“We are working in search and rescue of the stranded people from hills, settlements and river areas,” said Brig. Gen. Raja Ram Basnet, Nepal’s army spokesman.

Multiple foreign teams were also assisting local rescuers to find trapped workers in hydropower tunnels. Officials say at least 90 people are trapped in multiple tunnels of hydropower plants.

Nepal’s disaster agency said Monday that 903 deaths had been counted in that country, with 4,247 people, including 592 foreigners, missing. As of Sunday, Chinese authorities reported 16 deaths and 546 missing, and Chinese state media said 261 of the missing were foreigners, including over a hundred Nepalis.

Wednesday’s flash floods started after a glacial collapse high in the Himalayan region. Scientists who studied satellite images said bedrock underneath a glacier high in the Himalayan region had collapsed, taking part of the glacier with it. The rockfall was so extreme that it registered as a magnitude 5.2 seismic event.

The rocks and melted water then swelled the rivers in the valleys below, causing a torrent of water that swept buildings, bridges and earth downstream in Tibet and Nepal.

As Bessent hosts meetings of the Group of 20 finance ministers in Asheville, North Carolina, on Monday and Tuesday, he intends to put the focus on a range of issues intended to draw uncontroversial support, from economic growth to addressing mounting debt.

However, the event comes shortly after hostilities renewed between the U.S. and Iran, and as trade friction with Canada spiked following a breakdown in negotiations that led to escalating tariffs.

Daniel Fried, a former assistant secretary of state for European affairs in the George W. Bush administration, said the U.S. may "find it difficult to rally its usual friends and allies” under the circumstances.

If Bessent and other administration officials want international support, he said, they will need to “take greater care in consulting with allies and partners than the U.S. has shown in recent months.”

Bessent wants other countries to help the U.S. isolate Iran in order to force its capitulation during a war that recently crossed its six-month mark. Although the U.S. struck Iran again on Sunday, the administration has previously signaled its intention to focus on economic pressure rather than military action to achieve its goals.

Bessent told The Associated Press on Sunday that the Treasury plans to impose sanctions on another bank. He also said the administration is prepared to exact “financial violence if we have to."

So far, President Donald Trump has not followed through on threats of an “economic D-Day” for Iran, instead largely relying on warnings to Iran's trading partners. A particular challenge is China, which is the largest buyer of Iranian oil.

Bessent told the AP that “all options are on the table” in terms of sanctioning Beijing for its continued purchases.

But he rejected the idea that the administration was reluctant to confront China, calling it “a completely false narrative that the media picked up on.” He insisted that China and the U.S. agree on the need to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.

The G20 meetings are taking place in Asheville, which was devastated by Hurricane Helene in September 2024. The natural disaster killed more than 250 people and caused nearly $80 billion in damage from Florida to the Carolinas.

Bessent cites Asheville’s rebuilding as a symbolic backdrop for discussions about economic growth.

“We want the rest of the world to come along with our growth agenda, whether it’s deregulation, the energy independence, and we want to discuss global imbalances, banking regulations, some sovereign debt restructuring for developing countries,” Bessent told the AP.

He added that "the world has this mountain of debt, and we do have to grow our way out of it.”

On top of the $255 registration fee, the 26-year-old bartender also had to pay for a background check, scrubs, a stethoscope, special shoes and a state certification exam — all while working half as much to make time for her classes.

“It shocked me a little bit how expensive it was,” said Webb, an aspiring ultrasound operator.

Other students in the Forsyth Technical Community College program might soon have access to additional support. The school in Winston-Salem is among many around the country seeking approval for a new federal grant program, Workforce Pell, to aid students enrolled in short-term job training.

For decades, Pell grants have helped low- and moderate-income students attend college, but eligible programs had to be at least 15 weeks and a minimum of 600 hours. The expansion makes some shorter-term programs eligible, too.

The federal government began accepting applications in July and has approved the first programs — an emergency medical technician program in Iowa and a medical assistant program in Indiana. Dozens of other programs in states including North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Louisiana, and Nebraska are awaiting federal approval. They prepare students for careers as truck drivers, electrical line workers, phlebotomists, IT support technicians, firefighters, welders and more.

The expense of a short-term class can often be an obstacle for cash-strapped students who need it to get a job or a wage increase, said Chandler LeBoeuf, executive vice president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System.

“That’s what excites me about Workforce Pell,” he said. “Is it every program? No. Are there limitations? Yes. But ultimately, over time, we will be able to work on those aspects where barriers exist.”

A lifeline for lower-income students expands to short-term programs

Pell grants, which generally do not have to be repaid, are a key to affording higher education for many lower-income students. Nationwide, around a third of undergraduate college students qualify, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics, with the amount awarded based on factors like family size and income.

For full-time students, the largest grant possible this year is $7,395. For the shorter Workforce Pell programs, the maximum award will be $4,310 for a 14-week program and $1,260 for an eight-week program, according to an analysis from New America, a Washington think tank.

The expansion of the Pell grants to short-term programs has been a decade in the making, said Jim Hermes, associate vice president of government relations at the American Association of Community Colleges. Concerns about ensuring the quality of the programs were a roadblock, but Workforce Pell had bipartisan support and the backing of the Trump administration, Hermes said.

The full rollout of Workforce Pell grants could take years, experts say.

To qualify for Pell funding, programs must reach a 70% threshold for student completion and job placement, which many states struggle to track, said Dominique Baker, an associate professor at the University of Delaware who studies education policy. The programs must also lead to higher earnings and provide credentials that are “stackable” — meaning they are immediately useful and can be built upon.

The programs must last at least eight weeks but fewer than 15 weeks, and they must have been in operation for a full year, meeting all the requirements, before they can qualify.

“I think it’s going to take off pretty slowly, which I would say is more a feature than a bug,” said Robert Kelchen, a University of Tennessee professor who studies higher education. “That way we can make sure these are quality programs, they are in need, and they’re not just a pathway for programs to fly by night, take taxpayer dollars and not generate a return to students.”

Some schools are waiting to see how it develops

Skeptics worry some students will use up their lifetime 12-semester Pell benefits in short-term programs, rather than pursuing a bachelor’s degree, with potentially higher earnings prospects.

“There’s been a lot of rhetoric of, ‘Students get their eight-week program and end up making middle-class wages,’” said Wesley Whistle, project director for student success and affordability at New America. “I don’t think that’s actually going to be true generally speaking.”

A study from the Association of Community College Trustees found most students boosted their wages after completing short-term programs. But even with the gain, overall annual earnings below $25,000 were common among graduates.

Some schools are sitting on the sidelines for now. Around two-thirds of states have a process for colleges to apply for approval, said Carrie Warick-Smith, vice president for public policy for the Association of Community College Trustees.

“We would love to be able to utilize it. It’s just, it’s been difficult to implement at this point,” said Grant Carlson, a program coordinator at Johnson County Community College in suburban Kansas City.

Not so at Forsyth Tech, where Webb took her nursing class.

Devin Purgason, the executive director of marketing, is so excited that he has webpages prepared, touting Workforce Pell funding. If the federal government says yes, he plans to click “publish” as quickly as a Taylor Swift fan trying to nab concert tickets.

“Like I’m in the Ticketmaster line right now,” he said.

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But lately, Trump has begun showing signs that even he doesn't really believe another run will happen.

During recent speeches, the Republican president has begun describing life after the White House when his term ends in January 2029, predicting he'll be at home and agonizing as his successor claims credit for his accomplishments.

“Your next president is going to say, ‘What a great job I did,’” Trump told an event on Long Island, New York, this month. “He’ll be sitting around, watching television. A real stiff. Unless you vote Republican, of course.”

A sitting president talking about becoming a former one is always politically fraught. But with midterm elections now just nine weeks away, Trump is approaching the point of his presidency where there will be more and more reminders that his power will soon wane.

Being willing to say he's contemplating a White House without him marks a notable shift for Trump. Going back to his first term and from virtually the moment he won a second, he's left the door open to staying put for more than eight years.

“He is all over the place,” said Brian Kalt, a Michigan State University constitutional law professor. “And what that does is, it allows him to point to his own words to support any number of mutually exclusive things.”

Trump can say, “’Oh yeah, I made it clear that I wasn’t gonna run,'” Kalt said. “Or, if he decides that he will, he could say, ’Well, you know, I never said I wouldn’t.’”

Trump suggests his post-presidency may make him cry

The White House dismissed suggestions that Trump's thoughts are increasingly turning to the clock running out on his presidency — and the legacy he'll leave behind. Spokesperson Olivia Wales said he “is fighting every day” to deliver on promises to reduce violent crime,crack down on the U. S-Mexico border and lower prescription drug prices.

“The only legacy President Trump is concerned with is making America greater than ever before,” Wales said.

Still, hinting at how he'll be remembered is something Trump is suddenly talking about a lot.

During a recent Pennsylvania rally, he said, “Whoever the next president is, he's going to be talking about what a brilliant president he is. And I’ll be home. And I’ll be saying, ’That son of a gun,' because we did the job.”

A week later in Georgia, Trump was predicting that once his presidency was over, “I’ll be sitting home.”

“I may be crying,” the president added, arguing that Democrats could retake the Senate and scrap filibuster rules, making it easier to move their key legislation.

Then, in Michigan, Trump injected some doubt into whether he was ready to hand over the Oval Office and move back to Florida.

“In two and a half years, you may have a different president — may,” he said, emphasizing the “may.”

“I’ll be sitting home. I’ll be reading the papers. I’ll be watching television,” Trump said, before swiping at his predecessor, President Joe Biden. “And I’ll be having some guy — like last time, a real idiot — stand up and say, ‘We are doing record business.'”

Mixed Trump signals are still most common

But even as he's begun to suggest he'll be leaving the presidency, Trump has also continued to tease a 2028 reelection run.

Addressing the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association dinner last month, Trump joked, “Just like my presidency, the second time is always better” and that “the third time will be better yet. I’m only kidding.” He later wore a 2028 campaign cap to finish the speech.

The Constitution’s 22nd Amendment says no one can be elected president more than twice. It was ratified in 1951, six years after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt died, months into his fourth term. Until Roosevelt, no other president had defied the tradition of stepping down after two terms that George Washington started.

Still, Trump had only been back in the White House for a couple of months when he told NBC News, “There are methods which you could” use to seek a third term.

He acknowledged that one method was to be the running mate to Vice President JD Vance in 2028 — then have Vance step aside if the pair won.

“There are others, too,” Trump said then, alluding to more options. He later told Time Magazine, “There are some loopholes,” while also saying he didn't believe in using them.

The president has since often used his social media posts to promote “Trump 2028” logos featuring his slogan “Make America Great Again.”

But Trump has also at times seemed definitive about the ban on him making another run, acknowledging recently to reporters: “I’d love to run, but the law is very strong.”

Kalt wrote about a two-term president possibly getting back to office by running for vice president in “constitutional Cliffhangers: A Legal Guide for Presidents and Their Enemies.”

“People do tend to find, in Trump’s words, whatever it is that they want to hear,” he said.

Trump may be fighting the ‘lame duck’ factor

Second-term presidents typically see their power and influence wane during their last two years, particularly if their party suffers big midterm defeats. But Trump's comments could also be a sign he's thinking about cementing his legacy, a stage that many of his predecessors also reached.

“They all, particularly as they cross the midpoint of their second term, start thinking about legacy,” said Paul Begala, a former adviser to President Bill Clinton.

“They all banish the word. I know Clinton and Bush, they said, ’Can’t use the L-word.' But they do,” Begala said, referring to his old boss Clinton and to President George W. Bush. “They all think about it. And the staff thinks about it and the Cabinet thinks about it.”

In his last two years of office, Clinton threw himself into trying to broker a Middle East peace agreement. Bush used the slogan “sprint to the finish” during his presidency's final year in 2008, and Biden adopted a “run through the tape” ethos after abandoning his reelection bid.

Trump has leaned into molding the White House and Greater Washington in his own image, harkening back to his days as a real estate developer in 1970s and 1980s New York.

He's ordered up a towering arch near the Lincoln Memorial and restored city fountains, while constructing a Rose Garden patio area and helipad on the White House lawn and adding scores of gilded touches to the building’s stately interior and exterior.

And then, there's the massive ballroom that Trump has crews rushing to finish in the face of legal challenges — a project the president says will only be completed late in 2028, shortly before he leaves office.

“It’s not for me, 'cause I’m going to be here a very short period of time” when the work is finished, Trump recently told reporters in the Oval Office. “I’ll be there for four, five, six months. This is for future presidents.”

The appearance, which was to be closed to the news media, comes at an extraordinarily sensitive time for Jewish Americans and the U.S. relationship with Israel. Concerns about antisemitism have surged across the political spectrum ahead of the midterm elections. Republicans are eager to portray Democrats as hostile toward Jews and Israel, but they're also dealing with their own internal schisms.

Vance suggested last month that some Israeli officials have sought to manipulate U.S. public opinion in order to prolong the war with Iran. There's also lingering concern over Vance's failure to disavow Carlson, a conservative commentator who last year hosted antisemite Nick Fuentes for a friendly conversation.

“There's a sentiment here of some discomfort over the vice president speaking. Some people are disappointed,” said Terry Platt, a Republican Jewish Coalition member from New York. “We're confused about his true sentiments.”

Vance is widely considered a frontrunner for the Republican nomination to succeed President Donald Trump in 2028. He’s expressed his support for Israel but, unlike Trump, has been viewed as more equivocal or skeptical toward the longtime ally.

Back in June, he sharply criticized members of Israel’s government for opposing Trump’s efforts to resolve the war with Iran.

“If I was in the cabinet of the Israeli government, I might not be attacking the only powerful ally that I have anywhere left in the entire world,” Vance said.

Then in July, Vance said elements of the Israeli government had tried to influence American sentiment to derail negotiations.

“There are some people within their system that we know beyond a shadow of a doubt are manipulating and trying to change American public opinion to keep the war going on indefinitely," he told podcaster Joe Rogan.

Support for Israel has eroded in the United States, although more dramatically among Democrats. Roughly half of Democrats believe that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians, according to an AP-NORC poll released in July, an accusation that’s been leveled by some human rights organizations and vehemently denied by Israel and the U.S. government.

Republicans are more likely to back Israel, but there's a generational divide, and younger Republicans are more likely than their older counterparts to say the U.S. is too supportive of Israel.

The divide has been disconcerting for some influential Jewish conservatives, who have used the annual Republican Jewish Coalition summits to push back on antisemitism.

“We need a country where elected officials stand proudly with the Jewish community,” U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain of Michigan said Sunday. “That is the work, and it begins before we leave this room.”

A year ago, the coalition’s annual summit was planned as a celebration of the Trump administration’s work to return Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the war began. Instead, it became a days-long condemnation of antisemitism within the conservative ranks sparked by the refusal of Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts to distance the think tank from Carlson after he hosted Fuentes on his show.

At one point during the summit, college students waved red signs that read, “Tucker is not MAGA.”

Bruce Pearl, the Auburn University men’s basketball coach who has emerged as a prominent pro-Israel conservative, previously said that Vance would need to reject Carlson to receive his support.

“If he maintains that connection to that antisemite,” Pearl said in June, “I think that’s going to be bad for antisemitism, because he will bring a lot of Tucker Carlsons with him. He’ll uplift them.”

Duane ”Keffe D” Davis, 63, faces a single count of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in the killing of Shakur in Las Vegas nearly 30 years ago.

A panel of 16 jurors, four of whom will be alternates, heard 24 witnesses prosecutors called and three witnesses defense called over nine days. The trial was expected to take longer, with prosecutors originally planning to call 35 to 45 witnesses.

The prosecution was expected to hammer home their arguments that Davis called the shots for the attack on Shakur that night based on Davis' own statements, while Davis’ defense attorney will likely reiterate his claim that prosecution’s narrative is fiction, and that they failed to back up Davis’ claims with evidence.

The trial brings to a head a decades-long case that for years has drawn the eyes of hip-hop fans and true crime experts alike. Shakur, who was considered one of the most influential rappers of all time, was in Las Vegas on Sept. 7, 1996, and stopped at a red light when a white Cadillac pulled up beside him, and shots were fired. Shakur died six days later from his wounds. Death Row Records co-founder Marion “Suge” Knight was also wounded, but survived.

For years, nobody had been charged in the rapper’s death until Davis began making public statements, saying he was in the Cadillac and gave the gun to others in the backseat. Davis, a self-proclaimed leader of the South Side Compton Crips at the time, described the shooting as an act of retaliation after Knight and Shakur’s entourage beat up Davis’ nephew in the MGM Grand hours before the shooting.

Prosecutors don’t claim Davis was the one who pulled trigger, but rather that he orchestrated the killing. Under Nevada law, someone who helps another person commit murder can be convicted of the crime. Davis is the only person still alive who was in the Cadillac.

Davis' own words are front and center

The state has relied on Davis’ own statements he gave to police, documentarians and interviewers, in which he admitted to playing a role in the shooting. Davis also co-authored a book called “Compton Street Legend,” which Davis described as the “real truth” in an interview played for jurors.

In multiple interviews, Davis said he handed the gun to the back seat, with some details vary slightly on different occasions. Sometimes Davis said Deandre “Freaky” Smith had the gun but didn’t want it, so Anderson took it and pulled the trigger. In other interviews as well as his own book, Davis either wouldn't say who pulled the trigger, or that he didn't know.

Prosecution's witnesses included a gang expert who described Davis as the shot caller that younger gang members had to obey. Witnesses also testified regarding the heated gang rivalry between South Side Compton Crips and Mob Piru, which were associated with dueling record companies Bad Boy Records and Death Row Records.

Lack of physical evidence, defense says

Davis’ defense attorney Michael Sanft has told jurors that his client’s words were braggadocio and were meant to make Davis money, not to tell the truth.

Sanft, who took on the case without pay, argues there is a lack of physical evidence tying Davis to the crime, such as phone records or bills.

During the trial investigators said a Las Vegas hotel bill was found at Davis’ residence during a police search, but it wasn’t clear when it was dated — or where that evidence is currently located.

The case is nearly 30 years old, and its age has affected the kind of evidence presented in court. Prosecutors warned jurors that material collected in the ’90s is different from what law enforcement collects today.

Still, prosecutors played for jurors surveillance footage collected from the MGM Grand that showed Shakur, wearing a gold dress shirt, walking briskly on the casino floor with his entourage struggling to keep up with him. Footage showed the fight between Shakur’s entourage with Davis’ nephew, Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson.

The 39-year-old is out of the U.S. Open after a first-round defeat to Mariano Navone on Sunday night, losing 7-6 (5), 5-7, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 in a five-set marathon that lasted four hours and 36 minutes. It was the longest opening match of a Grand Slam in Djokovic's career and became his earliest exit in one in two decades, dating to the 2006 Australian Open. He had never lost in the first round at the U.S. Open.

“I didn’t enjoy myself,” Djokovic said. “I think it was obvious that it was an awful feeling on the court for me."

The record holder with 24 major titles threw up at least once and later appeared to be cramping when he grabbed at his left foot. Djokovic swallowed pills brought to him by a doctor and had his lower back massaged during a medical timeout between the fourth and fifth sets, and he grimaced after several shots.

Djokovic made 70 unforced errors in a painful performance that ended mere minutes before midnight.

“It’s something that I’ve been carrying, unfortunately, pretty much every match this year: vomiting, throwing up, a serious issue there,” Djokovic said. "Then my whole body starts to collapse, basically cramping and pain. Yeah, the back just gave up in the end and shoulder, and I couldn’t close it out.”

With this defeat, 21 years to the day of his U.S. Open debut, the question now lingers as to whether this was Djokovic's final match at this or any Grand Slam. After the loss, he said he was “trying to address really what’s going on and how far I can go this way.”

It was clear Djokovic was not himself, and the wear and tear of sickness and soreness took its toll. The No. 4 seed from Serbia cruised to early 3-0 and 4-1 leads before blowing them and losing the first set — the first time that happened to him in the first round of the U.S. Open since ’06.

“Just struggled all the way since the fourth game of the match,” Djokovic said. "When it comes to match itself and overall feeling of how I felt with body and playing, it was really not enjoyable. I pretty much despised every moment that I spent on the court for that.

With his wife, Jelena, watching from the stands with worried looks on her face, Djokovic had moments where he looked like one of the best to play the sport. His fist pump was reserved after winning the second set, and he put his hand to his ear and gestured to the crowd for applause on the way to taking the third.

But Navone — a 25-year-old from Argentina who earlier this year won his first ATP singles title — did not go away.

Neither did the frustration of not being healthy or at his best. After firing a shot wide in the fourth set, Djokovic landed awkwardly and dropped his racket.

Djokovic all but conceded the fourth set. But he was unable to muster enough for the what would have been his 43rd five-set victory as Navone picked up his first, calling it a dream come true.

“(It) was very tough for me because you are playing with the ‘GOAT’ on this court,” said Navone, who idolized Djokovic growing up. “For sure it’s the best thing I’ve had on court. This is an amazing court and the biggest stage. It’s amazing, the way we play. I mean, five sets. ... I’m very happy. I don’t know. What can I say?”

It extended a nightmare stretch for Djokovic, who also lost in the first round at the hardcourt tuneup in Cincinnati earlier this month. That was his first action since losing to top-ranked Jannik Sinner in the semifinals at Wimbledon.

Djokovic expressed hope Saturday that his early exit at Cincinnati gave him more time to prepare for the U.S. Open but acknowledged concern that the first match at any tournament has become challenging for him in recent years. Instead of overcoming the hurdle and building from there, he is left to contemplate an uncertain future.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are scheduled to attend the events in Bishkek, the capital of the Central Asian nation.

Multiple one-on-one meetings are scheduled on its sidelines, including one between Putin and Xi on Monday, as well as talks between the Russian leader and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday, the day of the official SCO sessions.

Russia, now 4½ years into its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and Iran, six months into a war with the United States and Israel, see the summit as an important platform to strengthen their relations with non-Western partners.

The SCO was founded in 2001 by China, Russia and four Central Asian states as a security forum. Over the past quarter-century, it has grown in size and influence, although its goals and programs remain vague and its brand recognition low.

It now includes 10 nations: Russia, China, India, Iran, Pakistan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Many other countries have the status of “dialogue partners."

Along with Russia, China has presented the SCO as an alternative to Western-aligned organizations like the G7, and in recent years has wanted to expand the scope and influence of the organization, pledging development and financial assistance.

China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said last week that the organization has successfully “explored a new path for regional cooperation.” Beijing has consistently promoted the idea of an alternative world order with Russia’s support.

Summit attendees have significant disagreements

For many SCO members, the summit will be an opportunity to show that they maintain strong ties on the global stage despite souring relations with the West.

The organization is not a unified political or military bloc, however, and analysts note that its members have significant disagreements and their own distinct interests.

For countries such as India, however, experts say the summit is likely to be more about optics and strategic signaling than substantive outcomes.

The forum is heavily influenced by China and includes Pakistan as a member — both of which are rivals for India.

Dinakar Peri, a fellow in security studies at Carnegie India, said the SCO gives India a seat at the table in a region increasingly shaped by competition among the larger powers, allowing it to protect its interests, track shifting geopolitical currents and project itself as a reliable stakeholder.

“While it may not entirely shape the agenda, it gives New Delhi a first-hand view of the region and allows it to hedge its position with others,” Peri said.

Turkey, which holds partner status within the SCO, also seeks to use the platform to strengthen its position in the region.

It views SCO membership as part of a balanced foreign policy that seeks to maintain its traditional ties with the West as a part of NATO, while strengthening its influence in Eurasia.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who brought his country into the SCO as a “dialogue partner” in 2012, has repeatedly stated that he wants Turkey to become a permanent member. While Turkey has close trade ties with the European Union under a 1995 trade deal, its EU membership bid has stalled for more than 25 years.

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Andrew Wilks in Istanbul, Turkey, Huizhong Wu in Bangkok, and Aijaz Hussain in New Delhi contributed.

Ahead of the summit officially opening Monday, the country’s president and other senior officials walked the main road around the island picking up trash. Barbers and tattoo artists prepared to become drivers for delegates and student volunteers to usher dignitaries.

But beneath the distinctively Pacific character of the event, where matters unfold in their own unhurried time and decisions are made by consensus rather than by a vote, simmered a fraught and escalating geopolitical debate about who gets to shape the future of the vast ocean region.

Powerful nations interested in the Pacific have raced in recent years to shore up alliances among its leaders, intensifying a contest for influence between China and the United States, Taiwan, and forum members Australia and New Zealand. The sometimes-conflicting bids to win sway have also drawn dividing lines among the forum’s members, threatening to derail annual summits.

“The Pacific is our home, not a theater for geopolitical competition,” Palau’s President Surangel Whipps Jr. told reporters Sunday, as he urged the bigger countries closely observing this week’s event not to interfere in talks that he hoped would center on problems desperately imperiling small Pacific island nations, such as climate change and struggling economies.

“Let’s not use this as a place that we should be threatening or making people feel uncomfortable,” he added. The reality, however, was unlikely to be simple.

Small island nations have become important allies

Some of the 18 member countries and territories that make up the Pacific Islands Forum have populations in the low thousands or tens of thousands and were once known mostly as picture-perfect holiday destinations. But many also have sprawling and lucrative exclusive economic zones, rich with fisheries and seabed minerals, and their locations across the wide Pacific Ocean have become strategically important points on the map as global tensions rise.

While Forum countries often reference a “Pacific family,” members come from diverse cultures and political systems and their remote locations mean few opportunities for leaders to speak in person. The annual leaders’ summit was once a relaxed and casual affair, where officials from countries with little power in the global order sought to amplify their voices by reaching unified positions, particularly in urging bigger countries to curb greenhouse gas emissions as rising seas began to threaten low-lying atoll nations.

As major powers over the past decade have escalated their efforts to secure access to Pacific waters and ports by inking security deals and offering funding, immigration access to their countries and other sweeteners, the leaders’ ability to speak with one voice at their annual summit has come under pressure.

“We see examples of this where that consensus-based model, which is referred to as the Pacific Way, can sometimes lead to a bit of paralysis in taking action,” said Oliver Nobetau, Pacific Islands program director at the Lowy Institute, an Australian think tank.

Pacific nations face worsening climate and fuel shocks

In a recent episode, the Forum’s foreign ministers failed to reach consensus on a statement criticizing Beijing’s launch of a ballistic missile into the South Pacific Ocean in July. While most member states strongly opposed China’s actions, the refusal of two to endorse a statement saying so meant none was issued.

“At this point in time when Pacific Islands are facing a lot of acute security issues, decision-making is paramount for this one,” Nobetau said. “We’ll be looking to see if President Whipps can sort of steer the forum to take tangible action.”

Among the issues vexing Pacific island nations are the effects of the latest El Nino weather chaos, which has brought droughts and floods across the region. The volatile weather threatens food security and access to clean water, already vulnerable in island nations dependent on imported goods and funded largely by foreign aid.

Fuel volatility from the Iran war has also prompted some Pacific countries experiencing severe economic shocks to declare national emergencies in a region overwhelmingly reliant on imported diesel and gasoline, arriving via a fragile supply chain.

Whipps this week suggested that the wealthy countries seeking involvement in the region could open their wallets to finance the widespread establishment of solar power capabilities across the region.

“What are they doing together with us to partner to get a 100% renewable Pacific?” Whipps said.

Conflict over members’ alliances is expected

However, some of the powers at loggerheads over the region were always going to see this year’s summit as a showdown. Palau is one of just 12 countries worldwide to recognize Taiwan, incurring the ire of Beijing, which sees Taiwan as part of its territory.

It also sits at the nexus of other great power struggles. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, next to the Philippines, Palau draws from the Asian tourism market and has closer ties to the United States than much of the Forum's members. A Compact of Free Association allows defense and security access for the U.S. in Palau's territory in exchange for tens of millions of dollars in U.S. funding each year.

Palau’s turn as host also comes as the summit’s leaders try once more to draw up a structure governing how other countries are permitted involvement in its meetings. Countries approved to engage in the Pacific Islands Forum, including the United States and China, are known as dialogue partners, while Taiwan holds separate status as a development partner.

Beijing has ramped up pressure on forum hosts to exclude Taipei’s envoys from the annual summit, a dispute that grew so fractious ahead of the 2025 event in Solomon Islands that all countries except member nations were entirely barred from attending. Palau’s warm diplomatic relations with Taipei have this year drawn the attendance of Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung and provoked a warning from Beijing that China would oppose Taiwanese officials’ participation.

That in turn has prompted exasperation from some officials and Pacific-watchers at the prospect of another summit overshadowed by rivalry between non-member countries. Early arrivals over the weekend were roiled by the news that one leader, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale — a newly elected leader more friendly to Australia than the more Beijing-aligned leader before him — had returned home just hours after arriving because an opponent had mounted a leadership challenge.

It wasn’t immediately clear how much his forced departure, and the absence of others such as Kiribati’s President Taneti Maamau, whose country’s China ties have warmed during his tenure, could be attributed to unease about the summit’s geopolitics.

“You’d be defying gravity and logic if you said it wasn’t a big problem,” New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters told reporters in Koror on Sunday, referring to bids for foreign interference in the event.

The leaders’ non-attendances were “seriously disappointing” and did not help, Peters added.

“But in the main the delegations are of the highest standard,” he said. “So let’s see how we go.”

The crash happened around 2:15 p.m. on Southwest 168th Street, where neighbors rushed outside after hearing a loud boom and called 911.

Bystanders could be heard checking on the victims and trying to determine who was still alive.

Brianna Fiallos said she was in her kitchen when she heard the crash.

“I heard a loud boom,” Fiallos said.

She ran outside with her neighbors to see what happened.

“Everybody came out. We all heard it,” she said.

The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Unit is investigating the single-vehicle crash.

Investigators said two men were inside the vehicle. One of them died at the scene.

Video showed paramedics taking the second victim into an ambulance. He was transported to Jackson North Medical Center in critical condition. His current condition is unknown.

The cause of the crash, including whether speed was a factor, is under investigation.

The crash left the Porsche split in half, according to a bystander.

The proposal, set for a vote Tuesday, would reduce the number of polling locations across booming Tarrant County, which borders Dallas and includes Fort Worth. County officials say the plan would save resources by eliminating low-turnout sites, noting voters would still have more than 200 locations where they could cast ballots.

