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Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested John Almonacid on Saturday in Weston, according to a BSO deputy’s arrest report.

Almonacid got out of his car near Bonaventure and Royal Palm Boulevard, walked up to the teen’s car, and “punched him on the right side of his face with a closed fist,” a deputy wrote, according to the arrest report.

The teen had allegedly “honked his horn” and a witness’s video showed him and another teen getting out of the Genesis, “and motioning to Almonacid,” a deputy wrote, according to the report.

Almonacid faced a charge of burglary with an assault, a first-degree felony. His bond was $20,000.

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Attorney Lourna Rosembert Joseph, with ILG Immigration Group, said that TPS for Haitians was first granted in 2010, so many people have built their lives here over the last 16 years. Now, there’s concern swirling in the community ― and misinformation.

“So, right now is the time where, unfortunately, there’s a lot of scams going on, so for one, it’s not to panic,” Rosembert Joseph said. “Two, do your research. I think Temporary Protected Status is a good thing, but I think everyone forgot the ‘temporary’ portion of it.”

She said even though TPS has ended, some may still qualify for other forms of immigration relief.

“Make sure you get all your affairs in order ― and what I mean by that is your immigration documents and so forth,” Rosembert Joseph said. “Make sure you research whoever you speak to and understand that social media is not the best source of news.”

Her advice now to those affected is to speak with an immigration attorney and, if they haven’t already, have conversations with their employers about their work status.

“Showing up to work may not work,” Rosembert Joseph said. “I suggest they speak to the employer, find out what can happen, but technically they’re not supposed to be working right now. And I agree, it’s a tough situation to be in right now.”

She said old asylum claims could be relevant.

“You can either file a motion to reopen, a motion to reconsider, or even an appeal,” Rosembert Joseph said.

But she said previous removal orders halted by TPS are now back in play.

“So what happens now is if you get caught up with ICE or anything that way, they have a reason to keep you, because technically you had a removal order 30 years ago,” Rosembert Joseph said. “Before you cure that issue (asylum or other forms of relief), you have to go back and cure the removal order because it stops you from going further.”

Rosembert Joseph also said the impact won’t just be felt by the people losing their status. Thousands of Haitians have been working, paying taxes and filling critical jobs across South Florida.

“We’re not going to be able to replace these individuals,” she said. “So then, what does that do, right? If employers can’t have anyone working, then we have an issue. I think this is going to force the government to really think and strategize before they do this.”

And, while there’s a lot of uncertainty, she said her clients are not packing their bags.

“Haiti is not in a (position) right now to receive individuals with everything that’s going on. They barely have a government,” Rosembert Joseph said. “So no one is looking forward to say, ‘You know what? Let me just pack my bags and go home.’ So that is not anything that they’re doing. I think everyone is just panicking.”

ILG Immigration Group is planning free speed consultations to help people understand their rights and options. The firm plans to post information about the events on its Facebook and Instagram pages.

Los agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward arrestaron a John Almonacid el sábado en Weston, según un informe de arresto de un agente de BSO.

Almonacid salió de su vehículo cerca de Bonaventure y Royal Palm Boulevard, caminó hacia el auto del adolescente y “lo golpeó en el lado derecho de la cara con el puño cerrado”, escribió un agente, según el informe de arresto.

El adolescente presuntamente había “tocado la bocina” y el video de un testigo mostró que él y otro adolescente salieron del Genesis, “y le hicieron señas a Almonacid”, escribió un agente, según el informe.

Almonacid enfrentó un cargo de robo con agresión, un delito grave de primer grado. Su fianza era de $20,000 USD.

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Police said it happened at around 9:30 a.m. while the bus was in the area of Abbott Avenue and Indian Creek Drive on North Beach.

According to an arrest report, the victim told officers that after he got on the bus, he saw a man, later identified as Demetrius Jerrell Byrd, “screaming and yelling at other passengers on the bus.”

Police said the man tried to have a “conversation” with Byrd in an attempt “to possibly calm him down,” but at one point told Byrd to “shut up.”

“This led Mr. Byrd to take out a silver multi-tool from his pocket and open it to one of the tools that appeared to be a blade,” a Miami Beach police officer wrote in the arrest report.

According to the report, he then walked toward the man with the blade and asked, “Who wants to die today?”

Police said they found the blade in Byrd’s pocket after patting him down and arrested him on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

He was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where records show he was being held on a $5,000 bond and a domestic violence warrant as of late Tuesday morning.

La policía indicó que ocurrió alrededor de las 9:30 a.m. mientras el autobús se encontraba en el área de Abbott Avenue e Indian Creek Drive en North Beach.

Según un informe de arresto, la víctima dijo a los agentes que después de subir al autobús vio a un hombre, identificado posteriormente como Demetrius Jerrell Byrd, “gritando y vociferando a otros pasajeros del autobús”.

La policía indicó que el hombre intentó tener una “conversación” con Byrd para “posiblemente calmarlo”, pero en un momento le dijo a Byrd que se “callara”.

“Esto llevó al señor Byrd a sacar de su bolsillo una multiherramienta plateada y abrirla con una de las herramientas que parecía ser una hoja”, escribió un oficial de la policía de Miami Beach en el informe de arresto.

Según el informe, luego caminó hacia el hombre con la hoja y preguntó: “¿Quién quiere morir hoy?”

La policía indicó que encontraron la hoja en el bolsillo de Byrd después de registrarlo y lo arrestaron bajo un cargo de agresión agravada con un arma mortal.

Fue ingresado en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight, donde los registros muestran que permanecía detenido con una fianza de $5,000 USD y una orden por violencia doméstica hasta la mañana del martes.

La abogada Lourna Rosembert Joseph, del grupo ILG Immigration Group, indicó que el TPS para haitianos fue otorgado por primera vez en 2010, por lo que muchas personas han construido sus vidas aquí durante los últimos 16 años. Ahora, hay preocupación en la comunidad y desinformación.

“Entonces, ahora mismo es el momento en el que, desafortunadamente, hay muchas estafas ocurriendo, así que, por una parte, no hay que entrar en pánico”, dijo Rosembert Joseph. “Dos, hagan su investigación. Creo que el Estatus de Protección Temporal es algo bueno, pero creo que todos olvidaron la parte de ‘temporal’”.

Dijo que, aunque el TPS ha terminado, algunas personas todavía podrían calificar para otras formas de alivio migratorio.

“Asegúrense de poner todos sus asuntos en orden, y con eso me refiero a sus documentos migratorios y demás”, dijo Rosembert Joseph. “Asegúrense de investigar a quien consulten y entiendan que las redes sociales no son la mejor fuente de noticias”.

Su consejo ahora para las personas afectadas es hablar con un abogado de inmigración y, si aún no lo han hecho, conversar con sus empleadores sobre su estatus laboral.

“Presentarse a trabajar podría no funcionar”, dijo Rosembert Joseph. “Sugiero que hablen con el empleador, averigüen qué puede pasar, pero técnicamente no se supone que estén trabajando ahora mismo. Y estoy de acuerdo, es una situación difícil en la que estar ahora”.

Dijo que antiguos casos de asilo podrían ser relevantes.

“Pueden presentar una moción para reabrir, una moción para reconsiderar o incluso una apelación”, dijo Rosembert Joseph.

Pero indicó que las órdenes de deportación anteriores detenidas por el TPS ahora vuelven a estar vigentes.

“Lo que ocurre ahora es que si son detenidos por ICE o algo por el estilo, tienen una razón para retenerlos, porque técnicamente tenían una orden de deportación de hace 30 años”, dijo Rosembert Joseph. “Antes de resolver ese problema (asilo u otras formas de alivio), tienen que volver y resolver la orden de deportación porque les impide avanzar”.

Rosembert Joseph también dijo que el impacto no solo será sentido por las personas que pierden su estatus. Miles de haitianos han estado trabajando, pagando impuestos y ocupando empleos esenciales en todo el sur de Florida.

“No vamos a poder reemplazar a estas personas”, dijo. “Entonces, ¿qué significa eso, verdad? Si los empleadores no pueden tener a nadie trabajando, entonces tenemos un problema. Creo que esto va a obligar al gobierno a realmente pensar y planificar antes de hacer esto”.

Y aunque hay mucha incertidumbre, dijo que sus clientes no están empacando sus maletas.

“Haití no está en una (posición) ahora mismo para recibir personas con todo lo que está ocurriendo. Apenas tienen un gobierno”, dijo Rosembert Joseph. “Así que nadie está pensando en decir: ‘Sabes qué, simplemente voy a empacar mis maletas y regresar a casa’. Eso no es algo que estén haciendo. Creo que todos simplemente están entrando en pánico”.

ILG Immigration Group está planeando consultas rápidas gratuitas para ayudar a las personas a entender sus derechos y opciones.

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Deputies arrested Jaden Zabala, 22, and Gian Zabala, 24, on Monday over the attack on July 2, according to a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputy’s report.

“He was picked up by his brother ... to go to what he believed was their father’s residence,” a deputy wrote, according to the arrest report.

The victim reported it was an ambush involving his brothers and four other men, according to the MDSO deputy’s arrest report.

“He was immediately struck in the back of the head with an AK-47-style rifle and was then physically attacked by all involved parties ... being repeatedly pistol-whipped,” a deputy wrote, according to the report.

The victim said Jaden Zabala stole his cell phone and took him to his home in North Miami Beach, but he refused to open the door, according to the report.

“The group demanded that the victim open the front door so they could search the residence for an item,” a deputy wrote, according to the report.

Miami-Dade corrections booked Jaden and Gian Zabala on Monday night at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Gian Zabala faced four charges: Kidnapping involving a weapon, firearm, or aggravated battery; aggravated battery; attempted burglary of an occupied dwelling; and armed robbery with a firearm or deadly weapon.

Jaden Zabala faced three charges: Kidnapping involving a weapon, firearm, or aggravated battery; aggravated battery; and attempted burglary of an occupied dwelling.

Local 10 News Assignment Editor Mercedes Cevallos contributed to this report.

Los agentes arrestaron a Jaden Zabala, de 22 años, y Gian Zabala, de 24 años, el lunes por el ataque ocurrido el 2 de julio, según un informe de un agente de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade.

“Su hermano lo recogió... para ir donde él creía era la residencia de su padre”, escribió un agente, según el informe de arresto.

La víctima reportó que fue una emboscada en la que participaron sus hermanos y otros cuatro hombres, según el informe de arresto del agente de MDSO.

“Fue golpeado inmediatamente en la parte posterior de la cabeza con un rifle estilo AK-47 y luego fue atacado físicamente por todas las partes involucradas ... siendo golpeado repetidamente con la culata de un arma”, escribió un agente, según el informe.

La víctima dijo que Jaden Zabala le robó su teléfono celular y lo llevó a su casa en North Miami Beach, pero él se negó a abrir la puerta, según el informe.

“El grupo exigió que la víctima abriera la puerta principal para poder registrar la residencia en busca de un objeto”, escribió un agente, según el informe.

El Departamento de Correcciones de Miami-Dade ingresó a Jaden y Gian Zabala el lunes por la noche en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight.

Gian Zabala enfrentó cuatro cargos: secuestro con arma, arma de fuego o agresión agravada; agresión agravada; intento de robo en una vivienda ocupada; y robo armado con arma de fuego o arma mortal.

Jaden Zabala enfrentó tres cargos: secuestro con arma, arma de fuego o agresión agravada; agresión agravada; e intento de robo en una vivienda ocupada.

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The Secret Service confirmed that Marquez Christopher Pinder, 29, is a current agent assigned to South Florida.

“The United States Secret Service takes seriously any criminal misconduct allegations involving one of our employees.

“As the Agent in Charge of the Miami Field Office, I have been informed that a local law enforcement agency is investigating one of our employees. We are fully cooperating with the investigation. I am unable to comment on details about the ongoing investigation however, I can say that the employee is on administrative leave and has been since the moment we were notified.

“The Secret Service is built upon the trust and confidence placed in us by our protectees and the American people. We hold our employees to the highest standards. The Secret Service remains committed to accountability, professionalism, and integrity, and any misconduct will be addressed swiftly and appropriately upon completion of the investigative and judicial process.”

Michael Townsend, Special Agent in Charge, Miami Field Office

Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz and Sweetwater Police Chief Sergio Diez announced the arrests of Pinder, 26-year-old Jared Lamar James and 29-year-old Elijah Delano Dyous over the weekend.

An arrest warrant states that one of the victims was an undergraduate student at UM when he attended interest group meetings to become a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. Because he is now a graduate law student at UM, he is a member of the alumni chapter, authorities said.

A second victim is currently employed by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.

Online jail records show James was arrested Friday and Pinder was taken into custody on Sunday. Dyous, of West Park, was arrested Friday in Broward County.

Authorities said an investigation uncovered evidence of alleged hazing incidents involving prolonged and repeated beatings with canes and paddles.

According to investigators, the hazing began April 1 inside an apartment unit at IDENTITY Miami, located at 400 SW 107th Ave., in Sweetwater and continued through April 2 and April 3 at the same location. On April 4, authorities said the hazing continued at a home in unincorporated Miami-Dade County.

Authorities said the beatings were carried out by the three suspects.

According to an arrest warrant, one of the victims identified Pinder as the “dean of pledges” and James as the “vice dean of pledges.”

The warrant states that part of the pledging process involved “getting down,” in which they were placed into the “KUT,” which stands for “Knowledge, Understanding, Teaching.”

According to the warrant, the victims were asked questions about the fraternity’s history and if they got an answer wrong, they would be placed in a “stress position,” described as “a half squat with one arm pointed forward.”

Detectives said while they were in that position, the victims would be struck on their buttocks with a paddle, and canes would also be used on the victims.

According to the warrant, two victims were subjected to hours of these “sessions” each day and were told to tell the suspects if they felt they were reaching their “physical limit,” including by urinating blood or feeling like they would pass out.

Detectives said one of the pledges did urinate blood during a bathroom break, which another pledge witnessed, but after informing the suspects, he was told it was too soon for anything like that to occur.

According to the warrant, the beatings intensified on April 4 when one of the victims bled through his underwear and pants.

When the other pledge notified Pinder of the injuries, all present fraternity members -- which included several men who did not participate in the beatings, but engaged in “acts of intimidation” -- became upset and instructed the two pledges to strip their clothing and throw it in the garbage, the warrant stated.

Detectives said the health of one of the victims began deteriorating following the April 4 beating and he began to suffer from “vomiting, fevers and immense pain on his buttocks.”

The warrant states that he went to an urgent care facility, but was transported to Jackson South Medical Center, due to large portions of his buttocks becoming necrotic.

The victim had to get substantial portions of skin and soft tissue surgically removed and receive extensive skin grafts to cover the areas that were removed, the warrant stated.

“Had (the victim) not received necessary emergency medical care, his injuries would have resulted in renal failure leading to death,” the warrant stated.

Detectives said the second victim also had to seek medical care for wounds to his backside, although he denied that he had been subjected to paddling.

According to the warrant, a search warrant was obtained for that victim’s medical records, which revealed that he had extensive medical treatment from April 6 to April 24 and had even been intubated.

Detectives said despite his denials, his injuries were consistent with the statements provided by the first victim that they had both been subjected to severe beatings to their backsides.

Pinder, James and Dyous are each charged with two counts of attempted manslaughter with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon causing great bodily harm and hazing with a deadly weapon.

Pinder appeared in bond court Monday, where he was ordered held on a $75,000 bond. If he posts bond, he will be placed on house arrest with a GPS monitor and he is not allowed to have any contact with the victims or his fraternity brothers.

“Among some, fraternity hazing might be seen as a tradition creating a sense of belonging and brotherhood, but since 2001, hazing in Florida has killed Chad Meredith, Robert Champion and Andrew Coffey while seriously injuring others. This case, with the victims requiring hospitalization, provide clear-cut examples of hazing’s danger,” Fernandez Rundle said. “In Florida, hazing is abuse and it is a crime. Its victims too often lie in their graves and in hospital beds.”

Kappa Alpha Psi leadership said in a statement that they maintain a “zero-tolerance policy on hazing.”

“Hazing is illegal, strictly prohibited, and is never a condition of membership,” the statement read. “The arrested perpetrators are not active or financial members …They do not have any authority to conduct any program or authorize any process on our behalf.”

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According to Hallandale Beach police, the shooting was reported just before 10:40 p.m. Monday in the 1000 block of Pembroke Road.

A Local 10 News crew was at the scene as police were spotted in a parking garage that was blocked off with crime scene tape.

Officers were seen focusing their attention on a Honda Civic inside the parking garage that was riddled with bullets. Three distinct bullet holes marked the backside of the car and another bullet was spotted on the driver’s side door.

What appeared to be a gun was sitting on the roof of the vehicle.

According to police, the victim and a witness who was also in the car called 911 after the shooting.

“Upon arrival, officers located an adult male victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds inside a vehicle,” HBPD said in a news release.

Police said officers and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue medics rendered aid to the victim, but he ultimately died from his injuries.

According to police, the shooting actually occurred in the 600 block of Northwest Fourth Court, and the victim and witness then left in the car, stopping a short distance away to call 911.

Residents in the area told Local 10 News that they heard about five to six gunshots ringing out Monday night.

“I had my fan running, and I was just about to get ready for bed, so I wasn’t really sure (what was happening),” Genesis Morales said. “I didn’t want to go outside and check because I usually don’t when there’s that going on … But yeah, I don’t really know. I don’t know what happened. I don’t know what’s going on over there. It’s a little nerve-wracking, to be honest with you, because I could have been here with my daughter.”

A man wearing a blue hoodie was spotted in handcuffs at the scene, but police confirmed that no arrests have been made at this time.

A motive for the shooting remains unclear.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the Hallandale Beach Police Department at 954-457-1400 or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.

And quite frankly, he's not sure he ever will.

“Big losses in tough moments are things you never really get over because they stay with you for the rest of your career,” Freese told The Associated Press ahead of the Major League Soccer All-Star Game coming up Wednesday in Charlotte. “They continue to motivate you for the rest of your career."

Freese made a costly mistake in the loss when he rushed well out of his box to clear a long ball, then hesitated under pressure to kick it away.

Belgium quickly converted the miscue into a goal to take a 3-1 lead in the 57th minute, all but sealing the Americans' fate.

American soccer fans haven't let Freese forget about it.

In his first MLS match since the World Cup last week, the New York City FC goalkeeper was reportedly booed by fans every time he touched the ball during the game in Columbus, Ohio.

“It’s important to not let bad things define you, but I think it's also important not to let good things define you either,” Freese said. “It's important to be a consistent presence with consistent energy.”

Freese is one of four U.S. national team players selected to the MLS All-Star Game.

Another, veteran defender Tim Ream, openly acknowledges he doesn't have a secret formula for what it'll take for the Americans to one day reach the World Cup quarterfinals.

He can only point to the one thing he knows that lends itself to success: hard work.

“You put your head down and do as much as you possibly can," Ream said. "And, at some point you will break through that barrier. It just takes work, more work and more work. ... Before you know it, you're past that."

Ream said he believes better days are ahead despite the loss.

Wing-back Max Arfsten thinks the increased fan attention on the World Cup — with the majority of games played in the United States — will only serve to inspire more athletes in the country to take up the sport.

That, he said, is a good thing.

“The next step for us is to keep growing the sport,” Arfsten said. “The more people that are playing, the better players there will be. The more competitiveness, the more players playing in the top leagues in Europe is important as well. I feel like all of those combined is going to lead to success."

Ream added that when it comes to the World Cup, two things can be true: Players can be disappointed over the way they played and “crashed out” against Belgium, but also excited about what they accomplished in the earlier games.

“You can be proud of how much it galvanized the country, the people around it and the sport — and just how much fun it was,” Ream said.

Freese agrees.

“It’s important for us to be aware of the positive outcomes that happened in the tournament as well as use that to inspire new generations to continue to get better — to get past that round of 16, to get past the quarterfinals and make it to the semis and the finals,” Freese said.

Messi won't play in the All-Star Game

Charlotte is hosting the MLS All-Star Game for the first time at Charlotte FC owner Dave Tepper's Bank of America Stadium, but the league will again be without its biggest star for the showcase event.

Messi, who helped Argentina reach the finals of the World Cup before losing to Spain, is taking advantage of some allotted time off before returning to soccer and Inter Miami CF.

He has been replaced on the roster.

Messi has 12 goals and eight assists this season in MLS play.

Getting a boost from the World Cup

Several players, including Ream, said they have noticed a big boost in fan interest in MLS games and soccer in general since the World Cup.

“We could see it while we were playing in the World Cup, but now it's like I can't leave my house,” Ream said.

He's not complaining.

"Being able to inspire more people to play is obviously secondary to what our job is, which is compete and win games, but it's such a rewarding feeling knowing that so many more people are paying attention to our sport,” Ream said.

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According to an arrest report from the Margate Police Department, the alleged crime happened Friday at Serino Park, located at 5600 SW Eighth Court.

Police said the victim was sleeping on a bench off Southwest Eighth Court and North State Road 7 when she was awakened by a man, later identified as Omar Boatwright, of Margate, who asked her for sex.

The victim told police that she refused, but he kept insisting and told her to accompany him to the nearby park.

According to the report, the victim began walking with Boatwright, but attempted to flee before any sexual contact occurred.

The report states that surveillance video shows Boatwright chasing after the victim and then grabbing her from behind.

According to the report, the victim began screaming and tried to hit Boatwright, but she missed.

He then repeatedly punched her in the head and face and choked her until she lost consciousness, authorities said.

Police said the victim regained consciousness as she was lying in a grassy area of the park as Boatwright was trying to remove her pants.

She told police that he then raped her about four times over the course of about six hours.

According to the report, the victim was able to contact police as she and Boatwright were still at the park, and he was taken into custody.

Police said the victim had bruising to her eyes and red markings to her face and neck area, consistent with her account of being struck and choked.

According to the report, the victim “appeared visibly shaken, nervous and emotionally distressed.”

She was transported to the Sexual Assault Treatment Center where a forensic examination was conducted.

Clothing worn by both the victim and Boatwright were collected for evidence, the report stated.

According to the report, the victim told police that she had never seen Boatwright prior to this encounter, but Boatwright claimed that he knew the victim and had approached her because she owed him about $200.

Police said Boatwright claimed that he had asked the woman for sex and she agreed. He denied striking her, but couldn’t explain how she sustained her injuries, authorities said.

Boatwright was arrested on charges of sexual assault/sexual battery with a weapon or force and battery by strangulation.

As of Tuesday afternoon, Boatwright was being held at the Broward County Main Jail without bond.

Según un informe de arresto del Departamento de Policía de Margate, el presunto delito ocurrió el viernes en Serino Park, ubicado en 5600 SW Eighth Court.

La policía indicó que la víctima estaba durmiendo en una banca cerca de Southwest Eighth Court y North State Road 7 cuando fue despertada por un hombre, identificado posteriormente como Omar Boatwright, de Margate, quien le pidió tener relaciones sexuales.

La víctima dijo a la policía que se negó, pero él siguió insistiendo y le pidió que lo acompañara al parque cercano.

Según el informe, la víctima comenzó a caminar con Boatwright, pero intentó escapar antes de que ocurriera cualquier contacto sexual.

El informe señala que el video de vigilancia muestra a Boatwright persiguiendo a la víctima y luego sujetándola por detrás.

Según el informe, la víctima comenzó a gritar e intentó golpear a Boatwright, pero no lo logró.

Las autoridades indicaron que luego él la golpeó repetidamente en la cabeza y el rostro y la estranguló hasta que perdió el conocimiento.

La policía indicó que la víctima recuperó la conciencia mientras estaba acostada en un área con césped del parque, mientras Boatwright intentaba quitarle los pantalones.

La víctima dijo a la policía que él luego la violó aproximadamente cuatro veces durante unas seis horas.

Según el informe, la víctima pudo contactar a la policía mientras ella y Boatwright todavía estaban en el parque, y él fue detenido.

La policía indicó que la víctima tenía moretones en los ojos y marcas rojas en el rostro y el área del cuello, consistentes con su relato de haber sido golpeada y estrangulada.

Según el informe, la víctima “parecía visiblemente alterada, nerviosa y emocionalmente angustiada”.

Fue trasladada al Centro de Tratamiento de Agresión Sexual, donde se le realizó un examen forense.

El informe indicó que la ropa usada tanto por la víctima como por Boatwright fue recolectada como evidencia.

Según el informe, la víctima dijo a la policía que nunca había visto a Boatwright antes de este encuentro, pero Boatwright afirmó que conocía a la víctima y que se le acercó porque ella le debía alrededor de $200 USD.

La policía indicó que Boatwright afirmó que le pidió tener relaciones sexuales a la mujer y que ella aceptó. Negó haberla golpeado, pero no pudo explicar cómo sufrió sus heridas, informaron las autoridades.

Boatwright fue arrestado bajo cargos de agresión sexual/agresión sexual con arma o por fuerza y agresión por estrangulamiento.

Hasta la tarde del martes, Boatwright permanecía detenido en la cárcel principal del condado Broward sin derecho a fianza.

No se han reportado muertes ni personas desaparecidas a causa del tornado, que el lunes abrió una franja de destrucción a través de la región de Fox Cities, que incluye Appleton, Menasha y Neenah, a unos 160 kilómetros (100 millas) al noroeste de Milwaukee. Las autoridades no han dicho cuántas personas resultaron heridas, aunque al menos un testigo describió haber visto a alguien siendo sacado de un edificio destruido que parecía estar lastimado.

El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional informó que el tornado, que tocó tierra a primera hora de la tarde del lunes y estuvo precedido por advertencias para buscar refugio, permaneció en el suelo a lo largo de unos 19 kilómetros (12 millas) el martes. En su punto más ancho, tenía casi 1,6 kilómetros (una milla) de diámetro.

Arrancó techos de viviendas y negocios, volcó vehículos, cercenó copas de árboles y derribó postes de servicios públicos, dejando a más de 15.000 clientes sin electricidad el martes en los condados de Winnebago y Outagamie, según PowerOutage.us. Podrían pasar varios días antes de que se restablezca el suministro eléctrico.

Las autoridades abrieron refugios para los residentes desplazados y emitieron un aviso para hervir agua en parte de un sistema de abastecimiento en Fox Crossing que perdió presión.

“Todo indica que se trató de un sistema devastador que ha causado daños extensos”, manifestó Tom Nelson, ejecutivo del condado de Outagamie.

Tornado relativamente potente

El tornado, según el servicio meteorológico, se desprendió de un gran sistema de tormentas que atravesó la región de los Grandes Lagos, alimentado por una acumulación de calor y humedad.

Funcionarios del servicio meteorológico estaban evaluando los daños el martes, señaló Roy Eckberg, meteorólogo de la agencia.

“Un tornado de ese tipo es bastante raro en el noreste de Wisconsin, pero ocurren de vez en cuando”, comentó, y añadió que fue inusual que el tornado se desplazara hacia el sur en lugar de hacia el este o el noreste.

Los datos preliminares indican que fue un EF3, lo que significa que registró vientos de 219 a 266 km/h (136 a 165 mph), informó el servicio meteorológico.

Residentes describen momentos aterradores

Heather Schroeder contó que escuchó crujidos y estallidos a su alrededor mientras el tornado destrozaba una lavandería, una panadería y una taberna en una esquina de Menasha.

Los rescatistas sacaron a alguien de un edificio y no estaba claro si había sobrevivido, dijo Schroeder, quien trabaja cerca. Los autos quedaron boca abajo y hubo una fuga de gas en la lavandería, agregó.

“No queda nada”, expresó Schroeder.

Un video aéreo del martes mostró viviendas en Menasha sin techo o completamente vaciadas por dentro.

Greg Van Driest estaba trabajando en el centro de Appleton cuando el cielo se oscureció como si fuera de noche.

“La palabra que todos usábamos era ‘ominoso’”, declaró. “Dijimos ‘Mira, mira mira eso’... Mirabas afuera y pensabas que eran las tres de la mañana, de lo oscuro que estaba”.

Gordon Hintz, el principal funcionario electo del condado de Winnebago, indicó que recibió múltiples reportes de edificios destruidos y vehículos volcados. Se activaron todas las alertas de tormenta que podían emitirse con anticipación para poner a la gente a salvo, apuntó.

“Obviamente, cuando miras los daños, a la Madre Naturaleza ni le importa”, expresó.

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Mayes-Osterman reportó desde Chicago y Seewer desde Toledo, Ohio. Contribuyeron a esta nota los corresponsales Dave Collins en Hartford, Connecticut; Christopher L. Keller en Albuquerque, Nuevo México; Laura Turbay en Little Rock, Arkansas; Sophie Bates en Jackson, Mississippi; Hannah Schoenbaum en Salt Lake City y Michael R. Sisak en Nueva York.

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

“Always exciting,” Folk said Tuesday after reporting for his first training camp with the Atlanta Falcons. Folk, 41, and the Falcons will have their first practice on Wednesday.

“I tell everyone, there is nothing like playing on Sundays,” Folk said. “Being in front of people, being in front your fans and playing, there’s nothing like it. So training camp is just the start of that. And I’m just excited to kind of get going.”

Folk signed with the Falcons on March 9, three days before the team signed free-agent punter Jake Bailey.

The Falcons' interest in Folk was easy to explain after the team went through three kickers — Younghoe Koo, Parker Romo and Zane Gonzalez — in 2025.

Folk has enjoyed consistent success after being drafted by the Cowboys in 2007. He leads all active kickers with 431 career field goals, playing for Dallas, the New York Jets, Tampa Bay, New England and Tennessee.

Folk joins the Falcons after claiming the NFL's best field-goal accuracy in three consecutive seasons. He made 28 of 29 attempts for the Jets last year after also having only one miss in back-to-back seasons with Tennessee — 29 of 30 in 2023 and 21 of 22 in 2024.

Folk said he was drawn to the Falcons by the chance to work with their new special teams coach, Craig Aukerman, who was his coach at Tennessee. For Folk, it's also a reunion with Bailey, who was his teammate in New England.

“Craig Aukerman was a lot of it,” Folk said. “I enjoyed playing for Craig. Having Jake come as well, I played with him for four years in New England. It was just a whole bunch of things. ... To come out here, there’s a lot of positives to it. I like the way the team is going. Hopefully we can get over the top and get in the playoffs.”

The Falcons are led by a new leadership team of president of football Matt Ryan, general manager Ian Cunningham and coach Kevin Stefanski. The team has had eight consecutive losing seasons since its last playoff appearance in 2017.

Atlanta boasts a strong offense led by running back Bijan Robinson, who was named All-Pro after leading the league in yards from scrimmage last season. The offense also boasts established leaders in wide receiver Drake London and tight end Kyle Pitts, who each landed new contracts in the offseason.

The big question on offense will be quarterback, where Michael Penix Jr. is expected to compete with Tua Tagovailoa for the starting job. Tagovailoa led the first-team offense in 11-on-11 drills during offseason work while Penix was limited as he continued his recovery from surgery in November to repair the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

The Falcons have not said if Penix will have full clearance for the start of training camp. Stefanski did not speak with reporters on Tuesday. The quarterbacks were not seen in the portion of the veterans' check-in process made available to media.

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Según la policía de Hallandale Beach, la balacera fue reportada poco antes de las 10:40 p.m. del lunes en la cuadra 1000 de Pembroke Road.

Un equipo de Local 10 News se encontraba en la escena, en la cuadra 1000 de Pembroke Road, donde la policía fue vista en un estacionamiento que estaba acordonado con cinta de escena del crimen.

Los agentes centraban su atención en un Honda Civic dentro del estacionamiento que estaba acribillado a balazos. Tres impactos de bala eran visibles en la parte trasera del vehículo y otro impacto se observaba en la puerta del lado del conductor.

Lo que parecía ser un arma de fuego estaba sobre el techo del vehículo.

Según la policía, la víctima y un testigo que también se encontraba en el vehículo llamaron al 911 después de la balacera.

“Al llegar, los agentes localizaron a una víctima adulta masculina que sufría múltiples heridas de bala dentro de un vehículo”, indicó el Departamento de Policía de Hallandale Beach (HBPD) en un comunicado de prensa.

La policía indicó que los agentes y los paramédicos de Rescate de Bomberos de Broward brindaron ayuda a la víctima, pero finalmente murió a causa de sus heridas.

Según la policía, la balacera en realidad ocurrió en la cuadra 600 de Northwest Fourth Court, y la víctima y el testigo luego se fueron en el vehículo, deteniéndose a poca distancia para llamar al 911.

Residentes del área dijeron a Local 10 News que escucharon entre cinco y seis disparos la noche del lunes.

“Tenía el ventilador encendido y estaba a punto de acostarme, así que realmente no estaba segura de lo que estaba pasando”, dijo Genesis Morales. “No quise salir a revisar porque normalmente no lo hago cuando ocurre algo así... Pero la verdad es que no sé. No sé qué pasó. No sé qué está ocurriendo allí. Es un poco inquietante, para ser sincera, porque pude haber estado aquí con mi hija”.

Un hombre que vestía una sudadera azul con capucha fue visto esposado en la escena.

El motivo del tiroteo sigue sin esclarecerse.

Cualquier persona que tenga información sobre el tiroteo se le pide llamar al Departamento de Policía de Hallandale Beach al 954-457-1400 o a Broward Crime Stoppers al 954-493-TIPS.

Hadi Matar's lawyer told the court that the 28-year-old — who already has been convicted of state-level attempted murder charges — wouldn't take the stand at his trial on charges that include engaging in an act of transnational terrorism.

“At this time, the defense rests,” attorney Nathaniel Barone said. Matar has pleaded not guilty.

Prosecutors also rested their case Tuesday, and closing arguments are expected Wednesday morning. Rushdie, the prize-winning author of novels including “Midnight’s Children” and the controversial “The Satanic Verses,” testified last week about the 2022 attack that nearly killed him and left him blind in one eye.

Rushdie was about to give a talk — about writers' safety, no less — when his attacker climbed on stage behind him and stabbed him 15 times in front of a stunned audience at the Chautauqua Institution, an arts and intellectual retreat.

Spectators and another speaker, Henry Reese, scrambled to aid Rushdie and restrain the assailant, who was arrested by law enforcement officers assigned to the event. He initially gave authorities a fake driver's license, but Matar soon disclosed his real name to a state trooper, according the trooper's testimony and body camera video.

Prosecutors contend that Matar was acting upon a former Iranian leader's 1989 call for Rushdie's death because of “The Satanic Verses,” which ignited protests across the Muslim world. Some believers considered it blasphemous because of a dream sequence featuring Islam's Prophet Muhammad.

Rushdie, who was born in India into a Muslim family and is now a U.S. citizen, went into hiding for years. He gradually emerged after Iran's government distanced itself in 1998 from the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini 's fatwa, or religious order, about the writer. Khomenei died in 1989.

Prosecutors say Matar, a U.S.-born American-Lebanese citizen, acted out of loyalty to Iran and to the Lebanon-based Hezbollah militant group. The late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said in 2006 that if someone had carried out the fatwa, European newspapers wouldn't have dared publish a caricature of Muhammad that was causing an uproar in Muslim communities.

Iran’s government denied involvement in the 2022 stabbing, though its Foreign Ministry’s then-spokesperson suggested Rushdie courted trouble by insulting Islam. Nasrallah did not comment on the attack.

The U.S. government designates Hezbollah as a foreign terrorist organization. Matar, too, described the group in a 2016 paper as a terrorist organization, Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy Lynch said Tuesday during legal arguments when jurors were out of the room.

Matar started researching Rushdie's whereabouts in 2020, eventually writing in private notes that “we need to kill him ASAP” and “become a warrior and just get it over with,” prosecutors have said.

Matar didn't testify at his 2025 state court trial, either. His lawyer has said federal prosecutors are making implications but don't have proof about the man’s intentions.

“There’s no facts. There’s no hard evidence,” Barone said in an interview outside the courthouse last week. “There could be a number of reasonable, plausible explanations as to what he was thinking.”

Barone unsuccessfully argued Tuesday that prosecutors hadn't presented enough evidence for the trial to continue. A judge declined Barone's request to dismiss the case.

Matar is currently serving a 25-year state prison sentence. If convicted in the federal case, he faces a potential life sentence.

