Las contiendas que los votantes verán en su boleta dependerán de su afiliación partidista y de dónde vivan en el condado Monroe.

Florida es un estado con elecciones primarias cerradas, lo que significa que los votantes generalmente solo pueden votar en las primarias del partido político en el que están registrados. Las contiendas no partidistas están abiertas a todos los votantes elegibles.

A diferencia de algunos otros condados del sur de Florida, el condado Monroe no tiene una primaria congresional disputada este año.

En el Distrito Congresional 28, que cubre el condado Monroe junto con la parte suroeste del condado Miami-Dade, incluyendo Homestead y Cutler Bay, el republicano titular Carlos Gimenez y el demócrata Phil “Felipe” Ehr no tienen oposición en sus respectivas primarias partidistas. Eddy Rojas se postula sin afiliación partidista en las elecciones generales.

Las contiendas legislativas estatales que afectan al condado Monroe tampoco tienen primarias partidistas disputadas. La republicana Ana Maria Rodriguez y el demócrata Jose Antonio Stoute no tienen oposición para sus respectivas nominaciones en el Distrito Senatorial 40 de Florida.

El republicano titular Jim Mooney no tiene oposición en el Distrito 120 de la Cámara de Representantes de Florida.

Contiendas del condado Monroe

Sin embargo, varias contiendas locales ofrecen opciones a los votantes de los Cayos en las primarias.

La primaria republicana para el Distrito 2 de la Comisión del Condado Monroe incluye a Michelle Lincoln y George Lopez.

Los votantes republicanos también decidirán la contienda del Distrito 2 del Distrito de Control de Mosquitos de los Cayos de Florida entre Phillip L. Goodman y Alex Osborn.

Contiendas de la Junta Escolar

Debido a que las elecciones de la Junta Escolar son no partidistas, los votantes elegibles pueden participar independientemente de su partido político.

En el Distrito 1 de la Junta Escolar, Theresa Axford y Darren Horan compiten por el puesto.

En el Distrito 5, la titular Sue Woltanski enfrenta a la retadora Chelyn Shaw. Woltanski busca un tercer mandato después de ganar por primera vez la elección en 2018, mientras que Shaw se postula por primera vez para un cargo público.

Los votantes del condado Monroe también tienen una contienda judicial no partidista en la boleta.

Contiendas de Key West

En Key West, los residentes elegirán su candidato a alcalde, junto con varios puestos de la comisión y un par de puestos de miembros de la junta de servicios públicos.

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Varias elecciones al Congreso que afectan al condado de Miami-Dade cuentan con un gran número de candidatos, incluidas las de los distritos 24, 25 y 27.

Entre las contiendas legislativas de Miami-Dade figuran primarias muy disputadas para varios escaños de la Cámara de Representantes de Florida, incluidos los distritos 106, 108, 109, 113 y 118.

Los votantes de Miami-Dade también eligieron a sus candidatos para el escaño del Distrito 1 de la Junta Escolar de Miami-Dade, así como para diversos puestos de comisionado.

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Spotty afternoon thunderstorms return Wednesday and will be with us each day into the weekend. This will bring our temperatures down to the low-to-middle 90s. It will not feel any different since humidity will be higher.

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Seven candidates are running after U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, who has represented the district for about 13 years, announced in May that she was not planning to seek re-election.

There was misinformation during their campaigns. A fake Equality Florida ad served as a homophobic attack. There were videos associating candidates with support for President Donald Trump.

Businesswoman Te Brown, the uncontested Republican candidate, plans to run against the winner of the Democratic primary in the general election on Nov. 3.

Here is a list of the candidates:

OLIVER G. GILBERT III

Wilson endorsed Oliver G. Gilbert II, a Miami-Dade commissioner and former commission chair who served as the mayor of Miami Gardens from 2012 to 2020.

Gilbert, 53, who grew up in Miami Gardens, earned a bachelor’s degree from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and a juris doctor from the University of Miami.

SHEVRIN JONES

Florida Sen. Shevrin “Shev” Jones served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2012 to 2020, when he started his service in the Florida Senate.

Jones, 42, who was born in Hollywood and grew up in Miami Gardens, earned a bachelor’s degree from Florida A&M University. He also earned master’s and doctorate degrees in education from Florida Atlantic University.

Jones, who is Florida’s first openly gay senator, served as the chair of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party.

KENDRICK MEEK JR.

Kendrick Meek Jr. is following in the footsteps of his father, former U.S. Rep. Kendrick B. Meek, who served Florida’s 17th Congressional District from 2003 to 2011, and his grandmother, the late former U.S. Rep. Carrie Meek, who served Florida’s 17th Congressional District from 1993 to 2003.

Meek, 29, earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida and a J.D. from the University of Miami. He interned with the House Administration Committee in 2015 and the House Judiciary Committee in 2021. He also worked as a White House aide on healthcare policy initiatives under the Biden administration.

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RUDOLPH MOISE

Retired U.S. Air Force Reserve Col. Dr. Rudolph “Rudy” Moise, a Haitian-American physician, served as ambassador-at-large for investment for the Republic of Haiti in 2014.

Moise, 71, was born in Port-au-Prince, and he was 17 when he moved to Chicago. After graduating from the University of Illinois, he earned a doctorate in osteopathy from the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine. He also earned a juris doctor and a master of business administration from the University of Miami.

JEAN MONESTIME

Jean Monestime served as a Miami-Dade County commissioner from 2010 to 2022, including as chairman from 2014 to 2016.

Monestime, 63, was born in Haiti’s Saint-Louis du Nord, and he was 17 when he moved to the U.S. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Florida International University and a master of business administration from Nova Southeastern University.

RODERICK D. VEREEN

Roderick “Rod” Vereen, a criminal defense attorney, served as an assistant federal public defender for the Northern District of Florida in Pensacola and as assistant state attorney for the Second Judicial Circuit.

Vereen, 64, grew up as a U.S. Army brat, and he earned a bachelor’s degree from Florida State University and a juris doctor from the Southern University Law Center.

MARSHAL L DAVIS SR.

Marshal L. Davis, Sr., serves as the director of the Marshal L. Davis, Sr. African Heritage Cultural Arts Center in Miami’s Liberty City. It’s since 1963.

“We’ve got to look at what we consider to be the problem because with any problem, there is a solution,” Davis, 76, said. “We have to look at our potential and be expansive, and we’ve got to govern ourselves by principles.”

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The life-saving actions occurred on Saturday at La Vina Aragon Restaurant y Cafeteria, located at 8155 W. Eighth Ave. in Hialeah.

According to authorities, Miami Beach Police Sgt. Alex Bello was working at a property and evidence warehouse in Hialeah when he stopped for lunch at the restaurant.

While he was at the restaurant, Bello noticed an 80-year-old man who started choking and quickly moved to help him, performing the Heimlich maneuver.

Bello’s quick actions saved him, who started breathing again at the restaurant, much to the delight of the people who were watching the ordeal unfold.

The man did not suffer any additional injuries and at last check was doing just fine.

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Sky 10 was above City Hall at 776 NE 125th St. just after 2 p.m. as the blue vehicle remained at the scene and the driver was placed on a gurney and loaded into a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue truck.

According to North Miami police, the driver lost control of the vehicle while backing up and struck the entrance doors of City Hall.

Police said the driver sustained minor injuries in the crash and was transported to a local hospital to be evaluated.

No other vehicles were involved in the crash.

City officials confirmed that City Hall has been closed until further notice.

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With Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis unable to seek another consecutive term because of term limits, the race has attracted a crowded field of candidates hoping to succeed him.

On the Republican side, 11 candidates are seeking the nomination, while six candidates are competing in the Democratic primary.

Donalds leads crowded Republican field

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds has emerged as the frontrunner in the Republican primary.

Donalds represents Florida’s 19th Congressional District, which includes portions of Southwest Florida, including Fort Myers, Naples, Bonita Springs and Cape Coral.

Recent polling has shown Donalds with a substantial advantage over his Republican rivals. A July poll conducted for Associated Industries of Florida found Donalds leading the GOP field by 46 percentage points. Other polling tracked by The New York Times has also shown Donalds out front.

Among his challengers are Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, former Florida House Speaker Paul Renner and political newcomer James Fishback.

Also seeking the Republican nomination are Jim Holcomb, Arthur McCaffrey, Daniel Nokovich, Rachel Rodriguez, James Shaw, Caneste Succe and Bobby Williams.

One of the biggest controversies of the Republican primary came over plans for a gubernatorial debate at the Florida GOP’s Sunshine State Showdown.

The Republican Party of Florida said Donalds was the only candidate who met the polling requirements to qualify for the debate, prompting criticism from Collins, Renner and Fishback. DeSantis also took issue with the decision.

Florida GOP Chairman Evan Power told Local 10’s Glenna Milberg on “This Week in South Florida” that the candidates had agreed to the debate criteria before launching their campaigns. Some of the candidates disputed that characterization.

Jolly leads Democratic primary

Six candidates are competing for the Democratic nomination, with former U.S. Rep. David Jolly as the frontrunner in recent polling.

Jolly, a former Republican congressman who represented a Tampa Bay-area district, has named former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham as his running mate for lieutenant governor.

Polling has put Jolly ahead of the rest of the Democratic field as voters prepare to make their choice Tuesday.

State Rep. Dotie Joseph is also seeking the nomination. Joseph represents House District 108, which includes portions of North Miami, Little Haiti, Wynwood and El Portal.

Fort Lauderdale native Dayna Marie Foster, a high school math teacher, is also in the race and has sought support from younger progressive voters.

Evelyn Castillo-Bach, Thomas Fernandez and Stephann Norman round out the six-person Democratic field.

Winners advance to November

Florida is a closed-primary state, meaning voters generally must be registered with a political party to participate in that party’s primary.

The winners of Tuesday’s Republican and Democratic contests will advance to the November general election as Florida voters decide who will succeed DeSantis and become the state’s next governor.

Polls open at 7 a.m. Tuesday and close at 7 p.m.

Florida es un estado con elecciones primarias cerradas, lo que significa que los votantes generalmente reciben la boleta de las primarias del partido político con el que están registrados. Todos los votantes registrados pueden participar en contiendas no partidistas y en cualquier contienda de primaria universal que aparezca en su boleta.

Contiendas para el Congreso

Varias contiendas para el Congreso que afectan al condado Broward han atraído a numerosos candidatos, incluidos los Distritos 20, 24, 25 y 22.

Contiendas estatales

Los votantes de Broward también ayudarán a elegir a los nominados de sus partidos para varios cargos estatales, incluidos gobernador y Senado de Estados Unidos.

En la boleta también aparecen contiendas disputadas para director financiero y comisionado de Agricultura.

Contiendas de la Comisión del Condado Broward y la Junta Escolar

A nivel del condado, las primarias demócratas para la Comisión del Condado por el Distrito 6 incluyen a Eugen Bold, Jeffery Jones, A.J. Ryan y Caryl Shuham.

Los votantes también decidirán varias contiendas no partidistas para la Junta Escolar del condado Broward, incluidos los Distritos 1, 4, 6, 7 y 8.

Las contiendas judiciales incluyen una competencia entre tres candidatos para juez del 17.º Circuito Judicial, Grupo 52, entre David Andrew Fry, Tamar Hamilton y Kathleen O’Brien “Katie” Hinkle. Debi Gheorge Alten y Veronica N. Walker compiten por el puesto de juez del Tribunal del Condado, Grupo 11.

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The USS Benfold “reported an engineering casualty involving its generators, causing a loss of power” on July 24, Navy spokesman Cmdr. Matthew Comer said in the statement. The breakdown meant the crew went without drinking water, meals, functioning toilets and air conditioning for days aboard the ship, Comer said.

The incident, which only became public on Friday when it was first reported by USNI News, comes as the Pentagon grapples with serious questions about the quality of life aboard naval vessels and the military's ability to supply ships during the conflict with Iran.

Democratic lawmakers are calling for investigations into conditions aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. Reports last week revealed that the ship, which has spent a record-setting 250 uninterrupted days at sea, has experienced shortages of supplies, including food and hygiene products, while crew members have suffered from stress and poor mental health.

Comer stressed that there were no injuries to the crew of the Benfold, “who demonstrated resilience, grit, professionalism, and unwavering steadiness in their response,” but that the ship needed assistance from the George Washington carrier strike group.

The cruiser USS Robert Smalls provided meals to the stricken destroyer.

Ultimately, Comer said the Benfold had to be towed to Subic Bay, in the Philippines, for repairs, arriving on July 28. The crew was then provided food and lodging off the ship. On Aug. 8, the Benfold left port “with all engineering, combat systems, and crew support systems functioning normally,” the statement said.

Meanwhile, the ships from the George Washington strike group, including the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, were spotted heading toward the Middle East. The carrier was expected to replace the Lincoln, which the acting navy secretary, Hung Cao, said last week would be returning home soon.

This would leave the waters of the Pacific without a U.S. carrier presence for an unknown period of time. The Trump administration sees China, the dominant power in the region, as “a settled force” that only needs to be deterred from dominating the U.S. or its allies and not the top global adversary that it was under the Biden administration.

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Moody was Florida’s attorney general before being appointed to the seat in 2025 after her predecessor, Marco Rubio, was confirmed as U.S. secretary of state.

She’s touting accomplishments during her time in the seat, including rolling back regulations to help Florida’s citrus industry and bringing in billions of dollars in disaster relief.

She is facing three Republican challengers: Chris Gleason, a U.S. Army veteran and data forensics expert who says he has experience “exposing corruption and fraud;” physician Neelam Taneja Perry, who says she’s “fighting for the rights of the people”; and Pastor Ernie Rivera, who says his background in finance and as a licensed housing manager could help curb South Florida’s affordability problems.

State Rep. Angie Nixon, D-Jacksonville, is a six-year state lawmaker and a Florida native. She says she will fight to make life more affordable for all Floridians, saying the economy should work for everyone.

Her campaign cornerstone is putting people over politics and profit.

Alex Vindman, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, moved to Florida with his wife and daughter three years ago. He was wounded in Iraq and received a Purple Heart and is known for testifying during President Donald Trump’s first impeachment.

He said his campaign is promising to rekindle the American dream for Floridians, with a spotlight on affordability — from making sure buying a home is attainable to driving down health care costs.

A Greenville police officer who responded to the residence Sunday afternoon was met by the brothers and then observed paramedics performing CPR on an unresponsive woman, the report states.

“The patient did not seem to have any obvious physical reasons to be unresponsive,” the officer notes. After attempting lifesaving measures, the emergency workers declared Panettiere dead at 2:31 p.m.

No cause has been determined and her death remains under investigation. An autopsy found no signs of trauma and police said officers saw no signs of foul play.

The onetime child star, who soared to fame in the TV shows “Heroes” and “Nashville” while enduring struggles with alcohol addiction and depression, would have turned 37 on Friday.

Tumultuous relationship

Panettiere and Brian Hickerson had been in a tumultuous relationship for years, with allegations the 37-year-old aspiring actor physically abused her.

He was charged in 2020 with multiple counts of felony abuse and he pleaded no contest to two counts of injuring a spouse or partner and served a short time in jail due to the case. He was sentenced to four years of probation and anger management and Alcoholics Anonymous sessions.

He completed the terms and recently asked a judge to reduce his conviction to misdemeanors; that request was denied Thursday by a Los Angeles judge. Messages were sent Tuesday seeking comment from Pat Carey, an attorney for Hickerson.

Panettiere wrote of Hickerson's time behind bars, and how she hoped it would change him, in her memoir, “This Is Me,” which came out in May.

“I wanted Brian to be in jail just long enough to scare him, but not long enough where’d he become a worse person,” she wrote. “I needed him to admit his wrongs and change because of them, but I didn’t want to traumatize him in an irreversible way.”

She wrote about her decision to “let go of my resentment” and try to forgive Hickerson, who she'd met at a West Hollywood restaurant in 2018 after noticing his “charming smile.”

Police report has redactions

The police report, which is heavily redacted, said the responding officer first spoke with Zach Hickerson, who said the unresponsive woman was his brother's girlfriend.

“I observed Zach to be very emotional while EMS were working on Hayden. Brian did not become emotional until EMS declared her officially deceased,” the officer said.

After she was declared dead, the officer escorted the brothers out of the apartment. The officer spoke with Brian “more in depth,” but the details of that conversation are redacted in the police report.

Also redacted is a list that of medications that Panettiere had been taking.

She had been open about addiction issues

In her book, Panettiere described lifelong scars from her early fame, and acknowledged being addicted to alcohol and enduring postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter, Kaya, with Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko in 2014.

Panettiere’s daughter, now 11, began living with Klitschko full-time in Ukraine when she was 2. At the time, the actor was struggling with mental health and addiction. She entered rehab in 2015, while filming “Nashville.”

“I think there’s been this very common misconception that I just gave up my child,” she said in an interview with podcaster Jay Shetty in May. “That could not be farther from the truth.”

Panettiere had endured numerous family struggles, and tragedy. Her parents’ marriage was strained, and eventually ended. Her younger brother, Jansen Panettiere, who was also an actor, died of a heart condition in 2023, at age 28.

Started out as a child actor

Panettiere was one of two children born to Skip Panettiere, a former New York City fire captain, and Lesley Vogel, a former soap opera star who had been the prime force behind her early career before the two became estranged. Panettiere began acting in commercials and soap operas, including as the ever-troubled Lizzie Spaulding on “Guiding Light.” In “This Is Me,” she wrote that the traumas her character endured, from being kidnapped to killing her mother’s boyfriend, led her to associate “catastrophe with adoration.”

“Is it any wonder why I’ve faced so many real struggles in my life?” she wrote.

She had much warmer memories of her role as a cheerleader with supernatural powers in “Heroes,” which propelled her to fame in 2006. The series revolved around the mantra: “Save the cheerleader, save the world.”

She went on to win three Teen Choice Awards for that role. She was also nominated for a Grammy for a children’s spoken word album, “A Bug’s Life: Read-Along.”

Panettiere later played a brash country upstart opposite Connie Britton on “Nashville,” which aired on ABC for four seasons before being canceled and revived on CMT. She did her own singing in the show, which scored some hits on country charts, spawned U.S. tours and earned Panettiere two supporting actress Golden Globe nominations.

Beard was in hospice care when he died Tuesday at his ranch in Richmond, Texas, with family members at his side, according to publicist Bob Merlis. Band co-founder and guitarist Billy Gibbons, on tour with bassist Elwood Francis, hailed Beard in a statement.

“Today, Elwood and I lost a great friend and collaborator, and the world lost one of the most naturally innovative drummers and a great and true son of Texas. His signature backbeat was key to keeping ZZ on top. The band of which he was part for six decades is going to keep on keeping on as he had wished,” Gibbons said.

ZZ Top sold more than 50 million records and had six singles that reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart. Seven of their albums have been in the Billboard 200’s Top 10 and they earned three Grammy Award nominations.

“I’ve found the people I was meant to play with,” Beard says in the 2019 documentary “ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band from Texas.” “I never wanted to quit, and never wanted to get fired.”

How the band came together

Beard, from Frankston, Texas, met Gibbons in a band called The Moving Sidewalks and later introduced bassist and vocalist Dusty Hill who had been in several bands with Beard.

The trio formed ZZ Top in 1969, naming themselves in part after blues singer Z.Z. Hill and influenced by the British power trio Cream and Jimmy Reed. They maintained their original lineup for more than five decades. Their signature look — long, bushy beards on Gibbons and Hill, and dark sunglasses for all — didn’t change much, either.

When Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards helped induct the trio into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, he joked: “These cats know their blues and they know how to dress it up. When I first saw them, I thought, ‘I hope these guys are not on the run, because that disguise is not going to work.’”

ZZ Top songs — with their sly and humorous lyrics — were popular in Hollywood, which used “Gimme All Your Lovin’” in “Happy Feet,” “Sharp Dressed Man” in “Evan Almighty,” “Legs” in “Air,” “Sleeping Bag” in “I, Tonya,” “Tush” in “Dazed and Confused,” “Mexican Blackbird” in “From Dusk Till Dawn” and “La Grange” in “Armageddon.”

“The best way to describe ZZ Top is we’re interpreters of a great American art form,” Gibbons told The Dallas Morning News.

Their debut release, “ZZ Top’s First Album,” came out in 1970. Their sound was described as a hybrid mixing elements of rock, blues and funk into a steaming-hot Houston stew. They called themselves a “Little Ol’ Band From Texas.”

Breaking through

Three years later, they broke through commercially with “La Grange,” a funky blues song on the album “Tres Hombres” that paid tribute to the Chicken Ranch, a brothel outside of the Texas town of La Grange that operated from 1905 until 1973 and was immortalized in the Broadway show and the film, “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.” Gibbons has ascribed the power of “La Grange" to its simplicity — just two chords and a Robert Johnson-inspired guitar solo.

The band went on to have such hits as “Tush” and “Cheap Sunglasses.” But their 1983 “Eliminator” — named after one of Gibbons’ custom cars — added more production elements, synthesizers and drum machines to their stripped-down sound and yielded the hits “Gimme All Your Lovin’,” “Legs” and “Sharp-Dressed Man.” The band toured with a Texas-shaped stage, live rattlesnakes and a longhorn steer.

Long beards weren’t always part of the band’s look. Gibbons said it happened by accident: In 1976, the trio took a long break and scattered. Beard went to Jamaica, Hill went to Mexico and Gibbons went to France.

“Although we were speaking by phone, this was pre-video phone. And Dusty and I did not know that we had gotten so lazy that we had decided to forget to shave,” Gibbons told The Tribune in San Luis Obispo in 2010. “So after three years we returned and showed up, and lo and behold here was this sort of wacky-looking image. And it just kind of stuck with us.”

A boost from MTV

The band’s rock-chic cool played well on the nascent MTV crowd and their videos, featuring models in short skirts emerging from one of Gibbons’ custom roadsters, became a mainstay.

They kept the beards, hats and cheap sunglasses in the video trilogy of “Gimme All Your Lovin’,” “Sharp Dressed Man,” and “Legs,” made with director Tim Newman.

“ZZ Top reveled in the humor and ridiculousness of it all, busting their synchronized dance moves and spinning their white-fur guitars. These guys always got the joke, at a time when other bands were still just nervously lip-syncing in front of brick walls,” Rolling Stone said in 2021.

In 2012, superstar producer Rick Rubin helped update the trio’s sound with the band’s comeback album, “La Futura.” The album landed at No. 6 on the Billboard chart, their highest position since 1990's “Recycler,” some 22 years previously.

Hill died in 2021.

In March 2025, the band announced via Instagram that Beard would temporarily step away from the band’s tour to tend to foot and ankle problems. Beard died weeks after ZZ Top called off its Aug. 5 concert at the Hollywood Bowl due to his health issues.

Beard is survived by his wife, Debbie Meredith, and three children.

Christopher D. Brayboy dijo a los agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward que había sido desalojado el 7 de agosto de la vivienda en Pompano Beach, según el informe de un agente.

Tras recibir una denuncia anónima, agentes de la BSO acudieron el lunes a la vivienda ubicada en Northwest 19th Street, cerca de Sixth Avenue, según el informe de un agente.

“Los perros parecían estar por debajo de su peso”, escribió un agente, según un informe de arresto.

Brayboy dijo a los agentes que el propietario le había permitido regresar a la vivienda para alimentar a los perros y darles agua, y que lo hacía cada dos días, según el informe de arresto.

Los agentes arrestaron a Brayboy el lunes en Pompano Beach y funcionarios penitenciarios lo ingresaron en la cárcel principal del condado Broward, en Fort Lauderdale, según los registros de arresto y de reclusos.

El Control Animal del condado Broward quedó a cargo de los seis perros, según los agentes. Brayboy compareció ante el tribunal el martes y un juez de fianzas ordenó que se mantuviera alejado de las mascotas.

Brayboy enfrentaba seis cargos de crueldad agravada hacia animales, un delito grave de tercer grado. Su fianza era de $21,000 USD.

Según sus propias declaraciones, la organización sin fines de lucro Corporate Accountability Lab dedicó más de tres años a investigar las condiciones laborales en plantaciones propiedad de Central Romana Corporation, Ltd., el mayor empleador y propietario de tierras de República Dominicana. De acuerdo con el informe, sus dueños tienen vínculos con el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, y con el secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Marco Rubio.

Central Romana Corporation ya había sido investigada por la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de Estados Unidos (CBP, por sus siglas en inglés), que acusó a la empresa de aislar a los trabajadores, retener salarios, propiciar condiciones laborales y de vivienda abusivas y presionar para imponer horas extra excesivas. En 2022, Estados Unidos impuso una prohibición a las importaciones de azúcar y productos relacionados elaborados por la compañía, pero la prohibición fue revertida el año pasado bajo el gobierno de Trump.

Uno de los propietarios de Central Romana es Fanjul Corp., con sede en Florida, que es dueña de Florida Crystals. En el informe se afirma que la familia Fanjul mantiene estrechos vínculos con Trump y con el gobierno dominicano.

El grupo de derechos humanos instó al gobierno de Estados Unidos a restablecer la prohibición.

“Mientras el azúcar y otros intereses bien posicionados disfruten de los beneficios de ese acceso al mercado e ignoren los abusos de derechos laborales en sus cadenas de suministro, la política de Estados Unidos seguirá siendo cómplice de los mismos tipos de abuso a los que afirma oponerse”, sostuvo la organización sin fines de lucro.

Grupos locales de la sociedad civil calculan que hasta 8.000 trabajadores laboran en los cañaverales de la empresa, que se extienden por más de 70.293 hectáreas (173.700 acres).

Desde hace tiempo se quejan de la falta de salarios y de verse obligados a habitar viviendas hacinadas que a menudo carecen de agua o electricidad, algo verificado por periodistas de The Associated Press en años recientes. Muchos de ellos son migrantes haitianos o descendientes de estos, quienes, pese a haber nacido en la República Dominicana, no tienen ciudadanía.

En el informe se cita a un trabajador no identificado que afirmó no tener documentos para conseguir otro empleo: “¿Por qué nos quedaríamos? Así somos sus esclavos”.

Corporate Accountability Lab pidió a Central Romana Corporation que inscriba a los trabajadores en el sistema de seguridad social del país, les pague al menos el salario mínimo diario, les permita afiliarse a un sindicato independiente y proteja su salud, entre otras medidas.

También se citó a un trabajador no identificado que señaló que empleados de la empresa asignan los trabajos y toman decisiones sobre cuánto se le debe a alguien: “Siempre nos pagan de menos, pero no podemos luchar para que nos paguen lo justo porque no tenemos ese tipo de poder”.

La organización sin fines de lucro afirmó que un “clima de miedo… impregna la industria” e instó a los clientes del azúcar a adherirse a un código de conducta propuesto que sería elaborado por los trabajadores.

“Quiero quejarme cada semana, pero como todos tienen mucho miedo, nadie te apoya”, dijo un trabajador no identificado, según el informe.

Esos temores se reflejaron en un estudio reciente del Departamento de Trabajo de Estados Unidos, y el gobierno de Estados Unidos también describió las condiciones de vida en las plantaciones como “inhumanas” y “abusivas”.

En el informe de Corporate Accountability Lab se incluyen comentarios de Central Romana Corporation, a la que se citó diciendo que el informe estaba “plagado de inexactitudes y falsedades” y que la empresa no había violado leyes locales ni normas laborales internacionales.

Hasta el momento, la empresa no ha respondido a una solicitud en la que se piden comentarios adicionales.

Corporate Accountability Lab instó al gobierno dominicano a regularizar el estatus migratorio de todas las personas reclutadas para trabajar en los cañaverales, a desembolsar las pensiones adeudadas y a hacer cumplir las leyes laborales y ambientales.

La organización determinó que dos tipos de trabajadores son los más vulnerables: los cortadores de caña de edad avanzada que no han recibido sus beneficios de jubilación y quienes son apátridas.

“Los gobiernos de todos los países deberían prohibir la importación de azúcar y productos a base de azúcar elaborados con trabajo forzoso en República Dominicana”, manifestó la organización.

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The money will help Haiti’s government update its voter lists and procure 350,000 blank identification cards, the OAS said in a statement.

Gang violence has displaced a record 1.5 million people across Haiti, with many leaving their IDs and other important documents behind when fleeing their homes under attack by armed men in Port-au-Prince and beyond.

The OAS said the grant also would help reduce the backlog of Haitians awaiting identification, expand services in rural communities and improve power and internet connections in decentralized offices.

Last month, Haiti’s government began voter registration in Port-au-Prince, where an estimated 70% of territory is controlled by gangs.

The first round of elections is scheduled for Dec. 13, although experts have said ongoing gang violence could push back the date once again.

Haiti hasn’t had a president since Jovenel Moïse was killed at his private residence in July 2021. Moïse became president following the November 2016 elections.

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Christopher D. Brayboy told Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies that he had been evicted on Aug. 7 from the home in Pompano Beach, according to a deputy’s report.

After getting an anonymous complaint, BSO deputies responded to the home on Monday along Northwest 19th Street, near Sixth Avenue, according to a deputy’s report.

“The dogs appeared underweight,” a deputy wrote, according to an arrest report.

Brayboy told deputies that the landlord had allowed him to return to the home to feed the dogs and give them water, and he was doing so every other day, according to the arrest report.

