from 5.28% late Friday. It almost got to 5.35% earlier in the day and is near its highest level since 2002.

High yields can slow the economy by making it more expensive for everyone to borrow money, while also making investors feel less willing to pay high prices for stocks and other investments.

Another factor that's been pushing up yields is the strength of the U.S. economy, which is benefiting from big spending by businesses on AI data centers. U.S. consumers also continue to spend and drive the economy, even though they say they're getting more frustrated by the high inflation that's squeezing their finances.

A report on Monday gave a mixed update on the strength of the U.S. economy. It said that activity for real estate, transportation, finance and other businesses in the services industries grew in September for a 27th straight month. But the growth was not quite as strong as economists expected.

The report from the Institute for Supply Management also said that prices U.S. services businesses are paying for materials and services grew at a faster rate, which could be a discouraging signal for upcoming inflation for everyone.

The general expectation on Wall Street is that the Federal Reserve will hike its main interest rate at least once by the end of the year in hopes of reining in the fast increases for the cost of living. The Fed raised its federal funds rate last month for the first time in three years.

In stock markets abroad, France’s CAC 40 fell 0.8% for one of the world’s bigger losses. Worries have been rising about the French government’s big debt and its strained budget.

On the winning side of the globe was Japan, where Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 jumped 2.4% on strength for technology stocks.

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Trump is headed to Grand Island, Nebraska, located in the solidly conservative south-central part of the state. It’s part of what the Republican president says is a 32-day blitz of rallies ahead of Nov. 3 that so far has taken him to ruby-red territory such as Oklahoma and Alabama. On Wednesday, he'll make his second stop in two weeks in Texas with a rally in San Antonio.

“The president’s coming to Nebraska to help me campaign, so I can get reelected,” Ricketts told the Associated Press last week on Capitol Hill.

Ricketts, a former governor of the state, was appointed then later elected to fill Sen. Ben Sasse’s seat when he left to run the University of Florida in 2023. Now he is running for his first full six-year term against independent Dan Osborn — a race that initially was not expected to be competitive but is now being watched by the national parties.

Voters across the country are frustrated with Trump's handling of the economy, including persistently high costs for fuel and groceries. It's a major issue for rural voters who have backed the president and his party in recent elections.

The administration’s plan to allow more imports of foreign beef has particularly roiled the agriculture-rich state of Nebraska. Trump wants to lower beef prices for consumers, but ranchers have rebelled against the import proposal, arguing it would undercut them.

“The plan to import low-quality foreign beef is not helping Nebraska ranchers,” Ricketts told the AP. “I would advise the White House to change that policy and look for longer-term things that will help us build the size of the herd and ultimately bring the price of beef down for consumers.”

There are a few Senate races where independents are the challengers

In the House of Representatives, the Grand Island area is represented by Republican Rep. Adrian Smith, whose race is not expected to be close. But Nebraska has a competitive House race farther east in Omaha, considered the “blue dot” of the state because the area’s electoral vote in presidential elections often goes to Democrats.

Osborn, a former labor union chief, ran against Republican Sen. Deb Fischer in 2024 and lost by 7 percentage points. Though national Democrats support him, he has refused to say what party he would caucus with should he be elected in November.

Other independents in the Senate, including Maine’s Angus King on the moderate end and Vermont’s Bernie Sanders on the left, caucus with Democrats for organizational purposes and committee assignments.

With the Democratic brand remaining deeply unpopular in conservative states, Osborn isn’t the only declared independent running for the Senate against Republicans this year. In South Dakota, Navy and Air Force veteran Brian Bengs is campaigning as an independent against Republican Sen. Mike Rounds. Bengs ran as a Democrat for the Senate four years ago and was handily defeated by now-Senate Majority Leader John Thune.

It’s a similar dynamic in Idaho, where independent Todd Achilles is challenging GOP Sen. Jim Risch.

Democratic voters in Nebraska chose Cindy Burbank as their party nominee earlier this year, but Burbank specifically campaigned on ensuring that no votes would be siphoned from Osborn in the general elections in November, and she has since formally dropped out of the race.

Osborn has been traveling across Nebraska to hold meetings in all 93 counties, and has repeatedly criticized Ricketts for not holding town halls to meet with constituents.

Ricketts, whose family founded TD Ameritrade and owns Major League Baseball’s Chicago Cubs, served as governor from 2015 to 2023.

Here’s a look at what's in store:

Climate change

The high court is starting its term with a major climate change case. The justices will hear an appeal from energy companies trying to block dozens of lawsuits seeking to hold them liable in court for damage related to climate change.

Billions of dollars are potentially at stake in a case out of Boulder, Colorado, where local officials say the industry should help shoulder the escalating costs of disasters linked to climate change.