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Lippman died at his home in Tucson on July 25, according to his brother, Glenn. He died from multiple system atrophy, a rare brain disease.

A gifted writer and editor, Lippman likely made his greatest contribution to journalism through the scores of young editors and reporters he recruited, mentored in his soft-spoken but enthusiastic manner and shepherded to accomplishments they would acknowledge later they hadn’t thought possible. He had the ability to become friends with practically everybody he met, including those he supervised.

He did so as chief of AP bureaus in Louisville, Indianapolis and Los Angeles.

During his time there, Lippman oversaw the so-called Trial of the Century, when football legend O.J. Simpson was charged with — and acquitted of — killing his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. He also supervised coverage of the 1994 Northridge earthquake that killed more than 70 people and caused $20 billion in damage. And in 1992, he led coverage of the deadly 1992 Los Angeles riots that destroyed a huge swath of the city after four white police officers were acquitted of charges in the videotaped beating of Black motorist Rodney King.

"If you were in a lab and charged with creating a model bureau chief, your model could well be Andy Lippman,” said retired AP President and CEO Louis D. Boccardi, who appointed Lippman to lead the Los Angeles bureau.

“He had it all," Boccardi said. "A sharp news sense, energy without limits, loyalty to, and appreciation for, his staff wherever we sent him, a passion to serve AP members that made the bond seem more like family than business, limitless enthusiasm, thoughtfulness in matters large and small. That was a hallmark of knowing Andy Lippman.”

Colleagues remembered him as a thoughtful boss

Particularly in Los Angeles, Lippman was remembered for his thoughtfulness. Even after his retirement he would surprise staffers stuck working on Thanksgiving by showing up with a full meal — turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, the works. And dessert.

“Andy was indeed like a brother to me, from the time we met in 1982 as fellow AP bureau chiefs in adjoining states — Andy in Louisville and I in Indianapolis,” said retired AP bureau chief and regional vice president Paul Stevens, who now edits AP’s Connecting newsletter for retired and former AP journalists.

“We became forever best friends," Stevens said. "One year, he invited our then-teenage daughters to join him as his guests for the Academy Awards program in Los Angeles. He came to family weddings. And we were there for each other in the tough times, including the deaths of our parents.”

Dozens of others shared similar sentiments in recent years at various gatherings, including AP’s annual dinner for retirees. At a recent farewell party in Los Angeles that Lippman was unable to attend because of illness, every one of the dozens of people in the room recorded video tributes.

He was a journalist since the early 1960s

Andy Lippman, born April 29, 1948, in Washington, D.C., to Miriam and Morton Lippman. He grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, and seemed destined to become a journalist. He worked for his middle school newspaper and was editor of Bethesda’s Walter Johnson High School newspaper, The Pitch, his senior year.

“Working on The Pitch really kept me focused, and particularly being an editor really gave me a sense of responsibility,” he told the newspaper in 2016.

Lippman started writing “for pay” at age 15 covering high school sports for the Washington Daily News on weekends. Later, when he arrived in Los Angeles in the late 1980s, he made sure every reporter or editor knew how to cover a sports event, just in case they got pressed into service during an emergency.

After graduating from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 1970, Lippman landed a vacation relief job at the AP’s Phoenix bureau in 1971. A year later he became a permanent member of the Tucson, Arizona, staff before moving to AP’s sports desk in New York, then on to Cincinnati, where he was an AP correspondent. Then it was on to Louisville.

Sports-related coverage seemed to keep creeping back into his work life. In 1991, Lippman pressed his sports writers to confirm word, which they did, that Los Angeles Lakers superstar Magic Johnson was about to announce his retirement after contracting the AIDS virus. Lippman had reported on Johnson’s on-court rival and close friend Larry Bird during his time in Indianapolis.

He dealt with health issues but stayed in the game

In 2005, the AP honored him with the Oliver S. Gramling Spirit Award, given to staff members who display dedication, courage, and exceptional support for the news agency’s mission.

Plagued with various health issues in his later years, Lippman retired from the AP in 2009, but never lost touch with the company.

He continued to help others, teaching English to immigrants and helping about 75 holding Green Cards prepare for their tests to become U.S. citizens. In 2022, the Puente Learning Center in East Los Angeles named Lippman its Volunteer of the Year, an honor accompanied by a proclamation from the California Legislative Assembly.

Lippman never really quit journalism. For eight years, until last December, he wrote a weekly column for the South Pasadena Review, the local newspaper for the close-knit suburb just north of Los Angeles that in his final years Lippman had grown to love.

Lippman served in the U.S. Army Reserves for six years beginning in 1970. His family says he will be cremated and some of his ashes placed in Ravello, Italy; Colonial Williamsburg; Indiana; and South Pasadena, California. Survivors include his sister-in-law, Nancy Newberry, his brother Glenn and an extended family that, Glenn wrote, “was composed of his many friends, colleagues, students and community connections.” Lippman also is survived by his beloved rescue dog, Scout.

Los constantes enfrentamientos entre el Congreso y el Poder Ejecutivo provocaron desde 2016 la sucesión de ocho presidentes en una década en lugar de los dos que deberían haber gobernado por un mandato de cinco años cada uno.

Fujimori podría tener un camino más allanado para gobernar sin sobresaltos ya que en la conformación del nuevo Parlamento bicameral su partido y su aliado Renovación Popular suman 30 sillas en el Senado, con lo que podrán bloquear cualquier intento de destitución a Fujimori.

En la Cámara de Diputados, sin embargo, esa coalición suma 56 de 130 sillas por lo que la oposición podrá interpelar y censurar a los ministros de Fujimori.

A continuación un detalle de los mandatarios que se sucedieron de la última década en Perú.

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-2018)

El banquero de Wall Street llegó al poder en julio de 2016 tras vencer a Fujimori en un balotaje, pero no logró la mayoría en el entonces Parlamento unicameral. Fuerza Popular, el partido de Fujimori, alcanzó una mayoría absoluta de 73 escaños de un total de 130.

Con ese poder se enfrentó a Kuczynski y respaldó dos procesos de vacancia presidencial. El primero fracasó en diciembre de 2017, pero el segundo fue admitido en marzo de 2018. Kuczynski renunció antes de ser removido por una investigación por presunta corrupción.

Martín Vizcarra (2018-2020)

El vicepresidente Vizcarra asumió la presidencia en marzo de 2018 tras la renuncia de Kuczynski. Su permanente enfrentamiento con el Legislativo incluyó la disolución constitucional del Parlamento en 2019. En noviembre de 2020 fue destituido por incapacidad moral permanente, basada en la presunta recepción de sobornos cuando era gobernador de la región Moquegua. En 2025 Vizcarra fue condenado a 14 años por sobornos y en la actualidad está recluido en una prisión exclusiva para expresidentes.

Manuel Merino (2020)

El legislador Merino asumió la presidencia interina el 10 de noviembre de 2020 tras la destitución de Vizcarra, pero renunció pocos días después, el 14 de noviembre, luego de masivas protestas nacionales contra su gobierno que dejaron dos muertos y más de 200 heridos. La violenta represión policial desencadenó la renuncia de la mayoría de sus ministros y lo llevaron a dimitir por la pérdida de respaldo político y social.

Francisco Sagasti (2020-2021)

El legislador Sagasti asumió la presidencia en noviembre de 2020 para conducir la transición hasta las elecciones de 2021. Aunque enfrentó constantes tensiones con un Congreso fragmentado por diferencias políticas, completó su mandato y entregó el poder el 28 de julio de 2021.

Pedro Castillo (2021-2022)

El maestro rural llegó al poder tras vencer en un balotaje a Fujimori, pero no consiquió tener mayoría en el Congreso. Tras una permanente confrontación con el Parlamento, en diciembre de 2022 anunció su disolución sin sustento constitucional. El Congreso lo destituyó por incapacidad moral y su vicepresidenta Dina Boluarte asumió el poder. En 2025 Castillo fue condenado a 11 años de cárcel por conspiración para una rebelión y sigue investigado por presunta corrupción.

Dina Boluarte (2022-2025)

La legisladora y vicepresidenta gobernó desde diciembre de 2022 con una aprobación de apenas 3%, investigaciones por corrupción y tras protestas que exigían nuevas elecciones y que dejaron 50 civiles asesinados por la fuerza pública. El partido de Fujimori ayudó a bloquear siete pedidos de vacancia en su contra, pero en octubre de 2025 apoyó su destitución por incapacidad moral ante el avance del crimen organizado.

José Jerí (2025-2026)

El legislador Jerí asumió la presidencia en octubre de 2025 por sucesión constitucional tras la vacancia de Boluarte y gobernó cuatro meses con un Ejecutivo dependiente del respaldo de un Congreso liderado por una coalición integrada por el partido de Fujimori. En febrero de 2026 fue destituido por el Parlamento tras investigaciones por presunto tráfico de influencias referidas a reuniones no declaradas con empresarios chinos y contrataciones irregulares de funcionarias. Jerí negó las acusaciones.

José María Balcázar (2026)

El legislador asumió la presidencia interina en febrero de 2026 tras la destitución de Jerí y gobernó por cinco meses con el respaldo de un Congreso del que dependía políticamente. En su gestión el Parlamento aprobó una ley que permite que los uniformados que cometan delitos sean juzgados por un tribunal militar. Balcázar no convocó a elecciones ya que lo había hecho Boluarte en 2025.

There have been no reports of deaths or missing people caused by the twister that carved a path of destruction Monday through the Fox Cities region, which includes Appleton, Menasha and Neenah, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Milwaukee. Officials were still going door-to-door Tuesday.

The tornado, which touched down in the early afternoon and was preceded by warnings to take cover, remained on the ground for about 12 miles (19 kilometers), the National Weather Service said Tuesday. It was nearly a mile (1.6 kilometers) across at its widest, and it tore the roofs from homes and businesses, flipped vehicles, sheared off tree tops and knocked down utility poles.

“The depth of the tornado and its impact is incredible, devastating. We’re really still at the assessment stage,” Winnebago County Executive Gordon Hintz said at a news conference Tuesday.

Although some people were injured, “we’re lucky” that the storm arrived in the middle of the day, when many people were at work and not at home, Hintz said.

More than 15,000 customers in Winnebago and Outagamie counties were still without power Tuesday, according to PowerOutage.us. It could be several days before power is restored.

Shelters were opened for displaced residents. A boil water advisory was issued for part of a water system in Fox Crossing that lost pressure.

It was a relatively powerful twister

The twister was spun off by a large storm system that moved through the Great Lakes, fueled by a buildup of heat and humidity, the weather service said.

Weather service officials were assessing the damage Tuesday, said Roy Eckberg, an agency meteorologist.

“To get that kind of tornado is pretty rare in northeast Wisconsin, but they do happen from time to time,” he said, adding that it was unusual that the twister moved southward instead of to the east or northeast.

Preliminary data indicates it was an EF3, meaning it packed winds of 136-165 mph (219-266 kph), the weather service said.

Residents describe terrifying moments as tornado barreled through

Heather Schroeder said she heard cracking and popping all around her as the twister tore apart a laundromat, bakery and tavern along a street corner in Menasha.

Rescue workers pulled someone out of one of the buildings and it wasn't clear if they had survived, said Schroeder, who works nearby. Cars were turned upside-down, and there was a gas leak at the laundromat, she said.

“There’s nothing left,” Schroeder said.

Aerial video Tuesday showed homes in Menasha without roofs or that had been completely hollowed out.

Greg Van Driest was working in downtown Appleton when the sky got as dark as night.

“The word we all were using was ‘ominous,’” he said. “It’s like, ‘Whoa, look at that.’ ... You looked outside and you thought it was three in the morning, it was that dark.”

Gordon Hintz, Winnebago County’s top elected official, said he received multiple reports of buildings destroyed and vehicles overturned. All storm warnings that could be made ahead of time to get people to safety were activated, he said.

“Obviously when you look at the damage, Mother Nature doesn’t really care,” he said.

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Mayes-Osterman reported from Chicago and Seewer from Toledo, Ohio. Dave Collins in Hartford, Connecticut; Christopher L. Keller in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Laura Turbay in Little Rock, Arkansas; Sophie Bates in Jackson, Mississippi; Hannah Schoenbaum in Salt Lake City; and Michael R. Sisak in New York contributed to this report.

Government funding body U.K. Research and Innovation announced Monday that it will no longer fund the Lovell telescope, whose 250-foot-wide (76-meter-wide) parabolic reflecting bowl is a local landmark. It’s part of a network of seven radio telescopes across the country known as e-Merlin connected to the Jodrell Bank astrophysics center south of Manchester.

UKRI said the telescope array will not receive public funding after March 2028, following “a rigorous prioritization process to focus investment on the areas that will deliver the greatest long-term scientific capability, impact and value for the U.K.”

University of Manchester particle physicist Brian Cox called the cuts “devastating and irreversible.”

Paul Howarth, president of the Institute of Physics, said recent cuts to physics funding, including at Jodrell Bank, were “a terrible blow to the scientific community,” and urged new Prime Minister Andy Burnham to reconsider.

“For the sake of U.K. physics and our national reputation as a place to do science, conduct research and innovate, we would urge the new government to review this ruinous set of decisions,” he said.

The University of Manchester, which runs e-Merlin, said it was seeking other sources of funds from business, government or charities.

“But, if we don’t find those alternative sources of funding, then there is a risk that as of the end of March 2028, the Lovell Telescope will not be an actively functioning scientific facility for radio astronomy,” said Sarah Sharples, the university’s dean of science and engineering.

Completed in 1957, the Lovell telescope has played a major role in the history of radio astronomy, which studies distant space objects through the radio waves they emit. It tracked the progress of Sputnik when the Soviet Union launched Earth’s first artificial satellite in 1957, received the first images from the moon’s surface in 1966 and has helped scientists discover distant galaxies and study black holes, quasars, pulsars and gravitational lenses.

It also served as an early-warning system for Soviet missiles during the Cold War.

Jodrell Bank’s engagement center, open to the public and visited by generations of British schoolchildren, is not affected by the cuts.

“It is not FIFA’s to sell,” UEFA said in a statement. “None of us are the owners of football.”

Infantino's plans to form FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) running competitions like the World Cup and Club World Cup were first reported by The Times of London and the Financial Times.

FIFA said in a statement that FFE would raise up to $4.2 billion later this year to help fund development programs "based on an initial equity valuation of $20 billion by carefully selecting long-term investors who will purchase minority, non-controlling interests.”

FIFA is working with J.P. Morgan while investors would include Thrive Eternal launched by Joshua Kushner, whose brother Jared Kushner is a son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump.

The men’s World Cup that finished this month only deepened the political and personal ties between Trump and Infantino, and fueled concerns about those ties including from UEFA.

“The soul and governance of football are not assets to trade — especially with zero transparency as to who gains financially,” UEFA said Tuesday, responding to the reports of selling stakes in FIFA competitions.

FIFA is currently a Swiss-based not-for-profit association of its 211 national member federations worldwide.

Those 211 members must approve any plan and would get the chance “to access up to $20 million in one-off capital,” FIFA said.

“This is about the democratization of football worldwide,” Infantino said in a FIFA statement.

UEFA, however, said it took reports of the project “extremely seriously. So should every national Football Association.”

“This crosses a line that football’s governing institutions should never cross,” said UEFA, which comprises 55 of the FIFA members.

FIFA's previous attempt to privatize assets

The project announced Tuesday is the second time in Infantino’s increasingly controversial 11-year presidency he has tried to push through a multi-billion dollar deal with private backers.

In 2018, Infantino proposed a secretive $25 billion offer over 12 years with SoftBank of Japan to create new global competitions, including an expanded men’s Club World Cup, seemingly backed by Saudi Arabian money.

That ultimately failed after meeting fierce resistance from UEFA, which saw threats to its prize assets: the Champions League and the European Championship.

Infantino still built closer ties to Saudi soccer and the kingdom’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 World Cup and largely funded the revamped men’s Club World Cup hosted in the U.S. last year.

Infantino’s future?

The financial success of the just-ended World Cup has looked likely to ensure Infantino is re-elected next year unopposed for a fourth and final term in office through 2031.

Speculation has swirled for years that Infantino might want a different global role in soccer beyond his FIFA presidency, which is due to end when he is 61.

The Times reported Tuesday that a CEO-like commissioner role of the new FFE operation could be created for Infantino.

“This has never been discussed,” FIFA said in a statement Tuesday. “However, the FIFA president and the FIFA administration will and must have leading roles in this entity — if approved.”

There was no timetable suggested Tuesday for debate and decisions by FIFA, its ruling Council chaired by Infantino, and the 211 members.

FIFA is scheduled to hold an online congress on Nov. 23 to confirm hosts of the Women's World Cup editions in 2031 and 2035.

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El Departamento de Cumplimiento de la Ley de Florida (FDLE) informó en el momento del secuestro, que Juliet Arioso, de 13 años, se encontraba en compañía de Jason Castillo, de 45 años.

Según la Oficina del Sheriff del condado de Marion, alrededor de las 17:20 horas, los agentes localizaron el vehículo de Castillo y este se negó a detenerse.

Fue abatido a tiros tras finalizar la persecución.

“La investigación sigue en curso”, según la MCSO. “Se facilitará más información a medida que esté disponible”.

Rather than putting together a traditional preseason all-conference team, the Big Ten has a media panel select 12 players for preseason honors without regard to position. Indiana’s representatives include wide receiver Charlie Becker, linebacker Rolijah Hardy and defensive lineman Tyrique Tucker.

Ohio State, Oregon and Rutgers each had two players selected. Quarterback Julian Sayin and wide receiver Jeremiah Smith made it for Ohio State. Oregon’s picks were quarterback Dante Moore and defensive back Koi Perich. The Rutgers honorees were wide receiver KJ Duff and running back Antwan Raymond.

Other players earning preseason honors included Iowa offensive lineman Kade Pieper, Minnesota defensive lineman Anthony Smith and Southern California quarterback Jayden Maiava.

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Genevieve is the first Category 5 hurricane in the eastern Pacific since Kristy in October 2024 and only the 21st Category 5 hurricane observed in the eastern Pacific since routine satellite monitoring began 60 years ago.

Eastern Pacific kicking into high gear

Genevieve and its predecessor Fausto – which peaked as a Category 2 hurricane last Friday – pushed overall tropical activity in the eastern Pacific to above average levels for the season. The eastern Pacific hurricane season begins earlier than the Atlantic (May 15th versus June 1st in the Atlantic) and activity typically ramps up much sooner – by the first week of July in the eastern Pacific versus late August in the Atlantic.

During strong El Niño years like this, we often see a later ramp up to eastern Pacific seasonal activity – similar to what we’ve seen over the past week – with a more defined peak in mid-August and a later end to the hurricane season than in non-El Niño years.

Though the center of a weakening Tropical Storm Fausto will pass about 100 to 150 miles to the north of the Hawaiian Islands today and tomorrow, treacherous surf and large breaking waves – with surf reaching 14 to 18 feet – will cause problems for east-facing shorelines and lead to dangerous marine conditions and coastal flooding issues, especially around the times of high tide, primarily through Wednesday evening local time.

Genevieve remained a powerful hurricane early Tuesday but is expected to gradually weaken this week over the open Pacific and poses no threat to land.

August in like a lamb in the Atlantic

Wind shear remains exceptionally high across the bellwether Caribbean and into the tropical Atlantic.

In fact, over the past two weeks, wind shear over the western Atlantic has been highest on record (since at least 1979), surpassing even other strong El Niño years like 2015.

The hostile shear is forecast to continue for the foreseeable future and the Atlantic is expected to stay dormant through at least the first week of August.

Genevieve es el primer huracán de categoría 5 en el Pacífico oriental desde Kristy en octubre de 2024 y apenas el vigésimo primer huracán de categoría 5 observado en esa cuenca desde que comenzó el monitoreo satelital de rutina hace 60 años.

El Pacífico oriental entra en su periodo de mayor actividad

Genevieve y su predecesor, Fausto —que alcanzó la categoría 2 el viernes pasado— impulsaron la actividad ciclónica general en el Pacífico oriental a niveles superiores al promedio para esta temporada. La temporada de huracanes del Pacífico oriental comienza antes que la del Atlántico (15 de mayo frente al 1 de junio en el Atlántico) y su actividad suele incrementarse mucho antes: desde la primera semana de julio en el Pacífico oriental, en comparación con finales de agosto en el Atlántico.

Durante los años de un fuerte fenómeno de El Niño como este, a menudo se observa un aumento más tardío de la actividad estacional en el Pacífico oriental, similar al registrado durante la última semana, con un pico más definido a mediados de agosto y un final de la temporada de huracanes más tardío que en los años sin El Niño.

Aunque el centro de la tormenta tropical Fausto, que continúa debilitándose, pasará hoy y mañana entre 100 y 150 millas al norte de las islas de Hawái, el fuerte oleaje y las grandes olas rompientes, con olas de entre 14 y 18 pies, causarán problemas en las costas orientadas al este y generarán condiciones marítimas peligrosas e inundaciones costeras, especialmente durante la marea alta, principalmente hasta la noche del miércoles, hora local.

Genevieve continuaba siendo un huracán potente a primera hora del martes, aunque se prevé que se debilite gradualmente esta semana sobre el Pacífico abierto y no suponga ninguna amenaza para tierra firme.

Agosto empieza con calma en el Atlántico

La cizalladura del viento sigue siendo excepcionalmente alta en el Caribe —zona indicadora— y se extiende hasta el Atlántico tropical.

De hecho, en las últimas dos semanas, el corte del viento sobre el Atlántico occidental ha alcanzado los niveles más altos registrados (al menos desde 1979), superando incluso a otros años en los que se produjo un fenómeno de El Niño intenso, como 2015.

Se prevé que el corte hostil continúe en un futuro próximo y el Atlántico permanezca inactivo al menos hasta la primera semana de agosto.

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The suspect, Alan Triana, was accused of shooting at another driver on Nov. 23.

According to Triana’s attorney, video recovered from a Tesla involved in the incident shows Triana was being followed by that driver from Dolphin Mall to Allapattah, and that driver had opened fire in an attempt to get Triana to stop.

Several weeks before that incident, authorities said Triana was involved in a domestic dispute with his younger brother, Mason Triana, which resulted in Mason Triana barricading himself inside the home and opening fire at police.

Two Miami police officers were shot in the leg during the incident. Mason Triana was killed after exchanging gunfire with police.

El sospechoso, Alan Triana, fue acusado de disparar contra otro conductor el 23 de noviembre.

Según el abogado de Triana, un video recuperado de un vehículo Tesla involucrado en el incidente muestra que Triana estaba siendo seguido por ese conductor desde el Dolphin Mall hasta Allapattah, y que ese conductor abrió fuego en un intento por obligar a Triana a detenerse.

Varias semanas antes de ese incidente, las autoridades informaron que Triana estuvo involucrado en una disputa doméstica con su hermano menor, Mason Triana, lo que terminó con Mason Triana atrincherándose dentro de la vivienda y abriendo fuego contra la policía.

Dos agentes de la Policía de Miami recibieron disparos en una pierna durante el incidente. Mason Triana murió tras intercambiar disparos con la policía.

Toplum online TV founder and director Alasgar Mammadli was sentenced to 14 years in prison by the court in the capital of Baku. It gave 15-year prison terms to activists Akif Gurbanov and Ruslan Izzetli, who co-founded the outlet. Other journalists and activists associated with Toplum TV received sentences ranging from 12 to 14 years.

They were charged with illegally receiving and using Western donor funds as part of an “organized criminal group.” They denied the charges and Elchin Sadigov, a lawyer for some of the accused, told The Associated Press they would appeal the verdicts.

“This is an unlawful and political motivated court ruling that is linked to their journalist activities,” Sadigov told AP. “Not a single defense motion has been granted by the court.”

The government of President Ilham Aliyev has carried out a methodical crackdown on dissent and freedom of speech, targeting journalists, activists and independent politicians, relying on restrictive laws to muzzle critical voices. according to human rights organizations.

Toplum TV, a leading online news outlet, was one of the last remaining independent news outlets in the southern Caucasus country of 10 million. It was known for its reporting on official corruption and social problems. In March 2024, police raided its offices and arrested several members of its staff.

The European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) denounced what it called “the extremely harsh prison sentences” to journalists and media actors associated with Toplum TV, noting that “the court’s verdict confirms the political nature of the trial and the authorities’ desire to intimidate and repress journalists who are simply doing their job."

Anthony Bellanger, the IFJ general secretary, described the verdict as “pure and simple government repression and intimidation.”

Reporters Without Borders, known by its French acronym RSF, also condemned what it described as bogus trial, saying it reflected the escalating crackdown on independent media in Azerbaijan and demanded their immediate release.

“This unjust decision highlights how the Azerbaijani justice system is being exploited,” RSF said in a statement. “It has been brought to heel by President Ilham Aliyev to silence the country’s last remaining independent media outlets.”

Aliyev has led Azerbaijan since 2003, when he succeeded his father, Heydar, who was its Communist Party boss and then president for a decade after the country became independent following the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.

The younger Aliyev won another term in 2024 with 92% of the vote in an early election.

He took advantage of a surge in his popularity after Azerbaijani forces swiftly reclaimed the Karabakh region from ethnic Armenian separatists who had controlled it for three decades. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said the vote took place in a restrictive environment with no real political competition.

El choque fue reportado poco antes de la medianoche en la cuadra 900 de Northeast Flagler Drive mientras el tren se dirigía hacia el sur, confirmaron los equipos de emergencia.

Víctor Carvalho se encontraba en un bar cercano y vio el accidente.

“Cuando vimos cómo se caían las barreras, había un coche justo detrás y, al parecer, no sé qué pasó, pero ella simplemente se saltó las barreras e inmediatamente empecé a oír las bocinas y ¡bum!, al instante, el tren se estrelló de lleno contra el lado derecho del vehículo", explicó.

Funcionarios de Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue indicaron que el automóvil fue arrastrado por el tren hasta la cuadra 400 de Northeast Flagler Drive.

El esposo de la mujer que conducía el auto rojo dijo a Local 10 News que el vehículo quedó atascado debajo del tren tras el choque.

Las imágenes de cámaras de vigilancia muestran los momentos posteriores al percance. Se pueden ver chispas volando mientras el Genesis es arrastrado por las vías bajo el tren de Brightline.

Funcionarios de FLFR indicaron que la mujer pudo salir del vehículo por sí sola y los equipos la encontraron en el suelo junto al automóvil cuando llegaron.

Carvalho, quien acababa de completar capacitación en RCP, primeros auxilios y combate de incendios, corrió hacia la escena para ayudar a la víctima.

“La adrenalina se activó de inmediato y supe desde el principio, por lo que aprendí en el curso, que tenía que actuar”, dijo. “Salté la cerca, llamé al 911 mientras le explicaba al operador toda la situación. Ayudé a la mujer cuando abrió la puerta por sí misma, asegurándome de que estuviera bien. Me aseguré de que permaneciera sentada derecha, que mirara hacia el suelo, que mirara sus pies y que no llegara al punto de desmayarse”.

Según el esposo de la mujer, ella sufrió una fractura en una mano y una lesión en el labio, pero se espera que se recupere.

Funcionarios de FLFR confirmaron que la mujer fue trasladada al Broward Health Medical Center con lesiones graves, pero que no ponían en riesgo su vida.

Una estilista de una barbería cercana dijo a Local 10 News que nunca había visto algo así.

“El tren Brightline estaba completamente detenido justo frente a mí y el automóvil quedó atascado debajo. De hecho, fue un milagro que el asiento del conductor, donde ella iba sentada, fuera el único que no quedó completamente impactado por el tren”, dijo Madeline Abreu.

Las circunstancias que llevaron a la colisión continúan bajo investigación.

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According to police, the boy was found in the area of Sheridan Street and State Road 7.

Officers say the boy, who is nonverbal, is around 10 to 12 years old.

While officers confirmed that the boy was unharmed and was safely reunited with his family, they have not released details about what led to him being found alone.

Según la policía, el niño fue ubicado en la zona de Sheridan Street y la carretera estatal 7.

Los agentes afirman que no habla y tiene entre 10 y 12 años.

Los agentes han corroborado que el niño se encontraba ileso y se ha reunido con su familia sin ningún incidente, no dieron a conocer detalles sobre las circunstancias que llevaron a que fuera encontrado solo.

A video, which claims to show a fielder clicking his fingers to imitate the sound of a bat connecting with the ball before a player is called out, has been viewed millions of times on X.

The poster of the video described it as “about the worst case of cheating I’ve ever seen in cricket.”

The video of a match involving North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League team Saltburn, has been greeted with outrage online and generated headlines around the world.

TV presenter Piers Morgan weighed in, describing the player involved as the “biggest cheat in cricket history” and wondered how many batsmen’s days “has he ruined?”

A cricket umpire could be fooled into calling a player out if they believed they heard the sound of the ball clipping the edge of a bat before being caught.

The league said in a statement on X that it had received a formal complaint regarding a game on Saturday, but did not reveal which teams were involved.

“A full investigation has been initiated and until such time as the formal processes are complete no further comment will be made,” it said.

There was no immediate response when The Associated Press contacted the league and Saltburn for comment.

El Servicio Secreto confirmó que Marquez Christopher Pinder, de 29 años, es un agente actual asignado al sur de Florida.

“El Servicio Secreto de Estados Unidos toma en serio cualquier alegación de conducta criminal que involucre a uno de nuestros empleados.

“Como el Agente a Cargo de la Oficina de Campo de Miami, he sido informado de que una agencia local de cumplimiento de la ley está investigando a uno de nuestros empleados. Estamos cooperando plenamente con la investigación. No puedo comentar sobre detalles de la investigación en curso, sin embargo, puedo decir que el empleado está en licencia administrativa y ha estado así desde el momento en que fuimos notificados.

“El Servicio Secreto se construye sobre la confianza depositada en nosotros por las personas que protegemos y el pueblo estadounidense. Mantenemos a nuestros empleados bajo los más altos estándares. El Servicio Secreto sigue comprometido con la rendición de cuentas, el profesionalismo y la integridad, y cualquier conducta indebida será abordada de manera rápida y apropiada tras la finalización del proceso investigativo y judicial.”

Michael Townsend, Special Agent in Charge, Miami Field Office

La fiscal estatal de Miami-Dade, Katherine Fernandez Rundle, la alguacil de Miami-Dade, Rosie Cordero-Stutz, y el jefe de policía de Sweetwater, Sergio Diez, anunciaron los arrestos de Pinder, Jared Lamar James, de 26 años, y Elijah Delano Dyous, de 29 años, durante el fin de semana.

Una orden de arresto establece que una de las víctimas era estudiante de licenciatura en UM cuando asistió a reuniones de un grupo de interés para convertirse en miembro de la fraternidad Kappa Alpha Psi. Debido a que ahora es estudiante de posgrado de Derecho en UM, es miembro del capítulo de ex alumnos, indicaron las autoridades.

Una segunda víctima trabaja actualmente en el Cuerpo de Bomberos de Miami-Dade.

Los registros carcelarios en línea muestran que James fue arrestado el viernes y Pinder fue detenido el domingo. Dyous, de West Park, fue detenido el viernes en el condado de Broward.

Las autoridades indicaron que una investigación descubrió evidencia de presuntos incidentes de novatadas que involucraban golpizas prolongadas y repetidas con bastones y paletas.

Según los investigadores, las novatadas comenzaron el 1 de abril dentro de un apartamento en IDENTITY Miami, ubicado en el 400 de la avenida 107 SW, en Sweetwater, y continuaron el 2 y 3 de abril en el mismo lugar. El 4 de abril, las autoridades dijeron que las novatadas continuaron en una vivienda del área no incorporada del condado Miami-Dade.

Las autoridades informaron que las golpizas fueron llevadas a cabo por los tres sospechosos.

Según una orden de arresto, una de las víctimas identificó a Pinder como el “dean of pledges” y a James como el “vice dean of pledges”.

La orden indica que parte del proceso de iniciación implicaba “getting down”, en el que los aspirantes eran colocados en el “KUT”, siglas de “Knowledge, Understanding, Teaching”.

Según la orden, a las víctimas se les hacían preguntas sobre la historia de la fraternidad y, si respondían incorrectamente, eran obligadas a adoptar una “posición de esfuerzo”, descrita como “una media sentadilla con un brazo extendido hacia el frente”.

Los detectives dijeron que, mientras permanecían en esa posición, las víctimas eran golpeadas en los glúteos con una pala de madera y también eran golpeadas con bastones.

Según la orden, dos víctimas fueron sometidas a horas de estas “sesiones” cada día y se les indicó que avisaran a los sospechosos si sentían que estaban llegando a su “límite físico”, incluso si orinaban sangre o sentían que iban a desmayarse.

Los detectives dijeron que uno de los aspirantes sí orinó sangre durante una pausa para ir al baño, hecho que fue presenciado por otro aspirante, pero después de informar a los sospechosos, le dijeron que era demasiado pronto para que ocurriera algo así.

Según la orden, las golpizas se intensificaron el 4 de abril cuando una de las víctimas sangró a través de su ropa interior y sus pantalones.

Cuando el otro aspirante informó a Pinder sobre las lesiones, todos los miembros de la fraternidad presentes, incluidos varios hombres que no participaron en las golpizas, pero sí realizaron “actos de intimidación”, se molestaron y ordenaron a los dos aspirantes quitarse la ropa y tirarla a la basura, según la orden.

Los detectives dijeron que la salud de una de las víctimas comenzó a deteriorarse después de la golpiza del 4 de abril y empezó a sufrir “vómitos, fiebre y un dolor intenso en los glúteos”.

La orden indica que acudió a un centro de atención de urgencia, pero fue trasladado al Jackson South Medical Center debido a que grandes áreas de sus glúteos se habían vuelto necróticas.

La víctima tuvo que someterse a una cirugía para remover amplias porciones de piel y tejido blando, además de recibir extensos injertos de piel para cubrir las áreas afectadas, según la orden.

“Si la víctima no hubiera recibido la atención médica de emergencia necesaria, sus lesiones habrían provocado insuficiencia renal que habría derivado en la muerte”, señala la orden.

Los detectives dijeron que la segunda víctima también tuvo que buscar atención médica por heridas en los glúteos, aunque negó haber sido sometida a golpes con una pala.

Según la orden, se obtuvo una orden judicial para revisar los expedientes médicos de esa víctima, los cuales revelaron que recibió tratamiento médico intensivo del 6 al 24 de abril e incluso tuvo que ser intubada.

Los detectives dijeron que, pese a sus negativas, sus lesiones eran consistentes con las declaraciones de la primera víctima de que ambos habían sido sometidos a severas golpizas en los glúteos.

Pinder, James y Dyous enfrentan cada uno dos cargos de homicidio involuntario en grado de tentativa con arma mortal, agresión agravada con arma mortal causando gran daño corporal y novatadas con arma mortal.

“Para algunos, las novatadas de fraternidad pueden ser vistas como una tradición que crea un sentido de pertenencia y hermandad, pero desde 2001, las novatadas en Florida han causado la muerte de Chad Meredith, Robert Champion y Andrew Coffey, mientras han dejado a otros gravemente heridos. Este caso, con las víctimas requiriendo hospitalización, proporciona ejemplos claros del peligro de las novatadas”, dijo Fernandez Rundle. “En Florida, las novatadas son abuso y son un delito. Sus víctimas con demasiada frecuencia yacen en sus tumbas y en camas de hospital”.

Los directivos de Kappa Alpha Psi dijeron en un comunicado que mantienen una “política de cero tolerancia contra las novatadas”.

“Las novatadas son ilegales, están estrictamente prohibidas y nunca son un requisito para ser miembro”, señala el comunicado. “Los responsables arrestados no son miembros activos ni están al día con sus obligaciones financieras... No tienen ninguna autoridad para llevar a cabo ningún programa ni autorizar ningún proceso en nuestro nombre”.

The Iran war has reignited, pushing oil and gas prices higher — a trend that will worsen inflation in the coming months. Soaring investment in the artificial intelligence buildout is raising the cost of laptops, smart phones and electricity. And price hikes from tariffs could be in the pipeline after Trump imposed new duties on dozens of U.S. trading partners.