Deputies arrested Brayboy on Monday in Pompano Beach, and corrections booked him at the Broward County Main Jail in Fort Lauderdale, according to arrest and inmate records.

Broward County Animal Control took custody of the six dogs, according to deputies. Brayboy appeared in court on Tuesday, and a bond court judge ordered him to stay away from pets.

Brayboy faced six counts of aggravated animal cruelty, a third-degree felony. His bond was $21,000.

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Wearing dark sunglasses and making no comment, Nuhfer left moments after a judge handed down the sentence in the case tied to former Miami Congressman David Rivera.

Nuhfer, a political consultant, was Rivera’s co-defendant in the case involving allegations of secretly lobbying for Venezuela’s government during the first Trump administration.

The courtroom was packed with Nuhfer’s friends and family, who testified on her behalf.

“Esther’s an extraordinary person,” said Jeanie Hernandez-Porter, a friend of Nuhfer. “She’s like the tide that is the wave to people. She lifts them up. She’s not a person motivated by greed or betrayal. She loves this country. That’s all I can say.”

The case is tied to a multimillion-dollar deal in 2017 involving Venezuela’s state oil company.

In 2022, that deal became the center of Rivera’s indictment and arrest.

The judge ultimately called it “the David Rivera show,” determining Nuhfer did not play a lead role.

But the five-year prison sentence still stands.

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Jail records show Lyle, 20, was arrested Thursday on charges of fleeing and eluding at a high speed and reckless driving. He was released the same day after posting a $55,000 bond, according to the Broward State Attorney’s Office.

The incident happened on July 10 on the northbound Sawgrass Expressway in Broward County just north of Sunrise Boulevard in Sunrise, according to the warrant.

A responding officer said he was conducting “traffic enforcement” shortly after 7 p.m. when he saw a gray BMW X5 M-Series rapidly approaching from behind.

The officer first clocked Lyle traveling 92 mph in a posted 65-mph zone, according to the warrant.

The officer said he activated his emergency lights and siren to stop the BMW, but the driver “failed to yield and rapidly accelerated away,” the warrant states.

According to the warrant, the BMW’s speed “increased to approximately 130 mph or greater while traveling through significant Friday evening traffic.”

Police said Lyle repeatedly followed other vehicles at extremely short distances, made “rapid, abrupt, and unsafe lane changes” and weaved between occupied lanes of traffic.

As the BMW approached West Oakland Park Boulevard, Lyle exited the travel lanes and used the outside shoulder to pass other motorists before swerving back into traffic, the warrant states.

The officer then stopped his attempt to catch the BMW because of its extreme speed, traffic and the danger posed to other motorists, according to the warrant.

The officer said he continued watching the BMW from a safe distance and later saw it exit the Sawgrass Expressway onto eastbound West Commercial Boulevard.

At the intersection of West Commercial Boulevard and Hiatus Road, Lyle made a wide U-turn from a through lane and continued westbound, despite red left-turn arrows controlling the designated left-turn lanes, according to the warrant.

Lyle then entered the southbound Sawgrass Expressway and again accelerated to a high rate of speed before the officer lost sight of him, the warrant states.

Police said they also reviewed license plate reader information that showed the Lyle traveling eastbound on Royal Palm Boulevard at Weston Road at about 7:03 p.m., roughly four minutes before the officer first encountered it on the Sawgrass Expressway.

Investigators later reviewed surveillance video near Lyle’s home in Sunrise, according to the warrant.

A neighbor’s Ring camera showed the BMW was not in Lyle’s driveway at about 6:46 p.m. but was backed into the driveway approximately one hour later, the warrant states.

Investigators said they obtained a search warrant for surveillance recordings from Lyle’s home.

The warrant states the combined surveillance evidence established that the BMW was not at his home at about 7:18 p.m. but arrived at approximately 7:34 p.m., with Lyle driving.

A University of Miami spokesperson previously told Local 10 News in an email, “We are aware of an incident involving student-athlete Jordan Lyle. As due legal process runs its course, we will have no further comment at this time.”

Lyle, a Fort Lauderdale native, started at running back in Miami’s 2025 season opener against Notre Dame but suffered a leg injury that sidelined him for most of the season.

He played in six games, carrying the ball 35 times for 108 yards and scoring one touchdown against Stanford.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Lyle, de 20 años, fue arrestado el jueves por cargos de huir y evadir a alta velocidad y conducción imprudente. Fue puesto en libertad ese mismo día después de pagar una fianza de $55,000 USD, según la Fiscalía Estatal de Broward.

El incidente ocurrió el 10 de julio en la vía Sawgrass Expressway en dirección norte, en el condado Broward, justo al norte de Sunrise Boulevard, en Sunrise, según la orden de arresto.

Un agente que respondió dijo que estaba realizando “control de tráfico” poco después de las 7 p.m. cuando vio un BMW X5 M-Series gris que se acercaba rápidamente por detrás.

El agente registró inicialmente a Lyle conduciendo a 92 mph en una zona con un límite establecido de 65 mph, según la orden.

El agente dijo que activó las luces de emergencia y la sirena para detener al BMW, pero el conductor “no cedió el paso y aceleró rápidamente para alejarse”, señala la orden.

Según la orden, la velocidad del BMW “aumentó a aproximadamente 130 mph o más mientras circulaba entre un tráfico considerable de viernes por la noche”.

La policía dijo que Lyle siguió repetidamente a otros vehículos a distancias extremadamente cortas, realizó “cambios de carril rápidos, abruptos e inseguros” y zigzagueó entre carriles ocupados.

Cuando el BMW se acercó a West Oakland Park Boulevard, Lyle salió de los carriles de circulación y utilizó el arcén exterior para adelantar a otros conductores antes de volver a incorporarse al tráfico, señala la orden.

El agente entonces dejó de intentar alcanzar al BMW debido a su velocidad extrema, el tráfico y el peligro que representaba para otros conductores, según la orden.

Dijo que continuó observando el BMW desde una distancia segura y posteriormente lo vio salir de la Sawgrass Expressway hacia West Commercial Boulevard en dirección este.

En la intersección de West Commercial Boulevard y Hiatus Road, Lyle hizo un giro en U amplio desde un carril de circulación y continuó hacia el oeste, a pesar de las flechas rojas que controlaban los carriles designados para girar a la izquierda, según la orden.

Lyle luego ingresó a la Sawgrass Expressway en dirección sur y nuevamente aceleró a gran velocidad antes de que el agente perdiera de vista el vehículo, señala la orden.

La policía dijo que también revisó información de lectores de matrículas que mostró a Lyle conduciendo hacia el este por Royal Palm Boulevard en Weston Road aproximadamente a las 7:03 p.m., unos cuatro minutos antes de que el agente lo encontrara por primera vez en la Sawgrass Expressway.

Posteriormente, los investigadores revisaron un video de vigilancia cerca de la casa de Lyle en Sunrise, según la orden.

La cámara Ring de un vecino mostró que el BMW no estaba en la entrada de la casa de Lyle aproximadamente a las 6:46 p.m., pero había sido estacionado de reversa en la entrada aproximadamente una hora después, señala la orden.

Los investigadores dijeron que obtuvieron una orden de registro para las grabaciones de vigilancia de la casa de Lyle.

La orden señala que las pruebas combinadas de vigilancia establecieron que el BMW no estaba en su casa aproximadamente a las 7:18 p.m., pero llegó aproximadamente a las 7:34 p.m., con Lyle al volante.

Un portavoz de la Universidad de Miami dijo previamente a Local 10 News en un correo electrónico: “Estamos al tanto de un incidente relacionado con el estudiante-atleta Jordan Lyle. Mientras se desarrolla el debido proceso legal, no haremos más comentarios por el momento”.

Lyle, nativo de Fort Lauderdale, fue titular como corredor en el partido inaugural de la temporada 2025 de Miami contra Notre Dame, pero sufrió una lesión en una pierna que lo dejó fuera durante la mayor parte de la temporada.

Jugó en seis partidos, corrió con el balón 35 veces para 108 yardas y anotó un touchdown contra Stanford.

En una publicación en X, Uthmeier afirmó que la detención se llevó a cabo con la «ayuda sustancial» del Departamento de Policía de Florida y de las fuerzas del orden locales.

“Estar en una posición de confianza pública no brinda protección contra la rendición de cuentas”, dijo Uthmeier.

Las autoridades indicaron que Caruso, de 67 años y residente de Riviera Beach, fue suspendido inmediatamente de su cargo por el gobernador Ron DeSantis tras su arresto.

Indicaron que Caruso tiene prohibido realizar cualquier acto o función oficial y recibir cualquier pago o asignación mientras permanezca suspendido.

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Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Caruso enfrenta cargos que incluyen secuestro, abuso sexual lascivo o lascivo, exhibición lasciva o lasciva, atraer o incitar a un menor y abuso infantil que involucra daño mental.

Una orden de arresto obtenida por Local 10 News señala que la víctima, menor de 12 años y conocida por Caruso, afirmó que Caruso tuvo actividad sexual con él en dos ocasiones distintas: una cerca del Día de Acción de Gracias de 2024 y nuevamente durante un crucero familiar en agosto de 2025.

Caruso buscaba la reelección para permanecer como secretario del tribunal de circuito y contralor del condado Palm Beach, un cargo para el que DeSantis lo nombró en agosto pasado.

Las autoridades indicaron que Caruso fue trasladado al Departamento Correccional del Condado Orange y permanecía detenido sin derecho a fianza a la espera de su primera comparecencia, programada para el miércoles a las 10 a.m.

Esta detención marca un punto de inflexión decisivo. Cuando alguien atenta contra un menor, no solo infringe la ley, sino que destroza la confianza de una comunidad. Nos aseguraremos de que la voz de esta superviviente sea escuchada en cada etapa de este proceso», declaró Lisa Haba, del bufete The Haba Law Firm y abogada de la víctima, a Local 10 News

La Oficina del Secretario Judicial del condado de Palm Beach emitió este comunicado a Local 10 News tras la detención de Caruso:

Esta mañana, nuestra oficina fue notificada de que el secretario Mike Caruso fue arrestado bajo cargos penales graves. Estamos a la espera de información adicional por parte de la oficina del Gobernador sobre los pasos a seguir.Si bien esta noticia resulta sorprendente para todo nuestro equipo, no cambia quiénes somos en la oficina del secretario ni nuestro compromiso con la comunidad y los usuarios a quienes servimos.Durante décadas, la oficina del secretario del condado de Palm Beach se ha caracterizado por su profesionalismo y por brindar un servicio excepcional a los usuarios. Ese enfoque sigue vigente para cada uno de nuestros 650 empleados.

Esta es una historia en desarrollo. Sigue Local 10 News o actualiza la página para conocer los últimos detalles.

The deportees will be received within a year, with the first batch of 20 expected on Thursday, Liberia’s Information Minister Jerolinmek Piah told reporters. The 1,200 deportees will include Africans as well as nationals from North America, South America and the Caribbean, Piah said.

The administration has struck several such third-country deportation deals with African countries. Under a series of often-secret agreements that are part of a broad U.S. crackdown on illegal immigration, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has deported thousands of people to nearly two dozen countries that are not their own, advocates say.

A key issue in the agreements is that they can involve migrants with protection orders from a U.S. immigration judge not to be returned to their home countries because of concerns for their safety. The Liberian minister did not say if the deportees expected in Liberia had such protection orders.

They “may wish to seek asylum” in Liberia after their arrival or “can leave the country whenever they desire,” Piah said.

Piah added that Liberia will receive support from the U.S. to manage the program and strengthen its migration system.

“Liberia’s gesture is entirely humanitarian and in keeping with the country’s longstanding traditions,” he said.

Riley English, a 26-year-old transgender woman, said she was in the grips of a mental health crisis and abusing drugs when she drove to Washington in January 2025 and told Capitol police that she was there to kill Bessent on the day of his Senate confirmation.

“I never wanted to hurt anyone,” she told U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras. “I'm not a political person. I'm not a violent person.”

Contreras, who was nominated to the bench by Democratic President Barack Obama, sentenced English to six years and one month of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release. English has remained jailed since her arrest and will get credit for the nearly 20 months that she already has spent in custody.

“You’ve had a very difficult life,” Contreras told English. “Hopefully, the progress you’ve made in jail to this date has set you on the right path.”

Nobody was injured, and Contreras said her plan to harm Bessent had an “exceedingly low or non-existent” chance of success. Bessent wasn't at the Capitol when English arrived on Jan. 27, 2025. The Molotov cocktails that English brought to the Capitol appeared to be incapable of igniting, the judge noted.

Prosecutors had recommended a prison sentence of 10 years and one month for English. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brendan Horan said English had been planning the “attempted political assassination” for at least a month at a time when the threat of politically motivated violence has been mounting in the U.S.

“This was not a chance encounter or an impulsive act,” Horan said.

The case against English fits a pattern of politically motivated violence that has plagued the U.S. over the past decade. In a letter addressed to the judge, Bessent said he worries the country “cannot survive this assault.”

“Political violence is an attack on the rule of law and on representative government itself,” Bessent wrote. “It also deprives our country of service by talented men and women with ability and integrity who may reasonably decide that no job is worth threats to themselves and their families.”

English's prosecution drew comparisons to the case against California resident Sophie Roske, who was sentenced last October to over eight years in prison for attempting to assassinate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his Maryland home. Prosecutors had recommended a prison sentence of no less than 30 years for Roske, a transgender woman. They appealed Roske's sentence by U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman, calling it unreasonably lenient.

Defense attorney Maria Jacob said English was “terrified and traumatized” by fears of what would happen to transgender people under the second Trump administration.

“Our argument is that she was in a diminished mental state,” Jacob said.

Investigators said they found a folding knife, two homemade firebombs and a lighter in English’s possession at the Capitol.

English, of South Deerfield, Massachusetts, told police that she was influenced by Luigi Mangione, the man who was charged with fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare. She said she was “on a mission” and “had been thinking about this for a while because of Luigi Mangione,” prosecutors said. English told officers that she was terminally ill and “wanted to do something before I go,” according to prosecutors.

English also said she traveled from Massachusetts to Washington intending to kill other Republican political figures — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and House Speaker Mike Johnson — and to burn down the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, according to police. English changed her target to Bessent after reading an internet post about his confirmation hearing, police said.

Jacob said English's actions last year were “a cry for help.”

“There was no indication that she was acting rationally that day,” the judge said.

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In a post on X, Uthmeier said Caruso’s arrest was made with “substantial assistance” from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and local law enforcement.

“Being in a position of public trust provides no shield from accountability,” Uthmeier said.

Authorities said Caruso, 67, of Riviera Beach, was immediately suspended from office by Gov. Ron DeSantis following his arrest.

They said Caruso is prohibited from performing any official act or function and from receiving any pay or allowances while suspended.

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Jail records show Caruso is facing charges that include kidnapping, lewd or lascivious molestation, lewd or lascivious exhibition, luring or enticing a child, and child abuse involving mental injury.

An arrest warrant obtained by Local 10 News states that the victim, who is under the age of 12 and is known to Caruso, claimed that Caruso engaged in sexual activity with him on two separate occasions — once around Thanksgiving in 2024 and again during a family cruise in August 2025.

Caruso was seeking re-election to remain Palm Beach County’s clerk of the circuit court and comptroller, a position DeSantis appointed him to last August.

Authorities said Caruso is set to be transported to the Orange County Corrections Department and held without bond pending his first appearance, which is scheduled for Wednesday at 10 a.m.

“This arrest is a decisive line in the sand. When someone targets a child, they don’t just break the law — they shatter a community’s trust. We intend to make sure this survivor’s voice is heard through every step of this process,” said Lisa Haba of The Haba Law Firm, the victim’s attorney, in a statement to Local 10 News.

The Palm Beach County Clerk of Court’s Office also issued this statement to Local 10 News following Caruso’s arrest:

"This morning, our office was notified that Clerk Mike Caruso was arrested on serious criminal charges. We are awaiting additional information from the Governor’s office on next steps.

While this is surprising news for our entire team, it does not change who we are at the Clerk’s office or our commitment to the community and customers we serve.

For decades, the Clerk’s office in Palm Beach County has consistently stood for professionalism and outstanding service for our customers. That focus remains for every one of our 650 employees."

Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a 25-year-old Colombian national, was shot and killed by an ICE agent in a car near his Biddeford home on July 13. Rep. Chellie Pingree said during a hearing in Maine on Monday that ICE's intended target was Durán Guerrero's roommate, who was the owner of the car Durán Guerrero was driving.

Pingree called the discovery a “shocking revelation in clear contradiction to what ICE" and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have said about the shooting. She added that it was previously established Durán Guerrero was not the intended target and also did not have a final order of removal, but did have a pending asylum case and a valid work permit.

“Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero should be alive today,” Pingree said during the hearing. “More than a month later, there are still so many basic questions that remain unanswered by ICE and the Trump administration.”

The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement late Monday that it stands by its prior assessment of the shooting. ICE was conducting “targeted surveillance on the last known address of an illegal alien with a final order of removal,” a spokesperson for the agency said.

“We are not going to disclose law enforcement sensitive intelligence and methods. Nowhere did we state that Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero or his roommate were the target of the operation,” the spokesperson said.

The shooting of Durán Guerrero remains under investigation by the Office of the Maine Attorney General. Pingree was among several Democratic House members who spoke at a hearing in Biddeford on Monday to discuss ICE's use of deadly force in the state. The Department of Homeland Security said at the time of the shooting that Durán Guerrero attempted to flee the scene and the ICE officer discharged his weapon because he feared for public safety.

Pingree and other Democratic Congress members have also called for answers from Homeland Security about its training and vetting of agents after it was disclosed that the ICE officer involved in the shooting had a history of violent behavior and mental health issues. The shooting also appeared to lead to a policy change in which ICE would suspend most vehicle stops, but President Donald Trump swiftly expressed opposition to that change.

The nonprofit Corporate Accountability Lab said it spent more than three years investigating the working conditions on plantations owned by Central Romana Corporation, Ltd., the largest employer and landowner in the Dominican Republic. Its owners have ties to U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the report noted.

Central Romana Corporation was previously investigated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which accused the company of isolating workers, withholding wages, fostering abusive working and living conditions and pushing for excessive overtime. In 2022, the U.S. imposed a ban on imports of sugar and related products made by the company, but the ban was reversed last year under the Trump administration.

One of the owners of Central Romana is the Florida-based Fanjul Corp., which owns Florida Crystals. The Fanjul family has close ties to Trump and the Dominican government, the report stated.

The human rights group called on the U.S. government to reinstate the ban.

“As long as sugar and other well-positioned interests enjoy the benefits of such market access while ignoring labor rights abuses in their supply chains, U.S. policy will remain complicit in the very kinds of abuse it claims to oppose,” the nonprofit said.

Local civil society groups estimate that up to 8,000 workers toil in the company’s sugarcane fields that span more than 173,700 acres.

They have long complained about a lack of wages and of being forced to live in cramped housing that often lacks water or electricity, as verified by Associated Press journalists in recent years. Many of them are Haitian migrants or descendants of them, who, despite being born in the Dominican Republic, do not have citizenship.

The report quoted one unidentified worker as saying that he doesn’t have any documents to get another job: “Why would we stay? This way we are their slaves.”

Corporate Accountability Lab called on Central Romana Corporation to enroll workers in the country’s social security system; pay them at least the minimum day wage; allow them to join an independent union and protect their health, among other things.

One unidentified worker was quoted as saying that company employees assign jobs and make decisions about how much someone is owed: “They are always underpaying us, but we can’t fight for them to pay us justly because we don’t have that kind of power.”

The nonprofit asserted that a “climate of fear … pervades the industry” as it called on sugar customers to adhere to a proposed code of conduct that would be developed by workers.

“I want to complain every week, but since everyone is so scared, nobody will support you,” one unidentified worker was quoted as saying.

Such fears were reflected in a recent study by the U.S. Department of Labor, with the U.S. government also describing living conditions on plantations as “inhumane” and “abusive.”

The report by Corporate Accountability Lab included comment from Central Romana Corporation, which was quoted as saying that the report was “riddled with inaccuracies and untruths” and that the company had not violated local laws or international labor standards.

The company did not immediately respond to a request seeking additional comment.

Corporate Accountability Lab called on the Dominican government to regularize the immigration status of all those recruited to work on sugarcane fields, to disburse owed pensions and enforce labor and environmental laws.

The organization found that two types of workers are most vulnerable: elderly canecutters who have not received their retirement benefits and those who are stateless.

“Governments of all countries should prohibit the importation of sugar and sugar-based products made with forced labor in the Dominican Republic,” the nonprofit said.

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Norman's comments came in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press ahead of the Aug. 25 GOP runoff to pick a replacement for the senator, who died unexpectedly last month. In a state that routinely elects only Republicans for statewide office, GOP primaries are often the most contentious competitions. Tuesday's winner will face Democrat Annie Andrews in November.

Norman finished second to Graham in a 10-candidate special primary on Aug. 11, though neither won the majority needed to win outright. AP's request for a similar interview with Graham has not been granted.

Darline Graham was appointed as interim senator after her brother's death. She opted to run in the special primary for a full term, something she said Trump — long an ally of her brother — urged her to do. Darline Graham says she's accomplished much during her time as interim, has years of experience running a state agency in South Carolina and will continue to advocate for Trump's goals in the Senate.

Norman said he’s skeptical that South Carolina voters have had enough time to vet the political newcomer for a six-year term, while he’s already been through a statewide campaign this cycle, coming up short in the June gubernatorial primary. He also eschewed the millions being spent on ads against him, much of it from a super PAC that had been aligned with Lindsey Graham and now supports Darline Graham.

Norman backed former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley over Trump in the 2024 presidential primary, but has since been a Trump supporter.

Here are excerpts from the AP's conversation with Norman about the race. This transcript has been edited for space and clarity:

You oppose ‘endless wars’ and support Trump. What should the U.S. do next on Iran?

A: If you read the mood of the public across the country, it's, “we want gas prices down.” They don’t understand what’s left.

(Trump) did a great job of taking out the nuclear threat that we had for 40 years. … but there’s still a lot of work to be done. The American people do not understand the Strait of Hormuz not being completely controlled by America. That’s what I hear. And gas prices, as a result, are staying high. And I think one of the worst things the president wants is the public to turn on him because he’s not ending it.

Now, what does ending it mean? Well, no one really knows. I mean, does it mean, just a remnant of leaders that are opposed to him? Does it mean bombing? He mentioned that he was going to take out the electrical supplies. He was going to decimate the country. Well, that hasn’t happened. So, I think it’s a communication issue that he needs to get involved with.

So I think he’d be doing himself a big favor to explain more now. He says it’s under no timeline. Well, when the public turns on you, they turn on you.

How does Trump's support for Graham complicate your campaign?

A: Imagine if I went to (head football coach) Dabo Swinney at Clemson and any of the coaches and said: “Look, I got a prospect I want you to look at, and I want them to. They can start. I want you to sign them up. They can start for the next six years.” “What’s the qualifications?” “They’re kin to Tom Brady.” Tell me how that analogy doesn’t work here.

It’s politics. It’s votes, and I’ve stuck with it, and I will continue to.

Has Darline Graham done enough to let voters get to know her?

A: It’s not the fact that she hasn’t been in politics. Now, she’s worked at a governmental agency. I’ve run a business. I’ve made money and I’ve lost money, and that’s the drawback for any politician. You need to have done that. I have demonstrated that I want to get the national debt solved, which is the cancer that I see is bankrupting this country, but by dodging debates, that’s going to hurt her, and it should.

You got to get out there and answer all questions.

She can run a campaign like she wants to. What’s happened? She’s told the Washington elite they’re dictating the terms because it’s not South Carolina money. Mine is my money and South Carolina’s money, so they’re dictating the terms and giving her the political answers, like Biden: Don’t show up, be in a basement. His was because he was senile. Hers is they want her to win this election.

The powers that be do not want Ralph Norman in there, and it would be questioned, what’s the return on investment that they’re having to come after me like that? What’s the return on investment for the president? If I were your typical politician, I would say, “No, that makes me mad, I’m gonna stop him at every level.” I’m not gonna do that. I don’t play like that. It would be horrible if Kamala Harris had won this. He saved the country, and I really think that. He should go on Rushmore. He really should. What he’s done, it took guts.

But this one is a head scratcher. I’m gonna win this election. We’re gonna win this election, and unless something happens that I, you know — I can just feel it. People are with us, and I’ve got a record they can’t dispute.

Does support from Nikki Haley hurt you in a race dominated by Trump?

A: No. And I told the president it was a loyalty issue. I came in with Nikki. She’s from South Carolina, and he understands that. And again, anybody can take anything and use it to say that was a reason. Look, the minute she lost (the 2024 presidential primary against Trump), I called him, and my record since he’s been in office has been lock solid.

It’s because I believe in him. I just believe what he’s doing. Now I don’t like what he’s doing now, but he’s president. I give him all the leeway to do it if that’s what you want to do. But he’s done so many good things, right, to me.

Voters have to decide that. I mean, if they want to hold that against me, it’s out there. I’m not apologizing.

If elected, what would be your Senate priorities?

A: People bait us, “Are you gonna fire (Senate Majority Leader John) Thune?” Well, it’s deeper than that. One, I wouldn’t do it to somebody that I wouldn’t have a conversation with first. When you fire anybody, you talk with them, and you come to an agreement. You either disagree or agree. I would get with Thune, who is a nice man, from what I've been hearing, say, “How can we work on getting the SAVE Act passed? Now, if it’s still the same, “We don’t have the votes. We’re not going to try anything,” and then I’ll just say, “Well, fine, I’m going to work to replace you, and we’ll see who that is.”

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Meg Kinnard can be reached at http://x.com/MegKinnardAP

Con el gobernador republicano Ron DeSantis imposibilitado de buscar otro mandato consecutivo debido a los límites de mandato, la contienda ha atraído a un amplio grupo de candidatos que esperan sucederlo.

Por el lado republicano, 11 candidatos buscan la nominación, mientras que seis candidatos compiten en las primarias demócratas.

Donalds lidera amplio campo republicano

El representante federal Byron Donalds se ha convertido en el favorito en las primarias republicanas.

Donalds representa al Distrito 19 del Congreso de Florida, que incluye partes del suroeste de Florida, entre ellas Fort Myers, Naples, Bonita Springs y Cape Coral.

Encuestas recientes han mostrado a Donalds con una ventaja considerable sobre sus rivales republicanos. Una encuesta de julio realizada para Associated Industries of Florida mostró a Donalds liderando el campo republicano por 46 puntos porcentuales. Otras encuestas registradas por The New York Times también han mostrado a Donalds al frente.

Entre sus rivales están el vicegobernador de Florida Jay Collins, el ex presidente de la Cámara de Representantes de Florida Paul Renner y el recién llegado a la política James Fishback.

También buscan la nominación republicana Jim Holcomb, Arthur McCaffrey, Daniel Nokovich, Rachel Rodriguez, James Shaw, Caneste Succe y Bobby Williams.

Una de las mayores controversias de las primarias republicanas surgió por los planes para un debate para gobernador en el Sunshine State Showdown del Partido Republicano de Florida.

El Partido Republicano de Florida dijo que Donalds era el único candidato que cumplía con los requisitos de las encuestas para calificar para el debate, lo que provocó críticas de Collins, Renner y Fishback. DeSantis también cuestionó la decisión.

El presidente del Partido Republicano de Florida, Evan Power, dijo a Glenna Milberg, de Local 10, en “This Week in South Florida” que los candidatos habían acordado los criterios del debate antes de lanzar sus campañas. Algunos de los candidatos cuestionaron esa caracterización.

Jolly lidera las primarias demócratas

Seis candidatos compiten por la nominación demócrata, con el ex representante federal David Jolly como favorito en las encuestas recientes.

Jolly, un ex congresista republicano que representó a un distrito del área de Tampa Bay, nombró a la ex representante federal Gwen Graham como su compañera de fórmula para vicegobernadora.

Las encuestas han colocado a Jolly por delante del resto del campo demócrata mientras los votantes se preparan para tomar su decisión el martes.

La representante estatal Dotie Joseph también busca la nominación. Joseph representa al Distrito 108 de la Cámara de Representantes, que incluye partes de North Miami, Little Haiti, Wynwood y El Portal.

Dayna Marie Foster, oriunda de Fort Lauderdale y maestra de matemáticas de secundaria, también está en la contienda y ha buscado el apoyo de votantes progresistas más jóvenes.

Evelyn Castillo-Bach, Thomas Fernandez y Stephann Norman completan el campo demócrata de seis candidatos.

Ganadores avanzan a noviembre

Florida es un estado con primarias cerradas, lo que significa que, por lo general, los votantes deben estar registrados con un partido político para participar en las primarias de ese partido.

Los ganadores de las contiendas republicana y demócrata del martes avanzarán a las elecciones generales de noviembre, cuando los votantes de Florida decidirán quién sucederá a DeSantis y se convertirá en el próximo gobernador del estado.

Las urnas abren a las 7 a.m. del martes y cierran a las 7 p.m.

The U.S. Forest Service is filing a proposal that would scrap the so called roadless rule adopted in the last days of Bill Clinton’s presidency in 2001. The agency described the rule as a one-size-fits-all restriction that has frustrated land managers and served as a barrier to reducing wildfire risks in the nation’s forests.