Texas' third-largest county is home to more than 2 million people and a key battleground in the U.S. Senate race between Democratic state Rep. James Talarico and Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton. On Sunday, Talarico urged the county to reject the proposal.

“The most powerful people in this county, the most powerful people in this country, don’t want us to be able vote easily,” Talarico said at a news conference.

If the plan is approved, Tarrant County would have 92 fewer polling locations on Election Day than it did during the 2022 midterms.

Closing polling locations in Texas is not a new trend, county elections officials say. The trend has been accelerated by an embrace of countywide voting sites and the difficulty in recruiting poll workers. Other Texas counties have also considered or already reduced the number of polling locations for November while some have added more.

“We’re clearly not trying to suppress the vote,” Rep. Matt Shaheen, the Republican chairman of the House Elections Committee, said of polling site reductions in Texas. “That’s a silly accusation.”

County says plan eliminates low-turnout sites

Tarrant County Elections Administrator Clint Ludwig has said the reductions would allow the county to eliminate locations that serve few people.

Locations near bus stops that complied with federal accessibility laws were prioritized to remain open, according to a county statement. Officials said the average distance between Election Day sites under the plan was 1.5 mile (2.4 kilometers).

“All of this is accomplished without the wasteful practice of placing polling sites directly across the street from one other,” said Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare, a Republican and the county’s top administrator.

Spokespeople for Paxton did not respond to emails seeking comment.

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Texas law lets each of the state’s 254 counties decide how many polling places to use. Tarrant County adopted countywide voting in 2019 but didn’t immediately begin reducing the number of polling locations.

On Friday, the NAACP and the American Civil Liberties Union joined voting rights groups in signing a letter urging the county to reject the proposal, saying the closures would be strongly felt in areas with high percentages of minority voters. About a third of the county’s residents are Hispanic, and about 19.2% are Black, according to Census data.

Bastrop County Elections Administrator Kristin Miles, whose county is outside Austin, said reducing the number of polling sites could make sense, depending on how heavily they are used. Miles noted that there would be little point, for instance, in opening sites in rural areas that may only serve a handful of voters throughout the day.

Carol Raburn, who worked the March primaries as an election judge in Tarrant County, called the proposal a form of voter suppression.

"Because what happens when people don’t have a convenient place to go vote that’s not too far away from where they are, where they live? They just don’t go vote because they’ve made it so difficult,” she said.

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Wilder is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

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The celebration started at Tap That and has since moved on to the next bar, with plenty of blonde wigs and pink outfits along the way.

At Tap That, the group even had a special cocktail called the Jolene.

Organizers said the celebration was held to honor Parton’s life and career and her importance to the LGBTQIA+ community.

The celebration is expected to continue into Sunday night, with the group bouncing around to different bars up and down the Drive.

La celebración comenzó en Tap That y posteriormente continuó en otros establecimientos, entre pelucas rubias y atuendos de color rosa.

En Tap That, el grupo incluso disfrutó de un cóctel especial llamado “Jolene”.

Los organizadores señalaron que la celebración se realizó para honrar la vida y la carrera de Parton, así como su importancia para la comunidad LGBTQIA+.

El homenaje estaba previsto que continuara durante la noche del domingo, con el grupo recorriendo distintos bares a lo largo de The Drive.

La policía de Fort Lauderdale dijo que respondió aproximadamente a las 3:45 a.m. a un reporte de una balacera en la cuadra 1700 de Northwest Ninth Street.

Dijeron que los agentes encontraron a la adolescente, quien no ha sido identificada hasta el momento, e inmediatamente comenzaron a brindarle ayuda hasta que equipos de Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue llegaron al lugar.

Fue trasladada bajo alerta de trauma al Broward Health Medical Center con heridas graves, según los investigadores.

La policía confirmó posteriormente que se espera que la víctima sobreviva.

La policía dijo que la balacera continúa bajo investigación y que trabaja para determinar las circunstancias en torno al incidente.

Más temprano la mañana del sábado, la policía de Fort Lauderdale también respondió aproximadamente a la 1:51 a.m. a una alerta de ShotSpotter en la cuadra 1600 de Northwest Eighth Avenue, donde dijeron que un hombre murió baleado.

La policía no ha relacionado las dos balaceras.

Se pide a cualquier persona que tenga información sobre ambas balaceras que llame a la policía de Fort Lauderdale o a Broward Crime Stoppers al 954-493-8477.

El tiroteo ocurrió alrededor de las 3:45 a.m. del sábado en la cuadra 1700 de Northwest Ninth Street, en Fort Lauderdale.

“Fue angustiante”, dijo Kahadeja McCray, madre de Brown. “Al principio estaba en shock porque escuché los disparos afuera, pero no sabía si ella estaba allí. Y luego, cuando entró a la casa y dijo que le habían disparado, había sangre por todas partes”.

McCray dijo que antes del tiroteo, su hija se encontraba dentro de la vivienda con una amiga mientras se arreglaban el cabello mutuamente.

Según la madre, el ex novio de Brown había estado amenazando a la adolescente por teléfono.

“Le decía: ‘Si no puedo tenerte, nadie te tendrá’”, dijo McCray.

La madre aseguró que ese mismo ex novio fue quien presuntamente llegó a la vivienda la mañana del sábado.

“Cuando ella se dio vuelta, simplemente lo vio a él y a otra persona acercándose”, dijo McCray.

Una bala atravesó el brazo de Brown, alcanzó una arteria y provocó que la adolescente perdiera una cantidad considerable de sangre.

Su amiga ayudó a controlar la hemorragia haciendo presión sobre la herida hasta que los paramédicos pudieron trasladar a Brown a Broward Health Medical Center.

“Quiero que vaya a la cárcel, porque no sé qué puede estar pasando por tu mente a los 16 años para pensar que tienes derecho a dispararle a alguien, y mucho menos intentar quitarle la vida”, dijo McCray.

Mientras Brown continúa recuperándose, su madre, su hermano y su abuela permanecen a su lado.

“Sabemos que existe un poder superior”, dijo Cynthia Husband, abuela de Brown. “Creemos en Dios, rezamos constantemente y sabemos que esto es una bendición suya, su voluntad”.

Local 10 News se comunicó con la Policía de Fort Lauderdale para saber si se ha realizado algún arresto o si existen novedades sobre el caso, pero hasta el momento de la publicación de esta nota no había recibido respuesta.

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That 15-year-old girl, Kamani Brown, has been hospitalized with serious injuries since the gunfire erupted outside her home.

It happened around 3:45 a.m. Saturday along the 1700 block of Northwest Ninth Street in Fort Lauderdale.

“It was nerve-wracking,” said Kahadeja McCray, Brown’s mother. “I was shocked at first because I heard the gunshots outside, but I didn’t know if she was outside. And then when she came in the house and said she had been shot, it was just a whole bunch of blood everywhere.”

McCray said prior to the gunfire, her daughter was inside with a friend doing each other’s hair.

She said Brown’s ex-boyfriend had been threatening the girl on the phone.

“Saying if I can’t have you, nobody will,” McCray said.

That ex-boyfriend is who allegedly came to the house on Saturday morning.

“When she turned, she just seen him and somebody else coming towards,” McCray said.

A bullet went through Brown’s arm, hitting an artery and causing the teen to lose a significant amount of blood.

Her friend was credited with applying pressure until paramedics could rush Brown to a Broward Health Medical Center.

“I want him to go to jail, because I don’t know what mentality you’re thinking at a young 16 years old, that you had a right to shoot at somebody, let alone want to take their life,” said McCray.

As Brown continues to recover, her mother, brother and grandmother remain by her side as she continues to heal.

“You know, there’s a high power,” said Cynthia Husband, Brown’s grandmother. “We believe in God, we pray constantly and we know this is his blessing, his will.”

Local 10 News reached out to Fort Lauderdale police to see if an arrest has been made or for any updates on the case, but have not heard back as of the time of this story’s publication.

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Marc Horowitz has been charged with robbery without a firearm or weapon and touch or strike, a charge that can be associated with battery or domestic violence.

Specific details about what happened that led deputies to arrest Horowitz have not yet been released.

A spokesperson for Broward County Public Schools said Horowitz is an assistant principal at Orange Brook Elementary School. The district said he is being reassigned from the school following an off-campus incident, pending further Human Resources review and action, which may include termination.

On the Orange Brook Elementary School website, Horowitz is listed as an administrator, specifically the interim principal.

Hasta el momento no se han dado a conocer detalles específicos sobre lo ocurrido ni sobre las circunstancias que llevaron a los agentes a arrestar a Horowitz.

Un portavoz de las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Broward informó que Horowitz es subdirector de Orange Brook Elementary School.

El distrito señaló que será reasignado tras el incidente ocurrido fuera del plantel, mientras Recursos Humanos lleva a cabo una revisión y determina las medidas correspondientes, que podrían incluir su despido.

En el sitio web de Orange Brook Elementary School, Horowitz aparece como administrador y, específicamente, como director interino.

The 29-year-old from Barcelona, Spain, added to yet another dominating year for himself and Chip Ganassi Racing. He has 607 points going into next weekend's IndyCar season finale at Laguna Seca in California, 100 points more than Christian Lundgaard in second.

Palou set the stage for his championship-winning result by finishing fifth in Sunday’s regularly scheduled race.

“It was a very tough and long day for everyone,” Palou said, “but it was cool. ... I think we did over 400 laps today and we’re not used to that. We’re used to doing only one race and that just didn’t make it easy at all.”

Palou’s four consecutive championships match the record set by Sebastien Bourdais from 2004-07. He also is the youngest driver in series history with five titles. He trails A.J. Foyt (seven) and Scott Dixon (six).

It’s also a record-setting 18th title won by a Ganassi driver, one more than Team Penske.

In 17 races this season, Palou has six wins, 12 top-five finishes and 14 top-10 results.

“It’s tough to compare. Honestly, it’s very tough,” Palou said of his five season championships. “I feel like every single one (is) super special. This one, I feel like every year I’m able to enjoy more and more because I have the experience from the previous one and I don’t know if it’s going to happen again or not. So I keep on enjoying every single one more. So I would say this has been the most special so far.”

IndyCar completed 90 of the scheduled 250 laps at the 1.015-mile oval on Saturday before the race was postponed because of rain and wet track conditions.

Palou was coming off a 2025 season in which he won eight races, including his first and only Indy 500 title.

Most impressive has been his consistency. Over the past two seasons, he hasn't had back-to-back finishes outside the top 10 in 33 races. He was 20th in the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington, D.C. last weekend, only the third time in two years he ended up 20th or worse.

The championship caps a year that began with London’s High Court ordering Palou to pay McLaren Racing more than $12 million in a breach of contract suit the team filed when the Spaniard backed out of two different deals with the racing team.

Palou has instead stuck with Ganassi, the team he joined in 2021 after spending his rookie IndyCar season with Dale Coyle Racing. In May, Palou signed a multiyear contract extension with Ganassi to continue their relationship beyond the previous deal that ran through the end of 2027.

“I mean they gave me the opportunity since 2021 to drive for them and to drive for a championship-winning team,” Palou said, “and since then it’s been just an incredible ride with everybody on the team, the sponsors. They keep on giving me all the tools necessary to fight for wins and championships and so on, so I owe everything to them.”

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Late afternoon storms are on the move, with drier weather moving in tonight. Temperatures will cool to the upper 70s and lower 80s.

Get ready for another round of soaking rain Monday. With a ton of tropical moisture in place, sea breeze showers and storms could bring rounds of heavy rain that could cause flooding.

This weather pattern will be extremely beneficial for our region. We will watch for showers to develop each day as tropical moisture moves in, with remnants from former Tropical Storm Dolly set to arrive by the end of the week.

All this rain and cloud cover could cool our atmosphere. Highs could reach the upper 80s to lower 90s this week.

Now, the champs can relax and enjoy a treat or two.

Juriënsly De Windt and Shardijon De Lanoi each drove in three runs, and Curaçao won its second Little League World Series title, beating Nevada 11-2 in the championship game on Sunday.

“Every kid (will eat) McDonald’s,” Curaçao coach Railison Gijsbertha said, smiling ear-to-ear, alongside three beaming players who couldn’t wait to take the trophy home to their tiny island nation for the first time in 22 years.

De Windt started on the mound and allowed two runs, one earned, in three innings. Giendry Ryan and Steven Felix were nearly flawless in relief with four strikeouts over the final three innings for the tiny island nation, which previously won the tournament in 2004.

Curaçao had advanced to the finals by winning the international title in 2005, 2019, 2022 and 2023. This time, the group from Pariba Little League in Willemstad had enough firepower from the mound and at the plate to beat the U.S. champion.

Curaçao went unbeaten in the double-elimination tournament before overcoming an early two-run deficit to the team from Henderson, Nevada.

Ryan fanned four in 2 1/3 innings. Felix forced Nevada’s final batter to pop out to Giendry in center field. Once the ball was safely in his glove, the celebrations began.

Giendry tossed his glove in the air as his teammates swarmed him in the outfield. Curaçao’s infielders showered each other with water as a pack of fans tucked behind the third base dugout waved the Curaçao flag.

Curaçao’s support grew beyond its native fans as the tournament wore on. Many fans from the United States began wearing its signature navy blue and yellow hat, some loaded with signatures that Curaçao players were happy to provide throughout the week.

“When we went to the shop, we saw people from the States were buying our stuff,” Gijsbertha said. “Our team is a good team, a great team, and when they ask us to sign a ball, we do that.”

They were quiet early as it looked like Nevada, the first U.S. team to advance to the championship without a home run, would finally crack Curaçao’s standout pitchers.

Following a bunt from Nevada’s Michael Kleiner, Maddox Bryan lined a single to center field, driving in two runs. Nevada fans along the first base line waved signs, including one featuring World War II icon Rosie the Riveter and dedicated to Carsynn Meyer, the first girl to play for the U.S. in the championship game.

Meyer, who became the first girl to get a hit in the U.S. championship when Nevada beat Ohio on Saturday, went 0 for 2 against Curaçao.

Curaçao tied it when De Lanoi lined a ball off the glove of a diving Kleiner at second base for a two-run single.

The international champs took the lead for good on a two-run double by Jaymiëll Martina in the fourth. De Windt added a bases-clearing double in the fifth that brought the Curaçao fans to their feet. The Curaçao radio broadcast team, which led the crowd in the country’s national anthem before the game, began to exult.

Nevada also was the runner-up last year, falling to Taiwan in the championship game.

“When they look back and kind of realize what they’ve accomplished and what they’ve gained from here on out,” Nevada coach Cory Edwards said, “I hope they shoot me a text or give me a call and just remember that it was a hell of a ride.”

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That was Feb. 13, 2000, and Woods stayed there ever since — until Sunday.

Scottie Scheffler won the Tour Championship to capture his second FedEx Cup title and the $10 million prize — now considered official money — to raise his career total to $130,390,661.

Woods had been at $120,999,166 since he made his last cut on the PGA Tour at the 2024 Masters.

This is an entirely different era of golf, and Scheffler finally topping Woods in career earnings was inevitable. That it happened so quickly is a testament to Scheffler's dominance. He has been No. 1 in the world since May 2023.

The popularity and momentum Woods brought to the sport 30 years ago generated enormous spikes in prize money. And then with the arrival of Saudi-funded LIV Golf in 2022, the PGA Tour responded with even greater increases to keep more players from defecting.

There were 15 prize funds of $20 million or more this season on the PGA Tour schedule. Woods never played for a $10 million purse during his peak years from 1997 through 2009.

Woods won the FedEx Cup twice when it was worth $10 million, all in bonus money. Scheffler earned $23 million in bonus money last week by leading the FedEx Cup in points. The FedEx Cup finale has counted as official the last two years.

Most telling about the rapid increase in money was the 2024 Masters. Woods, at age 48 and trying to recover from multiple back surgeries and a 2023 car crash that shattered his right leg and ankle, finished in last place and made $44,000.

Scheffler won the Masters that year and moved to No. 12 on the career earnings list at $57,658,464. He has earned just over $72.7 million in his last 50 tournaments over two years and four months.

It was a matter of time, and it really doesn't matter to Scheffler.

“The reason our purses are so large today is because of the influence and impact that Tiger had on the game,” Scheffler said before the Tour Championship started. “I wouldn’t really consider that a Tiger record being broken. I think it just shows one of the many effects he had on the game of golf in a positive way.”

Scheffler indicated last week in St. Louis the Tiger number he cares about his victories. Scheffler won for the 22nd time Sunday at East Lake. Woods shares the PGA Tour record at 82 victories.

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Individual reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News were not granted credentials to the Group of 20 finance ministers' meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, the Times reported.

The Treasury has not explained the decision. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told The Associated Press in an interview Sunday that “it has nothing to do with point of view.”

The reporters who've been denied access include the Times' Alan Rappeport, who has been covering such meetings and the Treasury Department since 2017. However, another reporter for the Times, Berlin bureau chief Jim Tankersley, is allowed to attend.

The Times said in a statement that denying American journalists access to an event in the U.S. is “not just another disturbing effort by the administration to undermine independent journalism, but a blatant attempt to evade public scrutiny.”

“With the war in Iran, sanctions, the bond markets, and inflation on the agenda for the G20 finance ministers, the stakes of this gathering are significant for the global economy and the American people,” the Times said. "Excluding specific reporters and entire news organizations is a disservice to the public and an assault on press freedoms that we strongly condemn.”

Bloomberg News, in a story published Sunday evening, said “numerous” journalists from the news agency, including some based in Europe and Asia, had their accreditation requests rejected. It said denying the agency access to the meeting “undermines media freedom and public accountability.”

The Wall Street Journal declined to comment.

Bessent is hosting the G20 meeting, which runs Saturday through Tuesday. It includes finance ministers, central bank governors and senior officials from the world's top economies. This year's G20 summit, which involves heads of state, is being held in December at Trump's golf club in Doral, Florida.

Tensions have been escalating between the U.S. media and the second Trump administration, playing out both in the public arena and at times in the courts.

For example, the Defense Department declared earlier this year that its press office had become a classified space inaccessible to journalists. The ouster came after the Pentagon had demanded that reporters agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, prompting most news outlets to leave the building last fall.

The Associated Press has also sued Trump over access to the White House press pool. The news organization's access was curtailed for sticking with the name “Gulf of Mexico” after the administration ordered it rechristened the “Gulf of America.”

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Associated Press writer Fatima Hussein in Asheville, N.C., contributed to this report.

The Google Maps update comes days after Trump’s order amid an escalating trade war with Canada that has led both countries to impose billions of dollars in added tariffs on each other’s goods. It echoes what Google did in 2025 when Trump issued an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

Google said in a blog post Saturday that the decision was based on its practice of using names assigned by the U.S. Geographic Names Information System, also known as GNIS.

“People using Maps in the U.S. will see ‘Lake America,’ those in Canada will continue to see ‘Lake Ontario,’ and those outside of the U.S. and Canada will see both names,” Google said in a brief statement. “These updates follow our long-standing policy for bodies of water with names that vary from country to country, and are starting to roll out now."

Trump’s decision Thursday to rename the lake was met with mockery and indifference in both Canada and the United States. On Saturday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded to Trump’s order ​​with a billboard-sized message on the Canadian shore: “Lake Ontario. Now and forever.”

The White House, the office of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ford's office did not immediately comment Sunday ⁠on Google’s decision.

The internet company runs a leading search engine and major digital advertising network and is based in Mountain View, California. Its parent company is Alphabet Inc.

Scheffler celebrated with a beer.

He had just closed with a 4-under 66 in the Tour Championship on Sunday — no one else from the leading six players broke par — and Scheffler had to wait for the last two groups to finish to make it official.

“There was an open bar inside and I'm like, ‘All right, I’m grabbing a beer.' It tasted great,” Scheffler said. “I don't really drink often. My wife and manager were like, ‘Wow, I haven’t seen you have a beer in a long time.' Well, season's over now. I'm going to have a beer. Well-earned beer.”

There was no arguing that, and there's no longer a debate over who had the best season in golf.

Scheffler took care of that at East Lake when he made up a three-shot deficit in four holes and pulled away to win the Tour Championship, claim a second FedEx Cup title and move past Tiger Woods for most PGA Tour earnings.

Scheffler signaled his rally with a 5-iron to within 2 inches of the cup on the 211-yard second hole. He caught Viktor Hovland with a 25-foot birdie on the fourth hole, pulled ahead for the first time on the 13th and wound up with a three-shot victory.

It was his first time with the low 72-hole score at the Tour Championship.

When he won in 2024, he had a two-shot lead before the tournament began given to the No. 1 seed under the “starting strokes” format. He won by four shots, even though two other players had a lower actual score. That still bugs him.

“When you’re coming down the stretch of a tournament and you’re tied or one shot back, it’s different than when you’re adding it up at the end and there’s starting strokes and all that stuff,” Scheffler said. “I think having a real tournament to finish the year, where I am the winner and the lowest score at East Lake, feels like a bit more of an accomplishment.”

Scheffler won for the third time this year — twice in the last three weeks during the PGA Tour's postseason — to match Chris Gotterup, Matt Fitzpatrick and U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark for most titles in 2026.

Players vote on the Jack Nicklaus Award for PGA Tour player of the year. Scheffler has won the last four years — another would tie him with Woods for most consecutive awards.

Taking over the top spot in career earnings was inevitable. The $40 million purse at the Tour Championship now counts as official money. Scheffler won $10 million, pushing his career total to $130,390,661.

Woods, who never played for more than a $10 million purse during his peak years from 1997 through 2009, had been at the top of the career money list for nearly 26 years.

It was a small slice of redemption for Scheffler, who lost in a playoff to Hovland at the Travelers Championship, one of his five runner-up finishes this year.

Hovland made only one birdie and closed with a 72 to finish alone in second, worth $5 million. Most aggravating for the Norwegian was having three putts hit the lip in a four-hole stretch on the back nine, two of them for birdie and one for par.

“He’s just good, and he played good every day,” Hovland said. “I could have shot 66 easily as well today. Just didn't have it. ... It wasn’t like anybody else really played all that great in contention, and that’s what you see — a lot of guys just gagging and throwing up. And that’s where he just kind of stays in it and shoots a nice score. That gets the job done.”

Scheffler had two bogeys — one an aggressive miss with a wedge from the fairway on No. 7, the other from a gnarly lie in the rough on the 14th — and otherwise felt he didn't miss much over a tough day of wind and firm turf that made the landing spots feel smaller.

East Lake played to a cumulative average of 67.35 through three rounds. On Sunday, the average score was 70.07.

Ryan Gerard, one shot behind Hovland staring out, made double bogey on the opening hole, followed with 13 straight pars and shot 72 to finish alone in third.

“They made it as difficult as they could today, and that’s kind of what we were looking for,” Gerard said. “I just wasn’t on enough to execute shots to really tucked hole locations.”

Scheffler said winning the Tour Championship for the FedEx Cup doesn't change his outlook on the season. That's for others to judge. Even so, he had a point to prove.

He felt as though he had underachieved in the PGA Tour postseason — losing a six-shot lead to Rory McIlroy in 2022, not putting up much of a fight when Hovland won in 2023 when he started with a two-shot lead and finished 16 shots behind.

“To come in this year maybe not winning the tournaments that I could have won throughout the regular season, to come in and win two out of three playoff events, is definitely a nice way to finish off the season,” Scheffler said.

“That was my motto going into the playoffs. Maybe in years I’ve underperformed in the postseason, and maybe this is a year I’ll perform better than I have in the regular season.”

That he did, and the beer no doubt went down smoothly.

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“This is going to be financial violence if we have to,” Bessent said in the interview. “We are showing people that we know who you are, you know who you are, and this has got to stop.”

Bessent spoke with the AP ahead of Group of 20 meetings in Asheville, North Carolina, where he will huddle individually with his counterparts from the world’s major and developing economies to encourage cooperation against Iran.

He said he plans to focus on encouraging economic growth in his meetings, which are taking place as he faces scrutiny for an unusual bond buyback program and his approach to $40 trillion in U.S. debt, and he defended the Treasury’s decision to exclude certain reporters from covering the event.

Bessent did not name the bank that would face sanctions this week. His comments come after the Trump administration signaled that it would shift from military strikes to economic pressure during a war that recently reached the six-month mark, promising what it called an “economic D-Day" against a country that has already weathered decades of punishing sanctions.

The US is trying to squeeze Iran

However, hostilities between the U.S. and Iran flared on Sunday. U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in their first military action in a month, breaking a lull in fighting. Iran vowed to retaliate for what it called a deadly attack.

In addition, the administration has mostly relied on warnings rather than new sanctions against Iran's trading partners. There's also the question of how Trump will handle China, which is Iran's biggest trading partner and leading buyer of its oil.

Bessent told the AP he would speak to his Chinese counterparts at the G20 meeting and “all options are on the table” in terms of sanctioning Beijing for its continued purchases.

But he rejected the idea that the administration was reluctant to confront China, calling it “a completely false narrative that the media picked up on." He insisted that China and the U.S. agree on the need to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.

Treasury’s first official action in this campaign of economic pressure was a proposed rulemaking on Friday, which would, if finalized, sever the Emirati branches of Banque Misr, Egypt’s second-largest bank, from access to the U.S. financial system.

In stopping short of imposing sanctions on the Egyptian bank, the Republican administration appeared to be signaling its reluctance to penalize major trading partners that do business with Iran, including China and India.

Treasury restricted media access to G20 meeting

The Treasury barred certain reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News from covering the G20 meetings.

The Times said it was “not just another disturbing effort by the administration to undermine independent journalism, but a blatant attempt to evade public scrutiny.”

Treasury officials have not explained their decision.

Bessent defended the exclusion by telling the AP that “it has nothing to do with point of view.”

Bessent faces scrutiny on bond market

Bessent said he wanted to focus on growth at the summit with his counterparts.

“The world has this mountain of debt, and we do have to grow our way out of it because you know there are many countries that have very large budget deficits, but they also have zero growth,” he said.

Bessent surprised financial markets earlier this month with an unusual intervention into the bond market that sparked criticism that the administration has not done enough to address fiscal issues.

The move – which occurred on the same day the U.S. debt topped $40 trillion — was seen as a way to try to put a cap on rising bond yields, which have pushed up borrowing costs for consumers.

Some of the sharpest criticism came from Stan Druckenmiller, CEO of Duquesne Family Office LLC — a former boss of Bessent's in the 1990s — who wrote in The Wall Street Journal that the Treasury Department was on “the wrong side of that trade” and needed to do more to address the deficit.

Bessent promises action on debt and deficit

Asked about the criticism, Bessent acknowledged that “we’ve been in touch” and said: “Stan’s a great money manager. He changes his mind a lot.”

“He’s twice called for the U.S. to default on its debt — once in the 1990s, and once in 2011 — so he likes extreme measures. I don’t think we’re at the point where we need extreme measures yet,” Bessent said.

Druckenmiller in a 2011 interview said a technical default on the debt “would be horrible” but not “the end of the world” if it led to measures that reined in spending on U.S. government programs.

Bessent told the AP that he was working with Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, on a fiscal package to bring down the debt and deficit that would be revealed in coming weeks.

He also argued that long-term U.S. bond yields were down in August “for all the noise” and said that rising yields were “a global phenomenon.”

Bessent blamed tariff refunds for the deficit hike. The government was forced to refund some tariffs paid by businesses after the U.S. Supreme Court said Trump had overstepped his authority with sweeping tariffs on imports from most countries.

Beckham got better as training camp progressed and showed in exhibition play that he could still produce. He made seven catches for 76 yards over three games, including three for 53 in the preseason finale against the Jets on Friday night.

“I feel like I gave everything I had,” Beckham said afterward. “I’m just truly grateful for that opportunity, that experience. It was a tough couple years, taking a step back and deciding, do you go forward with life? Are you done? The mental battles that we go through and just push through, persevere and overcome adversity.”

Coach John Harbaugh said Beckham had a good camp, with the final week of practices being his best.

“He’s looked good and made numerous plays,” Harbaugh said.

Beckham was out of football last season, including time spent serving a six-game suspension for failing a performance-enhancing drug test. His last game was Dec. 8, 2024, with Miami, when he played nine games for the Dolphins and had nine catches for 55 yards before getting waived on Dec. 13.

After not catching on anywhere and serving the suspension, Beckham began ramping back up this past spring. He worked out for the Giants in April, signed in June and acknowledged after one of his first offseason workouts that he would have to earn a roster spot.

Asked after the Jets game what he would mean, Beckham said, “Everything.”

“Seeing my son at the game, yelling, just looking at me, and he told one of his friends: ‘Yeah, people always want to take a picture of my dad. He must be the best,’” Beckham said. “And it just made me laugh because I just want to show him. I want to lead the way. I want to be a good example for him.”

A season-ending knee injury to Calvin Austin opened the door for Beckham and return specialist Braxton Berrios, who is being released but is expected to be brought back before the season opener Sept. 13 against Dallas. If he plays that night, it will be Beckham's first home game in a Giants uniform since Dec. 2, 2018.

Drafted 12th by the Giants in 2014, Beckham spent his first five professional seasons with them before getting traded to Cleveland in 2019. He eclipsed 1,000 yards receiving four times with New York.

After going through camp wearing No. 3, Beckham is also expected to get his familiar No. 13 back after wideout Jalin Hyatt was cut following parts of three seasons with zero touchdown catches.

Giants set their roster

Hyatt, a third-round selection in 2023, was not the only high draft pick from recent years released. Offensive lineman Evan Neal, taken seventh overall in 2022 and surprisingly re-signed for a new coaching staff to make its own determination, did not make the roster even after fellow guards Daniel Faalele and Josh Ezeudu got traded.

Veteran Darius Slayton joined Beckham, Malik Nabers, Darnell Mooney and rookie Malachi Fields as the five receivers who made it.

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Reese, who has already set records this year for rebounds in a season and a game, had 15 points and 11 rebounds to surpass Alyssa Thomas' record of 28 double-doubles, set in 2023.

Minnesota (31-9), which had its eight-game road win streak snapped, has a 2 1/2-game lead over second-place Golden State. Atlanta (26-14) moved into a tie with Indiana for fourth.

Jordin Canada added 16 points and 10 assists for the Dream, and Rhyne Howard scored 12 of her 16 points in the fourth quarter.

DeWanna Bonner, who signed with Atlanta after her contract with Phoenix was bought out Monday, made her Atlanta debut and finished with seven points in 17 minutes.

