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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DeSantis wants four more Republican seats

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Florida legislative leaders are not rubber stamps for DeSantis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Political observers are watching — even at the White House

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Both teens bonded out of jail on Sunday afternoon.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Police confirmed that Forbes was arrested on reckless driving charges.

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

McDavid, who led the NHL in points this season, did not participate in the team's morning skate ahead of a must-win game for Edmonton.

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

Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch also said the status of forward/center Jason Dickinson would be decided before the game and that Connor Ingram would start in net.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Airboat captain Hank Ridings said those conditions are not unusual.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch was not convinced.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oakland’s airport is 12 miles (19 km) east of San Francisco and just over 30 miles from San Francisco International Airport, or SFO.

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

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

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

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

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

¿Cómo se llegó a los capos?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Odds of winning

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

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

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

Major changes to odds

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

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

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

Other proposed changes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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— Kacy Hintz (@KacyHintz) April 28, 2026

It depicts the president raising one fist into the air.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jhonattan Vegas also emphasized the course’s difficulty.

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

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

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

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

Rival Democrats and Republicans — some still little-known to voters — will be making the case to replace outgoing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is barred from seeking a third term.

The contest in the nation's most populous state is unfolding at a time when Sacramento is struggling with a long-running homeless crisis, wildfire insurance shortages, projected budget shortfalls and staggering housing costs. Voters, meanwhile, are saddled with growing everyday costs for groceries, utility bills and gas.

The 90-minute debate will bring together the two leading Republicans, conservative commentator Steve Hilton and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, and six Democrats, including former U.S. Rep. Katie Porter,billionaire Tom Steyer, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, former Biden administration Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and state schools superintendent Tony Thurmond.

In an email to supporters, Porter said she was going on stage “to fight for lowering costs for working families and Californians.”

“Because right now, Californians are getting crushed,” Porter added.

A debate last week, without Villaraigosa and Thurmond on stage, proved largely inconclusive, with no candidate managing a breakaway moment.

President Donald Trump — who has a long-strained relationship with the heavily Democratic state — is likely to figure prominently in exchanges again. Hilton and Bianco support the president — Hilton has his endorsement — while Democrats have vowed to stand in the way of federal immigration raids and Trump's conservative agenda.

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

Democrats have dominated state government in California for years. Republicans haven’t won a statewide election in two decades, and registered Democrats outnumber Republicans about 2-to-1 statewide.

Steyer, a former hedge fund manager turned liberal activist, has used to personal fortune to dominate TV advertising but has not broken away from the field.

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

The debate is being hosted by CBS and will air on its state TV stations and websites.

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Austin reported from Sacramento, California.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It’s something MacPhee was glad to hear.

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

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

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

Now, MacPhee said he wants financial compensation.

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

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

According to BSO, he is currently suspended without pay.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mandatory detention for all is a new and contentious approach

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

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

Federal courts are flooded with detainees seeking relief

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

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

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

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

The lower courts have widely rejected mandatory detention

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

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

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

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

DHS suggests an appeal could be coming

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

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

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

___ Boone reported from Boise, Idaho.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Deputies arrested Ranger on Sunday, records show.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The event traces its origins to a 1994 flash mob-style event in San Francisco dubbed “Santarchy,” intended to mock Christmas consumerism. As the idea spread to cities nationwide, it moved away from its countercultural origins and became more of a mass bar crawl.

While some New York residents decry SantaCon for the chaos it brings to city streets and subways, others are amused by thousands of costumed merrymakers crowding Manhattan’s streets with numerous Saint Nicks, along with a few Mrs. Clauses, elves and the occasional Grinch.

Starbucks said Tuesday that its global same-store sales for the January-March period rose 6.2%. That was higher than the 4% increase Wall Street was anticipating, according to analysts polled by FactSet. In the U.S., same-store sales jumped 7%.

Unlike fast food companies, which have been piling on discounts to win back lower-income consumers, Starbucks said it continues to see traffic from people of all ages and income levels.

“What we see with folks is, when you give them an experience that they feel is unique, differentiated, special, a little touch of luxury, it goes a long way. And we’re seeing that play out with every income cohort,” Starbucks Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol said during a conference call with investors. “We have to demonstrate to people that it’s worth it.”

Still, Niccol said the company is being cautious with its financial guidance because it's not sure how consumer behavior might change if costs continue to rise.

“As you know, these issues continue to happen, whether it shows up in gas prices or utilities in other ways or other input costs,” he said.

Starbucks said it now expects both global and U.S. same-store sales to rise 5% for the full year, up from previous guidance of 3%. The company also raised its full-year earnings guidance to $2.25 to $2.45 per share, up from $2.15 to $2.40 per share.

Starbucks shares rose more than 5% in after-hours trading.

Over the last year, Starbucks has been adding employees to stores during rush times and using technology to better sequence its in-store and mobile orders. Niccol said 80% of U.S. company-owned stores are now meeting Starbucks' goal of in-store or drive-thru service within 4 minutes and mobile order pickups within 12 minutes.

It has also encouraged friendlier service and is redesigning stores and adding seating to give them a cozier, coffeehouse feel. Niccol said around 300 U.S. stores have been redesigned so far and 1,000 will get that treatment by the end of this year.

Starbucks has also shuttered underperforming stores and cut corporate jobs. Last year, the company closed hundreds of stores in the U.S., Canada and Europe and laid off at least 2,000 nonretail employees.

Niccol said that leaner structure is allowing the company to innovate more quickly. He cited premium bakery items that were introduced during the second quarter, including a strawberry matcha loaf and a yuzu-flavored croissant.

New drinks, like protein-enhanced lattes and energy refreshers, are also drawing in customers. Niccol said he isn't worried about growing competition from brands like McDonald's, which recently announced its own menu of refreshers and handcrafted sodas.

“What my experience has been is when the category starts being talked about, the market leader benefits. And, you know, that’s going to be us in this scenario,” Niccol said.

Starbucks said its revenue rose 9% to $9.5 billion for the second quarter. That was also ahead of analysts' forecast of $9.2 billion.

Adjusted for one-time items, the company earned 50 cents per share. That also came in ahead of analysts' forecast of 43 cents.

Ambos regresaron a la corte federal el martes por la mañana en Miami para el juicio por cargos de actuar como agentes no registrados de Venezuela, conspiración para cometer lavado de dinero y evasión de impuestos.

La jueza de distrito de Estados Unidos Melissa Damian, del Distrito Sur de Florida, emitió las instrucciones al jurado.

“Este caso, como todos sabemos, es más que solo la codicia y la traición”, dijo en corte el fiscal federal asistente Roger Cruz. “Se trata de cómo no solo fallaron, sino que decidieron completa y deliberadamente mantener en secreto su relación con el régimen de Maduro”.

Los fiscales presentaron el caso contra Rivera y Nuhfer el 16 de noviembre de 2022 por un contrato de consultoría de $50,000,000 USD con la empresa estatal petrolera de Venezuela, Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A.

Entre los testigos del juicio estuvieron el secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Marco Rubio, y el representante Pete Sessions, republicano de Texas cercano al presidente Donald Trump.

Entre las pruebas que conoció el jurado se incluyó una entrevista exclusiva de Local 10 News con Rivera emitida en 2022.

El caso incluye reuniones que presuntamente organizaron entre Sessions con Delcy Rodríguez en 2017 en la ciudad de Nueva York y con Nicolás Maduro en Caracas.

Sessions testificó que las conversaciones se centraron en un camino a seguir para Venezuela sin Maduro en el poder.

Tras la captura de Maduro, Rodríguez pasó a convertirse en la primera mujer en la historia de Venezuela en desempeñar las funciones de la presidencia.

Los abogados defensores de Rivera afirmaron que su trabajo era legítimo. Rivera sirvió en la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos de 2011 a 2013 y en la Cámara de Representantes de Florida de 2002 a 2010.

“I said ‘no’ over and over, and I tried to leave,” Jessica Mann told jurors, sobbing. “He just treated me like he owned me.”

Mann, 40, is a hairstylist and actor. She's testifying six years after she first gave jurors her account of a consensual, if complicated, relationship that veered into rape.

Weinstein — the Oscar-winning movie producer who became a symbol of the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct — looked on steadily, sometimes sipping water, as Mann detailed what she says he did to her in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013.

Weinstein, now a 73-year-old prison inmate, denies sexually assaulting anyone and is appealing sex crime convictions stemming from other women's accusations on two U.S. coasts. His attorneys haven't yet had their chance to question Mann at this retrial but have argued that everything that happened between the two was consensual.

He was convicted in 2020 of raping Mann, got the conviction overturned, then saw a jury deadlock on it at a retrial last year.

Testimony laced with tears

Jurors watched intently, several with pens poised to take notes, as Mann went through a second day of testimony that sometimes brought her to tears, as it did at the twoprior trials. After she declined a couple of times to take a break, the court called one when she got flustered during questions about interactions with Weinstein after the alleged rape.

Mann met Weinstein at a Los Angeles-area party around early 2013. She had done some acting work but was hoping for a big break.

Their subsequent get-togethers bounced between professional advice, invites to glitzy industry events and advances that Mann said made her uncomfortable but that she didn't refuse, though she had an emotional “meltdown” during an episode involving Weinstein and another woman.

Still, Mann decided to have a consensual sexual liaison with the then-married producer.

She explained Tuesday that she had been taught to expect such behavior from men and thought she might feel better about it if she was in a relationship with Weinstein.

Sometimes, she said, the then-studio boss was charming and made her feel validated; other times she felt demeaned by his discussions of sexual practices. And “if he was told no or something, it was just like this monster side came out” of a demanding man who flaunted his Hollywood influence.

Soon after their relationship began, Weinstein surprised Mann by showing up ahead of a planned breakfast with her and others in New York, where she'd piggybacked on a pal's work trip, she said. To Mann's dismay, Weinstein took a room at her hotel, according to her and to a former front desk employee who testified earlier.

Mann recalls ‘just shutting down’

Mann said she accompanied Weinstein to the room to sort things out privately. But he barked at her to undress, she recalled. She said she begged, “Please don't. I don't want to,” and tried twice to open the door, but the taller, heavier Weinstein slammed it shut, grabbed her wrists and held them crossed in front of her face.

“That was really scary, so I remember just like kind of like — just shutting down and giving up, because I had been fighting and arguing. So I obeyed,” by undressing and lying on the bed, she testified.

After a trip to the bathroom, where Mann said she later found a used syringe for an erectile-dysfunction drug, Weinstein returned and raped her, she said.

Mann told no one at the time. She went through with the planned breakfast, accepted Weinstein's invitation to extend her trip, attend a movie screening and have tea with him and his daughter.

“I just wanted everyone to act like everything was normal,” she said.

She continued consensual sexual encounters and friendly email exchanges with Weinstein. He helped the financially struggling Mann get hired at a hair salon, though she declined an envelope from him that she believed contained $1,000 in cash: “It felt wrong,” she told jurors.

But after Mann began dating someone she loved, she sought to stop sexual contact with Weinstein, emailing him that she needed to “respect the relationship.”

His reply message was cordial. But in person, Weinstein became enraged on learning her then-boyfriend was an actor, according to Mann.

“You owe me one more time!” Weinstein shouted before raping her again in a hotel in Beverly Hills, California, she told jurors, as she has before.

He never has been charged with any crime related to that allegation.

The Associated Press does not identify people who say they have been sexually assaulted, unless they agree to be named, as Mann has done.

The filing submitted Monday by the Justice Department is chock-full of the kind of Trumpian touches the president uses in written communication, such as erratic capitalization, exclamation points, non sequiturs, rhetorical questions, praise for the president and accusations that his opponents are insane.

The 16-page filing, which was signed by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and submitted by Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, is a sign of the extraordinary degree to which the president has demolished the wall of independence that the Justice Department has historically had separating itself from the White House.

"The National Trust for Historic Preservation' is a beautiful name, but even their name is FAKE because when they add the words ‘in the United States’ to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, it makes it sound like a Governmental Agency, which it is not," the filing's first sentence reads.

The Trust sued in December after the White House demolished the East Wing to make room for a ballroom that Trump said would fit 999 people. Trump says the project is funded by private donations, but public money is paying for security upgrades and an underground bunker.

The Trust argues in its lawsuit that Trump overstepped his authority by moving forward with the project without getting approval from Congress and key federal agencies.

Trump and Republicans have made a renewed push for the ballroom in the wake of the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, arguing it showed the need to have a secure facility for large events. The Justice Department asked the Trust to withdraw its complaint, but it has declined.

“What Saturday’s awful event does not change is that the Constitution and multiple federal statutes require Congress to authorize construction of a ballroom on White House grounds, and that Congress has not done so,” the Trust's attorney Gregory Craig wrote in a reply to the government.

The Justice Department on Monday said the court should dismiss the lawsuit, saying it “greatly endangers the lives of all Presidents, current and future.”

When asked about the court filing, the White House did not deny that the president had a role in drafting or editing the Justice Department's arguments.

“President Trump is intimately involved in the ongoing disgraceful lawsuit brought by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and is working diligently with his team of lawyers to bring this charade to an end," White House spokesman Davis Ingle said in a statement.

The Justice Department did not respond to a message seeking comment.

The filing comes as the department in Trump's second term has fired employees involved in cases that were criticized by conservatives or because they were perceived as insufficiently loyal to Trump’s agenda. The department has also pursued aggressive investigations of the president's perceived enemies, including the unveiling Tuesday of a second criminal indictment of former FBI Director James Comey.

Trump shared the filing on social media Tuesday morning, posting screenshots of each of the 16 pages without comment.

In the filing, the Justice Department said that the Trust is “very bad for our Country," a phrase the president uses repeatedly. The filing twice accuses the Trust of having “Trump Derangement Syndrome, commonly referred to as TDS,” a fictitious and satirical malady that the president has used to diagnose his critics.

Trust attorney Craig — a former White House counsel — is described in the filing as “the lawyer for Barack Hussein Obama.” Trump has for years used the former president's full legal name, a usage that recalls his longtime questioning of Obama's loyalties, his faith and birth in the United States.

The Justice Department also argued in the filing that, “because it is DONALD J. TRUMP, a highly successful real estate developer, who has abilities that others don’t, especially those who assume the Office of President, this frivolous and meritless lawsuit was filed. Again, it’s called TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.”

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The concept for the special passport, including a rendering of Trump’s stern-looking visage, had been under consideration for months before finally being approved late Monday. Between 25,000 and 30,000 of the new passports will be available to applicants at the Washington, D.C., passport office beginning shortly before July 4.

It’s the latest instance of Trump having his name and likeness added to buildings, documents and other highly visible tributes. There are efforts to put Trump’s signature on all new U.S. paper currency, also a first for a sitting president, as well as to include his image on a gold commemorative coin to celebrate the country's founding.

The commemorative passport will be the default document for people applying in person at the Washington office, although those who want a standard passport will be able to get one by applying online or outside Washington, officials said.

“As the United States celebrates America’s 250th anniversary in July, the State Department is preparing to release a limited number of specially designed U.S. passports to commemorate this historic occasion,” State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said.

“These passports will feature customized artwork and enhanced imagery while maintaining the same security features that make the U.S. passport the most secure documents in the world,” he said.

The limited release passport will feature Trump’s picture over a gold imprimatur of his signature to an interior page, while the cover will feature the words “United States of America” in bold gold print at the top and “Passport” at the bottom — a reversal of the standard cover.

In addition, a small gold laminate American flag, with the number 250 encircled by stars, will be at the bottom of the back cover.

The Bulwark reported earlier on the commemorative passports.

The only presidents featured in current U.S. passports are in a double-page depiction of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota — George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.

Other depictions include the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall in Philadelphia, and scenes of the Great Plains, mountains and islands. Current passports also contain quotations from Martin Luther King Jr. as well as Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Dwight Eisenhower.

The addition of Trump's picture and signature to the passport book is the newest step his aides have taken to increase the president's visibility, including adding his name to the U.S. Institute of Peace building and the Kennedy Center performing arts venue.

Trump also has made waves with his plans for a new White House ballroom and a massive arch to be built at one of the entrances to Washington from Virginia.

Sheinbaum descartó que la salida del fiscal César Jáuregui implique el cierre del caso y dijo en su habitual conferencia matutina que la Fiscalía General de la República tiene que seguir la pesquisa.

“Tiene que aclararse todo... En este caso lo que nos importa es la defensa de la soberanía, de la Constitución y de la Ley de Seguridad Nacional”, enfatizó la mandataria.

Jáuregui anunció el lunes su renuncia tras reconocer que hubo omisiones en la información sobre los agentes extranjeros y admitió que esa falla “vulneró los mecanismos de control y comunicación” que debía asegurar como fiscal.

Los dos agentes estadounidenses murieron junto a dos funcionarios de la fiscalía estatal el 19 de abril cuando la camioneta en la que viajaban derrapó y cayó por un barranco en las escarpadas montañas que unen Chihuahua —fronteriza con Texas—y el estado de Sinaloa, donde se había desmantelado un laboratorio de drogas sintéticas.

Los estadounidenses fallecidos eran miembros de la Agencia Central de Inteligencia de Estados Unidos (CIA, por sus siglas en inglés), confirmó The Associated Press un funcionario de Estados Unidos y otras dos personas familiarizadas con el asunto, quienes hablaron bajo condición de anonimato por tratarse de temas sensibles de inteligencia. La CIA no ha hecho comentarios.

La Secretaría de Seguridad federal mexicana informó el fin de semana que uno de los agentes estadounidenses había ingresado a México como visitante y que el otro lo había hecho con un pasaporte diplomático. A su vez ratificó que no estaba al tanto de que agentes extranjeros estuvieran operando en su territorio.

La fiscal encargada de investigar los hechos en Chihuahua, Wendy Chávez, dijo el lunes que los extranjeros “no formaban parte del despliegue operativo institucional” y que su participación en el convoy estatal “no fue reportada a mandos superiores”.

Agregó que los agentes de la CIA “no portaban armas de fuego ni insignias oficiales de ninguna institución, vestían ropa civil y mantuvieron el rostro cubierto la mayor parte del tiempo”.

La policía de Miami informó que Santana Clark, de 28 años, y Santos Gaiter, de 40 años, fueron arrestados el lunes por el Departamento de Policía de Miami en relación con los hechos.

Según los investigadores, la víctima dijo a la policía que conducía un carrito de golf cerca de Northwest 12th Street y Northwest First Place alrededor de las 5:30 a.m. del 6 de abril cuando un Honda Accord negro comenzó a seguirlo, tocando la bocina e intentando cerrarle el paso.

Cuando llegó a su casa, la policía indicó que Gaiter salió del asiento trasero del vehículo, apuntó un arma de fuego y exigió dinero. También exigió la cadena de oro de la víctima.

Cuando la víctima dijo que la cadena no era real, se produjo un forcejeo por el arma, según el informe.