“Our forests can’t afford another decade of inaction. Across the country, we’ve watched preventable conditions — overgrown stands, insect outbreaks and disease — turn healthy landscapes into tinderboxes,” U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said in a statement.

Scientists say that worsening wildfires are driven by a combination of climate change that warms and dries out forests, less logging and decades of fire suppression that has allowed fuels to build up.

Clinton had signed the rule to safeguard undeveloped national forest land from commercial logging and mineral leasing, with a goal of keeping ecosystems pristine and protecting water supplies.

Calling the roadless rule a failure, Rollins said the proposal calls for restoring authority to local forest managers and removing barriers that have kept them from improving forest health across millions of acres.

The roadless rule has affected 30% of national forest lands nationwide, or about 59 million acres (24 million hectares), according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the agency over the Forest Service.

The Forest Service will gather public comment on the proposal and on a draft of the environmental impact statement that was filed Tuesday in the Federal Register. While the rescission removes national designation of roadless areas, officials say it doesn't mandate timber cutting or road construction.

The filing of the proposal comes as no surprise as the Trump administration first announced its intention to get rid of the rule during a meeting last summer of Western governors in New Mexico.

Environmentalists have been sounding the alarm since then and reiterated Tuesday that lifting protections would have detrimental effects for old growth forests, wildlife and water supplies.

“Americans across the political spectrum have made it crystal clear that they don’t want political appointees removing protections from public lands,” said Chris Krupp, an attorney with the group WildEarth Guardians. “It would be a gross misreading of public sentiment to take the roadless rule away from Americans and our wildlife, and politicians do so at their jeopardy.”

The Alaska Wilderness League and other groups raised concerns about what a rescission could mean for places such as Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, the nation's largest national forest and a lightning rod for litigation. State political leaders there have supported an exemption to the roadless rule that they argue impedes economic opportunities.

During the latter part of Trump’s first term, the federal government lifted restrictions on logging and road-building in the Tongass, something the Biden administration later reversed.

Emma Powell, the Alaska Wilderness League's government affairs manager, described the Tongass as a global treasure that serves as a home for salmon runs and abundant wildlife. She added that cultures and livelihoods are connected to the forest.

“From fisheries to tourism and outdoor recreation, these landscapes also support thousands of jobs and generate billions in economic activity each year,” Powell said.

Alex Craven, the Sierra Club's forest campaign manager, disputed officials' claims that getting rid of the rule would allow for more work to be done to reduce wildfire threats. Craven suggested more roads would lead to more fires and that it never prevented the Forest Service from doing targeted work to reduce wildfire fuels.

He vowed that the Sierra Club and other groups would fight the proposal at each step.

The deadline for comments is Sept. 21.

La Oficina del Censo de EE. UU. informó en 2024 que el distrito alberga a unas 804.159 personas. Abarca aproximadamente 250 millas cuadradas en los condados de Broward y Palm Beach, según Census Reporter. El distrito congresional ahora también incluye los condados de Collier y Hendry, en el suroeste de Florida, después de que la Legislatura estatal aprobara una redistribución de los distritos electorales a principios de este año.

Primaria republicana

La boleta electoral incluye a siete candidatos.

MICHAEL CARBONARA

Este empresario del sector “fintech” es padre de dos hijos. Se enfrentó a críticas debido a informes sobre sus vínculos con un controvertido centro de datos en Michigan.

Carbonara, de 43 años y nacido en Nueva York, es el fundador y exdirector ejecutivo de Ibanera, una empresa de banca digital con sede en Miami.

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BELINDA KEISER

Keiser, de 67 años y nacida en Filipinas, obtuvo una licenciatura en Comunicación por la Universidad Estatal de Florida y una maestría en Administración de Empresas (MBA) por la Universidad Nova Southeastern.

CASEY ASKAR

Askar, de 57 años y marine retirado de EE. UU., es el presidente de Askar Brands, una empresa de gestión de franquicias y restaurantes multimarca.

DR. HERBERT “HERBIE” WERTHEIM

Wertheim, de 87 años y nacido en Filadelfia, es optometrista y empresario. Es el fundador de Brain Power, un fabricante de productos ópticos.

DANIEL FRANZESE

Franzese, nacido en Nueva York, obtuvo una maestría en Administración de Empresas (MBA) en la Wharton School of Business de la Universidad de Pensilvania.

DAVID BURCK

Este marine retirado de EE. UU. y ex detective nació en Tampa y trabaja como agente inmobiliario.

TERRI HASDORFF

Hasdorff, nacida en Alabama, se graduó de las universidades de Harvard y Oxford y trabaja en desarrollo empresarial.

Primaria demócrata

La boleta electoral incluye a dos candidatos.

PIA DANDIYA

Hija de inmigrantes indios, es graduada de Harvard y ha trabajado como maestra y directora de escuela.

KAYSIA EARLEY

La abogada es egresada de la Universidad Howard y de la Facultad de Derecho de St. Thomas.GUÍA

PARA EL VOTANTE: Así puede prepararse para las elecciones primarias de Florida del 18 de agosto.

Los candidatos demócratas que se disputan el escaño son el diputado Jared Moskowitz, que actualmente representa al 23° distrito congresista de Florida, y Oliver Larkin.

Moskowitz, nacido en Coral Springs, fue concejal de Parkland entre 2006 y 2012 y miembro de la Cámara de Representantes de Florida entre 2012 y 2019.

El gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, nombró a Moskowitz director de la División de Gestión de Emergencias de Florida entre 2019 y 2021. Lleva representando al 23.º distrito congresional de Florida desde 2023.

En lo que va de esta campaña electoral, Moskowitz ha recaudado 2,9 millones de dólares.

Larkin, de 32 años, organizador sindical, se sitúa detrás de Moskowitz y de cinco republicanos, con más de 541 000 dólares recaudados en total, según los datos de financiación de la campaña.

Los cinco candidatos republicanos que se presentan en el 25.º distrito congresista de Florida son Scott Singer, Daniel Franzese, George R. Moraitis, Raven Harrison y Joe Kaufman.

Singer, de 49 años, es el republicano que encabeza la lista de financiación de campaña con más de 1,99 millones de dólares recaudados en total, según la Comisión Electoral Federal.

Franzese, que obtuvo su máster en Administración de Empresas (MBA) en la Wharton School de la Universidad de Pensilvania en 1989, le sigue a Singer en la lista con más de 1,47 millones de dólares recaudados.

Moraitis, de 55 años, teniente comandante retirado de la Reserva de la Marina de los Estados Unidos y nacido en Fort Lauderdale, quien se sitúa detrás de Singer y Franzese tras haber recaudado más de 839.000 dólares.

Harrison, graduado de la Universidad de Temple y nacido en Texas, sigue a Moraitis con más de 778.000 dólares en ingresos totales, mientras que Kaufman —un experto en contraterrorismo conocido como el «Cazador de Terroristas»— sigue a Harrison con más de 631.500 dólares en fondos recaudados.

La representante federal Frederica Wilson ha representado el distrito durante unos 13 años. En mayo, Wilson, de 83 años, anunció que no planeaba buscar la reelección para un noveno mandato en el Congreso de Estados Unidos.

Primaria demócrata

Siete candidatos se postulan en la primaria demócrata.

OLIVER G. GILBERT III

Wilson respaldó a Oliver G. Gilbert II, comisionado de Miami-Dade y ex presidente de la comisión, quien se desempeñó como alcalde de Miami Gardens de 2012 a 2020.

Gilbert, de 53 años, quien creció en Miami Gardens, obtuvo una licenciatura de Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University y un título de Juris Doctor de University of Miami.

SHEVRIN JONES

El senador de Florida Shevrin “Shev” Jones se desempeñó en la Cámara de Representantes de Florida de 2012 a 2020, cuando comenzó su servicio en el Senado de Florida.

Jones, de 42 años, quien nació en Hollywood y creció en Miami Gardens, obtuvo una licenciatura de Florida A&M University. También obtuvo títulos de maestría y doctorado en educación de Florida Atlantic University.

KENDRICK MEEK JR.

Kendrick Meek Jr. sigue los pasos de su padre, el ex representante federal Kendrick B. Meek, quien representó al Distrito Congresional 17 de Florida de 2003 a 2011, y de su abuela, la fallecida ex representante federal Carrie Meek, quien representó al Distrito Congresional 17 de Florida de 1993 a 2003.

Meek, de 29 años, obtuvo una licenciatura de University of Florida y un título de J.D. de University of Miami. Hizo una pasantía con el Comité de Administración de la Cámara de Representantes en 2015 y con el Comité Judicial de la Cámara en 2021. También trabajó como asesor de la Casa Blanca en iniciativas de política de salud durante la administración Biden.

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RUDOLPH MOISE

El coronel retirado de la Reserva de la Fuerza Aérea de Estados Unidos, Dr. Rudolph “Rudy” Moise, un médico haitiano-estadounidense, se desempeñó como embajador itinerante para inversiones de la República de Haití en 2014.

Moise, de 71 años, nació en Puerto Príncipe y tenía 17 años cuando se mudó a Chicago. Después de graduarse de University of Illinois, obtuvo un doctorado en osteopatía de Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine. También obtuvo un título de Juris Doctor y una maestría en administración de empresas de University of Miami.

JEAN MONESTIME

Jean Monestime se desempeñó como comisionado del condado Miami-Dade de 2010 a 2022, incluido como presidente de 2014 a 2016.

Monestime, de 63 años, nació en Saint-Louis du Nord, Haití, y tenía 17 años cuando se mudó a Estados Unidos. Obtuvo una licenciatura de Florida International University y una maestría en administración de empresas de Nova Southeastern University.

RODERICK D. VEREEN

Roderick “Rod” Vereen, abogado de defensa penal, se desempeñó como defensor público federal adjunto para el Distrito Norte de Florida en Pensacola y como fiscal estatal adjunto para el Segundo Circuito Judicial.

Vereen, de 64 años, creció como hijo de un militar del Ejército de Estados Unidos y obtuvo una licenciatura de Florida State University y un título de Juris Doctor de Southern University Law Center.

MARSHAL L DAVIS SR.

Marshal L. Davis, Sr., se desempeña como director del Marshal L. Davis, Sr. African Heritage Cultural Arts Center en Liberty City, Miami. Es desde 1963.

“Tenemos que analizar lo que consideramos que es el problema porque con cualquier problema, hay una solución”, dijo Davis, de 76 años. “Tenemos que analizar nuestro potencial y ser expansivos, y tenemos que gobernarnos por principios”.

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GUÍA DEL VOTANTE: Aquí se explica cómo prepararse para la elección primaria del 18 de agosto en Florida

El Censo de Estados Unidos informó en 2024 que el distrito tiene alrededor de 788,713 habitantes. Abarca unas 119 millas cuadradas en el condado Miami-Dade, según Census Reporter.

Primaria republicana

La boleta incluye dos candidatos: la titular y un retador.

REP. ESTADOUNIDENSE MARIA ELVIRA SALAZAR

Salazar, de 64 años, periodista de televisión retirada y autora con títulos de Harvard y la Universidad de Miami, busca la reelección.

Salazar, cuyos padres son cubanos, ganó el escaño en 2020 tras derrotar a la titular demócrata Donna Shalala, ex secretaria de Salud y Servicios Humanos, y asumió el cargo en 2021.

Salazar es leal al presidente Donald Trump, pero se alineó con los demócratas que quieren que la administración Trump extienda el estatus de protección temporal de los haitianos y venezolanos. Fue coautora de la Ley Dignity para acelerar el procesamiento de solicitudes de asilo.

Entre las victorias de Salazar están la Ley Take It Down, que criminaliza el intercambio no consensuado de imágenes íntimas auténticas o generadas por inteligencia artificial, y su trabajo con demócratas en la Ley Dispose para detener el fentanilo antes de que cruce la frontera.

VINCENT MICHAEL ARIAS

Arias, de 68 años, un abogado radicado en Coral Gables, desafía a Salazar en la primaria republicana.

Arias es un ex abogado de cumplimiento de la Comisión de Bolsa y Valores de Estados Unidos y un ex fiscal estatal asistente en Orlando.

Primaria demócrata

La boleta incluye dos candidatos.

ROBIN PEGUERO

Peguero, de 40 años, abogado y autor, creció en Hialeah, hijo de padres de República Dominicana y Ecuador que sirvieron en el Ejército de Estados Unidos.

Peguero se graduó de Harvard College y de la Facultad de Derecho de Harvard, y se desempeñó como fiscal federal y como abogado investigador del Comité Selecto de la Cámara de Representantes sobre el ataque del 6 de enero al Capitolio de Estados Unidos.

ELIOTT RODRIGUEZ

Rodriguez, quien nació en Nueva York de padres cubanos, es un periodista de televisión veterano retirado y padre de dos hijos.

Rodriguez, graduado de la Universidad de Miami, tiene una larga carrera que incluye WPLG-Local 10 News y CBS News Miami.

GUÍA PARA VOTANTES: Aquí le explicamos cómo prepararse para la elección primaria de Florida del 18 de agosto.

Cuatro republicanos buscan la nominación en el distrito de mayoría demócrata.

Entre los candidatos demócratas se encuentran el ejecutivo de música rap y activista por la libertad de expresión Luther Campbell, el ex alcalde y comisionado de Broward Dale Holness, el organizador comunitario Elijah Manley y la representante federal Debbie Wasserman Schultz, quien está cambiando de distrito tras el nuevo trazado.

Y luego está la actual representante en medio de una controversia que busca regresar al cargo —la ex representante federal Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick—, quien renunció antes de una amenaza de expulsión por parte del Comité de Ética de la Cámara de Representantes tras ser acusada formalmente de robar fondos federales. Ella niega haber cometido irregularidades.

Por el lado republicano: Brent Andersen es residente de Pompano Beach y empresario que lucha por reducir los costos y aumentar las oportunidades económicas para las familias del Distrito 20. Lateresa “La” Jones es la fundadora de “Grandmas for the Generations”, una organización comunitaria que ayuda a las familias a defender a los niños. El Dr. Rod Joseph es un veterano de combate del Ejército de Estados Unidos y condecorado con el Corazón Púrpura, con 20 años de servicio militar. Carla Spalding es una veterana de la Armada de Estados Unidos que también tiene una larga experiencia en enfermería.

Moody fue fiscal general de Florida antes de ser designada para el escaño en 2025, después de que su predecesor, Marco Rubio, fuera confirmado como secretario de Estado de EE. UU.

Ella destaca logros durante su tiempo en el cargo, entre ellos la eliminación de regulaciones para ayudar a la industria de cítricos de Florida y la obtención de miles de millones de dólares en ayuda para desastres.

Enfrenta a tres rivales republicanos: Chris Gleason, veterano del Ejército de EE. UU. y experto en análisis forense de datos que dice tener experiencia “exponiendo corrupción y fraude”; la médica Neelam Taneja Perry, quien dice estar “luchando por los derechos de la gente”; y el pastor Ernie Rivera, quien dice que su experiencia en finanzas y como administrador de viviendas con licencia podría ayudar a reducir los problemas de asequibilidad del sur de Florida.

La representante estatal Angie Nixon, demócrata por Jacksonville, es legisladora estatal desde hace seis años y oriunda de Florida. Dice que luchará para hacer que la vida sea más asequible para todos los floridanos, afirmando que la economía debería funcionar para todos.

La piedra angular de su campaña es poner a las personas por encima de la política y las ganancias.

Alex Vindman, un teniente coronel retirado del Ejército, se mudó a Florida con su esposa y su hija hace tres años. Fue herido en Irak y recibió un Corazón Púrpura, y es conocido por testificar durante el primer juicio político del presidente Donald Trump.

Dijo que su campaña promete reavivar el sueño americano para los floridanos, con un enfoque en la asequibilidad, desde garantizar que comprar una vivienda sea posible hasta reducir los costos de atención médica.

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The U.S. Census reported in 2024 that the district is home to about 804,159 people. It covers about 250 square miles in Broward and Palm Beach counties, according to the Census Reporter. The congressional district now also covers Collier and Hendry counties in southwest Florida after the Florida Legislature passed a congressional map redistricting earlier this year.

Republican primary

The ballot includes seven candidates.

MICHAEL CARBONARA

The fintech entrepreneur is a father of two. He faced criticism over reports of ties to a controversial data center in Michigan.

Carbonara, 43, who was born in New York, is the founder and former chief executive officer of Ibanera, a Miami-based digital banking company.

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BELINDA KEISER

Keiser, 67, who was born in the Philippines, earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Florida State University and an MBA from Nova Southeastern University.

CASEY ASKAR

Askar, 57, a retired U.S. Marine, is the president of Askar Brands, a multi-brand restaurant management and franchising company.

DR. HERBERT ‘HERBIE’ WERTHEIM

Wertheim, 87, who was born in Philadelphia, is an optometrist and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Brain Power, an optical products manufacturer.

DANIEL FRANZESE

Franzese, who was born in New York, earned an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business.

DAVID BURCK

The retired U.S. Marine and former detective was born in Tampa and is a real estate agent.

TERRI HASDORFF

Hasdorff, who was born in Alabama, graduated from Harvard and Oxford universities and works in business development.

Democratic primary

The ballot includes two candidates.

PIA DANDIYA

The daughter of Indian immigrants is a Harvard grad who served as a teacher and school principal.

KAYSIA EARLEY

The attorney is a graduate of Howard University and St. Thomas School of Law.

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“Thank you, baseball,” Mancini wrote on lnstagram.

Mancini, 34, agreed to a minor league contract with the Angels in February, a deal that included an invitation to major league spring training. Mancini hit .273 with six homers, 29 RBIs and three steals for Triple-A Salt Lake this year.

The right-handed batter had three hits in his first major league game since 2023 playing first base in a 5-4 loss to the Houston Astros in 10 innings. Mancini's final major league appearance was June 14, and he was designated for assignment on June 17.

“I am blessed to have made a home in the Orioles organization for 10 years, win a World Series in Houston, play for the Cubs in Chicago (I wish I played better for you guys), and make it back up to the MLB with the Angels,” Mancini wrote while also thanking the Reds, Marlins and Diamondbacks as well.

Mancini batted .263 with 129 homers and 404 RBIs in the majors. He played parts of six seasons with the Orioles and hit a career-high 29 homers in 2019.

He then missed the 2020 season after surgery to remove a malignant tumor from his colon. He made a successful return to the Orioles in 2021, and he won a World Series ring in 2022 after Baltimore traded him to Houston.

Mancini spent part of the 2023 season with the Chicago Cubs. He has since played in the minor league systems of the Reds, Marlins and Diamondbacks. He opted out of a minor league deal with Arizona last July after batting .308 with 16 homers for Triple-A Reno.

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The U.S. Census reported in 2024 that the district is home to about 788,713 people. It covers about 119 square miles in Miami-Dade County, according to the Census Reporter.

Republican primary

The ballot includes two candidates: The incumbent and a challenger.

U.S. REP. MARIA ELVIRA SALAZAR

Salazar, 64, a retired broadcast journalist and author with degrees from Harvard and the University of Miami, is seeking re-election.

Salazar, whose parents are Cuban, won the seat in 2020 after defeating Democratic incumbent Donna Shalala, a former Secretary of Health and Human Services, and took office in 2021.

Salazar is loyal to President Donald Trump, but sided with Democrats who want the Trump administration to extend the temporary protected status of Haitians and Venezuelans. She co-authored the Dignity Act to speed up asylum processing.

Salazar’s victories include the Take It Down Act to criminalize the nonconsensual sharing of authentic or AI-generated intimate images, and working with Democrats on the Dispose Act to stop fentanyl before it crosses the border.

VINCENT MICHAEL ARIAS

Arias, 68, a Coral Gables-based attorney, is challenging Salazar in the Republican primary.

Arias is a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement attorney and a former assistant state attorney in Orlando.

Democratic primary

The ballot includes two candidates.

ROBIN PEGUERO

Peguero, 40, an attorney and author, grew up in Hialeah to parents from the Dominican Republic and Ecuador who served in the U.S. Army.

Peguero graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and served as a federal prosecutor and as investigative counsel on the House Select Committee of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

ELIOTT RODRIGUEZ

Rodriguez, who was born in New York to Cuban parents, is a retired veteran broadcast journalist and father of two.

Rodriguez, a University of Miami graduate, has a long career that includes WPLG-Local 10 News and CBS News Miami.

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Four Republicans are seeking the nomination in the deep-blue district.

Democratic candidates include rap music executive and free speech activist Luther Campbell, former Broward mayor and commissioner Dale Holness, community organizer Elijah Manley and U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who is changing districts after the redraw.

And then there is the embattled incumbent seeking to make a comeback — former U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick— who resigned ahead of a House Ethics Committee expulsion threat in the wake of her indictment, accused of stealing federal funds. She denies wrongdoing.

On the Republican side: Brent Andersen is a Pompano Beach resident and businessman fighting for lower costs and economic opportunity for District 20 families. Lateresa “La” Jones is the founder of “Grandmas for the Generations” — a grassroots organization helping families defend children. Dr. Rod Joseph is a U.S. Army combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient with 20 years served in the military. Carla Spalding is a U.S. Navy veteran who also has longtime experience in nursing.

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The Democratic candidates seeking the vote are U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz, who currently represents Florida’s 23rd Congressional District, and Oliver Larkin.

Moskowitz, who was born in Coral Springs, served as a Parkland city commissioner from 2006 to 2012 and in the Florida House of Representatives from 2012 to 2019.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Moskowitz as the director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management from 2019 to 2021. He has been representing Florida’s 23rd Congressional District since 2023.

So far this election cycle, Moskowitz has raised $2.9 million.

Larkin, 32, a union organizer, follows Moskowitz and five Republicans with more than $541,000 in total funds raised, according to campaign finance data.

The five Republican candidates running in Florida’s 25th Congressional District are Scott Singer, Daniel Franzese, George R. Moraitis, Raven Harrison and Joe Kaufman.

Singer, 49, is the Republican at the top of the campaign finance list with more than $1.99 million in total funds raised, according to the Federal Election Commission.

Franzese, who earned his MBA at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in 1989, follows Singer on the list with more than $1.47 million raised.

Moraitis, 55, a retired lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve who was born in Fort Lauderdale, followed Singer and Franzese after raising more than $839,000.

Harrison, a Temple University grad who was born in Texas, follows Moraitis with more than $778,000 in total receipts while Kaufman, a counter-terrorism expert known as the “Terrorist Hunter,” follows Harrison with more than $631,500 in total funds raised.

DISTRICT 2

There are three candidates seeking to be Miami-Dade County’s District 2 commissioner.

Running for the seat are incumbent Commissioner Marleine Bastien, trapeze artist Miguel “Skip” Quintero and newcomer Ernst Jean Louis.

Bastien, a nonprofit founder and executive who won the seat in 2022, says her priorities include investing in infrastructure like the 27th Avenue corridor and added that the county needs to make budget cuts.

Quintero is a South Florida native who made an unsuccessful run for Miami-Dade County mayor in 2024.

He describes himself as a First Amendment advocate who lists transparency as a main priority while adding that he also wants universal basic income.

Records show Jean Louis lists his primary source of income as Allied Universal Services. He does not appear to have a campaign website, but the Miami Herald reported that he founded a Creole-language newspaper.

DISTRICT 5

There are three candidates running for the District 5 seat in Miami-Dade County.

The district encompasses parts of Miami Beach, Brickell and The Roads.

Candidates are incumbent Commissioner Vicki Lopez, former Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Joe Sanchez and U.S. Marine Corps veteran Rob Piper.

Lopez was appointed to the seat after Eileen Higgins was elected City of Miami mayor. She said her experience as a member of the Florida House of Representatives makes her qualified to tighten the budget.

Sanchez highlights his career in law enforcement and as a veteran and says safety and quality of life are key.

Piper, who moved to Miami in 2012, thinks a task force ought to analyze the county’s true fiscal situation.

DISTRICT 8

The county’s eighth district encompasses a big portion of southern Miami-Dade, including Homestead and Palmetto Bay.

Incumbent Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins is running against nonprofit CEO Martha “Vega” Hero and former Palmetto Bay Vice Mayor John DuBois.

Cohen Higgins, who is a trial lawyer by trade, says her experience looking at details makes her an effective leader, especially when it comes to the budget.

Hero believes government and organizations working together is key, as well as transparency in balancing a budget.

DuBois, the former vice mayor of Palmetto Bay, is running to bring accountable, resident-focused leadership to Miami-Dade County, according to his campaign website.

The regular school board term is four years.

DISTRICT 1

Maura McCarthy Bulman is the incumbent seeking reelection after assuming office in November 2024.

Her campaign website describes Bulman as “a dedicated mother of four sons who have attended Broward County Public Schools in District 1” and whose “experience as a local attorney, community volunteer, and a long-time Hollywood resident inspired her to run for office.”

Running against Bulman is Carmen Gimenez.

According to her campaign website, Gimenez is a “Venezuelan-American-Latina.

The website describes her as a “statist” who is “known in international circles, United Nations (U.N.), The Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassadors, Countries, Refugees, congressmen, senators, counties, cities, national and international entrepreneurs, and officers.”

She previously ran for mayor of Hallandale Beach in 2024, losing to Joy Cooper who received 68.4% of ballots cast.

DISTRICT 4

Sharry Kimmel’s campaign website describes her as a “distinguished educator and community leader whose career spans over three decades, marked by a commitment to innovative teaching and public service.”

She is a previous recipient of the Broward County Teacher of the Year award (1996) for her work as an educator before transitioning into administrative roles, which includes serving as the founding assistant principal at Sagemont School.

Kimmel has served as a professor of teacher education at Broward College for the past 22 years.

Nicole Morst is a mother of three children who have all attended Broward County Public Schools.

According to her campaign website, she became involved in school advocacy after she “saw firsthand the security gaps” at her daughter’s school, successfully “advocating with district staff and the School Board to implement security updates.”

Morst says she is running “because after years of serving in our schools and on district advisories, I’ve seen the gaps, inequities, and disparities impacting our students and schools.”

DISTRICT 6

Adam Cervera is the incumbent seeking to retain his position after being appointed to the seat by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2024.

According to his campaign website, Cervera is an “accomplished attorney where he practices business litigation and represents clients in administrative proceedings” who came up and graduated through Broward County Public Schools before attending the University of Central Florida and then law school at Florida International University.

Jessie Bastos is a native of Davie, and she and her children are all products of Broward County Public Schools.

According to her campaign website, Bastos has “more than 20 years of experience building relationships and driving millions in revenue within Fortune 500 accounts at Samsung and leading diverse, high-performing teams at T-Mobile.”

If elected to the school board, Bastos says she “will champion higher teacher pay, responsible budgeting, and stronger partnerships with families and local organizations.”

Roberto Fernandez has worked in Broward County education for over 20 years, “as a teacher, instructional leader, and community advocate,” according to his campaign website.

He said he is running because he wants to remove politics from decisions that impact students, families and educators in Broward County. Fernandez is also a U.S. Army Reserve veteran.

Makai Aline Henry describes himself as a son of Broward County.

He is a product of Broward County schools and is currently a substitute teacher and debate coach, according to his campaign website.

Henry is running on a platform that features “Four Pillars for Broward’s Future” that include Literacy First, Smaller Classes, Fair Teacher Pay and Against Unregulated AI in Schools.

Lester L. Wilks Jr. joins the race for District 6 “to bring real-world insight and results-driven leadership to our schools,” according to his campaign website, which indicates that he is “already actively involved in school communities, speaking with parents, working alongside staff.”

His platform has four “key priorities” that are listed as “district accountability, parent trust and transparent communication, consistency across schools and student support needs.”

DISTRICT 7

Cynthia Alceus Dominique describes herself as “a wife, nurse practitioner, nurse educator, Army veteran with 23 years of service, and the proud mother of four amazing children who attend Broward County Public Schools.”

A Broward County native and graduate of Coconut Creek High School, Dominique has been an active volunteer within the schools and district.

According to her campaign website, Dominique’s vision for Broward schools include “safe and supportive schools, student success and wellness, accountability and transparency and community engagement and partnerships.”

Rochelle Soffer is a longtime educator, who says she is running for the Broward County School Board “because our schools deserve leadership that has been earned in the classroom.”

According to Soffer’s campaign website, she lists four commitments to students, teachers and families in District 7, should she be elected: “student success, teacher support, school safety and accountability.”

The Broward Teachers Union is listed among Soffer’s endorsements.

DISTRICT 8

Allen Zeman is the incumbent seeking to retain his position after winning a close race in 2022, receiving 51.4% of the 477,828 ballots cast.

He is the CRO of data analytics company CHCI and has worked for U.S. presidents and government leaders, both foreign and domestic.

Zeman is also a product of Broward County Public Schools from grades K through 12 and has endorsements from the Broward Teachers Union and current board members Sarah Leonardi, Jeff Holness, Debbi Hixon and Rebecca Thompson.

For the past two decades, Zeman’s opponent Sonja Azim has worked in classrooms as a special education teacher, ESE specialist, student services coordinator, Dean of Students and as a district trainer.

Her two daughters have both been students with Broward County Public Schools.