All those trends might lead to only temporary price increases, rather than a sustained burst of inflation similar to the spike in 2021-2022. Yet inflation, according to the Fed’s preferred measure, has topped its 2% target for more than five years, making it harder for the Fed to ignore price spikes, no matter how brief. Core inflation, which excludes the volatile energy and food categories, has risen since last December and has been stuck at around 3% or higher since 2023. Without noticeable progress soon, some Fed officials have said rate hikes will be needed.

“Unfortunately, inflation does not appear to be headed sustainably back all the way to 2%,” Lorie Logan, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, said recently. “Modestly higher interest rates would better balance the outlook.” Logan is a voting member of the Fed's rate-setting committee.

Warsh's tough talk

Warsh, since taking over as chair in May, has emphasized that the Fed will get inflation back to 2% without specifying how. In his first news conference as chair last month, he made clear he wouldn't provide the kind of signals about the Fed's next steps that his predecessors, particularly Jerome Powell, did.

But in congressional testimony earlier this month Warsh said the Fed has “no tolerance” for higher inflation. And in the first statement on rates issued under his watch, the central bank pledged that it “will deliver price stability.”

Such comments, along with the resumption of the Iran war and the renewed climb of oil and gas prices, have already lifted borrowing costs. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note — which strongly influences mortgage rates — briefly topped 4.7% last Thursday, the highest in about 18 months.

But Warsh's tough talk raises expectations that he will follow through with action, current and former Fed officials say.

James Bullard, a former president of the St. Louis Fed, said Warsh's rhetoric “has been very effective" in establishing Fed credibility, “but markets are going to ask, ‘Well, what have you done for me lately?’ And they're going to demand action."

At the same time, more Fed officials appear to be growing impatient with inflation's stubbornness.

“Sternly staring at inflation until it melts before our withering gaze is not an option," Christopher Waller, an influential member of the Fed’s governing board, said in a July 13 speech. If core inflation keeps climbing, the Fed's rate-setting committee “will need to consider” hiking rates “in the near term,” he said.

Beth Hammack, president of the Cleveland Fed, said in a post on LinkedIn earlier this month that for the first time she is hearing business leaders call for higher rates, which is unusual since they typically support cheaper borrowing. She is also hearing from consumers “who can’t make ends meet about a growing sense of despair,” Hammack wrote.

Signs of inflation potentially improving

There is still tremendous uncertainty about what the Fed should do in the coming months, economists said. The most recent inflation report showed that core inflation cooled noticeably in June, and headline inflation fell sharply as gas prices declined almost 10%, a sign of what could happen if the Iran conflict is permanently resolved.

The cost of apartment rents, which spiked in the pandemic, is growing much more slowly than a few years ago.

John Williams, president of the New York Fed and vice chair of the Fed's rate-setting committee, said this month that "there are encouraging reasons to expect that inflation has peaked and should edge down in the coming quarters.” He cited the decline in gas prices, before the Iran war restarted, and argued that the impact of tariffs on inflation has largely run its course. Even with new tariffs in place, they are likely to have the same limited effect of the ones they replaced.

Yet the resumption of fighting in the Middle East has pushed gas prices back above a nationwide average of $4 a gallon, from just below $3.80 around the July 4 holiday. The increase will likely push headline inflation higher, just before the Fed meets again in September. And adding to the Fed's challenge, higher interest rates can slow demand and bring down inflation, but they can't do much to restore oil and gas supplies disrupted by war.

“The Fed is looking at inflation well above goal, but mostly for reasons that it doesn’t have any influence on,” Vincent Reinhart, chief economist at Dreyfus-Mellon and a former top Fed economist, said.

Warsh says Fed to keep inflation from ‘broadening’

In congressional testimony this month, Warsh suggested the Fed's job is to prevent specific price increases for things like gas or computer gear from “broadening out” to other parts of the economy.

Traditionally, the Fed would do that by hiking rates if there were signs higher prices were spreading. But Warsh may hope that his tough talk, which has pushed up some borrowing costs, will suffice in the end.

“They are hoping and intending to talk the talk without having to walk the walk,” said Stephen Douglass, chief economist at NISA Investment Advisors and former analyst at the New York Fed. He doesn't expect the Fed will raise rates this year.

Other economists say inflation won't be defeated without action by the Fed.

“There has never been a time when inflation gradually moderated without impetus from the Fed,” Joseph Lavorgna, a former top economist at the Treasury Department and chief economist at SMBC Americas, said. “In other words, core inflation is not going to magically slow.”

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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Juliet Arioso, 13, was believed to be in the company of 45-year-old Jason Castillo.

According to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, at around 5:20 p.m., deputies located Castillo’s vehicle and he refused to stop.

He was shot dead after a pursuit ended.

“This remains an active investigation,” according to MCSO. “Additional information will be released as it becomes available.”

Aunque domina el criollo haitiano, Wenski, de 75 años, es una de las voces más destacadas que instan al Senado estadounidense a prorrogar el Estatus de Protección Temporal para los haitianos.

Con la expiración del TPS el lunes, más de 300.000 beneficiarios estarán en riesgo de deportación y ya no contarán con un permiso de trabajo.

“Muchos de ellos trabajan en el sector de la salud. En la Arquidiócesis de Miami, en nuestros hogares de ancianos, tengo más de 40 personas con Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS) que perderán sus permisos de trabajo hoy, y tendremos que despedirlas”, dijo Wenski sobre Catholic Health Services, uno de los ministerios más grandes de Miami.

Wenski dijo que se estaba preparando para un vuelo el lunes antes de una reunión con legisladores en Washington, DC, para presionar a favor de una solución para los beneficiarios del TPS.

“Esperamos que apoyen un proyecto de ley en el Senado que incorpore el proyecto de ley aprobado por la Cámara de Representantes”, dijo Wenski sobre el proyecto de ley HR 1689 .

La representante estadounidense Laura Gillen, demócrata por Nueva York, presentó el proyecto de ley el 27 de febrero en la Cámara de Representantes, y fue aprobado por 224 votos a favor y 204 en contra el 16 de abril.

Wenski dijo que podría hacerse mediante una petición de descarga, una maniobra legislativa para sacar un proyecto de ley de un comité estancado y llevarlo al pleno para su votación final.

“Eso les daría a los haitianos una extensión de tres años en su TPS”, dijo Wenski.

Informe relacionado : Activista de North Miami sobre el fin del Estatus de Protección Temporal para los haitianos: “Prepárense”.

En el vecindario de Little Haiti, en Miami, las calles estaban más tranquilas de lo habitual el lunes.

“Hay personas que han estado aquí durante décadas, muchas de ellas son propietarias de viviendas, negocios y otros bienes, además de ser trabajadores fundamentales y esenciales”, dijo Paul Christian Namphy, director político de FANM. “Si las personas salen a la comunidad, están asumiendo un mayor riesgo y por eso estamos alentando a todos los miembros de nuestra comunidad a mantener sus desplazamientos al mínimo”.

La senadora federal Ashley Moody dijo que ha estado en comunicación con la administración del presidente Trump sobre alternativas para los haitianos.

“Tenemos que comenzar a analizar estos casos de manera individual”, dijo Moody.

El senador federal Rick Scott dijo que los inmigrantes haitianos “que hayan sido investigados” y no sean delincuentes son bienvenidos. Scott enfrentó preguntas sobre las deportaciones de haitianos.

“Mi corazón está con ellos”, dijo Scott.

El representante federal Byron Donalds, quien hace campaña para gobernador de Florida con el respaldo del presidente Trump, votó en contra del proyecto de ley H.R. 1689.

“Es un programa temporal, pero fue abusado por Joe Biden”, dijo Donalds sobre el TPS. “Tenemos que llegar a un equilibrio y establecer un estándar en materia de inmigración”.

Las políticas de inmigración deben reflejar tanto “justicia como misericordia”, escribió recientemente Wenski en un comunicado en el que instaba a los líderes a buscar “soluciones compasivas y humanas que protejan la unidad familiar” y “reconozcan” la crisis que enfrentan los haitianos.

«Las políticas no solo deben buscar hacer cumplir la ley, sino también reflejar el compromiso histórico de nuestra nación con la protección de la dignidad humana y la promoción del bien común», escribió Wenski. «Hacer que Estados Unidos vuelva a ser grande es un objetivo loable, pero no se logra la grandeza de Estados Unidos convirtiéndolo en un país mezquino».

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For those with terminated TPS: it’s closing time. You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here.

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— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) July 27, 2026

The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 90.8 in July from 92.2 in June. That's essentially the same tepid range its been in since the beginning of the year. In late 2024 and early 2025 the readings were well above 100.

Consumer attitudes had improved modestly in June as gas prices came down to around $3.70 a gallon from more than $4.50 a gallon in late April and early May. But as fighting in the Middle East escalated, the average price for a gallon of gas in the U.S. started to rise again. On Tuesday it was $4.10, according to the auto club AAA.

After being attacked by the U.S. and Israel in late February, Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz, through which about one-fifth of the world’s oil travels, causing a spike in gas prices. That accelerated inflation, causing Americans’ inflation-adjusted incomes to decline.

Americans remain soured on the economy after five years of elevated inflation, potentially posing a risk to President Donald Trump and Republicans in the midterm elections, which are now less than 100 days away.

Trump continues to blame inflation on his predecessor, Democrat Joe Biden. Yet inflation has risen since Trump’s inauguration last year, to 3.5% from 3% in January 2025. It jumped even further after the Iran war began Feb. 28, when it was just 2.4%.

Write-in responses to the survey, which were collected from July 1 to July 22, remained pessimistic. The Board said references to gas prices were down slightly but remained elevated. Respondents' mention of food and grocery prices increased.

Government data shows that buying food to bring home has gotten 33% more expensive since the beginning of 2019. To navigate those higher prices, Americans have turned to couponing, comparison shopping and cutting back on favorite foods as they absorb the biggest jump in grocery prices in a half-century.

Beef epitomizes out-of-control grocery prices for many Americans. The price of a pound of ground beef reached $6.82 in June — 79% more than at the beginning of 2019, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

References to jobs and unemployment picked up slightly this month and views of the current job market fell. Expectations of how the labor market will be six months going forward improved slightly, but remained in negative territory.

U.S. employers slowed hiring last month and added only 57,000 jobs, less than half the previous month’s total. The unemployment rate declined to a low 4.2% from 4.3% in May, though the drop mostly occurred because many people out of work gave up looking and were no longer counted as unemployed.

The number of consumers who mentioned war and geopolitics decreased this month, but the Board suspects that recent escalation in fighting between Iran and the U.S. could cause those mentions to rise in the next survey.

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While none of these restaurants were forced to close, the sheer number of violations should be a wake-up call for both management and diners.

Topping the list was Tropical Chinese with an eye-popping 40 violations, followed by Tacology with 36 and Cacique Lunch with 32. The inspections documented everything from improper handwashing and unsafe food temperatures, to sanitation and maintenance problems. These businesses remained open, but violations at this level deserve recognition and customers deserve better.

**TROPICAL CHINESE

7991 BIRD ROAD

WESTCHESTER

INSPECTION BASED ON COMPLAINT

INSPECTION DATE 7/24

40 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Employee touched soiled surfaces, then handled food, clean equipment, or single-service items without washing hands.”

“Inspector observed multiple employees touching dirty surfaces and then handling food, clean equipment, and single-service items without washing their hands.”

“Employee drank while preparing food, then continued handling food without washing hands.” Inspector observed several employees drinking at the cook line and then continuing to handle food without washing their hands."

“Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food.” Inspector observed raw pork stored over wonton wrappers, raw shrimp over sliced radishes, and raw beef and raw chicken stored over cooked chicken in the walk-in cooler."

“Single-use gloves not changed after changing tasks.” Inspector observed employees changing tasks without changing gloves or washing their hands."

“Stop Sale issued for time/temperature controlled food due to temperature abuse.” Inspector observed raw steak at 55°F in a prep table. According to the operator, it had been placed there more than four hours earlier."

“Time/temperature controlled food held above 41°F.” Inspector observed raw steak at 55°F in the prep table and issued a Stop Sale. Repeat Violation"

“Food-contact surfaces soiled with food debris, mold-like substance, or slime.” Inspector observed soiled food prep areas, a dirty can opener, and shelves with grease and grime where food and single-service items were stored."

“Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing.” Inspector observed a container of small bowls stored inside the handwashing sink in the front kitchen. Repeat Violation"

“Incorrect chemical test kit provided.” Inspector found no test kit available to measure sanitizer concentration for the high-temperature dish machine."

“No soap provided at handwash sink.” Inspector observed no soap at the wait station handwashing sink. Repeat Violation"

“Non-pitting rust on food-contact equipment.” Inspector observed rust on dry-storage shelving, food shelves in both kitchens, ware washing shelves, and shelves holding single-service items. Repeat Violation"

“Nonfood-grade basting brush used with food.” Inspector observed a non-food-grade brush being used in an oil pan on the cook line. Repeat Violation"

“Black/green mold-like substance inside the ice machine.” Inspector observed mold-like buildup inside the ice machine in the back kitchen."

“Container without a handle used as a food scoop.” Inspector observed a bowl being used to scoop flour in the dry storage area.

“Food debris and grease buildup on equipment door handles.” Inspector observed grease and food residue on door handles of food storage containers in the back kitchen."

“Ceilings, ceiling tiles, or vents soiled.” Inspector observed grease, dust, and food debris on ceilings and vents in kitchen areas."

“Clean dishes not stored inverted or protected.” Inspector observed clean bowls and plates stored upright in the dry storage area."

“Broken or missing cove molding.” Inspector observed missing cove molding near the handwashing sink in the front kitchen.

“No covered waste receptacle in the women’s restroom.”

“Open beverage container in food preparation area.” Inspector observed an open can of Coca-Cola on a shelf at the cook line."

“Employee eating in a food preparation area.” Inspector observed cooks drinking from open containers and another employee eating a meal in the kitchen."

“Employee eating while preparing food.” Inspector observed cooks drinking from open containers and then continuing to handle food."

“Employee personal items stored in food preparation areas.” Inspector observed personal water bottles on prep counters and cell phones on food prep tables. Repeat Violation"

“Equipment in poor repair.” Inspector observed damaged door gaskets on the walk-in cooler, walk-in freezer, and an upright cooler near the dry storage area."

“Exterior doors with gaps.” Inspector observed gaps beneath three exterior doors near the walk-in cooler, ware washing area, and customer restrooms."

“Standing water on the floor.” Inspector observed standing water next to the cook line and along the wall in the front kitchen. Repeat Violation"

“Floor not cleaned properly.” Inspector observed food debris on the floor inside the walk-in cooler."

“Floors soiled with grease, food debris, and poultry blood.” Inspector observed poultry blood, grease, standing water, and food debris throughout the kitchen and dry storage areas, including beneath shelving and between equipment."

“Food stored on the floor.” Inspector observed chicken feet and dumplings stored on the walk-in cooler floor. Repeat Violation"

“Ice buildup in freezer.” Inspector observed excessive ice in the walk-in freezer and on the vents of a reach-in freezer."

“Tongs stored on equipment door handles.” Inspector observed tongs stored on oven handles. Repeat Violation"

“Utensil handles touching food.” Inspector observed utensil handles touching dry rice and flour inside storage bins."

“Utensils stored in standing water below 135°F.” Inspector observed utensils stored in standing water near the rice cookers."

“Dumpster missing drain plug.”

“No grease collection container under hood drip tray.” Inspector observed missing grease containers beneath the deep fryer and steamer hood system."

“Nonfood-contact surfaces soiled with grease and debris.” Inspector observed dirty cooler door gaskets, greasy hood filters, and rust buildup on hood filters. Repeat Violation"

“Stored food not covered.” Inspector observed frozen cooked duck uncovered inside the walk-in freezer. Repeat Violation"

“Walk-in cooler shelves rusted.” Inspector observed rust buildup on food storage shelves inside the walk-in cooler. Repeat Violation"

“Walls soiled with grease and food debris.” Inspector observed greasy walls behind the cook line and dirty walls in the dry storage area. Repeat Violation"

“Wet wiping cloths not kept clean.” Inspector observed soiled wiping cloths throughout the kitchen and cook line."

**CACIQUE LUNCH

112 WEST FLAGLER ST.

MIAMI

INSPECTION DATE 7/23

32 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Employee began working with food without first washing hands.” Inspector observed employees changing tasks and continuing to handle food inside the kitchen without washing their hands."

“Raw animal food not separated from ready-to-eat food during preparation.” Inspector observed raw chicken stored over cooked ground beef."

“Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food.” Inspector observed raw chicken stored over raw meat in a reach-in cooler next to the office."

“Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches.” Inspector observed one live small cockroach crawling across the kitchen floor before retreating underneath a reach-in cooler."

“Roach excrement and/or droppings present.” Inspector observed about 20 roach droppings beneath shelving in the second-floor dry storage area and about 15 more next to the water heater."

“Stop Sale issued on time/temperature controlled foods due to temperature abuse.” Stop Sale was issued for cooked ground beef (47°F), flan (47°F), and cooked pork (57°F) that, according to the chef, had been stored in the cooler since previous days."

“Time/temperature controlled foods held above 41°F.” Inspector found numerous foods at unsafe temperatures, including raw chicken (67°F), raw beef (52°F & 57°F), cooked ground beef (47°F), cooked chicken (102°F), flan (47°F), salsa (57°F), lettuce (62°F), tomatoes (57°F), diced ham (87°F), cooked sausage (67°F), and cooked pork (57°F)."

“Hot-held foods held below 135°F.” Inspector found white rice at 123°F and chicken stock at 122°F."

“Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet. Repeat Violation.”

“Employee with artificial nails handled exposed food or clean utensils without gloves.” Inspector observed an employee with long fingernails handling clean equipment and single-service items in the front lobby."

“Food-contact surfaces soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime.” Inspector observed soiled cutting boards throughout the cook line."

“Employee training records incomplete.” Required employee training records were missing the instructor’s name and signature."

“Ready-to-eat foods held more than 24 hours not properly date marked.” Inspector observed cooked ground beef that was prepared on July 22 without a date mark."

“Food debris and residue on microwave and cooler door handles.”

“Ceilings not smooth, nonabsorbent or easily cleanable. Repeat Violation.”

“Ceiling in disrepair.”

“Ceiling tiles and vents soiled with grease, dust and debris.”

“Cold-holding equipment not maintained in good repair.” Inspector found a reach-in cooler operating at an ambient temperature of 57°F."

“Dead roaches on the premises.” Inspector observed one dead cockroach near the mop sink, one near the water heater, six dead roaches in first-floor dry storage, five large dead roaches beneath second-floor storage tables, and three dead roaches on shelving next to flour bins."

“Equipment and utensils not washed, rinsed and sanitized in the correct order.”

“Equipment in poor repair.” Inspector observed rusted prep tables, a prep table supported by a paint can, broken freezer lids, a non-operational reach-in cooler, and a cooler door missing its handle."

“Gap under exterior door.”

“Missing cove molding throughout kitchen and dry storage.”

“Walls damaged with holes and gaps.” Inspector observed holes under the three-compartment sink and extensive gaps around equipment, the water heater, mop sink, and dry storage areas."

“Light shields damaged or missing. Repeat Violation.”

“No handwashing sign at hand sink.”

“Nonfood-contact surfaces soiled with grease and debris. Repeat Violation.”

“Lime scale buildup inside dish machine.”

“Cutting boards excessively worn and no longer cleanable.”

“Reach-in cooler shelves soiled.”

“Unsealed concrete floors in food preparation and storage areas.”

“Wet wiping cloths not stored in sanitizer between uses.”

**TACOLOGY

700 SOUTH MIAMI AVE.

BRICKELL

INSPECTION BASED ON COMPLAINT

INSPECTION DATE 7/21

36 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Cooked pork not cooked to a minimum internal temperature of 145°F.” Inspector observed cooked pork at 117°F on the front cook line and discussed proper cooking temperatures with employees."

“Employee began handling food without first washing hands. Inspector observed one employee begin cutting limes without washing hands at the ceviche station and another employee begin scooping ice without washing hands at the front mini bar.”

“Employee switched from handling raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands.” Inspector observed an employee handling raw shrimp and then touching shredded cheese and a clean plate without washing hands. The employee washed hands after being coached."

“Live, small flying insects present.” Inspector observed three small flying insects in the dry storage area and two small flying insects in the bar area near the ‘Margaritas and Micheladas’ sign."

“Scent spray stored next to clean glassware.” Inspector observed a scent spray next to clean glassware in the bar area. The bartender removed it."

“Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food.” Inspector observed raw beef stored over cheese inside a reach-in cooler across from the cook line."

“Stop Sale issued for food not in a wholesome condition.” Inspector observed rice pudding in the walk-in cooler with a date exceeding the seven-day limit."

“Stop Sale issued for time/temperature controlled foods due to temperature abuse.” Inspector observed cooked chicken (49°F), rice (48°F), flan (55°F), and arroz con leche (59°F) that had been held in the units since previous days."

“Time/temperature controlled foods held above 41°F.” Inspector observed numerous foods at unsafe temperatures, including lettuce (68°F), pico de gallo (55°F), raw shrimp (43°F), raw beef (43°F & 56°F), raw chicken (42°F), cooked chicken (43°F & 49°F), cooked ground beef (69°F), flan (55°F), and arroz con leche (59°F). Employees added ice and took corrective action."

“Hot-held foods held below 135°F.” Inspector observed short ribs at 119°F, skirt steak at 117°F, and cooked chicken at 132°F. Employees began reheating the food."

“Food-contact surfaces soiled with food debris, mold-like substance, or slime.” Inspector observed heavily scarred cutting boards in use on the cook line, cutting boards stored against the wall that needed to be washed and sanitized, and clean plastic containers in dry storage requiring sanitizing before use."

“No paper towels at handwash sinks.” Inspector observed missing paper towels at all three bar handwashing sinks and the lobby prep area."

“No soap at handwash sinks.” Inspector observed missing soap at all three bar handwashing sinks and the lobby prep area."

“Cook-chill process conducted without an approved HACCP plan.” Inspector observed reduced-oxygen packaged cooked beef in the walk-in cooler that had been packaged more than 48 hours earlier."

“Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled.” Inspector observed an unlabeled spray bottle containing Windex, according to the operator."

“Ceiling tile missing.” Inspector observed missing ceiling tiles above the ice machine. A ceiling vent was also missing, and the detached vent was sitting on top of prep tables."

“Ceiling tiles and vents soiled with dust and food debris.” Inspector observed dirty ceiling tiles in the kitchen and beverage storage room. Repeat Violation"

“Clean equipment stored less than six inches off the floor.” Inspector observed multiple clean pots stored on the floor beneath an oven. Repeat Violation"

“Cold-holding equipment not maintained in good repair.”

“Employee food not properly separated from food served to the public.” Inspector observed employee food stored inside a reach-in cooler at the front mini bar."

“Employee personal items stored in food preparation area.” Inspector observed a cell phone on top of a prep table next to the ice machine."

“Equipment in poor repair.” Inspector observed a torn gasket on a reach-in cooler across from the cook line."

“Standing water on the floor.” Inspector observed standing water at the cook line, beverage storage room, food dry storage room, and dishwashing area."

“Food stored on the floor.” Inspector observed a three-gallon container of cooking oil stored on the floor next to the cook line."

“Walls damaged with holes and gaps.” Inspector observed gaps around pipes near the three-compartment sink and damage beneath prep tables in the bar area."

“Ice scoop handle touching ice.” Inspector observed the scoop handle in contact with ice."

“Limescale buildup inside the dishwasher.”

“Nonfood-contact surfaces soiled with grease and debris.” Inspector observed dirty cooler door gaskets and grease and soil buildup between equipment throughout the kitchen and bar areas."

“Ice buildup in reach-in freezer.” Inspector observed ice accumulation in the bar-area reach-in freezer."

“No ambient air thermometer in reach-in cooler.” Inspector observed no thermometer in the reach-in cooler at the bar."

“Reach-in cooler shelves rusted.” Inspector observed rusted shelves in coolers across from the cook line, next to the ice machine, and in the bar area."

“Equipment and utensils washed, rinsed, and sanitized in the wrong order.” Inspector coached employees on the correct three-compartment sink procedure."

“Cutting boards excessively worn and no longer cleanable.” Inspector observed multiple cutting boards with deep cut marks at the cook line and storage area."

“Spatula improperly stored.” Inspector observed a spatula stored between the wall and the three-compartment sink."

“Standing water inside reach-in cooler.” Inspector observed standing water inside coolers next to the ice machine and in the lobby bar area."

“Time/temperature controlled food thawed improperly.” Inspector observed frozen black beans and raw chicken thawing in standing cold water. Employees were coached on proper thawing procedures."

Aunque ninguno de estos restaurantes fue obligado a cerrar, la gran cantidad de violaciones detectadas debería ser una llamada de atención tanto para la administración como para los clientes.

Encabezando la lista está Tropical Chinese con 40 violaciones, seguido por Tacology con 36 y Cacique Lunch con 32. Las inspecciones documentaron desde prácticas inadecuadas de lavado de manos y temperaturas inseguras para los alimentos, hasta problemas de saneamiento y mantenimiento. Estos negocios permanecieron abiertos, pero un nivel de violaciones como este merece atención y los clientes merecen algo mejor.

*TROPICAL CHINESE

7991 BIRD ROAD

WESTCHESTER

INSPECCIÓN BASADA EN UNA QUEJA

FECHA DE INSPECCIÓN: 24 DE JULIO

40 VIOLACIONES ENCONTRADAS

“Un empleado tocó superficies sucias y luego manipuló alimentos, equipos limpios o artículos de un solo uso sin lavarse las manos.”

“El inspector observó a varios empleados tocar superficies sucias y luego manipular alimentos, equipos limpios y artículos de un solo uso sin lavarse las manos.”

“Un empleado bebió mientras preparaba alimentos y luego continuó manipulándolos sin lavarse las manos”. El inspector observó a varios empleados bebiendo en la línea de cocina y luego continuando con la manipulación de alimentos sin lavarse las manos.

“Alimentos crudos de origen animal almacenados sobre alimentos listos para consumir”. El inspector observó carne de cerdo cruda almacenada sobre envolturas para wonton, camarones crudos sobre rábanos en rodajas y carne de res y pollo crudos almacenados sobre pollo cocido dentro del refrigerador.

“Guantes de un solo uso no fueron cambiados al cambiar de tarea”. El inspector observó a empleados cambiar de tarea sin cambiarse los guantes ni lavarse las manos.

“Se emitió una orden de Stop Sale para alimentos con control de tiempo y temperatura debido a abuso de temperatura”. El inspector observó carne de res cruda a 55 °F en una mesa de preparación. Según el operador, había sido colocada allí más de cuatro horas antes.

“Alimentos con control de tiempo y temperatura mantenidos por encima de 41 °F“. El inspector observó carne de res cruda a 55 °F en la mesa de preparación y emitió una orden de Stop Sale. Violación reiterada.

“Superficies en contacto con alimentos sucias con residuos de comida, sustancia similar a moho o baba”. El inspector observó áreas de preparación sucias, un abrelatas sucio y estantes con grasa y suciedad donde se almacenaban alimentos y artículos de un solo uso.

“Lavamanos utilizado para fines distintos al lavado de manos”. El inspector observó un recipiente con tazones pequeños almacenado dentro del lavamanos de la cocina delantera. Violación reiterada.

“Se proporcionó un kit incorrecto para analizar productos químicos”. El inspector encontró que no había un kit para medir la concentración del desinfectante de la máquina lavavajillas de alta temperatura.

“No había jabón en el lavamanos”. El inspector observó que faltaba jabón en el lavamanos de la estación de servicio. Violación reiterada.

“Óxido sin perforaciones en equipos en contacto con alimentos”. El inspector observó óxido en estanterías del área de almacenamiento seco, estantes de alimentos en ambas cocinas, estantes del área de lavado y estantes para artículos de un solo uso. Violación reiterada.

“Se utilizó una brocha que no es de grado alimenticio para manipular alimentos”. El inspector observó una brocha no apta para alimentos siendo utilizada en un recipiente con aceite en la línea de cocina. Violación reiterada.

“Sustancia negra o verde similar a moho dentro de la máquina de hielo”. El inspector observó acumulación similar a moho dentro de la máquina de hielo de la cocina trasera.

“Se utilizó un recipiente sin asa para servir alimentos”. El inspector observó un tazón utilizado para sacar harina en el área de almacenamiento seco.

“Residuos de comida y acumulación de grasa en las manijas de las puertas de los equipos”. El inspector observó grasa y residuos de alimentos en las manijas de los recipientes de almacenamiento de alimentos en la cocina trasera.

“Techos, plafones o conductos de ventilación sucios”. El inspector observó grasa, polvo y residuos de alimentos en techos y ventilaciones de las áreas de cocina.

“Platos limpios no almacenados boca abajo ni protegidos”. El inspector observó tazones y platos limpios almacenados boca arriba en el área de almacenamiento seco.

“Moldura sanitaria rota o faltante”. El inspector observó que faltaba moldura sanitaria cerca del lavamanos en la cocina delantera.

“No había un recipiente de basura con tapa en el baño de mujeres.”

“Recipiente de bebida abierto en el área de preparación de alimentos”. El inspector observó una lata abierta de Coca-Cola en un estante de la línea de cocina.

“Empleado comiendo en un área de preparación de alimentos”. El inspector observó cocineros bebiendo de recipientes abiertos y a otro empleado comiendo dentro de la cocina.

“Empleado comiendo mientras preparaba alimentos”. El inspector observó cocineros bebiendo de recipientes abiertos y luego continuar manipulando alimentos.

“Objetos personales de empleados almacenados en áreas de preparación de alimentos”. El inspector observó botellas de agua personales sobre las mesas de preparación y teléfonos celulares sobre mesas donde se preparaban alimentos. Violación reiterada.

“Equipos en mal estado”. El inspector observó empaques dañados en las puertas del refrigerador, del congelador y de un refrigerador vertical cerca del área de almacenamiento seco.

“Puertas exteriores con aberturas”. El inspector observó espacios debajo de tres puertas exteriores cerca del refrigerador, el área de lavado y los baños para clientes.

“Agua estancada en el piso”. El inspector observó agua acumulada junto a la línea de cocina y a lo largo de una pared en la cocina delantera. Violación reiterada.

“Piso sin limpieza adecuada”. El inspector observó residuos de alimentos en el piso dentro del refrigerador.

“Pisos sucios con grasa, residuos de alimentos y sangre de aves”. El inspector observó sangre de aves, grasa, agua estancada y residuos de alimentos en toda la cocina y el área de almacenamiento seco, incluso debajo de estantes y entre los equipos.

“Alimentos almacenados en el piso”. El inspector observó patas de pollo y dumplings almacenados sobre el piso del refrigerador. Violación reiterada.

“Acumulación de hielo en el congelador”. El inspector observó exceso de hielo en el congelador y en las rejillas de ventilación de un congelador vertical.

“Pinzas almacenadas sobre las manijas de los equipos”. El inspector observó pinzas colocadas sobre las manijas del horno. Violación reiterada.

“Los mangos de los utensilios tocaban los alimentos”. El inspector observó mangos de utensilios en contacto con arroz y harina almacenados en recipientes.

“Utensilios almacenados en agua estancada por debajo de 135 °F“. El inspector observó utensilios almacenados en agua estancada cerca de las arroceras.

“El contenedor de basura carecía del tapón de drenaje.”

“No había recipiente para recolectar grasa debajo de la bandeja de goteo de la campana”. El inspector observó la ausencia de recipientes para grasa debajo de la freidora y del sistema de campana del vaporizador.

“Superficies que no están en contacto con alimentos sucias con grasa y residuos”. El inspector observó empaques sucios en puertas de refrigeradores, filtros de campanas con grasa y acumulación de óxido en los filtros. Violación reiterada.

“Alimentos almacenados sin cubrir”. El inspector observó pato cocido congelado sin cubrir dentro del congelador. Violación reiterada.

“Estantes del refrigerador con óxido”. El inspector observó acumulación de óxido en los estantes para almacenamiento de alimentos dentro del refrigerador. Violación reiterada.

“Paredes sucias con grasa y residuos de alimentos”. El inspector observó paredes con grasa detrás de la línea de cocina y paredes sucias en el área de almacenamiento seco. Violación reiterada.

“Paños húmedos de limpieza no se mantenían limpios”. El inspector observó paños de limpieza sucios en toda la cocina y la línea de cocina.

*CACIQUE LUNCH

112 WEST FLAGLER ST.

MIAMI

FECHA DE INSPECCIÓN: 23 DE JULIO

32 VIOLACIONES ENCONTRADAS

“Un empleado comenzó a trabajar con alimentos sin lavarse primero las manos”. El inspector observó a empleados cambiar de tarea y continuar manipulando alimentos dentro de la cocina sin lavarse las manos.

“Alimentos crudos de origen animal no separados de alimentos listos para consumir durante la preparación”. El inspector observó pollo crudo almacenado sobre carne molida cocida.

“Alimentos crudos de origen animal almacenados sobre alimentos listos para consumir”. El inspector observó pollo crudo almacenado sobre carne cruda en un refrigerador vertical junto a la oficina.

“Presencia de cucarachas, evidenciada por cucarachas vivas”. El inspector observó una cucaracha pequeña viva cruzando el piso de la cocina antes de esconderse debajo de un refrigerador vertical.

“Presencia de excrementos de cucarachas”. El inspector observó aproximadamente 20 excrementos de cucaracha debajo de estanterías en el área de almacenamiento seco del segundo piso y unos 15 más junto al calentador de agua.

“Se emitió una orden de Stop Sale para alimentos con control de tiempo y temperatura debido a abuso de temperatura”. Se emitió una orden de Stop Sale para carne molida cocida (47 °F), flan (47 °F) y carne de cerdo cocida (57 °F) que, según el chef, habían permanecido almacenados en el refrigerador desde días anteriores.

“Alimentos con control de tiempo y temperatura mantenidos por encima de 41 °F“. El inspector encontró numerosos alimentos a temperaturas inseguras, incluidos pollo crudo (67 °F), carne de res cruda (52 °F y 57 °F), carne molida cocida (47 °F), pollo cocido (102 °F), flan (47 °F), salsa (57 °F), lechuga (62 °F), tomates (57 °F), jamón en cubos (87 °F), salchicha cocida (67 °F) y carne de cerdo cocida (57 °F).

“Alimentos calientes mantenidos por debajo de 135 °F“. El inspector encontró arroz blanco a 123 °F y caldo de pollo a 122 °F.

“Falta el dispositivo rompevacío en el grifo del fregadero para trapeadores”. Violación reiterada.

“Empleado con uñas artificiales manipuló alimentos expuestos o utensilios limpios sin usar guantes”. El inspector observó a un empleado con uñas largas manipulando equipos limpios y artículos de un solo uso en el área del vestíbulo.

“Superficies en contacto con alimentos sucias con residuos de comida, sustancia similar a moho o baba”. El inspector observó tablas para cortar sucias en toda la línea de cocina.

“Registros de capacitación de empleados incompletos”. Los registros obligatorios carecían del nombre y la firma del instructor.

“Alimentos listos para consumir almacenados por más de 24 horas sin el marcado correcto de la fecha”. El inspector observó carne molida cocida preparada el 22 de julio sin fecha de identificación.

“Residuos de alimentos en las manijas del microondas y de las puertas de los refrigeradores.”

“Los techos no son lisos, no absorbentes o de fácil limpieza”. Violación reiterada.

“Techo en mal estado.”

“Plafones y conductos de ventilación sucios con grasa, polvo y residuos.”

“Equipo de refrigeración en mal estado”. El inspector encontró un refrigerador vertical funcionando a una temperatura ambiente de 57 °F.

“Presencia de cucarachas muertas en el establecimiento”. El inspector observó una cucaracha muerta cerca del fregadero para trapeadores, otra junto al calentador de agua, seis cucarachas muertas en el área de almacenamiento seco del primer piso, cinco cucarachas grandes muertas debajo de las mesas de almacenamiento del segundo piso y tres cucarachas muertas en estanterías junto a recipientes de harina.

“Equipos y utensilios no fueron lavados, enjuagados y desinfectados en el orden correcto.”