Rookie Olivia Miles led the Lynx with 21 points while Kayla McBride and Napheesa Collier each added 17. Courtney Williams returned from a one-game absence due to sprained right foot and scored 11.

Miles took a hard fall as she made a driving layup in the final minute.

Minnesota used a 13-2 run to trim its deficit to seven points before Howard, who had missed her first five 3-point attempts, made back-to-back 3s to give Atlanta a 14-point lead with 5:55 left.

Minnesota lost 80-66 to visiting Golden State on Monday to snap a six-game win streak. The Lynx have just three losses since they dropped a 90-89 decision to visiting Connecticut on July 6.

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Dream: Host Connecticut on Sept. 17.

Lynx: Host New York on Sept. 18.

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The winner, Amadeo Fusca, was the crowd favorite, wearing a jersey for the NBA champion New York Knicks underneath a suit. Fusca also had a haircut and facial hair similar to Mamdani, taking home a $100 prize.

Mamdani, a democratic socialist who took office in January, has amassed a large following on social media and among younger residents. The event was sponsored by the social media app, Sonder.

Mamdani's agenda as mayor is centered on refocusing the power of government toward helping the city’s struggling working class.

Nine participants, many with facial hair similar to Mamdani's, came dressed in myriad Mamdani style, including the brown suit Mamdani wore while campaigning in 2025, red and black patterned ties, dress shoes, dark blue and black suits, and silver rings. One of the participants showed up shirtless but wearing an apron — a reference to a rap music video Mamdani made in 2019.

The men were asked one question in the competition — name their favorite pizza — and the winner was decided by who got the most applause.

Attendees initially gathered in the park, but police told them they had to leave because they hadn't obtained a permit. So they moved just outside the park for the competition.

It wasn’t the first time Mamdani look-alikes gathered. A similar contest was held in Brooklyn in 2025 when Mamdani was campaigning for mayor.

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The body of a 46-year-old man was recovered Sunday evening near Crystal Rapids along the Colorado River, the park service said without providing additional details. Coroner’s officials were at the scene.

Weekend flooding in Arizona’s Bright Angel Creek, which flows into the river, happened Saturday afternoon. More than 60 people were evacuated from the depths of the canyon. The park service said it had yet to account for 15 people and asked anyone with details about hikers or campers in the canyon to get in touch. The Arizona Department of Public Safety was helping with additional evacuations Sunday.

Because the main water line was out of service, starting Monday tourists won't be able to stay overnight at lodges and hotels within Grand Canyon National Park. Year-round residents are being asked to conserve water.

“These measures are crucial for ensuring the safety and sustainability of water resources,” the park said in a statement.

Parth Desai was hiking through a narrow passage in Bright Angel Canyon with fellow physicians and a park ranger when the downpour started Saturday.

“We saw the creek flood, waterfalls coming up out of nowhere, boulders, mud, landslides happening everywhere,” he said.

Later, as they made their way toward Phantom Ranch, a colleague shouted “Up, Up, Up, Up!” as a 4-foot (1-meter) debris wall headed toward them and they ran up into a patch of cacti, he said. They were rescued by helicopter late Saturday after making it to the Phantom Ranch area, he said.

Torrents of water wiped out footbridges over the creek and altered the landscape, widening the creek bed and extending an existing river rapid or creating a new one. The flood was a major blow to an enduring effort to modernize the pipeline that serves 6 million visitors a year and roughly 1,600 residents of Grand Canyon Village.

“Heaven help us if the whole thing down there at the bottom has to be reconstructed,” said Jack Schmidt, director of the Center for Colorado River Studies at Utah State University. “Where are they going to get the money? It's a nightmare for the park service. And thank God nobody was hurt or killed.”

Halting overnight stays at the park because of a lack of water is rare, although the pipeline frequently has failed over the years.

A $208 million rehabilitation of the pipeline and upgrades to the associated water delivery system started in 2023, with the park service calling it a crucial investment to ensure the park can meet the needs of residents and visitors. The project was expected to be completed next year.

Lodging is still available just outside the park's South Rim entrance station in Tusayan.

Popular tourist spots, including the Bright Angel Campground, the North Kaibab Trail and Phantom Ranch, home to a historic canteen and dormitories, remained closed Sunday.

Erica Viola said she and about 50 other hikers at that campground watched the creek rise Saturday and debris start to flow by, including what looked like a bunkhouse. The helicopter ride out cut her adventure short by two days, she said.

About half an inch to 1 inch (1 to 2.5 cm) of rain fell within about 20 minutes on a rocky slope where there’s a steep drop in elevation, said National Weather Service meteorologist Darren McCollum in Flagstaff. The deluge was preceded by two smaller systems that drenched the area hours earlier.

“So when the main storm moved in, torrential rain fell on everything that was already soaked, and that caused all the problems that we're seeing," McCollum said.

The weather service said the flooding happened on the north side of the Grand Canyon, where Bright Angel Creek comes from the North Rim down to the Colorado River, dropping around 6,000 feet (1,828 meters).

More rain and thunderstorms were possible for the area into Monday.

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Stengle reported from Dallas. Jeffrey Collins in Columbia, South Carolina, Holly Ramer in Concord, New Hampshire, and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles also contributed.

The 35-year-old Donald made his decision after several weeks of discussion and nearly three months of intensive workouts for a star defensive lineman who reigned atop his position in a Rams uniform from 2014 until his retirement in early 2024.

Donald joined a light practice at the Rams’ training complex later Sunday, shaking hands and exchanging hugs with Myles Garrett and the rest of his teammates, both old and new.

While he hasn't decided whether he will play in the Rams' season opener against the 49ers in Australia next month, Donald is eager to complete a comeback that seemed improbable only three months ago.

“Do I feel like I can play at a high level? Yes,” Donald said. “Do I feel like I can still be myself? One hundred percent, and if I didn’t feel like that, I wouldn’t be here.”

Donald agreed to a one-year contract, and ESPN reported he will make at least $20 million in an incentive-laden deal.

Donald became one of the greatest defensive players of his era during a decade spent entirely with the Rams in St. Louis and Los Angeles. He won three AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year awards while earning 10 Pro Bowl selections, eight All-Pro selections and a Super Bowl ring before he retired somewhat abruptly following the 2023-24 season.

After two years of tending to his business interests and enjoying ample family time, Donald began to entertain the notion of a comeback this summer after the Rams traded young lineman Jared Verse in a deal for Garrett, one of Donald’s few peers in contemporary defensive line play.

“I already thought it was a stacked D-line with Verse ... and then you bring a guy like Myles Garrett, a generational talent, and then it’s like, ‘Gosh, that could be fun,’” Donald said with a grin.

Donald and Garrett have combined to win five of the AP’s past nine Defensive Player of the Year awards, including two of the past three for Garrett with the Cleveland Browns. While Garrett said he wouldn't attempt to influence Donald's decision, the two have exchanged numerous text messages while Donald went through the training necessary to become his teammate.

With MVP Matthew Stafford returning to lead the league's most productive offense, Los Angeles was already the betting favorite in most sportsbooks to win its second Super Bowl title under coach Sean McVay even before Donald’s comeback. Along with Garrett, Los Angeles added cornerbacks Trent McDuffie and Jaylen Watson from Kansas City to a defense that now looks more equipped to keep pace with the Rams’ offense, which returns every major contributor around Stafford.

“I think this is a complete team with me here or without me here, so for me to even have the opportunity to be a part of this, to be with this team, I take nothing for granted,” Donald said. “It’s a blessing to be retired from the game for two years and then have the opportunity to come back and be a part of something special.”

McVay has seemed confident for weeks that Donald was leaning toward a return. Donald said he finalized his decision to return about two weeks ago after being in almost daily contact with McVay for several weeks.

“He means a lot to me, and it's way bigger than football,” McVay said. “There's a lot of history. There's a lot of experiences that we've shared, a lot of love for each other's families. I'm excited to start this journey.”

Donald stayed in decent shape during his retirement, and he was pleasantly surprised by the way his body responded to its return to NFL-level training. He also says his famed defensive line technique hasn't declined.

“I've been in a football mindset for the last 14 weeks,” Donald said. “If anything, it’s just getting back on the grass and knocking the rust off as far as playing football again, 11 on 11. Work on my eyes, getting the feel for the game, certain reaction things that made me who I am. I put myself in the best position the best way I can with training to get to where I’m at now.”

Donald's 111 career sacks are the Rams' franchise record and the second-most in NFL history among linemen who primarily played on the interior. His ability to generate a pass rush between the tackles is the primary basis of his greatness, but Donald also was a run-stuffer whose agility and technique forced defenses to double-team him regularly, freeing up his teammates to excel.

The decision resets Donald's eligibility clock for his all-but-automatic induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but he's much more interested in seizing the strong opportunity to play for a second ring while lining up alongside Garrett and talented young contributors Byron Young, Kobie Turner and Braden Fiske on what should be an opponents' nightmare of a defensive front.

Donald joins a significant group of recent NFL stars who have ended retirements and returned to this punishing sport, including Philip Rivers, Jason Witten, Marshawn Lynch, Rob Gronkowski and Eric Weddle, the safety who came back from 2 1/2 years away and joined Donald on the Rams' short-handed defense for its playoff run to a championship in early 2022.

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Yin ran in a 25-foot birdie putt on the par-5 12th for a share of the lead with playing partner Kim. The 23-year-old Chinese player parred the next five in breezy conditions and birdied the par-5 18th for a 2-under 70 and a two-stroke victory.

“I was really emotional when I was on the 18 green and just felt like all the hard work paid off,” Yin said. “Just really happy how I grinded out there today.”

Kim shot 71. She dropped back with a three-putt bogey on the par-3 16th, missing a 9-foot par try. The South Korean player — a two-time winner this season — missed a 7-foot birdie attempt on the par-3 17th.

“At the end of the day it was Ronni,” Kim said.

Sei Young Kim chipped in for birdie on the par-3 11th to take a one-stroke lead in the final group, then dropped four shots on the next three holes with a double bogey and two bogeys. She shot 73 to tie for fourth.

Yin won twice in 2023 and three times in 2024, with a span of 672 days since her last win in the 2024 Maybank Championship.

“It’s just been so long since my last win,” Yin said. “I know I work hard and also my team, my mom is here. Just everything comes together.”

She had a midnight flight to China.

“I’ll be back home and celebrate with my friend and my family,” Yin said. “I think I’m going to take a good sleep on the plane.”

Allisen Corpuz was third at 11 under after a 68. Fellow U.S. Solheim Cup player Rose Zhang (68) was another shot back with Sei Young Kim.

Top-ranked Nelly Korda tied for 50th at 1 over after a 73 in the final event before the Sept. 11-13 Solheim Cup matches in the Netherlands.

European captain Anna Nordqvist finished her final final event on the LPGA Tour in tie for 38th. She was 1 under after a 72.

“I’m not really sure how to feel,” Nordqvist said. “Nothing ever prepares you for this moment. I’m definitely going to miss it.”

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Forces with the Revolutionary Guard Corps were observed preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into the strait, according to Tim Hawkins, a spokesperson for the U.S. Central Command. The U.S. military last week completed clearing sea mines from the strait’s international shipping routes.

Semiofficial news outlets in Iran reported sounds of explosions near Larak island on the strait. The Guard in a statement carried by Iran's state broadcaster noted “the martyrdom and injury of several of our fighters and compatriots.”

Later, Iranian state television showed what it said were ballistic missiles being fired by Iran at U.S. bases in Jordan in response to the American strikes. Jordan’s armed forces said they intercepted eight missiles that penetrated the country’s airspace early Monday in the Mideast.

U.S. military officials disputed Iran's claim that the latest American strikes were an act of aggression, calling them a "limited, precise action" against what they said were minelaying forces.

“In essence, Iran created the threat and the U.S. military eliminated it to protect civilian mariners, commercial shipping, and the free flow of global commerce,” U.S. Central Command said in a statement late Sunday.

A return to open conflict would be dangerous for the region, where Iran has targeted U.S. military bases and infrastructure in Gulf countries since the war began on Feb. 28.

The last time the U.S. military confirmed targeting Iran was on July 29, when it announced a “heavy wave of strikes” on dozens of Revolutionary Guard targets including coastal surveillance and defense sites. On Aug. 1, U.S. President Donald Trump said he would order the military to hold off on new strikes at the urging of Gulf allies Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

The US had turned to economic pressure

The attack comes just days after the Trump administration said it would turn its focus to increasing economic pressure — rather than military action — to try to end its war with Iran. The shifting strategy centers on threats to punish any country or entity that continues to conduct business with Tehran.

Sunday's attack was a “fatal mistake by the Trump regime during the economic war” and the enemy will pay the consequences militarily and economically, a Guard spokesperson, Gen. Hossein Mohebi, said in a statement carried by Iranian media.

The U.S. turn to using sanctions came as the administration weighs diminished munitions stockpiles after months of war, sparking concerns that the prolonged conflict could undermine U.S. military readiness in other parts of the globe.

As the conflict grinds on, Trump’s talk of finding a quick end to the war also appears to be fading. He stressed last week that he’s “not in a hurry” to get Iran back to the negotiating table, and he continues making the case that the Islamic Republic’s leadership is on the ropes.

Appointments to Iran’s senior security leadership in the past month, however, have signaled Tehran’s defiance after weathering decades of sanctions as well as a lack of tolerance for dissent at home.

Trump has consistently emphasized that the U.S. and Israeli campaign has been devastating for Iran’s navy and air force. Iranian officials have said the country has suffered $270 billion in direct and indirect damage. Israeli military strikes in the first weeks of the war wiped out much of the theocratic government’s leadership structure.

Iran leans on the strait for leverage

But Iran has found leverage through its strikes against vessels on the Strait of Hormuz, where relatively few ships carrying oil and liquefied natural gas are risking passage. Iran still has enough drones and missiles to fire at vessels transiting the waterway through which 20% of the world's oil normally flows.

Crude oil prices rose Sunday in response to the U.S. attack. The price for a barrel of U.S. oil went up 1.8% to $84.94, while the price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, rose 1.9% to $89.79.

Tehran continues to assert that even after it works out a management plan for the strait with Oman, its neighbor on the other side of the waterway, the U.S. can't use it until it fulfills its obligations under the memorandum of understanding the countries signed in mid-June.

Trump has repeatedly declared that the “Strait of Hormuz is open,” saying 24 vessels passed through last week. But that’s a fraction of the roughly 130 vessels that transited daily before the war began.

Earlier on Sunday, a multinational coalition overseen by the U.S. Navy said commercial traffic through the strait remained at “reduced levels.”

And a monitoring agency run by the British military said an unknown projectile struck a tanker ship on Saturday north of Khasab, Oman, in the strait. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization said no casualties or environmental impact had been reported, and cited unspecified military authorities. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

The U.S. military said that as of Sunday, it had redirected 83 commercial vessels and disabled three under its blockade of Iranian ports.

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Los dolientes se secaban las lágrimas, levantaban las manos y gritaban mientras los ataúdes llegaban a una iglesia en la comunidad agrícola de Kenscoff.

“Agradecemos a todos los que vinieron en solidaridad con las familias que murieron y con quienes perdieron a sus seres queridos", declaró el pastor Jean Robert Dorlus. "Dios abrirá un espacio para recibirlos”.

Hombres armados atacaron Kenscoff el 23 de agosto, matando al menos a 47 personas y secuestrando a más de 50 en medio de la noche, en uno de los peores secuestros masivos de los últimos años en Haití. Los sobrevivientes han organizado protestas mientras culpan a la policía por no haber evitado el ataque, que contradijo la creencia de que la seguridad en el atribulado país caribeño estaba mejorando.

Dentro de la iglesia, la gente se mecía al ritmo de la música góspel. Algunos sollozaban con hombros temblorosos. Había tanta gente en la iglesia que decenas de personas no pudieron ingresar y vieron los servicios desde las ventanas mientras rendían homenaje a quienes estaban siendo velados: una madre, un padre y su hijo, y un hombre de 70 años a quien los pandilleros prendieron fuego.

“Los conozco desde hace mucho tiempo”, comentó Yvon Marleus, residente de Kenscoff que perdió a un primo durante el ataque. “Son personas respetadas en la comunidad”.

La policía "no actuó a tiempo para detener la masacre”, alegó Marleus.

La Policía Nacional de Haití ha dicho que ordenó una investigación para establecer los hechos y si el ataque fue producto de “complicidad o negligencia”.

Fuera de la iglesia, civiles montaban guardia con armas automáticas, listos para repeler cualquier nuevo ataque de las pandillas con la ayuda de agentes de policía apostados cerca del lugar.

Jean Calixte Juste, un residente de Kenscoff, contó que él y dos primos tuvieron suerte en sobrevivir.

“Estuve a punto de morir”, recordó. “Casi me caigo a un barranco mientras corría. Ha sido la peor noche que he vivido”.

No conocía a las cuatro personas que estaban siendo veladas el domingo, pero dijo que quería honrar su memoria.

De momento se desconoce cuándo podrían realizarse los funerales de las otras víctimas.

El papa León XIV condenó la masacre el domingo.

“Expreso mi cercanía en la oración a las víctimas y a sus familias y pido que todos los rehenes sean liberados sin demora", subrayó. "Hago un llamado sincero a todos los responsables para que asuman un compromiso concreto de garantizar la seguridad de la población y poner fin a toda forma de violencia”.

Marta Hurtado, portavoz de la Oficina de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas, dijo que en el ataque del 23 de agosto participaron cerca de 150 pandilleros fuertemente armados. Señaló que primero asesinaron a 13 personas que intentaron huir y luego persiguieron a otras 50 que se refugiaron dentro de una iglesia.

“Después de obligarlas a salir del recinto, ejecutaron a 22 de ellas en el patio de la iglesia y a otras 12 detrás de la iglesia”, explicó.

Decenas de personas resultaron heridas, y más de 2.600 quedaron sin hogar.

Las pandillas dejaron en libertad a seis niños y siete mujeres luego de una intervención de líderes comunitarios y la UNICEF, pero decenas siguen secuestrados.

Las pandillas controlan aproximadamente el 70% de la capital Puerto Príncipe y extensas zonas de la región central de Haití. También buscan apoderarse de territorio en Kenscoff.

En total, la violencia de pandillas ha desplazado a casi 1,5 millones de personas en los últimos años en todo Haití, donde se reportó la muerte de más de 3.050 personas de enero a junio, según estadísticas de la ONU.

“Estoy listo para irme”, dijo Juste, uno de los residentes. “Porque después de esto, no creo que podamos sobrevivir a otro gran ataque”.

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The NFL's decision Sunday means Cooper will continue to get paid for the time being and is allowed at the team's training facilities but cannot practice with the team or play in games.

“It's part of the process,” general manager George Paton said. “We continue to take this very seriously. We're going to continue to monitor all the legal developments and continue to support Jonathon. Jonathon's worked very hard to better himself and it'll be good to have him in the building, be in meetings and just be a part of the team.”

Cooper faces an arraignment Monday on several charges following two domestic-violence arrests in June stemming from altercations with a woman he was dating at the time. He's expected to enter a plea at that hearing unless an agreement is reached beforehand between prosecutors and Cooper's lawyer, Harvey Steinberg.

Cooper was allowed to participate in training camp and on Friday was one of the Broncos' captains in their preseason finale, a 34-6 win over the Minnesota Vikings.

The league is investigating Cooper’s situation and the sixth-year pro could face a lengthy suspension under the NFL’s domestic violence policy. Any games he serves on the exempt list would count toward his suspension, but he would also have to repay the money he earned while on the exempt list.

Cooper, who has started 52 consecutive games for the Broncos, is a key member of a defense that has led the league in sacks each of the past two seasons. He was told to stay away from the Broncos’ mandatory minicamp in June following his second arrest in a week's span.

Cooper, 28, was arrested on June 4 following an argument and physical confrontation with his then-girlfriend that eventually resulted in a felony assault charge of strangulation. He was arrested again a week later after allegedly violating a protection order by trying to contact the woman, according to the arrest affidavit.

The Broncos decided not to release Cooper, who's due $12 million this season. He was allowed to participate in training camp after attending an inpatient clinic near Vail for more than a month.

If he misses any games, Jonah Elliss, Que Robinson and Dondrea Tillman are set to expand their workload in his place: “We like the depth there,” Paton said.

The Broncos decided to keep all three of their quarterbacks on the 53-man roster: Bo Nix, Jarrett Stidham and Sam Ehlinger.

“We love the room; we're going to keep the room together,” Paton said.

That meant another tough cut and among those who didn't make the roster were draft picks Justin Joly, a tight end from N.C. State who had an 88-yard touchdown catch Friday night, and Red Murdock, aka “Mr. Irrelevant,” a linebacker from Buffalo.

“We always worry about the guys we want to bring back that they could get claimed,” Paton said. “And if they do, like we told them, we're going to give them a hug and wish them the best.”

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Players continue to get paid while on the commissioner's exempt list. Upon request and with the club’s permission, Jacobs may be present at the club’s facility on a reasonable basis for meetings, individual workouts, therapy and rehabilitation and other permitted non-football activities.

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed Sunday that Jacobs had been placed on the list, a move that comes three days after the charges were filed against him. ESPN first reported the development.

Jacobs' absence will impact the Packers at a position in which they already lacked depth. The Packers tried to address their running back shortage Sunday by acquiring 2025 third-round pick Kaleb Johnson from the Pittsburgh Steelers in exchange for a 2028 sixth-round selection.

The Packers open their season Sept. 13 at Minnesota.

Brown County (Wisconsin) District Attorney David Lasee announced Thursday that Jacobs had been charged with battery and criminal damage to property. The charges arose from what police described as a physical confrontation between Jacobs and his girlfriend.

Jacobs was arrested on May 26, three days after police were called to his home to investigate a disturbance. He was released from jail the next day.

Jacobs’ lawyers — David Z. Chesnoff, Richard A. Schonfeld, and Clarence F. Duchac III — issued a statement in response to the NFL's decision. They noted this move is “an administrative procedure used by the NFL while a matter is being reviewed."

“It is not a final determination,” they said. “Josh respects the NFL process, the Packers, and his Coaches and Teammates. He looks forward to his return to the team and the NFL.”

Hobart-Lawrence police officers who responded to the May call said Jacobs’ girlfriend told them she had a lump on her head as a result of Jacobs’ actions.

Police said the woman said she had been looking through Jacobs’ phone and saw he was talking to other women, and that she threw the phone in anger without breaking it. She told police that Jacobs had her phone and she told him he could look through it.

According to police, the woman indicated she tried to retrieve her phone from Jacobs, but he didn’t return it and instead grabbed her arm and began a struggle that lasted several minutes. They then left the home in separate vehicles before eventually returning.

Police said the woman was trying to exit a garage door to get outside when Jacobs grabbed her and threw her to the ground, causing her to hit her head. Police said Jacobs also took the phone from her while she was on the ground.

According to the criminal complaint filed last week, surveillance footage from the camera system in the garage corroborated the woman’s statement.

Jacobs rushed for 929 yards and 13 touchdowns last season. That followed a 2024 season in which Jacobs ran for 1,329 yards and 15 touchdowns while earning his third Pro Bowl selection.

The 28-year-old has rushed for 7,803 yards and 74 touchdowns in his seven-year career, which included five seasons with the Raiders. He earned All-Pro honors and had an NFL-leading 1,653 yards rushing with Las Vegas in 2022.

Jacobs was back on the field with the Packers for organized team activities less than a week after the arrest and has been with the team for training camp, though he’s been limited by a groin injury.

With Jacobs on the commissioner's exempt list, the only running backs on Green Bay's 53-man roster are MarShawn Lloyd, Chris Brooks and the newly acquired Johnson. The Packers cut Pierre Strong Jr., Damien Martinez and Jaden Nixon on Sunday.

Lloyd is a 2024 third-round pick who has played only one game over the last two seasons due to a variety of injuries, though he has stayed healthy throughout this preseason. Brooks ran for 106 yards on 27 carries last season while contributing primarily on special teams.

Johnson rushed for 69 yards on 28 carries while playing 10 games his rookie season with the Steelers.

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La denominada “política de paz total” fue instaurada por su predecesor Gustavo Petro, quien abrió mesas de negociación con agrupaciones armadas ilegales, con el objetivo de lograr su desarme para menguar la violencia. La mayoría de ellas no fructificaron.

“La falsa paz total no fue más que una claudicación del ejercicio de soberanía en favor del narcoterrorismo”, afirmó De la Espriella durante una declaración al país en redes sociales.

El mandatario indicó que, por medio de nueve resoluciones, puso fin a las negociaciones con las estructuras de alias “Calarcá”, quien lidera la facción del Estado Mayor de Bloques y Frente, una de las disidencias de las desaparecidas Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC). También se desactivaron las mesas con la Coordinadora Nacional del Ejército Bolivariano y con las Autodefensas de la Sierra Nevada.

“He tomado esta decisión porque no existe una voluntad real y verificable de paz”, aseguró el presidente. Las designaciones de representantes de esas agrupaciones para que fuesen voceros de las mesas de diálogo también quedaron sin efecto, precisó.

A los miembros y cabecillas de las agrupaciones armadas ilegales y guerrillas les reiteró el llamado a someterse a la justicia, y advirtió que “la paz se garantiza y se impone con la fuerza legitima de las armas y las leyes de la República”.

Abaten a importante cabecilla de disidencias de las FARC

Horas antes, el presidente informó en la red social X que fue abatido alias “Felipe” o “Arcadio”, importante cabecilla de la facción Jaime Martínez de las disidencias de las FARC.

De la Espriella calificó el hecho como un “golpe contundente a las disidencias de alias ‘ Iván Mordisco ’”, uno de los prófugos más buscados de Colombia.

El mandatario dijo que “Felipe” es responsable de múltiples ataques contra estaciones policiales, con explosivos lanzados desde drones, en el departamento del Valle del Cauca —en el suroeste del país—, al igual que de la instalación de cilindros cargados de explosivos en carreteras, un ataque a una unidad militar, incineración de vehículos, extorsiones y otras acciones criminales.

“A Mordisco y a sus estructuras les estamos cerrando el cerco”, advirtió el mandatario. “Bandido que no se someta terminará en una bolsa plástica”, agregó, y adjuntó una fotografía del abatido.

En su alocución nocturna, el presidente dijo haber ordenado la creación de un bloque nacional de búsqueda contra la extorsión. “Se acabó eso de convertir el miedo de los colombianos en el negocio de los criminales", aseveró.

No es la primera baja de un cabecilla de grupos armados ilegales que De la Espriella anuncia desde que asumió el poder.

El viernes, el gobernante conservador informó de la captura de Emilio José Cordero Sierra, alias “Fantasma”, acusado de coordinar el intercambio de cocaína por material de guerra con las disidencias de las desaparecidas FARC. Washington solicita su extradición por delitos relacionados con terrorismo, concierto para delinquir y narcotráfico.

En los últimos días, el mandatario también dio luz verde a la extradición a Estados Unidos de cinco personas cuya entrega se encontraba suspendida como parte del proceso de paz.

La reconstrucción de Colombia tras el terremoto

De la Espriella señaló que, tras el devastador terremoto de 7,4 grados de magnitud que azotó el noroeste del país previamente este mes, comienza la etapa de reconstrucción, sin que esto signifique “que abandonemos la búsqueda” de las personas desaparecidas ni la atención humanitaria.

El balance presentado por el jefe de Estado registró 331 fallecidos, 152 desaparecidos, 4.497 heridos y más de 452.000 afectados. Además, 35.987 viviendas quedaron destruidas.

“Tenemos que comenzar a levantar las viviendas, recuperar las escuelas y hospitales, reconstruir las vías, reactivar el campo”, manifestó.

Bellingham scored one goal and created another, and Kylian Mbappé and substitute Arda Güler also scored, as Madrid eased to a 4-0 home win over promoted Malaga, back in La Liga after eight years.

Chelsea emerged with a 4-3 win over Brighton in the Premier League, where Bruno Fernandes scored a hat trick as Manchester United bounced back from an early setback against Ipswich with a 5-2 victory.

Bellingham unstoppable in Spain

Bellingham, who scored Madrid’s first goal of the season, got the first again Sunday after surging past a couple of Malaga defenders and shooting past goalkeeper Alfonso Herrero from a narrow angle. Some fans in the stadium responded by singing the Beatles hit “Hey Jude.”

He forced the ball over again shortly afterward, heading the rebound from an attempt by Mbappé. Malaga defender Carlos Puga‘s desperate attempt to clear struck Herrero’s back to go in.

Mbappé effectively sealed the result inside the first half hour when he scored with a volley to Trent Alexander-Arnold’s cross. Alexander-Arnold made his first start at right back after watching new signing Denzel Dumfries take his place in the opening two games.

Bellingham struck the post and again went close in the second half, before Güler completed the scoring thanks to unselfish play from Vinícius Júnior.

Left back Marc Cucurella impressed on his first start since joining Madrid from Chelsea.

Also, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored again as Deportivo La Coruña defeated Valencia 3-1 for its first win since its return to the top division.

Athletic Bilbao won 2-0 against Celta Vigo, which had its second straight loss at home. Celta is yet to win a game in La Liga this season after opening with a 0-0 draw at Valencia.

Barcelona will play a depleted Rayo Vallecano side on Monday.

A scare for United in Premier League

When Ipswich scored first, Man United fans must have feared the worst after the shock loss to Hull, another promoted team, the week before.

But Fernandes, the player of the year in the Premier League last season, responded with a clinically taken hat trick to inspire United’s comeback win at Old Trafford.

Alonso watched as his Chelsea team prevailed 4-3 over Brighton in a wild English league game earlier.

Cole Palmer starred for Chelsea, but Alonso will have concerns about the team’s defense – and an injury to key midfielder Moises Caicedo.

Argentina’s Emi Martínez played in goal for Chelsea, which announced his transfer from Aston Villa just hours before.

Schalke’s Bundesliga return

After three seasons away, Schalke endured a rude welcome on its German top-flight return as it slumped to a 3-0 loss at Augsburg.

Schalke's defense looked shaky and defender Ron Schallenberg was sent off for bringing down Michael Gregoritsch with half an hour remaining. Gregoritsch had opened the scoring and was on course to add another. The impressive Anton Kade and Rodrigo Ribeiro completed the scoring.

Freiburg routed Werder Bremen 4-1 in the early match.