According to her campaign website, Azim believes more accountability is paramount, and also stresses the importance of equitable treatment, teacher support and overall school safety.

Several congressional races affecting Miami-Dade County have drawn crowded fields, including District 24, District 25 and District 27.

Among the Miami-Dade legislative contests are competitive primaries for several Florida House seats, including districts 106, 108, 109, 113 and 118.

Miami-Dade voters also selected their picks for the District 1 seat on the Miami-Dade School Board, along with various commissioner seats.

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El helicóptero Sky 10 sobrevolaba el Ayuntamiento, ubicado en el 776 de NE 125th St., poco después de las 2:00 p. m., mientras el vehículo azul permanecía en el lugar.

Se observó a una persona siendo colocada en una camilla antes de ser trasladada a una unidad de los servicios de rescate y bomberos de Miami-Dade.

Autoridades municipales confirmaron que el Ayuntamiento permanecerá cerrado hasta nuevo aviso.

La policía no dio a conocer de inmediato más detalles sobre el accidente.

Florida is a closed-primary state, meaning voters generally receive the primary ballot for the political party with which they are registered. All registered voters can participate in nonpartisan contests and any universal primary contests that appear on their ballot.

Congressional races

Several congressional races affecting Broward County have drawn crowded fields, including District 20, District 24, District 25 and District 22.

Statewide races

Broward voters will also help choose their parties’ nominees for several statewide offices, including governor and U.S. Senate.

Contested races for chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner also appear on the ballot.

Broward County and School Board races

At the county level, the District 6 County Commission Democratic primary includes Eugen Bold, Jeffery Jones, A.J. Ryan and Caryl Shuham.

Several nonpartisan Broward County School Board races will also be decided by voters, including for Districts 1, 4, 6, 7 and 8.

Judicial races include a three-way contest for 17th Judicial Circuit Judge, Group 52, between David Andrew Fry, Tamar Hamilton and Kathleen O’Brien “Katie” Hinkle. Debi Gheorge Alten and Veronica N. Walker are competing for County Court Judge, Group 11.

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The races voters see on their ballot will depend on their party affiliation and where they live in Monroe County.

Florida is a closed-primary state, meaning voters generally may vote only in the primary of the political party with which they are registered. Nonpartisan races are open to all eligible voters.

Unlike some other South Florida counties, Monroe County does not have a contested congressional primary this year.

In Congressional District 28 -- which covers Monroe County along with the southwest portion of Miami-Dade County, including Homestead and Cutler Bay -- Republican incumbent Carlos Gimenez and Democrat Phil “Felipe” Ehr are each unopposed in their respective party primaries. Eddy Rojas is running without party affiliation in the general election.

The state legislative races affecting Monroe County also have no contested party primaries. Republican Ana Maria Rodriguez and Democrat Jose Antonio Stoute are unopposed for their respective nominations in Florida Senate District 40.

Republican incumbent Jim Mooney is unopposed in Florida House District 120.

Monroe County races

Several local contests, however, give Keys voters choices in the primary.

The Republican primary for Monroe County Commission District 2 features Michelle Lincoln and George Lopez.

Republican voters will also decide the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District 2 race between Phillip L. Goodman and Alex Osborn.

School Board races

Because School Board elections are nonpartisan, eligible voters can participate regardless of political party.

In School Board District 1, Theresa Axford and Darren Horan are competing for the seat.

In District 5, incumbent Sue Woltanski faces challenger Chelyn Shaw. Woltanski is seeking a third term after first winning election in 2018, while Shaw is making her first run for public office.

Monroe County voters also have a nonpartisan judicial contest on the ballot.

Key West races

In Key West, residents will be selecting their choice for mayor, along with several commission seats and a couple utility board member seats.

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Deputies said they responded around 11:40 a.m. to the Seaquarium after a security guard reported a “burglary in progress.”

According to an arrest report, the security guard told dispatchers that a man, who deputies identified as 45-year-old Adam Paul Vargas, had arrived on a bicycle and was seen on surveillance cameras.

Vargas, also known as “Atomiko” on social media, is a well-known graffiti artist in South Florida.

Deputies said they entered the Seaquarium and, at around 11:55 a.m., found Vargas inside the Golden Dome spray-painting the announcer’s booth before they arrested him.

According to his arrest report, Vargas admitted to “entering the Seaquarium and vandalizing it once inside the structure.”

Deputies said he was arrested and transported to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Jail records show Vargas is facing one count each of burglary of an unoccupied structure and criminal mischief.

As of Tuesday morning, he remained at TGK, where his bond was listed as “to be set.”

Ayden Hanan, de 23 años, de Gurnee, Illinois, recibió el lunes cargos por intento de robo a mano armada y agresión agravada con máscara, mientras ya se encontraba detenido en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight.

Según el Departamento de Policía de Miami Beach, el intento de robo ocurrió el 17 de marzo, poco antes de las 11:15 p.m., cerca de First Street y Meridian Avenue, en el vecindario South of Fifth.

Un informe de arresto señala que cuatro hombres, tres con máscaras y uno sin máscara, salieron de un Mercedes-Benz Maybach armados con rifles estilo AR-15 y pistolas y se acercaron a la víctima y a su Lamborghini.

La policía dijo que la víctima identificó al hombre sin máscara como Yaritseldi Cruz, de 30 años, un “conocido asociado”, y posteriormente identificó a Hanan como uno de los sospechosos con máscara.

La policía dijo que Cruz golpeó a la víctima en la cara con un “objeto contundente”, levantó su camisa para mostrar una pistola y dijo: “Te quitaré la cadena”, luego lo persiguió mientras gritaba: “Pelea conmigo, p---y”.

Dijeron que la víctima identificó a Hanan “por sus ojos y estructura facial” y por el hecho de que Hanan “amartilló un arma de fuego y se la apuntó” después de que la víctima gritara el nombre de Hanan.

Además, la víctima dijo que posteriormente le envió un mensaje de texto a Hanan diciéndole que “lo que hizo estuvo mal” y Hanan no negó haber estado allí, diciendo que “estaba confundido sobre por qué la situación se intensificó”.

“Los detectives también descubrieron que la camiseta que llevaba (Hanan) durante el incidente coincidía con otra fotografía encontrada en las redes sociales que mostraba a (él) usando exactamente la misma camiseta”, señala el informe del MBPD.

Los registros muestran que la policía arrestó a Cruz el 22 de abril en el vecindario Overtown de Miami.

Hanan fue detenido, junto con un hombre de Georgia y otro de California, la madrugada del lunes en Brickell después del supuesto ataque desde un vehículo en movimiento con una pistola de balines.

Hasta el martes, Hanan permanecía en TGK después de que se ordenara que permaneciera detenido sin derecho a fianza.

Los registros muestran que el caso contra Cruz, quien vive en el vecindario Flagami de Miami, continúa pendiente en el tribunal de Miami-Dade.

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Ayden Hanan, 23, of Gurnee, Illinois, had attempted armed robbery and masked aggravated assault charges added to his slate on Monday while already locked up in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

According to the Miami Beach Police Department, the March 17 robbery attempt happened just before 11:15 p.m. near First Street and Meridian Avenue in the South of Fifth neighborhood.

An arrest report states that four men ― three masked and one unmasked ― got out of a Mercedes-Benz Maybach armed with AR-15-style rifles and handguns and went up to the victim and his Lamborghini.

Police said the unmasked man was identified by the victim as 30-year-old Yaritseldi Cruz, a “known associate,” and the victim later identified Hanan as one of the masked suspects.

Cruz, police said, hit the victim in the face with a “blunt object,” lifted his shirt to display a pistol and said, “I’ll take your chain,” then chased him while yelling, “Fight me, p---y.”

They said the victim identified Hanan “by his eyes and facial structure” and by the fact that Hanan “cocked a firearm and pointed it at him” after he called out Hanan’s name.

Additionally, the victim said he texted Hanan afterwards telling him that “what he did was wrong” and Hanan didn’t deny being there, saying “he was confused about why the situation escalated.”

“Detectives also discovered that the T-shirt worn by (Hanan) during the incident matched another photograph located on social media showing (him) wearing the same exact shirt,” the MBPD report states.

Records show that police arrested Cruz on April 22 in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood.

Hanan would be taken into custody, along with a Georgia and California man, early Monday morning in Brickell after the alleged BB gun drive-by.

As of Tuesday, Hanan remained at TGK after he was ordered held without bond.

Records show the case against Cruz, who lives in Miami’s Flagami neighborhood, remains pending in Miami-Dade court.

Oswaldo Pirela, a catching coach in the Padres' minor league system, was being held in a detention center in El Paso, federal records show. The Padres said in a statement that the team was aware of Pirela's arrest and was trying to gather more details.

Pirela was on a work trip when he was arrested Sunday around 5 a.m. at an airport in El Paso, according to Daniela Pirela, his sister. The Padres have a minor league affiliate team in the city, the El Paso Chihuahuas.

Daniela Pirela said her 34-year-old brother has lived in the U.S. for 12 years and has followed the law. She said he applied for asylum in 2015 and lives in Peoria, Arizona, with his wife and two children, ages 9 and 4, who are both U.S. citizens.

“Since he arrived in this country, the only thing he’s done is follow the rules of this country and do things properly,” Daniela Pirela told The Associated Press.

The Department of Homeland Security said Oswaldo Pirela entered the country legally in 2014 and was granted permission to stay until 2018. He then “overstayed his welcome,” DHS said in a statement, adding that work authorization or pending applications “do not confer” U.S. legal status.

Pirela is in ICE custody pending removal, DHS said.

Oswaldo Pirela had a brief minor-league playing career as a catcher in the Texas Rangers organization.

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Turbay 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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Dermatologists say the evidence is clear that ultraviolet radiation from the sun can cause cancer, while questions about the potential effects of certain chemical sunscreen ingredients on human hormones are still being studied.

In South Florida, where avoiding the sun can be particularly difficult, board-certified dermatologist Dr. Newsha Lajevardi said people can accumulate sun damage even when they aren’t spending the day at the beach or pool.

“So a lot of times people think that if they’re not necessarily out at the pool or the beach, they’re not being damaged by the sun, but that’s not the case,” Lajevardi said.

Everyday activities such as walking the dog, driving, running errands or simply checking the mail can expose skin to the sun.

How much SPF do you need?

Sunscreen should be considered one layer of protection, Lajevardi said, along with hats, sunglasses, protective clothing and seeking shade.

SPF stands for sun protection factor. SPF 30 blocks about 97% of ultraviolet B, or UVB, radiation, while SPF 50 blocks about 98%.

But Lajevardi said choosing between those numbers isn’t necessarily the biggest issue.

What matters is “how much they’re putting it on and how frequently they’re putting it on,” she said.

During a day at the beach or pool, sunscreen should be reapplied every two hours and more frequently after swimming or sweating.

What about concerns over chemical sunscreens?

Some studies have raised questions about certain chemical sunscreen ingredients, including oxybenzone and octinoxate.

Research involving cells and animals has suggested those chemicals can affect estrogen and other hormone pathways. However, researchers have not established that using sunscreen causes those effects or other harm in humans.

“There’s no direct link between applying sunscreen and it causing cancer versus UV radiation from the sun is absolutely directly linked to causing cancer,” Lajevardi said.

The potential effects of some sunscreen ingredients on human hormones remain under investigation.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has requested additional safety data for several chemical sunscreen ingredients, but dermatologists say a request for more research does not mean those products have been shown to be unsafe.

People who remain concerned about chemical ingredients can opt for mineral sunscreen.

“If someone’s even concerned about that, just turn to mineral sunscreens, which are perfectly safe and not known to be endocrine disruptors,” Lajevardi said.

Both chemical and mineral sunscreens can provide protection when properly used.

“The sunscreen that you actually use is going to be the best one,” she said.

Sunscreen isn’t the only way to protect yourself

Lajevardi also recommends performing monthly skin self-checks and getting a full-body skin examination from a dermatologist at least once a year.

People should pay attention to spots that change in shape, size or color or appear noticeably different from other marks on their skin.

“If there’s anything changing in shape, size or color, or looks different than everything else — so I call it the ugly duckling sign — absolutely come in to get checked,” Lajevardi said.

Skin cancer doesn’t always have an obvious appearance. Warning signs can include a pink bump, a spot that bleeds or something resembling a pimple that doesn’t go away.

Certain medications, including some antibiotics and medications used for blood pressure and heart conditions, can also increase sensitivity to sunlight. Patients who are unsure whether their medication carries that risk should check with their doctor or pharmacist.

Whether someone prefers a chemical or mineral formula, the takeaway from health experts is to protect the skin from UV exposure — and that some form of sun protection is better than none.

Los agentes indicaron que acudieron al Seaquarium alrededor de las 11:40 de la mañana después de que un guardia de seguridad denunciara un “robo en curso”.

Según el informe de la detención, el guardia de seguridad comunicó a los operadores que un hombre, al que los agentes identificaron como Paul Vargas, de 45 años, había llegado en bicicleta y había sido captado por las cámaras de vigilancia.

Vargas, también conocido como “Atomiko” en las redes sociales, es un reconocido artista de grafiti del sur de Florida.

Los agentes indicaron que entraron en el Seaquarium y, alrededor de las 11:55 de la mañana, encontraron a Vargas dentro del Golden Dome pintando con spray la cabina del locutor, tras lo cual lo detuvieron.

Según su informe de detención, Vargas admitió haber “entrado al Seaquarium y haberlo vandalizado una vez dentro del recinto”.

Los agentes indicaron que fue detenido y trasladado al Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight.

Los registros penitenciarios muestran que Vargas se enfrenta a un cargo por allanamiento de un recinto desocupado y a otro por daños criminales.

Hasta el martes por la mañana, permanecía en el TGK, donde su fianza figuraba como “pendiente de fijar”.

Los dermatólogos dicen que hay evidencia clara de que la radiación ultravioleta del sol puede causar cáncer, mientras que las preguntas sobre los posibles efectos de ciertos ingredientes químicos de los protectores solares en las hormonas humanas aún están siendo estudiadas.

En el sur de Florida, donde evitar el sol puede ser particularmente difícil, la dermatóloga certificada por la junta Dr. Newsha Lajevardi dijo que las personas pueden acumular daño solar incluso cuando no pasan el día en la playa o la piscina.

“Muchas veces las personas piensan que si no están necesariamente en la piscina o en la playa, no están sufriendo daños por el sol, pero ese no es el caso”, dijo Lajevardi.

Actividades cotidianas como pasear al perro, conducir, hacer mandados o simplemente revisar el correo pueden exponer la piel al sol.

¿Cuánto SPF necesita?

El protector solar debe considerarse una capa de protección, dijo Lajevardi, junto con sombreros, gafas de sol, ropa protectora y buscar sombra.

SPF significa factor de protección solar. El SPF 30 bloquea aproximadamente el 97% de la radiación ultravioleta B, o UVB, mientras que el SPF 50 bloquea aproximadamente el 98%.

Pero Lajevardi dijo que elegir entre esos números no es necesariamente lo más importante.

Lo que importa es “cuánto se ponen y con qué frecuencia se lo ponen”, dijo.

Durante un día en la playa o la piscina, el protector solar debe volver a aplicarse cada dos horas y con mayor frecuencia después de nadar o sudar.

¿Qué pasa con las preocupaciones sobre los protectores solares químicos?

Algunos estudios han planteado preguntas sobre ciertos ingredientes químicos de los protectores solares, incluidos la oxibenzona y el octinoxato.

Investigaciones realizadas con células y animales han sugerido que esos químicos pueden afectar el estrógeno y otras vías hormonales. Sin embargo, los investigadores no han establecido que el uso de protector solar cause esos efectos u otros daños en los seres humanos.

“No existe un vínculo directo entre aplicarse protector solar y que este cause cáncer, mientras que la radiación UV del sol está absolutamente vinculada de manera directa con causar cáncer”, dijo Lajevardi.

Los posibles efectos de algunos ingredientes de los protectores solares en las hormonas humanas siguen bajo investigación.

La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de Estados Unidos ha solicitado datos adicionales de seguridad para varios ingredientes químicos de los protectores solares, pero los dermatólogos dicen que solicitar más investigaciones no significa que se haya demostrado que esos productos sean inseguros.

Las personas que siguen preocupadas por los ingredientes químicos pueden optar por un protector solar mineral.

“Si alguien está preocupado incluso por eso, simplemente puede recurrir a los protectores solares minerales, que son perfectamente seguros y no se conocen como disruptores endocrinos”, dijo Lajevardi.

Tanto los protectores solares químicos como los minerales pueden brindar protección cuando se utilizan correctamente.

“El protector solar que realmente usen será el mejor”, dijo.

El protector solar no es la única forma de protegerse

Lajevardi también recomienda realizar autoexámenes mensuales de la piel y hacerse un examen completo de la piel con un dermatólogo al menos una vez al año.

Las personas deben prestar atención a las manchas que cambien de forma, tamaño o color o que parezcan notablemente diferentes de otras marcas en su piel.

“Si hay algo que cambia de forma, tamaño o color, o se ve diferente a todo lo demás, lo que llamo la señal del patito feo, absolutamente deben venir a revisarlo”, dijo Lajevardi.

El cáncer de piel no siempre tiene una apariencia evidente. Las señales de advertencia pueden incluir un bulto rosado, una mancha que sangra o algo parecido a un granito que no desaparece.

Ciertos medicamentos, incluidos algunos antibióticos y medicamentos utilizados para la presión arterial y afecciones cardíacas, también pueden aumentar la sensibilidad a la luz solar. Los pacientes que no estén seguros de si su medicamento conlleva ese riesgo deben consultar con su médico o farmacéutico.

Ya sea que alguien prefiera una fórmula química o mineral, la conclusión de los expertos en salud es proteger la piel de la exposición a los rayos UV, y que alguna forma de protección solar es mejor que ninguna.

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Amy Arline Baker, 43, was arrested following the incident, which authorities say happened around 8:15 p.m. Saturday on northbound I-95 near Hillsboro Boulevard in Deerfield Beach.

According to an arrest report, troopers were dispatched after 911 dispatchers in Lake Worth reported a domestic incident in Broward County. Troopers were told Baker and her husband had gone to West Boca Medical Center in Boca Raton after the incident.

Baker initially called 911 and reported that her husband had struck her, the report states.

When troopers spoke with her husband, they said he was wearing a white bandage around his head and had streaks of what appeared to be blood extending down the right side of his neck and onto his shirt and shorts.

The man told troopers he and his wife were coming home from a boat party in the Fort Lauderdale Port Marina area when, while heading northbound on I-95 approaching Hillsboro Boulevard, he and Baker began arguing about “past problems within their relationship,” according to the report.

The report states Baker called her husband derogatory names, including a “f--got.”

The husband then told Baker, “Who is the one with the felony?” before claiming Baker slapped him while he was driving, according to the report.

About two minutes after the first strike, Baker grabbed his face with both hands and “intentionally bit into the right side of his ear, tearing off a portion of his ear,” the report states.

The husband told troopers he never touched Baker during the altercation.

His children, 1 and 7, were also in the vehicle at the time, according to the report.

After biting off the portion of his ear, Baker laughed and did not “initially appear to take the severity of his injury seriously,” the report states.

Friends of the victim picked up his kids and transported them to a home for their safety, according to the report.

Jail records show Baker is facing one count each of aggravated battery causing bodily harm or disability and two counts of child neglect without great bodily harm.

She was no longer listed in the Broward County jail’s online database as of Tuesday afternoon.

Amy Arline Baker, de 43 años, fue arrestada durante el fin de semana después de que agentes de la Patrulla de Carreteras de Florida dijeron que mordió y arrancó parte de la oreja de su esposo mientras él conducía con sus dos hijos en el vehículo por la Interestatal 95 en el condado Broward.

Baker fue arrestada tras el incidente, que según las autoridades ocurrió alrededor de las 8:15 p.m. del sábado en la I-95 en dirección norte, cerca de Hillsboro Boulevard en Deerfield Beach.

Según un informe de arresto, los agentes fueron enviados al lugar después de que operadores del 911 en Lake Worth reportaran un incidente doméstico en el condado Broward. A los agentes les informaron que Baker y su esposo habían acudido al West Boca Medical Center en Boca Raton después del incidente.

Baker inicialmente llamó al 911 y reportó que su esposo la había golpeado, señala el informe.

Cuando los agentes hablaron con su esposo, dijeron que llevaba un vendaje blanco alrededor de la cabeza y tenía manchas de lo que parecía ser sangre que bajaban por el lado derecho de su cuello y llegaban hasta su camisa y pantalones cortos.

El hombre dijo a los agentes que él y su esposa regresaban de una fiesta en un bote en el área de Fort Lauderdale Port Marina cuando, mientras se dirigían hacia el norte por la I-95 y se acercaban a Hillsboro Boulevard, él y Baker comenzaron a discutir sobre “problemas pasados dentro de su relación”, según el informe.

El informe señala que Baker llamó a su esposo con términos despectivos, incluyendo “f--got”.

Luego, el esposo le dijo a Baker: “¿Quién es el que tiene el delito grave?”, antes de afirmar que Baker le dio una bofetada mientras conducía, según el informe.

Aproximadamente dos minutos después del primer golpe, Baker agarró su rostro con ambas manos y “deliberadamente mordió el lado derecho de su oreja, arrancándole una parte de la oreja”, señala el informe.

El esposo dijo a los agentes que nunca tocó a Baker durante el altercado.

Sus hijos, de 1 y 7 años, también estaban en el vehículo en ese momento, según el informe.

Después de arrancarle la parte de la oreja, Baker se rio y no “parecía inicialmente tomar en serio la gravedad de su lesión”, señala el informe.

Los amigos de la víctima recogieron a sus hijos y los trasladaron a una casa para ponerlos a salvo, según el informe.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Baker enfrenta un cargo de agresión agravada que causó daño corporal o discapacidad y dos cargos de negligencia infantil sin causar daño corporal grave.

Para la tarde del martes, Baker ya no aparecía en la base de datos en línea de la cárcel del condado Broward.

Como anfitriona, la mujer dijo que permitió que Samuel De Leon-Chan durmiera en un sofá de la sala de estar, en el primer piso de su casa, después de que terminara la fiesta, según una orden de arresto de Miami-Dade.

“Estaba muy intoxicada cuando se fue a dormir”, escribió un agente de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, según una declaración de respaldo a la orden del 10 de agosto.

La mujer reportó que cuando fue a revisar las fotos de su fiesta, encontró los videos y fotos de la agresión sexual ocurrida el 21 de junio en su iPhone 16 Pro, según la orden.

La mujer reportó que probablemente De Leon-Chan “usó por error su teléfono celular porque ambos tenían iPhones negros idénticos”, según la orden.

La víctima reportó que De Leon-Chan “le había dicho a una de sus amigas que tenía la intención de viajar a México para evitar ser procesado”, escribió un agente, según la orden.

Agentes de la MDSO arrestaron a De Leon-Chan, quien nació en Miami-Dade, en su casa a las 11:30 p.m. del lunes en Homestead, según el informe de arresto.

El Departamento Correccional de Miami-Dade registró a De-Leon Chan a las 2:15 a.m. del martes en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight, según los registros de reclusos.

De-Leon Chan enfrenta cargos por cometer agresión sexual contra una víctima físicamente indefensa, un delito grave de primer grado; y voyeurismo mediante video o medios digitales por una persona de 19 años o más, un delito grave de tercer grado.

“I love the game of football a lot … it brings me joy,” the 39-year-old Baltimore Ravens defensive lineman said Tuesday in his first public remarks since his mother's death. “It was a little harder training, but as far as football goes, I love this game a lot. And this is a very fun place for me to be. So playing football has been great for me.”

The Ravens signed the six-time Pro Bowler in April to a one-year deal for his 19th NFL season.

In late June, police found his 71-year-old mother dead at her home in Atlanta during a welfare check. Her 41-year-old son Ciarre Campbell was charged with murder after he was found with a knife, according to arrest warrants. The family told police that Ciarre struggles with mental illness.

The Ravens permitted Calais Campbell to miss the first few full-team practices of training camp. He participated in his first team session on Aug. 3, five days after the Ravens opened full-team camp.

“These last couple months have been pretty tough for me and my family, but we’re working through it,” Campbell said. “And I really appreciate all the love and support and the prayers that have been coming from all over, really, from all the NFL community. … Continue praying for us because we need it.”

Campbell, who will turn 40 on Sept. 1, previously played in Baltimore from 2020-2022, making his sixth and final Pro Bowl during his first season with the Ravens.

He returns to an organization with a different look, including first-year head coach Jesse Minter and a mostly new coaching staff.

“(He) brings great versatility along the D-line, is an unbelievable leader and mentor in that room and in the defensive room and with the team,” Minter said of Campbell, who has 117 career sacks in 278 NFL games, including 259 starts. “The timing of it obviously was really tough for him and his family. We allowed the first week or two of camp for him to really kind of work himself to get ready, as it affected his summer preparation, obviously. … I’m really happy that we have him.”

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El descubrimiento “aporta nuevas evidencias para comprender las prácticas rituales de la cultura Lima y nos permite reconstruir ceremonias realizadas en Pucllana hace más de 1.300 años”, dijo a la prensa la arqueóloga Gladys Paz, responsable de la excavación e integrante del proyecto arqueológico Museo de Sitio Pucllana.

No es la primera vez que ocurren descubrimientos de este tipo en la capital de Perú, fundada por los españoles en 1535 pero que estaba poblada por los Incas y culturas previas desde 4.000 años antes, según expertos. La cultura Lima, previa a los Incas, se desarrolló en la costa central de Perú entre los años 100 y 700 después de Cristo y Pucllana fue uno de sus importantes centros ceremoniales y administrativos.

El cuerpo está echado a lo largo de un canal subterráneo, ubicado de norte a sur y apoyado sobre su lado izquierdo. Su cráneo está inclinado hacia el oeste, en dirección al mar y a una pirámide de barro existente en el complejo ceremonial. Esta disposición evidencia una colocación intencional vinculada con un ritual, según Paz.

La arqueóloga indicó que en los próximos días se retirarán los restos óseos del lugar.

Pucllana es uno de los más de 400 lugares sagrados para las culturas prehispánicas que están distribuidos por Lima y forman parte del paisaje cotidiano de la ciudad, según datos oficiales. Estos sitios están junto a restaurantes, hospitales, ministerios, plazas, carreteras, campos deportivos y también zonas deshabitadas.

Pieter Van Dalen, profesor arqueología de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, dijo a The Asociated Press que es frecuente encontrar en la costa peruana elementos funerarios de diversos tipos, entre ellos tumbas, entierros e individuos momificados. Van Dalen no está involucrado en el descubrimiento presentado el martes.

Los descubrimientos de restos óseos y cerámicas ocurren a menudo cuando los trabajadores de la construcción excavan zanjas para expandir la red de gas natural de la ciudad.

En el condado Miami-Dade, 12.5% de los votantes registrados había participado mediante votación anticipada y boletas por correo devueltas, según la supervisora de Elecciones Alina Garcia.

El condado tiene más de 1.6 millones de votantes registrados. Garcia dijo que más de 80,000 votantes adicionales tendrían que participar para que la participación vuelva a estar en línea con las elecciones primarias de medio término anteriores.

Los trabajadores electorales en Miami-Dade han estado procesando las boletas de votación anticipada y por correo en el almacén electoral. Garcia dijo que las boletas se cuentan utilizando dos sistemas separados como una verificación para asegurarse de que los números coincidan.

“Muchas personas no saben esto, pero tenemos dos sistemas diferentes que cuentan nuestros votos”, dijo. “Votar es su deber cívico y es la manera en que mantenemos saludable nuestra democracia”.

En el condado Broward, la participación después de la votación anticipada estaba por debajo del 10%, según el supervisor de Elecciones Joe Scott, quien calificó la participación como “muy lenta, sorprendentemente lenta”.

Scott dijo que la baja participación era inesperada dada la cantidad de contiendas de alto perfil en la boleta.

Florida tiene elecciones primarias cerradas, lo que significa que los votantes generalmente solo pueden votar por candidatos de su propio partido político. Pero los votantes también pueden participar en contiendas no partidistas, incluidas las elecciones para la junta escolar.

Los funcionarios electorales están alentando a los votantes a revisar sus boletas de muestra antes de dirigirse a las urnas. Algunos distritos han sido redibujados, aunque Scott dijo que esos cambios no deberían afectar los lugares de votación asignados a los votantes.

“Su lugar de votación el día de las elecciones va a ser exactamente el mismo”, dijo.

Aunque la participación ha sido baja, los trabajadores electorales en ambos condados se han estado preparando para contar las boletas.

Scott dijo que el equipo electoral ha estado funcionando sin problemas importantes.

“El equipo está funcionando muy bien; no hemos recibido quejas esta vez”, dijo.

Para algunos votantes, la elección también es algo personal.

Adela Barralaga dijo que su madre fue una vez inmigrante y luego se convirtió en ciudadana estadounidense, lo que hace que votar sea una responsabilidad importante para su familia.

“Por ejemplo, mi mamá era inmigrante, luego se convirtió en ciudadana, así que siento que hay tantas personas que en algún momento fueron como ella que no pueden votar en este momento”, dijo Barralaga. “Es importante que ella vote y para mí también”.