“Equipos en mal estado”. El inspector observó mesas de preparación oxidadas, una mesa de preparación sostenida por una lata de pintura, tapas de congeladores rotas, un refrigerador vertical fuera de servicio y la puerta de un refrigerador sin manija.

“Abertura debajo de la puerta exterior.”

“Falta moldura sanitaria en toda la cocina y el área de almacenamiento seco.”

“Paredes dañadas con agujeros y aberturas”. El inspector observó agujeros debajo del fregadero de tres compartimentos y amplias aberturas alrededor de los equipos, el calentador de agua, el fregadero para trapeadores y las áreas de almacenamiento seco.

“Protectores de luces dañados o faltantes”. Violación reiterada.

“No había letrero de lavado de manos en el lavamanos.”

“Superficies que no están en contacto con alimentos sucias con grasa y residuos”. Violación reiterada.

“Acumulación de sarro dentro de la máquina lavavajillas.”

“Tablas para cortar excesivamente desgastadas y que ya no pueden limpiarse adecuadamente.”

“Estantes del refrigerador vertical sucios.”

“Pisos de concreto sin sellar en las áreas de preparación y almacenamiento de alimentos.”

“Paños húmedos de limpieza no se almacenaban en desinfectante entre usos.”

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“La carne de cerdo cocida no alcanzó una temperatura interna mínima de 145 °F“. El inspector observó carne de cerdo cocida a 117 °F en la línea de cocina delantera y habló con los empleados sobre las temperaturas adecuadas de cocción.

“Un empleado comenzó a manipular alimentos sin lavarse primero las manos”. El inspector observó a un empleado comenzar a cortar limones sin lavarse las manos en la estación de ceviche y a otro comenzar a servir hielo sin lavarse las manos en el mini bar delantero.

“Un empleado pasó de manipular alimentos crudos a alimentos listos para consumir sin lavarse las manos”. El inspector observó a un empleado manipular camarones crudos y luego tocar queso rallado y un plato limpio sin lavarse las manos. El empleado se lavó las manos después de recibir instrucciones.

“Presencia de insectos voladores pequeños vivos”. El inspector observó tres insectos voladores pequeños en el área de almacenamiento seco y dos en el área del bar cerca del letrero de “Margaritas and Micheladas”.

“Ambientador almacenado junto a vasos limpios”. El inspector observó un ambientador junto a cristalería limpia en el área del bar. El cantinero lo retiró.

“Alimentos crudos de origen animal almacenados sobre alimentos listos para consumir”. El inspector observó carne de res cruda almacenada sobre queso dentro de un refrigerador vertical frente a la línea de cocina.

“Se emitió una orden de Stop Sale para alimentos que no estaban en condiciones aptas para el consumo”. El inspector observó arroz con leche dentro del refrigerador con una fecha que excedía el límite permitido de siete días.

“Se emitió una orden de Stop Sale para alimentos con control de tiempo y temperatura debido a abuso de temperatura”. El inspector observó pollo cocido (49 °F), arroz (48 °F), flan (55 °F) y arroz con leche (59 °F) que habían permanecido almacenados en las unidades desde días anteriores.

“Alimentos con control de tiempo y temperatura mantenidos por encima de 41 °F“. El inspector observó numerosos alimentos a temperaturas inseguras, entre ellos lechuga (68 °F), pico de gallo (55 °F), camarones crudos (43 °F), carne de res cruda (43 °F y 56 °F), pollo crudo (42 °F), pollo cocido (43 °F y 49 °F), carne molida cocida (69 °F), flan (55 °F) y arroz con leche (59 °F). Los empleados agregaron hielo y tomaron medidas correctivas.

“Alimentos calientes mantenidos por debajo de 135 °F“. El inspector observó costillas de res a 119 °F, arrachera a 117 °F y pollo cocido a 132 °F. Los empleados comenzaron a recalentar los alimentos.

“Superficies en contacto con alimentos sucias con residuos de comida, sustancia similar a moho o baba”. El inspector observó tablas para cortar muy desgastadas en uso en la línea de cocina, tablas almacenadas contra la pared que necesitaban ser lavadas y desinfectadas, y recipientes plásticos limpios en el área de almacenamiento seco que requerían desinfección antes de su uso.

“No había toallas de papel en los lavamanos”. El inspector observó que faltaban toallas de papel en los tres lavamanos del bar y en el área de preparación del vestíbulo.

“No había jabón en los lavamanos”. El inspector observó que faltaba jabón en los tres lavamanos del bar y en el área de preparación del vestíbulo.

“Se realizó un proceso de cocción y enfriamiento sin un plan HACCP aprobado”. El inspector observó carne de res cocida empacada con reducción de oxígeno dentro del refrigerador que había sido empacada más de 48 horas antes.

“Botella con sustancia tóxica sin etiqueta”. El inspector observó una botella rociadora sin identificar que, según el operador, contenía Windex.

“Faltaba una placa del techo”. El inspector observó plafones faltantes sobre la máquina de hielo. También faltaba una rejilla de ventilación del techo y la pieza desprendida estaba colocada sobre mesas de preparación.

“Plafones y conductos de ventilación sucios con polvo y residuos de alimentos”. El inspector observó plafones sucios en la cocina y en el cuarto de almacenamiento de bebidas. Violación reiterada.

“Equipos limpios almacenados a menos de seis pulgadas del piso”. El inspector observó varias ollas limpias almacenadas en el piso debajo de un horno. Violación reiterada.

“Equipo de refrigeración en mal estado.”

“Alimentos de empleados no separados adecuadamente de los alimentos destinados al público”. El inspector observó alimentos de empleados almacenados dentro de un refrigerador vertical en el mini bar delantero.

“Objetos personales de empleados almacenados en el área de preparación de alimentos”. El inspector observó un teléfono celular sobre una mesa de preparación junto a la máquina de hielo.

“Equipos en mal estado”. El inspector observó un empaque roto en la puerta de un refrigerador vertical frente a la línea de cocina.

“Agua estancada en el piso”. El inspector observó agua acumulada en la línea de cocina, el cuarto de almacenamiento de bebidas, el área de almacenamiento seco y el área de lavado de utensilios.

“Alimentos almacenados en el piso”. El inspector observó un recipiente de tres galones con aceite para cocinar almacenado directamente sobre el piso junto a la línea de cocina.

“Paredes dañadas con agujeros y aberturas”. El inspector observó espacios alrededor de tuberías cerca del fregadero de tres compartimentos y daños debajo de las mesas de preparación en el área del bar.

“El mango de la pala para hielo estaba en contacto con el hielo”. El inspector observó el mango de la pala tocando el hielo.

“Acumulación de sarro dentro de la máquina lavavajillas.”

“Superficies que no están en contacto con alimentos sucias con grasa y residuos”. El inspector observó empaques sucios en las puertas de los refrigeradores y acumulación de grasa y suciedad entre los equipos en toda la cocina y el área del bar.

“Acumulación de hielo en un congelador vertical”. El inspector observó acumulación de hielo en el congelador vertical del área del bar.

“No había termómetro de temperatura ambiente en el refrigerador vertical”. El inspector observó que el refrigerador del bar no tenía termómetro.

“Estantes del refrigerador vertical oxidados”. El inspector observó estantes oxidados en los refrigeradores frente a la línea de cocina, junto a la máquina de hielo y en el área del bar.

“Equipos y utensilios fueron lavados, enjuagados y desinfectados en el orden incorrecto”. El inspector instruyó a los empleados sobre el procedimiento correcto para el fregadero de tres compartimentos.

“Tablas para cortar excesivamente desgastadas y que ya no pueden limpiarse adecuadamente”. El inspector observó varias tablas para cortar con marcas profundas de cuchillo en la línea de cocina y el área de almacenamiento.

“Espátula almacenada de forma inadecuada”. El inspector observó una espátula colocada entre la pared y el fregadero de tres compartimentos.

“Agua estancada dentro de un refrigerador vertical”. El inspector observó agua acumulada dentro de los refrigeradores junto a la máquina de hielo y en el área del bar del vestíbulo.

“Alimentos con control de tiempo y temperatura descongelados de forma inadecuada”. El inspector observó frijoles negros congelados y pollo crudo descongelándose en agua fría estancada. Los empleados recibieron instrucciones sobre los procedimientos adecuados de descongelación.

We are putting the rainy season on pause again Wednesday through Friday with far fewer storms. Only an isolated storm or two is expected to develop with drier air and Saharan dust working its way in. This will allow temperatures to reach record levels in the middle 90s, especially Thursday and Friday.

Italian soccer federation president Giovanni Malagò announced Mancini as the new Italy coach on Tuesday, adding that Claudio Ranieri will become the new technical director after Paolo Maldini stepped down the previous day — just 16 days after being appointed.

“Time was running out … I believed the person who should become the new coach of Italy is Roberto Mancini, for a whole list of reasons,” Malagò said. “There will be a press conference tomorrow with both Claudio Ranieri and Roberto Mancini.”

The 61-year-old Mancini led the Azzurri to the European Championship title in 2021 but shockingly resigned as Italy coach in August 2023, taking over Saudi Arabia’s national team two weeks later.

“It is clear that all the necessary assessments have been made,” Malagò said when asked about Mancini's sudden departure three years ago. “I certainly took it into consideration; I am aware of his recent apologies, and obviously, everyone has made the appropriate evaluations.”

The Italian national team is in crisis after failing for a third straight time to qualify for the World Cup, prompting the resignations of FIGC president Gabriele Gravina and coach Gennaro Gattuso in April.

Mancini's first spell

Mancini’s first spell as Italy coach came immediately after the team missed out on the 2018 World Cup, having lost to Sweden in a qualifying playoff.

He revived the Azzurri by adding flair and youth to a team that won admirers all over the continent during the year-delayed Euro 2020 — beating England at Wembley Stadium in a penalty shootout for the trophy.

Between 2018 and 2021, Mancini coached Italy to a world-record 37-match unbeaten run.

However, a 1-0 semifinal playoff loss to 67th-ranked North Macedonia at home in 2022 meant that the Azzurri again missed out on the World Cup.

Mancini nevertheless kept his position before surprisingly quitting in August 2023. He left Saudi Arabia in 2024 and was most recently coach at Al-Sadd in Qatar, before departing last month.

Mancini also previously steered Inter Milan and Manchester City to league titles.

Pirlo, Guardiola and Ancelotti

The appointment comes the day after Andrea Pirlo was dropped as the leading candidate for the Italy job amid political concerns over a sponsorship deal with a Russian betting firm.

That led to the departures of Maldini and special adviser Leonardo by what Malagò stressed was “mutual consent.”

“Practically before we had even started, we were dealing with a unique situation,” Malagò added. “There was no conflict. With utmost respect, like in the best families, there was a calm discussion and a clear and serene consensus that it was best to go our separate ways.”

Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti had already turned down offers to coach the Azzurri. Former Italy coach Antonio Conte was also in contention.

Don't expect immediate miracles from Mancini

Italy next plays in September and October, when it will face Belgium, Turkey and France in the Nations League.

“The new coach will have two training sessions to prepare for the first game,” Malagò said. “And since the game against Bosnia, I don’t think we have given passports to Lamine Yamal, (Kylian) Mbappé and (Harry) Kane.

“Now we have to do the best with what we have, knowing that we are playing in a group with three teams that went to the World Cup, two of which finished in the last eight.”

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Judges read 163 novels to come up with the 13 semifinalists announced Tuesday for the 50,000 pound ($66,000) Booker Prize, a list described by historian Mary Beard, head of the judging panel, as literary “dynamite.”

The list includes James’ “The Disappearers,” about a group of gay men in a hostile 1980s Jamaica; Stuart’s “ John of John,” a story of father-son secrets on a remote Scottish island; and Strout’s heartfelt small-town tale “The Things We Never Say.”

James won the Booker in 2015 for “A Brief History of Seven Killings” and Stuart won in 2020 for “Shuggie Bain.” Strout’s “Oh William!” was a finalist in 2022. She won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2009 for “Olive Kitteridge.”

They sit alongside lesser-known names on a Booker longlist that includes authors with roots in Britain, Ireland, Jamaica, Mexico, Turkey and the United States.

Three of those on the list are debut authors: Turkish-American writer Kenan Orhan for family history story “The Renovation,” British author Rebecca Perry for Medieval-to-modern tale “May We Feed the King” and Ireland’s Djamel White for “All Them Dogs,” a thriller set in the Dublin underworld.

White, at 28, is the youngest author in the running. The oldest is 81-year-old M. John Harrison, whose postapocalyptic tale “The End of Everything” is a rare science fiction novel to make the Booker list.

The other contenders are “The Shadow of the Object” by Chloe Aridjis, “Black Bag” by Luke Kennard, “The Vivisectors” by Missouri Williams, “Switzy” by Emma Cline, “Helen of Nowhere” by Makenna Goodman and Gwendoline Riley’s “The Palm House.”

Beard said the five jurors, who include Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker and American novelist Patricia Lockwood, tried to look beyond the idea of a typical Booker winner – “slightly serious, about to be classic.” Instead they chose novels that are “trying to expand the boundaries of how we can think about ourselves in completely different ways,”

“Sometimes they’re using humor, sometimes it’s pathos, sometimes there’s shock value,” Beard said. “They’re risk-takers. They are dynamite. They say ‘Come on, try seeing it a different way.’”

Founded in 1969, the Booker Prize has a reputation for transforming writers’ careers and is open to novels from any country published in the U.K. and Ireland. Last year’s winner was “Flesh” by Hungarian-British writer David Szalay.

The judges will announce six finalists on Sept. 22, and the winner will be revealed Nov. 9 at a ceremony in London.

La hija del exmandatario Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) —fallecido en 2024 y quien estuvo 16 años preso por corrupción y asesinato— retorna más de un cuarto de siglo después al palacio presidencial donde vivió y fue primera dama tras el divorcio de sus progenitores en 1994.

Ahora lo hará como presidenta luego de imponerse en junio en un reñido balotaje al progresista Roberto Sánchez con los votos decisivos del extranjero, en lo que fue su cuarto intento por alcanzar el poder.

El principal reto de Fujimori será el combate a la delincuencia organizada, en particular las extorsiones que se han expandido por casi todo Perú, donde las denuncias por ese delito pasaron de 2.421 en 2019 a 26.734 en 2025, según datos oficiales.

Las extorsiones golpean la economía de miles de pequeños negocios que son amenazados con ataques con explosivos o incendios y que han cobrando la vida de 239 transportistas en 2025, sobre todo de mototaxistas que operan en las zonas más pobres.

La oposición política ha formulado una serie de pedidos a Fujimori, incluida la derogación de un conjunto de leyes aprobadas por el anterior Parlamento dirigido por el fujimorismo que, según los expertos, debilitan la lucha contra el crimen organizado.

Esas normas eliminan la detención preventiva en casos sin flagrancia, impiden procesar a partidos políticos como grupos criminales, elevan los requisitos para confiscar bienes a grupos delictivos y dificultan la colaboración eficaz y los allanamientos.

La líder conservadora prometió en campaña que enfrentará el crimen con “mano dura” siguiendo el modelo del presidente salvadoreño Nayib Bukele. También ha dicho que construirá una cárcel similar a la salvadoreña Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo e implantará jueces con el rostro cubierto como ocurrió durante el gobierno de su padre.

Los opositores le han solicitado, además, una comisión para investigar las muertes de 50 civiles a manos de la fuerza pública durante las manifestaciones de 2022 y 2023 que exigían nuevas elecciones y que surgieron tras la destitución del entonces presidente Pedro Castillo (2021-2022).

Los familiares de los fallecidos han indicado que no reconocerán a Fujimori como presidenta y que protestarán durante su toma de posesión. Milagros Samillán, hermana de uno de los 50 civiles asesinados, indicó a la prensa recientemente que consideran a Fujimori responsable de blindar a la entonces mandataria Dina Boluarte, la sucesora de Castillo. También la señalan como la "hija de un dictador” que violó derechos humanos.

Castillo fue condenado a 11 años de cárcel por conspiración para una rebelión y un sector de la oposición pide que Fujimori libere al expresidente.

Fujimori no se ha referido a ninguno de los pedidos, aunque dijo a mediados de julio que cree “profundamente en la reconciliación”.

A pesar de la larga inestabilidad política que antecedió al triunfo de Fujimori —con ocho presidentes en la última década— la conservadora de 51 años encontrará a un país con una economía estable y en crecimiento favorecida por las expertaciones de minerales.

About three hours of audio and 117 pages of transcripts — with many redactions — were released by the Oversight Project, an arm of the Heritage Foundation, after Biden lost a prolonged legal fight to keep his conversations with his memoir ghostwriter, Mark Lewis Zwonitzer, private.

“They didn't even know I had this,” Biden told Zwonitzer in October 2016, near the end of his second term as Barack Obama's vice president, as he talked about sensitive foreign policy matters handled by the administration.

In one 2017 session, after Biden had left the West Wing and before he'd launched his own presidential campaign, he appeared to admit retaining classified information from his time as vice president.

“I just found all the classified stuff downstairs,” Biden said. “I wrote the President a handwritten 40-page memorandum arguing against deploying additional troops to Iraq -- I mean, to Afghanistan on the grounds that it wouldn’t matter, that the day we left would be like the day before we arrived.”

The potentially classified information itself is redacted in both the audio and transcripts that the Oversight Project released.

The right-wing group first sued to obtain the tapes after Special Counsel Robert Hur decided in 2024 not to charge Biden for how he handled classified information. Biden cooperated with Hur’s inquiry and told the special prosecutor during his presidency that he did not intentionally mishandle any classified material.

Hur, who obtained the tapes as part of his inquiry, said in announcing his decision that he believed a jury would find Biden a sympathetic figure because of his age and what Hur described as a “poor memory” — a statement that became a flashpoint in public debate about Biden's age and fitness for the presidency.

Biden was 74 when the interviews began. He was 81 and seeking reelection when Hur released his report in early 2024, though Biden later ended his campaign for a second term after a halting debate performance against Republican Donald Trump.

The tapes contain instances of Biden being unable to recall some dates and details of topics he was discussing with Zwonitzer. Biden also showed a command of many details, recalling meetings and details of conversations referenced in the notes he shared.

At the Oversight Project, Vice President of Litigation Jeff Clark insisted the tapes prove Biden's decline.

“The tapes have always belonged to the American People, the Oversight Project just delivered them to their rightful owner,” Clark said in a statement. “The knowledge of his deterioration was well-established.”

A Biden spokesman blasted the release as politically motivated.

“President Biden’s conversations for a book a decade ago that discussed his late son are private, and were provided to the Department of Justice on the express condition they stay that way,” said TJ Ducklo. “Reversing course and making them public is just the latest example of this Administration weaponizing the DOJ for political retribution.”

Biden initially sued to stop the Department of Justice from releasing the material, claiming the conversations were private. But he dropped his suit after a divided panel of appeals court judges rejected his bid. Biden could have petitioned the Supreme Court to intervene or asked for a rehearing by the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

In a 2-1 ruling, a three-judge panel from the circuit court found a “substantial” public interest in disclosing the material.

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The crash was reported just before midnight in the area of North Flagler Drive and East Sunrise Boulevard as the train was heading south, first responders confirmed.

Victor Carvalho was at a nearby bar and saw the accident.

“As we see the rails coming down, there was a car right behind and it was apparently, I don’t what happened, but she just went over the rails and immediately (I) start hearing the horns and boom, straight away, it just crashed straight onto her on the right side of the vehicle,” he said.

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue officials said the car was dragged by the train to the 400 block of Northeast Flagler Drive.

The husband of the woman who was driving the red car told Local 10 News that the car became lodged underneath the train after the collision.

Surveillance video shows the moments after the train struck the car. You can see sparks flying as the Genesis is dragged down the tracks beneath the Brightline train.

FLFR officials said the woman was able to exit the car by herself and crews found her on the ground next to the vehicle when they arrived.

Carvalho, who just completed CPR, first aid, and firefighting training, raced to the scene to help the victim.

“My adrenaline just immediately kicked in and I knew from the start, of what I was trained from the course has taught me, I went straight to action,” he said. “I jump over the fence, I’m on 911 calling the operator, telling the whole situation. I escorted the lady on the floor as she opened the door herself, making sure she’s OK. I just made sure she sits upright, make sure she looks to the ground, make sure she looks at her feet, make sure she doesn’t go to a level where she’s passing out.”

According to the woman’s husband, she suffered a broken hand and busted lip, but is expected to be OK.

FLFR officials confirmed that the woman was transported to Broward Health Medical Center with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.

A hair stylist at a nearby barbershop told Local 10 News that she’s never seen anything like this before.

“The Brightline train is just stopped right in front of me, and the car is just jammed right underneath. Actually, by a miracle, the driver’s seat where the driver was, was the only seat that wasn’t completely smacked by the train,” Madeline Abreu said.

The circumstances leading up to the collision remain under investigation.

The two leaders also plan to discuss the framework agreement the U.S. and Israel signed with Lebanon over the Israel-Hezbollah war and the expansion of the Abraham Accords, according to a White House official.

Trump also met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday ahead of Sen. Lindsey Graham’s funeral, which was their second sit-down this month. Sen. Lindsey Graham will be eulogized Tuesday during memorial services across Washington. Trump is expected to deliver remarks at the cathedral, alongside Fox News’ Sean Hannity and other conservative leaders.

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Netanyahu departs White House after meeting Trump

The Israeli prime minister departed after about 90 minutes of talks.

As he was leaving, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt released a statement on X noting that Trump had concluded his meetings with Netanyahu and Zelenskyy.

She said: “Both meetings were positive and productive!”

They were closed to press coverage.

Netanyahu attended a memorial dinner for Graham, calling him a ‘dear friend’

The event was held in Washington on Monday evening and was also attended by Graham’s sister and replacement in the Senate, Darlene Graham, as well as other relatives, friends of the late senator, “senior administration officials and members of Congress,” according to a statement by Netanyahu’s office.

Speaking at the event, the Israeli leader praised Graham as “deeply committed to the security of the United States, to the security of Israel, and to the ongoing fight against anti-Semitism,“ the statement said.

Netanyahu, who is meeting with Trump at the White House, is among several foreign leaders who are expected to attend Graham’s Washington funeral held later on Tuesday.

“America has lost a great patriot. Israel has lost one of its greatest friends and supporters. And I have lost a dear friend,” Netanyahu said at the memorial dinner.

Zelenskyy reports having a ‘good meeting’ with Trump

In a social media post afterward, the Ukrainian leader said his first act was to offer his condolences to Trump on the death of Graham, who was close to Trump and a strong supporter of Ukraine.

Zelenskyy says he and Trump discussed licenses for Ukraine to produce Patriot interceptors and “several other ideas that could help.” They also discussed diplomacy.

Zelenskyy said he expressed gratitude to the United States for “its firm support” and said their teams will arrange future communication.

The White House closed the meeting to independent journalists. Zelenskyy released photos showing him posing with Trump and that U.S. secretaries Rubio, Bessent and Hegseth attended the Oval Office meeting.

Iran’s government details damage from recent escalation

Iran says recent U.S. strikes destroyed an airport and a marine control tower, and caused damage to 12 bridges and two tunnels, among other infrastructure.

Iranian government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani provided the details Tuesday in an announcement carried by the state-run IRNA news agency.

The U.S. military said it struck numerous military targets this month in response to Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran retaliated with missile and drone attacks on Arab countries hosting U.S. forces.

Both sides paused their attacks over the weekend, though tensions remain high.

Mohajerani said Bushehr International Airport, on the Persian Gulf, has been “rendered inoperable.” Both tunnels have been reopened and alternate routes have been established around the damaged bridges, she said.

She said other civilian infrastructure had also been destroyed, including a meteorological center and fishing boats. The U.S. says it targeted small boats used by Iranian forces to harass ships in the strait.

Former colleagues of Graham offer personal goodbyes as they walk up to his flag-draped casket

Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., placed both hands on his casket and then placed her hand on her heart. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., saluted from her wheelchair. And Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., gave a fist bump.

Scores of former senators also traveled to the Capitol to pay their respects, including former Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., who bowed and then briefly kissed the casket.

Others stood briefly before his casket and offered a short prayer and a sign of the cross.

Netanyahu now at White House for Trump meeting

The black SUV carrying the Israeli prime minister arrived on West Executive Avenue minutes after Zelenskyy departed after his own meeting with Trump.

Netanyahu stepped out of the passenger side of the vehicle and buttoned his suit jacket before entering through a side entrance to the West Wing. The meeting is also closed to press coverage.

Israel’s UN envoy says `number one’ on Trump-Netanyahu agenda will be scaling down Iran war

Ambassador Danny Danon told U.N. reporters Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu definitely wants to hear from President Trump what he wants to see in the coming days or weeks.

“I cannot tell you which direction it will go. There are different options,” he said. “We are prepared for all scenarios, and we will discuss it with the president.”

Danon was responding to a question on whether Israel expects the two leaders to talk about specifics of scaling down or ending the war in Iran.

“Well, I’m sure that will be number one on the agenda in the meeting today between the prime minister and the president,” he replied.

Amid somewhat strained U.S.-Israeli relations, Danon stressed, “We fought shoulder-to-shoulder against Iran, and we are prepared to continue supporting the U.S. in pursuing peace and stability in the region.” He added that Gaza will also be on the Trump-Netanyahu agenda.

Thune hails Graham as a towering figure in the Senate and the international stage

“I traveled with Lindsey all over the world as part of the congressional delegations and I saw firsthand just how much he was respected by our allies and just how well he was able to connect with foreign leaders around the world,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said.

Thune and others are honoring Graham at a tribute Tuesday in the Capitol Rotunda.

Thune and others also cited Graham’s sense of humor. He said that when lawmakers would gather for dinners in Washington, Graham was always the first call. He said no one was more capable of cracking up a room.

Choking up, he closed by telling Graham to “rest in peace my friend.”

“I look forward to the days when you make us all laugh again,” Thune said.

Americans’ confidence in US economy fell this month as Iran conflict sent gas prices back up

The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 90.8 in July from 92.2 in June.

Consumers’ view of current business and labor market conditions fell by 3.6 points to 114.9, the third straight monthly decline.

Views about their near-term futures held steady from last month with a reading of 74.7.

Consumer attitudes had improved modestly in June as gas prices came down to around $3.70 a gallon from more than $4.50 a gallon in late April and early May. But as fighting in the Middle East escalated, the average price for a gallon of gas in the U.S. started to rise again. On Tuesday it was $4.10, according to the auto club AAA.

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Trump and Zelenskyy are meeting

The White House says the meeting started at 9:47 a.m. It is “closed press,” meaning journalists at aren’t likely to see the leaders together in the Oval Office.

Graham’s casket arrives at the Capitol

The remains of the Republican senator have arrived at the U.S. Capitol, his flag-draped casket carried inside by an armed forces team, in recognition of his military service.

He’s being honored at a tribute in the Rotunda, the start of two days of services for the South Carolina senator.

Vice President JD Vance is expected to speak and several Cabinet officials, including former Sen. Markwayne Mullin, the Homeland Security secretary, were in attendance, as was acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, who faces a rocky Senate confirmation for the job.

Iran says anyone tapping its frozen assets will be barred from the Strait of Hormuz

The threat came in response to President Trump’s post on social media last week, in which he threatened to use Iranian assets frozen abroad to pay for damage to ships from Iranian attacks in the strait.

Ebrahim Zolfaghari, the spokesperson for Iran’s joint military command, said Tuesday that any countries or companies that join in Trump’s “unlawful action” will be barred from using the strait. The critical waterway carried a fifth of the world’s traded oil and gas before the war. His video message was carried by Iranian state TV.

Trump had said damage to ships would be “paid for by Iranian Money that the United States has in its possession, and controls.” It was unclear what legal mechanisms Trump would use to seize and spend the funds.

Zelenskyy arrives at White House to meet Trump

The Ukrainian leader’s car pulled up on West Executive Avenue, a private road within the White House complex. He stepped out of the passenger side of a black SUV and walked around the rear to enter the White House for the meeting.

Acting national intelligence chief announces more job cuts

Bill Pulte, the acting director of national intelligence, has sought to leave his mark during his interim status in the job.

With the Senate poised to confirm Jay Clayton for the role, Pulte released Tuesday on X a series of intelligence community documents from 2020 that described China’s capacity to interfere in the American political process as well as vulnerabilities in the election system.

The substance of the material was largely recycled and already known, but its disclosure is part of a broader Trump administration effort to raise concerns about the integrity of U.S. elections — most especially the 2020 presidential race he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.

Pulte has also presided over a downsizing of the national intelligence office, which functions as a coordinating hub for the U.S. government’s intelligence agencies.

He boasted on X that with a latest round of job cuts, the office is carrying out about a 30% staff reduction from weeks ago.

Trump urges Iran to make a deal so he won’t have to hurt the people

Trump has repeatedly retreated from threats to knock out bridges, power plants and other infrastructure but he told Fox News Channel in an interview that Iran knows he’ll “finish the job” if its leaders don’t make a deal to end the war.

He says millions of people would then struggle to get by.

Trump claimed he would need less than an hour to “take out” most of Iran’s bridges and said he could blow up their power plants “within one day” and then target desalinization plants.

“You know, if I can avoid doing that, I’d like to do that,” he said.

Trump says he doesn’t need Netanyahu’s advice on Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain

The president says he’s not worried about construction activities at Iran’s potential nuclear site at Pickaxe Mountain, a complex Trump has threatened to bomb.

And Trump criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for publicly expressing concerns about the site ahead of the two leaders’ meeting Tuesday at the White House.

“I know exactly what’s going on at Pickaxe,” Trump told “Fox & Friends,” adding that whatever Iran is doing is “not a big problem.”

On Netanyahu’s statements ahead of his visit to Washington, Trump said, “Why don’t you just tell it to me? Why do you have to announce to the world.”

The bilateral huddle, on the same day that both men are attending the late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s funeral, is the first since Netanyahu and Trump launched their war in Iran five months ago.

Trump remembers Sen. Lindsey Graham both for his kindness and his hawkishness

Speaking fondly about his friend and ally, Trump said he admired Graham as a nice person who was quick to call for military action.

“He was a guy that liked war,” Trump said Tuesday in a Fox News interview. “I jokingly say, and there’s nothing funny about it, but he’s never seen a war that he didn’t like.”

Trump added that Graham was “very much a hawk on Iran” but had also told Trump it was time to make a deal to end the war. That sentiment did not extend to the Russia-Ukraine war, Trump said.

“Ukraine he’s very militant about,” Trump said. “Lindsey liked war, to be honest with you.”

Senate expected to confirm Jay Clayton as next intelligence director on Tuesday

It will ensure that a permanent director is in place as the midterm elections approach.

Clayton is expected to be confirmed along party lines after a contentious hearing two weeks ago in which he repeatedly refused to say that former President Joe Biden won the 2020 election. Still, Democrats have said they have more confidence in Clayton than they do in Trump’s temporary pick for the job, Bill Pulte, who has no known intelligence experience and investigated the president’s perceived enemies in his previous post as a federal housing regulator.

Senators from both parties have expressed concerns about Pulte, who took over on an interim basis last month after Tulsi Gabbard resigned. Pulte was in charge when Trump delivered a speech from the White House earlier this month doubling down on his false claims about the 2020 election, which he lost, and released classified documents he said were relevant to his arguments.

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Security around the White House is tight due to Zelenskyy and Netanyahu visits

Only foot traffic is allowed on streets surrounding the complex. Vehicular traffic is blocked by city police cars and dump trucks at key intersections, like Pennsylvania Avenue and 17th St and near Lafayette Park.

Netanyahu is staying at Blair House, the U.S. government’s guest house across from the White House.

Zelenskyy has the first meeting with Trump, scheduled for 9:30 a.m., followed by Netanyahu at 11 a.m.

Zelenskyy will visit Trump at the White House before Sen. Graham’s funeral

Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet Tuesday ahead of Sen. Lindsey Graham’s funeral, their second sit-down this month and after a far-right activist with the U.S. president’s ear had a widely publicized change of heart on Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Trump is set to welcome Zelenskyy to the White House as the Ukrainian leader travels to Washington to honor Graham, whose final act as a public official was visiting Kyiv and securing an agreement on a package of sanctions that seek to punish countries that purchase Russian oil, gas and other exports.

Zelenskyy posted on X early Tuesday that he had arrived in the U.S. and listed the goals for his visit.

“Our schedule includes meetings with President Trump, his team, and those who can support our defense,” the Ukrainian leader said. “Our number one priority is anti-ballistic defense and strategic cooperation with America. Peace needs to be brought closer.”

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Netanyahu’s first meeting with Trump since the Iran war began is a chance to smooth over strains

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump on Tuesday is the first since the two leaders launched a joint war against Iran and a chance for Netanyahu to smooth out strains in their relationship.

The meeting comes as both face growing pressures at home. Netanyahu is up for reelection and is embattled in part because of his deteriorating relationship with Trump. Trump is under pressure to end an unpopular war that has wreaked economic havoc and driven prices higher ahead of midterm elections this November.

The two leaders also plan to discuss the framework agreement the U.S. and Israel signed with Lebanon over the Israel-Hezbollah war and the expansion of the Abraham Accords, according to a White House official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to preview the meeting.

“We have a little difference,” Trump said Monday when asked by reporters if he and the Israeli prime minister were on the same page with Iran. “But pretty close, yeah.”

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The drugmaker, which has been fighting talc-related lawsuits for more than a decade, said that the settlement is conditioned on at least 95% of remaining claimants participating.

A U.S. bankruptcy court judge denied a $9 billion settlement proposed by company subsidiary Red River Talc last year that would have been one of the biggest mass tort settlements in history.

Johnson & Johnson decided not to appeal that ruling and instead fight on in court.

A federal judge last week ordered plaintiffs in the case against Johnson & Johnson to show why the remaining pending talc claims should not be dismissed after their witnesses could not provide a direct link between the company's product and cancer.

“The Court’s order placed plaintiffs in an untenable position of having to present specific causation evidence to maintain their claims that does not exist," Erik Haas, worldwide vice president of litigation, Johnson & Johnson, said in a prepared statement Monday.

As part of the settlement proposed this week, Johnson & Johnson will make an initial payment of no more than $3 billion next year. It has no additional payments due until 2028.

“While we are confident the company would have ultimately prevailed with further litigation, as it has in the vast majority of cases tried to date, this resolution allows the company to put this matter behind it and remain focused on its mission to develop medicines and devices that save lives,” Haas said.

Johnson & Johnson said that it previously settled about 95% of filed lawsuits for mesothelioma, a cancer in the tissue surrounding organs like the lungs and heart, all state consumer protection claims, and all talc-supplier disputes.

Shares of the New Brunswick, New Jersey-based company rose more than 2% before the market open on Tuesday.

Many people throw away food simply because of the date printed on the label. But often it is still perfectly edible, according to experts.

With no federal regulations requiring standardized labels for dates on food except for baby formula, it’s no surprise that deciphering terms like “Best Before,” “Best By,” “Best If Used By,” “Enjoy By,” and “Sell By” can be mind-boggling.

What most people don’t realize is that those labels are more about how fresh something is — not how safe the food is to eat.

California is trying to bring some clarity with a new law that requires food manufacturers to use just two labels: one for quality and another for safety.

Here are a few tips to help you understand food date labels and keep perfectly good food out of the trash even if you don't live in California.

More than 50 different date labels are used in the US

In the United States, more than 80% of consumers discard food approaching the package date label at least occasionally, a 2019 study by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found.

“The date labels guarantee quality up until that point,” said Donald Schaffner, a food safety expert at Rutgers University. “They are not about the safety of a product.”

Food date labels vary state by state and are determined by the food manufacturer. Researchers from the University of Maryland found that more than 50 different date labels are used across the United States.

“They’re based on when the manufacturer thinks that product will taste its best, when its quality will be at its peak,” said Rachel Zemser, a San Francisco Bay Area food scientist who helps food companies design, launch and market new food products.

Food packaging helps determine how long food is safe to eat

Unopened canned food like beans, tomatoes, fruit, vegetables, and any shelf-stable food package in liquid, will last for years after the date stamped on its label. The same goes for boxes of soy milk or boxes of almond milk, or any food that’s been heat-treated and sealed to stay safe without refrigeration.