Defending champion Bayern Munich opened the league with a 5-1 rout of Stuttgart on Friday.

Como wins duel with Napoli in Serie A

Como got the better of Napoli in a Serie A duel between Champions League participants with a 2-1 victory in Naples.

The visitors capitalized on defensive mistakes with Tassos Douvikas and Martin Baturina scoring either side of Rasmus Højlund's brief response from Napoli in the first half.

Defending champion Inter Milan needed another strike from distance from Hakan Çalhanoğlu to beat Cagliari 1-0 away, Çalhanoğlu scored a similar goal in the opening 4-1 win over Monsa.

Paris fires Monaco to success in France

German youth international Paris Brunner scored twice to lead Monaco to a 2-0 home win over Marseille.

Brunner opened the scoring early with a header, then sealed the result with a brilliant individual goal early in the second half -– eluding one defender, then another before sweeping the ball in.

It left Monaco as the only team to start Ligue 1 with two wins.

Fiery Flanders derby in Belgium

Gent dealt Belgian Pro League champion Club Brugge its first defeat of the season, 2-1 thanks to a late goal from Ibrahima Cissé, who was sent off in stoppage time for striking an opponent with his elbow.

Brugge’s Portuguese winger Carlos Forbs was sent off earlier – before Cissé’s 85th-minute headed winner – as both Flanders rivals finished with 10 men.

Sporting Charleroi leads with four wins from four games.

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Allen, 34, was being held at the Marion County Arrestee Processing Center. The misdemeanor charges listed on the jail records were operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated — endangering person.

The Colts announced on Aug. 19 that they had agreed to a one-year contract with Allen, a six-time Pro Bowl selection. He had one catch for 24 yards during Saturday night's 25-16 preseason loss to Detroit.

“We are aware of the incident involving Keenan Allen last night," the Colts said in a statement. "We are in the process of gathering more information and have no further comment at this time.”

A message was left seeking comment from Allen's agent.

Allen had 81 receptions for 777 yards and four touchdowns in 17 games with the Los Angeles Chargers last season. He ranks 13th in NFL history in receptions (1,055), 33rd in yards (12,051) and 52nd in TD catches (70).

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Los niños que asistían a otras clases en la escuela de Dhading también se salvaron porque los maestros les indicaron que evacuaran rápidamente sus aulas poco antes que las aguas irrumpieran con fuerza.

“Los maestros dijeron: ‘Hay una inundación y deben dejar las mochilas y las loncheras’”, relató Lakshmi Shrestha, madre de un alumno que asiste a la escuela. “Así fue como lograron sobrevivir”.

Shrestha estaba entre las madres y los niños que comenzaron a regresar a su escuela el domingo para buscar las pertenencias de los menores y ver qué se podía rescatar. La mayoría de los niños de la escuela parecía haber sobrevivido a las inundaciones, señalaron las familias.

Un lodo espeso, marrón y gris, cubría las superficies de los bancos escolares, los muros y los cuadernos, y el patio de la escuela lucía lleno de sedimentos. Unas marcas en las paredes mostraban hasta qué altura subió el agua con rapidez. Un montón de pequeñas mochilas cubiertas de barro, algunas con llaveros de colores, estaban sobre los bancos y en el suelo, a la espera de que alguien las reclamara.

Kopila Mizar, madre de un alumno, no pudo encontrar la mochila de su hijo, pero se mantuvo optimista.

“Mi hijo está vivo, esa es mi mayor felicidad”, expresó.

Al menos 69 escuelas en los distritos de Nepal devastados por las inundaciones han sido destruidas o dañadas, lo que pone en riesgo la educación de casi 19.000 niños, según la organización sin fines de lucro Save the Children. Es probable que esas cifras aumenten a medida que los equipos de rescate lleguen a más zonas, indicaron.

El gobierno ordenó cerrar escuelas y universidades durante tres días tras las lluvias torrenciales que desencadenaron graves inundaciones repentinas y deslizamientos de tierra en partes del país. También se suspendieron los exámenes universitarios.

Con las comunidades aún recibiendo advertencias constantes por inundaciones que les aconsejan trasladarse a zonas más altas y seguras, no está claro cuándo podrán reanudarse las clases.

La agencia de desastres de Nepal informó el domingo que la cifra de muertos había subido a 788, con 2.502 desaparecidos, y las autoridades chinas reportaron 16 fallecidos y 546 desaparecidos del lado chino de la frontera.

Entre los desaparecidos hay cientos de personas de más de una docena de países que estaban en la región para trabajar, visitar las montañas o realizar una peregrinación a un pico sagrado. Medios estatales chinos reportaron el domingo que 261 extranjeros estaban desaparecidos en Tíbet, incluidos más de un centenar de nepaleses y otros de distintas partes del mundo.

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For the fifth weekend in a row, “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” topped the North American box office. It grossed $22.2 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday, bringing its worldwide total to $2.33 billion and making it the fourth highest-grossing film of all time.

“Coyote vs. Acme,” which had been relegated to the dust heap, fared best of the newcomers, debuting in second place.

The Ridley Scott action drama “The Dog Stars,” starring Jacob Elordi, flopped. The film, about a pilot and German Shepherd who survive a global pandemic, opened in fifth place with $8 million for 20th Century Studios. It added $11.3 million overseas, a poor result for a film that cost between $70 million and $100 million to make.

“Coyote vs. Acme,” however, scored a decent, hard-earned opening. In 2023, Warner Bros. canceled any release of the completed film, preferring to take a tax write off on a movie originally produced for its streaming service, HBO Max. Warner also shelved “Batgirl” and “Scoob! Holiday Haunt,” both of which remain unreleased.

“Coyote vs. Acme,” based on an Ian Frazier “Shouts and Murmurs” New Yorker column, is about Wile E. Coyote suing the Acme Corporation for its faulty products. It stars Will Forte, John Cena, Lana Condor and Eric Bauza.

The film, a hybrid of live-action and animation directed by Dave Green, cost $70 million to make. But despite good test screening scores, Warner Bros. opted to ax the completed film. After an outcry, the studio put the film up for sale. Early last year, Ketchup Entertainment acquired worldwide distribution rights for about $50 million.

For the makers of the film, just getting released was a victory.

"'Coyote vs. Acme' is finally, gloriously, in theaters now,” Green said on social media Friday. “Which means one thing. WE WON.”

Reviews and audience scores were also good. Moviegoers gave it an “A” CinemaScore. Critics were just as enthusiastic. On Rotten Tomatoes, it rated 95% fresh.

While the result might have counted as a disappointment for some $70 million movies, the opening weekend for “Coyote vs. Acme” was the best ever for Ketchup. The indie distributor’s previous high was 2024’s “The Day the Earth Blew Up” (a $3.1 million opening), another Warner-made Looney Tunes castoff.

“The box office numbers are fair, but the reception is excellent and the release should set up good ancillary business for kids’ viewing, where the film should recoup its investment,” said David A. Gross, who publishes the box office newsletter FranchiseRe.

“The Odyssey,” in its seventh weekend, slid to third place with $14.3 million. It remains unusually strong overseas, where the Christopher Nolan movie grossed $48.6 million over the weekend. Altogether, the Universal Pictures release has collected $1.55 billion in global sales.

Top 10 movies by domestic box office

With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak:

1. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” $22.2 million.

2. “Coyote vs. Acme,” $15.5 million.

3. “The Odyssey,” $14.3 million.

4. “Insidious: Out of the Further,” $10.1 million.

5. “The Dog Stars,” $8 million.

6. “Buddy,” $5.4 million.

7. “The End of Oak Street,” $5 million.

8. “PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie,” $4.9 million.

9. “Mutiny,” $2.8 million.

10. “Tony,” $2.2 million.

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The 24-time Grand Slam champion was knocked out in the first round of the U.S. Open for the first time, beaten by Mariano Navone of Argentina 7-6 (5), 5-7, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.

Djokovic was 19-0 in the U.S. Open first round and hadn't lost his opening match in any major since the 2006 Australian Open.

“It’s a good record, another one. But yeah, I’m not really thinking about it,” Djokovic said. “Of course, I’ve been very proud of all the achievements in the past, but now is now.”

And now the No. 4 seed and four-time champion in Flushing Meadows looks every bit of his 39 years, vomiting and battling leg problems during a match that lasted more than 4 1/2 hours.

“Now I have to recover,” Navone said. "It’s almost 12 o’clock.”

It made for a lengthy first day of play, with Venus Williams and fellow wild card Sofia Kenin not getting on the court until past midnight — after their match was set to move to another stadium but the players decided to wait and keep it in the main venue.

Nearly 12 hours earlier, third-seeded Jessica Pegula again experienced the benefits of the Sunday start that began last year.

“It is a little bit weird, but I did kind of enjoy that I could breathe for the next couple of days and everyone else is still freaking out about whether they’re going to win their first round,” she said.

Djokovic later experienced the downside.

“We were just talking about it, and I said, it’s so nice to play on Sunday when you win. But if you lose it’s not nice, because you feel like the tournament didn’t even start and you’re out of it,” No. 11 seed Marta Kostyuk said.

Pegula and Kostyuk both won easily and now the get the benefit of any extra day of rest before returning for the second round, where Pegula would play either Williams or Kenin.

Pegula leads the women’s tour with 46 wins this season. She has two titles and has reached three other finals. Pegula can become No. 1 in the rankings if she wins her first major title and No. 2 Elena Rybakina loses before the semifinals.

The No. 11-seeded Kostyuk beat Storm Hunter 6-4, 6-1 for a strong start to the year's final major after reaching the semifinals at the French Open and Wimbledon.

A Sunday start but the champions don’t begin until Monday

Some of the biggest headliners don’t begin until Monday. Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka plays her opening match against Camila Osorio, before Carlos Alcaraz, who won his second U.S. Open title last year, plays his first singles match since April after recovering from a right wrist injury.

Past U.S. Open champions Naomi Osaka, Iga Swiatek, Sloane Stephens and Stan Wawrinka are also on the Monday schedule, along with Wimbledon women’s champion Linda Noskova and men’s contenders such as Ben Shelton, Arthur Fils, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Frances Tiafoe.

Daniil Medvedev, the 2021 U.S. Open champion, shook off his miserable preparation for the tournament by beating Hugo Gaston 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. The No. 7 seed was just 1-3 in the North American hard-court swing, usually a time he thrives.

“Last couple of weeks was not easy,” Medvedev said. “But I’m happy that today I managed to produce high-level tennis.”

Rain causes havoc, even in a stadium with a roof

Other winners Sunday included No. 9 Elina Svitolina, No. 19 Jasmine Paolini and No. 31 Leylah Fernandez, the 2021 U.S. Open runner-up. No. 27 seed Barbora Krejcikova, a two-time Grand Slam singles champion, lost 7-6 (4), 6-2 to Kamilla Rakhimova.

American Tommy Paul, the No. 20 seed, bounced back from losing a first-set tiebreak to Coleman Wong to win 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-3, 6-3. Wong a year ago became the first man from Hong Kong to win an Open-era Grand Slam men’s singles match on the way to reaching the round of 32.

Seven matches couldn't be completed because of rain — and one was delayed even though it was being played in the other stadium with a retractable roof. There was a mechanical issue with one of the sensors at Louis Armstrong Stadium, and even after the roof finally closed, the court had to be dried before No. 15 seed Alexander Bublik beat J.J. Wolf.

Maric Cilic, the 2014 U.S. Open champion, and 2022 runner-up Casper Ruud both withdrew with injuries.

The U.S. Open is in the process of getting a new look

Though the main draws didn't begin until Sunday, action at the U.S. Open has already been going on for nearly a week. Large crowds gathered for the mixed doubles tournament, an exhibition headlined by Roger Federer's return to Flushing Meadows and the singles qualifying tournaments, with admission to the grounds free.

Fans who came for the first time Sunday may have noticed a tournament in transition. The U.S. Open is in the second year of a three-year renovation of Arthur Ashe Stadium, the main venue at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The improvements in the $800 million project include the addition of some lower-level seating, upgrades and additions of entertainment areas and the construction of a player performance center.

“Please pardon our appearance while we are reimagining spectacular,” reads a sign above the entrance to Ashe.

The project is scheduled to be completed in time for the 2027 U.S. Open.

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The 32-year-old Englishman started the final round seven strokes off the lead at The Belfry but made nine birdies — including four on his last six holes — to finish the week on 14-under par and move into the lead with the late starters still having holes to play.

No one could catch him, with four players — Nacho Elvira (69), third-round leader Daniel Hillier (73), Niklas Norgaard (71) and Jakob Skov Olesen (71) — tying for second place, three shots back.

This was the first tournament in Team Europe’s qualifying process for next year’s Ryder Cup, so that’s suddenly an unlikely target for Dean — quite the turn of events for someone who spent time delivering groceries during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and kept doing it for nearly four years to help fund his career when he didn’t have a card.

“I enjoyed it for most of the time,” Dean said of his old part-time job. “Obviously it's a completely different life, a completely different lifestyle. I still see the vans going up and down the road every now and then, and I keep in touch.”

It was a family success, too. Dean got married to Emily following the British Open in July and she was his caddie this week.

“I can't thank her enough for what she has to put up with, with me,” Dean said. “It was bad enough off the course, with the lows and stuff. Now it's on and off the course. I hope I made her proud.”

Marco Penge tied for sixth place with a final-round 72, marking a solid start to Ryder Cup qualifying after he failed to get selected as a captain’s pick two years ago in a breakout season on the European tour that contained three wins.

Penge acknowledged this week it was the correct call by captain Luke Donald, whose team went on to win 15-13 at Bethpage Black.

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The queens of R House Wynwood are honoring Parton with tribute performances inspired by some of her most iconic music and looks.

Show host London Adour took to the stage dressed in one of Parton’s signature looks.

Parton died Tuesday at age 80 following a brief battle with cancer.

Adour told Local 10 News that Parton was not only a performer who inspired her, but someone who showed love and grace to the LGBTQ+ community.

Adour says the tribute performances are R House’s way of saying thank you to the beloved entertainer and cultural icon.

Guests can catch the Dolly Parton tribute performances throughout the weekend.

La anfitriona del espectáculo, London Adour, subió al escenario vestida con uno de los estilos característicos de Parton.

Parton murió el martes a los 80 años tras una breve lucha contra el cáncer.

Adour dijo a Local 10 News que Parton no solo fue una artista que la inspiró, sino también una persona que mostró cariño y respeto hacia la comunidad LGBTQ+.

Según Adour, estas presentaciones son la manera en que R House expresa su agradecimiento a la querida artista e ícono cultural.

Los asistentes podrán disfrutar de los homenajes a Dolly Parton durante todo el fin de semana.

Según las autoridades, una camioneta Dodge chocó contra un camión de plataforma, lo que provocó un pequeño incendio en el compartimiento del motor de la Dodge.

El conductor de la Dodge, un hombre cuya identidad aún no ha sido revelada, murió en el lugar, informaron los agentes. El conductor del camión no resultó herido.

MD Rony es propietario de la gasolinera Marathon ubicada cerca del lugar donde ocurrió el accidente.

“Es muy triste. Cuando lo vi, ni siquiera pude comer”, dijo Rony. “Normalmente vemos accidentes allí, pero nunca había visto uno tan grave como este”.

U.S. 1 permaneció cerrada entre Southwest 183rd Street y Southwest 186th Street mientras las autoridades investigaban el accidente.

Funcionarios de FHP dijeron que el choque ocurrió aproximadamente a las 6:37 a.m. en la intersección de U.S. 1 y Southwest 184th Street.

Then Bruno Fernandes intervened.

With a clinically taken hat trick, the Portugal playmaker inspired United’s comeback in a 5-2 win over Ipswich at Old Trafford on Sunday.

It was a relieving win for United, which opened its league campaign last weekend with a stunning 2-0 loss at Hull — a team that was promoted via the Championship playoffs and was widely tipped to be the favorite for relegation.

After that setback, United manager Michael Carrick appealed for calm — but saw his team fall behind on Sunday to Ipswich, another big candidate for relegation, in the 29th minute.

Fernandes, the player of the year in the Premier League last season, equalized with a thunderous left-foot shot at the end of a counterattack in the 40th, converted from the penalty spot for his second goal in the 61st to make it 3-1, and completed his hat trick seven minutes later by calmly slotting home a finish. Five years ago, Fernandes also scored a hat trick for United in his first home appearance of the season, against Leeds on that occasion.

“Scoring goals is the best feeling in football," he said. “Doing a hat trick at home with our fans is something I’m proud of. I hope I can do much more.”

Between Fernandes' goals, there was time for an own-goal following a shot by Harry Maguire, who handled the ball in the build-up. A foul wasn’t awarded because it wasn't adjudged a deliberate handball by Maguire and also he didn’t score directly from his shot, with the ball instead deflecting in off Ipswich defender Jacob Greaves.

Bryan Mbeumo completed the scoring for United, running onto a pass from Fernandes and lobbing the goalkeeper from the edge of the area.

Ipswich grabbed a stoppage-time consolation after Argentina defender Lisandro Martinez was dispossessed near his own goal.

“It's just a week in football, isn't it? The ups-and-downs,” Carrick said. "If you want to be a big team and a successful team, every team gets beaten and you've got to deal with setbacks ... we showed mini-setback going a goal behind but we showed stubbornness, belief and togetherness, and that was pleasing for me."

Revitalized Cole Palmer stars for Chelsea

Cole Palmer showed more signs of a return to his top form by completing the scoring for Chelsea in its wild 4-3 win over Brighton.

The playmaker was a revelation in the 2023-24 season — his first at Chelsea — when scoring 22 league goals but he has struggled with injuries and a loss of form since, culminating in Palmer missing out on a place in England’s World Cup squad this summer.

In front of England coach Thomas Tuchel, Palmer ran 30 meters before curling home a shot from the edge of the area for Chelsea’s fourth goal at Stamford Bridge to end Brighton’s realistic hopes of a comeback in an end-to-end thriller.

Romeo Lavia and Pedro Neto put Chelsea 2-0 ahead by the 14th minute before Joao Pedro added a third in the 32nd for Xabi Alonso’s team.

Malick Yalcouyé pulled a goal back for Brighton just before halftime, and the visitors further reduced the deficit when Pedro deflected a cross from Pascal Gross into his own net in the 63rd.

Palmer’s goal clinched a second straight victory for Chelsea, which opened its league campaign by beating Fulham 3-2 on Monday. Palmer scored in that game, too.

Brighton netted its third, through Gross, with the last kick of the game.

A negative for Chelsea was an injury to key midfielder Moises Caicedo, who lasted just 14 minutes after his return to the team as a second-half substitute.

Emi Martinez played as goalkeeper for Chelsea hours after completing his move from Aston Villa. Enzo Fernandez, linked to a move to Manchester City, was missing once again.

Sunderland grabs first win

In other matches, Sunderland earned a first win of the season by beating Fulham 1-0 thanks to substitute Wilson Isidor's goal.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored Leeds' equalizer in a 1-1 draw with Brentford, which went ahead through Kevin Schade.

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It happened late Saturday afternoon at the corner of Northwest 13th Avenue and West Dania Beach Boulevard.

A hole was left in the side of the home after a white Jeep Cherokee with front end damage was towed away.

Rescue crews said one person was hospitalized.

According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, that person was a woman who was the passenger in the Jeep.

Deputies said the driver took off on foot after the crash, leaving the injured passenger behind.

Soon after, authorities were alerted by witnesses that the driver had returned to the scene and was acting as an observer, according to BSO.

Deputies said they quickly took the man into custody, but his identity has not been released.

An investigation continues into the cause of the crash, authorities said.

El accidente ocurrió la tarde del sábado en la esquina de Northwest 13th Avenue y West Dania Beach Boulevard.

El impacto dejó un agujero en uno de los costados de la vivienda. Una Jeep Cherokee blanca, con daños en la parte delantera, fue remolcada del lugar.

Los equipos de rescate informaron que una persona fue hospitalizada.

De acuerdo con la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward, se trataba de una mujer que viajaba como pasajera en la Jeep.

Los agentes dijeron que el conductor huyó a pie después del accidente, dejando atrás a la pasajera herida.

Poco después, testigos alertaron a las autoridades de que el conductor había regresado al lugar y permanecía allí observando lo ocurrido, según BSO.

Los agentes dijeron que rápidamente detuvieron al hombre, aunque su identidad no ha sido revelada.

Las autoridades continúan investigando la causa del accidente.

The soldiers are members of the Polish special forces and are taking part in an exercise designed only months ago that simulates moving through enemy lines, traversing miles of enemy territory and launching a drone strike on a key enemy location.

Initially designed by the Army's Green Berets for U.S. special forces, the exercise that began Friday is informed by and simulates many of the challenges that Ukrainian troops have experienced in their conflict with Russia. It is the first time a NATO ally like Poland has undertaken the training, and it comes at a time when tensions between Russian President Vladimir Putin and NATO countries have escalated.

“We’re using lessons learned from Ukraine,” an Army Green Beret officer assigned to the training complex said Thursday. “All of those effects that we’re seeing either Russia or Ukraine having to overcome — we’re doing our best to replicate.”

The Associated Press received rare access to both the training ground and the troops conducting the exercise, which has only been conducted twice before, both times this year, by two different Green Beret teams.

The drill highlights the focus that some parts of the U.S. military have on learning the latest techniques in drone warfare, pioneered by Ukraine during its 4 1/2-year effort to repel Russian forces. It also shows how the U.S., its NATO allies and Ukraine are working together to counter the threat of possible further Russian action in coming years even as the Trump administration has warned of troop drawdowns in Europe.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe went to Moscow this week to warn Russia not to attack NATO countries, The Wall Street Journal reported. Russia has the appetite to conduct sabotage and cyberattacks against NATO countries, but Putin wants to avoid a direct confrontation, according to three Western officials, who spoke Friday on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military matters.

How special forces are learning to sneak behind enemy lines to deploy drones

During the exercise in Germany, a senior enlisted soldier familiar with the training scenario at Joint Multinational Readiness Center Hohenfels — about an hour's drive southeast from Nuremberg — said the plan is to run it several times a year. The officer said he expects most, if not all, of the 32 NATO nations to express interest in sending their troops to try the exercise.

Both spoke on condition of anonymity in line with the U.S. military's longstanding policy of not publicly identifying individual members of special forces units.

The scenario, which runs for several days, takes place on a large, 1,100-square-mile (3,000-square-kilometer) plot of land nestled in the Bavarian countryside.

Poland's special forces will be expected to sneak past a U.S. Army airborne infantry unit, whose soldiers will play the enemy. The U.S. airborne infantry unit will parachute into the closed-off training area at the Army's Hohenfels base and set themselves up into a front line.

Assuming the Polish forces can make their way past the U.S. Army, they must then move north — through about 60 miles (100 kilometers) of German countryside — to another training area in the town of Grafenwoehr, where they are expected to destroy a simulated target.

In between lie German farms and villages, private and government cameras, as well as a city with a large population, all of which not only pose as obstacles but also create the potential for them to be spotted.

The senior enlisted soldier said that in previous instances of the exercise, the Army Green Berets removed their uniforms “so they can blend in” before adding that “blend in also means don’t get seen by civilians.”

German civilians in the area largely are not aware of the exercise and serve as a reasonable test of how well special forces can blend into the local population. If they fail, reports of suspicious people to police will make it back to the military, which will use them to pinpoint the team.

“This is supposed to be Russia and you’re going to stand out in Russia,” the enlisted soldier added.

Plus, the U.S. Army also will be looking for the Polish forces with drones of their own.

If they're spotted, “now you have the entire Russian arsenal coming at you,” the enlisted soldier said.

The U.S. Army can either send a military police unit to hunt for the Polish special forces with dogs or direct more drones to the area. In previous versions of the exercise, the U.S. Army had access to more than a hundred drones, the enlisted soldier said.

Troops are able to be “captured or killed” as part of the training.

Countries seek help from Ukraine on drone warfare

While the exercise taps into drones and NATO teamwork, the message of collaboration and the value of drones has been somewhat mixed lately across the military.

President Donald Trump stirred confusion among NATO allies by going back and forth on drawing down U.S. troop levels in Europe, and the administration has launched a force review on next steps. And last week, the Army’s top officer shuttered a unit that specialized in drone warfare.

But overall, there is growing interest in tapping Ukraine for its expertise on modern warfare and, specifically, drones.

In March, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country was helping five countries in the Middle East and Gulf region counter Iranian drone attacks launched during the war with the United States, while the U.S. and European countries were among those requesting support.

Meanwhile, the number of mysterious drone incursions in Europe have grown, including as recently as this month, when a pair of drones were spotted over a German military base and a drone carrying explosives was found at a key cargo airport in Germany.

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Children attending other classes at the school in Dhading also escaped because teachers told them to quickly evacuate their classrooms shortly before the waters came crashing in.

“The teachers said, ‘There is a flood and you should leave bags and tiffins,’” said Lakshmi Shrestha, the mother of a student attending the school. “That’s how they managed to survive.”

Shrestha was among mothers and children who began to return to their school on Sunday to find the kids' belongings and see what could be salvaged. The majority of the children at the school appeared to have survived the floods, the families said.

Thick brown and gray mud coated the surfaces of school benches, walls and notebooks while the school’s courtyard was filled with sediment. Lines on the walls showed how high the water rapidly rose. A pile of small mud-caked backpacks, some with colorful key chains, were on the benches and floors, waiting to be claimed.

Kopila Mizar, the mother of a student, was unable to find her son’s backpack, but remained positive.

“My son is alive, that is my biggest happiness,” she said.

At least 69 schools in Nepal’s flood-devastated districts have been destroyed or damaged, putting education at risk for nearly 19,000 children, according to the nonprofit Save the Children. Those numbers are likely to rise as rescue teams reach more areas, they said.

The government ordered schools and universities to shut down for three days following torrential rains that triggered severe flash floods and landslides across parts of the country. University exams were also paused.

With communities still receiving constant flood warnings advising them to move to higher, safer areas, it’s unclear when classes will be able to resume.

Nepal’s disaster agency said Sunday the death toll had climbed to 788 with 2,502 missing, while Chinese authorities reported 16 deaths and 546 missing on the Chinese side of the border.

The missing include hundreds of people from over a dozen countries who were in the region to work, visit the mountains or make a pilgrimage to a sacred peak. On Sunday, Chinese state media said 261 foreigners were missing in Tibet, including over a hundred Nepalis and others from around the world.

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It happened in the area of Hollywood Boulevard and 26th Avenue just before 3:30 a.m., not far from the Hollywood Branch Library.

Local 10 News cameras captured two damaged vehicles at the scene, a black pickup truck and a white Jeep Wagoneer.

Both were left mangled with shattered windshields and deployed airbags,

A tow truck operator at the scene told Local 10 News’ Linnie Supall that the driver of the pickup was speeding on Hollywood Boulevard when he lost control, hitting one of the heavy garden rocks on the median.

That caused the pickup to go airborne, crashing into the Jeep as it was entering a roundabout, according to the tow truck driver.

Hollywood police were observed at the scene and are investigating the circumstances that led up to the crash.

They have not provided any official information as to what led up to the crash and whether there will be any arrests or charges.

El choque se registró poco antes de las 3:30 a.m. en el área de Hollywood Boulevard y 26th Avenue, cerca de la biblioteca Hollywood Branch Library.

Las cámaras de Local 10 News captaron dos vehículos dañados en el lugar: una camioneta pickup negra y una Jeep Wagoneer blanca.

Ambos vehículos quedaron destrozados, con los parabrisas rotos y las bolsas de aire desplegadas.

Un operador de grúa que se encontraba en el lugar dijo a Linnie Supall, de Local 10 News, que el conductor de la camioneta pickup circulaba a alta velocidad por Hollywood Boulevard cuando perdió el control y chocó contra una de las grandes rocas decorativas ubicadas en el separador central.

Según el operador de la grúa, el impacto provocó que la camioneta saliera por los aires y chocara contra la Jeep cuando esta ingresaba a una rotonda.

Agentes de la Policía de Hollywood fueron vistos en el lugar y están investigando las circunstancias que provocaron el accidente.

Hasta el momento, las autoridades no han proporcionado información oficial sobre la causa del choque ni han indicado si habrá arrestos o se presentarán cargos.

Kenya Glasgow y su hija Kennedi Glasgow, de 2 años, murieron tras ser alcanzadas por un rayo la tarde del domingo 24 de agosto en Margate.

Los equipos de emergencia hicieron todo lo posible por reanimarlas, pero ambas fueron declaradas muertas en el hospital.

Kameron Glasgow, esposo de Kenya y padre de Kennedi, se encontraba a pocos pasos cuando ocurrió el incidente.

Glasgow dijo que sintió la descarga a través del suelo después del impacto. Su otra hija, Kensil, permanecía dentro del automóvil en ese momento, pero cuando se dio vuelta vio que Kenya y Kennedi habían resultado heridas.

La familia de cuatro personas se apresuraba a entrar a la casa de un familiar, ubicada en la cuadra 7900 de Northwest First Street, para cenar y resguardarse antes de que comenzara la tormenta.

Han pasado seis días desde la tragedia, que ha conmocionado profundamente a la comunidad de Margate.

Durante el homenaje, Kameron Glasgow estuvo rodeado de amigos, familiares y seres queridos.

“Este es el periodo más largo que he pasado sin escuchar su voz”, dijo. “Va a tomar tiempo. Va a tomar mucho tiempo porque es todo lo que conozco. Básicamente crecimos juntos”.

Glasgow dijo que los últimos días han sido una montaña rusa de emociones, pero que el apoyo de las personas presentes y de quienes se han solidarizado con él le ayudará a seguir adelante.

“Siento todo el cariño que llega de todas partes”, dijo. “Eso es lo que me ayuda a seguir adelante, y mi hija también es lo que me mantiene en pie”.

A pesar de la tragedia, el encuentro estuvo dedicado a recordar a Kennedi y Kenya y a compartir los momentos que dejaron entre quienes las conocieron y las quisieron.

Durante la ceremonia, los asistentes tuvieron la oportunidad de expresar sus emociones y compartir historias, incluidos los padres de Kenya.

“Estoy destrozada”, dijo Adrian Moore, madre de Kenya. “Recé por ella y le dije a Dios que, cuando me la diera, me diera también la sabiduría y el entendimiento para atravesar la vida, y así fue. Treinta y un años; ojalá hubiera tenido más tiempo”.