Durante la pelea, los investigadores indicaron que la víctima mordió el antebrazo de Gaiter y sostuvo su muñeca lejos de su rostro.

Indicaron que Gaiter luego disparó hacia la cabeza de la víctima, pero la víctima logró desviar el arma mientras sostenía la corredera, evitando ser impactada. Los investigadores dijeron que Gaiter amenazó con matar a la víctima durante el robo antes de tomar su teléfono y bolsas del carrito de golf y huir.

El informe indica que una segunda víctima dijo a la policía que escuchó un disparo y a la víctima pidiendo ayuda. Cuando se acercó al área, los investigadores indicaron que Gaiter la confrontó y le exigió: “Dame eso, chica, dame la bicicleta”, según el informe.

La policía indicó que luego tomó su bicicleta y huyó del lugar.

Un testigo reportó haber escuchado el disparo y vio el forcejeo antes de observar a Gaiter correr hacia la segunda víctima, según el informe.

La policía indicó que un video de vigilancia con audio captó el incidente y mostró el vehículo de Clark cerca con la puerta abierta mientras ocurría el forcejeo. Indicaron que el vehículo luego se fue del área pero regresó varias veces, aparentemente para vigilar la escena.

Una alerta de ShotSpotter registró un disparo alrededor de las 5:30 a.m. en la cuadra 100 de Northwest Ninth Street, indicó la policía.

Indicaron que imágenes del Centro de Crimen en Tiempo Real del MPD mostraron el vehículo de Clark siguiendo a la víctima antes del robo y a Gaiter sentado brevemente fuera del vehículo cambiándose de pantalón. La policía también indicó que ambos fueron vistos juntos dentro de una tienda poco antes del incidente.

Según el informe, el vehículo fue identificado posteriormente como un Honda Civic negro. Una orden de registro ejecutada el 14 de abril recuperó documentos de identificación pertenecientes a Clark, incluyendo una licencia de conducir, tarjetas de crédito y citaciones de tránsito.

La policía indicó que Clark también fue detenido en el mismo vehículo el 6 de abril y recibió una citación.

Después de que se le leyeran sus derechos Miranda, los investigadores indicaron que Clark admitió que conducía el vehículo en el momento del robo y afirmó que le estaba dando un aventón a Gaiter antes de que tuvieran una discusión.

Se negó a identificar a Gaiter como sospechoso cuando fue interrogado por detectives, según el informe.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Clark y Gaiter enfrentan un cargo cada uno de robo a mano armada con arma de fuego y otro de intento de asesinato grave con arma de fuego, mientras que Gaiter enfrenta un cargo adicional de manipulación de evidencia.

Hasta el martes, ambos sospechosos permanecían detenidos en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight, donde su fianza figuraba como “por establecer”.

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Miami police said 28-year-old Santana Clark and 40-year-old Santos Gaiter were arrested Monday by the Miami Police Department in connection with the crimes.

According to investigators, the victim told police he was driving a golf cart near Northwest 12th Street and Northwest First Place around 5:30 a.m. om April 6 when a black Honda Accord began following him, honking its horn, and attempted to cut him off.

When he arrived home, police said Gaiter exited the rear seat of the vehicle, pointed a handgun at him and demanded money. They said Gaiter also demanded the victim’s gold chain.

When the victim said the chain was not real, a struggle broke out over the weapon, according to the report.

During the fight, investigators said the victim bit Gaiter’s forearm and held his wrist away from his face.

They said Gaiter then fired a shot toward the victim’s head, but the victim was able to push the gun away while holding the slide, preventing himself from being struck. Investigators said Gaiter threatened to kill the victim during the robbery before taking his phone and bags from the golf cart and fleeing.

The report states that a second victim told police that she heard a gunshot and the victim calling for help. When she approached the area, investigators said Gaiter confronted her and demanded, “Let me get that, girl, give me the bike,” according to the report.

Police said he then took her bicycle and fled the scene.

A witness reported hearing the gunshot and saw the struggle before observing Gaiter run toward the second victim, according to the report.

Police said surveillance video with audio captured the incident and showed the Clark’s vehicle nearby with its door open as the struggle unfolded. They said the vehicle later left the area but returned multiple times, appearing to canvass the scene.

A ShotSpotter alert recorded one gunshot around 5:30 a.m. in the 100 block of Northwest Ninth Street, police said.

They said MPD’s Real Time Crime Center footage showed Clark’s vehicle following the victim before the robbery and Gaiter briefly sitting outside the vehicle and changing pants. Police also said the pair were seen together inside a store shortly before the incident.

According to the report, the vehicle was later identified as a black Honda Civic. A search warrant executed on April 14 recovered identifying documents belonging to Clark, including a driver’s license, credit cards and traffic citations.

Police said Clark was also stopped in the same vehicle on April 6 and cited.

After being read his Miranda rights, investigators said Clark admitted he was driving the vehicle at the time of the robbery and said he was giving Gaiter a ride before they got into an argument.

He declined to identify Gaiter as a suspect when being questioned by detectives, according to the report.

Jail records show Clark and Gaiter are facing one count each of armed robbery with a firearm and attempted felony murder with a firearm, while Gaiter is facing one additional charge of tampering with evidence.

As of Tuesday, both suspects were being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where their bond was listed as “to be set.”

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the collaboration with Amazon's cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services, would involve co-developing a new platform for AI agents that can do computer-based work on people's behalf.

Altman spoke via prerecorded video message to an Amazon event in San Francisco at the same time as he was appearing in federal court across San Francisco Bay in Oakland for a civil trial brought by rival OpenAI co-founder Elon Musk.

Microsoft had said Monday it will no longer pay a share of its revenue to ChatGPT maker OpenAI, the latest move to untether a close partnership that helped unleash an artificial intelligence boom.

OpenAI relied exclusively on Microsoft’s investments in cloud computing services to build the technology that helped make ChatGPT a household name. Microsoft, in turn, relied on OpenAI’s technology to build its own AI assistant Copilot.

But the partnership has evolved as San Francisco-based OpenAI, founded as a nonprofit, has shifted to a capitalistic enterprise on a path toward an initial public offering on Wall Street and has balanced its reliance on Microsoft with other cloud partners like Amazon, Google and Oracle.

OpenAI said Monday it will continue to pay Microsoft a share of its revenue through 2030, though the rate will be capped. OpenAI has been on a race to boost sales of its AI technology by focusing on big business customers. Its chief revenue officer, Denise Dresser, also spoke at the Amazon event.

Microsoft remains the primary cloud computing partner for OpenAI, and products made by the AI company will ship first on Microsoft’s cloud platform, called Azure, “unless Microsoft cannot and chooses not to support the necessary capabilities,” both companies said.

Altman suggested in his remarks Tuesday that Amazon had those capabilities.

“These systems need to run reliably and robustly,” Altman said. "They need to be secure, they need to scale, and they need to fit in the environments where companies already run their businesses. And they need infrastructure that customers already trust for their most important workloads. That’s what makes this partnership with AWS so important."

Radakovich, uno de los administradores más reconocidos en el deporte universitario, regresó a Miami en 2021, casi 40 años después de comenzar su carrera en la oficina administrativa de atletismo de la escuela, donde también obtuvo su MBA.

Durante su tiempo al frente del atletismo de Miami, el programa alcanzó importantes hitos competitivos, incluyendo una histórica aparición del equipo de fútbol americano en el juego del Campeonato Nacional del College Football Playoff.

El programa de baloncesto masculino llegó a su primer Final Four en 2023, mientras que el baloncesto femenino alcanzó su primera participación en el Elite Eight ese mismo año. Seis Hurricanes también ganaron títulos nacionales individuales de la NCAA bajo su liderazgo.

Fuera del campo, los estudiantes-atletas de Miami registraron resultados académicos récord, incluyendo un promedio semestral de 3.40, el mejor del departamento, y una tasa de graduación del 94%. Los 18 programas superaron un GPA de 3.0 por primera vez en la historia de la escuela, y el departamento recibió reconocimiento nacional por sus esfuerzos de servicio comunitario en 2022 y 2024, según un comunicado obtenido por Local 10 News el martes.

El presidente de la Universidad de Miami, Joe Echevarria, elogió el liderazgo de Radakovich, afirmando que ayudó a guiar al departamento durante un período transformador y calificándolo como un asesor de confianza.

Radakovich dijo que su decisión llega con confianza en la dirección del programa.

“Servir nuevamente a la Universidad de Miami ha sido un privilegio absoluto”, dijo Radakovich. “Este lugar significa todo para mí, y estoy orgulloso de lo que nuestros estudiantes-atletas, entrenadores y personal han logrado juntos. El programa está en una gran posición, y es el momento adecuado para un nuevo liderazgo que dé forma a lo que viene”.

Radakovich ha ocupado varios cargos de liderazgo a nivel nacional en el deporte universitario, incluyendo servir como presidente de LEAD1 y ser nombrado Director Atlético del Año por Sports Business Journal en 2017.

También formó parte del comité inaugural de selección del College Football Playoff y actualmente integra un comité de supervisión de la NCAA.

La universidad indicó en el comunicado que realizará una “búsqueda nacional” para su sucesor.

Mientras tanto, funcionarios de la universidad informaron que los subdirectores Brian Baptiste y Rachelle Paul fungirán como co líderes interinos, reportando al presidente de la universidad.

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Radakovich, one of the most recognized administrators in college athletics, returned to Miami in 2021 — nearly 40 years after beginning his career in the school’s athletics business office, where he also earned his MBA.

During his time leading Miami athletics, the program saw major competitive milestones, including a historic College Football Playoff National Championship Game appearance by the football team.

The men’s basketball program reached its first Final Four in 2023, while women’s basketball made its first Elite Eight run the same year. Six Hurricanes also won NCAA individual national titles under his leadership.

Off the field, Miami student-athletes posted record academic results, including a department-best 3.40 semester GPA and a 94% Graduation Success Rate. All 18 programs finished above a 3.0 GPA for the first time in school history, and the department earned national recognition for community service efforts in 2022 and 2024, according to a press release obtained by Local 10 News on Tuesday.

University of Miami President Joe Echevarria praised Radakovich’s leadership, saying he helped guide the department through a transformative period and calling him a trusted advisor.

Radakovich said his decision comes with confidence in the program’s direction.

“Serving the University of Miami again has been an absolute privilege,” Radakovich said. “This place means everything to me, and I’m proud of what our student-athletes, coaches and staff have accomplished together. The program is in a great place, and it’s the right time for fresh leadership to shape what comes next.”

Radakovich has held several national leadership roles in college athletics, including serving as president of LEAD1 and being named Sports Business Journal Athletic Director of the Year in 2017.

He also served on the inaugural College Football Playoff selection committee and currently sits on an NCAA oversight committee.

The school stated in the news release that a “national search” will be conducted for his successor.

In the interim, school officials said deputy directors Brian Baptiste and Rachelle Paul will serve as co-leaders reporting to the university president.

El incendio, que comenzó el sábado y ha sido denominado el incendio de la Highway 41, arde al oeste de Tamiami Trail, justo después de Krome Avenue.

El incendio provocó un cierre parcial de parques, incluyendo estacionamientos, instalaciones y vías navegables dentro del área afectada.

El martes por la mañana, Coopertown Airboats al sur de Tamiami Trail fue evacuado como medida de precaución después de que las condiciones de humo aumentaran cerca de la atracción.

Un denso humo aún podía verse la tarde del martes proveniente del incendio, a solo unas millas al oeste del Miccosukee Casino.

Al mediodía, las condiciones mejoraron con el regreso de cielos despejados y los equipos recogieron las mangueras tras lograr contener la cabeza del incendio, que se había propagado rápidamente por el área tras un cambio en la dirección del viento.

Las autoridades informaron que Safari Park y Gator Park también fueron cerrados debido a condiciones climáticas previstas. Hasta el momento, ningún edificio ha sufrido daños y no se han reportado heridos.

Al norte de Tamiami Trail, que se utiliza como cortafuego, los recorridos en hidrodeslizador continuaron operando sin interrupciones.

Michele Sutter, visitante de Suiza, dijo a Local 10 News que ella y su familia aún se sentían seguras durante su recorrido.

“Conozco el área, así que no es mi primera vez aquí, pero no había visto un incendio tan grande últimamente”, dijo. “Aún nos sentimos seguros”.

Sutter, quien anteriormente vivió en Miami, indicó que está familiarizada con los incendios forestales durante la temporada seca del sur de Florida.

El capitán de hidrodeslizador Hank Ridings dijo que esas condiciones no son inusuales.

“En una sequía como la que tenemos ahora, puede ocurrir en cualquier momento, un rayo, alguien tirando una colilla de cigarrillo sin entender cómo eso puede iniciar un incendio”, dijo Ridings.

Desde las primeras horas de la mañana, el incendio cerca de Tamiami Trail estaba iluminado por la luz de la luna, pero en cuestión de horas, el humo espeso y las brasas crepitantes alcanzaron la carretera.

En algún momento, las llamas avanzaron hacia la vía, quedando a pocos pies de los autos que se aproximaban.

La causa del incendio sigue sin estar clara, pero los equipos de bomberos continúan evaluando los daños desde el aire mientras el fuego sigue desplazándose hacia el este.

Las autoridades de rescate de incendios indicaron que el humo ha afectado la calidad del aire en el área, por lo que se recomienda a los residentes cercanos permanecer en interiores si padecen problemas respiratorios.

Still, the club gave itself a little bit of protection in case he does not.

Pittsburgh placed the unrestricted free-agent tender on the four-time MVP on Monday, meaning the Steelers would be entitled to a compensatory draft pick if Rodgers doesn’t sign with them and instead lands elsewhere during the 2026 season.

General manager Omar Khan and first-year head coach Mike McCarthy remain very optimistic that the 42-year-old will be back after leading them to an AFC North title last winter.

The line of communication between both sides has been wide open since the end of the season, and Khan said after the NFL draft that the selection of former Penn State star Drew Allar in the third round does not affect Pittsburgh's interest in having Rodgers back.

The tender does not preclude Rodgers from signing with another team or even give the Steelers the ability to match an offer to him if one is made before July 22.

What it does do is give them some coverage if he signs elsewhere before training camp opens in late July. After camp begins, the Steelers would have exclusive negotiating rights with Rodgers.

The tender also slots in Rodgers' salary. Under the rules, Rodgers would be entitled to a 10% raise over his 2025 salary if he comes back for a 22nd season.

Rodgers said in January that he would make a decision “down the line.” The Steelers had expressed hope that Rodgers would be able to provide clarity before the NFL draft, but that did not happen.

Pittsburgh begins organized team activities — which are voluntary — on May 18. Mandatory minicamp is set for June 2-4.

Rodgers skipped OTAs entirely last year, signing a one-year deal with the Steelers not long after minicamp wrapped up.

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The jury began deliberating after hearing attorneys' closing arguments in the federal trial of Mohammad Sharifullah, whose capture was heralded by President Donald Trump as he addressed a joint session of Congress last year. Jurors deliberated for roughly five hours without reaching a verdict and are scheduled to resume Wednesday.

Approximately 160 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members were killed in the attack on Aug. 26, 2021, when a lone suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device near an airport entry point known as Abbey Gate.

Defense attorney Lauren Rosen argued that prosecutors failed to present any evidence tying Sharifullah to the bombing besides his own words to FBI agents during hours of interrogation. She said her client lied about scouting a route for the suicide bomber to the airport, where U.S. troops were conducting an evacuation operation after the longest war in American history.

Rosen said Sharifullah told FBI agents what he thought they wanted to hear, possibly because he was afraid of being tortured in Pakistani custody before he was brought to the U.S.

“The problem was, he didn't know much about what actually happened that day,” Rosen told jurors. “The government has told you nothing about how this attack actually happened.”

Justice Department prosecutor Ryan White said Sharifullah played a crucial role in planning the Abbey Gate bombing and was involved in several other attacks by an Islamic State regional branch known as ISIS-K, including its March 2024 attack at a Moscow concert hall that killed roughly 140 people.

“The defendant thought nothing of killing,” White said. “For him, it was just another day at the office.”

Sharifullah, who didn't testify at his weeklong trial, is charged with one count of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization resulting in death. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted.

White said Sharifullah told a journalist that he wanted to “catch and kill the crusaders” from the U.S. for invading his country after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

“This case is not complicated,” White said. “The defendant told you everything you need to know.”

Rosen said U.S. authorities accepted ISIS propaganda at face value when the group took responsibility for the airport bombing. She suggested that militants from a Taliban offshoot were manning Abbey Gate and could have been involved in the attack.

“You can't base your verdict on mere conjecture and speculation,” Rosen said. “That's what the prosecution is asking you to do.”

A review by U.S. Central Command found that the Abbey Gate bomber was Abdul Rahman al-Logari, an Islamic State militant who had been released from an Afghan prison by the Taliban. Sharifullah recognized the alleged bomber as an operative he had known while incarcerated, according to an FBI affidavit.

A former Marine testified to Congress that he and others had spotted two possible suspects behaving suspiciously on the morning of the bombing but didn’t get permission to act. However, the Central Command review concluded that the snipers hadn’t seen the actual bomber and that the attack was not preventable.

A prosecutor assigned to the Abbey Gate case was fired last year after a right-wing commentator publicly criticized him over his work during Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration. Michael Ben’Ary’s ouster was part of a broader purge of Justice Department veterans deemed to be insufficiently loyal to Trump, a Republican.

During his most recent presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly condemned Biden for his role in the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal and blamed him for the Abbey Gate attack.

The criminal case is the second in months against Comey and is part of the Trump administration Justice Department's relentless effort to prosecute political opponents of the Republican president. The seashells photo was posted nearly a year ago, but the indictment was secured at a time when acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, a Trump loyalist who previously served as his personal lawyer, aims to prove to the president that he is the right person to hold the job permanently.

The fact that the Justice Department pursued a new case months after a separate and unrelated indictment was dismissed could expose the government to claims of a vindictive prosecution and to arguments that it is going out of its way to target Comey, who as FBI director had overseen the early months of an investigation into whether Trump's 2016 campaign had coordinated with Russia to sway the outcome of that year’s election.

Comey was fired by Trump months into the president’s first term as that investigation was underway, and they have openly feuded ever since.

The prosecution arises from a May post on Instagram in which Comey shared a photo of seashells he saw on a walk in the arrangement of “86 47.” He has said he assumed that the numbers reflected a political message, not a call to violence. Comey deleted the post shortly after it was made, writing: “I didn’t realize some folks associate those numbers with violence” and “I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down.”

Nonetheless, Comey was swiftly interviewed by the Secret Service after Trump administration officials asserted that he was advocating the assassination of Trump, the 47th president.

The case was filed in the Eastern District of North Carolina, the state where Comey found the seashells.

“Well, they’re back – this time about a picture of seashells on a North Carolina beach a year ago, and this won’t be the end of it,” Comey said in a video statement Tuesday. “But nothing has changed with me. I’m still innocent, I’m still not afraid and I still believe in the independent federal judiciary. So let’s go.”