Dry goods, like cookies, crackers and cereal, also have a long shelf life because the low moisture in them doesn’t allow bacteria to grow.

“People can use their best judgment by smelling and tasting the product because dry crackers and cookies, and things of that nature, may be stale but they are not going to make you sick if you eat them,” Zemser said.

But extra precautions should be taken with beef, chicken or fish. They can go bad even if it’s in your refrigerator, but wrapping them tight in plastic and freezing it before the “best by” date on its packaging could help it last longer.

“Most bacteria needs moisture and air to grow and thrive, so very dry products will last, but I wouldn’t risk it with meat,” Zemser said.

The FoodKeeper, a website and free app developed by the Department of Agriculture, Cornell University, and the Food Marketing Institute, provides guidance on how long foods stay fresh and safe to eat.

California is trying to clarify label confusion

California became the first state in the U.S. to standardize food labels by banning “sell by” dates.

The law that went into effect July 1 requires manufacturers selling food in California to use two standardized labels: a “Best If Used By” label for peak quality and a “Use By” label for product safety. “Sell by” dates are used by stores to ensure products are being displayed for a reasonable amount of time before quality declines, said Nate Rose, a spokesperson for the California Grocers Association.

“Think of it like an internal referencing system for store managers and employees,” he said.

New York state lawmakers recently passed a similar measure for labels that is awaiting Gov. Kathy Hochul’s signature.

Most labels are about food quality, not safety

The only product legally required by the federal government to have an expiration date is infant formula. It should not be consumed past that date because its nutrients decline over time.

“Infant formula is the sole source of nutrition for the infant, and the concern is that the child could have a nutritional deficiency” if given expired formula, Schaffner said.

In general, people should use their own judgment and look for signs like mold, strange odors and unusual colors to decide whether or not to toss out food.

And follow your taste buds.

“Practice your own food stock rotation, buy appropriate amounts of food, don’t buy giant amounts that you won’t be able to eat,” Schaffner said. “Because who wants to eat poor quality food?”

Massive capacity in a slew of Chinese industries, from automaking to solar panels, cement and steel manufacturing, among many others, has drawn increasing attention from Beijing's trading partners in recent years. Although China's own leaders have made rebalancing the economy a priority, slowing domestic demand has prompted companies to expand into markets overseas. Surging exports pushed China's trade surplus to a record of nearly $1.2 trillion last year.

China has never sought a large trade surplus, the Ministry of Commerce said in a report titled “China’s Position on the So-called Excess Capacity Issue.” It took aim at recent talk of a “China shock 2.0” due to excess capacity.

“The U.S. and other western countries have come up with the so-called ‘China shock 2.0,’ falsely accusing China’s industrial development of posing threats to western countries’ monopoly,” said the report, alluding to assertions of an earlier shock to trading partners from China's ascent as a manufacturing power.

“This is not supported by facts and totally untenable,” the report said.

Tuesday's document echoed remarks by China’s No. 2 official, Premier Li Qiang, at the World Economic Forum’s “Summer Davos” meeting in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian. Li said that instead of a “China Shock 2.0,” recent trends should be viewed as a “China Opportunity 2.0.”

The U.S. is expected to soon announce findings of an investigation of 16 economies, including China, relating to excess capacity and production in their manufacturing sectors. The probe is widely expected to result in increased tariffs on some countries.

On Friday, the U.S. imposed higher tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on 60 economies, including China, saying they had failed to effectively enforce a ban on goods produced with forced labor. Many countries including China protested that move.

At a press conference Tuesday, Lin Weilong, director of the Commerce Ministry's policy research office, said the U.S. has no authority to unilaterally determine whether trading partners have excess capacity and impose restrictive measures.

“The U.S. cannot narrowly define production capacity that exceeds domestic demand as excess capacity, and slap it with a surplus label,” Lin told reporters in Beijing.

Earlier this month, the European Union, struggling to rebalance its trade with China, implemented trade measures including protections for its steel industry and restrictions on imports of e-commerce small parcels.

China’s stance on the overcapacity issue will likely “fall on deaf ears,” said Alfredo Montufar-Helu, an expert on China at Ankura, a consultancy.

“Economic conditions in Western markets have made it politically untenable to do nothing in the face of rising Chinese imports, especially in high value added sectors that Western firms used to dominate,” he said.

“This doesn’t have a precedent,” García told The Associated Press by phone before another long day ahead.

The out-of-control fire has consumed 500 square kilometers (193 square miles) — an area five times the size of Barcelona — and forced 25,000 people to flee villages in the smoldering hills of Ávila west of Madrid, the capital.

The ferocity of Spain’s largest recorded wildfire is forcing firefighters to fundamentally change their tactics, prioritizing evacuations and property protection due to the danger posed by fast-moving walls of flames and blazes too powerful to attack directly.

“The evolution is alarming,” García said.

Before, his brigade would tackle fires in the wilderness. Now they are a last line of defense, focused on saving lives. No deaths from these fires have been reported, while 79,000 people have fled their homes from the Ávila fire, another fire nearby in the Madrid region and one in eastern Castellón.

“That gives us more work and more stress,” García said. “Now it is lives first, then homes, and after, the forest."

Climate change is fanning the flames

García works with one of Spain’s emergency wildfire brigades, which deploy to help regional firefighters when they need help. They spend 12-hour shifts hosing down burning trees and hacking away at underbrush before it becomes fuel for the flames.

His 40-man unit, based in Ávila, has been working for three days on the Ávila fire. Before that, they fought fires in Guadalajara and near Zaragoza in recent weeks. The Guadalajara fire consumed 320 square kilometers (123 square miles), making it Spain's third largest on record.

“Until last year, I had never experienced fighting one big fire after another,” the 43-year-old García said.

Large areas of Spain have always been fire-prone thanks to its hot summers and relatively dry climate. But experts and government officials say that climate change has increased the frequency of heat waves and periods of drought, extending periods of high risk for wildfires.

Once one ignites, it grows at a speed and voracity rarely seen before.

García said there used to be around 15 days of extreme fire risk each year. Now firefighters are on alert for 30 to 40 days.

Fires have burned 1,530 square kilometers (590 square miles) this year in Spain — six times the area scorched by blazes in the first half of 2025, Sara Aagesen, the ecology minister, has said.

Meanwhile, a monster fire in neighboring France has forced over 200,000 people to flee their homes.

Fires are too powerful to tackle head-on

Raúl Guerrero, 29, has worked as a firefighter in Castilla y León, the region including Ávila, for the past decade. He said this fire can't compare with any he has battled.

He told the AP that his 40-man unit has had to retreat to safer ground on several occasions when the danger of being trapped was imminent.

He said the fire at several moments was “beyond the capacity of extinction,” which, he said, means “the fire is so virulent and has such power that no matter what you do, you can’t put it out.”

Asked how that makes him feel, Guerrero said “above all, impotent.”

Vegetation can become ‘pure gunpowder’

While fires are often started by lighting or a spark made by agricultural machinery, a decisive factor that makes wildfires harder to combat is the disappearance of the farms, orchards and local forestry industries that used to create buffer areas around villages and towns.

Vegetation now grows right up to homes, Guerrero said. He called for property owners and local authorities to work all year in clearing brush away from homes and tending to forests.

If not, Guerrero said, that vegetation will remain “pure gunpowder” for future fires.

It’s the 73rd anniversary of what is considered to be the birth of the revolution.

Absent from the celebrations for the first time is 95-year-old Raul Castro.

It was on July 26, 1953 that brothers Fidel and Raul Castro assaulted the Moncada Barracks in Santiago in a failed attempt to overthrow the government.

They would succeed six years later.

Every year, the communist island commemorates the anniversary in a different province.

On Sunday, it was in Pinar Del Rio.

Raul Castro released a statement saying, in part:

“Receive my affection and recognition for having earned, through your effort, dedication to the revolutionary cause.”

Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel used his speech to issue a scathing condemnation of Washington, D.C.’s fuel embargo and economic sanctions that have led to a critical humanitarian crisis on the island.

As for the Cuban people, they are fed up, staging protests every day, banging their pots and pans in frustration.

There are several Broward County School Board seats up for election this year.

In District 1, there are two people seeking the seat. They are incumbent Maura McCarthy Bulman and her opponent, Carmen Gimenez.

Gimenez is a former candidate for governor and for mayor of Hallandale Beach.

“In my opinion, Gov. DeSantis is right when he mentioned that the Broward County School Board is a disaster,” she said. “I represent two universities -- the private University of Angola in the United States and Los Angeles University in Florida and Georgia, so I know what is the best way for our kids to be guided to have a bright future.”

Broward County’s District 1 includes Dania Beach, Hallandale Beach, Hollywood, West Park and part of Miramar.

Gimenez is hoping to unseat Bulman, who was elected in 2024.

“It has been my greatest honor to represent District 1 on the school board for the past two years,” she said. “I’m running for a full year term to continue the work that I’ve started, improving our facilities, bringing programming to my schools, trying to get more enrollment.”

Bulman, an attorney, addressed the school district’s budget challenges and the board’s decision to close under-enrolled school campuses.

“I think we’ve made some very difficult decisions this year, and we’re gonna have to keep doing that to be fiscally responsible, to right size the district, and to make sure that we are using the best care of our taxpayer dollars,” Bulman said.

Gimenez told Local 10 that if elected, she plans to “modernize the district’s school bus transportation system” and discussed how she would address the budget shortfall.

“I’m going to talk to the state of Florida government party who is dedicated to give funds to Broward schools,” she said.

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It was filed by current Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, who is also running in the primary.

A candidate must have lived in the state for seven consecutive years to run for governor and records show that within the past few years, Fishback bought a home in Washington, D.C.

But despite making that his “primary home,” he never abandoned his Florida residency.

The race between Cognetti, the mayor of Scranton, and Bresnahan is considered one of the Democratic Party's best opportunities to pick up a seat in the November election in its bid to take control of the U.S. House and block President Donald Trump's agenda.

Cognetti is airing the ad in a district that's been buffeted by AI data center projects and as the opposition to data centers that has upended races for local offices across the country is spreading to top-of-the-ticket contests.

Speaking to the camera, Cognetti invokes the region's industrial heritage as a coal and shale gas powerhouse, saying, “Big companies have come before, taken what they wanted and left us with their mess to clean up. Now it’s data centers.”

She then criticizes the secrecy that developers often use to veil details of projects from the public, the tax breaks developers often get from states and the rising electric bills that have hit the mid-Atlantic region to satisfy the growing energy demand of data centers, which house rows of computers for storing, processing and transmitting data.

“Big Tech needs to pay their own way. Not hide behind NDAs. No tax breaks. Don’t raise our electric bills, don’t poison our water. And hire local, union labor," Cognetti says.

If not, “then get out,” she says. “This is our home. We are not for sale.”

Trump has made data centers a top priority to help the U.S. compete against China for AI superiority.

However, communities across the U.S. have fought many of the projects, including in northeastern Pennsylvania, where complexes of data centers and new high-voltage transmission lines are planned. Fights between communities and developers have landed in court.

The 30-second ad will run on broadcast TV channels, cable and digital platforms, Cognetti's campaign said. It is costing about $200,000 for the initial run of two weeks.

Bresnahan has introduced legislation called the Local Control Protection Act, which he says would put limits on a corporation's right to sue over local zoning decisions denying an application to build a data center.

“We should never let billion-dollar corporations supersede the voices of those who live in the community,” Bresnahan said in a statement accompanying the bill's introduction in June.

The bill has yet to move out of committee or gain a cosponsor.

Republicans have made protecting Bresnahan a high priority. Both Trump and Vice President JD Vance visited the district last year.

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Now Romania is trying something new to stop the incursions: shooting down the drones.

Romanian pilots shot down the first of three drones in as many days from F-16 fighter jets starting Friday as Russia intensified attacks against Ukraine near the border. After determining the drones were of Russian origin, Romania summoned Moscow’s ambassador in protest and expelled a Russian diplomat on Monday.

Drones have crossed into Romanian territory multiple times from Ukraine to the north and east, including in May when a drone injured a mother and child after crashing into an apartment block in the eastern town of Galati along the Danube River.

Romanian authorities largely responded by scrambling jets, collecting debris, erecting fallout shelters near the border and frequently admonishing Moscow for its war spilling into its territory.

Romania and Poland also acquired the MEROPS system, which fires short counter-drones to take down incoming stray drones, following a spate of incursions along NATO’s eastern flank late last year.

Drones have crossed into the territories of multiple EU countries, but have been a persistent problem for Romania's leadership in the capital Bucharest. At least 19 have entered Romania’s airspace this year, while there have been 50 cases of drones or drone fragments identified on its territory since the war started in 2022, according to Romania's Ministry of National Defense.

Romanian President Nicusor Dan on Sunday congratulated the Romanian pilots for downing the drones and blamed Russia for the incursions.

“It is unacceptable and intolerable for the Russian Federation to continue violating Romanian airspace,” he said.

Romania shifts the approach to stray drones

Despite passing legislation last year to shoot down drones in its airspace, which was strongly opposed by nationalist political parties, Romania has avoided shooting them down until now.

Romanian military analyst Radu Tudor said the May drone incident in Galati may have “changed something in the Romanian authorities’ mentality” in how to approach the issue.

“This was somehow a kind of psychological trigger, in order to say: ‘OK, enough is enough,’” Tudor said. “Until now, it probably was an Allied decision in NATO not to respond with firepower, because it was somehow a danger of escalation.”

“I think it’s not only a change of attitude of Romania, I think it’s a change of attitude in NATO,” he added.

Before the three interceptions over the past week, Romanian pilots also shot down a stray Ukrainian drone above Estonia in May. Romanian pilots and planes are based in Lithuania to provide broad strike capabilities for NATO.

“They saw so many signals that Russia is trying to provoke NATO,” Tudor said. “Romania is the only NATO country who shot down four drones on the eastern flank — three on Romania and one in Estonia.”

The message sent to Moscow mirrors a statement by NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the organization's summit in Ankara, Turkey, earlier this month: “‘Don’t play with us’.”

Russian diplomat expelled

In response to the drone incursions, Romania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Russia’s ambassador in Bucharest on Monday and presented him with fragments of a drone, saying Moscow “bears exclusive responsibility for all these grave incidents.” The ministry also expelled a member of the Russian mission, who was given five days to leave the country.

“The Russian side learned what they already knew: the drones downed on Romanian territory belong to them,” Foreign Minister Oana Toiu wrote in a post on X. “Drone fragments recovered by the Ministry of National Defence and the ongoing prosecutor investigation confirm their Russian origin beyond any doubt.”

The Russian embassy in Romania responded in a statement posted on its Facebook page, saying Russia “has never directed and does not direct combat drones” to Romanian territory and denied the allegation as “completely unfounded.”

“An unprovoked expulsion of a Russian employee will not go unanswered,” the embassy said.

Tactical shift to down errant drones

Cristian Popovici, the Romanian defense ministry’s head of public relations and a former air defense officer, said tactics have been developed to eliminate errant drones.

“We recorded more than 100 attacks with drones near our border with Ukraine, and many of them resulted in debris or even drones that penetrated our airspace,” he told The Associated Press. “Our pilots and our air force, we developed the tactics, procedures, and now we can face and we can eliminate this threat.”

The change began when Romanian pilots shot down a drone over Estonian airspace and from that point the military applied “lessons learned” and had a “100% rate success in three days with three drones,” Popovici said.

Despite the new approach to stray drones, Popovici said Romania does not plan to become entangled in the war between Russia and Ukraine.

“We are in a peacetime, we are not involved in this fight,” he said. “If Russia wants to escalate with NATO, it’s up to them. I’m not sure it’s a wise move now.”

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McGrath reported from Leamington Spa, England.

Demonstrators in the capital Tripoli, Zawiya, Misrata and other locations across western Libya have protested for several days over hourslong power outages. They demand better electrical services and have called for the resignation of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah.

As part of the ongoing protests, a group stormed the General Electricity Company's Mellitah Oil & Gas complex about 90 kilometers (55 miles) west of Tripoli. The disruption could cause a complete blackout in multiple areas and ultimately collapse the electricity network, the company warned in a statement Tuesday.

The Mellitah complex is a strategic energy supplier. Gas from the complex is compressed and sent to Sicily through a subsea pipeline, according to Bonatti, an international contractor that provides services to global energy sectors.

The Mellitah complex sends 30 million Standard Cubic Meters of gas to Italy daily, according to Bonatti.

The closure of the lines disrupted operations and caused a severe shortage in gas and fuel supplies needed to operate power plants, pushing a number of generators out of service, the National Oil Corporation said in a statement Tuesday.

The complex’s workers union condemned the closure of the gas lines, warning that the action had created serious technical and operational risks and endangered the lives of workers. The union called for stronger security measures to protect the facility and staff and urged authorities to take legal action against those involved.

Dbeibah's Government of Unity said Tuesday that the defense ministry secured the Mellitah complex, ensuring the safety of staffers and allowing the resumption of gas supplies, which gradually restored electricity and stabilized the national grid.

Libya  plunged into chaos  after a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime dictator  Moammar Gadhafi  in 2011. The country split, with rival administrations in the east and west backed by rogue militias and foreign governments.

Dbeibah heads the internationally recognized Government of Unity in Tripoli in the west. Osama Hammad heads the administration in the east, where powerful military commander Khalifa Hifter holds sway.

Data from the Congolese health ministry showed that 1,437 patients have died out of the 3,262 cases, in what officials have said is the fastest Ebola outbreak on record, concentrated in the eastern Ituri province.

The 2018-2020 outbreak that was recorded in Congo and neighboring Uganda lasted roughly two years, with more than 3,400 reported cases, including over 2,200 deaths, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.

Only the 2014-2016 outbreak across West Africa, considered the worst in history, had a higher toll with 28,000 cases and more than 11,000 deaths.

The speed of transmission in the current outbreak comes amid concerns from residents that many communities in the affected provinces are either unreachable or have been abandoned by responders in recent days over safety concerns amid attacks from angry residents and rebels.

“The fact that, in just 10 weeks, we have reached nearly the same number of cases recorded over an almost two-year outbreak is alarming and should stop us in our tracks," Onesphore Bangenza, Mercy Corps response team lead in Bunia, Ituri's capital, said Tuesday.

“There is no doubt that the virus is moving faster than we can contain it,” Bangenza added.

The ongoing outbreak, which was declared on May 15, is unlike most previous Ebola outbreaks because the Bundibugyo virus responsible for it has no approved vaccines or treatments.

Efforts to slow the transmission have been challenged by rebel violence in eastern Congo as well as health workers striking to protest the nonpayment of their wages.

The outbreak continues to spread faster than health officials can track despite an expanding response. A key challenge is that patient zero has yet to be identified in the outbreak while displacement from armed conflict and illegal mining in the region have made it difficult to trace thousands who have come in contact with infected individuals.

Despite distrust between communities and health workers mostly seen at the early stages of the outbreak, signs of progress have emerged.

“We can never again wage war against the Ebola teams. We have lost members of our families. As a community, we have a vested interest in fighting Ebola to return to normal life,” said Fabrice Mumbesa, a resident of Mongbwalu, a mining town at the center of the outbreak where residents previously burned down several treatment centers.

Neighboring Uganda declared its Ebola outbreak over, authorities said on Tuesday. The East African country says it is “free” of Ebola after the last patient was discharged in mid-June. It has always insisted that its cases were imported from Congo.

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McMakin reported from Dakar, Senegal

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Se espera que la tormenta tropical Fausto pase justo al norte de las islas hawaianas a partir del martes por la noche, según el Centro Nacional de Huracanes de Estados Unidos.

El martes en la mañana Fausto tenía vientos máximos sostenidos de 97 km/h (60 mph) y se espera que mantenga fuerza de tormenta tropical. Estaba a 644 kilómetros (400 millas) al este de Honolulu y se movía hacia el oeste a 23 km/h (14 mph). Los meteorólogos dijeron que las fuertes corrientes de la tormenta tropical podrían crear condiciones peligrosas en algunas playas de Hawai.

Mientras tanto, el huracán Genevieve se debilita lentamente, informó el centro de huracanes. Anteriormente fue un sistema de categoría 5, pero para el martes por la mañana ya era categoría 3 con vientos máximos sostenidos de 201 km/h (125 mph). Estaba a unos 853 kilómetros (530 millas) al suroeste de Baja California Sur, México.

Los efectos de Genevieve estaban llegando a Baja California y a la costa suroeste de México. Los meteorólogos advirtieron sobre condiciones de oleaje y corrientes de resaca peligrosos.

Se espera que Genevieve siga debilitándose y permanezca lejos de tierra firme. Se prevé que Fausto siga sobre mar abierto y se degrade a depresión tropical el jueves.

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Embolo’s second yellow card, after a video review for simulating being fouled, changed the momentum of the game in the 72nd minute soon after Switzerland tied the score at 1-1.

Argentina won 3-1 in extra time with help from the red-card decision that fueled complaints, including from previous opponent Egypt, referees were favoring Lionel Messi’s team with decisions.

The FIFA-backed rules panel known as IFAB published a clarification Monday that VAR protocol for “mistaken identity” cases was not eligible for that type of incident at the World Cup, though it could be in future competitions.

“However, it may not be used as such until that review is concluded,” the Zurich-based IFAB said in a statement.

Embolo fell to the ground on being challenged by Argentina midfielder Leandro Paredes, who was shown a yellow card.

The VAR officials alerted the referee to the fact Paredes did not commit a foul and instead Embolo was shown a yellow, his second, and was sent off.

That is not how “mistaken Identity” is currently meant to be applied, which is to correct the referee when a card is shown to the wrong player who did not commit the original foul penalized.

“The referee made the wrong decision,” Switzerland coach Murat Yakin said after the game in Kansas City. “I know they will protect their referee but this rule destroyed our game today, and it’s very painful, and to be eliminated in that way hurts a lot.”

IFAB clarified the card “can only be reviewed to identify the player who committed the offense that was penalized; the offense itself cannot be reviewed/changed.”

Updating the VAR protocol

A review of VAR protocol has been ongoing since March and IFAB acknowledged that incidents like Embolo’s are part of it.

“The use of the mistaken identity clause to deal with simulation during the FIFA World Cup 2026 was well received,” the Zurich-based group said.

IFAB is composed of FIFA-appointed officials and the four British soccer federations. Its annual meeting is each February or March to update The Laws of the Game that take effect for major tournaments or the next season.

European soccer wants lighter touch VAR

The IFAB clarity was praised as “welcome explanations” on Tuesday by UEFA, which has hosted referee bosses from each of its 55 member federations to reset their decision-making principles for the new season.

“VAR is not meant to re-referee the game,” UEFA stressed, stating the need for shorter video reviews and a lighter touch for intervening.

FIFA's overall VAR strategy for the World Cup was praised following a frustrating season of video reviews, particularly in the Premier League.

“Lengthy, microscoping reviews are often a symptom revealing that the decision on the field was not clearly and obviously incorrect, and should therefore be limited,” UEFA said, setting a standard for intervention at “when a referee decision is blatantly incorrect or when the referee has missed a clear incident.”

UEFA also encouraged the crackdown on time-wasting in games agreed by IFAB in March and enforced by FIFA at the World Cup.

“Referees will be instructed to strictly and consistently enforce the new rules,” said UEFA.

UEFA will this season organize men's and women's club competitions including the Champions League, plus national-team games in the men's Nations League and qualifying for the 2028 European Championship, and qualifying playoffs for the 2027 Women's World Cup.

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“I’m excited,” he said. “The France team makes you dream. We have extraordinary players, an extraordinary team.”

Zidane coached Real Madrid until leaving in 2021. He replaces Didier Deschamps at the helm of France team he led to glory as arguably its greatest ever player.

“I’ve waited five years for this chance, so that’s why I’m a bit emotional,” said Zidane, adding that it was the happiest day of his career as coach.

“I’ve always watched this side as a fan and also as a future coach, I won’t hide it.” Zidane added. “That’s why I didn’t take a club side. I told myself that the only thing I wanted to do after Madrid was taking the France team.”

French Football Federation president Philippe Diallo announced Zidane’s appointment at the FFF headquarters in Paris on Tuesday, saying he has been given a 4-year contract.

Diallo called the hiring of Zidane “an exceptional moment,” calling Zidane “one of the legends of French soccer.”

The 54-year-old Zidane could have gone to another club after leaving Madrid in 2021. But there was no way he would.

“I had some offers during the five years I was away to take charge of a club,” he said. “I turned them all down for the France team. It was the only thing I wanted to do.”

Zidane called it “an immense joy” taking charge.

“I have so many emotions,” he said. “I am ready for the challenge.”

Zidane praised Deschamps, who won the 2018 World Cup and stepped down after the recent edition, where Les Bleus lost in the semifinals to Spain.

“I will give everything so that this team can win,” Zidane said. “I would also like to congratulate DD (Deschamps) for these remarkable years.”

Diallo said he met Zidane for talks in February, 2025 after Deschamps said he would stand down following the 2026 World Cup. Zidane said France would play differently to how it did under Deschamps.

“What motivates me is the game, I was a No. 10, I like goals,” Zidane said. “I was a leader on the field and now I want to be a leader by experience.”

His first game will be away to Turkey in the Nations League on Sept. 25, followed by a match in Belgium three days later.

Home fans need to wait until Oct. 2 for a glimpse of Zidane at Stade de France, when France plays Italy, 20 years after he was sent off against Italy in the 2006 World Cup final for headbutting Italy defender Marco Materazzi.

“I’ve noted all of the four matches to come,” Zidane said, tapping his forehead. “Italy is special, because I played there, because I know people, because I speak Italian. All of those things.”

After the announcement, Zidane greeted a large gathering of fans outside the federation headquarters and they cheered loudly when he arrived.

From Deschamps to Zidane

France lost the World Cup final on penalties in 2022 and lost the European Championship final on home soil in 2016. Some Deschamps critics, among them former France teammate Christophe Dugarry, said he should have won more with the players he had.

Deschamps described an “an unbreathable atmosphere” at the end of his tenure, without detailing what the tensions were.

Zidane and Deschamps were different types of midfielders, but are forever linked by glory.

The industrious Deschamps was France’s captain and the mercurial Zinedine was the creative force when France won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.

Affectionately nicknamed “Zizou” his face was beamed onto the Arc de Triomphe the night France celebrated its first World Cup triumph in ’98. An inspired Zidane scored two headers in the final in a 3-0 win against Brazil at Stade de France and later that year he won the Ballon d’Or.

Zizou’s rise

Born in Marseille to Algerian parents, Zidane grew up playing in the estate of La Castellane, which has a giant mural of Zidane on one its tower blocks. It was on the estate's concrete pitches where Zidane nurtured his incredible balance, to avoid falling on the rock-hard ground.

Zidane’s club career took him from Cannes to Bordeaux and then to two of the world’s biggest clubs: Italian giant Juventus and Madrid.

His international career began in 1994, when he scored two stunning goals against the Czech Republic after coming on as a substitute, in front of his home fans in Bordeaux.

He won league titles with Juve and Madrid and scored a brilliant volley to help Madrid win the Champions League in 2002.

With Zidane carrying an injury, France flopped at the 2002 World Cup — going out in the group stage — but reached the 2006 final after Zidane came out of international retirement.

His performance in a 1-0 victory over Brazil in the quarterfinals was Zidane at his balletic best: a hypnotic combination of drag-backs, stepovers, spins on the ball, and flicks over the shoulder.

The Brazilians were in awe and even Ronaldinho — a Ballon d'Or winner himself — seemed captivated.

His 108th and final game for France was against Italy in the final and he scored early with a deft Panenka-style penalty for his 31st, and last, international goal.

Then, with millions watching around the world, an infamous moment saw him walk back up the field and slam his forehead into Materazzi’s chest, sending the tall defender flying backward.

Zidane trudged past the gold-tinted World Cup trophy as he left the field in Berlin, his international career over.

Now he has another chance to lead Les Bleus to glory.

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The second floor of the Aeon Mall shopping center in Kashima Town collapsed, trapping an unknown number of people. Around 20 to 30 employees were missing while several other people were dug out and taken to a hospital, Kyodo News agency reported, quoting local police.

The affected area is about 900 kilometers (540 miles) southwest of Tokyo. A tsunami advisory for the Ariake and Yatsushiro Seas on the western coasts of Kumamoto prefecture and three neighboring prefectures was lifted within two hours, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told reporters there were reports of damage to roads, bridges and buildings, as well as blackouts and fires, though details were unclear.

Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency said there were no reports of damage to major public facilities or infrastructure. Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority said no abnormalities were found at three nearby nuclear power plants.

Kyodo said a hospital in Yatsushiro city took in about 40 people with injuries and about 50 others were taken to a hospital in Kumamoto city.

Shinkansen bullet trains and local trains in Kyushu were suspended for safety checks, and the runway at Aso Kumamoto Airport was closed, with “no prospect of resuming operations,” according to a notice on the airport’s website. There were no details.

The Japanese Defense Ministry said it dispatched aircraft to the area to assess the situation.

A train derailed and fell on its side at Yatsushiro station, and stone walls were damaged at Kumamoto castle, Kyodo said.

“The shaking reminded me of the Kumamoto quake (10 years ago) and I was frightened,” said Hiroki Shimoda, an official at Mifune town hall, who saw roof tiles of nearby homes crash to the ground. Kumamoto was hit with a deadly quake in 2016 that left more than 50 people dead.

Shinji Kiyomoto with the Japan Meteorological Agency urged residents to be cautious over the next two to three days.

In a report on the human rights situation, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said it had documented 499 civilians killed and 1,216 wounded by the fighting between the neighbors that has defied international peace efforts.

In one case, the report said, civilians trying to rescue others from the rubble of an airstrike were hit by a second one.

The report also explores other human rights issues, including a deadly crackdown on protests in western Afghanistan over restrictions on women’s clothing, and decrees that essentially legalize child marriage.

Pakistan accuses Afghanistan of harboring militants

Pakistan and Afghanistan have been fighting on and off for months. Tension escalated significantly in February, when Afghan forces launched a raid into Pakistan in retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes inside Afghanistan, and Islamabad declared it was in “ open war.”

Pakistan accuses Afghanistan of harboring militants who carry out deadly attacks that have killed thousands over the years in Pakistan, especially the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. The group is allied with the Afghan Taliban, which has ruled Afghanistan since it seized power in 2021 amid the chaotic withdrawal of U.S.-led troops. Kabul denies the allegation.

In the deadliest attack of the fighting, a Pakistani airstrike hit a drug treatment center in the Afghan capital, Kabul, in March, killing hundreds of civilians. Rights group Amnesty International said last week the bombing should be investigated as a possible war crime.

Pakistan has not given an overall figure for civilian casualties caused by the cross-border fighting in its territory. The U.N. mission, known by its acronym UNAMA, noted it is only mandated to monitor incidents in Afghanistan.

Pakistan denies targeting civilians

In a written response to UNAMA’s report, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said Afghanistan’s Taliban government “continues to maintain a permissive environment for a range of (militant) organizations.”

The response did not mention Afghan civilian casualties but said Pakistan’s military strikes "were directed exclusively at identified terrorist hideouts, sanctuaries, and support infrastructure linked to groups responsible for attacks inside Pakistan.”

The hundreds of civilian casualties listed by UNAMA include 22 — five of them children — who were killed in two successive airstrikes on a residential building in the eastern province of Paktia on June 28. At least 185 others were wounded.

Most of the deaths and injuries were caused by the second strike, when locals were trying to rescue the victims of the first one.

“International humanitarian law provides special protections for medical personnel and humanitarian workers, including first responders. Attacks against them while performing their duties are strictly prohibited," said Fiona Frazer, director of human rights at UNAMA.

Afghan women still face harsh restrictions

UNAMA’s report also highlighted problems faced by women, who are subject to draconian restrictions by Afghanistan’s Taliban government. They include a ban on education beyond primary school, a strict dress code, bans on working in nearly all professions and a requirement to be accompanied by a male relative when outside the home.

The report detailed a crackdown in the western city of Herat in June, where at least 30 women were arrested on allegations of dress code violations. At least one person was killed and several others were injured when authorities opened fire during a rare protest against the detentions.

Rules governing women’s clothing stipulate they can only go out in public when wearing full hijab — which includes a headscarf and robe covering the entire body — as well as a face covering that leaves only the eyes visible. The regulations are policed by the feared Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice.

However, interpretations of the rules and what constitutes wearing the hijab correctly vary and can be arbitrarily enforced.

The UNAMA report said Vice and Virtue officials visited health clinics and shops in various parts of the country to advise them to refuse entry to women not accompanied by a male relative.

The report also said new rules on separation in marriage “ implicitly sanction child marriage " by allowing for marriage contracts to be arranged for minors.

En Francia y España, los incendios de una magnitud excepcional han obligado a evacuar a unas 330.000 personas de sus hogares y lugares de vacaciones. España se preparaba para su cuarta ola de calor del verano con varios incendios aún fuera de control, incluido el más grande registrado.

Es posible que Francia nunca haya visto una evacuación de esta magnitud en tiempos de paz. El ministro del Interior, Laurent Nuñez, dijo el sábado que era “muy probable” que se tratara de la mayor operación de evacuación civil jamás realizada en el país fuera de un periodo de guerra.

Los bomberos evitaron que el enorme incendio forestal en el suroeste de Francia avanzara durante una noche tranquila, al extinguir rebrotes cerca de las dunas de la costa atlántica y mantener sin cambios la superficie quemada: 420 kilómetros cuadrados (162 millas cuadradas).

Las autoridades describieron el incendio como estabilizado, no fijo, es decir que está contenido por ahora pero aún es capaz de volver a propagarse a medida que subieran las temperaturas y bajara la humedad.

Las evacuaciones no disuaden a algunos vacacionistas

La orden de evacuación preventiva abarcaba lugares de acampada, pueblos vacacionales, residencias turísticas y parques de ocio en torno al balneario de Lacanau, indicaron las autoridades regionales de Gironda.

“Estamos en un punto de fragilidad”, dijo a BFMTV el martes Eric Brocardi, portavoz de la federación nacional de bomberos de Francia. “Seguiremos atacando este incendio pese al aumento previsto de las temperaturas”.

Incluso mientras ardían viviendas cerca y las autoridades instaban a los turistas a mantenerse alejados para evitar riesgo de muerte, una familia dijo al diario Le Parisien que había emprendido el viaje para no perder unas vacaciones de 4.000 euros, mientras que otro grupo debatía abandonar un viaje que les había costado 650 euros a cada uno.

Un incendio que crea su propio clima

En su momento más violento, el incendio de Gironda formó una gigantesca nube negra de tormenta, electrificada e iluminada desde dentro. Generó rayos, vientos violentos y nuevos incendios más allá del frente original, la primera tormenta de este tipo registrada en Francia.

El servicio meteorológico nacional de Francia puso a Gironda bajo alerta amarilla por calor desde el mediodía del martes, y pronosticó temperaturas en el interior de 33 a 35 grados Celsius (de 91 a 95 grados Fahrenheit). Se esperaban vientos del sureste en toda Gironda, con brisas marinas del oeste a lo largo de la costa.

Según el Ministerio del Interior, este año se han quemado más de 1.160 kilómetros cuadrados (448 millas cuadradas) en toda Francia.

Europa es el continente que se calienta más rápido del mundo, a un ritmo de más del doble del promedio mundial, según el servicio climático Copernicus de la Unión Europea. Europa occidental registró su junio más caluroso del que se tiene constancia, y el calor extremo y la sequedad generalizada contribuyeron a la propagación e intensificación de los incendios en Francia y España, indicó Copernicus.

Los servicios de emergencia se apresuran para salvar viviendas

Los bomberos que combaten el impredecible incendio de Gironda se apresuran para salvar viviendas. Solo en Le Porge, al oeste de Burdeos, el gobierno municipal dijo que unas 150 viviendas fueron destruidas.

Los funcionarios advirtieron que la vegetación humeante, el aumento de las temperaturas y el descenso de la humedad podrían producir nuevos focos a lo largo del amplio perímetro.

Los ingenieros militares y los equipos de prevención de incendios forestales reanudaron el trabajo temprano el martes en cortafuegos diseñados para impedir que las llamas se propaguen. Las autoridades señalaron que se han completado 103 kilómetros (64 millas) de barreras.