“Yo hacía cualquier cosa por ella”, dijo Willie Pickett, padre de Kenya. “Un día me preguntó: ‘Papá, ¿qué está pasando con el dinero?’. Le dije: ‘Trajiste a estas dos niñas. Ahora ellas se están quedando con tu dinero. Para ti se acabó’”.

Los servicios para celebrar sus vidas están previstos para el próximo fin de semana, aunque los detalles todavía se están ultimando.

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It happened around 6:45 a.m. near the exit for northwest 154th Street in Miami Lakes.

According to authorities, one of the vehicles involved in the crash rolled over.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said driver man was taken by helicopter to an area trauma center, but their health condition was not provided.

Traffic was backed up in the northbound lanes of the Palmetto as crews worked to clear the crash scene.

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FHP officials said the crash happened at approximately 6:37 a.m. at the intersection of U.S. 1 and Southwest 184th Street.

They said a Dodge pickup truck collided with a flatbed semi-truck, igniting a small fire in the Dodge’s engine compartment.

The driver of the Dodge, a man who has not yet been identified, died at the scene, according to troopers. They said the driver of the semi-truck was not injured.

MD Rony owns the Marathon gas station near where the crash occurred.

“It’s very sad, when I saw it I couldn’t eat even,” said Rony. “We usually see accidents there, but I’d never seen a big accident like that.”

U.S. 1 was closed between Southwest 183rd Street and Southwest 186th Street while authorities investigated the crash.

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Authorities said when paramedics arrived to the home on Southwest 67th Avenue and 15th Street, they found an unresponsive woman who had been found in a nearby pool and quickly took her to a nearby hospital.

Officials have not provided an update on that woman’s health status.

Nearby residents said word of another water emergency hits especially hard after a 4-year-old child recently drowned in the same neighborhood.

“Yeah, that’s crazy because it was like a couple houses down, somebody had drowned like not too long ago at the end of summer,” said neighbor Janiyah Hilaire. “It was a kid. It was so unfortunate, he was four years old. Long live Papa.”

The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation, authorities said.

Las autoridades informaron que, cuando los paramédicos llegaron a la vivienda ubicada cerca de Southwest 67th Avenue y 15th Street, encontraron a una mujer inconsciente que había sido hallada en una piscina cercana y la trasladaron rápidamente a un hospital de la zona.

Las autoridades no han proporcionado una actualización sobre su estado de salud.

Residentes del vecindario dijeron que la noticia de otra emergencia relacionada con el agua resulta especialmente impactante después de que un niño de 4 años se ahogara recientemente en la misma zona.

“Sí, es una locura porque fue como unas casas más abajo. Alguien se ahogó no hace mucho”, dijo la vecina Janiyah Hilaire. “Era un niño. Fue muy lamentable, tenía cuatro años. Que viva por siempre”.

Las circunstancias que rodean el incidente están bajo investigación, informaron las autoridades.

El accidente ocurrió alrededor de las 6:45 a.m. cerca de la salida de Northwest 154th Street, en Miami Lakes.

Según las autoridades, uno de los vehículos involucrados en el accidente volcó.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue informó que el conductor, un hombre, fue trasladado en helicóptero a un centro de traumatología de la zona. No se dio a conocer su estado de salud.

El tránsito se congestionó en los carriles en dirección norte del Palmetto mientras los equipos de emergencia trabajaban para despejar la zona del accidente.

Kenya Glasgow and 2-year-old Kennedi Glasgow were killed by lightning Sunday afternoon in Margate.

First responders tried their best to revive the mother and daughter, but it was too late as they were pronounced dead at the hospital.

Kameron Glasgow, Kenya’s husband and Kennedi’s father, were steps away when it happened.

Kameron Glasgow said he felt the shock from the ground after it struck, while his daughter Kensil was still in the car at the time, but when he turned around he saw Kenya and Kennedi had been injured.

The family of four were rushing into a relative’s house along the 7900 block of Northwest First Street for dinner, trying to beat a rainstorm.

It’s been six days and the tragedy has shaken many in the Margate community to its core.

At the vigil, Kameron Glasgow was surrounded by friends, family and loved ones.

“This is the longest I went without hearing her voice,” he said. “It’s going to take some time. It’s going to take a lot of time because it’s all I know. We basically we grew up together.”

Glasgow said the last several days have been an emotional rollercoaster, but the support from the people in that room and beyond will be enough to get him through.

“I feel the outpouring of love from everywhere,” he said. “That’s what keeps me going and my daughter is what keeps me going.”

Despite the tragedy, the purpose of the vigil was to focus on the memories that Kennedi and Kenya left behind to the ones who knew and loved them so much.

During the vigil, one by one, everyone was able to release their emotions and share stories, including Kenya’s parents.

“I’m hurt,” said Adrian Moore, Kenya’s mother. “I prayed for her and I told god when you give me her, give me the wisdom and the understanding to get through life and I did. Thirty-one, I wish I had longer.”

“I did anything when it came to her,” said Willie Pickett, Kenya’s father. “One day, she asked me, ‘Dad, what’s happening with the money.’ I said you brought these two girls along. They’re getting your money now. It’s the end of the line for you.”

Celebration of life services are expected to take place next weekend, though details are still being finalized.

El Centro Nacional de Huracanes de Estados Unidos indicó que Karina alcanzó el estatus de huracán el domingo, y en cuestión de horas se fortaleció para convertirse en un peligroso huracán categoría 3. Actualmente tiene vientos máximos sostenidos de 205 kilómetros por hora (125 millas por hora).

El huracán se encuentra a unos 1.545 kilómetros (960 millas) al oeste-suroeste de la península mexicana de Baja California. Aunque se prevé que se mantenga muy lejos de tierra, podría provocar condiciones peligrosas de fuerte oleaje a lo largo de la costa suroccidental de México y la de Baja California.

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

A disturbance over the Bahamas (non-tropical) will drift slowly across South Florida keeping our rain chances pretty high through midweek then the remnants of former Tropical Storm Dolly could close in on us keeping those rain chances high toward the end of the week. All in all, this rainy forecast is great news for our drought.

In south-central Nepal's Chitwan district, the scale of the catastrophe was evident in some 250 bodies awaiting identification and the hastily dug trenches for their temporary burial following Wednesday’s catastrophic floods and mudslides, which killed at least 800 people and left more than 3,000 missing in Nepal and Tibet.

The bodies were carried hundreds of kilometers downstream by the Bhotekoshi River from the flood's epicenter before being recovered in Chitwan.

Authorities carried out a temporary burial of about 100 victims on Saturday, officials said, as forensic teams struggled to cope. A convoy of vehicles carrying bodies entered a lush, forested area as an excavator dug a wide trench in the red earth while officials and media looked on.

Anil Thapa, a police inspector coordinating the handling of the bodies, said another 50 bodies were having DNA samples taken ahead of their likely burial Sunday.

Authorities preserve the DNA samples, photograph distinguishing facial features and record other identifying details, Thapa said. The bodies are assigned a reference number to help families claim them later.

Thapa said many of the bodies had remained submerged in floodwaters for about four days and were already decomposing by the time they were recovered.

Across the region, homes, vehicles and farm tractors still lay partially buried in mud.

Limited forensic infrastructure and inadequate morgue capacity in the district further strained efforts to manage the overwhelming number of bodies recovered from the disaster, officials said.

High humidity and sweltering heat accelerated decomposition, compounding the challenges as health experts warned that leaving the remains exposed could increase the risk of disease.

Fresh landslides in the area on Sunday closed the main highway linking the capital city of Kathmandu and Chitwan, a day after it partially reopened, complicating efforts to move bodies and relief supplies.

As survivors grappled with the aftermath, criticism of the burials mounted. Some residents said the dead had waited days for their last rites and were denied dignity in death. Families still waiting to locate missing relatives and some public figures questioned whether authorities moved too quickly.

The issue is particularly sensitive in Nepal, a predominantly Hindu nation where the dead are traditionally cremated.

Ruby Chaudhary, who has two missing relatives, said the burials should not proceed without families’ consent.

“The dead deserve to be treated with dignity,” she said. “Our tradition is to cremate them on the riverbank, surrounded by their immediate family.”

A former prime minister, Baburam Bhattarai, said it was inappropriate to dispose of unidentified bodies before search and rescue operations were complete and without broader consultation with families of the missing.

If morgues were insufficient, authorities could have mobilized emergency resources to set up temporary morgues or secure cold storage facilities, he said in a social media post Saturday night.

Officials said the burials were a temporary measure necessitated by health concerns and limited capacity.

“People are worried that this could be a permanent burial, but it is only temporary management,” Thapa said. “If someone is able to verify the identity later using the available information, they can take back the body and perform the appropriate funeral rites.”

Amrit Bahadur Rai, Nepal’s foreign secretary, said the temporary burial of unidentified bodies was carried out in line with internationally accepted disaster-management protocols, including those of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

“Families can match records later, and will be allowed to exhume (the remains later) for necessary rituals,” Rai said at a press briefing in Kathmandu.

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U.S. forces said they struck Iranian rocket launchers in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, in their first military action in a month. Iran later said it had launched missiles at U.S. sites in Jordan after earlier vowing to retaliate.

Israel's Shin Bet said it had evacuated the prime minister's oldest son from the U.S. following a threat. And an Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed at least two Palestinians, including a 3-year-old, authorities said.

Here’s a look at the latest developments Sunday in the Iran war and the wider Middle East. Full coverage can be found here.

Iran’s Khamenei urges Muslim nations to ‘confront’ enemies

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, urged rulers of Muslim nations to "know your real enemy, understand its plans and confront it,” and called the U.S. and Israel enemies of all Islamic nations, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Six months after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, killing Khamenei's father and other senior leaders, Khamenei still has not been seen publicly. His comments came in a letter to religious leaders attending a conference in Tehran.

The war has exposed divisions in the Muslim world after Iran struck targets in neighboring Gulf Arab countries and restricted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran has opposed the U.S. military presence in the region.

US says it struck Iran with ‘limited, precise action’

U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers in the Strait of Hormuz in their first military action in a month on Sunday, breaking a lull in fighting in the war that has lasted more than six months. Iran said it had launched missiles at U.S. sites in Jordan, after earlier vowing to retaliate.

Iranian state television showed what it said were ballistic missiles being fired by Iran at U.S. bases in Jordan in response to the American strikes. Jordan’s armed forces said they intercepted eight missiles that penetrated the country’s airspace early Monday in the Mideast.

U.S. military officials disputed Iran’s claim that the latest American strikes were an act of aggression, calling them a “limited, precise action” against what they said were Iranian minelaying forces.

Semiofficial news outlets in Iran reported sounds of explosions near Larak island on the strait. The Revolutionary Guard in a statement carried by Iran’s state broadcaster noted “the martyrdom and injury of several of our fighters and compatriots.”

The last time the U.S. military confirmed targeting Iran was on July 29, when it announced a “heavy wave of strikes” on dozens of Revolutionary Guard targets including coastal surveillance and defense sites.

Netanyahu son evacuated from US over ‘significant’ threat

Israel’s Shin Bet security agency says it urgently evacuated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s oldest son from the United States due to a threat against him.

In a brief statement obtained Sunday, the Shin Bet confirmed there had been a “significant threat” to Yair Netanyahu. It did not elaborate.

But the prime minister told an Israeli TV station last week that Iran had tried to kill one of his sons. His office declined to comment Sunday.

Yair Netanyahu moved to Miami in 2023 and remained out of the country for most of the time while Israel was at war in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. He has often served as an unofficial adviser to his father while sometimes sparking controversy over his attacks on critics on social media.

A tanker ship is struck in the Strait of Hormuz

A monitoring agency run by the British military says an unknown projectile struck a tanker ship on Saturday north of Khasab, Oman, in the Strait of Hormuz.

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization said the ship had been moving inbound and no casualties or environmental impact had been reported. It cited unspecified military authorities.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

NBC says settlers attack journalists in West Bank

Settlers attacked an NBC crew in the central West Bank on Saturday as they were interviewing a Palestinian woman who said she’d been driven out of her house, the network said.

Correspondent Matt Bradley, two other crew members and the woman were treated for injuries, NBC said, giving no details about them. NBC shared footage showing masked settlers approaching the crew with sticks and beating their vehicles.

Israel’s military said it was “aware of reports of Palestinian injuries, including a Palestinian woman who sustained non-life-threatening injuries.” It did not comment on the attack on the NBC crew.

Israel's prime minister issued a rare condemnation Saturday after a wave of violence by settlers in the West Bank. Netanyahu has come under U.S. criticism for the attacks.

And on Sunday, Netanyahu in an interview with Israeli broadcaster Channel 14 described the violent settlers as “a small handful of people, usually young people who come with all kinds of hardships.”

He said he wants “to strengthen the settlement” in the West Bank and that violent settlers should leave that task to the government, saying their involvement “harms the settlement project. It slanders us in the world.”

Settlers seized a British activist, lawyer says

Israeli settlers seized a British activist from a Palestinian village in the West Bank on Saturday and locked him in a shed before turning him over to police, his lawyer said Sunday.

It was not clear what led to his capture. Settlers alleged Finn Joughin assaulted a child, which lawyer Inbar Shaked Vardi denied. Settlers pointed to a video where the activist uses his body in an apparent attempt to block a settler boy from passing through a fence. Vardi said the video shows he was trying to protect the village.

“Without any hearing, the police has decided to move him to deportation, which just shows that this entire case has been political in the first place,” Vardi said later, adding that Joughin would likely be deported Sunday night.

A spokesperson for the U.K. government said embassy officials have raised the case with Israeli authorities.

Israeli strike kills 2 Palestinians in Gaza, including a child

An Israeli strike hit a group of people in the western part of Deir al-Balah, killing a 3-year-old and a man who Israel's military called a Hamas operative. It said he had “posed an immediate threat,” without providing evidence.

Another Palestinian was wounded, according to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, which received the casualties.

Gaza's Health Ministry says Israeli fire has killed at least 1,318 Palestinians since a fragile October ceasefire deal attempted to halt more than two years of war between Israel and Hamas. 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.

Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani ministers will meet

Turkey says it will host senior officials from Saudi Arabia and Pakistan on Monday for the first meeting since the Muslim-majority countries signed a defense agreement earlier this month that says an attack on any one of them would be treated as an attack on all three.

Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, arrived in Turkey on Sunday, the military said, giving no details. Pakistan earlier said Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar had also traveled to Istanbul.

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AP writers Samy Magdy in Cairo, Julia Frankel in Jerusalem and Natalie Melzer in Nahariya, Israel, contributed.

When asked whether he uses AI platforms like Claude or ChatGPT in his work, Markey seemed unclear on the topic. He responded that he uses “whatever is inside of my iPhone or my iPad — whatever comes up” and added that he doesn't know “what companies my iPad may be using.”

For Arsen Bagdassarian, an 18-year-old supporter of Markey’s rival, 47-year-old U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, the answer reinforced a concern that has become central to Moulton’s campaign to unseat the incumbent in Tuesday's party primary: that Markey, who would be 86 at the end of another term, is too old to represent a generation confronting problems that didn’t exist when Markey entered Congress 50 years ago.

“To be frank, I didn’t expect him to be as clueless as he really was on that topic,” said Bagdassarian, an incoming freshman at Boston’s Northeastern University. Artificial intelligence is “a major concern,” he said, and the country needs leaders “who understand what they’re being asked to regulate.”

The 2026 midterms have brought a number of generational challenges like the one Moulton is waging against Markey, with younger Democrats taking on — and in some cases unseating — longtime incumbents. There are signs that Democratic voters, especially, are looking for change, and some young voters argue older politicians can’t truly understand a world transformed by artificial intelligence, rising housing costs and student debt.

But that hasn’t been the case for all young people voting for the Senate nominee in a heavily Democratic state where the primary often decides who wins office. Markey has a strong following of young supporters, some of whom say that the internal party debate is more over policy than age. He’s won the endorsement of the High School Democrats of America and the College Democrats of America, as well as the backing of popular progressives such as U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Among those younger supporters is Matt Kelly, president of the UMass Lowell College Democrats. Kelly doesn't dispute that Markey stumbled when asked about his use of AI, saying, “I'll admit it wasn't a good answer.”

But Kelly said he cares less about whether Markey knows how to use the latest technology than whether he understands how to govern it. Moulton’s relative youth, Kelly said, doesn’t necessarily make his views more representative of young voters.

“Just because he has a younger face doesn’t mean that he has younger ideas,” he said.

For young Markey supporters, longevity can be an asset

Many of Markey’s younger supporters turn Moulton’s argument about the senator’s 50-year political career on its head. To them, longevity provides a record they can judge — one that shows whether politicians held the same positions before they became popular with younger voters. One example is Markey’s vote in 2002 against the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, which later led to the creation of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Milan van Dam, a 17-year-old who serves as national chair of the High School Democrats of America, said generational leadership is “less about an age on a Wikipedia page” than the ideas a candidate represents and their consistency through time.

Abby Shadden, a 21-year-old Emmanuel College student, similarly pointed to Markey’s co-authorship of the Green New Deal and his early support for Medicare for All.

“There is this idea that younger people are just automatically more progressive when, in this case, it is very much not true,” she said.

For Kelly, the debate over AI is already playing out close to home. A proposed data center in Lowell, where he attends college, has generated opposition from some residents over its potential impact on the community. Kelly said Markey’s push for greater regulation of data centers matters more to him than the senator’s awkward answer about AI.

Kelly said his generation will be graduating into an economy increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence while facing a cost of living that has made it harder to achieve the same financial security as previous generations.

“Yes, Ed Markey’s answer rhetorically didn’t come off well, optically didn’t look well,” Kelly said. But when it comes to who will be good for “the group that’s graduating into this new economy,” he said, Markey’s record matters more.

Moulton says it's time for a new generation of Democratic leaders

Moulton seized on Markey's debate answer, telling him: “Senator, if you don’t even know what you’re using on your phone or your iPad, like this is why we need a new generation of leaders to regulate these technologies.” Moulton called Markey’s loose grasp of the technology “potentially disqualifying.”

Markey pushed back, saying, “It doesn’t make any difference whether it’s called Siri or it’s called Claude,” and emphasizing that familiarity with individual AI products was less important than putting safeguards around the technology. He pointed to legislation he has introduced to regulate AI’s effects on children, workers, civil rights, and the environment.

Moulton has emphasized Markey’s age throughout the race, calling for “generational change” and age limits for members of Congress.

For some of Moulton’s young supporters, however, the argument is about more than the candidates’ ages.

Molly Blander, an 18-year-old incoming Tufts University freshman, pointed to artificial intelligence and social media as technologies that have reshaped life for her generation — including its mental health. She cited Moulton’s work to establish 988 as the national suicide and crisis lifeline as an example of the kind of response she wants to see.

“Social media has created a modern mental health problem, so we need modern solutions,” Blander said.

“The world before AI is so different than it is now,” Blander added. “I think what was hard to see and hard to understand is that my senator does not understand one of the challenges that we’ve been facing.”

Her generation’s political world has also been shaped by Republican President Donald Trump.

“In my lifetime, I haven’t seen the Democratic Party and the Democratic establishment really make things much better,” she said, pointing to rising housing and energy costs and Trump’s rise and reelection. “And so I feel like the status quo and the establishment that we have now just isn’t working.”

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Associated Press writer Michael Casey contributed to this report.

SpaceX launched the $4.3 billion Roman Space Telescope shortly after daybreak aboard a triple-the-firepower Falcon Heavy rocket. Roman blazed toward an observation point 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers) away that's home to the Webb Space Telescope, one of NASA's other big-ticket eyes in the sky.

The bus-sized telescope — named after the late Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer — will take more than three months to reach its destination. Once there, it will cast the widest gaze yet on the hidden parts of the universe from space, uncovering the unimaginable with unsurpassed speed.

“It’s going to find thousands of supernovae, tens of thousands of planets, billions of galaxies and tens of billions of stars,” said NASA science mission director Nicky Fox. “It’s going to be able to do things that we’ve never been able to do before with its massive field of view.”

3... 2... 1... Liftoff! And a call from the president

Several minutes after the thunderous launch from Kennedy Space Center, the rocket's two reusable side boosters descended tail-first in a thrilling scene, producing sharp sonic booms as they landed back at Cape Canaveral. Soon afterward, the telescope separated successfully from the rocket's upper stage, drawing applause from ground controllers.

Fox was in tears watching the action unfold. “It's such a good day!” she said.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman was in the middle of a news conference a couple hours later, predicting that the Roman Space Telescope would soon become a household name, when his cellphone rang. President Donald Trump was on the line, offering congratulations.

“Boy, it looked beautiful on television,” said Trump, fresh off his visit to Houston's Johnson Space Center on Friday to honor the Artemis II moon crew. “You're the hottest in space.”

Roman Space Telescope will provide a wider perspective

Roman’s field of view is more than 100 times wider than that of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, still churning out celestial glamour shots after 36 years in orbit. Webb joined the effort several years ago with an even narrower yet spot-on vision capable of zooming in on objects almost as old as the universe-creating Big Bang.

These three orbiting powerhouses will join forces — along with the European Space Agency’s Euclid spacecraft and the National Science Foundation’s Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile — to reveal some of the universe’s biggest secrets.

Inside the countless galaxies awaiting discovery are stars with planets. Once these new worlds are spotted by Roman, the more powerful and sensitive Webb will take aim to fill in the blanks.

“Roman’s vast reach will allow us to find the weird, the rare and the unusual,” senior project scientist Julie McEnery said on the eve of launch. “We’ll redefine what it means to find a needle in a haystack.”

Perhaps even more important, astronomers expect Roman to shed light on the dark matter and dark energy that make up most of the universe yet remain concealed. Roman's catalog of galaxies will help scientists ascertain how quickly the universe is expanding due to these puzzling, unseen forces.

Roman will scan the sky 1,000 times faster than Hubble

Roman's superpower is speed.

A month of Milky Way observations by Roman would take Hubble a century to complete, according to McEnery. Roman should make quick work of scanning the galactic bulge at dead center, she added, providing the deepest look yet into the heart of our galaxy.

Besides a wide-field infrared camera that matches Hubble’s sensitivity but is 1,000 times faster, Roman holds an instrument to block out starlight. This experimental, eclipse-creating coronagraph will allow Roman to directly image any planet, however faint, that might be orbiting the masked star.

While Roman isn't designed to search for life, Fox said it will pave the way for future observatories to answer what NASA considers the biggest question: “Are we alone? Is there another Earth 2.0 looking back at me?”

The telescope is designed to be refueled, meaning if a robotic tanker becomes available in the coming decade, that could extend its life.

The telescope's mirror has a surprising origin

Launching nearly a year ahead of schedule and within budget, Roman is NASA's first space telescope to be named after a woman.

Retired NASA scientist Ed Weiler said the honor is long overdue. He coined the phrase “Mother of Hubble” for Roman, who hired him in 1978. Observatories above Earth’s obscuring atmosphere can see farther and better, she insisted after joining the brand new NASA in 1959. She died in 2018 at age 93.

“This is very, very fitting. I think Nancy would be very proud” that the namesake telescope will tackle some of the biggest, lingering questions about the universe such as dark energy, Weiler said.

Hubble launched in 1990 with a flawed mirror that required spacewalking astronauts’ dramatic intervention. Roman’s primary mirror is the same size as Hubble’s — nearly 8 feet (2.4 meters) in diameter — and is actually spy satellite surplus.

The National Reconnaissance Office donated two leftover mirrors to NASA more than a decade ago for repurposing. The second mirror is still in storage.

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Karina gained Category 1 hurricane status early Sunday with top sustained winds of 80 mph (130 kph) and then took mere hours to jump up to a dangerous Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph (205 kph), the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

A major hurricane is a Category 3 or greater with maximum sustained winds of at least 111 mph (178 kph). Meteorologists said some additional strengthening is possible over the next day or so.

On Sunday, Karina was located about 960 miles (1,545 kilometers) west-southwest of the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula and was moving west at 9 mph (15 kph). It was on a forecast path expected to take it farther out into the Pacific.

While Karina was expected to stay well away from land, swells from the storm were likely to cause dangerous surf and rip current conditions along stretches of coastline in southwest Mexico and the Baja California Peninsula, the hurricane center said. There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.

Elsewhere in the Pacific, Tropical Storm Lowell was about 985 miles (1,585 kilometers) east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph) and posed no immediate threat to land. Forecasters said Sunday that Lowell could become a hurricane by Monday night or Tuesday.

Unal Ustel, the north's Turkish Cypriot prime minister, told Turkish state broadcaster TRT that 237 people have so far been rescued. A search is underway for another 22 people, officials said.

Ustel said the ferry faced adverse weather conditions and began taking on water just 15 minutes after departure. A call for help was issued shortly after, he said. Police detained eight people — including the ferry captain — as part of an investigation into the sinking, according to Ustel.

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman said weather conditions “were not bad” and urged against speculating about the cause of the accident. He said the vessel went down in waters 500 meters (1,640 feet) deep, encumbering search efforts.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered his condolences and said his government was coordinating with Northern Cyprus in the search and rescue effort.

“We hope we’ll be receiving positive news,” Erdogan said on Sunday in Ankara while speaking at the graduation ceremony of the Turkish Military Academy.

The catamaran-style ferry was traveling from the port of Kyrenia, also known as Girne, to the Turkish port of Tasucu in Mersin province.

Kyrenia Mayor Murat Senkul said the ship belonged to the Filo Denizcilik ferry company and sank off the coast of Diana beach on Cyprus’ northern coast.

The ferry started taking in water about 7.5 kilometers (4 nautical miles) off the coast, TRT reported.

Video footage from the scene shows people with life-vests floating in the waters around the capsized vessel.

Cyprus was split along ethnic lines in 1974 when Turkish invaded a few days after an Athens junta-backed coup by supporters of union with Greece. Turkish Cypriots declared independence in 1983, but only Turkey recognizes the north where it maintains more than 35,000 troops.

Cyprus joined the European Union in 2004, but only the Greek Cypriot south — where the internationally recognized government is seated — enjoys full benefits.

Cyprus government Constantinos Letymbiotis said in a post on X Sunday that the government had expressed its readiness to assist in search and rescue efforts with all available means.

“In these trying times, our thoughts are with those who lost their lives, those who were injured and all those who are living this tragedy,” Letymbiotis said.

“At such times, the protection of human life is paramount.”

Fire engulfed Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, a major government hospital in Islamabad, on Wednesday. A 51-second segment of CCTV footage, widely circulated online, captured Razia Noreen running into the burning nursery and emerging seconds later with the newborn in her arms. She tired to go back in, but couldn’t because of the flames and thick smoke.

Noreen told private broadcaster Samaa TV on Sunday, while in tears, that she had merely done her duty.

“I did not do it for a reward. I love children, and caring for them is my passion,” she said, adding that she wanted to save the others, but “the fire spread through the nursery within two minutes.”

Noreen said she was heartbroken she couldn’t save the others as the flames spread too rapidly for her to reenter the nursery after carrying the first baby to safety, and memories continued to haunt her. “I cannot sleep. Those babies do not let me sleep.”

She will receive the Sitara-i-Khidmat, or Star of Service, which recognizes people who have rendered distinguished public service or made exceptional contributions to the nation, and about $36,000. The announcement drew widespread praise online.

An inquiry requested by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Noreen entered the nursery and emerged eight seconds later carrying the baby. The nursery “deteriorated catastrophically within approximately two minutes,” according to the report. Fifteen newborns were being cared for in the third-floor nursery when the fire broke out.

Sharif said Noreen displayed exceptional courage and devotion to duty by risking her life to save the newborn moments before the nursery burned down.

Eight officials have since been suspended, and disciplinary proceedings initiated against them following the inquiry. Sharif also ordered criminal proceedings against those ultimately found responsible.

Investigators are yet to determine what caused the fire.

The deaths have prompted broader reviews of fire-safety measures at hospitals across Pakistan.

The fire was among Pakistan’s deadliest recent tragedies involving children. In June, 14 schoolchildren were killed when the roof of a tutoring center under construction collapsed in the eastern city of Lahore.

The Friday night strike on the warehouse, which Ukrainian officials said was storing ammunition, sparked massive explosions and fires that swept through dozens of nearby homes and buildings in the village of Myla.

The attack came as Russia has sharply intensified its air campaign recently in the 4 1/2-year-old war, with air raid sirens wailing repeatedly and explosions and the rumble of air defenses resounding across Kyiv throughout the day.

Emergency workers continued to extinguish fires and identify and neutralize explosives at the site, Zelenskyy said on social media. At least 52 people were injured, said Tymur Tkachenko, who heads the local regional military administration.

On Saturday, Zelenskyy called the Myla attack “a terrible situation” and a consequence of “terrible negligence on the part of those who stored explosives right next to people.” He said an investigation was underway into why the ammunition came to be kept there.

The escalation was a notable shift in tactics, putting more pressure on Ukraine’s already strained air defenses while keeping civilians on alert for hours. Previously, daytime attacks on the capital had been relatively rare.

Russia vows ‘massive strikes’ against Ukraine's energy sector

The Defense Ministry in Moscow said Sunday it is preparing "massive strikes” on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. It described the planned strikes as retaliation for Kyiv's drone campaign against Russian online retailers Wildberries and Ozon, as well as the country's oil and gas sector.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said large-scale strikes against Ukraine's energy sector would be “an appropriate response” to what he called Ukraine’s “path of escalation” and targeting of Russia’s civilian economy.

Peskov told Russian state TV that Moscow has been launching “fairly systematic” strikes on what he called Kyiv's military and war-related infrastructure.

In the latest attack Sunday, an Ozon logistics facility was struck and set ablaze by a Ukrainian drone in the Belgorod border region of Russia, with the company saying it feared that there were multiple injuries.

Ukraine said it was attacking Wildberries — the country's largest online retailer, similar to Amazon — because it sells dual-use goods that have aided the military, although the company denies that. Ukrainian drones also have struck oil refineries and other energy infrastructure, prompting an unprecedented fuel crisis in one of the world’s biggest energy producers.

During the war’s previous winters, Russia systematically battered Ukraine’s power grid, depriving thousands of heat and light. Ukrainian officials have repeatedly warned that the coming winter may prove to be the most challenging since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022.

New defense chief seeks to close $27 billion funding gap

Ukraine’s new Defense Minister Yevhen Khmara said the ministry has options for closing the $27 billion funding gap he inherited from his predecessor, including seeking more contributions from allies.