The two-count indictment charges Comey with “knowingly and willfully” making a threat to “take the life of, and to inflict bodily harm upon" Trump and with transmitting a threat in interstate commerce. It does not provide evidence that Comey knowingly threatened Trump, especially since Comey has said the opposite, but suggested a “reasonable recipient who is familiar with the circumstances would interpret” the message as a threat.

At a news conference Tuesday, Blanche refused to elaborate on any evidence of intent the government has but said: “How do you prove intent in any case? You prove intent with witnesses, with documents, with the defendant himself to the extent it's appropriate. And that's how we'll prove intent in this case.”

And in an effort to rebut claims that Comey was being selectively prosecuted, Blanche contended the case against the former FBI director was similar to other threats cases the department routinely brings against the lesser known.

“While this case is unique and this indictment stands out because of the name of the defendant, his alleged conduct is the same kind of conduct that we will never tolerate and that we will always investigate and regularly prosecute,” Blanche said.

Comey's legal team said in a statement that they “will contest these charges in the courtroom and look forward to vindicating Mr. Comey and the First Amendment.” They said he “vigorously denies” the charges.

What 86 means

Merriam-Webster, the dictionary used by The Associated Press, says 86 is slang meaning “to throw out,” “to get rid of” or “to refuse service to.” It notes: “Among the most recent senses adopted is a logical extension of the previous ones, with the meaning of ‘to kill.’ We do not enter this sense, due to its relative recency and sparseness of use.”

Trump, in a Fox News Channel interview in May, accused Comey of knowing “exactly what that meant."

“A child knows what that meant,” Trump said. "If you’re the FBI director and you don’t know what that meant, that meant assassination. And it says it loud and clear.”

Comey's first indictment

The former FBI director was indicted in September on charges he lied to Congress in 2020 about whether he had authorized information about an investigation to be provided to a journalist. He denied any wrongdoing. The case was dismissed after a judge concluded the prosecutor who brought the indictment was illegally appointed.

Comey was the FBI director when Trump took office in 2017, having been appointed by then-President Barack Obama, a Democrat, and serving before that as a senior Justice Department official in President George W. Bush’s Republican administration.

But the relationship was strained from the start, including after Comey resisted a request by Trump at a private dinner to pledge his personal loyalty to the president -- an overture that so unnerved the FBI director that he documented it in a contemporaneous memorandum.

Trump fired Comey in May 2017 amid an FBI investigation into potential ties between Russia and Trump’s campaign. That inquiry, later taken over by special counsel Robert Mueller, found that while Russia interfered in the 2016 election and the Trump team welcomed the help, there was insufficient evidence to prove a criminal collaboration.

Other politically charged prosecutions

Blanche was elevated earlier this month from deputy attorney general to acting attorney general, replacing Pam Bondi, who had frustrated Trump with the department's struggles to build successful criminal cases against his adversaries.

Blanche since then has moved quickly to accelerate politically charged prosecutions, including a case last week against the nonprofit Southern Poverty Law Center, which is accused by the Justice Department of misleading donors by using their money to pay informants who served as leaders in the hate groups the organization was founded to fight. The group has denied any wrongdoing.

Comey is among many Trump foes to face scrutiny over the last year.

The Justice Department, for instance, is also pursuing a criminal investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan, another key figure in the Russia investigation -- one of Trump’s chief grievances and a saga he and his supporters have long sought retaliation for. Brennan has denied doing anything wrong.

CNN was the first to report the second indictment against Comey.

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Investigators said Shawnna Fitts was last seen around 10 a.m. on April 21 leaving her home, which is located in the 11500 block of Southwest 45th Court.

They said Fitts is about 5 feet 6 inches tall, and was last seen wearing a black shirt, black pants, and carrying a small duffle bag.

Anyone with information is urged to call the Miramar Police Department at 954-602-4252 or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

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Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Lewin, 43, on Thursday and corrections booked him at the Broward County Main Jail in Fort Lauderdale.

Two firefighters and the 65-year-old victim, who is a wheelchair user, reported the attack was during a medical call on Jan. 31 in an ambulance at Northwest 31 Avenue and First Street, records show.

Lewin and the victim, Alan Macphee, got into an argument over a GPS monitor, and the victim used expletives, according to the arrest warrant.

“Lewin instructed both firefighters ... to place [the victim] in the rescue vehicle, where there are no cameras so he can show [the victim] what he does to people,” a detective wrote, according to the arrest warrant.

Once the victim was in a stretcher, Lewin “approached” the victim from behind, grabbed his head, and forcefully struck it against the stretcher" for about 30 seconds, according to the warrant.

Lewin then “lowered the stretcher, pressed his thumbs into the victim’s eyes, and choked the patient” for about 10 seconds, according to the warrant.

Macphee, who had initially called 911 for help with shortness of breath, complained of “head, neck, and eye pain, and his eyes appeared bloodshot,” according to the warrant.

Fire rescue personnel took the victim to Broward Health Medical Center.

Macphee told a BSO detective that he had been “violently manhandled” and said Lewin had placed his thumbs over his eyes and “pushed them down into my skull,” according to the warrant.

During Lewin’s bond court hearing on Friday, the defense told Broward County Circuit Judge Corey B. Friedman that Lewin is “a family man” who had been with BSFR for about 11 years and didn’t have a criminal record.

Lewin faced two counts of third-degree felony battery on a person 65 years of age or older. Friedman set his bond at $50,000.

According to court records, Broward County Circuit Judge Thomas Coleman was set to preside over the case.

Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony released a statement about the case on Friday afternoon.

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

Lewin bonded out of jail Friday night.

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

Read a section of the arrest warrant

Local 10 News Assignment Editor Sofia Mendez and Senior Assignment Editor Frine Gomez contributed to this report.

Los investigadores informaron que Shawnna Fitts fue vista por última vez alrededor de las 10 a.m. del 21 de abril saliendo de su casa, ubicada en la cuadra 11500 de Southwest 45th Court.

Indicaron que Fitts mide aproximadamente 5 pies 6 pulgadas y fue vista por última vez vistiendo una camisa negra, pantalones negros y cargando un pequeño bolso de viaje.

Cualquier persona con información debe llamar al Departamento de Policía de Miramar al 954-602-4252 o a Broward Crime Stoppers al 954-493-8477.

Según Golfweek, la estatua mide 15 pies de altura y fue instalada en el resort a principios de este mes antes del Campeonato Cadillac.

El medio informa que la estatua fue creada por el artista Alan Cottrill y encargada por un grupo de criptomonedas ($PATRIOT).

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— Kacy Hintz (@KacyHintz) April 28, 2026

Representa al presidente levantando un puño en el aire.

Cinco jugadores del top 15 del mundo no participarán en el evento, incluido el campeón del Masters Rory McIlroy.

Adam Scott ganó el último evento del PGA Tour en Doral en 2016 cuando era un Campeonato Mundial de Golf. Solo otros nueve jugadores de ese WGC están en el campo.

Este es el inicio más reciente para el campo propiedad de Trump. Doral fue sede de un evento de LIV Golf desde 2022 hasta 2025.

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The council received some pushback from residents.

It’s a sprawling project of four new buildings towering nearly 300 feet in the air, offering a mix of hotel, residential units and office space on the site of the Bal Harbour Shops.

The project has been repeatedly rejected by village leaders and residents.

The pushback has sparked a lawsuit by developers trying to build under Florida’s Live Local Act, which allows them to bypass village approval, but set aside 40% of the 500-plus new residential units as affordable.

The back and forth in courts prompted mediation between the two sides.

Monday night, a compromise offer that was made by developers was made public.

The new plan slightly scales back the proposed plan down to three buildings and a lowered height, as described by an attorney working for the village.

Residents packed Monday’s special village council meeting to lodge their opposition.

Increased traffic congestion, overcrowding in schools and a lack of infrastructure to handle anomalies like flooding are among the reasons they don’t want Bal Harbour Shops to expand.

Ultimately, commissioners decided to reject the new proposal and continue fighting the developers in court.

“Bal Harbour Shops and Whitman Family Development have spent more than two years advocating for the development of hundreds of workforce housing units that will serve the first responders, teachers, healthcare, hospitality, and retail workers who are the lifeblood of our community.

“The Village has fought tooth and nail to delay, derail, and deny that proposal while disregarding the very intent of the Live Local Act, so its no surprise that Council members rejected a revised plan resulting from hundreds of hours of mediation talks that would have preserved a workforce housing component.

“It’s become abundantly clear that the Village will do whatever it takes to uphold its exclusivity at the expense of the greater good. Bal Harbour Shops’ original proposal was conceived, designed, and proposed in compliance with Florida’s Live Local Act. The State Attorney General has supported our legal position, and our team will continue to pursue its original vision with the goal of delivering hundreds of workforce housing units in a community where they are sorely needed.”

Attorney John Shubin, who represents Bal Harbour Shops

Dr. David Morens, 78, is accused of using his private email account to intentionally circumvent public records laws while employed at the National Institutes of Health. The Justice Department alleges that he concealed or destroyed records of discussions related to COVID-19 research grants, including an effort to revive a controversial coronavirus grant.

“These allegations represent a profound abuse of trust at a time when the American people needed it most — during the height of a global pandemic,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement Tuesday. "Government officials have a solemn duty to provide honest, well-grounded facts and advice in service of the public interest — not to advance their own personal or ideological agendas.”

Morens faces charges of conspiracy against the United States; destruction, alteration or falsification of records in federal investigations; concealment, removal or mutilation of records; and aiding and abetting, according to a Justice Department news release. If convicted, he could face decades in prison. An attorney for Morens declined to comment.

The indictment reflects Republicans’ long-held belief that the federal government covered up key information about COVID-19 as the pandemic unfolded. Despite numerous probes, the origins of COVID have never been proven. Scientists are unsure whether the virus jumped from an animal, as many other viruses have, or came from a laboratory accident. A U.S. intelligence analysis released in 2023 said there is insufficient evidence to prove either theory.

Blanche said Morens' alleged conduct was part of an effort to "suppress alternative theories" about COVID-19's origins. The Justice Department also accused Morens of having an improper relationship with a collaborator, including allegedly accepting a gift of wine and discussing COVID-19 research and potential publications in a prominent medical journal.

The indictment follows a probe by House Republicans into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic that scrutinized Morens' email communications and accused him of intentionally concealing records. In congressional testimony, Morens denied attempting to evade federal transparency laws by using his personal email.

The lawsuits, which were filed last week in Rhode Island Superior Court, allege that the unnamed plaintiffs have suffered because Brown failed to maintain “reasonable and appropriate security measures.”

“As direct and proximate result of Brown’s aforementioned acts of negligence, Plaintiff suffered and became afflicted with grave and severe personal injuries, causing Plaintiff to suffer great pain of body, mind, nerves and nervous system,” one of the lawsuits states.

The plaintiffs behind the lawsuits are unnamed.

A spokesperson for Brown University said they were reviewing the complaints “carefully and promptly.”

“Out of respect for the privacy interests of the plaintiffs, we have no details to share on the merits of the litigation at this time,” spokesperson Brian Clark said in a statement.

According to law enforcement, gunman Claudio Neves Valente, 48, entered a study session in a Brown academic building on Dec. 13 and opened fire on students, killing 19-year-old sophomore Ella Cook and 18-year-old freshman MukhammadAziz Umurzokov and wounding nine others.

Two days later, authorities say, Neves Valente, who had been a graduate student at Brown studying physics about 20 years ago, also fatally shot Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro at Loureiro’s Boston-area home.

Neves Valente, who had attended school with Loureiro in Portugal in the 1990s, was found dead days later at a New Hampshire storage facility. Authorities say he killed himself. An autopsy determined that Neves Valente died Dec. 16, the same day Loureiro died in a hospital.

The lawsuits claim that Brown's campus security was alerted by a custodian that Neves Valente had been “casing” the building but the school did not investigate the reports.

Shortly after the shooting, Brown's president placed the campus police on leave amid a review of the school's security policies.

Much of the focus has centered on whether the Ivy League school had security cameras installed in the building where the attack took place in and the overall ease of accessing campus buildings.

The justices are reviewing an appellate ruling that would allow the lawsuit against Cisco to go forward in U.S. courts.

The company argues that it cannot be held liable under two separate laws for aiding and abetting human rights violations. The laws are the 18th-century Alien Tort Statute (ATS) and the Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA), first enacted in 1991.

The main questions among the court's conservative majority seemed to be how broadly to rule for Cisco and whether lower courts are allowing too many similar suits to proceed. Justice Neil Gorsuch at one point asked whether the courthouse door is “not closely guarded.”

In recent years, the Supreme Court and presidential administrations of both parties have been skeptical of lawsuits seeking to use U.S. courts as a venue to seek justice over the acts of foreign governments, especially those that took place abroad. To try to overcome that skepticism, Falun Gong members have argued that a substantial portion of Cisco’s activities involving China took place in the United States.

An Associated Press investigation last year showed that American tech companies, to a large degree, designed and built China’s surveillance state, encouraged by Republican and Democratic administrations, even as activists warned such tools were being used to quash dissent, persecute religious groups and target minorities.

In 2008, documents leaked to the press showed Cisco saw the “Golden Shield,” China's internet censorship effort, as a sales opportunity. The company quoted a Chinese official calling the Falun Gong an “evil cult.” A Cisco presentation reviewed by AP from the same year said its products could identify over 90% of Falun Gong material on the web.

Other presentations reviewed by AP show that Cisco represented Falun Gong material as a “threat” and built out a national information system to track Falun Gong believers. In 2011, Falun Gong members sued Cisco, alleging the company tailored technology for Beijing that it knew would be used to track, detain and torture believers.

Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson seemed most willing to allow the lawsuit to continue.

Cisco was a willing partner with the Chinese government, Sotomayor said. "It knew that those people will be tortured,” she said.

Not true, said Cisco lawyer Kannon Shanmugam. "Cisco vigorously disputes those allegations,” Shanmugam told the justices.

A decision is expected late June.

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Princess Bell “nearly” struck a man, who was working as a security guard at Taboo Miami by G5ive, and who told police officers that he was “in fear for his life,” according to the police arrest report.

A woman who worked as a manager at the club at 331 NW 170 St. told police officers that Bell had been terminated over “bizarre” behavior and conflicts with employees, and she was at the club to pickup her belongings, according to police.

Bell allegedly “began to run inside throughout the club ... throwing items, and using excessive profanity, disrupting the normal flow of business,” so security “escorted her outside,” and she returned with the pole, according to the police report.

After leaving the club, a police officer reported Bell was walking towards a Shell gas station at Northwest Seventh Avenue and 171st Street, when she ignored orders to stop and ran, according to the arrest report.

North Miami Beach police officers chased Bell and arrested her shortly after 11:50 p.m. at the westbound ramp of State Road 826, but there was a struggle, according to the report.

Bell “refused to stand up and continued to push her bodyweight onto the ground,” and she also refused to identify herself before providing her sister’s name, according to the police arrest report.

Police officers asked Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel and Jackson Memorial Hospital West to care for Bell before taking her to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to the arrest report.

Miami-Dade corrections booked her shortly after 5:10 a.m. on Tuesday. She faced seven charges: Aggravated battery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, providing a false name or ID after arrest, and four counts of resisting arrest without violence.

Records show corrections held her without bond on both out-of-state and out-of-county fugitive warrants.

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

Princess Bell “casi” golpeó a un hombre que trabajaba como guardia de seguridad en Taboo Miami by G5ive, quien dijo a los agentes que temía por su vida, según el informe de arresto policial.

Una mujer que trabajaba como gerente en el club ubicado en 331 NW 170 St. dijo a la policía que Bell había sido despedida por comportamiento “extraño” y conflictos con empleados, y que estaba en el lugar para recoger sus pertenencias, según la policía.

Según el informe, Bell presuntamente “comenzó a correr dentro del club, arrojando objetos y usando lenguaje excesivamente vulgar, interrumpiendo el funcionamiento normal del negocio”, por lo que seguridad “la escoltó afuera”, y luego regresó con el tubo.

Tras salir del club, un agente reportó que Bell caminaba hacia una gasolinera Shell en Northwest Seventh Avenue y 171st Street, cuando ignoró órdenes de detenerse y huyó, según el informe de arresto.

Agentes de North Miami Beach la persiguieron y la arrestaron poco después de las 11:50 p.m. en la rampa hacia el oeste de la carretera estatal 826, donde hubo un forcejeo, según el informe.

Bell “se negó a ponerse de pie y continuó empujando su peso contra el suelo”, y también se negó a identificarse antes de proporcionar el nombre de su hermana, según el informe policial.

Los agentes solicitaron a personal de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue y del Hospital Jackson Memorial West que la atendieran antes de llevarla al Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight, según el informe.

Correcciones de Miami-Dade la registró poco después de las 5:10 a.m. del martes. Enfrenta siete cargos: agresión agravada, asalto agravado con arma mortal, proporcionar un nombre o identificación falsa tras el arresto y cuatro cargos de resistirse al arresto sin violencia.

Los registros muestran que permanece detenida sin fianza por órdenes de captura pendientes fuera del estado y del condado.

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

The row of paintings, like much of Gaza life itself, was displayed outdoors, open to the weather and curious stares. There was a painting of a dove, a bullet hole, a person’s silhouette in a territory where the war between Israel and the militant Hamas group has killed well over 70,000 people.

It was a sunny day in Bureij in central Gaza. Children shouted and played as admirers of the paintings took photos and reflected.

“They painted their feelings, their ambitions, their hopes, their visions, over four months during a continuous workshop in my studio,” said Ghanem Al-Din, who organized the exhibit of dozens of paintings.

One artist was displaced seven times

Obay Al-Qarshali, 21, was one of the artists. He said he fled his home in Gaza City in late 2023 after the war began, sparked by the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on southern Israel. He took only what he could in his hurry, leaving over 30 of his paintings behind.

They are now lost in the bombing and destruction, he said.

His painting on display showed broken glass, cars topped with mattresses and other belongings and the debris of buildings. All are too familiar for him and hundreds of thousands of fellow Palestinians who have been displaced, often more than once.

Al-Qarshali said he had changed locations at least seven times in the war.

“Because of how much we were displaced and suffered in moving and carrying our belongings, the tents, the crowds, and so much more, I wanted to express something that deeply troubled me: that we left our homes and our safe places, forced to flee, scatter, and change our location. This piece expresses so much,” he said.

The timing of next steps in Gaza's ceasefire is unclear. The disarming of Hamas is a major challenge before the territory’s shift in governance, stabilization and reconstruction can begin in earnest.

“Critical demilitarization talks with Hamas are continuing," former British prime minister Tony Blair, a key member of the U.S.-created Board of Peace meant to focus on Gaza, told a U.N. Security Council meeting on Tuesday.

Reconstruction likely will cost over $70 billion and take a decade, a report by the United Nations and the European Union said last week.