La prefectura informó que 93 bomberos han resultado heridos durante la operación.

Miles regresan tras frenar el avance de un segundo incendio

En la vecina región de Landas, unas 15.000 personas evacuadas —la mitad del total— recibieron autorización para regresar a casa después de que otro incendio forestal dejó de avanzar.

“El incendio está fijo, lo cual es una buena noticia en Landas”, dijo el lunes por la noche el presidente francés, Emmanuel Macron. Las autoridades regionales señalaron que eso significaba que su avance se había detenido y no se estaban produciendo nuevos incendios.

Entre quienes pudieron volver se encontraban los residentes de Sanguinet, Parentis-en-Born, el pueblo de aviación de Biscarrosse y un gran camping. Más vecindarios siguen inaccesibles.

Las autoridades advirtieron que el incendio en Landas no estaba extinguido. Puntos calientes residuales, el viento y la sequía podrían provocar rebrotes, y se espera que las operaciones de vigilancia y enfriamiento duren días o posiblemente semanas.

Empeoran las condiciones en España

Cientos de bomberos, respaldados por brigadas militares de emergencia y aeronaves que arrojaban agua, continuaron combatiendo varios grandes incendios forestales en España.

El humo de los incendios llegó hasta Madrid, donde residentes de distritos centrales y orientales dijeron que en los últimos días podían oler humo y ceniza, informaron los servicios de emergencia.

El ministro del Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, dijo el martes que el trabajo ininterrumpido durante la noche había dado un resultado “razonablemente positivo”, aunque las autoridades advirtieron que los equipos solo tenían una breve ventana antes de que regresara el calor extremo.

La Agencia Estatal de Meteorología española indicó que el país se encaminaba a su cuarta ola de calor del verano, con temperaturas que se esperaba superaran los 40 ºC (104 ºF) en algunas zonas.

Las autoridades han evacuado a unas 79.000 personas y ordenaron a otras 30.000 permanecer en sus hogares. El gobierno declaró una emergencia nacional por los incendios.

Al menos 13 personas han muerto en incendios forestales en España este año, lo que convierte a 2026 en una de las temporadas de incendios más mortíferas del país en décadas.

Desde un refugio temporal en Brunete, cerca de Madrid, Estella Costales relató que ha vivido 20 años en San Martín de Valdeiglesias y nunca había visto algo igual. “Es lamentable, pero nunca pensé que vería tanta destrucción”.

Los alrededores de Madrid siguen en riesgo

La mayor preocupación seguían siendo dos grandes incendios que en ocasiones estuvieron cerca de fusionarse en un solo incendio en colinas boscosas a aproximadamente una hora en coche al oeste de Madrid.

Un incendio que arde en terreno montañoso y rural en Ávila, al oeste de Madrid, se ha convertido en el mayor registrado en España, al calcinar más de 500 kilómetros cuadrados (193 millas cuadradas), informó el gobierno.

Otro incendio en la provincia oriental de Castellón también forzó evacuaciones masivas.

David González, un jardinero de 48 años que usó su furgoneta para llevar suministros a los bomberos en Ávila, dijo que sienten mucha rabia e impotencia por ver el valle y las casas quemadas.

Los incendios han quemado 1.530 kilómetros cuadrados (590 millas cuadradas) este año en España, dijo la ministra de Ecología, Sara Aagesen.

El presidente del gobierno español, Pedro Sánchez, ha pedido un pacto nacional para combatir los incendios forestales, afirmando que el cambio climático los está empeorando.

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Adamson informó desde París; Joseph Wilson en Barcelona, y Iain Sullivan en Brunete, España.

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Fire crews held the blaze in the Gironde region in check through a calm night, bringing flare-ups near coastal dunes under control and keeping the burned area unchanged at 420 square kilometers (162 square miles). Authorities called the fire stabilized, but not contained, and said it was still capable of breaking loose as temperatures rose and humidity fell.

Fresh flames erupted later Tuesday near Grand Crohot, a popular Atlantic beach on the Lège-Cap-Ferret peninsula, local authorities said. A fleet of 23 planes and helicopters — up from 18 — dropped water and fire retardant as crews fought to keep the renewed flames from spreading.

“The situation remains complicated. That’s clear. We’re not out of the woods,” Gironde prefect Sophie Brocas said.

Brocas said residents evacuated from three communities near Bordeaux where no fires had broken out were being allowed to go home, but only if they kept their mobile phones on and an emergency bag packed.

Across France and Spain, roughly 330,000 people have been driven from homes and vacation sites by huge wildfires. Spain braced for its fourth heat wave of the summer, with several blazes still burning out of control, including the largest in its recorded history.

Even so, Spanish authorities began lifting evacuation and stay-at-home orders for thousands of people after firefighters made progress overnight.

The Gironde fire has burned an area four times the size of Paris and forced 220,000 people to evacuate. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez has said it is “very likely” the largest civilian evacuation operation carried out in the country outside war.

Evacuations don't deter some vacationers

The precautionary evacuation order covered campsites, holiday villages, tourist residences and leisure parks around the resort of Lacanau, Gironde regional authorities said.

“We are at a point of fragility,” Eric Brocardi, spokesperson for France’s national firefighters federation, told the BFMTV broadcast network Tuesday. “We will continue attacking this fire despite the forecast rise in temperatures.”

Even as nearby homes burned and authorities urged tourists to stay away, one family told Le Parisien newspaper it had gone ahead with its trip rather than forfeit a 4,000-euro ($4,558) holiday, while another group debated abandoning a vacation that had cost 650 euros ($741) each.

A fire making its own weather

At its most violent, the Gironde blaze created a gargantuan black thundercloud, electrified and lit from within. It generated lightning, violent winds and new fires beyond the original front. The phenomenon, known as a pyrocumulonimbus cloud, was the first recorded in France.

France’s national weather service placed Gironde under a yellow heat warning beginning at midday Tuesday, forecasting inland temperatures of 33 to 35 C (91 to 95 F).

More than 1,160 square kilometers (448 square miles) have burned across France this year, according to the Interior Ministry.

Europe is the world’s fastest-warming continent, heating at more than twice the global average, according to the European Union’s Copernicus climate service. Western Europe recorded its hottest June on record, with extreme heat and widespread dryness contributing to the spread and intensification of fires in France and Spain, Copernicus said.

Crews defend homes and cut firebreaks

In Le Porge alone, west of Bordeaux, the municipal government said about 150 homes were destroyed.

Officials warned that smoldering vegetation, rising temperatures and falling humidity could produce fresh outbreaks along the fire's vast perimeter.

Military engineers and forest-fire prevention crews resumed cutting firebreaks early Tuesday. Authorities said crews had completed 103 kilometers (64 miles) of firebreaks.

At least 110 firefighters have been injured, the prefecture said.

Thousands return as second fire stops advancing

In Landes, about 15,000 evacuees — roughly half of those displaced here — were allowed home after a separate wildfire stopped advancing.

“The fire is fixed, which is good news in the Landes,” French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday evening. Regional authorities said that meant its advance had stopped and no new outbreaks had been reported.

Those allowed back included residents of Sanguinet, Parentis-en-Born, Biscarrosse’s aviation village and a large campground. Several other neighborhoods remained inaccessible.

Authorities warned that the Landes fire was not extinguished. Residual hot spots, wind and drought could cause flare-ups, and surveillance and damping-down operations were expected to continue for days or weeks.

Thousands begin returning in Spain

Spanish firefighters made progress Tuesday, and authorities began lifting evacuation orders for at least 20,000 of the 79,000 people forced to flee over the weekend.

Francisco Martín, the central government’s representative in the Madrid region, said orders would be lifted in 10 towns, allowing about 20,000 evacuees to return home and ending stay-at-home orders for another 14,000 people.

Residents of some villages in Ávila were also being allowed home, though authorities did not specify how many. Another 6,000 people could return after a smaller fire near Toledo was brought under control, while several thousand more went home in Castellón.

Hundreds of firefighters backed by military emergency brigades and water-dropping aircraft continued battling several major wildfires.

Smoke from the fires reached Madrid in recent days. Emergency services said residents in central and eastern districts could smell smoke and ash.

Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said Tuesday that nonstop work through the night left him “reasonably positive,” though officials warned that crews had only a brief window before extreme heat returned.

Spain’s national weather service said the country was bracing for its fourth heat wave of the summer, with temperatures expected to exceed 40 C (104 F) in some areas.

The government declared a national emergency over the fires.

At least 13 people have died in wildfires in Spain this year, making 2026 one of the country’s deadliest fire seasons in decades.

“I’ve been living in San Martín de Valdeiglesias for 20 years and I never thought I would see this,” said Estella Costales, an evacuated resident staying at a temporary shelter in Brunete, near Madrid. “It’s unfortunate, but I never thought I would see such destruction.”

Surroundings of Madrid remain at risk

The greatest concern was two large fires that had at times come close to merging into a single blaze in wooded hills about an hour’s drive west of Madrid.

A fire in hilly, rural terrain in Ávila, west of Madrid, has become Spain’s largest on record, scorching more than 500 square kilometers (193 square miles), the government said.

Local weather services in Ávila also shared images Tuesday of what they described as a pyrocumulonimbus cloud over the blaze. Spain has seen these fire-generated thunderstorms form at least twice during wildfires in recent years.

“Look at how the valley is burned. Look at the houses, the people,” said David Gonzalez, a 48-year-old gardener who used his van to deliver supplies to firefighters in Ávila.

“We are feeling a lot of anger and helplessness. It’s something inhuman,” he said.

Fires have burned 1,530 square kilometers (590 square miles) this year in Spain, Ecology Minister Sara Aagesen said.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called for a national pact to fight wildfires, saying climate change is making them worse.

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Adamson reported from Paris. Associated Press journalists Joseph Wilson in Barcelona, Spain, and Iain Sullivan in Brunete, Spain, also contributed to this report.

Texas (54-52) is the only team in the division not under .500 with about one-third of the regular season remaining, and now less than a week before next Monday's trade deadline. The Rangers have a two-game lead over in-state nemesis Houston (53-55) and are 2 1/2 games in front of reigning division champion Seattle (52-55) after taking three of four against the Mariners.

“Every win matters, but I think the ones right before the deadline, there’s always a little more stress ... especially in a situation where you could go either way,” said Rangers designated hitter Joc Pederson, who homered twice in the series-ending 7-3 win over Seattle on Monday. “But I think we put ourselves in a good spot, and we’ve got to continue to play like that.”

The Mariners, who last year won their first AL West title since 2001, have lost 11 of 16 games. They led for only three innings during the four games in Texas, all after a four-run seventh inning Sunday on the way to a 6-4 win, the first time in 46 games this season the Rangers lost when leading after six.

“I think we looked at the series as if we split it, it was a failure, with where the AL West is and the AL wild card is,” Texas first baseman Jake Burger said. “I think we showed what type of team we can be.”

The Rangers won their only World Series title in 2023 after getting into the playoffs as a wild card, but last won the West in 2016. They missed the playoffs the past two seasons, when only the AL West champion made the postseason — which could very well happen again this year.

Houston (53-55) won seven of the previous eight AL West titles before last season. The Astros had been in third place for a month before a four-run rally in the ninth inning Monday night gave them their sixth win in seven games, 6-4 over the last-place Los Angeles Angels in the opener of a three-game series.

Head-to-head in the West

Texas has already clinched its season series — and potential tiebreaker — against the Mariners, up 7-3 with a three-game series left at Seattle in early September.

The Mariners still have five games to play against Houston, but have that season series in hand by a 7-1 margin.

As for the Lone Star State rivals, the Astros are 6-4 against the Rangers. They wrap up their season series with three games in Houston next weekend, after Texas plays three games at AL-best Tampa Bay.

“There are guys in there that are doing whatever they can to make that second-half push, because they know what it means when you get there,” first-year Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said. “Whatever we do, we’re focused on winning to try to get in. ... It’s go-time.”

Staying on top despite injuries

The Rangers have stayed in first place even with two-time World Series MVP Corey Seager missing the past 20 games because of lower back inflammation. He also was out for 19 games earlier this season because of his back, and missed another 12 following a concussion.

Third baseman Josh Jung is sidelined by a left calf strain. Both of the team's opening-day catchers, Danny Jansen (right forearm strain) and Kyle Higashioka (right flexor strain), are also on the IL.

Seager had consecutive days of live batting practice and could begin a short minor league rehab assignment Tuesday. There are also questions about whether the Rangers might consider trading the 32-year-old shortstop, who is in the fifth season of his $325 million, 10-year contract.

Veteran left-hander Jordan Montgomery, part of the Rangers’ World Series title after being a trade-deadline acquisition that summer, is close to making his season debut, maybe in the finale at Tampa Bay. He left in free agency after the 2023 season for a deal in Arizona, then missed all of 2025 after a second elbow reconstruction surgery. He re-signed with the Rangers at the start of spring training.

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Respect for it, though, has come under strain: Some countries have denied entry to asylum seekers. Under U.S. President Donald Trump, the United States has led a policy of sending asylum seekers to third countries — upending years of U.S. policy.

More than 41 million refugees remain forcibly displaced: Nearly 70% are hosted by low- and middle-income countries. The ranks could grow: The International Committee of the Red Cross counts more than 130 armed conflicts around the globe.

The convention took key steps toward defining what a refugee is, laying out their rights, and establishing standards of treatment. Nearly 150 countries are parties to the convention or its 1967 protocol. However, many nations, including many hosting large refugee populations, still aren't party to the convention, leaving millions out of its protections.

“It codified a simple but powerful principle that people forced to flee persecution, conflict or violence must be able to find safety and protection,” said Elizabeth Tan, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' director of international protection and solutions.

Its core principle is “non-refoulement,” prohibiting the return of people to a place where they would face persecution, torture or other serious harm. It all rests on the idea that no society is immune to war, persecution or sudden upheaval.

Here’s what six refugees say about their experiences and the importance of the convention.

Escaping Nicaragua's deadly crackdown

Human rights lawyer Juan Carlos Arce considers himself among millions of people whose lives have been saved by the convention: He fled Nicaragua by foot in 2018 after a bloody government crackdown against protesters killed hundreds.

The Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights, for which Arce worked, had documented the violence and was deemed a “terrorist organization” by President Daniel Ortega’s government. He fled to Costa Rica where he was granted asylum.

In Costa Rica, rights defenders and Nicaraguan opposition leaders were attacked and even assassinated, so he moved to Barcelona, Spain, last year under a resettlement program organized by UNHCR and the U.N.’s International Organization for Migration.

“Feeling safe and protected, that is priceless,” he said under Barcelona’s Arc de Triomf, as tourists and residents walked by.

From refugee to Olympic basketball player

Wenyen Gabriel said his parents worked hard too. He was born in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, in 1997 after his parents fled civil war in southern Sudan. They later moved to Egypt as refugees, before being resettled in New Hampshire.

Little Wenyen was 2 at the time. Big Wenyen — he’s 2.08 meters (nearly 6 feet, 10 inches) tall — earned a basketball scholarship at the University of Kentucky and played in the NBA. In 2024, he played for the young country of South Sudan at the Olympic Games in Paris.

While he at times felt “a little bit different from the people in the community” in New Hampshire, there were other refugee families around.

“We had to struggle and figure out how to become something inside of the United States,” he said at the headquarters of the refugee agency UNHCR, for which he became its newest goodwill ambassador on Monday. “It’s not easy to make something of yourself in a foreign country.”

The US was once welcoming

Hershel Greenblat was born during World War II, in 1941, inside a cave in Ukraine as his Jewish family hid from the Nazis.

After the war, his family sneaked into Austria, where they lived in U.S. Army camps for displaced persons. After initially considering moving to Israel, they opted for the U.S. after receiving approval in 1949 to immigrate there.

He recalled how his father woke him in the middle of the night as the Army transport ship approached the Statue of Liberty. The kids received welcome boxes packed by American middle-schoolers.

In Atlanta, where his family has lived for decades, Greenblat said refugees today often get a different welcome. He said he wasn’t previously familiar with the convention despite it being sparked by the displacement of WWII — but said refugees deserve protections and opportunities for work and education.

“Refugees in the ’50s worked their butts off to get what they wanted, what they needed,” said Greenblat, now 85.

Rohingya fleeing Myanmar

Sayed Alom, a humanitarian aid worker and one of the 700,000 Rohingya who fled Myanmar into neighboring Bangladesh in 2017, has been languishing in refugee camps there ever since. The Rohingya are the largest group of stateless people, according to UNHCR, and Bangladesh is not a party to either the 1951 convention or the following 1967 protocol.

Myanmar’s military forces “raped our mothers and sisters, burned down our homes, threw our children into the river and set them on fire,” he recalled in an interview in refugee camps outside Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. “We were persecuted until we could no longer live there.”

Alom, who expected to return home quickly, says the limbo situation has become “imaginably worse,” with kidnapping for ransom, as well as threats from nature, including extreme heat, flooding and landslides destroying the camps.

A Palestinian living for decades in Lebanon

More than seven decades after fleeing her village, 88-year-old Hussniyah Ahmad Ghozlan still remembers the journey that brought her family to Lebanon.

Ghozlan was a child when they fled during the 1948 war after their village — Yajur, southeast of Haifa, Israel — was depopulated.

“We got by because we worked, raised our children and built our lives,” she said in an alley near her home in Shatila camp for Palestinian refugees in Beirut.

Asked whether she knew of the 1951 Refugee Convention, Ghozlan laughed and said she had not, explaining that she never learned to read or write. But even if she had, Lebanon is not a signatory to the treaties meant to protect her.

Swimming to refuge in Germany

Swimmers Yusra and Sarah Mardini fled war-torn Syria in 2015, joining the wave of refugees from their home country that year, in a saga that has been turned into a highly-regarded movie.

They went first to Lebanon, then Turkey, where they paid smugglers to take them by sea to Greece: They jumped out of an overloaded boat to keep it from sinking. After an arduous trek across southeast Europe, they received refuge in Germany. Yusra was named a UNHCR goodwill ambassador in 2017.

Now that Syria’s war is over, Yusra is hopeful: Some 1.3 million Syrians have returned. But after such an ordeal, change doesn’t just happen overnight. “You can’t just snap your fingers,” she said.

“I do believe that my country and its people are very strong and that I’m going to contribute in the best way possible.”

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Brito reported from Barcelona, Spain. Associated Press journalists Ali Sharafeddine in Beirut; and R.J. Rico and Emilie Megnien in Atlanta contributed to this report. Freelance journalists Habi Zullah and Ro Yassin Abdumonab contributed from Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

The closed-door meeting lasted nearly an hour and a half and was “positive and productive," according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. The White House and prime minister's office did not immediately offer more details.

It comes as both face growing pressures at home. Netanyahu is up for reelection and is embattled in part because of his deteriorating relationship with Trump. Trump is under pressure to end an unpopular war that has wreaked economic havoc and driven prices higher ahead of midterm elections this November.

Trump revealed some tension with Netanyahu ahead of their meeting, complaining about reports that the Israeli leader plans to discuss intelligence on Iranian activities at Pickaxe Mountain, a potential nuclear site that the U.S. president has threatened repeatedly to bomb.

“I know exactly what’s going on at Pickaxe,” Trump told “Fox & Friends.” He insisted that whatever Iran is doing is “not a big problem” and that “Bibi’s telling me that because he wants me to stay involved.”

“Why do you have to announce to the world?” Trump added, flashing his frustrations with his ally.

Near the White House where the public was able to gather near fencing, a small group of protesters chanted, “Netanyahu, you’re a tyrant” and “Bibi, you’re not welcome here,” referencing the prime minister's nickname.

The two leaders also planned to discuss the framework agreement the U.S. and Israel signed with Lebanon over the Israel-Hezbollah war and the expansion of the Abraham Accords, according to a White House official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to preview the meeting.

“We have a little difference,” Trump said Monday when asked by reporters if he and Netanyahu were on the same page on Iran. “But pretty close, yeah.”

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d Netanyahu's relationship has ebbed before

Trump has had a hot-and-cold history with Netanyahu over the years, but upon his return to the White House last year, their alliance seemed stronger than ever. When they started the war together in February, it was with a united front, touting their respective militaries as acting in lockstep to take out Iran’s leadership and pave the way for a government more friendly to the West.

But as Iran fought back — sending drones and missiles slamming into U.S. bases and high-rises in cities in the Gulf, and choking off the Strait of Hormuz — Trump came under immense pressure both at home and by allies in the region to end the conflict.

Since then, Netanyahu, who wanted to continue the fighting in Iran and against its ally, Hezbollah, in Lebanon, has been sidelined as Trump sought a deal with Tehran. His visit to the White House this week comes as the disagreements with Trump and Vice President JD Vance have burst into the open over the war in Iran and more.

“The Americans are making it clear to the Israelis they are the ones who are running the war,” Israeli journalist and political analyst Amit Segal wrote Monday in the daily newspaper, Israel Hayom. “It is clear to everyone that Israel has been put in the back seat.”

Netanyahu keeping focus on Iran's nuclear program

With U.S.-Iran tensions flaring again in recent weeks, Netanyahu planned to share with Trump Israeli intelligence on Tehran’s nuclear program, according to a person familiar with Netanyahu’s visit, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

Israel’s United Nations Ambassador Danny Danon told reporters in New York on Tuesday that Netanyahu wants to hear what Trump would like to see over the coming days and weeks.

“I cannot tell you which direction it will go. There are different options,” he said. “We are prepared for all scenarios, and we will discuss it with the president.”

Netanyahu said Sunday that he hoped to sit down with Trump “to hear what he has in mind” for Iran.

“Because I think, in many ways, it’s his decision” on how to move forward, Netanyahu told Maria Bartiromo on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures.” “If he can do so without returning to intense military fighting, that’s fine. Why not?

"But one way or the other, they have to end their nuclear program,” he said of Iran.

Steps to allow other forces in Gaza and in Lebanon

But even as Netanyahu sees an opportunity, he also needs to persuade Trump that he won’t play spoiler to U.S. diplomatic and reconstruction efforts in Gaza and in Lebanon, where the president has previously complained that “too many people are being killed” by Israeli strikes.

Israel has taken recent steps in both places.

In Lebanon, where the Israeli military occupies much of the south, Israel agreed to allow the Lebanese army to deploy to some villages as part of a “pilot program” testing their ability to secure areas where Hezbollah once operated. The U.S. State Department said Monday that the next round of talks between Israel and Lebanon will take place next week in Rome with a focus on expanding the program.

On Gaza, Israel’s security cabinet green-lit on Sunday a measure that would, in theory, grant entry to the first members of an international stabilization force outlined last year in a U.S.-backed ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

Few countries have pledged troops for the force, however, and Israel would approve their entry into Gaza on a case-by-case basis.

The troops — including from Morocco and Uganda — would only be allowed to operate in a small, desolate area in Rafah in the south, where the plan is to vet and house some displaced Palestinians.

The Israeli military continues to carry out strikes it says target militants but that have also killed civilians.

Support for Israel has eroded

Israel has lost a significant amount of bipartisan support in the United States, particularly over its conduct in Gaza.

In June, Vance warned Israeli officials that Trump was their only friend among world leaders. Vance is expected to attend the meeting with Netanyahu, according to a person familiar with the plan who was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

An AP-NORC poll published earlier this month found a dramatic erosion of support among American adults for Israel.

“We’ve lost America. Thank you, Bibi,” wrote Ben Caspit, a political commentator for Israel's Maariv newspaper.

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Associated Press writers Melanie Lidman in Tel Aviv, Israel, Darlene Superville and Seung Min Kim in Washington, Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations and Bill Barrow in Atlanta contributed to this report. Cunningham reported from Jerusalem.

Luis Arraez got the scoring started with an RBI single in the third that drove in rookie catcher Jesús Rodríguez, who opened the inning with a double.

With two outs in the fourth, Willy Adames singled and McCray sent a 406-foot shot the other way to left-center for his sixth career home run and first since a two-homer game at San Diego on Sept. 7, 2024.

The 25-year-old outfielder went 2 for 22 in 22 big league games last season and had been hitless in six at-bats this year since getting recalled July 10 from Triple-A Sacramento.

McCray started in right field for injured Jung Hoo Lee.

Mahle (3-9) allowed three hits and two walks while striking out three. He threw 54 of his 88 pitches for strikes and was lifted after giving up a leadoff single in the seventh.

Sam Hentges, Dylan Smith and Erik Miller combined to retire Milwaukee's last nine batters. Miller got three outs for his third save, finishing the three-hitter.

Brewers starter Brandon Sproat (3-6) permitted three runs and six hits in six innings. He picked off a pair of runners at first base.

San Francisco lost Casey Schmitt to an apparent leg injury, as the third baseman exited in the second after pulling up awkwardly while rounding first base. Christian Koss replaced Schmitt.

Schmitt adds to San Francisco’s growing injury list as the team was already without third baseman Matt Chapman (abdominal strain) and Lee (right elbow soreness).

Up next

Brewers RHP Logan Henderson (4-1, 3.05 ERA) opposes Giants RHP Landen Roupp (7-8, 3.93) on Tuesday night.

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Democrats are hoping to retain control of the governor’s office and flip both chambers of the Legislature to earn full control of Wisconsin state government for the first time since 2010. But they have failed to coalesce around one candidate for the top job, spurring fears that they could miss an opportunity to win in November.

Early in-person voting begins as Democrats meet for only debate

The five Democratic candidates are scheduled to meet for their only debate Tuesday night ahead of the Aug. 11 primary.

Insurgent democratic socialist Francesca Hong has garnered strong support among the most liberal wing of the party. Former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, who narrowly lost a 2022 U.S. Senate race, is hoping that voters in his hometown of Milwaukee help him overcome Hong, whose base is in Madison. Those two cities hold the largest number of Democratic voters in Wisconsin.

Also in the race is Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who is running with the endorsement of Gov. Tony Evers. Crowley had dropped out of the race on July 8, but got back in on July 17, the day after Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez dropped out amid a campaign finance scandal.

Both Crowley and Barnes are trying to become Wisconsin's first Black governor.

Ian Anderson, who cast his ballot in Madison on Tuesday morning, said he voted for Hong because “she's exactly the burst of energy we need.”

Anderson, 46, said he was “very frustrated” by Evers' late endorsement in the race.

“It's the latest example of the Democratic Party meddling,” said Anderson, who works for the state Department of Natural Resources.

But retired attorney John Hawley, 68, said he voted for Crowley because he thinks he has a better shot at beating Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany in November. Tiffany, who is running with the backing of President Donald Trump in a state Trump won in 2016 and 2024, faces only nominal opposition in the primary.

It would be “tough” for Hong to beat Tiffany, Hawley said.

“I'd like to think I'm wrong, but north of Madison and Milwaukee I don't think she'll come across that well,” he said in reference to more rural parts of the state.

Judge hearing arguments over canceling already-filed absentee ballots

And hours after polls opened for early voting, a judge was scheduled to hear arguments in a Democratic lawsuit seeking to allow voters who already returned their ballots to cancel those and cast a new one. As of Tuesday, nearly 108,000 ballots had already been returned by mail.

The lawsuit was filed last week with support from the Wisconsin Democratic Party. They are seeking an order from a judge to immediately allow for already-cast ballots to be canceled, a rarely used practice known as ballot spoiling.

Democrats argue it's necessary given that Rodriguez and former state economic director Missy Hughes ended their campaigns, and Crowley got back in the race, after tens of thousands of ballots had already been returned.

Hughes and Rodriguez’s names remain on the ballot.

In-person absentee voting, which began Tuesday, runs through Aug. 9. All absentee ballots must be received by the time polls close on election day Aug. 11 in order to be counted.

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Mayes-Osterman is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. She reported for this story from Milwaukee.

Clayton is expected to be confirmed along party lines after a contentious hearing two weeks ago in which he repeatedly refused to say that former President Joe Biden won the 2020 election. Still, Democrats have said they have more confidence in Clayton than they do in Trump’s temporary pick for the job, Bill Pulte, who has no known intelligence experience and investigated the president’s perceived enemies in his previous post as a federal housing regulator.

Senators from both parties have expressed concerns about Pulte, who took over on an interim basis last month after Tulsi Gabbard resigned. Pulte was in charge when Trump delivered a speech from the White House earlier this month doubling down on his false claims about the 2020 election, which he lost, and released classified documents that he said were relevant to his arguments.

Hours before the scheduled Senate vote on Clayton, Pulte released on X intelligence community documents from 2020 that described China’s capacity to interfere in the American political process as well as vulnerabilities in the election system.

The substance of the material was largely recycled and already known, but its disclosure is part of a broader Trump administration effort to raise concerns about the integrity of U.S. elections and in particular the 2020 race.

Pulte has also presided over a downsizing of the national intelligence office, which functions as a coordinating hub for the U.S. government’s intelligence agencies. He boasted on X that with a latest round of job cuts, the office is carrying out about a 30% staff reduction from weeks ago.

Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee, said he had worked in the past with Clayton, who is the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman. After the hearing, Warner said he would oppose Clayton’s nomination but acknowledged that Democrats are “between a rock and a hard place” with Pulte in the job.

The Senate voted 51-43 along party lines on Monday to advance Clayton’s nomination.

Clayton won’t say Biden won the election

The Democratic pushback on Clayton comes as Trump has made revisiting 2020 a primary focus, repeatedly trying to cast doubt on that election and amplifying debunked theories about Biden’s win.

Clayton told senators that he had no involvement with Trump’s primetime speech, but he said repeatedly that the election was “certified” for Biden, declining to say outright that the Democrat won.

Warner said at the end of the hearing that he was “bitterly disappointed.” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said he thought Clayton’s performance was “abysmal,” and that “makes it much less likely that he will get Democratic votes.”

Republicans tried to quickly confirm Clayton

Republicans were hoping to confirm Clayton in June so he could replace Gabbard without Pulte serving as interim. But Trump delayed Clayton’s nomination before the Senate left for a two-week recess, allowing Pulte to take the job temporarily.

Clayton did not mention Pulte in the confirmation hearing. But he emphasized his own government and national security experience, attempting to assuage senators in both parties.

“I saw firsthand how a strong national security apparatus depends on decisive judgment, discipline, integrity, and effective communication and cooperation across different branches of the government,” Clayton said. “If confirmed as Director of National Intelligence, I will commit to upholding these principles every day.”

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton, R-Ark., who expressed frustration last month when the hearing was delayed, said that Clayton has a reputation for operating with “morality, decency and integrity” in his previous positions.

“Jay Clayton is a highly qualified nominee with a deep experience combating a wide range of national security threats,” Cotton said.

It's been a jumbled and frenetic period during what would have otherwise been Graham's expected glide path toward a fifth term. He won his June primary outright, and no Democrat has won a statewide-elected office in South Carolina for two decades.

Graham's sudden death earlier this month at age 71 has sparked a rushed and compressed process leading to a special primary election in just two weeks.

The close of a one-week filing period for the South Carolina contest comes Tuesday, the same day as the first of two funerals across Washington and Graham’s home state. The rare open Senate seat has drawn some of the state's top Republicans, longshots, familiar faces — and Graham's sister. If no candidate receives a majority vote, a runoff election will be held Aug. 25.

Darline Graham, the interim appointee, is a political unknown

For years, Darline Graham had been her older brother's political confidant, appearing in his ads, by his side at rallies and an indelible part of his biography, from their shared roughshod beginnings to his adoption of her following their parents' deaths.

In the hours after her brother died, Darline Graham stepped into Lindsey Graham's shoes in the Senate as the appointee to fulfill the remaining months of his current term, selected by Republican Gov. Henry McMaster to serve until January. Now she's running for the nomination to replace him more permanently.

Darline Graham is a political unknown to the South Carolina voters who for decades returned her brother to Washington. Although she had been part of his campaigns, she's never been a political commodity in her own right, and there have been questions in South Carolina's GOP circles over whether goodwill toward her brother's memory is enough to send her to the Senate.

For now, Darline Graham is surrounded by her late brother's official and political staff. She had the support of President Donald Trump — to whom her brother was a top congressional ally — to seek the seat, as well as his endorsement before she had said publicly that she would do so.

McMaster made no reference to Darline Graham as a placeholder or symbolic appointment, although a person familiar with McMaster’s thinking but unauthorized to speak publicly said the governor, in selecting her, had never contemplated that she would run for the seat herself.

Two congressmen are vying for the nomination

Fresh off an unsuccessful primary run for governor, U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman entered the Senate race and has snapped up endorsements from other House members, including Rep. Nancy Mace, as well as law enforcement officials across the state. One of the most conservative members in the House, Norman is well-known across South Carolina.

Before the emergence of Darline Graham — and their Oval Office meeting after she was sworn in — Trump had previously suggested he could back a potential candidacy from Rep. Russell Fry, who officially entered the special primary shortly after.

Fry, well-known in his strongly pro-Trump, Myrtle Beach-area district, is working to elevate his name ID across other parts of the state since getting into the race and is promoting himself as a stalwart backer of Trump's policies.

Mark Sanford returns for another campaign

The former South Carolina congressman and governor whose political ascendency was stalled by a 2009 affair is making yet another attempt to return to public office.

Sanford's Senate bid comes just three months after he shuttered a bid to retake his former U.S. House seat, saying then he was quitting the race to set up a nonprofit to address the national debt, his signature issue.

Sanford had entered that contest on the last day of filing, when the race already was full of other Republican candidates, many of whom had spent months laying the groundwork for their campaigns.

Other GOP hopefuls include a former Graham challenger

Mark Lynch, a Greenville businessman who tried to oust Graham in the regular Republican primary last month, swiftly relaunched his campaign following Graham's death. He's expected to put much of his own money into his Senate run.

Other candidates include:

— Duke Buckner, a Walterboro attorney who is a perennial candidate. He has challenged U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, South Carolina's lone congressional Democrat. Buckner also is a former public school English teacher.

— Mark McBride, the former mayor of Myrtle Beach. He unsuccessfully sought federal office before, including a 2004 Senate primary loss to former Republican Sen. Jim DeMint. McBride also lost to Fry in the 2022 GOP primary for the 7th Congressional District.

— Darius Mitchell, a resident of Columbia, who calls himself a “Hip Hop Republican.” In social media posts, he has voiced support for reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

— Clark Neilson, a businessman in Charlotte, North Carolina, who has said he plans to build a home on land he owns in Charleston County. He said he's in the process of becoming a South Carolina resident.

— Sam Shepherd, a biomedical engineer and entrepreneur. He lives in Lexington County and has said he is focusing his campaign on cutting taxes and federal spending.

Who is the Democratic nominee in the Senate race?

Dr. Annie Andrews, a Charleston physician, won her party’s primary in June. Having set up her entire campaign based around challenging Graham, Andrews will soon find out her new general election opponent.

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The S&P 500 rose 0.3% in afternoon trading, but the modest move masked big swings underneath the surface. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 643 points, or 1.2%, as of 12:30 p.m. Eastern time. The Nasdaq composite, which is full of AI stocks, was down 0.2% after briefly dropping 9.3% below its record set last month.

The majority of the U.S. market rose after more companies delivered stronger profits for the spring than analysts expected. Coca-Cola climbed 5.1% after its revenue rose 7% despite what CEO Henrique Braun called “a dynamic consumer landscape.”

Sherwin-Williams rallied 8.4%, and Illinois Tool Works rose 5.2% after both likewise reported stronger earnings for the latest quarter than analysts expected. Stock prices generally follow the trend of corporate profits over the long term, and expectations are high for this most recent round with the U.S. stock market still near its all-time high.

Such expectations are weighing particularly heavily on stocks of chipmakers and other companies that have been huge winners from the boom in artificial-intelligence technology.

Micron Technology’s stock has more than tripled this year following gangbuster growth, for example. During the quarter through May 28, its revenue more than quadrupled from a year earlier.

But worries are rising about whether such growth is sustainable. Big spenders on computer memory could pull back on their investments if AI does not produce as much profit or productivity as promised. Lower-cost AI models from China could also mean less demand for memory and computing power than earlier expected.

Micron dropped 8.9% and was the heaviest weight on the S&P 500. Others also helping to drag the market lower were Advanced Micro Devices, down 7%, and Applied Materials, down 8.2%.

The losses for AI chip stocks were even sharper earlier in the day in other markets worldwide.