Khmara made the remarks at his first briefing with reporters since taking the post Saturday. His appointment followed weeks of protests after Mykhailo Fedorov's dismissal that sparked a military reset in Kyiv and culminated in a video in which Fedorov called for a new presidential election. Khmara's comments were released for publication on Sunday.

Khmara, a former special forces officer, takes over as Kyiv's war effort faces mounting financial pressures. He said a priority will be avoiding battlefield shortages while ensuring soldiers are paid and other essential needs are met.

The ministry is considering bringing forward part of a 90 billion euro ($104 billion) European loan planned for next year, and has identified partners for separate talks on financing specific defense needs, he said.

“Ukraine will show its partners a clear vision and a clear plan,” he vowed, adding he planned to preserve much of the existing ministry team.

Kyiv sends hundreds of drones into Russia

Also on Sunday, Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces downed or neutralized almost 500 Ukrainian drones launched overnight.

Russian and Ukrainian reports on Telegram claimed the drone strikes set fire to a major oil refinery in Kirishi, southeast of St. Petersburg. The facility is one of Russia’s largest refineries and the only one in the country’s northwest.

Local Gov. Alexander Drozdenko reported only that a fire broke out “in Kirishi’s industrial zone” following the drone strikes. He said a total of 62 drones had been shot down over the surrounding region.

Russian strikes on Kyiv on Saturday killed a 2-year-old girl and injured 12 others, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram. In the village of Bilbasovka in eastern Ukraine, a 13-year-old and an adult died after Russian troops dropped bombs on private houses Sunday, according to local official Vadim Lyakh.

A Ukrainian strike Sunday on a mine in Luhansk in Russian-held eastern Ukraine killed an employee, a Kremlin-installed local official said. According to regional head Leonid Pasechnik, five others were injured across the province.

In Russia, Ukrainian drone strikes injured at least four people in the border regions of Kursk and Belgorod, local authorities said.

Opponents defeated the measure by a margin of 52.8% to 47.2%, the National Electoral Commission said. The result puts the divisive issue to rest for now — more than a decade after a euroskeptic government ended EU talks that had begun after the 2008 financial crisis.

The vote Saturday was held in the shadow of repeated threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to take control of nearby Greenland. Although Iceland is a NATO member, supporters said European solidarity would provide greater protection if Trump ever made similar threats toward the volcanic island.

Iceland’s left-leaning coalition government, elected in 2024, moved up the EU referendum it had planned for next year after Trump mistakenly named Iceland four times while speaking about his designs on Greenland.

The Trump administration respects “the sovereign decision” by Iceland, State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said in a statement. “We look forward to strengthening our partnership with Iceland on all fronts including security, energy, innovation, and economic and cultural ties, to further advance our shared vision of peace and prosperity,” he said.

Voters faced a simple question

Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir said she did not see the loss as a setback for her coalition government but as a win for democracy as more than 82% of the eligible 270,000 voters cast ballots. She said she would respect the result but would not rule out a future attempt to reopen the issue.

“Things happened in the past couple of years, though, that I could not have predicted,” she said. “But this government will not go forward with it. And something big has to change in the next 24 months for this to be at the top of the agenda.”

Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir, leader of the opposition Independence Party who opposed the measure, said the result is a blow to the government but not European relations.

“The best way to heal the wounds is for the government to listen to the conclusion and put this path aside,” she told RUV, the national broadcaster. “Because we want to remain in close contact with the European Union, Europe and as many other countries as possible, the nation is sending a clear message that we intend to steer that course ourselves.”

Voters faced a simple yes-or-no question: Should Iceland resume accession negotiations with the European Union?

The capital of Reykjavik was the only area in the island nation of 400,000 people where a majority supported the referendum.

The influential fishing industry led opposition to the referendum over fears the bloc’s common fisheries policy would open its waters to Spanish, Dutch and other trawlers.

Iceland is already in the EU single market

Descendants of Vikings, Icelanders, who won their independence from Denmark in 1944, have lived off the sea for centuries, and fishing is central to their national identity. Iceland has a proud history of refusing to be pushed around by bigger and richer European nations, winning the so-called Cod Wars with Britain in the 1970s over the right to control its waters.

Opponents also rallied around the fact that Iceland already reaps benefits from being in the EU’s frictionless single market and the Schengen free-travel zone without the sovereignty compromises that come with full membership. They argued that Iceland’s voice would be muted in the large European Parliament and that it would be better off cutting its own trade deals, such as one with China.

Backers said EU membership would lower inflation and interest rates, and the euro would bring more stability than Iceland’s volatile króna currency. They said it was also in the nation’s interest to get closer to its European neighbors to tackle issues that don’t respect borders, such as climate change.

Other countries face a more difficult path to EU membership

If the proposal had been approved, it would have been a preliminary step to revive the lengthy negotiating process with the EU’s executive branch, the European Commission, to discuss areas from the economy to human rights. Voters would have needed to approve any negotiated deal.

The result is sure to disappoint many in the European Union. As a wealthy, stable and democratic country with vast fishing grounds, Iceland could have joined the bloc relatively quickly. Croatia was the last country to join, in 2013.

Most of the other candidates waiting — including several countries in the Balkans, plus Moldova and conflict-torn Ukraine — must still undertake time-consuming reforms to bring their laws and standards into line with those of the EU.

Getting Iceland into Europe’s rich club, perhaps along with Montenegro and possibly Moldova, over the next two years could have helped to lay to rest the damage to the EU caused by the departure of Britain in 2020, even though London now appears willing to mend ties.

Voter Daniel Bjarkason, who opposed the measure, said Iceland should wait a decade or two before trying again to join the EU.

“For now we’re too divided and that’s not a good look,” he said. “It should be 70-30 Yes if we’re going to do it.”

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Melley reported from London. Lorne Cook in Brussels contributed to this report.

But six months into the conflict, the direst predictions haven’t come true even if no corner of the world's economy has been untouched.

“So far, the global economy has pulled off the financial equivalent of a ‘Mission Impossible’ scene,” said Michael Ashley Schulman, an investment strategist with Cerity Partners.

Here's a look at how the global economy has weathered the war, and who have been the winners and losers:

Winner: Investors who didn’t panic

Stock markets hate uncertainty, and the decision by the U.S. and Israel to attack Iran on Feb. 28 delivered heaps of it. Columns of smoke rose from Tehran, frantic Iranians clogged roadways trying to escape, and mounting deaths, including of children, made headlines. It was enough for any investor to feel squeamish.

Oil prices surged and Wall Street began a retreat that would begin five consecutive losing weeks. The Dow and Nasdaq entered corrections. The S&P 500 had its worst month since 2022.

But a major turnaround has unfolded since the market bottomed in late March. The Dow has gained nearly 19%, the S&P is up almost 22% and the Nasdaq has surged 27%. If those gains survive the waning months of 2026, all three indexes would post their fourth consecutive year of gains.

The International Monetary Fund, in a July report, said the economy was “being shaped by two major forces, pushing in opposite directions.” The war has strained growth, but enthusiasm over artificial intelligence has offset the drag.

Main Street may be paying more for fuel, food and travel. But Wall Street, so far, is shrugging it off.

Loser: Anyone on the move

The war's most obvious economic consequence has been its impact on oil. With tanker movement through the Strait of Hormuz slowed to a crawl, the price of Brent crude climbed from a prewar close of about $72 a barrel to as high as nearly $120. Although prices have eased, they are still up about 20% from before the war.

Oil's price affects everything from crayons to cosmetics, but it hits anyone on the move especially hard.

Jet fuel is expected to cost, on average, 70% more than in 2025, according to the International Air Transport Association. Airlines, in turn, have raised ticket costs, hiked baggage fees and slapped on fuel surcharges while slashing flights or backing off from plans for added routes. Lufthansa Group, for one, cut 20,000 short-haul flights. Spirit Airlines, though troubled for years, evaporated.

“The likelihood that fuel surcharges are going to be rolled back and airfares are going to be brought down is very low over the next few months,” said Brett House, a Columbia University economist. “There is less choice for consumers and less competition between airlines, and therefore, less pressure to rein in fare increases.”

Winner: The case for clean power

With tankers at a standstill and fuel prices climbing, the war strengthened a clean-power sales pitch.

Sales of electric vehicles hit records in some parts of the world. In Singapore, year-over-year growth of EVs reached 110%. In New Zealand, the figure hit 180%. And in Colombia, EVs notched a 300% increase.

Worldwide, EVs are projected to account for 29% of total vehicle sales in 2026, according to an International Energy Agency outlook, up from 25% last year. That growth is even more impressive considering the world’s two biggest economies, the United States and China, saw declining demand for EVs.

Countries that were particularly reliant on Persian Gulf oil have been spurred to action. In Southeast Asia, leaders have rolled out more use of renewable energy and researched deploying nuclear power. In Africa, countries have looked to expand domestic refining and accelerated the installation of solar panels.

Scott Lehmann, a supply chain expert at Sphera, an operational intelligence firm, counts 26 countries and regions that have announced clean energy and electrification measures in response to the war.

“The crisis is forcing investment faster than any policy framework would have,” he said.

Loser: The fight against hunger

For the privileged, the costs brought by war may barely be a blip. For the poorest, it's a different story.

With the Gulf not just a leader in global oil production, but also of fertilizer, the war has dealt a blow to farmers. Just as many were making decisions about their crops, fertilizer prices soared, peaking in April at 44% higher than before the war, according to the World Bank’s price index.

In response, some farmers trimmed their fertilizer use, potentially imperiling next year’s harvests. “If you’re reducing your fertilizer usage right now, it’s in a way borrowing against next year’s soil health,” said Arif Gasilov, a natural resources expert with the Gasilov Group consultancy.

The United Nations World Food Programme has warned that tens of millions could be pushed into hunger. In testimony this week, its acting executive director, Carl Skau, said the “suffocation of fertilizer exports” had hit Asia and Africa hard. Higher transportation costs hindered the WFP’s own humanitarian efforts, too.

“An oil tanker anchored in the Strait of Hormuz can mean one less meal a day for a child in Sudan,” Skau said. “When oil prices go up, so does the price of flour, rice and vegetables.”

Winner: The Trumps’ businesses

The war has already cost the U.S. tens of billions of dollars and caused thousands in Iranian casualties. It has shaved an estimated hundreds of billions of dollars from projected global output.

But the family of the man at the center of it all, President Donald Trump, has been among the beneficiaries.

Military contractor Powerus, about to be taken public by Eric and Donald Trump Jr., won an Air Force contract worth as much as $90 million to supply interceptors to shoot down Iranian drones. Similarly, the private equity firm 1789 Capital Management, which Don Jr. joined days after his father’s reelection, owns stakes in several other military contractors profiting from the war. One of them, Anduril, won U.S. approval for up to $2 billion in sales of drone interceptors to Kuwait. A second, Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is providing satellite service to guide U.S. drones against Iran. And a third — rocket maker Firehawk Defense — won Pentagon contracts for propellants and warheads to replenish dwindling U.S. supplies.

A spokeswoman for 1789 Capital, Alexa Henning, said Don Jr. wasn't involved in the decision to put money in those companies, so there is no “nefarious connection.”

The president himself has done well, too.

His investment portfolio run by outside managers has scooped up shares of U.S. military suppliers helped by the war, including Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman. Democrats released a report this week saying Trump’s holdings in oil and gas stocks have soared by as much as $15.5 million.

A White House spokeswoman, Anna Kelly, insisted “there are no conflicts of interest” and that “President Trump only acts in the best interests of the American public.”

Even as Trump's personal finances have benefited, his political fortunes are another question. The conflict has been unpopular and could weigh on voters as midterm elections near.

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Contributing to this report were Associated Press reporters Mae Anderson, Cathy Bussewitz and Bernard Condon in New York; Paul Wiseman in Washington; Wyatte Grantham-Philips in Chicago; Rio Yamat in Las Vegas; Alexa St. John in Detroit; Allan Olingo in Nairobi, Kenya; Chan Ho-him in Hong Kong; and Anton L. Delgado in Bangkok.

Se enviaron avisos de alerta de inundación a los teléfonos de la población temprano el domingo, y los equipos de rescate trabajaban para despejar una importante carretera que conecta Katmandú con una de las zonas más afectadas por las catastróficas inundaciones del miércoles, que mataron al menos a 800 personas y dejaron más de 3.000 desaparecidos en Nepal y el Tíbet.

Las advertencias más recientes llegaron luego que las autoridades chinas informaran a sus homólogos nepaleses sobre un aumento del caudal aguas arriba, declaró Dharam Raj Uprety, director ejecutivo de la Autoridad Nacional de Reducción y Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres de Nepal.

La agencia estatal china de noticias Xinhua, citando al Ministerio de Recursos Hídricos del país, reportó que un nuevo lago formado después de las inundaciones del miércoles en lo alto de las montañas se había drenado en gran medida.

Pero Xinhua añadió que el Ministerio advirtió que un cráter ubicado 5,6 kilómetros (3,5 millas) aguas arriba, que contenía un estimado de 1,4 millones de metros cúbicos de agua, aún representaba cierto riesgo y requería un monitoreo estrecho.

La agencia de desastres de Nepal informó el domingo que la cifra de fallecidos había subido a 788, con 2.502 desaparecidos, y las autoridades de China reportaron 16 muertos y 546 desaparecidos en el lado chino de la frontera.

Entre los desaparecidos hay cientos de personas de más de una docena de países que estaban en la región para trabajar, visitar las montañas o hacer una peregrinación a un pico sagrado. El domingo, medios estatales chinos publicaron que 261 extranjeros estaban desaparecidos en el Tíbet, incluidos más de un centenar de nepaleses y otros de todo el mundo.

Algunos están regresando a lo que quedó de sus hogares

En Dhading, una de las regiones más golpeadas de Nepal, algunos residentes comenzaron a regresar a viviendas arruinadas para ver qué podían salvar.

Los residentes se sentaron en casas con muros arrasados por las inundaciones, paleando lodo espeso y escombros de balcones o marcos de ventanas. Otros escudriñaban el suelo en busca de objetos que pudieran sacar del barro y enjuagar. Un hombre había regresado por sus gallinas, que encontró vivas. Las ató y las puso en la cabina de su camión.

“Todo está arruinado, no queda nada, ni siquiera nuestra casa”, dijo a The Associated Press Sharmila Tamang, una residente de Dhading que intentaba rescatar objetos de su vivienda.

En una central eléctrica clave que resultó gravemente dañada por las inundaciones, los trabajadores comenzaron a inspeccionar las instalaciones el domingo para evaluar la destrucción. La planta abastece a más de 20.000 personas en cuatro distritos.

En la localidad de Galchhi, un grupo de residentes buscó terreno más alto en un puente cercano y observó cómo el río rugía al pasar. Algunas personas señalaron enormes rocas que habían sido arrastradas río abajo durante las inundaciones anteriores, y a otras, que estaban de pie en un puente colgante sobre el agua, se les indicó con silbatos que se retiraran.

A lo largo del río se podían ver casas, vehículos y tractores agrícolas sobresaliendo del espeso sedimento gris parduzco que ha sepultado pueblos enteros en algunas zonas. Partes de las terrazas de arroz junto a la ribera habían caído al río en los deslizamientos.

Residentes reciben advertencias constantes de inundación

Las viviendas y negocios que quedaron intactos tras las inundaciones seguían sin electricidad el domingo, y postes de tendido eléctrico retorcidos y cables yacían enredados en el lodo.

Los residentes de aldeas azotadas por las inundaciones dijeron que les costaba entender las alarmas casi constantes que han recibido desde las crecidas iniciales.

“A veces dicen que viene una inundación y entonces tenemos que volver a correr hacia terreno más alto, incluso de noche. También está lloviendo", comentó Govind Shreshta, residente local. "Es realmente difícil para mí. Tengo un padre de 72 años y una madre de 70. Debo cargarlos y estoy agotado. Esto sigue así para quienes todavía están vivos”.

Grandes puentes de concreto y otros más pequeños, colgantes, fueron destruidos, dejando a las comunidades del otro lado del río con un acceso menos fácil.

“Los que están allá ahora están atrapados allá. Los que estamos aquí estamos atrapados aquí. Va a ser muy difícil”, declaró Sattan Singh Tamang, de 47 años, quien trabajaba cerca de un puente cuando llegaron las inundaciones del miércoles.

Ministro resalta que los nepaleses son víctimas del cambio climático

Las inundaciones repentinas del miércoles comenzaron tras un colapso glaciar en lo alto de la región del Himalaya. Científicos que estudiaron imágenes satelitales detallaron que el lecho rocoso debajo de un glaciar en lo alto de la región del Himalaya se había derrumbado, llevándose consigo parte del coloso. El desprendimiento de rocas fue tan extremo que se registró como de magnitud 5,2.

Las rocas y el agua derretida luego hicieron crecer los ríos en los valles de abajo, provocando un torrente de agua que arrastró edificios, puentes y tierra río abajo en el Tíbet y Nepal.

El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Nepal pidió una respuesta global al cambio climático, diciendo que Nepal estaba soportando una parte desproporcionada de su impacto.

“A pesar de contribuir solo el 0,1% de las emisiones globales, la gente de Nepal se ha convertido en una de las principales víctimas del cambio climático”, lamentó Shisir Khanal el sábado.

Científicos han dicho que es demasiado pronto para establecer una conexión directa entre el calentamiento global y la catástrofe del miércoles. Sin embargo, afirmaron que a medida que la temperatura de la Tierra aumenta debido a actividades humanas como la quema de petróleo, gas y carbón, crecen las probabilidades de desastres de este tipo, especialmente en las montañas del Himalaya, que se están calentando considerablemente más rápido que muchas otras partes del mundo.

Por su parte, el primer ministro de Malasia, Anwar Ibrahim, anunció el domingo que su país enviará a Nepal un equipo de búsqueda y rescate para ayudar en las labores de socorro y ayudar a evacuar a los malasios afectados por el desastre.

Malasia también se ha comprometido a aportar un millón de dólares en ayuda financiera a Nepal, dijo en un comunicado.

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Los periodistas de The Associated Press Aijaz Hussain en Nueva Delhi y Shristi Kafle en Katmandú, Nepal, y el videoperiodista Shonal Ganguly en Dhading, Nepal, contribuyeron a este despacho.

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More than 1,100 players were cut as NFL teams trimmed their rosters.

A second-round pick in 2023 who started 21 games for the Titans, Levis was stuck behind Cam Ward and Mitch Trubisky. He was 5-16 for Tennessee in two seasons and didn't play in 2025 following shoulder surgery.

“I think he’s been awesome,” Titans coach Robert Saleh said of Levis following Saturday's game. “I thought he did a really nice job today. I thought he had a really good two-minute drive at the end of the half. Very good awareness with the time.”

Levis said he believes he can be a starting quarterback in the NFL.

“I feel like you’ve got to have that confidence in yourself regardless of your position,” Levis said after going 14 for 22 for 143 yards against the Bears in a 24-15 loss to close out the preseason. “I saw a quote, I forget who it was, but it’s, ‘Everyone in the league here is a starter.’ You’ve got to have that mentality. You could be in at the press of a button and just be ready to play. That’s one thing that I feel like I gained a lot in my time away, is gaining back some of the confidence that I lost throughout the last year that I played and I’m going to maintain that mindset the rest of my career.”

Teams had to be down to 53 players from 90 before 6 p.m. EDT.

Beckham, a three-time Pro Bowl receiver, is back with the Giants after missing the 2025 season. He started his career in New York and last played for the Giants in 2018.

The Vikings kept J.J. McCarthy, a first-round pick in 2024. Anthony Richardson, a first-round pick in 2023, remains with the Colts. Both quarterbacks were on the bubble.

The Browns kept four QBs after placing Dillon Gabriel on injured reserve with a back injury. Shedeur Sanders will back up Deshaun Watson and rookie Taylen Green is No. 3 on the depth chart. Gabriel, who started six games as a rookie last season, can return in Week 5.

Atlanta also went with four QBs, keeping Tua Tagovailoa, Michael Penix Jr., Cooper Rush and Jack Strand.

Tampa Bay cut quarterbacks Jake Browning and Connor Bazelak, leaving undrafted rookie Jalon Daniels to back up Baker Mayfield.

Numerous players traded on cutdown weekend

Several teams made trades ahead of the cutdown deadline.

Offensive tackle Broderick Jones, a 2023 first-round pick, changed teams. So did quarterback Quinn Ewers and defensive lineman CJ Okoye. Quarterback Kyle McCord, tight ends Hunter Long and Mark Redman, offensive lineman Luke Meredith, cornerback Avery Smith, tackles Walter Rouse and Nate Thomas, defensive back Clark Phillips III, defensive linemen TeRah Edwards and Gervon Dexter, and centers Sedrick Van Pran-Granger and Jarrett Patterson were also traded.

A day after trading Ewers to Jacksonville, the Dolphins landed a new backup quarterback by acquiring McCord from Green Bay for a 2028 sixth-round pick. The Dolphins had acquired a 2028 sixth-round pick from the Jaguars for Ewers.

McCord threw four touchdown passes in a 42-38 victory over Arizona on Friday, including two in the final 3 1/2 minutes. But the Packers signed Tyrod Taylor in May to back up Jordan Love.

McCord will back up Malik Willis, who signed a three-year, $67.5 million contract in March after playing behind Love in Green Bay the past two seasons.

The Cardinals acquired Long and a 2028 seventh-round selection from Jacksonville for a sixth-round selection in 2028. Long has 20 receptions for 153 yards in 46 games.

The Colts got Van Pran-Granger and a 2027 seventh-round pick from Buffalo for a 2027 sixth-round selection. Van Pran-Granger appeared in 18 games, including one start with the Bills in two seasons.

The trade is an indication starter Connor McGovern will be ready to go after missing much of the past month with an undisclosed lower-body injury. Lloyd Cushenberry had replaced McGovern when he was sidelined.

The Bears acquired a 2027 fifth-round pick and Phillips from Atlanta for Dexter.

The 49ers added a backup center in Patterson from Houston for a 2027 seventh-round pick, a person familiar with the deal said on condition of anonymity because it hadn’t been announced. Patterson started 21 games over the last three seasons after being a sixth-round pick by the Texans in 2023. He will back up Jake Brendel in San Francisco. The Niners had signed Brett Toth to fill that role in the offseason, but he has been out since early August with a concussion.

The Packers continued to boost their tight end depth by acquiring Redman from the Rams for a 2028 seventh-round pick. The move comes three days after Green Bay signed veteran tight end Jonnu Smith.

The Vikings sent Rouse and a 2027 seventh-round pick to the Patriots in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the 2027.

The Texans got Thomas from the Cowboys for a 2027 late-round draft pick.

The Chargers sent Smith to Seattle for a 2027 sixth-round pick and Edwards to Carolina for a 2028 sixth-rounder.

The Jets got Meredith and a 2029 seventh-round pick from the Raiders for a 2027 sixth-rounder. Meredith, who can play guard and center, gives New York depth on its offensive line and reunites him with quarterback Geno Smith and left guard Dylan Parham, who played together last season in Las Vegas.

Saturday's trades

A day earlier, the Steelers sent Jones to Dallas for draft picks. Jones who was picked 14th overall by Pittsburgh three years ago, gives the Cowboys depth at offensive tackle.

Ewers, a seventh-round pick by Miami last year, will replace Nick Mullens as Trevor Lawrence’s backup.

Okoye went from the Ravens to the Giants, reuniting with Harbaugh.

Other notable cuts

The Saints cut Northern Irish kicker Charlie Smyth, who finished last season on the roster. Tanner Brown also was cut, so Daniel Carlson will be the kicker for New Orleans.

Veteran safety Geno Stone, who signed a one-year contract with the Bills, was released.

The Bears released defensive lineman Marcus Davenport, who has 25 sacks in 77 career games.

Edge rusher Sam Williams and former Texas running back Jaydon Blue were cut by Dallas.

The Cardinals cut linebacker BJ Ojulari and veteran cornerbacks Sean Murphy-Bunting and Starling Thomas V.

Practice squad is a lifeline for some

Many of the players who were cut will rejoin their teams on the practice squad. Others will go to new teams. Some will reach the end of their NFL career.

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AP Pro Football Writers Schuyler Dixon, Josh Dubow, Dennis Waszak and Teresa Walker, and AP Sports Writers Steve Megargee, Joseph Reedy, Steve Reed, Beth Harris, John Wawrow, Brett Martel, David Brandt, Jay Cohen and Stephen Whyno contributed to this report.

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There will be plenty of stars gracing the red carpets when the 83rd edition of the festival kicks off Wednesday on the Lido: Noel and Liam Gallagher, Robert Pattinson, Rooney Mara, George Clooney and Penélope Cruz are among those expected to attend. Some of the films may even become Oscar nominees.

But the mood feels a little different this year. There will always be a spotlight for the Hollywood contingent and the awards hopefuls posing on boats and docks in designer duds. Yet, in a lineup featuring Pattinson as “To Catch a Predator” host Chris Hansen, Dakota Johnson as Marilyn Monroe, Guy Pearce as Rupert Murdoch and Clooney as, well, himself (he’s getting a lifetime achievement award, as is Ellen Burstyn), it’s possible that much of the attention will be on a man who (probably) won’t be there: Elon Musk.

Docs feature Musk, Russia and Gaza

Alex Gibney’s nearly four-hour documentary about the world’s richest man has been in the works for almost four years. The Oscar-winner wasn’t sure about taking it on at first, but a good friend convinced him it would be a worthy portrait of 21st-century power — and this was before the 2024 presidential campaign and DOGE.

When the documentary was announced, Musk called it a “hit piece” on social media. Gibney replied, “How would you know?”

In fact, Gibney told The Associated Press he started off as a kind of admirer — as well as a Tesla owner — and sincerely wanted to talk to Musk for the film.

“Ultimately, he didn’t want to talk to me,” Gibney said. “But then you start, you know, digging into the facts and you follow them where they lead. And where they led, for me, was to a place that upended the myth, I would say, of Elon Musk as a kind of modern Leonardo da Vinci … I think that the news in this film is that Musk isn’t an inventor. He’s a confidence man.”

The filmmakers talked to hundreds of people on and off the record to compile a sweeping picture of the Tesla and SpaceX CEO who, Gibney said, is not dissimilar to the guys at Enron or Elizabeth Holmes. He was most surprised by how many people seemed to be afraid to be on camera talking about Musk — even his admirers wanted permission first.

“I thought, wow, for such a big and powerful person, that seems awfully weak,” Gibney said.

But while it’s a “dark and dangerous topic,” Gibney said, the film is also a “fun ride.”

The same could be said of “My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile,” in which Julia Loktev continues her sprawling portrait of independent Russian journalists after the invasion of Ukraine.

“You see this group of young, very young journalists who’ve just fled their country, like, on a few hours’ notice. They had the choice of, you know, stop reporting the truth about the war, which didn’t seem like a choice at all, or go to prison, or leave the country so they can keep telling the truth,” Loktev said. “It was a question of how long do you keep following? Because this takes place over four years. And over that time, exile becomes, of course, indefinite.”

Similar to the first film, Part II runs nearly six hours. But, she said, “I hear it goes by easy.”

The conflict in Gaza will also take center stage in the documentary “NAZA,” a late addition to the competition, from two of the filmmakers behind the Oscar-winning “No Other Land.”

Unlike last year, no large-scale protests are planned, but the group Venice4Palestine did call on the festival to “suspend all agreements with entities and institutions linked to the Israeli government." It also asked that the Palestinian flag be flown throughout.

Hollywood eyes awards in Venice

Part of the intrigue of Venice is how it might play into the Oscar race — it’s usually good for a best picture nominee or two.

Martin McDonagh’s “Wild Horse Nine,” starring John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell as 1970s CIA agents, seems like a promising candidate after his last two films debuted at Venice and went on to nominations. “The Father” filmmaker Florian Zeller returns with “Bunker,” a psychological thriller with Cruz and Javier Bardem. Danny Boyle looks at a turning point in tabloid media in “Ink.” And there's much curiosity around Lance Oppenheim’s “Primetime,” for Pattinson’s performance and for its examination of reality television culture in the early 2000s.

Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda is also debuting “Look Back,” about two small-town girls who aspire to be manga artists. And Korean auteur Lee Chang-dong examines themes of labor and freedom through two married couples in “Possible Love.”

This is also a year in which big Hollywood hasn’t needed the sheen of the international film festival. Cannes was bereft of a big blockbuster, and the industry went on to have one of its highest-earning summers ever. The reigning best picture winner, “One Battle After Another,” skipped festivals entirely.

Venice might have more Hollywood films than Cannes did, but following several years in which fates might have been prematurely decided for both would-be contenders, like “After the Hunt” and “The Smashing Machine,” and blockbusters like “Joker: Folie à Deux,” it too seems a bit more muted — at least on paper.

Venice fails in its pledge to women

And then there is the subject of women, specifically those behind the camera. There is only one in the main competition: Danish-Egyptian director May El-Toukhy. The same thing happened in 2018, prompting the festival that year to sign a pledge to have at least half of the films in competition be directed by women by 2020, which they have yet to achieve.

Adding more insult to injury is the fact that Maggie Gyllenhaal, whose first film “The Lost Daughter” won Venice's best screenplay prize in 2021, is presiding over a jury which includes Kaouther Ben Hania, whose film “The Voice of Hind Rajab” won the Silver Lion last year when there were six female-directed films in the competition.

Only seven women have won the Golden Lion, including Laura Poitras with “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” who is returning this year with a short film she co-directed with Rachel Lauren Mueller about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis. “They’re Here” is part of the Venice Open section, which also includes Gyllenhaal’s Marilyn Monroe short “Flesh Impact.”

Outside of the main competition, there are also documentaries from Loktev, Barbara Kopple and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. There are several others in the Horizons sections as well, including a short from Saoirse Ronan.

Opening Venice Days on Wednesday is Hungarian filmmaker Lili Horvát’s English-language debut, “My Notes on Mars,” about a couple — Rupert Friend and Mackenzie Davis — whose marriage is in trouble when the wife, a scientist, mysteriously disappears and then reappears the day of her memorial service.

“The story argues for great love,” Horvát said. “Yet it shows the eternal limits of knowing the person we are in love with.”

Venice Days is an independent sidebar in which more than half the selections are by women, including several high-profile shorts from filmmakers like Mona Fastvold and Claire Denis.