It said Gaza’s economy has contracted by 84%. More than 371,000 housing units have been destroyed. Over half of Gaza’s hospitals are “non-functional.” Nearly all schools are destroyed or damaged in the territory of over 2 million people.

In a report on Tuesday, Doctors Without Borders said Israel has destroyed or damaged about 90% of Gaza’s water and sanitation infrastructure. And a Mercy Corps study found only 7% of Gaza’s agricultural infrastructure remains functional.

A child collecting firewood is among the dead

While large-scale fighting has eased since the ceasefire took effect in October, Israeli forces have continued near-daily strikes and fire around military-held zones, killing over 800 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The ministry, part of the Hamas-led government, maintains detailed casualty records that are seen as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and independent experts. It does not give a breakdown of civilians and militants.

On Tuesday, an Israeli airstrike hit a car in Gaza City, killing four men, according to Shifa Hospital.

The strike happened away from the so-called Yellow Line that separates Israeli-controlled areas from the rest of Gaza. Israel’s military said it struck a “terrorist” in the location, with no details.

The bodies were wrapped in white and placed on the ground, outdoors, so a crowd could mourn.

And a 9-year-old boy was killed by Israeli fire while gathering firewood in the southern city of Khan Younis, about 400 meters (1,312 feet) west of the Yellow Line, Nasser Hospital said. Israel’s military did not immediately comment.

Associated Press video showed siblings crying over the boy at the morgue.

“What is the guilt of those children,” a woman said during the funeral. “God is plaguing you, Israel.”

La policía indicó que Samuel Shiete O’Reilly afirmó que estaba en medio de una “persecución” en ese momento.

Según un informe de arresto del Departamento de Policía de North Miami, el choque ocurrió poco antes de la 1 p.m. en el área de 476 NE 125th St., que corresponde a un centro comercial.

Los investigadores dijeron que O’Reilly, del noroeste de Miami-Dade, golpeó al hombre con el Dodge Charger blanco cuando este “intentaba cruzar la vía”. Las autoridades indicaron que un video de celular mostró el impacto y al Charger continuando hacia el este.

El informe del NMPD señala que paramédicos trasladaron a la víctima al Hospital HCA Florida Aventura, tras sufrir una “laceración severa en la parte superior de la cabeza”.

Mientras tanto, la policía indicó que encontró el Charger —y a O’Reilly— unas dos horas después cerca de Jimmy’s Diner, ubicado en el mismo estacionamiento del centro comercial.

Según el informe, O’Reilly dijo a los agentes que había regresado “para verificar a la víctima” y afirmó que el choque ocurrió mientras “intentaba perseguir a un cliente que no había pagado por servicios prestados”.

La policía indicó que “admitió que durante la persecución, golpeó a la víctima y, por miedo e incertidumbre, huyó del lugar”.

El informe no deja claro a qué se dedica exactamente O’Reilly.

Los agentes arrestaron a O’Reilly por un cargo de abandonar la escena de un choque que causó lesiones corporales graves.

Hasta la mañana del martes, los registros muestran que permanecía detenido en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight con una fianza de $2,500 USD.

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Police said Samuel Shiete O’Reilly claimed that he was in the middle of a “pursuit” at the time.

According to an arrest report from the North Miami Police Department, the crash happened just before 1 p.m. in the area of 476 NE 125th St., which corresponds to a shopping center.

Investigators said O’Reilly, of northwest Miami-Dade, hit the man with the white Dodge Charger as he “attempt(ed) to cross the roadway.” Authorities said cellphone video showed the crash and the Charger continuing to drive east.

The NMPD report states that medics took the victim to HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, having suffered a “severe laceration to the top of his head.”

Meanwhile, police said they found the Charger ― and O’Reilly ― about two hours later near Jimmy’s Diner, which is located in the same shopping center parking lot.

According to the report, O’Reilly told officers he had come back “to check on the victim” and said the crash happened as ”he was attempting to pursue a client who had failed to pay for services rendered."

Police said he “admitted that during the pursuit, he struck the victim and, out of fear and uncertainty, fled the scene.”

The report doesn’t make clear what exactly O’Reilly does for a living.

Officers arrested O’Reilly on a charge of leaving the scene of a crash causing serious bodily injury.

As of Tuesday morning, records show he was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $2,500 bond.

“It wasn’t the plan,” he said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. “But it wasn’t not the plan.”

Stanton has done other things than think about Woody and Buzz for the past 34 years. At Pixar, he made “A Bug’s Life” and two Oscar-winners: “Finding Nemo” and “WALL-E.” But “Toy Story” was the movie that started it all. The one he and his peers couldn’t believe they got to make. Everything that’s happened since, he said, has been gravy.

The new film, in theaters June 12, is widely expected to be one of the summer’s biggest hits. The past two movies made more than a billion dollars and this one is likely on the same path. But while there is a business driving many of the decisions regarding the series, Stanton said they’ve also had a lot of time to think about where the story should go. It’s show business, yes, but they always try to put the “show” first.

Remember, there was an 11-year gap between “Toy Story 2” and “Toy Story 3,” and nine more years before the fourth movie. It was around 2008, when they’d finally cracked the story for three, and decided that it would be the end of their time with Andy as he went off to college, that Stanton started to think wider.

“What if it went farther? What if it was a trilogy with one kid, closed that up, handed it off to another kid and started another one?” Stanton said. “That seemed really exciting to me because that’s the way life really goes with toys and mementos. They get passed down as hand-me-downs; they go from one kid to another.”

Midway through the Bonnie era

One thing Stanton doesn’t love about the Toy Story movies are the numbers. Toy Story isn’t Rocky — it’s something else.

“They make it sound like old blockbuster thinking,” Stanton said. “The culture’s changed in the last 15 years. We all understand binging now. We all understand episodic stories. Not everything’s great for it, but some are and the Toy Story world is meant for that kind of lengthy thinking.”

Thus, four was the beginning of the Bonnie years. Though some of the actors were publicly saying it was the last Toy Story, as Woody went off with Bo Peep and the rest of the toys stayed with Bonnie, Stanton was pretty sure it was going to keep going. Bonnie’s arc wasn’t over yet. He just didn’t know they would come knocking on his door to figure out how.

“I was skeptical at first because I didn’t know if where I would want to see it go would match with where the studio would want to see go,” he said. “I cautiously said, let me write the crappy first draft, because I always write a crappy first draft, but at least I’ll figure out myself where I’d like to see it go just as a fan, let alone somebody that’s been behind the camera with it. And if we agree on that fundamentally then can we start working on it and I’ll take the job.”

He also wanted a collaborator by his side, so Kenna Harris (“Ciao Alberto”) joined as cowriter and director. Harris was around the same age Stanton was on “Toy Story,” which, he said, felt like kismet. In Harris, he found someone who he could pass knowledge to and learn from as someone who grew up in a different era. Together, they found more commonalities than differences.

“It’s really trying to find the things that are timeless, you know? Because childhood is gonna keep happening,” Stanton said.

The screentime conundrum

The fifth film sees the arrival of a new thing that is taking Bonnie’s attention away from her toys: The Lilypad. Stanton kept checking with the lawyers to make sure it wasn’t copyrighted or a real thing. It wasn’t, they assured him.

While the screentime conversation might not be new, how it affects playtime with these toys is something they hadn't yet explored.

“I feel like we’re kind of late to the party. I was worried there would be some sort of resolution to it before we finished and there wouldn’t be so much dramatic controversy about it, but it’s a legitimate concern that has no complete, finite answer,” Stanton said. “That’s drama, it’s in the gray. It is like how do you navigate something that you have to deal with? It’s not just ‘get rid of it.’”

There were similar conversations about television for kids of his era, and he knew that like TV, technology is not going away.

“Toy Story 5” also places more direct emphasis on the power of play and imagination, something they dabbled with in the opening of “Toy Story 3,” but that they really get to lean into here.

Making ‘Toy Story’ for the grandkids

Stanton doesn’t think too much about box office anymore; At Pixar, always been aiming higher than that. On the first film, he liked to say that they were making films for the grandkids. It might have been a bit of magical thinking for a fledgling studio and a man with a very young family, but in three decades, it’s come true. Stanton’s grandchild is now watching the Pixar movies he helped create.

Just recently, Stanton was at Skywalker Ranch finishing the mix for “Toy Story 5.” It’s the first time he’s gotten to step back and take it in as a movie and not the jigsaw puzzle he’s been building for so long.

“That’s when it kind of breaks my brain. I’m going, ‘Oh my God, there’s all the characters just living their lives’,” Stanton said. “And that’s the magic of movies. You forget that anybody behind the scenes made it and you just believe, and that’s the real drug.”

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Local 10 aún trabaja para obtener detalles sobre lo ocurrido, pero se observó una lona cubriendo el cuerpo a lo largo de West Hallandale Beach Boulevard cerca de la 48th Avenue poco después de las 11:30 p.m. del lunes.

También se observaron escombros y guantes de los investigadores en el suelo, junto con una bicicleta.

Aunque la vía ya fue reabierta, la investigación sobre lo ocurrido continúa.

Un equipo de Local 10 News que acudió al lugar no vio ningún vehículo estacionado cerca, pero observó a la policía hablando con testigos en la lavandería en la esquina donde ocurrió el accidente.

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Durant didn’t participate in practice with the Rockets on Tuesday before they left for California, trailing 3-1 in the first-round series. But he was seen running on an anti-gravity treadmill as the team wrapped up its work before heading to the airport.

Coach Ime Udoka was asked if there was a possibility that Durant would play in Game 5 after missing the last two games with a sprained left ankle and bone bruise.

“We’ll see,” Udoka said. “It is day to day, game to game. But we’ll have to get on the court and do some things, and he didn’t participate in practice today. But he’s doing the conditioning and other aspects to try to get back.”

Durant has missed three games in this series after he sat out the opener with a bruised right knee. He returned for Game 2, scoring 23 points in 41 minutes of the 101-94 loss, during which he injured his ankle late in the game.

The Rockets won Game 4 115-96 despite missing their superstar to avoid elimination.

Durant's injury problems this postseason came after the 37-year-old ranked second in the league in the regular season by playing 2,840 minutes.

Durant, who is in his first season in Houston after an offseason trade from Phoenix, is the fifth-leading scorer in NBA history.

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According to BSO, the hit-and-run was reported shortly before 10 p.m. near the 4900 block of West Hallandale Beach Boulevard.

Investigators confirmed they are searching for the driver of a black SUV.

A Local 10 News crew was in the area later in the evening as a tarp covered the victim’s body.

Debris and gloves from investigators were also spotted on the ground, along with the victim’s bicycle.

Deputies said Pembroke Park police initially responded to the crash and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

The police department then requested that BSO’s Traffic Homicide Unit investigate the circumstances surrounding the fatal crash, BSO said.

A Local 10 News crew spotted detectives speaking with witnesses at the laundromat on the corner of where the crash occurred.

While the roadway has since reopened, the investigation into what happened continues.

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Glore, 35, has been described by the New York Post as a jeweler “whose clients include 50 Cent and ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ personality Scott Disick” and was seen on season 5 of the Bravo reality show “Below Deck Mediterranean.” His Instagram page features photos of him posing with 50 Cent and other celebrities, including rapper Meek Mill and actor Joseph Sikora.

On Friday, he posed for the mugshot camera at Miami-Dade’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. That came after Miami police took him into custody on charges of aggravated assault and improper exhibition of a firearm in connection with the March incident. But his attorney is claiming self-defense.

According to an arrest report from the Miami Police Department, the victim was trying to park his car in the garage at the downtown Worldcenter building, located at 851 NE First Ave., at around 12:30 a.m. on March 11 but was having trouble with his key fob.

Police said as the victim waited for the building concierge to help him, Glore, whose full name is listed in the MPD report as Leon J. Glore, pulled up behind him in a white Ferrari and was “honking its horn continuously.”

Authorities said Glore began “yelling obscenities” at the victim, who explained “the gate was malfunctioning and that he was on the phone with the concierge.”

The report states that Glore got out of the Ferrari and a “verbal argument” ensued that escalated. Police said Glore took out a black handgun and told the victim, “Give me a reason,” leading the victim to call 911 “in fear for his life.”

Police said they went to the Worldcenter on Friday to take Glore into custody; he declined to speak with them on his attorney’s advice.

He would be released from TGK over the weekend after posting a $5,500 bond, court records show.

Glore’s attorney, Chad Piotrowski, provided comment to Local 10 News Monday afternoon.

“Mr. Glore was initially investigated and released at the scene after officers reviewed the building’s security footage,“ Piotrowski said in an email. ”Weeks later, he was arrested despite that same evidence. Based on the facts and the video, we will be asking the Court to dismiss the charges pursuant to Florida’s Stand Your Ground law.“

Piotrowski submitted a written plea of not guilty in the case. Records show it’s been assigned to Miami-Dade Judge Richard Hersch.

That's boosted the Detroit auto maker's outlook for 2026. On Tuesday, GM said it's now looking to rake in $13.5 billion to $15.5 billion in earnings before interest and taxes this year — up from previous forecasts of $13 billion to $15 billion.

The refund is set to ease the company's total tariff expenses some. GM anticipates paying $2.5 billion to $3.5 billion in tariff costs for 2026, the company said Tuesday, down from an original estimate of $3 billion to $4 billion.

“We are clearly operating in a very dynamic environment, which isn’t unusual for this industry,” CEO Mary Barra wrote in a letter to shareholders. Still, she maintained the company was seeing solid growth and a strong balance sheet "to achieve our long-term goals.”

For the first quarter of 2026, GM reported earnings of $2.63 billion and a revenue of $43.62 billion.

GM confirmed to The Associated Press that it hasn't received the refund yet, and doesn't have a specific estimate for when it will, but $500 million is what it expects following the decision from the Supreme Court. The court in February ruled that the levies Trump imposed using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, were illegal.

Companies both big and small are seeking refunds for IEEPA tariffs they've already paid. The Customs and Border Protection agency launched an online system for claims last week.

If CBP approves a claim, it will take between 60 and 90 days for a refund to be issued, the agency said. But the system is being rolled out in phases, and only some tariff refunds will be returned in the first phase.

CBP said in court filings that over 330,000 importers paid a total of about $166 billion on over 53 million shipments.

The now-overturned IEEPA tariffs included so-called “reciprocal” tariffs that Trump slapped on nearly every country in the world a year ago and “trafficking tariffs” on imports from Mexico, Canada and China — as well as separate duties on countries like Brazil and India, all of which the president imposed by declaring a national emergency.

February's Supreme Court decision marked a significant blow to Trump's economic agenda. But many other tariffs remain in effect — including punishing sectoral levies that Trump imposed using another law (Section 232 of the 1962 Trade Expansion Act) on foreign steel, aluminum, cars and other products. And companies like GM are continuing to pay those costs.

The administration has also signaled that more new duties are on the way.

Trump has publicly attacked companies who have warned of price hikes spanning from tariffs — and at times used the threat of new import taxes to strike deals. Last week, the president also said he'll “remember” those that do not seek refunds from his IEEPA tariffs.

“I think it’s brilliant if they don’t do that,” Trump told CNBC of companies that hadn't yet sought reimbursements. “If they don’t do that, they got to know me very well.”

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Dicen que no es la primera vez que es sorprendido traficando la droga.

Los investigadores indicaron que oficiales de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de Estados Unidos hicieron el hallazgo en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood después de que Kristopher Marco, de 53 años, de New Castle, Delaware, llegara en el vuelo 946 de Spirit Airlines desde Cartagena el lunes.

Una denuncia penal federal establece que los oficiales de CBP en el área de inspección, al revisar el equipaje de Marco, primero encontraron tabletas en un “frasco de vitaminas Centrum” que él afirmó eran pastillas para el VIH.

Según la denuncia, “múltiples registros del Sistema de Comunicaciones de Aplicación del Tesoro” sobre Marco, además de su “comportamiento nervioso”, llevaron a realizarle una revisión corporal.

Los oficiales “reportaron una gran anomalía percibida en su zona de la ingle”, indica. Cuando se le preguntó qué tenía, las autoridades dijeron que Marco respondió de manera directa: “Cocaína”.

Indicaron que eran 1.75 kilogramos. Según la denuncia, la droga estaba en un “paquete grande de forma cilíndrica envuelto en celofán rosado”.

De acuerdo con la denuncia, Marco no quiso decir a los agentes de Investigaciones de Seguridad Nacional de dónde provenía la cocaína ni hacia dónde iba.

Señalaron que una verificación de registros reveló que Marco — bajo su nombre anterior, Christopher Allen Gransby — fue arrestado por autoridades en Nicaragua el 10 de septiembre de 2024 por intentar ingresar al país desde Costa Rica con 7.69 kilogramos de cocaína.

La Policía Nacional de Nicaragua indicó que llevaba los paquetes de cocaína en una mochila. Aproximadamente cinco meses después de su arresto en Centroamérica, Gransby, nacido en Virginia, cambió su nombre en Delaware a Kristopher Michael Cain Marco.

Los registros muestran que Marco debía comparecer en un tribunal federal en Fort Lauderdale para una audiencia la mañana del martes, enfrentando un cargo de posesión con intención de distribuir más de 500 gramos de cocaína. También indican que los fiscales buscan su detención previa al juicio.

Mientras tanto, Marco permanecía detenido en la cárcel principal de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward en nombre del Servicio de Alguaciles de Estados Unidos.

Edward Eastland’s words came as dozens of the girls’ family members sat just a few feet behind him during the second day of a special legislative hearing looking into the devastating July 4 flood. A written report of findings is expected later this year.

“We tried our hardest that night. It wasn’t enough to save your daughters,” said Eastland, a member of the family that owns the 100-year-old camp. “I’m so sorry.”

Eastland said he and his father Richard Eastland were on the campsite that night, and that they made a desperate attempt to save the girls when they realized that heavy rain had created a raging flood that ripped through the camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River. Richard Eastland died in the flood and Edward survived only after being swept into a tree.

“These girls were our youngest campers and their amazing counselors who we watched grow up,” Eastland said. “The world was a better place with them in it and the anger at us for not being able to keep them safe is completely reasonable.”

The apology came in the opening moments of the hearing before he and several members of the Eastland family were questioned for about four hours by state lawmakers who at times said the family remained unprepared to reopen the camp and repeatedly questioned the lack of emergency training for staff last year, along with several of the decisions made during the flood that delayed an evacuation and ultimately cost lives.

Lawmakers press camp owners on emergency training

Britt Eastland, another director, said the camp will dramatically improve training for counselors and stage drills for campers to prepare for floods, fire, tornadoes and intruders. Legislative investigators on Monday noted the camp’s previous lack of flood training as a critical problem that contributed to the deaths.

"All of these things should have been being done in the first place,” said Sen. Charles Perry.

The panel pressed the Eastlands on why they didn't make a last-ditch effort to get on the camp PA system and order everyone to head to higher ground.