Sharp drops for SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics dragged South Korea’s Kospi index down 10.8%. The market’s losses were so big that trading was temporarily halted at times in Seoul.

“We believe the market was likely spooked by the progress of China’s chipmaking equipment capabilities, and was worried that this progress would threaten the competitive position of global chipmaking and chip equipment leaders,” said equity analyst Jing Jie Yu of Morningstar.

“That said, we believe the sell-off today is largely a knee-jerk reaction and overdone,” he said. The dominant position of global chipmaking leaders is unlikely to be threatened meaningfully, he said.

Several huge spenders on AI chips and data centers are scheduled to report their latest quarterly results this week, which could offer updates on how much they're planning to invest. Meta Platforms and Microsoft are reporting on Wednesday, while Amazon is due on Thursday.

Because AI superstar stocks have grown so big, their movements carry more weight on the S&P 500 and other indexes than many other companies. But Wall Street could hold up despite their swings if other, less-loved areas of the market are able to keep rising. It's a rotation that some strategists have suggested could be healthy for the overall stock market.

In the oil market, the price for a barrel of Brent crude to be delivered in October fell 5.2% to $81.38.

It's been falling since late last week, when the price for a barrel to be delivered in September briefly shot as high as $102.

Pushing up on prices have been worries that worsening fighting in the Middle East could slow the global flow of oil. On the other side, though, are hopes that the United States and Iran could still negotiate something to allow oil tankers to use the Strait of Hormuz to move crude.

Lower oil prices helped to ease Treasury yields in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.59% from 4.65% late Monday.

A weaker-than-expected reading on confidence among U.S. consumers also weighed on yields. Fewer consumers are saying they feel good about current business conditions, according to the latest survey released by the Conference Board Tuesday.

The drop in oil prices helped push traders to trim their bets that the Federal Reserve could announce a hike to interest rates following its latest meeting on Wednesday. They're forecasting a 28.3% probability, down from more than 36% a day before, according to data from CME Group.

Higher rates could keep a lid on inflation, but they would also slow the economy by making it more expensive for U.S. households and businesses to borrow. Long-term mortgage rates have already hit their highest level in nearly a year, chilling the housing industry.

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AP Business Writers Chan Ho-him, Elaine Kurtenbach and Matt Ott contributed.

Graham's flag-draped casket arrived for a tribute at the U.S. Capitol, where the Republican served for more than 30 years as an indefatigable dealmaker who talked and laughed and badgered his colleagues into action. Later, the motorcade departed for a funeral at Washington National Cathedral with President Donald Trump and foreign leaders, a testament to his stature on the global stage.

“Lindsey was a towering figure,” said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, adding there was “no one more capable of cracking up a room.”

“I look forward to the days when you make us all laugh again,” said Thune, R-S.D., choking back tears.

Trump is expected to deliver remarks in the afternoon at the cathedral, alongside Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity and other conservative leaders. Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy plan to be in attendance, a nod to Graham's role as a foremost believer in the power of the U.S. and its military to intervene in the world's problems.

It's the start of two days of services, with burial Wednesday in Graham's home state of South Carolina. Joint Base Charleston will be renamed in his honor, the White House said. Graham died suddenly on July 11 at his home in Washington of a likely aortic tear, according to preliminary findings. He had just returned from a whirlwind trip to a NATO summit in Turkey, where he celebrated his birthday, and a visit to Ukraine. He was 71.

A place of honor to ‘say our final goodbyes’

The morning service in the Capitol Rotunda drew Vice President JD Vance, Cabinet officials, current and former senators and lawmakers, as well as Graham's staff, friends and family, including his sister, now- Sen. Darline Graham, who was appointed by the state's governor to fill the remainder of her brother's term.

Vance described Graham as a man of “swashbuckling" stature — “who swashbuckled into the Senate” with his suit jacket open — and was impossible not to like.

“A true American original,” Vance said.

First elected to Congress in the 1994 Republican revolt that swept the GOP to power, Graham was part of a new era of conservatives to take their seats in the House — and among the first Republicans from his Southern state since Reconstruction.

He quickly rose to prominence as a manager in Democrat Bill Clinton's presidential impeachment, and he was elected to the Senate in the 2002 election. There, he formed an alliance with Sen. John McCain, a Republican from Arizona, and Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut, in what would become the “three amigos,” globe-trotting the world focused on national security issues.

Vance described how he argued with Graham over the senator's staunch support for aid to Ukraine, which has divided the GOP, but praised his legacy saying Justice Brett Kavanaugh “would not be on the Supreme Court” were it not for Graham’s “fierce advocacy” during a key point during the confirmation hearing.

For decades, Graham had been at the center of the action — a member of virtually every bipartisan gang in Congress — with a relentless ability to shapeshift and adapt to political realities, particularly when it came to Trump.

One by one, many of Graham’s colleagues said their goodbyes in the Rotunda. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala, placed both hands on his casket and then placed her hand on her heart. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., saluted from her wheelchair. Former Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., bowed and delivered a brief kiss and Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., gave a fist bump.

The ‘Trump whisperer’ had one last mission: Russia sanctions

Perhaps nowhere was Graham's political dexterity on display more as when he navigated his on-again, off-again relationship with Trump.

Graham had denounced Trump as a “kook” who was “unfit for office” when the two were early rivals during the 2016 presidential primary campaign.

Once Trump was elected, Graham gradually situated himself alongside the new president — until Trump sparked the mob who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, trying to overturn Democrat Joe Biden's election.

“Count me out. Enough is enough,” Graham said that night in a fiery floor speech.

Weeks later, Trump invited Graham to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, rekindling their alliance. The senator had said he wanted the president to be successful, and as Trump won a second term in 2024, Graham also wanted to remain relevant.

Graham had become what Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., called the “Trump whisperer,” someone other senators — and even world leaders — relied on to understand the president's thinking.

Days before his death, Graham had won Trump's support for a long-fought bipartisan proposal to impose sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine, one of the strongest U.S. efforts yet to hamper Russian President Vladimir Putin's ability to prolong the conflict.

Senators said as a tribute to Graham they should quickly approve the Russian sanctions package, and they were scheduled later Tuesday to take a first procedural vote. Zelenskyy is expected to be on hand and meeting with senators in the evening.

Graham's champions and potential successors

At the Washington cathedral, a roster of socially conservative and anti-abortion leaders are expected to participate in the services, including Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, Marjorie Jones Dannenfelser of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America and the Reverend William Franklin Graham III.

Graham never married, but he helped support his younger sister after both of his parents died while he was at college and then starting law school. He became the guardian for Darline, who was then 13, and he later in life often extolled the benefits of Social Security that helped keep them financially afloat.

Darline Graham is now running in a potentially crowded primary field for the fall election. The filing period for the special primary election closes Tuesday, with voting set for Aug. 11.

Graham went on to serve as a judge advocate general in the Air Force, and remained a reserve or National Guard member for decades. In the Senate, Graham briefly switched back to active status to help advise the Air Force during the Iraq War. He was awarded the Bronze Star medal for service in 2014 before formally retiring as a colonel in 2015.

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The planned injections come 18 months after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis began stepping up executions at a rate unseen in modern times in Florida. Not since 2017 when Arkansas carried out two death sentences on the same day has a state planned back-to-back executions.

Since the beginning of 2025, Florida has carried out nearly half of all the state executions in the U.S.

James Aren Duckett, 68, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at noon at Florida State Prison near Starke, followed about six hours later by 80-year-old Dominick Anthony Occhicone, who also would become the oldest prisoner executed in Florida's modern history.

Duckett was convicted of raping and drowning an 11-year-old girl while working as a police officer in a small central Florida city in 1987, and Occhicone was convicted of the 1986 killings of his ex-girlfriend’s parents.

They would become Florida’s 11th and 12th inmates to be executed this year.

The Florida Supreme Court denied appeals for both men last week, and the U.S. Supreme Court denied them on Tuesday.

Duckett’s attorneys had asked for another stay, claiming that Duckett is innocent and that the state’s handling of the DNA evidence is the reason for the inconclusive results. Occhicone’s attorneys argued that several age-related ailments, including kidney and prostate problems, could make his execution especially painful, constituting cruel and unusual punishment.

Record numbers for governor's final two years

A Florida prison official said Tuesday morning that the department was confident in its readiness to carry out both executions.

The governor hasn’t said why he scheduled two executions on the same day.

DeSantis, who leaves office in January, oversaw a record 19 executions in 2025, more in a single year than any other Florida governor since the death penalty was reinstated in the U.S. in 1976. The previous high was eight executions set in 2014.

Florida has executed 29 people since the beginning of 2025 while the rest of the U.S. states combined have carried out 35 executions over the same time frame.

If Tuesday’s executions proceed, that would bring the total for DeSantis’ final two years in office up to 31 overall, compared to just nine executions during the first six years of his administration. Another execution is scheduled for August.

DeSantis initially signed a death warrant for Duckett in February, setting a March execution date. But the Florida Supreme Court issued a stay just days before that date to allow for DNA testing of old evidence that couldn’t be performed at the time of the original trial because of technical limitations. The results were inconclusive, meaning they did not exonerate Duckett or definitively connect him to the crime. Judges have allowed the jury verdict to stand.

When Occhicone's death warrant was signed late last month, his was the only execution scheduled for Tuesday. But after the Florida Supreme Court removed Duckett's stay on July 8, DeSantis signed a new death warrant and added Duckett to Occhicone’s execution date, which hadn't been done in Florida in more than 60 years. Florida Department of Corrections records show multiple executions on a single day were more common in the past, with the last being on May 12, 1964.

Nationwide, it's not uncommon for two different states to hold executions on the same date, but it's less common for a single state to perform two. Before Arkansas executed two inmates on the same day in 2017, Texas executed two convicted killers on a single day in 2000, the year it put to death 40 prisoners.

Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty has urged DeSantis to halt both executions.

“July 28 represents an unprecedented escalation of Florida’s use of the death penalty,” the group’s executive director, Grace Hanna, said in a statement. “These are two profoundly different cases, but they point to the same troubling reality: Florida continues to expand the use of capital punishment, despite mounting evidence that it is not what Floridians want.”

Decades on Death Row

The governor's office has rarely commented on executions over the past 18 months. DeSantis has previously said his goal is to bring justice to victims’ families who have waited decades for sentences to be carried out.

“Some of these crimes were committed in the ’80s,” the governor said in 2025. “Justice delayed is justice denied. I felt I owed it to them to make sure this ran very smoothly. If I honestly thought someone was innocent, I would not pull the trigger.”

Occhicone would become Florida's oldest inmate to be executed, just weeks after two 74-year-old men briefly held that spot, the second man just a week older than the first at his time of death. Recent executions have highlighted the nation's aging death-row population and renewed questions about the humanity of administering capital punishment to inmates who might die soon from natural causes.

Occhicone also would become the second-oldest prisoner known to be executed in modern U.S. history after 83-year-old Walter Moody Jr. in Alabama in 2018. Moody was condemned for a wave of mail bombs in 1989 that killed a federal judge and wounded a Black civil rights attorney.

Florida executions are all by injection of a sedative, a paralytic and a drug that stops the heart, according to the Department of Corrections.

The sit-down in the Oval Office, which was closed to the media, followed a consequential meeting at the NATO summit earlier this month in Ankara, Turkey, where Trump announced that the U.S. will give Ukraine a license to make Patriot defense systems — a long-running request from Kyiv to counter Russian missile attacks.

In a post on social media after the meeting, Zelenskyy thanked Trump for the “good meeting” and the Republican administration's efforts to aid Kyiv in the long-running war, which began more than four years ago when Russia invaded Ukraine.

“The President and I discussed licenses for Patriot interceptor production and several other ideas that could help,” said Zelenskyy, who also noted that he offered condolences to Trump for the death of Graham, a close ally. “We also spoke about diplomacy – it’s important that the diplomatic process be reinvigorated.”

The White House did not immediately return a request for comment on the meeting.

Trump welcomed Zelenskyy to the White House as the Ukrainian leader traveled to Washington to honor Graham, whose final act as a public official was visiting Kyiv and securing an agreement on a package of sanctions that seek to punish countries that purchase Russian oil, gas and other exports.

In a Fox News Channel interview on Tuesday, Trump recalled Graham's hawkishness and said the Republican South Carolina senator's support for Ukraine never wavered. Trump said Graham had suggested it was time to make a deal with Iran but had no similar suggestion for the Russia-Ukraine war.

“Ukraine, he's very militant about,” Trump said on “Fox & Friends." "I mean, Lindsey liked war, to be honest with you."

The Trump administration's embrace of Zelenskyy comes as a far-right activist with the U.S. president’s ear had a recent, widely publicized change of heart on Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Laura Loomer, known primarily for her incendiary social media posts and her influence with Trump, has been traveling through Ukraine, witnessing Moscow’s barrage firsthand and interviewing Zelenskyy while admitting she was “bamboozled by Russian propaganda.”

Loomer said she spoke to Trump after she met with Zelenskyy in Ukraine last week and she expects to meet with the U.S. president once she returns from her trip.

“It’s looking good for Ukraine, right?” Loomer said during an interview with The Associated Press. “Going into this meeting next week at the Oval Office is looking pretty good.”

Ahead of the meeting, Zelenskyy also warned that Russia has been aiding Iran as the war persists by capturing satellite imagery of U.S. bases in the Gulf region that later appear in Iran. The Ukrainian president also asserted that there was a “clear correlation” between Russia’s images and subsequent Iranian strikes.

“The purpose is clear,” Zelenskyy said earlier this month. “None of us in the world should turn a blind eye to one very simple fact: Evil always seeks ways to make things worse and spread further.”

But on Monday, Trump downplayed any impact of potential Russian assistance for Iran.

“I don’t think they’ve been doing it, certainly not at a high level,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One as he traveled to Michigan. “And if they have, it has been very un-impactful.”

Still, he said he would raise the issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Zelenskyy has a busy itinerary during his latest visit to Washington. Besides his White House meeting, Zelenskyy will head to the Capitol to meet with senators on Tuesday evening after Graham’s funeral at Washington National Cathedral, according to a person with knowledge of the meeting who was not authorized to discuss it publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Republican leadership is hoping to advance Graham’s sanctions legislation this week, although the Senate is juggling several other priorities before lawmakers leave Washington for their August recess.

The bill has dozens of backers from both major political parties and is seen as the main policy tribute to Graham, who died unexpectedly this month from a tear in his aorta. It imposes tariffs on goods from the world’s top five purchasers of Russia oil or natural gas, including China and India.

The legislation also includes sanctions against Putin; senior Russian political and military leaders; and Russian financial institutions and energy projects.

The 30-year-old rapper, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, had pleaded not guilty in the District Court of Western Australia state to six charges of rape, three charges of assault occasioning bodily harm and one count of choking in a Perth hotel room in September 2024.

The accuser cannot legally be named. She was 20 at the time.

Prosecutor Danielle Clarke told the court Barrientos was an “entitled man” with a “moderate degree of fame" who had been sexually violent toward an “impressionable" young woman.

“She meant nothing to him,” Clarke told the court in her closing arguments.

“What could have been and should have been consensual sex quickly escalated into sexual violence and a non-consensual nightmare,” she added.

Defense lawyer David Edwardson replied that the accuser's "evidence is riddled with inconsistencies, embellishments and outright lies.”

Edwardson will complete his statement early on Wednesday. The jury could begin considering their verdicts late Wednesday after Judge Linda Black gives them their final directions.

Barrientos testified Monday that he did not slap or choke the woman, but he agreed to the allegation that he bit her multiple times.

“In England we would call it a love bite,” Barrientos told the court.

The performer denied the woman repeatedly told him to stop and told him he was hurting her.

“There was kissing in between; I would give her a love bite and then kiss her,” Barrientos said from the witness box. “I don’t recall any blood.”

Photos of the woman with bruising and bite marks on her face and neck were shown to the court.

Barrientos met the woman at a Perth nightclub after his performance.

“The vibes were good and she had a really good energy about her,” he said.

Prosecutors previously said the woman initially agreed to have sex with Barrientos, but withdrew her consent when she started to fear for her safety.

Barrientos agreed that his bodyguard took the woman’s phone before she entered the hotel room.

But he denied the prosecutor’s accusation that the phone was removed to trap the woman.

“It is standard practice for someone in the limelight to protect privacy,” Barrientos said.

The Colombian-born entertainer had been touring Australia and had performed in Sydney and Melbourne before he encountered the woman. He was in the east coast city of Brisbane, where the tour was to end, when he was arrested several days later.

Phillies closer Jhoan Duran (1-4) entered with a 7-5 lead before loading the bases with no outs and allowing a tying two-run single by Heriberto Hernández, who scored the winning run.

Hernández and Conine homered against Phillies ace Zack Wheeler. Jakob Marsee had a run-scoring double and Otto Lopez added an RBI triple for the Marlins, who hadn’t won a game since July 9. The Phillies have struggled since the All-Star break, losing seven of 10.

The Marlins built a 5-2 cushion in the first two innings against Wheeler before blowing it in the sixth and rallying in the ninth on Conine’s first career walk-off hit and Miami’s fifth walk-off win of the season.

Bryce Harper drew a leadoff walk against reliever Cade Gibson and scored on Alec Bohm’s single to make it 5-3 in the sixth. J.T. Realmuto then hit a fly ball against Tyler Zuber that bounced over the right field wall for a double that pulled the Phillies within one. Justin Crawford singled in Bryson Stott before Realmuto was awarded the go-ahead run on a throwing error by Hernández.

Harper gave Philadelphia an early lead with his 22nd homer of the season — a 419-foot, two-run drive off starter Tyler Phillips in the first.

Wheeler was lifted after giving up six hits with six strikeouts in three innings. Manager Don Mattingly said Wheeler might have been feeling nauseous, but there appeared to be no injury concern with the veteran.

Phillips allowed three hits and two runs while walking two and striking out five. He was lifted after five innings and 76 pitches. Calvin Faucher (5-5) pitched a scoreless ninth for the win.

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Philadelphia RHP Aaron Nola (3-8, 5.82) will start the second game of the series against Miami RHP Sandy Alcantara (10-6, 4.01).

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Miami overcame two-run, ninth-inning deficit in the ninth on Monday to beat division-rival Philadelphia 8-7 and snap a 12-game losing streak — the longest such stretch in franchise history.

It was the Marlins’ first win since beating Seattle at home on July 9 and ensured they would not suffer their fifth straight sweep.

“Everybody feels good,” McCullough said. “It’s no lie everyone in the building has been grinding hard now for a couple of weeks and frustrated with things, but certainly it feels great to get a win and I think in the fashion that we did it’d be hard to ever question this group’s toughness and willingness to compete.”

Griffin Conine singled in the winning run against Philadelphia closer Jhoan Duran, who entered in the ninth with a 7-5 lead before loading the bases with no outs.

Heriberto Hernández hit the tying single against Duran before racing home on Conine’s single and jumping into his teammates’ arms in celebration on the field.

“I’ve never been a part of anything like the last two weeks,” said Conine, who also homered in the first inning. “I think we handled it fine. It’s just like at a certain point, it’s the same way you feel when you’re 0-for-15 at the plate. You feel like you’re never going to get a hit again. And that’s not true. You know that deep down you will, but the way it feels is like — it felt like we were never going to win again.”

The Marlins had lost 11 straight games three times in their history. They lost 11 consecutive games twice during separate stretches in 1998 when the club lost 108 games, and again in June 2011.

Before Monday’s game, McCullough said he saw Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” on a recent day off and couldn’t help but think of his team’s misfortunes.

“I feel a bit like Odysseus,” he said. “Like I’m away from home for 10 years. At some point, I’m going to return home. I don’t know what baseball god I infuriated but it’s where we’re at, so today is an opportunity.”

The Marlins used that opportunity early.

After Bryce Harper put Philadelphia ahead with a two-run shot in the first, Miami responded by scoring five straight runs against ace Zack Wheeler.

After blowing the lead in the sixth, the Marlins scored three in the ninth, including Conine’s first career walk-off hit.

“As far as what this does, pressure’s off,” Conine said. “Now we’re on a winning streak. Now we want more of it. So it’s like forget the last two weeks and move on. I think we can learn from it, and I think that we will.”

The Marlins had done plenty of winning before the All-Star break and were at 52-42 and three games behind NL East-leading Atlanta. They also had the third NL wild-card spot.

But the unraveling began in the weekend home series against Cleveland prior to the break. Outside of a 7-2 to loss against San Diego on July 25, Miami had lost the other 11 games by three runs or less, including a 5-3 collapse against San Diego on Sunday.

Miami could barely generate offense during its losing streak, going .208 with a .607 OPS during that stretch. Seven players recorded a hit on Monday — six of them had multiple hits.

“Everybody is going to leave here tonight feeling much different than we have over the last 12-odd games,” McCullough said. “We’ll come in tomorrow and look — we got Game 1 of the series. As rough as it’s been, we still need to try to get back to winning series. Winning the first game of a big divisional series like this is important.”

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La Autoridad Nacional de Gestión de Desastres de Pakistán informó que 109 personas han muerto en todo el territorio desde el 26 de junio. Muchos de los fallecimientos fueron causados por el derrumbe de viviendas y techos, y casi la mitad se registró en la provincia noroccidental de Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, en la frontera con Afganistán.

La actualización más reciente se dio a conocer un día después de que la autoridad de gestión de desastres revisara las medidas de preparación ante inundaciones en todo el país. Los funcionarios analizaron planes para emitir advertencias oportunas a las comunidades que viven a lo largo de los ríos, de modo que los residentes puedan trasladarse voluntariamente a zonas más seguras o ser evacuados antes de que las aguas de la inundación aneguen sus comunidades.

La semana pasada, fuertes lluvias azotaron partes del país, incluida Lahore —la capital cultural de Pakistán— donde varios vecindarios se inundaron, lo que obligó a los viajeros a tomar desvíos largos. Imágenes en redes sociales mostraban a residentes caminando entre el agua. Esto generó críticas de los habitantes, que cuestionaron la preparación del gobierno y su respuesta ante el clima extremo.

Las autoridades han advertido en los últimos meses que no pueden descartar que no se vaya a repetir el clima extremo que desencadenó las devastadoras inundaciones de Pakistán en 2022. El desastre sumergió cerca de un tercio del país, causó la muerte de 1.737 personas y obligó a millones a desplazarse.

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Stafford is the reigning NFL MVP and a Super Bowl champion himself, but he also spent enough seasons of his career on mediocre teams to recognize just how good he has it here in his 18th year.

“It was a blast to be out here today,” Stafford said. “I’m surrounded by so many great players, and I don’t take that for granted, both on our side of the football and on the defensive side. It’s a blessing to come out here every single day and compete against these guys and play with the guys on the offensive side. Just an exciting time.”

After sitting out of Sunday's opening practice as part of the Rams' plan to keep their franchise quarterback in top shape for the season ahead, Stafford looked remarkably sharp in his first workout of training camp. He repeatedly found All-Pro Puka Nacua and Davante Adams in solid coverage with long, precise throws that had the crowd at Loyola Marymount cheering.

The Rams made a handful of bold personnel moves in the past four months to maximize the size of their remaining championship window with their 38-year-old quarterback, but coach Sean McVay said on the opening day of camp that he won’t measure his team’s success or failure “by whether or not we win a Super Bowl."

“That’s not what I believe,” McVay added. "I’m not living that way. I’ve gotten caught up in things like that before and those are things that are way beyond our control.”

Stafford agrees with his coach's mindset, realizing the journey is more important than the destination.

Having said all that, he's still thrilled by the chance to start this trip by going against pass-rushing monster Myles Garrett and elite cornerback Trent McDuffie in practice each day.

“We can't help but make each other better, (but) pieces of paper and names on a roster, those don’t win football games,” Stafford said. “Teams and players and groups do. ... Sean said it the other night, we’ve got potentially a high ceiling, right? We’ve got great players that have done a lot in this league. What can we do to continue to raise our floor, so if I’m off a little bit, we can still go find a way to win a football game? If our defense is off a little bit, we can still find a way to go win a football game. Continuing to raise that floor is something that’s going to be a huge part of our journey this season.”

Stafford is coming off arguably the best season of his long career after throwing for 4,707 yards with 46 touchdowns and just eight interceptions for the league's most productive offense. He led the Rams to 12 wins and the NFC championship game, where he passed for 374 yards and three touchdowns without a pick — and it still wasn't enough to hold off the eventual champion Seattle Seahawks, largely because LA's defense couldn't get off the field when it mattered most.

The Rams addressed that defensive failure head-on this year, acquiring Chiefs cornerback duo McDuffie and Jaylen Watson before swinging the blockbuster trade last month for Garrett.

Los Angeles is loaded on paper — but it's also theoretically just one Stafford injury away from lining up with rookie Ty Simpson or backup Stetson Bennett running the offense.

That's why McVay and Stafford are doing everything possible to keep his sometimes-balky back in top shape along with the rest of him. The Rams’ plan for their quarterback is just the latest instance of the preseason-hating McVay’s overall determination to expose his veteran players to the least amount of wear and tear possible before Week 1.

“That's part of the plan, to be able to keep him on a pitch count,” McVay said, noting that the Rams' plan to cut Stafford's camp practices in half is the product of six years of preparation and experience. “Hey, whether it was a weird way or not, we learned a lot about how to try to be able to maximize him.”

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Schmitt appeared to hurt his left leg after rounding first base following a single to right field. He showed discomfort and was grasping at his lower left leg after the play.

Schmitt was able to walk off the field on his own power, limping with a trainer at his side as he left the game. Schmitt was replaced by backup Christian Koss and the Giants went on to beat the Brewers 3-0.

“Scary moment there for him,” manager Tony Vitello said after the game. “He’s a unique personality, but he’s definitely got a level of toughness to him. And you go out there and he was really struggling just to kind of even move around there with (head trainer Dave Groeschner) checking on him.”

Schmitt will undergo an MRI and it is not yet known whether he'll be added to the injury list. Regardless, Vitello doesn’t expect Schmitt to be back right away.

“At this point, (he is) probably going to miss some significant time,” Vitello said. “But based off what we see tomorrow, be interesting what (Groeschner) has, hoping it’s as limited an amount of time as possible.”

Schmitt adds to San Francisco’s growing injury list as the team was already without third baseman Matt Chapman (abdominal strain) and outfielders Jung Hoo Lee (right elbow soreness), and Victor Bericoto (left oblique strain).

Vitello commented that with Schmitt’s injury, rather than rush starter Chapman back, they’ll look to another player to fill in at third base.

Schmitt is hitting .271 with 21 home runs and 55 RBIs, all career bests. Schmitt signed a one-year, $810,000 contract this past year.

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While fluent in Haitian Creole, Wenski, 75, is among the leading voices urging the U.S. Senate to extend Temporary Protected Status for Haitians.

With the expiration of TPS on Monday, more than 300,000 beneficiaries will be vulnerable to deportation and no longer have a work permit.

“Many of them are working in health care. In the Archdiocese of Miami, in our nursing homes, I have over 40 people on TPS that will lose their work permits today, and we will have to let them go,” Wenski said about Catholic Health Services, one of Miami’s largest ministries.

Wenski said he was preparing for a flight on Monday before a meeting with lawmakers in Washington, D.C., to lobby for a solution for TPS beneficiaries.

“We are looking for them to support a bill in the Senate that would embrace the House bill that was passed,” Wenski said about H.R. 1689.

U.S. Rep. Laura Gillen, a Democrat from New York, introduced the bill on Feb. 27 in the House, and it passed 224-204 on April 16.

Wenski said it could be done through a discharge petition, a legislative maneuver to force a bill out of a stalled committee and onto the floor for a full vote.

“That would give the Haitians a three-year extension on their TPS,” Wenski said.

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In Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood, the streets were quieter than normal on Monday.

“People have been here for decades, many of them own homes, own businesses, own other assets (and) are crucial and essential workers,” said FANM political director Paul Christian Namphy. “If people are going out in the community, they’re taking a bigger risk and that’s why we are encouraging all of our community members, keep your movements to a minimum.”

U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody said she has been in communication with the Trump administration about alternatives for Haitians.

“We have got to start looking at these on a case-by-case basis,” Moody said.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott said Haitian immigrants “who are vetted” and are not criminals are welcome. Scott faced questions about Haitians’ deportations.

“My heart goes out to them,” Scott said.

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, who is campaigning for Florida governor with Trump’s endorsement, voted against H.R. 1689.

“It is a temporary program, but it was abused by Joe Biden,” Donalds said about TPS. “We have to get to a semblance and a standard on immigration.”

Wenski hopes to change minds in the Senate. Immigration policies should reflect both “justice and mercy,” Wenski recently wrote in a statement urging leaders to pursue “compassionate and humane solutions that protect family unity” and “recognize” the crisis Haitians face.

“Policies should seek not only to enforce the law but also to reflect our nation’s longstanding commitment to protecting human dignity and promoting the common good,” Wenski wrote. “To make America Great again is a worthy goal but you don’t make America great by making America mean.”

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El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional confirmó el paso de un tornado en el condado de Winnebago, a unos 145 kilómetros (90 millas) al noroeste de Milwaukee. Se reportaron daños en algunas ciudades, entre ellas Appleton y Menasha, donde el jefe de policía Matt Albrecht manifestó que algunas viviendas y negocios quedaron “gravemente afectados”.

El tornado se originó a partir de un gran sistema de tormentas que atravesó la región de los Grandes Lagos, alimentado por una acumulación de calor y humedad, explicó Scott Berschback, meteorólogo del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional.

Heather Schroeder contó que escuchó crujidos y chasquidos a su alrededor mientras el tornado destruía una lavandería, una panadería y una taberna del vecindario que estaban agrupadas en una esquina de una calle en Menasha, a unos 50 kilómetros (30 millas) al sur de Green Bay.

Rescatistas sacaron a alguien de una de las construcciones, indicó Schroeder, quien trabaja cerca. Señaló que no estaba claro si la persona había sobrevivido. Los autos quedaron volcados y había una fuga de gas en la lavandería, agregó.

“No queda nada”, lamentó Schroeder.

El tornado arrancó techos de viviendas y volcó vehículos en un vecindario de Menasha, a pocas cuadras de las orillas del lago Winnebago. Un video mostró una estela de destrucción, en la que algunas casas quedaron reducidas a sus paredes exteriores.

Greg Van Driest estaba trabajando en el centro de Appleton cuando el cielo se oscureció como si fuera de noche.

“La palabra que todos estábamos usando era ‘inquietante’”, comentó. “Es como: ‘Guau, mira eso’... Mirabas afuera y pensabas que eran las 3 de la mañana, de lo oscuro que estaba”.

No hay reportes de muertos ni heridos, pero continúan las búsquedas

Gordon Hintz, el principal funcionario electo del condado de Winnebago, indicó que no tenía conocimiento de que hubiera fallecidos ni heridos, pero que los rescatistas seguían buscando.

“Obviamente, las imágenes se ven devastadoras”, expresó Hintz. “Está claro que hubo daños significativos, con líneas eléctricas caídas y cosas así”.

Hintz señaló que ha escuchado múltiples reportes de edificios destruidos y vehículos volcados. Indicó que se activaron todas las alertas de tormenta que podían emitirse con anticipación para que la gente se pusiera a salvo.

“Obviamente, cuando miras los daños, a la Madre Naturaleza realmente no le importa”, añadió.

Holley Kamba, meteoróloga del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, dijo que la agencia estaba recibiendo reportes de daños en el sur del condado de Outagamie y el este del condado de Winnebago.

“Hemos estado recibiendo llamadas sobre daños, con muchos árboles caídos, líneas eléctricas derribadas”, explicó Kamba. “Hemos estado buscando algunas fotos de los daños estructurales”.

Hasta ahora no se han reportado heridos, señaló.

El gobernador de Wisconsin, Tony Evers, dijo que el estado “está listo para ayudar a las comunidades en todo lo que podamos”.

Aproximadamente a las 12:25 de la tarde el tornado se ubicaba sobre el lago Winnebago y se desplazaba hacia el sur, en dirección al condado de Fond du Lac, informó el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional.

Meteorólogos del servicio meteorológico en Green Bay emitieron una alerta de tornado para la región de Fox Cities, que incluye a Appleton, Menasha y Neenah, a las 11:59 de la mañana.

“Los escombros voladores serán peligrosos para quienes se vean sorprendidos sin refugio. Las casas móviles sufrirán daños o serán destruidas. Se producirán daños en techos, ventanas y vehículos. Es probable que haya daños en árboles”, decía la alerta.

La zona ya había estado bajo una advertencia de tormenta eléctrica severa durante unos 45 minutos, y los meteorólogos indicaron que la tormenta era capaz de generar vientos de hasta 97 km/h (60 mph).

Daños extensos y una ciudad entera sin electricidad

Imágenes en redes sociales mostraron daños extensos en Appleton, incluidas viviendas sin techos, un auto arrojado sobre un jardín y calles cubiertas de ramas.

El Departamento de Policía de Appleton indicó en redes sociales que estaba al tanto de “varios árboles caídos y grandes ramas de árboles por toda la ciudad”. Los semáforos no funcionaban y algunos caminos estaban “fuertemente congestionados”, indicó el departamento.

Tom Nelson, ejecutivo del condado de Outagamie, dijo que no tenía confirmación de fallecidos ni heridos en el condado, que incluye a Appleton. Pero señaló que hubo “daños extensos y severos” en Menasha y Fox Crossing.

“Todo indica que este fue un sistema devastador que ha causado daños extensos”, manifestó Nelson.

En Menasha, la empresa eléctrica indicó que se creía que toda la ciudad, de unos 18.000 habitantes, estaba sin electricidad. Las autoridades abrieron un refugio en una iglesia para personas que buscan seguridad temporal o que no pueden permanecer en sus hogares. El centro para adultos mayores y la biblioteca de la ciudad habían estado recibiendo a residentes, pero se quedaron sin electricidad y se vieron obligados a cerrar.

La tormenta golpeó Menasha y el lado este de la vecina Fox Crossing aproximadamente a las 12:20 de la tarde, señaló Albrecht.

“En este momento, no sabemos, no estamos seguros de cuán graves son los daños, porque muchas carreteras en esas mismas áreas están intransitables”, explicó Albrecht. Dijo que los rescatistas laboran para ingresar al área afectada con el fin de “buscar heridos, buscar víctimas” y despejar las vías.

Instó a la gente a permanecer refugiada donde esté. “Ahora mismo, hay muchas líneas eléctricas caídas, árboles caídos, múltiples situaciones peligrosas. Por favor, manténganse alejados”, pidió.

Al atardecer del lunes, el mal clima en Wisconsin estaba disminuyendo, salvo por algunos chubascos y truenos, dijo Berschback. Indicó que la tormenta se desplazaba al sur de Milwaukee, a través del área de Chicago, mientras comenzaba a disiparse.

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Mayes-Osterman informó desde Chicago y Seewer desde Toledo, Ohio. Christopher L. Keller en Albuquerque, Nuevo México; Laura Turbay en Little Rock, Arkansas; Sophie Bates en Jackson, Mississippi; Hannah Schoenbaum en Salt Lake City; y Michael R. Sisak en Nueva York contribuyeron a este despacho.

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

The administration notified Congress late last week that it intends to spend $175.8 million to replace outdated and aging undersea telecommunications cables in the Caribbean and Central America to prevent China from moving in. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the notification on Monday.

The administration has expressed deep concern about China's activities in the Americas, pushing back on Chinese ownership of ports at either end of the Panama Canal, infrastructure projects funded by China's Belt and Road initiative in the region, and Chinese investment in the telecommunications sector.

A State Department official said China’s economic activities in the Western Hemisphere pose risks to U.S. national security and prosperity. The official, who was not authorized to speak publicly to the subject and spoke on condition of anonymity, said China's offerings may seem cheaper but in the end wind up being more expensive due to cost overruns, hidden maintenance fees and poor performance.

The underseas cable funding appears to be part of a broader push to restore support for initiatives aimed at blunting Chinese influence globally that would cost many hundreds of millions of dollars more. That is even as President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping put on a show of cooperation and Xi prepares to visit the U.S. this fall.

US weighs wider spending to counter China globally

The State Department is considering spending nearly half a billion dollars more on programs aimed at China throughout the Western Hemisphere, Africa and Asia, according to an internal State Department document obtained by AP.