The companies, Suncor and ExxonMobil, say lawsuits aren't the way to deal with the global issue. They have the backing of the Trump administration, which argues the litigation is a power grab intended to impose regulations on emissions.

Assault weapons bans

About a dozen states have banned semiautomatic rifles like AR-15s, which are often called assault weapons. They say the guns are disproportionately used in mass shootings, and banning them helps reduce gun violence.

Challengers say those laws violate the Second Amendment. They argue that AR-15s and other similar weapons are among the most popular and commonly owned guns in the country.

The conservative-majority court has expanded gun rights in recent years, and four justices had signaled that it was only a matter of time before the court took up the issue. The case will be considered in December.

Immigration

The court will hear two significant immigration cases with potentially big implications for Trump's wide-reaching crackdown.

One is about deportations of migrants who can't be quickly sent back to their home countries. The Trump administration has been sending thousands to other countries where they have no ties, under a series of often-secret agreements.

The Supreme Court will consider overturning lower court orders allowing them a chance to object. The justices have allowed the flights to continue in the meantime.

The other case is over the administration's mandatory detention policy for immigrants who have been living in the U.S. illegally, even if they've been in the country for years.

The administration argues it can hold people without a bond hearing, but most appeals courts that have considered the issue disagree.

Voting

A Republican push to enforce strict Arizona voting laws will also come before the justices this term.

One measure requires people to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote using a state form, and another calls for regular purges of the voter rolls to remove people if their citizenship could not be confirmed.

It comes as Trump has failed to get legislation requiring documentary proof of citizenship for registering to vote through Congress. Arguments are set for December.

Religious rights

Catholic preschools that can't take part in a taxpayer-funded program in Colorado will come before the court in November. It's the justices' latest case involving religious rights.

St. Mary Catholic Parish says it's been left out of the state's universal preschool program over its faith-based admissions policies, which exclude kids from LGBTQ+ families.

Colorado says religious schools are welcome to participate but have to follow nondiscrimination laws. The program was created by a 2020 ballot measure and provides public funding for preschool at schools selected by parents.

Once a major player in solving conflicts and crises around the world, the 81-year-old institution has been sidelined from the top table in trying to end the wars in Iran, Ukraine and Gaza. And its precarious financial situation — caused mainly by the billions of dollars the United States owes — has forced major cuts to its humanitarian and development programs where it has remained a key player.

The annual global gathering of world leaders at the United Nations that ended last week shed some light on what the next U.N. chief needs to focus on and pursue.

In his farewell address to the General Assembly, outgoing Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told global leaders, “The world does not need a weaker United Nations.”

“It needs a U.N. strong enough to face the world as it is," he said, “and determined enough to build the world as it should.”

But is that even possible?

Much talk of a shared future with the UN at the center

After 10 years at the helm of the United Nations, Guterres said he is strongly convinced that its greatest power is to build a tomorrow that works for everyone. As he put it, “Our shared future will be forged by whether humanity can govern power wisely.”

Guterres then issued challenges to the United Nations that will be led by his successor, the 193 countries in the General Assembly “and humanity itself."

Will you “uphold the law before impunity becomes normalized?” Will you “end wars before they consume generations?” Will you tackle inequality “before societies fracture?” Will you accelerate climate action “before tipping points are crossed?” Will you govern artificial intelligence “before it governs us?" Guterres asked.

For the next secretary-general — the selection process is ongoing — the top priority will be reconfiguring the United Nations to reflect the 21st century rather than the post-World War II era when it was established.

The new U.N. chief “will have the most monumental task that the U.N. has faced in decades because you have a U.N. that’s going through this critical reform process that it has not gone through for a long time,” said Kizito Byenkya, the Open Society Institute’s advocacy director.

The U.N.'s financial crisis has led to budget cuts and efforts to consolidate programs and agencies, and eliminate hundreds of mandates ordering the U.N. Secretariat to take a wide variety of actions and deliver reports, many that never get read. That's just to name a few.

At the same time, Byenkya told The Associated Press, “You have huge pressure on all sides for the new secretary-general to act like a general and really play a central role in mediation for world conflicts.” He cited the late secretary-general Kofi Annan, who became directly involved in some conflicts and was a skilled mediator and negotiator.

“If you look at the conflicts we've been facing in the last few years, let's say from Gaza to Sudan to Ukraine and more, you often have to ask yourself: Where has the role of the United Nations been with all of these?,” he said. “In the time of Kofi Annan, he was center to all.”

Reform sounds good but is a lot harder than one might think

During high-level week, leader after leader spoke of the need for reform. But when it comes to taking action, serious and sometimes impossible differences emerge, especially when it comes to reforming the Security Council, the U.N.’s most powerful body and still controlled by the World War II victors.