Edward Eastland said it didn’t even occur to him to leave the girls they were trying to rescue to go back to the camp office and make such an announcement.

“Every minute was spent trying to get to the next cabin,” he said. “If we had a little more time, we could have gotten everybody out.”

Camp owners makes plans to reopen

Camp Mystic’s owners want to reopen in late May and have said they will only use the parts of the camp that didn’t flood. They expect nearly 900 attendees this summer. Those plans have angered victims’ families, and some prominent state officials have called for regulators to deny or delay renewal of the camp’s license, which is under review.

Another of the sons, named Richard Eastland after his father, said while the family doesn't plan to open the camp if their license isn't renewed, they would likely appeal if that was the state's decision.

“We will not open Cypress Lake if we do not have a license,” he said.

But that seemed to spark disagreement among the victims' family members. Britt Eastland quickly interjected that it would a a “family decision.”

The special legislative committee does not control the review of Camp Mystic’s license. Because the camp has applied to renew its previous license, it could reopen while its application is pending. If denied, it still could operate while its case is under appeal.

The Eastland family also said it’s still an open question whether they would eventually try to reopen the river camp. If they do, no campers would be placed in the buildings that flooded.

“We’re praying about that every day. We don’t know what to do,” Britt Eastland said.

Camp's readiness to host girls questioned

Several lawmakers questioned how the camp could be ready to reopen this summer.

State regulators last week notified Camp Mystic of 22 deficiencies in its emergency plan. Mary Liz Eastland, the camp’s medical director, acknowledged Tuesday she has not officially reported last summer’s deaths to state health officers.

“Are you ready to take on 500-plus children,” for camp this summer, asked Sen. Lois Kolkhorst. She noted state agencies have shut down licensed residential living centers for a single death, let alone dozens.

“The license is a privilege to have," Kolkhorst said.

“We are ready,” Britt Eastland said, adding that he believes Camp Mystic’s broader community will ultimately “be glad we had camp this summer.”

That drew an audible gasp from some in the room, and several of the victims' family members walked out.

Los investigadores dijeron que el crimen ocurrió el 18 de abril en las casas adosadas Antigua at Country Club of Miami, en el bloque 17500 de Northwest 67th Place.

Los detectives dijeron que José Vidal tuvo una discusión con su hijastro, quien lo acusó de robar una gran suma de dinero y planeaba desalojarlo de la vivienda.

Los investigadores dijeron que ambos se enfrascaron en una pelea, la situación se tornó violenta y Vidal apuñaló a su esposa y a su hijastro.

Un informe de arresto de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade indica que no fue hasta el lunes siguiente, dos días después, que Vidal montó su bicicleta para comprar un billete de lotería y luego se dirigió al Memorial Hospital West, a seis millas de distancia en Pembroke Pines, alegando que había sido atacado por dos hombres que lo apuñalaron, lo dejaron inconsciente y que al despertar encontró a sus familiares muertos.

Los detectives dijeron que las cámaras de vigilancia mostraron a Vidal caminando por la comunidad con unas sandalias específicas que dejaron huellas en la sangre encontrada dentro de la vivienda. Señalaron que no había evidencia de ninguna persona que coincidiera con la descripción de los supuestos sospechosos que Vidal proporcionó.

Vidal, oriundo de España, fue arrestado el viernes con dos cargos de asesinato en segundo grado y compareció el sábado ante el tribunal de fianzas de Miami-Dade, donde un juez ordenó que fuera detenido sin derecho a fianza.

Environmentalists fear the move will create a precedent for wiping out other protections for public lands across the country. Twin Metals Minnesota LLC, a subsidiary of Chile-based Antofagasta Minerals, has been looking to dig for copper, nickel and other precious metals in the Superior National Forest since 2019.

The canoe area lies in the national forest just downstream from the mine site, raising concerns that digging could create pollution that would contaminate one of the nation's last remaining wild areas.

Former President Joe Biden's administration in 2023 imposed a 20-year moratorium on mining in the national forest, putting Twin Metals plans on hold. But Trump has called for boosting domestic energy and mineral production, and congressional Republicans sent him a resolution to lift the moratorium earlier this month, promising the move would create jobs and reenergize the mining industry in Minnesota's Iron Range. The president signed the resolution on Monday.

“Today is a dark day for America's most beloved Wilderness area, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and a stark warning call for public lands nationwide,” Ingrid Lyons, executive director the group Save the Boundary Waters, said in a statement. “Minnesotans and the American public writ large have been loud and clear -- this iconic place needs to be protected. Today, by the very people who claim to represent them, they were ignored, and even worse, silenced. But of course, it's not over, and we will always keep fighting.”

Twin Metals spokesperson Kathy Graul said in a statement to The Associated Press that lifting the moratorium creates an opportunity to strengthen mineral supply chains but stressed that the company still must go through a rigorous permitting process that could last years.

Indeed, the mine site stands on a patchwork of state, federal and private land, creating a regulatory labyrinth.

The first hurdle for the company is reestablishing a right to mine after officials in Biden's Department of the Interior terminated its federal site leases in early 2022. Twin Metals filed a federal lawsuit seeking a declaration that the leases are still valid but a judge threw the case out in 2023. The company is appealing that decision.

Twin Metals also would have to win a mining permit from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources by showing that the company can prevent water pollution, safely store waste rock and restore the land after the mine is played out. The company also will need state water and air permits. U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat who voted against lifting the moratorium, could be a serious roadblock for the company if she wins her bid for the governor's office in November.

Environmental groups and tribes could conceivably challenge every permit in court, potentially blocking Twin Metals' plans for years. Friends of the Boundary Waters, for example, has said litigation remains “under active consideration.”

And Canadian officials could raise concerns about whether the mine could create cross-border pollution that violates treaties with the U.S. The Boundary Waters separates northeastern Minnesota from northwestern Ontario, hence the name.

The area remains largely untouched by humans. Logging is prohibited, planes must obey minimum altitude limits when flying over it, and motorized boats are limited to certain areas. The U.S. Forest Service issued about 776,000 visitor permits between 2020 and 2024.

Students were seen picking up trash along the beach as part of the organized effort, which brought together Heart of the Hive and Reef Boys along with support from multiple sponsors.

Organizers said the cleanup was designed specifically for children, giving them a hands-on way to help protect the environment while also learning about community involvement.

“We just want to show them how life is supposed to be. It’s more about mentorship and the influence, said Nakiyah Dawkins, director of Heart of the Hive. ”Just not being home and sitting at home but just coming out to enjoy the environment and being able to cleanup and be a helping hand."

Marissa Merlano of Reef Boys said the goal is to get young people engaged early in environmental efforts.

“It feels really good to come clean the beach it’s what I’m passionate about but I think it’s really important to get kids in on this and to care about the ocean and protecting the beach,” Merlano said.

Organizers said the event was about more than just cleaning the shoreline, but also teaching responsibility and encouraging kids to take pride in protecting the environment.

His testimony at the Oakland, California, federal courthouse kicked off a legal drama that is expected to brim with intrigue and potentially embarrassing details about the two tech moguls. Musk filed the lawsuit against Altman and his top lieutenant, Greg Brockman, along with Microsoft over its investments in OpenAI, in 2024.

“Fundamentally, I think they’re going to try to make this lawsuit ... very complicated, but it’s actually very simple,” Musk said. “Which is that it's not OK to steal a charity.”

The nine-person jury was selected Monday and the trial is scheduled to take three weeks.

In the civil lawsuit, Musk accuses Altman and Brockman of double-crossing him by straying from the San Francisco company’s founding mission to be a steward of a revolutionary technology. In his opening statement, Musk's attorney, Steven Molo, quoted OpenAI’s mission statement when it was created as a nonprofit for the benefit of humanity, not constrained by the need to generate financial enrichment for anyone.

Altman and Brockman, aided by Microsoft, stole a charity “whose mission was the safe, open development of artificial intelligence,” Molo said. Musk is seeking damages and Altman’s ouster from OpenAI’s board.

OpenAI has brushed off Musk’s allegations as a case of sour grapes aimed at undercutting its rapid growth and bolstering Musk’s own xAI, which he launched in 2023 as a competitor.

Both sides recount the start of a bitter divide

In his opening statement, OpenAI lawyer William Savitt told jurors “we are here because Mr. Musk didn’t get his way with OpenAI.”

Savitt said Musk used his promises of funding to bully OpenAI founding members and tried to take control of OpenAI and merge it with Tesla. In fact, he said Musk wanted to form a for-profit company and own more than 50% of it.

There is no record, Savitt said, of promises made to Musk that OpenAI was going to remain a nonprofit forever. What Musk ultimately cared about, he said, was not OpenAI’s nonprofit status but winning the AI race with Google.

Musk's attorney said the case is not about Musk, but rather Altman, Brockman and Microsoft.

By 2017, about two years after OpenAI's founding, it became clear that OpenAI would need more money, and Molo said the founders eventually settled on the idea of creating a for-profit arm of OpenAI that would support the nonprofit. Terms were capped for investors so they “couldn't make infinite profit.”

“There is nothing wrong with a nonprofit having a for-profit subsidiary, but (it) has to advance the mission,” Molo said.

Microsoft initially invested $2 billion in OpenAI. Then, in 2022, news spread that OpenAI had done a deal with Microsoft and it was a “game-changer," Molo said, which violated “every commitment” OpenAI made not just to Musk but to the world. It was no longer open source, it became a for-profit company for the benefit of the defendants and Microsoft was going to have control, through licensing, of much of its intellectual property, Molo said.

After opening statements, Musk's side began presenting a tale of alleged betrayal, deceit and ambition that caused OpenAI to pivot from its founding mission as an altruistic startup to a capitalistic venture now valued at $852 billion.

Musk testifies on how he sees AI evolving

Musk was the first to testify, with his lawyer starting off asking about his life story. This included details about his move, at 17, from South Africa to Canada where for a time Musk said he worked as a lumberjack among other odd jobs, then to the U.S. He recounted the slew of companies he founded and runs, including SpaceX, Tesla, The Boring Company, Neuralink and others.

Asked how he has time for everything, Musk said he works 80 to 100 hours a week, doesn't take vacations and owns no vacation homes or yachts.

Molo also asked Musk about his views on AI. Musk said he expects AI to be “smarter than any human” as soon as next year. Musk said a longstanding concern about AI is the question of what happens when computers become much smarter than humans. Comparing it to having a “very smart child,” Musk said when the child grows up “you can't control that child,” but you can instill values such as honesty, integrity and being good.

Musk recounted his version of OpenAI's founding, which he said essentially happened because of a discussion he had with Google co-founder Larry Page, who called him a “specieist" for elevating the survival of humanity over that of AI.

The kinship between Musk and Altman was forged in 2015 when they agreed to build AI in a more responsible and safer way than the profit-driven companies controlled by Google's Page and Sergey Brin and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, according to evidence submitted ahead of the trial.

At that time, Musk said, Google had all the money, all the computers and all the talent for AI. “There was no counterbalance.”

Musk recalled there was discussion early on about alternative sources for funding OpenAI beyond donations, and he wasn't opposed to it having a for-profit arm, but “the tail shouldn't wag the dog.” There would be a profit limit, and once artificial general intelligence, or AGI, was “figured out,” the for-profit would cease to exist.

Musk is expected to continue testifying Wednesday.

Altman, OpenAI's CEO, is also expected to testify, along with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, one of the technology leaders who helped fund the late 2022 release of ChatGPT, the chatbot that unleashed the current AI boom that has propelled the stock market to record heights.

Altman’s court appearance likely made him unavailable to attend an Amazon event across San Francisco Bay on Tuesday at which both companies announced an expanded partnership.

“I wish I could be there with you in person today,” Altman told attendees of Amazon’s event in San Francisco via a prerecorded video message. “My schedule got taken away from me today.”

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AP Technology Writer Matt O'Brien contributed to this story from Providence, Rhode Island.

El concejo recibió oposición de residentes.

Se trata de un proyecto de gran escala con cuatro nuevos edificios de casi 300 pies de altura, que ofrecerían una combinación de hotel, unidades residenciales y espacio de oficinas en el sitio de Bal Harbour Shops.

El proyecto ha sido rechazado repetidamente por líderes del pueblo y residentes.

La oposición ha generado una demanda por parte de desarrolladores que intentan construir bajo la Ley Live Local de Florida, que les permite evadir la aprobación del pueblo, pero reservar el 40% de las más de 500 nuevas unidades residenciales como asequibles.

El ir y venir en los tribunales provocó una mediación entre ambas partes.

La noche del lunes, se hizo pública una oferta de compromiso presentada por los desarrolladores.

El nuevo plan reduce ligeramente la propuesta a tres edificios y una menor altura, según lo descrito por un abogado que trabaja para el pueblo.

Residentes llenaron la reunión especial del concejo del pueblo el lunes para expresar su oposición.

El aumento de la congestión vehicular, el hacinamiento en las escuelas y la falta de infraestructura para manejar situaciones como inundaciones están entre las razones por las que no quieren que Bal Harbour Shops se expanda.

Finalmente, los comisionados decidieron rechazar la nueva propuesta y continuar luchando contra los desarrolladores en los tribunales.

Un informe de 63 páginas de la alcaldesa del condado obtenido por Local 10 News indica que el Aeropuerto Internacional de Miami está alcanzando la capacidad de su campo aéreo, actualmente al 80% de su capacidad.

Ese es el punto en el que la Administración Federal de Aviación recomienda agregar más espacio, o podrían producirse más retrasos en los viajes.

“La capacidad limitada podría afectar el crecimiento, crear retrasos en los viajes y afectar nuestra competitividad”, dijo el presidente de la Comisión de Miami-Dade, Anthony Rodríguez. “Tenemos que actuar ahora y planificar con anticipación”.

Los comisionados han reducido las opciones a tres.

La primera es construir un nuevo aeropuerto en algún lugar del condado, mientras que las otras son ampliar el Aeropuerto Ejecutivo de Miami en el suroeste de Miami-Dade o el Aeropuerto de Aviación General Miami Homestead hasta convertirlo en un aeropuerto comercial importante.

La junta del condado le dio a la alcaldesa hasta principios de junio para informar cómo el condado podría pagar esto.

Si se aprueba, tomaría de 12 a 15 años ampliar cualquiera de los aeropuertos, o al menos dos décadas construir un aeropuerto completamente nuevo.

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A 63-page report from the county mayor obtained by Local 10 News says Miami International Airport is reaching airfield capacity, currently at 80% full.

That’s when the Federal Aviation Administration recommends adding more space, or there could be more travel delays.

“Capacity challenges could impact growth, create travel delays, and affect our competitiveness,” said Miami-Dade Commission Chair Anthony Rodriguez. “We have to act now and plan ahead.”

Commissioners have narrowed it down to three options.

The first is building a new airport somewhere in the county, while the others are expanding either Miami Executive Airport in southwest Miami-Dade or the Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport into a full-on major commercial airport.

The county board gave the mayor until early June to report how the county could pay for this.

If it’s approved, it would take 12 to 15 years to expand either of the airports, or at least two decades to build a brand new airport.

Two of the applications filed Friday are sound trademarks covering her voice, one of her saying “Hey, it’s Taylor Swift,” and the other is “Hey, it’s Taylor.”

The third application is for a visual trademark, described in the filing as “a photograph of Taylor Swift holding a pink guitar, with a black strap and wearing a multicolored iridescent bodysuit with silver boots. She is standing on a pink stage in front of a multicolored microphone with purple lights in the background.”

The filings were made on behalf on Swift’s TAS Rights Management. All three have been approved and are currently awaiting assignment to an examining attorney.

The Associated Press has reached out to a representative for Swift as well as Rebecca Liebowitz, partner at law firm Venable, who is listed as the attorney on the filings. Requests for comment were not immediately returned.

News of Swift's new trademark filings made the rounds on Monday after first being noticed by intellectual property attorney Josh Gerben. In a blog post shared Monday, Gerben theorized that the trademarks are “specifically designed to protect Taylor from threats posed by artificial intelligence,” in response to growing concerns that AI could challenge celebrities' abilities to control their voices and likenesses without their consent.

In his post, Gerben explained that “Right of Publicity” laws — which protect celebrities from having their images or likenesses used to sell products without their permission — offer some protection against unauthorized use of a celebrity's likeness, but trademark filings like Swift's can offer additional protection.

Swift has been a target of AI misuse in the past. Pornographic deepfake images of her have circulated online, making the singer the most famous victim of a scourge that tech platforms and antiabuse groups have struggled to fix. In another instance, the superstar was shown in a fake endorsement of President Donald Trump during his 2024 campaign, which the then-candidate reposted and shared as genuine.

“The Life of a Showgirl” singer is not the only celebrity to pursue these kinds of trademarks. In January, attorneys for actor Matthew McConaughey secured eight trademarks from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office including a sound trademark of his catchphrase “Alright, alright, alright.”

Attorneys for the entertainment law firm Yorn Levine, which represented McConaughey, told Variety the trademarks were filed in an attempt to protect his voice and likeness from unauthorized use by AI, and to protect him in developing new opportunities using AI.

Last year, McConaughey made a deal with voice-cloning company ElevenLabs that will allow its artificial intelligence technology to replicate his voice.

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They say it’s not the first time he’s been caught trafficking the drug.

Investigators said U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers made the discovery at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport after Kristopher Marco, 53, of New Castle, Delaware, arrived on Spirit Airlines Flight 946 from Cartagena on Monday.

A federal criminal complaint states that CBP officers manning the inspection area and looking through Marco’s luggage first found tablets in a “Centrum vitamin bottle” that he claimed were HIV pills.

According to the complaint, “multiple Treasury Enforcement Communication System records” on Marco, plus his “nervous behavior,” led them to conduct a pat-down.

Officers “reported a large anomaly felt in (his) groin area,” it states. When asked what he had, authorities said Marco responded matter-of-factly: “Cocaine.”

They said it was was 1.75 kilograms, in fact. According to the complaint, the drugs were in a “large cylindrical-shaped package wrapped in pink cellophane.”

According to the complaint, Marco wouldn’t tell Homeland Security Investigations agents where the cocaine came from or where it was supposed to go.

They said a records check revealed that Marco ― under his former name, Christopher Allen Gransby ― had been arrested by authorities in Nicaragua on Sept. 10, 2024, for trying to enter the country from Costa Rica with 7.69 kilograms of cocaine.

Nicaraguan National Police said he was carrying the bricks of coke in a backpack. About five months after his arrest in Central America, the Virginia-born Gransby changed his name in Delaware to Kristopher Michael Cain Marco.

Records show Marco was set to appear in Fort Lauderdale federal court for a hearing on Tuesday morning as he faces a charge of possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine. They show that prosecutors are seeking pre-trial detention.

In the meantime, Marco was being held in the Broward Sheriff’s Office Main Jail facility on behalf of the U.S. Marshals Service.