“The United States must respond to the CCP’s growing economic, technological, and diplomatic leverage around the world which undermines our national interests,” the document says, using the acronym for the Chinese Communist Party.

Many of those proposed programs are designed to “reclaim diplomatic leverage” through investments in areas where the U.S. had previously been spending money but stopped as the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, carried out deep cuts to government budgets and personnel last year.

Those cuts, which dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development and eliminated several hundred diplomatic posts worldwide, also affected previously approved projects, including some aimed at countering China.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said that China's cooperation with other regions “is not about wooing or rivaling anyone, but about safeguarding world peace, promoting global development, upholding international order and building a community with a shared future for humanity.”

A senior U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss future administration plans, confirmed the Trump administration’s intent to boost funding on countering China but could not speak to specifics. The official acknowledged discussions of large-scale projects but said many were still in the discussion phase.

Congress told about undersea cable project to keep China away

The program described to Congress on Friday is called the “Countering CCP Control of Caribbean and Central America Undersea Cables project.”

It will “fund the installation of strategically selected undersea cable infrastructure” and support foreign governments in partnering with private sector undersea cable installers, according to the notification. The money will “support replacement of outdated undersea telecommunications cables in the Caribbean and Central America region with secure, U.S. and trusted alternatives,” it said.

Even as it pursues the war with Iran and peace efforts in Gaza and Lebanon, the Trump administration has put a focus on the Western Hemisphere, capturing Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro earlier this year, ramping up pressure on Cuba’s socialist government in the months since and imposing severe sanctions on the government in Nicaragua.

Under the new program, funding is anticipated to be given to or in support of undersea cable projects benefiting El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Haiti, the document said. The U.S. has tenuous ties with Nicaragua and would not be working with the government there.

Lin said undersea cables benefit people globally and that China is ready to work with the rest of the world to promote their construction and protection.

“Turning it into a political or security issue will only disrupt international market rules and threaten global digital connectivity and cybersecurity, which serves no one’s interests,” he said in Beijing.

Other anti-China efforts could focus on cyber and critical minerals

At the same time, the administration has drawn up plans to spend more than $340 million for over 50 specific anti-China projects around the world, including many in the Western Hemisphere, according to the internal State Department document outlining various proposals.

The administration notified Congress in May that it had spent several hundred million dollars in counter-China funding from the 2024 budget that was approved by the Biden administration. However, many other projects funded for 2024 and 2025 had been put on hold.

Among the plans to be resurrected are the creation of security operations centers in Argentina and Belize to monitor Chinese threats to critical infrastructure and cyber platforms throughout the region. Also coming back would be initiatives to protect Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay from alleged Chinese attempts to infiltrate port operations and illegally exploit offshore fishing and critical minerals extraction.

More broadly, the proposal, which is still under consideration, would work against Chinese influence in the selection of a successor to the Dalai Lama “by developing proprietary technology to ensure secure communications and information collection.” It also would go after international support for China’s space program and push back against Chinese firms seeking to export surveillance and censorship technology.

The document did not describe the initiatives in detail.

Trump is expected to meet with Xi in September around the time of the annual U.N. General Assembly gathering of world leaders in New York. To prepare for that meeting, Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi last week at a regional security conference in the Philippines.

Trump has oscillated between anger and elation with Xi, whom the U.S. leader has sought to cultivate as an ally even while China pursues goals antithetical to many of his administration's. The ultimate impact of the proposed new programs won't be known for many months or years.

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Associated Press writer Ken Moritsugu in Beijing contributed.

Chilean police on Saturday arrested a retired military colonel who had been a fugitive for three years after being convicted of kidnapping and murdering Jara during Chile’s military dictatorship and sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Despite the arrest, the musician's family says they are not completely satisfied.

“We learned that retired Colonel Nelson Haase Mazzei, who had been a fugitive from justice since 2023, was found and imprisoned. We appreciate this news,” said Jara's daughter, Amanda Jara, in a letter published Sunday night. However, she added, “it is difficult to consider this justice.”

The prominent military figure had been sentenced to 25 years and two days in prison for the kidnapping and murder of Jara and then-Director General of Prisons Littré Quiroga Carvajal.

Haase Mazzei, 80, was convicted in 2018 and his sentence was increased in 2023, along with those of six other military officers. The crimes are considered to be among the most emblematic examples of the brutality that marked the 17-year dictatorship of late Gen. Augusto Pinochet.

The former official fled before beginning his prison term. He was finally located and arrested this weekend — three years later — with Judge Paola Plaza of the Santiago Court of Appeals ordering his “immediate imprisonment,” the Judiciary said in a statement. The institution added that Haase Mazzei was the last of those convicted to begin serving his sentence.

One of the symbols of the so-called New Chilean Song, a musical and social movement born in the 1960s, Jara was murdered on Sept. 16, 1973, just five days after the coup that overthrew former President Salvador Allende.

Jara, then a 40-year-old member of the Communist Party of Chile who also worked as a professor at the State Technical University, was arrested on campus and taken to Chile Stadium, now renamed Víctor Jara Stadium. There, he was separated from the nearly 5,000 other prisoners and taken to a private area. Along with Quiroga, he was tortured, violently assaulted and finally executed. The singer suffered multiple fractures and his body had 44 bullet wounds, according to the findings of an investigation into his death and other crimes of the period.

In 1991, months after Pinochet’s downfall and the restoration of democracy, an official report by the National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation found that Jara was the victim of a political execution and classified his killing as a grave human rights violation. It also found that, in just three months, 890 people were killed as a direct consequence of the military coup.

In recent decades, Chile has established a series of truth commissions to investigate and determine responsibility for the violations committed between 1973 and 1990, ranging from murders and torture to forced disappearances and the illegal adoption of children.

Official documents estimate that during its 17 years, the military dictatorship left some 40,000 victims, including more than 2,000 people who were executed, 1,469 victims of enforced disappearance and thousands more tortured. The courts have convicted hundreds of state agents and civilians for the crimes committed during the darkest period of Chile's modern history. However, there are no single, consolidated institutional figures that include all those sentenced.

Since 2024, the country has also promoted the so-called National Search Plan aimed at unifying the figures and outlining a road map for the search of disappeared detainees whose whereabouts remain unknown — a task that for years has largely fallen to the families of victims who to this date are still trying to figure out what happened with their loved ones.

“We hope that the police will manage to find all those who fled for crimes against humanity,” Amanda Jara concluded in her letter. She now heads the Víctor Jara Foundation.

Sasse, 54, a father of three, received treatment for stage-four pancreatic cancer at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas, and started taking daraxonrasib, an experimental drug.

“I bleed a lot on my scalp,” Sasse, who served as the 13th president of the University of Florida, recently told CNN’s Jake Tapper about the drug’s side effects.

After months of treatment with the oral pill by Revolution Medicines, Sasse told the New York Times that he experienced a 76% to 80% decrease in overall tumor volume while experiencing severe skin rashes.

Researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the MD Anderson Cancer Center found that patients who received standard treatment survived a median of 6.5 months, while those taking the drug lived for a median of 13 months past the start of treatment.

Dr. Kelsey Klute, of The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center in Omaha, Nebraska, described daraxonrasib as a game changer.

“Not only are we seeing that this drug can more effectively control the cancer and help people live longer, but it’s also doing that with less serious side effects,” Klute said.

The targeted therapy applies to patients with cancers caused by mutations in the RAS gene family, which drive more than 90% of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cases.

Daraxonrasib is not yet fully approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The application is under priority review, and the drug is available to oncologists for some patients through FDA expanded access.

In a court filing Monday, David Hearn's attorneys requested an order for the government to turn over a complete transcript of all grand jury proceedings. They also want prosecutors to disclose the legal instructions they gave to grand jurors about the elements of Hearn's alleged crime.

Hearn pleaded not guilty earlier this month to one felony count of property destruction and has a trial scheduled to start Sept. 28 in D.C. Superior Court. The charge, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years upon conviction, accuses Hearn of causing at least $1,000 in damage to the pool.

But his lawyers question whether prosecutors properly presented the grand jury with adequate evidence to support the amount of damage alleged in Hearn's indictment. A National Park Service official testified that the pool already was damaged before Hearn allegedly touched it, couldn't quantify any damage attributable to Hearn and said the same repairs would have been required regardless of his conduct, defense attorneys said.

“The witness’s testimony established that the pool had substantial preexisting damage requiring repair before any alleged conduct by Mr. Hearn," his lawyers wrote. “According to the witness, the pool was leaking more than one million gallons of water per week; its expansion joints had exceeded their service life; and the liner already contained a rip."

Hearn's attorneys are basing those arguments on their limited review of grand jury testimony. They want court-ordered access to all the proceedings.

A spokesperson for U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office in Washington didn't immediately respond to an email seeking comment on Hearn's arguments.

Hearn previously asked the court to dismiss the case, which stems from the troubled multimillion-dollar renovation project championed by President Donald Trump. His attorneys argued the government has failed to properly preserve important physical evidence from the Reflecting Pool.

Trump, a Republican, has claimed that vandals have damaged the pool, but administration critics attribute the problems to shoddy repair work. During a speech Monday at General Motors in Michigan, Trump claimed a “sick” person cut the liner in the pool but said the attraction is receiving treatment.

“It’s in the hospital now, but it’s going to get better very soon,” Trump said. “It’s almost ready to open.”

Hearn and his supporters claim his prosecution is a politically motivated attempt by the Trump administration to deflect blame and scapegoat others.

Hearn told The Associated Press he was detained by National Guard troops and U.S. Park Police for five hours after stopping by the pool during a bike ride on June 19. He said he reached in to examine the pool’s newly peeled coating and briefly touched a chunk attached to the side of the pool, but said he obeyed a park worker who told him to let go of it.

Hearn, 67, of Bethesda, Maryland, competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish, ninth, at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee says on its website.

At least three other people have been charged in the same court with misdemeanors for allegedly removing pieces of paint from the pool.

___ Associated Press writer Darlene Superville contributed to this report.

Bellinger was placed on the 10-day injured list on Sunday, a day after he got hurt running the bases during a 3-1 win at Philadelphia. He had more tests on Monday in New York that revealed the extent of the injury.

“So the good thing is he’s obviously able to move around right now,” manager Aaron Boone said before Monday night's 9-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox. “So we’ll continue to do that and just allow this thing to heal and get him right.”

The loss of Bellinger is another major injury for a New York team already playing without reigning AL MVP Aaron Judge, who has been out since May 31 because of a fractured rib. Designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton has been sidelined since April 24 because of a strained right calf.

The Yankees trail AL East-leading Tampa Bay by 2 1/2 games after topping the White Sox in the opener of a four-game series.

“We’ve had some tough injuries to some really important people,” Boone said. “But again, that is part of it. As I say, the season waits for no one.”

Max Schuemann started in left field on Monday night. Spencer Jones, who was brought up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre when Bellinger was placed on the IL, was in center, and Jasson Domínguez was in right.

Schuemann was checked on by Boone and a trainer after he slipped on the warning track while going after Braden Montgomery's RBI triple in the first inning. But he stayed in the game.

The MLB trade deadline is next week, but Boone downplayed the effect of Bellinger's injury on the strategy for general manager Brian Cashman and the team's front office.

“I get the sense that they have been working on this in different ways, shape and form for the last several weeks, getting ready for trade deadline stuff,” Boone said. “I expect them to try and do all they can to improve our team, but again, you never know how that’s going to shake out.”

Bellinger, 31, felt tightness in his hamstring while rounding first on a double in the eighth inning on Saturday night. He is batting .259 with 11 homers and 53 RBIs in 102 games this season.

Bellinger re-signed with the Yankees last winter for $162.5 million over five years. He was the MVP of the All-Star Game on July 14 in Philadelphia.

Judge and Stanton are with the team in Chicago, and Boone said Stanton is continuing with his running progression.

“The strength stuff, explosive stuff he’s doing in the weight room has been very good,” Boone said. “So we just got to get him up to a level obviously on the running side of things to be able to go out there.”

Left-hander Carlos Rodón and right-hander Clarke Schmidt are both expected to throw again this week, Boone said. Rodón is coming back from elbow inflammation, and Schmidt had Tommy John surgery a year ago.

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Bryan Kohberger, 31, filed the hand-written petition on Monday from the Idaho Maximum Security Penitentiary where he is serving four consecutive life sentences for the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Madison Mogen in a rental home near campus in 2022. It's been just over one year since he pleaded guilty to the stabbing deaths that scarred the close-knit community of Moscow, Idaho.

In his request, Kohberger said his attorneys didn't adequately represent him and that his guilty plea wasn't knowingly or voluntarily entered because it “was induced by unkept promises” and threats.

He offered only a few details in elaboration, saying they failed to disclose or review evidence that might have helped his case during plea discussions, like an “unknown hair in Chapin's hand.”

He also wrote that the attorneys insisted that his plea “need not be truthful, despite petitioner's vehement denial of actual guilt,” that they promised life in prison would come with “immediate contact visits, freedom of movement, employment” and that they told him “elaborate lies of DR (death row) life.”

That’s the opposite of what Kohberger told 4th District Judge Steven Hippler on July 2, 2025, when he confirmed that he was pleading guilty “freely and voluntarily” because he was, in fact, guilty, and not because he had some other incentive. As part of that process, he had to agree to waive his rights to appeal, confirm that he understood the punishments on the table for the crimes and assure the court that he wasn’t coerced by his attorneys or anyone else to make the plea.

Those and other questions were posed to Kohberger more than once — first in a nine-page legal document that Kohberger filled out, initialed and signed, and later in direct questioning by the judge — all in an effort to ensure that his plea would hold up.

In exchange for his plea, prosecutors agreed they would not seek the death penalty, and instead would recommend that he be sentenced to four back-to-back life sentences without the possibility of parole, plus an additional 10 years.

“Have any other promises been made to you that have influenced your decision to plead guilty?” Kohberger was asked on the plea agreement document. He checked the the box indicating “no.”

“Are you pleading guilty because you are guilty?” Hippler asked him in court a few days later.

“Yes,” Kohberger replied.

Once a defendant has been sentenced, Idaho law requires them to show that they experienced “manifest injustice” in order to withdraw a guilty plea. That is a tough legal standard, but it can be met if a defendant convinces a judge that they made the plea involuntarily or that other serious constitutional errors were made in the case.

For Kohberger’s team of four court-appointed attorneys, the plea deal was a way to save his life. Over two years of hearings, they tried multiple times to get capital punishment off the table. They challenged the legitimacy of DNA evidence, argued that Kohberger’s autism diagnosis made him less culpable, suggested there might be another unknown suspect to be found, and said the death penalty violates international standards of decency.

But none of the arguments worked, and Kohberger's trial was just a month away when he reached the plea agreement.

The lead defense attorney on the case, Anne Taylor, is one of the most highly regarded capital defenders in the state, with nearly three decades of experience, more than half of it as a death-penalty-qualified defender. A person who answered the phone at her office on Monday immediately said “no comment” and hung up before she could be asked if it was Kohberger's case or another matter on which she was declining to comment.

Dicho de otro modo, el incendio ya no era impulsado solamente por las condiciones meteorológicas, sino que estaba creando su propio clima. La nube de tormenta también desató vientos violentos y erráticos capaces de empujar las llamas en todas direcciones.

El fenómeno, llamado pirocumulonimbo, o pyroCb, es raro en Europa y se ha documentado con mayor frecuencia en Norteamérica y Australia, donde ocurre sólo en algunos de los incendios más extremos. La federación nacional de bomberos de Francia indicó que es el primero del que se tiene registro en el país.

El incendio estalló cerca de Saumos el 22 de julio y desde entonces ha consumido más de 420 kilómetros cuadrados (162 millas cuadradas) de bosques y matorrales, ha dañado o destruido más de 240 viviendas y ha obligado a 220.000 personas a evacuar en la región de Gironde.

El servicio departamental de bomberos y rescate señaló que el incendio había generado un pirocumulonimbo alrededor de las 18:20 del viernes, dos días después de que estalló la conflagración. La nube perdió fuerza por la noche, a medida que la humedad iba en aumento, y luego se formó de nuevo en varias ocasiones.

Una nube cargada de electricidad

En repetidas ocasiones, el calor y el humo se elevaron hasta una enorme y densa nube de tormenta, electrificada e iluminada desde su interior.

“Imaginen una fogata tan grande y caliente que el humo que se eleva de ella se convierte en una nube como la de una tormenta”, indicó Theodore M. Giannaros, meteorólogo especializado en incendios del Observatorio Nacional de Atenas.

“Eso es un pyroCb --una nube de tormenta nacida del calor intenso que produce un incendio forestal”.

Se necesita más que un enorme incendio.

No existe una cierta temperatura a la que se forme uno, indicó Giannaros; lo que se necesita es el tipo de atmósfera que alimenta las tormentas secas: aire muy caliente y árido cerca del suelo, con aire más fresco y húmedo por encima.

El aire caliente cargado de humo y humedad asciende entonces rápidamente. A medida que sube y se enfría, el vapor de agua se condensa alrededor de partículas de ceniza.

Por encima del nivel de congelación, las gotas se convierten en cristales de hielo cuya colisión separa las cargas eléctricas, como en una tormenta eléctrica común.

Rayos y más destrucción

Debajo de esta tormenta hay un paisaje con las condiciones propicias para arder. Y esta nube amplifica el desastre.

El aire ascendente atrae los fuertes vientos hacia el incendio, mientras que las corrientes descendentes devuelven las ráfagas hacia la superficie.

Esos cambios pueden hacer girar a las llamas, dividirlas en varios frentes o llevarlas a avanzar a toda velocidad en una nueva dirección.

“Es un bucle de retroalimentación, no un efecto de una sola vía”, afirmó Giannaros. “Una vez que se forma, la nube se convierte en su propio sistema meteorológico, se asienta sobre el incendio y complica su pronóstico”.

Estos sistemas también pueden generar columnas giratorias de fuego, por lo general un remolino de fuego, que Giannaros describe como un torbellino de fuego y calor en lugar de polvo.

Los tornados son más raros, aunque uno golpeó Redding, California, en 2018 con vientos equivalentes a un EF-3, cobrando la vida de un inspector de incendios.

Para los bomberos, las rutas de escape se pueden cerrar sin aviso cuando aparecen nuevos focos.

Se vuelve imposible atacar al incendio de forma directa, obligando a las brigadas a retirarse y defender a las comunidades.

El peligro, advirtió Giannaros, es que el fuego avance más rápido de lo que se puedan organizar las evacuaciones.

Hasta ahora, los pyroCb habían sido esencialmente un fenómeno australiano y norteamericano. Tan solo en Canadá se registraron 142 en 2023.

Un fenómeno inusual en Europa

Portugal registró uno durante su temporada de incendios de 2017. Ahora Francia se ha sumado a la lista.

El continente se está calentando más rápido que cualquier otro —a aproximadamente el doble del promedio mundial desde la década de 1980, según el Servicio de Cambio Climático Copernicus de la Unión Europea y la Organización Meteorológica Mundial—, con olas de calor cada vez más frecuentes e intensas, y una sequía que se extiende por todo el sur y convierte a las zonas boscosas en combustible.

Las condiciones más cálidas y secas le dan a los incendios extremos mayores condiciones para la formación de estas nubes, señaló Giannaros, pero los científicos aún no cuentan con suficientes datos de largo plazo para establecer una tendencia.

El proyecto europeo de investigación ROSETTA busca cerrar esa brecha.

El malentendido más común, dijo, es creer que la nube es sólo un efecto secundario. Mientras permanezca sobre las llamas, está ayudando a decidir hacia dónde avanzará el fuego.

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Trump visited a sprawling General Motors facility in the Detroit suburb of Milford that is a testing ground for its vehicles. He pumped a fist after watching a trio of drag races that involved muscle cars and luxury vehicles like the Corvette Z06, Cadillac Escalade V, and EV Hummer — events the announcer promised were “all America First power.”

It was the kind of thundering speed the president is expecting at an IndyCar race in Washington next month, which is part of America’s 250th birthday celebrations.

In a subsequent speech inside a design facility, the president cheered GM’s plans to expand production domestically in coming years and declared himself a president who was standing up for auto workers “at long last.”

“I’ve done more for you than your parents, OK?” he joked.

Michigan was one of the 2024 battlegrounds Trump flipped after it backed Democrat Joe Biden in 2020. But the state has seen parts of its economy affected by the president’s tariffs, including on imported cars and auto parts. Automakers have long said tariffs increase the cost of doing business, which leads to higher prices for consumers.

Company officials led Trump on a tour where he saw various GM models, including the latest versions of the Chevrolet Suburban, GMC Sierra and Chevrolet Silverado — the production of which he argued had been boosted by tariffs.

At one point, POTUS grabbed a pen and signed the hood of a white Corvette that was made specifically for America’s 250th birthday.

“They’ve come a long way,” he said to reporters about the Detroit-based automaker during the tour. “It’s amazing what tariffs are doing for GM.” Trump said he’s been good to the company but he declined to say more.

“The rest of the world doesn’t love me, but that’s OK,” he said, alluding to tariffs. “It’s called ‘America first.’”

Trump’s visit previews Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary

The president’s speech lasted more than an hour and was wide ranging — hitting on the economy, the war in Iran and the U.S. military operation that toppled the leader of Venezuela.

He also touched on communism, crime rates, his administration’s efforts to transform the nation’s capital and even how carefully he treads to keep from tripping while on stage or deplaning from Air Force One.

With early primary voting already underway, Trump called on stage Republican Reps. Lisa McClain, Tom Barrett and Tim Walberg, as well as gubernatorial candidate John James and Senate candidate Mike Rogers.

Rogers is unopposed in the Senate primary, but the GOP gubernatorial contest pits James, who is backed by Trump, against Perry Johnson, a businessman turned politician who has launched unsuccessful campaigns before, including for president in 2024.

Trump’s new Canada tariffs could hurt Michigan

A new round of steep import levies is taking effect on dozens of U.S. trading partners. Yet Trump has singled out Canada with tariffs as high as 50% on a wide array of its products, including cars.

The GM facility he toured is in Oakland County, which encompasses much of Detroit’s northern suburbs. Once a Republican stronghold, it has increasingly leaned Democratic, backing Biden against Trump in 2020 and Vice President Kamala Harris against Trump four years later.

GM says its facility is the oldest dedicated vehicle testing operation in the United States, where 4,200 employees work to refine nearly every vehicle the company makes before they reach consumers. It has more than 150 miles of test roads and the early innovations perfected on site include the first mass-produced automatic transmission, known as the “Hydra-Matic.”

Michigan’s economy relies heavily on Canada, meaning the new tariffs — coupled with inflation still running high and gas prices rising again as the already unpopular war in Iran escalates — have created additional economic concerns statewide. Some advocacy groups citing import and tariff data, says tariffs have cost Michigan businesses billions of dollars just since last spring.

The latest tariffs come at a time when voters across the country were already increasingly dissatisfied with Trump’s handling of the economy.

Jason Roe, a former executive director of the Michigan Republican Party who tried unsuccessfully to distance it from Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement in 2021, said that more than coinciding with his new round of tariffs, Trump’s visit is a function of Michigan’s relatively late primary and is meant to ensure that James secures the nomination.

But Roe also said it was a risk for the president to tie himself too closely to top Republicans before the general election, calling it “kryptonite to November voters.”

Trump, who won the White House on a promise to lower the cost of living, also has seen his approval ratings sag, meaning kitchen table issues could be a liability for Republicans trying to hold control of Congress in the Nov. 3 elections.

“We’re happy to have the president here, campaigning with Republicans. We think it highlights the fact that the only thing they care about is Donald Trump and refuse to stand up to him,” said Curtis Hertel, chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party. ”It’s good for us every time the president is here because he’s incredibly unpopular.”

The US and Canada have squabbled over a new border bridge

The Supreme Court struck down many of Trump’s sweeping tariffs, but his administration has tried to find ways around that, including by arguing that he can impose them on Canada because that country is discriminating against American exports of products including automobiles.

But Trump’s latest round of tariffs came after he voiced frustration with Canada for having retaliated and imposed its own levies on U.S. imports in response to Trump’s initial tariffs last year. Trump launched the first round after alleging Canada should do more to stop fentanyl smuggling.

In January, he visited a Ford plant in Dearborn and addressed the Detroit Economic Club, offering a defense of tariffs even as auto industry leaders blamed them for increasing the cost of doing business. The president marked his second term’s first 100 days with a rally in Warren, where he mostly mentioned grievances left over from the 2024 campaign,

Monday’s visit coincided with the opening of a new bridge linking Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, that was beset by tensions between the U.S. and Canadian governments.

Canada canceled a planned joint celebration for the $4.7 billion Gordie Howe International Bridge and instead held its own event after Trump announced the new Canadian tariffs.

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Superville reported from Washington.

Saar's death was confirmed Monday by relatives. She would have turned 100 this week.

A central figure of the 1960s Black Art Movement, Saar pioneered assemblage boxes, or sculptures made of found objects, and reclaimed Jim Crow-era memorabilia as powerful totems of Black liberation.

“Her symbolically rich body of work has evolved over time to demonstrate the environmental, cultural, political, racial, technological, economic, and historical context in which it exists,” according to Roberts Projects, the Los Angeles gallery that represents her.

Saar began her career in design and shifted to art at age 35. She continued to make art into her 90s. She grew up in Pasadena and was part of a community of Black artists in nearby Altadena; she often cited Simon Rodia's Watts Towers as an early source of inspiration.

Saar’s practice incorporated painting, printmaking, sculpture and found objects including dolls, washboards and other antiques. Boats, clocks, cages and altars recur in her practice, as well as symbols of the occult and cosmology. She often referenced her astrological sign of Leo in the form of lions, punctuating many works.

“Her appropriation of Black collectibles, heirlooms, and utilitarian objects are transformed through subversion,” the gallery said. “Among the older generation of Black American artists, Saar is without reproach.”

Made in 1969, “Black Girl’s Window,” was groundbreaking. Still, it wasn't widely celebrated until decades later, and it was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2019. “There weren’t that many galleries in Los Angeles at the time and there certainly weren’t any for Black artists,” she once said in an interview.

“The Liberation of Aunt Jemima,” created in 1972, is one of her most important works. It features memorabilia she collected that denigrated Black people, included a “mammy,” or 19th century minstrel character who smiled while serving white slave owners.

In Saar's hands though, the figure is reclaimed: She smiles, but holds a rifle and has a hand grenade.

It came in response to the 1968 assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee. Saar said King's death “triggered a rage within me, and the mystic transformed into the warrior.”

“I had a lot of hesitation about using powerful, negative images such as these — thinking about how white people saw Black people, and how that influenced the ways in which Black people saw each other,” Saar said. “What saved it was that I made Aunt Jemima into a revolutionary figure.”

After more than 130 years, Quaker Oat announced it would retire its Aunt Jemima brand in 2020, acknowledging the logo and its origins were “based on a racial stereotype.”

Saar taught and mentored generations of Black artists, including painter Kerry James Marshall.

Though Saar’s work was exhibited in a 1975 solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art, in the decades that followed large institutions have exhibited her work only sporadically. In 2019 though, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and MoMA mounted concurrent solo shows.

In spring 2026, Saar was inducted to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

“She had boundless energy for making art. I think she had a lot to say and was tired of the art world being dominated by white males,” said Angela Robinson Witherspoon, who produced and directed a documentary in 2023 on Saar's life. “Betye Saar: Ready to Be A Warrior” features interviews with John Legend, Tina Knowles and other prominent voices.

“She was raising her three young daughters and she wanted to be part of the Civil Rights Movement,” Robinson Witherspoon said.

“Let’s Get It On: The Wearable Art of Betye Saar,” which focuses on costume design, is currently on view at Robert Projects in Los Angeles, and a collection of more than 100 of her dolls are on view at the New-York Historical Society in Manhattan.

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Associated Press writer Anna Furman contributed reporting from Los Angeles.

While Tuesday morning could feature spotty storms for the Keys, a sun/cloud mix is expected for Dade and Broward with showers and storms possible during the afternoon. Temperatures will make a run for the low 90s-- humidity will make it feel like the triple digits.

The award, given annually to the top female college athlete, was celebrating its 50th annivesary Monday. The best player in every sport is invited to the ceremony each year.

“When you're a young college athlete, you don’t understand the importance of it,” said Meyers Drysdale, who starred in basketball at UCLA and won the award in its second year in 1978. “There’s so many basketball players, which is, you know, pretty exciting. But just the great athletes from all the different sports, I think that’s what I’m appreciative of the Honda Awards, that they recognize so many athletes from so many different sports.”

Out of all the individual sport winners, an overall Athlete of the Year is chosen to receive the Honda Cup. In addition to athletic performance, the award honors college athletes for their leadership, academics and community service.

“It’s great that it honors more than just what is done on the court or field,” said Jen Rizzotti, who won the award in 1996 after a successful basketball career at UConn. “They make sure that they’re well-rounded and have a balanced portfolio. They give back in the community, they’re great in the classroom.”

Delta State basketball great Lusia Harris won the first Honda Cup in 1977. UCLA's Lauren Betts became the 20th basketball player crowned as the top athlete Monday night. That's more than any other sport.

“To receive an honor like this — the highest award you could possibly receive — is pretty unbelievable," Betts said. "All the women that have come through and won this award is incredible.”

The Bruins have the most Honda Cup champions with seven.

“That's crazy when you say that,” Betts said of UCLA's success winning the award. “I think I'm representing something bigger than myself.”

Bruins’ softball star Rachel Garcia won it twice. That's only been three other times with Maya Moore, Caitlin Clark and Florida swimmer Tracy Caulkins.

“I think it’s pretty unbelievable. To receive an honor is, like, the highest award you could possibly receive. I mean, the legacy that it’s left throughout the years. I mean, it goes back 50 years now, which is pretty unbelievable,” Betts said. “And, you know, all the alumni have come through and won these awards. I mean, I just I can’t even describe how amazing it is. I’m just super grateful.”

Tennessee star Chamique Holdsclaw won the award in 1998. She loved the chance to get to know so many athletes from other sports.

“It exposed me to different things and to people playing different sports,” Holdsclaw said. “I was learning about things like women's lacrosse and growing up in New York City and playing at Tennessee we didn't have that. I think it was great that the award recognized greatness in every sport.”

The award ceremony has come a long way from the first in 1977. Missy Marlowe won the Honda Cup in 1992 after a successful gymnastics career at Utah. That came after competing in the Olympics in 1988. Marlowe remembered receiving the Honda Cup at an NCAA convention back in the day.

After a 12-year run in Los Angeles, the award ceremony moved to New York in 2024 and has been there ever since.

“It’s inspiring. It’s a really neat break from reality to remember what we used to do a long time ago,” Marlowe said. “To see this this tradition continue for 50 years is incredible because it’s easy to start something and have it go for a while and then kind of die off. So the determination and the work that’s gone into keeping this so prevalent for 50 years, and in fact, gain in importance, is amazing.”

Julie Shea was the first non-basketball winner of the Honda Cup after a stellar track career at N.C. State. She was honored to be back and see all the positive changes for women’s athletics with many players making money for their name, image and likeness.

“I sold programs and popcorn and peanuts at the football games,” Shea recalled. “I’m happy for them. But I’m like, hey, you know, I just was born in the wrong era.”

Shea was one of 20 former winners who took part in the ceremony in New York on Monday.

“That’s what’s great about the Honda Cup and what college women’s sports is all about is bringing people together,” Joyner said. “Being able to see some of the people winning and them seeing us, not even born when we were doing what we were doing.”

Joyner-Kersee won the award in 1985. She was an inspiration to Stanford volleyball player Ogonna Nnamani (2005). Nnamani, who suffered from asthma when she was an athlete, saw Joyner-Kersee succeed in the Olympics while also being afflicted with the same thing. Nnamani said that if Joyner-Kersee could do it she could too.

“I got to tell her that she inspired me because of what she was able to do,” said Nnamani, who is a doctor now.

Jackson secured the Democrats' nomination on Saturday to run against longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins. Party delegates held a special nominating convention for the post after Graham Platner, who won the June primary, withdrew from the race in the wake of sexual assault accusations that he has denied.

The last-minute scramble for a new candidate in a top-tier race was reminiscent of how Harris ascended to the Democratic presidential nomination two years ago.

She became the party's nominee in August 2024 after President Joe Biden abruptly ended his reelection campaign following a disastrous debate performance against then-former President Donald Trump. Trump would go on to defeat Harris, winning every presidential battleground state.

In a fundraising email to supporters Monday, Harris said she relates to the hurried nature of Jackson's candidacy and called on Democrats to support him.

“I know what it is like to step up to the plate with a short runway to Election Day. Troy will have just 101 days between his nomination for Senate and when voters in Maine will cast their ballots," Harris said in the email.

Democrats are counting on a win in Maine to have a chance to take back control of the Senate. They also need to win three other Republican seats and to hold all the seats they currently have.

Jackson, a fifth-generation logger and former president of the Maine Senate, initially ran for governor during this year's primary. He lost that race but quickly became the party's preferred candidate to replace Platner, with whom he had campaigned before Platner's candidacy fell apart.

Representatives for Jackson's campaign and the Maine Democratic Party did not immediately respond to requests for comment. It was not clear whether Jackson had approached Harris for an endorsement or her statement of support was unsolicited.

Jackson's campaign said in a statement earlier Monday that it is working on making up a fundraising deficit against Collins, who has raised more than $16 million. Jackson has raised $2 million since securing the nomination, the campaign said.

Jackson “is harnessing historic energy across the state to deliver the change Mainers have been demanding over Collins’ three-decade career in Washington,” the campaign said in a statement.

Republicans in the state were swift to mock Harris' endorsement and drew comparisons to the fact that neither Harris nor Jackson won a party primary before becoming the nominee.

“She knows exactly what he's going through,” said Blake Kernen, a spokesperson for Collins.

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We’ve looked at how El Niño condenses hurricane season activity and often shuts down the season early. We’ve written about the rapid pace of the current El Niño and how it’s having an earlier-than-usual influence on wind shear across the Caribbean, where El Niño’s influence is most noticeable during the peak months of the hurricane season. We’ve also examined how the odds of a hurricane hit change for each state in a relative sense in El Niño years like this one. We’ve even singled out the subtropics as a hotspot in seasons when El Niño comes to town.

Where might we see increased or reduced tropical activity this season?

Today we’ll analyze how strong El Niños like this one transform the typical pattern of tropical activity across the Atlantic. When we isolate only the strongest El Niño years of the modern satellite record (since around 1966), we find a stark reduction in tropical activity – as measured by the Accumulated Cyclone Energy or ACE – across most of the Gulf and Caribbean and around South Florida compared to the typical 30-year averages. This reduction in tropical activity is statistically significant and consistent with previous research that shows significantly less damage to the mainland U.S. during El Niño years.

Also the increase in tropical activity east of the U.S. in the subtropics around Bermuda, though not statistically significant, is consistent with other research finding storms tend to recurve over the open Atlantic more frequently during El Niño years.

During strong La Niña years, the pattern is essentially flipped, with a statistically significant increase in tropical activity across nearly the entire belt from Africa through the Caribbean – the primary hurricane thoroughfare known as the Main Development Region or MDR – and across the Gulf. It’s no surprise that these years are often the busiest and most destructive of our hurricane seasons.

That said, the wiggles and wobbles of activity during El Niño years are smoothed out in these analyses to show the overall effect of El Niño or La Niña on the season. Hurricanes – even big, strong hurricanes – can still happen during strong El Niños and nothing in these analyses suggests one can’t hit this year. What this does tell us is the strike risk is reduced to the U.S. this season and we should expect overall fewer storms closer to home than what we might expect in a non-El-Niño season.

Cold brew kind of summer

Even with Arthur in June and Bertha last week (two weak, short-lived storms), overall tropical activity across the Atlantic – as measured by the strength and duration of storms – continues to run well below average.

Forecast models are muted through at least the first week of August, which would keep 2026 on pace as the slowest start to a hurricane season since 2009. We’ll have more details of the longer-range picture in future newsletters this week, but in brief, the Atlantic is in rough shape headed into the peak weeks of the hurricane season, which bodes well for noticeably less activity this season.