“It’s good to be in a progressive section,” Horvát said.

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A four-person team carried out the rescue last weekend near Mammoth Lakes, California, in a precarious gully. The challenge came in having no time to spare with thousands of feet of vertical exposure below, said team spokesperson Mitchell Quiring.

The stranded climber had only one foot fully on the 6-inch (15-centimeter) ledge and was shaking out his legs and switching them to avoid tiring, said Quiring, who was part of the rescue team.

“Any fall would almost certainly be fatal,” the team wrote on its Facebook page.

Quiring said he credits the climber, Rob Martin, with having the strength and will to live.

“He was not going to give up. He was going to push until there was a solution,” Quiring said. “It’s what we train for, so there’s a lot of trust in leaning back on that.”

The volunteer group has long trained to carry out technical rescues. The rescuers are among those dispatched the Mono County Sheriff's Office in the Sierra Nevada, about 200 miles (322 kilometers) east of San Francisco.

“Honestamente, no sale tanto”, expresó Hughes, quien preside el capítulo estatal de los Demócratas Universitarios.

Qué diferencia hacen seis años.

Durante el primer mandato del presidente Donald Trump y, especialmente, durante las primarias demócratas para determinar quién se postularía para enfrentarlo en 2020, los demócratas hablaban constantemente del cambio climático. Lo usaban para movilizar a votantes jóvenes como Hughes, alimentando protestas y demandas contundentes para rehacer la economía con propuestas como el Green New Deal.

Pero se ha producido un giro nacional en la conversación tan marcado que algunos investigadores lo llaman “silencio climático". El Searchlight Institute, un centro de pensamiento demócrata, instó al partido a dejar de mencionar el cambio climático porque no es una prioridad para los votantes. El Sunrise Movement, un grupo de izquierda que impulsó el calentamiento global como un tema principal para los jóvenes, cambió su misión el otoño pasado hacia un mandato más amplio de combatir al presidente republicano.

El cambio queda reflejado en la primaria demócrata para el Senado en Massachusetts, que se celebra el martes, mientras el titular del cargo, Ed Markey, de 80 años, intenta contener un desafío del representante Seth Moulton, de 47. Aunque Markey todavía habla de haber patrocinado el Green New Deal, su campaña se centra más en otros asuntos para reforzar sus credenciales de izquierda y demostrar a los votantes que no es demasiado mayor para el puesto.

Es el ejemplo más reciente de cómo el cambio climático ha quedado eclipsado por temas como el costo de vida, el apoyo a Israel y, sobre todo, cómo enfrentar a Trump.

“Hace seis años, lo único que mencionaba Ed Markey era el Green New Deal. Eso ya no ocurre”, afirmó Mary Anne Marsh, una estratega demócrata veterana en Massachusetts. “Se trata de quién es el mejor para pelear. Punto y final. Todo cae bajo eso”.

‘La gente está cada vez más alterada por otros temas’

Si bien el debate político sobre el cambio climático se ha apagado, el planeta no. Los científicos señalan que aumenta la probabilidad de que el 2026 sea el año más caluroso registrado, o casi. Se pronostica un fenómeno El Niño extraordinariamente fuerte, disparando las temperaturas globales.

Algunos defensores esperan que el tema vuelva al centro del escenario si los demócratas recuperan la Cámara de Representantes en noviembre y los desastres provocados por el clima dominan el invierno.

El senador Sheldon Whitehouse, de Rhode Island, una voz demócrata destacada sobre el cambio climático, sostuvo en una entrevista que ignorar el tema es un “error” estratégico importante.

“El cambio climático ha pasado del departamento de ciencias al departamento de economía”, explicó. “Ahora está golpeando el seguro de vivienda de la gente, el valor de las propiedades, las preocupaciones del bolsillo. Así que creo que es un argumento muy poderoso”.

Trump ha afirmado falsamente que el cambio climático es “una farsa”, y su partido se ha burlado con regularidad de propuestas demócratas como el Green New Deal.

El Sunrise Movement, fundado en 2017 para movilizar a votantes jóvenes en torno a temas climáticos, anunció en octubre que estaba virando hacia la lucha contra el “fascismo”. El director ejecutivo del grupo, Aru Shiney-Ajay, indicó que fue una decisión premonitoria debido a reportes de que agentes federales se infiltraron en reuniones de protesta durante las redadas migratorias en Minneapolis.

“Simplemente vivimos en un país significativamente más autoritario. Por eso, muchas de las primarias demócratas tratan sobre preguntas más existenciales”, señaló Shiney-Ajay, cuya red generalmente respalda a demócratas de izquierda, en una entrevista. “No es tanto que a la gente le importe menos el clima, sino que la gente está cada vez más alterada por otros temas”.

Aproximadamente 6 de cada 10 demócratas dicen que el cambio climático es “un problema muy grande” para el país, según una encuesta del Pew Research Center de abril. Eso es más o menos lo mismo que en 2016. Aun así, el clima a menudo ha quedado en segundo plano frente a otras prioridades de los demócratas, como la inflación, el costo de la atención médica y el papel del dinero en la política.

Las preocupaciones por el costo de vida han dominado el debate político este año.

McKenzie Wilson, de Blue Rose Research, una firma demócrata de datos, declaró que los votantes han pedido cambios de gran alcance en respuesta al descontento económico, mostrando un nivel de enojo no visto en años.

“En ese tipo de entorno es difícil pensar en problemas existenciales de largo plazo”, manifestó Wilson. “Si no hablamos y no enfocamos nuestra atención en el primer tema para el electorado, como vimos en 2024, no vamos a conectar con ellos”.

'No digas cambio climático'

Esa postura quedó resumida por el Searchlight Institute, un centro de pensamiento demócrata que el año pasado difundió una sugerencia provocadora: “La primera regla para resolver el cambio climático: no digas cambio climático”.

Sostuvo que los votantes lo veían como un tema tan intimidante y complejo que los demócratas tenían más probabilidades de ganar si se enfocaban en otros asuntos, lo que les permitiría recuperar el poder y abordar la crisis de la que no estaban hablando.

Leah Stokes, politóloga de la Universidad de California en Santa Barbara y autora de “The Carbon Wave”, un libro sobre la agenda interna del presidente demócrata Joe Biden, explicó que le resultaba “irritante” cuando los políticos hacían del tema una prioridad menor.

“La crisis climática se está acelerando y realmente no podemos dejar de hablar de ella durante, digamos, una década, porque el planeta estará aún más en llamas si hacemos eso”, advirtió.

Anthony Leiserowitz, director del Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, coincidió con esas preocupaciones.

“Lo que ocurra a lo largo de la próxima década moldeará profundamente la habitabilidad del planeta durante literalmente miles de años”, afirmó.

Algunos están convirtiendo el clima en un tema de costo de vida

El clima ha surgido como parte de la reacción nacional contra los centros de datos, pero es solo una parte de la conversación sobre el impacto de esos proyectos. Muchos activistas están ajustando la manera en que hablan del tema, subrayando cómo la energía verde puede bajar los precios y aliviar los costos de los seguros.

“Lo que estamos viendo ahora es que, ya sea que estés defendiendo una reforma de salud o acción climática o algún tema tecnológico específico, todo se filtra a través de un marco de costos”, opinó Jared Leopold, un estratega demócrata que desde hace tiempo se ha enfocado en el cambio climático.

Así fue como el Green New Deal apareció en un debate reciente entre Markey y Moulton, cuando un votante preguntó cómo reduciría cada candidato los precios de la energía. Cabe destacar que quien preguntó habló de aumentar la generación nuclear o de gas, no de energía limpia, para abordar el costo. Markey aprovechó la oportunidad para lanzar un ataque contra el presidente.

“Había un plan en marcha para tener un futuro energético sólido, limpio y asequible para nuestra mancomunidad”, indicó Markey, “y Trump lo atacó”.

Tatishe Nteta, politólogo de la Universidad de Massachusetts Amherst, señaló que así es como Markey ha utilizado el cambio climático en esta elección: para señalar su disposición a enfrentar a Trump, así como su alianza con el ala izquierda que ha encadenado una serie de victorias en primarias este año. Pero otros temas se han vuelto aún más útiles para lograrlo.

“La definición de dónde estás en términos de ser un candidato progresista y un funcionario electo progresista es tu punto de vista sobre Israel”, apuntó Nteta. “Ya no se escucha tanto 'yo soy el candidato que va a proteger y salvar nuestro planeta'”.

El verano de Massachusetts ha sido el más caluroso que Eileen Cefail puede recordar en los 30 años que ha trabajado en la oficina del sindicato Roofers Local 33. “Los techadores son duros como clavos, y trabajan muchísimo, y su trabajo es agotador”, comentó. “Este calor ha sido horrendo para ellos”.

Cefail apoya a Markey en la primaria, pero, según dijo, el clima no fue la razón principal.

“Siempre ha sido un hombre de sindicatos”, afirmó Cefail. “Simplemente está del lado de los trabajadores”.

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Associated Press journalists on the Indonesian island of Batam, across the Singapore Strait, spotted the massive vessel as it transited waters near Singapore just after 1 a.m. local time.

The Lincoln, one of the U.S. Navy's largest warships, was supporting the U.S. war against Iran. Its deployment included a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea of more than 250 days. Concerns have grown about the Lincoln’s lengthy deployment following reports of deteriorating mental health among the crew and shortages of supplies including food and hygiene products.

Thai officials have said the Lincoln will stop in Thailand for rest and recovery before returning to its U.S. base.

A military government seized power in November of last year following a disputed election in which former President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and opposition candidate Fernando Dias both claimed victory.

If passed, the new constitution by the self-styled National Transitional Council will grant more powers to the president and reduce parliamentary representation, among other issues.

The authorities argue that a parliament trimmed from 102 to 65 seats would allow for easier and more robust debates, while new presidential powers would underline the higher authority of the president over the prime minister, which they claim is a source of political instability in the country. Opposition groups reject the claim.

“In a community, there is only one leader. No community or village can have two leaders. We revised the constitution to avoid constant conflict between the president of the republic and the prime minister. We clarified the law and helped the public understand that the president of the republic is the national symbol. It is the president who stands for election in presidential polls,” Gen. Tomás Djassi, the head of the armed forces, said.

Opposition urges boycott of referendum

But the opposition has called on voters to boycott the referendum, saying it is a path for the head of the military government to amass power and calling it a "source of political instability at all levels".

“This constitution significantly weakens the Prime Minister and the government, subordinates the National People’s Assembly and political parties, and devalues—or even ignores the popular will expressed at the polls, carrying all the attendant risks of political and social division and tension,” Muniro Conté, spokesperson for the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde, told The Associated Press.

Last year's coup in Guinea-Bissau worsened West Africa's democratic crisis, adding it to a growing number of countries in the region under military rule.

Leaders on the continent branded it a “staged” takeover after the military allowed the former president to host a press conference to announce he was being deposed and allowed to leave the country in seemingly favorable circumstances. Skeptics say Embaló had given up the seat to the military after seeing he was losing the election.

Since it gained independence from Portugal in 1973, the only Portuguese-speaking West African country has been rocked by several coups and attempted coups. Before last year’s coup, a failed coup was reported only a month before.

The tiny country of around 2.2 million people has the highest proportion of natural wealth per capita, according to the World Bank, but more than half of the country lives in poverty. The country is a hub for drug trafficking between Latin America and Europe, an issue experts say fuels its political instability.

Nearly 915,000 voters are registered to vote in the referendum, but the majority say the constitution is not a problem.

Widespread discontent among citizens over new constitution

Bacar Camará, a high school teacher in the capital, Bissau, said he would not be voting and disapproves of the referendum, citing a fraught political and social environment.

“The transitional government should focus on creating conditions for better understanding and reconciliation among Guineans,” he said.

Another resident in Bissau, Carolina Djeme, said the constitution is unfamiliar to her.

"I’ll go vote on Sunday. However, I’ll vote ‘no’ because — honestly, and I think this is the case for many other citizens — I don’t know this new Constitution well, so I can’t vote ‘yes’,” she said.

Analysts say the military government lacks the legitimacy to change the constitution, which has sparked discontent among the citizens.

“The fundamental question is: Who drafted this Constitution, and on whose behalf? To protect which interests or institutions? Who stands to benefit from this Constitution?” Paulino Quadé, a Guinean political analyst, said.

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Flood warning notices were sent to people's phones early Sunday as rescue crews worked to clear a major highway connecting Kathmandu to one of the areas worst hit by Wednesday's catastrophic floods, which killed at least 800 people and left more than 3,000 missing in Nepal and Tibet.

The latest warnings came after Chinese authorities informed their Nepalese counterparts of increased water flow upstream, according to Dharam Raj Uprety, chief executive of Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority.

The Chinese state news agency Xinhua, citing the country’s water resources ministry, said a new lake formed after Wednesday’s floods high in the mountains had largely drained.

But Xinhua said the ministry warned that a crater located 5.6 kilometers (3.5 miles) upstream, which held an estimated 1.4 million cubic meters (370 million gallons) of water, still posed some risk and required close monitoring.

Nepal’s disaster agency said Sunday the death toll had climbed to 788 with 2,502 missing, while Chinese authorities reported 16 deaths and 546 missing on the Chinese side of the border.

The missing include hundreds of people from over a dozen countries who were in the region to work, visit the mountains or make a pilgrimage to a sacred peak. On Sunday, Chinese state media said 261 foreigners were missing in Tibet, including over a hundred Nepalis and others from around the world.

Some are returning to what remained of their homes

In Dhading, one of the worst-hit regions in Nepal, some residents began returning to ruined homes to see what can be salvaged.

Residents sat in homes with walls washed away by the floods, shoveling sludge-like mud and rubble off balconies or window frames. Others scanned the ground for items they could pick out of the mud and rinse off. One man had returned for his chickens, which he found alive. He tied them up and put them in the cabin of his truck.

“Everything is finished. Nothing is left. Not even our home,” Sharmila Tamang, a Dhading resident who was trying to salvage items from her home, told The Associated Press.

At a key power plant that was severely damaged by the floods, workers started inspecting the facilities Sunday to survey the destruction. The plant serves over 20,000 people across four districts.

In the town of Galchhi, a group of residents sought higher ground on a nearby bridge and watched as the river roared by. Some pointed to enormous rocks washed downriver during the earlier floods, while others standing on a suspension bridge were warned off with whistles.

Along the river, homes, vehicles and farm tractors could be seen jutting from the thick gray-brown sediment that enveloped entire villages in some areas. Parts of rice terraces along the riverside had dropped into the river after landslides hit them.

Residents are receiving constant flood warnings

Homes and businesses left intact after the flooding were still without electricity on Sunday, as twisted power line poles and wires lay tangled in the mud.

Residents of flood-hit villages said they were struggling to make sense of near-constant alarms they've received since the initial floods.

“Sometimes they say a flood is coming, then we have to run again to higher ground, even at night. There is also rain,” said Govind Shreshta, a resident. “It’s really difficult for me. I have a 72-year-old father and 70-year-old mom. I must carry them and I am exhausted. It’s going on like this for those who are still alive.”

Large concrete and smaller suspension bridges were destroyed, leaving communities on the other side of the river with less easy access.

“Those who are there are now stuck there. Those who are here are stuck here. It’s going to be very difficult,” said Sattan Singh Tamang, 47, who was working near a bridge when Wednesday’s floods came.

Minister says Nepalis have become victims of climate change

Wednesday’s flash floods started after a glacial collapse high in the Himalayan region. Scientists who studied satellite images said bedrock underneath a glacier high in the Himalayan region had collapsed, taking part of the glacier with it. The rockfall was so extreme that it registered as a magnitude 5.2 earthquake.

The rocks and melted water then swelled the rivers in the valleys below, causing a torrent of water that swept buildings, bridges and earth downstream in Tibet and Nepal.

Nepal’s foreign minister called for a global response to climate change, saying Nepal was bearing a disproportionate share of its impact.

“Despite having only 0.1% contribution to the global emissions, people of Nepal have become major victims of climate change,” Shisir Khanal said Saturday.

Scientists have said it is too early to draw a direct connection between global warming and Wednesday’s catastrophe. However, they said that as Earth’s temperature rises because of human activities such as burning oil, gas and coal, the chances of such disasters increase, especially in the Himalayan mountains, which are warming considerably faster than many other parts of the world.

Meanwhile, Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Sunday his country will send a search-and-rescue team to Nepal to assist with relief efforts and help evacuate Malaysians affected by the disaster.

Malaysia has also pledged $1 million in financial aid to Nepal, he said in a statement.

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The iconic ride and its brightly colored cars debuted at the Minnesota State Fair in 1926, and it has been a mainstay at fairs across the country ever since. Riders who stumbled off the ride on Thursday spoke with The Associated Press about the ride, which is a favorite for many.

Valerie Nelson, a Minnesota native who returned to her home state to visit the fair, said she first rode the Tilt-A-Whirl as a child in the 1970s.

“It’s my favorite ride forever and ever,” she said. “Whenever I see it, I try to get on. I love the spin when it pushes you back into the chair.”

“It’s the only ride I’ll go on,” said Sherri Gray, of Stillwater, Minnesota, who joined Nelson on the ride.

Samuel Mishek, 7, of Minneapolis, also said the Tilt-A-Whirl is his favorite fair ride, and he rode it twice in a row Thursday — screaming while riding alone in a car as it twirled and jerked. “I like when there’s little bumps because you can get ready and you know when it’s going to turn really fast,” he said.

The Tilt-A-Whirl has been a tradition at fairs around the country since 1926. Herbert Sellner, an inventor for a manufacturing company in Faribault, Minnesota, created it after attempting to make a water ride with spinning boats — which failed and was destroyed in a storm. After that, his brother Martin Sellner suggested he make a land-bound version, according to Rice County Historical Society curator Jenna Nelson.

Nelson, who has sifted through the Sellner family’s history, said the longevity of Sellner’s invention can be attributed to its design.

“It really has stood the test of time in terms of how they machined it,” she said, adding that only about 1,000 cars were ever sold, and “all of that equipment is largely the same today.”

The ride is powered by seven individual motors around a circle — and gravity makes the car spin around its dips. Weight from the riders shifts the cars’ positions as they lean, sending the cars off balance, said ride operator Thomas Lauthier, who brings his Tilt-A-Whirl to fairs around the country.

Lauthier has been operating the Tilt-A-Whirl at the Minnesota State Fair for the last 12 years. He said Midwesterners have a particular affinity for the ride.

And many riders said the Tilt-A-Whirl has become a family tradition.

“As long as I can remember, when I was young my parents and my grandparents took me to the fair, we rode the Tilt-A-Whirl every time. We love to bring our kids and do the same thing,” said Mike Pream-Anderson, a Minneapolis native. “It’s definitely a family tradition. Knowing that it’s 100 years old this year is pretty crazy, but I’m glad that we get to be a part of it.”

Friends Riley Lovett and Molly Rossbach relived their ride with giggles and nostalgia, talking about the “butterflies” they got Thursday afternoon, and remembering the Tilt-A-Whirl rides of their past. Upon learning the ride was 100, Lovett high-fived her friend Rossbach, who proclaimed: “Happy birthday Tilt-A-Whirl!”

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Daisy Chain Fields united a women-led lineup boasting queer pop star Chappell Roan, breakout rapper Doechii and riot grrrl pioneers Bikini Kill behind issues of women's health, workplace protections and legal rights. Ahead of Saturday's festival in Irvine, California, Rodrigo announced the show had already raised enough to make a $10 million donation to 10 nonprofit partners including Planned Parenthood, National Women's Law Center and Black Mamas Matter Alliance.

Philanthropist Melinda French Gates pledged another $10 million through her Pivotal Ventures in a surprise appearance at the start of Rodrigo's set, praising her for "showing a new generation how much their voices matter."

Rodrigo said the festival's artists and activists give her hope despite the “regression of women's rights” today.

“That's actually why I fell in love with the name ‘Daisy Chain,'” she said Friday. "It served as a reminder of how individual parts can come together to create something strong and unbreakable."

Rodrigo, 23, has made a name channeling the rage and dissatisfaction of modern romance into chart-topping songs that are equal parts Taylor Swift and Alanis Morissette. Now, she looks to bridge the gap between Gen Z and nonprofits, which have struggled to build relationships with younger donors who tend to prefer informal ways of giving.

The connection is not lost on Daisy Chain Fields attendees.

“People don’t join together and mobilize unless they feel connected to the group that is mobilizing," said Grace Slevin, 24. "What’s better than music?”

All-star benefit concerts have proven popular for driving millions of dollars toward everything from refugee relief to pandemic response. But it's been decades since a young artist with Rodrigo's following brought her peers together for gender justice.

That focus comes as President Donald Trump attempts to overhaul family planning grants that reproductive health clinics use to provide birth control and treat sexually transmitted infections. His administration paused $27.5 million last year for such organizations, including some Planned Parenthood affiliates, before officials agreed to restore the money.

For Slevin, an Orange County, California, resident who does anti-sex-trafficking advocacy, Daisy Chain Fields embodies the sentiment of “be who you needed when you were younger." She loves that attendees are welcome to learn about the beneficiaries' work in addition to donating.

Nonprofit partners engaged with fans in Daisy Chain Fields' “philanthropy village.” Festivalgoers collected pins from booths as they learned about health services from Planned Parenthood or pay tribute to caregivers through the National Domestic Workers Alliance.

An art installation by the Guerilla Girls, anonymous artist activists, invited fans to air their grievances on chalkboards. Handwritten responses included “PROTECT QUEER KIDS!” and “Put women in charge and pay us more!!!” as well as “ICE OUT!” and “ABORTION RIGHTS 4 ALL.”

Younger generations expect a level of authenticity beyond a “pseudo-sort-of-progressiveness,” Slevin said.

“They can see just how deeply intertwined the music is with the cause," she said. "It’s not just, like, a second thought.”

Do you get déjà vu? Rodrigo's effort recalls '90s feminist push

Rodrigo took inspiration from Lilith Fair, the all-women festival that raised $10 million for charity from 1997 to 1999. Sarah McLachlan, who founded the show to dispel the music industry’s notion they couldn't book women consecutively, performed with Rodrigo Saturday.

Planned Parenthood National Director of Arts and Entertainment Caren Spruch recalled working on Lilith Fair, adding that concert outreach is an important tool to reach people "where they are.”

That culture-shifting work grows more important during times like this, she acknowledged, when abortion clinics are closing in restrictive states and anti-abortion groups are pushing the courts to limit access to drugs most commonly used in abortion.

Rodrigo, Spruch said, talks about those topics with “no shame or stigma.” As she did with other nonprofits, the three-time Grammy winner appeared in informational videos on Planned Parenthood's social media.

“All of that does so much to help us normalize the whole range of reproductive health and rights," Spruch said.

Intergenerational change

Melissa Shaw, 33, drove to the festival from Tucson, Arizona, with her 8-year-old daughter.

They didn't plan to spend the day camped out for close-up views. Shaw wanted to let her daughter ask questions as they explored the nonprofits and visited art installations. She appreciates that Rodrigo is not only promoting well-known organizations such as Planned Parenthood, but also groups focused specifically on Black maternal health or baby formula access.

“It’s really important for me as a parent to expose my daughter to celebrities who set that example," Shaw said.

To her, the lineup seemed intentionally curated to attract multiple generations. Her daughter loves Rodrigo and Roan, and she herself grew up listening to Bikini Kill and fellow performer Santigold. She saw many mother-daughter duos sharing their festival plans online.

The festival's nonprofit partners were eager to join that multigenerational community of women, too.

“At a time when decisions about our bodies, our health, our safety and our futures are being made for us not by us, a day built around care and community is its own kind of statement,” FreeFrom founder Sonya Passi said in a statement.

National Domestic Workers Alliance President Ai-jen Poo said the festival's joyful atmosphere serves as a “powerful reminder to women everywhere of all ages that, no matter what, we have each other.”

Her organization works to ensure federal workplace protections for domestic workers, who are disproportionately women and immigrant women. She wants to recruit more young people, many of whom she said are worried they can't afford to take care of their loved ones or start families.

“The only way change happens is through intergenerational connection and movements in our country," she said. "This generation of young people has the opportunity to really change how we support caregiving for future generations.”

Philanthropy takes center stage

Organizers vowed to work with nonprofit partners to put the grants toward their most urgent and underresourced needs.

Newer nonprofits also appreciated the opportunity to expand their networks. Black Mamas Matter Alliance co-founder Angela Doyinsola Aina said the nonprofit, just 10 years old, reached people who wouldn't have otherwise encountered their work on Black maternal health.

For the National Women's Law Center, the gift offers flexibility to plug their own budgetary holes as they litigate sex discrimination cases. Uma Iyer, the nonprofit's chief external affairs officer, said the support also boosted staff morale.

“We work on really hard things every day,” she said. “It was really energizing for us and it’s been really uplifting.”

Including both everyday audiences and front-line workers in benefits is key, according to Farm Aid co-executive director Jennifer Fahy. The annual fundraising concerts — launched by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp to raise awareness of family farmers' challenges —- celebrated their 40th anniversary last year.

“It’s just wonderful to see an artist of that generation, that new young generation, who is embracing that opportunity that exists to do these kinds of events, to share the stage and microphone to highlight issues that are important to the artist," Fahy said.

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Chourio hit his 20th homer of the season in a 5-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night. He’s the 17th player to put together three 20-homer seasons before turning 23 years old, joining a star-studded fraternity that includes Hall of Famers Ted Williams, Eddie Mathews, Mickey Mantle, Frank Robinson and Orlando Cepeda among others.

“I feel very prideful and very happy to be a part of that group and be mentioned with those same names,” the 22-year-old Chourio said through interpreter Daniel de Mondesert. “All those names are just great examples for me to follow moving forward.”

Chourio appreciated the magnitude of the accomplishment even though he didn’t necessarily have a particular player he looked up to most while growing up in Venezuela. He was too busy playing the game instead.

“It’s hard for me because as a kid, I wasn’t one who watched a ton of baseball growing up,” Chourio said. “It’s a great question, but a hard one for me to answer.”

The Brewers understood what they had in Chourio back in 2023 as they signed him to an eight-year, $82 million contract when he was a 19-year-old who hadn’t yet reached the big leagues.

He has proved his value ever since.

Chourio hit more than 20 homers and stole more than 20 bases in each of his first two seasons. He reached the 20-homer mark again this year despite fracturing a bone in his left hand while playing for Venezuela in an exhibition ahead of the World Baseball Classic.

Although Chourio continued playing in the WBC and helped Venezuela win the title, he went on the injured list as the Brewers opened the season and didn’t play his first game until May 4. The injury may keep him from a third straight 20-20 season — he currently has 14 steals — but Chourio is on pace for career highs in batting average (.281), on-base percentage (.342) and slugging percentage (.478).

Over his last 11 games, Chourio has batted .362 with three homers and seven RBIs.

“He’s still learning the game,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. “Man, he’s special. His hands go from A to B as quick as anybody.”

Chourio’s rapid rise has made him one of the Brewers’ most popular players. Chourio hit his 20th homer of the season on a night when Brewers fans received cereal bowls bearing his name and face as part of a promotional giveaway, though he apparently hadn’t yet seen one as he talked to reporters after the game.

“I haven’t been gifted one — you think maybe I could get one?” Chourio joked.

Chourio’s ready for a bigger prize.

Milwaukee won its fourth straight game Saturday and has the best record in the major leagues as the Brewers chase the first World Series title in franchise history. Chourio already has shown a knack for thriving in October thus far in his brief career, as he has hit .341 with four homers and 11 RBIs in 12 career postseason games.

When he was asked Saturday about the next step he could take in his career, Chourio made his goals quite clear.

“The dream is to win,” Chourio said. “That’s the hope this year — to continue winning and to win it all.”

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Preece won the Cup Series regular-season finale at Daytona in overtime to secure the final playoff spot for Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing.

Preece, who ferociously flipped cars at Daytona in 2023 and again in 2025, moved to the front during a green-white-checkered finish when leader Zane Smith got bumped, started spinning and slammed into other cars on the last lap. Preece took the checkered flag under caution and edged Shane van Gisbergen for the 16th and final berth in the postseason finale.

“This is redemption,” said Preece, whose victory landed two RFK cars into the 16-driver Chase for the championship. Chris Buescher is the other.

“I’m just speechless right now,” Preece said. “Those guys, that 60 (car), we’re fighters. When you put our back against the wall, we swing hard. ... Last year, there were a lot of keyboard warriors saying I was nothing. Well, we just kicked their butts tonight.”

Preece expressed confidence all week, but he found himself needing a victory late to pass Shane van Gisbergen for the last playoff spot. Van Gisbergen finished 27th after pitting during the final caution and taking four tires.

“Shame we’re not in it,” said van Gisbergen, who won twice during the regular season but missed the playoffs under NASCAR's new format that puts more emphasis on season-long results that victories.

Bubba Wallace and Austin Cindric locked up the other two available spots. Wallace, Cindric, van Gisbergen, Preece and Brad Keselowski started the night vying for the final three spots in the 10-race Chase.

Wallace, who was nearly a lock to make the 16-driver field when the green flag dropped, claimed his spot with a seventh-place finish in the opening stage. Cindric avoided trouble all night, finished sixth and advanced without much fanfare.

Daniel Suarez finished second in the race, followed by Michael McDowell, Tyler Reddick and Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Van Gisbergen won Stage 1 and created more of a cushion on Preece, who was caught up in a three-car crash as he neared the finish line. Preece raced his way back to the front in Stage 2 and picked up much-needed points with a second-place finish behind Ryan Blaney.

But it came down to the final lap. Preece needed to win to get in — and he pulled it off in dramatic fashion.

“I’m a racer. I know what it takes to build speed,” Preece said. “So every man and woman at RFK, thank you for giving me a rocket ship so I could go to the moon tonight.”

Cruise planning ‘Days of Thunder’ follow-up

Tom Cruise is getting back behind the wheel for a follow-up to “Days of Thunder.” The 64-year-old Cruise announced Saturday at Daytona he will reprise his role as NASCAR driver Cole Trickle.

He said he wants to show audiences “the speed, the excitement and all that danger and stuff.”

Anne Hathaway will co-star as a team owner and engineer in the film scheduled to be released by Paramount Pictures on June 2, 2028.