Dave Dombrowski, the Phillies’ president of baseball operations, wanted to know if Rob Thomson was fired, would Cora be interested in taking over a team with a $284.7 million payroll and World Series expectations that had slogged through April as one of the worst teams in baseball.

Cora ultimately declined, citing family reasons, and a potential reunion with Dombrowski eight seasons after they won the World Series together in Boston was on hold.

Rebuffed by Cora, the Phillies looked down the bench to Don Mattingly.

Only four months after he was hired as Philadelphia's bench coach, Mattingly was named interim manager to replace Thomson, who was fired Tuesday after the Phillies lost 11 of 12 games and began the day tied for last place in the majors.

“Alex wasn’t going to take the job at that point; should we still make the change? We came to the final conclusion that we were going to make the change, and that it was the best for the club,” Dombrowski said.

Thomson led the Phillies to four straight playoff appearances, including the 2022 World Series, and consecutive NL East titles, but couldn't lead high-priced talent that included Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber and Trea Turner back to the top of the standings through the first month of the season.

“I still think, and I hope because I love these guys, that this team is going to turn this thing around,” Thomson said hours after he was fired. “They're going to get hot. There's a bunch of different reasons why, but one is the fact there's a lot of talent in there.”

Dombrowski, who has led baseball operations for Montreal, Miami, Detroit and Boston, winning World Series titles with the Marlins in 1997 and Red Sox in 2018, made it clear Tuesday that Cora was his first choice to succeed Thomson.

“We never got down to the nuts and bolts of things,” Dombrowski said. “He called me Saturday night as a friend. I guess he calls me one of his mentors and we talked because he never had been through that before. We talked Sunday morning.

“I came to conclusion that if he took it, I would make a change. I thought he would take it. Until Monday morning it was apparent from his perspective he wanted to take time with his family. He wanted to be a father first and foremost and so that’s what he had decided.”

Mattingly will now work for his son

Mattingly, the former New York Yankees great, was named interim manager through the end of the season and third base coach Dusty Wathan was promoted to bench coach. Mattingly will now work for one of his sons — Preston Mattingly is the Phillies general manager — in what is believed to be the first father-son GM/manager combination in baseball history.

Mattingly said there was no awkwardness about essentially working for his son because they both had the same vision for the franchise.

“We both want to win games,” Mattingly said. “We’re like every player. We’re here to win.”

Thomson is the second manager fired in baseball this season after the Red Sox fired Cora and five coaches on Saturday.

Dombrowski gave Thomson a vote of confidence last week during their losing streak. Dombrowski stood behind Thomson’s work and said he’d been a good manager since replacing Joe Girardi in 2022.

Thomson went 355-270 and orchestrated a baseball resurgence in Philadelphia. The 62-year-old, a baseball lifer finally promoted to his first managerial stint in 2022, signed a contract extension in the offseason running through the 2027 season and was again expected to lead the Phillies into World Series contention.

Thomson made the rare move for a fired manager to address the media one final time and said he was so grateful for his time with the Phillies, he would like to stay connected to the organization in the future.

“I don't want to go anywhere else,” Thomson said. “Maybe right now isn't the right time. But yeah, I'm all in on that.”

The Phillies instead have been one of the biggest flops in baseball and lost 10 straight games before ace Zack Wheeler led them to a win against Atlanta on Saturday. The Phillies lost to Atlanta on Sunday and fell to 9-19 overall, tied with the division rival New York Mets.

Thomson led Philadelphia to the 2022 World Series after taking over for Girardi, losing to the Houston Astros in six games. Since then, the club has regressed in the postseason. It lost in the NL Championship Series in 2023 in seven games, and the NL Division Series in 2024 and ’25 in four games.

Nicknamed Topper, Thomson has been with the club since the 2018 season, when he was hired as bench coach under former manager Gabe Kapler.

He was with the New York Yankees from 1990-2017, including 10 seasons on the major league coaching staff as bench coach (2008, 2015-17) and third base coach (2009-14). He earned his nickname in the Yankees organization for always being on top of details.

Thomson became only the fourth manager in big league history to reach the postseason in each of the first four full seasons to begin a managing career, joining Dave Roberts, Aaron Boone and Mike Matheny. He became only the third manager in Phillies history to win consecutive division titles, joining Charlie Manuel and Danny Ozark.

“I've played for a lot of guys over my 15-year career, and Topper is definitely one of the guys at the top,” Harper said.

Phillies season goes off the rails

The Phillies have been awful in what was supposed to be a celebratory season with the franchise set to host the All-Star Game and surrounding festivities. Instead, they have collapsed in every aspect of the game, with regulars Alec Bohm and Schwarber both hitting under .200, while starters Jesús Luzardo, Aaron Nola and Andrew Painter all have 5.00-plus ERAs.

The Phillies recently released high-priced bust Taijuan Walker in the final year of a four-year, $72 million contract and outfielder Nick Castellanos was released in February as he entered the final year of a five-year, $100 million deal.

The Phillies haven’t won the World Series since 2008 and had last made the playoffs in 2011 until Thomson led them to the surprise run to the 2022 World Series dubbed Red October that rejuvenated the fanbase and made 90-plus win seasons the norm.

The Phillies now will turn to Mattingly, who kept the coaching staff intact, to resuscitate their season and try to at least keep them in the hunt for an NL wild-card spot.

Mattingly is ready to lead Phillies into contention

Mattingly, spending his 23rd straight season as a major league manager or coach, had his mind set on retirement after he left his role as Toronto’s bench coach under manager John Schneider following the World Series.

He reversed course after a talk with his family and latched on with the Phillies, enticed by the chance to work with his son and Thomson, his friend from their Yankees days.

Mattingly managed the Dodgers from 2011-15 and the Marlins from 2016-22. He was the 2020 NL Manager of the Year after he led the Marlins to their first playoff appearance since 2003.

He said when the Phillies hired him in the winter that he no longer had interest in managing again. Mattingly said ahead of Tuesday's game against the Giants those comments were largely out of deference to Thomson's presence and that he indeed had the spark and desire to help bring the Phillies back into the playoff race.

“I’ve always felt good. I’ve been pretty healthy,” Mattingly said. “I feel like I have energy. But I did want to say that from the standpoint that Thom’s here. I didn’t want anyone feeling like I was here to do something like this. So, I really wanted to leave it like that.”

Mattingly played 14 seasons as a first baseman in the major leagues, all for the Yankees, from 1982-95. He was a six-time AL All-Star and the 1985 AL Most Valuable Player. Mattingly captained the Yankees in his final five seasons.

Much like Thomson did in 2022, Mattingly believes he can return the Phillies to greatness as an interim manager.

“We’re talented enough,” he said. “We know that. We believe that."

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According to an arrest report from the Miami Police Department, the theft was reported Feb. 27 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, located at 3300 SW 27^th Ave.

Police said the victim had checked into the five-star hotel on the night of Feb. 25. Later that evening, she removed all of her jewelry and placed it in a travel jewelry box, which she hid in a cosmetic bag in the bathroom of her room, authorities said.

According to the report, the victim left the hotel the next morning to go snorkeling and left her jewelry in the cosmetic bag.

Police said the victim returned to her room later that day and saw that housekeeping had cleaned her room and her belongings in the bathroom had been moved.

As she was getting ready to go to dinner, she then discovered that her wedding ring was missing, authorities said.

According to the report, the victim filed a police report the next day after being unable to find her ring.

Police said the housekeeper assigned to the room, Odessa Natasha Wray, 46, was questioned by the hotel manager that same day and he asked her whether she had seen any jewelry in the room.

“Not in the bathroom,” Wray responded, according to the report.

The manager told police he had not mentioned the bathroom when asking Wray whether she had seen any jewelry.

According to the report, during the investigation, detectives discovered that Wray had pawned a women’s ring at P&S Jewelry, located at 7900 NW 27^th Ave., on March 7 for $280. The 18kt white and yellow gold diamond ring is worth about $8,000, police said.

According to the report, detectives contacted the pawn shop to place a hold on the ring.

Police said they located Wray Monday and arrested her on charges of grand theft, dealing in stolen property and providing false verification to a pawnbroker.

According to the report, Wray confessed to stealing the ring and pawning it.

As of Tuesday morning, she was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Según un informe de arresto del Departamento de Policía de Miami, el robo fue reportado el 27 de febrero en el hotel Ritz Carlton, ubicado en 3300 SW 27th Ave.

La policía indicó que la víctima se registró en el hotel de cinco estrellas la noche del 25 de febrero. Más tarde esa noche, se quitó todas sus joyas y las colocó en un estuche de viaje, el cual escondió dentro de un bolso de cosméticos en el baño de su habitación, según las autoridades.

De acuerdo con el informe, la víctima salió del hotel a la mañana siguiente para ir a hacer snorkel y dejó sus joyas en el bolso de cosméticos.

La policía dijo que la víctima regresó a su habitación más tarde ese día y vio que el personal de limpieza había arreglado su habitación y que sus pertenencias en el baño habían sido movidas.

Mientras se preparaba para salir a cenar, descubrió que su anillo de bodas había desaparecido, indicaron las autoridades.

Según el informe, la víctima presentó una denuncia policial al día siguiente tras no poder encontrar su anillo.

La policía indicó que la empleada de limpieza asignada a la habitación, Odessa Natasha Wray, de 46 años, fue interrogada ese mismo día por el gerente del hotel, quien le preguntó si había visto alguna joya en la habitación.

“No en el baño”, respondió Wray, según el informe.

El gerente dijo a la policía que no había mencionado el baño cuando le preguntó a Wray si había visto alguna joya.

De acuerdo con el informe, durante la investigación, los detectives descubrieron que Wray había empeñado un anillo de mujer en P&S Jewelry, ubicado en 7900 NW 27th Ave., el 7 de marzo por $280 USD. El anillo de diamantes de oro blanco y amarillo de 18 quilates está valorado en aproximadamente $8,000 USD, indicó la policía.

Según el informe, los detectives contactaron a la casa de empeño para retener el anillo.

La policía dijo que localizó a Wray el lunes y la arrestó por cargos de hurto mayor, tráfico de propiedad robada y proporcionar información falsa a un prestamista de empeños.

De acuerdo con el informe, Wray confesó haber robado el anillo y haberlo empeñado.

Hasta la mañana del martes, permanecía detenida en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

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Megan Weller lives right next to the mailboxes at her Deerfield Beach building, located at 3910 Crystal Lake Drive.

She said she was shocked to see a woman on her doorbell camera at 6 a.m.

“It sounded like the mail person was here,” said Weller. “I was in my living room. It was very strange because it was 6 a.m. and I didn’t think anything of it, but then I came out like 15 minutes later and this was open. It makes me angry because people, they could have checks in there. They have credit cards in there. It’s not right that people take things that are others.”

The woman seen in the video managed to break into one set of mailboxes and left with a handful of letters.

“I was a little surprised,” said Weller. “She was so brazen to come into our property and do something like that, so it’s a little nerve-racking.”

The video shows the woman getting into her car and driving away.

An earlier clip shows her looking around the area before she spotted the mailboxes and used some sort of tool to break in.

“I feel a little violated,” said Weller. “It wasn’t my mail that was taken, but I get Amazon packages all the time. I’m sure if there were packages here, she would’ve taken those as well and, you know, this is a nice, quiet building. I don’t know. Don’t expect things like that to happen.”

Residents did file reports with the Broward Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

Anyone who thinks they recognize the woman in the video is urged to contact BSO or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.

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Police and rescue crews responded to a shooting call and found 37-year-old Adrian Venereo had been shot while working in the 6300 block of Southwest Eighth Street in Miami.

First responders found him bleeding on the ground after being shot in the head.

According to Miami police, Luis Lemus and another person were locked out of their apartment and Venereo was working on the front door lock when he was shot.

The husband and father is being remembered as loving and kind.

Witnesses told investigators the suspect ran off after the shooting.

Detectives arrested Lemus, 32, who police say was found with a gun and told them he had hurt someone.

He remains in jail awaiting trial on a second-degree murder charge, but a motive for the shooting has not been revealed.

No details about possible crimes were disclosed, though armed agents were seen at childcare centers in the Minneapolis area. KSTP-TV said one crew even had a battering ram.

The searches occurred months after right-wing influencer Nick Shirley posted a video that said members of Minnesota’s Somali community were running fake childcare centers to collect federal subsidies. It caught the attention of the Trump administration and conservative activists, though inspectors said the centers were operating as expected.

Minnesota has been dogged by fraud: At least 65 people, many of them Somali Americans, have been convicted of ripping off a federal program that was meant to provide food to children. The investigation began during the Biden administration.

Separately, a federal prosecutor in December said as much as $9 billion in federal funds that supported 14 Minnesota-run programs since 2018 may have been stolen.

Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, who has been on the defensive about not doing enough to root out fraud, welcomed the raids Tuesday. Minnesota’s child welfare agency said it shared key information with law enforcement to “hold bad actors accountable.”

“We catch criminals when state and federal agencies share information. Joint investigations work, and securing justice depends on it,” Walz said.

The searches were being conducted at daycares, businesses and some residences, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the investigation.

Various state and federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, participated in searches. At least two of the sites were in Shirley's video. Officers from Minnesota's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension were removing boxes at some locations.

“The American people deserve to know how their taxpayer money was abused. ... No stone will be left unturned,” said DHS, which also noted the cooperation of local and state authorities.

On social media, FBI Director Kash Patel mocked Walz for taking credit "while we smoke out the fraud plaguing Minnesota under your governorship.”

Jason Steck, an attorney who represents childcare centers, said some of the targeted businesses were operated by Somali immigrants. They were not his clients.

“A few childcare centers, a few autism centers, a few healthcare agencies of some type," Steck said, adding that it appeared to be a "particular sweep for fraud.”

The executive director of Child Care Aware of Minnesota, a nonprofit that serves childhood educators, said the publicity is unflattering.

“The majority are in business to do good business. You’re going to come across individuals who try to capitalize on systems that are broken and need to be fixed," Candace Yates said.

Walz ended his bid for a third term as governor in early January amid President Donald Trump’s relentless focus on fraud allegations and the state’s Somali community. Trump has used dehumanizing rhetoric, calling Somali immigrants “garbage” and “low IQ.”

Tensions between Walz and the federal government subsequently rocketed during an extraordinary immigration crackdown that led to the deaths of two people before Operation Metro Surge was eased in February.

In February, Vice President JD Vance said the government would temporarily halt $243 million in Medicaid funding to Minnesota over fraud concerns. Minnesota sued in response, warning it may have to cut healthcare for low-income families, but a judge on April 6 declined to grant a restraining order.

Walz told Congress in March that he wanted to work with the federal government in fraud investigations, but that the immigration surge had made it more difficult.

“The people of Minnesota have been singled out and targeted for political retribution at an unparalleled scale,” he said at the time.

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Durkin Richer reported from Washington. AP reporters Steve Karnowski in Minneapolis and Corey Williams and Ed White in Detroit contributed to this story.

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A sandhill crane went on the attack when an alligator came too close to its family on the green.

The unafraid crane spread its wings real wide, and the scared gator wasn’t having it. It turned tail and the beautiful bird escorted the beast all the way to a nearby pond.

Una grulla atacó cuando un caimán se acercó demasiado a su familia en el campo.

La grulla, sin miedo, abrió sus alas muy ampliamente, y el caimán asustado no quiso enfrentarse. Dio media vuelta y el ave lo escoltó hasta un estanque cercano.

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“We’re actually the only ones in Florida, and as far as we know, we’re also the only ones in the whole country,” Michael Zuratti, CEO of Sedation Ink, said.

It’s a new medical twist on the industry that dates back over 5,000 years.

“(I) think it was a very cool idea, a very cool idea … as we know in Miami, we’re very big on plastic surgery,” Dr. Bryan Merkel, an anesthesiologist for Sedation Ink, said.

Since February 2024, the specialized Miami-based tattoo studio has been offering up large-scale tattooing while clients are under general anesthesia.

“I think we’re at the forefront of (a) shift in the industry,” Zuratti said. “So, you know, we do believe that eventually this will be more prevalent nationwide. Having said that, we are at the forefront and we’re excited to kind of set a good example in terms of, you know, making sure that the safety is of utmost importance.”

Zuratti exclusively gave Local 10 News a look at the process from the beginning, starting with the final consultation for their latest client – a business owner from Boston who asked that we blur his face and only use his initials, E.C.

“Doing this cover-up, it would take a long time,” he said.

The 37-year-old opted for the fast track, covering up tattoos he got inked when he was 15 years old.

“You change as you grow and then you start realizing that some tattoos, like, hey, they don’t fit you anymore,” E.C. said.

E.C. says the company’s online marketing piqued his interest, including Sedation’s tag line, “say goodbye to the pain.”

The procedure helps to expedite tattooing sessions for clients. Traditionally, large-scale tattoos can take upward of two years to complete with multiple hours of long sessions.

“We’re able to do large-scale projects in five, six hours,” Zuratti said.

“We’re seeing it in like LA and New York and Miami, and the typical places that you would expect to sort of find cutting edge ideas and thoughts on medicine and aesthetics and things like that,” Dr. Cameron Howard, chief of anesthesiology at Memorial Hospital West, said. “We have to take it seriously and we can’t be frivolous with it. So that being said, for patients receiving anesthesia for a tattoo, they should have all of the same precautions and the same emergency capabilities available to them.”

Back in 2025, the American Society of Anesthesiologists released a statement regarding anesthesia for tattoos, stating that going under for a tattoo can be dangerous, but “is no different from receiving it for an elective procedure.”

“It is a very serious undertaking, right? And it shouldn’t be treated like a spa day,” Howard said.

“This is an elective procedure, right? So the patient is unconscious and, you know, with a breathing tube so, it’s a medical procedure first,” Zuratti said.

What separates Sedation Ink from others is how the company is registered as both a tattoo shop and medical center, Zuratti said.

“Pitching this to the Florida Medical Board, contacting the tattoo establishment licensed people, so we’re certified with both departments, and, you know, it took a lot of groundwork to build this,” Zuratti said. “So, since day one, safety, safety, safety -- that’s what we push every day.”

“We pretty much give the patient medication through an IV, they go to sleep, once they’re completely asleep, they get a breathing tube,” Merkel said.

So far, the company has performed more than 50 procedures at South Florida Surgical Center after clients receive clearance from their primary physician, with a nurse and anesthesiologist monitoring.

“It’s no different than getting a general anesthesia for a plastic surgery procedure, for any type of other procedure, getting a colonoscopy,” Merkel said.

“The industry has been asking for this for a long time, but obviously it’s not for everyone,” tattoo artist Francisco Gomez said.

For seven years, Gomez has been tattooing clients and he’s been contracted with Sedation Ink for two years.

“My first reaction was like, ‘Before I say yes to anything, how is it working?’” Gomez said.

He, along with a handful of other artists, helped to design tattoos and cover up E.C.’s chest.

“The second the client gets put under, there’s a clock ticking, and the doctor doesn’t leave the room for the entire seven hours,” Gomez said.