Los votantes que recibieron boletas por correo todavía pueden entregarlas en su lugar de votación hasta las 7 p.m. del martes.

Las urnas están abiertas de 7 a.m. a 7 p.m., mientras los funcionarios electorales esperan que el día de las elecciones genere un aumento en la participación en todo el sur de Florida.

Más de 1,077 cargos, que van desde puestos nacionales, estatales, del condado o de distrito, están en juego durante las elecciones primarias. Haga clic aquí para obtener más información.

Agentes de la Policía de Homestead respondieron al área de Southwest Sixth Avenue y Seventh Street debido a una alerta de ShotSpotter.

Dijeron que agentes de la Policía de Homestead respondieron al área de Southwest Sixth Avenue y Seventh Street debido a una alerta de ShotSpotter.

Al llegar, los agentes localizaron a un hombre, identificado como Gregory Hillman, quien presentaba múltiples heridas de bala. Equipos de Rescate de Bomberos de Miami-Dade llegaron a la escena y lo declararon muerto.

Un equipo de Local 10 News estaba en la escena mientras la Policía investigaba. El área fue acordonada y una lona amarilla cubría el cuerpo de la víctima.

La balacera fue reportada cerca de varios negocios, incluyendo una tienda de alimentos y una tienda de artículos de belleza.

Una de las amigas de Hillman, una mujer llamada Audrey, dijo que escuchó los disparos desde el segundo piso del edificio.

Audrey dijo a Local 10 que conocía a Hillman por el apodo de “Shortman” y lo describió como alguien que siempre estaba dispuesto a ayudar a los demás.

“Él limpia por aquí y hace cualquier cosa por cualquiera”, dijo Audrey. Describió la balacera como “sin sentido”.

Mahadi Hasan, quien trabajaba en una tienda de conveniencia cercana, también dijo que escuchó los disparos. Le dijo a Local 10 News, a través de un traductor, que estaba asustado.

Un video de la escena mostró a agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade y a la Policía de Homestead investigando mientras la intersección permanecía acordonada durante la noche y hasta las horas del día.

Audrey dijo que Hillman era alguien con quien siempre podía contar y que quiere que se haga justicia por su amigo.

“No sé qué es lo peor. No sé qué pasó. (Yo) solo veo a alguien que conoces muerto. (Es) simplemente triste”, dijo Audrey. “Buen hombre, buen hombre”.

Cuando le preguntaron quién le dispararía a Hillman y por qué, Audrey dijo: “No sé. No puedo entenderlo”.

No se dieron a conocer de inmediato más detalles sobre un posible sospechoso o las circunstancias que rodearon la balacera.

Las autoridades dijeron que la Oficina de Homicidios de la MDSO se hizo cargo de la investigación.

Cualquier persona que tenga información sobre la balacera se insta a llamar a Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers al 305-471-8477.

As the host, the woman said she allowed Samuel De Leon-Chan to sleep on a couch in the living room on the first floor of her home after the party ended, according to a Miami-Dade arrest warrant.

“She was heavily intoxicated when she went to sleep,” a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputy wrote, according to a statement in support of the Aug. 10 warrant.

The woman reported that when she went to review the photos of her party, she found the videos and photos of the sexual battery on June 21 in her iPhone 16 Pro, according to the warrant.

The woman reported that it was likely De Leon-Chan “mistakenly used her cellular phone because they both owned identical” black iPhones, according to the warrant.

The victim reported De Leon-Chan “had told one of her friends he intended to travel to Mexico to avoid prosecution,” a deputy wrote, according to the warrant.

MDSO deputies arrested De Leon-Chan, who was born in Miami-Dade, at his home at 11:30 p.m. on Monday in Homestead, according to the arrest report.

Miami-Dade corrections booked De-Leon Chan at 2:15 a.m. on Tuesday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to inmate records.

De-Leon Chan faced charges of committing sexual battery on a victim who is physically helpless, a first-degree felony; and video or digital voyeurism by a person who is 19 years of age or older, a third-degree felony.

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Deputies said they responded to the Northside Shopping Center, located at 7900 NW 27th Ave., just before 7 a.m. on May 25 and discovered the body of Jean Paul Larice, 36, in the backseat of his blue 2026 Kia K4.

According to an arrest report from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, Larice’s body was concealed below two yoga mats and was “in an advanced stage of decomposition.”

The report states that investigators determined that two days prior, Darrell Anderson, 39, of Miami, had gotten into Larice’s vehicle, which was being driven by “unknown” man, with Larice “unconscious and slumped over in the back seat.”

Deputies said that Anderson told investigators that he, along with the other man, had “visited several liquor stores with the victim in the car.”

“At some point, during the early morning hours of (May 24), (Anderson) realized the victim was deceased,” the report states. “The unknown male eventually exited the vehicle and left (Anderson) in custody of the car. (He) advised that he had possession of the vehicle for approximately one and a half days with the victim deceased in the backseat and was trying to decide what to do with the vehicle and the body.”

In the meantime, deputies said Anderson sold Larice’s cellphone at an automated kiosk at the Walmart at 3200 NW 79th St., near the shopping center, where he falsely signed a legal declaration claiming the phone was a “gift” from a friend in Homestead named “Raymond.”

Deputies said surveillance video from May 25 showed Anderson getting out of the vehicle after leaving it at the shopping center and leaving it without notifying authorities.

According to the report, deputies found Anderson on Monday where he “confessed” to the crime.

Anderson is now facing charges of failing to report a death with intent to conceal, grand theft auto, dealing in stolen property and false verification of ownership to a pawnbroker, according to jail records.

As of Tuesday afternoon, he was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $10,000 bond.

The lawsuit, originally filed in October 2022, alleged that the two men were racially profiled and illegally stopped by Clayton County police at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The settlement agreement, announced Tuesday by the pair's lawyers, does not include an admission of fault or liability but says the county has ended the program at issue and has no intention of reactivating it.

Both men said officers at the airport singled them out because they were Black and grilled them about drugs while other passengers watched during separate stops about six months apart. In an interview when the lawsuit was filed, André called the experience “dehumanizing and demoralizing.”

The stated purpose of the program was to fight drug trafficking, but the lawsuit said drugs are rarely found, criminal charges seldom result, and seized cash provides a financial windfall for the police department.

“It’s a major victory that Clayton County has confirmed that it has ended this program and is now taking steps to prevent this type of abuse from happening in the future,” André said in a press release.

“What happened to me was wrong, and I wasn’t willing to let it happen to other people,” English said in the release.

“As reflected in the settlement agreement between the parties, there has been no admission of any fact or liability whatsoever relating to the incident involving the plaintiffs,” county spokesperson Valerie Fuller said in an email. “However, all have agreed that it is in everyone’s interests to resolve this matter to end litigation and move forward.”

The county Board of Commissioners authorized a payment of $30,000, with half going to each comedian, as part of the settlement, according to minutes from the board's Aug. 4 meeting.

The county also agreed to require police officers assigned to the airport to use body-worn cameras and to undergo training on constitutional limits regarding police encounters at airports, the settlement says.

Police records cited in the lawsuit showed that from Aug. 30, 2020, to April 30, 2021, there were 402 jet bridge stops, and the passenger’s race was listed for 378 of those stops. Of those 378 passengers, 211, or 56%, were Black, and people of color accounted for 258 total stops, or 68%, the lawsuit said.

Those 402 stops resulted in three reported drug seizures: about 10 grams of drugs from one passenger, 26 grams of “suspected THC gummies” from another, and six prescription pills without a prescription from a third, the lawsuit said. Only the first and third person were charged.

Those 402 stops also yielded more than $1 million in cash and money orders from a total of 25 passengers. All but one were allowed to continue their travels, and only two — the ones who also had drugs — were charged, the lawsuit said. Eight of the 25 challenged the seizures, and Clayton County police settled each case, returning much of the seized money, the lawsuit said.

Los agentes dijeron que respondieron al Northside Shopping Center, ubicado en 7900 NW 27th Ave., poco antes de las 7 a.m. del 25 de mayo y descubrieron el cuerpo de Jean Paul Larice, de 36 años, en el asiento trasero de su Kia K4 azul de 2026.

Según un informe de arresto de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, el cuerpo de Larice estaba oculto debajo de dos tapetes de yoga y se encontraba “en un avanzado estado de descomposición”.

El informe señala que los investigadores determinaron que dos días antes, Darrell Anderson, de 39 años y residente de Miami, había entrado al vehículo de Larice, que era conducido por un hombre “desconocido”, con Larice “inconsciente y desplomado en el asiento trasero”.

Los agentes dijeron que Anderson les contó a los investigadores que él, junto con el otro hombre, había “visitado varias licorerías con la víctima en el vehículo”.

“En algún momento, durante las primeras horas de la mañana del (24 de mayo), (Anderson) se dio cuenta de que la víctima había muerto”, señala el informe. “El hombre desconocido finalmente salió del vehículo y dejó a (Anderson) a cargo del automóvil. (Él) indicó que tuvo posesión del vehículo durante aproximadamente un día y medio con la víctima fallecida en el asiento trasero y estaba tratando de decidir qué hacer con el vehículo y el cuerpo”.

Mientras tanto, los agentes dijeron que Anderson vendió el teléfono celular de Larice en un quiosco automatizado de Walmart ubicado en 3200 NW 79th St., cerca del centro comercial, donde firmó falsamente una declaración legal afirmando que el teléfono era un “regalo” de un amigo de Homestead llamado “Raymond”.

Los agentes dijeron que las imágenes de vigilancia del 25 de mayo mostraron a Anderson saliendo del vehículo después de dejarlo en el centro comercial y abandonándolo sin notificar a las autoridades.

Según el informe, los agentes encontraron a Anderson el lunes, donde “confesó” el delito.

Anderson ahora enfrenta cargos por no reportar una muerte con la intención de ocultarla, robo mayor de vehículo, comercialización de propiedad robada y verificación falsa de propiedad ante un prestamista, según los registros de la cárcel.

Hasta la tarde del martes, permanecía detenido en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight con una fianza de $10,000 USD.

League Commissioner Cathy Engelbert made the announcement Tuesday that the WNBA showcase game will be held July 31, 2027, at Chase Center after a weekend of All-Star activities around the San Francisco region.

“We are thrilled to bring AT&T WNBA All-Star to the San Francisco Bay Area for the first time,” Engelbert said in a statement. “The Golden State Valkyries have brought incredible energy and excitement to the WNBA from the moment they were announced as an expansion team in 2023, and the response from fans across the Bay Area has been remarkable. Valkyries fans have embraced this team with an extraordinary level of passion and enthusiasm, and we can’t wait to see that energy on full display for an unforgettable All-Star weekend next summer.”

At the All-Star Game in Chicago last month players' union president Nneka Ogwumike, who played in college at Stanford, said that many players felt that Golden State would be a great host for next year's mid-summer exhibition game.

Hosting world-class events was always in the plans since long before Chase Center opened in 2019. The Valkyries have sold out all of their home games since the franchise's inception last year — and the team became the first expansion organization to make the playoffs in its inaugural year. Golden State lost to the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx. The Valkyries clinched a playoff berth for this year on Monday night with a win over Dallas.

The NBA All-Star Game was played at Chase Center last year.

“Hosting AT&T WNBA All-Star in only our third season is an incredible honor and a reflection of everything this fanbase, this region, and this organization have built together,” Valkyries President Jess Smith said. “From day one, the Bay Area has shown up for this team in a way that’s redefined what’s possible in women’s basketball, and we can’t wait to put that same energy on display for the entire league next summer.”

Last week, Major League Baseball announced the 2028 All-Star Game would return to nearby Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants.

The Super Bowl was played in February at Levi's Stadium, which then hosted the World Cup this summer.

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The backlash to the massive server warehouses is enveloping races for governor in some of the nation's biggest states and presidential battlegrounds.

On Tuesday, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, said his administration would no longer put data center projects at the head of the line when it comes to issuing construction permits or grant them a lucrative tax exemption if they don't meet certain standards.

Those include plans to pay the full cost of their electricity, limit water use and mount a local outreach campaign in the community.

Shapiro, considered a potential contender for the White House in 2028, is facing increasing pressure from his GOP opponent, Stacy Garrity, as communities across the state revolt against proposed data centers.

In a statement, Shapiro said Pennsylvania is seeing an “unacceptable number of speculative proposals for data centers swamp our commonwealth — many of them led by developers who have no regard for local communities.”

Meanwhile, in Texas, Democratic challenger Gina Hinojosa released a TV ad in rural markets Tuesday accusing Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of “selling you out” to data center executives and companies.

The ad airs as Hinojosa, a state lawmaker, has aggressively looked to exploit an undercurrent of discontent in rural, Republican strongholds over data centers' perceived threat to rural life, ranchland and dwindling water supplies.

Stances are changing as challengers capitalize on growing discontent

At one time, both Shapiro and Abbott had been cheerleaders for data centers and actively sought to recruit them.

But in recent weeks, Abbott ordered regulators to take steps to ensure Texans were not paying higher electricity bills because of data centers, even telling them to hold up data center projects until they compete their work.

He also promised to push a legislative agenda next year to impose regulations on data centers, including taking away the state’s billion-dollar-plus-per-year tax break.

For much of the past year, a growing number of data center projects have met rejection in local zoning or permitting board votes across the U.S., as angry residents pack once-sleepy municipal meetings.

Losing open space, farmland, forest or rural character is a big concern. So is the damage to quality of life, property values or health by on-site diesel generators kicking on or the constant hum of servers. Others worry that wells and aquifers could run dry or electricity bills will skyrocket.

Small, under-the-radar data centers have been around for decades. But the explosion of artificial intelligence chatbots has given rise to data centers that are larger than anything just about any town has ever seen. Some of them dwarf football stadiums and factories and use more energy than small cities.

Some officials want centers to pay for their own electricity and limit water use

They are also chafing at the rising tab for the sales tax exemption most states offer data centers.

In Arizona, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, who is seeking reelection, got lawmakers to agree to slap a three-year moratorium on the state's sales tax exemption for data centers. Hobbs, who had voted to create the tax credits when she was a legislator, called it a “corporate handout.”

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat seeking reelection, ordered a one-year ban on large data centers to give the state time to impose protections for the environment and its energy grid.

Shapiro isn't the only potential 2028 White House hopeful to step up his criticism data centers. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a Democrat running for a third term, halted new sales tax exemptions for data centers there until lawmakers impose tougher standards on their operations.

In Ohio, the Democratic and Republican nominees for governor — Dr. Amy Acton and Vivek Ramaswamy — in recent days each unveiled dueling data center policies that called for developers to meet tougher standards before being built.

Data center opposition isn't necessarily a golden ticket

In Wisconsin, the Democratic nominee for governor, David Crowley, narrowly defeated a challenger who made her call for a one-year moratorium on data center construction a centerpiece of her campaign.

Crowley has taken a more nuanced approach, saying local communities must have veto authority, while also saying data centers are a part of the modern economy and could bring significant economic benefits to the state.

His Republican opponent, U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, has attacked Crowley on the issue, including a TV ad released this week where he calls him “Data Center David Crowley.”

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Detectives said the shooting occurred at about 12:15 a.m. near the intersection of Southwest Sixth Street and 328th Avenue.

They said Homestead police officers responded to the area of Southwest Sixth Avenue and Seventh Street regarding a ShotSpotter alert.

Upon arrival, officers located a man, who they identified as Gregory Hillman, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews arrived at the scene and pronounced him dead.

A Local 10 News crew was at the scene as police investigated. The area was taped off, and a yellow tarp covered the body of the victim.

The shooting was reported near several businesses, including a food mart and a beauty supply store.

One of Hillman’s friends, a woman named Audrey, said she heard the gunshots from the second floor of the building.

Audrey told Local 10 that she knew Hillman by the nickname “Shortman” and described him as someone who was always willing to help others.

“He clean(s) up around here, and do anything for anybody,” Audrey said. She described the shooting as “senseless.”

Mahadi Hasan, who was working at a nearby convenience store, also said he heard the gunshots. He told Local 10 News through a translator that he was scared.

Video from the scene showed deputies with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office and Homestead police investigating as the intersection remained taped off through the night and into the daylight hours.

Audrey said Hillman was someone she could always count on and that she wants to see justice for her friend.

“I don’t know the worst part. I don’t know what happened. (I) Just see somebody you know dead. (It’s) just sad,” Audrey said. “Good guy, good guy.”

When asked who would shoot Hillman and why, Audrey said, “I don’t know. I can’t figure it out.”

No other details about a possible suspect or the circumstances surrounding the shooting were immediately released.

Authorities said that MDSO’s Homicide Bureau has taken over the investigation.

Anyone with information on the shooting is urged to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

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The driver was identified in an arrest report as 35-year-old Joel Espinosa.

According to the report, a trooper spotted Espinosa in a black Chevrolet Impala using the right shoulder to get around heavy traffic on Interstate 95 near Ives Dairy Road.

The report states that the trooper got behind the Impala and turned on his emergency lights and siren, but Espinosa took off.

FHP officials said Espinosa weaved in and out of the express lanes, hit several lane markers and continued driving on the shoulder because of the heavy traffic.

They said he then cut in front of a pickup truck and crashed into it. Instead of stopping, he kept going south on I-95, reaching speeds of more than 90 mph, according to the report.

The report states that Espinosa then tried to make a U-turn from southbound I-95 onto the northbound entrance ramp from U.S. 441. A white vehicle hit the Impala during the maneuver.

But troopers said Espinosa kept going and then drove the wrong way on the southbound entrance ramp before crashing head-on into another vehicle.

They said he then got out of the Impala and ran east, leading the trooper on a foot chase.

According to the report, Espinosa fell down an embankment but continued running along the U.S. 441 entrance ramp.

The report states that as the trooper caught up to him, he saw Espinosa reach toward his front waistband.

Authorities said the trooper ordered him to show his hands and get on the ground, but he didn’t comply.

They said the trooper then used a Taser, striking Espinosa in the abdomen and rib cage area.

Authorities said Espinosa was taken to a hospital, where he refused medical treatment, before being transported to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center for booking.

Jail records show he is facing one count each of fleeing or eluding while causing aggravated injury or death and driving with a suspended license, as well as two counts of leaving the scene of a crash with no serious injury.

As of Tuesday, he remained at TGK, where his bond was listed as “to be set.”

El conductor fue identificado en un informe de arresto como Joel Espinosa, de 35 años.

Según el informe, un agente vio a Espinosa en un Chevrolet Impala negro utilizando el arcén derecho para esquivar el tráfico pesado en la Interestatal 95 cerca de Ives Dairy Road.

El informe señala que el agente se colocó detrás del Impala y encendió las luces de emergencia y la sirena, pero Espinosa aceleró.

Funcionarios de la FHP dijeron que Espinosa entró y salió de los carriles exprés, golpeó varios marcadores de carril y continuó conduciendo por el arcén debido al tráfico pesado.

Dijeron que luego se atravesó frente a una camioneta y chocó contra ella. En lugar de detenerse, continuó hacia el sur por la I-95, alcanzando velocidades de más de 90 mph, según el informe.

El informe señala que Espinosa luego intentó hacer un giro en U desde la I-95 en dirección sur hacia la rampa de acceso en dirección norte desde U.S. 441. Un vehículo blanco golpeó al Impala durante la maniobra.

Pero los agentes dijeron que Espinosa continuó y luego condujo en dirección contraria por la rampa de acceso en dirección sur antes de chocar de frente contra otro vehículo.

Dijeron que luego salió del Impala y corrió hacia el este, lo que provocó que el agente lo persiguiera a pie.

Según el informe, Espinosa cayó por un terraplén, pero continuó corriendo por la rampa de acceso de U.S. 441.

El informe señala que cuando el agente se acercó a él, vio a Espinosa llevar la mano hacia la parte delantera de su cintura.

Las autoridades dijeron que el agente le ordenó que mostrara las manos y se tirara al suelo, pero no obedeció.

Dijeron que el agente entonces utilizó una pistola Taser, que alcanzó a Espinosa en el abdomen y el área de las costillas.

Las autoridades dijeron que Espinosa fue llevado a un hospital, donde rechazó tratamiento médico, antes de ser trasladado al Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight para ser procesado.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que enfrenta un cargo de huir o evadir mientras causaba lesiones agravadas o la muerte y un cargo de conducir con una licencia suspendida, así como dos cargos de abandonar la escena de un accidente sin lesiones graves.

Hasta el martes, permanecía en TGK, donde su fianza figuraba como “por establecer”.

Others remained in the courtroom to face the grim facts of what happened to his body.

Dr. Lisa Gavin, a forensic pathologist and medical examiner for Clark County, Nevada, was among the early witnesses on the second day of testimony. Jurors were shown a photo of a green body bag at the beginning of her questioning, followed by a grisly photo of his body. Some relatives who remained in the courtroom looked away.

Tupac's family in the Las Vegas courtroom

Shakur’s cousin Zayd Akinyela said he wanted to stay in court to learn more.

“I feel like the details, especially for people that are close to him, honestly for me helps, helps the grief process. I think we’ve been waiting 30 years to grieve properly,” Akinyela told The Associated Press outside the courtroom. “A lot of people don’t get to grieve until they understand what happened to their loved one and how it happened." He added, “That’s why I wanted to stay and just see for my own personal closure.”

He said he hadn’t known how many times his cousin was shot and can’t help but think of the ways the night could have played out differently.

Seeing the photos of Shakur’s body made him feel “Very angry, very angry, to say the least, very sad,” Akinyela said.

What the forensic pathologist said about the gunshots

Gavin described three bullets, one of which traveled through Shakur's chest, including through a lung. That caused his lung to collapse and bleed, and doctors ultimately removed the damaged lung in an effort to save his life, she said.

Additional bullets damaged his intestines and other parts of his body, she said.

Jurors looked intently at the photos of Shakur’s body, which was bloated and had multiple chest wounds. The nearly full courtroom was quiet. One photo showed his tattoos and the chest tubes that were still in his body from the six days he spent in the hospital before dying.

The images were not shown in the video feed from the trial.

Gavin was not at Shakur’s autopsy but was called as an expert witness because the examiner from 30 years ago has since died.

As Gavin explained the photos, Davis sat still, looking at the screen in front of him. He occasionally whispered in his attorney’s ear.

Family members who had stepped out returned for the testimony of subsequent witnesses.

Surveillance video of a clash before the drive-by shooting

Prosecutors allege Shakur was killed to avenge Shakur’s entourage attacking Davis’ nephew Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson a few hours earlier at the MGM Grand after a Mike Tyson fight.

On Tuesday, jurors were shown the casino's surveillance video of the clash. The camera, which panned back and forth in the MGM Grand, showed a group of people beating and kicking someone on the ground.

The video showed Shakur and his entourage moving quickly through the crowded building in the minutes after. At times, the other men had to jog to keep up with the rapper.

The surveillance footage then showed security and police arriving at the scene and talking to Anderson, who was wearing a number 13 Dan Marino Miami Dolphins jersey.

A few hours later, Shakur, riding in a black BMW with hip-hop mogul Marion “Suge” Knight, was gunned down by shots fired from a white Cadillac that had Davis, Anderson and two other men inside. Davis is not charged with pulling the trigger.

Dean O’Kelley, a former Las Vegas police officer, testified to finding several cartridges on the street at the scene, and got reports that the suspect's vehicle was a white Cadillac, potentially occupied by four Black men.

He said he checked areas that he frequented while working in the police gang unit to look for it.

What happens next

Davis, 63, could get life in prison if he's convicted of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang. He has pleaded not guilty. His lawyer in the defense opening called the prosecution's narrative “fiction.”

Lawyer Michael Sanft told jurors Davis wasn't previously charged, despite implicating himself in interviews and his memoir, because law enforcement knew that he was “full of crap.”

Shakur, who used the stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, remains a cultural icon and is considered one of the most influential and versatile rappers of all time. He died as his popularity was peaking at age 25, and his legend has only grown in the years since.

Akinyela, Shakur's cousin, said, “I’m very spiritual, so just seeing the body doesn’t affect me the same way as it might some people. I do believe that his spirit is still around and still lives on through his family and through his legacy.”

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The government is appealing the May ruling by U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw that threw out charges of human smuggling against the Salvadoran national. The ruling amounted to an extraordinary rebuke of a Justice Department that under President Donald Trump has repeatedly been accused of targeting defendants for political purposes.

Crenshaw found that Abrego Garcia would never have faced criminal charges had he not successfully sued the government over his 2025 deportation. The ruling was an embarrassment for the Trump administration, which only brought him back after securing a criminal indictment against him.

Crenshaw stopped short of finding the government acted with “actual vindictiveness,” a rarely-met standard that usually requires evidence like a prosecutor admitting that charges were filed in retaliation against someone. But the judge did find there was enough evidence of “presumptive vindictiveness.” That included the timing of the indictment.

Homeland Security had been aware of the 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee that was the basis for the human smuggling charges for more than two years before Abrego Garcia was deported. The agency only reopened the case and began investigating in earnest after Abrego Garcia was ordered returned to the U.S.

Crenshaw also found that statements by U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, who was a deputy at the time, suggested the Justice Department was targeting Abrego Garcia because he won his wrongful-deportation case.

In a brief filed Monday night with the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, federal prosecutors argued that Crenshaw got it wrong. Blanche’s statements, they argue, demonstrated a legitimate motive for prosecuting him. His rationale reflected a “normal assessment of the societal interest in punishment,” not an “improper penalty,” they said. The statements “explained that the government was seeking to protect the public and confirm its prior assertions about Abrego's criminal activity," the brief states.

But even if Blanche's statements reflected an animus against Abrego Garcia, they are irrelevant because the person who actually brought the charges was then-Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee Rob McGuire, the brief states — rehashing an argument thoroughly rejected by Crenshaw that McGuire's motives were the only motives that mattered in the case.

Crenshaw's ruling noted the sustained oversight of the case by top Justice Department officials, including regular communications between McGuire and Associate Deputy Attorney General Aakash Singh, in finding that the criminal case was thoroughly tainted. Crenshaw also noted that prosecutors never called as a witness the investigator who actually reopened the case, to explain why.

Abrego Garcia, 31, is a Salvadoran citizen with an American wife and child who has lived in Maryland for years although he immigrated to the U.S. illegally as a teenager. A 2019 order by an immigration judge prohibited his deportation to El Salvador, finding he had a “well founded fear” of a gang that had targeted his family there. The judge allowed him to live and work in the U.S. under Immigration and Customs Enforcement supervision, but he was not given residency status.

Blocked from re-deporting Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, the Trump administration has vowed to deport him to a third county, threatening to send him to Uganda, Eswatini, Ghana and, most recently, Liberia. Abrego Garcia has said he would agree to be deported to Costa Rica, which has said they will accept him, but the government has so far declined to send him there.

He is fighting deportation to Liberia in a separate federal court case in Maryland.

Mia was shot the evening of July 26, and the couple's 27-year-old son, Elijah, was arrested. Eric left the Chiefs right away to help his family through the crisis, and he returned to camp last week ahead of a preseason loss to the Rams.

"First and foremost, yes, she's on a great road to recovery. Yes, she's doing great,” Bieniemy said of his wife, speaking to reporters for the first time since she was rushed to the hospital with multiple wounds. “It is one of the main reasons that I am back here, because of her recovery. She's truly a soldier. She's a saint. And it's been incredible to watch.”

Bieniemy was never far from camp, even while he was back home in Ashburn, Virginia. He was able to watch streams of practice from Missouri Western State University, and he was often conferenced into team meetings before and after the workouts.

At one point, he called Chiefs general manager Brett Veach — who he knew was seated beside coach Andy Reid — and told him to give Big Red the phone. Bieniemy proceeded to remind Reid to get on one of his players for a seemingly minor coaching point.

“I was yelling at the screen, yelling at players, yelling at coaches — ‘What the hell are we doing?!’ I'm yelling at myself, 'Why would you put that play in!?” Bieniemy said, smiling. “At the end of the day, I was making sure I was keeping up with what was going on.”

At the same time, he was driving Mia and the rest of the family crazy.

“So she was like, ‘You have my blessing to leave,’” Eric said, “so it was time to get back.”

Elijah Bieniemy has been charged with malicious wounding, the use of a firearm in commission of a felony and discharge of a firearm inside a dwelling. His court appearances remain delayed pending a mental health evaluation.

“I'd like to say thank you to the Hunt family, the entire Chiefs family for the outpouring, the love and support that my family has received through this particular situation,” Eric Bieniemy said. “And with all that said, we're back to football.”

While brash and demanding, Bieniemy is universally beloved within the Kansas City locker room. He was part of coaching staffs that helped the Chiefs reach three Super Bowls and win two, and he helped to set the foundation for the dynasty to come.

When he left a few years ago to serve as the Commanders' offensive coordinator, it was in the hopes that calling his own plays could someday lead to an NFL head coaching job. But Washington struggled in his lone season there and the coaching staff was let go, and Bieniemy ended up spending a season at UCLA and last season coaching the running backs for the Chicago Bears.

He returned to Kansas City to replace Matt Nagy, who left to become the offensive coordinator of the Giants.

“Obviously it’s great to have him back. We missed him and prayed for his family when he was out,” Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton said. “But to have a guy like that come back to the field, man, a competitor — it brings out the best in us.”