Jimmie Johnson unveils paint scheme for final Daytona 500

Seven-time Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson will drive a familiar-looking No. 48 in his final Cup Series start. Johnson unveiled his paint scheme for his Toyota in the 2027 Daytona 500 by driving a ceremonial lap around the track before Saturday’s race. The gray-and-blue scheme melds the three main sponsors during Johnson’s record-setting racing career: Lowe’s, Ally and Carvana.

Johnson’s final start will come in the 69th running of the Daytona 500, scheduled for Feb. 21, 2027. Hendrick Motorsports loaned Johnson the No. 48 for his last ride.

“Seeing this car for the first time brings back a lifetime of memories,” Johnson said.

Riley Herbst sits because of “lingering effects” from crash

Riley Herbst was scratched from the race because of “lingering effects” from a crash last weekend. Harrison Burton replaced Herbst in the No. 35 Toyota and finished 12th.

Herbst was involved in a crash at New Hampshire Motor Speedway last Sunday, with his car backing into the outside barrier before being struck again.

Up next

The 10-race Chase for the championship begins at Darlington Raceway next Sunday.

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Messi snapped a 1-1 tie in the 40th minute when he found the net for the 15th time, scoring off a free kick.

The reigning Golden Boot Award winner and league MVP scored for a 3-1 lead in the 52nd minute. His 17th and 18th goals of the season came in the 83rd and sixth minute of stoppage time with the final one also coming off a free kick. Messi began the day two behind Petar Musa of FC Dallas in the goals race.

Carlos Casimiro scored with a header off a corner kick by Telasco Segovia in the 20th minute to give Inter Miami a 1-0 lead. It was the first goal for the 34-year-old midfielder in his sixth league appearance and a career-best ninth assist for Segovia in his second MLS season.

Montreal tied it in the 37th minute on a goal by Fabian Herbers — his first of the campaign.

Luis Suárez scored his 11th goal with an assist from Messi — his 10th — for a 4-1 lead in the 80th minute and 18-year-old rookie Alexander Shaw made it 6-1 in the 89th with his first goal in three appearances and 37 minutes of play.

Dayne St. Clair finished with three saves for Inter Miami (12-4-6), which finished August with a 1-2-2 record after a fifth straight victory over Montreal.

Thomas Gillier saved five shots for Montreal (5-11-6).

It was Inter Miami's first victory since beating Montreal 1-0 on the road to close out July. Suárez won that one on a penalty kick in the 81st minute.

Up next

Montreal: At Philadelphia Union on Saturday.

Miami: Hosts Atlanta United on Saturday.

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It was the perfect response to a chaotic week for Miami, which saw interim manager Guillermo Hoyos replaced and the former Inter Miami coach receive a suspension and the club recieve a fine.

Once the match began, though, all of that off-field drama was forgotten.

Miami dominated from the opening whistle, controlling possession and keeping Montréal pinned in its own half. Within the first 10 minutes, Messi opened up to his left and fired toward the far side of the net, only to see his shot clang off the right post.

The pressure never let up.

Whenever Miami lost possession, the Herons immediately pressed to win the ball back. Montréal had little choice but to absorb the pressure and look for opportunities on the counterattack.

That pressure eventually paid off with a series of corners. Miami earned its first of the match, then another, and then a third.

On that third corner, Telasco Segovia whipped the ball into the box, where Casemiro rose to head it into the back of the net in the 20th minute.

It was Casemiro’s first MLS goal for Miami.

The Herons wanted more.

Miami continued pushing forward after taking the lead, while its defense kept Montréal from creating much of anything. Thirty minutes into the match, Montréal had yet to register a shot.

Then, out of nowhere, the game changed.

Montréal’s first shot took a slight deflection before sneaking into the bottom-left corner, leaving Miami goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair with no chance.

The visitors had tied the match at 1-1, but the deadlock lasted less than a minute.

Miami immediately won a dangerous free kick near the edge of the 6-yard box. And with Messi standing over the ball, the outcome felt almost inevitable.

Messi struck the free kick, which took a slight deflection off a Montréal defender’s foot before hitting the goalkeeper and finding the net, giving Messi his first goal of the match.

Miami was back in front, 2-1.

From there, the match opened up.

The halftime whistle eventually sounded, sending Miami into the break with the lead. But the Herons came out of the locker room looking for more.

They did not have to wait long.

Just minutes into the second half, Messi produced one of the night’s most spectacular moments. The Argentina star took on the Montréal defense, weaving through defenders before creating enough space to fire a right-footed shot past the goalkeeper.

The stadium erupted.

Messi had his second goal of the night, and Miami had a 3-1 lead.

As the match progressed, the pace began to slow slightly, with Miami appearing more interested in controlling the game and protecting its advantage.

Montréal tried to change the momentum in the 60th minute, making several substitutions, including Chilean legend Alexis Sánchez, who made his MLS debut.

Sánchez’s introduction gave Montréal a spark. The visitors began creating more pressure and won a series of corners as they searched for a way back into the match.

In the 72nd minute, Miami briefly thought it might have another opportunity when there was a VAR check for a possible handball. After the review, however, the on-field decision of no penalty stood.

Then Messi took over again.

On a fast break, Messi played a perfectly weighted pass to Luis Suárez, sending the Uruguayan striker in alone against the Montréal goalkeeper. Suárez calmly finished the chance to make it 4-1.

Any hope of a Montréal comeback was fading quickly.

And Messi was not finished.

A mistake by a Montréal defender in the backfield gave Miami another opportunity. Rodrigo De Paul found Messi, who calmly chipped the goalkeeper to complete his hat trick and make it 5-1.

The crowd at Nu Stadium was in full celebration mode.

After five straight matches without a win, Miami fans finally had plenty to celebrate. Messi’s third goal of the night was his 17th of the season and moved him into the lead in the MLS Golden Boot race.

But Miami still had more to give.

The goals continued to come in waves, and this time it was 18-year-old academy prospect Alexander Shaw who joined the party.

Shaw received the ball on his right foot outside the box and fired a shot into the bottom corner for his first goal for Miami.

The score was now 6-1.

The 90 minutes came and went, with the fourth official signaling four minutes of stoppage time.

Even then, Miami was not done.

In the final minute, the Herons won another free kick. As Messi walked toward the ball, the entire stadium erupted into a familiar chant.

“Messi, Messi, Messi.”

Messi answered.

He stepped up and buried the free kick into the back of the net, completing his four-goal performance and putting the finishing touch on a 7-1 rout.

The goal gave Messi 18 goals on the season and sent the Miami crowd into another celebration.

For Inter Miami, it was exactly the kind of response it needed after a difficult week and a five-match winless run.

The Herons now head into their next match against Atlanta United with momentum — and perhaps more importantly, confidence.

As sunset crept in at Newport’s grass horseshoe court at the entrance of the Hall, the 45-year-old Federer, dressed in a tan suit, strolled up to the stage for his speech, kissed and hugged his wife, Mirka, who had just introduced him, and realized what a challenge it was going to be.

“Oh man,” were the first words from the first man ever to win 20 Grand Slam singles titles. “This is very high level and a tough act to follow.”

He joked: “I don’t know if you have been practicing secretly” before praising his wife’s presentation of the 272nd Hall of Famer.

Federer was inducted along with Mary Carillo, a broadcaster and former player, who was presented by Hall of Famer Billie Jean King.

Federer, called the “Swiss Maestro” during the Hall’s first red-carpet show, which began on center court about 90 minutes before the start of the induction ceremony, told the crowd that he “was a little stressed to be honest.”

During his nearly 30-minute speech, Federer, who showed fluid movement and a quick approach to the net with a solid one-hand backhand that earned him a record 237 consecutive weeks as the world’s No. 1 player in the ATP rankings, chocked up a handful of times.

It began to get tough for him about halfway through, when he talked about his childhood hero, Stefan Edberg, when he said these are “happy tears.”

Then he was brought to tears again when he spoke about his longtime coach Severin Luthi, before he wanted to thank Mirka for helping him on his journey.

“Now the Mirka part,” he said, pausing before breaking into tears. “Oh gosh, this such a mess.”

He tried to joke, but the tears took over like a quick return at the net.

“I need tissues and sunglasses, everything to protect me right now,” he told the crowd, fighting back more tears.

But, like rallying in winning one of his five consecutive U.S. Open titles from 2004-08 or reaching 10 straight Slam finals, which he won eight, Federer closed by thanking the ball boys and encouraged players to keep taking the game new levels.

Federer, who celebrated his 45th birthday three weeks ago, won eight Wimbledon titles and is only one of eight men with a career Grand Slam. He captured six Australian Opens and one French Open, in 2009.

“I’m thrilled to have made the journey here,” he said. “It’s amazing to see yourself in a place like this. To immerse yourself in the history of the sport means a lot to me.”

Carillo, inducted as a contributor, is a member of the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

King said: “She has earned her spot in sports journalism and she has earned her spot in Newport.”

Carillo, 69, was touched standing in front of a handful of Hall of Famers.

“To walk through these gates here in the company of you people, that was beyond my dreams,” she said.

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The 87 players on that hole in three rounds had made two birdies and six bogeys. Do the math — he does have a degree from the McCombs School of Business at Texas — and that's 79 pars.

“That seems very high,” Scheffler said. “It’s almost like let’s just skip it at this point. If we’re all going to make par, what’s the point in playing the hole, to be fair?”

Viktor Hovland and Ryan Gerard got a little separation at the end — Hovland with six putts of 7 feet or longer on the last six holes for a 65 and a one-shot lead over Gerard, who was bogey-free in his round of 66 — but the talk all week has been how bunched the scoring has been.

Cameron Young opened with an even-par 70 on Thursday and was in last place. After 54 holes, Kristoffer Reitan and Alex Smalley shared the basement. They were at 3-under 207.

“I feel the old golf course — before it was redone — it used to spread the field more,” McIlroy said after a 63 left him five behind. “Where this golf course is wider, the penalties of missing aren’t maybe quite as high.”

McIlroy and Ludvig Aberg referenced the PGA Championship at Aronimink. For the longest time it was wide open — seven players shared the 18-hole lead, the most in 57 years at a major. Midway through the third round, 28 players were separated by two shots.

“It’s difficult to make a ton of birdies,” said Aberg, who managed seven of them after a double bogey at the start for a 65. “It gives me a little bit of sort of Aronimink vibes.”

Aaron Rai finally pulled away to win his first major by three shots at the PGA with a 40-foot eagle putt and a 70-foot birdie putt.

“This tournament feels a lot like Aronimink, where there’s a lot of people around the lead,” McIlroy said. “It feels like you can make some birdies, but it’s like a good score is 67 and a bad score is 71. There’s like not a lot of separation of the field.”

That's what got Scheffler's attention, perhaps because he is the supreme ball-striker in golf and felt handcuffed by the large greens with big slopes and pins that required caution. He caught a gust to a back pin on the 17th hole Friday and could get no closer than 12 feet.

“When you have really, really large green complexes like these and they tuck the pins very close to the edges, it’s a balancing act between how much you want to bite off,” Scheffler said.

“I love seeing rewards for good shots and punishments for bad,” he said. "I think sometimes, especially when you look at these modern golf courses, they do a lot of the same stuff to the golf courses. They make the fairways bigger. They make the greens bigger. Then in order to protect par, we shove the pins up against edges.

“That’s why I think you see the scores get really close like they are this week.”

The ninth hole was maxed out at 270 yards — back tee, back pin — and Scheffler hit 5-wood just short of the green. McIlroy hit 3-iron. Players feel the best par 3s are the short ones, but Scheffler didn't seem to mind how the ninth played for the third round.

“I actually thought it was better from the back box because you might see a few more bogeys,” Scheffler said.

Alas, no such luck Saturday — one birdie, one bogey, 27 pars.

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Arnold, 23, is facing eight felony charges stemming from allegations he orchestrated the abduction and beating of three men in February. He became a free agent in June, when the Detroit Lions released him a few days after the kidnapping, armed robbery and conspiracy charges were levied.

Arnold will not be permitted to play or practice with the Seahawks as a result of being on the exempt list, but while the league investigates his case he can be paid and attend team meetings. It is not known when he might be able to play.

The Seahawks agreed to terms with Arnold two weeks ago. Coach Mike Macdonald said at the time that the team understood the ramifications of signing Arnold.

“We also understand that it’s a serious situation with a legal matter. There’s a process behind it, so we respect that," Macdonald said. “That’s how we’ll operate, just letting that process play out and let the league decide if and when his return to play is. We’ll understand that that’s at play, but there’s also an opportunity to bring him and give him an opportunity to earn a position here.”

Prosecutors in Florida allege that Arnold suspected the three men of stealing $100,000 in cash and luxury goods from him, prompting an attack on Feb. 4. Police called him the “primary conspirator” and a judge set his bail at $1 million.

Defense attorney R. Timothy Jansen has said that Arnold denies the allegations.

Denise White, the CEO of EAG Sports Management, an agency that represents Arnold, said there’s “no credible evidence” against him, only accounts from others who may have an incentive to get a lighter sentence.

Arnold has played in 25 NFL games, including playoffs, since the Lions took him with the 24th pick of the 2024 draft out of Florida State.

Tackle Derrick Graham was waived to make room on the 90-man roster for Arnold.

The Seahawks fielded arguably the NFL’s best defense last season. No team allowed fewer points per game (17.2) and Seattle finished in the top seven in the league in sacks and interceptions.

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Pero el alcalde de Cave Creek, Robert Morris, no puede eludir la posibilidad real de que eso no sea suficiente para mantener a flote, en el futuro, a la comunidad desértica de unas 5.000 personas. Y un reciente plan federal para abordar una crisis cada vez más profunda en la cuenca del río no ayudará.

Cave Creek obtiene casi toda su agua del río, que abastece a 40 millones de personas en el oeste de Estados Unidos y ha ido disminuyendo por el cambio climático, la demanda y el uso excesivo. El pueblo ya se vio obligado a hacer recortes este año y podría perder más debido a un nuevo plan federal.

Morris comparó la situación con hacer planes ante el impacto de un meteorito.

“Puedes verlo venir, pero no puedes apartarte y no sabes cuál va a ser el daño”, afirmó.

La incertidumbre se extiende por siete estados de Estados Unidos, naciones tribales y México. Los agricultores deben decidir qué cultivos valen la inversión. Phoenix podría perder por primera vez parte del agua municipal e industrial y recurrir a suministros de respaldo. Y los residentes podrían enfrentar costos aún mayores por el agua.

Nevada elevó la apuesta esta semana al demandar al Departamento del Interior y a la Oficina de Reclamación de Estados Unidos, afirmando que no se cubrirán necesidades básicas en la región de Las Vegas si el área tiene que absorber reducciones planificadas de hasta el 70% de su agua del río Colorado en la próxima década.

La oficina dijo el jueves que no comenta sobre litigios.

“La incertidumbre va a seguir acumulándose en la dirección equivocada”, dijo Tom Buschatzke, director del Departamento de Recursos Hídricos de Arizona.

Los embalses del oeste registran mínimos históricos

En el oeste de Estados Unidos, el agua se almacena principalmente en embalses, acuíferos y mantos de nieve. Pero una sequía de nieve récord significa que hay mucha menos agua para recargar esas fuentes.

Los dos embalses más grandes del país, el lago Mead y el lago Powell, sirven como barómetros de la salud del sistema del río Colorado. Ambos alcanzaron mínimos históricos este mes.

Otros ocho embalses operados por la Oficina de Reclamación registraron recientemente los niveles más bajos en al menos los últimos 30 años. Entre ellos está el lago Elephant Butte, en Nuevo México, que es crucial para suministrar agua a los cultivos en el sur de ese estado, además de Texas y México. El embalse Green Mountain abastece la parte occidental de Colorado, y el embalse Guernsey, en Wyoming, canaliza agua hacia agricultores en la parte oriental del estado y el oeste de Nebraska.

Según el plan de la Oficina de Reclamación, California, Nevada y Arizona reducirán colectivamente, durante los próximos dos años, el uso de agua en unos 1.540 millones de metros cúbicos (1,25 millones de acres-pie) al año, suficiente para llenar más de 600.000 piscinas olímpicas, con la posibilidad de recortes mayores que dependerán de las condiciones. Por ahora, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming y Nuevo México no están obligados a hacer recortes, pero podrían reducir el consumo de agua de manera voluntaria.

Aunque El Niño podría traer una intensa humedad a las Rocosas del norte y al suroeste en los próximos meses, no borrará décadas de sequía.

“La sequía es un fenómeno de avance lento y puede tomar algo de tiempo entrar en ella y también salir de ella”, afirmó David Mocko, investigador científico de alto nivel que elaboró un mapa reciente del Monitor de Sequía de Estados Unidos.

Los agricultores se resisten a sembrar

John Boelts siembra verduras, melones, trigo duro y otros cultivos en Yuma, Arizona, una región que produce alrededor del 90% de las hortalizas de hoja que se consumen en América del Norte durante el invierno.

Los agricultores de la región tienen derechos de alta prioridad y podrían evitar los recortes en su suministro del río Colorado durante los próximos dos años, pero, según Boelts, el alivio no es suficiente para hacer planes a más largo plazo. Eso hace que los agricultores se muestren reacios a sembrar nuevas superficies.

Los cítricos, los dátiles y otros cultivos de huerto que prosperan en la región tardan años en volverse comercialmente productivos, explicó.

“No hay alimentos que cultivemos a la carrera”, dijo Boelts, presidente de la Oficina Agrícola de Arizona. “La carne de res tarda años en producirse. ¿La lechuga que comes hoy? Un agricultor trabajaba en cómo iba a cultivar ese producto hace más de seis meses”.

Ray Martinez cultiva alfalfa en una reserva que es hogar de las Tribus Indígenas del Río Colorado. La tribu posee algunos de los derechos más antiguos del río y, aunque su asignación en Arizona es enorme, un sistema de riego antiguo y la falta de infraestructura han mantenido gran parte del agua fuera de su alcance.

A Martinez y al departamento de agua les preocupa tener suficiente agua para terminar esta temporada de cultivo. Ha dejado algunos campos sin sembrar durante años para ayudar a sostener el lago Mead. Si el embalse sigue bajando, dijo, el agua superficial que llega a él y a las granjas vecinas se limitará aún más.

“Desafortunadamente, la Madre Naturaleza tiene su propia manera de hacer las cosas, y no tenemos control sobre eso”, añadió.

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Four of those putts were for birdie, two of them for par, all of them important going into a final round at East Lake where every shot can seem so important.

Scoring has felt low. With some of the pins, it hasn't felt easy. Rory McIlroy and Ludvig Aberg each referenced similarities to Aronimink for the PGA Championship, where 28 players were separated by two shots midway through the third round.

Only 29 players are at East Lake and everyone is under par.

Hovland rolled in a pair of 8-foot birdie putts at the end to put him at 15-under 195, one shot ahead of Tour Championship newcomer Ryan Gerard, who played bogey-free for a 66.

Scottie Scheffler (66) and Chris Gotterup (67), who have combined for five PGA Tour titles this year, were three shots behind at 12-under 198. They were joined by sentimental favorite, 46-year-old Adam Scott, and Aberg. Both shot 65 in search of their first win this year.

Also in the mix was Rory McIlroy, who had two bogeys, settled for par on the par-5 closing hole and still shot 63 to get within five shots. He was joined by Cameron Young, whose double bogey on the 10th hole set him back in a round of 68.

“It’s pretty bunched up around 11- and 12-under par there," Hovland said. “I mean, you’ve seen some 62s out there. You can take it low. So it was nice to get a little bit of distance, especially from the group of guys that are around that number. They’re capable of shooting nothing tomorrow. So that gives me a little bit of a cushion for tomorrow. I’m still going to have to bring a nice, solid round."

At stake Sunday is $10 million to the winner, the largest official payoff in golf for a single tournament, and the FedEx Cup title that comes with a five-year exemption on the PGA Tour.

Hovland won the FedEx Cup in 2023 when he steamrolled through a three-tournament postseason and won the last two. This might not feel the same if he were to win on Sunday, though the Norwegian would happily leave town with two trophies.

Hovland was at his best on the greens coming down the stretch — 11 feet for birdie on the 13th, 18 feet to save par on the 14th, 11 feet for birdie on the peninsula-green 15th, a 7-foot par putt on the 16th and his closing birdies.

Gerard scrambled beautifully, especially on the back nine, birdied both par 5s and stayed in the game for a chance at his first win this year, and possibly an easy decision to be a pick for the Presidents Cup. But it was a big test of patience waiting to a chance to attack.

“Then when you do get that, try to take advantage and step on the gas there a little bit,” he said.

That's what McIlroy did, starting out seven shots behind with little to lose. He figured he would need another round like 63 to even contemplate a fourth FedEx Cup title.

He has been around for all the iterations of resetting points and starting strokes into the season finale. What he can't recall is a traffic jam at the top, or last place being at 3-under par.

“It speaks to the standard of the golfers that are here,” McIlroy said. “But it also speaks to the slightly different test that we are getting after the redesign, as well.”

Scheffler also played bogey-free and rued not taking advantage of a few more birdie chances in the 8- to 12-foot range. But he's right in the mix as he closes out a season of astonishing consistency that leaves him on the cusp of replacing Tiger Woods on the career money list.

In the middle of the congestion was Scott, who has a chance to win for the first time since 2020.

“It’s a good spot — within striking distance,” Scott said. “It’s so congested, though, it’s going to need a really great round. I think there’s someone lurking who’s going to have that.”

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Itauma's corner threw in the towel as he was being pummelled against the ropes, making the 34-year-old Hrgovic the first Croatian heavyweight champion.

Itauma had never needed to go past the sixth round in his first 14 professional bouts and tired visibly after taking command of the early rounds, with Hrgovic absorbing a barrage of hits even after being knocked down in the second round.

The rivals traded blows in the eighth and ninth before the granite chin of Hrgovic won out.

“I was losing every round. I was outboxed. And I don't know from where I got energy,” Hrgovic said. “Look, chin is important.”

Hrgovic improved to 22-1 and halted the rapid rise of Itauma, who was trying to become the youngest heavyweight champion since a 20-year-old Mike Tyson stopped Trevor Berbick in 1986.

Itauma couldn't stand after the bout ended and was treated by medical personell before being helped out of the ring.

“He's an amazing fighter,” Hrgovic said. “I'm the present. And he's definitely the future. ... He's the best I've been in the ring with. But he needs more experience. He gassed out.”

Unification bout next?

Promoter Frank Warren said after the bout that Hrgovic is set to next fight Cuban Frank Sanchez, but the Croatian himself said he instead wants to take on WBO champion Daniel Dubois and then WBC title holder Agit Kabayel — both of whom were ringside at the O2 Arena.

“I want unification. Frank Sanchez will wait,” Hrgovic said.

Hrgovic’s only loss came to Dubois in 2024. Hrgovic was bleeding from deep cuts above his eyes that time when the ringside doctor recommended the fight be stopped.

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Now, Meyer and the rest of her Nevada teammates have a chance to make more history on the world’s biggest Little League stage.

Meyer, the first girl to play in the U.S. championship, had an RBI single to help Nevada beat Ohio 12-2 on Saturday and advance to the Little League World Baseball Series title game.

Meyer, who had played in an all-girls tournament at Lamade earlier in June, stepped to the batter’s box in the second inning to a roar of applause from the 20,000 fans. She proved she could play with the boys, delivering a single up the middle with the bases loaded to extend Nevada’s lead to three.

“It’s awesome, especially getting a hit,” Meyer said. “So, like, the first girl to get a hit in the U.S. championship? Awesome.”

Starting pitcher Owen Guzman had three hits, scored twice and pitched solidly for 3 2/3 innings to lead Nevada.

Defensively, the team from Henderson turned three double plays to help Guzman and reliever Payton Hinsen, tying an LLBWS record.

“I think we should have four,” Nevada manager Cory Edwards said. “I’m super proud of the pace that they work with. We work on that all the time, infield, outfield every day. I know we’re a pitching and defense team.”

It’s the second-straight finals appearance for a Nevada team after a squad from Las Vegas won the U.S. championship a year ago. That team lost in the finals. This team will face international champ Curaçao in Sunday’s finale.

“This right now feels pretty surreal,” Edwards said. “Somebody asked me before the game, ‘How are you feeling?’ I was just like, ‘just another day.’ I think when they started chanting my name is when I felt the weight of it, of what we just accomplished.”

Guzman opened the game with a triple and scored shortly thereafter, but Nevada broke the game open in the second inning. It scored five runs on four singles, two walks and a hit batter. Guzman was part of the cascade of runs, hitting a ground ball up the middle which scored Michael Guerrero.

Guzman’s third hit came in the bottom of the fifth, an infield single to second base. Three batters later, Brooks McFarland doubled to left field, scoring Guzman.

Bob Frazier led Ohio with two hits and an RBI.

Having played three extra games to get to the championship, the Great Lakes regional champions from Hamilton, Ohio felt they ran out of gas after outscoring their opponents by a combined score of 44-12 before running into Nevada.

“Maybe my team needed to play yesterday. We were kind of on a roll and then they outhit us, they put the ball in play, they moved the ball, and three double plays didn’t help us either,” Ohio coach Timothy Nichting said. “In my eyes, it just looked like nobody had any zip on our fastballs.”

After Guzman scored, Nevada added two more runs in the fifth and finished off the 10-run rule win.

Meyer had a feeling this was possible when she left her team in June to play in the all-girls tournament in Lamade.

“I definitely thought we could get here because during the practices we had before I left for Williamsport I just knew that we were a special group of players and we could make it very far,” Meyer said.

Ohio will play Japan in the consolation game at 10 a.m.

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The suspect, a 33-year-old man with a lengthy criminal record, also died, Chief W.H. “Skip” Holbrook said at a news conference in the capital city.

The deceased officer, 29-year-old Christopher DeLong, had been with the police department for two years and leaves behind a wife and two young children, Holbrook said.

“Our hearts are broken this evening,” he said, appearing choked up at times.

DeLong’s wife, in a social media post, praised her husband as the “best dad to our babies” and said she was “living a nightmare.”

After a Saturday night news conference, Holbrook and other law enforcement officials joined in a procession from the hospital. The second officer, David Dymock, was in stable condition, the chief said.

“I hope that our officers know that they’re not alone in this. We will lean on each other in this tragic time,” Holbrook said. “Let’s pray for this department.”

The shooting unfolded after a woman called police around 9:30 a.m. Saturday saying a man who she had a restraining order against was destroying property at her home.

DeLong quickly arrived on scene and learned the suspect had left the residence. The woman gave DeLong a description of the suspect and vehicle description, the chief said.

Around 10:30 a.m. DeLong left the home, but just minutes later he initiated a call about a suspicious person after seeing a man near a vehicle that matched the woman’s description, Holbrook said.

Dymock arrived as backup and minutes later radioed that officers “were hit and a suspect was down,” the chief said.

The suspect was Adam Tyler Dowdy, a man with a history of arrests across at least four states who had faced charges including disorderly conduct, contempt of court, public intoxication, possession of a controlled substance and probation violations, the chief said.

Holbrook, who did not take questions at the news conference, said the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division would investigate the shooting. A spokesperson for that agency said in an email that the investigation was ongoing.

Trent Mosley caught seven passes for 118 yards and a touchdown in the Orange County product's impressive debut for the Trojans, who showcased several promising newcomers in coach Lincoln Riley's offense. Kayden Dixon-Wyatt also caught a TD pass in his debut, while Riley Wormley and Shahn Alston rushed for their first TDs.

USC has College Football Playoff aspirations with a restocked roster around Maiava, who went 25 for 29 as the Trojans built a 35-3 lead heading into the fourth quarter at the Coliseum. Six of the 10 Trojans who caught a pass were making their USC debuts.

“Really dominated the game there through three quarters," Riley said. “A lot of exciting ball. (Had) a lot of guys (in) their first games as Trojans make a lot of big plays out there."

Maiava began his third season as the Trojans’ starting quarterback by rushing for a score on the opening drive. Dixon-Wyatt caught a short scoring slant in the second quarter, and 2025 breakout star King Miller rushed for a TD and a 28-0 lead right before halftime.

Trojans’ defense sags

New USC defensive coordinator Gary Patterson’s unit mostly looked sharp until the fourth quarter, when new San Jose State quarterback Luke Weaver led three late touchdown drives against the Trojans' backup defenders to tighten the final score considerably.

“Fourth quarter, not up to our standards,” Riley said. “A bunch of guys got opportunities, and we had several that did not play the way that we anticipated. There will be a lot to learn and grow from. ... The way our starters played, that deserved to be a single-digit-score game.”

Mosley's debut was dynamite

Mosley slipped seamlessly into USC's game plan, leading the team with nine targets from Maiava while showing the elusiveness that made him a recruiting coup for Riley. Mosley's longest grab went for 33 yards, and he had 52 yards after the catch.

“He kind of just did what he does in practice,” Riley said. “I don't think anybody here is very surprised. That's kind of what it looks like most days."

Mosley also had a 41-yard punt return in which he eluded several Spartans with a grace that had his teammates shouting.

“That kid moves differently,” Miller said. “I mean, he's special. I love to see him play.”

Spartans surge late

Hawaii transfer Weaver passed for 234 yards and threw fourth-quarter TD passes to Jerry McClure and Jordan Anderson before rushing for a late score. The Spartans’ thoroughly overhauled roster will get a boost from its strong finish to head coach Ken Niumatalolo’s third-season opener.

“That’s far and away the best football team they’ll play all year, and our guys were able to get open,” Niumatalolo said. “We were able to protect against them, and so those things are encouraging. ... And when things did break down, it’s exciting to see Luke extend some plays. That’s going to bode well for us in the future.”

USC’s injury absences

The Trojans won despite being without several expected key contributors due to apparent injuries. Star defensive tackle Jahkeem Stewart and presumptive starting receivers Tanook Hines and NC State transfer Terrell Anderson were the biggest absences.

The takeaway

The Trojans lost All-American receiver Makai Lemon and counterpart Ja'Kobi Lane to the NFL, but Mosley and their possible replacements looked awfully promising. A few defensive players also popped — particularly defensive end Luke Wafle, the top overall recruit in last year’s class by some evaluators. Freshman quarterback Jonas Williams, Maiava's possible successor next season, played the fourth quarter and passed for 55 yards with an interception.

Up next

San Jose State visits Eastern Michigan on Friday, Sept. 4.

USC hosts Fresno State on Friday, Sept. 4.

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