Zuratti said he wants Sedation Ink to be “known as a lead provider that focuses on safety first, and then the tattooing secondary.”

Medical professionals and Sedation Ink both underscore that this is a medical procedure first.

Howard said serious reactions can range from airway issues to pulmonary or cardiac complications.

The best practice is to check with your doctor first and verify the company performing the procedure.

The price tag for Sedation Ink ranges from $32,000-$52,000.

“En realidad somos los únicos en Florida, y hasta donde sabemos, también somos los únicos en todo el país”, dijo Michael Zuratti, CEO de Sedation Ink.

Es un nuevo giro médico en una industria que se remonta a más de 5,000 años.

“Creo que fue una idea muy interesante, una idea muy interesante, como sabemos en Miami, somos muy grandes en cirugía plástica”, dijo el Dr. Bryan Merkel, anestesiólogo de Sedation Ink.

Desde febrero de 2024, el estudio de tatuajes especializado con sede en Miami ha estado ofreciendo tatuajes de gran escala mientras los clientes están bajo anestesia general.

“Creo que estamos a la vanguardia de un cambio en la industria”, dijo Zuratti. “Así que creemos que eventualmente esto será más común a nivel nacional. Dicho esto, estamos a la vanguardia y estamos emocionados de establecer un buen ejemplo en términos de asegurar que la seguridad sea de máxima importancia”.

Zuratti dio exclusivamente a Local 10 News un vistazo al proceso desde el inicio, comenzando con la consulta final para su cliente más reciente, un empresario de Boston que pidió que se difuminara su rostro y solo se usaran sus iniciales, E.C.

“Hacer esta cobertura tomaría mucho tiempo”, dijo.

El hombre de 37 años optó por la vía rápida, cubriendo tatuajes que se hizo cuando tenía 15 años.

“Cambias a medida que creces y luego empiezas a darte cuenta de que algunos tatuajes no encajan contigo”, dijo E.C.

E.C. dice que la publicidad en línea de la empresa llamó su atención, incluyendo el lema de Sedation, “di adiós al dolor”.

El procedimiento ayuda a acelerar las sesiones de tatuaje para los clientes. Tradicionalmente, los tatuajes de gran escala pueden tomar hasta más de dos años en completarse con múltiples sesiones de varias horas.

“Podemos hacer proyectos de gran escala en cinco, seis horas”, dijo Zuratti.

“Lo estamos viendo en lugares como Los Ángeles, Nueva York y Miami, y los lugares típicos donde esperarías encontrar ideas innovadoras en medicina y estética y cosas así”, dijo el Dr. Cameron Howard, jefe de anestesiología en Memorial Hospital West. “Tenemos que tomarlo en serio y no podemos ser frívolos con esto. Dicho eso, para los pacientes que reciben anestesia para un tatuaje, deben tener todas las mismas precauciones y las mismas capacidades de emergencia disponibles”.

En 2025, la Sociedad Estadounidense de Anestesiólogos publicó una declaración sobre la anestesia para tatuajes, señalando que someterse a anestesia para un tatuaje puede ser peligroso, pero “no es diferente de recibirla para un procedimiento electivo”.

“Es algo muy serio, ¿verdad? Y no debería tratarse como un día de spa”, dijo Howard.

“Este es un procedimiento electivo, ¿verdad? Así que el paciente está inconsciente y con un tubo de respiración, por lo que es un procedimiento médico primero”, dijo Zuratti.

Lo que diferencia a Sedation Ink de otros es cómo la empresa está registrada tanto como estudio de tatuajes como centro médico, dijo Zuratti.

“Presentar esto ante la Junta Médica de Florida, contactar a las autoridades de licencias de establecimientos de tatuajes, estamos certificados con ambos departamentos, y tomó mucho trabajo construir esto”, dijo Zuratti. “Desde el primer día, seguridad, seguridad, seguridad, eso es lo que impulsamos todos los días”.

“Básicamente le administramos al paciente medicamentos a través de una vía intravenosa, se duerme y, una vez que está completamente dormido, se le coloca un tubo de respiración”, dijo Merkel.

Hasta ahora, la empresa ha realizado más de 50 procedimientos en el South Florida Surgical Center después de que los clientes reciben autorización de su médico primario, con una enfermera y un anestesiólogo monitoreando.

“No es diferente a recibir anestesia general para una cirugía plástica o cualquier otro tipo de procedimiento, como una colonoscopia”, dijo Merkel.

“La industria ha estado pidiendo esto durante mucho tiempo, pero obviamente no es para todos”, dijo el tatuador Francisco Gomez.

Durante siete años, Gomez ha tatuado a clientes y ha trabajado con Sedation Ink durante dos años.

“Mi primera reacción fue, ‘Antes de decir que sí a algo, ¿cómo funciona?’”, dijo Gomez.

Él, junto con un grupo de otros artistas, ayudó a diseñar tatuajes y cubrir el pecho de E.C.

“En el momento en que el cliente es puesto bajo anestesia, hay un reloj corriendo, y el médico no sale de la sala durante las siete horas completas”, dijo Gomez.

Zuratti dijo que quiere que Sedation Ink sea “conocido como un proveedor líder que se enfoca primero en la seguridad y luego en el tatuaje”.

Profesionales médicos y Sedation Ink subrayan que este es un procedimiento médico primero.

Howard dijo que las reacciones graves pueden variar desde problemas en las vías respiratorias hasta complicaciones pulmonares o cardíacas.

La mejor práctica es consultar primero con su médico y verificar la empresa que realiza el procedimiento.

El costo de Sedation Ink oscila entre $32,000 USD y $52,000 USD.

The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index inched up to 92.8 in April from 92.2 in March.

Though the gauge measuring American consumers' confidence has ticked up the past two months, the reading remains mired near its lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Respondents’ comments about prices, oil, gas and the war increased in April as the national average for a gallon of gas in the U.S. rose to $4.18 this week, up more than a dollar since before the war began. The last time U.S. drivers were collectively paying this much at the pump was nearly four years ago, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The largest monthly jump in gas prices in six decades caused a sharp spike in inflation last month, creating major challenges for the inflation-fighters at the Federal Reserve.

Consumer prices rose 3.3% in March from a year earlier, the Labor Department reported earlier this month, up sharply from just 2.4% in February and the biggest yearly increase since May 2024. On a monthly basis, prices rose 0.9% in March from February, the largest such increase in nearly four years.

It’s the first read on inflation to capture the effects of the Iran war. The surge in gas prices will stretch the budgets of lower- and middle-income households as it erodes their incomes, making it harder to afford other necessities such as food and rent.

“Consumers are singing the blues,” said Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union. “They aren’t happy with high prices for gas, housing, electricity and many other items. It’s clear consumers aren’t going to feel much better until there’s an end to the Middle East conflict.”

Government data from earlier this month showed that the inflation gauge closely monitored by the Federal Reserve moved 2.8% higher in February from a year ago, a sign that prices were persistently elevated even before the Iran war caused spikes in oil and gas costs.

Those higher prices and the prospect of even higher inflation due to the Iran war makes it unlikely that the Federal Reserve will cut its benchmark interest rate when it wraps up its two-day meeting on Wednesday.

The Fed cut its benchmark interest rate three times to close 2025 in an attempt to support a flagging labor market. However, because lower rates can exacerbate inflation, which remains above the Fed’s 2% target, the Fed has left its overnight lending rate alone at its past two meetings.

In the Conference Board's report Tuesday, a measure of Americans’ short-term expectations for their income, business conditions and the job market rose 1.2 points to 72.2, but remained well below 80, a marker that can signal a recession ahead. It’s the 15th consecutive month that reading has come in under 80.

The index for consumers’ assessments of their current economic situation fell by 0.3 points to 123.8.

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Judge Jesse M. Furman rejected an argument by the Justice Department that Comey’s complaint about her dismissal last year should be moved out of court and handled instead by an administrative panel.

Furman in Manhattan noted in a written ruling that the sole reason provided for Maurene Comey's firing last year was Article II of the U.S. Constitution, which vests “executive power” in the president.

He said that reason takes her case outside the process that channels many, if not most, categories of disputes between federal employers and employees to avenues of administrative and judicial review outside of district courts.

Maurene Comey’s lawyers said in a statement that they were “thrilled” with Furman’s ruling because their client’s “lawless, unconstitutional termination” belongs in a federal court where questions about the constitutional separation of powers are commonly litigated.

“No president can ignore the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and federal law to fire a career federal employee based solely on her last name,” attorneys Ellen Blain and Nicole Gueron said.

The Justice Department didn’t immediately comment.

Furman’s ruling came the same day that Maurene Comey's father was indicted again, this time in an investigation over a social media photo of seashells arranged on a beach that officials said constituted a threat against Trump. His lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The new prosecution against James Comey came months after a separate and unrelated indictment was dismissed. Trump fired him in 2017.

Maurene Comey sued after her summer firing — soon after she led the prosecution of Sean “Diddy” Combs and won a conviction on prostitution-related charges — contending that she was improperly removed solely or substantially because of who her father is or because of her perceived political affiliation or beliefs, Furman said.

Furman wrote that Comey “was, by all accounts, an exemplary Assistant United States Attorney” who in nearly a decade as a prosecutor “was assigned some of the country’s highest profile cases, and she consistently received the highest accolades from supervisors and peers alike.”

During oral arguments in December, Furman refused to let Comey immediately gather evidence to learn who ordered her firing and how it transpired, saying the government had made serious arguments that her firing must first be considered by the federal Merit Systems Protection Board.

Furman set a May 28 hearing for an initial pretrial conference in the civil case.

Megan Weller vive justo al lado de los buzones en su edificio en Deerfield Beach ubicado en 3910 Crystal Lake Drive.

Dijo que se sorprendió al ver a una mujer en la cámara de su timbre a las 6 a.m.

“Sonaba como si el cartero estuviera aquí”, dijo Weller. “Estaba en mi sala. Fue muy extraño porque eran las 6 a.m. y no pensé nada, pero luego salí como 15 minutos después y esto estaba abierto. Me molesta porque la gente podría tener cheques ahí. Tienen tarjetas de crédito ahí. No está bien que la gente tome cosas que son de otros”.

La mujer que aparece en el video logró forzar uno de los conjuntos de buzones y se fue con un puñado de cartas.

“Me sorprendió un poco”, dijo Weller. “Fue tan descarada al entrar a nuestra propiedad y hacer algo así que es un poco inquietante”.

El video luego muestra a la mujer subiéndose a su auto y alejándose.

Un clip anterior la muestra mirando alrededor del área antes de ver los buzones y usar algún tipo de herramienta para forzarlos.

“Me siento un poco vulnerada”, dijo Weller. “No fue mi correo el que se llevaron, pero recibo paquetes de Amazon todo el tiempo. Estoy segura de que si hubiera paquetes aquí, también se los habría llevado, y sabes, este es un edificio tranquilo y agradable. No espero que cosas así sucedan”.

Los residentes presentaron reportes ante la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward y el Servicio de Inspección Postal de Estados Unidos.

Cualquier persona que crea reconocer a la mujer en el video debe comunicarse con BSO o con Broward Crime Stoppers al 954-493-TIPS.

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The crime, caught on surveillance camera, happened Sunday shortly after 4 p.m. in the area of Northeast 163rd Street and 12th Avenue in northeast Miami-Dade County.

In the footage, the teens are seen on their electric scooters when they are suddenly approached and pushed off by two men who appeared to be riding electric bicycles.

The father of one of those teens said his son was also threatened with violence during the crime.

Those scooters, he said, were valued at around $600 and $1,000.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.

Ocurrió alrededor de las 7:10 a.m. del domingo en el área de Northwest 135th Street y 27th Avenue.

Los agentes dijeron que Steven Hadley, quien habría cumplido 36 años el lunes, iba a exceso de velocidad y chocó contra varios vehículos.

Los investigadores indicaron que Hadley salió expulsado del vehículo en el accidente con fuego.

Mientras tanto, paramédicos trasladaron en helicóptero a dos mujeres que iban en el auto con él al Ryder Trauma Center del Jackson Memorial Hospital en condición crítica.

Vecinos dicen que el exceso de velocidad y los accidentes de tránsito son un problema frecuente en el área.

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It happened around 7:10 a.m. Sunday in the area of Northwest 135th Street and 27th Avenue.

Deputies said Steven Hadley, who would have turned 36 on Monday, was speeding and crashed into several vehicles.

Investigators said Hadley was thrown from the vehicle in the fiery wreck.

Meanwhile, medics airlifted two women in the car with him to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital in critical condition.

Neighbors say speeding and car crashes are a frequent problem in the area.

He was 10 and half when the first film was released in theaters in 1977, which he went to see with his dad. From the opening shot of that Imperial Star Destroyer filling the screen, he was forever changed. It made him fall in love with the movies: The wonder, the world, the spectacle and the shared experience.

By the time “Return of the Jedi” came out he’d even found a job that was a little closer to the action: Movie theater usher.

For a screenwriter, director, actor and producer who has a billion-dollar film to his name, in addition to all that comes with being part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he’s always been ready to raise his hand when it comes to Star Wars. He voiced a Mandalorian in “The Clone Wars,” played an alien in “Solo” and helped create “The Mandalorian” series and his immensely popular counterpart, Grogu (aka Baby Yoda). But believe it or not, he only ever got to direct one episode of the show (the first of the second season). So, yes, Favreau has paid his dues and now, at 59, he finally has a Star Wars movie of his own coming to theaters on May 22.

Inviting a new generation to Star Wars

“Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” is not simply Season 4 of the show on the big screen. Favreau should know, since he wrote both. And, perhaps more importantly, he knew there couldn’t be any presumption of Mandalorian knowledge. Writing a show, he said, you can assume that the audience will have seen the prior season. A movie is different; it has to be if it’s going to be a blockbuster.

“Even though in our hearts we are Star Wars fans, we make it for Star Wars fans, and we know that there’s a certain set of expectations around what Star Wars should be that we collectively hold, there is the responsibility to invite a whole new generation of people into Star Wars,” Favreau said. “That means that if a Star Wars fan brings somebody who’s not, they’ve got to have as good of a time as the fans do.”

It’s been nearly seven years since there was a new Star Wars movie released in theaters. That means there’s a whole group of a six-and-a-half-year-olds who’ve yet to have a first time experience of their own.

“I want to make the next generation feel the way about Star Wars that I did when I saw it for the first time,” Favreau said.

It can be intimidating going into a movie knowing that there were three seasons of television leading up to it. But the nice thing about Star Wars is, even people who don’t know it at least kind of know it. Remember, Favreau said, George Lucas plopped audiences in the middle of an adventure in 1977 without a lot of explanation.

“George has always understood that you have to fit into the mythic structure,” Favreau said. “There are certain story types that we connect with and understand and even if we might not know the particulars of the story he’s telling, we could drop right in and understand and know who to cheer for.”

For this film, Favreau is pretty sure that most people have heard of Baby Yoda and can pick up on the dynamic between the little green guy and his enigmatic bounty hunter counterpart, played once again by Pedro Pascal. If you are a newcomer, that’s pretty much all that you need to know. Also, the Mandalorian has a name: Din Djarin.

Din Djarin is a bit different

Season three left Din Djarin and Grogu at peace, at least for a moment. He's adopted Grogu as his son and apprentice, and they plan to live in a small cabin and take some jobs here and there to help protect the Outer Rim.

“He made it clear that he was only going to work for the good guys now,” Favreau said. “We switched the Western archetype from the bounty hunter to the guy who’s hunting down the bad guys in the wanted posters on the post office wall for the sheriff.”

When we meet him again in the film, “he’s a bit different from when we first met him, but he’s still, at his heart, a gunfighter and a warrior,” Favreau said. They're hunting down ex-Imperial warlords who seem to be organizing. (Remember, these events happen after “Return of the Jedi” and before “The Force Awakens.” )

And he’s not exactly thrilled about his new assignment which will put him back in the orbit of the Hutt family. Yes, Jabba the Hutt had a son, his name is Rotta, he is played by internet boyfriend Jeremy Allen White — and he's a gladiator.

“That’s one of those fun things for people who may have been following along since the first ‘Clone Wars’ film,” Favreau said. “If you don’t know who he is, you’re going to figure it out pretty quick. And he’s a lot different than people remember, and I think we have a bit of fun with that.”

Also, for superfans, Favreau is pretty sure they don’t ever refer to him by his nickname, “Stinky.”

White isn’t the only Star Wars newcomer. Sigourney Weaver plays a New Republic leader; Martin Scorsese is an alien shopkeeper.

Upping the spectacle for IMAX

“The Mandalorian” always felt more cinematic than your average television show thanks to its innovative virtual sets known as the Volume, but the big screen demands something spectacular. And it turns out, more time, space and money help out quite a bit in making something worthy of the theater.

“With the bigger screen and the larger production value, we were able to dip into another one of George Lucas’ influences, which is the Flash Gordon-style space opera where you get big monsters and creatures and worlds,” he said. “We get to do a lot more than we had the ability to do when we had to turn the show around in a year and fit it onto a television screen. Now we’re in IMAX, we had several years to do it. We got to build sets, we got to build miniatures, we got to have stop motion set pieces … it opened up a lot of opportunities to do things that we never got to do before.”

Favreau said they had a whole backlot to work with and a set of stages to build on. They could play with water and snow and environments that just weren’t possible with the show.

The future of Star Wars

The Star Wars galaxy is in a time of transition as everyone figures out what the next era of films might look like under its new leadership team of Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan. Earlier this year it was announced that Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, who produced “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu,” was stepping down after 13 years.

“She’s definitely a Mount Rushmore producer,” Favreau said. “I also think she did a wonderful job preparing the next generation.”

He’s still working closely with Kennedy, and Filoni, to bring the Mandalorian movie to theaters. He's not too worried about the box office side of things.

“All of it comes down to seeing it with an audience,” Favreau said. “That’s the part I’m looking forward to.”

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A wildfire is burning along Highway 41 near Miccosukee. Winds will carry smoke into the Everglades today and Wednesday. If the fire is still burning by Thursday morning, it could become a bigger concern as shifting winds may push smoke into more populated areas of Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

La policía y equipos de rescate respondieron a una llamada por una balacera y encontraron que Adrian Venereo, de 37 años, había sido baleado mientras trabajaba en la cuadra 6300 de Southwest 8th Street en Miami.

Los socorristas lo encontraron sangrando en el suelo tras recibir un disparo en la cabeza.

Según la policía, Luis Lemus y otra persona estaban fuera de su apartamento sin poder entrar y Venereo trabajaba en la cerradura de la puerta principal cuando fue baleado.

El esposo y padre es recordado como amoroso y amable.

Testigos dijeron a los investigadores que el sospechoso huyó tras la balacera.

Los detectives arrestaron a Lemus, de 32 años, quien según la policía fue encontrado con un arma y les dijo que había herido a alguien.