NOTES: LT Josh Simmons did not practice Tuesday because of back pain. He worked out alongside RG Trey Smith, who has been out with a hip injury. ... DE Ashton Gillotte (foot) and WR Tyquan Thornton (hamstring) left practice early. Gillotte already has missed time with a hamstring injury. ... LB Drue Tranquill (back) and CB L'Jarius Snead (knee) were back in pads for the workout.

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The National Trust for Historic Preservation filed its request less than a week after the Trump administration asked the nation's highest court to allow the White House to continue construction on its $400 million ballroom project during the appeals process.

Lawyers for the trust accused the administration of trying to “outrun judicial review” rather than obtain permission for the work from Congress, as required by federal law.

The administration “cannot identify any statute granting them ‘express authority’ to destroy a third of the White House and replace it with a massive, privately funded ballroom, because none exists,” trust attorneys wrote.

The building of the 90,000-square-foot (8,400-square-meter) ballroom has included demolishing the East Wing of the White House and is part of Trump’s plans to quickly remake Washington. The project includes the addition of an underground military facility that the administration says is necessary to protect the president.

The petition comes after a divided appeals court panel upheld an order to pause aboveground construction on the project. The ruling was suspended to let the administration appeal.

The ruling left intact an order by U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, who was nominated by Republican President George W. Bush. Leon wrote that “no statute comes close to giving the President the authority he claims to have.”

The administration argues that the president, not Congress or the courts, has unimpeded authority to renovate the White House. The current state of the project, essentially an open construction site, makes it harder to protect the White House, the Justice Department contends.

The administration also says the National Trust for Historic Preservation does not have the legal right, or standing, to sue over the ballroom.

Trust attorneys said the preliminary injunction issued by the lower court is “already narrowly tailored, and limited in scope and duration.”

“It expressly allows (the administration) to continue building their underground military facility, to protect the President, his family, and his staff, and to maintain the safety and security of the White House complex,” they wrote.

Chief Justice John Roberts had set a deadline of Tuesday for the trust to respond in writing to the administration's petition. Solicitor General D. John Sauer, who represents the administration, asked the Supreme Court to rule on its stay petition before the appeals court panel’s decision takes effect on Friday.

“This case involves an extraordinary and unlawful injunction that will halt the ongoing construction of the integrated military complex, including a totally secure ballroom space, at the East Wing of the White House, which is vitally required by national security,” Sauer wrote.

The ballroom has been under construction for 10 months. The administration says the work is roughly 65% finished.

Dry heat and minimal relief were day-to-day life, and many had to get a little creative. Some slept outdoors under damp sheets. Others adjusted schedules to avoid working outside during high daylight hours.

Then a great way to beat the heat emerged. It was dubbed the “swamp cooler.”

Basic cooling principles were used centuries ago in ancient civilizations; air was fanned by hand over water in clay pots or jars. In the early 20th century, those same principles were refined in the United States. The evaporative cooler, or swamp cooler, was the result. America’s first system using the concept of evaporative cooling was perfected by Oscar Palmer in 1908 in Arizona.

It's relatively simple: A fan pulls a stream of fresh hot air through vertical, porous pads saturated with water. It evaporates, cooling and humidifying the air and directing it indoors.

By the 1930s, the gadgets changed entire swaths of the country, cooling southwestern states like New Mexico and Nevada. Even today, in the age of air conditioning, they play a role in making desert-like states more livable.

“If it’s really dry out, in Arizona, you’re going to get a greater cooling effect,” says Eric Verpolegen, the founder of CoolVeg, a nonprofit dedicated to evaporative cooling for fruits and vegetables.

Traditional air-conditioning units didn’t become standard in the U.S. until the 1950s, and central air conditioning remains a luxury. But the swamp cooler endures.

“Where you don’t have air conditioning and where the climate allows, evaporative coolers could be a good solution and are low cost, low energy consumption,” says Ankit Kalanki, principal of cooling at RMI, a nonprofit dedicated to clean energy.

Swamp coolers and fans fall short in humid regions because the air is already saturated and can't handle more water. Experts say humidity has been worsening in some areas.

“There is a lot of innovation happening where people are trying to come up with hybrid solutions, where they are marrying evaporative cooling with something that can manage humidity separately,” Kalanki says, “and so now you have the best of both worlds.”

Evaporative coolers remain in use for Americans and many around the world who lack other cooling options.

“We’ve got this vicious circle where the hotter it gets, the more cooling we need,” Verpolegen says. “So you’re going to spend more energy, which could lead to more greenhouse gas emissions.” That's where Palmer's cooler tech and even more modern iterations come into play.

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Part of a recurring series, “American Objects,” marking the 250th anniversary of the United States. For more American objects, click here. For more stories on the anniversary, click here. Alexa St. John is an Associated Press climate reporter. Follow her on X: @alexa_stjohn. Reach her at ast.john@ap.org.

Oman has played a relatively low-profile role since the Iran war began, including as a mediator. But its geography has thrust the sultanate into the uncomfortable position of negotiating with Tehran over management of the strait while facing Trump’s threats.

Trump this week told Fox News reporter Trey Yingst that the U.S. would bomb Oman if it “gets in the way,” using an expletive for emphasis. It’s not the first such threat he’s made. Oman’s foreign ministry didn’t immediately respond to emailed questions about Trump’s threat and when Oman and Iran might issue a joint statement on their deal.

Here’s a look at the country in the middle of the Washington-Tehran tug-of-war.

Trump is not happy about emerging Oman-Iran deal

Trump threatened Oman because he’s not happy that it’s close to a deal with Iran over the strait, two regional officials said Tuesday.

Trump is under pressure. He vowed a quick war and a weakened Iran, along with a better deal on Tehran’s nuclear program. Instead, Iran has seized on the Strait of Hormuz as a new weapon in talks, asserting control of what had been seen as an international waterway before the war.

U.S.-Iran negotiations have dried up. This week ended the 60-day period that launched when the U.S. and Iran signed an interim agreement. It had been meant to open the way for more detailed talks. There's no sign of it being extended. Trump now says there are no planned talks with Iran.

So the only confirmed discussions happening now are between Iran and Oman about shipping on the strait. These have been going on for weeks. Oman hasn’t said much about them publicly. Tehran says they’re finalizing a joint statement. There’s widespread thinking that Iran is not in much of a hurry.

Trump has made plenty of threats against Iran. Now he's venting his frustration at Oman, too.

The sultanate had been trying to make peace

Oman, with a population of just over 5 million, is one of the quieter actors in the Gulf. It has allowed the U.S. military to use its facilities, though Washington has described defense relations as smaller in scale compared with Gulf neighbors like the United Arab Emirates.

Unlike other regional states, Oman hasn’t been targeted during the war in the way that Tehran has lashed out at other Gulf neighbors. The Washington-based Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft notes that while Omani ports have been targeted by drones, Iran hasn't claimed responsibility and Oman hasn't blamed Iran, and no missiles have struck Omani territory.

Oman’s leaders have long preferred engagement with Iran. The sultanate has been involved in mediation efforts, but that work is now being driven by Qatar and Pakistan.

The world's focus has turned more toward Oman since the interim agreement was signed. Not long after the signing, the relative calm was shattered when Iran started firing at ships trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz near the Oman coast on a route supported by the U.S.

Now Oman is in discussions that appear to be driven by Iran, which has described the talks as aiming to “develop mechanisms to ensure safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz while respecting the sovereign rights and sovereignty of both coastal states, as well as Iran’s security and national interests.” The mechanisms might include fees.

Regional officials have said the emerging deal calls for ships to enter the Persian Gulf through an Iranian-controlled route and exit through a route controlled by Oman. But any deal appears to rely on the U.S. lifting its blockade of Iranian ports.

Oman earlier this month described the talks as “proceeding in a positive and constructive atmosphere,” while in the same statement condemning repeated attacks on ships transiting the strait.

After a meeting Tuesday between Oman’s foreign minister and his Egyptian counterpart, Egypt said the Iranian-Omani deal could pave the way for the U.S. and Tehran to return to negotiations for a “comprehensive and permanent deal that addresses all concerns and enhances regional security and stability.”

It is not clear what effect Trump’s threat might have

Oman is caught between two heavily armed and stubborn powers. Meanwhile, global supplies of oil, natural gas and related goods are only able to get through the strait at a reduced level, with ships still at risk of attack.

Since Trump's latest threat, the government's Oman News Agency has been posting about other things — the Muscat Stock Exchange, sports, imports of coffee and tea. Foreign ministry statements have focused on diplomatic meetings and greetings.

It is not clear whether Trump’s threat will make any difference in Oman's talks with Iran, including in hurrying the countries to finalize and announce a deal.

But it's clear that the U.S. president is passing along the growing heat his administration feels as midterm elections approach, and as the global economy watches events on the Iran-gripped strait for any sign of relief.

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Associated Press writer Samy Magdy in Cairo contributed.

“I’d ask you to confirm a simple statement: the Department of Defense will not send Federal troops to the polls or to seize election materials of any kind,” Slotkin wrote to Hegseth and to Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in letters Tuesday.

The Pentagon said in an email that it will respond directly to Slotkin, as it does with all congressional correspondence. The Joint Chiefs did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Slotkin told The Associated Press that Trump has been laying the groundwork to claim the midterms were stolen. She noted that Trump contemplated using the military to seize voting machines after his loss in 2020 and has deployed the National Guard to cities against the wishes of Democratic leaders. He also deployed active duty Marines to Los Angeles during his immigration crackdown in 2025.

“He’s very clearly laying the breadcrumbs to be able to say the day after the election that he didn’t really lose the House or he didn’t really lose the Senate,” Slotkin said.

Slotkin asked Hegseth during an April congressional hearing if he would follow orders to seize ballots. Hegseth called the question a “gotcha hypothetical,” but said, “I’ve never been ordered to do anything illegal, and I won’t.”

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles denied in a Vanity Fair interview last year that Trump would use the military to suppress voting in the midterms.

“I say it is categorically false, will not happen. It’s just wrongheaded,” she said.

Federal law prohibits the deployment of armed federal forces to election locations unless “necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States.” If any element of the military were to get involved, it would likely be the National Guard under state control.

In 2020, Gen. Mark Milley, then-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, responded to a similar letter from Slotkin, then a congresswoman.

“I believe deeply in the principle of an apolitical U.S. military,” Milley wrote. “In the event of a dispute over some aspect of the elections, by law U.S. courts and the U.S. Congress are required to resolve any disputes, not the U.S. military."

Sloane Stephens, the 2017 U.S. Open champion, was one of six other women to receive a wild card, and the U.S. Tennis Association said the final one is still to be announced.

That almost certainly would go to Serena Williams, if she decides she wants to return to the tournament at 44.

Venus Williams received a wild card last year, returning to the Grand Slam event she won twice for the first time since 2023. The 46-year-old has become the oldest entrant in singles at the tournament since Renee Richards played at 47 in 1981, according to the International Tennis Federation.

She has continued to play some singles matches and this week joined Serena for their first doubles tournament together since the 2022 U.S. Open. They lost Monday at the Cincinnati Open in a match tiebreaker against Marta Kostyuk and Peyton Stearns.

The sisters planned to play at Wimbledon but had to withdraw after Serena injured her knee in her singles match. That marked her first time playing singles since the 2022 U.S. Open, and she indicated afterward that she hoped to keep competing if healthy.

Headlining the wild-card recipients on the men's side were 39-year-old Gael Monfils, a past U.S. Open semifinalist who is set to play his final Grand Slam tournament before retiring, and Australian Alexei Popyrin, who upset Novak Djokovic in 2024 on the way to the fourth round.

One spot is also being held among the eight men's wild cards. Stan Wawrinka, the 2016 champion at Flushing Meadows who at 41 is playing his final season, could be a candidate for that.

Also receiving women's wild cards were Carol Young Suh Lee, Reese Brantmeier, Thea Frodin, Leolia Jeanjean and Taylah Preston.

The other men receiving wild cards were two-time reigning NCAA singles champion Michael Zheng, Martin Damm, J.J. Wolf, Sebastian Gorzny and Jack Kennedy.

Kei Nishikori, the 2014 U.S. Open runner-up who also is retiring, was given a wild card into the men's qualifying tournament, along with Jordan Lee, Trevor Svajda, Andre Ilagan, Spencer Johnson, Michael Antonius, Andrew Johnson and Daniel Milavsky.

Women given spots in the qualifying tournament were Caroline Dolehide, Janae Preston, Katrina Scott, Ayana Akli, Annika Penickova, Julieta Pareja, Kristina Penickova and Savannah Broadus.

The main draw begins Aug. 30, with the qualifying tournaments being played earlier that week.

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The illicit initiation was revealed Monday as Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday charged 14 people — including 13 current or former Penn State students — in connection with the alleged drug ring.

The man accused of leading the operation, 24-year-old Agostino Abbatiello, surrendered on Tuesday after failing to appear for a scheduled arraignment on Monday on charges including possession with intent to deliver and conspiracy. He was ordered jailed without bail.

A message seeking comment was left for Abbatiello’s lawyer.

According to court documents, the drug ring operated in 2023 and 2024, fueled by bulk quantities of cocaine that two of the charged men obtained from contacts in Philadelphia and New York.

They cut and bagged the drugs mainly at the Sigma Chi and Delta Upsilon fraternity houses, using frat brothers and pledges as labor, then distributed it through Penn State students, court documents said.

One of the men said a co-defendant was the “largest distributor of cocaine” at Penn State and would “boast about how much money he was making from selling cocaine.” At least four of the defendants are current students, Sunday’s office said.

“This is very serious criminal conduct. There was nothing junior or childlike about this type of conduct,” Sunday said at a news conference on Monday. “This was an upper-level trafficking organization for this region in Pennsylvania.”

Four people are charged with conspiracy, dealing in proceeds of unlawful activity, felony corrupt organizations and other offenses. Another defendant is charged with felony conspiracy and criminal use of a communication facility.

Eight defendants are charged with misdemeanor drug possession.

Paul Robinson, the father of a student who was accused with Abbatiello of being one of the ring's two main suppliers, is charged with felony tampering, hindering apprehension and obstructing the investigation. Authorities say he took steps to conceal evidence, including a safe containing drugs and cash.

Court documents did not list a lawyer who could speak on Robinson’s behalf.

Penn State said it placed Delta Upsilon on interim suspension, noting Sigma Chi is not recognized by the university and is not subject to its oversight.

Delta Upsilon Executive Director Justin Kirk said anyone involved in the drug ring who had ties to Delta Upsilon was expelled or suspended from the fraternity if they did not resign.

Sigma Chi’s executive director, Michael Church, said the three Sigma Chi members who were charged have been suspended pending the outcome of the judicial process. He said the fraternity has suspended all operations at its Penn State chapter on an interim basis “while we determine whether these allegations reflect individual conduct or organized chapter activity.”

“This conduct is an egregious violation of our values and has no place in our fraternity, community, or society," Church said, adding that any members involved “will be held fully accountable to the extent available to our fraternity.”

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the deal had not yet been announced. The 28-year-old worked out for the team on Monday.

Harris is coming off tearing his left Achilles tendon on a noncontact play in a game on Sept. 21 while with the Los Angeles Chargers.

Giants coach John Harbaugh said Harris is not 100% healthy and expected it to be a process to get him up and going if signed. As a result, it was not immediately clear how soon Harris would participate in training camp practices.

Harris is not far removed from four consecutive 1,000-yard rushing seasons with Pittsburgh from 2021-24.

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ESPN historian Mike Soltys said Rasmussen died at his Florida home from the effects of Parkinson’s disease. Rasmussen announced in 2019 that he had been diagnosed with the degenerative disease in 2014.

“Bill was a remarkable man — a visionary and an innovator who conceived the idea of a network entirely devoted to sports,” ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro said in a statement. “Quite simply, none of us would be here today if it wasn’t for Bill’s passion and all the hard work and entrepreneurial spirit he put into building ESPN in the late 1970s — key aspects of our company culture that still carry on to this day.”

Rasmussen and his son Scott came up with the idea of a network carrying sports around the clock, and it would revolutionize Americans’ TV-watching habits. But the Rasmussens didn’t stick around long. They were forced out after only a year by ESPN majority owner Getty Oil.

Cable operators initially scoffed at Rasmussen's concept

Bill Rasmussen’s original idea was a cable channel covering only Connecticut sports. Many cable operators in the state were skeptical, but someone suggested buying satellite time to reach a national audience.

ESPN was launched on Sept. 7, 1979. George Grande welcomed viewers to the first “SportsCenter” broadcast before the network’s first live event, a slow-pitch softball game between the Kentucky Bourbons and the Milwaukee Schlitz.

“In those days, we didn’t know if we’d last four weeks, four years, let alone 40-some, but we knew it was special,” Grande said. “Bottom line was Bill Rasmussen was the true purveyor of the original American dream, and he gave us all something very special that we still have today.”

The Rasmussens secured financial backing from Getty Oil and a rights deal with the NCAA, and built a studio in Bristol, Connecticut, still under construction when ESPN went on the air.

The Getty investment and the deal with the NCAA occurred on the same day.

“When someone tells you you can’t do something, you want to prove them wrong,” Bill Rasmussen said. “Many, many people told us there wasn’t enough sports to do a 24-hour channel. I didn’t argue with anybody. I just thought they were wrong and I was right.”

When the Rasmussens were forced out of ESPN in 1980, Getty owned 85% of the network. Texaco, which had acquired Getty, sold its interest in ESPN to ABC in 1984.

ESPN helped bring a host of sports to cable

In 1980, only months after its debut, ESPN started televising the NFL draft. The network debuted the ESPY Awards in 1993 and launched the X Games competition in 1995.

The college football landscape underwent massive changes. Games were spread throughout the week to tailor to TV audiences and the number of postseason bowls skyrocketed. ESPN has held exclusive broadcast rights to the College Football Playoff since it began after the 2014 season. In 2024, the network agreed to a new six-year, $7.8 billion contract for the playoff through the 2031-32 season.

While CNN was finding its footing on the news side, ESPN jostled with major networks to bring NFL and college sports to cable audiences that had been over the airwaves for decades. ESPN also pioneered funding and broadcasting women’s sports, particularly college basketball, volleyball and the softball World Series.

Rasmussen was courted back by ESPN years later

Bill Rasmussen and ESPN were estranged until 1999, when company executives invited him to the 20th anniversary celebration. Since then, he has been embraced and recognized for his vision of creating an all-sports network. He toured the country in 2019 for the 40th anniversary and gave speeches at Walt Disney Co. and ESPN events.

“Bill was our George Washington and a good friend,” said veteran anchor Chris Berman, who joined ESPN three weeks after the network launched in 1979. “He was such a grateful person and every sports fan can be grateful for Bill. He wasn’t a glass half-full guy; his glass was always overflowing with optimism. He greeted everyone with a smile and we can all smile knowing Bill’s legacy.”

ESPN's debut came after Rasmussen was fired from a previous job

Born in Chicago, Rasmussen earned degrees from DePauw University in Indiana and Rutgers University and served in the Air Force. He started an advertising services business, then worked in radio and television as a broadcaster during the 1960s.

He was hired in 1974 as public relations director for the World Hockey Association’s New England Whalers in Hartford, Connecticut. The team’s entire front office was fired in 1978, and Rasmussen soon turned his attention to brainstorming with his son on the creation of sports on cable TV with the help of a $9,000 credit card advance.

“There was a whole lot of chutzpah and a whole lot of vision, and they’re maxed out on their credit cards. It’s the American dream,” said Bob Ley, one of the network’s original anchors.

Rasmussen was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2025.

Rasmussen was predeceased by his wife of 56 years, Lois, in 2011 and is survived by two sons, Scott Rasmussen and his wife, Laura, and Glenn Rasmussen, daughter Lynn Van Hollebeke and her husband, Louie, seven grandchildren, one great-grandson and one great-granddaughter. In addition to his wife, Bill was predeceased by his brothers Robert and Donald Rasmussen, sister Vivien and a grandson.

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In Miami-Dade County, 12.5% of registered voters had participated through early voting and returned mail-in ballots, according to Supervisor of Elections Alina Garcia.

The county has more than 1.6 million registered voters. Garcia said more than 80,000 additional voters would need to participate to bring turnout back in line with past midterm primaries.

Poll workers in Miami-Dade have been processing early and mail-in ballots at the elections warehouse. Garcia said ballots are counted using two separate systems as a check to make sure the numbers match.

“A lot of people don’t know this, but we have two different systems that count our votes, she said. “Voting is your civic duty and it’s the way that we keep our democracy healthy.”

In Broward County, turnout after early voting was below 10%, according to Supervisor of Elections Joe Scott, who called the participation “very slow — surprisingly slow.”

Scott said the low turnout was unexpected given the number of high-profile contests on the ballot.

Florida has closed primary elections, meaning voters generally can only vote for candidates in their own political party. But voters can also participate in nonpartisan races, including school board contests.

Election officials are encouraging voters to review their sample ballots before heading to the polls. Some districts have been redrawn, though Scott said those changes should not affect voters’ assigned polling locations.

“Your voting location on election day is going to be exactly the same,” he said.

While turnout has been low, election workers in both counties have been preparing ballots for counting.

Scott said election equipment has been operating without major issues.

“The equipment is running great — we haven’t had complaints this time around,” he said.

For some voters, the election is also personal.

Adela Barralaga said her mother was once an immigrant who later became a U.S. citizen, making voting an important responsibility for their family.

“For example, my mom, she was an immigrant, then she became a citizen, so I feel like there are so many people who were like her at one point that can’t vote at this time,” Barralaga said. “It’s important for her to vote and for me also.”

Voters who received mail-in ballots can still return them to their polling location by 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. as elections officials hope Election Day brings a boost in participation across South Florida.

More than 1,077 positions, ranging from national, state, county, or district office, are up for election during the primary. Click here for more information.

Attorney General Keith Ellison is asking a federal judge to bar the sheriff in Cameron County, Texas, from releasing ICE agent Christian Castro, and to order Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to sign his extradition warrant so that Minnesota officers can take custody.

Minnesota officials have clashed with the federal government over who has jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute federal officers for on-duty conduct. Ellison is a Democrat and Abbott is a Republican ally of President Donald Trump.

Castro was arrested in Texas in May on Minnesota charges of assault and falsely reporting a crime in the Jan. 14 wounding of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis. Castro, 52, is accused of firing a gun through the front door of a Minneapolis home, striking Sosa-Celis in the leg with a bullet that lodged in a child’s bedroom wall. Prosecutors say Castro then falsely accused Sosa-Celis and another man of attacking an ICE officer with a broom handle and a snow shovel.

Minnesota officials fear ICE agent could flee

Ellison told a news conference that unless he's extradited, Castro could be released from jail next week -- 90 days since he was detained -- under Texas law. And if he's freed, Castro could slip into Mexico from the border town where he's being held, Ellison said. The lawsuit said Castro has been making calls from jail to a woman in Mexico, talking “about marrying her and buying a house in Mexico when he is released.”

“Christian Castro has been charged with breaking the law in Minnesota,” Ellison said. “He must face justice in Minnesota. Gov. Abbott should have granted Gov. Walz’s extradition request long ago and is required to do so now.”

It was not immediately known if Castro had a lawyer who could speak for him. Online court records in Minnesota and county jail records in Texas did not list a defense attorney.

Abbott's office said in a statement that it would not comment on “pending extradition matters.”

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said the legal action to compel Castro’s extradition “should be a completely unnecessary lawsuit.” She said jail officials and prosecutors in Texas have been “very cooperative,” and that an extradition “is not supposed to be controversial.”

The office of Cameron County Sheriff Manny Trevino declined to comment Tuesday on the case.

Federal agency has called agent's prosecution a 'political stunt'

Authorities say Sosa-Celis was shot after Castro and another officer chased a different man, Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna, to the Minneapolis apartment duplex where he and Sosa-Celis lived. Sosa-Celis and Aljorna were legally in the U.S., according to Minnesota officials.

Federal authorities initially accused Sosa-Celis and Aljorna of beating an officer. A federal judge later dismissed the charges, and ICE and the Justice Department opened an investigation into whether agents lied about what happened.

Regardless, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has called Moriarty's prosecution of Castro “unlawful and nothing more than a political stunt,” saying only federal authorities have jurisdiction in the case.

The federal government took a similar stance following the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti during the Minneapolis enforcement surge. Moriarty sued the Trump administration to gain access to evidence in those cases before federal prosecutors turned it over last month.

The extradition lawsuit Ellison filed in U.S. District Court in Texas cites a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that compliance with the Constitution’s extradition clause is mandatory, affording no discretion to the governor or courts of a state where a defendant is being held.

Moriarty said that since Castro’s arrest, Texas has extradited three unrelated criminal defendants without incident to Minnesota.

“Gov. Abbott has received communication with us on an ongoing basis, including recently,” Ellison said. “We have to take the position that they are refusing to honor the extradition request.”

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Bynum reported from Savannah, Georgia. AP journalist Valerie Gonzalez in McAllen, Texas, contributed.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988.

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“Lindsay was struggling — we were all concerned,” said Susan Clancy, mother of Patrick Clancy, who found the Massachusetts couple's children after they had been strangled in the family basement in January 2023. Lindsay Clancy also attempted to take her own life that night and was left paralyzed. Lindsay and Patrick Clancy are now divorced.

The trial centers not on whether Lindsay Clancy killed her children on Jan. 24, 2023, which her lawyers do not dispute, but on her state of mind at the time. Her attorney argues she should not be held criminally responsible because she was suffering from postpartum psychosis, a rare mental illness linked to the stress, sleep deprivation and hormonal changes that follow childbirth.

Former mother-in-law says Lindsay was 'begging for help’

Susan Clancy’s testimony echoed emotional accounts the day before from Lindsay Clancy’s mother and sister, who recounted for jurors how they saw her become increasingly anxious, paranoid and suicidal starting in the fall of 2022.

Susan Clancy, who, like Lindsay, worked as a labor and delivery nurse, said in Plymouth Superior Court that she and her former daughter-in-law were close and described Lindsay as a “wonderful mother” who was “very nurturing, very loving.”

Susan Clancy said that Lindsay was open with her about struggling and asked for her mother-in-law's support. The jury was shown texts between Lindsay and Susan Clancy in which Lindsay spoke about fears that she had developed a dependence on benzodiazepines, but couldn't sleep without taking them.

“I'm not okay and I'm terrified of taking meds tonight,” Lindsay texted her mother-in-law on Nov. 30, 2022, two months before the killings.

On Monday, Lindsay Clancy’s mother, Paula Musgrove, said her daughter was scared of sleeping alone, became increasingly paranoid and believed the medications she was taking “were destroying her mind.”

That December, Lindsay Clancy told her mother and her then-husband, Patrick Clancy, that "she had thoughts of harming the children,” Musgrove said. Lindsay Clancy’s sister Allison Ozga testified that at the end of December, Lindsay told her she had experienced suicidal thoughts every day for a month.

Two sides dispute what symptoms show

Prosecutors argue that Lindsay Clancy planned the Jan. 24, 2023, killings and contrived to get her husband out of the house by sending him to get takeout and to the pharmacy. They have shown through texts and photos that she performed many normal activities the day of the killings, including taking her children to the doctor and playing with them in the snow, and have questioned the seriousness of her suicide attempt.

Lindsay Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, has argued that in addition to suffering from postpartum psychosis, she had bipolar disorder and that antidepressants prescribed after the birth of her third child worsened her condition.

On the day of the killings, Lindsay Clancy said she heard a voice telling her, “This is your last chance. Kill the children so you can kill yourself,” according to her lawyer.

The defense has argued that Lindsay Clancy was overmedicated and that her care was disjointed, with doctors not speaking to one another or sharing notes. Her doctors have testified they never saw her exhibit signs of mania or psychosis, though she did repeatedly talk of feeling suicidal.

A psychiatrist reviews Lindsay's treatment

Dr. Donald Condie, a clinical and forensic psychiatrist who didn’t treat Lindsay Clancy but reviewed her medical records, testified Tuesday that she reported symptoms consistent with postpartum anxiety in September 2022, around the time she was preparing to return to work after the birth of her son Callan. Her records documented worsening symptoms over the following months as she saw multiple providers and was prescribed several medications.

Condie said Clancy’s medical records indicated she reported hearing a voice, but conceded on cross-examination that she had not reported hearing voices before the children were killed.

At the start of the trial, Patrick Clancy described the horror of returning home to find his dead children. Prosecutors played a seven-minute 911 call in which he can be heard finding the bodies and telling a dispatcher, “She killed the kids!”

If convicted of murder, Lindsay Clancy faces life in prison without parole. If found not guilty because of a lack of criminal responsibility, she would be committed to a state mental health facility.

The Big Ten has eight players on the first team, led by Oregon quarterback Dante Moore and two of his teammates.

Defending national champion Indiana, Georgia and Oklahoma each has two players on the first team, as determined by media members on the AP Top 25 voting panel.

The Texas players on the team are offensive lineman Trevor Goosby, wide receiver Cam Coleman, defensive lineman Colin Simmons and linebacker Rasheem Biles.

Defensive lineman A’Mauri Washington and safety Koi Perich are the Oregon players joining Moore, who edged out Mississippi's Trinidad Chambliss for first-team honors.