All U.N. member nations want to see the council reflect the 21st century world, but there are huge national differences on how it should be expanded. That has stymied progress for decades.

The five permanent members — the U.S., Russia, China, Britain and France — hold veto power, which gives them ultimate control. Africa, home to 1.5 billion people, has no permanent seat. Neither does Latin America. Neither do the collection of island nations whose existence is threatened by climate change.

“Security Council reform is not a favor to Africa,” Ghana’s President John Mahama told world leaders last week. “It is an imperative for the legitimacy, credibility, and survival of the United Nations.”

Mahama also raised perhaps the most difficult problem that will confront the next U.N. chief: the world’s “intense fragmentation, deepening inequality and eroded trust in our multilateral system.”

“We must address the alarming breakdown of global order today,” he said, pointing to “the dangerous drift toward unilateralism."

Mahama lauded the U.N. Charter, whose opening words say the organization was founded to prevent a repetition of the 20th century’s two world wars. That, he said, “must reign supreme over the cynical doctrine that `might makes right.’”

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You'd never know it by the way they played Sunday night.

Young completed 29 of 41 passes for 329 yards and two touchdowns to McMillan, who had 14 catches for a career-high 192 yards, and the Panthers overcame an injury-filled week to beat the Detroit Lions 32-26.

“Everything just clicked tonight,” McMillan said. “There were some plays throughout the week that we may not have hit on, but (offensive coordinator) Brad Idzik called the plays and Bryce trusted it. He made good throws and we converted. I can't tell you what happened tonight. Maybe it was just the Charlotte air.”

Young, who was serenaded with “M-V-P! M-V-P!” chants by fans in the fourth quarter, said he never second-guessed throwing McMillan's way because he has so much confidence in him.

“I know what kind of player he is. He's special,” Young said. “I always trust him. I have confidence in him and I know one (bad) practice isn't going to change that."

Also, Young didn't have a lot of other experienced options.

With two of Carolina's top three wide receivers in Jalen Coker and Xavier Legette out with injuries, Young was forced to heavily on McMillan, and the 2025 Offensive Rookie of the Year.

And he responded in a big way early on for the Panthers (2-2).

McMillan had nine catches for 147 yards in the first half, including a 32-yard touchdown.

He joined Steve Smith Sr. and Patrick Jeffers as the only Carolina players with at least 10 receptions, 150 yards receiving and two touchdowns in a game. And he came close to breaking the franchise records for receptions (15) set by Christian McCaffrey and yards receiving (201) held by Smith.

Young entered Week 4 leading the league in yards passing and the No. 1 overall pick in 2023 opened the game by completing his first 11 passes.

Chuba Hubbard gave the running game a needed spark carrying 20 times for a season-high 122 yards and two touchdowns as Carolina scored on six straight possessions after punting on its opening drive.

Jared Goff threw for 412 yards and a touchdown to Sam LaPorta for Detroit (2-2) and Jahmyr Gibbs added 77 yards from scrimmage and scored his seventh touchdown of the year, but the Lions didn't look as explosive as they had been the first three games of the season.

Detroit was able to overcome McMillan's big first half and tie the game before the break.

Jameson Williams hauled in a 49-yard reception down the middle against an injury-depleted Carolina secondary that lost starting cornerback Jaycee Horn and Mike Jackson to eight-week-long injuries last week.

That set up Jake Bates' field goal to make it 16-all.

But Detroit's defense couldn't get off the field in the second half as Young repeatedly found an open McMillan.

Even after the Lions cut the lead to 32-26 with 3:38 left in the game on LaPorta's TD catch, McMillan responded with a toe-tapping reception along the right sideline for a first down that kept the clock moving.

Still, drive ended in a sack and the Panthers were forced to punt.

The Lions had a chance to win the game on their final drive, which started at their own 13 with 2:12 remaining. But Goff couldn't pick up a first down and Young knelt down twice to end it.

“We got ourselves in a hole there, which is frustrating,” Lions coach Dan Campbell said. “At the end of the day, we had our opportunities. Our defense came up with a stop and we had the ball with about with two minutes left to go win the game. And we just couldn’t get it done.”

Injuries

Lions: Cornerback Rock Ya-Sin left in the second half with a hamstring injury.

Panthers: Rookie right tackle Monroe Freeling, the team's first-round draft pick, injured a knee in the third quarter and did not return. Coker was inactive with a quadriceps injury. Linebacker Jaelan Phillips left in the fourth quarter with a hamstring injury. Canales had no update on either player after the game.

Up next

Lions: At Arizona next Sunday.

Panthers: Will have a chance to heal up with a bye next week before visiting Philadelphia on Oct. 18.

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