Permanece en la cárcel a la espera de juicio por un cargo de asesinato en segundo grado, pero no se ha revelado un motivo para la balacera.

McDonald’s said Tuesday it will launch six crafted beverages in U.S. restaurants on May 6. It’s joining other chains, like KFC, Wendy’s and Taco Bell, that have elevated their drinks in order to lure customers away from rivals like Starbucks and Dutch Bros.

McDonald’s will offer three refreshers, including a mango pineapple flavor with strawberry boba and a blackberry passion fruit flavor with freeze-dried dragon fruit. It will also offer three crafted sodas, including a dirty Dr Pepper with vanilla flavoring and a topping of cold foam.

McDonald's said visual appeal — think bright colors and foams — and drinks as a form of self-expression are increasingly important to customers.

“Our fans have an obsession with beverages – to them, drinks are more than just drinks. And soon, our beverages won’t just be a reason you come to McDonald’s, they’ll be THE reason,” Alyssa Buetikofer, the chief marketing officer for McDonald's USA, said in a statement.

The drinks are also more profitable for fast food chains than the standard soda fountain drinks or plain coffees. A small Pineapple Citrus Sparkling Energy drink cost $3.29 on Tuesday at a Michigan Wendy's, while a small drink from the restaurant's Coca-Cola Freestyle machine cost $1 less.

McDonald's said it's also adding a “beverage specialist” role at its 14,000 U.S. restaurants. Those employees will have dedicated spaces behind the counter where they can focus on drinks. Initially, high-performing employees will be selected for those roles, but eventually all employees will be encouraged to rotate through the beverage positions.

McDonald’s has been working on a beverage upgrade for years. In late 2023, the company announced it would open small stores called CosMc’s which would sell customizable drinks and treats to appeal to afternoon snackers. McDonald’s said its sales often slump in the afternoon between mealtimes, and it wants to change that.

“This is a $100 billion category that’s growing faster than the rest of (casual dining) and with superior margins. And it’s a space that we believe we have the right to win,” McDonald’s Chairman and CEO Chris Kempczinski said at the time.

McDonald’s got creative with the CosMc’s menu, which included a turmeric spiced latte and a prickly pear slushie with popping candy on top. But it wound up closing its eight CosMc’s locations last spring. Kempczinski said many of the drinks were too complex for regular McDonald’s store operations, but he said the company would test some drinks at U.S. stores in the future.

Other chains are also jumping on the beverage bandwagon. KFC’s Kwench drink menu did so well in tests in Manchester, England, last year that it’s rolling out to 3,000 stores this year in the U.K., Australia and Canada. The menu includes shakes, like a Strawberry Shortcake Krunch, as well as boba refreshers and iced coffees.

Taco Bell, which is also owned by KFC parent Yum Brands, has a separate beverage brand called Live Mas Café. At kiosks within U.S. Taco Bell stores, employees dubbed Bellristas blend drinks like Churro Chillers milkshakes, iced coffees and fizzy energy drinks. Taco Bell opened its first Live Mas Café at the end of 2024 and added 30 more locations last year.

In a November conference call with investors, Yum Brands CEO Chris Turner said that if sales perform well at those 30 locations, the Live Mas Café concept will likely be part of Taco Bell’s long-term growth plan.

“Through Live Mas Café, (we) add a new consumer use case, which is the destination beverage visit,” he said.

Wendy’s added customizable cold foam iced coffees and two sparkling energy drinks to its U.S. menu last fall. Burger King has also upgraded its beverage options, starting with a Frozen Cotton Candy drink with an optional foam topping that debuted in 2024 and returned last summer.

The visit comes at a challenging moment for U.S.-UK relations. U.S. President Donald Trump’s up-and-down relationship with Prime Minister Keir Starmer has taken a particularly sour turn over the past several months as the president has sought to rally international support for the war in Iran.

The king, accompanied by Queen Camilla, will begin his day with a meeting at the White House with President Donald Trump around 10:35 a.m. ET. The King is then scheduled to address the U.S. Congress at 3 p.m. ET, the body’s first address from a British monarch since Queen Elizabeth II ’s in 1991. The day will end with an expectedly buzzy dinner at the White House.

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King Charles III urges ‘unyielding resolve’ in defense of Ukraine, heralds NATO

The monarch reminded the audience that the only time that the NATO military alliance’s collective defense has been invoked was after the the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.

“Today, Mr. Speaker, that same, unyielding resolve is needed for the defense of Ukraine and her most courageous people. It is needed in order to secure a truly just and lasting peace,” King Charles III told the lawmakers and other dignitaries in the chamber.

The reminder seemed a subtle defense of the transatlantic military alliance that Trump has soured on and repeatedly threatened to pull the U.S. out of.

“We do not embark on these remarkable endeavors together out of sentiment,” he said. “We do so because they build greater shared resilience for the future, so making our citizens safer for generations to come.”

King Charles III says US-UK alliance ‘cannot rest on past achievements’

The call on the allies to continue work on their alliance comes as differences over the Iran war tests the relationship, perhaps the lowest point in the so-called “special relationship” since the 1956 Suez Crisis, when the U.S. opposed Britain’s attempt to seize the Suez Canal.

Charles then went on to quote British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who Trump has sharply criticized for Britain’s refusal to provide greater support to the U.S. and Israel in its war against Iran.

“As my Prime Minister said last month: ’ours is an indispensable partnership. We must not disregard everything that has sustained us for the last 80 years. Instead, we must build on it,” Charles added.

King Charles III decries ‘acts of violence’ after White House Correspondents’ Dinner incident

Charles nodded to what law enforcement authorities say was an attempt to assassinate Trump over the weekend when he attended a dinner with members of the White House press corps.

“We meet, too, in the aftermath of the incident not far from this great building that sought to harm the leadership of your Nation and to foment wider fear and discord,” he said. “Let me say with unshakeable resolve: such acts of violence will never succeed.”

Trump was on stage at the head table at Saturday’s dinner when Secret Service personnel apprehended a man armed with a gun after he broke through a security checkpoint.

Selfies with the King

King Charles III received an extended standing ovation from members of Congress when he walked into the House chamber, with many lawmakers filming his entrance on their phones or taking selfies.

It’s an unusual display of unity in the chamber — very different from the annual State of the Union, when half of the room is usually clapping and the other sitting down.

King Charles speaks of ‘interlinked’ destinies of US and UK

King Charles III acknowledged “times of great uncertainty” as he expressed gratitude to the American people and marked the 250th anniversary of independence from Britain in a speech to the U.S. Congress that highlighted the bonds between the two countries at a time of political turmoil.

“For all that time,” Charles said, “our destinies have been interlinked.”

Charles is only the second British monarch to address a joint session of Congress. His mother, Queen Elizabeth II, delivered a similar speech in 1991 highlighting the historic ties between both countries and the importance of their democratic values.

All the King’s escorts...

King Charles III will be accompanied by an “escort committee” of lawmakers when he enters the chamber to address Congress. That includes leadership from both parties and other members chosen for the occasion.

Also in attendance at the speech are members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, military leaders, select ambassadors and former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.

Members of the House and Senate gathering ahead of King Charles III’s address

As is customary for any joint address, the Senate walked across the Capitol and filed into the House chamber together, taking seats in the front of the room.

Military leaders were also in attendance, sitting near the rostrum where the king will speak. Lawmakers mingled across the aisle as they prepared to greet the king, a rare bipartisan moment amid the usual tensions in the Capitol.

King Charles III has arrived in the US Capitol and is meeting with congressional leaders

House Speaker Mike Johnson walked through the Capitol with the king and escorted him to a reception room just outside the House chamber where he will address a joint session of Congress at 3 p.m.

The two then met with other congressional leaders, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.

Johnson engaged in friendly conversation with the king at the beginning of the meeting, where he appeared to be explaining something to him.

Trump returns to his hospitality sector roots with King Charles III’s visit

With a background in casinos, hotels and golf clubs, Trump seemed to enjoy hosting King Charles III at the White House.

The president often reverts to his hospitality sector roots when VIPs visit, whether they’re championship sports teams, business titans or foreign leaders that merit some pomp.

Trump guided the British monarch along the White House South Lawn to inspect the honor guard formations. His speech was all charm, as he called the king “very elegant.” And in what was supposed to be a private moment, Trump and his wife, Melania, escorted the king and Queen Camilla to an awaiting BMW just outside the Oval Office.

The queen showed her appreciation by politely waving her hand before the sedan departed, with Trump giving his signature thumbs up as it moved along. Construction of the White House ballroom continued during the visit, a sign of Trump’s ambitions as a host going forward.

In UK, coverage of Charles’ visit overshadowed by headlines on Starmer political storm

While King Charles visits the White House, back in the U.K. the news headlines are dominated by the continuing fallout over Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s decision to appoint the scandal-tainted politician Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington.

British lawmakers are debating Tuesday whether Starmer should face a parliamentary probe on whether the right procedures were followed in the appointment of Mandelson, a friend of Jeffrey Epstein.

Starmer fired Mandelson in September, but the relentless questions over his judgment has left the prime minister fighting for his job.

Spruced up tennis pavilion takes center court during royal visit

The first lady took on the project of refurbishing the White House tennis courts during Trump’s first term, building a pavilion inspired by the East and West Wings to replace a smaller structure.

Planning for the project -- which was paid for by private donations -- began in early 2018, followed by approval in June 2019 by the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission.

Trump hosts King for brief Oval Office meeting

Trump said the meeting with Charles was “really good” and said the king is a “fantastic person.”

The president has made a habit during his second term of turning Oval Office meetings with foreign officials into freewheeling events full of criticism about how leaders are managing their national affairs.

But Tuesday’s Oval Office meeting was held largely out of public view, reducing the potential of such an exchange with the king.

Epstein survivors speak at Capitol ahead of King’s visit

Several survivors of sexual abuse from Jeffrey Epstein spoke at the Capitol ahead of an address from King Charles III on Tuesday afternoon.

They called for further legislation to protect victims of sex trafficking and a deeper acknowledgement from those in power.

Sky Roberts, the brother of the late Virginia Giuffre who was a prominent abuse survivor, said that survivors are “still fighting to be heard, still pushing for real accountability, while many of the powerful connected to these systems remain just out of reach, unable to acknowledge survivors face to face.”

First lady and Camilla talk to students about history — and AI

The queen and the first lady joined students at the tennis pavilion of the White House. The students looked at a World War II map, a portrait of President John Adams, and a letter from Queen Elizabeth II to President Dwight Eisenhower with AI-enabled glasses and headsets -- an exercise the first lady’s office said explored the history of the bilateral relationship.

Melania Trump has made artificial intelligence part of her portfolio of issues.

Later on, the king was slated to meet a group of chief executives from the technology sector to talk about investments, according to his schedule. Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang was spotted among the guests for the official arrival ceremony.

What to expect from the King’s speech to Congress

The king’s speech to Congress will likely mark his most extensive public remarks during his four-day visit to the U.S.

He’s expected to address the Saturday shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in a sign of solidarity and support.

He will also acknowledge tensions that have surfaced between Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, noting that the two countries have not always agreed but “have always found ways to come together.”

King Charles is expected to acknowledge Epstein survivors

King Charles III is expected to acknowledge the survivors of abuse from Jeffrey Epstein when he speaks to Congress on Tuesday afternoon, but declined to meet with survivors of his abuse, according to Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat who has been a leader of the charge on Capitol Hill for a reckoning over Epstein.

Khanna had pushed for the king to meet with the survivors during his visit, but said that he was told by the British ambassador to the U.S, that instead there would be an acknowledgement of the survivors.

Allegations of sexual abuse had roiled the British royal family, and King Charles eventually stripped his brother, the former Prince Andrew, of his royal titles and privileges over his links to Epstein.

“I thought it would have been a incredible moment and statement to show that it doesn’t matter how much wealth you have, how much power you have, no human being is dispensable and the survivors deserve justice.”

UK envoy’s unguarded comments are leaked

As King Charles III celebrates the transatlantic relationship, Britain’s ambassador in Washington has appeared to downplay the uniqueness of the so-called “special relationship” in leaked comments.

Ambassador Christian Turner told a group of British students that “I think there is probably one country that has a special relationship with the United States — and that is probably Israel.”

He said, though, that the U.K. and the U.S. share “a deep history and affinity,” and that “particularly on our defense and security, we are intertwined.”

A recording of the comments was published Tuesday by the Financial Times, which said they were made in February.

Turner also called it “extraordinary” that scandals around Jeffrey Epstein had brought down a member of the royal family and senior officials in Britain – and could yet topple Prime Minister Keir Starmer – “and yet here in the U.S., it really hasn’t touched anybody.”

The Foreign Office said “these were private, informal comments” and “certainly not any reflection of the U.K. government’s position.”

Trump says he wanted to go to the Capitol for the King’s speech

Trump said he wanted to be there for the first address to a joint meeting of Congress by a British king, but he’ll stay behind and watch instead.

“I was thinking of going, but they said, I don’t know, that might be a step too far. I would love to go. It’s not supposed to be protocol, but I would love to be with you,” Trump said during his own speech at the welcome ceremony for Charles and Camilla.

Trump says the magic words: ‘our special relationship’

Part of the king’s mission on this state visit is to try to mend a rift over issues including the Iran wa r and bolster what is known as the “special relationship” between the two countries. In his remarks, Trump explicitly linked Charles to that relationship.

“Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin Roosevelt famously met on a ship in the North Atlantic to outline a vision for the free world after World War Two. That understanding of our nation’s unique bond and role in history is the essence of our special relationship, and we hope it will always remain that way,” Trump said.

“The ship where the two great leaders met was called the Prince of Wales, the very title that His Majesty the king held longer than any other individual in British history,” he said.

Trump tells Charles his mother ‘had a crush’ on him

Trump talked about his late mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, who was born in Scotland and loved watching the royal family on television at ceremonies and events.

“I also remember her saying very clearly, ‘Charles, look young Charles, he’s so cute,’” Trump said, looking back at the king sitting behind him on the dias.

“My mother had a crush on Charles -- can you believe it?”

‘What a beautiful British day this is,’ Trump quips

Trump welcomed the king and queen noting the drizzle weather that had guests wiping off seats and huddling under umbrellas.

Trump paid tribute the Brits who first traveled to America, then a “wild and untamed continent,” and walked through a history of the “special relationship” between the two nations.

Trump says it’s a ‘tremendous privilege’ to host King Charles

The president paid homage to the king’s mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, as he welcomed the royal couple to the White House.

Trump said Elizabeth was “an incredible woman who I had the privilege of getting to know,” noting that she planted a tree at the White House years ago.

“Look at it now,” he said.

The remarks were part of a broader effort by Trump to note the long history between the U.S. and the U.K.

“Like our nation itself,” Trump said of the tree, “it was laid with British hands but grew in American soil.”

Ballroom construction keeps going during royal visit

Nothing gets in the way of the president’s ballroom construction. Not even a visit from Britain’s king and queen.

Work on the project was continuing ahead of the royal visit to the White House. Ballroom construction cranes were swinging and the sound of clangs could be heard.

In the wake of Saturday’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Trump has said the ballroom is needed to hold secure events. The construction, however, is the subject of an ongoing lawsuit.

Grey skies in Washington ahead of White House welcome

Washington’s finicky spring weather is on display ahead of King Charles and Queen Camilla arriving at the White House. They’ll be greeted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump on the South Lawn.

Ahead of their arrival, skies are grey with a light breeze. Drizzle and rain is possible over the next hour.

Members of the audience are shielding themselves with umbrellas to stay dry as the Marine band plays.

Trump delights in allegedly being a 15th cousin of King Charles III

Is the U.S. president actually a distant royal?

The U.K.-based Daily Mail reported this week that Trump and King Charles III have a shared distant ancestor that would make the two 15th cousins.

According to research conducted for the tabloid, Trump and Charles are both related to the 3rd Earl of Lennox, who is a great-grandson of King James II of Scotland.

“Wow, that’s nice. I’ve always wanted to live in Buckingham Palace!!!” Trump posted on his social media site Tuesday morning shortly before he was to formally greet the king and Queen Camilla at the White House. “I’ll talk to the King and Queen about this in a few minutes!!!”

Charles has faced some calls to meet with victims of Jeffrey Epstein

Charles has faced some calls on Capitol Hill to meet with victims of Jeffrey Epstein while he is in the U.S. There’s no indication that he will do so, even as the scandal involving the convicted sex offender has ensnared his brother, the former Prince Andrew, who was arrested in February over misconduct allegations, which he denies.

U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., urged the king over the weekend to at least address the issue during his congressional speech.

Trump has maintained warm relations with the King

The president has spoken in glowing terms about Charles, repeatedly referring to the monarch as his “friend” and a “great guy.”

He also continues to mention his “amazing” trip to the U.K. in September with Melania Trump for an unprecedented second state visit. Starmer hand-delivered the invitation from the king in the Oval Office five weeks after Trump returned to office, in a very public attempt to woo the Republican president.

The U.K. royal family laid on pomp and pageantry for the Trumps, with scarlet-clad guardsmen, brass bands and a sumptuous banquet at Windsor Castle.

“President Trump has always had great respect for King Charles, and their relationship was further strengthened by the president’s historic visit to the United Kingdom last year,” White House spokesperson Anna Kelly told The Associated Press.

The visit comes at a challenging moment for US-UK relations

Trump’s up-and-down relationship with Prime Minister Keir Starmer has taken a particularly sour turn over the past several months as the president has sought to rally international support for the war in Iran. Trump lamented that Starmer, who has largely resisted his overtures, was “no Churchill.”

Trump has also imposed tariffs on the U.K. and warned of additional levies despite a Supreme Court ruling earlier this year that has made such unilateral moves more challenging. Still, Trump threatened just last week to slap a “big tariff” on the U.K. if it doesn’t scrap a digital services tax on U.S. technology companies.

Trump has more broadly challenged the traditional trans-Atlantic alliance with efforts to annex Greenland and threats to walk away from NATO. He has repeatedly imposed tariffs on and taunted Canada, a member of the British Commonwealth.

A rare royal address to Congress

King Charles III will become the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress since his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in 1991. Her speech highlighted the shared history of both countries and the importance of their democratic values, themes Charles will likely reinforce on Tuesday.

Such addresses are an opportunity afforded to only the most prominent world leaders, including Pope Francis, Václav Havel and Winston Churchill. It will likely mark the most extensive public remarks Charles will deliver during a four-day visit to the U.S. that’s intended to celebrate the country’s 250th anniversary of independence from Britain.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla head to the White House

The king, accompanied by Queen Camilla, will begin his day with a meeting at the White House with Trump. The Oval Office encounter offers the potential for the freewheeling, sometimes controversial meetings with foreign leaders that have become routine during Trump’s second term.

Given the expressly apolitical nature of the British monarch and Trump’s fondness for the royal family, the likelihood of an awkward meeting may be reduced.

Trump will host Charles on Tuesday evening for a state banquet at the White House.