Wide receiver Jeremiah Smith, the Big Ten preseason offensive player of the year, is the only selection from Ohio State, the No. 1 team in the preseason AP Top 25 poll.

Smith, Missouri running back Ahmad Hardy and Notre Dame cornerback Leonard Moore are returning AP first-team All-America picks who are on the preseason team.

Iowa's Kade Pieper was voted first-team center by a wide margin even though this will be his first season playing the position. He moved from right guard to replace 2025 consensus All-American Logan Jones.

The AP All-America team for this season will be released in December.

First team offense

Quarterback — Dante Moore, fourth year, Oregon.

Running backs — Kewan Lacy, third year, Mississippi; Ahmad Hardy, third year, Missouri.

Tackles — Carter Smith, fifth year, Indiana; Trevor Goosby, fourth year, Texas.

Guards — Evan Tengesdahl, fourth year, Cincinnati; Shadre Hurst, fifth year, Houston.

Center — Kade Pieper, fourth year, Iowa.

Tight end — Trey’Dez Green, third year, LSU.

Wide receivers — Jeremiah Smith, third year, Ohio State; Malachi Toney, second year, Miami; Cam Coleman, third year, Texas.

All-purpose player — Wayne Knight, fifth year, UCLA.

Kicker — Tate Sandell, fifth year, Oklahoma.

First team defense

Edge — Colin Simmons, third year, Texas; Dylan Stewart, third year, South Carolina.

Tackles — A’Mauri Washington, fourth year, Oregon; David Stone, third year, Oklahoma.

Linebackers — Rasheem Biles, fourth year, Texas; Xavier Atkins, third year, Auburn; Rolijah Hardy, third year, Indiana.

Cornerbacks — Leonard Moore, third year, Notre Dame; Ellis Robinson IV, third year, Georgia.

Safeties — KJ Bolden, third year, Georgia; Koi Perich, third year, Oregon.

Defensive back — Bray Hubbard, fourth year, Alabama.

Punter — Evan Crenshaw, fifth year, Troy.

Second team offense

Quarterback — Trinidad Chambliss, fifth year, Mississippi.

Running backs — Mark Fletcher Jr., fourth year, Miami; LJ Martin, fourth year, BYU.

Tackles — Cayden Green, fourth year, Missouri; Jordan Seaton, third year, LSU.

Guards — Greg Johnson, fourth year, Minnesota; Luke Montgomery, fourth year, Ohio State.

Center — Drew Bobo, fifth season, Georgia.

Tight end — Terrance Carter Jr., fifth year, Texas Tech.

Wide receivers — Duce Robinson, fourth year, Florida State; Charlie Becker, third year, Indiana; KJ Duff, third year, Rutgers.

All-purpose player — Cam Cook, fourth year, West Virginia.

Kicker — Lucas Carneiro, fifth year, Mississippi.

Second team defense

Edge — Anthony Smith, fifth season, Minnesota; John Henry Daley, fourth year, Michigan.

Tackles — Tyrique Tucker, fifth year, Indiana; Will Echoles, third year, Mississippi.

Linebackers — Sammy Brown, third year Clemson; Raylen Wilson, fourth year, Georgia; Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa, third year, Notre Dame.

Cornerbacks — Brandon Finney Jr., second year, Oregon; Zabien Brown, third year, Alabama.

Safeties — Brauntae Johnson, third year, Notre Dame; Ty Benefield, fourth year, LSU.

Defensive back — Kelley Jones, fourth year, Mississippi State.

Punter — Palmer Williams, fourth year, Baylor.

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Ashoka Indian Restaurant in Pinecrest was hit with 48 violations during Monday’s inspection, including mold like growth on chicken, vegetables, tomatoes and limes, a dead fly in broth, food held at unsafe temperatures for more than four hours, dead roaches, raw chicken stored above cooked chicken and filthy food contact surfaces.

This is not an isolated inspection.

Records show the restaurant has been inspected 13 times since February 2024, with nine inspections requiring follow up.

The four most recent inspections produced 138 violations, with recurring problems involving unsafe food temperatures, mold like growth, sanitation and deteriorating equipment, several of which were specifically cited as repeat violations.

Yet the restaurant was not ordered shut.

Someone needs to do better.

When people spend their hard-earned money to eat out, they should not have to wonder whether the food is safe. Restaurants need to do better, regulators need to do better, and we will continue to call them out when they do not.

ASHOKA INDIAN RESTAURANT - PINECREST

PINECREST TOWN CENTER

12663 SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY

PINECREST

INSPECTION DATE 8/17

48 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Container of medicine improperly stored. Observed needle pen in walk in cooler.”

“Food with mold-like growth. See stop sale. Observed 1 container of veggies with mold. Observed 1 container of chicken with mold. Observed 1 can of eggplant in reach in across cook line. Observed bag of tomatoes with mold in walk in cooler. Observed 1 case of limes with mold. Repeat Violation.”

“Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Observed dirty skewers on dry dish rack, not washed, rinsed or sanitized.”

Pesticide/insecticide labeled for household use only present in establishment. Observed 2 cans of raid in kitchen. Repeat Violation."

“Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Observed raw chicken stored above cooked chicken in walk in cooler. Repeat Violation.”

“Shell eggs not stored at an ambient air temperature of 45 degrees Fahrenheit or less. Observed in walk in cooler with ambient temp if 55F for more than 4 hours: shell eggs 55F Cold Holding.”

“Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Observed 1 container of broth worth dead fly inside.”

“Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Observed in walk in cooler with ambient temp if 55F for more than 4 hours: shell eggs 55F Cold Holding. Observed in walk in cooler with ambient temp of 55F cooked chicken (50F - Cold Holding); cooked breaded chicken (49F - Cold Holding); butter (54F - Cold Holding); shredded cabbage (51F - Cold Holding); paneer (50F - Cold Holding); cooked veggies (47F - Cold Holding); raw chicken (33F - Cold Holding).”

“Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed in walk in cooler with ambient temp of 55F cooked chicken (50F - Cold Holding); cooked breaded chicken (49F - Cold Holding); butter (54F - Cold Holding); shredded cabbage (51F - Cold Holding); paneer (50F - Cold Holding); cooked veggies (47F - Cold Holding); raw chicken (33F - Cold Holding). More than 4 hours in cooler as per operator. Technician showed up during end of inspection to work on cooler. Repeat Violation.”

“Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed soiled shelves where dry food is stored. Observed stored soiled fryer baskets in fryer. Observed stored baking sheets and pans soiled on cook line. Observed stored vegetable slicer soiled. Repeat Violation.”

“Lack of toilet tissue at each toilet. Observed in women & men’s restroom.”

“No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment ware washing machine or wiping cloths.”

“No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Observed no employee training for any employee on site. Observed Dilesh and Mohammed, more than 60 days employed. **Warning**

Intermediate - non-pitting surface rust on food-contact equipment. Observed on dry food and dish racks. Repeat Violation."

“Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Observed multiple items not dated marked, prepared prior day as per chef.”

“Accumulation of debris on exterior of ware washing machine. Observed exterior soiled. Repeat Violation.”

““Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Observed multiple coolers and oven not working.”

“Ceiling tile missing. Observed above walk in.”

“Ceiling/ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair. Observed throughout kitchen.”

“Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Observed throughout establishment.”

“Cold holding equipment not maintained in good repair. Do not store time/temperature control for safety food in this unit until the unit is repaired. Observed walk in cooler with ambient temp of 55F, the following TCS foods stored inside for more than 4 hours: cooked chicken (50F - Cold Holding); cooked breaded chicken (49F - Cold Holding); butter (54F - Cold Holding); shredded cabbage (51F - Cold Holding); paneer (50F - Cold Holding); cooked veggies (47F - Cold Holding); raw chicken (33F - Cold Holding); eggs 55F Cold Holding. Technician showed up during end of inspection to work on cooler. Repeat Violation.”

“Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing. Observed next to cooler at cook line.”

“Dead roaches on premises. Observed 1 dead roach in oven. Observed 1 dead roach in men& woman restroom.”

“Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Observed saute; pans on cook line.”

“Equipment in poor repair. Observed torn gaskets in reach in across cook line.”

“Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Observed at back door. Repeat Violation.”

“Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Observed throughout kitchen.”

“Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Observed in entryway to dry storage closet.”

“Food stored on floor. Observed case of onions on floor of dry storage.”

“Hole in or other damage to wall. Observed in restroom.”

““Hood filter missing from automatic fire suppression/exhaust system. Observed above cook line; missing filters.”

“Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Observed in chest freezer. Repeat Violation.”

“In-use ice scoop stored on soiled surface between uses.”

“In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Observed between cooler and prep table. Repeat Violation.”

“Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Observed interior soiled.”

““No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted. Observed no choking poster. Repeat Violation.”

““No copy of latest inspection report available. Observed no copy printed. Repeat Violation.”

“No hot running water at mop sink. Observed hot water valve missing.”

“Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed cooler gaskets soiled. Observed exterior of equipment soiled throughout establishment.”

“Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils.”

“Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues.”

“Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Observed in multiple coolers. Repeat Violation.”

“Ripped/worn tin foil used as shelf cover. Observed under prep table across cook line. **Repeat Violation.”

“Single-service articles improperly stored. Observed on floor outside of kitchen.”

“Stored food not covered. Observed in walk in freezer; multiple foods exposed.”

“Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Observed on walk in cooler.”

“Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Observed in kitchen.”

“Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Observed mop in bucket; not in use.”

El restaurante indio Ashoka, en Pinecrest, recibió 48 infracciones durante la inspección del lunes, entre las que se incluyen un crecimiento similar al moho en el pollo, las verduras, los tomates y las limas; una mosca muerta en el caldo; alimentos conservados a temperaturas inseguras durante más de cuatro horas; cucarachas muertas; pollo crudo almacenado encima de pollo cocinado; y superficies en contacto con los alimentos en condiciones insalubres.

No se trata de una inspección aislada.

Los registros muestran que el restaurante ha sido inspeccionado 13 veces desde febrero de 2024, y que nueve de esas inspecciones requirieron un seguimiento.

Las cuatro inspecciones más recientes dieron lugar a 138 infracciones, con problemas recurrentes relacionados con temperaturas inadecuadas de los alimentos, formaciones similares al moho, higiene y equipos en mal estado, varios de los cuales se señalaron específicamente como infracciones reincidentes.

Sin embargo, no se ordenó el cierre del restaurante.

Alguien tiene que mejorar.

Cuando la gente gasta el dinero que tanto le ha costado ganar para comer fuera, no debería tener que preguntarse si la comida es segura. Los restaurantes deben mejorar, las autoridades reguladoras deben mejorar, y seguiremos denunciándolos cuando no lo hagan.

RESTAURANTE INDIO ASHOKA - PINECREST

PINECREST TOWN CENTER

12663 SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY

PINECREST

FECHA DE INSPECCIÓN: 17/8

SE HAN DETECTADO 48 INFRACCIONES

“Envase de medicamentos almacenado de forma inadecuada. Se ha observado un bolígrafo con aguja en la cámara frigorífica”.

“Alimentos con crecimiento similar al moho. Véase “suspender la venta”. Se ha observado 1 envase de verduras con moho. Se ha observado 1 envase de pollo con moho. Se ha observado 1 lata de berenjenas al alcance de la mano al otro lado de la línea de cocción. Se ha observado una bolsa de tomates con moho en la cámara frigorífica. Se ha observado 1 caja de limas con moho. Infracción reiterada.”

“Superficies en contacto con los alimentos no se han desinfectado tras la limpieza, antes de su uso. No utilice equipos ni utensilios que no estén debidamente desinfectados. Se han observado brochetas sucias en el escurridor de platos, sin lavar, enjuagar ni desinfectar.”

Presencia en el establecimiento de pesticidas e insecticidas etiquetados exclusivamente para uso doméstico. Se han observado dos botes de Raid en la cocina. Infracción reiterada.”

“Alimentos crudos de origen animal almacenados encima de alimentos listos para el consumo o sin estar debidamente separados de estos. Se observó pollo crudo almacenado encima de pollo cocinado en la cámara frigorífica. Infracción reiterada.”

“Huevos con cáscara no almacenados a una temperatura ambiente de 45 grados Fahrenheit o menos. Se observó en la cámara frigorífica, con una temperatura ambiente de 55 °F durante más de 4 horas: huevos con cáscara a 55 °F en conservación en frío.”

“Se ha emitido una orden de suspensión de venta debido a que los alimentos no se encontraban en condiciones salubres y en buen estado. Se ha observado un recipiente de caldo con una mosca muerta en su interior.”

“Se ha emitido una orden de suspensión de venta por incumplimiento del control de tiempo y temperatura para la seguridad alimentaria debido a un uso indebido de la temperatura. Se ha observado en la cámara frigorífica, con una temperatura ambiente de 55 °F durante más de 4 horas: huevos con cáscara a 55 °F en conservación en frío. Se observó en la cámara frigorífica, con una temperatura ambiente de 55 °F, pollo cocinado (50 °F – conservación en frío); pollo empanado cocinado (49 °F – conservación en frío); mantequilla (54 °F – conservación en frío); col rallada (51 °F – conservación en frío)

Trump has suggested the massive building be painted as part of his push to remake and beautify the nation’s capital. Planners said the paint job would cost at least $7.5 million.

The proposal to paint the building has alarmed preservationists, architects, historians and others who argue that granite is not meant to be painted and that paint would trap moisture and degrade the stone.

U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich said plaintiffs in an ongoing case had not shown that minimal tests planned for the historic building would cause irreparable harm if those tests go ahead.

The plaintiffs, which include cultural preservationist groups, had sought a restraining order and a temporary injunction to stop the Trump administration from conducting tests and other preparatory work.

At issue was whether that work would get ahead of a larger question before the court over whether the General Services Administration could delegate its authority for such a project to the Executive Office.

“The plaintiffs’ motion rises and falls on irreparable harm,” Friedrich said from the bench. The test areas would include about 8 square feet of the building's massive exterior and several panels that can’t be seen by the public, she said.

Friedrich said that while she was allowing that test to move ahead, she would not hesitate to step in and rule if the administration moved beyond the limited testing. She asked the parties to provide a status report by next Tuesday and ordered regular reports following that.

Gregory Werkheiser, a lawyer with Cultural Heritage Partners and one of the plaintiffs, said that while he and others challenging the painting plan were disappointed, “the reasons we brought this case are untouched by today’s decision.”

The larger issue, he said, is whether “the president has taken power illegally from the GSA and put it in his office in terms of this project and the implications of that. If that holds true for historic properties around the country, that could be devastating.”

Cosmic radiation comes from space. Only a small amount reaches the Earth's surface, but exposure is greater for people flying at high altitudes.

There’s been limited evidence from small studies suggesting that the exposure translates to higher cancer death rates among people who fly often — particularly pilots and flight attendants. The new study “brings important new evidence to bear on this question,” two Australian radiation experts who weren't involved in the research wrote in an accompanying commentary.

The latest study, published Monday by JAMA Internal Medicine, used national data from more than 12 million death certificates that included information about occupations. The authors looked at death rates from cancers that are tied to radiation exposures, including leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and cancers of the skin, breast, thyroid, prostate and central nervous system.

Among more than 500 occupations, flight attendants had the highest percentage of deaths from radiation-related cancers, and pilots were second, the researchers found. For those two occupations, the odds of dying were unusually high for each type of radiation-related cancer.

Neither group showed higher-than-normal death rates from cancers that aren't tied to radiation exposure, noted the commentary writers, Catherine Olsen and Ken Karipidis. That fact “supports the hypothesis that occupational radiation exposure, rather than lifestyle or socioeconomic factors, underlies the observed excess,” they wrote.

The researchers found that flight attendants had about 50% higher odds of dying from a radiation-related cancer than the general working population, and pilots had about 36% higher odds.

In terms of absolute risk, about 6.9% of flight attendant deaths were from these cancers — roughly 1 in 14. Among pilots, it was 6.7%. For the general working population, it was 5%, said the study's first author, Dr. Vishal Patel of Harvard Medical School.

The authors acknowledged some limitations in their study. They do not know how much exposure each flight attendant and pilot got in the air or from other sources. It's also possible occupations were misclassified on some death certificates.

They also could not account for another possible contributor specific to the professions: Cancer risk can be worsened by frequent disruption of the body’s internal clock, which can be affected by jet lag, crossing time zones and irregular work schedules.

The Federal Aviation Administration has acknowledged that aircrews are exposed to ionizing radiation, but the government does not set federal dose limits or require monitoring, the authors noted.

“You can't manage an exposure you've decided not to measure,” Patel said in an email.

Sara Nelson, who leads a union representing 55,000 flight attendants, said the report reinforces that radiation exposure needs to be taken seriously, as the union has suggested for years.

“The risk is known, but crew are not educated or informed. And, no one is taking responsibility,” said Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA.

Annual skin examinations may be warranted for all people working on high-altitude flights, and women in those jobs may want to get mammograms earlier or more frequently, Olsen and Karipidis wrote. Doctors who care for pilots and flight attendants also should have a “heightened index of suspicion” for cancer when evaluating these patients, they said.

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Swalwell resigned from Congress amid sexual assault allegations earlier this year. Regardless of who is chosen to replace him, the 14th Congressional District seat is guaranteed to remain under Democratic control.

Florida's primary will choose candidates to complete the remainder of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s term in the U.S. Senate. There’s also an open contest to replace term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis, featuring Rep. Byron Donalds on the Republican side and former Rep. David Jolly as a Democrat.

Alaska voters will narrow down a wide field of candidates for a competitive U.S. Senate seat that’s expected to play a pivotal role in determining which political party will hold a majority in the Senate next year. Among the 16 candidates running in the all-party primary, the most notable are Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola. The top four vote-getters will advance to the general election regardless of party affiliation and the winner in November will be determined by ranked choice voting.

An unusually high number of open-seat races are on the ballot in Wyoming's primary after two prominent Republican officials announced their retirements. The upcoming departures of Gov. Mark Gordon and U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, along with U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman’s decision to run to replace Lummis, mark the first time in 32 years that Wyoming has had open seats for governor, U.S. Senate and U.S. House at the same time.

In Florida, Rep. Byron Donalds touts Trump endorsement but has a careful message on the president’s economy

The southwest Florida representative has had the president’s backing for the duration of his campaign to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

But Donalds has offered a broader message, promising to tackle an economy that’s tough on many Floridians — while not blaming Trump.

“Affordability is a problem for all Floridians. It doesn’t matter what your politics are. It doesn’t matter what the color of your skin is,” Donalds said, promising to address taxes, property insurance premiums and health insurance access.

His message is notable not just because he so carefully frames economic realities under Trump but also because Donalds explicitly mentions race. Donalds would be the first Black governor of Florida, but he typically does not emphasize that historic possibility.

Donalds faces several primary opponents, including Lt. Gov. Jay Collins and business owner James Fishback. Florida’s winner-takes-all rules mean there’s no runoff, making Donalds a strong favorite.

Ball

ot measure focuses on money in political campaigns

Alaska voters will decide whether to reimpose campaign contribution limits, five years after a divided federal appeals court struck down a number of contribution caps.

The lone measure on Tuesday’s primary ballot asks voters whether to impose a $2,000 limit on the amount individuals can give to candidates in state and local elections. The measure would cap at $5,000 what an individual could give to political parties.

It also would set limits on spending on groups other than political parties and how much individuals and groups could give to joint campaigns for governor and lieutenant governor.

Supporters say limits are needed to prevent special interests and wealthy donors from having outsized influence on a campaign or race. Opponents say the measure would favor candidates with existing name recognition and that limiting what someone can contribute limits their voice.

Early voting went down in Florida from ’22 and the GOP’s advantage narrowed

Early voting totals for Florida’s Tuesday primaries were down significantly across the board compared to four years ago.

Republicans cast 870,934 early ballots compared to Democrats’ 806,668. Adding independents and minor party voters, the total early turnout was 1,913,985. That includes in-person voting and mail ballots.

In the 2022 primary, Republicans cast 1,725,184 early votes, Democrats cast 1,535,743, and the total early vote was almost 3.7 million.

Those numbers mean Republicans’ early advantage dropped from 46.6%-41.5% four years ago to 45.5%-42.1%. Democrats have argued that independents are breaking solidly in their favor. Still, the early vote totals do not suggest the kind of surge in enthusiasm among the Democratic base that the party has seen in many other states this year.

Florida Democrats need a much bigger swing overall in November to close their statewide general election gaps from 2022.

Alaska voters contend with high fuel costs

Races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House and governor top Alaska’s primary ballot Tuesday, at a time when residents are feeling the squeeze from high fuel and energy costs.

Spikes in oil prices driven by the war in Iran have helped the financial outlook for the state, which relies on oil revenue. But it’s also hit many consumers hard, including residents of rural western Alaska who get their supplies by barge or plane and rely on diesel fuel.

Many communities had to lock in their shipments when prices were high.

A retired colonel, rancher and Wyoming’s education leader vie for governor

Wyoming’s governor’s office is up for grabs now that Republican Mark Gordon is winding down his second term in office.

Though not the final word on who will succeed him — that happens in November — Republicans have won the governor’s race every year since 2010.

This year, four Republicans are competing for the job. Brent Bien, a retired U.S. Marine colonel and combat pilot, is running again after getting almost 30% of the vote against Gordon four years ago.

Also running is state Sen. Eric Barlow, a U.S. Marine veteran and livestock veterinarian. He’s a former Wyoming House Speaker.

A third candidate is Wyoming’s state superintendent of public instruction, Megan Degenfelder, who previously worked in the coal, oil and gas industries.

Also running is Curt Blake, a rodeo and Western events organizer who hasn’t actively campaigned or participated in candidate forums.

The winner will face Ken Casner, an Elk Mountain store owner who is unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

Groups blast Alaska elections officials over handling of voter rolls

Voting rights groups say Alaska election officials acted unconstitutionally in moving about 3,000 people from active voters rolls weeks before the primary and asking them to verify their citizenship.

The groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska, stopped short of suing but kept that as an option if election officials did not take steps to ensure all eligible Alaskans who received the letter are able to vote in Tuesday’s primary.

The groups want to ensure that polling locations have a list of voters who were affected and that poll workers know voters can cast questioned ballots. They also want voters to know that they do not need to provide proof of citizenship.

An Alaska Division of Elections spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.

In early August, the division said about 100 people responded to the letter to say they’re not citizens and about 685 affirmed their citizenship. About 2,250 others had not responded or could not be reached by mail.

Progressives may not find the same juice in Florida as elsewhere

Democrats’ left flank has won notable victories since Trump’s second inauguration, even with mixed results in recent Midwestern primaries. But the party’s progressive wing may find a tougher landscape in Florida.

Our Revolution, the organization started by Vermont’s democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, has endorsed state Rep. Angie Nixon in her U.S. Senate bid against former National Security Council aide Alex Vindman.

Several congressional hopefuls have the nod from various progressive groups, but in most competitive Democratic primaries, progressives face better-funded moderates. In south Florida, especially, many Latino voters are skeptical of anything labeled “socialism” because they or their families fled authoritarian socialist governments to come to the U.S.

Our Revolution endorsee Elijah Manley, one of the candidates running against moderate Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Broward County, said he believes voters are “ready for a more progressive approach because the system we have just hasn’t delivered for them.”

California election will determine Eric Swalwell’s temporary successor

Tuesday is voters’ last chance to decide whether a progressive state lawmaker or a moderate San Francisco Bay Area transit leader will fulfill the remainder of Swalwell’s term ending in January. Swalwell, a Democrat, dropped his bid for California governor and resigned from Congress in April after he was accused of sexual assault. He denies the allegations.

Aisha Wahab, a state senator, is running against Melissa Hernandez, a Bay Area Rapid Transit director and former Dublin mayor. The two Democrats, who advanced after a crowded primary in June, are vying to represent California’s 14th Congressional District, which includes cities east of San Francisco such as Hayward, Livermore and Union City.

Wahab and Hernandez will also face off in a separate general election in November to determine who will serve the next full two-year term.

Aisha Wahab, a state senator, is running against Melissa Hernandez, a Bay Area Rapid Transit director and former Dublin mayor. The two Democrats, who advanced after a crowded primary in June, are vying to represent California’s 14th Congressional District, which includes cities east of San Francisco such as Hayward, Livermore and Union City.

Wahab and Hernandez will also face off in a separate general election in November to determine who will serve the next full two-year term.

Incumbent Sullivan and former Rep. Peltola headline Alaska’s US Senate race

Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former Rep. Mary Peltola are the highest-profile candidates in a race that will be among the few in November to determine control of the U.S. Senate.

Sullivan and Peltola have vastly outraised any of the other candidates in the overall field of 16. The candidates and groups that support them have dominated the airwaves and filled mailboxes with flyers ahead of Tuesday’s primary.

Alaska’s primary features all candidates on one ballot, with the top four advancing to November’s ranked vote general election.

Sullivan has leaned into his background as a Marine and supporter of the military, while Peltola has repurposed the “fish, family, freedom” slogan that propelled her to the U.S. House in 2022. She lost reelection in 2024.

Republican redistricting shapes Florida primaries

Gov. Ron DeSantis, in response to Trump’s desire for a better shot to defend the Republican majority on Capitol Hill, eagerly pushed to redraw Florida congressional districts.

It’s yielded a round of political dominoes in South Florida.

Broward County, the state’s most left-leaning county, is down to one presumed Democratic district. It’s plurality Black. But Debbie Wasserman Schultz, an 11th-term lawmaker who doesn’t live in the district, is the favorite as the lone white candidate in District 20.

Wasserman Schultz and Rep. Jared Moskowitz live in a redrawn District 22 that now reaches the more conservative Gulf Coast. But Moskowitz isn’t running in his home district either. He’s running in a new District 25 that stretches along the coasts of multiple southwest Florida counties, including Broward.

National Democrats’ favorite in District 22 is educator Pia Dandiya. Moskowitz and Dandiya are favored over primary opponents. Trump won both districts comfortably.

Wyoming GOP Senate race includes Hageman and 4 little-known candidates

The five Republicans competing to become Wyoming’s next U.S. senator include one with an overwhelming funding and name recognition advantage: Harriet Hageman.

Hageman seeks the GOP nomination after two terms as Wyoming’s representative in the U.S. House.

Through July, Hageman had over $900,000 still available to spend on her campaign, eight times more than the funding runner-up in the GOP race, rancher and business owner Sam Mead.

Former oil field services business owner Jimmy Skovgard had $3,200. The Federal Election Commission had no campaign finance records online for the other two Republican candidates — massage therapist Jill Edwards and U.S. Air Force veteran and attorney John Holtz.

Former state legislator Jim Byrd, one of two Democrats seeking the party’s nomination, had about $350 cash on hand, according to the FEC.

The winner will succeed Republican U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, who is retiring.

Republican incumbent faces independent newcomer for Alaska’s only House seat

Independent commercial fisherman Bill Hill is challenging Republican U.S. Rep. Nick Begich in the race for Alaska’s only House seat.

Hill, a former educator, has focused on issues such as affordability and reining in the influence of ultra-wealthy people and special interests in politics. Hill lives in a fishing community of about 425 people in southwest Alaska, where goods are brought in by plane or barge.

In July, the highest-profile Democrat in the race, pastor Matt Schultz, suspended his campaign and urged voters to back Hill.

No other candidates in the crowded race have reported raising money. Begich has been endorsed by Trump.

Race to replace Swalwell reflects Democratic divide

The special general election pits California state Sen. Aisha Wahab, a progressive who’s championed housing issues, against San Francisco Bay Area transit leader Melissa Hernandez, a moderate who’s made cracking down on crime central to her campaign.

Hernandez, who is raising more money, has accused her rival of being too soft on crime, which Wahab denies. Wahab, who won the June primary decisively, says she’s better positioned to fight against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Democrats look for any foothold they can get in Florida

A generation ago, Florida decided a presidential race by mere hundreds of votes and court fights that reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Yet Democrats haven’t won a presidential race, Senate contest or gubernatorial election there since 2012.

It’s gotten so dire for the party that they’re expected, for the second governor’s race in a row, to nominate a former Republican. The leading candidate this time is former Rep. David Jolly, a critic of President Donald Trump who joined Democrats in 2025 after shifting his position on abortion and the Affordable Care Act.

That kind of move didn’t work four years ago, though. Former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist won the nomination and got trounced by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Alaska has an unusual way of selecting its officeholders

Alaska has open primaries, meaning all candidates are listed on one ballot. It uses ranked choice voting in general elections.

In each race in the primary, voters get one pick. The four candidates with the most votes advance to the November election, where voters can choose to rank the candidates in order of preference. The top races on the ballot — for U.S. Senate, U.S. House and governor — each feature more than a dozen candidates. Few races for state legislative seats have more than four candidates running in Tuesday’s primary.

Alaska voters approved this system in 2020, which supporters say lends itself to more moderate candidates, and it was first used in 2022. There have been several efforts to repeal it, including one heading to the November ballot.

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Despite two healthy tropical disturbances in the deep Atlantic last week —designated Invest 92L and Invest 94L — that flirted with becoming our next tropical cyclones, both systems ultimately fell flat in the face of relentless wind shear tearing through the central Atlantic and Caribbean.

It’s unusual for a system to have as lofty development odds at 92L did late last week, (80% odds of developing last Thursday) and ultimately fall flat, but that’s the kind of season it’s been so far for otherwise healthy-looking tropical waves moving across the typical tropical storm and hurricane conveyor belt between Africa and the Caribbean.

While we’ve had three named storms so far in 2026, they’ve all been weak and very short-lived. Assuming we get through the week without any development as expected, this will be the least active start to an Atlantic hurricane season in almost 40 years (since 1988).

El Niño is beating up on the Atlantic hurricane season. And not just any old El Niño mind you but one that’s on pace to be the strongest El Niño in perhaps a quarter millennium — one that no one alive has ever lived through.

El Niño and its counterpart La Niña have arguably the biggest known influence on global weather patterns on an interannual basis (between years), so we can be sure to see some extreme weather events this year as a result (for example, here in South Florida we can expect an exceptionally rainy winter ahead).

For the Atlantic hurricane season, the extreme result of the powerful El Niño is a net positive for those of us living at the end of hurricane alley.

Wind shear across the western Atlantic is the highest on record and that’s not expected to abate anytime soon, so even systems that appear initially healthy will have a hard time punching through the wall of wind shear that’s enveloped areas around the Americas and Caribbean.

As we’ve covered extensively in this newsletter, the better chances of a system slipping through the El Niño cracks will come from disturbances originating in the waters closer to the U.S. or in the subtropical waters east of Florida and north of the Caribbean.

For now, though, El Niño is taming the late August beast in the Atlantic that usually rears its ugly head this time of year.

If long-range models are correct, the next shot at development in the deep tropics won’t come until we approach the end of the month (toward the end of next week) with a wave moving off Africa and into the Atlantic.

If recent history is indication, however, it’ll have a long road ahead of it to become the first hurricane of the season.

A pesar de dos perturbaciones tropicales saludables en el Atlántico profundo la semana pasada —designadas Invest 92L e Invest 94L— que estuvieron cerca de convertirse en nuestros próximos ciclones tropicales, ambos sistemas finalmente fracasaron ante la persistente cizalladura del viento que azota el Atlántico central y el Caribe.

Es inusual que un sistema tenga probabilidades de desarrollo tan altas como las que tuvo 92L a finales de la semana pasada, (80% de probabilidades de desarrollo el jueves pasado) y finalmente fracase, pero ese ha sido el tipo de temporada que hemos tenido hasta ahora para las ondas tropicales que, por lo demás, lucen saludables mientras avanzan por el corredor habitual de tormentas tropicales y huracanes entre África y el Caribe.

Aunque hemos tenido tres tormentas con nombre hasta ahora en 2026, todas han sido débiles y de muy corta duración. Suponiendo que pasemos la semana sin ningún desarrollo, como se espera, este será el inicio menos activo de una temporada de huracanes del Atlántico en casi 40 años (desde 1988).

El Niño está afectando a la temporada de huracanes del Atlántico. Y no cualquier El niño, sino uno que va camino a ser el más fuerte en quizás un cuarto de milenio —uno que nadie que esté vivo ha experimentado.

El Niño y su contraparte La Niña posiblemente tienen la mayor influencia conocida en los patrones climáticos globales de un año a otro, por lo que podemos estar seguros de que veremos algunos fenómenos meteorológicos extremos este año como resultado (por ejemplo, aquí en el sur de Florida podemos esperar un invierno excepcionalmente lluvioso).

Para la temporada de huracanes del Atlántico, el resultado extremo del poderoso El Niño es un aspecto positivo para quienes vivimos al final del corredor de huracanes.

La cizalladura del viento en el Atlántico occidental está en su nivel más alto registrado y no se espera que disminuya pronto, por lo que incluso los sistemas que inicialmente parecen saludables tendrán dificultades para atravesar el muro de cizalladura del viento que ha cubierto áreas alrededor de las Américas y el Caribe.

Como hemos cubierto ampliamente en este boletín, las mejores posibilidades de que un sistema logre atravesar las grietas de El Niño vendrán de perturbaciones que se originen en aguas cercanas a Estados Unidos o en las aguas subtropicales al este de Florida y al norte del Caribe.

Por ahora, sin embargo, El Niño está calmando a la bestia de finales de agosto en el Atlántico que normalmente muestra su lado desagradable en esta época del año.

Si los modelos a largo plazo están en lo correcto, la próxima oportunidad de desarrollo en los trópicos profundos no llegará hasta que nos acerquemos al final del mes (hacia finales de la próxima semana), con una onda que se desplace desde África hacia el Atlántico.

Sin embargo, si la historia reciente sirve de indicio, tendrá un largo camino por delante para convertirse en el primer huracán de la temporada.

The NSO made its delayed 2026-27 season announcement Tuesday, 5 1/2 weeks before its opening concert on Sept. 26 and five months later than the release of its 2025-26 schedule.

The Kennedy Center, named by Congress after President John F. Kennedy, was taken over in 2025 by a board of Trump loyalists who added his name to the complex, only to be ordered to remove it by a federal judge. The board said last week it intends to close the complex for a two-year renovation and add Trump's name to the building’s facade so it would read “The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Restored and Renovated By President Donald J. Trump.”

NSO tickets sales declined from 72% of capacity in 2024 to 58% in 2025 to 41% last season, The Washington Post reported. The NSO did not confirm the figures.

“For us to perform and to be somehow disconnected with the Kennedy Center probably will convince some of the audience who stayed away from the center to come back to our concerts, and not only that, even to increase the number of the audience,” music director Gianandrea Noseda said in an interview with The Associated Press. “At least this is my hope.”

Noseda was the only NSO official who commented on the record about the season announcement. Trump's name was included twice in the joint statement by the NSO and the Kennedy Center, which cited his “strategic direction” as Kennedy Center chair and “vision for a revitalized institution.”

Entering his 10th season as music director, Noseda is signed through the NSO’s 100th anniversary season in 2030-31.

Tickets go on sale Aug. 28, leaving little time to start rebuilding an audience.

There are 64 scheduled NSO classical concerts in the upcoming season, including 56 in the D.C. area and eight on a U.S. tour from April 20-30. The total matches 2025-26, when there were 62 at the Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall and two on tour.

Next season will include 24 concerts at George Washington's Lisner Auditorium in D.C. (1,350 available seats), 13 at the Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda, Maryland, (1,925), nine at Northern Virginia Community College's Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center in Alexandria (900), eight at George Mason's Center for the Arts in Fairfax, Virginia, (1,850), and two each at the University of Maryland’s Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park (1,050) and D.C.'s Lincoln Theatre (1,150).

“We’ll increase the ability of the orchestra to adjust very quickly to the acoustics. I’d like to think of this year of the National Symphony Orchestra as a regional touring orchestra,” Noseda said. “So we will be on tour and we will take and bring the music where the people are instead of inviting them to where we perform.”

Capacity of the venues will be below that of the Kennedy Center's Concert Hall, which had up to 2,465 available seats.

The orchestra still intends to rehearse at the Kennedy Center during the reconstruction and keep its office and music library there.

Noseda will conduct 20 concerts at five of the venues during his 10 weeks in the D.C. area starting with a gala Sept. 26 at Strathmore, and he also will lead the tour performances. He said just two of his programs were changed from his original plans, substituting Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 5 for Gioachino Rossini’s “William Tell” overture and one Ottorino Respighi composition for another, both to account for a smaller stage that could accommodate fewer musicians.

Five holiday performances of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” are the only concerts that require a chorus.

“I honestly would have preferred not to go through this, but the situation is the way it is and we have to be proactive,” Noseda said.

If the schools don't complete a review and terminate any arrangements deemed problematic within the next two weeks, they face losing funding. The goal is to protect taxpayer-funded research from theft and exploitation, the Pentagon said Monday.

“The Department of War has zero tolerance for academic partnerships that compromise our national security,” Emil Michael, the Pentagon’s chief technology officer, said in a news release.

The release didn't name the schools, but a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters said they include Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Johns Hopkins University.

The schools didn't immediately respond to emails from The Associated Press seeking comment.

Sarah Spreitzer, vice president at the American Council on Education, which represents college and university presidents, raised concerns that the announcement suggests, without any evidence, that the schools are engaged in wrongdoing.

The order comes after the Pentagon last month released an updated list of 130 foreign institutions it accused of engaging in “activities that increase the likelihood of U.S. government-funded research and development efforts being misappropriated.”

While the vast majority were Chinese, such as the University of Science and Technology of China and the country's Academy of Military Medical Sciences, several Iranian and Russian institutions also appeared on the list.

The first version of the list was developed during Trump's first term, with the help of the American Council on Education, Spreitzer said.

She said most of the council's member institutions moved away from research partnerships with those institutions in the years that followed. She said she worries U.S. schools will be held liable for partnerships that predate the creation of the list.

“We don’t appreciate the implication that we are not good partners on research security, given that we helped create this list, and given that we’ve always partnered with the federal government when there has been national security concerns,” she said.

The audit comes as the Trump administration continues to express deep concern about China’s activities in the Americas, pushing back on Chinese ownership of ports at either end of the Panama Canal, infrastructure projects funded by China’s Belt and Road initiative in the region and Chinese investment in the telecommunications sector.

The Justice Department also is investigating whether Harvard University is allowing Chinese donors to create scholarships that exclude American students, adding to the barrage of federal inquiries the Trump administration has opened in its battle against the Ivy League school.

A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy said in a statement that the country opposes what it described as the politicization of “normal scientific, educational, and academic exchanges.”

“The U.S. side,” the statement continued, “should abandon the Cold War mentality and foster an open, fair, and non-discriminatory environment for educational, scientific, and people-to-people exchanges between China and the United States.” ___

Associated Press writer Collin Binkley contributed to this report.

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The last leg of what is being billed as their farewell tour kicks off in September in Los Angeles and what likely will be an emotional homecoming is at the end of it — in San Francisco in November.

“I’m sure it’s going to be somewhat emotional because that’s where it all started,” says co-founder and lead guitarist Neal Schon. “I know the audience is going to be off the hook.”

The band has plenty of dates before that finale, with stops in Phoenix, Seattle, Chicago, Atlanta, Nashville, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Detroit, Boston, Cleveland, Denver and Las Vegas, among others.

The tour's last show in San Francisco will cap more than 100 concerts this year, and the band frequently plays for more than two hours, adding deep cuts — like the spacy, melodic “Of a Lifetime” from the early ‘70s and songs from the album “Raised on Radio” from the ’80s — to the reliable hits, like “Faithfully.”

“I’m loving it because it’s the type of show I’ve been wanting to do with Journey,” says Schon, who is frustrated when the band is lumped in with other '80s bands like REO Speedwagon, Styx or Foreigner.

“I always felt like even though all those bands have contributed something that a lot of people like, we were much different. I thought musically we could go any place that we wanted to. And so now we’re doing that, finally.”

Expect hits and album tunes alike

Journey has had six Top 10 hits on the Billboard singles chart — including “Open Arms” and “Who’s Crying Now” — and eight albums in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200, including the 1981 No. 1 “Escape.”

Fans can expect to hear those hits as well as Journey's enduring anthem, “Don’t Stop Believin,’” which Schon wrote with keyboardist Jonathan Cain and then-lead singer Steve Perry.

It has shown up in the Broadway show “Rock of Ages,” the cut-to-black finale of “The Sopranos,” the TV show “Glee,” Brad Pitt’s “Moneyball,” the movie “Monster” and the Democratic National Convention roll call in 2024. Journey returns to the road this fall after a summer in which “Don’t Stop Believin’” was heard at the World Cup and as the New York Knicks won the NBA crown.

“'Don’t Stop Believin’' has surpassed our expectations,” says Cain. “Every band wishes they had one and we have one. So, I guess that’s our ‘Hey Jude’ calling card. So we’ll take it.”

In addition to Schon and Cain, the current Journey lineup includes singer Arnel Pineda, keyboardist Jason Derlatka, drummer Deen Castronovo and bassist Todd Jensen. Cain, Derlatka and Castronovo pick up the mic to give Pineda a break on some songs.

Band members say they look out and see five generations attending their shows. “I like to say Journey is certain music in uncertain times,” Cain says. “Journey is a soundtrack to a lot of people’s lives.”

Future is uncertain for band members

The band, born in San Francisco in the days of vinyl, have endured through huge changes in the music business — CDs, Napster, digital and streaming. Schon, who cut his teeth playing with Carlos Santana, remembers Journey in the early days opening for Kiss, Jeff Beck and Cheech and Chong

Touring seems to be the only way for most bands to make any money since each streaming song earns them a fraction of a penny. Journey has leaned into the tour, sometimes hitting three cities in one day.

“I feel bad for the new generation,” says Cain. “I remember when I got a big old fat royalty check and they were playing our songs on the radio and that a new album meant you would sell more tickets. Not so today.”

The end point — Nov. 28 at the Chase Center — looms, but the band isn't sure what that night will include. “It’ll be fitting to end there for sure,” says Cain. “Who knows who’s going to show up? I don’t know. There might be a reunion of sorts, I hope.”

After that, the band isn't certain. “The future kind of remains up in the air really,” says Cain. Schon agrees but isn't ready to make predictions.

“I’m not nearly done with what I want to do,” he says. “I think there’s many great opportunities in the future. Whether or not it’s with everybody that’s here right now, I’m not certain.”

The officials said the Trump administration has told Oman it is opposed to parts of the yet-to-be-announced deal, including the joint Iranian and Omani management of the exit route out of the passage that’s critical to global supplies of oil and natural gas. The officials were briefed on the U.S. position and how the administration views Oman's position.

Meanwhile, a projectile hit a ship as it sailed out of the strait, and a cargo vessel was rendered a “constructive total loss” by multiple projectiles off the coast of Yemen, according to the British military's maritime monitoring agency. The defense ministry of the United Arab Emirates said two ballistic missiles were launched from Iran toward the UAE.

An Iranian official said the strait would not reopen until the United States meets Iran’s conditions.

US believes Oman has not been tough enough with Iran

The U.S. believes Oman has not been tough enough in its negotiations with Iran and is unhappy with Oman’s agreement to collect voluntary fees from vessels, even if the charges are related to security and maritime environmental protection, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to journalists.

Trump on Monday threatened to bomb Oman as it works with Iran on a deal to open the strait and pave the way for the U.S. and Iran to resume negotiations to end the war.

He posted a map on social media Tuesday depicting the strait as a U.S. territory. The president first mentioned the idea in an offhand comment last week. On Monday, he told reporters in the Oval Office, “I like the idea of declaring it a territory,” without providing details.

The White House on Tuesday referred to Trump’s remarks in the Oval Office and declined to comment further about Oman.

Iran refers to Trump's ‘delusion’ about the strait

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi appeared to respond to Trump’s post on social media depicting the strait as American territory.

“Just as Trump correctly wrote the name of the eternal Persian Gulf, his delusion regarding the Strait of Hormuz will soon either be corrected, or we will correct this deluded man’s delusions for him,” Gharibabadi wrote on X.

Trump's comment on Monday was not the first time he has threatened Oman. In May, he told reporters during a Cabinet meeting that Oman “will behave just like everybody else, or we will have to blow them up.”

Iran reiterated Tuesday that Tehran plans to maintain its grip on shipping traffic until Washington meets its conditions.

“Until the United States fulfills its commitments under the agreement, including lifting the blockade, releasing frozen assets, lifting oil sanctions, ending threats and military operations on all fronts, and implementing the other conditions to which it committed, the Strait of Hormuz will not reopen,” said Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Iran’s parliamentary speaker and negotiator in previous talks with the U.S.

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that the Iranian-Omani deal could pave the way for Washington and Tehran to return to negotiations for a “comprehensive and permanent deal that addresses all concerns and enhances regional security and stability."

The statement came after a meeting between Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Omani counterpart Badr al-Busaidi. But it did not address Trump’s latest threat against Oman.

President insists strait is open as more attacks are reported

Trump said Tuesday the U.S. has no planned talks with Iran but insisted the strait is “open and operating,” despite limited traffic, the reported boat strike and the end on Monday of the 60-day negotiating period between the countries.

Trump wrote on social media that a U.S. blockade of the strait remains “in full force and effect,” adding that all water mines have been removed.

As the talks between Iran and Oman continue, more attacks were reported in the region.

Both missiles fired at the UAE fell into the sea, the UAE Defense Ministry said. No damage or injuries were reported. There was no immediate statement from Iran.

The ministry later said assessments showed that the missiles targeted maritime traffic. It was not clear whether they directly targeted UAE ships or the country’s territorial waters.

In the weeks after the U.S. and Israel launched a war against Iran on Feb. 28, the UAE was frequently targeted by Iranian missiles and drones, but Tuesday’s reported attack was the first in weeks.

An unidentified projectile hit a ship early Tuesday in the strait off the coast of Oman, damaging the engine room and causing a casualty, according to the U.K. Maritime Trade Operations center.

The monitoring agency did not release any details about the ship or its cargo, and it was unclear whether the crew member was killed or wounded. The agency said the Omani Coast Guard was assisting other crew members and that authorities were investigating.

Elsewhere, the cargo ship that was deemed a loss was struck about 40 nautical miles (74 kilometers) southeast of Mokha, Yemen, the UKMTO center reported.

The center did not identify the projectiles or those responsible.

The Iran-aligned Houthi rebels resumed attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea in July and escalated attacks on Yemen’s Saudi-backed government forces. The renewed assaults have threatened shipping through the Bab al-Mandab Strait, another key global trade route.

In other developments, the Houthis claimed they fired drones at an oil refinery in neighboring Saudi Arabia, the latest attack that threatened to reignite Yemen’s civil war and open another front in the Middle East.

The attack targeted a facility run by Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company, according to a report by the Houthi-run SABA news agency. There were no immediate reports of damage or comment from Saudi Arabia.

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Associated Press Writer Sally Abou AlJoud in Beirut contributed to this report.

But this year's Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise, one of two main drills conducted by the allies annually, could be disrupted after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered his Pentagon chief to “substantially” scale it back just before its start Monday.

He cited what he said was a good relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korea’s refusal to join the U.S. war against Iran. It was unclear what parts of the 11-day exercise were being cut and to what extent, but many experts say Trump's move threatens to hurt combined U.S.-South Korean readiness and eventually weaken their decades-long alliance.

The exercise is central to the US-South Korea alliance

The Ulchi Freedom Shield, or UFS, is largely a computer-simulated command post exercise meant to hone the allies' ability to deal with potential regional security threats like North Korean aggression. The two countries usually hold field training exercises during the command post exercise period.

South Korea's military had earlier said this year's exercise would be similar in scale to previous years, with the participation of about 18,000 South Korean soldiers. The U.S. military said it would incorporate lessons from recent conflicts such as North Korea’s battlefield experiences on the Russia-Ukraine front. Local media reported South Korea and the U.S. had planned 14 field training exercises.

The UFS, along with a similar joint war game in the spring, is a central pillar of the U.S. -South Korea alliance, which dates back to the 1950-53 Korean War. But it's also a long-running source of tensions with North Korea, which has denounced the exercises as a rehearsal for war and responded with provocative missile tests.

On Friday, North Korea's Foreign Ministry accused the U.S. and South Korea of plotting more provocative drills this year and vowed to respond with “a new level of a deterrent.” The U.S. and South Korea have said their regular drills are defensive in nature.

Field training will likely be affected by Trump's decision

In a social media post, Trump called the exercise costly, "with much of these costs paid for by the United States of America.” During his first term, Trump complained about the cost of drills with South Korea, suspending joint exercises in 2018 to advance now-stalled nuclear negotiations with North Korea.

Gen. Xavier Brunson, commander of about 28,500 U.S. troops stationed in South Korea, visited South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Tuesday for talks likely focusing on the adjustment of this year’s drills, according to media reports. South Korea’s Defense Ministry said it couldn’t confirm the reports.

Yang Uk, an analyst at Seoul’s Asan Institute for Policy Studies, said the U.S. will likely participate in the command post exercise but cancel “some costly field training that requires large-scale movements of troops."

Yang said that a downsizing or suspension of military drills matters because commanders of the allies change periodically. He said a one-year suspension of drills would see commanders unfamiliar with procedures of those drills taking part when they resume.

Trump's move could strain the US-South Korea alliance

Jung Chang Wook, head of the Korea Defense Study Forum think tank in Seoul, said Trump’s move could result in the U.S. downsizing other regular drills with South Korea, posing “a big, crippling blow” to their joint operation posture.

Lee Illwoo, an expert with the Korea Defense Network, said downsizing the exercise will likely delay the planned transfer to a system in which wartime operational control would be exercised by a binational command led by a South Korean general.

Under the current system, the U.S. military would command joint forces in the event of war.

The South Korean and U.S. militaries had earlier said the exercise would be an opportunity to support preparations for the transfer. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday stressed the need to complete the transition during his term that ends in 2030.

Many South Koreans view the transition to South Korean leadership of the combined forces in wartime to be a matter of national sovereignty, but others worry that could weaken the alliance.

The British government is backing the landmark airspace-scale trial, launched Tuesday, to avoid creating condensation trails, or contrails. Google UK is contributing its artificial intelligence-powered forecasts to identify the contrail regions.

When airplanes fly through cold and humid areas, ice crystals can form around the soot particles emitted from the engine, creating clouds that trap heat and warm the planet. The Shanwick Oceanic Control Area in the eastern half of the North Atlantic corridor, the location of the trial, is a busy gateway for air traffic between Europe and North America. It's also a hot spot for where contrails form.

The 30-month research program known as Operation Blue Skies includes test periods this winter and next, when air traffic controllers will tell some flights to deviate up to 2,000 feet (610 meters) to avoid areas where contrails are likely to form. These will be minor altitude adjustments within standard flight operations, coordinated through established air traffic control communication channels, according to the British government.

There will be about 20 to 40 test days per winter, when there is less air traffic. Around 10,000 flights are expected to pass through the Shanwick airspace during the testing. Hundreds of those flights would deviate their routes. That 1 % to 5% would be enough to demonstrate a statistically significant reduction in contrail formation on an airspace-scale, said Paul Hodgson, Google's technical lead for Operation Blue Skies.

Individual airlines have tested shifting altitudes to avoid contrail regions. Earlier this year, Google and American Airlines announced that the airline significantly reduced the climate impact of some flights using Google’s AI-based forecasting tool to help prevent contrails.

This new effort expands on individual airline trials to try mitigating contrails across an entire flight corridor.

The thin, white lines that form behind airplanes are responsible for a surprising amount of Earth’s warming — 1% to 2%, according to Contrails.org, a nonprofit research organization dedicated to reducing aviation’s climate impact through contrail management, as part of the Breakthrough Energy group founded by Bill Gates. Modeling shows that the Shanwick airspace accounts for about 5% of the total contributed by contrails, with a significant amount occurring during winter.

Keir Mather, the UK minister responsible for aviation, said the government is partnering with Google to back British experts and innovators to find practical ways to make flying cleaner. The government is paying for more than half of the 5 million pound ($6.76 million) study.

Google called contrails one of the most urgent yet solvable climate challenges facing aviation today.

Hodgson said testing over an airspace, versus individual airline trials, can show how it's possible to move multiple planes away simultaneously from an area where contrails will form, and can show if contrails can be reduced overall for a region. This could provide a blueprint for similar airspaces, he added.

Along with Google and the UK Department for Transport, the consortium includes the Met Office, the UK’s leading air navigation service provider NATS, Contrails.org, Imperial College London and the University of Cambridge.

An Imperial College London study in 2020 found that small changes to flight paths could reduce the climate impact of contrails. Professor Marc Stettler said Operation Blue Skies is a chance to test that idea in the real world, on a scale never seen before.

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Dijeron que las imágenes de las cámaras de seguridad muestran el accidente en los apartamentos Aliro, cerca de la calle Northeast 142 y la avenida 18.

Equipos del Cuerpo de Bomberos y Rescate de Miami-Dade acudieron al lugar de los hechos.

A pesar de los daños, no se han registrado heridos.

La policía ha informado de que el conductor menor de edad y una segunda persona huyeron inicialmente del lugar, pero el conductor fue detenido poco después.

Aún se desconoce qué provocó que el conductor perdiera el control y se estrellara.

Se están investigando las circunstancias que rodean el incidente.

El incidente ocurrió en Northwest 38th Street, cerca de 33rd Avenue, en una zona industrial cerca del vecindario Allapattah de Miami.

Según la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, dos hombres estaban en una “disputa” cuando uno sacó un arma y le disparó al otro.

La víctima fue trasladada al Ryder Trauma Center del Jackson Memorial Hospital. Los agentes no dieron más detalles sobre su condición.

El detective Argemis Colome, portavoz de la MDSO, dijo que el sospechoso “huyó de la escena antes de la llegada de los agentes”.

“Los detectives están investigando activamente las circunstancias que rodearon el incidente”, dijo Colome.

Cualquier información sobre el tiroteo llamar a Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers al 305-471-TIPS.

In the lawsuit, ABC, its parent company Disney and the eight ABC-owned stations whose licenses are affected asked a federal court to stop the early renewal proceedings.

The FCC under Chairman Brendan Carr, an ally of President Donald Trump, had ordered the early review in April — itself a rare move — of all eight licenses owned by ABC, years before they are set to expire. Licenses are issued for eight-year periods. The FCC cited the network’s diversity and inclusion practices as a reason, but the development came shortly after a joke by ABC’s late-night host Jimmy Kimmel — an outspoken Trump critic — had infuriated the president, who has called for Kimmel's firing.

“Again and again, the Administration has attacked ABC’s speech — the stories its journalists report and the viewpoints its network programs air,” the network alleged in its lawsuit Tuesday. “Over time, those attacks have escalated into express demands that ABC be stripped of its broadcast licenses because of its speech."

“Facing this existential threat,” it added, “Plaintiffs have no choice but to seek redress from the judicial branch for the Administration’s blatant retaliation for their First Amendment speech.”

It said ABC had “no alternative means to eliminate these ongoing and immediate threats other than total capitulation to the Administration’s demands." It asked the court to “immediately enjoin Defendants from taking or threatening to take any action against Plaintiffs in relation to the early license renewal applications.”

There are already clashes between ABC and the administration

The early license review is only one part of a long-simmering confrontation between ABC and the FCC.

The network has also been fighting Carr’s efforts to make the morning talk show “The View,” whose hosts and guests are often critical of Trump, subject to equal-time rules. That's a question ABC says the agency itself decided — in the network's favor — more than two decades ago. ABC argues “The View” is a bona fide news program, meaning it’s exempt from equal time rules, which require granting equal airtime to competing candidates for office.

The ABC lawsuit Tuesday also spoke of broad ramifications that go well beyond one network.

“The consequences of the Administration’s campaign against free speech reach well beyond ABC,” it said. “If the Administration gets its way, the message to every media company in the country will be unmistakable: tell only the stories the Administration deems favorable, or face the coercive machinery of the federal government. In such a world, the press could in no way be described as free.”

It added: “The FCC Chairman has left little doubt that this is his goal.”

The lawsuit also quoted Carr as saying, when Kimmel made comments that angered the administration, “We can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways . . . to take action . . . on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”

Carr, a longtime FCC commissioner, was named chairman by Trump in November 2025. He has indeed made it clear that he is considering revoking ABC's licenses, or trying to, in what would surely be a drawn-out legal process.

Longtime free-speech attorney Floyd Abrams noted that tensions between the press and the commission are not new — but have never been this pronounced.

“There has long been a level of tension between the broadcast media, which seeks full First Amendment protection, and the FCC,” Abrams wrote in an email to The Associated Press. “But not until the Trump Administration has the government so directly, so deliberately and so dangerously sought to limit the freedom of the broadcast press to cover and discuss the news.”

The lone Democrat on the FCC praises the lawsuit

The sole Democrat on the commission, Anna Gomez, commended ABC and Disney for pushing back against the FCC’s actions.

“For months, the FCC has waged a campaign of censorship and control against Disney’s ABC stations,” she said in a statement, “using the threat of broadcast license revocations to punish a company for speech this administration doesn’t like.”

“I have long called on companies to push back against this kind of government intimidation, and I’m glad Disney has shown courage and stepped up," she said. "This should be a welcome sign for every broadcaster who has felt the weight of this overreaching government pressure in silence.”

In late July, Carr defended his agency’s actions against ABC, saying broadcasters have a duty to “operate in the public interest.” The FCC, he said, was merely trying to restore that standard. Besides investigating ABC, Carr has also opened separate investigations into CBS News and NBC News.

Broadcasters like ABC, Carr said in an interview on the Fox Business Network, “struck a deal with the American people. You broadcasters get subsidized access, free access to a valuable public resource, the airwaves, worth billions of dollars. In exchange, you have to operate in the public interest.”

“Look, as a country, we should have a trusted, respected news media, and we’re not there,” Carr said. “So I hope more broadcasters return to their public interest obligations.”

On Tuesday, an FCC spokesperson reiterated that position.

“All broadcasters have a legal obligation to operate in the public interest — even Disney," said a statement from the commission, responding to the lawsuit.

"The FCC has been examining claims that Disney engaged in illegal DEI discrimination for over a year. Disney is obviously very concerned about the FCC’s proceeding, as evidenced by their ongoing campaign of disinformation as well as their decision to ask a court to stop the FCC from further pursuing matters. The FCC will continue to follow the facts and law wherever they lead.”

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Associated Press journalist Mike Catalini contributed to this report.